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September 20, 2012

SAFELy STRUTTING ACROSS 300 EAST

photo by Whitney Withers/The Eagle

Solar powered traffic sign On Sept. 19, student leadership, the chancellor and the mayor’s office, plus community members, came together for a ribbon cutting to commemorate the new crossing signs and flashing signals recently installed on campus. The signs were a culmination of student leadership and Price city efforts over the past two years to address safety concerns with car/pedestrian interaction at that location. The new signs include a push-button activation apparatus on the poles just before you enter the crosswalks on either side of 300 East and associated flashing warning signs approximately 150 feet from the crosswalks. They are wireless and solar powered.

Artists rendering of proposed Central Instruction Building to be located on the corner of 300 East and 400 North.

SPORTS• Baseball volunteers• Volleyball continues• New coaches• Player highlights •page 6-7

LIFESTYLES• Spencer West: an inspiration• Fun in the SUN Center• Day of Caring• The Purge

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USU Eastern $20 million Central Instruc-tion Building was one of seven state-funded capital development projects prioritized by the Utah State Board of Regents at their monthly meeting held last Friday. If funded, the capital development projects submitted by the Utah System of Higher Education is $222.4 million for 2013-14.

The Regents prioritized the list of state-funded capital development projects submit-ted by USHE institutions with Weber State University’s new science lab building, with a requested $60.9 million in state funds; and Utah Valley University’s classroom building, with a $53.2 million state request, sharing the top spot. Following in order of priority are: Snow College science building reconstruc-tion, $11.8 million; Utah State University biological sciences building, $60 million; USU-Eastern Central Instruction Building, $20 million; Salt Lake Community College CTE classroom and learning service build-ing, $15 million; and Dixie State College East Elementary School purchase, $1.5 million (which was jointly recommended on the list of land-bank projects.)

They also approved USHE budget request

Seth Richardsstaff writer

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The USU Eastern men’s basketball team became victims to the terrifying sight of a snake in the Bunnell Dmitrich Athletic Center on Friday, Sept. 7. Unaware of the variety of snake species or present threat, the team may have seen to the snake’s disposal improperly.

In recounting the event, Ruth Whiteside of the athletic depart-ment, said, “I went in to [the office to] make a copy and I came out and the guys were screaming. And there’s a snake [in the concessions area].”

Calmed from their initial terror, the team elected Jordan Contreras to dispose of the threat. Without causing a present threat to anyone, stomping on the snake may have been an illegal act.

Of the 31 species of snake indigenous to Utah, only a few are poisonous. The poisonous snakes, which can be identified by longer fangs in the front and poison glands on the sides of their heads, may be killed if they pres-ent an immediate threat to people or livestock. Otherwise, the Divi-sion of Wildlife Resources’ Price office may be contacted at (435) 613-3700. Someone from the

Shadayah Jonesstaff writer

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Since the merge with Utah State University, students at USU-Eastern have concern with the differences in policies with resi-dential life of the main campus in Logan and campus in Price. They are concerned that if Eastern is a part of USU system, the school

should also have the same policies and procedures pertaining to on-campus housing. There are a few differences, but there are more similarities if anything.

First the deposit and processing fee is the same at USU. They have a $50 processing fee that is non-refundable and a $100 deposit fee that is refundable when the contract is up, like Eastern.

They do have a smoking policy

like Eastern. USU states that no one can smoke within 25 feet of any building door, window, or air intake system. Also the cigarettes must be disposed of properly. If not it can result in a $299 fine.

There is absolutely no alcohol allowed on both campuses. USU prohibits possession, consumption, sale, distribution, or storage of and alcoholic beverage, including beer


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A survey of the outdoor light-ing on the USU Eastern Price campus conducted on the night of Sept. 11, found 43 campus lights not working. This may be a regular figure until July 2013.

This same number of ineffec-tive lights was also observed in a survey in January.

The lighting system on the

USU Eastern Price campus is archaic. The bulbs designed for the campus’ fixtures have been discontinued and the many put in during the last year have had to be individually rigged to work against their design.

“I know they’ve had a con-tractor up here several times since school started. Again, trying to get more [lights] working,” said Brad King, vice chancellor for administration


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The fire drills for fall semester have been done in the residential halls with relatively minor violations. Campus police encourage students to remain aware of hazardous obstruc-tions and practices.

Among the few safety viola-tions in this last sweep of fire drills were bicycles in the buildings and

over exertion of electrical outlets. Other potential fire hazards that are found regularly during such drills include; obstructed fire alarms and sprinkler heads, extension cords and power-strips plugged into other power-strips.

Officer James Prettyman, USU Eastern campus police and residen-tial life says, “We encourage students to abide by our residential life poli-cies and procedures in accordance with the state fire code and help us

monitor things and stay safe.” If residents have microwaves,

refrigerators or other appliances that must be plugged directly into the wall; the residential life staff can help with finding an available outlet or adding one. They are also available to fix and replace faulty items in the residential halls, if the residents fill out work orders. Work orders are available online through the residential life page on the col-lege’s website.

Winning state, national and inter-national competitions seems second nature to USU Eastern’s welding students. This year, like many in the past, the local welders added another first place finish to its trophy case which records the incredible talent the students take to each competition year after year after year.

Under the direction of instructors Mike Tryon and Lon Youngberg, four students spent the year preparing for the state competition where they placed

first, which qualified them for national competition on June 23-28 in Kansas City, Mo.

The welding fabrication team competed in the college/post second-ary category where the team of Austin Welch, from Price, Dexter Thayn from Wellington and Chad Malnar from Neola, Utah, brought home a gold metal for the second year in a row.

Welch has been a team member and won three national titles in the welding fabrication contest (once as

a high school student and twice on the college level).

The three worked together having to use materials to build a fire pit from scratch. They had a limited amount of time available for the team to build the fire pit, with little room for error, Tryon said.

The fourth student representing USU Eastern at nationals was Reming-ton Grace from Ferron. He competed in individual welding and finished in

USU Eastern welding team places first at Skills USA

Karli Morriseditor-in-chief

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With $75,000 provided by the legis-lature, Bob Eaton of Eaton Architecture, designed the proposed USU Eastern Cen-tral Instructional Building. He met with a campus committee to discuss his building plan. Eaton said, “This project will achieve two purposes: improve quality and effi-ciency. While facilities at large institutions often house a single academic department (an “education building” or a “business building”), facilities at campuses such as USU Eastern are either very small or are designed to meet multiple purpose.

“In the past, two multipurpose projects at the Price campus allowed the college to relocate approximately two-thirds of the academic programs from small and inefficient facilities into larger and modern multipurpose buildings. Currently one-third of the college’s programs continue operation in scattered and inadequate facilities. This project will bring those programs (criminal justice, communica-

Regents move new building up list: No. 5

see building plan page 3see building budget page 3

Instructor Mike Tyron with students: Chad Malnar, Dexter Thayn, Austin Welch and Remington Grace.First place medal won at

SkillsUSA competition.

Burned out lights continue.

Minor violations at residential halls

Campus lights still remain unlit

Housing policies similar to main campus

Snake siting in BDAC terrifies basketball team

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see snake page 3

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The Eagle staff gives thumbs up to the men’s basketball team for supporting activities on campus and in the community. We’ve noticed you showing up to everything from Day of Car-ing to Hispanic Heritage night. Maybe your coach does require it, but it’s great to see a group take pride in their school and support others in what they do. Keep it up guys.

Thumbs up to the activities on campus so far this year. Ac-tivities make campus a fun place to be and make students want to be here. College should be a time to get to know everyone on campus and have a blast doing so. Students should like being on campus not count down the days till the weekend so they can go home again. Activities are being advertised, students don’t have to wonder if something is really going on because they heard that there was but haven’t seen any posters or signs. So far, so good.

Tell people that their diets or habits are making them fat or out of shape and they shrug it off, after all its stuff they hear every day, and in all honesty, already know. Tell them that their habits make them stupider and it’s time to roll up your sleeves and defend yourself. We know that our brain is a part of our body, but no one likes to think of intelligence as something that gets weak and flabby because of things out of our control.

Unfortunately, scientific studies have proven…..

#3) Meetings (and group projects in general) slow down your brain

Everyone has had classes where the teachers insist on having a class group project and claim that it is the best way for students to learn. The idea is that by forcing people into a group and giving each individual a portion of responsibility, they will all rise to the occasion and learn the subject material in order to provide the best experience for their group mates.

The problem is that every time you’re put in that situation (and not just a group project but in

work meetings as well) it seems that every-one who, up until now, was at least

moderately s m a r t ,

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60 IQ points. No, it’s not that you just hate everyone you’re working with, it’s science.

In a study done by researchers who were probably wishing that they were alone the entire time, they found that when people are made to work together in small groups, their brains start freezing on them like a frantic writer struggling to come up with an analogy. Thankfully the scientists were kind enough to provide us with an explanation for this phenomenon.

For one, they have to focus more on interaction and behavior (think of all the brainpower that goes into not saying all those incredibly inappropriate thoughts that come into your mind whenever someone else talks) instead of the task at hand.

A second point revolves around a person’s status in the group, be-cause no matter how many episodes of Sponge Bob will try to convince you otherwise, confidence matters. So the more competitive the group is, the dumber some of its members will be. For the study, people of similar IQ’s were put into groups of five and ranked for their perfor-mance on mental tests. When the results were shown to the entire group, those who came out last, started performing significantly worse for their next tests: they felt dumb compared to the rest, so they screwed up more than they would have if they had been alone. The researchers believe that the same thing happens in more subtle ways in everyday life.

#2) Junk food ruins your brain

We’ve learned that junk food

rots your teeth on top of helping you gain a more pear-shaped body than anyone would ever prefer to have, but as long as you’re smart enough to eat in moderation and exercise right after, you should be fine, that is if eating that stuff hadn’t been knocking those precious IQ points from your head since you were in kindergarten.

A five-year study (yes we checked, people actually do have the patience for that) found that the more junk food a person eats at the ripe age of 3, the higher the chance that they will have a lower IQ at the age 8.

At the same time, kids who managed to eat healthier at 3 weren’t just more fit later on, but were also smarter than their counter parts who had survived on a diet of Cheese Puffs and Slim Jims. The children who held a more balanced diet had greater behavioral, social and cognitive skills than the others thanks to the amount of minerals, fats and vitamins needed to develop properly.

Now I know that you’re saying “But CJ, I’m an adult now. My brain is maxed out and it’s not going to develop anymore. I may not be an Einstein, but I don’t have to worry about food making me any dumber!” Well tough luck and poor choice of words there, because scientists, in their constant struggle to ruin everything we ever love or care about have proven just the opposite.

This research comes from a test where scientists taught rats how to navigate their way through a maze. Once they could go through the maze in an acceptable period of

time on a consistent basis so as to prove it wasn’t all just raw luck, they were put on a strict diet of sugary beverages (we’re thinking kool-aid) and water. Six weeks later the rats were put in the maze again to see if the change in diet had changed anything. Turns out that the rats that had been drink-ing sugar had a much harder time navigating through the maze, and not just because it was harder to squeeze through; they were slower, their memories had been affected and their cognitive abilities had pretty much been shattered. All this because their continued sugar overdose had rendered their bodies more resilient to insulin, which, as it turns out, isn’t just good for your blood sugar level, but also for help-ing your brain cells work.

#1) Living in a city makes you dumber

Ask almost anyone in a major city what they think of the country and you’ll get a leer and some smart comment about how living in the country makes you the equivalent of that kid in elementary whose idea of recess was to chew on rocks. And while the majority of us asphalt dwellers love feeling superior to those country folk, turns out that maybe they should be the ones making fun of us. See, not only does living in a city “majorly” stress you out, but it also screws with your intelligence.

Researchers conducted an ex-periment that required half of the subjects to walk through a park and the other to walk through a busy city. Afterward, the researchers performed tests and found that

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CJ Evans viewpoints editor

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As the ombudsman recently ap-pointed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert to oversee the health data breach, I am very concerned about the significant number of people who possibly had their Social Security numbers (SSN) compromised but have not signed up for the help being offered by the Utah Department of Health (UDOH).

In early April, the UDOH began notifying breach victims and offered free credit monitoring services through Experian, one of the three major credit reporting agencies and a global leader in credit monitoring.

Despite the Department’s extensive efforts to reach out to all potential victims, only about 20 percent have enrolled. People who received a letter notifying them that their SSN was potentially compromised, but who have not activated their free credit monitor-ing, are running out of time to do so.

Signing up is easy. You can do it online or by phone, and the pro-cess only takes about 10 minutes. The enrollment deadline is Sept. 30. The clock is ticking; breach

victims need to be proactive and sign up now.

For those unsure of whether or not their SSN may have been included in the breached data, or if you have lost or discarded your letter, please call the 24-hour infor-mation hotline at 1-855-238-3339. If your or a family member’s SSN

was breached, call center staff will ask you for critical information and you will be sent a notification letter explaining the breach and outlining important steps to protect your credit.

Credit monitoring will help

detect possible misuse of your personal information and provide identity protection services focused on immediate identification and resolution of identity theft. Your credit report will be monitored daily for 50 leading indicators of identity theft. You will also receive timely credit alerts on any key changes in your credit report, which could include new inquiries from lenders, applications for new credit accounts, medical collections, and changes to public records.

Since my appointment, I have received many calls, letters, and emails from breach victims. I have visited communities throughout the state to speak with breach victims. I have heard from victims who are appropriately angry that sensitive information they worked hard to protect was compromised.

In the earnest effort to notify and protect breach victims quickly, the State provided one year of credit monitoring, an industry standard for such situations. Some remain concerned that may not be long enough, but the Governor’s Office and the Legislature will continue to weigh if the length of time is

appropriate. To date, to the best of our knowledge, not one incident of misuse from compromised data has impacted breach victims.

Furthermore, the State has launched an in-depth investiga-tion of this specific incident and a comprehensive review of all data systems across state agencies to ensure all that can be done is being done to safeguard individuals’ data and identity.

For more information on the breach, visit our website at health.utah.gov/databreach. We also have the website information available in Spanish. Please check to see if you or your family member’s informa-tion was potentially compromised.

Protect yourself against identity theft and safeguard your loved ones. Sign up now for the free credit monitoring service package.

Health Data Ombudsman Sheila Walsh-McDonald was ap-pointed by Governor Gary Herbert to provide a higher level of assis-tance to victims of the health data breach. The public can reach the ombudsman via e-mail at [email protected].

-Sheila Walsh McDonald

Breach victims: it’s time to be proactive

Three things you won’t believe that are making you dumber

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Sheila Walsh McDonald

Thumbs down to the lawn by the fountain being like a swamp. It’s not fun to get your feet or shoes muddy by walking on the grass. It makes the lawn look not so fabulous when it gets mowed while still soaked and the tires from the lawn mower tear up the grass. Why are the sprinklers on during a rainstorm? Slow the flow save H20? Or at least give it a day to dry out before mowing. Also, why aren’t the sidewalks swept after the lawn is mowed by the fountain? However, the lawns of the residence halls are looking mighty fine.

Two thumbs down on nega-tivity! Life can be a real drag when you pinpoint problems instead of finding solutions. If things seem bleak, try looking on the bright side and taking a few moments to recognize all the things that make life great. Start by appreciating the great education offered here at USU Eastern.


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of $49,396,000 which included $16 million for Mission-Based Performance Funding and $20 million to move forward Utah’s goal that 66 percent of adults hold a higher education credential by 2020. The budget includes $10.4 million in operational ex-

penditures in infrastructure and technology and $2.95 million for student access initiatives and col-laborations. Another $14 million was approved for state initiatives that will increase class size at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine and implement Dixie

State’s university status.The budget request and build-

ing priorities will be submitted to Governor Herbert for his consid-eration as he makes his overall recommendation to the Utah State Legislature for the upcoming 2013 legislative session.

tion, theater, music and art) into a modern and efficient multipurpose facility, improve quality, and allow greater efficiency.”

The new building will be 53,650 square feet on two floors.

Remodeling for the basement of the Geary Theater will cost $650 thousand and almost $765 thousand will be put towards updating the building seismically.

These are still the pre-planning

stages of process and there is still a lot of work to be put into it. Eaton said that this is just the beginning of a long process and if the stars align, plans and building should move forward.

division will attempt to remove the snake in a timely and safe manner.

According to a 2010 publica-tion by the Utah State University Cooperative Extension, regard-ing venomous snakes, snakes may enter buildings through entry ways, windows, exposed external pipes, or any other en-

trance through which insects and rodents might enter. Outdoors, they are often found in sagebrush, tall grasses, junipers, and shady places. It is advisable that, in an effort to stay alive, those recreat-ing in the hills and desert around Price, stay on the trails.

In the event of a snake bite, the victim should keep calm, keep

the bite below the heart, wash the area, cover area with sanitary covering, and get medical help as soon as possible. Under no circumstances should anyone ap-ply a tourniquet, follow the snake that bit them or their recreating companion, suck on the wound or cut the victim.

and advancement. “It’s just a con-stant battle.”

USU Eastern has been approved for a capitol improvement grant- state

funding to replace the fixture system. The money will be available in July 2013. The project is expected to cost about $350,000 with parts and labor.

In the meantime reports of light outages are welcome at the facilities maintenance and residential life offices.

on university property regardless of age. After the third offense, even if a resident is over the age of 21, it will result in the eviction of housing. Drugs are also prohibited and after a second offense will result in an eviction of housing.

Like Eastern, USU also has a guest policy. Guests of the same sex are allowed to stay, but no more than three-consecutive nights. Before staying, the guest must get permission by a school personnel prior to the visit. Also before a guest can stay, the resi-dent must get approval from their roommates.

Both campuses also have quiet hours that are the same. Sunday thru Thursday is 10 p.m.-8 a.m., Friday and Saturday are midnight to 8 a.m. Radios, television, ste-reos, vacuums, pianos, etc., are not allowed to be too loud during this time. Also any loud behavior such as jumping, pounding, screaming are not allowed during this time. Throughout finals week 24-hour quiet hours are in effect. Failure to abide by these rules will result in a $50 fine.

Something that has caused much conflict is the winter break fee. When a resident wants to stay for winter break at Eastern, they must pay more money to do so.

It is about $300 extra to stay on campus because there are limited staff members on campus during the break. At USU Logan there is no fee to stay, but they do have to register their keys before the last day of finals. This year USU-Eastern is not charging to stay for spring break like USU in Logan.

The issue concerning pets is different between each campus. At Eastern, no animals are al-lowed. At USU, any animal besides a fish are prohibited and the fish must be in an aquarium in order to be allowed.

Visitation hours are another issue that causes conflict. Eastern does have visitation hours which are 8 a.m. to midnight. Any guest of the opposite sex must leave the rooms before midnight. If they are caught in a room with the opposite gender after midnight, it can result in a fine. USU Logan does not have any visitation hours. They just ask that quiet hours are followed. Also the front doors to the halls are open for any visitors, but they are locked at 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. Visita-tion hours at USU Eastern are not there to make rules, but for the comfort and safety of the students. The doors to the resident halls are locked and the only way to get in

is a key. This will provide a safer environment for the students and ensure that they are taken care of. Also all students are required to leave a room with the opposite sex at midnight for the comfort of everyone in the hall.

To stay at USU Logan costs about $1,575 for a shared room, $1,950 for a small private room, and $2,050 for a large private room each semester. With these rooms there is also a minimum meal plan required of $900.

At Eastern, the prices are dif-ferent depending on where you want to stay. Aaron Jones’ suite is about $900; a deluxe suite is $1,000. These require a $999 meal plan. For a cooking suite it is $1,200 with a minimum $299 Meal plan.

Burtenshaw is $800 for a semester, Sessions is about $700 a semester, and requires a $999 meal plan. Tucker, which is a cooking hall, is $1,250 a semester and requires a $299 meal plan.

Some students may think that Eastern does not go by USU rules when it comes to residential life, but in reality, they are almost the exact same. Most of the policies and procedures are the same and result in the same consequences if they are violated.

fifth place overall out of 38 welders in the competition.

Students spend many addition-al hours in the welding lab honing their skills for competitions.

“I always remind them that hard work pays off, if you put forth the long hours of practice it will eventually pay off, Austin is proof of that, he spent in excess of 120 hours on the drawings plus each team member spent countless hours fine tuning their welding and fabricating skills.

“At the national level, every team has top quality prints, exceptional welding and fabrica-tion skills… there is no room for mistakes. Our team performed flawless, no mistakes, their design was simple, and built exactly the way the blue prints were drawn plus we utilized over 99 percent of the material allowed which gave us the edge we needed to win the gold.

“Remington put forth more time and effort in the shop than

the fabrication team, but made a couple of minor mistakes on his pipe welding project and alumi-num project which cost him a spot on the podium. Experience is everything… especially at the national level, but for a freshman in college, he did a fantastic job, fifth in the nation is respectable. We are looking forward for Rem-ington to improve his skills over the next year and work towards a gold medal next year,” Tryon added.

Karli Morriseditor-in-chief

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Many of you may have no-ticed a new USU Eastern sign “welcoming you home” on your way into Price. This is one of the many new banners and signs USU Eastern administration purchased to brand the institution’s name and image.

Downtown banner for welcom-ing week, women’s conference and graduation were also designed and printed. Signs will be installed on light posts downtown during each of the three events. Meagan Roach, student designer for USU Eastern

in Logan, designed the welcoming sign, as well as street banners. The cost for this new signage was just over $8,000 and included instal-lation according to Brad King, vice chancellor-administration and advancement.

In addition, signs were re-placed in the BDAC, which either had outdated logos or College of Eastern Utah name on them.

“All of these projects were continuing the effort to replace any signage which still has the old information on them. We are trying very hard to promote a consistent look and feel with our branding and marketing efforts,” King said.

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New signs throughout Price city.

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Emily Williamslifestyles editor

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Eastern Student Association started the school year off by wel-coming each incoming freshman with the first issue of the Aguila.

The Aguila, Spanish for the Eagle, is a monthly newsletter written and funded by ESA. Each month, The Aguila will be sent to each student’s email address, giving them access to the entire publication online. Students can look to these monthly publica-

tions to familiarize themselves with upcoming events, as well as student services offered.

The Aguila will also respond to student requests. Its writers will be polling students for questions

to ask as they interview faculty, staff and administration. ESA is publishing The Aguila to fa-miliarize the student body with everything the campus has to offer them. This includes people, places, resources and activities. The objective of the Aguila is to give students information needed to improve their college experi-ence. As far as future publications, USU Eastern Student Association welcomes student input and sug-gestions for content matter, they will publish whatever students want to know.

USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum director Ken-neth Carpenter, made the cover photo and story of the Utah State magazine fall semester 2012. Titled “Bones to Pick,” the story was written by John Devilbiss and featured Carpenter’s life beginning with watching Godzilla in Japan when he 5 years old to becoming director and curator of paleontology at the Price museum.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Carpen-ter tells Devilbiss about being in a darkened theater showing the original Godzilla, King of the Monsters, with his mother. Seeing the giant lizard, plus many other bone-shattering events, eventu-ally led Carpenter into earning a doctorate degree at the University of Colorado, Bolder, in geology.

His time line includes discov-ering the bones of a 225-million-year-old dinosaur in New Mexico which he named Gojirasaurus quayi, based on the Japanese name for Godzilla.

Devilbiss wrote, “from the tender age of 18 when he [Carpenter] was first published in the National Geographic School Bulletin, he has gone on to publish 233 scientific papers ranging form plates and spikes of Stegosaurus to dinosaur reproduction myths and facts, and with no sign of slowing down.”

Isolation in a rural area never crosses Carpenter’s mind. According to Divilbiss, “he is a consultant for ‘Planet Dinosaur’ and a bit of a media darling with more than 30 television appearances, including the Discovery Channel and A & E. Just hang around him long enough and you’ll see why he’s the go-to-guy for all things dinosaur and why he has come to love the area around Price where dinosaurs, of all things,

really took a shine to Utah a few million years ago.”Carpenter likes the giant dinosaur graveyards,

conveniently close to the museum, because it gives him the chance to “continue research and publish findings that are gaining worldwide attention,” wrote Devilbiss.

The author wrote that Carpenter starts his days at 5 a.m. to spend hours working on manuscripts, even longer on weekends. A feat that earned him the UniBio Press Award for paleontological research. “The international award is given each year to authors who produce the most frequently accessed pa-per among all the journal papers published the previous year. His award-winning research focused on his study of the Allosaurus whose bones came from the nearby Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry.”

Upon reading the story, Carpen-ter said, “I am deeply honored to be

so prominently featured. To have someone from the Price campus featured, reflects well on Eastern.”

“I am glad that the article mentioned the need for a new museum. We are bursting at the seams: literally.” On his bucket list is building a new mu-seum. Prime property has been donated, but capital has to be raised to begin construction. “A few years ago, a crack developed in one of the museum walls showing the parking lot,” he said.

Carpenter said, “The Prehistoric Museum is an untapped resource for USU. He hopes the article should start drawing attention to us as an important resource for students and faculty.”

The Utah State magazine is published quarterly by USU Advancement in Logan.

Museum director makes cover story of the Utah State magazine

USU Eastern’s Hispanic Heritage Night started with soccer on the Reeves Building quad. At first there wasn’t enough people to play, but slowly more people joined. Two teams were created and an hour-long soccer game was played.

Then Zumba, a Latin-dancing infused workout program, began in the SAC Ballroom, instructed by Jerri Timothy.

At 7 p.m., James Morales, vice president of student services, spoke to the USU Eastern com-munity, promoting moral diversity for all races and not just Hispanics. He talked about how it’s important that we are all diverse in everything that we do and that diversity is much more than race or ethnicity. He encouraged the audience to be diverse in all aspects of their lives from education, talents, residency and everyday ac-

tivities. He stressed the importance of getting to know yourself before you can get to know other people. He recommended working on becoming a diverse people and share our individual diversity with the world.

Dinner was a typical Hispanic meal of enchiladas, rice, beans, chips and salsa, salad and churros. Everyone in attendance seemed to enjoy the meal, proved when the food was gone while people were still in line to get dinner. While eating, Elias Perez, associate professor - engineering drafting & design technology, sang, followed by a Chilean group performing a col-laboration of South American music. They joined Perez and performed together to finish the night.

Student government will host diversity nights every month, focusing on different cultures.

Aguila to publicize upcoming events

Diversity night featured Hispanic Heritage

Check out the new chairs, benches and tables in USU

Eastern Dining Services!Hang out and enjoy the patio view

while enjoying a home-cooked meal

those who had gone through the city had worse memory, poor attention span and learning problems. But the absolute worst, most bizarre part of their findings? Even seeing pictures of a city brings out these symptoms.

The reasoning is actually simple. Walking through a city is pretty taxing for your brain, even if you don’t realize it. In a city, your brain keeps track of every piece of ambient noise, every

flash of light and those bizarre smells that you can only find in a city, while at the same time trying to put one foot in front of the other and not get run over by cars. After a while of this intense multi-tasking, your brain is so tired that you’re left with memory problems and poor self control. This would explain why you are more likely to make impulse buys and indulge yourself after just an hour in a crowded supermarket.

Meanwhile, walking through, or just looking at vegetation, relaxes people and makes their brain work more efficiently and, no, we’re not talking about an empty field where there’s nothing to distract you. The same researchers have found that the more diverse the vegetation, the more benefits your brain will see. Much like a city, nature can grab your attention in any number of ways but in a more helpful, brain restoring way than the city.

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Nathan Manley staff writer

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In a consumer world of bigger, better, faster and more, the moments that inspire us to stop and contemplate our lives are rare. USU students will never forget the motivating and moving message of find-ing real happiness through adversity and success as a double amputee. Spencer West spoke during the first Common Hour Lec-ture, Sept. 12, 2012, at the Logan campus and all extension campuses via satellite.

West was born with a genetic disorder and at age 5, his legs were amputated above the knee, and eventually, after multiple surgeries, just below his pelvis. At this point, the doctors told his parents their 5-year-old son would never sit up or walk by himself, and wouldn’t be a functioning member of society. This brings on a whole new level of hopelessness, and a whole new meaning to the phrase, it’s what’s on the inside that truly counts.

Being a double amputee, he’s had to deal with a certain level of intolerance and bullying throughout his life, and is still singled out with questions like: where are your legs? How do you use the restroom? How do you drive a car? But West has a snappy wit, coming back with answers about how he lost his legs by volunteering at a magic show and getting sawed in half.

As a child he didn’t always react with a sense of humor, especially in gym class. Can you imagine getting picked last every time because you don’t have legs? Or be-cause you don’t play sports and you hangout with all the girls you are associated with homosexuals when you have a heterosexual orientation? He refers often to Dan Wilkins quoting him, “A community that bullies just one of its members is no community at all.” West’s message is clear, bullying is simply unacceptable.

After surviving high school and overcoming an identity crisis during col-lege, he eventually gradu-ated from both and landed a sweet job as operations manager of a famous salon in Arizona. Even though he had everything society told him he needed to be happy like a nice car, a nice house with a swimming pool, money, clothes and even a big television and a brand new Wii, he wasn’t. He had reached a certain status and there was nothing left to buy, watch or do. His fleeting happiness gave him a yearning for something more.

Call it fate or something else, around the time that West came to the realization that he was leading a shallow life, a college

mentor called and invited him on a humani-tarian trip to Kenya. At first West admitted to thinking shallow and selfish thoughts such as, “why would I do that when I have such a good job?” But he soon changed his mind after researching Me to We, the or-ganization r e s p o n -sible for sp onsor-ing these

trips, and being inspired by the story of Craig Kil-berger, the boy

who founded it.At 12, Kilberger read a news article

about another 12 year old in Turkey, who was a slave as a carpet weaver who escaped and started speaking out against child la-bor laws in his native country. Tragically, this Turkish boy was gunned down by

carpet makers due to a decrease in sales after every speech he gave. Kilberger was horrified and humbled by this article, on how blessed he was just to go to school every day. He resolved to change the child labor laws, remove children from global

industries and put them back into the classroom.

Thousands of supporters and volunteers across the nation joined the Free the Children movement, backing Kilberger as he voiced his concerns to Congress, Hill-ary Clinton and during an appearance on Oprah. Free the Children grew into a worldwide social enterprise and was renamed Me to We, which now organizes trips to poverty-stricken countries to build anything from new schools to water wells and

purification systems which eliminate contaminated water supplies.

West saw firsthand the hope that these volunteers bring and how devastated some of these areas can be. He was humbled by the living conditions during that first trip to Kenya. Watching them walk for three hours to fill a three-gallon jug with dirty water every morning; seeing families fit 10-11 members inside a one-room shack. Witnessing the schools that have no walls

or windows, no chalkboard and no desks or paper. He was astonished to see them write in the dirt and when it rained, they would write in the mud. He noticed that only the males are educated in Kenya. But, more remarkably, he noticed how happy they were.

West hadn’t realized his privileged life. Even as someone with no legs, he hadn’t recognized how blessed he was, until a little Kenyan girl approached him. This little girl told him that she didn’t know white people could lose their legs too. That simple statement had a profound effect on West and changed the course of his life. He has since moved from Arizona to Toronto to work at the headquarters of Me to We, accompanied by dozens of humanitarian trips and speaking engagements all over the world promoting his story and involvement with Me to We.

What can we learn from Spencer West and Craig Kilberger? If a 12-year-old boy and a man with no legs can make such an impact, why can’t I? I don’t have to go Kenya to make a difference, I can be an everyday hero. There are three ways that West says we can accomplish this. One is to be happy and thankful each and everyday. Two is to take a risk and do something, that’s the purpose of college. Three is to stand up and help those around you, regardless of them being less fortunate or you being less fortunate.

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Ashley Stilsonstaff writer

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Many USU Eastern students volun-teered to help with various service projects at the annual Price Day of Caring Sept. 8. Over 740 volunteers from throughout Price volunteered to lend a hand. The Day of Caring is a national United Way project set up to demonstrate how a community can benefit from volunteering.

Of the 740 volunteers, about 100 stu-dents, faculty and staff from USU Eastern participated. “I’ve noticed that most of us struggle, maybe only slightly at times, to find the time to serve others,” said Terry

Johnson, SUN center advisor. “But once you are there helping, even in a small way, it is so worth anything else you may have given up. I was proud of, and inspired by, all those from USU Eastern who partici-pated! That’s what a deep, meaningful life is all about: building relationships through serving others.”

Many programs were included with 45 projects completed, totaling almost 3,000 volunteer hours according to Untied Way statistics. “It was a very humbling expe-rience to see how much our community pulls together for the good of all,” said Carole Wright, campaign coordinator for the United Way.

Some of the projects include renovating a new location for the Boys and Girls Club,

clearing the grounds at the BMX Park, weeding and harvesting at the People’s Garden and cleaning the Helper Walkway. Twenty-five of the 43 projects were for home-bound individuals according to SUN Center statistics.

Organizers said the turnout was excel-lent and everyone had a good time.

“I felt so good about it. [People] come watch us play so why not help them?” said Jason Timpf, a member of the USU Eastern men’s basketball team.

“I feel like if we help the community, they’ll support us. It was really fun and we met a lot of people,” Todd Helgesen said.

“Being able to be a part of Day of Caring was fantastic” McKenzie Hosenfeld said. “I loved that I was able to help the community

while having fun and making friends.”Eric Hansen said, “It was a great way

to meet the community. Everybody helped and had a great attitude.”

Amy Arbon mentioned, “It’s nice giv-ing back to the community who gives so much to us.”

“It’s always fun to give back,” Tandy Thackeray said.

“It’s so nice to give back to a community that gives so much to us. It gives us a sense of pride,” Bubby Johnson commented.

“I think it went really well,” John Cardon from the LDS Institute said. “It was a really good way to serve. There was a lot of service rendered. It’s hard to give up a Saturday, but it was a very well done project.”

“I really loved working with the kids. I felt like they enjoyed working with me too. They brought out the kid in me too,” Jeff Perkins said.

“As a new college student, it helped me feel more invested in the community,” Brighton Ketts said.

Jordan Contreras said, “It felt great helping the community…it was good to meet new people and have them meet us.”

“It was awesome to help people. I love it,” commented Igor Dais.

The Day of Caring was a perfect ex-ample of a community uniting together. Mark your calendars, because the next project is just around the corner. Organiz-ers hope to have even more vounteers a the next Day of Caring.

Day of Caring brought out the best amongst the USU Eastern community(L-R) Jeff Perkins, Travon Langston, Mike Stroud, Trevor Maughin and Almir Hadzisehovic perform community service projects for the Day of Caring. photos courtesy Tyson Chappell

USU Regional CampUS aRT exhibiT

The USU Regional Campus Art Exhibit is being displayed from Sept. 4- Oct. 4, at Gallery East, located in the SAC Building of USU Eastern’s Price campus. It features student artwork from all of USU campuses. It reflects student’s work of the variety of projects and class levels available across the USU regional campuses. Gallery East’s fall 2012 hours are Monday through Thursday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Fridays, weekends and holidays. If you have any questions, contact Noel Carmack at 435-613-5241 or by email at [email protected].

photos courtesy USU eastern art Department

Fun in the SUN Center: go serviceShanna Frame

staff writer [email protected]

I say sun, you say fun! Sun! Fun! Go service! The mission of the Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah SUN Involvement Center is to unite the college and service communities together in productive, volunteer activities that inspire meaningful service, promote a positive image and develop life-long, responsibly engaged citizens. SUN Center stands for Serving Utah Network Center and its motto this year is, “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” –John Wesley.

It is clear that selfless acts of service are what the SUN Center is about, but some of the questions asked in relation to the SUN Center are: what is the SUN Center about? What motivates people to get in-volved in service? On becoming involved in SUN Center service

opportunities, McCall Heaton pointed out, “It’s a great way to express oneself.” For Beth Lid-dell, “The SUN Center is where individuals are enabled to grow and become the person each of us is supposed to. It’s an opportunity to discover who you are through serving others.”

Dustin Jensen, who has taken the opportunity to get involved and find the joy of serving, said “the SUN Center teaches people to serve others in the way they need to be served, which is the most fulfilling kind of service.” Jason Fredrickson stated, “To me the SUN Center is an opportunity to better one’s self, the USU Eastern institution and our community through the giving of service.” “If the SUN Center had another name it would be the Fun Center, enough said,” expressed Amanda Frame.

SUN Center has numerous of activities going on throughout the entire year. There are opportunities to serve for anyone who has a want to get involved. For those that are going into elementary education or like working with children,

there are activities with the local elementary schools. For those that appreciate botany, agriculture or simply love being outside, they have the Potato Project, or projects with the Division of Natural Re-sources. They also work with the food bank for those who like food and enjoy helping others who are less fortunate. Some opportunities to serve are given by community service providers, and others are directed or created by USU East-ern- SUN Center leaders. These opportunities allow hands-on experience and allow life changing experiences for those who take the time to see them.

Some of the upcoming SUN Center events include: Active Reentry’s Run, Walk and Roll, Saturday, Sept. 22, at 9 a.m.; Parkdale Concert, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7-7:30 p.m.; (DNR) Duck Project, Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m.; and Shopapaloosa Face Painting, Friday, Oct. 12, noon-9 p.m. For more information on upcoming events or to sign-up, visit the SUN Center on the second floor of the Jennifer Levitt Student Center.

Spencer West: sprinting through life with no legs

Spencer West


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I’ll be back before mIdnIght

Murder-thriller play opens fall seasonThe USU Eastern theater faculty announce the production of the murder/thriller, I’ll Be Back Before Midnight. The show opens Oct. 4 and continues through the 13. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. with no Wednesday or Sunday shows. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, $5 for non-USU students and faculty, and as always, $2 for USU students with a current USU activity card. Photos: (L-R) Josh Zelasko, Braden Hampel, Brynne Zuri Hunt and Annie Morey building the set for the show.

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The Community Clothing Closet is a new program developed to directly benefit individuals in our community who need it most. Our mission is simple; to collect gently used items of clothing, coats, footwear, and other day-to-day necessities and give them back, free of charge, to individuals who need them. Our belief is that if we can alleviate some of the necessary financial burdens of members in our community - they can then spend their limited income on the other necessities of life, such as food, shelter, and child care. We are asking for your help in our en-deavors. Our Closet is a non-profit organization that provides free clothing to people in need right here in Carbon and Emery Counties. We gladly accept donations of clothing, financial contributions, and volunteer help. Visit our website—To learn more and stay up-to-date with what we are doing! www.communityclothingcloset.org For more information contact:

Rebecca Mason, Board Chair W#636-3204 or C#650-3062 [email protected]

We are located at: 8 East Main Street, Price UT 84501

Hours of Operation: Tue. & Thurs., 9 AM-3PM Wed., 9AM-12PM & 3-7PM

According to StopBullying.gov, an official U.S. government Web site managed by the Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the Department of Education and Department of Justice, definitions of bullying vary, but “most agree that bul-lying involves:

• Imbalance of Power: people who bully use their power to control or harm and the people being bullied may have a hard time defending themselves.

• Intent to Cause Harm: actions done by accident are not bullying; the person bullying has a goal to cause harm.

• Repetition: incidents of bullying happen to the same the person over and over by the same person or group.

Bullying can be verbal (name-calling, teasing), social (spreading rumors, leaving people out on purpose, breaking up friendships), physical (hit-ting, punching, shoving), and cyberbullying (using the Internet, mobile telephones, or other digital technologies to harm others).

At a White House Summit on Bullying in March 2011, Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education in the Department of Education, said, “The issue of bullying is different in higher education than K–12. Once students reach the age of 18, new protections regarding bullying behaviors are afforded to them by law. But in col-lege, most of the behaviors are not typically labeled as bullying.”

At the same meeting, Charlie Rose, the Depart-ment of Education’s general counsel, pointed out that the consequences for bullies are often harsher in college than for younger students, who are less likely to face legal repercussions. “Both the perpetrators and the victims are adults, so the legal framework is very, very different,” he said.

Participants at the summit agreed that some measures, such as more intensive training programs for dormitory resident advisers, could help lessen

the spread of bullying on campuses. They also dis-cussed the importance of changing young people’s attitudes and behaviors before they reach college to discourage bullying, and they agreed that better policies at the federal, state, and institutional levels would also be an important tool.

What the Evidence Tells UsWhile most of the research on bullying and

cyberbullying focused on grade school (K–12) students, recent research conducted by professors at Indiana State University shows that bullying and cyberbullying doesn’t come to an end with high school. The researchers found that almost 22 percent of college students reported being cyberbullied while 15 percent reported being bullied. Cyberbullying was defined as when new technology, such as social networking, text messaging or instant messaging, is used to harass others with harmful text or images.

Bullying was defined as when a person attacks another verbally, attacks another physically, makes obscene gestures or intentionally isolates another from a social group.

The study also showed that 38 percent of students knew someone who had been cyberbullied while almost 9 percent reported cyberbullying someone else. Comparatively, research on kindergarten through 12th grade students suggests that as many as 25 percent of school age children have reported being cyberbullied. This Prevention Update (offer-ing an overview of current topics, news, legislation, research or innovations in the field) was funded by the Office of Safe and Healthy Students at the U.S. Department of Education under contract number ED-04-CO-0069/0005 with Education Develop-ment Center, Inc.

The contracting officer’s representative is Phyllis Scattergood. The content of this Prevention Update does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products,

or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government. This Prevention Update also contains hyperlinks and URLs for information created and maintained by private organizations. This informa-tion is provided for the reader’s convenience. The U.S. Department of Education is not responsible for controlling or guaranteeing the accuracy, rel-evance, timeliness or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of information or a hyperlink or URL does not reflect the importance of the organization, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered.

The Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention http://higheredcenter.ed.gov 1-800-676-1730; TDD Relay-friendly, Dial 711 percent report that they have cyberbullied another student. Of college students who reported being cyberbullied, 25 percent reported being harassed through a social networking site and 21 percent reported that they received harmful text messages, with 16 percent receiving such harmful communication through email and 13 percent through instant messages. In bullying, 42 percent reported seeing someone being bullied by another student while about 8 percent reported bullying another student. Additionally, almost 15 percent reported seeing a professor bully a student while 4 percent reported that they had been bullied by a professor.

Researchers in a 2004 report said, “[I]t appears that a substantial amount of bullying by both stu-dents and teachers may be occurring in college. Over 60 percent of the students reported having observed a student being bullied by another student, and over 44 percent had seen a teacher bully a stu-dent. More than 6 percent of the students reported having been bullied by another student occasionally or very frequently, and almost 5 percent reported being bullied by a teacher occasionally or very frequently, while over 5 percent of the students

stated that they bullied students occasionally or very frequently.

These data do not follow the pattern of decreas-ing bullying with age that has been reported in the bullying literature on primary and secondary school students. The findings indicate instead that bullying graduates to college, consistent with stud-ies which have shown that bullying is a fairly com-mon occurrence among adults in the workplace.”

Lessons Learned From Colleges and Uni-versities

For the most part, colleges and universities that have specific policies and programs related to bullying and cyberbullying prevention address the problem within the context of harassment in general. For example, Danville Area Community College in Danville, Ill., addresses cyberbullying in its Student Handbook under AntiHarassment in Education.

It says, “Cyber Bullying is a form of harassment and a violation of the Student Code of Conduct. It will not be tolerated. Any student found respon-sible and in violation will be subject to immediate disciplinary action and permanent suspension from Danville Area Community College. Any case of cyber bullying that is determined to be of a criminal or legal nature will be referred to local authorities.”

The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act, named in honor of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi who took his own life in September 2010, following online harassment from his peers, was introduced in the U.S. Congress for the second time in March 2011.

It would require all colleges and universities that receive federal student aid to have in place a policy to prohibit the harassment of students based on their perceived or actual race, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sex or gender identity. Higher Education Center and Other Federal Resources

Bullying and cyberbullying at colleges, universitiesThe definition, the evidence and the lessons learned

The Purge of Utah State University System Seth Richards

staff writer [email protected]

Every semester, Utah State University’s Logan campus has a ritual in which they remove students, who have not paid their tuition and fees completely, from their classes. This ritual is known as The Purge.

The initial purge is done two weeks before the start of school. This initial purge does not include students from the Price or Blanding campuses with the exception of those taking online courses or classes through the Logan campus.

The second purge was done on Saturday, Sept. 8. Of roughly 29,000 students in the Utah State University

System, 534 were cut from classes. A general email was sent to the students who had yet to pay prior to the eighth from the Logan campus.

USU Eastern students who have yet to pay their ac-counts and purged may still get back into classes. Accounts may be paid at the cashier’s desk in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center (JLSC) or payment plans are available online through students’ banner accounts. There is a $50 fee to have these payment plans set up, which may be paid at the cashier’s desk or online.

Assistance in signing up for a payment plan is avail-able at the academic records and registration desk in the JLSC. Students who have been dropped from classes can also sign up again in the academic advising office in the same building.

photos by emilee merrill/the eagle

Brady Maynesstaff writer

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It may be hard to imagine that a book so short and a seemingly simple read would have so much in it. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe does just that. A group of four siblings: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy live in England during the height of World War II. For their safety they are sent to live with distant relative of some sort called the Professor.

Once there, Lucy, the youngest, discovers a wardrobe that trans-ports her to another world. She meets a faun. He warns her, after telling her that he is supposed to betray her, that the White Witch will be after her.

She returns to go and bring her siblings into the world, Narnia, she has accidentally discovered. They don’t believe her; thinking it is some fantastic story of a young girl, even though she is not one to fib or tell fantastic stories.

Edmund follows her into the wardrobe and he too finds himself in a strange new world covered in ice and snow. He meets the White Witch and she tempts him with Turkish delight. He becomes charmed by her and is sent to bring back his brother and sisters.

Pure and simple Edmund is a brat. The White Witch tells Edmund that he will be her right-hand man and will be able to order his siblings around. He loves this idea because he feels Peter orders him around. When Edmund and Lucy return back through the wardrobe, Edmund denies going to Narnia. This makes Ed-mund seem even more of a jerk. Eventually all four of them find their way to Narnia through the wardrobe. They, almost by acci-dent, stumble on a talking beaver.

Mr. Beaver and his wife Mrs. Beaver tell the four children that they are the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve that will bring peace back to the land. They tell them that Aslan has been seen, ap-parently another good sign.

Edmund, remembering the Turkish delight and promise the

White Witch made him sets off toward her palace. Peter, Susan and Lucy re-alize this too late. They must now go in search of Aslan if they want to help Ed-mund. The snow and ice, which signifies the White Witch’s rule in Narnia, is beginning to melt.

The group of five: Peter, Susan, Lucy and the two Beavers cross paths with Father Christmas. He gives Peter a shield and a sword, Susan a bow and a horn, and Lucy a small dagger and a container of healing potion. Each are given a weapon of attack and something of protection.

They eventually reach Aslan and discover that he is a great

lion. While he is powerful, Aslan tells the siblings that he, and the creatures of Narnia, cannot defeat the White Witch without their help. Bravery, sacrifice and selflessness will be needed. Not just in saving Narnia, but in helping Edmund as well.

Their journey has just begun it seems when the White Witch arrives and demands that Edmund must die for being a traitor. Aslan does not argue against her, for she speaks of magic and law that has been around since the birth of Nar-nia. Aslan offers to take Edmund’s place. This sets in motion several important events that will change Narnia forever.

Will Edmund, who appears to have seen the wrong of his ways, stay true? Will the four siblings live up to the ancient prophecy? Aslan has promised to help, but he also volunteered to die for Edmund. It seems that peace in Narnia is something from history, not of the future. Would you stay and fight for a cause and country that is not your own? It may not be a decision we will ever face, but one that Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy will have to make.

Book Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe

Aryal Christmasstaff writer

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A new and improved USU Eastern Health and Wellness Center opened this fall for students, faculty and staff with Adam Callahan, owner of Peak Health Care, Inc., in Price, tak-ing over the program. He will be assisted on campus by Hollie Stapely, PA-C.

Callahan is a certified and licensed physician’s assis-tant who g r a d u -ated with h o n o r s from Pa-cific Uni-versity in Oregon. Be s id e s p r a c -t i c i n g f a m i l y medicine, he provides DPT physicals, sports physicals, pre-ventative medicine and disease management. He is a board member for the Utah Academy of Physician Assistants.

When he is not working, he likes spending time with his wife and 6-year-old son, biking and hunting. When he started college, his original intent was to become a physical therapist,

then, after he started working at Castleview Hospital, he re-alized he wanted to become a physician assistant.

He will staff the college’s clinic on Tuesdays and Thurs-days with plans to increasing his time spent here as the demand for the health service increases. He said he spent three days on campus last week because the demand was here to see students and the USU Eastern commu-nity. He will continue to provide health care at Peak Health Care, l o c a t e d a t 5 9 0 East 100 N o r t h , suite #5.

S t a -p l e y i s a ce r t i -f ied and l icensed p h y s i -cian’s as-sistant who graduated with honors from Butler University in Indiana. Born and raised in Helper, she is excited to be practicing in her hometown and more specifically at the college.

Her expertise is women’s health and preventative care. Her interests include boating, scuba diving, water skiing and spending time at her cabin in Scofield, Utah. Kristy Meyring,

of Peak Healthcare, and Ronni Howard, of USU Eastern, make up the staff at the Price campus.

Under the new clinic, Cal-lahan said he hopes to broaden their ranges to more urgent-care type situations.

Although the health profes-sionals changed this year, the quality and hours of service will be better. The clinic uses Planned Parenthood funds which allows students to take the necessary safety precau-tions to stop unwanted pregnan-cies. They offer an a r ray of o p t i o n s from the “Plan B” pill to the “ N u v a Ring.”

T h e o n - c a m -pus clinic now accepts insurance (includ-ing Summit Care) and students of USU Eastern will receive two free visits each semester, a benefit of the student fee they pay to the clinic. The clinic is located in the old Student Activity Center with hours of operation Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. To make an appointment, call 435.613.5629.

New staff in campus Health and Wellness Center

Adam Callahan and Hollie Stapley manage the campus clinic

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page 6 SportsKameron King

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The lady Eagles are now holding an 8-7 record after three weeks of play. The women are looking strong; best start the women have had in quite some time. Coach Warburton and her team are proud of their record and team play.

Approaching the third week of games, the Eagles traveled to Scottsdale, Ari. They had games Sept 6–8. The lady Eagles had a successful tournament, ending with four wins and one loss.

The first faceoff for the women came on Sept. 6th against South Mountain. The women came out of this game with big wins: set one 25-21 and the set three 15-10.

The next opponent for the Eagles was Scottsdale College. Once again they played the three sets and came out winning set one 27-25, 20-25, and set three 22-20. The women showed fight, rallying back and forth with the Scottsdale College women, but came out on top.

Day two of the tournament, the women were handed their first loss. The women came out and played Pima College. They played all three sets of regulation, but did end up being beaten. Eastern lost set one 25-17, 21-25, and set three 15-12.

On day two of the tournament the second loss of the tournament was handed to the lady Eagles. They were defeated by Yavapai College, all three sets came down to the wire, but our women just came up short. Set one was a win 30-28, but Yavapai team battled back tough and topped Eastern 25-17, and 15-13.

Day three of the tournament began

with a big win over Glendale College. The Eagles came out strong and had a good game plan and won set one 25-14, 30-28, and set three 15-7.

Win two of day three came short, but quickly after the first win of the day, the lady Eagles pounced on Mesa College, winning two sets to none, taking the first set 24-26 and the second 25-18.

The last day of the tournament the women lost to Central Arizona, in two tough matches. Things just weren’t going EU’s way that game, losing set one 25-19 and set two 25-22.

Coming out of the Scottsdale, Ariz Tournament, the Lady Eagles had four wins and three losses under their belts. This tournament had some different rules in store the women, but it did not bother them. We played three sets instead of five. This made games much shorter and didn’t allow certain teams to wait to be on their A game, they had to come out ready to play from the get go.

On Sept. 14, the women came home to the BDAC for the Eagles first home game. The Utah All-Stars, a team made up of former college and university players beat our lady Eagles in three sets. Set one 25-19, 25-14 and 25-17.

After playing 15 games and having many hard days of practice and dedication, Coach Warburton says that “she is very pleased with how well Jessica Wilcox has been playing her game at middle blocker, she has stepped up a ton, and she is also timing her hits awesome now.”

Coach Warburton also adds, “As a team my women are becoming a family on and off the court, they are improving in both the game and life as a unit.” Amanda Freestone and Paige Peterson cover as Mindy Fluckinger hits the ball.

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$60 M for new HS stadium

USU Eastern baseball

welcomes new assistant coach

Dillon Manzanaressports writer

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USU Eastern’s new baseball assistant coach, Brennan Hallows, has never coached before but has years of playing under his belt. Hallows is from Heber City, Utah. He loves to hunt, go camping, spend quality time with his wife, and coach the student-

athletes on USU Eastern’s baseball team.Hallows began playing when he was

6-years-old. He loves being around the game. In high school, Hallows was a star pitcher for Wasatch. After high school, he went on to play for the College of Eastern Utah Eagles. His freshmen year, Hallows helped lead his team to the Scenic West Atlantic conference playoffs. In the game he pitched, the Eagles won and advanced to the next round.

What motivates Coach Hallows is see-ing the students succeed and knowing he played a role in that success. He wants each and every day of practice to be an oppor-tunity for improvement. Seeing his players move on to a bigger college to compete at a higher level would please Coach Hallows.

Because he is the pitching coach, he works mainly with the pitchers, but helps out with every position at times. Due to his expertise in pitching, he can definitely

teach players a lot to help them sharpen their pitching skills.

The team has a great chance of success this year because of the change in division that they will be competing in. Coach Hal-lows is excited and feels that this year’s team is a tough team. They have yet to make the final cuts, but feels once the cuts are made the team will be a very solid, talented group. “We have plenty of talent. It’s just a matter of mending the team together,” states Hallows.

The coach has enjoyed his early coach-ing experiences this far. He loves to meet the new kids and see them continue to grow as a team. The squad has players from Puerto Rico and Samoa. Hallows is excited to learn more about them and is interested in the fact that wherever you go in the world, the sport of baseball is enjoyed.

Ryan Nelsonsports writer

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We all know how big football is in the South. From the big college teams like Alabama, Texas and the Gators, but this story takes us to Allen, Texas where the Eagles of Allen High School now have a $60 million dollar football stadium. Now ask yourself, Isn’t that a bit overboard? Maybe not , but with this recent addition to Allen High School, football fans are sure going to enjoy their high school football games.

With the artificial turf, the huge HD video scoreboard which stands 75-by-45 feet tall and a multi-level press box, fans will love these college-like additions to their high school stadium. Not only will the fans enjoy these add-ons, but students will also. This new stadium includes a weight room and a wrestling room. You might just say that this stadium has it all. It just comes down to how good those hot dogs and nachos are, and not to mention the price.

All this came about when the school district received a $119 million dollar bond package that was passed by vot-ers in May 2009. Along with that $60 million, the bond also included $36.5 million for a transportation, mainte-nance and nutrition center and also a $23.3 million dollar auditorium for the district’s performing arts. Not only was this money spent for a new stadium, but they also helped out the school as well. At first glance all you hear about is their $60 million dollar stadium, not about the academic side of the bond. Good thing it helped out the school more than just athletics, or they might have some angry people on their case.

That’s an intense amount of money that they spent for a high school football stadium. Let’s compare this stadium to a college stadium, for instances the Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Allen Texas stadium holds 18,000 people at the cost of $60 million, and the Rice-Eccles Stadium holds 45,017, at the cost of $71.3 million. That’s a huge gap between how much the stadiums can hold, whereas the gap between the prices that were paid isn’t that big. It’s kind of shocking to think that high school paid as much to build a football stadium as a NCAA football team did. Now according to TIME, The Allen Eagles football stadium is only the third largest in the nation. It makes you think how much money went into those two other stadiums to make them that big.

There are some pros and cons to this. On the pros side, college recruits will be looking at high schools where there are some great athletes. Being ranked second in the nation will attract a lot of attention from colleges. Now here’s my though on it, they build a $60 million facility, they are saying, “hey scouts, come here, look at our athletes.” We will probably be seeing some mighty fine athletes coming from this high school into college, and possibly all the way up into the NFL. Now for the Allen Eagle fans, a $60 million dollar stadium, is a dream come true. Think about that kind of addition to your high school, pretty nice isn’t it? Now the flip side, with $60 million dollars you think there might have been some other things that would have benefitted more with this money? What about funding scholarships for students to attend col-lege? Possibly they didn’t have to spend that much on the stadium and maybe split it up a little more and help other areas of the school benefit from it. With the economy, how it is today, $60 million for a high school football stadium seems a bit much, not to mention that there were employees laid off in the school district during this time.

The principle of Allen High School, Steve Payne, told ABC News, “We are an exemplary high school. I think our first-class facilities tell everybody that we have first-class academics and first-class kids. Without them, we wouldn’t have those first-class facilities.” I wonder what kind of input we would get from someone in that town not employed by the district, or maybe even an employee that was laid off during all this?

Whatever you take out of this, re-member we are talking about the South, and football to them is like the air we breathe, we need it to live.

New Beginnings

Beth Liddellstaff writer

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With the official start of the fall 2012 volleyball season just around the corner, assistant coach Miranda Milovich is taking on more than one new adventure. Coaching is a new experience for this 20 year-old USU Eastern graduate. Milovich played volleyball for the last eight years of her life; six years previous to two years of college ball. She took All-

State in high school and First Team All-Region at the collegiate level. “I love the competition,” she admits.

Talented and a central support system that sustained the lady Eagles through the retirement of her vol-leyball career, she held the crowd’s attention and demanded the respect of both teammates and those of the opposition. She fought through each match with a determination that proved she deserved to be on the court. It was easy to see there were big things in store for this young athlete.

Milovich surprised many by turning down numerous scholarship opportunities to stay in Price. She simply stated, “Family and marriage took top priority. I have bigger dreams and aspirations than just playing ball, but if it can be a part of my something

bigger, that’s a plus. I made the deci-sion to get married and start a family. I know some may not agree with it but hey, when it’s right, it’s right. For me, it was right.”

Eight-months pregnant, she proudly stands next to her team ready for whatever may come their way. She attributes her positive at-titude this year to one of her favorite things: watching the women grow and develop. Keeping it positive through all the growing pains is worth it if she can see the players succeed both personally and as a team. She lives up to her personal motto by reminding the team, “When the going gets tough, never give up.”

For the first time in years, they have built a family on the court. The Lady Eagles are a young team with

only five returning players. The team understands that improvement, dedi-cation and hard work are what really matters if they want to meet their goal of beating each region team at least once this season. As Coach Milovich reflects on her short past here at USU Eastern she looks forward to the future with hope. “I love the game, but love grew to passion. Passion never dies. That is why I play. That’s why I coach. That’s why I support the Golden Eagles. ”

Women’s volleyball will not have a home conference game until October 5th but invite everyone to come out and support them with their opener against College of Southern Idaho and Northern Idaho College; the top two rated teams in the region. All the teams in the conference have been

preparing for a season that Coach Milovich promises will be one of new trials, one of new levels of competition, and one of new beginnings.

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Player Highlight Name: Lindzee Bair

Number: 13

Position: Right side

Hometown: Bozeman, Montana. I’m a Bozeite

Major: Exercise Science

Hero & Why: My parents because no matter what I do they support me 100%

Something most people don’t know about you: I like to farm and feed baby calves

Favorite thing about USU Eastern: All the great people here

Favorite thing about your sport: My teammates

Plans after USU Eastern: Go to Utah State University

Player Highlight Name: Joe Barta

Number: 12

Position: Left-handed pitcher

Hometown: Billings, Montana

Major: biology

Hero & Why: Samantha Olson-she is the most genuine person I’ve ever met and always puts others first.

Something most people don’t know about you: I had a kidney disease, HSP, when I was 9 years old.

Favorite thing about USU Eastern: small classes, small town, classy people.

Favorite thing about your sport: It’s a pure sport based on skill, not size.

Plans after USU Eastern: Attend the U of U to finish my pre-med studies, then I hope to get into medical school and pursue my dream of becoming a pediatrician.

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USU Eastern Campus Store is up and ready for service!

Need text books but can’t afford to buy them whole price?

RENT THEM! Come check out the item of the month to receive 25% OFF! 10% OFF for students wearing USU Eastern apparel every

Friday (True Blue Friday).

Wearing number two, standing 5 foot 2 inches

Hayden Petersonsports writer

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Hailee Parry is her name, and basketball is her game. Behind every athlete is a story of how they got to where they are today. Join me as we get to know a little more

about Miss Parry. Parry was born second to last in her family on Oct. 16,

1992, and loves birthday presents. She comes from a large family: an amazing mom, four brothers and two sisters. She also plays the role of aunt to three nephews and four—soon to be five—nieces.

Parry is at USU Eastern chasing the dream of being a collegiate athlete. She wears jersey number two, stands 5’ 2” and plays the point guard position. The last time she thought she would play competitive basketball was at the state tournament her senior year. She met Coach Paur who offered her the chance to take her dreams to the next level and become a college basketball player.

When Parry is not in the gym working on her crossover, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, playing with her nieces and nephews, being outdoors,

working out, and playing any sport that comes her way. She is crazy about the Utes, and she attends as many games as possible throughout the year.

Her hero is her mother. “She would do anything for any of us kids,” says Parry. “She has always supported me in anything I chose to do.”

Parry’s favorite thing about USU Eastern is her team and her coaches. “They care about you; not only as a player, but as well as a person.” When Parry’s time at USU Eastern comes to an end, she hopes to continue playing basketball if the opportunity presents itself. If not, she plans to continue towards being a nutritionist, teacher or coach. Her heart is in the gym and helping others. We wish her the best and look forward to watching her on the hardwood.

Working hard on and off the field

Dillon Manzanaressports writer

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USU Eastern’s baseball team is not only working hard to become a better team on the field, but off the field as well. On Sept.17 they helped put up the Price City Wave Pool cover. The cover helps protect the pool from the winter weather, keeping it warm and clean. The team does it to volunteer and help the community.

On the field, the Golden Eagles are not doing too bad. They traveled to Logan to play USU’s club team twice. They lost the first

match 10 to 8. The Eagles hurt themselves with errors near the end of the game, which is usual for a young team, especially this early in the season. However, in the sec-ond game, the results were different. USU Eastern pulled out the victory 17-7. Overall, the team played well in that game. The only thing that can be touched up with that game is the consistency of a few players. Other than that, Head Coach Scott Madsen was pleased. Pitching is huge on any baseball team, and it is definitely no different on the Golden Eagles. Sophomore Chance Abrath has been pitching very well for the eagles. “When [the pitchers] have good weekends, we have great weekends,” said Madsen. As far as hitting goes, Denver Hansen is hitting well along with Tayson Wilson, a transfer from a school in Texas. Wilson is hitting around .500 so far in this season.

The team does have some areas that they need to work on, just like every other team at this point. USU Eastern needs to come together as a team. Some of the players seem to be playing for themselves so far. If they

can all come together and worry about play-ing for the team, that would help drastically.

Pitching is above average at this point. The team’s hitting is not too shabby either, but fielding is what the Golden Eagles are best at right now. “We’ve got one of the best middle infields that we’ve had,” stated Madsen.

Final cuts are yet to be made, and usually take place in the first part of November. Mad-sen wants the players to continue to compete at the highest level possible until the cuts. Some of the problems in the previous years are that the players will work hard to make the team, and then once they are on the team they seem to be satisfied. That should not be the case this year. The squad currently has 38 players, as the cuts should take the team down to around 28 to 30, although only 24 will dress and be available for each game.

As far as big hits are concerned, Denver Hansen has hit one out along with Kye Ray-mond. Over this recent weekend, the Golden Eagles hit two in the park homers to make it four so far on this season. Madsen talked

about how the power of the team will come along as the season progresses. Usually at this point, the players are still getting into the “swing” of things and it will take awhile for the players to begin hitting at their peak, as far as the number of hits they get, and the distant their hits will travel. Abrath, who is recovering from knee surgery over the summer, has pop in his swing. Jonathon Santiago, a Puerto Rican player, has a lot of power as well.

The next game for the Eagles will take place this Saturday Sept. 22 against a Colo-rado All-Star team. It will take place in Price at USU Eastern’s home field on 1100 East and 900 North. The following Friday they will host Salt Lake Community College before traveling to Grand Junction to take on the Colorado All-Star team once again.

Be looking forward to many improve-ments on this year’s team. The talent on this squad is plenty, it just seems to be a matter of if they can eventually put it all together and show it on game day. Be excited about this year’s Golden Eagle baseball team.

Outdoor adventures

at CC Recreation

Mountain Bike Ride - Luke’s Trail

September 29

• Helmets required

Come with us, find new people to ride with.No charge, but you must

register by September 26

This ride is for competent beginners and anyone more advanced who would like to go

for a moderate ride. It is perfect for a family.

Meet at Luke’s Trailhead at 8 a.m. Plan to be on

the trail 3-4 hours.

Little Grand Canyon Overnight

Backpack Trip

October 6-7 • Pre-trip meeting Oct. 2 at 5 p.m.

Fee: $20, includes transportation for the

first 8 people registered. After that people will need to provide their own transportation.

People will need to make arrangements for their

own backpack, gear, and food. Items are available

to rent at Carbon Rec.

This 17-mile moderate hike is great for

beginners. If you’ve always wanted to go

backpacking, this is your opportunity. Go with a

guide who can show you the ropes and make the

experience safe.

Little Wild Horse Canyon Hike

October 20

Fee: $10, includes transportation for the first 10 people

registered. After that people will need to provide their own

transportation.

Hike one of the most famous slot canyons in the world. Bring your own water and snacks for the trail. The hike will be 4 to 8 miles

long, depending on the capabilities of the group. Easy hiking with several

moderately difficult obstacles to negotiate.

We will stop at Ray’s in Green River on the way home for a burger and

fries. Meet at the Carbon Rec office at 8 a.m. You will be back in Price 6-7

p.m.

Black Dragon Canyon

Mountain Bike Ride

November 3

Fee: $10, includes transportation for the first 10 people

registered. After that people will need to provide their own

transportation.

Members of the USU Eastern baseball team help put bubble up at wave pool for two days this week.photo by Savannah Hrenchir/The Eagle

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