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Heart defect claims CSC freshman’s life

THURSDAY FEB. 14, 2013 ISSUE NO. 6

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VOCALIST DAZZLES AUDIENCE Singer Terry Barber mixed humor with song throughout his Feb. 7 performance.

LIFESTYLES >>

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GEOLOGIST DIGS INTO PAST NSCS Teacher of the Year Mike Leite talks about his past and love of teaching.

INDEX NEWS ........................2 2 OPINION ...................5 5 TAKE TEN................10 10 SPORTS ..................11 11 LIFESTYLES............14

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Jon Dahlstrom, of Broken Bow, carries some of his deceased nephew’s belongings down a hallway in Kent Residence Hall Monday.

Dahlstrom’s nephew, CSC freshman Sterling Atkins, died Saturday from complications related to an enlarged heart.

HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES James Margetts, associate professor of music, is set to perform on a refurbished 1918 Steinway concert grand piano 3 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Complications from an enlarged heart claimed the life of CSC freshman Sterling James Atkins, 18, of Broken Bow, Saturday evening while he was watching television with a friend at an off-campus Chadron residence, a family member said Wednesday.

“The results of the autopsy was his heart was enlarged,” Wanda Dahlstrom, Atkins’s aunt, said Wednesday afternoon while visiting Atkins’s parent’s home in Broken Bow. Dahlstrom, of Custer, S.D., added that Atkins had no history of heart complications, and said the investigation is ongoing to determine why his heart was enlarged.

“He was a very healthy kid,” Wanda Dahlstrom said.

Atkins’s friend called an ambulance after he fell unconscious. Emergency personnel attempted to resuscitate him and rushed him to Chadron Community Hospital. Atkins, a health sciences major who resided in Kent hall, died between 6:30-7 p.m., Dahlstrom said.

Sterling Atkins’s parents, J.B. and Sonya Atkins of Broken Bow; his uncle, Jon Dahlstrom, also of Custer; and his grandfather, Maurice Atkins, also of Broken Bow, were moving his belongings from his room on Monday afternoon.

“He just influenced so many people. He made an impression wherever he went,” Sonya Atkins said about her son, as she neared completion of loading the family’s two pickup trucks.

“Just a great kid,” Jon Dahlstrom said. “It was a tragic health event and we’re all sad. It’s a loss for the college and for the family; those that knew him loved him.” see ATKINS, Page 3

PIT HOSTS VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE The Pit is hosting a Valentine’s Day traffic-light themed dance at 9 p.m. today in the Student Center’s Ballroom. Attired is based on traffic signals: red signfifies the individual is taken; yellow signifies uncertainty; and green indicates that the individual is available.

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chadron state STUDENT GOVERNMENT STUDENT SENATE NUTS & BOLTS: Feb. 11 Meeting

SENATE FUNDS NPAC UPGRADES Senate allocated no more than $3,400 for the purchase of new equipment in the NPAC at their Monday meeting.

SUB-COMMITTEES CAB NUTS & BOLTS: Feb. 12 Meeting

‘BIG EVENT’ GAINS STEAM Signups will be March 11-April 4 and people can also sign up for job sites. It will be a first come first serve basis and students are encouraged to like and share the Facebook page made for the event. For encouragement there will be drawings for people to win prizes if they like and share the page.

CLUB BRINGS THE HEAT The International Club hosts the International Food Tasting Saturday in the Ballroom of the Student Center. It will be $5 for students and tickets may be purchased at the door or from Frances Gonzalez.

Senate congested with parking talks Teri Robinson Reporter A proposal for open parking and possible change in parking fees and fines was the main discussion of Senate’s Monday meeting.

James Bahensky, student Senate president, introduced the proposal. To begin, he briefly introduced general student discussions such as washing machines deteriorating, online tech technology becoming a headache, and a sauna in the Nelson Physical Activity Center. Bahensky opened the discussion with an open parking proposal, increasing parking fees, and increasing the fine for repeat parking violators. He then opened it up to senate discussion.

Senator of Andrews, Jacob Rissler, said helping students understand the rules of when and where they are allowed to park could be beneficial and help raise awareness of the issue.

Rissler suggested upping parking fees to $40; “It’s a reasonable fee for a parking pass for the year.” An overall agreement for parking fines was that for every offense the amount increases.

The first offense would start at $20 or $25, the second ticket is $50 and every offense after will be $100. The cap at $100 would be for every parking of-

ask your representatives: “If clubs want to host a big event on campus, what must they do financially to get it started?”

“The club must make an itemized proposal and then meet with the CAB executive board. The club must use all of their money in their CAB account before asking for money. Finally they must ask for an allocation at the CAB meeting.” –Dani Buckley, CAB president

Weekly Calendar: Feb. 14–Feb. 20

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- ROTC Valentine Balloon Sales, 10 a.m. SC Lobby - Red Cross Blood D, 11 a.m. SC Lobby - Late Night at the Pit Stop Light Party, 9 p.m. SC Ballroom

- Valentines Day Dance, 9 p.m.

SC Lobby

fense after the second one. Instead of starting fresh every year at $25 for the first offense, at the beginning of each school year students would start from where they were at the end of the year before.

The proposal for open parking on campus led to the idea of having open parking Monday thru Friday from 5 p.m.-7 a.m. T.J. Thomson, Senate vice president, introduced the idea of doing a trial run with the open parking to see the response. Also, the idea of separate parking for motorcycles was brought up by Rissler.

In other news senate allocated $3,400 for the new equipment for the NPAC. CAB’s Tuesday meeting began with Kellie Aye, CAB Treasurer, discussing budget packets for clubs being due Feb. 25. A motion to allocate $2,000 for free movie night Sunday was moved and passed. Normally only $1,800 is allocated but a 3D movie will be playing, so more money is needed to cover the cost.

Laure Sinn, Coordinator of Student Activities, reminded CAB members that Charley Sampson will be in Memorial Hall Thursday, Feb. 21, in recognition of Black History Month.

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- International Food Tasting, 5:30 p.m. SC Ballroom

Photo by T.J. Thomson

Fermin Gurrola, of CenCon Utility Contractors, LLC, Scottsbluff, fills a hole Thursday afternoon where power cables are being laid.

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- Cardinal Key Initiation, 2 p.m.

Sandoz Center

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- Student Senate Meeting, 5 p.m.

SC Scottsbluff Room

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- CAB meeting, 6 p.m. SC Scottsbluff Room - Chi Alpha Meeting, 8 p.m. SC Ballroom

- Revive Meeting, 8:30 p.m. SC Ballroom

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NEWS

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ATKINS

Photos by Ashley Swanson

A group of more than 25 students gather at the Lindeken Clock Tower Monday afternoon to offer prayers of remembrance for CSC freshman Sterling Atkins who died Saturday evening.

Atkins’s door tag rests on No. 105 of Kent Residence Hall Monday morning.

Atkins’s license plate displays a “Chadron State College Eagles” frame Monday morning.

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Between trips, Maurice Atkins took a Diego, said.

CSC officially notified the campus of Atmoment to reflect about his grandson’s kins’s death at about 9 a.m. Monday, Aarlife.

“He lived every day to the fullest,” Mau- on Prestwich, interim executive director of rice Atkins said. After pausing, he added, student affairs, said Monday.

Prestwich said that the college was com“he enjoyed life.”

Without saying another word and with municating with Atkins’s family prior to scheduling any comtear-filled eyes, Maumemorative events. rice continued help“Right now there ing his family. aren’t any, but there “He was definitely will be,” Prestwich one of the cowboys said. on campus,” Wan“When it’s approda Dahlstrom said priate we’ll do someWednesday evening. thing to remember “He touched a lot of Sterling,” Prestwich lives on campus. He - Jon Dahlstrom, Sterling’s uncle said. “We’re very was a very unique sad to hear about his kid with a very unique life.” On Monday afternoon, about loss. He was a good student and a very nice 25 students spontaneously gathered in a young man; had a lot of friends.”

Sterling Atkins is survived by mother circle next to CSC’s clock tower. The students clasped hands and prayed in Atkins’s Sonya, father J.B., and sister, Jayde. Funeral services are 11 a.m., Friday, at Broken memory.

“We thank everyone for being here and Bow’s Berean Church, 604 South H Street, doing this,” Apollonia Calleja, junior of San Broken Bow, Neb.

“It’s a loss for the college and for the family; those that knew him loved him.”

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Survey sparks gun discussion T.J. Thomson Executive Editor

Photo by T.J. Thomson

Tommy Schumacher, sophomore of Ainsworth, middle, watches as Dan Lucht, right, sophomore of St. Paul, speaks during the Social Science Club’s “Discussion on Guns in America” political discussion forum. The evening featured about 20 students who participated in a series of 15-minute discussions on gun-related topics.

About 20 CSC students participated in a 90-minute discussion that centered around three gun-related topics Monday evening in Old Admin.

The Social Science club hosted the event and used data collected from CSC employee and student sources to guide the discussion.

The event was “structured around a survey we conducted of CSC student and faculty opinions on the current gun debate,” club President Stephanie Reynaga, junior of Alliance, stated in a Feb. 7 email.

“Our objective on campus is spreading cultural awareness,” Reynaga said Wednesday. “We’re a non-partisan group; we don’t want to say anyone’s opinions. Our main goal is to keep students informed and promote awareness.”

Monday evening’s gun debate was the result of a brainstorming session last semester, she said.

“That [gun control] was the hot-button issue in December with the recent shootings,” Reynaga said.

Although she wished for more diversity in the opinions expressed, Reynaga deemed the discussion a success.

“I thought it turned out good,” she said.

The group discussed background checks, semi-automatic weapons, and high-capacity ammunition clips.

Students had 15 minutes to discuss each topic, and then had two minutes at the end of the event to offer solutions.

“I think as a nation, we’re not understanding of each other,” Reynaga said. “The ultimate goal was to have more respect for each other regardless of your opinions.”

World-class bull rider to speak at college T.J. Thomson Executive Editor The first African-American to win a world bull-riding title is expected to address the campus community and attend a fundraiser next week.

Chadron State contracted with Charlie Sampson, 55, of Los Angeles, to share his story at 7 p.m., Feb. 21 in Memorial Hall’s Auditorium. Sampson is Sampson also expected attend the Rodeo Club’s “Black Tie Calf Fry” fundraiser Friday night at the Dawes County Fairgrounds. The former

event is free to the public; the latter costs $10 and includes dinner.

As a youth, Sampson took a job at riding stables near Gardena, CaCa lif., rather than get involved with Los Angeles’ gang culture, Laure Sinn, Student Activities Coordinator, said at a Jan. 22 meeting of Student Senate’s Campus Activities Board subcommittee meeting. This exposure to horses sparked Sampson’s interest in bull riding, which led to his eventual earning of the 1982 World Bull-Riding Championship title.

CAB allocated $2,000 toward bringing Sampson to CSC at its Jan. 22 meeting.

Photo by Ashley Swanson

A cowboy tightens a strap on his boot during a Sept. 23, 2012 CSC-hosted Rodeo competition at the Dawes County Fairgrounds.

OPINION

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EDITORIAL–THE EAGLE’S VIEW

Spend your break volunteering

Chadron State should reevaluate its notification plan News often spreads quickly in a small community like Chadron State; however, for some employees and students, news of CSC freshman Sterling Atkin’s death apparently didn’t spread quickly enough.

Some students and employees found out about the death the night it happened on Saturday. Others found out about it from their friends or on social media sites on Sunday. Still, some didn’t know anything had happened until Monday or later.

One teacher, unaware of Atkin’s death, delivered her Monday morning lecture on the stages of life, and taught through an hour-long lesson about death and dying. Atkins was enrolled in that class. Some students affected by the tragedy cried while others were uncomfortable, Jennifer Parker, freshman of Arvada, Colo., who is also enrolled in the class, said.

In another case, a student came to class on Monday asking to be excused from class to mourn the death of their friend, only to be met by a baffled professor who had no idea of the weekend’s incident.

Striking a balance between sensitivity to the dead’s family and the need of the public can be challenging, but Chadron State could have better acted in its response to Atkin’s death.

Although an email wasn’t sent notifying CSC employees or students of Atkin’s death, the college posted a press release about it on its website Monday morning, President Randy Rhine said Wednesday.

“It’s not our role to get ahead of the [notification] process,” Rhine said. “Especially if it was not a safety issue.”

“We always wait ‘til the family is notified,” Tena Cook, interim marketing coordinator, said Wednesday, adding the fact that it was a weekend was also a factor.

CSC doesn’t have a consistent notification policy when dealing with death, Rhine said.

“We look at those things on a case-by-case basis and follow the county attorney’s lead in releasing information,” he said. “I’m always going to default on the side of the family.”

Most would agree that waiting to publicly release information prior to the family being informed is in bad taste; however, as Atkin’s family was notified Saturday night, why was the rest of the campus left in the dark until mid-Monday morning?

Death doesn’t happen on an 8-5 weekday schedule.

The fact that it occurred on a weekend is no excuse.

CSC has had its share of student deaths. In lieu of these circumstances, it seems the college should evaluate its plan to keep the campus informed.

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Tiffani Roelle Contributor

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any CSC students look forward to their spring break as a getaway. Whether it be jetting off to someplace warm, spending time with family or friends, or simply recharging for the next half of the semester, we all tend to make plans that involve relaxing or getting something personal accomplished.

But when disasters strike communities, it’s essential that selfless individuals come together and work to help people recover from loss and trauma.

There are many ways to help impacted communities, and one idea that came up in a Student Senate meeting was an Alternative Spring Break program.

As a senator of Liberal Arts, I believe in the importance of helping people, and that as a nation we need each other.

I took the challenge upon myself, and

looked into options for an alternative home, work, and schools. Donations spring break. After a lot of research, I bring a lot of hope and relief toward set sights on helping Hurricane Sandy sustaining people’s livelihoods in impacted communities. victims.

But with stretched pocket books, it’s Last October, Mother Nature devastated the East Coast with Hurricane hard for many college students to juggle Sandy. I know New Jersey might seem their finances and make a considerable a long way away, but in Chadron, we are contribution.

Another way to leave your mark is by no strangers to natural disasters.

All of us have lingering memories of donating your time. Volunteering is an act of valor, and whethfrightening wild fires fresh in our memer it’s through labor, ories, along with the lending a listening support that poured ear, or giving somein from around one a pat on the back, the region. helping people cope But what’s imwith loss and trauma portant is to not is a powerful deed. shrink away from The humility and an opportunity to encouragement of return some of the volunteering makes a goodwill towards difference in the lives our fellow citizens –Tiffani Roelle of countless people on the east coast, all over the world. and the first option I My suggestion is that found is through donaover spring break you tions. seek to make a difference. As a Financial support of any amount student, I’ve committed myself to helps rehabilitate communities and lessen the blows and socioeconomic helping the East coast victims, and plan impact that natural disasters leave on to volunteer my spring break in Newaffected areas. Donations contribute ark, N.J. I would encourage everyone to take to municipal building repairs and program funding for agencies serving low- part in an Alternate Spring Break, because it gives you an opportunity to income families.

Many east coast residents are still serve a purpose, and engage in somestruggling with the wreckage in their thing greater than yourself.

MAN ON THE STREET

“Volunteering is an act of valor . . .”

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we asked: “Did you watch the State of Union Address? Why or why not?”

JOSE GONZALEZ

ALEXIS HOAGLAND

EMILY SAMPLE

NIKKI BUNNELL

CHARITH KAPUKOTUWA

“Yes, I saw part of it.

It was on at McDonald’s so I watched it there.”

“No, I didn’t. [I] just had a lot of homework.”

“No, I was travelling from Omaha.”

“No, I didn’t. Pretty Little Liars [was on], and homework.”

“Yeah, a little bit. It was pretty interesting because it’s about President Obama.”

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22, junior of Sri Lanka, Criminal Justice Major

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Two men walk past the visitor sign-in sheet in Edna Work Hall Tuesday afternoon.

Don’t wear out your welcome

Teri Robinson

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ollege is not cheap, that is a well-known fact. So when I hear of circumstances where visitors are practically using their significant other’s dorm rooms as a free hotel room, I get a little upset.

I am all for family members, friends or your significant other coming to see you and visit, what I am not thrilled about is when they stay longer than protocol allows.

I pay a good amount for my dorm room; therefore visitors should not take advantage of my room as a free place to stay. I am not claiming this occurs all the time, but it does happen.

Not only are visitors residing in a dorm room for a long period of time against the rules, but it is not fair to roommates,

suitemates or surrounding rooms.

Excessive noise can disturb people around you and is rude. Say your boyfriend or girlfriend is coming to visit, hopefully you would give your roommate or suitemate a heads-up. They would be able to plan accordingly and go study in the library or any other quiet place on campus.

However, it becomes rather annoying to study somewhere else on campus besides your room because it has been taken over by your roommate and their significant other for days on end.

I have been in a situation along these lines before and can relate when I hear of visitors staying too long and becoming a nuisance.

Resident Directors –Teri and Resident Advisors do a very good job of keeping on top of people visiting and making sure they sign in and out.

Unfortunately, they are unable to catch everything, or else I would not be sharing my complaints. Most visitors sign in and follow the rules; however, we all know there are people out there who do not.

Signing the day log or filling out an overnight sheet is not difficult, it’s quick,

and it allows R.D.’s to know how many people are in the building along with how long they are staying.

A problem arises when these visitors come in, do not sign any form of log in, and stay as long as they please.

There are other alternatives for visitors such as hotel rooms or staying off campus with other friends or family members if possible.

If I have to pay to live on campus, then visitors can either learn the rules, or pay to stay somewhere else.

Honestly, if there was a policy where visitors staying for long periods of time had to pay, I would be more open to the idea. But to my knowledge that does Robinson not exist, therefore, respect other people or go find a hotel room.

I understand family members coming to visit, long lost friends you haven’t see for a while and even your significant other for a romantic weekend.

But staying for weeks or a month at a time is not fair to any student. As a student you pay to live here and get an education, not for a free room for someone to crash in.

“...respect other people or go find a hotel room.”

CORRECTION • The opinion article by Aaron Gonzalez in the Feb. 7 edition of The Eagle incorrectly stated that Younes Chi-

admi’s uncle was in the country illegally. A correction to this article has been posted to csceagle.com

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Let others know you care Justy Bullington Events Coordinator

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A woman with black high heels stands among the boots of three ROTC cadets Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Defense repealed in January the ban against women serving in active combat situations.

Selective Service: Status quo maintained

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Opinion Editor he ban on women in combat has been lifted, and while this action has been lauded as a major victory for gender equality and civil liberty, it comes into question; has anything really changed?

While there are no longer restrictions on women in combat roles, the Pentagon and the Department of Defense still have the arduous task of making the policy logistically feasible.

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta discussed the challenges at length in a press conference after repealing the ban, but one question raised by a journalist in the audience was

particularly valid: “…is there any thought to changing the Selective Service requirement so that young women at age 18 will have to -- if we were to reintroduce the draft -- to -and is it safe to say that this was essentially your idea to push forward with these changes?”

When that question was asked, I gave an emphatic “yes!,” but Panetta’s response was lackluster and weak at best: “With regards to Selective Service, you know, that’s not our operation. That’s obviously -- I don’t know who the hell controls Selective Service, if you want to know the truth. But, you know, whoever does, they’re going to have to exercise some judgment based on what we just did.”

And on Jan. 24, the Selective Service System issued this message: “Even though the Secretary of Defense has decided to allow women in combat jobs, the law has not been changed to include this. Consequently, only men are currently required to register by law with Selective Service during ages 18 thru 25.

Women still do not register.”

In the 1980 case of Rostker v. Goldberg, the Supreme Court upheld that requiring only men to register for Selective Service remained constitutional due to

the ban on women in combat.

Now that no-such bans exist, congressional policy should be centered on ending gender discriminatory policy.

As we inevitably usher in the era of the infantrywoman, here’s a thought: Women are free to volunteer for combat positions, while men are still volun-told.

Despite the social enlightenment that our liberalized society enjoys, we still cling to the notion that men are disposable.

Incentive for complying with the male only Selective Service mandate include restrictions on Federal student loans, barring from Federal employment, a fiveyear prison sentence, and a $250,000 fine.

In the event of the draft, the policy forces eligible males to be readily available to die for their country.

The Selective Service Initiative is an inherent threat to liberty, person, and property; imposing an unfair burden on men should they choose not to register.

Either registration, (and there-in; the draft) is compulsory for both sexes, or the Selective Service System should be abolished.

here are two types of people: those who love Valentine’s Day to the point of borderline obsession, and those who despise the “single awareness / give-me-love-and-attention” holiday they spend 365 days resenting.

However, I challenge you to break the two-type conformity. Although it’s common to base your Valentine’s Day stance off of your current relationship status, I challenge you to see the bigger picture. The most common Valentine’s Day beat down is “I don’t need a specific day to tell my significant other that I care about them.”

Although the statement is true, I ask how many of you tell the ones you care about on a daily basis that you do, in fact, care about them. I’m not just talking about the person you’re romantically involved with.

How many of you verbally tell your family, friends, and mentors that they are important to you on a daily basis? If you do, then I commend you.

However, I regrettably report that I am not one of those people. Although we claim we don’t NEED a day to celebrate the fact that we care about others, I can’t say it isn’t a good reminder. It is easy to get caught up in day-to-day life; I challenge you to get caught up in the people that make day-to-day life bearable.

Thank the people that guide you on your road to success and appreciate the people that stand by you at the roadblocks. Whether you have a date on Valentine’s Day or not, take the time to appreciate the relationships you have, with the people that made an impact in your life in one-way or another.

Continually looking at what you don’t have will lead to constant dissatisfaction. Focusing on lessons learned, goals reached, and dreams chased will allow you to be grateful enough to be satisfied and encouraged to continue to grow. Whether or not I’ve persuaded you break the Valentine’s Day mold, I do hope that I’ve persuaded you to text, call, email, tweet, status update, or even verbalize your appreciation to the people that make life worth living.

You may be single, but by appreciating others, you will never be alone.

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Jamie Dyer, Los Angeles, accompanies vocalist Terry Barber on piano Feb. 7 in Memorial Hall's Auditorium. The evening concert was part of the spring 2013 Galaxy Series schedule.

University in Evanston, Ill., where he gained some recognition for his broad vocal range and musical talent. Leaving the United States for continued education, Barber attended London’s Trinity College of Music, gaining a master of music degree. After completing his formal education, Barber joined opera companies, orchestras, and took up teaching positions awaiting "Baritone, tenor, alto, the year 2002 that soprano; Barber shocked would bring Barber to the worldthe audience with his abil- renowned Metropolitan Opera ity to sing across musical in New York City. octaves; while also singNoted heavily through his pering a vast polylingual set formance, Barber in French, Italian, Latin, has a strong loyalty to family, dedicatGerman, and English" ing songs and a –Steven Pokorski whole album he composed to his late mother who died of lymphoma in 2006. Motivated by his mother’s death, Barber founded a nonprofit organization to help those less fortunate than himself. Artists for a Cause, based in Stuart, Fla., dedicates time and resources to advance musical arts, humanitarian efforts, and civil rights within the United States.

Barber holds up a mask while singing a role traditionally sung by a female soprano Feb. 7 in Memorial Hall.

Barber grasps his hands during one of his vocal selections Feb. 7 in Memorial Hall's Auditorium.

In this series of four images, Barber demonstrates some of his facial expressions while singing a varied selection of pieces in more than four languages.

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ALEX GRAHAM Sport: Track and Field Event: Sprints Class rank: Junior Hometown: St. Leonardo Jamaica Graham matched his seasonbest time in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.77 seconds.

He finished second overall at the Concordia Indoor Track and Field Meet in Seward on Friday.

REBECCA WETSCH Sport: Softball Position: Outfield Class rank: Sophomore Hometown: Erie, Colo.

Wetsch hit two home runs in a span of four games in the Desert Stinger Tournament that took place in Las Vegas.

The Eagles went 1-3 for the tournament.

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Track and Field continues to excel in RMAC and beyond Justy Bullington, Reporter The Eagle track team flew above the weary weather and maintained an eastern flight plan to compete Concorin Seward. Although the Concor dia Indoor Track and Field Meet Eadeemed tough competition, the Ea gles soared above a dozen teams to snatch second place as a team. With india number of athletes placing in indi vidual events, and a larger number matching or breaking a career best, the Eagles felt prepared on their fight to the finish line.

Freshman mile runner of Wood River, Rebecca Volf credits the recoaches and teammates for the re cent success of the team. “I think our training is setting us up perfect to hit our big marks each week,” Volf explains. “Training with the beteammates we have is incredible be cause every day we push each other through the workouts. We couldn’t supdo it without each other.” Volf sup ports her own theory by placing sixth with a mile time of 5:59.70, a career best for the freshman. stopThe sprinters challenged the stop watches with Alex Graham, junior of St.Leonardo, Jamaica, matching his season best in the 60-meter dash with a 6.77-second burst and Dean JaFrancis, junior of Montego Bay, Ja maica, running a 22.23 200 meter.

Both sprinters deservingly seized the second place medal. Senior of continLingle Wyo., Trae Patch, contin ued the sprinting standard set by her teammates, placing seventh in Freshthe 200 meter with a 26.48. Fresh man of Akron, Colo., Shelby Guy, earned a career best finishing sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:26.63.

Keeping the Eagles in flight, Shelby Bozner, freshman of Rock Springs, Wyo., placed fourth in the high hurdles after recently being released from the injury list. A concoction memof hardwork and talented mem bers connected by a goal and baton locked down the third place spot in the men’s 4x400 relay with a time of 3:23.21 and the woman’s 4x400

earned the sixth place spot with a time of 4:05.89.

Off the track, Lamar Newman, senior of Kingston, Jamaica, soared past his previous season best by two feet, jumping 46 feet, 23 and threefourths inches in the triple jump.

Newman also placed sixth in the long jump reaching out for a 22 foot, seven inch mark. Junior of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, Charith Kapukotawa, marked 54 feet, one half inch in the shot put and chucked the 35-pound weight a distance of 56 feet, onefourth inches. With both of the Eagle’s leading male pole vaulters, Kolten Jelden, senior of Eaton, Colo., and Skyler Hoopes, sophomore of Lusk, Wyo., reaching heights of 15-1 feet, Jelden took the fourth place slot having fewer misses and Hoopes snagged eighth place. Senior of Eaton, Colo., and sister to Kolten, Kaelie Jelden elevated to a height of 10 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault to latch onto the second place slot.

Alyssa Norton, junior of Rushville, reached a career-best mark of 54 feet, 11 and three-fourths inches in the weight throw.

“There was great competition and I feel like we did a good job, we’re healthier and we are getting ready for the championships,” Head Coach Ryan Baily said.

The women’s team is currently ranked sixth nationally out of the teams in the RMAC, Lone Star and Heartland Division II conferences.

Furthermore, the men’s team is ranked second, coming in right behind Adams State College.

“We are going to keep working to hit lifetime and personal bests in every event and everything else will fall into place,” Baily said.

With the coaches making the decision to not compete this weekend in order to allow the team to rest and continue preparation, the Eagles look forward to a conference meet next week in Spearfish, S.D. Shaving each second and measuring each inch the Eagle track and field team continues on the flight for success.

UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS: d 6 P.M., FEB. 15 vs. Colorado Christian, Women’s Basketball d 8 P.M., FEB. 15 vs. Colorado Christian, Men’s Basketball

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Kelly Troester, senior of Marsland, practices the pole vault on Wednesday in the NPAC.

d 6 P.M., FEB 16 vs. Colorado School of Mines, Women’s Basketball d 8 P.M., FEB 16 vs. Colorado School of Mines, Men’s Basketball d 12 P.M., FEB 23, at CSU-Pueblo, Softball Double Header d 9 A.M., FEB. 22-23 NCAA Super Region 4/RMAC Championships, Wrestling in the NPAC

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Sports sparked a love that sustains amid the hustle of life “I’ve always been involved with sports,” Janel as Ryan Baily will also come to her for help Baily said, noting that she coached at West- with recruiting tips.

“We’re pretty good resources for each other,” Chadron State’s interim head volleyball coach ern State and served as a volunteer assistant Janel Baily said. “I love recruiting, so if he has for Chadron State’s volleyball team during its Janel Baily’s passion for athletics began at questions about how to approach women, I’m 2009-10 season. a young age, was further cultivated in high Maintaining a marriage, caring for two grow- available.” school where she played volleyball, and then The Bailys’ complement each other in more ing preschoolers, and pursuing her master’s again in college, but her love for her husband degree in organizational management, in ad- than their love for sports. didn’t take nearly as long to develop.

“Janel is a very passionate person along with dition to her duties as volleyball coach, has Janel Baily met future husband Ryan Baily her husband, he is just more outspoken! She is been a challenge, Janel Baily said. at Western State, Gunnison, Colo., through As track and field is a spring sport and volley- quiet but deadly,” Alyssa Bauer, sophomore of a mutual friend–former CSC head volleyball ball is during the fall, one of the two is always Rapid City, S.D., said. coach Amy Spruiell (‘06-’10).

The couple’s support for each other isn’t limcoaching during the academic year. When Spruiell shared an office with Baily and intro- CSC added cross country to its athletic offer- ited by familial bonds either. Bauer said Ryan duced the two to each other. ings in fall 2012, the Bailys’ schedules got even Baily attended every home game the volleyball “Sparks flew right away,” Janel Baily said. “We more hectic. team hosted during its 2011-12 season, and were engaged four months later.”

“It’s definitely not easy,” Janel Baily said. “It’s that, last week, the entire volleyball team, inThey have been together for seven years and challenging. I’m done in November, and that’s cluding coach Janel Baily watched last week’s have been married for the last six. track meet to support Ryan. when his [Ryan’s] very busy time starts.”

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Mountaineers walk to victory, last season dual for Eagles Barrett Browne Reporter

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Chadron State won just two matches last Thursday as Western State Colorado University defeated the eagles 28-9. CSC’s overall record falls to 6-8 and only one more regular season dual is left on their schedule.

Bruce Zurek, senior of Sergeant, one of the five seniors honored before the competition, won in the first 50 seconds of his match at 157-pounds with a pin. Dylan Fors, sophomore of Roseburg, Ore.,

won the Eagles’ second match of the night at the 165-pound weight class in the final period.

Jace Johnson, freshman of Boise, Idaho, took his match into overtime. Johnson lost a 6-4 decision to WSCU’s Dustin Stiegemeyer, sophomore of Austin, Texas.

Heavyweight Mike Hill, sophomore of Fort Laramie, Wyo., also had an overtime match. Both wrestlers only earned an escape point through the first three periods, but a stalling warning against Hill cost him a point to give Western State’s Kyle Graulus, senior of Fort Morgan, Colo., a victory.

The Eagles’ final dual of the regular season was yesterday in Golden, Colorado against Colorado School of Mines, but results weren’t in before publishing time for The Eagle. Next week the NCAA Super Region 4 RMAC Championships which will be held in Chadron on Friday, February 23 at 9 a.m.

Jordan Debus, junior of Mitchell, tries to escape the clutches of Kyle Piatt from WSCU in the dual on Saturday.

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Dallas Shaw (10), sophomore of Buffalo, Wyo., dribbles a ball down the court in a game against CSU-Pueblo Jan 31.

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After traveling over eight hours with the impending doom of a blizzard, the Chadron State Men’s Basketball team arrived in Gunnison, Colo., ready to suit up against the Western State Colorado University Mountaineers. Unfortunately, the hosting team was able to oust the Eagles with an 81-66 victory Friday night.

Western, now 8-12 for the season, came out ready to play and pulled ahead eight before Chadron made their mark on the score board with a good free throw by sophomore forward of Spanish Fort, Ala., Kendrick Holliman. The Eagles then began to pick up speed and tied the game with a good three-pointer by David Downey, junior guard of Scottsbluff, with 3:10 left to play in the first half.

Both teams battled the rest of the half, but Western came out on top 42-37 by halftime.

The second half featured no ties, and the closest the Eagles came to Western was within four points after a three pointer by Grant Stone, junior guard

of Canton, Mich. Leading scorer for Chadron was Zac Bargen, junior forward of Chadron, with 20 points and he also had seven rebounds. Holliman was the only other scorer in double digits with 12.

Looking to get a win before loading up to come home, the Eagles went to face the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks on Saturday. Mesa’s dynamite defense stopped the Eagles from progressing in the second half, and was able to take the 68-37 win.

Mesa, who is now 16-5, was first to get on the score board with a jumper by Jeff Hart, who ended up being leading scorer for the night with 21 points.

However, Chadron was quick to answer with a three pointer from Bargen. Bargen led the Eagles once again, this time with only 12 points. Mesa had two other people score in double figures, but Bargen was Chadron’s lone double digit scorer.

When the first half ended, Chadron was only behind by four. When the Mavericks came out after halftime, they had already outscored Chadron 25 to eight with seven and a half minutes to play. Mavericks shot 70 percent in the second half, compared

to Chadron’s 18 percent making the difference they needed to get the win.

Chadron State’s women’s team also lost both games for the weekend, but had some bright spots among the darkness. Dallas Shaw, sophomore of Buffalo, Wyo., scored a career high 23 points, 21 of those being from behind the three-point line. Kattie Ranta, junior of Rapid City, S.D., also scored her sixth double-double of the season and also had two steals and two assists.

“After the game we talk about how we need to take the tools we’ve learned during the season and apply them now,” Shaw said. The Eagles will host the final games of the season, starting against Colorado Christian University on Friday and Colorado School of Mines on Saturday. The women’s games start at 6 p.m. and men’s at 8 p.m. in Armstrong. “Earlier in the season we lost to both teams, but both are beatable. I think if we limit turnovers and play good defense we have a good chance of winning,” Shaw said.

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Geology professor's digs yield more than awards ing,” Leite said. A few of his students are currently working on their own projects, which Leite assists with. Some projects include monitoring radar pictures of the Earth when Three was the lucky number for Michael earthquakes occur; and trying to piece horse Leite, professor of Physical and Life sciences, skeletons together.

In the 1980s, the curator of The Eleanor after winning the Teaching Excellence Award Barbour Cook Museum of Geology left CSC, in 2001, 2002, and 2012.

Leite was one of five nominees for the putting many objects from the museum into award. “I got singled out for some reason,” storage in Lincoln. Don Weedon, former Physical and Life sciences professor, took Leite said.

Leite received his undergraduate degree over the collection. “It’s a big deal,” Leite said. from Minot State University in North Da- “People spend their entire lives studying [the collection].”

Leite kota, and his mastook part in helpter’s degree from ing put the museum the University of back together. “I tie Lincoln. Soon afmy professional reter, he received his sponsibility to these Ph.D. in 1992 from collections,” he said. the University of The museum, once Wyoming. Before in the basement of attending UNW, Crites, is currently Leite worked in an residing in the baseoil field in western ment of the Math North Dakota for and Science Buildsix years as a mud ing. Leite said there logger. He also are well over 8,000 had a chance to specimens to still be work with the scicataloged. ence museum of Leite commented Minnesota. While that Weedon was a working there, he big part of how he was able to help teaches his classes excavate 16-foot today. “He got me crocodiles. Leite into the field trips,” also taught his first he said. geology classes in In the 90s, west Texas.

Weedon, Leite, and “I knew I was goa group of students ing to be in science took a cross-country of some sort growLeite looks over a collection of fossils Feb. 5 in a trek to the desert ing up,” Leite said. geology lab. southwest. They also “I realized I really had an interest in physical outdoor stuff.” He took a trip to Costa Rica where they learned also said that travel work with others got him about the organization for tropical studies. It’s a different environment when studying scihooked.

Leite began his teaching career at Chadron ence while interacting with nature, Leite said.

As technology changes throughout the State College in 1996, after learning of the position from a friend. Leite teaches *** classes, ages, Leite said that the way he and other sciall of which involve a lot of fieldwork includ- entists map out the land hasn’t changed. A ing taking trips to the Black Hills and other GPS unit can’t tell one how the land lays or the different types of soils or rocks there are, geological areas.

“The deepest learning is when you’re learn- he said. “Space technology plays a role,” Leite ing in the field,” Leite said. While working in said. Satellites are often used to help find out the field gives students the chance to have how land is changing. “NASA has been very more hands-on learning, he also uses it to supportive of us.”

Leite said there are a lot of good teachers get students to collaborate with each other.

It’s problem-based learning where students at Chadron State who realize how important have to answer questions and come up with teaching is. He also said he has a lot of support an understanding of what’s going on with the for what he does at CSC. Despite the award, Leite says “I don’t think I’m distinguished subject they are working on. “[I’m] driven by what my students are do- [from other professors].”

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Photos by T.J. Thomson

Mike Leite, professor of physical and life sciences, talks about the reconstructed skeleton of a triceratops Feb. 5 in the Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum in the Math and Science Building's basement.

RIGHT: A horse skull rests among other fossils in a general geology lab.

BELOW: Leite observes one of the pieces of the collection in Chadron State's Cook Museum.

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Online webseries introduces modern generation to classic novel Sara Labor Lifestyles Editor I had an interesting experience a few weeks ago when I decided to talk to some college students who were not English majors. It was weird for me to be the only one in a group who had read classics such as “The Great Gatsby,” “The Scarlett Letter,” and, an ultimate favorite, “Pride and Prejudice.” Today, less and less people find interest in reading the classics. Because people read less classic novels, figuring out how to draw modern audiences into classic literature can be a challenge.

Luckily, the Internet is not just good for Wikipedia. Video blogger Hank Green along with Bernie Su created the concept of video blogging Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries," a modern day interpretation of Austen's novel is the perfect mixture of modern media and classic literature.

"The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” features Lizzie Bennet, played by Ashley Clements. Lizzie is funny, upbeat and down to earth girl living at home while seeking her masters in Communication. Her sisters, Jane and Lydia, are opposite sides of the spectrum. Jane, played by Laura Spencer, is an overly sweet, quiet girl working to pay off her college debt, while Lydia, played by

Mary Kate Wiles, is a crazy party girl obsessed with boys and booze.

The story of the Bennet sisters kicks off right away when Bing Lee, played by Christopher Sean, moves into Netherfield, a house not far from the Bennets. Lizzie’s mother, who Lizzie mocks constantly, obsesses over trying to get one of her daughters married off to Bing.

Jane quickly takes to Bing while Lizzie keeps her YouTube viewers caught up on their relationship. Meanwhile, Bing’s friend Darcy, played by Daniel Vincent Gordh, becomes Lizzie’s favorite thing to complain about.

If you’ve already read Pride and Prejudice, I won’t bore you with every detail of the plot. If you haven’t, you should know that there are some other characters, including the annoying Mr. Collins, the playboy George Wickham, Bing's deceptively innocent sister Caroline, and Lizzie’s best friend Charlotte, all of whom play an important role in Lizzie's diaries.

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Prejudice.” Since her videos are public, it creates a whole new level of interaction. After Darcy surprises Lizzie by confessing his love to her, she explodes saying “You were unaware [of my feelings]? Then why don’t you watch my videos!”

Darcy, finding out about Lizzie’s public YouTube videos, goes back and watches episodes in which Lizzie dresses up as him to mock him, calls him intolerable, and flirts with George, who dislikes Darcy as much as Darcy dislikes him. It adds a whole new emotional level to Lizzie’s situation with Darcy.

Lizzie's vlogs are also everything a YouTube fan wants to see from a vlog. Sharp editing and a quick-paced script make each episode fun and easy to watch. Lizzie also role plays to tell her stories and dresses up as the characters in her life. Her outfits and props for each character are hilarious. As her mother, Lizzie wears an outrageous hat; as Darcy, a bow tie; and for her father she drags a plaid-shirt-wearing, pipe-smoking Charlotte in front of the camera.

Another wonderful thing about the web series format of “Pride and Prejudice” is that the viewer gets to know the characters at a different

level. Lydia, a character who starts off as annoying, quickly became my favorite of the Bennet sisters. After Lizzie leaves to stay at Netherfield with Jane, Lydia starts her own vlog. In her videos, Lydia shows that despite her touch outer shell, she is just a scared, innocent girl trying her best to impress her two older sisters. Meanwhile, in the book, Lydia seems like a much flatter character.

There are also many ways that Lizzie's videos draw in a modern day audience. The series brings together every possible social media aspect of today. Lizzie and Lydia both have their videos. Along with that, you can follow every character on Twitter. The story line isn't just told through the videos, it's told through Lydia's tweets to George, and Darcy's tweets about Lizzie's videos.

In my opinion, “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” is today’s gateway drug to classic literature. With the same interesting plot as Austen's novel and a great new twist on social media, it is the perfect way to become interested in this wonderful classic story. If you’re not interested in classic literature, but you're interested in the media outlets of today, try checking out “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.” You might be surprised and find out that you want to actually try reading the book.