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October 18, 2012

New missionary departure age affects recruitment Karli Morris

editor-in-chief k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu On Saturday, Oct. 6, at 10:10 a.m. the recruitment plans of USU Eastern were drastically impacted. For Greg Dart, director of enrollment services, and the ambassador team it meant scrapping many of their previous tactics and going back to the drawing board. However, for athletics, the change didn’t have such an intense impact.

During its semi-annual General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that young men could now leave for missions at 18, and women at 19.

The announcement meant that USU Eastern needed to take a look at certain practices and make sure they were in line with current events. Dart said a new “Pre-Departure Care package” has been developed for anyone who takes a leave

of absence. Students can apply for admissions, scholarships, housing and even have a draft schedule put

together prior to leaving, and can even make sure that their parent or guardian has permission to

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finalize arrangement while they are away.

Dart says that USU Eastern will be hit with an immediate problem with enrollment, as many students have already announced their intentions to leave for their missions after fall semester.

“USU Eastern will be fighting more of an uphill battle than anyone else in Utah.”

Dart said that a large number of students are LDS and the announcement has a

potential to impact those students.

For non-LDS students, there will likely be more competition for those students as well.

USU Eastern Chancellor, Joe Peterson, “This is really going to impact us (USU Eastern). He explained his concerns for enrollment as USU Eastern has been used as a “way point” for students on their way to something else.

With missions happening directly after high school graduation, he worries the “way point” will be see Recruitment page 3

Tribute to Coach barton

Since 2008, Utah’s public At USU Eastern, enrollment higher education institutions have was down 200 students after the seen record enrollments and were college discontinued concurrent up nearly 18 percent in that time. enrollment in some areas in the The first “snapshot” of college state, and lost another 300 due to enrollments (fall semester, third last year’s small freshman class week) shows that the number of who went on to become sophostudents enrolled at Utah’s colleges mores this year. Those numbers and universities held steady with a account for the 476-student drop slight net decrease for the fall of from 2011 to 2012. In 2011, USU 2012. The Utah System of Higher Eastern’s headcount was 2,323, in USUE for 2012 it was 1,847 students. FullEducation (USHE) enrollment Yr Pct Headcount the Fall 2012 semester decreased Change Time Decrease Equivalent student enroll2006 by 38-full-time equivalent2236 students, ment went from 1,419 in 2011 to 91.1% of less 2037than -8.9% -199 1,284 in 2012. for 2007 a net decrease 2008 of 1percent 92.9% from 18932011. -7.1%The bright -144 spot in USU’s enrollone-half 113.2% 2142 saw 13.2% 249901-student freshman Four2009 of the eight institutions ment is the 2010 between 112.9% 2418 and 12.9% increases 1.9 percent class this 276 year which is 444 more 2011 while 85.4% -354 last year at this time. students than 3 percent, the other2064 four saw -14.6% 2012 ranging 89.5% Because -217 the freshman class numdecreases from 1.21847 percent -10.5% -21.1% -389 to 3.1 percent. see Enrollment page 3

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USU Eastern’s 14th annual Bread ‘n’ Soup Night begins Nov. 5 to help food bank USU Eastern’s 14th annual Bread ‘n’ Soup Night to benefit the Carbon County Food Bank will be three nights, beginning Monday, Nov. 5 and continuing each consecutive Monday, ending on the 19th (Nov. 5, 12 and 19).

USU Eastern student and SUN Center President, Shanna Frame of Bountiful who is in charge of the event, notes that, “We always get such a good feeling when we plan and prepare for this worthy event.

It’s become vitally important to our Food Bank, especially when so many people are in need.”

Members of Eastern’s dining service staff, under the direction of Becky Archibald, volunteer their time each Monday to create three delicious soups. Archibald works diligently to make soups that accommodate a variety of dietary needs and indicates that “in addition to a vegetarian choice each week, on Nov. 5 and 19, we are even serving a gluten-free option.”

Traditional favorites, like chicken noodle and cream of potato, are on the menu again this year, but Frame suggests that attendees should also watch for a fun new option or two.

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between 5 and 6:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. Prices are $6 for adults and students 15 and over, $4 for students 5 - 14.

Children 5 and under are admitted free. For the price of admission, each person will receive two tickets, good toward one bowl of soup apiece, with children 5 and under receiving one ticket. Additional tickets may be purchased for $2 per bowl.

In 2011, as a result of Bread ‘N Soup Night, USU-Eastern donated $3,811.21 to the Carbon County Food Bank, making the grand total over its 13 years to more than $32,000.

Menus for Bread ‘N Soup Night: Nov. 5—Cream of potato (vegetarian), chicken noodle, tomato (vegan and gluten free), rolls and butter Nov. 12—Cheesy broccoli (vegetarian), chicken caribbean, cream of potato (vegetarian), rolls and butter Nov. 19—Cream of potato (vegetarian), chili, clam chowder, tomato (vegan and gluten free), rolls and butter.

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Students and administration reflect on past year

A sobering night on the one-year anniversary of beloved Coach Brad Barton’s death where students and administration told their favorite stories about the “living the dream” coach. Dr. Alex Herzog, Dave Paur, Matt Goochis and Domique Laurence reflected on their memories about the 31-year-old coach who died on Oct. 4, 2011. The candlelight vigil had about 150 people attend.

Former USU Eastern student charged with rape A former USU Eastern student who is living in Orem, was charged with raping a woman he met on a LDS dating website ldssingles. com. According to KSL.com., he was charged in 4th District Court with rape and object rape, both first-degree felonies, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.

Claudiu Marius Bora, 33, who was born in Romania, arranged to meet his victim at the Provo

Seth Richards

news editor s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu A delegation from a technology college in the Democratic Republic of Congo toured the campus and facilities of USU Eastern on October 3.

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police said the woman tried to fight off Bora and said, ‘No.’ Bora allegedly kept telling the woman, ‘Didn’t you know that no means yes.’” The woman’s skirt was torn during the assault and she suffered lacerations to her genitals.

After Bora was arrested, he posted bond, according to jail records. He was released because, according to Provo Police Sgt. Brandon Post, Bora had no

Claudiu Marius Bora

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Temple. They went on a hike in Rock Canyon on July 6, where according to documents filed in 4th District Court, he tried to kiss the victim, but she rebuffed his advances.

Upon returning from the hike, the victim tried to get in her SUV, when Bora shoved her in the back seat where she was assaulted, reported the website.

In an article in the Salt Lake Tribune, “during the assault,

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Mende Omalanga, Provost of the Lodja University of Science and Technology Emile Kasende Okama, Lambert’s Secretary Jean Paul Olowa, Consultant Pungu Okito, and Congolese U.N. Representative Aena Louise Konde came to USU Eastern in search of a college with which they could organize an exchange that might help to fur-

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ther the educational quality of the University at Lodja and ultimately the Congolese economy.

This visit was prompted by a recent trip Mary Hubbard, USU vice provost for international education, and an entourage of USU faculty took to the Congo to open it up for Utah State international education.

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The delegation toured the Price campus with Alex Herzog, associate vice chancellor for student services, and dined with Chancellor Joe Peterson. They later toured the Logan Campus where Omalanga and Okoma signed an educational cooperation agreement with USU President see Congo page 3

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October 18, 2012

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Why we should change the way we vote C J Evans

viewpoints editor c.evans@eaglemail.ceu.edu When I was new to college and learning who I wanted to spend the rest of my life being, my political science instructor addressed our class on the first day and said, “No one in this room will ever be president.”

He looked me right in the eye, as if he knew that the moment he said those words, I resolved to become president at any cost. Immediately after class, I went to the library and began reading everything I could about presidents. My plan was to prove him wrong, become president and rub it in his face for telling me what I could and couldn’t do.

Unfortunately I learned early on that he was right; I would never be president. Not because I couldn’t handle the workload, but because I wa s n’t absolutely crazy. The most important lesson I learned

in my ill-advised quest to stick it to The Man was that presidency is a job reserved for the most special kind of crazy person, and its ultimately ours, as voters, who caused it all. Our system is broken, dangerous and a bit unsanitary, and all of that is driving away people who would make great presidents (people like me probably).

So with election season just a few weeks away, I’d like to tell us what we’re doing completely wrong.

Good or bad, we’re mostly electing lunatics.

An old saying seems to flow freely around this time and it says, “There’s a reason people spend millions of dollars to get a job that only pays in the thousands.” Case in point: from the very start, presidential candidates must be made aware of how detrimental and dangerous the position is, but they’re still just saying “Yep, sign me up!”

Now, I don’t want to say that all presidents are crazy, but that’s only because I want my next paper in political science to make huge waves and don’t want to spoil anything.

Even considering running for office takes, above all else, an ego the likes of which you or I will never be able to contemplate. A lot of tough jobs are out there, a lot that we look at

and can say even though we know we can’t do it, we understand how some people would be able to do it, at least on some level. We can guess what it would be like to be a cop, a doctor, a firefighter, or any other childhood fantasy job and figure out if you might be able to handle it.

The problem is that the presidency is in another league all of its own. Case in point, the president has a button in his office-house, and if he presses it, the U.S. launches bombs to wherever he wants. I can understand ambition, hard work and even daily suit-wearing, but that’s a level of personal power that I will never be able to intellectualize. I can’t begin to conceive the powers or pressures inherent to being the president, but some think they can.

Why it needs to change: because it’s a very important job that can only attract a specific breed of lunatic.

The type of person who decides to run for president is the type of person who can see how big and impossible the job is, a person who knows his life will be cut short by it, a person who knows that there’s a possibility that just by his/her running, he/she could destroy their spouse and children, and still says “Yes, I can do that!”

It’s a killing job Of the first 35 presidents, 25 died prematurely. Now I don’t mean they died tragically young like you see in dramatic movies today. I’m saying that there’s an average life span for everyone on the planet and that most presidents, by a crushing majority, died prematurely. Presidents on average, come from high brow backgrounds. This means that every one has access to the best doctors, facilities and medical treatments money can buy, and that stays with them before and after the White House. With everything available to them, you would expect them to live into the above average territory of their life expectancy. Yet 70 percent of them fell below average. Lets put this into greater perspective, if a car factory or doctor’s office boasted those kinds of statistics, where 70 percent of its employees weren’t reaching their life expectancy, it would be shut down in a heartbeat.

The presidency is a killing job.

I’m not the first one to call it that and, assuming that at least one person talks about this article with a friend, I won’t be the last. John Steinbeck said, “We give the president more work than a man can do, more responsibility than a man should

take, more pressure than a man can bear,” and that doesn’t even take into account the amount of slander and verbal assaults in the media that we expect them to take.

We do this because we want people attracted to the presidency to be the kind of people who can handle the job; we make it the hardest job in the country because we really only want the best of the best, but ultimately there will never be a person who’s up to the job.

The presidency is a job described by former presidents as “demanding and unrelenting” and “overwhelmingly lonely.” It’s a killing job, and we’ve made it that way by giving our presidents the amount of power and responsibility and blame that we have. If you saw a job opening where 70 percent of people died, there’s no way you would take that job, you’d have to be crazy to even want it.

It’s probably impossible to change the system, but I’m trying to tell a crabby, old American government professor to suck it, so I can’t entertain “probably impossible” as an option. I did my job by writing about this, and the rest is up to you.

So, when you go into the voting booths this November, vote for ... this article, I guess?

Voting rights in “The land of the free” James Justice

staff writer j.justice@eaglemail.ceu.edu America has long been the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave,” we are because of the amazing republic we live in. I heard America described as a, “light on a hill,” or “beacon of shining hope.”

But our way of life is being tested by one absolute truth: our generation is failing to vote. This has long been the case. How do we change it though?

How do we go from a generation that

is stagnant in the representation we have in Washington, which we are now, to a generation that fights for the rights we have and cherishes the freedoms of our great land.

The issue of voting rites in America has been a very heated issue since conception; eligibility is set by state and federal governments.

When the constitution was written only “white males” that owned land, or had enough wealth to be taxed could vote, (women and blacks, at first, were only allowed to vote in four states, not in the federal election), and there were also religious

prerequisites. These terms were originally in the Articles of Confederation and carried over to the present day Constitution. Even though the constitution said that we were a government by the people. In reality we were a white, m a le, landown-

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Thumbs up to Stan Martineau and the USU Eastern Automotive Department for sponsoring the second annual “National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey” in the Macdonald Career Center, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The biennial outreach event is dedicated to promoting the use of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles.

Thumbs down to students and staff smoking by the doors of campus buildings. The law says smokers must stand 25 feet away from the entrance of a building; this is definitely not the case throughout campus. And yeah, the rule is 25 feet, but why not stand even farther away, or not in the direct path of foot traffic. Others shouldn’t have to suffer because of another’s bad

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Demonstrations on fuel cells and biodiesel will be given by USU Eastern students.

Thumbs up to keeping it real with our schools colors. We’re proud to be the Golden Eagles and staying true to the gold and yellow through and through. No identity crisis here.

habits.

Thumbs down to fall break… oh wait, what fall break? Whasssuppp with that USU? If all I wanted was a three-day weekend I would just skip my Friday class(es). How come we can’t get a whole week off like everyone else, or even half a week? Spring break BETTER be the whole month of March or I’m outta here!!

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Over the last two centuries there have been many changes to the voting rights of Americans, 1790 Only white, male adult property owners have the right to vote.

1810 Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated.

1850 Property ownership and tax requirements eliminated by 1850. Almost all adult, white males could vote.

1855 Connecticut adopts the nation’s first literacy test for voting.

Massachusetts follows suit in 1857.

The tests were implemented to discriminate against Irish-Catholic immigrants.

1870 The 15th Amendment is passed. It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens of any race.

1889 Florida adopts a poll tax.

Ten other Southern states will implement poll taxes.

1890 Mississippi adopts a literacy test to keep African Americans from voting. Numerous other states—not just in the South—also establish literacy tests. However, the tests also exclude many whites from voting. To get around this, states add grandfather clauses that allow those who could vote before 1870, or their descendants, to vote regardless of literacy or tax qualifications.

1913 The 17th Amendment calls for members of the U.S. Senate to be elected directly by the people instead of state legislatures.

1915 Oklahoma was the last state to append a grandfather clause to

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its literacy requirement (1910). In Guinn v. United States the Supreme Court rules that the clause is in conflict with the 15th Amendment, thereby outlawing literacy tests for federal elections.

1920 The 19th Amendment guarantees women’s sufferage (including the right to vote in federal elections.)

1944 The Supreme Court outlaws “white primaries” in Smith v. Allwright (Texas). In Texas, and other states, primaries were conducted by private associations, which, by definition, could exclude whomever they chose. The court declares the nomination process to be a public process bound by the terms of 15th Amendment.

1957 The first law to implement the 15th amendment, the Civil Rights Act, is passed. The act set up the Civil Rights Commission—among its duties is to investigate voter discrimination.

1960 In Gomillion v. Lightfoot (Alabama) the Court outlaws “gerrymandering.”

1961 The 23rd Amendment allows voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.

1964 The 24th Amendment bans the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections.

1965 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama to draw national attention to African-American voting rights.

1965 The Voting Rights Act protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers

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MBB - Colorado Mesa University all day Volleyball vs SNOW @ 7 p.m.

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Intervals and tunings Nathan Manley

staff writer n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu Aldo friends. As we move forward with guitar basics, it’s my hope that these articles are coherent and insightful enough to improve your skills. Last issue covered tuning the guitar, and I’d like to expound on this but, move from standard to non-standard tunings. This is often referred to as open tunings.

There are specific musical concepts, which are fundamental to these tunings that you have to understand before bridging the gap from standard to non-standard tuning. In a major scale, there are 12-possible tones to play and hear.

On a piano, there will be sevenwhite keys and five-black keys played. The seven-white keys are named C,D,E,F,G,A,B in that musical order. The black keys directly above or below any of these notes will be sharped (#) if it’s above, or flatted(b) if it’s below. For example, Db is the black key just to the left of D and D# is the black key just to the right of D. Another way to think of these 12 tones or the 12 keys on the piano, is by using mathematical intervals. That means each note can be numbered depending on the first note you play. So, if you play a C that’s going to be your first interval and if you move up to the next white key (which is a D), that’s the second interval. Next white key is third and so on until you get to another C which is technically the

eighth interval, but just remember it’s a perfect octave.

This way of thinking with intervals can get confusing if you don’t start on C or starting on a black key for instance. If we refer to those 12 tones or the total 12 black and white keys and visualize them as steps, there is either half or whole steps. The rule being anytime you move up one key, it equals one half-step. It doesn’t matter what color it is, whatever the next key directly above. If you play two keys above, that equals a whole-step.

Two halves equal one whole.

This system of using intervals with whole and half steps is the building block of music and works for every instrument and every musical key. To illustrate how this works, there’s a specific pattern of whole and half steps needed which goes whole,whole,half,wh ole,whole,whole,half. When you play a note (any note), this is your first interval. To get to the second interval, you make one-whole step up (two physical keys.) From that note, you make another whole step up. From that note, you make one half step up (one physical key), and so on. Remember this pattern of wh ole,whole,half,whole,whole,whole, half and you’ll be in good shape.

One reason to use this system is because we use those same intervals to play musical chords, which is defined as three or more notes played simultaneously. A basic chord everyone has heard is a 1-3-5 chord. All that means is you pick a note, and then you play the third and fifth intervals above it all at the

same time. So, if you sit at a piano and you want to play a C chord, the 1 is a C, 3 is an E and the 5 is a G. There are literally countless chord formulas formed from using different interval combinations. This is how musicians can play certain styles of music by knowing specific chord formulas and patterns.

What does this have to do with the guitar? First, the guitar doesn’t have keys like a piano right? Intervals work the same way, every guitar fret is one-half step, so the whole and half-step pattern works.

One whole step equals two frets up.

This system makes more sense on the guitar because there isn’t twocolored keys, just frets. And all the frets are numerical, so the twelfth fret is always going to be an octave above each open string.

Remember standard tuning has to be specific notes for each string on the guitar, which goes from low string to high; E,A,D,G,B,E. Open tunings are nothing more than changing the open strings’ note to something other than the standard, and when all six-strings are played simultaneously, they form a chord.

Remember a chord is three or more notes and a typical chord is a 1-3-5 combination. Depending on what chord you want, you need one string to have the 1, another the 3 and another the 5. Since the guitar has six-strings, you can double certain intervals to get some rich full-sounding chords. You can also build some interesting 4, 5 and 6 note chords. Open and alternate tunings are really fun to play and are limited to your imagination.

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An artists reception was held Oct. 12 for the local artist KaeLynn Winn in Gallery East. She said after having her family, she devotes her life to her first passion: painting. Her show will be displayed through October.

Updated School of Ghouls Emily Williams

lifestyles editor e.williams@eaglemail.ceu.edu This year USU Eastern is putting a new spin on an old Halloween tradition. For several years, Eastern has hosted Spook-tacular. A themed event that invites parents and children in the community to come to campus and play games and have a spooky good time. This year student government is changing a few things to make the

event even more enjoyable for families. On October 30, USU Eastern will be introducing the School of Ghouls.

This new event will be the kick off for food bank fundraiser bread and soup night, as well as a Halloween party for the whole family. Admission will be five dollars at the door and four dollars if purchased in advance. Naturally, a portion of the money raised will be donated to the food bank. The cost of a ticket will purchase a bowl of soup, in the traditional bread and soup night

style, and lots of fun games, crafts, and goodies for the kids. Some of the booths that one can expect to see are the bean bag toss, duck pond, spider crafts, basketball dunking, caramel apples, face painting, and more. The booths will be run by clubs on the campus, as well as sports teams and other organizations. Anyone looking for a fun family activity, a good meal, a good cause, or a chance to show off their costume will enjoy this event.

Meet the candidates Carbon High School and USU Eastern teamed up to bring candidates who are running for local offices to a forum for young adults.

The purpose of this event is to inform students from both institu-

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tions of current political issues and encourage them to cast their ballots and make a difference at the poles.

As the college makes an effort to help students register to vote, this forum continues the political theme

and will help young voters to make an educated choice at the ballots.

This event will be held Wednesday Oct. 24 at the Carbon High School auditorium at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served following the event.

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criminal history.

However, according to USU Eastern Police, James Prettyman, he was talked to once. “I talked with Bora one time about one female student who felt she was being harassed. The victim in that case did not want any criminal charges filed, instead she chose to have her case heard by the student conduct board.” The student board findings are not public information.

Prettyman said he thinks Price

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However, USU Eastern’s recruiting worries do not end there.

Athletics also faces challenges in recruiting. Athletic Director and Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Dave Paur, said, “I think men leaving at 18 will help community colleges. In the past, a young man would play one year and then leave for two years. While he was gone, other colleges would recruit him and you may or may not get him back.”

Assistant Baseball Coach and Recruiting Coordinator, KC Smurthwaite, said that studnet-athletes that

city officials may have investigated Bora also.

While a student at the Price campus, he was a pre-nursing major, a yell leader on the cheer squad, a performing member of the dance department and worked in the campus bookstore.

He left campus after spring 2011.

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he is recruiting have inquired about the baseball program’s policy on players serving missions.

He said, “Obviously because we are in the state of Utah it will take a bigger hit. It makes recruiting more of a gamble. I imagine the majority of the players will leave on their missions after high school. So we (USU Eastern baseball) will have to sign kids that haven’t picked up a baseball for two years. We will have to be more pro-active in emailing parents and keeping in touch for those two years.

“We might have to over-recruit over the next few years because

information.

He was on campus spring semester 2011, handing out his wedding announcement to some of the employees . The announcement stated that he was marrying Susan Marie Utykanski on Saturday, April 30, 2011. He is the son of Maria and the late Petru Bora and Dorr and Dana Hanson. The Hansons are from Helper, Utah.

He is scheduled for an initial court appearance on Nov. 1.

some missionaries get home and lose desire to play.”

Head Volleyball Coach, Chelsey Warburton, said that she doesn’t expect the announcement to have much impact on the program and hasn’t given it much thought.

Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, Carter Roe, said that if anything the new ages will be a good thing.

Players will be able to play two years consecutively rather than taking a two year break between seasons.

Eagle recruiters have to come up with tactics to recruit and keep USU Eastern their choice if they are gone for 18 months to two years.

community fashion show

photo courtesy USU Easterm cosmetology department

At the annual Shopapalooza event, cosmetology student, Brianna Southam did the hair and make-up for her model, Shainey Hackney, a member of the cheer squad.

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such as the literacy test. The Act is expanded and renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982.

1966 The Supreme Court, in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, eliminates the poll tax as a qualification for voting in any election. A poll tax was still in use in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia.

1966 The Court upholds the Voting Rights Act in South Carolina v. Katzenbach.

1970 Literacy requirements are banned for five years by the 1970 renewal of the Voting Rights Act. At the time, eighteen states still have a literacy requirement in place. In Oregon v. Mitchell, the Court upholds the ban on literacy tests, which is made permanent in 1975. Judge Hugo Black, writing the court’s opinion, cited the “long history of the discriminatory use of literacy tests to disenfranchise voters on account of their race” as the reason for their decision.

1971 The 26th amendment sets the minimum voting age at 18.

1972 In Dunn v. Blumstein, the Supreme Court declares that lengthy residence requirements for voting in state and local elections

Enrollment

bers of 456 students in 2011 was so small, it articulated to this year’s small sophomore class.

Greg Benson, vice chancellor for academic affairs & student services, explained some USHE institutions reduced their concurrent enrollment partnerships this year to focus on schools in their respective service areas. Eastern Utah continues to serve Carbon, Pinnacle, Emery, San Juan, and Rich high schools. Partnerships with some high schools on the Wasatch Front and other rural areas were ended by Eastern, with the hope they will be served by colleges closer to them. “This was a strategic choice on our part to better focus on our region and our students.”

“A significant number of students and revenue comes from broadcasting our [USU Eastern] classes to the RCDE sites, including the Logan campus,” Benson said. “Even though we do not count the students we teach at the regional and Logan campuses in our headcount Eastern receives a portion of the tuition generated by each student at those sites, and this

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is unconstitutional and suggests that 30 days is an ample period.

1995 The Federal “Motor Voter Law” takes effect, making it easier to register to vote.

2003 Federal Voting Standards and Procedures Act require states to streamline registration, voting, and other election procedures.

In no way are the changes I’ve listed here all of the changes that have been enacted, but you can see that people have been working towards voting rights.

Why vote? There are many reasons to vote. It doesn’t matter if your black or white, a boy a girl, you have the rite, or ‘the obligation’ to vote. We need to remember that freedom, isn’t free.

While most of us will never have to defend our freedom, by voting we can make sure that there will always be people here defending this great country.

What do we vote for?? There are several elections in our country that we can vote for. First, local elections. These are good elections to get involved with. The candidates are “home grown” politicians. These candidates talk about local issues and take on local

problems, they are the first level of elected officials.

Second, state government.

These are the people that run the state. They develop state laws and ordinances that we live by.

Third level is the federal government, most popular elected official being the president of the U.S.. The federal government controls the federal government.

The House, Senate and president all should be working together to make America a better land.

Voting gives us a way to tell local, state, and federal elected officials that we’re not pleased. It’s a way for us to get the “old” out and put in the “new.”

In November, an important election, the presidency, takes place (there are also many other small local and state elections.)

What is their option? Vote. If they can get enough “electoral” votes, the people that don’t agree with him can have him voted out of office.

Voting is our way as a peaceful society to change what our officials are doing. One of the most important things we can do is to vote; it’s our right, our duty, our obligation; because freedom isn’t free.

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Another entity growing at USU Eastern-Price is the upperdivision and graduate enrollment.

These numbers increased from 106 students to fall 2011 to 137 students in fall 2012.

Alex Herzog, associate vice chancellor - student services, added “Through a concentrated effort from student services staff and key faculty assistance, we were able to come together and make a positive impact on this year’s freshman class numbers. A big thank you needs to be shared with these individuals.”

On the state level, “A few factors may be impacting enrollment.

After years of record enrollment growth and the effects of the recession on state budgets, some institutions are at or near capacity—making it difficult for some students to obtain classes. Several institutions have raised academic standards for admission, and with the economy improving, more people are returning to full-time employment,” said Commissioner of Higher Education, Dave Buhler.

“To reach Utah’s ‘Big goal’ of 66

percent of adults with a college certificate or degree, we will need more students to enroll and complete their education.”

Total budget-related FTE approximates the number of students enrolled full-time (15-semester hours for undergraduate students; 10-semester hours for graduate students) each semester. That number totaled 110,760 in the fall of 2012, compared to 110,798 in the fall of 2011. Headcount includes all students enrolled at an institution.

Additionally, particularly at institutions with a community college role, USHE serves several thousand students in nontraditional programs, which are not budget-related, do not receive any taxpayer support, and are not included in the third week totals.

These include short-term training programs and non-credit technical training. USHE institutions also serve over 30,000 high school students in concurrent enrollment.

The following tables show budgetrelated FTE and total headcount.

(Budget-related are enrollments that receive state funding.)

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Stan Albrecht.

According to Herzog, the delegation was impressed that

Price was an ideal academic environment, with minimal distractions. The foreign representatives

seemed fond of the idea of sending young men to Price to study engineering.

photo courtesy Alex Herzog

Representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo toured campus.

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October 18, 2012

From college to career workshop Creating a big list for yourself Aryal Christmas

staff writer a.christmas@eaglemail.ceu.edu Like most, students may be confused about college and their future. They’re not alone. The USU Eastern campus workshop titled “From College to Career” provided to help struggling students follow the correct path to their dream career.

The workshop began with a pop quiz with a few random questions about college graduates. Did you know, that it takes three to nine months on average after graduation to get a job? Or that the average amount of jobs that today’s youngest workers will have in their life is 12-15?

Lyndsay Reid, academic and career advisor, gave the students a handful of information including organization, taking opportunities, assessing yourself, online presents, and even a little bit about managing your social life.

She said, The importance of organization and creating a structure that works for you. An example would be creating a career notebook, it doesn’t matter what you use; computer document, smart phone app, pencil and paper, or by doing a Pintrest (a collage of things that interest you). Create a “Big List” for yourself, which would be your perfect resource to all things career wise. The big list would include career ideas, contacts and companies you are interested in working for, etc. This big list will give you assignments, help you network, and also help you assess yourself in the real world. Keep a calendar: write down date for assignments, interviews, and career related appointments.

“Seize all opportunities you can. Don’t forget to check on all of the campus resources. They’re here to help you as much as they can through school. Utilize the career advising options, check out the site NextJobForJob.com. The college also offers a career day to show you all the options possible for your future. Become and industry expert; read the news and notice what articles you normally read, check out the classifieds or the job market articles,” Reid continued “Don’t forget to assess yourself, and learn all about who you are.

Discover your interest, your values and all of your skills. Be aware of your personality, learn what you don’t like and avoid it, learn what you love and embrace it, learn how you react in situations and take mental notes of everything you learn in your endeavors,” Reid added.

Make sure your online presence is acceptable, 70 percent of employers reject a candidate because of information they found about that person online. It might seem a little weird, but google yourself, see what the Internet has to say about you, she said. If you log onto brandyourself.com, you can create a safe environment for you and your activities online. The Internet is a very important tool when it comes to finding jobs and if your employer does decide to check out your Internet personality you have the ability to create online articles, blogs and other things to make you seem professional as possible.

Every person needs to get rid of the “shoulds” in their vocabulary.

Not everything that should happen does. Make sure you always keep an open mind.

One of the most important factors to finding your future is to keep around people that also want to have a successful future. Creating a good friend network will keep you inspired. Making sure you’re surrounded by passionate people allows you to proceed in your life with a common ground that may just build that foundation to your whole life. The next workshop is on Oct. 20 at noon.

photos by Whitney Withers/ The Eagle

USU Eastern cosmetology students raised funds by selling goodies at their annual bake sale to support local women struggling and battling breast cancer in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center Tuesday.

USU Eastern’s cosmetology bake sale fundraises almost $600 Ashley Stilson

staff writer a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu USU Eastern’s cosmetology students had a spectacular bake sale Wednesday, fundraising to donate to women in the community fighting breast cancer.

The students raised around $570 from the baked goods. Chrissy Cox, a USU Eastern cosmetology student, mentioned on the sales, “We sold mostly everything. Our back stock supply was almost gone, and we had almost double the staff from last year.”

Titled Salons for Survival, this is the second annual fundraiser to offset the financial struggles of locals who battle breast cancer. Last year the total amounted to around $4,300. The goal this year is to raise over

$5,000.

The funds are given to United Way of Southeastern Utah who use the money to pay for mammograms, screenings, travel on the Perky Bus for treatments, paying for chemo treatment and so on.

“We came up with Salons for Survival because we wanted to do something to help the community,” Alicia Marrelli, owner of Bellasano Salon and Spa and organizer of Salons for Survival, commented, “We wanted to support the women who come into the salon, to help with the financial aspects of breast cancer.”

The best part is that all the funds will stay local.

USU Eastern Cosmetology student Crystal Elliott said, “It’s a way good cause because [the profits] stay local.” Alexis Allard added, “None of the profits

go to big corporations.”

Marrelli invited the local salons to join in the fundraiser. The salons signed up to help raise money, promising to donate 20 percent of their entire sales every Tuesday in October.

They have conducted raffles throughout the month and have had T-shirts designed with the Salons for Survival logo. Salons will accept donations in exchange for tickets to win prizes and drawings will be held on Nov. 1.

Besides Bellasano Salon and Spa, nine salons helped in the event: Don Marcos, The Image of Beauty, Jalynn’s Barber Shop, Living Balance Studios, Perfect Touch Beauty Supply and Salon, Risque Beauty Shop, Sunset Glow Tanning, and USU Eastern Cosmetology.

Salons for Survival is sponsored by radio stations KUSA/KASL.

Psychologically breaking the status quo The human mind is very fascinating

Darrin Brandt

Ashley Stilson

staff writer a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu College is hard. There are rough decisions to make and the choices made will affect every day through the rest of life. Even simple stresses can create a lot of pain. But no one needs to be alone on difficult days.

Darrin Brandt is ready to help.

Brandt was named USU Eastern’s director in the counseling and disability resource center and believes in focusing on strengths, not only on weaknesses. “For the history of psychology, we’ve been focused mainly on fixing things that are broken in us…why is it that we don’t focus on how better to

excel? How to identify our strengths, how to better use those strengths, as opposed to always looking at the negatives.”

Brandt was born and raised in Southern California. He moved to Utah 20 years ago with his wife to find a better community to raise their children. He began working in human resources after studying at Utah Valley University, but went back to school to major in something he loves: social work.

Brandt completed his master’s degree through the University of Utah and began working at Four Corners Community Behavioral Health. For six years he worked with people who had depression, anxiety, trauma, substance dependence, mental health, or were severely mentally ill.

“I think that it’s fascinating, how the human mind works,” Brandt says. “How we intake information, how we process the information, how life experiences affect us in our goals and our desires and how we [as psychologists] might intervene to help people who are caught up in issues that keep them frozen in time and progressing through life.”

Some of the most common problems Brandt sees throughout campus are anxiety, depression and confusion of decision making. He believes that human beings are not meant to be alone. “If there’s stress, join clubs,” Brandt advises. “Reach out to friends that you have. Work to gain new friends.”

Sometimes people feel like victims of their emotions and there isn’t anything to do about it. But he disagrees, “There’s quite

a lot that we can do to positively affect our emotional state and be able to get through our difficult times.”

Brandt’s favorite way to counsel is to sit down in an individual session. “Having a person open up in a way that I know that when they’re talking to me that they’re opening up to me maybe for the first time about something that is really wearing them down…I see that relief in their face that they’re still acceptable, that they’re still good and there’s hope.”

Psychology has developed throughout the years, and Brandt would like to help the student body have a better understanding of how it can help them in their lives. He wants students to know that there is no stigma that’s following them if they come to the counseling office. He has an enthusiasm to help people avoid the pitfalls of substance dependence.

“People with…substance dependence issues that have come to a place where they feel like they can’t progress any more,” Brandt continues. “[They come] to understand that there’s a profession that could help people heal from that kind of pain… to understand that even though trauma was experienced doesn’t mean that that’s the story of [their] lives.”

He is also over the Disability Resource Center (DRC) and remembers having his own disabilities to work with. Brandt borrowed audio textbooks to help his reading disability. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to face weakness and admit to help. “We find

there’s only a small minority of [students] with disabilities that come and gauge with us and get the help to level the playing field for them.” He says, “If there’s a learning disability, it doesn’t mean that we’re dumb.

It doesn’t mean that we’re not intelligent.

It’s just that we learn differently.”

Brandt comments on test anxiety, saying when people are stressed, their minds start racing, thinking about scores of previous tests or other negative thoughts. “The natural law of psychology is that the things we think about will determine how we feel. If your mind is racing with all these negative thoughts, it will affect our emotions.” He says there are many different skills and ways to help keep our minds from racing as much.

“We want to help students be successful,” Brandt finishes. “We want to be able to take the stumbling blocks out of the way so that they can see their dreams come true.

I learned a long time ago that if you want to destroy a person, you take their dreams away from them.

“If you have a campus full of people that are enthusiastic about life, that have great goals, that want to contribute to this world, I think it’s my job that those dreams aren’t taken away from them.”

The counseling office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Students have eight free appointments per semester.

But if it’s a crisis, Brandt says, call anytime.

The crisis hotline is available 24/7 for emergencies.

USU Eastern’s new biology teacher: Wayne Hatch So comfortable, he feels at home

Wayne Hatch

Shadayah Jones staff writer s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

From Utah, to Idaho, to California, back to Idaho and finally back to Utah, USUEastern’s new biology assistant professor has lived in before settling in Price this past summer. Wayne Hatch took the place of Jon Krum as the new Biology professor. His official title is assistant professor of Biology.

Although this is his first year teaching at USU-Eastern, he is making himself right at home and doing his best for this campus and it’s students.

Hatch, who is from the small town of Randolph, Utah, started at Rick’s College.

After being there for some time, he decided to serve a mission for the LDS church and was called to serve in the Santa Rosa, California mission. After completing his mission, he went to Rick’s College which became BYU-Idaho. He then worked at

Potato Products of Idaho, Rigby, ID for a year doing microbiology work testing their food products for bacteria. After working full-time for a year, Hatch applied to graduate school for microbiology and was accepted at Idaho State University where he earned his master’s in microbiology, then later earned a doctorate in biology.

Hatch has a love for microbiology, but he also has a love for psychology. If he would not have studied biology he would have studied psycology. “I’ve always been interested in how people think and why they do what they do. I couldn’t ever picture myself as a psychologist, so I think that’s what led me to teaching. I’m very interested in how people learn and how I can help in that process.”

Satisfaction is something that is really important in life. Every week and day Hatch spends time with his family and that, to him, is one of the satisfying things he does. Along with spending time with his

family Hatch said that he loves being able to help students and that is very satisfying.

“Lecturing is not my most favorite thing to do, but if I am able to help students during or outside of class to help them learn is also something very satisfying.”

Everyone has something they are the most proud of. “Having a past that I don’t regret anything and know that I am honest and have accomplished what I have with integrity” Hatch said.

Having the relationship with his family is something that means the most to him in his life. Family is very important to Hatch and he values them and the relationship he has with his family.

Hatch is faithful to his state and supports the NBA Utah Jazz team. He also would like to challenge any students who are interested in microbiology to come and talk to him about it. He is more than willing to help students to better understand biology or debate the issues with him.

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Book Review: Beyonders: A World Without Heroes Brady Maynes

photo courtesy USU Eastern Automotive Department

Students flocked to listen to Richard Dye, automotive technology instructor, to learn about alternate energies at Odyssey Day on Oct. 12.

Through rain, sleet, and hail, Odyssey Day prevailed

Almost 500 students attended the event hosted by automotive department Ashley Stilson

staff writer a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu The downpour of rain, the onslaught of sleet, and the hellfire of hail couldn’t keep the Second Annual Odyssey: National Alternative Fuels Day from proceeding last Friday as the convention was moved inside the diesel and auto mechanic labs.

The theme Decade of Difference: Driving Change Across America certainly came into play as vendors presented demonstrations on fuel cells, solar and wind energy, waveform patterns, diagnostics, and five-gas

analysis. Information on low resistance tires and energy efficient oil was available as well.

Vendors including the Price Auto Group, Tony Basso GM, Les Schwab/Dinosaur Tire, Carquest of Price, Questar, Utah Clean Cities Coalition and Ares Technology provided information promoting alternative fuels and other “green” equipment.

The Odyssey attracted over 400 attendants including Monument Valley, Whitehorse and San Juan high schools and Carbon School District middle and high schools.

Instructors from Union and UBATC were also present.

Dignitaries accounted for were Representative Bryce Bird from Governor Herbert’s office and Price

City Mayor Joe Piccolo. USU Eastern’s Chancellor Dr. Joe Peterson was in attendance as well as Brad King Vice Chancellor and Russel Goodrich Associate Vice Chancellor. Irene Rizza from Utah Clean Cities Coalition and Gordon Larsen from Questar were also present.

Instructors from USU Eastern included Lewis Stilson, building and management construction professor; Dave Kardelis, physics professor; and John Weber, chemistry professor.

“Feedback was very positive,” Stan Martineau said, automotive assistant professor. “I appreciate the automotive students for their help arranging signage, check in and acting as tour guides.”

1,400 pounds of potatoes for Carbon County Food Bank Shanna Frame

staff writer s.frame@eaglemail.ceu.edu

photo courtesy SUN Center

Amanda Frame helping dig up potatoes for a SUN Center service activiity.

SUN Center leader, Caitlin Patterson, led the harvest of over 1,400 pounds of potatoes to be donated to the Price City Food Bank on Saturday, Sept. 29. This project took four months of cultivating and lots of hard work. Patterson knew it was a good summer project because the greatest need for volunteers would be in the fall for harvest, when there were more students on campus. “Gardening is something I can do. I am from Idaho, and SUN Center Director Terry Johnson had a piece of land where we could plant the potatoes.

Taking on this project was practically fate!” said Patterson.

Potatoes were a good choice to plant because they’re easy to plant

and maintain, will keep well and feed lots of people in need.

The final harvest was full of fun and plenty of potatoes. The volunteers dug up the good potatoes and tossed the green toxic potatoes. Rumors have circulated that a few of the toxic potatoes were thrown playfully at a few of the residential geese. These reports have yet to be confirmed, but Johnson has found that all the geese in the area are perfectly happy and healthy.

When the potatoes were delivered to the Food Bank, they were received with many thanks and excitement. They did not realize how many the SUN Center volunteers were actually bringing and were grateful that they had washed them before the delivery.

The potatoes are already headed out the door and helping many

families in need. This was definitely a project worth its weight in potatoes.

Some of the upcoming SUN Center events include: Green Team, every Friday from 10-11 a.m.; Kids @ Heart, every Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m-12:45 p.m.; Habitat for Humanity, every Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.; Halloween Carnival, Oct. 29, 4:30-7 p.m.; Trick-or-Treat for Food, Oct. 31, 5:30-8 p.m.; and the Statewide Food Drive Competition Oct. 29-Nov.30; For more information on upcoming events and to sign-up, visit the SUN Center on the second floor of the Jennifer Levitt Student Center or call 435-613-5284. Johnson said, “We most likely have a project that interests you, so we look forward to receiving a call and seeing you in the SUN Center soon.”

What’s going on, where am I going, and what am I doing in this class room?

“Don’t let school get in the way of your education.” –Mark Twain.

Aryal Christmas

staff writer a.christmas@eaglemail.cue.edu The biggest cause of stress with college, other than the cost, is taking tests. There was another workshop at the USU Eastern this Thursday, but this time it was for tips on test taking.

The most common methods for test taking is to make an outline of the subject, a line by line representation showing how ideas relate to one another.

It’s good for studying, keeps things organized, shows levels of material, it’s easier to review, allows on to skim the main points quicker.

You could make a spider web chart, or a think link, with the main idea and all the supporting, related and resulting ideas. You can break out a time line with three boxes; one for questions,

one for research and the last box is where you solve the problem.

Why are these methods great? They turn your notes into great study guides. They’re the perfect five day student study plan. They adapt to any class or instructor’s lesson styles. They make take more time than what you’re doing now, but remember; learning is not simple or quick!

Find the main idea of the passage helps you put everything in context and will enable better understanding. Topic + Controlling Idea = Main Idea.

The topic is the subject of the passage and the controlling idea is what the author wants you to know about the subject, it may be clearly stated or implied. Just ask yourself “what is the topic?” and “what does the author want me to know about the topic?”

To help you better understand the passage, write a brief statements that bring together

the most important facts and ideas. It helps you remember the information by restating it all in your own words.

I f you a re capable of explaining it someone, you understand it. 1) Produce one sentence that sums up the entire paragraph. 2) Select the main idea of the passage. 3) Rewrite the facts and ideas into sentences that show the connections among them.

Make sure you high light sparingly. If everything is highlighted, what do you study?

Question everything: Turn the headings and main ideas into study questions; formulate questions and then read the passage, looking for the answers as you read. Questions give reading a purpose, after reading always ask “therefore this means?”

To prepare for a test, make sure you go to class. If you miss classes, you’re missing the

instructor’s information. Set a schedule for yourself to study, ask yourself when would be the best time, where will I study, what techniques will I use, and who will I study with? Listen to your instructor’s cues about what will be or might be on the test and make sure you keep up on reading assignments.

Before a test, don’t ever over load on caffeine: while it might help you stay awake it’s been proven that it promotes lack of memory. Study really hard three days before the test.

Prepare yourself physically for it by eating a healthy breakfast, getting lots of rest and exercising.

Stay positive, you know you can pass this test.

Ten steps to excellent test take: 1)When you’re in your seat and the test is sitting right in front of you, hurry and write down all

the information your remember from the past nights of studying to refresh your memory. 2) Put your name on the test and then preview it. 3) Write down what you remember now that you’ve previewed the test. 4) Determine the point value and don’t waste time racking your brain. 5) Work from the easier questions to the harder ones. 6) If you find a question you don’t know, skip it and go back. 7) Watch the clock.

8) Eliminate wrong answers and look for qualifiers. 9) Look for errors or other mistakes you made. 10) Use all the allowed time to take the test, you’re in no hurry.

staff writer b.maynes@eaglemail.ceu.edu It may be pretty cliché; a young hero who lives a normal life is suddenly thrust into a world and adventure that isn’t his own. It seems to happen in just about every book that has anything to do with a hero and fantasy.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing as long as the similarity stops there. If the story quickly becomes its own then it is worth reading.

Jason Walker is that normal kid, living a normal life. He hears odd music coming from an exhibit in a zoo. He falls into the exhibit and is transported into another world, completely different from his own.

He walks around a forest lost and confused.

He stumbles upon a raft full of musicians floating down a river. He sees that they are going to plummet down a waterfall to their deaths in some sort of protest. He tries to rescue them, but fails, though one musician does reach the shore. Everyone who showed up to watch the suicide/protest are angry at Jason so he runs back into the forest.

He finds a fortress of sorts, which is called the Repository of Learning. The master of the Repository of Learning tells Jason it is nearly impossible to find so it must not be by accident. The master tells him that the second story is off limits, so of course Jason checks it out. What he finds will change his life forever. The master of the Repository of Learning tells him he now has to find the Blind King.

After a few days travel, Jason reaches the blind king’s once majestic castle. The Blind King is named Galloran, though not many people know this. The Blind King had lost his eyes and apparently his sanity on a quest causing him to fail. Jason is now tasked with this same adventure. A girl named Rachel, who was also transporting into this strange world, has also been asked to take up this task. They must, together, find The Word.

The Word is a six-syllable phrase that will destroy the ruler of the land.

Maldor is a dark magician that seeks to rule the land, Lyrian, forever. Galloran promises Jason and Rachel that if they can complete the quest he will find a way to get them back home. They reluctantly accept, really not having a choice. They must find The Word, which for safety has been divided into six parts scattered across Lyrian.

Along their journey Jason and Rachel find a few allies to help them in their hunt. In this world are creatures called wizardborn.

These are humanlike beings who have been altered to better serve Maldor. There are the displacers and the Amar Kabal or seed people. Displacers can detach parts of their bodies, such as an eye and it will still work. Seed People have a seed at the base of their neck that can be planted if they are killed and that seed person will be reborn.

Each syllable they obtain is an adventure in and of itself.

Jason and Rachel fight many battles and suffer through many perils. While many of the moral questions raised in the book are not new this is definitely a new adventure.

Jason and Rachel must truly find out who they really are. They must decide if fighting someone else war is worth returning home.

Beyonders is a great adventure. Though it is aimed at young adults I found myself unable to put the book down. Not every book is going to please everyone. And I don’t think it should. I really liked this book and enjoyed the sequel even more. I look forward to reading the final installment. A definite must read.

Date Night

Geology students learn about igneous rocks at Brighton

photo courtesy Michelle Fleck

Geology students on their field trip at Brighton Ski Resort.

Fifteen of USU Eastern’s physical geology students have been learning about igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks this semester under the leadership of assistant professor Michelle Fleck.

Carbon County has plenty of examples of sedimentary rocks, but very few igneous and essentially no metamorphic rocks. “We travelled to Big Cottonwood Canyon to see some exposures of 700 million year old metamorphic slates and quartzites, along with some 300 million year old marbles that are exposed near Brighton ski resort,” said Dr. Fleck.

“In Little Cottonwood Canyon, we saw some outcrops of granitic rocks --this is where the rocks were quarried for the LDS Salt Lake Temple. We had lunch at the G.K. Gilbert Geologic View Park, from which we had great views of the notorious Wasatch Fault and some ice-age glacial deposits at the mouth of the canyon.

“After the Wasatch canyons, we drove across the valley to see Kennecott Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the largest and most profitable open-pit mining operations in the world.”

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photos couresy Terry Johnson

Students golfing for their date

A date night, consisting of golfing nine holes, food, and even driving the golf carts around took place on Oct. 11. All that fun came to $10 per person. Every month there will be a date night activity as well as many other fun activities.

Remember to keep an eye out on the upcoming LDS Young Single Adult (YSA) activities. Anyone is welcome. The activity council includes USU Eastern students: Whitney Withers, Victoria Chavez, Rachel Naylor, Chelsea Sorensen, Melissa Morgan, Kelly Brinkerhoff, Seth Richards and more to come. For information or ideas talk to the aforementioned or email Terry Johnson at terry.johnson@usu.edu.

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Getting better and better

Every game counts Kameron King

sports writer k.king@eaglemail.ceu.edu

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

(L-R) Lindzee Bair and Caitlin Nelson get a block against CNCC

“I like them well enough” Beth Liddell

sports writer b.liddell@eaglemail.ceu.edu USU Eastern men’s basketball is off to a strong start both on and off the court.

Although, as Jeff Perkins states, “Life is like a Sudoku board, so dang hard to figure out,” the 2012-2013 team is well on their way to doing just the opposite: figuring it out. The team began their preseason adventure at the Salt Lake City Jamboree. Faced with both mental and physical obstacles, the coaches and players were able to overcome all challenges and pull together as one, a team united proudly as Golden Eagles.

Though the Eagles faced some tough competition this past weekend, they were able to come out on top. First taking on Gillette College from Wyoming, the Eagles maneuvered their way to victory as head coach Adjalma Vanderlei Becheli Jr Vando substituted three teams of five on and off the court working primarily on offensive and defensive situations. The final score proved the men’s hard work: 38-35.

In hopes of discovering the perfect balance and chemistry between players, Vando takes a shot at another win with a new approach. Substituting players individually rather than in teams of five, the team focused primarily on defensive strategy. Number 21 and team captain Bubby Johnson, drew a foul and drained both his free throws, leading the team to a last minute nail-biting triumph over Nebraska (34-30).

Unfortunately, the team was unable to a

Chance of a lifetime Talon Bryan

sports writer t.bryan@eaglemail.ceu.edu Traveling thousands of miles to play baseball seems pretty scary, but for two Puerto Rican’s it was the chance of a lifetime. Adalberto Quiles plays shortstop for the Golden Eagles and bats from both sides of the plate. Jonathan Santiago plays first base and bats from the left side.

Recruited by a college from Texas; Quiles thought he had the next year planned out, he thought wrong. When the baseball program dissolved, he was forced to move back to Puerto Rico and play with his old high school team. Quiles and Santiago started playing for an academy in Puerto Rico where their coach worked extremely hard to get his players to the next level. Assistant Coach KC and wanted to see what they were about.

Aldaberto Quiles

Smurthwaite had heard of these two players Smurthwaite commented, “Recruiting Jonathan and Adalberto was very different.

Coach Rivera runs the academy in Puerto Rico and he asked me a few questions and then gave me information on some of his available players. Jonathan and Adalberto stuck out to Coach Madsen and me because Coach Rivera spoke extremely high of

USU EASTERN Women's Volleyball 2012 Date

Day

Opponent

Location

Time

Oct 19 Oct 20

Friday Saturday

SLCC SNOW

Price Price

7:00pm 1:00pm

Oct 25 Oct 27

Thursday Saturday

NIC CSI

Coeur d’Alene Twin Falls

7:00pm 1:00pm

The tough competition in the SWAC makes every team battle for their hope of being in the rankings, and rough conference makes every single game mean a lot and count for everything.

Coming into the Eagles’ first home weekend, they knew that they had a tough weekend ahead of them facing off against two of the best teams they will see all year, but Paige Peterson adds, “we knew we had a lot in us to offer and felt that we could compete if we just played our game.”

The Eagles faced off against power-house College of Southern Idaho on Oct. 5, a nationally ranked opponent. CSI brings in amazing players and programs every year. USU Eastern women have been pushing themselves and preparing for this game all season. On Friday, the Eagles came out and showed everything they have and had amazing matches, but were topped by CSI, losing set one 25-20, set two 25-23 and set three 25-17.

Coach Chelsey Warburton said, “I am proud of how well my women came out and pushed themselves harder and harder each set, they matched their opponents level all night, but just had a couple little mistakes that cost us.”

On Saturday, Oct. 6, the Eagles had another tough op-

ponent. Northern Idaho College Cardinals travelled to Price to play the USU Eagles on the BDAC floor.

The lady Eagles had a lot of momentum and hype with them from Friday night’s level of play.

Northern Idaho is another tough opponent and always brings a good fight. NIC came out and had an amazing game against the Eagles, winning three sets to zero.

Set one 25-18, set two 25-15, and set three 25-10.

On Oct. 13th, after two consecutive losses the weekend before, the Eagles women came out strong and showed Colorado Northwestern Community College that they had a lot to play for.

CNCC had no answer for USU Eastern’s kills, nor passes. The Eagles put together many strong plays with great passes and good teamwork. Ending their losing streak with a big win over CNCC three sets to zero, set one 25-18, set two 25-8, and set three 25-15.

Warburton says, “We did not play at the same level at all against NIC, we had poor passing, our offense was off, and our blocking was not up to par as it usually is.

In this conference every little mistake and every game is very crucial.”

As the season progresses USU Eastern’s women have come together as a unit and stepped up their game quite a bit. They get better and better each week.

Warburton added, “I am very pleased with my women and how big their hearts are, some games don’t go our way, but my women have great work ethic and never give up know matter if things are going their way or not.”

hold onto their winning streak. Carol College proved to be a solid match for USU Eastern. Though the team did not come up on top, it provided an opportune learning moment for the team. “If you are satisfied where you are now, then you are not doing anything with your life. You have to push forward always. That is the secret to success,” states Vando.

Travon Langston states, “Do it right, do it light. Do it wrong, do it long.” The team is focusing on the little things on the court, but pulling some big plays off the court as well. As a team, a personal goal is to be out participating in the community, building relations.

The team has participated in many service projects and the response has been immense. One community member comments, “The guys are great! They are friendly and so willing to work. It’s good

to see the relationship between athletes and community members starting to rebuild. I think everyone is realizing we need their help just as much as they need our support.”

Community service projects seem to be a building time for the team.

“The team is really close,” comments player Mike Stroud. “The first week here, I even kissed Todd’s girlfriend.” The men can almost always be found bantering with one another, sharing inside jokes. “Sometimes, when Todd (Helgesen) goes to McDonalds, he throws his phone at the toilet,” one teammate comments.

Vando anticipates an eventful season with this group. He is unwavering in his optimistic opinion that this is “a good group of guys. They are nice guys who work well with each other. Besides, I like them well enough.” Both coaches and players look forward to a new start with the new season.

their character and that they were team players. That’s exactly what we got in “Santi” and “Q.” Anxious and excited to play baseball, Santiago and Quiles headed on the road to USU Eastern. “The school here has offered me a lot more than just baseball, I have enjoyed being able to go to class and get an education towards becoming a physical therapist. The organization has also been really nice, I like being able to do what I’m doing,” said Quiles.

Santiago stated, “As much as we do like it here I do miss Puerto Rico. I miss my family a lot and all of my friends. It is tough being away from my town also; it’s difficult to go from knowing everyone to only knowing a few people.”

“All of the people here have been extremely friendly, especially the Big Cat and Durby. It has made the transition a lot easier with everyone wanting to be my friend,” said Quiles. “I like all of the motivation I get during baseball here. It is a lot more focused then what we are used

to back home.”

Quiles and Santiago plan on trying to play at a division one school anywhere in the nation. Both of them plan on majoring in physical therapy and furthering their studies somewhere after Graduating from USU Eastern. Both Santiago and Quiles can be seen during the spring season for the Golden Eagles.

photos courtesy Matt Meservey

Jonathan Santiago

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The Pursuit for the Heisman Ryan Nelson

sports writer r.nelson@eaglemail.ceu.edu The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award, perhaps one of the greatest trophies in college sports is definitely the most coveted trophy of all the college football players. It is up there with national championship title. The thing with the Heisman is that this trophy is given to the most outstanding player, not a whole team.

This award is given to the player in college football, who has been voted the best overall player in all of collegiate football and has shown the best integrity and hard work.

This award dates back to 1935 where it was first called the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy. Then it was later renamed after John Heisman, who at the time, was the athletic director of that club. Now Heisman wasn’t just any athletic director. He was an outstanding individual which makes sense, since the award is given to the most outstanding player. He had played football, and not only played, but coached at multiple universities. Not only did he coach football, but he was the head coach for basketball and baseball at Georgia Tech. He set a pretty high standard for this award.

Now this is not the only award that is given to outstanding players of that year, there is also the AP Player of the Year, but without a doubt, the Heisman is the most well sought after award. Throughout the years there have been some pretty outstanding players receive this award. Since its first time awarded, there have been 77 athletes awarded. Players from many colleges have received it, and there has been one time in history where a player has won the award twice and that was Archie Griffin from Ohio State. He was a running back and received the Heisman back to back years in 1974 and 1975. Now the youngest player to ever receive the award was Tim Tebow, who was a sophomore when he won it and until he did no sophomore had ever achieved the Heisman. It usually is given to seniors who have shown their capability throughout their years of playing football.

Let’s talk about the qualifications for the Heisman, what determines the winner of this prestige award as well as how the selection is made.

Interestingly enough, all division of college football are eligible for this award, although the winner is usually in division-one college football.

There are a lot of outstanding players in college football in every position that is played. Most of the time, however, the award is usually given to either a quarterback or a running back. There have been times where there has been other players win this award, but not many.

Now there is not just one single person or group that determines the winner of this award. For one, there are the sports journalists, then there are also the fans and previous Heisman winner also have the opportunity to vote. The votes are tallied up in regions and counted, and just like any other election, the person with the highest amount of votes wins.

The season has been underway for a while now, and there have been some pretty outstanding players show us what they have got. We still have at least two more months of solid college football before the bowl games to see more players compete for the coveted Heisman. The Heisman Trophy award presentation will be on Dec. 8. Tune in to ESPN to watch the live presentation, or if you really want to have an experience you can buy a ticket to the presentation for $600 a pop, or you can just watch it from the comfort of your home.

Taking it to our home turf in Utah, there has only been one player from all the football teams that have ever received this outstanding award.

That player was Ty Detmer, in 1990, who was a quarterback for Brigham Young University. Since then, not one player has been awarded The Heisman Trophy.

For those committed fans out there who follow college football, who do you think is going to be the 2012 College football Heisman Trophy winner? Your guess is as good as mine.

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Ups and downs of fall Headed in the right direction Dillon Manzanares

sports writer d.manzanares@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Golden Eagle Baseball’s fall scrimmages continue with ups and downs.

On Saturday October 6, the USU Eastern baseball team took their talents to Rangely, Colorado. The squad faced off against a tough Colorado Northwestern Community College team. Also know as CNCC. The first game was a hard fought game.

It was nearly a spectacular comeback as USU Eastern went down by nine runs early.

They fought back and took the lead 11-10 in the top of the ninth, but gave up five runs in the bottom of the inning to lose with a final score of 15-11.

The second game was a totally different outcome, in USU Eastern’s favor. “We played well, and made the changes that allowed us to beat them,” stated Coach Scott Madsen. The final score in this match up was 13-3.

Overall, Coach Madsen was pleased with the way that his team played throughout the day. Jonathan Santiago hit the ball really well in both games. As far as pitching is concerned, Jake Meservey, Chance Abrath and Kam King each threw well on the weekend. CNCC is a decent team and took advantage of USU Eastern’s mistakes in the first game. The second game was controlled by USU Eastern throughout.

The team played together for the most part. Many improvements can be made in order for them to be where they want to be. They seem to be improving already each and every game played.

Considering that they are still only in the fall scrimmages, they seem to be headed in the right direction. The team still has a long year ahead, but it should be exiting to see what the Golden Eagles can do with the talent they have this year.

The Golden Eagles were scheduled a game against CNCC at home on Saturday, but the game was canceled.

They will be back on the field this Friday at Salt Lake Community College.

Fee: $10, includes transportation for the first 10 people registered. After that people will need to provide their own transportation.

photo by Savannah Hrenchir/ The Eagle

Jake Meservey pitches the ball as Coach Hallows, Shayden Poulson, and Johnny Biesheuvel look on at practice

workout started Dillon Manzanares

sports writer d.manzanares@eaglemail.ceu.edu

photo by Whitney Withers /The Eagle

If you like to exercise on state of the art equipment, the Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center has added new and improved equipment. All the equipment was received and ready to go on Sept. 24. It was approved and funded by last year’s student government’s legacy fund. The total of all the equipment was $32,000.

Added to the gym were three new high-quality treadmills, making a total of six. Before the new treadmills, there was often a waiting period to get on a

“Don’t dream your life, live your dream” Hayden Peterson

sports writer h.peterson@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The Eagle spotlight this week has landed itself on one of USU Eastern’s volleyball/basketball athletes, Kathy Collette. She is the baby of her family with seven older siblings, four brothers and three sisters. Along with being the baby of the family means she is also known as Aunt Kathy to thirteen nieces and nephews. “Nothing makes me

treadmill. However, with the six now, it makes it much easier for everyone to be satisfied with their workout. Five new electronic bikes were also added. There is also an electronic stair climber called The Biggest Loser-Jacob’s Ladder. Which moves while you climb it. It is a challenging workout that many enjoy. To top it all off, two stair climbers were added along with an elliptical machine. A total of thirteen new weight sets or machines were added.

New free weights are also available in the newer, smaller weight room. The weights are top- quality. Regular visitors seem to love the new free weights and the improved selection of workouts they offer. All of the weight machines are rearranged and they are all organized, making your workout at the BDAC a much better experience.

Working out and staying in shape is an important thing in many peoples’ lives.

more happy than hanging out with those little padawans,” said Collette of her nieces and nephews.

Collette was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She played sports all her life in Idaho, and her most memorable sports experience was, “probably state volleyball and playing tennis, serving the ball into my teammates’ faces...

Yeah that was pretty memorable.”

Collette transferred from Utah State in Logan where she was attending with her best friends. When the opportunity presented itself for Collette to continue playing both volleyball and basketball at the next level, she took the chance and transferred to Eastern Utah to join the squad. She is a very happy and easy going individual.

About her volleyball coach, she said, “she’s a good lady.”

Collette isn’t one to let the little things ruin her day, she enjoys her surroundings in Price and can always be found

Studies show that working out on a consistent basis usually improves a person’s overall happiness. It is also one of the best stress relievers. If the gym you are attending has good quality equipment and is an organized and clean, safe environment, it can make your workout a much better experience.

The BDAC attendance seemed to increase since the new equipment was installed. More people are coming to enjoy the equipment and get in, or stay in shape.

The BDAC is a much more enjoyable gym now with the new equipment. If you have not gone and worked out since the new equipment arrived, you should definitely go and see if you like it. It is free to get in if you are a student, and $4.25 per day for everyone else. The cost for a month pass is $30, plus tax. You can also purchase a family pass which varies in price according to how many members are in your family.

throughout campus with a smile on her face and her patented side-pony tail.

Collette’s favorite quote is, “Don’t dream your life, live your dream.” She would most like to be allergic to, if she could choose, “if it were my choice I would choose candy, because I eat so much of it that being allergic to it might be the only way I stop eating it.” Not many things can embarrass Collette, but she said the most embarrassing thing she had ever done was one time when she had an incident on a golf course, but I will leave it to you to find out what happened to Collette.

She has come to Eastern Utah with the plans of becoming a nurse when she is done with her studies. When she completes her time here, she is considering going to BYU-Hawaii, or serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Whitney Ann Fieldsted

Bailey Thomas

Number: 15

Number: 8

Position: Outside Hitter

Position: Left Field

Hometown: Altamont, UT

Hometown: Montpelier, ID

Major: Undecided

Major: Undecided

Something most people don’t know about you: I was an accident. (I have a sister 10 months older than me)

Why did you decide to come to USU Eastern: To play baseball Favorite thing about USU Eastern: The cheap cost of school Favorite thing about your sport: Making a diving catch Plans after USU Eastern: Continue my education at a four year university

photo courtesy Matt Meservey

Something most people don’t know about you: One of my older brothers played baseball here when it was CEU

Why did you decide to come to USU Eastern: I could play volleyball and basketball Favorite thing about USU Eastern: Favorite thing about your sport:

The great people here I can’t pick one thing. There

are too many great things Plans after USU Eastern: Who knows!

Hike one of the most famous slot canyons in the world. Bring your own water and snacks for the trail.

The hike will be 4 to 8 miles long, depending on the capabilities of the group. Easy hiking with several moderately difficult obstacles to negotiate. We will stop at Ray’s in Green River on the way home for a burger and fries.

Meet at the Carbon Rec office at 8 a.m. You will be back in Price 6-7 p.m.

Black Dragon Canyon Mountain Bike Ride November 3 Fee: $10, includes transportation for the first 10 people registered. After that people will need to provide their own transportation.

This 15-mile moderately difficult downhill ride is great for the whole family.

Must pre-register, must provide your own bike, helmet, lunch/water.

We will stop at Ray’s in Green River on the way home for a burger and fries (on your own).

Meet at the Carbon Rec office at 8 a.m. You will be back in Price 5-6 p.m.

Triassic Bouldering Outing November 10

Hero & Why: My mom, because she is just amazing and an inspiration

Hero & Why: My peers because I learn so much from them

Little Wild Horse Canyon Hike October 20

Come get your

Hayden Peterson works out on equipment

Outdoor adventures at CC Recreation

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

Fee: $10, includes transportation for the first 10 people registered. After that people will need to provide their own transportation. If you don’t know what bouldering is, this is your opportunity to find out.

This is low level rock climbing, using spotters and crash pads rather than ropes.

Spring Canyon Rappel Outing November 17

AGGIE ICE CREAM IS BACK!

New arrivals bring life to Campus store!

Item of the month: 25% off Enter a drawing with purchase

Fee: $10, includes all technical gear. This outing is acceptable for beginners. Children must be at least 10 years old.

For more information contact Carbon County Recreation 435.636.3702

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October 18, 2012

Falling for fall

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