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COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH PRICE, UT
The Voice of the StudentsVolume Number
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF EASTERN U TAH 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 March 1, 2012Volume XXX VINumber 10
Thursday TuesdaySunday MondaySaturdayFriday Wednesday
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VIEWPOINTSMatt Gochis for prez!Letter to the editorIts just a snowman...Dating etiquetteCalendar of events page 3
LIFESTYLESNew library study roomsThe AlchemystUp the down staircaseAlumnus work in Gallery EastClosing play in Geary Theatre pages 6-9
SPORTSBasketball winds downBaseball thrivingSmurf TurfTandy ThackerayComeback Kids pages 4-5
WhatsInside . . .
Seth Richardsstaff writer
Forty-seven lights are again outon campus. Every BDAC buildinglight on its south side which lights
the benches is out, as well as 10lights surrounding the Western In-structional Building, four lights inAJ parking lot and some through-out campus, reported USU Easternofcer Jeff Wood on Feb. 24.
He continued, Ofcer [Cletis]Steele completed a light survey
on Jan. 15, 2012 and most of
these lights have already beennoted to be out. I feel this is an
issue that needs to be addressed,
as the weather warms morepeople are going to be out after
Karli Morrisassistant editor
The USU Eastern Biology De-
partment added a new cadaver. InDecember 2011, Dr. Tyson Chap-pell drove to the University of UtahSchool of Medicine Body Donor
Program to pick her up. The cadaveris a woman who died at 94.The Bi-ology Department will house andtake of her for three years.
The departments other cadaveris a male and has been on campusfor three years. After the summer2012 semester, the male body willbe returned to the University ofUtah and the biology departmentwill get another cadaver. Easternwill then have two fairly newdead people, said Chappell. Fromhere on out, Eastern will alwayshave two cadavers for students tostudy. Recently a new cadaver lab
was approved and built, al lowingroom for two cadaver tables. The cadavers are mostly usedfor anatomy classes, but physiologyand biology 1500 also get to go intothe lab and take a look. They aremostly used to learn about muscles,but the brain is looked at duringneuroscience chapters and generalorgans are studied to learn their
structures and functions.Before the human cadavers,
the biology department used catsand pigs to study their anatomy,however, pigs are still dissectedduring the class. In order to be part of the cadaverdonor program, one has to ll outspecial paperwork explaining thatthey would like to donate their bodyto science when they die. Spouses
can also choose to donate the bodyof a spouse after they have died. When medical studies are com-plete, the body will be cremated (at
In a time where USU Easternis revamping student services andtrying to i mplement new strategiesto boost enrollments, it is not help-ing the cause by its latest tactic withscholarship offers. As of February27, 2012, USU Eastern has sent outzero scholarship offers to prospec-tive students which raises concernsin that all but one other school inthe state has yet to send offers out.
Southern Utah University andUtah State University in Logan
started sending out their academicscholarships in November, West-minster in December.
Most high school students and
even transfer students have two orthree scholarship offers by now.This is a critical ti me for my futureand I have yet to hear anyth ing backfrom USU Eastern. On the otherhand, other schools I have appliedtoo already sent me scholarshipoffers, stated a high school stu-dent from Pleasant Grove, Utah,
who is considering attending thePrice college.
Previously at USU Eastern,recruiters were able to offer schol-arships on the spot on recr uitmenttours. This has not been the casefor a few years now and could bethe reason why enrollment is down.
I have seen colleges talk toa prospective student just shortlyafter the tour in mid-November,and hand them a scholarship offeron the spot, stated Terry Johnson
who is head of the Ambassadorprogram. Now dont be quick to bepart of the blame game as studentservices was recently re-organized.
It is frustrating for me to recruitstudent-athletes who are academickids right now because nothing hasbeen done. A year from now whenenrollment is down even more wewill all sit and wonder why, statedKC Smurthwaite, assistant baseballcoach/recruiting coordinator. Ashigh school students prepare to
choose where they will be spend-ing their money and time t he nextfour years--USU Eastern currentlyis not in the students conversationbecause nothing has been sent onpaper.
Amongst the faculty, uneasinessgrows on the situation. One facultymember whose job depends onhow many students are on campusstated, I was at a community eventlast week and a concerned parentcame up to me and a sked why her
child has been getting stuff fromother schools but Eastern has yetto send her a scholarship offer. Ina time where community collegesare supposed to be thriving we haveone that is dieing in a sense. Snow
College is the last school in Uta h
to send out scholarship offers. Theywill start sending out scholarshipoffers on March 1. By the time thisarticle is published Snow will havesent out thousands of letters in the
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing:
Emily Williamsstaff writer
[email protected] has been an exciting and
confusing election. The confusion
stems from who exactly is runningfor student body president. Muchof that confusion revolved aroundcurrent student-adjunct facultymember KC Smurthwaite. Af ter afew weeks of hearsay, it has becomeclear that there will be no election
at all. Recently, both Mike Gingelland KC Smurthwaite dropped outof the election, leaving the entire
student body presidency to run un-contested. Gingell didnt feel rightabout running and will focus onbuilding the school through othermeans. Smurthwaite is rumoredto be gaini ng more responsibilitywithin the athletics departmentnext year. Next years line-up lookslike this: Matt Gochis- president,Pete Yakovich- executive VP, and
Beth Liddell- activities VP. Eachmember of the presidency haswritten a platform for their time
in ofce.Gochis- I was born June 17,
1990. I attended Tooele HighSchool my freshman year untilI was a junior, I then transferredto Judge Memorial High Schoolto better my education. Afterattending Judge Memorial andgraduating I went to Salt Lake
Gochis victorious in election
USU Eastern has yet to send out academic
scholarship offers to prospective students
SmILE FOR LIbRARy vIdEO
photo by CJ Evams/The Eagle
USU Eastern library projectUSU Eastern students will be featured in v ideo clips shown at the annual Utah Library Association Conference in Salt Lake Cityin April. The clips were lmed by JCOM associate professor Troy Hunt and directed by public services manager Aimee Lauritsen.Students who helped with the production received free Aggie ice cream, compliments of USU Eastern Food Service director BeckyArchibald.
KC Smurthwaiteeditor-in-chief
It hasnt been official andnobody has been sworn in yet,but outgoing EUSA leaders arealready raising concerns aboutnewly elected leaders loyalty tothe school and student government.Matt Gochis (baseball) and BethLiddell (volleyball), both student-athletes, have been threatened byEUSA members that an executiveorder will be passed to make themchoose between being a part ofstudent government or athletics.
According to The Eagles
record, no student-athletes have
ever been in a presidential cabinetfor EUSA. Interesting that theirloyalty to the school are in ques-
tion since they are the only onesthat didnt drop out, stated MitchMoore, a former student-athlete atUSU Eastern.
Why not a change? Arent thesenewly elected leaders the ones incharge now?
Both Liddell and Gochis areexcited for the new challenges thatthey face. I am extremely happyto become the next EUSA studentbody president. I think this is open-ing up a new era for this school and
Breaking the mold:Friction building already between EUSA
and newly elected leaders
Lights out on campus again
Eastern adds new cadaver
see scholarships page 3
see Gochis page 3
see breaking page 3
see lights page 3
see cadaver page 3
Tyson Chappell leans over area which will housethe new 94-year-old female cadaver. Campus dark again
Matt Gochis Pete Yakovich Beth Liddell
photo by CJ Evans/The Eagle
Seth Richardsstaff writer
Little brass locks may not beenough to keep the facil itys main-
tenance budget from draining, asthieves continue to steal toilet paperfrom campus restrooms. During fall semester, toilet paperin the public restrooms at USU-Eastern started disappearing at arate faster than people with normal
bowel movements tend to use toiletpaper. About a dozen rolls werebeing stolen each week, costingthe college about $25 each week. These disappearances, beingprimarily from the Jennifer LeavittStudent Centers and old StudentActivity Center, suggested that the
Toilet paper rolls stolen
see toilet paper page 3
photo courtesy of Amber Chappell
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page 3Viewpoints
1. He already has his associates
degree- If youre going to elect
a leader, that person should be
someone who sets an example for
others to follow. Being at a junior
college, everybody is t rying to get
an associates degree; why not elect
someone who has already been
there? He knows what youre going
through and can help you.
2. He supports all sports- Withathletics being one of the things
that can identify a school, it is vital
to keep athletics around and give
them support. Athletics can also
bring revenue for a school which is
always a good thing. As an athlete
himself, Gochis sees the need to
give athletics the support they need.
So vote for him.
3. He is the most interesting
student in the world- He lives
an amazing life that can only bedescribed as awesome. His words
carry weight that would break a
lesser mans jaw. When in Rome,
they do as he does. He also bowls
overhand. He is the most interesting
student in the world.
4. He can relate to al l students-
Gochis has lived on and off campus.
He already has his a ssociates and is
working on getting his bachelors
degree. He at tends school events.
He is a student-athlete. What more
do you want?
5. He is a well-rounded candi-
date- Being an athlete and a student,he supports athletics and education.
6. He is personable- If you
havent met Gochis you really
should. Talk about an awesome kid!
He has a fun loving personality that
cant be beat.
Hes not a preppy school kid
who is just doing this for a college
application; he really cares about
this school and the students.
7. He cares about this college-
Having played baseball for this
college, he has a sense of pr ide. He
wants to take care of this school and
make it better for every student.
He wants to change things for the
better that will benet all students.
8. He will listen to students
complaints- If you got a complaint
send it Gochis way and he will take
care of it. He will listen to every
persons complaint no matter how
small. Name one-elected ofcial
that can do that?
9. He has a awesome haircut-
Ever seen a Bro Hawk its BA.
His hair showoff is person-
ality which
we learned
is awesome!
G r e a t
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I realize that those of you who
take the time out of your busy life
to humor me and read this article
would rather hear my witty remarks
and observations on life in general
instead of some recent events in my
life, but for the sake of the ar ticle,
I hope that you will bear with me.
The day was Feb. 14, Valen-
tines Day, and I was about to have
my rst ever Valentines Day date.
Everything was just right, I had the
female, the restaurant, even my hair
was looking better than usual. Din-
ner had gone better than expected
and despite the scent of soy sauce
on my breath, I was fairly positive
that I would be able to end the night
with a kiss. When the check nally
came around, I was in the process of
paying when she proceeded to take
money from her purse and place
it next to our bill. At this point, I
started to have mixed emotions.
On one hand, I was attered that
she liked me enough to want to pay
for me, while on the other, I was
slightly insulted that she thought
it necessary to do so.
Of course she wasnt intending
to offend me, she was just trying
to be nice and do something that
she has always done in the past.
Personally I was shocked to learn
this, I mean, three and a half years
of serious dating and not once has
she had a guy pay for her? Thatwas appalling to me, but it did get
me thinking. It is 2012, year of
the Aztec calendar, the decades of
female empowerment have come
and left their mark. My goal in t his
was to determine just how much of
an oddity I was in
insisting that I
always pay,
regardless
of situation.
By poll-
ing students
at differ-
ent times
a n d
places, I determined just how
students at USU Eastern felt about
the subject and the results were
pleasantly surprising. Several
male students explained how they
had never allowed a female to pay
for even the smallest date. While
others explained how they would
sometimes go Dutch and allow
the female to pay for her own meal
due to their nancial situation.
Fewer still had allowed females
to pay for the entirety of the date
and even then, they explained how
an extenuating circumstance had
allowed them no other a lternative.
One student in particular explained
that he felt it was his duty as a male
to pay for it. In his own words,
Paying for a date helps me know
that Im doing may part in the
relationship. While paying for a
date may not be all that a male has
to do in order to keep a relationship
alive, it certainly does help.
If paying for a date has tradition-
ally been the males responsibility,
why would so many females voice
their support in paying for a date?
It may not be because of some
mislead feminist movement; rather
it might be the fact that without the
male ego to hold them back, t hey
realize that college is a trying time.
Not only do students have to deal
with schoolwork, they also have
the added difculty of managing
a social l ife, nancing themselves,
family matters and whatever mis-
haps life decides to throw their
way on a weekly basis. It may justbe that females feel the same way
about the male they date, that is
they enjoy the company and enjoy
spending time with each other and
see it as an easy way to lessen the
stress of life.
Im not saying one way is ob-
viously better than the other, but
what I am saying is there can be a
healthy alternative. Females, when
you insist on paying for yourself
or covering the entire date t hen it
sends a message to us males, and
that message is something along
the lines of: This was a complete
March 1, 2012
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Kyle VanAmenstaff writer
Dating etiquette or preference? Top-10 reasons why you should supportMatt Gochis as student body presidentCJ Evansstaff writer
Austin Ashcraf tguest write r
Two weeks ago, after seeing a
clean blanket of freshly fal len snow,
several friends and I decided to
do something that, due to various
circumstances, we had not done in
years. We built a snowman. Per-
haps because it had been so long,
or perhaps because the snow was
just perfect for packing, we decided
that not only were we going to bui ld
a snowman, but we were going to
build the biggest snowman any of
us had ever built. So we did.
The bottom portion was taller
than me. It took four or ve of
us just to roll it. It was fantastic!
The middle portion required six of
us to lift and put on top, and even
so, we barely got it up there. For
the head, we had to stand on each
others shoulders to lift it up and
pack the snow around it to solidifyit. We even put on a face, arms and
everything that a normal snowman
would have.
We loved it. It was the best
snowman I have ever built by far.
We tried to take a couple pictures,
but with it being dar k outside, the
pictures didnt turn out. The plan
was to take a few more pictures in
the morning, when we could actu-
ally see the snowman. I walked to
my car, and about 15 m inutes later,
drove passed the snowman, hoping
to admire our work as I went home.
However, as I drove past, much
to my dismay, the snowman was no
longer standing. The next morning,
I surveyed the damage and, unless
there was in incredible gust of
wind in those 15 minutes (in which
case, I apologize profusely for my
accusation), it seems that all signs
point to his being knocked over.
Now I know that this re-ally is not a big deal. Its a snowman.
Was I disappointed? Yes. Do I wish
that he had not been knocked over?
Of course. A lthough I realize that
this is a minor i ssue (its a snowman,
for crying out loud), I still feel like
taking this opportunity to voice my
opinion about an issue far bigger
than a snowman.
To those of you who took your
time to absolutely smash the fruits
of our labor, I say - GROW UP!
Really, guys - its time to leave high
school behind and start acting like
adults. It is absolutely childish to
go around destroying other peoples
work just for kicks and giggles. I
know that the snow does not belong
to me. I have no ownership of it,
nor do I claim any special privileges
to the wonderful, white, ufness
that has graced our campus. What
I do own, however, is the sense of
pride and accomplishment thatcame with completing such a task.
You destroyed that. You took away
from me the satisfaction of seeing
something that I helped create stand
for other people to enjoy. Dont
think that it is acceptable or even
that funny. I f you want to destroy a
snowman, take the time and make
one yourself, then you can knock
it down and beat it to the ground
as much as you want.
Thin k about it this way. You are
playing your favorite video game,
and you work for a long time to get
the high score. You play and play
until you set a record so high that
you think it will never be broken.
Then I come along and decide to
reset the high scores. All your
work, and all the time you put into
that - gone. Now, I dont know if
you play video games or not, but
the principle is the same. Sure you
still got the high score, but howdoes it feel now that you can only
just tell people about it?
I realize that the snowman sce-
nario will not apply to most who
read this, but take a minute and
think about the rest of my message.
We can all afford to grow up a little
bit - myself included. Isnt that the
point of us coming to USU Eastern?
Really, though - whether it be for
school, or for the social aspect, or
anything else - isnt the real rea son
we are in college to grow up and
become better than we are? To
learn how to live and learn and
work and think on our own?
I am not perfect, but I would
like to think that I have learned
enough to no longer require
someone constantly telling me to
do my homework, get to bed at
Dear editor,
I read with some a musement your article Top-ten
rst-date mistakes in which you knock museums as
a rst-date place. It is t rue that some younger women
are attr acted to t he bad-boy, knuckle-walking types,but as women mature and start thinking hard about
life-long mates, their view of men changes as well.
The intellectual Steve Jobs or Bill Gates-type
start looking more attractive because these are the
men who will be leaders and offer nancial security.
The bad-boys will be working for the Jobs and
Gates. You have a rather myopic view of museums,
which is to your loss. You fail to view them from the
womans point of view.
The museum offers a safe environment for the
woman on a rst date because the nonverbal message
youll give as having more interest in her as a person
than something to paw or grope.
It also offers the guy t he opportunity to stand out
as different from the rest of the pack. Art museums
offer the guy the opportunity to ask questions and
draw her out about what she thinks and feels about a
particular piece (even if the guy thinks his 3-year-old
brother could do better). Now is not the time to be
negative (what a piece of crap!) because if the date
likes it, it is essentially telli ng her she has crappy taste.
Let her speak r st. An honest Doesnt do muchfor me is acceptable, but I do like the bright colors
is better (i.e., nd something positive). Besides, it
conveys you as a positive and upbeat person,
and someone she would want to hang out with.
As for our Prehistoric Museum, there is the recon-
structed pit house, which gives you the opportunity to
engage in conversation about what life would be like,
especially during the scorching summer or freezing
winter; or what it would be like to try to take down
a three-ton mammoth with just arrows thrown by
a stick. I could go on, but I think I made my point.
Museums can be a great rst date place because there
is so much that can act as conversation pieces (and
keeps the guys from making the age-old mistake of
trying to impress by dominating the conversation).
Besides, for students the Prehistoric Museum is f ree. Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D.
Letter to the editor
Another Top-10 reason VanAmen is wrong
see Snowman page 3
Once there was a snowman . . .
see dating page 3
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USU Eastern Dining ServicesCloses for spring break after lunch March 9, opens for breakfast March 19
Seth Richardsstaff writer
On the subject of people des-ecrating our beloved campus Theresidential halls of USU Easternhave fallen victim to drugs andtasteless cross-dressing. OnFeb. 22, at 1 a.m., allegedlyunder the inuence of drugs, a
26-year-old Wellington residententered Tucker Residential Hallto get warm. Having nished a breakfast-at-
midnight activity in BurtenshawHall, residential advisors Tam-mie Dokos and Chelsea Sorensonwere putting food and cookwareaway in the Tucker lounge whena man, identied as Christopher
James Farmer, followed theminto the lounge. Farmer, who was allegedly un-der the inuence of methamphet-amine, was dressed in a womanspink and gray pinstriped businesssuit. He expressed a desire t o get
warm in the lounge, and whenasked to leave, he requested touse a phone. Tucker Residential Advisor,Matt Adams, offered use ofhis phone to Farmer and askedhim to stay in the lounge whilehe, Dokos and Sorenson got itfrom his suite. Farmer followedthem into Adams suite, wherehe pushed buttons randomlyon Adams phone while Dokosand Sorenson called the policeand Blaney Hanvey, residentiallife coordinator. Adams and hisroommate, KC Smurthwaite,kept Farmer calm while waitingfor the police to arrive. Price City Police were therst to arrive, while campus of-cer Cletis Steele returned from
helping suppress the re at the
Kosmack home in Miller Creekwith the Price City Fire Depart-ment. Hanvey arrived soon after. Police observed Farmer tohave dialated pupils, rapid speechand animated actions when they
arrested him for intoxication,being under the inuence of
methamphetamine, disorderlyconduct and criminal trespass.
Searched subsequent to hisarrest, Far mer was found to havetwo Ambien tablets and wascharged with two counts of pos-session of a controlled and sched-uled substance. These chargeswere class-A misdemeanors withthe enhancement of being in adrug-free zone. Adams, rather than be of-fended by the intrusion into hisdormitory, was hopeful whenspeaking about Farmer. I knowa lot of people who have gotteninto it [drugs], Adams said. So,hopefully he can take this op-portunity to turn things around. Ofcer James Prettyman,
campus police and residentiallife, applauded those involved inthis incident for their ac tions. Healso requests of those inclined,dont come to our belovedcampus stoned and intoxicated.
Community College and took a
year worth of classes. After a year
at Salt Lake Community College
I transferred to College of EasternUtah to play baseball. I played
baseball and continued taking
classes and nished the year re-
ceiving my Associates of Science
Degree. Currently, I still am playingbaseball and now I am working on
my Bachelors Degree in Wildlife
Science. I am on track to receive
my Bachelors by summer.
My platform for running for
student body president is to getour student attendance up. The
more people that attend our great
school the better the school will
be. Along with increases in studentenrollment having more involve-
ment from the students in all areas
is a major issue that needs to be
resolved. My third major goal of
being student body president is tond as much funding and sponsors
for our school to give each student
that best opportunity to succeed
and take advantage of our low
tuition and great classes.Pete Yakovich- Hi, Im Pete
Yakovich and I am running for
executive vice president over stu-
dent services and academics. My
platform is its a set of ideas orvalues that one subscribes to. In that
sense, where Ive been and what I
do in the community would reallyset the stage for my platform.
Currently I am the non-tradi-
tional student representative on the
EUSA student government team. I
also serve as a city councilman forWellington City, a volunteer re-ghter for the same, a volunteer for
the Boy Scouts of America, and cu r-
rently serve as the chairman of the
Carbon County Republican Part y.Volunteer service is what Im
made of, it is part of who I am.
I understand sound principles of
local government because I have
lived up to the commitment I havemade to do my duty. I feel that one
of the most important lessons of
college is often skipped or forgotten
because we are worried about the
little things that lesson is lear ninghow to learn, and learning to love to
learn. I hope t hat my commitment
to the student organization willfoster an environment where these
lessons can be learned and applied.Politicians who set agendas
before learning the needs of t hose
they serve really run me up the
wall, and for that fact until I better
understand the role, responsibility,and the needs of students here on
campus I dont intend to set one,
but I do intend to put into practice
sound principles of government
for the best of the students here oncampus, and I do intend to learn
more about the needs of the student
body and not just the portion that I
currently represent.
I look forward to serving youhere on campus, and wish you the
best in your endeavors in educa-
tion.
Beth Liddell- Born in Boise,
Idaho to Jim and Gwen Liddell,I was the 7th child in the bunch.
There are 10 children total: 8 girls
and 2 boys. They are literally my
best friends. Growing up in a far m-
ing community where the numberswere few but strong family values
surrounded me, I learned to live
and love life as it came. I am an
outdoors-y kind of girl and am
always looking for something new
to try. My favorite hobbies consistof sports, photography, cooking and
music. Im pretty sure watermelon
bubblicious bubblegum is t he best
thing in the world and I cant help
it- I love to laugh. I graduated fromEagle High School in 2011 and
am furthering my education here
at USU Eastern. I am curr ently on
the volleyball team as well as in thecurrent student government. Im
excited for the future so bring it on!
My goals for next year as thevice president of act ivities consist
of involving the community morein our college life a nd livening up
the campus. There are very few
interactions with the community.
As a town and a college, we need to
support each other if we want anygrowth. This campus is somewhere
where I want to be a nd I want other
students to feel the same. We need
to bring life back into USU Eastern
through activities and tradition. Iwant next year to be a risks year.
It will be trial and error but we
need to gure out what works for
our campus. We are going to start
with a clean slate and make nextyear the best yea r we have seen yet.
Its good to get to know the
student body leaders. They are al-
ways open for suggestions for ways
to improve campus. Let Liddellknow what would make the dances
for fun, let Yakovich know about
any new ideas to support cultural
diversity, and let Gochis know if
the campus could use any changesto make life better for the students.
The best way to support the leaders
and the school is to get involved.
dark and safety is a concern
at this time.Brad King, vice chancellor
for administration and advance-ment, wrote, I dont think thereis any foul play i nvolved, just anold lighting system. We will tryhard to replace or repair those[lights] that go out when theyare report ed, and have asked for
regular monthly reports in orderto pro-actively reduce the num-ber that are out at a ny one time. To keep the lights maintained,students are invited to reportmalfunctioning lights aroundcampus to the facility mainte-nance ofce or campus secur ity.
Although the daylight hoursare not as eeting as they are in
the midwinter months, campusresidents make nocturnal jour-neys more often than are gener-ally observed in local residentialneighborhoods. Students whoelect to venture across campusin the night are invited to carrya heavy ashlight and bring a
large friend lest they happenupon a nut.
no charge to the family) and,either, returned to the family orplaced in a common repository
at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.According to Chappell, the bi-
ology department of USU Eastern
is excited to have a new cadaverand the learning opportunities thatcome with it.
thing? commented incomingpresident Matt Gochis.
All the newly elected ofcials
bring something new to the table.Even incoming vice president overstudent services Pete Yakovich isa non-traditional student. He ismarried, has a child and is a city
counsel member for Wellington.Will EUSA ofcials try to make
him choose his family over hisposition? Wellington over USUEastern? Why not let it play outand see t he positives and negatives.
Interim mens basketball coachBrian Edelstein stated, hopefullythe amount of student fees to athlet-
ics can increase to where the restof the SWAC Conference is to giveEastern a chance to remain com-petitive. I think having them in thisposition will be positive becauseactivities on campus activities arevital to building a strong culture ofparticipation at USU-Eastern and
athletes are one of the most visiblegroups on campus.
Both student government andathletics are a prior ity, said studentEmily Williams who has attendedEUSA government meetings. Ican foresee a lot of whining com-ing from future EUSA membersas these busy students are going
to be in leadership roles outsideof EUSA, said RA Matt Adams.
Everybody has lives. Its goingto be difcult. Well learn to deal
with it, stated Liddell.EUSA might be reformed to
accommodate these newly electedleaders. It seems as though student
government is already ran by twoor three students, why not let oth-ers get more involved? This mightforce other students to step up. Ifmore students step up it makes morestudents involved. This might notbe a bad thing, stated Eagle staffwriter and baseball player KyleVanAmen.
Cross dressing male arrested
missing paper had been stolen.
To combat this, the janitoria lstaff paid $160 for 20 brass pad-locks and eyes to connect them tothe toilet dispensers in Dec. This
measure was expected to save thecollege $300 each year. However,in recent weeks these locks havestart ed to be broken and toilet paperis again being stolen. Brad King,
vice chancellor for administrationand advancement, suggests, Anyinformation on the missing rolls andthe vandalism to the locks shouldbe reported to the campus police.
mail with scholarship offers.Many have a positive outlook on
the situation. Alex Herzog, Ed.D.,commented While our timingis off due to the student servicestransition that occurred this year, I
am condent the staff in nancialaid will get the job done. The staffis looking to take a very labor
intensive manual system and usingtechnology to automat and reducethe time to award scholarships.
Kim Booth, director of nan-cial aid and scholarships added, Wewill be getting the current list out to
the departments this week and indexawards should be offered withinthe next two weeks. We have just
installed a new scholarship programto help automate the process so wewill be able to get awards out as earlyas December next year. This willhelp us this year as well.
The good news is there is stilltime to send out offers, but it makesus think what could have been if itwas done earlier? The new system
will be in place to help build en-rollment at USU Eastern for yearsto come.
A candidate from Kansasand one from Connecticut arethe nalists for the director of
student involvement, leadershipand student-life position at USUEastern.
Morgan Boyak is currently
a special assistant at WashburnUniversity in Topeka, Kan. Hemanages a 15-person recruitmentand processing staff. He devel-oped strategic recruitment planto mirror university long-termgoals, and manages a budget of$1,200,000.00 for developmentand analysis.
He has been an associate direc-tor of admissions at the University
of Northern Colorado, admissionscounselor at the University of Utahand nancial aid specialist at the
U of U. He has a bachelors of sci-ence and masters of arts degreefrom the U of U.
Kristian Olsen is the director
of recruitment and selection atNorthwestern Mutual Financial
Network. He manages allrecruitment and a selection offull-time employees and interns.He developed new avenues ofrecruitment and increased com-munication and presence on areacollege and university campuses.
His experience includes thedirector of school relations/under-
graduate recruitment at SouthernUtah University, student activi-ties coordinator at University ofConnecticut-Stamford, campusdirector at Inside Track and cli-ent solutions manager/strategicplanner at Datamark. He earned a
bachelors of science degree fromSUU and a masters of arts degreefrom U of C.
Students, faculty and staff wereinvited to a candidate open forumon Feb. 28 and 29. They were givenan interview-feedback form wherethey could describe the candidatesstrengths, weaknesses, and overallopinion of his qualications for
the position.
Candidates for USU positionsThe three candidates who
are nalists for the USU Eastern
Museums curator of archeologywill give presentations duringthe next two weeks in the mu-seum at 155 East Main Street,second-floor classroom. The
lectures are f ree and the public isinvited and encouraged to attend.
D r. Timothy Riley presenteda lecture titled, Sta rch and Phy-tolith Clues to Past SubsistencePatterns Across the AmericanWest, on Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. Hefocused on the reconstructi on ofsubsistence patterns based on the
recovery of plant microfossilsfrom Earth ovens, groundstoneand other artifacts, with strongconsideration for the role ofmuseum collections in thisburgeoning eld of paleoeth-nobotany.
Dr. Brian McKees will pres-ent a lecture titled, InvisibleStructures on the Virgin River:Earthen Architecture of the An-cestral Puebloans, on Thursday,March 1 at 7 p.m. His lecturewill highlight rec ent excavationsalong the Virgin River east of St.George Utah revealed a previ-
ously undocumented class ofwattle-and-daub surface struc-tures dating to Basketmaker IIIto Pueblo I times.
Dr. David Yoders lectureis titled, North Creek Shelter:A Record of Change on the
Northern Colorado Plateau,on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m.In his presentation, he willexamine big changes in pre-historic artifacts, features, andbehaviors from 9,000 years ago;all by discussing data from anarchaeological site cal led NorthCreek Shelter.
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a reasonable hour, and play nicewith the other kids (and notknock down their snowman).It always helps to hear thosereminde rs. I love going homeand hearing those things frommy parents, even if they are nowspeaki ng to my younger siblingsinstead of me. It helps me tounderstand that there is more toliving than just acting for yourown personal enjoyment. How-ever, we should be to the pointin our lives wher e we dont needto hear those things everyday inorder to act appropriately.
Adulthood is a title thathas pretty much been handed
to us free of charge, yet thereare some of us that are havinga hard time qualifying for thattitle. Some people think thatthey are adults when they turn18, or 21, or something li ke that.That is not how it works. Youbecome an adult when you canprove that you can act like one.You might be lumped into thedemographic of Adults, butuntil you start acting like one,you are just an old child.
If knocking down somebodyelses snowman really brings youthat much joy - please come andtell me, and I will be happy to
make a snowman for the sole
purpose of you demolishing it(weather permitting, of course).If it really means that much toyou, forgive me for my accusa-tions, and I will do what I canto make it up to you. However,if your actions were merely anattempt at some fun, becauseyou were bored at 11:30 p.m.on a Monday night, lets try forsome maturity next time. Im notangry. Im not trying to call any-body out. Im just disappointedthat our snowman was knockeddown. Its just a snowman.But even so, lets just grow up alittle bit, and act like the adults
that we should be.
means lots of condence, which is a must if your going to represent
the student body.10. He would be the rst student-athlete to be president at Eastern-
I know Gochis personally and I can tell you that he is the perfectstudent-athlete to take the job. He breaks the mold that EUSA has
set for student leaders. It is time for a change.
waste of time, I would have beenbetter off coming alone. We knowyou may not mean it, but its theodd thing about actions speakinglouder than words.
Males, when you reject theiroffers at every turn without amoments hesitation, you send amessage that, while probably notas harsh as theirs, can still berather devastating. Your refusal to
accept their help can be seen as arefusal to allow them to grow ormaybe even a refusal to allow therelationship to evolve.
So whats the solution? Simplytalk it out. Make an arrangementthat both of you can agree on. Ifone of you is in a bad spot nan-cially, it may be a good idea to letthe other pay for a while, or evenbetter, would be an agreement that
not everything fun has a price t agattached to it. If neither of thoseworks for you, theres always thearrangement that you switch offevery other date.
Just remember, youre datingthis person because you genuinelylike them, or at least your trying tond out if t hats an option. It may
not be in your best interest to star toff on the wr ong foot either way.
Thanks toJan Thorntonfor thinking of
The Eagle staffon Valentines
Day.We appreciate
the chocolates!
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SPORTSMarch 1, 2012
Abigail Ericson& Joy Malone
sports writersA.erics on@eaglemail .ecu.eduJ.malone@eagle mail.ceu .edu
The USU Eastern Golden
Eagles are getting ready to closeout
a season that has been lled with
highs and lows. Although trials
have come throughout the season
including losing head coach Brad
Barton and receiving sanctions
from the NJCAA for violating
rules, the team has continually put
forth an effort and played with emo-
tion. Although it has not been the
best season for the Golden Eagles
with a record of 4-9 in region play,
they are in fth place, with wins
coming against Colorado North-
western Community College three
times and Salt Lake Community
College once.
On Feb. 17, 2012, the Golden
Eagles hosted the CNCC Spartans
from Rangely, Colo. After hosting
Snow College and SLCC, visiting
CSI and NIC and coming home
with a 4-game losing streak play-
ing CNCC, a one-win team was
well deserved. The team started
out hot, opening the game on an
11-0 run, then took their foot off
of the gas and al lowed CNCC back
into the game. Head coach Brian
Edelstein said, We starte d out 11-
0, thought the games was over and
got out competed in the rst half.
When the buzzer sounded at half
time, the Spartans led the Golden
Eagles, 35-32.
When the second half started,
the Golden Eagles came out re-en-
ergized and ready to compete. This
time when the team put their foot
on their gas they didnt take it off
and continued to rack up the points.
The Golden Eagles outscored the
Spartans 56-29, and when the nal
buzzer sounded, secured the win
88-64. We got good ball pressure,
didnt give them anything easy,
caused turnovers and turned those
turnovers into points on our end,
commented Edelstein.
Dashaun Wiggins led the attack
for the Golden Eagles, scoring
23 points and bringing down 6
rebounds. Chase Flint added 9
points along with 6 assists, and
Dominique Lawrence added 7
points including a monster dunk,
lled up the stat sheet with 2 blocks
(one landing in the bleachers) and
two steals. Edelstein added, Dom
gave us really good defensive min-
utes and they couldnt guard Neveij
[Walters] and he had 19 points. Not
to mention Chase Flint, he is just
Chase Flint.
On Feb. 24, USU Eastern
headed up Hig hway 6 to pay a visitto SLCC. After having a tough time
against the Bruins in their previous
two meetings, the Golden Eagles
seemed that they had nally gured
out how to beat the Bruins and they
did it Salt Lake. In the rst half, the
team shot 50 percent from the eld,
including 41 percent from beyond
the arc and 88 percent from the
free-throw line. Even with playing
that well, the Golden Eagles found
themselves down 39 to 40. We
started out slow again, down by 15
at one point, but we fought back and
found ourselves only down by one
at the half, said Edelstein.
The second half the Eagles
continued their hot streak that
nished out the rst half. USU
Eastern was able to nish down the
stretch which has been a problem in
recent weeks. The team shot evenbetter in the second half, hitti ng 51
percent from the eld along with
going 4-10 from behind the three-
point line. We nally were able to
nish down the stretch and that is a
good thing, said Edelstein, We hit
our free t hrows, rebounded really
well and got strong performances
from individuals but those were
really big. At the nal buzzer
USU Eastern found themselves
on top 91-85. The Golden Eagles had veplayers in double-digits and were
Golden Eagles down Spartansand Bruins; fall to Badgers
For this weeks sports feature, we de-
cided to take a slightly different approach
than a traditional interview. This weeks
athlete is Tandy Thackeray, member of the
USU-Eastern womens basketball team, but
instead of sitting down and interviewing
her, we thought we would delve into the
online world and nd everything there is
to know about Thackeray via the popular
social networking site; Facebook. Luckily,
we are both skilled in the a rt of Facebook
stalking, so the task did not prove to
be too difcult. Our skills revealed to us
a great wealth of information about our
subject. This is what we found.
Thackeray was born on July 11, 1993.
She grew up in Etna, California- popula-
tion 736. She graduated from Etna High
School in 2011, and now nds herself at
USU-Eastern. Her about me section
reads, I am at USU-Eastern playing bas-
ketball. I love sports, athletics in general,
pretty much anything active. End of story!
Using high-level skills of presumption,
we concluded that sports are extremely
important to T hackeray. According to this
statement, they are, in fact, the only thing
that matters.
However, we believe she seemed
to have left out something important.
Thackeray has ve siblings, and many of
her posts are lled with comments from
these siblings and her parents. One status
update exclaims, I love my mommy!
and another reads, I love my bestest
brother Mitch! After perusing through
many photo albums, we found hundreds
of pictures of Thackeray with her fam ily.
One album contains photos of Thackeray
surrounded by family members, all wear-
ing home-made T-shirts, supporting her
and the USU-Eastern basketball team.
She appears to be a par t of a close, loving
family and although her about me doesnt
include a statement about her family, the
love she has for them is evident.
Apparently, Thackeray loves quotes.
From scrolling down through her timeline,
we found several inspirational messages
posted by Thackeray. Her favorite quota-
tion is, The things worth having do not
come easy! Another quote reads, Every
situation in life can be handled with a good
plan. From this information, we deduced
that Thackeray is insightful a nd wise.
Thackeray recently added her 866 th
friend on Facebook. Who might this special
person be? Thackerays newest friend is
The Eagle staffs KC Smurthwaite. Not
only does she have many friends, but
many pictures as well. She has several
photo albums, all lled with tons of pic-
tures documenting the fun she has in her
everyday life. Her latest album, t he.next.
chapter, includes 263 pictures exclusively
from her time at USU-Eastern. She seems
to be incredibly fun loving and cool.
Although there are a lot of pictures on
Thackerays page, one stood out among the
rest. Instead of describing to you readers
what it looked like, we decided to do you
all a favor and merely include it in the
article for all to see. Here it is:
Thackeray definitely seems to get
pleasure from the simple things in life.
Watch out, Tandy Toothpaste just may be
the next big thing.
Coach Vandos friend brought melittle kids toothpaste from BRAZIL! Imfreaking famous!
Tandytoothpaste
What goes up must come down
Never say die to this team. The
USU Eastern mens baseball do
not give up and that was proven
as three of their last four victories
have come when the team was
down for the majority of the game.
The Golden Eagles faced Utah
State University in a double-head-
er on Feb. 18 and Prairie Baseball
Academy (Canada) for a four game
series on Feb. 24 and 25.
In the rst game against Utah
State University Golden Eagle
starter Kort Christoffersen struck
out seven in ve innings of work
while only giving up three hits.
The Golden Eagle offense sput-
tered at times, but managed six
runs.
The Golden Eagle defensewas solid throughout the game
and committed only one error.
The offense was paced by Mason
Moore, Hayden Basinger and Kody
Christoffersen who each had two
hits. USU Eastern defeated Utah
State Univ. 6-0.
In the second game the G olden
Eagles came out roaring and
loaded the bases early but failed
to score in the rst inning. Starting
pitcher Tory Ulibarri threw ve
strong innings and only gave up
one earned run. Eastern broke the
game open in the sixth inning with
home runs by Mason Moore and
Kody Christoffersen. The Eagles
went into the seventh inning witha 6-2 lead. The Eastern defense
struggled in the nal inning by
committing three errors. Utah
State Aggies took a 7-6 lead.
Nuho Kraja led off the bottom
of the seventh by a deep y ball that
was caught by the Aggies defense.
Eastern, who were down to their
nal two outs as Moore came to
the plate was hit by the pitch.
Matt Gochis came to the plate
and hit a bases clear ing double that
tied the game. Golden Eagle hitters
B.Kraja and Kd. Christoffersen
drew walks to load the bases. Pinch
hitter Denver Hansen hit a walk-
off-single to win the game 8-7.
Incoming EUSA president
Matt Gochis commented, I knew
I was not going to let my team
down. These are my brothers.
I was looking for one pitch and
when it came I was ready. I was
not going to let another team beat
us in that situation.
USU Eastern then traveled to
St. George to face the Canadian
JUCO national champs in the
Prairie Baseball Academy Prai-
rie Dawgs. In the rst game both
teams took the lead several times
in the game.
Going into the nal inning
USU Eastern blew the lead as a
costly error led to a Pra ire Dawgs
score to tie the game. Eastern
pitcher Colby Tidwell worked out
of a jam to only allow one run to
the Prairie Dawgs in the inning.
The game was forced to go to extrainnings. In the eighth inning Prai-
rie Baseball scored on a Steinke
single. Although the Prairie Dawgs
left two on base they scored the
go-ahead run forcing Eastern to
score or lose in the nal inning.
Eastern started the inning off
with a ground out to third base
by Denver Hansen. Reggie Gates
came to the plate and struck out
swinging which left the Golden
Eagles to their nal out. Nuho
Kraja then came to the plate and
hit a clutch single through the left
side of the eld to extend the game.
On the next pitch Kraja advanced
to second on a wild pitch. Eastern
third basemen Kody Christoffer-
sen hit a single through the left
side of the eld as well and scored
Kraja to tie the game.
Again Matt Gochis came to the
plate with the chance to win the
game. Gochis then drilled a full
count pitch to the left-center eld
gap that scored Christoffersen on
a close play at the plate to wi n the
game 6-5. We never gave up. We
are hard workers no matter what
the odds are, said Tidwell.
The following two games were
not friendly to the baseball team as
the Prairie Dawgs took their wrath
from losing out on the Golden
Eagle pitching staff. USU Eastern
lost 15-3 and 10-3 and gave up a
combined 23 hits in both games.
We came out at and seemed
to lose our re in those games. I
am glad that we pulled it togetherin time to win another one, said
Head Coach Scott Madsen.
In the nal game of the se -
ries the Golden Eagles found
themselves in a familiar place as
they were losing 3-1 in the fourth
inning. The Golden Eagles found
offensive help with homeruns by
Denver Hansen and a two-run
homerun by Chance Abrath in the
seventh to put Eastern back on top
in the nal inning. Closer Mason
Big Nasty, Moore shut the door
on Prairies offense to secure an
Eastern victory.
The Golden Eagles might have
been in tough situations but they
denitely proved their worth as
they pulled out four victories over
the past two weeks. We had a fu ll
team effort this past weekend,
said Madsen.
The Golden Eagles have proved
clutch in late inning situations.
Scott [Madsen] always says in
situations that we have the chance
to win the game you might have to
gamble on the base paths, you will
either be the goat or the hero. Those
words kept ringing in my head
in those late inning games, said
assistant coach KC Smurthwaite
who coaches third base.
The Golden Eagles (6-6) now
open conference play at home
March 1 and 2 against College of
Southern Idaho. Admission is free
for students with an ID.
Te Comeback Kids! Baseball knocks out Utah State and Canadian-national champs
Mike Gingellassociate [email protected]
David Osborne Jr.sports writer
photo by Jessa Love Adams/the EagleSee Mens on Page 5
Kyle King steps up to the plate at a previous game at theUSU-Eastern baseball complex.
Dashaun Wiggins, number 13, soars to the rim of the hoop in attempt for a layup at a game in the BDAC.
photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle
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Smurf urf:Baseballrepresentingmore than
the school
Its that time again where you pull
out the latest version of The Eagle,
and open up to Smurf Turf (which
we all know is the reason we read
the paper right?). This time Smurf
Turf is not going to take on the new
hype of Jeremy Lin, college football
or even plead for my future wife to
show up. This one isnt coming from
the Smurf, it is coming from Coach
Smurthwaite. Yeah, writing is a side
job and the day job includes coaching
20-plus guys in baseball. I love it.
Sometimes they get a bad repu-
tation because of a few players or
because they are athletes. In thisstory--it does not matter.
On Jan. 6, 2012 USU Easterns
head baseball coach Scott Madsen
welcomed a new baby girl into the
world. Usually a joyous experience
for any family-driven man like Scott,
but this experience came at a cost.
Chelsey Denice, his baby girl, was
born three months early.
On the baseball diamond you
wouldnt guess that his mind is in a
hospital intensive-care unit in Salt
Lake City, Utah, but it is. Every week-
end after our games or camps, he is
at the hospital where his Chelsey is.
Now as you think about baseball
players at Eastern, you might think
about some colorful adjectives.
but I guarantee that youre wrong.
The players did the best thing they
could do for Scott, and that is bring
Chelsey to him.You might see the players wear-
ing new funky hats that if youre a
baseball fan, you might recognize
the logo on the front as an Oriole.
This hat has inscribed on the back
Chelsey D, in honor of both Chelsey
and her father Scott Madsen.
The players each paid out of their
own pockets for these hats.
An act any poor college student
might think twice about it, but there
was no hesitation when the idea was
presented. The hats were done with-
out the Madsen fami ly knowing. We
all wear these hats in practice, games
and around campus to show that
even if Coach Madsen is at practice,
games and around campus, his little
girl is with him.
Sometimes athletes represent
more than the team name on the
jersey.
Round three of conference games
started off well for the Utah State
University-College of Eastern Utah
Eagles, but tough away games left
them 1-2 the past two weeks. In Eagleterritory, the ladies played Colorado
Northwestern Community College,
then they took their nal away games
at Salt Lake Community College and
Snow College.
Against CNCC on Feb. 17, the Lady
Eagles started 5-0 on the Spartans.
Head Coach Dave Paur said, I thought
we looked very energetic. We were
rested and played with condence.
USU Eastern held a strong 37-25 lead
at half time. The Eagles maintained
that lead the rest of the second half,
ending the game 76-49. Prisci la Santos
had 33 points with Hailee Parry and
Caitlin Nelson 13 and 12. The team
had 13 steals and 20 assists.
On Friday Feb. 24, the Lady Eagles
battled with the Lady Bruins. We
went into the game with condence.
We played hard and executed the de-
fense. The score went back and forthuntil SLCC was up by 1 at half time,
24-25. In the rst half, SLC C was 1
for 2 from the foul line.
During the second half, things
changed for the Eagles, leaving them
outscored by only 3, 29-32 and losing
the game by 4, 53-57. In the second
half we had an 11-point lead. I thought
the game was called different in the
second half. Salt Lake had tough
defense. Any team could have won in
the last few minutes. We couldnt get
a couple shots to drop. They got foul
shots that did, said Paur. The lead of
the game changed 15 times. Santos had
21 points with Abbie Kay and Nelson
17 and 10. The team had 14 steals.
Saturday was another rough day for
the Lady Eagles. They played Snow
on their home court. I thought for 30
minutes we played a very good game.
I thought we ran out of gas with 10minutes to go, Paur said. The Eagles
were down by one at half ti me 26-27.
The second half ended the game 43-
61 Snow victory. Physically we were
drained, we had to play Salt Lake and
it as a battle. Snow had beat Colorado
by 20. We had an emotional game,
losing to North Idaho by only a few
points and then to Salt Lake by just a
few points were drained. It mentally
put us out of the Snow game. Santos
had 16 points and Nelson 15.
The last two home games are on
Saturday March 2-3 against College of
Southern Idaho and College of North
Idaho. The SWAC conference is still
up in the air of who will be seated 3
or 5. USU Eastern must get a sweep
this weekend at home to help gain a
high spot in the standings.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness are principles that this
country was founded on. These
principles are key factors in people
achieving the ideal lifestyle and
realizing their dreams and goals.
As we go throughout our lives,chasing dreams and setting goals,
there will be ups and downs that
come with everyday challenges.
Achieving these goals will vary on
the person, sometimes achievement
will come in a group and sometimes
as individuals. Other times the
failure to realize ones goals will
result in tremendous growth and
development and ultimately greate r
happiness.
Athletes, whether recreational
or professional, will get a taste of
struggle, become afliated with
Te mentalaspect ofsports, life
Alexandro Churchsports writer
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NAME: KODY CHRISTOFFERSEN
NUMBER: 22
POSITION: OUTFIELD
HOMETOWN: OGDEN, UT
MAJOR:GENERAL EDUCATION
HERO:MY DAD,
KENNY CHRISOFFERSEN
SOMETHING MOST
PEOPLE DONT KNOW
ABOUT YOU:
PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING
ABOUT ME I WANT THEM TO KNOW
FAVORITE THING ABOUT EASTERN:
MY TEAMMATESFAVORITE THING ABOUT BASEBALL:
I LOVE THE 3-2, BOTTOM 9, 2 OUT
SITUATIONS
PLANS AFTER EASTERN:
ATTEND DIXIE STATE AND PLAY
BASEBALL ON SCHOLARSHIPFAVORITE MOMENT WHILE
PLAYING BASEBALL:CLOSING OUT 2 WINSAGAINST SLCC LASTSEASON
Katie Bigelowsports writer
Player Highlight
Smur ur :
KC Smurthwaiteeditor-in-chief
March 1, 2012
Season slump...
once again led by Wiggins with
21 points going 2-3 from behind
the arc and hitting 11-11 from the
charity stripe along with bringing
down 8 rebounds. Flint once
again had a good game scoring
13, bringing down 8 boards and
dishing out 4 assists. Walters
once again played an incredible
game and with 18 points, 2 blocks
and 4 boards.
On Feb. 18, the team headed to
Ephraim to take on the Snow
College Badgers. Once again it
was slow going in the rst few
minutes. But the Golden Eagles
fought back and played a great
rst half, shooting 41 percent
from the eld, almost 40 percent
from beyond the arc and 7-9 fromthe charity stripe. At the end of
the half, the Golden Eagles were
up 40 to 38. Edelstein said, We
started really slow but we didnt
panic. We bore down and got
some stops.
The second half was some more
of the same story, the Golden
Eagles shooting really well at 63
percent. But the Badgers played
a little bit better outscoring USU
Eastern 50 to 42. At the end of
the game we missed big stops
and big shots. We came really
close, but it is hard to beat a team
that shoots close to 50 percent
from three throughout the game,
let alone over 60 percent from
three in the second half, added
Edelstein, The schedule nally
hurt us, Snow played CNCC the
night before and we had to play
SLCC. They got to rest their good
players and we had to ght to the
very end.
The Golden Eagles had four
players in double-digits and
again Wiggins led the team with
17 points. Mckay LaSalle and
Demetrus Richardson had 16
points apiece and Flint had 12
points. Flint added 8 rebounds
and 4 assists to the stat line. The
team shot 50 percent overall from
the eld and shot 75 percent fromthe charity stripe.
This weekend Friday March 2, the
Golden Eagles host the College
of Southern Idaho and on March
3, the Golden Eagles will play the
last game of the 2011-12 season
on their home court against North
Idaho College. Edelstein said,
Against CSI it always comes
down to one or two possessions,
it depends on who plays better
in the nal minutes. As for NIC
we have gone into overtime and
triple-overtime against them, it
should be a great game.
Priscila Santos leads the nation in scoring for NJCAA. She plays her last home game this weekend in the BDAC.
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Shop at the
Bookstorein the Jennifer LeavittStudent Center today!
Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday
Eastern Utah Theatre profes-sors are thrilled to present RichardBrinsley Sheridans sentimentalcomedy, The School for Scandaladapted for contemporary audi-ences by Lewis John Carlino. Thisoft produced 18thcentury play isboth a popular comedy and a superbexample English drama of the time.
The play satirizes the socialconventions and norms of thetimes and reafrms middle class
morality: the virtuous are rewardedand the wicked punished. Studentsin USU Easterns understandingtheatre class are required to readthe play so we thought it was timeto present it, said D r. Corey Ewan,director. This play really kind ofscares me. The production styleis very different from what I amused to. I have to move out ofmy comfort zone and trust that Ican do the play justice and makeit a successful production for thestudent actors in the play and thecommunity as well.
The School for Scandal tellsthe story of Sir Peter Teazle, amiddle aged, wealthy bachelor,who has recently married a prettyyoung lady from the country. Sud-denly thrust into Londons highsociety, the young and frivolousLady Teazle nds herself a will-ing member of a vicious, scandal-mongering circle who pass theirtime maligning friend, foe andfamily alike.
The leader of this group is LadySneerwell who is in love with theyoung, romantic, self-indulgent
Charles Surface is trying to comebetween him and Maria, Sir Petersward. Joseph Surface, Charlesvillainous older brother, has plansfor Maria, or rather her fortune
and so joins Lady Sneerwell in hercampaign of slander and decep-tion in an attempt to achieve his
own aims. Add to this, Sir OliverSurface, Charles and Josephswealthy uncle whom they have notseen since they were small children;suddenly arrived from India who
devises a test to determine theirtrue character.Other intrigues, plots and sub-
plots abound until the plays end.A complicated story to be sureand one lled with witty dialogue
and humorous situations, Ewanquipped.
The cast is made up of studentsseen in previous productions anda few new faces. They are eager
and excited to bring this classicLate-Restoration Comedy to theGeary Theatre stage.
Dates for the production areMarch 29 through April 7, with
Sunday, April 1 and Wednesday,April 4 dark (no show). Curtainrises at 7:30 p.m. Come and join
us for Eastern Uta hs premiere ofThe School for Scandaland seeif you are a gossip or a victim ofthe envenomed tongue of slan-der, Ewan said. Anyone who has
been to high school will recognizethese supposed upright and piouscharacters.
School of Scandalcloses Easterns theatre seasonThe virtuous
are rewardedand the
wickedpunished
Shadayah Jonesstaff writer
A new scandal developed inthe world of technology. It wasdiscovered that the social network,Twitter has admitted to copying theaddress books from individualssmartphones and saving them totheir server without the permissionof the owner. BBC News made areport on this outrage.
This indignity became knownwhen an app developer in Singa-pore noticed that his contacts werecopied from his iPhone addressbook without his consent when hewas using the social network, Path.The CEO of Path apologized andstated that Path would ask users toshare their contact information, buthe also said that it was an industrybest practice to download the ad-dress book information.
It was reported that iPhone
apps from Facebook, FourSquare,Instagram, Foodspotting and Yelphave also accessed the addressbooks from smartphones withoutthe permission of the owner.
It was reported that all socialnetworks would use the data fromthe smartphones to identify friendswho are using the same networkand notify the user. By doing this,the network would need to get thepermission from the user rst,
but that was not always the case.
The data being retrieved includednames, phone numbers and e-mailaddresses and according to the LosAngeles Times, the data taken wasstored for about 18 months.
Twitter representatives saidthat they will update the app andmake the privacy policy more clearto its users.
The networks have said thatthey will be making changes totheir apps and will notify the userbefore importing many data.
The Path company has real-ized the mistake t hey made. Pathchief executive David Morin said,we made a mista kethrough thefeedback weve received from a llof you, we now understand thatthe way we had designed our AddFriends feature was wrong.
Path has not deleted all of thedata that was collected off theirservers and have updated their appto ensure users privacy.
This information was taken
from BBC News at www.bbc.co.uk/technology-17051910.
Social apps create privacy breakdown for smartphone owners
USU Easterns cosmetology departments tenthannual Locks of Love will take place on Saturday,March 3 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the old SAC Build-ing. This years theme is Hair Raising Hearts.
Last year the student cosmetologists cut 900inches of hair with 53 people participating in theevent, including 19 children who had at least 10inches of hair cut and donated to the program.
Melanie Huff (435.650.8297) spearheads theproject for the cosmetology department. Thisprogram provides hairpieces to nancially disad-
vantaged children under the age of 18 suffering
from long-term medical hair loss.Huff said the hair is made into a wig that can
cost between $3,500-$7,000. The wigs are donatedto children free of charge or on a sliding scale,based on nancial aid.
Besides cutting hair, there will be food, fun, pam-pering and hope given to all the participants. Rafe
tickets and door prizes will be awarded.According to the Locks of Love website, the
wigs provide self-esteem and bring condence back
to the children. It helps enable them to condently
face their world and peers.
Locks of Love celebrates 10th year on campusFree cut, style and manicure
with hair donation
adversity, and understand upsets.The truly successful athletes keepthese relationships at the acquain-tance level and never becomefriends rather they stay focusedon what matters taki ng each play,each shot, each at bat in perspective.Understanding ones progress andcapabilities will provide fuel formore success and further tr iumph.
These skills can then translatein to a better life skills for the saidathlete whether in the classroomor in the meeting room the con-sistency learned in their sport ofchoice will help them to be a betterstudent and business partner. Thehard work and sweat it takes to be-
come a great athlete will sharpenthe mind and add to the characterof a person. This will continue
in family relationships, with theattention and hard work it t akesto raise children, to provide fora whole family or simply to lookpast the faults of others.
Those who continually pushand pull to get to the top are theones who will be most consistentover time. Instead of laying downand surrendering they are ne
tuning their skills by taking a stepback and then sprinting forward.There is patience needed in sportsa certain resiliency needed to al-ways be looking a the silver lining.When its 110 degrees outside andyou love it because youre doingwhat you love or its 12 degrees
outside and you feel the sameway that can be taken in to life aslong as you are continually doing
something that you are convincedthat you love.
It is in the trenches that we willlearn the most about ourselveskeeping a positive attitude whenwe fail, working harder when wecant go any further, and beingunited in the midst of so muchadversity.
The responsibility and ac-countability it takes to becomea successful athlete will helpa man or woman have a betterquality of life and help them tomove up the ladder in societymuch faster than those who playthe blame game. Whether on thecourt with friends or the gridiron
with brothers the mental gameof sports is a microcosm of themental game of life.
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(L-R) Wilford Woodruff, Bethany Woodruff, Tyrell Clement and Annie Morey rehearse for the upcoming production of School of Scandal opening March 29 in the GearyTheatre.
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Seth Richardsstaff writer
On April 27, staff of the USU
Eastern Library will give a pre-
sentation to other professional
Utah librarians at the annual Utah
Library Association conferenceheld in Salt Lake City at the Salt
Palace Convention Center.
It is an honor for USU Eastern
that their Library Staff has been
selected to represent the school
at this important statewide
conference. The theme for the
conference this year is From
Telegrams to Tweets: 100 Years
of Connecting Utah Libraria ns.
The Library Staff will incor-
porate ideas fr om the 1968 movie,
Up the Down Staircase directed
by Robert Mullian into their pre-
sentation.
The staff plans to demonstrate
how academic libraries, speci-
cally how the USU Eastern Librarytransitions from a traditional-print
materials library to a modern
library complete with electronic
resources and modern equipment
while keeping traditional print re-
sources available for USU Eastern
students, faculty and staff.
Last Wednesday at 6 p.m.
several USU Eastern students
arrived at the Eastern Library to
act in video clips being lmed
for the presentation. Directed by
Aimee Lauritsen, public services
manager, and lmed by Troy Hunt,
associate professor of communi-
cations, students walked up and
down the library staircases as
well as used computers on themain oor.
Student participation was
voluntary; however, all those who
helped received free ice cream
thanks to a donation from USU
Eastern Food Services.
Also, special thanks to Becky
Archibald and Terry Johnson for
their valuable assistance.
Up the Down Staircaseat the USU Eastern Library
Eric Hansen using the computers in the USU Eastern library. photo by CJ Evans / The Eagle
Nathan Manleystaff writer
Throughout someones career,
no matter their profession, a stan-
dard merger is oft times perceived
as having a negative impact regard-
less of any motivating factors. Much
of the faculty and students at USU
Eastern witnessed frequent con-
notations of such a merge come
to life after the union with Utah
State University. Particularly those
affected by the reorganization of
student services. While some in-
volved within various departments
fear a similar outcome of imminent
changes, not everyone views the
integration as adversely.I spent a morning with Lori
Brassaw, the director of USU
Easterns Library, and found that
she has a unique positive outlook
on the union of the two schools.
Brassaw is under the opinion that
our family members in Logan only
want whats best for everyone by
helping us move forward. DeanRichard Clement has been work-
ing with Brassaw to help model
our library after the Merrill/Cazier
Library located on USU Logans
campus. Dean Clement has been
more than gracious during the
transition, says Brassaw.
Many of the exciting changes
over the past year are to get more
students into the library to utilize
the growing resources they have to
offer. Brassaw is aware of the grow-
ing demand for isolation needed to
study, by themselves or together
in groups. So she has built three
new study rooms(which are now
labeled) for either single or group
use, groups taking precedence.
You have the option of checking
out each room in advance for a
two hour max, or if youre feeling
brave by taking your chances on
a walk in basis. All the rooms are
equipped with tables and chairs,
plenty of outlets for laptops, and
whiteboards. And after working
with student government, they plan
on using smartboard technology in
each room.
Now that weve entered the digi-
tal age, USU and Brassaw agree that
it is absolutely necessary to continu-ally upgrade our resources. Dean
Clement sent us dozens of new pcs,
some went into the computer lab
while others were placed directly
on the main oor. Projectors have
been added to certain rooms as
well as a new microlm machine
that can email directly.
By Fall 2012 semester Brassaw
hopes to add many other features to
the library. She wants to hopefully
put in new booth style or modular
seating with blinds for privacy,
similar to Merrill/Cazier Library.
She wants to put in a new all in
one photocopy/scanner machine
for student use. She also wants to
accommodate more students and
their growing demand for Macs in
the library. Shes utilized student
fees by staying open nearly 600+
hours more than the previous year.
Ultimately, Brassaw is aware of
the students needs, wants and de-
sires to help us succeed. Everything
she does is motivated by getting
more students into the library.USU Eastern students taking advantage of their time at the library. photo by Sammie Fugate/ The Eagle
USU Easterns new labeled library study rooms
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Brady Maynesstaff writer
What do you get when you mix
ancient myths, gods and magic
together? The Alchemyst is the
rst book in the series called The
Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas
Flamel.
The book begins with the
story of 15-year-old twins,
Sophie and Josh Newman.
They are in San Francisco
for the summer while their
parents are on an archeo-
logical dig. Josh works at
a bookshop owned by Nick
Flemming and Sophie works
across the street at the coffee
shop with Nicks wife Perry.
Dr. John Dee arrives at
the bookstore in an attempt
to steal a book called the
Codex from Nick Flemming.
Dr. Dee has the distinct
smell of sulfur around him
as he performs magic. Dr.
Dee succeeds in taking the
Codex but Josh is able to
tear the last two pages from
it. Nick Flemm ing tells Josh
that he is really Nicholas
Flamel of old.
Though Nicholas Flamel
is over 650 years old, he
doesnt look a day over 50. The
secret to his immortal life was
in the book that Dr. Dee stole.
Nicholass wife, whose name is
really Perenelle, came to the aid of
her husband, but because she used
a great amount of energy when she
used magic, Dr. Dee captured her
as well as the book.
Nicholas tells Josh and Sophie
that they are in grave danger and
must leave at once. Nicholas
takes them to an old friend named
Scathach. She is a Next Genera-
tion Elder, which means she is adaughter of the Elders of old.
Most of the original Elders
thought of humans as no more
than slaves or food. These Dark
Elders where beaten and no longer
rule on Earth. The human race has
forgotten about Elders and magic,
turning a blind eye when they see
something that they ca nt explain.
The Codex, which Nicholas has
been able to study for hundreds of
years, tells of a prophecy of t wins
that will either ght together for
humanity or ght against each other
and destroy the world. Nicholas
believes that Sophie and Josh are
these twins.
Their powers must be Awak-
ened or the magic within them must
be brought out. Nicholas, Scathach,
Josh, and Sophie seek refuge with
Hekate, an Elder that never saw
humans as slaves.
Nicholas hopes that Hekate
will be able to awaken the twins
powers. Dr. Dee hears of this andrecruits two Dark Elders to attack
Hakates realm. Because her world
is attacked Hakate is only able to
awaken Sophies powers. Dr. Dee
and the two Dark Elders Bastet and
the Morrigan succeed in sending
Hekate into the Underworld and
Dr. Dee uses the sword Excalibur
to destroy her realm.
Nicholas, Scathach, Sophie
and Josh are able to escape. They
go to the Witch of Endor.
The Witch of Endor is
Scathachs grandmother
and they know she can be
trusted. They go to the
Witch of Endor so that
Sophie can be trained, as
