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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF EASTERN UNIVERSITY 451 E 400 N PRICE, UT OF EASTERN UTAH - 451 E 400 N - PRICE, UT 84501 UTAHUTAH STATE - COLLEGE
The Voice of OF the Students VOICE THE STUDENTS The Voice of the Students
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Eagle staff won 11 awards at the annual UPA Best Newspaper Competition Saturday. The editors include (L-R) Valeria Moncada, Daylan Jones, KC Smurthwaite, Karli Morris, Mike Gingell, Sammie Fugate and Kate Johnson.
n the second year of membership in the Utah Press Association, USU Easterns Eagle newspaper continued to add accolades to its wall of fame as the staff brought home four first-place awards, two second-place awards and five third-place awards at the annual winter convention in Springville Saturday night. The awards were won in the Better Newspaper Competition sponsored each year by UPA. Eagle editor KC Smurthwaite, Bosie, Idaho, won first place for Best Sports Column
for his Smurf Turf series while sports editor David Osborne Jr., West Jordan, won second place for his Next on the Tee sports columns. Daylan Jones, Layton, won first place for designing the Best Sports Page and third places for Best Photo Page, Best Advertising Idea and Best Staff Produced Ad. Kate Johnson, Spring Glen, won first place for Best Front Page design while Jessa Love Adams, Pleasant Grove, won first place for Best Sports Photo. The design skills of Valeria Moncada won her second place
for Best Feature or Community Lifestyles Page while the staff garnered a third place finish for The Best News Series on the death of Mens Head Basketball Coach Brad Barton. The staff also won third place for the best news photograph of the mens basketball team surrounding their coachs casket at his funeral. The best part about winning any award in the UPA contest, is that USU-CEU students compete against professionals in the journalism field. The Eagle has the smallest circulation of all the
UPA member newspapers with 1,000 papers printed. Kudos to The Eagle staff, adviser Susan Polster, Ph.D., said. The newspaper was judged on issues from spring 2011 with Mae Goss and Kellie Burke-Gabossi serving as editors; and fall 2011 with Smurthwaite as editor. Polster also attributed much of The Eagles success to Sun Advocate publisher Rick Shaw who funds the UPA fee for The Eagle. He proposed and funded our entrance into UPA and for this I am deeply appreciative.
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Nathan Manley
in Richfield Feb. 24, they exited front axle, causing the front end the canyon on I-70, roughly 10 to collapse, almost like a nose miles from Salina where there are dive, which forced the vehicle some pretty heinous curves. After to flip end over end three-full following the same sedan through rotations, finally landing upside the canyon, they didnt notice it down on the vehicles roof. veering off Traumatic injuries are inthe road after a sharp evitable with car corner until crashes involved at that speed and it was too l a t e. N o t velocity and after witnessing o n c e, b u t twice he the display of ove r- c o rnatures G Forcrected his es, Leaming and Fletcher were ca r, snap Max Fletcher and Logan Leaming ping the p r ay i ng t hey
wouldnt be pulling a lifeless body from the twisted metal. Being first on the scene, a feeling of relief washed over them as they approached the mangled car when they found out that number one, there was only a driver in the car at the time of the accident and number two, he was alive. Still obstacles stood before the would-be heroes. Not only was he an illegal immigrant, he didnt speak a lick of English, not to mention he was three sheets to the wind. Which was obvious when beer cans were flying out of every window when the car took
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Durrant Field after Googling it. They looked in a fire pit, then ran around the entire field in the cold, before discovering that it wasnt there.
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failed to identify. Youll want to lean away from that accusation for at least a couple more hours; after all, there is a reception with food that youll want to be attending. For now, just be content with replacing the memory of your adversary with a flimsy, two dimensional-caricature, whose sole enjoyment was to exhaust you with their unlimited supply of optimism, regardless of how bleak the situation was. Step two: Point out all they left behind! Now it is time to prove your superiority over your dead counterpart by accusing them of leaving too early. The insinuation of they left before his time can remind the audience how many things they failed to accomplish as they realize how many loose ends the deceased had failed to tie up before leaving it all behind for his new afterlife of comfort or (hopefully for you) suffering. Regardless of what you focus on, be it the family that he left behind to care for themselves, the goodbye you never got to share, or even all the time that you never got to spend together, it all translates into quiet failures that the deceased can only silently shoulder. Best of all, as you rattle off your list, the audience will nod and sob in agreement, your words ringing familiar as they remember the many personal ways that the deceased had let them down and continues to do so as a corpse. Feel free to get a little personal, after all, you are still making the effort, you would still be trying to spend time together. They on the other hand are only lying in a casket, unmoving and without remorse. Step three: Encourage everyone to cel-
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the deceased that you were better than them, and as a result someone, no doubt a goodmeaning aunt or mother, has mistaken the enmity between the two of you for a friendly rivalry. Now youre charged with telling the deceased loved ones just what a failure they were, especially compared to you. After all, it was their heart that failed, their brain that hemorrhaged; you on the other hand could do 100 jumping jacks just to prove your superiority one last time. So how do you tell the family and friends of your enemy just how terrible he was? Step one: Generalize until the deceased becomes nothing more than a shadow in viewers mind! You know how this works. You do something truly memorable and someone manages to down-play by giving generic praise. Thats your goal now, only the subject is the departeds entire life. Now turning a persons family against them is a subtle act regardless of if they have passed on or not, so youll be starting small. Say things like, He always had a smile on his face or She never met a person that she didnt like. On the surface, these are positive things, but the undercurrent carries a message of how little your foe actually knew. No one really goes through life blissfully happy, unless they carried several handicaps that doctors
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This by no means is guaranteed acceptance but it will give you a good shot. The GRE is the test for admissions to graduate school. To get into graduate school at the University of Utah you need to have a 3.0 GPA, an acceptable GRE test score, letters of recommendation and a bachelors degree in an acceptable field. At USU Eastern, the nursing program has high standards and requirements for acceptance and progression through the program. Students have to maintain a high GPA along with a B- or better in all required courses, a C+ will not do it. To get an academic scholarship at USU Eastern, you have to meet the following standards: 3.0 overall GPA for incoming freshmen and 3.6 overall GPA for returning sophomores. I know that Ive only listed a few standards and requirements for consideration, the question needs to be asked, why do we have standards and requirements at all? Its an interesting question. Some of the reasons are: to show how serious you are, safety and your maturity level. Case in point, no one wants a doctor or nurse that didnt pass basic English. We want doctors and nurses to be the best in the world. We hold them to a higher standard and expect them to do the same for themselves. We expect them to study the hardest and know the most. So if you know you want to do something, get to know the standards and requirements by heart and work hard for your goals. If you fail, take that failure, change what needs to be changed and study harder. Please parents, dont write to the USU Eastern paper (The Eagle) and complain when your child cant pass a class or get .01 percent below a B- that needed for the program. Your child should have exceeded that B- that was needed, but they failed to even meet that low standard, so all they have to do now is grow up and work harder next time.
ebrate life instead of mourning death By this time, everyone will have had just enough of feeling depressed and lonely and will be all but begging for an excuse to take a break, and being the perfect eulogizer that you are, youre going to give that to them. Throw the idea that (name of inferior, past tense person) wouldnt want us to mourn for him today, he would want us to celebrate in his honor and we know this since he was always such a well-wisher himself. That should be all it takes, and suddenly the mourners renounce their sadness, throw on party hats and start drinking. Because lets be honest, being miserable is hard work. In reality, your well-wishing friend would most certainly not approve. I know that when I finally die in the blaze of glory and flame that can only suit one such as myself, I would hate the idea of people celebrating my first day in the ground. I want women throwing themselves on my coffin, sobbing so their makeup smears as they tear their hair out by the roots out of grief. I want men contemplating suicide and renouncing God as they stare at my lifeless, heroically scarred body. I want Free Willy to do one more leap for freedom as he beaches himself out of pure reverence. I want wolves to howl at the moon and guard my resting place for decades after my passing. If you think about it, surely you want
The Eagle
College of Eastern Utah 451 East 400 North Price, UT 84501SAC Room 109 Office: 435.613.5250 Fax: 435.613.5042 theeagle@eagle.ceu.edu http://eagle.ceu.edu
Kyle VanAmen
opinion, which is a college students opinion, about various topics that are funny and some that can affect students in a much more serious way. It may not be what some people want to hear, but it is for the most part true (as you read with #2). 7. Because its funny - Most everybody I have talked to about my articles love them. They think they are really funny, which is what I aim for most of the time. And when I get letters back, it makes me laugh because it makes me take a step back and see just how tight people are wound up. It is okay to laugh at yourself once in a while. 8. Because its different - Not many people this year at The Eagle have done Top 10 Lists, partly because its too easy for them. That being said, students dont usually get to read Top 10 Lists on a regular basis. I think that students like to read my articles because they are not too long and want to see what made the list. Plus it does all the above. 9. Because Im just a guy - Im not some kid who is going to be president one day. Im just a guy who is making his way through life, pissing people off and trying to do his best. Im not special, Im just lucky enough to have my crazy opinions published in a newspaper and think the students pick up on that. 10. I really dont know - When I first started writing for The Eagle, I wasnt the best story teller, but after I found my niche (Top 10 Lists), I blossomed. Now my articles are on page 2. I had no idea I was good at this. I really dont know why people care what I write about, I think its because its funny or they love hearing how people write me back. Either way people care and I love it.
The Eagle The Voice of the Students is an awardwinning, school-sponsored student newspaper, published bi-weekly fall and spring semesters (excluding holidays) at College of Eastern Utah (CEU). A complete list of publication dates can be found online. Distribution - The Eagle is distributed in all nonresidential buildings on the Price, UT campus, as well as at the LDS Institute of Religion. Content - Eagle editors and staff are CEU students and are solely responsible for the newspapers content. Opinions expressed in The Eagle do not necessarily represent those of CEU, its staff or students. Columns & letters are the personal opinions of the individual writer. Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student fee administered by the Eastern Utah Student Association (EUSA). Information concerning advertising rates is available by e-mail at ads@eagle.ceu.edu or in the advertising section of TheEagleOnline. Ordering The Eagle - Subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change of address to the adviser, Dr.SusanPolster via e-mail to susan.polster@usu.edu or mail care of The Eagle. The first issue is free, others 50 cents. Submissions - We welcome comments, complaints, suggestions and recommendations. Send letters to the editor to articles@eagle.ceu.edu. All submissions must be received in The Eagle office no later than 5 p.m. the Friday prior to publication. All submissions become property of The Eagle and cannot be returned. All letters must be signed by the author(s). Also include contact information (telephone or address). No anonymous letters will be printed.
KC Smurthwaite editor-in-chief
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Mike Gingell associate editor m.gingell@eaglemail.ceu.edu Daylan Jones senior editor d.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu Valeria Moncada news editor v.moncada@eaglemail.ceu.edu Karli Morris assistant editor k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu Sammie Fugate photography editor s.fugate@eaglemail.ceu.edu Dr. Susan A. Polster faculty adviser susan.polster@usu.edu
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is not wealthy, they have been well fed because his father is a baker. Everdeen and her mother and sister often went hungry. Her father died in a mining accident, leaving a distraught mother and two young girls. Everdeen had to learn how to apply the hunting skills her father taught her to care for her family. Though it is a battle to the death, the Hunger Games is more about the show and drama. Who can impress
HiDee Whiting cuts hair during the Hair-Raising Hearts Day on campus.
Forty-seven people had over 47 feet of hair cut during USU Easterns Hair-Raising Hearts Day with all hair being donated to the Locks of Love charity. The charity uses the hair to make wigs for people who have lost their hair due to a medical condition. According to cosmetology associate professor Debbie Prichard, the average length of hair cut was 10 inches. However, Don Byrge set the record for the day with 25 inches of hair cut.
Prichard thanked Sunset Glow, Smart Style, Hair Hut and Bellasao whose employees helped with the local fundraiser. Area businesses and individuals who helped included Fresh Market, Peczuh Printing, WalMart, Levan Hall Photog raphy, Cold Stone, Anthony Js, Enjoy Salon, Party Express, Pam Juliano, Price Floral, Body Glo, Apple Country Crafts, Olivetos, Dunkers, Perfect Touch, Main Street Grill, Sun Advocate, Melanie Huff, Linda Davis and the USU Eastern cosmetology department.
the judges and win over the crowds. Who can use the skills they have to bring the best show and win? There are several districts that prepare, basically from birth, their children to fight in the Hunger Games. Though this is technically illegal, it happens. These tributes are nicknamed career tributes. More often than not, it is the career tributes that are victorious. Because of this, Everdeen and Peetas advisor, Haymitch Abernathy, the only other victor from District 12, tells them they must play up anything and everything they have. In an interview, Peeta reveals that he is in love with Everdeen. And this is in front of the whole Capital and everyone watching from their districts. Though Everdeen is more tough girl tomboy than anything else, Haymitch advises her to play up the innocent air-headed pretty girl. He advises her to play up the
love-struck couple for the crowd. Anything unexpected can be used as an advantage. Peeta and Everdeen both impress the judges with surprising talents. On the day of the Hunger Games chaos is almost immediate. Eleven of the 24 tributes are killed. The career tributes guard the stash of supplies from the other tributes. After a couple of days Everdeen finds a tribute named Rue, a 12-year-old girl that reminds her of her sister. They form an alliance. One of the career tributes cruelly kills Rue when Everdeen is on a mission for supplies. She comes back to kill the tribute and comfort Rue. She pays a true mark of respect to Rue and vows to win the Hunger Games. Peeta was previously injured and Everdeen does not know how close to death he is. An announcement booms across the playing field. If they are the last two standing, two tributes from the same district can both win. Everdeen immediately screams Peetas name. She goes in search of him and promises to nurse him back to health. There are only a few tributes left and though the fighting has come to a lull, the drama and romance between Everdeen and Peeta can almost be cut with a knife. Will their apparent love save them in the end? Will they die together, in each others arms as the star-crossed lovers Panem has grown to know? To the people of the Capital the Hunger Games is exciting and the event of the year. To people of impoverished Districts like Everdeen and Peetas, it is a cruel and vile event that they must endure every year.
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continued from page 1 The Eagle was judged in group one of the four newspaper categories that includes all weeklies. Group one includes newspapers up to 2,500 in circulation. The college newspapers who are part of UPA include Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Weber State University, Utah State University and USU Eastern. Weber State University won several awards that evening with their editor, Nate Davis, previously serving as sports editor of The Eagle for two years. The Utah Press Association was created in 1893 to represent Utahs publishers. The organization is Utahs oldest trade association. Its website reads, as an organization, we represent Utahs finest, most respected journalism. Utah Press Association annually recognizes excellence in our states newspapers and presents awards to industry leaders.
Seth Richards
or may not have been out of commission. After a number of reports and tours in the last few months that found an inordinate number of lights to be in less than functional condition, which causes major safety concerns to students, faculty and staff who use campus facilities each night. Many areas of campus are simply dark. As members of the campus community observe lights not functioning, reports are welcome to the facilities maintenance or residential life offices.
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continued from page 1 at times, a daunting task. There is a lot to manage, both in the public eye and behind the scenes. Gochis has been sitting in on the current Eastern Utah Student Association meetings and is learning a lot. He feels this has helped prepare him, and has provided him with ideas for improving the school next year. One point which he wants to address is the allocation of funds to different departments. Each year this is a difficult task, but Gochis is confident that he will thoroughly research each departments needs and divide up the funds objectively. Gochis has been looking forward with excitement to the beginning of fall semester. He hopes to set the tone for an amazing year with a huge welcome to school activity. He wants every student to start next year off with the mindset that it will be their best year yet. Gochis promises to be working hard to improve the school in every way he can. Dances and other activities will be given special attention. Next year will be full of a lot of changes, for the better. Gochis is motivated to improve campus life and the student experience. Each student must do their part too. Gochis asks that the student body invest themselves in this school as well. A campus is nothing without its students. Next year will be full of exciting changes, and Gochis will create an opportunity for the students to make this school a great place to be.
Even if a student has never played sports in high school, intramurals is still a great social experience and a chance to discover hidden talents. Communication is another focus for the new student body president. He plans to spend many hours talking with the student body to discover what they really want on campus. Gochis is very approachable and loves to meet and socialize with everyone. He is planning on visiting classrooms plus the tradetech programs to get to know the entire student body and make this school accommodate the students. Any suggestions or complaints will be welcomed by Gochis. He says that he needs the students input if he is to be a successful president. Being student body president is,
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continued from page 1 before they pulled him from the overturned car. Eventually, they realized he didnt have a neck injury and decided to get him out. Nearly pulling him free only to be snagged by his feet which ironically turned out to be the only injury on his body, which wasnt yet visible, but very apparent because of his paindriven shrills. After physically lifting the car to get his foot free, it was easy to identify a compound fracture with protruding bones from his ankle which were now exposed. Once the driver was out of the car and sobering up, Leaming finally put his Spanish to use by interpreting and then calling the drivers family, who only speaks Spanish, and filling them in on all the details and directions to the hospital. The two heroes really went the extra mile for a man theyd never met before. There really isnt a moral to the story except dont drink and drive. It would be incredibly easy to cast a stone on this guy for driving under the influence, being an illegal immigrant and having no drivers license. Fletcher and Leaming didnt have to help this guy, in fact, they were in a hurry trying to get to the basketball games. But despite any reasons someone could have for looking down on this guy, they displayed gallant character and exposed their true quality by simply helping another human being in a desperate time of need. Hopefully after reading about their experience, that ideology will be contagious to all of us.
flight. Luckily, Leaming recently finished a full-time missionary service in Mexico for the LDS church and speaks fluent Spanish. Who knew serving a mission could ever help anyone? Unfortunately, in this case it didnt because neither Leaming nor Fletcher are fluent in the elo quent language of a boozer. The effects alcohol has on the nervous system like, slowing reaction time and causing someone to be more flaccid, are the conditions experts say we should be in to survive a major impact or rollover-type accident. Although the state he was in most likely saved his life, since he wasnt buckled in, it was now presenting a new threat because he could not grasp the fact that he needed to let them know if and where he was hurt
goal is to help regular folk cook fabulous food. She posts recipes two to four times each week with photos and step-by-step instructions. Each post comes with a commentary about the recipe. She says everyone can learn to be a great cook; it just takes a little instruction, a great recipe and time to practice. Earning a degree in choral music education at the University of Utah, she has since been a stayat-home mom to her five children. She loves food and cooking, meal planning, recipe searching, food storage collecting and.eating. When she married 17 years ago, I couldnt cook anything except, Pioneer Taffy. Its pretty hard to make that into a meal more than once a week. She admitted her mother did her best to teach her to cook, but she wasnt interested. I learned a lot about food preparation when I worked at The Lion House in college. However, most of what I know about food and cooking, I learned
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by practicing in my kitchen. She is a full-time mother by day and a fearless food blogger by night. Her hobbies include doing The Blessed Dishes, folding The Beloved Laundry, driving The Carpool of Wonder and Working on the Blog. She says in the coming years, when I dont have as many dishes to do, Im going to sew at least 500 quilts, read a million good books and shave my legs more than once a month. We all have our dreams you know, might as well dream big. The recipes on her blog are passed onto her from friends or relatives. Others she finds in cookbooks or online. Many are her creation. When Im considering a recipe for the blog, it has to meet two simple criteria. First, it has to taste really, really good. Second, the ingredients have to be easy to come by. I serve my trial recipes to my family or friends and if most of them agree to the dish being wonderful, on the blog it goes. No reason to waste time posting recipes that arent
fabulous, she said. Twelve workshops will be offered that day including A History of J. Bracken Lee; Fitness and Eating Right; Think Out of the Box: Prepare Your Familys Favorite Recipes in Half the Time; I Almost Divorced My Husband, But Went on Strike Instead; Budget Investments for the Future; Think Inside the Box: The Final Cost; Entertaining at Home: Throw a Party; Healthy You, Healthy Skin; Never Too Late to Go to College; Wills and Trusts for Women; Wanted: Women in Politics; and Life Continues to be an Adventure. Cost for the conference is $25 per person and includes a continental breakfast, lunch plus attendance at the morning and afternoon keynote addresses and three of the 12 workshops. Register online at www.ceu. edu or by mailing the payment to Womens Conference, USU Eastern, 451 East 400 North, Price.
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continued from page 1 each other, but I found it. A black piece of paper was hidden under the grass. I fist pumped a few times and high fived Austin (Ashcraft), Beth (Liddel) and Anna (Olsen). I was trying to be discrete so I wouldnt make other people feel bad. The whole time I was thinking that if someone else got it I was going to punch Tommy (Garvin) in the face. Then he (Garvin) gave it to me. It was super cold, my hands were so cold that I couldnt text for about a half hour. After having it for about three days, Dutra returned the iPad to Walmart. He received $614, for the iPad, tax and a warranty that had been purchased. He plans on using the money to buy the new iPad3. I faced the dilemma of taking the money and buying two iPods, one for me and one for my brother (Rod Dutra, also a student at USU Eastern). But instead I am buying myself the iPad3 and giving my brother the left over money to buy himself an iPod with. My favorite part about the iPad was the photo booth. I think that is the best part of it. Dutra is a third year student of College of Eastern Utah and Utah State University Eastern. He is the vice president of the SUN Center as well as a member of the business club. I came back just to win back my student fees in prizes, said Dutra jokingly.
They then went to the Reeves lawn where 8-12 other students were looking. Dutra then texted Karli Morris for Dr. Susan Polsters phone number. He called Polster at 11:30 p.m. to ask her where Gibby used to be located. She asked her son, a CEU alumni. He said that it was in the middle of the sidewalk across from the LDS Institute. Then after looking for it for another half hour, we were all crawling around on the ground because the clue had said it was hidden under loose grass. Tommy (Garvin, student body president) was watching everyone and waiting for us to find it, Dutra said. He told us we were really close, we were all within 15 feet of
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Number 14, Chance Abraith, rounds third as he heads for home in a home game against College of Southern Idaho.
said Assistant Coach Rob Smith. The Golden Eagles fell early 4-0 early in the game as a few untimely errors allowed the Bucs from Dawson to score. The Golden Eagles once again staged a comeback that led off with solo homeruns by Mason Moore and Nuho Kraja. Both teams kept scoring runs, but the Bucs lead the whole game until the Golden Eagles tied it up in the sixth inning. Eastern held the Bucs offense in the seventh inning and allowed its snapped, swinging his leg back and punching the ball between the posts, which may look like toothpicks three miles away. When it all works, its as beautiful as a ballet. When it doesnt, theres no shade of ugly to describe it. The kicker, his holder and the snapper all have jobs that takes guts, and the kind of unflappable mental attitude George W. Bush only wishes he had. Youre either the hero of the goat in the space of that critical 1.8 seconds. Lets bring all of this back to our part of the world. Take the showdown a few years ago between Texas Christian University and the University of Utah. TCUs freshman kicker, Ross Evans, missed two fields that are easily makeable by many high school junior varsity kickers. TCU lost the game by three. Anyone remember Alexis Serna? Hes the ex-kicker for Oregon State University, which lost by one point against the number-one ranked team in the
the Golden Eagles to complete the comeback to win the game. Easterns first three hitters: Denver Hansen (walk), Nuho Kraja (bunt) and Mason Moore (HBP) all reached base which allowed Kody Christoffersen to win the game by hitting a single to the right side of the field. The Golden Eagles pulled out the 7-6 victory. The second game of the series again favored the Golden Eagles offense as they jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning. The country at the time, when he missed not one, not two, but three extra points in the game. The good news is that Serna learned from his boots, literally, and went on to become an All-American kicker and plays pro football in Canada. Then we have the rise and fall of Bill Grammatica. Bill has two brothers who kicked professionally. All three of the Grammaticas hail from Argentina, where booting soccer balls primed them for the big time of college and professional football in the USA. Bill, who played for the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL, once hit a 42-yard field goal to put his team up 3-0, and decided to celebrate by doing something that can only be described as a very bad dance move. Result? A torn ACL and his career pretty much ended that day. Last seen, he was trying to split the uprights for an arena football team, which is roughly equivalent to frying burgers at McDonalds when youd rather be the chef at
offense then sputtered to produce, but was benefitted by great pitching by Jordan Hepworth and Skyler Thorpe who each pitched three innings. The Golden Eagles faced conference foe Colorado Northwestern in a battle of teams that had yet to pull out a victory in conference play. The Golden Eagles won 3 of the four-game series. Eastern put together the three victories by getting help from both the offense and defense. The pitching staff got a four-star restaurant. Theres other pressure, too, beyond carrying your team on your foot. Who do you think the pretty girls want to date? The quarterback or the kicker? More than one kicker has been laughed off when he told a campus beauty that he played on the football team. Yeah. Sure. Right. And youre Brad Pitts cousin, I bet. But life can be good for kickers. Remember ex-Ute kicker Louie Sakoda? He was one of the University of Utahs campus most recognized players; forget the part that he was a 59, 178-pound kicker. Forget his size. He was a big man on campus, where he is called King Louis. Louies foot was so accurate that its safe to say that Utah certainly wouldnt have been an undefeated and a Top Ten team without his amazing right foot a few years ago. Kicking can be the Achilles heel for many teams. A few years ago the, then second-ranked team
complete game victories from Joe Barta and Kody Christoffersen, who also threw a shut-out. Kort Christoffersen and Tory Ulibarri both kept the Spartans off-balance from the mound. The offense was paced by Alexandro Church who was 6 for 11 in the series. The Golden Eagles are currently 11-15 on the season and will face Salt Lake CC this weekend. Catch the baseball team in action in Price against College of Southern Nevada March 30-31. in the country, Texas Tech, had problems with its kicker, and so, during halftime of a game against the University of Massachusetts, the student government held a contest for anybody who could kick a thirty-yard field goal. Enter Matt Williams. He trots onto the field and cooly boots the ball through the upright. Nice story, huh? But wait. Theres more. Williams catches the notice of Techs ex-head coach, Mike Leach, and tells him he wants to meet with Matt next Monday. Long story short, guess who became the kicker now for Texas Tech? Youve got it. Young Mr. Williams, who was 22 for 28 in his kicking career. Two months before, he was a fan in the crowd. Oh, the life of a kicker. It may be the worst job in football, but it can have its rewards. For people like Matt Williams and Louie Sakoda, sometimes, the 1.8 seconds of terror can turn into a season of joy.
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Seconds to terror
KC Smurthwaite
editor-in-chief kc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu Gather around my young fr iends and lets play footballs version of hot potato. It goes like this: You get three friends together, and all they have to do is touch the hot potato once each in 1.8 seconds. Oh, and there is that other little detail. The last person to touch the potato does so with his foot and needs to kick it through two upright poles that might be fifty yards away. Piece of cake, right? Yes, you guessed it, the Smurf is
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Coach Brian Edelstein: took the impossible circumstances and turned them around
features editior v.moncada@eaglemail.ceu.edu Brian Edelsteins favorite thing about coaching at USU Eastern was the people. I was so impressed with the community outreach to our team after the passing of Coach Brad Barton. People really banded together to support our players and that really impressed me. Coach Edelstein learned to have an incredible amount of patience through the experience of coaching his first year at USU Eastern. Some of Edelsteins favorite games from the 2011-2012 seasons were at Western Nebraska, Eastern Arizona, Central Arizona, Salt Lake and all three games overtime against North Idaho. We obviously had a tough year in the sense that we lost nine league games that were within one possession inside the last media timeout,
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(4:00 to go), but I loved watching our guys compete with everything they had, game in and game out. He would like to catch on with a D-1 staff next season. Ideally, Id love to be on the West Coast, but its difficult to pick your destinations in coaching. He isnt sure where he will be in five years, I would have never guessed five years ago that I would have ever ended up in Utah or South Carolina or Ohio, I just like to enjoy the ride rather than worry about the future too much. Coach Edelstein thinks refereeing at the conference is a disaster. There is absolutely no level of consistency within a game. The refs seem to panic under the pressure in the final few minutes. I think moving to only two officials would help this leagues officiating a lot. Hopefully, this isnt like the NBA where they fine coaches for those types of comments. Although he coached players who were only a few years younger in age, he said
they werent tough to coach at all. They may only be a few years younger in age,
but in life experience. They are still just in college and still finding themselves, as most people are in college. My players were an absolute joy to coach as they approached the game the right way and committed to a team first mentality. One of Edelsteins biggest challenges as a coach was often being the only voice they heard. Thats one of the reasons for having multiple coaches, so the voice doesnt get stale saying the same things over and over but due to our circumstances, it was often times the only option though Im sure some of the players would have preferred silence. His biggest learning curve this year was figuring out how to deal with Coach Bartons death, not only personally, but for the team as a whole and keeping the squad together through it all. There really isnt a playbook for the situation I inherited, especially taking over for someone so beloved as Coach Barton. Susan Polster, Pam Cha are some of
Edelsteins favorite people at USU Eastern, Also the many others who go above and beyond to help our players in any way they can, Edelstein said. When arriving to his home in California, Edelstein is looking forward to being able to spend time with friends and family who he usually only gets to see a couple days of the year; Some of my players would expect me to say, Go to Jack in the Box which is probably true as well, he said. Moving to Ohio and becoming a graduate assistant at Kent State was the biggest risk Edelstein has ever taken.Its not easy to move across country while only knowing a couple of people where youre going but life isnt fun or rewarding without risk. He likes all of his players and thinks they all brought something positive in unique ways. I will say that the way Chase Flint plays the game is something that is rarely seen as there is few basketball players that play with that level of tenacity, smarts and determination.
Women show at SWAC Conference tournament, mens team serve one-year probation.
David Osborne Jr.
sports writer d.osborne@eaglemail.ceu.edu The 2011-12 mens basketball season has officially closed for the USU Eastern Golden Eagles and, unfortunately, it was not as pretty as many hoped it would be at the beginning of the season with standards set high from the two-previous seasons. The team seemed to hit a vein of bad luck and it continued throughout the year including NJCAA sanctions, losing Head Coach Brad Barton, along with minor injuries that members of the team played through. All in all, expectations were to be a contender in the Scenic West Athletic Conference but with all of that stacked up the Golden Eagles came out of the season in fifth place in the region with a 4-11 record in Region 18 play and 16-13 overall. USU Eastern started their final weekend of the season on Friday, March 2, 2012, in the BunnellDmitrich Athletic Center against the College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles. The first half was tough for the men as they only hit 8 of their 25 shots from the field for a field goal percentage sitting at 32 percent. The Golden Eagles did end some of their free-throw woes during the first half however, going 10-14. At halftime CSI and USU Eastern walked into the locker rooms with CSI leading 31-28. Coming back after the half, the men looked energized and rejuvenated. Defense was key in the second half for the team and they held CSI to only 38 percent from the field. The defense helped the offense as well allowing the men to score 41 points in the second half, while connecting on 12 of their 31 shot attempts from the field. The woes from the charity stripe came back during the second half however and the Golden Eagles only made 66 percent, hitting 14-21. At the end of the game fans and members of the team looked up at the score board to see that they had lost to CSI 70-69. Head Coach Brian Edelstein said, Rebounding and free throws were the difference
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sports writer k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu Utah State University College of Eastern Utah Lady Eagles finished of conference play 2-0 at home. On Eagle territory, USU Eastern hosted College of Southern Idaho and North Idaho College March 2-3. College of Southern Idaho hit a three pointer in the first minute of the game and held the lead until 7 minutes left in the first half. CSI pulled a lead going into half-time 26-20. Beginning of the second half, starter Caitlin Nelson fell hurting her knee. Eastern was down the entire second half until the last minute. Foul shoots were made by Whitney Fieldsted in the last minute, allowing a 59-56 lead for team. CSI tried a last second 3 and missed giving Eastern the win. Head Coach Dave Paur said, That was the best weekend of womens basketball weve had here in years. It was a great weekend. I think with Caitlin going down the team stepped up. Priscila Santos had 20 point and Hailee Parry had 11. The team had a total of 53 offensive and defensive rebounds. Weve
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had illness and injuries, but team always stepped up. The next day was North Idaho, who was ranked first in the Region 18 Conference. The game started off with two free throws from NIC followed behind by Lady Eagle Brooke Slade with two free-throw shots. Eastern got the lead with 15 minutes and held on until half time. The score going into half was Eastern 35 NIC 34. In the second half NIC tied the score 43-43 in the 12th minute. Abbie Kay hit two foul shots and Eastern from then on held the lead; final score was 78-68. It was an amazing effort and a fun weekend, said Paur. Santos had 40 points with Parry 20 and Amy Arbon 10. The team had 10 steals.
SWAC Tournament
sports writer k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu On March 8-10, Region 18 held their annual tournament which was hosted by Salt Lake Community College in SLC. Utah State University Eastern went into the tournament ranked third. The Lady Eagles opened the tournament
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against Colorado Northwestern Community College who finished last on Thursday at 2 p.m. Colorado gave a strong game against the Lady Eagles. Going into half-time, the Eagles were down 26-37. In the second half Eastern was able to put it together and finished with a victory 72-68. They out-scored Colorado in the second half 46-31. Priscila Santos had 34 points and Abbie Kay had 18. The team had 11 steals and 21 assists. On Friday, Eastern had the early game against ranked two Snow College. By half-time, Eastern was
down by 6, making the score 2834. Second half was rough. A few calls such a bench technical and fouls put Eastern farther behind. The women played hard to the end with a Snow win 67-54. The tough game against Colorado hurt us against Snow. Santos scored 28 points. The team had 11 steals. Coach Dave Paur said, The one thing about this team is they were the most unselfish team Ive ever coached. They were just a fun team. They didnt quit. If someone beat us it wasnt for lack of hustle or heart. Every team that beat us we beat them.
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LIFESTYLES
Kadi Snyder
the Utah Advising & Orientation Wilson explains. Association (UAOA) in 2009. With recent changes to student UAOA is a state-wide non-profit services, the advising center is asorganization of over 300 members sisting students with career advisand Wilson oversaw the governing ing and working closely with USU committee, public relations and Logan in helping international annual conference. students. The advising They recently center does a lot were able to hire a full-time office more than help students with their assistant, and then schedules. Some of there were four, havthe tasks Wilson is ing someone at the required to do as front desk to meet director include; and greet students oversee advising has already made a world of differstaff, degree planning, new student ence, Wilson says. Shanny Wilson orientation and A few years ago, welcoming day, the adviser- to- stuteach college success skill courses dent ratio was 1 in 1,000 and now and student success workshops, the ratio is 1 in 700 which is great answer general and specific ques- for both students and advisers. I tions about programs, identify am very fortunate to have more students who are at-risk and/or help and such an amazing, dedifall below a 2.0 GPA offering them cated staff. I was diagnosed with Celiac help and support. I know the influence I have three years ago and maintain a in helping others identify, pursue pretty strict gluten-free diet. Celiac and achieve their academic goals, is a multi-symptom, multi-system
disorder activated by eating gluten which are proteins found in wheat, rye and barley. My 9-year-old daughter Kayla also has Celiac. If money were no object I would sell everything, buy a houseboat and live on Lake Powell, she said. Lake Powell is my heaven on Earth. If I could be anything in the world it would be a famous water skier. Wilson admits to reading three to four books a month and love a good mystery. Im reading Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb Death by series and just finished #8 Conspiracy by Death of 36. She loves the sunshine. which is also my nick-name, sunflowers, camping and spending time with my kids. Wilson strives to keep a positive, friendly atmosphere where students feel comfortable exploring options and making decisions. She has had an impact in many students paths and will continue to change our perspectives and our lives.
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Hitler. Dr. Seuss was for the books that he wrote and illustrated, but he also wrote under the name of Theo LeSieg. LeSieg is Geisal backwards. The famous
character of The Grinch was actually written about himself. If I Ran the Zoo holds the distinction of being the first published record of the word nerd.
magazine by going to the website listed before. This months issue deals with stress. On Thursday March 29, the campus is having a stress-relief day for USU Eastern students. Massage chairs and stress tips start at 9 a.m. and a midnight breakfast starts at 10 p.m. which is available for all students. Also available in the magazine are the features of the bulletin, Ucook book, fitnessU, super foods, stress, tatoos, unplugging, job hunting, students in action, and upset stomach.
Mike Gingell
to increase ones social network. In simple words, students need to step back and have some fun, find a place of peace and quiet where they can relax, re-energize and just simply forget about lifes stresses and problems. When asked about what students do or where they go to find social escape in Price, many answers derived from one source: the institute. One of the best places for students for find that escape, to make new friends, and enjoy themselves is at the LDS Institute across from the Reeves lawn. The institute offers a lot more that perceived, they not only offer classes based on the study of Jesus Christ and his teachings, but also regular activities like free meals for students, pool, ping pong and
foosball tournaments. They also hold dances, movie nights, socials and much much more. When asked what were some favorite things about the institute replies included: Cookie Tuesdays, where there are free cookies every Tuesday, the opportunity to meet new people, the friendly environment and all the free activities. The purpose of the institute, according to Austin Ashcraft, institute counsel president, is to provide a wholesome environment, activities, instruction and a safe haven to escape lifes stresses. The slogan everyone is invited is always applied to people of all faiths and backgrounds whether it be for the classes teaching life skills or the activities. The doors are always open.
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something similar (as would the body in the coffin), so its espe cially insulting that youre able to trick your enemys family into forgetting him so easily. Step Four: If all else fails, pretend like youre talking about yourself. Like I said earlier, sabotaging someones memory is tricky business. Think of how hard it was in Inception, and those people were asleep. So if the audience
ever seems like their catching on to your subtle plan its time to switch tactics and let all those emotions inside you out. To be clear, Im not talking about true emotion of your nemesis in the casket. No, you want to go for the pure love that you feel about one special, uniquely charming person: yourself. Speak as though this is your chance to speak at your own funeral. Say all the things that
you wish others would say about you. After all, you and the person in the casket arent all that different, aside from your obvious dominance in living. Be honest and kind, but make sure that you pretend that all those tears in the audience are for you. Enjoy the opportunity while you can, soak up the sadness and remember to take a little pride in knowing that you are literally dead last.
were the difference in that game. We had 38 rebounds, they had 48 and of those 10 extra rebounds, 8 of them were offensive for CSI, which means extra shots. The Golden Eagles had three players finish in double-digits against CSI. Dashaun Wiggins led the team with 21 points. Neveij Walters added 17 to the total along with 16 rebounds. Chase Flint only put 7 points on the stat line, but controlled the offense and dealt out 7 assists. Neveij played incredible and brought down lots of rebounds even though he was undersized, Edelstein said. Chase was playing through illness, but he came out and played hard and did a great job. Although his stat line may not show it, Dominique Lawrence came in and gave us really good defensive minutes and was able to cause some frustration for CSI on that end of the floor. USU Eastern finished the season against the North Idaho College Cardinals. The series has been a thrilling all season between NIC and USU Eastern going to one-overtime and triple-overtime in the previous two meetings and this final game was not going to be an exception. During the first half, offense was the key for both teams as they shot over 40 percent from the field, USU Eastern with 43
percent and NIC 48 percent, and the high field-goal percentages led to high scoring. At halftime, the Golden Eagles and Cardinals looked up at the scoreboard to see that NIC leading 44-41. USU Eastern had a stronger showing from the free-throw line as they hit 6 of 8 from the charity stripe and shot well from deep, hitting 9 of their 17 attempts. The second half became a defensive battle with both teams slugging it out and shooting low percentages and even more interesting, the same field goal percentage, 41 percent from the field. The difference was the deep ball, USU Eastern hit 5 while NIC hit 4. When the final buzzer rang, the game was tied at 75. Entering overtime, Eastern had a chance to win, but couldnt pull it out. The Eagles hit 2 of their 6-attempted shots including going 0-3 from behind the arc and the woes from the charity stripe hit home. NIC was efficient during overtime and came out ahead by hitting a 3-pointer and one other shot from the field giving them the win, 80-79. Free throws killed us, we had a chance to win at the end and we missed the late ones, remarked Edelstein. All five of the Golden Eagle starters finished in double-digits, Flint led the offensive attack with 21 points and 5 assists. Walters
once again had a strong offensive game and crashed the boards hard with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Wiggins had 17 points, Demetrus Richardson added 13 points along with 5 assists and McKay LaSalle added 10 points. With the season over, USU Eastern loses three players to graduation including Walters, Richardson and Maxim Zakharov who did not play this year due to ineligibility. There is a possibility that nine players may return to the Golden Eagle line-up for the 2012-13 season, but like all junior colleges, USU Eastern has to worry about players moving to Division-I schools. The final number of who is returning is unclear. The Golden Eagles had two players receive awards in Region 18. Flint was named to the All Region Mens Basketball First Team and Wiggins was named to the Second Team. I am proud of this group of men and their ability in facing adversity. They fought hard and they carried themselves with dignity and respect around campus and on the court. All of them have bright futures on and off the court, said Edelstein. I would like to thank USU Eastern and Price, individuals and the community for stepping up and supporting our guys and showing just how much they care.
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Work is work, and play is play, but work and play together is service, exclaimed Caitlin Patterson. I learned on this trip that being surrounded by people with the same goals is really uplifting. My favorite part of breakaway, reflected Nikie Cooper, was having the chance to help people in building their house and serving with my fellow SUN Center leaders and friends. SUN Center Adviser Terry Johnson learned that, Everyone who went really wanted to serve and help. This trip told me a lot about their unconditional desire to serve. They are amazing people. I guess the feeling that I went home with at the end of the week was my favorite part, said Lindly Fernandez, Knowing that we were not only able to help those at the reservation have an easier life, but also having the opportunity to serve one another made me feel like we accomplished a lot. I learned how to really work together with others on a project and how to accomplish things together, explained Eric Curwen My favorite part about breakaway was getting to know everyone better especially the Navajo family in the Canyon, reflected Mindi Bowman, I loved the chance I had to serve them and to sit down and talk to them about their life and their
customs. I liked making jokes with Peewee (a Navajo man). I also enjoyed the challenge of making food for 40 people and all of the pressure that came with it. Riding in the back of a truck with 16 other people for 12-mile drive to the canyon to meet up with the rest of our group was also a lot of fun. One of my favorite parts of the week was when I played baseball with a little Navajo boy. I also enjoyed the construction, sun, fun and learning some Navajo words, said Elcio Dutra, SUN Center vice president. Volunteer, Stephanie Flores, said, I thought it was really fun. It was an eye opener to see how remote the reservation is. The people didnt have running water or toilets inside their homes. It was really fun and a really good experience. I love the people that I met there. Breakaway was what you made it. The more you put in, the more you got out of it. I had several amazing experiences and I cant wait for next year! commented Shanna Frame. It was a great experience for all those who participated. Hank Stevens, the Navajo guide at Navajo Mountain, was grateful for the help, and he invited the group to come back again next year.