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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH • 451 E 400 N • PRICE, UT
The Voice of the Students
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH - 451 E 400 N - PRICE, UT 84501
VOICE OF THE STUDENTS September 8, 2011Volume XXXVI•Number 1
September 8, 2011Welcome to USU eaSterN
photo by Jessa Love Adams/The Eagle
Nice to have lots of students backAfter a long summer break, students started classes Aug. 29. They started moving in residential life on Aug. 26, with a reception hosted by EUSA Aug. 28. Enrollment projections hope to be equal or more than the numbers from fall 2010.
David Osborne Jr.sports editor
Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah has a rich tradition of athletic achievement. From the baseball diamond to the basketball court, the Eagles
have a tradition of excellence. USU-Eastern has produced
teams that have competed for championships, (third in the
nation by men’s basketball team in 2009), All-Americans and has sent many athletes on to Division
I schools. However, with all
of that excellence the athletic department has the lowest budget
in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, when compared to conference schools competing in volleyball, baseball and both men's and women's basketball.
For the 2010-2011 athletic budgets, Coach Dave Paur, athletic director for USU-Eastern, received $665,428. That budget was used for many different things including; scholarships for student-athletes which can include full tuition, hous-ing, a meal plan and books; travel for away games; which includes
boarding, gas to get the team to places as far as Northern Idaho College, which is a 17-hour bus ride; and recruiting trips to attempt to get high school athletes to choose to attend USU-Eastern and put on a jersey to play for the college.
The amount of money in an athletic program isn't an exact reflection of competitiveness. In the men's basketball program, Coach Brad Barton's teams have had a better record in the SWAC than any other team. The men’s basketball teams have finished second the past two seasons, and also finished third in the nation two years ago. CSI
finished third and first, respectively, in the same time frame.
Despite the lack of funding for all sports at Eastern, all teams remain competitive even though always creating ways to raise money. The Eastern baseball pro-gram runs its recruiting budget on $0. In addition, assistant baseball coach KC Smurthwaite said " it's very difficult to recruit against schools with recruiting budgets, a lot of schools are starting to al-locate student fee money to help build recruiting funds."
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah State Eastern has the low-
est amount of student fees set aside for athletics in the state. Eastern has allotted $20 of student fees that help support athletics. Not only is Eastern last of the state colleges, but is $22 off Snow College the next nearest school. Conference rival Salt Lake Community College sits at $60.
While USU-Eastern received a meager budget for an athletic pro-gram that is in the nations premier junior college conference. Many conference teams received double or even triple that amount to help supplement their athletic budgets. The College of Southern Idaho
Shadayah Jones staff writer
Changes continue at Utah Sate University-College of Eastern Utah this year. One is the school name which was changed to Utah State University-Eastern or Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah which most, if not all, students already know. When coming back to school fall
semester, most of the USU Eastern community noticed the new banners displayed throughout campus. This is the first year that USU-Eastern has banners displayed throughout the school promoting itself. Misty Lowery, a sophomore at USU-Eastern says, “I like the banners; they are very welcoming to the students who are enrolled.”
Brad King, vice chancellor for administration & advance-ment, thought the flags were a good idea. “Yes, it shows that we are different from the past and that we are experiencing
change. The new banners are letting the students know that staff are embracing USU-Eastern and displaying what the school is becoming.”
The new banners were created by a designing team at USU and the public relations office at USU-Eastern. Ap-proximately 50 banners were ordered and only about 25-30 are hanging throughout campus. The banners are located on the light poles in the main walk way. King is hoping
Controlling food cost, part of the USU cafeteria
Funding for USU Eastern last in SWAC
Campus banners usher in new era at USU Eastern
The Edge’s Barajas and Wells bring home gold
USU Eastern students Sheraya Barajas and Kelton Wells successfully defended their national championship in Audio/Radio production at this year’s Skills USA championships. Held June 20-24 in Kansas City, Mo, the competition brought college teams from across the nation.
The Audio/Radio Production contest is designed to challenge con-testants in two-person teams to produce a 60-second audio production/radio commercial. The team has a limited specific amount of time over a two-day period to write their script, gather natural sound, record voice overs and edit their spot. They then burn their production to an audio CD. The contestants are judged on the professionalism of their produc-tion, the quality of the audio and the conveyance of the information to the listener. This year’s competition required the teams to interview competitors and exhibitors at the trade show held in conjunction with the Skills USA annual conference.
Students who compete in the Skills USA Audio/Radio competition are chosen from the staff of USU Eastern’s radio station, 89.7 The Edge. Barajas served as the student station manager during the 2011 academic year. Wells was the music director and traffic manager. Both students were strongly involved in the running of the station. “Sheraya and Kelton
see Skills USA page 8see 9/11 page 8photo courtesy The Edge
Sheraya Barajas and Kelton Wells won first place at Skills USA.
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-Roommate Rigts-Campus Flags
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What’s Inside . . . LIFESTYLES-Gallery east opens-cBB changes to WIB-”You can’t take it With You” preview •pages 6-7
Remembering 9-11 after a decade
Dave Adamsstaff writer
Sept. 11, marks the 10-year anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist
attacks on the United States. Between the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Flight 93, close to 3,000 people died on that day.
(www.nymagazine.com) Since that day our nation has suffered tremendous losses. The U.S. has been engaged in war from 26 days after the attacks until
today; we have sustained more than 5,000 casualties from the
war alone.
It wasn’t until recently that the families of the 9-11 attacks were finally given justice for the loss of their loved ones. In May 2011, President Barrack Obama announced to the nation that the mastermind of the horrendous attacks was finally killed by the infamous Seal Team Six.
Country western artist, Allan Jackson asked the question best in his song, Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning? Looking back on this time of your life, can you still remember where you were, what you were doing or what you were thinking during the attacks?
“I woke up to my alarm clock going off around 6:30 a.m. and I heard President [George] Bush talk-ing about this heinous act that had been done to our nation, right then I knew it couldn’t be good. It was weird seeing the towers down, I had been to the top of those buildings many times when I lived in New York City,” said Dr. Alex Herzog.
Most of the up-coming genera-tion in school now, were too young to remember what was going on that day. One person that spoke out about this event, said that she remembers being mad at her parents; because her ninth birthday was a few days away and her parents were glued to the television to see what was going to get hit next.
Kike Murdock, a freshman from Minersville, Utah, studying wildlife management, was in the third grade when he came to school in the
see food page 8see banners page 8
athletic fees paid by studentsat Utah’s college campuses
USU $246UVU $214U of U $152Weber $127Dixie $115SUU $104SLCC $60Snow $42USU-eastern $20
Val Moncadanews editor
The dining room at USU-Eastern has gone through many changes for the new semester. The reason for these changes is to control food cost. Now that we are with USU, we have to go by their rules. “USU sells in one day what USU-Eastern sells in one year,” said Becky Archibald. The price went up a penny from last year. There is also a new full time chef in the dining room is Tony Archibald. And now the dining room offers a buffet rather than when students paid for everything they took.
The new motto in the dining room is “Eat what you take and take what you eat.”
There are new meal plans for the students to choose from, one swipe is one meal. Students can choose
SPORTS-New name, new floor.-early season woes-Baseball: fall ball schedule •pages 4-5
