萝莉社

Sept. 28, 2020 - A new sculpture recognizes the survivors of the crash at Memorial '70 at 萝莉社. The names of teammates who landed safely in Utah that day are a fitting addition to the existing upright Memorial 鈥�70 monument. 鈥淥ne of the main reasons we did what we did, was so the future generations would know that there were survivors,鈥� architect Randy Phillips said. 鈥淎nd how their lives were impacted, especially since they lived when so many didn鈥檛. Most, if not all, suffered greatly in silence.鈥� The desire to honor teammates by telling the story of the crash motivated Phillips, as it has driven so many connected to Oct. 2, 1970 near Silver Plume, Colo.

Sept. 23, 2020 - Darren Defrain is the social professor of English and director of the writing program at 萝莉社. Defrain has written novels, memoirs and essays, created a graphic novel, teaches on graphic novels/storytelling and is actively working on a graphic novel app.

Sept. 23, 2020 - Bill Burch played linebacker for the Shockers in 1970 as a senior. As fate would have it, a knee injury kept him from traveling to Utah State on Oct. 2. He had expected to travel with the team, but instead was forced to stay home and heal. On that day, the Martin 4-0-4 airliner that carried the Shocker starters crashed near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 people 鈥� 14 student-athletes, 14 staff and boosters, and three crew members.