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SEMPER VERITAS

CSC Student Senate to host Wayne and Peru counterparts for a leadership conference, Oct. 20-22

SPECIAL MIDTERM ISSUE

T.J. Thomson Executive Editor

LEADERSHIP

Gov. Heineman to speak at CSC’s Memorial Hall Photo courtesy of the State of Nebraska

Gov. Dave Heineman speaks at a presentation of the InternNE.com website, Aug. 8, in Lincoln. Heineman is the featured speaker of the Oct. 21 portion of the State Colleges Conference.

OPINION

SPORTS

Are U.S. citizens getting soft?

LIFESTYLES

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Due to midterm break, The Eagle will not publish next week. The next edition of The Eagle is scheduled to be published Oct. 27.

Gov. Dave Heineman is the featured speaker of a three-day leadership conference hosted by the Chadron State College Student Senate, Oct. 20-22. The governor’s address, slated for 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 in CSC’s Memorial Hall, is free and open to the public.

On Tuesday Sue Roush, communications assistant in Heineman’s office, confirmed that the governor would address, among other things, two questions posed to him by the CSC Student Senate – “What impact does the youth of Nebraska truly have on the state and its future?” and “How exactly are we (students) supposed to get our ‘voice’ out there and make an impact?”

The leadership conference includes the student governing bodies and faculty advisers from Wayne State and Peru State colleges, Chadron State’s sister institutions in the Nebraska State College System. Representing CSC are members of the Student Senate and CAB’s Executive Board.

Branded as the “State Colleges Conference,” the three-day meeting is the brainchild of CSC’s Student Senate, which responded to a suggestion by one of its faculty advisers to engage in more interaction with the other two system schools.

“I see the State Colleges Conference as a way to bring in ideas we may have never considered. It will not only be beneficial to the student leaders attending, but to the students we will bring the ideas back to on our respective campuses,” Student Senate Vice President James Bahensky said. see LEADERSHIP, Page 2

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STUDENT SENATE

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Nebraska author honored through lecture series

Leadership conference leads senate discussion

Dr. Ron Hull will deliver the second installment in the Pilster Great Plains Lecture Series, “Mari Sandoz: On Writing and Life,” 7 p.m. tonight in CSC’s Memorial Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Sara Labor

Lifestyles Editor The upcoming Leadership Conference was the main topic of discussion at Monday’s Student Senate meeting.

Vice President James Bahensky went over the schedule for the upcoming leadership conference Bahensky also said that as of Monday, there had been no advertising promoting the governor’s speech. Bahensky asked for volunteers to help advertise by speaking on the radio. Only one person volunteered, and after a senator’s suggestion, Bahensky also agreed to speak on the radio about Gov. Heineman’s visit.

Treasurer T.J. Thomson said that there is $13,849 in un-allocated funds. He also announced the students who would be serving on the Senate Finance Committee, following two sets of interviews done last week Thomson introduced a $270 allocation from the foundation Account for Senate T-shirts, and introduced another allocation for $800 towards the upcoming leadership conference. Both motions were approved.

Cressey Yeutter, senator of E.H.P.C.P.S.W., said that she and senate adviser Jamie Wada had finished putting together a survey asking students what they thought about online classes. Yeutter said that she planned to ask teachers to give their students the survey, since students might ignore an email survey.

RETURN OF OKTOBERFEST

Social work students, club to host civility workshop A group of experts will present strategies to help nurture civility among youth beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Friday in the Student Center ballroom.

This event is sponsored by the social work club, and is free and open to the public.

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Jeanne Goetzinger, of Chadron, demonstrates the workings of a loom during the 2009 CSC Oktoberfest.

After a one-year hiatus, the annual Oktoberfest event is returning to CSC. The event, organized to celebrate German tradition through food and fun, will be from 5-8 p.m., Oct. 21 in the Student Center ballroom.

Tickets are $5 for CSC students and children under 13, and $10 for everyone else.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact Shaunda French at 308-4326302 | sfrench@csc.edu, or Bob Knight at 308-432-6284 | rknight@csc.edu.

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Bahensky, who organized the conference, called the event “a first of its kind” at CSC, and said about 15 students and faculty advisers from Wayne and Peru have confirmed they would attend.

The itinerary for the conference includes presentations by the student governments of Peru and Wayne on the

The results of Chadron State’s firstever multi-million-dollar campaign surpassed the $11-million goal at $16,511,712, as announced at the Centennial Gala Sept. 30.

Roughly one-fifth of the funds raised has been dedicated to capital construction projects, including the Rangeland Agriculture Center and the Armstrong Gym remodel and expansion.

morning of Oct. 21, and a series of round table discussions about student government operations.

“Our sessions on both Friday and Saturday will include round table discussions, leadership building activities, and idea swapping,” Bahensky wrote in a lateAugust email to conference invitees.

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Let’s face it: Americans are getting soft SHOULD WE TOUGHEN UP? COMMENT ONLINE

Aaron Gonzalez Opinion Editor

President Obama has said something equal to treason again. Last week on Florida’s WESH 2 he said, “[America] is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and, you know, we didn’t have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades. We need to get back on track.”

One would think that it was obvious.

But no, the Republicans are interpreting that Obama is calling the American people “soft.” Gov. Rick Perry criticized Obama, saying, “Americans are plenty tough. What we’ve got is a soft president.” Mitt Romney also commented, “It’s not that we have become soft. It’s that he’s on our shoulders and is too heavy.”

What Obama was actually talking about was the fact that America today is falling behind the rest of the world in productivity, ingenuity, and education. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, judging 39 countries on their competitiveness drive from 1999 to 2011, finds America at the bottom just ahead of Italy.

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria also revealed this week some depressing facts about our productivity. In the 1950s, household debt was at 34 percent of disposable income, and today it is 115 percent. Investing in research

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new energy sources, and building amazing structures for infrastructure and space travel.

Today why bother when we have such wonderful creations like the Clapper, pop music videos, the Dollar Store, and erectile dysfunction pills (rather then a cure for cancer)? It’s much easier and requires no sacrifice.

Finally, despite working more than before, fewer Americans are actually working the backdifficult jobs. People blame illegal immigrants for taking those jobs, but I doubt anyone around here would work in a field for 18 hours a day for less than minimum wage with no benefits.

Anthony Bourdain, host of Travel Channel’s “No Reservations,” reflected that in his career he has never seen a white American ever come to find work washing dishes, cleaning toilets, or scrubbing the floors.

I think if World War II were to have occurred today, actions like gasoline rations, food rationing, higher taxes, and the sacrificing of luxury items would never be tolerated. Americans would whine about being deprived of their “rights.”

Obama may not have said it, but it is a fact that we Americans (myself included to be fair) are very soft, and if we want to get out of our rut we have to accept sacrificing our easy lifestyle and get back to work.

EDITORIAL — THE EAGLE’S VIEW

Use mid-term break wisely Once again mid-term week is here, and the general feeling on campus has been stress, stress, stress. Professors and students have been fretting over the deadlines of midterm projects and exams, and the upcoming break will be well deserved.

With mid-terms soon over we as students have to use this spare time not only to relax but also to consider reorganizing how we will work for the rest of the semester.

While some students already have their methods of studying and working already formed to their taste, it’s always good to reconsider how the semester has worked out so far so students can try to fix any cracks in their schedules.

We know how hard it can be to stay focused or meet deadlines. One minute you might be searching on Google for the overseas jazz tours of Duke Ellington, the next, a video pops up in the results and one spends the next half hour watching music videos from Ellington to Elvis to everything else.

Another major problem that some students need to fix is the balance between schoolwork and their friends and job. Some students spend almost all of their time with friends and little with work, while the others spend too much time with work and not enough with friends.

Enjoy the break, as this will be a perfect time for reflection and self-adjustment.

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and infrastructure has also decreased.

Politicians like Perry and Romney can blame Obama all they want for our woes, but in reality it is Obama who is the tough one. After all, he (like President Jimmy Carter before him) has the strength to say straight to the people that the country is getting soft.

I think he should go even further and admit that it is not the government’s fault, but the fault of the people.

George Carlin said it best when he said that politicians suck because the people elected them thus, “The public sucks.” How true.

Even in education, Americans are mentally soft. Parents would rather Obama ignore the fact that they are poor at raising their kids and instead blame the subject matter and the teachers.

A majority of Americans still don’t accept evolution as fact: “Evolution isn’t real.

Earth was made via Genesis creation, and it is only 6,000 years-old.” A large percentage of Americans don’t believe in climate change: “Global warming is a myth created

by Al Gore to take away my pickup truck.”

And innovation? Steve Jobs was a true innovator, but aside from computer technology what do we invent?

In the 1950s, America was working on vaccinations to combat polio, developing

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“I’m going deer hunting.”

Scott Henderson, 19, freshman, Geology major of Bellefourche, S.D.

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“Nothing.

I’m just staying here and not doing too much.”

Lynsey Ayers, 21, senior, Elementary Education major of Brighton, Colo.

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STUDENT POLL

What do you think about the last game of the Chadron vs. Kearney football rivalry?

“I have too many friends from Kearney. I didn’t care. I knew they were going to win.”

Katie Phelps, 19, sophomore, Pre-medicine major of Ayr

“We beat ourselves.”

JoJo Phillips, 20, junior, Business major of San Diego

“It’ll bring an end to a giant rivalry but I think it’ll open up a wide range of things for us.”

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Sadie Waugh, 20, junior, Pre-physical therapy major of Paxton

Eagle’s Jeremy Sondrup, (89), senior inside receiver of Pleasant Grove, Utah, slips through Loper’s Arthur Hobbs’, (24), senior corner back of San Diego, tackle during Saturday’s game at Foster Field in Kearney.

“It was a great game to be played by both teams. They both layed it all out there.”

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Alex Rodriguez, 23, senior, Math Education major of Carolina, Puerto Rico

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Lopers clinch final rivalry game, 20-13 Sports Editor The storied Chadron State College vs.

University of Nebraska- Kearney rivalry ended Saturday on an appropriately competitive note. The seemingly outmatched Eagles fought a tough battle against the undefeated Lopers, who were ranked fourth in the nation for the second consecutive week by the

American Football Coaches Association. The tense 20-13 loss marks the last time Chadron will meet rival Kearney in the regular season as UNK prepares to move from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Association.

The Eagles defensive squad managed to fight Kearney’s high-power offense to a stalemate. Before Saturday’s game the Lopers averaged a staggering 616 yards per game total offense and

50 points per game, but were held to just 520 yards and 20 points by Chadron. Chadron also stopped the Lopers four of six times in the red zone. The Eagle’s defensive efforts were led by sophomore safety Pierre Etchemendy of Douglas, Wyo., who tallied nine tackles and senior linebacker James Belville of Valentine, who had eight tackles including two sacks. see FOOTBALL, Page 5

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Chadron Head Coach Bill O’Boyle was pleased with the defense’s performance, but found faults on the other side of the ball.

“The defense played unbelievably,” said O’Boyle, “but the offense didn’t execute and that’s the loss right there.”

Kearney’s offensive efforts included an impressive performance by senior quarterback Jake Spitzlberger of Lakewood, Colo., who amassed 292 passing yards, 85 rushing yards, a rushing touchdown and two touchdown passes. Junior receiver Tommy Flanagan, also of Lakewood, racked up 196 yards and a touchdown in 11 catches.

Kearney drew first blood on its opening drive, pushing 81 yards in 8 plays for a touchdown scramble by Spitzlberger. The rest of the quarter passed scoreless, but Chadron’s Alex Ferdinand responded early in the second quarter with a 41-yard field goal to make the score 7-3, Kearney.

Chadron gained control early in the third quarter by capitalizing on an interception made by freshman safety Lane Haller of Gordon. Four consecutive rushes by sophomore tailback Glen Clinton of Cody, Wyo., secured a three-point lead for the Eagles.

Just two plays into Kearney’s possession, Chadron recovered a fumble by freshman Ricky Trinidad of Trinity, Fla. Seeking to extend their lead, the Eagles drove 25 yards to Kearney’s four yard-line, where they were frustrated by their own turnover troubles. On second and goal, Clinton’s fumble was recovered by Jack Douglas, freshman

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Brandon Ratcliff, (66), junior outside guard of Chillicothe, Ill., watches the game from the sideline during Saturday’s game against University of Nebraska at Kearney on Saturday on Foster Field in Kearney. safety of Weeping Water.

Kearney’s offense took to the field for a 94-yard drive that ended with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Flanagan and propelled the Lopers back into the lead. Place kicker Nic Stoll, redshirt freshman of Marysville, Kan., missed the extra point, bringing the score to 13-10, Kearney.

UNK put their final points on the board with 6:16 remaining in the game. Following a 73-yard run down the sideline by Trinidad, Spitzlberger connected with wide receiver Matt Turco, senior of Lincoln from seven yards out. With the score at 20-10, Chadron attempted to mount a comeback.

Their first drive was bogged down by three consecutive incomplete passes and a missed field-goal attempt. Chadron’s defense took to the field and forced a 3-andout to reclaim possession with just 3:09 remaining. On their second attempt, Chadron managed to move the ball 66 yards in 13 plays, but were stopped on the Kearney 15-yard line. Ferdinand added another three points to Chadron’s effort with a 32yard field goal.

The Eagles attempted an on-side kick with 1:44 left on the clock, but the ball was recovered by the Lopers, who kneeled away the remaining time.

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Eagle’s Barbie DeCent, (18), junior right side hitter of Paxton, attempts to block Loper’s Ariel Krolikowski’s, (1), junior outside hitter of Grand Island, on Thursday’s game in Armstrong Gym. The University of Nebraska at Kearney swept the Chadron State College Lady Eagles 25-11, 25-11, 25-16.

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Jimi Hendrix tribute by string quartet coming to Chadron The Turtle Island Quartet, a string quartet which specializes in chamber music, will be coming to Chadron on Oct. 18 as the second installment of the Galaxy Series.

The quartet will be playing songs that celebrate Jimi Hendrix. David Balakrishnan, who is the leader of the quartet, has been a fan of Hendrix since he was a teenager. The group plays a variety music, including the classic rock of Hendrix, but also classical, jazz, and even music from a variety of places such as Latin America.

Their album “Have You Ever...?” was released in 2010. The group has also won two Grammy Awards.

The show will be 7 p.m. Oct. 18. To reserve tickets call the box office at 432-6207 or email the box office at boxoffice@csc.edu.

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“Loren Eiseley – Transitory,” by Susan J. Brasch, of Lincoln, is a three-paneled triptych from “The Immense Journey” series currently hanging in the main gallery of Memorial Hall as part of the “Impact- Dead or Alive” exhibit. The exhibit contains works from twenty-five artists that chose a Nebraskan who has made an impact on them.

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cryptozoology | noun cryp·to·zo·ol·o·gy The study of rare or legendary animals in order to evaluate the possibility of their existence.

Break two eggs into a microwavable dish. Microwave for 45 to 90 seconds. Open the english muffins. On each muffin, place 1 egg, 1 tomato slice, and 1 slice of ham.

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