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Volume LXXVIII•Number 4

October 22, 2015

Central Instruction Building set to be dedicated Friday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m.

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The new Central Instructional Building will soon officially be open for business. Dedication is set for Oct. 30, at 1 p.m.

Students, staff, faculty, and community members are welcome and invited to attend the dedication ceremony.

tah State University Eastern dedicates the Central Instruction Building on the Price, Utah, campus Friday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. with the community plus USU and state dignitaries taking part in the celebration.

The $15.2 million building marks the first-major step towards a long-term campus transformation into a socially and intellectually vibrant higher education campus, said Method Studio’s principal architect Joe Smith.

“The facility consists of interior and exterior gathering spaces intended to serve the community, students and faculty alike. The floor plan provides fluid circulation paths that are intended to invite curious meandering and foster interaction between faculty and student.

“The CIB is uniquely located where the heart of campus and the community intersect and is envisioned as a device to support a welcoming union between these two essential environments. The project enhances connections to the historic Geary Theater and Reeves build-

ing and reinforces an evolving image for campus,” Smith said.

The common thread of connecting USU Eastern to the community and the community connecting to the university was architect’s Shawn Benjamin’s thought process when he visualized the completed CIB. Chancellor [Joe] Peterson requested a building that could invite the community to the university and make the community part of the university. He wanted a different image, not a building of pure function, Benjamin said. Music, theatre, visual and fine arts, communications and criminal justice programs are housed in the 58,000-square-foot facility.

The theater department will use the CIB’s Peterson Black Box Theater, a completely black theater room with advanced LED lighting and sound technology, during the renovation of the campus’ historic Geary Theater for the next two years.

The new Gallery East incorporates all-natural lighting to display art from

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New enrollment practices Eric Love

staff writer elove4797@gmail.com Recruitment is an essential part of any school’s existence. A campus will fail if they do not recruit effectively. Every year, tens of thousands of students in the state of Utah graduate; on a normal basis, only about 4,000 of those students will hear about Utah State University Eastern (USUE), while about 16,000 to 18,000 of those students will hear about the main campus in Logan. This year, those numbers will change.

Kristian Olsen, director of enrollment services, said, “All recruiting is now coordinated with Logan.” This is one of many changes brought to USUE’s enrollment management this year.

Among these changes are unified recruitment, transferable scholarships and a singular-application process.

“Last year on the Utah high school tour, Eastern was represented and Utah State was represented, so we both had separate presentations.” Starting this year

says Olsen, “There will only be one presentation.” This means that Utah State University will present Logan, Price, Blanding and all of the regional campuses as a whole system. Meaning that Eastern will no longer recruit separately.

“One other huge change was scholarships, ”Olsen said. “Now scholarships will be transferable across the system … if you get a 100 percent tuition and fee scholarship here, it will be a 100 percent tuition and fee scholarship at Logan.” The hope here is to provide financial flexibility to students thinking about switching campuses.

Also, potential students will not have to worry about complicated application processes. Olsen said, “Last year, across the system, we had 17 different applications, we have reduced that to three.” The reason for that major reduction is the fact that there was two different application systems, one for the main campus and the other for the Eastern campuses; now there is only one.

According to Olsen, it is unclear what the effects of these many see enrollment page 3

Second annual photo contest If you have an eye for photog- fee of $5 per photo or $15 for four or raphy and have taken photos you five photos. Submissions should are proud of, you can submit them be delivered to USUE’s Gallery into USU Eastern’s second annual East in the Central Instructional Student Wildlife Club’s photogra- Building on 400 East 400 North. phy contest. The contest is open The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to students, faculty, staff and the to 5 p.m. weekdays. Deadline for community. submission is Nov. 16 by noon.

Photos can be submitted in The main goal of the Student five categories Wildlife Club is including peoto give students ple in nature; opportunities to wildlife; landlearn more about scape; macro natural resourc(closeups), flora es professions (plants and flowand help them ers) and this year i nteract wit h for the first time, professionals in An example of a macro photo trail camera. activities that Entries into will give them the competition must be 8 inches by some practical, hands-on experi10 inches or 11 inches by 14 inches ences in the field. framed with white mat board. Only “Additionally, we would like to one photo may be entered per cat- see everyone gain a better appreegory, per contestant with the entry see photo contest page 3

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Calendar of events Minimum wage art for everyone Disney: still teaching lessons Whasssuppp?!?!

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Rachel Richens, Cheyanne Nicol, Coleton Baker and Nikkita Blain attended the LDSSA’s, annual Halloween Party Oct. 19, at the Institute. There was music, games, costume contest and dance. The Institute is located directly across the street from the Central Instructional Building.

Eastern’s 1970 telescope Sam Czarnecki

staff writer samuelkczarnecki2@gmail.com A large metal dome sits on top of the McDonald Career Center on the north end of campus. If you’ve never seen it, walk to the second floor of the Central Instructional Building and look over the old SAC. That dome hides an observatory which contains a large and considerably powerful telescope. The observatory was built along with the building in the 1970s, Astonomy is being taught as a distance education course.

Getting distance students to the telescope is not feasible, so the telescope does not get used as much as it should. It’s a shame, since the observatory cost around $60,000 at the time, which translates to roughly

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$373,200 today. The telescope itself has an 16-inch mirror, which gives it the potential for serious astronomy considering the space within the observatory. The technology that runs it is severely outdated, though.

The main electronic components inside the telescope are vacuum tubes, which don’t hold up well to 40 years of dormancy.

There is hope for the telescope. The Salt Lake Astronomy Society cleaned it up a couple of years back, somewhere in 2013, so it’s still in good condition to be repaired. According to Eastern’s Professor David Kardelis, the funds needed to refurbish the telescope are somewhat daunting; roughly $100,000 to $115,000. It would cost another $10,000 for the mount alone. This would be a serious upgrade which would see telescope page 3

Movie review: “the Martian” Cooking with toby Jenny Jordan Millennials and politics Setting the record straight

Debaters make quarter finals

In the second tournament LV Classic is a national tournaUSU Eastern policy debaters ment in which schools from all entered, Eastern reached the over the country come bringing quarterfinals, a substantial feat their teams to debate each other. considering their first tournament They separate into three diviwas two weeks ago. Rodrigo sions, similar to sports: novice, Leon and David Rawle broke junior varsity, and varsity. Leon into quarterfinals against Kansas and Rawle entered the JV diviCity Kansas Community College sion, which had 18 teams, spanthe weekend of ning from 15 Oct. 17-19 in schools. the Las Vegas The tourClassic. nament ended Leon and up havi ng Rawle helped seven rounds USU Eastern approximateachieve a goal ly two hours that has been Rodrigo Leon and David Rawle each. In order out of its reach to qualify to for 12 years. get into quarThe two were the first policy terfinals, Leon and Rawle had debate team to break into quar- to beat Puget Sound, Sacramento terfinals of a debate tournament State, City College of San Franat the LV Classic. cisco, and UNLV. see debate page 3 For those who don’t know, the

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Preventing sports injuries Volleyball 3-5 record Allie Kittell Shania hurst Lamont Walker

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October 22, 2015

Literature: the importance of emotional depth Nathaniel Woodward editor in chief new.rmsd@gmail.com

In the handful of articles that I had the pleasure of writing for The Eagle, the topic s have been overwhelmingly scientific in nature. I love writing about the universe; from the grandeur of enormously powerful quasars to the strikingly beautiful nature of atoms. As I was recently reading the biography of Neals Bohr, a revolutionary physicist and a father of modern quantum physics, I combed through his remarks on the overwhelming potential of the atom.

The atom’s existence is a duality of potential, within itself it holds the power to build anything and everything in the known universe, from super massive red giant stars to my daughter’s favorite sandbox toy.

Conversely the atom wields unimaginable

power, releasing the contents into pure energy can bring about pain, misery and death to any and all in its path. Two sides of the same coin, a disturbing reality that admittedly dampened my mood for some time.

The beginning of each new year brings with it that two-sided coin, carrying the potential to make life wondrous and remarkable as well as chaotic and unbearable.

Personally, I’ve experienced both sides in short order, each fighting for supremacy over the events of that year. Sometimes December comes with chaos winning the fight while my more enjoyable years have far outnumbered those hobbled by grief.

For those who have followed my science articles, they will be familiar with the love I have for my children, those living as well as my son who left life before he had the chance to begin. Despite the triumphs I encounter, the events of losing him rest heavily on my mind, and at times I struggle

to view the future’s potential in full color. I continued to struggle to understand how life could regain any depth after experiencing something so miserably painful. The lows were just too powerful to make enjoying the highs a reality. Recently in my readings I came across a story that changed my perspective.

“Walt Disney: The Triumph of The American Imagination” by Neal Gabler is a labor-intensive study of the man I named my oldest child after. Within its chapters is a section detailing the creation of the classic movie “Fantasia” a cooperative project envisioned by Disney and composed by Leopold Stokowski.

During its early period as Disney sat in a sound room with Stokowski pouring over hours of classical music, attempting to string together pieces, the music progressed through their melodies when Disney would lean over and turn the volume up as the

instruments played quietly. Sometime after the progression of dramatic pieces rose and fell in volume followed by Disney’s incessant volume adjustments Stokowski leapt up and shouted, “Walt, the quiet pieces are meant to be quiet!” There it was, “the quiet pieces are meant to be quiet.”

The pain I felt at the loss of my son should hurt. The painful times are meant to be such, taking from them the depth of emotions that paint the canvas of my life, while the joyful times are meant to be joyful providing their hues to the work. The duality of emotions like the atom carry with them the potential to make our life a symphonic spectrum of depth, not unlike a classical masterpiece. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “It’s not the length of life, but the depth.” The quiet parts… are meant to be.. quiet.

Raising the minimum wage Cristopher Palo

viewpoints editor christopher.palo1@gmail.com The presidential elections are only a year away and many hot button issues are being brought up and used to gather votes. One such issue is that of minimum wage. The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 is below the poverty line, but does that mean we should raise it?

Think about some of the jobs that would start a person at the federal minimum wage like fast food and entry-level retail. In my opinion stating that it isn’t fair that a drive-through attendant at Wendy’s makes minimum wage and the CEO of Wendy’s makes millions a year is wrong.

The CEO has gone through years of school paid for, often times, out of his/her own pocket.

Works 12-18 hours a day, misses time with his family and has to make decisions that could potentially end thousands of jobs, his/her life is dedicated to this position. The two vast differences should be enough for the wage difference.

For example the state of Washington recently raised its minimum to $15 an hour.

The pay raise pushed working people over the line for free housing and food stamps and other government programs to assist the poor.

What happens if the minimum wage was federally raised? The average cost of a burger,

fries and a drink is $6, obviously, that isn’t the price of the product alone, but also factors in machine costs and maintenance, workers pay, workers insurance, and a whole spreadsheet of other costs. That price is such because of the federal $7.25 minimum wage. If you raised the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour the price of the food would increase which is ok for the minimum wagers because they are getting a pay rise too but that isn’t necessarily so for those already making above $15 an hour. Their pay won’t be effected by this raise but their cost of living will. The rich will give themselves pay raises and the minimum wagers will get pay raises but still have the same basic percentage of their check going towards the same bills so their raise won’t necessarily help them at all. All it will do is destroy the middle class.

The ones who were worried about it in the first place, now solidify that wage gap that was such an issue. The rich will do what they are forced to do by the government and no more because they want to keep their pockets lined as well. The only people that are affected by the pay wage increase are the middle class and it only affects them negatively.

It’s a balancing act. You cannot get something for nothing. Just remember when you get something for free you are taking it away from someone else.

hen art has meaning for everyone Rodrigo Leon

staff writer leon.rodrigo29@hotmail.com With all the controversy surrounding immigration, a few things have come to light. One mural doesn’t have much publicity, but what it represents and means is something truly grand. “Calle 16” is a mural in Phoenix, A ., started five years ago

by Silvana Salcido Esparza in response to Senate Bill 1070, which allowed police officers to request documentation from anyone they think might be undocumented. Along with a local artist, Esparza created this mural over the next year with help of Latina/os from all over Arizona.

This mural, and the subsequent murals painted every year, mean more today that people think. This isn’t just to show the positive side of the Latina/o community in Arizona even after Senate Bill 1070, but take the time to

think why is it that the mural needed to be painted. If the only reason for the mural was to show the positive side of the Latina/o community, they could have said that in the news coverage that followed the passing of the controversial bill.

The coverage of the event did not have anything to do with the people who it affected, they ignored the Latina/o community when covering something about them. Now the answer is a little clearer.

The mural was painted to express something that they had never and still are unable to say. This is not just art, but a grievance; a voice to those that don’t have one. We may have the freedom of speech, but not the right to be heard.

When people have grievances fall on deaf ears, they figure a way to make people listen, painting a mural, rioting or throwing tea into a harbor.

“Calle 16” now has a large number of murals, all unique

and hold a different message from a different person whose voice hasn’t been heard. We quickly dismiss things like this and call it simply art; the fundamental problem is it is never just art. Look up these murals and what people have to say about them. You get a sense of some of the grievances Latina/os have. Every voice who is not heard has a way to express itself, whether that be vlogging, writing, painting or poetry. We all resort to something to express ourselves, except this message is more powerful than most and represents more people than most.

Now ask your friendly neighborhood Lat i na /o their thoughts on Trump or immigrat io n. A s k anyone what is on their mind, some people may shock you.

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October 22, 2015 SALONS FOR SURVIVAL

Rafael Silkskin: First job gone wrong, Part II

Kiara Horowitz staff writer elircsdragon@gmail.com

Darting through the trees, I could make out the glow from our camp fire. I leaped into the clearing and slid to a halt in front of Randolf.

Randolf was sitting right where I left him on a log staring thoughtfully into flames like a scarred wretch, the orange light flickering on his face and gray beard.

“You were right, as usual,” I said. The kid is a lue lood.

“You took your time, Rafael,” Randolf said, not looking at me.

“Did you hear me?” I demanded. radmir s a lue lood “It makes sense,” Randolf muttered. hat I rolled my eyes. No, Randolf, it doesn t make sense.

The queen is a commoner and a Red lood. Therefore the kid should be a Gold lood . . . right I told you about the Thirst for lue lood ar, Randolf looked up at me.

I closed my eyes thinking hard, trying to remember. asn t that the war when the Gold loods and the Silver loods joined to destroy the lue loods y eyes snapped open as I understood. I sat next to him on the log. Lost royalty uring the war the lue loods hid their children with the common folk, or Red loods. I shook my head. So the queen is a lue lood.

The prince s blood proves it, Randolf said.

I ran my hand through my hair, ut wasn t the war a hundred years ago?”

A 100 years isn t as long as it sounds, he said. Unfortunately it left many lue and Gold loods unaccounted for. ell this is great, I snapped.

Tomorrow is the queen s last chance to guess my name. If she gets it wrong again, we re stuck with a kid we can t even sell. And we need money. I shook my head.

Next time we do a job, we re doing a blood test on the dame.

I think that might be wise. hy doesn t the king do blood tests on the girls?” I looked at him. And how is it so easy to hide lue loods with Red loods.

It takes one scratch. I snapped my fingers. And suddenly everyone knows you re royalty.

People can be pretty dense.

Randolf said, stroking the fire.

However, it s up to us to return the lue loods to the castles, and take the Gold loods as far away from politics as we can.

I nodded. Yeah, the last thing we need is another King idis igraine. I whistled at the memory. That was the fastest economy collapse I ve ever seen.

Gold everywhere: tables, chairs, clothes, food, and weapons. Even people all turned to solid gold. I knew we were in trouble when he turned the entire castle into gold.

“As I recall, you thought it was

Officially Open artists throughout the United States with art students able take advantage of new art studios for ceramics, wood and - art.

Criminal justice and the recently added law enforcement POST academy will make use of a classroom and labs designed for safety and easy clean up while conducting forensic tests. A new crime scene lab is included in the building, allowing instructors to setup real life indoor and outdoor crime scenes, allowing students to participate in everything from tire track testing to evidence collection and management.

The music rooms are shaped directly in response to their acoustic performance requirements and to evoke landforms of the local region. This volume is wrapped in finely crafted cedar planks for its natural warmth and reference to the instruments held within,” Smith said. This is also a nod to the local mining industry and the old tradition of forming mine shafts with raw wood planks while at the same time refining the execution to reflect the higher education environment.

The communication newspaper lab is a state-of-art facility hosting The Eagle newspaper students,

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the most ama ing thing you d ever seen at first, Randolf pointed out.

I figured out why it was a bad thing, I said in my defense. The fact the castle was sinking was a dead give away.

You didn t reali e until after the dragon showed up.

“And melted everything,” I shook my head. iggest lake of gold I ever saw.

That is why we must restore order, Randolf said.

I stretched, popping my back. ut the kid is a lue lood. So how do we make sure they keep him Randolf raised an eyebrow. y arms fell back to my sides and I pointed a finger at him. No, not happening.

You don t have a choice, Randolf said.

I moaned, being the next Rumpelstiltskin in training, is one of the best apprenticeships ever.

Sadly it also means that if you couldn t take the kid, you have to appear as if you re careless in order to tell the queen your name. ancing around a bonfire, singing at the top of my lungs about being Rumpelstiltskin, then dealing with queen rubbing it in your face that you re a twit doesn t appeal to me.

Can t you do it, I begged.

Rafael, Randolf snapped.

He sighed and patted my back.

You ll live. Now get ready, I ll fined some spectators. He stood up. It shouldn t take me long, so you better hurry.

complete with a think tank.

Video and communications technology are heavily featured in all the classrooms, allowing students to interact with both instructors on campus and instructors broadcasting classes from other campuses.

The classrooms allow Price campus instructors to broadcast classes to other campuses. The criminal justice students in the USU system, including those in Logan, receive all of their courses broadcast from Price.

The architects of the CI specified materials that showed strength like the cement, steel and wood interiors and exteriors, because they felt it reflects what has gone on before and embraces what it means to move forward. Each material takes on different meanings as one walks through the wide corridors.

This new building represents the commitment Utah State University has to state-wide education,” said Stan Albrecht, president of Utah State University. As our institution continues to grow, buildings like this play a critical role in providing both local and broadcast courses to students across the state. The CI is a benefit to USU students everywhere, and especially to our

students in Price.

The CI is an exciting addition to the USU Eastern campus in Price, Chancellor Peterson, said.

“It is a beautiful building that adds to the campus and community, but the most important aspect of the building are the opportunities for education and growth it will provide for many years to come.

Community involvement is also a major theme in the CI . The large glass façade on the front of the building is purposefully designed to allow the community to see inside the building and have the academic programs on display. A small outdoor amphitheater and sculpture are located in front of the building to serve as a venue for public events, adding to the relationship between the university and the community.

After the ribbon cutting at 1 p.m., tours and information about the building are available. Several of the academic departments housed in the CI will demonstrate how the facilities improve the academic experience for students.

Light refreshments will be served.

The dedication, ribbon cutting and following activities are open to the public.

What made this phenomenal was the fact that this was their second tournament and its first year debating in college with not nearly as much experience as any of the other teams. ost teams Eastern faced had almost five years of debating under their belt. ost of the teams that ended up in the finals were expected to be there, especially the top-seed Kansas City Kansas Community College who had only lost one round in the entire preelimination rounds.

Unlucky for Eastern, they were their opponents in quarters. Eastern ended up losing this debate, but went down swinging, winning one of the three judge s votes. This was a crucial step towards the rebuilding of the USUE s debate team. e hope for an increase in funding for next year so we can travel to more than just four tournaments for policy debate and show the world that we are back in the game, and we aren t going anywhere, said eff Spears, coach. continued from page 1

ciation of our wildlife. This contest, hopefully, gives entrants a chance to share their experiences/encounters and talents in a way that will let our campus and community become more aware and more appreciative of these important resources, said ike King, associate professor of wildland resources.

Submissions will be on display in the ennifer Leavitt Student Center from Nov. 1 ec. 4. If anyone would like additional information about the contest, contact Andrew Todachinnie at 4 5- 1 -5 41.

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changes will be, but he is cautiously optimistic, Over the long run, it s going to be immensely beneficial. As for what is going to happen next year, we have no idea.

As a result of these changes USUE will reach thousands of students that normally would never hear about the school. Olsen is very confident about these changes saying, It is really an exciting time for Utah State to go out and talk to students because we think we can meet the needs of any student in the state.

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allow us to use the telescope in the classroom.

Despite the cost, having a modernized, fully operational telescope on campus would be a huge asset to USU Eastern.

Professor Kardelis stated that the telescope would be capable of extra-solar planetary searches (finding planets outside of our solar-system) and remote access to a classroom anywhere on campus.

The versatility and quality of new equipment would interest a variety of students as well. Astronomy majors would have hands-on experience working with an advanced telescope, and

an independent-study course would enable serious students to advance and progress beyond the classroom. edical students would also find modern telescope experience useful, as the imaging programs and skill-sets needed to operate the telescope are similar to technology used to track cancer cells in the human body.

USU Eastern s telescope is a powerful tool, and should be maintained and utili ed for the good of the campus and it s students. The college would be more interesting to a wider variety of students, and a small part of the school s history would be simultaneously preserved and moderni ed.

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October 22, 2015

An interview with Jenny Jordan Eagle editor interviews Utah native singer/songwriter

Nathaniel Woodward editor in chief new.rmsd@gmail.com

One of the most difficult challenges of college life is deciding on what you want to do with the rest of it. any students pursue their interests while select few follow their dreams. Recently I was able to interview someone who made that decision and is living her s today. In a series of personal emails performer enny ordan (Frogley) spoke with me about her incredible career in entertainment. ordan is a Utah-born singer and performer who placed her stamp all over the entertainment industry.

From her beginnings singing in school plays, performing jingles for commercials, to rocking the stage with her popular band The Party Crashers, enny ordan is the epitome of the potential in anyone wanting to live their dreams.

After moving back to Utah from Iowa, ordan s career has taken her to ama ing places, listing some of her most memorable experiences.

Singing on the TV show Sparta-

cus , adding voices to the Lord Of The Rings and King Kong video games among others. Having dance hits placed on a few iggest Loser C s as well as illian ichaels workout V s.

Plus writing songs for The Swan Princess for SONY. Performing in front of thousands with my band for the icrosoft orld Convention three years in a row and ongoing and touring Europe singing classical for six weeks in an Oratorio with local symphony orchestras. Recording live with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and recording all backup vocals for the onny and arie Osmond Tour and for their live show in Las Vegas plus singing for thousands in arenas as a soloist for all kinds of conventions and shows.

Also being the musical director at Lagoon for many years as well as musically directing shows at Tuacahn.

Today as part of The Party Crashers, ordan is living the dream as one of the most popular event-bands in the country giving her opportunities most of us only

dream of. e visit fabulous cities, ama ing resorts and hotels and are a part of some ama ing events. e ve had Kardashians in our crowds, famous singers and actors, she said.

Her advice for college students who may be interested in pursuing a career in entertainment, there are many different types of jobs in the music industry. If you want a career in the music industry, you don t have to be the star. There are many fulfilling careers in music where you don t have the pressure and aches and pains of being front and center.

Find what you are good at, what you can offer the world and then work your butt off to bring it to the world in your own unique way. iscover how you are different, what is unique about you, and offer that. on t fall into the trap of doing what others do or have done, because that is usually a dead-end road. Start where you are, instead of dreaming of the record deal, or the tour someday or recording a single, etc. Start singing and performing

Spirit of Halloween

Coraline (2009) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Horror The Shining (1980)

The Babadook (2014)

The Conjuring (2013)

Alien (1979)

photo courtesy Jenny Jordan

Jenny Jordan (Frogly) is a Utah native who has performed all over the U.S. and Europe.

cess, you will expand and network and be guided to newer experiences and different people who can offer you different jobs and ideas

Nathan Pena

staff writer nathanjp98@gmail.com hat better way to get ready for Halloween than to watch movies that bring in the spirit of the holiday The movies listed here have been chosen from different sources that have both shown the factor of horror and the spirit of Halloween. This list has been separated between horror movies and those that represent the fun of Halloween.

Spirit of Halloween (not-so scary movies) Hocus Pocus (1993) - This is a traditional movie to watch with close friends or the whole family. After moving to Salem, ass., teenager ax ennison (Omri Kat ) explores an abandoned house with his sister ani (Thora irch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstition, ax accidentally frees a coven of evil witches ( ette idler, Sarah essica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.

Although not getting enough praise from critics, giving the film a 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has become a classic among audiences for its comedic scenes and the Halloween theme that circulates the whole movie.

Nightmare Before Christmas - A stopmotion film that is perfect for both Halloween and Christmas, Nightmare efore Christmas is a Tim urton classic that has been praised by both critics and audiences (a ninety-four percent on Rotten Tomatoes) for its tantali ing story, eye-popping visual effects and entertaining music. The film focuses on

ack Skellington, who has become bored by the routine of scaring people. One day he accidentally discovers Christmastown, a complete opposite from his hometown. He decides to change things up a bit and sets to kidnap Sandy Claws and become the fabled image of Christmas. He soon reali es that there are some things that he cannot control.

Coraline- This film borders around the surreal and artistic, a perfect not-so scary Halloween film. After a bored and curious Coraline finds a secret door to a parallel universe where everything is perfect just for her, she soon reali es that not everything is what it seems to be in this parallel world and finally sees the sinister in this perfect imagination. This film will take you in as its out of world characters and weird fairy-tail story fully reali es the spirit of Halloween.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - This isney film tells the story of superstitious Ichabod Crane as he rides through a haunted forest, only to make contact with a certain horseman. This film is not exactly of the horror genre, but the terror you feel from its ominous setting meets the criteria for a perfect Halloween movie.

Never watch these movies alone (Horror films) The Shining – A film adapted from the famous author of the Horror genre, Stephen King. The Shining is the story of ack Torrance, a writer looking over an isolated hotel in Colorado for the winter with his wife endy and son any who has been having psychic visions. As the son s visions worsen, ack begins to discover the hotel s dark and sinister past and he is brought into the threshold of insanity and terrori es his family. It is not only capable of keeping you on the edge of your seats through its perfectly timed scares, but it leaves you scared to ever

walk the hallways of a hotel alone ever again.

The Babadook – This psychological horror film will make you want to sleep with the lights on. The story revolves around a widow named Amelia who is trying to take care of her out-of-control six-year-old son Samuel. Samuel is plagued by dreams of a monster that he believes is going to kill the two. hen a disturbing book aptly titled The abadook appears in their doorstep, things spiral out of control as Samuel s imagined monster becomes a reality. This is not a mainstream version of horror, but it s value and critical acclaim from etacritic and Rotten Tomatoes as well as from the praise audience have given it is enough to consider this film as a perfect movie to watch on Halloween.

The Conjuring – The film sent waves and rekindled the interest of the infamous Anabelle oll in mainstream media. After a family moves in to an old house, they begin to notice strange things happening to their family and to the house. hen an almost tragic accident occurs, they call on the help of famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine arren to investigate. This well-paced film will make you wish your eyes were sewed shut throughout the movie. The Conjuring toys with the terror lingering in the audience s minds and executes its frightening scenes with near-perfect direction.

Alien – A science fiction movie that recreates the feeling of fear and isolation is perfect for a Halloween movie night. Sigourney eaver plays as Ripley as she battles alone against an extraterrestrial intruder inside her ship Nostromo. Alien recreates the feeling of isolation and the idea that the alien could be anywhere, even in the darkest corners. A perfect Halloween movie to keep your lights on for the remainder of the night.

MOVIE REVIEW:

“The Martian”

Nathaniel Woodward editor in chief new.rmsd@gmail.com

For decades the purpose of movies has been to incite the imagination by taking us far into the past or distantly into the future, the mystery entertains our minds and occasionally spurs us to change. Changes in policy, attitude or politics have all been influenced by the silver screen, for better or worse.

Perhaps most powerful of all, in recent years, have been based in science fiction.

Films like Interstellar took us far from home in search of new planets to inhabit and made us think about how we manage the resources we enjoy. Recently released in this genre was The artian, a film based on the book of the same name.

The artian not only stood up to what Interstellar accomplished but surpassed it in every way, save distance travelled from Earth. The story focused on the Hatchet like adventures of stranded NASA astronaut ark atney as he struggles to survive

and projects. In short - never stop working, trying, experimenting, networking and moving.

ovies to watch on Halloween

Hocus Pocus (1993) Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

or writing for people around you.

In your college choir, band, local coffee shop, family, anywhere you can play and experiment with your craft. Freaking YouTube. elieve in what you are and what you do and don t hesitate. If you re good, you ll get noticed. If what you do connects with people, that is what brings success. ork to connect to your audience with your way. Connect and synergi e with people who are doing what you want to do. Hang out in places of learning like recording studios, movie sets whatever it is. e a sponge. ith those I ve met who ve been successful, they devote their entire life and all their time to being the best they can be. hen I m doing symphony gigs with ama ing players, they take their breaks and practice, not sit around.Constantly honing their craft.

If you re a singer writer, be constantly writing and collaborating and experimenting. Throw stuff out there even if it s not perfect. on t wait for perfection as you achieve small levels of suc-

stranded 100 million miles away on ars. atney and NASA masterfully represent everything about our species that is good and noble, injecting new hope into what it means to be human.

The film successfully demonstrates how a single person can encapsulate the gambit of human emotion. atney s journey holds within itself the hopes, dreams, fears, pain and humor of an entire planet.

The book is a work of art and stands alone on its own merits, however the film takes its own liberties with the story and creates a whole new sense of wonder in veterans to The artian novel. After watching, I feel satisfied in their depiction of Andy eirs work, the actors, directors, cinematographers, screenwriters and sound engineers all played their respective roles perfectly. ell done, the King of ars would be proud.

The artian is directed by Ridley Scott and stars att amon, essica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor and eff aniels.

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Setting the record straight

Millennials in politics

How they can help shape the future of the United States of America

Madison Woodward staff writer woodwardm18@gmail.com

Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox talked to a group of community members about the future of the clean-coal industry in Carbon Country and its influence in the world, at the Carbon County Republican Party’s Reagan Day fund raising dinner on Oct. 10. He also spoke on the role millennials have in politics.

Millennials are the age group between 18 and 24, Many of the students on USU Eastern’s campus are part of this age group.

Cox believes this age group can change the face of politics. The question is, why the Lt. Governor is so adamant about millennials participation in politics and how are they able to make a difference?

“Millennials volunteer more than any other age denomination, but they want nothing to do with politics,” Cox said. It seems this generation, more than any other, seeks to make a difference and have a voice, but they avoid becoming involved in politics.

It seems contradictory, that a large age demographic, who have the drive to make such a difference, does not want to be involved with the decisions that are running our country. Why is that?

During his speech, Cox answered this question by looking into these young voters’ minds saying, “[millennials] abhor what is happening in Washington, D.C. [you] seek respect, [you] seek to disagree, without being disagreeable.”

Something that has been found

about 18 to 24 year olds in general, is that they seek to express their opinions without tearing others down, or becoming offensive to other’s opinions. Cox

country of voters who have as much say as they do, why is this age demographic more important than the others? Cox simply says “there are just so many of

Madison Woodward and Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox.

believes that if millennials were a part of politics, that they could change the nature of politics in the United States.

Why is this so important? Millennials are just one age demographic of voters out of many. There is an entire

photo courtesy Madison Woodward

[us].” If 40 percent of our age demographic voted (that is two out of every five people) they would be the deciding votes in elections. Millennials could shape the future of this country, if only they would take control.

Climate Change

Nathaniel Woodward editor in chief new.rmsd@gmail.com

Well, what a nice little hole I’ve dug myself into. As a writer who takes great pride in his political leanings, I’ve managed to royally tick of my like minded compatriots with my first two topics of G O s and nuclear power. Remember this my science ealots, your leader subscribes to scientific reality, I present the facts as we know them, I will not change the answer simply because you do not like it. That being said, its time to tick off the other half of my readers, today you are going to learn about climate change.

The first thing you need to understand is the difference between weather and climate. Simply stated, weather is short term and climate is long term, really, really long term, usually at least 30 years. So when you think you’re making a point by bringing a snowball inside, you’re not, stop, you’re embarrassing yourself. It may be unusually cold where you live but in the big picture data shows that overall global temperatures are on the rise. The yearly change is about 0.02 degrees Celsius which is somewhat paltry to the doom and gloom you may have watched on some former politicians documentary, however please note this change over time will be catastrophic.

Next, understand that the scientific community is not divided on this issue. Regardless of what your chosen news network has told you, the science is concrete. To claim otherwise is to show a fundamental lack of understanding on how the scientific process works. Consistently the only evidence brought about by those who choose to argue

against the science is two studies published in the early seventies suggesting we were entering a new ice age. Unfortunately that’s where their argument ends, forgetting to check journal articles published soon after which fulfilled the peer reviewed part of science, debunked the claims and…set the record straight (see what I did there ) From a scientific journal perspective the consensus on research conducted across the globe is 100% in agreement, climate change is happening and its human caused.

Finally, what remains up for debate is what we are going to do about it. That’s where your political leanings should certainly hold weight, whether left or right. Something must be done and a middle ground between people keeping their jobs and us not destroying the planet must be found.

Nobody outside of executives who own the fossil fuel companies actually care about fossil fuels, they care about paychecks, the lifeblood that keeps their families fed and that’s a noble thing. But don’t for a second think you wouldn’t be just as loyal to solar farms if that’s what paid your bills, stop letting executives tell you what to believe, the science is settled and they are dead and immorally wrong. We put highly evolved monkey’s on the surface of a celestial body that was not Earth over forty years ago, don’t believe for a second we couldn’t buckle down and develop the technology to make solar, wind, ocean current, geothermal and nuclear energies practical and heaven forbid, profitable. Your kids are counting on it.

Across the globe from Hong Kong to Price Nikita Blain

staff writer nikkita.blain@gmail.com

photo courtesy Carl Gunter Photography©

Rita Wong

Rita Wong, a bright and spunky USU Eastern student, gave an insight as to the differences between her current residence, Price, and her original home of Hong Kong.

She found out about USU Eastern while in Hong Kong, “ I found out because during my mission times I knew a church member. She had a business to help the students in Hong Kong who have the desire to study abroad.

She found out the tuition is way cheaper than other colleges.”

Her decision to study abroad Wong says, was because “ I just want to gain more experience.

Studying is the best purpose in my life again.”

Wong, who is fairly fluent in English, learned English at a young age. e learn (English) when we are in elementary school, but we don’t really use it alot. We never have a chance to practice our speaking.” Wong’s original language is Cantonese, which is a dialect of the Mandarin spoken in

mainland China.

“We understand Mandarin speaker(s), says ong, but they do not understand Cantonese.”

The main differences she saw between U.S. culture and the culture in Hong Kong is the contrast in attention to fashion between the two countries.

In Hong Kong’s society “you have to learn how to comb [your hair], you should be gorgeous, you should be skinny, you should know how to dress up, [and do your] makeup,” Wong says, “ but in Price, you don’t do it. Girls, they can just do whatever they want. They just want to live their lives. They are not going to [live to] please people.”

For example, Wong says that People (here), they just think ‘Alright, I want to be a soccer player. I will do it.’ But in Hong Kong people think ‘Oh, it will make me more muscular. I am

not going to do it,” and because of their appearance, maybe, they don’t develop their talent.”

Wong also states that people have an easier time giving compliments here than in her country. “In Hong Kong people don’t do it, even if they think you are cool. If they think you are cool, they want to be better than you.

[They have a hard time giving] a compliment because they think ‘if I give you a compliment that means you are better than me.’”

“In the small town, it’s like people emphasize on thei r emotions, their family, how happy they are.” Wong states, “we [in Hong Kong] mostly emphasize on material. We work 10 hours every day. Even though we earn much money, we have not much time to spend with our family. It’s hard to even take a rest. It’s hard to think about the meaning of your life.”

She explains how the search for happiness through material possessions will “never end,” and for those who pursue the path in this way, it becomes “quite stressful.” ong says, You guys in Price hang out together. You watch a movie all to have fun. But in our place it’s nothing. We have to go to luxury theater [and] spend a lot of money to buy happiness like that.”

The simple life Wong has found here, [though sometimes boring], has become something she enjoys.

There is beauty and diversity in both cultures and Wong is one of the many people on Price campus to be able to experience more than one. There are many students who come from around the world to study abroad at USU Eastern, and to them and all of the diversity they bring, we say “welcome home.

Cooking with Toby

Dinner in a pumpkin Toby Foster

staff writer metastablechaos@hotmail.com

The math blast question What is the four-digit number?

1st digit is 1/3 of the 2nd digit 3rd digit is the sum of the 1st and 2nd digits 4th digit is 3 times bigger than the 2nd digit

photo by Emilee Merrill/The Eagle

The new math busters club on campus sponsored a math blast activity in the WIB.

We are going to get weird this Halloween season. Everyone asks about what I am planning to make for this article, raised an eyebrow and wondered why I thought this would be a good idea, but you will just have to trust me on this one.

I am leaving my original mission behind because it was too fun to pass up. The recipe is more expensive because of the pumpkin and takes more time than usual.

When I set out to make soup inside of a pumpkin, I had heard of it before. My mom made a variation of this soup before that I took and changed beyond recognition.

All soups have a base component that provides the liquid for the soup. Tomato is common and can be used alongside almost any ingredient. Some recipes have a milk or cream base. These are not plentiful since milk is easy to scorch while cooking. Clam chowder is an example.

This soup uses a broth as its base. When you cook a brothbased soup, for the most part you want to use the same meat that the broth was made from.

Turkey meat and chicken broth are an exception and can used together, and vegetable stock can be used with any meat.

When I make a soup, I rarely use the same vegetable

combination over and over. As a result, I have to find a way to make sure my soups would be good every time instead of flopping every other time. I found an easy way to be certain that they will go well together is to use vegetables that are in season together. I have never seen an exception to this rule.

There are still many combinations of vegetables that go well together outside of this rule, but it is an excellent guide for beginners to use until they become more experienced. I followed this rule for the most part in this recipe. Most of the vegetables in this recipe are fall vegetables to go with the pumpkin, green onions however are in season during the spring.

When you cook a soup with different vegetables, you need to take into account that they all cook at different rates. For this one, the carrots and sweet potatoes take the longest to cook, that is why they are the only ones that get cooked before it goes into the pumpkin with everything else.

Also, when you dish this out to serve, scrape some of the pumpkin meat out of it, but try not to break the outer skin or you may end up with a mess. I made this recipe for a small pumpkin; not one of the super tiny ones that you would put on your desk, but the kind you would get for a 5-year-old to carve because they want to carry it out of the store and will not let you take it.

Dinner in a Pumpkin 1 small pumpkin 1 lb ground beef or turkey 1 small sweet potato 1 medium carrot 1 32 oz container of beef or chicken broth 3 white mushrooms 4 green onions 1 tsp seasoned salt ½ tsp pepper ½ tsp cumin ½ tsp paprika ½ tsp thyme 2 pinches of rosemary Cut open the top of the pumpkin and remove the pulp (the slimy, stringy stuff you may have played with as a kid) and the seeds. Cook the meat in a frying pan.

Peel and slice the carrot and peel and cube the sweet potato. Pour half the broth into a medium sauce pan and put the carrot and sweet potato into the pan and boil for 20 minutes or until soft. Half then slice the mushrooms. Remove all the wilted the parts from the green onions and slice into ¼ inch pieces. Combine all vegetables and meat together then put it all in the pumpkin. Pour as much of the broth into the pumpkin as will t ake on a cookie sheet for 0 to 105 minutes

Sports

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October 22, 2015

USU Eastern volleyball holds a 3-5 record Kyndall Gardner sports writer kyndall_gardner@gmail.com

Mckenzie Burrows, #7, sets up Allie Kittell, #8, for a spike in a home game against Snow College.

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

USU Eastern volleyball team tackles the SWAC Conference standing with a 3-5 record. Being on the road for twoconsecutive weekends playing four games.

The Eagles return home with three loses and one win against College of Southern Idaho, Salt Lake Community College, College of Southern Nevada and Snow College.

The Eagles started the season against College of Southern Idaho, losing three straight sets: 25-22, 25-13, 25-17. Paige Erying holds the most kills for this game with nine attacks, Tian Soranzo 12 digs and Kenzie Burrows with 12 assists.

Traveling the next day to Salt lake Community college, the Eagles again lost in threestraight sets: 25-14, 25-17, 25-11.

With eight kills from Venessa Pawlak, 13 assists from Pilimi Fetetoa and 11 digs from Tiana Soranzo and Mekenzie Mott.

Upon returning home, “We worked hard on the things we needed to fix as a team knowing that we were about to travel once again. We did drills in practice that helped up to focus on the things we needed

to do to be better,” said Shania Hurst, a sophomore team captain.

Once back on the road, playing CSN, the Eagles came out with a victory wining in 3 straight sets: 25-21, 25-17, 25-21, the Eagles left their mark. Allison Kittel had 12 kills and four blocks, Mckenzie Burrows with 23 assists and Tiana Soranzo with 14 digs.

Traveling to Ephraim Utah, the Eagles played the rival team Snow College. Losing two of the three sets with set scores Eastern 25-19, Snow 25-22, and 25-22, Eastern - 5 and final set Snow 15- .

The Eagles returned home to practice for their last home region games. “The team definitely fought hard in our games against Snow, both teams played well and battled until the end. Snow just pulled ahead and ended up with the win,” said Hurst.

The Eagles travel to play Colorado Northwest Community College on October. 22. Then have three straight home games to finish off conference against North Idaho College, CSI, and SLCC. The Eagles then will head to regionals that is held at the home of the first runner up in conference and play for the chance to play in this years NJCAA National Tournament.

Lamont Walker: a leader both on and off the court Jada Clark

sports writer jadaclark2325@gmail.com Lamont Walker is a sophomore from Chicago, twenty years old and the starting shooting guard for Utah State University Eastern.

“Leader” is one thing everyone says about Walker, whether it is on the basketball court, pushing his teammates to success like this past weekend in the Salt Lake Jamboree where they won all three of their games or off the court and in the classroom. One thing is for certain; Walker is a strong leader.

“The bond the team has is what contributed most to the Eagles success in the Jamboree, along with their communication on defense and simply playing their game,” Walker says. The USUE Golden Eagles will play against Colorado Mesa University in a scrimmage

on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bunnel-Dmitrich Walker believes that being caring is the one asAthletic Center here in Price. pect of his reputation that is most Walker’s family, friends and deserved, he continued to say that teammates mean the most to him, being funny was the least deserved. especially their support. Thinking “A lot of people describe me as being about his family back home in Chilaid-back and cool, too. cago is what keeps him motivating “I would just be a regular college throughout practice and during student with a job, if I didn’t play his basketball games. “I just think basketball, alker says. After finabout my family, the struggle,” he ishing his last year here at Eastern, says. Walker’s mother works with Walker wants to continue school the Department of Children and to earn his degree at any division Family Foster Care. one school.

Being the eldest in the family, Walker ultimately wants to play Walker is used to his younger brother in the National Basketball Associaand two younger sisters looking up tion (NBA), to continue to play the to him for guidance. His teammates sport he is passionate about, however, also look to him as being the leader if that doesn’t work out, he says he Lamont Walker on and off the court. would want to be an architect.

Shania Hurst: second year as an Eagle Kyndall Gardner

sat down. The ball was still playable and we won the point.” Her biggest fear, “I do not trust other people driving. I am so nervous that one day I’m going to get into a car with a crazy driver and get into a serious As a returning sophomore for the Lady Eagles crash that will take my life.”

Hurst finds her favorite thing about herself, I love Volleyball team, Shania Hurst takes on her second year is an Eagle. Hurst is the youngest of her family that I am athletic. I have great endurance and enjoying with two older brothers and mother and father. Born in running track and playing volleyball.” When it comes St. George and raised in Hurricane, Utah, she enjoys to personalities, she said, “I am a chill person, not very the color purple. Her favorite food is macaroni and high maintenance. I get along with just about anyone.”

If Hurst could live anywhere in cheese, which she enjoys with a the world, “I would want to live in nice glass of her favorite drink, Chicago because you have Michigan chocolate milk.

Lake right next to the city, so you get Her favorite part of campus is, the best of both worlds. I just think it “I love the seasons. I like getting is an absolutely beautiful city.” to see the leaves change in the fall Her dream date would include, and the snow in the winter. When “going to the beach and learning how spring rolls around, everything is to surf and if it was cold, I would want green again.” to go snowboarding or snowmobiling, Hurst came to Price because, anything that would involve being “My friend Kyndall and I came to outside and being active. Oh and the campus for a volleyball recruit carving pumpkins.” visit. After my visit, I received a One of her worst dates was, “I got phone call from Kyndall saying asked to homecoming by an awkward that we were going to come here person. On our day date, we went into together. It was my best offer and Shania Hurst Zion National Park and found a ranfelt like the right place to go.” dom hike that led to a pool of water.

Hurst has been playing volleyball, “11 years and still going strong.” She found her The water was too cold to swim in so we all just sat love for volleyball because, “I love the team component there and did nothing for several hours. It was all just of it. You can’t just have one main person who runs awkward and not much fun.”

Hurst’s plans after USUE include, “going to Dixie everything, you have to work together as a team unit.”

With any sport comes embarrassing moments. “My State University and applying for the dental assisting most embarrassing moment in volleyball is when we program or I may try to go to Southern Utah University played Salt Lake City Community College. Our block while running track and field. As she finishes her was late. I got hit in the head with the ball and just season of volleyball, Hurst looks to a bright future. sports writer kyndall_gardner@gmail.com

Although going to college is one thing he is most proud of, Walker says coming to Price is the biggest risk he has taken thus far.

During Walker’s sophomore year of high school, he says that the wildest thing he has done was dance in the middle of the street without a shirt. When asked about the funniest moment he has had with the basketball team, he said it would have to be when they all met each other at the airport because they instantly starting making fun of each other.

Walker has been playing basketball for over a decade. He started playing the game and he soon fell in love with when he was just eight years old. “Basketball is my escape from all the stress,” Walker says.

“LeBron James is my favorite basketball player, he’s the best at what he does, behind Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.”

Walker, the leader on the basketball court, in the classrooms, and back home in Chicago.

Allie Kittell: from Los Angeles to Price Chose USUE despite numerous offers, enjoys burritos, and is teased for being positive Kyndall Gardner

have a good time here.” Her favorite memory with her team, had to be the first week we had practice. sports writer We would have up to four practices a day and work kyndall_gardner@gmail.com so hard. We would always go to our coach’s house A freshman for the USU Eastern volleyball team. and eat an amazing meal. One time my teammate Born in Canyon City, Colo., living in Los Angeles named Teah brought her guitar and started singing two years, Allie Kittell finds herself in Price, Utah, songs. We all just sat around and sang, that was a playing the sport she loves. Kittell has lived in many fun experience.”

One of her favorite trips with the team, “was when places throughout her life. She has an older brother, three younger sisters, mother and father, and now we went to play North Idaho Community College, finds herself studying for a career at USU Eastern. the dive was beautiful because it was just about fall and we stayed in an absolutely Kittell’s favorite things about beautiful place.” living in Los Angeles, definitely One of Kittell’s worst dates, “was the beach and the Mexican food. I when I went on a date with one of absolutely love how big the city is my friends. He had taken me out to and there is always such a variety a corn field and we got lost. He conof things to do. Los Angeles is a tinued to talk about the movie “The cultural place.” She also enjoys the Children of the Corn” which I had color burgundy and her favorite never seen before. I was scared out dish consists of burritos and a of my mind and it was not fun. We glass of peach juice. were completely lost with no service.

One thing that Kittell often It was not a fun time.” gets teased for, “is being so Kittell has enjoyed being at USU positive. I always say how I love Eastern. “I love my team, we are all everything, I am never negative… really good players and we are working so people often point out how Allie Kittell hard to get to where we need to be.” peppy I can be.”

One of her goals for this season, “is to Kittell’s reason for picking USU Eastern is, “I picked USU Eastern because end my season by having as much fun as I did when I called the coach and had a lot of other offers. it started. I want to be able to look back at this season My parents felt I should come here and something and know I had a great time with my team and gave about the school just seemed like I knew I would everything I had for my team and for my coaches.”

Preventable sports injuries threaten athletes at every level of competition Edmond James Sanders II sports writer edmond_james@outlook.com

American past-times are now more vivid and optimistic than ever before; it’s the American dream.

Every state, city, street corner we pass through youth are indulging in sport: street hockey, basketball,

football, double-dutch and sprinting are just a few of the daily activities.

It’s there where passion is established and a dream is born; however, many dreams never see life because it’s that obstacle they knew about, but never prepared for, sports injury.

On Stanford Children’s Hospital website it stated, “3.5 million youth get injured annually,” and as you

progress in levels injuries decrease; however, they are still higher than any coach would want.

In soccer, strained hamstrings, torn ACLs and meniscus sprains are the most common. Basketball: ankle sprains, tendonitis and ligament tears are most common. Volleyball: ligament sprains, shoulder injuries and ankle sprains. Baseball: shoulder injuries, elbow injuries and hand/wrist injuries are the most

common. These are just a few of the different injuries that occur in these respective sports.

Eighty percent of all sports injuries can be prevented with proper and efficient strength and conditioning training, along with see injuries page 7

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USU Eastern’s men’s soccer team hopeful heading into playoffs Jorge Lascano

sports writer quitoyecuador@gmail.com The USU Eastern men’s soccer team lost both games the past two weeks as their record drops to 11-5-1. The team was scheduled to play at home on Oct. 19, but the game was cancelled due to standing water on the field.

The Eagles played Otero College in La Junta, Colo., last weekend and lost 2-1.

Otero’s team has been nationally ranked this season with at 13-4-0 record.

Eagles put up the first goal by Chase Virgil 11 minutes into the game. Otero answered in the second half with two goals.

Almost 65 minutes into the game, Tristan Hugo was assisted by Jose Castro for the first goal and minutes into the game, Malik Mennana had a straight shot into the net, making the final score -1.

During this game there were two referee calls that were not clear or fair towards the Eagles, said Coach Ammon ennett. The first call was a red card as Otero player assaulted Mike Brady as he missed the punch; Brady returned a slight push to the player. The player exaggerated the force of the push.

According to the officials, the Eagle s player was the only one to make the aggression. Brady received a red card, so he will be sitting out the next two games.

The second call was a penalty kick. Play was clean and it was a one-to-one play.

Otero striker and Eastern goalkeeper Dylan Mcillece, came out to save the goal, Otero’s striker kept running and fell into Mcillece. The referee called a PK saying Mcillece tackled Otero’s player intentionally. The referee contradicted himself by not giving Mcillece a card for the intentional push.

According to the NJCAA website, the Eagles had one red card: Brady. Otero had three yellow cards: Jonathan Cuevas, Anthony Acosta and Malik Mennana.

The Eagles played Salt Lake Community College Oct. 17 and lost 1-0 at Salt Lake. Coach Ammon Bennett said, “They just played poorly, no motivation.”

The first playoff game will be Saturday against Northwest at USU Eastern at 2 p.m. Coach says “Hopefully we can get the water off our field. After Saturday, the team will travel to Denver, Colo., for semifinals. They play the winner of Laramie County Community College or Community College of Columbus Nebraska.

According to Bennett, Laramie will be the winner. “We split with Northwest, we lost 2-0 at Laramie and won 2-1 at USU Eastern.”

The loss with Otero took away Eastern s first place. efore that game, all we had to do was win against Otero and win the next two games to keep first place. So we would have played the Community College of Columbus Nebraska who has won zero games. It would have had been easier to pass to semifinals.

Youssef Mourchid steals the ball from Northwest College player.

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

Women’s soccer drops to 8-6-2 Jorge Lascano

sports writer quitoyecuador@gmail.com

ac uelyn Tagg fights for possession of the ball against Northwest College.

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

Eastern s women s soccer team stand at - (.563) as they lost three of their last fours games.

At Otero in La Junta, Colo., the Eagles had good control of the first half with the scoreboard 0-0 but with few mistakes they failed to control the second half as they dropped the game 3-0.

All scoring for Otero came in the second half when Lariza De was assisted by Thalya Dwyer at 54:03 minutes into the game. The Eagles’ keeper had a hand on the ball instead of the whole body, so she didn’t obtain full control of the ball.

Danielle Wilson was assisted by Aleonya Hunter, at 41 minutes when the Eagles keeper tried to take the ball to the line, creating an opportunity for Otero.

According to Coach ennett, the first two goals could have been prevented. Wilson was by assisted Christina Tafoya at 4 1 minutes, making the final score of the game.

The lop-sided stats showed USUE taking six shots in the game compared to Otero’s 10, Eastern had no corner kicks while Otero had two; Eastern had seven saves while Otero had one; and Eastern had nine fouls compared to Otero’s 10.

Eastern’s Kayla Hammond had a yellow card in the second half with Otero none.

The Eagles played Carbon Club Team and won 1-0.

Hammond scored the lone goal with 34 min-

utes into the first half.

In Council Bluffs, Iowa, the Eagles lost 2-0 to Iowa estern (ranked fifth in the nation) on Oct. 16.

Iowa Western scored one goal at 10 minutes into the first half with aria artine being assisted by Eva Castano and again in the second half; at minute 57 with Reyvin Hernandez scoring, assisted by Kami Djahanbani. The Eagles took no shots, while Western took 13; Eastern took no corner kicks, Western took three; Eastern had no saves, estern had five Eastern had no fouls, Western had seven.

Monroe defeated the Eagles 1-0 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Oct. 17.

The sole score came when Marla Roberts hit the net 65 minutes into the game. Ashley Williams assisted her.

Eastern took seven shots while Monroe took 15; Eastern had no corner kicks while Monroe took four; Monroe had a yellow card, Eastern none.

Tomorrow, Oct. 23 at USU Eastern at 4 p.m., the women’s team will play against Snow College club team. Monday, Oct. 26, they travel to play their last regular season game in Grand Junction, Colo., against Mesa State club team.

As soon as they are done with regular season, they will be playing the playoffs with the top three seats. Bennett believes that they will be playing Laramie Community College on Nov. 6th in Denver, Colo. Laramie beat USU in their last meeting 1-0.

Meet USUE’s foreign basketball players: Ana Borges and Barbara Cousino Ayanna Ford

sports writer ayannaford@email.com Ana Borges, 21 and Barbara Cousino, 19 are both returning sophomore’s to USU Eastern’s women’s basketball team. With sharing the love of basketball, these two also share the love for their countries. Yes, their countries! Brazil and Chile, Borges the Brazilian and Cousino the Chilean.

These two athlete’s traveled many miles from home and their families to attend USU Eastern.

Although it may be hard, they claim it’s all worth it just to be able to play in the United States.

Borges tells how it has always been a dream to play ball in the states. That even when she was born her dad put her in clothes that had the U.S. flag on it. When the USU Eastern coach arrived at her game in Brazil to recruit her, she couldn’t believe it. She felt as if it were all a dream! Excited and shocked, Borges dreams she says began to come true. Cousino explains how she had similar feelings; how women that play basketball in the U.S. their dream is to one day make it to the WNBA. Meanwhile in Chile, every girl’s dream as a child who plays basketball is to one day play in the U.S. The reason being is because basketball is so

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important in the U.S. Many people follow it, the explains that her family means everything to her competition is good, and it is made a big deal bebecause they are so close. There is not a thing she cause the U.S. invests so much money on it whether cannot tell them and there’s not a thing they don’t it’s college or the professional league. know about her. She has a healthy relationship with Cousino says she was in Colorado playing for her family and that’s why it was so hard to leave her national team when USU Eastern came out to them behind. watch her play. She recalls the day just like it was Cousino says her family has the most meaning yesterday, so many emoto her because family tions and feelings of for her is her everyexcitement. She wanted thing. The reason for to impress the coaches family being everyand play a good game. thing to her is because After the game was all they all share the same over, Eastern’s coaches passion for what she told her they had to have loves to do. She exher come play for USU plains how there hasn’t Eastern. At that moment, been one game where Cousino says her dreams she had looked in the were finally becoming a stands, and did not see reality, just like Borges, her family right there she couldn’t believe it. Barbara Cousino and Ana Borges photo courtesy Tyson Chappell supporting her.

Coming to the U.S. was So why do these no easy task for these two because they had to leave athletes love the sport of basketball so much? behind an important part of their; life’s their sup“Basketball is a gateway for everything in my life. port system and their family.

It opened up many opportunities for me that I probWhat has the most meaning to you? Both athably wouldn’t have if I didn’t play the sport. Also letes gave similar responses they responded their basketball helped me encounter a lot of friends, families have the most meaning to them. Borges learn English, and see the world.”-Cousino said

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flawless biomechanics .

You don’t have to love the weight room or want to look like The Rock because most likely you won’t; however, you need to become accepting of strength training and injury prevention. This is where a lot of those groin injuries, hamstring strains, ankle sprains and ACL tears can be reduced in likelihood.

Another injury prevention tactic comes with being smart, overuse is the cause to most tendonitis injuries besides the fact of strength deficiency and continue use of acute injury playing your way into something chronic, which then may lead to another injury because of deficiencies.

Patellar tendonitis is an injury vol-

leyball and basketball athletes encounter and know it can be prevented or reduce tremendously with efficient training.

Patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee) is an overuse injury and becomes worse when you continue to overuse something that’s been overused. However, the strain is initially caused by tight muscles, muscle imbalances and lack of flexibility mobility. Weak vastus medialis, tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum, quadriceps, gluteus maximus medius and tight hip flexors all play a key role to the birth of this injury; tight IT bands, quadriceps, hamstring as well are big factors In soccer, weak hamstrings and glutes are common due to lack of attention to

strength straining which causes groin and hamstring strains. Concussions, being another injury often seen, however, can be decreased with proper heading mechanics and increased neck strength.

In baseball, a lot of arm injuries from Ulnar-collateral-ligament tears to shoulder impingement rotator cuff injuries occur from overuse, mechanics and muscle imbalances.

The list of injuries go on and on and although we can never prevent injuries a 100 percent, we can descend the occurrence with proper strength training to correct the imbalances, biomechanical focus on running, jumping and landing form, as well as strength training technique (the body has geometric proportion and is most efficient in precise joint angles).

“I love the sport of basketball so much because of the discipline I learned through playing it. People may look at basketball and think it’s nothing more than a sport but basketball offers so much more than defense and offense. Basketball taught me discipline in which I am able to carry over and apply to my life.”-Borges said

Fun Facts

• avorite movie?

“Dear john” –Borges “home alone”-Cousino • avorite show?

“Morande and celebrity based shows”-Cousino “ridiculousness”- orges •Most embarrassing moment?

“I had just met somebody and I had forgot the words I wanted to say in english so when I did try to talk to them I said the words wrong”- orges “Whenever I laugh I snort”-Cousino • avorite food you like to eat in the United States? “ urritos and Waf es”- orges “Spicy crispy chicken and hot Cheetos”-Cousino • avorite word or phase in english? “really?”- C “I don t care”- orges

Focus on flexibility and myofascial release through foam rolling or even with a baseball, will destroy the knots that build up in your body caused by tightness, it will increase the longevity of your career.

To all my athletes who love the game, if you want to continue to play the game you grew to love, play at the apex of your abilities, stay of the sidelines from injury and keep your body healthy, you have to take strength and conditioning as well as injury prevention training serious as it’s the key to your success. I can’t stress that enough, how can you not like something that has so many pros and only cons being from improper technique. Let’s get better as athletes and more importantly let’s stay healthy. It’s a great day to be an Eagle!

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