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USU Eastern’s Eagle newspaper wins at UPA Tuition projected to go up next year

Gochis discusses his plans

Karli Morris

staff writer e.williams@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Emily Williams

assistant editor k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu Students will have to dig deeper in their pockets next fall and spring semesters as tuition is projected to go up anywhere from six to seven percent, according to Chancellor Joe Peterson at a meeting on March 6 in the Reeves Building.

Although no students attended the hearing from the Price campus, students from EUSA Blanding campus attended via distance education.

In 2011-12, USU Eastern residential students paid $1,236 tuition plus $225 in fees, totaling $1,461.

USU Logan students pay $2,368 tuition, $413 fees, totaling $2781.

Snow College students pay $6 less and SLCC students pay $65 more.

Non-residential, out-of-state students pay $2.697 at USU Eastern, $8,039 at USU Logan, $4,793 at Snow and $4,802 at SLCC. The Utah Board of Regents approved a state-wide five percent increase for all colleges in tier one.

Each individual campus can add a tier-two increase. USU Eastern is asking for a zero to two percent increase. The most increase students at Eastern could see is $86.52.

Faculty and staff may see a one-percent salary increase from tier one. They may see an additional one-half to one-percent salary increase in tier two.

The difference in the overall budgets from 2011 and 2012 is minus $234,007. With the five percent increase, USU Eastern’s base budget will increase $180,590, onefourth portion of the one-percent salary increase is $46,644, and an additional half percent increase is $94,289. Other increases will be added to enrollment services.

Peterson said student fees will remain at $225 per term. As per EUSA recommendations, internal allocations will add more funding to student activities with reductions in student recruitment funds.

Eagle staff won 11 awards at the annual UPA Best Newspaper Competition Saturday. The editors include (L-R) Valeria Moncada, Daylan Jones, KC Smurthwaite, Karli Morris, Mike Gingell, Sammie Fugate and Kate Johnson.

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n the second year of membership in the Utah Press Association, USU Eastern’s Eagle newspaper continued to add accolades to its “wall of fame” as the staff brought home four first-place awards, two second-place awards and five third-place awards at the annual winter convention in Springville Saturday night. The awards were won in the Better Newspaper Competition sponsored each year by UPA. Eagle editor KC Smurthwaite, Bosie, Idaho, won first place for Best Sports Column

for his “Smurf Turf” series while sports editor David Osborne Jr., West Jordan, won second place for his “Next on the Tee” sports columns. Daylan Jones, Layton, won first place for designing the Best Sports Page and third places for Best Photo Page, Best Advertising Idea and Best Staff Produced Ad. Kate Johnson, Spring Glen, won first place for Best Front Page design while Jessa Love Adams, Pleasant Grove, won first place for Best Sports Photo.

The design skills of Valeria Moncada won her second place

for Best Feature or Community Lifestyles Page while the staff garnered a third place finish for The Best News Series on the death of Men’s Head Basketball Coach Brad Barton. The staff also won third place for the best news photograph of the men’s basketball team surrounding their coach’s casket at his funeral.

“The best part about winning any award in the UPA contest, is that USU-CEU students compete against professionals in the journalism field. The Eagle has the smallest circulation of all the

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Eastern students save man’s life Nathan Manley

staff writer n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu What is the cost of a human life? Would you require payment of the said price prior to pulling a stranger out of a burning vehicle?

Would it make a difference if they were a family member? Two USU Eastern students had a similar adrenaline pumping experience recently in February. These Golden Eagles, Max Fletcher and Logan Leaming, proved they practice the Golden Rule.

Venturing down to the 2A high school basketball championship

in Richfield Feb. 24, they exited front axle, causing the front end the canyon on I-70, roughly 10 to collapse, almost like a nose miles from Salina where there are dive, which forced the vehicle some pretty heinous curves. After to flip end over end three-full following the same sedan through rotations, finally landing upside the canyon, they didn’t notice it down on the vehicle’s roof. veering off Traumatic injuries are inthe road after a sharp evitable with car corner until crashes involved at that speed and it was too l a t e. N o t velocity and after witnessing o n c e, b u t twice he the display of ove r- c o rnature’s G Forcrected his es, Leaming and Fletcher were ca r, snap Max Fletcher and Logan Leaming ping the p r ay i ng t hey

Women’s Conference to be held on April 13 in the JLSC 33rd annual conference features 12 workshops

UPA member newspapers with 1,000 papers printed. Kudos to The Eagle staff,” adviser Susan Polster, Ph.D., said. The newspaper was judged on issues from spring 2011 with Mae Goss and Kellie Burke-Gabossi serving as editors; and fall 2011 with Smurthwaite as editor. Polster also attributed much of The Eagle’s success to Sun Advocate publisher Rick Shaw who funds the UPA fee for The Eagle.

“He proposed and funded our entrance into UPA and for this I am deeply appreciative.”

KSL Television’s resident shrink, Liz Hale, and food blogger Jamie Eskelson in “Jamie Cooks It Up,” headline USU Eastern’s 33rd annual Women’s Conference on Friday, April 13, in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. This year’s theme is “Life is an Adventure.”

Dr. Liz Hale, KSL Television and radio correspondent, is an expert in family and relationships. A former radio host of Bonneville’s “Dr. Liz Hale Show,” she has become a household name to many.

As KSL Studio 5’s resident shrink, she discusses a wide variety of hottopics ranging from sex to stress (sometimes in the same segment).

Dr. Liz is a transplant from Seattle, Wash., although “a few” years ago she was a college co-ed cheering for the Utah State Aggies.

She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Seattle Pacific

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University and master’s degrees in public administration and counseling from SU and Antioch University.

A licensed clinical psychologist and certified marriage & family therapist, Dr. Liz has practiced marriage counseling for over 20 years. She serves as chair of the Utah Commission on Marriage and is the spokesperson for the Stronger Marriage Campaign.

Dr. Hale is an active member of, and highly involved in, the Utah Psychological Association.

Her podcasts and posts vary from fatal flirting, love texts, discovering what makes us happy, ending an argument, narcissists, mental health, mothers, parenting, success and time, marriage prep, finances, divorce, depression, to name a few.

While she has varied respon-

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sibilities, there is no place she would rather be than personally helping families in her downtown Salt Lake City private practice.

Jamie Eskelson has been blogging about food since 2009. Her

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•Basketball is over •Up/Down Baseball •Eagle Dancer Showcase •It’s all about the hair •Smurf Turf

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wouldn’t be pulling a lifeless body from the twisted metal.

Being first on the scene, a feeling of relief washed over them as they approached the mangled car when they found out that number one, there was only a driver in the car at the time of the accident and number two, he was alive.

Still obstacles stood before the would-be heroes. Not only was he an illegal immigrant, he didn’t speak a lick of English, not to mention he was three sheets to the wind. Which was obvious when beer cans were flying out of every window when the car took see students page 3

Matt Gochis has some big plans for next year. As student body president 2012-2013, he is excited to see some big changes happen at this school. Ultimately, his goal is to increase involvement and motivate the student body to make their college experience the best it can be.

Gochis has several strengths and unique attributes that he will use to initiate the change he wants to see. Interestingly enough, Gochis has never served in a leadership position before. He sees this as a strength, because he looks at the school through the perspective of the everyday student, and he will have fresh approaches to problems on campus.

The biggest problem that Gochis will focus on next year is student involvement. He believes that school spirit is really suffering, and that students who become more involved will have more fun.

Gochis came to this school alone.

He did not have a group of friends that he went to high school with so he had to branch out. As he got involved in sports, and put forth the effort to make new friends he says that he really feels like he has a family here. He wants every student here to feel like this campus is their home, where they can have fun, and feel the support that they need to succeed.

One way the Gochis plans to encourage students to become involved is through clubs. He feels clubs are underutilized on campus.

Gochis wants each department to have a club that the students can have some extracurricular fun with.

With more emphasis on clubs that relate to certain areas of study, students might be more motivated to join and participate if they are interested in what the club has to offer. Going one step further, Gochis wants to challenge students to get out of their comfort zones once in a while and try something new. see Gochis page 3

Dutra wins iPad in EUSA scavenger hunt Karli Morris

assistant editor k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu On the evening of Saturday, March 3, after the final home basketball games of the season, students were searching campus for clues to find an iPad 2. The iPad scavenger hunt was sponsored by EUSA. The winner of the iPad was Elcio Dutra.

EUSA students said that there were 11 or 12 clues. The first clue was in the student center on the TV screen with the announcements.

The final clue was also in the JLSC in the multi-purpose room.

The clue said that the iPad would be found at Gibby’s original position. Dutra and his friend, Austin Ashcraft went looking for it at the

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Durrant Field after “Googling” it. They looked in a fire pit, then “ran around the entire field in the cold,” before discovering that it wasn’t there.

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•Check out the Institute •Student health 101 •The man behind the cat •Who is Shanny?

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You are going to die, just a heads up CJ Evans

staff writer c.evans@eaglemail.ceu.edu Look around you, yes you, the one reading this article right now, take a peak around. Go ahead, no one’s staring. Now make sure your sitting down because I’m about to hit you with some pretty heavy knowledge. Everyone that you just looked at will eventually die.

Pretty intense right? Now before you go off thinking that you’re the cause of their death just because you looked at them, let me point out a bit of a silver lining on this ominous cloud of death you’ve created out of nothing.

This means that everyone, even the people in this world that you would rather never spend another moment, waking or sleeping, with them will die as well. Not so bad now is it? Now everything has become a game, a game of survival, a chance to prove, once and for all that you are better than these people simply because your body refused to quit on you while theirs did. So, while no one ever wins, I plan on being the last loser so I can at least have the luxury of watching all the people around me fall.

Suddenly we have a problem. You’re the one left alive, you’re the one who spent hours and hours making sure that you proved to

the deceased that you were better than them, and as a result someone, no doubt a goodmeaning aunt or mother, has mistaken the enmity between the two of you for a friendly rivalry. Now you’re charged with telling the deceased loved ones just what a failure they were, especially compared to you. After all, it was their heart that failed, their brain that hemorrhaged; you on the other hand could do 100 jumping jacks just to prove your superiority one last time. So how do you tell the family and friends of your enemy just how terrible he was?

Step one: Generalize until the deceased becomes nothing more than a shadow in viewer’s mind!

You know how this works. You do something truly memorable and someone manages to down-play by giving generic praise. That’s your goal now, only the subject is the departed’s entire life. Now turning a person’s family against them is a subtle act regardless of if they have passed on or not, so you’ll be starting small. Say things like, “He always had a smile on his face” or “She never met a person that she didn’t like.” On the surface, these are positive things, but the undercurrent carries a message of how little your foe actually knew. No one really goes through life blissfully happy, unless they carried several handicaps that doctors

Why the rules and regulations?

James Justice

staff writer j.justice@eaglemail.ceu.edu The gun sounds and the Olympic sprinters start. In less than 10.5 seconds all the sprinters will finish the race. The time between first and second place will be in the hundredths of a second. But, why is how fast the sprinters run important? It shows standards and requirements that have to be met to be first, second, third, etc. There are many standards in our lives, let’s look at the different standards and requirements that we might run into on a daily biases.

The first, in my mind, are sporting requirements and standards. Team owners don’t pay professional athletes millions of dollars because of their “pretty” faces, (most of them aren’t that pretty). But, they pay them the big bucks for two reasons: one, their ability to play their particular sport, two, their entertainment value.

Lance Armstrong, arguably one of the greatest athletes that has ever lived, has an annual income of just over 65 million (according to money.cnn.com.) He makes all his money off endorsements. He has these endorsement because of the two requirements listed above. He’s the greatest cyclist that has ever ridden and since beating cancer, he has great entertainment value (American loves an “underdog” that wins.)

The second are career standards and requirements. Underwater welding, also know as Hyperbaric welding has some of the most strict standards that can be placed on a welder.

To do this work you have to be qualified and certified in welding in general, than you have to be qualified and certified to weld lying on your back, upside down and backwards; yeah, crazy.

Without these certifications and qualifications, ships would sink, oil rigs would fall and underwater oil pipe lines would burst.

The third and most important are academic standards and requirements. To get into Harvard Law, one of the most prestigious law schools in America, you need to have an LSAT score, the test for acceptance to law school, above 172 and an overall GPA of above 3.72.

This by no means is “guaranteed acceptance” but it will give you a good shot.

The GRE is the test for admissions to graduate school. To get into graduate school at the University of Utah you need to have a 3.0 GPA, an “acceptable” GRE test score, letters of recommendation and a bachelors degree in an acceptable field.

At USU Eastern, the nursing program has high standards and requirements for acceptance and progression through the program.

Students have to maintain a high GPA along with a “B-“ or better in all required courses, a “C+” will not do it.

To get an academic scholarship at USU Eastern, you have to meet the following standards: 3.0 overall GPA for incoming freshmen and 3.6 overall GPA for returning sophomores.

I know that I’ve only listed a few standards and requirements for consideration, the question needs to be asked, “why do we have standards and requirements at all?” It’s an interesting question. Some of the reasons are: to show how serious you are, safety and your maturity level.

Case in point, no one wants a doctor or nurse that didn’t pass basic English. We want doctors and nurses to be the best in the world.

We hold them to a higher standard and expect them to do the same for themselves. We expect them to study the hardest and know the most.

So if you know you want to do something, get to know the standards and requirements by heart and work hard for your goals. If you fail, take that failure, change what needs to be changed and study harder. Please parents, don’t write to the USU Eastern paper (The Eagle) and complain when your child can’t pass a class or get .01 percent below a “B-” that needed for the program. Your child should have exceeded that “B-” that was needed, but they failed to even meet that low standard, so all they have to do now is grow up and work harder next time.

failed to identify. You’ll want to lean away from that accusation for at least a couple more hours; after all, there is a reception with food that you’ll want to be attending.

For now, just be content with replacing the memory of your adversary with a flimsy, two dimensional-caricature, whose sole enjoyment was to exhaust you with their unlimited supply of optimism, regardless of how bleak the situation was.

Step two: Point out all they left behind!

Now it is time to prove your superiority over your dead counterpart by accusing them of leaving too early. The insinuation of “they left before his time” can remind the audience how many things they failed to accomplish as they realize how many loose ends the deceased had failed to tie up before leaving it all behind for his new afterlife of comfort or (hopefully for you) suffering. Regardless of what you focus on, be it the family that he left behind to care for themselves, the goodbye you never got to share, or even all the time that you never got to spend together, it all translates into quiet failures that the deceased can only silently shoulder. Best of all, as you rattle off your list, the audience will nod and sob in agreement, your words ringing familiar as they remember the many personal ways that the deceased had let them down and continues to do so as a corpse.

Feel free to get a little personal, after all, you are still making the effort, you would still be trying to spend time together. They on the other hand are only lying in a casket, unmoving and without remorse.

Step three: Encourage everyone to cel-

Kyle VanAmen

staff writer k.vanamen@eaglemail.ceu.edu 1. Because it makes people mad - I love all the responses I get from my articles. It lets me know I’m doing my job. I think it’s great when the editor publishes the letters to me back in the paper so everyone can enjoy them as much as I do.

2. Because people can’t take a joke - All I’ve got to say is lighten up people. If I did write something that you didn’t agree with, don’t cry about it; take it with a grain of salt.

It’s not like I’m attacking you personally so don’t be so dramatic....get it…. I have gotten a lot of comments back where people are attacking me personally and think it’s funny.

That’s the approach you should have too.

3. If you are a theater major - I wrote a past article about the Top 10 Most Useless Degrees and theater was one of them. It made the list because it’s 100 percent true. A week after I wrote my article, Yahoo came out with their Top 5 Most Useless Degrees, and wouldn’t you know it, theater was number 4!

So maybe there is some truth to it after all.

4. If you love museums for first dates When you go on a first date, both the man and the woman want to have fun…museums are not fun for first dates. If I were to have taken my fiancée to a museum for our first date, I wouldn’t be getting married, trust me I asked her.

5. If you think I’m a journalism major - I am a jock. I play baseball and I’m not majoring in anything. I’m going to be a firefighter/ paramedic. I don’t expect to be rolling in the dough, I’m just writing this stuff for fun.

But with all the responses I’m getting, hell, I might want to major in journalism after all.

6. Because it’s true - Some people have gotten upset about what I write, but sometimes it’s hard to face the facts. I write my

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ebrate life instead of mourning death By this time, everyone will have had just enough of feeling depressed and lonely and will be all but begging for an excuse to take a break, and being the perfect eulogizer that you are, you’re going to give that to them.

Throw the idea that “(name of inferior, past tense person) wouldn’t want us to mourn for him today, he would want us to celebrate in his honor” and we know this since he was always such a well-wisher himself. That should be all it takes, and suddenly the mourners renounce their sadness, throw on party hats and start drinking. Because let’s be honest, being miserable is hard work.

In reality, your “well-wishing friend” would most certainly not approve. I know that when I finally die in the blaze of glory and flame that can only suit one such as myself, I would hate the idea of people celebrating my first day in the ground. I want women throwing themselves on my coffin, sobbing so their makeup smears as they tear their hair out by the roots out of grief. I want men contemplating suicide and renouncing God as they stare at my lifeless, heroically scarred body. I want Free Willy to do one more leap for freedom as he beaches himself out of pure reverence. I want wolves to howl at the moon and guard my resting place for decades after my passing. If you think about it, surely you want

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opinion, which is a college student’s opinion, about various topics that are funny and some that can affect students in a much more serious way. It may not be what some people want to hear, but it is for the most part true (as you read with #2).

7. Because it’s funny - Most everybody I have talked to about my articles love them.

They think they are really funny, which is what I aim for most of the time. And when I get letters back, it makes me laugh because it makes me take a step back and see just how tight people are wound up. It is okay to laugh at yourself once in a while.

8. Because it’s different - Not many people this year at The Eagle have done Top 10 Lists, partly because it’s too easy for them. That being said, students don’t usually get to read Top 10 Lists on a regular basis. I think that students like to read my articles because they are not too long and want to see what made the list. Plus it does all the above.

9. Because I’m just a guy - I’m not some kid who is going to be president one day. I’m just a guy who is making his way through life, pissing people off and trying to do his best. I’m not special, I’m just lucky enough to have my “crazy” opinions published in a newspaper and think the students pick up on that.

10. I really don’t know - When I first started writing for The Eagle, I wasn’t the best story teller, but after I found my niche (Top 10 Lists), I blossomed. Now my articles are on page 2. I had no idea I was good at this. I really don’t know why people care what I write about, I think it’s because it’s funny or they love hearing how people write me back. Either way people care and I love it.

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The Eagle

College of Eastern Utah 451 East 400 North Price, UT 84501•SAC Room 109 Office: 435.613.5250 Fax: 435.613.5042 theeagle@eagle.ceu.edu http://eagle.ceu.edu

• About The Eagle

The Eagle — The Voice of the Students is an awardwinning, school-sponsored student newspaper, published bi-weekly fall and spring semesters (excluding holidays) at College of Eastern Utah (CEU). A complete list of publication dates can be found online.

• Distribution - The Eagle is distributed in all nonresidential buildings on the Price, UT campus, as well as at the LDS Institute of Religion.

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Opinions expressed in The Eagle do not necessarily represent those of CEU, its staff or students. Columns & letters are the personal opinions of the individual writer.

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Mike Gingell associate editor m.gingell@eaglemail.ceu.edu Daylan Jones senior editor d.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu Valeria Moncada news editor v.moncada@eaglemail.ceu.edu Karli Morris assistant editor k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu Sammie Fugate photography editor s.fugate@eaglemail.ceu.edu Dr. Susan A. Polster faculty adviser susan.polster@usu.edu

staff writers David Osborne Jr. d.osborne@eaglemail.ceu.edu Shadayah Jones s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu Seth Richards s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu Katie Bigelow

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Hunger Games opens Friday Brady Maynes

staff writer b.maynes@eaglemail.ceu.edu

HiDee Whiting cuts hair during the Hair-Raising Hearts Day on campus.

Forty-seven people had over 47 feet of hair cut during USU Eastern’s Hair-Raising Hearts Day with all hair being donated to the Locks of Love charity. The charity uses the hair to make wigs for people who have lost their hair due to a medical condition.

According to cosmetology associate professor Debbie Prichard, “the average length of hair cut was 10 inches.

However, Don Byrge set the record for the day with 25 inches of hair cut.”

photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle

Prichard thanked Sunset Glow, Smart Style, Hair Hut and Bellasao whose employees helped with the local fundraiser.

Area businesses and individuals who helped included Fresh Market, Peczuh Printing, WalMart, Levan Hall Photography, Cold Stone, Anthony J’s, Enjoy Salon, Party Express, Pam Juliano, Price Floral, Body Glo, Apple Country Crafts, Olivetos, Dunkers, Perfect Touch, Main Street Grill, Sun Advocate, Melanie Huff, Linda Davis and the USU Eastern cosmetology department.

After an entire semester, lights still out on campus Seth Richards

staff writer s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu Forty-seven lights were observed to be out on March 19, as Eagle staff members toured campus.

In a chilly tour in the evening hours, staff writers braved the cold and counted 47 lights that were in need of either fixing or replacement, and two more that may

Gochis

Whenever a book, especially an epic book, is adapted into a movie, questions arrive. Will all the important scenes be in the movie? Will the art, beauty, and feel of the book be portrayed as the author wishes?

Sadly this is not always possible in a book to movie adaptation. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a few words may also be worth a thousand pictures.

The Hunger Games centers around Katniss Everdeen, a 16 -year-old living in a futuristic America that has been ravaged and changed by war.

America, now known as Panem, has been broken into 13 districts, though there are only 12 remaining.

She lives in District 12, which mines coal for all of Panem. District 12 is a poor town where miners die in accidents and the townspeople die of starvation often. Every year The Capital, a very rich and all-powerful center, hosts the Hunger Games. Every year a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district chosen to represent and hopefully bring honor to their district.

The Hunger Games are a battle to the death from 24 contestants to one. On Choosing Day, Everdeen’s little sister, precious Prim, who is only 12 is chosen. Not wanting her sister to witness any more horrors than she already has, Everdeen volunteers in her place. It is very rare for anyone from District 12 to volunteer. The boy “tribute” is Peeta Mellark. Though his family

is not wealthy, they have been well fed because his father is a baker.

Everdeen and her mother and sister often went hungry. Her father died in a mining accident, leaving a distraught mother and two young girls.

Everdeen had to learn how to apply the hunting skills her father taught her to care for her family.

Though it is a battle to the death, the Hunger Games is more about the show and drama. Who can impress

the judges and win over the crowds.

Who can use the skills they have to bring the best show and win?

There are several districts that prepare, basically from birth, their children to fight in the Hunger Games. Though this is technically illegal, it happens. These tributes are nicknamed career tributes.

More often than not, it is the career tributes that are victorious. Because of this, Everdeen and Peeta’s advisor, Haymitch Abernathy, the only other victor from District 12, tells them they must play up anything and everything they have.

In an interview, Peeta reveals that he is in love with Everdeen. And this is in front of the whole Capital and everyone watching from their districts. Though Everdeen is more tough girl tomboy than anything else, Haymitch advises her to play up the innocent air-headed pretty girl. He advises her to play up the

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or may not have been out of commission. After a number of reports and tours in the last few months that found an inordinate number of lights to be in less than functional condition, which causes major safety concerns to students, faculty and staff who use campus facilities each night.

Many areas of campus are simply dark.

As members of the campus community observe lights not functioning, reports are welcome to the facilities maintenance or residential life offices.

The Eagle was judged in group one of the four newspaper categories that includes all weeklies.

Group one includes newspapers up to 2,500 in circulation. The college newspapers who are part of UPA include Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Weber State University, Utah State University and USU Eastern. Weber State University won several awards that evening with their editor, Nate Davis, previously serving as sports editor of The Eagle for two years.

The Utah Press Association was created in 1893 to represent Utah’s publishers. The organization is Utah’s oldest trade association. It’s website reads, “as an organization, we represent Utah’s finest, most respected journalism. Utah Press Association annually recognizes excellence in our state’s newspapers and presents awards to industry leaders.”

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Even if a student has never played sports in high school, intramurals is still a great social experience and a chance to discover hidden talents.

Communication is another focus for the new student body president. He plans to spend many hours talking with the student body to discover what they really want on campus. Gochis is very approachable and loves to meet and socialize with everyone. He is planning on visiting classrooms plus the tradetech programs to get to know the entire student body and make this school accommodate the students.

Any suggestions or complaints will be welcomed by Gochis. He says that he needs the students input if he is to be a successful president.

Being student body president is,

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at times, a daunting task. There is a lot to manage, both in the public eye and behind the scenes. Gochis has been sitting in on the current Eastern Utah Student Association meetings and is learning a lot. He feels this has helped prepare him, and has provided him with ideas for improving the school next year.

One point which he wants to address is the allocation of funds to different departments. Each year this is a difficult task, but Gochis is confident that he will thoroughly research each departments needs and divide up the funds objectively.

Gochis has been looking forward with excitement to the beginning of fall semester. He hopes to set the tone for an amazing year with a huge welcome to school

activity. He wants every student to start next year off with the mindset that it will be their best year yet. Gochis promises to be working hard to improve the school in every way he can. Dances and other activities will be given special attention.

Next year will be full of a lot of changes, for the better. Gochis is motivated to improve campus life and the student experience. Each student must do their part too.

Gochis asks that the student body invest themselves in this school as well. A campus is nothing without it’s students. Next year will be full of exciting changes, and Gochis will create an opportunity for the students to make this school a great place to be.

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flight. Luckily, Leaming recently finished a full-time missionary service in Mexico for the LDS church and speaks fluent Spanish.

Who knew serving a mission could ever help anyone?

Unfortunately, in this case it didn’t because neither Leaming nor Fletcher are fluent in the eloquent language of a boozer. The effects alcohol has on the nervous system like, slowing reaction time and causing someone to be more flaccid, are the conditions experts say we should be in to survive a major impact or rollover-type accident. Although the state he was in most likely saved his life, since he wasn’t buckled in, it was now presenting a new threat because he could not grasp the fact that he needed to let them know if and where he was hurt

before they pulled him from the overturned car.

Eventually, they realized he didn’t have a neck injury and decided to get him out. Nearly pulling him free only to be snagged by his feet which ironically turned out to be the only injury on his body, which wasn’t yet visible, but very apparent because of his paindriven shrills. After physically lifting the car to get his foot free, it was easy to identify a compound fracture with protruding bones from his ankle which were now exposed.

Once the driver was out of the car and sobering up, Leaming finally put his Spanish to use by interpreting and then calling the driver’s family, who only speaks Spanish, and filling them in on all the details and directions to the

hospital. The two heroes really went the extra mile for a man they’d never met before.

There really isn’t a moral to the story except don’t drink and drive. It would be incredibly easy to cast a stone on this guy for driving under the influence, being an illegal immigrant and having no driver’s license.

Fletcher and Leaming didn’t have to help this guy, in fact, they were in a hurry trying to get to the basketball games. But despite any reasons someone could have for looking down on this guy, they displayed gallant character and exposed their true quality by simply helping another human being in a desperate time of need.

Hopefully after reading about their experience, that ideology will be contagious to all of us.

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love-struck couple for the crowd.

Anything unexpected can be used as an advantage. Peeta and Everdeen both impress the judges with surprising talents.

On the day of the Hunger Games chaos is almost immediate. Eleven of the 24 tributes are killed. The career tributes guard the stash of supplies from the other tributes. After a couple of days Everdeen finds a tribute named Rue, a 12-year-old girl that reminds her of her sister. They form an alliance.

One of the career tributes cruelly kills Rue when Everdeen is on a mission for supplies. She comes back to kill the tribute and comfort Rue. She pays a true mark of respect to Rue and vows to win the Hunger Games.

Peeta was previously injured and Everdeen does not know how close to death he is. An announcement booms across the playing field. If they are the last two standing, two tributes from the same district can both win. Everdeen immediately screams Peeta’s name. She goes in search of him and promises to nurse him back to health. There are only a few tributes left and though the fighting has come to a lull, the drama and romance between Everdeen and Peeta can almost be cut with a knife.

Will their apparent love save them in the end? Will they die together, in each other’s arms as the star-crossed lovers Panem has grown to know? To the people of the Capital the Hunger Games is exciting and the event of the year.

To people of impoverished Districts like Everdeen and Peeta’s, it is a cruel and vile event that they must endure every year.

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goal is to help regular folk cook fabulous food. She posts recipes two to four times each week with photos and step-by-step instructions. Each post comes with a commentary about the recipe. She says everyone can learn to be a great cook; it just takes a little instruction, a great recipe and time to practice.

Earning a degree in choral music education at the University of Utah, she has since been a stayat-home mom to her five children.

She loves food and cooking, meal planning, recipe searching, food storage collecting and….eating.

When she married 17 years ago, “I couldn’t cook anything except, ‘Pioneer Taffy.’ It’s pretty hard to make that into a meal more than once a week.”

She admitted her mother did her best to teach her to cook, but she wasn’t interested. “I learned a lot about food preparation when I worked at The Lion House in college. However, most of what I know about food and cooking, I learned

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by practicing in my kitchen.” She is a full-time mother by day and a fearless food blogger by night. Her hobbies include doing The Blessed Dishes, folding The Beloved Laundry, driving The Carpool of Wonder and Working on the Blog.

She says in the coming years, “when I don’t have as many dishes to do, I’m going to sew at least 500 quilts, read a million good books and shave my legs more than once a month. We all have our dreams you know, might as well dream big.”

The recipes on her blog are passed onto her from friends or relatives. Others she finds in cookbooks or online. Many are her creation.

“When I’m considering a recipe for the blog, it has to meet two simple criteria. First, it has to taste really, really good. Second, the ingredients have to be easy to come by. I serve my trial recipes to my family or friends and if most of them agree to the dish being wonderful, on the blog it goes. No reason to waste time posting recipes that aren’t

fabulous,” she said.

Twelve workshops will be offered that day including A History of J. Bracken Lee; Fitness and Eating Right; Think Out of the Box: Prepare Your Family’s Favorite Recipes in Half the Time; “I Almost Divorced My Husband, But Went on Strike Instead;” Budget Investments for the Future; Think Inside the Box: The Final Cost; Entertaining at Home: Throw a Party; Healthy You, Healthy Skin; Never Too Late to Go to College; Wills and Trusts for Women; Wanted: Women in Politics; and Life Continues to be an Adventure.

Cost for the conference is $25 per person and includes a continental breakfast, lunch plus attendance at the morning and afternoon keynote addresses and three of the 12 workshops.

Register online at www.ceu. edu or by mailing the payment to Women’s Conference, USU Eastern, 451 East 400 North, Price.

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They then went to the Reeve’s lawn where 8-12 other students were looking. Dutra then texted Karli Morris for Dr. Susan Polster’s phone number. He called Polster at 11:30 p.m. to ask her where Gibby used to be located. She asked her son, a CEU alumni. He said that it was in the middle of the sidewalk across from the LDS Institute. “Then after looking for it for another half hour, we were all crawling around on the ground because the clue had said it was hidden under loose grass.

“Tommy (Garvin, student body president) was watching everyone and waiting for us to find it,” Dutra said. “He told us we were really close, we were all within 15 feet of

each other, but I found it.” A black piece of paper was hidden under the grass. “I fist pumped a few times and high fived Austin (Ashcraft), Beth (Liddel) and Anna (Olsen). I was trying to be discrete so I wouldn’t make other people feel bad. The whole time I was thinking that if someone else got it I was going to punch Tommy (Garvin) in the face.

Then he (Garvin) gave it to me. It was super cold, my hands were so cold that I couldn’t text for about a half hour.”

After having it for about three days, Dutra returned the iPad to Walmart. He received $614, for the iPad, tax and a warranty that had been purchased. He plans on using

the money to buy the new iPad3.

“I faced the dilemma of taking the money and buying two iPods, one for me and one for my brother (Rod Dutra, also a student at USU Eastern). But instead I am buying myself the iPad3 and giving my brother the left over money to buy himself an iPod with. My favorite part about the iPad was the photo booth. I think that is the best part of it.”

Dutra is a third year student of College of Eastern Utah and Utah State University Eastern. He is the vice president of the SUN Center as well as a member of the business club. “I came back just to win back my student fees in prizes,” said Dutra jokingly.

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Chase Flint: behind the shaggy hair Abigail Ericson & Joy Malone

sports writers a.ericson@eaglemail.ceu.edu j.malone@eaglemail.ceu.edu Most people have seen Chase Flint on the basketball court or walking around campus. The first thing you may notice about him is his long, shaggy hair, but Chase Flint is so much more than that.

He is a man filled with compassion for others and a desire to succeed unparalleled by none.

He is on the men’s basketball team at USU Eastern and is known around campus for shaggy hair and friendliness. As part of our interview, we decided to ask random students around campus their opinion of Flint. We got many different answers of all different kinds, due to the fact that some students were not even aware that a man named Chase Flint even existed. “Who? What? Is Chase Flint the new president or something?” said a frazzled student who wishes to stay anonymous due to her naivety.

No, Flint is not the new president. However, he is an extremely talented basketball player.

Recently named to the first team all-conference in the SWAC, Flint earned respect from teammates and opponents alike. This success and leadership from peers is not new to Flint. In high school, he was named the team captain in both football and basketball.

He made first team all-state and the all-tournament team for basketball and honorable mention in football. He is well-rounded and a great team player.

Teammate Eric Hansen said of Flint, “Well…there’s not a lot of good to say about Chase…Just kidding. He’s a great basketball player; he plays hard and gives 110 percent year round. He hustles on the court. He gets all the loose balls and has a very good vision of the court. He always find the open man. He is unselfish.” We asked another teammate, Todd Helgesen, to give us his opinion of Chase as well. His reply, “he plays scrappy and always works hard. He is a great basketball player.” Although much shorter versed than Hansen, Helgesen also speaks the truth. Anyone that has attended a basketball game at USU Eastern this year, can attest to Flint’s aggressive play, drive to win and leadership on the court.

Flint is a player that everyone loves to have on their team.

Outside of basketball, Flint reportedly is a great friend and person. Megan Peterson commented that, “He’s an amazing basketball player and definitely one of my best friends down at school. He picks me up when I am down, he is really awesome.”

Helgesen added, “I hate him, but he is a good friend.” Flint is a person that will always welcome friends with a big smile and giant hug. Danee Merrell said, “he needs to cut his hair. But he is always super friendly and knows what to say to make you feel better.”

Readers, in need of a new friend? Talk to Flint. He just might be able to satisfy that need.

Smurf Turf: Seconds to terror KC Smurthwaite editor-in-chief kc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu Gather around my young fr iends and let’s play football’s version of “hot potato.”

It goes like this: You get three friends together, and all they have to do is touch the hot potato once each in 1.8 seconds. Oh, and there is that other little detail. The last person to touch the potato does so with his foot and needs to kick it through two upright poles that might be fifty yards away.

Piece of cake, right? Yes, you guessed it, the Smurf is

Sports STREAKING EAGLES SPORTS

March 22, 2012

Golden Eagles snap losing skid, roll off multiple victories KC Smurthwaite editor-in-chief kc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu The USU Eastern baseball team is in the midst of conference play and started to come together as a team after losing their first eight games. The Golden Eagles responded well to winning five of their last six games. “ Our team is clicking and that is outstanding,” stated Head Coach Scott Madsen.

The first home conference series was against College of Southern Idaho. Mother Nature was not friendly as the game started with the temperatures in the upper 20s with winds gusting near 20 MPH. The men from Price struggled to produce any type of offense. The game was tied going into the fifth inning, but CSI picked up three runs as the Eastern pitching staff walked the first two hitters. CSI took the lead and never looked back as they defeated Eastern 12-4.

The second game turned out to be a scoring fest. Eastern struck first and scored four runs in the first inning. The offense was dominant with 10 hits, including four by sophomore second baseman Kody Christoffersen. Eastern starting pitcher Tory Ulibarri who threw six innings and allowed three earned runs. Ultimately the defense did not show up for USU Eastern as they committed six errors in the 11-10 loss to CSI. CSI took the final two games of the series and benefitted from defensive miscues from the Eastern baseball team. In the final two games, Eastern committed seven errors and gave ten-free passes to CSI. The Idaho team won 8-1 and 9-4. “We didn’t play our game in this series. We tried to do too much in the tough situations,” said Madsen.

The Golden Eagles hit the road for their next series against Western Nevada College. Western is ranked in the top 20 in the nation for JUCO Baseball. The Wildcats overpowered the Golden Eagles at the plate as they outhit Eastern 4522 on the weekend. USU Eastern starting pitcher Kort Christoffersen pitched extremely well for the Golden Eagles, but was forced out of action as he got hit with a line drive early in the second inning of his outing. USU Eastern fell in all four games against Western.

“It was a rough weekend, we understood that we still have a lot of season left, but how we played wasn’t acceptable,” commented freshman Chance Abrath.

The Golden Eagles headed home for a mid-week, two-game non-conference series against Dawson CC. Eastern was eager to snap their eight-game losing streak. “It was time for us to step up to the plate and play our game,”

goi ng a f t er k icker s aga i n.

It happens many times in most football games, and believe it or not, more games are won or lost by the kicker and his holder, not to mention the snapper, than probably any other player on the field. Sorry, quarterbacks. It isn’t you. Ditto to the wide receivers, linebackers and running backs. Don’t even think of the coaches. The scrawny kicker, the fellow pacing the sidelines and trying not to throw up as the clock runs down and his team, trailing by two points, is driving toward the goal line, has a lot to ponder. It’s safe to assume that he’s praying that his team just scores a touchdown so that he doesn’t have to trot onto the field and pull off the 1.8 second miracle.

Here are the mechanics: the ball must be snapped about six yards to the holder, who must catch it, spin it, and place it within a diameter of a quarter on the ground.

In the meantime, the kicker starts running toward the ball as soon as

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Number 14, Chance Abraith, rounds third as he heads for home in a home game against College of Southern Idaho.

said Assistant Coach Rob Smith.

The Golden Eagles fell early 4-0 early in the game as a few untimely errors allowed the Bucs from Dawson to score. The Golden Eagles once again staged a comeback that led off with solo homeruns by Mason Moore and Nuho Kraja. Both teams kept scoring runs, but the Bucs lead the whole game until the Golden Eagles tied it up in the sixth inning.

Eastern held the Bucs offense in the seventh inning and allowed it’s snapped, swinging his leg back and punching the ball between the posts, which may look like toothpicks three miles away. When it all works, it’s as beautiful as a ballet.

When it doesn’t, there’s no shade of ugly to describe it.

The kicker, his holder and the snapper all have jobs that takes guts, and the kind of unflappable mental attitude George W. Bush only wishes he had. You’re either the hero of the goat in the space of that critical 1.8 seconds.

Let’s bring all of this back to our part of the world. Take the showdown a few years ago between Texas Christian University and the University of Utah. TCU’s freshman kicker, Ross Evans, missed two fields that are easily makeable by many high school junior varsity kickers. TCU lost the game by three. Anyone remember Alexis Serna? He’s the ex-kicker for Oregon State University, which lost by one point against the number-one ranked team in the

the Golden Eagles to complete the comeback to win the game.

Eastern’s first three hitters: Denver Hansen (walk), Nuho Kraja (bunt) and Mason Moore (HBP) all reached base which allowed Kody Christoffersen to win the game by hitting a single to the right side of the field. The Golden Eagles pulled out the 7-6 victory.

The second game of the series again favored the Golden Eagles’ offense as they jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning. The country at the time, when he missed not one, not two, but three extra points in the game. The good news is that Serna learned from his boots, literally, and went on to become an All-American kicker and plays pro football in Canada.

Then we have the rise and fall of Bill Grammatica. Bill has two brothers who kicked professionally. All three of the Grammaticas hail from Argentina, where booting soccer balls primed them for the big time of college and professional football in the USA. Bill, who played for the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL, once hit a 42-yard field goal to put his team up 3-0, and decided to celebrate by doing something that can only be described as a very bad dance move. Result? A torn ACL and his career pretty much ended that day.

Last seen, he was trying to split the uprights for an arena football team, which is roughly equivalent to frying burgers at McDonald’s when you’d rather be the chef at

offense then sputtered to produce, but was benefitted by great pitching

by Jordan Hepworth and Skyler Thorpe who each pitched three innings.

The Golden Eagles faced conference foe Colorado Northwestern in a battle of teams that had yet to pull out a victory in conference play. The Golden Eagles won 3 of the four-game series. Eastern put together the three victories by getting help from both the offense and defense. The pitching staff got a four-star restaurant.

There’s other pressure, too, beyond carrying your team on your foot. Who do you think the pretty girls want to date? The quarterback or the kicker? More than one kicker has been laughed off when he told a campus beauty that he played on the football team.

“Yeah. Sure. Right. And you’re Brad Pitt’s cousin, I bet.”

But life can be good for kickers. Remember ex-Ute kicker Louie Sakoda? He was one of the University of Utah’s campus most recognized players; forget the part that he was a 5’9”, 178-pound kicker. Forget his size. He was a big man on campus, where he is called King Louis. Louie’s foot was so accurate that it’s safe to say that Utah certainly wouldn’t have been an undefeated and a Top Ten team without his amazing right foot a few years ago.

Kicking can be the Achilles’ heel for many teams. A few years ago the, then second-ranked team

complete game victories from Joe Barta and Kody Christoffersen, who also threw a shut-out. Kort Christoffersen and Tory Ulibarri both kept the Spartans off-balance from the mound. The offense was paced by Alexandro Church who was 6 for 11 in the series.

The Golden Eagles are currently 11-15 on the season and will face Salt Lake CC this weekend.

Catch the baseball team in action in Price against College of Southern Nevada March 30-31. in the country, Texas Tech, had problems with its kicker, and so, during halftime of a game against the University of Massachusetts, the student government held a contest for anybody who could kick a thirty-yard field goal.

Enter Matt Williams. He trots onto the field and cooly boots the ball through the upright. Nice story, huh? But wait. There’s more.

Williams catches the notice of Tech’s ex-head coach, Mike Leach, and tells him he wants to meet with Matt next Monday.

Long story short, guess who became the kicker now for Texas Tech? You’ve got it. Young Mr. Williams, who was 22 for 28 in his kicking career. Two months before, he was a fan in the crowd.

Oh, the life of a kicker. It may be the worst job in football, but it can have its rewards. For people like Matt Williams and Louie Sakoda, sometimes, the 1.8 seconds of terror can turn into a season of joy.

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Coach Brian Edelstein: took the impossible circumstances and turned them around Valeria Moncada

features editior v.moncada@eaglemail.ceu.edu Brian Edelstein’s favorite thing about coaching at USU Eastern was the people.

“I was so impressed with the community outreach to our team after the passing of Coach Brad Barton. People really banded together to support our players and that really impressed me.”

Coach Edelstein learned to have an incredible amount of patience through the experience of coaching his first year at USU Eastern.

Some of Edelstein’s favorite games from the 2011-2012 seasons were at Western Nebraska, Eastern Arizona, Central Arizona, Salt Lake and all three games overtime against North Idaho. “We obviously had a tough year in the sense that we lost nine league games that were within one possession inside the last media timeout,

(4:00 to go), but I loved watching our guys compete with everything they had, game in and game out.”

He would like to catch on with a D-1 staff next season. “Ideally, I’d love to be on the West Coast, but it’s difficult to pick your destinations in coaching.”

He isn’t sure where he will be in five years, “I would have never guessed five years ago that I would have ever ended up in Utah or South Carolina or Ohio, I just like to enjoy the ride rather than worry about the future too much.”

Coach Edelstein thinks refereeing at the conference is a disaster. “There is absolutely no level of consistency within a game. The refs seem to panic under the pressure in the final few minutes. I think moving to only two officials would help this league’s officiating a lot. Hopefully, this isn’t like the NBA where they fine coaches for those types of comments.”

Although he coached players who were only a few years younger in age, he said

they weren’t tough to coach at all. “They may only be a few years younger in age,

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but in life experience. They are still just in college and still finding themselves, as most people are in college. My players were an absolute joy to coach as they approached the game the right way and committed to a team first mentality.”

One of Edelstein’s biggest challenges as a coach was often being the only voice they heard. “That’s one of the reasons for having multiple coaches, so the voice doesn’t get stale saying the same things over and over but due to our circumstances, it was often times the only option though I’m sure some of the players would have preferred silence.”

His biggest learning curve this year was figuring out how to deal with Coach Barton’s death, not only personally, but for the team as a whole and keeping the squad together through it all. “There really isn’t a playbook for the situation I inherited, especially taking over for someone so beloved as Coach Barton.”

Susan Polster, Pam Cha are some of

Edelstein’s favorite people at USU Eastern, “Also the many others who go above and beyond to help our players in any way they can,” Edelstein said.

When arriving to his home in California, Edelstein is looking forward to being able to spend time with friends and family who he usually only gets to see a couple days of the year; “Some of my players would expect me to say, ‘Go to Jack in the Box’ which is probably true as well,” he said.

Moving to Ohio and becoming a graduate assistant at Kent State was the biggest risk Edelstein has ever taken. “It’s not easy to move across country while only knowing a couple of people where you’re going but life isn’t fun or rewarding without risk.”

He likes all of his players and thinks they all brought something positive in unique ways. “I will say that the way Chase Flint plays the game is something that is rarely seen as there is few basketball players that play with that level of tenacity, smarts and determination.”

Women show, men not allowed to go

Women show at SWAC Conference tournament, men’s team serve one-year probation.

David Osborne Jr.

Katie Bigelow

sports writer d.osborne@eaglemail.ceu.edu

sports writer k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The 2011-12 men’s basketball season has officially closed for the USU Eastern Golden Eagles and, unfortunately, it was not as pretty as many hoped it would be at the beginning of the season with standards set high from the two-previous seasons. The team seemed to hit a vein of bad luck and it continued throughout the year including NJCAA sanctions, losing Head Coach Brad Barton, along with minor injuries that members of the team played through. All in all, expectations were to be a contender in the Scenic West Athletic Conference but with all of that stacked up the Golden Eagles came out of the season in fifth place in the region with a 4-11 record in Region 18 play and 16-13 overall.

USU Eastern started their final weekend of the season on Friday, March 2, 2012, in the BunnellDmitrich Athletic Center against the College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles. The first half was tough for the men as they only hit 8 of their 25 shots from the field for a field goal percentage sitting at 32 percent. The Golden Eagles did end some of their free-throw woes during the first half however, going 10-14. At halftime CSI and USU Eastern walked into the locker rooms with CSI leading 31-28.

Coming back after the half, the men looked energized and rejuvenated. Defense was key in the second half for the team and they held CSI to only 38 percent from the field. The defense helped the offense as well allowing the men to score 41 points in the second half, while connecting on 12 of their 31 shot attempts from the field. The woes from the charity stripe came back during the second half however and the Golden Eagles only made 66 percent, hitting 14-21.

At the end of the game fans and members of the team looked up at the score board to see that they had lost to CSI 70-69. Head Coach Brian Edelstein said, “Rebounding and free throws were the difference

Utah State University College of Eastern Utah Lady Eagles finished of conference play 2-0 at home.

On Eagle territory, USU Eastern hosted College of Southern Idaho and North Idaho College March 2-3.

College of Southern Idaho hit a three pointer in the first minute of the game and held the lead until 7 minutes left in the first half. CSI pulled a lead going into half-time 26-20.

Beginning of the second half, starter Caitlin Nelson fell hurting her knee. Eastern was down the entire second half until the last minute. Foul shoots were made

by Whitney Fieldsted in the last minute, allowing a 59-56 lead for team. CSI tried a last second 3 and missed giving Eastern the win.

Head Coach Dave Paur said, “That was the best weekend of women’s basketball we’ve had here in years.

It was a great weekend. I think with Caitlin going down the team stepped up.” Priscila Santos had 20 point and Hailee Parry had 11.

The team had a total of 53 offensive and defensive rebounds. “We’ve

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SWAC Tournament Katie Bigelow

sports writer k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu On March 8-10, Region 18 held their annual tournament which was hosted by Salt Lake Community College in SLC. Utah State University Eastern went into the tournament ranked third. The Lady Eagles opened the tournament

“We’ve

had illness and injuries but team t he t e a m a l wa ys stepped up.

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Head Coach Dave Paur

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Demetrus Richardson fights under the basket in the BDAC

against Colorado Northwestern Community College who finished last on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Colorado gave a strong game against the Lady Eagles. Going into half-time, the Eagles were down 26-37. In the second half Eastern was able to put it together and finished with a victory 72-68.

They out-scored Colorado in the second half 46-31. Priscila Santos had 34 points and Abbie Kay had 18. The team had 11 steals and 21 assists.

On Friday, Eastern had the early game against ranked two Snow College. By half-time, Eastern was

Priscila Santos goes up for an easy lay-up in the BDAC

had illness and injuries, but team always stepped up.”

The next day was North Idaho, who was ranked first in the Region 18 Conference. The game started off with two free throws from NIC followed behind by Lady Eagle Brooke Slade with two free-throw shots. Eastern got the lead with 15 minutes and held on until half time. The score going into half was Eastern 35 NIC 34. In the second half NIC tied the score 43-43 in the 12th minute. Abbie Kay hit two foul shots and Eastern from then on held the lead; final score was 78-68. “It was an amazing effort and a fun weekend,” said Paur. Santos had 40 points with Parry 20 and Amy Arbon 10. The team had 10 steals.

down by 6, making the score 2834. Second half was rough. A few calls such a bench technical and fouls put Eastern farther behind.

The women played hard to the end with a Snow win 67-54. “The tough game against Colorado hurt us against Snow.” Santos scored 28 points. The team had 11 steals.

Coach Dave Paur said, “The one thing about this team is they were the most unselfish team I’ve ever coached. They were just a fun team. They didn’t quit. If someone beat us it wasn’t for lack of hustle or heart. Every team that beat us we beat them.”

Eagle Dancer Showcase Come support your USU Eastern 2011-2012 Eagle Dancers as they showcase all of their dances they’ve performed throughout the year! $1 for non-students & free with student ID! GO EAGLES! th

Tuesday, April 10 @ 7 p.m., in The BDAC

If so, we want to hear them! We need your help to restructure the cafeteria for you! We want more of a “collegiate” feel to make your meals more enjoyable!

Drop your suggestion into the suggestion box located in the cafeteria for your voice to be heard!

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Kokopelli, acrylic and watercolor

March 22, 2012

Male Rain, acrylic and watercolor

photos by Sammie Fugate/ The Eagle

Lost, acrylic and watercolor

Gallery talk by CEU alumnus, Gilmore Scott, on Friday A reception and gallery talk for Montezuma Creek artist and College of Eastern Utah alumni, Gilmore Scott will be on Friday, March 23 from 7-9 p.m. in Gallery East.

Scott is doing what he knows and loves. With a skillful hand and brush, he paints the beauty of the sacred lands and beings that inhabit his homeland.

His bold, colorful paintings are reflection of the people and places that inspire him.

“My palette of colors are strong, bold and simple,” says Scott. “My images and subjects are interpretations of how I view my culture, my Dine (Navajo) heritage.”

Scott incorporates sacred motifs that are part of this native heritage. “My subjects,” he

says, “are the high Southwestern landscapes, traditional basket, our traditional homes known as ‘hogans.’ I also like to paint geometric designs that our Dine rug weavers are known for. I have also incorporated the open vistas of the plains and landscapes. These are just a few subjects which inspire my imagination.” Scott’s paintings are featured in an exhibit at USU

Eastern’s Gallery East.

The Colors of Beauty: The Paintings of Gilmore Scott is on exhibit at Gallery East from Feb. 23 through March 23, 2012. Scott studied art at the College of Eastern Utah and Utah State University.

Just short of earning his degree, Scott began working as a wildland firefighter. After nine years with the U. S. Forest Service, Scott has

Student applicants needed for Halamandaris Award The Caring Award is presented to a USU Eastern student in honor of Val J. Halamandaris, who grew up in Price, attended the College of Eastern Utah (then Carbon College), and continued his education and professional career in Washington, D.C. At both Carbon College and Carbon High School, Halamandaris was active in student activities: a representative to Boys State and Boys Nation, local and state winner of the Elks Leadership Contest, student body president, and honor student in Phi Theta Kappa, just to name a few.

Halamandaris received his B.A. degree from George Washington University and his law degree from the Catholic University School of Law, both in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the D.C. bar, the bar of the U.S. District Court Circuit Court of Appeals, and the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Throughout his career, Halamandaris has remained committed to care. An acknowledged expert in the field of health care and aging, he conducted daring investigations exposing fraud and abuse against the elderly and authors some 20 hard-hitting congressional reports that resulted in significant legislative reforms.

He is the author and editor of books, including Profiles in Caring: Advocates for the Elderly (1991), Faces of Caring: A Search for the 100 Most Caring People in History (1992), and Heroes of the U.S. Congress (1994). For the past 13 years, Halamandaris has been editor and publisher of two national magazines, Caring and Caring People. With his brother Bill and former U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss, he helped found the Caring Institute in 1985, which is dedicated to the advancement of caring, integrity, and

public service.

The Val. J. Halamandaris Caring Award was established in 1996 by Bill Halamandaris, Val’s brother, and the College of Eastern Utah. It is a fitting tribute to a USU-Eastern student who demonstrates the spirit of caring, humanitarianism, and volunteerism exemplified by Mr. Halamandaris.

Any USU-Eastern student in good standing and who will be graduating this year is eligible for nomination for the Caring Award.

A student may nominate himself or herself or may be nominated by someone else—a faculty or staff member, another student, or someone off campus. Applications for nominations for the Caring Award are available in the vice chancellor’s office (Reeves 183) or the SUN Center (Student Center 207). The application deadline is April 5, 2012.

The Eastern student selected for the Caring Award will be presented with a trophy and a $100 cash award at the commencement ceremony. Nominees must have involvement in college activities providing direct service to others and/or similar direct service involvement in the community. Positions of leadership support, as opposed to direct service, are acceptable. The CARING AWARD nominee must demonstrate: good standing at USU - Eastern, graduating this year, intrinsic commitment to voluntary service, initiative and innovation in problem-solving, persistence in overcoming obstacles, advocacy for change that alleviates, or considerably improves, the status quo and, most important, continual caring as demonstrated by volunteer activities.

staffwriter k.snyder@eaglemail.ceu.edu Shanny Wilson has worked at USU Eastern 14 years. She originally was hired as one of the first high school relations recruiters for CEU; then in 1999, she applied for and became the CEU Prehistoric Museum gift shop manager.

While working at the museum, the former director of academic advising came to her and asked her to apply for an advising position.

She did and shortly after being hired, was promoted to assistant director of academic advising and orientation. In November 2005, the director position opened and Wilson was promoted again.

Wilson was well qualified for this position. She graduated Utah State University with a double major in journalism and public relations. She was recognized for 10 years of outstanding service to CEU, an active member of the National Academic Advising Association, and elected president of

Anniversary Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Gallery East is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed Fridays, weekends, and holidays.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the gallery at: 435-613-5327; or contact Carmack at: 435-613-5241 or noel.carmack@usu.edu.

The School for Scandal

photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle

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Eastern Utah Theatre professors are thrilled to present Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s sentimental comedy, The School for Scandal adapted for contemporary audiences by Lewis John Carlino. This oft-produced 18th century play is both a popular comedy and a superb example English drama of the time. The play runs from March 29 through April 7 in the Geary Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Cast members include Tyrel Clement as Crabtree, Annie Morie as Mrs. Candour, and Wilford Woodruff as Sir Benjamin Backbite.

Getting to know adviser Shanny Wilson Kadi Snyder

returned to what he loves—his artwork.

Scott has won numerous awards for his paintings, including: first place for painting at the 2010 Mesa Verde Indian Art Market, Judges Choice Award for watercolor at the 18th Southwest Indian Art Fair, Arizona State Museum in Tucson, and first place for water based paint at the 25th

the Utah Advising & Orientation Wilson explains.

Association (UAOA) in 2009.

With recent changes to student UAOA is a state-wide non-profit services, the advising center is asorganization of over 300 members sisting students with career advisand Wilson oversaw the governing ing and working closely with USU committee, public relations and Logan in helping international annual conference. students.

The advising They recently center does a lot were able to hire a full-time office more than help students with their assistant, “and then schedules. Some of there were four, havthe tasks Wilson is ing someone at the required to do as front desk to meet director include; and greet students oversee advising has already made a world of differstaff, degree planning, new student ence,” Wilson says.

Shanny Wilson orientation and A few years ago, welcoming day, the adviser- to- stuteach college success skill courses dent ratio was 1 in 1,000 and now and student success workshops, the ratio is 1 in 700 which is great answer general and specific ques- for both students and advisers. “I tions about programs, identify am very fortunate to have more students who are “at-risk” and/or help and such an amazing, dedifall below a 2.0 GPA offering them cated staff.”

“I was diagnosed with Celiac help and support.

“I know the influence I have three years ago and maintain a in helping others identify, pursue pretty strict gluten-free diet. Celiac and achieve their academic goals,” is a multi-symptom, multi-system

disorder activated by eating gluten which are proteins found in wheat, rye and barley.

“My 9-year-old daughter Kayla also has Celiac.

“If money were no object I would sell everything, buy a houseboat and live on Lake Powell,” she said. “Lake Powell is my heaven on Earth. If I could be anything in the world it would be a famous water skier.”

Wilson admits to reading three to four books a month and love a good mystery. “I’m reading Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb ‘Death by’ series and just finished #8 ‘Conspiracy by Death’ of 36.”

She loves the sunshine. “which is also my nick-name, sunflowers, camping and spending time with my kids.”

Wilson strives to keep a positive, friendly atmosphere where students feel comfortable exploring options and making decisions.

She has had an impact in many students’ paths and will continue to change our perspectives and our lives.

USU Ensemble hits the road Utah State University’s Percussion Ensemble will bring its show to the campuses of both USU Eastern and USU Uintah Basin this month. The ensemble will perform in Price, Roosevelt, and Vernal. Admission is free and open to the public.

The Vernal performance will be at 7 p.m. on March 30 at Vernal Middle School.

The Roosevelt performance will be at Union High School during a daytime assembly on March 30.

The Price performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on March 29 at the Price Civic Auditorium and

is co-sponsored by Price City Culture Connection.

The performances will be under the direction of Dr. Jason Nicholson, USU assistant professor and director of the percussion program. Five Caine College of the Arts Music Department students will be performing: Emily Ashcroft, Bryan Carpenter, Doug Deakin, Dan Fields, and Betsy Nelson.

Following the evening performances in both Price and Vernal, a reception will be held giving community members a chance to meet the performers and enjoy light refreshments.

80’s dance party!

March 23, 2012 SAC Ballroom

7:30-11:30 p.m.

$3 with student ID or Children’s book $5 without

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Celebrating the good ol’ Dr. Seuss Take a look inside the life of one of the most famous children’s authors Shadayah Jones staff writer s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Castle Heights Elementary School celebrated the birthday of one of the most famous authors in the world.

On March 2, 1904, the famous Theodore Seuss Geisel, or better known as Dr. Seuss, was born. As part of the celebration, students from USU Eastern volunteered to go to an elementary school and read some of Dr. Seuss’ most famous works. Dezzi Mangum, a freshman, said, “It was really fun, especially with the little kids because they really enjoyed it.”

Theodore Geisel was born in Massachusetts where his family were famous brew masters. When Geisel was a teenager, he attended Dartmouth College where he was the editor-in-chief of the college’s humor magazine Jack-O-Lantern. This high position soon came to a hault when he and his friends were caught drinking, which was against the prohibition time and school policy.

Although he was demoted, Geisel contributed to the magazine but signed his work by Seuss. This is when the Seuss name started.

To please his father, who wanted him to become a college professor, Geisel transferred to Oxford University in England after he graduated. This is when he met his first wife, Helen Palmers, who just so happened to be an author and book editor. School

struck no interest in Geisel and he soon dropped out of Oxford and toured Europe.

After returning to the United States, Geisel worked for several magazines. Finally Geisel got his big break when his first book “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” was published. This was the first book Geisel published under the name Dr. Seuss. This book was rejected 27 times before finally being published.

Perhaps the biggest break in his career was when he wrote, “The Cat in the Hat.” From the beginning of his career to his death on Sept. 24, 1991, Geisel published 44 children’s books. They were published in more than 15 languages and over 200 million copies.

Dr. Seuss was not really a doctor. Seuss was his middle name and he put Dr. in front of it because his father always wanted him to get a doctorate degree.

His famous book, “Green Eggs and Ham,” was written because of a bet. He was bet that he could not write a book in 50 words for less. Seuss won the bet, but never got paid, however, “Green Eggs and Ham” became one of his most famous works.

Dr. Seuss served in the Army during World War II. He died of throat cancer at the age of 87.

“The Cat in the Hat” was only written using 250 words.

Dr. Seuss was married two times, but never had children. His book “Yertle the Turtle” was about

photos courtesy of Eric Curwen/ SUN Center

James Green reads to elementary students for Dr. Seuss’ birthday.

Hitler. Dr. Seuss was for the books that he wrote and illustrated, but he also wrote under the name of Theo LeSieg. LeSieg is Geisal backwards. The famous

character of The Grinch was actually written about himself. “If I Ran the Zoo” holds the distinction of being the first published record of the word “nerd.”

Presenting the USU Eastern’s magazine: Student Health 101 Shadayah Jones staff writer s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

When students go to college, knowledge is not the only thing that is gained. The myth of the freshman 15 may not be a myth after all. Students are so caught up in their studies and activities, they don’t really choose what we would consider “healthy” food. Fortunately, for USU Eastern students, Jan Thornton, director of student success, has set up a web magazine

Issue.” From there specifically for students will be the health and able to view the wellness of the magazine. There students. is also a “Parent The magazine Issue” available. is Student Health 101 and can be E a ch mont h accessed online Karli Morris, the for t he m a i n campus cor repage. To access spondent for the the magazine go magazine, will be to www.ceu.edu/ interviewing 10-12 scs, scroll to the Student Health 101 students attendbottom of the ing USU Eastern. page and click on the link “Student All of the interviews will be

Everyone’s invited to the “tute” Mike Gingell

associate editor m.gingell@eaglemail.ceu.edu Balance in one’s life is essential to survival and sanity and in a college student’s life that isn’t different. A full-time student’s life needs to consist of more that just books and sleep, there needs to be social activity. Whether it be sports or interaction with other peers, having a social life is essential as most students would agree whole heartedly. But, of course, balancing those is the key to success.

The social activity in one’s life is an import outlet for stress, an essential part of physical, mental and emotional health and a great way

Die

to increase one’s social network.

In simple words, students need to step back and have some fun, find a place of peace and quiet where they can relax, re-energize and just simply forget about life’s stresses and problems.

When asked about what students do or where they go to find social escape in Price, many answers derived from one source: the institute. One of the best places for students for find that escape, to make new friends, and enjoy themselves is at the LDS Institute across from the Reeves lawn.

The institute offers a lot more that perceived, they not only offer classes based on the study of Jesus Christ and his teachings, but also regular activities like free meals for students, pool, ping pong and

foosball tournaments. They also hold dances, movie nights, socials and much much more. When asked what were some favorite things about the institute replies included: “Cookie Tuesdays”, where there are free cookies every Tuesday, “the opportunity to meet new people,” “the friendly environment” and “all the free activities.”

The purpose of the institute, according to Austin Ashcraft, institute counsel president, is “ to provide a wholesome environment, activities, instruction and a safe haven to escape life’s stresses.”

The slogan “everyone is invited” is always applied to people of all faiths and backgrounds whether it be for the classes teaching life skills or the activities. The doors are always open.

ever seems like their catching on to your subtle plan it’s time to switch tactics and let all those emotions inside you out. To be clear, I’m not talking about true emotion of your nemesis in the casket. No, you want to go for the pure love that you feel about one special, uniquely charming person: yourself.

Speak as though this is your chance to speak at your own funeral. Say all the things that

you wish others would say about you. After all, you and the person in the casket aren’t all that different, aside from your obvious dominance in living.

Be honest and kind, but make sure that you pretend that all those tears in the audience are for you.

Enjoy the opportunity while you can, soak up the sadness and remember to take a little pride in knowing that you are literally dead last.

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something similar (as would the body in the coffin), so it’s especially insulting that you’re able to trick your enemy’s family into forgetting him so easily.

Step Four: If all else fails, pretend like you’re talking about yourself.

Like I said earlier, sabotaging someone’s memory is tricky business. Think of how hard it was in “Inception”, and those people were asleep. So if the audience

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video recordings.

These interviews will be published and other students will be able to get advice from their fellow students on the health topic of the month.

Thorton says there will be six pages that can be customized for Karli Morris USU Eastern faculty and staff members and stu-

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dents to publish articles, interviews and ads in the magazine.

W hen st udents and staff submit anything for publication to the magazine, it will be published on one of these six pages that can be customized pages.

Students are able to access the

magazine by going to the website listed before. This months issue deals with stress. On Thursday March 29, the campus is having a stress-relief day for USU Eastern students. Massage chairs and stress tips start at 9 a.m. and a midnight breakfast starts at 10 p.m. which is available for all students.

Also available in the magazine are the features of the bulletin, Ucook book, fitnessU, super foods, stress, tatoos, unplugging, job hunting, students in action, and upset stomach.

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were the difference in that game.

We had 38 rebounds, they had 48 and of those 10 extra rebounds, 8 of them were offensive for CSI, which means extra shots.”

The Golden Eagles had three players finish in double-digits against CSI. Dashaun Wiggins led the team with 21 points.

Neveij Walters added 17 to the total along with 16 rebounds.

Chase Flint only put 7 points on the stat line, but controlled the offense and dealt out 7 assists.

“Neveij played incredible and brought down lots of rebounds even though he was undersized,” Edelstein said. “Chase was playing through illness, but he came out and played hard and did a great job. Although his stat line may not show it, Dominique Lawrence came in and gave us really good defensive minutes and was able to cause some frustration for CSI on that end of the floor.”

USU Eastern finished the season against the North Idaho College Cardinals. The series has been a thrilling all season between NIC and USU Eastern going to one-overtime and triple-overtime in the previous two meetings and this final game was not going to be an exception.

During the first half, offense was the key for both teams as they shot over 40 percent from the field, USU Eastern with 43

percent and NIC 48 percent, and the high field-goal percentages led to high scoring. At halftime, the Golden Eagles and Cardinals looked up at the scoreboard to see that NIC leading 44-41. USU Eastern had a stronger showing from the free-throw line as they hit 6 of 8 from the charity stripe and shot well from deep, hitting 9 of their 17 attempts.

The second half became a defensive battle with both teams slugging it out and shooting low percentages and even more interesting, the same field goal percentage, 41 percent from the field. The difference was the deep ball, USU Eastern hit 5 while NIC hit 4. When the final buzzer rang, the game was tied at 75.

Entering overtime, Eastern had a chance to win, but couldn’t pull it out. The Eagles hit 2 of their 6-attempted shots including going 0-3 from behind the arc and the woes from the charity stripe hit home. NIC was efficient during overtime and came out ahead by hitting a 3-pointer and one other shot from the field giving them the win, 80-79. “Free throws killed us, we had a chance to win at the end and we missed the late ones,” remarked Edelstein.

All five of the Golden Eagle starters finished in double-digits, Flint led the offensive attack with 21 points and 5 assists. Walters

once again had a strong offensive game and crashed the boards hard with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Wiggins had 17 points, Demetrus Richardson added 13 points along with 5 assists and McKay LaSalle added 10 points.

With the season over, USU Eastern loses three players to graduation including Walters, Richardson and Maxim Zakharov who did not play this year due to ineligibility. There is a possibility that nine players may return to the Golden Eagle line-up for the 2012-13 season, but like all junior colleges, USU Eastern has to worry about players moving to Division-I schools. The final number of who is returning is unclear. The Golden Eagles had two players receive awards in Region 18. Flint was named to the All Region Men’s Basketball First Team and Wiggins was named to the Second Team.

“I am proud of this group of men and their ability in facing adversity. They fought hard and they carried themselves with dignity and respect around campus and on the court. All of them have bright futures on and off the court,” said Edelstein. “I would like to thank USU Eastern and Price, individuals and the community for stepping up and supporting our guys and showing just how much they care.”

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Breakaway Trip: a huge success Austin Ashcraft

guest writer a.ashcraft@eaglemail.ceu.edu Spring Break for most college students is a vacation on a sandy beach, dark suntan and rowdy friends. USU Eastern students did not fit the typical mold and spent their week-long break helping Navajo Indians with many chores and construction projects.

The USU Eastern SUN Center took 39 volunteers to a remote part of the Navajo Reservation in Southeastern Utah to spend their break doing service to the residents. The group left on Sunday, March 11, completed the eight-hour drive to Navajo Mountain. Work began Monday morning, with half of the group staying at Navajo Mountain, and half of the group traveling an additional two hours to Navajo Canyon, where they spent the next three days camping out and doing various projects for the people there.

Projects included home construction and remodeling, digging out and installing new septic tanks and drain fields, painting houses and installing kitchen sinks, showers, bathtubs and toilets.

“Work is work, and play is play, but work and play together is service,” exclaimed Caitlin Patterson. “I learned on this trip that being surrounded by people with the same goals is really uplifting.”

“My favorite part of breakaway,” reflected Nikie Cooper, “was having the chance to help people in building their house and serving with my fellow SUN Center leaders and friends.”

SUN Center Adviser Terry Johnson learned that, “Everyone who went really wanted to serve and help. This trip told me a lot about their unconditional desire to serve. They are amazing people.”

“I guess the feeling that I went home with at the end of the week was my favorite part,” said Lindly Fernandez, “Knowing that we were not only able to help those at the reservation have an easier life, but also having the opportunity to serve one another made me feel like we accomplished a lot.”

“I learned how to really work together with others on a project and how to accomplish things together,” explained Eric Curwen “My favorite part about breakaway was getting to know everyone better especially the Navajo family in the Canyon,” reflected Mindi Bowman, “I loved the chance I had to serve them and to sit down and talk to them about their life and their

customs.”

“I liked making jokes with Peewee (a Navajo man). I also enjoyed the challenge of making food for 40 people and all of the pressure that came with it. Riding in the back of a truck with 16 other people for 12-mile drive to the canyon to meet up with the rest of our group was also a lot of fun. One of my favorite parts of the week was when I played baseball with a little Navajo boy. I also enjoyed the construction, sun, fun and learning some Navajo words,” said Elcio Dutra, SUN Center vice president.

Volunteer, Stephanie Flores, said, “I thought it was really fun. It was an eye opener to see how remote the reservation is. The people didn’t have running water or toilets inside their homes. It was really fun and a really good experience. I love the people that I met there.”

“Breakaway was what you made it. The more you put in, the more you got out of it. I had several amazing experiences and I can’t wait for next year!” commented Shanna Frame.

It was a great experience for all those who participated. Hank Stevens, the Navajo guide at Navajo Mountain, was grateful for the help, and he invited the group to come back again next year.