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AG & RANGE >>

New assistant professor hired in range program

Jonathan Spiess is teaching two classes while working toward his doctorate degree Please see page 7

NEWS >>

Student Senate seeks campus input Senators ask for feedback from students regarding fire pit project

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SPORTS >>

Familiar faces return to Elliott Field

CSC football team welcomes key returners while adding new faces to its roster Please see page 11

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COLORFUL START: Taylor Lindstrom, 18, freshman of Rapid City, South Dakota, smiles and plans a counterattack after tie dye powder was thrown in her face during Saturday afternoon’s tie dye water gun fight, sponsored by Zeta Alpha Kappa and Xi Delta Zeta in the Backyard.

Student Senate looks to fill vacant positions u By Aubrie Lawrence

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Editor-in-Chief

After many of the senators graduated last semester, Student Senate was down to bare bones as it entered its first meeting of the semester Monday, showing the desperate need for fresh faces and representation.

There are currently only five senators seated in the Student Senate, and many of them are

quickly approaching reelection. Because of the lack of numbers, elections are starting up quickly. Petitions to become a dorm senator are due to Chief Justice Nathan Cronin by 5 p.m., Friday.

Elections for school senators will be starting soon after those positions are filled. Any full-time student, including freshman, can petition to become a senator.

There are 15 open positions in Student Senate.

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News

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Student Senate asks for student feedback on fire pit

Photo courtesy of Student Senate

Above is an artist’s rendition of Lee Davies Architecture’s design of CSC’s proposed fire pit and gathering area.

 By Aubrie Lawrence Editor-in-Chief

Photo courtesy of Student Senate

An overhead scamatic of Lee Davies Architecture’s design for CSC’s proposed fire pit and gathering area.

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Last year, Student Senate took on a project to add a fire pit to campus. It underwent heavy discussion, both from students and senators, before $18,000 was allocated for the project. Over the summer, designs and blueprints was created and now senators are seeking student feedback before moving forward.

“If you guys want to go take a week or two and just talk to people about if they like the plan or if they want something added or taken out, whatever.” Student Senate President Isioma Akwanamye said.

The design would be able to seat 70 people around the fire pit, Akwanamnye said during the meeting, but the space would have a larger max capacity.

Senate has spent $4,000 so far on hiring an architect to draw up blueprints for the project. They began discussing the possibility of what would happen if the project was more than what they allocated, how the fire pit would be fueled and who would be able to turn it on but decided to wait on those decisions until senators had a chance to talk to students.

“Any way the campus decides they want to go is the way Student Senate goes,” Akwanamyne said. “It’s not an Isi project or a Lily project or an Abby project, it’s a Student Senate project and who’s student senate? You guys.”

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“We don’t meet that often, it looks good on a resume, and you’re helping out your school and your community,” Cronin said. “We need to push because five of you isn’t very good representation for an entire school.”

Also during the meeting, Secretary and Solicitor General Natalie Boyd stepped down from her position on the executive board, saying that she was too busy.

“I’m working two jobs and an internship on top of 18 class credits so I’m trying to step down because I don’t feel as though I can give my full and appropriate attention that the position deserves,” Boyd said. “So,

I am stepping down and looking to take a less evasive role.”

Her position was filled by Senator of Edna Hall Laura Clay. The solicitor general position, which went extremely underused during last semester’s election season according to Cronin, was filled by Senator of High Rise Colton Brienza.

In other news: > Senate allocated $2,080 to paying the rental fee for the carnival tent used for move-in events. > Senate allocated $1,804 for student organization liability coverage. > There is $180,405.98 in unallocated funds.

BRIEFS Biking USA presentation set for Aug. 31 Social Sciences Professor Kurt Kinbacher will be holding a presentation on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Sandoz Center Atrium to discuss a 1 credit hour, undergrad fall class and show photos from the 2021 summer ride.

Riders who participate in the summer 2022 ride will begin in Chadron and work their way to Washington, D.C., and back while completing capstone projects.

For more information, email Kinbacher at kkinbacker@csc.edu.

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Senate debates nixing diversity seats Motion to keep positions vacant passes with three vote majority  By Aubrie Lawrence Editor-in-Chief

During the Student Senate meeting Monday, senators voted to postpone filling the three diversity senator positions until it can continue its discussion next week.

Senator of Liberal Arts Sullivan Jones, brought the matter of eliminating the positions up, stating that they weren’t a necessary position.

Last year, senators created the three senatorial positions to encourage representation of minority voices in Student Senate. Currently, those positions are vacant because last year’s senators graduated.

“I think that as senators, especially senator of liberal arts, you’re representing all of those students,” Jones said. “If you’re a senator of a dorm, you’re representing all those students in the dorm.

As that senator, you can choose how you’re going to represent those students. So, for whatever the purpose diversity senator fills, if you want to become that senator that is fulfilling those goals of the diversity senator, you can feel free to do it.

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senators de facto.”

A motion was made to prohibit students from filling the diversity senator position until next week’s meeting was made even though those positions were not planned to be filled until the vacant dorm senator seats were filled, according to Chief Justice Nathan Cronin.

“It’s about representation,” Student Senate President Isioma Akwanamnye said. “I know we have all of the schools but we want to make sure that we have every voice on campus represented and there are a lot of students that are underrepresented on campus. To be very honest, we have a predominantly white campus and there are students that fall under the cracks and voices that never actually get heard. Let’s not forget that.”

With a three vote to two vote majority, the motion passed. Senator’s Makenna Metzler, Kelsey Crock, and Jones voted in favor.

The discussion to eliminate the position completely was tabled for next week. Students can still apply for the diversity senator position, but they will not be sworn in until a future decision is made.

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As We See It

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We’re not as stupid as you think we are I

n TV shows and movies, there’s always a stereotype that surrounds young adults.

They’re seen as the less-than-professional ones that no one takes seriously or the kid that everyone laughs at.

Ryan from The Office is a prime example.

Before his rise to the top (and inevitable fall), he was known as the temp that no one took seriously or treated with respect. He didn’t have any real responsibilities and was in the show for purely comedic reasons.

Another example is how Peter Parker is portrayed in the Avenger’s movies. He’s known as “the kid” that makes nerdy references and witty one-liners that makes the older characters roll their eyes. At one point in Avengers: Infinity War, Tony tells him that “the adults are talking.”

He isn’t portrayed as a character that has risked his life to save New York, he’s not treated like a hero unless it’s his own movie.

But why is it that young adults are portrayed that way in the first place? Maybe it’s because that’s just the way young adults are treated in the real world.

When ‘real adults’ view young people, they

think of a tall version of a child that comes to work or the world. has no idea what they are doing. We Trust me, we’re equipped for livare in no way prepared for being ing. We understand that the world adults and the only way to help us isn’t a very wonderful place to be get there is to patronize us as much right now. It’s full of war, social disas possible. course, and debt.

After all, that’s what the generaThose things have been made tions before did to their young peoabundantly clear to us. You tell us evple. That same ideology continues ery time you flip the switch and treat when we enter the workforce. us like adults because the burden of Instantly, we’re told that the Aubrie Lawrence fixing this ramshackle planet now lack of trust and respect we receive lays on our shoulders. from our older coworkers is just part of the We also understand that being an adult and process and in order to succeed we have to having a job can be hard sometimes. Life sucks, pay our dues. but rather than putting us down and destroying But why is that necessary? the excitement we had about joining a career and Why must I be treated like I’m not valued our future like the generations before you did, because I’m a young adult? Shouldn’t you want you can help lift us up and build our careers. to help me succeed and carry on the legacy you Take a chance on us and watch the great leave behind by continuing to teach me rather things we do with just an ounce of confidence. I than lowering my self-esteem? promise you it’ll be worth it.

Isn’t that how the world keeps progressing?

The world doesn’t have to be as tough as So, to the ‘real adults’ that might be read- you claim it is. We’ve got enough on our plates, ing this: we’re not as stupid as you think we don’t you think respect is one thing you can are. You don’t have to talk down to us when it give us?

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We asked: What was the best part of your summer?

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“The best part was getting a tattoo.”

“The best part of my summer was really learning and figuring out who I am and what I can offer to my community that I live in.”

“Going to the Omaha Zoo and I got to pet sting rays.”

“Traveling, making new friends, and adventure. I went to Mexico for a wedding.”

“Going to Cabo with my family, we went fishing and shopping and looked around the town.”

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As We See It

You might not know yet, that’s OK  By Velvet Jessen Opinion Editor

Teachers ask tough questions in class and sometimes you’re going to get them wrong.

Sometimes the questions are things that they have covered in class but other times the questions aren’t necessarily something that’s easy to find in a textbook or something you even learned.

So why does it feel so embarrassing when you guess the answer wrong?

I think as a society we too often expect for people to have an opinion or knowledge on things they were never taught or told about.

In classes it feels like you can’t just say ‘I don’t know’ when a teacher calls on you but (unless it was part of a reading you skipped) it should be ok.

When you allow yourself to ad-

mit you don’t know then you can start to learn without any preconcieved ideas in your head that can make learning or accepting something new hard to do.

Saying I don’t know should be a normal thing in classes, you’re there to learn. Just pay attention to how the teacher answers after you do and take good notes.

You’ll know next time.

It’s not a big deal to be wrong when you’re trying your best. As long as it’s not comically bad, none of your classmates will remember you getting it wrong.

They were probably too busy taking notes, because odds are they didn’t know either. Most of them will just be happy to remember it by the time it shows up on the test.

Learning doesn’t stop outside of the class and neither should the ability to humble yourself and listen to other people’s opinions.

It feels like too often people are

Velvet Jessen afraid to be wrong or admit that their opinion could use some reshaping.

So instead of listening to different points of view they pick an opinion - that they probably formed far too early in the conversation - and choose to die on that hill.

I’m not saying that sometimes opinions can’t be easy to form.

If somebody told you about

Ted Bundy and said he was a bad guy who killed a bunch of girls, the immediate and correct opinion should be: Ted Bundy is a bad person and those women didn’t deserve to die. It’s not a situation where there is any doubt about whats right or wrong.

However, most situations deserve to be given a little more thought. Life isn’t made up of black and white situations. Otherwise the opinion pages wouldn’t be half as important.

Doing your own research is always the best thing to do but the issue is a lot of people don’t bother to. Unfortunately, some people choose to form the only opinion they will have on a matter after listening to one person.

Unless that one person they heard from is an unbiased news article or a first hand account, they’re just limiting their own knowledge on the subject. Before you form an opinion its important

to find and listen to both sides of the argument so you can be well informed when you form your opinion.

And even after you’ve done your research its okay to change your opinion if new information comes out. Opinions should change over time as you grow, otherwise our favorite past times would still be playing with barbies and hot wheels.

No matter how informed you think you are, its important to keep an open mind any time you talk to someone.

You never know what you might learn if you just say I don’t know or I’m not sure.

It might feel a little embarassing at first but once you get used to it I think you’ll find yourself more knowledgable and well rounded in any conversation.

Plus you might win an argument or two and who doesn’t like doing that every once in a while.

Campus ministries promote fun first  By Adeline Beason Columnist

As I moved into school this year, I noticed the all-too-familiar campus ministry groups recruiting new students. Chi Alpha, Newman House, Revive, and other clubs have a huge presence at Chadron State College because they provide a sense of community and friendship to freshmen.

It works! The vast majority of students, myself included, are involved in a campus ministry group.

Yet, as I continue going to meetgreets and weekly dinners, I wonder if that’s all there is.

I wonder if games and movie nights and fitting in are more im-

portant than growing in faith. I wonder if the fear of missing out is the real reason why so many of us are going to church and participating in Christian clubs.

It certainly looks good on a college resume, but what do we gain spiritually?

A few nights ago, I went to dinner with some friends who had worked at summer church camps for kids. One friend mentioned that there was a lot of focus on making sure kids were having fun and playing games rather than learning about faith.

It struck me that things are no different at CSC- possibly beyond.

I have seen so many Sunday barbecues where churchgoers looked bored in church only to jump at the

students are interested in learning a campus ministry club to consider and becoming better Christians. why you joined, your personal, spirThe issue arises when the intent itual goals and how you can use club resources for their of the clubs intended purpose. is put in the Be aware of the backseat in events you attend favor of social and whether or activities and not they will benfun. efit you in your At first faith; Ask yourself it may seem what there is to like there is gain in a backyard no solution party versus a seto this probrious Bible study. lem. It is easy Take advantage of to fall under the opportunities the influence - Adeline Beason CSC’s religious of the crowd, groups have to ofespecially in a welcoming environment. However, fer and don’t let the chance to learn I encourage those of you involved in pass you by.

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Adeline Beason

chance for music and food afterward. As a person of faith, it deeply saddens me that this is the reality of modern Christians and that I am guilty of it myself.

Obviously, these clubs are intended to help students grow in their religion. They are popular because

“ As a person of faith it deeply saddens me that this is the reality of modern Christians and that I am guilty of it myself. ”

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State’s big-game seasons open with few changes u By Kamryn Kozisek Ag and Range Editor

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ecause of COVID-19 travel restrictions, the 2020 big-game hunting seasons saw a decrease in out-of-state hunters and an increase in Nebraskan hunters. But with those restrictions now lifted, the influx of out-of-state hunters is increasing, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

With the seasons opening Aug. 1, Game and Parks also updated its resources and regulations.

Nebraska’s Hunters Helping the Hungry (HHH), which operates through Game and Parks and which is affiliated with the National Farmers and Hunters Helping the Hungry, noted that nine meat processors are expected to accept donated deer carcasses only starting Sept. 1.

Those processors are Belschner Custom Meats, Amherst; Diller Locker, Diller; Franklin Locker, Franklin; Nielsen’s Processing, Grand Island; Melcher’s Locker, Lindsey; Kelley’s Custom Pack, North Platte; Bernt’s Custom Processing, Spalding; Den’s Country Meats, Table Rock; and The Butchery, Ulysses.

Another two processors, Pelican’s Processing, Johnson, and North Bend Locker, North Bend, will start accepting donations on Nov. 13. Meat that is donated will be processed, then distributed to charitable organizations.

If hunters don’t need the meat they harvest, they can join the deer exchange database and share it with someone looking for meat. The database is open from Sept. 1 to March 1, 2022. Recipients can choose whether they would like a whole, field-dressed deer, skinned-and-boned or frozen-and-wrapped meat.

The hunter harvesting the animal is responsible for field dressing it and taking the animal through a check station or using Telecheck if required.

The hunter will have to provide contact information, a permit number, species, an estimated weight of the carcass or meat and the harvest date into the database.

The link to join the database is: https://maps.outdoornebraska.gov/DeerExchange/index.html.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, Nebraska began using an online check station called Telecheck for all big game seasons except Deer November Firearm and Pronghorn firearm, which used in-person check in stations.

The state will use the same check-in methods again for the upcoming seasons.

During check ins, the minimum antler measurement is 11 inches and horn measurement is 9.5 inches, according to Game and Parks’ website.

The application deadline for the Platte River Recreation Area access deer lottery is 5 p.m. Aug. 31. On its website, Game and Parks only lists its Kearney office as the location for submitting those applications.

The deer lottery will have 47 permits for the Platter River Recreation Area. ‘Buddy’ permits are being accepted, allowing two hunters to apply for the same area together, the Game and Parks website states.

Winners will be notified Sept. 31 and the hunt takes place Nov. 16-21.

In antelope management areas for 2021 there are 34 additional permits for any gender and 390 doe-and-fawn permits. There are also an additional 78 bull and 267 antlerless elk permits, according to Game and Parks.

There was one bighorn sheep permit drawn for the 2021 hunting season. The lottery winner earns a nice package – one bighorn sheep permit; four days of guided service from Game and Parks; and boarding at Fort Robinson State Park. The application deadline was Aug. 6, and the hunters had to be Nebraska residents.

Money generated by the bighorn sheep lottery is used solely for the conservation of bighorn sheep populations. Since it launched its that lottery, Game and Parks has raised $1.4 million.

Photo courtesy Scott Bauer, USDA

A whitetail deer buck crosses an open field. Archery, Nebraska’s first deer season, opens Sept. 1.

Big-game season dates Deer

Elk

Pronghorn

Archery - Sept. 1-Dec. 31 Youth - Sept. 1-Jan. 16, 2022 October river antlerless - Oct. 1-15 Special landowner - Nov. 6-8 November firearm - Nov. 13-21 Muzzleloader - Dec. 1-31 Late antlerless - Jan. 1-16, 2022 Late river antlerless - Jan. 1-31, 2022

Early antlerless - Aug. 1-Oct. 31 Antlerless - Aug. 1-Jan. 31 Private antlerless - Aug. 1-Sept. 20 Archery bull - Sept. 1-Oct. 31 Firearm bull - Sept. 21-Oct. 31 Late antlerless - Nov. 1-Jan. 31

Archery - Aug. 20- Dec. 31 Muzzleloader - Sept. 18- Oct. 3 Firearm - Oct. 9-24 Late doe/fawn - Nov. 1- Jan. 31, 2022

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Kozisek’s catch-and-release

Don’t let fear of the unknown stop you u By Kamryn Kozisek Ag and Range Editor

Our world is so diverse, full of different cultures, plant systems, climates and agriculture but, diversity in the Midwest is hard to come by.

This summer I was given the opportunity to work for the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in Hilo, Hawaii. At the same time, I was offered a similar position in Nebraska.

The safe choice was Nebraska, I was used to the culture, I know the plants and animals and I love the Midwest. I thought that I wanted to work in this area the rest of my life.

But in the end, I decided to travel to Hawaii, because it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

As someone who grew up in rural Wyoming, I wasn’t sure I would like city life by the ocean.

So many people I knew tried to convince me that I would hate the humidity, that the locals would hate me and that there wasn’t enough agriculture to keep me Photo by Kamryn Kozisek A cow stands near bee boxes on a cattle ranch interested.

That sparked some fear near Naalehu, Hawaii. in me, a fear of change and unknown.

After living in Hilo from May 20-Aug. 7, I can tell you that none of what Iwas told was true. The humidity was not as bad as I thought it would be and the locals were nicer than anyone I have ever met.

On the agricultural side, Hawaii is a big producer of agriculture products, specifically cattle, coffee and produce. At one time the Parker Ranch in Waimea, Hawaii was biggest cattle ranch in the U.S. I learned more than I could’ve ever imagined and met a lot of amazing people with a true love of the land around them. Most producers I talked to wanted to treat the land right, even if it meant putting their own production on the back burner.

I learned that not everything I learn here about cattle production or about rangeland management is going to apply everywhere. And that’s okay.

The point is, we can’t let our fear of the unknown stop us from experiencing things in our lives. You can love home, but there is a whole world out there and you might not find all your answers in the same place you’ve always been.

As much as I love the mountains, I am returning to Hawaii next summer to finish out my internship and hopefully be hired with the NRCS in the Pacific Islands Area after I graduate.

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

Jonathan Spiess, assistant pofessor of agriculture & rangeland management talks with Treyvin Schlueter, 20, junior of Ainsworth, during Spiess’ Habitat Inventory and Analysis Lab, Wednesday.

Rangeland hires new professor u By Kamryn Kozisek Ag and Range Editor

CSC’s rangeland management program recently ‘wrangled’ in a new assistant professor.

Jonathan Spiess recently became the Agriculture & Rangeland Management Assistant Professor.

He attended Texas Tech University, earning a degree in Natural Resource Management with an emphasis in Rangeland Conservation.

After that, he worked for Fish and Wildlife in Indiana.

He then attended North Dakota State University in Fargo, SD (NDSU) for range science for his master’s degree. There he preformed research on oil field traffic and the dust that blows off of roads used by oil field workers.

He is currently working towards a doctorate in natural resource

management from NDSU. His to plant science and habitat invenresearch project is on patch grazing tory and analysis this semester. with prescribed fire, he said.

Both of these classes are require“I stuck around NDSU” Spiess ments for rangeland management said. “To do a majors. patch grazing “I want to That’s kinda how I project using get my office got into range sciprescribed fire set up and get to balance out to campus ence, growing up on used livestock prolife,” Spiess said duction and speaking about the families ranch wildlife habitat goals for the and then doing some his type stuff.” semester.

Spiess is Spiess says of the 4-H and FFA originally from he enjoys hiking Plant ID stuff Texas, where and exploring his family - Jonathan Spiess and has made it raises a small one of his goals to herd of hobby get to know the cattle.

Chadron area.

He says that his family’s cattle “I go hiking with my dog a lot,” operation is what sparked an interhe said. “So we’ve been checking est in rangeland management. out a lot of the state parks and Spiess is teaching introduction national forest areas.”

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Jordan McPeak, left, 18, freshman of Ogallala, sprays Whitney Martin, 21, junior of Guernsey, Wyoming, in the back with colored water during the tie dye water gun fight, Saturday, Aug. 21, in the Backyard. The event was sponsored by two of CSC’s sororities, Zeta Alpha Kappa and Xi Delta Zeta.

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Sports

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Eagles prepare for a familiar fall season u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor 2021 PRE-SEASON

FOOTBALL STANDINGS sponsored by

As of Aug. 25, 2021

1. Colorado School of Mines 2. CSU-Pueblo 3. CHADRON STATE 4. Colorado Mesa 5. Western Colorado 6. South Dakota Mines 7. Adams State 8. New Mexico Highlands 9. Black Hills State 10. Fort Lewis

2021 PRE-SEASON

VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS As of Aug. 25, 2021

1. Adams State 2. Black Hills State 3. CHADRON STATE 4. Colorado Christian 5. Colorado Mesa 6. Colorado School of Mines 7. CSU-Pueblo 8. Fort Lewis

The masks can come off and game faces are on.

This season, the Eagles will return to the court in the fall, playing their last game only five months ago.

Currently, their schedule consists of 26 matches.

“Volleyball is always traditionally played in the fall,” Head Volleyball Coach Jennifer Stadler said. “So, it goes back to what you’re comfortable with, what you’ve known since you’ve started playing volleyball. I think that helps get the girls into their groove a little bit earlier.”

Chadron State volleyball team finished its 2020 season against South Dakota School of Mines, March 26, after the season was moved to the spring due to COVID-19 regulations.

They finished with a 4-10 record, 3-9 in the conference, with three games played in Chicoine Center.

“Overall, as far as improvement from last season, is our serve-receive game, as well as our offense,” Jennifer Stadler said. “I thought we did some really nice things last year defensively, both in the back row and in the front row with blocking. But offensively, we’ve got to get a little bit quicker, a little bit more explosive, and also we have to terminate the ball at a higher level.”

A few key players have returned for the fall season, ready to improve and take the team farther than it’s been.

“I just really want to be a team leader this year, and just keep the team encouraged because last year was draining on everyone,” Rylee Greiman, junior of Windsor, Colorado, said. “I just want to do a good job with keeping the team together, staying positive and striving to be better every day.”

Greiman appeared in all but one set, in the spring. The outside hitter ended the season with 51 kills, 16 assists, 11 blocks and 95 digs.

“I think there’s always room for improvement,” Greiman said. “We have missed the RMAC tournament by just a few points the last two years I’ve been here, so I’m really hopeful that we’re making that tournament this year.”

Seeing the court for 10 matches, Amelia Berg, senior of Fort Collins, Colorado, earned 56 kills and 18 blocks as a right-side hitter.

Setter Kincaid Strain, senior of Elk River, Minnesota, earned 10 kills, 100 assists, and five ace serves in 30 sets.

Aracely Hernandez, senior of Greeley, Colorado, played in 18 sets, and recorded 22 digs, eight kills and an assist.

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Athletes theofWeek Naishaun Goldsberry

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Aiyana Fujiyama, right, freshman of Wahiawa, Hawaii, attacks the ball after Amelia Berg, senior of Fort Collins, Colorado, tossed up the volleyball during a hitting drill during practice, Monday, Aug. 23, in the Chicoine Center.

Bailey Marvel

Hometown: Springfield, Massachusetts Class: Junior Sport: Track & Field

Hometown: Lakewood, Colorado Class: Senior Sport: Softball

Goldsberry traveled to Allendale, Michigan, to compete nationally, May 27. He jumped 25 feet, 1.25 inches in long jump to place third, being half an inch shy of the second place mark. Goldsberry earned All-American honors for the event.

Marvel was named to the All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Gold Glove Team. She had the highest fielding percentage at .972, led the RMAC in assists and was third in the region. Marvel also led the bats, averaging .399 and scored 34 runs.

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Elijah Myles, junior of Hawthorne, California, catches a pass during a drill at practice, Monday, Aug. 23, at Don Beebe Stadium.

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The Eagles start their season with a large group of new and returning players, following a fourgame season in 2020.

“Last year was really a difficult season and time for everybody,” Head Football Coach Jay Long said.

“It was also difficult for our players who did a lot to play in those four

Volleyball,

games. They’re looking forward to being able to play this fall.”

CSC finished their 2020 season with a record of 2-2, with only one game on Elliott Field.

The Eagles were handed losses from Colorado Mesa and University of Nebraska-Kearney, while they came out victorious against South Dakota School of Mines both times they met.

CSC finished third in the Rocky

Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) preseason poll with 62 points, falling behind Colorado School of Mines with 76 points and CSU Pueblo, with 70 points.

With a schedule currently consisting of 11 games, Long said their focus is the same as it always is and that’s to get better and to prepare the team to compete in the RMAC.

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Outside Hitter Lexi Hurtado, junior of Aurora, Colorado, killed 111 attacks, dug 112 times, blocked 16 attacks, and earned 136.5 points for the 2020 season.

Breshawna Kelly, junior of Casper, Wyoming, played all 14 matches as a setter, only missing two sets in the spring. Kelly earned 285 assists and dug 103 attacks for her first season at CSC. Olivia Moten-Schell, sophomore of Billings, Montana, played in 43 sets, only missing two matches, and earned 19 blocks.

“For a very first initial practice, I was pleasently surprised seeing everybody interacting together,” Stadler said. “The freshman and new transfers as well did a good job of fitting in to the team really well and there’s exciting points of seeing them stand out right away.”

Stadler recruited seven new players to the team, hailing from Colorado, Kansas, Hawaii and Wyoming, bringing the team to a total of 22 players.

“We’ll still have to test at certain points before we start playing,” Stadler said. “We’re trying to do the

best we can to keep our team safe, our players safe, but also trying to get a bit normal season.”

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released new COVID-19 guidelines, Aug. 4.

Currently, fully vaccinated individuals have the decision whether to wear a mask.

“I’m really looking forward to having a set schedule and actually knowing when we’re going to be practicing, when our games are, when we’re traveling,” Greiman said. “Obviously, it was hard on all sports teams and everyone not having a set schedule.”

The Eagles will begin their season with two nights of triangular matches, Friday, Sept. 3 and Saturday, Sept. 4 in Pueblo, Colorado. Chadron State will first play University of Mary, Bismark, North Dakota, at 9 a.m., Friday.

The Eagles last played the Marauders, Sept. 2, 2017, in Seward and triumphed over them, 3-1.

“I’m just super excited overall to get back on the court,” Greiman said. “With the team, we have a lot of new girls and the culture this year is definitely going to turn around for the best.”

watching a softball tournament and the CINCH Style Show.

Sports Editor Williams’ love for the rodeo and A CSC cowgirl roped in her competing in it started when she goals at Nationals over the summer was younger.

“I started going break. to junior rodeos at Brianna Wilabout the age of five,” liams, recent graduWilliams said. “Roate of Buffalo, South deo has always been Dakota, finished a part of me.” fourth in breakaway From five years roping, June 19, old, she continued while competing at competing in junior the College Nationhigh, making it to al Finals Rodeo in nationals then. She Casper Wyoming. continued competing “I talked to many through high school, different girls who eventually making it have been there in into college rodeo. the past and asked “My love for ropthem what their Brianna WIlliams ing, barrel racing and game plan looked tying goats pushed like and what my me to start competfocus should be,” Williams said. “All of them said the ing,” Williams said. “I could spend same thing: just catch four. My ulti- all day every day in the arena riding mate goal then was to catch all four so it’s definitely something I love.”

She never got tired of it and still of my calves, and I did just that.”

Williams said she focused on doesn’t.

Her biggest motivation to conone run at a time. In the finals, she caught her calf in 5.3 seconds, plac- tinue to improve herself are her ing her sixth in the go-round. She personal goals. Williams had the was one of the seven ropers out of goal of making it to the college fi58 contestants that lassoed all four nals and because she has reached it, she already has new goals that she of her calves.

Her total time of all four runs wants to accomplish.

“I never stop making goals was 17.9 seconds.

“My experience at nationals whether they are small or big,” Wilwas amazing,” Williams said. “It is liams said. “That keeps me going.”

Even though she graduated in something I will never forget. The atmosphere, the crowd, the intensi- May, she will compete on CSC’s rodeo team for two more years while ty, I loved every minute of it.”

Williams also enjoyed her time she works for a master’s degree in in Casper away from the arena by organizational management.

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Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, secures and rushes the football after catching a kickoff during a practice drill, Monday, Aug. 23, at Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium.

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“Just the more we can get back to normal the better, in my opinion,” Long said. “I’m excited for the season. I have some key returners and we’re excited to come out and compete.”

Elijah Myles, junior of Hawthorne, California, remained in California due to the uncertainty of fall 2020, but has returned as an Eagle.

Having started all four games, Dalton Holst, senior of Gillette, Wyoming, recorded 63 rushing yards, and threw for 1,060 yards, throwing seven touchdowns. He also punted twice for 54 yards.

On specials, Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, returned six punts for 65 yards and three kickoffs for 39 yards. He rushed for 34 yards with no loss, and scored a touchdown on a rush. The wide receiver caught 15 passes for 241 yards, securing two touchdown passes.

Jeydon Cox, redshirt freshman of Jackson, Wyoming, played all four games and netted 242 yards with 32 carries, earning an average of 7.6 yards per carry. The running back also caught three passes for 17 yards.

Christopher Busby, junior of Scottsbluff, earned two touchdowns and gained 47 yards throughout the four games. Montel Gladney, junior of Flowood, Mississippi, played three matches and received 135 yards with six catches.

Jahani Wright, redshirt freshman of Miami, Florida, recorded 127 receiving yards with eight receptions with one touchdown, and returned a kickoff for 12 yards. Due to an injury in 2019 and being redshirted in 2018, Wright still has four years of eligibility.

Last year’s starting tackles, Justin Calderon, senior of Levittown, New York, and Juan Estrada-Sanchez, junior of Denver, will be joined by returning guards, Austin Rapp, senior of

Moville, Iowa, and Jake Norris, senior of Fort Morgan, Colorado; and Center Michael DeCamillis, sophomore of Broomfield, Colorado, on the offensive line.

Leading the team with 37 tackles, Jeremiah Makahununiu, senior of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had 16 solo and 21 assisted tackles and broke up one pass.

Jeremiah Gutierrez, senior of Compton, California, recorded 12 solo and nine assisted tackles. Bobby Peele, senior of Fresno, California, intercepted a pass for three straight games in 2020. Peele broke up five passes and gained 22 tackles, 14 solo and eight assisted.

Travis Wilson, senior of Fresno, California, played in all four games as linebacker and recorded 30 total tackles, with two for a loss of four yards. Wilson also intercepted a pass, assisted on a sack and returned a kickoff for 33 yards.

Drake Holdren, junior of Greeley, Colorado, totaled 119 yards with two kickoffs and kicked a 36-yard field goal at South Dakota School of Mines. Holdren also made 15 extra points of 16.

“We had really good leadership this summer,” Long said. “We had the most kids stay here over the summer than we have ever had in the past. Coach Kreis and Coach McLendon did a terrific job over the summer going to the weight room. I’m excited to see the kids’ strengths and conditioning show how they practice.”

CSC will start their fall season, Saturday, Sept. 4, against Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado.

The last time the Eagles faced the Mountaineers was Oct. 5, 2019, and CSC took the loss, 33-32.

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