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Fun, relatable, and interactive are just some of the adjectives used to describe USU Eastern’s “Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year,” Jason Olsen. As a teacher of English 1010 and 2010, Olsen’s job isn’t set up to be easy. Typically students don’t enjoy English class as a whole, especially ones they are required to take. However, there is something about his classes that have stu- dents enjoying Eng- lish more than ever. One of his past students, Kiara Horowitz said, “He wants to be interac- tive, and know his students more.” Also, she said, “He takes the time to review papers with us.” Another student, David Rawle said, “It’s fun,” and “he’s very relatable Just a couple of examples, also given by Horowitz, that support these statements include a day where Olsen unexpectedly started walking on the desks in the middle of class to capture the student’s attention. When calling roll, Olsen would ask a get to know you question such as, “What’s your favorite movie?” or, “What do you do during your free time?” Rawle added that dur- ing class Olsen would often make jokes in the middle of his lecture. He is also known for wearing Dr. Who shirts to class and talking about both that show and other pop culture topics dur- ing class. Olsen thinks he re- ceived the award be- cause, “I’m trying to represent what USU Eastern wants in a teacher. That’s about getting to know the students, being there for the students and being dedicated to the stu- dents.” In other words, Olsen stated he wants to help his students enjoy English so that they will want to learn English. And he has tried to create an en- vironment that is as enjoyable as possible to help make that happen. Olsen was notified that he was receiving this award during the summer. He received the award on August 18, 2015. Olsen has been teaching as USU Eastern for eight years, and certainly has proved that he deserves this award. As he tries to relate to students and continues to work in a one on one fashion with students, he’s also proven that, as he stated he, “loves USU Eastern, and the students.” VOICE OF THE STUDENTS Volume LXXVIII•Number 3 Utah State UNIVerSIty eaSterN October 8, 2015 • Calendar of events • Gun control • Broken promises • Bridging the gap • Whasssuppp?!?! • “Little Shop” Opens • Cooking with toby • Nolan Salix • Save money • Diversity and Inclusion • Nathaniel Woodward editor in chief / [email protected] KUTV’s Dan Rascon interviewed VP Greg Dart as part of his story on the police report issued last week. photo by Susan Polster/The Eagle Medical assisting program offered on Price campus Sexual Assault Police Report Released, University Counselor Accused of Misconduct • Men’s soccer • 5 reasons to await baseball • Women’s soccer • Volleyball • Staff vs. BB students game Mara Wimmer staff writer [email protected] Whether a person lives the healthiest lifestyle or not they will need to visit a doctor’s office even- tually. It is with this premise that USU Eastern is offering a medical assisting program fall semester. Doctors need assistance and that assistance comes in many shapes and forms, which are covered by a medical assistant. Fall 2015 is the first year the program is offered on USUE’s campus. USUE can start training individuals to join an ever-growing job market. “The job outlook for medical assistants is very good,” Michele Lyman, director of health profes- sions, said. “In 2012 it was listed as one of the fastest growing health occupations by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They have predicted that employment of medical assistants will grow 29 percent from 2012 to 2022.” The program takes two semesters to com- plete; however, in order to receive the national certification or registration, additional testing is required. In order to get into the program, students must have al- ready completed Eng- lish 1010, either math 1050 or stats 1045, be an actively licensed CNA or take Nursing 1000 and a hold GPA of at least 2.75. During the first semester of the pro- gram students take phlebotomy, medical assisting administra- tive work, anatomy and physiology, if they have not already taken it, and administra- tive-competency lab. The second semester students take clinical competency, the practicum, and pharmacology. The second semester is to ensure students are ready to work in the field. There are no classes over the summer semester. “Summer would be a good time to get the advanced placement credits, to get your transcripts in order or take the prerequisites,” Lori Rager, medical assisting lead instructor at the Price cam- pus, said. Virgil Caldwell, director of distance education and program Daniel Pike news editor [email protected] Salt Lake Comic Con drew record attendance and big names the weekend of Sept. 24-27. As the epic convention drew to a close, it was estimated that attendance was well over last year’s al - ready impres - sive 120,000 attendees, with an estimated 25 percent of at- tendance from out of state. With three days of comic book and co - splay gear sales, art exhibitions, meet-and-greet opportunities, and several celebrity panels to choose from, SLCC has much to offer. Lord of the Rings’ Sean Astin and Cap- tain America’s Chris Evans were just two of the big names present. Both had excellent turnouts and were well received by fans. SLCC is a special event in that it holds records for the Largest-First- Year Comic Con in North America, Most Attended Convention in Utah and the Largest Conven- tion Per Capita in North Amer- ica, according to Comic Con’s official website. This year, SLCC has succeeded in breaking China’s existing record for the Largest Gather- ing of Comic Book Characters with 1,784 people dressed as comic book characters. If a person has never seen anyone dressed as comic book USU Eastern police have released to the public the 64-page report compiled by Chief of Police Sgt. Lynn Archuleta on Oct. 1. The entire document has been turned over to the Carbon County Attorney’s office where it will be reviewed and a decision will be made whether criminal charges will be brought against any of the four students being investigated. In those accused are two members of the men’s and one member of the women’s basketball teams with one additional student. The assault, which was originally reported on Sept. 4, resulted in a Code Blue being issued to students and staff. In the week following the Code Blue alert, all men’s basketball operations were suspended in response to what was described as “troubling” emails and messages being sent between students allegedly involved. In addition, some men’s basketball staff were accused of witness tampering resulting in a temporary ban from campus. The lengthy report went, at times, into graphic detail of the alleged crimes and acts of the students involved in the reported sexual assault. While the report is comprehensive and detailed, testimony given by those involved are conflicting. Allegations of alcohol consumption, unwanted sexual advances, assault, battery and sexual assault all make appearances in Archuleta’s report. On page 34 of the report, a statement given by Carbon County Sheriff’s Office Detective Rory Bradley brought to light criminal allegations against school counselor Darrin Brandt. As stated in the report, “Detective Bradley explained to Chancellor Joe Pe- terson that the crime committed by Darrin Brandt is Utah code USU Eastern’s chamber students traveled to Logan on Oct. 1, joining the three choirs from the USU campus in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church for a concert titled, “2015 Voices of Heaven.” The opening number of the concert featured 150 singers from the USU Chamber Singers and USU Chorale, USU Wom- en’s Choir and Eastern’s choir singing “Amazing Grace.” Three bagpipes, a drummer and organ provided the instrumen- tal music with the arrangement by Mack Wilberg. “The sound was amazing,” said Kay Fox, director of the Price choir. The USU Chamber Singers and USU Chorale are under the direction of Cory Evans while the USU Women’s Choir is under the direction of Luke Shepherd. All four choirs are in the Caine College of the Arts. Eastern’s choir next sang a gospel piece titled “Hal- lelujah!” which was inspired by Jeremiah 20:11-13 and ar- ranged by Rosephanye Powell. Fox said the USU Eastern students worked hard, knew their music well and performed wonderfully. Fox said her choir was ener- gized and sounded great. “We had a great trip and are look- ing forward to performing the “Messiah” in December and a return trip to Logan in the spring for another concert. “It was a great experience.” With the goal of raising $1,000, USU Eastern’s Elmo Club, is hosting a teriyaki chicken and Hawaiian-style-Kalua-pork lunch on Friday, Oct. 9 from 11:30 till 1 p.m. in front on the Central Instructional Building. Cost is $5 per plate. Chef for the day is USUE theatre instructor, Brent Innes, who spent two years in Hawaii working in theatre and learning how to cook Hawaiian. He said he loves to cook, but his true calling is grilling. “I love to grill anything,” he smiled. However, according to Corey Ewan, department head, Innes’ wife Kimberlee might be the better cook because she is the Emeril Lagasse in their family. For the lunch, Innes said he plans to smoke the pork all night before he begins the process of making the sauce for the Hawaiian- style-Kalua pork. He plans to cook for 150 people, with lunch available on a first-come, first-served basis. All proceeds go to the Elmo Club, which focuses on the advancement of the theater program. The overall fund raising goal of the club is to raise $2,500. The club hopes to use the money to fly to Hawaii to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. The KCACF is a national theater program with 600 academic institutions and 18,000 students involved. It has eight regions which showcase the finest theatre in each of the regions. If the Eastern students meet their $1,000 goal, Ewan and Innes plan to dye their beards pink and electric purple, respectively. If they reach their $2,500 goal, the two professors will wear prom dresses all day. see assault page 3 Jason Olsen awarded faculty of the year Jason Olsen Members of the Eastern’s choir traveled to Logan to sing with the three USU Logan choirs last week. photo by Emilee Merill/The Eagle see Medical 3 Eastern’s Chamber Choir joins USU’s choirs for performance at St. omas Aquinas Catholic Church Hawaiin cuisine shows off Innes culinary skills in fund raiser Staffer attends gigantic Salt Lake Comic Con see comic con page 3 Lori Rager
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Fun, relatable, and interactive are just some of the adjectives used to describe USU Eastern’s “Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year,” Jason Olsen.
As a teacher of English 1010 and 2010, Olsen’s job isn’t set up to be easy. Typically students don’t enjoy English class as a whole, especially ones they are required to take. However, there is something about his classes that have stu-dents enjoying Eng-lish more than ever.
One of his past s t ud en t s , K ia r a Horowitz said, “He wants to be interac-tive, and know his students more.” Also, she said, “He takes the time to review papers with us.” Another student, David Rawle said, “It’s fun,” and “he’s very relatable
Just a couple of examples, also given by Horowitz, that support these statements include a day where Olsen unexpectedly started walking on the desks in the middle of class to capture the student’s attention.
When calling roll, Olsen would ask a get to know you question such as, “What’s your favorite movie?” or, “What do you do during your
free time?” Rawle added that dur-ing class Olsen would often make jokes in the middle of his lecture. He is also known for wearing Dr. Who shirts to class and talking about both that show and other
pop culture topics dur-ing class.
Olsen thinks he re-ceived the award be-cause, “I’m trying to represent what USU Eastern wants in a teacher. That’s about getting to know the students, being there for the students and being dedicated to the stu-dents.” In other words, Olsen stated he wants to help his students enjoy English so that they will want to learn English.
And he has tried to create an en-vironment that is as enjoyable as possible to help make that happen.
Olsen was notified that he was receiving this award during the summer. He received the award on August 18, 2015. Olsen has been teaching as USU Eastern for eight years, and certainly has proved that he deserves this award. As he tries to relate to students and continues to work in a one on one fashion with students, he’s also proven that, as he stated he, “loves USU Eastern, and the students.”
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October 8, 2015
• Calendar of events• Gun control• Broken promises• Bridging the gap• Whasssuppp?!?!
• “Little Shop” Opens• Cooking with toby• Nolan Salix • Save money• Diversity and Inclusion
• Nathaniel Woodward editor in chief / [email protected]
KUTV’s Dan Rascon interviewed VP Greg Dart as part of his story on the police report issued last week.
photo by Susan Polster/The Eagle
Medical assisting program offered on Price campus
Sexual Assault Police Report Released,
University Counselor Accused of Misconduct
• Men’s soccer• 5 reasons to await baseball• Women’s soccer• Volleyball• Staff vs. BB students game
Mara Wimmerstaff writer
Whether a person lives the healthiest lifestyle or not they will need to visit a doctor’s office even-tually. It is with this premise that USU Eastern is offering a medical assisting program fall semester. Doctors need assistance and that assistance comes in many shapes and forms, which are covered by a medical assistant. Fall 2015 is the first year the program is offered on USUE’s campus. USUE can start training individuals to join an ever-growing job market.
“The job outlook for medical assistants is very good,” Michele Lyman, director of health profes-sions, said. “In 2012 it was listed as one of the fastest growing health occupations by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They have predicted that employment of medical assistants will grow 29 percent from 2012 to 2022.”
The program takes two semesters to com-plete; however, in order to receive the national certification or
registration, additional testing is required. In order to get into the program, students must have al-
ready completed Eng-lish 1010, either math 1050 or stats 1045, be an actively licensed CNA or take Nursing 1000 and a hold GPA of at least 2.75.
During the first semester of the pro-gram students take phlebotomy, medical assisting administra-tive work, anatomy
and physiology, if they have not already taken it, and administra-
tive-competency lab. The second semester students
take clinical competency, the practicum, and pharmacology. The second semester is to ensure students are ready to work in the field. There are no classes over the summer semester.
“Summer would be a good time to get the advanced placement credits, to get your transcripts in order or take the prerequisites,” Lori Rager, medical assisting lead instructor at the Price cam-pus, said.
Virgil Caldwell, director of distance education and program
Daniel Pikenews editor
Salt Lake Comic Con drew record attendance and big names the weekend of Sept. 24-27. As the epic convention drew to a close, it was estimated that attendance was well over last year’s al-ready impres-sive 120,000 attendees, with an estimated 25 percent of at-tendance from out of state.
With three days of comic book and co-splay gear sales, art exhibitions, meet-and-greet opportunities, and several celebrity panels to choose from, SLCC has much to offer. Lord of the Rings’ Sean Astin and Cap-
tain America’s Chris Evans were just two of the big names present. Both had excellent turnouts and were well received by fans.
SLCC is a special event in that it holds records for the Largest-First-Year Comic Con in North America,
Most Attended Convention in Utah and the Largest Conven-tion Per Capita in North Amer-ica, according to Comic Con’s official website. This year, SLCC has succeeded i n b r e a k i ng China’s existing record for the Largest Gather-ing of Comic
Book Characters with 1,784 people dressed as comic book characters.
If a person has never seen anyone dressed as comic book
USU Eastern police have released to the public the 64-page report compiled by Chief of Police Sgt. Lynn Archuleta on Oct. 1. The entire document has been turned over to the Carbon County Attorney’s office where it will be reviewed and a decision will be made whether criminal charges will be brought against any of the four students being investigated. In those accused are two members of the men’s and one member of the women’s basketball teams with one additional student.
The assault, which was originally reported on Sept. 4, resulted in a Code Blue being issued to students and staff. In the week following the Code Blue alert, all men’s basketball operations were suspended in response to what was described as “troubling” emails and messages being sent between students allegedly involved. In addition, some men’s basketball staff were accused of witness tampering resulting in a temporary ban from campus.
The lengthy report went, at times, into graphic detail of the alleged crimes and acts of the students involved in the reported sexual assault. While the report is comprehensive and detailed, testimony given by those involved are conflicting. Allegations of alcohol consumption, unwanted sexual advances, assault, battery and sexual assault all make appearances in Archuleta’s report.
On page 34 of the report, a statement given by Carbon County Sheriff’s Office Detective Rory Bradley brought to light criminal allegations against school counselor Darrin Brandt. As stated in the report, “Detective Bradley explained to Chancellor Joe Pe-terson that the crime committed by Darrin Brandt is Utah code
USU Eastern’s chamber students traveled to Logan on Oct. 1, joining the three choirs from the USU campus in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church for a concert titled, “2015 Voices of Heaven.”
The opening number of the concert featured 150 singers from the USU Chamber Singers and USU Chorale, USU Wom-
en’s Choir and Eastern’s choir singing “Amazing Grace.” Three bagpipes, a drummer and organ provided the instrumen-tal music with the arrangement by Mack Wilberg.
“The sound was amazing,” said Kay Fox, director of the Price choir.
The USU Chamber Singers and USU Chorale are under
the direction of Cory Evans while the USU Women’s Choir is under the direction of Luke Shepherd. All four choirs are in the Caine College of the Arts.
Eastern’s choir next sang a gospel piece titled “Hal-lelujah!” which was inspired by Jeremiah 20:11-13 and ar-ranged by Rosephanye Powell. Fox said the USU Eastern
students worked hard, knew their music well and performed wonderfully.
Fox said her choir was ener-gized and sounded great. “We had a great trip and are look-ing forward to performing the “Messiah” in December and a return trip to Logan in the spring for another concert. “It was a great experience.”
With the goal of raising $1,000, USU Eastern’s Elmo Club, is hosting a teriyaki chicken and Hawaiian-style-Kalua-pork lunch on Friday, Oct. 9 from 11:30 till 1 p.m. in front on the Central Instructional Building. Cost is $5 per plate.
Chef for the day is USUE theatre instructor, Brent Innes, who spent two years in Hawaii working in theatre and learning how to cook Hawaiian. He said he loves to cook, but his true calling is grilling. “I love to grill anything,” he smiled. However, according to Corey Ewan, department head, Innes’ wife Kimberlee might be the better cook because she is the Emeril Lagasse in their family.
For the lunch, Innes said he plans to smoke the pork all night before he begins the process of making the sauce for the Hawaiian-
style-Kalua pork. He plans to cook for 150 people, with lunch available on a first-come, first-served basis. All proceeds go to the Elmo Club, which focuses on the advancement of the theater program.
The overall fund raising goal of the club is to raise $2,500. The club hopes to use the money to fly to Hawaii to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. The KCACF is a national theater program with 600 academic institutions and 18,000 students involved. It has eight regions which showcase the finest theatre in each of the regions.
If the Eastern students meet their $1,000 goal, Ewan and Innes plan to dye their beards pink and electric purple, respectively. If they reach their $2,500 goal, the two professors will wear prom dresses all day.
see assault page 3
Jason Olsen awarded faculty of the year
Jason Olsen
Members of the Eastern’s choir traveled to Logan to sing with the three USU Logan choirs last week. photo by Emilee Merill/The Eagle
see Medical 3
Eastern’s Chamber Choir joins USU’s choirs for performance at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Hawaiin cuisine shows off Innes culinary skills in fund raiser
Staffer attends gigantic Salt Lake Comic Con
see comic con page 3
Lori Rager
I remember the first time I noticed what music was really all about: the song, the band, where I was, everything. Sure I had heard songs and bands, even attended a few concerts but it was wasn’t anything special. It was fall of 2000, as a teenager filled with all the angst left over from the ‘90s, one eve-ning after school, I turned on the radio and Matchbox Twenty’s “Bent” began to play. I was floored, I had never been affected like that by a song. An event that was to play out several more times in my life, the first time I heard John Coltrane’s “Dedicated to You,”
Beethoven’s “Opus 131” and Linkin Park’s “Hybrid Theory” album. I entered a whole new world. All of a sudden I was part of a cult whose leaders played symphonic poetry to my soul. I had, as it turned out, watched music affect others like that.
I’m old enough that I have grandparents that served in World War II who I lived most of my life around before they passed. My maternal grandfather, Ross Norton, was about the toughest guy on the planet, a Navy man who served in the Pacific Theater during the worst parts of the war, to say the least, he had seen some things. A few stories he told, hearing what he had gone through, it was no wonder he was so tough. Imagine the offspring of Bruce Banner and Don Rickles and it would paint a good picture of him.
All my life I witnessed how battle hardened of a man he was which I remember fondly. But what makes me miss him the most is the kinship we share due to what music can do to our souls. When I was young, I was sitting in grandpa’s workshop. He was a carpenter who always had the radio playing loudly in the corner. It was common to hear Conway Twitty and Patsy Cline to which he seemed to pay little to no attention to.
After I had finished my task of sweep-ing sawdust into manageable piles, an opera piece began to play softly over the speakers. It was in Italian and to a young child it was more of a novelty than music, but as the song progressed and the singer hit the high notes, came the soft final few lines, and as they were sung I noticed my brash grandfather
sitting in a corner wiping tears from his eyes. Excuse my colloquialism but, what the heck was going on?
Later I would learn that the song was the Sad Clown Aria “Vesti La Guibba” from Pagliacci sung by Luciano Pavarotti. A classic if there ever was one, but what was it about this song that reduced my mighty grandfather to tears? I’ll never know, but if he felt the same way I do when I listen to a song that catches me off guard I understand. We still have something to connect us years after he passed, a commonality which bridges the gap of time. Music gave that to us.
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What happens when the choices we make are taken away from us? When we no longer have a say on what we are allowed to do. Just imag-ine what our life would be like in a dictatorship where we no longer had choices, and the few we did no longer mattered. I know what you are thinking, “this is the united States of America,” and “there is no way this can happen here.” You don’t see this is happening now. Last week, utah’s Gov. Gary Herbert attempted to do just this. He decided to defund the Planned Parenthood program. Before a firestorm of arguments on what you think is right begins, take a second to listen to what I have to say.
First, the argument that this is good or bad is hap-pening, and will probably continue to happen through-out the century. There are arguments for both sides.
What Herbert seems to have forgotten, one of the u.S. goals is to have the opportu-nity for all of their citizens to choose. Freedom of choice is one of the most important aspects this country stands for. This is why these de-bates can and will happen. We can’t remove someone’s right to choose, it’s uncon-stitutional, and against our basic and unalienable human rights. The simple fact that we can debate this topic is proof enough.
What is happening, how-ever, is just as important. Right now Planned Par-enthood is suing the utah governor for requiring state agencies to discontinue their contacts with the women’s healthcare providers. I be-lieve that this is the right action for them to take. Even if I were to push my beliefs aside, the governor can’t just decide our choices, especially when it comes to dealing with a program like Planned Parenthood. These programs are created for the betterment of society. It
was created to give women the ability to choose what would happen to their body. Choices again are the most important thing that we have, that everyone has.
We keep forgetting ev-erything they do; we just focus on the abortion aspect of their program. Accord-ing to Planned Parenthood, they provide lifesaving healthcare and education to everyone in utah. One of the biggest things though, is an STD test for rape survivors. These rape kits saved many lives. Planned Parenthood is the program that helps with all of this. When a family doesn’t have insurance and their daughter is raped left with nowhere else to go, they are there for her. One of their b i g g e s t t h i n g s t h e y s t a n d for i s to pre-v e n t
see Choices page 3
David Rawlestaff writer
Utah’s removal of pro-choice
When things go wrong, we work to fix them. One way or another, we at least try. The umpqua Community College shooting shocked the nation, yet this is almost routine. The united States has had 15-mass shootings since Barack Obama took office, according to Time magazine. Countless lives lost, and what have we done, nothing. Every time this happens we cry, we talk about change and we are shocked. Many Americans have lost hope of change. Many Americans lost their lives for nothing. Many Americans look for a solution that has not worked.
In the u.S. we have the privilege to experi-ence this as a tragedy so we brush it aside as an instance. Ask people from other countries, many will say that gun ownership is ridicu-lous. I grew up in Peru during a rough time; I heard of shootings every day, had friends look down the barrel of a gun and my genera-tion was the lucky ones. My parents lived in a time where shootings were commonplace, almost one a week. That started to change when the government got out of corruption and straightened out gun laws. That led to a rapid decrease in gun violence. It isn’t just one place, though.
The united Kingdom has almost one for-tieth of the amount of gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2013. The difference isn’t culture, it is gun control laws. Australia has more lenient gun control laws than the uK, but more stringent than u.S. and they are still at one twelfth of gun deaths per 100,000 people. There is a clear pattern here. We are the only
nation in the world to relax gun laws after a massacre. When 13 people were killed in New Zealand, laws tightened. When 16 were killed in Germany, gun laws tightened, and when 35 were killed in Australia, most guns were banned.
Most of these countries haven’t banned guns entirely, but banned high powered rifles, semi-automatics and other more dangerous firearms. Small firearms or hunting guns are allowed in most of these places. The real question is why do you need an AK-47, a weapon capable of killing hundreds in a matter of minutes? No one is hunting so many deer.
Realistically, there are other factors to gun violence, but undeniably the greatest predictor of gun violence is access. The answer isn’t pretty and we hate to hear it, but what is harder losing your guns or losing your friends or family to gun violence?
You have to ask yourself, can you look at Maria Alcaraz, sister of Lucero Alcaraz, in the eye and tell her even though gun control could help prevent the kind of violence that took her sister’s life would you still advocate for your guns? Could you look in the eyes of a mother who lost her son and tell her her son died in vain?
We are hesitant to give up our guns because at the end of the day, these people are just num-bers on a statistic sheet. Let someone who has firsthand seen the damages of gun violence tell you that their lives are more important than your gun. At the end of the day they are people with dreams, hopes, friends and family.
Rodrigo Leon staff writer
Renewed push for gun control
America’s broken promises
The conflict in the Middle East has been raging for nearly two decades. Though the actual fighting has been dialed back a great deal, there are still casualties unaccounted for, the coalition interpreter.
These individuals have an essential skill that the u.S. could not continue its operations
without. The ability to translate from the dialects in the theaters of operation to English so that service members can properly do their duties is invaluable.
These interpreters are more often than not local nationals, who put not only themselves, but also their families at risk. They trudge through the mud and bake in the heat of
Cristopher Paloviewpoints editor
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I crept quiet and swift, like a shadow, toward the king and queen’s bedchamber. It was difficult to keep back a smirk. The guards were there to keep out trespassers, but they never saw me coming. And who would? A young man in the shadows is never noticed. This would be easy, what else could it be since I was taught by the best.
Placing my hand on the door, the wood blurred and I stepped through. I stood in the room for a moment taking in my surroundings. I glanced at the large bed where the king and queen lay sleeping, snoring loudly. I smiled, nothing could wake them.
The moonlight filtering in through the windows of the doors of the balcony gave me all the light I needed. My reason for being here lay in a crib on the other side of the room. I approached and leaned on the side of the crib. The baby, Prince Bradmir, lay in the mist of pillows and blankets still wide awake. That didn’t surprise me, the child was about a month old and in a room this noisy, who could sleep?
“Hey, little guy,” I whispered, gently stroking his cheek. “You probably don’t remember me.” Bradmir’s little hands reached up grabbing mine. I leaned closer, one of Bradmir’s hands tried to seize the scruff on my face. Luckily for me it was too short so he
only succeeded in brushing my cheek. “Copy cat,” I smiled and straightened up.
Bradmir returned the smile and tried to laugh, but only managed a gurgled. “Don’t worry, I noticed you’re cute.” I sighed, reaching into the brown-leather holster strapped to my waist and leg, pulling out a small red-leather pouch containing a variety of knives each especially crafted for a different purpose. I took out the one I wanted. At first glance it looked like a dull, iron model of a dragon’s head, but when I gently pressed down on the horn in the middle of it’s forehead, a short crystal-clear blade ejected from its open mouth. Glow blades were the best for work in the dark.
“I’m sorry about this, but I have a job to do.” I took his left hand. My thumb rubbed his palm, the nails on my hand glowed gold, numbing the babe’s hand. “That should help.” I placed the blade against the child’s middle finger and made a tiny cut. In the dim light I couldn’t make out the color of the blood. The blade sucked in the blood like a sponge, turning it dark blue.
I raised an eyebrow, I did not see that coming. At least it explained why Randolf insisted that I double check before tomorrow. I released the dragon’s horn and the blade retreated back. I returned the knife to its place in the pouch and shoved it into the holster. Well, this was great. Not only were Randolf and I out of a paycheck, but it didn’t make sense either. His blood should
have been gold.I gave myself a good shake.
The answers to these questions were not going to come to me while I stood in the royal bedchamber. I needed to talk to Randolf.
“Well, kid,” I breathed. “After tomorrow you’ll never see me again,” I shrugged, “Unless you do something stupid.”
I walked to the balcony doors and placed my hand on it. A quick step through and I was on the balcony. I leapt onto the rail then dropped to the lower roof. Sliding down the shingles, I reached the edge, fell and landed on the guard wall. I rolled a few feet behind a barrel. Sitting still I listened carefully, but no one noticed. Once I was satisfied that the guards hadn’t heard me, I breathed into my hand. The night was warm, but my breath made a ball of vapor. The ball twisted into different shapes. I studied them, there were four guards I needed to worry about. Two were talking, one was asleep, the fourth was walking in a steady rhythm. Memorizing the beat, I took my chance.
Jumping onto the barrel, I threw myself over the wall. The wind whipped past me, straightening my curly hair. I hit the ground and rolled several yards away from the castle. When I finally came to a halt, I lay flat on my back staring up at the star filled sky and waited for the trees to stop spinning. Once everything seemed solid, I got to my feet and vanished into the forest.
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religious studies minor at usu easternRafael Silkskin: First job gone wrong, Part I
Choices
photo by emilee merrill/the eagle
New history minor offeredA new history minor is being offered at USU Eastern; religious studies. Students met with history professor Dr. Susan Rhoades Neel to discuss the new minor. Pictured clockwise from left: Nathaniel Woodward, Dr. Neel, Ms. Gardner, Jake Cottam and Brandon Martini.
Kiara Horowitzstaff writer
the day all the while at risk of getting shot and killed along side U.S. forces. They do it all in outdated and often times unserviceable protection equipment, all on the promise of a better life in the U.S.
They are offered a golden ticket for them and their families to come to the U.S. as political refugees, because if they stay in country after knowingly aiding the jihadist enemies, they and their families will be tortured, raped and murdered.
These interpreters are either being denied their visas or their application processes are taking three to four years to complete, the whole time they must hide and run from those that would do them harm for helping us.
There are 20,000 visas allotted to interpreters. Since 2001, only 22 percent of the promised visas have been issued. This low percentage is due to the inane bureaucratical practices and, let’s be honest, a fear of the all-mighty, “what if?”
These men and woman have been assisting the U.S. government
with the Global War On Terror, at extreme risk to themselves and their families’ lives. Shouldn’t we be honoring our promises?
In 2008, a congressional act was created to address this issue; it was titled The Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2008. In 2009 a similar act was established for Afghani Refugees called the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009.
Some attention has been given to the problem but not nearly enough. After the withdrawl of U.S. forces from Iraq, thousands of Iraqis had to go into hiding, scared for their lives after being let down by a country that was supposed to help them.
John Kerry announced that the U.S. would increase its acceptance of Syrian Refugees from 85,000 in 2016 to 100,000 in 2017. That’s a 15,000 refugee increase in one year, yet we can’t get the 22,000 that we have been promising to get here for nearly two decades.
The Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations, “have made it clear that they will use the refugee crisis to enter the United
states.” U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley stated.The U.S., trying to look compassionate on the global stage, is
putting its safety in jeopardy and completely disregarding its promises to those who have served it. Kerry, with the backing of the Obama administration, is not promising a, “concrete and foolproof plan to ensure the safety that terrorist will not enter the country,” said Bob Goodlatte.
How can elected officials go back on their promise and create a potential terrorist state in the country they were elected to protect? If the government is expecting the people to just trust them, they are sorely mistaken. The trust of the government is non-existent. Benghazi, Bergdahl, Ferguson and Iran are all ingredients in a recipe for distrust. Too many times the government has let us down and we have accepted it. Isn’t it time we look at our elected leaders and say, “we elected you to represent us, we are not subservient to you. You should fear us, not the other way around.”
Promises
sexual assault and to help even minors get through sexual violence and abuse from others when they have no one else to turn to.
Keeping it running is key for their safety. Even if you don’t believe that it is safe. Think about what these people will do. Whether Planned Parenthood stays or not, people will attempt to choose what happens to their bodies.
Those who don’t have a choice are forced into a life they aren’t prepared for. Victims of rape have no one to turn too. What will they
do if they contract an STD? They’ll be lost in the sand. The alternative is life threatening.
Think about it for a second before you just brush that idea away. People buy and sell organs off the black market; people try to do “self-patch up” jobs when they are panicking, that leads to infections or in the most extreme cases, cause the loss of a limb or even death. These are things that people are doing today. Do you actually think these people aren’t going to look for any other way?
Medical
76-8-306 Obstruction of Justice in a Criminal Investigation, a class B misdemeanor, which states, (1) An actor commits obstruction of justice if the actor, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the inves-tigation, apprehension, prosecution conviction, or punishment of any person regarding conduct that constitutes a criminal offense.”
The complaint comes after Detective Bradley stated, “Darrin Brandt caused a safety risk to all parties involved by disclosing the alleged sexual assault as well as the
names of all involved to the bas-ketball coaches and entire team at practice, especially prior to police having any knowledge of it.” Vice Chancellor of Student Life Greg Dart stated, “We take any allegation of wrongdoing very seriously, and we investigate it as fully as possible.”
After the release of the report and the accusations against Brandt many statewide media outlets pro-duced stories. KUTV sent a news van and reporter to campus while The Salt Lake Tribune released
an article titled, “USU Eastern counselor put on leave after being accused of hindering sexual assault investigation.”
Provided in the report were items of evidence seized during the investigation including cell phones, laptops, pictures and text messages. No arrests have been made in the case while the county attor-ney’s office decides whether to file charges. As always, those accused of any crimes are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Assault
characters like Iron Man and Spider Man, or videogame characters like Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII or any of the countless variations of Steampunk characters, this
year’s CC would have been a place to start.The size of the exhibition floor and the
number of vendors present are enough to keep one busy for a full day: hundreds of
booths selling books and comic books, original and printed art, superhero and steampunk costumes and weapons, light sabers and other Star Wars merchandise,
costumes for adults, kids and pets and just about any other random sci-fi or comic book related paraphernalia one could imagine.
If you couldn’t make it this year, be as-
sured that the success of this and previous conventions should ensure that next year will see a bigger, better convention, comparable to other national Comic Cons.
Comic Con
development, originally started the medi-cal assisting program in the latter part of 2005. Lyman took over the reins of the program in December 2010. When she first took over, Lyman met with the American Medical Technologists Association and found what it took to be a certified program. Since then, the program shifted to cover the topics required for students to become nationally certified medical assistants. The program has graduated 49 students and 80 percent of those have gone on to be certi-fied. Thirty of the 49 students graduated
within the last five years. “Although, Caldwell had the vision for
the MA program, he realized the impor-tance of having a medically trained person to take it to a high level,” Lyman said.
With the success of the program at the Blanding campus and the local need for medical assistants, the program was brought to the Price campus through a grant and financial assistance from Cas-tleview Hospital. The program has only a few students; however, the January session and the spring semester hold promises of
a large increase.“This is the first semester where we
have had an MA program, it is brand new and an exciting addition to our campus,” Greg Dart, vice chancellor of enrollment management and student affairs said. “What we believe is that we will have significant interest in the program going forward.”
Lyman and Rager are both looking to move the program forward in certification. Rager hopes to get the program to offer both paths: registered medical assistant
and certified medical assistant. Currently the program is centered on the registered medical assistant and does not quite offer the certified medical assistant. All that is required is accreditation for the program. Lyman is communicating with the Ac-crediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) to give the program and the school the distinction of meeting the ABHES criteria and standards.
“ABHES is recognized by the secretary of education as being a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered by
educational institutes,” Lyman said. The beginning of the year saw the
beginning of a program. With an ever-increasing job market instructors and administrators expect to see growing interest in the program over the next few semesters. To register for the spring semester, all applications are due Nov. 20, 2015. For the fall 2016, students must apply before Aug. 5, 2016. Students who plan to participate in this program can talk to Lyman, Rager or Dart for more information.
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Capturing the beauty of the outdoors of Eastern Utah has been at the heart of Mike King since he first picked up his camera. He chose some of his favorite works to be exhibited at the Utah State University Eastern Museum from Oct. 2 through Nov. 13 on the second floor gallery.
Michael M. King, associate professor of wildlife resources at USU Eastern in Price, grew up in Price and earned degrees at Utah State University (Ph.D.) and Brigham Young University (BS and MS) where he researched desert bighorn sheep, mule deer and white-tailed deer. He has been at Eastern 19 years.
King initially developed an interest in photography, “while involved in research and teach-ing. And what began as an effort
to improve my teaching and presentation materials, ultimately lead to a desire to improve my photographic skills and share my love of nature and the beau-ties of the natural world through photography.
Though my favorite places to photograph include anywhere I can carry my camera, but I am particularly fond of the wonders, both biological and geological, of Southeastern Utah.”
Most recently, King entered a photo of lichens and fallen leaves at BYU’s Monte L. Bean Museum’s 2015 contest and took third in the “Nature” category. He submitted a photo of a young bison bull in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park and was chosen for the July 2015 cover of the Society for Range
Management’s professional jour-nal “Rangeland Ecology & Management.”
Lloyd Logan, museum direc-tor of education and exhibits said, “[Mike’s] knowledge of natural history, eye for composition and photography skill all combine to present to the audience a fresh, and often intimate, presentation of scenery and organisms we see every day. I have no doubt that, after viewing this show, you will have an enhanced appreciation of our surroundings.”
USU Eastern’s Museum is located at 155 East Main Street and is a multi-faceted venue that includes paleontology, archaeol-ogy, geology and an art gallery. The exhibit is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sixty miles from Price
USU Eastern Museum features Mike King’s Pinnacle Peak “Fireset” in fall art show.
Montana artist Nolan Salix has made the mining industry a major theme of his visceral paintings and he brings his compositions to USU Eastern’s Gallery East in a show titled, “Precious Perspectives” from Oct. 5 through Nov. 6.
Salix’ work combines the de-clining mining structures of the West with eroding, weather-beaten landscapes. Often, he even uses the sheet metal made from copper, steel and other alloys that are extracted from these mines as the supports for his paintings. This makes for an unusual pairing of theme and materials.
“My works are representations of mining landscapes across the west,” Salix explains. “Utilizing materials that are mined or pro-cessed at the sites, I try to com-municate about the place.’” The copper and tarnished metals he uses as his painted surfaces are tactile emanations of the mines and mills that fabricate them.
The exhibit evokes opposing paradigms about resources in the landscape: the intact ecosystem with dependent plants and wild-life and the extraction of precious
metals embedded within the soils. Salix’ paintings are impressions
of observed degraded landscapes, large-scale transformations of mountains and valleys, biologi-cally simplified plant communities, tailings and byproducts from ex-tracting resources from the Earth. “This adulterated landscape with distinct forms and copper hues, mimics clear Caribbean waters and surprises my senses in its stark beauty,” he writes.
Salix’ imagery is emotional and evocative—colorful visual statements that represent human’s use of the Earth’s resources and sometimes depredating presence on the landscape. The paintings often depict aging plant stacks, millworks and abandoned open pits, signs that humans left indus-trialized “marks” on the landscape.
Salix was born in 1970 in the smoggy Los Angles Valley, which took him to the emergency room on occasion for air-pollution poison-ing. He was later raised in Dallas and moved to Oregon, where he worked for a travel trailer factory, Boise Cascade Timber Company and various industrial food plants.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corp. Reserves six years while attending Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Mich. A semester of his education was spent on the rural Western Coast of Ireland.
In 2000, he and his future wife moved to Bozeman, Mont., to at-tend graduate school. Salix studied under Harold Schlotzhauer, Sara Mast and Jay Schmidt, and was encouraged to paint larger, more physically involved works.
In 2004, Salix graduated with a master of fine art’s degree in painting from Montana State Uni-versity. He has since taught art at MSU, Utah State University and is teaching at University of Montana-Western in Dillon.
A reception and gallery talk will be on Friday, Oct. 9, from 6 – 8 p.m. Students, family and the public are invited. The gallery is located in the Central Instruction Building and is free and open to the public during the academic year from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Any questions can be answered by Noel Carmack, Gallery East curator, at 435-613-5241 or email at [email protected].
Nolan Salix’ “Precious Perspectives” at art gallery
Nolan Salix “paints” by using the process of alchemy as chemicals applied to the surface of his “canvas” age the metal. This piece “Enduring Composition” is on display at Gallery East Oct. 5 - Nov. 6, 2015.
photo courtesy USU Eastern Art Department
Lights, camera, action…let the season begin for USU Eastern Theatre as they officially open their production and
officially open the Peterson Black Box Theatre in the new Central In-structional Building this weekend.
The rock ‘n’ roll, science fiction spectacle of “Little Shop of Hor-rors” opens the inaugural season for the state-of-the-art theatre. Corey Ewan, Ph.D., directs the play and is thrilled to be in this new space. “We have waited a long time for this type of performance space. We are now on par with any college/university in the state.” The theater is also the only fully functioning, LED space in Utah’s higher education system.
“Little Shop of Horrors” is the classic, nerdy boy meets pretty girl, nerdy boy falls for unattainable girl (because of her pain and nitrous-oxide-loving-dentist boyfriend), meets man eating, alien plant who grants him his every desire in return for feeding it a “secret formula.” Basically a story we can all associate with, right? Little Shop is a throw back to the science fiction films of the ‘50s, but with a catchy-tune-filled score.
The cast includes Price natives, Ben Jones and Christian Johnson as Audrey II, appearing on alternat-ing nights. They performed in last year’s, “Les Miserables.” “They are absolutely hilarious with the role and the music,” Ewan says.
The love-struck couple is played by Heather Bone, from Spring Glen, who is Audrey and Donnie Owen, from Panguich, who is Seymour Krelbourn, the boy with the plant. “They are delightful and have great vocal moments; very heartfelt and
sad, with a sly sense of humor, Ewan said.
Cameron “Bacon” West, from Mona, plays Mr. Mushnik, the owner of the failing florist shop that becomes Audrey II’s home. Josh Bone, from Spring Glen, plays Orin Scrivello, D.D.S., a sadistic, gas-guzzling dentist.
Playing the Ronettes, a kind of Greek Chorus, ‘60’s-girl group that rounds out the cast include Chloe Clark, Stansbury Park; Jennifer Thomas, Castle Dale; and Rhian-non Bradley, Price; visualize this group as Hercules’ muses. There are a number of past actors in the chorus as well as some new faces.
Ewan says the cast has worked incredibly hard on this production. “This group is here from 6 to 10 p.m. every night, working in a new venue, with equipment we have to break in.
“It has had its challenges: an overheated theater, missing light board, orchestral score that has just been out of reach. We have been beset with difficulties not unlike the opening of new amusement parks, some of the rides just don’t want to run; it takes time and patience. Like the character in Shakespeare in Love when asked how the show will go on despite all of the calami-ties he replies, ‘It’s a mystery,’ I can say the same thing. Somehow it all comes together.“
Brent Innes created a world in which the characters can inhabit and truly become part of. “Al-though minimal in scale to ac-commodate our larger cast, Innes created Skid Row, the setting for Little Shop. Brick walls, street corners and a phone booth symboli-cally putting us into this musical
world where hope is at a premium. Yet in this depressing setting, the colors and graffiti on the walls help remind us that this is a comedic world as well. Audience members will find themselves so close to the action that they might get up and sing with the cast,” Ewan said.
DeeJay Laughbon, has returned to her roots at USU Eastern to be stage manager. She received her BFA from USU and just got back
from a tour as stage manager in Alaska and will leave for Tasmania after Horror’s close to be a stage manager for a cruise ship line.
The costumer, Macy Lyne, is a freelance designer, originally from Price, working out of Houston, Texas, and all points where her work is in demand.
Josh Roberts, from Kaysville, is a graduate of USU Logan and designed the lighting for Little
Shop while Daysha Pedersen put together simple, fun and exciting choreography. She comes to us from Orem, Utah.
“We are fortunate to have this caliber of talent working with our students. They get to see how professionals in theater work. To have our students see first hand the dedication, talent and hard work is an invaluable lesson, particularly at this level of their education,”
Ewan said.“Little Shop of Horrors” runs
two weeks starting Thursday, Oct. 8 and continuing to the 17. Sundays are dark and on Saturday, Oct. 10
at 2 p.m., a matinee performance will be presented.
Ewan hopes the community will join USU Eastern Theater in the grand opening of this exciting new performance space and this exciting, fun show.
“Little Shop of Horrors” opens in Peterson Black Box Theatre
photo courtesy Mike King
Seymour, played by Donnie Owen watches as Audrey II eats his friend. photo by Emilee Merrill/The Eagle
One of the exciting and edu-cational prospects among the new groups introduced fall semester is the Center for Diversity and Inclu-sion located in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center room 213. Accord-ing to their pamphlet, “The Center for Diversity and Inclusion at USU Eastern offers services for students, faculty and staff to explore issues related to diversity, inclusion, and social justice.”
“It goes under the premise of inclusive excellence,” says Evette Al-
len, director of student life. Accord-ing to Allen, “Diversity and inclusion are two different things. Diversity is different people coming together, but inclusion is really valuing someone’s background.” This idea of inclusive excellence is evident in the various programs and services offered by the Center including: a diversity and unity retreat, an annual diversity conference, 1-on-1 trainings, global week and awareness events.
One of the events, the diversity and unity retreat, gives students an opportunity to spend a weekend learning about themselves and issues dealing with social justice. Allen said, “It will be a little in-depth work on themselves and their biases and
how they can advocate for what’s considered marginalized groups in the U.S.”
Students may be familiar with awareness events, as the Center held a Hispanic Heritage Awareness event Sept. 22; these events will continue all year according to Al-len, she said, “Coming up is Native American Heritage Awareness; we will do something for Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and LGBTQ awareness.”
With this being the inaugural year of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the center’s goal, is to achieve awareness. “As time increases people often indicate that diversity programming is not
needed; however, when looking at some of the statistics you will see that there are still several groups underrepresented.”
Allen hopes that equity can be derived from this awareness. The difference between equity and equality according to Allen is, “equality means we all arrived on the same level, whereas equity means that we help those who didn’t arrive on the same level to get to the level that other people are.”
To get involved with the center, just get into contact with Allen or diversity representative, Vivika Corona, located in the JLSC room 207. Allen said, “We definitely need anyone who wants to get involved.”
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Set the record straight double feature
“It was a masterful and incom-municable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life… But there was life.”- Jack London. Every second the existence of life seems to be in contrast to the will of the uni-verse, constantly life defends itself from peril. Life went on with this struggle, until a Herculean effort on the part of life during the 1940’s in Oak Ridge Tenn. Ironically this effort was to destroy other life in such a way as to prevent the loss of more life.
As life conquered the atom, its building block, a new age dawned, terrible and wondrous all at once. The events at Hiroshima and Na-gasaki in 1945 demonstrated man’s unintelligible capacity to take the divine sacred power of science and turn it against itself. So, un-derstandably, as those who looked to turn this wretched atrocity into something beautiful the public looks on in passionate ignorance.
Today’s standard nuclear pow-ered facility relies on cool-water reactors run by uranium-rod tech-nology, an obviously outdated and potential hazardous process which creates unsettling amounts of waste products. These waste products
are a difficult problem and debate rages far and wide on what to do about them. One extreme seeks to ban nuclear energy all together, while another doesn’t believe the environmental implications of transporting radioactive waste amounts to much danger. In the following paragraphs, I hope to set the record straight on both ends.
The answer, I believe, does not rest in deciding whether to continue nuclear programs or in finding suitable locations to store its dangerous progeny, but in updating the technology used in producing nuclear power altogether. The typical uranium rod will last well under a decade before its contents are spent and it becomes unusable, but after the events of Oak Ridge and the Manhattan Project, a new method was tested, proven highly success-ful, then oddly abandoned. The advancement known as Uranium Salt Reactions provided decades of use for a single cycle, greatly cutting down on waste. Today some small labs are beginning to produced nuclear reactions for energy using salt reactors with exhilarating results.
Another issue lies in the
tragedies at Chernobyl, Ukraine, and Fukushima, Japan, where the nuclear reaction was left un-checked resulting in a “meltdown”, releasing huge amounts of toxic radiation into the surrounding ecosystems. As scary as they were, it was due to lack of oversight and common sense in construc-tion that led to these cataclysms, while salt reactors have built in fail-safes which can prevent such “meltdowns” from occurring. In fact, the worst disaster related to nuclear power production in the United States released the equiva-lent of one chest X-ray into its surroundings, far less than could ever do any harm.
Our cult of the imagination strives to unite the warring ide-als on both sides of the issue by presenting evidence of the reality of our situation. We are burning through fossil fuels at an irrespon-sible rate, all the while destroying the climate of our planet. If we could provide a sustainable, reli-able and profitable way to produce the electricity we need all the while producing desirable careers for our energy sector, we may in the end, triumph over the futility existence and truly live.
• Nuclear power
For the first 200,000 years, our specie, Homo Sapien, had eek’d out a meager existence, surviving on a sys-tem of ever-evolving farming practices and techniques. Historians recorded clearly the years that crops resulted in feast as well as in famine, but due to our ingenuity, the years of famine were soon to become something only found in our his-tory, maybe. The recent uproar over genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, has sent the in-ternet and social media a tizzy with passionate groups emblazoned with slogans like, “March against Monsanto” and documentaries angled to cast shadow on the sci-entific practice. What’s wrong with these orga-nizations isn’t their con-cern over the well being of their lives and loved ones, but their utter lack of any credible evidence to support their passion-ate claims. I intend to set the record straight on three leading argu-
ments given by those in opposition to GMOs.
1. GMOs are too re-cent an invention to truly know what their effects will be. This is simply not true, we have been al-tering the genes of plants since the Neolithic age and likely before. By planting and breeding only the plants with specific attributes we, alter the genetics of all those to follow. Recent advancements allowed us to take a desired trait from an entirely differ-ent species and inject it into the DNA of our plant. To assure you that this is indeed safe, over 1,700 studies have been published examining the effects of GMOs and not a single one casts doubts on their safety. The one study that can be found showing ab-normalities in lab rats who consumed a GMO is a French study that was discredited almost immediately due to shoddy data and unethi-cal practices and was later redacted entirely.
2. GMOs cause farm-
ers to use more pesti-cides. One of the overly-ing purposes of GMOs is to limit or cease the use of pesticides. In fact since GMOs first came to grocery stores in the mid 1990s, less pesticides are being used than ever before. The one that has increased is glyphosphate, a mild pesticide which is 25x less toxic than caffeine.
3. GMOs are unnec-essary since we grow enough food to feed ourselves already. This infuriates me more than any other a rgument presented. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that two children every minute die of hunger. Please re-read that last sentence. If that doesn’t sicken you I’d hang up my keyboard.
What I ask as we continue the journey into our cult of the imagination, above all, understand what consti-tutes actual, hard fought science. Your links by David Avocado Wolfe and the Food Babe
are preying upon your willingness to overlook facts in exchange for what you want to hear. Modern charlatans with Internet access seek daily to sail you down the river and spawn zeal-ots for their non-issues all the while themselves become wealthy. Chil-dren die in droves with empty stomachs while the technology to save them sits in factories and journal ar ticles, anxiously waiting for the day when these zealots will care enough to view actual research. This topic, I care much about, being a father I can’t stomach the thought of my children starving and in a world where the population continues growing irresponsibly, those WHO figures will continue to rise unless we begin to view sci-ence as a tangible savior. We’re are a species who not 60 years after learn-ing to fly put a person on the Moon, don’t believe for a second we aren’t capable of incredible and wondrous things.
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It is pretty rare that I end up with a sweet tooth, so you get to benefit from it. Today’s recipe is cherry bars. This is a great recipe to use for a date or party. It is easy to make but looks super fancy if trying to impress someone with your culinary skills.
There is really little to talk about health wise and cost wise this time since, we are dealing with a dessert after all. All I can think of is that for a gluten free option you can use sweet potato flour in place of the standard flour and vegetable shortening instead of butter for a lower cholesterol option.
And this is a family recipe I got from my Grandma so as far as I know
there is nothing to discuss about it historically. Instead, I will just discuss some of the purposes of the ingredients and what would happen without them.
Flour is the basis of every pastry and is what gives them their signature texture. If it were left out, the dough would just be a liquid, and when you baked it you would have syrup in your pan in the end.
Then we have butter that gives it additional moisture that will not bake out like water, milk and eggs will. Also it will make the dough less sticky so when the time comes to put it in a pan you can manipulate it more and spread it more easily.
Baking powder is a form of leaven-ing, meaning it makes it rise and fluffy. Leaving this out will leave your cherry
bars dense and heavy and not all that appetizing. The flour will rise a little bit on its own, but still not enough to make it appetizing.
Vanilla extract is more of an extra flavor in this recipe, but in others it is important because it is slightly acidic. If you make a recipe with baking soda it will cause the a chemical reaction necessary for it to rise.
Eggs are a culinary glue and holds things together. They can add some health benefits by adding protein instead of just being pure carbs.
Sugar and pie filling are to make it edible. We really would not even eat this if it weren’t sweetened by the sugar and pie filling. One final note, cherry pie filling is not the only kind that this recipe will work with; any pie filling will work and taste fine.
Cooking with Toby: his grandma’s sweet-tooth cherry barsToby Foster
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½ cup butter¾ heaping cup sugar½ tsp vanilla2 eggs1 ½ cups flour¼ tsp baking powder1 can pie filling
Melt the butter in the microwave. Mix butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time and mix after each egg. Mix in flour and baking powder. Spread 2/3 of the batter on a greased 9-by-9-inch baking pan. Spread the pie filling over the batter. Spoon the remaining batter on top of the pie fill-ing randomly. Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool for 1 minute. (Optional) Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top. (A double batch can be made using an 18-by-26-inch cookie sheet)
Being a college student is dif-ficult. Aside from the countless homework, the myriad of class requirements as well as brain-crunching and stress-inducing exams, is the problem of getting by with the little money you have when you have bought books, paid tuition and fees plus rent. When you have money, it just simply vanishes with a purchase of the latest game or the newest trend. Here are tips on how to save and spend money wisely.
Keep a mental record of expenses. Students sometimes go overboard with spending and before they know it their wallets are drained dry. Keep-ing a mental record of expenses prevents students from using
all of their money in one go and saves money for when they need it. Collegescholarship.org advises to: “For one month save every receipt of everything you purchase, from a pack of gum, a tube of toothpaste to your computer. Log each expense in a notebook. When the month is up, tally up what you’ve spent and take a good look at just where most of it went.”
Cheap is not bad. Students tend to look at something cheap and find it to be poor quality. However, many stores have good quality products on sale and at a cheaper price. “Shop secondhand whenever possible,” thesimpledollar.com says. If you are looking for a product that becomes a need to buy, do not go exactly for the newest edition of the product, search anywhere for
older editions or product models that would naturally be sold at a cheaper price.
Prioritize your spending and saving. Do you need something paid off for school or do you need to buy something in the coming months? The best way to use your money wisely is to deal with unpaid fees first, then save for your spending later. Gocollege.com advises to, “pay the balance each month” and to “pay on time, every time.” Your education as a college student should always come first.
These tips should not be followed strictly; everyone has their own ways of saving and spending wisely. And with these tips, life as a college student in respects to spending and saving money wisely can be easier even with the stress that naturally comes with it.
Saving money in college
The certified nursing program is one of the largest programs offered at USU Eastern and to maintain that standing, USU East-ern hired Shelley Heath. She is the professional practice instructor as well as the program coordinator and is from Price.
Heath earned a bachelor’s of science in nursing from Western Governor’s University. She brings an understanding of the nursing field and enthusiasm to the CNA program.
Talking about high school, Heath shares, “I wanted to be a nurse by my senior year. Mrs. Ghiradeli was the nurse who taught the health occupations class when I was in high school. She was a big influence. I wanted to do something to help people.”
Heath was convinced her fam-ily actually found her decision odd because of her childhood. “I was afraid of anyone who was sick or injured as a child. I would literally scream/cry or runaway just seeing someone on crutches in a store. I
also ran out of a doctor’s office when I was about five because I was terrified about getting vac-cines prior to kindergarten.”
Heath began her nursing edu-cation at the College of Eastern Utah. One of the reasons she de-
cided to come back as an instructor was to, “give back and share my years of nursing experience with others.”
About her own experience Heath says, “I was trained by some of the best nursing instructors at CEU. I will never forget Diana Baker. She was the only nursing instructor that could bring you to tears, yet make you feel so proud
of what you accomplished. Donna Cartwright was also an amazing nursing instructor. She was incredibly knowledgeable.”
As an instructor, Heath is able to influence the lives of her students and advise them as they earn their degrees. “I love to care for others. It is very rewarding to see others heal, succeed or gain knowledge and know I may have influenced them in a positive way, even if it was small.”
As the CNA program coordi-nator, Heath is able to help students succeed in their dream. Nursing students have a large advantage at hand with their instructors and program coordinators. With mul-tiple new nursing faculty members this year, great knowledge is be-ing shared and students are given many opportunities for growth and progress.
It almost seems like Heath is perfect, but she divulged that she was a little rebellious in junior high. “I hate to admit this, but I did hold a bag of nails for a friend in junior high while she placed them under a teacher’s car tires. Yes, the principal did catch us. It was terrifying.”
Shelly Heath joins nursing staff
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Cherry Bars
With the goal of raising $1,000, USU Eastern’s Elmo Club, is hosting a teriyaki chicken and Hawaiian-style Kalua-pork lunch on Friday, Oct. 9 from 11:30 a.m. till 1 p.m. in front on the Central Instructional Building. Cost is $5 per plate.
Chef for the day is USUE theatre instructor, Brent Innes, who spent two years in Hawaii working in theatre and learning how to cook Hawaiian. He said he loves to cook, but his true calling is grilling. “I love to grill anything,” he smiled. However, ac-cording to Corey Ewan, department head, Innes’ wife Kimberlee might be the better cook because she is the Emeril Lagasse in their family.
For the lunch, Innes said he plans to smoke the pork all night before
he begins the process of making the sauce for the Hawaiian-style-kalua pork. He plans to cook for 150 people, with lunch available on a first-come, first-served basis. All proceeds go to the Elmo Club.
The overall fundraising goal of the club is to raise $2,500. The club hopes to use the money to fly to Hawaii to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. The KCACF is a national theater program with 600 academic institutions 18,000 students.
If the Eastern students meet their $1,000 goal, Ewan and Innes will dye their beards pink and electric purple, respectively. If they reach their $2,500 goal, the two professors will wear prom dresses all day.
Hawaiian lunch fundraiser set
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1) Baseball season comes right at the end of winter, when spring is arriving. It comes with sunshine and optimism for a successful season. Each season starts with a clean slate, while the successes of the year before can still be savored, the failures can be set aside and new goals can be made. While the USUE baseball team is currently in their “fall ball” season, the team has over 40 guys on the roster, all of them are fighting for a spot on the spring team, which will take about 20 players, so they can go into a new, successful season.
2) Baseball is a timeless sport that can be understood and loved by
everyone. The clock doesn’t run out, there is no coin toss, no confus-ing, technical rules of any sort, nothing like that. Yankee’s shortstop, Derek Jeter was asked why he loved baseball. He said, “I think because everybody can relate. You don’t have to be 7 feet tall; you don’t have to be a certain size to play. Baseball is up and down. I think life’s like that sometimes, you know? Back and forth, up and down, you’re going through this grind. I think people like watching it.”
3) Baseball is an impressive sport. It’s not like football, where any big guy can hit another big guy really hard, baseball takes keen focus and talent. It’s been said that the hardest thing to do in sports is hit a round ball square in the middle with a round bat. Now add in the fact that the ball is coming at you at speeds close to 100 mph with movement, the feat of hitting the ball becomes even more impressive. The Eagles have already been hard at work during the preseason, perfecting their
swing, working on plays, and working off the field to improve their agility and strength to become even better at this impressive sport.
4) Baseball is more like a marathon than a sprint. The season is long, giving a team multiple opportunities to make something of themselves. The USUE men’s baseball team starts their regular season Jan. 29 and plays all the way through May 14. This gives the Eagles time to prove they are one of the better teams in the conference.
5) Just imagine sitting at an afternoon USUE baseball game, the blue sky stretching above the field, the smell of freshly mowed grass, the sound of crack of the bat and the cheers of the crowd. Baseball as-saults to all the senses- in a good way. While some argue that baseball is boring because it is so slow, that’s the relaxing part. Just enjoying the game and being there to support your team is what baseball is all about. Start the countdown for the Eagle’s Spring season.!
USU Eastern men’s soccer team is sit-ting at 11-3-1 as they wrap up their season this weekend in Colorado against Otero Junior College who holds a 9-1 record .
Eastern has won their last three games at home defeating Sheridan Community College 3-1, Northwest College 2-1 and Westminster 4-0. They barely squeaked by Weber in Ogden 1-0.
Mourchid Youssef was a one-man show against Sheridan 4-8) on Oct. 1 as he scored the Eagles three goals; two were unassisted while the final goal was a pass by Andres Garza. Sheridan’s only goal was scored by Vanja Hodovic from a pass by Carlos Rubio Garcia. Both teams received yellow cards with Sheridan’s coming in the first half, 1:43 into the game; Eastern’s came in the second half at 1:48.
“We played okay, not well. We lost to Sheridan in Wyoming earlier in the season so we needed the win,” coach Ammon Bennett said. “I guess you could say we played well enough to win, but I would not call it a great game.
We gave Sheridan too many opportuni-ties to score. The corner kicks got us back on our heels a little bit.”
Against Northwest, it was a windy, cold afternoon when the game began and the Eagles were up 2-0 at half. “The
wind was to our advantage and we were up 2-0 quickly.
“The second half, Northwest outplayed us. Again it was not a good game, but we were good enough to win,” Bennett said.
A pass from Alexis Beiza helped Mourchid Youssef score the first goal and Beiza passed again to Jake Clements for the second goal in the first half. NW’s Charlie Gleisinger scored its only goal in the second half.
The Eagles faced Westminster College on Sept. 26 and won 4-0 with goals scored by Youssef, Garza, Chase Virgil and Raul Cavasos. Youssef’s and Virgil’s goals were unassisted with Garza’s goal from a pass by Sam Kunckler, and Cavasos’ goal from a pass by Austin Kennedy.
“The team played great. It was our second victory over Westminster and we controlled the entire game from the begin-ning,” Bennett said. All four goals were scored in the second half.
The match against Weber State was horrible even though the Eagles won 1-0. “I’m not sure if it was the three-hour bus ride to Ogden, but the team had no energy, no pace,” Bennett said.
With seconds remaining in the 90-min-ute game, Mike Brady was assisted by Luis Rico with a corner kick into the 18-yard zone.
The men start their playoffs Oct. 24. They are the No. 1 seed and if they keep the ranking, the playoffs will be hosted at Eastern.
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USU Eastern’s women stand at a 7-3-2 record as they travel to Colorado this week-end to take on a national powerhouse team from Otero, a team they lost to earlier in the season 1-0.
The ladies took on Northwest on Oct. 2 and beat Northwest 3-1. “It was a great game, we played really, really well. We only made one critical mistake and gave NW one opportunity to score and they did,” coach Ammon Bennett said.
Eastern’s first two goals came at the hands of Lindsay Bray who was assisted by Kennedee Tracy. Mckenna Brown scored the second goal with the assist by Nicole Scharman, which ended the first half.
In the second half, Brown scored the third goal with an assist by Jacquelyn Tagg.
The ladies had lots of energy in the game, Bennett said.
On Sept. 26, the ladies took on Mesa State University club team at home, winning 2-0. “We did not play great. In fact we played down to the level of the other team that was not particularly good. We had to have a ‘come to Jesus talk’ after the game to get everyone back on track,” Bennett said.
All three of the losses the Eagles sustained this year were from nationally ranked teams, including a loss to the defending national champions 1-0. They also lost to the No. 2 team 1-0 on a penalty kick and last year’s region champs 1-0.
“Right now we are preparing to go to nationals and need to beat these tough teams,” Bennett said.
Men’s soccer sitting at 11-3-1, No. 1 conference seed
Mike Brady, #4, gets air as he receives the ball. photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
USUE Baseball: 5 Reasons you should be anxiously awaiting baseball seasonKayla Newman
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Freshman Alyssa Lopez fights Northwest athlete for possession of the ball. photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
Women’s soccer holds a 7-3-2 record
Women’s soccer schedule•10/09: USUE @ Otero CC•10/16: USUE @ Iowa Western CC•10/17: USUE vs. Monroe College•10/22: USUE vs. SLCC
Annual USU Eastern Cosmetology Bake SaleAll proceeds go to Carbon County’s Cancer Society
Tuesday, Oct. 13, JLSC multipurpose room • 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. (students will deliver to campus offices)
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The staff prepares to take on the two USU Eastern basketball teams photo courtesy David Mathis
It’s officially a challenge. USU Eastern’s staff formally challenges the men’s and women’s basketball teams to the annual match on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Bunnell Dmitrich Athletic Center. Height, age, gender, speed and athleticism will be featured in the grudge match that pits the best of the staff against the best of the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
If you thought last year was fun, this year will prove to be even better. “We have done a lot of outreach to the community this year,”
Jeff Spears, director of residence life and student conduct said. He had professional posters made by Eastern’s marketing manager, David Mathis, to advertise the event. Admission is bringing a non-perishable item to be donated to the Carbon County Food Bank, Spears’ said. “People get to watch great basketball and help stock the food bank shelves.”
Kristian Olsen, director of enrollment, added, “We will also be giving away prizes to the students that attend and have been working
out the details for a slam-dunk contest.” He hopes the USU Eastern community supports all the staff wanna-be athletes.
Spears said that last year the staff lost by a few points, but had help from Basketball Assistant Coach Justin Brown. “We were substituting every minute. It was like a hockey-line change,” Spears smiled as we asked him what he remembers from the game.
“I think we also felt like kids again stepping on the court with ath-letes of USUE’s caliber. This year should be no different,” Spears said.
Staff vs. players round 2: A rematch for the ages
Nothing beats the feeling of playing a game on your home court, having your warm-up playlist blasting through the gym speakers, hearing the crowd cheering for your team and killing a team and sending them back home with a loss on their record. This is exactly the kind of feeling the USU Eastern women’s volleyball team experienced last weekend.
Friday, Sept. 25 was the first game of conference play. The Eagles had an advantage over their competitor, Central Nevada College, as they had beat them twice in tournament play during preseason. The first set was won by the Eagles 25-12, the second set was won by the Eagles 25-15, and the third set was won by the Eagles 25-16. Paige Eyring lead the team with 14 kills against CSN, with Kayla Newman in second place with 10 kills and Jessica Snarr with five.
The next day, the Eagles played their second conference game of the season. Coming off of a shut out game the night before, the team went into their next game against Snow College pretty confident. The Eagles lost the first set 19-25, but beat the team in the next two sets 25-20 and 29-27. Snow College came out strong in the fourth set, beating USUE 30-28 after a long and tiring set.
With two sets under each team’s belt, the pressure was on in the fifth set. The Eagles fought hard against Snow, but came up short, losing the
last set 13-15. Eyring again lead the team with 22 kills against Snow, Newman coming in second with 21 kills, and Marlee Adams with 11 kills. The loss was devastating to
the Eagles, but they went into their next home game with their heads held high.
Tuesday, Sept. 29 was the third conference game for the team and the last home game for a couple weeks for the Eagles. The team lost the first set 23-25 against Colorado Northwestern Community College, but came back and shut them out in the next three sets. The second set was 25-23, third set, 25-21 and the last set, 25-12, showing the team no mercy and coming out with the win. Newman lead the team with 24
kills against CNCC, Eyring coming in second with 15 kills and Allison Kittell with eight kills.
T he women’s volleyball team has been hard at work in the gym and the weight room and was proud all their hard work got to
pay off on their home court. The Eagle’s next home volleyball game is Saturday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. in the BDAC against Northern Idaho College.
Sports performance is mandatory to athletic enhancement and professional enrichment; it’s the Cheech to Chong. If you didn’t understood that analogy, I just assigned you with your first homework assignment. However, training can’t be something you dabble in if you plan on dominating the collegiate ranks, getting drafted to the professional ranks and actually being a force.
If you want to dabble in strength training, friendly weekend games at the park may be more suited for you. Efficient sports performance training is necessary for anyone who considers “Ball is Life.” I express emphasis on “efficient” because many high school athletes and junior college collegiate athletes are unaware of what efficiency in strength/conditioning training looks like. Many do a few sets/reps of different exercises with a five-minute recovery between sets or go straight to throwing big boy weight on the bars.
I see athletes train as if “Body Building is Life.” They train body parts, usually the more visible ones biceps, triceps, quads, abdominals, calves or don’t train at all or enough. High school, junior college, Division 1, professional, we’re seeing a series of athletes of
different sports go down to injuries. Most of the time, the reason is simply they are out of shape for the demands of their sport.
Athleticism is accelerated mass, not the ability to move heavy loads of weight in linear motion at slow rates of speed. Athleticism is coordination, balance, proprioception, flexibility of muscles, foot/ankle strength, rhythm, reactivity, biomechanical efficiency and variety of different strengths; absolute strength, accelerating strength, explosive strength. Athleticism is a neurological ability that can be trained and enhanced no matter who you are.
Developing the perfect athlete must include all of the above; you have to develop a perfect foundation. It’s the same process when constructing the perfect building; you have to have a flawless frame that keeps every afloat because one flaw in that foundation and that building is no longer stable, at risk of collapsing and financially depreciates in worth. Like the building, you start from the ground up; therefore, with an athletic foundation it starts with feet as they control the body’s ability to move in space.
Leonardo Da Vinci discovered, “The body has geometric proportion to it. The human body works maximally only at specific joint angles, completely dismissing the notion that athleticism
is only a genetic trait because it can be taught.” For those we see with great athletic ability who seem to inherit it, is solely based on their activeness and choices early in childhood.
Gavin MacMillan, founder of Sports science lab said, “All muscles and tendons are elastic in nature and therefore, their ability to accelerate and produce force is determined by their ability to store elastic energy and heat in the muscle/tendon complex. The elastic-strength capability of the muscle complex determines the level of athleticism that can be achieved.” Rapid eccentric to concentric changeover speed creates athletic power. One of the main lifts all athletes do is a squat; however, squats are biomechanically not the correct or most efficient movement. Squats develop absolute strength and that is the strength needed for elite athleticism, however, it loads the heel to avoid patella-tendon damage creating undue stress on the vertebral and femoral, training the incorrect muscle sequences used in jumping, running and lateral movement. The force created by those movements is positioned in the forefront of the foot that initiates a totally different muscle-firing sequence than the heel.
Anyone who wants to feel and move like a world-class athlete, the way you train determines your career altitude. Stop going in the weight room and stacking three plates on each side of
the squat bar and sacrificing form or bench pressing all the time followed by dumbbell curls.
Focus on technique, cor rectly performing each exercise to maximally fire that muscle; focus on moving your body and weight biomechanically correct. Focus on movement prep, exercises that fire up the muscle you are about to work, to gain greater strength in that session. Put emphasis on stretching/foam rolling as it will prolong your career and unlock athletic ability.
Strengthen the feet and ankles as they produce more force in the starting phase of jumping and running than all of the muscles in the leg combined; all aspects of athleticism lies in the feet. Those Swiss balls you use to sit on in the gym, great for athletic achievement as it stretches and strengthens the limbs while stabilizing the core, making it one of the most dynamic yet simple exercise tools available. It’ll also have you feeling sore, tight and uncomfortable, however, it leaves you feeling relaxed, loose and develops muscle symmetry/aesthetics. Pool work doesn’t get much better on the limbs, and is great for rehabilitation, sports performance, contraction speed and aesthetics. The water demands fluid movement to generate velocity; therefore, working on biomechanic efficiency and speed of movement at a decreased risk of injury.
If you want to become the athlete you always dreamed, start breaking down a blueprint step by step of what needs to be done and improved. Acknowledge what your athletic weaknesses are, muscle imbalances, etc., and be honest with yourself, your career lies within your hands.
Start training more efficient and consistent and stop training like a body builder or CEO of bank who has no intentions of being a world-class athlete. Your work ethic, your grind must match your dream or it will never be more than just a dream. One exercise creates ballistic stretching and elasticity and that’s jumping roping, however, there is always a catch and that’s jump roping correctly will lead to greater explosion, more spring and efficient movement. It creates a rubber band effect in muscles that will have them fire just as rubber band would if you stretched it completely out and released.
With all this new information let’s get better and become the best athletes we can. Good better best, never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best. Just don’t work hard, work smart and efficient.
Sports performance athleticism is F=MAEdmond James Sanders Jr.
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USUE women’s volleyball- home game coverage
The team goes 2-1 on a three game homestand
Nothing beats the feeling of playing a game on your home court... except winning on your home court
Paige Eyring, #10, spikes the ball in last week’s home game. photo courtesy Tyson Chappell
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