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Show 7 THE SIGNPOST MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 P urple continued from page 6 16 la 1:le II Spirit Squad The Weber State University Spirit Squad captured a title at the USA All-Star & Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships last weekend in Anaheim, Calif. The Wildcats won first place in the Large Co-Ed Cheer Division by defeating New Mexico State University and Colorado Mesa University. WSU had one of the CI:1 highest point totals of the 70 schools in any division at the competition. Jordan West and Jessica Salazar finished fourth in the individual dance and partner stunt divisions. Riley Palmer and Torie Van Orden came in fifth, and Tyrel Bailey and ii Tasha Petroff took sixth. The team finCII) ished in a tie for seventh place in the Open Dance Division. Z Im Men's golf The Wildcats competed in the Jackrabbit Invitational at South Dakota State University over Spring Break and took eighth out of 15 teams. Jordan Herzog led the team, shooting rounds of 70, 71 and 75 for an even par and a tie for 11th in the individual standings. Herzog, Ty Travis, Alex Sutton and Michael Johnson filled out the Wildcat lineup. This past week, the Wildcats competed in the Bandon Dunes Invitational hosted by Gonzaga University. WSU placed last in the tournament. WSU was led by Jeff Jones, who shot rounds of 75, 77 and 76. He tied 49th overall in the individual standings. Herzog shot 233 to tie for 63rd, Sutton shot 236 to tie for 72nd, Travis shot 240 to tie for 76th, and Johnson shot 245 for a tie in 82nd place. Taize & Labyrinth Meditation Services Wednesday Nights, February 29 - April 4 5:00 pm Labyrinth Available 6:00 pm Simple Soup and Bread Meal 6:30 pm Taize Service 7:15 pm Labyrinth Available Trinity Presbyterian • 140 N. Tyler www.trinityogden.org Belliston JEWELRY 60 ' 1 Wow... ,N What a Selection!!! More rings than all the Ogden stores combined 3585 Harrison Blvd. Ogden UT www.Bellistonjewelty.corn It's exciting for both me and the athletes. But I have to be patient with them and let them get it because I can't throw for them (no matter how much I want to). My favorite thing about coaching is the constant reminders I have about my times throwing in high school. I miss just hanging out at practice with my other thrower boys. I miss track meets. I miss being in shape. I miss the goofing off. I miss the feeling of the disc coming out of my hand. I miss my friends. I miss my coach (I call him if I have questions about what I am doing). There are a lot of things I miss about the fun times I had. I wouldn't go back if I had the chance, because I wouldn't do anything differently. I cherish the memories I had of my days at track Even writing this, I am smiling because a flood of happy memories just swarmed my mind. I love those days. I have only been coaching for a few weeks, and I have already got a ton of new memories. For example, one of the boys, Gibby, kicked me in the face with a soccer ball last week It stung for a while, but we mostly laughed at it. It's a memory none of us will forget. I was scared at first to go back and coach. I was never the best in the state, and I never took first in a meet. I felt insecure and unworthy to coach something I was never No. 1 at. But I knew how to throw. I know the basics and all the little things (there are a lot) that a person needs to do to be able to throw. After two days of practice I became confident, and Tennis continued from page 6 sophomore Annika Karlsen all succeeded in winning their first sets with scores of 6-1, 6-3 and 7-6 respectively. However, the Bulldogs rallied to take the second matches, defeating Moore 6-3, and defeating Phonharath and Karlsen both by a score of 7-5. Moore fought hard, rallying from behind to force a tiebreaker set, but she came up short, losing 6-7. Phonharath ended up losing 1-6 to LTU despite her best efforts, and Karlsen also fell Comment on this columr wsusignpost.co G olf continued from page 6 "We are expecting to compete hard and play really well over the final month before the conference tournament," Chugg said. "We have a lot of talent on the team, and now we just need to bring all the pieces together so we can play like we should in conference. We have a definite chance of winning it." I love coaching. I love seeing their faces light up when they throw far. I love seeing the technique I teach them fit together when they throw. It's a satisfying feeling. I love coaching and helping the kids find success. I certainly wouldn't mind coaching for my job. Coaching is a new experience for me, but I love being back around the track and field atmosphere. I love helping the athletes. And I love the new memories I am forming. The Big Sky Conference Championships will be held from Sunday, April 22 to Tuesday, April 24 at the Ocotillo Golf Club in Chandler, Ariz. The Wildcats will have the chance to warm up at the Ocotillo Golf Club before the Conference Championships, and Ulibarri said they are grateful for it. "We are fortunate to play that course in our final two tournaments before the conference championships in late April," Ulibarri said. "Hopefully we can take advantage of it. We need to pay careful attention to the course so we can learn it inside and out before the final tournament." The team will take one trip for its last two tournaments before the championship in Arizona. The Montana State University and Idaho State University Tri-Match will be held on Saturday, April 7, followed by the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic on Monday, April 9 at the Ocotillo Golf Club. Comment on this story wsusignpost.co by a score of 4-6. Despite being swept in her singles match, Tanner remained positive after the loss. "Everyone gave their best effort today," Tanner said. "(The team) came out fighting and fought to the end in every match." With the loss, WSU fell to 0-15 on the season. Head Coach Jonas Ehrlin talked after the game about his pride in the way his team performed, saying that the team came out and played very hard. Coach Ehrlin pointed to the doubles matches as being key to the loss. "If we could have gotten started a bit sooner and gotten some more points in the doubles matches, I think we could have won," he said. Coach Ehrlin remained pleased by the team's single match performances. "These were very close singles matches that could have gone either way," Ehrlin said. "I'm really proud of how hard they played in singles." The Wildcats next game will be Tuesday afternoon when WSU hosts the Utah State University Aggies. Looking towards the upcoming match, Ehrlin said that the team needs to focus more on its doubles matches and up the tempo in its singles matches. "We have to play better doubles and take that into singles," Ehrlin said. "I think that's the number one thing." third time, because many students realized they had simply never thought about looking at the television they were watching in a more critical way. "I think that's largely what college is about," Rogers said. "We're going to show you how to apply intellectual rigor to things you might not think worth it." Ross Morrill, a junior at WSU who took the TV literature course, echoed the sentiments Rogers expressed about gaining access to new forms of literary art. "I think that it extends the critical thinking that we learn in the English major to new parts of life," Morrill said. "It teaches you to be critical even about things like television, which can often be very asinine." Morrill said he loved the class because it gave him access to different literary forms that he was not used to studying. In the fall of 2010, the class studied the two television shows Dollhouse and Caprica. "The shows that we studied had very modem ideas about existence and the nature of the mind, which I thought was very unique to study, as opposed to old literature that we normally study in literature classes," Morrill said. As soon as Morrill heard about the class from Rogers, he said he was on board and excited for the opportunity "We are studying Firefly, which is a great show," Morrill said. "If you like science fiction and westerns, imagine that meshed together .. . that's Firefly." Eric Riddle, a senior at WSU, said he also heard about the class from Rogers and is excited to take Television as Literature for the first time. "It is so appealing to me because I remember the emotion I had when I first watched Firefly, and it ended," Riddle said. "I was sad knowing that there wasn't anymore. So when I heard that there was a class about it from one of my favorite professors . . . I thought that this would be a great opportunity to learn a lot more." Another student who will be taking this class for the first time is Elizabeth Johnson, a junior at WSU. She said she is excited to take this class for her English major requirements. "I really enjoy the fact that there are different options for electives," Johnson said. "I think it is really fun to experience literature in different ways . . . it keeps it fresh and exciting." Rogers said the class will be offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday and is made for students all over the university. He said this class will be a great opportunity for both casual viewers and fans to talk seriously about their favorite show. "Whether you have simply caught a few episodes of Firefly and liked it, watched all of Firefly and loved it, own the DVDs and watch them many times a year, own the DVDs and watch all the commentary, or if you own Browncoats T-shirts and follow Nathan Fillion on Twitter . . . this is the class for you," Rogers said. "We're going to get seriously nerdy about Firefly in fun and exciting ways." Comment on this story a wsusignpost.corn Firefly continued from page 4 have their deep and abiding interest in these television shows vindicated," Rogers said. "I had been writing and speaking about television for several years by then as a kind of side project from my main academic work, and it had simply never occurred to me to offer a course on the things I was treating as an academic hobby." This fall, students will study the television show Firefly, created by Joss Whedon in 2002. After 11 episodes aired, the show was canceled and later released on DVD with 14 episodes. Whedon later released the movie Serenity in 2005, which starts up where the series left off. Rogers said he is excited to teach the class for the Comment on this story at wsusignpost.corn. |