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Black bears are active throughout spring and summer, but during the fall and winter, they spend a majority of their time resting. During this hiber- native state, males and females sleep in dens. If a female breeds before she dens, she gives birth to cubs. The cubs spend the first few months of their lives in the den with their mother, and in May, they emerge for the first time. In these months of hiberna- tion, usually February or March, biologists locate the bears with radio-collars and tranquilize them to find out how many cubs the bears had and gather other information. Varying from sev- eral mile-long hikes to leisurely strolls from the highway, groups visiting the bears can range from 20 to 100 people. During these visits, biologists and students have the opportunity to witness first-hand what it’s like to be in the field. This winter, students in the Wildlife Science program looked forward to the yearly bear den- ning trip, but due to the unusually warm weather and effect it had on the bears, the trip and all trips in the local area were canceled. Originally scheduled for the first Saturday in March, the planned date to go bear denning was pushed to President’s Day. The week before the trip, biolo- gists checked on the bears and discovered many of them were already active and out of their dens, sensitive from the changes in temperature but unaware of the time of year. Other than the trip being canceled, the change of weather has affected the bears in other ways. Mike King, advisor over the Wildlife Science program at Eastern, said food sources can run low. “If females have cubs, there’s a possibility that they might abandon them. VOICE OF THE STUDENTS Volume XXXVIII•Number 13 Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN april 2, 2015 • In the news: mental illness • Why ByU? • to graduate or not to graduate • the implications of “tomorrowland” • Link and Zelda: Mass effect • On the Shoulders of Giants • Keys to success • Mike Park • Jason Olsen • Men’s Baseball • Mckenzie Burrows • Whitney riffle • ana Carolina da Silva Borges • Men’s basketball USUE students hiked in search of black bears last year. Because of the warm weather, the bears came out early this year and students were not able to go on their annual trek. photo courtesy Mike King E very year, students enrolled in wildlife science classes at USU Eastern go bear denning. However, due to unusually warm weather, this year’s event was canceled. Katrina Wood news editor/[email protected] Matt Thayn holds a baby bear see bears page 3 Josie Sue Slade editor-in-chief [email protected] Warm summer days, coolers full of lemon- ade and stands full of family and friends. Base- ball and softball are a time-honored American tradition that brings people together. This is especially prominent in Carbon County, and now USU Eastern is completing the tradition. Baseball is already a part of USUE’s sports, and by fall 2016, women’s softball will become part of Eastern’s family. After the success of USUE’s new soccer programs, USUE staff and faculty were ea- ger to find a new sport to bring to Eastern’s booming campus. Greg Dart, vice chancellor of enrollment management, said, “We’re in a unique situation where we’re able to add this sport because of our conference affilia- tions. It makes significant sense for us to add women’s softball.” The Scenic West Athetlic Conference (SWAC) sports include basketball, volleyball, soccer and baseball. The sports USUE doesn’t have that are included in SWAC are wrestling, football and softball. Dart said, “By adding softball, we are helping out the other schools in the conference as well as giving ourselves more opportunity to participate in SWAC.” Softball is not a new sport for Carbon County and, in fact, used to be one of the sports on the roster before Eastern became known as USU Eastern. While the program still has a ways to go before it will be ready, there is already a base set-up for the sport. The field the softball team will be using is located below Carbon High’s football field. USU Eastern will be partnering with the city to make improvements on the field and get it ready for softball in 2016. see softball page 3 Internet upgrades at residence halls Eastern dining services offers new scholarship Utah legislature: what they did for USU Eastern 35 th annual women’s conference features DiCaro and Kirby as keynotes Carbon County native, Sophia DiCaro, and Salt Lake Tribune columnist, Robert Kirby, will keynote USU Eastern’s 36 th annual Women’s Conference on Friday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. The conference features 15 workshops with its theme “Making a Better You.” Sophia DiCaro The morning keynote is DiCaro, who served under four governors and is a member of the House of Representatives. She graduated from the College of Eastern Utah, and the University of Utah where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. At the governor’s office, she worked as deputy director and chief operating officer, interim ex- ecutive director, finance director, lead budget and policy analyst, federal assistance management officer and state data center coordinator. In addi- tion, she is an adjunct instructor for the masters of public administration program at the U of U. She adores political science and studied abroad. Destiny led DiCaro to discover she had a way with numbers and budgets and worked to keep Utah’s economy growing. DiCaro grew up in Price, her father’s home- town, where he worked as a coal miner and her mother a seamstress. Her father met her mother when he was stationed in Japan as a U.S. Marine Corp. sergeant, and that’s where DiCaro studied abroad, focusing on East Asia relations. She lives in West Valley City with her husband Robert and three young children. DiCaro serves on the Utah State University Regional Advisory Board and Utah Multicultural Commission. In May 2013, she was selected as one of 30 Women to Watch by “Utah Business Magazine.” Robert Kirby The afternoon keynote is Robert Kirby. Whether liberal, conservative, traditional, or unorthodox, Kirby’s piquant look at the peculiar people he writes about in his Salt Lake Tribune columns or one of his nine books is why local audiences appreciate his humor. Kirby’s life has many threads in Eastern Utah, and he often writes about his favorite people and places in this area. Josie Sue Slade editor-in-chief [email protected] You may have noticed USU Eastern’s dining services employees going throughout campus and changing the vending machines last week. At the direction of Gillian Mills-Bishop, director of din- ing services, USUE’s vending machines are now controlled directly by dining services rather than a third party. So what does that mean for Eastern’s campus? It simply means that more money will be put back into the school’s budget. Dining services is accom- plishing this by not only creating new employment options on campus for students, but by putting money earned into a scholarship dubbed, “Quality of Life Scholarship.” The idea came when dining services evaluated the eating options on campus and how effective they are. The goal of the scholarship is to help students afford and receive meal plans they want. The scholarship will start with a $20,000 fund. Mills-Bishop said, “I feel that our role is provide the most engaging and opportunity-filled experience see dining page 3 see women’s conference page 3 see changes page 3 Daniel Pike staff writer [email protected] The 2015 Utah State Legislature session ended with good news for higher education institutions in the state, including Utah State University Eastern. This year’s session was both productive and beneficial for several reasons. Chancellor Joe Peterson explains that USU Eastern’s instructors and staff will be happy with the outcome. “Our No. one priority—as a university—was compensation. We actually did better than we have for several years in that we got a two percent compensation increase, composed of cost-of-living adjustment and merit.” There has also been a slight increase in tuition costs, though Peterson says it isn’t a huge increase. “This year we had the lowest tuition increase we’ve seen in approximately 10 years; so, it’s an increase, but not a major one.” While tuition increases aren’t exactly the most exciting item to come from a legislative session, it is not without merit. “The tuition increase will bring new revenue to the college see legislature page 3 The Office of Residence Life is upgrading its In- ternet service in the residence halls beginning April 1. Jeff Spears, director of residence life, said, “This on-going project will start April 1 (no this is not an April Fool’s joke) and continue throughout the sum- mer depending on funding.” Aaron Jones will be the first hall to have the wir - ing replaced to allow more bandwidth to reach the students. This upgrade also entails an increase of the number of access points in each hall. The wiring and access points will allow for more digital devices to be connected at any given time in the residence halls. Spears added, “The Internet upgrade, according to our contractors and IT support, will make the In- ternet in the halls comparable, if not better, than any services currently offered in Price.” There has been much debate over how to upgrade the Internet in the residence halls and even when to start such a massive overhaul of wiring. “We have received one-time funding for this proj- ect, and dining services and residence life will provide additional funding to finish the project. The wiring in the new CIB building allowed for an opportune time for the Internet upgrade in which we could not pass up. Two birds, one stone,” Spears stated. The Internet has been on the radar for housing since last year. Spears said, “An upgrade to Internet services has been high on our annual survey in the last two years as suggested upgrades in the halls. It was number two last year and overwhelmingly number one for the survey this year - which consisted of 60 percent of housing students.” The number one issue last year was visitation, which the office of residence life addressed in fall 2014 and has been met with much appreciation from the student body. The office of residence life and dining services have been responsive to the needs of the students since Spears took over in January. He said, “Our an- nual survey is vital to how we improve our services to the students. Without this survey, we would not have the definitive feedback from our students to steer the direction of housing and food services.” Spears is referring to the number of changes housing and dining services has made in the last two years. This would include: extending visitation hours,
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  • Black bears are active throughout spring and summer, but during the fall and winter, they spend a majority of their time resting. During this hiber-native state, males and females sleep in dens. If a female breeds before she dens, she gives birth to cubs. The cubs spend the first few months of their lives in the den with their mother, and in May, they emerge for the first time.

    In these months of hiberna-tion, usually February or March, biologists locate the bears with radio-collars and tranquilize them to find out how many cubs

    the bears had and gather other information. Varying from sev-eral mile-long hikes to leisurely strolls from the highway, groups visiting the bears can range from 20 to 100 people. During these

    visits, biologists and students have the opportunity to witness first-hand what its like to be in the field.

    This winter, students in the Wildlife Science program looked forward to the yearly bear den-ning trip, but due to the unusually warm weather and effect it had on the bears, the trip and all trips in the local area were canceled.

    Originally scheduled for the first Saturday in March, the planned date to go bear denning was pushed to Presidents Day. The week before the trip, biolo-gists checked on the bears and discovered many of them were already active and out of their dens, sensitive from the changes in temperature but unaware of the time of year.

    Other than the trip being canceled, the change of weather has affected the bears in other ways. Mike King, advisor over the Wildlife Science program at Eastern, said food sources can run low. If females have cubs, theres a possibility that they might abandon them.

    UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH - 451 E 400 N - PRICE, UT 84501

    VOICE OF THE STUDENTS

    UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH 451 E 400 N PRICE, UT

    Volume XXXVIIINumber 13

    Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN

    april 2, 2015

    In the news: mental illness Why ByU? to graduate or not to graduate the implications of

    tomorrowland

    Link and Zelda: Mass effect On the Shoulders of Giants Keys to success Mike Park Jason Olsen

    Mens Baseball Mckenzie Burrows Whitney riffle ana Carolina da Silva Borges Mens basketball

    USUE students hiked in search of black bears last year. Because of the warm weather, the bears came out early this year and students were not able to go on their annual trek.

    photo courtesy Mike King

    Every year, students enrolled in wildlife sc ience cla sses at USU Eastern go bear denning. However, due to unusually warm weather, this years event was canceled.

    Katrina Wood news editor/[email protected]

    Matt Thayn holds a baby bear

    see bears page 3

    Josie Sue Sladeeditor-in-chief

    [email protected]

    Warm summer days, coolers full of lemon-ade and stands full of family and friends. Base-ball and softball are a time-honored American tradition that brings people together. This is especially prominent in Carbon County, and now USU Eastern is completing the tradition. Baseball is already a part of USUEs sports, and by fall 2016, womens softball will become part of Easterns family.

    After the success of USUEs new soccer programs, USUE staff and faculty were ea-ger to find a new sport to bring to Easterns booming campus. Greg Dart, vice chancellor of enrollment management, said, Were in a unique situation where were able to add this sport because of our conference affilia-tions. It makes significant sense for us to add womens softball.

    The Scenic West Athetlic Conference (SWAC) sports include basketball, volleyball, soccer and baseball. The sports USUE doesnt have that are included in SWAC are wrestling, football and softball. Dart said, By adding softball, we are helping out the other schools in the conference as well as giving ourselves more opportunity to participate in SWAC.

    Softball is not a new sport for Carbon County and, in fact, used to be one of the sports on the roster before Eastern became known as USU Eastern. While the program still has a ways to go before it will be ready, there is already a base set-up for the sport. The field the softball team will be using is located below Carbon Highs football field. USU Eastern will be partnering with the city to make improvements on the field and get it ready for softball in 2016.

    see softball page 3

    Internet upgrades at residence halls

    Eastern dining services offers new scholarship

    Utah legislature: what they did for USU Eastern

    35th annual womens conference features DiCaro and Kirby as keynotesCarbon County native, Sophia DiCaro, and

    Salt Lake Tribune columnist, Robert Kirby, will keynote USU Easterns 36th annual Womens Conference on Friday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. The conference features 15 workshops with its theme Making a Better You.

    Sophia DiCaroThe morning keynote is DiCaro, who served

    under four governors and is a member of the House of Representatives. She graduated from the College of Eastern Utah, and the University

    of Utah where she earned her bachelors and masters degrees.

    At the governors office, she worked as deputy director and chief operating officer, interim ex-ecutive director, finance director, lead budget and policy analyst, federal assistance management officer and state data center coordinator. In addi-tion, she is an adjunct instructor for the masters of public administration program at the U of U.

    She adores political science and studied abroad. Destiny led DiCaro to discover she had a way with numbers and budgets and worked to

    keep Utahs economy growing. DiCaro grew up in Price, her fathers home-

    town, where he worked as a coal miner and her mother a seamstress. Her father met her mother when he was stationed in Japan as a U.S. Marine Corp. sergeant, and thats where DiCaro studied abroad, focusing on East Asia relations.

    She lives in West Valley City with her husband Robert and three young children. DiCaro serves on the Utah State University Regional Advisory Board and Utah Multicultural Commission. In May 2013, she was selected as one of 30 Women

    to Watch by Utah Business Magazine.Robert Kirby

    The afternoon keynote is Robert Kirby. Whether liberal, conservative, traditional, or unorthodox, Kirbys piquant look at the peculiar people he writes about in his Salt Lake Tribune columns or one of his nine books is why local audiences appreciate his humor.

    Kirbys life has many threads in Eastern Utah, and he often writes about his favorite people and places in this area.

    Josie Sue Sladeeditor-in-chief

    [email protected]

    You may have noticed USU Easterns dining services employees going throughout campus and changing the vending machines last week. At the direction of Gillian Mills-Bishop, director of din-ing services, USUEs vending machines are now controlled directly by dining services rather than a third party.

    So what does that mean for Easterns campus? It simply means that more money will be put back into the schools budget. Dining services is accom-plishing this by not only creating new employment options on campus for students, but by putting money earned into a scholarship dubbed, Quality of Life Scholarship.

    The idea came when dining services evaluated the eating options on campus and how effective they are. The goal of the scholarship is to help students afford and receive meal plans they want. The scholarship will start with a $20,000 fund.

    Mills-Bishop said, I feel that our role is provide the most engaging and opportunity-filled experience

    see dining page 3

    see womens conference page 3

    see changes page 3

    Daniel Pikestaff writer

    [email protected]

    The 2015 Utah State Legislature session ended with good news for higher education institutions in the state, including Utah State University Eastern. This years session was both productive and beneficial for several reasons.

    Chancellor Joe Peterson explains that USU Easterns instructors and staff will be happy with the outcome. Our No. one priorityas a universitywas compensation. We actually did better than we have for several years in that we got a two percent compensation increase, composed of cost-of-living adjustment and merit.

    There has also been a slight increase in tuition costs, though Peterson says it isnt a huge increase. This year we had the lowest tuition increase weve seen in approximately 10 years; so, its an increase, but not a major one.

    While tuition increases arent exactly the most exciting item to come from a legislative session, it is not without merit. The tuition increase will bring new revenue to the college

    see legislature page 3

    The Office of Residence Life is upgrading its In-ternet service in the residence halls beginning April 1.

    Jeff Spears, director of residence life, said, This on-going project will start April 1 (no this is not an April Fools joke) and continue throughout the sum-mer depending on funding.

    Aaron Jones will be the first hall to have the wir-ing replaced to allow more bandwidth to reach the students. This upgrade also entails an increase of the number of access points in each hall. The wiring and access points will allow for more digital devices to be connected at any given time in the residence halls.

    Spears added, The Internet upgrade, according to our contractors and IT support, will make the In-ternet in the halls comparable, if not better, than any services currently offered in Price. There has been much debate over how to upgrade the Internet in the residence halls and even when to start such a massive overhaul of wiring.

    We have received one-time funding for this proj-ect, and dining services and residence life will provide additional funding to finish the project. The wiring in the new CIB building allowed for an opportune time for the Internet upgrade in which we could not pass up. Two birds, one stone, Spears stated.

    The Internet has been on the radar for housing since last year. Spears said, An upgrade to Internet services has been high on our annual survey in the last two years as suggested upgrades in the halls. It was number two last year and overwhelmingly number one for the survey this year - which consisted of 60 percent of housing students.

    The number one issue last year was visitation, which the office of residence life addressed in fall 2014 and has been met with much appreciation from the student body.

    The office of residence life and dining services have been responsive to the needs of the students since Spears took over in January. He said, Our an-nual survey is vital to how we improve our services to the students. Without this survey, we would not have the definitive feedback from our students to steer the direction of housing and food services.

    Spears is referring to the number of changes housing and dining services has made in the last two years. This would include: extending visitation hours,

  • In 1955, Disneyland first opened its gates, Walt Disney spoke to an eager crowd, To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world, words he not only lived by, but ran his empire by.

    As I sat in a movie theater with my wife, waiting for the latest Disney feature to begin, the preview for Tomorrowland, their next big-budget picture played. I watched the extended trailer as the words of the late legend played in my mind.

    The next few years will define the long-term conditions of our planet. How we live now will affect not only the economic future, but the future of our climate. What Tomorrowland

    are we building for ourselves? Disney dreamed of a community driven by a need for perfection, an overwhelming desire to make the world a better place for everyone. He named the utopia EPCOT and created plans on how it was to be constructed, a dream he would surely have realized if his life hadnt ended so abruptly. The EPCOT of today shares nothing but the name of Disneys vision, but somehow, echos of its message manage to resonate through the films, attractions and innovations of his successors.

    W h a t s t r u c k m e a b o u t Tomorrowlands plot was the storyline of how an advanced civilization came about when like-minded people move forward toward a goal simply for the sake of making the world a better place (Sound familiar?). Its almost the love child of Karl Marx and Ayn Rand.

    What this film may imply, perhaps subtly, is a plea from ghosts long dead to put aside what makes us different and become a community driven by progress, where every life matters and where everyone deserves to be happy.

    Our Tomorrowland hinges between the reality we predict and one we dream of, and it will become what we allow it to be. Those who will make the biggest difference are the ones who dont view the world as it is, but as it could be. Disneys greatest gift was his ability to peer into the future and see what things could become, then roll up his sleeves and make it happen. He was not only a dreamer, he was a doer.

    T h e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f Tomorrowland are not to just believe in what you want, but to do them, now, without hesitation, to take defeats and keep moving forward, learning from mistakes. Stop caring about building your bank account and work towards the greater good. Nobody wil l remember how much money you made, they will only remember how much of yourself you gave.

    As EPCOT stood for, the

    see Disney page 3

    If anyone asked me at the beginning of the semester about my plans for next year, I would have told them, Eeehhh Now I happily declare, Im going to BYU.

    Its a decision that took me less than 24 hours to make. One moment I was adamant in taking a year off or ending my education, and the next I was applying for BYU. A school with an acceptance rate lower than 50 percent and more students in the summer than Eastern has any time of the year. To any onlooker, my decision appeared a choice made from midnight crazies. But to me, it was much more than that.

    At the beginning of the year, I was set on calling it quits with my college education. I was burned out from my generals and new friends I hadnt made. After everything I hadnt experienced, I wanted a break.

    There was time I wanted to set aside for activities, money I intended to save for whatever life had in store and a story begging to be writtena book Ive worked on since I was 12. While in college, I was crushed with stress and deadlines that kept me from doing what I wanted to do. I was done.

    So I decided once I graduated, I was going to take a break. I was going to take time figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, and going to enjoy it no matter what anyone said. I was going to have fun and no one was going to stop me. Or at least, thats what I planned.

    Shortly after deciding I was going to take a year off, I was plagued with a frustration I couldnt fight. I became emotional over everything and mad at others over nothing. I found myself incapable of working past my lack of friends and my stress from homework. But above all, I felt trapped. I wanted to grow and knew who my Heavenly Father wanted me to be, but I had no idea how to do it in Price.

    For a time, I relied on myself to get through my trial.

    Eventually I realized I couldnt do that. I needed strength beyond my own to figure out where I needed to go. I prayed for direction. I poured my heart more fully into my institute classes. When I hit a breaking point, I turned to two friends for comfort: Trenton and Sarah Oakeson; one for a priesthood blessing and the other for a long, much-needed discussion.

    Sarah and I had been friends since we were 12. She had been with me through my toughest trials and witnessed first-hand the issue I was facing. She put her heart into helping in any way she could, and gifting me with the best advice Id heard in years. Pray for Heavenly Father to open your eyes.

    After our talk, I went home and followed her counsel. I prayed for Heavenly Father to open my eyes, trusting that in His time, so long as I kept my heart open, He would show me where I needed to go.

    The following Monday, Susan Polster, the journalism adviser, talked to me about my plans for the future; in par-ticular, college. It was a common discussion I avoided, and most often shrugged off. But that day, for the first time, I listened. She suggested I apply to BYU.

    Gradually, I opened up to the idea. I felt peace unlike ever before. It was as if I could feel my Heavenly Father wrap his arms around me as he told me, Thats where you need to be. I started crying. But for the first time in a long time, I was crying from joy.

    Before I knew it, I was scrambling to fill out the ap-plication. The deadline was in a week and there was a lot to do. Against all odds, I finished the application in time. About a month later, I was accepted to BYU, and a brand new world of possibilities opened.

    My Heavenly Father loves me. He knows me perfectly. By act-ing and doing my part, Hes led

    see BYU page 3

    Baseball vs. CSN @ 3 p.m.Country Swing @ 8 p.m.

    The Eagle Newspaper publishedCinderella @ 7:30 p.m.Country Swing @ 8 p.m.Eagle Frenzy

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    Green Team Recycling @ 1:15 p.m. SUN Center

    Fall Registration BeginsM.O.P.S @ 5:15 p.m.

    Green Team Recycling @ 1:15 SUN CenterCinderella @ 7:30 p.m.Eagle FrenzyEagle Frenzy

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    Thursday Friday Saturday SundayWednesday

    Police Academy Graduation @ 5 p.m.

    Caramel Popcorn Day

    Monday

    Big Wind Day

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    Teaching people the warning signs of mental illness

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    From sudden behavioral changes to hostility and moodiness, these are a few things on a long list of warning signs someone should watch for. Mental illness (including depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder) can come on quickly and destroy a persons life if they or someone else isnt looking out for them.

    Catching a warning sign can make all the difference and prevent a disaster. The problem is that few people know what a warning sign is or what to do if they catch one. This lack of education is an injustice and has lead to situations that could have been prevented.

    Last week, the co-pilot of a Germanwings plane crashed into the Frnech Alps in what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to destroy the plane. All 150 passengers died on impact.

    On March 27, German authorities reported that they found torn up sick-notes showing that the co-pilot was suf-fering from a mental illness which should have grounded him the day of the accident. Instead of reporting his illness, he kept it to himself and killed himself and many other people in the process. While this is the co-pilots fault, how did no one notice that he was suffering?

    Everyday this pilot would go into work and interact with people, many of which he would be on a plane with for hours at a time. Its doubtful that no one would have caught the warning signs of a mental illness if they had been informed. How many lives could have been saved if someone paid attention to this man?

    A plane crash caused by a suicide has occurred several times in history. According to a 2014 study published in Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 24 of 7,444 fatal airplane in the United States were the result of aircraft-assisted suicide.

    Why is it that after the first occurrence of a suicide of this nature, more education wasnt put into place, even with employees who deal with pilots?

    Its time for us to step up and start educating people about mental illness. If more information was given to us from a young age, it would make a difference. As a teenager, I had problems that led to poor grades and trouble that could have ruined my chance to go to college and be successful. If my mother didnt know how to recognize the signs of mental illness, I might have never gotten diagnosed, and who knows how many more problems I would have had as a teenager.

    Its because of my mothers educa-tion and vigilance that I was able to get the treatment I needed. This is just one case that education prevailed. Its now the time for us to start edu-cating ourselves and advocating for the education of others. You can make a change if you want to.

    Katrina Woodnews editor

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    That is the question; twether tis nobler in the mind to graduate and move on, or to stay, to stay another year in the safety and security of a place you already know.

    This is my debacle. Do I graduate

    and move up to Logan and finish my degree, or do I stay another year and knock out the last few classes that USU Eastern has to offer?

    Upon reflection of my choices, I have chosen to stay another year. There are many factors that led me to this decision such as finance, friendships and comfort.

    Financially, USU Eastern is the

    obvious choice for classes, with tuition almost half of that of Logan. Professor attention to tuition rates, USU East-ern blows Logan out of the water.

    Which brings me my next point;

    see graduate page 3

    Christopher Palostaff writer

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    To graduate or not to graduate

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    in my math 1050 class, there is about 30 students. The same class in Logan has some-where around 400 students. Imagine trying to get one-on-one help from your professor when you are one of 400 students. There is no personal connections with your professors; at least, not like that at the smaller school in which we attend.

    There are many good reasons to transfer, but there are more, in my opinion, to stay and get more out of your college education and dol-lar. For many of the students at USU Eastern, this is their first time away from home and its full of good and bad memories. But these memories will make a person want to stay.

    Thats not to say that transferring isnt a good idea. If you have the required credits and GPA, then by all means, if thats what you want, transfer. But if you still have classes you can take at USU Eastern, take them here for half the cost. Remember your credits transfer.

    If youre on the fence about transferring, look at the life around you, like I did. Look at your situation, look at your financial status and look at what you really want. If all points

    lead to Logan, then go. But I will be staying one more year. It just makes sense all around.

    I have attended other universities: the Uni-versity of Hawaii, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak Community College and the College of Southern Nevada, and I have to tell you no facility has ever been so willing to help and so willing to make sure the student doesnt just get the grade but they toil and strive to make sure the student truly understands the concepts that they are trying to teach. They take actual care with the stu-dent, often staying late and missing time with family to make sure that the student has all the tools and resources needed to be successful.

    In summation, look inside yourself to see what you truly want. If you have everything you need to leave and you want to leave, then leave and go to the four year university. But if you dont feel ready, then stay and remember just because you are at a USU Eastern doesnt mean that you are stuck in a rut. You are still making headway on your degree, you are just doing it easier and cheaper than those who go to Logan as fast as possible would.

    Recently, an investigation into a 10 year-old disappearance case in the old SAC was reopened with the discovery of new evidence. A vacuum bag was found in the news lab attic by two students containing dust and a large supply of crack cocaine. The cocaine was linked to the disappearance by a note found in the bag.

    In September of 2005, Niko Teel, a student at CEU (now USU Eastern), was studying journalism when he mysteriously vanished. Teel, known as Nite to his friends, had been at the news lab late at night doing homework as he usually did. He never returned to his dorm, however. Police inves-tigators believed that he must have

    been kidnapped, though no ransom or motive was found.

    The discovery of the note shed new light on the case. The note mentioned Teel, helping police uncover a more serious plot than what they thought was a kidnapping.

    Teel was known to hang out with some of the shadier students at the col-lege. The police discovered later that these students formed an organized drug-running gang. The note was written by one of the custodians, who talks about the work done that night. According to the sequence of events listed by the custodian, police were able to recreate that night.

    At about 10 p.m., Teel met in the news lab at the SAC with two of the other drug runners, Jeo and Shara. Jeo had a bag of cocaine with him. A dispute arose between the three of

    them and the bag broke. The powder cocaine spilled to the ground. Teel attempted to make a run for his life, but he didnt get far before being overpowered by Jeo and Shara. The struggle moved into the wellness center. There Teel was beaten and most likely strangled. Jeo and Shara had his body to dispose of.

    The two dragged the body into the bathroom next to the wellness center. While Shara straightened up the wellness center, Jeo did his best to compress the remains to make the body easier to dispose of. According to the note, Jeo and Shara contacted the custodian in question, also a member of the gang.

    The custodian arrived at about 9 a.m. Jeo and Shara remembered that theyd forgotten to clean up the mess of spilled cocain in the news lab, so the

    custodian offered to clean it up while they got rid of the body. He entered the news lab and vacuumed up the cocaine. Not wanting it go to waste, he removed the bag from the vacuum and wrapped it in a garbage sack.

    While he was writing the note, he heard someone coming to the news lab. In a panic, he slipped the note in the bag before placing it on the edge of a garbage can. Without noticing, he nudged the garbage can, causing the bag to fall not into the can, but into a box. The custodian didnt realize this until it was too late. When he went back to search for it, the box had been moved to the attic where the mystery was finally solved 10 years later. Niko Teels body has not been found to this day.

    The news lab wishes you a happy April Fools day.

    Graduate continued from page 2

    Although for the most part, his col-umns are strictly for humor, he can be spot on when describing a life-changing event.

    He refers to himself as the OxyMor-mon because his column appears in the Salt Lake Tribune whose reader-ship encompasses many non-LDS readers. He attempts to explain in his usual humorous way, the LDS way of thinking to outsiders. This approach either alienates those Latter Days Saints who feel their beliefs should not be satirized, or endears itself to the readers.

    He started his career as a police officer in Grantsville and later moved to Springville. While taking night classes at Brigham Young University, he began writing columns for the local newspapers under the pen name Officer Blitz Kreeg.

    He left his career as a police officer in 1989 and devoted himself to full-time writing. He started writing his column for the Tribune in 1994, where he has won several regional awards.

    His fiction books include Dark Angel, Brighams Bees, Wake Me Up for the Resurrection, Sunday of the Living Dead, Kirby Soup for the Soul, Pat and Kirby go to Hell (or heck if you have the sticker edition), Family Home Screaming and Happy Valley Patrol. His only nonfiction book is End of Watch: Utahs Murdered Police Officers, 1853-2003.

    WorkshopsEnriching each individual was the

    thought process behind each workshop,

    according to Susan Polster, chair of the conference.

    Mrs. Seals Kitchen is about notching up ones diet and health. She

    uses microbes to super-charge food naturally by fermenting foods like bread, tea, beets, cabbage and milk.

    Gaining Balance, Strength and Flexibil-ity is by Core Fitness Owner Eric Rasmus-sen. A NASM Certified Personal Trainer in Womens Fitness and Fitness Nutrition, he specializes in training athletes of all ages and

    fitness levels. Oriental Medicine with Luke

    Tera Matsuda is about the common issues women face, rea-sons why they happen, ways to prevent them and ways to recover and feel better. Its a personalized approach to health and diseases.

    Chair Yoga with Malarie Matsuda says yoga is down to earth and practical. Relax in a chair and learn useful yoga and meditation techniques to improve your life and age with grace.

    Mikel Therapy by Kim Cormier discusses the cause and treatment of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety/panic attacks and migraines. A nurse, author and senior Mickel Therapy

    practitioner, she give techniques to heal and prevent them.

    Eating the Way God Intended is Jeri Timothys passion. She is writing a book about diet and exercise where she discusses the four basic food groups, counting calories, shopping and, of course, exercise.

    Basic PhotoShop Techniques by Marie Bryner-Bowles will give some of the coolest techniques the program has to offer to photographers. It will open so many avenues of creativity, she writes.

    Credit, Investments, Budgets and Careers in Banking is presented by Malisa Cox of Zions Bank.

    Redecorating on a Budget is pre-sented by Gayla Milovich. Its spring and one of the harbingers of spring is redecorating your house to chase away the winter blahs.

    Life HappensFind the Funny is presented by Suzi White. A comedian who hits the comedic circuit in Salt Lake City, specializes in taking daily stress and making it funny.

    W hat NOT to Wear is presented by Joylynn Nelson who can show anyone how what one wears reflects themselves.

    Intrinsic Values and Why it is Easier

    to Believe the Bad Stuff is by USU Easterns Darrin Brandt. With a back-ground in sociology and psychology, he discusses how the human mind sets its value system.

    Registration is $20 per person at usueastern.edu/womensconference.

    for students at USU Eastern. By generating a scholarship for meal plans, it helps stu-

    dents get the meal plans they want and not only what they can afford. To give back to the students is also exciting and it means students now are helping the future students that will come after them.

    In order to be eligible for this scholarship, students must live in Burtenshaw Residence Hall. The awards include $100 given each semester. Mills-Bishop said, The future for this fund is exciting because we will stretch ourselves in dining

    services to come up with new ways to support current and future students choosing to study at USUE.

    With a plan ready, the scholarship will be available to students as early as Fall 2015. While there are still kinks that need to be worked out, the process is being finalized and more information on the application process will be available to students soon.

    Now you can feel less guilty about the money you spend on candy and soda from the vending machines here in campus. The next time you feel like a drink or a snack, remember that any profit from the vending machines go to this fund.

    lowering summer living costs to $100, allowing freshmen to live in Tucker, an increase in housing activities, the newly developed housing and dining services scholarship, creating more cooking units in AJ, taking over vending services on campus and the most recent increase with accessibility to the Internet.

    When asked what was next on the agenda, Spears responded with a smile. That is top secret. I dont want to let too much out, but we are looking at some big renovation projects within the halls. This would include refinishing some of the oak furniture and also marbling the showers in Burtenshaw.

    We would also like to finish the flooring in AJ and beds in both Tucker and Sessions. The beds are definitely high are on our list, It is clear that both dining services and housing are trying to lower the costs of living on campus, while providing overdue upgrades in the residence halls.

    that well use to pay 25 percent of the two-percent increase in salaries, Peterson said.

    USU Eastern also came away with a substantial fund for improving the campus. The Chancellor said, The state also gave us a major allocation for capital improve-ment funds to keep up our facilities. With these funds we can paint, patch and repair. Its basically there to improve and beautify

    our campus, and we have plenty of need for that.

    When an institution walks away from a legislative session with more than it walked in with, it is a win for all involved. Peterson said, For higher education, it was a good session. It wasnt as good as we had hoped for, but it was still better than most years.

    If the weather becomes cold again, it can threaten the baby bears. The cubs certainly will not be able to be out on their own. Theyre about six to eight weeks old. Theyre just tiny.

    Though students and fac-ulty are disappointed by the trips cancelation and chance to work in the field, they look

    forward to the upcoming year. King states, There are a lot of variables that come into play. I dont care if its not that much colder; but its nice to have a little bit of snow on the ground. Above anything, he looks forward to students learning what the work is really like, and shows excitement towards

    the new bachelor program available in Wildlife Science at Eastern. Its rewarding for me to be able to see this come to fruition and start to see students graduate.

    If youd like more infor-mation about the Wildlife Science bachelors degree program, contact Dr. Mike King at [email protected].

    Adding mens and womens soccer has been widely successful. It brought in 73 students. it brought in a renewed energy. The way it was done was there was one-time money put towards the sport the first year, much like we are going

    to be doing with softball. Much of what we are doing will follow the same time line that soccer had, Dart said.

    Much like soccer, 2015 will be the kick-start year for womens softball. Using one-time money, USUE will hire a couch, recruit

    and get the equipment and field ready for 2016. Dart said, Carbon County is already a big baseball and softball area. Our hope is that we can do a little of recruiting in the area, as well as out in the state. Softball will be a great thing for our community. Womens Conference continued from page 1

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    Bears continued from page 1

    SoftballDining continued from page 1

    Changes continued from page 1me to what I need, even though at first, it wasnt what I wanted. Hes opened a new world to me, and Im excited to jump in and follow in the steps of an Eastern alumni who serves as the president of BYU, Kevin Worthen. Its a new adventure and Im ready to start.

    BYU continued from page 2

    10-year-old disappearance case reopened

    Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, if our Tomorrowland is anything to be looked forward to, we must become the community of tomorrow, today.

    Disneycontinued from page 2

    Kiara Horowitzstaff writer

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    Robert Kirby

    Sophia DiCaro

    photo by Brett Allen/The Eagle

    The room where Teel disappeared and the cocaine was found.

  • D r e a m s a r e a l m o s t useless unless turned into a reality. Imagination can make beautiful structures, successful businesses or make our deepest dreams come t rue. Imaginat ion, mingled with faith (belief put into action), is what ma kes d reams come to life. I will prove this and all the principles from past articles with a true story that happened to someone I know.

    There wass this young lady who was in love with a young man. They dated in high school, then broke up. It was a hard time for both of them.

    The young man graduated then traveled to a faraway land while the young lady finished her last couple of years of high school and started college. She was a pretty woman, and many guys asked her out on dates. She went on those dates, but couldnt get the young man from high school out of her mind, even though a few years passed. She tried to shut thoughts of him out of her mind and even tried to force herself to like some of her other suitors. However, that was not what she wanted. Deeply inside, she longed for the young man from high

    school.Soon, the time came for the

    young man from high school to return home from his two-year journey. She learned this from her brother, who happened to be good friends with the young man. Her brother looked forward to the young man coming home too, as friends like to reunite.

    The young man came home and this young ladys brother, cousin and others went to his welcome-home party. This young lady, however, did not.

    Three weeks went by, and she thought the young man had no interest in her, but she had an interest in him. She wanted to test the waters a little before deciding to move on or not, but she didnt quite know how.

    Her brother knew of her attraction to the young man from their previous days in high school. He asked if she still liked him.

    What was she to do? Tell her brother no? That would seem logical because she couldve been openly ridiculed or made fun of for loving someone who didnt love her back. But this young lady had desire, and faith, to give it one more try. To test the waters, risk her heart to possible heartbreak and see if she could light that flame of love back into her desired mans heart.

    So, instead of just sitting around and hoping somehow that this young man would catch interest in her and maybe court her again, she and her brother devised a plan.

    Her brother had a date that night and offered to invite the young man to double with him. The young man would certainly have to find a date he could bring along for the double. Here is the catch, the wisdom of this experiment:

    The young man had only been home for three weeks and worked for a construction company immediately when he returned. The company demanded so much of his time that he enjoyed no social life he had not met any women to begin courting. This young man had dated quite a bit before his two year-journey. It was never hard for him to find a girl to date before, but this was different. Freshly home, he didnt know anyone and was starving for social attention.

    The young ladys brother called the young man and extended the invitation to go on a double date with him. Of course the young man said he would go, but he didnt know any single women. He asked the brother if he knew anyone; the brother replied he didnt. The young man, then, in a little despair, asked if the brothers sister was single or dating.

    The brother looked right at his sister, had to hold back a laugh, and said, I dont know. Youll have to call her. The young man asked for her number and called the young lady.

    As this tale would have it, this young man and young lady courted, got engaged and have been happily married for over a year and a half now.

    From this story readers can see how desire mixed with faith gained this young lady one of her deepest dreams.

    D rea ms ca n become realities. Never mind what peers and others say what can

    and cant be done. If ones heart is in it, faith, diligence and persistence are exercised, then they may well cause a miracle to happen.

    This true story illustrates how one woman put the keys of success to work for fulfillment of one of her desires. I know because t h i s yo u n g lady is my wife. If these p r i n c ip l e s worked for her, what can you do?

    April 2, 2015page 4

    Jesse Malanstaff writer

    [email protected]

    Keys to success: getting what you want

    Mike Park is an avid lover of skiing. So much that his dream vacation spot would be Alaska. I want to try the big mountain skiing. I love the mountains and Ive heard that the snow is great for skiing.

    Skiing is Parks biggest hobby. On average, he skis up to 20 times in a skiing season. The most exciting week he has had is skiing five days in a row. Park doesnt like

    the summer because there is nowhere to go skiing. One hobby he would like to engage in during the summer season is rock climbing.

    Park is from Seoul, South Korea, and has a twin brother who is still in Korea.

    Park is working on his general studies and is major-ing in physics. He wants to be an astrophysicist when he graduates from college. If he had any super power, it would be to travel throughout space.

    The biggest change that has happened in his life and what everyone appreciates

    him for is, serving in the marines for South Korea. It helped him to become more responsible as a person.

    The first thing he notices about someone is their shoes. The greatest accomplishment in his life is being able to study science at a college; he enjoys it even though it can be hard at times.

    His biggest role model is, Carl Sagan, who is a success-ful astronomer. Outside of studying astronomy, he is an all-around honorable man.

    The craziest thing that has happened to Park was

    breaking both of his legs at the same time when he was 11. He was having a snowball fight with his brother. He was on the roof attacking from the the higher position when he slipped and fell off.

    Riding his bike around town and swimming are his favorite things to do around Price. Something he dislikes about Price is, theres not much to do. Im usually at the library studying. He also likes to go shooting with his friends and play video games. He is always a friendly face around campus.

    Carly Daltonstaff writer

    [email protected]

    What life is all about for Park: skiing

    Dear Bridgette,A defining characteristic of being human is the

    illness and frailty that will eventually overcome each one of us. No matter how many years we get to experience, eventually we will have a last one. What could potentially be a tremendous tragedy is that we waste that time away being rutted in mediocrity; following someone elses plan for us. It can be argued that our imagination and capac-ity for innovation is what makes life worth living. Without it, you may never realize your full potential.

    At the Salk Institute in San Diego, Calif., you will find an abundance of the greatest minds of our time, both past and present. Named after Jonas Salk, the inventor of the vaccine for polio, its staff once also consisted of Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix. Both of these giants of science tutored one of the most imaginative humans alive today, Patricia Churchland. She, who has delicately and intricately woven together two fields of study of such importance that she just may have advanced our species decades with her work. Those fields, neuroscience and philosophy.

    Raised by two uneducated parents in a northern farming town, their lack of formal education never stopped them from giving Churchland a love and respect for science. This respect followed her as she travelled around the world, perhaps appearing as a degree collector.

    In her work, Touching a Nerve, Churchland does exactly that; touches a nerve. She makes the audacious claim that we have the ability not only to shape our destinies, but the potential to make them incredible. Stepping away from traditional lab coat science, she ventures into the realms of imagination to suggest a reality where each one of us is capable of incredible and deep thought, seeking to change the process of thinking rather than run experiments to prove a theorem.

    Admittedly, I disagree with parts of her phi-losophy; however, that may prove her point on the importance of original thought. Whether secular or religious, you can find hope and joy in the beauty of the universe you live in, appreciating the efforts and brilliance of others you may come into conflict with. Keeping an open mind to the ideas and novel thoughts of those you disagree with makes you an indispensable asset to discovery.

    The greatest contribution anyone could make to society is anything that improves the lives of others. Charlie Chaplin spoke these words in one of the most moving scenes in cinema history in The Great Dictator, and for lack of my own musings I will end with his speech, We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others happiness - not by each others misery....You are not machines. You are not cattle. You are men. You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You dont hate. Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers. Dont fight for slavery. Fight for liberty. In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: the Kingdom of God is within man - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men. In you. You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness. You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Never shut yourself off from the ideas of others. Embrace change, or more importantly affect change. Be the one who changes things. Have the courage to create, to be the innovator. ~Dad

    Nathaniel Woodwardstaff writer

    [email protected]

    On the shoulders of giants part VI

    How to use imagination and faith to get what you desire from life

    the classic becomes a not-so-classic

    Building a fairy-tale setCinderella, the not quite so classic fairy tale, will be presented April 16-18, and 23-25 in the Geary Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Along with everyones

    favorite characters, some new characters will be introduced with lots of special effects plus audience participation and interaction. the set is designed

    by brent innes, costumes by Diana cox with Dr. corey ewan and innes co-directing the production. a matinee production will be offered on saturday,

    april 25 as well as an evening production.

    photo courtesy UsU eastern theatre Department

    Patricia Churchland

    photo courtesy mike ParkMike Park enjoys skiing in the winter and goes as often as he can.

    LIFESTYLES

  • student art show

    April 6-30, 2015The Annual 2015 Juried Student Art Show will be on exhibit from April 6 - 30 at Gallery East on the USU Eastern

    campus Mondays through Thursdays between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. The exhibit is open to all USU Eastern students and all art forms. Both two- and three-dimensional works are accepted. Students dont even have to be enrolled in art classes to participate, says gallery director Noel Carmack. Winning

    submissions will be given cash-equivalent awards. Entry forms are available at the gallery.A reception and awards ceremony will be Thursday, April 30 from 6 8 p.m. Students, family and public are wel-

    come to attend. The gallery is free and open to the public during the academic year.Any questions should be directed to Carmack at 435-613-5241 or by email at [email protected].

    Jason Olsen, a Utah State University Eastern assistant professor in English, was named Poet of the Month by the Utah Division of Arts and Museums as part of its Bite-Sized Poetry campaign.

    Olsen is a poetry prodigy. He has a talent for making significant statements in a lighthearted way. His poem, Everybodys Jealous of Everybody Else, just hit the big screen, or at least the ubiquitous one. Watch him here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLHRENrQJvE) on YouTube.

    Inspiration for this poem came as Olsen was thinking about the way that people view other people and their possessions. Jealousy is a common topic, but Olsen takes a different slant and examines the smaller, insignificant ways that humans feel envy. In a playful, but thoughtful approach, he invites his readers to look inside.

    The main goal for Olsen is to make poetry easy

    for anyone to read and enjoy. His quips are laugh-out-loud funny, and his lighthearted style rolls off his tongue so easily that its possible to forget that he does it by design.

    I wanted this poem to create expectations and then move in an unexpected way, he said. I focused on mundane jealousies: food, hair, toys and clothes. Then the momentum of the poem breaks by piling on some transcendental moments. Then, just as fast, it returns to the mundane.

    The Utah Division of Arts and Museums invited Olsen to choose one of his poems and make a video of it at Twig Studios in Salt Lake City. The video combines Olsen performing the piece with playful effects, graphics and music.

    The artists at Twig Studios had full leeway to design the video. The thought of lettaing someone else determine the presentation of a work might be scary for some writers, but not for Olsen.

    The drawings and special effects really created a collaboration that I am thrilled with, he said. For me, when I write and share a poem, though it is mine, it belongs to everyone I share it with.

    In addition to poetry, Olsen is an award-winning short-story writer. He is working toward publishing two books, Robot Action Pinball, a short-story collection and The Behooving, a compilation of poetry.

    A passion for writing carries into Olsens teaching. He enjoys interacting with all types of students. As a first-generation college student, he wasnt sure what to expect when he started out.

    Now, I have the opportunity to work with students who are just starting their college careers, Olsen said. Some are not enthusiastic about English, and I get to share my excitement with them. Other students are already creative writers. I get to help them develop their skills. They inspire me.

    Thirteen years and 13-straight champion-ships for USU Easterns welding program as they continue to bring home gold medals in the SkillsUSA program. The program won gold medals in team and individual events in a competition that pits all the colleges in Utah together.

    Last weekend, the welding fabrication team of Dustin Foote, Wellington; Kelly Kofford, Huntington; and Kellen Verdi, Helper placed first. Shawn Abrams of Price placed first in the individual welding contest.

    Welding professor Lon Youngberg said, It is extra sweet to win both the welding and team welding fabrication contests because I did not even expect to participate in SkillsUSA this year due to the time required.

    Last fall I told the welding students we would not be competing unless the vacant weld-ing faculty position were filled by an instructor that was willing to take on the extra burden of coaching SkillsUSA competitors.

    Mason Winters, a former USU Eastern welding student and former SkillsUSA national champion, was hired in January and agreed to continue our SkillsUSA legacy. Winters and the competitors stepped up to the challenge and the results speak for themselves.

    Winters added, Our program was not going to participate in this years competitions. Vari-ous students showed an interest in competing when I started teaching this semester, and we decided to give them a chance.

    Typical competition years begin in the fall semester where the welding program holds multiple competitions throughout the year and

    begin training well in advance of the state competition. This year the decision wasnt made to participate at all until February, which was one week prior to the registration deadline. I knew that both competitions would be hard to win due to the short training and preparation time that we had.

    I am proud that the students stepped up to the challenge and took the initiative to prepare for the competition on their own time. The welding fabrication team is a cohesively strong team that had to work hard and smart in order to finish their project and rightfully win the gold medal.

    The individual welding competitor (Abrams) worked hard balancing school, work, and family in order to practice and prepare for the state competition.

    His hard work and dedication proved to be worth it by continuing our long gold-medal winning streak for the competition. Although the competition was close between first and second place, Abrams worked hard to be good in all aspects of the competition, earning him the most points.

    All of the competitors also have jobs in ad-dition to being full time students and competing in SkillsUSA.

    As Utah champions, the competitors are eligible to compete against other state cham-pions at the National SkillsUSA conference held in Louisville, Ky., this summer. All of the competitors are excited to represent Utah in the National SkillsUSA Conference and can really do well as long as they all continue to work hard and strive for excellence, Winters said.

    Welding strikes two gold again

    photo courtesy usu eastern welding

    Dustin Foote, Kelly Kofford, Kellen Verdi and Shawn Abrams at SkillsUSA competition.

    April 2, 2015 page 5

    USU Easterns Jason Olsen named Poet of the Month by Utah Division of Arts and Museums recently

    Close to finishing his first term as student body president, Benjamin Bjarnson prepares for another year of hard work as his second term approaches in the 2015-16 school year.

    When Bjarson realized that former student body president, Jacob Pedigo, ran unopposed, he ran for student body president again. When he was elected, he began a long process of change and improvement he felt was best for the school. Throughout his first year as president he crossed many pleasant aspects, as well as a handful of harsh realities.

    Bjarson enjoyed being around the stu-dents. I have so much fun getting to know my peers; however, I hate when people see me as the president, so I will be shy and not bring attention to it, Bjarson said. If you want to talk about student government, that is fine, but if you want to sit down and shoot the breeze, I would be more than happy to comply as long as I have a few minutes to kill. Besides, I can grow a beard, and everyone knows beards are cool.

    Despite his satisfaction in interacting with the students and confidence in facial hair, Bjarson has faced unpleasant realties when working with others. I wish I could give absolute ideas about what I see, but there are a lot of ideas that affect students, and yet the students dont have a say. That is not cool at all, and that has to stop. Bjarson stated, I hate being the bad guy and calling people out, but you better believe I am losing sleep over you.

    I literally use up all of my energy thinking about new ideas, meeting with people, trying to do my class work, and juggling work around

    all of that. I want you my peers to have the best possible college experience I know we, the student government, can provide. Right now, the hang up is all about a few people that need a good preverbial punch in the pants.

    Bjarson has learned much from the good and bad experiences while serving as student body president, but through it all, the lesson he took the most from was that, Power hungry people dont care about students, and hidden agendas screw the students.

    In his next year as president, Bjarson hopes to enact an abundance of changes. I would like students to have more involvement with important decisions on campus. Most students think the campus is slowly becom-ing an RCDE campus, and given the current information I have, my opinion is the same. I also hope the student government as a whole will push more vigorously to have a bigger student space in the student center. I mean, it just makes sense when you think about it.

    Students should also feel comfortable coming to a student government meeting anytime and observe what we are doing and what is on our agenda. There is no issue with that. Please come and attend and quietly observe our meetings, and we will try to open the floor for you to comment on what you hear during the meeting. If you do not get an opportunity to share, you can talk to a member of student government and lobby for your opinion to be heard at our next meeting. We want to hear the student voice, and it starts with willing students.

    Bjarson is open to ideas and looking to the future. Hes working hard to implement the ideas of members of student government and students alike, and is doing his best to make USU Eastern the best experience it can be.

    Bjarnson looking forward to second term as president

    The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a conference on Saturday, April 11. The theme for this conference is Pathways to Openness and provides an opportunity for people to experience and discuss issues that are not what they are used to.

    The topics of discussion dur ing these workshops includes body image and shaming, battling privilege, celebrating LGBTQ friends and family, sex and drugs and the harm reduction approach. Other areas covered at the workshops includes international student advocacy, womens advocacy, disabled student advocacy and a drug court panel.

    This conference provides an opportunity for knowledge and advocacy. It is a chance for people to get to know issues and other populations they may have not personally been taught about before, states Evette Allen, director of student life, involvement and leadership.

    Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the opening session at 9:15 a.m. Concurrent workshop sessions begin at 10-10:50 a.m. and at 11-11:50 a.m. From 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. will be lunch and keynote speaker.

    Registration is free and can be completed online or you can contact: 435-613-5333 or email Allen at [email protected]. This conference is in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center (JLSC) from 8:30 a.m. 2 p.m.

    Katie Felicestaff writer

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    Diversity & Inclusion Conferencenext week

    GameplayJ: Four Stars. The first Mass

    Effect is lacking in what the other two provide, but is still solid and I love exploring the worlds offered.

    S: Four Stars. Most of the weapons are alright, and move-ment is great. I think the game needs a better control system for auxiliary things.

    Story/PlotlineJ: Five stars. There are

    so many options to explore. I have played this game multiple times and I still manage to find something new every time I play.

    S: Five Stars. Im very in-trigued by the complex storyline; not to mention the choices that one can make to influence said storyline.

    Game MechanicsJ: Three Stars. Some of the

    controls in the first game make me want to throw my controller across the room, but overall they arent terrible.

    S: Four Stars. The leveling system is ok, combat is awesome, being able to make choices is great, but the equipment system could be a little more intuitive.

    MusicJ: Five stars. I have been

    known to sit around and listen to the soundtrack even when Im not playing the game.

    S: Four Stars. As my first playthrough, Im more focused on the gameplay, since the music is sort of soft and background-ish. Its good, though.

    Characters

    J: Five stars. There are so many different species and types of people you meet in the game. I actually enjoy talking to everyone .

    S: Five Stars. Same answer as Josies. The sheer number of dif-ferent alien species, personalities and beliefs make this game feel very much alive.

    TotalJ: Five Stars: Though the first

    one isnt my favorite, I have to love it merely for the world it cre-ates and executes. Mass Effect is my favorite game of all time.

    S: Five Stars. The world is vibrant, the choices are heartfelt and realistic, the characters and storyline are intriguing, and you get to smash enemies in a rover. A great game all around.

    Whats your favorite part of Mass Effect?

    J: I love the way you can choose your own conversation path/actions. It reminds me of the choose your own adventure books I loved as a child.

    S: Since I havent really played past the first couple of mis-sions, Id say THE CHOICES.

    What is the one thing you would change about the game?

    J: Honestly? Nothing. I love everything about this game. Un-less were talking about the rover,

    which they get rid of in the last two anyway.

    S: They need to change some things within the equipment sys-tem. It needs to be less buggy so that I can actually acquire stuff without it disappearing from my inventory.

    What character did you de-sign and what do they look like?

    J: I designed a female who looked quite a lot like me. Blonde hair pulled up in a bun, slight scarring and a gentle face.

    S: I designed a character

    named Mr. Quiggs Sheppard and gave him the most awkward features I could find. It doesnt detract from the game at all.

    Who is your favorite crew member?

    J: Kaiden Alenko by far. No matter what happens, I somehow manage to romance him. Hes my boy.

    S: Garrus Vakarian, because hes one of the best sources of information in the game and hes always available since hes a teammate.

    Game Ratings

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    photo courtesy usu eastern art department

    Jason Olsen

    Katrina Woodstaff writer

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  • April 2, 2015Page 6

    Jordan Mellensports writer

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    The Utah State Eastern mens basketball team is optimistic in their efforts for preparing for a successful year next season. Coaches Adjalma Vando Becheli and Justin Brown are working to rebuild the program and to find athletes to fill in the open roster spots of the sophomores leaving at the end of this semester.

    Recruiting is important in junior college athletics because each student athlete only has two years of eligible play, which means half of the team will be new athletes to the program. Having half of the players new to the program allows both a possibility for the team to show improvement, and a possibility for a downfall from the previous year.

    We are trying to put together a very competitive team. The SWAC conference is among the top-three conferences in the NJCAA, so we

    look to build a good core of athletes who can play competitively together. We have students coming back with good experiences, and we are in the process of finding good recruits, Coach Vando said.

    Many of the competitors in the SWAC conference arent immediate commits. A lot of players are former Division 1 commits who have something holding them back from Division 1 eligibility.

    We keep in touch with possible future commits. If a student doesnt pass an SAT or has something else holding him back from Division 1 eligibility, we begin to talk to him about our program. Were working to get athletes comfortable with talking to us and our program, Coach Vando said.

    The USU Eastern mens basketball team continues to practice throughout the end of the semester, and the coaches are hopeful in using both experience and solid future commitments to be successful in this upcoming season.

    Two of the several players returning to USU Eastern include Brandon Sly and Philip Winston.

    Former Eastern player wins D2 championship

    Mens basketball coaches optimistic for next season

    Abbie Birdsports writer

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    As the spring semester is coming to an end, USU Eastern is preparing for their summer programs for the incoming and current students. Jeff Spears, director of residential life, is now in charge of the programs and will make some changes, and keep all of the previous programs.

    The summer programs will add an enroll-ment component to the summer camps. The enrollment office personnel will talk to the potential students about coming to USU Eastern prior to the start of their planned activities. They will also provide marketing material to the camp students in order to advertise the degrees offered at Eastern. They will create a mailing list based on the camp participants for future recruiting efforts. The camps will have about 1,200 students attending every summer.

    They will bring in a wide variety of camps this year, ranging from athletics to geology. Spears say they want to recruit leadership camps that will transition nicely into students enroll-ing at USU Eastern. They will not be dropping any of the previous camps, and dont ever plan to, especially because some of the camps have been around for 14 years.

    Spears hopes to expand the number of camps each year. They have a Debate IE camp in the works for the summer of 2016 and possibly a wrestling camp. He wants to make sure that he builds the staff with the camps, and not overextend their services.

    The first camp is the Utah Leadership Academy in the second week of May. This camp will be compromised of student leaders in Utah. Some of the other academic camps include; the Madeline Choir, Upward Bound, and two geology camps.

    Outdoor activities will be added this year

    as well. Spear says, This is something new we will be adding this year. We will provide optional activities for the camps while they are staying in Price. We also partnered with Carbon Recreation for additional options in terms of hiking and camping options. A soccer program is also in the works.

    Spears overall goal with the summer camps is to create an inviting environment for students to potentially attend USU Eastern. They will offer different activities unique to the area and make their college experience memorable. There will be an enrollment op-portunity for USU Eastern, by creating that welcoming environment; they will see an increase in numbers in terms of first -year students. This data will be tracked from day one to show the effectiveness of the summer camps, and it will help them make any neces-sary changes to the program.

    Spears is not new to running camps, in fact at the University of Kansas, he had two years of running summer camps. He was a graduate assistant in housing, and was responsible for working with camp directors. Many of the changes that he is bringing to Eastern are borrowed from the summer camp model he used in Kansas.

    Spears wanted to take over the camps because he wanted to make enrollment op-portunities for future students. He also wanted to provide a way to upgrade the facilities in the residence halls and dining services. All of the revenue generated from the camps will go directly back to the students. Including furniture in the residence halls, equipment for dining services and activities for the students to do in their fall and spring semesters.

    There will be approximately 1,200-1,300 people attending these summer activities and their prices will not go up and will remain the same as last years.

    Philip WinstonBrandon Sly

    Top left: Johnson with his mother, bottom left: Johnsons team photo for USU Eastern, right: after Florida College wins D2 championship game against Indiana on March 28, 2015.

    USU Eastern 2012 alumni, Bubby John-son, has done something that no other athlete in the history of the school has ever done . . . won a D2 basketball title championship with his team.As a member of Florida Southern College, Johnson

    and his teammates handily defeated Indiana 77-62. The team made 13 three-pointers to seal the victory on Sat., March 28, in Evansville, Ind., at the Ford Center.

    The team lost only one game in 37 with an all-senior starting lineup to get to the national stage.

    Johnson had a team high of eight rebounds, 11 points, three assists and two blocks.

    It was pretty neat to see a former captain here at USUE play on national television and win a national championship. It is quite an accomplishment, said Coach Vando.

    In an online interview on Monday, Johnson said he is still on cloud nine and that it really hadnt hit him yet. When the confetti went off, I just looked at my nearest teammates and started grabbing them. We talked all year about getting here and for it to

    happen is amazing. I remember when I was visiting Utah for a month

    last summer, I would workout in the sand volleyball court connected to the LDS Institute of Religion.

    Its just an amazing way to end my collegiate career that I thought was going to be over three years ago.

    Johnson, a 6-foot-8-inch guard/forward from Silver Spring, Md., played for coach Vando Becheli from 2010-12 and served as captain of the team.

    When not playing basketball for the Eagles, he coached eighth and ninth grade students from the area

    to compete in the AAU basketball. He also volunteered at Castle Heights Elementary School every Friday where he read to the students, graded their papers and tested their skills.

    He always worked very hard, and was always being a leader. He was a complete package with a lot of discipline on and off of the court. He was also very involved with the community. He is a competitor and it is no surprise to see his success, said Vando.

    Whats next for Johnson? He plans to graduate with his bachelors degree in communications.

    New head of summer camps Lyman: life and baseballMichaella Crooks

    sports writer [email protected]

    Scott Lyman is a freshman player who likes the out-doors, lets the cheerleaders take egg throwing blame and loves his family. Lyman, a 5 feet 9 inch tall baseball player, has three younger siblings; one brother, and two sisters. I love hunting and playing sports. Being outdoors is one of my favorite things to do. My favorite color of is blue; all shades of blue.

    Next year Lyman plans on returning to Utah State University Eastern and furthering his education while playing baseball. I hope that by the end of next year, I will have my associates degree.

    One of his favorite childhood memo-ries was when he hit my first homerun. It was the bottom of the sixth and we were winning by only one. I walked up to the plate, tapped home plate and got ready to hit.

    The pitcher came set, looked at home plate and threw a fastball right down the middle. I swung so hard that I closed my eyes and somehow hit the ball, and somehow it kept going and going clear out of the park. I had the biggest smile on my face running around the bases.

    Lyman once got pulled over two nights in a row by two different police officers at the same stop sign. I didnt stop all the way. I got away without a ticket both times. Once because our softball team won state, and the second time because my baseball team had just won state.

    The most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to him was when he and his brother went to a Jazz game. As we were leaving the game, an usher was holding the doors open for people as they left the game for some reason, I decided to go through a different door; one that he wasnt holding open. Except as I tried to walk

    through the door, it was locked and I ended up smacking my face right on the glass part. After I nailed my face, I had to go through the door that was being held open and the usher totally just watched me smack my face.

    The most important person in Lymans life was an easy question for him to answer. My mom is definitely the most important person. She does everything for me. She cooks, cleans, does my laundry and is always there

    for me to call when I need someone to talk to. My mom is probably my best friend; she will and does do anything I need help with.

    Lyman went through a close call with a police officer in school. One night my junior year, me and my two good friends decided that we were going to go throw eggs at anything we wanted. We mainly threw them at street signs and light posts, except for two of them.

    My friend threw one at the police chiefs house and missed, but ended up hitting his car right on the windshield. As you can imagine, we flew out of there un-caught.

    The next night, our high school cheer team decided they were going to egg peoples houses, but since we hit the police chiefs car, the police were

    already heavily out. So they got caught and got blamed for egging three houses, including the police car.

    The weirdest food he has ever tried would have to be frog legs, which he enjoyed. Lyman has had some pretty bad injuries, including a broken right arm, broken right ring finger, separated right shoulder and dislocated right shoulder.

    If you want to scare Lyman, try using snakes. I freak-ing hate snakes. They are the nastiest things in the world.

    According to Lyman, the season this year for USU Eastern baseball has been a little rough. But things have started to turn around, and our near-future looks bright. The highlight of his baseball season so far is when the team beat Western Nevada.

    Scott Lyman

    photos courtesy Bubby Johnson

  • Masi Steelsports writer

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    The Eagles won their first conference game this past weekend when they defeat-ed Colorado Northwestern Community College 8-7. The Spartans defeated the Eagles in the first three games.

    On Thursday, March 26, the Eagles lost 6-7. Greg Money led the team in runs with two and had three runs batted in. Following closely were Jordan Mellen, Greg Ashley, Cory McKendrick and Austin Geurtsen, all with one run.

    Pitching for the Eagles was Jayce Hill; he pitched 6.1 innings with two strikeouts, only giving up three runs.

    On Friday, March 27, the Eagles faced CNCC again, losing 4-8. Ashley led the team with one run and one run batted in. He was closely followed by Mellen, Money and Hadley Thorpe; each with one run.

    Pitching for the Eagles was Thorpe, who pitched 3.1 innings and had seven strikeouts. Sean Hardman also pitched 3.1 innings and had five strikeouts.

    During the second game, the Eagles lost 1-9. Brandon Eyring scored the only

    run in the game. Pitcher Thorpe threw 3.2 innings with one strikeout and giving up only one run.

    During the Eagles last game of the weekend, they came out with the win with a score of 8-7. Leading the team was Hardman with three runs, followed by Mellen with two runs and two runs batted in.

    Pitching for the Eagles was Brad Bennet, who threw sevin innings and had four strikeouts, along with Cooper Beck who pitched five innings and had five strikeouts.

    Coach Madsen said, Our greatest

    strength during last weekends games was our hitting. Our weakness was we gave a lot of unearned runs. We are focusing on base running and our pitching in preparation for out Salt Lake Community College games.

    We are really focusing on not walk-ing people and swinging on good pitches because SLCC has a good pitching team. The team had their ups and down last weekend, but in the end they came together and played well.

    Next up for the Eagles is the Bruins on April 2 at 4 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. at SLCCs Cate Field. They have an 8-8 record

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    Jordan Mellen prepares to steal second base. photo courtesy Jordan Mellen

    Baseball: one win and two losses

    Riff le: trades volleyball for wedding plans

    Burrows: two sport athleteKyndall Gardner

    sports writer [email protected]

    Playing two sports for USU Eastern is very time consuming, as Mckenzie Burrows can attest. She is never off the court. Born and raised in West Haven, Utah, she lives in Price playing basketball and vol-leyball for the Eagles as a freshmen. She has four siblings; two brothers and two sis-ters, and two outstanding parents. Her favorite color is blue, and she enjoys chips and salsa. She would never say no to a glass of strawberry lemonade.

    Burrows states her best quality is that she has a really good work ethic and knows that shes going to have to work hard to get the things that she wants.

    Burrows favorite thing about herself would be her hair. Burrows plans on getting a nursing degree and getting a job as a part-time nurse, along with coaching basketball at a high school level. She does not shy away from looks or going after what she wants.

    One thing that scares Burrows most is raising her children and worrying that she might mess up. One of the most dreadful dates for Burrows was when a boy asked her to a dance over text message. I ended up driving my car the whole day and had to drive the other couples as well. We ended up rock climbing for our date but only climbed the cliff once. Then my date decided that he was done and wanted to go home.

    The boys then made us the most disgusting pan-cakes that ended up being a greenish color. I then went home and put on my formal dress and we headed off to the dance. Once we arrived, I looked around and noticed that it was an Ugly Sweater dance. Then my date stood in the corner the whole time and wouldnt dance with me or talk to any of the other couples.

    Burrows dream date would include going horseback riding in the mountains and being able to see the sunrise.

    If Burrows only had 24 hours left on Earth she would spend it with family. I am super attached to them and we are all really close.

    Burrows most embarrassing moment was in ninth grade gym class while playing flag football. A boy in my class went to go pull my flag and pulled my pants down with it. My whole class watched my pants come off.

    One of Burrows most victorious sports moments was winning the state championship in basketball, then getting to play in Madi-son Square Garden. If Burrows could live anywhere in the world she would choose Utah. Its sheltered. I love living somewhere where we have four seasons.

    Burrows greatest hero in life is her high school basketball coach. She really cared about her players as people rather than just a simple athlete. She was always pushing me to be better.

    Being energetic was normal for Bur-rows at a young age. I would play soccer in the house every day and my parents would make me go outside. One day my parents left the house and reminded me that I wasnt allowed to play inside.

    With my friend over and my parents gone, we started kicking the ball all over the house. My friend kicked that ball so

    hard that it bounced off the wall, hitting our fireplace, shattering the glass cover. My parents were not very happy with me after that. Some of Burrows hidden talents includes sewing and embroidery.

    Playing a double sport isnt anything new for Bur-rows. Constantly devoting time to the court, whether for volleyball or basketball, she never gets tired of it.

    Burrows favorite memories for volleyball are when they stayed in hotels. We would just sleep in each others rooms and have such a great time.

    For basketball, her favorite memory was beating CSI and watching their coach make them run on The Eagles home court until they were sick.

    Burrows is looking forward to another year of devoting her time to playing volleyball and basketball.

    McKenzie Burrows

    Brazil native has played basketball since nine years old

    Michaella Crookssports writer

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    Whitney Riffle bids Eastern farewell as she gets ready to graduate and start a family. The six-foot sophomore was born in Provo, Utah, and raised in Seattle. She is the oldest of four kids; she has a 16-year-old sister, a 13-year-old brother and an 11-year-old sister. Riffles favorite season is summer because, Washington doesnt have seasons. It rains or doesnt rain. Coming here has shown me what summer really is.

    Outside of playing vol-leyball for USU Eastern, other things she enjoys include playing Sudoku, marathons on Netflix and hanging out with her fianc. Riffle plans on getting married May 9, 2015 to Josh Randle. He is a film student at BYU and works for the Mormon Channel and makes movies.

    Riffle doesnt have a favorite memory at USU Eastern, but does like her team and roommates. They always know how to have fun. She has had one serious injury from when she was a junior in high school. I broke my leg when I was jumping on a parking strip. I fell off the parking strip and when I did, my fibula cracked and when I stood up, my tibia rolled the other way and cracked the bone going up.

    The most embarrassing thing that has ever hap-pen to Riffle was in junior high. I was awarded the athlete of the year award, and when I was coming down the stairs to accept the award, I fell down the bleachers in front of everyone. Her most prized

    possession is her wedding ring.Out of all the super powers, Riffle would want

    mind reading. Something cool that recently happen to her was that she won a trip to the Bahamas in a drawing at a bridal fair. We plan on going for our one-year anniversary because our honeymoon to Park City is already booked.

    Riffle had a run in with the police once. I was babysitting my little sister, who was one at the time, for 40 minutes when my mom needed to go grocery shopping. My sister got out of my house and crossed a major six-lane road. When I found her at a park, the police where already there. They yelled at my mom and sent us to CPS (child protection services) for a couple of hours. They realized it was all an accident and let us all go home.

    If Riffle could go anywhere in the world she would go to New Zealand. It all started when I saw Narnia, and the Lord of the Rings is also filmed there. I love their accents. I love BYU rugby, and Mowery descendants and Fight of the Concords, a band from down there. One time she got to touch

    Macklemore on the hand at a concert in 09 when he was still trying to make it big in the music industry.

    Riffles biggest phobia is scary movies. One thing she wants to do before she dies is get mar-ried and have kids. Im half way done with one of those goals.

    Riffles overview of the volleyball season is, I think that we had a lot of talent on the team, but our team wasnt disciplined enough. For anyone who is planning on playing college volleyball, her advice is to, work hard, even when it is easy to slack. There is always someone working harder than you, so you need to be thinking about that all the time. It is a competition to get in and to play, so dont slack off, or else someone is going to take your spot.

    Marcelo Ruedigersports writer

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    A former player on the Brazilian national team is a crucial player for womens basketball team performance.

    Ana Carolina da Silva Borges is a fresh-man for the Lady Eagles. She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and joined the Utah State University Eastern team in the fall of 2014. Borges started playing basketball when she was nine, and was recruited for the Brazilian National team four times.

    When Borges was 12, she played basket-ball at her first club called Centro Olimpico de Treinamento e Pesquisa (COTP). After playing six years at COTP, she was invited

    to play at Sao Jose dos Campus, a bigger club also located in the center of Sao Paulo. Borges spent a year in Sao Jose and then transferred to Americana where she was offered better opportunities to improve her game. After a year in Americana, she went to another club in Brazil where she spent her last six months studying English, playing basketball and pre-paring to come to Price.

    Coach Vando Becheli, the mens basketball head coach, was the person who saw Borges playing when she was only 17. Realizing the talent she had, he gave her the opportunity to join the Eagles team three years after, when she was 20. It was always my dream to come to the United States to play basketball and live here. I only decided to wait a couple years before I come because I wanted to make sure I was prepared to leave home and my family,

    Borges said. As a Brazilian citizen, her first language

    is Portuguese. Learning English in a short period of time was really tough. In order to be able to come to the U.S., she had to take the TOEFL, which is a test for foreign students to measure their English speaking, listening and writing ability. This test was way harder than I thought, but with the help of my English teachers in Brazil and my effort, I was able to get enough to pass it.

    Borges biggest challenge to leave her home country was leaving her family. I was always very close to my parents, especially my mom. I miss them a lot, and sometimes it is pretty hard for me to stay so far from them. However, her dream to play at high level college basketball, then follow a professional basketball career and make money out of it, was strong enough

    to overcome those barriers and