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USU Partnership & Business Degree

■ Alyssa Worthington Staff

On November 7th Snow College and Utah State Uni-versity announced a partner-ship that will bring a four-year Business Degree to Ephraim.

For the announcement they had a variety of speakers that shared their vision and excitement for the program. It seemed as if the common goal among those involved in this partnership is to keep stu-dents from the six-county area in the six-county area.

During the announcement program Dr. Vijay Kannan mentioned that our degree from Snow College is import-ant and should be our first degree of higher education, but we should not stop there. With the partnership it gives students the ability to receive a four-year degree a little clos-er to home.

President Carlston has led many “Go Badgers!” cheers but at this event he led a “Go Badgers and Aggies” cheer to celebrate that students will be graduates of both Snow Col-lege and USU. This new four-

year degree is different than the other four-year degrees currently offered here at Snow College. Every student that completes the four-year busi-ness program in Ephraim will be a graduate of Utah State University.

Sanpete County Commis-sioner Steve Lund also shared his excitement for this new degree being brought to the six-county area. He talked about the opportunities that this degree is going to give not only students but to the com-munity as well. They are hop-ing to be able to help students

as they go on and achieve this four-year business degree.

They believe that if stu-dents receive their degree in business at Snow College they will be better able to serve their community. If they stay in the six-county area they will be able to provide the businesses and community members with a better knowl-edge of business.

Snow College and Utah USU are excited for the growth and opportunities that this program will bring stu-dents and communities.

Snow Meets

The Rivals■ April Carver Staff

Snow College Theatre performed the play The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, adapted by Andrew Nogasky and Andrea Yassemedis, and di-rected by Andrew Nogasky. The play ran from No-vember 8th-11th.

“[This was] the hardest acting experience, and best, I’ve ever had in my life. [The] hardest was hav-ing Andy as my director. The best was having Andy as my director,” said Thomas Dye. Thomas com-pared his character to Bugs Bunny when talking about his character work.

The cast consisted of Kaylie Pehrson as Tad, Gavin Rouska as Thomas, Jessie Castleton as Lydia, Kate Hartley-Wilson as Lucy, Blake Verdel as Julia, Hannah Romney as Malaprop, Christopher James as Anthony, Thomas Dye as Captain Jack Abso-lute/Beverly, Jaden Richards as Faulkland, Dean Bressler as Bob, Andrew Bahlmann as O’Trigger, and Brandon Davis as David.

When talking about how it was to act with the sa-loon doors on stage, Andrew Bahlmann said, “One of the great things about that is it kept us on our toes, which kept a lot of the vibrancy. I think this play thrived on this sense of quick-footedness and urgency, I guess, and so the doors actually played to that, I think for a lot of us.” Bahlmann compared his character to a unicorn for his animal work, because he is shiny and loves himself.

The Rivals was originally an 18th century come-dy of manners, but was adapted into a western spe-cifically for Snow College theatre production for the specific use of different props and costumes. The play was set in San Francisco, California, two days’ time in April 1878.

Dean Bressler said, “Bob is extremely rich but he doesn’t really love Lydia. He is after Lydia because that’s what he believes the upper class would do. They would go for the upper class women, so Bob just kind of goes with the flow.”

■ Miranda Palsson Staff

The second annual Oppor-tunity Quest, hosted by the Snow College Business De-partment, was a huge success. With 41 entries, the competi-tion was narrowed down to 5 finalists.

Over the course of Entre-preneurship Week students pitched ideas to judges and the student body to see who would come away with the $1,000 prize. On Tuesday Novem-ber 7th, 41 students proposed their business ideas to a panel of judges made up of business professor Carey Larsen, Snow College Controller Megan White, and Kendra Saunders from the Snow College Agri-culture Business faculty. The panel also included Snow stu-dents Ryan Brenchley, Gabby Martinez, and Kendall Smith.

The next day was the audi-ence choice competition. Op-portunity Quest participants

gathered together in the GSC in the hopes of pitching their ideas to fellow students and winning their admiration. Af-ter a long night, Sergio Arella-no and his business, Mousick, won by only three votes.

Five finalists were selected from the first round of judg-ing and allotted five minutes for a pitch, followed by a two minute question and answer-ing period on Thursday. This panel of judges included Matt Christensen, the Ephraim Zi-on’s Bank Branch Manager, Troy Shelley, who is a local entrepreneur and Account Ex-ecutive at 93.7 The Wolf, Jeff Wallace, a Snow College fac-ulty member as well as entre-preneur and venture capitalist, and Steve Lund, the Sanpete County Commissioner as well as entrepreneur.

The competitors waited on pins and needles until Monday November 13th to find out the results. Read more at snowcol-legenews.com

O p p o r t u n i t y Q u e s t

CONTENTS

2 IN THE NEWS

3 STUDENT LIFE

4 CLUB NEWS

5 BADGER SPORTS

6 ENTERTAINMENT

7 OPINION

8 CAMPUS CANDIDS

Stacee McIff and Dr Keller share their excite-ment about the USU partnership announce-ment. Photo by Alyssa Worthington

President Carlston leads the crowd in the “Go Badgers and Aggies” cheer to celebrate the announcement. Photo by Alyssa Worthington

Regent Stoddard and Snow College students grab a cookie after the announcement to cele-brate. Photo by Alyssa Worthington

Opportunity Quest finalists show off their awards. Finalists in-cluded Jaden Johnson, Francisco Escobar, Sergio Arellano, Dallas and Rachel Bean, and Spencer Naumann. Photo by April Carver

Jaden Johnson, the first place winner, showcases his business idea at the winners banquet. Photo by April Carver

Hannah Romeny as Malaprop rebukes her niece Lydia played by Jessie Castleton. Photo courtesy Char’Ree Renyolds

Learn about how to build self-con-

fidence by reading the Convocation article on pg. 3.

The benefits and classroom culture of the Snow College Honors Program

are on pg. 4.

Snow College athletes have recieved many different awards for their abi-

lites read more on pg. 5

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IN THE NEWS pg. 2

Hostile Attack Leads to Famine■ Terin Crane Staff

Famine is a pressing con-cern for inhabitants of Yemen after an attack from Houthi rebels on Riyadh caused Saudi Arabia to retaliate.

The attack was sparked by a civil war that has been ongo-ing since 2015. According to

BBC, Yemen “has been devas-tated by a war between forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of President Abdrabbuh Man-sour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.” The Houthi rebels carried out a missile attack on an airport in Riyadh, the heavily popu-lated capital of Saudi Arabia.

According to CNN, “The Saudis were able to intercept the projectile, but the event has rattled the region.” In response to the attack, Saudi Arabia blocked ship ports and plane landings, denying Ye-men much-needed food and medical relief.

The civil war has played a significant role in the mal-

nutrition and hunger of Ye-men’s citizens because of the destruction and loss of life left in its wake. According to the UN, “The fighting has . . . collapsed the country’s health, and water and sanita-tion systems. Combined with the lack of food, millions of lives -- including those of children -- will be lost as their

bodies will simply not have the strength to fight off dis-ease.”

According to KSL, Rob-ert Mardini, the Middle East Director for the International committee of the Red Cross said: “If I have to compare Ye-men to a person, I would say that this person is very sick, this person is very weakened,

and is being drip-fed.” As the situation grows more dire, Yemen faces a massive death toll in their fragile state.

While Saudi Arabia con-tinues to block Yemen’s ports and plane landings, humani-tarian organizations like the Red Cross are working on finding a way to provide aid.

JFK Files Released

■ Kellie Harrison

Staff

On Thursday October 26th, President Trump chose to keep some of the newly-released John F. Kennedy files redacted due to last minute requests by the De-partment of Defense.

The United States government released over 2,800 records that Thursday night, but kept roughly 300 files classified out of concerns for national security. A 1992 law had mandated the release of the documents 25 years after its en-actment, but those 300 classified files were left out of the release in spite of the law.

According to CNN, “Trump’s decision to keep some documents secret is likely to keep conspiracy

theories alive, fueling those who have long questioned official con-clusions about the assassination and argued that the government has helped cover up the truth.”

On Friday, Trump pledged that the government would re-lease more of the JFK files, but didn’t commit to making all the files public. Trump tweeted, “JFK Files are being carefully released. In the end there will be great transparency. It is my hope to get just about everything to the pub-lic.”

Most of the information that is to remain redacted involves the identity of individuals involved in the JFK assassination or in-vestigation. According to CNN, historians don’t expect any infor-mation in the documents to con-

tradict the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the only one responsible for the assassination of Kennedy.

However, the files will give the American public a better under-standing of the assassination and put to rest some of the conspira-cies surrounding JFK.

Gerald Posner, the author of Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, said, “The files are important because they fill in the history of the case and show us how the FBI and CIA repeatedly hid the evidence.”

Any Snow College student in-terested in looking into the files for themselves can find them on-line at www.archives.gov.

■ Jessica Dougall Staff

After a domestic dis-pute with his mother-in-law, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kel-ley brought an AR-15 rifle to his church in Texas and opened fire, killing 26 people.

Dressed in all black tacti-cal gear and wearing a mask that looked like a skull, Kelley opened fire at the front of the First Baptist Church in Suther-land Springs, made his way to the side, and then entered the

church to fire direct-ly at

the trapped churchgoers. His mother-in-law was not present at the service.

The ages of the more than two dozen casualties range from 18 months to 77 years. One victim was a pregnant woman, her unborn child lost along with her.

Other victims included the pastor’s daughter, 14-year-old Annabelle Pomeroy. “We ate together, we laughed together, we cried together, and we wor-shipped together. Now most of

our church family is gone,” said Pomeroy’s mother. She added, “As senseless as this tragedy was, our sweet Belle would not have been able to deal with los-ing so much family.”

According to authorities, Kelley was previously charged with two counts of domestic as-sault and spent one year in mil-itary prison, but still passed a background check when he pur-chased the gun due to a proce-dural error from the Air Force. Despite his ability to purchase a weapon, he was denied a carry-ing permit.

As Kelley was fleeing the church after the slaughter Ste-

phen Willeford, a local who lived near the church, arrived with a gun of his own. The two exchanged gunfire and Kelley was shot twice, in his leg and torso. He made it to his car and fled, pursued in another car by Willeford and another man, Johnnie Langendorff. The two lost him during pursuit.

Kelley was found a few miles away from the scene of the crime, dead, with a third, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

This shooting now stands as the deadliest shooting to take place in Texas.

Texas Shooting

Ongoing conflict has created an imminent threat of famine in Yemen. Photo courtesy of borgenproject.org

President Trump released over 2,800 records concerning the JFK assassination. Photo courtesy of cnn.com

At least 26 dead in church shooting in Texas. Photo credit of cnn.com

UN warns of mass famine in Yemen, and a Saudi blockade of aid is affecting millions of lives in need of aid. Photo credit of www.caravandaily.com

STUDENT LIFE pg. 3

■ Terin Crane

Staff

Students cramming, cry-ing, and being sleep deprived is a common occurrence on college campuses when there are quizzes and exams to be taken.

Studying can be a chal-lenging task for students. There are various tips and tricks to help studying be more effective. Students can stay motivated by surround-ing their space with sticky notes or pictures of goals and inspirational quotes to remind them to work hard.

Another option students have is to ask a friend, room-mate, or family member to quiz them on main ideas. Making their own note cards with practice questions can reinforce what students have already learned because they have to write down the infor-mation again.

Taking a break can be a refreshing way to study pro-ductively because being tired or frustrated can inhibit one’s capability to understand and retain information. Anne Yardley, a freshman at Snow, said, “I have learned that while studying, you need to focus entirely on one subject for 25-30 minutes, and then take a break before returning to your work. It helps elim-inate your distractions, and going on a walk or moving around helps you recall the information you have stud-ied so that your mind doesn’t just associate the concepts with a certain environment.”

Another way to increase one’s understanding is to ask the professor for assis-tance. Shalece Sorenson, a student at Snow College, said, “I have learned that going to see the teacher for help is nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes you do all you can do, and the teacher is the one to help you the most.” Soren-son later explained how she struggled with her math homework, so she went in to see her professor. “I went in for a bad score on homework and he worked with me to help me under-stand. He even gave me par-tial credit for the work I had done even if the answer was wrong,” Sorenson said.

Doing well on quizzes and exams can be a chal-lenge, but there are tips out there for students to use. For study ideas, go to: www.testtakingtips.com, www.thinkeracademy.com, and/or www.goconqr.com.

Convocations: Healthy is the New Skinny

■ Kilee Christensen

Staff

Popularity, success, beauty, admiration, health, love, belonging, happi-ness, and confidence are all things people would like for their appearances to portray.

Founder and CEO of the Natural Model Man-agement and Healthy is the New Skinny, Katie Wilcox explains that the attributes above are some of the things that the “Appearance Ide-al” (or the ideal bodily ap-pearance according to the social norm) symbolizes to the average person.

In her presentation at Snow College Convocation on November 9th, Wilcox explained how the “Ap-pearance Ideal” is unrealis-tic and unattainable, yet the advertising industry makes it seem as if a person could be beautiful, confident, popular, and successful, along with dozens of other attributes that the media uses to describe an “ideal” person, if that person buys their product.

When trying to over-come the misconceptions that the media puts into people’s minds, Wilcox suggested that “having personal connections to

others and being involved in a community is huge.” Wilcox added, “With Social Media, we are all connect-ed, but we’re all isolated. I probably have three people that I consider true friends, and for me, that’s all I need to stay emotionally healthy and motivated to improve my overall health.”

Outside motivation, or motivation beyond a per-son’s own efforts, can act as the tipping point need-ed for better results in a person’s efforts to live a healthier lifestyle. Friends and peers can hold each other to goals and remind each other to exercise or to

eat better. Results greatly improve with this help.

Convocation student Sa-brina Bethers said, “Some-thing that stood out to me during the presentation was the fact that dislik-ing yourself and believing you’re not good enough is a learned trait, not some-thing you’re born with. So, if you desire to love your-self the way you are, you have the choice to do so.”

The advertising indus-try has done a thorough job getting people to think the worst about themselves and start beauty trends that either don’t really work or

are incredibly expensive. This makes it unrealistic for the average person to meet the “ideal” and can damage their self-esteem.

Everyone is their own longest and truest com-rade, and therefore knows more about themselves than anyone else ever will. It is important that people listen to their feelings and choose to live a lifestyle that is healthy for them. Individuals who do this can begin to feel beautiful, successful, admired, loved, happy, healthy, and popu-lar, in addition to feeling a sense of belonging and self-confidence.

Sage Perrottat Snow

■ Whitney Stone

Staff

Utah State University Professor Sage Perrott came to Snow College to speak to art students in the Huntsman Library for Snow’s Art Talks.

As an art Professor, Perrott teaches different kinds of art from basic drawing to her specialty, print art. She visited Snow College campus to discuss her success in the art world as a print-maker.

“Having a community in the art world is im-portant in becoming an artist,” said Perrott in her talk to the class about her work and what students can do to pursue art.

She is known in the art world for her unique printmaking style. Her artwork features grumpy, lumpy, ghost-like creatures who live in cramped spaces. Some are often depicted in hu-morous circumstances.

Discussing influences on her style, Perrott spoke about her favorite movies The Last Uni-

corn and The Dark Crystal, which she enjoys for their creepier atmospheres. Perrott also enjoys the Terminator and Matrix movies for their dis-tinctive styles.

“Growing up I was influenced by my family a lot, since my parents were both artists,” she add-ed. Perrott grew up in West Virginia, encour-aged to pursue art despite feeling like she was in her big sister’s shadow. That feeling didn’t stop her, though. She learned printmaking and decid-ed to continue to work with the medium.

Perrott is known for her print work and her “ghost alphabet,” a take on the letters of the al-phabet with artwork inside each letter. She can be followed on social media and also has a web-site, Haypeeps.com, where her art is available for viewing.

Study Skills

Students Thomas Anderson, Seth Robertson, and Jordan

Homer catch up on homework at the library. Photo by

Adam Allred

■ April Carver

Staff

This spring, Snow College will offer a new class, “Drones in Agriculture and Associated Computer Applications,” on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. in the trade building.

The course is an introduction to Unmanned Aerial Systems as used in precision agriculture. It is comprised of both lecture and lab and will focus on a hands-on learning of the hardware and software needed for use on the col-lege farm. The class will help prepare students for federal licensing require-ments with the Federal Aviation Ad-ministration Part.

To illustrate what it’s like to work with drones, remote drone pilot Coo-per Groves offered an account of his ex-periences, “In the last four months I’ve traveled to twelve different countries for drone racing, from places like Ice-land, Ireland, and Isle of Man, to Ger-many, Austria, underground salt mines in Romania, and even South Korea. The out-of-body experience and free-dom of flight make drone racing a very unique and addicting sport or hobby; there’s really nothing else like it. You build a real-world drone where you’re exploring the actual world around you from the air, but you’re physically sit-ting on the ground staring into a pair of video goggles, controlling the drone

with a video-game-like remote.”

Drones have several uses, from help-ing the fire department find a lost lady who has Alzheimer’s in a corn field to inspecting how an antenna is mounted or seeing damage to a hard-to-reach lo-cation.

“Drone racing is only about two to three years old, so there are only a handful of pilots currently being paid regularly, but the sport is growing rap-idly and many companies like DR1 and DRL are looking to turn it into the sport of the future,” said Groves.

“A race in India being held next Feb-ruary has a cash prize purse of $150,000 and is open to pilots all over the world. I’ve been fortunate enough to have my sponsors pay for all my travel and hotel rooms and hook me up with free drone parts to keep me racing and pushing towards drone racing’s future,” he con-tinued.

There are currently more drone flights in the Air Force than manned flights. The CIA first used an un-manned predator drone in a targeted killing on February 4th, 2002 in the Paktia Province in Afghanistan.

The new class is worth three credits and can be found under Agricultural Tech Maintenance in the course cata-log online. The course will be taught by Matthew Goble.

Picture taken at a Formula E Event New York. Photo courtesy of Cooper Groves

Students Lexie Homer, Aubrey Williams (middle) and

Aubree Williams (right) find the library to be a good

location to study together. Photo by Adam Allred

Michael Coleman and Sione Asi study in the library computer lab for their classes along

with fellow teammates on the football team. Photo by Adam Allred

DRONES

CLUB NEWS pg. 4

■ By RandaLynn Waddingham

Staff

Día de Los Muertos, also known as “Day of the Dead,” didn’t go un-noticed at Snow College. In Snow’s classrooms, students were able to put their artistic skills to the test while decorating sugar skulls.

Day of the Dead is a holiday cele-brated in Mexico and in the Catholic community. It occurs on November 1st and 2nd. The celebration is filled with colorful skeletons and skulls. According to mexicansugarskull.com, it is believed that the spirits of loved ones come back and enjoy the festivities provided for them. It is also believed that happy spirits

will protect the family. All of this is based on ancient tradition.

Day of the Dead is more than just the festivities with skeletons and skulls. Spanish Professor Adri-ana Hatch said, “It is very special. We remember.” It gives friends and family the chance to remember and celebrate the lives of their loved ones who have passed on. They make altars, sugar skulls, dress up, and visit the grave sites.

The Spanish classes at Snow were able to provide students with an opportunity to celebrate the holiday and learn a little more about Mexican culture. They’ve been making sugar skulls for about four years. Spanish Professor Tra-vis Schiffman said, “I guess I was looking for something to draw the students in culturally.” It certain-ly did draw students in, as they learned about Day of the Dead and the different traditions they have. They also learned about Catrina, a famous lady skeleton, and the history behind her. She originated from the cartoon illustrator, José Guadalupe Posada. Snow College student Jonathan Rothschild said, “I think it’s cool. It’s pretty great. I learned about Catrina. I thought [Day of the Dead] was about dead people, but it’s more of a celebra-tion.”

Students this year made up to 75 sugar skulls. The way of making these sugar skulls is an alternative method. The ingredients are sugar, meringue powder, and water that are placed into the molds. After the skulls set up, students decorat-ed them however they wanted with brightly colored frosting and beads.

PRIDE

Club

Guest

Speakers

Encourage

Inclusiveness

■ By Sam Holladay

Staff

The Snow College PRIDE Club held an event on Tues-day, November 14th in which two guest speakers shared messages of inclusion, aware-ness, and love for all.

The PRIDE (People Rais-ing Inclusivity through Di-versity and Education) Club aims to foster acceptance and understanding of the LGBTQ (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans-gender Queer) community at Snow College and throughout Sanpete County. The guest speakers at the event had the same goal.

“We were thrilled to have Stephanie Larsen from En-circle and JD Goates from

the BYU USGA Club come down to celebrate and dis-cuss inclusiveness towards the LGBTQ community in Ephraim,” said Emma Lowe, Vice President of the PRIDE Club.

The first speaker was Lars-en, founder of the Encircle Family and Youth LGBTQ Resource Center located in downtown Provo. Larsen began Encircle as a means of curbing Utah’s high teenage suicide rates. “The reason for Encircle is to keep youth alive,” she said.

Monica Peterson, advisor to the PRIDE Club, said, “The Encircle organization provides us with a wonderful model of how we can show support for our LGBTQ fam-

ily and friends through un-conditional love.”

Goates, the second speaker, is President of Understanding Same Gender Attraction, an unofficial group of BYU stu-dents and faculty that holds respectful discussions about LGBTQ issues. Goates spoke about the challenges of being gay and a student at BYU, and how allies can help through acceptance and empathy.

The event marked the first time ever that guest speakers were invited to Snow Col-lege to speak about LGBTQ issues. Peterson said, “It was such an honor to have Steph-anie and JD visit our campus and share such an inspiration-al message of love with our community.”

Students

Thrive in the Honors Program■ By Tory Mills

Staff

The Snow College Honors Program presents its students with many advantages to further their education.

“Honors courses are taught by great faculty members and deal with interesting subject ma-terial, but what makes honors courses especially worthwhile is the interaction students have with one another in the classes,” said Dr. David Allred, the honors program director. “These small, dis-cussion-based classes help students build rela-tionships and support one another in an academic journey.”

Honors courses offer unique opportunities, including vigorous discussion, close interaction with faculty, and peer-responsive learning.

Many students view honors courses as too dif-ficult or time consuming, and while honors class-es should present a challenge, they are better cat-egorized as interactive and innovative. Students can provide input on class policies and content, as well as explore the history or philosophy of a discipline.

“You receive a more in-depth, discussion-based classroom experience with students who approach their education more thoughtfully than in some of the other general education classes,” said Andrea Call, a Snow College honors student. “The classes aren’t ‘harder’ or ‘busier,’ they simply require you to think more deeply and analytically about the material.”

Graduating with honors is an achievement that turns many heads in the academic world, and hon-ors credits gained at Snow College can transfer to many universities including Utah State Universi-ty, The University of Utah, Southern Utah Uni-versity, and Utah Valley University.

Melissa Alacron performs the traditional Folklorico Mexican Dance alongside Latinos

in Action Club for the International Education Week Kick Off Event. Photo by Denis

Faatz

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■ By Andrea Call

Staff

International Education Week has brought food, performances, cinema and symposiums to Snow College campus this week.

President Carlston kicked off Inter-national Education Week on Monday by speaking at the Greenwood Student Center about the importance of diversity and in-ternational education on campus. The kick-off event also featured performances from Snow College students and awards recog-nizing student-nominated faculty and staff as International Ambassadors.

On Tuesday the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA) held a webcast in the Center for Global Engage-ment in the Noyes building and Interna-tional Cinema presented the movie Gang de Qin in Chinese later that evening. Students wwwho missed out on International Cin-ema on Tuesday had a chance to catch the

second showing of the movie at the same time Wednesday night.

Thursday morning brought an interna-tionally-focused web symposium, on the topics of global perspectives on internation-al education and new intersections between education and peacebuilding, to the Center for Global Engagement.

Tonight the Karen Huntsman Library auditorium will show the Canadian film Never Cry Wolf at 7 p.m.

In addition to international events over the week the Badger Den Cafeteria served international food all week during lunch. Varieties included Asian, Mexican and Lati-no, Middle Eastern, German. The cafeteria will round out the week on Friday by serv-ing American Thanksgiving fare.

International Education Weeks gives Snow College students the opportunity to engage with international schoolmates, learn about new cultures, and learn about international education.

RandaLynn Waddingham, Marilyn Black, and Mackenzie Stephan fill up on popcorn during Inter-

national Cinema night. Photo by Adam Allred

BYU Student and LGBTQ+ Allie, J.D. Goates, shares personal expe-

riences and advice on treating the LGBTQ+ population equally. Photo

by Adam Allred

International Education Week Comes to Snow

BADGER SPORTS pg. 5

■ By Eduardo Hernandez

Staff

This year’s women’s volleyballsea-son has come to an end at the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) Region 18 Tournament.

Snow College’s Women’s Volley-ball team finished with an impressive and never-before-seen record of 26-5 this season. The team also set anoth-er school record of 21 three-set wins this season. It was only at the Region 18 tournament, that was won they were handed their first three-set loss. This was the first SWAC title the volleyball team has won since 1986, breaking a 37-year record.

The SWAC Championship Tour-nament was held at Snow College, hosting colleges such as the College of Southern Idaho (CSI), Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), and Utah State Eastern. The tournament was held over a two-day stretch, from November 3rd to November 4th.

The Badgers secured their spot in the final match after the third win over the Salt Lake Community Col-lege Bruins on Friday, November 3rd in the semifinals. “The match was so intense!” said Yesi Nieves, a student who attended the game. “I have nev-er been to a volleyball game before, and I didn’t expect to be so into it. Both teams were so good to each other when they messed up. The final moments of the match were nerve-wrecking because it was neck and neck!”

Ultimately, the Badgers won in a three-set match, 25-17, 25-16, 31-29. The volleyball team brought down SLCC’s hitting percentage down to .057 while Snow maintained a per-centage of .218.

The final game between Snow College and the College of Southern Idaho landed as an upset for Snow College with their first three-set loss, 26-24, 25-18, 25-23, leaving the Bad-gers to take 2nd in the tournament.

“I’m really proud of my team and what we’ve accomplished this season. This year was the first time Snow has hosted the conference tournament in 31 years, and it was the first time ever Snow appeared in the championship game,” said Rebecca Bigler, a player on the volleyball team. She added, “I’m super bummed we lost, but CSI is a good team, no doubt. I’m proud to say we made history this year and I only know this is the beginning of Snow College Volleyball’s success.”

Lyman is Named Player of the Year■ Adreanna Judd Staff

The Snow College Women’s Volleyball team has made quite a name for itself this year during its suc-cessful season. Riley Lyman, a player on the team, was present-ed with the Region 18 Player of the Year Award.

The Player of the Year Award is decid-ed by the Region 18 coaches each season. The tournament was held in Ephraim this year and was the first time Snow College had a team member receive this award. It was almost a unani-mous decision as four out of six coaches voted for her. Others from the team were also recognized for

their performance during their games. Kelsey Evans received 1st Team All Re-gion, Thea Leiataua received 2nd Team All Region, and Bri-elle Fowler and Stacy Hone received Hon-orable Mentions.

Lyman says she “felt so much grati-tude for [her] team, coaches, and everyone at Snow that’s helped [her].” She attributes her success to her teammates. Lyman states, “There’s no way I would’ve got-ten the award without them. I think indi-vidual awards come when all the members of a team buy in. All my teammates work so hard and push me to be my best every day and not just in volleyball”.

Jeff Reynolds, the head volleyball coach, commented on Ly-man’s award, saying he “would have been surprised if she wasn’t selected.” He added, “Riley would be the first to tell you this is a team award. When you are a consistent team player, you play for your team then the individual awards will come.” Coach Reyn-olds is also grateful “that Snow College is getting some recog-nition for how hard these girls play.” “We had an outstanding, record-breaking year and it was due to their commitment and work ethic. I couldn’t be more proud of this team for what they ac-complished this year.”

Volleyball Places 2nd in

SWAC Tournament

■ By Brittani Vlam

Staff

Sam Bamberlister, a member of the Snow College Men’s Soccer team, was awarded the All First Team Region Award for Conference Men’s Soccer on a national level. Bamber-lister is from the North-Eastern part of England. He has played soccer at Snow for two years and is currently in his third semester. About his experience being a part of the soc-cer team and program, he said, “I feel like because there’s not all that much to do here, it’s really good for me. But yeah, I really enjoy it. We’ve got a good team, [and] we are all really close.”

The soccer team this season ended with a 13-6 score, and they won this year’s Conference Tournament. Head Coach Nuno Gourgel said, “It was a massive improvement to what we did last year. We won thirteen games, which is not easy to do. You know, it was fun this year. I think we had a good group of guys; an unbelievable group of kids. They worked very hard and they had fun. Compared to last year, this year

was a lot more fun. They are pretty young, but hopefully that will add to the future.” Next year six sophomores will leave the program, including two team captains.

About his experience coaching Snow’s team this year, Gourgel said, “You know, it’s a shame that this is only a two-year school. I would love to have four years with these kids. I love all of the kids that have played for me. Especially the sophomores and all that they have done for the team, school, and for me. They have been there for the good and the bad and for everything. I owe it to all of them. I hope I can help all of them move on to bigger and better things.”

Bamberlister, along with his friend and teammate Avery (also nominated for an award) both found out they won at a ceremony held after the final game of the conference. They were called up by name, and were presented with their awards. Sam said, “I was pretty happy. I had a feeling be-cause some of the lads already knew on the team and were hinting it to me, so I kind of already knew, but I was happy with it.”

Joel Bates, Riley Lyman, and Jeff Reynolds meet in the middle of the court to present the Player of the Year Award. Photo courtesy of Kyle Parry

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The Volleyball team finishes the last game of the Region Tournament with a cheer. Photo by Adam Allred

■By Brynne Adamson Staff

Intramurals are hitting it off this year as Badgers fight each other for the top posi-tion in each of their respec-tive tournaments.

Intramurals are stu-dent-based competitive sports made of multiple different teams. All teams are free to join and many of them are coed. These teams include basketball, water polo, bowling dou-bles, flag football, sand volleyball, softball, and soc-cer. Although some sports have ended already, or hav-en’t even started yet, there are plenty of tournaments currently going on, that would love student support. There’s always a game hap-pening; just pick one that you would like to root for.

Brittani Vlam, who was part of a soccer intramural team, said, “I like intramu-rals because it’s really, re-ally fun. If you’re there to

have fun, you’ll have fun. If you’re there to win, you’ll win. It’s a great way to meet new people, and it’s a boy-girl thing.”

Bunker Wymer, a mem-ber a basketball intramu-ral team said, “Ball is life, and intramural gives me a chance to be part of that life.”

A flag football intramural player Dan Howe said, “In intramurals, there are three kinds of people: people who watch what happen, people who make things happen, and people who don’t know what just happened.” After throwing a football around for a while, he continued, “Do your best, forget the rest.”

For more information about the different tourna-ments and how the teams are doing, students can head to the Horne Activity Cen-ter. Where they can find a glass display case full of different fliers with tourna-ment and team information.

Badgers: Get Your Head in the Game

Photo courtesy of Snow College Cheerleader Facebook Page

Sam Bamberlister, was awarded the All First Team Region Award for Conference Men’s Soccer on a national level. Photo courtesy of Snow College Athletics.

The Badgerette Dance Team performs a routine during halftime of the Region Volleyball Tournament. Photo by Adam Allred

Badgers Invited to

El Toro BowlThe team announcement press conference

today at 2:30 p.m. introduced the matchup for this year. The Snow College Badgers will face the Blinn College Buccaneers. Game time is 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 2nd. Tickets are on sale now.

ENTERTAINMENT pg. 6

■Samuel Holladay

Staff

Thor: Ragnarok easily clears the bar set by its prede-cessors to become Thor’s best movie yet. It’s a gloriously goofy, campy thrill ride with laugh-out-loud jokes and awe-some action set pieces.

Ragnarok finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) return-ing to his home of Asgard to discover his trickster broth-er Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has been impersonating their father and king, Odin (An-thony Hopkins). When Thor and Loki set out to search for their missing father, they run across their older sister, Hela (Cate Blanchett), the Goddess of Death, who has returned from banishment to destroy Asgard.

After being defeated by Hela, Thor and Loki end up stranded on Sakaar, a plan-et ruled by the charismatic Grandmaster (Jeff Gold-blum). Thor is sold into a gladiatorial competition by a disillusioned Asgardian Valkyrie turned scavenger (Tess Thompson) and pitted against his fellow Avenger, the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).

It’s a race against time as Thor must survive the are-na, put together a team, and return to Asgard to defeat Hela before she brings about “Ragnarok,” or the end of their world as they know it.

While it may be Thor’s third solo adventure and the seventeenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ragnarok feels fresh and fun. In his first two installments Thor was overly stiff and sad-dled with unoriginal plotlines, but here he’s a wisecracking everyman who pulls the audi-ence along on a wild ride.

Ragnarok’s offbeat humor is one of its greatest strengths. Director Taika Waititi infuses the film with fun and weird-ness, even going so far as to cast himself as a hilarious-ly easygoing rock monster

named Korg who befriends Thor on Sakaar.

The film is so funny that it often feels more like a come-dy than an action blockbuster. But when action does come into play, it’s pretty dang cool. Thor’s arena match against the Hulk is amazing, as is the final showdown against Hela, inge-niously set to Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.”

If Ragnarok has any weak-nesses, the villain is the big-gest. While Blanchett clearly enjoys the role, Hela doesn’t have enough to do. Her poten-

tially emotionally resonant re-lationships to Odin, Thor, and Loki are left unexplored. The potential to set her up with a villainous connection to Tha-nos, the future big bad of the next two Avengers films, is also a missed opportunity.

Overall, Thor: Ragnarok is an exciting and fun addition to the Marvel canon, and its $121 million opening week-end bodes well for more fun Marvel movies to come. As sophomore Tagaloa Tapusoa said, “It was wonderful; better than I expected.”

Stranger Things 2 Amps Up the Stakes

■ Andrea Call

Staff

The highly-anticipated sec-ond season of last year’s hit Netflix series Stranger Things finally made its debut over Halloween weekend, and Snow College campus is abuzz talking about it.

“It’s super suspenseful. I’m definitely hooked on it,” said freshman Britney Hansen. “It’s one of those shows that I could binge-watch all night. But I don’t because, you know, re-sponsibilities.”

The second season picks up about a year after the events of the first, with the central cast continuing their lives in the for-merly quaint city of Hawkins, Indiana. Main characters Will Buyers and Eleven are partic-ularly plagued by past events, and the rich array of characters from season one open the new-est chapter still trying to figure out how to help the two recover from their ordeals.

The season quickly and seamlessly introduces new char-acters to the city of Hawkins, as well as a new enemy from the Upside Down. Unlike season one’s terrifying Demogorgon, this new antagonist is sentient, scheming, and powerful—and

it has its sights set on Hawkins.

Characters old and new com-bine their strengths to tie up loose ends from season one, in-cluding romantic subplots and personal conflicts, as the series progresses into a gripping cine-matic climax.

In the post-season commen-tary Beyond Stranger Things, also available on Netflix, execu-tive producer Shawn Levy notes that the scope of season two is meant to impress. “From our very first conversations about season two, it was clear that [the creators the Duffer Brothers] wanted season two to be more cinematic, more ambitious in its storytelling,” he explains.

Their efforts certainly shine through, as season two of-fers several examples of near-perfect story-telling. Realistic but engaging dialogue frequently combines with fresh cinema-tography, perfect set-ups for laugh-out-loud comedy, and a mastery of pacing easily capable of bringing viewers to the edges of their seats.

Not every aspect of that pacing sat well with fans, however, especially the

much-criticized seventh epi-sode. “I did not like episode seven at all. I thought it was a very long, drawn-out, boring episode that had no relevance to the plot,” commented sopho-more Tyler Peterson, a Stranger Things fan since season one.

Aside from debates over pac-ing and plot, almost all view-ers unanimously agree that what Stranger Things does best is develop its cast of deliciously loveable, hateable, relatable characters.

“I love what they did with Steve this sea-son,” said Peterson. “Steve and

Hopper are my favorite char-acter developments this season. Hopper is probably my favorite character in any show.”

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Ballroom Dancing: A

Sport■ Kellie Harrison

Staff

On November 11th, the Snow College Ballroom Dance Team attended the Brigham Young University Dancesport Championship. This competition included Latin, Ballroom, Smooth, Rhythm, and Cabaret styles of dance.

According to the Snow College website, the Snow College Dance Department is “de-signed to provide all students with a general understanding of the principles of movement, which promote dance as an artistic and cultural expression with the power to enrich and trans-form the individual, community and society.”

“I thought it was really interesting because I’d never been to a competition like that be-fore; it was very efficiently run,” said Adreanna Judd, a member of Snow College’s Ballroom Dance Team. She continued, “It was a lot of fun to watch. There were a lot of people compet-ing and while it was nice to see their individual styles, it was great to see our own teammates perform. We had two couples competing.”

The BYU Dancesport Championships is “one of the most exciting amateur competi-tions in the Intermountain West,” as stated on the Brigham Young University website. This two-day event offers an enriching experience for students enrolled in colleges around Utah.

The Dancesport Championships allow the audience to be up close and personal with the dancers. That up-close feel invites the audience to cheer the dancers on as they perform. Ev-eryone in attendance experiences fast, exciting performances that are entertaining and excit-ing.

Morgan Branch prepares to watch the second season of Netflix’s original

series, “Stranger Things” by eating her Eggo Waffles, which are enjoyed

by one of the show’s main characters. Photo by Adam Allred

Thor: Ragnarok Thr ills

Thor prepares for battle in the new Marvel movie. Photo Courtesy of screengeek.net

■Brynne Adamson

Staff

Snow’s Concert Mu-sic Ensemble hosted the British Invasion concert Saturday and played sev-eral British classics. Peo-ple of all ages turned out for the concert that filled the hall.

As soon as the concert began, members of the ensemble appeared out of the fog that gathered on the concert hall’s stage and the British Invasion Concert began. Lights flickered across the au-dience and onto the par-ticipants of the concert. The audience cheered and whistled as they watched students preform British classics like “My Gener-ation” by The Who and “Good Day Sunshine” by the Beatles.

The students on stage appeared to enjoy them-selves during the concert.

At one point, a singer put on a crown and a cape for the song “I’m Henry the 8th (I am),” by the Herman’s Hermits, and was dancing and playing air-guitar across the stage.

Towards the end of the concert, some of the students got into a con-ga line. Overall, with the colorful backgrounds and fact-filled slideshow playing behind the stage members, the concert was lively.

“It was fantastic. My favorite song was ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ by The Rolling Stones,” said Snow student Mikey Vandertoolen.

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Snow’s Commercial Music Ensemble opens their British

Invasion concert by singing the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your

Hand. Photo by Kilee Christensen

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■ Shantelle Hemmert Staff

Viranim Technical Solu-tions is a company looking for self-motivated students to hire in their Ephraim of-fice, and they chose the town specifically because of its job shortage.

There are few jobs in Ephraim, and it’s almost guaranteed that not every-one will get a job. Because of this, Viranim’s CEO decided to come to Ephraim to hire students and become a part of the community.

Viranim owner and CEO Amy Fowers said, “I grew up in Ephraim until the age

of fourteen, when my fami-ly moved to Ogden, Utah. I loved living in Ephraim and everything that was part of my childhood in Sanpete County.”

Describing the company , Fowers said, “There are two parts that encompass our business. We have the feder-al contracting side... and the second part of the business is our HUBZone, which is lo-cated in Ephraim.” The first part of the business employs engineers and IT profession-als to complete work con-tracts with the federal gov-ernment. The second part operates in the company’s Ephraim office, employing

people within the “histori-cally underutilized business zone” that Ephraim becomes because of its job shortages. The Ephraim office provides support for the federal con-tracting side.

Snow student Andrea Call already works for Viranim as a technical writer and talked about how the hours are flex-ible and students can choose their own weekly schedule to meet the ten-hour-a-week minimum. She said, “They are interested especially in hiring college students and giving back to the commu-nity. They are offering pro-fessional office jobs for stu-dents.”

On Wednesday Viranim came to campus to host a Professional Development Workshop in the GSC and discussed ways that students can improve their resumes, portray professional dress and appearance for job in-terviews, and sharpen their interview skills.

Viranim encourages in-terested students to send in their resumes for future hir-ing periods. Because Viranim is interested in students with a variety of skill sets, the company encourages all self-motivated students to apply.

American Thanksgivings ■ Shantelle Hemmert Staff

Thanksgiving is here and for many typical Americans that means, as Sage Johnson said, “dry turkey [and] family debates.”

Some of the many tradition-al Thanksgiving foods include green bean casserole, stuffing, gravy, yams, rolls, corn, cran-berries, cranberry sauce, and much more. Although food is important, there are other as-pects of Thanksgiving.

For many Americans, football is also part of a typi-cal Thanksgiving, but when exactly do Americans watch football? Joey Paine said, “It depends on if the game is on during dinner or not.” He also explained that if the game isn’t very good, he eats dinner be-fore watching whatever is on; But, if the game that’s on is su-per good, then dinner happens during football.

Another common Amer-ican tradition is sitting at the table and sharing at least one thing they are thankful for. However, for other Ameri-cans, Thanksgiving is what they would describe as, “awk-ward,” and while it does in-

clude turkey, it doesn’t have a lot of family time. It doesn’t even involve any talking. Even so, many Americans talk a lot about how their year went, and after they finish eating, they play games for the rest of the

night. This may include an an-nual trip to Grandma’s house and being spoiled with lots of food and treats, while hanging out with cousins, aunts, un-cles, and more.

Whatever traditions differ-ent families follow, there is not one specific Thanksgiving for everyone, and that diversity is what makes America interest-ing.

Caution! Staying Safe on

the Road ■ Austin Terrezas Staff

As Utah’s famous snow draws ever closer, thoughts of skiing, snowboarding and joyous holidays can come to mind.

Any shift in the weather comes with its own set of hazards. As snow starts to cover the road and the foliage regularly consumed by wild-life becomes scarcer, animals are more likely to forage for food closer to the nearby cities. This creates can see an increase in animal-related car accidents, and when icy roads are added to the mix, disaster can follow.

Everyone driving in these conditions would be wise to remain vigilant at all times, regardless whether it’s at night or during the day. Most ac-cidents happen in only a few seconds, and being distracted can add to the possibility of further harm.

Students should remember to reduce speed during snowy and icy conditions, as slamming on the breaks to avoid a collision can be less effective with some vehicles.

Finally, make sure to turn off the high beams when facing vehicles in the oncoming lane be-cause they can cause a substantial amount of glare or even temporary blindness.

April Carver, Landon Maedgen, and Josh Jackson have a nice dinner consisting of pasta and cream corn. Photo courtesy of April Carver

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The music department is pleased to announce that Snow College Senior, Charity Cooper, won an Encouragement Award at the Met-ropolitan Opera National Council Utah District Awards. Congratulations to Charity and her teacher, Brian Stucki, for this achievement. Photo courtesy of Vance Larson

■Austin Terrezas Staff

Social media has be-come a frevalent form of comunication for the masses. It allows people to connect with friends old and new, as well as make introductions to those who they have not or may not ever meet in real life.

Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and others have allowed cru-cial progress in areas of the world that do not al-low freedom of speech. However, where made available without any re-percussions for what is said or shown, problems can arise.

Some of the problems that users face with so-cial media in a country that fully supports free-dom of speech stem from lack of privacy due to the fact that everyone can see what anyone says and use it as an attack against them. Cyber-bullying

can lead to higher suicide rates in younger people as well as decreased produc-tivity.

Kayelene Craw, an avid social media guru and first semester Snow College student, said, “I feel like people use their phones as a crutch in so-cial situations rather than talking to people they are actually spending time with.”

Some social media us-ers can buy into a false sense of connection with people in general via sta-tus updates and chatting through an electronic screen and keyboard, cre-ating difficulties in dis-tinguishing meaningful relationships in the real world.

The effects of these is-sues can have devastating effects on America’s cul-ture when used innapro-priately. With proper use of these tools, society can create a world of freer communication.

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These arrows are representing how people are connected through social media, but aren’t really connecting in real life. Photo courtesy of Kayelene Craw

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Snow student Abbie Hamilton is one of the latest em-ployees of Viranim Technical Solutions, a new company in Ephraim. Photo by Andrea Call

Kaitlyn Gilson shows off her talent at the “Snow’s Got Talent” show. She has been playing the guitar for two years and singing for as long as she can remember. Photo by Kilee Christensen

Clad in orange and blue, students support their peers on the volleyball team at the Region Volleyball Tournament. Photo by Adam Allred

88.9 FM Radio Host Daphne Matson announces upcom-ing songs to listeners. Operating the Radio Station is one of the responsibilities of radio broadcast students. Photo by Adam Allred

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Members of the Commercial Music Ensemble sing “September” by Earth, Wind, and Fire in Convocation on November 2nd. This gave viewers a short preview of their British Invasion Concert. Photo by Kilee Christensen

Social Studies Professor Michael Seibt shares treats with his students from his wolf-shaped cookie jar. Photo by Adam Allred

International Student Amy Ha wears a red shirt and hat in mem-ory of the deceased University of Utah student, ChenWei Guo. Photo by Adam Allred

Summer of ‘89 band members goof off with each other while practicing their performance routine. From left to right: Josh Jack-son as Jaxx, Tallen Cox as Rocky Spiker, Isaac Linares as Izzy Thunder, Blake Sharette as Jamie Starr, Sarah Hakes as Vicki Black-wood, and Nathan Budge as Nigel Le’Budge. Photo by April Carver

Ricky Jewkes, President of the Business Club, gives a welcome speech at the Opportunity Quest banquet and explains the work the entrepre-neurs put into the competition. Photo by April Carver