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through the Logan campus of USU were removed from the class rolls, according to Bill Jensen, senior business officer at the Logan Campus’ registrar’s office. Two weeks after the start of the semester, 647 more students were cut from USU, including graduate students, USU Eastern, and distance education sites. Of these, 84 were USU Eastern students, according to Jan Young, director of academic records and registration at USU Eastern. Young, provided with a list

Seth Richards news editor

s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu As W-2 forms are delivered in the mail, scholarship applications and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) become due, and taxes need filing, spring semester is financially sobering for many students. Two weeks prior to the start of the semester, 1,485 undergraduate students taking classes at or

prior to the deadline, of students who had not paid, sent a warning email to the accounts listed as preferred in the banner accounts of the students and another to those who did not make arrangements with records and registration not to be dropped. Students who have not paid their tuition and fees in full within two weeks of the start of the semester are provided with options by the financial aid office to avoid the purge. Payment plans are available as well as subsidized

January 31, 2013 loans for students who have applied for FAFSA, which loans do not charge interest while students are enrolled in school full time and for six months after. Any students who think they may have been dropped from classes may check at the records and registration office or by checking their banner accounts. Students who have been dropped without receiving the requisite warnings, should check banner accounts to make sure their preferred email addresses are up to date.

Extreme Makeover:

Superbowl in the snow

BDAC Edition McKenzie Hosenfield staff writer m.hosenfield@eaglemail.ceu.edu

If you have attended a recent USU Eastern home basketball game, you will have noticed the Athletic Center’s updated paint job of the gym walls. The red brick was replaced with white and the brown bleachers were repainted navy blue. Fernando Alcàntar, director of student life, has a hope that this dramatic change will spark a renewed school spirit in Eastern students. Alcàntar is optimistic that the

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deal of support from the community while raising scholarship money for our students,” she said. All profits from the businesses’ booth rentals and public admission fees benefit the scholarship fund. The show opens Feb. 1 from 3-7 p.m. with the fashion show at 6 p.m. On Feb. 2, the show opens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the fashion show at 1 p.m. Prices are $4 for adults, students $2 with activity card. Children are free. Paid admission

Police Department; and Tom Smith, of the West Jordan Police Department. Sergeant Steve Salas, of Price, is credited with reserving Burtenshaw Residential Hall and the old Eagle Bus for the training. According to Sergeant Rob Nixon, a 12-year veteran of the

The Deseret News, Utah’s second largest daily newspaper, ran a story titled “USU Eastern shutters dorm as enrollment fears mount across state.” Information and a front-page photo from the Jan. 17 edition of The Eagle were used in the article. However, this is not what caught The Eagle staff’s attention. It was two of the 16 comments about the article. Raybies from Layton, Utah wrote, “I know there’s a Utah State University, but ‘Utah State University Eastern?’ C’mon guys …admit it. You made up that university, right?”

Nine Utah Highway Patrol dogs and one Grand County canine tested for their annual narcotics certification at the USU Eastern Price Campus on Jan. 29. Every week, the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) canine units train the dogs a mandatory eight hours. According to officer Jared Withers, of the Green River UHP, about half of this training consists of the officers hiding stashes of drugs for the other officer’s dogs to find and the rest is spent drilling the dogs on other emergency drills. The test given in Dog trained by Bronston Wood Price involved a panel of judges hiding stashes of marijuana, heroin, methamphet- UHP, the drills require a large amine and cocaine. The dogs building to keep the dogs from were then judged by their ability smelling the stashes reserved for to locate and draw attention to the each other. “Running a police dog is, in drugs. All of the dogs tested had passed previous annual certifica- my opinion, the best job in the tions and offered an exemplary world,” said Nixon. “We work with one of our best friends and performance for 2013. The judges for this test were a loyal partner; a dog that is valuBlake Gardner, of the Emery able to the community. And we County Sheriff’s Office; Tim are able to train the dogs to be Magneson, of the West Jordan able to keep the community safe.”

includes entrance in drawings for door prizes donated by the participating businesses. For additional information, contact the cosmetology department at 435.613.5303.

Friday

New paint in BDAC reflects school colors

Dorms go to the dogs USU Eastern: where?

Cosmetology’s annual Spring Fest opens Feb. 1

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A group of guys played football on the Reeves lawn on Jan. 29, after the area received another layer of snow. Some of the guys were dressed warm for the game, while others showed up in their T-shirts, shorts and athletic shoes. Although the area enjoyed another clear day with pristine air, the temperature was definitely brisk.

Plan your wedding, prom, or spring and summer events, plus contribute to a good cause – all at the same time, is the premise behind USU Eastern’s 10th annual Spring Fest Extravaganza on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2 in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. The first Spring Fest showcased an all-bridal fashion show. As the show grew in popularity, cosmetology instructors Debbie Prichard and Linda Davis, added prom and special events to the fashion show, plus raised funds for the USU Eastern scholarship program. Prichard has a lot of help in making the weekend’s wedding, prom and spring and summer event a big hit in the area. She rounded up community businesses to host booths that spotlight their products and services for weddings and other special events. These include photographers, f lorists, candles, catering, crafts, jewelry, announcements, tuxedos, bridal and prom gowns, scrap booking, home décor, wedding cakes and décor, nail and hair salons, day spas and much more. “We always have a great

new gym will “breed unity” and “increase school spirit.” He hopes that it will intimidate rival teams and increase student attendance to the games. Returning from winter break, ESA planned a grand reopening with a Blackout and a flash mob to, “It’s Always a Good Time” during the first and second basketball games in the newly painted gym. The repainting of the gym is a portion of what he calls “Campus Life 2.0.” This mission began by repainting the McDonald Career Center blue. It will be completed

Saturday

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Sunday

• No Groundhog Day syndrome • MBB Whasssuppp?! • Guess the movie • Calendar of events •page 3

Monday

see Eastern page 3

New athletics website launched Karli Morris

editor-in-chief k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu Nearly two months of work has led to usueasternathletics.com being launched on Monday, Jan. 28, although, it will still take more time before it is complete. After being up for just a day, the site is averaging 140 hits per hour. KC Smurthwaite, sports information director, said the new site provides “one-stop ‘shopping’ for athletic needs.” The USU Eastern athletic’s department owns and operates the site. While it will be used as a marketing tool, the site is

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Tilka from Portland, Ore., wrote, “If the board of regents has any sense they would have shuttered the school several years ago. Think about it – a college in Price, Utah? The only kids who go there now are those playing sports and locals.” Both comments brought smirkish grins to the staffer’s faces and the temptation to use the power of the pen to set the authors of the comments straight. They know firsthand that the first amendment to the constitution grants freedom of the press to all, but was it worth

• SUNny opportunities • Recognizing Robbin Snow • Meet Kevin Hurst • Campus safety •pages 4-5

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home to photos taken at the different sporting events, schedules and rosters, coach profiles and a link to the USU Eastern home page where prospective students can sign up for a campus visit. “It is a great took for the recruitment of both students and student-athletes.” The site also has the potential to house links for clubs and intramural sports. Dave Paur, athletic director, said the site will enable the athletic’s department to have the professional feel they were looking for. “We are trying to put a good product on and off the court. Part of that goal is establishing our program on the web.” see Website page 3

Wednesday

• MBB: eye opener • WBB: recovers at home • Double the “Miles” • “The Steamer” is no more •page 6-7

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Killing the Groundhog...Day Syndrome February 2, lived over and over and over again

Jordan Sanders

viewpoints writer j.sanders@eaglemail.ceu.edu It’s 7:30 a.m., and that annoying beeping sound rips you from your slumber to blare the fact that your island getaway in the hot sun wasn’t reality, but merely a dream. You slowly shuffle your way into the kitchen with your slippers and Einstein hair to pour your favorite, but now long overused, cereal into a bowl with milk and stare aimlessly into the abyss. Eventually you coax yourself into the shower to get ready for yet another day...just...like... yesterday. You have started another monotonous week of the same routine that you have been living for what feels like a lifetime. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell star in “Groundhog Day”, a movie which emphasizes the idea of monotony well. Murray plays Phil Connors who is a self-centered, obnoxious, selfish and heartless newscaster who could really use an attitude adjustment. He and Rita (MacDowell) do a weather forecast on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., which happens to be where the groundhog lives. As Connors finishes the day, a huge storms forces him to stay in Punxsutawney. He gets some sleep, but when he awakes, he finds that magically it is Groundhog Day again. This happens over and over and over and Connors is stuck on Groundhog Day for what he thinks could be forever. The monotony gets the best of him and he tries killing himself multiple times in different ways, but he always wakes up to the same stinking Sonny and Cher song on the

radio to find that it is still Groundhog Day. No matter what he does, or how many different ways he tries to spend the day, he always wakes up on Feb. 2, and cannot break the rut. After living months and months of the same day, he starts to realize that serving others and self improvement can ease the monotony. He starts to learn piano, French and ice-sculpting plus he learns as much about Rita as possible because he starts to like her. He also looks for things that he can do to improve as many lives as possible in old Punxsutawney. When all is said and done, not only is he really good at a lot of things, but his attitude is adjusted and he and Rita get together. When he finally gets Rita to like him, he awakens the next day, and guess what? It’s not Groundhog Day anymore! He has finally broken the rut. In reality, it is easy to become bored with routine activities. Sadly, routines are exactly what comprise the adult life and the life of a student. We have schedules, meetings, classes, extra curricular activities, etc. etc. and yet life still gets boring because it is the same schedules, meetings, classes, extra curricular activities, etc. etc. every week. Though this is true, it doesn’t mean that we all have to conform and become robots. Creativity and the desire to think outside the box can help us to break the rut in which we find ourselves. It worked for Phil Connors, and though he was a fictional character, the Groundhog Day Syndrome can be a real disease, and self improvement and thinking outside the box can be an effective prescription. What are things that you have always wanted to accomplish? Maybe there is a talent that you have secretly wished to develop for years, but among

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• The Golden Grille at USU Eastern is what is buzzing in Price! The great breakfast sandwiches they serve in the morning along with the burritos and also the French toast is top of the line. The breakfast hours are from 8-10:30 a.m. Other than the breakfast, The Golden Grille also serves cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, subs, and quesadillas which come in steak and chicken. If you have not experienced this great food you need to before it is

too late. The Grille is easily the best food around Price!

• Lately, the activities that have been put together have been very intriguing just by the theme of each night. Starting out with the White Out dance held a few weeks ago. Very nice outcome and everyone there had a lot of fun. This was in the midst of a successful Blackout & Goldout for the two-home games that week. Then there was the Pajama Night, that seemed to be pretty fun, with

by the men’s basketball team

the cartoons and cereal, brings us all back to the good ol’ days when that’s all we had to do. This past weekend we had Salsa Night and also some activities in the BDAC. For example, human battleship. What a creative idea for students to enjoy and interact with each other. Not to mention all of the other positive activities such as the service projects around the city and the in-school safety awareness seminars that have been held in the JLSC. The upcoming events this week sound like something to be

extremely active in with the Game Extravaganza on Friday. Not sure who wouldn’t want to be there. Then the Super Bowl Party on Sunday. Hopefully everyone else appreciates the innovative and creative ideas the student government has put together thus far this school year.

Thumbs down • Thumbs Down would have to be the midnight curfew. I came to college for the freedom and responsibility that comes along with it. So

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Jan. 31 - Feb. 17 Monday

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Wednesday

Intramural sports 6:30 p.m.

Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m.

07 WBB @NIC 5:30 p.m. MBB @ NIC 7:30 p.m. Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m.

WBB vs All-stars 7 p.m.

Intramural sports 6:30 p.m.

Hobbit Dredd Frankenweenie Ice Age Les Miserables Pitch Perfect Django Life of Pi Lincoln Dark Knight Skyfall Hungergames Taken Breaking Dawn Bourne Legacy Prometheus Wreck-It Ralph

Friday

WBB @ SNOW 5:30 p.m. MBB @ SNOW 7:30 p.m.

Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m. Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m.

the routine of life, you have never found the time. Put the clock away for a few minutes a day and develop that talent. Maybe there is a hobby that you used to enjoy, but haven’t done it for a long time because of the demands of life. Go on vacation from life for a moment and enjoy that hobby. Honestly it is not only fun, but healthy to break out of the routine and have a little bit of ME time. Another thing that helps to relieve the constant “blah” feeling, is to serve others. There are more than enough projects and opportunities of service in the community. The only thing that those projects lack are volunteers. You can be that volunteer. There is an incredible phenomena that happens when one serves another which is hard to explain until it is experienced. But problems and stresses shrink when they are replaced with the joy of helping another. Not only can you ease your own unpleasant symptoms, but many who need service can have their symptoms relieved through your efforts as well. Break out of your comfort zone. Put away that boring flavor of cereal and have some cake for breakfast, or better yet, use that hidden talent that you have and bake a cake for the needy family down the road. Make your dream a reality and put aside some extra cash to visit that warm island getaway. Most importantly, kill the Groundhog Day syndrome, and live deliberately and with pizzazz.

Masquerade Ball 7 p.m. JLSC

why, even without loud noises and complaints, do I have room checks to see if I’m by myself past midnight? If students pay room and board, then unless they are causing others to lose sleep, they should be fine to keep company as long as they please. The only thing that I could see being a problem is roommates, and in Sessions there are no roommates, and AJ and Tucker have living rooms to entertain. I mean if you’re going to treat me like a child and hold me to my curfew; how about a wake up call and an allowance too? Just saying.

Name that film! Enter to win a prize by posting what film the quotes are from on The Eagle facebook page!

1. “We got no food, no jobs… our pet’s heads are falling off!” 2. “You wear too much eye make up. My sister wears too much. People think she’s a whore.” 3. “Brothers don’t shake hands, brothers gotta hug.” 4. “I think I was in love once. She was Brazilian, or Chinese or something weird. I met her in the bathroom of a K-mart and we made out for hours. Then we parted ways, never to see each other again.” 5. “Cyclops there…Cyclops there…Cyclops there…turrets… moon buggies…OH MY HOLY CRAP! Surveillance does…I hate those.”

Saturday

Sunday

WBB @ SLCC 3 p.m. MBB @ SLCC 5 p.m.

Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m.

USU Opera Theatre 7:30 p.m. @ Price Civic Auditorium Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m. WBB vs All-stars 7 p.m.

WBB @ CSI 3 p.m. MBB @ CSI 5 p.m.

16 Theatre productionAlmost Maine 7:30 p.m. WBB @ CNCC 3 p.m. MBB @ CNCC 5 p.m.

If you have any suggestions for student government, please write them and drop them off in the suggestion box in the JLSC.

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staff writers Nathan Manley n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu Shadayah Jones s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu Jonathan Fox j.fox@eaglemail.ceu.edu Shanna Frame s.frame@eaglemail.ceu.edu McKenzie Hosenfeld m.hosenfeld@eaglemail.ceu.edu Christopher Palo c.palo@eaglemail.ceu.edu sports writers Jordan Weihing j.weihing@eaglemail.ceu.edu Travon Langston t.langston@eaglemail.ceu.edu Kameron King k.king@eaglemail.ceu.edu Hayden Peterson h.peterson@eaglemail.ceu.edu Whitney Fieldsted w.fieldsted@eaglemail.ceu.edu layout staff Mike Gingell m.gingell@eaglemail.ceu.edu Brandi Sitterud b.sitterud@eaglemail.ceu.edu Kate Johnson k.johnson@eaglemail.ceu.edu Megan Peterson m.peterson@eaglemail.ceu.edu photographers Emilee Merril e.merril@eaglemail.ceu.edu videographer Matt Gochis m.gochis@eaglemail.ceu.edu webmaster Dezzi Mangum d.mangum@eaglemail.ceu.edu

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It’s time to elect your new student body officers for 2013-2014 Emily Williams

lifestyles editor e.williams@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Luke Madsen

Carolyn Thorton

Arsene Hugisha

Chelsea Sorensen

Mark your calendars on Feb. 12-13 to vote for next year’s student body officers in the JLSC. USU Eastern is holding the annual election for the three student body officer positions. The positions include student body president, executive vice president, and vice president of activities. As usual, election time has stirred a lot of excitement throughout the campus. As the dust settles, the candidates for each position are finalizing their campaign and preparing for the upcoming debates on Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the JLSC multi purpose room. President candidates: Lucas Madsen- I feel like my greatest strength as a leader is that I don’t expect anyone to do something that I wouldn’t be willing to do. I don’t like telling people what do to, but I like showing them and working together to accomplish a task. As of now, I feel that I represent, the baseball team and other athletes. Since I made this decision to run for student body president I have started to branch out and have met several new people who have addressed me with concerns of theirs. I now feel like it is my responsibility to win the election and fix those

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concerns of theirs. I realize I am ideas to create a better environnot yet president but I am willing ment of fun and stree reliefe. to represent the student body as The other reason why I would a whole. run for this is that I value very Carolyn Thorton- I am running much others opinions, but I am for this position because I care not afraid to voice my own and about the program. I feel like my stand up for what is right. I feel I ideas would benefit this school as represent diverse students in many a whole. I love different ways this school and and I want to want to give ensure a vibrant, back. It has givinteresting and en me a lot of diverse student oppor tunities life at Eastern. to grow. I have Chelsea Soa talent for lisrensen – I am extening to both tremely knowlindividuals and edgeable about groups. I will USU Eastern. I listen to t he have grown to student body love Eastern and t o help t h i s want other stuschool become dents to have a bigger brighter positive experiand better. As a ence on campus. student leader Through eduMiranda Cox I know I would cating students represent all of and supporting the students at USU Eastern and student services on campus I in that role I feel I can represent believe I can make a difference all interests and objectives. in their education. I represent Executive Vice Presi- multiple groups of student here on campus; first and foremost dent candidates: Arsene Hugisha- I am running for students who want to gain an the position of vice president of education. More specifically, I activities because I believe I can am a hall director and understand make a difference if I got elected. student needs that live on camI would be very willing to work pus. I work very closely with the on any of Eastern student’s good psychology club, which is mainly

non traditional and off campus students. Being upperclassman on campus I am familiar with multiple groups and have had the experience of working for the good of the institution as a whole.

Vice President of Activities candidate:

Miranda Cox: Next year I will be a sophomore here at Eastern. I am running for this position because I see it as a great opportunity to use and enhance what I have learned this year as an event director. I feel I can represent the student body by building upon the relationships and memories I have enjoyed this past year. For example, I have participated in the theatre department, choir department, Scream Team, and the SUN involvement center. I live in the residence halls and know what it’s like for most students. I have also worked closely with international students, non-traditional students as well as dining services. Currently, the Activities team on ESA puts on an event every Friday, and sometimes more. I know what needs to happen in order for these events to occur and what kinds of things to expect when dealing with complicated situations. I plan on using the experiences I have gained and the support of the Activities team to help all Eastern students get involved and love being a Golden Eagle!

Students, faculty, staff: FREE bus trip to watch USU Eastern vs SLCC, Saturday Feb. 2. Support EU Athletics! Bus leaves at noon Contact Fernando at fernando.alcantar@usu.edu or call 435-613-5335

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Dining Room: Sat.-Sun. Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m.

Grako’s photo by Whitney Withers/The Eagle

Cody Lunceford, Ashton Frandsen, Angelica Gomez, AJ Olschewski, Shailee Stokes and Brad Reynolds sport their pajamas for the cartoon and cereal night held in the JLSC multi-purpose room on Friday, Jan 18.

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with the painting of the college’s library white with elements of blue. The cost of the gym’s paint job was $55,000 and was covered in part by the Eastern Student Association. The project was initiated and completed during winter break.

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the time and effort to craft the responses needed to educate the authors of the two responses. Instead they recognized that a member of the Deseret News staff read The Eagle’s article and chose to do a story from the statistics used in the article. They also gave a photo credit to The Eagle staff. The one point members of The Eagle staff felt obligated to

Website

Alcàntar is optimistic about the future of Eastern. He wants to continue to build up campus and have “locations to be proud of.” In the future, he expects to establish hang out spots including a Paris themed internet café in the Student

set straight for the writer from Portland, Ore., was the statement about only locals and athletes attend the college. Of the 31 members on The Eagle staff, three are from Carbon High School, seven from Emery High, two from Union High, one from Provo High, one from Payson High, one from Juab High, two from South Summit High, one

Center, decorated residential hall lobbies and replacing the CEU sign on Wood Hill, west of campus, to advertise USU Eastern. He is determined to evolve campus to a place where students from around the world can call home.

fun super bowl party! from Altamont High, one from Judge Memorial High, one from Canyon View High, one from Logan High, one from Bingham High, two from Riverton High, one from Bountiful High, one from Olympus High, one from Nevada, one from Idaho, one from California, and one from St. George. Hmmm, we had to throw those stats in.

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Smurthwaite said if the website is maintained correctly it will generate money for athletics and will maximize exposure for Eastern. “We have tripled our reach with our Facebook, Twitter and YouTube users since August. With this website our traffic and reach

is only going to go up.” For now, Smurthwaite will continue to be in charge of any big changes that take place on the site. Miranda Milovich, assistant volleyball coach, will help to maintain the site by adding scores and other small news items. Ulti-

Super Bowl Party Join us in the cafeteria for a

mately the website will require a full-time position to achieve its maximum potential. I f you f i nd a ny m issi ng or broken l i n ks wit h i n t he site, contact Smurthwaite at kc.smurthwaite@usu.edu or via Twitter @KcSmurthwaite.

Date: Feb. 3, 2013 Time: 4 p.m. Place: JLSC Cafeteria

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A comedy about a four-letter word Ashley Stilson

assistant editor a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu

photo by Jonathan Fox/The Eagle

Lendall (played by Tim Swenson) kissing Gayle (played by Alissa Peters) in the scene “Getting it Back.”

A shattered life

Christopher Palo

The effects of war on a young soldier

Christopher Palo staff writer c.palo@eaglemail.ceu.edu Long after the warrior comes home, the war still rages within him. Whatever he may have seen or caused is compounded deep inside him. It affects his loved ones most. He doesn’t always see the pain he is inflicting or the consequences of his actions. Above all else, he is trying to deal. Deal with the screams, the blood, the terror, inflicted by both him and the enemy. Nobody understands that he is fighting to stay alive. He is raging a war within himself, with the beast that he had become. People sit and silently judge him because he won’t leave the house or the TV for that matter. But he is fighting with everything he has to be human. His finger nails break off as he claws at the walls of his soul trying to free himself from the pain. Bloody and beaten on the inside from a war, he isn’t sure he will win. His angry outbursts aren’t him. They are the beast that has momentarily come to the surface before he could drag him back down. But the damage has been done. He tries to apologize, but as he focuses on the “real world,” the battle within him starts

to turn. He loses his grip on the fight and out comes the beast. He silently sobs at night for the pain and hurt he has caused both here and over there. Before he went to war, his world was a picturesque dream world where everyone was nice and someone always protected him. In his world death, murder and hell were a million miles away in a far off “make believe” land that was only read about in books or seen in movies. Even after he goes to this land that the world has forgotten, his world remains unchanged. One fateful afternoon, as they were out “playing” army, and essentially going on a guided tour of this strange and beautiful land, the man in front of him, his best friend, a person that he shared his most intimate secrets with, a man who over the weeks had become much more than a brother to him, suddenly drops. His body goes limp and he free falls. In one second he goes from best friend; talking and singing a horrible rendition of “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond to a lifeless lump on the ground. There is scrambling and chaos; he doesn’t realize what has happened. At first, it seems like a dream because that is the only logical thing his mind can conceive. But then, from under the helmet,

The comedy-romance “Almost Maine” is premiering in the next two weeks and Director Morgan Lund explains his part in the play at USU Eastern. “Grady [McEvoy] asked me to submit some plays,” Lund began. “I submitted ‘Almost Maine’ because I just love it…One of the most difficult things we have to do in life is create relationships. And relationships based on love are the most important things in our life, whether we know it or not. It’s not money, it’s not a career, it’s love. We forget how important love is in our lives.” Lund is originally from Utah, but travels nationwide to work on productions. He recently finished a miniseries for Discovery Channel and commercials for Artic Circle. He also finished a production of “The Lion in Winter” in Salt Lake. “This community has no idea how lucky they are [having] the theater here,” Lund continued. “The students work so hard. They’re so good, they’re so committed, and most importantly, they’re so talented.” Sometimes we forget to have love in our life, Lund said. “That’s why I picked this play. It’s a comedy, it’s stupid, it’s poignant, it’s scary. It’s all those things that love is.” Lund explained that there are nine different scenes in this play, nine different relationships. “There’s also a lot more to it. It takes place in rural America, and it speaks to me when I’m in Carbon County. It wouldn’t speak to me if I was in Chicago.” The Aurora Borealis is what ties the entire play together, Lund pointed out. The theater department has purchased five star projectors to thrust the audience into the moment onstage. “Everywhere we can put a star, we’ll put a star. The theatrical experience will be like no other. Grady is designing an environment that will be very different.” He believes that the hardest thing about the play has been the casting. “I have 14 people in the cast, I found 14 people I wanted to work with…the most difficult thing about directing this play is getting out of my head. Getting out of my space and letting it happen.” It’s a sensitive play, Lund recalls. There are somber moments, but there are aspects of love for everyone. “That horrible four letter word, love, is what makes a basketball player the best basketball player. It’s what makes going home the most important part of your day…It’s a comedy about a four letter word. [Everyone] is going to want to make out when we’re done.” McEvoy is set designer, Corey Ewan, Ph.D., as costume designer, and Josh Bone is stage manager. The cast includes Scott Zaborski, Lisha Michaels, Tyrell Clement, Annie Morey, Josh Bone, Leandra Arroyo, Madison Alleman, DeeJay Laughbon, Braden Hampel, Alissa Peters, Tim Swenson, Dwayne Huffaker, Carrie Huffaker and Savana Miller. “Almost Maine” promises to be full of laughter and tears. Save the date and come enjoy the ups and downs of romance onstage at the USU Eastern Geary Theater 7:30 p.m. on February 7-16 (Sunday dark). Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, $5 for non-USU Eastern students and faculty, and $2 for USU students with their student ID.

he sees it; shiny, wet and red: blood. In that instant, his mind makes the connection and like a thin pane of glass, his world shatters. Every belief he has ever had is up for grabs. What’s right? What’s wrong? At this point nobody knows. Then he hears an ear-shattering pop and realizes he is being fired at. His training takes over. All that is left of this once care free and fun loving man is nothing more than tissue, bone, primal emotions and Uncle Sam’s training. Evil and horrible deeds are done. Archaic screams leave his lips. Muscles bulge and they fill with blood. Heat spreads across his body. He is now more animal than man. Rage fills him. One single, extremely powerful emotion fills his mind and takes over every receptor and every molecule of grey matter. Kill! The word flows to his feet first. His feet find the enemy and propel his body in that direction. Next, are his arms. Kill! His weapon feels weightless. Next, his eyes. Kill! He aims at his target. There is no thought of what he is doing there is only kill. Finally, his finger. Kill! With a soft, gentle squeeze and a slightly surprising pop, the round finds its target. But the blood rage hasn’t stopped. “Kill” has consumed his body. With each pull of the trigger, he loses himself and the beast takes over. Pain is absent and fatigue never comes. All there is…is blinding rage. When the enemy has either been killed or has retreated, and he has returned to U.S.-controlled soil, he is nothing. After the rage subsides, he is left empty and hollow. He has to rebuild his life. The problem is he is constantly thrown back in to the mouth of Hell. This constant barrage of bullets and explosions has become the reason he can’t deal with his world being shattered. He has even used this way of life as a defense mechanism for not dealing with his issues. To be honest, the beast has become his best chance of survival. The problem is, the more he uses the beast, the more he becomes the beast. Then it’s time to return home. Soon after returning, he learns that he has brought the beast back with him. The fight begins. It is a far more

terrible fight than he has ever faced, for this enemy knows all of his strengths, all of his weaknesses and how to use his family against him. First, it gets rid of his friends, then it destroys his extended family and finally attacks his family. The whole time he is fighting this demon in a war so terrible, that it would drop the biggest, strongest man to his knees and make him cry like he has never cried before. The fight will continue for the rest of his life. Even after he has subdued the beast, he is forever in fear of it getting out again. He continues to pay the strictest attention to where he is, who he is with and what his surroundings are. Any of these triggers can release the caged beast. The next time it gets out, he may not be able to fight it off.

Book Review: And Then There Were None Ashley Stilson

assistant editor a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu Mystery, murder and mayhem are thrown into a suspenseful jumble in Agatha Christie’s best selling detective novel “And Then There Were None.” Ten guests are invited to relax on a desolate island owned by a millionaire. When the guests arrive, their host is gone, but the guests are welcome to make themselves at home. Following the first dinner on the island, a gramophone is accidently turned on and the record announces that each guest is a murderer. Each guest has murdered in the past, and each murder was accomplished in such a way that the law couldn’t have a hold on any of the guests. Paranoid that someone knows their secrets, the tension accelerates when one of the guests is poisoned. At first, the guests assume that the deaths are accidental, but after the third death, it is apparent that there is a murderer on the island. However, a search of the island reveals that there is no one else on the island, but the eight guests left. No one can leave or arrive at the island because of an enormous storm has rolled in. The murderer must be one of the remaining guests. But which one? The story was originally published as “Ten Little Indians”, and the way each guest is murdered follows that nursery rhyme. The first murder is accomplished with poison, and the first line of the nursery rhyme is “one choked his little self.” The second victim dies in her sleep, and the second part of the nursery rhyme is “one overslept himself.” Slowly the guests lose their humanity and grip on reality. A copy of the “Ten Little Indians” poem hangs in each room, and 10 tiny Indian figurines decorate the dinner table in the beginning. But as each guest is carefully murdered, the figurines disappear one at a time after each murder. In a twisted plot of revenge, each guest is brought to face his or her guilt for the murders they committed. In desperation they try to signal the mainland for help, but no help arrives in time The New York Times book review said about the book, “When you read what happens…you will not believe it, but you will keep reading. The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery that Agatha Christie has ever written.” The book, although first published in 1939, continues to astonish readers and keep them hanging on to the very end of the book where there are none.

“And Then There Were None”

SUNshine award

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Robbin Snow has won the SUNshine award. She was nominated because she always has a happy and helpful attitude. Robbin works in the post office in the SAC and is always willing to do anything she can to help students or faculty. She is a terrific woman and a bright SUNshine to everyone on campus.

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Winners of the USU Eastern Statewide High School Art Competition

photos courtesy USU Eastern Art Department

Acrylic painting titled “Teeming Abyss” by Katie Wishart from Copper Hills High School and a ceramics piece titled “Sea Brain” by Jerrel Mock from Logan High school.

High school art students from Logan to Pleasant Grove were the top winners in the ninth annual USU Eastern Statewide High School Art Competition. Best of show went to Katie Wishart of Copper Hills High School for her acrylic painting titled “Teeming Abyss.” The first place winner was McKlean Killpack of East High School for her watercolor titled “Pete’s Brother,” second place went to Parker Peterson of Pleasant Grove High School for his ceramic jar titled “Big Jar,” and third place went to Cheyenne Bee of Logan High School for her photo of the “Leaf.”

Honorable mentions went to Ani Henriksen of Pleasant Grove for her acrylic painting titled “Chrome,” Jerrel Mock of Logan High School for his ceramics titled “Sea Brain,” Judy Suh from Logan High School for her photograph titled “Westminster Abbey,” Collin Child of Logan High School for his photo titled “Desert and Fence,” and Megan Sorenson of Wayne High School for her scratchboard titled “Leopard.” Gallery curator, Noel Carmack said, “This is probably one of the most difficult shows we’ve had to judge. All the judges were impressed with the submissions.”

Besides Carmack, the judges included Megan Woods who holds a bachelor’s of art history degree from Colorado State University and Lyndsay Reid who hold a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from Southern Utah University. The exhibit is fully installed in USU Eastern’s Galley East and is open Monday through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The closing reception and awards ceremony will be on Friday, Feb. 8, from 7-9 p.m. The community is invited to attend and meet the artists at the ceremony. There is no admission charge to Gallery East.

SUNny opportunities

are also able to gain hands-on experience. This helps in searching for are Kids @ Heart, every Monday through Thursday, from 11:30 a.ma career path and applying for jobs. If 200 service hours are tracked 12:45 p.m.; Green Team, every Tuesday at 3 p.m.; Breakaway Navajo Mountain and Breakaway Calexico, both are alternate spring break and accomplished, students receive service cords at their graduation. Volunteers can get more than cords, hands-on experience and resume service opportunities; and Kids Valentine Carnival, Feb. 8, 4 p.m.-8 builder. They can also get college credit. Volunteers that sign up for a p.m. For information on upcoming events and to sign up, visit the SUN service-learning course, receive one-college credit for every 18 hours Center on the second floor of the Jennifer Levitt Student Center or call of service they accomplish. They can take up to three service-learning 435-613-5284. staff writer SUN Center adviser, Terry Johnson said, “We most likely have a credits per semester. Students must track their hours and write reflections s.frame@eaglemail.usu.edu about their volunteering experience. project that interests you. We look forward to receiving a call and seeing Those that have a full schedule or do not have quite as much time to you in the SUN Center soon.” USU Eastern’s Serving Utah Network Center is involved in the suc- devote to service, have an alternate option. They can take cess of USU Eastern Price campus students in more ways than many classes with a service-learning component. The professtudents realize. The SUN Center does not only provide volunteer ser- sors over these classes coordinate with the SUN Center to vice opportunities for students, but also provides service-learning class allow students to accomplish a certain amount of service credit. They also work alongside professors to provide service-learning hours as part of the students’ final grade in the class. The components within classes. Often students do not take advantage of professors choose how the service will be evaluated within Prettyman, says the easiest and most these opportunities because they do not know what they are and what the class; which can be from an essay to a presentation. effective way is to “use common sense.” is beneficial about them. staff writer The SUN Center is working to bring new opportunities He says to keep yourself out of situations In general, service looks good on a resume. Those who volunteer to students so the college experience is fun and meaningm.hosenfeld@eaglemail.ceu.edu where you could get hurt. He suggests and track their hours, can show employers their dedication and work ful. They hope that their part of student life brings life listening and following your gut feelethic, and give themselves a step up above other applicants. If volun- experience and enthusiasm to Eastern students. This Christmas, I received an unusual ing: “If something feels suspicious and teers help with a project that is within their field of study or career, they Some of SUN Center’s upcoming service opportunities gift: pepper spray. At first, I was confused wrong, it probably is.” It is much better to why my parents felt the need to give me play it safe than to regret anything later. Prettyman stresses the importance this weapon of self-defense while I was going to school in Price. I had always felt of reporting suspicious activities and comfortable in this small town and never crimes to the police. “If you are aware of questioned my safety while living here. a problem on campus, alert the authoridefinitely made college more fun. I felt like I bring to the table as a leader? Second, it ties immediately.” Three weeks later, was part of the institution. They weren’t just focused on interpersonal leadership – how staff writer Some more usethere was another activities, it wasn’t just a university, it was to incorporate one’s skills into a group. ful ideas to keep shooting- this time my university. They were my activities.” The third tier helped students learn how to j.fox@eaglemail.ceu.edu safe are using at a Texas community Although he originally had plans to incorporate their skills into the community. the buddy system college. I now unHurst believes that the most important Kevin Hurst is the admission’s advisor be a physical therapist, Hurst found that during the dark derstand my parents’ in enrollment services at USU Eastern. He he “enjoyed the interaction with people aspect of being a leader is “knowing who hours of the night, reasoning more fully: you are, what you stand for, the direction earned his associate’s degree at Weber state turning your muno school is immune you’re heading, and having a plan to get and his bachelor’s from the University of sic down while from violence, no there. If you want to be a positive leader, Utah in exercise and sports science. Hurst walking around matter how perfect you have to have a positive direction.” received his masters from the University campus and keepeverything appears While at UCM that is what Hurst of Central Missouri in college student ing campus police to be. helped students accomplish – knowing personnel administration (CSPA). He aron speed dial. Price is a safe who they are and where they are heading. rived at Eastern last August. Although c o m mu n it y w it h At USU Eastern, he helps students Hurst enjoys a variety of things, includUtah State Unilower crime rates make the decision to come to Eastern. ing flying airplanes (he took aviation for versity Eastern than the national or “My job is to be an admissions advisor. two semesters) but what brought him to is a safe learning state average. Despite It’s my job to be an expert about the instiwhere he is in his career is interacting with this information, students should be environment, play it smart. Be aware tution, and entice students to come here.” those around him, which is what he likes actively engaged in staying safe during of your surroundings. Lock your door The most enticing thing about USU about his current position. He is willing to their college years. Many precautionary at night. Keep your cell phone on you Eastern, according to Hurst, is the expeget involved, and suggests that others do the measures for college students should be at all times. In the end, it will be the rience that can be had at Eastern. “One same. He maintains that getting involved taken to remain safe while on campus. small decisions that will make the bigarea of involvement leads to another in College is the best way to discover what Director of Safety, Officer James gest difference. and opens new doors. Students here you really want to do in life. Kevin Hurst don’t have to pick and choose, they can His first year of college, Hurst got have a wide variety of experiences and involved in leadership. Before school started his freshman year, he attended a more.” That is what led him to his master opportunities.” Hurt’s advice to both prospective and fall leadership retreat where he met a group in CSPA and ultimately to USU Eastern. At the University of Central Missouri current students of USU Eastern is “don’t that would later become his best friends where Hurst earned his masters, he was a hold anything back. Jump at every opthrough college. “As part of the retreat I learned about graduate assistant in the student involve- portunity, every chance to try something. committees that I could get involved with. ment and leadership office. He and several Live life to the fullest – Carpe diem. I was recruited by a couple of committee others put together a three tier program on Try everything. By doing that, you’ll find some things that you like and some chairs. We planned activities and events, personal leadership. The program focused first on oneself, things that you don’t like. You’ll really including dances, on campus.” Once he was involved, he said that “it helping answer the question, “what can I come to discover yourself.”

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How to stay safe on campus McKenzie Hosenfeld

Jump at every opportunity, every chance to try something Jonathan Fox

Student Success Workshops Spring 2013

-Thursday, Feb. 7 @11:30 a.m. We Want You to “Get Involved!” -Thursday, Feb. 14 @ 11:30 a.m. Study Skills Crash Course -Thursday, Feb. 21 @ 11:30 a.m.

Memory Techniques You’ll Never Forget!

*Workshops are held in the Student Center Alumni Room. For more information stop by the Academic Advising office (SC 225) or call 613-5623, 5588 or 5311.

Masquerade Ball February 14, 7 to 11 p.m. JLSC- Multipurpose Room Semiformal/ Formal Attire Tickets:

Advanced Price- Single $7 Couple $10, Sold at Cashiers Office Door Price- Single $8 Couple $12 Bring a can of food to the door and get the advanced price!

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Hosted by USU Eastern Psychology Club

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“When it rains, it pours” Talon Bryan

sports editor t.bryan@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Suffering a combined 91-point loss over the Jan.17-19 weekend, the USU Eastern men’s basketball team desperately needed a win over Colorado Northwestern last weekend and finally squeezed a six-point victory over the SWAC cellar dwellers. Northern Idaho defeated the Eagles by 27 points, 71-44. CSI continued the blowout by scoring 103 points to EU’s 39, and winning by 64 points. The sole win came at home with a 78-72 victory over CNCC. Fourteenth-ranked North Idaho showed why they are nationally noticed by dominating the Eagles. The men kept the game within reach in the first half only trailing by seven, 22-29. Only shooting 33 percent from the field, the Eagles struggled to keep pace the rest of the game. With only 14 minutes left in the second half the men had the game in reach only losing 32-34. Pulling away during the end of the second half, NI’s Jalil AbdulBasset scored a season high of 22 points, finishing the Eagles. EU’s Jason Timpf managed to score 16 points and grab 10 rebounds to try and stay in the game, while Mike Stroud added 10 points and eight rebounds. Coach Roe said, “NI exploded in the second half and made a lot of buckets. They were all over Gatewood which pretty much shut down our scoring with Vitor Machado out of the game.” CSI definitely avenged their Dec.13 15-point loss by annihilating the Eagles by 64 points. CSI had six players break double digits and 40 points from the bench. The Twin Falls Times News stated, “CSI dominated every phase of the game, showing off its depth and versatility throughout. It started with ball pressure, as it always seems to with [Coach Steve] Gosar’s team, as guards Sebastian Michineau, Kareem Storey and Montigo Alford “heated up the ball” as they like to say. The trio forced Utah State-Eastern out of its offense and into mistakes — including 25 turnovers.” Both teams took 56 shots from the field with CSI shooting 57 percent from the field while the men only shot 25 percent. CSI’s Juwan Newman went 12 for 12 from the free throw line and managed to score six more points leading CSI with 18 points. Miles Gatewood led scoring for the Eagles with 14 points. Coach Carter Roe stated, “The CSI game was an eye opener, and really showed us what happens when you are not prepared. In this case when in rains it pours, and as coaches we take blame for this by not having our guy’s prepared.” After a tough couple of games, bottom-ranked Colorado Northwestern traveled to Price to take on the Eagles on

Ryan Salcedo uses a hesitation move as a defender sails past him.

Jan. 26. The men shot the ball exceptionally well hitting 51 percent of their shots from the field. EU’s Gatewood pushed the pace scoring 22 points and handing out three assists. The Spartans couldn’t keep up with the final score being 78-72 in favor of the Eagles. Timpf chalked up another double-double on the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Roe added, “We shot the ball exceptionally well with Gatewood going 4-6 on three pointer in the first half. Foul shooting is still one of our weaker points we are working on that. I feel like after the Snow game our foul shooting has kept declining, which like I said before we are work-

Miles

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

ing to improve.” The Eagles need to work on overall shooting percentage to be able to win some of the upcoming games. Shooting 44 percent from the free throw line over the weekend doesn’t help either. With Dytanya “Bubby” Johnson tied for fifth in the SWAC for rebounds that is a strong point for the Eagles. The Eagles are on the road the next two weekends to take on Snow College on Jan. 31, and 11th ranked SLCC on Feb. 2. Then face a rematch against NI and CSI the following weekend. Their final home games on Feb. 21 and 23 against Snow and SLCC.

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Two features, one dream

Travon Langston

sports writer t.langston@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Having family who either played in professional sports or are playing in professional sports may be a factor in Miles Gatewood’s athletic ability. Gatewood is from Portland, Ore. He has one brother that is a freshman in college and also plays basketball. He lives with his mother, Janice, and his father, Gary. He has a cousin in the NBA, Austin Daye, who plays for the Detroit Pistons. His father is a professional cameraman. He helped with movies such as the PJ’s, Paranorman and Coraline. He also played in the NBA for the Seattle Sonics and the NFL for a short time with the Dallas Cowboys. Gatewood’s mother is a hair stylist; he said she cuts his hair all the time. Gatewood went to Westview High School where he played basketball and averaged 16 points as a senior, and helped take his team to the 6A state championship his junior and senior years. Unfortunately, his team lost to the same team both years. Gatewood remarked, “Even though we lost to the same team both years, it was a great experience and I wouldn’t change that for anything.” Having a successful high school career, Gatewood earned Second Team All-State, and First Team All-Metro. Gatewood played a lot of summer basketball. He said the best thing about playing summer ball is, “Traveling to different states, it is always a great experience. You get to see different parts of the United States, and that alone is a blessing.” He traveled to Virginia, California, Nevada, Texas, Washington, and Arizona for tournaments. His freshman year in college, he attended Missouri State West Plains where he averaged 10 points a game and the team went 22-10. He transfered to USU Eastern to be closer to home, and play in the SWAC conference. When talking about players intimidating him, Gatewood replied, “Yes, there is one person, Todd Helgesen.” Gatewood said that Helgesen was a fierce player. “He is an animal on the court, he grabs rebounds, dives on the floor, he is just an absolute beast. One time he blocked me so hard, I fell. I get nervous when I have to play against Todd in practice. He takes no prisoners.” Gatewood is thankful to be on a team with him, because he never gives up, he does the little things that take no talent. “That’s what I like about him the most.” Gatewood’s hobbies are hanging with family and friends, listening to music and watching football. After this school year, he plans on moving to a D1 school. After that, he hopes to go overseas to play basketball.

Kameron King

sports writer k.king@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Miles Gatewood is a member of the 2012-13 men’s basketball team at Utah State University Eastern. Gatewood is an outstanding ball player, and a contributing member of the program. You can tell his passion and love for the game is crazy. . . good crazy. He puts in hours and hours at the gym everyday improving shots, defense and ball handling. Growing up he said he loved, and always played both football and basketball. Getting older he felt like he was better at football, but his parents pressured him into focusing on basketball. As he started focusing on basketball he played on a traveling AAU team year around, traveling all over the U.S. One big memory that Gatewood said he will never forget, was having the chance to play in back-to-back state championship games in basketball. He says that was for sure one of the best feelings he has ever had. As a freshman in college he played ball in Missouri, and decided to come to USU Eastern afterwards. Coming here, he became a star on and off the court. He has put up big points and assists and contributes every day on the court. In his journey in life he has met NBA legend Jerry West in person, and he admires his cousin, NBA player, Austin Daye.

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The Super“Baugh” Features the Har”Bowl” Brothers Hayden Peterson

sports writer h.peterson@eaglemail.ceu.edu Super Bowl Sunday falls on Feb. 3, this year and for most people the party planning has already been set in stone for the last couple of days. People have their chips and dips ready as well as the many beverages, entrees, sides and much more. For most families and friends the Super Bowl is just the last game of the year, 60 minutes to see who will be crowned champion for the year. But for Jack and Jackie Harbaugh it is a different story. The Harbaughs are the parents of John Harbaugh, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, oh yeah, and Jim Harbaugh, the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Think about your families for a minute, I know everybody who has more than one sibling in their family will tell you that the parents definitely have a favorite child. As for the Harbaughs, this may be one of the most difficult Super Bowls they have ever had to watch. No matter how the game ends they will have one son come away a champion and one son come just short of their dream. How do Jack and Jackie choose who to cheer for in this situation? It isn’t every day that two brothers coach against each other, especially at such an elite level. The last time the Harbaughs met head to head was in 2011 on Thanksgiving night, when John’s Ravens came out on top 16 to 6. At the end of the game, the brothers met in the middle of the field just as any coaches would, shook hands and walked in their own directions towards the locker rooms. Jack and Jackie were found wearing shirts that were half Ravens and half 49ers. Cheering for a good football game and not one son or the other, just hoping that their sons wouldn’t let the game come between their relationship as brothers. Both brothers are extremely competitive as anyone you ask will tell you. Jim the younger brother by 15 months, played quarterback in the NFL 14 years before joining his father’s coaching staff as an assistant coach as Western Kentucky University. In 2002 he returned to the NFL, this time as a QB coach for the Oakland Raiders, he then went back to coaching at the collegiate level and jumped back to the NFL where he is preparing his squad for the Super Bowl. Coaching runs in the Harbaugh blood, even the Harbaugh’s sister married a coach, Tom Crean, head coach at Indiana University. Joani met him while coaching as an assistant for WKU. Having been around coaching so long, Joani (Harbaugh) Crean pretty much had to find a coach to call her husband if she were ever to please the brothers and father. The Harbaughs decided to set a little more history with this Super Bowl as they decided to have a joint press conference before the big game. Not only will this be the first time the brothers have coached against each other in the Super Bowl as head coaches, but it is also the first time the opposing head coaches will have a joint press conference. Both coaches will tell you it is more about the players on the playing field than it is about them. The media, on the other hand as you have noticed in the past week, doesn’t agree. For all of you trying to figure out who to bet on for the super bowl to bring you home that cash, let me throw you my prediction and you can choose if you want to run with it or not. I am taking younger brother Jim and the 49ers, 31-27. It will be close the whole game, but feel that Joe Flacco will make a crucial mistake in the second half that will cost him and Ray Lewis the Super Bowl. Good luck with your predictions. Sneak peek into next edition’s article we, (Travon Langston and I) will be talking about the NBA and All-Star weekends worth rem e m b e ring!

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Kathy Collete shoots a floater in the lane.

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

Forgetable road trip, better at home

Jordan Weihing

ing with CSI, Eastern was able to come back from a 13-point deficit for a chance to win, but wasn’t able to cut it in the close game and ended up losing 65-60 on their home court. This time, however, Eastern was unable to make it back from the deficit in Idaho and lost 97-69. Abby Call led the team in points with 16 and Arbon grabbed 8 rebounds Eastern had a hard time sinking baskets. They shot 2/13 from behind the 3-point line in the first half. Their tough defense caused CSI to turn the ball over 27 times, but it wasn’t enough to stop CSI from shooting 55 percent from the field and taking the win. The team “simply ran out of gas”, said Head Coach Dave Paur. Paur said that the road trip was tough on the team. “Most teams fly, but we take a 17-hour bus ride”. After the rough games on the road, the team was glad to be back in Price for the next week. They played a game against the Alumni All-Stars on Jan. 24. Eastern controlled the game grabbing 61 rebounds, seven blocks and 13 steals. Hailee Parry had a fantastic game scoring 20 points and dishing four assists. Eastern dominated the game; winning 80-42. “It gave us a boost of con-

sports writer j.weihing@eaglemail.ceu.edu The USU Eastern women’s basketball team hit a wall on the road, dropping two games by 18 points each, but redeemed themselves when they came home the following week and won by 38 and 16 points. The roadblock started against North Idaho College on Jan. 17. Gabriela Borges had a phenomenal game hitting 100 percent of her field goals and scoring 16 points. Amy Arbon led the team in scoring with 20 points. The two scored 36 of the team’s 49 points. The total field goal percentage of the team, however, was 30 percent compared to NIC’s shooting percentage of 49 percent. NIC was also able to take control of the boards gathering 39 rebounds which allowed 20 second-chance points. While Eastern was able to drain shots behind the arch, NIC was controlling the paint, scoring 32 points compared to Eastern’s 6. Despite the valiant efforts of Borges and Arbon, it wasn’t enough and the game was lost by 18 points. Following that tough loss, the Eagles traveled to Twin Falls, Idaho, to match up against College of Southern Idaho on Jan. 19. In the previous meet-

fidence going into the game against Colorado,” Paur said. Paur was definitely right. The Saturday following the game against the Alumni AllStars, Eastern played one of their best games of the year against Colorado Northwestern. Parry had an amazing game hitting 4/5 three-pointers, scoring 22 points, and grabbing four rebounds. Rachel Scoggins had a phenomenal shooting streak hitting three 3-pointers in a row, which increased Eastern’s lead by 11 with three minutes left in the half. After the game Paur said, “We played the best defense we have played all year.” Anyone who went to the game would agree. Eastern’s defense caused 22 turnovers. Borges led the team in steals with four. Eastern won the game 68-52. USU Eastern has a fourgame road trip ahead of them and Paur says, “We’re excited, we’re ready to play.” They go up against Snow College on Jan. 31, who they beat in their last appearance and SLCC on Feb. 2. After those games they will be travelling to Idaho again for a chance to redeem themselves against NIC on Feb. 7 and CSI on Feb. 9. Hopefully the momentum they have gained from their two-game winning streak can carry over to the road trip ahead.

After 30 years, athletes get to ride in comfort

“Steamer” finally laid to rest Seth Richards

news editor s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu After two years of searching, Utah State University Eastern has a new Eagle Bus for transporting and advertising the campus community. For more than 30 years, USU Eastern athletic teams have been traveling to their games and tournaments in a 1981 MCI C9 bus. This bus did not have enough seating for both male and female teams, despite having had the restroom removed to augment the seating capacity. With 400,000 miles, the C9 was well past its prime and in need of a replacement. Over a year ago, Robyn Sheriff, director of purchasing, started looking for a replacement. Sheriff contacted the MCI headquarters where a salesman of pre-owned vehicles directed her to the Lake Shore Motor Coach in Provo, UT. She looked all over the United

States, finding buses in Florida and New York. She chose a 2004 MCI J4500, for its accessibility and low cost. The coach cost $177,000 out the door, while comparable coaches cost around $250,000, and it will be paid off within the next five years. For this price, the school bought a vehicle with 371,000 miles, new tires, a functioning restroom, a seating capacity of 56, and all of the bells and whistles found on most commercial airplanes. “I think it’s one of the best marketing tools that we can have,” Sheriff said. Coach Dave Paur, director of athletics, went farther in his praises of the bus as well as Sheriff and Brad King, vice chancellor of administration and advancement, for providing it, “This bus gives credibility to the college. Greg Dart, director of enrollment services, is designing a wrap and once we have that it will be like a moving billboard.” Paur explained that while the C9 “Eagle Bus” was a great workhorse, people recognized it as a relic. The new bus, coupled with the newly painted gym gives the school a look of newness that is attractive to high school recruits.

New bus for athletics and student programs.

photo by Matt Gochis/ The Eagle

Coach says she’s one hell of an athlete “Superwoman of Everything” Whitney Fieldsted sports writer w.fieldsted@eaglemail.ceu.edu

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

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Standing five-feet, nine-inches tall, shooting guard, Amy Arbon, is a leader both on and off the court for the USU Eastern lady Eagles this season. Arbon is a returning starter and a major asset to the team. Her favorite aspect about playing basketball is the almost instant friendships that generate between teammates and coaches. Early on she was selected by her teammates to take on the role of team captain and they say she has done her job well. Its not an easy task to do your job and make sure everyone else does theirs as well. However, Arbon does it well. Couch Dave Paur said, “Amy is one hell

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of an athlete.” This quote is proven every day in the gym and during games. She leads the team with 43 steals and is averaging eight points and five rebounds per game. Arbon is also money from behind the arch. Shooting 11 for 30 from three-point range this season, she can always be counted on. Arbon proved this in a recent game when she hit a clutch three down the stretch in the home game against Snow College. It may seem as if basketball is all there is to Arbon, but that is far from true. She grew up in Clearfield, Utah, with three siblings: two brothers and a sister. Now she is most proud of is being an aunt to four adorable nephews that can be contributed to her siblings. In fact ,hanging out with her family is one of her favorite things to do. Arbon isn’t afraid to get a little dirty and is always up for an adventure. Snowboarding and dirt biking are two outdoor activities she enjoys and remodeling, but she is also like the typical female and loves to hit the mall for some shopping. “Oh and you can’t forget eating, of

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course I like that,” Arbon said. “She is superwoman of everything, from shooting the three to gutting a bathroom, and she is a saint,” said teammate and friend Kathy Collette. Collette was dead on with saint comment. Arbon said, “I can’t lie because I always get a guilty conscience.” Maybe that’s why everyone loves to have her around because she is so trustworthy. When Arbon graduated high school, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. After thinking about it she ended up at Weber State for a year, but the temptation of playing basketball at a collegiate level was just too much and she ended up at USU Eastern. While here, Arbon isn’t sure what she would like to major in, but she is leaning towards technology management. Arbon’s time at Eastern is coming to an end in three months, but she isn’t ready to be done with school. When this semester ends, she plans to attend either UVU or Utah State to obtain a bachelor’s degree.

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Position: Forward

Position: Shooting Guard/Small Forward

Hometown: Tucson, AZ

Hometown: Syracuse, UT

Major: Engineering

Major: Undecided

Hero & Why: My mom because of how strong she is

Hero & Why: My parents. Because they taught me the quality of hard work, and everything else I know

Something most people don’t know about you: I am a Starwars fan Why did you decide to come to USU Eastern: To play basketball

Favorite thing about your sport: Playing in front of huge crowds

Favorite thing about USU Eastern: My team and coaches

Plans after USU Eastern: Go play at a Division-1 school

Favorite thing about your sport: I love to play defense Plans after USU Eastern: Get my bachelor’s degree and possibly play on photo courtesy Tyson Chappell photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

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