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THE EAGLE ADDS NEW AG & RANGE SECTION Needs of a rural community necessitate in-depth coverage. Please see page 11
NEWS >>
CROUSE NAMED INTERIM DEAN Search for permanent Dean of Professional Studies and applied sciences will begin in the coming weeks. Please see page 3
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WRESTLERS COMPETE IN THREE HOME DUALS Eagles drop two, but defeat New Mexico Highlands in their first dual of the week. Please see page 13
INDEX News
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Opinion
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Lifestyles
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Ag & Range
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Sports
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MLK MARCH - CSC students, alumni, staff and community members take part in Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day March down Main Street in Chadron.
Eagle Exchange offers, accepts clothes Students can take or give clothing at Eagle Exchange for no cost u By Devin Fulton Opinion Editor
In November, Residence Life Association added the “Eagle Exchange”, located in the old
graduate assistant office on the second floor of Kent Hall’s eastern wing, students can take or donate articles of clothing. “We just want to help provide a new resource to students. A place where students can take clothes they will use and leave clothes they don’t plan on using anymore. Simple as that,” Associate Director of Residence Life Taylor Osmotherly said, “I know that’s not a SMART goal, but it’s what we are working with. So far so good.” Those who wish to donate must make sure their clothing is clean and in good condition.
According to Assistant Director of Residence Life Channing Jons, most of the original items in the exchange were donated by staff on campus, but student donations continue to grow, “From what I can tell, it has been a success so far and I hope that our residents continue to find it useful.” Jons said. As winter continues, a need for warm clothing for those unfamiliar with the cold temperatures grows, but Osmotherly hopes the exchange helps those students out, “Several
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Showcased in the Mari Sandoz Center is Don Dixon’s flintknapping. Demonstrations will be presented Jan. 23, Feb. 13 and March 19 all day.
Hindsight is 20/20 u By Brandon Davenport Editor Local history and culture is once again on display at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center through its newest exhibit “Hindsight is 20/20.” Monday, the Sandoz Center premiered the exhibit of 20 displays, each depicting a piece of local history. An additional display, titled “Foresight is 20/20” is currently on display at the Bean Broker Coffee House and Pub as a companion piece to the show. Each of the 20 displays were put together by a different exhibitor and include a ladybug exhibit from CSC Professor Dr. Matthew Brust and photography from College Relations Digital Graphic Designer Daniel Binkard. Other displays include a collection of letters from and to Mari Sandoz, a display of Native American warbonnets, items from the Chadron to Chicago Horse race, and archival photos of CSC.
The exhibit was fully funded by the community. “Hindsight 20/20” will also feature seven interactive events, including two from Brust – one on lady beetles and a second on butterflies. The first will take place Feb. 11 at 3 p.m., the second will be March 24 at 3 p.m. The first event, flint knapping by historian Dave Nixon, will take place Feb. 13 and March 19 from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mark Hunt, CSC’s security supervisor will give a presentation about his display of sheriff’s patches from all 93 Nebraska counties on Feb. 19. On Feb. 25 at 2 p.m., Steve Rolfsmeier of the High Plains Herbarium will present about the Herbarium’s 60th anniversary. According to Laure Sinn, CSC school of business, mathematics, & science rangeland program coordinator, the exhibit is not the only new attraction for the Sandoz center which added a display with items from Mari Sandoz’s Greenwich Village, Manhattan, apartment.
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Eli Young Band tickets remain free for students After initially wanting to charge a $15 fee to the CSC students that did not keep their Eli Young Band concert tickets, the student senate has decided against it by making the tickets free for students, while the public will still have to pay $15 a ticket, per Student Senate President Lukas Klueber.
Students can receive new tickets in the student senate’s office in the Student Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at Memorial Hall Box Office from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday up until the concert Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Nelson Physical Activity Center.
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Local girl scouts participate in an experiment demonstrating the effects of gravity and black holes, Sunday at Chadron State College. The scouts visit CSC to participate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities.
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Crouse to serve as interim dean u From CSC Public Relations A familiar face has assumed the interim role of Dean of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences at Chadron State College. Margaret Crouse, who served as a dean at CSC from 1993 to 2002 and 2004 to 2015, will fill the role vacated by Jim Powell, who was recently named the college’s Vice President for Academic Affairs. Crouse’s first day at CSC was Monday.
“We’re very pleased Crouse Crouse retired from CSC in has agreed to help us 2015 after 36 years of during this transition,” service, but has rePowell said. “Her famained on campus part time, including asmiliarity with Chadron State College, as sisting the college’s rewell as her years of exaffirmation efforts with the Higher Learning perience as Dean will Commission in 2017. help us tremendously.” Crouse arrived at Powell said a search CSC as a home ecofor a permanent Dean of Professional Studnomics instructor in the fall of 1979. She ies and Applied SciMargaret Crouse completed her docences will begin in the coming weeks. torate in home economics from
Oklahoma State University during a sabbatical in 1984. After 14 years in the classroom, Crouse became the Dean of Business and Applied Science. For nine years, she led teams responsible for planning the growth and development of the Rangeland Management program. After returning to the classroom for two years from 2002-04, Crouse began a second term as the Dean of Education, Health, Physical Education, Recreation/Sports Management, Psychology, Counseling & Social
Work in 2004. During her career, Crouse supervised several accreditation visits, and is also familiar with CSC’s current reaccreditation efforts with the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) for the Education program. A CAEP peer review team will be on campus in April.
CSC awarded funds to develop webinar series u From CSC Public Relations Chadron State College Counseling faculty have received a $10,000 grant for the development of a webinar series intended to increase the retention of behavioral health education partners in the workforce from Behavioral Health Educators Counseling Network. Tara Wilson, associate professor, said the webinars are designed to meet the current needs of rural Nebraska. “I appreciate that BHECN recognizes rural needs are different that urban areas. These webinars give voice to rural behavioral health
CALENDAR THURSDAY 23
FRIDAY 24
> 10 a.m. - Flint Knapping with Dave Nixon Mari Sandoz Center
> 5:30 p.m. - Women’s Basketball at UCCS (watch on CSC Live) Colorado Springs, Colorado
> 2 p.m. - Diversity Council Meeting Student Center Pondarousa Room
> 7 p.m. - Fun Friday Board Game Night Retaking Library
> 4 p.m. - Don’t Dis My Disability The Hub
> 7:30 p.m. - Men’s Basketball at UCCS (watch on CSC Live) Colorado Springs, Colorado
> 7 p.m. - Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament Student Center Pit
Relationships in Rural Areas Feb. 3 by Catherine Jones-Hazledine, an adjunct faculty member. Jones-Hazledine will discuss the pros and cons of dual relationships, where behavioral health providers engage with clients outside a clinical setting. Once thought harmful, dual relationships are nearly impossible to avoid in rural areas. She will help those viewing the webinar to discern between negative and positive dual relationships and provide an ethical decision making model. March 23, Susan Schaeffer and Wilson will present Rural Supervision Practice. This webinar will explore supervision for behavioral
professionals. Often, there are dual and even multiple relationships between behavioral health providers and their rural clients. Everyone tends to know everyone in small towns. There is less anonymity than in an urban setting,” Wilson said. All webinars are free, open to the public, and will be presented in Old Admin Room 137 from 11 a.m. to noon. The webinars will be archived on the UNMC website about two weeks after completion, Wilson said. A free lunch will be provided for attendees after each webinar, but an RSVP is required in advance of each event. The first webinar will be Dual
health workers in rural areas and examine the development of the supervision process and what is expected of supervision. March 30, Wilson and Fran Rieken will present Counseling Farmers and Ranchers. Rieken is a CSC alumni and a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner at Great Plains Pediatrics in North Platte, Nebraska. Wilson and Rieken will offer ideas about how to market behavioral health practices to members of the agricultural community, discuss current conditions and crises affecting farmers and ranchers, and review techniques for working with farmers and ranchers.
The partnership between BHECN and CSC has grown in the past few years. In 2017, BHECN leaders visited CSC faculty and students to discuss workforce growth initiatives with behavioral health partners. In 2019, BHECN awarded CSC a one-time grant for $20,000 in scholarships and a second grant for $29,000 to develop undergraduate curriculum to help students pursuing certification as a licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Later in 2019, Wilson and Jones-Hazledine were named co-directors of Panhandle BHECN.
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> 8 a.m. - Serving Saturday The Hub > 8 a.m- Wrestling at UNK Midwest Duals Kearney > 5:30 p.m. - Women’s Basketball at Colorado School of Mines (watch on CSC Live) Golden, Colorado
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> 6:45 p.m. - Free Movie Night Eagle Theater
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> 7:30 p.m. - Music Teachers National Association Showcase Recital Fundraiser Mari Sandoz Center Atrium
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> Noon - Dine With Us - International Luncheon Student Center Scottsbluff Room
WEDNESDAY 29 > 7:30 p.m. - Eli Young Band Concert NPAC
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Opinion
As We See It EDITORIAL
MLK Day: CSC student body can do better
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ast week, we at The Eagle celebrated CSC’s decision not only to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day by cancelling classes for the day, but also for providing a day’s worth of events to commemorate the day. Having covered the events on Monday, we can’t help but believe that the student body at CSC can do better. Monday morning’s presentations from Associate Professor David Nesheim, Kevin Coy Jr., Estabon Bozeman and Dr. Kurt Kinbacher had a standing-room-only audience, which was encouraging, but the march in the afternoon looked no bigger than usual and lacked the cohesiveness and enthusiasm from past years. As marchers made their way down Main Street in Chadron, just one person held a sign and community members and students from Job Corps represented a large portion of marchers. Following the march, the concert by rapper Ali Tomineek drew 241 attendees according to the social science club. That
number was padded again by a large group properly rewarded for their contribution. from Job Corps and also included a large Today, the diversity committee, a new group of local elementary group on campus, will school students. The dishave its first ever meeting. ...we can’t help but tinct lack of CSC students We hope the student body believe that the stuwas noticeable. will support the existence The concert had plenty dent body at CSC can of this group. The meeting of energy and Tomineek will be held in the ponderdo better. certainly had a captive auosa room at 2 p.m. dience during his perforWe hope for a more - Editorial Staff mance, even if the room enthusiastic embracing was hardly at capacity. of MLK Day events on We realize we should be happy that anycampus next year. We believe the student one attended at all, but our staff anticipated body can do better. We’re also interested that the CSC student body would respond to in hearing feedback as to why you may not having the day free from classes by showing have wanted to attend events. If you feel the up to the events the college had planned. college could or should be doing something If we’re being honest, we were left with a differently, we’d be interested in hearing feeling of disappointment. Particularly when your opinion feel free to speak to one of our we consider that our fellow students are to reporters, or e-mail us at editor@csceagle. thank for lobbying to have no classes. Your com with your thoughts or letter-to-the-edifellow Eagles worked hard to achieve their tor if you’re so inclined. goal and we honestly don’t feel they were
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As You Said It!
We asked: Considering Trump’s impeachment, do you think America will get a fair trial?
FACULTY ADVISER Michael D. Kennedy Office: 308-432-6047 mkennedy@csc.edu MEMBERSHIPS Nebraska Press Association
Participation on The Eagle staff is open to all Chadron State College students. As a public forum, The Eagle invites guest columns and letters to the editor from all readers. Opinions expressed in submissions belong solely to the author(s) and DO NOT necessarily reflect the opinions of The Eagle staff, its adviser, CSC students, staff, faculty, administrators or governing body. Please limit all guest columns or letters to 400 words. Deadline for submissions is noon Monday for consideration in the following Thursday’s edition. The Eagle reserves the right to edit or reject all submissions.
Haley Urbatsch senior, Gillette, Wyoming
Caleb Haskell senior, Madison
Kara Decrocker junior, Scottsbluff
Zane Musgrave freshman, Hyannis
Serenity Sterkel sophomore, Alliance
“I think so. I think there’s plenty of people that will give their best opinion and voice that America needs for the trial.”
“I’m going to go ahead and say yes. Fair trial.”
“I think America is going to get a fair trial. Just because everything is up in the air with it right now. I think that whatever goes through is going to be what the country and the people are wanting.”
“I don’t think they’re going to speed up the case for (Trump’s) benefit. The general public is not going to want to blow through that. I have trust in our US government.”
“Yes and no. Just because I feel that we all have different opinions.”
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As They See It Stepping Up with Abigail
Constantly update your resume u By Abigail Swanson Columnist
Spring semester is in full swing. That means it’s time to start thinking about what you want to do with your summer and that means resume building. Over my years as a college student, I acquired some tips about making your resume shine in a stack of hundreds, and I hope these tips help you improve yours. Take it seriously. Your resume should not be slapped together overnight, it should be something you are constantly refining and improving. Add new skills and update your GPA regularly. The re-
sume and cover letter are the first things an employer sees from you, this is your first impression. Your resume should look good, be easy to read and highlight the skills an employer is looking for. Google is your friend. If you are not sure what to put in your resume, look up some examples. In general, you want your Abigail Swanson work experience, schooling, any awards or extra-curricular resume pattern that fits your activities, and your skills. In- career. cluded, but you should look up I am a business major and the best way to organize these my sister who is an accountant topics for the most impact. Say helped me put together my you don’t have a lot of job ex- first resume template, so my perience but have volunteered resume looks business-like. a lot, you can look up the best When I considered applying way to show off your strengths for some graphic design jobs, and diminish any gaps. Use the I looked up a graphic design
resume to see what skills to include and format to use. Instead of the black and white business documents, all these colorful, artistic resumes popped up on my search. Just as business and graphic design have different styles of resume, the career you are going into probably has its own style of resume, so use it. Tailor your resume to the job. Just as you should tailor your resume to your field, you should also tailor it to the job you are applying for. Is it a vibrant and young workplace? Try to make your prose pop as much as possible with personality. Does the job description ask for someone who has good verbal and written communi-
cation skills? Include your experience with talking to people and sending emails. Be as descriptive as possible. People in creative writing like to talk about how writing should show instead of tell. The same is true in resume writing. Instead of saying your job includes talking to people, be detailed. Talk about how your job requires you to communicate directions to co-workers, or how you inform and direct customers about your workplace. Don’t just say you can run a camera, describe the details of the framing and image capturing you do. I hope these tips inspired you to start working on your resume. Happy job hunting!
On the Bright Side
Achieving goals requires proper steps u By Rachel Mitchell Columnist
Usually in January there is a stigma about new years resolutions and having to achieve a certain goal just because it’s a new year. As time passed, I realized how much of a ridiculous idea this is, considering only around 19% of people who set a goal actually achieve it. Most goals are things like losing weight, going to the gym, quitting alcohol or smoking, and many others. There are big goals with no stepping stones in sight. Most people are setting themselves up for failure by not account-
ing for the steps to get there. This can lead to feeling guilty or ashamed for not following through. Instead, I believe people should look at their goal with a magnifying glass to find the root of these goals. Think about something you want to achieve this year. It can be anything, even if it’s something I’ve already listed. Write it Rachel Mitchell at the top of a blank page. That about why you want to achieve is your ultimate goal, but there’s that goal. Let’s say you’re trying lots of blank space below. That’s to lose weight, is it because you just want to slim down? Do you how you get to the seed of it. Maybe you wrote down a have spring break plans coming goal to exercise more. In a study up and want to look good? Do by YouGov, 50% of people’s you have a poor mental health goals in 2020 is exercise. Think state and it’s affecting the way
you see yourself? These are just a couple of things either myself or someone I know have contemplated when losing weight. But, if you notice at the root of your issue is something not entirely related to your goal, then maybe your goal needs to shift. If you compare yourself to Instagram influencers and want to lose weight to look like them, maybe focus your time building your mental health. There is nothing wrong with that. Another popular goal is trying to stop smoking. This habit is hard to quit, but think about why you smoke. Is it to relieve stress or to take your mind off something else? Find the seed,
then find a habit that is better for you. If you do it as a way to relieve stress, it could very well replace your smoking habit. Find something else, there are so many other ways to relieve stress that cost less and don’t hurt your body. Hopefully all of this points you in the direction of taking a look at the seed to your resolution. More often than not there is a root to the goal that is less than desirable to confront, but that seed is what needs to be addressed. This root to your “goal” might change your approach and that’s OK. This allows you to build instead of drowning in a pool of guilt.
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A variety of women’s shirts and jackets are available for students at the Eagle Exchange in the eastern stairwell on the second floor of Kent Hall. students come to Chadron from places ect is to better serve our students. I hope that where they don’t need to have much winter when The Eagle Exchange gets hard to manage, gear, those lucky devils. Unfortunately, we need we persist in managing it in order to best serve that cold gear in Chadron. If the Eagle Exchange our students.” Osmotherly said. helps our students stay Since opening late warm in the winter, add in November, the Eagle that to the list of why it’s Exchange has over 50 ...students come to a good thing.” The idea came to fruiChadron from places According to Ostion after a discussion motherly, setting up the in the cafeteria between where they don’t need to exchange was a simple Osmotherly and other have much winter gear, assistant directors of resprocess. Members of RLA used word-ofidence life, “Channing those lucky devils. Unmouth advertising, Jons actually came up cleaned up the vacant fortunately, we need that with the idea originally, GA office, set rules reand we started talking cold gear in Chadron. ceived help from carabout it at a lunch penters and donations - Taylor Osmotherly where lots of great ideas to open the Eagle Exare developed. I can’t change with available remember the exact deitems. tails, but I think we were The Eagle Exchange is managed through just brainstorming different ways we could RLA as resident advisers will ensure it remains improve the residence halls and serve our stuclean and organized. Though the exchange is dents.” Osmotherly said. primarily here to serve the students, members “I just brought up how nice it would be if we of Chadron’s community can contact Osmerth- had a place on campus for students to donate ly for donations by emailing him at tosmother- their unwanted clothing and where people who ly@csc.edu. may be lacking could go to pick out clothes for “Our plans moving forward with this proj- free.” Jons said.
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A variety of men’s shirts and jackets are available for students at the Eagle Exchange in the eastern stairwell on the second floor of Kent Hall.
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A variety of women’s shoes are available for students at the Eagle Exchange in the eastern stairwell on the second floor of Kent Hall.
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Daybreak offers fresh take on Zombie genre u By Chase Vialpando Lifestyles Editor
We seem to be going through a pop-culture zombie apocalypse. This is apparent with the recent uprising of popular television shows like Greg Nicotero’s “The Walking Dead” and Jodi Pinstock’s “Z Nation”, although this horde of fascination with the undead began as early as 1978 with the release of “Dawn of the Dead”, directed by George A. Romero. But the dozens of zombie television shows out right now seem to all be cast from the same mold. There’s a zombie virus which eventually crumbles society, leaving groups of hostile humans to do their best to survive. This usually creates a hardcore gritty tone in each of these types of series. But how many serious zombie flicks can you watch before turning into one of the rotting monsters yourself? Luckily, there’s a new series out on Netflix that avoids the gritty, serious cliches of its predecessors. “Daybreak” directed by Brad Peyton, takes a new spin on a fictional zombie apocalypse.
After nuclear war breaks out across the world, every adult is either turned into goo or into a zombie, leaving children to fend for themselves against the monsters, and each other. This sounds rather somber, but the series delights in not taking itself too seriously, as the teenage protagonist, Josh (Colin Ford), often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the audience similar to the titular character in the Deadpool movies. Josh wanders the wasteland previously known as Los Angeles in search of his lost girlfriend, while encountering different tribes of teens he once shared a school with. This includes the football tribe, the golf-team tribe, and a tribe of Kardashian-followers, among others. In his journeys, Josh teams up with a former bully of his turned pacifist-samurai (Austin Crute) and a pyromaniac child he once babysat (Alyvia Alyn Lynd). Matthew Broderick also stars in the series, as the principle of Josh’s highschool, seen through frequent flashbacks. If you’re in the mood for playful dark (and often gory) comedy, “Daybreak” is a series worth checking out.
Music schedule set for spring semester u By CSC College Relations The Chadron State College Music program has scheduled 12 events for the spring semester. All events are free, open to the public, and will be performed in Memorial Hall’s Auditorium unless otherwise noted. The Music Teachers National Association Showcase Recital Fundraiser kicks off the new year Monday, Jan. 27, in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Chicoine Atrium at 7:30 p.m. Students will perform pieces with accompanist Bobby Pace. Free will donations will be accepted to support the club’s endeavors. Guest artist Amy Likar will give a solo flute recital featuring the works of Piazzolla, Taktakishvili, Valerie Coleman, and CSC Professor Dr. Michael Stephens Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. Likar is a guest artist for the High Plains Festival and will perform with Pace. Feb. 4, at 5 p.m., the 48th High Plains Festival Final Concert will take place. Regional high school students will perform a final concert after two days of rehearsing. Ensembles will include an Honor Band, Honor Choir, and Guitar Ensemble. University of Wyoming clarinet professor, Dr. Blake McGee, will perform along with CSC Associate Professor Dr.
Brooks Hafey Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. The duo will perform a recital featuring the music of Francaix, Fagerlund, Maslanka, and Ewazen in the Mari Sandoz Center Chicoine Atrium. Saturday, Feb. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Mari Sandoz Center Chicoine Atrium, CSC faculty and staff will have solo and small group performances at their Faculty Recital. Stephens and his students will premiere new compositions March 18 at 7 p.m., during the Composer’s Recital. The Honor’s Recital, featuring the Music program’s outstanding students, will be Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m. Both March events will be at the Mari Sandoz Center Chicoine Atrium. Hafey will perform works by Schubert, Bach, and other composers Friday, April 3 at 3 p.m. The Wind Symphony and Community Band, directed by Associate Professor Dr. John Wojcik, will perform April 17 at 3 p.m. Music Professor Dr. Joel Schreuder will direct the Concert Choir and Community Choir April 19 at 3 p.m. The Jazz Band, under the direction of Stephens, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Schreuder, will perform April 21, at 7 p.m. Finally, May 1 at 7 p.m., Pace’s students will perform a selection of songs from the musical theatre repertoire as small groups and soloists.
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Guest flautist Amy Likar will perform at CSC Feb. 3rd at 7 p.m.
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“...judged... by the content of their character. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rapper Ali Tomineek, of Pheonix, Arizona, performs in the Student Center Ballroom, Monday, as part of CSC’s observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Rapper Ali Tomineek interacts with the audience during his perfomance in the student center ballroom, Monday. Tomineek headlined events on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Dr. Martin Luther King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963.
A celebration fit for a
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walked from 301 Main St. to the Chadron State College campus on Monday, Jan. 20. The march is held in honor of King’s “Walk r 125,000 people participated. This year marks the 57th anniversary.
CSC’s Social Science Club hosts events across campus in observation of MLK Day. Story by Aubrie Lawrence Design by Brandon Davenport
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Audience members listen to a presentation given by Estabon Bozeman, sophomore of Inglewood, California, Monday morning. Bozeman, along with Kevin Coy Jr, of Davenport, Florida, spoke along with CSC Associate Professor David Nesheim.
or the first time in campus history, CSC administrators, at the request of students, cancelled classes in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday, students and community members alike participated in events to celebrate the life of the late civil rights activist. To begin the day, David Nesheim, associate professor and sponsor of the Social Science Club, presented alongside students Kevin Coy Jr. and Estabon Bozeman in the Student Center’s Bordeaux Room. The trio shared their personal experiences with celebrating MLK Day and the journey to get CSC to observe the holiday. About 40 people attended, leaving standing room only in the room. At 10 a.m. Associate Professor Kurt Kinbacher gave a presentation in the Bordeaux Room on MLK’s famous letter from Birmingham Jail. Nearly 70 people packed the room for the presentation Later, “Southside With You” was screened for about 62 in the student center ballroom. The film tells the story of the early days of Barack and Michelle Obama’s relationship and the surrounding civil rights activities happening at the time in Chicago. Afterward, about 75 people participated in the college’s annual MLK Day march. The march led participants to the student center where rapper Ali Tomineek performed in the ballroom for a crowd of about 240 people, including a group of local elementary students. To end the day, Tomineek gave a keynote speech on his experience with civil rights and how those experiences affected him. “It is necessary to know where we were to understand to find out where we’re going because if you don’t know where you come from or you don’t know history there is a chance that it will repeat itself,” Tomineek said.
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Nicholas Carlson, of Stinnett, Texas, pitches hay in the early morning for a mare on the Rob A. Brown Ranch Dec. 23, 2019.
The Eagle seeds new ‘Ag & Range’ section u By Zachary Carlson Ag & Range Editor
This year, The Eagle turns 100-years-old and what better way to celebrate than to continue evolving in our coverage of Chadron State College? This Spring semester, we’re introducing our new Ag & Range section, led by myself as editor. There are many students and staff at Chadron State College that are directly involved with agriculture and rangeland; many others come from families dependent on it. Even if you’re not from an ag or range background, living in Chadron we’re surrounded by its culture and
economic influence. munities. Although it might “It’s not just a big part of not be my sole interest as the region, it’s a big part of a career, I enjoy the ag and this school,” The Eagle Edirangeland culture -mostly the tor Brandon Davenport said. people. “Rangeland Management We recognize the interest has become one of the col- Zachary Carlson of our readers and the need lege’s more attractive proto meet those interests. Agrigrams and it deserves our attention.” culture has everything to do with you, This section will focus on topics the reader. I agree that because of our such as campus ag events, new and location, informing our readers on aginnovative ag and range practices, ricultural news should be a necessity. CSC’s relation with the world of agOf course in order to properly riculture and rangeland management, serve our readership we’ll need your and more. help. If you have information regardI am a Junior majoring in commu- ing agriculture and rangeland events nication arts and have a background or know interesting people in the in agriculture. Growing up on a farm field we are always looking for story and ranch gave me a front row seat to ideas. Feel free to contact me any time the agriculture and rangeland com- through my email ag@csceagle.com.
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CSC’s Rangeland Complex, located on the far southeast side of campus, was built in Sept. of 2015, and since then has been an asset to the Rangeland Department.
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Michael Mattmiller, Pine Ridge ranger and district fire management officer, describes the path of a prescribed burn on the agency’s sand table, Thursday during Range Day.
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Upper Niobrara West Natural Resources District, CSC ‘Range Day’ educates eagle students and community members alike. u By Zachary Carlson, Brandon Davenport, Mackenzie Dahlberg, Chase Vialpando Ag & Range Editor, Editor, Reporter, Lifestyles Editor
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pportunity is on everyone’s mind - especially Rangeland and Livestock Professor Ron
Bolze. Bolze believes learning from other people’s experiences and interactions with other like-minded people in the agricultural world is a great tool to get an ag entrepreneur started on the right path. Range Day is one of those tools. This year’s event, a collaboration
between Upper Niobrara West Natural Resources District, Chadron State College and the C.F. Coffee Family Foundation brought together about 130 attendees in CSC’s Scottsbluff Room. Following a presentation by Ray Ward on range, soil and water health, Tim Buskirk, district ranger at the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands Department, led a discussion on the Collons prescribed
burn which was mostly successful but worried the public in the Chadron area. “We did cause a little bit of a concern that day.” Buskirk said. “I think part of it was just some miscommunication with us and the different media outlets. It really daylighted, to me, the importance of us explaining what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.” The burn covered 305 acres and cost $150 per acre. “Generally with an ecosystem, you want diversity. And a prescribed fire is a really good way to create that diversity,” Buskirk said. While controlled fires pose a benefit to forests, Buskirk said they are expensive, costing up to $120,000. But he added that it’s much more expensive than fighting wildfires. Following lunch and the presen-
tation of awards, the event turned its focus to drones. Scott Morrison, IT and Graphic Information Specialist at Turner Enterprises shared his experience with the machines. For CSC students in the rangeland management program, information regarding the current and potential uses for drones is important given they are likely graduating into an industry that will rely on them more and more. Morrison said by the time a current freshman in the rangeland program graduates, they could be entering a career where they’ll regularly interact with drones. “It could be daily,” Morrison said. Though Morrison suggested it may be too early for farmers and ranchers to go out and buy a drone, in the near future, those in agricul-
ture and rangeland management will likely run into drones providing a myriad of services. While rangeland majors and those in agriculture can be sure that drones will factor into their futures, one thing that isn’t quite so concrete is the weather. Weather affects everyone, but ranching is one profession that has to worry about the it daily. Don Day Jr. spoke about how he uses resources at hand to predict what the year’s weather might be. Day thinks the U.S. will be going through a Nina, which he describes as bad weather, normally warm and dry, which works hand-in-hand with sunspots as well as cold surface temps. With snow still predicted through April, Day says signs for a drought are their but he’s not as confident as he has been.
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Eagles take one of three at home CSC wrestlers come away with one win in three home duals. u By Devin Fulton Sports Reporter
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he Eagles’ wrestling team went 1-2 in conference duals at the Chicoine Center after defeating New Mexico Highlands 31-5, Thursday, losing 22-14 against CSU-Pueblo, Saturday and 27-9 to Colorado School of Mines, Sunday. Wade French, senior of Herriman, Utah, was the lone wrestler to win all three of his matches. Against Highlands, the No.10 197-pounder earned a 17-2 tech fall against Denzell Morrow, senior of Wasilla, Alaska, an 11-6 decision against Pueblo’s Ben Gould, freshman of Canyon County, California and a 10-8 overtime decision against Colorado Mines’ Nolan Funk, sophomore of Broomfield, Colorado. “Although I was the only one to win all three matches this last week, the whole team really showed some amazing heart and determination throughout every match. I had some tough opponents throughout the weekend and had never wrestled any of the three, so I didn’t know what to expect going into them. I just stuck to my style of wrestling and came out on top in all three matches.” French said in a message to The Eagle. Sunday, against Colorado Mines, the Eagles fell 18-0 in the dual’s first four matches and only Clasen, French and Watt won their matches by decision. Eagles who went 2-1 in the duals include 157-pounder Chase Clasen, senior of Moses Lake, Washington, 165-pounder Tate Allison, senior of Moorcroft, Wyoming, 184-pounder Terry Winstead, freshman of Harrah, Oklahoma and 285-pounder Mason Watt, freshman of Broomfield, Colorado. Saturday, against Pueblo, tensions rose between Winstead and Jayson Davis, freshman of Pueblo, Colorado, as the wrestlers kept competing after the referee blew his whistle in the first and second periods. “Terry was fine on Saturday, that’s a pretty normal thing to happen in matches. Terry is a high emotional kid and it looked like his opponent from CSU-Pueblo was as well,” Hunter said in a message, “Terry kept his composure and there was nothing that was said or done in a negative manner so that shows that Terry has shown growth and understands the importance of keeping his composure.” Winstead earned the 10-0 major decision over Davis. As of Jan. 22, the 4-9 Eagles fell out of the NCAA Div. II Wrestling Coaches Association top-25 rankings and sit at the bottom of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with a 1-5 conference. Changing weight classes over Christmas break, Joe Taylor, freshman of Glenrock, Wyoming, grew from 133 to 141 pounds and started for the Eagles in its last six duals. The Eagles travel to Kearney for the UNK Midwest Duals against Newman University, Fort Hayes State University and Northwest Kansas Technical College, Saturday.
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Preston Renner, 165-pound redshirt freshman of Westminister, Colorado, gets tangled with New Mexico Highlands’ Jacob Viera of Morencie, Arizona, in an exhibition match, Thursday at the Chicoine Center.
Brian Rodriguez-Flores
Hometown: Aurora, Colorado Class: Junior Sport: Basketball
Hometown: Phoenix Class: Senior Sport: Basketball
Foxen scored 39 points over the weekend, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter against New Mexico Highlands en route to an Eagle victory.
Rodriguez scored 47 points and added 12 rebounds over the weekend with a season-high 28 points against New Mexico Highlands, Saturday.
1. Dixie State 2. Black Hills State 3. Colorado Mesa 4. New Mexico Highlands 5. Colorado School of Mines 6. UCCS 7. South Dakota Mines 8. CSU-Pueblo 9. Fort Lewis 10. Regis 15. Chadron State 2020
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1. Colorado Mesa 2. Westminster 3. Western 4. Dixie State 5. Fort Lewis 6. Black Hills State 7. Colorado School of Mines 8. MSU-Denver 9. Regis 10. Colorado Christian 14. Chadron State
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Sports Eagles go back on the road u By Devin Fulton Sports Reporter
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CSC’s Bailey Brooks, sophomore of Douglas, Wyoming, looks for a pass during the Eagles loss to Westminster College Jan. 10. The Eagles went 1-1 on their most recent road trip last weekend.
The Eagles’ women’s basketball team went 1-1 during its second-longest road trip of the season after winning 72-65 against New Mexico Highlands, Friday and losing 78-67 against CSU-Pueblo. With Friday’s game tied at 50 after the third quarter, Chadron State College outscored the Cowgirls 22-15 in the 4th as Taryn Foxen, junior of Aurora, Colorado, scored nine points off three field goals, one three pointer and the Eagles as a whole shot 9 of 13 from the field. CSC outrebounded the Cowgirls 38-29 while Malisa Kadic, senior of West Valley, Utah, and Foxen both led the Eagles with 15 points. Highlands was led by a trio of Cowgirls who scored double-digit points as Kaitlyn Holl, sophomore of Roswell, New Mexico, and Mariah Rivas, freshman of Albuquerque, New Mexico, led with 18 points each. The Eagles committed a season-low nine personal fouls.
CSC led Pueblo 49-47 at the end of the 3rd, but saw the JaNaiya Davis, sophomore of Hewitt, Texas, score 17 points en route to the Thunderwolves outscoring the Eagles 31-18 in the fourth quarter. Davis finished the game with a double-double off 30 points and 12 total rebounds and leads the conference with 102 field goals. CSC shot 22 of 56 from the field and 9-21 from beyond the arc while Foxen led with 24 points. Giving up 72 points-per-game, CSC is tied for last with Highlands in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and has allowed 153 three-pointers, the most in the conference. Foxen ranks 5th in the RMAC with 94 field goals and is second with 68 free throws. CSC ranks 14th in the RMAC with a 2-9 conference record and travels to Colorado Springs, Colorado to play the 3-8 UCCS Mountain Lions, Friday, and Golden, Colorado, to play the 7-4 Colorado School of Mines Orediggers, Saturday.
International Lunch Hours feature global cuisine and cultural discussions hosted by CSC students.
January 28 International Club Sharing many different cultures and experiences
Feb. 25 – Swairie Fernando and Swaranga Fernando – Sri Lanka March 24 – Kelvana Demeritte and Alphese Stubbs – Bahamas April 28 – Martina Fontanot – Italy Student Center Scottsbluff Room, Noon to 1 p.m. CSC students can use their meal plans Cost for Community Members: $8.15 Cost for CSC Employees: $6.10 Sponsored by the International Office
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Honor the run game
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CSC running back Elijah Myles, sophomore of, breaks into the end zone during CSC’s first game of the 2019 season in Spearfish, South Dakota. Miles had 1,077 yards last season.
action shots downfield and can wear a defense down throughout the course of the game. As a quarterback Sports Reporter it is a great feeling knowing that the offense can run Good quarterback play is the secret ingredient to an the play on a team because it opens the pass game even more.” CSC Quarterback Dalton Holst, juoffense’s recipe, but a strong running game nior of Gillette, Wyoming, said in a mesis the cooking utensils which make the recsage to The Eagle. ipe work. Looking at the last seven MVPs in the This isn’t a boomer rant about returning NFL, every quarterback on the list led an to old-school football and stats prove havoffense with a strong ground game. Pating a good rushing attack helps a football rick Mahomes’s incredible 2018 season team immensely. Seven of the top 10 rushovershadowed Kareem Hunt’s 824 rushing ing teams made the playoffs while seven of yards in 11 games as the Kansas City Chiefs the top 10 passing offenses are watching the went 12-4. Even when Peyton Manning postseason from home. For a history lesthrew for 5477 yards and 55 touchdowns in son, the only undefeated team in NFL his2013, he had a 1,000-yard rusher. Assumtory, the 1972 Miami Dolphins, was led by ing Lamar Jackson rightfully receives the two 1,000-yard rushers. Twelve years later, Devin Fulton award next week, 23 of the last 30 MVPs in the team fell short in the Super Bowl despite Dan Marino coming off a 5,000-yard, 48 touchdown the NFL all had a 1,000-yard rusher in the backfield or were the running back who had an incredible season. season. Running backs are scrutinized by analysts everyWhen it comes to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, I don’t believe there is a better running where, drawing criticism for a short lifespan and beback than CSC’s Elijah Myles, sophomore of Haw- ing deemed replaceable and unworthy of being a firstthorne, California. Despite nursing an injury early in round draft pick. This constant criticism is devaluing the season and missing time in two games, Myles still the position in an unjust manner. Because of his heavy workload in college, Wisconsin Running Back Jonathan rushed for 1,077 yards and 12 touchdowns. “People seem to forget about the run game in to- Taylor may fall to round two or three of this year’s draft day’s world of football. The run game can have a huge despite rushing for 6,174 yards and 50 touchdowns in impact on a team. I have been fortunate to have played only three seasons. Let’s stop this notion about the run game dying. The with great running backs such as Elijah Myles in my time at Chadron. If you establish a good run attack the secret ingredient in a recipe doesn’t work without the defense must defend the run and pass. It sets up for play right supplies.
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In their second-longest road trip of the season, the eagles’ men’s basketball went 0-2 over the weekend, losing 109-101 in overtime against New Mexico Highlands, Friday and 85-71 against CSU-Pueblo, Saturday. “I was proud of how hard our guys competed both nights. We came up short versus NMHU at the free throw line and struggled to get the ball to fall on Saturday night versus CSU-Pueblo. Our guys are competing at a high level each night.” Head Men’s Basketball Coach Houston Reed said in a message to The Eagle. Against Highlands, Chadron State College took a one-point lead after Colby Jackson, senior of Las Vegas, converted two free throws with 18 seconds remaining but a foul by Walker Andrew, junior of Littleton, Colorado, led to a Jalen Munn, freshman of Albuquerque, New Mexico, free throw to send the game to overtime. Munn added 10 points in overtime with eight coming off free throws. The Eagles committed a season high 36 personal fouls while Highlands shot 45-63 from the charity stripe. Sammy Barnes-Thompkins, junior of Phoenix, led the Cowboys with 33 points while CSC saw season-highs in points scored by Brian Rodriguez-Flores, senior of Phoenix, with 28 and Michael Sparks, senior of Denver, with 26. After Friday’s overtime loss, seven of the Eagles’ 14 losses are by eight points or fewer. CSC has a current record of 3-14 “We have dropped several close ones on the road thus far. A possession here, a possession there. We ask our players for ‘constant daily improvement’ in all facets on their lives. We are working to improve daily as coaches, players and a team.” Reed said. Against Pueblo, the Thunderwolves outrebounded CSC 43-31 and saw Brandon McGhee, senior of Oakland, California, earn a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Along with McGhee, Pueblo saw four players score double digit points as Jason Anderson, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, led with 24. The Eagles went scoreless during fast breaks, just the second time this season. Sparks scored 13 points and added a steal for CSC, “Mike is a senior. He stays in the gym. He had a great weekend; his hard work deserves a payoff.” Reed said. The Eagles travel to Colorado Springs, Friday, to play the 6-5 Mountain Lions and to Colorado School of Mines, Saturday, to play the 7-4 Orediggers.
Football adds 11 transfers The CSC Eagles’ football team has already used the off season to its advantage, adding 11 transfers at the start of the Spring 2020 semester. According to CSC Sports Information the transfer athletes come from nine colleges, including two players whose Minnesota colleges dropped their football programs at
the conclusion of the fall season. “We addressed our needs,” Chadron State Football Head Coach Jay Long said to CSC Sports Information. “I commend our coaches for making the contacts and convincing these men to join our program.” Long said Defensive Coordinator Craig Jersild travelled to meet some of the transfers in person.
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Freshman lead runners at home u By CSC Sports Information The building program that Chadron State College Track and Field Coach Riley Northrup is launching began paying dividends perhaps earlier than most were expecting Saturday when four true freshmen won field events for the Eagles during the Don Holst Open Meet they hosted in the Nelson Physical Activity Center at CSC. Three of the firsts by the fledglings were in the jumps and the other was in the shot put, all in the men’s competition. The winners were Naishaun Jernigan of Springfield, Massachusets., who went 22-10 ½ in the long jump; Derrick Nwagwu of Aurora, Colorado who set the pace by going 45-8 as the Eagles swept the top four places in the triple jump; Alec Penfield of Lusk, Wyo., who cleared 6-6 ¾ to win the high jump; and Shane Collins of Bison, S.D., who threw the shot 49-2 ½. “These fellows had a nice day, and I know this isn’t the last time we’ll hear from them,” Northrup said. “I also think they know they’ve got a lot of hard work ahead of them as they improve and make the most of their talent. They got off to an excellent start today and it will be interesting to watch them develop during the next four years.” The Chadron State men also got a victory from their senior mainstay. Javan Lanier, who like Nwagwu, is from Aurora, Colo., won the 60-meter dash by edging teammate Brodie Roden, a sophomore from Riverton, Wyo. Lanier also placed third in the long jump, but was disappointed by his mark of 21-2, particularly after he’d gone 23-5 in early December at the Colorado Mines Alumni Classic. He could have told thwe freshmen, “There’ll be days like this.” The Chadron State women won two events. Junior Allee Williamson of Cheyenne took the high jump by going 5-1 and a 1600-me-
ter relay team made up of Celeste Cardona of Mitchell, Callie Collier of Thedford, Michaela Hill of Eaton, Colorado, and Williamson was first. Members of the other four teams in the competition also had highlights. South Dakota Mines’ Erica Keeble took top honors when she matched her previous best of 13-3 ½ to break both the meet and arena pole vault records of 12-1 ½ that were shared by two Black Hills State women. Lisa Koch originally set the marks in 2010 and Jordyn Huneke matched them at last year’s Holst Meet. Keeble’s record shattering was no surprise. She won the pole vault at both Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Meets last year. Another Hardrocker, Travis Kleinsasser, went 14-3 ½ Saturday while getting the only mark in the men’s vault. Black Hills State entries won half of the women’s 14 events. Kyla Sayvell swept the throws and was the meet’s only double winner, but two of her teammates placed both first and second on the track. Abbie Fredrick, who set the meet record of 2:21.38 while winning the 800 meters last year, was second in it this year in 2:23.70 and also won the mile. Breanna Fuller won the 60 a year ago and had to settle for second this year, but also was the 200 winner this time around. Standout Jordan Theise was among Black Hills State’s male leaders at the Holst meet again. Last year, he set the mile record of 4:19.84. He won the event Saturday in 4:26.28 and also was the runner-up in the 800. The 800 was captured by Brandon Bodner of Metro State-Denver. Roadrunners also won the men’s 200, 400 and 3000 races and the 1600 relay. Montana State-Billings was the fifth team at the meet.
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TOP: Osiel Cano, middle, black jersey, sophomore of Oshkosh, tries to catch an MSU Denver runner during the 4x400 relay, Saturday at the Nelson Physical Activity Center. ABOVE RIGHT: Eagle thrower Courtney Smith, freshman of Rock Springs, Wyoming, makes a throw during the Don Holst Open Meet, Saturday at the NPAC. LEFT: With a sizeable lead, junior distance runner Emma Willadsen, of Eaton, Colorado, nears the finish line during Saturday’s 4x400 relay race at the NPAC. Willadsen and her teammates won the event.