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Alexis Cooper, a junior in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, was crowned as this year’s Miss USU. For her talent, she performed a spoken-word poem about the challenges she has faced on a pre-dominantly white campus.
“I think it’s more psychological. I think the oxygen improvement is not nearly as important as much as what happens to us when we are around plants,” said Dr. Craig Aston, senior lecturer for the Plants, Soils and Climate Department at Utah State University.
