Show Friday October 29 2-- CEU 1982 Book review Double exposure Double exposure By Kristan Smith of the Eagle Staff Superstitions have been around as long as man has been civilized They are expressed in every day activities though they’re not as important as they once were they are always referred to in hopes of gaining luck or avoiding trouble There are literally hundreds of thousands of superstitions but do people really know why they say and do them? For example my grandmother used to say “mind your p’s and q ’s” but I think if she had known the origin of this she might have refrained from saying it In former times ale houses used to chalk up a record of how much a person drank on a wall or a board P for pints phrase By Lona Colby of the Eagle Staff DOUBLE EXPOSURE and Q for quarts A careful drinker would be sure that the bartender was accurate in his tally so as not to be overcharged thus minding his p’s and q’s Superstitions or phrases are instilled in us all through our childhood and carried along with us in our everyday life even though we don’t know why we avoid stepping on cracks in the sidewalk or attaching a shriveled rabbit’s Lettec cost of utilities (heat water Dear Editor: There were a few errors in and electricity) that are inthe article on laundry creasing most dramaticaly equipment in the Residence This same condition is true for Halls that I would like to the residence halls The money earned from the laundry clarify Under the prvious contract equipment will be used to help the new laundry equipment for defray these costs Most the year would have cost $3000 students do not really unto $4000 However even this derstand that the residence amount would have to have halls along with all other been included in the total cost auxilliary services on campus required to operate the receive no financial support housing units which would from the state They must be have resulted in higher derm completely which means that the money rent Perhaps most importantly collected from the students in the money generated through rent fees fines etc must be the laundry equipment does equal to the expenses for the benefit the dorm residents year Ask any home owner what Sincerely Dr Ralph Vanderlinden their major expense is and Dean of Student Life they will tell you that it is the self-supporti- ng foot to a key chain Grandmother would say things like "Never give someone a knife or sharp gift without giving them a penny too’’ or "If the New Year comes and all your drawers aren’t clean you’ll have a bad year” superstitions came religious beliefs or coincidences For instance the phrase "Knock on wood” comes from the belief that since Christ was crucified on a wooden cross and since all over the world pieces of the Many from cross somehow appear touching the wood would bring sustained happiness Another example of religious origin is surprisingly the superstition that walking under a ladder is bad luck This seems a logical deduction at first sight because something might fall on you But the reason it is considered bad luck because a ladder was used in the crudfiction of Christ and has since been considered evil So this Halloween if you feel brave open your umbrella in the house or throw your hat on the bed Take a chance Maybe you’ll find that lightning won’t strike you down by Blaine and Brenton Yorgason Bookcraft $995 hardback The plot basically is this: The husband and wife are having family problems They are not "in love” like they were when they were first married They have each taken a lot of their own time and put it into their businesses He in his conglomerate and she in her magazine which is a subsidiary of his company She wants a divorce and he doesn’t but gives in because he feels it is what it will take to make her happy They crash their Lear jet in the mountains of southern Colorado while on their way to Mexico to get a divorce There they meet a free trapper named Port who they believe to be either insane or a hermit for he believes it is December of 1848 when they know it is the end of spring 1982 They can’t however explain all the snow and the man’s true astonishment at seeing modem things They also are unable to explain the date of 1846 stamped on the packsaddles which was the date they were made Nelson the husband is a history buff and begins to recall facts about the Freemont Expedition which Port is following Port is closely questioned and knows many of the historical characters Nelson has read of and knows much of history up to 1848 but nothing after that time Editor’s Note: The Eagle will welcome any personal s beginning with the next issue at 10 cents per word The newspaper published twice monthly during the on the Friday regular school year wUl accept want-ad- s proceeding publication date Jeff Staffer Editor Mike Barrett Sports Editor David Editor Spencer Photography Koncher Collette Manager Advertising want-ad- Reporters Advisor Dennis Rupp Connie Spanton Lona Colby Dee Huber Kristan Smith Susan Polster The official student publication of the College of Eastern Utah Price UT The Eagle is dedicated to giving information and service to the student body it represents The editorial opinions expressed in the Eagle do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the administration faculty students or staff They then begin to wonder if Editor's note note: The CEU staff encourages anyone Eagle with story ideas or advertisement prospects including classified ads to contact us The staff meets Editor’s weekly on Mondays in Room in the Administration Wing at CEU Letters to the editor will be taken until the Monday prior to publication Classified ads will be accepted A-1- 20 until the Friday before main objective of the Eagle newspaper publication The is to provide a student-involveme- nt publication We encourage any student conWe reserve the tributions to edit any submitted right material to our specifications they were caught in some sort of time warp and thrown back to this time They continue to travel with the trapper hoping to be led to the Lear and rescue They travel through deep snow drifts and an d 15-fo- ot ice-col- river The morning after Port dies the couple finds themselves back in 1982 They know so because it is spring again They cross a ridge and find the Lear A helicopter with the rescue team is also there The couple wants to surprise them when they come out of the plane The couple gets sur- prised The men back out of the plane with two lifeless bodies The couple is now confused Are they dead or aren’t they? Port appears at their side and tells them they have been dead for a short time in reality although they were in 1848 for two weeks They get a chance to start life fresh now that they have learned how to love Their souls are then put back into their bodies which startles the rescuers As one puts it "Somebody up there must like them” I found the story easy to read and the language of Angela’s is interesting and would be difficult to understand without the glossary provided in the front of the book I was never sure though about where they were living It could have been Denver or Los Angeles It was never stated But then maybe it wasn’t necessary to the story as it took place in the LaGarita great-great-grandfat- her Mountains in Colorado The book is spiced with historical characters and facts which make it a little more interesting to read Besides reading a book about a relationship the reader picks up a little western couple’s history too This book was reviewed courtesy of Serendipity Books They have the New York Times Bestseller List as well as other bestseller lists In the next issue look for a preferred reading list and another book review Book orders coming in orders have been through their departments Mrs Cartwright who is very coming in steadily since Barbara Cartwright manager pleased with the faculty’s Book of the CEU bookstore went before the College of Eastern Utah Senate requesting that the faculty turn their book orders in on time The alternative is to absorb the increased shipping cost I f i stated "Apof the percent proximately their faculty has now turned response 90 book orders in” She would like to have all orders in by Nov 1 so she can avoid the Christmas rush |