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“Look out, look out, look out!” three doowop girls sing, referring to a “Little Shop of Horrors,” located on an urban skid row. The urchins girls appear throughout CSC’s new musical, like a 1960 Grecian chorus, and comment on the increasingly dark turn of events. The Motown drama comes from an evil plant named Audrey II, who gives its owner fame, family, and fiendish ideas.

James Steele, freshman of Lincoln, voices the plant from off-stage.

Steele said voicing the plant is challenging, since it puts a lot of stress on his voice.

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The other half of this insidious vegetation is Michael Kruger, senior of Gordon, who works the puppets. The unique difficulty, according to Steele, is synchronizing the pair’s actions and intentions. Kruger may make an unscripted movement or expression, and Steele must vocalize it. The puppets were rented from Intermission Productions and Puppet Factory out of Tracy, Calif. The play’s plot grows around this pernicious weed and its uncanny appetite for human blood.

Despite its repugnant diet, the plant coerces people to feed it by promising all their heart’s desires. For a plot more than 50 years old, “Little Shop of Horrors” still addresses relevant themes of temptation and consequence.

Just remember, “don’t feed the plant.”

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Willis Miller, senior of Deer Trail, Colo., as Orin Scravello, grasps his leather jacket while singing during the Theatre Department’s “Little Shop of Horrors” musical production. Miller played three other named supporting roles, in addition to numerous unnamed ones.

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Former CSC president Sam Rankin died early Sunday in a Dayton, Ohio hospital.

Rankin suffered a short bout with pancreatic cancer.

Rankin served as president from 1986 to 1998. After he stepped down as president, Rankin was named president emeritus and remained on the campus for nine years as a Board of Trustees Professor of History.

“He was a kind, intelligent, funny man who made a grand impression on me,” Chadron resident Rana Tucker said. “He was my adviser for my first master’s thesis, and I’m so glad I knew him.”

Rankin’s impact stemmed from his humor, intellect, and humility, said Mark Martins, former CSC graduate student and current history adjunct.

“He personified the type of teacher I wanted to be,” Martins said. “He was fun to learn from, spoke in a way that you remembered, and didn’t take himself too seriously.”

Martin said he remembered Rankin as being accessible, and considered him a mentor. Rankin’s survivors include his wife Sharon, three sons, a daughter, and seven grandchildren.

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STUDENT SENATE

Senate adds two to exec board Sara Labor Lifestyles Editor Student Senate made two allocations at this week’s Student Senate meeting.

Senate allocated $56 to buy Senator Folders.

Senate also allocated $500 for homecoming royalty materials. Ashley Swanson, treasurer, then said there are $18,738 in unallocated funds.

Bahensky suggested a change to the by-laws that states any expenditure less than or equal to $100 needs only the prior approval of Senate Executive Board. Currently the by-law says $50 or less.

In other business, Bryant Pritchett and Darren Burrows came to speak to Student Senate about placing speakers in the Red Room. T.J.

Thomson, vice president, said that at least one event is hosted in the Red Room every week, and as it is used so often, speakers would be a good addition. Pritchett said that currently the only way to play any music is the television in the room, making it a very cold environment.

“We want to make it more inviting,” Pritchett said.

The Senate voted to table the discussion, but support the project.

Swanson said that Jake Almanrode, Gavan Archibald, Hannah Clark, Nakaya Fester, Paul McGowan, Willis Miller, and T.J. Thomson were selected for the 2012-13 Senate Finance Committee.

Faye Wefso was elected Senate Parliamentarian, and Reba Jackson was voted Corresponding Secretary.

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John Morford, 20, of Chadron, installs vinyl flooring in the south side of King Library's second floor Tuesday morning. The installation area was once an uncarpeted storage closet, but was removed to provide more floor space, Shawn Hartman, assistant director of public services, said Tuesday. In addition to renovations, the college has purchased new furnishings for the library. Tables for computer stations, which will dot the library's main level, are being shipped next week, Hartman said. "Things are moving along," she said.

Policy revisions mean big change for clubs Sara Labor Lifestyles Editor Board Policy 3300, concerning fundraised student funds, has recently raised many questions from clubs and advisers. Aaron Prestwich, interim executive director of student affairs spoke to Student Senate and CAB about the policy this week in order to offer guidance and answer any questions concerning the policy.

The policy states that each college in the Nebraska State College System have structured student organizations and an organized student government. It also goes on to state that each student organization is responsible for maintaining its own bank account outside of the college foundation for funds from student organization fundraising or other activities.

Prestwich said that the main reason that this policy has been put in place is because student accounts are not college funds, and when these funds are held on campus, they can be state-audited.

Prestwich also said that because of Board Policy 3300, each club is required to have an adviser approved through his office.

New advisers are required to fill out a form.

Prestwich said that he believes that nearly every professor or staff member who fills out the form to be an adviser will be approved.

Under the finances section of the policy, it is required that every organization becomes responsible for maintaining its own bank account. To establish a bank account in the organizations name, each club needs to get a federal tax id number, Prestwich said. Clubs cannot use Chadron State College id number or a social security number.

The account cannot be in the name of one person; it is meant to be the club’s funds.

If a club makes $5,000 or more in fundraising, that club is required to obtain a 501(c)7 organizational status. This requires completing an IRS 1024 form. According to Prestwich, this process can take up to six months; those clubs who do need to apply for a 501(c)7 will be given more time to move their money to an off campus location.

Club advisors cannot have an account in their name, or write checks, Prestwich said. However, the students of an organization can determine which students can have access to the bank account and can also ask for bank statements.

Prestwich also said that each club was required to safely practice cash handling. Logs should be kept and cash and checks should always be locked away, Prestwich said.

Fire awareness burns bright Josh Rose Contributor Most everyone is aware of the impact that the Region 23 Complex Fire had on the surrounding area. Students, faculty, staff, and any family members that have been adversely affected by the fire can seek assistance from the Chadron Community Foundation, Inc. or from the Natural Resource Conservation Service, if pasture was burned in the recent blaze.

The Nebraska Forest Service will be hosting it’s sixth annual Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy April 13-21, 2013. The cost to register is $30 per class.

“We’ve had higher numbers every year participate and we hope to have more participate this year,” Casey McCoy, wildland fire training manager, said. “Some years we’ve had as many as 30 students from Chadron State participate, and other years

we’ve had as few as a dozen.”

Last year there were 270 students who participated in the training. Upon completion of the Fire Academy participants will obtain certification making them qualified to be on a forest fire, said Steve Lenzo, deputy forest supervisor of the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands. If a student participates in the training the likelihood of that individual getting hired with a fire crew increases due individual’s initiative, Lenzo said.

Lenzo furthermore praised the Chadron State College personnel for accommodating firefighters during the Region 23 complex fire. “[Chadron State] put up the firefighters, fed them, and provided a large meeting room for briefings and logistical support,” he said. “They did this all on a short notice, I can’t say enough good things about the staff and administration.”

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- Little Shop of Horrors, 2 p.m. M Hall Auditorium - Night of Country Swing, 7 p.m. Chadron Art Center

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harvest moon fast facts OVERVIEW– The 2012 Harvest Moon made its initial ascent over Chadron Saturday. Though the majority of Harvest Moons occur in September, approximately one-fourth rise in October. The last time one rose in October was 2006, and the next time it will occur is in 2017. The Eagle interviewed David DeVorkin, senior curator for the history of astronomy at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum about what makes Harvest Moons unique.

SIZE– ” There’s no particular difference in size of the moon,” DeVorkin said. “It can occur when the moon is slightly larger than a normal full moon, but it can also occur when it’s slightly smaller.” The moon appears larger when it hangs lower in the sky, due to an optical illusion.

TIMING– “The main thing about the harvest moon is that is arises at sunset at about the same time–two or three days in a row–and the idea there is that it gives a little extra light to farmers for them to farm,” DeVorkin said.

COLOR– “The color it takes on is really a function completely of the nature of the earth’s atmosphere and how much dust there is,” DeVorkin said. He also said that a Harvest Moon can appear gray or whitish due to air pollution, but that the most common color is an orange or red.

Blue light is scattered more than red light through the air, which allows us to perceive the color as more red, DeVorkin said. There is more atmospheric haze when the moon is low in the horizon than when it is high in the sky, which contributes to our perception of its color.

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Change has its discontents Change is sometimes a necessity for items or ideas that don’t seem to be adequate for a situation. Change can bring about great outcomes; however, it can also be redundant and hinder more than it helps.

Recently, CSC has changed their website to look new and improved. The crumpled paper background can possibly portray a student’s anger towards the loads of homework they have, or it can show the frustration student’s now have trying to navigate the website.

On this revised website, all of the links most used by students (EagleMail, Sakai, and MyCSC) are in the Current Students section. They used to be listed separately on the top of the page, easily readable and accessible. It does make sense to put them there, but why was it necessary to change it in the first place?

Daniel Binkard, graphic design artist, was the man in charge of the design of the new website. He collaborated along with College Relations to come up with the blueprint. The result, according to him, is modern and still effective.

“We have a lot of services to put on the website so it was hard to fit it all on the homepage.

That is the reason for putting student links under Current Student,” Binkard said Tuesday.

Before this new website and the one before it, the same three links were under Current Students. Therefore, students just got used to the change of having the links being separate at the top of the page, and now they have to start all over. Some may say that this complaint is a sign of laziness, but those seconds spent clicking on multiple links to go between EagleMail and Sakai are important when trying to finish homework on time.

At first glance, the home page looks very organized and packaged as different ideas are grouped together on the page. However, the look of the boxes has some similarities to (some say) restaurant menus.

CSC also recently proposed three ideas for a new college logo. Even though the winner hasn’t been picked, the new logo will change much. Gear that students wear and documents that faculty use will be different, and the town will have to get used to it as well.

“We are in a new century, the school just celebrated its centennial birthday so the new logo and website add to that new change,” Binkard said.

The symbolism of the new century and new changes for Chadron are not a bad idea; however, the changes’ effectiveness should not be subordinate to a desire for flashy style and appearance.

THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 2012

Apocalypses: How many have we survived?

Nathan Pindell Columnist

Alright so we only have about three more months before we all die because some Mayan dude couldn’t fit any more dates on a circle slab, and therefore the end of days is upon us. So make your bucket lists kiddies, because I think this is the one where we bite the big one. What is going to happen to us?

Meteor? Zombies? Someone from the independent candidates actually gets a vote in the 2012 Presidential Election? (My money is on Jim Carlson. If you want to see the other candidates that you have never heard of and enjoy the party names, the link is: http://www. politics1.com/p2012.htm. You’re welcome.)

Yes the world is coming to an end, and soon looting and plundering will be the norm. Or will it? I mean how many flu strains have we lived through? And yet, here we are, still alive.

Avian, Swine, and West Nile are just some of the examples of diseases we’ve survived. Then there was the SARS outbreak which people were afraid was going to find its way to America. Yet here you are, reading this article, you little prodigy of an immune system, you.

Let’s go through a list of things that have been publicized as “the end of days.” In the year 793, a Spanish Monk predicted the second coming of Christ. For a group of people, this was the end of days. A single crowd of people, mind you, that didn’t have the Internet. But the threat was there! So much so that

history recorded the event. Even Wikipedia the date was moved up to October of 2011? has heard of it, so you know it must be true.

No? But that was not the only “prophesized” Some manically clever men decided to run second coming. There were at least twenty to Craigslist and post that they had sinned other times that people predicted the second too much to be raptured and would take coming. Yet, the world kept on spinning. So care of your money and possessions on Earth either they were wrong about the while you are gone. No one would man upstairs visiting us, or fall for that, right? Once someone needs to check again; wrong. Many peohis day planner because ple posting these ads he is a few centuries were rewarded with late. gifts from people Let us skip forbelieving that the ward a few more light at the end years to the men of the tunnel and women of was calling their New England in name. So thanks 1780. They beinternet, for lieved that they reaching more had a warning people who I am of the end of the surprised can acdays, and that the cess the internet. world was going to If anyone has burn. Why? Because lived since 1989, like the sky was dark. Now, me then they have lived there is no actual account through approximately no of what may have caused the sky to go dark. It is believed Photo by www.wpclipart.com less than fifty-two different dates that the world was gothat the smoke of a fire, fog, An asteroid colliding with Earth ing to end. Those rebels. They and cloud cover all contribshould try out for Survivor! Granted, everyuted. But it could have been various other one else has lived through those dates, but things, such as a solar eclipse, night time, or that is beside the point. So are we going to die some other natural explanation. The list goes because someone didn’t add any more dates on and on. to a pretty calendar? More than likely not.

But those are all old, right? We have the Anyone can make an accusation about the news coverage, science, and the Internet, so end of times. Even the father of physics Isaac we’re not going to believe the people that say Newton has predicted such an event to hapthe end is near, right? Wrong. It is because we pen in 2060. Probably not going to come true. have the Internet and media that more people Probably. But watch out for that meteor Apoare likely to fall for it. Remember the end of days in May 2011, then when it didn’t happen, phis. That stuff is real.

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Are you going to vote? Why? “Yes, because I want to express my right.”

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Obama isn’t doing anything.”

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Obama’s 2012 slogan: keep on hoping President Obama may be the safer bet for America, but true liberals may find themselves voting for him by default rather than out of celebration have a lot of problems with their platform, no question about that. But substance-wise, Obama differs very little and it’s only his saving grace of intelligence that keeps me on his side.

Though there are plenty of liberals who have been disillusioned, others still need a wake up call before they cast their vote for Obama and the Aaron Gonzalez Democrats. The Democrats (instead of acting like Opinion Editor Republicans and forcing through bills with little compromise) have largely been weak in their will and compromised everything in the hope to make The way many liberals have been speaking of nice with the GOP. President Barack Obama these past four years, Starting with healthcare reform, the left must one would think that he’s been a new Franklin think critically about what it really is. During the Roosevelt. He’s the one who got the troops out 2008 election, the Democratic candidates went of Iraq, passed healthcare reform, stands for gay around hoping for a new system that would either marriage, got Osama bin Laden and other laurels. be single-payer (like Canada) or have the option When I see this kind of praise heaped on the Presto buy into the same kind of insurance that govident, my inner liberal starts ticking, yet my mind ernment employees have. But what did America reminds me that these are half truths and hyperget, despite the Democrats having the majority bole. in Congress? It got a mandate that requires every Mitt Romney and American to buy private insurance or pay a hefty Paul Ryan fine (like Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts plan). certainThis is not the liberal dream; this is the Newt l y Gingrich plan from the 1990s. In other words, it is a government mandate to add more customcustom ers to an almost-monopolized insurance racket.

The Democrats began the negotiations not with a full-blown single-payer plan (which would have at least been watered down to a public option), but with a largely privatized plan, with the public option as a flexible add-on.

Had they known better, they would have comknown that the GOP never likes to com promise on these issues, and that the public option to them was equivaequiva lent to a Soviet-style system. So much for healthcare reform, huh? imSame-sex marriage is im portant to many liberals and myself, and yet Obama until recently played it safe. Like liberother weak-kneed liber als, he simply said that while same-sex unions didn’t bother him he preferred to leave it “to the states” to decide it.

Way to have it both ways, Mr. President.

(For the record, let me make something clear: states are not people, they do not have Photo courtesy the White House In a second term with no reelection, Obama has the opportunity to actually push a more left“rights.”) wing political agenda. For the sake of the Progressives, he at least must try to fulfill his promises.

It was only af-

ter Vice President Biden came out in favor of full marriage equality that Obama and the Democratic Party jumped on board. Even so, I doubt that if the Democrats retake the House that they’d force it through, given their past record of buckling to GOP pressure (remember that Bill Clinton approved the hideous Defense of Marriage Act in the first place, and even ran on that law in his 1996 campaign). The diamond in the rough here is the passage of the Matthew Shephard Act, so there’s some progress.

In foreign policy, Obama hasn’t changed much from Bush. Republicans wail that Obama is “apologizing” for America, gutting the military, and making America weaker. Really? Military spending has gone up under Obama, Guantanamo Bay prison is still operating (not a problem to me), and despite originally being against them, Obama has been a major backer of increasing drone strikes overseas.

As for leaving Iraq, the only reason our troops left in 2011 is because of an agreement that the Bush and Iraqi governments agreed to in the late 2000s. And if one wants to credit Obama for the killing of Osama bin Laden, don’t forget the way leftwing hacks like Michael Moore were talking about it. One would have thought that it was America that was the terrorist.

Domestically one should be fair when it comes to the economy. As any rational person would know, an economy that evolved on weak foundations for at least 30 to 40 years can’t be repaired and booming again in under four years. After all, the effects of Vietnam and the postwar bubble didn’t manifest until the mid-1970s through the 1980s, and recovery from that didn’t appear until the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. America may not see a return to prosperity at least until the end of the decade.

On another important liberal issue, that of legalizing cannabis, hardcore liberals surely must be disappointed. Federal spending and crackdowns on cannabis usage have increased under Obama, and even now he is still against decriminalization. Now I don’t care whether or not it’s legal, but even “pro-pot robots” can’t really think Obama’s on their side. If they do, they need to clear their heads.

Don’t get me wrong, in the end I think Obama is an intelligent and rational president worth having, but the facts must be faced that he is not some uber-liberal model. He’s a politician like anyone else, and his followers (from the nutjob Daily Kos to the talking heads on MSNBC) need to realize this uncomfortable truth. Some things just are out of his control, or out of his thoughts.

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Three soldiers traverse the deserts of Iraq in early 2007.

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Love and war aren’t always fair Military experience doesn’t make vets poor dates

Franklin Annis Columnist

We live in a disposable culture. Increasingly the products we demand are not intended for years of reliable service.

We prefer to buy cheap items that we can simply throw away when they have served their purpose.

So I was not surprised when I was sent an article by a fellow soldier entitled “42 reasons not to date a veteran.” It seems only logical that this disposable mentality would eventually include military veterans. While veterans appreciate the community support when returning from deployment, our long term outlooks can appear very bleak if we are considered less than acceptable boyfriends/girlfriends/husbands or wives. It breaks my heart to think that the finest and bravest of our country are being cast aside. Knowing some incredible single veterans in America, I would like to advocate on their behalf.

DUTIFUL–Veterans are unique individuals who sacrificed their own freedom to preserve the freedoms of others. They placed their own safety below the safety of others. They sacrifice so much for individuals they don’t even know. Many will claim that not all veterans were motivated by their sense of service to join the military.

It is true that many come due to educational benefits or stable paychecks. However, even if their service was not motivated by virtue, their actions were filled with it.

Even if their motivations were less than purely patriotic, their deeds far outweigh those who choose not to serve.

LOYAL–Veterans tend to be fiercely loyal. Imagine living in environments that your life depended on total teamwork. The survival of the unit was dependent of every member displaying loyalty to the unit. Loyalty becomes a survival mechanism and is therefore held among the highest virtues in the minds of veterans.

EXPERIENCE–Veterans often have very rich experi-

ences. Being placed in extremely traumatic situations, these men and women tend to look at life in a much different manner. These experiences provide veterans with wonderful stories. While their civilian counterparts might talk about summer jobs or vacations, you will find veterans telling stories about traveling the world, acts of heroism, and making strategic impacts which have shaped the modern world. These experiences make veterans fascinating individuals. Instead of focusing on the negative impacts of PTSD, many veterans will turn to the arts like music, writing, and poetry to express and process their war-time experiences. Who among us would turn down the opportunity to date the romantic “warrior-poet?”

FORTITUDE–Veterans placed in combat environments learn how to live simple. In many cases, they live with far less than what normal civilians tend to consider the necessities of life. They learn to face hardship on a daily bases. This tends to make these individuals have incredible endurance to the hardships of life. They are not going to run at the first hint of problems. They understand that they can endure and get through rough times.

DECISIVE–Unlike many in modern culture, veterans learn how to be decisive. In the absence of orders, they can evaluate their situation and make a plan to move forward. When provided the opportunity to lead, they will do so. You will tend not to get the response “I don’t know, baby. Where do you want to go?” when asking a veteran what they want to do.

There are multiple other reasons why you should consider dating a veteran. They tend to be fit and live active life-styles. They are almost guaranteed to love your home cooking, even if you are a bad cook (If you ever had military food you would understand). They tend to be family focused. And who doesn’t love a veteran in uniform?

While veterans do have their own unique challenges when returning home, these are not enough to treat them as disposable. They have a hard enough time ad-justing without having to worry about articles circulating about why they should be considered un-dateable.

Regardless of the reason they joined the military, they risked their lives for the American people. So, I encour-age you to give a veteran a chance. They may just find that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

“Thirty days hath September,” and this year Sept. 30 marked the 30year anniversary of Banned Books Week.

Sponsored largely by the American Library Association, Banned Books Week began in 1982 after a sudden surge in the number of challenges made to books in schools, libraries, and bookstores.

But to be totally honest: this seems like a scam to coerce me to read. I mean really ALA? How did you manage to screw this one up? Only a group of librarians could take something that would, in Footloose fashion, be exciting and appealing to everyone, (engaging in the forbidden,) and turn it into a boring task comparable to counting pubic hairs. I’m trying to wrap my head around the logic.

Back in the 1200s, cetrain translations of the Bible were banned, but you don’t see modern Christians setting aside a single week for reading the New Testament, unless of course you only go to church on Christmas and Easter. Given that there’s seven days to try and cram in as much “freedom to read” as is humanly possible, how does one pick which banned book to “appreciate”?

Ten years ago in high school, my English teacher brought in a banned book: Little Black Sambo. It’s a children’s story about a little boy who gets jumped by a gang of tigers admiring his new clothes.

The book was not banned for the story, which contains no apparent racist overtones, but went out of print due to the racist nature of the pica-ninny illustrations. It generated discussion, underlining the concept of banned books, and served as the introduction to our reading Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”

“Fahrenheit 451” is set in a world where everyone is obsessed with TV and radio, and no one reads anymore. The job of “firemen” is to go and burn books. But a rogue fireman breaks the law and starts to read, turnning him into an instant fugitive.

Now I know some literary Patricians argue that all copies of “Twilight” should be rounded up fed into a giant boiler somewhere.

Does this mean I waste the whole week reading crappy romance novels about sparkling vampires? Do I hoard garbage literature because I can?

Or maybe I should pick up a copy of the men’s magazine, Playboy.

It has been banned numerous times, and one of the recurring reasons is that it promotes the sexual objectification of women. But you’d be surprised to find that there are copies of Playboy that are printed and distributed by the Library of Congress… in Braille. Apparently some people do, in fact, “read it for the articles.”

It just seems so odd to me that, as a liberalized society, we’d set aside one week to “fight the power.” We reserve a single week for reading the contraband “the Party” wants to keep out of our hands. But for the remainder of the year, those books probably sit on shelves somewhere, collecting dust while we quietly respect authority and nod our heads, sinking back into our own little boxes.

The concept of a Banned Book Week is too reactionary for me, and if the aim is awareness, it’s a compulsory afterthought.

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hadron State Theatre aims high and soars with "Little Shop of Horrors." This production is visually, musically, and dramatically great and includes a healthy dose of black comedy.

“Little Shop” plays like the upbeat musical version of an Edgar Allan Poe story. Fans of “Repo!

The Genetic Opera” will find similar ethical conflicts, but none of the gore here.

The show features a simple but serviceable set, live orchestration, and a three-part Greek chorus, played by Lauren Morris, sophomore of Centennial, Colo., Becci French, senior of Alliance, and Rian Mamula, junior of Box Elder, S.D. The ladies' songs and dance frame the narrative, while they also serve as urchins for the other characters to grumble at and fawn over.

"Little Shop" centers on bumbling nobody Seymour Krelbourne, played by Derek Phelps, sophomore of Sidney. Phelps recalls all the nasal nerdiness of Rick Moranis, without being annoying.

Seymour is hopelessly in love with his co-worker Audrey, played by Ashley Rushman, senior of Gurley. It's Left, Lauren Morris, sophomore of Centennial, Colo., never clear whether Seymour as Crystal, Derek Phelps, sophomore of Sidney, as loves Audrey for her magical Seymour, and Becci French, senior of Alliance, sing with Derek Phelps, sophomore of Sidney, holds two teleConductor and keyboardist Mimi Norman plays a digital blond unicorn-lady hair or her the Audrey II plant. phones at his workplace Monday. piano Monday during a dress rehearsal. apparent penchant for handcuffs.

Rushman plays Audrey as a Photos by T.J. Thomson self-consciously wilting woman Ashley Rushman, senior of Gurley, as Audrey, sings during the Theatre Department’s “Little Shop of Horrors” musical production. who knows better, but can't help sticking with her boyfriend even if he gifts her the occasional shiner or calls her a A particularly nice touch is the use of several different puppets with his lady's sadistic alpha-male boyfriend wouldn't be very instupid dame. Her boyfriend is none other than the motorcycle- teresting. to trace Audrey II’s growth from a small potted nuisance to a leriding dentist, straight out of "Grease." The protean Willis Mill"Little Shop" doesn't let us down once the story dispenses with viathan menace to society. The medium-sized puppet, which was er, senior of Deer Trail, Colo., plays the likably loathsome Orin Seymour and Audrey's conniving boss, the unctuous Mr. Mushmore of a flytrap bodysuit, is the most life-like. The enormous Scravello, D.D.S. nik, played by Zachary Henderson, sophomore of Douglas, Wyo. Scravello's tendency toward sadism recalls many painful child- Henderson's New Yorkesque accent is my favorite and his bearing puppet used toward the end was versatile enough to make the eating scenes believable, if not realistic. hood trips to the dentist and contrasts with Audrey II's inhuman- recalls Jackie Gleason on "The Honeymooners." ity.

But Mushnik's a nogoodnik and he must give way to the show's While Audrey II’s unending cries of “feed me” are chilling, and In fact, Miller makes up the balance of the play's extraneous true botanical genius—and I don't mean George Washington Seymour’s increasingly immoral methods of getting its food discharacters, shifting seamlessly from old to young, businessman Carver or even Seymour Krelbourne. turbing, the show stays pretty light. The laughs keep coming, the Audrey II is the diabolical flytrap with a taste for blood, and to bum. In one scene he even appears hilariously in drag. He'd have likely stolen the show given more stage time. However, the the real star of the show. Audrey II is voiced masterfully by James actors are great, and the music fun.

“Little Shop of Horrors” is a delightfully dark, hilarious romp Steele, freshman of Lincoln, and brought to life by the untiring script keeps the action moving at a fairly rapid pace. through foam rubber carnage.

A musical merely about a lovesick underdog who can't compete efforts of Michael Kruger, senior of Gordon, as puppeteer.

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arents be warned, if you bring your children to CSC’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” they will never want to go to the dentist again.

Despite that little insight, the play is over-filled with different emotions, and takes the viewer on a wild, yet pleasantly enjoyable ride. It’s interesting to see a play with such a heavy, dark, and cynical plot line turn into something that makes the audience laugh.

Many of those laughs came due to Willis Miller’s multiple personality syndrome. Miller played seven different characters, but he never mingled their different personalities.

For example, when he played the different contractors, all vying for plant cuttings, each one had his own voice and mannerisms without being redundant.

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too bad at playing a woman, either.

Other cast members, like Derek Phelp’s Seymour and Zachary Henderson’s old and greedy, Mr. Mushnik, played their character well, never once breaking the trance of being someone else. Ashley Rushman, who plays Audrey, the play’s heroine, who skims over her abusive situation. Rushman excels at portraying the multi-faceted character, a woman who believes she deserves her punishment of being with a man who constantly abuses her.

James Steele, the voice of the plant, was so great that despite the evil nature of the plant I was often laughing when it spoke.

He was truly a villain you love to hate. Michael Kruger, "Little Shop’s" puppeteer, kept in sync with Steele excellently. The pair makes the audience believe they are one person, or rather plant.

The set was well thought, well placed, and built the perfect scene for both Skid Row and the Flower Shop. Costume design reinforced these scenes, with thoughtful, period designs that reflected each character.

Despite "Little Shop’s" dark plot, most lines left audience members with belly laughs, which dimmed down the oppressive darkness.

The ending, however, was discouraging compared to the rest of the show. Along with a disappointing fourth-wall break, I felt that the play dragged on far too long. There were many times when the play could have ended, but instead, more unnecessary parts kept coming about. For instance, at the very end, I felt like I was in the middle of a disco while watching an old child’s cartoon running in the background. It didn’t go along with the plot line, and the dance-show lights distracted viewers from the actual drama, which had intrigue and conspiracy.

In regards to discrepancies, a couple of times the flower shop’s door wasn’t used, and characters just walked in through the invisible wall. Also, during the shop-remodeling song, Mushnik and Seymour hang a “re-opening” sign on the storefront window, but it’s faced away from the glass. There it stays, for the rest of the show, which distracted this OCD reviewer into thinking, “are they constantly re-opening?”

Despite these small cavities, CSC’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” will still make the audience smile. As Dr. Orin, the evil dentist says, “This is going to be a pleasure.”

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4-1 Eagles face fourth-ranked team Barrett Browne Reporter Chadron’s defense forced six straight three and outs and only allowed 20 yards in the first quarter on their way to a 23-21 victory against the Adam’s State Grizzlies.

Among the defensive heroes was senior linebacker Kevin Lindholm of Eads, Colo., who accounted for 19 total tackles on the day. Junior linebacker Shea Koch of Custer, S.D., posted 17 tackles.

This victory makes it four straight for the Eagles, and leaves them undefeated in conference play.

“The focus this week in practice was to come out and have a strong start to the game,” head football coach Jay Long said.

Sophomore kicker Alex Ferdinand of Rapid City, S.D., started the day off with a 32-yard field goal to make the score 3-0. After an Adams State punt, junior wide receiver Nathan Ross of San Diego, Calif., hauled in an 84yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Jonn McLain of Chadron.

CSC and ASC traded punts a few times before Chadron’s offense drove 80 yards in 11 plays and McLain hooked up with sophomore tailback Michael Madkins of Elk Grove, Calif., on a six-yard touchdown pass.

Ferdinand’s extra point attempt hit off the upright giving Chadron a 16-0 lead at the half.

The Grizzles drove 93 yards in 12 plays to begin the third quarter. Freshman quarterback Jeremiah Juda ran eight yards for the score and Chadron’s lead was cut in half after they had

a successful two-point conversion.

Adams State’s next drive was capped off with a 40-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Scott Kellog of Littleton, Colo.; however, their two-point conversion was unsuccessful this time, leaving the score 14-16 in Chadron’s favor to begin the final quarter.

“Every game has its highs and lows,” Long said. “Adams State stole a little momentum from us at the end, but Glen [Clinton] did a great job running and protecting the ball for us.”

Junior running back Glen Clinton of Cody, Wyo., had a career day with 198 rushing yards on 31 carries and a long rush of 28.

CSC scored their final touchdown on a nine-yard pass from McLain to senior wide receiver Cody Roes of Chadron.

But the Grizzlies had one final stand when they drove 80 yards and pulled within two points of the Eagles. They attempted an onside kick with 2:36 to go but linebacker Lindholm recovered it and Adams State desperately needed a defensive stop.

Clinton put the game away when he hurdled a defender and ran for 20 yards on the final drive which allowed Chadron to knee the ball and walk away with a victory.

Chadron State finished with 403 yards and the Grizzlies totaled 342.

CSC will play fourth ranked CSU-

Shea Koch

Football Position: Inside Linebacker Year: Junior Hometown: Custer, S.D. Koch finished the game with 17 tackles to help lead the Eagles to a victory on Saturday against Adams State.

Pueblo this Saturday in Pueblo, Colo. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

“Each week there is a new game to focus on, and the guys are excited to go on the road for another tough one this week against Pueblo,” Long said.

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CSC’s Glen Clinton, junior of Cody, Wyo., carries the ball in the game against Adams State on Saturday.

Schyuler Wetzel

Golf Year: Freshman Hometown: Hot Springs, S.D. Wetzel scored an 88 at the South Dakota School of Mines Triangular on Friday capturing third place.

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Volleyball strives for win Molly Wedan Sports Editor

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Chadron State’s Alyssa Bauer, sophomore of Rapid City, S.D., sets the ball in the game against Colorado School of Mines on Saturday.

Chadron State volleyball played on their home court for the first time this year, and unfortunately, came away with two losses. The Eagles, now 3-12 overall, hop on the road to face Colorado Mesa and Fort Lewis.

On Friday, the Eagles came out hot in the first set, winning 25-23. The hitting percentage was .122, followed by a .092, .000, -.154 in the remaining three sets.

A top hitter for Chadron was Mallory Irvine, junior middle hitter of Ravenna, who totaled 10 kills with a .304 hitting percentage for herself. Assisting her was senior outside hitter of Longmont, Colo., Mollie Jones with nine kills.

Leading on defense was Kristina Harter, senior libero of Colorado Springs, Colo., with 14 digs. Justine Ackie, freshman setter of Phoenix, Ariz., led in assists with 17.

On Colorado Christian University’s side, freshman setter Jordan Carswell had a match high 48 assists, mostly using freshman outside hitter Taylor Strums and senior right side hitter Andi Weber, each accumulating 17 kills.

Following that loss, on Saturday the Eagles took on Colorado School of Mines, who is currently ranked 16th.

CSM swept the Eagles 25-19, 25-21, and 25-19 to get the victory. The game had 15 ties and 10 lead changes. As a team, the Orediggers hit a .186 percent , while the Eagles only reached .095 percent.

For CSM, Melanie Wannamaker, junior of Kingwood, T.X., led with 13 kills and had help from teammates Sarah Pekarek and Holly Hutchinson who both spiked eight balls each.

On CSC’s offensive side, there was a tie for top hitter with Erika Roybal, sophomore outside hitter of Denver, and Mallory Irvine, junior middle hitter of Ravenna. Both athletes had only seven kills, a definite low for the Eagles. Ackie provided 17 assists for the night and 10 more were from Alyssa Bauer, sophomore

of Rapid City, S.D. There were moments where the Eagles shined, including a 6-point lead in the third set. However, CSM’s serves were too much to handle as five aces provided easy points and a returned lead to the Orediggers.

Coach Baily has had to do much reflecting and changing in order to try and help their offense. Drastic measures have had to be taken, including bringing up a medical redshirt.

“I pulled up a medical redshirt because I feel like she’ll increase the competition for us on offense,” Baily said.

Every season, an athlete would hope to improve and excel in whatever sport they play. For Mollie Jones, one of the three seniors on the team, that statement could not be more true. However, with not much change from season to season, Jones has found some ways to stay positive.

“We haven’t been getting wins, but I look at it as a positive season because the wins we have gotten are against teams we haven’t won against before. Also, our team chemistry is much better this year, making it more fun to play,” Jones said.

With team chemistry, each player brings something different, hoping it will add to the team as a whole. Jones keeps her attitude in check for the benefit of her team.

“I try to keep talking to them and stay level headed in hopes that they will stay Kristina Harter, senior of Colorado level headed too,” Jones said. Springs, Colo., passes the ball in the game “It helps that our coaches against Colorado School of Mines on stay positive as well.” Jones Saturday. reiterated what Coach Baily has said in previous weeks. The CSC volleyball team has more fight in them than former seasons.

“This season is different because we can taste the win, we are hungry for it. Once we do, we will be on a roll. ” An advantage that CSC will have toward the end of this season is the teams they play. Earlier in the season, the Eagles played more teams out of the East division who are at a higher level of competition than the West. The East division has five teams with winning records while the West division only has three. Even with this being said, Coach Baily knows that no team can be underestimated.

“One of the main things we need to do is keep focusing on our side of the court. We need to play at our level and not worry so much about the other teams,” Baily said.

This weekend the volleyball team travels to Grand Junction, Colo., first to play the Colorado Mesa Mavericks. On Saturday they will be in Durango, Colo., to take on the Fort Lewis Skyhawks. Mesa is 11-3 overall while Fort Lewi is 7-7.

“We need to not let the 11 hour bus ride get to us and focus the whole time on these games and make sure we play at our level,”

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Cowgirl earns top honor

Molly Wedan

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The Eagle’s golf team has gotten off to a great start for the 2012 season. For a team of predominantly freshman, they have proved themselves a threat.

Last Monday and Tuesday, the golfers played in the Regis University RMAC event number two. Top hitter for Chadron was Schyuler Wetzel, freshman of Hot Springs, S.D., who shot an 82 on Monday and an 80 on Tuesday to finish in 17th place overall. Four more CSC athletes placed in the top 33, helping Chadron gain their second best tournament score in school history.

Together, the girls shot a 665, just five over the 660 that was shot in 2005. They were Karissa Moreland, freshman of North Platter, Emilee Pilkington, junior of Scottsbluff, Emma Harris, freshman of Broken Bow, and Darcy Vernon, freshman of Wray, Colo.

Coach Terri Connealy has the utmost confidence in her team. “The CSC women golfers

The Chadron State College Rodeo team nabbed their first top honor of the season this weekend at the Sheridan College Rodeo in Sheridan, Wyo. Shelby Winchell, junior of Scottsbluff, took All-Around Cowgirl at the Sheridan Rodeo, tallying 155 points. Winchell also won the goat tying, posting 7.3 seconds in the first go-round and 7.7 seconds in the finals for 15.1 seconds in the average. Amy Tierney, junior of Oral, S.D., also made the final go-round in goat tying and took sixth in the average with 15.9 seconds.

In saddle bronc riding, junior Jace Blackwell of Rapid City, S.D., placed third in the average with 111 points. Blackwell was one of only three cowboys in the 11-man field to mark-out his horse and make the full eight-seconds. He is currently the top saddle bronc rider in the region with 180 points.

Junior Mitch McAdow of Littleton, Colo., moved up from last week’s placing in the tie down roping, finishing fourth in the finals. McAdow tied his first calf in 13.7 seconds, and tied his second calf in 13.2 seconds, posting a time of 26.9 seconds in the average.

Sophomore Amy Deichert of Spearfish, S.D., placed sixth for the second week in-a-row in barrel racing, tallying 36.51 seconds in the average.

Winchell, Deichert, and freshman Abbie Frey of Crawfordsville, Ind., made it to the short-go in breakaway roping. Winchell posted a time of 4.1 seconds, and both Deichert and Frey posted times of 4.5 seconds, but finished seventh, eighth, and tenth respectively after all three cowgirls took no-time in the final go-round.

The rodeo team travels to Lamar Wyo., to participate in the Lamar County Community College Rodeo Friday through Sunday.

have been working very hard during practices and they have been competing all year for the top 5 places on the team,” Connealy said.

Last Friday, the Eagle golfers participated in the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Triangular. CSC placed second with a score of 372. This was a decline from last week’s score, but that didn’t phase Connealy or the golfers.

“Our hope is that we will continue to improve each week and become more competitive in the RMAC,” Connealy said.

Another area the team wants to excel in is the academic part of the sport.

“We want to maintain the top spot academically that we acheived last year,” Connealy said.

Weltzel lead once again for CSC, and shot a score of 88. There were only four other CSC golfers who placed in the meet. Pilkington and Vernon tied for sixth while Moreland and Harris came in 11th and 14th respectively.

“Hart Ranch is a very challenging course and the wind and fast greens were definitely a factor,” Connealy said.

The golf team travels to Silver City, N.M., this week for the final RMAC event. First putt is on Saturday and competition ends on Sunday.

Darcy Vernon, freshman of Wray, Colo., putts the ball on Friday at the South Dakota School of Mines Triangular.

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Comic books make for super literature Jeff McFarland Contributor

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What banned books are you reading?

Kevin Oleksy Web Editor Some books are written with the intention of making their readers uncomfortable in a good way, to make them think “outside of the box.”

Others treat with ordinary topics, but belie subtler meanings beneath a comely surface. Still others are written merely to titillate and entertain, containing little to no deeper meaning.

Each of these categories has its best sellers, its flops, and its one hit wonders. Each also has volumes that are widely read and discussed for their merits and their controversies.

September 30 - October 6, 2012, marks the 30th annual Banned Books Week in the U.S. Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Libraries and bookstores around the country mount displays of challenged books and host a variety of events to draw attention to the problem of censorship.

What follows is a list of some of The Eagle Staff ’s favorite contested books.

Looking for Alaska,

by John Green

The book was challenged on the grounds that it is “pornographic” and “disgusting.” One parent of a high school student in New York even went as far as refusing to read the book himself, reportedly saying that “One does not need to have cancer to diagnose cancer”.

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In March, The Knoxville Journal in Knoxville, Tenn., reported that a parent of Karns High School student objected to the book’s placement on his class required reading list on the grounds that its sex scene and its use of profanity rendered it pornography.

Author John Green said, “Some people say, ‘You wrote a dirty, dirty book.’ But there are very oldfashioned values and even a lot of religion in it. There are some adults who think that the only kind of ethics that matter are sexual ethics. So they miss everything else that is going on in the book.”

Green also said, “The book has never been marketed to 12-yearolds. Never. It is packaged like an adult book; it doesn’t even say it’s published by a kids’ book imprint on the cover, and it’s never shelved in the children’s section of bookstores.”

The Hunger Games trilogy,

by Suzanne Collins

The trilogy has been maligned as anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitive, containing offensive language, a study in the occult/satanism, and promoting violence.

Many of these supposed qualities are not represented in the book. While the story does have its fair share of the ultra-violence, the main controversy actually came from the production of “The Hunger Games” film adaptation.

Back in March, as the movie debuted, Twitter exploded with fans’ complaints that two characters were portrayed by black actors.

Oddly, many of them claimed this

made their deaths less sympathetic.

But this isn’t a problem with the book (which clearly describes Rue and Thresh as having dark brown skin and dark eyes) it’s a problem with readers!

These readers failed to comprehend simple descriptive sentences and assumed the characters were white. What should have been a case for the book’s ability to make its readers uncomfortable in a good way—to identify with the deaths of people of color as much as with white kids—instead exposed a latent racism among the tweeting teens.

The Da Vinci Code,

by Dan Brown

Though older than “Looking for Alaska” or “The Hunger Games” trilogy, “The Da Vinci Code” is still a staff favorite, and is a quality mystery/thriller.

The book’s dealings with the occult, and historical offshoot Christian cults and groups is more than enough fodder for controversy.

Many have objected to the book on the basis that it is offensive to deeply held religious beliefs. This cannot be disputed, as the book does fly in the face of the established story of Christ and the foundations of the Catholic Church.

However, these facts aren’t grounds for censorship. The story is fiction, and it falls firmly in the “meant to titillate and entertain” category. The book is not a serious work of scholarship, and should not be taken as reason to question one’s beliefs (unless a reader wants to).

What is literature? In a classroom, this is a question that will inevitably lead to many slackjawed stares and grumblings before the group gives up and waits for the instructor to tell them the “correct” answer.

On the offbeat occasion that someone does decide to solve the puzzle, they are then met with an even more challenging question: what types of writing count as literature? Works from regulars such as William Shakespeare and Mark Twain are universally recognized and taught in literary circles, but what about more modern contenders like “The Hunger Games,” or the seemingly endless number of Stephen King novels? And where do newspapers and blogs fall into this mess?

We need to abandon the clichéd idea that literature is strictly limited to words on a page. Literature is about expressing truth, and while we all know that the written word is up to the task, there is an equally effective medium that is all but ignored in the literary world: the comic book.

Wait, what? That’s preposterous. What truth lies in a story about a man who beats the crap out of people with the American flag?

A comic book is, simply put, a written story with a director. The capes, suits of armor, and ripped purple shorts are only a vessel to deliver that story. Just because they aren’t written in Middle English does not mean they are any less valid than any other literature.

Some would argue that the tales in comic books aren’t based enough in reality to be actual literature, but this is nonsense.

“Conventional” literature hardly adheres to the rules of reality.

Beowulf fought dragons and demons, Goodman Brown took a walk in the woods with Satan, and Macbeth sought advice from three witches.

Though comics have fantastic elements to them, caped cru-

saders tackle real-life issues like love, hate, tragedy, and irony. For example, Iron Man, while being a genius-billionaire-playboy-philanthropist, was once a raging alcoholic. Heroes like Batman and Spider-Man fight to fill the enormous voids left by the deaths of their loved ones. Even Thor, a god in Norse mythology, has had to wrestle with woman troubles.

Comics also serve up reflections and criticisms of the time period in which they are created, just as all famous books do. In this way, comics have their roots in real-world history. Captain America was made as a moraleboosting mascot of WWII. The Incredible Hulk, a monster created by radiation, was a product of Cold War fears of nuclear armaments. The Silver Surfer was an intergalactic being with love and compassion for all living things, i.e., a flower child from space.

Certain prejudices towards comics no doubt arise from their cartoon-ish and over-the-top art style, but this one-two punch of written word working with visual images gives us levels of depth that words sometimes cannot accomplish on their own. Being able to see the torment on a guilty man’s face or the bleak desolation of a city reduced to rubble can move us emotionally, and that can make a story more approachable than if it appears in the traditional wall-of-words format. The only difference between comic books and conventional reading is that we are allowed to see the heroes’ struggles with our actual vision as they pan out, and we don’t have to rely solely on the imagination.

So the next time you see one of these larger-than-life characters on the big screen or on the page, ask yourself, if you strip away the superpowers and the costumes, what are you left with? You’re left with a person; one with problems, hopes, ambitions, and dreams, a person just like you.

What greater truth could there be than that?

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It’s an enormous product show that takes up the entire Anaheim Convention Center, all 1.6 million square feet. Last year 95,000 people attended, and it wasn’t even open to the public. Inside the convention there are entire floors devoted to pianos, and through this sea of pianos wade musical merchants, picking out the best product for next year. In the world of musical business, the National Association of Music Merchants (or NAMM) show is a big as it gets.

A global force in strengthening the music business, NAMM brings together the world’s instruments, performers, and merchandisers for an incomparable exchange of musical goods. Twice a year, summer and winter, the California-based organization hires an intern, one intern, to help.

This season, NAMM chose CSC’s own Alex Keller, a senior music business major, to help. Keller applied for the internship after Sandy Schaefer, professor of music, suggested it. Every year Schaefer takes a group of students to Anaheim, and one trip included a freshman Keller.

“My first NAMM show blew my mind” Keller said, “you ut couldn’t o turn a corner without hitting someone who loves music.” h t Keller applied for the position, attended the winter NAMM Wi show, and finally interviewed twice before being accepted. The OMus ic internship lasts six months and is paid via stipend. Keller will ex pr assist each of NAMM’s ten branches, culminating in the summer show.

Keller said, “When I realized NAMM was responsible for the show, I knew that’s where I wanted to be.”

Keller has lived in Chadron since age five, and his mother sang for CSC. His father also sings, and Keller enjoys playing the saxophone, drums, and bass guitar.

“I used to go to the Old Main and watch my mom sing in the Jazz Birds,” Keller said. His upbringing spurred him to pursue a musical occupation, but he didn’t want to enter the highcompetition field of performance.

Music business encompasses the versatile fields of recording, music, light, and sound equipment. Compared to larger industries, the enThe National Association of Music Merchants’ logo tire music merchandise world is relatively insular. It’s mass value, according to Schaefer, falls just under Sara Lee Bread.

However Keller is confident that even if he isn’t offered a position in NAMM he’ll continue with music business.

“You learn there are so many aspects in the degree; you could be doing a job you never expected.”

Schaefer, who is actually Keller’s god-father, has had one previous student intern at NAMM. “Alex has the same personality traits as many successful people I’ve known. He isn’t snide, and he’s willing to work with everyone. I think he’ll do great.”

Keller plans to leave for Carlsbad, Calif., in mid-january. The internship runs from February first to August first. At its close, Keller hopes to be offered a job.

“I’ve always wanted to work in California,” said Keller. “My goal is to not come back.”

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he sits in a white, plain examination room, clasping her hands tightly together and taking deep, slow breaths, fidgeting, as she listens to the doctor.

She closes her eyes as she hears the doctor say what she has feared, “You’re tests came back positive for breast cancer.”

“Fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of cancer.” Jodi Dannar, director of radiology at the Chadron Hospital said. Though that is just one reason of why women do not go for monthly or yearly mammograms, it seems to be a big one. Forgetting to schedule an appointment and the lack of insurance or coverage for the exam also rank high alongside fear, Dannar said.

Breast cancer steals as many victims as other diseases, but more quietly than most contracted. In 2009, more than 8,600 Nebraska residents were diagnosed with some form of breast cancer, 3,300 of which resulted in death. Untreated, breast cancer can spread, not only to other areas of the breast, but to other parts of the body. “It [breast cancer] can be fatal if it’s metastatic to other organs.” Dannar said.

Breast cancer, like other diseases, does not constrict itself to older people, though, according to breastcancer.org, it is most commonly found in the elderly.

Young girls, teenagers, middle-aged, and elderly women can be diagnosed with

the cancer. As Dannar explained it, younger girls are often diagnosed with a more aggressive cancer compared to girls who are 16 and older, who have a higher rate of developing slow-growing cancers that are noninvasive. However, regardless of the age group, one in eight women contract breast cancer in their lifetime.

From April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012, of the 1,056 people who came in to the Chadron Hospital for mammograms, 12 had to have a biopsy - an examination of the tissue - 10 of which came back as positive for breast cancer.

Unfortunately, breast cancer does not have a cure. “It’s so hard to find a cure because every type is different and in a different spot.” Dannar said.

Though there is no way to prevent breast cancer from occurring, women can take steps to reduce their chances. First, diet and exercise are crucial; the more over-weight a person is, the higher their chances are for contracting the cancer. Second, self-testing can be a key, not just now, but for future references. Checking for lumps, thickening of the skin, dimpling of the skin or nipple, sudden inversion of the nipple, and spontaneous nipple discharge can help catch cancer early.

“If you know your breasts well, then you’ll be able to tell [if there are any] slight changes.” Dannar said. Checking each breast daily

can help the person determine if there are any differences in their bodies, even if the difference is a pea-sized bump.

Men can also foster the cancer, as strange as it may sound, for they have the same system in their breasts as women, but they lack the hormonal affects. Even though women have a higher chance of developing the cancer, men have a higher mortality rate because detection is often found too late.

A real and serious issue, those diagnosed with breast cancer, depending on the stage the cancer is at, usually have to go through radiation treatments, chemotherapy, and take medication. If the treatment is not working, or if there is a chance of the cancer spreading, surgery may come into play. Surgery may include removing a lump, taking a quadrant of the breast, or a full mastectomy – removal of the breast. After surgery and treatments, there is no guarantee that the cancer will not relapse, but it does decrease the chances of it returning.

Breast cancer has declined, in diagnoses and deaths, since 1990, according the American Cancer Society, but that doesn’t mean that it’s gone forever.

One in eight women contract breast cancer in their lifetime.

– Ashley Swanson, Chief Photographer

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