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USUE’s assistant athletic director strives for athletics to be more community involved the university and area. Madsen, assistant athletic director, told those present that athletics gives hundreds of students the opportunity to continue their athletic career while pursuing a USU education. G r eg D a r t, v ic e chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management said, “Our community has a rich history of supporting Eagle athletics in so many ways. We are excited to
get any kind of support, from attendance at the games to helping fund scholarships. These students benefit so much from that support. “It is an amazing time to be a part of Eagle athletics. From new athletic teams to new supports such as athletic training, strength and conditioning and academic help, the department is strong. We look forward to a bright future, and your support is such an integral part.”
Madsen explained that the school provides an on-site academic c ou n s elor, academic
Eastern athletics is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and hosts seven sanctioned NJCAA
study lounge, full-time athletic trainer, strength and conditioning coach and more to help each student-athlete succeed.
teams including men and women’s soccer, volleyball, men and women’s basketball, softball and baseball.
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ith a goal of get ti ng t he community involved with Utah State University Eastern Athletics, Scott Madsen told a gathering of community recently that “our programs need the community support.” He is in the process of organizing an athletic club for USU Eastern and brought the community, faculty, staff and administration together to explain why he sees this as important for
...our programs need the community support
The rodeo team competes in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association with other colleges and universities throughout Utah. A newly organized spirit squad features a nationally ranked dance team, cheer squad and drumline that are part of the athletic department. “We have over 200 student-athletes at USU Eastern that can each benefit from support of the athletic club,” Mad-
sen said. The first year, Madsen hopes to get 100 members to sign on and hopefully it will grow each season. His longterm goal with the athletic club is members would help increase the number of scholarships available to student athletes, improve and maintain Eastern’s facilities for athletic events, help with the cost of traveling to away games and conference tournaments, and
finally to keep the athletes equipped with the best uniforms and equipment on the market. The membership levels are broken into six categories with the captain at $100, MVP $250, Conference Champion $500, All Region $1,000, National Champion $1,500 and All American $2,500. For more information call Madsen at 435.650.0227 or via email at scott.madsen@usu. edu.
Blanding separating from USUE is just a rumor Kaina Elias Staff Writer
Overlooking Payson Valley, smoke blankets hills, planes flying overhead dropping water and retardant while heat is beaming down.
Utah State University has campuses throughout Utah, including Price and Blanding, also known as Eastern or Utah State University Eastern. Different from Logan and the regional campuses like Moab and Tooele, Price and Blanding have the lowest tuition rates of them all. A few months ago, rumors started among faculty and staff that Blanding would be no longer part of USU Eastern, leaving Price as the only Eastern campus. Interim-Chancellor Gary Straquadine was pressed about the subject to clarify some of these rumors. Straquadine was clear on his answer: “We are still one university. We have explored all kind of options to better serve students and community, but
U.S.-6 closure Grass is greener for Eagles’ new soccer field forces students Scott Froehlich to take an alternate route Managing Editor
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Thick smoke clogged canyon Sept. 13, shortly before closure on US-6.
Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires torched over 100,000 acres Scott Froehlich Managing Editor
This summer has not been kind to Eastern Utah, as wildfires scorch thousands of acres in multiple canyons. For Utah Sate University Eastern residents, two fires in Spanish Fork Canyon caused headaches for those traveling U.S.-Highway 6 when it closed the highway which forced drivers to take longer detours. Since Sept. 6, the Pole Creek Fire burned nearly 75,000 acres and as of Sept. 19, is only
25-percent contained. Officials closed U.S.-6 on and off from Sept. 13-15. On Sept. 16, when the wildfire jumped north across the highway, it remains closed. More than 6,000 people have been forced to evacuate from their homes and many are seeking shelter at a local high school. Students at USU Eastern had differing experiences while making their way in or out of Price last weekend. “My brother told me the fire marshal said that it would be open Sunday morning around 9:30. So I
Blanding is still part of Eastern.” According to Straquadine, every 10 years – if you follow the history of regional campuses at USU – changes are made. The last big change was eight years ago, when College of Eastern Utah merged with Utah State University to become USU Eastern, so it is normal that speculation is around even though nothing official has been decided. “We have had regional campuses in Utah since 1967, Uintah Basin being the first one. Every 10 years, we reorganize the campuses by adding new ones or realigning a few existing.” USU also has a new president that, according to Straquadine, wants to do new things. That reinforced the rumors about Blanding and a possible disconnection with Eastern campus at USU. Straquadine said changes were made Blanding P3
hurried and got my stuff ready to go, but right as I started to enter the canyon, the police closed it. So, I turned around and got off at the Nephi exit [to take an alternate route home],” student Shayla Atterton said. Kalli Prendergast had a positive experience, despite being rerouted as well. “I knew the canyon was closed, so I headed [down through Nephi]. I did not mind driving the alternate route, adding extra time because I’m from Nevada so seeing new places, beautiful scenery and fall colors is
worth it. “Huntington Canyon was filled with pure yellow Aspens along with the trees changing orange and red. Every corner I turned was something different.” Those looking to travel north during the canyon closure have limited options as to alternate routes, but would be best suited taking Highway 10 south, traveling through Huntington Canyon and heading north via Mount Pleasant and Nephi. Download the UDOT app for the latest information.
Utah State University Eastern’s soccer teams kick off this season with one key addition: a new soccer field. Located across the street from the Price Cemetery on what is known as the Durrant property, the new field is a breath of fresh air for both teams thus far. The field behind the Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center has been in existence since the old CEU football team played in the 1930-40s and 80s, with the soccer teams playing on it for the last four. Head coach Ammon Bennett noted how poor of a condition the BDAC’s field was in and that it “wasn’t even really a soccer field.” He described the surface as being hard and bumpy which, as he put it, would be akin to “[having] potholes on our basketball court.” Another cumbersome feature of the old field was a cement gutter that encompassed the grass and whenever it would rain, the field would flood. For as fun as a mud bog may sound to some, it does not make for good soccer games. Needless to say, the new plot is a
welcome change. In 2014, initial plans for the field were discussed, but eventually fell through due to issues with funding. Two years later the green light was given and the project was completed in 2018 with both teams holding inaugural home games in August. Though the field is in playing condition, there are still some improvements that Bennett would like to see made soon such as a scoreboard, bleachers and bathroom facilities. Additionally, he wishes to see lighting “The one thing that the college doesn’t have in any of our outdoor facilities [is] we don’t have the capability to use those facilities at night,” he said. This would allow the team to hold practices at night, something Bennett believes would let the players make better class schedules during the day. Another benefit of having lights on the field is the ability to host tournaments and hold club-team activities, which will be great for fundraising. The players and other coaching staff are grateful for their new home and look forward to seeing it grow into a Soccer P3
Recruitment re-adjusts focus to increase enrollment numbers Kevin Van Der Spek News Editor
Recruitment plans need to change often to keep up with market pressures. That is according to Greg Dart, vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs and Noelle Cockett, president. After Cockett expressed the need to constantly evaluate recruitment efforts in July, a new position, vice president for regional campuses, was created with David Woolstenhulme appointed to fill it. It was distinguished that USU Eastern functions as a regional campus only for upper-division courses. Woolstenhulme and other administration are in the process of creating new plans to increase enrollment faster than before at Eastern and regional campuses.
The short-term plan for Eastern focuses on high schools whose students are most likely to enjoy the Price campus over other campuses in the Utah State System. Both Dart and Mark Dickey, recruiter, explained meetings are being held to sort all the details, but there are a few examples used to determine what schools are of interest to Eastern’s campus. First is geographical, second is programs and third is the level of involvement that the students’ desire. The schools which have these students will receive Eastern-specific visits, Dickey says, “On the Eastern-specific visits, I will be there.” On these visits he will have material that is mostly USU Eastern; including communicating the information in an Eastern viewbook with the Eagle logo on all but
one page. There are no set boundaries, or mile count, that define how schools are geographically Eastern favored. Though this might change in upcoming meetings between Dart and the others, he used a 70-mile radius as an example because students who live and go to school closer to USU Eastern are more likely to attend this campus. Also, students who live in rural communities are more likely to attend Eastern because the size of Price is a better comparison to their home town than Logan would be. High schools with courses that match well with academic programs offered at Eastern, might also be getting Easternspecific visits. Also, individual programs at Eastern will be allowed to have a recruitment plan
of their own. Dart and Dickey used theater as an example of a program which brings in students and already has its own plan. Journalism was another program that showed its ability to bring students from Copper Hills High School. Dart explained for students who want to be, “hyper-involved,” more strategic advertising is necessary. “More adverting dollars have been moved to social media.” Dickey described the involved student as someone who wants to be part of different programs at some time. These students prefer a smaller campus because they can be in theater, on student leadership and write for the newspaper. The Eastern viewbook contains only one page of USU system material and the rest are photos with information about the
Price campus. Dickey explained along with the viewbook, other USU Eastern propaganda like banners will be used on the special visits. The level of using the mascot in recruiting is still up in the air as both Dart and Dickey were unsure if it will get used. Many details of the new recruitment plan are to be determined, but both Dickey and Dart showed an abundance of confidence that these practices will raise student enrollment both in Price and the USU system. Dickey explained that one of the most important benefits of a smaller campus is the love that is shared. The impact the love he was given as a prospective student was a major motivating factor for not only attending USU Eastern, but also why he loves it.
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Sacrificing Other’s Rights Josh Faris
Separation of church and marijuana
As human beings, we are naturally separated by sex. Things like sports and prisons are separated by sex. Male and females are obviously biologically different and need to be separated in some instances. Going to the bathroom is one of those things. To combine all the genders and make gender-neutral bathrooms is absurd. Males are males and females are females, period. It all comes down to this: If you have a penis, you go into the men’s bathroom and if you have a vagina, you go into the women’s bathroom. You cannot argue with basic biology and say that even if someone has a penis, they can still be female. Gender-neutral bathrooms sacrifice the rights of others to satisfy and conform to other’s illusions.
Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently released a prepared statement against the proposed medical marijuana initiative; Proposition 2. The statement said, “We believe that society is best served by requiring marijuana to go through further research and the FDA approval process that all other drugs must go through before they are prescribed to patients.” In a nutshell, the LDS church is against medical marijuana because it is not “tested” enough by the federal government. However, due to the fact that marijuana is federally illegal, testing of high-grade medical marijuana by the FDA is almost impossible and inconclusive. The church also sent an email out to its members urging them to vote against Proposition 2. The email says that this initiative will “create a serious threat to health and public safety, especially for our youth and young adults.” They are against the sale of medical marijuana and made up statements with no serious fact or reason to urge their members to vote no on Proposition 2. Why does the church oppose medical marijuana so much? My first thought was it’s a religious reason, just like how its against drinking coffee or alcohol. Then I came across a forum released by MormonLeaks that shows the LDS church owns $1.3 billion in pharmaceutical stocks. Once I saw this, it started to make sense. The medical marijuana opposition wasn’t a moral, religious or political issue to the church; it is a financial issue. The church doesn’t want the medical marijuana bill to pass because it would hurt its stocks. Why would people use addictive opiates when they can use a natural non-addictive herb? I believe in separation of church and state, especially since the church doesn’t have to pay taxes. However, this is not separation, this is manipulation of the public view of policy. No, this is not illegal to do, churches and corporations have manipulated the public view of policy for ages, but it shines a dim light on the church. It shows that not even a church that is meant to help people and guide them along “God’s path” is exempt from corporate greed. Would the official statement of the LDS church change if they had $1.3 billion in indoor agriculture and marijuana stocks? Sure it would. Prop 2 P3
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As a transfer student from Dixie State coming back to being an Eagle is hard getting used to. I could count on one hand the number of people that didn’t know me. First off, Dixie is a bigger campus and less likely that you will bump into someone from your hometown. I wish I could say I pushed myself more out of my comfort zone to meet new people, but it’s hard being lost in the crowd. The first week we were jumping off cliffs, hiking and enjoying the heat. Then classes start and you think it’s easier than USUE, but no it’s 10 times harder. The homework is just stacked on you. You stay up all hours of the night doing it. I sat quietly in each of my classes, isolating myself from those around me most the time, because there were way too many names and faces to try and remember. While your immediate reaction may be to sit as far away from everyone in a class when you don’t know anyone, try sitting next to someone you’ve never met before and introduce yourself. Or, if someone sits next to you, don’t sigh heavily and think, “of all the seats in this room, why did you sit right next to me?” Instead, look at this as an opportunity to meet someone new. It’s not Eastern, where you can have the same teacher twice and know
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the whole class by the end of the first week. After a while, Dixie just becomes another school on the map. It’s just wasn’t so-called “cool” anymore. You get tired of the same old stories and days of glory. Depending where you are on campus it can take 15 minutes to get to class b e cause there a r e five- to six-story buildings a nd having to take the stairs is a nightmare. Eastern is a friendlier atmosphere because it’s a smaller campus and you can run into your friends wherever you are on ca mpus, though there’s not much to do. Instead of rolling your eyes at the yawn-worthy Dixie P3
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find in a Salt Lake County high school of 40 students except for a select few classes including math and chemistry which might have 100 students. Don’t be threatened however, as the further you are along in your major, the more class sizes seem to decrease. While a bit more expensive than USUE, it is still cheaper than the University of Utah and Brigham Young University, it makes up for it in what it has to offer. I would also like to dispel the myth that professors will not get a chance to get to know students and work with them better, as most professors in Logan do care for their student’s needs and respond to their needs well, despite how busy they seem to be. I have to put a good word in for professors VanGeem and Soyer for those of you going the sociology route. On campus, you’ll also find a wide array of amenities and resources, most notable the library, which is full of books, places to work and rooms to reserve for study groups. The libra r y also has a course reserve allowing students who normally
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University culture is ever-changing and unpredictable, marked only by the number of days left until dreaded finals, leaving many of you wondering what might be different once you make the move up to Utah State University in Logan. Having spent a semester here, and well into my s e c ond, I can give you a basic idea of wh a t you might expect. Right off the bat, the biggest change is the scale of the university. While you might be able to walk across Utah State University Eastern’s campus in less than 10 minutes, it might take you over 45 minutes to traverse USU. Thankfully, the campus does have a reliable free shuttle to help you get around. Speaking of scale, you’ll notice you have a lot more classmates as the campus bolsters over 16,000 students or about 10 times the students that are at Eastern. Class sizes are what you would typically
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good news: a study by the Williams Institute, a part of UCLA Law, was released that examined crime reports and found that there was no increase in bathroom related crime in cities that adopted policies that protect non-binary and trans people’s rights to use the restroom. 19 states, the District of Columbia and many municipalities have policies protecting accommodations regarding gender identity and have not experienced any uptick in bathroom-related crime. Non-binary and trans students on Eastern’s campus have the right to use a safe restroom in buildings where they spend time. We as a campus have a responsibility to provide them with that safety. I love our school and know we can be inclusive and have awareness. Diversity makes us a great place to come for an education.
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Eastern QRC for a little over a year and had the pleasure of speaking with many non-binary and trans students. Many of them expressed frustration that they had to use the Central Instructional Building to use a non-gendered restroom. Why would someone walk halfway across campus to a building they didn’t need to go in just to use the restroom? It’s because they feel unsafe. The campus did not provided them a restroom to feel safe enough to meet a basic need in the building that is meant for students. Aside from advocating for LGBTQ students, I also teach Ally training and am always asked questions about threats from trans and non-binary people in bathrooms. Due to a media scare, this is something that people are understandably worried about. But I have
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My name is Tomi Lasley and I am the coordinator of USU Eastern’s Queer Resource center located in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. The QRC exists to provide and advocate for an inclusive, safe and welcoming campus. When all-gender restrooms were designated, I was excited. This small move towards inclusion for trans and non-binary students is a big step in the right direction. We are lucky to have a building that has six restrooms, enough that designating two restrooms as all -gender inconveniences no one. Even those who are misguidedly uncomfortable with the thought of all-gender restrooms have the option to use any of the four other gendered restrooms located within feet of the all-gender restroom. I have been running the USU
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regulations were made. This raises a question that we need to answer. Do we need gender-neutral bathrooms on campus? The biggest problem that people have with the gender-neutral bathrooms is the feeling of safety. Although there have been little to no cases of sexual assault done in gender-neutral bathrooms, people still don’t feel safe and comfortable using a bathroom with the opposite sex. I personally do not feel comfortable using a gender-neutral bathroom at all. People want gender-neutral bathrooms so everyone feels accepted and welcomed, but why should others have to give up their feelings of safety and security so someone else doesn’t get their feelings hurt? We shouldn’t have to be afraid when we walk into a bathroom.
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Over the past three years, a select group of individuals have tried to put gender-neutral bathrooms on campus at Utah State University Eastern. In the Summer of 2018, they got their wish. USU Eastern changed the signs of a male and female bathroom to gender-neutral signs. As soon as fall semester started, the signs lasted a week before they were taken down and changed back to male and female signs. There were rumors saying the signs were ripped off the wall and replaced by a student that did not approve. The signs were not ripped off the wall out of disapproval or hate, they were taken down because of the lack of regulation. The state of Utah and Utah State University have no regulations on gender-neutral bathrooms at this point, which caused USU Eastern to take the signs down until the
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USUE’s presidential welcome Welcome back students for the 2018-19 school year. And for the new students, welcome to the best university in the state. Utah State University Eastern is perfect in so many ways, which is why I am happy to see so many new faces. I have been attending USUE three years going on my fourth and, as student body president, all I want is for the new and returning students to take part in all the fun, love and opportunities that I had the pleasure of experiencing. From late nights with your roommates to down-to-the-wire athletic games, it is the little things that makes your time extra special. The Eastern Utah Student Association’s (student government) goal every year is to make sure each student feels welcome on campus to have those experiences. My goal this year is to make this campus feel like home for students. To help make this happen, I am hoping to break down any walls between students and administration,
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I’ve done the sitting around and the wishing I were elsewhere. I’ve said “one day”, one too many times. The word “soon” seemed to have no meaning, until you decide to JUST GO. It’s what we do when we were young with big dreams. These dreams in our young, growing minds seem “impossible” to many, aside from ourselves. I remember when I first told someone I was about to set out on an adventure across the country, they didn’t think it would “actually” happen. I made it happen. Feeling the doubt that people had in me, added more fuel to my fire. I was ready to go experience, grow, learn, meet people and make the most of it. The world has always excited me since I was young. I had maps hanging in my room and loved to see pictures of different places compared to where I was raised. As I began to grow, I knew I wanted to learn about other cultures, landmarks and experience countries first-hand. It was time to put some movement behind my words. In spring 2018, my best friend Lex and I planned a trip to Thailand for three weeks. We bought our tickets three weeks before heading to Thailand. Upon arrival in Bangkok, Thailand, we looked at each other and said, “Where are we staying tonight?”. Two girls at 12:50 am in Bangkok, Thailand, with no set itinerary but to explore one beautiful country. We made our way to Northern Thailand all the way to Southern Thailand, hitting 13 cities/ports. Experiencing beaches, elephants, monkeys, temples, street food, viewpoints, nightlife and natives. With everything I experienced, I not only enjoyed every second, but gained so much personal knowledge. I feel so much more in touch with who I am, what my passions are, where I want to be, and what I enjoy spending my time doing: traveling. I’m set out to accomplish what I want in this life of mine. Now, with all the fun and the breathtaking experiences, it still gets better. We spent a total of $840 US in Thailand. The conversion rate fluctuated upon different kiosks, but maintained between 30-33 Thai Bhat per $1 US. Every meal averaged 60-90 Baht, (about $3 US). Not just a bag of chips, but a full yellow
curry with rice and veggies meals. Our night’s stays were average 200 Baht ($6 US). Don’t you want to go? Before you shut anything down. Let me discuss a few things with you about what may be stopping you from JUST GOING: 1. Safety 2. Language Barrier 3. Time Safety When leaving this country there are always risks. A risk is a situation involving exposure to danger. We took that risk. Going in, you’ll know that, just prepare. I had a money belt under my shirt at all times. The belt carried my important information such as passport, cards, cash, tickets and keys. That was a step to knowing I was safe because I had all of my most important things that touched my body at all times. Throughout traveling, I’m always aware. Notice things around you and don’t put yourself into a state of tunnel vision. Research where you plan to travel. Talk to people. Do research on ways to stay safe in that specific place. Language barrier Don’t let that stop you! Let yourself learn the native language. Before you go, learn a few simple words to make yourself feel comfortable in a general greeting. Hello, good-bye, please and thank you. One thing I have learned along the way was people who tend to deal with tourists generally know some English. Give it your best effort, and the natives appreciate it. Time Time is one currency we can never get back. Take advantage of the ticking clock now. Vacation time can be tough to come by, but when you really want something you work for it, and there for you make it happen. You don’t need months to spend, get a hot two weeks and you’re set for a 14-day adventure to somewhere you’ve dreamed. There are many reasons in this world to talk yourself out of traveling. The danger risk, language barrier and no time can hold you from pressing that “book flight” button. There are ways to work around anything stopping you. There’s a big world out there, go explore it. It was one of the best decisions I made and I am absolutely going to just keep going.
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by making sure everyone’s concerns are addressed and handled. Also, by encouraging students to be a part of one or many of USUE’s extra-curricular opportunities. My aim is to get students more involved and recognize that there is always something happening on campus. Between EUSA events, departmental events, clubs & organization events, and athletic games you should never be just sitting at home. Part of the opportunity at USUE is that you can create your own club & organization on campus. So, if you don’t find events that suit your fancy, then make your own and get others involved. As the sun is rising on your time at USUE I want you to think about what it will look like when it sets. Will you have done everything you wanted to and taken advantage of everything this campus has to offer? I want students to look back on their time at Eastern and feel the pride I feel when I look back at my past three years.
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events Utah State announces, suck up your pride every once in a while and go. Opportunities like this give you the chance to socialize with students you may have never met before. Who knows, you may end up meeting some really cool individuals. You can also reach out to those you talk to regularly in your classes to see if they’d care to join you. Even if they decline, don’t let this deter you from at least trying to go for the experience and possibly getting free food. At D i x ie t her e’s a lways something to do from the start of school to the end of school, but it has more resources and money than Eastern. Some of its biggest events are the Foam Dance, Dixiefest and homecoming, and maybe the occasional team wins. It’s football team is great on the field, but not so much in the classroom. At Eastern, the sports teams are small in numbers and so you see a lot of their character and what the coaches are actually teaching them about being humble. When I wasn’t studying or finishing homework I was enjoying what nature had to offer. You really don’t get to have a lot of you time because you are always with friends that want to hang out and sometimes its just annoying. Eastern tries to make fun
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We are at a time in civilization where information can be easily manipulated and changed. Social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have the power to change the public view on policies with the touch of a button. Churches are making up information for no other reason than to save its finances. We as people have to understand that most of the information said by corporations or churches is not always factual. The age of information is at a peak, but what information is true? Most of what is in the mainstream is not. Do your own research, open your eyes, and form your own opinion.
wouldn’t be able to afford textbooks to check out one for a couple hours. The library also has a small café and while the food is a bit pricey, it is good nonetheless. Other buildings around campus also hold small cafes. The Taggert Student Center is also a place you might want to visit, having most the student services outside of advising. These include financial aid, the student stores, the school’s newspaper, a post office, a barber and an array of places to eat including the buffet style Marketplace, the fancy Skyroom Restaurant, as well as fast-food locations including Subway and TacoTime. Off campus, you also get the city of Logan, which has cool places to check out including Main Street, the Logan Temple and Logan Canyon along the historic US-89 highway. Only half an hour from both the Idaho border and Bear Lake, Logan has an incredible amount of recreational activities to offer, much like Price. Logan is definitely a college town that offers a more city-like life than its sister-school in Price, but also does not have the busy bustling feel like Salt Lake. W h ile ma ny a re th in k ing about transferring to the main campus, and some have to in order to complete their majors, the biggest take away is that life is going to change as you continue your educational career. Make the most of it wherever you decide to go.
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full-fledged soccer field. Sam Hall, assistant coach for the women’s team, is thrilled about the change and sees the potential moving forward. “I really enjoy how open the field is and there is room for both teams. [There is also room for] teams that are preparing to play, spectators, officials, the spirit squad who cheer on the teams and fans.” “I definitely can see our field being one of the best in the league.” It hasn’t taken long for the players to break in their new home as they both went 3-1 through their first-four-home games. After a four-game-road trip, fans can once again see the new field as both teams host Otero Junior College Sept. 22
Kalli Prendergast kandidkallip@gmail.com Emma Campbell
September 20, 2018
a ct ivit ies for t he st udent s, but they are lame. I mean fire dancing during welcome week was fun, but other than that, there’s really nothing exciting that happens. At Dixie, you can get lost in the crowds and don’t really feel like you belong. But they are on a whole new level than Eastern. Last year they got a new football stadium, a new fitness center and re-branded themselves. They want to make Dixie bigger, but how big do you really have to get for people to notice? I have been back to Eastern three weeks and already know most of the basketball and baseball players’ names. Most of the teachers already know me because they watched me grow up, so it’s great. It’s all about reputation and what you want to make of the college experience. Let’s be honest, I wouldn’t be back here if I didn’t hate Dixie. Last fall I took journalism and that was the biggest regret. I loved journalism for years, but Dixie made me hate it. But now I’m doing what I love again and I couldn’t be more happy;I love Eastern. The teachers are excited to have you in class and they are willing to help you because the class sizes are smaller. I’m excited just to enjoy the smalltown vibes and get past the noise of a bigger campus. There may be confusion about what campus is better, but I think for sure it’s Eastern. I had fears about coming back, but one teacher encouraged me so much and I have already established many friendships.
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September 20, 2018
Suicide awareness Day of Caring SkillsUSA winners
Rethinking suicide discussion An epidemic plaguing our modern world
Nathan Milch Staff Writer
Death and taxes are the only thing we all have in common. From the moment we are born, we have a biological timer that at some point will go off and bring our days to an end. Everything that happens between birth and death is different for everyone, but we’re all expected to learn, grow and do the most with whatever time we’re given. Sometimes, it’s hard to feel like doing anything at all—and sometimes it’s completely beyond anyone’s control. The painful truth is that some view ending the timer on their own terms is the only way to get out of whatever bad place they are in. Suicide is a reality that we all have a complicated relationship with. It’s a taboo subject that we are all aware of, but is never talked about in depth enough. While having our innocence protected as children, the thought of killing oneself might seem frightening or even silly that anyone would want to suddenly stop living. By the time we get to middle school, about 15 percent of us start to feel sad or tired by default and not even know why. Once in high school, we would have heard anywhere from one-to-five presentations a
year reiterating the now empty-sounding phrase, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Now, we know that it’s not always that simple. Suicide—and suffering from untreated mental health in general—is an epidemic plaguing our modern world. People suffering from mental illness get portrayed as scary and unpredictable in popular media, which makes those dealing with these issues in real life afraid to get treatment. People dilute the seriousness of and even glorify suicide online, making jokes about offing themselves and making art (such as “13 Reasons Why”) which shines an inappropriate light on the issue. Jan Thornton, clinical professor and counselor at Utah State University Eastern, said, “Right now, what I think is frightening is the risk
of suicide in adolescents and young adults in Utah. We are above the national average: 141 percent. What the Center for Disease Control found when looking at the psychological autopsies of these young people
Artwork by Nathan Milch
were mental illnesses, they identified as a member of the LGBTQ community or they experienced a recent crisis.” The norm for suicide is as low as 11 and high as 13 people per 100,000. Thornton said, “The rate of college students who commit suicide stays pretty close to the average number. What’s alarming is that it’s quadrupled in 15 years.” If this rate of suicide is rising so quickly among college students, what can we do to fix it? The way we have been going about the conversation on suicide is wrong. We were always told that it’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem and that those considering suicide need to think about the grander scheme of things; to think about the lives they’ll be affecting by taking their own. Abbie Carlile, former editor of the Copper Hills Grizzly Growl and mental health advocate, said, “The
way we’ve been taught about suicide makes it so much worse. Implying to someone that suicide is a selfish choice only hurts those feeling suicidal even more. There’s nothing wrong with feeling suicidal—it’d be easier for life to end sometimes. Those feelings are valid though and shouldn’t need to be faced alone.” Like any other change to society, we need to be willing to have the discussion. Instead of telling people suffering from a mental illness or suicidal thoughts how they should be thinking or feeling, we need to be able to understand that they need not feel like they’re going through it all alone. If someone is on your radar, reach out to them. The bystander phenomenon that exists now makes us all believe that someone else is going to take care of it, but any reason is a good reason to reach out. If a friend or roommate starts to exhibit changes in the way they behave, their daily routines, or even start stockpiling medication, see what’s the matter or make sure that they get the help that they need. For more information, Eastern campus has three counselors students can see for help and sources on where to get help on the USUE site.
Skills finalists
(L-R) Davis Thompson, Tosh Davis, Ben Warnick, Jordan Wynn, Mason Winters, and Austin Welch.
Students picking up trash in the mountains around Price.
Eastern students help in Day of Caring Emma Campbell Co-editor
Over 350 volunteers turned out on Sept. 15 to serve Southeastern Utah communities. About 70 of those volunteers were students at Utah Sate University Eastern. The school’s athletic teams, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball teams volunteered at the Day of Caring. “Our men’s basketball team, as a group, accomplished the project we were given. It is really nice to see the young men give back to the community and enjoy it. It is a great team builder. We look forward to more projects like this in the future,” men’s basketball
Students doing service throughout the community on Sept. 15.
photos courtesy of Terry Johnson-Sun Center
coach Adjalma Becheli said. Each of the volunteers put in four hours of service, with the minimum number of volunteer hours put in at 1,400. There were over 20 different projects for volunteers to participate in. The majority of USU Eastern student volunteers cleaned 3rd East and 1st North. Volunteers also cleaned around the canal, picked up trash on the Price city walkway, did yard work for various elderly homes and cleaned Woodhill. Terry Johnson reflected on the event and gave high praise to those involved, “It was wonderful all the student support that we had. Some of the students stood out by staying the whole time and helping pick up at the end. We have some hard workers on our campus.”
A big floppy guy, legs and ears flailing Jason Olsen Staff Writer
So, my family and I got a new puppy. It’s exciting! Puppies are exciting! He’s a big floppy guy, legs and ears flailing around constantly. When I’m walking around with him, whether around town or on campus, people want to stop and pet him. It’s understandable. He’s cute. And, again, he’s a puppy. What kind of dog is he? they’ll say. A labradoodle, I’ll tell them. How old is he? they’ll ask. Four months, I answer. Everything is going well in this hypothetical conversation. But I know what’s coming next. What’s his name? they’ll ask. Should I hesitate? I don’t. Dignan, I’ll say. Silence. Dig-what? they’ll repeat back. Sigh. I’ll still be positive and cheery. Dignan, I’ll repeat. But they still might not get it. It’s not incredibly complicated, but maybe a little. They might just move along from the name. They might say it’s cute, and I’ll try to believe them. It might kill the entire conversation. Maybe they’ll keep petting the puppy. Maybe not.
Then there is the brave few—those who might ask me what’s up with the dog’s name. I’ll tell them. He’s named after Owen Wilson’s character from the 1996 film Bottle Rocket. Obviously, this doesn’t clarify much of anything. The movie was pretty obscure in its day, and it hasn’t exactly hit the mainstream since, but I love the movie and my wife and I have wanted to name a dog “Dignan” for over a decade. Why? Well, it’s a fun name, it reminds me of a pop culture entertainment that I like, and it’s a fun connection for my wife and me. And, also, for the very, very few people who get the reference (and, seriously, that’s been barely anyone), it’s like being let into an exclusive club. I’m all for giving pets pop culture names. I think it’s a wonderful way to assert your fandom (and I would consider the name “Dignan” to be part of a fandom—Bottle Rocket was director Wes Anderson’s first film and he has developed a very active fan following over the years). Within particular pop culture fandoms, naming a cat or dog after a favorite character or some kind of reference is almost expected. On Doctor Who social media fan sites, I will often scroll past pictures of cats looking to be named after something from the show. It’s a great way to be reminded of that thing you like whenever you acknowledge your pet and, importantly, it
eventually weaves that thing you love so deeply into your everyday life, it becomes inherently part of your fabric. I’ve long practiced the art of pop culture names for pets. Our other dog is named Willow, after the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character. Shortly before that, we had an Oz, named after another Buffy the Vampire Slayer character. I even had a cat with a name that elicited two completely different pop culture reactions—Bender. He was a hand-me-down cat, so I didn’t name him. Most people thought it was a reference to the crude robot on Futurama. I would always go along with that if someone mentioned it. In truth, he was named after a character in The Breakfast Club. If they get the reference, a pop culture pet name can encourage a stranger into a conversation about that shared thing you both love. At worst, you get a constant reminder of that thing, which is still great. It’s a win-win. So, no more Spots and Whiskers. Let’s roll with Winchester or Padfoot. But, let’s keep this to our pets, okay? Don’t name any future kids Padfoot. I’m sure they’d thank you for it.
Five Utah State University Eastern students placed at the National Leadership Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky recently which showcased career and technical education students. The welding fabrication team of Tosh Davis and Ben Warnick, Spanish Fork, and Davis Thompson, Emery, won first place. According to welding instructor Austin Welch, USU Eastern has medaled in this competition seven times since the contest’s inauguration in 2008. The competition was especially challenging this year, as the new committee chair overseeing the competition made substantial changes to the competition’s overall structure. However, the competitors worked hard and were well prepared for the competition, Welch said. Another welding student, Jordan Wynn Roosevelt, placed fourth in the welding competition. As soon as the competition was over, Wynn returned to continue training for the U.S. Open Weld Trials. He will compete amongst the other top welders in the country to determine Team USA’s welding competitor at WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The final winner was Chloe Wilson from Springville, who scored 93 percent to finish 10th overall in job skill demonstration A. Wilson demonstrated her ability to use blueprint-reading skills to construct a designed object to specifications. Additionally, Wilson was elected president of Utah SkillsUSA’s post-secondary division. Welsh said “the students are extraordinary examples of our community, our institution, the state of Utah and the value of vocational education.” Associate Vice Chancellor Jamie Cano thanked the instructors for preparing their students for the competition. The SkillsUSA Championships involves more than 6,000 career and technical education students –– all state contest winners –– competing hands-on in 100-different trade, technical and leadership fields. Students work against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations such as electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts. Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations and labor organizations and test competencies are set by industry. Leadership contestants demonstrate skills including extemporaneous speaking and conducting Lori Rager stands with Chloe Wilson during awards presentation. parliamentary meetings.
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Patrick Dougherty Art Exhibit Go see a concert
September 20, 2018
Eastern artist joins Logan artists creating twig sculptures
The main centerpiece of the sculpture in progress.
Patrick Doughtery works on his sculpture on USU’s campus.
Sticks and love best describe Patrick Dougherty’s sculptures he has spent the past 30 years creating throughout the world . . . his most recent one being built on Utah State University’s campus. The North Carolina native, Dougherty is an internationally-acclaimed sculptor best known for weaving tree saplings into whirling, animated shapes that resemble tumbleweeds or gusts of wind. He calls them woolly lairs and wild follies, gigantic snares, nests and cocoons, some woven into groves of trees, others lashed around buildings. USU Eastern’s assistant professor of art,
ceramics and sculpture, Chris Kanyusik, spent a day in Logan volunteering to help build Doughtery’s latest sculpture which eventually will have three to four rooms and an eight-feet wide and 12-feet-tall central cylinder. Branch by branch and stick by stick, a half dozen volunteers help the artist construct the sculpture which usually lasts two years outside in the elements. Dougherty acts as both sculptor and team coach for the volunteers who show up for either a four-hour shift or all 21 days of the build. He likes the mix of people who assist with his build because he says it adds to the
energy of the group. In the Logan build, a six-ton tractor trailer from New York delivered the branches to USU’s campus the first week in September. Kanyusik spent a day with Dougherty and his son working on the giant sculpture. “When we arrived, all the vertical posts were in place for the eventual three- or four-room structure. The central cylinder was already constructed of woven willow branches. “We built the exterior wall of one of the outer rooms by similarly intertwining branches, building a structure first and then
filing in the gaps by interlocking smaller, more malleable boughs. The branches were entwined to create a structure held together by tension only, no screws, nails or other mechanical fasteners were used.” It was a great opportunity to take part in such an interesting project. Watching Patrick work, manipulating the branches, creating an enclosure, and then stepping back to evaluate the overall form, was a fantastic window into his method for building large-scale sculptures. Patrick was both very purposeful and planned, as well as open to letting the work evolve naturally as it progressed.
photos courtesy Chris Kanyusik, USU Eastern Art Department
Dougherty’s works received international attention with awards from the Factor Prize for Southern Art, North Carolina Artist Fellowship, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship, Japan-U.S. Creative Arts Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He is usually booked two years out and will be back in Utah during November to build a sculpture on Brigham Young University’s campus. Between the Logan and Provo build, he will be at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Exhibit of Dorthea Lange contiunes
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tah State University Eastern’s Gallery East exhibit features the work of Dorothea Lange about a mining town in Carbon County named Consumer’s Mining Camp. Lange (1895 - 1965) was a photodocumentarian and photojournalist, best known for her depression-era photographs made under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). She was born in 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. She attended Columbia University, in New York City, where she learned photography under Clarence H. White. She informally apprenticed in several New York City studios and later traveled to San Francisco, where she worked in a photographic supply shop. In 1920, she married the famed western painter Maynard Dixon. After doing portrait work in her San Francisco studio, she turned to photographic people living the street and workers in migrant camps of California. By the mid-1930s, she was gaining notoriety for her street photography. Her studies of unemployed and homeless people, starting with White Angel Breadline (1933), captured the attention of local photographers and led to her employment with the federal Resettlement Administration (RA), later called the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Her work as an FSA photographer took her to the farms and migrant camps in the Salinas River Valley, California, and later to impoverished communities in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. In December 1935, she and Dixon divorced and she married economist Paul Schuster Taylor, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
For the next five years they documented rural poverty and the exploitation of sharecroppers and migrant laborers—Taylor interviewing and gathering economic data, while Lange took photos. She l ived i n Berkeley and operated out of her home studio until her death in 1965. When Lange arrived at Consumers Mining Camp in March of 1936, she had already taken Dorthea Lange numerous photographs in Nipomo, California (San Luis Obispo County) 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, she was assigned to photograph the people and communities affected by the devastating conditions of the Great Depression.
Challenge yourself to attend a concert Sydney Ho Staff Writer
As college students, we get overwhelmed with stress at one point or another. The key to not letting it consume us, is having positive outlets that get us through the day. A majority of us choose to listen to music, whether it’s while doing homework, walking between classes, or just to pass the time. We all have our favorites that help us relax and focus. However, if you are looking for a better, more engaging way to listen to music while taking a much needed break from the stress of school, concerts are definitely the way to go. Concerts have this special quality of bringing people together. You can be with people that you know you have something in common with because you are there to see the same music be performed. It doesn’t matter where you are from or what you do every other day, because for the time, you are there and you all share a purpose. All of your problems from school seem
obsolete because your focus will be drawn to the words of your idols that perform the music you love. Building friendships at events like this can help create a better support system and network. You could meet the person who helps you land your dream job someday because you share a love for the same band. The community that you can build is endless. You can stand close to the stage and try to touch your favorite artist or sit in a box and relax while listening to your favorite songs. There is a place for everyone. You don’t have to think about that test you have next week or all of the homework that is overdue. You can stand with people who all care about something you do and enjoy a night of fun. Last summer, I crowd surfed at a festival during one of my favorite band’s sets. It was one of the most fun experiences of my life. It was like time stopped and I was drifting over people getting closer and closer to this band that I idolize. Every genre will give you a different perspective and experi-
ence: you can find a party at a rap concert, something serene at an R&B concert, or get your anger out by moshing at a punk concert, it is everything and anything you need. As Plato once said “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Music is such a huge part of our lives: it moves us, motivates us, and helps us have the determination to do anything. As college students, we are all trying to find our places in this world. We are all looking for inspiration and ways that we want to shape our lives. Music helps us find answers and there is no better way to be inspired by it, than watching it live. Note: Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband will perform at USU E on Sydney Ho Oct. 25.
Consu mer s, Utah was one of several m ining camps in the Gordon Creek Mining District 17 miles northwest of Price. The Consumers Mutual Coal Company first developed and began operating the mine at Consumers in 1924. The camp wa s or ig i na l ly ca l led Gibson, but the name was later changed to Consumers. The c o a l c o m p a ny photo courtesy USUE Art Department later became the Blue Blaze Coal Company, using the trade name “Blue Blaze Coal,” The company ran the Consumers mine until Jan. 31, 1938, at which time the company entered receivership and the operations were discontinued. By February 1938, the Blue Blaze Coal Company at Consumers closed. The property was sold at auction on Aug. 25, 1939. The mine was purchased by Terry McGowan who ran operations into the 1940s until the mine and associated camps were purchased by
the National Coal Company. This exhibit, comprised of 34 photographs, shows Lange’s 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, Lange would visit and photograph several towns in Utah. Though Lange spent a day in 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 at play in the camp. 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. Lange’s exhibit is open throughout the month of September in the Central Instructional Building weekdays from 9 a.m.-p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
RYAN SHUPE & THE RUBBERBAND IS COMING TO YOU 10.23.18 & 10.25.18
Coming to USU Eastern’s Geary Events Center Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $18 (online at usueastern.com)
Presented by Odyssey Dance Company from Salt Lake City
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September 20, 2018
Women’s Soccer Aaron Rogers Mafi Feature
Women win and tie against CSN, drop pair to SLCC Samantha Hall
Brooke Stoker kicks the ball up the field.
photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Sports Writer USU Eastern women’s soccer competed in two hard-fought games Sept. 7-8 against College of Southern Nevada Coyotes and dropped a pair to Salt Lake Community College Sept. 14-15 during a road trip opening Scenic West Athletic Conference play. The Eagles fought till the buzzer in their conference opener on Friday, but couldn’t score to hold the Coyotes off ending in a 2-2 tie. The Eagles were the first to score with a quick start from USU Eastern forward McKenna Wiscombe. She received the ball from Eastern defender Sarah Reddish, before putting the ball in the back of the net. Wiscombe wasn’t finished as she received a pass from forward Morgan Cragun who placed it perfectly where Wiscombe could run onto it to beat the defense and kick the ball past the keeper making the game 2-0. The Eagles controlled the rest of the half with several opportunities but unable to capitalize. The team later fouled, giving the Coyotes a chance to get back into the game. Coyote’s sophomore Ashlee Jordan took a penalty kick and found the back of the net where Eastern goalie Mya Massey was just out of reach, making the game 2-1. After halftime, the Eagles struggled to find opportunities which gave the Coyotes a chance to take advantage and put in a goal. In the 65th minute, Jordan passed the ball to Massey where she was unable to collect the ball and Coyote Brianna Duran touched the ball past Massey, equalizing the game. That would be the last time either team would find the back of the net. With two 10-minute overtime periods, opportunity after opportunity slipped by, not only for the Eagles, but also for the Coyotes. Neither team would take advantage and win the first conference game and would have to settle for a 2-2 tie. The following day, the Eagles shrugged off the tie and were determined to win the match. “They didn’t change anything, but we changed our thought process and played defense,” head coach Ammon Bennett said.
Packers’ fans breathe a sigh of relief over QB Tai Justice Staff Writer
As Aaron Rodgers laid on the grass, grabbing his knee in pain on
Sunday night, it seemed like an all too familiar nightmare for the Green Bay Packers had happened once again. Rodgers was eventually carted off the field and it seemed like Packers fans worst fears would be confirmed yet again. Their franchise quarterback would be lost for at least the majority of the season for the second straight year. This time, in the First half of the First game. I was refreshing Twitter every five seconds waiting for what felt like inevitable news. I sat there hopeless knowing that the Packers season, even though we were less than a half into the new season, was probably over. It felt like the Packers would sleepwalk their way to an ugly Week 1 loss to a division rival and the Packers would suffer through another lackluster year filled with a ton of backup quarterback play and people calling for Mike McCarthy’s job, as another lost season would be lost with the most talented quarterback in the history of the league not being able to play. So much for that. Rodgers hobbled out from the locker room in the 3rd quarter and was going to give it a go. Rodgers came out with a smirk on his face and it felt like something special was about to happen. There was next to no evidence to believe something
special was about to happen though. The Bears had a 17-0 lead and had dominated the game on both sides of the ball up to that point. The 3rd quarter came and went without any excitement. The Bears had a 20-3 lead entering the 4th quarter until Rodgers fired a strike to Geronimo Allison for a 39-yard touchdown. A throw that no quarterback past or present other than him can make. Rodgers made the throw on one leg. This was another example of him being a ridiculous talent and player. The throw made it a game again about five minutes later, Rodgers struck again. This time he sliced up the Bears defense for a touchdown pass to Davante Adams. It was now a three point game. I was thinking this is the moment where doubt crept in for Bears fans. The Bears got the ball back, up three, with a chance to put the game away and ruin Rodgers moment. They only enhanced it. The Packers defense, which played well all night outside of a few drives, held the Bears to a field goal. Rodgers took the field with the Packers down six, with a little more than two minutes left in the game. By that point, the Bears, who had played well up to that point, seemed like they had no chance to stop Rodgers. On 3rd and 10, Rodgers hit Randall Cobb over the middle, barely throwing it past the only Bears defender in the area. Cobb ran for a 75-yard touchdown to put the Packers ahead for good. The stadium was so loud
Mafi serves up leadership for Eagles volleyball team
that the camera was shaking. Cheers of joy and relief ringed through the Green Bay night. The Packers defense stopped the Bears again and the Packers won the game. I sat there in disbelief. I couldn’t believe what just happened. The best quarterback on the planet delivered a performance for the ages to carry the Packers past the Bears in Week 1. It was an all-time great performance from an all-time great player. It was magic. Rodgers is magic. When he returned to the game, he made throw after throw that would make you reconsider what we know about the natural laws of the universe and he did it on one leg. Rodgers would make an out of this world throw, limp back to the line of scrimmage and do it again. It was a performance I will never forget. Rodgers channeled the height of his power when a franchise and a fan base needed it most. Lost in the Rodgers explosion was the fact that the Bears played a good game and control the game for most of it. The Bears are a nice up-andcoming team. The Vikings are as complete of a team as there is in the league, but as long as Rodgers is on the Packers, the NFC North still goes through Green Bay.
Both teams started the match with great intensity and opportunities emerged for both teams. Eagle defenders Ellie Putnam, Madison Nicholls, Arianna Towne, and Sarah Reddish put several minutes in for the Eagles helping them restrict the Coyote offense from getting any close shots. Eagle defender Nicholls described the changes the team made. “We had a better defensive shape and we were more compact and changed our thought to play the ball out of the back instead of just giving the ball away”. The Eagle offense was composed as midfielder Sylvie Call was fouled by the Coyotes knowing this would give them a chance to score before the end of the half. Reddish took the kick for the Eagles and sent it to Wiscombe who cut past the Coyote goalie taking the lead and making the game 1-0 at the half. After halftime, the Eagles took over the game and make several opportunities to win the game but the Eagles gave the Coyotes a scoring opportunity in the first minutes of the half. A deflection off a defender forced Massey go for the save which she collected and maintained the lead for the Eagles. In the 60th minute of the game, forward Logan Duran won the ball from the Coyote defense and dribbled the ball up the field, where she shot the ball past the keeper making the game 2-0. The Eagle defense and offense worked together to shut-down every Coyote scoring opportunity as the game quickly came to an end. Eastern midfielder Gabrielle Sainsbury said “In the second half, we were focusing on the defensive end and trying to keep them down because their energy was down but they were trying to score and by the end of the half we had proven our point.” After the games, Wiscombe was named women’s soccer Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Week. She scored three goals in two games and has a total of three goals, three assists and nine points for Eastern. The following weekend, the Eagles traveled to Taylorsville to face the Salt Lake Community College Bruins. They lost the first game by a score of 3-0
to pick up their first loss of the season. Salt Lake’s Zoe Moses scored a goal in the first 10 minutes of the game to go up 1-0. Less than 15 minutes later the Eagles would allow SLCC’s Samantha Tippetts to add a goal. “We played incredibly bad, we gave up two really stupid goals inside the first 23 minutes,” USU Eastern Head Coach Ammon Bennett said. The USU Eastern defense prevented the Bruins from scoring a goal in the second half with less than four minutes left in the game. Baylie Saunders scored the final goal of the game in the 86th minute for Salt Lake to keep her team undefeated. Coach Bennett said that his team just couldn’t get past the mistakes they were making on the field to get the win. “We couldn’t really possess the ball and made a lot of mistakes. Salt Lake is a solid team but most of the game was our own errors.” On Saturday, the Eagles lost a much closer 2-1 game to the Bruins. It was a much better outing for the Eagles against SLCC, as they shut-out the Bruins in the first 85 minutes of the game.”We had to play a lot of defense and we played a little bit better today,” Bennett said. In the 85th minute, Salt Lake’s Samantha Tippetts added a goal to break the 0-0 tie. Not even a minute later, the Bruins scored another goal off the foot of Madison Schmidt to go up 2-0. USU Eastern eventually got on the board quickly after the Schmidt goal when Ellie Putnam found the back of the net. The Eagles didn’t give up in the final three minutes of the game. With 10 seconds to go they had a corner that nearly went in to tie the game. Even though his team showed improvement from the first game against Salt Lake to the second, Bennett said his team didn’t play like they have been the previous three weeks. “They worked hard but our overall play was down and we just didn’t connect well on passes.” Women’s soccer is 4-2-1 overall and 1-2-1 in conference. This week they will host Otero on Saturday in a non-conference game at 11 a.m.
“Experienced” best describes new coach Brayden Evensen
Sports Writer
Experienced best describes Utah State University Eastern’s new assistant basketball coach. Curtis Condie arrived in Price fall semester to assist coach Adjalma Becheli Jr. and assistant coach Ray Jones. Before coming to USU Eastern, he was the head basketball coach at Wasatch Academy, a private boarding school in Mount Pleasant, Utah. He held this position for a few years, and prior to coming to Wasatch Academy, he has had a wealth of experience coaching and playing basketball. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and also served as an assistant coach. He coached at Snow College and also coached Utah high school basketball. He coached Wasatch High School for one season and South Sevier High School for three seasons. He also coached at Don Bosco Technical Institute, which is a private, all-male Catholic high school in Rosemead, California. He continued coaching at Northern Arizona University, where he helped to get the team qualified for the Big Sky Conference Tournament. He returned to Utah to Utah Valley University, where the team had an 82-36 record and never had a losing record with him on staff. He also had a stint at Louisiana Tech University. He has a son on the team this year, freshman Anthony Condie and this is one of the primary reasons he decided to come to Price to coach
Vanessa Manual Staff Writer
Sarah Mafi is a sophomore volleyball player at Utah State University Eastern. She was named SWAC player the week of Aug. 27-31, averaging 16 sets, 6.3 kills and 55 digs (3.44 per set). During the game against Western Wyoming she recorded 11 digs and 8 kills, totaling for 54, team kills during the 3-1 win. For Mafi, this award meant that all her hard work that has been put into this sport paid off. She started every match her freshman year, scoring 246 kills and earning 2.59 kills per set. “The team looks to Sarah as our team leader and her ability to take control of a game. She is our team captain and is a great leader both
basketball, so that he could be with his son and
tutor and mentor him in the game of basketball. Besides being able to coach his son, he loves helping young men develop and grow not only in basketball, but in life as well. He believes that his players have Curtis Condie “high character”, and these are the types of players that he wants to be around and coach. He believes that this will translate into a good season and that the team will be successful, because of the character of the team as a whole. He thinks that this year’s team is going to have a chance to be successful, and a lot of that is because of the “high character” of his players. He is excited to coach the team this coming season and believes that the team will have a chance to compete in their conference, which consists of Snow College, The College of Southern Idaho, Colorado Northwestern Community College, and Salt Lake Community College. Along with his rich basketball history and history of success’, it is understandable that he has high expectations for the USU Eastern men’s basketball team.
on and off the court,” Danielle Jensen, coach Danielle Jensen said. According to the Utah State Eastern Athletics website, Mafi finished the 2017 season with 266 digs and 46 blocks defensively. “Being a part of the volleyball team here is the best thing that’s happened to me. I have amazing coaches and teammates that are now a second family to me. We get to play the sport we all love while representing our school and it’s been so much fun doing it,” Mafi said. In high school, she led her team to an undefeated region record and region championships in 2016. She was also named Eagle Player of the week for Eastern as well. “I expect big things from our team this year. I feel like we have so much talent from the incoming freshman and our returning soph-
omores,” Mafi said. According to Jensen, Mafi has been a huge part of team’s success and has put a lot of time outside of what the team does which has helped her reach the level she is at now. Mafi’s stats are proven to increase this season as she is ranked nationally in several areas. The team loves getting to know her and she gets along with everyone on the team. Likewise, they have a lot of respect for her. Jensen and Mafi believe that this group is more than just a team, it is a group of best friends, on and off the court. Their goal was to have a family-like culture for the team and it has helped the team grow. For Mafi, she wants to make a statement when her team plays bigger schools in the conference. She gets this opportunity against CSI Saturday.
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Men’s Soccer Volleyball Julia Shettell
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Men’s soccer goes 1-3 on the road
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The Eagles opened last weekend with a 5-1 loss on Sept. 14 against the Bruins. “Salt Lake is a very good team but our defense gave up the ball three times on bad errors and Salt Lake is good enough to create on that,” USU Eastern Head Coach Ammon Bennett said. Trailing 3-0 at halftime, the Eagles would come out in the first ten minutes of the second half and score a goal. USU Eastern sophomore Mat Clark would find the back of the net in the 54th minute to cut the Bruins’ lead to 3-1. Less than two minutes later, Salt Lake would add another goal to put the game out of reach for the Eagles. “The score in the second half was 2-1 but overall it was not a good game for us,” Bennett said. Saturday’s game against SLCC was more of the same as the Eagles would lose 5-0. The Bruins scored a goal in the first two minutes of the game and three total within the first 23 minutes of the first half. In his over 20 years experience coaching college soccer, Bennett said this team might be one of the best he has seen. “At times we played pretty good but this Salt Lake team could be one of the best in the nation,” he said. Salt Lake would add two more goals in the second half to put the Eagles away and get the weekend sweep. Overall it was a disappointing weekend, but hopefully we can take care of Otero when they come to town,” Bennett said. The Eagles will face non-conference opponent Otero this Saturday at 1 p.m. to try and snap a three-game losing streak. Men’s soccer currently is 4-3 overall and 1-3 in conference play. They return to their conference schedule on Sept. 28 when they host rival Snow College.
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After weeks on the road, volleyball opens at home Eagle face nationally ranked conference foes this weekend in the BDAC
Alexus Desmarais Sports Writer
Women’s volleyball ended preseason with an impressive couple of weekends in both Rangely, Colorado, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The women start conference play at home this weekend with a with a 9-7 record. The Eagles showed relentlessness against the big teams at both tournaments, taking ranked teams to five sets and beating previous teams they previously lost to in August. By ending the preseason strong, it gives the team momentum needed to go into conference. The team swept the tournament hosted by Colorado Northwestern Community College with an impressive 4-0 weekend against tough opponents. One of which was Western Wyoming, the team held strong and pulled an impressive win against the team. Alexus Desmarais had a total of 17 digs against Western Wyoming. Mack-
enzie Carter ended the game with an impressive 19 kills and 18 digs. Carter is currently ranked fifth in the nation for kills. Captain Siera Roberts had 51 assist leading the Eagles to a 3-1 win over their opponents. Roberts is also ranked first in assist as well as 1st in serving aces. Eastern held a powerful game against Dawson with a total of 75 digs; beating them in three sets. A standout player from the Colorado tournament is Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Week which was awarded Sarah Mafi. Making their way to Las Vegas the next weekend, Eastern played the ranked Western Nebraska Community College taking them to five sets. Players Mafi, Ferrel and Carter had over 10 kills. It was a tough loss for the team, but they came back strong fishing Chandler-Gilbert Community College in three sets, lost to Yavapai College 2-3 and defeated Victor College 3-0.
The lady Eagles celebrated in Colorado after going 4-0 on the weekend.
After many weekends on the road, the team is filling confident and preparing
for conference games Sept. 21-22 in their season opener 7 pm against Salt
Lake Community College followed by College of Southern Idaho at 3 p.m.
Shettell optimistic in new role as Eagles’ volleyball coach Kenlee East Sports writer
Former Carbon High School volleyball coach stepped into Uta h State Un i ve r s i t y Eastern’s program as assistant coach to Danielle
Jensen. Born and raised in Price, Julia Shettell, is ready for the next step from coaching at Carbon High School. Shettell is excited for this year’s team, impressed with the talent on the court and optimistic
Shettell said a family vibe is found on the women’s volleyball team at Eastern. The amount of respect and loyalty that come out of that team is something she loves about USU Eastern. She graduated from Utah State University Eastern when it was College of Eastern Utah with a degree in psychology and transferred to Southern Utah University where she received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She lives in Price with her husband and two children. The coach’s favorite celebrity is Sandra Bullock, naturally her favorite movie is the “Blind Side”. Her dream occupation would be participating in “American Ninja Warrior” on TV. If she had a guilty pleasure, it is
eating any kind of chocolate except dark chocolate. One of the “simple joys in life” to Shettell is taking naps in her bed on the rare occasion she gets a break from being a full-time mom and coach. Her spirit animal would be a soaring eagle. She wants to be able to get to and from places faster. Also, because Eagles are terrific students and athletes, who wouldn’t want to be an eagle? Some of Shettell’s hidden talents are juggling and her cool dance moves that the volleyball team loves. If Shettell could live in a different time era for one day, she would choose the 1800s. She would like to live in the simpler times where you would camp
outside every day and enjoy the simplicity of Earth and what it has to offer. However, she said only one day in the 1800’s would be enough for her. Her greatest strength she feels is her easy-going personality and the fact that she is easy to be around especially when situations are tense, she brings a confident presence for the girls. The best quote/advice she ever heard is “’A man does not just appear on the mountain.’ People don’t just get where they want to go by expecting it to happen. They get there by fighting and making it happen. Putting your energy into making yourself the best you can be to achieve even the goals that seem impossible.” Shettell is excited to be work-
ing with the talented group of women on the team that has a 7-5 road record. The Eagles start their home stand this weekend in the Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center.
Women’s Volleyball Game Friday, September 21, @ 7 PM In the BunnellDmitrich Athletic Center
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