Campus News Briefs
Volunteers needed to help UCC cleanup Volunteers are needed on Oct. 30 at 3:30 p.m. at the First Dam parking lot to participate with the Utah Conservation Corps (UCC). The UCC, a new AmeriCorps program funded by the Utah Commission on Volunteers and operating out of the Utah State University Outdoor Recreation Center, is finishing its first year of service to the local community with a volunteer cleanup of Hwy. 89 at the mouth of Logan Canyon. The UCC is currently taking applications for next year’s summer positions which begin May 2002. Summer UCC AmeriCorps members will receive a $2,382 living allowance, a $1,186 education award and various job-training skills. The UCC is also looking for natural resource conservation projects for next year with city, county, state, federal and non-profit agencies. To receive more information about the UCC, contact Sean Damitz at 797-0964 or e-mail at brcclogan@hotmail.com.
USU professor seeks volunteers John Ribera, a professor of the communicative disorders department at Utah State University is combining his talents as a deaf educator, a Hispanic and a musician, to create a multifaceted production of Handel’s “Messiah.” Ribera is recruiting more than 120 volunteers to participate in the concert. The concert will be performed during the Easter season, as Handel intended. It will be sung both in Spanish and English. Interpreters of the deaf will be signing on stage, allowing hearing impaired students to enjoy the concert. Ribera invites musicians from throughout Cache Valley and beyond to participate. All those who wish to participate as a vocalist or musician in this multicultural event should contact Ribera at 797-7190 or through e-mail at jribera@coe.usu.edu.Reading to assist health care costs The English department at Utah State University will present a “Scary Story” reading benefit to assist with health care costs for a USU student. Financial donations will be accepted at the door. Stories will be presented Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center, Room 216. The benefit features the storytelling talents of faculty members Barre Toelken, Steve Siporin, Jeannie Thomas, Paul Crumbley and poet Star Coulbrooke. Proceeds will go to a USU student needing expensive radiation treatments for Graves’ disease, said organizers Kaydee Summers and Heather McRae. Refreshments at the event have been donated by European Connection, Logan Bakery and Einstein’s Bros Bagels.
Students can meet Logan City candidates Students will have the opportunity to meet the candidates for Logan City Council and Mayor finals on Oct. 29. “Meet the candidates,” will be held at 7 p.m. and end with a reception at 9 p.m. in the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 E. The finalists for Logan City Council and Mayor finals are as follows:Mayor: Douglas D. Thompson, Darla D. ClarkCouncil Seat No. 4: Merril D. Russell, Stephen C. ThompsonCouncil Seat No. 5: Tami W. Pyfer, Gina WickwarCorrection
In Wednesday’s issue of The Utah Statesman, an article entitled, “USU bans kayaks at HPER pool,” made references to Roger Coulombe, professor of toxicology. However, all statements except the first one, were made by Mark Healey, department head and professor in the animal, dairy and veterinary sciences department.
Compiled by Statesman staff