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COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH PRICE, UT

The Voice of the Students

Shadayah Jonesstaff writer

s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

USU Eastern criminal justice

students witnessed real crime

scene investigations at the State

Crime Lab and toured a 100-yearold prison in Idaho as part of two

eld trips in April.

On April 2, Dr. Richard Walton,

associate professor of criminal

justice took six students from his

Crime Scene Processing class and

eld experience class to Salt La ke

City to visit the State Crime Lab at

the Bureau of Forensics Services.

The Utah Bureau of Forensic

Services Laboratory System is

designed to assist law enforcement

and prosecutors in analyzing evi-

dence taken from crime scenes in

Utah. They deal with homicides,

sexual assaults, drug identica-

tion, photography, fingerprints,

trace evidence, rearms and tool

marks. The laboratory system

uses state-of-the-art technologyand equipment in the analysis of

evidence.

On their trip, the students were

given a guided tour by Forensic

Specialist Michelle Harward and

demonstrations of hands on tech-

niques used to process evidence

in the cri me lab In Waltons crime

scene processing class, students

learn about the different tech-

niques, but due to limited amount

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New baseball conference Where are they now? Baseball nearing end The Masters page 6-7

MR. ANd MISS USU EASTERN

WhatsInside . . .

VIEWPOINTS Sandman farewell All aboard the love train! Calendar of events page 3

LIFESTYLES New student leaders Faculty members retire Clothesline project Book review: Inkheart pages 4-5

photo courtesy Wade Arave

Representing the ambassadors, Danny Larsen, Price, and his partner, Elise DeBry, Ferron, will reign as Mr. and Miss USU Eastern2013. They were judged on talent, question, modeling and spirit. Trenton Oakeson and Shanna Frame represented the SUNCenter in the competition.

Jordan Sanders Sungjae Park Emma Rowley

Eighteen USU Eastern stu-

dents will be honored at the

annual awards program on

Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the

Jennifer Leavitt Student Centermultipurpose room, by the aca-

demic vice chancellors ofce.

Also, all honor and high honor

students will be awarded honor

cords that evening.

Students honored by their de-

partments include; Collette Marx

from Price, who will receive the

outstanding accounting award;

Joshua Camp, Millard, outstand-

ing anthropology award; Rachel

Falk, Price, the outstanding art

award; Chad Every from Price,

the outstanding automotive

technol

ogy award.

Rachel Sharp from Castle

Dale, the Boni Nichols Stick-

to-it-Award; Keera A llred, Hun-

tington, outstanding business

award; Brooke Brady, Price, theoutstanding biology award; and

Jared Jacobsen, Lind, Wash., the

outstanding chemistry award.

Mark McIntyre from Moab,

will receive the outstanding com-

munication award; Jordon Nel-

son, Price, outstanding criminal

justice student; Rhyker All red,

Emery HS, outstanding diesel

equipment technology; Jace

Fausett, Emery HS, outstanding

engineering drafting and design;

Shadayah Jones, Cleveland,

outstanding education student;

Karli Morriseditor-in-chief

k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Recently, USU Eastern has tak-

en over the cosmetology concurrent

enrollment program with CTEC

(Canyons Technical Education

Center), previously contracted with

Salt Lake Community College.

In the past, students in the

Canyons School District could

take cosmetology classes at CTEC

and receive SLCC credits. Due to

an increase in trade schools and

a projected decrease in jobs in

the cosmetology eld, SLCC cut

its cosmetology program. Now

students will take their courses

like they have in the past, but will

receive credit from USU Eastern.

This new partnership has already

signicantly increased the amount

of applicants for the USU Eastern

cosmetology program said Wade

Arave, admissions advisor enroll-

ment services.

USU Eastern is also nalizing

a partnership with Granite School

District to receive concurrent

enrollment credits through the

Granite Technical Institute.

According to Arave, this will

Karli Morriseditor-in-chief

k.morris@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The USU Eastern Theater

Department is looking to improve

and increase their enrollment.

The International Thespian Soci-

ety will be holding the Thespian

Festival the last week of June

at the University of Nebraska

in Lincoln, Neb. Wade Arave,

admissions advisor - enroll-

ment services, will be admitting

students to Eastern as well as

teaching a workshop on how to

help students memorize their

lines for a production.

Corey Ewan, associate pro-fessor of theater, plans to sit in

on auditions to nd prospective

students to be a part of the USU

Eastern theater department. He

will also be tea ching a workshop

on auditioning.

Grady McEvoy, associate

professor of theater [retiring this

spring], will be attending the

festival as a judge for the differ-

ent competitions on the technical

side of theater, such as lighting.

Top colleges and universities

as well as high school students

attend the festival.

A graduate of Emery High

School will represent the USU

Eastern class of 2013 as its valedic-

torian while a student from South

Korea will be the rst international

student to represent the class as

salutatorian. In the 75-year his-

tory of the school, an international

student has never achieved this

academic honor.

The valedictorian is Jordan

Sanders, son of Ronald and Patricia

Sanders of Castle Dale, Utah. He

graduated from EHS in 2008 as

an honor student and then ser ved

an LDS mission in San Fernando,

Calif. While a USU Eastern stu-

dent, he said being involved in the

SUN Center was a large part of

his experience. Service has always

been a part of his life, whether

scholastically, ecclesiastically or

civically. He enjoys his community

service that naturally comes from

being a leader in the SUN Center.

He always has been passionate

about music and helping others.

He found a marriage of these two

passions with the benet concerts

he organized and performed the

past two years.

Sanders will continue his edu-

cation and hopes to become a music

professor with a emphasis of voice.

He has been inuenced by many of

his professors and wishes to pass

on their passion for education and

music he has acquired as a part of

his career.

Sungjae Park, is the son of

JongJin Park and KyungHee

Kwon, of Daegu, South Korea. At

19, he served an LDS mission in

Sacramento, Calif. While on his

mission, Park witnessed a terr ible

accident. He saved a persons life

by performing CPR that he learned

in high school. He said he came

to know the joy of saving lives of

others and losing himself in the

Valedictorian, salutatorian and Halamandaris award recipients

The vice president of busi-

ness development of Mandalay

Entertainment Group and native

of Price will serve as commence-

ment speaker for USU Easter ns 75th

graduation ceremonies slated for

Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. in the

Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center.

In her position, Nicole Young,

works to enhance brand equity

for the company and executes

strategies for new business

and product development in

traditional and digital media.

She was responsible for the

strategy, development, launch

and monetization of Tell to

Win, which became a #1

New York Times bestseller.

Managing multiple business

ventures, her expertise is in

product development and

creating and implementingbranding and marketing strate-

gies. She joined Mandalay in

2007 where she developed

new business in tradit ional and

digital media.

Previous to Mandalay, she

worked at Morris Yorn Barnes

Nicole Young to givecommencement speech

Nicole Young

see Valedictorian page 3

see Young page 3

Criminal Justice tours prison

see Criminal Justice page 3

see Cosmetology page 3see Students page 3

New ways to increase USU Eastern enrollmentTheater Cosmetology

Students honored by depts.

Criminal Justice students toured Idaho State Penitentiary.photo courrtesy Criminal Justice Dept.

photo courtesy Karli Morris/The Eagle

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Jump on the love train because

it is at youre station and time

is running out. This is the last

column of the semester and its

now or never. Love and laughtergo hand in hand. I wish that all

left hands were named love and all

right hands were named laughter.

When two people hold hands, they

would have the two things that

make this world a better place. I

have written about tips for success

in your love life, while hopefully

helping to bring a few laughs

along for the ride. In all honesty,

my previous columns have been

horrendous and the tips I have

given would most likely be illegal

in this count ry. I have had trouble

thinking about what to write for

this nal column. I wanted to

write the funniest column of all,

but instead decided to be a man.

I will give the best advice I can

think of on love. Get ready to

learn about love.

All true signs of love comewith the desire to show affection.

When you nd the love of your

life, you want to shower them with

kindness and bathe them with

affection.

Compli-

ments go

a long

w a y .

W h e n

y o u

dance with the woman of your

dreams, kindly say, you dont

sweat much for a fatty. How

sweet is that? I promise it will

bring tears to her eyes. Or you

can say to t he man, Hey honey,

you dont look as ugly today as

you normally do. That is tender.

You know you love someone

if you like the way they smell all

the time. If your darling smells

strong of body odo r and you dont

cringe, this is love. Believe me,

when I say that if you can bear

the combination of corn chips

and onions coming from your

partners pits, you can get through

anything with them.

Love can be a shared secret.

A good way to make somebody

love you is to do it subliminally.

Type a message on your phone

like, You love me, you know

you do! Love me or else! Flash

your phone in front of their face

so quickly that they cant read it.

Magically, you will embed deep

in their mind this message and it

will soon become true.

Each gift given is an expres-

sion of love. One way to know

how much they appreciate your

gifts is to change what you get

them. Instead of buying them

silver or gold, buy them nonsense

dollar-store gifts. If th ey reject or

throw your gift away, then there is

no harm inicted and no money

wasted. If they keep your custom

engraved wine glass that says,

#1 Grandma, you know they

arent keeping the gift for practi-

cal reasons. They are keeping it

because of how much you mean

to them. If they put up with your

garbage, you should put up with

theirs because they are worth it.

Eventually, if it hasnt hap-

pened, you will hold hands with

your sweetie pie. It is much better

to hold hands randomly than to

do it when you watch movies.

You know you both have it

bad when you hold hands when

you are both sweaty. The best

time to hold hands is when it is

inappropriate or awkward. If you

come across somebody who will

hold your hand while you are in

the bathroom, you have found

true love.

If you know what love is, then

you know how hard it can be to

let go. It is almost impossible to

go on with your life knowing that

the best thing in it is going to be

gone. If you love somebody, you

want whats best for them. You

want them to be happy, even if

it means that their happiness is

without you. The thing about

true love is that it is like a bungee

cord. You let go and hope that

they come back. Sometimes they

do; sometimes they dont. If t hey

come back, it is true love.

Learning how to smile is gi-

normous in a successful relation-

ship. Your smile will brighten the

room. If you smile, t hen your love

will smile back. A smile goes a

mile when a frown goes a foot.

Two-love birds can y through

any trial if their beaks bear a grin.

(One thing to keep in mind is if

you have no teeth, smiling may

have the opposite effect.)

Oh, how lovely is a home-

made gift. If you have the

choice between store bought

and homemade, always choose

homemade sometimes. When it

comes to simple items around the

house such as a napkin holder, a

blanket, or a ower pot you can

add a touch of are and love by

doing it yourself. When it comes

to things like a car, a mi crowave,

or a toilet, you should probably not

make it yourself. The last thing

you want is a crack in your toilet

bowl because more than love can

be spilled on the oor.

Vampires know a lot about

love. They coined the phrase,

Love Sucks. One thing that

these silly creatu res dont under-

stand about love is nicknames. If

you really care for someone, you

will soon create nicknames for

them. You can call them simple

things that make no sense to other

people, but to each other these

nicknames can mean the world.

For instance, you can nickname

your love Peaches. In front of a

group of people you ca n say I love

Peaches. Everyone will look at

you with a confused look except

your little peach. Your sweetheart

will be blushing and will try to

hide their face. Vampires just

dont understand that.

Embarrassing your love may

not be such a good idea, so you

can tell them these sweet nothings

privately. I believe that sending

a text or writing a note is a good

way to send a quick message of

affection and it is also a way to

hide a secret message. You can

create your own puzzle for them

to gure out. You can accidently

type a number into you message

and if you move over that many

letters, you will have a piece of

the puzzle. You can also adjust the

rst or last letter of each paragraph

in a note to create a secret mes-

sage. These little things will be

worth the extra bit of effort. The

note is good, the secret is great

and true love is worth it.

You must always be honest

most of the time. Sometimes

honesty is not the best policy. If

your honey bun looks like they

just woke up, you shouldnt point

that out. They always look their

best, no matt er what (even when

they dont.)

Open your heart and take the

true love test. You need a sure

re way to see if you are in love.

You should take the two-step

time test. Sit in an empty room

with the person you might love.

Have a clock on the wall and see

if you can just sit next to them for

an hour. If you can do this then

you have passed stage one. The

next stage proves if you love them.

Step two is the same, except you

take the batteries out of the clock.

Understand that all good

things in life require waiting.

Good things come to those who

wait. (Thats why I always tip at

a restaurant.) Love is like a Ru-

biks Cube, there are more than

a trillion-wrong combinations,

but only one that is right. Once

it all ts, you will realize that

it was worth the wait. You will

understand that it is all about the

journey and not the destination.

You may have to go a long period

of time as just fr iends. If you work

and hard and get a bit of luck,

you may become best friends. If

you give it your all and a miracle

strikes, best friends wil l stay best

friends forever. You will realize

that your best friend is the only

one you can tru ly love.

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The school year is speeding to a close,

and so is my time at USU Eastern. Many

unforgettable memories and friends have

been made and I will walk away with so

much more than just my associate of science

degree. Those who have not attended USU

Eastern may look at it as an odd, little college

with little to offer but a handful of hicks and

nurses...but from a students perspective, I

honestly couldnt have had a better experi-

ence anywhere. The story that landed me

here is quite an interesting one, full of twists

and turns...so, without further adieu, Ill tell

you my roller coaster ride at USU Eastern.

Upon my return from an LDS Mission

to San Fernando, Calif. in 2011, I was posi-

tive I was headed to Cedar City to becomea Thunderbird at Southern Utah University.

Little did I know, that wasnt exactly in the

plans for me. I was dating a nice girl and I

had a great paying job working at the power

plant in Castle Dale. Th ings were going well

for me until school was to start in the fall

and my plans were still set to go to Cedar

City. As time continued, I got deeper and

deeper in my relationship with the girl that

I thought was to become my wife. We

were headed that way and I had a decision

to make...either I could go to SUU and be

away from my girl for a semester, or I could

stay, work at the power plant and marry her

in the winter. At the time, the latter seemed

like the better idea.

As I was getting ready to propose and the

school year neared, I had pul led completelyout of SUU and my presidential scholarshipthere, and had registered for classes at USUEastern. The school year got closer, butmy girlfriend distanced and she felt that itwasnt right for us to get married.

So, I was stuck...I had already lost myscholarship and had planned to stay in Priceand Im not one to back out at the last minute(like some people). So, I started my time

at USU Eastern.For the rst few months I was bitter and

hated life. I was continually exhaustedbecause I was working full time and tak-ing 15 credits to boot, and I was still angr yabout the decision that my girlfriend hadmade. Then, I got involved in the SUN

Center and tried my best to change my at-titude, which proved successful. I startedto realize what an incredible institution Iwas attending. The professors were superhelpful and personable...not to mention thatI could have personal time with them andthey treated me like a person rather thana number. This was one perk, but also theability to become involved in the causes inthe school and the community was moreeasy than what I have found in many otherplaces. Slowly, my bitter chocolate turnedsweet and smooth...I was nding my niche.

Some of my sweetest moments at USUEastern have included my involvementwith the SUN Involvement Center. I hadthe chance to go on the Spring Breakawayto Navajo Mountain both of the past springbreaks, which has been a fantastic experi-ence to both offer service as well as learna different culture. I have also done benet

concerts for the past three semesters andraised nearly $2K. It has been an excitingopportunity to be involved in such a greatcause, to improve my talents, be in leaguewith some very talented and car ing people,and see the smiles of the beneciaries from

these concerts. It has been something Ill

never forget.Many of the professors and students al ike

have become some of my best friends andinuenced me in ways that have changed

who I have been and will become. Thislittle campus is a gem in the desert and isa place for students to blossom scholasti-cally and civilly.

I guess I can count myself lucky. I neverthought when I start ed here, that I wouldvehad such an incredible time, nor did I thinkthat I could be so successful. I found outrecently that I am the valedictorian, andwhat an honor it is. I hope anyone whois not attending thisschool who readsthis article can seethat this is an excel-lent place to attendschool and havelife changing ex-

periences...atleast thathas beenthe casefor me.

Two years, 1 degree later...

No Stress DayVest & Holding

Hope Concert,SAC Ballroom @8 p.m.

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

WednesdayMonday

10 a.m.CommencementBDACBaseball @ 1p.m.

Tuesday

Baseball @ noonAcademic AwardsCeremony 7 p.m.

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Final Newspaperproduction

Castle Valley Prom6:30 p.m.

Vest, AdventHorizon & PerishLane concert, SACBallroom @ 5p.m.

The Amazing,Funny , RandomPiata Festival7 - 9 p.m. SACBallroom

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Undie Run @11:30 p.m.

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Te love train is leaving the station

CORRECTIONIn the April 4 edition, the

writer and photographer of

The bear necessities article

was James Bailey.

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Students continued from page 1

Young continued from page 1

Cosmetology continued from page 1

Criminal Justice continued from page 1

On a quest for another nationaltitle, USU Eastern welding studentsmust qualify at theUtahSkillsUSAcompetition held in Salt Lake Citywhere they compete against othercollege and high school weldingprograms in the state.

The students performedwell the state level by winningtwo gold medals and a silver teammedal recently. They are sending

the post-secondary division winnerand secondary division winner tothe national level on June 24-29 inKansas City, Mo.

Remington Grace, Ferron,earned a gold medal in post-secondary division while AustinStout, Price, earned a gold medal inthe secondary division. Instructorsfor the students are Mike Tryon andLon Youngberg.

This will be the se cond year atthe national competition for Rem-ington. He nished in fth place

last year as a college freshman andwe are hopeful for a national medalthis year. Stout had a fabulous per-formance at the Utah competition

where he competed against about25 other high school welders. Hewon the competition by a widemargin. On a point basis, he wouldhave placed third at the collegelevel, said Youngberg.

This years fabrication contestwas a different format than in thepast and each team was only al-lowed one electrical connection.The USU-Eastern team struggled

to keep the work owing. It waslike something out of the Star Trekwhere Kirk keeps saying we needmore power Scotty. Ultimatelywe just did not get the job done,Youngberg added.

Salt Lake Community College,the post-secondary winner, willhave their job cut out for themto maintain Utahs reputation asthe state to beat at the nationalfabricat ion contest. Utah, via USU-Eastern, is the defending nationalchampion for each of the last twoyears and has never failed to obtaina national medal since 2008 whenthe contest began, Youngberg said.

SkillsUSA is a partnership

of students, teachers and indus-try working together to ensureAmerica has a skilled workforce.SkillsUSA helps each studentexcel. It is a national nonprot

organization serving teachers andhigh school and college studentswho are preparing for careers intrade, technical and skilled serviceoccupations, including health oc-cupations. It was formerly known

as VICA (Vocational IndustrialClubs of America).

More than 300,000 students andadvisors are part of SkillsUSA with17,000 Ski llsUSA member sections(classrooms) in more than 3,700schools (chapters) in all 50 states,DC and three U.S. territories. Theseschools are comprehensive highschools with career and techni-cal curricula, regional career andtechnical education centers, andtwo-year colleges. Combiningalumni and li fetime membership,the total number impacted this yearis more than 330,000. SkillsUSAhas served more than 10.9 millionmembers since its founding in 1965.

Valedictorian continued from page 1service of others. This was whenPark decided to become a nurse.

He came to Price, Utah, toattend USU Eastern and was ac-cepted into the nursing programin 2011. Since then, Park has been

studying nursing. In 2012 he servedas vice president of the USU East-ern nursing program and in 2013,served as ADN representative.

The Val J. Halamandaris Car ingAward recipient is Emma Rowley,from Duchesne County. Her atti-tude towards service was notice-able at a young age. As a student

at USU Eastern, her service readslike an encyclopedia of inspirationto serve others.

Some, but not all of her vol-unteer service, include Track &Field Days and shing trips for

special needs children; tutoringstruggling readers; directing ofa community theatre production;cleaning the home of a family witha daughter who has a rare braindisease; participating in Bread nSoup Nights, Spring Breakawayand Emery Countys MammothMarathon.

She has performed at severalbenet concerts and served meals

at Parkdale Care Center and Cas-tleview Hospital, plus participatedin The Potato Patch Pr oject, CastleHeights Halloween, Valentine,Dr. Seuss Reading Day Carnivalsand Art Night, re-vegetation of thewetlands along the Colorado River

near Moab and SUN InvolvementCenter presidency member.

These are a few of her ser viceaccomplishments, but if you askher, she might simply say, I havebeen honored to be able to witnessthe lives of others being blessedthrough service.

Levine Krintzman RubensteinKohner & Gellman, a pre-eminententerta inment law rm. As an ex-ecutive, she explored and evaluatedopportunities for organizationalgrowth, developed and implement-ed marketing and communicationsstrategies and analyzed business andmarket trends.

Prior to joining the law rm, she

worked on the lm,Malibus Most

Wanted, starring Jamie Kennedyand Taye Diggs. Her work withthe producers and studio executivestransitioned into a position on The

Jamie Kennedy Experimentfor BigTicket Television. She worked asa key production liaison betweendepartment heads and networkexecutives for the weekly hiddencamera sketch comedy TV showwhich aired on the WB.

Young began her career atWhiteLight Entertainment, work-ing with Academy Award win-ning producer, Gerald Molen.

She received her associates ofscience degree from the Collegeof Eastern Utah where she was ac-tive in student government and thedance department. She received herbachelors of science degree, cumlaude, in English with an emphasisin writing/professional communica-

tion from Utah State University.She received her J.D. from

Brigham Young Universitys J.Reuben Clark Law School where shewas a member of Moot Court and theAmerican Inns of Court. She waselected to the board of the StudentBar Association and appointed tothe Moot Court Board of Advocatesas director of Inter-school Competi-tions. Nicole was the recipient ofthe Best Brief Honorable Mention,Contracts Small Sec tion, in the RexE. Lee Moot Court competition andparticipated in the University of SanDiego School of Laws Institute onInternational and Comparative Lawin Florence, Italy.

She recently served as vice chairof the L.A. chapter of the J. ReubenClark Law Society. She is a memberof the Utah Bar Association and the

State Bar of Utah.Receiving the Chancellors

Medallion is Lynn Stevens who wasborn in Blanding, Utah, in a smalltwo-room house. He graduatedfrom San Juan High School andUtah State University, then startedactive duty in the U. S. Army, withthe rank of second lieutenant. Heremained on active duty 33 yearsand retired with the rank of majorgeneral. The Army sponsored his

graduate studies at the University ofUtah, where he obtained a mastersof business administration degree.

During his Army career, Gen-eral Stevens commanded troopunits at every level from platoon toa unit at the rank of major general.He served 10 years in Germany, 10years in the Pentagon, with manyassignments in missile develop-ment, tactical nuclear weapons andlogistical support duties.

After Army r etirement, he wasemployed by Northrop GrummanCorp. for 10 years as vice presidentfor Precision Weapons Develop-ment. He retur ned to Blanding andserved eight years as a San JuanCounty Commissioner. He alsoserved on Gov. Jon HuntsmansSenior Staff as the director of PublicLand Policy Coordinator, on theBoard of Trustees of CEU and as-sisted in the transition of CEU to itspresent status as USU Eastern. He

now serves on the schools RegionalAdvisory Council.

The 311 graduates come fromseven countries and eight statesoutside of Utah. The most populardegrees are an associates of arts,RN, LPN criminal justice, medicalassistance, welding, business, cos-metology and accounting. Femalesoutnumber male graduates 192 to120 with the range of graduationages from 17 to 57 years old.

of time, they are not able to coverand experience everything. Whengoing to the crime lab, studentswere able to witness real evidencebeing processed by experts for thepresentation in court. One st udentrecalls having a member of thestaff show them a bag a Meth thataccording to the lab professional,was worth more money than hewould make in a year.

While on this tr ip, the studentsreceived great enthusiasm andtreatment from the lab personnel atthe forensics lab. They really tookan interest in helping the studentsto learn, said Walton.

Another trip was taken on April

5, to the Old Territorial Prison in

Boise, Idaho. Walton and ScottHenrie, associate vice chancellor ofliberal arts and associate professorof criminal justice drove 20 crimi-nal justice students and interestedstaff members, to gain an insightinto past corrections practices. Thestudents were able to see how thecorrection practices 100 years agoare different from what is practicedtoday. This prison was constructedin 1870 and was in operation untilabout 1973. Going on this trip thestudents were able to tie togethera lot that they learn from dif ferentclasses. There was a lot a positivefeedback from students and theirexperience.

Although these specic eld

trips are not taken every year, thecriminal justice professors try tocreate visual experience for theirstudents every year. Sometimethese include traveling to the loca-tion or bringing the experts to theclass. A few years ago t he studentswere able to participate with theradio control helicopters when theUtah Highway Patrol came to USU-Eastern and did a presentation onthe lawn by the Reeves Building.Walton tries to either take a trip orbring a professional in once a yearso the students are able to see thereal life application of what theyare learning in the class. Waltonexplains, The point of this is sothe students can see that what wedoing and learning in class hasrelevancy to when they get a job

after they graduate.

allow for a smooth transition fromhigh school to college to completethe hours necessary for a cosmetol-ogy license. This will also open thedoor for students to earn an associ-ates of applied science along withthe license.

We are pleased to be able towork with the Granite TechnicalInstitute (GTI) and with the Canyons

Technical Education Center (CTEC)in Salt Lake City to offer concurrentenrollment credit at USU Easternfor students who are completing anAssociate of Applied Science (AAS)degree in our outstanding Cosmetol-ogy program. The agreements arebeing nalized now for fal l of 2013,

said Russell Goodrich, associate vicechancellor professional and techni-

cal education. This is an excitingopportunity for students, and we arepleased to form this new partnershipwith the Granite and Canyons schooldistricts.

The USU Eastern ambassadorteam will be hosting a special EagleExperience for cosmetology studentsand especially those of CanyonsSchool District on April 26 - 27. Thestudents will have the opportunity oftouring the campus, especially thecosmetology department.

Emily Williams, Provo, the out-standing English student; AaronTreglown, South Jordan, the out-standing engineering student; JumiKim, South Korea, outstandingfamily and consumer human devel-opment; Karli Morris, Roosevelt,outstanding journalism student;

Terri Paulk, East Carbon, out-standing math student; and JordanSanders, Castle Dale, outstandingmusic student.

Nicole Bradley from Magna,outstanding LPN nursing student;Sungjae Park, South Korea, out-standing RN nursing student; Tyler

Bean, Carbon HS, outstandingphilosophy student; Deven Nor-ried, Price, outstanding politicalscience student; Desiree Sicilia,Price, outstanding psychologystudent; Tim Swensen, Grantsville,outstanding theatre student; Rem-ington Grace, Ferron, outstandingwelding student; and Casey Olsen,Bear River, outstanding wildlifescience student.

USU Eastern weldersplace at SkillsUSA

Welders: from left to right shows: Cody Dale (Ferron, Fabrication Team, Silver, Post-Secondar y/College), Remington Grace (Ferron, Welding, Gold, College), Austin Stout (Price, Welding, Gold, HighSchool), Trevor Rowley (Cleveland, Fabrication Team, Silver, college), Chris Howell (Helper, FabricationTeam, Silver, College).

Last day to use your

meal plan: May 3rd.

Dining servicescloses @ 1:00 p.m.

on Friday , May 3rd.

Congratulations

Graduates!

Seth Richardsnews editor

s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The USU Eastern psychology club offers aplethora of opportunities for students interestedin improving resumes.

Last year the psychology club gave nancial

donations to the Price Juvenile Justice Center. AtThanksgiving, the club provided dinners to ve

families in need, paying $300 out of pocket.More recently, Natalie Cook, acting on behalf

of the club, organized a dance benet involving

local dance groups and gave half of the proceeds,

$800, to the Fund to save the Geary Theater. AngelaGill, club president, expressed hope that the dance

benet will become an annual affair.Many club members volunteer to tutor psychol-ogy students. The club also provides a researchgroup to study subjects of communal interest andassist individuals in personal research projects.

Gill, the rst gr aduate of the USU Eastern psychol-ogy baccalaureate program to att end graduate school,offers an open invitation for students to join the club.

Anyone interested in learning more about thepsychology club is invited to contact the facultyadvisors Heath Earl, associate professor of psychol-ogy, or Blaney Hanvey, residential life coordinator.

Psych club:the club that gives back

Psych club presents check to Chancellor Joe Peterson. Left to right: Rachel Freeman, ChelseySorenson, Jordan Burrows, Angela Gill, Joe Peterson, Heath Earl

Not many people can saythey have spent their livesfollowing a dream they

discovered in National Geographicmagazines as a child. But PamMiller has followed her dream ofarcheology from child fantasies toadulthood. After around 26 yearsat USU Eastern, she is retiring tofollow more dreams.

Miller rst became interested in

archaeology after reading about theconstruction of the Aswan Dam inher grandmothers National Geo-graphic magazines. I just wantedto be a n archeologist, she says. Iwas always fascinated by Ramsestemple. I saw them move that andput it back together and I justwanted to be an archeologistI justfollowed that all through college.

Most of her archeology careerhas been spent working in 9 MileCanyon. Even her courtship withher husband was spent in 9 MileCanyon. Most of my work has beeneld work, Miller says. Our idea

is that the BLM cant protect thesites if they dont know where theyare. She has been the leading forcein protecting the Canyons rock artand archeology resources from theoil drilling and industrial trafc.

Both Miller and her husband arearcheologists and would rather livein rural a reas instead of cities. Itsa good location for us, she com-ments. We just really liked Price.

She has a difcult time pick-ing a favorite class. I love everychapter and every subject. Of allher classes though, cultural anthro-

pology has been most satisfying. Itstudies living peoples, but mostlyun-industrial ized societies. It opensa whole new world for my students,says Miller, I can see the lightsgo on in their brainsIt opens awhole new world for my students.

Above all, Miller will miss thefaculty camaraderie at USU East-ern. I treasure those memories andassociations, she says.

In the next few years, Millerlooks forward to gardening, sur-veying archaeological signicant

sites and perhaps serving an LDSmission.

But Miller will never be bored.My goal is to bless the l ives of myfamily. I just imagine that Im goingto be busyTheres still some moretrips that I want to t ake.

Archeology from childhood to adulthood

Seth Richardsnews editor

s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu

After 24 years, Ron Vogel associate professor ofbusiness, is retiring from USU Eastern this semester.

Vogel, a native of Ogden, was a student of art his-tory when he rst entered Brigham Young University.

After being convinced of the futility of a career as anartist, Vogel studied business at BYU and accountingat Weber State University before moving to Price tobe closer to his wifes Lorilyns family: Brad andMike King.

I love the school. I love the area, says Vogel, Thiswas a great place to ra ise a family and have a care er.

As a professor of one of the most rapidly evolvingindustries, Vogel admits, I didnt think it would changethis much. He pointed out the immense changes thathave taken place in the industry and the college ascomputers changed from disk-operating systems tothe Internet as a prime example of the changes he hashad to keep up with.

Vogel looks forward to spending the next fewyears pursuing his interests, particularly travel, artand music, although he will miss getting to know thestudents and faculty of USU Easter n.

Pursing Vogels interests: travel, art, music

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A 23-foot-long armored dinosaur was unveiled at USU Easterns

Prehistoric Museum this week. It was discovered in a region south of

Price on the norther n end of the San Rafael Swell called Cedar Mountain.

Weighing about ve tons (the size of four Mini Cooper cars), itroamed Central Utah during the early Cretaceous Period, approximately110 million years ago. The skeletal remains of the Peloroplites dinosaurfound at the site include bones of most pa rts of the body, except for thehind foot.

Peloropliteshad small teeth, which show it was a plant eater. Itsbody was encased in armor bones that formed in the skin much like on

the back of alligators. The ar mor includes long spines along the sidesof the body for defense. This provided protection against the T-Rex-sized carnivorous dinosaurs of the time calledAcrocanthosauru s. Thisnewest addition to the museum is 23-feet long; six-feet, six-inches talland six-feet, nine-inches wide at the hips.

The never before seen skeleton is of one of the la rgest armored di-

nosaurs ever found, said Kenneth Carpenter, USU Eastern PrehistoricMuseum director. Bristling with spikes, Peloroplites cedrimontanuswas well defended against predators looking for a quick lunch. Its namemeans armored monster from the Cedar Mountain, in reference tothe formation from which the bones were found.

Peloroplitesadds to a growing number of ankylosaur dinosaurs

from Utah.

There are more species of ankylosaurs in Utah than in any otherstate, Carpenter said. Only Mongolia and China have us beat.

Paleontologists are studying several other dinosaur skeletons found

at the same site, including one with a long neck, long arms and bonesof a ying reptile.

USU Easterns Prehistoric Museum is open Monday through Satur-days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and located on 100 North 200 East in P rice.

Armored Dinosaur Exhibitopens at Prehistoric Museum

Ashley Stilsonassistant editor

a.stilson@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Keeping one of my favorite books for the very last,Inkheart is a German fantasy written by CorneliaFunke. It was translated to English and has been made

into a rather inadequate movie compared to the book.(Isnt that always the case?) Although many fantasystories seem to follow the same mundane plot overand over again, Inkheart contains twists and turns,surprises and heartbreaks, and will keep your attention

to the last page.Meggie is the daughter of a

bookbinder. Her father restores old

books, removing a broken or dam-aged binding and replacing it witha new look. Both Meggie and her

fatherMoare always reading and

moving from place to place, ndingnew books to x and read. But Mo hasnever read out loud to his daughter,and Meggie has never known what

happened to her mother.Mo has a gift: when he reads out

loud, the characters and items in thebook literally come to li fe. They stepout of their stories a nd into our world.

He has read tiny items out of books, but never anythingbigger than feathers and stones.

One night, when Meggie was a toddler, Mo wasreading a book called Inkheart and read out three

people: the villain named Capri-corn, his loyal henchman Basta, andDustnger, a re-eater. WheneverMo reads something out of a book,something must go in as well. Resa,his wife, disappears into Inkheart.

Determined never to be returned

to his world, Capricorn has spentthe last twelve years hunting down

every copy of Inkheart to burn thelast of his home. In comparison,Dustnger wants nothing more thanto be returned to his story. Mo wants

the book was well, wanting to tryand read his wife out from the pages.

With one of the last copies of theInkheart, Mo is hunted by Capricorn a nd Dustnger,both trying to get the book from him. When Dustngerbetrays Mo to Capricorn, Meggie and her aunt Elinorset out to rescue Mo and get the book back.

But thousands of things go wrong with their plan,and Mo is forced to read treasure and monsters out

of books for Capricorn. But as he ca nt control whocomes and who goes between stories, who will be thenext one placed in a strange story?

In clever combination of escapes, threats and mys-teries sends the group on a long trek to r ecover theircourage against the evil of Capricorn. They come tond out perhaps adventures are not as much fun tolive out in real life.

Kirkus Reviews recommends Inkheart foranyone who has even been lost in a book. TheBooklist review comments that in short, [Inkheart]is a booklovers book.

Inkheart is a fascinating twist on the storywithin a story plot and Funke brings to li fe intriguingcharacters and a mazing details. Combined in a tr ilogy,Inkheart is followed by Inkspell and Inkdeath.The book is not just for fantasy lovers but for anyone

searching for an escape out of real ity.

B O O K R E V I E W :

Inkheart

Inkheart

McKenzie Hosenfeldstaff writer

m.hosenfeld@eaglemail.ceu.edu

As spring semester winds down,many students are beginning to

search for summer jobs. The dif-

culty of nding jobs is at an all-timehigh due to the high unemploymentrate and the sluggish economy. Does

this mean that you should abandon

all hope of nding employment thissummer? Of course not!

The simplest way to improveyour chances of getting a job is to

improve your resume. While yourresume wont guarantee you the job,it can get you in for an interview.

This article will give you tips thatcan help you score a job that youwill love.

Lyndsay Reid, USU Eastern aca-demic and career advisor, stresses

the importance of making your

application unique and interesting.

She says, Your resume should

stand out from the rest because the

average time an employer spends

reading it is only 20 seconds. You

need to make that time count.

The cover letter plays a vital

role in the success of a resume.

Reid says, Always include a cover

letter, even if an employer doesnt

ask for one. A cover letter should

be a summary of your resume and

highlights on your most important

traits, skills and accomplishments.

It is also important that the cover

letter shows that the applicant re-

searched the company before ap-

plying for a position.

The body of your resume should

communicate your relevant experi-

ence for the job. Resumes should

never lie or stretch the truth, but

dont sell yourself short- a little

bragging is acceptable. Reid stress-

es that r esumes look professional

and mature by staying away from

cutesy clip art and fancy fonts.

It should visually appealing and

Resume recommendations

Cecily Riley standing by Armored Dinosaur at USU Eastern Prehisotoric Museum. She is the daughter of archeologist, Dr. Tim Riley.photo courtesy Christine Treare/ USU Eastern Museum

Shadayah Jonesstaff writer

s.jones@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Ever since I was a little, I wanted to be

a teacher. As I progressed in accomplishing

this dream, my plans changed. I went from

wanting to be a math teacher, to a higher-grade

elementary school teacher to the lower-grades

elementary. I changed because of a child guid-

ance class I took this year. I was assigned to

help with the preschool at USU Eastern once

a week for an hour.

As I spent time in the preschool, I had

several experiences where the children made

me laugh. I work with children who are in the

three-to-ve-years-old age group. At this age,

children are straight forward and tell you how

they feel and what they are thinking. Children

are fun at this age and I have had many experi -

ences when I see their amazing minds at work.

I had an experience in preschool where

a child tapped me on the shoulder. I looked

excited and he shouted at me that his friend

Garret had a girlfriend. I chuckled to myself

and asked if he had a girlf riend too. He looked

at me puzzled, then smiled and said, I have an

imaginary girlfriend, but that is it.

When the weather warms up, the children

play outside. Right before the children go

outside, I asked a little girl if she wanted to

go outside and play. She said no, and I asked

again if she was sure. I told her that it would

be nice to get fresh air and she replied with

no, I already have enough fresh air and dont

need any more. I dont think she understood

what I met.

An experience that happened in March

startled me, but still could not help but laugh.I was sitting at a table and a little girl sat next

to me. She tapped me on the shoulder and

said with pride in her voice that she just had a

birthday and turned four. It just so happened

that my birthday was the next day, so I told

her that I would be turning 20 tomorrow. The

expression on her face suddenly changed and

she became serious. She looked at me and simpy

said, You are going to get old and die. Now,

I am a scary movie fanatic and this is a scene

that I would picture in a horror movie. I was

a little scared because when she said this, she

showed no emotion, but several minutes later

added, but then you will go to heaven, and that

is a happy place. Talk about relief.One experience that I was not a part of

happened to one of the other teachers. In the

preschools, you dont go by your last name as a

teacher. You go by your rst name. So if I were

a teacher, my name would be Miss Shadayah.

One of teachers in this class had the same name

as one of her students cats. As a result, the

child started calling her Miss Kitty and it was

a hit. Now all of the students in the preschool

are calling her Miss Kitty to this day.

I also had a student tell me that he was

Superman on the weekend and ghts crime in

the community. I asked him what his disguise

looked like. He asked me if I was blind because

he was wearing it. Like I said before, kids are

blunt when it comes to their thoughts.

Every day at the preschool, the children

are provided with three or more activities and

projects they can do. One of the projects was

decorating paper eggs for the Easter holiday.

They had glue, glitter, ribbon, buttons and many

other supplies to decorate their eggs. One girl

thought her egg had enough decoration, so she

started decorating herself. She tapped one of

the teachers on the shoulder to show her the

masterpiece she created. When we looked at

her, we saw that she had glued eight or nine

buttons down her arm. She thought that is was

great and she looked beautiful. I do know one

thing, it was funny.

One day, the students were playing outside

and one of the children came across an insect.

Without skipping a beat, he exclaimed, Sweet

momma, its a cockroach!

These are some of the experiences that

myself and teachers witnessed. Little children

are funny and do the strangest things. As adults,

our job is to support and encour age them to have

fun and get messy. Not only will this benet

them and help them learn, it creates memories

for us. When you are around children, you do

not have one day that is boring. They keep youon your toes and make your life interesting, I

know they have mine.

Children keep life interesting

Olivia Rondinelliphoto by Shadayah Jones/ The Eagle

Seth Richardsnews editor

s.richards@eaglemail.ceu.edu

USU Eastern and the local

community raised $9,000 in sixhours on April 12 to help a familywith medical expenses of theirdaughter.

The family of 3-year-old Brylee

Olsen learned that she has aninoperable brain tumor. WhileBrylee is receiving radiation

treatments at the Huntsman Center

in Salt Lake City, the Olsen familyis spending as much time togetheras possible. To facilitate this, Myra Madrid,a teacher at Castle Heights

Elementary School, organized aseries of fundraisers to help supportthe family nancially.

The event held at USU Eastern

involved tness classes, a bakesale, food provided by the USUEastern dining services, and anumber of services provided by thecosmetology department. Debra Prichard, associateprofessor of cosmetology, waspleased with the results of the fundraiser, It was great, the communitysupport was unbelievable. Prichard credited the results

to the hard work of Madrid;

Becky Archibald, USU Easterndirector of dining services; AlexHerzog, associate vice chancellorof student services and his wife,Shawn Herzog; and the studentsin the cosmetology program who

offered their time and ta lents. Shealso thanked the donors for their

generosity.

$9,000 raised for BryleeOlsen family in six

see Resume page 5

One of the largest armoreddinosaurs ever found;bristling with spikes

to ward off predators

Jamie Acosta cutti ng hair for the fund raiser. photo by Susan Polster/The Eagle

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A student looking at the T-shirts for the USU Eastern ClotheslineProject.

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Christopher Palostaff writer

c.palo@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Join the Army, they said. Wellpay for your education, they said. Youwont even have to use your G.I. Bill untilyou get out, they said. Well, poppycock Isay. Over the last 10 years, I t ried multipletimes to go to college while still servingin the militar y. They would let me start,then just as I got to the point of no refundfrom my school, the Army made me quit,for one reason or another they alwaysmade me quit.

The Army has protocols set up forsoldiers if they are going to school andsome sudden deployment or other un-foreseen event comes along that prohibitsthem from nishing their classes. These

problems are just the nature of the beastwhen you join the military. The Armyunderstands this and has programs set upto prevent class failures due to inability

to complete class work because of a rmyscheduling. All the company commanderhas to do is sign a piece of paper givento the student/soldier to inform the col-lege that it is a legitimate excuse and theclass will be dropped, the money will berefunded and no credit delinquency willbe placed on the individual.

But alas, does the commander sign thepaper? No, instead he informs you thatyou should have planned better for thisoccasion. Oh, and did I mention that thecommander actually has to sign a formto let you go to college while you are inthe Army. Even better, he has to sign acompletely different set of forms so you

can use your tuition assistance. Noticehow I said, set, that means there is morethan one piece of paper to sign.

So lets recap. The commander has tosign to let you go to school. Check. Thecommander has to sign multiple papersto have the army pay so you dont haveto use your G.I. Bill. Check. The com-mander acknowledges you want to thr iveand better yourself while still servingyour country. Check. The commanderrecognizes that it is not your fault asurprise deployment came up while youwere in school. Negative.

I would like to make it clear; this i sntthe scenario every single time. There areactually good commanders that will beunderstanding of the situation. Have Imet a single one in 10 years? No I havenot, nor have I heard of such a mythicalperson from any of my comrades. I haveheard of them in movies but thats it.

Congress has elected to completely doaway with all military-tuition assistance.Oh and it gets better, Colorado just passed

a law to raising the a mount offreetuitionfor undocumented workers. What? Howdoes that make a ny sense?

You still have your G.I. Bill, you sayand you can use it while in the m ilitary.You are absolutely correct; you may usethe G.I Bill while in still in the mil itary.But wait, you forgot to mention that if Iuse it in the military, I will not get theBasic Allowance for Housing (BAH).I guess thats not too bad, you still livein the bar racks, so youll be ne. Yes, I

agree I will have a roof over my headto do my homework. I will also have36-belligerently drunk privates runningaround screaming and ghting because

this is their rst time away from mommy,

and now they have all this freedom andno way to control themselves.

You also have 30 percent of your G.I.Bill taken away if you use it while in thearmy. $52000, for college minus 30%,thats almost half the original, that youhad to pay into it .

Lets say you have a bachelors degreealready and you are thinking, well Ill

join the ar my for the G.I. Bill, plus theexperience Ill gain while in. I say, goodluck with all that, because if you go into the military with a degree, alreadyyou dont qualify for the G.I. Bill. Nowyou are left with the experience youllgain while you are ser ving your country.Unfortunately I have some bad newsfor you. The civilian world does notrecognize the military experience. Oh,your recruiter will tell you it does, butlisten to someone who has 10 years ofexperience in the military. I am uselessin the civilian world because what I didinside I would need a college degree for

on the outside. The same thing appliesto those with a degree, Im sorry but theexperience just doesnt transfer.

The Army Chief of Staff, recentlytemporarily reinstated the army tuitionassistance to 100 percent, but it happenedonce and it will happen again. Im notsaying dont join the military, it washonestly the best 10 years of my life andwould do it all over again. It made me amore productive member of society. WhatIm saying is, if you are going to jointhe military do it for patriotism, love ofcountry, or the want of a gr and sense ofcamaraderie. Do not do it for the college,because sadly you will end up failing.

Part 4: Join for the right reason

Jonathon Foxstaff writer

j.fox@eaglemail .ceu.edu

New leadership was chosen through a process of inter viewsand activities in which advisors and current student leadersobserved and evaluated those who had applied for positionsnext year.

To begin, potential student leaders were taken into a boardroom to be interviewed by a panel of advisors. Standing ona strip of tape before eight individuals, the panel had the op-portunity to ask questions to get to know the candidate.

To be a student leader, it is essential to be able to work witha group of ones peers. After this initial inter view, they weretaken into the alumni room to be separated into groups. Eachgroup was given the challenge of planning a school activity for

USU Eastern. Students also had to come up with a marketing

campaign for the ac tivity.They were given no budget, we wanted them to be a s cre-ative as possible, with no restrictions to that creativity, saysGreg Dart, the mastermind behind the interview process. Trueto Darts vision, the applicants presented wildly creat ive ideas,as well as demonstrated their ability to work well in groups.

The most revolutionary par t of this interview process wasthe collaboration of all the leadership departments at Easte rn.Ambassadors, Residential Life, Sun Center and ESA all workedtogether to ll each department with the best suited applicants.

Applicants were evaluated and student leaders for next yearsleadership teams were chosen. The advisors made an effortto keep in mind the applicants strengths and the demands ofthe various positions.

New and creative leaders at USU EasternStudents from the USU Eastern Busi-

ness Department spent April 8 prepar ing

and explaining income tax returns forindividuals at Four Corners Mental Health.

According to Henning Olsen, E d.D.,each year, a bus brings people wantingassistance with preparing their state andfederal income taxes to the campus dur-ing tax season.

In a professional manner, the businessstudents prepare each return and taketime to explain the process. Olsen is theVITA site coordinator at USU Eastern andbelieves this program makes a remarkablecontribution to low-income individuals inthe surrounding community free of charge.

With one week remaining beforethe deadline, Olsen said the total dollaramount refund generated by the USUEastern VITA site to our communityis $250,000. I was amazed how muchmoney was returned to this community

when I got the report from the IRS.The USU Eastern VITA site is now

providing service to the community inits 31styear.

More tax help given

LIBRARY PHOTO CONTEST

photo courtesy USU Eastern Library

Kailey Allen i s the winner of the 2013 USU Eastern Library Photo Contest. She got grandprize; a Lagoon gift bag worth $160. They were announced Wednesday April 16. Winnerswere selected by Chancellor Peterson and he said it was more difcult than usual to choosethe winners. All of the entries were excellent. Thanks to all those who participated and aspecial thanks to the sponsors; The Sun Advocate and Joe Peterson.

Kailey Allen studying in the USU Eastern Library.

Students fling taxes.photo courtesy Chancellor Joe Peterson

Emily Williamslifestyles editor

e.williams@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The Clothesline Project was ondisplay in the Jenifer Leavitt Stu-dent Center Multi Purpose room.The project has become a major suc-cess thanks to the involvement ofEastern sta ff, faculty, and students,as well as overwhelming support

from members of the community.Local organizations such as

B.A.C.C.A, the Womans Shelter,and Four Corners are forming apartnership with Darrin Brandt,who spearheaded the project, to of-fer support to community memberswho have experienced any type ofviolence or abuse. Brandt feels itis important that people know thatthere are resources available in thecommunity, and people who careand want to help.

This project raises awareness,

and gives a voice to many individu-als who suffer in silence. Similar towalking into a museum, the displayis quiet and thought provoking.One B.A.C.C.A member notedthat people walk in with a smileand walk out with a very solemnface. Brandt reports that manypeople have said that this display isso impact full. The most frequentcomment he receives is simply

thank you.When inside the display, all

one can hear are the symbolicsounds of the gongs, whistles andbells that represent the frequentabuse, sexual assault, and murderof women around the world, andquiet snifing as viewers hold back

tears. Brandt says, I think they arejust blown away. It touches yourheart, said an anonymous commu-nity member, as she began to cry.

On the rst day of the display,

April 16,over 100 people visited

the display and 27 T-shirts wereadded to the clothesline. Thismore than doubled the amount ofT-shirts that had been made allweek. There were 175 shirts hung,many of which were contributedby Utah Valley University. Brandtbelieves that the number of shirtswill increase so signicantly that

next year Eastern will no longerneed extra shirts, but will display

only locally made shirts.Because of its overwhelming

success, 1this project is going to be-come an annual tradition, and willmost likely be held in conjunctionwith the womens conference. FayeLee, also known as Broken Wings,of the B.A.C.C.A association urgeseveryone to see the display eachyear. She says Everyone needsto come out and read these t-shirtsbecause [one of the shirts] may bethe one that saves your child oryour friend.

Te 2013 Clothesline Project at USU Eastern

photo by Emily Williams/The Eagle

Nathan Manleystaff writer

n.manley@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Another one bites the dust, that is, yet another professor bites the dust.

Students and faculty were shocked to hear that not one, but two key instructorswere leaving USU Easterns music department when associate professor Rus-sell Wilson announced his retirement effective at the end of the 2013 springsemester. Greg Benson resigned in February.

Not quite sure how I feel about leaving, Wilson says, but knows that itis time to move on. Certainly bittersweet feelings are bound to arise a fterteaching here for 27 years.

Price has been his home for much longer than 27 years. Being raised inCarbon County along with other faculty members here at Eastern. Graduatingfrom Carbon High School, Class of 69, Wilson thinks back fondly of thoseyears, especially participating in the schools band and choir.

Originally, a french horn player, he always had trouble emoting himselfduring musical performances, because the instrument acts as a barrier betweenthe performer and the audience. This is a common problem many musiciansunderstand.

While studying with Dorothy Brown, Carbon Highs choir director, Wilsonrealized you do not have the same problem while singing; there is only pureemotion with your voice. Dorothy Brown changed my life, mentions Wilson,by showing me the magic and power a singer can have on an audience.

Wilson continued his education, earning a degree in Spanish and musicat Arizona State University and a masters degree at Utah State Universityin 1985. Before returning to Carbon County, he taught at the Logan campus

for three years. During that time he founded the Cache Kids Choir, which isstill performing today.

Wilson came back to his hometown in 87 to teach full time at the Collegeof Eastern Utah and has since had many highlights. During his second year,he received a large grant, and was able to take one of his concert choirs to

perform at Carnegie Hall in New York. It was a thrill and not only a rst,

but a last for us to do that, jokes Wilson.For any musician, having their original music published and performed

is a crowning achievement. Wilson had the opportunity to do so with hisPrelude to Glory. Original orchestration and choral music reecting the

American Revolution.Other moments he enjoyed in the community was working with the Price

Civic Chorale and helping with and participating in local theatre productions,particularly with South Pacic and The Fiddler on the Roof.

But, what Wilson will miss most is teaching. He will miss his 1010 studentswho dont know what music can be, and seeing that rst spark in their faces

once they understand. Hell miss the choirs and voice students and hearingtheir voices blossom and mature. And of course he will miss the manyrehearsals and performances.

-My Voice-

****

Being a student in every subject he has taught, I have seen the passionWilson has for music, it shines through in his teaching. He has a tender heartand is often touched emotionally by music, and it means everything in the worldto me and to other students when we bring that out in him during a rehearsalor a lecture. To see that emotion in your instructor is not only powerful, butpriceless. I will always treasure those moments.

He will most assuredly be missed on campus and in the community. Hehas touched the lives of many with his music and teaching, including my own.I personally have a special place in my heart for Russell Wilson.

He changed my life during a time of uncertainty. After a recent divorce,I found myself drifting and just working without any real future. For years, I

told everyone the only thing I was really good at was playing the guitar, andwas thinking about enrolling in college (ten years af ter high school) to pursuea career in music.

I do not think it was by chance alone that I met a music professor, RussellWilson, one night while working. After some pleasantries, I mentioned my

decision to study the guitar and asked for some advice. Receiving few musicmajors, Wilson was thrilled and eager to help me enroll in all the music classesoffered at College of Eastern Utah.

Never having sung in the past, professor Wilson and myself were bothshocked to nd out that not only could I sing, but that I could sing well.

Regardless of having every technique problem in the book, he took me underhis wing and changed the course of my musical career.

Just as he had with Dorothy Brown, I had the same magical experiencewith him, coming to the realization to the power you have as a singer, emotingmusic purely with the voice. For that, I am eternally grateful.

Another one bites the dust

Professor Russell Wilson and Nathan Manley.photo by Emily Williams/The Eagle

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references. She also suggests, Dontstate, References available upon re-quest at the end of your resume. Its agiven that you have references. Givethe employer a copy of your references,even if they dont ask for one.

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Kyle Durbin catches the ball as the runner tries to steal second.photo courtesy Matt Meservey

Aussie

WearingGreenHayden Peterson

sports writerh.peterson@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The Masters was played lastweekend and there were many rststo be spoken of, from the youngest

player to ever make the cut, to a

few controversial stroke penalties

and a rst-time wearer of the greenjacket. Not only was this the rsttime he had ever placed the jacket

on his back, it was also the rst timehis country has ever had a citizen

place the jacket on his back.

Turn back you time clocks a few

years. For most of us, we will need

to turn them back more than vesyears to fully understand what Iam about to tell you. Take yourself

back to the ripe young age of 14.

Okay, you there? What were you

doing with your life? When I was

14, I was playing in small inner-city basketball tournaments on the

weekend and enjoying the eighth

grade at South Summit. Cartoons

were still being watched, (not that

I still dont watch them now) mom

and dad were still telling me how

important school was and I rarely

associated with myself with people

who were much older than I was.

Unlike the 14-year-old-me,14-year-old Tianlang Guan hadother plans with his Masters week-end, he was par ticipating. Yes, the

14-year-old Asian golfer won thefourth-annual Asia-Pacic Ama-teur Championship in November

as the youngest player in the eld.When play began on April 11,Guan was 14 years, 5 months, and17 days old. The Masters previous

youngest competitor was Matteo

Manassero at 16. Guan would go onto shoot four over par after the rsttwo days and after being assessed

a one stroke penalty for slow play,

leaving him sitting right on the

bubble for the cut. He made the cut

and made it a memorable weekend

for himself and all who had the op -portunity to watch him play.

Tiger Woods, who was recently

named the number-one golfer in theworld again, was in contention after

day two as he found himself just

a couple of strokes off the lead at

the close of the day.

However, when he came back

to the course on day thr ee, he was

alerted he had been assessed a two-stroke penalty for a controversial

drop the day before. After thetwo-stroke penalty, Woods foundhimself trailing the leader by vestrokes. It would prove in the end to

be too much for him to overcome as

he nished in fourth place.Coming into tournament

weekend history wasnt on AdamScotts side. No Australian has everplaced the green jacket upon his

back as the winner of the Masters.

Scott paid no attention to history as

he took the tee box on opening day.

On day one, Scott came out

swinging as he birdied the rst holefollowed by a bogey and another

birdie to leave him at one through

three holes. Scott only had the one

slip up on the second hole after day

one and was sitting at three under.

Day two was by far the most dif-cult for all players as they battledwinds all day long. Scott would

nish round two even after havingthree birdies and thr ee bogeys.

When day four rolled around,

Scott found himself one putt away

from forcing a tie breaker with

Angel Cabrera, the Argentine andformer champ. Scott sunk the putt

and went on to beat Cabrera in t he

second-playoff hole.The rst time an Aussie had

ever placed the green jacket upon

his back. Needless to say, the green

looks good on the Aussie and asthey say in the down under, put

another shrimp on the Barby.

I am ofcially signing off, notonly for today, but forever. It was a

pleasure having the opportunity to

write for The E agle, but I am now

ready to move on to whatever elselife has in store for me.

The winner of the Beat the Geek Com-petition, hosted by Peter Legner of the mathdepartment, was Jennifer Burdis. She received

74 points (39 of 63 correct predictions) and

was the only one of the 80 students who cor-rectly picked the nal game to be Louisvilleversus Michigan. Burdis also correctly picked

Louisville to win. David Blackwell received73 points to nish in second place. Burdisgets a $50 gift certicate to the bookstorewhile Blackwell receives a $25 gift cer ticate.

According to Legner, 80 students par-ticipated in the contest where students used

mathematic and statistic skills to predict the

winner of March Madness. Each student lledout the bracket challenge for the NCAA mensbasketball tournament and emailed them to

Legner before March 19. Nine students Beat

the Geek and nished with a higher scorethan Legner.

My bracket nished in the top 90percentile on Yahoo (national con-test), but I nished lower than the 90percentile for the campus. Students

performed better than the national

average, he said.

Did Legners lecture called CanMath Skills Help Fill Out an NCAABracket work for Burdis. She told

Legner that she made her picks byhaving her daughter ip a coin. Whenhe told her that the probability of pick-ing the correct two teams for the nalby ipping a coin was astronomical,she admitted that she switched a few

that had the much worse seed beating

a higher seed. But she said that she did not

change that many.

David Blackwell, Peter Legner, Jennifer Burdis

How many students Beat the Geek?

Where are

they now?Whitney Fieldsted

sports writerw.fieldsted@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The USU Eastern baseball program may

have struggled as a team in recent years, but

that doesnt mean members have not excelled

individua lly. The rough seasons didnt stop

many of Eastern baseball athletes from fur-thering their baseball career after their time at

Eastern was over. Six athletes that spent two

years at Eastern a re now playing baseball at a

higher level. These athle tes include Tyler Slesk;

brothers, Kort and Kody Chr istoffersen; Tory

Ulibarri; Craig Brinkerhoff and Willie Eyre.

Slesk began his col-legiate baseball career

at Eastern where he

played ineld for the

Golden Eagles. Afterhis time at Eastern was

over, he went to nishhis eligibility playing

baseball at Dixie State

College in St. George,Utah where he is now

a senior on the Rebels

roster. Not much has changed for Slesk since

he moved on. He is still playing the ineldand hitting .250 on the season.

Slesk wasnt only one to nish his eligibilityat Dixie. Kort and Kody Christoffersen joined

him in St. George for the 2012-13 season. TheChristoffersen brothers are juniors at Dixie

and both contribute to

the Rebel team from the

mound, just like they did

when they were at USU

Eastern.

Kody has pitched

30.2 innings this season

and has an ERA of 1.76with a 4-0 win/lossrecord. Lets say he hasbeen doing his job fairly

well for the Rebels. However, brother Kort,

has not had a great season. He has pitched

seven innings and his ERA is way above whatanybody would want it,

but everyone struggles

at some point in their

career.

Ulibarri was a left-handed pitcher when

he was a Golden Eaglefor two years and he is

still a pitcher for the

Utah Valley University

Wolverines this season.

He hasnt pitched a lot

this season, but has an ERA of 7.11. Li ke theChristoffersen brothers, Ulibarri has one year

of eligibility after this season.

Another Eastern ath-lete that will be continu-ing his baseball career

is Craig Brinkerhoff.

He was a center elderfor the Golden Eaglesand was a major asset

to the team. During

Brinkerhoffs time at

Eastern, he received

many baseball honors.

He was named first

team a ll SWAC, SWACplayer of the Year and,

most impressive, he

was named an NJCAAAll-American honor-able mention. All ofthese awards were well

earned by him, leading

the conference with 17

home runs and having

a .411 batting average

in conference play.

After playing one year at Easter n, Brinker-hoff decided to serve an LDS mission, which hewill be returning from this summer. When he

gets home he plans on getting back to baseball

and continuing his collegiate career at UV U.

All these baseballplayers accomplished a

lot during their baseball

careers, but Willie Eyre

could quite possibly be

USU Easterns claim

to fame. Eyre played

baseball at Eastern in

the 90s when it was

known as College ofEastern Utah. He was

a right-handed pitcherand drafted in 1999

by the Minnesota Twins to be a relief pitcher.

However, he just played in the minor leagues

for seven years until he nally made his majorleague debut on April 6, 2006. Eyres nalgame was on Sept. 28, 2011 when he was 33.

In his short car eer of 5 years, he played for theTwins, the Texas Rangers and t he Baltimore

Orioles and all of their farm teams.

USU Eastern has high hopes for the team

this year, and hopefully many more players to

report on in the future.

Craig BrinkerhoffKody Christoffersen

Kort Christoffersen

Tori Ulibarri

Tyler Slesk

Willie Eyre

Ryan Nelsonsports writer

r.nelson@eaglemail.ceu.edu

The Eagles went up against

some good teams over the two

previous weekends. Their rstgame was against the Utah State

Aggies club team. Eastern wontwo and dropped two. Dawson

Community College was theirnext competitor. USU Eastern

won both games. They also played

one game against Idaho State Uni-versity pulling out another win.

The rst game against UtahState was a great way to star t the

series, Eastern won 17-7. WithEasterns 19 hits to Utah States

8, the Golden Eagles won. Theplayers were hitting machines

against the Aggies. The Eaglesstarted their big win early by

scoring three runs in the bottom

of the rst inning. Their defensewas on re as well. They didntallow any runs from the Aggies

until the top of the fourth inning,

and that was only for two runs.

The game was close in the rstfew innings, but by the bottom

of the fourth, it was over for Utah

State as Eastern scored six runs

and followed with seven runs.

Denver Hansen homered in the

last inning to really let the Ag-gies have it.

Game two didnt turn out to

be like game one. The GoldenEagles lost to Utah State 12-7.Eastern had 12 hits in the game,

but werent able to get those r uns

in and score. They also struggled

defensively and werent able to

hold the Aggies. USU pulledahead early in the game and the

Eagles were not able to ma ke up,

bringing the ser ies to 1-1.Day two played out similar to

day one, the Golden Eagles wonthe rst game and the Aggies wonthe second game. In game one

Utah State pulled ahead in the

beginning, but the Eagles tied it up

quick in the bottom of the second

inning, bringing it to 2-2. The restof the game only Eastern players

crossed home plate. They scored

four more to end the game at 6-2.The nal game of the series

was a high scoring game for both

teams. Unfortunately, it wasnt in

the favor of the Golden Eagles thistime; they ended up losing the last

game 15-10. The Aggies startedoff strong as they scored six in

the rst inning. The Eagles fol-lowed that up with two runs, and

then until the bottom of the thi rd,

neither scored. USU scored four

and tied it at 6-6. It stayed closeuntil the top of the sixth inning

when Utah State pulled ahead

with six runs, which brought the

series to a close.

On April 10, the Eagles were inIdaho, to play two games against

Dawson Community College.

Both games were a blow out as

the Golden Eagles won 14-4 ineach game. I n game one, Eastern

rocked the bats with 22 at bats and

12 hits. In their last three at bats,

the Golden Eagles scored 12 runs,sealing the deal in game one.

The Golden Eagles pulled an-other win over the Buccaneers as

they won 14-4, and put the mercyrule into effect. Scoring in every

inning, the Eagles wrapped up the

series with two solid wins. Not

only was their hitting on, but their

defense as well, holding Dawson

to four runs in each.

Easterns nal game in Idahowas against Idaho State Univer-sity. E astern made it three wins

in a row, beating the Bengals

10-5. The Golden Eagles madeit possible with their hitting and

great defense. It wasnt until the

top of the seventh inning when the

Golden Eagles really pounded theplate, scoring six runs and secur-ing the win. That put a damper on

the spirits of Idaho players as they

didnt score any runs after that.

The Eagles are winding down

regular season play with their

nal home games against CNCC,April 26-27.

Tornachillesfor theBlack

MambaTravon Langston

sports writert.langston@eaglemail.ceu.edu

Los Angeles Lakers starKobe Bryant will be sidelined

for up to nine months after

tearing his Achilles tendon. Theinjury happened Friday against

the Golden State Warriors. Bry-ant told the press that he did this

move millions of times, but this

time it just popped. Bryant had

an MRI conrmed the tear.

A ruptured Achilles willtake up to a year to heal, but if

Bryant takes it slow and doesnt

rush it he will be out for the

minimum of six months. Bryant

has previously said that next

season could be his last in the

NBA. This is the 16th season inthe league for t he 34-year-old.This hurts Bryants career a lot.

Bryant reacted with disap-pointment on social media after

the injury. On his Facebook

page he posted a lengthy update:

This is such BS! All thetraining and sacrice just ewout the window with one step

that Ive done millions of times!

The frustration is unbearable.

The anger is rage. Why the

hell did this happen?!? Makes

no damn sense. Now Im sup-

posed to come back from thisand be the same player Or better

at 35?!? How in the world am Isupposed to do that??

I have NO CLUE. Do I havethe consistent will to overcome

this thing? Maybe I should

break out the rocking chair

and reminisce on the career

that was. Maybe this is how

my book ends. Maybe Father

Time has defeated me...Then

again maybe not! Its 3:30am,

my foot feels like dead weight,

my head is spinning from

the pain meds and Im wide

awake... Feels good to vent, let

it out. To feel as if THIS is t he

WORST thing EVER! Because

After ALL the venting, a realperspective sets in. There are far

greater issues/challenges in the

world then a torn achilles. Stopfeeling sorry for yourself, ndthe silver lining and get to work

with the same belief, same dr ive

and same conviction as ever.

Later, Bryant called theinjury the rst step in a newchallenge. Bryant is the NBAsfourth all-time leadin