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VOICE OF THE STUDENTS

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH • 451 E 400 N • PRICE, UT

Volume LXX VIII•Number 7

Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN

December 10, 2015

• Calnda of evns• Sfe spces needed• Back o nomal• rlaionsips• Whssupp?!?! by cosmo dept.

• Suicide Prevention Night• “haml” coninus• David Mais• Bandon Flos• Cooking wi toby

Maralyn Hase from Salt Lake City, Utah, helps set up the new cosmetology digs.

Cosmetology moves to MCC Building

• SWaC Conference begins• Kobe Brynt retires• Women’s bsketbll• Gurds vs. forwrds• Crossword nswers

Stacy Gravinstaff writer

[email protected]

The Angel Tree is an opportu-

nity for a “true act of kindness andservice.” Terry Johnson, adviser for

the SUN Center, said. In 1993, theSUN Center began and it was around

this time that the Angel Tree wasincorporated here.

The names that are selected forthe tree are provided by United Way.

Anyone can choose a name off of thetree, not just students. However, “half

are selected by students, one fourth

by employees, and the last one fourth

by the community, often times on

Bread ‘n’ Soup nights.” Johnson said.

One thing seen in this simple act

of kindness is the, “pure attitude in

doing good for children.” Johnsonsaid.

Even those who otherwisewouldn’t volunteer will join in on

the Angel Tree for the benet and

good of children.

This year we have taken 154 gifts.About a fourth of these have been

turned in, Johnson says, “Please don’t

forget to return your gifts, so that

the families and children can have aChristmas that they are dreaming of.”

After all, that’s what the Angel

Tree is for. It’s for providing for

the little “angels” that otherwisemight not have a Christmas they are

dreaming of.“Don’t forget.” The children of

the Angel Tree await, he said.

Daniel Pikenews editor

[email protected]

After 34-and-a-half years at

USU Eastern, Jan Young, director

of academic records and registra-

tion, is retiring Dec. 31. In her time

here, Young has seen a lot of things

come and go: new technologies,

new policies and a never-ending

stream of new andreturning students.

And she has lovedevery minute of it.

Most of whatYoung’s job deals

with admissions, reg-istrations transfers

and graduation; how-

ever, she also overseesathletic eligibility andhas acted as the vet-

eran’s coordinatorfor the university.

She even producedthe general catalogues

when USU was still CEU. Youngsaid, “My favorite part is helping all

the students succeed. That’s why wedo what we do here. This institution

has helped a lot of people.”Though Young says that, “it’s

time to for me retire,” she explains

that Logan has also purchased a

new software program that willfeed into USU’s Banner program

that automates application and ad-mission processes and be handled

by admissions counselors in Logan.“I’ve seen a lot of technology come

and go in 34 years and this is just

part of it. It’s all part of advance-

ment.”At the end of De-

cember, Young will

retire and plans to do

volunteer work andspend time with her

family. She says with

a smile, “I’ve never

retired before so thisis new to me. I’ve

worked since I was 15,so this is going to be

a big change for me.”

In her time here,

Young has seen alot of students come

and go. She has seen

what works for students, and what

doesn’t. She advises students to,

“take responsibility for your own

actions. Take your classes seriouslyand get a degree plan together as

With the old SAC scheduled to bedemolished in February 2016, USU

Eastern’s Cosmetology Departmentwas one of the nal programs relocated.

Method Studio of Salt Lake City, who alsowere the archictects of the Central Instructional

Building, designed the new space that most peopleare simply calling “fabulous.”

Located on the second oor of the McDonald

Career Center, the department ofcially closed its

old location the week of Thanksgiving and opensin a completely remodeled facilit y on Jan. 13, 2016.

Students and instructors are frantically mov-ing equipment, supplies, desks, storage cabinets,

stations and chairs to their new digs during thenext ve weeks. “We have a lot of stuf f to move

and it takes a while to get everything in orderto open for business when we come back fromChristmas break,” associate professor Linda

Davis said.

The area features an eight-station nail lab withsix pedicure chairs. “Each station has a separate

ventilation system enabling the fumes to escapethrough lters,” Debbie Prichard, cosmetology

chair, said. “We have always needed a functioning

ventilation system and this is the best.”

The oor consists of 30-student stations. Be-cause it is located on the second oor, the students

will meet their clients on the rst oor entranceand walk them either up the stairs or take theelevator to the lab, Prichard said. “We have a lot

of elderly clients and some struggle with the stair s

or walking to the end of the hallway to catch the

USU Eastern’s Central Inst ructional Building was awarded the BestHigher Education Small Project at Utah Construction and Design’s

2016 Most Outstanding Projects in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Rachel Prows won third place

for photo illustrations in the na-tional Gold Circle Awards 2015

from the Columbia ScholasticPress Association.

Choosing several of her nest

photo illustrations during her last

week at Tayorsville High School,

Prows submitted a portfolio tothe 2015 Scholastic Gold Circle

Awards.

Not expecting to be chosen for

an award with the 11,110 entries

produced by students at col-leges, universities and secondary

schools throughout the UnitedStates, Prows let the competition

fall to the back of her mind and lefther high school newspaper, The

Warrior Ledger, to continue hereducation at Utah State University

Eastern on its newspaper staff.A visit to her high school news-

paper staff fall semester broughtthe submission back to the front

of her mind as her old advisor,

Stephanie Floch, handed her anenvelope. Inside the envelope wasa creme-colored award that read

“The Columbia Scholastic Press

Association presents this third

place in photo illustration portfo-lio of work for news publications

to Rachel Prows.”

A smile made it’s way onto her

face as she read the details of theaward. Never imagining she would

win an award with work she didon her own, Prows jumped for joy

in the newsroom her best friend

Leiani Brown brought her in their

sophomore year of high school.“You can’t have a story wr itten

about you unless you do somethingthat is headline worthy,” Brown

repeatedly told Prows when she

would ask for a story to be writ-

ten about her. Unsuccessful at

her attempts, Prows decided theonly way shewould be able to

get her name inthe newspaper

would be to join.

Prows took

lots of photog-raphy classes

and loved towrite, so Prows

thought shecould do this.

She might nothave stories

written abouther, but see-

ing her name

next to picturesand stories thatshe wrote was

enough for her.Beginning her newspaper ex-

perience her junior year of high

school, Prows started writing

articles, taking pictures and de-signing pages. Not knowing how

time consuming being a part of anewspaper staff was, Prows had

to sacrice things such as sports

teams and even some friends. Up

until her senior year, Prows was

planning on being a music major,

so the long hours in the news labwere a real hinderance on her

practice time.Senior year came along and

Prows developed a deep love for

the newsroom she spent so much

time in. Returning to the staff

as the head photography editor,Prows had a lot

more responsi-

bilities and hadto make a lot

more sacrices.

M i d w a y

through theyear, she dis-

covered thatshe no longer

wanted to major

in music. Dropping her AP music

theory course and adding more

journalism classes, Prows fully

committed to the newspaper and

refocused her goals according towhat she loves.

“When I design a page, write

an article or take a picture, I know

that having this as a career will

make me happy.” Prows says,

“Knowing I have chosen a careerthat I am good at and won’t have

me hating what I do makes thetime sacriced to be in the news

lab that I could be spending timewith friends or sleeping, a lot more

enjoyable.”

With a major in communica-tions, Prows hopes to go onward

with her life writing, designing

and taking pictures for newspa-pers and other publications. Cur-

rently designing the back page ofThe Eagle at USU Eastern, Prows

loves the work she does and theoutlet for her creativity and imagi-

nation designing provides.“I denitely cannot take all of

the credit for this award. I havehad lots of help along the

way from teachers, advisors

and friends. I am very grate-

ful for the support from myparents, and Leiani Brown,

having gotten me interested

in newspaper and helpingme so much along the way, I

wouldn’t be where I am today

without her.“I am glad I was able to

win this national award as a partof The Warrior Ledger and will

always cherish the time I spent onthat staff with Stephanie Floch as

my adviser,” Prows said. Finally

having done something that was

worthy of a story written abouther, Prows feels honored to have

received this award.

Best Higher Edproject award

USU Eastern hosts a Priorearning Assessment (PLA)

orkshop on Friday, Dec. 11

rom 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in t he

ennifer Leavitt Student Center.

The workshop, PLA: Aware-ess to Implementation, is

esigned to inform faculty anddvisors about a valid and reli-

ble method to assess the learn-ng experiences that many adulttudents bring to campus. The

LA process helps faculty and

advisors accommodate studentswith prior experiences who wishto “test out” of a course they

would traditionally be requiredto take, but for which they

already possess the expectedcompetencies.

Experts from the Council forAdult and Experiential Learning(CAEL) will instruct the PLA

workshop. CAEL is an academic

leader in serving adult learners– a group comprising a signifi-

cant percentage of our student popul ation at USU Eas ter n.

The workshop includes:

information on CAEL’s bestpractices and standards re-garding PLA development

and application, an overview

of LearningCounts as a wayto reach USU Eastern’s goalsfor PLA, hands-on training for

faculty and advisors to facilitateeffective use of the new PLA

tools and instructions on prin-

ciples and practices t o help USUEaster n pilot PLA in spring 2017.

Registration is limited to30 participants. To participate

in the workshop pre-registerat:https://usu.co1.qualtrics.

com/.

Lunch will be provided to t he par ticipants. For addi tional i n-

formation contact Gary Straqua-dine, USU Eastern vice provost

and associate department chair,at [email protected].

Columbia Press 3rd Place

Jan Young

see cosmetology page 7 see CIB page 7

see Young page 7

Eagle’s Rachel Prows takes 3rd place for photo illustration

USU Eastern hosts Prior Learning Assessment Workshop

Angel Tree assists families

Young closes vault at Eastern

Eastern’s CIB won Best Higher Education Project.

CIBling r eceives

Rachel Prows

photo courtesy Method Studio

photo courtesy of Emilee Merrill/The Eagle



December 10, 2015

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staff writers

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• Looks more modern and professional• We have bigger lockers• Closer to the dorms and more parking• New brooms and vacuums• Nicer bathrooms• Better lighting

Eastern’s Cosmetology Department

• The vents are always on and really loud• Only three shampoo bowls• Don’t have a break room• We miss our ltered- drinking fountain• Stations are a lot closer• Sunlight from windows shines in our eyes

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CAMPUS EVENTS

ViewpointsRelationships: Grumpy Old Men

Safe spaces needed everywhere How am I supposed to come back normal?

Dec. 10-19 & Jan. 11-16

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Relationships are a roller coaster, regard-

less of one’s stage in life. Sometimes you’reup and things roll smoothly while sometimes

you’re in a decline. It’s a tale as old as time.History provides countless examples of rela-

tionships both favorable and somewhat lesssuccessful. I’m not going to come out against

ending a relationship whether it’s new or lastedseveral decades, honestly there are many good

reasons why people split up, but what I want todiscuss are a few examples both from history

and my life that demonstrate the complexitiesand intricacies involved. Hopefully by the end

you can have a better picture of just how realrelationships can get.

In Greek mythology the story of Odysseusand Penelope in Homer’s “Odyssey” stands

out as a testament to extreme levels of com-mitment. While not a particularly realistic

story, it conveys feelings that at some pointand time people really have. Shortly into their

marriage Odysseus is called away to lead thearmies of Ithaca in the Trojan War leaving

behind Penelope and their young son.Several years later, Odysseus is presumed

dead by all the nobility who go to exhaustivelengths to try to court the presumed newly

single Penelope. Penelope rebuffed every suitorwhose antics were becoming dangerous and

threatening for many years, all the while, un-beknownst to her, Odysseus was stranded time

and again as he struggled to make it home to her.Twenty years later, those who wanted to

marry Penelope set out to murder her now

grown son in the palace when just in timeOdysseus nally returns home and ghts off

the dozens of hostile suitors. One of Penelope’sservants rushes to tell her Odysseus returned

but after countless false alarms over the manyyears, she could not believe her. Just as Pe-

nelope was ready to give up completely, sheheard Odysseus call her name from behind her.

Their story, although ctional, plays a

crucial part on what it means to have a lasting

and worthwhile relat ionship, that is to not losefaith in one another.

I’ve been married to my wife for six-and-a-half years, a short time for some, a long

time for others. I feel, for us, it was a healthymixture of both. Since I value my life, I will

not divulge any details that would jeopardizemy health. Sometimes we are Odysseus and

Penelope and sometimes we’re more like

Max and John from “Grumpy Old Men.”Regardless of where we are or whose being

the schmuck at the time, we keep the bigpicture; after all the descent is the fun part

of the roller coaster.The best example of why our relationship

works is our willingness to involve ourselvesin each others interest’s whether we enjoy them

or not. For my last birthday, my wife bought ustickets to the Utah Symphony Mahler Cycle,

something I hinted at wanting toattend for months. If you don’t

know much about Germancomposers, they are not the

cheeriest bunch. Readers, ifsomeone is willing to sit

through 90 minutes ofMahler for you, lock that

down.

It’s been ve years since I came back

from Afghanistan, four since I got out ofthe Army, and they haven’t stopped. The

nightmares, the anger, the loneliness, theabsent mindedness, the fear.

They are still all consuming in my life,affecting every other aspect of it. Relation-

ships, school, everyday mundane activitiesbecome the hardest thing to do because I

have to force a smile and fake a laugh tofool the world into thinking that I’m not

reliving some horric event in my head.

Sleep is ever elusive. When I close my

eyes, I see re and rage and blood. I see my

sweet ctitious world shatter and replaced

by the pain of reality. The reality that showsthe true Hell that others refuse to see. A

reality that I have rst-hand account of and

that I revisit every time I close my eyes.

My mind is constantly bombarded withimages of beautiful landscapes scarred by

death and destruction, yet I’m supposedto put on a smile and carry on about my

day, not showing people I’m struggling onthe inside.

Constantly holding back tears, I nd

ways to cope even for a minute. Sometimes

all I can do is take it minute by minute.I focus on others, whether it’s hatred or

love. I put everything I have into them, so Ido not have to actually see the hor rible mess

I am. Its a short-lived treatment for my pain.

I’ve had two-real relationships sinceI’ve been out, everything else is super-

cial. Both times I’ve let someone in, theybecome scarred. They nally see the real

me without my mask on. It terries them.

They try to play it off l ike it’s okay. They

try to do what they consider the right thingbut, eventually, it becomes too much, they

can’t handle me. They leave.They can’t understand. They don’t know

what it’s like to have another man’s femoralartery in your hand, blood squirting all over

you as you frantically t ry to clamp it off andsave his life. They don’t understand that no

matter how many arteries I’ve clamped, itdoes not erase the harm that I’ve caused.

I’ve seen the very worst that the humanrace has to offer. I’ve seen just what one

person is capable of doing to one anotherand yet I’m supposed to t into society

like a neat little cog, back in the machinethat is society.

I make off-colored or disgusting jokesabout death and violence, and all around

me there are gasps of offense. Those thatgasp don’t realize that those jokes are

actually a defense mecha-nism; a mechanism created

to rationalize the terrorI’ve seen.

Even after all I’ve seenand been through, I would

give almost anything to

Cristopher Paloviewpoints editor

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On Nov. 23, 2015, Oklahoma WesleyanUniversity president, Everett Piper posted

on the university’s website, “College isn’ta daycare. It shouldn’t be a safe space.”

Piper calls these students “self-absorbedand narcissistic” and he specically indicts

Missouri, who recently managed to forcethe president to resign for ignoring racist

threats; and Yale, who openly supportedthe students, for creating this “arrogant”

culture.Piper claims that schools should be a

place where one’s ideas are confrontedto better achieve learning. The problem

with that is that there is a differencebetween a confrontational space and an

adversarial one.To better understand the difference,

think of a book report you are given; aconfrontational space asks for your ideas

on the text and to analyze what you thinkthe meaning is to be discussed in class.

An adversarial space is the teacher thatexpects you to interpret the text a certain

way, and thei r discussion is dominated andonly driven by their interpretation of the

text. This may be a small scale and simplesituation but it holds true.

By condemning the events at Missouri,Piper essentially said that racist threats are

not only okay, but should occur on college

campuses. Safe spaces are necessary to notonly learn at f ull capacity, but to grow as

a person. How can a student function letalone learn when t hey don’t know if they

are safe if t hey walk back home wonderingif they will make it home, if their peers or

professors believe their existence is a sin,or if they should be checking their back

at every step.Many people, like Piper, go through

their lives without feeling this way sothey can shrug it off as narcissism and

paranoia. A lot of people don’t have theluxury to ignore these envir onments. How

can a woman effectively learn knowingone-in-ve women will be raped while

attending college? How can a person of

color learn knowing that they are killedat an astounding rate while members ofCongress are part of the KKK? How can

a Muslim learn knowing that his peerswant them gone, or how can a LGBTQ+

student learn knowing peers and professorsthink that their life is a sin? This is why

the majority of CEOs, congress a nd manypositions of power are held by wealthy,

white, straight men.While it isn’t impossible

for students to overcomethese adversarial spaces,

it always comes at a cost.We tend to always be

stressed, we tend to sufferfrom depression, we

tend to question why we

Rodrigo Leonstaff writer

[email protected]

Nathaniel Woodwardeditor in chief

[email protected]

100 years of transportation

I recently got to

experience something thatI don’t think a lot of people

in Price realize exists. Itook the Amtrak train to

Salt Lake City. Amtrakis a series of trains that

is a consistently growingrailroad system that travels

throughout the entire county(46 states). It makes sense

that few people have heardof it, due to the station being

hidden in Helper. FromHelper and into Salt Lake,

the train parallels I-15.According to its website,

http://www.amtrak.com/,in 1970 Congress created

Amtrak to take over the

passenger rail servicespreviously required to

be operated by privaterailroad companies. These

trains evolved since thefirst departure in May

1971. Now more than 85percent of their passengers

can connect to Wi-Fi whileriding the train.

The tickets are easy tobuy, go to their website.

The train usually gets to thestation at 7:30 p.m. (plus or

minus 30 minutes) and theyhave people waiting by the

door to check your ticketsand show you to your seats.

Within the train, there is ameal and snack car (which

sadly I didn’t get to eat at dueto it being so late when the

train gets to Helper) which

are full of options, whetherit be a sit down meal or a

quick snack, they have whatyou need.

The train is split intotwo levels, I got seated at

the top row. The seats arecomfortable due to many

of the trips being overnightto allow passengers to sleep

during their travels. Youfeel slightly like you are

on an airplane, with thecollapsible trays

connected tothe backs

of the seat,you set off

onto anadventure.

David Rawlestaff writer

[email protected]

see Safe on page 3see Normal on page 3

see train onpage 3

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LATE NIGHT DINING

Rafael Silkskin: First job gone wrong, Part V

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Breakfast for dinner

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Phill Raich, Nathan Pena, Trent Malnar, Rachel Prows, Abby McBride, CooperKetts, Ash tyn Asay, Vivika Corona, Jared Lee, Jaydan Oslen and April Miller enjoy“Breakfast at Night”, hosted by the Eastern Utah Student Association.

The captain stood up. “Bring me a

pair of irons.”Please be made from just iron, I

prayed. My hopes were dashed to bitswhen I saw the cuffs were made of silver.

The captain took them then squattedback to my level. I tried to back away.

He grabbed my wrist, snapping one ofthe cuffs on then the other. I just let him

do it without a struggle. What else couldI do? The silver poison was draining

my energy, and keeping me from doingmagic. At least he was considerate

enough to put the cuffs over the sleevesof my jacket. The pain was still great and

it didn’t keep me from bleeding. On thebright side, the leather kept the silver from

burning through my skin to my bone.“You’re a corroborative one, aren’t

you,” the captain pointed out. I glaredat him. Of course, corroborat ion keeps

you alive longer. If I did what you weretold, perhaps they would drop their

guard. The sooner that happened, thesooner I could be on my merr y way. The

captain took the chain off my leg andtossed it to the guard who brought him

the irons. “Can you move?” he asked.I did my best to get up, but I only

fell back down. Finally the captain justpulled me to my feet. He held onto my

arm until I could stand on my own whichwas hard since I didn’t want to put much

weight on my injured ankle. As soon

as I found my footing, he let go of me.“Bring him to the castle,” Captain

ordered. The guards stripped me of myholster and shoved me into a prison

wagon.The ride back to the castle wasn’t

particularly fun, or interesting. So I

spent it thinking. I sighed. My rst real

job and I got caught. I know I should bescared, but my confusion clouded my

fear. First there was Melanie making adeal with me. She knew that Randolf

told me to never trust a wolf in sheep’swool. In fact she’d been there when he

said it. So why come to me to make adeal, then minutes later I get captured?

Had she known that she’d been followed?

And how could the guards nd and

capture me since Randolf and I madesure that camp was protected from

red or blue bloods walking into it. Apowerful gold blood like Melanie on

the other hand would have no problem

nding it though. But if she didn’t know

the child was blue blood, and I’m sureshe doesn’t, wouldn’t she need me to

get him for her?There was the captain of the guard.

Was it just me or was he being nice?Well as nice as he could get. My

ankle still hurt, and my hands werecovered with blood from my wrists.

However, compared to the others I’dwatch Randolf take care of, he’d been

a gentleman thus far.They let me out of the pr ison wagon

once inside the castle courtyard. I lookedaround at the guards surrounding me

with swords and lances. Is that really

necessary? Even if they took the cuffsoff me now, I wouldn’t be able to use

my magic for a couple hours. Two ofthe guards nudged me in the lower back

with their lances forcing me up the stairsinto the castle I’d left maybe an hour

or more earlier. As they marched methrow the halls I wondered if the king

was awake, after all the last time I sawhim he’d been snoring his l ife away.

We entered a large room with a highceiling. The walls were decorated with

paintings, mostly of rich people havingfun, like fancy picnics and hunting.

The had a beautiful dark-wood oor,

that I’m either improving or destroying

since the blood from my wrist is stilldripping and making a shiny puddle on

it. I glanced at the captain, he appearedto be in deep thought since his brow

was narrowed as he stared at nothing.

Thanks to the torches, I could nally

see him clearly. A powerfully built manno older than mid-30s, judging by the

scars on a his face and the gray in hisblack hair, he must have put up quite

the ght for the job.“So,” I said, breaking the silent.

“Where’s his royal kinglieness?” Oneof the guards whacked me across the

shoulders. The captain gestured forthe guard to back off, before turning

his attention to me.“The king,” he said with emphasis.

“Will be here momentari ly.” He noddedtoward a the door at the opposite end of

the room, from the other side of whichI could make out the sound of hurried

foot steps.

Kiara Horowitzstaff writer

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be back there.Back where I’m normal. Back where my mind is conditioned

to react to threats and situations.Training has created a mindset which allow multiple fo-

cal points in a single situations. Multitasking is key, payingattention to how many and the locations of enemy combat-

ants, how many rounds are left in your magazine, how manycivilians are in potential hazardous areas, what is the potential

collateral damage, are your troops doing well and what aretheir strengths and weaknesses.

My mind was conditioned to handle all of this and reactwith life or death decisions in milliseconds. You’d think

that with the ability to do all that focusing on a simplepre-calculus, economics or history test would be a piece

of cake, it’s not.

Focusing on one thing becomes a near impossibility, whenyou were forced to develop ADD.

How do you undo all that training and conditioning? Howdo you shut off defense mechanisms when your body doesn’t

know they are not needed anymore?Ten years, three continents, 15 countries, three wars; I was

an 18-year-old kid when I star ted. After a decade, I had becomewarped into a weapon of war and I was good at what I did.

At 28, I was released back into the world with no realtraining to handle this new situation. Now, I nd myself be-

ing the awkward, crass and often mean person in the room,receiving odd looks from others who silently judge me for

what give become.After all I’ve been through, all the Hell I’ve seen and ex-

perienced, how the hell was I supposed to come back normal?

Normal

Being that it was night, your options

are rather limited to gazing outside intothe night or ta king a nap. I didn’t get to

see the world around me, but better yet, Igot to see it through the beautiful lights

of people getting ready for Christmas.It’s not long before you begin to see cars

passing by you on Highway 6, as thetrain begins to pull up next to it. When

wanting to sleep, you can ask some of

the workers on board to wake you upwhen you get to your stop.

Now if you don’t like either of thosetwo options, there is a third. You have

access to Wi- and outlets between every

seat. You are set to just sit back and watch

movies on your laptop or your phone,whichever you prefer. You can even go

as far as one of the other passengers on

the train who brought along their PS4to play on the train.

So, next time when you are planningto go back home, consider taking the

trai n. You won’t be bored and you’ll getto see the world in a whole new light.

For more information about the train, just go to Amtrak’s website.

Train

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exist and we tend to ask, “Why continue?”

Piper, you don’t normally face this form of hate so youdon’t care about safe spaces. You are privileged, you are

exempt from this adversarial space, but other people need

them to be able to succeed and compete. Safe spaces shouldexist, especially in a place of learning.

Safe continued from page 2

Designed by Method Studio and built byJacobsen Construction, both of Salt Lake

City, the CIB was completed in August2015. The $21 million building is located

where the heart of campus and the commu-nity intersect and is envisioned as a device

to support a welcoming union betweenthese two essential elements, said Method

Studio’s principal architect Joe Smith.The common thread of connecting USU

Eastern to the community and the com-

munity connecting to the university wasarchitect Shawn Benjamin’s thought pro-cess when he visualized the completed CIB.

Chancellor Joe Peterson said, “USUEastern congratulates Method Studios

Architects and Jacobsen Construction ontheir recognition from Utah Construction

& Design. The college’s new CentralInstruction Building has been designated

as the Outstanding Small Higher Educa-tion project.

“What an excellent team. How deservingof the recognition. The college couldn’t be

more pleased, rst, with the beautiful build-ing itself, and second, with the recognition

of our planning and building partners.”Other higher education institutions

given awards included USU’s Scienceand Technology Building for Concrete/

Structure; the University of Utah’s S. J.

Quinney College of Law, Green/Sustain-able; the U of U’s Student Life Center,Higher Education Large Project; and the U

of U’s Huntsman Basketball Center, Sports/ Recreation Large.

Thir ty-one awards were given Tuesdayby the Utah Construction and Design for

its 2016 Most Outstanding Projects at abreakfast hosted by Little America Hotel.

CIB continued from page 2

Christmas Crossword



page 4 LifestylesDecember 10, 2015

Your teenage years bring with them a lot

of rsts, leading up to your freshman year at a

university. First time driving a car, rst dates and

most importantly the rst taste of the enormous

amount of information it takes to be successful

in college. While many go through this process

with the help of parents and older siblings who

have been there before, some are venturing

forth as trailblazers, navigating the seemingly

endless amount of information the last year

of high school and rst year of college bring.

Tedious aspects like studying habits,

FAFSA, applications, declaring a major/minor,

budgeting and taking standardized tests likethe ACT/SAT are all things you don’t have

to navigate on your own. People like Brandon

Flores, director of GEAR UP at USU Eastern, and his staff are hear to

help you through every step both here on campus and at Carbon and Pin-nacle high schools.

Flores, a native of Magna, Utah, joined USU Eastern from Michigan

State University in Lansing, Mich. where he recently competed his gradu-

ate degree. Excited and enthusiastic to help local students be successful,

Flores is well equipped and determined to make student’s experience at

USU Eastern both fun as well as productive.

GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergradu-

ate Programs) is a federally funded grant program whose goal is to

increase college awareness for low-income students and their families

and to help students develop the skills and preparation necessary to

pursue education after high school.

GEAR UP works collaboratively with schools, parents and community

organizations to help students build the knowledge, skills and condence

needed to prepare for college. GEAR UP provides staff and funding re -sources in a comprehensive program that helps students with academic,

social and life skills, reaches out to parents with college knowledge and

awareness information and builds community partnerships.

Some of the services offered are tutoring, mentoring, help with home-work and study skills, educational planning, career counseling, goal setting,

career exposure with businesses and industries, ACT tutoring, college

awareness and exploration, college enrollment, eld trips and activities,

after school and summer activities, family nights at local events, campus

cultural events, college visits for students and their families, nancial aid

information, scholarship searches, summer camps and family workshops.

To learn more about this program or how to apply please visit www.

usueastern.com/gearup.


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GEAR UP: Meet director Brandon Flores

A beard,flannel shirtand boots is

what David

Mathis was

planning on

wearing to

work every-day when he

was younger,

but over the

years , h is

work attire

changed to a

collared shirt

khakis and

dress shoes.

Born in Maryland and living in Vir-

ginia until he was 23, Mathis enjoyedplaying lacrosse and taking tr ips to Price

where his father grew up. Growing up in

the suburbs of D.C., it was nice for him

to get away from the city and curl up with

his cousins on the trampoline star ing at

the stars surrounded by mountains and

wilderness. At nine, Mathis was set on being a

lumberjack. He thought that the hard work

during the day would help him fall asleep

easily each night, but his attention was then

stolen by video games until 15. Mathis

won and lost many battles in these years,

but decided he needed to do somethingelse with his life.

Making plans to go to college to

become an architect or engineer, Mathis

took three years of draf ting in high school

in preparation for this potential career.

Enjoying the years after high school that

he spent working as a drafter, he realized

that he no longer wanted to pursue this

plan. Mathis decided he was going to give

computer science and digital animation

a try. After one semester of prerequisite

classes for computer science, that plan was

ushed down the toilet as well.

Knowing that he couldn’t go back to

his original plan or put his well-earned

video game skills to use, Mathis decided

to evaluate what he had done with his life

so far. “While I was considering what elseto study, my previous job as a drafter stuck

out to me as I was able to do some basic

graphic design, website design and other

marketing-related tasks at that job as well.”

Mathis continues, “I enjoyed writing as

well as photography and graphic design,

and thought marketing might be a good t

as it allows for all of those. I began taki ng

the pre-req courses for the marketing and

advertising degree and nished at Brigham

Young University in that degree.”

Working at a company in Provo for

nine years, Mathis decided that he would

seek employment elsewhere.“My parentsretired and moved from D.C. to Price two

years ago, and one day I had a thought to

check job openings at the [USU Eastern]

university and there was an opening for

a job that was a great t for me. The job

is a great opportunity and I also plan on

starting the MBA program at USU in

January.”

When he isn’t watching Game of

Thrones with his favorite apple beer from

the cafeteria, Mathis is busy recruiting

new students for USU Eastern in Price,

Blanding and the Moab regional campus.

With his primary responsibility being to

attract full-and part-time students to all

of the degree programs at all of these

campuses, he also helps with other campus

activities such as athletics, communityrelations and student activities.

“I’ve only been here four months, so

I can’t claim any big innovations yet,”

Mathis states, “but one of the changes

that comes with my position (not neces-sari ly me) is access to resources in Logan

that were not as easily accessible to USU

Eastern before. It’s also been a while

(I’m not sure how long) since there has

been a dedicated marketing position for

USU Eastern, so I’m bringing a renewed

focus to the specic needs and qualities

of USU Eastern.”

Mathis is planning on accomplishingthis with, “some hard work and by getting

to know as many people on campus as

possible to develop good working relation-ships with everyone.”

Mathis said, “I’d also like to work with

the different groups on campus, especially

on the academic side, to work on develop-ing a uniform message that focuses on USU

Eastern’s strength’s in order to attract new

students. That sounds like a lot of business

jargon, but I believe it is important. I want

to make it easy for potential students to

see the benet of attending USU Eastern

and that wil l involve everyone on campus,

faculty, staff and students.”

With lots to do for not only the Price

campus, but the Blanding and Moab

regional, Mathis loves sitting down atthe table for a nice big plate of spaghetti.

Pressing play on his favorite, most recently

downloaded song, “Style,” by Taylor Swift,

he thinks about how he is thankful that

he has a job that lets him d ress nice in his

favorite color, blue, and keeps him busy.

Even though he would rather be sitting

around a campre with friends, Mathis

says, “It’s nice to work for someth ing you

believe in. I believe that furthering your

education or training is always a wise

choice and think the opportunities that

USU is providing statewide are genuinely

cool. A university that offers everythingfrom career and technical training to

doctorate degrees, and all in a smaller

community like Price, is a cool place to

work, in my opinion. Plus I honestly like

eating in the cafeteria for lunch. Instead

of a daily debate about where to go and

what to have for lunch, I just show up to

the cafeteria and Gillan [Bishop] has me

covered.”

Mathis realizes that he can’t do his

job effectively without the students he re,

so he advises, “Go to activities and go to

games. I promise you’ll have a lot more

fun if activities are packed and the seats

are full at games. Help make USU Eastern

a place you love to be, in and out of class.

And tell all your friends.”

Even though his childhood dream ogrowing a beard and dressing in the same

annel shirts that “hipsters” seem to wear

a lot of, Mathis is pleased with the job

that he recently obtained at the best (and

only) college in Price, Utah. Mathis is

meant to be here doing marketing for the

school and leaving his dream of becom-ing a well-dressed lumberjack in the past.

Rachel Prowsstaff writer

[email protected]

David Mathis narrative: a life of change and opportunities

Top six contest winnersAnnual Eastern Wildlife Club photography contest

Providing students with the

tools and information on how to

prevent suicide was the goal of

USU Eastern’s Residence Life

on Nov. 17. The night kicked off

with Heath Earl, professor of

psychology at USUE, explaining

suicide statistics, and how suicidal

thoughts manifest from an assort-

ment of events.Earl explained how suicidal

thoughts can happen to anyone be-cause anyone can feel hopeless. He

named many risk factors, how to

identify them and how to properly

address them. Risk factors include:substance abuse, talking about

death, feelings of hopelessness,

giving away of personal posses-

sions, making amends, saying

goodbyes and sudden feelings of

happiness. He also covered how

women are more likely to attempt

suicide and suffer from depression.

Earl proceeded to explain how

to handle a situation in which youor another person is experiencing

suicidal thoughts. One must rst

stay with the person and contact

an expert (or someone who can

get the appropriate help), try to

get them through the day, these

thoughts don’t last long, be sup-

portive and empathetic, try to get

them to therapy. He capped his

presentation by making sure to

most importantly, “Be Aware.”

Carter and Wendy Grant,

parents whose eldest child and

USU Eastern student committed

suicide, gave a more personal nar-

rative on suicide and prevention.

They explained how their family

coped with the loss. This includedhow a simple, “I love you” goes

a long way. They followed by

explaining their experience on the

warning signs and prevention. This

included: never ignore a warning

sign, listen carefully to what they

have to say, take it very seriously,

learn the resources available to

you and, if the worst happens, be

aware of others who might becomesuicidal while trying to cope.

Carter explained the most

important thing to remember is

to listen and empathize, and don’t

try to x their problems.

The night ended with a musical

performance from local duo, JB

and Chris. JB struggled with drugs

and depression, but used music to

get clean and cope with the depres-

sive thoughts. They opened with

“Drive” by Incubus which Chris

explained was their fr iend’s, Scott

Donaldson’s, favorite song. They

chose it because Donaldson com-

mitted suicide and they thought

the song would have a positive

message. They finished with“Counting Stars” by One Republic

and “Remedy” by Jason Mraz.

This an informational night,

hearing Carter speak about

his family’s struggle, plus JB’s

struggle with suicidal thoughts

and his insight on how music

turned his life a round.

Suicide Prevention Night Rodrigo Leon

staff [email protected]

An open house for high school seniors was held

Dec. 1 from 6-8 p.m. Students were able to learn about

Eastern and apply for this campus as well as Utah State

University in Logan. “We used to recruit on our own,

but this year we combined with Utah State recruiting.”

said Kristian Olsen, director of enrollment services.

Fifty-one students were in attendance. “Most of

the students were from Carbon or Emery counties, but

some drove down from the Wasatch Front,” he said.

Ambassadors, enrollment and advisers were there

to help with the open house and recruitment. “These

open houses are geared toward attracting students to

the Institutions,” Olsen said.

Not only was an open house held on campus, but

there were some in other locations across the state. A

couple of ambassadors had to opportunity to attend and

help with the open house in St. George for the Southern

portion of the state.

Olsen recommends this campus because, “many

come to our campus for campus tours and say that it

feels like home. They were treated like they are special

and important.”

“We love our students and want them to excel,”

Olsen said.

Another thing prospective students that have visited

other campuses say is, “Here, we receive individual

attention. Nowhere else have we received a hello or

acknowledgement from a professor passing by. Students

receive that here.” These things a re what this campus

is for. That’s what our campus is all about, Olsen said.

David Mathis

Brandon Flores

Open House for seniors

The Wilderness Club’s 2nd annual photo contest named six winners. David Mathis won best landscape and wildlife; Marc Stilson wonpeople and nature; Andrew Todachinnie won trail cam, Jennifer Thomas won macro ora; and Shellet Rowley won people’s choice.

photo courtesy Emilee Merrill

Andrew Todachinnie David Mathis

Marc Stilson David Mathis



Let’s be honest, science is fun, a lot

of fun. The funnest part about science isunderstanding it, participating in it and

being able to provide intelligent input to adiscussing involving it. Chemistry Profes-

sor John Webber told me, “Knowledge isfun, but learning is hard.” That statement

is more true than many understand, gettingknowledgeable in a scientic eld takes a lot

of time and a tremendous amount of effort.Unfortunately we willingly take up causes by

those who hold advanced degrees regardlessof the actual science involved in the claim.

If there is anything you should take fromthis article it’s this; science is a process of

labor and review over many, many years,not the people who perform it. No scientist

has been infall ible, many who achieve greatthings have also slung their fair share of

nonsense over the years. One example thatis poignant is that of Dr. Linus Pauling, a

chemist who won two Nobel Prizes: the rstone in chemistry for describing the nature

of chemical bonds and one in peace for hiswork against nuclear weapons testing.

Overall Pauling was a pretty awesomeguy who was recently ranked as the 16th

most important scientist in history. However,he had an afnity for trumpeting the cause

of megadose vitamin C as a treatment foreverything from polio to cancer. In fact he

wrote several books on the subject whichwas willingly scooped up by those who put

their trust in scientists and not science. Hispractices and ideas have been tested and

shown to be undeniably false, even thoughit still has followers to this day.

Another would be someone who’s one-time accomplishment I admire more than

just about anyone else’s. James Watson was

one of the trio of Watson, Crick and Franklinwho discovered the double-helix structure

of DNA laying the foundation for moderngenetics and biology. What makes Watson

a good example of being a bad example arehis views of eugenics, which is, rst a belief

that the “dumbest” 10 percent of people are

diseased and should be “cured” and second,those from Africa are inherently less intel-ligent than “white” people.

I hear you thinking, “Well that’s whatpeople said 50 years ago.” That last statement

was in 2007, ugh. Watson’s incomparableknowledge of human genetics as a father of

the eld holds no credence over scientic

fact. Belief is irrelevant to science which is

why it’s sometimes hard to discern betweenwhat’s correct and what’s horse manure.

It’s why politicians cite irrelevant studiesdone in the 1970’s and fail to mention or read

the peer reviews and why heart-diseased,baseball cap wearing youtube stars make

videos of themselves riding in cars and yell-ing at why evolution is evil. I can’t get upset,

like Dr. Webber said, “Learning is hard.”

A couple of quotes I have saved on myiPad may help give us a glimpse into whatscience actual ly is. Dr. Steve Novella wrote,

“There is nothing magic about science.It’s simply a systematic way of carefully

and thoroughly observing nature and us-ing consistent logic to evaluate results.”

I’ll nish with what the modern scion of

science, Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson, said,

“Science works on the fron-tier between knowledge

and ignorance. We aren’tafraid to admit what we

don’t know. There is noshame in that. The only

shame is to pretend wehave all the answers.”

Science is a process,not a person.

December 10, 2015 page 5

Cooking with Toby: hot holiday drinks for everyone’s tastes


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Infallible Flapibility

“The plays the thing, wherein I’ll catch

the conscience of the king”. . . or an audi-ence, says Corey Ewan who plays the king

in USU Eastern’s production of WilliamShakespeare’s “Hamlet” which nishes its

run this weekend in the Peterson BlackBox Theatre.

This production is historic in that weare presenting the rst quar to of the play,

which has been deemed “unperformable”by more than a few Shakespeare scholars.

We are proving them wrong. Our produc-tion features a tour-de-force performance

by all members of the cast, Ewan said.Jarom Brown, director of the produc-

tion and Shakespearean expert, created afun approach to the production by keeping

the ensemble of actors on-stage through-out the performance, many of them taking

on multiple roles, with the adding of a hathere or a scarf there.

Along with recitations of its text, manybelieve the rst publication of Hamlet to

be something like a published rst draft of

the eventual masterpiece. Others believe

that it is a pirated transcript of the stagedplay, Brown said. “Whether it is one or

the other or neither, we may never knowif there is a method to the madness of the

rst quarto of Hamlet.

“First published in 1603, it is shorter

in length than the version we all knowand love, the dialogue is less rhythmically

sound and some artistic nesse is simply

not there,” Brown said.

“I have been more than impressedwith our freshman performers,” added

the USU Eastern theatre professor, “Theyhave certainly exceeded expectations.”

Adam Bone, a freshman who gradu-

ated from Carbon High School, plays the

iconic Hamlet and portrays the infamoustale of brotherly betrayal or the coming

of age story of a vengeful prince in animpeccable artistic rendition. “He is re-

ally, really good in this role,” Ewan said.Corambis (Polonius) is played by Hol-

lywood actor, Jerry Hoffman, who hashundreds of plays, TV shows and com-

mercials in his resume. Horatio is playedby Josh Demie; Tasia Roache played the

queen; Josh Bone, Leartes; Veronica Tita,Ofelia; and Chloe Clark, Rossencrast.

This is not your grandmother’s Ham-let, it is more like your hot girlfriends’

Hamlet, Ewan added.“As far as our departure from the

well-known script, we decided to treat

this early version of Hamlet as a stand-along script. To do so, we endeavored to

keep the lines, sequencing and characternames as original ly published in the 1603

quarto,” director Brown said.Brown encourages Shakespeare

enthusiasts to take special note of the di f-ferences they see and hear and observe the

possible developments the author mighthave made while revising from one text

to the other, Brown said.Performances are Thursday, Friday

and Saturday, Dec. 10-12, at 7:30 p.m. inthe Peterson Theatre in the CIB. Seating

is limited in the theatre so the directoradvises to get there early.

Shakespeare’s HamletTo go or not to go, it is not the question

The king speaks to Hamlet . . .Corambis (Polonius) reads. . .

Hamlet questions . . .

All I want for Christmas. . .What The Eagle Staff wants for Christmas

Emilee Merrill

What: Lotion from Bath and

Body Works and Money.

Why: I’m almost out and who

doesn’t want money (come on!).

Eric Love

What: I want Nathan to showup to Philosophy.

Why: So I can get the notes for

the classes that I have missed.

Sam Czarnecki

What: A good dash-cam.

Why: Everyone is a moron

behind the wheel, myself in-

cluded. A dash-cam just adds

another level of security in

adverse road situations.

EJ Sanders Jr.

What: To show my parents

that I understand and they are

appreciated.

Why: I want to be able to give

them what they gave me; a life

they deserve.

April MillerWhat: Money

Why: To pay off ridiculous stu-

dent loans and to buy a new car.

Esther Melendez

What: the “After” book series.

Why: It is a great series.

Nathan Pena

What: To be with my family.

Why: It’s not Christmas unless

you’re celebrating with your

family.

Brett Allen

What: Shallow mount subsystem.

Why: Because a sound system’s

quality can change our hearing

perception… and life.

David Rawle

What: Travel to New York City.

Why: I have always wanted

to travel this is a good way to

start. I’ve already been invited

to go, I just need to nd the

funds to do so.

Mara Wimmer

What: Any form of book.

Why: Reading is one of my

favorite things to do. When I

have a book in my hand, my

stress melts away and makes

me happy.Daniel Pike

What: I’d like Donald Trump

to say “Just Kidding!”

Why: Because if he is elected

president, I’m moving to

Canada. That seems expensive

and I kind of li ke it here.

Nathaniel Woodward

What: A new telescope.

Why: Gifts I can use with my

kids are always more fun.

Rodrigo Leon

What: A Death Star.Why: To eradicate my enemies

and start the intergalactic

empire.

Stacey Graven

What: A spa day.

Why: Because college can be

stressful and a spa day would

be a good, relaxing moment at

the end of a semester.

Nikkita Blain

What: A unicorn and a complete

view from the Locker comic

book. And chocolate frogs.

Why: It would be awesome!

Kiara Horowitz

What: I want a genie.

Why: Because then I can wish

for perfect health, all of mystories to be famous, and to

grow to be 5’7” tall.

With the end of the semestercoming, most everyone is head-

ing home for winter break. Iknow for more than a few people

on campus that means returningto the frozen north. So to do my

share in keeping everyone alive,

I have put together a few drinksto warm your bellies. These willall be non-alcoholic since this

is a dry campus and I have noexperience mixing drinks. Also

all of them can be scaled up tomake for family get togethers or

scaled down for just one person.One of my favorite drinks

to have in winter is hot applecider. My brother-in-law turns

his into wassa il, but I have neverreally liked it all that much. It has

pineapple juice in it and I havenot liked pineapple since I was

8. I do, however, enjoy a goodspiced cider. The way I make it

takes some time and preparation,

but is delicious none the less. Tomake a full batch you need twoquarts of apple cider. If you want

to you can make a smaller batchthough just do the math to divide

it down. I also prefer to makeit in a crock pot, but a normal

pot will work just ne. For an

optional garnish, you can put a

cinnamon stick in the glass justfor the appearance.

This one is for the more ad-venturous people. When I was

in southern Arizona, I went tothe Farmer’s Market and found a

vendor selling chil i water. I knowthis one is not a “hot drink,” per

se, but the heat feels real enough.Chili water is originally a Hawai-

ian drin k, however the variationthat I am familiar with carries a

heavy Southwestern inuence.

Plus, it is not just for drinking; it

can be used for cooking rice andpasta or added to tomato paste to

make and easy enchilada sauce. Ifyou do plan to use it for cooking,

you will need to cut everythingdown to smaller pieces and not

strain the chili water either.Finally, I have a twist on a

classic. White hot chocolate wassomething that I start ed out with

no idea how I was going to getit to work, but then started my

research and saw it is probablythe easiest one to make out of

these recipes. If you have ac-cess to a double boiler, I would

recommend using it. A doubleboiler is used for recipes that

burn easily and this one useshalf and half, so it is at risk of

being scorched if too high of heatis used. If you wish to garnish

this one you can grate some milk

chocolate on top of it or use apeppermint stick as a stirrer.

These will have a small affecton the taste and will depend on

the individual if they are for thebetter or worse.

Chili Water

Put the water a bowl and the

ginger, serrano peppers, chilepequins, dried rosemary, and salt.

Cover and let steep at least foreighteen hours. Add the rice vin-

egar then strain and refrigerate.Spiced Apple Cider

Take a coffee lter and put

the cinnamon, cloves, allspice

and nutmeg into it then tie itclosed with some thread. Bring

the cider to a boil in a pot thenreduce heat to low. Put the coffee

lter into the cider and simmer

for ten minutes. Turn off the heat

and remove the spice lled lter

and stir the honey.White Hot Chocolate

In a small sauce pan heat the

half and half over medium lowheat stirring constantly with a

whisk. Heat until small bubblesstart to form around the edges.

Stir in t he white chocolate chipsand continue on heat until com-

pletely melted. Remove fromheat and stir in nutmeg and

vanilla. Ladle into mugs and t opwith whipped cream.

Nathan Pena staff writer

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Toby Fosterstaff writer

[email protected] Spiced Apple Cider

• 2 quarts of apple cider

• 1 tbsp cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp cloves

• 1 tsp nutmeg

• 1/2 tsp allspice• 3 tsbp honeyTake a coffee lter and put the cinnamon,

cloves, allspice and nutmeg into it then t ie it

closed with some thread. Bring the cider toa boil in a pot then reduce heat to low. Put

the coffee lter into the cider and simmer for

ten minutes. Turn off the heat and remove the

spice lled lter and stir in the honey.

Chili Water

• 6 cups hot water (not quite boiling)

• 1 inch peeled, chopped ginger root

• 2 serrano peppers (stem removed & quartered

• 1 4 oz. package of dried chili piquin• 1 1/2 tbsp dried rosemary

• 1 tbsp salt

• 2 tsp rice vinegarPut the water a bowl and the ginger, serrano peppers, chile pequins, dried rosemar y, and salt.

Cover and let steep at least for eighteen hours. Add the rice vinegar then strain and refrigerate.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint Institute of Religion choir,

under the direction of Natalie Mantz,performed two concerts in Salt Lake City

and a concert in Price the past few weeks.

The songs performed were ones to

help spread the Christmas spirit andbring good old fashioned jolliness to

fellow students as nals draw closer.

Their rst Christmas performance

was at the Institute’s Friday Forum onNov. 21. Some of the selections of songs

they sang included “It’s Beginning toLook a Lot Like Christmas,” “A Simple

Silent Night” and sped up version of the

holiday classic “Jingle Bells.” Families,faculty and students attended t he hour-

long holiday program. On Dec. 4, the Institute’s choir took

their songs on the road to sing at TempleSquare in Salt Lake City as part of the

Christmas on Temple Square events.They performed at two different venues:

The Joseph Smith Memorial Buildingand The Family History Museum. They

performed to crowds of visitors fromthroughout the world who traveled to

Salt Lake to see the holiday activitiesof Temple Square.

Whi le the cho i r ’ s ho l idayperformances are over, they continue

to practice songs every semester for

the community performances and aresoon to start practicing for their Easterprogram.

Institute choir performs in SLCMadison Woodward

staff [email protected]

Institute Choir

photos courtesy Levan Hall’s Creations

Hot White Chocolate

• 3 1/2 cups half and half

• 11 oz. white chocolate chips

• 1/4 tsp nutmeg

• 2 tsp vanilla

• whipped creamIn a small sauce pan heat the half and half over

medium low heat stirring constantly with a whisk.

Heat until small bubbles start to form around theedges. Stir in the white chocolate chips and continue

on heat until completely melted. Remove from heatand stir in nutmeg and vanilla. Ladle into mugs

and top with whipped cream.

Setting the record straight:

photo courtesy Eric Mantz



The legend from Ardmore, Penn., born

Aug. 23, 1978, son of former NBA profes-sional Joe Billy Bean Bryant.

Named after the famous beef of Kobe,Japan, the legacy of Kobe Bryant was

already scripted. Greatness was embed-ded in Bryant at 3, who became a lifelong

student-of-the-game. His family movedto Rieti, Italy, when he was 6 as his father

nished his career overseas: he engaged

with pros and understood what it took to

be great.Back to the state of Pennsylvania in

1991, Bryant established his presence inthe basketball world. After an astonishing

prep career as Southeastern Pennsylvania’sall-time leading scorer at 2,883 points, he

surpassed two NBA Hall-of-Famers, Lio-nel Simmons and Wilt Chamberlin, who

many know by his 100-point game. Bryantbeing the only man who has irted with

that record scori ng 81 against the TorontoRaptors in 2006.

Acquiring attention from major Divi-sion 1 institutions: Duke, North Carolina,

Michigan and Villanova to name a few,Bryant decided to take his game to the

professional level and declared for the1996 NBA Draft, were he was selected 13th

overall by the Charlotte Hornets.Arn Tellem, Bryant’s agent at the time,

had told the Hornets playing for them was

an “impossibility” and Hornets agreed totrade their pick to the Lakers; however,

ve minutes prior to selection, the Lakers

articulated their choice and never before

that did Charlotte ever consider selectingBryant.

Bryant had a slow start his rookieyear, from not playing much because of

the expanse of legends who he had thehonor to play behind; however, won the

1997 slam-dunk competition and becameknown as this athletic youngster.

In 1998 Bryant reintroduced himselfand was now known as a basketball player

whose future was blinding bright and wasselected for the 1998 All-Star team and

from that day on, he never looked back.Bryant earned 17 All-Star game selec-

tions and starts and four-time All-Stargames Most Valuable Player.

The career of Bryant will be one we’llalways remember from his accolades: 5x

NBA Champion, 2x NBA Finals MVP,1x NBA MVP, 2x Scoring Champ, 15x

All NBA Team, 12x All Defense Team,2x Best NBA Player ESPY Award, 2x

Olympic Gold Medal Winner, 81 Points in

a single game, third NBA All-Time Scor-

ing Leader with 32,638-career-total points

and counting, plus most seasons played ona single franchise at 20 years of service.

These are just a few of Bryant’s acco-

lades that earned him the nickname Black

Mamba. For those who may not know theBlack Mamba is this Eponymous snake

with the ability to strike with 99 percentaccuracy at maximum speed in rapid suc-

cession, need I say more.Bryant’s career was not all daylight, he

had vendettas with teammates and formerplayers, and most prevalent occurred with

his 3x NBA Finals Champ teammate

Shaquille O’Neal. He received scrutiny

from media and public with accusations

of sexual assault in a Colorado hotel in2003, where all charges were dropped andhis case acquitted.

Bryant’s career hasn’t been the smooth-est dealing with various injuries throughout

his career; however, one thing we’ll neverforget is his pain threshold, for sure. He

showed us over and over again his abilityto play through pain, injuries I couldn’t

imagine playing through; however, hewas incomparable and always played a

world-class level and we never expectedanything less.

“The Black Mamba” was one of thoseplayers we only see once a century and

our children will hear stories af ter storiesabout. We expected greatness, but more

notably, he expected greatness and that’swhy he is the player he is, why he achieved

what he did, inspired fans and studentsof the game because he gave us his heart

daily and worked harder than anyone else.Most players in the league workout,

Kobe blacked out, he wanted more so hewas repetitively on another level. After an-

nouncing his retirement, Bryant publicizeda poem to basketball for his appreciation

and love for the game.An excerpt from that poem reads, “I’m

ready to let you go. I want you to know

now. So we both can savor every moment

we have left together. The good and the

bad. We have given each other al l the wehave,” this is a man who loved the gameand will truly miss it as much as we’ll miss

him. Like Kevin Durant of the OklahomaThunder who said, “He was our Michael

Jordan” and as we all know you can’t playthis game forever, I know I expected him

too, but Father Time is undeafted andeventually wears everyone down, but we

know that coming into it and that’s whywe make every moment count, savor every

minute and leave a legacy that will alwaysbe reminisced and remembered and Bryant

did just that.“This season is a ll I have left to give. My

heart can take the pounding. My mind canhandle the gr ind, but my body knows it’s

time to say goodbye.” So with a little over60 games left, if you have the opportunity

to catch a game when Bryant and the Lakerscome through to an arena near you, try to

invest in a ticket because it’ll be the lasttime you’ll ever get to see the

legend play. Hate to see yougo “Vino” and there are

good young players, butthere will never be another

Bryant. All that’s left tosay is thank you Bryant,

thank you!

December 10, 2015 Sports

photos courtesy Tyson Chappell

Edmond James Sanders Jr.sports writer

[email protected]

Let conference begin

Hamdi Karoui (left) and Tevin Ferris (right) attempt to score against Taylor Made Prep. Phill ip Winston drives hard into the paint against Taylor Made Prep.

The USU Eastern men’s basket-

ball team has been on re during

their exciting preseason. Goingundefeated in t heir last three tour-

naments, the Eagles have the drive

they need to go into conferenceplay stronger than ever.Preseason sets the tone for

the whole regular season. Theeffort and work the team put into

preseason, will likely reect how

the team will keep doing. Coach

Adjalma Becheli said, “We havebeen through a lot of things this

year already. We are down nowto just 10 players, but the team is

playing well so far. We are 10-2

and the players have been work-ing so hard on and off the cour t to

represent USU Eastern the best wecan and I think that we are doing

a great job so far.”At the Snow Tournament, the

Eagles destroyed Treasure Val-ley Community College, 105- 68.

Brandon Sly lead the team with25 points, Soloman Rolls-Tyson

added 17 and Phllip Winston 16.The Eagles then went up against

Central Wyoming College, beatingthem 82-64. Winston lead with 16

points, while Rolls-Tyson lead with15, and James Furlow with 14.

Coming into the MustangInvitational, the Eagles kept their

winning streak rolli ng. They beat

Western Wyoming Community

College in a close game, 82-75. Sly

lead with 17 points, Furlow 16,

and both Tevin Ferris and Winstonwith 11. They then played against

Planet Athlete, winning 116-70.Furlow lead with 29 points, Rolls-

Tyson 16, Farr is with 14.As the Eagles moved into the

Sheridan Classic, their last tourna-ment until conference play, they

didn’t let their momentum falter.Beating Central Wymoing again,

87-76, Furlow lead the team with21 points, Winston and Sly 18 and

16 points, respectively. The Eaglesended their preseason beating

Sheridan College, the host of thetournament, 82-76.

Coach Vando is pleased with

the team and all the hard work

they’ve been putting in. As theytransition into conference play,

Vando said, “conference play is thebest time of the year because we

will see where we are comparedto the other teams.

“It’s always exciting to competein our Conference because every

year, we have at least three teamsranked in the top 25 in the countr y.

The kids and the coaching staffare looking forward to start the

conference games and I hope thatwe can play well enough to be at

the top of the Region 18.”Coach Justin Brown has seen

the team go through some hardthings and is so proud they have

come together and played so well

thus far. Going into conference

play, Brown says, “I feel verygood about the group of guys we

have going into conference play.As a group, these guys have been

through some tough times andthe basketball court has denitely

been a place where they can escapeto and not worry about anything

but the game.”The men’s basketball team

wants to reach new limits and setthe standard for Eagle’s basketball.

The team has many goals for thisyear to do just that. “As a coach,

the rst goal that I have is still

improving as a team and individu-

ally. We want our players to getbetter in every opportunity that

they have to compete on the court.

They are hungry to learn and get

better every single day. They areworking very hard every day and

it is paying off when we play,” saidCoach Vando.

The team begins conferenceplay on Dec. 10 at Snow College

at 7:30 p.m., then has their second

game later that week at Salt Lake

Community College on Dec. 12at 7:30 p.m.

The team has a simple goal forthe season to try to maintai n their

re and the win ning streak they’re

on; “…every single week, our goa l

is to be 2-0. We do not look furtherinto the season, we are to focus on

the right now, and right now 2-0every single weekend is the only

goal,” Vando said.

Kayla Newmansports writer

[email protected]

Men’s basketball, standing at 12-2, heads into conference play this weekend on the road

Kobe Bryant “Vino”: the superstar will retire after his 20th season

Kobe Bryant

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The USU Eastern women’sbasketball team has been a show

to watch this preseason. Going 6-4in their 4 tournaments, the Eagles

have the talent and athleticism

to go into conference and be athreatening team.

Preseason allowed the Lady

Eagles to get their feet wetand prepare for regular season.

Coming out of preseason, thewomen’s team is to be feared for

they are a unpredictable teamwilling to press and move at a fast

tempo the whole game. This is notvery common amongst the other

teams in Scenic West AthleticConference.

Coach Morgan Warburton-Nelson believes there is no

limitations to what these athletescan accomplish. “When we are

all on the same page willing to

go to battle day in and day out,we have a chance to compete withany team we face.”

During the Casper WyomingTournament the Lady Eagles

defeated Casper College in aclose game 74-71. Ana Borges ledthe team with 23 points and 11

rebounds. Clarissa Perez, BarbaraCousino, and Ayanna Ford added

the team with four assists each.They lost their next game against

Central Wyoming College 63-72. Cousino led the team with

18 points and 9 rebounds. Perez

led the teamw i t h s i xassists.

G o i n gi n t o t h e

P h o e n i xTournament

1-1, the LadyEagles were

determinedto defeat any

team theywould be up against.

The Eagles then defeatedChandler-Gilbert Community

College 93-72 at their homefacility. Cousino led the team

in points, scoring 21. Ashlyn

Coleman led the team i n reboundswith 10. While Perez added eightassists of her own. The Lady

Eagles lost their second gameagainst Phoenix College 72-73.

Cousino leading in points once

again with 26, Ford in reboundswith 10, and Perez in assist with

four.The next weekend the Lady

Eagles traveled to Idaho to takeon Wilston State during the CSI

tournament winning in a closegame 80-73. Cousino again led

the team in scoring 23. Mikaela

Rueckert ledin reboundswith a total

o f n i n e .Perez again

l e a d i n gin assists

with a totalof seven.

The LadyEagles lost

their secondgame against Athletic Allianz 68-

86. Perez leading the team with 16points and eight assist. Borges led

the team with 11 rebounds.The Lady Eagles headed

into their last tournament

before the season at Salt LakeCommunity College 4-3. Withthe determination to win against

a team they had previously lostto during the CSI tournament,

the Lady Eagles fought hard and

defeated Athletic Allianz 83-76during the Salt Lake Tournament.

Cousino led the team with 17points and 12 rebounds, while

Perez led the team with 7 assists.Finishing the tournemnet with

a 68-71 loss against NorthwestCollege, Borges led the team

with 21 points and eight rebounds

while Cousino led the team withthree assist.

Coaches Chelsey Warburton

and Morgan Warburton-Nelsonbelieve they set their team up for

success going into each game,spending a countless amount of

time watching and analyzing lm.

“Preparation for games is a very

important part of a ny team beingsuccessful. Coach Warburton and

I also spend signicant amount

of time watching our team and

making sure we are continuallyfinding ways to be better as

individuals and as a team,” saidWarburton-Nelson.

The women’s team wants to

reach their goals of holding everyteam to under 60 points. Alsostarting the game out strong with

a lot of energy and enthusiasmboth on the bench and on the

court. They believe that with

accomplishing this goal theyhave a good chance of winning

any game.The team starts their first

conference game on the roadDec. 10 at Snow College. Their

second game will be at Salt Lake

Community College on Dec. 12.

“Our main goal for the Snowgame is to compete and set t he tone

for our team during conference.Our main goal for season is to

maintain positive growth as ateam,” said Warburton-Nelson.

Morgan Warburton-Nelson and Chelsey Warburton

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In the game of basketball, thereare two-main positions: guards and

forwards. But who has the tougher

ob? The guards, who are constantlypressuring the ball, and running allover the place? Or is it the forwards,

the big post players, who are con-stantly getting physical, battling it

out in the post?Obviously guards are going to

think they have the toughest job inthe game, while post players think

that they are doing more work,however, maybe if both sides take

a glimpse at what the other has toendure, they will all have a bet-

ter understanding of each other,and furthermore appreciate each

other’s positions more.Guards are typically the smaller

players in the game, but what they

lack in size, they make up withspeed. The guards a re usually the

rst ones up the court.

Offensively, they get a lot oftouches on the ball, whether they

are the point guard, dribbling downthe court and initiating a play, or

the shooting guard, always readyto hit a three pointer.

Defensively, the guards arealways up in the ball handler’s

face, constantly pressuring the

ball to make it more difcult for

the ball-handler to get the ball toother players on their team.

The guards have the hardest jobwhen it comes to pressing teams,

because they constantly have to run

from side to side to try to pressurethe team enough that they turn theball over. Being a guard, you have

to be quick on your feet, you needto handle the ball, especially under

pressure, and you need to have agood jump shot.

Let’s take a look at the insidegame of basketball, where the

post players live. Generally, theforwards, as known as posts, are

the taller players on the court. Theforwards usually are not quicker

than guards, however they arestronger due to the physicality of

their position.Both offensively and defen-

sively, post players are constantly

trying to get position. This is wherethe paint becomes a battleeld.

Offensively, as a post, you try

to use your body to get in a goodenough position to set yourself up to

score. It is not as easy as it soundsbecause your defender is literally

trying to push you out of position,and get in the way of any possible

passes that try to come inside. Evenif a post player does get a catch in-

side, it’s a rare occasion that they geta wide open, easy lay-up. Forwards

are constantly getting contact, sowhen they get a catch inside, they

have to be strong and bully theirway closer to the basket and go

up for the shot expecting contact.

Post players are taught to go intothe contact, not away, so they candraw a foul and get an extra shot.

While guards are quicker on theirfeet, post players are stronger and

able to play through more contact.Guards need to have more en-

durance, whilst forwards need tohave more strength. However, these

two work wonderfully together.Since forwards are usually the

lowest on the court, they can seewhat is happening all around them

and help communicate what theysee to the guards so they know

what to expect and how to defendwhat is coming.

On the other hand, guards are

help-defense if a post player has togo out and defend someone else.Guards and forwards may

always disagree about who hasthe harder job, and who has to do

the most work, but one side won’ttruly understand where the other

is coming from unless they switchroles and see singlehandedly how

difcult it is to play each other’s

positions.

Guards and forwards: who has the tougher job? Jada Clark

sports writer [email protected]

elevator. This will teach our students

great customer service.”The entrance is encased in glass

shelves, white tile and ecked granite.“It’s simply stunning to visualize what

the architects designed and had built forus,” Prichard said.

A ve-chair barbering area is lo-cated on the south side of the building

for students planning to specialize inbecoming a barber.

The total square footage of the areais about 1,000-square feet less than what

the program had in the old SAC, said EricMantz, associate vice chancellor. “This

is the largest space we could nd without

signicantly impacting other programs

or incurring considerable additional

costs. He said the budget sheet specied

a project cost of $332,486.

The department went from 46- to30-student stations, eight- to three-

shampoo sinks and two- to one-facialrooms.

The cabinets, student stations, chairs,desks and bookcases were transported

from the SAC’s cosmetology area tothe new area.

“We tried to keep everything wecould from our old area to save on cost

for the university,” Prichard said.The main teaching facility has an

“industrial look” with exposed ceilingsgiving the illusion of a much larger

space. All contemporary LED lighting

is in every room with Neil Breinholtinstalling a state-of-the art sound system

piped into every room. All plumbing andelectrical has been updated.

The walls were stripped with newwall board added and lots of nooks and

crannies to add dimension to the area.Adjunct instructor Lisa Critchlow,

likes the open-space feel the new areahas. “It’s bright, has lots of natural light

and is one the nicest designed cosmetol-ogy schools in the state.”

Another adjunct, MarLayne Gordon,likes the way the space is utilized so the

instructors can watch each student’sinteraction with their clients.

$35

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soon as you can. Ultimately, it’s your re-

sponsibility to get to class, do the work and

acquire knowledge and skills. At the same

time, you can’t blame your faults and fail ings

on others. If you’ve made a mistake, own up

to it and move forward.”

Young has seen so much in her time here

and has lots to offer in ter ms of wisdom and

advice. She knows the value of education

and what a community college can do for a

place like Price. She said, “This institution

has been absolutely invaluable to our com-

munity. I think people need to realize how

incredibly lucky they are to have an insti-

tution like this in such a small city. People

should absolutely take full advantage of

everything USU Eastern has to offer. This

is an amazing place; I’ll miss it when I go.”

Young continued from page 1

Across

1: Ornaments

3: Angels

6: Presents

7: Nicholas

8: Comet

9: Cookies

11: Candycane

12: Christmas

Down

2: Shepherd

4: Gingerbread

5: Stockings

10: Star

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