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For the rst time since 2010 the Utah State UniversityBoard of Trustees held their regular meeting Oct. 30th in the
Jennifer Leavitt Student Center (JLSC) in Price. The board is
comprised of alumni of USU and are appointed by the Governor.
During the meeting, two new trustees were sworn in and
a new executive committee was appointed with local resident
Frank Peczuh voted into the post. The agenda highlighted the
efforts of the USU main campus to include distance sights andthe USU Eastern campus in events and causes important to the
university, specically alumni involvement at all stages of life.
During the meeting, The Eagle editor in chief, Nathaniel
Woodward, received a special commendation from the board,
which was presented by USU Eastern Chancellor Joe Peterson
and USU President Stan Albrecht. The commendation was given
to Woodward for outstanding academic performance, campus
involvement and dedication to Utah State University. Highlighted
in the letter from the board was his fami lies long and dedicated
history with Carbon College, the College of Eastern Utah (now
USU Eastern) and USU, which he is proud to be part of.
Woodward thanked his wife, children and family for their
support and dedication and spoke briey on his love for the
university. I also would like to acknowledge the dedication
of the faculty and administration to my education, specically
Larry Severeid, Tyson Chappell, Susan Polster, Noel Carmack,
Susan Neel, John Weber, Wayne Hatch and countless other
educators who have become my mentors and friends. Havingalready been accepted into a prestigious law school, he plans on
applying to some medical schools and graduate programs with
the hope to one day become a university president.
Later that day the board and university administration
gathered in the common area in front of the Central Instruction
Building with hundreds of USU and USU Eastern staff, local
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With 50 years of Hollywood
lm and television credits as long
as your forearm and theatrical
credits as long as you leg, actor
Jerry Hoffman has joined the USU
Eastern cast of Hamlet, playing
Polonius for the next six weeks.
If you have seen episodes of the
Waltons, Threes Company,
Flamingo Road, Gunsmoke
or more recently Sea Monsters:
A Prehistoric Adventure, The
Kolaborator, or Puppet Master:
Axis of Evil, you will have seen
the veteran actor.
Hoffman literally drove from
Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 26 to start
learning lines and begin rehearsals
with the Eastern cast of Hamlet
that night.
I called my agent and told her
to not schedule me for anything
until after Hamlet is over, Hoff-
man quipped.
How did a journeyman actor
get cast in USU Easterns perfor-
mance of Hamlet? Its easy if
one knows Easterns Brent Innes
who worked with Hoffman when
he appeared in Tarzan, Crazy
for You and Cats at St. Georges
Tuacahn Theatre.
Innes is technical director and
producer for Hamlet and was
technical director for Tarzan
where Hoffman played Janes
father.
Innes called Hoffman and
asked him if he would be interested
in playing Corambis, later named
Polonius. Hoffman said, let me
think, yes.
Hoffman says he has always
loved Shakespeare and would love
to act in Cedar Citys
Shakespearean Fes-
tival sometime. He
says acting in lms
makes money, butlive theater is where
he really has fun.
Fresh off of a
theatrical run of
Bagel, a play about
the automatic bagel
machine, Hoffman
agreed to act in the
Eastern show for
room and board. He
smiled when he said
he has never lived in a dorm before,
but did go to college and gradu-
ated with a degree in theatre from
University of California in Irvine.
Easterns version of Hamlet
is called a Dirty-Quattro, mean-
ing that its the rst draft of the
show. Essentially, this version is
the rst draft of what Shakespeare
wrote in his notes about Hamlet.
Someone may have picked them
up and published them. This is
that play, Innes said.
Audiences should enjoy this
artistic take on the beloved clas-
sic, Hoffman said. If they have
a willingness to watch, they will
enjoy it.
Hoffman has played in Ham-
let productions twice before. Its
the most performed play of all timeevery year. With Shakespeare you
have to watch the relationships
between characters. And remem-
ber that 90 percent of the words
he wrote are still in our language
today. Hes a poet and came up
with 1,300 phrases we still use.
Hoffman grew up in Kentucky
and moved to California when his
mother got transferred. He said his
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Daniel Pikenews editor
When looking at the enrollment
numbers for fall 2015 at USU
Eastern, something different is
revealed. Vice Chancellor of
Enrollment, Greg Dart says, Ive
been working with enrollment
numbers for years and have never
seen anything like this. On day
one I was celebrating enrollment
numbers and on day 15 we saw
something signicantly dif ferent.
Accord ing to Dar t , i t
isnt shocking as much as it
is interesting. Weve had an
interesting enrollment this year.
For all of USU Eastern (Blanding
and Price), as of the rst day of
school, we were 317 up headcount
on the rst day of school; 2,092students were enrol led on day one,
2,015 were enrolled on day 15. We
actually dropped back 77 students
in those two weeks.
Last year, from day one to
day fteen, USUE added 300
more students than this year,
most of which were concurrentenrollment students. This year,
also from day one to day 15, 300
concurrent enrollment students
were added, but 300 students were
still lost somewhere. In full-time
equivalent enrol lment [12 or more
credit-hours per semester], USUE
added 12 more students than last
year, 1,474 to 1,486.
With the initial enrollment
numbers, one would have guessed
that USUE would have ended up
having 300 more students from
last year. It really speaks to the
universitys rst-year retention,
which according to Dart, is still
among the best in the state. There
is always room for improvement.
We can put more focus on keeping
students committed once they
get here.
It seems to be a strangephenomenon, but not exactly
shocking. Dart believes that it
has much to do with the type of
students that USUE serves. We
have a unique opportunity here and
its going to take some different
efforts that weve ever had before.
Nathan Penastaff writer
Fright Nights, an hour-long event on Oct.29, where
the many ghosts of Carbon County were discussed.
The hosts for the event were Kitty a nd Bobcat, who
are co-writing a series of books documenting the
many ghosts of Eastern Utah. They were asked to
tell stories about ghosts around Carbon County and
how the legends came to be.
The rst story, according to Kitty, was a story
that emerged from real events. This ghost story
shows a direct correlation between history and a
ghost story. The ghost story came from Scoeld
after many residents had asked them to add the ta le
to their next book. The story that they keep telling
us, is the story of Mary Green, Kitty said. They
said you have to make sure you put in the story of
the Green Ghost.
Kitty and Bobcat agreed to add the story and
listened to the tale of a ghost that walks along the
side of the road, looking into cars. O nce she does,
the car instantly freezes over, turning it ice cold.
Kitty says, The most interesting thing about this
woman, is that you only see the top half. The other
half ends in tat ters.
Kitty, as a historian, was intrigued by this and
delved deeper into the story and found it closely
related to a woman named Myrtle Green, who died
tragically by a trai n and having her body split into
two, the lower torn to shreds by the wheels of the
locomotive. We always try t o nd the real person
associated to the ghost story, Kitty added.
The second story she talks about is the White Lady
of Latuda. The next story is about someone that we
cant nd, Kitty said. Probably the most i nfamous
ghost of Carbon County, according to Kitty.
The White Lady is almost difcult to track
down, primarily because of the things that happened
to her happened to a million different miners and
their wives. Kitty and Bobcat did some digging,
sifting through old stories and found a single thread
that linked closely to the origins of t he White Lady.
According to their research, it is about a couple
who moved from Yugoslavia to Utah where the
husband worked for the mines. They were given a
home until an accident happened in the mines where
the husband worked, killing him instantly. The wife
was forced out of her home with her infant child.
With unsuccessful pleading, she decided to kill
her child, dress up in her wedding gown and hang
herself in front of t he mining ofce. From then on,
the story of how she died a nd her hauntings fright-
ened the local miners until one decided to blow the
mining ofce up.
So many stories surround Eastern Utah, we even
have local ghost stories on USU Easterns campus.
However scary they may be, remember there is
always a speck of truth hidden with in these legends.
The Price Campus Library are
hosting four faculty and staff au-
thors at its Annual Local Authors
Night on Nov. 12 from 7-8:30
p.m. in the library. Susan Neel,
Ph.D., Noel Carmack, MFA, Stan
Marineau and Sandie Nadelsen
will present recent journal pub-
lications.
Authors Night is in its third
year and the library staff is excited
to shine the spotlight on our own
faculty and staff and highlight
these unsung authors. We are
looking forward to hearing about
varied subject matter that is sure
to provide an interesting evening.
Our lineup so far includes faculty
from nursing, automotive, art and
history, Sherill Shaw said.
The presentation is free and
open to the public.
History Dept. sponsors Fright Night and ghostly stories
The faces of Jerry Hoffman who is in Easterns production of Hamlet in December.
USU Eastern attracts Hollywood veteran for HamletCasey Warren
staff writer
If you have ever wondered who
is the master behind the web suc-
cess of USU Eastern, meet Tracey
Johnson. She is the webmaster
for USU Eastern and works hard
to keep students updated and
informed.
As many of the students and
faculty know, there is a lot of
work going into making sure t he
merge with Utah State University
is known. Johnson is a big help
in that effort. Currently I am
spending most of my time migrat-
ing our current website to a new
system that will better reect our
afliat ion and role with Utah State
University. This means a lot of
content organization, editing and
graphic design. I am hoping to
have all our content migrated so
the new website can go live for
spring semester.
When it comes down to it,
creativity is Johnsons favorite
part of her career. I like working
with design elements and trying
to make things look nice. I also
enjoy (most days) the challenge
of my profession. Technology
ohnsons creative moment
see Johnson page 3
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Eagle Editor receivesspecial commendation
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It happens fast; one mo-
ment you are out with friendsand the next you are on the
oor being assaulted by soe-one. This is the reality for far
too any woen on college
campuses. The movie The
Hunting Ground is a docu-entary exposing not only
the systemic rape of women
on college capuses, but alsothe lack of support fro the
institutions meant to protect.
The ovie told the stories
of woen who had been raped
while at college. These stories,
along rape statistics, sent a
powerful essage about the
proble existing on college
capuses. This is a proble
not unique to one college; this
happens all over the nation. It
has becoe an epideic with
at least 16 percent of woen
getting raped at college, and
these are only cases that have
been reported either to the po-
lice or other advocates. This
is a startling statistic, which
means many of the womenyou see walk around capus
could have or will have been
sexually assaulted by the tie
they graduate. To ake things
worse, the schools revicti-
ize these woen by not only
harassing the, but allowing
these womens rapist to return.These schools dont want
the rape reports because then
they will be known as an
unsafe school. That eans
they will lose applicants, and
thus money. The universities
will defend their reputation.
They are a business before a
university, and so they care
about a botto-line. If woen
get attacked, the investigation
costs money and the reputa-
tion of rape hurts the schools
applicant rate. If they keep
reports low, they can avoid
costly investigations, but also
maintain their reputation.This is at its worst when it
coes to athletes, because
they are backed by a ulti-billion dollar business. On one
hand, they have a star footbal l
player who rakes in oney for
the school and a woan who
just attends school.
Athletes in college are
hard to touch because they
ake oney for the school. A
good exaple of this injustice
is Erica Kinsmans story. In
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 7, 2012,
Kinsan was unwinding at a
bar after nals when soeone
approached her. He then of-
fered to buy her a drink. She
took the shot and was quickly
woozy. She was ashing in
and out of consciousness.
When Kinsan awoke,
she was lying on a bedroo
oor being raped by the an
who approached her at the
bar. The an took her to the
bathroo where he continued
to rape her. Then he drove herback to her dor. She not
only reported it, but went to
the hospital to get not only
checked, but also get a rape kit
done. The rape kit recovered
seen off her body. Even
though she reported this to
Florida State University, they
took no action. She cae
back fro winter break and
learned the nae of her at-tacker; Jaeis Winston, the
all-star quar terback for FSU.
FSU did nothing and al-
lowed the students to belittle
her and bully her, telling her
that she was, an attention
whore or worse. Yet FSU and
the police did anything. With
the evidence she had with
the rape kit and bruises, they
couldve gotten surveillancefootage fro the bar, inter-rogated Winston or his roo-
ates, or at least test hi to see
if his DNA atched the rape
kit. None of that happened.
After ten onths of waiting,
the allegations against Win-ston becae public. After, her
bullying got worse because
not only FSU, but the whole
nation, was against her. It got
so bad she had to ove out of
Tallahassee.
This is the kind of abuse
these colleges perfor. The
worst part is universities turn
a blind eye to these offenses.
We dont hold these institu-
tions accountable. We do
ake ourselves aware of how
these things happen. It is up
to students to force a change,
because as long as universi-ties are aking
money and noone is getting
p u n i s h e dfor these
cries, the
universities
wil l no t
change.
The present is the only tie we have
every truly existed, we can only iagine
the future and history can be terribly biased
being as it were, written by the victors. For
exaple Shakespeare, inuenced by the
Tudors ade poor King Richard III out
to be a villain, only to have the long-dead
sovereign vindicated fro a deep grave
beneath a parking lot 600 years later.
This type of bias and Hollywood
chicanery continues to plague our
perspective of historical figures over
the breadth of recorded history, aking
great heros into tyrants, reversing the
roles played and spinning opinion on the
great conquerors, protectors, leaders and
philosophers of the past. Long forgotten,
and willingly overlooked, were the iortal
she-kings of Earths ost colorful and
inuential period.
A cunning Pharaoh of Egypts ost
faous 18th dynasty, not the over-
draatized Ptoloeic gures of literature,
but a pure Egyptian leader whose existence
was ground off the walls of her tob by
jealous rivals, whose story is just now
beginning to be retold.
Pharaoh Hatshepsut, daughter of
Thutose II, shaved her head after
ascending the throne in 1479 BCE, then
posed as a an to r her rule over a
patriarchal society.
Hatshepsuts reign was highlighted by
expanding Egypts trade and riches with
foreign luxuries. The story showed an
incredible struggle to retain power fro
the jealous grip of her stepson Thutose III
for nearly 22 years, unfortunately ended in
her being relegated to second in coand
before her death.
Another incredible story fro a
illennia later was of the legendary Spartan
queen, Gorgo. Daughter of the King of
Sparta, she later arr ied arguably the ost
faous of all Spartans, King Leonidas I and
later gave birth to the future King of Sparta.
Gorgos history was not liited to only
being in the presence of greatness, her legacy
as one of the few woen entioned by the
greatest historian of all tie, Herodotus,
was ade possible by her prowess as a erce
leader renowned for her political wisdo
and sound judgent.
Queen Gorgos rule also happened
to coincide with a ost frustratingly
isrepresented woan ilitary coander
fro an equally isrepresented culture. Her
nae was Arteisia of Caria, a Persian
naval coander and one of the ost
feared adversaries of Hellenic culture. She,
a Greek herself, aligned her interests with
the Persian ruler Xerxes I and fought so
ercely during the second Persian invasion
of Greece that Herodotus referred to her as
Xerxes favorite and bravest coander.
Arteisias legend spanned the centuries
spawning legends and r ituals that sur vive
to this day for better or for worse.
The shaefully forgotten rulers and
coanders of any gender of the past serve
as an inspiration to both the professional
and casual historians of today, but those she-
kings, whose prowess and bravery stoped
on the oppressive culture of patriarchal
society, should never have been forgotten or
misrepresented. Their stories aretestaents to everything that
is good and noble about being
huan. One day, when we
look back on our biased past,
I hope we reeber their
legacy for all it represented,
the ebodient of what
we should all aspire to be.
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America doesnt care anymore
#ZacharyHaond. This is the hashtag
hat has been blowing up since July 26. When
n uninfored ofcer aids an undercover
fcer shoot Haond during a set-up
rug bust. Where Haond supposedly
tarted to drive at the ofcer in attepts to
it him. Hammond and his friend were in thearking lot of a Hardees soewhere in South
arolina where a eeting was scheduled to
ell the undercover cop arijuana.This was a horrible event that saddens
veryone, but I not writing this story for
aond, or the police ofcer, but about
orey Jones. If you dont know who Jones is,
hats probably because the art icle about hi
eing shot was overshadowed by a year-old
roble about articial turf having soe
ink to cancer.
Jones was a druer in Florida who
as shot by Nouan Raja, an ofcer for the
al Beach Gardens Police Departent.
aja was driving around in an unarked
olice car investigating ultiple burglaries
hen, he was suddenly confronted by an
red subject, according to his police chief
Stephen Stepp.
Raja red his weapon killing Jones right
here, but the funny thing is Rajas car didnt
have a dash ca nor did he have a chest ca,
so there is no way for anyone to see what
happened. The only punishent that was put
upon Raja was adinist rative leave with pay.
Jones isnt the only person who soething
like this has happened and Aerica hasnt
gone crazy about. There have been ultiple
police shootings of blacks since Freddy Gray,
who was the last big news police killing of
a black individual.
According killedbypolice.net, a few of
those kil led in October 2015: Tyrie Cuyler,
Anthony Ashford, marquesha mcmillan,
Doinic Hutchinson, Rolly Thoas, andAndriene Jaarr Ludd. How any of their
naes do you recognize?
Hardly any of the ade any ipact
on the news, and the ones that did, were
entioned for a couple of weeks.
It is apparent that Aerica has begun to
stop caring. When Grey was killed, there
were riots all over the country. There was
barely a peep when any of these unared
black people were shot by police.
Yet the whole world is
coing down to persecute
the officer who shotHaond, his incident
is sti l l reebered
today with more and more
# Z a c h a r y H a m m o n dpopping up all over Twitter.
David Rawlestaff writer
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Afte r Randolf left, I got to my feet
and walked over to our makeshift
tent nestled at the base of a giant
tree. Inside I grabbed the water skin,
poring the water on the dirt. Scoop-
ing the mud up, I started to shape it
into a mask, before placing it on my
face. Rumpelstiltskin is described as
a weird little man, I guess thats why
we arent tall.
Each recreation of Rumpelstiltskin
is different. Mine is a withered old
man with a hooked nose. My naturally
crooked teeth helped the charade. Sat-
ised with my face, I focused on my
hair, changing it from apr icot to gray.
My only feature that stil l showed were
my yellow eyes. I certainly appeared
as a weird little man.
The sound of a snapping twig
made me freeze. I crouched in the
hut, listening intently. The trespasserwasnt stealthy in any sense of the
word. Judging by the sound of fabric
scraping against the ground; a woman.
Rumpelstiltskin? the trespasser
called out. Id heard that voice before,
but it wasnt the queen. Rumpel-
stiltskin? she called again. I sighed.
It couldnt hurt to nd out who she is
and what she wanted.
I grabbed a handful of dirt, leaves
and broken twigs. I raised it to my
lips and gently blew on it. The debris
swirled around my head, blurring my
vision. When my vision cleared, Im
crouching on the rim of the camp
behind the woman. I straightened up.
Well, well, I said with my best
cackle. And what can I do for you?
The woman turned, my jaw almost
dropped. Melanie, an evil witch who
I knew for a fact Randolf hated, and
that was putting it nicely. I dont like
her much either. Whenever Randolf
and I tried to do a job, she would popup and get in the way.
Melanie smiled, What do you
know, just who I wanted to see. My
stomach tightened. She wanted me?
What do you want? I asked.
Ive come to talk to you about the
child, Melanie said, walking over to
the log by the re and sitting down.
I dont have him on me.
Yet. Melanie interrupted. I
desire an apprentice. Im willing to
pay extra of course, and I also want
it kept quiet.
I walked over and stood across
from her on the other side of crackling
ames. Since they dont acknowledge
the bid from a witch such as yourself.
Everyone lives by their own setof values, Melanie stated. I dont
understand the point of people say-
ing whats good or evil because of
them. Besides, you cant say youre
any better. After all, you take infants
away from their parents and sell them
for money.
Just Gold Bloods, I snapped. I
take them away for their safety and the
safety of othe rs. You make it sound as
though I sell them like slaves, theyre
not. They all go to family masters who
take care of them.
Have fun explaining that to their
parents. Melanie said sarcastically.
But Im not here to discus morality.
Im here strictly on business.
I see.
I knew youd see it my way.
Melanie said.
I smiled. I can be reasonable.
Melanie pulled back her riding
shirt, under it I saw a holster. She
unbuckled the ap and withdrew apurple sack. She tossed it over the re
to me. I caught it, the sack was lled
with gold coins.
I opened it, feeling around the
contents for anything abnormal. No
magical gold, good. I checked the
sacks weight. Dealing with money as
often as I did, I could tell how much
there was without counting it.
This is the same amount of gold
we usually get for a job, I snapped.
You said you would pay more.
Part now the rest later, Melanie
explained. Youll get the rest after
the child is mine.
I snapped the ngers of my right
hand next to the sack. It vanished in
a puff of ebony smoke. The foliagerustle behind me, but I didnt turn to
inspect it. Nothing would let me take
my eyes off Melanie.
Have a good night, Rumpel-
stiltskin. Melanie said, getting to her
feet. She swished her midnight cape,
transforming herself into a buttery.
I glared after her as she vanished
into the starry night. So she could
transform, big deal, I could go throw
walls. I nar row my eyes, why had she
called me Rumpelstiltsk in? She could
have just said good night. Unless. .
. the rustling in the forest! I whipped
around and came face to st with the
hardest punch that ever hit me.
Kiara Horowitzstaff writer
irlfriends got him inter-
sted in theatre because they
ere always auditioning for
lays and he went along to
e with them.
Hoffmans favorite actor
s Dakin Matthews because
e is smart and easy to work
ith. I enjoy smart people
o work with whether in
lays or lms.
Joking, Hoffman said
eing an unemployed actor
s a full-time job and uses
is time off to take voice
essons and learn new mu-
sic. Would he do it again,
oh yeah, I would major inheater again, I love it.
Hoffman thought about
eaving the eld and get-
ing a regular paycheck. He
as admitted and attended
hittier School of Law and
rom the rst day of classes,
hated every second of it. He
nished, passed the bar and
immediately went back to
being an actor.
Hoffman has done hun-
dreds of commercials play-
ing a young dad until he was
40 and found that gracefully
aging has fewer rolls that he
is offered. He remembers an
8-year-old Ricky Schroder
joining him in a Special K
commercial.
Hoffmans advice to
younger actors, go for it,
dont be scared, stick it out
and talent helps.
Ive been very luckywith life, Hoffman says,
while talking of his career
and family. He once got
a role in a Serbian movie,
where he only spoke in
Serbian. The director said,
can you learn Serbian?
Hoffman replied sure and
spent the rest of the time
with a Serbian tutor learning
his parts in Serbian. He went
to the next auditions for the
movie and got the part.
That dedication to ones
craft is para mount for suc-
cess. There has been many
times when Hoffman has
gone the extra mile and
learned a new skill, all for
the love of his craft.
Hoffmans daily mantra
is from Hamlet, which
speaks of his dedication
to his love of acting, To
thine own self be true.It must follow as the
night and day thou canst
not then be false to any
man, meaning live your
life how you want to,
chase your dreams and
never give up.
Hollywood star
ofcials and citizens to watch the dedica-tion ceremony for the recently constructed
facility. Chancellor Peterson gave theopening remarks and spoke on how the
CIB is a landmark of the community. Heshared that every morning as he drives
up 400 East to work, he loves seeing thebuilding come into view and remembers
the old main building that use to standin its place.
The next speaker was local state
senator John Hinkins, who spoke of the
difcult nancial situation the university
was faced with in the last decade and howfar we have come since uniting the two
universities. His remarks focused on thetenuous political processes i nvolved with
securing a new facility and improving theacademic ability of a college in a small
community.
The nal speaker was USU President
Stan Albrecht who spoke warmly on the
special relationship the two campusesshare and reiterated the commitment
of USU to the students success at USUEastern. True to form, President Albrecht
nished his speech with a c rowd cheer of
Go Eagles! Go Aggies!
Following the speakers the USU East-ern choir performed a moving bagpipe
assisted rendition of Amazing Grace,after which Sen. Hinkins cut the ceremo-
nial ribbon to ofcially dedicate the CIB.
Answers
found on page 7
Open House
and web trends are constantly changing
which keeps me on my toes.Having a career at USU Eastern was
an easy choice for Johnson. She grewup in Price a nd after living away for a
while, had the chance to come back.When my husband got an opportunit y
to work in the a rea, we were excited tocome back. After completing my mas-
ters degree, I got the chance to teach inthe business, computer, and informat ion
systems department. After 12 years ofteaching, the web administrator job
became available, so I decided to moveinto that position.
Before becoming a professor at USU
Eastern, Johnson was a st udent at CEU.When asked about her favorite memory
she shared something that some studentsmight be able to relate to. [My favorite
memory is] sneaking i nto the SessionsDorms. I probably shouldnt admit to it,
but my boyfriend (now husband) livedthere so.
Johnson makes a large contributionto the USU Eastern campus. However,
if she werent spending her time as thewebmaster and if money werent an
object, she would choose to travel. Iwent to Europe a couple of years ago
and would love to go back and spend
more time. I am currently fascinatedwith Italy.
Having experienced college forherself, Johnson shares some really
great advice for students. Focus. Col-lege is a great time to have fun, gain
your independence and learn from yourexperiences. However, dont waste your
opportunity. Education is such an im-portant key to future success. Not only
do you learn skills to take with you,but also you learn how to learn. Life
is a constant learning process learnto enjoy it.
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page 4 LifestylesUtah State University Easterns
Library has become even more student
friendly in the last two years. Increases ine-resources and print resources continue,
furnishings have been upgraded, andadditional electrical modications have
been made to address students learningin the 21stCentury.
All these changes have been made tocontribute to a student-friendly environ-
ment. The library staff includes Lori J.Brassaw, director; Sheril l Shaw, catalog-
ing and special collections manager; Ai-mee Lauritsen, public services manager;
and Kathie Ar mistead, acquisitions andtechnical services manager.
According to Brassaw, 70 percent ofthe USU Libraries acquisitions budget is
devoted to e-materials which are acces-sible 24/7 to all campuses and distance
locations.Brassaw said, Combined with the
Merrill-Cazier Library located on themain campus in Logan, we have nearly
one-million-print books, over 608,000e-books, 67,000 scholarly journals and
more than 200 article databases availableto students, faculty and staff.
Also available to students is LiveChat located on the library homepage
at http://price.l ib.usu.edu/. Live Chat letsstudents at all locations receive research
assistance from a professional librarianlocated in Logan at the Merrill-Cazier Li-
brary. This is in addition to the assistanceavailable at the USU Eastern Library.
This summer, 219 new chairs werepurchased for the library. The break-
down is as follows: 153 chairs, 16 chairswith side tables, 46 pedestal chairs
with wheels (for computers), and fourstools. All the chairs in the library are
now exback. The chairs were chosen
based on what would last the longest,
Lauritsen said.Farther back in the history of the
librar y in 2013, a new sprinkl ing system,re panels and carpeting of the upstairs
were completed. Another was the newfront desk and freeing the south library
windows area for students use. Locatedin that area are vending machines, lockers
and a campus bulletin board.In January of 2014, lockers were added
for student use. Lamps were added totables. Outlets to charge electrical devices
such as phones and laptops were added
in addition to more electrical outlets
throughout the library. Lounge typefurniture was added to ma ke the studentsmore comfortable while studying. Some
of the side tables by these lounge chairscan also be moved and used as a desk
across the lap. Students have used themwhen sitting on the oor up against the
wall during a study group. Along withthese side tables are moveable seats. They
also have a purpose of a side table as well.One other addition was ongoing
puzzles upstairs, that give a breakfrom studying, but also keep the brain
engaged, Lauritsen added.Another 2014 upgrade was the Lee
Family Study Room. This was renovatedat the same time as the front desk. Before,
there were irreplaceable special collec-tion items that were out in the open. That
made the room off limits, so to speak.Now, there are locked closets that hold
the special collections. In this room, thereis also a replace, which is benecial for
students not only for aesthetic pleasure,but it actually provides heat as well. This
room is for quiet study only, but is openfor student, faculty and staff use.
With all of these upgrades physical ly,there is also technological upgrades, too.
A Knowledge Imaging Center, or KIC,scanner has been added. This scanner can
help you scan notes to share or scan text
to study later. Its convenient, especially
for busy college students.USU Eastern Library has a Facebook
page available to everyone. The websitefor the library is price.lib.usu.edu. For
more information contact Brassaw [email protected] or at435.613.5328.
Noel Carmack, assistant professor of art atUSU Eastern, began working on a biography
of the forgotten pioneer-era special needsboy named Isaac Whitehouse in 2014. As he
nalized his work, Carmack became aware of
another historian working on a Whitehouse
biography and saw an opportunity to give hima lasting memorial.
Carmack said Connell ODonnovan wrotea similar article for the Journal of Mormon
History. When I discovered that his was goingto be published as well, we arranged for them
to be released at the same time. His work waslater awarded the Charles Redd Center Award
for the Best General Interest article in the UtahHistorical Quar terly published in 2014.
The GoFundMe page set up to fund a memo-rial gives this Whitehouse biography, Isaac
Whitehouse was born in 1845 in Watford,Northampton, England to Jacob Whitehouse
and Rebecca Ward. He was born deaf and could
never communicate with his family. After their
conversion to Mormonism, the Whitehousefamily migrated to America in 1854. Unhappily,
the parents died en route t o Utah, leaving theyoung-orphaned Whitehouse to be cared for
by his mothers sister Elizabeth Ward, whowas newly married to Samuel George Baker.
Upon arrival in Utah, the Bakers (withWhitehouse) were sent to the small Mormon
colony in Parowan, Utah, 230 miles south ofSalt Lake City. When Elizabeth Ward Baker
had her own rst child, she began to neglect
and abuse her nephew, and worse, provoked her
husband to abuse him even more.Church leaders stepped in and the abuse
stoppedfor a while. Then the Bakers renewedtheir assault on the 10 year old, who was unable
to report the abuse or otherwise seek help dueto his inability to communicate with others. The
violence reached a peak on Oc t. 27, 1855, whenSamuel G. Baker killed his nephew Whitehouse,
and then left the broken, crumpled body in anirrigation ditch just outside the town walls,
where he was found the next day.
James Henry Martineau of Parowan re-
corded in hi s journal on Oct. 29, 1855: Whenthe body was examined, it was a horrible sight
to see. He had been buried in his dirty clothesand excrement, and showed evident signs of
violence. His hands and feet had been tied witha cord (the marks of which were still shown in
the esh) and then he had been placed i n a water
ditch, and partly chilled and partly drowned.
The sand had washed into and settled i n thefolds of his clothing. His body had large purple
spots where he had been kicked or struck, theskin being badly abrazed and broken. Baker
denied all, but his wi fe confessed, and got thecord with which he had been tied. The testi-
mony of the people revealed a long course ofthe most inhuman cruelty, perpetrated on the
poor boy, whose father and mother, dying whileon their way here, left him to the care of Mrs.
Baker, the sister of his mother. After she gothim, she herself became a mother, and hated
the boy most intensely, and incited Baker tohis cruel deeds.
Noel Carmack publishes award-winning biographyNathaniel Woodward
editor in [email protected]
Assistant professor of art and author, Noel Carmackphoto courtesy USUE art department
Library more student friendly
Library has improved over last two yearsphoto by Emilee Merrill/The Eagle
Logan artist, Roxane
Pfister, shares her paintedscenes of the high desert,rugged Utah mountain scapes
and California coastline inher forthcoming exhibit on
the USU Eastern campus.Her exhibit, For the Love of
Landscape, will be exhibited
at Gallery East from Nov. 9
through Dec. 11.Pster was born in Boise,
Idaho, but moved to IdahoFalls when she was 8. I always
loved to draw, scribble, paintand generally mess things up
when I was a kid, and I amgrateful my parents allowed
me to do th is, she remembers.
This childhood curiositycontinued to fuel Pfisterscreative passion. My love for
art remains undiminished,she afrms, and despite a
number of distractions, I have
continued to work at my art,
taking workshops and coursesand painting all I can.
This persistent pastime
resulted in remarkable vistasdepicting the Point Lobos
shoreline, views near BigSur and the bucolic Cache
Valley landscape. Whereverher travels take her, Pster
attr ibutes her love of landscapeto the people and places of
Northern Utah.I appreciate having the
opportunity to surroundmyself with art and artists
in beautiful Cache Valley,she says.
P f i s t e r s c o l o r f u l
landscapes reveal not only alove for the out-of-doors, but aconsummate skill in applying
her paint that is as apparent asthe visceral brush strokes that
comprise her painterly visions.
Her condence with a brush is
a skill that she acknowledgesis one that is acquired over alifetime of hard work.
For me, the creativeprocess is demanding, one that
never ceases to challenge thosehardy souls brave enough to
take it on. To be able to createsomething truly beautiful is
a lifetime aspiration; it takesmany hours of dedicated
work to acquire the skillsnecessary to produce art.
To devote ones life to thispursuit is a rewarding, and at
times frustrating, endeavor,Pster said.
Pfister graduated from
Utah State University with aBachelor of Fine Arts beforemoving to Los Angeles, Calif.,
and working in commercialillustration. She eventually
returned to Logan where she
met her husband, Jim. Along
the way, I had four children,started back to school inmathematics and statistics
and earned an MS in statisticsat USU. I have taught and
practiced statistics at USU invarious capacities until the
present.A closing reception and
gallery talk will be on Friday,Dec. 11, from 6 8 p.m.
Students, family and thepublic are invited. The gallery
is located in the CentralInstruction Building and is
free and open to the publicduring the academic year
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed
weekends and holidays.Any questions can beanswered by Noel Carmack,
Gallery East curator, at 435-613-5241 or email at noel.
Logan artist Roxane Pfster showslove of landscape at Gallery East
Mystic Forest by Roxane Pfster will be on display in Gallery East Nov. 9 - Dec. 11.
November 5, 2015
Mariah FentonAttended Tooele High School and iscurrently a freshman at USU E. Herplatform is focused on self-image anddepression.
Jasmin AndersenAttended Centennial High and iscurrently a sophomore at USU E. Herplatform is about how self-confidencedefines beauty, and not society.
Alexandria AndersonAlexandria comes from Taylorsvilleand is currently a freshman at USU E.She loves to focus on the importanceof communication in society.
Celeste Yvonne SmithAttended Carbon High School andnow attends USU E. She wants toadvocate how reading leads to successfor her platform.
photo courtesy USU Eastern Art Department
Stacy Gravenstaff writer
Meet your Miss USU Eastern candidates: Fenton, Anderson, Smith and Andersen
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What is the dream of every parent? Icant speak for all of them, but for me its
to see my children grow up healthy andlead long, productive and happy lives.
Who could possibly not want that? Withthe advancement of technology and the
ability to sequence anyones genome in amatter of days instead of years, we now
understand the tiny pieces of materialcalled DNA that make each and every
one of us unique.Due to the bottleneck effect as our
Homo Sapien ancestors migrated fromAfrica tens of thousands of years ago,
our genome has little variation across thespecies. But those tiny variations cause
some pretty signicant differences in how
long and well we live our lives. Genetic
mutations give rise to hereditary diseasesand impediments that not only effect the
survivability of our offspring, but carrythe potential to span from generation to
generation. For example, I have a chro-mosomal anomaly called Robertsonian
Translocation where my 21st chromosomeis attached to the 14th, giving my offspring
a higher risk of having Downs Syndrome,which my second child did.
With the tremendous advancement ofknowledge on our 23 paired chromosomes
and the sequence of our DNA, we learnedhow other organisms like bacteria attack
invading pathogens and delete unwantedDNA using a special Guide RNA.
Guide RNA simply locates parts of
DNA it doesnt want and snips it out likescissors. The implication and application ofthis evolutionary mechanism has led us to
understanding similar ways to articially
edit our own genome.
The term germ-line engineeringby a method called clustered regularly
interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR) bowed out to the pop culture
phrase of designer babies which could
either inspire or repulse you. What it means
is not tampering with an existing embryo,
but editing the genome of a germ cell (egg
or sperm) before the fetus is even made.What the intention of designer babies
has been is to isolate the mutations that
would lead to any number of individual
or heritable disorders then remove them
entirely from the equation.
This method is not the only way to
achieve an alteration in DNA that sup-
presses disease, there are ways to engineer
somatic cells or already existing cells in
your body to the point where a disease can
be put into remission. Another is through
in vitro fertilization where several viable
embryos are created, and then checked
for abnormalities then potential parents
could select only healthy embryos for
development.
A tremendous amount of work has gone
into these processes with a la rge amountleft to perfect it. What remains, however,
is the question of, where do we stop? If
it is possible to remove diseases inherited
from our parents, then its possible to
choose other attributes our children may
have such as gender, hair color, height and
intelligence.
This is where the main debate rages
and for good reason, a society without
variety could lead us to lose our identity
as a culture. Ethicists on both sides argue
the question of where an appropriate line
could possibly be drawn and your opinion
may be invaluable to the process.
Unfortunately the superstitions and
fears of a generally un-informed populous
continue to hold far too much inuence on
those elected to form policy.Take what I have pre-
sented to you and once
again, put it to the test.
Seek reliable sources such
as peer-reviewed journals
devoid of passionate
superstition, we may in
the end rid ourselves of
a lot of heartache.
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Designer Babies
Cooking with Toby: the joy of pear sconesToby Foster
staff [email protected]
Nathaniel Woodwardeditor in chief
Setting the record straight:
Before I say anything, this
recipe is for English-style scones.Most of you are probably more
familiar with American sconesand the list of differences was
longer than I expected. But theydo t my purpose for this recipe.
The English-style scone usesa dough that is slightly stickier
than an American scone. Andit is baked, not fried. This will
make for faster preparation andhealthier scones. The English-
style of scones is similar to a softcookie, but nowhere near as sweet
either. This makes for a pastrythat is a little more subtle in its
avor than a dessert would be. If
you need to sweeten it at all, youcan use honey, jam, jelly or butter.
My premise for this issue isto provide a snack you can make
on the weekend and eat all weekwhen you need one. They store
well in the fridge if you sealthem in a bag or bowl, and can
be reheated in the microwave ifyou do not want to eat them cold.
Personally I think they are greatboth warm or cold.
The main thing to rememberwith this is that the instructions
for mixing are not entirely neces-sary as far as mixing the ingre-
dients in order. However it doesmake your life easier so that the
dough mixes more evenly.One of the early steps says
to cut the butter into the our.
This means to either use a pastr y
cutter or a fork and just pr ess thebutter into the our mixture so
the butter squishes between thetines of the fork. Later it says to
create a well. This means to puta crater into the center of mixture
in the bowl.I know that using heavy cream
may not be available for everyone,but it really rounds out t he avor
and the texture. If you do not wantto buy heavy cream, milk does
work. It is a little healthier, butyou are left with scones that are
not as tender and not as sweet.This is also a major differ-
ence between the American andEnglish scones. When I make
scones with my family we makesour dough scones and fry them,
the America n way. Cream is notin them at all. The cream would
actual ly make it harder to fry. Plusif you pay attention to American
versus British recipes, in generalthere are more foods made with
cream than you see in Americancuisine. However, the English
are much less likely to fr y foods.Steaming and boiling are much
more popular choices. We gotdeep frying from the ma ny Asian
inuences on our culture.
Deep frying was created to
save fuel sources (wood, coal,etc) in regions where they are
scarce, by speeding up the cook-ing process. England, when their
cooking culture was developing,was covered in woodlands. China,
on the other hand, had to conservetheir resources and thus discov-
ered developed deep frying as amajor cooking medium.
Pear Scones2 cups our2 tbsp packed brown sugar1 tbsp baking powder tsp nutmeg tsp cinnamon tsp cloves tsp ginger tsp salt1/3 cup butter, cut up2 eggs2/3 cup heavy cream1 pear
In a large bowl combine our, brown sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon,cloves, ginger, and salt. Cut the butter into the our mixture until all pi eces are peasized or smaller. Make a well in the center.
In a medium bowl combine eggs and heavy cream. Mi x until smooth. Pour intothe well. Mix with a fork until all p arts are moist. Kneed by hand until ever ythingis mixed into a uniform dough.
Preheat the oven to 400 F.Peel and core the pear. Then nely chop the pear and kneed it into the dough.Shape the dough into golf ball sized balls then arrange them on an ungreased
cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart, and press at. Bake for 8 to 12 min. Serve withbutter or jam or honey.
Major universities mishandling rape
and sexual assault is the underliningtheme of The Hunting Ground which
was screened on USU Easterns campusOct. 20-21.
Using personal stories, The HuntingGround brings to light the problem of
campus rape to the center stage with anumber of startling stat istics: 16 percent
of women are raped on college campusesand 88 percent of rapes arent reported.
It also makes it clear thatthis isnt held to only a few
campuses, but is a problemacross the nation. The
Hunting Ground explainsthat the injustices dont
end there, but continued bythe universities and police
departments.The movie asserts that
most college campuses deter
women from reporting tokeep numbers low. They dothis by, as the movie depicts,
revictimizing women. Us-ing questions like Did you
ght back, how much did
you have to drink, and did
you say no? Then they saystatements like, You have
no evidence and it meanshe loves you. These tact ics
deter women from reporting so univer-
sities can articially keep their sexual
assault numbers low. This has led to ap-proximately 80 percent of sexual assault
cases going unreported.Even if women push their case th rough
the system, schools were still reluctant
to take action against the perpetrator.The lm gives statistics for some major
colleges.
Stanford had 259 reports of sexualassault, during 1996-2013, with only one
expulsion/suspension and the Universityof Virginia had 205 reports, during 2000-
13, with zero expulsions/suspensions.Many other universities were accused
of having similar practices. The movieindicts many institutions of giving out
minor punishments for people responsible
of sexual assault. Punishments rangingfrom an apology letter, to community
service, to an eight-week suspension.Women who had been raped by ath-
letes fared worse with the movie indicting
specic cases like Florida State Univer-
sity star quarterback, Jameis Winston,who was accused of rape and the only
actions taken happened two years after
the original report had been led. Then
the assault case of a woman from SaintMarys, sister school to Notre Dame.
Having been raped by a football player,
but when a Notre Dame Police Ofcer
tried to bring in the player for an inter-rogation, he encountered red tape. He
was told he couldnt directly contact thefootball player or anyone related to the
athletics program. The case was droppedby Notre Dame.
The problem doesnt only exist be-
cause of college athletics. The HuntingGround explains how the frat systemcontributes greatly to the problem. It
claims that fraternities glorify sexualconquests. The movie shows a video of
fraternity pledges chanting no, meansyes, yes, means anal around a sorority
house at Yale.Many fraternities have being even
given nicknames because of how manyassaults occur there; SAE Sexual Assault
Expected, and DKE Date Rape City.
Yet schools refused to take action againstthem because the universities need the
fraternities more than the fraternities needthe universities. The fraternity system has
more representation in t he U.S. Congressthan any university. Also donations from
alumni come mainly from fraternitygraduates. In 2013, 60 percent of all
donations, adding up to more than $100million, came from fraternity alumni.
Now movements have begun againstthis injustice. The Hunting Ground fol-
lows two girls named Annie and Andrea,who had been raped while attending
the University of NorthCarolina. They tried to
get UNC to take someform of action against
the perpetrators but UNCrefused to do anything.
From there they decided
to le a Title IX viola-
tion against UNC for notallowing a safe learning
space.
They quickly be-came national news, andwere contacted by other
survivors and activists.They started speaking
around the nation teach-
ing women how to le
Title IX violations. They
also spoke privately with
survivors to help themtalk about their experi-
ence to reclaim their lives. Then theybegan to speak publicly at campuses
helping better the situation as not onlythem but other rape survivors shared their
stories, effectively putting a face to thecrime. There existed a lot of opposition
to bring awareness to the issue. Annie
and Andrea had started getting deaththreats early on in their movement, andthey were not the only ones.
The Hunting Ground is 104 minutesof brutal honesty. The cine-activist project
gained amazing reviews from many sourc-es. The movie delivers a powerful message
in a way that makes it hard to ignore. Itwas screened at USU Eastern thanks to the
assistance from Chancellor Joe Peterson,and the social work and LGBT+ clubs.
Rodrigo Leonstaff writer
Mishandling campus rape/assault
Conict is a word may
try to avoid, and still con-
ict happens. On campus,
especially in the residencehalls, events could happen
that create tension amongroommates leaving an un-
comfortable feeling in theair. This leads some students
to deal with the stress andnot approach the subject
and sometimes, completelyignore it. This can last
so long before problemswith tension arise. Passive-
aggressive behavior mayensue because of the rising
tension. Actions could betaken that hinder instead
of help the situation. Somestudents on campus said, I
think the roommates shouldtalk it out. However,do
everything in your powerto improve the relationship
rst before you talk it out.
Another, Some of us
are passive. So, approachingthe subject can be stressful
and hard, but I realize thatthe right thing to do would
be to bring up the source of
conict with each other.
Two questions students
might have about conicts
among roommates includes
asking RAs for help.
1. What are some waysthat RAs can help in room-
mate conicts?
Resident Assistant Pres-ident, Catie Duncan, said,
RAs are t rained for room-
mate conicts before the
school year starts. Our jobis to make sure that students
feel heard and that theirconcerns are validated.
A personal approach she
takes as an RA is talking to
the residents individually.Once each resident is awareof the concerns, everyone is
brought together. I can actas a mediator while they talk
things out but the residentsget the chance to work the
problem out themselves.Duncan said.
2. What can we, asstudents, do to better our re-
lationships with our room-
mates?
If concerns or conictsare approached in an incor-rect way, resentment can
occur. Cruelty in approachcan lead to retaliation,
which creates more conict
than it resolves. To avoid
this, a calm approach to theconcern is recommended.
A calm approach usuallyleads to a calm response.
Duncan said, Stop beingpassive-aggressive. Make
sure your roommates knowthat you want to solve the
problem instead of blamingthem for it. If the problem
continues to escalate, thencall the RAs.
Being ignorant isntblissful in this circum-
stance. Ultimately, the bestthing, no matter how appre-
hensive a student becomes,is to directly approach the
roommates with the respectnecessary to solve the con-
ict or concern. Ease off
passive-aggressive behav-
iors that most choose andtake a stand instead. Take
the time that is necessary to
resolve the conict and the
tension in the air may ease.
Conict in this way will
become a word to conquerinstead of a word to fear.
How to deal with conflict among roommates
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Couples that play sports together, stay together,right? This is true for Paige and Brandon Eyring, a
married couple that participate on the womens vol-leyball and mens baseball teams at USU Eastern.
Paige and Brandon are both originally from Mesa,Ari. They had mutual friends all through high school,
but really reconnected the summer after he got homefrom his LDS mission. Immediately hitting it off,
they started dating early that same summer. Paigewas committed to playing volleyball at Scottsdale
Community College last fall, while Brandon was
committed to playing baseball at USUE. They datedall summer, then went separate ways in the directiontheir sports took them.
Paige had a successful season at SCC, being a
starting outside hitter for the team.
Brandon was playing fall ball in Priceand starting his college baseball career.
They continued talking long distance,seeing each other whenever possible
when they werent playing sports.In November 2014, Brandon took a
trip back to Arizona, took Paige ridingwith his family, then got down on one
knee and proposed to her. They weremarried in the Gilbert, Ariz., Temple
on March 12, 2015.After getting married, Paige knew
she wanted to continue her volleyballcareer, but wanted to be with her hus-
band in Utah. She transferred from
SCC to USUE and signed to be on thevolleyball team. She is now the startingright-side hitter and leads the team in
kill percentage with a .230 for the whole
season. Brandon is still working hard
on the USUE baseball team playingright eld where he is excited for all
that the spring season has to offer.Being a student athlete is hard
enough, being married on top ofthat can sometimes add more stress.
Paige and Brandon are happy andwouldnt want it any other way, but
Paige admits its hard to be away fromthe husband she loves so much and
be the wife she wants to be.Page said, Its hard. Hard for
the both of us to be playing sports.I only get to see him about three or
four days a week when we have away
games. As soon as volleyball seasonis done and I stop traveling is rightwhen baseball season picks up and
hes the one leaving a ll the t ime. But
its nice to always have someone to come home to
after a long weekend of playing.As far as their athletic goals are concerned, after
this year, they both want to continue playing theirsport at a four-year university, but both are willing to
sacrice for the other if an opportunity comes along.
They are both supportive of each other in their
sports. Brandon is at every volleyball game he can goto, and Paige is at every baseball game she can go to.
Both being athletes and being competitive makes theirmarriage more fun. Whether its sports, a card game
or racing to the door, everything is a fun competitionwith us, Paige said.
Sure, the house isnt always as clean as they wantit to be, the laundry isnt always done and dinner isnt
always made because both are so busy with school
and practice, but they are proof that being marriedand being a college athlete can work. If you love yourspouse, are supportive of them and have things in
common, any marriage can be successful.
World Series baseball ending; as for the Curse of the Billy Goat, when will it end
For the second year in a row
the USU Eastern mens soccer
team makes a statement, as the
mens soccer team has played
in the Region
9 semifinals
back-to-back.
With the soc-
cer team be-
ing a new ad-
dition to USUEastern, nine
r e t u r n i n g
sophomores
have made
the i r mark
as one o f
the strongest
teams in conference.
Being a new program, we
had room to experiment and try
new formations as well as playing
styles. It gave us the upper hand
in conference because no one
knew what to expect when play-
ing us, said returning sophomore
Michael Jones.
The mens soccer team ended
their conference will 11 wins and
ve loses.
In the last ve minutes of
overtime against Northwest
Community College, the goalie
from Northwest received a red
card and USU Eastern was g iven
a penalty kick. Youssef Mourchid
scored and
put the nal
score at USU
Eastern 1 and
Northwest 0.
The team
then droveto Denver,
Colo., to play
in the Region
9 seminals.
Playing Cen-
tral Commu-
nity College
on Oct. 23, USUE returned
home with a season ending loss;
Central 2 USU Eastern 1. Its
soccer. Thats it. Sometimes the
ball doesnt always roll your way.
We didnt score when we needed
to. Central delivered when it was
important and thats what got
them the win, said returning
sophomore Louise Rico.
USU Easterns mens soccer lose in semi-finals
No one knewwhat to expectwhen playingus.
-MICHAELJONES
Mens soccer nisheswith a 12-5-1 recordKyndall Gardner
sports [email protected]
Winter is slowly approaching and shall I
say what a season it has been and anotheramazing October of playoff baseball. Two
franchises; Kansas City Royals appeared in TheWorld Series season prior, which ended in a Game 7
World Series loss and the New York Mets whos last
World Series appearance dates back to 2000 againsttheir inner-state rivals the New York Yankees whoconquered the Mets in a Game 5 victory.
However, whats most incredible about these twoteams are they both havent won a world series in th ree
decades; Mets last win was in 1986 and Royals in 1985
with that both teams aimed to end a long drought. TheNew York Mets had an impressive Game 4 sweep
that booked a one-way ight for a shot at the title;
however, that victory came against a team known as
the Chicago Cubs, Curse of The Billy Goat.For those who may not follow baseball, never
heard of the curse or simply dislike the Cubs, Curseof The Billy Goat is the explanation for the Cubs
70-year-pennant drought. Although there have been a
couple curses to circle around Major League Baseballfranchises; Curse of The Bambino was uplifted fromBoston Redsox with a pennant in 2004 and the Chi -
cago Whitesoxs retired The Curse of the Blacksoxs
with an 2005 pennant. From 1945-2015, the Chicago
Cubs have shown signs every now and then of hope
and curse retirement; however, always fell short incrunch playoff moments.
Back in the 1945 World Series, the Chicago Cubshad a commanding and comfortable lead, taking
two games on the road and heading back to Chicagofor Game 3. Local owner of the Billy Goat Tavern,
William Sianis, arrived to a capacity Chicago versusDetroit Game 3, where he and his beloved Billy Goat
Murry, were denied access into the stadium based on
animal prohibition.Sianis appeal managed its way to Cubs owner,
P.K. Wrigley who denied admission. An angry Sianis
rebutted with the statement, The Cubs will neverwin another world series and established a curse that
would remain with them for the next seventy years. Inseveral attempts to evade the Curse of the Billy Goat,Cubs organization has sent invitations to former Tavern
Owner William Sianis nephew to attend a ball gameallowing the admission of his Billy Goat; however,
nothing seems to be able to dwindle the curse.With an impressive 97-65 W-L record, .599
winning percentage and NLDS vic-tory over St. Louis in four games,
provided hope to the franchise and
fans of Cub baseball. All anticipa-tion ended in the NLCS after beingswept by New York Mets in four
games. It leaves me to wonder,will this curse ever be alleviated?
Edmond James Sanders Jr.sports writer
Kenneth Marsh, #3, defends against Northwest Community College, as USU Eastern won in overtime 1-0. photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Julia Westwood, #66, kicks the ball in a home game.photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Womens soccer team heading to playoffs
Kyndall Gardnersports writer
Paige and Brandon Eyring
layers of the week: Paige and Brandon Eyring on playing sports and marriage
This weekend USU Eastern heads toDenver, Colo., to playoffs where all the
stats restart as coach Ammon Bennettsays, Now everything you did doesnt
matter, everybody record is zero-zero.Which means if we loose, we might be
coming back immediately. If we win, wehave two more games to go: seminals and
nal, which will be played the next day.
According to Bennett who says that
they have a lot of condence, if they do
what they are supposed to do. They can
win these games. Bennett doesnt warrantyanything as they are playing really good
teams. Laramie County would be our rst
opponent; we played them early Septem-
ber in this season with a 0-0 tie. As theyplayed defending national champions the
day before and lost at double overtime 1-0.Exhaustion was a factor to not let the
team perform against Laramie. BennettsaysI think we are moving the ball well.
I think we are ready, we are ready as wecan be. The other two teams ghting for
the championship are Western Nebraska
and Otero. Playing each other to disputethe nal that w ill be played on Saturday.
They played against Snow College
Club at Utah State University Easter n onOct. 23 with a nal score 6-0, thus winning
the second to last game of regular season.They scored four goals on the rst
half, with only three minutes into thegame. Lindsay Bray with an assist from
Jacquelyn Tagg scored and opened thescoreboard. Seven minutes later Eastern
had Kelcie George receiving a pass fromBray, scoring the second goal. The third
one didnt come as fast as the other two,but in mi nute 33, Kayla Hammond with the
assistance of Mckenna Brown, scored the
third goal. Within the next seven minutes
of play, Ashlynn Matthews with help of
Tagg closes the rst half.
The second half with only 22 minutes
into it, Megan Call received a pass fromBray and scores the fth goal. George
closes the scoreboard of the game, scor-
ing the last goal with the assistance ofCourtney Honeycutt.
On Monday, Oct. 26, Eastern played
Mesa State University Club Team and won3-0, Easterns last win of regular season.
On the rst half within 25 minutes
of play, Bray, with an assist of Kennedee
Tracy, scores the rst goal, opening the
victorious scoreboard. With only two min-
utes left of the rst ha lf, Julia Westwood
receives a pass from Call, scoring the
second goal. This was all for the rst hal f.
In the second half, with 20 minutes of
play, a pass from Bray to Nicole Scharmangives Eastern the third score; this being
the last goal of the ga me.
Jorge Lascanosports writer
Easterns womens soccer team standing at 10-6-2 (.611)with their last two victorious games
Sports
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The regular volleyball season came to aclose as the Lady Eagles played their last two
home games this weekend. The Scenic WestAthletic Conference is one of the toughest
conferences in the nation, and the USUEvolleyball team has done well hanging in
with the best teams in the country.On Friday, Oct. 30, the volleyball team
took on the College of Southern Idaho, thenumber 1 team in the nation. The team
came out strong in the rst set, beating CSI
25-23. With a win from the rst set, they
went into the second one with re. The
game was back and forth, point for point,
the entire match. Eventually, CSI came outon top with 27-25. The next two sets were
tough for the Eagles. They lost the nexttwo sets 25-17 and 25-12. Taina Sorenzo
dominated in digs for the game with a totalof 32, Marlee Adams and Vanessa Pawlak
also lead with nine digs each.The Halloween game against Salt Lake
Community College was a special gamefor the USUE volleyball team. Honoring
the second-year players was emotional as
the sophomores prepared to play their last
home game at USUE. Coming off of a lossthe night before was hard on the team, but
they kept their energy and spirts up.SLCC came out strong, beating the
Eagles in three straight sets, 25-20, 25-17and 25-14. Pawlak lead the team in kills
with a total of 10, Adams with eight andJessica Snarr with four. Sorenzo again led
in digs with a total of 15, Pawlak with sixand Adams with four.
Although their record isnt as great as theteam would have liked, they are condent
going into the regional tournament. Theteam has developed a bond and f riendships
that nothing can break. Anything can hap-pen at the tournament. Seating and ranking
doesnt matter. We are going to go out strongand try to upset the entire conference,
says outside hitter, Pawlak. The regionaltournament begins Saturday, Nov. 6 at CSI
in Twin Falls, ID. USUE is going into thetournament ran ked 6th out of 7 teams. Their
rst opponent is Northern Idaho College; the
tournament is single elimination so if t heycontinue to win, they play SLCC second onSaturday and then CSI for the champion-
ship, based on how the rankings are. Theyhope to perform well in the tournament and
nationals is still their goal.
Kayla Newmansports writer
Teah Tuckett (left) and Mckenzie Burrows (right) dive for ball photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
USU Easterns volleyball season comes to a closeVolleyball nishes season at 12-17,hopeful heading into tournament
Brandon Sly, from Ri-
verton, Utah, is the UtahState University Eastern
mens basketball teams 19-
year- oldsophomore captain
and starting point guard.
Sly is taking his general
classes, and is undecided
with his major. However,
after he graduates this year,
he would not mind going
somewhere different, as
long as he still had the op-
portunity to continue to play
basketball.
Having two older sisters
and an older brother plus
one younger sister, Slys
mother is a hairstylist, and
his father helps families inUtah County.
Sly has played basketball
since he was 8, says at one
point, he played football,
soccer and basketball at
the same time. There was
a point where I would have
practices for all three sports,
but I would pick basketball
every time.
Sly also has played baseball. I
ust always liked basketball more,
its fun, and Im not really sure
how I fell in love with the game.
The biggest differences Sly sees
from the player he was from high
school is that he is more vocal and
a stronger leader than before.Honestly, I would rather pass
than shoot, thats what sets me apart
from other players. My strength on
the court is attacking the basket, so
I can kick the ball out to a teammate
for a shot, Sly said.
Pressuring the ball, and stay-
ing in front of who I am defending
is one of my weaknesses, Sly
continued.
He talks about the team and how
they have a chance to be success-
ful with their season, if the team
continues to work hard. Hard work
beats talent, when talent doesnt
work hard is his favorite sports
quote, which was by Kevin Durant.
Communication is by far the
key factor to the teams success
thus far, Sly said, however com-munication on defense can be an
issue with the team.
Practices are intense, the
coaches expect a lot from us,
Sly said.
Although being a captain has it
perks, with a lot of players looking
up to him, Sly says he cant take a
day off; he has to perform and be
that example for the team. One of
the most difcult things Sly has to
deal with in practices, is the lack
of a substitute, he rarely
gets breaks and often has to
ght through being tired sohe can perform. In games,
staying out of foul trouble
seems to be the most dif-
cult for Sly.
Slys teammates de-
scribe him as small, quick,
and a great teammate. The
bond with my teammates is
really good, everyones cool.
I like them.
Slys favorite moment
with the team was at East-
erns very rst dance. It
was so much fun hanging
out with everyone for the
rst time, he says.
Winning is very impor-
tant, I would seriously doanything to win, whether
that means taking a charge,
or fouling out, I will do it,
Sly said without hesitation.
I hate losing, when we lose,
I get really mad and I take
all the blame.
Stephen Curry of the
Golden State Warriors, is
Slys favorite player. Hes so
condent in what he does, he is
afraid of fail ing. Im not going to
lie, sometimes I can be afraid to
fail, he confessed.
Being a student-athlete can
be pretty st ressful, but for Sly, he
enjoys it. I like being a student
athlete, the instructors are under-standing and I just try to get all my
work done a week before.
The fact that Ive earned a bas-
ketball scholarship is something
I am most proud of, he says. If
you make a mistake, nd a way to
x it, and not make it again, his
philosophy on life.
Michael Jones is a returning student athlete at
Utah State University Eastern playing for the mens
soccer team as a defender. Born and raised in El
Paso, Texas, Jones found his
love for soccer with a family
of two brothers, and a loving
mother and father. Jones enjoys
playing video games and lifting
in his spare time. His favorite
foods are spaghetti and tacos.
He also enjoys the color orange
and being fr iendly to everyone.
Jones is humble, yet con-
dent, I love being nice to ev-
eryone I meet and love making
a good rst impression. One
of his best qualities, I try to be
an all-around nice guy. Jones
is a social character and loves
to get out and be himself. With
his good looks, his best quality
is, I would have say my hazel
eyes and my smi le.
After college Jones plans
on, becoming a successful
land surveyor and living in the
great state of Texas.
Jones biggest fears are, let-
ting down my parents and not
being successful in the future.
I am not a huge fan of scary
movies either.
Being a ladys man, Jones
has found himself on many
dates, however, the worst date was, once I asked my
mother to a Mother and Son Dance. However, she
had forgotten the date of the dance. When I arrived
I could not nd my mother anywhere and attended
the dance by myself.
If Jones had 24 hours left to live he would, spend
time watching super hero movies with my family
and close friends.
Embarrassing moments rarely happen to him,
however, the worst moment was, my friend Cole and
I were hanging out with a girl I liked. We decided
we wanted to go get some food real ly late one night.
When walking to the car she yelled SHOTGUN and
started running to the car. I didnt want to sit in the
back seat so I started sprinting out the door. I then was
tripped and fell at on my
face, sliding under a parked
car. Once I turned around
there she and Cole were
laughing at me. I proceeded
to walk it off like nothing
had happened.
Jones has played soccer
14 years. His most victori-
ous sports moment was,
going to the Dallas Cup
Soccer Final, we played
teams from Mexico and
England. We ended up
losing the nal match by
one goal yet, I was still
proud of my team.
Jones biggest hero is,
David Beckham, because
of how he handles difcult
situation.
Jones was a crazy child
and commonly did things
to upset his parent like,
I would microwave Hot
Pockets the wrong way
and almost burnt my house
down on several occa-
sions.
One of Jones hidden
talents are, I am good at helping people through
tough situations. I try to be there for my loved ones
the best I can. If he could live anywhere Jones would
live in Texas, because it is my home and Texas is
known for being the greatest state.
Soon entering spring season, Jones goal is to
work on my game technique, as well critique my
playing style.
Brandon Sly
Jada Clarksports wri
