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COMPLAINING: NECESSARY OR NOT? Two writers go headto-head on the pros and cons of every day complaining.

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LIFESTYLES >>

ENGLISH PROFESSOR RELEASES BOOK Robert McEwen tells of his newly published book of poetry.

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Tailback Michael Madkins, senior of Sacramento, California, dives for the end zone for a touchdown during Saturday's game against Missouri S&T, at Elliott Field.

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All around campus there are people who have something in common with one another, but people often don't take the time to find out what those are. RLA is hosting a "Getting to Know Each Other" event from 5-6 p.m., today in the Gold Room, which will have ice breakers to give participants a chance to get to know one another.

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Construction crew work on the bleachers for the new gymnasium in the addition to Armstrong, Saturday. Visitors at the football game were able to walk in parts of the building to see the rennovations.

Events Center slated to host season opener

Long-time Chadron State supporter, the late Vernon P. Chicoine, continues his generosity with another addition to the CSC campus.

The new events center being built south of Armstrong will be named after Chicoine.

Construction is said to be ahead of schedule according to Blair Brennan, physical facilities construction project coordinator.

“The project will be signed off on the sixth of November," Brennan said Wednesday. "We are on schedule, if not even slightly

ahead of schedule” Brennan was confident that the events center will be completed in time for the men’s basketball home opener.

The Chicoine center has been under construction since the spring of 2013.

Twisted Crawdad Trail Run set for Saturday morning Sarah Townsend News Editor

Chadron Community Recreation is hosting the second annual Twisted Crawdad Trails Race this weekend with check in at “the Cliffs.”

The races will take place on double and single-track trails in the Nebraska National Forest, east of Chadron. Chadron State College is a major sponsor for the race this year.

The event includes a 5k, 10k, and halfmarathon on Saturday with start times ranging from 7:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m., and a mountain bike race Sunday morning.

Registration fee for the 5k is $35, the 10k is $40, and the half-marathon is $60.

Parking for the participants will be marked in designated areas. There will be overflow parking available and shuttle rides back to the extra parking area. The course will be marked with color-coded arrows depending on the race length.

The 20-mile mountain bike race will start at 9 a.m., Sunday. Registration fee and other race information will be posted on the Chadron Community Recreation’s website.

Last year the event brought people from four different states. This race is now a part of the Zanfel Great Plains Trail Series and will be a part of the Wilderness Celebration Act. To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Celebration Act, the Nebraska National Forest and Grasslands, Pine Ridge District has decided to sponsor the 5k run.

Donna Ritzen, race coordinator,

Weekly Calendar: Sept. 11 - 17 -Getting to Know Each Other, 5 p.m., Gold Room

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-Late Night Ping Pong Tournament, 9 p.m., Student Center Pit

-Wet n' Wild, 4:30 p.m., behind resident halls

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-Kent Hall Kegger, 9 p.m., Red Room

hopes to see an increase in participants this year.

The half-marathon has shown an increase already.

“As of right now, we have seen more entries than last year in the half-marathon. The numbers for the 5k and 10k are down, but there is still time for participants to sign up” Ritzen said.

According to Ritzen, Chadron Community Recreation was planning on hosting a 50-mile race.

The 50-mile race did not receive enough entries to continue. It has thus been cancelled.

For any more information, including registration, participants are asked to contact Ritzen or Chadron Community Center.

Other sponsors include Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services, Hi Tech Car Care and the First National Bank of Chadron State College.

Photo courtesy of Stephanie King

Runners participate in the 5k and 10k run during the Twisted Crawdad Trails Run 2013.

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-In Someone Else's Shoes, 6 p.m., behind resident halls -Air Force Brass Quintet, 7 p.m., Mari Sandoz Chicoine Atruim -Gender Challenge, 8:30 p.m., Gold Room

-Be-You-Tiful, 7 p.m., Gold Room

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-U.S. Air Force Heartland Band, 7:30 p.m., Student Center Ballroom

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Senate discusses funds, statuses for 4 clubs Jordyn Hulinsky Ashley Swanson Sports Editor Managing Editor Clarification and confusion on four clubs who were initially thought to have been approved as clubs by administration, but instead were not, was the main discussion at Student Senate.

Last year, Phi Beta Lambda, Sharp Shooters, Natural Sciences, and ROTARACT applied to become recognized as clubs on-campus and were approved by Senate.

“Something went wrong between Student Senate and administration, and we’re not sure what,” Chief Justice Jon Lordino said.

Although the clubs were approved at Senate’s Monday meeting, last semester during budget hearings they had not been officially approved by Hansen. As such, they were not able to keep the money allocated to them during the hearings. Senate was told at the beginning of this semester by the administration of this information.

“We are not the body that allocates the money,” Lordino said.

“You all have $100 as of right now. You do not have the money allocated to you last year, as you were not clubs.”

Lordino and Senate Adviser Susan Schaffer explained to the clubs that if they wanted the money they were allocated last semester, they would have to go through the appeals process, which involves meeting with Hansen.

“The [Senate] executive board needs to follow procedures, and by doing so they can help you become clubs, but cannot allocate money,” Schaffer said.

According to members of each club, they were told they had been approved as clubs, and in turn were able to be allocated money for this academic year. Many members of Senate assured the clubs that the error made was not theirs, and they were not being punished, but Senate has a process to follow.

Senate was unable to give the club members a definite timeline of how long appeals would take, but Lordino told them they could also go to CAB for help with funding on an event in the meantime.

Tena Cook, marketing coordinator for college relations, informed the Senate about the identity standard guide, which assisted clubs and individual members in knowing the rules for using the college’s logo on their material—T-shirts, posters, etcetera. More information on the rules can be found on the CSC website.

Schaffer went over parliamentary procedure, which involved standing up when speaking, and saying “I move,” instead of “I motion,” when making a motion.

Lordino spoke for Nate Jones, who was unable to make it to the meeting due to sickness, saying that they wanted to do a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new gun safes at the police station, to thank Cabela’s and the city. Senate executive members will think of available dates to do the ribbon cutting, and then Senate will vote on which date seems best.

Vice President of Finances Kirby Krogman said there is $160,350 in unallocated funds.

CAB allocated $2,000 for free movie night Sunday and $1,500 for free bowling night Saturday. Movies playing at free movie night will include “If I Stay,” “The Purge: Anarchy,” and “November Man.” Kelsey Empfield, CAB chair, told clubs if they want $50 for homecoming to sign up. CAB will give the clubs $50 to be used on floats, bed sheets, or whatever they need for homecoming. Clubs will go shopping with Laure Sinn, CAB adviser. If clubs want their $50 they need to email CAB sometime in the next week.

Vice-Chair of Programming Andy Martin, told clubs there will be an “outdoor club fair,” for clubs and businesses that deal with outdoor activities on Oct. 10.

Vice-Chair of Records Stephanie Steele asked again that clubs email her their updated contact information and asked clubs again to send their constitutions to Lordino. If they are having problems with the email, Steele suggested clubs email their constitutions to CAB and they will send it on.

Sinn said she won’t bowl but said students can come hang out with her during free bowling night and eat the free pizza and drink the free soda.

The meeting also featured two guest speakers: Cook and Karen Smith, from the Chamber of Commerce.

Smith told clubs on Halloween they will be having a Moonlight Madness event where people can come learn about businesses. She asked that clubs come up with an activity for kids 10 and under and come participate. They asked for a lot of help and volunteers. The event will be on Halloween from 4-6 p.m. If clubs come up with an activity, the chamber will provide the candy for the clubs to pass out. To sign up or for more information, contact Smith at 308-432-4401.

Cook repeated her message from senate the night before.

Sharp Shooters will have their first competition this Sunday at Crawford.

Hyper majors club will have a Haunted Trails Run on Oct. 30.

Pat Beu, senior director of student affairs, talked about sexual assault on college campuses and asked that CAB try and put an event together to raise awareness of sexual assault.

Jacob Rissler, student trustee, said he went to the board meeting in Peru this weekend. He said the minutes from the meeting are online, but if anyone has a specific question to get ahold of him and he will help them out. One of the main changes made at this meeting was that students don’t have to apply for the Board of Trustees scholarship anymore. Colleges can just award those scholarships to students. The board voted on changing that policy to allow buildings to be named after them, with the consolation of the college president and Nebraska State College System chancellor. Board members voted on residency requirements, Rissler said, as well as on Policy 8020, which states that buildings could not be named after businesses. Seventy-two of the Board of Trustees scholarships were awarded to CSC students this year.

October is also Nebraska State College System’s month, so students who visit a state college in October have the opportunity to win a tuition drawing and an iPad drawing.

BRIEFS

Study abroad meeting Sept. 18 There will be an informational meeting for the 2015 London study abroad trip, 11 a.m., Sept. 18, in Old Admin 331.

Students will be able to earn up to six credit hours, including three hours toward the global and social awareness class, or essential studies 10 personal and social responsibility. All students are able to participate regardless of their majors.

For more information about the meeting, contact Tracy Nobling at tnobiling@csc.edu, or in her office in Old Admin 302.

Photo courtesy of Adrian Pingstone/wikimedia commons

Students who travel to London not only see the sights, but learn about the justice system as well.

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Handle the ISIS threat with caution Most CSC students weren’t even in high school when the U.S. military invaded Iraq in 2003. It’s likely then that few of us remember the rhetoric that drove us into the nearly nine-year conflict.

Leading up to the Iraq war, the American public was convinced by a White House propaganda cell that urgent intervention was the only way to prevent Saddam Hussein from acquiring and employing weapons of mass destruction. Diplomacy would take far too long, and fear that “the smoking gun would be a mushroom cloud” drove us to act without fully weighing the consequences of our actions.

According to Reuters, the Iraq war cost more than $2 trillion dollars, but greater still are the human costs. More than 134,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,489 Americans were killed, with millions more still struggling to cope with the physical and mental trauma war inevitably leaves behind.

These scars carry a lofty price tag that can hardly be quantified.

However, the recent beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steve Sotloff have shaken the western world, and the threat posed by the Islamic State has again put us into a situation where fear might drive us to act before we fully weigh all of our options. There’s no question that we have to do something, but what that “something” entails seems to be elusive.

One thing that the western news media has paid significant attention and analysis to is Islamic State militant’s use of social media. Twitter and YouTube have been used as both a propaganda outlet and a recruiting tool to attract foreign fighters who are sympathetic to their cause.

But the shock factor is something the west needs to identify and hold at arm’s distance. It’s cliché to say that history will repeat itself, but there is one lesson we should have learned from our last foray into the Middle East. When we let emotionally charged messages generate fear and dictate our actions, our judgment becomes clouded.

The last thing our nation can afford to do is let our fear of terrorism dictate our next move. We know that it’s unwise to hastily proceed alone into another un-funded conflict. We should not try to combat Islamic fanaticism without a strong coalition and clear plan for how we intend to mitigate and neutralize the threat ISIS poses.

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“I think we definitely need to do something. Two of our citizens were terrorized. We need to figure out if we can negotiate something or use force.”

“I don’t think we should be letting it happen. Britain is upping its security, maybe Obama should do the same. He should listen to his advisers and military advisers.”

“Since ISIS goes against everything America stands for they are a direct threat. We need to put a stop to this. We need to communicate with our allies and find solutions to the situation.”

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Protestors march to the site of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, during day four of protests, Aug. 15.

The dead cry out for our attention Stuart Richards Contributor

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e were all rocked by the events in Ferguson. Militarygrade weaponry patrolled a suburb of St. Louis as if it were Fallujah, while policemen violated the constitutional rights of peaceful protesters and even journalists. A common response to these events was “Why?” Our predominantly white region seems genuinely clueless as to why any of this is happening. If this is you, it’s not your fault; we Chadronians don’t have much firsthand experience of the tortured history of black/white racial relations. Because this knowledge isn’t necessary to our daily lives, we’re understandably ignorant.

I can’t cure that ignorance in 700 words, but I can point you in the direction of two really good articles. One is

by Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic, who explains how blacks were held down by various forces in American society, and calls for an accounting of just how much this cost black America: http://tinyurl.com/tanehisi.

The second article is by Dara Lind of Vox, outlining the history of racist policing in America, especially how the illegal violence of lynch mobs got outsourced to racialized police departments: http://tinyurl.com/lercldu.

The history is ugly, and as a white person myself, I can’t claim much pride in its retelling. But unless we want to continue this sad history, we must learn it, so as not to repeat it.

Furthermore, there are still lessons we can apply here in Chadron. There

is a legacy of racism here; not so much toward blacks, but toward Natives.

Most long-term residents can recall stories of friends being pulled over for “driving while Native,” of other friends recounting negative Native stereotypes as if they were true. The Klan was once active in Gordon, and the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder there in 1972 is similar to that of Michael Brown.

The history of Native Americans’ struggle against white oppression is very different from that of blacks, but the white response, especially lately, has been similar.

We, the generation of young whites now attending Chadron State, did not create these horrors, and are not personally to blame for them. But as the supposed beneficiaries of this toxic legacy, it falls to us to address it. If we don’t, then it does become our fault.

The first step is making new friends.

According to Robert Jones of the Public Religion Research Institute, threequarters of us whites have no nonwhite friends. If our social circles are closed off to everyone else, no wonder it’s hard to empathize with those we don’t know firsthand.

The second step is studying history.

If anyone wants to learn more about the history of race relations in America, it’s very accessible to laymen. One of the seminal books about black/white relations was written by the conservative historian C. Vann Woodward, and it’s called The Strange History of Jim Crow.

On Native/white relations, our own Joel Hyer, dean of B.E.A.M.S., contributed to As Long As The Grass Shall Grow And Rivers Flow; and Vine Deloria Jr.’s Custer Died For Your Sins remains a classic in the field. Additionally, anyone wanting to know more about the subject is welcome to email me at stu@alleycatradio.com; it’s literally my day job to explain history, and I love my work.

The third step is speaking up whenever we see injustice. A society that tolerates small racisms paves the way for great racisms.

It is not in any of our individual powers to, say, end the racial disparity in sentencing tomorrow; but each one of us has been audience to tiny racist acts or thoughts, and if we confront it when we see it, we help crumble the edifice of racism in our tiny corner of the world.

I believe we have, here in Nebraska, some of the most fundamentally decent people in the world. But, as Edmund Burke once observed, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

The dead of Ferguson, of Gordon, and all the rest cry out for our attention, for us to do something. It is my earnest hope and prayer that we will heed their cries and break the back of white supremacy in our generation.

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Head to Head: Columnists clash over complaining

Will avoiding complaints make your life better?

Does complaining serve a useful purpose?

Jordyn Hulinsky

Spike Jordan

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Opinion Editor

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n the last opinion article I wrote about how athletes should never take the game they play for granted and how they should enjoy every opportunity they get to play.

I still stand by that statement, but now I’m going to preach almost the same lesson to people in everyday life.

I was recently challenged by a Facebook friend of mine to go 24 hours without complaining and I took the challenge, it wasn’t easy, but I did it. The challenge said, “Go 24 hours without complaining and see how your life changes.” The challenge didn’t lie.

What I noticed when I was on my 24 hours of no complaining was everyone else’s complaining. “Just shoot me.” “Kill me now.” “Drive me off a cliff.” Those were some of the more dramatic complaining I heard. During this 24 hours I realized just how harsh those sayings are.

I hear them all the time now, and I probably did before, I just didn’t register them. Think of what those words mean to people who have had either a friend or family member actually shoot themselves, or who were murdered, or who did have a car accident.

I do know people who were shot and who were killed in car accidents, when I hear those things I think, why do they get to say those things and still stay on this Earth, whereas, those I loved were taken even though they had never said they wanted to leave this Earth?

There are some people who you can just tell deserve to be here. They are the people who make everyone else feel better just by they way they act and how they talk. They are those people who have multitudes of friends around them at all times.

I’ve recently realized something about those people; they don’t complain like the rest of us. They love everything about this life and it seems to me that it’s those people who actually have the most difficult situations sent their way.

I have an aunt who lives in a different state than I do, so she is always sending us messages updating us on her family’s situation. She has five kids and two grandkids.

With this family the saying, “No news

is good news,” rings true because it seems like every month one member of the family is in the hospital for some reason or another.

I bring this up, because my aunt is one of the happiest, most loving people I’ve ever met. She is one of those people who make others feel better about themselves just by her demeanor. She doesn’t complain or whine about her family situation, she just takes it and tries to find the good in all of it.

YOLO is another expression I noted multiple times in my 24 hours. YOLO stands for “you only live once,” but I like the expression Carpe diem (seize the day) better because even though yes, you are only granted one life (if you don’t believe in reincarnation, which I don’t), I think you are supposed to live each day.

Everyday you wake up should be a new one; it should be refreshing and exciting. Granted, not everyday can be the best day ever, but if you get out of bed in the morning with the idea that this is a new day and today I am going to make the most of it, you probably won’t complain as much through the day.

I’m a strong believer that your attitude determines your actions; if you believe you have a new day ahead of you everyday, you will. Sure, this is easier said that done and it won’t always be easy, I get that, but isn’t it worth a shot?

Life is precious; those of us who waste time complaining and whining about every tiny, little detail aren’t embracing all this life has to offer.

Stop complaining, take off the blinders, see the world and enjoy it! Even if you don’t think you can completely give up complaining, which I’m still struggling with, just try the challenge I took: Go 24 hours without complaining and see how your life changes.

Go 24 hours without complaining and see how your life changes.

y favorite restaurant in Chadron has a sign that reads, “If we don’t know about it, we can’t fix it.”

That’s important, especially when I look at how many businesses put profit in the driver’s seat and throw quality control out the window. I really like that sign for some reason, not that I have ever had any complaints about the service there, it’s beyond reproach. I like that message because it calls out something stupid in my behavior.

I’m an unpleasant customer when I go out to eat. If the server brings me something that I didn’t order, I make a big scene… …by politely eating my food with a quiet smile. When they check on me to see if I need anything, I seize the opportunity to really let them have it. I take a deep breath; I look straight down at my plate, and I say, “No, thank you.”

It’s only when the bill comes that I finally get my revenge: I leave behind a handsome tip, usually about 40 percent of the ticket.

That’ll show ‘em.

It might sound like I’m the ideal customer, but I’m not doing any favors by avoiding complaining. I’m not helping that server better their service, I’m not helping the cooks or the owners better their food, and I’m certainly not helping myself; after all, I pay good money for a satisfying meal.

Why do I do that, then? It’s probably because I’m a complacent push-over and I pass off mediocre treatment as though I deserve it. Part of this is deeply buried social anxiety, but I think the other half is silent guilt that comes from growing up in a Catholic household, where heaven literally forbids you complain. I used to convince myself, “Christ was nailed to a cross for you; the least you could do is be grateful and eat your fish sandwich without making a fuss.”

It wasn’t until I joined the Marines that I heard the phrase, “Questions, Comments, Concerns?” What followed resembled a cricket chorus. Complaints were met with tough love; “I found you a straw, now suck it the f*** up.”

That mentality resonated well for a neurotic punishment junkie like me. I like to attack my problems, rather than coddle them into submission. However, I had a First Sergeant along the way who followed the cricket-chirps with another expression.

“No complaints? Silence is acceptance.”

The first time I heard him say that, it had powerful effect on me. If you are in a lead-

ership position, you are obligated to look after the people you lead. I learned that if I had a problem, it was perfectly okay to talk about it, and if people approached me with problems, I owed them my ears. Most people suck at mind reading, and complaining is the first step to letting someone know a problem exists.

So let’s examine this “no complaining” challenge that my colleague is asking us to take. On the surface it seems innocuous and well-intentioned. But let’s look at the potential positive and negative effects of what this challenge is really asking us to do.

First, the challenge is asking you to shut up for 24 hours. This isn’t about you or your happiness at all. That’s not the point here; no one gives a damn about you. Get over yourself, you entitled narcissist.

By abstaining from complaining, you start to notice other people’s problems.

Some of those complaints seem petty and disgusting, as she points out. But the biggest problem with communication is that we listen with the intent to respond, rather than to understand.

Instead of judging people who complain, maybe you should stop and ask them what’s wrong. Maybe you ought to actually listen to their complaints and offer an increasingly rare gift: compassionate understanding.

That’s the positive effect the “Stop Complaining Challenge” has to bring.

Now here’s the negative. Whenever someone commits suicide, the first thing we usually hear is that nobody saw it coming. Speaking from personal experience, I’m not surprised by this. Depression makes you blame yourself for your problems; you feel that you don’t “deserve to be here.” And the crux of my argument is bitter and ironic: you feel trapped and that complaining about your pain will only make things worse.

Life is precious, but the “stop complaining” mentality doesn’t change anything for the better. Making complaints taboo asks you to ignore suffering as one of life’s uncomfortable truths and creates an unnecessary spiral of silence.

Silencing complaints only marginalizes those who feel pain instead of giving them the power to ask for the help they need.

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ROTC Ashley Swanson Managing Editor

Humid summer air creates a thick blanket of sweat on the forehead, which pools to other parts of the body, but there is no escape from the heat. The men and women are dressed head to toe in crisp, camouflage suits, creating a vacuum for heat, but there is no complaining about the boiling rays from the sun.

Wednesday’s are devoted to ROTC Lab, a class that trains young men and women about the duties and responsibilities of a soldier. They obtain the knowledge of not only what it takes to be the best soldier they can, but also of the world, military, and leadership.

First Sergeant for the CSC ROTC Program Kassie VanDiest, 20, junior of Dunning, and Platoon Sergeant Major Armstead, 21, junior of Los Angeles, led the Sept. 3 lab. VanDiest called for everyone to fall into formation, which ended with three long lines of freshman and veteran ROTC members.

“We were conducting a D&C [drill and ceremony] lab, which is basically working on marching,” VanDiest stated. “We broke up into small groups and did classes on facing movement, the proper way to handle a rifle, and formation procedure.”

VanDiest lead the squad that taught ROTC members facing movements including standing at attention, which is when they stand facing forward, hands straight down at sides, in an alert position. They also learned at ease and rest position, which is a little more relaxed than the attention position, but they still keep their backs straight, and focus on the person giving the information.

Megan McLean, 20, sophomore of Brewster, led the squad that showed students how to properly address an officer with hand and body movements. Keeping the right arm straight, they should bring their hand to the brim of their hat, keeping their arm at a 90 degree angle from their body. Their thumb should be tucked into the hand while in this position.

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Another squad was teaching cadets how to properly hold a rifle, and the proper stance, while shooting it. Have an athletic stance, with a straight back, knees bent, and the butt of the gun level to the lower chest. Squaring up the shoulders is important because it keeps the upper part of the body straight, leaving less chance of being shot in the sides of the chest or stomach.

The last squad taught students how to properly march in a group. When marching, a person should always start off on the left foot. When the group halts, they should continue to march in place for three steps, with their arms still moving, before they cease movement.

ROTC teaches students a number of things including, but not limited to, military rank structures, tactics, leader development skills, and about weapons. They also focus on current events such as ISIS, and last year they focused on the Sochi Olympics because of what was happening there, and where Sochi was located on a map; how to land navigate using only a compass and a map; how to march properly; and it teaches them to develop a basic knowledge of the world and the military.

“It’s really time consuming but it’s worth it. I learned a lot and they taught me well,” Andrew Cameron, 23, CSC graduate student, 2nd Lieutenant in Fremont, said. “It’s a good program if you want to do anything in the military.”

ROTC also gives them an opportunity to study abroad, learn a new language, and work with national guard units. This past summer, seven cadets went to the Leadership Development and Assessment Course, which is the equivalent to ROTC, and completed it.

Other summer adventures included McLean, who went to the United States Army Airborne school for three weeks, where she had to jump out of a plane. The first week is ground week, where they took an Army Physical Fitness Test, and practiced how to properly exit an aircraft. The same techniques were used to jump out of a 34-foot tower, she said. Participants also learned how to perform a proper parachute landing fall off of the lateral drift apparatus.

The second week was tower week, where they practiced

mass exit techniques out of a mock door on the tower. They also perfected their PLFs on a 12-foot swing landing trainer, and practiced how to steer away from other parachuters, using the suspended harness. The final week was jump week, which involved all participants to jump out of an airplane after harnessing themselves, and then being inspected by the jump master, McLean said.

“When the door opened, and everyone began jumping out the door it felt completely different from everything we had done to prepare for it,” McLean said. “When I jumped out it was chaotic for a few seconds but after my static line deployed my parachute and I slowed down, I really enjoyed myself.”

She said that, even though she was scared of heights, riding the parachute down was her favorite part.

“Overall, I enjoyed my experience there,” she said. “I got to meet some really interesting people from all corners of the nation, and made some good friends. I also got to do something I never expected to.”

Executive Officer for the Mount Rushmore Battalion, James Barrows, 22, senior of Chadron, was able to attend the Cadet Troop Leader Training and Project O this past summer. There, he was able to work with live fire and troops, while learning about tanks and how to direct them. Barrows went to Kansas for a month and a half. He learned Arabic in Kansas for the project.

The first year of the project is an in-state at a campus, while the second year is a study abroad portion. Barrows also attended Cadet Troop Leader Training for two and a half weeks at Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was able to shadow and be a platoon leader for the 138th infantry. Barrows was also a platoon leader for a Bradley Platoon.

“There was artillery, air support, and engineers,” Barrows said.

“There are 50 people total in ROTC,” Nathan Reicks assistant professor for ROTC said.

Twenty of which are incoming freshman; however, there are almost 30 new incoming students.

“This is the biggest class by far,” Reicks said, “The program is growing and hopefully it continues that way.”

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Josh Mayer, 20, sophomore of Lincoln, instructs freshman and new ROTC members on proper facing movements and marching Sept. 3 on the Dean’s Green.

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Members of War Eagles do push ups after CSC makes a touchdown during Saturday’s game against Missouri S&T at Elliott Field. They do push ups for every touchdown CSC makes at a home game.

Cadet, Megan McLean, 20, junior of Brewster, instructs an ROTC group during lab Sept. 3, on the grass outside of Crites.

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Men, women finish in 1st Christopher Smith Reporter

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Robert Ricks, sophomore of Douglas, Wyoming, runs the course at the team’s first competition on South Dakota School of Mines invite.

The men’s and women’s cross country teams open up strong this past weekend participating at a triangular hosted by South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City. Both teams claimed first place, but the men tied for first.

It was an easy win for the women’s team as they swept through the 5k event led by Rebecca Volf, junior of Wood River. She finished with a time of 19:00. Jayme Nunes, junior of Alliance, came in second with 19:09, and to finish the sweep, Nicky Banzhaf, sophomore of Chadron, was third with a time of 19:13.

Also for the women, Callie Johnson, sophomore of Casper, Wyoming, finished fifth; Margaret Vinton, freshman of North Platte, finished ninth; and Justine Stone,

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Volleyball:

1. Adams State 1-0 (0-0 RMAC)

1. Colorado Mesa 4-0 (0-0 RMAC)

2. Chadron State 1-0 (0-0 RMAC)

2. MSU-Denver 4-0 (0-0 RMAC)

4. Colorado Mines 1-0 (0-0 RMAC) 5. CSU-Pueblo 1-0 (0-0 RMAC) 6. Western State 1-0 (0-0 RMAC) 7. Black Hills State 0-1 (0-0 RMAC) 8. Fort Lewis 0-1 (0-0 RMAC)

PATRICK O’BOYLE

Sport: Football Position: Quarterback Class rank: Senior Hometown: Gering O’Boyle led the Eagles in rushing against Missouri S&T, Saturday. He ran five times for 77 yards and one touchdown. O’Boyle also helped out in the quarterback position, completing three for 91 yards and a touchdown.

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Sport: Cross Country Class rank: Junior Hometown: Wood River Volf led the women’s cross country team to a first place finish at the triangular hosted by South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City. The team averaged a time of 19 minutes, 24 seconds. Volf won the 5k with a time of 19:00.

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3. Colorado Mesa 1-0 (0-0 RMAC)

freshman of Maywood, finished 10th; and Sarah Townsend, junior of Douglas, Wyoming, finished 17th. The women averaged a 5k time of 19 minutes and 24 seconds, with six women breaking the 20 minute barrier.

The men averaged a little over 27 minutes in their 8k race, coming up even with Black Hills State University.

Josef Gertner, sophomore of Fort Morgan, Colorado, placed seventh in the event; Dylan Stansbury, junior of Crawford, finished 11th; Eric Yager, freshman of Hot Springs, South Dakota, placed 12th; Evans Koech, junior of Kenya, placed 14th; Levi Avila, freshman of Mitchell, placed 22nd; and Hank Johnson, sophomore of Lingle, Wyoming, placed 25th.

The cross country teams will be back in action Sept. 13 when they host a meet at the college.

Events will begin at 9 a.m.

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3. Colorado Mines 3-1 (0-0 RMAC)

Week 1: Sept. 8

1. Northwest Missouri State 1-0

14. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 1-0

2. Colorado State­­-Pueblo 1-0

15. Indianapolis (Ind.) 1-0

3. Minnesota-Duluth 1-0

16. Tarleton State (Texas) 0-0

4. Minnesota State-Mankato 1-0

17. Delta State (Miss.) 1-0

4. Regis 3-1 (0-0 RMAC)

5. North Alabama 0-0

18. Grand Valley State (Mich.) 0-1

5. Adams State 2-2 (0-0 RMAC)

6. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 1-0

19. Emporia State (Kan.) 1-0

7. Henderson State (Ark.) 1-0

20. Indiana (Pa.) 1-0

8. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 1-0

21. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 1-0

9. West Chester (Pa.) 1-0

22. West Texas A&M 0-1

10. Ohio Dominican 1-0

23. Valdosta State (Ga.) 1-0

11. Shepherd (W. Va.) 1-0

24. Ferris State (Mich.) 1-0

12. Winston­-Salem State (N.C.) 1-0

25t. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 0-1

13. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 1-0

25t. West Alabama 1-0

6. Black Hills State 2-2 (0-0 RMAC) 7. Colorado Christian 2-2 (0-0 RMAC) 8. CSU-Pueblo 2-2 (0-0 RMAC) 9. New Mexico Highlands 2-2 (0-0 RMAC)

9. New Mexico Highlands 0-1 (0-0 RMAC)

10. Western New Mexico 2-3 (0-0 RMAC)

10. Western New Mexico 0-1 (0-0 RMAC)

11. Chadron State 1-3 (0-0 RMAC)

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Tailback Michael Madkins, senior of Sacramento, California, reaches the ball over the goal line for a touchdown during the game against Missouri Science and Technology on Saturday at Elliot Field.

Eagles smash Miners, 42-25, in season opener Jordyn Hulinsky Sports Editor Scoring every quarter, the Eagles football team won the first game of its 100th season, 42-25. The Eagles took the lead in the first quarter and never let up.

Jonn McLain, senior of Chadron, and Patrick O’Boyle, senior of Gering, tag teamed as quarterback. McLain completed 22 passes for 260 yards including one touchdown. O’Boyle completed three throws for 91 yards, also including one touchdown. O’Boyle also led the team in rushing yards with 77 yards and another touchdown. Together, McLain and O’Boyle posted 351 passing yards and two touchdowns.

Cody Paul, sophomore of Seal Beach, California, and Michael Madkins, senior of Sacramento, California, also helped out the team on the ground gaining 66 and 44 yards respectively. Paul tallied one touchdown, and Madkins marked two.

The team had 244 rushing yards with four touchdowns.

Madkins also helped in the air, receiving five passes for 36 yards. Kyle Vinich, junior of Casper, Wyoming, led the team in receiving yards, grabbing 10 for 151 yards and one touchdown.

Team captain Zach Sandstrom, senior of Chadron, talked about the defense’s performance.

“When it comes to defense, we started off the first half of the game great,” he said. “But the second half, we did not execute as well as the first half. We came out and only allowed six

points in the first half, but in the second half we allowed way too much. We could have been better on 4th down conversations as well. We allowed the offense to covert too many of their 4th down attempts.”

Lane Haller, senior of Gordon; Conor Casey, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota; and Isaac Holscher, senior of Scottsbluff; led the team with nine tackles each. Casey had one for a loss, and Holscher had 2.5 for loss. Tanner Wintholz, redshirt freshman of Sidney, marked one sack for a loss of nine yards.

Before the game, the team selected six players to be named team captains. Those players include Casey; Dylan Furrier, junior of Tucson, Arizona; Haller; McLain; Sam Parker, senior of Harrison; and Sandstrom.

Parker commented on how the team played this weekend.

“I was pleased with how we played on Saturday,” he said.

“We did a lot of things well. We moved the ball well at times, and our defense and special teams helped give us great field position. Also, we limited our penalties which was an area we struggled at last year against [the Miners].”

The team marked six penalties for 60 yards on Saturday.

The Miners were flagged eight times for 69 yards.

Haller also talked about how the team performed against the Miners.

“I would say that as a player looking back, there are always moments in the game when you wish you would have maybe done that, or did this thing a little better, but overall, I think we did a good job at executing what we set out to do,” he said.

“During the first game, there are always a lot of emotions and nerves that players aren’t always use to having, so it was fortunate we were able to experience those different emotions and get used to the game’s speed, and still come out with a ‘W’.”

In preparation for this week’s game, the Eagles are focusing on being consistent.

“This week, we want to continue to eliminate penalties,” Parker said, “and focus on being more consistent throughout the game.”

Sandstrom also commented on what the team needs to work on.

“We need to focus on finishing the game on the defensive side of the ball,” he said. “We need to play a full game. We are focusing on the 3rd and 4th quarters. As the game goes on we want to become stronger. We also need to improve on 4th downs, and we will focus on that this week.

“Overall, as a team, we need to have the offense, defense, and special teams on the same page. If we can put a full game together with all three parts then we will have a good game,” he said.

The Eagles will take to the road to compete against Idaho State University, Pocatello, at 2:35 p.m., Saturday.

“I think the biggest thing for us right now, especially for the defense,” Haller said, “We have to become more consistent. There were times Saturday that I thought we were unstoppable, and then the following series or just a couple plays later, we would give up a touchdown. I think it all boils down to having more ability to remain focused and play with intensity rather than emotion.”

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Student, teacher capture same instant While it is not rare for two photographers to shoot almost indiscernible photos, it is rare for two photographers, who are not standing near each other, nor do either of them know where the other is located, making an almost identical photo.

Although rare, that is, in fact, what happened during Saturday’s football game against Missouri S&T. Michael D. Kennedy, adviser of The Eagle, and Ashley Swanson, managing editor of The Eagle, were standing by the east end zone, preparing to take photos of a touchdown.

Each of them snagged an identical photo of tailback Michael Madkins, senior of Sacramento, California; however, they were not knowledgeable that they had done so until Monday.

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shooting from a lower position, fills the frame with his shot, while Swanson shot from eye level and is farther away from the subjects.

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He had been trying to take a photo like this for four years, while Swanson took this photo during her third year shooting football.

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1. Madkin’s hand and the football is resting on the touchdown line.

2. Number 36 is up in the air, preparing to tackle Madkins.

3. CSC’s player is tackling a Missouri S&T player.

4. Quarterback Jonn McLain’s hand is on his helmet.

5. CSC’s number 89 is looking back at the play while sitting on the touchdown line.

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Ashley Swanson Managing Editor Garrett Gilkey has moved on, to another team that is.

Gilkey was picked up by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being cut from the Cleveland Browns as an offensive lineman. He is the fourth person from CSC to make it to the NFL, and will take the position of tackle while playing for the Buccaneers.

While with the Browns, he played in six games and started one, according to nationalfootballpost.com. Gilkey was the 227th pick in round seven of the 2013 NFL Draft for the Browns.

He played in his seventh NFL game Sunday, when the Buccaneers Logan Mankins, guard, suffered a knee injury, leaving Gilkey to take his place.

Gilkey was recruited by CSC and former head football coach Bill O’Boyle, and played with the team until 2012. He graduated in May of this year.

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Volleyball team earns first win of the season The Eagles win 1 of 4 games in the Montana State University­—Billings tournament over the weekend.

Evan Brooks Reporter The Chadron State College volleyball team made its way to Billings, Montana, last weekend to participate in a preseason tournament hosted by Montana State University—Billings that would get the Eagles’ season underway.

On Friday, the Eagles came up short in both match-ups, suffering a four-set loss to Minot State University in the first game and a three-set loss to host Montana State University— Billings in the second.

Outside hitter Erica Roybal, senior of Denver, and middle hitter Lelalelei Nomura, transfer junior of Pago Pago, American Somoa, led the Eagles with 17 kills apiece for the day. Ashlyn Hanson, freshman of Seward, added 12 kills and 19 digs of her own in the two games.

After taking the short end of a 10-25 opening set against Minot State, the Eagles bounced back with a win in the sec-

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ond set behind 31 match assists by setter Justine Ackie, junior of Phoenix. She would add 11 more against MSUB. Brittany Oddo, senior of Peoria, Arizona, led the team with 26 digs on the day.

Chadron fought hard to keep things interesting in the final two sets against Minot State, losing each one by just three points. Against Billings, the Eagles lost by scores of 15-20, 2325, and 20-25.

The final day of the tournament began early for the Eagles, as they took on University of Mary at 9 a.m. They closed the tournament at 2 p.m. against conference rival Black Hills State University. This was not a conference match-up.

In their encounter with the University of Mary, Chadron got its first win of the season, performing a three-set sweep to end the game as quickly as possible. Against Black Hills, the Eagles luck ran out, losing to the Yellow Jackets in four sets.

Roybal and Nomura led the way again with 24 kills and three blocks each for the day. Setter Mariah Conyers, sophomore of Bellwood, distributed well for the Eagles, tallying a combined 72 assists for both games. Oddo finished with 31 digs, while Hanson added another 12 kills and 24 digs.

The Eagles made things look easy against the University of Mary, never receiving much threat from the opposition.

Nomura led the way with 12 kills, and Conyers pitched in 23 match assists.

Although the Eagles lost to Black Hills in the final game of the tournament, the girls remained positive about the weekend and the remainder of the season.

“I thought we did some good things and learned a lot about what we need to work on,” Jamie McLain, junior of Chadron, said. “I think this program is going uphill, and Coach Wells has a lot to offer.”

McLain also voiced that the team expects to reach the conference tournament this year.

Setter and defensive specialist Alyssa Bauer, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, also had some input.

“We could have planned better, but it was our first weekend,” she said. “I have high expectations for this season. We have a lot of new faces, and some old, and we are figuring out how to work with one another.”

Bauer also gave praise to their new coach, Chris Wells, insisting that he is goFile photo by Teri Robinson ing to be responsible for much success in Outside hitter Hanna Flaming, senior of Benton, Kansas, spikes the ball over the net in a game against Metro State on Sept. 20, 2013. the Chadron State volleyball program.

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Sutter presents on Wilderness Act Janelle Kesterson Lifestyles Editor

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On Tuesday night, Paul Sutter, a professor at the University of Colorado, gave a presentation titled “Driven Wild: The Interwar Origins of Modern American Wilderness Advocacy.”

Sutter started the presentation with some background about the Wilderness Act. It is an act, passed on Sept. 3, 1964, which created a way for Congress to designate “wilderness areas”. The designation “wilderness area” means that no roads, vehicles or permanent structures are allowed. Activities like logging or mining are also prohibited.

There is one wilderness area in Northwest Nebraska. It is “Soldier Creek Wilderness Area” and is located near Crawford.

Next, Sutter began to delve into the history of the Wilderness Act. According to Sutter, the wilderness conservation movement began in 1916 when the U.S. National Park Service was created.

This was a time when automobiles

were becoming more and more available. As a result of this, more people were flocking west to visit the nation’s newly created National Parks. Highways and other infrastructure were being improved to accommodate the new rush of traffic. The National Parks and the surrounding cities embraced the newly formed relationship between wilderness and the automobile because they were gaining vast amounts of revenue from the visitors. The parks and border towns began to grow.

People visiting the national parks would park and camp wherever they wanted; not only in the parks, but also as they were traveling to the parks. This is what spurred the battle between the national parks and private landowners. In the early 1920s cities began to build free-municipal auto campgrounds. These eventually morphed into what we know as motels.

Wilderness conservationists began to raise their concerns for the land in the national parks because the tourists were driving wherever they wanted. During this time,

more roads were built and national parks began building campsites within the national parks.

This sparked another interest with the wilderness conservationists because they were opposed to the infrastructure; they said it was ruining the landscape.

This was the advent of the real wilderness movement. Conservationist Bon Marshall set out to find land in America that was untouched by humans. He labeled these areas a potential wilderness.

He worked with other conservationists such as Aldo Leopold, a forester by training, to begin the framework for the Wilderness Society.

Leopold is considered the founder of the Wilderness society, which in 1964 finally passed the Wilderness Act. Many of the areas that Marshall had previously surveyed were protected under the Wilderness Act. The Wilderness Act did not pass without controversy, but conservationists prevailed, and today we can enjoy nearly 110 million protected acres.

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Don't 'Let it Go' at the expense of love Kylie Hansen Lifestyles Editor “Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back anymore!” This is a common new quote that we as college students like to use to let go of homework, class, and past relationships that we often like to forget about from our home towns.

I’m sure many of you know that this quote is from the now famous movie, "Frozen." "Frozen" is a movie where a royal family has two daughters; Anna and Elsa. The only problem is, Elsa has magical powers that allow her to create anything related to winter by freezing objects, making it snow, or creating adorable snowmen named Olaf.

Anna and Elsa began to think this power was wonderful for playing, until one morning tragedy struck. Elsa was building snow mounds for Anna to jump on, but when Anna began to run too fast, Elsa accidentally missed and froze Anna. Although her family feared for her life, trolls healed her and also were able to wipe her memory of Elsa’s magical powers to keep her safe.

Elsa was locked away into her room throughout the rest of her childhood and teenage years. “Conceal, don’t feel,” was her

famous motto she used to hide her powers to prevent hurting anyone else. But, when their parents were killed out at sea, Elsa was next in line to rule the village. During the coronation ceremony, Elsa and Anna began to argue because Anna thought she had met the love of her life that she had just met that very day named Hans. Elsa aggressively disagreed with it, causing her to be angered. She accidentally revealed her powers to everyone, causing her to panic and run away.

She ran away and began to “let it go,” but by doing so, she froze the entire village and caused a never-ending winter.

People began to search for her including her sister.

As Anna was searching, she met a young man named Kristoff who helped her attempt to find Elsa. Again, in the middle of an argument after Anna and Kristoff found her, Elsa inadvertently froze Anna’s heart. It turned out that Kristoff had been raised by the magical trolls who tried to convince Anna and

Kristoff that they were in love. The trolls told Anna that she could only be healed by an act of true love.

They hurried back to the village so that Anna could kiss Hans, thinking that was the act of true love to break the spell.

When they returned, Hans was in control of the land, and he admitted to Anna that he was just lying about really loving her and he planned on killing her and her sister so that he could have a country to rule.

While all of this was happening, Kristoff realized that he really did love Anna. He began to run back to save her, meanwhile, Hans found Elsa. As he swung his sword to kill her, Anna stepped in, saving her sister and simultaneously freezing into ice. Heartbroken, Elsa cried and hugged her. But, this the act of true love, and Anna began to thaw.

Needless to say, Hans got punched in the face, and Elsa realized that love was all you need to melt away the never-ending winter she started.

With this whole story in mind, we like to think that letting it go would be so easy, but sometimes it’s not the best.

We can set off a never-ending storm somewhere else. All we need is a little love to show everyone. Everyone needs to let some things go, but don’t ever forget that love is more important that the things we think we need to let out.

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‘Ambient Works’ is an electronic classic Richard Heule III

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Evan Smith, 18, freshman of Gillette, Wyoming, eats a combination of regular green peppers and jalapeño peppers during the Pepper Eating Contest at the Fiesta Party Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom. Smith won the Pepper Eating Contest.

Fiesta Party provides fun activities for students Haley Glasscock Contributor The Resident Life Association and Diversity Committee hosted the annual Fiesta Party Thursday night in the Student Center Ballroom.

Along with games and a nacho bar, this year the Fiesta Party also included ballroom dance classes. Students were taught the basic steps of the salsa and they were also taught a few trick moves. Sarah Spinks, 18, freshman of Omaha, taught the classes.

According to Resident Life manager Billie Knifong, students enjoy this

event every year.

“There’s a lot of games for students to participate in, and there’s a nacho bar which everyone gets excited about,” Knifong said.

The event started at 6:30 p.m. with two sessions of salsa lessons. After students learned how to salsa, they played games such as “pin the tail on the donkey” and hit piñatas. There was also a chili pepper eating contest, which drew tears from some students eyes. Students were also able to let loose at a dance.

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sounds before going into a bass-heavy distortion paradise that lasts for the majority of the song.

Contributor There are a couple minor breaks where we get some semblance of melody, but everything in this track just seems to be thrown in there.

Richard D. James, known by his stage name 7. Heliosphan—a breath of fresh air compared to Aphex Twin, has been making electronic music a lot of the more raw-sounding pieces on this alsince he was a teenager. His first album, “Selected bum. This song sounds like someone took KraftAmbient Works 85-92”, is hailed as one of the best werk and added in the Amen Break well enough to create a completely different feel. electronic albums ever created by many critics.

“Ambient Works” was released on Feb. 12, 8. We Are The Music Makers—a chill-out 1992, about a year and a half before I was born. I groove that derives from jazz a little bit as far as discovered this album after doing a little research instrumentation goes. There’s also a small sample in there from the movie “Willy Wonka and the and fell in love on first listen.

1. Xtal—starts off with some soft chords and Chocolate Factory.” evolves into a syncopated electronic groove. The 9. Schottkey 7th Path— a song that sounds like it bass isn’t too heavy, so it doesn’t disrupt the deli- would play while you are sitting in a space station, cate nature of the surrounding chords, which get but is extremely repetitive, and unfortunately that kind of turns me off. accompanied by some soft horn 10. Ptolemy—a drum machine lovinstruments near the end. It all er’s dream, as the beginning is enmeshes together to create this tirely sounds of the Roland TR-808 amalgam of everything Brian that continues throughout. The bass Eno ever wanted to accomplish. has a distinct 80’s feel to it, while the 2. Tha—a highly syncopated synth pad takes you to the late 70’s. romp through a subway sta11. Hedphelym—sounds like an tion. The music sounds like acid trip gone haywire. It’s mostly something you would hear on distorted synth noises with bass a drug trip, and is very remidrums in the background. There’s niscent of “On the Run” from nothing really too special on this Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”, however the bass line Album artwork for Aphex Twin’s one. here is a chill-out session that “Selected Amvient Works 85-92” 12. Delphium—the most 80’s sounding track on the entire album. It has lasts the entire song. everything from drum machines 3. Pulsewidth—sounds reminiscent of when amateur computer musicians to FM synthesizers, and is quite reminiscent of were using tracker software to make music for Kraftwerk a la “Electric Café”.

Amiga computers. This track takes everything 13. Actium—a fitting end, with most of the good about tracker music and kicks it up a notch same effects heard on the rest of the album. It’s to provide you with an upbeat symphony of a chill-out groove that gets progressively more glitch noise before the bass takes over and comnoise.

4. Ageispolis—composed mostly of heavy bass mandeers the rest of the track, until the very last sound and some soft chords thrown into the second when we get a nice electric piano to fade mix. At this point, it’s quite obvious that Aphex us out.

It is clear that many electronic musicians have Twin is a VERY big fan of his Roland drum machines. I don’t have a problem with that; I love derived a lot from Aphex Twin, even if they might the sound of a Roland TR-808 just as much as not know it. Electronic music today is mostly the next guy, but the bass in this one gets a bit wub noises and DJs that barely move a finger, so this was a breath of fresh air. The bass isn’t too overbearing at points.

5. “I”—a very short tune made of only synth pad overpowering, but it is there just enough to make sounds. So far, this track sticks to the true defini- your ears appreciate it.

If you haven’t heard any Aphex Twin before, tion of “ambient”, but I feel like it’s too short.

6. Green Calx—starts off with some distortion start out with this album. You won’t regret it.