Campus News Briefs

Model Railroad Festival to be held The Hostlers Model Railroad Festival is scheduled to be held March 1 through 3 in Ogden. This annual event, put on by Hostlers Model Railroad Club, will take place at Ogden Union Station at Historic 25th Street and Wall Avenue in Ogden. Admission is $4 for adults. Children 12 years old and younger are free. For more information, contact Dave Schen at 544-2804, John Grubb at 476-9351 or Mike Murphy at 394-4952.

Episcopal Diocese to present lectures The Episcopal Diocese of Utah will offer a free lecture on the spirituality of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings on Thursday, Feb. 14. The lecture will be presented by Adam Linton from 7 to 9 p.m. at the St. Jude’s Office and Campus Ministry Center, 354 S. 100 West in Cedar City. The lecture will include a review of Tolkien’s life, offer literary assessments and reflect on the grounding of his work. Another free lecture, “The Acts of the Apostles and the Letters of St. Paul, Part II,” will be presented by the Rev. Debora Jennings, regional missioner, as part of the educational, pastoral and spiritual opportunities in the Diocese of Utah. This program will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the people and places of the 1st Century Christianity while studying Paul’s letters to early Christian communities. Jennings will use St. Paul’s letter to illustrate the issues facing these communities. Participants need not have attended Part I. This program is free, but pre-registration is necessary. For more information, or to pre-register, call St. Jude’s Church at (435) 586-3623.

Student receives prestigious award Tracy Kell, majoring in public relations and political science with a minor in international business, is the first recipient of the Richter7 Public Relations student of the Year award. The competition involves public relations students from the state’s colleges and universities. Students submit an essay and a detailed case study of a public relations project, and finalists are invited to the Salt Lake City offices of Richter7 for interviews and presentations. Kell received a $1,000 award. “We are extremely proud of Tracy for winning the first Richter7 Utah PR Student of the Year Award,” Ted Pease, head of USU’s journalism and communication department, said. “But I have to say we are not surprised. We have excellent students here at Utah State who do excellent work, and we are most grateful to Richter7, one of the region’s top communications agencies, for confirming that fact.” Richter7 is an award-winning agency which services a variety of clients locally, regionally and nationally with public relations, advertising, design and interactive campaigns.

Forest committee discusses goals The House Subcommittee on Forest and Forest Health has identified three main goals for 2002. The group names investigating the lynx scandal, improving national forest management by untangling the various conflicting laws and regulations and implementing the National Fire Plan as its main goals. “The policy for our national forests and public lands should be clear and straightforward. This year, the Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee will address some of the most significant and pressing forest management decisions we’ve seen in decades,” Chairman Scott McInnis said. “As Chairman, I intend to inject common sense back into the decision-making process given the sweeping impact these decisions will have on the way we manage America’s forests.”