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Campus braves cold in annual MLK march Kelsey Amos Reporter

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Community members and Job Corps students walk alongside CSC students in the MLK remembrance march on Monday morning in the parking lot west of Kent.

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NEWS

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College honors civil rights activist

Vandal shatters residence hall door Page 3

LIFESTYLES

Traffic piles in at ‘Stoplight’ Dance

Bronco’s Tebow, loved and loathed Pages 8-9

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“Let freedom ring” “We shall overcome” “Free at last” “I have a dream” Monday morning, almost half a century after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous speech, more than 50 people participated in CSC’s annual walk in honor of King. College students and faculty, community members, and Pine Ridge Job Corps students braved the below-freezing temperatures to walk from the Common Cents gas station to the Student Center.

The participants carried signs with quotes from King’s speech. Some of them marched silently, trying to fend off the frigid cold. Others balanced hot drinks and their signs or raised their fists in solidarity as King’s memorable speech was broadcast from a truck that led the procession. The participants then gathered in the Student Center to thaw, while several people, from faculty members to job corps students, spoke in memory of King’s life and his legacy.

“Where would this world be today if it weren’t for Martin Luther King, Jr.?” asked Devaughn Williams, a job corps student from Meridian, Miss. “If only he could be here today to see his dreams become a reality.”

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STUDENT SENATE

BRIEFS

Senate surveys campus improvements

Two Chadron State representatives to speak at academic conference

Sara Labor

The conference, “The Making of the Great Plains,” in its 38th year, is hosted by the University of NebraskaLincoln’s Center for Great Plains Studies.

Conference coordinators invited Kathy Bahr, professor of English and humanities, and Rob Foresman, graduate assistant of social and communication arts, to deliver presentations during the March 28 - 30 conference.

Bahr said that most professors speak at such conferences at least once annually.

This symposium focuses on discussions about the Great Plains.

Bahr’s presentation is based on a paper she wrote “Conquest or Collaborate? Mari Sandoz’s Complex Relationship with the Plains.”

For additional information on the conference, contact the Center for Great Plains Studies at 402-472-3082 or cgps@unl.edu.

Lifestyles Editor Student Senate discussed campus technology improvements, a Republicans[sic] Club, and Redbox movie rental kiosks at its meeting Monday.

Marley Waugh, senator of Liberal Arts, asked the senators to fill out a survey ranking the importance of potential changes to campus technology and infrastructure.

The survey asked to rate the importance on a scale of 1-5 of smart cards, wireless printing, single sign-on, student center improvements, and larger flat screen TVs for the student center and a sound system for the pit.

Waugh said that smart cards would be issued like a student ID, and would be used to scan into all buildings on campus, much like the key fobs. The smart cards would also be scanned for meal plans, and Waugh also said that one could use either bonus bucks, or put credit on it to use at the new coffee shop in the library.

Waugh also said that the single signon would mean that everyone’s username and password would be the same

for everything including Sakai, and campus computers.

Riley Machal, student trustee asked about the money the campus would need to use the smart card system, as it would include replacing all the key fob mechanisms on dorm buildings and also installing new systems on other buildings that weren’t dorms. Waugh said that the project could take about a year, which is why she is asking Student Senate opinions now.

In other business, Morgan Nelson, senate president, said that the pool improvements discussed last week would add $2 per credit hour to student fees, rather than $2 tacked onto student fees.

Nelson also recommended that all the senators look at the pool, and said that they would possibly do a tour in one of the upcoming weeks.

T.J. Thomson, treasurer, said there is $11,524 in unallocated funds in Senate accounts.

Thomson also said that budget packets have been distributed to clubs and that they are due Feb. 23.

Don Hlava, 20, junior of Gordon, came to speak to senate about the Republicans Club becoming a club on campus. He said that the club is intended to promote

the Republican party, and its future goals include activities for fundraising, to bring Republican speakers to campus.

Senators said they would vote on the club becoming an official CSC club next week.

Nisha Durand, chief justice, said Kayla Kintz, senator of B.E.A.M.S.S. resigned her position.

CAB president Luke Wright, said that CAB has started accepting nominations for a new Vice President, and that CAB approved a new schedule.

Wright said the Martin Luther King Day Walk was a success.

Wright also said that CAB discussed free movie night and possibly having a set schedule for free movie night, then asked senators opinions. Waugh said she thought a schedule would be good for advertising, so students knew when free movie night was happening.

Corey Paz, senator at Large, suggested looking into getting a Redbox on campus. Cressy Yeutter, senator of E.H.P.C.P.S.W. was put in charge of looking into what the campus would need to do in order to get a Redbox.

Paz volunteered to help.

Health fair set for today More than 50 businesses and organizations are scheduled to gather in the ballroom of the Student Center on the campus of Chadron State today for the region’s annual health fair. The event, “Wellness for a Lifespan Health Fair,” is free and open to the public; however, some services available charge a fee four service.

The fair is open from 3 - 7 p.m. and is sponsored by the college, Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services, and Chadron’s Lifespan Wellness organization.

Thursday 19

Friday 20

Tuesday 24

Wednesday 25

- Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m., basement of Brooks Hall - Wellness for a lifespan Health Fair, 3 p.m., SC - International Coffee Hour, 7 p.m., SC - Late Night at the Pit, 8 p.m., SC

- Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m. Brooks basement - Heaven is for Real, 6:30 p.m., SC - Eugene Gagliano, Author 7 p.m., Mari Sandoz - Carnival, 9 p.m., CSC Red Room - Heaven is for Real, 9 p.m., SC

January 19 - 25 Saturday 21

- Nu Delta Alpha Performance, 7 p.m., Memorial Hall

Sunday 22

- Last Day for 100% Refund for Eight Week 1 Classes - Last Day for 100% Refund for Five week 1 - Last Day for 100% Refund for Spring Regular Session

Monday 23

- Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m., Brooks basement - Girls Night, 7 p.m., CSC Red Room

- Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m., Brooks basement - Campus Activities Board (CAB) 6 p.m., SC - Chi Alpha, 8 p.m., SC

- Breakfast to Go, Breezeway - Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m., Brooks basement - Revive, 8 p.m., SC

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Auditor sets football report deadline T.J. Thomson Executive Editor Auditor Mike Foley stated via email Tuesday that the Nebraska State College System annual audit will include items relating to the college’s football fundraising issue, and will be published by March 1.

Though the report covers the 2010-11 fiscal year, which, according to NSCS board policy 6001, ends June 30, Foley stated that the report “will further address the Chadron football issue.�

According to board materials posted on the NSCS website, the board of trustees has historically received the annual audit “by sometime in December, at the latest.�

These documents also state that the NSCS is required to submit the annual audit to the federal audit clearinghouse by March 31.

The Board’s “Fiscal, Facilities & Audit Committee,� chaired by trustee Bill Roskens of Omaha, voted yesterday to “Authorize the Chancellor to Accept the Nebraska State College System Audit Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2011 and Provide Distributions Necessary in Order to Meet Required Deadlines.�

The minutes for the board’s Wednesday meeting stated that the annual state college audit was late. “Given the timing and late completion of the audit, the System Office is recommending authorization for the Chancellor to accept the audit and distribute the audit information, as necessary, in order to meet required deadlines.

The Board will be asked to ratify this acceptance at the April 19-20, 2012 meeting,� the minutes state.

NSCS raises insurance coverage for board members The Nebraska State College System increased board members’ travel and accident insurance coverage from $500,000 to $2.5 million, NSCS Chancellor Stan Carpenter stated in his January report to the board.

The coverage represents a five-fold increase, and

includes a jump from $100,000 to $500,000 per individual, with a “very modest increase in premium,� the report states. The premium amount was not identified in the report, and queries to the System Office Tuesday were not answered by press time Wednesday.

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Becci French, 21, junior of Alliance, approaches the set of doors on the south side of the High Rise Complex that was vandalized Tuesday night. Sometime between 8:15-30, the door closest to the Strive Learning Center was bashed with an object until it shattered, according to eyewitness reports.

The vandal fled after the door’s double-paned glass broke. Campus Resource Officer C.J. Hughes said Wednesday that the investigation was still open.

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MLK Day isn’t an excuse to do nothing all day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an opportunity for Americans to reflect on and honor the life of perhaps the greatest civil rights leader in history.

Established by Ronald Reagan on January 20, 1983, the holiday was, according to a 2006 article in “The Nation” Magazine, originally proposed by labor unions as a point in their contracts.

These days, most federal employees get the day off from work, while the private sector tends to remain in action.

One institution, though, has attracted minor controversy for its inconsistent Martin Luther King, Jr. Day scheduling: schools.

Many argue that students of all ages should get a day off to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but there are no major benefits to this move.

Students are not bound by labor contracts and don’t need to seek leverage against the institution by limiting school time. If anything, their goal should be to maximize their hours of contact with teachers. And after all, many students know of Martin Luther King, Jr. but when it comes to this national holiday they don’t pay him much attention on the day off.

Since students receive greater benefits from attending school than not, and since a full day off is not necessary to observe the holiday, schools should not close for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Here in Chadron, the college’s Diversity Committee sponsored a march through town in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Many of the students involved participated because their professors canceled class. This is a perfect example of how to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: they can spend their time out of school to actually do something to memorialize the man.

There’s nothing wrong with missing a single lecture because your teacher felt that actively participating in Martin Luther King, Jr. Day festivities is valuable; however, putting your entire course load on hold for a day just to sit idly is to take this celebration of the civil rights movement entirely for granted.

In short, students should only seek to take time off for events like Martin Luther King, Jr. Day if both they themselves and the celebration itself will stand to benefit.

THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 2012

“Heaven” more fiction than fact, thank God BOOK’S CLAIMS DON’T STAND UP TO EVIDENCE OR REASON

Aaron Gonzalez Opinion Editor

Scottish philosopher David Hume once wrote if a person is claiming to see something miraculous, is it more likely that the laws of nature and the universe have been altered only for him and in his favor, or that he’s under a big misapprehension?

Now imagine hearing it from a child, who has no understanding of physics or neuroscience, and only reveals this occurrence over the course of several years to parents who have already taught him since infancy that miracles and the supernatural are real.

With Todd Burpo, author of “Heaven is for Real” arriving on campus soon, it’s a good opportunity to look skeptically at this volume and hold it up to the light of reason.

The book was written by Pastor Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent (who worked on another “nonfiction” book, Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue”). In fact, three-fourths of it aren’t even about his son’s experience, but Todd’s work as a pastor, faith, and church.

When Colton Burpo was four he went under anesthesia during an appendix operation, where he almost died (thus not having a “life after death” experience). During this time, Colton claims he went to Heaven and met Jesus, seeing the scars of Jesus’s palms where the nails were driven in. This is cu-

rious, since it implies that earthly wounds even on Christ himself are permanent in paradise, and also that the crucifixion nails were driven into the palm. Historians and medical researchers confirm that Roman crucifixion nails were driven into the wrist, not the palm, for the weight of the body would otherwise tear off the cross.

Physically, Jesus’s eyes “were just sort of a sea-blue and they seemed to sparkle.” Odd, since during that period vast contact with blue-eyed Germanic peoples in ancient Palestine is hard to find, if at all, and the eye color of Semites was, and still mainly is, brown. When Colton was asked to choose among numerous online images of Jesus, he chose Akiane Kramarik’s blue-eyed “Prince of Peace” portrait, which looks more like an Ambercrombie and Fitch model than a Palestinian man 2,000 years ago.

Another of Colton’s claims is to have seen all the men of Heaven with swords, none for the women, of course (and surely no gays allowed I’m sure). Of course, he only mentioned this after seeing the battle scene in “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” some years after surgery, and after his mother said it was “too bad” he hadn’t seen that in Heaven. At any rate, this was God’s preparation for the battle between God and Satan.

The father writes that these must be what Colton really saw since he couldn’t have had such Biblical knowledge. But throughout the book the author says how the family

would read Bible stories and scripture before bed, and being the son of a pastor it’s hard not to know about Biblical prophecy.

As for his never-born sister, it’s unlikely that over the years Colton didn’t know that his mother lost a baby, only then happening to remember seeing her in retrospect.

Then again, all of this and much more has come from the lad over several years. And if he is anything like other children who are prodded and encouraged by adults to say things that they think they might have seen from a very susceptible and young age, then the entire story becomes more dubious.

Even as a child I was taught about Heaven and how angels are supposed to look (Colton says the angels had wings, yet other claimers have reported no wings). Since believers will cling onto anything to try to block out the modern world and its wondrous, non-religious evidences of nature and the universe, the Burpo claims offer a tasty morsel of the suspension of reality.

I must be intellectually honest and admit that I don’t know what happens after death, but I’m pretty confident given the evidence of the ceasing brain activity that one’s consciousness ends. Some say that sounds depressing, but I like to think of it as Ayn Rand once put it, “It is not I who will die, it is the world that will end.”

Only when we conquer our fear of death will all of this mysticism end, including the multi-million dollar “life after death” machine that publishers can’t get enough of.

MAN ON THE STREET

What do you think about not having MLK Day off from school?

“I think it’s dumb because a lot of other schools get the holiday off.”

Ethan Bergt 19, sophomore, Range Land Ecology major of Schuyler

“It’s not much of a big deal, but I think they should get it off and do more than just the march.”

Mercy Gagnon 19, sophomore, Criminal Justice major of Toga, West Africa

“I don’t care.

Teachers are going to have online assignments due either way.”

Colby Osborn 23, senior, Secondary Education major of Mullen

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“I think we should have gotten the day off because I wanted to participate in the march.”

Kaitlin Macky 18, freshman, Education major of New Castle, Wyo.

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Be informed before speaking with veterans Franklin Annis Columnist

Last week I provided a list of things to avoid when talking to veterans. Since interactions with veterans on campus are becoming more common and some of you will be asked to formally interview veterans this semester, I thought I’d finish addressing this subject by offering some further suggestions.

LEARN ABOUT WAR AND THE MILITARY Every student has a duty to learn at least about the contemporary wars and military actions being waged throughout the world. U.S. forces fight abroad to prevent citizens from ever having to experience war on U.S. soil. As an educated man, I would be ashamed of myself if I couldn’t at least locate the foreign lands on a map where others are dying for my freedoms.

Veterans are experts on the military. The more education you have on the conflict and military, the deeper the questions you can ask and the more valuable their response will be.

As a veteran, I am happy to show you where Iraq is on a map and explain how the army is organized, but I will not get as far explaining my experience if I have to provide this type of general knowledge. It is similar to asking a history professor about dates and times of historical events, though you would be better served by gathering the general information yourself first.

While it is unlikely you will fully understand their experiences, being informed can greatly aid veterans’ ability to share their stories.

or the need to protect the security of other soldiers. Many veterans have to keep secrets for a number of years due to security requirements.

Carrying some of these secrets can be a tremendous burden.

Be mindful of the veteran’s reactions to your questions. Some questions can trigger intense memories. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a legitimate battle wound. It is also important to manage your own emotional state and the manner in which you ask questions.

LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO THEIR STORIES If you are fortunate enough to have a veteran share his or her story with you, your job is to listen and try to understand their experience.

Show that you are interested. And don’t expect veterans to immediately tell their full stories.

Keep in mind, there are hardships of being a service member that they are not telling you about. The experience of military service can be deeply personal and you must earn veterans’ trust before they are likely to reveal the deeper story.

RESPECT THE VETERAN’S OPINION Every veteran experiences combat differently, even members in the same unit may have vastly different recollections of the same experience.

Opinions vary from one veteran to another based on their perceptions of events, their assigned tasks, and responsibilities. As a result, higher ranking veterans often have vastly different opinions than lower ranking veterans. Regardless of their opinions, positive or negative, they are entitled to them.

Hopefully, these suggestions will help both the vets and you have better interactions here on campus. Veterans are a unique community that have done remarkable things and their stories and their history need to be preserved wherever possible. These brave men and women have sacrificed so much to preserve our freedoms, take the time to learn the price they paid.

KNOW WHEN TO STOP A LINE OF QUESTIONING If a veteran tells you that they don’t want to or can’t talk about certain subjects or events, stop asking questions about that topic. He or she may not be able to speak about certain things owing to the pain of memories, a lack of trust,

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A glimpse into the past . . .

Two seniors work to put Chadron in context – Jan. 16, 1961 – Two Chadron State seniors worked together to have the city of Chadron included in Grolier’s Encyclopedia. The students worked with Alvin Jonson, associate professor of geography, and Mary Thornton and Forrest Ballieu, two geography majors. Chadron was not in the original list of the 22 cities to be included, but was added because the seniors felt that Chadron was economically and culturally important to northwest Nebraska. The city had also recently reached a population of 5,000.

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Want to go out and see a movie? Eh, perhaps something else...

Sara Labor

Lifestyles Editor I read recently in Time magazine that moviegoers are starting to die off. More and more people are staying home and streaming free movies than actually heading to the red-velvet seats and the big screen.

The last time I went to a movie, it was “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” I went for Robert Downey Jr. of course. The time before that was “The Muppets,” which I went to because it was free movie night. Even if I strain my memory, I can’t remember any movies I saw last semester besides these two.

I love going to the movies, but I have to admit that I head to the theatre less and less.

Time offers all sorts of explanations for why movie theatre attendance is dying out, but I decided to collect my own explanations.

SNACKS ARE SO GOSH-DARNED EXPENSIVE The appeal of the movie theatre is not just the huge screen and the excitement of a new movie.

Who (seriously) goes to a movie and doesn’t think as soon as they walk through the door and smell the amazing smell of butter “I want some popcorn!” The last time I went to the movies, though, it was $2.50 for a small. Come on, movie theatres, you already charged me $40 for the family just to get through the doors.

You’re seriously going to make snacks so expensive. No wonder so many people are carrying big bags in these days. Those bags are full of skittles and soda pop, so that everyone can skip the atrocity that is movie theatre snack prices.

MOVIE RENDITIONS OF BOOKS ARE TERRIBLE A few years ago, I fell in love with the “Percy Jackson” series, literally right before the movie came out. However, after watching the movie, it seemed as though the writers might as well have just said, “We’re going to make a movie that is absolutely nothing like this book, we’re going to re-write the plot line, and just use these characters “K thanks!”

I can forgive a lot of things that changed in the Harry Potter movies, because these movies at least stuck to the plot for the most part, and small changes can be forgiven due to awesome acting and the tears I shed during the last four movies.

However, I’m starting to think I might not even want to go see “The Hunger Games” movie, just in case Hollywood ruins yet another book that I adore.

MOVIES ARE SEASONAL In the Time article, it points out that summer movies are the one that rake in the most money. This summer, I went to see “The Hangover Part II”, “Harry Potter” (four times), “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and “Transformers.” After that, I didn’t go to see a movie in theatres for months. The numbers show that many people did the same.

Only two movies released after Labor Day, which were “Breaking Dawn” and “Paranormal Activity 3” managed to make over $40 million dollars in their opening weekend. In the past year we saw huge movies, like “Pirates,” in the summer, and not so huge movies, like “Crazy Stupid Love,” in the fall.

Why are epic movies only released in the

summer, and crappy romantic comedies released in the fall? No wonder people aren’t headed to the movie theatres after Labor Day. SEQUELS ARE TIRING Let’s be honest, “Cars” didn’t need a second movie. Neither did “The Hangover.” Neither did “Pirates of the Caribbean,” really, but let’s be honest, they’ll only stop making “Pirates” movies when Johnny Depp stops being hot, in other words, never. The highest grossing movies of 2011 were all sequels, but eventually plot lines run out and movies become old.

NETFLIX™ IS, CHEAP, CONVENIENT, AND AWESOME More people are staying home now-adays streaming movies and television on their computers and gaming console for only eight bucks a month. Why drive to the movie theatre and pay out the butt when you can be comfortable in your home and watch cheap movies every night? Even better, cheap snacks.

As a movie theatre lover, I hope that Box Office hits are not a dying breed. However, unless the theatres start piquing more peoples’ attention, there’s going to be more and more people curled up at home with their cheap popcorn and XBox controllers.

Students against PIPA, SOPA Currently the U.S. Congress is voting on two bills regulating internet usage and content, the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Fifty CSC students were asked if they knew of the pending legislation, and if they have, may, or won’t protest the bills (e.g., contact representatives or senators).

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Santorum Don't know of the bills 38%

One Down, Three To Go!

Know of the bills 62%

“Will you protest the bills?”

Won't protest 20%

Have protested 44%

May protest 36%

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THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 2012

education

king

0 Martin Luther

At the age of five, King was enrolled in first grade in 1934. Because of his young age, he was expelled but this did not hinder his learning.

In 1944, he graduated from high school and shortly after, attended the Morehouse College in Atlanta. In June 1948, he graduated with a BA in Sociology and in September of the same year, attended the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. In May 1951, he graduated with a Bachelor in Divinity and went on to Boston University.

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Photo courtesy of The Martin Luther King Jr., Center

King's official transcript was from the Morehouse College, located in Atlanta, Ga., and is dated from 1944-48.

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Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Selma-Montgomery Rights March in Alabama which took place in March 1965.

"Letter from Birmingham City Jail," (left), was written by King in 1963 in response to several Alabama clergymen who accused him of being unwise and untimely. The certificate of honor was awarded to King in 1967 for his contributions in the field of racial relations.

THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 2012

King remembered at chadron state

Photo by Kinley Q. Nichols

Students carrying signs march through the parking lot west of Kent Hall Monday during the Martin Luther King Jr. march. Participants gathered at the corner of 3rd and Main Sts. and walked south on Main St. to the Student Center.

MLK

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Meanwhile, Nakia Booker of Hot Springs, Ark., challenged people to look beyond race and not use it as an excuse.

“Let the race card go,” she urged as the crowd of people erupted into cheers. Sarah Polak, director of the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center closed the event with the poignant re-

minder that “Rosa Parks sat; Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed; Barack Obama ran; and we walked.”

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is a holiday that Ronald Reagan passed in 1983, but it was not recognized until 1986. Some states avoided observing the holiday, and it was not until 2000 that all 50 states celebrated the day. Chadron does not officially observe the day, so CSC does not cancel classes for the holiday but honors King with the march. David Neishem, a history

professor at CSC, explained the history of the day and said he would like to see Chadron acknowledge the day.

“On a day like today, we need to stand by our convictions,” he said.

Even with the cold temperatures, Laure Sinn, coordinator of student activities, said there appeared to be more people than usual involved in the walk, which is sponsored annually by CSC’s diversity committee.

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THE EAGLE’S TOP ATHLETES

Chris Leak

Wrestling Weight: 197 pounds Year: Junior Hometown: Omaha Leak upset Adams State College’s Luke McPeek, ranked second in the nation, during a meet Thursday in the NPAC.

Sadie Waugh Basketball Position: Center Year: Junior Hometown: Kearney

Waugh scored 17 points and added seven rebounds on Saturday against Western New Mexico.

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Kevin McClelland, (3), senior of Long Beach, Calif., beats Lucio Luttrell, (30), junior guard of Las Cruses, N.M., in Saturday’s game against Western New Mexico University.

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Tim McDavid, (22), sophomore guard of Scottsbluff, and Sammy Hines, (5), junior pointguard of Detroit, Mich., celebrate on the bench during Saturday’s game against Western New Mexico University.

Senior center Moala Tautuaa, of San Francisco, collected a career-high 30 points, snagged seven rebounds and passed the 1,000 point mark in his career during Saturday’s 91-85 home win over visiting Western New Mexico, Silver City.

Tautuaa was more concerned with the victory itself than his personal

statistics.

“I didn’t know about the points until after the game, but I was more excited to celebrate the win with the team,” Tautuaa said.

This second straight win takes the Eagles to 4-11 overall and 4-7 in the RMAC. A slow start and a 33.3 percent (9-27) shooting effort left Chadron down 35-32 at the half. After the break, the Eagles were able to sustain

their shooting success, sinking 73.1 percent (19-26). For the game, the Eagles had only eight turnovers and converted 16 of 20 at the foul line.

Head Coach Brent Bargen was pleased with the team’s performance.

“First and foremost was the mentality. The energy and effort was much better and it was refreshing to be back home where we played free, hard and unselfish,” said Bargen. see BASKETBALL, page 12

UPCOMING CSC SPORTS

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Colorado State University- Pueblo Friday at Pueblo, Colo. (Women’s) Friday at Pueblo, Colo. (Men’s)

Colorado Mesa University Thursday at Grand Junction, Colo.

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Why Tim Tebow is the only man I fear Chris Clark Sports Editor

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merica has a weird obsession with Tim Tebow. I suppose that might be because Tebow is as weird as they come; not in the derogatory sense, but rather that the likes of Tebow have never been so thoroughly exposed to our cultural spotlight.

It’s hardly surprising, then, that the genial, painfully modest Heisman-winner, University of Florida standout, two-time BCS Champion and outspokenly religious NFL star should attract such controversy. Denver fans obviously have a soft spot for him - after getting the nod at quarterback in week five of the NFL season, Tebow dragged the then 1-3 Broncos through a seven-game winning streak, three-game losing streak, and, in an unlikely turn of events, into the second round of the playoffs. Tebow also finds quite a few friends in America’s Christian majority, people who otherwise might not have bothered with a football player but are intrigued by his very public piety and consistent habit of making at least one reference to God every time there’s a camera nearby.

And there are, of course, Florida Gators fans, who turned out in droves to support Tebow during his first real test as the leader of an NFL team against the Dolphins in Miami, Fla. But if you don’t belong to one of these groups, how do you feel about Tebow?

Maybe you find him a bit too pushy when it comes to religion; you might feel that belief should be a quiet, personal thing. Maybe you’re tired of hearing his name every time you turn on ESPN or broach the subject of sports. Maybe you just think he’s a lousy football player.

Or maybe, if you’re like me, it’s something you can’t quite put your finger on, a vague, intangible sense of distaste that makes the corners of your mouth tighten and your brow furrow every time you hear about him. Or maybe, if you’re less like me, (and unfortunately, I have seen this reaction) the mere idea of Tebow makes you furious with hatred.

These last two reactions bother me. Why are people, myself included, so put off by Tim Tebow? This man, who has done missionary work in the Philippines since his teens, who treats people stricken with terminal illness to tickets and pregame passes at every home game, who never stops fighting for a win, who, to date, has never publicly expressed an emotion more negative than an emphatic disappointment in his own mistakes?

Why is it that we, who marvel at the athletic achievements of people like Ben Roethlisberger, Michael Vick, Ricky Williams, Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods, can’t just like Tim Tebow?

I think it’s because we’re afraid. Afraid to believe. For a few reasons.

We’re afraid of being let down. We’re afraid of what every diehard fan has experienced: going to a game and cheering our hearts out, screaming and yelling and committing to a wild, unlikely cause just because it feels good, and then being disappointed by our heroes, forced to hang our heads stupidly and admit that we were wrong. What if Tebow isn’t as genuinely good as he appears? What if he’s living a well-concealed double-life, AllAmerican Nice Guy by day; sleazy, adulterous con by night? As unlikely as that may be, America has become so jaded and cynical that we’re forced to brace ourselves for the possibility of our idols bursting into flames before our eyes, leaving us with nothing but ashen memories and an unshakable feeling of betrayal.

Secondly, we’re afraid of ourselves, and of what Tebow’s very existence says about us. We’re afraid to admit that Tebow can

© Eric Lars Bakke/ Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos Tim Tebow (15) talks with players in the bench area during fourth quarter action in the NFL AFC divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots Jan. 14, 2012 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. really be as saint-like as he appears, because as far as we can tell, he’s no different from any of us. He’s flesh and blood. He gets tackled, he throws interceptions, and he drops the football.

But with that imperfection comes a flawless, Christ-like humility, a dedicatedly humble and caring demeanor that most of us couldn’t manage if every day was Christmas. All this, in a mere mortal package. So rather than acknowledge our own significant room for moral improvement, we seek the flaws in Tebow, make snide remarks about how much he pays his publicist, and tear him down at every opportunity. This refusal to admit Tebow’s goodness points to cultural insecurities about the very nature of mankind. Here before us is a monument to the human capacity for charity and caring, living proof that we can all be better, nicer people, and by denying this, we forsake belief in the goodness of people everywhere.

To be entirely honest, I feel guilty about my inexplicably negative reaction to Tebow. It pains me that I feel any sort of contempt for a man who deserves only respect. The same sense of animosity that I once felt for him has been inverted upon itself and now weighs uncomfortably in my gut.

I learned a lot about myself while writing this piece. Enough

that I can see the need for a few changes. I’d like to take this opportunity to say, “I like Tim Tebow. I like how he’s nice to everyone he meets and how he never says anything negative about other people. I like how he never gives up. I like how dedicated he is to what he believes in, whether he’s on the sideline, or by the bed of a sick child, or at church. I like Tim Tebow, and I wish that everyone, myself included, was a little bit more like him.”

So, to clarify, I’m no longer afraid of Tebow. I’m afraid for him.

I’m afraid of what people who don’t believe will do to him. I’m afraid that a tough loss will prompt a snappy, mean-hearted retort. I’m afraid that the stress and pressure will be too much, and that he’ll crack open a beer to relax. I’m afraid that a moment of weakness will turn into an adultery scandal. I’m afraid that every time he has to put up with some jerk who won’t give him a break, his sinless foundations shift and groan under a growing weight. I’m afraid because Tebow is a valuable, fragile symbol of what it means to live a good life and I’m afraid of what it would mean if that symbol ever breaks. I’m afraid because the last time someone this nice showed up on planet Earth, he attracted attention from the meaner elements of the human race, and ended up getting crucified.

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Saturday, Eagle’s Rachael Smidt, (11) junior guard of North Platte, dribbles past Western New Mexico University’s Larissa Loera, (2), sophomore guard of Mira Loma, Calif., in Armstrong Gym. The Eagles beat the Western New Mexico Mustang 81-70 on Saturday and the New Mexico Highlands University Cowgirls 64-60 on Friday. These victories lifted the Eagles to a 4-11 overall record (4-7 RMAC). Both the men’s and women’s teams will travel south this week to take on Colorado State University, Pueblo on Jan. 20 and University of Colorado, Colorado Springs on Jan. 21.

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Tautaa’s strong individual performance was aided by a solid showing from Kevin McClelland, senior of Long Beach, Calif., who is currently ranked 5th in the conference in scoring. McClelland sank 21 points and added four rebounds, Sammy Hines, junior of Detroit, Mich., added 11 points and a team-high five assists while Chris Curtis, senior of Tustin, Calif., chipped in eight points.

“We want to continue this streak and use the momentum. When we take care of our jobs we’re better than most teams,” Tautaa said.

Chadron also enjoyed an 87-75 victory over New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, Chadron will get a chance to continue its winning streak this weekend as they travel to Colorado State University, Pueblo, 8-7 overall (5-6 RMAC), on Friday, and University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 7-10 overall (6-5 RMAC) on Saturday. CSU-Pueblo ranks 4th in scoring defense while UCCS ranks 5th in scoring offense and leads the conference in 3-pointers.

“We hope to take the same mentality on the road and battle through adversity,” Bargen said.

CSC intramurals start new season Kevan Carr Contributor Get ready to play ball. Or wrestle.

Chadron State College is offering students a variety of intramural sport opportunities through the NPAC this spring semester. The sports offered are 5-on-5 basketball, dodgeball, indoor soccer, wrestling, racquet ball, and wiffleball.

Registration will be handled exclusively online using a new scheduling website for college intramural sports called imleagues.com.

5-on-5 basketball offers co-ed, men’s, and women’s leagues. Registration ends at 5 p.m. today.

The season runs Jan. 23 - March 1 with games at 6 and 7 p.m. throughout the week. There will be a captain’s meeting at 6 p.m. today in the NPAC. Dodgeball also offers men’s, women’s, and co-

ed team play with registration opening on Feb. 20 and ending 5 p.m., March 15. The season starts March 19 and runs through April 12.

Indoor soccer offers only co-ed play with registration opening Feb. 20 and ending 5 p.m., March 15. The season runs March 20 through April 19.

The exact start and end dates, along with dates of registration for the racquetball, wrestling, and wiffleball tournaments, have yet to be determined and will be posted online when available.

Registration for each sport is completed online through imleagues.com. To begin, users go to the site and create an account by following the “Sign Up” link. Once the registration process is complete, users can select “Chadron State College” from the “Schools” tab, and from there can view teams by gender and join a team, create a team, or sign-up as a “free agent.”

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“I could be a vegetarian if pigs didn’t taste so good.”

—Saturday, High Rise “Birthdays are good for you. Studies have shown that people who have the most live the longest.”

—Saturday, High Rise “It doesn’t have enough density.

It can’t form a good relationship because of it.”

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Meghan Cullers, 19, sophomore of Ord, laughs with the other girls as they participate in the fourth and final event of the Mini Olympics: planks. The girls had to hold themselves up on their forearms with a straight back.

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‘John Rabe’ an unforgettable and thrilling true story Aaron Gonzalez Opinion Editor When one thinks of World War II, many people only think of it as starting in 1939 (or 1941 for the U.S.) and ending in 1945, but many overlook the real beginnings of the war, not starting with Germany, but Japan.

In the 1930s, the capital city of non-communist China was Nanking. In 1937, the Japanese bombed out Nanking and began a series of rapes, tortures, executions, and a contest to see who could behead the most Chinese. All of this was done under the auspices of the Japanese military and Emperor Hirohito (who later weaseled his way out of prosecution after the war).

At that time there was a small clutch of Westerners living in the city who did not flee to Europe or America. Instead, they stayed to try to help the miserable refugees and civilians.

One of these brave individuals was a German by the name of John Rabe who was head of the self-made “International Safety Zone.” He and his colleagues worked to try to protect the remaining civilians from the savage and ravenous Japanese soldiers, who would enter the zone to kill suspected Chinese.

These terrors and atrocities would have surely been forgotten had Rabe not recorded his thoughts and photos in his diaries, which were discovered in the 1990s and made into the thrilling book “The Good Man of Nanking.” I recently had the pleasure of watching the movie of his story in the 2009 film “John Rabe” and it doesn’t let down the diaries.

Rabe (played by German actor Ulrich Tukur) is the head of the German Siemen’s power company, with hundreds of Chinese employees and a dream to build a hydroelectric dam for the city. His dreams are dashed when a senior Nazi member fresh from Germany says he is going to replace Rabe, and that he is to leave his beloved China due to the advancing Japanese army.

When the Japanese begin bombing the city, Rabe and his wife flee back to the company in

hopes that being German property will deter bombings. Apparently the Chinese know this too, scrambling to get in and away from the bombs. Perhaps the most powerful scene (and most historically ironic) shows Rabe unfurling a giant Nazi flag and having the civilians hide under the flag to prevent the Japanese from continuing the assault. In the end, it works, but this is only the beginning of a hellish month for Rabe and the remaining Westerners.

Despite officially being a Nazi, Rabe has no real idea just how bad Hitler is in Germany, thus allowing his true humanity to flourish.

Some don’t trust him, such as Dr. Robert O. Wilson (played amazingly by Steve Buscemi), the head doctor at the nearby hospital. I myself can’t forget the scene when, during a meeting of Westerners debating on helping the Chinese, Dr. Wilson enters, blood-spattered, and sits down nonchalant. When asked how he feels, he replies, “I feel nothing. Seventeen children died before my eyes, some with no arms, no legs, and some with only half a head. I feel nothing.”

Along with a French principal at the local girls school, an anti-Nazi German citizen, and an American citizen, Rabe and Wilson work together to construct a zone for Chinese civilians to be safe from the Japanese. The time they spend there is one month at the most, but it feels like eternity with dwindling supplies, constant raids by the Japanese for girls and supplies, and death and terror in and out of the zone.

I won’t ruin the ending, and you’ll be holding your breath at that point, but I can be sure that anyone who sees this masterpiece of American, German, and Chinese filmmaking will not leave without deep thought or reflection. It’s a pity that Japan, even to this day, denies anything happening in Nanking. That is a terrible shame; for while the Jewish Holocaust has been recognized and apologized for, the Asian Holocaust is still denied vehemently and Japan goes on without repercussions.

If you like the emotion and passion of “Schindler’s List,” then “John Rabe” will surely not disappoint.

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Finger Painting 101 ABOVE: Dani Buckley, 20, junior of Palmer, Ala., drips some paint on a piece of construction paper for Kirby Krogman, 19, sophomore of White River, S.D., during the Finger Painting event Thursday in the Red Room.

LEFT: Dani Buckley, 20, junior of Palmer, Ala., adds more paint to finish her art during the Finger Painting event Thursday.

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‘Heaven is for Real’ author to speak twice on campus Author Todd Burpo, who wrote the best-selling book “Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back” will be doing two presentations in the ballroom Friday.

Burpo’s first presentation at 6:30 p.m. is full, according to the event organizer Jodi Banzhaf, so a second presentation will be added at 9 p.m.

Burpo is a pastor a Crossroads Weslyan Church in Imperial. At his presentation, Burpo will speak about his son’s emergence from a surgery with stories about heaven.

The presentation is sponsored by CSC’s Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship. Tickets are free and can be reserved by calling Banzhaf at 308-430-2710.

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A group of individuals, illuminated by multiple laser light systems, dance and move around the floor of the ballroom during Thursday’s Stoplight Party.

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“Constitution Day;” field trips to explore law schools, court’ and law-related facilities; speakers; and the trip to the Conference on World Affairs • Club’s goals: To increase students’ knowledge of law in preparation for a career as a legal professional • What group of students are you targeting: Any students who have an interest in law • What are the benefits of joining: Students engage in campus community events, fundraising, and social events • When club meets Once a month

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Multi-colored laser lights were displayed around the ballroom and illuminated the dancer floor and the dancers.

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This was the theme at The Pit’s “Stoplight Party” Thursday night. The stoplight party had a Jamaican theme, and all the students were asked to wear certain colors for their relationship status. Green was “single, go”, yellow was “try me”, and red was “taken.”

Jamaican Jerky Chicken was offered to the party-goers and provided by dining services.

Gavan Archibald, fresman, of Middlesex, Jamaica, deejayed the dance.

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