Campus and Community Briefs
Bishop named student of month
Brad Bishop is the Graduate Student of the Month for November 2002. A graduate student in Biochemistry, Bishop is currently working under Professor Steven Aust on a project to determine if iron resulting from the degradation of heme proteins, such as hemoglobin, is stored in ferritin to limit its potential toxicity.
Bishop is from Khuna, Idaho and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from USU in liberal arts and sciences. He was president of Sigma Chi Fraternity and received its Balfour Scholarship. Bishop is also the biochemistry representative to the Graduate Student Senate and competes on the USU Water Polo Team.
Library friends series continues
Friends of Utah State University Libraries has planned a series of book discussions this year that features authors with ties to USU. The series continues Friday the 22nd with an “Evening of Oz.”
Gina Wickwar, author of “The Hidden Prince of Oz,” will discuss her prize-winning book at 7 p.m. in the Merrill Library, followed by a book signing.
Following the holiday break, the book discussion series will continue when Michael Spooner, director of the University Press and Scholarly Publications, discusses his book “Daniel’s Walk.”
Disaster drill to gather agencies
Emergency rescue personnel from around Cache Valley will participate in a massive disaster response drill at the University Inn, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m.
The disaster exercise will be a comprehensive undertaking, which will involve the coordinated efforts of various city and county emergency response organizations, including local hospitals, fire and police departments, emergency medical technicians, Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol, transportation crews and USU Emergency Response Teams.
Several local organizations have coordinated their efforts to make this event as broad as possible. It will allow Logan Regional Hospital and Cache Valley Specialty Hospital to use this disaster drill to train their response teams to handle large-scale crises.
Logan City Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Peterson said the exercise has been designed to test important interfaces between the various local emergency response teams which include first responders, fire and rescue teams, police, radio communications, mass transportation, hospitals, and the Red Cross.
Utah State University Police Sgt. Lynn Wright warned community members not to be alarmed on the 19th if emergency response teams are out in large numbers, transporting people to local hospitals or other sites.
Students debate on Israel conflict
As part of International Education Week, the College Republicans will present “Debate on the Palestinian and Israel Conflict” on Nov. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium.
People to collect food for bank
Gov. Michael Leavitt, working with the Alliance for Unity, has designated Nov. 23 Help Your Neighbor Day.
People can donate a shopping bag of canned food to the Utah Food Bank. High-protein items, such as chili, stew, macaroni and cheese, and tuna, are especially needed.
Bags will be distributed with daily newspapers on Monday.