Vol. 5 Issue 6 No. 40
Mar. 28, 2018
A Splendid Performance
Ryan Perkins Layout Editor This past month, we had a chance to speak to the current president of Eastern New Mexico University, Jeffery Elwell. He is a very talented man and has come a long way to be where he is now. This is his story: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? “I grew up in southern California in Northridge, which I call the land of earthquakes. In 1970, there was an earthquake and we had to evacuate before the dam broke. Then, I was at Mississippi State running the theater program and watched the big 1994 Northridge earthquake and saw lots of places that I used to walk by every day collapsing and falling in. I grew up there and was a pretty average high school student. I thought I was going to be an olympic gold medalist in decathlon like Bruce Jenner who won in 1976. I graduated in the middle of my class, somewhere around 1144. The high school, Monroe High School, was 4200 for 10th, 11th, and 12th. I think it was the second biggest high school in the country that year. So, I basically knew 2,000 people and I didn’t know 2,000 people. I later went on to take the SAT with a friend, and I really didn’t have any preparation for it. After getting my SAT score, doing very well on the verbal, but horribly on the quantitative, I was told that with my GPA and my SAT score, I would not be able to go to my dream college, which was San Diego State. They had an amazing track program and it was in San Diego, by the coast and all that. I actually went
Dr. Jeffery Elwell, President of ENMU
to a 2-year school on a partial track scholarship up the coast and I ended up graduating from California State in Bakersfield with a 3.0 four years after I graduated high school. It proves that scores can’t measure determination or ability, it’s just sort of one signal. I didn’t know if I could or even would go to college and I’m first generation; my mom and dad did not go to college. So, I actually have a bachelor’s degree in English. I was into journalism, writing sports columns. I was a sports photographer. I was a writer. I ended up going to LSU, because it was a different part of the country. I ended up applying and getting accepted into Louisiana State University and worked for sports information for a while, until they found out I had two
graduate assistantships: one in sports information and one in journalism. With the sports information degree, I worked in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for a while. I wrote stories about sport practices for various papers. During the games, I would be up in the press box, assisting the writers. The neatest part of the job was that during the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, I would take the writers to the visiting team’s locker room. I met Bear Bryant from Alabama, John Robinson from USC, and
many more. I also worked for the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, I worked at a local bank, and I worked for Russell Long’s press secretary in the Baton Rouge office. Then I was getting bored halfway through grad school while getting my master’s, and I decided to go home because my mom was getting married for the second time. When I came back, a new dean had come into the journalism school and given away my job. They had assumed that I had quit and taken a job back in California. So I came back without an assistantship, not a good thing in terms of paying for school. I went to work for the university’s news service. I decided that, after a year of doing brochures and other small things, it was not for me. I had always written creatively and I started writing plays and I ended up applying to what was Southwestern Louisiana at the time. I believe it is now University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I became a Ragin’ Cajun, got a master’s in a year, also worked in sports information and then went to get a Ph.D at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in theatre and speech communication. I had already achieved my
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master’s in theatre and communication at Southwestern Louisiana. I was at Illinois for a couple years and met my wife. She is now ENMU’s First Lady. She handed me a $5000 check and I asked her out. She worked in financial aid and I was waiting for a doctoral loan check. After I finished my classes and wrote nine plays in two years of which six were produced, I applied for 138 teaching positions got two interviews: one at St. John’s in New York and one at a little school that no longer even exists. It was in Bristol, Virginia. I took that position and taught a very heavy load, 6 courses. We have a 4 course arrangement here, which is fairly heavy. Plus, I also did theatre production and wrote my dissertation, so time management was key. I went to another rather small school and ran their theatre program for two years. I got some good reviews in the Charlotte Observer, then I went to Mississippi State as an associate professor and was the director of the theatre program for seven years. I feel like I built a decent program there and then became a chair at Marshall University. In the movie We Are Marshall, the day of the game they win, the coach goes out to get the paper and sees all the people streaming by. The house across the street is the house my wife and I lived in. My son was born in that house, but moved to Nebraska too early for him to remember, that’s the first time he’d seen the house and recognized it. I went from being a chair at Marshall for three years to chair of the graduate program of theatre and equity theatre at Nebraska State. I was there for six years and then moved to become the dean at East Carolina for six years as well. I was a provost for two years at AuburnMontgomery, which I didn’t really like. I went to UT Chattanooga, where I was dean of a big college of arts and sciences for five years until the search brought me here. That’s the abridged version of birth to present.“ Who is one of your role models? “In some way, there was a
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person, who is no longer with us, his name was Keith Sanders. When I was a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University, he was the dean of that college, I got to see what he did for people as an upper administrator. I decided then that I wanted to try to get the experience and eventually become a dean or an upper administrator. He went on to be a chancellor at Wisconsin-Stevens and in the State Office of Higher Education in Illinois later. I’ve had the chance to meet a lot of presidents and chancellors and got to see what their life was like. So, it would be really like more of an amalgamation of those people that I sort of got to see what I thought was good and worked, things I liked, and things I didn’t like too well. I think for the first three months I was here, people would have seen my picture in the paper and asked me ‘Aren’t you the new president here?’ and they would stop me and ask for my picture; I find that a little weird. I would tell them ‘That’s what they tell me!’ I mean, I am serious and I do a lot of business, but I ask people to call me Jeff and not President Elwell or Doctor Elwell, because a lot of people have Ph.D’s. Yes, I am the president, but we all have names and we are working together. Lots of people see me and they think ‘there’s my boss,’ I don’t really think of it that way. Though, sometimes I have to be a disciplinarian if somebody isn’t doing what they’re supposed to. I try to help people and empower them, and try to help my students succeed and go on with very
little debt. I want to see them go on to their careers successfully.” What are some of your short, and long term goals? “My short-term and long-term goals are really the same. I want to grow the enrollment here. State funding is going to continue to dwindle. We get a decent amount of funding from the state. Some of our neighbors actually get single digit funding. Where I came from and where I’ve been have been in the low thirties. We actually get fifty percent funding from the state. I think over time, that will definitely decrease, though, because of the pressure on its funding for roads, prisons, K-12, so on and so forth. We come after all of that, so we need to try to create our own revenue streams. We’re being very aggressive; in my second border region meeting, we approved an out-of-state tuition reduction. Before, if you were in the western region, there’s a thing called WUE (Western University Exchange), so we’re in that and it allows those people to get a rate of 150% of in-state tuition. The out-of-state has grown and changed over time to over 200%, so that’s been reduced to 150%. Compared to some states, our out-of-state tuition is less than their in-state tuition. We’ve been making efforts in Colorado, Arizona, deeper into Texas, and into Oklahoma in order to recruit more students. Next, we need to keep up our retention rate, which is how many of your full-time freshmen that start
in the fall come back for fall of their sophomore year. So, we need to improve that, along with the six-year and four-year graduation rates. Another goal is to increase our fundraising. Last year, we raised 1.4 million; this year we’re already over 2.1 million and we’ve still got 4 months to go. That’s important because it helps to pay for the student’s activities. I would like to get a welcome center built, just a place for new students and their parents. We have some space out front where they took out a dorm a long time ago. It would have admissions, financial aid, it would be a one-stop shop. Then, I talked to the student government about a nice new recreation center. Right now, we have one in the Greyhound Center across the road, and it’s okay. But if we were to have a recreation and wellness with indoor track, basketball courts, places to do yoga, spin classes, a juice bar, a climbing wall, that type of stuff would be really great. The students are very excited, but that won’t be a next-year change. Most of the stuff we’ve talked about will affect long term, but you need to work on it short term.” What would you say are some strengths you possess? “I can talk to anybody. I like two-year-olds and ninetytwo-year-olds, and clearly it’s a lot different. I really love doing what I do and it’s pretty much your life when you’re a president. You’re always on the job, I’ll see a student at Lowe’s, and I have to embrace that. My wife and I are very involved, we were at the play last night, we go to the ball games, we went to track meets, artistic events, lectures, student organization events, etc. I think that I have two skills for the job: I’m really good with finances and treating my personnel properly. I have a lot of experience in public higher education and know the things we should be doing, and I’ve been doing them. I think that makes me a nice fit for the job here.” What are some of your
weaknesses? “My biggest weakness is that I’m really never satisfied. I’m very competitive, so I always want to do better than other universities and presidents. Sometimes I think that when
Unique McLendon Staff Writer Rose Bradley Staff Writer
I’m trying to look ahead I miss little things. Another weakness of mine is dark chocolate. I need to stay away from that stuff.”
of success and failure, of rise and fall. Elwell went from being told that he could never achieve his dreams, to having a job many writers would dream of having. He came to the top of higher public edu-
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cation as a college president. Elwell shows that life might not always go according to plan, but in the end, if you work hard you can achieve anything.
The Candy Man
We had the chance to speak to Greg Southerland, who owns the candy shop in Clovis, NM. Leslie Candy Co. is sold all over the world. The candy shop and the candy have a lot of background information. The candy store is a very good place to work and learn amazing skills like listening, and teamwork. The People of Clovis call you the Candyman, why is this? Greg Southerland: “Because I make candy, I guess. That’s the best answer I can give you.” What is the history of the company? Greg Southerland: “The company was started in 1949 and it even existed before that. The old gentlemen who first started the company lived in a boarding house. Owned the boarding house where the Police Department is now, and they had a little building out back where they made candies. This occurred during the Great Depression and people didn’t have a lot of money. So, to supplement their income Leslie and his wife started making candy. He would walk up and down Main Street with a wooden box on his back. The famous recipes that were made back then are still made today He would sell them for a
Jeffery Elwell’s story is one
Greg Southerland, Owner of Leslie Candy Co.
penny or a nickel depending on what the candy was and that’s how the company began.”
the peanut patties, and I love the fact that it was from Clovis. So I would say that I have known about the Leslie Candy Company for many, How was the company con- many years. I feel like it has tinued? been a part of Clovis for a Greg Southerland: “That very long time.” old gentleman then passed away and his wife sold the Who buys your product? company to a guy by the Greg Southerland: “I have name of Leslie. He was the grandparents who come in guy that most people will with their grandchildren now, think of rather than me as the who say that they used to candyman.I bought the com- come in when they were kids pany from the next owner and that their grandparents after Leslie. So the comtook them in. That’s how pany has been around long many generations have been enough that it’s gone through coming here. The products a series of owners.” that we make are sold coast to coast. We sell all over the How did you know about country. Which surprises Leslie's candy? people because it is a small Greg Southerland: “I used company in an old building to love the candy when I was and it is not very visible from a kid. When I moved back the street. Most of our busito New Mexico, when I was ness is in New Mexico and traveling around the state, Texas. We also sell in many I would see the candy in other states, but not every stores, in Allsup stores and state. We have a loyal set of other convenience stores. customers.” And I just love them. I love What kind of people do you the cinnamon suckers, I love let work here?
Greg Southerland: “We have a variety of people. We have workers that have been here for a while. My manager has been here for 20 years. We have actually been hiring High School students over the last decade. We won’t hire anyone under the age of 16.” Are there any skills you need to work here? Greg Southerland: “The skills you need for this job are the same skills you need for school. That is show up, listen, do what you are supposed to do, and take it seriously. It is a team effort.” Greg Southerland, or the Candy Man, was able to give us full background of this amazing candy store. We learned new things like the guy Leslie wasn’t the one who started the making of the candy. Leslie candy has been around since the Great Depression, which is a very long time. Working for the candy shop is a great way to learn skills for future jobs.
A World Of Holidays
Elizabeth Schneider Krystal Mailman Staff Writers
In the United States we cel-
ebrate holidays from New Year’s to Kwanzaa, but other countries celebrate many holidays most U.S. residents have never heard of. From the Tinku “Punch Your Neigh-
bor” Festival to the Finland “Fortune-Telling Ritual”, other cultures experience holidays in completely different ways. This is a quick view of some holiday traditions throughout
the year.
Ghana- Aboakyer Festival: In Winneba, Ghana, there is the Aboakyer festival held every May. The Effutu people
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believed in the god Panche Otu, who requested the sacrifice of a young member in the royal family. They refused, so he asked for a live wild cat. Eventually the request was for a wild antelope or deer. Two teams of men and boys, dressed in bright costumes, compete to be the first with a live deer. The two teams are Twifo and Dentsifo. If the Twifo bring the deer first, there will be plenty of food for that year. However, if the Dentsifo bring it, there will be plenty of fish. The deer is then sacrificed, and the night ends with dancing.
one of the conspirators not given away the plot, causing their plans to come to a halt. A man known as Guy Fawkes was in the cellar when it was stormed by guards and he was tortured and killed. The failure of the plot is celebrated through fireworks, bonfires, and burning statues of Guy Fawkes.
Brazil- Festa Junina Festa Junina is the second most popular holiday, Carnival being Image created by Ryan Perkins the most popular, in Brazil. It is a Catholic Other Nations: dated back to pre-Hispanic Christmas in Austria, Gertimes. Those who participate holiday that celebrates some many, Hungary, Romania and believe that a goddess of the of the most famous Catholic Saints including Saint Another nations is quite different Earth named Pachamama thony, Saint Peter, and Saint from Christmas in the United demands blood in exchange Finland- New Year’s Eve John. The people of Brazil States. In many countries, for a good harvest: the more Fortune Telling: dress up in stereotypical when children are bad they blood the better the harvest. On New Year’s Eve, there rural clothing and celebrate receive coal in their stockings Deaths used to be fairly is always a fortune-telling the holiday through a variety from Santa Claus. However, frequent, but nowadays the ritual. This ritual opens a in other countries they beholiday participants are lightly of games, costumes, and window into the New Year. lieve in St. Nicholas’ counter- policed and fighters are usu- dancing. Foods eaten during In the Finnish tradition, evthis holiday are using some part, Krampus. Krampus is a ally stopped after drawing eryone gets a horseshoe variety of corn or food made half-goat, half-demon beast first blood. made out of tin, symbolizing of corn due to corn being who whips kids into being good luck. The tin is melted, harvested in June. Dancing nice rather than naughty. England- Bonfire Night/ then poured into a bucket of and mock weddings are also The pagan beast is known to Guy Fawkes Night: cold water or snow, making a large part of this holiday. whip children with chains and Do you remember the 5th of it clump into a new shape. People dressed in brightly ropes and drag them away, November? The British cerAfter the shape has cooled, colored clothing dance surpossibly into the underworld. tainly do. Every year on Nothe tin is held up into light, In some places, people dress vember 5th in England, Bon- rounding a couple who were and the shadow that is cast up as Krampus and roam the fire Night, also known as Guy chosen to be a bride and on the wall is used to tell your streets to scare kids straight. Fawkes night, occurs. Bonfire groom in a mock wedding. fortune. All of the shapes Night is a remembrance of resemble their fortune. For the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, This is just a quick glance example, if it is a coin, it Bolivia- Tinku “Punch Your when a group of conspirators at some of the holidays celmay be wealth. If it is a hill, it Neighbor” Festival: gathered together to attempt ebrated around the world. could symbolize problems in There are many others such This strange holiday in Boto assassinate King James I the future. Games are played livia is celebrated in the exact of England. Thirty-six cases as O-Bon, Arapaho Sun as the night continues, while way that the name describes; of gunpowder were hidden in Dance, and Midsummer Day. most are hoping for their people gather together and the cellar of Parliament in the Every country has its own indreams to come true later in teresting and unique holidays beat each other up. The hopes of killing King James the year. that have deep historical and holiday’s origins, which are I in the explosion. The plan religious roots. surprisingly religious, are might have succeeded had Christmas- Austria and
The Cat Is Out Of The Hat
Alex Thompson Co-Editor Tony Viescas Staff Writer
consider pursuing a Ph.D. in English: after graduating from Dartmouth, he then went to Oxford, where he studied literature from 1925 to 1926.
published it. His better-known and best sellers are The Cat In The Hat and Green Eggs And Ham. Dr. Seuss would write children’s books because he stated that he unOn the day of March 2, 1904, Dr. Seuss published derstood them. It seems that an author by the name of many books in his lifetime. he did understand children Theodor Seuss Geisel was The first book he ever pubas he wrote multiple bestborn, better known as Dr. Se- lished was “And to Think That selling children’s books. Dr. uss. He was born and raised I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, Seuss, most iconic character in the city of Springfield, Mas- one of his lesser-known was The Cat In The Hat. This sachusetts. Even though his books. It was rejected 27 would be his thirtieth book name is Dr. Seuss, he wasn’t times before Vanguard Press to be published. Dr. Seuss’s a doctor, although he did
best sellers would later have movie adaptations. The Cat in The Hat was made because children were not learning to read. There were many books and articles saying that children were not comprehending. William Spaulding, who was the director of Houghton Mifflin’s education division, suggested Dr. Seuss write something that a kid could
not put down. That books was The Cat In The Hat. The name comes from a sketch of a cat with a stovepipe hat. He had a list of words to use and “Cat” and “Hat” were on the list. Dr. Seuss sadly died on September 24, 1991. Before his death, Judith and Neil Morgan asked him if there were anything he might have left unsaid. Seuss replied, “Any message or slogan? Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing,
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I always tell myself, ‘You can do better than this.’ The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A.
would be ‘We can … and we’ve got to … do better than this.’”
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Even though Dr. Seuss is gone he still has an impact on many lives because, for a lot of us, our first book read was one of his books, whether it was Fox in Socks or Horton Hears a Who. Dr. Seuss was an author that sparked my interest to read. So even though he has passed on, his legacy will be remembered through the many books he has left behind.
"More Than Meets The Eye"
Travis Nelson Rigo Badillo Staff Writers Why is color used in so many ways and why do certain colors evoke a certain feeling while others bring out another? Today, color is used in everyday life from advertisements, to psychological tests, to simply creating a work of art. For years scientists have been trying to find the root of the psychology of color and why some colors are used for certain things and others for other things.
In heraldry, blue was used to Yellow is usually associsymbolize piety and sincerated with joy, happiness, and ity. The color blue is considenergy overall. Yellow gives ered to be beneficial to the Red is closely associated off a cheery vibe and was human mind and body as it with extremes such as vioused in heraldry to symbolslows metabolism causing a lence and anger. However, ize honor and loyalty, but was sense of freedom and tranon the opposite side of the later associated with coward- quility to spread throughout spectrum it is also associice although it is unknown the body. Strangely enough, ated with lust, romance, and what prompted the change or blue seems to suppress appassion and in heraldry was when it was changed. Much petite whereas red used to symbolize courage like the color red, yellow is increases it. The for the blood spilt in the line used to grab attention, but most commonly of duty. Red is used to grab not for danger. This is why accepted reasonattention, which is the reason most road workers use yeling behind this why it is used in emergency low uniforms and some road is because the equipment, warning labels, signs are yellow. Although color blue is rarely and signs like stop signs, fire yellow gives off a cheery found in nature as equipment, and stop lights. feeling overall, when overa food, aside from Interestingly enough the color used, it is said to irritate the a few berries, and red is shown to raise appetite eyes of people viewing it and when it is found it by raising the metabolism of even goes so far as to cause is usually poisona person, increasing human adults to become angrier in ous and is overall respiration rate, and raising a room painted yellow and not a beneficial blood pressure which is why babies to cry more often. food for the body. it is said that red would allow you to be more dynamic and Blue is associated with Orange is the confident. depth, stability, and wisdom color of joy, cre-
ativeness, and warmth and was used to symbolize ambition and growth in heraldry due to its optimistic nature. Orange is said to be a great motivator and energy booster and is recommended to people who are having difficulty staying positive, due to its positive nature. The color orange, similar to red, stimulates the appetite as it is associated with autumn and many different foods grown and found by our ancestors such as carrots, pumpkins, peaches and so on. Green is the color of rebirth, fertility, and jealousy. It was used to symbolize abundance and loyalty in love due to its ties with fertility although, in a more economic driven society green is more closely associated with
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wealth and fortune. Green is said to be one of the most relaxing colors, the reasoning behind this is due to the color green dominating in nature, which allows us to associate it with meadows and calming forests. Purple represents royalty,
nobility, and wealth because in the olden days purple was not easily found in nature and only the extremely rich nobles and royalty could afford to get their clothes dyed this color. It is closely associated with spirituality, and supernatural forces. This again ties back with its difficulty to find
in nature so when it is finally found it is seen as odd or supernatural. Color is amazing in its ability to manipulate how people view the world. From changing the way people see a place or how their body responds to stimuli, it makes
the world a more interesting place. But why? Why is it that color has such an effect on the human mind? Next month, we will attempt to answer this question by bringing up popular theories on color and other fascinating facts about the world of color.
A Gamer's Delight
Donovan Hackett Travis Nelson Staff Writers Video games have a major influence on society today. Games today have enhanced graphics and story lines, but just how old are the series that many play today? Today’s list will talk about first installments in modern game series and what people enjoyed about the games so much that developers decided to make more. The game series on this list originated before 2000 and have a recent entry in the series or have another confirmed game on the way. 10. Madden Every year a new Madden game is released, but did you know that the series originated on June 9th 1988? This publication by EA games allowed people to digitally play with their favorite teams and as their favorite athletes against a team of AI controlled players. With many Americans being football fans, this game gives them an opportunity to control the team and choose the plays they want to go with. The game was met with such positive reviews and reactions that EA has continued making games in this series ever since. 9. Elder Scrolls Bethesda has a gift for creating Role-Playing Games (RPGs). Originating as a computer game, this game had what many others didn’t at the time. An RPG where you see through the eyes of your own character and customize characters to a further extent than simply naming them. The first game
was released on March 24, 1994. This game played as a more story-driven and interactive based version of Doom. Games in this series are released years after a prior release, but the story and secrets in prior releases keep some of us occupied while new lands and quests are being developed. 8. Mega Man This gem began as a mechanic, rarely seen at the time, using what you collect from one boss, rather than mini-bosses to do better on the next one. In this game series you play as a robot who has to save the world from an evil scientist and 8 robot masters. The level designs of each boss tend to be themed on the boss of the previous level. The bosses were mostly memorable and
were used to fight other masters. For example, if you beat a water robot, you would gain its power. This power would be used against a firebased boss and make the fight significantly easier. This concept was used in spinoffs of the main game such as the Battle Network series and the Mega Man X games.
Originating in 1987, the main series will welcome an 11th entry this year. 7. Sonic The Hedgehog Before the Sonic Boom game, there was a pixelated hedgehog running rampant, giving Mario a run for his money, and his name was
Sonic. The blue blur began his running career in 1991 and continues going at it to this day. This is the game that gave Nintendo their rival. Sonic games put you in control of Sonic, a blue hedgehog who wants to stop the evil Dr. Robotnik from taking over the world and transforming the world’s people and wildlife into robotic slaves. The game was welcomed for its originality in not only its enemies, but its story and heroes. Who doesn’t want to control a character that can run so fast that enemies vaporize in your wake? 6. Diablo The Blizzard company didn’t only give gifts to gaming, they acted as a gift itself. While the Warcraft games are not on this list, we can name one that is about to get a new game. That’s right, I’m talking about Diablo, a game that pins you and a group of adventurers against the devil himself while featuring a plethora of creative quests and enemies. The game even throws in an element of comedy throughout the game. The series began in 1996 and the most recent installment was 2012, but people still love this game and as someone who plays it, I can see why. 5. Wolfenstein While Doom doesn’t make
an appearance on this list, the Bethesda developers created the closest thing possible and dubbed the game Wolfenstein. The game is a first person shooter where you have to fight your way through a castle full of Nazis in order to take on the big villain of the game, Hitler. The game had an impressive arsenal and continues to expand on said arsenal and the universe in general. The latest release was in 2017. 4. Final Fantasy The Final Fantasy series has always had a special place in my heart. Square Enix, the creators of the series, were going bankrupt and had just enough money to make one last game. It would be a fantasy, their final fantasy. The game puts you in control of an adventurer trying to stop ancient evils with nothing but some attacks, some spells, and cunning. The games eventually gained a little more depth and creativity when it came to the mechanics of each game. I don’t expect this series to be dying out anytime soon. 3. Resident Evil Resident Evil is a well known series that originated in 1996. This game forced you to combine problem solving skills and survival skills as you go through an area filled to the brim with undead. A lot of creatures in this game
have a lot of creativity behind them, others not so much. Try and fight for or against the evil Umbrella Corporation in an attempt to save the world from dangerous mutating viruses. The only complaint that I personally have for this game would have to be the camera angles, but even the greatest games have their flaws. 2. Pokémon There aren’t many people who haven’t even heard the word “Pokémon”. What started as a game in 1996 for the Gameboy eventually became a show, a card game, and several apps and fan games. People play this game with different styles. There’s me, the pokedex completer, there’s the competitor, and several other types of players. This game has a pokémon for anybody. The game put players in a world full of creatures called pokémon, beings used for daily life and combative competition. Train your pokemon and catch others to eventually become the very best that no one ever was. 1. Super Mario Who could forget this beauty of a game? Super Mario Bros. was a NES game released in 1985 where you play as a plumber named Mario, and in some cases, his brother Luigi. The objective of this game is to stop
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evil villains including the one, the only, Bowser! Through the use of power-ups and strategy you must save Princess Peach and the world from these villains. The magic of this game series is fun and allows people at just about any age to begin their journey into the gaming world. These games are old, but sometimes you just can’t beat the classics. These series continue to this very day and still carry much of its original charm. If you look at their popularity today, you will see that they have either grown significantly or decreased very slightly. However, these games won’t be dying out anytime soon.
The 2018 Yearbook has been submitted! Distribution will be the week of May the 7th!
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