What we missed

Editor’s note: Though The Utah Statesman has tried to cover the most relevant and newsworthy stories, the following are stories we missed this year in brief:

Transportation master plan survey

A recommended transportation master plan shows the closing of 700 North from Bullen Hall to 900 East in five years and to 800 East in 10 years, pending the addition of a new student center.

A survey seeking feedback from students about the plan is available until May 1 at parking.usu.edu. Though the plan suggests the street be closed, it would still be available for pedestrian, bicycle and bus access as well as access to parking areas.

The three-tiered phase approach highlights what campus would look like in five, 10 and 25 years.

Campus recreation employees fired

Former campus recreation director Kevin Kobe and assistant director Scott Wamsley were fired in December after accepting tickets to professional sporting events from potential vendors who were vying to provide sports equipment for Utah State University’s new recreation center.

Tim Vitale, executive director of public relations and marketing at USU, said Wednesday the case is still undergoing some levels of review, so releasing records would be inappropriate at this time.

Two interim co-directors have replaced them as administrators in the department.

Slackline lawsuit

Three students, who were previously named in a lawsuit asking for $2 million, were dismissed from the court case in December.

Eric Scott Anderson died after an accident involving a slackline on campus the first day of fall semester in 2013.

His parents filed a lawsuit, faulting the three students, some administrators and the university. The administrators’ names were dropped from the document earlier in 2014.