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"You know it's hard because everybody goes through those hard times, but I think time heals wounds." Anderson said he will always remember this traumatic event, but he learned early on that he wanted to do something good with his life. He said he wanted to be involved in the medical field because medicine has saved millions of lives, which encouraged . him to pursue a career in ; pharmacy. After Anderson 1 graduates from DSU this semester, be is attending . . A.' Campbell University's , r , . School of Pharmacy in I , I, North Carolina. ., , , I , "I always joke and 1 say, 'I'm going to be a . 1 t legal drug dealer' which is pretty much what a i ' 1 t, 144 , pharmacist is because we deal with drugs legally," 1 Anderson said. 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BOOK NOOK , t ers , , - r 1 I , ,I , 't1 J .. 1 The Possessions' fails to mystify i- ,.11' DIANA FOSS ETT ,,,o,. An, 1 1 , 'k DianaFossettDSN , , t, , t 1 The world is littered with people who would pay any price to speak to a deceased loved one. Enter Sara Flannery Murphy's world in "The Possessions" and find the The first day of March National Pig Day and Pr nut Butter lover's Day. is Celebrate by eating some bacon dipped in peanut butter. Source: onthisday.com UPCOMING MOVIE RELEASES , 1 e 1 March "Logan" "The Shack" 1 Elysian Society, where you can pay to have your departed loved one come and possess one of the workers. "The Possessions" is told through the eyes of Eurydice, the longest lasting body, which is what the book calls the worker who plays.host to the departed spirit. However, she and her surroundings are shrouded in mystery. Eurydice had been an exemplary employee of the Elysian Society, following all the rules and never getting attached to clients, until Patrick Braddock came to use Eurydice to reunite with his dead wife Sylvia. She begins to fall in love with Patrick, but the reader gets the disjointed feeling after a while that her feelings may not be love and instead something more sinister. As with most mystery novels, readers have to watch closely for details to slip. Murphy's use of and I dialogue was subtle, ended up having to go back sections to find and I had hints of the danger conver the missed, like in re-re- ad "Before Fall" . M 3J -- M Cr, w.. - i mid-boo- q 1 k, re-rea- d. iii BY WENDY STABLER gWStablerB2B 1 i, i seniors aim to fulfill goals before graduation ,vr.tveawo..li ( MARCH sation below: "It's not always easy,' Lee says. 'The woman wasn't coming from a bad ,. place. Turning her away before she took things any , further it might not have , E1:: ,,, ( '' felt like helping. But it , was.' "Helping yourself?' I -: 0 give the words a slim edge. , 1 00 , "Helping her.' Lee's 2 :: Eli Ki) 4 eyes on mine remain o c steady. 'You know it's true, Edie. Sometimes helping our clients means stepping book. away from them. Setting them free before they hurt Readers get to know or hurt us." themselves, next to nothing about I first picked up "The Eurydice, which for me, Possessions" as it reminded made me care less about me of Joss Whedon's short-live- d her especially as the TV series "Dollstory dragged on. When house." Unfortunately, Eurydice's past was it is harder for a book to finally revealed, I felt hold up suspense than for frustrated. a visual mystery in a TV If it had been revealed earlier on, so much more show, and "The Possessions" struggled to keep of what was happening the suspense interesting. would have made sense Most of the answers .and would have helped readers are looking for are the other mysterious towards threads weave into the heavily weighted the book. of third back the story. Instead, the other While I couldn't expect for threads tried to prop up her past as the big reveal, Murphy to give up even half her secrets by only to have the reveal the middle of the fall flat. book sagged for lack of However, I do think Possessions" is "The payoff. mysterious I to time started the worth both a read and a By was find out what I suspect as I go going the book a secon, I was annoyect and felt through like I had been following ond time I will enjoy the Eurydice in unfulfilling story more because I can circles. finally connect with and And some of the inunderstand Eurydice's formation revealed, like story. Dixie Sun rating: 3 suns Eurydice's past, would have been better to bring out of 5 the in than rather sooner up i i last few chapters, which is IN I ,t1 I 1 another issue I had with the DSU i 4 Spring graduation is right around the comer, senior semester is wrapping up. Yet seniors may still have goals that need to be accomplished. It is a common belief that going to university is about the overall college experience. Dixie State University has a Dixie Traditions application available to students for download in order to help students accomplish their bucket list goals. The list has over 45 activities on it, and once the traditions are completed, a free medal is given. This gives seniors the opportunity to make the most out of the DSU Seniors at DSU have different, unique goals set for accomplishing their bucket list and some are sticking closer to the DSU traditions list. "Going to the Wednes-activities is one of the things everyone here at DSU should do," said James Peterson, a D major from St. George. "One of my senior bucket list goals is to have a sports radio show a show on Radio or co-ho- st Dixie." Peterson said his favorite activity was atthe movie showing tending of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2." DSU rented out one of the theaters in St George specifically for students. One of his other activities favorite Wednes-was the Mr. Dixie pageant. Wednes-- D D Peterson also wants to ac- complish whitewashing the 'D' on Black Ridge and painting the 'D' on 700 E 400 S at DSU. He also said that attending sports events is a must Chase Hermansen, a senior criminal justice major from St. George, said, "My top three bucket list items are to stay on the dean's list, graduate and buy a house before I graduate." Hennansen said hiking in the St. George area and visiting national parks like Zion, Bryce, and the Grand Canyon was part of his bucket hit and should be a part of every student's list who attend DSU before they graduate and leave the area. "My bucket list is to keep my GPA up, finish university, finish at least 10 hikes in the year, and see different plays and go to the film festival." Teresa Willie, a senior integrated studies major from St George, said. Willie also said every student should attend sports events on campus. Her favorite is to go to football games. Mark LaVoie, instructor of media studies said: "All students should visit the library and while your there talk to the librarians. The librarians job is to help students learn how to use the library and incorporate the materials provided by the library into their research." The last year as an undergraduate student and university experience goes by fast. Push the envelop in developing as an overall person by living your university experience to the fullest. |
