| Show gains new International Student Club called FUNC CEU Brad King elected to House of Representatives by Sundi Decker editor In (he November elections Brad King was elected to the State House of Representatives for district 69 he will be sworn in on January 20 1997 the first day of a new year’s legislative session King serves curently as the director of student activities for the College of Eastern Utah and has done so for eight years Ilis previous position was director of high school relations for the eight n and years prior to his current position King stands as a I respected figure at CEU Ic works with ASCEU to plan events for the student body Now he will extend his experience by having a voice in plans on a much larger scale At the State Democratic Convention held in May of this year King replaced Tom Matthews of Spring Glen through delegate vote More than 60 percent of the vote went his way and thus eliminated the necessity for a primary election King ran unopposed in the November elections as a democratic candidate “My biggest challenge at the legislature will be forging alliances while learning the system in order to be effective as a member of the ’Super Minority Party (Democratic) in a sea of republicans" King term to accomplish this explains lie will have a two-yeFor the first session of the 1997 Legislature King has in mind several issues to introduce concerning district 69 Ilis district is comprised of all of Carbon County and part of Emery County — specifically the towns of Cleveland Elmo and part of Huntington Rcprcscniative-clcc- t King plans to broach issues like the purchase of the old Durrani Elementary building for CEU higher and public education issues in general tax fairness public safety transposition and consumer protection for these areas "The biggest challenge faced by the state at this time is the population growth and the problems due to rapid growth The biggest challenge faced by the people of district 69 is the possibility of being overlooked by the well-know- ar Voices from the past: by Amber Saupan staff writer The late 1960s was lime of protests riots draft card burning Hippies peace love dope and bra burning An atmosphere of chaos freedom and excitement was everywhere that is except for a little CEU campus in Price Utah “At CEU it was pretty smooth we didn’t have that sort of thing Itwason the students minds and they talked about it but we didn't have any protests mainly because it was too small” jid Thomas lloldaway lloldaway was the editor of CEU's 0 Because of paper from what was happening during this time period you might expect to hear some great stories lloldaway might have to tell but there isn't any that he can remember There isn't really any exciting stories to tell about because CEU didn't really have any except for the normal everyday news that still exists on campus today "We mainly covered the same kind rest of the state while dealing with the problems of growth along the Wasatch front" King said Yet his aim for defined legislation should keep a substantial focus on his region of interest For the first session in 1997 he is considering the introduction with you cover now” said lloldaway “We covered club activities sportingevents and special events on campus” The paper back then was called The Golden Eagle It was about eight This pages long and came out weekly was quite a task considering that there was only three or four writers and one BExaHUBaEaaESBssuEsaaasn by Amber Saupan child re- safety staff writer straints and the A new club has joined the many offered at the College of Eastern Utah The Friendship United Nations Club (FUNC) is now here to offer students a chance to Icam about and become friends with students of the same or different nationalities elimination of sales tax on food Next week FUNC is also known as the International Student Gub with members of all different nationalities The chapter here currently has 38 members with many nationalities Some of various ethnic backgrounds include: Japanese Chinese Korean Filipino Scottish Irish Spanish and the list goes on The purpose of FUNC is to increase cultural awareness promote diversity assist each other in academic pursuits and provide fellowship The club is not just for students who have come from other countries to go to school here as many may think It is open to anyone who is looking to have fun learn about and open up to different cultural backgrounds and willing to make new friends Each month the club has a presentation of a different culture Last month members had a chance to view traditional Japanese clothing make and eat rice balls and make origami (paper art) swans The groups activities fund raisers and service projects are put together by six council members They are: Chacoy Aquayo as appointments to Standing Committees and Appropriations Commit- tees will be made by majority party lead- ership King reports that areas of concentration will be determined for the party and priorities for fc Representative Brad King — the 1997 scs- - F sion will be formally established next week also “It is a great responsibility and honor to represent the diverse population of Carbon and Emery Counties I will do my best to represent this area and deal with legislation that will affect not only Carbon and Emery Counties but the entire state of Utah" words from a former Eagle editor or two photographers The paper was an extra curricular activity not a class like it is now “I don't think we even got credit for it” lloldaway said “we just volunteered our time to do it” There was no one over lloldaway or 1968-197- of stuff of bills dealing Former Eagla Editor Thomas Hold away the other staff writers and photographers to even edit them recalls lloldaway He was in charge of the paper and all the staff “I had a hard time keeping photographers as well as writers” lloldaway mentioned Besides making sure all his writers had their stories finished and all the photographers’ pictures were developed and turned in he was also in charge of the paper's layout and printing Iloldaway's uncle was the typesetter for the Sun Advocate during this time period When lloldaway would take the paper down to be printed he would sometimes help set the print “I'd go down and help them set the type so we could met the deadline” lloldaway mentioned Back then as well as today the most important and most stressful part of tic paper was meeting the deadline All the hard work lloldaway and his staff put into the paper paid off As a reward they were able to go all over to different newspaper conventions One they attended was the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association “ Iloldaway's daughter Melanie is currently one of the photographers for The Eagle He thinks that it is great that she is involved with thepaper although it is no surprise to him that she has taken an interest in journalism Many members in Iloldaway's family have been involved in the newspaper business His grandfather worked for the writer Basically paper as a show-car- d show-card is just like a calling card of a Besides the uncle that worked today as the typesetter lloldaway also had another uncle who was the editor of another newspaper lloldaway himself had even thought that at one time he would also pursue a journalistic career but in the end didn’t Although he is no longer involved continued on page 13 ffl president Adelina Compagni vice president Amber Saupan chairperson Melanie lloldaway historian Kazue Shinoda treasurer and Erlinda Aquayo secretary This group is overseen by two counselors Cary Countryman and Kris Allen The International Representative is LaVcm Tuia The next big projects the club is planning are a dance and something fun for Christmas Ntn-CompairD- son ComparDsmiii satellite After years of development digital mini-dis- h TV is here But as you can sec some companies still aren't quite there Only PRIMESTAR lets you enjoy all kinds of programming without buying any equipment and 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