April 16, 2015

THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2015

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ISSUE NO. 12 The Voice of Chadron State College since 1920

STUDENT SENATE VOTING OPEN NOW The Student Senate elections opened at noon, Wednesday, and will remain open until noon, Friday.

An email from Chief Justice Coy Clark said that “ballots have been sent via Survey Monkey.” If the email does not appear in your EagleMail inbox, check the junk mail folder for the survey to cast your vote.

SEMPER VERITAS

Thriller Theater

FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF TO HONOR LINCOLN An article on the USA Today’s website stated that Obama ordered flags to be flown “at half-staff Wednesday to honor the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s death.”

‘39 Steps’ opens today in Memorial Hall’s Black Box Theater p. 8 The Professor, played by Wacey Gallegos, junior of Ainsworth, threatens to shoot Richard Hannay, played by Derek Phelps, senior of Sidney.

INDEX

NEWS.........................2 OPINION....................5 TAKE TEN...................7 CENTERSPREAD.......8 SPORTS...................10 LIFESTYLES.............13

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRES. VISITS CSC

WADA HONORED AS EXCELLENCE TEACHER

The newly elected president of the University of Nebraska, Hank Bounds, is spending the first week on the job traveling around the state. Wednesday night, Bounds visited CSC’s campus for a stakeholder reception and dinner. He spent the day visiting Scottsbluff, Gering and Chadron.

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Justice Studies Associate Professor and Department Chair, Jamie Wada received the CSC Teaching Excellence Award.

Wada was also announced as the CSC recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award nomination at the Nebraska Board of Trustees March meeting.

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Student Senate Presidential, VP candidates debate issues Jordyn Hulinsky Managing Editor Presidential candidates Michael Hall, Nathaniel Brown, and Katrina Hurley, and Vice President candidate Marci Luton competed in a Senate Debate Monday evening in the Library.

Karson Langley, who is also running for Senate Vice President, was unable to make the debate because she was away for a golf meet.

The first question asked was, “What do you expect to accomplish during your term and how will you accomplish your goals?”

Hall said he wants to focus his attention to the students’ needs and wants. For example, he said he wanted to get the ice machine in Kent back, wants to update the rooms in Memorial Hall, and wants more water bottle filling stations. He said he has already been working on the Wi-Fi problem as a senator. He said it’s not realistic to fix the problem because it would require rebuilding dorm buildings or buying routers for every dorm room.

Collaboration with students, The Eagle, CAB, and Senate is the main focus for Brown. He said communication is the key to success and he said leadership shouldn’t only come from Senate. He said he wants to have a student leader of the month, and the leader will come from clubs, not only from Senate. He also said he will be writing a column every week in The Eagle to inform students of what Senate is doing. Brown also said he will be taking suggestions from students to find the issues.

Hurley said that she wants to talk with students to find out what

they want fixed. She said she wants to hold a leadership conference on campus, rather than going on a trip.

She also said she will write a report for The Eagle. She will advocate for more water bottle filling stations, a greenhouse, and better Wi-Fi. She said she will hold weekly office hours in the Senate office.

Luton said she wants to build better relations with Senate and the students. She wants to put suggestion boxes in the dorms and in the student center to allow students to have their voices heard. She also wants students to know who their senators are so they know who to come to with problems.

The second question was “How will you encourage a sense of common purpose in college spirit among the student body?”

Hall said he will sponsor more events. Brown said he will increase communication and collaboration.

Hurley said she will advocate for all clubs on campus. Luton said she wants to bring back older traditions CSC used to have.

The third question was “What experience and qualifications do you possess that make you the best for the office?”

Hall said he has real world experience the other candidates don’t have.

He also said he has been running his father’s farm for quite some time now.

Brown said he was part of the executive board of Senate so he’s seen what happens on the inside.

Hurley said she has been an RA and has served on multiple Senate committees.

Luton said that she was a senator

for two years and served on multiple committees as well.

In closing statements, Hall said he wants to work for the students and do what they want. He wants to benefit all students, not just a select few.

Brown said he wants to collaborate with The Eagle, CAB, Senate and the students to discuss and accomplish issues on campus. He wants to increase leadership from all levels of campus, not just from Senate.

Hurley said she will advocate for students.

Luton said she wants to talk with students to fix the problems they want fixed.

One question asked from the audience was, “What would you do if the issue students brought up were considered negative or controversial by the administration?”

Luton said they would bring the issue to the administration and tell them what the majority of the students said. She said administration is above us, so they have final say, but she would advocate for students.

To have students who aren’t part of groups and clubs on campus more involved, Hurley said she would help students find a club to fit their needs.

Hall reflected that statement but added he would help students create a club if they couldn’t find one that worked for them.

When students are split on an issue, Brown said he would try to find common ground to create a sense of unity. He would create a forum so students can defend their side of the issue, and then they will vote and go with the majority.

Student Richard Heule, sopho-

more of Hemingford, asked Hurley about her statement at a Feb. 16 Senate meeting where she claimed 75 percent of cameras on campus did not work.

Heule wrote a column that appeared in the Feb. 19 edition of The Eagle that criticized the administration for failing to maintain the cameras. Heule took his cue from Hurley’s statement, and acknowledged that he failed to independently verify her claims.

His article prompted CSC President Randy Rhine to issue an email that Thursday afternoon stating that the college has 117 security cameras at various locations across campus.

It also stated that as of that morning “113, or 96.5 percent, were doing their jobs as designed.”

Hurley responded to Heule’s question, saying, “I asked three separate security guards... that were students, but they had direct workings with the people in the security offices. And they all confirmed that there were 75 percent of the cameras that did not work.”

Hurley also said students came to Senate complaining about cameras not working, and cited what she claimed were three instances of cameras not working—one in a laundry room, but did not cite the dormitory, the second, she said, occurred on her floor in Kent Hall, and the third on Student Senate President Dillon Spies’ floor, also in Kent.

Brown also responded to Heule’s question saying when backdoor deals were happening on Senate, as the Senate Secretary, he sent a letter to senators to inform them of the issue.

He was called into Vice President of Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Student Services Jon Hansen’s office and asked about doing that. Brown said he thought he did the right thing but would apologize if he needed. Brown said he was not asked to apologize.

Finally, the candidates were asked, “What is specific to each individual campaign?”

Luton said she wants to make sure student know whom their senators are so they can know who to contact when there are problems.

Hurley said she will advocate for anything students bring up.

Brown said he wants to create better traditions on campus rather than just drinking traditions.

Hall said he has a series of large projects in his radar to accomplish if elected.

The Eagle to host media conference College media is descending on Chadron this weekend, as The Eagle will host the 2015 Nebraska Collegiate Media Association conference and Golden Leaf Awards. About 6070 media students and faculty advisers from five of the association’s seven schools will attend the conference.

The event kicks off with a welcome reception 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Sandoz Center. From 8:30-11:15 a.m., Saturday, four presenters will deliver seminars on radio, television, photojournalism, and editorial cartooning. It concludes with the annual Golden Leaf Awards banquet, where students are recognized for their work over the past year.

Weekly Calendar: APRIL 16 - 22| Calendar information may be sent to The Eagle, Old Admin, Rm. 235, or to editor@csceagle.com -Brain Bowl, 6 p.m., Rita E. King Library top floor

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-Amazing Race Bible, 6 p.m., SC Ballroom -Late Night Putt Putt Golf, 9 p.m., Lakota Room

-All Student Art Show Reception, 4 p.m., Memorial Hall

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-”The 39 Steps,” 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall Black Box -Deal or No Deal, 9 p.m., Gold Room

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-Sexual Awareness and Prevention Wak, 11 a.m., Heritage Trail

-”The 39 Steps,” 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall Black Box

-”The 39 Steps,” 2 p.m., Memorial Hall Black Box

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-Tibetan Prays Flags, 10 a.m., Student Center -Student Senate meeting, 5 p.m., SC Ballroom -LARPing Festival sign up, 7 p.m., Gold Room -True Beauty, 7:30 p.m., Gold Room

-No Room for Hate, 3 p.m., Breezeway -CAB meeting, 6 p.m., SC Ballroom

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-Newman Gathering, 5 p.m., 907 Main Street, Newman House

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Volunteers from campus, community assist at arboretum Teri Robinson Photo Editor Volunteers from the Chadron community and Chadron State College joined CSC’s Horticulturist and Grounds Supervisor Lucinda Mays Saturday morning for the sixth year of the Campus Volunteers Arboretum, to learn about pruning plants ranging from bushes, shrubs, trees, and others.

Mays began the event by introducing everyone and gave a brief presentation of the campus vegetation and what she does to keep everything healthy.

One reason Mays does the arboretum is from the “exchange of information,” from all the members who join. Some bring outside knowledge Mays can elaborate on.

Many of the examples Mays used were from damaged trees or shrubs on campus, which are still healing from Winter Storm Atlas, which hit the area in October 2013. Members were informed on how to trim and thin shrubs and bushes, where to cut and how much to cut in order to keep it healthy.

Mays took the group to a Chokecherry bush between Edna hall and the parking lot behind the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center. There, each participant took turns trimming and thinning limbs after Mays informed and showed them where to cut and what limbs to cut. To many of the members surprise, Mays had the larger limbs thinned to make room for other branches and keep limbs from hanging over the sidewalk and parking lot.

She noted that March and April are the prime time to prune and cut off the blooms and fruit, this practice is known as coppice, a European tradition.

While thinning the Chokecherry bush, a group found a praying mantis egg sack, which normally hatches in 70 to 80 degree weather with approximately 100 eggs. Mays relocated the limb the egg sack was on and the group moved to another set of plants surrounding the Sandoz Center.

The arboretum lasted until noon, and any questions participants had during the time Mays answered to the best of her knowledge.

Lucinda Mays, CSC ground supervisor, demonstrates how to prune a Chokecherry Saturday during the Campus Arboretum Volunteers Workshop.

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Student Senate voting open now CAB voting next week Jaycie Cheatham Reporter This was the last meeting with both senators and the current executive board with elections starting Wednesday.

Chief Justice Coy Clark announced that voting would be open noon Wednesday and would close at the same time Friday. Justice Nick Stokey read the petitions ruled on by the Court.

Senator Syerra Wycoff-Bagshaw’s petition for Vice Presidency was denied because she has not served at least a half term in Senate.

Senator Michael Hall’s petition for Presidency was approved, though he has not served a full term. Senator Hall’s late installment was out of his hands and therefor the Court ruled in a 4-1 opinion that Hall should not be punished.

Vice President of Finance Hannah Love reported $36,443.25 in unallocated funds.

Faculty Advisor Susan Schaeffer recognized Senate’s procedure errors in past meetings.

Vice President Taylor Strong was not present at the meeting, but wanted it announced that her greenhouse

project is going well. Anyone interested in helping on the project can contact her at taylor.strong@eagles.csc. edu.

Senator Nathaniel Jones reported that he is still working with Lucinda Mays on the campus beautification project. Once a start date has been decided; Jones will email anyone interested in helping.

Laure Sinn wants to invite students to join the Diversity Committee’s event celebrating Beijing and Pacific month from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. There will be dancing, luau food, and chopsticks lessons.

RLA will be holding signups for an event called “Larping” at 7 p.m., April 20. The event will be a Medieval/Renaissance inspiring occasion featuring foam sword fights and a feast of turkey legs on April 23.

The Hearts and Minds club will be holding a Sexual Harassment Walk starting at the clock tower at 11 a.m., April 18.

The walk will consist of stations along a trail that will demonstrate different assault scenarios to teach students how to handle different situations. The Chadron Police Department will also give a presentation on sexual harassment at the end. There will be a Subway lunch provided and free t-shirts.

Earth Day is April 22

Do what you can to protect the Earth’s valuable resources. As always: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Did you know? The Sheaman Heating and Cooling Plant on Chadron State’s campus uses bio-fuel to provide warmth and air conditioning for all its constituents. The Sheaman Plant currently cools 10 buildings and provides heat for 20 buildings.

Jaycie Cheatham Reporter The CAB meeting opened up with an amendment to the agenda, moving voting until the April 21.

CAB currently has $4,408.52 in unallocated funds.

Nominations for all CAB executive positions were closed.

Next week’s executive board meeting will be open for anyone who has questions about the position they have been nominated for.

Next week, the AFB will take the club budgets to Senate to be approved. Club representatives are encouraged to attend the meeting in the event that there is a discussion about their club’s budget.

Student Body elections opened at noon, Wednesday, and will close at noon, Friday. All CAB members

and faculty advisors encourage students to vote.

The Hearts and Minds club will be holding a Sexual Harassment Walk starting at the clock tower at 11 a.m., April 18.

The walk will consist of stations along a trail that will demonstrate different assault scenarios to teach students how to handle different situations. The Chadron Police Department will also give a presentation on sexual harassment at the end. There will be a Subway lunch provided and free t-shirts.

The Nearly Naked Mile staff would appreciate any donations from clubs with left over funds.

The Native American club will be holding a panel and raffle at the Bean Broker 7 p.m., Thursday.

Please bring your student ID in case you win a prize.

Luau 2015

Thursday, April 16th

Menu includes: Roasted Island Pork Mango Tilapia Sushi Bar Many Tasty Desserts And much more!

10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Dining Room All are invited!

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL–THE EAGLE’S VIEW

The editorial board’s pick for Sen. Pres.

Good leadership is hard to come by, and it takes team work and a willingness to humble yourself before the people you serve. Being a public servant requires casting aside your own agenda. It asks you to be willing to listen to the concerns of your people and cast aside whatever privilege your position offers you. Leadership requires you to stand up for what’s right in the face of adversity.

And as the Student Senate elections are under way, we are pausing to reflect on the promises the Presidential candidates made during the debate Monday evening in the Rita E. King Library.

All candidates made compelling arguments and statements which caught our ears, and it was difficult to decide who to endorse.

However, when the editorial board met to discuss if we should endorse a candidate, we reviewed our notes and the audio recording, and are convinced that Nathaniel Brown, sophomore of Rapid City, South Dakota, will be best fit for Student Senate President.

A continuing frustration for The Eagle reporters and editors has been the level of access to executive board meetings, agendas, and the general lack of communication between the Senate executive board and the rest of campus. Brown has shared these frustrations, and mentioned that the reputation of Senate as “high and mighty” needs to be dispelled.

He is committed to a number of principles which we find appealing. Brown spoke of a commitment to complying with the Open Meetings Laws, about collaborating with the opinion editor and writing a weekly column to give the student body a picture of what is going on inside the Senate leadership.

This is a breath of fresh air, and we feel that he would be adequately using an already student-funded resource to engage students and get people more involved in the Senate affairs. But his commitment to leadership doesn’t simply stop at collaborations with The Eagle.

Brown has affirmed that he will make connections with other organizations on campus, because each and every club has something to bring to the table. Senate is not the only leadership body on campus, and it’s not the highest leadership body on campus.

We feel that collaborating with clubs by harvesting the ideas of the already strong and competent leadership of the tightly-knit campus organizations can provide what Senate is currently lacking.

We think the perception is in the power distance; Senate doesn’t feel approachable by students. So when you can’t come to the mountain, it would be expected that the mountain would come to you.

That mountain is Nathaniel Brown. Brown seems willing to stick up for students and stand by his decisions. He is committed to partnering with others, rather than telling others what to do.

In our minds, those are the qualities in the leader we would like to see as the face of the CSC Student Government. We know that it takes a lot of work to be a student leader, but any leader who humbles themselves and asks others for help is a leader we want to work with.

So again, it is The Eagle editorial board’s pleasure to endorse Nathaniel Brown for Student Senate President. Regardless of whether you agree with our endorsement, please make sure you cast your vote and let your voice be heard.

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Michael Hall for Sen. Pres.

Richard Heule III Columnist

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h boy, it’s everyone’s favorite time of the year; election season! I have never been big on student government because I feel like it’s a flawed system and needs an overhaul, but I want to keep readers informed about candidates and other things, so why not? I have taken a good look at all of the candidates and have come to the conclusion that Senator Michael Hall is probably the best guy for the job.

I know Senator Hall for many personal experiences. He is a member of the new gaming club of which I am Secretary, and he has attended every meeting we have had. He has always acted professionally and been a pretty great guy. When he told me he wanted to run for president, I was a bit hesitant due to the fact that he had just started school here. I felt that if someone wanted to be a really good student leader, they should be here for a longer period of time. However, once we talked more about politics, I felt like it was a position I could get behind.

Probably the best thing Senator Hall

wants to do is stop those stupid leadership trips.

I haven’t really spoken about those trips, but honestly, it really grinds my gears that we spend tens-of-thousands of dollars to send a small group of students to New Orleans or Orlando. I doubt that going to the French Quarter or taking pictures with Goofy is going to make you the next Barack Obama. I know the people who want these trips have good intentions, but it doesn’t help that these trips only benefit very few people.

I have heard time and time again that these trips “help the student body.”

Are you kidding me? This last year of Senate has been the most unproductive, largely due to the fact everyone has been out to get the president and make him look bad. You don’t have to

agree with people’s politics, but I felt a lot of boundaries were overstepped and a lot of good people got made to look foolish, which is not the case.

I have faith that Senator Hall can turn Senate around and make it serve the students once again. With the low amount of people on Senate currently, it seems less like students making decisions than it does “the top one percent” making decisions. Not to mention, it seems that everything the student senators do, somehow it gets blamed on the president.

I have been attending meetings of senate on-and-off since the beginning of this semester and I can tell you right now the majority of dumb decisions come at the hands of the senators that we elected to be our voice.

I feel that it’s time to find a new one, and in my opinion, Michael Hall is that best voice.

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39 Steps of

Mystery Sarah Townsend News Editor

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Richard Hannay, played by Derek Phelps, senior of Sidney, poses as the announcer describes his characteristic features.

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The newest CSC theatre production leads the audience on a wild chase through England and Scotland in search of the answer to the question: What in the world are the “39 Steps?” Based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, this heart-racing spy story keeps the audience involved and on their toes. A loose translation of the 1915 adventure novel “The Thirty-Nine Steps” by John Buchan, this hilarious thriller depicts the story of Richard Hannay, and his quest to understand the meaning of “the 39 Steps.”

Hannay, played by Derek Phelps, 22, senior of Sidney, finds himself on the lam from the authorities after he flees his own home where the female secret agent, Annabelle Schmidt, played by Hannah Clark, 22, senior of Littleton, Colorado, was found stabbed to death. Schmidt had warned Hannay that she was being chased by assassins, and prior to her death urged Hannay to escape and try to stop some vital information from leaving the country.

Clark plays three very flamboyant women and all three characters seem to have an underlying chemistry with Phelps’

single character that keeps the a wondering.

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Pamela, played by Hannah Clark, senior of Littleton, Colorado, climbs over a fence Tuesday as Richard Hannay, played by Derek Phelps, senior of Sidney, watches during “The 39 Steps.”

Spike Jordan Opinion Editor “39 Steps” is Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 spy-thriller of the same name.

Before you go and see the play, put down this review and go and watch the original (it’s on YouTube), because there are nuances that you might miss out on.

The protagonist, Richard Hannay, played by Derek Phelps, senior of Sidney, is the only consistent character in the cast of four. Phelps had strong delivery on all of his lines.

Hannah Clark, senior of Littleton, Colorado, plays the part of three characters; the assumed German spy, Annabella Schmidt, Scottish housewife Margaret, and Hannay’s de facto love interest, Pamela. I had initially thought Clark’s German accent was a little off, but after watching the original, I think it was pretty on point.

Wacey Gallegos, junior of Ainsworth, and Sam Martin, freshman of Hot Springs, South Dakota, play a host of other characters, often simultaneously rotating through hats and coats, constant costume changes that make for comedic gold. My favorite was Martin’s Scotch

Inn owner and Gallegos’ “Doctor Jordan,” (I like characters that share my last name). Martin has the Scotch accent down pat, but Gallegos could use a little work when he portrayed the sheriff.

Beyond the acting, the costuming, props, and lighting were on point. There were several special effects that were impressive as well, especially the “air chase scene” with the “crash” at the end (you’ll have to see it to know what I mean).

The only complaints I really had with the production were the relative wimpiness of the fog machines, which might be a possible future item for the student government to invest activity fees in. The sound at the beginning of the show, (specifically the laugh tracks and clapping), also made it difficult to hear the lines, but I got over that rather quickly as the show progressed.

The set designs are minimal, which is why I think you need to watch the original to get a full feel for what all is happening in the show, but they managed to make all of the action still work across minimal bits that ended in a hilarious parody of the original.

It’s a little more than “39 Steps” from your dorm room to M-Hall, but even if you have to crawl, make sure you catch this absurdly, funny show.

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Softball team moves into final playoff position Collin Brook Reporter

Photo by Christopher Smith

Sophomore shortstop Courtney Lecher (23) of Fort Collins, Colorado, tags out senior Taylor Wilcox (3) of El Centro, California, April 3 during the second game against Regis University.

Softball Standings As of April 14 TEAM:

Athletes of the Week

Source: rmacsports.org

1. MSU-Denver 2. Colorado Mesa 3. Regis 4. Colorado Christian 5. CSU-Pueblo 6. Adams State 7. Western New Mexico 8. Chadron State 9. UCCS 10. Fort Lewis 11. New Mexico Highlands 12. Colorado Mines 13. Black Hill State

RMAC 21-5 25-6 20-7 14-12 15-13 16-14 16-16 12-16 12-18 11-17 10-17 8-19 4-24

Overall 30-10 29-16 25-13 20-22 19-21 18-18 19-24 12-28 14-21 13-26 16-24 10-31 7-30

The Chadron State softball team split another 4-game series last weekend against New Mexico Highlands University. Just like last week’s games, the Eagles lost the first two games before rallying to win the last two.

The first game the Eagles were shutout, losing 6-0, while registering one hit all game courtesy of Amanda Einsphar, junior of McCook. The Eagles also had five errors in the first game.

The second game was also a 6-0 loss, but remained a close game until Highlands scored five runs in the fifth inning.

Desperate for wins to stay in the playoff race, the Eagles came back Sunday with bats in hand, registering 25 hits compared to five hits the day before. Casey Polk, senior of Golden, Colorado, led the way with five hits and four RBIs for the day. Polk also led all hitters for the weekend with a .500 batting average. Her 3-run homer in the first inning set the momentum, but Highlands scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to keep the game competitive. With a 5-3 lead, Jessica Eatmon, senior of Broomfield, Colorado, buried Highlands in the final inning when she hit a triple with bases loaded. Tayler Hall, junior pitcher of Windsor, Colorado, earned her 10th win of the season with the 8-3 victory.

SHELBY BOZNER

Sport: Track and field Events: Multi Events Class rank: Junior Hometown: Rock Springs, Wyoming

Sport: Softball Position: Catcher Class rank: Senior Hometown: Golden, Colorado

Bozner helped the women’s 4x400 relay team set a new school record at the South Dakota School of Mines—Bauer Open.

The team won the event with a time of 3:55.49. She also broke the school record for the 400 hurdles that she previously set two weeks ago. Bozner’s new record now stands at 1:01.95.

Polk put on a hitting clinic during Saturday’s games against New Mexico Highlands University. She finished the day with five hits and four RBIs. One hit was a 3-run shot over the fence. Polk batted an even .500 for the weekend’s games and helped the Eagles earn two victories while jumping to eighth place in the RMAC.

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csceagle.com | The Eagle | APRIL 16, 2015 The Eagles won the final game of the weekend 8-5, but the score did not reflect the dominance throughout the game.

CSC scored six runs in the third inning, including a 3-run homer from Shea Graham, junior of Colorado Springs, Colorado. After Graham’s fifth home run of the season, CSC cruised the rest of the way until giving up four runs in the final inning.

Thanks to a few clutch pitches to finish the game, Cierra Coslett, junior of Grand Junction, Colorado, earned her second win on the season, and the team’s 12th win overall.

“I didn’t make the best contact with the ball on Saturday, so I just went back to basics,” Polk said. “I think on Sunday we had a ‘meaner’ attitude, and we weren’t going to let Highlands beat us again. We knew what we had to do and we accomplished it as a team. It takes every single player on our team to win a game.”

CSC moved into eighth place in the RMAC, and the top-eight teams make the playoffs.

The Eagles next four games are against Adams State in Alamosa, Colorado. First pitch is scheduled for noon, Saturday.

“As seniors (our role is that we) just need to do what we have been doing all season,” Eatmon said. “We have been trying to lead the team and be positive role models. All we can do at this point is have fun in the last games we play and go all out. There’s still a chance to make it to the tournament so we are just trying our hardest to play well in pressure situations and do the small things right.”

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Eagles swing into 8th place Preston Goehring Distribution Manager The Eagles golf team traveled to Grand Junction, Colorado, for the Maverick Spring Invitational.

The team finished in eighth place with a 729 total strokes. Metropolitan State University won with a score of 617.

Metro’s Nathalie Gallacher, senior of Stockholm,

Sweden, and sophomore Cha Cha Willhoite, of Palm Desert, California, tied for the individual title, carding a two-day total of 144.

For CSC, junior Schuyler Wetzel, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, improved on a first round 88 by one stroke, with a combined total of 175, finishing 27th overall. Junior Emma Harris, of Wahoo, finished with a 179. Kelli Haynes, freshman of Whitney, showed consistency, carding a 94 on both days for a total of 188. Mikayla Gallagher, redshirt freshman of

Lead, South Dakota, and freshman Karson Langley, of Sidney, shot a 195 and 197, respectively.

“The toughest part about the tournament was playing smart,” Harris said. “It was difficult course so getting into trouble was easy, it was getting out of those situations was the most challenging.

“The competition was really good because the best players in the RMAC were there,” Harris said.

CSC’s next matchup will be the RMAC championship Monday and Tuesday in Avondale, Arizona.

Regis University’s Emily John (2), freshman of Beaverton, Oregon, narrowly escapes as first baseman junior Katelyn Kruger (10), of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, snags the ball April 4.

Correction: John Axtell

In last week’s edition of The Eagle, we mistakenly printed information about John Axtell. We said he retired from KCSR instead of KQSK. He now works as the news director for KCSR. Furthermore, we said that Axtell worked for CSC Sports. Axtell covered CSC sports for the radio station that had a contract with the college, but he never worked for CSC. We apologize for our errors.

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Women’s track team snags 13 of 20 events

Christopher Smith Reporter

The CSC men and women’s track and field teams outshined most of their competition this weekend at the South Dakota Mines—Bauer Open meet in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The women set two school records winning 13 out of 20 events.

They were led by junior Shelby Bozner, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, who set two school records this weekend. Bozner won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.95 to break the record she previously set two weeks ago at the Colorado Mines Invitational Meet.

Bozner also ran in the 4x400 relay that broke the school record with a time of 3:55.49. Her relay team runners were junior Nikki Glasson, of Wheatland, Wyoming; senior Shelby Guy, of Akron, Colorado; and junior Tiffany Thomas, of Kingston, Jamaica.

Senior sprinter Rochelle Nelson, of Kingston, Jamaica, was a double winner over the weekend taking first in the 200 and 400 with times of 25.65 seconds and 59.41, respectively.

For the CSC men, freshman Demarcus Simpson, of Layfette, Georgia, was a double winner in the 100 hurdles with a time of 10.55 and the long jump with a mark of 23-11 1/4.

“We had a good meet,” CSC Head Coach Brad Gamble said.

Gamble was pleased that the Eagles didn’t have any injuries and most team members will be healthy to compete in California this

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coming week at four major meets that started Wednesday at Azusa Pacific University.

Men’s Results: 100-1, Damarcus Simpson, 10.55; 4, Jazz Bozner, 11.41; 6, Ethan Proud, 11.57 200-1, Isaiah Castellew, 22.49; 7, Matthew Klein, 23.52; 13, Proud, 24.58 400-1, Zerek Jones, 47.7; 2, Martin Moriel, 48.8; 7, Lane Higgins, 49.9 800-3, Cody Davis, 1:59.67; 7, Robert Ricks, 2:05.4 1,500-6, Evans Koech, 4:12.28 5000-9, Hank Jackson, 16:53.07 10,000-1, Dylan Stansbury, 33:20.79; 5, Josef Gertner, 35:30.42 110 hurdles-1, Chris Cutcher, 14.4 400 hurdles-1, Bozner, 55.4; 2, Jared Thomsen, 55.53; 6, Brandon Schwenk, 1:00.63; 7, Will McLaughlin, 1:03.59 4x400 relay-1, Chadron State ‘A ,’ 3:19.53; 2, Chadron State ‘B,’ 3:23.85 High jump-4, Castellew, 1.89m Pole vault-2, Brayden Knapp, 4.43m; 3, Skylar Hoopes, 4.43m; 8, Alex Klopp, 3.85m Long jump-1, Simpson, 7.3m; 2, Castellew, 6.5m; 3, Cutcher, 6.34m Triple jump-2, Josiah Lee, 13.65m; 3, Xavier Kvistad, 12.91m Shot put-1, Tanner Rein, 15.14m; 4, Dylan Brant, 13.45m; 5, David Aldridge, 13.06m Discus throw-4, Jesse Bleidt, 44.56m; 2, Aldridge, 43.29m; 7, Kyle McCarthy, 41.67m; 8, Rein, 40.9m; 11, Brant, 39.41m; 15, Frantzlee LaCrete, 37.75m

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Hammer throw-3, Rein, 49.15m; 4, McCarthy, 48.25m; 5, Bleidt, 47.63m; 7, LaCrete, 44.49m; 10, Aldridge, 37.89m Women’s Results: 100-1, Nikki Glasson, 12.62; 3, Shelby Guy, 12.89; 4, Tory Snyder, 13.08 200-1, Rochelle Nelson, 25.65; 2, Stachia Reuwsaat, 25.75; 3, Tessa Gorsuch, 25.89; 5, Snyder, 26.25 400-1, Nelson, 59.41 800-1, Tiffany Thomas, 2:21.23; 2, Sandra Palayo, 2:24.37; 4, Alisha Heelan, 2:25.39; 11, Teren Hanson, 2:31.56; 12, Miranda Karn, 2:44.03 1,500-1, Nicky Banzhaf, 4:59.99; 2, Jayme Nunes, 5:01.75; 7, Karn, 5:23.90; 10, Callie Johnson, 5:36.42 5,000-1, Margaret Vinton, 19:36.95 10,000-3, Sarah Townsend, 42: 47.99 100 hurdles- 1, Tessa Gorsuch, 14.37; 2, Shelby Bozner, 14.47; 4, Sami Schmit, 16.07 400 hurdles- 1, Bozner, 1:01.95; 2, Glasson, 1:05.89; 4, Schmit, 1:06.50; 6, Guy, 1:10.96 4x100 relay- 1, Chadron State ‘A’, 48.09 4x400 relay- 1, Chadron State ‘A’, 3:55.49; 2, Chadron State ‘B’, 4:10.66 High jump- 2, Katelyn Ellis, 1.67m; 3, Kenzie May, 1.57m; 6, Angelique Urenda, 1.52m Pole vault- 4, Josey Pehringer, 3.01m Long jump- 1, Reuwsaat, 5.90m Shot put- 2, Mel Herl, 13.28m; 5, Kerri Ruff, 11.42m Discus throw- 4, Ruff, 36.58m Hammer throw- 1, Herl, 49.55m; 4, Ashlyn Hanson, 46.50m; 6, Ruff, 41.68m Javelin throw- 1, Haley Soester, 33.14m

Cowboys fall in standings Janelle Kesterson Lifestyles Editor

The CSC cowboys lost their momentum and their lead in the Central Rocky Mountain Region team standings at the Colorado State University rodeo in Fort Collins.

However, with two rodeos left in the regular season, the CSC cowboys still have a shot at making it to Nationals as a team.

In Fort Collins, Casper College scored 530 points to take over the top spot in the team standings with a total of 3,105 points, only 100 more than the CSC men who scored 290 points.

The CSC bareback riders led the team in points. Wyatt Clark, graduate student of Wellfleet, placed second scoring 76 points in the first go-round and 75 points in the short-go, and Nate McFadden, senior of Elsmere, placed with 65 and 70 points, respectively.

Prestyn Novak, freshman of Newell, South Dakota, was third in the steer wrestling with a first go-round time

of 6.3 seconds and a short-go time of 5.9. Rolly Fortune, junior of Interior, South Dakota, placed third in the tiedown roping in 11.6 and 12.7.

“It felt good to have a successful weekend,” Fortune said. “I had a really slow calf in the long round and made a good run on him. I was able to make it back to the short round and make another smooth run. It was a great weekend and I hope to keep the momentum through the last two rodeos in Casper and Laramie.”

Abbie Frey, junior of Crawfordsville, Indiana, was the only CSC cowgirl to place in Fort Collins. She was sixth in goat tying with two times of 7.9.

Casper College will host this weekend’s rodeo in the region. The final rodeo of the regular season will be in Laramie, Wyoming, May 1-3.

“I am sitting in the top five in the calf roping and have a great shot at making a run at the college finals in that event, and that is one of my goals for the rest of the regular season,” Novak said. “Our men’s team is sitting second in the region and I am hoping we can keep going strong and bring back a regional title.”

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Behind the scenes of ‘39 Steps’ CHARACTER: Annabella

CHARACTER: Richard Hannay

Schmidt, Margaret, Pamela

What are you most excited for?

Who is your favorite character?

I am excited for the audience. The audience is such a huge part of the production, and I’m excited to work off of them.

The Crofter, who is played by Samuel.

He’s this really grumpy, old, Scottish man. He comes in and he’s just so angry and Scottish the entire time!

What is your favorite scene?

What should the audience expect?

Hannah Clark, 22, senior of Littleton, CO

CHARACTER: Clown #1,

CHARACTER: Clown #2,

Who is your favorite character?

What has been your greatest challenge?

What should the audience expect?

What are you most excited for?

everyone else

everyone else

My biggest challenge throughout rehearsing has been keeping all of my different characters distinct and apart from each other.

One of my characters is Mrs. McGarrigle and she is crazy. She’s a Scottish woman and she is kind of annoying and fun at the same time.

Wacey Gallegos, 21, junior of Ainsworth

Very quick costume changes, slightly butchered English accents, and plunging necklines.

Expect us to be up in your face a lot because we are very close and we interact with the audience quite a bit.

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I’m most excited to just see it all come together with all of the changes and all of the things that have to go really fast.

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J. Cole hits a high note with approval, quality Evan Brooks Reporter Hip-hop artist J. Cole continues to prove himself as one of the most influential rappers of today with the release of his third, and latest album “2014 Forest Hills Drive,” which was released Dec. 9, 2014 (the year is not to be confused with any correlation to the title of the album, which was simply his home address in Fayetteville, North Carolina).

The rapper formally known as Jermaine Cole was set to release his final album under Columbia Records before 2014 was over, and he finished up right on time.

With this album, though, Cole attempted to prove that good music still holds a significant place in the rap world, as opposed to the commercial music we’ve grown accustomed to in recent years. To prove his point, Cole released his album without one single being released or played on the radio beforehand.

Listeners were not disappointed. “2014 Forest Hills Drive” debuted at No. 1 on the charts and was dubbed by many ‘one of the best rap albums of the year’, proving his point.

Personally, J. Cole is my favorite rapper, and that is because of works like this one in which he takes his fans into his life and shares his story – a story that is relatable to so many, especially myself.

With songs such as “Wet Dreamz,” “03’ Adolescence,” “Love Yourz,” and more, Cole does a good job connecting his music to the title of the album. The music of this album allows listeners to connect in such a manner that they feel like they are from the same place or upbringing as the artist.

For example, “Wet Dreamz” is a song dedicated solely to a high school experience in which he wrote notes back and forth to girl he liked in class. The girl proposed that they have sex unaware of the fact that he was a virgin because of the “cool guy” persona he tried to display. He takes her up on her offer, and right before they began he learned that she, too, was a virgin (much to his surprise).

Whether it is a true story or not, the song speaks of a situation that many teenage boys and girls experience.

I can’t think of a song on the album that I dislike, but my favorite one is undoubtedly “Love Yourz.” This song is the epitome of why I love J. Cole as an artist as much as I do.

Though he’s versatile enough to make music in this manner, he isn’t talking about killing people and getting women in all of his work. In this particular song, he reminds us to be thankful for what we do have instead of being bitter about the things we don’t, and that describes him as a rapper more than anything else.

Overall, I give “2014 Forest Hills Drive” a 9.5 out of 10.

The only reason I held out on the last .5 is because I wish it was a little longer. As far as the quality goes, it’s a 10 out of 10 for sure. Give it a listen!

Photo by Spike Jordan

The CSC Concert Choir claps during “I Sing Because I Am Happy” Friday evening in the Sundance High School Auditorium in Suncance, Wyoming.

Concert Choir, ensembles wrap-up Wyoming tour with concert at home Janelle Kesterson Lifestyles Editor

Thursday and Friday the CSC Men’s Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Concert Choir traveled to Wyoming to perform for various high schools in the eastern and central parts of the state.

On Thursday, the ensembles and choir performed in Casper at the Kelly Walsh High School, and in Riverton, they performed at the First Methodist Church. The Riverton High School Choir, directed by CSC alumnus Jon Marquez, performed for the CSC ensembles and a large audience. Then, the concert choir joined the Riverton students to perform “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

The Vocal Jazz performed two a capella songs; and the Men’s Ensemble and Concert Choir performed a mix of the songs that were performed Sunday during the concert at the Chadron Arts Center.

On Friday, the CSC Ensembles performed at the Buffalo and Sundance high schools.

On Sunday, the Men’s Ensemble performed six numbers. They included “Veni Creator Spiritus,” “Song of Peace,” “Der Gondelfahrer,” “Die Nacht,” “Blackbird,” and “Please, Mr. Columbus!”

The last number, “Please, Mr. Columbus!” was an upbeat song that featured Zach Banzhaf, 21, junior of Chadron, as a soloist. It also featured stomping and exclamations from the rest of the singers on stage.

The Concert Choir performed eight numbers, including “Ne Irascaris Domine,” “Salve Regina,” “A New Heaven and A New Earth,” “Chariots,” “She Walks in Beauty,” “Silent Noon,” “What a Wonderful World,” and “I Sing Because I Am Happy.”

“A New Heaven and A New Earth” was an experimental musical number with text taken from Revelation 21: 1-5a.

It featured dissonant chords, which moved to even less resolution as the song progressed. The song ended as something that an average listener may not be able to recognize as music. Director and Music Professor Joel Schreuder prefaced the song with an explanation.

“What a Wonderful World” also featured Banzhaf as a soloist.

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Kendrick Lamar emerges as a leader for hip-hop Chris Smith Reporter

Photo by Hannah Clark

Soren Sasso, freshman of Rapid City, South Dakota, CSC Music Professor Joel Schreuder, and Jeff McFarland, senior of Alliance, perform with the CSC Men’s Ensemble Friday evening at the Sundance High School in Sundance, Wyoming.

Photo by Spike Jordan

Zach Banzhaf, junior of Chadron, sings a solo on “What a Wonderful World” during the CSC Concert Choir’s performance Friday evening at the Sundance High School in Sundance, Wyoming.

Visit csceagle.com for more tour photos of the CSC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Men’s Ensemble.

Stephanie Steele, sophomore of Osceola, and Nick Brooks, junior of Alliance, clap during “I Sing Because I’m Happy,” Friday evening at the Sundance High School in Sundance, Wyoming.

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Hip-hop sensation Kendrick Lamar dropped his second major label album this past month entitled “To Pimp a Butterfly” a week earlier than the focused released date. In this album, he took on the task of redefining hip-hop and its motives as he digs deep into the African-American culture, hiphop, and politics. Lamar is the Spike Lee of music production.

He shapes his albums similar to Lee’s movies exhibiting; unbearably high stakes, unclear character motives, and Knotty morality, but there is a central force you can feel steering every moment as you listen to the album.

The album’s title “To Pimp a Butterfly” correlates with the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The butterfly is similar to a mockingbird in the book. In the book, it talks about killing a mockingbird as a sin because they do nothing but sing. They’re innocent and beautiful, so you shouldn’t be afraid of them. Suggesting the same for black men, expounding on how it’s a misdeed to characterize black men as gangsters and hustlers rather than extraordinary human beings. In the opening of the album, the song titled “Wesley’s Theory” portrays the pimping of the butterfly. The song is an extended metaphor describing how successful black artists are pimped by the entertainment industry.

The first verse is from the perspective of the black entertainer, while the second verse is from the perspective of capitalist America, personified by Uncle Sam. Lamar manifests skits in the album that materialize events throughout African-American history and recent court rulings today. Exhibiting in songs like “King Kunta,” “I,” and “Blacker

the Berry” displaying the importance of unity in the community.

These songs are powerful symbols of black resistance against oppressive institutions. He then creates a song called “Institutionalized” where he discusses wealth’s corruptive powers, and how many people are negatively affected, almost brainwashed, by the idea of getting rich. Lamar also fated violence and envy. Explaining these are brought on by the institution of money.

“We are all at some level institutionalized. The poor and disenfranchised are institutionalized by prison, racism, classism, and the rich and the powerful are institutionalized by fear, dogma, and the almighty dollar,” Lamar said. “Everyone is a loser in this game, perspective is the only answer.”

His final song of the album entitled “Mortal Man” displays the man Lamar is becoming, with a mix of a poem and interview with the last King of Hip-Hop, Tupac Shakur about how he dealt with his fame and image. In the song coming to the realization that he’s a new voice in a long line of leaders similar to Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Tupac Shakur. Understanding that he has a limited time, and when speaking with 2Pac he knows that he has to reach out to the teenagers and recruit them to change the world. The portions of 2Pac’s conversation with Lamar were taken from a 1994 interview with the Swedish radio show P3 Soul, hosted by Mats Nileskar.

In one’s eyes, you can say Lamar is attempting to fill the great shoes of the late Tupac Shakur and pick up where he left off in the hip-hop game. This album illustrates Lamar’s personal growth from being in the hood, to the present day major voice in hiphop. He is an emerging leader of west coast rappers.

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