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Show g 5 jyuri L r tinii joyvn 1r f PACE Friday, November i s t k i 11, 2016 Watching the sun Dy EMMA PAY epaysuunews.com ancient Surrounded by Native and petroglyphs American relics, a small group gathered Parowan at Gap just after sunrise to witness a historically sacred ceremony from the the Paiute of descendents and Hopi Native American tubes. Nancy Dalton, a board member Parowan of the Heritage Foundation, shared facts and stories about the area and the culture embodied there. The star of the show was a large rock The Overseer, outcropping on the side of a cliff that resembles the piofilc of a human face with its mouth slightly ajar. Every year during the first Dalton week of November, said the sun rises in just the right spot to enter the mouth of The Overseer and sit in it for a few moments before being swallowed, representing the end of the summer season. This tells the people that the summer sun has gone into its winter home, Dalton said. If they (Native Americans) havent prepared, its time to move south. Unfortunately, this year, the cloudy sky obstructed the view of the sun as it entered the mouth of the Oveiseer, but the light was still visible. One observer, Arturo Canela, a senior ciiminal justice maur from San Diego, said the experience of hearing the story accompanied with witnessing the event made the tiip worth it, even with the poor weather conditions. It was a bit cloudy ... but getting to see the sun be digested by The Overseer was exciting because I was now aware of the story behind it, and I wasnt just looking at the sun through the crack of a lock on the mountainside, he said. This natural phenomenon has been observed by local Native American tribes for centuries, and proof of their presence can be seen in petroglyphs and an ancient cave dwelling nearby. After telling the story of The Overseer, Dalton pointed out many of the petroglyphs in the aiea and explained their meanings. Several petroglyphs of various types depict a solar including calendars, calendar and one that was used to track pregnancy stages of women in the tribe. Hayden Hess, a senior exercise science major from Fielding, said the petroglyphs at Parowan Gap are among the most interesting he has ever seen. This story continues online suunews.com. The view from the top of Angels Landing at Zion National Park (left). Kiersten Perkins, a freshman Reef National Park (right). Both of at major from West Point, hikes the Sulphur Creek trail with family the Capitol national all with e other on Veterans Day, along parks. these national parks will be pre-nursi- fee-fre- Veterans Day is fee-fre- at parks e national parks to SUU and a good workout. some noteworthy hikes at Capitol Reef National Park: kperkmssuunews.com Distance from SUU - 2 hours each park that anyorie can 40 minutes (158 miles) and or of Students and residents enjoy this Veterans Day Cassidy Arch Utah can strap on their hiking any other day. Hike distance - 3.4 miles boots and visit any national Zion National Park: of in 1 honor This arch is named after hour Distance from SUU park free today Veterans Day. Butch Cassidy and is strenuous (58 miles) to the Bryce but will According give hikers a fantastic Angels Landing Canyon National Park Facebook view of the arch. There are Hike distance - 5 miles page, this has been a National This is a classic hike at Zion. It shorter trails and longer trails for tradition Service Park is difficult and not for the faint that give adventurers the many years, in honor of those of worth is view the but opportunity to rappel. heart, who have served to protect the Sulphur Creek United States. It also shows every step. Hike distance - 5.5 miles Point Observation gratitude to the U.S. Army, 8 one way miles Hike distance that in earlier years helped to This trail takes hikers through This hike is less exposed than Yellowstone Yosemite, protect riverbed and showcases small a still will but Angels Landing and other public lands. By KENDRA PERKINS at Here are some of the closest give hikers a fantastic view and and waterfalls approximately two miles of narrows. It does require hikers to have a shuttle prepared, as it is a one way hike. Bryce Canyon National Park: Distance from SUU - 1 hour 30 minutes (77 miles) Tower Bridge Hike distance - 3 miles This trail gives a great view of the hoodoos Bryce Canyon is famous for and connects with the Fairyland loop, so it can be lengthened. Rim trail Hike distance - 5.5 miles Many of the other trails at Bryce Canyon branch out from this trail and take hikers around die rim of Bryce Canyon on a fairly easy trail. Snow foil for SUU students 4 $ Outside of the competitions, Brian Head has 71 runs, By HALEIGH CLEMENS two inner tubing slopes and eight chair lifts. The inner hclemenssuunews.com tubing slopes feature lift systems so the activity can the to Winter is coming, and contrary grim prospects focus on the fun of going down the hill and not on can expect a dragging a tube back up the hill. One slope has a rope students SUU in those Westeros, of winter wonderland at Brian Head Resort. The ski and to pull guests up the hill while they sit on their tubes, has a moving platform similar to moving snowboarding resort will host a multitude of winter and another in visits. airports. walkways Frost activities once Jack Mark Wilder, public relations coordinator at Brian Brian Head will host competitions such as Rail Jams, Head Resort, said that nighttime skiing and snow tubing Big Air, Boardercross and NASTAR Racing. NASTAR will also be available on weekends, with select slopes lit the of one is associated with the U.S. ski team and is a different kind of experience. worlds largest ski and snowboard racing programs. up for There will also be Munchkin Jams later in the season See Snow, Page 14 athletes. for younger snow-sport By JENNA CHAPMAN jchapmansuunews.com Siberian Husky, loves the outdoors and playing she isnt exploring in the outdoors, she is training to become a therapy dog to help veterans. Arya, a in rivers. When Husky puppy explores By BILLY CLOUSE bclousesuunews.com Splashing around in the river, you can find Arya, one of SUUs most active She doesnt let having to walk on four legs stop her from hiking trails, scaling mountains and spending her days outside. Siberian Husky Arya is a who enjoys hiking. Her human, Kevin Andrews, a freshman interdisciplinary studies major from Sacramento, California, said Arya has been to every trail within 20 minutes of campus. and . She absolutely loves the outdoors, we go three or four times a week, Andrews said. Anything that involves water, she absolutely loves. She doesn't go swimming, but she just sits there and runs through it like a super excited crack puppy. Andrews said Arya is a mix between a child and a friend. She requires a lot of care and attention, but shes definitely my best friend, he said. I talk with her all the time, and she does talk back. Shes learning her voice recently. Two weeks ago, Arya experienced snow for the first time. I heard rumors that there was some snow (on the C Trail), so we decided to just go up there, Andrews said. There was a little bit of snow there. She had fun, she liked eating the snow a lot. When she isnt hiking or snuggling, Arya is training to become a therapy dog. Andrews was in the military and said he knows how it can affect people. I decided to make her a therapy dog to help veterans and myself to just cope with everything and make our lives a little better, he said. Shes doing really good. Her primary objective is to be friendly with people and make them feel better. After more training, Andrews will take Arya to hospitals and senior care facilities. Arya is also training to be part of a team. This friendship almost didnt happen because Aryas adoption happened by chance. Originally, I was going to get a rescue husky, but the day I went to pick her up, she had seizures and became unadoptable, he said. I had a friend who was getting one out in California, and they had two females left, and Arya was one of them. Andrews said Arya was appealing because of her personality. I thought she had a cute mask when I saw the pictures and everything, Andrews said. I went to the house itself, played with her awhile and she was a sweetie and very mellow compared to all her brothers and sisters. search-and-resc- Astronomy fans gathered at Three Peaks Recreation Area on Nov. 5 to enjoy views of the moon, Venus and Mars. While the Super Moon will appear around Nov. 14, the moon and other heavenly bodies are best observed when the moon is less than half full. Anything larger provides too much light and makes it harder to view the surface of the moon because there are little to no shadows from craters. Utah Southern The Space Foundation (SUSF) held the event to encourage everyone to learn about astronomy. The goal of SUSF is to make sure that astronomy is available to everyone in the community and tourists that come through the community, Leesa Ricci, president of SUSF said. Ricci worked at SUUs Ashcroft Observatory for six years, focusing on education and outreach, and has also taken astronomy classes at SUU. This experience has taught her how to find and educate others on the heavens. Leah Gunter and her son Parker The problem with the Ashcroft Gunter go to the SUSF events is that there is some month. Observatory every We came to the first one just to serious creep from light pollution, see what it was all about, and Parker was really fascinated with Venus and other planets and stars, she said. Leesa was really great and (she was) explaining all sorts of things to him and to me. Each monthly event highlights a different part of the sky in an effort to introduce people to a wide range of sights. Andrew McAffee, a board member of SUSF, said he enjoys the meteor showers the group views once or twice a year. The meteor showers are really fun and bring out a lot of people, and of course theres always something up to look at, he said. Leesa is amazing at finding things like globular clusters or nebulas for people to look at stuff that people have never seen before. SUSF was started in 2012 as a sister organization to the Ashcroft Obseivatory to help raise money to lepair the existirg facility and buy better equipment. But SUSF has since branched out to get its own telescopes for both night and day observation and aims to pm chase astrophotography equipment. A i . The Vnivcnhv JoiO'ruJ Oolsid; cJ ir t'. iconics stories a.Dout how ('cr section. TcU readers get outside with their peS i r the OUTSIDE us about the things yen do outside u rih your pet: bthmg, hiking, chmhmg and more. Stories should be no :rmre than 560 words. All snbmisstouJ should include the authors name. Trip reports should be accompanied by : Fleaw- include a phene photos, including names of thou-- a the picture. number, which will not be publtd, d. Submissions can be sent to kperkhv i suuncws.com or Liken to the Journal cilice, Sharwan Smith Student C.nter room 16C. - Ricci said. When it was built about 40 years ago it was in a pristine location, but right now we have the airport on one side, and we have the temple on the other side. Because of this problem, the group has met at Three Peaks every month this year and plans to hold some events at Desert Mound next year. Next month, they will be educating people on astrophotography. event is The astrophotography going to be primarily focused at teaching people who have things McAffee like DSLR cameras, said. How to use those cameras for imaging stars, some of those cool ones where they leave it on long enough exposure that youll catch star trails and see stars moving in the sky or if they want to leave them on a larger body like one of the nearby planets. This event will be held on Dec. 17 at 6 p.m. at the main pavilion at Three Peaks. For more information or to schedule your own event with SUSF, visit susf.org. if n ; 'r s Vf IK W ' "i f i . JENNA CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL through a telescope to see the Astronomy fans meet at Three Peaks Recreation Area and look held the event to help educate Foundation Utah Mars. and The Southern Space moon, Venus about and students astronomy. members community i |