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Season of laughs, thrills, nostalgia Theatre department presents “I’ll Be Back Before Midnight”
The USU Eastern theatre faculty is excited to announce its 2012-2013 season. It promises to be a season of laughs, thrills and maybe some nostalgia, says Dr. Corey Ewan. “After having to rethink our first show due to circumstances beyond our control, we will open on Oct. 4-13 with I’ll Be Back Before Midnight written by Peter Colley.” Ewan will direct the show. It is a murder/thriller with the plot centering on a husband, Greg, and his wife, Jan, who’s recovering from a nervous disorder. They rent a remote farmhouse from an odd farmer who delights in telling gruesome ghost stories. When the husband’s sister arrives, all manner of frightening events occur. Bodies appear and disappear pushing Jan closer and closer to the brink of madness. “It will keep you jumping and guessing to the end,” Ewan said. “Rehearsals have been fun with a cast of new faces, Ewan added. Playing Jan is freshman Miranda Cox from Bear River High School. Playing Greg, her husband is returning sophomore Timothy Swensen, from Grantsville High School. Rounding out the cast include Cameron West, a USU Eastern Ambassador and freshman from Juab High School and Brynne Hunt, freshman from Carbon High School. “They are an enthusiastic bunch and are really being put through their paces as they are learning new things and dealing with an eccentric director,” Ewan said. We will follow it with a holiday favorite, A Christ-
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(L-R) Timothy Swanson, Miranda Coz and Cameron West rehearse for upcoming production of I’ll Be Back Before Midnight.
mas Story, written by Jean Shepherd and adapted by Philip Grecian. This is Shepherd’s memoire of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s. “Join us on Ralphie’s quest to get “an official Red
Ryder 200 shot, carbine action, range model air rifle,” without shooting his eye out and avoiding Aunt Clara’s Christmas present,” Ewan said. This is a Christmas favorite and will be quite fun
GraduatePrograms.com announces new grad program rate & review website
Who can students trust more than anyone else? Other students. Graduate Programs is proud to introduce www.graduateprograms.com, an online destination for prospective students to explore graduate school programs with information from the most reliable source: their peers. The goal is to create a community of student experiences and observations of graduate programs across the country. The more students put into it, the more students get out of it. The Rate and Review function is unique. Students will choose the number of stars that
accurately corresponds with their opinion about aspects of the program -- athletics, campus housing, etc. -- and then leave a short comment. Graduate Programs will compile student comments and starred reviews so students can read them when they’re making their decisions about different graduate programs. Think of it as a forward-thinking marriage between the Princeton Review and Yelp. And students who post a review will be entered for a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded four times per year. “We’re really excited about this launch. There’s no other website like ours to provide
to see live. Kris Bushman-Stuffle, visiting lecturer and CEU alumna, will direct this soon to become perennial favorite. Almost Maine by John Cariani will open the Spring Semester season. Directed by professional actor and director Morgan Lund, Almost Maine is a series of love stories, both “unexpected and hilarious” taking place “on a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter in the fictional town of Almost, Maine. The New York Daily News calls it “sweet, poignant and witty.” The final production of the year finds Ewan directing Ken Ludwig’s comedy, Moon Over Buffalo. It is a backstage farce dealing with Charlotte and George Hay on tour in Buffalo, NY. They get an unexpected shot at starring in a film directed by Frank Capra of It’s a Wonderful Life fame, who is also flying in to see their matinee performance. “Hilarious misunderstandings pile on madcap adventures . . . in this love letter to live theatre (The Boston Herald).” This will be a great theatre season with a bit of everything for everyone. All productions will take place in the Geary Theatre on the USU Eastern campus. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. there are no Wednesday or Sunday shows. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, $5 for non-USU students and faculty, and as always, $2 for USU students with a current USU activity card.
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students with peer-reviewed graduate programs. And really, no one knows better than other students about whether a program is the right fit,” said Harvey Berkey, chief operating officer of Graduate Programs. At Graduate Programs, students will also find information about graduate programs across a wide spectrum of fields: grad school test requirements and study tips; how to write the perfect personal statement; how to nail the interview; what to do if a student is denied admission to graduate school; and other crucial advice for potential and current graduate students.
How not to get a parking ticket at USU Eastern Seth Richards
assistant news editor s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu On the subject of not parking like myself or my freshman compatriots Campus police don’t write many parking tickets at USU Eastern. Only one parking job has merited a ticket this academic year. The car in question was parked over two spaces. As it relates to the USU Eastern campus and the immediate vicinity, the Utah Code 41-6a-1401 prohibits double parking; parking at intersections, within 20 feet of crosswalks, within 30 feet of a safety zone, in a manner that would obstruct traffic, in front of driveways, within 30 feet of a stop sign, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or where signs restrict parking. These restrictions are subject to exception in the event of redirection of traffic by a peace officer or in an effort to avoid hitting vehicles or people. Not complying with these requirements can lead to municipal tickets, to be paid at the Price justice court located at 120 East Main Street in Price. Offenses specific to the campus include parking without a permit, parking in the cosme-
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An Illegal parking job on campus.
tology spaces without an appointment or permit, fake permits, parking in a disability space, as well as the citable offenses listed above. Most first time campus tickets come with a fee of $25, however, tickets for fraudulent permits, parking in disability parking spaces, in the red zone or within 15 feet of a hydrant will be between $75
Day of Caring, Service “The USU Eastern community has several opportunities to get involved and do good in our community on Saturday, September 8,” said Terry Johnson, SUN Center director. United Way is sponsoring a “Day of Caring” where several service
opportunities are planned. He said the Emery County’s Mammoth Marathon could use more help manning the water stations, and the state rodeo club will be here needing help with their concession stand. The Day of Caring starts at Fresh Market with a free continental
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The kickoff will be held at Fresh Market where a free continental breakfast will be provided for the volunteers. There will be a
Free BBQ at The Dino-Mine Skate Park at 1:00 PM
DAY OF CARING A few of our projects for this year include:
Clean-up of the Helper Walkway, Clean-up of Wood Hill Landscaping at Active Re-Entry , Working with Helper Communi-‐ ty Day of Service, Renovating the Boys and Girls Club new location , Working in the Food Bank’s People’s Garden For more information contact United Way 637-8911 or Carole@uweu.org Sponsored By: Castleview Hospital, Fresh Market, Peterson Chemical, Price City Sutherlands, & Wal-Mart
and $100 as well as coming with a municipal ticket. Initial municipal tickets for parking in disability parking spaces start at $250. Campus tickets may be paid to Robbin Snow in the Eagle Station Post Office or the Purchasing and Receiving building. In an effort to avoid the extra expense of parking tickets this year, it is suggested that drivers follow the aforementioned guidelines. Of particular concern are the more easily overlooked practices of parking over the yellow line and parking with bumpers over the sidewalk in the winter. All vehicles ticketed at the college are photographed. Drivers will probably be safe if their tires are on the yellow line, and even if they are immediately adjacent, but any farther and one assumes a risk of a ticket or citation. Campus police request that with the advent of winter in the next few months, individuals parking on campus familiarize themselves with not parking their bumpers over the sidewalk. While this is not normally a ticketed offense, it blocks the sidewalk traffic and creates an unnecessary liability for the driver. Warnings will be given to vehicles parked over the sidewalk as a reminder to be more courteous to fellow drivers and pedestrians.
breakfast at 7:30 a.m., ending with a luncheon at 1 p.m. at the Dino –Mine Skate Park. The marathon starts at the Huntington Park in Huntington, Utah, at 6 a.m., and ends around noon with a luncheon at the Swinging Bridge in the San Rafael Swell. The rodeo club can use help Friday and Saturday throughout most of the day, Johnson said.
“Our students do a great job volunteering and they invite you to be involved with them for these worthwhile events. Please let me know where you may be able to help so that I can let the organizers know,” Johnson said. He is located on the second floor of the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center and can be reached at 613.5324 or e-mail at terry. johnson@usu.edu
Nathan Manley
set the guitar on and even better, if you have something to rest the guitar’s neck. The advantage to having a work area is this will free up your hands and you have all your materials in front of you, see example 1. Next, after you’re set up, release the tension from all six strings and take them off the machinehead posts and from underneath the bridge pins on the opposite side. Their are various multi-tools you can purchase(along with new strings) either in Price at Lee’s Music or any other music store that can help pull out the pins and also cut and wind the strings. Once all the old strings are removed, I clean my guitar of all the gunk that accumulates from the dirt and oils from my fingers or even skin particles that are shredded from your fingertips while strengthening your calluses. At this point it might be easiest to put the set of new strings back in with the bridge pins, see example 2. Although if you would like to focus on one string at a time, it is entirely up to you. Either way, once they’re inserted into the
staff writer n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu Aldo music lovers. Welcome back to school and, if you are still reading, welcome to my music column. Let me give you a little back ground of myself. I am Nathan Manley and am a non-traditional sophomore. I am a declared music major, focusing on voice and guitar. I have played guitar for over 15 years and taught off and on for the last seven. Something I hear often when I tell people I’m a guitarist is, “I have a guitar and I’d play it more, but it needs new strings.” I’m willing to bet many of you have this problem and it baffles me because I love playing on a brand new set of strings and it takes little time and effort to change them. I thought I might help by teaching you the quickest and most effective way to change a set of guitar strings on an acoustic guitar. First, I recommend to have a clean area like a workbench, a kitchen counter or even coffee table. Just something that you can
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bridge and they’re ready to start winding onto the head posts. Just a side note, I always start with the smallest gauge or number one/ high E string and work my way up to the thickest gauge or number six/low E string. Personally, I use medium-gauge strings so the high E will be .013mm and low E will be .056mm. String sizes and brands is all personal preference and there are literally hundreds to choose from so it might be wise to experiment with various sizes and brands. There are many ways to secure the string around the post with a hundred winds or knots, but recently I found a new way that is proving effective. The first thing you want to do is align all the post holes so they’re perpendicular with the neck. Next, pull the string all the way through the post hole while still leaving a little slack around the nut (or the end slot of the neck), see example 3. Just remember to go from the outside in, once the string is through the post hole. Just thread the string underneath itself, see example 4. Then all you do is the opposite, going from the inside out
back over itself. Basically you’re just wrapping the string around itself instead of around the post, see example 5. This method locks the string in place so all you need to do is tune the string. While you’re winding the string, it’s best to keep tension on the string just above the nut to force the wind (or the number of times it wraps around the post) downwards, see example 6. Once again remember you can either do each individual string separately or thread them all at the same time as shown in the last example. Basically that’s all folks, really simple stuff. Remember to work from the outside in, go underneath the string, pull it tight, go the opposite direction over top of the string and pull it tight again. Follow those directions and try to use the photographs to help. Remember new strings need to stretch so once you get it tuned, it will take a few days for the new set of strings to completely stretch out. If any of this is confusing, find me on campus and I will be more than happy to help you with any guitar issues.
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