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LIFESTYLES

Check out the InstituteStudent health 101The man behind the catWho is Shanny?Play opens next week

SPORTSBasketball is overUp/Down BaseballEagle Dancer ShowcaseIts all about the hairSmurf Turf pages 4-5

WhatsInside . . .

March 22, 2012

KSL Televisions residentshrink, Liz Hale, and food bloggerJamie Eskelson in Jamie Cooks ItUp, headline USU Easter ns 33rdannual Womens Conference onFriday, April 13, in the JenniferLeavitt Student Center. This yearstheme is Life is an Adventure.

Dr. Liz Hale, KSL Television

and radio corr espondent, is an ex-pert in fami ly and relationships. Aformer radio host of BonnevillesDr. Liz Hale Show, she has be-come a household name to many.As KSL Studio 5s resident shrink,she discusses a wide variety of hot-topics ranging from sex to stress(sometimes in the same segment).

Dr. Liz is a transplant fromSeattle, Wash., although a fewyears ago she was a college co-edcheering for the Utah State Aggies.She holds a doctorate in clinicalpsychology from Seattle Pacic

University and masters degreesin public administration andcounseling from SU and A ntiochUniversity.

A licensed clinical psycholo-gist and certied marriage & fam-ily therapist, Dr. Liz has practicedmarriage counseling for over 20years. She serves as chair of the

Utah Commission on Marriageand is the spokesperson for theStronger Marriage Campaign.Dr. Hale is a n active member of,and highly involved in, the UtahPsychological Association.

Her podcasts and posts varyfrom fatal irting, love texts,discovering what makes us happy,ending an argument, narcissists,mental health, mothers, parenting,success and time, marriage prep,nances, divorce, depression, toname a few.

While she has varied respon-

sibilities, there is no place shewould rather be than personallyhelping families in her downtownSalt Lake City private practice.

Jamie Eskelson has been blog-ging about food since 2009. Her

Karli Morrisassistant editor

k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu

On the evening of Saturday,March 3, after the final homebasketball games of the season,students were searching campusfor clues to nd an iPad 2. T he iPadscavenger hunt was sponsored byEUSA. The winner of the iPad wasElcio Dutra.

EUSA students said that therewere 11 or 12 clues. The rst cluewas in the student center on the TVscreen with the announcements.The nal clue was also in theJLSC in the multi-purpose room.The clue said that the iPad wouldbe found at Gibbys original posi-tion. Dutra and his f riend, AustinAshcraft went looking for it at the

Durrant Field after Googlingit. They looked in a re pit, thenran around the entire eld in thecold, before discovering that itwasnt there.

Dutra wins iPad inEUSA scavenger hunt

In the second year of mem-bership in the Utah PressAssociation, USU E asterns

Eagle newspaper continued toadd accolades to its wall offame as the staff brought homefour first-place awards, twosecond-place awards and vethird-place awards at the annualwinter convention in SpringvilleSaturday night. The awards were

won in the Better NewspaperCompetition sponsored eachyear by UPA.

Eagle editor KC Smurth-waite, Bosie, Idaho, won rstplace for Best Sports Column

for his Smurf Turf series whilesports editor David Osborne Jr.,West Jordan, won second placefor his Next on the Tee sportscolumns. Daylan Jones, Layton,won rst place for designingthe Best Sports Page and thirdplaces for Best Photo Page, BestAdvertising Idea and Best StaffProduced Ad.

Kate Johnson, Spring Glen,

won rst place for Best FrontPage design while Jessa LoveAdams, Pleasant Grove, wonrst place for Best Sport s Photo.

The design skills of ValeriaMoncada won her second place

for Best Feature or CommunityLifestyles Page while the staffgarnered a third place nish forThe Best News Series on thedeath of Mens Head Basket-ball Coach Brad Barton. Thestaff also won third place forthe best news photograph ofthe mens basketball team sur-rounding their coachs casket athis funeral.

The best part about winningany award in the UPA contest,is that USU-CEU students com-pete against professionals in the

journalism eld. The Eagle hasthe smallest circulation of all the

UPA member newspapers with1,000 papers printed. Kudos toThe Eagle staff, adviser SusanPolster, Ph.D., said. The newspa-per was judged on issues fromspring 2011 with Mae Goss andKellie Burke-Gabossi servingas editors; and fall 2011 withSmurthwaite as editor. Polsteralso attributed much of TheEagles success to Sun Advocate

publisher Rick Shaw who fundsthe UPA fee for The Eagle.He proposed and funded ourentrance into UPA and for thisI am deeply appreciative.

Emily Williamsstaff writer

e.williams@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Matt Gochis has some big plansfor next year. As student body

president 2012-2013, he is excited tosee some big changes happen at thisschool. Ultimately, his goal is toincrease involvement and motivatethe student body to make their c ol-lege experience the best it can be.Gochis has several strengths andunique attributes that he will useto initiate the change he wants tosee. Interestingly enough, Gochishas never served in a leadershipposition before. He sees this as astrength, because he looks at theschool through the perspective ofthe everyday student, and he willhave fresh approaches to problemson campus.

The biggest problem thatGochis will focus on next year isstudent involvement. He believesthat school spirit is really suffer-ing, and that students who become

more involved will have more fun.Gochis came to this school alone.He did not have a group of f riendsthat he went to high school withso he had to branch out. As he gotinvolved in sports, and put forththe effort to make new friends hesays that he really feels like hehas a family here. He wants everystudent here to feel like this campusis their home, where they can havefun, and feel the support that theyneed to succeed.

One way the Gochis plans toencourage students to becomeinvolved is thr ough clubs. He feelsclubs are underutilized on campus.Gochis wants each department tohave a club that the students canhave some extracurricular fun with.With more emphasis on clubs thatrelate to certain areas of study,

students might be more motivatedto join and participate if they areinterested in what the club has tooffer. Going one step further, Go-chis wants to challenge students toget out of their comfort zones oncein a while a nd try something new.

Womens Conference to be held on April 13 in the JLSC

USU Easterns Eagle newspaper wins at UPA

Nathan Manleystaff writer

n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu

What is the cost of a humanlife? Would you require paymentof the said price prior to pulling astranger out of a bur ning vehicle?Would it make a difference if theywere a family member? Two USU

Eastern students had a similaradrenaline pumping experiencerecently in February. TheseGolden Eagles, Max Fletcherand Logan Lea ming, proved theypractice the G olden Rule. Venturing down to the 2A highschool basketball championship

in Richeld Feb. 24, they exitedthe canyon on I-70, roughly 10miles from Salina where there aresome pretty heinous curves. Afterfollowing the same sedan throughthe canyon, they didnt notice itveering offthe road af-ter a sharpcorner until

it was toolate. Notonce, buttwice heo v e r - c o r -rected hiscar, snap-p ing the

front axle, causing the f ront endto collapse, almost like a nosedive, which forced the vehicleto ip end over end three-fullrotations, nally landing upsidedown on the vehicles roof.

Traumaticinjuries are in-evitable with carcrashes involved

at that speed andvelocity and af-ter witnessingthe display ofnatures G Forc-es, Leaming andFletcher werepraying they

wouldnt be pulling a lifelessbody from the twisted metal.Being rst on the scene, a feel-ing of relief washed over them asthey approached the mangled carwhen they found out that numberone, there was only a driver in thecar at the time of the accident andnumber two, he was alive.

Still obstacles stood before

the would-be heroes. Not onlywas he an illegal immigrant, hedidnt speak a lick of English, notto mention he was three sheetsto the wind. Which was obviouswhen beer cans were ying out ofevery window when the car took

Eastern students save mans life

Gochis

discusses

his plans

see students page 3 see Gochis page 3

Karli Morrisassistant editor

k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Students will have to dig deeperin their pockets next fall a nd springsemesters as tuition is projected togo up anywhere from six to sevenpercent, according to ChancellorJoe Peterson at a meeting on March6 in the Reeves Building.

Although no students attendedthe hearing from the Price campus,students from EUSA Blandingcampus attended via distanceeducation.

In 2011-12, USU Eastern resi-dential student s paid $1,236 tuitionplus $225 in fees, totaling $1,461.USU Logan students pay $2,368tuition, $413 fees, totaling $2781.Snow College students pay $6 lessand SLCC students pay $65 more.

Non-residential, out-of-statestudents pay $2.697 at USU East-ern, $8,039 at USU Logan, $4,793

at Snow and $4,802 at SLCC.The Utah Board of Regents

approved a state-wide ve percentincrease for all colleges in tier one.Each individual campus can add atier-two increase. USU Eastern isasking for a zero to two percentincrease. The most increase stu-dents at Eastern could see is $86.52.

Faculty and staff may see aone-percent salary increase fromtier one. They may see an additionalone-half to one-percent salaryincrease in tier t wo.

The difference in the overallbudgets from 2011 and 2012 isminus $234,007. With the ve per-cent increase, USU Easter ns basebudget will increase $180,590, one-fourth portion of the one-percentsalary increase is $46,644, and anadditional half percent increase is

$94,289. Other increases will beadded to enrollment services.

Peterson said student fees willremain at $225 per term. As perEUSA recommendations, internalallocations will add more fundingto student activities with reductionsin student recruitment funds.

Tuitionprojectedto go upnext year

see conference page 3see Elcio page 3

Eagle staff won 11 awards at the annual UPA Best Newspaper Competition Saturday. The editors include (L-R) Valeria Moncada,Daylan Jones, KC Smurthwaite, Karli Morris, Mike Gingell, Sammie Fugate and Kate Johnson.

Elcio DutraDr. Liz HaleJamie Eskelson

Max Fletcher and Logan Leaming

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About The EagleThe Eagle The Voice ofthe Students is an award-winning, school-sponsoredstudent newspaper, publishedbi-weekly fall and springsemesters (excluding holidays)at College of Eastern Utah(CEU). A complete list ofpublication dates can befound online. Distribution - TheEagle is distributed in all

nonresidential buildings onthe Price, UT campus, aswell as at the LDS Institute ofReligion. Content - Eagle editorsand staff are CEU studentsand are solely responsiblefor the newspapers content.Opinions expressed in TheEagle do not necessarilyrepresent those of CEU, itsstaff or students. Columns& letters are the personalopinions of the individualwriter.Funding comes fromadvertising revenues anda dedicated student feeadministered by the EasternUtah Student Association(EUSA). Informationconcerning advertising ratesis available by e-mail atads@eagle.ceu.eduor inthe advertising section ofThe Eagle Online. Ordering The Eagle- Subscriptions must be

prepaid. Forward allsubscription correspondence,including change ofaddress to the adviser,Dr. Susan Polster via e-mail tosusan.polster@usu.edu or mailcare of The Eagle. The rstissue is free, others 50 cents. Submissions - Wewelcome comments,complaints, suggestionsand recommendations.Send letters to the editor toarticles@eagle.ceu.edu. Allsubmissions must be receivedin The Eagle ofce no laterthan 5 p.m. the Friday prior topublication.All submissions becomeproperty of The Eagleandcannot be returned. Allletters must be signed by theauthor(s). Also include contactinformation (telephone oraddress). No anonymous

letters will be printed.

KC Smurthwaiteeditor-in-chiefkc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Mike Gingellassociate editorm.gingell@eaglemail.ceu.eduDaylan Jonessenior editord.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Valeria Moncadanews editorv.moncada@eaglemail.ceu.eduKarli Morrisassistant editork.morris@eaglemail.ceu.eduSammie Fugatephotography editors.fugate@eaglemail.ceu.eduDr. Susan A. Polsterfaculty adviser

susan.polster@usu.edu

staff writers

David Osborne Jr.

d.osborne@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Shadayah Jones

s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Seth Richards

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Katie Bigelow

k.james@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Kyle VanAmen

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Alexandro Church

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Brady Maynes

b.maynes@eaglemail.ceu.edu

CJ Evans

c.evans@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Nathan Manley

n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Emily Williams

e.williams@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Joy Malone

j.malone@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Abigail Ericson

a.ericson@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Kadi Snyder

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layout staff

Brandi Sitterud

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Kate Johnson

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Look around you, yes you, the one reading

this article r ight now, take a pea k around. Go

ahead, no ones staring. Now make sure your

sitting down because Im about to hit you

with some pretty heavy knowledge. Everyone

that you just looked at will eventually die.

Pretty intense r ight? Now before you go off

thinking that youre the cause of their death

just because you looked at them, let me point

out a bit of a silver lining on this ominous

cloud of death youve created out of noth ing.

This means that everyone, even the people

in this world that you would rather never

spend another moment, waking or sleeping,

with them will die as well. Not so bad now

is it? Now everything has become a game, a

game of surviva l, a chance to prove, once and

for all that you are bett er than these people

simply because your body refused to quit on

you while theirs did. So, while no one everwins, I plan on being the last loser so I can

at least have the luxury of watching all the

people around me fall.

Suddenly we have a problem. Youre the

one left al ive, youre the one who spent hour s

and hours making sure that you proved to

the deceased that you were better t han them,

and as a result someone, no doubt a good-meaning aunt or mother, has mistaken the

enmity between the two of you for a f riendly

rivalry. Now youre charged with telling the

deceased loved ones just what a fai lure they

were, especially compared to you. After all,

it was their heart that failed, their brain that

hemorrhaged; you on the other hand could

do 100 jumping jacks just to prove your

superiority one last time. So how do you

tell the family and friends of your enemy

just how terrible he was?

Step one:Generalize until the deceased

becomes nothing more than a shadow in

viewers mind!

You know how this works. You do

something truly memorable and someone

manages to down-play by giving generic

praise. Thats your goal now, only the subject

is the departeds entire life. Now turning a

persons family against them is a subtle act

regardless of if t hey have passed on or not,

so youll be starting small. Say t hings like,He always had a smile on his face or She

never met a person that she didnt like. On

the surface, these are positive things, but

the undercurrent carries a message of how

little your foe actually knew. No one really

goes through life blissfully happy, unless

they carried several handicaps that doctors

failed to identify. Youll want to lean away

from that accusation for at least a couplemore hours; after all, there is a reception

with food that youll want to be attending.

For now, just be content with replacing the

memory of your adversary with a imsy,

two dimensional-caricature, whose sole

enjoyment was to exhaust you with their

unlimited supply of optimism, regardless

of how bleak the situation was.

Step two:Point out all they left behind!

Now it is time to prove your superiority

over your dead counterpart by ac cusing them

of leaving too early. The i nsinuation of they

left before his time can remi nd the audience

how many things they failed to accomplish

as they realize how many loose ends the

deceased had failed to tie up before leaving

it all behind for his new afterlife of comfort

or (hopefully for you) suffering. Regardless

of what you focus on, be it the family that

he left behind to care for themselves, the

goodbye you never got to share, or even all

the time that you never got to spend together,it all translates into quiet failures that the

deceased can only silently shoulder. Best of

all, as you rattle off your list, the audience

will nod and sob in agreement, your words

ringing familiar as t hey remember the many

personal ways that the deceased had let them

down and continues to do so as a corpse.

Feel free to get a little personal, after all,

you are still making the effort, you would

still be trying to spend time together. They

on the other hand ar e only lying in a casket,

unmoving and without remorse.

Step three:Encourage everyone to cel-

ebrate life instead of mourning death

By this time, everyone will have had justenough of feeling depressed and lonely and

will be all but begging for an excuse to take

a break, and being the perfect eulogizer that

you are, youre going to give that to them.

Throw the idea that (name of inferior, past

tense person) wouldnt want us to mourn for

him today, he would want us to celebrate i n

his honor and we know this since he was al-

ways such a well-wisher himself. That should

be all it takes, and suddenly the mourners

renounce their sadness, throw on party hats

and start drinking. Because lets be honest,

being miserable is hard work.

In reality, your well-wishing friend

would most certain ly not approve. I know that

when I nally die in the blaze of glory and

ame that can only suit one such as myself,

I would hate the idea of people celebrating

my rst day in the ground. I want women

throwing themselves on my cofn, sobbing

so their makeup smears as they tear their

hair out by the roots out of grief. I wantmen contemplating suicide and renouncing

God as they stare at my lifeless, heroically

scarred body. I want Free Willy to do one

mor e leap for freedom as he

beaches himself out of

pure reverence. I want

wolves to howl at

the moon and guard

my resting place for

decades after my pass-

ing. If you think about

it, surely you want

CJ Evansstaff writer

c.evans@eaglemail.ceu.edu

1. Because it makes people mad - I love

all the responses I get from my articles. It

lets me know Im doing my job. I think its

great when the editor publishes the letters to

me back in t he paper so everyone can enjoy

them as much as I do.

2. Because people cant take a joke - All

Ive got to say is lighten up people. If I did

write something that you didnt agree with,

dont cry about it; ta ke it with a grain of salt.

Its not like Im attacking you personally so

dont be so dramatic....get it. I have gotten

a lot of comments back where pe ople are at-

tacking me personally and think its funny.

Thats the approach you should have too.

3. If you are a theater major - I wrote a

past article about the Top 10 Most Useless

Degrees and theater was one of t hem. It made

the list because its 100 percent true. A week

after I wrote my article, Yahoo came out

with their Top 5 Most Useless Degrees, and

wouldnt you know it, theater was numb er 4!So maybe there is some truth to it after all.

4. If you love museums for rst dates -

When you go on a rst date, both the man

and the woman want to have funmuseums

are not fun for r st dates. If I were to have

taken my ance to a museum for our rst

date, I wouldnt be getting married, trust

me I asked her.

5. If you think Im a journalism major - I

am a jock. I play baseball and Im not major-

ing in anything. Im going to be a reghter/

paramedic. I dont expect to be rolling in the

dough, Im just writing this stuff for fun.

But with all t he responses Im getting, hell,

I might want to major in journalism after all.

6. Because its true - Some people have

gotten upset about what I write, but some-

times its hard to face the facts. I write my

opinion, which is a college students opinion,

about various topics that are funny and some

that can affect students in a much more se-

rious way. It may not be what some people

want to hear, but it is for the most part true(as you read with #2).

7. Because its funny - Most everybody I

have talked to about my a rticles love them.

They think they are really funny, which is

what I aim for most of the time. And when I

get letters back, it makes me laugh because

it makes me take a step back and see just

how tight people are wound up. It is okay to

laugh at yourself once in a while.

8. Because its different - Not many people

this year atThe Eagle have done Top 10 Lists,

partly because its too easy for them. That

being said, students dont usually get to read

Top 10 Lists on a regular basis. I thin k that

students like to read my ar ticles because they

are not too long and want to see what made

the list. Plus it does all the above.

9. Because Im just a guy - Im not some

kid who is going to be presid ent one day. Im

just a guy who is making his way through

life, pissing people off and trying to do his

best. Im not special, Im just lucky enoughto have my crazy opinions published in

a newspaper and think the students pick

up on that.

10. I really dont know - When I rst

started writing for The Eagle, I wasnt the

best story teller, but after I found my niche

(Top 10 Lists), I blossomed. Now my articl es

are on page 2. I had no idea

I was good at this. I really

dont know why people

care what I wr ite about,

I think its because

its funny or they

love hearing how

people write me

back. Either way

people care and

I love it.

Kyle VanAmenstaff writer

k.vanamen@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Top 10 reasons why people care what I writeThe gun sounds and the Olympic sprinters

start. In less than 10.5 seconds all the sprinters

will nish the race. The time between rst

and second place will be in the hundredths

of a second. But, why is how fast the sprint-

ers run important? It shows standards and

requirements that have to be met to be rst,

second, third, etc. There are many standards

in our lives, lets look at the different standards

and requirements that we might run into on a

daily biases.

The rst, in my mind, are sporting require-

ments and standards. Team owners dont

pay professional athletes millions of dollars

because of their pretty faces, (most of them

arent that pretty). But, they pay them the big

bucks for two reasons: one, their ability to play

their particular sport, two, their entertainment

value.

Lance Armstrong, arguably one of the

greatest athletes that has ever lived, has an

annual income of just over 65 million (ac-

cording to money.cnn.com.) He makes all

his money off endorsements. He has these

endorsement because of the two requirements

listed above. Hes the greatest cyclist that has

ever ridden and since beating cancer, he has

great entertainment value (American loves an

underdog that wins.)

The second are career standards and re-

quirements. Underwater welding, also know

as Hyperbaric welding has some of the most

strict standards that can be placed on a welder.

To do this work you have to be qualied and

certied in welding in general, than you have to

be qualied and certied to weld lying on your

back, upside down and backwards; yeah, crazy.

Without these certications and qualica-

tions, ships would sink, oil rigs would fall and

underwater oil pipe lines would burst.

The third and most important are aca-

demic standards and requirements. To get into

Harvard Law, one of the most prestigious law

schools in America, you need to have an LSAT

score, the test for acceptance to law school,

above 172 and an overall GPA of above 3.72.

This by no means is guaranteed acceptance

but it will give you a good shot.

The GRE is the test for admissions to

graduate school. To get into graduate school at

the University of Utah you need to have a 3.0

GPA, an acceptable GRE test score, letters

of recommendation and a bachelors degree in

an acceptable eld.

At USU Eastern, the nursing program has

high standards and requirements for accep-

tance and progression through the program.

Students have to maintain a high GPA along

with a B- or better in all required courses, a

C+ will not do it.

To get an academic scholarship at USU

Eastern, you have to meet the following stan-

dards: 3.0 overall GPA for incoming freshmen

and 3.6 overall GPA for retur ning sophomores.

I know that Ive only listed a few stan-

dards and requirements for consideration, the

question needs to be asked, why do we have

standards and requirements at all? Its an

interesting question. Some of the reasons are:

to show how serious you are, safety and your

maturity level.

Case in point, no one wants a doctor or

nurse that didnt pass basic English. We want

doctors and nurses to be the best in the world.

We hold them to a higher standard and expect

them to do the same for themselves. We expect

them to study the hardest and know the most.

So if you know you want to do something,

get to know the standards and requirements

by heart and work hard for your goals. If you

fail, take that failure, change what needs to be

changed and study harder. Please parents, dont

write to the USU Eastern paper (The Eagle) and

complain when your child cant pass a class or

get .01 percent below a B- that needed for

the program. Your child

should have exceeded

that B- that was

needed, but they failed

to even meet that

low standard,

so all they have

to do now is

grow up and

work harder

next time.

James Justicestaff writer

j.justice@eaglem ail.ceu.e du

Why the rules and regulations?

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Whenever a book, especially anepic book, is adapted into a movie,questions arrive. Will al l the impor-

tant scenes be in the movie? Willthe art, beauty, and feel of the bookbe portrayed as the author wishes?Sadly this is not always possible ina book to movie adaptation. A pic-ture may be wortha thousand words,but a few wordsmay also be wortha thousand pictures.

T h e H u n -ger Games cen-ters around Kat-niss Everdeen, a16-year-old liv-ing in a futuristicAmerica that hasbeen ravaged andchanged by war.America, now known as Panem,has been broken into 13 districts,though there are only 12 remaining.

She lives in District 12, whichmines coal for all of Panem. Distr ict12 is a poor town where miners diein accidents and the townspeople dieof starvation often. Every year TheCapital, a very rich and all-powerfulcenter, hosts the Hunger Games. Ev-ery year a boy and a girl between theages of 12 and 18 from each districtchosen to represent and hopefullybring honor to their district.

The Hunger Games are a battleto the death from 24 contestants toone. On Choosing Day, Everdeenslittle sister, precious Prim, who isonly 12 is chosen. Not wanting hersister to witness any more horrorsthan she already has, Everdeenvolunteers in her place. It is veryrare for anyone from District 12to volunteer. The boy tribute isPeeta Mellark. T hough his family

is not wealthy, they have been wellfed because his father is a baker.Everdeen and her mother and sisteroften went hungry. Her father diedin a mining accident, leaving a dis-traught mother and two young girls.Everdeen had to learn how to apply

the hunting skills her father taughther to care for her family.

Though it is a battle to the death,the Hunger Games is more about theshow and drama. Who can impress

the judges and win over the crowds.Who can use the skills they have tobring the best show and win?

There are several districts thatprepare, basically from birt h, theirchildren to ght in the Hunger

Games. T hough this is technica llyillegal, it happens. These tributesare nicknamed career tributes.More often than not, it is the careertributes that are victorious. Becauseof this, Everdeen and Peetas advi-sor, Haymitch Abernathy, the onlyother victor from District 12, tellsthem they must play up anythingand everything they have.

In an interview, Peeta revealsthat he is in love with Everdeen. Andthis is in front of the whole Capitaland everyone watching from theirdistricts. Though Everdeen is moretough girl tomboy than anythingelse, Haymitch advises her to playup the innocent air-headed prettygirl. He advises her to play up the

love-struck couple for the crowd.Anything unexpected can be usedas an advantage. Peeta and Ever-deen both impress the judges withsurprising talents.

On the day of the Hunger Gameschaos is almost immediate. Eleven

of the 24 tributes are killed. Thecareer tributes guard the stash ofsupplies from the other tributes. Af-ter a couple of days Everdeen nds

a tribute named Rue, a 12-year-oldgirl that reminds herof her sister. Theyform an alliance.

One of the careertributes cruelly killsRue when Everdeenis on a mission forsupplies. She comesback to kill the trib-ute and comfort Rue.She pays a true markof respect to Rueand vows to win theHunger Games.

Peeta was previously injured andEverdeen does not know how closeto death he is. An announcement

booms across the playing eld. Ifthey are the last two standing, twotributes from the same district canboth win. Everdeen immediatelyscreams Peetas name. She goes insearch of him and promises to nursehim back to health. There are onlya few tributes left and though theghting has come to a lull, the drama

and romance between Everdeen andPeeta can almost be cut with a knife.

Will their apparent love savethem in the end? Will they dietogether, in each others arms asthe star-crossed lovers Panem hasgrown to know? To the people ofthe Capital the Hunger Games isexciting and the event of the year.To people of impoverished Districtslike Everdeen and Peetas, it is acruel and vile event that they mustendure every year.

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They then went to the Reeveslawn where 8-12 other students werelooking. Dutra then texted Karli

Morris for Dr. Susan Polsters phonenumber. He called Polster at 11:30p.m. to ask her where Gibby usedto be located. She asked her son, aCEU alumni. He said that it was inthe middle of the sidewalk acrossfrom the LDS Institute. Then afterlooking for it for another half hour,we were all crawling around on theground because the clue had saidit was hidden under loose grass.Tommy (Garvin, student bodypresident) was watching everyoneand waiting for us to nd it, Dutra

said. He told us we were reallyclose, we were all within 15 feet of

each other, but I found it. A blackpiece of paper was hidden under thegrass. I st pumped a few times and

high ved Austin (Ashcraft), Beth(Liddel) and Anna (Olsen). I wastrying to be discrete so I wouldntmake other people feel bad. Thewhole time I was thinking that ifsomeone else got it I was going topunch Tommy (Garvin) in the face.Then he (Garvin) gave it to me. Itwas super cold, my hands were socold that I couldnt text for about ahalf hour.

After having it for about threedays, Dutra returned the iPad toWalmart. He received $614, for theiPad, tax and a warranty that hadbeen purchased. He plans on using

the money to buy the new iPad3.I faced the dilemma of taking themoney and buying two iPods, one

for me and one for my brother (RodDutra, also a student at USU East-ern). But instead I am buying myselfthe iPad3 and giving my brother theleft over money to buy himself aniPod with. My favorite part about theiPad was the photo booth. I thinkthat is the best part of it.

Dutra is a third year student ofCollege of Eastern Utah and UtahState University Eastern. He is thevice president of the SUN Centeras well as a member of the businessclub. I came back just to win backmy student fees in prizes, saidDutra jokingly.

goal is to help regular folk cookfabulous food. She posts recipestwo to four times each week withphotos and step-by-step instruc-tions. Each post comes with acommentary about the recipe. Shesays everyone can learn to be a greatcook; it just takes a little instruction,a great recipe and time to practice.

Earning a degree in choralmusic education at t he Universityof Utah, she has since been a stay-at-home mom to her ve children.

She loves food and cooking, mealplanning, recipe searching, foodstorage collecting and.eating.When she married 17 years ago,I couldnt cook a nything except,Pioneer Taffy. Its pretty hard tomake that into a meal more thanonce a week.

She admitted her mother didher best to teach her to cook, butshe wasnt interested. I learned alot about food preparation when Iworked at The Lion House in col-lege. However, most of what I knowabout food and cooking, I learned

by practicing in my kitchen. Sheis a full-time mother by day and afearless food blogger by night. Herhobbies include doing The BlessedDishes, folding The BelovedLaundry, driving The Carpool ofWonder and Working on the Blog.

She says in the coming years,when I dont have as many dishesto do, Im going to sew at least 500quilts, read a million good booksand shave my legs more than oncea month. We all have our drea msyou know, might as well d ream big.

The recipes on her blog arepassed onto her from friends or rela-tives. Others she nds in cookbooks

or online. Many are her creation.When Im considering a recipe forthe blog, it has to meet t wo simplecriteria. First, it has to taste rea lly,really good. Second, the ingredi-ents have to be easy to come by. Iserve my trial recipes to my fami lyor friends and if most of them agreeto the dish being wonderful, on theblog it goes. No reason to wastetime posting recipes that arent

fabulous, she said.Twelve workshops will be of-

fered that day including A Historyof J. Bracken Lee; Fitness and E at-ing Right; Think Out of the Box:Prepare Your Familys FavoriteRecipes in Half the Time; I Al-most Divorced My Husband, ButWent on Strike Instead; BudgetInvestments for the Future; ThinkInside the Box: The Final Cost;Entertaining at Home: Throw aParty; Healthy You, Healthy Skin;Never Too Late to Go to College;Wills and Trusts for Women;Wanted: Women in Politics; andLife Continues to be an Adventure.

Cost for the conference is$25 per person and includes acontinental breakfast, lunch plusattendance at the morning andafternoon keynote addresses andthree of the 12 workshops.

Register online at www.ceu.edu or by mailing the paymentto Womens Conference, USUEastern, 451 East 400 North, Pr ice.

The Eagle was judged in group one of the fournewspaper categories that includes all weeklies.Group one includes newspapers up to 2,500 incirculation. The college newspapers who arepart of UPA include Utah Valley University,Brigham Young University, University of Utah,Weber State University, Utah State Universityand USU Easter n. Weber State University wonseveral awards that evening with their editor,Nate Davis, previously serving as sports editorof The Eagle for two years.

The Utah Press Association was created in1893 to represent Utahs publishers. The orga-nization is Utahs oldest trade association. Itswebsite reads, as an organization, we represent

Utahs nest, most respected journalism. UtahPress Association annually recognizes excel-lence in our states newspapers and presentsawards to industry leaders.

Even if a student has never playedsports in high school, intramurals is

still a great social experience and achance to discover hidden talents.Communication is another

focus for the new student bodypresident. He plans to spend manyhours talking with the student bodyto discover what they really want oncampus. Gochis is very approach-able and loves to meet and socializewith everyone. He is planning onvisiting classrooms plus the trade-tech programs to get to know theentire student body and make thisschool accommodate the students.Any suggestions or complaints willbe welcomed by Gochis. He saysthat he needs the students input ifhe is to be a successful president.

Being student body president is,

at times, a daunting task. There isa lot to manage, both in the public

eye and behind the scenes. Gochishas been sitting in on the currentEastern Utah Student Associationmeetings and is learning a lot. Hefeels this has helped prepare him,and has provided him with ideasfor improving the school next year.One point which he wants to ad-dress is the allocation of funds todifferent departments. Each yearthis is a di fcult task, but Gochis

is condent that he will thoroughly

research each departments needsand divide up the funds objectively.

Gochis has been looking for-ward with excitement to the begin-ning of fall semester. He hopes toset the tone for an amazing yearwith a huge welcome to school

activity. He wants every studentto start next year off with the

mindset that it will be their bestyear yet. Gochis promises to beworking hard to improve the schoolin every way he can. Dances andother activities will be given specialattention.

Next year will be full of a lot ofchanges, for the better. Gochis ismotivated to improve campus lifeand the student experience. Eachstudent must do their part too.Gochis asks that the student bodyinvest themselves in this school aswell. A campus is nothing withoutits students. Next year will be fullof exciting changes, and Gochiswill create an opportunity for thestudents to make this school a greatplace to be.

Seth Richardsstaff writer

s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Forty-seven lights were observed to be out on March19, asEaglestaff members toured campus.

In a chilly tour in the evening hours, staff writersbraved the cold and counted 47 lights that were in needof either xing or replacement, and two more that may

or may not have been out of commission. After a numberof reports and tours in the last few months that found aninordinate number of lights to be in less than functionalcondition, which causes major safety concerns to students,faculty and staff who use campus facilities each night.Many areas of campus are simply dark.

As members of the campus community observelights not functioning, reports are welcome to the faci li-ties maintenance or residential life ofces.

After an entire semester,lights still out on campus

ight. Luckily, Leaming recently

nished a full-time missionary

service in Mexico for the LDSchurch and speaks uent Spanish.

Who knew serving a mission couldever help anyone?

Unfortunately, in this case itdidnt because neither Leamingnor Fletcher are uent in the elo -quent language of a boozer. Theeffects alcohol has on the nervoussystem like, slowing reaction timeand causing someone to be moreaccid, are the conditions experts

say we should be in to survivea major impact or rollover-typeaccident. Although the state hewas in most likely saved his life,since he wasnt buckled in, itwas now presenting a new threatbecause he could not grasp thefact that he needed to let themknow if and where he was hurt

before they pulled him from theoverturned car. Eventually, they realize d hedidnt have a neck injury and de-cided to get him out. Nearly pullinghim free only to be snagged by hisfeet which ironically turned outto be the only injury on his body,which wasnt yet visible, but veryapparent because of his pain-driven shrills. After physicallylifting the car to get his foot free,it was easy to identify a compoundfracture with protruding bonesfrom his ankle which were nowexposed.

Once the driver was out of thecar and sobering up, Leamingnally put his Spanish to use by

interpreting and then calling thedrivers family, who only speaksSpanish, and lling them in on all

the details and directions to the

hospital. The two heroes reallywent the extra mile for a mantheyd never met before.

There really isnt a moral tothe story except dont drink anddrive. It would be incredibly easyto cast a stone on this guy for driv-ing under the inuence, being an

illegal immigrant and having nodrivers license.

Fletcher and Leaming didnthave to help this guy, in fact, theywere in a hurry trying to get tothe basketball games. But despiteany reasons someone could havefor looking down on this guy,they displayed gallant characterand exposed their true quality bysimply helping another humanbeing in a desperate time of need.Hopefully after reading about theirexperience, that ideology will becontagious to all of us.

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HAIR DONATED TO LOCKS OF LOVE

Forty-seven people had over 47 feet of hair cut during

USU Easterns Hair-Raising Hearts Day with all hair being

donated to the Locks of Love charity. The charity uses the

hair to make wigs for people who have lost their hair due

to a medical condition.

According to cosmetology associate professor Debbie

Prichard, the average length of hair cut was 10 inches.

However, Don Byrge set the record for the day with 25

inches of hair cut.

Prichard thanked Sunset Glow, Smart Styl e, Hair Hut and

Bellasao whose employees helped with the local fundraiser.

Area businesses and individuals who helped included

Fresh Market, Peczuh Printing, WalMart, Lev an Hall Photog-

raphy, Cold Stone, Anthony Js, Enjoy Salon, Party Express,

Pam Juliano, Price Floral, Body Glo, Apple Country Crafts,

Olivetos, Dunkers, Perfect Touch, Main Street Grill, Sun

Advocate, Melanie Huff, Linda Davis and the USU Eastern

cosmetology department.

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The USU Eastern baseballteam is in the midst of conference

play and started to come together

as a team after losing their rst

eight games. The Golden Eagles

responded well to winning ve of

their last six games. Our team is

clicking and that is outstanding,

stated Head Coach Scott Madsen.

The rst home conference se-

ries was against College of South-

ern Idaho. Mother Nature was not

friendly as the game started with

the temperatures in the upper 20s

with winds gusting near 20 MPH.

The men from Price struggled to

produce any type of offense. The

game was tied going into the fth

inning, but CSI picked up three

runs as the Eastern pitching staff

walked the rst two hitters. CSI

took the lead and never looked

back as they defeated Eastern 12-4.

The second game turned out

to be a scoring fest. Eastern struck

rst and scored four runs in the rst

inning. The offense was dominant

with 10 hits, including four by

sophomore second baseman Kody

Christoffersen. Eastern starting

pitcher Tory Ulibarri who threw six

innings and allowed three earned

runs. Ultimately the defense did not

show up for USU Eastern as they

committed six errors in the 11-10

loss to CSI.

CSI took the nal two games

of the series and benetted from

defensive miscues from the Eastern

baseball team. In the nal two

games, Eastern committed seven

errors and gave ten-free passes to

CSI. The Idaho team won 8-1 and

9-4. We didnt play our game

in this series. We tried to do too

much in the tough situations,

said Madsen.

The Golden Eagles hit the

road for their next series against

Western Nevada College. Western

is ranked in the top 20 in the nation

for JUCO Baseball. The Wildcats

overpowered the Golden Eagles at

the plate as they outhit Eastern 45-

22 on the weekend. USU Eastern

starting pitcher Kort Christoffersen

pitched extremely well for the

Golden Eagles, but was forced out

of action as he got hit with a line

drive early in the second inning

of his outing. USU Eastern fell in

all four games against Western.

It was a rough weekend, we

understood that we still have a lot

of season left, but how we played

wasnt acceptable, commented

freshman Chance Abrath.

The Golden Eagles headedhome for a mid-week, two-game

non-conference series against

Dawson CC. Eastern was eager

to snap their eight-game losing

streak. It was time for us to step

up to the plate and play our game,

said Assistant Coach Rob Smith.

The Golden Eagles fell early

4-0 early in the game as a few

untimely errors allowed the Bucs

from Dawson to score. The

Golden Eagles once again staged

a comeback that led off with solo

homeruns by Mason Moore and

Nuho Kraja. Both teams kept

scoring runs, but the Bucs lead

the whole game until the Golden

Eagles tied it up in the sixth inning.

Eastern held the Bucs offense in

the seventh inning and allowed

the Golden Eagles to complete

the comeback to win the game.

Easterns rst three hitters: Denver

Hansen (walk), Nuho Kraja (bunt)

and Mason Moore (HBP) all

reached base which allowed Kody

Christoffersen to win the game by

hitting a single to the right side of

the eld. The Golden Eagles pulled

out the 7-6 victory.

The second game of the series

again favored the Golden Eagles

offense as they jumped out to a

4-1 lead in the fourth inning. The

offense then sputtered to produce,

but was benetted by great pitching

by Jordan Hepworth and Skyler

Thorpe who each pitched three

innings.

The Golden Eagles faced con-

ference foe Colorado Northwestern

in a battle of teams that had yet to

pull out a victory in conference

play. The Golden Eagles won 3

of the four-game series. Eastern

put together the three victories by

getting help from both the offense

and defense. The pitching staff got

complete game victories from Joe

Barta and Kody Christoffersen,

who also threw a shut-out. Kort

Christoffersen and Tory Ulibarri

both kept the Spartans off-balance

from the mound. The offense was

paced by Alexandro Church who

was 6 for 11 in the series.

The Golden Eagles are cur-

rently 11-15 on the season and will

face Salt Lake CC this weekend.

Catch the baseball team in action in

Price against College of Southern

Nevada March 30-31.

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SPORTSMarch 22, 2012

Abigail Ericson& Joy Malone

sports writersa.ericson@eaglemail.ceu.eduj.malone@eagle mail.ceu .edu

Number 14, Chance Abraith, rounds third as he heads for home in a home game against College of Southern Idaho.

STREAKING EAGLESMost people have seen Chase

Flint on the basketball court or

walking around campus. The rst

thing you may notice about him is

his long, shaggy hair, but Chase

Flint is so much more than that.

He is a man l led with compassion

for others and a desire to succee d

unparalleled by none.

He is on the mens basketball

team at USU Eastern and is

known around campus for shaggy

hair and friendliness. As part of

our interview, we decided to ask

random students around campus

their opinion of Fl int. We got many

different answers of all different

kinds, due to the fact that some

students were not even aware that

a man named Chase Flint even

existed. Who? What? Is Chase

Flint the new president or some-

thing? said a frazzled student

who wishes to stay anonymous

due to her naivety.

No, Flint is not the new

president. However, he is an ex-

tremely talented basketball player.

Recently named to the rst team

all-conference in t he SWAC, Flint

earned respect from teammates

and opponents alike. This suc-

cess and leadership from peers is

not new to Flint. In high school,

he was named the team captain

in both football and basketball.

He made rst team all-state and

the all-tournament team for bas-

ketball and honorable mention in

football. He is well-rounded and

a great team player.

Teammate Eric Hansen said

of Flint, Welltheres not a lot

of good to say about ChaseJust

kidding. Hes a great basketball

player; he plays hard and gives

110 percent year round. He hustles

on the court. He gets all the loose

balls and has a very good vision

of the court. He always nd the

open man. He is unselsh. We

asked another teammate, Todd

Helgesen, to give us his opinion

of Chase as well. His reply, he

plays scrappy and always works

hard. He is a great basketball

player. Although much shorter

versed than Hansen, Helgesen

also speaks the truth. Anyone that

has attended a basketball game at

USU Eastern this year, can attest

to Flints aggressive play, drive to

win and leadership on the court.

Flint is a player that everyone loves

to have on their team.

Outside of basketball, Flint

reportedly is a great friend and

person. Megan Peterson com-

mented that, Hes an amazing

basketball player and denitely

one of my best friends down at

school. He picks me up when I

am down, he is really awesome.

Helgesen added, I hate him, but

he is a good friend. Flint is a

person that will always welcome

friends with a big smile and gianthug. Danee Merrell said, he needs

to cut his hair. But he is always

super friendly and knows what

to say to make you feel better.

Readers, in need of a new

friend? Talk to Flint. He just might

be able to satisfy that need.

ChaseFlint:

behind theshaggy hair

Gather around my young

friends and lets play foot-

balls version of hot potato.

It goes like this: You get three

friends together, and all they have

to do is touch the hot potato once

each in 1.8 seconds. Oh, and there

is that other little detail. The last

person to touch the potato does

so with his foot and needs to kick

it through two upright poles that

might be fty yards away.

Piece of cake, right? Yes,

you guessed it, the Smurf is

going after k ickers again .

It happens many times in most

football games, and believe it or

not, more games are won or lost

by the kicker and his holder, not to

mention the snapper, than probably

any other player on the eld. Sorry,

quarterbacks. It isnt you. Ditto to

the wide receivers, linebackers and

running backs. Dont even think of

the coaches. The scrawny kicker,

the fellow pacing the sidelines

and trying not to throw up as the

clock runs down and his team,

trailing by two points, is driving

toward the goal line, has a lot to

ponder. Its safe to assume that hes

praying that his team just score s a

touchdown so that he doe snt have

to trot onto the eld and pull off

the 1.8 second miracle.

Here are the mechanics: the

ball must be snapped about six

yards to the holder, who must catch

it, spin it, and place it within a di-

ameter of a quarter on the ground.

In the meantime, the kicker starts

running toward the ball a s soon as

its snapped, swinging his leg back

and punching the ball between the

posts, which may look like tooth-

picks three miles away. When it all

works, its as beautiful as a ballet.

When it doesnt, theres no shade

of ugly to describe it.

The kicker, his holder and the

snapper all have jobs that takes

guts, and the kind of unappable

mental attitude George W. Bush

only wishes he had. Youre either

the hero of the goat in the space

of that critical 1.8 seconds.

Lets bring all of this back to

our part of the world. Take the

showdown a few years ago be-

tween Texas Christian University

and the University of Uta h. TCUs

freshman kicker, Ross Evans,

missed two elds that are easily

makeable by many high school

junior varsity kickers. TCU lost the

game by three. Anyone remember

Alexis Serna? Hes the ex-kicker

for Oregon State University, which

lost by one point against the

number-one ranked team in the

country at the time, when he

missed not one, not two, but three

extra points in the game. The good

news is that Serna learned from

his boots, literal ly, and went on to

become an All-American kicker

and plays pro football in Canada.

Then we have the rise and fall

of Bill Grammatica. Bill has two

brothers who kicked profession-

ally. All three of the Grammati-

cas hail from Argentina, where

booting soccer balls primed them

for the big time of college and

professional football in the USA.

Bill, who played for the Arizona

Cardinals in the NFL, once hit a

42-yard eld goal to put his team

up 3-0, and decided to celebrate

by doing something that can only

be described as a very bad dance

move. Result? A torn ACL and his

career pret ty much ended that day.

Last seen, he was trying to split

the uprights for an arena football

team, which is roughly equivalent

to frying burgers at McDonalds

when youd rather be the chef at

a four-star restaurant.

Theres other pressure, too,

beyond carrying your team on

your foot. Who do you think the

pretty girls want to date? The

quarterback or the kicker? More

than one kicker has been laughed

off when he told a campus beauty

that he played on the football team.

Yeah. Sure. Right. And youre

Brad Pitts cousin, I bet.

But life can be good for kick-

ers. Remember ex-Ute kicker

Louie Sakoda? He was one of the

University of Utahs campus most

recognized players; forget the part

that he was a 59, 178-pound

kicker. Forget his size. He was a

big man on campus, where he is

called King Louis. Louies foot

was so accurate t hat its safe to say

that Utah cert ainly wouldnt have

been an undefeated a nd a Top Ten

team without his amazing right

foot a few years ago.

Kicking can be the Achilles

heel for many teams. A few years

ago the, then second-ranked team

in the country, Texas Tech, had

problems with its kicker, and so,

during halftim e of a game against

the University of Massachusetts,

the student government held a

contest for anybody who could

kick a thirty-yard eld goal.

Enter Matt Williams. He trots

onto the eld and cooly boots the

ball through the upright. Nice

story, huh? But wait. T heres more.

Williams catches the notice

of Techs ex-head coach, Mike

Leach, and tells him he wants

to meet with Matt next Monday.

Long story short, guess who

became the kicker now for Texas

Tech? Youve got it. Young Mr.

Williams, who was 22 for 28 in

his kicking career. Two months

before, he was a fan in the c rowd.

Oh, the life of a kicker. It

may be the worst job in football,

but it can have its rewards. For

people like Matt Williams and

Louie Sakoda, sometimes, the 1.8

seconds of terror can turn into a

season of joy.

Smurf Turf:

Seconds toterror

KC Smurthwaiteeditor-in-chief

kc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu

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kc.smurthwaite@eaglemail.ceu.edu

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Brian Edelsteins favorite thing about

coaching at USU Eastern was the people.

I was so impressed with the community

outreach to our team after the passing of

Coach Brad Barton. People really banded

together to support our players and that

really impressed me.

Coach Edelstein learned to have an

incredible amount of patience through

the experience of coaching his rst year

at USU Eastern.

Some of Edelsteins favorite games

from the 2011-2012 seasons were at West-

ern Nebraska, Eastern Arizona, Central

Arizona, Salt Lake and all three games

overtime against North Idaho. We obvi-

ously had a tough year in the sense that we

lost nine league games that were within one

possession inside the last media ti meout,

(4:00 to go), but I loved watching our guys

compete with everything they had, game

in and game out.

He would like to catch on with a D-1

staff next season. Ideally, Id love to be

on the West Coast, but its difcult to pick

your destinations in coaching.

He isnt sure where he will be in ve

years, I would have never guessed veyears ago that I would have ever ended up

in Utah or South Carolina or Ohio, I just

like to enjoy the ride rather than worry

about the future too much.

Coach Edelstein thinks refereeing at

the conference is a disaster. There is

absolutely no level of consistency within

a game. The refs seem to panic under the

pressure in the nal few minutes. I think

moving to only two ofcials would help

this leagues ofciating a lot. Hopefully,

this isnt like the NBA where they ne

coaches for those types of comments.

Although he coached players who were

only a few years younger in age, he said

they werent tough to coach at all. T hey

may only be a few years younger in age,

but in life experience. They are still just in

college and still nding themselves, as most

people are in college. My players were an

absolute joy to coach as they approached

the game the right way and committed to

a team rst mental ity.

One of Edelsteins biggest challenges

as a coach was often being the only voice

they heard. Thats one of the reasonsfor having multiple coaches, so the voice

doesnt get stale saying the same things

over and over but due to our circumst ances,

it was often times the only option though

Im sure some of the players would have

preferred silence.

His biggest learning curve this year

was guring out how to deal with Coach

Bartons death, not only persona lly, but for

the team as a whole and keeping the squad

together through it all. There r eally isnt

a playbook for the situation I inherited,

especially taking over for someone so

beloved as Coach Barton.

Susan Polster, Pam Cha are some of

Edelsteins favorite people at USU Easter n,

Also the many others who go above and

beyond to help our players in any way they

can, Edelstein said.

When arriving to his home in Califor-

nia, Edelstein is looking forward to being

able to spend time with friends and family

who he usually only gets to see a couple

days of the year; Some of my players wouldexpect me to say, Go to Jack in the Box

which is probably true as well, he said.

Moving to Ohio and becoming a gradu-

ate assistant at Kent State was the biggest

risk Edelstein has ever taken. Its not easy

to move across country while only knowing

a couple of people where youre going but

life isnt fun or rewarding without r isk.

He likes all of his players and thinks

they all brought something positive in

unique ways. I will say that the way Chase

Flint plays the game is something that is

rarely seen as there is few basketball players

that play with that level of tenacity, smarts

and determination.

Valeria Moncadafeatures edi tior

v.moncada@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Coach Brian Edelstein: took the impossible circumstances and turned them around

Utah State University College of

Eastern Utah Lady Eagles nished

of conference play 2-0 at home.

On Eagle territory, USU Eastern

hosted College of Southern Idaho

and North Idaho College March 2-3.

College of Southern Idaho hit

a three pointer in the rst minute

of the game and held the lead until

7 minutes left in the r st half. CSI

pulled a lead going into half-time

26-20.

Beginning of the second half,

starter Caitlin Nelson fell hurtingher knee. Eastern was down the

entire second half until the last

minute. Foul shoots were made

by Whitney Fieldsted in the last

minute, allowing a 59-56 lead for

team. CSI tried a last second 3 and

missed giving Eastern the win.

Head Coach Dave Paur said, That

was the best weekend of womens

basketball weve had here in years.

It was a great weekend. I think

with Caitlin going down the team

stepped up. Priscila Santos had

20 point and Hailee Par ry had 11.

The team had a total of 53 offensive

and defensive rebounds. Weve

had illness and injuries, but team

always stepped up.

The next day was North Ida ho,

who was ranked rst in the Region

18 Conference. The game started

off with two free throws from NIC

followed behind by Lady Eagle

Brooke Slade with two free-throw

shots. Eastern got the lead with

15 minutes and held on until half

time. The score going into half was

Eastern 35 NIC 34. In the second

half NIC tied the score 43-43 in the

12thminute. Abbie Kay hit two foul

shots and Eastern fr om then on held

the lead; nal score was 78-68. It

was an amazing effort and a fun

weekend, said Paur. Santos had

40 points with Parry 20 and AmyArbon 10. The team had 10 steals.

Women show, men not allowed to goWomen show at SWAC Conference tournament, mens team serve one-year probation.Katie Bigelowsports writer

k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu

David Osborne Jr.sports writer

d.osborne@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Demetrus Richardson ghts under the basket in the BDAC

photos courtesy of Tyson Chappell

Priscila Santos goes up for an easy lay-up in the BDAC

Weve had illnessand injuries but team

the team alwaysstepped up.HEADCOACHDAVEPAUR

The 2011-12 mens basketball

season has ofcially closed for

the USU Eastern Golden Eagles

and, unfortunately, it was not as

pretty as many hoped it would

be at the beginning of the season

with standards set high from the

two-previous seasons. The team

seemed to hit a vein of bad luck

and it continued throughout the

year including NJCAA sanc-

tions, losing Head Coach Brad

Barton, along with minor injuries

that members of the team played

through. All in all, expectations

were to be a contender in the Scenic

West Athletic Conference but with

all of that stacked up the Golden

Eagles came out of the season in

fth place in the region with a

4-11 record in Region 18 play and

16-13 overall.

USU Eastern started their nal

weekend of the season on Friday,

March 2, 2012, in the Bunnell-

Dmitrich Athletic Center against

the College of Southern Idaho

Golden Eagles. The rst half was

tough for the men as they only hit

8 of their 25 shots from the eld

for a eld goal percentage sitting at

32 percent. The Golden Eagles did

end some of their free-thr ow woes

during the rst hal f however, going

10-14. At halftime CSI and USU

Eastern walked into the locker

rooms with CSI leading 31-28.

Coming back after the half,

the men looked energized and re-

juvenated. Defense was key in the

second half for the team and they

held CSI to only 38 percent from

the eld. The defense helped the

offense as well allowing the men to

score 41 points in the second half,

while connecting on 12 of their 31

shot attempts from the eld. The

woes from the charity stripe came

back during the second half how-

ever and the Golden Eagles only

made 66 percent, hitting 14-21.

At the end of the game fans and

members of the team looked up

at the score board to see that they

had lost to CSI 70-69. Head Coach

Brian Edelstein said, Rebounding

and free throws were the difference

See Mens ball page 7

Eagle Dancer Showcase

Tuesday, April 10th@ 7 P.M., in The BDAC

Come support your USU Easte rn 2011-2012 EagleDancers as they showcase all of the ir dances theyve

performed throughout the year! $1 for non-students &free with s tudent ID! GO EAGLES!

If so, we want to hear them! We need your help to restructure the

cafeteria for you! We want more of a collegiate feel to make your

meals more enjoyable!

Drop your suggestion into the suggestion box

located in the cafeteria for your voice to be heard!

Coach Brian Edelstein

On March 8-10, Region 18 held

their annual tournament which

was hosted by Salt Lake Commu-

nity College in SLC. Utah State

University Eastern went into the

tournament ranked third. The Lady

Eagles opened the tournament

against Colorado Northwestern

Community College who nished

last on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Colorado gave a strong game

against the Lady Eagles. Going

into half-time, the Eagles were

down 26-37. In the second half

Eastern was able to put it together

and nished with a victory 72-68.

They out-scored Colorado in the

second half 46-31. Priscila Santos

had 34 points and Abbie Kay had

18. The team had 11 steals and

21 assists.

On Friday, Eastern had the early

game against ranked two Snow

College. By half-time, Eastern was

down by 6, making the score 28-

34. Second half was rough. A few

calls such a bench technical and

fouls put Eastern farther behind.

The women played hard to the

end with a Snow win 67-54. The

tough game against Colorado hurt

us against Snow. Santos scored

28 points. The team had 11 steals.

Coach Dave Paur said, The

one thing about this team is they

were the most unselsh team Ive

ever coached. They were just a f un

team. They didnt quit. If someone

beat us it wasnt for lack of hustle

or heart. Every team that beat us

we beat them.

Katie Bigelowsports writer

k.bigelow@eaglemail.ceu.edu

SWAC

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Gallery talk by CEU alumnus, Gilmore Scott, on Friday

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL

photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle

Play opens Tursday, March 29th, 2012Eastern Utah Theatre professors are thrilled to present Richard Brinsley Sheridans sentimental comedy, TheSchool for Scandal adapted for contemporary audiences by Lewis John Carlino. This oft-produced 18th century

play is both a popular comedy and a superb example English drama of the time. The play runs from March 29through April 7 in the Geary Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Cast members include Tyrel Clement as Crabtree, Annie Morieas Mrs. Candour, and Wilford Woodruff as Sir Benjamin Backbite.

The Caring Award is presented to a USUEastern student in honor of Val J. Hala-mandaris, who grew up in Price, attendedthe College of Eastern Utah (then CarbonCollege), and continued his education a ndprofessional career in Washington, D.C.At both Carbon College and Carbon HighSchool, Halamandaris was active in studentactivities: a representative to Boys Stateand Boys Nation, local and state winner ofthe Elks L eadership Contest, student bodypresident, and honor student in Phi ThetaKappa, just to name a few.

Halamandaris received his B.A. degree

from George Washington University andhis law degree f rom the Catholic UniversitySchool of Law, both in Washington, D.C. Heis a member of the D.C. bar, the bar of theU.S. District Court Circuit Court of Appeals,and the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Throughout his career, Halamanda rishas remained committed to care. An ac-knowledged expert in t he eld of health care

and aging, he conducted da ring investiga-tions exposing fraud and abuse against theelderly and authors some 20 hard-hittingcongressional reports that resulted in sig-nicant legislative reforms.

He is the author and editor of books,including Proles in Car ing: Advocates for

the Elderly (1991), Faces of Caring: A Searchfor the 100 Most Caring People in History(1992), and Heroes of the U.S. Congress(1994). For the past 13 years, Halamandarishas been editor and publisher of two nationalmagazines, Caring and Car ing People. With

his brother Bill and former U.S. SenatorFrank E. Moss, he helped found the Car-ing Institute in 1985, which is dedicated tothe advancement of caring, integrity, and

public service.The Val. J. Halamandaris Car ing Award

was established in 1996 by Bill Halaman-daris, Vals brother, and the College ofEastern Utah. It is a tting tribute to a

USU-Eastern student who demonstrates thespirit of caring, humanitari anism, and volun-teerism exemplied by Mr. Halamandaris.

Any USU-Eastern student in goodstanding and who will be graduating thisyear is eligible for nomination for the Car-ing Award.

A student may nominate himself orherself or may be nominated by someone

elsea faculty or staff member, anotherstudent, or someone off campus. Applica-tions for nominations for the Cari ng Awardare available in t he vice chancellors ofce

(Reeves 183) or the SUN Center (StudentCenter 207). The application deadline isApril 5, 2012.

The Eastern student selected for theCaring Award will be presented with atrophy and a $100 cash award at the com-mencement ceremony. Nominees must haveinvolvement in college activities providingdirect service to others and/or similar directservice involvement in the community. Posi-tions of leadership support, as opposed todirect service, are acceptable. The CARINGAWARD nominee must demonstrate: goodstanding at USU - Eastern,

graduating this year, intrinsic commit-ment to voluntary service, initiative and in-novation in problem-solving, persistence inovercoming obstacles, advocacy for change

that alleviates, or considerably improves,the status quo and, most important, con-tinual caring as demonstrated by volunteeractivities.

A reception and gallery talkfor Montezuma Creek artist andCollege of Eastern Utah alumni,Gilmore Scott will be on Friday,March 23 from 7-9 p.m. in Gal-lery East.

Scott is doing what he knowsand loves. With a skillful handand brush, he paints the beauty ofthe sacred lands and beings thatinhabit his homeland.

His bold, colorful paintings arereection of the people and places

that inspire him.My palette of colors are strong,

bold and simple, says Scott. Myimages and subjects are interpreta-tions of how I view my culture, myDine (Navajo) heritage.

Scott incorporates sacredmotifs that are part of this na-tive heritage. My subjects, he

says, are the high Southwesternlandscapes, traditional basket,our traditional homes known ashogans. I also like to paint geo-metric designs that our Dine rugweavers are known for. I have alsoincorporated the open vistas of theplains and landscapes. These are

just a few subjects which inspiremy imagination. Scotts paintingsare featured in an exhibit at USU

Easterns Gallery East.The Colors of Beauty: The

Paintings of Gilmore Scottis onexhibit at Gallery East from Feb.23 through March 23, 2012. Scottstudied art at the College of EasternUtah and Utah State University.

Just short of earning his degree,Scott began working as a wildlandreghter. After nine years with

the U. S. Forest Service, Scott has

returned to what he loveshisartwork.

Scott has won numerousawards for his paintings, includ-ing: rst place for painting at

the 2010 Mesa Verde Indian ArtMarket, Judges Choice Award forwatercolor at t he 18th SouthwestIndian Art Fair, Arizona StateMuseum in Tucson, and rst place

for water based paint at the 25th

Anniversary Red Earth Festival inOklahoma City, Okla.

Gallery East is open Mondaythrough Thursday from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. The gallery is closedFridays, weekends, and holidays.The exhibit is free and open to thepublic. For more information, con-tact the gal lery at: 435-613-5327; orcontact Car mack at: 435-613-5241or noel.carmack@usu.edu.

Kokopelli, acrylic and watercolor Male Rain, acrylic and watercolor Lost, acrylic and watercolorphotos by Sammie Fugate/ The Eagle

Student applicants needed forHalamandaris Award

Getting to know adviser Shanny WilsonUtah State Universitys Per-

cussion Ensemble will bring itsshow to the campuses of bothUSU Eastern and USU UintahBasin this month. The ensemblewill perform i n Price, Roosevelt,and Vernal. Admission is free andopen to the public.

The Vernal performancewill be at 7 p.m. on March 30 atVernal Middle School.

The Roosevelt performancewill be at Union High School

during a daytime assembly onMarch 30.

The Price performance willbe at 7:30 p.m. on March 29 atthe Price Civic Auditorium and

is co-sponsored by Price CityCulture Connection.

The performances will beunder the direction of Dr. JasonNicholson, USU assistant profes-sor and director of the percussionprogram. Five Caine Collegeof the Arts Music Departmentstudents will be performing: Em-ily Ashcroft, Bryan Carpenter,Doug Deakin, Dan Fields, andBetsy Nelson.

Following the evening per-

formances in both Price andVernal, a reception will be heldgiving community members achance to meet the performersand enjoy light refreshments.

Kadi Snyderstaffwriter

k.snyder@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Shanny Wilson has worked atUSU Eastern 14 years. She origi-nally was hired as one of the r st

high school relations recruiters forCEU; then in 1999, she applied forand became the CEU PrehistoricMuseum gift shop manager.

While working at t he museum,the former director of academicadvising came to her and asked her

to apply for an advising position.She did and shortly after beinghired, was promoted to assistantdirector of academic advising andorientation. In November 2005,the director position opened andWilson was promoted again.

Wilson was well qualied for

this position. She graduated UtahState University with a doublemajor in journalism and publicrelations. She was recognized for10 years of outstanding serviceto CEU, an active member of theNational Academic Advising As-sociation, and elected president of

the Utah Advising & OrientationAssociation (UAOA) in 2009.UAOA is a state-wide non-prot

organization of over 300 membersand Wilson oversaw the governingcommittee, public relations andannual conference.

The advisingcenter does a lotmore than helpstudents with theirschedules. Some ofthe tasks Wilson isrequired to do as

director include;oversee advisingstaff, degree plan-ning, new studentorientation andwelcoming day,teach college success skill coursesand student success workshops,answer general and specic ques-tions about programs, identifystudents who are at-risk and/orfall below a 2.0 GPA offering themhelp and support.

I know the inuence I have

in helping others identify, pursueand achieve their academic goals,

Wilson explains.With recent changes to student

services, the advising center is as-sisting students with career advis-ing and working closely with USULogan in helping international

students.They recently

were able to hirea full-time officeassistant, and thenthere were four, hav-ing someone at thefront desk to meet

and greet studentshas already madea world of differ-ence, Wilson says.

A few years ago,the adviser- to- stu-

dent ratio was 1 in 1,000 and nowthe ratio is 1 in 700 which is greatfor both students and advisers. Iam very fortunate to have morehelp and such an amazing, dedi-cated staff.

I was diagnosed with Celiacthree years ago and maintain apretty strict gluten-free diet. Celiacis a multi-symptom, multi-system

disorder activated by eating glutenwhich are proteins found in wheat,rye and barley.

My 9-year-old daughter Kaylaalso has Celiac.

If money were no object Iwould sell everything, buy a house-boat and live on Lake Powell, shesaid. Lake Powell is my heavenon Earth. If I could be anythingin the world it would be a famouswater skier.

Wilson admits to reading threeto four books a month and love a

good mystery. Im reading NoraRoberts, J.D. Robb Death byseries and just nished #8 Con-spiracy by Death of 36.

She loves the sunshine. whichis also my nick-name, sunowers,

camping and spending time withmy kids.

Wilson strives to keep a posi-

tive, friendly atmosphere where

students feel comfortable explor-

ing options and making decisions.

She has had an impact in many

students paths and will continue

to change our perspectives and

our lives.

Shanny Wilson

80s dance party!March 23, 2012

SAC Ballroom7:30-11:30 p.m.

$3 with student ID or Childrens book$5 without

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Bookstorein the Jennifer LeavittStudent Center today!

Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday

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The Eagleonline

Celebrating the good ol Dr. SeussTake a look inside the life of one of the most famous childrens authors

Shadayah Jonesstaff writers.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Castle Heights Elementary School celebrated the

birthday of one of the most famous authors in the world.

On March 2, 1904, the famous Theodore Seuss Geisel,

or better known as Dr. Seuss, was born. As part of the

celebration,students from USU Eastern volunteered

to go to an elementary school and read some of Dr.

Seuss most famous works. Dezzi Mangum, a fresh-

man, said, It was really fun, especially with the l ittle

kids because they real ly enjoyed it.

Theodore Geisel was born in Massachusetts

where his family were fa mous brew masters. When

Geisel was a teenager, he attended Dartmouth Col-

lege where he was the editor-in-chief of t he colleges

humor magazine Jack-O-Lantern. This high position

soon came to a hault when he and his friends were

caught drinking, which was against the prohibition

time and school policy.

Although he was demoted, Geisel contributed to

the magazine but signed his work by Seuss. This is

when the Seuss name started.

To please his father, who wanted him to become

a college professor, Geisel transferred to Oxford

University in England after he graduated. This is

when he met his rst wife, Helen Palmers, who just

so happened to be a n author and book e ditor. School

struck no interest in Geisel and he soon dropped outof Oxford and toured Europe.

After returning to the United States, Geisel

worked for several magazines. Finally Geisel got his

big break when his rst book And to Think That

I Saw It on Mulberry Street was published. This

was the rst book Geisel published under the name

Dr. Seuss. This book was rejected 27 times before

nally being published.

Perhaps the biggest break in his career was when

he wrote, The Cat in the Hat. From the beginning

of his career to his death on Sept. 24, 1991, Geisel

published 44 childrens books. They were published in

more than 15 languages and over 200 mill ion copies.

Dr. Seuss was not really a doctor. Seuss was his

middle name and he put Dr. in front of it because his

father always wanted him to get a doctorate degree.

His famous book, Green Eggs and Ham, was

written because of a bet. He was bet that he could

not write a book in 50 words for less. Seuss won

the bet, but never got paid, however, Green Eggs

and Ham became one of his most famous works.

Dr. Seuss served in the Army during World

War II.

He died of throat cancer at the age of 87.

The Cat in the Hat was only written using

250 words.

Dr. Seuss was married two times, but never had

children. His book Yertle the Turtle was about

Hitler. Dr. Seuss was for the books that he wrote

and illustrated, but he also wrote under the name of

Theo LeSieg. LeSieg is Geisal backwards. The famous

character of The Grinch was actually written about

himself. If I Ran the Zoo holds the distinction of

being the rst published record of the word nerd.

James Gree n reads to eleme ntary st udents for Dr. Seuss bir thday.photos courtesy of Eric Curwen/ SUN Center

Mike Gingellassociate editor

m.gingell@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Balance in ones life is essen-

tial to survival and sanity and in

a college students life that isnt

different. A full-time students life

needs to consist of more that just

books and sleep, there needs to be

social activity. Whether it be sports

or interaction with other peers,having a social life is essential a s

most students would agree whole

heart edly. But, of course, balancing

those is the key to success.

The social activity in ones life

is an import outlet for stress, an es-

sential part of physical, mental and

emotional health and a great way

to increase ones social network.

In simple words, students need to

step back and have some fun, nd

a place of peace and quiet where

they can relax, re-energize and just

simply forget about lifes stresses

and problems.

When asked about what stu-

dents do or where they go to

nd social escape in Price, many

answers derived from one source:

the institute. One of the best places

for students for nd that escape,

to make new friends, and enjoythemselves is at the LDS Institute

across from the Reeves lawn.

The institute offers a lot more

that perceived, they not only offer

classes based on the study of Jesus

Christ and his teachi ngs, but also

regular activities like free meals

for students, pool, ping pong and

foosball tournaments. They also

hold dances, movie nights, socials

and much much more. When asked

what were some favorite things

about the institute replies included:

Cookie Tuesdays, where there a re

free cookies every Tuesday, the

opportunity to meet new people,

the friendly environment and all

the free activities.

The purpose of the institute,

according to Austin Ashcraft,

institute counsel president, is to

provide a wholesome environment,activities, instruction and a safe

haven to escape lifes stresses.

The slogan everyone is invited

is always applied to people of all

faiths and backgrounds whether

it be for the classes teaching life

skills or the activities. The doors

are always open.

Everyones invited to the tute