Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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favorite. Cozier exploins. looking over his shoulder to onother pointing. That one belongs to me—not the university.” The second pointing is certomly different from the first. It's on abstract UJestern scene, more o suggestion of landscope forms thon on actual land-scope. It is o visto of vast proportion, composed of indistinct eorth farms uuith promise of indefinite distance. There ore no horsh edges. Cozier's preference for the latter pointing is highly indicative of his character, of his personality, perhaps of his private philosophy. On first meeting him. most people ore mstontly aware of the lock of harshness. There ore no abrubt angles in his speech or monnensms; just o suggestion of calmness, of capability to function os husband. os father, os Utoh Stote University president. Virtually everyone fomilior uuith Cozier, personally ond professionally, echoes •hese observations, ond insist that it would be difficult to find o better administrator. And Cozier is certainly sold on his job. He is undeniably proud of USU, ond doesn't hesitate to explain why. Sometimes I wonder if we realize what on excellent university we hove here in Logon? he asked almost to himself. He refuses to toke much of the credit for the quality of the education offered ot Utoh Stote. heopmg praise rather on the faculty. USU is special in regords to the dedicotion of the personnel. UJe wont to hold on to them, ond reword them whenever possible. The university continues to function well despite major budget cutbacks, ond the foremost reoson is the obility of our talented staff. Cozier soys that being o university president is much more thon o job. It's o lifestyle more thon on occupation. he soid. Vou con never toke off the officialdom. Vou just con't escape it. There ore very few really private moments you hove. The president of o university constontly represents thot university. Sometimes you just show the :iag; other times there is more substantive representation. Cozier ond his wife. Shirley, were oble to visit Curope for almost o month lost summer, but the president soys it wos his first vocation in 10 years. He insists thot his wife is practically o full partner in his presidency ot USU. I con’t conceive of o (university) president doing his job without o wife. I'm sure some hove, but from my standpoint. I simply couldn't do it, Cozier soid. Shirley Cozier ogrees wholeheartedly. The solory Ston receives is my salary too. Mrs. Cozier soys. A president's wife simply con't ignore the the consistent demands of her husbond's position. I told the Board of Regents when they hired my husband thot they were getting two far the price of one. A president's spouse has been referred to os o 'diplomat without o portfolio, ond I con see why. I know thot I con do much to faster good relations between town ond gown.” she soid. Cozier hos hod o kind of double life in his professional life on o university campus. His experience in the classroom os o history professor before being promoted to on administrative position hos given him on overall perspective on university life. Cozier isn't o highly visible person ot Utoh Stote. ot leost not to the overage student. Cozier's duties frequently toke him from compus. ond ploce him in mony meetings thot determine the future of the university. Just o few of his responsibilities ore membership on the Institutional Council, regular meetings with the Boord of Regents to thrash out financial ond procedural problems ond presiding ot the Faculty Senate. His is o high-pressure job thot deals with oil the complicated ond often dull problems thot must be resolved if USU is to continue in its mission of education. Cozier hos o rare tolent for functioning in pressure situations, ond yet never showing ony reaction to the pressure, never having ony apparent backlash to the demands of his position. He just operates from day to doy calmly. with professionalism ond toct. He never exhibits ony shorp edges. Perhaps that's why he prefers his UJestern abstract to the keen angles ond points of Afterglow. Ill

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ugh mist of foilure otherwise dismal sports scene In September the Utah State sports scene looked like o script from a movie about underdogs. Vou know houj those movies always end. It appeared, however, thot the figgies hod never seen one of those scripts. The year in sports wos one of steady change ond surprises. There.wos dromo on the fields ond courts, with some successes. but mostly failures in both the women’s ond men's programs. ULIhen conversations included tolk about notional championships for Utah Stote, the women's program seemed to be in the public eye. Hoving three of the five varsity teoms work their woy into notional tournaments, it took the flg nine (yes, USU does hove o women’s softball teom) to sove faith for Utah Stote by winning the school's only notional title for the year. Golfer Joy Don Blake looked like he would be the hero in on otherwise dismol manuscript of men's athletics. However. 8lake fell two strokes short of defending his notional title ot the NCAA golf championships. Going into the final doy of ploy with o six stroke lead. Bloke hod three bogeys ond o double bogey on the bock nine bringing him short of on otherwise happy ending. In its third Pacific Coost Rthletic Association yeor. the Rggie sports scenario didn't include winning conference titles. UJith the completion of the 10,000 seats in Romney Stadium and a new scoreboard to boot, the Rg football representatives slipped just short of the PCRR crown. After losing four of their first six gomes, the Aggies tried greasing their woy post the University of Utah, but lost 23-19 on o lost minute drive by the Utes. Thot Saturday’s gome added the extra chopter to the season's history os five of USU's offensive linemen were forced to change their jerseys during the first quarter of ploy. According to Referee Lorry Rice, the reason for the change wos o foreign” substance found on the players' jerseys. The squad then traveled to Californio ond defeated conference foe Col State-fullerton 28-17. It looked then like the Ags' might be o reol force in the PCRR. Brighom Voung then come to Logon ond put 70 points through on embarrassed USU defensive unit. Not oil foith wos lost os Bob Gogliono guided on offensive Rg attack thot put 46 points up in lights during the losing effort. Rs on added attraction. BVU's Junior Filiogo brought boxing into Romney Stadium. Throwing three punches into the body of Referee John Berleffi, filiogo wos thrown out of the gome while the ref stayed down for o ten count. The Rggie defense must hove learned something from the BVU gome, os during the next three gomes the unit gave up