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Many universities throughout the country adopt systems aimed to help students succeed. A common program through higher education systems is “major maps.” These major maps are designed to give students a suggested path to follow that helps with the confusion that many people experience. USU Eastern student services personnel is working on their own variation of the major map that ca- ters to the unique student body that makes up campus. Greg Dart, vice chancellor of enrollment services said, ”We want to give every student a very clear picture before they ever start as a student what it’s going to take to meet their academic goals.” There are many things that go into helping students to meet their academics goals. USUE plans to set in course a system that helps students identify their academic goals as well as decide their major or area of study earlier than usual. The final piece of this plan is the major maps. The major maps will not only focus on majors, but areas of em- phasis as well. This is helpful for students studying at USUE with the intent of transferring to a university or four-year college. (Programs include communications and pre- med.) The maps allow students to view the best way to get to where they want to be. “If a student knows their aca- demic goals, we want students to be able to see a clear path from where they are, to where they need to be,” Dart said. He and other facility members are working hard to get these maps in place by fall 2015. Members of many departments are working specifically on majors and concen- trations in their area so the maps are as accurate as they can be. USUE faculty and staff are looking at major maps from other universities to give them an idea of what they want. Dart said, “We’re pulling major maps from all over the country. Some of the ones we are looking at are very nicely designed, while others are a mess that only confuses students more. We want ours to embody the best maps we have seen.” Some of the maps that they have looked at include Northern Illinois University and Kansas State Uni- versity. The hope is that USUE’s map will be easy to use for students and will become an asset that all students take an advantage of. While the maps are intended to be a path for students to follow, they are to give students an idea of what they need to do rather than confine them to one plan. The maps will also include a job outlook chart as well as connect students to universities and four-year colleges where they can transfer to continue with their plan. Daniel Pike staff writer [email protected] Freshman year in college can be daunt- ing; with new faces, new places and an immense course-load, some students can feel overwhelmed and unsure of their own academic success. This is why USU Eastern’s new Aca- demic Success Initiative is implementing a first-year experience that provides a path for all incoming freshmen to a successful transition into their first semester and throughout freshman year. One aspect of this plan is a revamped orientation process. Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Greg Dart said, “We’ll be reimagining what orientation should be. We’ve been looking at the best orientation practices from around the state and how we can implement those here.” USUE currently offers an optional orientation course; yet Kay McClenney, Ph.D. and director of the center for com- munity college student engagement writes, “Students don’t do optional.” Since many other colleges in Utah have mandatory orientation processes, USUE will follow suit by 2016. Dart says that another important part of this initiative is a renewed commitment to college-success-skills programs. “A student who takes a college-success-skills course in their first semester is nearly 10 percent more likely to be retained for a second year.” Since college success starts with getting students here and follows with keeping them here until graduation, Dart under- stands the need to keep up USUE’s already outstanding fall-to-spring retention rates. He said, “In looking at USU Eastern’s enrollment goals, we’ve had a very large push for recruitment and retention. We do a very good job—one of the best in the state—in fall-to-spring retention.” Increased focus on a new mentoring program is also high on the list of priorities for Dart and the new director of first-year experience, Shanny Wilson. Dart added, “Her goal, in that new role, is simply to help students; to give them the clearest path to success in their first year.” The new mentoring program is largely Wilson’s undertaking and, according to Dart, will be largely responsible for guid- ing student on their path to obtaining a degree. “The new mentoring program is aimed at getting every incoming freshman an academic advisor. That mentor will be there to help guide them in choosing a major, to what their course-load will look like, to being somebody that the student can just reach out to.” Dart concluded, “We want to know what we can do to help take a student from their first fall semester, to their second fall semester, and finally to graduation.” With Dart and Wilson at the helm, all incoming freshmen can feel confident that their aca- demic success is of the utmost importance to USUE and its staff. He said students should feel comfortable transitioning to a new school and should never be afraid to be vocal about their wants and needs. VOICE OF THE STUDENTS Volume LXXVIII • Number 12 Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN March 19, 2015 • Don’t blame police officers • to Gibby or not to Gibby • Whasssuppp?! • Women and military • Calendar • the eagle wins UPa awards • Kingsman: the Secret Service review • Natsumi Odajma • Coach Paur retires • On the shoulders of giants V There’s always good and bad news each year when tuition increases are discussed. The good news is enrollment should be growing and USU Eastern gets a shiny, new building on its south entrance. The bad news is that tuition is being increased four or five percent. On March 3, Chancellor Joe Peterson called a truth in tuition hearing to educate the staff and students on campus about the tuition changes. The tuition raise is due to a great deal of fac- tors. The state of Utah pays 79 percent of each USU Eastern student’s tuition. Students pay for 21 percent of their tuition, down two percent from 2006-07. Compare USU Eastern’s revenue generated from tuition to USU’s Logan campus. Logan students pay 38 percent of their tuition with the state of Utah paying 62 percent. Snow’s students pay 30 percent of their tuition, followed by Salt Lake Community College at 41 percent and Dixie State College at 42 percent. How does USU Eastern’s tuition and fees stack up against other Utah colleges? Eastern is the best deal in the state with $3,138 charged for 15 credits. SLCC charges $5,505, Snow $5,671, USU Logan $9,245 and the University of Utah $12,588. Students will also pay an additional $15 in student fees next year, going from $235 to $250 as per student government’s recommendation. Peterson said these revenues will contribute to paying off the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center bond. Chancellor Peterson mentioned that the new building is important to USU Eastern’s curb ap- peal as well. We have a small, friendly campus that people can easily navigate and traverse, so getting lost usually isn’t an issue, and students both prospective and current like that. However, some of our buildings are very old, and it shows, introducing a new, fully modern building right on the edge of campus will make us look newer and better. He added, “USU Eastern’s research on its curb appeal, ‘it was the best of campuses . . . it was the worst of campuses.’” Two new programs are slated to begin on campus: ceramics and a women’s softball team. The ceramics department will be housed within the new building, along with the art, newspaper, theatre, criminal justice and music departments. A ceramics instructor will be hired before fall semester to teach in the art department. More information about women’s softball is soon to Since 1982, Eastern stu- dents have been preparing income taxes for low-income families, seniors and students, and the best part is that it’s free. USU Eastern was the first educational institution who started doing taxes for the students and community. Associate professor Henning Olsen, said, “Eastern was the first, the ‘flag ship for college VITA’ in preparing long- hand, and now computer and electronic filing.” The class, income tax preparation, is a two-credit class that gives the students a “real-world experience” with basic finance knowledge. Olsen said that potential professions could be in ac- counting, public relations or as a tax preparer. This class helps the stu- dents by giving them their first accounting job. The program that is used, Tax Wise, is sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service. The students also have to pass an IRS exam to make sure that they qualify to be a tax preparer. It isn’t only students who Eastern faces 4-5 percent tuiton hike Academic success initiative implemented for all freshman fall 2015 see income tax page 3 see PBL page 3 Eight students representing the USU Eastern Phi Beta Lambda program placed at the annual college competition on March 6-7 at the Weber State University’s Davis Campus. The top finisher for Eastern was Devin Bryner, who won two first place awards: one in business communications and one in justice administration. Andrew Anderson placed first in personal finance and seventh in accounting principles. According to Henning Olsen, PBL adviser, USU Eastern has placed in the top 10 of accounting principles in 37 of the past 38 years. Garett Hunt placed first in sports manage- ment and marketing and seventh in contem- porary sports. , Hyeonseok (Chuck) Yang placed first in management concepts, sixth in organizational behavior and leadership, and seventh in inter- national business. Lucas Giroux placed sixth in marketing PBL students place at state Student fees also scheduled to increase Major maps caters to Eastern students A renewed commitment to college-success- skills program Josie Slade editor-in-chief [email protected] Sam Czarneki staff writer [email protected] see tution page 3 Worried about tax season? I t’s almost April 15, and for most Americans, it means the dreaded income tax deadline. This deadline cannot be as despicable for students, low-income individuals or seniors because USU Eastern’s accounting students have been assisting these individuals fill out their tax forms since February in the Reeves Building accounting lab. USUE business students here to help photo courtesy of USUEBusiness Department USUE students help make tax season less stressful • Lady eagles earn region honors • Warburton to replace Paur • Baseball goes 2-8 • tracy and soccer recruitment • From family of 12 to team of 12 VIEWPOINTS 2 LIFESTYLES 4-5 SPORTS 6-7

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  • Many universities throughout the country adopt systems aimed to help students succeed. A common program through higher education systems is major maps. These major maps are designed to give students a suggested path to follow that helps with the confusion that many people experience.

    USU Eastern student services personnel is working on their own variation of the major map that ca-ters to the unique student body that makes up campus. Greg Dart, vice chancellor of enrollment services said, We want to give every student a very clear picture before they ever start as a student what its going to take to meet their academic goals.

    There are many things that go into helping students to meet their academics goals. USUE plans to set in course a system that helps

    students identify their academic goals as well as decide their major or area of study earlier than usual. The final piece of this plan is the major maps.

    The major maps will not only focus on majors, but areas of em-phasis as well. This is helpful for students studying at USUE with the intent of transferring to a university or four-year college. (Programs include communications and pre-med.) The maps allow students to view the best way to get to where they want to be.

    If a student knows their aca-demic goals, we want students to be able to see a clear path from where they are, to where they need to be, Dart said.

    He and other facility members are working hard to get these maps in place by fall 2015. Members of many departments are working specifically on majors and concen-trations in their area so the maps are as accurate as they can be.

    USUE faculty and staff are looking at major maps from other universities to give them an idea of what they want. Dart said, Were pulling major maps from all over the country. Some of the ones we are looking at are very nicely designed, while others are a mess that only confuses students more. We want ours to embody the best maps we have seen.

    Some of the maps that they have looked at include Northern Illinois University and Kansas State Uni-versity. The hope is that USUEs map will be easy to use for students and will become an asset that all students take an advantage of.

    While the maps are intended to be a path for students to follow, they are to give students an idea of what they need to do rather than confine them to one plan. The maps will also include a job outlook chart as well as connect students to universities and four-year colleges where they can transfer to continue with their plan.

    Daniel Pike staff writer

    [email protected]

    Freshman year in college can be daunt-ing; with new faces, new places and an immense course-load, some students can feel overwhelmed and unsure of their own

    academic success. This is why USU Easterns new Aca-

    demic Success Initiative is implementing a first-year experience that provides a path for all incoming freshmen to a successful transition into their first semester and throughout freshman year.

    One aspect of this plan is a revamped orientation process. Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Greg Dart said, Well be reimagining what orientation should be. Weve been looking at the best orientation practices from around the state and how we can implement those here.

    USUE currently offers an optional orientation course; yet Kay McClenney, Ph.D. and director of the center for com-

    munity college student engagement writes, Students dont do optional. Since many other colleges in Utah have mandatory orientation processes, USUE will follow suit by 2016.

    Dart says that another important part of this initiative is a renewed commitment to college-success-skills programs. A student who takes a college-success-skills course in their first semester is nearly 10 percent more likely to be retained for a second year.

    Since college success starts with getting students here and follows with keeping them here until graduation, Dart under-stands the need to keep up USUEs already outstanding fall-to-spring retention rates.

    He said, In looking at USU Easterns enrollment goals, weve had a very large push for recruitment and retention. We do a very good jobone of the best in the statein fall-to-spring retention.

    Increased focus on a new mentoring program is also high on the list of priorities for Dart and the new director of first-year experience, Shanny Wilson.

    Dart added, Her goal, in that new role, is simply to help students; to give them the clearest path to success in their first year.

    The new mentoring program is largely Wilsons undertaking and, according to Dart, will be largely responsible for guid-ing student on their path to obtaining a degree. The new mentoring program is

    aimed at getting every incoming freshman an academic advisor. That mentor will be there to help guide them in choosing a major, to what their course-load will look like, to being somebody that the student can just reach out to.

    Dart concluded, We want to know what we can do to help take a student from their first fall semester, to their second fall semester, and finally to graduation. With Dart and Wilson at the helm, all incoming freshmen can feel confident that their aca-demic success is of the utmost importance to USUE and its staff. He said students should feel comfortable transitioning to a new school and should never be afraid to be vocal about their wants and needs.

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    VOICE OF THE STUDENTS

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

    Volume LXXVIII Number 12

    Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN

    March 19, 2015

    Dont blame police officers to Gibby or not to Gibby Whasssuppp?! Women and military Calendar

    the eagle wins UPa awards Kingsman: the Secret Service review Natsumi Odajma Coach Paur retires On the shoulders of giants V

    Theres always good and bad news each year when tuition increases are discussed. The good news is enrollment should be growing and USU Eastern gets a shiny, new building on its south entrance. The bad news is that tuition is being increased four or five percent.

    On March 3, Chancellor Joe Peterson called a truth in tuition hearing to educate the staff and students on campus about the tuition changes.

    The tuition raise is due to a great deal of fac-tors. The state of Utah pays 79 percent of each USU Eastern students tuition. Students pay for 21 percent of their tuition, down two percent from 2006-07. Compare USU Easterns revenue generated from tuition to USUs Logan campus. Logan students pay 38 percent of their tuition with the state of Utah paying 62 percent.

    Snows students pay 30 percent of their tuition, followed by Salt Lake Community College at 41 percent and Dixie State College at 42 percent.

    How does USU Easterns tuition and fees stack up against other Utah colleges? Eastern is the best deal in the state with $3,138 charged for 15 credits. SLCC charges $5,505, Snow $5,671, USU Logan $9,245 and the University of Utah $12,588.

    Students will also pay an additional $15 in student fees next year, going from $235 to $250 as per student governments recommendation. Peterson said these revenues will contribute to paying off the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center bond.

    Chancellor Peterson mentioned that the new building is important to USU Easterns curb ap-peal as well. We have a small, friendly campus that people can easily navigate and traverse, so getting lost usually isnt an issue, and students both prospective and current like that. However, some of our buildings are very old, and it shows, introducing a new, fully modern building right on the edge of campus will make us look newer and better. He added, USU Easterns research on its curb appeal, it was the best of campuses . . . it was the worst of campuses.

    Two new programs are slated to begin on campus: ceramics and a womens softball team. The ceramics department will be housed within the new building, along with the art, newspaper, theatre, criminal justice and music departments. A ceramics instructor will be hired before fall semester to teach in the art department. More information about womens softball is soon to

    Since 1982, Eastern stu-dents have been preparing income taxes for low-income families, seniors and students,

    and the best part is that its free. USU Eastern was the first educational institution who started doing taxes for

    the students and community.Associate professor Henning Olsen, said, Eastern was the first, the flag ship for college VITA in preparing long-hand, and now computer and electronic filing.

    The class, income tax preparation, is a two-credit class that gives the students a real-world experience with basic finance knowledge. Olsen said that potential professions could be in ac-

    counting, public relations or as a tax preparer.

    This class helps the stu-dents by giving them their first accounting job. The program that is used, Tax Wise, is sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service. The students also have to pass an IRS exam to make sure that they qualify to be a tax preparer.

    It isnt only students who

    Eastern faces 4-5 percent tuiton hike

    Academic success initiative implemented for all freshman fall 2015

    see income tax page 3

    see PBL page 3

    Eight students representing the USU Eastern Phi Beta Lambda program placed at the annual college competition on March 6-7 at the Weber State Universitys Davis Campus.

    The top finisher for Eastern was Devin Bryner, who won two first place awards: one in business communications and one in justice administration.

    Andrew Anderson placed first in personal finance and seventh in accounting principles. According to Henning Olsen, PBL adviser, USU Eastern has placed in the top 10 of accounting principles in 37 of the past 38 years.

    Garett Hunt placed first in sports manage-ment and marketing and seventh in contem-porary sports. ,

    Hyeonseok (Chuck) Yang placed first in management concepts, sixth in organizational behavior and leadership, and seventh in inter-national business.

    Lucas Giroux placed sixth in marketing

    PBL students place at state

    Student fees also scheduled to increase

    Major maps caters to Eastern students

    A renewed commitment to college-success- skills program

    Josie Slade editor-in-chief

    [email protected]

    Sam Czarneki staff writer

    [email protected]

    see tution page 3

    Worried about tax season?

    Its almost April 15, and for most Americans, it means the dreaded income tax deadline. This deadline cannot be as despicable for students, low-income individuals or seniors because USU Easterns accounting students have been assisting these individuals fill out their tax forms since February in the Reeves Building accounting lab.

    USUE business students here to helpphoto courtesy of USUEBusiness Department

    USUE students

    help make tax season

    less stressful

    Lady eagles earn region honors Warburton to replace Paur Baseball goes 2-8 tracy and soccer recruitment From family of 12 to team of 12

    VIEWPOINTS 2 LIFESTYLES 4-5 SPORTS 6-7

  • Theres something to be said about the tradition of kissing over a rock on the first full moon of the semester. For some, its odd, but for others, it seri-ously rocks. Ha ha, rock puns.

    True Eagle. A long-time tradition many students have participated in, and many others openly mock. Sweet for a handful and a contest for others, its one of the biggest events of the USU Eastern experience. Its something Ive never participated in and often ridiculed. Kissing over a rock? Thats goofy all on its own. But kissing over a rock that may be painted with something like the Canadian flag? Yes, that sounds incred-ibly romantic.

    You know what sounds even more romantic? Kissing someone you dont know for a free T-shirt. Or kissing as many people as possible for the sake of beating a record that will be beat next semester, which is fine, because no one even remembered who broke the record last time anyway. Yay!

    Im probably not the first to say it, but gosh dang it, True Eagle is weird. You kiss over a rock and suddenly youre

    a True Eagle. Because the only way to prove youre a real member of the USU Eastern student body is by kissing someone you dont know over a rock.

    As I said before, Ive never partici-pated in True Eagle. Ive stuck around to watch once, but never gave myself up for the sacrificial smooch. By itself, Im not one to establish crushes easily, and likewise, I dont intend to hand out my kisses. Personally, Ive always believed kisses are special and should be saved for someone you really care about. Re-ducing kisses to a contest seems odd at best, and nasty at worst.

    I mean, do you even know who else that person has kissed that night? How many people they kissed? If tongue was involved in any of those? Which, by the way, if youre kissing a ton of people, ew. You need to stop. Thats disgusting.

    I know what a lot of you are thinking. This is college and I should lighten up. Its supposed to be fun, and its supposed to be crazy, so stop. Well uh how about no?

    I get it. College is about having fun, making friends and creating memories. But sue me if I dont want mine to be of kissing 85 different people in the span of one hourfive of which probably have mono, to which I repeat: ew.

    To be fair, I dont think True Eagle is all bad. Though the kissing-as-many-people-as-possible factor isnt pleasant and grosses most people out, theres no harm in sharing a kiss with your significant other, especially when its for such a fun occasion. Plus, getting a free T-shirt is nice, and who can complain about that?

    With that being said, where do you draw the line? Wheres the boundary between fun and gross? As with most answers, its found in a wonderful land called common sense.

    Use your judgment. Think it through. Dont do something youd regret a day later. And for goodness sake, dont kiss so many people that you end up strug-gling to remember half of them. True Eagle is meant to be fun; not a mono festival. And have fun by all means, but dont do something that would make your mother shake her head if someone were to ask, Is that your child? In simple terms, be smart.

    And in the mean-time, tell me what color Gibby origi-nally was, because I have no idea.

    After the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, hate towards law enforcement increased to the point that people began to be disrespectful. While the situation in Ferguson is tragic, it is not a reason to begin hating the people who serve in our communities.

    So when will the Ferguson hype die down? While we should never forget this terrible situation and learn from what happened, we should also move on and remember that one situation does not define all law enforcement.

    Many protests and mobs are still in Ferguson even though months have passed since the original situation. These protests are creating more problems rather than solving any. The people who are participating in these are creating unrest in their community and encouraging bad behavior rather than looking for a positive change.

    One of the protests resulted in the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, both who survived, but could have been killed. What did these men do to deserve being shot at? They merely serve in Ferguson. There is no reason that a police officer in Ferguson should fear for his life (outside the regular danger that comes with being in law enforcement) merely for the career they picked.

    Ferguson is an example of stereotyping. Many of the Ferguson protests are based on the fact that people want others to stop stereotyping. How can you solve stereotyping if you are doing it yourself? You cant. For once, lets start blaming the people who are caus-ing the problem and only them. Looking at all of law enforcement personnel as a problem is an injustice and a crime to many brave people in our country.

    Police officers are not bad. They dont put on the uniform in the morning and become a different per-son. If you get a ticket, you probably got one because you deserved it, not because the cop was being a jerk. While this is not true in every case, we need to stop blaming cops for when we get in trouble. Without them, the streets wouldnt be safe and the security you are blessed with wouldnt exist.

    My hat is off to all the law enforcement that serve in our country. I will never disrespect a law enforcement officer merely because of what they are. So for once, I want to go a day without hearing someone complain about police officers or make a joke at their expense. Theyre people just like us and people make mistakes. Look past the uniform and look at the person. Thats all I ask.

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    Recently women were allowed to attend U.S. Army Ranger School. This is a very controversial idea because its a new concept and woman do not have the muscular skeletal system of a man. But lets be honest, if you can physically and mentally do the job, then you should be allowed too. If a woman can meet the same standards as a man, then they should be allowed to attend the school.

    Out of the 129 female candidates that attempted ranger school for the first time, one passed with the same standards as a man. But wait, there was a lot of uproar saying that it was unfair for a woman to have to meet the same standards as a man because biologically men and woman are built differently. With those failure rates at hand, a command from high up the military and government food chain, some say as high as the secretary of state, sent down a statement saying that no woman was to fail in the first class of ranger school.

    Out of 129 women that attended, only one passed; thats not too bad for ranger school. According to the officials at Fort Benning, home of two of the three phases of ranger school and the 75th Ranger Brigade Headquarters, 60 percent of all candidates fail. This course was designed to make people fail.

    Woman have weaker muscular skeletal systems than men, so a lot of the tasks they will just not be able to do without dangerously extensive training and preparation.

    Yes, only one woman passed the course but, by complaining about it to higher echelons in the military, these other woman who just couldnt cut it have taken away the fact that one did.

    One female had enough heart and strength and endurance to pull from the deepest core of her being and say, I will not give up. I will die trying. The other women have taken that away from her. They have taken all the hard work and sacrifice this would have endured and made it for naught. now no one will know that she actually made it through because all of the females were allowed to pass just because they are females.

    These females claimed that it was unfair they had to achieve the same standards as a man, that their bodies werent built the same. This is a true statement, but they knew going into the school that they would have to achieve the same standards.

    Out in a combat zone, the enemy doesnt care that you have a different set of chromosomes. They dont care that you, tried your best. neither does the person standing next to you, wearing 200 pounds of gear, putting his total weight over 400 pounds. If hes shot in the back, he will expect you to carry him out and, Im a female will not be a viable excuse when he dies.

    A ranger tab is a 50-cent piece of cloth that holds the weight of genera-tions upon it. It is a mark of honor, com-mitment, personal courage, sacrifice and selflessness. The bearer of this standard is a member of an elite group of people who do not know the word quit. They do not understand give-up.

    The first line of the ranger creed says, Recognizing that I have volun-teered as a ranger I am fully aware of the hazards of my chosen profession. This is a creed everyone associated with the rangers must learn and live by. Even those in pre-ranger school have to memorize this creed. Repeating it over and over and committing it to memory make it so there are no excuses like, I didnt know.

    These few women complained, knowing this creed, and went to sym-pathetic ears who care more about fair play than whats actually good for the military and country. These women were just given the tab; something given has no value. now this one woman who actually passed and could possibly be the start to a great change and accep-tance of woman in special operations is lumped in with the women who didnt actually earn the tab, but who wear it to look good and claim they earned it.

    This one woman is now lost in a sea of scam artists and there is no hope of getting out. This poor ranger, which she deserves to be called because she earned it, will probably never get the respect she earned because these other woman have made it so that no respect will be given to a women with a ranger tab. As far as the general military knows, none of them earned it.

    This goes to show that forced fair-ness and political correctness are not only a terrible idea, but also a hindrance to progress. If those 128 women had decided to not give up, but instead to say okay, I know what I need to do, work on themselves and go back, then they would be respected and honored as a member of the ranger family. Since they basically complained their way into a tab, they will receive no more respect than a civilian that wears a military uniform on veterans Day to pick up women.

    The ranger community will probably be torn apart by this poor-decision making. A tradition and family dating back to Rogers Rangers will be tossed to the side just because someone said it wasnt fair.

    One out of 129; she who actually made itChristopher Palo

    staff writer [email protected]

  • From the Uintah Basin, to California, to Ireland, Mason Winters was r e c e n t l y n a m e d t h e new welding instructor at Ut a h S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y Eastern. He grew up and l ived in the Uintah Basin, which is where most of h is family resides. He l ived in t h e U i n t a h Basin when it resembled Price instead of a large busy city. He started going to welding competitions at Uintah High School and through those got a scholarship to USU Eastern back when it was the College of Eastern Utah.

    Winters lived in California for the past three years before coming back to Utah. He worked for Sandia National Laboratories in his time there. We developed a n d q u a l i f i e d we l d i n g procedures and prototypes for the department of energy, he stated. He found this job on the American Welding Society Website shortly after graduating from Weber State University with his bachelors degree in welding and engineering technology. In this job, he was able to use just about every type of welding that exists and even some that were developmental.

    The largest amount of money that Winters has made in a single day was $2,500. His old boss had called him when he was overwhelmed with work. He was getting paid $8 for each part, and it took him a minute and a half

    to compile them.While Winters attended

    CEU, he was put through the strenuous work of the welding competitions. He says the thing he is most proud of in his life

    is, Constantly pushing myself t h r o u g h a l l t he weld i ng competitions I was at CEU. That was two years of tremendous struggle that I went through, dedicated my l i fe towa rds training. It is essentially the Olympics for skills and trades industries.

    T h r o u g h these competitions,

    Winters basically put his life on hold, I didnt have a girlfriend, I didnt have a job, I didnt go to school. I just trained, seven days a week for two years. He was discouraged at the end of his immense training, but he still managed to go to Weber State and achieved his engineering degree.

    The most satisfying thing Winters does weekly, he says, is, Watching the students improve themselves, in welding and in how I am able to help them out easily because Ive done so much of it in my lifetime. Aside from teaching, Winters enjoys boating, especially going to Lake Powell, which he says is basically his favorite place in the world. He also enjoys riding his dirt bike and his newest hobby; restoring a Bronco for his wife.

    It feels good to come back to the program that I came through, and hopefully see myself improve the program, because there is definite benefit that I can add to our program. It is a pretty good feeling coming back, being able to help a program that helped me so much, he said.

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    help with the preparations, many of the people in the community help. Hank Savage and Robert Higbee, for instance, come every year just to help and make sure that the students understand what theyre doing. Linda Jensen is another contributor to the

    program. All that needs to be done

    is take in the W-2 forms from last years employers and a tax-practitioner will help with the paperwork. The questions most missed, according to Olsen, are the ones concerning claiming

    and education credits.Olsen said, Students who

    pay out of pocket tuition and fees need to have their tax returned prepared so they can receive the education credit. The refunds can be emailed, sent directly to a bank (direct deposit) or a home address.

    How does one take advantage of this incredible offer? Eastern students are eligible and, being so, encouraged to take their tax forms in to the Reeves Building accounting lab, room 130. The hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Wednesday.

    concepts and ninth in entrepreneur concepts. Dixon Woodruff placed fifth in both cyber

    security and macro economics, while Carson Tatton placed ninth in macro economics.

    Students placing in the team events included Woodruff, Tatton and Anderson placing third place in business decision making, followed by Giroux, Yang and Jonah Blanchfield taking sixth place in the

    same category. Woodruff, Tatton and Anderson also

    placed third in economic analysis and decision making while Giroux, Blanchfield and Yang placed sixth.

    Olsen is proud of his competitors and said that all the first place winners could compete at the national convention in Chicago, Ill., June 23-27.

    follow. Peterson said the program

    needs $60,000 to begin operations, and it will probably use part-time coaches.

    The chancellor talked about how important it is to the future of Eastern to reach the Four-in-Four Goal

    in enrollment. According to his projections, Eastern should have 3,300 students fall semester 2015, 3,600 fall semester 2016 and 4,000 fall semester 2017.

    The campus is still a growing one, and in order to grow, changes need to be

    made and remade. Change in policy is just necessary for an institution like USU Eastern to expand. For more info, contact Chancellor Peterson or Vice Chancellor Eric Mantz, both of whom are listed in the school websites directory.

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    Whether liberal, conservative, traditional or unorthodox, Robert Kirbys piquant look at the peculiar people he writes about in his Salt Lake Tribune columns or one of his nine books, will be further explained as he keynotes the afternoon session of the 36th Annual USU Easterns Womens Conference on Friday, April 10.

    Kirbys life has many threads in Eastern Utah and he often writes about his favorite people and places in this area. Although for the most part, his columns are strictly for humor, he can be spot on when describing a life-changing event.

    He refers to himself as the OxyMormon because his column appears in the Salt Lake Tribune, whose readership encompasses many non-LDS readers. He attempts to explain in his usual humorous way, the LDS way of thinking to outsiders. This approach either alienates those Latter Days Saints who feel their

    beliefs should not be satirized, or endears itself to the readers.

    He started his career as a police officer in Grantsville and later moved to Springville. While taking night classes at Brigham Young University, he began writing columns for the local newspapers under the pen name Officer Blitz Kreeg.

    He left his career as a police officer in 1989 and devoted himself to full-time writing. He started writing his column for the Tribune in 1994 where he has won several regional awards.

    His fiction books include Dark Angel, Brighams Bees, Wake Me Up for the Resurrection, Sunday of the Living Dead, Kirby Soup for the Soul, Pat and Kirby go to Hell (or heck if you have the sticker edition), Family Home Screaming and Happy Valley Patrol. His only nonfiction book is End of Watch: Utahs Murdered Police Officers, 1853-2003.

    In addition to Kirby a native of Carbon County who has served under four governors and is a member of the House of Representatives will be the morning keynote speaker.

    Sophia DiCaro graduated from the College of Eastern Utah, and the University of Utah where she earned her bachelors and masters degrees.

    At the governors office, she has worked as deputy director and chief operating officer, interim executive director, finance director, lead budget and policy analyst, federal assistance management officer and state data center coordinator. In addition, she is an adjunct instructor for the masters of public administration program at the U of U.

    She adores political science and studied abroad, but destiny led DiCaro to discover she had a way with numbers and budgets and is working to keep Utahs economy growing.

    DiCaro grew up in Price, her fathers hometown, where he worked as a coal miner and her mother a seamstress. Her father met her mother when he was stationed in Japan as a U.S. Marine Corp. sergeant, and thats where DiCaro studied abroad, focusing on East Asia relations.

    On her campaign webpage, she states, As a West Valley City resident of 10 years with my husband Robert and my three young children, I share with you a vested interest in the future of the state, particularly in the areas of job growth and creation, education, good governance and preparing for substantial population growth along the Wasatch Front.

    She serves on the Utah State University Regional Advisory Board and Utah Multicultural Commission. In May 2013, she was selected as one of 30 Women to Watch by Utah Business Magazine.

    Mason Winters

    Keynote speakers for 36th annual Womens Conference

    Priscilla A. Sharp staff writer

    [email protected]

    Meet Mason Winters: new welding instructor

    Housing applications can be found online at http://usueastern.edu/housing. Housing deposit is

    $150 payable by check, cash, or card.

    Congrats to Sunshine Award recipient

    Eric Curwin

  • March 19, 2015page 4

    USU Eagle staff brought home eight awards from the Utah Press Associations Better Newspaper Competition recently.

    In its fifth year of membership in the UPA, the Eagle staff won five-second place awards and three-third place awards, bringing their total awards to over 40.

    The Eagle won second place in Best News Series for its stories on enrollment and the four-in-four goal. Nathaniel Woodward of Price won second in Best Feature Series for his science-based series, while Bonnie Blackburn of Centerville won second for her Best Feature/Community Lifestyle Page that

    incorporated theatre, travel and funky hair. Josie Sue Slade of Maracopa, Ari., who serves as editor-in-chief of the newspaper, won second place for her Best Circulation Promotion about reading The Eagle Online. The webpage designed by Les Bowen, of Prescott, Ari., won second for Best Website.

    Third place awards were won in Best Breaking News Story about the Rumors of USU Eastern Preschool Closing. David Osborne Jr. of Salt Lake City, netted two-third place finishes with the Best Sports Column series and Best Sports Story about The Nightmare Road Woes Continue for Eagles.

    The Eagle was judged in group one of four news-

    paper categories that includes all weeklies under 2,500 in circulation. As a member of UPA, it has the smallest circulation in the state with 1,000 cop-ies printed every other week. A lot of its readership comes from its website at usueagle.com.

    Utah has great newspapers representing every area of the state and the Eastern students work is judged against other universities, plus professionals. Winning in any category is a real honor, adviser Susan Polster said. The Eagle gets a lot of assistance from the Sun Advocates publisher, Richard Shaw. Without him, we would not be a part of UPA and we owe him great deal for what he does to keep us afloat.

    Other college newspapers with membership in UPA include Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Weber State University and Utah State University. Weber States Signpost was included in group one and won the general excellence award.

    The Utah Press Association was created in 1893 to represent Utahs publishers. The organization is Utahs oldest trade association. Its website reads, as an organization, we represent Utahs finest, most respected journalism. Utah Press Association annu-ally recognizes excellence in our states newspapers and presents awards to industry leaders.

    October 30, 2014page 4

    Anxiety is an issue that can cripple a person and leave them unable to function doing simple day-to-day tasks. With the end of semester approach-ing, students study for tests and are swamped with homework. Anxiety isnt an uncommon problem and is something that plagues almost everyone,

    Why do we have anxiety and panic attacks? Our bodies are made to exist in hunting and gathering societies versus the large-scale civilization we now live in. The anxiety we feel now was something put in place to protect us. Our ancestors lived off the land and were put in dangerous situations every day.

    Darrin Brandt, director of student services, said, Lets say a week before your uncle was killed by a saber tooth tiger, right after a twig broke. The next time you hear a twig break, your physiology leaps into action. Almost instantly the flight-or-fight response is triggered. Its a very primitive part of the brain based off the very basic need for survival. It was a pretty good system for

    10,000 years ago.The stress response our

    bodies have built in pumps chemicals into our bodies and urges us to either flee from the situation or fight. This response takes our hearts from filtering one gallon of blood a minute to five gallons. It increases our blood pressure, makes us sweat and makes every hair on our body stand on end.

    What does that mean now? Our bodies didnt forget this system and its still in place now. The problem is not this system, but rather how our society approaches it. Instead of being able to work off these chemicals like were supposed to, we find ourselves stuck in a situation and stuck with these chemicals which are telling us to panic.

    If youre sitting in class and a professor decides to surprise you with a pop quiz, your stress response can engage. Imme-diately your mind goes to the worst possible place. If you fail this quiz, you fail the class. You feel the need to run but it isnt socially acceptable to do.

    You are stuck fighting off all these chemicals and find yourself unable to. Instead you have a panic attack that has a mired of symptoms on its own.

    Our minds and bodies are

    made to keep us safe in situa-tions of high stress. The prob-lem is that our bodies cannot tell the difference between life threatening situations and the modern situations we face today.

    Brandt said, How often does the worst case scenario actually happen? Not very often. Even if the worst-case scenario does happen we still make it through. We are made to make it through. We have to take a moment and remind ourselves that its not the end of the world.

    Anxiety is something that can be combated with a change of mindset. We worry and stress about things that wont matter in the long run. Take a moment to breathe.

    We are so busy all the time. We often forget to take a mo-ment and merely experience the things around us. If we spend a couple times a day merely tak-ing in the things, actually living in the moment, we could be more stress free and happy than we are right now, Brandt said.

    Take a moment to stop and smell the roses. Remember that these things you think are the end of the world are merely a bump on the road to overcome. Life doesnt need to be filled with stress and anxiety.

    Discussion on Anxiety, Stop and smell the roses.Josie Slade

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    Results for Annual Cosmetology Fantasy Hair Contest

    Sun Center

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    Trick-or-Treat for Food Jane Prefumo and Jarlin De-Leon are part of the SUN Center students who will canvas the area on Friday, Oct. 31, from 2-6 p.m., Trick or Treating for food from the community. The students are looking for non-perishable food items to be donated to the Carbon County Food Bank. Any students who want to join the group, sport your favorite costume, meet at the JLSC at 2 p.m. that day and a specifiic area of the community will be assigned to you to Trick or Treat for food.

    A local historian will discuss writing about Southeastern Utah at the second annual Local Au-thors Night at the USU Eastern Library on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.

    Tom McCourt, author of six books highlighting Southeast-ern Utah, has been featured in numerous publications. He has written about the Robbers Roost outlaws; Cass Hite: Utahs legendary explorer, prospec-tor and pioneer; White Canyon, the little town at the bottom of Lake Powell; a history of Moab, Nine-Mile Canyon; and a soldiers story.

    He is an alumnus of the College of Eastern Utah where he majored in anthropology.

    The past two years, the USU Eastern Library was remodeled and transitioned into a modern day state-of-the-art library for the students, faculty, staff and community. We invite patrons to check out the newly remodeled library from 2-6 p.m. that day to see what it offers, Lori Brassaw, library director said.

    The library started its Local Authors Collection in 2013 and acquired a collection of 50 titles written by local authors. Personnel obtain two copies of each title: one available for checkout and the other as part of the librarys permanent Special Collections, which focus on Carbon and Emery County history.

    USU Easterns choral department is performing three concerts in the next six weeks.

    Today, Oct. 30, is the Hallows Eve Bash at 12:30 p.m. in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Centers multipurpose room. Songs including Thriller, Halloween from the Night Before Christmas, Bubble Trouble, Deep River and Monster Mash/Halloween Melodies will be performed.

    Kay Fox, choir director, said her students are offering a patriotic concert on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in the JLSC multipurpose room.

    Her largest concert will be the A Little Bit of Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 7, at Price City Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. The USU Eastern Chamber Choir, Community Strings and Chorus will all perform that evening.

    Sleigh Ride will be performed by the Com-munity Strings while the chamber choir performs Pavane for a Silent Night by Shafferan/Liebergen and Rose of Sharon by Parker/Drennan. The choir, community and strings will combine to perform He is Born; the Devine Christ Child, a traditional carol arranged by John Leavitt and Run to Bethlehem by Joel Raney.

    The Community Choir will sing What Sweeter Music, Carol of the Magi, Silent Night, and Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind arranged by John Rutter. Other songs include White Christmas by Irving Berline and arranged by Mac Huff, plus Good King Kong Looked Out by P.D.Q, Bach and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks and arranged by Harry R. Wilson.

    Fox hopes this concert will be a favorite of the community. All concerts are free and open to the public.

    Halloween Choir Concert

    3rd Place: Skull by Jenny Martinez

    Nails: Rubic Cube by Meagan Martinez

    1st Place: Bird Cage by Mayra Chavez 2nd Place: Malificant by Breanna Snider Make Up: Skull by Melveda Red Horse on Caitlin Hensley

    Creativity: Elephant by Jamie Escota

    Authors Night at Library

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    Ryan Murray at the Center for Workforce Development

    Katie Felicestaff writer

    [email protected]

    Students inter-ested in starting a business need to stop by the Work-force Services

    Building to talk to Ryan Murray. As of January 2014, Ryan Murray took on the posi-

    tion of the Director of the Small Business Development Center and Custom Fit.

    Murray is originally from Davis County, but moved to Price from Tooele where he worked as the director of the Tooele Small Business Development Center. Graduating from Westminster, Murray earned his undergrad degree in finance and his MBA in entrepreneurship.

    The Center for Workforce Development is not only available for the colleges use, but for the community. Their service is to oversee the Price and Emery Coun-ty area providing small business and start up business with one-on-one counseling. This counseling is a time for meeting to discuss any aspect of their business, to help get financ-ing and to establish marketing strategies.

    There is also a complimentary program known as custom fit that offers facilitated training. The custom-fit program is where the state of Utah provides funds for businesses to help them improve their training opportunities. As a part of this, the center helps fa-cilitate training programs by connecting businesses

    with training, whether it be in the center, outside of the area or online.

    Murray claims that the most rewarding of his job and service is, Helping people realize their dreams.

    A current project the center is working to launch a train-ing calendar for 2015 that will provide greater training oppor-tunities locally. The calendar of events, with a list of all the training opportunities, is to be finalized within the next couple of weeks.

    Entrepreneurs are great people, Murray said. They want to improve their community, their

    neighborhoods and just want to make things better.

    The Workforce Service Center highly encourage any students inter-ested in business and entrepreneur-ship to come by and

    utilize their free services and counseling. For students convenience, the center offers a business-boot-camp session every third Friday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. where interested students can attend lectures and training to learn more about real world business. Opportunities for students who would like to intern in business is available at the center.

    Murray explains the best advice he has yet to receive is, to have a clear focus of what you want.

    you should have a clear focus of what you want.

    Ryan MuRRay

    Ryan Murray

    photos by Hunter Free/the eagle

    Sam Czarneckistaff writer

    [email protected]

    Tools are awesome. They enable people do jobs that would otherwise be severely impractical and inefficient, like pounding a nail into wood. Not fun when all youve got to work with is your bare hands, so people invented an object that youd hit the nail with instead of your hand, and it caught on quickly. I guess you could just use a rock, but then it still counts as a tool, and what rock comes with the nail remover built-in? My vote goes to the hammers.

    But todays subject goes not to the active tools, but to the passive tools like cup-holders and backpacks. Things that always do what theyre built to do, even though theyre es-sentially doing nothing at all.

    Todays subject is, in fact, a pot, or vase, if you prefer. The deal about this particular pot,

    though, is that archeologists speculate that its over 1,000 years old, and still intact. Specialists from all over are stumped for several different reasons, but the clear facts are:

    Most ancient tableware is found relatively close to the living environment of whoever crafted it, usually close to other creations of the same kind, usually in pieces. This vase was found alone under an overhang of rock a fair distance away from any ancient settlements.

    The people who discovered the pot, several archeologists from the Colorado Plateau Archeological Alliance, thought it was just an odd rock formation at first, but on closer inspection they found that it was a half-buried, intact vase. It was about a year before

    the Bureau of Land Management let them dig it up and run tests on it.

    Tim Riley, Ph.D. and Curator of Archeol-ogy at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum

    says that the pot is of Freemont make, and is obviously more so because it was found in Freemont ter-

    ritory. He stated that f inds l ike these are extremely rare, because the Freemont civiliza-tion started declin-

    ing around 900-1000 AD, meaning that this

    pot could well have been made over 1,000 years ago. The pot is

    The preschool has been on campus since the early 1980s and housed in the West Instructional Building. Funded by preschool tuition and indirect resources, the preschool serves as a lab for college students who are majoring in early childhood education. It is also used as a public relations tool to educate future USU Eastern students. USU Easterns funding is limited to maintenance and support services.

    Two sessions are offered, three days a week. The morning session is for 3 year olds and the afternoon session is for 4 to 5 year olds.

    The program is similar to pre-schools at Dixie State University, Southern Utah University, Snow, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, Westminster, Salt Lake Community Col-

    lege, the University of Utah, Weber State University, Utah State University and three of its regional campuses.

    Philosophically, the cur-riculum allows children to explore in a safe environment, gives opportunities not afforded at home and provides hands-on experience for future learning. Its the primary connections, which research shows, are so critical to shaping the minds of preschoolers as successful future learners, associate education professor Anne Mackiewicz, said.

    USU Easterns program is based on best researched prac-tices. In the state of Utah anyone can open a preschool, she said. All you need is to acquire a business license. There are no background checks, CPR train-ing, food handlers permit, or

    child development education. Preschools can have an unlimited number of students without anyone checking on how many adults are present to teach and monitor the children. There is simply no oversight of preschool owners and that is something parents should be aware of. I encourage all parents to ask about these issues when enrolling their child in a program.

    USU Easterns preschool teacher has an early childhood degree. The program teaches college students a complete curriculum of early childhood education. When a college student graduates from the program, they will have earned an associate of applied science degree (AAS) with an emphasis in child de-velopment.

    As the enrollment of the col-lege dropped this past decade, so did students majoring in early childhood education. Two to three students enroll each year, but more are needed if the program is to remain viable.

    If the college chooses to keep the program, Mackiewicz believes a focused effort to recruit students would support a viable program. If the AAS is elimi-nated, available funding along

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    The USU Eastern Office of Residence Life sponsored the Believe for Bree 5K at the Mc-Donald Career Center on Saturday, Sept. 13. This is the second 5k the department sponsored to help the local community.

    Jeff Spears, director of resi-dence life, said, It is important for our students to be involved in efforts to give back to surrounding areas as our community is vital to the success of our college.

    Spears referred to the first 5K,Walk a Mile in Their Shoes, to support the Carbon County Clothing Closet with collecting shoes for local community mem-bers in Price. Eastern was able to have over 80 participants with over 200 pairs of shoes donated to the Clothing Closet.

    The 5K for this year was for another local cause in the com-munity. Students, staff/faculty and the local community were asked to donate $10 to the Brylee Olson

    family. Brylee was diagnosed with a DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) brain tumor on March 6, 2013.

    The community lost Brylee this past summer and the community has been amazing with showing support. The 5K raised over $1,250 dollars for the family with 125 people signed up for the event.

    Katie Felicestaff writer

    [email protected]

    A Utah State University East-ern staff member goes above and beyond a job title every day, to help students succeed and bring service to the school and was recently rec-ognized for all of his hard work. In August, SUN Center coordinator, Terry Johnson, was awarded the Outstanding Staff Member award.

    It was totally u nexp e c t e d. he states. There are so many others who are deserving of this award, but I am very honored.

    Although this award is a great honor, this is not Johnsons first time being voted for an award.

    In 2012 he was first awarded the Outstanding Staff Member by the students.

    Johnson grew up in the Carbon County area, until he had later left for a two-year mission in South Africa. He attended college where he was valedictorian at the College

    of Eastern Utah as well as Southern Utah University. Because of later work circum-stances, he moved to New York for about a year and California but after a few years of city living, he and his wife realized that Price was their home and moved back.

    He has been with the SUN Center for about 3 years

    and with USUE overall for a little over nine years. In the SUN Center he works with about 20 student

    Terry Johnson awarded Outstanding Staff Member

    5K Run for Brylee Olsen

    1,000-year-old pot found in Nine-Mile Canyon

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    Rumors

    The rumored closure of the USU Eastern preschool picked up steam fall semester, although a recent email from Chancellor Joe Peterson to The Eagle staff stated that its eminent closure is not a done deal.

    Morgan Verdi editor-in-chief / [email protected]

    Mens soccer bustedJosie Sladeviewpoints editor

    [email protected]

    At approximately 3:28 a.m. on Sept. 11, a Utah Highway Patrol-man and Price City Police officer arrived at Tucker Residence Hall to investigate a loud party among a few residents. Several students, including myself, stood outside in the parking lot early that morning and watched the police go into the apartment.

    As I stood with fellow students, one informed me of what had hap-pened prior to the police arriving. A student on the second floor was attempting to sleep when loud noises in the room below him kept him awake.

    He walked downstairs and knocked on the door where several players from the mens soccer team resided. He smelled smoke and

    when they opened the door, they were hostile towards him.

    He returned to his apartment and called the resident advisor who was on duty at the time. The RA came to the apartment where the noise was coming from to ask the residents to keep their volume down. It was here that she became suspicious of possible partying. She called county dispatch, and within 20 minutes a highway patrolman and a Price City Police Officer (for the use of translation) arrived at Tucker.

    When the police arrived, soccer players attempted to run. One of the boys managed to dive out the win-dow, breaking the window screen. The police then proceeded to pull a Hookah from within the room.

    The next day, soccer coach Ammon Bennett issued drug test-ing for the 10 players who were involved in the incident from

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    photo by Hunter Free/The Eagle

    Aniya Taberna scribbles with her chalk at the USU Eastern Preschool.

    SPORTSJanuary 30, 2014Page 6

    David Osborne [email protected]

    sports editor

    Since the first conference loss to Salt Lake Community College on the road two weeks ago, the road woes continued for the USU Eastern Golden Eagles.

    While starting out region play hot, beating four out of the five teams in the first matches of the year, the second round has not been as inviting to the Golden Eagles. The team has been on the road however, so the panic button should not be pressed yet and although they have a four-game losing streak, they have a record of 17-5 so certainly all is not lost with home stands against all of the conference teams at least one more time before the end of the season.

    The Golden Eagles took the third game of their long road trip north of the Utah border to Twin Falls, Idaho, to take on the Col-lege of Southern Idaho. According to head coach Vando Bechelli, [Chris] Craig always said that you win our conference through Twin Falls. Craig is a former head coach of the Golden Eagles and took them to the national tournament in 2009-10.

    The team certainly wanted to win on the road against CSI, a tough task in its own right since CSI has only lost six games in the last four years on their home floor. The Golden Eagles werent able to make this a reality though as they learned first-hand how difficult it is to win up there.

    Many things went wrong for

    the Golden Eagles in Twin Falls, starting out with the shooting percentage. The team only hit 20 out of their 61 shots for a shooting percentage of 32.8 percent. The free-throw percentage wasnt much better, hitting 15 out of 30, 50 per-cent. The Golden Eagles allowed CSI to hit 51.9 percent of their shots and hit almost 70 percent of their free throws. The Golden Eagles were able to win the rebound battle with a two-rebound edge, 44-42. In the end after the final buzzer had sounded, the Golden Eagles had lost 103-59.

    Two days later USU Eastern headed even farther north into Idaho to take on North Idaho Col-lege. Having been ejected from the game against CSI, according to Scenic West Athletic Conference rules, coach Vando was not able to coach the team against NIC and so assistant coach Justin Brown had to take over the head coaching duties.

    Once again the shooting woes continued for the Golden Eagles hitting only 35 percent of their shots from the field and again struggling from the free-throw line hitting 19-29 for 65.5 percent.

    The Golden Eagles were able to get three players into double-digits in the points category however, being led by Kendahl Amerson with 27 points while adding five rebounds to his stat sheet. Rebounds seemed to be the problem for the Golden Eagles in this game being out rebounded 50-38, compounded with 19 turnovers for USU Eastern and only 11 for NIC. It was another perfect storm in the far reaches of the north, at the final buzzer NIC

    83, USU Eastern 65.For the third week in a row

    the Golden Eagles had to go on the road, this time to take on the Colorado Northwestern Commu-nity College Spartans in Rangely, Colo., where the Spartans have a record of 6-15 on the season.

    The Golden Eagles had another tough go of it on the road with low shooting percentages again, 49.1 percent from the field and an abys-mal 19-40 from the charity stripe.

    The team did beat the Spartans in almost all aspects of the game holding them to only 39 percent from the field, beating the Spartans 46-32 on the boards, but again the Golden Eagles had more turnovers, 17 to CNCCs 14 and total points when the scoreboard hit double zeroes, losing 84-80.

    Amerson once again led USU Eastern with 20 points and four other players finished in double-digits.

    One other problem for the Golden Eagles against CNCC was the foul trouble. Four players ended up fouling out, including two starters.

    The Golden Eagles will look to end their losing streak when they play host to Salt Lake Community College and Snow College this week. The SLCC game will be on Thursday, Jan. 30 with a 7:30 p.m. tip-off and the Snow game will be on Saturday, Feb. 2, with a 5 p.m. tip-off. The Golden Eagles are ranked third in the Scenic West Athletic Conference behind CSI and SLCC with three weeks to gain ground in the ranks before the start of conference tournament.

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    Super Bowl XLVIII, one for the books

    Baseball selects two team captains Chase Castleberry

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    Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world, Babe Ruth. A quote loved by many, especially the team captains for the Golden Eagle baseball team 2013-14.

    USU Eastern has an incredible baseball program that is filled with traditions. These traditions have allowed players to perform to their full potential. Each year, head coach Scott Madsen selects two captains for the team, one for the position players, and the other for the pitchers. Each plays an important role on the team.

    Kyle Durbin, starting shortstop for the Golden Eagles, was selected to be team captain. As the team prepares for the season, Durbin explains, I have high expectations this year; Im excited to hang out with the guys on road trips and playing the season. Durbin is one of six returning players from last years team. I feel the team is a little different this year. We have a lot of different players, but we have high hopes for this group of guys. I feel we have players that have potential to move onto the next level, and thats exciting this year.

    Mitch Dahl, starting pitcher and pitching captain for the team this season also has high hopes, I think we will surprise a lot

    of people this year. If our pitching staff can go out there and throw strikes and rely on our defense, then we will have a successful season. Dahl has high expectations for the pitching staff and feels they will be extremely successful this season.

    The role of a team captain can be demanding, difficult, and challenging, but for these two, its like a walk in the park. Durbin explains his role as a team captain, I dont feel any pressure because we have such a solid group and good guys on the team, were mature. We have a lot of respectable players. Dahl also clarifies his role by saying, As the

    pitching captain, I feel a need to set a good example for the team. If I see the team not where we need to be, I feel I can encourage them to reach their full potential.

    Not only should a team captain set a good

    example for his team, but also have a love for the game. Both of these athletes feel this game is special. Durbin says, I love this game and I love playing with my team. You meet lifelong friends in this program, friendships that last beyond the field. Dahl explains his love for the game, Youre not going to remember the scores or the strikeouts in the games, but youre going to remember the small moments like traveling with the team, the hotels and the memories you make.

    A coach chooses team captains for specific reasons. Madsen explains why he chose these two leaders to be captains for his team. I chose Durbin to be the team captain because hes a personal guy and gets along with everyone. Hes willing to help everyone on the team. Hes been around me since last year and has had a lot of meetings with me of what I expect of the team and individual players. He added, I chose Dahl because hes an outgoing person, and kids open up to him. He is an approach-able person. Hes older and he understands what I expect. He has a type of personality that you look for in a captain.

    With these two leaders taking the field, the Golden Eagles are bound to have a great year making memories not only of many wins, but also of building relationships that will continue to last throughout their life. The team has a demanding schedule and a difficult task ahead of them, but with these two captains leading the team, expectations are high.

    photo courtesy of Tyson ChappellKendahl Amerson flies high for a dunk against the Salt Lake All-Stars

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    Q - What is your biggest self-doubt?A - My biggest self doubt is that I wont work hard enough to reach my potential. Q - Whats one thing about you that gets on your parents nerves?A - I always bug and tease my sisters. Q - Whats one character trait in others that you just cant overlook?A - Greed. I hate when people are greedy and take advantage of people. Q - What are some of your goals in life?A -To have a happy family /successful career.

    Q - What are some things that distract you from your goals?A - Watching tv, basically just being lazy. Putting sleep and sitting around ahead of working on what I need to work on. Q - What aspects of your reputation is least deserved? Most deserved?A - Probably my reputation of being too nice is least deserved. I criticize a lot. My most de-served is probably being a good student. I put time into learning and getting good grades.

    Q - If money were no object, what would you do for a living? A - I would play basketball. I love the game.

    Q - What is the biggest change youve ever implemented in your life? A - I think the biggest change is trying to put others first. I learned that on my LDS (Mor-mon) mission in Panama in Central America.

    Q - If there was one thing you could change about USU Eastern, what would it be? A - More students, more money for the athletic programs and better food in the cafe. Its good, but you get sick of it. Q - Far as your life goes, what are your plans after getting your education at USU Eastern?A - I plan to go on playing basketball, start to study medicine, and maybe get married and have a family.

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    Super Bowl XLVIII is a game for the history books. After 65 pre-season games, 256 regular season contests and ten more post-season affairs, only one game remains in the 2013-2014 NFL season. On Feb. 2, the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos will meet at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII. It is a game overflowing with storylines; Peyton Mannings assault on the record books, Richard Shermans assault on Americas sensibilities and Mother Natures assault on everything else involved.

    As the first Super Bowl played outdoors in a cold-weather city, the weather has loomed over this game like storm clouds gathering. It looks like fans will be chilly with the weather reaching the mid-20s. That would shatter the record for the coldest outdoor Super Bowl ever. The record is 39 degrees, set all the way back in 1972 at the game in Louisiana. The league spent mil-lions on contingency plans related to the weather. There are plans in place to move the game anywhere from Friday, Jan. 31 to Monday, Feb. 3, if need be.

    With wind not a huge factor, a few inches of snow during the game isnt going to ruin anything. A few players may slip and slide a bit, which could lead to a big play or two. Fans like big plays, fans like snow, fans will love Super Bowl XLVIII if it features both. But no one actually knows what the weather will be like other than that it will be freezing on game day. Will Mother Nature play a major role? Will it be a snowing atmosphere or just a cold atmosphere? We will soon find out.

    After blowing up in a post-game interview following his huge play that sealed the NFC Championship, Sherman was derided as class-less, and a thug, but what people do not know about Sherman is that he is an emotional player, like many others. Hes a great man whos

    extremely well spoken, does great things off the field and obviously a great player on the field. Sherman did indeed apologize for his ac-tions, although he also criticized the way he was characterized. The fact that a great play became an outburst thats turned into a debate on race and perception in sports and society is absurd.

    In his 16 NFL season, Manning re-wrote the single-season record book at the quarterback position. His 5,477 passing yards and 55 touchdown passes are both NFL records. On Feb. 1, Manning will probably win his fifth NFL MVP, its as certain as death and taxes. Now Manning sits one win away from his second Super Bowl win, a victory that would place him among the top of the list of the best to ever play the game. Manning is also quite literally the only player on either team who has tasted vic-tory in the Super Bowl.

    For the first time since 2009, the top seeds from both the AFC and NFC will meet in the Super Bowl. In fact, its only the second time in the past two decades thats happened. It also marks only the sixth time since the NFL merger that the NFLs top offense will face the leagues top defense in footballs biggest game. Its a matchup that has historically fa-vored the defense. The team with the top defense won four of the past five meetings, the last coming when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers demolished the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. Of course, none of those teams had to go up against the 2013 Denver Broncos. So who will win the Super Bowl? Tune in to the game to find out.

    Eagle staff receives eight awards from Utah Press Association

    Our dreams are everything to us. They are what make us who we are. They are our motivation, our driving forces within us. They are our pick-me-ups in lifes blues. Most importantly, they are our underlying reasons to what we think, say and do. That being said, opposition will confront us and either stop us or hinder us from obtaining our dreams. There are things anyone can do to help overcome these road blocks, such as planning, training our minds and seeking help. This articles purpose is to help readers over-come doubts and fears that damn or hinder progression.

    First, I want you to think of your greatest fears that keep you from obtaining your dreams. Is peer pressure stopping you? Do you fear what your friends or family will think of you for try-ing something different? Do you fear that you wont have enough money? Or is the fear of failure the main concern? If it is uncomfort-able thinking about this I do not apologize. This step is a critical step to take in planning. Address-ing your fears and planning how to overcome them allows you to smartly be persistent. This is a power few possess.

    The second issue to note is, to know that you cannot plan and be prepared for everything life throws at you. How will you prepare for the wild and outrageous setbacks? That is where training your mind comes in.

    In my two previous articles were the teachings of how to train your mind and how to train your mind more solidly. Just a refresher: the mind is the birthing place for our dreams and those plans that aid us in obtaining our dreams. What we focus on in our thoughts is what we will attract to us in reality. So, when a problem comes up, do NOT focus on it. That doesnt mean ignore it; it means to focus on how to overcome it. As you train your mind to become unconquerable, your mind gives you the necessary ideas to help

    win your battles. Third, be optimistic. Thomas

    A. Edison was struggling to invent the light bulb. He tried and suc-cessfully failed 10,000 times. That is literally 10,000 times. When tempted by a colleague to quit his endeavors, Edison replied, I have not failed, Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. His being optimistic has blessed the lives of billions, not to mention aiding him in obtaining his fortune. In training your mind, train it to become opti-mistic, see how helpful it will be.

    Last, but definitely not least, when life beats you up in your endeavor to obtain your dream, seek help from a valuable, trust-worthy source. Every president of the United States has a cabinet of people to consult on differ-ent affairs. Why not make your own cabinet of friends who are willing to help you? They will be a great asset to you and you to them. They will give you sympathy which will be a great help on your mental facilities. Some may even share empathy with you, which will show to be a greater help in many ways. Often times, those who have gone through similar situations will have wisdom to share with you. Were talking free ideas full of wealth from experience.

    To become a persistent person, you must first make a plan to reach your goal and plan what to do with the road blocks that you can imagine. Then you must be actively determined to obtain your goal; training your mind is a great plan to aid in this. Being optimistic is gravely important too because it is healthy and thought promoting. Being optimistic helps to inspire new plans when the road blocks hinder the way of your old plans. Lastly, everyone needs help from some source in their undertakings. These keys of knowledge, put to use, aids in helping anyone be persistent in their endeavors.

    Never give up on a good thought. Be persistent and turn your dreams into a reality. Remem-ber, thoughts are useless unless turned into reality. Your thoughts are you. When those thoughts are put into action, you become a use-ful and incredible person.

    Jesse Malanstaff writer

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    Persistence turns dreams into realities

    Natsumi Odajima, a USU Eastern student from Tokyo, Japan, is the youngest of three, with two older brothers. The thing she remembers most about her childhood is, fighting with them, because it was hard to get along and we didnt agree on anything.

    Odajimas dream vacation would be to go to Alaska, because its cold and beautiful.

    When Odajima has free time, she likes to play video games, her favorite being Call of Duty.

    The biggest change that has happened in Odajimas life was, be-ing baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Another is coming to America and having the opportu-nity to come to school in the United States. While travelling back and forth throughout the past four years I have spent up to $8,000 in travelling costs.

    The one good thing everyone says about Odajima is that she is smart and

    good at math. She is also funny, likes to tutor people and very fun to be around.

    Odajimas cousin Hajime is the biggest influence and role model in her life because he is smart, talented, helped her get into school, always there when she needed him, and is also very caring.

    Odajima wants to major in geol-ogy and when she graduates from up she wants, to be rich and a geologist.

    Odajimas favorite attribute about her mom is, she lets me do whatever I want and she spoils me.

    The part Odajima likes about being in Price is there are no Japanese but she says, Price is too small.

    She loves Japan be-cause of the food, she

    enjoys the history, the size of the city where she lives and the temples.

    The best advice Odajima has been given in life is, Dont chase boys. Her favorite color is green. If she had a super power she would want to read peoples minds. One thing you probably didnt know about her is that she is double jointed in her elbows.

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    After nine years of working as cooridnator of the GEAR UP program at USU Eastern, Brenda Rawson retires June 30.

    Rawson enjoys an abundance of activities and hobbies. She goes on monthly hikes, attends dance classes every Thursday night and enjoys cooking new recipes. Along with her husband, she started a tradition where every time they see a review for a new restaurant that interest them in the Salt Lake Tribune, they eat there the next time theyre visiting the area. Over the years, shes collected a list of restaurants they intend to attend.

    Before Rawson worked at Eastern, she worked in the Salt Lake public school system. Eventually she became an ad-junct English teacher at Eastern for eight years. During that time, she star ted looking for a full-time job. After seeing an ad in the paper for GEAR UP and realizing she qualified, she applied for the job and was interviewed. Shortly afterward, she received the job and became the coordinator for Easterns GEAR UP.

    As manager of GEAR UP, Rawsons duties include hiring personnel and tutors and help-ing plan and execute activities, which her staff helps with. She oversees all components of the program, but each staff memer has their own responsibilities. With all the experiences and downs they have been through, they have become like family over the years.

    Rawson learned much in her nine years of working at GEAR UP. Among the greatest lessons, Rawson came to understand that everyone has a different approach to life. Theres no one certain pathway. Rawson believes everyone should work

    together and be tolerant and

    non-judgmental, plus learn to work together and collaborate.

    When it comes to the stu-dents, the biggest difference Rawson hopes she made was that she opened their eyes to the available opportunities. If they want to get a college education, they can. She loves watching the students continue their education and realize they can reach for the stars. In Rawsons eyes, Educa-tion is the key to opportunity. Once they realize the possibili-ties, the world is open to them.

    Along with her triumphs, Rawson overcomes many difficulties while managing

    the program. Though numer-ous students are enrolled, there are many who do not partici-pate and take advantage of GEA R U Ps services.Kids are busy, Raw-son says, They have to priori-tize and pick and choose. Some-

    times GEAR UP is not in their top priorities. Despite this, she and her staff do their best to help the students in every way they can.

    Rawson has loved her time in GEAR UP. She thanks the par-ents and students for their trust in the program, their participation and input and their willingness to let them help. She gives thanks to the school principals who have allowed GEAR UP to offer its services, and their willingness to let them help. She shows gratitude to her staff and tutors for their dedication, work ethic, honesty and passion, and she also gives thanks to the college personnel for their constant sup-port throughout these nine years.

    Rawsons passion for help-ing others touched many lives. Her love for lifting students has left a lasting mark that has pushed many to aim high and reach for the stars. She has left a legacy that will never leave Eastern.

    Brenda Rawson retires from Easterns GEAR UP

    Katrina Woodnews editor

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    Natsumi Odajima

    Brenda Rawson

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    Nathaniel Woodwardstaff writer

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    So far we have discovered the origins of the cosmos as well as the origins of life on Earth; however Id like to take a break before we begin the next series in evolution and discuss why science matters. Why do I engage so deeply with science? Thats a question worth exploring and in the end, hopefully you will understand why I do what I do.

    Science provides two of the most critical aspects of existence, which is answers and questions. It provides resources that enable you to ask questions, create solutions and then test them to discover answers to those questions and perhaps even better, new questions. I cant convey to you how exciting missing data is to me. The process of discovery holds within itself untold wonders within the darkness of the unknown which can be daunting and troublesome.

    Why involve myself with something as unsettling as the unknown darkness of the unexplored cosmos, or why involve yourself with these mysteries as I have pled through these articles? Let me tell you my story. I, like so many, grew up watching Bill Nye conduct fun and relatable experiments and present them at my intellectual level.

    Those tapes captivated my brother and myself, encouraging us to make a difference, explore the universe around us and apply ourselves for the bet-terment of humankind. As I grew, I had a less than stellar academic career through primary and second-ary education, simply because I wasnt driven; I had no passion. Afterward, I applied myself to my career, learning about and treating sleep disorders. The science thrilled me; everything about the process of research captivated me again as those Bill Nye tapes had in my childhood. In my 20s I decided to return to college and this time pursue the sciences as I had dreamt about. I found success because I was finally driven.

    This is not the end of the story, to be engaged ef-fectively you must make it your passion. For some, finding your passion comes naturally, through absolute dedication to what they study and for others it comes through discovery, finding something that envelopes their imaginations and controls their thoughts. But for some, like myself, it comes from another place, or two.

    In January 2012, the world changed. My beautiful daughter Bridgette, the diploid creation of successful

    meiosis and fertilization, came screaming into life. What an amazing process to observe, the growth from two cells, the bodys largest and smallest joining together to form this perfect organism. This was truly beyond my understanding and I felt the first tinges of that passion appear in my life. I hungered for more of the unexplored darkness of my cosmos.

    The final step in my journey, so far, came on May 13, 2014. My second child, a perfect little boy named Jonathan passed away. Jonathan was a full-term baby, who never took a breath of the air we take for granted. Jonathan had a chromosomal condition called trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome, which occurs in the second phase of cellular meiosis, where copied chromosomes line up in the center of the nuclear envelope and separate into the final-four-haploid-daughter cells. In his case, one extra 21st chromosome stayed behind, leading to the complications which caused his death. I had the deeply personal experience of meeting him only one time, and as many of you know, some experience are too precious to be tainted by words.

    There are, in science, a few things we know ab-solutely, or what we call laws. Scientific laws hold up across the spectrum of fields, biology, chemistry, physics, etc. One is called the law of conservation of energy, where no energy in the universe was ever cre-ated. It has always been in existence and never will be destroyed, just transformed. Every particle, every atom that constituted my son has always existed and always will, every photon that bounced of his blonde hair and reached my eyes, continues its journey throughout the stars and the universe, forever. Therein lies the reason for my passion.

    Science is the practice of searching. Searching for those things lost and yet to be discovered. Somewhere out in the emptiness of the cosmos are those photons, which gives me reason to study and work and slave to discover new and excited things.

    Jonathan belongs to the stars now, so Ill search for him, unafraid of the dark.

    Driven

    Every semester at USU Eastern, the Clothesline Project is hosted in the Jennifer

    Leavitt Student Center. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that bears witness to the violence against women. Students and staff at USUE have decorated shirts to represent abuse, both physical and mental, they or someone they know have suffered.

    The Clothesline Project is a national project that first began in Massachusetts in 1990. The first project had 31 shirts. Now it has spread across the nation and brought many people to action.

    Cyndi Nielsen, a staff member at USUE, and Darrin Brandt, USU Easterns director of student services, worked hard to break the silence and bring awareness to abuse. They first brought the clothesline project to USUE three years ago and have had a display every semester since. They now have over 70 shirts designed here.

    Brandt said, The Clothesline Project gives victims a chance to tell their story. It shows them that they can overcome their abuse and encourages victims to seek out the help they need. The idea is to break the silence. Violence that is overlooked just continues until it escalates.

    Seven colors represent different types of abuse and violence against women. Grey for verbal abuse, white for women who have died as a result of violence,

    yellow for survi-vors of domestic violence, red/pink for survi-vors of rape, blue for survivors of incest, purple for survivors of violence as a result of sexual orientation and black for survi-vors of violence as a result of disability.

    Nielsen said, We want to let people know that abuse isnt just happening to them. They arent alone.

    Students and staff who have suffered from violence are encouraged to visit the display and decorate a shirt.

    The display is a powerful commentary into the violence we can often overlook. As you stand inside the room there are various sounds that signify differ-ent types of abuse. Every 10 seconds a woman reports assault, every two minutes a woman reports a sexual assault and every six hours a woman is killed by an intimate partner.

    Harold J. Ward, a social work intern, started a campaign promoting a presentation of abuse and violence. If students take the pledge, I promise never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence towards women, they are given a white ribbon to pin to their clothes.

    The white ribbon campaign urges people to speak out about violence. Ward said, Seeing someone abusing a woman and doing nothing is just as bad as committing the crime. A lot of the time the problem is silence. We need to step up and do something.

    Clothesline Project displayed at USU Eastern

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    USU Easterns 16th Annual Bread n Soup Night begins Nov. 3USU Easterns 16th annual Bread n Soup Night

    begins Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 and continues four Mondays until Nov. 24, 2014. Community, students, staff and faculty are invited to enjoy a meal and light entertainment with the proceeds benefitting the Carbon County Food Bank.

    Every year people look forward to Bread n Soup Night. Its such a wonderful event thats both a way for people to contribute to those in need and enjoy a pleasant evening on campus, notes Vicki Kulow, Easterns VISTA and SUN Center volunteer.

    Each Monday in November, Easterns Dining Service, under the direction of Gillan Mills-Bishop, prepares three soups, inclu


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