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Chancellor delivers State of the System Spike Jordan Managing Editor

Students, faculty, trustees, and community members gathered Sept. 5 in the Student Center ballroom for Nebraska State College System Chancellor Stan Carpenter’s “State of the System Address.”

Carpenter began his address by drawing attention to the construction occurring on campus, part of $60 million in capital investments dispersed across the State College System. Carpenter also mentioned Oren Yagil, newly hired vice chancellor for Planning and Academic Affairs. Yagil assumed the position vacated

by Lois Veath Pobodnick’s retirement, and Carpenter spoke highly of Yagil’s credentials.

Carpenter then mentioned the Obama administration’s planned changes to higher education. According to Carpenter, the president’s proposed education plan will develop a college rating system that ties financial awards to the ratings.

While some think that the proposed policy will make college more affordable, Carpenter said that others view it as potentially harmful to students because it penalizes them for things that are beyond their control.

Carpenter asserted that regardless of policy changes made at the Federal level, the NSCS and the State of Nebraska would continue to make an effort to maintain affordability and accessibility to higher education.

Carpenter mentioned the two-year tuition freeze and how it ensures student’s continued access to higher education, as well as how this assists the State College System to overcome challenges, making a resilient partnership that fosters continued enrollment.

Carpenter spoke about the increased importance of rural health programs and public health professions programs offered through the NSCS. Carpenter talked about new programs like PHEAST (Public Health Early Admission Student Track) and how these programs can grow continued community partnerships. By channeling promising students into these programs, we provide them the opportunity and ability to get an education, and then return them to a rural practice. “Public health is a global issue,” Carpenter said. “If bird flu breaks out in China next week, it will be in Chadron two weeks after that. see ADDRESS, Page 2

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NSCS Chancellor Stan Carpenter delivers the State of the System Address Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom.

CSC READY FOR KENT HALL KEGGER The annual Kent Hall Kegger will take place in The Pit area of the Student Center at 9 p.m. tonight. Numerous games will be available, including the traditional drinking games, only with water and root beer this round.

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Board approves next phase of rangeland, roofing Ashley Swanson News Editor

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Bill Roskens discusses funds with the board during the trustees meeting, Friday in the Sandoz Center Atrium.

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We need people that are aware, educated, and informed on those issues, and we need them in rural Nebraska.”

Carpenter said that critics sometimes view colleges as stodgy and unchanging, but assured the audience that the NSCS will continue to push for change, and that the system could adapt.

Citing developments in Open Education Resources and the Kaleidoscope project, Carpenter said that the State College System is embracing change and dedicated to helping facilitate students changing educational needs.

“We’re not stodgy, we’re not stick in the mud, and we’re not defenders of the status quo,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter also stressed transparency, accountability, and ethical business practices as being essential to the contin-

ued operation of the Nebraska State College System.

“We are stewards of the Public Trust and stewards of the Public Treasury,” Carpenter said. Carpenter then unveiled plans for a contract with a well-known national company that will maintain a website and telephone hotline where individuals can anonymously report fraudulent and wasteful activity.

In an interview Tuesday, Carpenter said that the hotline will hopefully be finalized within a month, and that Carolyn Murphy, vice chancellor for Finance and Administration, is in charge of the project.

Carpenter spoke about increased scrutiny from accrediting organizations and the need for measurement and reporting, ensuring that there is evidence that students are

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The Board of Trustees approved finances for the second phase of the Rangeland Management Center at its Friday meeting in the Sandoz Center Atrium.

The board agreed to fund the $2.2 million project over the next eight years by selling bonds in 2014, which will ultimately help the college keep within the financial requirements.

The first phase of the Rangeland Center construction, which began in October of 2012 and cost about $3 million, includes an arena and extensions of utilities that lead to the initial site.

Along with the center, the board also allocated $1.1 million for roofing replacement on the second half of the Student Center. As building’s roof is constructed differently than others, because it has sky lights, the roof of the section that sits over the kitchen is difficult for construction crews to reach, Dale Grant, vice president of finances,

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said Friday.

Unanimously, the board approved for the authorization of Nebraska State College System Chancellor Stan Carpenter to talk with the city of Chadron in regards of co-using the swimming pool. This allows Carpenter to keep the project moving between board meetings, and sign contracts, if any should arise.

“It’s a great opportunity to work with the city,” Carpenter said.

The city first approved the progress into phase one of the shared pool project in February.

A study abroad trip to Cuba next May was also approved. Two faculty members, one from social science, the other from humanities, will travel with students on a nine-day trip to Cuba, where they will be able to visit museums and cultural sites. Bill Roskens, board member, said it will give students the chance to be exposed to something out of the states.

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receiving what is being advertised.

Carpenter stressed that dual enrollment and early entry programs were important to ensuring opportunity and success for students before they even enroll in college, and that high school students who arrive with credits are more likely to succeed. He issued a strong message pledging continued support for these programs by himself, the System Office, and three state college presidents.

In closing, Carpenter mentioned that incoming students have a dependence on technology, and that the colleges and system as a whole have to be as flexible as possible and underscored the need for faculty and administration to step up and engage the student through that medium.

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- Pathways to Success, 5 p.m.

Burkhiser Room 160 - Nakota Reading Council - David Nieves, 7 p.m.

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- CAB Meeting, 6 p.m. SC Scottsbluff Room - Anna Maria’s Tango Flamenco Show, 7:30 p.m.

Memorial Hall - Chi Alpha Meeting, 8 p.m. SC Ballroom

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- Rodeo Queen Contest, 2 p.m.

SC Scottsbluff - Forts of Nebraska - Jeff Barnes, 7 p.m. Maria Sandoz Center - Revive Meeting, 8:30 p.m. SC Ballroom

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Bookstore under renovation

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Construction workers tear the carpet up and take shelves apart in the bookstore.

After moving all items to a temporary location Saturday, the EaglePride bookstore is under renovation, manager Kay Hill said.

“The goal is to be done by next Monday,” she said. However, the completion of the project will depend on freight deliveries.

Part of the renovations include replacing the carpet, repainting all of the walls, and the point-of-sales counter will be moved from the north to the west wall. New fixtures will also be installed on the floor.

The hours will stay the same, 8 a.m 4p.m., until everything is moved to its original place.

Comm Arts student commended

by NSCS Chancellor Sam Parker, senior of Harrison, was mentioned during the State of the System Address on September 5, in the Student Center Ballroom.

Parker, a 21-year-old Public Relations major, helped organize the Big Event on April 20, a day of volunteering that spurred 400 CSC students to action. The Big Event provided what System Chancellor Stan Carpenter described as “valuable service to the community.”

“Building those bridges with the community is extremely important for Chadron State College and the Nebraska State College System as well,” Carpenter said, “It’s part of our mission.”

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David Nesheim, assistant professor of Social and Communication Arts, points to a map Tuesday evening as part of his presentation.

Hooking the history of a South Dakota lake David Nesheim, assistant professor of Social and Communication Arts, delivered a presentation Tuesday evening as part of the Dorset Grave’s Lecture Series at the Rita E. King Library.

The half hour-long session, titled “Bass Fishing and Tribal Dispossession at Bde Ihanke (Lake Andes, S.D.): A CSC Research Project,” stems from Nesheim’s dissertation work and focused on the history of the land surrounding Lake Andes, S.D., from 1906 to 1931.

“I wanted to know when the land around the lake stopped being a Yankton Possession,” Nesheim said

in an interview Tuesday. Yankton Indian tribal land around the lake shrank as government subsidized bass fishing increased.

Nesheim and undergraduate assistant Marya Shotkoski compiled a database of 853 records filed during the period covered, as well as creating a website for the materials collected.

The presentation was recorded by College Relations and will be posted next week to CSC’s Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/chadronstatecollege.

Dual enrollment, early entry are here to stay Spike Jordan Managing Editor

During his State of the System address, Stan Carpenter, Nebraska State College System Chancellor, issued a strongly-worded statement in defense of dual enrollment and early entry programs.

“There are those that would restrict dual enrollment,” Carpenter said, “and there are those that say we should not be in that business.”

“There are those that would say that should only be the business of, we’ll say, the community colleges. I don’t ascribe to that view, the board of trustees doesn’t ascribe to that view, nor do the college presidents.”

Carpenter continued, “We will maintain our dual enrollment programs and attempt to grow them, and if there is any attempt by anyone to try and limit us in that re-

gard, we will enter that debate aggressively to ensure that students have the opportunity to take college courses while they’re in high school if they choose to do so.”

Carpenter clarified this statement in a telephone interview Tuesday, saying that the “anyone” he alluded to were accreditors and those who might have conflict with the NSCS hiring practices and personnel teaching the dual enrollment courses.

NSCS Board Policy 4400 outlines the requirements established by the NSCS for high school students to take part in dual enrollment programs and earn college credit prior to graduating. The policy also lists stipulations for who can instruct the courses.

According to Joel Hyer, dean of BEAMSS, this is the second year that Chadron State has offered dual enrollment courses.

The board policy, however, was initially adopted August 29, 1997, and was last updated January 15.

“The main issue I think an accrediting body would have [with dual enrollment] would be quality control,” Hyer said Wednesday, citing the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education.

The Wabash Study found that there were significant differences in the quality of two courses offered by the same institution, more-so than between the same courses offered by two different institutions.

Hyer added that these issues are not specific to the State College System, but are present across higher education as a whole.

“Ultimately, Chadron State College is trying to ensure student success,” Hyer said. “If a student can show that they can already handle college level work, we want them to have that opportunity.”

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chadron state STUDENT GOVERNMENT

STUDENT SENATE NUTS & BOLTS: Sept. 9 Meeting

Senate discusses advising week; CAB welcomes new club Kathryn Sullivan Reporter

Student Senate is looking to improve adviser and advisee relationships.

Student Senate Adviser, Dr. Susan Schaeffer said, “Big things are happening,” and at the end of October there will be an Advising Week, complete with different kiosks to help students get ready for next semester’s registration.

One change that will help this process will be changing relations between advisers and their students. Many freshmen generally don’t have a set adviser when they get to CSC, but they have the START Team set as their adviser. Some students feel that this is impersonal and they feel uncomfortable or disconnected. Schaeffer will be working to get everybody an adviser.

CAB Chair Lane Swedberg also mentioned students need to be aware that they can apply for an adviser. This can be done on CSC’s website, or in the START Office.

Another topic that was brought up again was the off-campus weapon storage. Vice President Nate Jones is trying to get a report together to take to the City Council in October.

In other news, senate is also getting involved with the Library Coffee Shop opening next month. To help launch the shop, senate is encouraging faculty and students to get involved in a “pay-it-forward” competition, with more details to come as it develops.

CAB welcomes a new club to campus.

Although the Natural Science Club has been a club off-and-on, it has never been affiliated with CAB until now. CAB Chair Lane Swedberg reminded students that if there is an idea for a new club, bring it up with the CAB executives. He also said that if clubs would like a representative at an event, to bring it up with CAB. Swedberg reminded students that there will be a pep rally on Sept.

19 to kick-off the home athletic season that will include a lip-syncing competition. He also reminded club representatives that the homecoming nominations link will be emailed this week and the photo sessions will be on both Sept. 26 and 27.

Director of Student Activities, Laure Sinn, is spreading the word that Constitution Day is Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Old Admin.

There will potentially be a poster competition and students can enter their name into a raffle for a Mini iPad. Sinn also gave details for the CSC Rodeo Queen Contest. This will be the first Rodeo Queen Contest since the 70’s. There will be a scholarship as an award for winning, and the woman that wins will get to act as an ambassador for the college. Applications will be available at the information desk in Crites.

ask your representatives:

“How many students are interested in the gun storage off-campus? And where are you at in that process?”

“Dozens of people are interested. For now we are in the preliminaries. We need to get the report in October to the City Council and get input.” – Nate Jones, Student Senate Vice President

SENATE UNALLOCATED FUNDS Senate had $110,546.52 in unallocated funds at the beginning of the meeting on Monday.

ADVISERS MEET ADVISEES

Advising Week will happen at the end of October. This is to help students meet or find an adviser. Many freshman come to school without an adviser and do not know the steps in getting one.

CAB NUTS & BOLTS: Sept. 10 Meeting

CAB INTRODUCES NEW CLUB The Natural Science Club was announced as a new club Tuesday. It has never been a club with CAB until now.

GET PEPPED FOR RALLY There will be a pep rally Sept. 19 for the home games that weekend. Included will be a lip-syncing competition.

Students remember Sept. 11 Teri Robinson Reporter

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Evan Baker, 20, junior of Ord, left, holds hands with Jodi Banzhaf of Chadron during the moment of remembrance Wednesday morning on the Dean’s Green.

National Day of Service and Remembrance, better known as Sept. 11, brought students together around the flags on the Deans Green early Wednesday morning.

Students joined in a circle of about 17 to remember 9/11 and share stories, readings, a moment of silence and prayer.

Amanda Tallman of Detroit, Mich., began by thanking those who came. Tallman also read a section of a letter sent out Tuesday by the President of the United States, Barack Obama.

“Amid shattered glass, twisted steel, and clouds of dust, the spirit of America shone through,” Tallman read.

After reading from the document, Tallman stated everyone should pray for the community; for those affected immedi-

ately, and those affected now from the tragedy of Sept. 11.

Shawn Banzhaf of Chadron was the next speaker. He was called to war after 9/11. He read a verse from the Bible, Psalm 91.

Banzhaf said, “I would read this before every combat mission, but was unable to finish it once. That time we got hit hard.”

Evan Baker, 20, junior of Ord, also read a verse, Psalm 22, and gave a short story.

Jodi Banzhaf of Chadron was last to speak. She gave her remembrance of that day and how she did not have anxiety because of her church.

After the individual speakers, everyone joined hands and took turns giving prayer for Sept. 11, 2001, the troops, and everyone who has been affected by the war.

The students ended the prayer and casually spoke with each other for a moment, remembering, before parting ways for the day.

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EDITORIAL–THE EAGLE’S VIEW

EDITING: Sculpt a work, but don’t destroy voice

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e are all our worst critic.

Recently, a colleague of mine wrote an account of his bout with suicide. Following scholarly tradition, he asked me to edit it.

The piece surprised me. It broke through the usual doctor-patient relationship I create with texts. I was affected, emotionally, and my opinion of a great many things changed.

So as I scrawled editorial notes on the page, correcting grammatical minutia and spelling, I had an out-of-writer experience. I saw my own contribution to the constant conversation that is writing – and it was paltry.

I, the editor, wasn’t adding anything to my colleague’s piece. Instead I was chipping away at this fantastic, earthy sculpture. I was reenforcing the self-critical idea that something must be wrong with his piece; I was re-writing it to sound like me.

In college, I have concerned myself so much with editing that I have forgotten to write. I edit others, I edit myself, and I can’t even post on Facebook without a few re-writes and conscientious edits.

It takes a great effort to share anything written, because of how quick we are to edit one another.

Writing, like speaking, exists to communicate our ideas, so people hundreds of miles, or years, away can share it. The point of writing is not to show off your comma control. To write is to share an idea.

Editing exists to clarify the text so nothing prevents its communication. Editing shouldn’t consist of turning the text into a miniature of the editor’s writing.

Of his craft, Earnest Hemingway wrote, “There is nothing to writing, all you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

So, my collegiate fellows, don’t cauterize yourselves. Plenty of people will try to staunch your writing with their preconceptions of how it should be, and you don’t need to be one of them.

We are our worst critics, but we don’t need to be our worst editors.

—Hannah Clark, Copy-Editor

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What is the definition of ‘Nation?’

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‘ve done some reading for a project I am working on at the Sandoz Center.

One book I’ve read is “Friend Me: 600 Years of Social Networking in America,” by Francesca Davis Dipiazza, which discusses how people in the United States have formed social networks and how technology has impacted those networks. In the book, Dipiazza defines nation as “a group of people who share land, language, and cultural practices.”

This statement made me think: Is the United States a nation? By this definition, I would say no. There is a group of people who share a geographic space, but these people do not share a language or cultural practices.

The United States does not share a language. Some would say English is the nation’s language. Many have tried to pass laws stating such, but all have failed. We praise ourselves for being a land of immigrants who can keep their language.

There are dozens of languages spoken across the state and CSC’s international students have started offering foreign language classes. Students taking these classes may say that it is for cultural understanding or to help them in business. If we are a nation that shares the same language, why would that it be important to learn a new language?

If we believe that we want cultural understanding and we really want people to understand, shouldn’t we share a language? I have had the experience where people are speaking English until I walk

by and then they speak another language.

Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a common language and cultural understanding? If you want to learn another language because you like to travel – I’ll say maybe. Every foreign country I have been to, most people speak English – though they may not want to admit it.

Some of our students may go into international business, but I am guessing most will not.

We also praise ourselves on being a land that allows immigrants to keep their cultural practices. We do not all celebrate the same holidays, eat the same food on those holidays that we do share or even celebrate the same holiday in the same way.

Clothing, housing, and family structures, all vary within our nation. If I were to ask, what is the “culture” of the United States? I would expect to get answers based on TV shows.

I would also ask that if those things make us “American” and a nation, do other nations do those same things? If so, how can that be the culture of our nation?

For example, all nations stand for the playing of their national anthem.

Citizens of most nations are proud to fly their flag and support their military.

Many nations have freedom and open elections. People everywhere complain about their government, the rich, the poor, and their work.

As someone who works in the “culture business,” I have found many commonalities across our nation: a spirit of entre-

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Sarah Polak Contributor preneurship and exploration, striving to have, do, and be more (isn’t that why you are in college?), and an almost desperate need to remember what has been accomplished individually and collectively.

I don’t know if these are unique to the nation of the United States. People who traveled to this land hundreds and thousands of years ago must have had the same spirit of exploration. They must have been looking for something more than what they had.

Some might say that the people who all agree to live under the same rules or laws make a nation. Then the United States is still not a nation. Laws vary state to state, even town to town, on a variety of topics.

People within those places do not always agree to live by the laws of their city, state, or nation. Then are they not part of our nation? Can they make their own nation within the geographic borders of the United States?

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we asked: “What do you think about the stray cats on campus?”

BRAYDON KOPEJTKA

ALYSSA PETERS

ALEX RODRIGUEZ

JENI HEEREN

EMILY ANDERSON

“There’s a lot of them.

It doesn’t bother me but there’s a lot.”

“It was worse last year towards the end, but I don’t know a solution.

I think it’s sad.”

“They need to get rid of all them cats. It’s annoying.”

“I don’t like cats.

Sometimes I want to kick them. I feel bad they have no home.”

“They always make me laugh. I’m from the city and you don’t see that.”

18, freshman of Newman Grove

20, junior of Bridgeport

25, senior of Carolina, Puerto Rico

19, freshman of Sidney

18, freshman of Omaha

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Coin collecting: a frivolous and useless hobby Spike Jordan

Managing Editor

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here are lots of piddly-fiddly hobbies out there, and most are shared by small children and the elderly.

I can’t find a more useless way to occupy my free time than to engage in the moronic act of coin collecting. Let me tell you why.

YOUR HANDS SMELL LIKE COPPER: This is a main thing that I can’t stand. I sort through my culligan bottle full of pennies for two and a half hours, trying to find a 1943 copper, but all I find is a lone 1952 Denver wheaty.

And then what?

My hands smell like copper, blue jean lint, and pocket sweat. Facebook newsfeeds are filled with down-to-earth “wives cures” for getting rid of ants or curing a hangover, but never anything about mixing a concoction of obscure kitchen ingredients to get rid of that sickening copper smell.

I stopped fooling myself. I now do the same thing with wheat pennies as I do any other penny: I throw them away.

Photo Illustration by Spike Jordan

SACAJAWEA DOLLARS: Next time you’re at a bank, waste a dollar and change it into a Sacajawea.

The Sacajawea dollar will never be the subject of “Only 90s Kids Remember This” posts.

Almost every sane and rational person in America has spent little more than a decade trying to forget it.

The fact that the mint picked an admirable Native American, one who virtually carried the expansion of the American west on her back; and then chose to immortalize her in gilded poly-metal, (or frozen carbonite for all I know,) seems to me like a thinly veiled dig at the disenfranchised.

The Dutch paid for Manhattan with beads, and now we can chip-in at Indian casinos with equally fake and valueless-looking money. The only thing more obscenely garish is the 50 cent piece, which brings me to the next point.

FIFTY CENT PIECES: Why? That’s the only thing that I can say. The

one thing that’s more useless than the half-dollar is the half-penny.

I could for see saving up a bunch of these babies, throwing them in a sock, and having a deadly makeshift weapon, but other than that the practical application is limited.

I’m too nervous to try and buy anything with 50 cent pieces. I feel as though if I were to produce a stack from my pocket, the cashier would throw them back in my face and laugh.

“Get out of here, you carpet-bagger! Take your pirate doubloons elsewhere!”

I threw one in the envelop with last month’s rent because I was conveniently two quarters short, but that coin had been sitting in my apartment for quite some time.

Soda machines don’t accept half-dollars, which brings me to my next tangent.

SODA MACHINES: Soda machines are notorious for not accepting my pocket change, and this could stem from a number of considerations, but I would like to

point the finger at coin collectors first.

Soda machines won’t accept my half-dollars because coin collectors horde them, keeping them out of circulation, as if the value of money is more than... the value of money.

They’re coins, and I am supposed to use them in exchange for goods and services. I should expect that if I were to painstakingly insert 125 pennies into a vending machine, I could press the button and get my Mountain Dew. Instead I have to rely on CoinStar, a scam that takes a percentage of whatever useless change I feed into it.

So instead of spending money, I become a collector by proxy and I have a bunch of dumblooking coins that I can’t even use. This makes me frustrated at the futility of how our society is arranged.

The concept is really bizarre when you think about it. The fact that a stamped piece of metal could hold an intrinsic value is absurd on its own, and even more so when its value is inflated by collectors.

Start a glorious internet relationship

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hen I first heard of the concept of internet relationships, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. I never understood how two people could have a stable and functioning relationship when they live a thousand miles apart.

I always figured that one or the other would give in and go out one night on a quest to meet other men or women. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case most of the time. Believe it or not, it seems that long distance relationships are on the rise, thanks to social networking. Ironically, most of my Facebook friends are people I have met this way. So, if you want to start an internet relationship, just follow this simple guide and you’ll be stalking the opposite sex in no time!

First thing you will want to do is find random people. I’m sure that all of us at one point have given in to boredom and end up browsing the site Omegle, so use that as a good starting spot. If you haven’t heard of this place, it’s probably for the best; sometimes there are things you see that weren’t meant for the human eye. However, once in a while, you will come across a pretty cool person and end up talking for a bit.

From there, the conversation will end in one of two ways; either you exchange contact information, or one of you gets bored and hits the “next” button. In the rare event that you do exchange contact information, then congratulations, you’ve taken your first step towards an internet relationship.

At first it seems kind of weird to know that there is someone

who lives in Arkansas that can see everything you are posting, even though you have never met them in real life. Most of the time you are probably worrying about whether they are posting your pictures on another site where patrons rate who is pretty and who isn’t. Oddly enough, this seems to be a pretty common Richard Heule thing in modern society.

The real freaky thing about it is sometimes random people Columnist will trace the origin of a photo and find that person’s contact information. This act is referred to as “doxing” and is considered to be illegal (pro tip: this is why you make sure that only friends can see your info). Thankfully most of the time, there is never really an issue like that.

The next step towards starting your internet relationship is to creep on their page and find out if you have any mutual interests. If you are one of those people who say “I would never do that,” then I have some bad news for you: everyone has been guilty of doing this at one point or another, whether it be a good friend they have had for years, or someone they have just met.

Once you have established common interests, all you need to do is pester them for the next millennium until they actually respond. However, the only response they may be capable of is “Please go away, I’m scared.”

If that’s the case, then you might be better off staying off your computer for a few days, or a few months... maybe a few years, for good measure. Or just type “please respond” over and over.

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IOC fails to pin down wrestling On Feb. 12, men’s and women’s freestyle and men’s Greco-Roman wrestling were pulled from the Summer Olympic Games. Sunday, the IOC reinstated all three.

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he reinstatement of wrestling in the Olympics is more than a win for the sport, it’s a win for the Olympics as a whole. Though why did they do it in the first place? If they were considering getting rid of a sport, why would they pick wrestling?

To understand the original decision and the importance of the sport, we must understand the history of the sport.

According to Olympic.org, the sport started in the year 3000 BC and was introduced into the Ancient games in 708 BC. Since 1896, wrestling has “Since 1896 been in every modern Sumwrestling has mer Olymbeen in every pics with modern Sum- the exception of 1900. mer OlymSo why else pics with the should wrestling be in the exception of Olympics? It 1900. is a sport that is widely popand wide–Olympic.org ular ly participated in throughout the world.

There are plenty other sports that could be cut.

One of the sports that could have been voted out in February was the Modern Pentathlon (a sport that shows the skills needed by a WWI cavalry member: fencing, horseback jumping, running, swimming, and shooting.

In a February, New York Times article

by John Irving titled, “How Wrestling Lost the Olympics,” Irving explains that the Modern Pentathlon had 36 participants in the 2012 London games, while in the same games, wrestling handed out medals to athletes from 29 countries.

So why was wrestling nearly dropped? The sport has not been selling itself to the IOC more.

FILA (International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles or the international wrestling governing body) did not promote wrestling to the IOC, or change

the rules as recommended by the IOC. Personally I do not buy this. I started watching international wrestling during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. I caught on to the rules and strategy fairly easily, granted I have a wrestling background (in American Folkstyle which has different rules then International Freestyle and International Greco-Roman which are the two styles in the Olympics).

The announcers are extremely good at telling you what is going on, why it is going on and the rule that supports both.

If you pay attention you will understand the rules after watching for 30 minutes.

Why should wrestling stay? If we want to look at the money coming from TV viewership, wrestling had a decent return, one slightly better than the Modern Pentathlon. According to the same article, wrestling averaged 23.5 million viewers and the Modern Pentathlon only averaged 12.5 million.

According to Sports Media Watch, a website that lists what times Olympic Events Aired in the United States, (Eastern Time Zone), and example day was Saturday August 11th, the Modern Pentathlon was shown at 10:00 a.m. and then again at 1:45 p.m., both times on MSNBC, the second one being shown live, while wrestling was also shown twice, once at 2:15 p.m. and the other at 12:30 a.m., both on NBC, both times taped. No clear preference for Modern Pentathlon was shown in TV airing, at least in American viewership.

So why could it have been dropped?

Possibly since now a lot of sport governing bodies are looking towards making history and advancement of their organization at all cost. For example, the University of Nebraska Omaha in March of 2011, dropped wrestling and football so they could become a D-I school.

They said one of the reasons they did it was since neither sports are in their new conference. One of the schools in their conference was an unaffiliated football team. The despicable part of this story, wrestling was dropped, the night they won their third consecutive team national title, and the lock was changed so they were locked out of their facilitie.

They could not even bring their trophy

Josh Keating Contributor inside. Since they dropped football they also lost a multimillion dollar donation to a new overall recruiting facility.

At the end of the day the new rule in sports is the all mighty dollar. Organizations are willing to make bad moves that adds risks, guts a program or tramples on tradition for money, the “advancement” of the organization, or to make history. The IOC has the 2016 games in Rio de Janiero Brazil, a country with some cities with some of the highest murder rates in the world, so they could make history by having the first Olympics in a South American country. Also the 2020 Olympics were just voted into Tokyo, where they are still having problems after Fukoshima and the radiation leaking from the power p l a n t .

Who is put out the most by these decisions?

The fans and the athletes.

I highly –Josh Keating doubt any of the audience want to get radiation poisioning at the next Olympics. We might as well host the 2024 Olympics in sunny Chernobyl.

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High Rise Resident Director Chelsea Murray, 25, of Milfred, Mich., dives in attempt to hit the ball during sand volleyball Sunday.

enough to dry the perspiration clinging to their skin. One final blink, and the ball is forced over the net; the game has begun.

A fun summer sport, sand volleyball has been around for quite some time—according to the Beach Volleyball Database, the early 1920s is more exact. The first beach volleyball nets were placed on the shores in Santa Monica, Cali., where families were able to play against each other in six versus six games.

In 1947, Bernie Holtzman organized the first two-man sand volleyball tournament at Will Rogers State Beach in California. Two men by the name of Manny Saenz and Harris won the tournament.

Sand volleyball, also known as beach volleyball, quickly took off, and by the late 1990s, the sport had seen its fair share of tournaments from California to Nevada, as well as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

As sand volleyball has grown since the early 1900s, it’s

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easy to see why people like it so much. The thrill of seeing if a player can bounce the ball back; watching people dive into the sand, which sometimes ends in face plants; and the rush of cheering for a favorite team.

What some people don’t consider is how much of a workout it is for the body. Running across sand actually increases the resistance people experience because each step is more natural. According to beachdig. com/benefits, the sand creates an enhanced workout, which ultimately increases cardio and heart rate.

This game also helps with speed, accuracy, and dexterity while trying to hit the ball. It’s not easy to pass something relatively small, especially when it’s constantly moving at top speeds.

Sand volleyball is a fun, challenging sport, and, as each new semester comes around, always seems to fill each of Chadron State’s two courts.

At first look, the courts seem empty and unused. A second glance tells a different story. Small hills of sand fill the area from numerous days of player's feet sifting the sand. The brand-new, brilliantly bright blue nets hang roughly six feet from the ground.

Yes, the area may seem empty, but once the first player steps onto the court, ball in hand, and friends at their side, it’s easy to see the signs of a familiar sport.

Haley Soestera, 20, junior of Crawford passes the ball across the net to her opponents during a sand volleyball tournament, Sunday.

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ж A quick match of rock, paper, scissors decides which team serves first. It’s two versus two as each player takes their spot, sand creeping between their toes. With hardly a cloud in sight, the air is warm, and the beating sun only increased the heat.

One player tosses the ball in the air, preparing for the game to begin.

Extending their hand, the white ball balanced on the palm, they glance to their partner before tossing it up.

In the few seconds it takes for the hand to connect to the ball, the opposite team is intently watching.

In those few seconds, lungs fill with air; eyes switch back and forth, taking in the scenery before them; all distractions and thoughts are diminished; and fingers are twitching in anticipation.

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the eagle’s top ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Jordyn Hulinsky Sports Editor

After a 40-34 double-overtime victory last week over Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, the Eagles are heading south to Arlington, Texas, where they face West Texas A&M, Canyon, tonight in a nationally-televised game from Cowboys Stadium.

The CBS Sports Network is airing the game live (please see related story, page 13). Kickoff is 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time (6 p.m. MDT).

After last week’s win in Missouri, the Eagles moved up four slots this week from 21 to 17 in the D2Football.com Top 25 Poll. West Texas A&M, ranked fourth in the same poll last week, remains in that spot going into tonight’s game.

The Eagles also jumped to the No. 18 slot in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches Poll, while WTA&M held its No. 4 position in that poll.

Tonight’s game is a rematch between two NCAA Division II teams who faced each other in the first round of last season’s playoffs. The Buffaloes beat the Eagles, 38-30, Nov. 17, 2012, at Elliot Field, and advanced as far as the semifinal round, where they lost, 41-18, to Winston-Salem (North Carolina) State University.

Last year the Buffaloes finished the season 12-3, while the Eagles finished 9-3.

Like the Eagles, WTA&M won its season opener on the road last week, beating Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, 48-21.

In preparation for tonight’s game, CSC Defensive Coordinator Jeff Larson said his line needs to be more consistent than it was last week against Missouri S&T. Larson said the defense has two things to focus on tonight – maintaining better pressure on the quarterback and maintaining better coverage in its matching rounds.

Pressuring West Texas’ quarterback might prove difficult, especially since the Eagles are playing without senior safety Trelan Taylor of Spring Valley, Calif. The NCAA suspended Taylor, who led the team last season with eight interceptions, for six games this season for credit-hour rules violations apparently committed three years ago.

In their road-win last week, WTA&M’s senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan of Corpus Christi, Texas, completed Photo by Alex Helmbrecht CSC Sports Information Director 38 of 58 pass attempts, amassing a career-high 472 yards After blocking a punt, CSC junior cornerback Lane Haller (16) of Gordon, celebrates with safety Clint and six touchdowns. He also did not throw an interception.

Sasse (5) senior of Martin, S.D., in the Eagle’s season opener Sept. 5 at Missouri University S&T, Rolla.

Vaughan’s performance earned him the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor.

But Larson is still confident in his defense. mance last week. “We did create takeaways and did make the big plays He noted that his defense struggled on third downs in the second half when they were needed.” last week against Missouri S&T and its goal for tonight is to maintain conOn offense, Coordinator Chris Stein talked about his team’s focus for sistency. tonight.

“I am happy with the defense,” Larson said about the team’s perforPlease see Eagles, Page 12

LANE HALLER Sport: Football Position: Cornerback Class rank: Junior Hometown: Gordon Against Missouri S&T, Haller tallied eight tackles, five individual and three assisted; two interceptions, one in the fourth quarter and one for the winning touchdown in double overtime (79 yards); and he blocked a punt.

1. Ashley Riesen

2.Jayme Nunes

3. Rebecca Volf

4. Sara Townsend

5. Nicky Applegarth

6. Callie Johnson

CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

The women’s cross country team took the top six spots out of sixteen at the South Dakota Mines meet Friday in Rapid City. This marks the first time, since this column was created, The Eagle chose an entire team as “Athlete of the Week.”

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Volleyball team breaks even; wins 2, loses 2 Janelle Kesterson Reporter

The Eagles started their season with a 2-2 record on the road Friday and Saturday at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Tournament.

CSC earned its first victory over Newman University, Wichita, Kan., and were handed their first loss by nationally ranked UNK in three sets.

The Eagles next loss was to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, but CSC turned around to finish the tournament with a victory over William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo. Head Coach Janel Baily explained her expectations about the tournament.

“I knew we could win the games against William Jewell and Newman University,” she said. “William Jewell was a little tougher competition than expected, but we played well. I was also hoping to win against the Mines, but I am happy with two wins.”

Each player had a moment in which she shined.

For Alyssa Bauer, junior of Rapid City, it was leading the team with a matchhigh 20 digs against William Jewell. Also against William Jewell, Hanna Flaming, junior or Benton, Kan., and Barbie DeCent, senior of Paxton, each hit over .300. Alia Brennan, DeCent freshman of Chadron, tallied four kills and three blocks. Justine Ackie, sophomore of Phoenix, handed out 41 set assists.

In the opening match against Newman, Ericka Roybal, junior of Denver, Jessica Jester, senior of Cheyenne, Wyo., DeCent, and Flaming had at least 10 kills, helping the Eagles hit .111 as a team.

On the defensive side, Brittany Oddo, junior of Peoria, Ariz., led CSC with 15 digs, and Bauer had 11 digs.

Baily said she was proud of the players’ effort.

“Each of the girls had their own bright moments and they all came at different times,” Baily said. “As a team we learned that we have to work on our consistency for the next tourney.

“The middle two games this past weekend were a little slow both on an individual level and a team level. Consistency will be our focus this week,” Baily said.

This week the Eagles travel to Colorado State University-Pueblo where they take on William Jewell, Wayne (Nebraska) State College, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., and Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Mo. “We are lucky with our next match against William Jewell. We know them,” Bailey said. “We know their strengths, their weaknesses, and we know how to beat them. My only hope for the girls is that they understand that no team will hand them a victory. We cannot overlook that.”

Softball team to host Home Run Derby The CSC softball team is hosting a Home Run Derby at 1 p.m. Monday, at the softball field.

Cost is $5 per contestant for 10 swings against a pitching machine.

Top four will compete in a final on Sept. 26, after the CSC and Western Nebraska Community College scrimmage. Prizes will be awarded to finalists.

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from page 11 “We need less penalties,” Stein said. “We had way too many (last week). We need to clean that up.”

Stein said he was also pleased with the way his men played and that he was happy to see his offense producing a lot of yardage.

The Eagles gained 500 yards in total offense last week, and Stein said he hopes to keep that up against West Texas A&M. Tonight’s game kicks off the Lone Star Football Festival, a three-day fair of college football games at Cowboys Stadium sponsored by the Lone Star Conference, based in Richardson, Texas, northeast of Dallas.

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Women’s team snatches the top six places; men capture four of top six

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Pure perfection. Almost.

The CSC women’s cross country team captured the top six individual places in its season opening dual meet Friday to beat the women of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, 15-45.

Chadron State’s men were not far behind as they grabbed four of the top six slots to beat the Hardrockers men, 18-41.

Graduate Assistant Coach Brian Medigovich said he was impressed.

He said the coaches want to start the runners off slowly so they can peak at the right time. They apparently have a good start.

Medigovich added that he would like to see the CSC runners improve individually with each race, move farther ahead of the other runners and advance their places each week.

“One of our long-term goals is to finish a lot better than we did at the end of last year,” Medigovich said. “And do better at the RMAC.” The team’s next meet is a home meet 9 a.m. Saturday.

Results provided by the CSC Sports Information Office.

Women’s results: Team scores: 1, Chadron State, 15 points, 2, South Dakota Mines, 45.

Individual results: 1, Ashley Riesen, CSC, 19:20; 2, Jayme Nunes, CSC, 19:40; 3, Rebecca Volf, CSC, 19:49; 4, Sara Townsend, CSC, 20:14; 5, Nicky Applegarth, CSC, 20:31; 6, Callie Johnson, CSC, 20:50; 7, Maggie Vinton, SDM, 21:14; 8, Emily Stickney, SDM, 21:30; 9, Brittanee Wood, SDM, 22:06; 10, Sharla Maginnis, SDM, 22:15; 11, Therese Frels, SDM, 22:21; 12, Elizabeth Rice, unattached, 22:25; 13, Shanae LaCroix, SDM, 22:58; 14, Karli Mattson, SDM, 23:46.

Men’s results: Team scores: 1, Chadron State, 18 points; 2, South Dakota Mines, 41.

Individual results: 1, Michael Krsnak, unattached, 27:02; 2, Dylan

Photo by Brad Blume, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Becca Volf, sophomore of Wood River, finished third for the CSC women at the cross country dual meet Friday at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City.

Stansbury, CSC, 28:11; 3, Evans Koech, CSC, 28:15; 4, Justin Slattery, SDM, 28:16; 5, Josef Gertner, CSC, 28:28; 6, Robert Ricks, CSC, 28:49; 7, Simon Gudeta, CSC, 28:55; 8, Sam Patzer, SDM, 29:00; 9, Grant Cameron, SDM, 29:23; 10, Cody Franklin, unattached, 29:30; 11, Nathan Faulkner, CSC, 29:41; 12, Zach Doffin, CSC, 29:54; 13, Erich Hahn, SDM, 30:02; 14, Charles Biberg, SDM, 30:06; 15, Kevin Noto, SDM, 30:09; 16, Bryon McLaughlin, CSC, 30:38; 17, Alex Johnson, CSC, 30:50; 18, Hank Jackson, CSC, 30:59; 19, Doug Harris, CSC, 31:44; 20, Ryan Wright, SDM, 33:05.

Tonight’s game between CSC and West Texas A&M, Canyon, is CBS Sports Network’s featured game for its nationwide broadcast Thursday night.

Kickoff is 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time (6 p.m. MDT) from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

CBS Sports Network is broadcast on a different channel than CBS Television programming.

According to CBS Sports Network’s website, subscribers of Great Plains Cable TV in the 69337 zip code may find the Network and the football game on cable company’s Channel 76.

DIRECTV satellite television subscribers may find the game on channel 221, and Dish satellite subscribers may find the network’s broadcast on channels 158 and 158(HD).

In some cases viewers might have to contact their cable or satellite provider and upgrade their network packages to receive the broadcast.

RECAP: Eagles down Missouri S&T, 40-34, in 2 OT Linebacker Dylan Furrier (25), sophomore of Tucson, Ariz., tackles Missouri S&T quarterback Reed Brown (13) sophomore, of Rogers, Ark., in Saturday’s game at Rolla.

Jordyn Hulinsky Sports Editor

CSC Sports Information

It took an interception in double overtime for the Eagles to win their Sept. 5 season opener against Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla.

The winning score came when CSC cornerback Lane Haller, junior of Gordon, picked off S&T quarterback Reed Brown, sophomore of Rogers, Ark., and returned the ball 79 yards to put the final score at 40-34.

It was Haller’s second interception

of the game; his first came in the fourth quarter. He also tallied eight solo tackles.

In a press release, CSC Sports Information Director Alex Helmbrecht wrote that Haller’s performance earned him two separate honors – Nebraska Division II Defensive Player of the Week and Beyond Sports Network’s Player of the Week.

Leading to the overtime, CSC trailed the Miners, 27-20, with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter when tailback Glen Clinton, senior of Cody, Wyo., broke loose on a 55-yard run to put the Eagles deep into Miner’s territory.

Junior quarterback Jonn McLain of Chadron, then hit senior inside receiver Cody Roes, also of Chadron, in the end zone with a 12-yard touchdown pass to knot the score at 27 with 44 seconds remaining.

Roes scored again quickly in overtime, this time on a 7-yard pass play. Later, Missouri S&T answered with a 1-yard touchdown. At the end of the first overtime the teams were tied again at 34. In the second overtime with S&T driving deep inside Eagles Territory, Haller intercepted Brown and scored on that 79-yard return.

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Book or movie: the epic battle Sara Labor

Lifestyles Editor I heard a lot of negative things about "World War Z" before I actually saw it. My zombie obsessed friend said she was disappointed in the book to movie transition.

It only showed the story of one character in the book.

Now, being disappointed in a book to movie transition isn’t unusual, and more and more books are being changed to movies every year. In 2013 alone, there have been 26 different books adapted into movies, including books by anyone from Stephanie Meyer to F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Movie adaptations of books seem to have taken this hit or miss turn. Either the movie takes this surprisingly spectacular turn and turns out to be amazing (“The Hunger Games”) or the movie adaptation is such a huge disappointment that you mourn for the $8 you spent to get into the theater (“Percy Jackson and the Olympians”).

The thing to remember about movie adaptations is that sometimes 500 pages won’t fit into an hour-anda-half slot. I will admit that I am one of the most critical people when it comes to movie adaptations. I like it when the tiniest possible details are crammed into the movie. Thank God for three parts of “The Hobbit.”

I remember practically screaming when the third Harry Potter movie came out. This happened instead of

that; that was left out in favor of this.

This was the first time I felt betrayed by a movie adaptation. My favorite book became my least favorite movie just by the writers and directors changing a few things around.

I’ve grown a bit since then, and am now more forgiving of slight changes when it comes to movie adaptations. After reading “Warm Bodies” by Issac Marion, I thought for sure I would dislike the movie. I didn’t.

In fact, I enjoyed the movie immensely. The movie did lose a bit of the original appeal of the book, as one of my favorite parts of the book is the main character's internal thoughts, which are surprisingly philosophical for a zombie.

That doesn’t mean that the movie wasn’t good. It was just different.

Currently, one of my all time favorite books, "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green is in movie transition stage. Filming began very recently. When Green was asked by a fan to make sure that the movie didn't mess up the book, Green himself said that movie adaptations will always be different from the book.

I often have to put myself in a different mind set when I watch something that’s been adapted from a book.

The book and the movie are two separate entities. The book's good? Cool. The movie's good? Cooler. By thinking this way, I can enjoy both the book and the movie.

Unless it’s “Percy Jackson.” That movie was just unforgivable.

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a creepy music box that was conveniently hidden in a tree for some meandering little girl to find. Luckily, for most of it, I had my fingers forced into my ears and Ignoring the precedent of in-your-face my eyes buried into my knees so hard CGI scare tactics and buckets of fake that I could hardly hear or see anything.

Although, a bit of suspense here and blood found in many horror films today, “The Conjuring” brings old-fashioned there is an exciting and necessary evil if I ever want to go to the movies and suspense and terror to the big-screen.

Based on a “true story,” this film tells not see a kids’ movie, I have never been the tale of a down-to-earth family of big on scary movies. Not to mention seven, the Perrons, trying to start anew. demon movies. We go together like dry The Perrons get moved into a fix-it grass and matches. I like singing, dancfarmhouse next to a lake, a prime set- ing, and cute, fluffy animals that speak ting for typical paranormal activity, like with annoying voices. Scary movies, doors opening and closing and clocks generally, have none of these, and if they stopping at obscure, oddly specific do, everything is dead or dying. Despite all the aspects times.

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The mother attends a college lecture watch with your bubbly, flower power on exorcisms to find help from Ed and girlfriend.

Fans of old-school, suspense-building Lorraine Warren, a real-life husband and wife team of demonologists who horror will feel right at home, but anymake house calls, all while carrying one looking for blood, guts, and missing limbs will be left with disappointment. some demons of their own.

Without spoiling the movie, a lot more If I ever watch it again, it will be in the crazy things happened that nearly made comfort of my room with all the lights me pee in my scaredy-cat pants, like a on. And I will definitely be cuddling Satan-worshipping entity taking on the with my favorite blanket and a stuffed image of a face-eating, zombie mom. Or animal or two.

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Some friendly fashionista advice Justy Bullington Columnist

As a woman, there are few times in my life I will admit to being wrong. Also, if you ask me about it, I’ll deny it faster than Miley Cyrus’s body suit rejected her booty. However, I feel more than obligated to share my recent experience with my readers, because I know I’m not the only one that has went through this, and even worse I know I won’t be the last.

My parents taught me a lot of life lessons.

Some things stuck, some didn’t. The whole “inside voice” thing obviously, well... you know.

However, teaching me to love myself for who I am has always stayed with me. That is, until recently.

I once read that when a woman says she has nothing to wear it’s because she doesn’t know who she wants to be that day. First of all can I just say “hashtag: so true” to that? Secondly, I have been morally torn between loving that quote and being disgusted by it. I love clothes, I love shopping, and there’s no sound in the world I love more than that little click a price tag makes when you pull it off your new clothes. On the other hand, I absolutely despise how one piece of clothing can turn your love for yourself and the way you look into total disgust. Whether it’s a little tilt of the head in the dressing room where you question how in the world one shirt can bring out so many imperfections in three seconds or if it’s as dramatic as the “Tina the talking tummy” incident in “White Chicks.” Regardless, we’ve all done it.

Clothes don’t define the kind of person you are.

The way clothes look on you does not define your worth. The most insecure, selfish, awful person can look good in clothes.

I ask: why? Why do we expect something to look the same on every body type? Why do we expect one specific body type? And more importantly why is there such a desire to make others feel inadequate for looking the way they do? The answer is because we let it happen.

The answer seems so simple, yet it continues to be a problem. I personally continue to let it be a problem, recently more than ever. However, I’m making a promise to myself to end it now, and I think you should too. I have curves.

I always have, I always will. You know why?

Because I love cheesecake.

To my beautiful readers, I ask you to cut out, screenshot, or retype this next paragraph and put it somewhere you can see it everyday.

You are uniquely you.

You do not have to look like the girl on the magazine. That girl doesn’t even look like the girl in the magazine.

You are strong - strong enough to love yourself.

And lastly, happiness comes from within, as does beauty. Let what is within radiate out of every part of you.

Readers, be great today. Tell someone they look nice. Tell yourself you look nice today, and mean it. Be in love with your life - every second of it. And for goodness sake, be happy!

It’s almost Friday!

Sometimes it’s hard for even me to remember that, and to those that helped me through the past week I send my sincerest thank you.