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The Voice of the Students
Director of student life resigns
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Terry Johnson talks to students in emergency ESA meeting.
In an emergency Eastern Student Association meeting on Sept. 16, students were told that Fernando Alcantar, director of student life, leadership and residential life, resigned on the prior Friday and Terry Johnson, would take over student life and SUN Center. According to Johnson, “Fernando has been looking elsewhere for other employment. This is nothing to do with the dislike of the school. Whatever the reason, he chose to look elsewhere for employment.” He submitted his resignation on Friday, Sept. 13 to the admin-
istration. “Let’s not perpetrate any assumptions about what this is about,” Johnson told the students. The facts are: 1-He is looking for other employment. 2-He submitted a letter of resignation. 3-His office is cleared out and he left a note of appreciation. “He did his best and did a great job. We love him and respect him for that,” Johnson added. Remember, “We don’t know all the facts.” The Associate Vice Chancellor for Price Campus Operations, Alex Herzog, asked if Johnson would take over student government.
Administrator takes down web page First Amendment rights were compromised after access to the USU Eastern newspaper was restricted, says members of The Eagle staff. Eric Mantz, Vice-Chancellor for Information Technology, thought The Eagle website had been hacked on Thursday, Sept. 5. He notified the newspaper adviser, Susan Polster, of the supposed hacking via email. Without any prior discussion of the policies and procedures for handling a possible security breach, Mantz informed Polster of his decision to take the website offline. Skeptical of the hack, Polster suspected Mantz took the site down because of “advertisements,”
referring to complaints Mantz vocalized during past meetings which involved the former Associate Vice-Chancellor of Arts and Humanities, Scott Henrie. Polster phoned Mantz later that day to ascertain its source and impact on the server. Mantz identified the hacker as Les Bowen, the website author. Mantz presumed Bowen had “unauthorized access,” and “access without a contract,” based on Bowen’s name being present in server logs. Bowen, the website author, told the Eagle in a phone interview this week, “This is not the first time there have been allegations of hacking, and just like previous times, it’s unsubstantiated.”
Johnson told the students, “I will do it because I love these students. I don’t want to see you guys without an advisor.” He will have to split time between the SUN Center and student government Johnson reminded the students of the old adage, “The only constant in life is change.” His leadership style will be “laisse-faire. I’m not the student leader here. You guys are…I’m going to let you do what you think is best to do.” He asked the students for their
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Kiwanis Kid’s day
He not only created the original script and remained the only webmaster for the site since its creation in 2002, but he also owns the new domain name: USUEAGLE.COM. Bowen claims, “There was never a contract to breach,” which means he has authorized access to the website and an active connection to the server. Mantz’s only role regarding The Eagle is to serve as an administrative contact to Bowen. The only role of USU Eastern’s IT department is to provide the server that hosts The Eagle, making it accessible to students and the public. Bowen was paid by the JCOM department to build the current
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Students having trouble with Wi-Fi Resident Advisors that the Wi-Fi is extremely slow in all the halls. Some have even reported that the Wi-Fi will go down from time to time and they are not able to connect. This is an issue because some of the students need to send emails and submit assignments on Canvas and are unable to do so within the halls. Residents of Sessions’ Hall have not reported many problems regarding the Wi-Fi, but Tucker and Burtenshaw residents reported that it is very slow. Aaron Jones’
Shadayah Jones staff writer s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu
There is no question that the students on campus are frustrated by the internet available on campus, specifically in the USU-Eastern residential halls. Students on campus are receiving free Wi-Fi while on campus, but there seems to be some problems reported from the Residential Advisors on campus. Many of the students living on campus are complaining to their
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residents reported that it is slow and that they will lose the connection daily. In an e-mail, Eric Mantz, associate vice chancellor for business services & information technology, has had only one complaint about the Wi-Fi in the residential halls through e-mail. There have been several R.A.’s who complained to the IT department directly and they were told that they were aware of the issues and were working on it. Unfortunately, there has been no see Wi-Fi page 3
Carbon High School in Price. In her 20s, she worked in a local clothing staff writer plant located in Price. When the c.barney@eaglemail.ceu.edu plant closed its doors, federal fundOne can find her on the second ing made it possible for Rowley to floor of the Student Center, behind return to school. At 28, she took a desk sorting through academic the opportunity, and returned to records and registration materi- study administrative assistance als. Erin Rowley is staff mem- and information systems. With her new ber of the year. degree, Rowley Thanks to perworked at the sonable service local health deand a heroic act, partment. In a she received the program called 2012-13 award. “Caravan,” she Wife of Brett cared for the elRowley, a mother derly, and bussed of three boys, and clients to and a grandmother f rom appointto one, the sun ments. At the seems to be shinsame time, she ing on this friendtaught tobaccoly, sympathetic, cessation courses staff-member of at the junior highs the year. Erin Rowley in the area. The Rowley was nat u re of t he born in Helper, Utah, a short distance up Highway classes she taught was service6, where she grew up, and attended see Erin Rowley page 5
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Erin Ann Thomas, winner of in the 1930’s would have used the 2013 Evans Handcart Prize and serves to remind Thomas of for her book, “Coal in Our Veins,” the country’s longstanding relawill present at 6 p.m. on Sept. tionship with coal — including 19 in the Utah State University her own. She grew up in Orem, Eastern student center’s alumni Utah, the daughter of Welsh coal miners. room. “I was always conscious that The event, sponsored by the USU history department and the my surname had been passed Mountain West down through Center for Regenerations of st ronggional Studies, is free and open ba cke d a nd to the public. rough-handed men,” Thomas T homas’ book weaves writes. “I have historical realways been search with her proud of this fact, preferring fam ily’s permy ancestry sonal account of the industry of Welsh coal and opens with m iners over a description of a lineage of kings.” a vintage, four She deinch tall cylinErin Thomas drical Justrite scribed walkca rbide lamp ing though that rests on the author’s book- O’Hare Airport during a layover shelf. The lamp is one a miner see Thomas page 3
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• Misconceptions of mental illness • 1st Amendment cartoon • ESA Whasssuppp?! • Calendar of events •page 2
Students from the SUN Center and athletic department volunteered at Kiwanis Kids Day on Sept. 14 at Washington Park. The “All Free” day featured inflatable bounce houses, food, face painting, bike giveaways and many other activities.
Author discusses award-winning novel
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Annual Day of Caring USU Eastern community volunteers Kambrea Tanmeo staff writer k.tanmeo@eaglemail.ceu.edu
“If you want to see a change in your community, United Way’s Day of Caring is the best way to make that happen,” said Emma Rowley, USU Eastern SU N C ent e r president. On Saturday, Sept. 7, USU Eastern students, faculty and staff, plus members of t he lo ca l community donated their time to United Way’s Day of Caring helping over 50 projects in the community. The Day of Caring is a national service day offered throughout the United States with the local
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event hosted by United Way of Eastern Utah. Team members from the projects met with the volunteers at 7:30 a.m. in the Fresh Market parking lot where they could hear about the different projects and decide what they wanted to do. They split into groups and went to work at the projects. Some volunteers were assigned to clean the Price River Parkway, Boys and Girls Club, sho oting range and picking trash up at Wood Hill, while others were seen fixing houses around the neighborhood, or even building a house for Habitat for Humanity.
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• Golden Eagle soccer team • A quest for greatness • On the road to 2500 yards • Volleyball brings wins home •page 6-7
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The misconceptions of mental illness James Justice
staff writer j.justice@eaglemail.ceu.edu Today, on the day of my birth (Sept. 16), a man at a naval base in Washington, D.C., “snapped” and killed 13 people. Aaron Alexis was identified as the shooter, he was found dead at the scene. It’s not known if he killed himself or if he died via bullets exchanged with police. This is what we know about this man: one, he’s ex-Navy (though he worked for the Navy as a sub-contractor.) Two, he had a record of assault and battery. Three, he had been arrested twice before for shooting related crimes and had a history of “misconduct” in the Navy. Four, he had extreme anger issues. Now before I write about this incident, I want to give my heart-felt sincere prayers to both the victims and to Alexis. This is a horrible incident that could have been avoided IF the proper help was in place for the mentally ill. Alexis witnessed 9/11 and was one of the few heroes that helped save lives. Because of the horrors of 9/11, Alexis was diagnosed with PTSD. This also affected him and made him have a harder time controlling his anger. That is all they know about Alexis. It makes me think: “Why did his anger/PTSD cause him to do the same thing to innocent people
that caused him so many problems in the 9/11 incident?” All this contributes to the fact that Alexis was mentally ill. This brings up a question in my mind of the obligation in our society to take care of the mentally ill; do we imprison people with PTSD? What about the people who are bi-polar or schizophrenic, do we lock them away and say it’s for the “safety” of the majority? Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one? Do we stick them all on an island, let them crazy each other to death? Do we force people, who have been diagnosed with one of these horrible diseases, to take mind altering drugs, in many cases causing them to behave like zombies, for our safety? Do we run and hide from people who are different because we don’t understand them? I’m going to try and answer some of these questions from my unique viewpoint. I’m unique because I am one of them, I’m bi-polar. Let me say in no way am I trying to compare myself with Alexis. And that’s the problem with mental illness, you can’t lump everyone together. Who do we help and who do we not help? From my experience I have the following things to share: The mental hospital is not that bad of a place. I know it sounds crazy to say that, but it’s just like a hospital you go to when you
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Thumbs Up • You get to know lots of people because of how small campus is
• The campus is small, making it easy to get around • The campus has a friendly atmosphere, is kept clean and all
around fun to be on • Everyone really enjoys it here • The Golden Grill has great food • The residence halls are
get injured; broken bone, severe bleeding, car wreck, they’re there to help you. It’s not like you’re in a straight jacket or a padded room, well at first anyway… you really have to work yourself into one of those. They have the most caring doctors and nurses trained to help you deal with the issues. Being treated for mental illness is not an easy or cheap treatment. Most of the medication I was on was extremely expensive. Not only was there a huge expense, there was also extreme side effects. Dizziness, inability to be aroused, being tired all the time, blood/ liver problems. They stick you on medications to get well, and those medications end up making you physically sick and unable to lead a normal life. There’s an extreme social stigma attached to any mental illness. In fact, up until I faced this beast head on, I was scared to tell anyone about it. But I’ve found talking about it helps me deal with that fact that I’m sick. A lot of people will pull back, isolate themselves from the general population; no one likes to be made fun of. What can we do to help people in situations like what Alexis faced? We don’t lock them away or run screaming away from them when they approach. It is amazing what a smile can do for someone that’s been alone and in pain. Or asking how their day has
fun to hang out in • Everyone gets along with each other • The buildings are taken care of • There are lots of things to be involved in • The BDAC is very useful • There is never a dull moment on campus • It’s safe to cross the street, everyone stops
Thumbs Down • The cafeteria doesn’t roll over meals • The grass is over watered and wet most of the time • There are not enough clubs • The carpet in the A.J.
been? Giving them a hug and letting them know we care about them, or shooting them a random text message letting them know they’re on our mind. That’s how we change situations like this, we make people believe in the human race again. Do I think this would have changed Alexis’ situation? Maybe or maybe not. We never know until we try. While it’s too late for Alexis, it’s not too late for your neighbor, or that student in the back of the room that has no friends, or the person that sits alone in the cafeteria, or the person that shies away from social interaction. Maybe they’re facing the demon of mental illness, a demon from which there is no escape. Let’s all work on showing more love, maybe, just maybe, we can stop incidents like this from happening again.
lounge is ugly and uncomfortable • The furniture in the lounges isn’t great • All the food areas are closed after a certain time, making it difficult to eat if you have classes • The Wi-fi is very slow and doesn’t always work • The weight room in the gym is very rundown
•The residence halls are all an odd greyish-white color •The Golden Grill is slow at completing orders • Midnight curfew in the residence halls • Carpet in many of the residence halls are grey and stained • The weights for the gym are old and rusted
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staff writers James Dubarry j.dubarry@eaglemail.ceu.edu Shadayah Jones s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu Jonathan Fox j.fox@eaglemail.ceu.edu Christopher Barney c.barney@eaglemail.ceu.edu Boyd Lainhart b.lainhart@eaglemail.ceu.edu Emma Rowley e.rowley@eaglemail.ceu.edu Josephine Slade j.slade@eaglemail.ceu.edu Mackenzie Thornton m.thornton@eaglemail.ceu.edu Katelyn Trenser k.tresner@eaglemail.ceu.edu Jordan Weihing j.weihing@eaglemail.ceu.edu Travon Langston t.langston@eaglemail.ceu.edu Nathan Manley n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu James Justice j.justice@eaglemail.ceu.edu Emily Manley e.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu Rachel Scoggins r.scoggins@eaglemail.ceu.edu Krista Hamilton k.hamilton@eaglemail.ceu.edu
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Workforce Development Center relocating Ashley Stilson
editor-in-chief a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu
The ceramics building is the new Center for Workforce Development
Be ready, citizens of Carbon and Emery County. The Center for Workforce Development (CWD) is transforming into an easily accessible community resource, ready to help provide links between businesses, students, agencies and USU Eastern. The Professional and Technical Education (PTE) division is turning the former ceramics building on 300 East on the USU Eastern campus into a community resource for those looking to enter the workforce or prepare for college.
New dining hours for cafeteria Shadayah Jones staff writer s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu
One of the many services offered on campus is the dining services located in the Jennifer Leavitte Student Center. Two eating establishments are currently available, The Eagle Cafe and the dining room. At the end of spring 2013 semester, the dining staff announced that
they would be changing the cafe and dining hours, but due to some issues these changes will not take place. Becky Archibald, director of hospitality services, explained that at the first of the fall 2013 semester, new hours were in effect, but after reviewing the hourly sales for the past year and after careful review and long discussions, they decided to return to the
regular hours. The Eagle Cafe hours will be 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday thru Friday. The dining room hours will be 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. for lunch and 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. for dinner. Archibald states, “We reviewed our service needs and the hours of services needed and set dinner hours in dining room to meet the demand if the majority.”
Comic Con is huge success in Salt Lake Josie Slade
staff writer J.Slade@eaglemail.ceu.edu Crowded into the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, thousands of people attended a three-day conference titled, “Salt Lake City Comic Con”. A gathering that some people (myself included) have deemed, “The Gathering of the Geeks.” If “geekism” was a religion, Comic Con would be the biggest religious gathering internationally. Comic Con is a convention held originally just for comics but has slowly morphed into something bigger. At these conventions there is information on future TV shows, film, literature, comics; as well as celebrity guests who come to meet fans (or more often to promote what they are currently working on). Many of the attendees show up in costume, and cosplay contests are hosted. Comic Con is simply everything pop culture thrown into one convention. The original Comic Con, “Comic Con International”, takes
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place annually in San Diego. According to the trade show website, the estimated number of people who attended in 2013 is 123,000. An incredible number when we consider exactly how large the convention center has to be to fit that many people in. Salt Lake City’s 2013 Comic Con is a first-year convention, and had few celebrity guests. No one could have guessed exactly how high the demand for tickets would be. What started out as a little rinky-dink conference, quickly turned into a convention that needed the entire Salt Palace; which ended up being too small. I attended the Salt Lake City Comic Con and had the time of my life. It was wall-to-wall people, with a lot of laughter and some clever maneuvering through the large crowds. Normally I would complain about so many people in one place, but everything about this convention made the little annoyances worth it. Being shoved to the point of nearly falling down was quickly
forgotten in favor of wandering the vendors, attending panels and even meeting my childhood idol: Nicholas Brendon. The panels comprised of different topics ranging from writing, TV, film and gaming. There was something for everyone, even the people who would not normally consider themselves “geek”. The vendors were mainly artists from all over the country, and most were selling their prints for a reasonable price. There was so much to see, and even three days wasn’t enough to do or see everything you wanted to. With record-breaking numbers for a first year Comic Con, Salt Lake deserves a pat on the back for their accomplishments. Who knows, SLC might even rival San Diego next year; especially if an estimated 70,000 people attended this year alone (resulting in the fire marshal’s screaming at everyone). So for next year, remember to get your tickets early, and attend. It isn’t just for geeks, but for everyone.
students, make a better school.” “There are two critical things that need to happen in life: knowledge we gain while in life and how you use that knowledge to develop
certificates and short-term training will find a one-stop resource to enter the workforce. Small businesses need look no further for help getting started. CWD will provide small business startup and expansion (SBDC) for the community. Services for larger companies are also included, such as economic gardening, CTE training, customized training and a resource for internships. Other training includes Custom Fit and STIT training for credit and noncredit. The new center will also be a prominent link for student services and the Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. CWD
relationships with people,” Johnson explained. He felt humbled to fill in the position until they can find a replacement for Fernando.
will become a recognized location for admission, registration and advisement in the workforce and CTE programs. Student services include basic job skill training, college readiness classes and career advising. CWD offers classes to help prepare to enter college-level work. They also offer comprehensive learning plans, job placement and resume preparation. The bottom line is the CWD is ready to help community members, students, and anyone with the determination to be the change they want to see in the world, enter the workforce. The CWD should be open to the public in October.
Attacked by killer mosquitoes Emma Rowley
staff writer e.rowley@eaglemail.ceu.ed Giving service is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. Getting attacked by mosquitoes is one of the most frustrating. When you combine the two which one will come out on top? On Saturday September 7th volunteers from USU SUN Center got to participate in both of these scenarios. 17 volunteers met at the Jenifer Leavitt Student Center at 5:30 in the morning to leave for the Mammoth Marathon service project. The Mammoth Marathon is made up of three separate races; a full marathon, a half marathon and a 10k. Over four hundred people participated in the marathon this year. The volunteer’s job was to stand at twelve different stations and hand the runners water, GU, or bananas as they ran by. The race starts at 6:30 a.m., and typically goes until 1:00 p.m., or however long it takes the runners to finish. Normally the participants get
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to experience one of the prettiest I didn’t think it was that serious runs in Utah. There are striking until I saw Wyntre.” red rocks, deserts and even some Wyntre Pierce’s phone call petroglyphs to see as you run by. was a little more urgent, “Ummm A few of the runners even had can you come get me? I can’t cameras strapped on their backs breathe!” She had over 50 mosand would periodically stop to quito bites all over her legs, and take pictures. This year, how- at least 50 more on her arms, face ever, had more to offer than the and back. Pierce was quickly takpretty view. This year the runners en to get Benadryl and then taken and volunteers had to deal with home. Two days later the bites huge, vicious, were still itchmammoth mosing and burning quitoes. so she went to The volunthe clinic and teers drove two had to receive vans down and a shot. Pierce is would stop and also required to drop two people go back to the off at each staclinic for West tion. It did not Nile testing and take long for the says that “It’s mosquitos to find a day I’ll never their breakfast. forget.” One driver said So the an“I had barley swer is that when Pierce’s mosquito bites dropped volunyou combine a teers off and I fun day of serwas getting phone calls from vice and mosquito craze you them that said ‘Please come get end up with a memory that will me! Mosquitoes are everywhere!’ last forever.
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in 2006 and being confronted by a news story that would alter her path. Television screens showed the families of 13 miners trapped below the surface of the Earth in West Virginia. In Thomas’s luggage was a Christmas gift — a binder containing the genealogy of her family. She spent the next four years delving into the history of coal.
Hers is a journey of discovery that takes her from Wales to West Virginia, from Washington to Carbon County. She writes with a journalist’s determination and a memoirist’s eye for detail, weaving a narrative of the twin destinies of coal and her family, according to a USU Press summary. “Coal is implicated in the sim-
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mission statements for this year. Student Body President Luke Madsen said, “Make the school bigger, better, brighter…We must be an example, be the voice of the
One of the first goals of CWD is to create a highly visible and readily accessible community resource for businesses. “The new building is a completely new way to connect with students and the community,” Russell Goodrich, head of the CWD, commented. “[It’s not just] a new location for the former Workforce Education Division.” If entering the workforce is the help you need, CWD will also be a presence for DWS and vocational rehabilitation personnel, offering services to increase cooperation between the workforce and educational agencies such as USU Eastern. Students looking for
Ben Bjarnson said, “The greatest thing about day of caring is seeing the community pull together.” As the day progressed, people would drive up and ask if they could help at a project. One specific group was the USU Eastern men’s basketball
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plest modern gesture—turning on a light switch—and Thomas finds a depth of history in this gesture,” USU Press states. “Welsh miners, the Sago disaster of 2006, the Castle Gate explosion of 1924, Washington bureaucracy, and industry complacency, all these play a role as her story unfolds. And behind it all, Thomas reminds us, is the light switch.”
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players and their coach Adjalma Becheli. They helped on several projects while sporting their USU Eastern T-shirts. SUN Center director, Terry Johnson said, “I am so thankful for the basketball coaches in encouraging and having the players come and help.”
After all the service was over everyone, meet at the park and discussed what happened. Food was donated by Fresh market, and K-mart Terry Johnson exclaimed, “We worked hard but had an awesome time”
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improvement with the Wi-Fi according to students living in the halls. Many of the R.A.’s had to come to school early to prepare for the upcoming year. Each R.A. had to do room condition reports for all of the rooms they were over. These room condition reports need to be submitted online. R.A.’s over Burtenshaw and Tucker complained that the Wi-Fi was slow and the R.A.’s in Aaron Jones had no connection whatsoever. Because of this, several R.A.’s needed to use the data on their phones to complete the forms online. Mantz said he recently asked some students who live in Aaron Jones how the Wi-Fi was. He said they reported back that it was fine except when streaming video. He later directed his staff that the Wireless Arrays to be
reconfigured to see if the streaming video could become better in Aaron Jones. “All systems have been operationally checked, but it is hard to tell from the backside the performance we are getting with the increased load that is put on the system. Streaming Video such as Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV, VUDU, etc., take the biggest toll on Wi-Fi. It has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the demand and much of it appears to be recreational in nature and this competes with our academic traffic,” states Mantz. When asked about the problems students are experiencing, Alex Herzog, associate vice chancellor, explains, “last spring we made several upgrades to wireless equipment but if the main line is not giving us enough flow, this may be a bigger problem.”
A student on campus states, “Having slow Internet is like having a car that is stuck in first gear.” Unfortunately, the IT department has not been receiving any complaints about the Wi-Fi in the resident halls, so they are not aware of the problems that some of the students are experiencing. In the past, students had no way to contact the IT department when having problems with the Wi-Fi. Recently, IT has developed a form that can be filled out online that will hopefully help students when problems arise. Students can go to http://usueastern.edu/it/bluezone.htm and look for the Wireless Trouble Report link at the bottom of the page. With this now available, students are able to report problems and hopefully they will be able to be addressed as quickly as possible.
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Book Review:
The Book Thief
Heaven. She had already stolen her first book. editor-in-chief Enter Hans Hubbermann, a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu Liesel’s foster father who is an accordionist, paints for his living, Though “The Book Thief” and rolls his own cigars. He comes is written by Austrailian writer to Liesel every night when she has Markus Zusak, Death is the one nightmares, teaching her how to read and write. who narrates the book. Literally. Enter Rudy Steiner, the boy This doesn’t mean the book has a deathly metaphor or a deadly constantly asking for kisses. From theme or deadpan detail (couldn’t Liesel, of course. Always unsucresist). Death has his own voice, and cessfully. He is her best friend if such things still exist in war torn he is disgusted by World War II. His work is never ending: gath- towns. Always hungry, they steal ering up the souls and taking them food, and conversation, and books. Enter Max Vandenburg, a Jewaway. The war only makes things ish fist fighter worse, and he is hiding from the tired. soldiers. The There is no Huber manns one to replace hide him and him, nothing to keep him safe give him disin a basement traction, no one wit hout wi nto fill in for him dows or stars. while he goes One thing on a quick vacakeeps him from tion. the terror: writWhy would ing for Leisel. Death need a Thrown vacation? From straight into the whom does he confusion of the need distracwar, the chartion? Why, disacters struggle traction from through their us, of course. The Book Thief fictitious stoBei ng t he ries, illustrating k i l lj o y t h a t Death is, the ending is revealed in the truth about World War II. “It’s the kind of book that can the first few pages. Death begins with the three times he saw the book be life-changing, because without thief. The flag. Page 13. Howling. ever denying the essential amoralDon’t pay too close attention. The ity and randomness of the natural order, The Book Thief offers us a colors could kill you. While Death throws in his own believable hard-won hope,” New accounts and accords as he nar- York Times praised in 2006. “The rates, most of the story is told in hope we see in Liesel is unassailthe third person writing of Liesel able, the kind you can hang on to Meminger. Set the scene for 1939 in the midst of poverty and war Nazi Germany, historically known and violence. Young readers need as das land der dichter und denke. such alternatives to ideological Enter Liesel, a foster girl who rigidity, and such explorations of was traveling with her mother and how stories matter. And so, come brother, trying to get somewhere to think of it, do adults.” The Book Thief has a film adapsafe, anywhere safe. Her brother, however, doesn’t tion release date for November last through the journey. Dumped 15, 2013. However, always read off at the foster home, Liesel is the book before because, to quote sent to live with the Hubermanns Death, “There are many things in Molching on a street called to think of. There is much story.”
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Improv actors Josh Zelasko, Annie Zelasko, Braden Nelsen, Josh Bone, AJ Borba, Ryan Pettingill, Sarah Munsse, and audience member.
Actors on the Spot Improv club performs at USU Eastern’s Little Theatre
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editor-in-chief a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu Come one, come all! The USU Eastern Improv Show dubbed Actors on the Spot has begun. With brilliant actors who can improvise lines at the drop of the hat, Actors on the Spot performs free of cost every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Little Theater located in the SAC building. Actors on the Spot have six actors: Braden Nelsen, Annie Zelasko, Ryan Pettingill, Sarah Munsse, Josh Bone and AJ Borba, with Josh Zelasko as the group’s
stage technician. Though some of the actors confessed to being nervous while acting, they often channel it to focus harder on the scene. “It’s free, it’s short and it’s hilarious!” Nelson commented. The talent to improvise is incredibly difficult. There are no scripts, no preparation, nothing to memorize. Improvising calls for actors to perform spontaneously without preparation. “You won’t regret coming to laugh for an hour,” said Annie Zelasko. “It seems redundant to talk about the invention of improvisation. Improvisation is invention,” according to the online Ency-
clopedia of Chicago. However, improvisational acting wasn’t officially documented until 1955, when David Shepher and Paul Sills started the Compass Players. They were the first to use a variety of games on stage to interact with the audience and motivate creative thinking. “I love playing the games,” Borba mentioned. The games played by Actors on the Spot can keep them confined to the stage or out into the audience and even to the hallway. One of the games, World’s Worst, takes suggestions of categories from the audience. For example, if the audience shouts out
“World’s Worst Superhero”, any of the actors are free to improvise a line and deliver. An actor might step forward and say “Hold on, Luthor, I forget my tight tights… again” or any other puns. Another game played is Excuses, where a late worker has to explain to the boss why he was late for work. However, his excuse comes from a coworker behind the boss who is miming the excuse the audience made earlier. “If you like to laugh, you’ll like this show,” Bone said. So calling out to all those who love TV’s hit series “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” come and see, Actors on the Spot.
Hotel California, who plays iconic ‘70’s Eagles’ music, comes to USU Eastern Oct. 23 Five musicians salute The Eagles’ rock band in a free concert to the community
The Hotel California
Hotel California: “A Salute to the Eagles” band is appearing at USU Eastern in commemoration of the 75th anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the BDAC at 7:30 p.m. Hotel California is a five-man group who sings the timeless music of the Eagles, the American rock band formed in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. The original Eagles’ band produced seven No. one singles, won six Grammys, five American Music Awards and six No. one albums. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums: “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)” and “Hotel California,” ranked among the 20 bestselling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. They sold 150 million records worldwide and are the fifth-highest-selling music act and highest-selling American band in U.S. history. No American band sold more records than the Eagles during the ‘70s, according to Wikipedia. Rolling Stone listed their album: “Hotel California” as one of the “500 Greatest Albums
of All Time” and the Eagles were ranked No. 75 a dynamic show saluting the music of the Eagles… the USU Eastern administration honoring the 75th on the magazine’s 2004 list of the “100 Greatest The audiences can once again experience the birthday of the college. Chancellor Joe Peterson Artists of All Time.” said, “The 75th birthday celebration commemoenergy and magic of this timeless music.” Some of the Eagles’ most popular singles to The timeless music sang by Hotel California rates more than just 75-freshman classes -- it also be showcased in the USU Eastern show include is appealing to audiences of all ages and brings commemorates 75 years of great community “Take It Easy,” “Witchy Woman,” “Peaceful Easy back memories of those who want to experi- involvement. Over the years, the community Feeling,” “Desperado,” “Tequila Sunrise,” “Al- ence the Grammy Award-winning sounds that has poured its heart and soul into the college, ready Gone,” “Best of My Love,” “One of These defined a generation and the words: take a trip and this free concert is a small way to say thank Nights,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” “Take It to the Limit,” down a dark, desert highway. Feel the cool wind you to the people of Southeast Utah for all those “The Long Run,” “I Can’t Tell You Why,” “Hotel in your hair... years of Eagle pride.” California” and “Heartache Tonight.” Tickets are available at USU Eastern BDAC. The concert is free to attend as a present from The Hotel California band was founded with Gallery East photo exhibit the intent of filling the void left by the demise of the Eagles when they disbanded in 1982. The original Eagles reunited in 1994 and continues to tour intermittently. According to their website, “By blending their extraordinary vocal and musical talents, Hotel California faithfully and accurately reproduces the sound of the Eagles’ studio recordings while recreating a classic sound which undeniably transcends the boundaries of rock, R & B and country music. They do this while delivering a modern, action-packed performance that brings this timeless music into photo credit Noel Carmack the new millennium. “This band, comprised of five respected, multiGallery East held an opening reception for Dave Hanson who talked about his work using a photographic process talented top music induscalled collodion wet plate process. The 19th-century technique uses metal, glass and potassium cyanide. try professionals, presents
Dave Hanson presents his art in Images on Metal and Glass
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Students work on the “Zombie Prom” include (L-R) Brenna Mahoney, Zack Nichols, and Ryan Pettingill.
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Into the creativity of Brent Innes, building “Zombie Prom” set Josie Slade
staff writer j.slade@eaglemail.ceu.edu Plywood riddled with screws and nails forming a wall, roll on pieces are ready to be rolled onto the stage during rehearsals (making it that much easier for actors to visualize exactly what they need to). “Zombie Prom,” USU Eastern’s first production is coming together rather quickly and this is due to the set designer, Brent Innes. With many set designs under his belt, Innes is
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already doing a fantastic job on the set of the musical. Every day the set production class accomplish more than many would think possible. There is always a new piece on the stage for rehearsals that night. Innes works on sets for USU Eastern, and travels back to St. George every weekend to continue his work for Tuachan throughout the fall semester. Innes has never been involved with the production of “Zombie Prom” before, but doesn’t let this deter him in anyway. From the beginning, Innes has had a clear set path that will help him execute the set. The ideas he has for the set comes from comic-books, “The inspriation for
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version site from the ground up, and the emails in February between Mantz, Polster and Bowen indicate the Price campus IT department was not able to identify what software was running on the server, because they had never taken an active roll in server maintenance or administration. “The most involvement Eric and his department has had with server is rebooting the server upon failure and making an occasional backup,” Bowen said. “The machine running the website today has been online since 2008, so in five years, the most active roll IT had played was taking the system down two weeks ago,” he said. As vice-chancellor of information-technology, Mantz has the ability to take The Eagle offline. In the event that the site is taken offline, Mantz is required to restore accessibility of The Eagle to students and the general public, once a security threat is deemed inconsequential, Polster said. She contacted Bowen, confirmed with him the hack was unsubstantiated, and requested the webpage to go back online. Mantz responded, “even if I put the site back up, it would not function right.” Polster proceeded to explain to Mantz that The Eagle’s design, content and maintenance
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is provided by Eastern’s JCOM Department, and any problem can easily be fixed by Bowen. After a continued debate, Mantz ended the conversation saying, “I will see you in the chancellor’s office,” and hung up. According to Polster, he refused to bring The Eagle back online, refused to cooperate with her and Bowen, and ultimately denied everyone access to the content of The Eagle’s current and past journalistic works. In emails from USU Assistant Professor of Journalism, Matthew LaPlante, about the site being taken down, he said The Eagle’s staff feels it is being held hostage by Mantz and the university. The student journalists cannot publish right now, and the entirety of their online work has been taken off the web. LaPlante said, “Right now, the university is in the unenviable position of being in wholesale censorship of The Eagle’s works. That’s not hyperbole, it’s de facto censorship. It seems reasonable, that they should want to resolve this situation with haste and without ransom.” Melanie Nelson, associate vice chancellor, is working with Mantz to get him to put The Eagle back online. After seven days of the site being down, Mantz sent an email to Polster and Nelson that “the website side of things is up.
The only missing content that I can see (and probably the culprit that took it down) is the main page. I believe Susan knows how to load this content.” Thirteen days after Mantz took the site offline, it can only be viewed by on-campus viewers. There is no access to The Eagle website off campus. Eagle Editor Ashley Stilson says, “We keep getting complaints from students, parents, faculty and alumni that the website is down. All we want is for Mantz to put the website back up so it can be viewed both on and off campus.” During Bowen’s journalistic career as an editor of five newspapers, he believes, “there is a tendency in the IT world to control things.” And by Mantz controlling the website and restricting access, is not only illegal, but a violation of the First Amendment. The First Amendment provides for more freedom than just freedom of the press. And it should be understood, that the freedom of the press, guaranteed under the First Amendment, is not a right granted only to The New York Times, or to other newspaper publishers, but to the people, as citizens, to publish without the fear of censorship, regardless of whether that censorship comes from Congress or the president, or from the IT department at a remote campus in a small Utah town.
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centered, a common thread found in much of her work experience. Following Caravan, Rowley came to the College of Eastern Utah to work in the TRIO Student Support Services program, designed to support low-income, first-generation students get on the right track. She learned the nuts and bolts of aiding in student success, attributes that help her in her position today. In Aug. 2011, the federal grant funding her position was closed. As one door closed, another opened, and a short three days later, Rowley found herself
again in the offices upstairs. Fall semester began, this time around Rowley was at the front desk. She credits her fellow staff members for her success at the task. The hardest part of her job, Rowley said, “is not being able to alter the hard things for students (financial aid, graduation requirements, etc.), it’s hard to watch students struggle.” Her sincerity and genuine interest for the students are conveyed as one speaks with her. “I really don’t know why I got the award. I don’t always do things perfectly, but I try to make things
personable. There is always some form of common ground with the student, and I want to make that connection with them.” A large contributing factor to her nomination and acceptance of the staff-of-the-year award was her departure to Houston, Texas, to donate stem cells to her sister with cancer. The transplant took place Oct. 16, 2012. This selfless act has set an example of charity and compassion here at USU Eastern. It’s nice to know that there is a staff here with those qualities, and for that one can be grateful.
the set is really coming from comic-books. The script is very much comic book style, so the set will be too. There are going to be a lot of almost too real colors. Bright greens and pinks.” He said that he was going to have a few surprises for the audience. Working with Tuachan, Innes has been involved in many productions over the years. The ones he says he’s most proud to have been involved in is “James and the Giant Peach,” “Aladdin,” “Little Mermaid” and “Sweeney Todd.” These productions took place at Tuachan, Dixie State and Utah State University. In addition to all of the productions he has been able to participate in, Innes has a bucket list of shows he
would like to do in the future. “Rocky Horror Show” and “Batboy the Musical” are two of the ones that have made the cut. Whether these will make a debut on Eastern’s stage remains to be seen. It’s obvious that he has many creative ideas and will bring a lot to the theater department. Innes says he has no specific plans in the future for USU Eastern, but does know that he will make big things happen. Already with “Zombie Prom,” he started to do incredible things on stage. With a fun and interactive set, this show will be a fun night of entertainment for everyone.
Helping people succeed in business is entrepreneur’s goal Rich Christiansen encourages, “If one idea fails, then try another.” Jonathon Fox
staff writer j.fox@eaglemail.ceu.edu Entrepreneur Rich Christiansen spoke on how to succeed in the business world Sept. 4, to business students of USU Eastern. He was a guest speaker in “an Entrepreneurial Forum.” The forum is held every few weeks by Professors Henning Olson and Russell Goodrich as part of their new class, “An Entrepreneurial Mindset.” Christiansen is an entrepreneur who founded or co-founded 32 businesses. Although 11 of those were “complete failures,” 11 others have become multimillion-dollar companies. He says his “true passion and talent is in the startup and launch of technology-oriented companies.” Having had so much joy and success in his field, Christiansen wants to help others succeed as well. “I take great pride and satisfaction,” says Christiansen, “in mentoring young, talented individuals and helping business opportunities emerge.” In his presentation, he taught students how to have the mindset necessary to be successful in the business world. He explained that for an entrepreneur, it is absolutely necessary to accept that failure is going to happen. He asked how many of those present
in the room had started a business before. He then asked one person in particular how it was going, or how it went. Upon hearing that it was going fairly well, he said, “I almost wish that it had failed the first time.” Christiansen explained that it isn’t that he didn’t want him to be successful, but that “it is more about failing efficiently than it is about not failing.” He wanted students to realize that in the real world, it doesn’t work out every time. And he hopes that they won’t get discouraged, but rather will adopt an attitude of persistence. If one idea fails, then try another. “Starting a business,” says Christiansen, “is like trying to
charge up Mount Everest. If you were to charge straight up the side of the mountain, you would die. It is physically impossible because you would increase too quickly in elevation for your body to adjust.” Just as it is impossible to charge straight up the side of the mountain, it is nearly impossible to be successful starting a busi-
ness by charging straight ahead. He suggests instead a series of “zig-zags” to rise to the challenge. This zig-zag business model is outlined in his book, “ZigZag Principles.” There are three zig-zags: drive to profitability, adding processes and resources, adding scale. Many people have good ideas, and they have all the motivation in the world, but often they lack the direction to turn that “drive” into “profitability.” The first zig focuses on determining whether your idea has potential, and planning how to market it. Christiansen said that before worrying about producing your idea, you should worry about how you’re going to market it. The second zag, “adding Processes and Resources” is the second step – actually producing it. As part of this, Christiansen discussed the importance of networking. The last zig, “adding scale,” is about setting up your business so that it keeps going. “Business gets really fun for me,” he says, “when I can make money while I’m sleeping, on vacation, or working on my next project.” That is what adding scale is all about, and that is the goal of putting in the hard work of starting a business. As someone who has started 32 businesses, he tells people that the way to be successful is to have the right attitude – don’t get discouraged, and to break the task down. To zig-zag.
rEaD tHe eAgLe oNlinE!
Spotlight on student leaders: residential life and ESA of
What are some your duties?
I am the president of the residential advisors. Basically I am in charge of everyone else on paper, but I really do all the same things as the other ones. I do normal R.A duties, I do rounds, I put flyers on the bulletin boards. I do office hours, and deal with problems when my residents have issues. Do you have any specific ideas to help improve the school? Me personally, I don’t have
Shadayah Jones any specific ideas. But as a whole, we are planning on doing a lot of changes to the halls. We are redecorating in an attempt to make them a more open environment. What is the best part of your job? Definitely getting to know of all the new residents. There are a ton of new people to meet. Why would you suggest students live in the resident halls? If you live off campus,
you just don’t get the social life you do if you live on campus. There are always things going on or people to meet. Plus, being on campus means you get to know everything going on. What two celebrities would you pick to be your parents? Well it can’t be anyone who I have a crush on, so I have to think really hard about this one. Um, I’d pick Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. If I had them as parents then I could sing.
What are some of your duties? My official title is “student advocate.” I am a member of student government, serving as one of the project managers. My job is to make sure that student’s voices are heard. I ensure the rights of students. In general, I am the student lawyer. I am here to make sure that students aren’t overlooked. Do you have any specific ideas to help improve the school?
Michael Perry I just want to help faculty and staff understand student’s needs more keenly. I think that they get overlooked sometimes, and I just want to stop that from happening.
L et you r issue be heard, come talk to a student leader or someone on staff you trust. Get someone to hear you. If they don’t hear you, it won’t be solved.
What is the best part of your job?
Big Mac’s or Whoppers?
Making a change for the good. I really like understanding the student’s needs and what they need.
Fa st fo o d’s g r o ss. I haven’t ate at McDonald’s for three years. Every time I’d eat there, I would get sick. And it was three different places, it wasn’t just place.
What would you suggest to a student who is having an issue on campus?
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A pair of Puma soccer cleats on the soccer field behind the BDAC building where the Eagles will compete in competitive soccer next fall.
Golden Eagle soccer to compete in 2014
Utah State University Eastern Chancellor Joe Peterson and Athletic Director Dave Paur announced that USU Eastern will sponsor men’s and women’s soccer teams starting in fall 2014. The teams will be slated to compete during the 20142015 academic school year. USU Eastern will become the second junior college athletic program to sponsor soccer within the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Dave Paur, athletic director said the Golden Eagles will look to compete with region nine for scheduling because they are closest region that sponsors soccer. “It is a golden opportunity to sponsor soccer,”
said Paur. “We will be the second JUCO in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Western Colorado to sponsor soccer. The other being North Idaho College, but they generally schedule with teams in Oregon and Washington . This decision will attract several students to our campus.” Alex Herzog, associate vice-chancellor said the institution will be posting the job within the coming months with hopes of hiring one coach to be in charge of
both programs by the first of January.
“This is a great opportunity for our institution to dive into an untapped market,” said Herzog. “We hope to find a coach who is willing to put in the time and effort required to not only start one program, but two.” Dave Paur echoed Herzog’s comments on the task at hand for the future coach of the programs. “We will be sending out recruiting
Former Eagle, Ime Udoka, now NBA coach Udoka played at CEU from ‘95-97
sistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs. Udoka’s first two years of college basketball started at USU Eastern in 1995-97 where he averaged 11.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 3.6 assists as a freshman and 14.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game as a sophomore. He also recorded the first triple-double in the college’s history sports edior with 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists in a b.lainhart@eaglemail.edu game, eventually earning All-Conference honors. He moved on to the University of San FranIme Udoka, a former Golden Eagle “small” cisco for a year, before transferring to Portland forward (6 feet 6 inches), has a successful career State University where he had to sit for a season with seven years in the NBA and is now an asbefore playing again, due to NCAA Division rules. In his senior year at PSU, he earned First Team All-Big Sky honors when he led the team in scoring with 14.5, rebounding 7.3 averaged per game and 13 blocked shots and 38 steals. He was ranked ninth for scoring, third in rebounding, and fifth in steals in his conference. In that year he posted three double-doubles, narrowly missing a triple double with 14 points, a career-high 13 rebounds and 9 assists verses Cal State Northridge. He started all 22 games that he appeared in. He made the jump to professional ball by playing a season for the Fargo-Moorhead Beez, the following year in the International Basketball Association. Two years later, Udoka was drafted into the NBADL by the Charleston Lowgators as the 39th overall pick. He photo courtesy Adjalma Becheli played the full 2002-03 Ima Udoka and Coach Adjalma Becheli met last summer. season with the Lowga-
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tors, averaging 10.3 points and 5.4 rebounds in the 50 games he played in. The next season he finally got his NBA debut when the Las Angeles Lakers called him up in the 2003-04 season where he appeared in four games, later finishing out the season with the Lowgators ranking third in the league with scoring, averaging 16.9 points and seventh in rebounding, with 7.2 rebounds per game. After a stint in Europe with the French ProA League, he returned to the states and was once again drafted in NBDL. This time by the Fort Worth Flyers, he was drafted third overall in the 2005 NBDL draft. He averaged 17.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game with the Flyers. Udoka was invited to his hometown Portland Trail Blazer’s training camp before the 2006–07 season. He impressed the coaching staff there with his defense and professionalism, and made the team. Starting in all 75 games he played, he played an average of 28.6 minutes per game. Posting numbers of 8.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.9 steals a game. In 2007, Udoka signed a two-year contract with San Antonio and played in 73 games, averaging 5.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in 18 minutes. On his second season with the Spurs, Udoka played in 67 games, averaging 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 15.4 minutes. Following the 2009 season, Udoka became a free agent, eventually signing with the Sacramento Kings. He played 69 games with the Kings, averaging 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 13.7 minutes. For the 2010-11 season, he rejoined the Spurs, but after playing in 20 games he was dropped from the team. He then went back to Europe to play with the ACB League in Spain on the UCAM Merica. The next year he got a call from his old coach from the Spurs informing him of a coaching position they’d like him to fill. Udoka accepted, leaving an offer to return to Spain and play. “I had to decide in about two weeks,” Udoka says. “It was a difficult decision, but I knew it was a great opportunity for what I want to do in the future. It just came a few years earlier than I had planned.” – (Interview by Kerry Eggers)
information to high school and club soccer coaches over the next few weeks to get the word out,” said the longtime athletic director. “We want to ease the recruiting process as much as we can for the new coach.” With the addition of the soccer programs USU Eastern will now sponsor six varsity sports. “We have always talked about adding sports at Eastern but it was always just talk,” said Paur. “Last October our former SID KC Smurthwaite put together an actual proposal with numbers on how it could impact the community and the school. The addition of soccer will help build USU Eastern as an institution and provide a boost to our enrollment”
Adrian Peterson on the road to 2,500 yards Travon Langston sports writer t.langston@eaglemail.edu
Last year, star running back Adrian Peterson had a great comeback season, rushing over 2,000 yards, and was shy 8 yards of the all-time single rushing yards record. In 2011, Peterson tore his ACL, and missed 8 months due to the severe injury. With bold statements, Peterson claimed this upcoming season he will break the all-time record, the only reason why he didn’t break the record was because he was worried about making it to the playoffs that season. Critics doubt him, remarking that he won’t even come close to breaking the record; Peterson said, “I look at all the negativity, in a positive stand point. The only way I will beat the record is if I take in all the negative comments and strive to success, and prove my doubters wrong.” This news comes only a few hours after Peterson told the Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that he feels like he’s getting younger. “I feel like me not realizing it helps me. Me not thinking about, ‘Well, my clock is starting to tick. Getting older and older.’ That’s not doing nothing but hurting me. So I’m thinking in my mind that each year I’m getting younger,” said Peterson. With his quarterback, Christian Ponder, throwing 13 and 12 interceptions respectively over his first two seasons, and last year he only had 6.1 yards per attempt, should help Peterson get more touches and get that much closer to his goal. Is this task going to be easy? No, Adrian Peterson is a great running back and doing what he did last year was phenomenal but, teams are going to expect Peterson to get more carries, and they are going to force the Minnesota Vikings to beat them by passing the ball, according to NBC Sports. With two games down the drain in the 2013-2014 football season, Peterson is on a good pace. He has 44 carries for 193 yards, almost averaging 100 yards a game is a great start for him. He is also averaging 4.4 yards per carry. Having only 12 more games left in the regular season, Peterson needs to at least have 209 yards per game if he wants to beat the record, which would put him at 2,508 yards per game, NBC Sports reported. Once again this isn’t going to be a cake walk; this is going to take blood, sweat, and tears if he wants to hold the record for most rushing yards in one year. But if anyone is going to be able to pull it off, don’t put it past AP.
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Basketball role model Krista Hamilton
sports writer k.hamilton@eaglemail.com USU Eastern has players from all over the country and all from different parts of the world who are eager to come play a sport they love. One athlete on the USUE girl’s basketball team hasn’t had to travel far to live her dream. Rachel Scoggins is a 5 foot 8 inch sophomore who is returning to play basketball for the Golden Eagles as a guard playing either the 2 or 3. She is one of the few players who resides in Price. She graduated from Carbon High School with a graduating class of 200 students. Many athletes who work hard to become a college athlete have multiple goals while in college, whether these goals are sports related or scholastically related. Some of the goals may go by semester, it may go by each test they take on a certain subject, and for athletes, it may be
through the entire season or the goals may change each game. Scoggins’ goals for this year are to graduate from USU Eastern with her associate’s degree then go up to Utah State or the University of Utah to receive a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. Many athletes have a favorite team or a favorite player who they like to follow. Scoggins’ favorite team is the Boston Celtics and her favorite player is Rajon Rondo, a 6 foot 1 inch point guard who, coincidentally, plays for the Boston Celtics. When asked how she feels about basketball she replied, “I love basketball and I can’t wait till the season starts!” Scoggins is a very important part of the team and many of the girls see her as a role model. She encourages players through practice with her energy and kindness. She is always willing to help out a teammate in any way she can, showing the leadership every team needs. She is currently coaching volleyball at Helper Jr. High.
Play with all your heart Rachel Scoggins
sports writer r.scoggins@eaglemail.com Krista Hamilton, a Century High School graduate from a class of 150, is from Blackfoot, Idaho. She is one of two children and has a 24-year-old brother. She came to USU-Eastern to try the college experience and to continue her schooling. Like many freshmen this year she is enjoying the new experience. From the residence halls to the cafeteria, she is learning many new ideas and traditions of the USU campus. She also enjoys how everyone is “chill” and how they are approachable and easy to talk too. Her hometown of Blackfoot is a small town where everyone knows everyone. It sounds a lot like Price, but it mainly consists of farmers and crops… that’s probably why it is known as the largest potato industry in the world. The total population is 11,899 people. She grew up on a farm so she understands what hard work is, everyday she had a certain routine that needed to be done. Throughout her high school experience, Hamiton participated in basketball, soccer, track, and softball. One of the benefits from living in a small town, she was allowed to do and experience all these sports. In high school, she played any position
that the coach told her to do. During the spring she decided to come to USU Eastern to tryout for the basketball team. Now she is a part of this year’s 2013 team. She is a 5-foot 11-inch post player and she plays with heart. She loves the game and is glad she decided to tryout for the team. Everyone on the team is excited for the season to start. A lot has changed for this year’s goals for the new basketball season, because a whole new offense and defense has been put into action. The reason for the change in Coach Dave Paur’s words, “we will not lose 60-65,… if we do lose, it will be 90-100.” The team’s goals is to shoot 90 shots and for at least half of them to be three-pointers. The team has to try and get 30 turnovers, and they constantly have to be pushing the ball up and down the court faster than the other team. With the new style of ball there will be more entertainment for anyone who will be watching and it will be at a quicker pace compared to the past. The games don’t start until Oct. 18, at a tournament in Salt Lake City; and they don’t stop until the end of February for the region tournament held at Snow College. This will be the first time the Lady Eagles will tryout the new offenses and defenses.
photos courtesy of Tyson Chappell
Golden Eagle volleyball team playing the Utah State Alumni team.
Volleyball brings home wins David Osborne Jr.
staff writer d.osborne@aggiemail.usu.edu The USU Eastern Golden Eagles volleyball team headed down to Scottsdale, AZ, to participate in another tournament in hopes to prepare the team for region play. The team played six games, going 2-4. In the first game of the tournament the Golden Eagles faced the South Mountain Community College Cougars from Arizona. USU Eastern lost in five sets, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, 26-24, 15-12. The team had 44 kills in the five sets but also had 26 errors. The first set was the team’s best statistically speaking with nine kills, only three errors with 26 total attempts. Whitney Riffle and Koralys Gonzalez led the tem with 11 points apiece. Riffle also led the team with kills, nine. For the second game of the tournament, USU Eastern faced the Pima Community College Aztecs out of Tucson Arizona. The Golden Eagles dropped that match as well losing 3-1. Unfortunately at the time of this article there was no more information available other then the set score. In the third game of the tournament, USU Eastern faced the Glendale Community College Vaqueros. Eastern lost in 3-1 going, 23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18. Once again the Golden Eagles were able to take the first set but unable to use that as momentum in the rest of the match. The first set went well for
the team with only three errors, 17 kills with 45 total attacks for a .311 scoring percentage. Jessica Wilcox led the team with 10 kills while adding 11 digs. USU Eastern faced the Phoenix College Bears. The Golden Eagles got off to a slow start dropping the first set but taking the next three for their first win of the tournament going 3-1, 25-20, 18-25, 18-25, 19-25. The Golden Eagles only gave up a .044 kill percentage to the Bears. Following the win, USU Eastern had the opportunity to face former College of Eastern Utah (USU Eastern) head coach Brent Martindale and his Mesa Community College Thunderbirds. The Golden Eagles had a rough start again dropping the first and second sets but were able to battle back and took the next three and a win away from the former head coach, 3-2, 25-21, 25-23, 18-25, 13-25, 6-15. In the final game of the tournament Eastern had to face Arizona Western College, the tenth ranked volleyball team in the nation, as of the September 9 poll. The Golden Eagles lost in four, 3-1, 25-14, 22-25, 25-14, 25-15. Ta l k i n g a b o u t her team, head
Josh Van Weezep
coach Chelsey Warburton said, “We are continually working on minimizing our errors. If we can do that and play competitively the entire match we are hard to beat.” So far this season the Golden Eagles have 274 errors, including 58 service errors, 60 reception errors and 16 block errors. When asked about team leaders, Warburton responded, “Paige Peterson and [Jessica] Wilcox continue to lead us. They are both sophomores so they know what to expect and know the level we need to compete at to be successful. “ The Golden Eagles will host the Salt Lake All-Stars on Friday September 20 at 7 pm in the BDAC before starting region play on September 27, hosting the North Idaho College Cardinals.
Abby Call
Number: 23
Number: 30
Position: Guard
Position: Shooting Guard / Small Forward
Hometown: Farmington
Hometown: Syracuse, UT
Major: Undecided
Major: General Studies
Hero and Why: Brad Barton / Parents = Beasts
Hero and Why: My parents because they do so much for me.
Something most people don’t know about you: I speak Spanish
Something most people don’t know about you: I am part Mexican
Why did you come to USU Eastern: Brad Barton
Why did you come to USU Eastern: To play basketball
Favorite thing about USU Eastern: Basketball
Favorite thing about USU Eastern: Playing basketball, my teammates & friends Favorite thing about your sport: Shotting and playing defense
Favorite thing about your sport: Shooting 3’s and Winning
Erin Ann Thomas
will be reading from her award-winning book:
Coal in Our Veins Thursday September 19th @ 6 p.m. USU Eastern Alumni room
Sponsored by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies and the USU Department of History
Free Admission Public Welcome
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Photos courtesy Terry Johnson. Layout Kate Johnson
September 19, 2013