Enough Books, Already—Now Do!

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Put that Book Down

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

—Albert Einstein (1879-1955),
genius and doer
(Who also said,
“I have no special talent.
I am only passionately curious.”)

• Editorial Comment: Those are some words for the end of a school year: There is no try, grasshopper. There is only do. Get out there.

• RERUN: In A Coma Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs about commas from NYTimes columnist Ben Yagoda? Click here.

• JCOM CELEBRATES 2012: The JCOM Department celebrates the end of a GREAT year and congratulates its Class of 2012 TODAY at 2 p.m. in the Ag Building Auditorium (#101), followed by a reception and open house of new JCOM offices and labs. Outstanding Student Awards, 2012-13 Scholarships, general hilarity in the last week of classes. Junior Emily Landeen produced this video of student feedback on the department.

News from our award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Weekly HNC News Roundup
• Wellsville turns down request for commercial rezone, by Jimena Herrero
• Aggie TV News for April 19, 2012
• USU journalists dominate annual regional Mark of Excellence Awards
• JCOM Prof, SLTrib Photographer Win Journalism Ethics Award
• Laketown man gets August trial date for ER sex charge, by Tmera Bradley
• Richmond Council approves use of building for Zumba class, by Chris Lee
• Sign up now if you want to be in Hyrum’s 4th of July parade and fest, by Tara Alvey
• Aggie journalists collect 17 prizes at annual Mark of Excellence Awards, by D. Whitney Smith
• Remembering the 2005 van crash victims at Ag building memorial, by Allie Jeppson
• GUEST COLUMN: Obama leads the way in kindness, civility, by Helen Cannon
• Should Mormons be vegetarians? Yes, says guest speaker, by Sean O’Sullivan
• Search warrant for dorm room leads to three arrests, by Josh Ruggles

PeezPIX by Ted Pease
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Fang the Wonder Cat died last week, 1995-2012
Hairballs in Heaven




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