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Strengthening women’s impact through education Women in Leadership Project for girls and women help strengthen their impact

Dr. Susan Madsen

Developing voices, influencing others and attaining a college education is the latest leadership program offered by the Utah Women and Leadership Project for girls and women throughout Carbon and Emery counties on Thursday, Sept. 13 from 6:30-8 p.m. in Utah State University’s Jennifer Leavitt Student Center Alumni Room.

Representative Christine Watkins, USU Eastern

and the UWLP co-sponsor the event for girls and women in Carbon and Emery counties.

The purpose of this free event is to help girls and women learn how to strengthen their impact by learning the value of a college education, why girls and women should prepare to lead, ideas for pursuing real-life leadership opportunities and how to make a real difference in your community.

Susan Madsen Ph.D, founder of the UWLP says, “It can be powerful for young women (as well as adults) to learn the many benefits of a college education and why it is so important for them to develop their voices and influence others.”

She added, “We are thrilled about this event series and the chance to bring our presentation to areas of the state where there may be fewer opportunities for

girls and women to hear this message and be inspired about their possibilities.”

Madsen is the Orin R. Woodbury Professor of Leadership and Ethics in the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University. She is also a Visiting Fellow of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) and a Fellow of The Leadership Trust Foundation in Ross-on-Wye, England.

She has been involved for much of her career in researching the lifetime development of prominent women leaders. She has interviewed a host of women university presidents, U.S. governors and international leaders, as well as studying many aspects of women and leadership more broadly. Madsen has conducted related research in the U.S., the six Arab Gulf countries, China and Eastern Europe.

Madsen has authored or edited six books and published nearly 200 articles, chapters, and reports.

She is a globally recognized speaker in local, na-

tional, and international settings. For example, she has presented at United Nations NGO sessions, The New York Times, the Argentina Parliament Palace, the House of Commons in England, and in many countries around the world.

In August 2013, she founded the Utah Women & Leadership Project that she directs today. These efforts have led social change in the state for advancing girls and women in Utah.

The evening at USU Eastern will include a panel discussion by local women leaders including Representative Watkins (Utah State Legislature), Amanda Paiz (media personality), Colleen Loveless (business owner), and Susan Polster (USU Professor). Madsen is the keynote speaker.

The event is intended for girls and women (ages 12 and up) and those who support them (this means men are welcome too). There is no cost and registration is not necessary. More information can be found: https:// www.uvu.edu/uwlp/docs/2018priceflyer.pdf

First week of EUSA activities Paige Martinez staff writer/layout

The first week of school for students can often be overwhelming. Between figuring out classes, making new friends and trying to get adjusted to the campus, there is plenty to worry about. Every year, the Eastern Utah Student Association (EUSA) puts on a week of activities to help students get adjusted to the campus and build connections.

Welcome Week kicked off with a brand-new event, the Block Party. It welcomed on-campus departments and organizations from throughout Price. The goal was to showcase to students what Utah State University Eastern has to offer. Between community and campus organizations, there were over 50 booths. From free food, giveaways and games to play, there was plenty for students to see and do.

Monday morning featured the Breakfast Kickoff.

Students had a chance to win giveaways and enjoy breakfast burritos between classes. At the event, which took place on the patio of the Library Learnings Commons (LLC), students could learn about the events for the rest of the week, what prizes they could win and Activities P3

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Nursing student, Aleksus Wilson, uses the windows above the art gallery as an interactive white board to describe and study her lectures.

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JLSC to become a real student center Scott Froehlich Managing Editor

Utah State University’s Price campus went through a makeover this summer, with the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center seeing the most change.

USU’s student body president Alex Anderson is focusing on a more student-centric vision, along with input from peers, that are reflected in the series of adjustments made in the student center.

The first shift is the transfer of the One-Stop Student Services space from the JLSC to the Workforce Development building, which will be renamed the One-Stop Student Services Building.

Citing the request from stu-

dents for a dedicated hangout, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, Greg Dart, discussed the plan that was put into motion.

“Although across campus, and in the JLSC, spaces were dedicated to student life, a desire for those spaces to be consolidated had been expressed, Dart said. “By moving the One Stop to a new building, a new student space called Nexus was developed.”

The One-Stop Building concept proved beneficial because of the lack of privacy the academic advisors had in the JLSC One-Stop room. Its spaces were cubicles not conventional offices. “Each adviser now has his/her own office [in their new building].”

The Nexus, which means “connection” in Latin, will be a hub for student activity and interaction. Whereas in the past, the various hangout spots were broken up and hardly used, the Nexus creates a centralized location where students can unwind and have fun. In addition to housing gaming tables, electronic gaming and other recreation, groups such as the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the Queer Resource Center and other clubs are included in the room.

Anderson believes that this change will bring students more pride in the school, and referenced a trip she went on last year for student government to scout out student centers at other colleges.

“Every school’s colors were everywhere. At Weber [State University] was purple, at UVU [Utah Valley University] it was green,” she said. “I hate that when we walk into the student center, our colors aren’t everywhere. I want students to have pride in our building, our space.”

In an effort to do this, Anderson had the Nexus painted with the school’s colors and will hang up a large logo inside as well. If she had it her way she’d put up Eagle logos throughout the student center, but that is still in the works. “If we instill pride in our school this will become [the] student’s second home,” she said.

Another change to attract more attention is the extension

of the hours of operation to 10 p.m. in the JLSC. Anderson believes that this will allow students to be comfortable and not feel shooed away had the original 5 p.m. closing still existed.

Other departments in the student center will also be moved, with recruitment, housing, the marketing office and Dart as well occupying the space where the Campus Store was.

Finally, a smoothie machine and a café was added in the Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center for the USU Eastern community.

Being that the school year is only a couple weeks in, there are likely to be more changes in the future.

Co-Editor United Way is sponsoring a “Day of Caring” where service opportunities are planned.

“Day of Caring is an annual event where our entire community comes together to serve each other to serve each other; it really is an amazing site to witness hundreds and hundreds of caring people come together to do good in our community” said Terry Johnson, SUN Center director.

The Day of Caring starts at Lin’s Fresh Market with a free continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m., ending with a luncheon at Washington Park.

“There is a wide variety of projects that people can help with, it is super fun and a great way to get involved! I can’t wait to see you there” said Maddy Myers, SUN Center President “We’d love to see the year that we get 200+ volunteers from Eastern, so please come on out for some comradely and the opportunity to connect with our community by feeling good and from doing good,” Johnson said.

The United Way of Eastern Utah is seeking project ideas, project leaders and volunteers.

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A whole new day Emma Campbell Co-Editor

Many changes took place on campus this summer.

Interim Chancellor Straquadine describes them as physical and organizational structural changes. Both of these together make for a changed culture on campus.

He described four physical changes that happened this summer. The business department used to be split between four-different buildings and they have all been moved to the Reeves Building. The medical programs, not including nursing, in the McDonald building have all been moved to Reeves building near the sciences.

One of the biggest changes this summer was the One-Stop Center being moved to the Career and Development Center building. Everyone in the Career and Development Center was moved to the McDonald building. A new student lounge will take up the space of the old One-Stop Center in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. The last physical change was a few moves in the Library and Learning Commons (LLC).

During staff and faculty trainings, Straquadine changed the organizational structure of campus to better serve Eastern’s students and community. “We want to be above the line,” Straquadine explained Day P3

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How to get the most out of college Kaina Elias Staff Writer

One more semester starts at Utah State University Eastern and this time residence life has its biggest number of on-campus students since Director of Housing, Jeff Spears, got the position. The constant advertisement, recruitment and efforts from the institution to keep as many upper-division students as possible ended up raising the number on the student body at USU Eastern in Price, compared to last year. With the new soccer field finally inaugurated, new majors incorporated and three new health professions program added (medical laboratory technician, pharmacy technician and surgery technician), USUE keeps growing at an amazing rate, providing more educational options for Carbon County and surrounding areas.

As a junior, I did not notice how the beginning of fall 2018 is similar to any other in the past. New people arrive, old people come back and the environment on campus creates more joy, life and sometimes frenzy. Freshmen, especially those not used to college, tend to start either extremely focused on what is now a new stage of their academic life or, on the other extreme, tremendously excited for the parties to come, the people to meet and the adventures to live. As a student that has been part of athletics, leadership and employment within the university, I have felt both extremes. Allow me to talk a little bit about it.

For me, spring was usually the time to be excited for a good time rather than hours of study in the library. I always tried to set aside some time for my classes; after all, that’s why we are all here. However,

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hanging out with friends, driving up north for events or just attending parties were usually priorities. As I see it, it is completely normal for any college student as long as they are responsible and are aware of the consequences of any decision they make. That was my thinking, at least.

I did have fun and I did well in classes, just not as well as I could have. In my perspective that was important though, because college is definitely a place to not only grow academically, but also as a person, including character and social skills. And both of these were mainly acquired by me outside of the classroom.

On the other hand, after a few semesters I felt more like setting my classes as priorities. The fun side of college was still there, just not as present. And what I realize is that balance, as obvious as it might sound, is the key for a worthwhile experience. There are even a few classes that try to teach us how to get the most out your time. And from my experience, after four semesters at USUE, balancing your academic life with fun and joy in college is key to grow and graduate college prepared for life.

Regardless, if one is a freshman, sophomore or otherwise, one should still remember to go out, have fun and meet new people. Getting the most out of college means growing up to be a responsible adult, but also creating memories and starting to build a life that one will be proud of when looking back on the experience. After all, once we graduate, who knows how life is going to be? Enjoy it now, but responsibly.

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Women are something to nurture not something to conquer. - Kanye West In the culture we live in, women are often referred to as “bitches and hoes.” The media especially, creates this absurd image of women as they are something to be bought or won. Almost every recent song I listen to has had at least one line that demeans women in some way or another.

Now, I’m not a feminist, but the way I see guys treating women just grinds my gears. Whatever happened to holding the door open for a woman, or taking her out to dinner. Men, don’t just say “hey let’s hangout tonight,” take your girl on a damn date. We live in a world where it seems that everything has to be big picture, but it’s the little things that men are just missing out on.

Alright guys seriously, it took me a long time to learn this one. Hold the door open for your girl, every girl I have talked to about this says it’s the nicest thing and they love it. I mean, it makes sense, opening the door, then barging in like you have somewhere to go, just sounds ridiculous.

Plus, the doorknob is already in your hand it’s a little tedious to make her grab it too. It’s something you have to work on if you don’t already do it, but it’s just good taste.

Take her out on a date, it doesn’t even have to be anything fancy; a simple McDonald’s ice cream cone followed with good conversation would suffice. When you ask her out don’t beat around the bush with any of this “hey want to hang out,” rubbish. Honestly, tell her up front that it’s a date.

The fact that you called it a date makes it that much more special, especially since all these “snowflakes” are so caught up in Netflix and chilling.

Trust me, if you like her, your first date is going to be scary. I always say, “what do you have to lose either it goes good and you get a second date, or it goes bad and your right back to where you started.” Build up your confidence by listening to some Kiss or Hank Williams Jr. before picking her up, and yes you have to pick her up, then greet her with a smile and a “how’s your day going?” Don’t forget to be yourself, women see right through the façade and it isn’t attractive to be someone that you’re not.

I’ve never met a woman whose entire attraction for you is based on looks. Engage in interesting conversation with her and try to never let there be silence. Even if you have to tell an embarrassing story about how you hit someone with your car door, it’s better than sitting there awkwardly. Be sure to ask her about her interests and life, I mean we all like to talk about ourselves.

Open the door for her, make her laugh, buy her dinner and be yourself around her. Then if it works out, make sure you love her with all your heart, care about her for all of eternity and give her the world; because we are powerful alone, but together we are limitless.

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remarks about another politician or Uncle Bob picking a fight with you over the border wall, there will always be a situation in which we can all take a higher road. Instead of resorting to name-calling or personal attacks, we can get back to debating with ideas and facts.

People should be judged by the merit of their argument not on whether they are Republicans or Democrats.

In a prepared statement written before his death, McCain hit the nail on the head with a message to the country. “We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.”

We do not have to share the same opinions politically in this country, but we do need to strive to be civil and respectful of views that differ from our own. Society cannot function properly with two sides constantly at odds with one another and we are seeing the result of this in recent years. What was once a “Democrats versus Republicans” mentality, transformed into a struggle between extremist group versus extremist groups that turned violent on many occasions.

In the words of Abraham Lincoln; “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.”

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Politics have devolved into a sort of contact sport these days as bickering, finger-pointing and name-calling have taken the place of civil discourse and constructive debate.

It is widely understood that lawmakers tend to go at each other’s throats like wild animals and use bravado to intimidate one another. What isn’t as common is a sitting president’s controversial actions overshadowing such infighting. Though the blame for this heightened level of contention cannot be placed upon one person, the political climate in the country reflects a trend toward senseless, sophomoric behavior that has further driven a wedge between its citizens.

Anyone who surfs the comment section on any news page online will undoubtedly stumble upon crude or inflammatory remarks, some of which attack others on a personal level. Terms such as “snowflake,” deplorable, socialist and even Nazi get hurled back and forth, creating a hostile environment throughout the Internet. Such cruel and counterproductive dialogue has driven friends away from each other and even caused resentment amongst family members.

Social media is a big culprit in the war of words, but the underlying problem is not exclusive to a certain corner of the country.

Our leaders have a great deal of influence over public opinion and when they utilize such aggressive tactics, it doesn’t go unnoticed. Unfortunately,

a prime candidate for this is President Donald Trump. Throughout his presidency, Trump constantly belittles and berates anyone who criticizes him. An example of such animosity that he holds towards people happened in the aftermath of Sen. John McCain’s death.

Shortly after announcing his candidacy, then presidential candidate Trump dismissed the legitimacy of McCain’s designation of being a war hero stating; “He’s not a war hero. He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

McCain was a staunch critic of the president and drew more criticism for his legislative decisions. Trump went so far as to place much of the blame on McCain for the demise of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, a vote that McCain had cast after he announced he was diagnosed with brain cancer.

The weekend after McCain passed, the White House and the rest of the country lowered their flags at half-staff in mourning. The next Monday, most of the nation kept their flags lowered, but Trump allowed the White House’s flag to be raised. No one will know whether this lapse in judgement was the result of a grudge, and the flag was later lowered, but the damage had been done. Moments like this get to the heart of what’s plaguing the state of America’s ideological discourse.

So, what can we do to fix it?

There will never be an absolute sense of harmony between opposing ideologies in the political arena, nor will there ever be a universal mindset within it. However, what can change is the way that we approach those people with differing views. Whether it is a politician making scathing

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Theater department meets its new fairy godmother Nathan Milch Staff Writer

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius delivered the infamous line, “For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” Today, we know that phrase better as “It’s the clothes that make the man.”This bold statement holds some truth to it. In all seriousness, Cinderella would be nothing without her fairy godmother. Sure, she was kind and hardworking, but she never would have been able to go to the ball with that alone. Had it not been for the help of her fairy godmother, she would not have had her iconic LED dress and impractical choice of footwear that got her to the ball and made her the highlight of the night. Her attire is what made her presence that powerful.

USUE has a fairy godmother of its own, using her magic to create costumes that bring the stage to life.

Mandolynn Browning, 28, is the newest addition to the theater department this semester.

Browning learned how to walk on stage—literally. Growing up in New Mexico, her mother was a professional stage manager and theater teacher. Her passion for the arts, both performing and visual, was something she developed at a young age. “When I was little, and would wait for my mom to get out of rehearsal after school, I would draw on these naked body templates she had and design clothes and fashion.”

Browning took her art to college, attending New Mexico State University for her undergraduate program in performance and costume design. She decided that costume design was her passion, and attended Utah State for her graduate program. Since then, Browning has worked as a professional designer and interim professor in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Maryland.

During the summer, Browning works with the Lyric Repertory Company in Logan and brings new creative

designs with her every time. This year, she designed on the production of “Peter and the Starcatcher”. The playful origin story of Peter Pan called for whimsical costumes. She said, “We made mermaid outfits out of found objects, using rakes for their tails; and they later become the native inhabitants of Neverland, flipping their tails and making them into ferns that they can hide behind.” Browning also worked on A Year With Frog and Toad, using creative and comical materials to transform actors into Arnold Lobel’s beloved animal characters. Plays like this one are some of her favorites to work with. “I love theater for younger audiences. I feel like it’s a personal responsibility to bring up the next generation of artists.”

One of Browning’s favorite things about costumes and fashion is being able to tie it into history and politics. “I love looking at how the zeitgeist of different eras really affected women’s relationship to their clothing,” she says, “When I was in Maryland, I designed an entire course called “Fashion, History, and Feminism”, and we looked at fashion history with a feminist lens. We would look at what women were experiencing politically, socially and economically and looked at how their fashion of the day either hindered or helped that.” She loves being able to find books and articles about fashion written by people of many cultures and backgrounds. Even the fashion of today inspires her with how in-your-face and political clothes are present now more than ever before. “We are all costume designers. We all choose the clothes we wear for a reason.”

When it comes to her career, Browning doesn’t like to look at any point in it as a down. Though being a freelance artist means she’s always looking for her next job, she wouldn’t change it for anything. She chose what she loves to do and is always excited to help use her art to elicit feelings in an entire audience.

Mandolynn Browning, costume designer for the theater program, will design the costumes for “Spamalot.”

Meet USUE’s summer project manager Activities FROM P1 Kevin Vanderspek Staff Writer

Baylea Jones’ goal is to be a “trophy wife.” However, she says rather than her goal changing over time, it has been “postponed”.

Jones, 21, started at the USUE Dining Services over the summer as project manager.

Before joining the USUE team, she earned an associate of applied science degree in project management from LDS Business College.

She grew up in Topeka, Kansas and came to Utah to attend college.

Her dream job, she says proudly, is this job at USU Eastern. As project manager for Eastern’s summer camps, she will be the main point of contact for all the programs that use USUE as a temporary home. These camps, according to Eastern’s Auxiliary

Director Jeff Spears, made over $150,000 last summer.

Giving credit to her earthy and heavenly family, she plans to take the lessons learned each day to help as many people as possible before dying.

Because Jones loves to be pampered, her spirit animal is a fat house cat. She explains, her perfect day is a lazy day eating food with her best friend and cat, which is easy because they are one and the same.

Having been from Kansas and moving to Utah for school, Jones’ best advice to a younger version of herself would be not to worry so much.

Jones’ simple interests include, but not limited to painting and touching the noses of horses.

It is clear Jones loves working with people and hopes the work

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she puts in will make a positive difference on campus. She works hard to do her part to make the USU Eastern community’s experience the best possible. Always on the go, her desk is in the cafeteria, but rarely has time to sit at it.

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the resources available at the LLC. Immediately following the Breakfast Kickoff, the Serving Utah Network (SUN) Center gave students the opportunity to start off the year helping others. At the event, Humanity for the Homeless, the students turned old plastic bags into plastic yarn. This will in turn be used to create beds for the homeless.

Rounding off the first day of festivities was the “Meet the Teams” event. Students had the opportunity to mingle, eat and play games with student athletes.

Arianne Wood, a returning member of the Eagle Drumline, said, “I feel as if it was a great chance to get everyone at an event to have fun with each other, especially those who do not have the opportunity to do so on a regular basis. I enjoyed myself thoroughly at it. Pizza was great, I had a blast with drumline. I liked it.”

Tuesday night was the Luau.

There was free Polynesian-inspired food and music at the Desert Wave Pool for students. On top of swimming, students could play volleyball or participate in a watermelon- eating contest. The winners won kitchen appliances including

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Organizer of the event and head RA, Kevin Vanderspek, said, “I think the event went well. A high number people had a good time playing Fortnite or Wii U’s games, plus eating wings.”

To end the week of activities, the traditional “Hello, My Name Is” dance took place Friday night.

Students were given free shirts to write on. Students were encouraged to mingle and get to know each other as they signed each other’s shirts.

Long-time student, Tucker Anderson said, “When I look back at my old shirts, it brings back some memories of that year. Friends and stuff. People I forgot I even went to school with.”

This year, students competed to see who could get the most signatures on their shirts. The winner ended the night with 147 signatures.

Musician, Will Champlin, performed a set of covers and original songs. The night ended with a raffle for prizes such as a room decorating kit and a college survival kit. The last prize was a TV given from a raffle of tickets based on how many Welcome Week activities a student went to all week long.

This year’s Welcome Week took on a few new challenges. It was longer and had more events than previous welcome weeks. With the addition of the ambitious Block Party, this week set the stage for more engagement with the students.

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a coffee machine, a blender or a crockpot.

Afterward, students were treated to hula-fire dancers who showcased dances from different islands and cultures. With costume changes, student interaction and fire, the dancers put on a great show.

The leadership open house took place Wednesday night. Student leaders served ice cream to the students in the main hallway of the Jennifer Levitt Student Center.

Students could participate in a scavenger hunt in the student center.

They were led to the items based on clues. Each clue told them a little about the leaderships and what they do. Students were encouraged to play games and talk to the student leaders in their offices when they weren’t busy running around to win the scavenger hunt. Meanwhile, bingo was being played in the main hallway for prizes.

On Thursday night, students were invited to “Fortnite, Wing Nite.” RA’s set up games of Fortnite, a battle royale multiplayer game, for students to compete in to win a Fortnite-themed prize pack.

Students enjoyed wings and free shirts. Those who were not interested in playing Fortnite could play games on the Wii U’s or watch the U of U versus Weber State football game. The popular rhythm-based game Just Dance was a favorite among students.

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He’s excited for his new role at Eastern and wrote, “It’s a whole new day in your lifetime journey.

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Gallery East Exhibit to Feature Dorothea Lange’s Carbon Mining Camp Photos A forthcoming exhibit at Gallery East features a series of photographs taken at a Carbon County mining camp 82 years ago by renowned depression-era photographer, Dorothea Lange. The exhibit, “Life in a Utah Coal Camp: Dorothea Lange’s photographs of Consumers Mining Camp, 1936,” runs from Sept. 3-28.

When Dorothea Lange arrived at Consumers Mining Camp in March 1936, she had already taken numerous photographs in Nipomo, California the month before, when she took her world famous “Migrant Mother” photograph.

Lange’s “Migrant Mother” photo, a portrait of a near-destitute pea picker and her three children, is one of the most iconic American photographs of the 20th century. As a Federal Security Administration photographer, Lange was assigned to photograph the people and communities affected by the devastating effects of the Great Depression.

The exhibit, comprised of 36 photographs, shows Lange’s remarkable

ability to capture the unvarnished living conditions of miners and their families in Carbon County during the nation’s worst economic downturn.

As one of several photographers employed under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Lange was expected to make insightful observations, as she framed people and places in her viewfinder.

In fact, the expectations of an FSA photographer stated that they must be “a social investigator,” with keen perceptive skills, reporting “the major currents of our time as they manifest themselves pictorially in any one locality.” Lange’s short assignment in Carbon County was part of a larger effort to document economic conditions throughout the Western United States, along with her FSA photographer colleagues, Walker Evans, Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein and Marion Post Wolcott.

Though Lange only spent a day in and around the Consumers mining camp, she captured the impoverished conditions of the miners and their

wives and children living in the camp. Scenes include the Blue Blaze mine and tipple, the company store, miners’ shanties and the women and children at work and play in the camp.

Lange’s iconic image of Florence Owens Thompson (“the Migrant Mother”) and her children brought her fame as a depression-era photographer. But her lesser-known images of the working-class men and women of Utah and other Western states deserve a closer look. Lange’s images of the Consumers mining camp are every bit as compelling as those that were more widely seen as documentary observations of the Great Depression.

A reception will be on Friday, Sept. 7 from 6 -8 p.m. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited. Gallery East is located in the Central Instruction Building and is free and open to the public during the academic year from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Direct questions to Noel Carmack, Gallery East curator, at 435-613-5241 or email at noel.carmack@usu.edu.

King Arthur musically brought to life Hogwarts versus USUE USU Eastern’s 2018-19 theatre season begins with “Spamalot,” the 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, “lovingly ripped off” from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”

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ith book and lyrics written fall semester is It’s a Wonderful Life: a Rounding out Eastern’s theatre season

by Monty Python alum Live Radio Drama, adapted by Joe Landry, is Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh and Joe Eric Idle, and music com- opening the holiday season on campus.

Darion’s Man of La Mancha, one of the poser and Lyricist John This beloved American holiday classic most honored and produced musicals of the DuPrez, they musically bring to life King comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio American Theater, inspired by Miguel de Arthur and his outrageous search for the broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that Cervantes’ 17th Century masterpiece Don Holy Grail as they come across a bevy of brings a few dozen characters to the stage, Quixote. beautiful showgirls, not to mention cows, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds It received five Tony Awards, including killer rabbits, Knights who say “NI” and as he considers ending his life one fateful one for best musical play, as well as the DraFrench people. Did we mention the bevy Christmas Eve. ma Critics Circle Award for best musical. of beautiful showgirls?

This production takes place in a radio This production is directed by Ewan Spamalot opened on Broadway March station studio during Christmas 1946. The who said the production is powerful, 17, 2006, and ran to Jan. 11, brutal, funny and heart2009. breaking. “Man of La Eastern’s production feaMancha” celebrates the tures a new talented director perseverance of one man to put his stamp on the Geary who refuses to relinquish stage, Brent Innes, who is his ideals, and who is deknown for his incredible set termined to see life “not designs and builds. Stepping as it is, but as it ought to outside his box, Innes said he be.” It ran from 1965 to is thrilled, excited and terrified 1971 for a total of 2,328 to take on this task. performances and made Theatre department colinto a film in 1972. league, Corey Ewan Ph.D., The story of Man of knows that Innes “is easily up La Mancha introduces to the task, as demonstrated by the Spanish poet and playhis help with past productions. wright Cervantes, while There is a lot of Brent on our awaiting a hearing with the stages.”

Inquisition, Cervantes, an Auditions were held last aging and utter failure as photo by Airan Melendez/The Eagle week and rehearsals are well Student audition for a part in the cast of the upcoming theatre season opener “Spamalot.” playwright, poet and tax under way with the production collector presents a play set for the Geary Events Center as his defense in a mock on the first two weekends in October: 4-6, audience will be able to see and experience trial made up by the prisoners. live sound effects and the cast of charac8, 10-12, 2018.

In the play enacted by his fellow inmates, The cast included John Behn as the ters from Bedford Falls enacted by radio he plays Alhonso Quiana, a man who has historian; Hayden Buss, King Arthur; Chris personalities. set his own reality aside to become Don “I came across a poster advertising this Vlamakis, Pasty; Ali Hugguard, Lady; Dave Hocanson, SirRobin; Mick Skelly, Sir production at Whittier College in Califor- Quixote De La Mancha a “knight errant.”

Assisted by his “squire” Sancho Panza, Lancelot; Rick Tobin, Sir Galahad; Vincent nia and I had to find the script and bring it Quixote attempts to avoid his mortal enemy, here,” said Ewan, I love the film and think Nelson, Sir Bedevere; Jovin Morrison, Sir Bors; Mac Cottom, Not Dead Fred/Herbert; this could be a great Christmas card for the the Enchanter, and woo the serving wench and prostitute, Aldonza, who he takes to Corey Ewan, father; Ted Cartwright, Tim the university and the community.

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play be the lady Dulcinea and whom he will Enchanter; Liz Neilson, Mother of Dennis; premiered in 1996 at Stamford Center for serve forever. and Charles Turner, Concord.

USU Eastern opens “Man of La ManShalyley Cartwright, Kelsey McCord, the Arts in Stamford, Connecticut, and has Kaitlyn Cave, Alicia Austin and Keyara since been produced throughout the country cha” April 11-13, 15, 17-20, 2018, in the Geary Events Center.

Price, play the Laker Girls; while Morgan to critical acclaim.

We are excited to bring these shows to Clarence the angel; George and Mary Innes, Stephan Ewan, Nate Smith, Aubree Guyman, Karly Bowles, Rosie Wichmann, Bailey; Zuzu; her petals, Violet, Martini and light. We want you be able to laugh, to Bethany Prettyman and Ellie deMie, are in Mr. Gower; will appear the weekends of Nov. reminisce and to enjoy the beauty of these 29 and 30, December 1 and 6-8, 2018, at 7:30 artist’s creations. This will be a great year the Ensemble.

Following close on Spamalot’s heels p.m., in the Black Box Theater in the CIB. of the arts in theatre arts, Ewan said.

Jason Olsen Guest Writer

Hogwarts is a lousy school. I said it. Does that mean I wouldn’t want to have attended Hogwarts? Does that mean I wouldn’t want to teach there now? Of course not. But as a school, it stinks.

I guess I should elaborate. Though of us who care enough about the Harry Potter series know our specific Hogwarts house and what classes we would have loved and hated. Still, it’s a lousy school.

Why? Well, I’ll go over a few of the major points and try my best to convince you that you’re better off here at USU Eastern. First, let’s compare the founding of both schools. Carbon College was created with the signing of a senate bill in 1937. The school became College of Eastern Utah a few decades later. In 2010, the USU Eastern we know was created through a collaborative effort between USU and CEU. Was Hogwarts similarly founded by people working together for a common good? Not really. Maybe they started with good intentions, but when four eminent wizards wanted to found a school for young sorcerers, they quickly realized they couldn’t agree on how to run it. The only way the school could be founded at all was for these four to come up with a compromise. The school is ultimately split into four houses where the founders personally decide what students go where, but when they realize that they won’t be around forever, they create the sorting hat, so the separations will continue. Hogwarts was founded out of conflict and the founders made sure that conflict continued through generations.

And one of those founders is pretty terrifying. Salazar Slytherin is obsessed with pure blood wizards, and makes the Chamber of Secrets which, basically, creates a self-desctruct for the school. That’s where the Basilisk is, a giant serpent to be brought out of dormancy by Slytherin’s heir to kill all the non-pure blood wizards. And it’s in the school. IN THE SCHOOL. PUT THERE BY A FOUNDER OF THE SCHOOL. I’ve worked long enough at USU Eastern to be confident that the founders of

our school were less aggressive.

You’re safer here.

Your professors are also better prepared at USU Eastern. Your profs go through a rigorous hiring process to begin with, and then are examined every year to make sure they are doing right by you, the students. It’s a thorough system. At Hogwarts? Less so. It seems they barely look into the background or credentials of any of their teachers and, once they’ve been hired, those teachers seem mostly uninterested in anything, except maybe holding grudges and playing favorites.

From my observation, the discipline system at USU is fair. At Hogwarts, it is not. While Hogwarts students are often issued point deductions for small acts of disobedience (which seems reasonable), they just as frequently are given detentions (often for barely any reason) and those detentions are varied, inconsistent, and often cruel. Some detentions are built around legitimately dangerous act like helping Hagrid enter the Forbidden Forest. Draco Malfoy immediately identifies this act as cruel and unusual, but he is ignored when he says something about it.

And Hogwarts students are not only unfairly treated with punishment. The curriculum is brutal, and students suffer as a result. When the fifth year students are prepping for the OWLS, it is not uncommon for students to be suffering severe lack of sleep. Seamus tells us he’s studying 8-10 hours a day (while still going to classes, thus telling us he’s giving up meals and sleep). Fred and George say students break out in rashes. The staff has to be trained to deal with nervous breakdowns. Obviously, school isn’t always easy, but that all seems a bit much.

So be happy where you are. Your teachers aren’t out to get you, and the staff is going to help you in any way it can. Breath easy, everyone, and enjoy the semester. Just don’t ask what’s hiding in the basement of the WIB.

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Two Bestfriends take on Thailand In the fall of 2017, Lex (Alexis Hill) and I were attending USUE for soccer. This was Hill’s’ second year and my first. After the first night we met, we knew we were going to be best friends and make the most of our time at USUE together.

Deciding how long we wanted to spend in the “Land of Smiles” was difficult. We spent countless hours looking around at places to see and decided with a full 25 days, we could tour Thailand, north to south!

Hill had a dream of traveling to Thailand the summer of 2018.

I was ready to join her to accomplish this dream of hers. We had ideas of going to teach English, but after a long process we decided, “heck let’s just go and make our own trip!”

Flights were our next step. After a delay with passports, it came down to three weeks before we left and we bought our tickets.

We found a flight that sent us round trip from Los Angeles to Tokyo-Narita, then to Bangkok for $540. The dates were set and we were headed to Thailand on May 7.

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Women’s soccer Men’s soccer Tucker Anderson

Women’s soccer christens new field over Labor Day Weekend

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Samantha Hall Sports writer

SU Eastern women’s soccer team started to feel the excitement for their future conference games, as they finished their preseason by defeating their non-conference opponents Labor Day weekend.

After the Eagles’ friendly match against Westminster College, they were determined to get the win when they returned to Price.

As the Eagles geared up for their first-home appearance against Sheridan College Generals, they practiced hard not knowing what the Generals might bring to the pitch since this would be their first game of the season.

On Aug. 31, they started slow, but quickly picked up pace in the 19th minute when a long ball was put over the top of the defense by Midfielder Brooke Stoker. Forward Logan Duran outran the last defender of the Generals, collected the ball, made a simple cut around the goalie and passed the ball into the back of the net to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. Duran’s tally was significant, as it was the first goal by an Eagle player on their new field.

Several opportunities arose for the Eagles in the first half, but they were unable to put them into the back of the net. The ball was sent across the box making it a dangerous situation for theGenerals,

as the Eagles could capitalize and put the ball into the net to make it 2-0. However, Duran and Generals’ Goalie Morgan Bury collided while trying to get the ball making the Generals put in their backup keeper until Bury was cleared to return to the game.

The Eagles defended as a team, stopping four opportunities for the Generals to score with Freshman Mya Massey in goal for the Eagles.

With 30 seconds left in the first half, Eagle defender Sarah Reddish drove a long ball to the other end of the field where Eagle forward Morgan Cragun gathered the ball at her feet, touched the ball, not only past the defense, but also past the keeper making the score 2-0 at end of the first half.

In the second half, both teams played with consistency and the Generals were determined to put a goal in the back of the net.

Meanwhile, the Eagles were determined to keep the Generals off the scoreboard.

The Generals fouled, giving them an opportunity to score.

Kristen Franke for the Generals would take the free kick and put the ball in the back of the net just above Massey as she tried to tip it over the goal, making the match 2-1. This would be the last goal scored for either team as the Eagles’ would not allow the Generals much activity and the opportunities were shut down time and time again by

both teams. the game reT h e maining 2-0. n ex t d ay, During the Eagles most of the dominated second half, Tr i n id a d t he E agles State Junior made several College Troopportunities jans. Early for the themin the first selves, but minutes of were not able the ga me, to con ne ct the Eagles and put the had several ball behind opportunit he Troja n ties with a keeper. shot just off F i n a l l y, f r a m e by Eastern’s forDuran and ward Morgan within the Hall received third minute the ball in of the game, the middle of Cragun the field and found t he touched the back of the ball to outside net for the wi ng M ckEagles, givenna Wising them an combe. She edge from then crossed the start of the ball back photo by Kalli Prendergast/The Eagle Rylie Bunce, freshman, beats out defender to progress up the field the game. into the TroB o t h alongside teammate Heather Moore. jan defense to teams felt the the back post tage of the opportunity and sent the heat as the game continued and a ball across the goal where Eastern where Hall connected with the ball number of fouls occurred, mainly forward Claire Boman connected and practically walked the ball into by the Trojans. Eastern’s outside and volleyed the ball past the goalie, the net. This padded the lead for back Arianna Towne was fouled on making the game 2-0. the Eagles as the final minutes of the edge of the goalie box giving Trinidad later got an opportu- the game dwindled away. the Eagles an opportunity to score. nity, but it was cleared away by the With less than two minutes Defender Ellie Putnam took advan. Eagles right before halftime with remaining, the Trojans had an

Frank Debry, leaps in the air to clear the ball to stop Sheridan from scoring.

Soccer wins 2 at home

Eagles break in new field against Sheridan and Trinidad State over the Labor Day Weekend

Men’s soccer picked up wins against non-conference opponents Sheridan and Trinidad State over the weekend at home.

The Eagles shutout the Sheridan Generals 2-0 on Friday night to open their home schedule.

Both teams couldn’t find the net in the early goings until Jojea Kwizera found the back of the net in the 36› minute unassisted.

The Eagles outshot Sheridan nine to one in the first half and goalie Israel Davila Aleman had no saves.

Sheridan and the Eagles picked up the intensity in the second half as things got more physical.

There were nine total fouls in the second half with three yellow cards administered.

USU Eastern’s leading scorer Frank DeBry put the Generals away with his third goal of the season.

DeBry scored the final goal of the game during the 55 minute mark with an assist from sophomore Guillermo Hernandez.

After the game USU Eastern sophomore Mat Clark said that his team were successful against

Sheridan because of their game plan to counter whatever Sheridan was showing.

“We played very well against Sheridan with possessing the ball and countering their style of play,” said Clark The next day the Eagles defeated the Trinidad State Trojans 4-1.

USU Eastern got off to hot start on Saturday with two quick goals Within the first four minutes of the game DeBry added his second goal of the weekend.

Five minutes later Clark added a goal for USU Eastern with an assist from Kwizera.

Hernandez said that the depth of USU Eastern on offense is what really set them up for success in getting a big lead in the first half.

“Our team has so many players at different positions that can shoot the ball, so it makes it easier to get the lead early,” said Hernandez.

DeBry would add another goal in the first half with an assist from Clark to go up 3-0 at halftime.

“He is a very smart, crafty player. He is dangerous when he gets the ball in close, he is very patient in

front of the box and has the ability to find the back of the net which is fantastic,” said USU Eastern Head Coach Ammon Bennett.

Halfway through the second half Trinidad State would add a goal off a penalty kick to cut the Eagles’ lead to 3-1. The goal would be the first to be given up by the Eagles and Davila Aleman this season.

With 11 minutes left in the game, DeBry would put in his third goal of the game to shut the door on the Trojans.

DeBry would add an assist in the final four minutes of the game when he helped Hernandez get a ball in the back of the net.

USU Eastern now has an overall record of 3-0 heading into next week’s conference home opener against the College of Southern Nevada.

“I thought the men played both well both days especially today against Trinidad in the first half. We are moving in the right direction,” said Bennett.

The Eagles play CSN at 3 p.m.

Sept. 7 and 1 p.m. on Sept. 8 at the USU Eastern soccer field.

opportunity to counter and score on the Eagles, but were quickly shut down. Center Back Aubrey Mitton, won the ball, turned and drove the ball up the field to Duran where she touched the ball to Hall where she got a touch right before the defense got there to the outside where sophomore Silvey Call, who cut to her left foot and took a shot that hit the back of the net.

The Eagles won the match, beating the Trinidad 4-0 to conclude their exhibition season.

When winning games, there are always things to learn from each and every game.

Coach Ammon Bennett tells the girls time and time again, “they have to get a little better each day and overall we are getting better, but we still have things to work on.”

Putnam said the team needs to continue to build on their game.

“We definitely have some things to work on. We need to finish in the final third of the field, but we definitely are connecting a lot better and becoming stronger… we are definitely improving as the season is going.”

USUE hosts their first conference games Sept. 7-8 where they play College of Southern Nevada. The Eagles then travel to Taylorsville, to face Salt Lake CC Bruins on Sept. 14-15 and return home Sept. 22 to face Otero Junior College.

photo by Kalli Prendergast/The Eagle

Student coach looks to grow cheer team Paige Martinez

Anderson “hit hands” or was able to toss a girl from the ground to standing into his hands. He recalls the realization that cheer was harder than people expected.

Last school year, the cheer program decided to Tucker (TJ) Anderson wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to work towards going to competition. Along with this run from his apartment to the BDAC every morning. decision, Anderson became the assistant cheer coach.

He arrives at 5:45 a.m., 15 minutes before the cheer He stepped up and took more responsibility for teachteam shows up for their morning workout. Anderson, ing his team more advanced stunts and tumbling. This the USU Eastern cheer team’s assistant coach, works included running practices, giving extra one-on-one out alongside his team. He says, “you can’t ask your time and setting goals for the team. team to do anything you won’t do. Plus, it’s healthy Anderson says, “There’s definitely people 10 for me.” times more qualified than this guy. I Anderson grew up in Santaquin, just happened to be at the right place Utah, playing a wide range of sports: at the right time. But I’m just trying to baseball, basketball, soccer and wresmake up for my lack of qualifications.” tling filled up his time. As he grew older, Despite his reservations, his team Anderson chose to focus on baseball. “It values and respects him. was the only sport I never won a medal This year, the cheer team would in, so I decided to only play baseball.” like to compete again. The competition His pursuit of baseball led him to is in early spring semester, but the team USU Eastern. During his first semester, is already preparing for it. “They’re a roommate was invited to cheer praca good group of athletes,” Anderson tice. Anderson tagged along, and his says, “I know that my team will put interest in cheer sparked. However, he out their best effort.” could not tryout due to his commitment Tucker Anderson Moving forward, Anderson would to baseball. like to build up the cheer program.

After a semester of trying out for “I’d like to prove that we’re a program that’s here to baseball, Anderson didn’t make the team. After being stay and grow. We’d like to see higher numbers for down on his luck for a couple of years, Anderson came tryouts and supporting our athletes more.” back to USU Eastern with renewed determination to Anderson encourages students to support the cheer get a degree. A friend invited him to cheer tryouts team throughout this year. They are running fundand his interest kicked in. raisers to help get them to their competition. Come The cheer team is always looking for men to be watch them as they perform at games and their cheer on the team, so from then on, Anderson has been a showcases. Anderson says, “I’ve got high hopes for cheer leader. He was a fast learned and enjoyed being this year. We’ve got a good team this year, and I’m able to do difficult stunts. After his second practice, expecting great things.”

Staff writer

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Volleyball Softball Ray Jones

September 6 , 2018

Volleyball goes 1-3

Eagles beat North Lake, fall to Yavapai, South Mt., Eastern Arizona PRICE – USU Eastern volleyball went 1-3 at the Dalton Overstreet Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Prescott, Arizona.

On Friday they opened the tournament with a 3-1 loss to the home team Yavapai (22-25, 25-22, 11-25, 18-25).

Sophomore Sarah Mafi has 20 kills and 10 digs in the first game of the tournament. Last week she was named SWAC player of the week.

“Sarah Mafi had another great weekend and continues to lead this team,» said USU Eastern Head Coach Danielle Jensen.

Mackenzie Carter also had a solid performance in Saturday›s loss with 10 kills and 16 digs The Eagles followed that game with a 3-1 loss to South Mountain later that evening.

They took the first set in dominating fashion with a 25-16 win but after that it was all South Mountain.

USU Eastern would lose the next three sets to South Mountain 25-27, 22-25, 23-25.

Mafi led the Eagles against South Mountain in digs with 24 and Carter led the team in kills with 16.

The Eagles would rebound early Saturday

morning with a 3-0 sweep of North Lake. USU Eastern won each set by at least six points.

“That game was the highlight of our weekend because we saw the potential our team has. We saw what we are capable of doing,” said Mafi.

In their final game of the weekend, the Eagles took on Eastern Arizona in a rematch of last weekend’s game in Richfield. Eastern Arizona defeated the Eagles 3-1 in that game.

This time around the Eagles would lose again but by a score of 3-0.

“Overall this weekend was not a great weekend for us. We had to make adjustments from the previous weekend and it took some time to figure those out,” said Jensen.

Libero Megan Gurr-Wiscombe and Mafi each had 10 digs against EAC. Freshman setter Siara Roberts had another good weekend for USU Eastern after totaling 158 assists. She currently ranks fourth in the country in total assists with 320.

“Siara did really well this weekend. We weren’t giving her amazing passes but she was still setting up good sets for our hitters,” said Mafi.

For Mafi, she finished the weekend with 59

kills, bringing her total kills to 122 which is good for fifth in the country.

After their first two weekends of non-conference tournaments, the Eagles sit at 3-5 overall with two more weekend tournaments left.

Jensen said that she has seen improvements in her young team from the first weekend to this past weekend in Arizona.

“We did better on eliminating errors and at different times we saw glimpses of improvement in areas we have been struggling with this year,” said Jensen.

Up next for USU Eastern is a trip to Rangely for the Blue Mountain Inn and Suites Invitational where they will play four games starting on Friday against Central Wyoming.

The Eagles defeated Central Wyoming in Richfield last weekend 3-0.

USU Eastern will open their home schedule on Friday September 21 against conference foe Salt Lake Community College.

Fans who want to watch the volleyball team’s road games can follow the USU Eastern Women’s Volleyball Facebook page for the live streams.

Central WY College

12 pm

Lamar Community College

4 pm

Western Nebraska Community College

AWAY GAME

8 am

Dawson Community College 8 pm Western WY Community College 4 pm Yavapai College

9 am

Chandler-Gilbert Community College 8 pm

Victor Valley College

VS. SLCC 7 PM @ HOME BDAC

VS. CSI 3 PM @ HOME BDAC

HOME GAME

9 am

VS. Colorado Northwestern CC 3 PM

@ HOME BDAC

Ashleigh Brown

photo by Ryan Piccolo/The Eagle

Softball coach brings wealth of experience Kenlee East Staff Writer

Besides winning the conference, the newest Utah State University Eastern coach believes he also needs to make his athletes better, college students.

Ryan Smith, was named head softball coach by Athletic Director Chelsey Warburton in August. He is most recently from Hurricane, Utah. Smith coached the last five years at Hurricane High School, including two as head coach.

He was born in Montpelier, Idaho. Smith started college at BYU- Idaho (formally known as Ricks College) and finished at California State University, Northridge. He endured his master’s degree in social work and bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Smith and his wife Melanie have five children and he had the opportunity to deliver three of the five.

His favorite book is “The Bonds that Make Us Free” written by C. Terry Warner. His favorite movies are “Sandlot” and “Princess Bride.” His favorite pastime is playing sports, outdoor activities and spending time with his family.

His spirit animal is a English bulldog because they show everyone unconditional love. His dream job is being at USU Eastern coaching the softball team.

His uncle, who wore the number nine jersey for the USU Aggies football team, is someone he really looks up to.

His greatest strength is being able to laugh when things are hard. A perfect day for Smith is “time well spent” whether it be with his family, a good practice

or working.

Smith mentioned “You have to throw in the errors in to have a perfect day so you can learn and progress for the next day too.”

The best advice he could give the athletes at Eastern is, “Every day and every way we can get better and better.”

Smith’s goal this year is to win region. He said “I’m not just coaching these girls in softball, I’m coaching them to go be better college students, better mothers, wives and employees. What we learn on the field will carry them throughout their lives.” Smith wants all the softball athletes to know that he’ll fight for them, make sure they are disciplined and love them because he cares.

If you see Smith on campus welcome him to the best college in Utah.

Ryan Smith

Q. and A. with Eagles assistant coach Ray Jones Tai Justice Sports Editor

Question and answer with USUE Assistant Basketball Coach Ray Jones The basketball team at USU Eastern last season had 10 European players. I was curious as to what their recruiting “pitch” or “sale” was to convince these players to come all the way across the world to play basketball. I wanted to do a sit down interview and talk to either Ray Jones, assistant coach at USU Eastern or head coach Adjalma Becheli. I was lucky enough to have Jones sit down with me and let me ask him a few questions.

Jones is entering his 2nd season as assistant coach at USU Eastern.

Before joining the USU Eastern staff in 2017, Coach Jones worked for his alma mater Southern Utah

University helping with the Thunderbird basketball team. Jones also played professionally overseas for four years.

Q: Ray, when you look at last years team and you had 10 European players. When you guys are recruiting a kid from overseas, what is your pitch? What are you guys trying to sell them on to get them to come here? Because for someone that’s from this area and lived here my whole live that’s amazing to see that type of diversity.

A: I think recruiting from Europe is a lot like anywhere else in America or anywhere else around the world. Every school is different, every culture is different. Here, me and Vando (Eagles head basketball coach) we really believe in selling a product we believe in, to the point where you’re no longer really selling it as much as you are just

stating what you represent. We’re ly guy and there’s a certain love that very genuine with the things that we comes with that that you try and do and it’s not so much a pitch. We give to whomever you’re recruiting. introduce them to the fact that we’re You build that relationship, recruitnot a huge school, we’re not flashy, ing and relationship have to go hand we’re not and hand.

T h a t’s a Ve g a s school, something we’re not t hat we a school believe in, so with the with endless funds, love t hat we’re not in we give we a big city like to let [like] Salt the recruits know that Lake. But what we that comes do have is w it h a c a f a m i ly countabilispirit. Vanty. Pushing you to be do is a big a better family guy and I’m a person, Ray Jones big faminot just a

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basketball player. It comes with things outside of basketball that we believe will help you become a better person and player.

Q: When the players get here, what is the adjustment period like?

It’s a whole different world over here than it is over there. I know when I travel I’m in awe about how different everything is. How do you guys work with people when they first get here?

A: I think [with] Vando being from Brazil and me having played in Europe for four years our comfortability with everything is something that we do have an edge on. There’s an adjustment period for sure. There was an adjustment period for every season I played over in Europe. Then, with Vando coming to America he obviously had to adjust as well. It’s a lot about patience. It’s that relationship that we talked about, there’s going to be times when they struggle with things. Whether it’s on the court with the style, the culture may be a little different. But when you have more than one foreigner that’s something that they have in common, so that common ground becomes a normal thing now.

Q: How do you guys find these players, do you guys make trips oversea a lot? Do the players comes to camps in the states?

How does all that work?

A: WhatsApp helps a lot.

WhatsApp is the app that we use to talk and text to Europeans or other countries. I have it, Vando has it. If we were a bigger school, Division I, they make trips

across the country. Vando and I will go to Brazil and do a little bit of that, but we don’t have the funds to go and visit every player. A lot of it is reputation and relationship-based.

This thing has to be bigger than basketball. When people see that you’re genuine people, they tend to tell other people about genuine people. People want good things for good people. We had a player named Milan (Milan Surlic) last year who was good for us. He’s from Serbia. With that we have Matija (Matjia Novikovic) and Ognjen (Ognjen Pantovic) from Sebria as well and this year we have a kid named Phillip coming from Serbia and so you see the connection there.

It just keeps on going and going. I think we’ll have a Serbian pipeline for a while now and that comes from the relationship we try and establish.

Q: How many European kids to you have coming for this next season?

A: I believe we will have eight.

Two Brazilians, two returning Serbians, two new Serbians, one from the Czech Republic and an Australian. It’ll cool. It’s a cool culture, a whole lot of different environments bringing brought into one thing.

It’ll be fun, I learn some new languages all the time, I learn some cool words. It’s always a good time.

I would advise anyone, when they have some free time to come check out one of our practices. You’ll hear so many different languages and see so many different characters. It’s an entertaining thing for sure.

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September 6, 2018

THE EAGLE LIFE

PHOTOS BY: TYSON CHAPPEL

LAYOUT BY: KALLI PRENDERGAST