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Enrollment drops 310 students

After several years of enrollment growth Utah State UniversityCollege of Eastern Utah saw a drop
in student numbers this fall. USU
Easterns 11.8 percent enrollment
decline is in contrast to the trend
of Utahs public colleges and universities that increased over 1,000
full-time equivalent students, or
1.17 percent.
Dixie State College saw the
largest percentage increase at 4.52
percent (273 students) followed by
Utah Valley University at 3.65 percent (695 students) and Utah State
University at 2.48 percent (474 students), Snow College went up 2.62
percent (83 students), University of
Utah 2.23 percent (573 students)

and Weber State University .88
percent (121 students).
Colleges decreasing in enrollment included Salt Lake Community College dropping 4.29 percent
(711 students) and Southern Utah
University dropping 3.74 percent
(233 students).
After big gains in 2010, this
years enrollment backslide was
sobering. Eastern has been working
with an enrollment management
consulting firm since before the
start of fall semester, and new
marketing, recruitment, and retention initiatives are in the works on
many fronts, said Academic Vice
Chancellor Greg Benson.

According to an enrollment
document provided by USU AAA
office in Logan, the headcount
at USU Easterns freshman class
dropped 50 percent from 1,869 in
2010 to 944 in 2011. The sophomore class dropped 45.5 percent
from 765 in 2010 to 348 in 2011.
What helped the colleges overall
enrollment numbers were the 153
students enrolled on in junior-level
classes and 64 students in seniorlevel classes on the Price campus
that were not available in 2010. The
document classified 814 students
as unclassified in the enrollment
numbers.
Jan Young, director of admissions and records, said the 814

unclassified students are the nonmatriculated students people not
going for a degree and concurrent
enrollment students.
Students who entered USU
Eastern as a first-time college
student dropped 44 percent from
2010 to 2011 from 686 to 453 (233
students).
The bright spots in enrollment were the number of transfer
students enrolling which went up
120.5 percent (16 students) and
those students continuing from the
previous year went up from 1,005
to 1,142 (113.6 percent).
One hundred and fifty fewer

women are attending USU Eastern in 2011; 90 fewer males are
attending.
In race and ethnicity, American
Indian dropped 58 students (11.7
percent), Asian dropped 39 (54.9
percent), Hispanic dropped 3 (12
percent), Pacific Island added one
(114.3 percent), two or more races
added 13 students, with the total
minority enrollment dropping
13.7 percent.
USU Easterns full-time equivalent enrollment numbers include
the Price campus and San Juan
campus. In budget-related numbers, the Price campus lost 187.9
(15 percent) students from 2010-11

and San Juan lost 38.7 (8.8 percent).
The Price campus lost 175.6
Utah residents (14.8 percent) and
35.3 non-residents (25.4 percent).
The San Juan campus lost 44.4 Utah
residents (10.5 percent) and gained
5.8 (125.8 percent) non-residents.
The regional USU campuses
all experienced enrollment growth
except the Tooele/Wasatch campus which dropped 1.6 percent.
Brigham City jumped 111.4 percent, Southeastern Utah (Grand
County) 134.5 percent, Uinta Basin
113.1 percent.
For the past few years, we
see Enrollment page 3
Campus to triple in size;

thanks to land from donor
Karli Morris
staff writer
k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Recently USU Eastern was
given a 25-acre gift of land. The
donor wishes to remain anonymous
but donated the land to be used as
an Energy and Education Research
facility. Price City has also donated
$500,000 towards a road. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, this
addition to USU Eastern will cause
the campus to triple in size.
There are no immediate
plans for the building. A lot of
partners and significant dona-
tions will be needed to move it

to the next level, but does open
a lot of possibilities for us in the
future, says Brad King, vice
chancellor for administration
and advancement.
The Energy and Education Research Building will
be similar to the Bingham
Entrepreneurship and Energy
Research Center located at the
USU Uinta Basin extension in
Vernal. Eventually research
projects (that will be private and
public partnerships) will begin,
studying coal and energy.
hair with flair
photo by Sammie Fugat/The Eagle
Administration and honored guests break ground on the new land given to USU Eastern on Founders Day,(L-R) Barbara Piccolo, Mayor
Joe Piccolo, Paul Washburn, Chancellor Joe Peterson, Vice-Chancellor Greg Benson and Vice-Chancellor Brad King.
Wind Symphony presents concert Nov. 5
photo by Jessa Adams/The Eagle
Cosmetologys Fantasy Hair
In the annual competition, first place was won by Mandy

Jesson, Price; second Kielie Ivie, Huntington; third Elsie
Debry, Ferron.
The Eastern Utah Wind Symphony, a college-community

concert band at Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah, will
present a fall concert on Saturday,
Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Price
Civic Auditorium. Special guest
conductor and clarinet soloist will
be William S. Carson, director of
bands and professor of music at
Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The concert opens with Carson
conducting The Iowa Band Law.
This march by Karl King celebrates
a 1921 Iowa law that authorized
communities to levy a property tax
for the support of a local band. Next
on the program is Song for Lyndsay,
a dramatic work by Iowa native Andrew Boysen, director of bands at
the University of New Hampshire.
The centerpiece of the concert
will be a performance of Carsons recently-published edition
of Percy Graingers Spoon River.
This fall Carson has participated
Trees removed along 300 North

Seth Richards
staff writer
s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu
The music building, student
center and police station are all
lacking a certain air of ambiance
on the 300 North. The parking strip
along that street also seems more
naked than last year. There is only
one obvious answer to this change.
It must be the product of foul play.
The truth of the matter is much
less sinister. The trees were being
a nuisance to the Price City Power
Service. Having been trimmed
back twice, the trees were ordered
trimmed or taken down.
Being so close to the power
Thursday
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lines, a person standing next to

the trees would have been taking
a considerable risk, according to
Ken Harney, employee at the utility office who issued the order for
removal.
Sheila Burghardt, director of
facilities maintenance was able
to get the cutting stayed until the
school could purchase the smaller
and slower growing topiaries that
grace the parking strip now, next
to the stumps of the attractive but
dangerous trees that once cooled
the music and purchasing and
receiving buildings.
The administration was initially against the removal, but,
see Trees page 3
Friday
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Saturday
New signs on campus

Tadd Mecham
staff writer
t.mecham@eaglemail.ceu.edu
For those attending USUEastern for a second or third semester, there is something different about campus. Those students
who have been here for a while
may notice such
cha nges. Of
course
there are
the banners on
the lamp
posts
photo by Sammie Fugat/The Eagle
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VIEWPOINTS
- The Art of Awesomeness

- Calendar of events
- Getting digits
- The Right perspective
page 3
Sunday
Stompin At The Savoy, Moonglow, and Sing, Sing, Sing. The

concert finale, American Heroes,
will be a salute to the United States
Armed Forces, including The
Caisson Song, The Marines
Hymn, Anchors Aweigh, The
in rehearsals and performances

of Spoon River in New Mexico,
Texas, Ohio, and Utah, and the work
will be featured at the prestigious
Midwest Clinic, an international
band and orchestra conference, in
Chicago in December. Carsons
new Spoon River edition has also
been recorded by the Presidents
United States Marine Band.
The Wind Symphonys regular conductor, Gregory Benson,
will lead the group in Michael
Daughertys Alligator Alley, a
contemporary work inspired by a
stretch of Interstate 75 that crosses
through the Florida Everglades
National Park. Daugherty is a
University of Michigan professor
and an Iowa native. Carson will
return to the stage to perform as
clarinet soloist in Benny Goodman:
The King of Swing. This medley by
United States Army Band arranger
Paul Murtha includes four Goodman standards: Lets Dance,
Dr. William S. Carson
telling us to experience the

change. There are also the new
water fountains which have a
stand to fill up water bottles,
informing the user of how many
plastic water bottles have been
saved from going to the trash.
One of the most obvious
changes that has come with the
merger is the new signage on all of
the buildings throughout campus.
In front of each building, now
stands a sign with the buildings
name printed on it.
The campus has been in need
of signs for the buildings for a
long time, and it was Utah State
University in Logan that had them
see Signs page 3
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SPORTS
- VB defeats 5th in nation

- Baseball wraps up season
- Basketball season begins
- Next on the tee
pages 4-5
Monday
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U.S. Air Force, and America the

Beautiful.
In addition to his faculty position at Coe College, Carson is associate music director and administrator of the Iowa Ambassadors, a
high school group that performs in
Europe in alternate summers. He
earned degrees at Macalester College, Southern Illinois University,
and Arizona State University, and
has taught in Illinois, Indiana, New
Hampshire, Arizona, and Iowa.
Carsons travels as a conductor, clinician, performer, and researcher
have taken him to 34 states and 23
countries. His book, On the Path
to Excellence: The Northshore
Concert Band, is available from
Hal Leonard and at Amazon.com.
Benson has been at USU
Eastern since 1999. He earned
degrees from Central Michigan
University, Bowling Green State
University, and Michigan State
see Symphony page 3
Trick or Treat for food; SUN Center

pulls in a record amount of food
On Halloween night, ghosts,
goblins, vampires, and all sorts
of creatures ventured out into
the cold for three hours to collect
much needed food for the Carbon
County Food Bank and inadvertently, set a record for the most
food collected since the project
began several years ago.
Volunteers gathered at the
LDS Institute Building and the
Jennifer Leavitt Student Center
on the USU Eastern campus and
were assigned a route to go trick
or treating for food in the Carbon
County area. Over 100 volunteers, decked out in their favorite
Halloween costumes, collected
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over 4,600 pounds of food.

The Carbon County Food
Bank employees were grateful for
the help, especially at this time of
year when there are many needy
families in the Carbon County
area. The employees agree that
every little bit helps. With more
than 246,000 people living in
poverty in Utah, the impact of
projects like this is far reaching and powerful, said USU
Easterns SUN Center President
Austin Ashcraft.
We collected over 4,600
pounds of food. That is more food
than we collected in each of the
see Sun Center page 3
Wednesday
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-Chairapy

-Mentalist

-Drinking fountains

-Romeo and Juliet
pages 6-8
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VIEWPOINTS
November 3, 2011
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The world is not filled with rainbows and unicorns

So why do people think that it is?
Jasmine Petit
viewpoints editor
J.Tidwell@eaglemail.ceu.edu
I grew up in the ghetto; everyday was a
struggle to survive. I learned a long time ago
that people are bad, they will hurt you. Since
I have been in Utah, I noticed people live in a
bubble. They think the world is a place filled
with unicorns and rainbows, its not. The
world is a dangerous place that will chew you
up and spit you out if you do not know how to
defend yourself.
Albert Einstein said, The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people
who are evil, but because of the people who
dont do anything about it.

If you are wondering how to defend yourself
it is simple, speak up and stop sugar coating
what you say. Stop being afraid to piss people
off, so what if people hate you. Guess what,
not everyone is going to like you. It does not
matter if people do not like you because you
will not see those people again after a couple
of years. They will go on with their lives and
you will go on with yours.
Albert Ellis said, By not caring too much
about what people think, Im able to think for
myself and propagate ideas which are very
often unpopular. And I succeed.
Stop spending your life worrying about what
other people are doing, your life is passing you
by and you do not amount to anything. Then

you cry about how you never got to do all the
things that you wanted to do and why? Because
you were too worried about what someone
else was doing.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is
the master-gardener of his soul, the director
of his life, said James Allen. Charles Darwin
said, A man who dares to waste one hour of
time has not discovered the value of life. Mark
Twain said, Dont go around saying the world
owes you a living. The world owes you nothing.
It was here first.
Mind your own business, the only person
that you can control is yourself so stop worrying about what people think of you. People
do not like you for one of two reasons: either

they are jealous or have nothing better to do
then pay attention to what you are doing and
make comments about how they do not like it.
Wiki says, Mind your
own business is a common
English saying that asks for
a respect of other peoples
privacy. It can mean that
a person should stop
meddling in what
does not concern
that person, attend
personal affairs of
others instead of
your own.
The right perspective about life and growing up

Shala Jo Osborne
guest writer
When I was a freshman, life was extremely tough. I was away from my parents
for the first time, was struggling with classes
because I stayed up too late partying and dates
sometimes did not call back. Sometimes I
would get so depressed when a guy would
not text or call me, it made me feel like I did
not really matter.
I realize now, five years later, that I had
it pretty easy back then. I did not have bills
to pay, someone else to take care, of or any
big responsibility. Though life was easier, I
am happier now and believe it is because of
perspective, deciding what really matters.

What constitutes a big struggle? We
never know another persons complete
circumstances, but why does it seem like
some people have it easy and others have
things hard?
Last week I got a call from my aunt saying
that my uncle, who six months earlier had
been declared cancer free, just found out that
his cancer of the esophagus was back and
spreading to every major organ. The doctor
gave him six months to one-year survival
with chemo treatments. Even though he was
declared terminal, he has chosen to fight and
take the treatments.
On that very same day, I overheard a
young woman on campus crying and complaining that a guy had not sent her a text that
day. I was appalled. Doesnt she know that
other people are suffering? Then I realized
I was that girl once. I once made huge deals
over things that had no real affect on my life.
I learned a lot from one of my bosses.
She was working a full-time job, while at
home she had one child who was paralyzed, a
husband with Alzheimers and a 23-year-old
daughter who needs both a heart and liver
transplant. This woman was given more
trials than any other person I had ever met;
yet she was the most positive woman I had
the privilege to be around. I asked her how
she kept such an optimistic outlook on life,
staff editorial
USU Eastern should work together

Is it possible to get the USU Eastern community
on the same page or the same calendar?
The Eagle posts a calendar in each edition and it has
been pretty blank this year with the lack of activities
posted. We watch the campus marquee on the corner
of 300 east and 400 north and it rarely gets changed.
At the end of September, activities were posted that
happened the first week of September. The SUN
Center e-mailed the Eagle staff their calendar and
we found EUSA had a calendar online, different than
the main calendar on USU Easterns home webpage.
LDSSA posts even another calendar for its events.
USU Eastern is the smallest public college in
Utah. Thus it makes no sense to overbook activities
on the same day and time if students are needed to
support its activities. So how does a small school have
so many calendars with no central clearing house?
This weekend has two major events booked at the
same time. On Friday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m., the mens
basketball season opens its season in the BDAC. The

cheerleaders and dance team will be at the game. At
that same time, EUSA hosts Sean Bott, a mentalist.
We have no problem with the two activities offered
on the same night, but both are starting at 7:30 p.m.
Why couldnt Bott begin his act after the basketball
game so the team, cheerleaders, dance team and fans
could attend. He was on campus spring semester
2011 and started his performance after midnight so
he apparently works at different hours.
Monday was Meet the Team Night. We could not
find a calendar with the event on it which perhaps
led to its small attendance. Fans got to watch the
men and womens basketball teams, cheerleaders
and dance team.
Everyone on staff agrees that we like to attend
activities. We are just having a hard time trying to
find a calendar where all the Eastern Utah activities
are advertised.
she replied simply by smiling and saying,

Why should I dwell and be depressed about
things I cant change? Im just happy I have
a family who loves me.
I realize that I dwell on things that do not
matter in the big picture, and think that
many of us do too. Life would be a happier
place for those around us if we all looked
at the good and not the bad. As a freshman,
instead of feeling like I did not matter because
a date did not call the next day, I should have
been happy that I was asked on a date.
The things that mattered then, dont
matter five years later. So many guys overlooked me, but in the end I got a man who
only looks at me.
The art of awesomeness

James Justice
staff writer
j.justice@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Okay, so the title is a bit misleading, but I wanted you to
read it. Awesomeness, for me,
is me asking you out on a date,
you not showing up, and what I
learn from that experience... Pure
awesomeness.
Last week, I asked a girl
to walk with me; lets call her
Billy Jean. Before asking her,
I went through all the common
questions with her, is she married
or in a relationship of any type,
is she a stalker, what she does
for fun, does she bite the heads
off of chickens late at night in
a cemetery while watching old
re-runs of Star Trek, etc; you

know all the questions you need
to know before going on a walk
with someone.
To my surprise and personal
gratification, she said yes, (you
need to realize that I havent been
on a date in over three years, so I
was pumped). The day came, I got
dressed in my snazzy outfit, put
on my five dollar cologne, slicked
my hair back, grabbed the flowers
I bought and headed over to the
USU Eastern track for our rendezvous. I got there a little before
our scheduled meeting time, so
I decided to sit on the bleachers
and wait. Fifteen minutes passed,
then 30, 45all the way up to
two hours. At that point I started
see Awesomeness page 3
Benonis advice for staying clean and smelling good

Benoni Sowah
staff writer
b.sowah@eaglemail.ceu.edu
One thing I cant avoid doing is looking
into the mouth of people when they talk to
me. I have seen some good and some bad
mouths. Some white teeth and some teeth
that I cannot tell what color they are.
Our mouth and teeth are our glory and I
expect people would take good care of them.
Brushing daily is not all that needs to be
done about oral hygiene. Flossing should be a
routine. Food waste tends to hide in the gaps
and the molar areas and although the teeth
look clean, there are food particles hidden
between them. Floss each night before bed.
Invest in your teeth, it tells a lot about you.
White teeth are attractive. If you have good
teeth, you can laugh anytime without having
to cover up your smile. Some whitening strips
have proven effective, (I personally use baking soda and lime twice in a month to brush),
its cheaper and the results are amazing. If
you decide do this, do so with caution. The
combination can cause you to lose enamel.
Thats why I only do so twice a month. Quit
smoking; from my observation, people who
smoke have some of the worst teeth.
Colgate.com has eight tips for oral
hygiene
1. Understand your own oral health needs.
2. Commit to a daily oral routine.
3. Use fluoride product.
4. Brush and floss to remove plagues.
5. Limit snacks, particularly those high
in simple sugars and eat a balanced diet.
6. If you use tobacco in any form, quit.
7. Examine your mouth regularly.
8. Visit the dental office regularly.
Another issue that needs to be addressed
is body odor. Daily activities cause us to
sweat. Shower at least once a day. Water
should not be an issue for anyone. Even

people in countries that dont have water,
take showers daily. Use soap, shampoo and
clean very well. The fact that you use soap
does not mean you are clean, use a loufa or
wash cloth that helps in getting rid of dead
skin cells.
According to Askmen.com, Perspiration
itself is clear and odorless. Only after it mixes
with bacteria on the surface of the skin does
it take on an odor. Thus, washing regularly
does more to eliminate body odor than the
use of deodorants or colognes. Most people
assume that perspiration itself is the cause
of the odor. However, if your perspiration
smells like bleach you may have kidney or
liver disease. If your perspiration smells
fruity you may have an onset of diabetes.
Both odors are indications that some internal
problem exists. I suggest you see a doctor.
If you have body odor or even if you do
not, here is my sugges-
Thursday
Nov. 3rd - Nov. 20th

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
tion on how to take care of body odor; rub

fresh lime or lemon juice (not a can of lime
juice), mixed with baking soda in your armpit
and over your body for 10 to 15 minutes.
Baking soda and lime or lemon is noted to
fight odors. If you decide to use this please
do so with some caution to avoid irritation.
Body hairs can be a factor in body odor. It
is advisable for people with lots of body hair
to do some man-scaping. I remember my
mom checking my armpit weekly to make
sure they were shaved. Today I look back and am
thankful she brought
me up to do so.
My issue is with
smokers. A guy on
campus passed by me
in the morning smelling good. By noon
when he passed, he
see Benoni page 8
Saturday
Sunday
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Newspaper
Publication
Self Defense
Instructor @
11:30 a.m.
10
True Blue Friday

Mens Basketball
Tournament 5:30
pm
Sean Bott, the
Mentalist @ 7:30
p.m.
11
Tadd Mecham
t.mecham@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Shadayah Jones
s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Seth Richards
Mens Basketball
Tournament
3 p.m.
12
Marooned without
a compass day
13
Katie Bigelow
k.james@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Dave Adams
d.adams@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Karli Morris
EUSA Advisory
5 p.m.
Bread N Soup
Night 5 p.m.
Hey Day
Dunce Day
14
15
Forum 11:30 am
EUSA Advisory
5 p.m.
Bread N Soup
Night 5 p.m.
Theatre
Production Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m.
Clean out your

refrigerator day
Mens Basketball
vs. Impact Prep
7:30 p.m.
Intramural
Volleyball 7:30
p.m.
Chaos never dies
Day
16
Theatre
7:30 pm
True Eagle 12
a.m.
17
True Blue Friday

Theatre
7:30 pm
Comedy Sportz
7:30 p.m.
18
James Justice
photographers
Theatre
7:30 p.m.
19
Sammie Fugate
s.fugate@eaglemail.ceu.edu
National Indian
pudding day
20
Nikolle McCarty
n.mccarty@eaglemail.ceu.edu
page proofreader
Karli Morris
layout staff
Monopoly
Tournament 7:30
p.m.
Newspaper
Publication
Theatre
7:30 p.m.
True Blue Friday

Gallery East
Reception
Theatre
Production
Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m.
Kate Johnson
k.johnson@eaglemail.ceu.edu
EUSA Service
Project 9 am
Theatre
7:30 p.m.
webmaster
Jordan Hepworth
j.hepworth@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Absurdity Day
November 3, 2011
page 3
Breaking Ground for USU Eastern
Bicentennial mural
to be moved to WIB
Valeria Moncada
news editor
Spectators watch sinking track hoe
photo by Sammy Fugate/The Eagle
A track hoe sinks up to its cab in the mud east of Cedar Hills Drive in Price when its driver was
building a new road for the proposed USU Eastern Energy and Education Research Building. An
underground stream was hit and sunk the massive piece of equipment.
Enrollment
continued from page 1
have seen enrollment numbers

grow and that still appears to be
the case. We would have seen even
greater growth this year if colleges
had not been forced to limit course
offerings due to space and faculty
Symphony
availability, said Bill Sederburg,

Commissioner of Higher Education in a press release issued by
the Board of Regents.
To reach our Big Goal to achieve
66 percent of Utahs workforce
with a post-secondary credential

in the next decade, it is extremely
important that enrollment numbers
continue to grow each year.
Moving the bicentennial mural

reflecting the history of Chicanos
in the Southwest, from the library
was a collective decision between
Vice Chancellor, Greg Benson; occupants in the Western Instructional
Building, and librarians.
The mural is being moved from
the library to WIB, because it wasnt
displayed in an area that would accommodate it. The reason the WIB
was chosen was because the mural
ties in with humanities and those
classes are located in the WIB, also
the walls in the WIB are much more
accommodating for the 20 foot by
8 foot mural. But the main reason
the WIB was chosen was because
a lot of people travel through the
WIB everyday.
At the time the mural was put
up in the library, it was probably a
good space for it, but at the years
passed it became obscured, said
Vice Chancellor Benson.
The mural represents the ongoing struggle of the Chicano in
the Southwest and was painted
by an artist from Salt Lake City
named Aldredo de Aila. It marked
the completion of a four year Utah
State Bicentennial Commission

project. The assemblage mural cost
$3,000, according to a 1978 article
of the Sun Advocate.
A film was also included in this
project, showing the history and
some of the areas of Carbon County
and the construction of the East
Carbon City Community Center.
The assemblage mural was officially unveiled on May 5, 1978;
on the Hispanic holiday Cinco De
Mayo, reported the Sun Advocate
article.
The Southwest Chicano Heritage Committee, which involved
Anita Mestas, the director of the
Chicano studies at CEU, James
Young, CEU professor of art;
Clorinda Cordova, a Chicano community representative; Elliot Fairbanks, a CEU representative; Jennie
Vilegos, a Chicano community
representative and Carbon County
Chapter of SOCIO president; and
Dr. Alfonso Trujillo, the first assistant chair of the commission.
At the time, Mestas called the
mural culturally important to
Carbon County, she said it would
enhance the communities understanding of the Chicano, reported
the Sun Advocate.
The struggle of the Chicano
is that of seeking his identity
through the past, in todays society and hope in his aspirations

for tomorrow, Mestas had said.
She also included that the
portrayals of Aztec leaders
Montezuma, Cuauhtemoc and
Hernan Cortez, a Spanish conquistador, all whom developed
a new breed called Mestizos in
the article.
The mural includes heroes of
the Mexican Revolution, Father
Miguel Hidalgo with his Grito
de Dolores of 1821; Don Benito
Juarez, guardian of the constitution;
the Adelitas women who fought
side by side with their men; the
Revolutionaries, Pancho Villa and
Emiliano Zapata; the despot Diaz
and the Apostle of the Constitution, Fransisco Madero.
The mural also shows the importance of the Catholic religion
with La Virgen de Guadalupe, also
known as the Virgin Mary; and the
humble Juan Diego. Another scene
in the mural shows the significance
of the coal industry in Carbon
County and the Chicanos who work
in it, reported the Sun Advocate.
Benson hopes to have the mural moved sometime within the
next month, where it will be more
noticeable to the students, faculty
and staff.
University, and has held teaching and administrative posts in

Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas, and
Utah. Benson has appeared as a
clinician, conductor, evaluator, and
trombonist in hundreds of diverse

locales in the middle, southern,
and western regions of the United
States and has served in professional leadership positions at state,
Trees
Signs
When it comes to utilities we

dont have much say in the matter, said Burghardt, Basically we
dont have a leg to stand on. Its
their power lines, their space, our
installed, along with the lettering on

the side of each building.
It used to be pretty difficult to
navigate someone else around the
campus, giving directions was difficult even though the campus is so
Sun Center
trees were in their way.

A contractor, hired by the utility service, came in and removed
the trees to save the city further
trouble
small. Students often start with a

question to begin the process such
as: do you know where the BDAC
is? Okay, the career center is behind
it to the left.
Now the problem with getting
past three years, said SUN Center

Leader Amanda Van Wagoner, who
Awesomeness
wondering if she would come.

Three hours went by and I decided
that she found something better
to do.
I took my fine-smelling self,
my slicked-back hair, her flowers
and walked back to my dorm;
throwing the flowers in the trash.
I got over it and were still friends.
Shes too sweet to be mad at, plus
she had a good reasonsomething
about restringing her guitar? Or
washing her car in the rain? It was
something, but honestly I wasnt
listening.
Over the weekend I thought to
myself, What would women think
of my situation? Furthermore, what
would they think if I said I was
the one that stood her up? So, I
started my experiment, just now
while writing this article I started
thinking to myself, damn James,
you were married eight years, you
should know the outcome of this
isnt going to be good. But, Im a
man and dont learn easily.
I got a few of my friend-girls
together at my parents house and
spearheaded the project. It was

great to see so many volunteers

told them the story of what really
happened. They were so sympathetic; helping me understand
what she could have been thinking,
maybe shes sick, maybe shes
stuck at worketc., making excuses for her. But, they helped me
feel better as I was pretty banged
up about it. Since these girls heard
the true side of the story, I couldnt
tell them the I stood her up, side
of the story so I waited until I got
back to USU Eastern.
Today I was sitting in the newspaper class and we were discussing
the different articles for the paper:
how the paper looked, the ads, the
layout, etc., when I got the idea of
bringing the false story up to these
students and Dr. Polster. I started
into the story of how I didnt really
want to take her out, she wasnt a 10
on my hotness scale, (though I do
want to take her out and shes about
an 18 billion on the gorgeous scale,
shes not a 10), so I stood her up.
To put it simply, the reaction
wasnt a good one. My father always
taught me that if you want to get to
regional, and national levels.

The Nov. 5 Wind Symphony
concert is co-sponsored by USU
Eastern and Price City Culture
Connection. Admission is free.
The school picked the newer
trees from a Price City-approved

list. The grounds crew is also
spraying the stumps to rot them
away, rather than tear apart the
parking strip and further remove
the aesthetic quality of the college.
around campus has been eliminated.

Those students who are new or just
visiting can easily find their way
around to get to classes or a dorm.
Students can tell other students the
name of a building and it can now
be easily found thanks to the signs
or the buildings lettering.
come out and support the Food
Bank. I guess its proof that when
a group of people come together,
they really can make a difference.
know someone, bring up a subject
on which theyll get passionate
about and youll see who they really are, what theyre made of, (I
think the word passionate would
be the understatement of the world
for this conversation). We were all
quite passionate about our viewpoints and while Dr. Polster didnt
say anything, she did have a look
like, what in the hell is wrong with
you James? She makes me laugh!
Through this horribly-painfulcrushing experience of me getting
stood up by my gorgeous friend, I
learned what amazing people we
have on The Eagle newspaper staff.
The awesomeness, I spoke of in
this article is what I saw today;
passionate, wonderful, truthful
students, defending what they believe in. Im so proud to be around
them absolutely awesome.
In the movie; The Last of the
Mohicans, theres a line that I
believe applies to my situation:
Do not try to understand them
[women], and do not try to make
them understand you. That is because they are a breed apart and
make no sense.
On a more serious note, you
should never stand someone up.
If you dont want to go, politely
say no or tell them youd be more
comfortable in a group than by
yourselves. It takes a lot of courage
and confidence to ask someone out.
Even though Im older than most
of the USU Eastern students, Im
31, it took a lot out me. Makes me
second-guess the whole thought of
getting back into the dating scene.
Maybe in another three years Ill
ask someone out again, but probably not.
Read The Eagle online: eagle.ceu.edu
The bicentennial mural will be moved to the WIB in the next few weeks.
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I dont
have a very
interesting
life see I
told you
Late round
steals
David Osborne Jr.
sports editor
d.osborne@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Everyone knows that the players

drafted in the first round of any
sports draft are supposed to be
the offensive threats, champions
and leaders for years to come. We
know people like this in our own
lives. There is always that person
in one of our classes or even people
we work with that are just great
at everything, and let everyone
know it. As with anything in life,
this person that is supposed to be
amazing at everything and is the
first round draft pick, is not always
certain, generally we call these
draft busts and they happen often.
Because of these busts we have
back ups, the diamonds in the
rough, the late round draft picks
that most of us are like.
Major league baseball has many
busts that should have been great,
but certainly fell short of the mark.
Luckily for fans and managers, a
fair number of diamonds are taken
in the late rounds of the draft. John
Smoltz, almost certainly one of the
greatest pitchers of all time, was
taken in the 22 round of the 1985
draft and was the 574 overall pick.
Smoltz had a career ERA of 3.33
and that was over 21 years. Smoltz
also had 3,084 strikeouts and had
213 wins, compared to 155 losses.
He is the only pitcher to every have
200 wins and 150 saves, certainly
a late-round diamond. Another
MLB diamond was Mike Piazza.
Piazza was drafted in 1988 in the
62 round and as the 1,390 overall
pick. Piazza was a 12-time All-Star,
and was the 1993 Rookie of the
Year, yes that is right, the 1,390
pick was the Rookie of the Year.
He also had a .308 batting average,
which included 427 career home
runs (396 as a catcher, the most by
any catcher.)
The National Basketball Association has many late-round
heroes to help teams out. Mark
Eaton is certainly a household
name in Utah if you have parents
who were Utah Jazz fans in the
1980s. Eaton started his professional career as a 7-foot-4-inch
mechanic, yes, a mechanic. In 1982
he was drafted in the fourth round
as the 107 overall pick. Eaton was
a two-time NBA Defensive Player
of the Year. Throughout his career,
he had 3,064 blocks (3.5 blocks per
game) and 6,939 rebounds (7.9 per
game). Eaton also has the record for
blocks in a season at 456, averaging
5.6 per game. Another late-round
draft gift was Manu Ginobli of the
San Antonio Spurs. Ginobli was
drafted in the second round and
was the 57 overall pick. Ginobli
has been a two-time NBA All-Star
and awarded the NBA Sixth Man
of the Year in 2008. Ginobli (still
playing) has a career field-goal
percentage of .449 and a 3-point
field-goal percentage of .371.
Of course when talking about
steals during the late rounds of
drafts, you have to talk about the
National Football League. Many
great football stars came out of the
late NFL Draft rounds. Anybody
remember a man named Roger
Staubach, he was drafted in 1964
in the 10 round and was the 129
overall pick. Staubach was the 1963
Heisman Trophy award winner,
Super Bowl VI MVP and inducted
into the NFL Hall-of-Fame in 1985.
He threw 153 touchdowns in his
professional career and racked up
a total of 22,700 passing yards.
Staubach had a career quarterback
rating of 83.4. Terrell Davis was
another late-round pickup that
made the team he got
drafted to a major threat. Davis
was drafted to
Joy Malone
and Abigail Ericson
guest writers
A day in the life of Kylie Cordon; interesting? Not exactly. At

6:19 a.m., Cordons alarm starts
ringing. She arises from bed, pulls
on sweats and makes her way to
Sports
the BDAC where she works out

with the volleyball team every
morning. After working hard for
half an hour, she returns to bed for
nap number one of the day. Cordon wakes up 15 minutes before
the start of her first class, still
manages to get there on time and
look great every day. Everyone
wants me for my body, she says.
After attending classes, Cordon returns to her room in the
mid-afternoon to lay down for nap
number two. After a few hours,
she arises once more to eat dinner
quickly before making her way
to volleyball practice. I like to
practice, I like to practice, she
says in a sing-song tone.
I dont know, I dont do anything ever. Cordon comments
about her social night life. After
volleyball, Cordon will be found
finding more food, playing Call of
Duty, watching a movie, or talking
on the phone with her boyfriend,
Kendall Prescott.
Before retiring to bed, she
usually takes a shower and always
reads [her] scripts. Sleep is
important to her so she can get
up in the morning and do it all
over again.
Cordon was born and raised
in West Point, Utah. She graduated from Syracuse High School
with, a lot of people. Her
favorite thing about high school
was playing sports and chillin
with friends. She participated in
volleyball, basketball, and track.
At home, Cordon lives with
her mom and dad, Wendi and Kirt
Cordon, and her three younger
siblings; Brandi, Alex, and Lexie.
She says that her family loves
her very much, is supportive,
and funny.
Volleyball is Cordons favorite
sport to play and is the reason she
is at USU-Eastern. She plays outside hitter and wears the number
November 3,Page
20115
nine on her jersey. I wish I was
number ten, but Miranda took it.
Working hard and competing are
Cordons favorite things about
the sport. She likes intensity,
like, intenseness, and hates losing and laziness. If she could be
unreal at any position, she would
choose to be a setter. Watch out
Danee Merrell... Kylie Cordon is
coming for you!
Teammate Malorie White said
she works hard all the time, in
practice and games. Shes not tall,
but can hit and block so good. She
is spontaneous and makes things
exciting. Even if we do nothing,
she makes it fun. There is never a
dull moment with her. Also, I love
her dance moves. She can def bust
a move. And speaking of busting
moves, Cordons life dream is to
be a singer and dancer. But sadly,
she doesnt think she is good at
either. It just doesnt flow with
me. Its not in my blood.
We asked Cordon our signature question: waffles versus

pancakes, and she replied, Thats
too hard, I love them both. Our
interview took place in the school
cafeteria, and throughout the
whole interview, Cordon took
several trips back to get more
food. She seemed to think that
readers would care what she ate
for lunch that day, so here you
have it! She ate a soft pork taco
with rice, black beans, a little
bit of lettuce, and a little bit of
salsa. Yum.
Kylie Cordon is a laid back,
chill, cool cat. I do the cat daddy,
she says as she breaks out in dance
and laughs at herself. Her laugh
is, to say the least, pretty unique.
She has a signature honk that
sounds slightly reminiscent of
a fog horn. If youd like to hear
for yourself, send her a Hey Tell
invite at Kylie Cordon. She said
she loves technology.
Volleyball wins big, then falters

Katie Bigelow
staff writer
k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Uta h State University
Eastern had a quick two
weeks full of games. They
took a mid- week trip to North
Idaho College on October 19,
just to play back to back on
October 21-22 against Salt
Lake Community College
and Snow College. To end
their conference play before
the region tournament. The
Lady Eagles played North
Idaho and College of Southern
Idaho at home.
Coach Chelsey Warburton said, It was just a long
weekend with lots of travel.
Unfortunately, we didnt get
a win. USU Eastern lost to
North Idaho in three games.
Despite the loss, USU Eastern
stayed close with the scoring
only being down by five or
six points. North Idaho led
with 25-20, 25-20, and 25-19.
SLCC was a similar story
for the Lady Eagles. The team
lost in three. Even though
the Bruins won, the Eagles
kept the scoring close. SLCC
won 25-22, 25-20, and 27-25.
We had two calls that didnt
go our way in the final game, Kylie Cordon goes up for the ball last weekend during a game in the BDAC
commented Warburton.
For a final week of confer- had fun.
especially in the third game we
During the Snow match,
ence
games,
Eastern
had
home
Saturday
October
29,
2011
let down a little. By the end of the
USU Eastern lost the first game,
court
advantage.
They
beat
the
Lady
Eagles
played
their
game was had lost the emotion
won the second and lost the next
NI
in
three
games.
The
girls
final
home
game
against
CSI.
we had from Fridays game,
two. We didnt play great. We
played
their
hearts
out.
They
The
first
game
was
played
Warburton admited.
had a few good moments, but
This weekend marks the
couldnt get it going, said War- played like they are capable like Friday nights game, said
of
playing
all
the
time,
comWarburton.
The
Eagles
won
start
of the Regional tournaburton. The scores again stayed
mented
Warburton.
Things
did
the
first
game
and
lost
the
next
ment
in Coeur dAlene, Idaho.
fairly close. Game one was 25-17
with a Snow win. Then Eastern not seem to go the Eagles way three. First game score was 25- Warburton said.
We leave Wednesday to
with 22-25. The third game was all the time, but they still played 20. Then CSI finished the game
hard
and
put
together
a
strong
scoring
25-14,
25-20,
and
25-13.
play.
Snow is our first game. We
a set back with 25-13 capturing
win.
Warburton
said,
They
just
We
had
a
few
down
moments,
will
take
one game at a time.
a Snow win with 25-21.
photo courtesy of Tyson Chappell
We have beat them once and

lost to them once Working on
the small things is one focus,
but making sure the girls keep
up the confidence they have is
our main focus. They have the
tools to beat anyone we proved
that by beating North Idaho
who is the number one team in
our conference. Our big thing
is staying confident and playing
with their heart.
A new beginning
Womens basketball preseason starts
Katie Bigelow
staff writer
k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu
See Steals
page 8
photo courtesy of Tyson Chappell
Priscila Santos shoots during a recent game at the BDAC
Utah State University Easterns lady basketball team has a

few returners and a loaded set of
freshman. Returning to the team
is sophomores: Candice Cornaby,
Katie Bigelow, Jasmine Petit,
Priscila Santos, and Abbie Kay.
New additions really complement
the team. A transfer sophomore
from Alaska is Caitlin Nelson.
With a young team of freshman,
the coaches are excited for this
year adding Hailee Parry, Sarah
Fletcher, Whitney Fieldsted, Amy
Arbon, Shelby Carson, Tandy
Thackeray, and Brooke Slade.
Head coach Dave Paur said, I
think right now we should have
beat a NCAA Division II Mesa
team last week. We lost 60-52.
If we keep our players from not
fouling, we would be pretty good.
The team has 13 players, but
played with 11 the other night. The
team must stay away from injuries
and illness. We cant afford to
lose anyone with a serious injury,
added Paur.
The team has a tough schedule the next few weeks, playing
Central Arizona and Texas who
are the top two teams in the
nation. Central will be a hard
team, but it will be a good test,
commented Paur.
Im just excited to get the
season going, we are on the road

a lot, its hard to get teams to
come to Price. We dont have the
money to bring people here, so
we have to play away with some
hostile teams, said Paur. During
a scrimmage game at Salt Lake
Community College, Eastern
beat Casper College, Western
Wyoming College, but lost to
Northwestern Wyoming.
The tournament in Casper
will be tough. Playing Casper
on their home floor is always a
hard task, said Paur. The team
will spend November traveling to
South Utah University, Casper,
Wyo. and Salt Lake Community
College tournaments.
Offensive coordinator Adjalma Becheli, known as Coach
Vando, has high hopes and praises
for this years team. I think we
have more talent this year than
last year. We are young, but we
compensate that by hustle, we
are more competitive and aggressive, said Coach Vando.
I expect really good things
offensively; Priscila Santos has
potential to score. We have some
better understanding of the offense and floor, commented
Vando. He added, the new freshmen have great skills and can
contribute well.
Vando commented, We have
good passers, Priscila has more
help this year with those able to
assist her in scoring, getting her
open and set up. I expect a lot of
points on transition.
This years team is faster,
and able to score a lot of points
according to the coaching staff.
During the Mesa scrimmage,
the team scored a lot in transition
play. Because of visa complications, Vando came a month later to
USU-Eastern. We need to work
more on our offense, we are getting there, but I was a month late
in getting here so we need more
time to work. We can expect a lot
of things from our offense. Im
really excited, Vando admitted.
Defensive coordinator Dan
Allen has spent the entire year
working on his defense with the
women. I think we will be strong,
and can keep our opponents from
making threes if we get to our
spots on defense, said Coach
Allen. Defensive had been a focus
from day one for the Lady Eagles.
The Regional 18 NJCAA
conference is very tough. As a
team we can compete more than
last year. This is my second year
as womens coach. The leagues
is open all teams have chance
to win. Its a pretty even conference; it will take a whole game
to win. We got to work hard on
both ends of the court. We have
to play smart and play tough. I
think we have a good chance,
commented Vando.
All the coaches have high
hopes and expectations for this
years 2011-2012 Lady Eagles
basketball team.
November 3, 2011
page 5
Bruins bite Eagles

KC Smurthwaite
Kyle Van Amen
staff writer
k.vanamen@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Most people have heard about
and seen it but not many have
done it. Fly fishing is becoming
a lost art. Is this because people
dont want to put forth the effort
to get good at it? It is difficult to
become good enough to actually
catch a fish. Everyone has bait
fished. Thats where you sit on
the shore and watch a bobber. Its
boring and not fun. This is why
most people dont like to fish.
Not everyone has fly fished. Its
much more active with casting
and anticipating a strike.
Casting is the most important
and the most difficult thing to
master. Just like anything in life
editor-in-chief
kc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu
It wasnt Utah State University Easterns night on offense nor
defense. The Golden Eagles met
the Salt Lake Community College
Bruins at Brigham Young University on Oct. 20, 2011 to battle out a
two-game series. The Bruins took
an early advantage of pitcher Colter
Moore and had three runs on the
scoreboard before the team had a
chance to get two outs.
The pitching struggled, as did
the offense for USU Eastern which
did not manage a hit until the fourth
inning as shortstop Chance Abrath
got on base with a single. The
pitching staff was roughed up for
16 runs in seven innings.
The lone bright spot was sophomore pitcher Jordan Hepworth closing the game with three scoreless
innings, while striking out five
Bruin batters. The Golden Eagles
lost 17-2. Eastern committed four
errors and also gave up seven walks
to SLCC.
The second game was a different story as the team came out
with solid defense. The offense
was helped by lefties Drake Turner
and Joe Barta who kept the Bruin
offense off-balance.
USU Eastern was down 6-1 in
the sixth inning when hitter Denver
Hansen hit a two-run triple to put
the Eagles within striking distance
of SLCC. Eastern added two more
runs in the seventh to bring the
score to 6-5. Unfortunately that
was the last offense both SLCC
and Eastern manufactured for the
game as the Eagles fell 6-5.
We came out extremely flat in
the first inning, and then the snowball effect hurt us in the first game,
stated head coach Scott Madsen.
He added The second game we
battled and built confidence to be
able to compete with SLCC. The
Golden Eagles wrapped up their
fall season with this series and
now look forward to Jan. 28, 2012
Fly fishing a lost art?
World Series has

memoriable moments
Chance Abrath
staff writer
c.abrath@eaglemailceu.edu
Denver Hansen throws the bat and sprints to first base during a previous game
when they start the official baseball

season in Moab, Utah.
Its time to buckle down, the
Smurf Turf:
Tebowing
KC Smurthwaite
editor-in-chief
Dictionaries are changing, English
teachers cringing, and sports columnists
like me are smiling.We have someone
to write about who is the real deal and
not just a jockjerk. We have someone
we want to see win just because hes a
really great guy. His name is Tim Tebow.
But back to the English for a moment.
Tebow is no longer a noun.Its a verb.
Not only is Tebow a verb, buthes now
the starting quarterback for the Denver
Broncos. His charisma and popularity are
making people think twice about the nations love of Lady Gaga and Dancing with
the Stars. Tebows signature pre-game
prayer is now taking the sports world by
next time we play in a game will

be the official season, commented
left fielder Ben Kraja. Madsen also
storm. Gilbert Arenas, who started the

fan craze of planking, has been replaced
by Tebowing. Anybody can do it, and fans
have taken advantage of that at the new
Tebowing.com. Tebowing is when fans
take pictures of themselves mimicking
Tebows pre-game prayer. Fans are all
dropping to a knee, placinga fist on their
forehead and lowering their head to pray.
Its planking 2.0, but on a spiritual level.
Tebowing.com has hadmore than2.5
millionhits since its launch last Tuesday.
And what does the young Denver
quarterback think of all this? I am glad
to be a role model, he says modestly.
And honestly. And sincerely. You know,
all the things that make Tim Tebow, well,
Tim Tebow.Sports fans everywhereare
obsessed with the home-schooled kid from
Florida who fills his free time by doing
things such asvisiting prisons and working onhumanitarian projects overseas.
His father, an evangelical pastor, taught
his son early that God is everything.
Tebow got the lesson and grew up relying
on Him, and nowteaches his teammates
(as well as inmates) about who really is
in charge. The Broncoshave won one and
photo by Jessa Love Adams/The Eagle
added that the team isextremely

ahead of schedule, then they were
last year at this time.
lost onewith Tebow under center, which is

slightly better than before he was handed
the starting quarterback job.Bronco fans,
many of whom consider football as their
religion,are finding faith in their belief
that Tebow must have God on his side and
will lead themto the ultimate sporting
spiritual experience: a Super Bowl ring.
Not to throw cold water on the believers, but right now Tebow isnt the
best quarterback on the Denver Broncos.Heck, he isnt even the second best
(Brady Quinn is). But Tebow plays his
heart out, and makes everybody around
him better. He will never take a play
off and is the ultimate team player. He
is what coaches lie awake at night and
dream about: He runs, he throws, has
a presence in the huddle. He can step
in and teach Sunday School class on a
moments notice. The list goes on about
the southpaw from Florida, and the list
and legend is still growing.
What Tebow has is what everybody
wants although not every quite knows
what it is. Maybe its a quarterback that
looks like a linebacker.Maybe its the
jump-pass, or how he runs like a fullback,
Player Highlight
Name: Neveij Walters

Number: 24
Position: Forward/Center
This years World Series

between the Texas Rangers and
the St. Louis Cardinals will go
down in history as some of the
best games ever. Both teams
were not expected to even find
themselves in the championship series.
The Cardinals won the
first game 3-2. In game two,
the Rangers won 2-1. Game
three was one of the best
games to watch because Cardinal first basemen Albert
Pujols had three home runs.
With those home runs, he tied
Reggie Jacksons record for
most home runs in a World
Series game. The Cardinals
ended up winning 16-7.
Game four, the Rangers
took a 4-0 win. The Rangers
won again in game five 4-2.
Game six was a fun game to
watch. The Rangers were up in
blocks like anO-lineman,and throws

better then most NFL quarterbacks. Its
just Tebow. He has found ways to win
from his high school days to college,
and now, to the NFL. Count me among
those who believe hell lead his team to
the Promised Land someday. Smurf Turf
believes Tebow always will be on a part
of a competitive team.
Smurf Turf has associated with a few
people who have met Tim Tebow and
they all same the same thing: He is
real. The smile, the great attitude is not
for show.Its Tebow. Sbnation.com compared Tim Tebow to the City of Detroit.
Yes, a city. Tough and gritty, what you
see is what you get. But with a spiritual
side, too. Chuck Norrisas a cultural
icon is oh-so-yesterday; Superman Tim
ismuscling Chuck to the sidelines. Forget
Britney Spears, the spongy facedJustin
whatever-his-name is, vampire movies
andAmerican Idol. Theyve been bested
by the better man. Its Tebow.
The 24-year old still hasnt completed
a full season at quarterback, but has
inspired many to be better Christians,
athletes, Bronco fans, and well, human
Name: Candice Cornaby

Number: 4
Position: Forward/Center
Major: Everything just conflicts with
Hometown: Page, Arizona
basketball
Major: Athletic Training
Hero: My brother
Hero: Dad
Something most people dont know
Something most people dont
about you: I am pretty easy to talk to
know about you: Wont eat
Favorite thing about Eastern:
beans, like kidney beans and
People you meet
black beans
Favorite thing about basket
Favorite thing about Eastern:
ball: The competition and the
Playing basketball
difficulty sometimes
Favorite thing about basketball:
Plans after Eastern:
Just playing the games
No plans just enjoy the
Plans after Eastern:
ride, realistically get a

scholarship to a Division 1 school
Favorite moment while
playing basketball: Defense, I
love scoring but blocking
somebody or stealing the ball
the series, they had won three

games and the Cardinals had
won two games so the Rangers
just needed to win won more to
be world champions. Everyone
expected Texas to win game six.
But David Freese hit a walk off
home run in the 11th to force
game seven. The Cardinals
won 10-9.
In game seven, the Cardinals
won 6-2 and were world champions. Chris Carpenter pitched
a good game for the Cardinals.
David Freese ( who is a St.
Louis native) earned the fall
classic MVP honor.
The Cardinals were named
world series champs for the 11th
time in franchise history.
It will be interesting to see
what happens with the Major
League baseball this off-season.
Both the Cardinals and the
Rangers could be losing a lot
of fire power. The Cardinals
manager Tony La Russa also
retired, so that could play a big
role this off-season.
beings. The doubters are still there,and

theyalways will be. But for now almost
everybody is jumping on the Tebow bandwagon. And its not a bad bandwagon to
be on, if you think being kinder and more
compassionate a change for the better.
And yet he does all this without coming
across as anything other than someone
like you and me.
Listen to this: A kid that tweeted
me with cancer, Im Tebowing while
chemoing, Tebow says incredously. How cool is
that? Thats worth it right
there, if that gives him any
encouragement or puts a
smile on his face.
Too good to be true?
Not at all. Its just
Tebow.
Player Highlight
Hometown: Manderville, Jamaica
you just feel good
it takes time to become good at

things, fly fishing is no different.
When people start to learn how to
fly fish they get frustrated with the
casting and give up. People dont
realize the amount of time, and
money it takes to become good
enough to catch a fish with a fly
pole. You have to really devote
you time into the sport in order
to be good.
In the end, most people just
like the easiest path. For this reason I am scared that fly fisherman
will end up dying off. People will
want to put in the time, frustration
and blood into becoming a good
fly fisherman.
Fly fishing is such a beautiful
majestic way to fish. It will be a
loss to all, to see such a wonder
sport fade with time.
Go to college up north and be

come a trainer
Favorite moment while
playing basketball: Rebounding
... I get a rebound and I feel like
a champ
LIFESTYLES
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November 3, 2011
Mentalist comes to USU Eastern on Nov 4
Botts fast-wit, wacky characters and comedy improvisation make his mental mind-reading act as addicting as Peruvian coffee.
with James Franco and Dark Angels with

Jonathan Tyler.
news editor
When not performing in front of a camera
or doing voice-over work for the animation
Sean Bott, a comedy mentalist from Ri- industry or radio, Bott is almost always in
yadh, Saudi Arabia, will be at USU Eastern front of an audience. He travels around the
on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, in the Geary Theatre country performing his mental miracles and
side-splitting comedy at college campuses.
from 7:30-9:30 pm.
Bott has shared his comedy, psychic and
Bott has entertained and enthralled audiences worldwide with his innovative and mental magic at a few colleges and companies
such as: Southern Utah University, Westmindistinctive comedy.
ster College, Utah Valley UniAlthough, people say Botts
versity, Weber State University,
mental feats are awesome, its
Salt Lake Community College,
his comedic timing, improviFinger Lakes Community Colsational skill, and his hilarious
lege, Radio Disney, Canon,
character-voices that win the
Franklin Covey, Cummins,
audiences over.
Kraft, and John Deere.
Bott appeared on the Sci Fi
Botts quick-witted, wacky
channel, the WB, and on-air with
characters, and comedy imRadio Disney performing his
provisation make his mental
unique blend of hilarious charSean Bott
mind-reading act as addicting
acters and psychic entertainment.
as Peruvian coffee.
Some of his film credits inThe activity is free for students with a
clude; Alien Express with Lou Diamond
Phillips, Heber Holiday, 127 hours USU Eastern student I.D and $5 without.
Valeria Moncada
At last years Eagle Frenzie, Sean Bott talked to Benoni Sowah after his show
photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle
Professor David Cassidy did not start out wanting to be a teacher
Cassidy not only brings experience, 29 years and an MBA, he also brings a smile and laugh to class
James Justice
staff writer
David Cassidy, an associate
professor in the business department at USU Eastern, is one of
my favorite teachers on campus.
Cassidy didnt start out to be
a teacher, I kind of fell into it,
he laughs. I started out to be a
chemical engineer. I left and went
to Australia for two years on a
[religious] mission. When I got
back, I couldnt tell the difference
between differential and integral
calculus equation. So I decided
that accounting looks like a good
field I got into intermediate accounting and decided that wasnt
a good field either, so I went into
business and marketing.
After he received his degree,
he went to work for his familys
company. About two years later,
I was recruited by a Fortune
500 Company out of Alabama

that wanted me to go into a
management-training program,
so I did... In that management
training, I did a bunch of different
things; worked in the manufacturing area; traffic, rail and freight
car area; technical area, learned
all about crushing big stones,
making them small ones. After
two years they shipped me to
Ohio where I became a scrap
buyer for an aluminum operation.
After a few years, they made
me the manager of the trucking
operation. Then I moved back to
Alabama where I became a commodity traderThe best way to
describe this is I was prepared
for a lot of opportunities. When
an opportunity came, I was in a
position to take care of it.
The most important part of
his education he said is earning
a masters degree, an MBA.
Had I not had an MBA, I would
have been like the hundred of

His family moved to Indiana
my other patriots that just had where he taught early-morning
bachelors degrees. Even though [LDS] seminary four years. AfIve had a variter that, I thought
i f I c a n t e a ch
ety of positions
ea rly-mor n i ng
in mostly buying,
seminary, I can
but work i ng i n
the marketing and
teach anything.
That gave me the
sale area too, the
masters degree set
bug for teaching.
For about five to
me apart from the
others.
10 years, I always
How he got into
had that [teaching]
in the back of my
teaching when, I
mind My sonst a r t e d helpi ng
in-law, that lived
some students that
David Cassidy
here in Price, was
were in college,
helping them out with different on an advisory board at school
courses on the side, nothing big. and told me they were looking for
After a while I thought to myself someone to teach marketing. I was
hmmm Id kind of like to teach. on that like something on a June
His family was forced to move Bug, what lands on a June Bug?
back to Ohio, a different area this I forget. Lets just say I jumped
time, and he started teaching at a on it right away.
From the time Cassidy aplocal community college. I just
taught some computer courses. plied, to the time he was teaching
was about 90 days. My first semester here they gave me 19 hours

to teach, he laughs, I didnt
know that was a lot of classes to
teach. Plus I was the sponsor of
the marketing clubIts funny
now looking back.
The best thing about being a
teacher is, Unlike in the business
world, you get to start over twice
a year. It doesnt really matter
if you screwed up last semester
and something didnt work right,
you can do it again next semester. Business is crunch, crunch,
crunch, crunch. Thats what I did
for 29 years, month after month,
day in and day out. Thats one
thing, another is you dont get
three months vacation when you
work in business. Youre basically
fired on Friday and hired back on
Monday. I would have to say that
the best thing is theres a lot of
satisfaction in teaching. Theres
not very much satisfaction in
the corporate world; teaching is

rewarding. Seeing [students] that
really understand, when the light
really clicks and they understand
its just an amazing feeling Its
a great life.
One piece of advice he gives
to all students is, get the
maximum out of school. Its not
inexpensive so get the most out
of your money and really learn
the material.
Cassidy not only brings a
lot of experience, 29 years and
an MBA, he also brings a smile
and laugh to class. His classes
are informative, but at the same
time fun and entertaining. One
of the best lessons I learned from
Cassidy is to study hard, but
dont take things too seriously
and always have a smile on your
face. If youre a business major
and you ever get a chance to take
a class from him, definitely do it,
youll never regret it.
Chairapy is available USU Easterns campus is a dry campus

Enough is enough with this alcohol consumption by minors and adult minors
to students, faculty
Seth Richards
staff writer
Morgan West closes her eyes to relax while she lays in the
massage chairs.
Valeria Moncada
news editor
Have you ever felt stressed
during the day? Have you just
needed to go somewhere quiet to
relax? Chairapy is now available to the students, faculty and
staff of USU Eastern.
Chairapy is another name
for the massage chairs located
in the Student Activity Center
building room 118.
There are two massage chairs
and they operate for 15 minutes
per person, Jan Thornton and
Tammy Pantelakis from the Disability Resource Center came up
with the idea.
We used to just hire a few
massage therapists for two hours
a day on stress-relief week,
which meant only about 24
students would get a massage
before the time ran out, said
Pantelakis.
We figured if we offered it
to the students all year, it would
be much better, said Thornton.
The best thing about chairapy is
that it is long term rather than a
10-minute massage all year.
Thornton and Pantelakis

began providing chairapy two
years ago, for stress relief week,
but now the chairs are available
all the time.
The chairs were a lot cheaper
than having to pay three-massage
therapists every year. The chairs
were $14,000, for both; and the
ottomens which massage the
calves were $250.
Students are the main reason
we decided to get them, Thornton
said. Pantelakis added, I love the
fact that we can offer it to students
every day.
The two agreed that there
has been a lot more usage of the
chairs this year.
A lot of students dont come
in because they dont feel like
actually talking to anyone about
their stress; with chairapy they
can come in and distress without having actual therapy, said
Pantelakis.
If you have yet to treat the
chairs, feel free to come in, we
would love to have anyone, said
Thornton and Pantelakis.
To make an appointment for
chairapy stop by SAC room 118,
or call 613-5337 or 613-5326.
Officer James Prettyman

of campus police and residential
life warns, enough is enough
with this alcohol consumption by
minors and adult minors. Someone is going to become seriously
injured if not killed because of
this activity.
In elementary school teachers said, just say no. An actor
smashed an egg on television
and said that was the difference between your mind in a
healthy state and your mind on
drugs. In high school, friends
and classmates offered drugs,
alcohol, and tobacco. On Sept.
25 and Oct. 14, students on the
USU Eastern Campus proved that
the surgeon general, elementary
school teacher, and any number
of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officers had been
ignored.
One of the six students involved in the Sept. 25 incident
were caught again the following
week in possession of illicit
substance, and have since been
evicted.
Excuses will be made that alcohol becomes a necessity to get
through tough economic times,
or when something particularly
stressful occurs, it is necessary
to get boiled. If times are hard on
your wallet, how can you afford
alcohol? How in any way is getting drunk going to resolve stress
or increase your cognitive capacity to work through the times?
A substance abuse mark is a
dirty spot on your record. It may

affect your ability to work in even
the most menial of positions, it
can count as a strike against you
in judicial proceedings, and it can
foster general distrust against
you. There is no reason for a
person who is not physically addicted to a substance, particularly
alcohol, to dirty their record with
a mark of possession, consumption, or public drunkenness.
There is also no reason to
sully your good standing with a
mark born of providing alcohol
to minors or adult minors (those
between the ages of 18 and 21).
Aiding in the corruption of a
minor is illegal and a liability
in any situation.
Most of this activity takes
place off campus, and then the
students return. You may not
have in your possession or in your
system, any alcohol, regardless
of age. Campus police want to
send a message to students that
this type of behavior is going to
result in someones death, said
Prettyman. Please stop before
someone gets hurt, added Prettyman.
Field sobriety tests given on
intoxicated students have given
readings between .20 and .35.
The legal limit in Utah is .08 for
anyone over 21; anything over
.16 is getting dangerously close
to making vegetables and cadavers out of supposedly reasonable
students.
For those old enough, without
judicial restrictions, and choosing to take part in the consumption of alcohol, there are enough
places off of campus to dry out.
It may not be safe to sleep where
you drink, particularly with

winter fast approaching, but a
friends place off of campus is a
lot nicer place to spend the night
than the Carbon County Sheriffs
Complex or the ICU; Although
a trip to the emergency room is
often unavoidable either way.
On the night of the Halloween Howl alone, there were 18
drug and alcohol related arrests
on the Logan Campus. There is
more binge drinking going on
this year at the Logan Campus
than in previous years, according to Captain Steven Milne of
the USU Police. Captain Milne
believes that this problem comes
from people experimenting with
alcohol before attending college,
some probably for years prior.
This binge drinking is likely
the cause of the poisoning of
a 17-year-old female at the Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity in September, for which three people
have been arrested. The fraternity
is presently under suspension
while the Logan City Police
investigate the circumstances
around the poisoning. It was
also binge drinking that killed
Michael Starks at the Sigma Nu
initiation in 2008.
Think twice before you
drink. Theres other ways to
relieve stress, if they dont know
what those are they can check
in with the counseling center,
they can help them with that,
says Dr. Alex Herzog, associate vice chancellor for student
services.It takes a person the
ability to say, Im going to have
that drink now. Its a choice you
make and everyone needs to be
held accountable for their choices
and actions.
Dr. Herzog warns that there is
no double jeopardy. The college
has laws independent of the state,
and is as capable of prosecuting
the possession and consumption
of alcohol on campus.
Prettyman added, If you
come back to campus or are engaged in this type of activity on
campus in possession of, or under
the influence of any alcohol[ic]
beverage, you will be taken to jail.
That is not our mission, but we
are left with no choice. Students
are at risk, and we want to prevent
students from getting hurt.
The college experience does
not include getting drunk and
falling in the fire, getting kicked
out of your academic program, or
losing residents. Dont be stupid,
dont get dead, dont go to jail,
and dont risk losing control of
your mental faculties while you
still have them.
If you know of anyone who is
currently using or at risk of using
drugs or alcohol on campus, you
can call the silent witness number
at (435)613-5635. You could be
saving lives, property, and friends
who risk hurting themselves.
The Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Other Drugs (ATOD) program
ran through the counseling office, helps around 30 students per
semester to overcome problems
with regards to the abuse of illicit
substances.
The program is free to any
student who feels they could
benefit from counseling to kick
the habit and $50 for anyone who
is referred by either the courts or
the student conduct office. Either
way it is an entirely confidential
Help Wanted!
Looking for waitresses,
a hostess, and
bartenders
for more information
call 613-CLUB
or 613-2582
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February 12,
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November
3, 2011
photos courtesy USU Eastern Art Department/The Eagle
Photo above: Everett Ruess walking his donkeys across the mountains in Southern Utah. Right: Two block prints he created.
The mysterious disappearance of Everett Ruess

U
SU Easterns Gallery
East presents Everett
Ruess Block Prints, a
Utah Arts Council Traveling
Exhibition which includes a
selection of block prints created
by artist and writer Everett Ruess,
depicting his travels throughout
the Western United States in
the early 20th century. Running
from Nov. 14 through Dec. 14,
the prints included in the exhibition are those he created during
the five-year period prior to his
disappearance in the Escalante
canyons in 1934.
A young artist and writer,
Ruess roamed throughout the
Southwestern U.S. during the

early 1930s. In order to pay tribute
to and preserve his memory of the
desert and mountains he respected and loved, Ruess recorded his
travels in poems, essays, letters,
watercolors, sketches and linocut block prints.
As his wanderlust became an

obsession, Ruess would sell or
trade his artwork to help fund his
travels. In 1934, at the age of 20,
he mysteriously disappeared in
the Escalante Canyons and was
never heard from again. Today,
he is known as a folk hero and
symbol of the wilderness conservation movement.
T h e
says Noel
mystery
Carmack,
sur rounddirector
ing Ruesss
a n d exdisappea rhibit coance has
ordinator
fueled his
at Gallery
legenda r y
E a st. I
status. His
have tried
artwork and
for some
poetry serve
time to
our curiosib r i n g
ties about
R u e s s s
this wistful
wo r k t o
Everett Ruess
young man
Price and
who wandered the wilderness of the exhibit has always been
southeastern Utah.
booked at other museums and
The exhibit is a popular one, galleries. I am really happy its
here, so that students and other
visitors can learn a little more

about him and his work. He really was a talented young man.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Utah Arts

Council combined efforts to
restore the original lino-cuts in
this collection. These specific
images chronicle his travels along
the California coast, high in the
Sierra Nevada Mountains, and
among the deserts and canyons
of Utah and Arizona.
Everett Ruess Block Prints

will be on display at USU Easterns Gallery East with accompanying educational materials
available in the northwest corner
of the SAC Building.

Gary James Bergera, a biographer and editor of Ruesss poetry
and writings, will be at the opening reception on Friday, Nov. 18,
from 7-9 p.m. to discuss his life
and work. Students, faculty, and
visitors are welcome to attend.
Gallery East is open Monday
through Thursday from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed
Fridays, weekends, and holidays.
The exhibit is free and open to
the public. For more information,
contact the gallery at: 435-6135327; or contact Carmack at:
435-613-5241 or noel.carmack@
ceu.edu
New drinking fountains placed on campus

Shadayah Jones
staff writer
s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu
Nikita Tarasov trying out one of our new drinking fountains
Prehistoric museum
accepts artwork for
gallery exhibition
Showcase local artists
The Prehistoric Museum personnel are accepting artwork for

its annual community exhibition
called Community Voice.
The staff of the USU Eastern

Prehistoric Museum recognizes that there are talented artists
in the area, and welcome the opportunity to showcase their art
in a professional gallery setting.
The exhibition will run from
Nov. 18, 2011 Feb. 4, 2012
and is open to all Utah artists
(amateur and professional) east
of the Wasatch Front Range.
Entries will be accepted Nov.
12-16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All media will be accepted,
but limited to two pieces per
artist (photography to be showcased in a separate exhibit later
in the year). Art previously
exhibited at the Prehistoric
Museum is ineligible for inclusion in the show.
All flat art needs to be

framed and wired for hanging
or otherwise ready for display.
Sculptures accepted subject
to case size limitations and/or
need for physical security.
The staff of the Prehistoric
Museum reserves the right to
reject, or remove from display,
any submitted artwork deemed
inappropriate or offensive.
All art should be self-insured.
While the staff at the Prehistoric Museum will take reasonable precautions to ensure the
safety of the art while at the
museum, we cannot be held
financially responsible for damage or loss. Any art sold during
the show will be subject to a 25
percent sales commission to the
Prehistoric Museum.
Please direct questions to
Lloyd Logan, (435) 613-5760
or Lloyd.Logan@usu.edu.
When Thomas Garvin started

his reign as student body president, he wanted to use student
fees more effectively. On his list
was to replace some of the old
drinking fountains on campus.
The drinking fountains
were replaced with new ones
that provide filtered water where
the other ones did not, and they
also dispense filtered water into
bottles which helps cut down
on the cost and waste of bottled

water, says Garvin, the student
body president at USU-Eastern.
There are three new drinking
fountains located in the student
center, BDAC and the SAC
building.
Garvin attended a meeting at
Utah State University. While he
was there he noticed the drinking
fountains there and decided that
the students need something like
that on campus at USU Eastern.
Garvin took action and the first
filtered-drinking fountain was
installed upstairs of the Jennifer
Leavitt Student Center.

These drinking fountains
cost about $1,800. The student
association has paid for about
half the cost and the campus
budget paid for the remaining
cost. Although they cost $1,800,
the new drinking fountains save
about 11,316 bottles a year which
adds up to about $5,000 per bottle
of water. Over time the fountains
will save the students money by
using the fountains and not buying bottled water says Garvin.
Garvin learned in Mr. Webers chemistry class that it takes
about a quarter of a cup of oil to

produce one bottle of water. That
includes production, transportation and distribution. The new
drinking fountains will help save
the environment. When asked if
there is any possibility of getting
the new drinking fountains in the
residence halls, Garvin said there
are no plans as of now.
Garvin would like to encourage all students, faculty and staff
to boycott the buying of bottled
water and use the new water
fountains to save you money and
help improve the environment.
Zmerzlikar already makes a difference

KC Smurthwaite
editor-in-chief
automated sprinkler system, help

build and construct Aaron Jones,
Tucker and Burtenshaw residence
halls. Zmerzlikar has seen the col-
the state vehicles. During the day

when the motor pool isnt keeping
him busy, he is found doing the
purchasing and receiving for the
In a building that nobody knows

and in an office that really doesnt
seem like its suitable sits John
Zmerzlikar. Everyday for the past
26 years, he has come to work and
gone home.
Not a lot of people on campus
know Zmerlikar, but those who have
the privilege, speak highly of him.
You might have seen him without
knowing it. The Eastern baseball
hat and driving around in the mule
around mid-day sometimes gives it
away.His office is in the bus garage
which is located in the purchasing/police building between the
student center and Aaron Jones. It
doesnt really look like the typical
setting for an office, but with John
Zmerzlikar, as long as there is a
computer and a place to write notes
John Zmerzlikar fulfilling one of his many jobs
he is happy.
Zmerzlikar was born in Price
and has never left. All my friends lege grow over the years and has no college. John also does the schools
are here, why would I leave? com- plans to leave. I love this place, I inventory, surplus and reports to
mented Zmerzlikar. He is a graduate love the people I work with, stated the state on the vehicles.
Because of his job, Zmerzlikar
from CEU and has done numerous Zmerzlikar. He is the motor pool
jobs around campus during his time coordinator which requires him arrives on campus about 6:30 a.m.
at the college. Some of the jobs he to be available at all times to help to get cars ready to be taken out that
has done include putting in the first faculty and staff members utilize day. When asked about his work
schedule John replied, its my

favorite part of my job, I get here
early and I am home by afternoon.
John is outspoken, but he gets his
work done, always. He believes
work is time to get something
done, and right. Although most
people dont recognize John, that is
the way he wants it. Zmerzlikar is
always looking to help others. Head
baseball coach Scott Madsen, who
works with John in the motor pool,
commented he by far has the
biggest heart on campus.Besides
the last name there is nothing intimidating about Zmerzlikar. He
is Austrian, and for the most part
people pronounce it correctly.
When he retires, what he wants
people to remember about him is,
that maybe I made a difference,
or at least I hope I did. He works
everyday, and he works hard. He
could be the campus quiet work
warrior that would do anything for
this school. Every answer from him
was based around his love for this
school and the people. No statues
will ever be made of Zmerzlikar,
most people will never even meet
him, but thats the way he wants
it. When he does retire, the people
who knew him will say he definitely made a difference.
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Viewpoints
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Can I have your number?

Seth Richards
staff writer
The history of the practice of
men being the ones to take the
initiative, ask girls on dates, and
ultimately to ask to wed, is a long
and confusing affair involving
multiple cultures, great minds, and
a lot of excessive verbiage in which
even a physicist would get lost. I
prefer a simpler explanation, that,
although it is not necessarily true,
is much easier to follow and more
enjoyable to imagine.
I like to think that there was
some great congress amongst the
greatest minds of the age. These
minds, both men and women,
gathered around a table to hash
out what should become standard
practice at the time, and would
ultimately become tradition. These
minds started with a bill drafted by
Longus Name Greekus. This bill
outlined a plan for organized chaos
that would prevail throughout the
civilized world. However, to appease some knave who snuck into
the conference with a pretentious
mustache and large words, changes
were made. This particular knave
had a plan to make gentlemen suffer

as they had made his village suffer
when delivering civilization.
This would ultimately have
led to such clauses as, gentlemen
must open doors, there should be
an extra fork for the salad, and of
course, men should ask women out
on dates and not vice versa.
There is no secret that gentlemen are shy. When talking to an
attractive woman who the man is
not familiar with, most will sound
like Porky Pig or some famously
speechless person. When I was
younger and more attractive, I set
about to change this uncomfortable
bumbling.
I set a goal at the end of my
sophomore year of high school
to get one attractive ladys phone
number for each mandatory day
remaining of my high school
career. This was a daunting
task. But after much rejection,
rejection hotline, a few fetching
women who happened to be hiding their imminent motherhood,
and learning that I am relatively
incompetent as far as gauging
age, I got those numbers a year
early.
In this search for the elusive
ability to talk to attractive strangers I learned to be bold, sometimes

funny, and that when I allowed
myself to be humiliated, I usually
would end up deserving it. This
is exemplified by a more recent
experience in which I ended up
hanging out the window of an SUV
in Provo traffic, red faced, giving
the international sign for Give me
your number, you extremely attractive person, you. This move earned
me the rejection hotline
I would not advertise aiming
for the numbers. Due to a lack of
funding for this project I was unable to take most of these ladies
on the implied date, and I may
never know how many of them
wasted away by the telephone
hoping that Prince Levi would
make their pitiful lives worth
living.
For all of you out there looking for love, the secret to talking
to attractive people is found in
boldness. Dont be afraid to fall
on your face. You deserve better
than to be held back by traditional
gender roles, fear of humiliation,
or a feeling of inadequacy. If you
can make that call, you might just
find that special someone.
November 3,
2011
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3
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeares masterpiece of love and tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is in its final stages of
production. Todd Olsen and his troupe of talented actors are hard at work bringing this classic
story to life. Wilford A. Woodruff and Bethany Rose Gilmour Woodruff play the title characters
bringing an added dimension of emotional depth to the performances of these famous star
crossed lovers. Performances begin Nov. 10 and will continue to the 19. No performances on
Sunday or Wednesday. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. in the Geary Theatre.
Suspense and self help authors on campus for book signing

Fiction and practical advice are the genres
of two local authors who will be signing their
books in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center on
Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
the USU Eastern campus. Mandi Tucker Slack
wrote a suspense-filled fiction novel about the
FBI following a woman to Utah while Sherri
Mills wrote a self-help book about saving marriages.
Slack was born in Price and grew up in
Orangeville where she developed a great love
of the outdoors. She enjoyed adventure novels
as a child and has always been fascinated by
books and writing.
She graduated from the College of Eastern
and Utah State University, with a degree in special education. She resides in Santaquin, Utah,
with her husband and family. In her free time,

she enjoys camping, hiking, and rock hounding
with her children.
She is the author of the book The Alias,
about Jacey Grayson, an average, young, divorced mother struggling to build a new life for
her son, Blaze. But when the FBI discloses some
disturbing information about her ex-husband,
Jaceys life becomes anything but average. At
the risk of losing her identity, her future, and
her heart, Jacey and Blaze flee to Utah, hoping
to hide and start over once again. But no matter how far she runs or who she pretends to be,
her past is always lurking nearby, bringing old
fears with it. Thrilling action and a suspenseful plot make this novel an edge-of-your-seat
read, writes Slack.
Mills operates The Risque Beauty Salon

in Helper and wrote I Almost Divorced My
Husband, But Went on Strike Instead.
Mills used her real-life experiences of listening to her clients to formulate the pretense for
the book. She found that many of her clients
who divorced were not any happier than if they
stayed married. She found if they started communicating and changing for each other that their
marriages could survive and thrive.
Her book was featured in Redbook Magazine.
She has been on two TV shows and numerous
radio shows, locally and all over the country. Four
psychologists are using her book in their practice
as guidelines for couples staying together. She
has been getting rave reviews from across the
country, even as far away as Malaysia.
Sherri Mills
Steals
Mandi Tucker Slack
continued on from page 4
a major threat. Davis was drafted

to the Denver Broncos in the sixth
round of the 1995 draft and taken
196th overall. Davis was a two-time
Offensive Player of the Year, made
an appearance in three Pro Bowls
and the 1998 NFL MVP along
with being the Super Bowl MVP
that year. Davis racked up 7,607
rushing yards in his career, scoring
60 rushing touchdowns. He also

had 169 receptions for 1,280 yards.
For those of you like me (people
that are far from being first-round
draft picks) remember it is okay,
after all there is hope for all of
us. You dont always have to be a
number-one pick or even be picked
up in the first round to be good at
what you do, sometimes it is best
that you arent. Just to prove this

point, here are three busts to prove
my point.
JaMarcus Russell, the Oakland
Raiders former quarterback, was
terrible. Russell left Ohio State
University and was supposed to
be the next quarterback great, but
fell far short of that title. Holding
out the entire preseason of his
rookie season should have been a
hint at what his career would be
like. Russell threw a total of 18
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touchdowns and 23 interceptions,

perhaps the most infamous career
for a football player.
Brien Taylor, who should have
been a pitching legend wasnt. Does
not even ever stepping on a baseball
field count as a bust? Taylor was
the first overall pick in the 1991
draft by the New York Yankees,
and took $1.55 million out of their
pockets without even pitching. Taylor damaged his shoulder in a fight
defending his brother and never
Benoni
threw a pitch in Yankee stadium or

any other stadium for that matter.
The Los Angeles Clippers could
have had Vince Carter, Paul Pierce
or Dirk Nowitzki among others in
the 1998 Draft, instead with their
number-one pick they chose Michael Olowokandi. He hung around
with the Clippers until 2007 and
only averaged 8.3 points per game
and 6.8 rebounds. This proves once
again that the Clippers are the most
inept at drafting players.
continued on from page 2
reeked of cigarette smoke. I was

left wondering why he wasted time
showering only to ruin it with the
smell of cigarette smoke.
Using cologne and deodorant
without showering only helps for
few hours. The smell does not go
away, it triggers bad odor.
Bad odor is something that one
can have and not know, because
he or she is used to the bad smell.
One way I check for body odor is
throwing my unwashed clothes in
the air and letting it drop on my

face, but seek feedback.
Finger and toenails should
be taken care of often; there is
no reason to leave it unkempt.
When the fingernails are not cut
we transfer germs to our body
when we eat with those unkempt
hands. In case you dont have time
to do it or dont know how, go to
the cosmetology department in
the SAC building, they will do it
at a small fee. Guys dont be shy
Just remember sometimes it

is better to be a late-round draft
pick than taken in the first round
or even as the number one overall
pick. The first rounders tend to have
too much pressure and tend to fall
apart given the right circumstance.
So be a late-round steal and prove
everybody wrong.
This is why late round steals
have been on the tee.
to go get a manicure or pedicure;

there are guys who sneak in there
to do it too.
If you fail to take care of
yourself no one else will. Personally that goes a long way to
tell me that you wont care about
yourself. It is your body and do
not expect anyone to take care of
it for you. Get into the habit and
it will soon become part of you.
Being in college with a lot of
homework is no excuse to have
nasty, stinky armpits and greasy
hair. Get over yourself and get
the clean look you deserve.
English students survey text taking anxiety
Must Be 18 To Attend
Jason Olsens English 2010 class

was given the assignment to bring
awareness of some sort to the USU
Eastern campus this semester. A
group of students: Jayla Miles, Jessica Gibson, Dakoda Lindsay, Brad
Berneche, Richard Christiansen,
Nathan Manlen, known as the Q-tips;
used managing stress as their answer
to the assignment.
Members of the Q-Tips surveyed
110 USU students to understand what
stresses each of them most about
test taking, and methods they use
de-stress. They knocked on doors
at Aaron Jones and Burtenshaw residence halls, and passed out surveys at
the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center.
Of the 100-plus students surveyed, the number-one concern
was seeing their peers finish early,
whereas the most stress-relieving
activity for students is exercise.
Dr. Olsen reminds all students,
that in his experience, any student
who finishes early, typically has
not prepared and consequently
fails the test or quiz. Ultimately its
the exact opposite. The longer you
take, the better off youll be. So just
relax, breathe, think positive, and
be thorough.
Shanny Wilson, director of the
counseling center, provided a handout with tips on ways students can
manage stress before a test:

Start studying several days
before:Cramming the night before
can leave you exhausted and more
stressed out than before. Its better
to study in small doses over several
days.
Take practice tests:Getting
familiar with the format and style
of a test can reduce anxiety, so take
practice exams if available.
Get a good nights sleep:Lack
of sleep contributes to anxiety.
Eat a healthy breakfast:This is
especially important if the test is
scheduled for the morning.
Exercise: Activity can reduce
stress and tension. Do something
physical earlier in the day for
example, take a brisk walk or jog.
Come early and prepared:By
arriving for a test early and with the
right supplies, you can avoid worrying about details and focus on the
test itself.
During the test, students
should:
Look over the whole exam
before starting, then budget
time:After previewing the test, you
wont be surprised by unexpected
question topics or formats. This also
gives you the opportunity to budget
time and not spend too long on any
one section.
Jot down notes: Writing brief

notes right away can help you feel less
anxious about forgetting important
facts or key information.
Read all directions:Some
students are so anxious to get the
test over with that they fail to read
the directions.
A nswer ea sy que stions
first: Getting the easier questions
out of the way lets you focus energy
and time on the harder questions.
Rephrase difficult questions:Rewording a question can
help you slow down and really think
about the problem.
Organize thoughts before writing:You should organize responses
to short-answer and essay questions
before diving in. Having a plan will
help you feel confident while writing.
Think positively:Negative
thoughts during a test (e.g.,
Im going to fail) can destroy
confidence. Encourage yourself to
override negative thoughts with
positive ones (e.g., I studied hard
and I know my facts. Ill do great
on this test.)
Relax:These quick relaxation
techniques may help if you start to
feel anxious during a test:
Take a deep breath, and let out
tension while exhaling. Repeat
several times.
November
3, 2011
February 12,
2009
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