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Are you safe in your community? Crete and Seward are the two safest towns compared to four other communities with similar populations and colleges BY BRETT EYER Staff Writer
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IN 2009 CRETE, PD:
Handled 15,476 calls for service.
Made 434 arrests. According to the Nebraska Crime Commission
Had a clearance rate of 23.4%
In 1984 the Crete Police Department had nine officers with about 11 crimes per officer. Since then the department has only added two more officers, but has seen an almost 60 percent increase of crime per officer, according to the Nebraska Crime Commission. “Crete has grown significantly,” Crete Police Lt. Gary Young said, “So there is a growth factor and anytime you have a growth factor in a community that crime rate is generally gonna creep up as well.” Yet Crete is one of the safest towns in comparison to small college communities, according to city-data.com, Cities such as Chadron, Seward, Fremont, Hastings and Sioux City, Iowa all contain colleges with similar population size like Doane. City-data.com uses those cities to compare crime rates using the crime index to those of Crete. The crime index considers the size of community and averages the crimes per 1,000 people. In 2008, Crete had the highest crime index at a level of 304.4 crimes per 1,000 people. Since then, city-data.com showed the crime index for Crete dramatically dropped to 168 crimes per 1,000 people in 2010; putting Crete at the second lowest of the six towns. “We do clear crimes better than the national (crime index) average,” Young said. The 2010 average for the U.S. crime index was 319 crimes per 1,000 people. Sioux City is the only community outside of Nebraska. It also has the largest population with more than 82,000 people compared to Crete’s 6,258. In 2010, Morningside was surrounded with Sioux City’s crime index of 269. This is 40 points above Fremont, which has the second highest crime rate, according to city-data.com. Hastings and Midland College are both in areas with populations larger than 25,000. Hastings’ crime index in 2010 was 225, which was 30 points higher than Fremont. Hastings, Fremont and Sioux City each had more than 400 burglaries in 2010, according to city-data.com. Sioux City has the highest with more than 2,000 in 2010. The number of these crimes were low compared to Chadron, Seward and Crete. Chadron has fewer than 6,000 people, which is the smallest population of the six communities, but had a crime index of 196 in 2010, according to city-data.com. That’s about 30 point more than Crete which has over 6,000 people. “We just make do,” Young said, “Even in larger communities we still have a much higher crime rate.” Out of the six communities, Concordia sits in the safest town. Seward has the highest clearance rate, the lowest crime index and the lowest number of law enforcement staff per population of the other four other Nebraska communities according to the Nebraska Crime Commision. The Nebraska Crime Commission showed Seward had 1.3 officers per 1000 had while the Nebraska average is 1.9. In 2010, Chadron had 2.5, Crete was 1.75, Fremont, Hastings and Sioux City are all about 1.5 law enforcement employees per 1,000 residents according to city-data.com.
Doane van case in court BY ALISHA FORBES Staff Writer A person has been arrested in connection to the theft of a Doane van. Former Doane student, Austin Booher, had a hearing Tuesday after he was arrested April 11 in connection with the theft of a Doane vehicle and two computers. Booher, who recently dropped out of Doane College, was granted a continuance to decide if he wanted a preliminary hearing, Saline County Attorney Tad Eickman said. Booher is being charged with two counts of theft, Eickman said. Theft of a vehicle is a class three felony, which carries 1-20 years in jail with a $25,000 fine, and theft of a computer is a class four felony, which carries up to five years in jail with a $10,000 fine. Eickman said there was not sufficient evidence to charge Booher with theft on the second computer. Doane security video footage showed that two males were involved with the van theft, Lt. Gary Young said. “The person we have, Austin (Booher), has taken responsibility for the theft,” Young said. “So, I don’t think we are going to
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pursue that (second suspect).” The arrest was made after Booher was asked to attend an interview about stolen items, Young said. “They (law enforcement) were already looking to speak to him about stolen computers,” Student Leadership Associate Dean Russ Hewitt said. Hewitt said the Frees Theater computer was stolen, and that Booher never returned a computer that had been checked out to him. The computers were found at a pawn shop with all Doane identification stripped from them, Hewitt said. The suspect also attempted to remove hard drives from the computers. Hewitt said Booher had access to these items because of his participation with campus activities, which is based on student accountability. “It’s a disappointing situation all around,” Hewitt said. Booher was granted bond at $50,000 for the computer theft and $150,000 for the vehicle theft, but has not posted any money to be released, Eickman said. Booher’s next hearing is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Saline County Court House. He is being held in the Saline County Jail.
Doane students and people from the community line dance to some country music at Relay For Life last Friday.
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Relay raises more than $75,000 BY ALYSSA BOUC Life + Liesure Editor Relay For Life began with speaker Terry Kriz who said $1 could be the ticket to finding a cure for cancer so people never have to hear the words “you have cancer,” again. Friday, Doane College Relay For Life raised not $1, but $75,524. The group set a $75,000 goal and relied on the community and students to reach it. “I was a little worried because we had four hours to go and $10,000 more to make,”
Relay Executive Co-Chairperson Nick Lukens said. “It definitely took hard work and dedication from committee members, the community and participants who came and supported.” Relay Adviser Carrie Petr said the event was fortunate to receive a $10,000 donation from the Crete Area Medical Center team before the event. Petr said the goal could not have been met without the hard work from Relay For Life members throughout the year. “A bunch of students work their butts off and my hat is off to them,” she said. “Since we got back in September, they have
been 150 percent committed.” A tear-jerking lap from cancer survivors kicked off the night, followed by a lap from cancer caretakers. Sophomore Tyler Pooschke, a two-year cancer survivor, was the first survivor to speak. “The opening ceremony was probably my favorite part,” Pooschke said. Tess Miller, a six-year breast cancer survivor and mother of freshman Taylor Ziegler, said this was her first Relay. “I’ve not been involved in events like this because of denial of being a survivor,” Miller said. “It (Relay) has been beyond my
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wildest dreams.” Miller said she was amazed with the turnout at the event. “It’s almost overwhelming,” she said. “I’m very impressed and thankful for all the young adults who make this happen.” The evening included a scavenger hunt, martial arts show, dance show and various Relay teams selling items from brownies to back massages to face painting. The traditional luminary ceremony included lights, glows sticks, silence and music to honor those who lost the fight
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Omicron Delta Kappa President Ashton Kotas (right) places graduation cords on senior ODK member Courtney Quackenbush during the leadership awards Thursday night in Perry Campus Center.
Student leaders honored by ODK BY ALEX DAWSON Staff Wrtier
The ODK National Leadership Honor Society congratulated Doane College leaders in 13 categories at the student leadership awards last Thursday. The ceremony was run by members of Omicron Delta Kappa and honored a wide range of leaders on campus. Categories included leadership in religious organizations, athletics, creative and performing arts, among other categories. Carrie Petr, Hansen Leadership Program di-
rector and ODK adviser, said she was pleased with the overall success of the event. She said that this was the first year the awards had been run by ODK and that they were a perfect fit. Over 100 people attended the ceremony, Petr said, which was more successful than the event had been in the past. Planning for the event began at the start of the semester, said Laura Jacob, awards ceremony planning committee cochairwoman. She said the committee was responsible for anything that happened at the ceremony,
including the script and desserts that were served. Petr said anyone on campus could nominate a student leader or organization for an award, and then members of ODK evaluated the nominees and chose the winners in each category. Junior Quint Geis won three of the 13 awards. He said he felt extremely blessed just to be nominated. “I like that students picked the winners,” Geis said. “It was a good way for them to recognize each other... I don’t know who nominated me, but
I would like to think that member represents the student body really well.” Geis, winner of the Outstanding Religious Leader award, the LIVE award and the Student Congress Impact Scholarship, said there were some phenomenal names on the nomination lists. He said he felt honored to see his name next to the competition because they represented the best of the best. The nomination process involved students being notified they had been nominated, but the winner was not announced until the night of the ceremony,
Petr said. She said she thought those involved in the nomination and selection process did a fantastic job. Ashton Kotas, ODK president, explained that in the past the faculty had run the event. Kotas said this was ODK’s first year, and she thought student leaders should recognize other student leaders. Jacob said she was happy with the success of the event, but there was always room for improvement. Jacob said the ceremony only lasted 30 minutes, so next year the group might look into get-
ting a guest speaker. Geis said he was so impressed by the ceremony, only in its first year, that it seemed as if it was already a tradition on campus. “I really hope it continues,” Geis said. “They (ODK) really stepped up and filled a huge gap, and they did it with class.” The next event for ODK is a mentor dinner, Petr said. Each member will bring a member of staff who was memorable to them in their time at Doane, and they will be honored at the dinner, which will be ODK’s last event of the year.
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Stop Day brings cheer since 1909
BY ALIEEN GELB Staff Wrtier
Stop Day may be its own holiday now, but it hasn't always been that way. The day began in 1909 as a May Day celebration, Kim Jacobs said. “It was a May Day holiday, and it was first held on May 21, 1909,” Jacobs said. “When they decided to, as it’s described in the book, they took a day off, and they had a softball or baseball game between faculty and students, and they had a picnic.” Jacobs said Stop Day was unique to Doane, and few colleges had a day
like it. “We’re so different from every other college, and Stop Day is just one more thing that sets us apart,” senior Hannah Masek said. “It’s been going on for how many years and without it, no one would look forward to anything in the spring except the end of school.” Since its creation over a hundred years ago, Stop Day has undergone a few changes. Even in the past 30 years, the event has evolved, Doane alumna Debbie Quaas said. When Quaas went to Doane in the 1980’s, Stop Day was far less structured
than it is now, Quaas said. She said one difference came from the low drinking age in the 80’s. “Doane was such a different campus back then; drinking age was 18 back then,” Quaas said. “There were a lot of alcohol related activities, but I do remember having a cookout on Stop Day. We had a band come, and we all got Frisbees, and we had a picnic.” When Jacobs first arrived, she said Stop Day was entirely off campus, at Tuxedo Park. It was brought back to campus during Jacobs’ second or third year.
“We moved everything back to campus,” Jacobs said. “That’s how it had originally been. We did that and only kept the softball tournament down there because it had multiple fields. You might find some students that say ‘Stop Day has always been on campus’, but not really, it used to be held down there.” Students are historically able to participate in as much or as little as they’d like, Masek said. “It’s a day to just catch your breath,” Masek. “I mean, it’s a day off of school; no classes, just hang out with all of your
Mind Expo Perry Campus Center 1 p.m.
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friends, do whatever you want. It’s a day to relax and have as much fun as you want. Again, you’re not required to do anything you don’t want to. If you want to sleep all day, then fine. Sleep all day, and you’re excused.” Stop Day is a great part of the Doane experience and helps to shape your relationships, Quaas said. “School is so stressful,” Quaas said. “You have homework and relationships and work, and it’s nice to have that day off. You need to connect with people outside of a structured environment to bond.”
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RHA Banquet Perry Campus Center 5 p.m.
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Honors Spring Banquet Perry Campus Center 5:30 p.m.
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Bloodmobile Perry Campus Center 10 a.m.
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NEWS Segerstrom, Wiemer win
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Junior Brooke Segerstrom was elected Student Congress President, and junior John Wiemer was elected Vice President Tuesday. There were 348 votes tallied after the election on Monday and Tuesday. Segerstrom said it felt surreal when she got the phone call Tuesday evening from current StuCo President Laura Jacob.
“I never expected to represent the student body in this way,” Segerstrom said. “I feel really fortunate that I was elected.” Wiemer is studying abroad this semester. “As vice president, you will find that I am 100 percent committed to and well aware of the responsibilities that come with this position,” Wiemer said. “I am very committed to representing the voices of the student body.” Wiemer and Segerstrom both said they wanted to strengthen their commitment to StuCo and
the student body, and their new positions would enable them to do that. The StuCo senator elections will be held Monday and Tuesday. The seven current senators running for re-election are freshmen Krista Couton and Kayla Ambrose, sophomores Zach Wordekemper and Bettye Reyes, and juniors Grant Dewey, Quint Geis and Ryan Corrigan. Jacob said that right now, StuCo was generally young in grade level. “I feel we have a lot of people who feel comfortable where
they are in the congress and can serve,” Jacob said. Segerstrom said there were four new candidates running. Three freshmen will be elected in the fall, bringing the number of senators up to 13. Segerstrom said she enjoyed being a senator and hoped she would serve on the StuCo executive council by the time she was a senior. “I’m so excited,” Segerstrom said. “Everything lined up, and I’m really looking forward to next year.”
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Doane uses new recruitment tools BY ERIN BELL Staff Writer Doane wants to have 2,000 students enrolled in the college in 10 years and is beginning to plan for the growth. “Not very often do you get different results by just doing the same thing,” Joel Weyand, enrollment services and marketing vice president, said. Doane plans to base what it does differently on marketing research that will be conducted over the next month, Weyand said. He said the research would identify academic programs, co-curricular programs and geographical areas that Doane should target or improve in order to attract more students. Weyand said that in order to grow, Doane needed to market
“You don’t flip a switch and enroll 100 percent more students than our incoming class.” Joel Weyand - Enrollment Services and Marketing Vice President
to students outside of Nebraska. Doane’s first year class is typically 80 to 85 percent Nebraska students, Weyand said. He said the college loved attracting Nebraska students, but if Doane wanted to grow the size of its incoming class it would need to attract more students from out of state. “What we need to find out is why are those (out-of-state) students not looking at us?” he said. “Why would they not choose us?”
The college looks to make changes that attract out-ofstate students while still attracting students from Nebraska, Weyand said, but until the research was collected it was too early to say what those changes would be. “There are a lot of decisions that have yet to be made,” Weyand said. “You don’t flip a switch and enroll 100 percent more students than our incoming class.” Therefore, Doane expects to
enroll around 300 new students for the coming fall, which has been the enrollment goal for several years, Weyand said. If the college can enroll more than 300 students, it would, though, he said. Doane hosted Top of the Class Thursday, an event where top scholars who have committed to Doane enroll in their classes early. He said 65 students attended the event. The other enrollment days will be held in the summer.
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to cancer. To help the cause, nine Doane women lined up to chop their hair to donate to Locks of Love. The donated hair will be used to make wigs for children diagnosed with various diseases resulting in hair loss. Freshman Taylor Anderson cut 10 inches of her hair and said she was impressed with her first Relay. “I knew it was a big deal, but didn’t think it was that huge of an event,” Anderson said. Lukens said out of the four years he’s been involved with Relay, this year’s atmosphere was the most relaxed, organized and confident. “Other organizations on campus just don’t work this way,” Petr said. “This is a tremendous example of leadership on campus and I could not be more grateful.”
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Increased enrollment not realistic Funding not available for Doane to double enrollment by 2022 Doane’s goal to double enrollment in the next ten years requires a lot of baby steps. Some that the college isn’t prepared to take. Even if the college increases enrollment for the fall by 10 percent, there’s nowhere to put the new students. Last spring, Doane lowered the required age for students to move off campus. Although most would assume that the ability for more students to live off campus would lead to more openings in the residence halls, that was not the case. The residence halls were all nearly filled to capacity once again this year. As enrollment continues to increase, Doane will be forced to build another residence hall. Even if the college allows more students to live off campus, there aren’t many places left in Crete for students to find housing. With another residence hall comes more students with more vehicles. There are already daily complaints about lack of available parking and there isn’t much room for a new parking lot. Unless the Safety Office is prepared to write hundreds of parking tickets daily because students park in grass fields, there isn’t an easy solution. A lack of classrooms is another issue. Doane is currently so over capacity that some classes are being held in the former Noyce Chapel. Other classes are held in Fuhrer Fieldhouse and Hansen Hall. Without a proper learning environment, there isn’t a reason for students to attend Doane. Appropriate classrooms are one of the most necessary items for a functioning college. Students shouldn’t have to worry about cramped classrooms without proper seating or educational equipment like white boards. If the enrollment continues to increase, there also needs to be an increase in faculty. Some professors are already at a full teaching load. This causes most professors to worry about lesson plans for three different classes instead of making connections to students and helping us grow as individuals. The only way to keep the student to faculty ratio low is to hire more faculty members for each department. All three of these baby steps-- new residence halls, new academic buildings and increased faculty-- cost money. Maybe these aspirations could be an explanation for the increased tuition each year. In order for Doane to make its future goals come true, it needs to find a way to fund them. However, that consequence shouldn’t necessarily fall on the current students. We agree that increasing enrollment will make the campus more diverse and, assuming class sizes remain the same, should be seen as a benefit to most students. Sometimes, however, Doane seems to have dreams that aren’t achievable.
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Efficient lighting next green step
Green fee solution number two: lighting. According to energystar.gov, commercial buildings consume an average of 35 percent of their electricity solely on lighting. This represents vast amounts of emissions being released and can be cut down with investment in more efficient lights. Doane is not immune to these figures and, like most, has yet to upgrade from the traditional fluorescent tubes to LED strips, which cut energy usage per bulb by more than half. By determining the amount of bulbs on campus or in particular buildings and how long they are on per day, students can calculate cost savings and emission reductions. Unfortunately for Doane, the research just isn’t there yet, but this is something students can start now by taking a light survey on the entire campus.
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To start, students would divide the campus by its main buildings and alternative lighting sources. They would then further subdivide the buildings into rooms and determine the lighting types and wattage output per bulb. Finally, they need a rough estimate for the amount of time each fixture is on per day. For some rooms, this can be accomplished by talking to maintenance and safety. Other lights will be constant such as
hallway lights. Still others will need to be researched to get the estimate. For the latter, light monitoring devices, called hobos, can be used to determine how long a particular source is on per day. Once this data is collected, students will be able to calculate costs for new bulbs, emissions reductions and energy cost savings. This could be prepared for the fall green fee applications and students could reasonably
cover one building per year. This is how colleges such as William and Mary’s is approaching the issue. The most substantial savings will likely be switching over the 32 watt fluorescent tubes to 15 watt LED, and the investment will likely pay for itself in less than five years. From the regular 60 watt incandescents to the lights on the path to the giant halogens in the fieldhouse, there is room to improve, and the green fee can provide the initial investment to make it happen. Realistically, this should be a reoccurring project where students attempt to retrofit a building or two each year. If a group of students puts in a little time, it can happen. So get out those energy monitoring devices, scout out some buildings and make green change happen!
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Fusion artist Jessie Payo performed in Common Grounds Wednesday. Students were impressed with her vocal performance.
Complain appropriately to get change BY HANNAH BAUER Staff Writer The course of higher education never did run smoothly, and every Doane student has been inconvenienced by a campus policy, practice or malfunction. And for a price of over $30,000 a year, students are more than entitled to complain about the quality of the services Doane provides. But unless Jacque Carter, Kim Jacobs, Russ Hewitt and Kevin Bollinger are following you, 10 pissed off tweets about how Doane’s ripping you off aren’t going to yield the results you’re looking for. There’s a difference between making a complaint and just whining. Recently, residents in Bur-
rage and Colonial Halls have experience hot water going on and off, and Sunday evening and Monday morning, there was no hot water in Hansen Hall. Resident Director Sean Griffin said the problems in the quads were caused by maintenance replacing shower valves with faulty ones over spring break. These faulty valves also affected quads that did not have their valves replaced. Maintenance became aware of the issue a week after the fact, and have since completed repairing the problem, Griffin said. As for the issue in Hansen, Residence Life Director Kevin Bollinger said he was unsure what caused the hot water shortage, but once Hansen Director Jay Fennel learned of the problem Monday morning, it
Thumbs up to Doane’s Relay For Life for raising more than $75,500 for the American Cancer Society. Special thumbs up to the executive board members and Relay For Life committee who put on such a successful event. And congratulations to all survivors. Thumbs up to juniors Brooke Segerstrom and John Wiemer for being elected next year’s Student Congress President and Vice President, respectively. We are excited to see all of the amazing work you do for our school. Thumbs up to all of the students who were honored at the first annual Omicron Delta Kappa Student Leadership awards last week. We hope the event continues to be a success in the future. Thumbs up to the 2001 and 2002 women’s track and field national championship teams for their inductions into the Hall of Fame this weekend. Thumbs up to freshman Drew Segerstrom for climbing three out of the seven summits.
- OPINION was fixed by maintenance Monday afternoon. When there’s an issue on campus, be it in the residence halls, in a class or with a policy or practice, the best way of resolving said issue is to go to the person in charge. If time spent making outraged Facebook statuses about a problem was spent actually politely complaining to those with the power to fix the problem, all of campus would be better off. Granted, some campus policies may never be what the students would most like to see, bearing in mind ethical and legal standards the college has to follow. (While the alcohol policy
may be ineffective, the college is legally and ethically obligated to have policies to prevent underage drinking). But if students remain realistic, they can work to make the changes they want to see happen. Between the Student Council open forums earlier in the semester and the open sessions with President Jacque Carter, which are ongoing, students have the opportunity to voice their opinions about the big issues that matter to them, be it parking scarcity, the housing process or substandard cafeteria food. Sometimes the process of making change may be unnecessarily bureaucratic, but as long as students remain patient and reasonable, they can find a way to get their money’s worth.
Thumbs down to Love’s Labour’s Lost for being difficult for the audience to understand. Nobody enjoys attending plays that are difficult to enjoy. Thumbs down to a lack of hot water in residence halls around campus. The only thing worse than paying $30,000 per year is paying $30,000 for a cold shower. Thumbs down to not having Stop Day yet. The event is one of the only days each year when students can all come together as one student body to celebrate and relax. We look forward to the upcoming Doane holiday. Thumbs down to the tornado watches over the weekend. Check out next week’s issue of the Doane Owl for tips about how to stay safe around campus when bad weather hits. Thumbs down to professors who give major assignments at the end of the semester. This semester seems to have major research papers and tests piling up in the last few weeks.
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Freshman not afraid of heights BY AILEEN GELB Staff Writer Freshman Drew Segerstrom spends his free time getting higher than most Doane students. Since April 2009, Segerstrom has climbed seven mountains, and he said he had no plans of stopping soon. “I want to climb the seven summits,” Segerstrom said. “I’ve done three of them so far. I want to climb Everest obviously. The hardest ones are still to come. I’m done with the easy ones.” Segerstrom and his father began climbing mountains after reading a book on the seven summits, which are the tallest mountains on each continent, Segerstrom said. Segerstrom’s sister, junior Brooke Segerstrom, said Drew Segerstrom’s relationship with their father had grown as a result of their time shared climbing mountains. “He and my dad are both really quiet, and they’ve always had the sports connection,” Brooke Segerstrom said. “My dad was always at his games as a supporter, but the fact that they’re actually doing it together rather than the spectator and the athlete, I think that’s really been good for them.” So far, Drew Segerstrom and his father have climbed three of the seven summits and climbed to Everest base camp, Drew Segerstrom said. “The big mountains take so long to get to the top and it’s like the feeling of success when you make it to the top is just awesome,” Drew Segerstrom said. “You work so hard to get it and when you finally get there it’s surreal.” The time to climb each mountain varies by size, but the larger mountains, like mount Elbrus in Russia and mount Kilimanjaro in Africa took about a week each, Drew Segerstrom said. Drew Segerstrom said he climbed to Everest base camp in April of his senior year of high school. The expedition took about two weeks. “He missed his prom; he missed that whole month of school,” Brooke Segerstrom said. “He had to catch up, and he did a presentation in one of his classes on his travels to make
“The big mountains take so long to get to the top, and it’s like the feeling of success when you make it to the top is just awesome. You work so hard to get itm and when you finally get there it’s surreal.” Drew Segerstrom-Freshman
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up for it.” Drew Segerstrom began his mountain climbing career by climbing the tallest mountain, mount Katahdin, in Maine, his home state. Since then, he has climbed mount Washington in New Hampshire, mount Rainier in Washington, mount Kosciuszko Australia, mount Kilimajaro in Africa, mount Elbrus in Russia and Everest base camp in Nepal, Drew Segerstrom said. Brooke Segerstrom said it was her brother’s drive that allowed him to accomplish all he had done. “He’s very driven. He kind of is very shy and quiet, but he does have that inner drive to accomplish things like that,” Brooke Segerstrom said. “He’s definitely modest about his accomplishments.”
Freshman Drew Segerstrom has a hobby of mountain climbing. His goal is to make it to the summit of mount Everest, but he has climbed multiple summits including mount Katahdin, mount Washington, mount Rainier, mount Kosciuszko, mount Kilimanjaro, mount Elbrus and Everest base camp.
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“Making memories with my best friend Casarah Schutt.� Brooke Milligan-Freshman
Senior Nathan Mireles and sophomore Courtney Wood go to battle while the other cast members hide in the background.
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BY ALYSSA BOUC Life and Leisure Editor Tonight’s production of William Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,� left me more lost, confused and disturbed than anything. The play attempted classic Shakespearean scenes while adding modern twists, such as a Doane setting and humor. While I admit I am no Shakespeare expert, the language made the play difficult to follow, and I often found myself confused on the plot. The set was “in-the-round� which made the audience have an up close and personal feel to the production. However, the in-the-round set caused many of the actors and actresses to have their backs to the audience for a significant amount of time. This factor, along with the muddled Shakespearean language, made the play even more confusing. On the bright side, the set was simple yet classy and made you feel like you were part of the show. Sophomore Courtney Wood stole the show with the eccentric character Costard and was carried offstage multiple times throughout the evening. Her commitment to her character, fabulous acting and over-the-top facial expressions were a refreshing aspect to the show.
Senior Joe Anderson and freshman Patrick Conley also shined as the two main characters Biron and King Ferdinand. On the other hand, some of the acting was below par and characterization wasn’t quite reached. The costumes for the show were mostly regular street clothes, but Wood rocked an ensemble of purple tights with a black and red tutu-like skirt and senior Nathan Mireles wore a mariachi-looking outfit to compliment his Spaniard character. The show added musical aspects, my favorite being an original rendition of “Drive By� by Train. Anderson played guitar and Conley, freshman Brandon Rossell and senior Dan Good were able to show-off their vocals and attempted dance moves. While the production’s version of “I’m Sexy and I Know It� by LMFAO, was meant to be humorous, the scandalous dance moves and costumes for the number were disturbing and uncomfortable to watch. I won’t reveal the ending, but the final scene did end strongly. The hard work of the cast was evident, but the confusing plot and disturbing aspects makes it hard for me to recommend.
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“Watching the canoe races and softball games at night.�
Army Band performs for patriotic crowd BY ERIN BELL Staff Writer I expected the 43rd Army Band to bombard me with a series of marches at its spring concert in Heckman Auditorium Saturday night. Instead, I was entertained by a variety of songs and styles executed with preciseness anticipated from an Army band. The band, the only musical unit of the Nebraska National Guard under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer Brian Anderson, braved the stormy
- REVIEW weather to perform 10 selections for a crowd of Doane students and Crete community members. The concert opened with a patriotic tune titled nothing other than “Patriotic Opener.� Selections ranging from “America the Beautiful� to “Robin Hood Prince of Thieves� filled the rest of the concert. My favorite song performed, though, was “October,� a contemporary piece by Eric Whita-
cre. The song was gentle, peaceful and the complete opposite of what I expected to hear at the concert. The concert, however, contained plenty of American pride as well. The “Armed Forces Medley� was played, during which serving and retired members of the Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Army were asked to stand and be recognized when their branch was announced. The members were saluted by Anderson and applauded by the audience.
When the Army was announced, the entire band stood and Anderson sang the hymn, acknowledging a large group of past and present Army members, many of whom were former members of the 43rd Army Band. The rendition left me feeling patriotic, which only enhanced with their last selection “The Stars and Stripes Forever.� I particularly enjoyed the moment when the two piccolo players marched out of their seats to play a solo. The hour concert flew by and was broken up by a brief cer-
emony honoring First Sergeant John Quinn. Quinn, who had been a part of the band since 1973, was retiring and was presented with an award, but not without first being asked to drop and give Anderson 20. Specialist Brent Ramsey was also acknowledged. He was leaving the band to enter active duty. I would highly recommend attending one of the 43rd Army Band’s concerts. I was charmed and amused by every note and left feeling proud to be an American.
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Backtracking to greatness BY ALEX DAWSON Staff Writer Two teams will be inducted into the Doane Hall of Fame this weekend. The 2001 and 2002 women’s track and field national championship teams will be honored Sunday, following the reunion dinner Saturday night for past Doane track and field teams. Fred Beile, track coach emeritus, said that this would provide an excellent opportunity to generate a closer relationship between track alumni and the current Doane team. “It allows for the interaction of people from different eras in our track program, going as far back as the ‘60’s,” Beile said. Beile, who stepped down from the head coach position in 2002 after 30 years, said he was excited for the alumni to be back on campus to see the new buildings and meet the new president. With the hall of fame induction this weekend, he said he thought it would be the perfect time to have a reunion. People will return from as far as Georgia and Washington D.C. for the events, he said. Ryan Ziola, track and field Stock Photo/Flickr.com
alumnus from 2001-2005, said he looked forward to hearing the experiences of others on the team. “There have been many athletes who have gone through the rigors of four seasons in the track and field program,” Ziola said. “After they leave, several carry over the success they had in competition to success in their personal and professional life. That’s what Doane Track and Field is all about.” Alumni Relations Director Anne Golden said that around 200 people had committed to the reunion this weekend. The events begin Friday with the Doane relays, a home meet for the current team, Golden said. The reunion Saturday will involve a casual dinner with alumni grilling at Fuhrer Fieldhouse from 5:30 p.m. following the completion of the relays, Golden said. She said there would also be speeches from head coach Ed Fye and coach emeritus Fred Beile. A representative from each decade, starting in 1970 and finishing in 2000, would also speak, she said. Golden said she hoped they would be able to raise some money towards the legendary coaches campaign which includ-
ed a new track expansion and the creation of the Fred Beile competition arena. The hall of fame induction Sunday will recognize Doane’s only national champions for any sport, Beile said. “It’s very fitting that the Women's National Championship teams will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the Doane Relays this weekend,” Ziola said. “They earned it. ” Golden said 105 had registered to be at the induction ceremony, with many of the members from the two championship teams coming back to be honored. A banquet will take place at the Perry Campus Center from 12 p.m., according to the Doane website. Beile stressed the importance of the track and field program being all inclusive, no matter which decade an individual belonged to. “For an individual sport it is tough to get across the concept of being a team,” he said. “Historically Doane track and field has always preached team above self. This (the reunion and induction) is just another example in the continuing development of the concept of team.”
Tiger’s drive for five to tie for No. 1 in GPAC BY KEVIN ANDERSON Staff Writer In preparation for the next round in the GPAC championship tournaments, the Tigers cleaned house in a small tournament held on Friday and Saturday at Crete’s Blue River course. Of the 22 players, four of the five lowest scores were Tigers on the “A” team. Freshmen Tyler Vacek had the lowest total score; even with parr. The other three Tigers in the top four slots were at most three strokes behind him. They won by such a wide margin,” Head Coach Myron Parsley said. “I think that’s the lowest score I’ve ever had a team score while I’ve been coaching,” “Previously, I was struggling a little bit,” Vacek said. “I bought some new irons before the tournament, and I think I got some confidence in that.” Vacek is one of three freshmen on the “A” team. For such a young team, they are close to first in their conference and qualifying for nationals. “I think we are only four or five strokes away behind Nebraska Weleyan, which isn’t much,” said Bo Cribelli, the only senior on the team. “We’ve definitely got ourselves into a good position. We have a good chance of winning.” The next ranked tournament of the GPAC is on Monday. The top team and top individual player go to nationals, so Doane’s chances hinge on that tournament and another in May. “It’s exciting to be only five shot away from first place,” Parsley said. “If they play well, we can do it.” Cribelli, ranked second as an individual player, said he was hopeful about qualifying for nationals. “I think we know the importance of this meet,” Cribelli said. “It’s what we’ve been focusing up to all this Spring. Our game and our scores have been coming in at the right time, and I think we’ll be ready to play at our peak potential come Monday.”
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Coach nominated for character award BY JAY GROTE Staff Wrtier There are six ideals that Doane Football Coach Matt Franzen lives by: professionalism, integrity, excellence, selflessness, calculated risk and an developing a world view. By emphasizing these in himself and in others, he has reaped benefits for his team and for himself. Franzen last week was nominated by the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) as an entrant for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Coach of Character award. Franzen's players and associates agree he was a good choice to forward to the national level. Cody Vance, assistant athletic director, said it was appropriate to nominate Franzen. “He is such a positive role model for our football players and our football coaches,” Vance said. Vance said two activities particularly stuck out for nominating Franzen. The Doane pep band, in cooperation with the football team, helped move Crete True Value Hardware to its new location earlier this year. Also the Doane Football Youth Day is an example of the team's connection with the community, Vance said. All of this is done to instill character in the area youth and within the players, Vance said. But instilling character isn't the only part of the plan. Franzen said he tried to instill all six of his ideals in his team by living each one out. Franzen was inspired by a Bill Walsh book to compose his six ideals and has since been uti-
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Head coach Matt Franzen talks to offensive linemen Evan Lasauskas during the homecoming win against Midland. lizing them to his and his team's advantage. “He wanted to change the entire culture of their organization,” Franzen said. “He looked at himself and said these are the things that are important to put on my team.” So Franzen took Walsh's ideas and made them his own. “I said, what things to me are important,” Franzen
said. “If there were things that I wasn't big on, I wasn't going to have a chance to emphasize them – if I didn't believe it, I couldn't sell it to the team.” Vance said Franzen lives out his ideals, something he's noticed in Franzen since they met about a quarter of a decade ago. “He wasn't just a football player,” Vance said. “I remember him being in some theater
performances when he was here.” Senior Josh Wade said the introduction of Franzen's ideals, along with a new conditioning program, greatly helped the team. “When he came in there were low numbers, not a lot of seniority on the team,” Wade said. “He slowly stuck with it and built up the team.”
Wade said Franzen has always been an approachable coach. “He is always there when I need to talk to him about football or family or class stuff,” Wade said. Wade said Franzen's most emphasized qualities was his drive for excellence. “He always pushes us and says that if you don't do one
hundred percent, you do nothing at all,” Wade said. While there are many others vying for the NAIA award, Vance said that Franzen's nomination will be kept on file and could be chosen another year. Regardless of who wins the Coach of Character award this year, Franzen will continue to teach with his six ideals.
No. 1 Tigers turn up intensity for No. 6 Dordt BY AUSTIN BENSON Staff Writer
Senior Mike Albert went two for four with two RBI’s in the Tiger’s win against Morningside.
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The first place Tigers will head to Dakota Wesleyan University to play a double-header Saturday in Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) action. With four series left in GPAC play, sophomore Elliot Engle says winning this series will hopefully separate the Tigers from Morningside and Nebraska-Wesleyan, who sit second and third in conference, respectively. “Every game in the GPAC counts, “Engle said. “We need to win four games to become conference champs.” Doane is riding a five game win streak heading into the weekend series, but with its success and early season losses they will not overlook the sixth place DWU Tigers. Freshman pitcher Brandon
Stennis said Doane can’t afford to play without intensity, especially on the road. “Because we are in first, we always get the opponents’ best shot,” Stennis said. “We need to bring intensity in these games because when we do, we can beat anybody in the conference.” The Tigers have a lot of momentum and are playing with confidence, senior Anthony Hincy said. “We have a great pitching staff that will keep us in each game we play,” Hincy said. “We just need to play how we do. With great pitching, defense and timely hitting.” Doane College is looking to improve its record to 12-2 in GPAC games and continuing its win streak to seven games after this weekend. “We need to go into these games focused on our team philosophy,” Engle said. “Taking care of these two games is big.”
Split double-header leaves Tigers 3-3 in GPAC BY KEVIN ANDERSON Staff Writer Wednesday the women’s softball team battled the Midland Warriors, splitting the doubleheader. The first game the Tigers couldn’t get enough hits to bring any runners home and they lost 3-0. The second game they scored early, and then the teams fell into a stalemate, giving the Tigers the win, 1-0. Most of the first game was both teams playing solid defense. In almost every inning the teams looked evenly matched; Midland just barely squeezed runners home in the second, sixth and seventh innings. It would have been a very different game if Doane had been able to bring home any of the seven runners it left on base. “We really played hard,” outfielder Andrea Gonzales said. “They just connected their bats
early on.” “We pitched well enough in both games to win it. We just weren’t hitting,” Head Coach Barry Mosley said. “(The loss) brought them down to fourth (in the GPAC) and made them hungry for a win.” The second game was evenly matched, as well, but this time the Tigers were differently motivated. “Revenge,” Martinez said. “We wanted it. We weren’t going to leave without one (win).” In the second game outfielder Nicole Diaz hit a double that brought second baseman Deidre Cardoza in for the only run in the game. One thing Mosley attributed the win to was the pitcher, Kylie Garrett. “Even though she had three walks,” Mosley said, “I think that was one of the strongest performances she’s ever given. In those situations it’s easy to get a little rattled.” “I’ve been working really
hard this season,” Garrett, who attributes the win to the way the Tigers came together, said. “We really played well as a team. Whenever you have that team chemistry, it makes it a lot more fun to be on the field.” Mosley said that team morale is high, and the Tigers are ready for the next step. “Even though it was a split, the level of our players is much higher than it has been,” Mosley said. “We just build confidence with each game.” That onfidence will be needed Saturday and Sunday in games against Dordt and Morningside. The Tigers are now 3-3 for wins in the GPAC, and they need to continue winning if they hope to advance. Coach Mosley said he knew the games would be tough, but his focus was with his team. “I need to worry about our team and what we’re capable of,” Mosley said. “Our goal is still in Ryan Corrigan/The Owl sight. That’s making it to the Senior Andrea Gonzales bunted the ball and was safe after she beat the throw to first. GPAC tournament.”