Campus News Briefs
Business students place at state Students involved in the local chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, a national business organization, placed high at the FBLA-PBL State Leadership Conference in Salt Lake City, April 12 and 13. Among the 61 members of the local chapter, 21 student members participated at the conference and every Utah State University student placed in the top 10 in at least one event. Due to this success, USU was awarded the Traveling Trophy, which it has had in its possession eight of the last 10 years. Seventeen USU students qualified to represent USU at the national competition held in Nashville, Tenn., in June.
Campus parking lot closed for one day The east highway student “B” parking area south of 400 North at 1200 East will be closed all day Thursday. The closure is to help accommodate more than 100 student engineering teams who will be on campus for the International Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini Baja West competition. The competition challenges student teams to design and build a four-wheel, single-seat off-road vehicle and defend their design. Team vehicles will be displayed at Utah State University Thursday before moving south to a race site in Hyrum for weekend endurance tests. The event hosts students from more than 75 universities, and this is USU’s first year hosting the competition. Ralph Haycock, event organizer, said he understands the parking lot closure may be an inconvenience to some students but hopes USU will welcome the student guests that will come from all over the United States, Canada and Mexico. “For students who regularly park in the 400 North lot, we recommend parking in the stadium parking lot and riding the Aggie Shuttle to campus or using Logan Transit District buses or another alternative form of transportation to travel to campus that day,” said Sgt. Shane Sessions, enforcement supervisor for the USU Police Department.
ROTC celebrates end of semester The Air Force ROTC will be hosting a free pancake breakfast Wednesday from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the Quad. Pancakes, hash-browns, eggs and juice will be served. The Air Force ROTC will also be having their annual parade Thursday at 3 p.m. starting on the Quad. For more information call 797-USAF.
HPERPALOOSA held this weekend HPERPALOOSA, a 30-year traditional celebration of the HPER Building will be held Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the HPER Building and Field. Activities include volleyball, dodge ball, kickball, badminton and more. A free climbing wall and ropes course will also be available. Free breakfast as well as ice cream will be available and prizes will be given out. Breakfast will be at 10 a.m. and the prize drawing will be at 1:30 p.m.
New charter school hosts open house The Thomas Edison Charter School is Cache Valley’s newest public school and will be having an open house this weekend. The open house will be held Friday night from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center located at 290 N. 400 East and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the North Logan Library located at 474 E. 2500 North in North Logan. At the open house community members can meet the school director, view the curriculum plan for the school and meet other interested parents. The open house is also an opportunity for teachers to look at available positions at the school. The school will open in the fall of 2002. For more information call Nedra at 753-8503.