April 20, 2017

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THURSDAY APRIL 20, 2017 ISSUE NO. 13

The Voice of Chadron State College since 1920 NEWS >>

ADMIN PROPOSES TO REORGANIZE DEPTS CSC upper administration charged the deans to propose a departmental reorganization, cutting from 12 departments to six, due to state budget cuts, according to E.H.P.C.P.S.W. Dean James Powell.

SEMPER VERITAS

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Please see related story about CSC’s Vocal Jazz and Jazz Band on page 8

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THROWERS DOMINATE AT UNK INVITE Cory Martens, redshirt sophomore of Newton, Kansas, and Mel Herl, senior of Eaton, Colorado, both set CSC hammer throw records at the UNK Invite Saturday. They also won other throwing events and set personal-best marks.

Photo by Justine Stone

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Accompanied by Jacob Wirth, left, 24, senior of Sidney, Zach Henderson, 24, senior of Douglas, Wyoming, belts a tune during the Vocal Jazz concert Thursday, April 13, in Memorial Hall Auditorium.

SLAGHT ELECTED SENATE PRESIDENT

Results for the Student Association election are as follows: Senate President— Carly Slaght (213 votes); Senate Vice President—Jonathan Sayaloune (213); at large senators—Tierra Snyder (166), Konery Klueber (163), Lelisse Umeta (156); B.E.A.M.S.S. senators—Maikayla Weiss (183), Josie Semroska (166). Two-hundred thirteen students voted. Several senatorial positions are still open.

LEARN ABOUT MAY ‘18 STUDY ABROAD TRIP There will be an informational meeting about a May 2018 study abroad trip. The trip will be to London and Dublin. The meeting is at 3 p.m. today in Old Admin Rm. 320. All majors are welcome and students can earn up to six credit hours in business, criminal justice, education, legal studies or essential studies.

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Academic department reorganization proposal set for fall 2018 The dean’s counsel proposed two versions of a department reorganization model as charged by administration Melanie Nelson, Justine Stone, & Afton Burns News Editor, Lifestyles Editor, & Reporter Acting on a charge from administration, the deans’ counsel reduced the academic departments from 12 to six, in a reorganizational plan released April 4 that is intended to reduce spending in response to anticipated state budget cuts.

The plan, which was to take effect in fall 2017, was pushed to fall 2018 in response to faculty feedback—some positive, some negative.

School of Liberal Arts Dean James Margetts said that it felt rushed. That, coupled with faculty backlash, prompted the deans to push a year for planning.

“It ended up that it was just too fast,” Margetts said. “We wanted to make sure that faculty members feel like they can still provide the right level of feedback and participate in the organization of the campus.”

Margetts also said the three deans, who, according to the CSC organizational chart, answer directly to Charles Snare, vice president for academic affairs, were directed on March 3 to draft an original proposal, that cut departments from 12 to nine.

But faculty response to that proposal was mixed, ranging from support to indifference to frustration.

“I have complete faith in the administration at CSC,” CPSW Assistant Professor Richard Kenney said. “I believe from whatever decisions are made, they will have been strongly considered and all perspectives taken into account.”

HPER Professor and Department Chair Scott Ritzen did not express any concern with the reconfiguration.

“In tough times you have to make some changes and sometimes they’re not comfortable for some people,” Ritzen said.

A tenured faculty member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed frustration.

“Faculty concerns revolved around a couple of issues,” the faculty member said. “There’s an idea of shared governance on campus. And this proposal was foisted upon us with little-tono warning or communication ... out of the blue we got this department reorganization. It really is a radical reorganization.”

Margetts said the deans considered faculty’s input.

“No one’s feedback was taken lightly,” Margetts said. “We couldn’t incorporate all of the feedback. When you’ve got some people saying no changes and other people saying yes changes, it’s impossible to satisfy 100 percent everyone’s wishes.”

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Students were not consulted on the decision thus far, but partments are physically moved. But Powell said classrooms since the deans have more time than originally planned, Mar- and offices will not be moved unless the associated faculty getts said they may add that to the timeline. want to.

A tenured faculty member, who spoke on condition of anIn December, when the budget cuts were announced for onymity, said that during conversations between the admin- this year, Margetts said Rhine’s number one priority was to istration and faculty, students often “get lost” in the process. preserve jobs. But he added that if CSC incurs another signifi“I think a lot of faculty are concerned about our mission to cant budget cut, the last resort would be faculty or staff layoffs. serve students and [seek] some clarity about how this really The state will decide budget cuts in June. helps our students,” the faculty member said.

On March 3, Snare and the three deans, met with all Margetts said the deans also considered ways to balance department chairs to discuss the proposal, Margetts said, the number of faculty under each department. adding that the reasons behind the reorganization were dis“The thing that drove the decision in the first place was cussed, but not put in writing. budget,” said James Powell, dean of the school of E.H.P.C.P.S.W. That information was apparently lost, because many fac“Currently the budget situlty members said on April 12 that uation in the legislature they were unsure about the reasons ... we’re waiting word on the reorganization was necessary.

We wanted to make sure what’s going to happen Faculty Senate President Lorie with the budget.”

Hunn said she, the Faculty Senate vice that faculty members feel Powell said there are president and the secretary, requestlike they can still provide some aspects of the CSC ed the written objectives. On April budget that cannot be cut, 13, the administration emailed the the right level of feedback such as student teaching or reorganization objectives to the Fachazardous waste disposal. ulty Senate. Hunn then forwarded the and participate in the orgaEarlier this year, CSC Presemail to all faculty. nization of the campus. ident Randy Rhine asked The email listed four “factors inemployees to voluntarily fluencing the change,” and a revised James Margetts reduce spending. implementation timeline. The factors Powell said that faculty involved student and faculty retenSchool of Liberal Arts Dean members were helpful in tion, institutional identity, resource reducing spending, noting utilization. they returned some of their department budgets and sacriUnder these factors, principles supporting the six Master ficed trips.

Academic Plan priorities were given.

As of Wednesday, though, it appears voluntary spending However, no evidence was provided to support the claim cuts are not enough. that the given reasons will fulfill the MAP priorities.

In a letter dated Wednesday, Rhine acknowledged “the When contacted Thursday, April 13, for comment, Snare, College has experienced great progress this academic year via an administrative assistant, said he had no time to meet with voluntary spending reductions,” but in the same letter until 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 26. Snare is spearheading CSC’s he placed a freeze on all discretionary spending, effective now preparations for the Higher Learning Commission’s campus through June 30. visit set for Monday and Tuesday, and has been overseeing the Hyer said they are cutting costs where possible, while still college’s accreditation steps for a year or more. trying to preserve the identity of the programs at CSC. The Eagle accepted the April 26 meeting, but tried numerMargetts said he estimated the reorganization will save ous times since Thursday to acquire comment from Snare for about $55,000. However, Hyer said when the proposal is this article. He declined until next week’s meeting. launched in 2018, it will cost an estimated $9,000 to update The number of department chairs will also be reduced from Peoplesoft, the computer software that drives the NSCS. 12 to six.

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csceagle.com | The Eagle | APRIL 20, 2017 cont. from page 2 The faculty union had just negotiated release time for the chairs, which is to be implemented this fall. Currently they are just receiving a stipend.

The number of chairs will be reduced, but the workload will not. Other faculty members may have to help with the chairs’ workload, but were concerned they would not be compensated. Margetts said that is another

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reason the implementation was delayed, to discuss possibly compensating a lead faculty member to help each chair. He also said they are discussing providing the new chairs additional training or resources to help ease the transition.

In an April 4 email to faculty Margetts said that he received feedback from faculty that reflected an idea of “isolationism” between their respective departments and the others.

“At an institution like Chadron State,”

Margetts said in the email, “we cannot afford to value our independence so highly that we neglect our interdependence.”

Una Taylor, professor and department chair of music, disagreed.

“I think it’s a weak argument,” she said about the proposal promoting interdependene. “I think they’re trying to save money, and it has just really felt punitive.”

Margetts said his hope is that the reorganization fosters communication and com-

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mon ground while each discipline still keeps its identity. Finding the similarities among the departments may also lead to finding equipment or classrooms that can be shared.

Hyer said the Essential Studies Program helps to foster interdependence among departments that will still be somewhat isolated physically. The deans did not expect frequent department shifts just to enable the departments to be grouped with all of the others at some point.

Department reorganization proposal raises mixed responses from faculty Melanie Nelson, Justine Stone, & Afton Burns News Editor, Lifestyles Editor, & Reporter An administrative proposal to cut academic departments from 12 to six has triggered a variety of responses from faculty, the individuals most affected by the campus-wide reorganization.

The proposal released April 4 is to take effect fall 2018.

Response from faculty has been mixed.

CPSW Assistant Professor Richard Kenney said he doesn’t foresee a substantial impact on the social work department.

“I believe in this college and the way it is run,” Kenney said.

“Our purpose here is to help students learn as much as they can, I think that is always what we consider first.”

Professor and Department Chair of Music Una Taylor said she has received comments toward the negative side of the spectrum.

Taylor said one of her main concerns was the administration cutting the number of department chairs, resulting in an increased workload for them.

“They [the administration] need to provide more compensation so that people don’t feel overworked,” Taylor said.

Faculty Senate President and Education Professor Lorie Hunn said she has “heard positive things about it as well as negative.”

Hunn said the administration’s delay of the reorganization until fall 2018, and the objectives being sent to faculty after the proposal was created, were prompted by backlash from faculty. She said that with the delay, Faculty Senate will be able to “implement it [departmental reorganization] in a more strategic fashion.”

A liberal arts instructor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was concerned about the proposal being implemented in fall 2017 and said they believe it was a smart decision to allow another year of planning for the reorganization as it will reduce confusion for faculty and students. They also had concerns about reducing the number of department chairs.

“I’m concerned that by reducing the department chairs, you’re reducing the faculty voice on committees that are a shared governance,” the instructor said. “Just because they are reducing the departments and department chairs does not mean the work will be reduced. Others will be helping with the overflow, but not getting compensated for it. I don’t think they [administration]have totally envisioned what the workload for chairs will be.”

Another liberal arts instructor, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, “I feel there are other ways to save money, not

the least of which might be making the administration take a pay cut. I actually don’t feel that way about the deans, because I think the deans have a lot to do. I’m really talking about the upper administration.”

Justice Studies Associate Professor Department Chair James Wada said the two biggest concerns are whether the departments will get too big switching from 12 departments to six and if the departments that get connected will be good fits for each other.

“Although we’re not real happy with it, I think that the administration is doing it in the best interest of the school,” Wada said. “They’re looking at it for the cost savings, for the best interest in the school and for the students. So, everything will be fine. Whatever happens will be fine.”

Other faculty members were not as optimistic.

“It [the reorganization] redefines our identities as departments,” a tenured faculty member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. “So communication from administration was not in the spirit of co-governance.”

“Second concern is the rationale has been attributed to a bunch of different concerns but there really was not a very clear and concise cost-benefit analysis that demonstrates the faculty the real savings of the shift,” the faculty member continued. “There has been some discussion of that in some faculty forms sent, but I think we’re still left wondering what are the real cost benefits. It’s really vague when the administration talks to us about budgets and revenues and as specific as they get, it has to come from somewhere.”

HPER Professor and Department Chair Scott Ritzen said his department will not be affected much.

“We are very similar to the FCS program with the health and education things that we do,” Ritzen said. “Range obviously is a little different for us but I think that it really will be an opportunity for us to maybe grow in a new direction. So we are looking forward really to the opportunity to see what ideas they may have for us and some things that we may have for them.”

Physical and Life Sciences Professor and Senate Faculty Vice President Joyce Hardy said that she was happy that the administration sought faculty input because they were not required to do so. However, she said the administration can organize the schools and departments in any way they see as most efficient.

“It’s management’s responsibility and I’m pleased that they asked for input,” Hardy said. “You know, do you like it? Do I like it? No, but I still have students to teach. I still have good colleagues to work with. We can make it work.”

A liberal arts instructor expressed concerns about admin-

istration asking for faculty input but not taking the input into consideration. “There’s more unhappy than happy,” the instructor said regarding the reorganization proposal.

Nathaniel Gallegos, assistant professor and department chair of business, said that the reconfiguration is a big deal for other departments on campus, but the business department isn’t really changing.

Communication and Social Sciences Professor Kathleen Kirsch’s attitude toward the proposal was that it is coming and faculty will have to make the best of it.

“It is what it is,” Kirsch said. “The plans are out. They need to be detailed a little bit more and support needs to be put in the right places to get the plans to function.”

Including this proposal, it will be Kirsch’s fourth department in 15 years.

“For many of us, we will continue to serve the students in the same way we have before, and make sure they are our number one priority,” Kirsch said.

An E.H.P.C.P.S.W. instructor said there were several things that he/she is concerned about regarding the department reorganization, including a lack of reasoning.

“Since the initial decision we have since received information about why the institution believes the restructuring will be a benefit to the campus in a variety of ways,” the E.H.P.C.P.S.W. instructor said. “I think while several of the points are useful, I have yet to see like actual evidence or support that suggest that those assumptions are accurate. I know one of my biggest concerns with moving forward with this is what it means to assume that by putting other departments together you’re going to create a sense of interdisciplinary especially when it seems like at least among the faculty it seems like there is a level of hesitation for making the shift depending on your discipline, which also determines your methodology and your approach.

“I think that we are very lucky to have a campus with faculty that actually get along which is good, but I think the assumption that putting together a bunch of people from different disciplines is actually going to create any type of disciplinary that is going to benefit our student body is an entirely different question and to a certain extent I think a misunderstanding of interdisciplinary. I don’t necessarily agree that just because different departments have similar terms it means that they all belong together in a lump where that they have similar goals.”

Other areas of concern include where the money saved from the reconfiguration will be allocated, the balance of deans and department chairs following the reorganization, lack of administration seeking student feedback on the topic, exploring other options to reduce spending, and transparency as to why the reconfiguration is being done.

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United Airlines errors Last week, United Airlines made headlines across the country, but for all the wrong reasons, when video footage showed a man being forcibly dragged off a plane while unconscious and bleeding from the mouth.

The incident accured in the Chicago O’Hare airport on a flight scheduled to go to Louisville, Kentucky, when officials at United Airlines realized they had accidentally overbooked the plane and needed seats. The victim was David Dao, 69-year-old Vietnamese-American, who practices medicine in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, which is about 40 miles from Louisville. Dao had his medical license partially reinstated in 2015 after it had been suspended in 2003; his partial reinstatement allowed him to work one day a week for another doctor.

United Airlines initially offered a $1,000 voucher for passengers to catch another flight the following day, which would also be free of charge. They needed four seats to be freed before the plane could take off, no passengers volunteered, so the staff decided to randomly pick four people to get off of the plane. Unfortunately, one of those people was Dao who tried to calmly explain that he would not get off of the flight because he had patients to tend to the next day and would not be able to help them if he had to catch a later flight.

After a while the conversation became more heated with reports and videos showing Dao saying police would have to drag him off of the plane if they wanted him off. After refusing to leave for quite some time,

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officials on the plane felt they had no choice but to call the Chicago Aviation Security officers. At that point, Dao was dragged off the plane while unconscious, much to the shock and dismay of the other passengers. United Airlines continued making headlines when a secret email from the United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz was leaked. It commended the airline workers for how they handled the situation. He also referred to the victim as “disruptive and belligerent.” What the leaked email shows is that Munoz feels no remorse for the actions and extreme measures taken by his staff.

According to Newsweek, what United Airlines did to Dao was illegal. Once a person is granted access to the plane through boarding they cannot legally be removed from the plane due to being oversold. United Airlines needed to stop Dao while he was still at the gate, and then explain the situation to him and deal with it accordingly.

This situation was 100 percent avoidable in many ways. Once the airline officials heard that he had a valid reason for not wanting to have his flight rescheduled they should have randomly picked another person on the plane.

The Eagle staff will not tolerate or stand for this type of abuse on anyone, especially those who did nothing to deserve that type of treatment. Going forward we hope that United Airlines and Dao can find a way to put this situation behind them and end on amicable terms, and that United Airlines will have more compassion for their customers.

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JORDAN BAXTER

19, freshman of Baker, Montana “I feel like it is positive in the sense it shows we’re sticking up for ourselves.

It shows we are not joking around anymore.”

RANAE KUETER

19, sophomore of Pierre, South Dakota “I don’t think bombs are a good solution.”

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TINDRA NORRIS

Wyoming

20, sophomore of St. Libory

“I have mixed feelings.

I think it is good we’re taking action but I don’t think it should have been in such a drastic way.”

“I feel as a public we did not have all of the information. I don’t know as leaders if they know who it would all affect.”

“I think it could have been necessary and I think this time it was. It was a difficult situation.”

RACHEL LASHMETT

18, freshman of Lusk,

19, freshman of Mead, Colorado

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The

struggle is real

OPINION

The end-of-the-year struggle

Jordyn Hulinsky Managing Editor Man, the struggle is real…

We only have one more week of classes before finals week, and it is a struggle.

We have reached the point in the semester where we all want to quit. We are all ready to be done and finally have our summer break.

And it is so close it is impossible to not think about.

For those of us who are graduating this semester, that feeling is even more intense.

Unless we are continuing on for another degree, we have only two weeks left of school, ever. We have two more weeks of classrooms, two more weeks of tests, two more weeks of homework. We are SO close.

Right now, those classes, those tests, and that homework sounds torturous and horrendous. We are at the point where we are trying to find a way to relax, a way to unwind, a way to get away from the stressful schoolwork, and almost anything accomplishes that task. Procrastination is at an all-time high.

If you are the drinking-kind, the alcohol is calling; if you are the Netflix-kind, all the new shows seem appealing; if you are the napping-kind, the couch or bed is looking extremely cozy.

The struggle to complete the semester is more than real.

But… Now is not the time to get lazy. Now is not the time to slack off and now is not the time to let your responsibilities slide, especially if you are graduating this semester.

The real, adult world is about to be dropped in our laps.

Adult responsibilities and adult jobs are looming just around the corner.

Slacking off and letting our responsibilities slide now is not going to make that transition to the adult world any easier for us.

I get it, trust me I do, we are realizing that soon we are going to be leaving Chadron, we are going to be done with college, and our college-freedom years are about to end. And we just want to celebrate what we have accomplished so far.

We want to go out and spend time with our friends, we want to make as many memories as we can these last few weeks, and we want to simply cherish this time we have left as kids.

But, again, it is not wise to let our responsibilities slide to

make time for those things.

My entire college-career motto has been that the homework will never end, because it does not, and there is always more tasks we should work on, because the list never disappears, so we should make time to enjoy life and not always focus on homework.

I still live by that motto, but you also need to realize that time-management is key. We still have to get that homework done, we still need to contribute to that group project, and we cannot skip our responsibilities.

College is ending for some of us all too soon, but the real responsibilities are just about to begin, so stop being a slacker and stop letting your teammates or group members down on group projects. Respect yourself and those around you enough to do what you have to do.

None of us like it, but it must be done.

So to those graduating, congratulations. That is a huge accomplishment. But, you probably did not end up here by slacking off on all your responsibilities so don’t start now.

It is time to start being an adult, and that means truly learning how to balance your time between work and play.

Work, AND, play. Do not skip out on the work part these last few days.

So, yes, the struggle to finish the semester is definitely real, but so is chocolate, so life must still be sweet.

Make standardized tests actually useful Stephanie Steele Columnist Sitting in front of a screen mentally preparing for the next several hours of rigorous mental exercise is daunting.

However, this mental exertion potentially has a lasting effect on your professional future.

Not only do people voluntarily sign up for these tests but are forced to pay hundreds of dollars for this additional stress. The GRE, MCAT, LSAT, and similar tests are the professional school comparison to the SAT or ACT.

A general consensus of college officials is that these standardized tests, like GRE, MCAT and LSAT, will reflect your learning aptitude. Are these tests a true measurement of aptitude or could these tests be increasing the socio-economic divide?

Personal test scores have an influence on acceptance into professional programs. For higher odds of acceptance into top schools one needs a higher score. To improve scores, companies offer courses and workbooks. Courses with more positive results can cost students thousands of dollars, not including registration fees for the test. For

students already strapped with educational loans, paying for extra courses is a ludicrous idea. If potential professional-school students are unable to find the funds for these tests, the socio-economic divide grows because of the lack of higher education.

Another question is do these tests accurately predict potential professional school success or just your ability to test well?

The Education Testing service, ETS, states, “The GRE General Test measures your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills—skills that have been

developed over a long period of time and are not related to a specific field of study but are important for all.”

Portions of the quantitative reasoning require the use of symbolic math.

Some symbolic math equations use random symbols like hearts or clubs to figure out a problem.

Even though ETS states the tests “are not related to a specific field of study” many professionals will not use symbolic math equations in their professions.

Institutions like ETS should re-evaluate their exam to determine if tests like the GRE truly encompass the needs of their consumers.

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Only form opinions with proper information Kira Fish Reporter Several weeks ago, near the beginning of the spring 2017 semester, I made what was perhaps a silly decision. I signed up to write an opinion piece for The Eagle newspaper and promptly forgot about it. Months passed. Classes were attended, homework was assigned and completed, meals were prepared and eaten, books and newspapers were read, Netflix was watched, chores were done. I…existed.

And as I existed, the due date of my opinion piece only grew closer.

Now here I am at the zero hour, trying to have an articulate, intelligent, educated opinion about…something. Anything.

A few years ago, I had an opinion on pretty much everything, and lived

Syerra’s Square Syerra Wycoff Bagshaw Columnist Social media allows for a wide range of entertainment with instant access at the push of a button. One specific niche online is “social media experiments” and pranks. Recently, a family vlog channel has been in the news accused of abusing children through the pranks on its channel.

The channel, Daddyofive, came under fire after its most recent upload in which the parents, Mike and Heather Martin, sprayed the floor of their son Cody’s room with invisible ink, and then proceeded to scream at him about the mess, insisting he had done it himself. The 6 minute, 30 sec-

to realize that most of those opinions were misinformed, or were the result of my ego showing through. Today, though, I sit at my “computer desk” (a.k.a., a wooden TV tray I inherited from my mother), waiting for a fountain of witty rhetoric to suddenly burble from my fingertips. I am quietly ignoring the fact that lately, I do my best to not have any strongly-held opinions at all.

It seems, in my opinion, that it is impossible to have an opinion without 1.) being married to it and 2.) defending it vehemently. Perhaps this is a new phenomenon, or perhaps we have always been this way, and I have been too sheltered and privileged to have seen it before.

Whatever the reasons, I often find myself in a situation where I have seen only the points of view that are screamed the loudest by the angriest

people and am too unsure of the truth to form a concrete opinion on a topic.

I feel that the majors I have studied in school have something to do with my opinions on opinions.

When I was still a science major, I learned to pursue only what I can back up with evidence.

As a communications major, I have learned that humans are diverse and many of the things we defend, as if they were absolute facts, are subjective, the products of culture and community and circumstance combining within a human mind.

On one hand, I am grateful to both of these courses of study for broadening my understanding and for giving me an appreciation for objectivity and facts. On the other hand, I now feel uncomfortable writing an opinion piece, because having a strong opinion has become difficult for me. In my opinion,

having a casual opinion is not currently in favor, and having a strong opinion means defending it even when you do not know for sure if it is reasonable.

Allow me to make one thing perfectly clear: I don’t wish to be weak, twofaced, lazy, or useless, and I certainly don’t want to be silent about things that, to my observations, matter. I want to be reasonable, and I want to be fair.

I hope to approach situations with an attitude that allows me to look at all of the differing points of view objectively, rather than only listening for the words and phrases that match my own biases.

It is my opinion that I have a duty to be observant, to do my best to look around me for evidence and truth while also acknowledging that I am a person with a limited view of the world. There are so many things to learn and so many reasons to listen—in my opinion.

And that is only an opinion.

Stop pranking for profit ond video continues to escalate with the child crying and swearing he hadn’t done it, while the parents scream and curse at him, threatening to sell his toys.

While this video is the one that brought forth attention to the channel, there are numerous other examples that demonstrate abusive tendencies, going so far as shoving one of the children into a bookshelf. The family has now uploaded a video refuting these accusations, saying that the pranks are all in good fun. One of the children spoke up saying “At least you don’t beat us”… What a high standard.

First and foremost, I’m not a person who enjoys pranks or practical jokes. I think, for the most part, they tend to victimize people, unless done in good taste.

Furthermore, social pranks have gone so

far as to “fake suicide” or other serious matters, which just seems a bit too much to me. However, these parents in particular seem to be exploiting their children and putting them under extreme emotional stress in order to make a profit. If that doesn’t constitute child abuse, I’m not sure what does. Out of all the children, one in particular tends to be the

victim, Cody, who seems to be on the receiving end of most of the hurtful pranks and puts forth the most extreme reactions. This isolation furthers suspicion of abuse, as in child abuse cases with large families, one child tends to be secluded or the punching bag of the family. In a video posted Tuesday, they revealed that the entire family was going to Disney excluding Cody, due to his “misbehaviors.”

The children in this case are under so much mental duress that the parents and the community supporting such entertainment should be ashamed. These children are put into fake robbery scenarios, or other extreme situations that even an adult would suffer trauma from, let alone a child. And for what? For the ad revenue generated on a video.

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Stop judging women on appearance Angie Webb Advertising Director A common phrase I hear from fellow women is “I’m not like most girls.”

When they say this, they follow up saying that they don’t like dresses, fashion, or other stereotypically feminine things, like Jordyn Hulinsky stated in her article two weeks ago, “The Self-Respect Struggle.” I knew what was coming as soon as I read the words.

Let me start by saying that I completely respect Hulinsky, her opinions, her actions, and everything about her. She is a wonderful person who has helped me immensely during my time at The Eagle and our time in classes.

However, I’d also like to say that I’m not like most girls either. But every woman in the world can say the same thing, even women who like makeup, fashion, dresses. All of us are unique. Women are not defined by their ability to be society’s image of feminine.

We should not be judging other women or ourselves on our ability to follow a stereotype or not. Women come in all shapes and sizes, and come with all sorts of different personalities.

I used to say I’m not like most girls, until I realized that the phrase harnesses an internalized misogyny that insulted my fellow women.

I am not superior to other women because some of my interests happen to be stereotypically masculine. I am not superior to other women because I have a Denver Broncos tattoo and can spout facts about the team off the top of my head. I am not superior to other women because I love gaming. I am not inferior to men because I like to wear cute clothes and do my makeup.

To be completely clear, I am not saying that Hulinsky believes herself to be superior to other women. Many women, including myself and some of my close friends, grew up hearing “I’m not like most girls” as a compliment, to show that we were

unique and different from the archetypes that are often pushed on us by the media.

Nobody told us that there is nothing wrong with a woman who dresses up, loves fashion, and loves makeup.

Hulinsky states in her article that modesty is essential for women to be respected. She went on to say that women “need to keep their girl parts covered.”

I’ll be honest, this phrase irked me, and made me feel even a little personally offended, in conjunction with modesty being equated to self-respect, that women who don’t “dress modestly” do not respect themselves and will not gain respect from their peers.

One of the biggest problems facing society right now is “slut shaming.” Google defines slut shaming as “the action or fact of stigmatizing a woman for engaging in behavior judged to be promiscuous or sexually provocative.” This includes dressing immodestly or engaging in untraditional behaviors regarding sex and sexuality. Another problem is society’s definition of modesty is different depending on who you ask.

I fully understand that there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to dress depending on your circumstances and situations. I am not advocating for unprofessionalism in jobs, in church, at a funeral, or other circumstances that demand professionalism. I am also not advocating breaking the law by showing up to public places nude. In casual situations, however, we should not judge the way someone is dressed based on our own definition of modesty.

We should never assume that a woman who shows her mid-

section, her collarbones, her shoulders, legs above the knee, or even cleavage is a woman who does not respect herself. One of the beauties of a free society is the ability of self-expression for everybody. We are not a society that requires women to cover themselves from head to toe, and I acknowledge that Hulinsky doesn’t wish for women to do this either.

Women wear what they wear for all sorts of different reasons. If a woman wants to wear a simple T-shirt and jeans, she can. If she wants to wear a dress that ends above her knee and has a plunging neckline, she can. She can wear tennis shoes or strappy stilettos. Her clothes say nothing of how much she respects herself. Women should wear what they feel comfortable in, and we, as a society, should make the effort to hold our judgements and respect the choices that other people make for themselves. We should never think that somebody who wants to show some skin is somebody who doesn’t respect themselves.

In fact, I am the woman who wears clothes that some would consider immodest. I wear these clothes as an expression of myself, my confidence, and my fashion. I wear these clothes to have fun.

I wear these clothes to, in my own opinion, look good. I also have plenty of self-respect. I love myself, my body, my personality, and everything about me, and do not feel the need to hide it from anybody. I have self-confidence, self-respect, and value self-expression. I’m sure many other women feel the same way in their own fashion, no matter which ways they dress.

And if they don’t have that self-respect and self-confidence, we should never judge their clothing and tell them what they can and can’t wear. We should be encouraging self-expression. We should be building each other up, not tearing each other down.

Women are beautiful, no matter their interests, their fashion, their personalities, or their actions, and should be respected for being themselves, not by their ability to follow outdated standards made by societies.

Enjoy the last weeks of college Jay Feltson Opinion Editor Graduation is supposed to be a time where the seniors can celebrate their hard work of the course of their college careers, and brief time to reflect before entering the real world. Instead many feel overwhelmed with the last-minute things that are left to do in the semester, last-minute expenses, or trying to secure a job.

So far I’ve learned that everyone goes through these same struggles every day and they will never stop, and

that even though the future seems uncertain we need to still have fun and enjoy our time left as college students because life only gets harder after college, which isn’t as bad as it sounds.

What we’re going through is not uncommon, but we can’t let the pressure of the real world or the uncertainty of the future deter us from taking the job that we are meant to have or living in the city of our dreams.

Throughout the rest of our lives we are going to be faced with pressure and uncertainty and those who succumb to it will be the failures.

When I say failures, I don’t mean people who are living in poverty or homeless, I mean the people who wake up everyday and hate their jobs or look back on life with regret.

We all know someone who is in that situation, and those are not the people who we should aspire to be like in our near futures.

Uncertainty is a part of life and we spent four years of college preparing for it. All of the long nights and early mornings not only helped us get better grades but transformed us from children into adults who are ready to be successful in the real world.

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Haute Jazz

Jazz ensembles deliver toe-tap

Katelyn Lambert, 19, freshman of Scottsbluff, sings a solo during the Vocal Jazz concert Thursday, April 13, in the Memorial Hall Auditorium.

Thursday, April 13, the CSC Vocal Jazz and the Jazz Band hosted a concert in the Memorial Hall Auditorium at 7 p.m until shortly after 8 p.m. The concert featured a smaller and more intimate audience of about 40 people which included students, faculty, parents and children.

Vocal Jazz performed first and set the tempo for the whole evening, as they performed many different up-tempo songs both new and familiar. The crowd was responsive as some clapped and nodded to the songs. One of the better-known songs was “All Blues” by Miles Davis, an American Jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and one of the well-known musicians and musical composers of the 20th century.

The Vocal Jazz ensemble is comprised of seven singers, four of them will not be returning next year due to upcoming graduation. Vocal Jazz director Joel Schreuder took a brief moment to individually name those four individuals before letting the crowd applauded them and quickly getting back to the music. The group’s performance lasted about 30-minutes and they performed six songs before giving up the stage to the Jazz Band so they could end the night with a diverse musical set.

The Jazz Band quickly picked up where Vocal Jazz left off by playing “Groovin’ Hard” by Don Menza. The song was a nice way to get the crowd settled back into the concert, while getting their attention with an energetic melody.

The band continued to keep the room grooving for the rest of the evening with amazing solos in all but one song, the Jazz Band was smooth and fun to listen too, and the audience could tell that the Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz ensembles spent a lot of time preparing for this concert.

Just like Vocal Jazz, the Jazz Band had more familiar songs and some songs that might not have been known to average music listeners.

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Jayde Atkins, 19, freshman of Broken Bow, plays the saxaphone during the Jazz Band concert Thursday, April 13, in the Memorial Hall Auditorium.

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Eagles drop 3 at Colorado School of Mines Jordyn Hulinsky Source: rmacsports.org

Managing Editor

Regional Standings As of April 19 Softball TEAM:

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

RMAC Overall 28-3 26-6 22-10 18-13 16-12 16-16 15-17 15-17 12-20 11-21 5-27 3-25

35-5 34-13 25-13 22-22 26-18 24-24 18-27 16-26 15-25 12-25 6-35 5-31

Source: collegerodeo.com

Central Rocky Mountain Division As of April 19 Men’s Rodeo TEAM:

1. Sheridan College 2. Gillette College 3. Chadron State 4. Central Wyoming College 5. University of Wyoming 6. Casper College 7. Eastern Wyoming College 8. Otero Junior College 9. Laramie County Comm. College 10. Northeastern Junior College 11. Lamar Community College

TEAM:

Total Points 3,770.00 3,225.00 2,723.33 2,505.00 2,160.00 1,805.00 1,600.00 1,375.00 1,205.00 860.00 130.00

The Eagles only tallied two in the wins column of the six games this week. The Eagles lost three of the four games against Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Friday and Saturday, and one of two games against the University of Nebraska at Kearney, at home Tuesday.

CSC won the first game Friday and the last game Tuesday but lost the five games in-between.

In the first game Friday, CSC won 2-1, but Mines won 11-3 in five in the second game. Saturday, Mines won two 4-0 games. UNK won the first game, 3-2, Tuesday, and CSC won 10-4 in the second.

The Eagles evened their overall record to 22-22 and 18-13 RMAC. The team needs two more conference wins for a tournament bid.

The Eagles play against Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, in Chadron, Saturday and Sunday, and Fort Lewis College, at Durango, Colorado, April 29-30 for the final conference games of the season.

In the first win, CSC scored its first run on a sacrifice from Ellie Owens, freshman of Longmont, Colorado. Kendyl Moody, sophomore of Lakewood, Colorado, scored on the throwing error.

The second score came when Angelica Maples, freshman of Olivehurst, California, walked around.

Jessica Jarecki, freshman of Littleton, Colorado, earned the win for her complete game, allowing six hits, one run, and striking out seven.

The Eagles scored first again in the second game, when Courtney Lecher, senior of Fort Collins, Colorado, scored on a fielding error.

Please see SOFTBALL, page 12

Athletes

Women’s Rodeo

1. Gillette College 2. University of Wyoming 3. Casper College 4. Sheridan College 5. Chadron State College 6. Colorado State University 7. Northeastern Junior College 8. Eastern Wyoming College 9. Lamar Community College 10. Colorado State University-Pueblo 11. Central Wyoming College 12. Laramie County Comm. College

Sport: Track and field Class rank: Redshirt sophomore Hometown: Newton, Kansas

Total Points 2,663.66 1,963.66 1,210.00 1,024.00 1,016.66 790.00 490.00 420.00 403.33 321.66 235.00 165.00

Photo by Justine Stone

Dallas Magnusson (16), sophomore of Sterling, Colorado, pitches Tuesday during the first game against the University of Nebraska at Kearney at the CSC Softball Field.

CORY MARTENS

Martens won the discus and hammer throws, and earned silver in the shot put at the Loper Invitational, in Kearney. His throw of 194-2 in the hammer bested the school record that he previously set earlier this season.

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Sport: Track and field Class rank: Senior Hometown: Eaton, Colorado

Herl won the discus, with a school-record throw of 187-2. She also set a school record in the hammer throw, recording a 206-3, placing second. She also threw a 49-3 in the shot put, earning silver.

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SOFTBALL Taylor Bauer, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, sent one over scoring herself and Morgan Wilhelm, senior of Littleton, Colorado.

The Orediggers scored in the second, third, and fourth, not needing the back half of the fifth.

Saturday, the Eagles couldn’t find their way home, being shut out in both games.

Jarecki was the losing pitcher for the first game, throwing six innings, allowing five hits, walking one and striking out five.

In the last game of the series, Mines scored three in the first inning and one in the second, before cruising to an easy 4-0 win.

Kinsley Mason, senior of Loveland, Colorado, threw a complete game, allowing eight hits.

CSC totaled five hits in the game, and only 17 hits in the series.

In the doubleheaders against UNK, CSC totaled 18 hits.

CSC scored first in the first game when Lecher came around on a single from Kayla Michel, sophomore of Brighton, Colorado.

The potential for a comeback came in the final inning when Maples smashed a home run with two outs. The momentum quickly ended though when Sheyann Ludwig, freshman of Longmont, Colorado, lined out to centerfield,

from page 11 allowing the Lopers to win 3-2.

The Eagles responded in the second game of the day when they won 10-4.

The Eagles again scored in the first inning when Maples came around on a double from Lindsey Karlin, senior of Berthoud, Colorado.

UNK took the lead with three runs in the second on two CSC errors, but Bauer scored Owens with a home run to tie things up at three.

CSC advanced the lead with a Michel single that brought around Karlin in the third.

UNK restored the tie with another score off a CSC error in the fourth.

But, the Eagles came in big with six runs in the fifth inning.

Michel again scored Karlin on a single; Wilhelm smashed a tworun home run; Bauer scored Francine Boston, freshman of South Jordan, Utah, on a double and Moody scored Bauer on a double.

Megan Horn, freshman of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pitched a complete game, allowing only three hits. She walked four and struck out five in the game. This was her first complete game of the season. In her nine games of the season, she’s marked a 5.54 season ERA.

Photo by Angie Webb

Lindsey Karlin (11), senior of Berthoud, Colorado, hits a single Tuesday against University of Nebraska at Kearney at the CSC softball No need to take a break from studying because we deliver right to campus!

6 softball seniors to be honored Six CSC softball players will play their final games in an Eagle uniform this weekend against Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado.

All but one of the seniors is originally from the Centennial State, Colorado, including Morgan Wilhelm, of Littleton, Colorado; Zoe Humphries, of Arvada, Colorado; Lindsey Karlin, of Berthoud, Colorado; Courtney Lecher, of Fort Collins, Colorado; and Kinsley Mason, of Fort Collins, Colorado.

The lone senior not from Colorado is Taylor Bauer, of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Four of the six seniors have played all four years at CSC. Karlin first played at Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, Kansas, while Mason played at Pensacola State College, Pensacola, Florida.

Game times are scheduled for noon and 2 p.m.

Saturday and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. If the Eagles can walk away with two wins in the series, they will clinch a spot in the RMAC Tournament.

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Martens, Herl demolish school records in Kearney Preston Goehring Sports Editor Cory Martens, redshirt sophomore of Newton, Kansas, and Mel Herl, senior of Eaton, Colorado, blew away the competition at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Invitational, Saturday.

Martens, who leads the RMAC in the hammer throw and the discus, won both events, set the school record for the hammer at 194 feet, 2 inches. He threw 174-2 in the discus, recording a new personal-best but still 15 inches shy of the school record set by Doug Lytle in 1998.

Martens nearly earned the sweep of his events, placing second in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 53-9 1/4. Hastings College thrower Alex Wellington, sophomore of Tucson, Arizona, won the gold with a throw of 56 even.

Blake Jacobs, junior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, placed fourth in the shot put and the hammer. In the shot, Jacobs marked a 52-9 1/2. He reached 178-6 in the

hammer. Both marks were personal-bests.

Jesse Bleidt, junior of Lewellen, earned fifth in the discus with a PR of 159-7. Junior David Aldridge, of Omaha, earned seventh in the shot put with 49-2 1/2.

Frantzlee LaCrete, senior of Lewellen, placed in the hammer, discus, and the javelin throw.

Herl destroyed the school-record hammer throw that she set last week, adding 7 feet to the already impressive mark. She placed second in the event with a throw of 2063. Carly Fehringer, a former thrower at Wayne State College, competing unattached, won with a mark of 218-09.

Herl won the discus with another school-record-breaking throw. Her mark of 187-02 was more than 20 feet farther than the second-place mark.

Ashlyn Hanson, junior of Seward, placed sixth in the hammer and the javelin with a marks of 180-10 and 11311, respectively.

Freshman Ashton Hallsted, of Casper, Wyoming, earned eighth place in the hammer, reaching 166-9.

The distance squad traveled to the West Coast for two meets in the Los Angeles area.

Alejandro Garcia, senior of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, won his heat of the 5,000-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Asuza Pacific University.

His time of 14 minutes, 29.5 seconds set the school record, 20 seconds faster than the previous record, and more than 30 seconds better than his personal-best.

A handful of CSC’s distance squad members set personal-bests in California.

Eric Yager, junior of Hot Springs, South Dakota, crossed the finish line of the 5,000 in 15:16.91, and knocked nearly half-a-minute off his previous best. Right behind him was Levi Avila, junior of Mitchell, who set a PR of 15:21.94.

For the women, Nicky Banzhaf, senior of Chadron, also posted a school record in the 5,000m. Banzhaf crossed the line in 17:35.76, just 13 seconds from provisionally qualifying for nationals.

Margaret Vinton, senior of North Platte, set a PR in the 5,000m with a time of 18:34.04. Taylor Allison, senior of Gordon, was just seven seconds behind Vinton, crossing the line in 18:41.91, also a personal-best.

Golfers finish 11 in Grand Junction Zane Hesting Reporter The Chadron State College women’s golf team traveled to Grand Junction, Colorado, Monday and Tuesday to compete in the Maverick Spring Invitational.

The team finished 11 of 12 competing teams, shooting a 354, Monday, and a 359, Tuesday. Sydney Owen, freshman of Rapid City, South Dakota, led the Eagles, shooting back-to-back 86s for an overall scorecard of 172, placing 40th of 66 competitors.

Kelli Haynes, junior of Whitney, fired a 178, good for 46th overall. Sam Rahmig, sophomore of Gering, shot a 181 overall including a solid second-round of 88.

Shooting the hottest round of the invitational for the Eagles was Mikayla Gallagher, junior of Spearfish, South Dakota, who marked an 85, Monday, and finished with a total score of 182.

“I was a lot more accurate with my approach shots,” Gallagher said. “The course is narrow at times, so your tee shots and approach shots are super important.”

Rounding out the team scorecard was Karson Langley, junior of Sidney, who shot a 196.

California State University, Monterey Bay, won the team title with a 603, followed by the host, Colorado Mesa, who shot a 608.

The CSC squad will play in Chandler, Arizona, at the Ocotillo Golf Resort for the RMAC Championships, Monday and Tuesday.

There is a lot of water at the Ocotillo, complete with par-3 greens that jetty into the drink and tight water hazards that cross or run alongside the majority of the holes.

“By looking at the course online and having a scorecard, there is a lot of water on this next course and I think it will be great to know we have to be pretty accurate to score well,” Rahmig said.

Every golfer on the team has shown the ability last fall and this spring to shoot in the mid-to-low 80s, and if they all come together next week for the final tournament, they will encroach on multiple teams in the RMAC.

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A Travel Column for College Students

By Stephanie Steele

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Roll Fitting X amount of clothes in a carry-on appears daunting. The easiest way to reduce space in a suitcase is not folding your clothes. For people who desire order this statement may seem blasphemous. To still maintain order but save space, roll garments. Rolling your clothes compresses the fabric. Items like sweatpants and jeans shouldn’t be rolled but placed on top of the rolled clothing. Reducing the surface area also makes stacking and organizing a suitcase easier.

Stuff Every inch of space is vital. One place to save space is stuffing socks or other clothing items inside of shoes. The inside of hats also is great place to save space. A perk of stuffing clothing in hats is it maintains the hat’s original shape.

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As a recovering over-packer, I can attest to how packing less reduces travel-hassle.

Dryer sheets Dirty clothes in a suitcase for prolonged periods of time can begin to fester unique smells. Avoid unpleasant luggage odor by keeping dryer sheets throughout your luggage. Bonus use of bringing along dryer sheets is to reduce static electricity in clothing or hair.

Store Chargers for various electronics have a superpower of tying themselves in more knots than an acrobat. To help contain chargers, wrap a rubber band or ponytail-holder around them.

Another charger hack is storing cords in a small plastic bag, glasses case or toiletry bag to easily prevent tangles.

It’s okay to forget Unless you are backpacking through an extremely remote location, odds are you will be able to buy whatever it is you left behind. Causing extra stress over forgotten items takes away joy from the trip.

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‘The Shack’ teaches forgiveness Afton Burns Reporter Everything happens for a reason. This is a phrase we hear a lot, especially when we go through difficult experiences. Saying this phrase is easy, but believing it is another story, a story much like William Paul Young’s novel “The Shack” (2007).

Originally, the novel was self-published, but when it began to fly off the shelves in bookstores across the nation, it became a USA Today bestseller. About a month ago, the movie was released in theaters. I can’t say whether or not the movie is any good, but what I can say is that the book needs to be added to your “to-be read” list.

This is the story of Mack, a husband and a father. He was living an ordinary life, until one horrific day when his daughter, Missy was abducted. Mack learns that she was brutally killed inside a small, run-down shack, where the majority of the novel takes place. How does any father move on with his life after such a tragedy? How do any of us move on from the tragedy that happens to us in our lives?

Mack receives a note from God telling him to visit the shack. After some hesitation about the note, he decides to take

the weekend and visit the shack. While there, something mi- family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but raculous happens, he at the same time you carry them with you in your meets the Trinity. heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do You can kiss your “The Shack” is not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” family and friends goodabout learning how We all go through tragedy and with tragedy also to forgive. It’s about comes change. As human beings it’s difficult to not bye and put miles beMack’s redemption resist change, but sometimes it’s forced upon you tween you, but at the on life and all of his whether you like it or not. Sometimes people come same time you carry broken relationships. into your life, and leave unexpectedly like in Mack’s His time spent at the story. What’s important to remember is that these them with you in your shack and with God is people do continue to live in our hearts. heart, your mind, your all the time he needs If a world truly lives inside each of us, then it’s up to forgive even his to us to love larger than most, forgive quicker, and stomach, because you do worst enemy, the sealways ask for forgiveness. We’re transformed by the not just live in a world rial killer. As a readtragedies that happen to us, but this is a novel that but a world lives in you. er, we learn how to teaches you how to make it through. forgive and we learn Hearing a story like Mack’s changes us and I’d Frederick Beuchner how to love. But most like to say that it changes us for the better. The of all, we learn how to go through tragedies and come out reading experience you will have with this novel is one you stronger through Mack’s experiences. won’t forget. So I encourage you to pick it up and give yourEach chapter begins with a quote. One that stood out to self a few page turns to examine a man that overcomes his me the most was from Frederick Buechner: “You can kiss your “Great Sadness.”

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8th ‘Fast and Furious’ still entertains Jordyn Hulinsky Managing Editor In 2001, the now biggest Universal franchise opened with the first of an eight-movie series: “The Fast and the Furious.”

The series has since produced seven other movies: “2 Fast 2 Furious” (2003), “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (2006), “Fast and Furious” (2009), “Fast Five” (2011), “Fast and Furious 6” (2013), “Furious 7” (2015), and “The Fate of the Furious” (2017).

The most recent installment opened April 14 in the United States and has already earned $98 million in gross pay, according to IMdB.com. The website also rates the movie 7.3 of 10 stars.

The movie offers familiar faces that I have come to know and love through the franchise: Dom Toretto, played by Vin Diesel; Letty, played by Michelle Rodriguez; Roman, played by Tyrese Gibson; and Tej, played by Ludacris.

I will admit, I came to the series late, seeing all of the movies in the last two years, and only because my boyfriend asked me to watch with him.

After the emotional toll “Furious 7” took on me, I was not looking forward to the eighth movie, knowing that my favorite

character, Brian O’Conner, would not be featured. Paul Walker, who played Brian, died ironically in a car accident while the seventh movie was still in filming.

But, again, my boyfriend wanted to see the new movie, so I said I would go as long as I got popcorn out of the deal.

Shockingly, the movie exceeded my expectations.

The opening scene pulled me in with a familiar location of Havana. I spent the first few weeks of the New Year in Havana and immediately recognized the city and found my hotel from the first 10 seconds of the movie. The movie even featured a car race along the Malecon, or sea wall, that my friends and I walked along multiple times during our trip.

Although the Havana of the movie was Hollywood-ized from the real-world Havana I experienced, I still loved the theme the movie set in its first few scenes—family and respect before all.

These themes are common throughout the franchise and are part of the reason I did not fall away from it.

The movie would not be complete without the fast, trickedout, expensive cars and a few broken laws, but for someone who cares little about cars and a lot about safe driving, I still found myself hooked.

With story lines that are hidden until the right moment of ex-

posure, the movie kept my heart racing and my breath short. The fast driving and risky maneuvers are nothing new for the franchise, but the movies focus on much more than just the action.

Going into the movie, I heard that most people thought the movie was awful and people I knew were not expecting a lot based on the trailer, but my boyfriend and I decided those people were just simply wrong.

While the movie wasn’t quite the same without Brian along for the ride, the movie added to the series’ story and took care of the missing character in an interesting and satisfying way.

I would improve IMdB’s rating to 8 of 10 stars.

I left the movie satisfied and happy; the humor worked into the action-packed drama and the car-loving stereotypical movie provides much more than fast and furious driving. The movie brings about the idea that family is everything, and family does not always mean those who are our blood, but simply whomever we make our family.

There is heartache and pain involved, but that should be expected. Despite that though, the movie simply adds to the wonderful series that started 16 years ago.

Let go of your prejudices and give the movie a shot. You might just find yourself on the edge of your seat like I was.

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Saturday, April 22nd

After the Spring Football Game • Elliott Field