Sam Czarnecki staff writer [email protected] Tools are awesome. They enable people do jobs that would otherwise be severely impractical and inefficient, like pounding a nail into wood. Not fun when all you’ve got to work with is your bare hands, so people invented an object that you’d hit the nail with instead of your hand, and it caught on quickly. I guess you could just use a rock, but then it still counts as a tool, and what rock comes with the nail remover built-in? My vote goes to the hammers. But today’s subject goes not to the active tools, but to the passive tools like cup-holders and backpacks. Things that always do what they’re built to do, even though they’re es- sentially doing nothing at all. Today’s subject is, in fact, a pot, or vase, if you prefer. The deal about this particular pot, though, is that archeologists speculate that it’s over 1,000 years old, and still intact. Specialists from all over are stumped for several different reasons, but the clear facts are: Most ancient tableware is found relatively close to the living environment of whoever crafted it, usually close to other creations of the same kind, usually in pieces. This vase was found alone under an overhang of rock a fair distance away from any ancient settlements. The people who discovered the pot, several archeologists from the Colorado Plateau Archeological Alliance, thought it was just an odd rock formation at first, but on closer inspection they found that it was a half-buried, intact vase. It was about a year before the Bureau of Land Management let them dig it up and run tests on it. Tim Riley, Ph.D. and Curator of Archeol- ogy at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum says that the pot is of Freemont make, and is obviously more so because it was found in Freemont ter- ritory. He stated that finds like these are extremely rare, because the Freemont civiliza- tion started declin- ing around 900-1000 AD, meaning that this pot could well have been made over 1,000 years ago. The pot is The preschool has been on campus since the early 1980s and housed in the West Instructional Building. Funded by preschool tuition and indirect resources, the preschool serves as a lab for college students who are majoring in early childhood education. It is also used as a public relations tool to educate future USU Eastern students. USU Eastern’s funding is limited to maintenance and support services. Two sessions are offered, three days a week. The morning session is for 3 year olds and the afternoon session is for 4 to 5 year olds. The program is similar to pre- schools at Dixie State University, Southern Utah University, Snow, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, Westminster, Salt Lake Community Col - lege, the University of Utah, Weber State University, Utah State University and three of its regional campuses. Philosophically, the cur- riculum allows children to explore in a safe environment, gives opportunities not afforded at home and provides hands-on experience for future learning. “It’s the primary connections, which research shows, are so critical to shaping the minds of preschoolers as successful future learners,” associate education professor Anne Mackiewicz, said. USU Eastern’s program is based on best researched prac- tices. “In the state of Utah anyone can open a preschool,” she said. “All you need is to acquire a business license. There are no background checks, CPR train- ing, food handler’s permit, or child development education. Preschools can have an unlimited number of students without anyone checking on how many adults are present to teach and monitor the children. There is simply no oversight of preschool owners and that is something parents should be aware of. I encourage all parents to ask about these issues when enrolling their child in a program.” USU Eastern’s preschool teacher has an early childhood degree. The program teaches college students a complete curriculum of early childhood education. When a college student graduates from the program, they will have earned an associate of applied science degree (AAS) with an emphasis in child de- velopment. As the enrollment of the col- lege dropped this past decade, so did students majoring in early childhood education. Two to three students enroll each year, but more are needed if the program is to remain viable. If the college chooses to keep the program, Mackiewicz believes a focused effort to recruit students would support a viable program. If the AAS is elimi- nated, available funding along Volume <VOLUME> • Number <##> <Date> The Voice of the Students VOICE OF THE STUDENTS Volume XXXVII•Number 2 What’s Inside Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN September 18, 2014 LIFeStyLeS • Legend of Korra review • La Leche League • Jan thornton • harley earl • “Les Miserables” • page 4-5 see preschool page 3 SPOrtS • Women’s soccer nationally ranked • No postseason for baseball • From rio to Price • Lessons for life • Volleyball preseason: 6-7 • page 6-7 VIeWPOINtS • Politically correct • apps waste of time? • Don’t judge • Wasssuppp?! • Calendar of events • page 2 The USU Eastern Office of Residence Life sponsored the “Believe for Bree” 5K at the Mc- Donald Career Center on Saturday, Sept. 13. This is the second 5k the department sponsored to help the local community. Jeff Spears, director of resi- dence life, said, “It is important for our students to be involved in efforts to give back to surrounding areas as our community is vital to the success of our college.” Spears referred to the first 5K,”Walk a Mile in Their Shoes,” to support the Carbon County Clothing Closet with collecting shoes for local community mem- bers in Price. Eastern was able to have over 80 participants with over 200 pairs of shoes donated to the Clothing Closet. The 5K for this year was for another local cause in the com- munity. Students, staff/faculty and the local community were asked to donate $10 to the Brylee Olson family. Brylee was diagnosed with a DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) brain tumor on March 6, 2013. The community lost Brylee this past summer and the community has been amazing with showing support. The 5K raised over $1,250 dollars for the family with 125 people signed up for the event. Katie Felice staff writer [email protected] A Utah State University East- ern staff member goes above and beyond a job title every day, to help students succeed and bring service to the school and was recently rec- ognized for all of his hard work. In August, SUN Center coordinator, Terry Johnson, was awarded the Outstanding Staff Member award. “It was totally unexpected.” he states. “There are so many others who are deserving of this award, but I am very honored.” Although this award is a great honor, this is not Johnson’s first time being voted for an award. In 2012 he was first awarded the Outstanding Staff Member by the students. Johnson grew up in the Carbon County area, until he had later left for a two-year mission in South Africa. He attended college where he was valedictorian at the College of Eastern Utah as well as Southern Utah University. Because of later work circum- stances, he moved to New York for about a year and California but after a few years of city living, he and his wife realized that Price was their home and moved back. He has been with the SUN Center for about 3 years and with USUE overall for a little over nine years. In the SUN Center he works with about 20 student Terry Johnson awarded Outstanding Staff Member 5K Run for Brylee Olsen 1,000-year-old pot found in Nine-Mile Canyon Chancellor emails e Eagle staff that the decision has not been finalized, but . . . Rumors T he rumored closure of the USU Eastern preschool has picked up steam fall semester, although a recent email from Chancellor Joe Peterson to The Eagle staff stated that its eminent closure is not a done deal. Morgan Verdi editor-in-chief / [email protected] Men’s soccer busted Josie Slade viewpoints editor [email protected] At approximately 3:28 a.m. on Sept. 11, a Utah Highway Patrol- man and Price City Police officer arrived at Tucker Residence Hall to investigate a loud party among a few residents. Several students, including myself, stood outside in the parking lot early that morning and watched the police go into the apartment. As I stood with fellow students, one informed me of what had hap- pened prior to the police arriving. A student on the second floor was attempting to sleep when loud noises in the room below him kept him awake. He walked downstairs and knocked on the door where several players from the men’s soccer team resided. He smelled smoke and when they opened the door, they were hostile towards him. He returned to his apartment and called the resident advisor who was on duty at the time. The RA came to the apartment where the noise was coming from to ask the residents to keep their volume down. It was here that she became suspicious of possible partying. She called county dispatch, and within 20 minutes a highway patrolman and a Price City Police Officer (for the use of translation) arrived at Tucker. When the police arrived, soccer players attempted to run. One of the boys managed to dive out the win- dow, breaking the window screen. The police then proceeded to pull a Hookah from within the room. The next day, soccer coach Ammon Bennett issued drug test- ing for the 10 players who were involved in the incident from Terry Johnson Toby Prettyman see Terry Johnson page 3 see drug testing page 3 see 5K page 3 see pot page 3 photo by Hunter Free/The Eagle Aniya Taberna scribbles with her chalk at the USU Easetern Preschool.
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Tools are awesome. They enable people do jobs that would otherwise be severely impractical and inefficient, like pounding a nail into wood. Not fun when all you’ve got to work with is your bare hands, so people invented an object that you’d hit the nail with instead of your hand, and it caught on quickly. I guess you could just use a rock, but then it still counts as a tool, and what rock comes with the nail remover built-in? My vote goes to the hammers.
But today’s subject goes not to the active tools, but to the passive tools like cup-holders and backpacks. Things that always do what they’re built to do, even though they’re es-sentially doing nothing at all.
Today’s subject is, in fact, a pot, or vase, if you prefer. The deal about this particular pot,
though, is that archeologists speculate that it’s over 1,000 years old, and still intact. Specialists from all over are stumped for several different reasons, but the clear facts are:
Most ancient tableware is found relatively close to the living environment of whoever crafted it, usually close to other creations of the same kind, usually in pieces. This vase was found alone under an overhang of rock a fair distance away from any ancient settlements.
The people who discovered the pot, several archeologists from the Colorado Plateau Archeological Alliance, thought it was just an odd rock formation at first, but on closer inspection they found that it was a half-buried, intact vase. It was about a year before
the Bureau of Land Management let them dig it up and run tests on it.
Tim Riley, Ph.D. and Curator of Archeol-ogy at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum
says that the pot is of Freemont make, and is obviously more so because it was found in Freemont ter-
ritory. He stated that f inds l ike these are extremely rare, because the Freemont civiliza-tion started declin-
ing around 900-1000 AD, meaning that this
pot could well have been made over 1,000 years ago. The pot is
The preschool has been on campus since the early 1980s and housed in the West Instructional Building. Funded by preschool tuition and indirect resources, the preschool serves as a lab for college students who are majoring in early childhood education. It is also used as a public relations tool to educate future USU Eastern students. USU Eastern’s funding is limited to maintenance and support services.
Two sessions are offered, three days a week. The morning session is for 3 year olds and the afternoon session is for 4 to 5 year olds.
The program is similar to pre-schools at Dixie State University, Southern Utah University, Snow, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, Westminster, Salt Lake Community Col-
lege, the University of Utah, Weber State University, Utah State University and three of its regional campuses.
Philosophically, the cur-riculum allows children to explore in a safe environment, gives opportunities not afforded at home and provides hands-on experience for future learning. “It’s the primary connections, which research shows, are so critical to shaping the minds of preschoolers as successful future learners,” associate education professor Anne Mackiewicz, said.
USU Eastern’s program is based on best researched prac-tices. “In the state of Utah anyone can open a preschool,” she said. “All you need is to acquire a business license. There are no background checks, CPR train-ing, food handler’s permit, or
child development education. Preschools can have an unlimited number of students without anyone checking on how many adults are present to teach and monitor the children. There is simply no oversight of preschool owners and that is something parents should be aware of. I encourage all parents to ask about these issues when enrolling their child in a program.”
USU Eastern’s preschool teacher has an early childhood degree. The program teaches college students a complete curriculum of early childhood education. When a college student graduates from the program, they will have earned an associate of applied science degree (AAS) with an emphasis in child de-velopment.
As the enrollment of the col-lege dropped this past decade, so did students majoring in early childhood education. Two to three students enroll each year, but more are needed if the program is to remain viable.
If the college chooses to keep the program, Mackiewicz believes a focused effort to recruit students would support a viable program. If the AAS is elimi-nated, available funding along
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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH - 451 E 400 N - PRICE, UT 84501
VOICE OF THE STUDENTSVolume XXXVII•Number 2
What’s Inside
Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN
September 18, 2014
LIFeStyLeS• Legend of Korra review• La Leche League• Jan thornton• harley earl• “Les Miserables” •page 4-5
see preschool page 3
SPOrtS• Women’s soccer nationally ranked• No postseason for baseball• From rio to Price • Lessons for life• Volleyball preseason: 6-7 •page 6-7
VIeWPOINtS• Politically correct• apps waste of time?• Don’t judge• Wasssuppp?!• Calendar of events •page 2
The USU Eastern Office of Residence Life sponsored the “Believe for Bree” 5K at the Mc-Donald Career Center on Saturday, Sept. 13. This is the second 5k the department sponsored to help the local community.
Jeff Spears, director of resi-dence life, said, “It is important for our students to be involved in efforts to give back to surrounding areas as our community is vital to the success of our college.”
Spears referred to the first 5K,”Walk a Mile in Their Shoes,” to support the Carbon County Clothing Closet with collecting shoes for local community mem-bers in Price. Eastern was able to have over 80 participants with over 200 pairs of shoes donated to the Clothing Closet.
The 5K for this year was for another local cause in the com-munity. Students, staff/faculty and the local community were asked to donate $10 to the Brylee Olson
family. Brylee was diagnosed with a DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) brain tumor on March 6, 2013.
The community lost Brylee this past summer and the community has been amazing with showing support. The 5K raised over $1,250 dollars for the family with 125 people signed up for the event.
Katie Felicestaff writer
A Utah State University East-ern staff member goes above and beyond a job title every day, to help students succeed and bring service to the school and was recently rec-ognized for all of his hard work. In August, SUN Center coordinator, Terry Johnson, was awarded the Outstanding Staff Member award.
“It was totally u nexp e c t e d.” he states. “There are so many others who are deserving of this award, but I am very honored.”
Although this award is a great honor, this is not Johnson’s first time being voted for an award.
In 2012 he was first awarded the Outstanding Staff Member by the students.
Johnson grew up in the Carbon County area, until he had later left for a two-year mission in South Africa. He attended college where he was valedictorian at the College
of Eastern Utah as well as Southern Utah University. Because of later work circum-stances, he moved to New York for about a year and California but after a few years of city living, he and his wife realized that Price was their home and moved back.
He has been with the SUN Center for about 3 years
and with USUE overall for a little over nine years. In the SUN Center he works with about 20 student
Terry Johnson awarded Outstanding Staff Member
5K Run for Brylee Olsen
1,000-year-old pot found in Nine-Mile Canyon
Chancellor
emails The
Eagle staff
that the
decision
has not
been
finalized,
but . . .
Rumors
The rumored closure of the USU Eastern preschool has picked up steam fall semester, although a recent email from Chancellor Joe Peterson to The Eagle staff stated
that its eminent closure is not a done deal.
Morgan Verdi editor-in-chief / [email protected]
Men’s soccer bustedJosie Sladeviewpoints editor
At approximately 3:28 a.m. on Sept. 11, a Utah Highway Patrol-man and Price City Police officer arrived at Tucker Residence Hall to investigate a loud party among a few residents. Several students, including myself, stood outside in the parking lot early that morning and watched the police go into the apartment.
As I stood with fellow students, one informed me of what had hap-pened prior to the police arriving. A student on the second floor was attempting to sleep when loud noises in the room below him kept him awake.
He walked downstairs and knocked on the door where several players from the men’s soccer team resided. He smelled smoke and
when they opened the door, they were hostile towards him.
He returned to his apartment and called the resident advisor who was on duty at the time. The RA came to the apartment where the noise was coming from to ask the residents to keep their volume down. It was here that she became suspicious of possible partying. She called county dispatch, and within 20 minutes a highway patrolman and a Price City Police Officer (for the use of translation) arrived at Tucker.
When the police arrived, soccer players attempted to run. One of the boys managed to dive out the win-dow, breaking the window screen. The police then proceeded to pull a Hookah from within the room.
The next day, soccer coach Ammon Bennett issued drug test-ing for the 10 players who were involved in the incident from
Terry Johnson
Toby Prettyman
see Terry Johnson page 3
see drug testing page 3
see 5K page 3
see pot page 3
photo by Hunter Free/The Eagle
Aniya Taberna scribbles with her chalk at the USU Easetern Preschool.
VIEWPOINTSSeptember 18, 2014
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National Mud Pack Day
Fun on the Field @ 6 p.mVirus Appreciation Day
Thursday Friday Saturday SundayWednesday
National Cherries Jubilee DayCheckers Day
Elephant Appreciation Day
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Ask a Stupid Question Day
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Crush a Can Day
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Foam DanceNational Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Wasssuppp?!by the USU Eastern Theatre
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Campus events
Sept. 17 - Oct. 5
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It’s time to stop judgingKatrina Wood
assistant editor [email protected]
Judge not!It seems likes something you’d
grow out of by the time you gradu-ate high school, but even in college, one may find it difficult to overlook appearances and stereotypes.
I know most of you will prob-ably think I’m a bit weird for writ-ing this. a lot of you will probably think something along the lines of, “Don’t judge a book by its cover. this is college. that stuff doesn’t happen.” and yes, I can see where you’re coming from.
For the most part, people are accepting of one another’s differ-ences in college. many students realize that it’s alright if others have diverse interests and come from different walks of life, and hey, that’s awesome. It’s great to see that people, once they enter college, are willing to accept oth-ers as they are. But despite what most would like to believe, we’ve
still got a ways to go before we’ve perfected the art of acceptance.
When it comes to being more accepting, I’ve compiled a few ideas everyone could apply to ev-eryday life. though I don’t think there’s any one secret procedure that will do the trick all on its own, I think there a few small actions people can do every day in order to improve themselves and move past appearances and stereotypes.
First, just because you accept someone doesn’t
mean you agree with everything they do or be-lieve. I’ve be-come friends with
people whose beliefs are
v a s t l y d i f fe r-
ent from my own. I’ve had the chance to grow close to people I never would have believed myself capable of talking to, and found that a majority of them are interesting and fun to be around. they offer
different views and opinions I never would have considered, and more often than not, when I respect their beliefs, they turn around and do the same.
the second idea is that basing one’s entire worth on physical ap-pearance is unfair and should stop. not only is the concept that physical appearances confirm whether a person is good or not an idiotic no-tion, but it’s also an outdated belief that only boasts rude behavior and a shallow mind-set. It’s an action that makes no sense no matter which way you look at it, and one that most often ends with someone realizing they were wrong.
I’ve seen it happen plenty of times in my life. Heck, I’ve even participated in it. On numerous oc-casions, I’ve tried to become friends with someone solely because of their appearance and realized they weren’t worth my time. On the other side of the spectrum, I’ve ignored people who weren’t quite up to what I considered par,
See Judging on Page 3
Do phone apps waste your time?Josie Sladeviewpoints editor
throughout usu eastern’s campus, you can’t go five minutes without spotting a student on their phone. Cell phones have become commonplace items in our day-to-day lives. Our main means of communication, entertainment and information are cell phones. If you walk up to a student on campus and ask for the time, most will reach for their phones.
according to “13 Impressive statistics about mobile Device usage,” an article found in ed tech magazine written by Jimmy Daly, “84 percent of cell phones users cannot go a day without their device”. the question isn’t whether or not cell phones are required, but rather if there is a way to use mobile devices smartly and effectively?
more than one million apps can be found in mobile app stores. the top three apps in the iphone store
are Facebook messenger, spider-man unlimited and nFL mobile. none of these applications are needed in our day-to-day life, but they cover the three common uses of mobile devices (communication, entertainment and information). most of the common apps down-loaded cannot be implemented to help us with school and work, but there are quite a few applica-tions that can help us rather than hinder us.
mobile devices are not going anywhere anytime soon. profes-sors, family members and some-times even friends are telling us to put down our phones. While this may seem like the solution, the truth is that no one is going to be putting down their phones. We need to learn to invest in more time-worthy over the time-wasting applications we often find ourselves losing hours over.
some of the apps that are often overlooked include myHomework (useful in keeping track of assign-
ments), the Chemical touch (an interactive periodic table), ever-note Peek (helps with flashcards) and Dictionary.com. there are many more apps just like these ones that are there to help you with your workload. How come we aren’t seeing apps like these on the top charts in the app store? the problem is simply that people don’t seem to be aware of them.
there are apps that can be useful. While it’s okay to have a few games on our phones, it isn’t okay to be spending most of our lives on these games. take a look around the app store sometime and check out all the use-ful apps that can help you. When you have an ap-plication like this, you can be proud o f t h e time you are spending rather than guilty.
Have we become too politically correct in our
society?
Christopher Palo staff writer
today the phrase “land of the free” has become an antiquated and almost spat upon statement. With some interest groups becoming fighters for equality, at what point do we decide what’s really equal and what is special treatment? special interest groups claiming
to want the same rights as others but then push for more and more privileges and even denying oth-ers constitutional freedoms so the members of the groups “feelings” are not hurt, at what point is enough, enough?
In a park in Ohio a flier stapled to a tree reads, “First annual straight-white-guy festival. a fes-tival for people who enjoy being straight, white and male. Open to all ages. everyone welcome. Beer available.” What appears to be a festival to show that straight white-males are not the evil-hate mongers has a lot of special interest groups up in arms about the subject.
michael premo of “Why mar-riage matters” was quoted by the Huffington Post saying, “This kind
of thing implies there’s some kind of struggle going on for being a straight-white person in Ohio.” He continues, “straight-white people are doing just fine… I think it detracts from the real problem of Ohio that needs to be solved, that [people] are being denied their constitutional rights because of who they are and who they love.”
the most hated genre of people in the world today is straight-white-Christian males. When a person disagrees with president Barak Obama they get branded as a racist. even if their point is valid, and had no bearing on race at all, the mere mention of racism makes that individual’s point invalid and that person is shoved aside and no longer heard. If a black man shoots
a white man there are no headlines about it but if a white man shoots a black man all of a sudden it’s a racial thing. Decide for yourself are “straight-white males doing just fine…” or not.
With so many politically cor-rect arguments, the number one rally cry is “what about the chil-dren?” everything from marriage to guns to the actual military is under attack.
It has been 650 years since the first recorded fire arm was used, yet it has only become a danger recently. With groups like mothers against Guns and large portions of the Democratic party trying to ban guns, it becomes a question of why now. Why is it so dangerous to have a gun now?
Why just now are Gun-Grabbers so desperately trying to outlaw firearms? Why, because they hurt
peoples feelings.Logic has been
replaced with e m o t i o n a n d reason had been replaced with
h e a r s a y . Ignora nce and gossip have become more preva-
lent than research and understand-ing and entitlement has become almost a full-time job.
It’s easier to claim hurt feelings and sue a person than it is to put in an actual days work.
See Correct on page 3
Through the eyes of S’MorganMorgan Verdi
editor-in-chief [email protected]
through the eyes of smorgan: Who wishes they could be like the cool kids?
I’m a criminal justice major and also run The Eagle, or at least I like to think I do. It’s quite the combination and because of my many different likes and interests I’ve never fit in. I am not and will never be considered one of the “cool kids.” the best part about it is, I’m okay with that but that wasn’t always the case. I used to want to fit in so bad and not even necessarily with the popular kids but with anyone.
Let’s face it we all have our cliques whether we are the ath-letes or the bookworms. everyone has their own group of people and most of the time everyone fits in somewhere and then there’s me. I’m the person that is friends with everyone yet I belong nowhere. I
used to get upset about it.I used to cry because I felt like
I’d never have a place where I was accepted and where other people liked the things I like. that’s not a fun feeling, it could at times be compared to being stabbed all over your body, but never in a place that will kill you, just the places that w i l l make you suffer.
there were times I was so disappointed i n my s e l f b e c a u s e I
c o u l d n ’ t make my-sel f con-f o r m t o the norms
of society, but now none of that matters. College was my new start a place to try and find myself and even though the journey has just begun, I am slowly making progress in finding myself and in that journey
See S’Morgan on Page 3
September 18, 2014 Page 3
Judgingonly to realize they were some of the most fun people I’d ever meet and that they’d become my closest friends.
I’ll agree with you guys. It’s hard to look past appearances and ignore ste-reotypes. It’s difficult to shove aside negative thoughts and take a chance on someone, especially if they’re not what you’re used to or comfortable with. But as with the majority of the
college experience, working past these fears is what makes the experience worthwhile.
Meeting people different from you gives you a better idea of what the real world is like. It gives you a chance to adjust to the idea that not everyone has the same ideals and values as you, and it also provides you the opportunity to learn how to become friends with
people you’d never consider otherwise. Sure, at times it’s scary and a bit
over-whelming, but it prepares you for a world that’s much bigger than your college campus. It gives you a chance to explore life from a differ-ent angle, and it might even help you make a friend or two. Who knows? The only way to find out is to try it for yourself.
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The easiest way to prove your point is not with logic or reason, but with slander and claims of intolerance.
LGBT, NAACP, La Raza and others have become less concerned with equal-ity and more concerned with privilege and power. Equality means that every one gets the same and not any extra. Is it really equality that an individual or group can claim hurt feelings and deprive others of constitutional rights? When freedom of speech is hindered and other civil liberties are being taken away just so a person doesnt have to feel something other than complete and total acceptance, is that really equality?
Political correctness is dividing us
as a country into sects of black, white, Hispanic, gay and straight, effectively segregating our nation again, not by law but by the rebirth of fear and preju-dice. There are all-black colleges and all-female colleges, but if you have a all-male college or all-white college then the word discrimination is thrown around.
Religion has even been pulled into this political correctness movement. The tragedy in Bengasi has been bro-ken down essentially in to pro-Islam or anit-Islam instead of what actually happened.
Islam is the most popular religion in the world and like all religions, there
are extremists. Ten to 25 percent of Islam are categorized in the extremist groups that want to destroy the Western World, that amount adds up to 300 mil-lion, that is the population of the U.S. Political correctness has made it nearly impossible to track and prevent terrorist attacks, by stopping reasonable searches claiming discrimination.
Has the political correctness move-ment created a safe haven for certain interest groups or has it limited the freedoms of the American people? Civil rights sky rocketed for certain groups but dwindled for others. Is it really freedom if your freedom infringes on the freedom of another?
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I found that I don’t have to fit in. Frankly I don’t want to.
All I can do is be me, the crazy, wild, happy go lucky girl I am. I guess in the end, all you can do is be happy with yourself. I may not fit in anywhere. I may not have any “peeps,” but I know who I am and because of that, I don’t need to follow anyone.
I am a leader. I believe everyone can be a leader, but you have to break free from the sterotypes. You have to know yourself and not let anyone stop you from being the best you can be. Back to the question above. Who wishes they could be like the cool kids? Not us at USU Eastern. We are our own cool kids.
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Center he works with about 20 student leaders to carry out service projects and other activities.
“I love students and I love higher education.” Johnson says.
The most rewarding part about his job he explains is, “Having the chance to work one on one with students, which is why I am here.” He elaborates saying,
“It is so rewarding to be able to see the fruits of your labor and know you have done something to get student in the right direction.”
From what students have said they seem to feel very positively affected by him. Hannah Murphy went on to say, “Terry is a sweetheart, he really cares about what students have to say and wants
them to succeed.”Mariah Davis explained her experi-
ence with Johnson saying,” I personally have gone to talk to him about things and he always puts situations into perspective for me and knows how to help.”
Together the girls agreed, “He is the kind of person who will do everything in his power to help you succeed.”
Bree 5k run
photo by Hunter Free/The eagle
Students, faculty, staff, community gather in support of BreeThe USU Eastern office of residence life sponsored its second 5K in 2014 on Sept. 13. The warm, September morning proved perfect weather for all those who ran. Toby Prettyman, a USU Eastern student won first place.
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Spears added, “The same shirt will be displayed in the office of residence life to remember the life of a brave little girl and to raise awareness for DIPG related to possible causes and a potential treatment.” The office of residence life is committed to sponsoring an annual
5K, Spears said. Each 5K will have a common theme of community involvement with supporting local efforts. “Residence life is all about community building for students both on and off campus.” The residence life community looks forward to the 5K in 2015 and helping the local community yet again.
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were suspended one game (Western Wyoming) last weekend according to USU Eastern Athletics Policy, and one player was kicked from the team permanently.”
In response to this incident, Paur has issued random drug testing to two players
of each team. “There are consequences for drug use. We want to win these games, but the player’s education is more important.” Because the incident was held in residence life, all ten will be subjected to housing policies.
Debate: bringing back a USU E tradition
Editor’s note: The wrong story about USU Eastern bringing back debate appeared in the Sept. 4 edition. Eastern is bringing debate back, this is the story about the program set to debut fall 2015.
USU Eastern’s debate team (College of Eastern Utah) was powerhouse on the regional and national circuit for decades. Under the direction of one of the most renowned debate coaches in the nation for 32 years, Neil Warren, CEU accumulated regional and national recognition.
At the peak of the debate team (1991), Warren and his students won 272 team and individual tro-phies, which Warren called a phenomenal record. Building upon this winning pedigree, Jeff Spears, who debated fro CEU and Southern Utah University, announced that USU Eastern will have a debate team fall semester 2015.
“We hope to restore the competitive tradition at Eastern, while providing an opportunity for students
to receive a quality education,” Spears said.The return of the debate team next year at USU
Eastern is as good of a time as any, he said. Students on the debate team would make an immediate impact on the overall enrollment growth for USU Eastern and assist the college with meeting the Four-in-Four Initiative.
In Spears’ recent emails with the debate coach at Weber State, Omar Guevara wrote, “Utah is currently the second best state in the West for competitive high school debate, only behind California.”
In terms of overall numbers, Spears been in contact with several coaches in the state regarding adding talent for the first year of the team. Many of his contacts are former members of the renowned CEU program who are coaching at all levels of debate.
During a recent meeting of the Utah Debate Coaches Association (UDCA), the local body for competitive high school forensics, 100 percent of speech and debate coaches in attendance agreed that another competitive college program in the state of Utah would do much to support this valuable activity, and would give high school coaches another option in which to refer their talented students.
The debate coach at Bingham High School,
Carol Shackelford, noted, “Every year, Rowland Hall, Bingham, Lone Peak, Juan Diego, Highland, West, and countless other high schools, matriculate students to out-of-state colleges who would oth-erwise attend USU Eastern. These students have strong academic skills, are intellectually curious, and active in their community. I know that a strong forensics program at your institution would serve as a magnet for high quality undergraduate students.”
In terms of the quality of students, debate pro-grams attract and retain college-ready students to universities nationwide. These students excel not only in debate competitions, but also the classroom.
In the letter of support for Eastern’s Forensic Team from debate coach at the University of Utah Michael Keith Mickelson wrote, “The National Association of Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) has recently reported that high school students who participate in speech and debate are three times more likely to reach ACT CollegeReady benchmarks in reading and language skills than their non-debating peers, and are three times more likely to enroll in and complete a bachelor’s degree program than their non-debating peers.”
Moreover, forensic college students maintain
excellence in the classroom alongside their com-mitment to debate responsibilities. Mickelson con-tinues, “The same NAUDL study found that college debaters are three times more likely to gain entrance to graduate, law, or professional school than their non-debating peers.”
Although there is not a debate major at USU East-ern, the quality of students a debate team can produce result in more demanding professions at four-year institutions. According to scholars Ronald Matlon and Thompson Briggers, students who participate on speech and debate teams become, disproportionately, the most successful business, political, communica-tion and legal leaders.
Lastly, the return of the debate team marks an exciting time at Eastern. With enrollment on a rise and the biggest freshmen class ever, USU Eastern is committed to increasing services and programs to students. Much like soccer, the debate team will create a new market for recruiting students to East-ern, while simultaneously helping retention efforts.
As a former debate member at Eastern, Spears said the revival of the program is a chance to restore the college to the national scene and create a sense of belonging for future debate students.
Prehistoric houses right under our feet
USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum hosts Castle Valley Archaeological Society presentation by Dr. Tim Riley, curator of archaeology/prehistoric at the museum on his ground breaking, local excavation of a Fremont (prehistoric) house near East Carbon.
While the rock art and preserved structures in Nine Mile Canyon and Range Creek Canyon receive most of the archaeological attention in Carbon County, the reality is that the entire county was a Fremont landscape, with small agricultural
villages associated with every major creek and river. Riley points out, we live on top of many of these same sites today.
On Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. at the museum, Riley will discuss recent excavations at the Fremont house near East Carbon and the association of this site with other sites along Grassy Trail Creek.
This CVAS meeting will also include a short presentation by the museum’s director, Ken Car-penter, Ph.D., and Riley on the museum’s Fremont Pit house exhibit, perhaps the nation’s finest, in our own backyard.
For further info., contact CVAS chapter president Craig Royce at 435-888-2234 or chapter secretary Christina Collingwood at [email protected].
is eliminated, available funding along with the preschool tuition could cover the cost of keeping the preschool independent of the degree program. The space the preschool occupies is not currently needed for any other campus program.
Jason Olsen, Ph.D., an English professor at USU Eastern and his wife Chapel Taylor-Olsen have their daughter in the preschool.
He said, “My daughter talks about preschool al-most everyday. She would say, ‘I›m so excited to go to preschool’ in the middle of summer. Our preschool is important for my wife and me because it›s so unique in our region. It follows a pedagogically sound play-based philosophy that other preschools in our area don›t fol-low. If our preschool closes, we just aren›t comfortable taking our daughter to another preschool that doesn›t
follow this philosophy. So then preschool for her is done. Finished. Thinking of that absolutely breaks my heart.”
Stephanie Jackson, who has her second child in the preschool said, “The USU Eastern Preschool is a unique preschool in Carbon County. I have been here seven years and never seen anything else that compares to it. It is a Montessori style with a lot of hands on learning. It also has an observation room for parents to watch their child develop and interact. The observation room is hidden from anyone in the preschool and has speakers which allows you to hear everything going on in the preschool.
“In my opinion there are not enough preschools for this area and if this preschool were to close there would be NOTHING in the area that compares to it. It would be a tragedy to loss it and would affect this area in a negative way. I love USU Eastern preschool and my kids love it too, I want all my kids to be able to enjoy it!”
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on display at the museum in the Hall of Archeology.
That’s not all at the Prehistoric Museum, on Saturday, September 27th, Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! is planned. Everyone gets in free, so make sure you don’t miss this fun, edu-
cational opportunity. Visit http://www.smithsonian-mag.com/museumday/ to find out more and to get tickets. The Museum Day Live! Ticket provides free admission for two people.
Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in
which participating mu-seums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free.
Find them on Facebook at “Smithsonian Maga-zine’s Museum Day Live” and follow them on Twitter with “@museumday.
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Jan Thornton’s career started in the social s e r v i c e s field when she worked with juve-nile ser-vices from 19 98 to 2004. She m o v e d onto work-i ng w i t h children services, but after hearing the stories of 4 to 5 year-olds, it became difficult to deal with all the emotional
distress on a daily basis. “The best way to describe it was that it almost started to eat
my soul.” she said. A year later, a col-
league referred her to the position open as the direc-tor of counseling and the disability resource center at College of Eastern Utah. After applying and being told she got the job she ba-sically “back-flipped her way back to the college.” While she was over the DRC, she started teaching adjunct classes until she was promoted to director of student success and her supervisor told her that
teaching adjunct classes and being the director was too much, so she stopped.
It was a hard decision to stop because of her love for the classroom and students,
but she knew she had to focus on her job.
Another opportunity to
teach came her way last summer, when a full-time teaching position in sociol-ogy opened. She sent in the application and is now part of the sociology department. Thornton is excited for the switch to the social services department.
Although she has many friends on either side, both the faculty side and the staff side, it was one of the most difficult opportunities to walk away from being the director of student success. Thornton believes that the news director of student success, Greg Dart, is going to take student services to a new level and she wanted to be a part of that team. Part of the reason she accepted the
teaching offer was being in the student success position there were many administra-
tive functions. Thorton says, “I felt like I was losing touch with students and they’re the reason why I’m here.”
One of the perks about being head of the social work program is, “It energizes me in a way I can’t even describe. I walk into the classroom tired and I walk out energized, just being around students, revives and revitalizes me and makes me more passionate about my field.”
She would like to see every student who comes into her class leave with the short term achievement to be suc-cessful and learn, and to have the long term inspiration to be “movers and shakers,” for them to want to do every job they do with the intention of making it better.
Thornton’s office is in the WIB building, room 239, and requests that if any students want to come see her, she is in her office quite frequently; if her door is closed, she’s probably not far away, and if it is open to feel free to come for a visit.
The date? October 16-25. The occasion? Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables.” The place? Geary Theatre. Who is expected to be there? Well you the reader of course, on said date at 7:30 p.m. USU Eastern will present Les Miserables, under the direction of Corey Ewan. Some of Carbon County’s most talented sing-ers, actors and technicians will help bring this world renowned musical to life on the Geary Theatre stage.
Ewan, portrays the wisdom of Obi-Wan Kenobe and the sass and sarcasm of R2-D2. He has a gift with not only directing and teaching but, takes the lump of unmolded clay that is a college freshmen and turns that clay into a beautiful work of art. His personality is such that you cannot help but enjoy being in his presence and hanging on everyone of his sassy and deeply profound words.
He said that what he found so intriguing about this play is that “the socio-political issues mirror those of our time.” With the current state of affairs in America one would be hard pressed to find someone to disagree with him.
The most challenging part about the play according to Ewan “was not knowing exactly how to block the scene.” Most play scripts give direction more detailed than others, but with the current script there is very few notes on how the scene should go. With a confident smile and eyes full of wisdom he said, “I just have to get out of my head and stop worrying if it will be good and just do it.”
Ewan directs with kindness and friendship allowing the players to feel out the part and see what they do with it. He moves about the stage with grace and poise as he watches the players perform their parts, making subtle tweaks to the actors and singers but never taking away from what the actor wants to do.
The technical director is Brent Innes, who hails from Canada. This man, whose eyes are like deep comforting pools of sapphire, has taken on the play and has many wondrous ideas to make it great. With a tremendous amount of technical know how and a team of incredibly capable individuals, he attacks the play like a Canadian, or myself, would attack a box of Timbits.
Innes says the hardest part of this particular play is the sheer magnitude of it. He is, of course, speaking of the size of the stage and how he will turn it into a world of “Les Miserables.” Determined, he says, ”if it doesn’t scare you, it isn’t going to be awesome.” After seeing some of the ideas he has sketched on the computer, we are all in for a visual treat.
Stage director, Libby Petereit, performs like a sea-soned veteran of the stage. Though it is her first time as a stage manager, she makes what she does seem like child’s play. Handling the cast, the schedule, the blocking and notes, she tackles what would seem like tackling Mount Everest to the rest of us. With two
assistant stage managers, Jennifer Thomas and Drew Behunin, the three make greatness happen. Their in-sights, experience and direction are invaluable to the cast and crew of the play.
Although, the entire cast is a treasure trove of talented singers and actors, the stars of the show are individuals with voices that seem to come down from heaven its self. Picked for their tremendous ability, these singers have the ability to bring a tear to your eye and a smile to your heart with a simple sheet of music.
Darrin Brandt, ex-professional opera singer turned therapist, plays Inspector Javert. Though Brandt retired his voice and now assists students with guidance ac-ceptance, it seems as if he never left the opera world. His voice turns every word and note into a feeling and that allows him to reach deep into your heart and help you feel what the play is truly about.
Ben Jones, a customer service representative for JoyGlobal, rips the roof off of the theater with his glori-ous voice. Jones plays Jean ValJean. He states that the
play is the ultimate depiction of hope. He mentioned having seen the English version of the play a few years back and from that point he was hooked saying, “How have I not seen this?” Once Jones heard of the play’s auditions, he knew he had to try out and with his voice and acting ability, we are all lucky he did.
Nicole Manley plays Fantine. Her angelic voice will have you weeping with sadness and love for the character. Her portrayal of Fantine brings out the struggle and depth of the character not seen before. You will be at the edge of your seat hoping against hope that everything turns out OK for her character. The acting and singing ability of Manely makes for the perfect Fantine.
Cast and crew alike take simple pieces of paper and turn them into wondrous and emotional events turning a mere stage into a world or wonder, of hope and sadness of anger and joy, reaching right into your heart and making you fall in love over and over again.
Christopher Palostaff writer
Priscilla A. Sharpstaff writer
USU Eastern presents “Les Miserables”
Jan Thornton: from Student Success to faculty
“The students are the reason why I’m here.”Jan ThornTon
Jan Thornton
Keys, phones and wallets found on campus should not be kept in individual offices or buildings on Utah State Univer-sity Eastern said a student. Each building has a lost and found and students, staff and faculty have to go from building to building asking employees if they have seen their lost item.
The problem: most offices close at 5 p.m. and if something valuable is lost, a person has to wait until the next business day to ask personnel in each building if they have seen their missing item. And most do not know who to contact in each building so they have to canvas each of-fice asking if anyone has seen their lost item. It can take hours to walk throughout campus, and then the person who has the lost and found item may not even be at their office that day.
A recent case in point was experienced by The Eagle photographer Hunter Free. He noticed his keys were missing some-where on campus about 5:30 p.m.; the keys to his room in the residence hall here on campus and his car keys.
Free freaked out because he had no way to get into his room or drive his car to Pleasant Grove the next day for a 9 a.m. dental appointment. He scoured campus for five hours retracing his steps of where
he might have set his keys. “I became frustrated because important items should be turned into campus police and not held in somebody’s office. I needed my keys and had to wait until the next morning to even ask if they had been turned in. The more I looked the more frustrated and upset I found myself.”
He talked to campus police plus any faculty or student who might have seen them that night. He finally gave up look-ing and had his roommate let him into his room. He tried to sleep, but ended tossing and turning all night trying to figure out where his keys were. He checked online for the replacement cost of his 1998 car key and found it is over $500. He had to cancel his dental appointment because he had no way of driving to Pleasant Grove.
Free said if employees find keys, phones and wallets left on campus, the policy should be to call campus police and let them know. Each item is important and people tend to freak out when they are misplaced. The fact that there is not one place to store lost of found items on campus is ridiculous, he said. Please, and he emphasized please, let campus police know that you have found keys, wallets and phones. It would make student’s life less complicated.
Miss USU Eastern Harley Earl attended the Miss Utah pageant from June 16-21.
The Miss Utah pageant may seem all fun, no work but that is hardly the case. Earl had to start preparing months in advance. She said, “The first thing I had to do was get my wardrobe for the pageant ready. I had to get everything new.
I also spent four hours a w e e k w i t h a n interview coach and two hours a week with a model-ing coach who taught m e h ow I shou ld
walk and present myself grace-fully on stage.”
Earl said, “Everything I did revolved around the pageant. Miss Utah occupied my life from April to June. I did everything from finding sponsors, preparing myself, service projects, not to mention the dress fittings and everything else that comes with Miss Utah.”
The Miss Utah Pageant is quite the process. The first day was the “Show Me Your Shoes” parade based on the volunteer work that Miss Utah did. The contestants dressed based on their title. Earl used the USU Eastern athletic department and wore a basketball jersey and basketball shoes. The contestants also had rehearsals for the opening number, a dance number with their groups plus a closing number. Earl said “We had to learn all the of these dances in basically one day.”
The pageant started on Wednes-day, June 18 and everyone gets put into different categories so that
the judges don’t have to see the same thing in the same day. Earl had evening gown the first night. “It really was so much fun. We did all our dance numbers and to be completely honest I’m not a dancer so I did terrible the first night I couldn’t remember any of the dances. I just laughed about it and it’s really funny to watch. When I came out in my evening gown, I felt gorgeous as I hit that stage and it was the best feeling in the world.”
Earl had talent the next night. Even though it was nerve racking she said, “I walked off the stage feeling accomplished. I know it wasn’t the best talent, but it was something I worked hard on and I was proud of myself.”
She had swimsuit on Friday night and on Saturday night the top 10 finalists were announced. Though Earl didn’t make it into top 10 she said, “I wasn’t that disappointed because I had such a great experience and loved every second of it.
“All in all, the week was ex h a u s t i n g, hard and an absolute blast. I met many f r iends and built fr iend-ships that I will carry forever.
“For me, it wasn’t about going there to t ry and win Miss Utah, it was here and there for me. I had an amazing experience even though I went into it not wanting to be there. I left that pageant knowing that I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
“I don’t think people realize what the Miss Utah Organization really does; we aren’t just a bunch of pretty faces. The girls are talented, smart, fun, and probably the best 47 girls I’ve ever met. The friend-
ships gained are something I will cherish.”
Earl had a lot of support along the way. She said, “My mom and dad were so supportive. I can’t tell you how many dress shops my dad sat at with me. He was such a trooper. My mom jumped right in and was brilliant.
“My coach spent hours upon
hours teaching me to walk and answer interview questions. She didn’t get any pay for what she did, yet she took the time out of her busy schedule and helped me. I appreciate both of them because heaven knows I was rough around the edges. They took a very tomboy girl and turned her into a pageant girl.”
Morgan Verdieditor-in-chief
Harley Earl at Miss Utah Pageant
Faculty, students, staff and the community will spend the next six weeks in rehearsal for the USU Eastern’s theatrical production of “Les Miserables” slated to begin Oct. 16 in the Geary Theatre.
photo by Hunter Free/The Eagle
Lost keys should not be kept overnight
Christina Lee the Diversity Representa-tive, a current member of the Eastern Student Association, aims to do more this year.
Over the summer semester Lee thought of applying for ESA, and the result is plain to see. Before ap -plying for the stu-dent government, she completed services for the community including the Spring Breakaway where she helped build homes for Native Americans. Now she looks forward to serving others as the diver-sity representative.
“They said that it would be hard,” Lee says. “But I told them that I am used to this kind of stress. I have taken many exams and have been in committees before I came here so I am used to being very busy.”
This is her first year as a diversity representative and has ideas that she believes will constitute a change in campus. “Just like the other students, I want to make some difference in the cam-
pus,” she states. “One of the main jobs of a diversity rep-resentative is to be in charge of Global Week, which is a whole week filled with different food, events and anything regarding different cultures of the world. This year I want to do something different, something that previous representat ives have never done. I do not want to repeat activities.”
Other than Global Week, she proposed an idea for Halloween, “I want to hold a costume competition about the different clothing of dif-ferent countries.”
Lee believes that diversi-
ty representatives should not focus only on international students. Lee will also focus on local students and stated, “Of course the international students, but also the local students. I need to try and create an environment where everybody is family.”
“I want to try and make more of the international stu-dents participate in different activities in the campus,” she said. “It is normal to see different peoples grouped up with their nationalities. I hope they would commu-nicate with different peoples during Global Week.”
Lee is getting along very
well in her position as a representative, but believes that it is difficult getting support. “Right now I am working with organizing my crew members so they can help me with the upcoming Global Week.”
Being in the student government is no easy task; much more being a represen-tative to a group of students. “Being Asian, I know what other Asians really need. And being an international student, I have a look into what international students like and what events they would actually join.”
According to Lee, “It
does not seem to be difficult. And for those international students, I hope they would tell me their opinions. I expect at least this year that there would be many international students that would participate in many events.”
Lee believes that being a friend is the first step in being a good diversity representative. “During the first week of school, I try to be a friend to everybody. In that way, I hope I can try to be their friend and so that they can rely on me to help them with any problems they might have.”
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Christina Lee: a look at the diversity representative’s beliefs and goalsNathan Pena
staff writer [email protected]
Vaatu has been sealed for another 10,000 years. The portals have been left open. The Avatar has changed the world. But are the inhabitants of world willing to change with it?
After The Legend of Korra’s rushed ending from book one and overall shakiness in book two, most fans were reluctant to jump on for book three. Many fans of the original Avatar: The Last Airbender series were unwilling to overlook the faults present from the first two books of The Legend of Korra, and lost interest and dropped the show during the second book’s airing. Fol-lowing the finale of book two, most fans declared Korra a lost cause… but not this Avatar fanatic.
While most fans found themselves incapable of comparing the two series and criticizing Korra, I looked forward to book three with hope. I knew for a fact Korra could redeem herself and prove she was the Avatar the world needed, and I also knew she could do it in the most spectacular, breath-taking fashion the Avatar could. And you know what? I was right. Book three made up for the first two book’s short-comings with fantastic story-telling, brilliant character development, fascinatingly dangerous villains and an emotionally striking finale.
The third book of The Legend of Korra, Change, begins two weeks after Harmonic Convergence. Republic City is in a state of chaos after the battle be-tween Avatar Korra and Unavaatu, and her choice to leave the portals between
the real world and spirt world open. With no way to properly deal with
the destruction of the city or arrival of new neighbors, the spirits, the city’s inhabitants and leaders quickly push the blame to Korra. The young Avatar is swallowed by the over-whelming disapproval of her actions until suddenly, airbenders start appearing all over the world, thanks to the energy shift during Harmonic Convergence.
The occurrence takes the crew on a journey around the world in a hope to build the air nation anew; but little do they know that not everyone who inherited these new bending abilities intends to use them for good.
Within his prison cell, Zaheer dis-covers he can airbend. Before anyone can stop him, he escapes and frees his friends from their prisons around the world, and begins a desperate chase after the Avatar. As a member of the Red Lotus, an organization bent on restoring balance to the world, he leads with a purpose that will leave Korra defeated, lost and changed.
From its first moment to its tremen-dous finale, book three of The Legend of Korra confirms itself as a masterfully crafted, visually stunning experience. It boasts an overabundance of pros that the previous two books were unable to match, and keeps viewers sitting on the edge of their seats demanding to know what happens next. It’s beautiful, hilari-ous and heart-breaking, and it left most fans tearbending by the end.
Overall, it’s hard to pin-point every-thing that made this book so gripping. The plot flowed fantastically, the char-acters clicked completely, the villains proved lethal and the failures destroyed us. Everything about the show connected
and worked together in a way Korra never had. But what exactly about Korra’s third install-ment pulled us in?
In my eyes, the answer is as simple as the title of the book. Change. Korra’s vic-tory no lon-ger felt like a sure-fire guar-antee. She re-lied more on her f r iends a n d f a m -ily, and even though she remained the fiery, sharp-tongued Ava-tar she is, she was more than wi l l i ng to keep an even head when the situation demanded it.
On a broader scale, the show was willing to take chances and try things it hadn’t before, while keeping itself rooted in what made its predecessor a success. It told the story with a whimsi-cal and hopeful tone, but reminded us that as in real life, things don’t always end happily.
The third book of The Legend of Korra was an incredible installment to the Avatar universe. It was reminiscent of the original series enough to draw
us in, yet unique enough to keep things interesting. It ripped our hearts apart and broke down our heroine, and it left her with a question that will change her forever: does the world need or want her as the Avatar?
Book three has left fans of Korra in shambles, but with the shocking an-nouncement of book four premiering this October—less than two months after book three’s finale—Avatar fanatics won’t have to wait long before they get to see Korra back in action.
Katrina Woodassistant editor
A mighty change indeed: The Legend of Korra show review
La Leche League of Carbon County will be holding its first fundraiser, a silent auction, on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 4-6 p.m., in the USU Eastern Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. A lot of items have been donated to the cause from around the state and all over the country including: tickets to Utah’s Hogle Zoo, toys and games, a cloth diaper basket, Desert Wave Pool tickets, scrapbooking supplies, gift certificates to local restaurants, NBA Jazz tickets, Park Hopper tickets to Disneyland, a four-night stay in Cancun and more!
All auction items have been donated to La Leche League of Carbon County so 100% of the money that attendees spend at this event will ben-efit local mothers, babies, and families through La Leche League of Carbon County. There will also be a bake sale with delicious, homemade items cooked up by local moms and dads.
La Leche League is an international, nonde-nominational, nonprofit organization founded in 1956 whose mission is to help mothers worldwide to breast-feed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breast-feeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
The local group, La Leche League of Carbon County, was founded in August 2013 and has been taking helping phone calls and emails from mothers seeking support since then. They began hosting monthly meetings at Castleview Hospital on the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. in June this year. The local group is the only breast-feeding support group in Central Utah.
With the funds raised at this event, La Leche League of Carbon County hopes to be able to purchase informational sheets to
give out to mothers on a variety of common breast-feeding issues in both English and Spanish, up-to-date breast-feeding books for local libraries so that more families can have access to accurate information and a variety of baby carriers to create a Carrier Library so that families can try out different types before committing to buying. They also plan to create “New Mom” packets with information helpful to new mothers and available to them for free, among other things.
La Leche League of Carbon County and this silent auction fundraiser are entirely run by volunteers. For more information about this group or event, please feel free to visit the website: www.LLLofcarboncounty.org or contact the local leader, Chapel Taylor-Olsen at: [email protected] or (435) 633-1636.
Silent auction fundraiser held for local La Leche League Gallery east
photo by Hunter Free/the eagle
“Mechanized” by Marjorie EakinGallery East presents “America in the 30s: Prints from the Federal Art Project,” part of Utah Arts & Museums’ Traveling Exhibition Program. The exhibit is on display until Oct. 8.
This will be the first of a long series of articles covering scientific topics with the intention of not only to educate on basic scientific ideas, but to inspire the mind and enrich students’ academic experience here at USU Eastern.
Science has never intended to be controversial, but when you rattle the cage of ignorance, you’re almost sure to have backlash. Once in a great while, something slips through and if we’re lucky, changes the world. As I brainstormed topics I came across an article in a tattered copy of “Popular Science” entitled “Bill Fights Back.”
The article details my childhood hero, Bill Nye, as he prepares for a debate with the Creation Museum founder Ken Ham. What could Bill Nye be teaching that he would debate someone over, I knew I didn’t need to ask, of course it was the standard scientific laws, theories and principles plate tectonics, radio-metric dating, and the cause of most science anxiety in Americans: evolution.
Since the beginning of recorded history, scientists sought understanding through evidence and experi-mentation and met with animosity and death, simply for daring to ask questions and report their findings. In its essence that’s all science is, make an observation, ask a question then devise a way to find the answer. What a beautiful notion. While each of Bill’s points contains libraries full of information, I could write best about each individual one in a separate article, observing the works of Newton, Bohr, Sagan, Darwin, Lyle and so many others who changed our understand-ing of the cosmos around us.
With that plan in mind, let’s tackle them one by one by exploring their mysteries and exciting truths. This column is not opinion nor political, just science, pure wonderful glorious science.
I view these series of articles as a journey we are taking together, to discover the mysteries of life, to probe the question of our existence, to understand our significance and nobody has said it better than Neil Degrasse Tyson, “To make this journey we’ll need imagination, but imagination alone is not enough. Because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine. This adventure is made possible by generations of searchers strictly adhering to a simple set of rules. Test ideas by experiment and observation. Build on those ideas that pass the test, reject the ones that fail. Follow the evidence wherever it leads and question everything. Accept these terms and the cosmos is yours.”
As you embark at the beginning of your academic careers, you may travel any path that may inspire you, whether it be business, philosophy, health care, sci-ence, music or any number of specialized trades but the challenge given you by scientist that came before us remains the same. Be curious, engage your mind, expand your field, learn all you can, don’t be afraid to change your opinion when presented with new evidence, but most of all don’t be afraid to change the world. After all, Bill Nye can’t do it all on his own. Let’s change the world.
Nathaniel Woodwardstaff writer
Scienceand changing the world
Christina Lee with a group of diversity students including: Arsene Mugisha, Kateryn de la Rosa, Randhard Corcino, Jane Prefumo, Yakshinee Boodoo, Juan Jarlin, Zahoris Radhames Leonardo, Heonseok Yang (Charles), Bibi and Emely Baez.
photo by Jorge lascano/the eagle
photo by Hunter Free/the eagle
What is the red zone? The red zone is when college students, mainly freshman, are at an in-creased risk of sexual assault for the first month and a half or so after they arrive on campus. It is a dangerous time frame and that’s
why it is critical to get the word out and let people know what the red zone is.
According to Lancaster Online and WTOC, when college students are away from home for the first time, they are vulnerable. Getting used to a new place and way of life, along with trying to make new friends, throws new students out of their element.
There is a strong desire to fit in and meet new people, because of this college students may end up trusting the wrong people, which provides a perfect opportunity for perpetrators.
College freshman are vulner-able for other reasons as well, if a sexual assault occurs the victim may be daunted by the colleges’ process for reporting and investi-gating sexual assault.
If a student has been sexually assaulted they may be in shock and
unable to grasp what’s happened to them. Another reason is many students are drinking alcohol for the first time in their lives and attending parties where they are trying to fit in, unfortunately their eagerness to “be like the cool kids” and naiveté may be obvious to other students and easily manipulated which is why the red zone is such a hostile time.
All students must know that nothing ever invites rape.
Morgan Verdieditor-in-chief
The Red Zone
See Zone page 7
SPORTSSeptember 18, 2014Page 6
Masi Steelsports writer
Sixteen games into the season, USU Eastern volleyball team prepares for conference play on Sept. 25 with a 6-7-pre-season record.
The Eagles started their pre-season in Rock Springs, Wyo., Aug. 22-23, and came home with a 0-3 record.
Their first match was against Western Wyoming Community College where the Eagles lost 0-3. The main hitters were Melissa Judd with seven kills and Carly Dalton with 3 kills. Dalton also led the team in digs with a total of 10.
In their second match, they faced con-ference opponent Salt Lake Community College, where they lost 0-3. The top hitter was Judd with six kills. Koralys Gonzalez had eight digs leading the team in the match.
In their final match of the weekend, the Lady Eagles played Central Wyoming Community College, losing 2-3 in a tough battle. Jasmine Covington led the Eagles in kills with 11 and Dalton with 10 kills.
Dalton said, “For our first tournament I feel we did alright, we have a lot of work to do. We have a lot of potential this year and we are willing to work hard and put forth the effort to make the changes that need to be made.”
The Eagles headed back to Wyoming the following weekend for the Sheridan College tournament in Sheridan, Wyo., on Sept. 5-6, they came home with a 2-2 record.
During their first game, the Eagles faced Laramie Community College. The y lost 0-3; Whitney Riffle led the team with nine kills and Judd had eight kills.
In their second game, the Eagles played Lake Region State coming out with their first win of the pre-season, 3-0. Judd led the team with nine kills and Riffle had seven kills.
The third game in Sheridan was against Central Wyoming Community College. The Eagles dropped all three games. Riffle and Dalton led the team for kills, seven and with five respectively. Leading the team with digs was Gonzalez with 11 and Judd with 10.
The fourth and final game of the Sheri-dan tournament, the ladies came out with the win, defeating host Sheridan Com-munity College 3-0. The leading hitters for the Eagles were Judd and Dalton, both with 11 kills.
Head coach Chelsey Warburton was really pleased by how the team played last weekend. She said, “The team really improved on their communication, now we just need to focus on closing the block and terminating the ball.” The team did well on eliminating communication errors and not letting their opponents have more the three points in a row.
The weekend of Sept. 11-13 the Eagles went to Scottsdale, Ariz., to play in the Scottsdale Community College classic tournament. The Eagles returned victori-ous with a 4-2 record.
The first game was against Phoenix College. The Eagles started out strong defeating Phoenix College 3-0. Covington and Judd led the team with 11 kills each. Gonzalez led with an amazing 18 digs and McKenzie Burrows had 11 digs.
During the second match the Eagles faced Eastern Arizona College, winning 3-1. Judd led the team to success with 15 kills and Shania Hurst with followed with nine. Chloe Brooks led the ladies in digs with 17 and Hurst followed with 11.
Their third game the Eagles faced Chandler-Gilbert Community College, sweeping them in three games. Leading the team to victory was Judd with 12 kills and six digs. Covington and Gonzalez also contributed greatly to the team’s success; Gonzalez with 14 digs and Covington with six kills.
In the fourth game of the weekend the Eagles beat Pima Community College 0-3. Riffle led the team in kills with 11, Covington with seven, and Covington led the team in blocks with two solo blocks. Gonzalez led the team with 17 digs followed by Brooks who had 10.
The final day in Scottsdale, the Eagles faced host Scottsdale Community College. The ladies lost in five after fighting hard ending up 2-3.
Their final game of pre-season the Eagles faced South Mountain Community College, losing 2-3.
Dalton said, “Overall I feel we did re-ally well coming together as a team, and executing the things that we worked on in practice. You can really see the improve-ment. Our region is tough but we are ready to fight and compete for a shot to go to the national tournament.”
The Eagles next home game is Oct. 4
against Colorado Northwestern Commu-nity College at 1 p.m.
David Osborne Jr.sports writer
Sports may be the greatest invention that mankind ever came up with, sure there may be better and more practical inventions like the wheel, smart phone or to college students the microwave, but sports epitomize life in almost every facet. Susan Casey said, “Sports remain a great metaphor for life’s more difficult lessons. It was through athletics that many of us first came to understand that fear can be tamed; that on a team the whole is more than the sum of its part; and that the ability to be heroic lies, to a surprising degree, within.”
It is amazing to think about athletics this way because athletics simply does not discriminate. Sports do not care about age, race, gender, how poor you are or if you came from money. Instead all that matters is that you are willing to give everything that you have to it. An athlete must ask themselves continuously, “Have I given my best effort, Is there more that I can do to ensure success?” among other questions.
Fortunately the same applies for success in life. Life, like athletics, does not care about your back story, where you come from, what you have or not, rather, the only thing that matters in life is whether or not you have done your best and given all that you can, because that will determine how you are remembered. This a crucial life lesson to learn early and the beginning of college is an excellent time that we can make sure this is lesson that is ingrained in our minds.
As human beings, it is important to remem-ber that we will succeed if we are willing to do everything in our power to achieve suc-cess. This means studying until it seems that you can cram no more information into your brain, it also means late nights where you put away the desire for instant gratification for the knowledge that effort put in now will lead to a better result later.
We all know that to be successful it is going to take hard work. In life nothing comes easy, instead it comes through blood, sweat pain and often-time tears. For athletes this means hitting the gym, practicing the same thing over and over again until they can do the drill in their sleep knowing that they have done it when they have put their body to its limits and been successful. This means that one day when they are tired and that their body is already at its limits, they will again be able to be successful. Knowing that they have done it already.
Vince Lombardi, late Green Bay Packers coach and namesake of the trophy presented to the NFL Champion every year said, “I believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfill-ment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.”
When we are willing to push ourselves to our limits no matter where, when or what the circumstances are we will be able to see clearly that we have tamed our own fears and dismissed all shadows of doubt in our minds. Even more importantly we will be able to see that we all have the ability to be heroic and do legendary things.
Things that we will one day be remembered for the things that we have accomplished, not the things we were to afraid to try or the times we were unsuccessful.
Now is the time for us to live and push our boundaries. Set our goals and reach them and finally realize that athletics were inspired to help us realize that anything can be done when we want to achieve it.
Go out today be-come victorious and become heroic, it is already in-side of you.
Sports teach us life’s greatest lessons
Abbie Birdsports writer
Meet Jessica Anderson, a 6 foot 4 inch center from Page, Ariz. She is one of the new additions to the women’s basketball program this year. Anderson played at Dixie State last year, so it was a given to investigate as to why she made the decision to transfer to USU Eastern. She stated, “The school and program were great. All of my classes were awe-some, but I felt something was missing, so I chose to leave Dixie, and begin a new chapter of my life here in Price.”
Anderson first started playing bas-ketball when she was a freshman in high school, which is re-markable to be able to develop that much skill in the course of three years. She missed her entire junior season, due to a knee injury and surgery to repair it. Anderson had an-other operation this past summer on the same knee, making it her third knee
surgery. This time it was to repair a me-niscus tear and to remove an abnormal
bone growth. She is going to physical therapy every day, and is expected to return to the court just in time for the season. She prays that she will be healthy and injury free this season.
Her biggest risk she has taken was, “probably choos-ing to leave Dixie,
which is a four-year, Division-Two school, to come and play here at a junior college.” Was that risk worth it? “So far I love my team, and the coaching staff, but we will see what happens during the season, but so far so good,” she stated.
Family is what means the most to her, along with her friends and teammates. The one thing she would like to happen tomorrow would be, “finding out that I passed my anatomy test.”
Anderson is not completely sure about what she wants to be, or what she wants to major in, but she is certain of one thing: she wants to do something that will help people and impact their lives.
USU Eastern volleyball player Victoria Montenegro spikes the ball.photo courtesy of Tyson Chappell
USU Eastern heads into regular season, 6-7
Risk to pay off; lady Eagle leaves Division-2 school for USU Eastern
Jessica Anderson
page 7September 18, 2014
Martin Smithsports writer
Winning a region title to start off an inaugural season is the main
goal for coach Am-mon Bennett, head coach for the new soccer program at USU Eastern.USU Eastern’s
soccer team is part of Region 18, the only team in that region. In order to qualify for an-other region, the team would need a record of .500 or better and a .600 or better record against other junior
colleges. If those requirements are met, the men’s team will qualify for Region 9.
Out of the nine Region 9 teams, the men’s team will play seven teams on the 17-game schedule this year.
The next two games are Saturday, Sept. 20, against Salt Lake Community College on the Eagle field in Price, and Monday, Sept. 22, at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.
The Eagles squeaked a 4-3 victory in Saturday, Sept. 13 in an overtime win. Alexis Beeiza scored two goals, one, which was the game winner in overtime and Brodie Gardner, and Ozwald Cruz both added one goal each.
“The win was a very impressive one, with 10 players inactive due to disciplin-ary reasons. The win was deserved; out of a 100 minutes game roughly 90 minutes was dominated by the men,” Bennett said.
The strong points for the team are the forward and midfield positions are deep, the defense is good but has about 70 percent of true defenders. Bennett said he would like to see all true defenders and still has faith it will happen. Teamwork is another strong point for the team.
Bennett feels that the team is talented, but needs maturity as well as trusting other players and the coaches. He be-lieves that the men are talented enough to win the title. “This group of men is one of the best teams that I’ve coached,” added Bennett.
The program started off with 42 players, but Bennett let go of 10 because they wouldn’t contribute to the team.
The team can play up to 20 games with two scrimmage games allowed. This season consists of 17 games and usually held on Fridays and Saturdays.
Women soccer continue to win; nationally ranked
Jordan Mellensports writer
Although re-joining the Scenic West Athletic Conference for the Utah State University Eastern baseball team is a great opportunity when it comes to both level of competition and exposure for the players, there is also a huge downfall that the Golden Eagles have to face their first year back as a Division-1 NJCAA team.
Due to the Golden Eagles re-joining the SWAC conference on such short no-tice, the coaches were unable to schedule the mandatory amount of conference games in order to be eligible for post-
season play. In order to be eligible for post-season play, the Eagles had to play each team in the conference eight times. Two teams did not want to redo their schedule making it so they will only play the Golden Eagles four times.
This means that even if the team beats all the other teams in the SWAC, they still remain ineligible for the playoffs. The lack of mandatory conference games for the Golden Eagles is credited to the College of Southern Idaho and the Col-lege of Western Nevada. Both colleges already had a finalized schedule for the 2015 spring season before USU Eastern unexpectedly re-joined the SWAC.
According to athletic director Dave
Paur, being independent hurt the Eagles because of scheduling problems. The Eagles were trying to get into Region 9, which includes Montana, North Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska two-year col-leges. Conference officials would not let USU Eastern into the conference so they rejoined Region 18.
The Golden Eagles baseball team however isn’t the only team in the SWAC having to face the hardships of knowing there is no post season to look forward to. The College of Northern Idaho’s softball program received the same news not too long ago.
Nevertheless, both Northern Idaho softball and USU Eastern baseball look
forward to showing the SWAC what they are capable of, as well as being able the prove themselves throughout the 2014-2015 season.
The Golden Eagles are optimistic about the upcoming year. “We are a good team with a lot of talent, and regardless of the postseason, people are going to see that. We are looking forward to beating some good teams this year,” said sopho-more second baseman Manny Begay.
The Golden Eagles play the first SWAC competition of the year Friday, Sept. 19, at Salt Lake Community Col-lege. The Eagles next home game is Saturday, Sept. 20 against USU Eastern alumni team from Grand Junction, CO.
No post-season for the Eagle’s baseball team
Ruediger: from Rio, to Price, Utah
Michaella Crookssports writer
The men’s basketball team is starting off preseason with a “lot of running and lifting” according to Marcelo Ruediger. “The running is very hard,” he explained.
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ruediger is known for being tall and respect-ful. His favorite candy is Sour Patch Kids and his favorite drink is orange juice and acai berry juice.
He said that “basketball in America is different than in Brazil because it is less physical and not as fast.” He chose to come to USU Eastern because he has a dream of going on to a Division-1 school and then playing professionally.
He transferred from Monmouch College in West Long Branch, N.J., so that he could fulfill his dream. Ruediger’s not used to living in a small town like Price, he is used to big cities, lots of houses and humidity.
Ruediger said, “[I have] been playing for 6 years now and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.” One thing that keeps him going is that he, “loves to travel and loves the game.”
People probably would not mess with Ruediger because the biggest regret that he has is that he “punched his cousin in the face and broke his nose.”
Something that scares him the most is that “something will happen to his family while he is gone.” Ruediger, “thinks that the team will do great this year and has high hopes for the team.”
Marcelo Ruediger
Carly Daltonsports writer
You would never know that Chloe Laura Brooks was born with trigger thumbs.
Brooks says, “it’s where her thumbs would catch and lock permanently in the bent position” and she had to have surgery to get them unlocked.
Brooks comes from Spokane, Wash., and is on the USU Eastern volleyball team. She says the season is going good so far, and that the team has “improved
by a good amount each week so far.” One of the craziest memories she
recalls about volleyball was when “one time a girl broke her ankle, another girl broke her nose, and the fire alarm went off, all in one play. People were in shock because of what happened, but they had to rush to get them out of the building as soon as possible.”
When Brooks isn’t playing volleyball she likes to run cross country, play the piano and draw. Her biggest fear in life is sharks. Her favorite color is yellow “because it’s happy!” Her favorite movie is “Bridesmaids.”
Brooks wants to strive to become a
dental hygienist when she gets older. After her two years at USUE, Brooks wants to transfer to Montana State or Lipscomb University to run cross country, “that way I will get the best of both worlds.” During her volleyball career, she has made the Washington All-State team her senior year, and the all Greater Spokane League team all four years of high school.
Brooks’ favorite part about living in Price, Utah, is, “it’s small so everyone knows everyone, and it’s easy to get around places because everything is so close.” Brooks is looking forward to the rest of the season to see the progression and the outcome of this year’s team.
Washington native joins Eastern volleyball team
Karen Reynasports writer
Already four weeks into the school year and athletic department is doing better than ever. Last weekend with a score of 1-1, the girls went against Western Wyoming Community College. Although they ended with a tie in double over-time, the women’s team played their best possession game yet. They had many opportunities to score, but didn’t finish because the game was canceled.
The women are representing USU Eastern with 9th in the Nation in D1 Jr College rankings, and it’s only a first-year program. The team’s goal is to improve everyday and win a national champion-ship in November.
Kira Tadahara stated, “We have a lot of potential and I think we’re doing great, especially since this is the inaugural season. I mean, how many other first year soccer teams can say they’re placed 9th in the nation? Not many.” For it being their first year, they are doing a great represent-ing USU Eastern. Defender Alia Cook
stated, “I think one of the reasons we’re doing so well is that we’ve all blended so easily even though it’s a first year.”
Last weekend one of the goal keepers was injured. Tadahara stated, “The refs had some awful calls, and I mean like super terrible, as in it cost us the game.” One of WWCC’s players was off sides, made a goal and kneed Julie Gibson in the face. She ended up getting nine stitches on her lip. Forward Mashaela Farris said, “I’ve never been so angry at a ref until I saw Juili’s lip. He should have called the foul and we should have won.”
Tadahara stated, “When we would bump into them you know just playing normal soccer the refs would call it a foul every time!” Even with the bad calls, the girls still tried their best and tied the game.
On September 19th the girls will be going up against Mesa State University Club Team, and we wish them the best and hope they come back home with a win. Winning this game will get rid of the “bad taste” in their mouth from the last game. With soccer being a new sport this year, they are off to a good start.
A person has the right to go out and do whatever they feel like doing and be with whoever they want to be with and not get raped. It is never the victims’ fault.
Rape occurs more often then anyone wants to think about, in fact about one-in-four college students report being raped. It’s important that all college students especially freshman know of the risks of being raped and also that if this has happened to them they aren’t alone.
USU Eastern’s therapist is Darrin Brandt. He is available and willing to help those that need it. He is located in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center upstairs in the DRC (disabilities resource center) and his email address is [email protected] email him or stop by and remember is everyone is informed and aware rape can be a less common thing and more people can be spared that pain.
Women players celebrate their national ranking. photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Red Zonecontinued from page 5
photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Student Success Workshops
• Sept. 18 @ 11:30 A.M.
We want you to ‘Get Involved’ hosted by Student Gov. & Sun Center
• Sept. 25 @11:30 A.M.
Study Skills crash course (reading, note taking, test taking and more)
USU Eastern JLSC Board Room
Men soccer win in overtime at Wyoming
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