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Candidates interview for VP position at CSC T.J. Thomson Executive Editor

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Michael Anderson, left, and Charles Snare, right, speak during an open forum for the campus community. Both individuals are candidates for the vice president for academic affairs position.

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The campus community has had the opportunity to meet and question two deans vying for the vice president of Academic Affairs position, which will be vacated by June 30, 2012, when Lois Veath retires.

Initially four candidates expressed interest in the position; however, two individuals withdrew from consideration, and now only two remain – Michael Anderson and Charles Snare.

Both candidates are currently deans at institutions of higher learning. Anderson is dean of the School of Education at New Mexico Highlands University, and Snare is the dean of Teaching and Learning at CSC. After an initial telephone interview, both Snare and Anderson were invited for a series of in-person meetings, interviews, and presentations taking place this week. Anderson met with the search committee, CSC administration, faculty, and students on Monday. Snare followed with similar meetings Wednesday.

The selection process is being handled by a search committee chaired by Randy Rhine, CSC’s Vice President for Enrollment, Management, and Student Services.

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STUDENT SENATE

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Senators seek clarity in general studies changes Sara Labor Lifestyles Editor Revisions of the General Studies Program was the main topic of discussion at Monday night’s Student Senate meeting.

Vice President James Bahensky said that the Academic Review Committee has been considering revising the General Studies program. It is planned to be reduced and will be turned into a five step program. The first will be known as “inquiry” which will be a six credit hour, team-taught course that will be a mix of different general studies courses. The second will be known as “Skills,” the third as “Modes of Inquiry,” the fourth as “Personal and Social Responsibility.” The fifth step is a capstone, to cover all general studies and tie together the first four steps.

Susan Schaeffer, associate professor of Psychology and Social work, said that the Academic Review Committee was looking at what’s necessary for students to complete school. She also said that the process would only be for those entering school in 2012.

Hannah Clark, 18, freshman of Little Rock, Colo. asked what the new plan would mean for students who have already completed their credits with AP exams or transfers credits, and if those would still meet requirements. Schaeffer said that these students are being taken into consideration.

Schaeffer also said that upper class students would be given the option to switch catalogues, but incoming freshmen would not.

Riley Machal, student trustee, brought up the fact some students are able to graduate in three and a half years and asked if that would still be possible with the new general studies program. Schaeffer said that as long as students worked closely with their adviser this should be possible. Machal also asked if the new program would meet requirements for those who plan to go to another school after graduating. Schaeffer said this is also being taken into consideration.

In another matter, Bahensky said the Senate Christmas Dinner is slated for Dec. 12. Senate approved $500 from the student activity fee account for the dinner. Treasurer T.J. Thomson also

urged everyone to RSVP quickly so that they would not over-spend on food for people who would not be there.

Thomson said that there are $12,221 in un-allocated funds. He also said Senate Finance Committee has made clubs’ account balances available online. The next meeting for Senate Finance Committee will be at 6 p.m., Dec. 5, according to Thomson.

CAB President Luke Wright said Bongo Ball was a success. He also said this week’s meeting was CAB’s last of the semster.

Laure Sinn said several events are being planned for finals week, including massages and healthy snacks.

Faye Wefso, 24, junior of Rapid City, S.D., introduced herself as a applicant for Constitutional Court. Bahensky said Senate would open the floor for voting on Wefso at its next meeting.

Finally, Bahensky said that in the past, Senate has allocated funds to donate to the Angel Tree at Walmart. Sinn volunteered to go to Walmart in order to see how Student Senate might donate.

The discussion to allocate money was tabled until next week.

Cardinal Key hosts holiday fundraiser Cardinal Key is hosting a Christmas gift-wrapping event from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Dec. 3 at the Bean Broker.

Gift-wrapping is being provided as a free service; however, free-will donations are being accepted.

The donations from the gift wrapping will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. An assortment of wrapping paper, bows, and tags will be available from which to choose. This is open to the public.

Service Club sponsoring charity donation The Chadron State College Service Club will be hosting a textbook donation campaign to help disadvantaged individuals this holiday season.

During the week of finals, Dec. 12 -16, receptacles will be placed around campus for students to drop off their textbooks that can no longer be sold back to the bookstore or to other students. Books will be donated to the “Spread the Care” organization, which will recycle the books into coats and other winter clothing for children in need.

Contact Bridget Scherbarth at brsche@eagles.csc. edu for more information.

Sounds of season coming to community

CSC’s Music Department is hosting three holiday concerts in December. The Community Chorus and Community Band are playing 3 p.m. Sunday at the Chadron Arts Center.

The department’s holiday concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Dec. 10 in the Student Center.

The third concert, Mallets and Ivory, is a 7:30 p.m. performance in Memorial Hall’s auditorium.

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Tuesday 6

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- Helping a Hero Stories, 8 a.m. SC - Late Night at the Pit, 8 p.m. SC

- Senior Thesis Art Show Reception, 4 p.m. Memorial Hall - Helping a Hero Dance, 6 p.m. SC Ballroom

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- Heather Hick Junior Recital, 2:30 p.m. CSC MSHPHC - High Rise Ugly Sweater Dance, 7 p.m. SC Ballroom

Sunday 4

- Community Choir and Community Band, 3 p.m. Chadron Arts Center - Nigh of Country Swing, 7 p.m. SC

Monday 5

- Student Senate, 5 p.m. SC Scottsbluff Room - Coffee Social, 6 p.m. SC

- Vocal Jazz, 7:30 p.m. Memorial Hall - Chi Alpha, 8 p.m. SC

- Lady of Lourdes Visit, 11 a.m.

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CAB allocates $3,700 for movie, massages and munchies Reporter At its meeting Tuesday, the Campus Activities Board allocated the remainder of its money for events during finals week.

The CAB allocated $3,700 toward activities, including professional massages for students, snacks, and a free movie night scheduled for Dec. 11. Club representatives unanimously approved the allocation without discussion.

Laure Sinn, adviser, said the massages are tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 4 – 7 p.m.

Dec. 13 – 15 in the Student Center.

Luke Wright, president, said 85 people attended Bongo Ball Mania two weeks ago.

Jamie Keller, vice president, resigned from his position owing to his graduation in December.

Wright said Keller’s position will be filled next semester.

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T.J. Thomson, secretary, said that clubs’ financial information is now available online.

URLs for clubs’ account balances were sent to club advisers via email.

Jazzy Seumalo, special and cultural events coordinator, said there is a senior art show 4 p.m., Dec. 2, in Memorial Hall.

Sinn said the Christmas parade of lights is scheduled for 6 p.m., Dec. 8. There will be a reception afterward at the courthouse.

The Public Relations club is hosting a formal veterans’ benefit ball 6 – 9:30 p.m., Thursday, in the Student Center Ballroom. Admission is $3 per individual and $5 per couple. Half of the proceeds will go to the veterans’ hospital in Hot Springs, S.D., and the other half will go to a shelter in Belle Fourche, S.D. that helps homeless veterans.

Tuesday’s meeting was the last CAB meeting of the semester. CAB will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 10.

The Nebraska State College System has scheduled a special videoconference meeting of the Board of Trustees for Dec. 14.

On Monday, The Eagle requested a copy of the agenda for the meeting, and was told by Lori Glass, NSCS staff assistant, that the agenda would be posted later that same day; however, the agenda was not posted.

In a Tuesday email, Glass stated that the NSCS was “having problems with getting things posted.”

The Eagle requested that the system office electronically forward the agenda by the end of business Tuesday.

Wednesday afternoon, Administrative Assistant

to the Chancellor & System Office Manager Lynne Olson, stated in an email that the agenda would most likely be released Dec. 5, “if not before.”

Olson said Wednesday at 2:15 via telephone that NSCS Chancellor Stan Carpenter was not in, and that Vice Chancellor for Employee Relations Kristin Petersen was in a telephone conference and not available.

Olson also said that she would ask if an electronic version of the document could be forwarded to The Eagle. She further said that she knew that no decisions would be made during the special meeting, and that the meeting would be “discussion only.”

VICE PRESIDENT

tive advantage for comprehensives, and modeling adaptive expertise. An average of 20 faculty and staff attended each presentation.

Snare’s presentation focused on the aspects of choice, and how those aspects influence student retention and engagement.

“Choice can be a good thing or a very negative thing,” Snare said.

Each candidate’s itinerary also included time for a student forum. However, only four students attended each forum, three of the four were the same for each.

At each forum, attending faculty and staff were encouraged to fill out surveys about each candidate, rating perceived strengths, weaknesses, and adding any additional comments they believed to be pertinent.

Anderson’s presentation, accompanied by a slideshow, comprised four main talking points – the purpose of schooling, is re-imagining enough, what is the compara-

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Black Friday ferver overshadows season Who wouldn’t want to save money on a new toaster or television? Sounds like a great idea.

Until the deaths and injuries occur, of course.

Black Friday was once again a hot topic on the news this weekend with incidents from a woman who pepper-sprayed people in order to get an Xbox, to a man who was shot and wounded in San Leandro, Calif., for not turning over his purchases. At a Walmart in Little Rock, Ark., a riot was started over $2 waffle irons. A 54 year-old man was tackled by the police and left lying unconscious in a pool of his own blood for nearly ten minutes.

Another man collapsed at a Target in West Virginia and later died in a hospital. Shoppers simply stepped over him.

Black Friday has come to the point of being absolutely abominable. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and to care for mankind, right? So why is it that when a man passes out in the middle of a Target aisle, no one has the heart to stop for a few seconds to help him? Has it actually come to the point that Americans are so driven by consumerism that they’ve forgotten that the meaning of the holiday season is caring and sharing?

Shopping for gifts has become a war zone, despite the messages of peace, love, and caring displayed in people’s windows.

Not only does Black Friday apparently turn people into heartless, step-over-a-persondying-in-the-aisles beasts, it is an all too shameful ploy to sponge more money out of people. Shoppers who have the money to buy a brand new iPhone at full price will probably stay home on the horrifying Black Friday rather than go out and be stuck in the uncomfortable experience. Then they can buy that iPhone for full price later. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart can make money off of those who wouldn’t purchase that iPhone full price on Black Friday, while getting rid of those movies that have been sitting on the shelves for the past two years to boot.

All this goes on while Thanksgiving has barely ended. People barely have time to digest their turkey before they have to line up for Christmas savings. In fact, some shoppers opt to skip the turkey for the savings. There’s something to be thankful for, the lack of holiday spirit.

It is our hope that students across campus as well as people across America will remember that the holidays are not about the great deals. They are about caring for our fellow men and women, about reaching out and touching lives.

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Gingrich’s view exposes true GOP feelings SHOULD IMMIGRATION MATTER NOW? COMMENT ONLINE

Aaron Gonzalez Opinion Editor

I recall once when I was visiting with one of my uncles when the issue of immigration came up. Out of nowhere he said, in a kind of paranoid manner, “We’ll soon be the minority in our own country,” as if America is for whites only.

It’s all about the 1950s, the heyday of innocent, virtuous America. Ah, the 50s, when white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants were the super majority and minority races and faiths were swept under the rug. Ultraconservatives long for the return of that era and promise that return.

Yet now the rising Republican star, Newt Gingrich (whose name I can’t help but feel is close to “Grinch”), has finally made it into the league of serious contenders… were it not for making an error in the “correct” thought on immigration.

On Nov. 22, during a debate about national security, Gingrich did the unthinkable: he thought for himself, and took a humane position to boot. The former speaker said that when it comes to illegal immigrants, he would not be in favor of uprooting and deporting immigrants who have been in the country for many years. “The party that says it’s the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy

which destroys families…? I’m prepared to Mitt Romney, who believes that American take the heat for saying, ‘Let’s be humane in policy should be like that in Alabama (what enforcing the law,’” he said. a role model): make life for illegal aliens unMichelle Bachmann — who by this point bearable so as to drive them out. in the race was up the creek without a padAlabama recently passed a law that exdle — jumped on Gingrich, calling his plan plicitly forbids welfare, tuition, child wel“amnesty.” Mitt Romney fare, employment, and (who hired illegal imhealth services to any migrants to care for his and all illegal aliens, property) said Gingrich making it the harshest was offering a “magnet” law on the books. The to encourage more illeCenter for American gal immigration.

Progress predicts that Despite the fact that $40 million of Alaunlawful entry into bama’s economy will the United States has eventually be lost, and virtually halted since already mass-exodus of the Great Recession, immigrants and labor it seems that the Reshortages in agriculture publican Party will try Gingrich Photo by Gage Skidmore are already being felt. to cling to the most All of this tough talk extreme, hardline position it can to seem on a non-issue won’t do anyone any good, tough. Those who do not conform are lam- and the internal squabbles of the GOP will basted and tossed aside as not being “con- only perpetuate the current painful array of servative enough.” mediocre politicians and the side nut-jobs.

It’s similar to Rick Perry’s position as After all, it never has been really a debate Governor of Texas, where his state allows over the fence or security, but more of a in-state tuition for children and youth of demographic worry like my uncle’s. Trends illegal immigrants, and said that to cut off self-evidently show the white population the benefits to children who are essentially decreasing rapidly — it will still be the largAmerican would be “heartless.” Now look est collection of people, but not majority. at Perry, brushed off like a bad case of ticksMany conservatives refuse to accept this, from the giant red elephant. with humane inclinations like Gingrich’s If Gingrich falls like Perry did, the only towards immigrants and others might as real choice left for the Republicans will be well being heresy. To the GOP, it already is.

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What are you doing to prepare for finals?

“I’m staying up late and cramming.”

Trevor Jacobson 18, sophomore, Math Education major of Gunnison, Colo.

“Studying of course.”

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“I’m reviewing by using the Kahn Acadamy program.”

Lucas Stewart 18, freshman, General Business major of Sheridan, Wyo.

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“Sleeping. I don’t have a lot of finals.”

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College campuses should allow concealed carry

Franklin Annis Columnist

In 2006, Nebraska recognized citizens’ rights to defend themselves by issuing concealed weapon permits. These permits were issued to citizens, 21 years of age or older, who could lawfully purchase firearms, and had attended the required training. The intent of these permits was to provide lawful citizens a means of escaping dangerous and potentially deadly situations.

The problem with restricting firearms on campuses like CSC is that students face that same need for protection on campus as they do anywhere else in society. I am sure we have all seen signs around campus stating that firearms are not allowed but how many signs have you seen stating that violent crimes are illegal on campus? For those of you who want to say that CSC is a small community that is isolated from violent crimes seen on larger campuses, you are wrong. From 2008 to 2010, there were four in-

Even if you do not believe in the concept of cidents of aggravated assault and one incident concealed carry on campus, you should at least of forcible sexual assault. The crime is here on educate yourself on how to respond to a school campus, so why do law abiding students lose shooting. How many students and faculty now their rights to protect themselves simply beknow what to do if a shooting did occause they want an educur on campus? What would you do? cation?

If you believe that lawful citizens The first thing that should have the right to defend themmust be addressed is the selves, and this right should not be myth that violence (or removed because they are seeking an threat of violence) does education, I urge you to get involved not solve problems. Alin trying to change this law. Students though violence may not for Concealed Carry on Campus is be the most ideal form an organization which is trying to exof restoring the peace, it pand the rights of students around the does have an immediate effect. Don’t believe me? Pistol Photo by Norbert Nagel country to defend themselves. From April 2 - 6 they are organizing peaceSo what would you do if ful protests by asking students to wear empty there was a shooting on campus? Call 911? At which point policemen would show up carrying holsters to raise awareness of this issue. Students in Nebraska (UNL and Hasting College) firearms, thus the threat of force is present. have participated in these protests before.

So now you are probably thinking that those So, for all those who do not believe that there who want concealed carry on campus are just a bunch of people wanting to be vigilantes. is an invisible barrier against crime that protects the campus, get involved. Speak out and The answer is no. Anyone who has ever been through a concealed carry course understands demand that you are given the same rights to that concealed carry weapons are designed defense that you are given elsewhere. Even if you have no intention of ever carrying a firefor defensive not offensive purposes. They are arm, allowing others to do so might just save designed and intended to provide you with a means to escape a situation, not to enter into a your life. Would a criminal be more likely to attack someone carrying firearms? I think not. tactical situation. They have their intended purDo not be the easy target. pose and are no scarier than a hammer.

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Senior Art Thesis ‘I am a woman’ opens Hannah Clark Lifestyles Reporter A femme finale is on display at the Memorial Hall main gallery. It hosts the selected works of the art department’s five graduating seniors – Amy Christie, Ember Welsch, Tessa Sanford, Natalie McCune, and Pricilla Sandoz.

The exhibit is open now through December 9th, and is open for public appreciation from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. until Friday A special artists’ reception will be held from 4 - 6 p.m. Friday.

It is obvious, exploring the five creators’ offerings, that Chadron’s various art classes stretched them beyond their comfort mediums. Stanford wrote in her artist’s statement that she was “encouraged to explore various mediums” during her academic career. These include photography, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. Sanford’s collection, like her peers’, is eclectically composed and represents her ability well. One reoccurring theme is frogs, but even this homely subject matter glitters under Sanford’s quirky light. Her culmination pieces borrow inspiration from daily activities, yet they are anything but ordinary.

The other artists find creative inspiration from many venues. McCune likes lilies, with two of her pieces featuring the white flower, a stained glass and an oil. This floral favoritism is usually attached to women, with flowers traditionally connoting femininity, but McCune explains her attachment is deeper than aesthetic appreciation.

“It’s almost as though they go through different lifetimes. When they seem to perish they are reborn even more magnificent and resilient than before.” McCune draws comparisons from nature’s growth and rebirth to her artwork and creative journey. The next step in said journey, McCune says, is Colorado, where she plans to pursue graphic design.

Christie is completing her Art Education and Special Education major, intent on reaching children with the power of art. Her photographs capture the rustic beauty around her, and her keen eye will be an asset to her students. Like many future educators, Christie aims to aid her students to “better express who they are without words.” Christie’s own works speak volumes about herself, and they have only good things to say.

The show underscores that Chadron State is proud to send five talented artists into the world, which should benefit from their creativity.

“Ceramic Vase,” stoneware, by Ember Welsch, is displayed among many other sculptures and paintings at the Senior Art Show.

“All Lone,” digital photograph on aluminum, by Amy Keyser

Welsch’s pieces posses simplicity and glorify the beauty in basic lines.

Her work can capture elegance in many mediums, whether rustic stoneware or black and white intaglio. Her body of work is diverse, yet straightforward. It resembles her artist’s statement affixed to the gallery wall.

By far the shortest statement, it is easily understood but emphatic, much like her own works.

beauty

“Wild Instinct,” created by Natalie McCune, is a graphic design piece and displays versions of a coffee house logo.

“Lilies,” by Natalie McCune, is a stained glass piece.

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“Working Woman,” created by Pricilla Sandoz is an oil on canvas piece that is set up in Memorial Hall’s gallery.

“Sun Salutation,” intalgio, by Ember Welsch.

The art of being a woman The relationship between gender and art is well represented by Sandoz’s piece, “Working Woman”.

The painting encourages thought about women’s roles and expectations, but the work’s value is prevalent in the obvious skill and effort it took to execute. The colorful oil medium lends itself well to Sandoz, and her canvas is spread with a mesmerizing array of colored slices. Sandoz’s only other painting on display, an oil entitled “Moab”, depicts a sun-enveloped woman, her form and warmth simple but attractive, like the desert sprawling behind her. These pieces reflect Sandoz as an artist who knows what she likes, being selfprofessed denizen of oil on canvas. She uses that specific medium to inspire thought from her audience, which is an invaluable tool for an artist.

“Time Travel,” by Sandoz , conveys many different colors and is displayed among her other pieces of work in the Memorial Hall gallery.

“High Roller,” also an oil on canvas and created by Sandoz, is displayed next to her many art pieces.

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THE EAGLE’S TOP ATHLETES

Kevin McClelland

Basketball Position: Guard Year: Senior Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.

McClelland tallied 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block on Saturday against University of Nebraska Omaha.

Dallas Shaw

Basketball Position: Guard Year: Freshman Hometown: Buffalo, Wyo. Shaw scored 18 points last Tuesday in the game against Black Hills State.

SPORTS REACTION Photo courtesy of CSC Sports Information

Eagles guard Dallas Shaw (10), freshman of Buffalo, Wyo., drives past Bayley Chevron (33), senior of Fort Collins, Colo. during last Saturday’s game at the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center in Spearfish, S.D.

Lady Eagles stung by Yellow Jackets Derek Larsen Reporter

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CSC head basketball coach Scott Bargen instructs his players during Friday’s game against Black Hills State University at the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center in Spearfish, S.D.

The Chadron State College women’s basketball team traveled to Spearfish, S.D., last Tuesday to take on Black Hills State University. The lady Eagles were looking to tally their first win of the season and gain some mo-

mentum before heading to Colorado for back-to-back games.

The Yellow Jackets took the lead early and never looked back from there. Mid-way through the first half, CSC pulled within one point, but after the Jackets sank three 3-pointers in a row, their lead grew to 10. From this point on, Black Hills would hold

a double-digit lead.

Leading the Yellow Jackets attack was sophomore Jordan Kent, of Gillette, Wyo. Kent shot seven of 10 from the field, and a perfect four for four from the free throw line for a total of 18 points. see BASKETBALL, Page 9

UPCOMING CSC SPORTS

Men’s/ Womens Basketball

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Mesa State 8-10 p.m. Friday in Grand Junction, Colo. (Men’s) 6-7 p.m. Friday in Grand Junction, Colo. (Women’s)

Wrestling

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Men’s/Women’s Basketball

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Western State 6-7 p.m. Saturday in Gunnison, Colo. (Women’s) 8-10 p.m. Saturday in Gunnison, Colo. (Men’s)

Men’s/Women’s Basketball

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Regis University 6-7 p.m. Dec. 9 in Armstrong Gym (Women’s) 8-10 p.m. Dec. 9 in Armstrong Gym (Men’s)

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What CSC winter sport are you most excited for and why?

“Track, because it’s the best sport on campus.”

Jon Lordino, 19, sophomore, Criminal Justice major of Chadron

“Men’s basketball because it is fun to watch.”

Kalyn Land 20, junior, Elementary Education major of Scottsbluff

“Clearly, women’s basketball because it’s the most exciting and everyone likes it.”

Moala Tautuaa, 22, senior, Criminal Justice major of San Francisco

“Wrestling, because of the tights.”

Brandon Gorsuch, 22, junior, Psychology major of Rapid City, S.D.

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Eagle wrestlers prepare for NSU Wolves Chris Clark Sports Editor Chadron State College’s wrestlers are preparing to enter the ring Saturday at 4 p.m. to face Northern State University, Burnsville, Minn. Northern State, ranked 7th by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference preseason poll, is led by junior Matt Meuleners of Young American, Minn, who claimed the NCAA DII championship in the heavyweight class last year.

According to head coach Scott Ritzen, R.J. Boylan of Gilette, Wyo., is tentatively slated to take on Meuleners.

Ritzen said the matchup will be “difficult.” “[R.J.] is wrestling a guy who has reached the highest level possible in his division,” Ritzen said. “We’ve been working really hard and we’ve got a game plan set up.”

Ritzen also said that the

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Dustin Stodola, junior of Clarkson, prepares for a wrestling match. team’s upperclassmen would have to step up to seal victory for Chadron.

“It’s going to be tough for us because we have a lot of young guys,” he said. “Our upperclassmen are going to have to come through and get some good wins. If we can do the little things right we should be in good shape.”

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The Jackets had two other players finish with double-digit points.

Freshman Dakota Barrie, of Mountain Home, Idaho, and senior Kristi Ryan, of Highmore, S.D., each tallied 11 points for the lady Jackets.

For the Eagles freshman, Dallas Shaw, from Buffalo, Wyo., led the team in scoring with 18 points. Shaw, who was the only Eagle to finish with

test on the heels of the UNK Open, where six of its wrestlers placed. Dustin Stodola of Clarkson and Boylan placed first at 133 pounds and heavyweight, respectively, in the Elite Division.

In the Amateur Division, Leandro Arias, freshman of Cheyenne (141 pounds), Damon Lappe, freshman of Box Elder, S.D. (197 pounds),

double-digit points, was seven of 14 from the field, and four of eight from beyond the arc. Sadie Waugh, junior from Paxton, dominated the glass for the lady Eagles and finished with a total of six rebounds. At the free throw line, senior Kada Williams, of Green River, Wyo., was a perfect four for four.

This weekend the lady Eagles will travel to Colorado for a two-game road trip. The weekend starts with the Eagles taking on the Mavericks of Col-

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and Devan Fors, freshman of Roseburg, Ore. (184 pounds) each placed fourth.

Stodola hopes for a positive outcome from this weekend’s meet.

“As far as the dual goes, it’ll be pretty close,” he said.

“We dropped 6 points last year because we didn’t have any 125 pounders. This year we’ve got a full team.”

orado Mesa University. The Mavericks have a record of 2-2 and are coming off back-to-back wins, including a high scoring victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State in which the Mavs racked up 107 points. The next day the Eagles will travel a short 40 miles to Gunnison, Colo., where they will take on the Western State College Mountaineers. The Mountaineers have a 5-1 record for the season and are coming off three straight losses. Tip-off for both games is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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LEFT: Justy Bullington, 19, freshman of Mullen, and Alyssa Peters, 18, freshman of Bridgeport, top their cream cheese covered pizzas with various fruits, like blueberries and strawberries, at the Free Fruit Pizza event in the Breezeway Wednesday evening.

BELOW: Blueberries were one of the many toppings at the Free Fruit Pizza event in Breezeway on Wednesday.

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Comedic book exhibits life’s many lessons

‘God, No!’ provides funny, surprising, and even heartfelt lessons for everyone to learn from Aaron Gonzalez Opinion Editor Battles between reason and religion often leave little room for unity or even humor, which can leave some very hurtful scars to believers and frustration from non-believers. And then there’s Penn Jillette, the boisterous half of the magic duo “Penn & Teller,” and his new book “God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales.”

Penn himself is a very interesting man.

He’s never had a sip of alcohol or nip of drug, and he is pro-gun rights, anti-death penalty, pro-pot, pro-free market, and anti-Al Gore. His libertarianism is the main reason that he is an atheist and skeptic, and it shows in his philosophy on religion.

Penn introduces the subject of atheism by posing a simple question: If God asked you to kill your child and you refuse, then in Penn’s view you are an atheist. If you agree to do it, he begs you to reconsider.

To Penn any doubt or hesitation shows skepticism and rational thought, the key to making moral decisions.

Another point is his dislike of the word

“agnostic,” which he views as a word used to avoid taking a side. Penn believes that if one is asked if they think there is a god, then the answer must be “yes” or “no.” If one says “no,” then the answer to the next question of whether one believes in God must therefore be “no” as well.

A final point which Penn makes clear is that he is not ashamed to say “I don’t know.” How did we get here? “I don’t know.” How did the universe begin? “I don’t know.”

What happens when we die? “I don’t know.”

While there are stories and scientific estimates (which aren’t the same, folks) to try to explain these, no one really knows the answers for sure, so one must accept not knowing everything.

Despite the pointed title, the majority of “God, No!” is not about religion or God, and there is a healthy mix of life stories

and lessons that everyone can laugh at and learn from. For example, what would you eat if you knew you were going to vomit it back up soon? Penn votes for Cinnabons, as they offer a nice, sweet comeback. How does he know this? Let’s just say it involves major g-forces.

How about learning one’s sexuality?

Penn is as straight as the straight and narrow path, so he and his other straight friend didn’t mind going to a gay “spa” in the early 1980s with their gay friend. Now I’ve never been to a “spa” myself, but if what Penn says is true then I’d be happy to go for the free snack carts. I won’t say now what Penn went through, but rest assured that the outcome wasn’t what you’d think.

Perhaps the most hilarious story is when he tried to reconcile with an ex-

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Each dryer has a grill which, after long use, can get very hot and it can become very dangerous if one accidentally allows some flesh to touch it; Penn would find that out in the most excruciating way.

If one is looking for an elaborate screed against religion, you’ll probably only find about five pages worth. But that’s why “God, No!” is so great, because it is so funny. Granted, Penn is very liberal when it comes to profanity, but his book wouldn’t fly without it. Some of his stories will make you laugh out loud, others will stop you in your tracks, and others may bring a tear to your eye. Anyone of any belief or persuasion can read and enjoy the book, from Glenn Beck to Richard Dawkins, both of whom have, and get a great kick out of it. Is Penn’s book worth it? God, yes.

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