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September 8, 2011
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New year. New name. New floor. The new USU-Eastern gym floor
Seth Richards
Staff writer s.richards@eagle.ceu.edu
event are painted blue and gold with a message across their bellies that is unreadable because they are standing out of order. Then, a hush falls over the Photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle crowd as the team comes into sight. he scene opens in total They’re tall, they’re and utter chaos. Fans fast, and suddenly all five starters adorned in blue and gold are missing. They forgot to jump attire wave foam fingers, that hole, made by too many years people are shouting war cries of use, . Many, upon seeing the across the floor, and those guys new floor in the gymnasium were who seem to be at every campus shocked and awed that the floor
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Former student named sports editor at Weber State University Former College of Eastern Utah student, and sports editor of The Eagle, Nathan Davis has continued his work in the journalism field, and has been named the sports editor of The Signpost at Weber State University. After leaving CEU in 2010 Davis who is originally from Idaho, transferred to WSU and started working on The Signpost as the assistant sports editor. During that year he contributed to an award winning sports page, but helping with the layout and design and covering multiple school sports. Davis was responsible for coverage of the WSU women’s soccer team, and the women’s basketball team. He also occasionally covered stories for the News page of the paper. At the end of the spring semester, Davis applied for the vacant position of sports editor. He was given the job, and began work in the summer. He attributed his success in the journalism field to The Eagle faculty advisor, Susan Polster. “I learned a lot from Susan,” Davis said. “She was a great mentor and helped me realize a talent that I didn’t really know I had. She was also the reason why I came to Weber State. I’m really grateful for
the time I spent at CEU.” The transition to working at WSU was something new for Davis, The Signpost is published three times a week. “It took a while to get used to the new work load. But, I was able to take the fundamental things I learned at CEU and apply them here. I really learned a lot in Price.” While at CEU, Davis worked closely with the athletics depart-
Nathan Davis
ment, forming close friendships with former CEU Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Craig, and many former CEU athletes. Davis said his most memorable moment at CEU was getting to cover the Scenic West Athletic Conference basketball tournament
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in his final year at the school. “I loved covering the SWAC tournament,” Davis said. “It was so fun to be able to go to every game, and see all the talent. It was the most fun I’ve had as a reporter. Especially when CEU won the tournament.” Davis is currently a junior at WSU, and is majoring in the communications field, and plans to graduate next year. He said he isn’t totally sure what he wants to do, but knows it will involve writing. “I don’t know exactly where I’ll end up after school. I’d love to get a job covering sports for a newspaper somewhere. I’ve also thought about teaching, or doing PR. All I know for sure is I want to continue writing.” While Davis is enjoying his time at WSU, he said the Eastern Utah would always hold a special place in his heart. “I love Price and the Eastern Utah area. I wouldn’t mind living there after college. It gets a lot of flak from people who haven’t lived there, but it really is a nice place.” At WSU Davis is continuing to learn and grow as a writer, and a journalist. He said he loves the school, and the newspaper there, but nothing could replace CEU.
Hopes for hoops Jasmine Tidwell
Number: 4
staff writer j.tidwell@eagle.ceu.edu
Position: Libero Hometown: Kuna, Idaho Major: Undecided Hero: High school volleyball coach Something most people don’t know about you: I write left
handed but am right-handed
Coach Brad Barton didn’t have many predictions as to how well his team would do this year, just a lot of hope. He certainly hopes that his team will do better then last year, and the second year head coach at USU Eastern feels that he has
was not gold to promote school spirit, but rather as a testament to 25 years of annual refinish. Others, who had seen the change of the floor coloration over time, were likely moved to actions and words of religious gratitude. Remarkably, for an object given the status of relic, no one seemed particularly bothered by this change. Basketball players, David Dawson and Demetrus Richarson, were moved to calling the court “Smooth” and “Gucci” respectively. While Candice Cornaby, a player on the USU Eastern women’s basketball team, is
Photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle
just glad not to be “Slippin’ and Slidin’”. This new floor was the product of favorable circumstances. When looking for a contractor to put the USU Eastern logo, created by the Logan graphic design team, Coach David Paur and Vice Chancellor Brad King, received a bid from Varsity Contractors to strip and redo the floor. Varsity, a Pocatello-based contracting company that specializes in customer satisfaction, was able to do the project for $25,000 when in the past it would have cost $60,000 or more. This bid included the logo
in the middle of the floor, the full name of the school at either end of the court, and a darker finish in the three-point ring. The project was approved by Chancellor Joe Peterson, and paid for by the operations and maintenance fund. The floor, which originally had an expected lifespan of 12 to 15 years, was then replaced after 25 years. No, we never lost basketball players into the floor, nor was it ever a real possibility, but after a structural component to the building is classified as a campus relic, you never can tell.
Former Eastern basketball coach lands new job Chris Craig will has been announced as College from1999-2002 during their backMidland College’s new head basketball coach. to-back ACCAC championships. From 2002Craig has served as the assistant coach/recruit- 2004, he played on the University of Texas ing coordinator at El Paso WAC for the Univerchampionship sity of Northteam for current er n Color ado Texas Tech Coach in Greeley, CO, Billy Gillespie. from 2010-2011. He holds a naPrior to that, he tional cup chamserved as assispionship with the tant coach and Tralee Tigers in later head coach Ireland’s top profor the College fessional league of Eastern Utah and the Licomeba in Price, UT. Championship D u r i n g with the ChihuaCraig’s coachhua Dorados in ing tenure, he Mexico’s profesled Eastern Utah sional league. to a Region 18 Craig states, “I title and third was already fairplace in the NJly familiar with CA A Tour naMidland College, ment in Hutchinbut the more I son Kansas. He found out about Coach Chris Craig and his daughter. also signed 12 MC and its baseventual Division I recruits at Eastern Utah. This ketball program, the more I knew that it was past year, he helped Northern Colorado reach a somewhere I could see myself and my family for Big Sky title and an NCAA Tournament berth. a long time. I am honored and excited to lead Craig played basketball for Arizona Western the Chaps basketball team.” guys with better character then last year. O ve r a l l t h e 2 011-2 012 men’s basketball team is better then their predecessors. Better character, better conditioned, and they have a better work ethic, reflected Barton. “We are not as big as we have been in the past, I think we shoot the ball better, but we will struggle on the boards. I hope we can convince our smaller guys to all crash the board”. As basketball fans know limiting you opponents second chance baskets is key to winning
games, and can be the difference between winning and losing. Many fans remember losing in the play-offs last year against Salt Lake Community College, where the team stayed close but lost in the fourth quarter. I asked Coach Barton to take this years team and put it in a fourth quarter situation against SLCC during play-offs. Do they win? “Wow that’s tough to judge, I most certainly hope that we win, but at this point it is hard to tell, “ said Coach Barton USU Eastern men’s basketball team was taking the added
effort to get well disciplined during open gym on Tuesday. Coach Barton laid down a tough foundation, telling players as they ran, to become mentally tough. Other teams are not going to care if they are tired, they will not stop playing at a fast tempo to let our players rest, Barton reminded the team. Barton feels they are the third or fourth most talented team in the conference and in order to become number one, the team needs to be mentally tough.
Baseball: fall ball schedule
Favorite thing about CEU: Volleyball! Favorite thing about volleyball: I like the intensity and
excitement Plans after CEU: Undecided Favorite moment while playing volleball: Winning the district championship my senior year. Photo byAdams/The Jessa Adams/The Photo by Jessa Love Eagle Eagle
Date Sept. 10th 2011
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Opponent Utah State University Club Team Salt Lake CC Chicago Cubs Scout Team Utah State University Club Team Colorado Bandits Elswood Elite Elswood Elite
Location Logan, UT
Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City, UT Price, UT Price, UT Price, UT Price, UT
Time 12:00
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