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COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH PRICE, UT
The Voice of the StudentsVolume Number
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF EASTERN U TAH 451 E 400 N PRICE, UT
The Voice of the Students
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH - 451 E 400 N - PRICE, UT 84501
VOICE OF THE STUDENTS December 8, 2011Volume XXXVINumber 7
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VIEWPOINTS- Final testaments- Price is in my heart- Place made me who I am- Calendar of eventspage 3
LIFESTYLES- Scruffy beards- What every guy should do- Steve Nelson visits Cuba- Residential advisers needed pages 6-8
SPORTS- Santos soars...again- Kickers paradise- Mens team falters late- Last On the Tee pages 4-5
WhatsInside . . .
Valeria Moncadafeatures ed itor
Thanks for the memories and
friendship, said Charmaine El-
egante, when she decided to retire
from USU Eastern, after working
here for 26 years in the nancial
aid department. The reason for this
is because when the college orga-
nized student services, her position
was posted at a lower salary and
she decided it was time to leave.
Elegante was born and raisedin Carbon County. She was offered
a job to transfer with JC Penny
company to California. Elegante
took the offer, and lived in Cali-
fornia for 10 years. After seeking
adventure, she decided to come
home to Carbon County.
She has two children and ve
grandkids, I decided that after I
retire, I can stay home and take ca re
of my grandchildren, and maybe
nd a part-time job somewhere,
she said.
Before Elegante began work-
ing, she always wanted to be-
come a journalist and write for a
newspaper. That dream slowly
faded away, Elegante said. She
was looking for a job and CEU
called her with an offer to work
in the nancial aid ofce, I had
recently been laid off from the
power plant, so I took it, she stated.
Elegante wants to take a ride on
the Orient Express after retiring. I
want to ride that tr ain because Im
adventurous and like to do thi ngs
that arent normal, she added.
Working at USU Eastern helped
Elegante raise her two kids; she
also traveled to many places she
wouldnt have been able to without
the job.
I met a lot of good people and
made many good fr iends, and now
its just time to leave, she said.
David Osborne Jr.sports editor
The spring and fall semesters
of 2011 were full of important
stories for The Eagle and for the
Utah State University-College of
Eastern Utah campus. There were
breaking news stories, tragedies
and sports stories. To end 2011The
Eagle staffcompiled the top-ten
list of the most important storiesfor USU Eastern.
10- New basketball coaches
unveiled
KC Smurthwaite, editor-in-
chief for the 2011-12 school year
starts the list with this story
discussing the new coaching situ-
ation for the USU Eastern mens
basketball team. Brian Edelstein
was named as the interim head
coach for the team after head
coach Brad Barton died on Oct.
4, 2011. Womens head coach was
named the associate head coach
to help Edelstein with the day to
day operations of running a team.Edelstein said in the story, I am
humbled and gratied for the
condence the administration has
shown by my selection as interim
head coach of such a successful
basketball program. Smurthwaite
also tells the background of the
individual coaches and how they
ended up at USU Eastern.
9- CEU who? A team who
couldve, wouldve, shouldve
The nal article about the
2010-11 mens basketball team
was much more somber than
many people on campus and
in the SWAC anticipated, andwas written by Kris Sanford
and Jordan Cunningham. USU
Eastern entered into the confer-
ence tournament as the two-seed
behind the NJCAA champions
to-be College of Southern Idaho.
USU Eastern was knocked out in
their rst game of the tournament
by Salt Lake Community College,
losing 86-72. Head coach Brad
Barton said of the lose, We had a
tough game and didnt catch many
breaks. The article was not all
doom-and-gloom, but ended on a
more positive note talking about
the accomplishments by the play-ers. Jonathan Mills was named to
the rst team all-conference, and
Tadd Mechamstaff writer
Valeria Moncada, a student at
USU Eastern was having break-
fast at a local restaurant one
morning last October. She
looked down at her bracelet,
one that had been purchased
for the purpose of donation,
and got an idea.
She remembered, one of
the hardest moments from
this semester has been the
loss of Brad Barton, the
mens basketball coach. So
Moncada came up with the
idea to make bracelets both
to honor Coach Barton and
to help the colleges athletic
department.
The bracelets read: Coach B.
Livin The Dream and also has
the number 23 on them, which was
his college-jersey number. They are
blue and yellow and are sold at the
college bookstore, the BDAC and
the SUN Center.
Each bracelet is priced at$3. All of the money collectedgoes into the athletic scholar-ship fund. Years down the road,
this money will be g iven tocurrently enrolled studentsin the athletic department.
Moncada felt these would
be a productive and bene-
cial way to always keep the
memory of Coach Brad close
with students.
She said, I know they will
sell a lot because of the fact
that they are for Brad. Every
time someone puts one on,
they will think of coach and
itll help keep his memory
alive.
Stories that made the year
KC Smurthwaiteeditor-in-chief
The USU Eastern mens bas-
ketball team (9-2) enters this
weekends match up with Colorado
Kings as a top 25 team in the
National Junior College Athletic
Association. Unfortunately, the
season will end March 3, 2012, no
matter what the Golden Eagles
accomplish during the season.
Last week the NJCAA handed
down another set of probations
against USU Easterns mens
basketball team, which includes
a post-season ban for the 2012
season. The latest probation wasgiven due to the ineligibility of star
forward Maxim Max, Zakharov
from Russia.
The latest probation states, all
wins must be vacated from the
2010-2011 season, and no post-
season tournament play for this
years squad. The wins must be
vacated because Eastern played
an ineligible player in Zakharov
during the 2010-2011 season. The
probation was given in late Septem-
ber, but Eastern led an appeal to
allow the mens basketball team to
at least, allow the team to part ici-
pate in post-season play.
The NJCAA rejected the appeal
late last week. That was a hard
thing telling the players about the
probation, they were devastated,
said Athletic Director and Associ-
ate Head Coach Dave Paur.
Brad King, associate vice
chancellor that oversees athletics,
said, I was disappointed, I feel
bad for the players. We have three
players who were part of last years
BRIDGE BUILDERS
photo by Sammie Fugate/The Eagle
The student engineering group that won the Balsa Bridge Competition in November were Bryton Hessand Jeridi Price from Emery High School. Their bridge held 58 kilogram or about 128 pounds. Associateprofessor, Kyle Larsen, sponsors the competition for high school and USU Eastern students.each fall.
EU basketball slappedwith probations
Bartons livin the life bracelets
Elegante retires from financial aide office
see Stories page 3
see Basketball page 3
Members of the USU Eastern basketball team huddle around Coach Brad Bartons cofn as they pay their last respect for him in October in the Farmington, Utah cemetary. Coach Bartons untimelydeath was the No. 1 story in The Eaglein 2011.
Valeria Moncada
Eastern mens basketball team hit hard with latest sanctions.
photo by David Osborne Jr./The Eagle
Charmaine Elegante
Move over Rock Elmo and
Leap Frog LeapPad, USU East-
ern Eagle staff students want
everything from world peace,
less stressful days and, of course,
lots of stuff.
KC Smurthwhite- My Christ-
mas Wishlist: A winning baseball
season, my two front teeth, Red
Ryder BB gun, a raise, time to
relax and a Baltimore Orioles
sweatshirt. Yeah, Santa and I
have a good relationship, I think
its because I am easy to shop for.
David Osborne- I wouldlike a Scotty Cameron Monterey
Putter, fully custom so that it is
a Junkyard dog putter. But since
that is a little too ambitious to h ave
a wonderful rst Christmas with
my wife that we can remember the
rest of our lives will be perfect.
To have that would be the greatest
Christmas gift that I could ever
receive.
Valeria Moncada- I would
love for my daddy to be home safe
from Mexico for the holidays. I
would also like for all of my fam-
ily to get together and forget all
of the grudges they hold for each
other. I want to be able to see oldfriends and make new ones as
well. But most importantly I want
to be able to wake up Christmas
morning and see my mom and
dad happy, and be able to thank
God for allowing me to spend one
more Christmas with my family.
But since people tend to ask for
Christmas presents I guess wak-
ing up to a brand new iPad and a
Nicki Minaj Barbie doll wouldnt
be too much to ask.
Karli Morris- All I want
for Christmas is to spend it with
my family and friends, and to
travel home and back to school
in the sunshine with dry roads!However, if I HAD to ask for
something, I would ask for pearls
What Te Eaglestaff wants for Christmas
see Wishes page 3
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page 3Viewpoints
Hey Day
December 8, 2011
True Blue FridayWBB and MBB @Snow College
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
WednesdayMonday Tuesday
Famous IdahoPotato Bowl:Ohio vs. UtahState 5:30 p.m.
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NewspaperPublication
WBB alumnigame 3 p.m.
Mens Basketballgame 5 p.m.
True Blue FridayMBB vs.Colorado Kings7:30 p.m.
White Out Dance9 p.m.
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Intramural sportssign ups
EUSA AdvisoryClasses begin
WBB and MBB @SLCC
If you have anysuggestionsfor studentgovernment,please writethem and dropthem off in thesuggestion box inthe JLSC.
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Dec. 8th - Jan. 15th
VIEWPOINTS2
The EagleCollege of Eastern Utah451 East 400 NorthPrice, UT 84501SAC Room 109Ofce: 435.613.5250Fax: 435.613.5042
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About The EagleThe Eagle The Voice ofthe Students is an award-winning, school-sponsoredstudent newspaper, publishedbi-weekly fall and springsemesters (excluding holidays)at College of Eastern Utah(CEU). A complete list ofpublication dates can befound online. Distribution - TheEagle is distributed in all
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Last will and testaments for two Eagle staffers
Trevor Tadd Mechamstaff writer
Editors note: at the end of every academic year, it is the tradition that The Eaglestaffers write their last will and testament about their experience at USU Eastern.
Tadd Mecham and Jessa Love Adams are completing their last semester.
This school, in my mind, will always be remembered as
CEU. Not as any of the other names after the merger, just CEU.
This school holds a lot of memories for me. Some of
them really good, some of them really bad, but all of them
helped shape me as a p erson. As weird as it is to say, I wouldnt
be who I am today without CEU.
Ill keep the gripes to a minimum, but was disappointed
in the nancial aid department and dance in culture class.
On the positive side, I had the privilege to be taught by
some of the most amazing faculty I will ever come across. Id
like to thank them for making me love school again. Larry
Severeid, for being a total hard-a** and making me learn
and work for a grade that I want, all the while being one of
the funniest people Ive ever come across. Jennifer Truschka,
for giving some of the best lectures Ive ever sat through and
just being an all-around cool person. Melanie Nelson, I owe
her everything that Ive learned in math. When I came to
CEU, I had never even looked at an algebra problem. She is
incredible, and just a sweet woman. Susan Polster, for being
my CEU mom for the last three semesters, and for always
dressing and looking amazing. Pam Cha, shes just such an
awesome teacher and is always willing to work with me even if
missing deadli nes was my fault. And, of course, Jason Olsen,
for making me feel like maybe I can write and take myself
places with it. Im just sad the rst class I took from him was
during my last semester.
I have been blessed with the friendships I have made
here. Some of them have been crazy people, but most have
been amaz ing. Mae Goss, even though we outgrew each otherunder strange circumstances, I will remember how helpful
she was to me when I needed someone the most. Kristen
Zarucchi, is one of the sweetest girls I have ever met and glad
she found happiness. Sterling Anderson, things started in a
weird way, then ended on an awful note. Scotty Zaborski,
probably the funniest and most vocal person I have ever met,
and also an incredible actor. Ciara Allen, she has become
one of my best friends, someone I can tell anything to, and
one of the weirdest people Ive ever met. Im really glad she
came here, I love her. Grace Wilson, shes so genuine and so
open-minded about everyone and everything, Im so glad we
became friends. Shes going to make someone lucky one day
and Ill cry my eyes out at her wedding. Lisha Lynn Michel,
she is Vogue, she is Glamour. Michel is gorgeous and talented
and can never fail to make me laugh. I feel like Ive known
her forever. Lil Kalekale and Sel Maatemate, these two are
incredible and annoying! and hella ghetto! They are the
nicest and most beautiful girls on campus, and always have
something ready for me to eat if Im hungry, even if its 3
a.m.; Cauldron of Alfredo and gallons of punch anyone? Val
Moncada, for being a true G. Who else could walk down the
street in a pink tracksuit holding the leashes of 15 Chihuahuas
and still look like she stepped out of a salon. Only Moncada
and Daylan Jones make me giggle about guys on campus or
Facebook photos, the cricket in the light xture and the pinkcheetah. And who could forget Cher herself ? Miss Jessa Love
Adams, from the moment we laid eyes on each other I knew
we were in love! Not sexual boyfriend/girlfriend love, but a
type of Fried Green Tomatoes Iggy and Ruth kind of love.
Adams and I were friends in another lifetime. I cant wait for
her and Brett Call to tie the knot. If you feel like Ive missed
you and are feeling bad I didnt put you in, suck it up. You
know I love you.
This place was worth it solely for the faculty and the
friendships I formed here. There are memories I will never
forget that come straight from this awful little town on this
awful little campus. Thank you CEU.
Jessa Love Adamsphotography ed itor
j.adams@e aglemail.ce u.edu
I cant believe that Im writing my farewell article. My
two and a half years at CEU (USU Eastern whatever) have
own by. I also cant believe how much Ive changed in onlytwo and a half years, the people I have grown to love and the
countless memories I have made.
I know that Im going to miss this place. I never once
thought that Price, Utah, America, would ever hold a place
in my heart. Im also excited to turn the page and star t a new
chapter in my book called Life.
I will forever love my experience working as a staff member
to The Eagle. I have learned so much and can honestly say,
Ive never laughed harder than I have anywhere else. I have
such pride and dedication towards The Eagle. I cant believe
Im saying this, but I know Im going to miss the long hours,
lack of sleep, the swearing, yelling, crying, unhealthy food
and last minute photos.
Because of The Eagle, I have had the opportunity to
meet EVERYONE. Ive grown close to the theatre department,
the basketball and baseball teams, the dance department, and
I want to thank them for their patience (Corey Ewan) and
cooperation with all the practices I have interrupted.
These two and a half years have been a blast, and I
know I will never forget them. Ive improved as a photogra-
pher, student and person. Ive danced my a** off, watched
disturbing movies, wrote an awful musical. Ive had awesome
nights and bad mornings. I watched a lot of trashy T.V, eaten
frozen clairs, had one awful but hilarious road trip to Idaho,
Ive wasted a lot of gas and kissed a few people. Ive killed
bamboo plants, blasted Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. Ive
watched Pirates of the Caribbean three too many times. I
met Joshua Radin and had my fair share of Cookie Zookies,
chocolate-covered raisins a nd zebra cakes. Ive sang Cher at
the top of my lungs and got yelled at because it was produc-
tion night and Ive gone to the D.I. about a million times.
The people I want to thank most are Susan Polster,
without her I dont I would have had half the experience that
I have had. Tadd Mecham, thank you for the dancing, math
parties and allowing me to bring out my t rue inner queen.
Daylan Jones, thank you for being my best friend, for the
awesome naps, and late nights, for all the borrowed clothes
and the journaling. A special thanks to Mark Jones. Valeria
Moncada, thank you for being my other best friend and for
being my partner in crime, for the awful nights at Anthony
Js, the warm bed and Mexican food. Scott Freder ick,
thank you for helping me improve my photography skills,
for giving me the support I need, also for crap you gave me
for being a slacker.
Diana Marie Phillips, thank you for being my rst friend
at CEU, for the fun you have
brought to my life through
your awkwardness, and
being here for me through
the hard times. Jan Thorn-
ton, thank you for always
helping me deal with myself
and my dramatic bull crap.
Glenn Frederickson,
thank you for always
believing in me. And
thank you for all of
you who know you
are a favorite. These
people have blessed
my life in so many
ways, and I know we
will forever remain
close.
My hope is that I
made one small dent at
CEU. I love you.
This little place made me who I am
Never thought Price, Utah, America, would hold a place in my heart
Stress in college for some is not bad,
for others it might be unbearable. Stress is
something you do not know how to dene
because there are so ma ny things that stress
you in college. Classes, members of the op-
posite sex, tests, members of the opposite
sex, papers you have due and, of course,
members of the opposite sex.
An article called The Many Causes of
Stress in College, talked about the three
main categories of stress in college: aca-
demic stress, social stress and other stresses.
Academic stress is the stress of the
classes themselves; homework and the
papers, tests, reports and presentations.
Even trying to coordinate your schedule
so that you can take the classes you need
and the classes you would like to take can
be stressful.
Social stress is t he stress of being away
from home for the rst time for most, then
having to share a room with someone that
you just met. You have to create a new
network of friends because not everyone
from your high school goes to the same col-
lege as you. Then, of c ourse, school events
like basketball games and dances can give
anyone a bad case of heartburn. You want
to make sure that you are seen and can talk
and hang out with people, without putting
yourself too far out there. College is like
high school except you do not know most
of the people and you are supposed to be
more mature.
The other stresses are things like wor-
rying about studying for a test or doing
laundry because it r eally stinks, but you do
not have money for a card or for detergent.
Some students might stress about nding a
part-time job to take care of some of their
expenses like food, cell phone bills, car
insurance or gas.
Students dealing with a lot of stress
allow themselves to become overwhelmed
and dropout or fail college. Others gain
the freshm an 15. Studies show that some
students in their freshma n year gain 10 - 20
pounds, others lose weight at a rapid rate
and a small number of students develop
eating disorders.
Something you can do to manage stress
is play sports. When there are intramural
games, get involved and get on a team, it
will be fun and will help relieve stress. If
you do not feel that you would be good on
a team then go to the gym and workout.
Your body will release endorphins that will
make you feel better. Writing can also be
a great stress reliever, writing about how
angry or sad something made you. Crying
is also proven to be a good reliever of stress
and it feels good to cry when you are really
having a tough day.
You can choose to
let stress run your
life or you can run
off stress.
Tree sources of stress all college
freshmen should know about
Finals Week
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team, two new coaches and theyare the ones who are taking thepunishment.
The NJCAA does not granteligibility to any international play-ers who have played professionallyinternationally. According to theNJCAA Basketball handbook in Ar-ticle V Section 11.A.8.c.v, states Anindividual loses amateur status andthus shall not be eligible for inter-collegiate competition in a NJCAAcertied sport if any of the following
criteria applies: (v) Competes on anyprofessional athletics team, or on ateam where any member of the teamis considered professional, even ifno pay or remuneration for expenses
was received. This legislation was passed by
the membership in March 2010 andimplemented on Aug. 1, 2010. Whilethe NJCAA and National CollegiateAthletic Association (NCAA) havesimilar rules in regards to playereligibility, they differ on this par-ticular rule. In the NCAA, a playeris only considered a professional ifthey are paid money when playingwith a professional team.
Two summers ago Zakharovplayed two minutes for CSKA Mos-cow, a professional team in Russia.Those two minutes that were playednowhere near Price, Utah, cost himhis NJCAA eligibility, and Easterns
2010-2011 season. It is not by anymeans Maxs fault, we were givenfalse information while recruiting
Max, said Paur.According to Coach Paur last
year a North Idaho College athleteplayed professionally overseas, butwas grand-fathered into the newruling. Because of this North IdahoCollege did not receive a penalty.
Zakharov was heavily recruitedby USU Eastern, North Idaho Col-lege and College of Southern Idaho.Last season, CSKA Moscow wroteand conrmed he only played for
the junior team, and never reachedprofessional status during his stintwith the organization. Zakharov,was granted NJCAA eligibilitylast season, averaged 12 points andnamed honorable mention by the
conference.At some point last season a
number of teams within the Scenic
West Athletic Conference garneredinformation that Zakharov playedprofessionally with CSKA, thisinformation was never reported tothe NJCAA, nor to USU Eastern,until late this summer. Becausenobody alerted the SWAC or USUEastern on the information about theeligibility of Zakharov until now,it forced a stiffer NJCAA penaltyagainst USU Eastern.
The Golden Eagles are not goingto allow the latest setback ruin theirseason for them. It will be easyto quit. The hard part is ghting
through the adversity, said interimhead coach Brian Edelstein.
New changes will be made
within both the mens and womensbasketball programs in terms ofrecruiting. We have new additional
resources that we are going to uti-lize to prevent this from happeningagain. We will have to get smarterin the new recruiting technology inorder to protect the institution andthe athletics department, he said.The season is not at its midway point,and the team has already suffered adeath of head Coach Brad Bartonweeks before the season and nowtack on these probations.
Due to the probation; Zakha-rov now has three years ofeligibility left, but will not beallowed to use it at the juniorcollege level. He has high inter-est from several division oneschools, including University
of Hawaii, but no decision hasbeen made. The mens basket-ball team will continue their
season without Zakharov, andseveral other players who havenot received eligibility fromthe NJCAA due to grades, orfor other undisclosed reasons.
The Golden Eagles hopes toreach the national tournament,or even win the SWAC Cham-pionship have been dashed, butthe future is bright. Whoeveris offered the permanent head-coaching job for the team nextseason will be walking into adifferent situation. But one th ingis sure; the new coach will bestarting with a clean slate, butwill inherit a mentally toughteam that has suffered much.
signed to play with Chicago StateUniversity. Trevor Bamgar tner andJames Kinney were both named tothe second team all-conference.Brady Hurst and Maxim Zakharovboth received honorable mentions.
8- EUSA leadership receives$95,000 in student fees
What seemed to be at theforefront of news articles last yearwere budgets and how and wheremoney was being spent by allauxiliaries. The article by formereditor-in-chief Mae Goss says, Itis disappointing to students whenthey are assessed student fees t hat,with the years, see to steadily grow.Wouldnt it be nice to where your$200 fee goes each semester?
Now to highlight a few areasand their overall budget, intra-
and extramural sports received$14,266.344 for the 2009-10 schoolyear from student fees, had -$176.18from other forms of income andhad a balance of $713.04. In 2010-11 they received $13,282.94 fromstudent fees, $658.00 from otherforms of income and ended theyear with an overall balance of$3,395.61. EUSA rece ived $95,390for the 2009-10 school year fromstudent fees and made $3,053 inother forms of income and endedthe year with an overall balanceof $68,539. In 2010-11 EUSA re-ceived $88,445 from student feesand made $3,369 in other incomeand ended the year with a balanceof $160,223.
7- Funding for USU Easternlast in SWAC and After 1998,Snow Colleges enrollment dou-bles USU Eastern
In the seven spot there is atie for who is the victor. DavidOsborne Jr., sports editor, wrotethe story about USU Easternsathletic budget being the last inthe conference. The article says,With all of that excellence the
athletic department has the lowestbudget in the Scenic West AthleticConference, when compared toconference schools competingin volleyball, baseball, and bothmens and womens basketball.The school that is closest to USUEastern is Colorado NorthwesternCommunity College which has abudget of $825,475, USU Easternis allotted $609,428.
The enrollment article wascontributed by The Eagle staff anddiscussed the differences of enroll-ment between USU Eastern andSnow College. In the last two years,Snow attracted 500 students fromUtah County (the largest gr owingcounty in Utah 2009-10) whereasUSU Eastern has only attractedunder 100 from the same area.
6- Eaglestaff rules at UPAIn 2011,The Eaglewas inductedinto the Utah Press Association,and immediately they were a forceto be reckoned with. The Eagle
brought home three first-placeawards, three second-place awardsand three third-place awards. DavidOsborne Jr. took rst in Best Sports
Column for Next on the Tee, LesBowen won for the best WebsiteDesign and nally the staff won
for Screw Up of the Year for run-ning a photo taken by Jessa LoveAdams. The Homecoming Photopage took second in the best PhotoPage category, Scott Fredrick wonsecond place for Best News Pho-tograph of the mens basketballteam winning the SWAC Cham-pionship, the nal second place
came from t he series, Sweeneyscheduled to please audiences,in the Best Feature Series. Adamswon a third place award in the BestSports Photograph category fora photo taken of volleyball. Thestaff brought home another thirdplace award Best Sports Page forthe pages dedicated to the SWAC
conference pages. The nal third
place came in the Best News Series
for the Stench in the SAC.5- Snow removal causes stu-
dent to miss class
Snow is something that weall must deal with living in Utah,and Mae Goss found out that forKris Sanford, a student attendingUSU Eastern in 2010-11 made lifemore difcult because Sanford is
in a wheelchair. Sanford misseda couple days of class due to notbeing able to get around becausesnow had not been removed fromthe sidewalks or wheelchair ramps.Sanford said, I wouldnt havebeen able to get to class withoutmy friend. Most people just stepover ice or snow, but my wheelchairsimply does not go over any pilesof snow or ice throughout the mainparking lots.
Jan Thornton, director of dis-
ability resources said, I wouldlike to see us prioritize our snowremoval and do a walk-throughwith the disabled students, to seewhat they need, specically.
4- Campus to triple in size;thanks to land from donor
USU Eastern was given a 25-acre gift and Karli Miller r eportedit. The land is to be used as anEnergy and Education Researchfacility. The city of Price has alsodonated $500,000 towards buildinga road to the facility.
There are no immediate plansfor the building. A lot of partnersand significant donors will beneeded to move it to the next level,but does open up a lot of possibili-ties for us in the future, said BradKing, vice-chancellor for adminis-tration and advancement, about the
land donation. The building will beused for research projects to studyenergy and coal.
3- Student Government upfees $25, cut newspaper andpolice
USU Eastern had a 12.5 percent
increase in student fees instead ofthe original 25 percent that the
Student Fee Allocation Committeehad originally intended. Along withthose increases there was feast-ing for some campus groups andthen there was famine for others.Including those that were cut wasthe student newspaper The Eagleand the campus police. The Eagle
staff wrote, the newspaper budgetwas cut by 10 percent while cam-pus police were cut by 4 percent.Many were upset by the budget cutsand Susan Polster, advisor of The
Eaglesaid, Not one SFAC membercame by to interview me about myprogram. We have not purchased anew computer in three years andpurchased a used-camera last year.All our furnishings came fromother departments discards. Thereis no fat in our budget.
2- Student Services restruc-
turedEnrollment this semester has
dropped 310 students and be-
cause of this the school hired
an enrollment management
consultant rm (Scannell and
Kurz) to analyze the enrollment
process. Because of the results
found by the rm, everything in
Student Services is restructured
and Tadd Mecham was sent to
report the story.
Three new departments will
be added to help the enrollment
process. The Department of En-
rollment services is responsible
for effective recruitment and
admission strategies. The De-
partment of Student Success is
responsible for the improvement
of student success. And nally
the Department of Student Life,
Leadership and Involvement isresponsible for creating a campus
that will entice new students and
retain students already here.
Those working in Student
Services were informed of this
on Nov. 4, 2011, and were given
two weeks to decide whether theywould apply for a re-hire or if they
would move on.
1-USU Eastern head BB
coach Brad Barton dies at 31
Im living the dream,
that was always Coach Brad
Bartons mantra. He was
found dead in his Pr ice, Utah,
apartment. A beloved fgure
on campus, was apparent by
looking at his Facebook af-
ter word got out that he had
passed. Hundreds of people,
including friends, family,
faculty, staff, students and
athletes expressed their feel-ings towards Barton. Nick
Thompsons thoughts sum up
everybodys feelings the best,
I would not be the man I am
today without you. You taught
me so much. I will never forget
all the times we had man. You
were one of my best friends.
Every time I step on a court
[or see one], I know you will
be there. Bartons life was
basketball and he spent his life
doing what he loved.
December 8, 2011
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Kyle Van Amenstaff writer
1. Grow a Beard- All Greatmen who have accomplished thingsthroughout history all had beards.
Form our founding fathers to menlike Robert Redford who had uscaptivated by there manliness andbushiness. A beard is a sign of dig-nity and demands respect. Thereforeyou must have one.
2. Get Married- At some pointall great men have to settle downbut this doesnt have to be a badthing. A wife can be a great acces-sory to any mans collection. She
can be a companion on your quest,help in decision ma king, cooking,and upkeep of the man cave. Thumbsup for any man who has a wife.
3. Go number 2 in the wood-This really doesnt require anyexplanation. Using the little boys
room or in this case, some leafs isawesome, let alone i f you are whereyour ancestors were. There is justsomething about hearing the windthrough the trees and dropping adeuce that cannot be beat. Overallan experience worth the list.
4. Have a Son- Every man deepdown wants to be a dad. He wants toplay catch with his son, teach himhow to grow his own beard and to
be there for him as his own fatherwas. Most importantly keep yourname and your blood l ine going. Youneed to leave behind your legacy,this is way a man should have a sonbefore he dies.
5. Go hunting- It doesnt matter
what animal it is, big or small, it justneeds to die by your hand. You needto go back to when youre father,grandfathers, great grandfathers,etc., walked the Earth and huntedfor food and see how that shoets. Im not saying be the animal
equivalent to Ted Bundy, just asquirrel will do.
6. Get in a ght- Every man
needs to learn how to defend his
land, hut and woman for this you
need to ght someone. I would
recommend ghting someone
who is smaller than you to give
you a little more condence for
when you really have to throw
down. Its great practice and will
show women how strong you are.It will add to your man arsenal.
7. Save a life- To save a life
gives you some of the greatest
feelings you will ever have. Its
hard to put words of how it feels
to give life back to someone.
There are a lot of benets to
saving someones life; take for
instance reserving your spot in
heaven. Nothing shows God that
you are a good person better than
saving some life. For that reason
it made the man list.
8. Skydive- In order to die a
man you need to stare fear and
death in the face and laugh.
Skydiving is one way of doing
this, there are other ways but thisseems to be the most available
form of almost dying there is. So
cross deaths line and come back.
9. Make a mortal enemy- If
you look throughout history
every great man since the begin-
ning of time all had one thing
in commonthey all had a
nemesis. So in order to die a man
you need to nd a person that you
absolutely loth and ma ke them
feel the same. Then do things to
make each others lives a living
hell. They will be more than just
an enemy; it will give hatred a
new, deeper meaning.
10. Make sure that the Earth is
round- All your life your teachershave been saying that the earth
isnt at, its round. As a soon to
be man, you need to learn to not
trust anyone. So what does this
mean? Find out stuff for yourself.
Travel to the North and South Pole,
inspect the world make sure that
what your teacher said is the truth.
Once you have done this you can
die a man.
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and clothes. I also want hats, mov-ies, and someone to do my hairseven days a week, and of course,world peace!
Seth Richards- I know thegoodie-goodie request for holidaygifts would be something along the
lines of world peace or the expulsionof Palestinians from the Holy Land.A slightly more impulsive but stillsaintly child might ask for anotherdreidel or a better tting yarmulka.
I should probably request some-thing so unassuming for the holi-days, and with so much poverty inthe world, it would be wasteful toindulge in vice or personal enjoy-ment more than the comfort ofwell-tting headgear or a game that
nobody remembers how to play.However, I have been good for
nearly half a year and feel entitledto a wee bit of what my motherdecried for years. So this holiday
season, I would like to ask forwomen, power, money, real estate,big trucks, loud guns, and anythingelse that comes with a fat price tagand brings bad karma to those whobelieve in karma.
Tadd Mecham-This Christmas
I dont really want much. As long asthere is a thrift store a round, Im ne
on clothes. I want a lot of movies, butuntil I have somewhere to put themIm going to chill out on that one.
I wouldnt mind a MacBook,but that is something my entire taxreturn will be blown on becausetheyre so expensive. So this Christ-mas all Im really going to ask for ismy degreeand maybe a gift cardof some sort. Oh, and some candy.
Kate Johnson- There are afew things I would like this yearlike a food processor, a new deepfryer or a new iPod speaker doc. Irealize, however, that money is tight
in our home and I havent even re-ally thought of Christmas. The onlything I really want is for our familyto be together and for all our prayersto be answered.
Sammie Fugate- There arefour major things that I would likefor Christmas this year. The rst
and most important to me is that
my boyfriend, who lives four hoursaway, will come home safely and tospend time together. We dont go onmany dates because of the travelingdistance, both are attending school,not having a ton of money for giftgiving. We decided that our presentto each other this year would be aclassy date night. Im excited for this.
The second thing that I wouldlike is time with my family andgoing through our usual holidaytraditions. I would also like thematerialistic tangible objects. Ima part of what is referred to as theHarry Potter Generation meaningI grew up obsessively reading all the
books and stood in line for hourswaiting for the movies to premierand sadly that all came to an endlast July.
However; there is still one lastHarry Potter entity that I have tolook forward to, and that is thatthe wrapped present addressed toSammie under the Christmas tree
houses the complete 8-disc DVDbox set collection of Harry Potterlms, That along with a nice, new,
cozy set of pajamas to wear to bedon Christmas Eve then to breakfastChristmas morning (one of our fam-ily traditions).
Daylan Joneswants everyoneto be safe this Christmas and foreveryone to remember the truemeaning of Christmas
Jessa Love Adams wants akitten and hair extensions.
Nikole McCartywants her kidsto have a great Christmas and thatthey get everything they want.
James Justice-This year for
Christmas, my needs and wantsare simple; there are ve things: the
rst major thing I want is a hug. Not
from just anyone though, Id like ahug from Audrey Hepburn. I knowshes been dead since 1993, it wouldbe weird, but Id still like it, (CorpseBride style).
The second thing is a movie
quality Chewbacca mask; coolright?
I want people to realize thatbeauty is only skin deep. I want theworld to see people for who they are,what they stand for, their morals andbeliefs. That and I want some smok-ing hot mail order Czechoslovakianbrides, $29.99 on http://czech-bride.com plus $9.95 S & H.
The fourth is a mystery andthe fth I cannot put because I
am censored by the USU EasternInternet policy.
Shadayah Jones- This year Ihave been a very good girl! So I thinkI deserve a brand new 2011 Mazda
3. It has to have a black exterior withchrome rims and the interior has tobe red and black. This is my dreamcar! I think a new car is just what Ineed. In all reality I will not in anyway be getting this for Christmas,which is really sad.
So instead I just want my familyto get together and have a memo-
rable holiday. It is not much but thissomething I have wanted for years. Itseems every year something comesup and we cannot all be togetherat the same time. I just want to bewith my family like the holidays aresupposed to be.
Brandi Sitterud- I want a mil-lion dollars. Then I want anothermillion dollars. I want 12 cars withfree insurance, a huge house and ayacht. I want my own mountain.They would name it the BrandisMountains instead of the AndesMountains.
Colby Tidwell- I want a new
truck, F-250 Turbo Diesel.
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At 12, Neveij Walters saw his
brother playing basketball and
decided he would give it a try, and
has loved the game ever since. Isaw my brother playing and thought
it was the coolest thing, right then
and there I fell in love with the sport,
nothing else mattered.
Walters was born and raised
in Jamaica, but moved to Price
in 2010 to attend school and play
basketball at USU Eastern. He says
he likes living in Price; the people
are friendly and he can focus on his
school work. Jamaica will always be
home to Walters though. Home is
where the hear t is. You never forget
where youre from. Home is where
your family is, and that is Jamaica.
Walters played for Team AAAH
(Amazing Athletes at Heart) while
in Jamaica. Then received a scholar-
ship to Belair High School to play
basketball with Coach Mike, his
coach with Team AAAH. He was
a part of an under-19 division team
that won their region undefeated.
The team went on to the Al l-IslandTournament where they left unde-
feated with the title of champions.
After high school, Walters went on
to play basketball at Knox Com-
munity College in Manchester,
Jamaica. There, his team went on to
win the intercollegiate tournament.
Walters came to USU Eastern
last year to play for the mens bas-
ketball team. He returned again
this year as the undersized center
for the Eagles and to further his
education. In addition to basketball,
Walters is also a fantastic student,
as he was described by Coach Brian
Edelstein.
He has a bright future ahead of
him, Edelstein said. His academic
goal is to pursue a career in the eld
of computer programming. He
hopes to use basketball as a way to
continue to pay for his education.
His goal is to earn 1 million U.S.
dollars before returning home tohis family in Jamaica. Walters says,
the ultimate objective is to go back
home and help my family; every-
thing else is just a stepping stone.
He said his inspiration for
playing basketball is his brother.
Even though he never had as much
success in the sport, he was always
supporting his younger brother.
He supported me all my life, and
inspired me to become better.
Walters showed extreme pas-
sion for the game when he told
his favorite thing about basketball,
there cant be one thing. It is the
whole experience. I t reasure every
moment. When you step on the
court and have the opportunity to
compete against a talented team, it
is more addictive than any kind of
drug. Ive got a gift; I should use it.
Coach Edelstein describes
Walters as talented. Saying that,
if he decides that he wants to do it;
hell do it. When hes aggressive and
decides that he wants to dominate;
he will dominate.
Walters teammates also had
some things to say about the Ja-
maican Tiger as they all call him.
Eric Hansen said, Hes a good
teammate on and off the oor.
McKay LaSalle said, He was one
of the rst people I met here and
he was very welcoming and nice.
He made me excited to come here
(USU Eastern). I look up to him,
he gives great advice and he is a
role model, said Travon Langston.
After starting the season 6-0,
the mens basketball team headed
to tournaments in Nebraska and
Wyoming and then played one
game in Price. Since the begin-
ning of the season the team has
only been on their home oor
ve times and looked impressive
each time.
On Nov. 18, 2011, the Golden
Eagles played McCook Com-
munity College in a tournament
hosted by Western NebraskaCommunity College. Head coach
Brian Edelstein said, We came
out really slow, we just didnt
come ready to play. The team
got behind by 11 early on when
the score was 15 to 4. We did a
great job playing through adver-
sity, when the chips are against
you and you are able to respond,
that is a good thing and we did a
good job responding. The end
of the rst hal f, MCC led by 2,
41-39 over USU Eastern.
The second half was a dif fer-
ent story and the men came out on
top with a nal score, 86-82. The
Golden Eagles had four players
with points in double gures,
Neveij Walters and Dashaun
Wiggins lead the team with
19 points apiece. Walters also
brought down 13 rebounds, 5 of
them being offensive rebounds.
Travon Langston led the team in
assists with four.
The next day, Nov. 19, they
played the hosts of the Nebraska
Tournament, Western Nebraska
Community College. The men
looked like a different team from
the day before, having the largest
lead over WNCC when the score
was 34-22. WNCC was able to
ght back and end the rst half
were down by 4, USU Eastern
lead 49-45.
The second half was the same
story and the Golden Eagles
pulled out a win over the home
team, 100-89. They [WNCC]
tried to extend the game by mak-
ing us shoot free t hrows, we did a
good job, shooting 21 for 26 is as
good as it gets, said Edelstein.
The team had 38 points from
the charity stripe and shot 74 per-
cent. USU Eastern had ve play-
ers in double gures and were led
by Wiggins for the second day
in a row. Along with 11 points,
Chase Flint had 11 rebounds for
another double-double making it
his third of the season. The nal
score was 100-89.
The weekend of Thanksgiv-
ing break, the men headed to
Wyoming to play in a tournament
sponsored by Western Wyoming
Community Col lege. On Nov. 25,
the team played Central Wyo-
ming College. Reecting on the
game Edelstein said, We con-
trolled the whole way through,
we were just solid. USU Eastern
once again had the largest lead
of the night early in the se cond
half when they led by 16 and thescoreboard read 41-25.
The team had three players
that had point totals in double-
digits which is always a good
thing, Demetrus Richardson led
in that category with 19, going a
perfect 8 -8 from the free throw
line. Flint added 11 points, while
bringing down 7 rebounds and
dishing out 4 assists. At the end
of the game, the scoreboard had
the Golden Eagles beating the
Rustlers 64-56.
On Nov. 26, the team was
geared up to play Western
Wyoming Community College,
the host of the tournament and a
team that dealt last years Golden
Eagles an early loss. The teams
got off to a slow start once again,
but were down by 7 at half time;
WWCC lead 30-23.
At one point, WWCC had a
21-point lead, but as they have
many times before, the Golden
Eagles clawed and fought their
way through the adversity.Unfortunately this time, the
adversity was a little much to
overcome and time expired. The
nal score was WWCC 79, USU
Eastern 73.
Reecting on the game and
his rst loss as interim-head
coach, Edelstein said, We got
away with some bad habits at
the beginning of the game, once
we got going and got a little
tired, those bad habits bit us in
the butt. Our shot selection was
terrible and our mi ndset was just
terrible.
He added, It was the rst
game where I felt like we didnt
have that team mentality. De-
spite not playing their best, the
team had four players in double
gures in the points column.
Walters led the team in points
and rebounds with 19 and 9
respectively.
On Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, the
Golden Eagles hosted WWCC in
Price, hoping to avenge the previ-ous weeks loss. Unfortunately
for the Golden E agles, WWCC
had different plans. Eastern
opened the game slow and the
Mustangs capitalized on that. At
halftime, the team was down by
6, with the scoreboard showing
40-36. The second half was going
well for USU Eastern as they kept
pulling closer and closer to the
Mustang lead. Unfortunately for
the team, there were a few argu-
able calls and argui ng resulting
in a technical foul on the team. At
the end of the game, USU Eastern
had dropped their second game
to WWCC.
Walters led the team in points
and rebounds, earning another
double-double with 26 and 13
respectively. Flint lead the team
in assists and also added 18
points to the team total.
Edelstein said, In this
conference, it is going to be
hard to get a win on your
home court if you give upover 50 percent shooting to
the other teams.
This weekend, Dec. 9-10,
the Golden Eagles again
take the court at the BDAC
at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and on
Saturday, the team plays host
to Atwater Select and tip-off
is at 5 p.m.
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David Osborne Jr.sports editor
Bowing outwith grace
Abigail Ericson& Joy Malone
guest writer s
photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Karli Morrisstaff writer
See Nexton the tee
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SPORTSDecember 8, 2011
David Osborne Jr.sports editor
Sports in their entirety consist
of many things. Epic comebacks,
underdogs that never should have
been, highs and lows, along withtheatrics and dramatics. Next on
the Tee, and my time as sports edi-
tor has been no different, which is
tting because of my love for sports
in every aspect of the word. So now
I make it ofcial, next semester I
wont be sports edito r, but it is okay
because I will still get to write. The
only downfall is that I will no longer
get to write, Next on the Tee, the
column that I have been dedicated
to and spent many hours on trying
to perfect.
Next on the Tee, has been in
21 issues of The Eagle, and has
covered a vast array of topics that
have come from throughout all of
sports, but I hope that it has been
more than just a sports column.
I hope that it has become what I
hoped it would be, a column with
its base in sports, but hopefully
teaching life lessons along the
way. There have been many dif-
ferent things discussed covering
a vast range.
The column has covered
many topics ranging from the idea
of T-E-A-M to the year of oddities,
covering the weirdest sports stories
of 2010, then across the spectrum
to the importance of honesty, then
on to what made good leaders a nd
nally, my personal favorite, the
importance of moments with the
greatest opening I have ever writ-
ten, One-one thousand But
before I close Next on the Tee,
for the nal time, there is one last
life lesson I would like to discuss
and that is bowing out with grace.
Bowing out with grace is some-
thing that I believe everybody has
to learn in their life, or suffer the
consequences like Brett Favre.
Although Favre was one of my
favorite football players to watch
throughout his career, towards
the end of his career (and the two
not long lasting retirements), he
became one that was made fun
of more than revered. Had Favre
retired in 2008 and stayed retired,
he would have been heralded as one
of the greatest and most successful
quarterbacks in the NFL. Instead, a
year after his retirement, the NFL
is ooded with jokes about how
certain teams needing a quarter-
back could still give Favre a call.
Michael Jordan, all though
the arguably the best player in
the NBA, was another player that
should have stayed retired when
he retired the rst t ime. Jordan hit
a buzzer-beating shot in the 1998
NBA Finals to beat the Utah Jazzcapping off a spectacular career,
and there would have been no better
way to end the career of a legend.
Instead, in 2001 Jordan re-entered
the NBA to play for the Washington
Wizards. In the two years that he
was in Washington, Jordan was
dominated by the younger guards
and to make t hings worse, he never
made it to the playoffs again.
To bow out with grace requires
many things like attitude and
acceptance, but most certainly
knowing when it is time to go.
Even though Favre didnt go when
he should have gone, there are
many examples of players knowing
when to go and leaving as the best.
Think of players like David The
Admiral Robinson from the San
Antonio Spurs or John Stockton
from the Utah Jazz. Both had out-standing careers and are known
as some of the best at what
they did.
Robinson was
the anchor for
Show TimeB
rooke Taulupe Slade
was brought into this
world on Aug. 16, 1993.
The world sure was
good to her, because she is tall.
Slade is 6 foot 3 inches to be exact.
Her parents are Chris and Kathy
Slade and she has three siblings;
Vanessa, Kristy, and Shawnee.
Slade is from Taylorsville, Utah,
where she graduated from Taylors-
ville High School. During her stay
at Taylorsville, Slade participated
in basketball and golf.
Her favorite basketball memory
was, beating Bingham at their
house. It was awesome! Her fa-
vorite golf memory was the time
when, I shot an 82 at a real hard
course yeah. It was awesome.
Slade is on the womens bas-
ketball team at USU Eastern. She
plays center, and is number 31.
Basketball is her favorite sport.
She says, Ive been playing it
since I was little, I honestly just
love it. Her favorite moment
of the season so far is [giving]
Whitney a bruise and Shelby a
bloody nose. That was all in one
game. Following this statement,
Slade erupted in laughter.
Tandy Thackeray says of Slade,
She is a hard worker and is al-
ways willing to get the job done.
A really great friend, basically
awesome. She has some pretty
sick post moves, you know, cause
shes really tall. Thackeray con-
tinued to claim that she was one
of Slades heroes.
However, that is a lie. Slades
real heroes are Dwight Howard
and Michael Jordan. Why are
they her heroes? Well, the rea-
sons would be, Dwight Howard
because he is an awesome post
player and I look up to him (liter-
ally), and Michael Jordan because
he was one of the best players in
the NBA.
Every morning when Slade
wakes up, she nds her way to
the bathroom. She attends all her
classes, her favorite being music,
and goes to basketball practice.
Every night she chills with Tandy
and Hailee. This is her favorite
part of the day, and according
to her, she is most denitely an
evening person. Her bed time is
11 p.m., and she never wavers.
We engaged in a random
question interview session with
Slade. When given the choice
between Nike and Adidas, Slade
will always choose Nike. Wafes
were found to be preferred over
pancakes, her toothbrush is
purple and white, and if she
could go anywhere in the world
she would go to New Zealand.
She likes to sing in the shower,
not at school though, its not as
comfy as at home.
She doesnt know what she
wants to be when she grows up,
and her most prize d possession is
her family. Her idea of the perfect
date, Id have to say April 25,
because its not too hot, and its
not too cold. All you need is alight jacket. I honestly dont know,
nor care, as long as he pays. That
kinda makes me sound like a gold
digger. Guys, if youre looking to
take Slade out on a date, make sure
youve got the cash to back it up.
Slade is a tall, talented athlete.
Her presence is denitely loved
and adored by her teammates and
friends at USU Eastern.
Ive got a gift; I should use it.
Dang,
shes tall
Demetrus Richardson passes the ball during a previous game in the BDAC.
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The past three weeks have
been up and down for theUtah State UniversityEastern Lady Eagles.
On November 17-19, 2011 theytraveled to Central Wyoming toplay Northeastern Junior College,Casper College and Colby Com-munity College in the Casper PizzaHut Invitational. Over T hanksgiv-ing break the Lady Eagles playedTreasure Valley Community Col-lege, and Otero Junior College.
NJC out of Sterling, Colo.came out hard and aggressiveagainst USU Eastern. Head coachDave Paur said, NortheasternJunior College came out witha good defensive game. Theydouble-teamed Priscila Santosand the team struggled to run theiroffense. They took us out of ourgame. In the past 10 games, thiswas the only team that has shut
Priscila down.At half time, USU Eastern
was down 36-18. The second halfproved to be better. The LadyEagles were outscored by 7 withsecond half scores being 22-29.Final score of the game was 40-65. Santos had 11 points, withAbbie Kay and Caitlin Nelsoncontributing 7 points. Nelson hadthe teams 4 blocks and the teamhad 11 steals.
Casper College came strongand fast against the Lady Eagles.Casper might be the most ag-gressive defensive team we haveplayed, said Paur. At half time,the Eagles were down 38-26.Eastern would get within come-back position and Casper wouldhit a three.
Paur added, they had verygood perimeter shooters, aboutve of them were three-point
shooters. The second half scoreswere 34-30, with Eastern still outscored. The game ended with aCasper win, 72-56.
Paur said, Casper workedhard and were aggressive from thestart. The refs let them play thatway too. The team struggled withturnovers, racking up 41. Santoshad 34 points and Amy Abron had
7 points. The team had 19 stealsand 6 blocks.
Colby was the nal set of the
weekend in Wyoming. After therough two losses, the Lady Eaglescame out with re against Colby.
Colby actually played Casperand Northeastern better than wedid. They almost beat NJC, Paursaid. Easterns defense was solid
and offense worked out great. Therst half had the Eagles up 42-19.
Not letting down in the secondhalf, Easter n held Colby under 50points. The team allowed Colby26 points to Easterns 35 in thesecond half. The nal score was
an Eastern victory, 77-45. CoachPaur said, we beat them handily.It was our best defensive effort
this year. Santos scored 40 pointsand Shelby Carson contributed 7.The team had 21 steals: 5 fromKatie Bigelow and 4 from Arbon.19 assists were racked up by theteam, Hailee Perry and Arbonhad 4 each.
Thanksgiving was an on-and-off weekend for the Lady Eagles.Treasure Valley was a solid win
with Otero being a hard loss.Treasure Valley let the Eagles
come in and force their toughdefense on them. It was Trea-sure Valleys rst game this year
against us. They were inexperi-enced, said Paur. Half time scorehad the Eagles up 40-21. Secondhalf scores were close with theEagles 36-33. At the end of the
game the Lady E agles won 76-54.Paur commented, we had
good defense. Treasure Valleywill get better, but at this time theywere not a match for us. Santoshad 30 points with Jasmine Petitproducing 10. The Eagles had 20
steals, 5 from Santos and 4 fromPerry. Again, the team had 19assists, 5 from Arbon.
To end the holiday weekend,Eastern played Otero. Oterowas a 10-0 solid ball club. Theyhad a good inside game and hadpreviously beaten Salt Lake thenight before, Paur said. The LadyEagles played solid defense anddisplayed good execution on of-fense. Half time showed Eaglesdown by one, 22-21.
The second half was roughand Eastern was out score d 24-15.Even with the tough defense theteam lost 46-36. Paur said, weplayed with tenacity and gooddefense. We held them 30 pointsunder their average and lost.Santos scored 16 points, and theteam had 11 steals.
Over the preseason schedule,Paur commented, In 23 years ofcoaching, this might be the tough-est preseason schedule Ive had.Never before have I played thefth, sixth, and seventh teams in
the nation. Those national teamswere Midland, Texas; Casper,Wyoming; and Central Arizona.
Northeasterns record was30-2, Otero is 10-0, we haventplayed anyone easy. Even the all-star team hasnt lost to a juniorcollege yet. It would be nice toplay an easier schedule, but it
just hasnt happened. We haveto ght our way out, said Paur.
The team has solid stats that donot reect their record.
Over ten games and hardcompetition, we held our op-ponents to a 53-point average.North Idaho has held their op-
ponents to 58 points, but theyveonly played four games. We areleading defensive rebounds, the
best foul-shot shooting team, andaveraging 40 percent in the eld
in the league. We held teams to15-percent from three-point ra nge,but average 21 turnovers. Withthose stats we should be 7-3,added Paur. Individually, Santosis the leading scorer and defensiverebounder in the league.
Amy Arbon soars to pass during a previous game in the BDAC. The ladies play at home this weekend.
December 8, 2011
photo courtesy of Tyson Chappell
Player Highlight
Katie Bigelowstaff writer
Player Highlight
Name: Demetrus Richardson
Number: 22
Position: Combo guard
Home state:Delaware
Major:General studies
Hero:Mom
Something most people dont
know about you: Really outgoing
Favorite thing about Eastern: The peopleFavorite thing about basketball: Screaming
fans and getting an and 1
Plans after Eastern: Wherever my journey
takes me
Favorite moment while
playing basketball:Having a good time,
getting my teammates involved and when we
put on a show
Lad
y Eagles finish off tough pre-season
One of the worst feelings forme is to watch a kicker stroll onto aeld for a game-winning eld goal
attempt. I dont trust them.Granted, the Smurf has a secret
desire to be able to kick eld goals,
but for fun, not for the gut- wrench-ing outcome of the game. I thinkevery reader should be thankfulthe Smurf isnt lining up to nail agame winning eld for your favorite
team. Many kickers are actuallygood at their chosen craft, playerswith ice water in their veins whocan hit the space between two yel-low poles from 50 yards out and100,000 fans screaming at him.These are the guys who make aliving kicking, and a good livingit can be. In the NFL the averagesalary for a kicker is at $ 868,000
year. (Oakland Raider kickerSebastian Janikowski recentlysigned a four-year, $16 millioncontract. Included in the deal is$9 million in guaranteed money.For kicking a football. Thats
more money than astronauts,brain surgeons and most collegeprofessors earn.) Maybe I chose
the wrong profession.The perks arent bad at the col-lege level, either. A free e ducation,housing, food, semi-posh lifestyle,fees and books. All just to kick apigskin between those tall, yellowpoles. A nd practices are a breeze.Just kick the ball, over and over.No contact drills, no wind sprints,no tackling. You even have a gradstudent shagging the football foryou. Its a sweet life. Right?
Not really. Theres a downsideto kicking, especially if youre thekicker for Oklahoma State, Utah,Oklahoma, Alabama or Boise State.All of those teams had kickingdisasters this year. OklahomaStates kicker, Quinn Sharp, missedhorribly on a 37-yard eld goal that
would have sealed a victory for thethen-undefeated Oklahoma Statewhen they played Iowa State earlierthis. That missed kick almostassuredly kept the Cowboys out
of the BCS championship gameearly next year. Lowly Iowa Stateforced overtime, and upset thesecond-ranked team in the countrybecause of Sharps shanked boot.Its a kick that probably cost theschool millions of dollars. Thebiggest groan when Sharp smokedit wasnt from the fans. It was from
Oklahoma States athletic director,school president and coachingstaff. They were kissing millionsgood-bye. University of Okla-homa? Their undefeated season,and national championship dreamswere crushed as they were upset byTexas Tech in late October 41-38.Kicker Michael Hunnicutt misseda 39-yard-eld goal in the rst half
and a 28-yarder off the right uprightwith 2:52 left, sealing a victoryfor the Red Raiders. When top-ranked Louisiana State Universitymet number-two ranked Alabamaon November 5, the world eagerlytuned in this years game of thecentur y. (A quick side note: theSmurf, having his priorities mostlyright, was at his sisters weddingreception that night, a gathering inwhich he noticed many male g-ures, including himself, fre quentlychecking IPods in the corner. Itwas a nice reception. At least the
parts I can remember.)Back to the story. Alabama lost
9-6, and the Cri mson Tide kickingduo of Cade Foster and JeremyShelley went 2-6 on eld goals. At
the time, it knocked Alabama out ofa shot at the national championship,but thanks to many upsets (a fewdue to game-winning eld goals)
the Tide is back in the hunt. Letshope Shelley and Foster have beenpracticing extra hard. The fateof kickers is ckle. Youre a hero
one week, and the next, your ownmom might not even claim you asher own. Kicker Coleman Petersenof Utah knows the feeling. He wasthe Pac-12 player of the week forhis stellar performance againstWashington State, which includeda game-winning eld goal in over-time. Then, the horrible Buffaloesof Colorado, winners of a paltry twogames all year long, came to SaltLake City to face Utah. The Uteswere riding a four- game winningstreak and somehow found them-selves in place for a chance at thedivision championship. Coloradossenior class had neverwon a roadgame, losing 23 straight. Seemedlike a sure bet that Utah wouldmake easy work of the outmannedBuffs and send the senior class
home winless. Enter Petersonsright foot. A week after being thehero, he missed three eld goals,
one from a measly 26 yards out, adistance most high school kickersroutinely put between the uprights.Needless to say, the Buffaloes areon a one-game winning streakheading into next
season and Utah is headed toa bowl game that will be playedbefore Christmas against a teamfrom a middle-sized Midwesternuniversity that has a good ag pro-gram. But lets save the best forlast. Or the worst, depending onyour point-of-view. The Cinderellateam, yep, the Boise State Broncos.For two years in a row, BSU hasridden an undefeated season andpotential Bowl Championship Se-ries (BCS) game going into the lastfew weeks. Last year kicker KyleBrotzman missed two short eld
goals in a 34-31 loss in overtime toNevada. That loss knocked BoiseState out of the BCS. This season?Same story only with a differentkicker and different team. DanGoodale missed a 39-yard eld
goal (from the middle of the eld)
that sailed into another zip codeagainst Texas Christian University.The kick missed as time expired
which allowed TCU a narrow 36-35 victory over fth- ranked Boise
State. (Just a thought here for theBSU coaching staff: Recruit a goodkicker in the off-season. A verygood kicker.) Those two kicks havebeen estimated at costing BoiseState $10 to $15 million dollars inbowl game money. Ouch. Kicks
are costly. They can cost a schoolmillions of dollars. The last phraseany coach wants to hear in a closegame is wide r ight. But its partof the deal. Kickers know goinginto any game that, with thousandsin the stadium cheering or jeer ingyou, millions of fans rising fromtheir couches in agony, tens ofmillions of dollars maybe ridingon your foot, with eternal fame orinfamy seconds away,that its anything butparadise.
No questionabout it. Id ratherbe an astronaut.
Smurf Turf:
KickersParadise
KC Smurthwaiteeditor-in- chief
Name: Katie Bigelow
Number:15
Position: Guard
Hometown: Newcastle, Wyoming
Major:Health Science Education
Hero: My mom and my
coach Candice Cotral
Something most people dont
know about you: Im left-handed
Favorite thing about Eastern:
Writing basketball for DavidOsborne Jr.
Favorite thing about basketball:
Fastbreaks and getting an and 1
Plans after Eastern:Finish degree
somewhere
Favorite moment while
playing basketball:Hitting a half-
coart shot at the buzzer, and the dog
play
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LIFESTYLESDecember 8, 2011
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Shadayah Jonesstaff writer
Speaking Spanish came inhandy for USU Eastern associateprofessor Steve Nelson last sum-mer when he joined a humanitarianmission to deliver much neededsupplies to Cuba.
According to Nelson, in 1962the U.S. government placed anembargo on Cuba. It is the longesttrade lasting embargo in modernworld history. Since the time theembargo began, the U.S. has notbeen able to sell anything or travelto Cuba because technically, it isagainst the law.
The U.S. government does notenforce this law when it comes tohumanitarian aid and every yearan organization called Pastors forPeace organizes a service projectto take supplies to Cuba.
Because of the embargo on
Cuba, the economy is suffering.They are in dire need of humani-tarian a id to help provide suppliesand medicine to the country. Alot of Cubas poverty is due to thefact that they cannot trade withthe United States, Nelson said.Pastors for Peace is an organiza-tion that collect humanitarianaid throughout the country and
Canada and take it to Cuba oncea year to help with the needs ofthe Cuban citizens. They collectanything from medical suppliesto educational and mechanicalequipment.
This trip is approximately twoweeks and costs about $1,500.The Pastors for Peace caravan toCuba starts in the North America,where they then travel to Mexicoto y to Cuba.
The caravan must do thisbecause, due to the embargo, itis illegal for Americans to travelto Cuba from the U.S. without a
license.The trip to Cuba is the biggest
caravan put on by the organization.The caravan has 14 different routesand they travel by brightly paintedbuses. When all of the buses thathave been collecting aid nally
meet, they are in McAllen, Texas.All of the materials that have
been collected are unloaded at
a Lutheran Church in McAllenwhere they are manifested andpacked.
Manifesting is a process whereall of the items are labeled andrecorded on a sheet of paper inEnglish and Spanish. This is animportant process because atthe border, the caravan needsto provide a list of all they havewith them.
The caravan spends two tothree days in Texas manifestingand learning about Cuba. Duringthis time, the leaders of Pastorsfor Peace are also preparing the
volunteers for their trip to Cuba.Then the caravan crosses the bor-der of the U.S. and Mexico.
Crossing the border takes anentire day because the car avan hasto deal with the U.S. and Mexicoofcials. During this process, all of
the supplies donated are inspected.After crossing the Mexico
border, they arrive in a town called
Reynosa. The caravan always staysthe night. They are not allowed totravel in Northern Mexico at nightbecause of the da nger.
They wake early the next morn-ing and drive across NorthernMexico with a police escort toTampico, Mexico.
Here the donations are loadedinto containers, which are placedon a boat, and shipped to Cuba.While the supplies travel by boat,the volunteers y to Cuba.
When the volunteers arrive inCuba, a government ofce called
the Cuban Institute for Friendship
with the People take over. Theyplan about a week and a half oflearning opportunities for thevolunteers to learn about the Cubanculture and history. They consistof visits, tours, presentations, etc.
During this trip, Nelson wasable to attend a graduation ofmedical students. He was alsoable to talk to survivors of Guan-
tanamo Bay.He learned about the produc-
tion and processing of sugar cane.Nelson also learned about the tour-ist industry and spent many dayson the beach which according tohim was the best part.
It was the Caribbean beach:white sand, warm water. He alsoattended different festivals, muse-ums, art exhibits and presentations.
At the end of the trip, thevolunteers y back to Mexico,
stay in Tampico, and go back toReynosa. At this time Nelson saysthe volunteers march from their
hotel to the border and declare thatthey have been to Cuba as an actof civil disobedience. This is anact stating that they disagree withthe law and the embargo on Cuba.
This group, Pastors for Peace,travel every summer to do thisservice project. Nelson says, thiswas a really unique experience, Ifelt really safe in Cuba.
You learn a ton about a neigh-bor that is 80 mi les away that weknow nothing about and it is rea llyinformative.
You can relax; you dont haveto go to the pr esentations, you can
just go to the beach. It is real ly alearning experience more than justa vacation.
If anyone is interested in join-ing in on this service project toCuba next summer, contact SteveNelson at [email protected]. He hopes to take a group ofstudents to Cuba with him nextsummer.
Spanish teacher participated in Cuba Service ProjectEvery year an organization called Pastors of Peace organizes a service project to take supplies to Cuba
James Justicestaff writer
j.justice@eaglem ail.ceu.e du
Being a college student, I amalways looking for more time: timefor socializing, time for studying,time for work, etc. One area inmy life Ive noticed that I am notprioritizing is sleep. If we live 90years on this planet, on average, weare sleeping for 30 years of that.I have found myself in a stuporlately, thinking, there has to bea better way.
When we talk a bout sleep, weneed to realize that there are twomain types, REM and non-REM,along with ve stages. Four of
these stages of sleep are directlyrelated to non-REM sleep, whileone is directly related to REMsleep.
We know that REM sleep is
the most important type ofsleep. This is where we changeshort-term memories to long-term memories, our bodies dothe greatest amount of healingand our muscles relax, reportsthe website www.end-your-sleep-
deprivation.com.Theres a general consensus
among doctors on theamount of sleep we needas adults: six to eight hours.This is because, on average,it takes an adult six to eighthours to cycle through theve stages of sleep. They
call this sleep cycle, thecycle where you get yoursleep in one six to eight hourchunk, a Monophasic-Sleep Cycle. This is thesleep cycle I talked aboutbefore, the sleep patternwhere you sleep a third ofyour life away.
Another way to getneeded sleep is a cyclecalled Biphasic-SleepCycle. This cycle is wherewe break up our sleep intotwo separate shorter times;
midnight to 4:30 a. m.6 p.m. to7:30 p.m.. This would be an ex-ample of a Biphasic-Sleep Cycle,(take notice that you sleep aboutfour hours in the morning and tha nan additional hour or two at night.)This way of sleeping is great for
two reasons: one, you are asleepwhen other people a re asleep. Two,
if you sleep anything over sixhours currently, you can easily cutdown that sleep to six hours, givingyou the possibility of becoming amore productive member of so-ciety. If you saved just two hoursa day on sleep in a year youd be
awake 730 more hours , thats 30days, a whole month according
to www.lifeslittlemysteries.com.The sleep study that has caught
my eye is the, Multi or Polypha-sic-Sleep Cycle. For those whodont know what this is right offthe bat; this cycle is the one thatthe hit show Seineldplagiarized
in the episode; Personal Devel-opment for Smart People. This
sleep cycle is about forcingthe body to get into REMsleep quickly and stay therefor a short time, enough timeto get the rest needed to lasttill the next napabout fourhours away.
On average, people whoare on a Polyphasic-SleepCycle take six naps a day,four hours apart, with eachone being around 20 min-utes, (for those of us thatarent math majors, thatsonly two hours of sleep aday).
Now, there are side ef-fects; you have to scheduleeverything around yournap time, no driving longdistances without someone
who can drive during your nap
times, you have to be able to be byyourself; because, you are awakewhen other people are sleeping. Onthis system, you save an amazingsix hours of sleep a day, accord-ing to www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/bustin-the-8-hour-sleep-
myth-1362/>(Thats 91 days,three months in one year). The
Monophasic-Sleep Cycle is themost common form of sleep, withBiphasic being a close second andPolyphasic being a distant thirdaccording to www.stevepavlina.com.
Now, before you grab yourtorch and pitchfork s,come afterme for blaspheming against sleep,please stop and think to yourself,what could I do with this extratime? Maybe it will be time tohold a child, fall in love withthat friend you never thought ofbefore, get that rst kiss, ace that
class, go to the funeral of a specia lloved one, smoke that cigar whileenjoying that special glass of wine.
Maybe it will be a time to helpyour neighbor, bring a smile toyour special someone, or have yourheart cr ushed when they say they
dont love you anymore.To me, all these moments are
priceless. They are the greatestthings that can happe n. I have mymind made up on how I am goingto start sleeping, how about you?Lets all start living more.
General consensus on the amount of sleep adults need: six to eight hours
As fall semester winds down, the office ofresidential life is looking ahead to the 2012-13school year to appoint resident advisers.
The housing staff has the unique ability tolookout for students who have the potential tobe resident advisers, but housing also needsyour help identifying other students who havethat potential.
Our goal is to reach out to those students andbe able to provide them with the necessa ry infor-
mation so they know how to pursue the position.
Resident advisers are student leaders whoserve in a variety of roles in the residence halls.Some of these roles include; student, commun itybuilder, educator, role model, crisis manager,administrator and diversity resource person.
Being a resident adviser not only allows forleadership development but free ro om and board.
A former RA stated, College is all aboutgrowing up and experiencing new things andlearn ing about yourself and how you handle situ-
ations. Being a part of residential life definitely
helps you learn life lessons.To be eligible for a resident adviser position,
students must be enrolled as a full-time student(12 or more credit hours), maintain a 2.75 GPAduring employment and complete SLSC 1150(college student affai rs) with at least a C averageduring the spring 2012 semester.
For more information on the specificsof the resident adviser position, please visithttp://www.ceu.edu/students/htm/housing.
If you know of a student who could excel in t hese
areas, I encourage you to forward their name andcontact information to residential life so we cansend them information about the position andhow to apply.
Referrals wil l remain completely anonymous.This is an incredible opportunity for studentsto develop an array of leadership skills and toaid social development of their fellow students.
If you have any questions or comments, pleasecontact Blaney Hanvey at 435.613.5448 or blaney.
Residential advisers needed in housing spring semester
Student takes advantage of 15 minutes between classes to take a napphoto by Jessa Adams/The Eagle
photos courtesy Steve Nelson
Photos taken of Cuba and the service project Nelson hopes to takestudents on next year.
years. Stockton was the same forthe Jazz. The phrase Stockton toMalone, was not uncommon to beheard when the Jazz were playing,and because of this Stock ton setthe record for all time assistsalong with setting the recordfor steals. Now I am not sayingthat had Robinson or Stocktonstuck around for one or two moreyears, they would have been thebutt of jokes or that they would
be remembered for ruining theircareers, but they knew when it wastime to go and went.
Another athlete that retired in hisprime was Bobby Jones, the great-est amateur golfer in the histor y ofthe sport. Jones won what golferscall the Grand Slam, winning theU.S. Open, the British Open andthe U.S. Amateur Championshipin the same year 1930. He retiredfrom competitive golf in 1930 to
focus on his law practice. Between1923 and 1930, Jones won 13 0fthe 21 major championships that