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COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH • PRICE, UT

The Voice of the Students

Nathan Manley staff writer

[email protected]

When you unravel the roots

of Halloween, you will not ndcandy-ending children dressed astheir favorite superhero and DisneyPrincess or people carving out

pumpkins and bobbing for apples.Instead, you’ll nd a rich mash-up

of Celtic, Roman and Americanhistory dating back 2,000 years.Different events from all threecultures play a signicant rolein linking many to their favorite

ways of celebrating present-dayHalloween.

Pinpointing the exact origin of

Halloween is still up for debate,but the ancient Celtic FestivalSamhain(pronounced saw-win) isconsidered the birth of the ghoulishholiday. According to the HistoryChannel, the festival landed onNov. 1, and celebrated the endof summer and beginning of the

cold dark winter, ushering in theCelts New Year. Since this timeof year was also associated with

death, they believed that on thenight of Samhain, the boundaryfor the undead was gone, allowingghosts to come back to Ea rth. Tocommemorate the event they wore

masks and costumes and gatheredaround sacricial res.

Further down the veins ofhistory, the Celtic Territory wasconquered by the Roman Empire.It was during the new empiric rule

holidays and celebrations wereforged and Samhain was combinedwith two Roman traditions. Oneof these, a day commemorating thepassing of the dead, the other was aday to honor Pomona, the goddesswhose symbol is the apple. Thisincorporation is what sparked thetradition of bobbing for apples.

The name Halloween startedas a dedicatory day honoringChristian martyrs and saints,called All-Hallowmas, meaningAll-Saints’ Day. The celebrationstarted on the night of Samhain, and

It has been said “It takes a village to raisea child.” With this message, USU Easternstudent athletes participated in a n assembly toraise awareness against using drugs for RedRibbon Week, at Castle Heights ElementarySchool in Price.

The adage could be explained as the parentsare not the only factors in the upbringing ofa child. Many gures such as teachers, men-tors and peers play a role. Men’s BasketballAssistant Coach Carter Roe said, “The visitwas a great job by the athletes, very success-ful. The kids really look up to the guys.” Theteam was introduced in a cafeteria lled withelementary school children that gatheredto hear the negative effects of drugs. LukeSavoy of Sugar Land Texas stated “When werst walked on stage, the kids made us feel

like celebrities. You could tell we were thehighlight of their day.” Each member of themen’s basketball and women’s volleyball tea msintroduced themself, and gave their spiel onthe harm of dr ugs.

Almir Hadzisehovic said, “Smiling ofthe kids made me feel good. I have neverdone anything like this in Serbia, it made meproud.” It is safe to say that the players got

just as much out of it as the students did. IgorDias from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil added“Their [the kid’s] energy was awesome; theyresponded well and interacted well with us.”The students were asked to part icipate in someback and forth with the players to keep the kidsattention that showed to be responsive. Whenthe children were asked “what should be yourresponse when asked to do something that youknow is wrong?,” A powerful “NOOO” lledthe cafeteria and even echoed into the halls.

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VIEWPOINTS• Humans vs. Zombies• Standing up for America• ESA’s Whasssuppp?!• Calendar of events •page 3

What’sInside . . .

November 1, 2012

SPORTS

• Volleyball heads to tournament• Meservy’s awesome photos• Fall baseball ends• Q’s jaw-breaking experience •page 6-7

LIFESTYLES• Zombie Apocalypse• “A Christmas Story”• SUN Center food drive• Orem artist’s work in Gallery East •pages 4-5

ANOTHER CREATIvE FANTASy HAIR

Monica Williams takes firstWilliams’ model is Kelly Winterton, Michelle Leyva took second place with her model DehenaLeyva, and Keosha Benally took third place with her model Miranda Cox. Honorable mentionswent to Elise DeBry with model Kristalyn Edwards, Tyler Knighten with model Caitlyn Johnston,Gina Sitterud and model Courtney Sitterud, and Brianna Southam and model Rachel Southam.

see Athletes page 3

Reaching 4,000 students in

four years is in the BAG for JoePeterson, Utah State University

Eastern’s chancellor. At least

that is what he hopes to achieve

with the enrollment management

program he outlined to facultyand staff in an all-campus meet-

ing Oct. 18.

What is the BAG: it is the Big

Audacious Goal of increasingstudent enrollment that Peter-

son and administrators hope to

achieve by fal l semester 2017.“My challenge is that each of

you own the challenge to increase

USU Eastern’s enrollment. We

have to devote creativity to

achieve it,” he explained usingthe analogy of a pyramid. The

culture of USU Eastern repre-

sents the pyramid with all its

experiences on the bottom. These

experiences lead to beliefs, ac-tions and results.

It costs $15,000 to educate

each of the 1,285 students here

on this campus whereas on the

Logan campus, the cost is $11,381

to educate each of its students.

Included in those numbers are theexpensive doctorate programs at

the university.

“There’s a Japanese proverb

that says the nail that sticks out

gets hammered,” he said. Wehave to stop sticking out as the

ratio of faculty to student ef-

Seth Richardsnews editor

[email protected]

The painting of the McDonaldCareer Center was the rst step inmaking the USU Eastern campusless a relic of the seventies.

Originally painted orange, thepink color of the Career Center

was the product of weatheringover a number of years. Thepainting was done by O’Shea’sPainting for roughly $18,000 overthree days.

“The campus was designed inthe seventies and then they juststopped,” said Emily Williams,student association (ESA) ac-tivities vice president. Williamssuggested that the beauticationof the campus is in an effort to

establish more of a school identityas well as for recruitment.

The painting of campus wasdreamed up in a meeting of theESA leadership. According toStudent Life Director FernandoAlcantar, this is the rst step inmaking the campus feel more

like a backyard or place wherepeople want to spend their timeout of class.

Student body president MattGochis states, “we did it becausewe want to give CEU a ma keoverto USU Eastern. Changing toschool colors is a great visual a idein changing the culture aroundcampus.”

The painting of the CareerCenter, library, and Reeves build-ings is the rst of a multistep plandesigned to facilitate a sense of

Athletes against drugsMBB visits students for Red Ribbon Week

Talking to students at Castle Height’s Elementary include MBB Coach Vando, Mike Stroud, Trev Maughn, AlmirHadzisehovic, Ruth Whiteside, Luke Savoy, Igor Diaz, Vitor Machado and Coach Carter Roe.

Mike O’Shea Painting was contracted recently to paint the MCC to reect school colors. Manley’s broken arm pumpkin

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Old McDonald gets a new paint job

see Students page 3

see McDonald page 3

see Paganistic page 6

Beth Liddellstaff writer

[email protected]

Cancer: a plague to the hu-man race, and leaves desolationin the hearts of those who have

lost loved ones to the dauntingbattle. Erin Rowley, USU East-ern’s Academic Records Ofcestaff is trying to save not only

herself, but her family from theheartache known to many.

Rowley’s sister Leigh, whohad taken residency in Farm-

ington, NM, recently relocated

to Houston along with her

husband Richard Pierce, theirdaughter Kylie Tiller andgrandson Kysan Tiller fortreatment. As a full-siblingmatch for her sister, Rowley

traveled to Houston to embarkon a life-changing journey inhopes of saving her sister’s life.

“I was in Houston for theprocess to donate lifesavingstem cells to my 38-year-oldsister Leigh Pierce who wasdiagnosed with Myelodysplas-tic Syndrome (MDS) late last

see Rowley page 3

Rowley donates stem cells to sister

Paganistic rituals or childhood fun?

photo by Whitney Withers/The Eagle

Bubby Johnson guest writer

photo courtesy Bubby Johnson/EU MBB

photo by Karli Morris/The Eagle

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WBB Salt LakeTournament allday Kids @ Heart

11:30 a.m. SUNCenter

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WBB- CasperTournament

Theatre Production-A Christmas Story7:30 p.m.

Lite Brite Dance8:30 p.m.

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Wednesday

Habitat forHumanity 5:30p.m. SUN Center Volleyball

TournamentBDAC

Kids @ Heart

11:30 a.m. SUNCenter Bread ‘n’ Soup Night

Monday Tuesday

WBB Salt LakeTournament allday MBB - Eastern AZTournament

Eastern UtahWind Symphony

7:30 p.m. PriceCivic Auditorium

WBB Salt LakeTournament all day

MBB - Eastern AZTournament

ESA Belly fopcontest 7:30 p.m.wave pool

Green Team SUNCenter

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Student SuccessWorkshop noonAlumni Room SC

MBB @ AZTournament

WBB vs Idaho ClubTeam 7 p.m.

ESA - SumoTournament 7:30p.m. StudentCenter

WBB vs Idaho ClubTeam 7 p.m.

MBB @ AZTournament

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Bread ‘n’ Soup Night


Non-Trad Iron ChefCook-off 5 p.m. @the Pit

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MBB vs Otis AllStars 5 p.m.


Theatre Production-A Christmas Story7:30 p.m.

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Thumbs Up

To the cabinet’s reaction to the

ash mob. While being fooled into

thinking an important meeting

was taking place in t he advisory

room, something soon took over

in the air turning students into

zombies. The zombies moved the

cabinet into the halls and per-

formed the memorable MichaelJackson “Thriller” routine to the

amazement of the cabinet. They

were more than cooperative with

the students and even Chancel-

lor Peterson took to the zombie

movements. Keep your eyes open,

not even important meetings can

save you from ash mobs.

Thumbs Up

To the trade tech programs.

USU Eastern’s programs of -

fered are some of the top-tier

trade tech programs in the na-

tion. Many students from the

programs have the opportunity

to continue work at major busi-

nesses. The success of the pro -

gram is ranked in the top percent

in the country. For all the success

over the last decade, our trade

tech program put USU Eastern

on the map. Two thumbs up to

the departments and the hard

work past and present.

To the

obnoxious

weeds and

lack of color-

ful plants around campus combinedwith untrimmed trees. Many build-

ings are over run with dead owers,

weeds and overgrown trees. Many

buildings are decorated with color-

ful dead shrubs or weeds instead of

beautiful roses, tulips or daffodils.

Trimming trees has become as

ancient as the typewriter; trees on

campus have not been touched since

they were planted. Although the

trees look great for Halloween, as far

as a college campus they are subpar.

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To upper level transitioning into

bachelor’s degree programs. The

frustration coming from students

who complete their associate’s

degree and look to further their

education at USU Eastern. This has

become harder than obtaining their

associates. The lack of communica-

tion, cooperation and effort from theLogan campus with the counselors

at USU Eastern has left many head-

ing for the canyon to looking for

another college. Enrollment is down

from year’s past, while retention is

becoming more di fcult with stu-

dents looking to continue

for a higher edu-

cation at USU

East-

ern.

Whasssuppp?! by ESA

see America page 3

“I pledge allegiance to the ag

of the United States of America,

and to the republic for which it

stands, one nation under God, in-

divisible with liberty and justice for

all.” We all live in the best country

in the world. A place built on hard

work, standing up for equality,

freedom, and guns.

There seems to be a change in

the wind that is taking place with

a few people not considering it

“socially acceptable.” The pledge

of Allegiance is one thing most

of us remember repeating every

day from preschool through high

school, and we were happy to ta ke

those few seconds every day to re -

mind ourselves where we are from.

I noticed though, when I hit high

school, the grades below me began

to have a problem with it. Students

began to refuse to stand and say the

pledge of allegiance; most of them

were immigrant kids and kids with

an attitude trying to make a state-

ment. Now this is nothing against

immigrants because there are a lot

who are not like this, but accepting

of the culture in this country and

standing up to the plate when push

comes to shove. My ancestors are

immigrants, so I’m not speaking

out against immigrants, but against

this demeaning and selsh train of

thinking.

It was a Friday, I remember,

and it seemed normal to me. I was

walking into my Spanish 1 class just

as the bell rang and we all stood

for the pledge of allegiance. I sat

in the front row, so I didn’t know

what was going on behind me. We

all got through about three quarters

of the pledge of allegiance whenmy teacher, Mr. Gomez (names

have been changed), stopped us.

I looked back just as I saw Mr.

Gomez make his way to a Hispanic

kid, named Alberto, who was still

sitting in his chair. Mr. Gomez

asked him why he was sitting dur-

ing the pledge of allegiance. The

boy began to explain how he was

Mexican and from Mexico, for that

reason alone he would not stand to

support America.

That seemed to light a re under

my Spanish teacher’s butt, also who

was not from the United States

originally, but embraced it gra-

ciously. Finally, the teacher made

Alberto stand and recite t he pledge

of allegiance once more. One ques-

tion that came to me was, “Why?”

Why not stand up and support the

country you live in that gives you

the right to speak against whatever

you want. Without our freedoms,

Alberto probably would have been

taking off to somewhere unknown

if he was living in another country.What happened to the time

when the majority of people gave

seless service to stand up for

what’s right. Why do we not have

the same spirit that once existed

among the majority that engulfed

the youth so long ago to join the

military at a young age to ght for

this country? Now just to make it

clear, I’m not saying everyone needs

to go join the military because that

would be quite hypocritical, but that

spirit and sense of pride is more

than lacking in today’s citizens.

Take yourself back to a few

years ago, Sept. 11 2001, ask

yourself, how did our country re-

act? Whether you’re a conspiracy

theorist or against the war in the

Middle East, it does not matter,

but look how our country pulled

together and went after something.

Despite everyth ing you may hate or

disagree with that situation, Ameri-

can people had a re reignited once

again within themselves. We all

had a sense of pride that shoutedthe words of Toby Keith, “you’ll

be sorry that you messed with the

U.S. of A. ‘Cos we’ll put a boot in

your a--, it’s the American way.”

Upon discussing this subject

with a “colleague,” he went on the

defensive saying, “Well your ances-

tors were not originally from here,

so how can you consider yourself

“American” and your ancestors

brought their culture over as well

to the U.S.” To him I responded in

the afrmative, but my ancestors

never refused to stand and take

on the name “American” because

they were born in another country.

When they came over America

became their homeland, it became

No. 1 on the list of allegiances.

They stood up for what was right,

and placed their hands over their

hearts to pledge their allegiance

and lives to the country t hat GAVE

them a chance for a better future.

I know there are a few of you out

there that will t ake this completely

the wrong way, so I must addressthis. No I’m not saying those of us

who were born here in the U.S. are

far superior to the rest of the world

Standing up for America

Humans vs. Zombies

James Patrick Green guest write r

j.green@eagle mail.ceu .ede

CJ Evansviewpoints editor

[email protected]

At USU Eastern an event is happening which

some of you are undoubtedly participating in. Called

Humans vs. Zombies, the idea is that one person

starts as the walking undead while everyone else is

human. As time goes on, the hordes of the undead

swell and grow until they outnumber the living and

its just a matter of time until humanity is reduced

to a shambling, moaning husk with the carnal need

to nd something that ts between its rotting teeth.Thankfully you only nd this in folklore, craz ed rants

on the Internet and, naturally, college campuses. That

means that none of this could really happen, right?

Load up your shotgun, grab that handy knapsack

of non perishables and grab your suit of body a rmor

because here’s four ways that it could happen, ac-

cording to science.

4-Brain Parasites

Parasites that turn their victims into mindless,

zombie-like slaves are fairly common in nature, but

there is one in particular, a toxoplasmosa gondii. This

bug infects rats, but thanks to its unique physiology,

it breeds inside the intestines of a cat. The parasite

knows that it needs to get the rat inside the cat so

in order to do this, it takes over the rats brain and

intentionally makes it scurry towards the cat. The rat

is being programmed to get itself eaten, and it doesn’t

even know. There are a few of these brai n parasites

that follow this sort of logic, one that gets inside sh

and makes them swim right along the surface, maki ng

them easy prey for any birds ying overhead.

How this can result in zombies: studies show thathalf the human population is infected with toxoplas-

mosa and don’t know it? Want to know if you’re one of

them? Flip a coin to nd out, yep, chances are 50-50.

All it t akes is an evolved form of toxoplasmosa, one

that could do to us what it already does to the rats,

and human beings have no instinct for self preserva-

t ion or rational thought, even less than we

do now that is. And if you’re trying

to comfort yourself in the thought

that it could take decades for

such a bug to evolve, you’re for-

getting about the biological labs

throughout the world dedicated

to weaponizing such bugs.

3-Neurotoxins

Certain poisons slow

bodily functions to the

point that you can be legally considered dead, even

to a doctor. The poison from the Japanese blowsh

can do this. Once someone reaches this state, they

can be brought back under the effects of a drug, like

datura stramonium, that would leave them in a trance-

like state with no memory, but would still be able to

perform simple tasks like eating, sleeping, moaning

and shambling with their arms outstretched.

How it can result in zombies: all we need to do is

change that “can” to “does” and you understand what

we’re looking at. This happens all the tim e in Haiti;

that’s where the word zombie comes f rom. There’s even

the documented case of Clairvius Narcisse who was

declared dead in 1962 by two doctors before he wasburied. Eighteen years later, he was found walking

around the village thanks to the local voodoo priest

who had been using naturally occurring chemicals to

zombify people and put them to work on the sugar

plantations. But, even if some evil genius intention-

ally distributed alkaloid toxins to a population to tur n

them into a shambling, mindless horde, there is no way

to make these zombies aggressive or cannibalistic.

2-The Real Rage Virus

If you ever watched the movie 28 Days Later, it is

about a virus that turned people into mindless-killing

machines. In life, we have a series of brain disorders

that do the same thing. Thankfully, none of these

were ever contagious so the threat was rather isolated,

that is until mad cow disease ca me along. What mad

cow does is attack the cow’s spinal cord and brain,

turning it into a stumbling, mindless attack cow.

When humans eat the meat, it becomes something

entirely different. Here are symptoms to freak you

out; changes in gait (walking), hallucinations, lack of

coordination (stumbling and falli ng),muscle twitch-

ing, myoclonic jerks or seizu res, rapidly developingdementia or delirium. Sure it’s rare and the affected

aren’t known to chase people in a murderous mob,

but it proves that widespread brain infections of the

rage variety are just a matter of waiting for the right

disease to come along.

If you think the sudden, mindless violence con -

cept is a bit far fetched, remember you are one brain

chemical (serotonin) away from turning into a mindless

killing machine. All it would take is a disease that

destroys the brain’s ability to absorb that one chemi-

cal and suddenly it’s a rea l-world28 Days Lat er.All

it takes is a disease, like mad cow, that’s managed to

evolve to the point that it spreads through blood-on-

blood contact. Or even saliva-on-blood contact and

now we have a rage-type virus that can be t ransmitted

with a bite.see Humans page 3

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and should be treated as such. We

are all human beings trying to make

it in this world of crazies, and we

should look to help each other a nd

better each other’s lives. But the

time of “It’s not what your country

can do for you, but what you can do

for your country” is coming to an

end with the new era of, “give me

what I want because I’m entitled

to it” is starting.

Too often are we trying to nd

the easy way out. Developing tech-

nology to better effec tively do a job

is one thing, but trying to nd the

easiest way to get something done

just ends up with shoddy work.

This type of thinking comes from

one place, theWhen will we as citizens of

this great country nally stand

up as we once did and LIVE the

American dream? We live in a

place where you actually CAN be

what you WANT to be. If you want

to be a doctor, lawyer, taxi driver,

mechanic, welder with their own

business, or a billionaire business

man you CAN do it. Bri nging up

the old adage, “where there’s a

will, there’s a way.” That happens

in America. If you don’t believe

me, try traveling outside of the

USA and live for a few months.

You’ll realize so many other fac-

tors that MOST of us don’t have

to deal with. Things like, maa

involvement, extreme corruption

and harassment.

We’re Amer ican, whether you

come from Africa or Anaheim,

Mexico or Morocco, Russia or

Puerto Rico, WE ARE AMERI-

CAN. The minute we all made that

promise and gained our citizenship

we became American. Don’t forget

your past because that’s what made

you, but embrace the present a nd

future. America is where you live

and where you’re from, if you don’t

like it be my guest to go back to

the rest of the world.

Emily Williamslifestyles editor

[email protected]

Women’s Top Ten Turn-offs/Pet Peeves1. The outrageous compliment. This is the rst mistake that guys make. Yes, females like to be at-

tered, but enough is enough. If a guy starts texting a female sonnets about how the color of her eyes make

his heart soar, that is a major turn off. Over complimenting makes a guy sound insincere, and like he

only notices a woman’s physical attributes. A female can only be called beautiful so many times before it

loses its meaning. Ladies will appreciate it much more if a guy gets to know her and then gives specic

compliments that really count.

2. The facebook creep. We all do it; facebook stalking is a natural part of the

dating process for this generation. A huge turn off is to click on some guys prole

and see a smorgasbord of pictures of a guy with a million other girls. If a guy has a

lot of pictures with ex-girlfriends or just a lot of random girls, it denitely gives the

wrong impression. It is best if your prole describes you as person, not

as a player.

3. Fishing for compliments. You know what I am talking

about. When your date keeps bashing on himself expecting

you to rebut his negative comments with compliments. It is

just like pulling the “I’m so fat” card that females so often use

to get their fr iends to tell them that they aren’t fat. Women hate

it when women do it, and they denitely hate it when guys do it.

Ladies are attracted to condent guys, and bashing on oneself

to get compliments does not show condence, in fact, it instantly

emasculates a man.

4. Poor hygiene. This one may seem like a no brainer, butsome guys just have no brains to gure it out. Females can tell

when you do not shower. We can tell i f you have been wearing the

same shirt for a week, we notice when you are not wearing socks,

and we can denitely tell if you have not brushed your teeth. It is

also important to groom facial hair; no girl likes a neck beard. Also,

avoid, at all costs, having long, gross ngernails. If a guy is a mechanic or

welder and works hard with his hands, a little grime under short ngernails

is attractive, but when ngernails are long and unkempt, a guy instantly loses

at least three at tractiveness points.

5. The pretty boy. On the same subject as turn off number four, personal

hygiene can be taken too far. A female doesn’t want a guy who spends more

time in front of a mirror than she does. There is a ne line between looking

nice and looking effeminate. Fake baking or spray tans, shaving arms and legs,

tweezing eyebrows, and bleaching hair can all make a guy seem like too much

of a pretty boy. Women can recognize that there are cer tain reasons for some of these things, maybe there is

a unibrow, or a skin condition, or the guy is a hairy mammoth man. If there are extenuating circumstances,

it’s just important to do these things with subtlety. Ladies, don’t want to notice what you’ve done to make

yourself attractive, and they denitely want to see some of that gr uff masculinity preserved in your appearance.

6. The tickle attack. Tickling can be considered major irting, but it can also be a major turn off. Some

guys think that tickling is the perfect way to break the ice. It isn’t. Tickling is only okay once the female

feels comfortable enough for a guy to touch her. Having a guy’s ngers up your armpits is not a turn on.

Not to mention the inevitable awkward boob graze that tickling leads to. When a woman laughs while she

is tickled, it is because she cannot help it, not necessarily because she is having a good time. Tickling at the

wrong time in a relationship can make a female feel attacked because she can’t ght back when she wants it

to stop. Basical ly, the rule of thumb is when a woman says stop, seriously, stop.

7. The big shot. Ladies like an athletic looking man. I haven’t met a woman yet who would complain if

their guy had a six-pack. However, the second that a guy star ts bragging about the amount of time he spends

at the gym, all his hard work goes from a turn on, to a tur n off. No one wants to hear about how much you

work out, or how many pounds you can curl or press or whatever. It is okay to like the way you look, but

bragging about how much you work-out just makes you sound like a big shot who is begging for attention.

8. The mother hater. It is something that must be built into the DNA of all women. When a guy insults

his mother, that is a deal breaker. It is so important for a guy to respect his mother. Of course, momma’s

boys are not attractive either. A delicate balance must be attained. A man should be independent, yet grate-

ful for everything his mother has done for him. Somehow the female mind makes the correlation between a

disrespectful and ungrateful son, and a disrespectful and ungrateful boyfriend.

9. The unplanned date. Nearly every female has experienced the frustration of going on a completely

unplanned date. Ladies understand that guys aren’t solely responsible for all courtship interactions, but if a

guy asks a gal on a date, the least he can do is make a plan. The awkward silences on a rst date are magni-

ed to the hundredth degree when there is no act ivity that provides conversation. Especially on a rst date,

it is a mistake to think that everything will work out if the two of you “just chill.” If you care at all about

impressing a female, put forth some effort to make your date impressive.

10. Are you on your period? This question is a capitol offense to every female on the face of the planet. Guys, this

is a dangerous question under any circumstance. No good can ever come out of this question. If they are having their

time of the month, they will be upset because a women’s emotions are still valid, even when they are on their period.

If they are not on their period, you are pretty much calling them a moody, crazy person by accusing them of being on

it. A woman’s menstruation is personal information that should not become an issue in any discussion or argument.

Guys, watch yourself, because once you mess up on this one, there isn’t much you can do to reconcile the situation.

October 18, 2012

Nathan Manley staff writer

[email protected]

Men’s Top Ten Turn-offs/Pet Peeves

10. Facebook: It’s ironic that Facebook, Twitter and

Pinterest are all considered “social networking,” when the

very denition of these words do not have anything to do with

computers and everything to do with in-person face-to-face

relationships. And then women wonder why they never get asked

out on a date. How about you get off the computer and get to know

a real person? What a novel idea.

9. Sports: I should say a lack of sports, or sports knowledge. When

are women going to understand or accept the fact that guys like sports?

These days men are expected to know or appreciate things women are

interested in, is it too much to ask you to do the same? We want you to

take a little i nterest in sports so we can share common ground. We don’t

expect you to sit through every sporting event with us, but at the very least

just “know” what sport it is we’re talking about with you.

8. Feminism: Okay, I know I’m on thin ice already, but there is nothing

un-sexier than feminist women. I’m all for equality, but true equality, with

no double standard. It seems l ike women only want equality when it benets

them. They want equal opportunities, equal pay, but they also want chivalry

and “old-fashioned morals.” I want chivalry from them. Ask me out, and then

pay for the date. Why can’t you open my door, come over to my apartment and

kill a spider or move my furniture.? How about changing my oil or ti re? If you expect these things from

me, I want the same things. I want true equality.

7. Dirty Apartment: There is nothing worse, than walking into a woman’s apartment, and getting

punched in the face with the stench of dishes piled a mile high in t he sink. How can you forget about scene

in the bedroom? Clothes stacked from oor to ceiling with a pathway to the bed where there are more

clothes, not to mention the closet where a bomb obviously went off. Obviously there is no other logical

reason for why it looks like that. Do not get me started on t he bathroom.

6. Short Hair: I have yet to meet a heterosexual male who said, “I prefer short hair on a woman,” so

why do they cutoff their pretty locks? I’ve had long hair and it is not that difcult to deal with on a da ilybasis, and I guarantee a lot of women will never deal with bed head li ke I do, so no excuse. If I wanted to

be with someone with short hair, I would date a dude or Tinkerbell.

5. Eating my food: I offer to buy food, or a drink or whatever, but they decline. So, why, without fail,

do they always eat my food when they just said I am not hungry. This is not a matter of me shari ng or

you “just wanting to nibble,” it’s a matter of them deciding they want my food, AFTER we are home. It

is obviously some female conspiracy.

4. Cell Phone: It can be so i rritating when you are with a woman, possibly a date, and all they do is

text the entire time. If you would rather spend time with your phone, or if I am really t hat boring, please

just tell me.

3. Makeup: How many women have you seen, whose skin color on her face is a different shade f rom the

skin on her neck? How about when she cakes on so much eye shadow, she starts to r esemble the Ultimate

Warrior? Go Google him. This goes for every woman out there, you are alr eady beautiful. I cannot stand

it when a woman covers up her natural beauty with foundation, blush, mascara and eyeliner. Guys aren’t

as observant as girls are, but we will notice you without that gunk. Please stop hiding your pretty faces,

unless you look like Eleanor Roosevelt.

2. Picking: Everybody gets zits and blackheads on their face once you go through puberty. What’s

interesting is many of us restrain from picking at those blemishes until they bleed and than pick at the

scabs. This is not appealing at all. The only get out of jai l card is i f you are a “meth-head,” and those bugs

crawling under your skin are just out of your control.

1. Crying: We get it women, we understand you’re more prone to crying than we a re. Particularly dur-

ing those blessed days leading up to and during your “lady times.” We’ll give you that much, because of

those hormones owing through your body uncontrollably. But, there are situations when no man wouldever cry. We just don’t do it and we don’t know how to deal with it when you do, so we can’t sympathize

with you. The logical solution here is simply stop crying a ll the ti me.

Battle of the sexes

Health was a main issue that

was brought up, and something that

the young children knew would be

damaged if dr ugs were of use. To

nish off their presentation the

USU Eastern athletes showed how

t they were by doing 20 pushups

as the students counted out their

efforts. “I enjoyed doing pushups

for the kids, and watching Almir

struggle was hilar ious,” Vitor Silva

native of Sao Paulo, Brazil laughed.

From the smiles of the chi ldren,

the warm feelings of success from

the players, and the gratitude of the

staff at Castle Heights Elementary;

it’s safe to say the team can chalk

this up as a victory.

ciency measures 13.3 student to

each faculty member. Salt Lake

Community Colleges faculty to

student efciency measures 24:1.

“The belief is that USU Easternis severely under resourced and

has no money. Well, this is not

the belief in the Utah System of

Higher Education who think we

have plenty of money. We are

spending our budgets on inef-

ciency.

“We have cut the dance, ceram-

ics, electronics programs because

this college cannot sustain rich

offerings in programs because

our enrollment does not sustain

these offerings.

“Have you heard that the best

students go elsewhere or it is up

to the recruiters to recruit …Weall need to say, students should

choose USU Eastern because…,

he added.

We have to implement faster,

more motion on enrollment issues.

We have to show full ownership

of this problem. No one is exempt.

We need a different set of beliefs,

live above the line, solve our

fundamental problems and most

importa ntly grow our enrollment.

We must change the culture of all

and change the game.

“There is an accountability to

this community that we need to

grow. We need them a nd they needus. We have to solve efciency

and enrollment at the same time,”

Peterson said.

Finally, the announcement

by the LDS Church lowering the

mission age to 18 and 19 years

of age rocked director of enroll-

ment services, Greg Dart’s world.

Peterson said, “We will deal with

more students who are more inde-

pendent after serving a mission.”

community, school pride, and to

make the Price campus a place

where people will want to spend

their spare time. Other parts of

this plan include repainting the

inside of the Bunnell-Dmitrich

Athletic Center, adding a game

day section of the campus book

store and putting picnic tables on

the campus lawns.

The ESA executive committee

is also working with Price City to

bring events to campus and put the

college name out into the commu-

nity. Also working with Chancellor

Joe Peterson, vice chancellors Brad

King and Greg Benson and Sheila

Burghardt, director of facilities,

ESA hopes to bring a more enjoy-

able and relaxed atmosphere to the

Price Campus.

for a process called Apheresis.

Apheresis is the process where

healthy stem cells are extracted

from the donor, cleaned out of the

blood and then the blood minus

the stem cells is returned to the

donors system. The stem cells are

then transferred to the patient with

cancer.

The transplant was done on

Tuesday October 16, 2012. She is

doing well but still feeling the ef-

fects of the Chemotherapy she has

undergone in preparation to receiv-

ing Rowley’s cells in the transplant.

“We would like to encourage

everyone to visit BeTheMatch.org

for more information on blood

cancers and disorders and to get

information on how they can help

be the match and save a life. I would

like to thank the Staff, Faculty,

Students and Administration at

USU Eastern for all of the support

in my absence of nearly a month

and since my return. My family

feels very blessed that I am a full

100 point match for this process.

We are very hopeful she will go

into full remission.”

Athletes continued from page 1 Humans continued from page 2

America continued from page 2

Students continued from page 1

Rowley continued from page 1

McDonald continued from page 1

To all you guys and gals out there who have ever been bafe d by the opposite-sex,

this article is for you. One moment they are totally int o you, and the next it is like you

never existed. How do you explain this phenomenon? For many, it simply cannot be

done; women will always be a mystery to men and vice-versa. Our opinions/feelings can

change at the drop of a hat for no obvious reason. The secret to decoding this myster y is to

understand that we all have our own personal list of deal breakers. This article compiles

a list of some turn-offs and pet peeves that a large percent of the general population at

Eastern share. So students review this list and use it wisely. Swallow your pride and curb

those off-putting behaviors, and you might just land a second date.

Monday Nights in November5:00p.m. - 6:30 p.m. USU Eastern JLSC Ballroom

$6.00 Adults, $5.00 5-17 yrsor you can swipe your USU Eastern Meal Card

Children under 5 receive one soup ticket FREE with paying adult

You will receive two tickets, each redeemable for an 8 ozBowl of Soup of your choice.

photo by Whitney Withers/The Eagle

1- Neurogenesis

Remember that whole stem-

cell research controversy? How

everyone always points out how

with enough research you would be

able to re-grow dead cells or even

organs? There’s a special branch

that focuses on the re-growth of

brain tissue called neurogenesis.

Thanks to science, you can

pretty much be saved from any-

thing except brain death; they can

swap out your organs, give you new

legs, but when your brain turns to

mush you’re gone, right? Not for

long. They’re already able to re-

grow the brains of comatose head

trauma patients until they can wake

up and walk around again. Couple

that with the new ability to keep a

dead body in a state of suspended

animation so that it ca n be brought

back to life later, and soon we’ll be

able to bring back the dead.

There’s nothing that could go

wrong with that right? These labs

dedicated to “reanimation re-

search” explains how the process of

reanimating (yes, that is what they

call it) a person creates a problem.

Turns out that the process results

in the brain dying from the outside

in, the outside being the cortex,

the nice part of you that makes

humans human.

That just leaves the part that

controls basic motor function and

primitive instincts behind. Once

someone is at this point your noth-

ing more than a mindless body

shambling around, no thoughts and

no personality, nothing but a cloud

of base instincts and impulses. And

that ladies and gentlemen, is what

we call a real, undead zombie.

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LIFESTYLESNovember 1, 2012

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An exhibit of drawings titled “SpatialRelations” by Orem, Utah artist NamonBills will be displayed at Utah State East-ern’s Gallery East f rom Nov. 12 throughDec. 13.

According to Galley Director NoelCarmack, “Bills is a rising young Utahartist who is gaining a favorable reputationalong the Wasatch Front for his conceptualpaintings and drawings.” His large-scalepaintings, based on the Hegelian ideas of

synthesis, have received considerable at-tention in the Salt Lake art scene. “Thesedrawings are representative of some of thecollage compositions he is known for.”

“This ser ies of drawings (mostly graph-ite, but with various drawing media mi xedin) was an exploration of form, taking mytypical collage media and imagery intonew spaces, replacing the collage materialentirely in favor of d rawing media,” Billsexplains. “This is the rst series of draw-

ings I’ve done since I was a n undergrad,and the return to this medium was bothchallenging and rewarding.”

The drawings incorporate several vi-sual elements that have characterized hispaintings. “As in all my work, I seek to jointhe disparate elements (media, imagery,positive and negative space) into a unied

whole. The subject matter — Egyptiansculpture, geometry and birds — is a col-lection of items that interest me on a formal

and conceptual level. I don’t prescribe anyspecic interpretation to t hese works, but

encourage viewers to make their own con-nections,” Bills said.

Originally from Spanish Fork, hestudied painting at Brigham Young Uni-versity, where he graduated with a BFA andtransferred to Utah State University wherehe earned a MFA in painting. Since then,he’s been act ively creating art, exhibitingand curating. He also works as a graphic

designer.An opening reception and artist talk

will be held Friday, Nov. 16, from 7-9 p.m.in Gallery East. The gallery is free and opento the public during the academic year.

Gallery East’s fall 2012 hours are:Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.,closed Fridays, weekends, and holidays.If you have any questions, contact NoelCarmack at 435-613-5241 or by email [email protected].

Greg Benson, Ph.D. guest writer

greg.benson@us u.edu

Music by women composerswill be the highlight of the EasternUtah Wind Symphony concert, acollege-community concert bandat Utah State University-Collegeof Easter n Utah, on Saturday, Nov.10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Price CivicAuditorium. Also appearing willbe a special guest ensemble, theCarbon Junior Honor Band, fea-turing outstanding students fromHelper and Mont Harmon juniorhigh schools.

Opening the concert will beFanfare Aureus, a powerful workthat Southern Il linois University-Edwardsville professor KimberlyArcher composed for her almamater, Florida State University.Next will be Julie Giroux’s The

Bonsai Tree, a gentle piece fea-turing expressive melodies andprominent mallet percussion.

The centerpiece of the concertwill be a new composition, West

Wind Overture, also by JulieGiroux. The Eastern Utah WindSymphony is one of 16 bandsfrom nine states that commis-sioned Giroux to compose West

Wind Overture last spring, withpremiere performances occurringacross the country in the comingmonths. Julie Giroux is an EmmyAward winner with many notabletelevision and lm music credits.

She began writing music for con-cert band i n 1983 and now devotesmuch of her time to composing for

professional, milita ry, college andschool groups.

The concert will continue withPaper Cut , a modern work bySeattle-based composer Alex Sha-piro. Three distinct elements—pre-recorded sounds, sheets of paper,and traditional instruments—cre-ate interesting audio and visualcombinations in this piece.

Next, Shelley Hanson’s Alba-

nian Dance will lend an easternEuropean avor to the concert.

Hanson holds a Ph.D. in musicfrom Michigan State Universityand composed Albanian Dance forthe East Lansing (MI) High SchoolConcert Band. The Wind Sym-phony’s nal selection, American

Heroes, will be a salute to VeteransDay and the United States ArmedForces, including “The CaissonSong,” “The Marines’ Hymn,”“Anchors Aweigh,” “The U.S.Air Force,” and “America theBeautiful.”

Performing after the WindSymphony will be the CarbonJunior Honor Band, a group or-ganized by music directors AdamCunningham and Tana Jenson,and comprised of oustandingstudents from Helper and MontHarmon junior high schools. TheHonor Band will have prepared itsprogram in two days of intensiverehearsal and will be conductedby Matthew Krause from CarbonHigh School and Gregory Bensonfrom USU Eastern.

The Nov. 10 concert is co-sponsored by the Carbon SchoolDistrict, Price City Culture Con-nection and USU Eastern. Admis-sion is free.

Gallery East features conceptual drawings byartist Namon Bills titled “Spatial Relations”

Eastern Utah Wind SymphonyExciting events are happening in the SUN Cen-

ter throughout November. SUN Center President,Shanna Frame, decided to lead the college campusesin Utah in a statewide food drive competition. Thesecampuses include: Utah State University Eastern,Utah State University Logan, Dixie State, Salt La keCommunity College, Westminster, University ofUtah, Weber State, Southern Utah University, andUtah Valley University.

This project has been in the making since Frameattended the Utah Leadership Academy, at Utah StateUniversity last summer. This conference allowed herto do the networking and receive the support neededto accomplish a service project of this size. “It’s beena lot of hard work, but it is all coming together,”says Frame.

Frame decided to do this project because shewanted to create something that united the state ofUtah in a tremendous act of service. She wanted theservice to be needed and to benet all area s of Utah.

This required some creative thinking, but once shesettled on a statewide food drive, matters began tofall into place. Frame is aware that this project couldpotentially help Eastern’s enrollment. She hopes thatthis project can not only help the Utah community,but also raise Utah’s awareness and positive view ofUSU Eastern as well.

The competition will be held f rom Oct. 29 throughNov. 30. Each school participating will raise as manypounds of food in that period of time as they can,however they can. Every dollar r aised will go towardshalf a pound of food. The money and food raisedwill all go to each of the schools’ local food banks.The totals will be taken as a percentage (pounds offood, divided by full-time students enrolled in the

institution, all multiplied by 100). Even the smallestschool has an equal chance of winning.

The winning school will get to host a family-friendly benet concert within the months of February

or March, months known for having a lack of fooddonation. This concert will be admission by donation,and proceeds will go towards the school’s local foodbank as well.

There are several ways for USU Eastern studentsto get involved and help Eastern win the food drivecompetition. The la rgest event is Bread ‘n’ Soup Night.Students and community can help in the competitionby volunteering or eating at Bread ‘n’ Soup Night,held Nov. 5, 12 and 19. Trick or Treat for Food, wasOct. 31 from 5:30 till 8 p.m. Students dressed incostumes and had fun going trick or treating, andasking for cans and nonperishable foods instead ofcandy. Students and members of the community canalso donate whenever they’d like by bringing theircans of food to the SUN Center.

Other upcoming SUN Center events include:Green Team, every Friday from 10-11 a.m.; Kids @Heart, every Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m-12:45p.m.; Habitat for Humanity, every Thursday, 5:30-7p.m.; Bread ‘n’ Soup Nov. 5, 12, and 19 from 5:30-7p.m.

Those who need service hours can bake somethingfor the Breakaway bake sale that will be held duringeach Bread ‘n’ Soup night. The statewide food drivecompetition is Oct. 29-Nov. 30; for more informationon upcoming events and to sign-up, visit the SUN Cen-ter on the second oor of the Jennifer Levitt Student

Center or call 435-613-5284. SUN Center advisor,Terry Johnson said, “We most likely have a projectthat interests you, so we look forward to receiving acall and seeing you in the SUN Center soon.”

Statewide Service Project

Brady Maynesstaff writer

[email protected]

Book One of the Stormlight Archive

I a reading books that belong to a series. It al-lows more character and plot development. You canbecome more attached to characters. You cheer whenthe protagonist succeeds and groan when they fail.You wish that the antagonist will fa il spectacularly.One problem with reading a series is waiting for thenext book to come out. It sometimes feels like it willnever happen. You just have to be patient and nd

something else to read. Maybe branch out into anew genre. You never know, you might like fantasyor mystery even though you have never read a bookfrom that category.

The Way of Kings, which is based in a n all-newworld, starts out 4,500 years in the past. A more-thanhuman being is gazing across a battleeld, sorrow in

his eyes. He walks to a ring of swords and greetsthe only other person alive. They both place theirswords into the circle of weapons. There are nine,there should be 10.

It is now the present. An assas-

sin in white kills a king and waris inevitable. The rest of the book

follows four important people ofdifferent backgrounds. One is theassassin; the second is a womanwith ulterior motives. The othertwo are a surgeon, turned soldierand a general who might be goingmad. They all travel differentpaths, but all play an importantrole in the world of Roshar.

Each of them is trapped in rolesthey do not want, but most fulll

nonetheless. The assassin, Szeth,must obey his master without ques-tion. He also has strange powersthat were thought to be only from legend. Shallan,who yearns to be a scholar, must nd a way to save her

family’s lands. Kaladin was training to be a surgeon;instead he chooses to pick up a spear and go to war.Dalinar, a general, who is the brother of the slain

king, questions the purpose of the war being raged.Szeth’s life is in the hands of his master. His mas-

ter says go and kill, and he goes and kills. He mustobey. He is trained in martial artsand with the sword. He can draw

power from strange gems that holdStormlight. This Stormlight iswhat the ancient protectors of Ro-shar could control. Szeth uses thisStormlight to become inhumanlystrong and quick. He is the perfectkilling machine. He also has aShardblade, a coveted weaponthat can cut through anything.It kills people by severing theirsouls from their bodies. Havinga Shardblade is like being a wholearmy by yourself.

Shallan needs to steal a toolof magic from the woman shedesires to become apprenticed to.

With this tool, she can secure her family’s nances

for good. Her master is cunning and hard. It will bea dangerous task, but it must be done.

Kaladin, who is a skilled surgeon turned deadlywarrior, was betrayed. He is now a slave for the nation

he once fought for. He has given up on life. He mustnd himself again if he is to save the people around

him. Can he do it alone?Dalinar is a highprince who now serves under his

nephew, the new king of the nation of Alethka r. He is

known as Blackthorn, a feared and respected warrior.He is now seeing visions of long ago. Rumors havestarted and most believe him to be mad. He wondersif the visions are real or if he really is mad.

They all must nd out who they are and if they

believe in the paths they chose and if they can doanything about the direction they are now going. TheWay of Kings is full of wit and strategy, but not socomplex that the reader will become lost. BrandonSanderson has created a whole new world waiting tobe explored.

The Way of Kings is just aching to be read, analyzedand added upon. It is a world where nearly everyoneseeks to hold onto the way things are. A few seethe need to change. Will their voices be heard andheeded or scoffed at? If the world does not see thatanything is wrong, they will not change easily. Manywould rather die than give up what they have. In aworld where one nation reveres warriors and anotherhonors farming, something must be done. Chaos ororder must reign, but which one?

B O O K R E V I E W: Te Way of Kings

Betty Banning guest writer

[email protected]

Just across the border to Mexico maybe? Acruise? Maybe it is time to consider somewherea bit more exotic.

Picture yourself in beautiful Costa Rica nextsummer. Here you will have a chance to expe-rience lush rainforests, the beach, volcanoes,waterfalls, hot springs, and more.

Starting in San Jose, the capital of CostaRica, the tour goes to Tortuguero. Enjoy a boatride through the Tortuguero canals, a visit to thebanana plantation and the Tortuguero National

Park. The trip also visits Sarapiqui, which hasthe option of a Rainforest Ca nopy Tour (zip line),before heading to the Arenal region.

In the Arenal region there is an activevolcano, La Fortuna Waterfall, a kayaking tripalong Lake Arenal and an optional half dayof whitewater rafting. Last is the Guanacasteregion, with a free beach day and a full-dayexcursion to Rincon de la Vieja National Parkwith bubbling sulphurous mud-pits and an active“mini-volcano.”

The trip’s cost is $2,124 (age 29 or under)or $2,364 for over age 30.

The trip is not limited to USU Eastern stu-dents or employees and is open others lookingfor a travel opportunity. This adventure de-

parts on May 27 and returns June 4. Airfare,accommodations, most meals and attractionsare included.

Another travel opportunity in 2014 is a trip toNew Zealand and Australia. T his trip includesthree days in Auckland and Rotorua, NewZealand, three days in Sydney and three daysin Cairns, Australia. Contact Betty Hassell formore detailed information on this trip. Becauseof the ights involved in this trip, the cost will

be approximately $5,000. Hassel wanted to getthe word out now so those i nterested could getstarted saving for t his adventure.

Contact Hassell for more information inReeves 174 or call 435-613-5270 or email [email protected].

Travel to

Costa Rica

in 2013

photos courtesy USU Eastern Art DepartmentNamon Bills displays his conceptual drawings “Spatial Relations” at USU Eastern’s Gallery East during November.

Julie Giroux

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It’s nice to be home, states Kris

Bushman, an alumna who is directing

the holiday production of “A Christmas

Story” for the Caine College of the Arts

at USU Eastern.

A graduate of Payson High School,

Bushman, attended the College of

Eastern Utah from 1991-93 on a full-

tuition acting scholarship. Instructor’s

Lee Johnson, Grady McEvoy and Don

Adams ran the theatre department

when she was a student. While here,

her rst stage credits included “Damn

Yankees” and “I Remember Momma”

in the Geary Theatre.

“Because students in the acting

program at CEU learn how to do ev-

erything, I learned how to manage t he

technical side of all shows and thusbegan my love for the other side of

theatre: stage management and direct-

ing. Now you cannot pay me enough

to act, I prefer the management part of

the acting world,” she said. “I act ually

feel uncomfortable on stage, my heart

is in the technical side.”

“I stage managed eight or nine shows

here [CEU] and after graduation, con-

tinued acting at USU in Logan where I

received an acting scholarship. Upon the

recommendation of Grady to the USU

theatre faculty, I immediately started

stage managing all of USU’s produc-

tions…about 40 or 50 shows. For more

experience, I managed dance, opera,

ballet, ballroom dance and children’s

theatre productions,” she continued.

After graduating in theatre, Bush-

man was accepted into USU’s master’s

of ne arts program and got her rst

paid technical directing job at the

Ellen Eccles’ Theatre in Logan. She

now works full-time at USU, includ-

ing working summers as production/

manager at the Old Lyric Theatre. She

also teaches stage management on the

Logan campus.

“I don’t have tradit ional hobbies, myhobby is theatre which makes my par-

ents proud because I get paid to do what

I love, have benets and a retirement.

What else can they ask for from me?”

On commenting about majoring in

theatre as being useless, Bushman’s

passion erupted. “Majoring in theatre

helps in any career path students choose.

It gives people condence on stage,

plus it gives basic skills in household

maintenance like plumbing, electrical

and remodeling. It also helps in public

speaking and confidence building.

It teaches children to stand up for

themselves.”

She said that she cannot train stu-

dents fast enough to be stage managers.

If I quit my job tomorrow, I would have

10 job offers.

Bushman was stage manager of

USU Eastern’s production of “I’ll Be

Home Before Midnight.” When I got

to campus, “I brought my photo album

from when I was a student here to show

everyone what the campus used to look

like. Back then, we told everyone we

were from the ‘Grady Bunch’ in honor

of Grady.”

In discussing her producing “AChristmas Story,” she gave the USU

Eastern theatre staff a list of 20 shows

that she thought would work in the

Geary Theatre. The department chose

the Christmas Story because it is the

most fun, traditional holiday produc-

tion. It is widely performed along the

Wasatch Front and has a restricted

script (cannot be produced within 90

miles of another production). She was

elated when she heard USU Eastern

was producing it because “I wanted to

do this show for a long time. I hope to

bring the holiday spirit to the campus

and community.”

The play takes place in the 1940s,

and centers around nine-year-old

Ralphie who is trying to convince his

parents, teachers and Santa that a Red

Ryder B.B. gun with a compass in the

stock really is the perfect gift.

Ashley Stilsonstaff writer

[email protected]

Students armed with Nerf guns and socks patrolled

the campus all week, protecting themselves from a n

ever-growing horde of zombies. But don’t worry, it’s

not really the apocalypse.

Alex Pierson, a surviving human, said, “My favorite

moment in the game is the thrill of trying to avoid a

herd of zombies on the way to class.” Chuck You Xu

remarked, “My favorite part [of the game] was when

I got to shoot zombies.”

Humans vs. Zombies is a worldwide “antidote for

the ailments of a generation” says the International

Herald Tribune. The game was invented by Goucher

College, Maryland in 2005 and spread to over 650

colleges and universities, summer camps, military

bases, high schools and public libraries, according to

the ofcial Humans versus Zombies website.

“This is the rst game of Humans vs. Zombies forUSU Eastern,” said game organizer/moderator Brett

Cook. “The turnout was great. [T here were] a lot more

than I expected to par ticipate.”

Austin Giles said, “I enjoyed being a human because

of the suspense and the challenges I had to face with

being a survivor.” Ben Bjarnson commented, “I’m

just i n it for the fun of it. It’s fun to be a zombie

because it’s fun to hunt humans. They’re slightly

pathetic.”

Over 47 students and faculty participated in the

Humans vs. Zombies competition. The game began

with everyone creating an account on the ofcial

website for the Humans vs. Zombies game. The

accounts make it possible to keep track of who is a

zombie and who is a human.

Angelica Gomez commented, “I had a fun

adrenal ine experience! Every time I stepped outside

my apartment or was in one of my classes, I had to

always check my back and peek around the cor ners.It was super fun. I loved acting like a kid!”

Brighton Ketts stated, “I’d rather be a human.

It’s more fun to sneak around campus and feel like

a champ because you haven’t been caught yet.”

Everyone begins as a human and only one player

is the original zombie. The original zombie tags as

many people as possible to start creating the zombie

horde. Jordan Moynier was the original zombie for

the USU Eastern game. He said his favorite part

was “being the original zombie and hanging around

humans while they had no clue.”

The zombies must tag at least one person every

two days to keep from starving. The game can be

won if all the humans are turned into zombies or all

the zombies starve. Humans can stun zombies for

15 minutes by hitting them with soc ks or Nerf darts.

Cameron West said he’d rather be a human because

“you need to be constantly aware of what’s going on.

You’re always anticipating and on an intense mode.”Players are forbidden to shoot or tag non-players

and there are certain “safe zones”throughtout campus,

mainly buildings on campus such as the residential

halls or the educational buildings.

One of the inventors of the game, Chris Weed,

stated on the ofcial website, “Humans vs. Zombies

represents a way of holding onto our need to have fun

for no other reason than to have fun.”

It is free to register for the game on the ofcial

website hvzsource.com provided by Gnarwal Stu-

dios, a company made by the creators of Humans

vs. Zombies. The game can be adjusted to each

campus and can last up to a few hours or all semester.

“We will be having smaller weekly games

starting in November,” said Cook. “And we will be

having another campus-wide game after Christmas

break.”

Zombie apocalypse takes over USU Eastern campusTwo humans, Cameron West and Brett Cook, ghting for their lives while three zombies, Carolyn Thornton, Ben Bjarnson and Whitney Whithers, attack them. photo by Karli Morris /The Eagle

Caine College of the Arts at USU Eastern presents aholiday production “A Christmas Story”

Braden Hampel, Tyrell Clement, and Alex Piersonacting out their parts for the play.

photo by Karli Morris/ The Eagle

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Kris Bushman

was called All-Hallows Eve, and eventually renamed

Halloween.

The practice of carving jack-o-lanterns started from an

Irish myth of a wiley man named Stingy Jack. With his wiles he

tricked the devil into never allowing claim on his soul. When Jack

died, he being an unworthy character of dwelling

with God and was sent down to the devils’ realm.

Keeping his word to never claim his soul, the

devil sent Jack into the cold, dark night with

only a coal inside a carved out turnip to

wander the Earth. The

Irish called him Jack-

of-the-Lantern and

later, Jack-o-Lantern.

Peasants s tarted

carving their turnips

and placing coals and

candles inside. Immigrants

from Ireland brought the tradition

to America, but started using

pumpkins, a native fruit, to carve

their jack-o-lanterns.

Paganistic

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Men’s Basketball-registration deadline-November 6

Carbon Rec. is taking teams for the upcom-ing Men’s basketball season. The fee is

$450 per team. There will be two divisionsif there are enough teams. League will be

played on Mondays at Carbon High School.

photo courtesy Tyson Chappell

Read the

Eagle

online at eagle.ceu.edu

“Limitless amount

of baseball talent”

From Idaho to Price

Karli Morriseditor-in-chief

[email protected]

Although his dream of playing baseball atthe collegiate level for the 2012-13 season wasnearly impossible, Luke Madsen has now beenvoted as team captain for the Utah State UniversityEastern Eagles.

Madsen returned from serving an LDS missionin Micronesia, Guam in May. He knew he wanted to playbaseball. He went to the Cache Valley Showcase at UtahState University in Logan to see if a college team wouldpick him up.

Recruiting Coordinator, KC Smurthwaite, called Luke

and requested a workout and afterward, offered him a spoton the USU Eastern baseball team.

Smurthwaite was impressed with Luke at the show-case. “He was out-playing kids that were top recruit s.

I could tell that he had a limitless amount ofbaseball talent but was trying to nd it again.

I really liked how positive he was on theeld and how he carried himself.

“We needed another shortstop and Ireally liked him, but so did other col-

leges. Everything just fell into place in his recruitment. Itwas a natural t,” Smurth-waite said.

Recently, Luke was votedby the Eagles to be one of three teamcaptains. “I don’t feel like a captain is any bet-ter than anyone else, I just view it as my teamtrusting me,” he said.

Head Baseball Coach, Scott Madsen (norelation to Luke Madsen) said that he agreeswith the team’s decision of making Luke acaptain. “He gets along well with all t hosehe comes in contact with and is sincere withhis desire to really help that individual.

Luke is a great individual that as the r ight attitude towardseverything that he does in baseball and life.

“He is a great example for anyone that crosses his path.On the eld he works as hard as he expects everyone elseto work. He has set a high standard for the other playerson the eld to follow, but will not expect others to do the

work unless he can himself complete the work. He holdshimself to such a great high standard. He is a great leaderbecause of his work et hic that he shows every day.”

Luke looks forward to the spring season with a posi-tive attitude. “I’m excited for the spring and feel li ke wehave potential to win. Some encouraging stuff happenedthis fall. We denitely have potential and a lot of talent.”

Luke is also part of the Army National Guard, devotingone weekend a month to serving his country. “My wholefamily plays baseball.” One of Luke’s brothers playedAA ball with t he Chicago White Sox and another brotherplayed at SLCC.

After school Luke wants to play baseball for as longas possible and get a job working with teens and youth. “Iwant to help them through their trials,” he said.

Luke is grateful for the opportunity he has to be a partof Eagle baseball. “I want to thank Coach Madsen andall the coaches for giving me this opportunity to play thegame I love. It truly is a dream c ome true.”

Cryin’ LionsRyan Nelson

sports [email protected]

On Oct. 9, 2012, former Penn State

assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, wassentenced to a minimum of 30 yearsin prison and a maxi mum of 60 years.The reports show that there were 52counts of child molestation. Occurringbetween 1994 to 2009. A lot of theseincidents came about from Sandusky’syouth football camps he held on thePenn State campus, for youth. Surpris-ingly this scandal went a lot deeper.There were many people involved withthis within the school administration.

One of the individual s involved washead coach, Joe Paterno, head c oach ofPenn State for 45 years. He had alsoworked at Penn State since 1950. Heknew of the things that were going

on with the scandal, but did not comeout publicly with it. Instead he wentto his supervisor the athletic director,who then went to his supervisor. Thiswas done accordingly to the Penn-sylvania law which stated that, “anymisconduct must be admitted to thesupervisor”. Many people still werenot pleased with Paterno’s reaction.They believed that he should havetold the police and pressed charges, ifnothing else was to do be done. Oth-ers involved with this were campusauthorities, as well as those involvedwith the athletic program. In 2011,Paterno was red. He passed awayin January 2012, due to lung cancer.

After the story broke, a riot occurrednear campus with about 4,000 non-students and students participating.The riot got to the point that there werenews vans being ipped over. Thesedemonstrators were there to supportPaterno. About $200,000 in damageswere done according to CBS News.

This is a terrible thing that oc-curred at Penn State and resulted inmajor changes and charges put on theschool. Local organizations called forPaterno’s statue in front of the stadiumto be torn down. There was even planethat had a banner ying over the schoolsaying something on the lines of “takeit down, or we will”. The statue wastaken down in July 2012.

According to Reuter’s.com, NCAAgave a huge ne to Penn State in theamount of $60 million. T his ne wasgiven to go toward, preventing childabuse. The scholarships also tooka hit from this; there was a total of40 initial scholarships between 2013and 2017 that were taken away. Theschool was given a ve-year probationand also given a four-year post-seasonprobation. One of the things that reallyhit hard was the loss of all the winsthat Penn State had from 1998 to 2012,which was a total of 112. This meantthat they lost their Big Ten titles in2005 and also 2008. For Paterno thehead coach, that meant it took away 11wins off his record which dropped himfrom being second on the NCAA’s alltime win list to 12th.

The Big Ten also ned Penn State$13 million. This was aside from the$60 million the NCAA already tookfrom them. This money that is usu-ally attributed to the bowl revenue,will now be given to help victims ofchild sex abuse.

These are all harsh actions thatwere given to Penn State, but nonecould amount to the so called deathpenalty. This is the term used by theNational Collegiate Athletic Associa-

tion, which gives them power to ban aschool from competing in a sport forat least a year. T his is the most severepunishment that a school ca n receive.

There have only been ve timesthat this has been ordered. The rsttime this punishment happened wasissued to the University of Kentuckybasketbal l program in the 1952 to 1953season. The second to the Universityof Louisiana basketball team; thirdto the Southern Methodist Universityfootball program. Fourth, the Divi-sion II men’s soccer program at More-house College. The fth and nal toDivision III men’s tennis program atMacMurray College. The reasons forthese being given to the schools rangefrom frauds in academics to bribes forshaving points off of games. Therehave also been multiple schools thathave come pretty close to receiving the

“death penalty”, but were not issued itby the NCAA.

It’s pretty sad all this had togo down, but there had to be somepunishment for the actions that weredone at Penn State and also for a ll theothers. Wish we could just say “Let t he

kids play”, but then again,these aren’t kids, and

some things we can’t just let slide by.

Kathy Collette passes the ball as Malorie White, Whitney Fieldsted, Amanda Freestone, and Sydney Cornforth prepare for the play.

p h o t o

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s y M a t t M e s e r v e y

“Put it togetherplay by play”

Kameron Kingsports writer

[email protected]

Every play and game is big in the SWAC. Each andevery team needs to play to their best potential every game;any little confusion or mistakes can cause a team grief andstress for the whole season, due to such a tough conference.

All of the SWAC volleyball teams are battling forrankings in the last stretch of conference. All the gamesare big for every team. The USU Eastern women have a11-14 record for the season and a 2-6 record in conferenceplay as they enter the conference tournament this weekend.

The Eagles are currently ran ked fth in the conference,and as team they are ranked fth in hitting percentage,assists, kills, blocks, and digs. They are ranked third inservice aces. There are also individual players who arehighly ranked among the women in this conference in eachof those categories. In the kill category Whitney Fieldstedis ranked sixth, followed by Kathy Collette at eighth. PaigePeterson is ranked seventh in assists with Lauren Ka rn at

10th. Jessica Wilcox is ranked third in service aces, andshe is also ranked ninth in blocks with Amanda Freestone,who is ranked 12th. Malorie White is ranked second indigs. The team hopes that they can use all of these manyskills and bring them together for one nal weekend.

The women have had some great games and some poorgames in Coach Chelsey Warburton’s eyes. They have hadmany close, tough battles, which is frustrat ing for a coachwhen the victory goes to the other team.

Their nal four-game stretch came on Oct. 19 theBruins from Salt Lake Community College came to Priceto play the Eagles on the BDAC oor. These two teamsalways ght to the end. But this time the Bruins came out

and had few mistakes, taking the game three sets to zero:winning set one 25-18, set two 25-16, and set three 25-23.The Eagles put up a good ght, but could not come out ontop of the Bruins.

Warburton said, “ I was pleased with how well mywomen came out and battled, our passing and team workwas working great for us. It’s always hard to match up tobigger team’s and schools, but our women have huge heartsand battle to the end every game no matter the situation.”

On Oct. 20, the Eagles played Snow College at theBDAC, looking to upset and surprise the lady Badgers.Sets and scores were going back and forth all night. Eachteam having great plays, and hard work. The Badgers puteverything together and topped the Eagles in four sets,Winning the rst two sets, losing the t hird, and bouncingback with a win in the fourth set: set one 25-16, set two

27-25, set three 25-18 for the Eagles, and set four 25-16went for the Badgers.

The lady Eagles felt like they let each other down. Thewomen said they knew they had the game but just couldnot put everything together. They had many good plays butneeded more of them in order to top a tough competitionlike the Snow College lady Badgers.

After a tough week of practice the Eagles traveled toIdaho to play Northern Idaho College. The bus ride wasa long, dreadful 18-hour ride which had the Eagles t iredand worn out. On Oct. 25, the Eagles played NIC in Coeurd’ Alene, Idaho. After a good start for the Eagles, theythought they had this game, after winning the rst set 25-

21. They could not keep it together and lost three straightsets, 25-22, 25-19 and 25-19.

The long bus ride and rough game left the Eaglesdown on themselves. They went to a hotel and had a goodnight’s rest and woke up on Oct. 27th, ready to face offagainst Southern Idaho. CSI is a nationally ran ked team,and brought their game and showed it by winning threesets to zero: 25-18, 25-17 and 25-10.

Coach Warburton said “we played good all weekend,but just couldn’t bring it all together. Our passing wasthere for us all weekend, we just couldn’t put it togetherplay by play.”

The Eagles have region play this weekend up at CSI,where they will face Snow in the r st round. We wish themluck as they nish off their season and hope that they canbring everything together for the tournament.

Region tournament coming up

Fall ball

lookinggood inthe end

Dillon Manzanaressports writer

[email protected]

USU Eastern Baseball wrapsup fall ball with tough losses to

a tough Salt Lake CommunityCollege squad. On Saturday, Oct.19 the USU Eastern Golden Eaglebaseball team traveled to Salt Lake

and had a showcase event beforeplaying their nal two games offall ball. The event had over thirtyscouts from a number of differentcolleges in attendance. The twogames combined consisted of 16straight innings, with no breaks.The Eagles played very welldefensively throughout the twogames; as errors did not come veryoften. Leading the charge on themound for the Golden Eagles wasChance Abrath, Jake Meservey,and Kameron King.

The nal scores in both games

were 4-3 and 4-1 both in SLCC’sfavor.

According to assistant coachKC Smurthwaite, the Golden

Eagles have improved in all phasesof the game since the beginningof fall ball. He is impressed by theimprovements of both the offenseand the entire pitching staff. “Ourpitching staff is really starting tohit their str ide. Now that doesn’tmean we are where we want to be,we still have a long ways to go interms of where we need to be bythe rst game. We will get to wherewe want to be soon enough. It justtakes time,” stated Smurthwaite.“The players seem to be gettingmore and more comfortable with

each other on the eld. They aredeveloping relationships off theeld as well, which helps buildthe teams moral.”

The team batted extremely welloverall in fall ball. The Eagles hada batting average of over .300,which is a good achievement asa team. The main thing that theteam will need to work on as faras hitting is concerned, is beingsmarter hitters late in games. Thepitching staff needs to be moreconsistent as well, in order for themto be where they want to begin theseason. The team has yet to havenal cuts, as they will take placein a few weeks.

Overall, Head Coach Scott

Madsen and Smurthwaite arepleased on how the team per-formed in fall ball. Smurthwaiteadded, “ Scott and I are extremely

pleased on how we played. We arefar from satised as a team. Westill need to put in extra work tobecome the team we a re supposedto be. I feel like we have all thepieces and now is the time theystart to come t ogether, which theyare. These are key months as ourpractices start to move indoors andare limited. We are really exited forthe season. This season is going toput us at new levels and traditions.It is an exiting time to be a GoldenEagle.” Eagle baseball will startconference play in the spring.

715 East Main Street

Price, UT 84501

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Megan Peterson

Number: 5

Position: Libero

Hometown: Marion, UT

Major: Undecided

Hero & Why: My dad because he has great work ethicin anything he does

Something most people don’t know about you:I am extremely exible. I can hook my foot on my rib cage

Why did you decide to come to USU Eastern: I could play volleyball,

and I never thought that would be a possibility for me

Favorite thing about USU Eastern: The small campus, I can walk aroundand give hugs to everyone (almost) because I know who they are

Favorite thing about your sport: Getting a tip up with a pancake

Plans after USU Eastern: I have no clue

Chance Abrath

Number: 14

Position: Third base, Pitcher

Hometown: SLC, UT

Major: Undecided

Hero & Why: My mom, just because

Something most people don’t know about you:I hope Justin Beiber has cancer

Why did you decide to come to USU Eastern: Baseball

Favorite thing about USU Eastern: Can’t think of anything

Favorite thing about your sport: I love everything about it

Plans after USU Eastern: Move on and play baseballsomewhere else like a D1 school

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photo courtesy Matt Meservey

November 1, 2012

Outdooradventures

at CCRecreation

Black DragonCanyon Mountain

Bike Ride

November 3

Fee: $10, includes

transportation for

the rst 10 people

registered. After that

people will need to

provide their owntransportation.

This 15-mile

moderately difcult

downhill ride is great

for the whole family.

Must pre-register, must

provide your own bike,

helmet, lunch/water.

We will stop at Ray’s in

Green River on the way

home for a burger and

fries (on your own).

Meet at the Carbon Rec

ofce at 8 a.m. You will

be back in Price 5-6

p.m.

TriassicBouldering

Outing

November 10

Fee: $10, includes

transportation forthe rst 10 people

registered. After thatpeople will need to

provide their owntransportation. If you

don’t know whatbouldering is, this is

your opportunity to nd

out. This is low level

rock climbing, usingspotters and crash pads

rather than ropes.

Spring CanyonRappel Outing

November 17

Fee: $10, includes alltechnical gear. This

outing is acceptablefor beginners. Children

must be at least 10

years old.

Big Horn SheepWatch

November 17

Carbon Rec hosts a

photography outing towatch and photograph

Big Horn Sheep duringmating season. Watch

the big horn battle it outin prime-evil combat.

The trip will leave and7AM and return about

4PM. There is a $5 feeto cover transportation.

Bring your own drinksand snacks. The group

will stop in Green River

for lunch.

For more informationcontact Carbon

County Recreation435.636.3702

My obsessivecompulsive hobby

Hayden Petersonsports writer

[email protected]

The Eagle spotlight this week is not

on a student, coach or employee of USUEastern. It is on the father of a baseballplayer who travels to almost every gameand takes thousands of incredible photosof the team. Matt Meservey, is the father ofEastern’s athlete Jake Meservey, a pitcherfor the baseball team. The elder Meserveymet his wife in 1989, in the Idaho Falls area,

shortly after gra duating from high school.However, he did not end up tying the

knot until after they had both served LDSmissions and he claims she nally tricked

him into setting a date for their weddingand they were married. He said it was byfar the best thi ng that has happened to him.

His wife Keri, an ex-dancer and beautypageant queen, is the owner of her own

business and is the best color a nd extensionstylist in the state. She has done hair for theAcademy Awards, several movies and theSun Dance Film Festival.

After high school, Meservey had the op-portunity to choose between playing collegebaseball or college football, being heavilyrecruited in both sports. His decision wasmade a little easier when he realized howmuch he loved contact and since hitting

people was frowned upon in baseball, hechose to play college football.He played all four years at BYU, one

year before his mission and three yearsafterward. His senior year he suffered twomajor concussions which he blames on beingstupid and lying about headaches. He wastold he could no longer play football due tothe injuries, but the Buffalo Bills decidedto take a chance on him and signed himafter the 1995 draft. He played the 1996/97season with the Bills.

After his rst season playing ball he

came back to Provo to nish college and

was walking to class one night with youngJake on his shoulders after a big storm. Heslipped on a patch of ice, which launched

him backward. He quickly made a heads-up move, tossing Jake into the bushes so hewouldn’t get hurt, then fell a nd hit his head.What happened next is just Meservey’s luck.A police ofcer that was standing close by

saw him fall a nd came running over to help.As he got close, he also slipped on the ice,falling on top of Meservey, cracking one ofMeservey’s ribs. This concussion is whateventually led Meservey to a non-contact

hobby, which he has now turned into basi-cally a full-time job, photography.Meservey and his wife have four chil-

dren, and all of their children are followingin their footsteps, the two boys are bothtalented ball players and their two daughtersare following after their mom and are danc-ing at the age of six and 10.

The Meserveys were excited when theyfound out that Eastern was pursuing Jake be-cause they want him to have the opportunityto continue playing baseball and developinghis talents. When they came down with Jaketo visit Eastern Utah, their son James fellin love with Price and Eastern Utah anddecided he wants to come here and enterthe welding program.

Meservey took up the hobby of pho-tography when 12-year-old Jake’s baseballteam went to Cooperstown N.Y., for theCooperstown Dreams Tournament. Hedecided this could be a once in a lifetimeevent and he wanted to have the memories.His hobby quickly turned i nto an obsessionas he was constantly nding new lenses or

bodies that could improve his snapshots.Meservey said, “when I pick a hobby, I

sort of get obsessive compulsive about it, Itend to get immersed in it until I am good atit, or the Visa company calls me, whichevercomes rst.”

The primary lens used by Meservey isthe Cannon EF 400mm F/2.8L. Meservey

found his lens on KSL for under 2K froma man who used to shoot for Kansas State.This lens normally retails upwards of 8K

brand new, he said. He does most of hishobby shopping on KSL; it seems to work

just as well and helps him save some greenin his pockets as well. His photos can befound on his website which is, http://www.baseballsnapshots.com or you can also nd

most of them on his Facebook page underhis name.

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In the blink of an eyeTalon Bryan

sports writer

[email protected]

Adalberto Quiles turned around when out of nowherethere it was, a season-ending injury. He elded a

ground ball and threw it across the middle wheneveryone exclaimed, “Heads up,” as he turned, a hard-liner

hit from the bat of Kameron King screamed across the eld

and struck him in the jaw. In a whirlwind of pain and blur,Quiles could feel the blood rushing from his gums and lip,plus the sharp pain in his jaw.

Luke Madsen asked, “are you okay?” Quiles quickly

replied, “It’s broken.”

Rushing off the eld holding his left hand below his

mouth to catch the blood, Quiles rushed up the stairs tothe top of the dugout. Assistant Coach Rob Smith loadedQuiles into the front seat of his vehicle and quickly drove

him to the hospital. Struggling to speak English and dealingwith the excruciating, pain it was tough to communicatewith the doctors.

Eventually Quiles had his lip stitched together at the

hospital and had X-rays taken. His jaw had been broken intwo places and required two-metal plates and screws to putit back together. He also had knocked out a tooth in the backof his mouth. Not being able to have the surgery the samenight here in Price, Quiles had to head back to his campusapartment and stay the night still with his jaw broken.

The next day he had surgery atCastle View Hospital where doctorstraveling from Provo, Utah insertedtwo plates into his jaw and wired hismouth shut to prevent re-injuring thebreak. His jaw is on track to havethe wires taken off in six weeks ifeverything goes according to plan.

Even with all of this, Quiles stillkeeps a positive attitude towardseverything. This shows what kindof heart and desire he has to get theback on the eld with his brothers

and play the game he loves. Quileswould also like to thank everyonefor helping take care of him andall the support they have shown

and an extra thank you to JonathanSantiago and Kyle Durbin. Quilesfather traveled from Puerto Ricoto USU Eastern the day of Quile’s

surgery to help tend to his son’s injuries. His father wouldlike to give a special thanks to all of students and staff thathave helped Quiles through this time and is grateful foreveryone who helped him and his son.

photo by Talon Bryan/ The EagleKameron King pretends to hit Adalberto Quiles.

Two metal plates and screws put Quiles back together again

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