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Student’s Twitter pics expose food services problems
In The Eagle’s unofficial survey, student’s voice numerous issues with college’s food service Please see page 2
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Size shouldn’t matter in student affairs Liberal Arts Senator Sullivan Jones talks about Student Senate’s recent NSCS Leadership Conference
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Montenegro pins another opponent
Montenegro wins the only match for the Eagles against RMAC competition Please see page 6
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Mason Hiemstra (15), junior of Alliance, yells after making a shot during the men’s basketball game against South Dakota School of Mines, Saturday in the Chicoine Center.
CSC tracksters run for success at large meet u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor
During the indoor track meet that brought in about 1,000 contestants, a number of Chadron State’s athletes finished with personal bests and some placements at the D2 Invitational Meet Friday at South Dakota State University at Brookings. Riley Northrup, head track and field coach, said that the main reason the team travels to Brookings is because of the bigger, 300-meter track. “The 60 meter is always a straight away race; it doesn’t matter if we are in Chadron or in China,” He
said. “The bigger radius curve for the 400, they only have to run a curve two times instead of four times. The more time you can spend running straight in track and field, the better.” The Eagles soared to a number of placements and successful marks in the jumping events. Derrick Nwagwu, junior of Aurora, Colorado, finished second in the triple jump with a 48-feet, 4-inch leap. This jump passed his mark of 47 feet, 8.5 inches during the Myrle Hanson Open Meet at Black Hills State University, Saturday, Jan. 15, that earned Nwagwu last week’s Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week Award. “I did alright,” Nwagwu said. “I was aiming for
first so the second-place finish was a little disappointing but I’m coming back from multiple injuries so I can’t be too mad about it.” Also, Joss Linse, senior of Plattsmouth, and Brock Voth, senior of Berthoud, Colorado, both placed in the triple jump. Linse took fifth with a leap of 45 feet, 6.5 inches and Voth marked 45 feet, ½ inch to finish sixth. Emory Yoosook, sophomore of Casper, Wyoming, competed against 44 long jumpers and finished third with his farthest mark being 22 feet, 7.75 inches.
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Student’s Twitter pics expose food service problems In The Eagle’s unofficial survey, students voice numerous issues with college’s food service
Photo courtesy Trent Grizzle
Student Trent Grizzle, 22, senior of Fairbury, tweeted the above photo last week showing empty food stations in CSC’s cafeteria.
By Aubrie Lawrence Editor-in-Chief
When senior Trent Grizzle walked into the cafeteria about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, the last thing he expected to see was an empty food station. “I was upset and frustrated because I am student teaching in Crawford,” he said in an email. “Dinner is the only quality/ balanced meal that I am able to eat during the day, and it is the only meal that I am able to eat on campus.” Grizzle, 22, of Fairbury, said that was not the first time he has had issues with the cafeteria’s food service. “Normally when I go to eat dinner in the cafeteria there are always limited options to choose from and or the food does not have much effort put into it (almost as if it is leftovers from lunch earlier that day),” he wrote in his email. Wanting the college to address the issue, he tweeted pictures of the empty food stations. “6 pm on a Tuesday and there is no food to eat. Not one to complain but I spend thousands on a meal plan each year. No salad, no pizza, no soup, no entree. @chadronstate,” his tweet stated. Grizzle’s post apparently gained serious attention. He said
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24,000 Twitter users viewed the tweet and 4,000 users interacted with it. One of those was CSC’s Twitter account. “I was pretty excited when they responded to my tweet because it showed that they took notice of the issue at hand,” Grizzle said. “I feel that they were in a way forced to respond to the tweet due to the high amount of attention that the tweet had received.” Grizzle arranged a meeting with dining services for Friday, but he contracted Influenza and had to cancel. He did not say whether he has rescheduled. He also asked students to send him suggestions for things that could be fixed, and intended to share that with dining services in the meeting. “The main suggestion was that they felt as if the cafeteria lacked a diversity of food,” he said. “The suggestions ranged from wanting less carbs and more protein at each meal to having the same amount of options to choose from that students would get when the cafeteria first opened. Students should have the right and ability to come in 15 minutes prior to the cafeteria closing and eat the same food that the cafeteria had when they opened.”
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jacob_norris72: “They are a risk to the college Grizzle is not the only student who have been at this point.” disappointed with CSC’s food services. trumpetplaya101: “Has gotten somewhat betOn Oct. 6, 2021, when Student Senate conductter but still lacks a lot!” ed its survey about the fire pit, several students An email sent Tuesday evening and a phone call suggested they repurpose the funds to food serWednesday afternoon to Dining Services requestvices. One respondent said, “can we allocate the ing comment went unanswered. money for the fire pit and repurpose it toward cafSenator of BMS and Food Services Student Repeteria food that isn’t disappointing and disgusting.” resentative Bryan Zutavern said that dining services Tuesday, The Eagle conducted an informal, is dealing with food costs due to inflation and supInstagram survey about the quality of Food Serply chain issues. vices. The results showed that 63 out of 75 students However, they are working on a “variety of sussurveyed felt unsatisfied with the food services on tainability initiatives to help combat these issues.” campus. In addition, 15 people wrote comments “Currently dining services is getting locally and of those, two were positive, two were from sourced beef, coordinating for local herbs and vegenon-CSC related people and 11 were negative. tables, with the goal of an in-house herb garden for Among the comments were: the fall semester,” he said. “New meal ideas that have bebewheezy: “Yesterday (Monday) at dinner been talked about include holiday meals, monthly I got a bowl of cereal and the milk was sour and features, and specialty nights. Among these include expired.” colemartinez: “The food seems okay some days Trent Grizzle’s tweet generated significant a homecooked meals initiative.” Zutavern also said that the Food Services Comand really bad other days. The inconsistency is not feedback about CSC’s food service. mittee has been trying to deal with student issues great.” makayla_denbo: “I’ve been served raw chicken and pork. Honestly, “to the best of their ability” through the QR code survey posted around the dining hall. I don’t trust dining to make a basic sandwich.”
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Size shouldn’t matter in student affairs L
ast weekend, myself and other members of CSC Student Senate traveled to Wayne State College to participate in the annual NSCS Leadership Conference. Each NSCS member school participated. The event helps student government leaders gain valuable insight into how they can better serve their constituents with improved leadership skills and strategies. As host, WSC chose a different format for the conference this year by emphasizing a transfer of ideas and methods of how our different student governments operate. Fortunately, CSC arrived well-prepared and with a well-functioning government for the new format; CSC’s presentation demonstrated a model government for other state colleges to achieve. Peru State College arrived with just four representatives after its senate president recently and unexpectedly resigned office. The successive president was left with no vice president because of poorly constructed line of succession rules in the senate constitution.
With that said, Peru pledged to revamp its constitution and improve student interest in their government after declining interest. At WSC, many students are highly engaged in their government, but like Peru, they admit their constitution needs revitalized—or should I say, gutted and cleaned. As a result, they are currently in the midst of a complicated constitutional convention. To their advantage, many Wayne senators are interested in working with CSC to improve their constitution. They clearly want a new government that will work best for their students and ensure a fair distribution of activity funds. If those senators continue their work, I foresee a healthy WSC Student government arriving at the next NSCS Leadership Conference. For now, I sincerely thank them for the pleasant hospitality and great memories made. However, their current president, Blake Aspen, appears more concerned with ensuring CSC and Peru have a smaller voice in NSCS affairs. Unfortunately, during his
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concluding Trustees. speech, he Indeed, suggested the addition that CSC and of another Peru should Wayne trustee have a smaller will harm voice on the CSC Students, NSCS Board and as a CSC of Trustees. In senator, I other words, oppose any he believes proposal that Wayne should will reduce have an addithe opportutional student nity for our - Sullivan Jones trustee repstudents to resenting its speak about students on issues impactthe Board while not giving CSC or ing them. Peru increased representation. Thus, I encourage the WSC stuNot only were CSC and Peru dent president to remain focused caught off guard by Aspen’s on issues impacting his students outlandish proposal, WSC’s own such as their broken constitution senators had no idea this was (to and (to use his words) “fascinating” use the words of their president) lack of student involvement in “coming down the pipe.” government. Moreover, the proposal was In the meantime, at CSC, our without reason. Apparently Pressenate will continue doing the good ident Aspen forgets that student work of the students and ensuring trustees are non-voting members their voice is amplified. and already get plenty of time to Sullivan Jones, discuss policy on the Board of Liberal Arts Senator
current president, Blake Aspen, apears more concerned with ensuring CSC and Peru have a smaller voice in student affairs.”
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The worst pain is emotional, not physical u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Staff Editor
“On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain? One being little to no pain, ten being the worst pain you’ve experienced.” When doctors ask this, I oddly get nervous. Not knowing how they’ll treat me if I downplay my pain. But this is something I’ve grown used to and I still do to “not be a burden.” I also know that I haven’t experienced the worst physical pain that I could. But does the question apply to emotional or mental pain? There’s a book quote that I’ve related to even since I read it which comes from “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green: “I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and again as I lay still and alone in my bed staring at the ceiling, the waves tossing me against the rocks then pulling me back out to sea so they could launch me again into the jagged face of the cliff, leaving me floating faceup on the water, undrowned.” I have felt physical pain, but nothing could ever compare to the heavyweight of death that can weigh
on anyone’s chest at any given time. It feels like your emotional walls are collapsing to the ground below, shaking the earth you’re standing on, and even flipping your world upside down. Sometimes, it can be difficult to expand your lungs enough to get an adequate breath in your chest and tears usually spring to your eyes. All you might want to do is scream to try and relieve the pain. If you do, it doesn’t help. Or the first time you experienced the feeling you didn’t understand what it was and that you would never see your three-year-old brother again. Why would a six-year-old know that? But the feeling was still there. That dreadful weight reappeared four years later when your mom picked up her phone at the dinner table, saying it was her sister. The second she answered the call, you placed your silverware on your plate as your chest tightened. Your mother eventually left the room to talk, and you just had a feeling that something bad happened and you instantly lost your appetite. Another child lost, being your teenage cousin. The pain follows and returns each time you think about the tragedies that have passed and even if something doesn’t happen for nine years.
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It’s the same pain that erupts again when you heard your dad answer the phone with a simple “hello.” The one-word bringing tears to your eyes because you knew what was about to follow. The news of your grandpa rings in your ears as your senses go numb. You can’t see straight, noise doesn’t pound against your eardrums, and you can barely feel the brick wall you had to catch yourself on before you crashed to the cement. Despite the world closing off and going dark, the feeling remains. And it comes back when you reminisce, these examples of my own experiences sparked that feeling. It isn’t very detailed but it’s still sharing my past which I need to be
more accepting of. Even though it’s painful, these experiences are the things that shaped me into who I am now. I don’t want pity for my past, which could be part of the reason why I never shared it. Remembering loved ones can easily make hearts ache and days worse. Sometimes it’s there when you wake, other times it happens around dinner. Who I am now is affected by the fact I went through a phase where I avoided my reflection, bad days I still do because of scars from a car accident. And the feeling is still there. It was affected by the fact that I blame myself sometimes for the car accident because we wouldn’t have been in the vehicle if I hadn’t broken my arm in the first grade and I hadn’t gotten my cast removed that day. Grief, survivor’s guilt, and selfblame are dangerous thoughts. And I know I’m not to blame, but it doesn’t stop my mind from spiraling sometimes. And the feeling is still there. I can easily distant myself. A fear of intimacy rooted in the difficult times I’ve faced because of a fear of losing another person close to me. I matured quickly because of
the childhood trauma and feeling like I need to protect my other three younger siblings since I already lost one. And the feeling is still there. This is the biggest thing that I have resolved to deal with, even before the New Year. I have a difficult time creating spaces to feel comfortable, mainly because I think I’m always bracing for the next blow that this life brings me. Knowing that the next punch thrown could knock me out in the ring, sounding the bell that calls the match. Which is why I’m getting there, progress, even baby steps, is better than ignoring my issues. The feeling is still there but I’m trying to address it. I have bad days and many issues to try and embrace even if it starts as a hesitant handshake. And during those bad days, I take the words my mom said to me in high school after we had been talking about her dad who passed when I was three. She smiled at me and said, “He would be so proud of the person you’ve become.” “So, on a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?” If I could, I would say 11.
Patriarchal ideas affect everyone, including men u By Velvet Jessen Opinion Editor
Patriarchy, a noun defined as a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line or a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. You might be thinking, everyone knows what the patriarchy is, why did you just give me the dictionary definitions.
Well dearest reader, I also thought that everyone knew and acknowledged what the patriarchy is. But with the same amount of certainty that of a drought in the Midwest, there are always people who refuse to see simple truths. Recently I’ve been seeing more talk about men’s issues. Which is a good thing, they deserve attention and help too. However, I’ve seen just a few too many people deciding that because men have issues the patriarchy can’t exist or that women don’t actually
face the issues they claim or that it can’t be that big of a deal. Basically claiming that for the patriarchy to exist men can’t have problems. That’s not what the patriarchy is. Although, the patriarchy suppresses women, when it does that it affects everyone. Men might experience issues with mental health but feel that because ‘men are supposed to be strong’ they aren’t allowed to ask for help or feel bad. This is also because of societal standards created from having a patriarchy.
So, not only does the patriarchy hurt women, it also creates issues with men. So, while feminism remains a word that is just a little bit taboo, it might not hurt for everyone to partake in it. Feminism isn’t to make women more powerful than men, it’s to equal the playing field. Men take a small step down and women take a small step up. Men are allowed to feel things and do things that are traditionally thought of as only things for
women, and women are allowed to actually express themselves without being made fun of. And those things are thought of taboo for men because of the patriarchy. So, lets stop fighting about whose cut hurts more and start taking care of each other. Sometimes one big issue creates a ton of small issues for more than one type of person. And although it’s been the rallying cry for girls for many years, it might be time for men to join and say, “F*** the patriarchy”.
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Kamila Montenegro, sophomore of Las Vegas, leans back on her opponent Tatum Heikkila, freshman of Aberdeen, Washington, during the 170-pound match of the women’s wrestling dual against Colorado Mesa University Friday at the Brownson Arena in Grand Junction.
Montenegro gains 12 pins for the season u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor
Kamila Montenegro, sophomore of Las Vegas, continues to find success against her competition, tallying in another pin and ruining the chance for Colorado Mesa University to completely sweep Chadron State, 41-6. “I am happy with my success so far in the season,” Montenegro said. “Although I have had a lot of wins and pins, there are plenty of things that I need to fix and correct to qualify for nationals.” She earned her 12th pin on Friday during her match against No. 8 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Tatum Heikkila, freshman
of Aberdeen, Washington, taking the win with 10 seconds left of the bout. Through a mix of duals and tournaments, Montenegro has won 17 of 22 matches, taking four decision wins and one technical fall. Friday’s match between the Eagles and No. 5 Mavericks was the first and only chance this season that both teams were able to face a fellow Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference team. Of the ten matches, Colorado Mesa took five with forfeit wins, building up 25 points. Kinsey Smith, junior of Windsor, Colorado, and Ryleigh Dye, freshman of Queen Creek, Arizona, wrestled through their six minutes of mat time, but were unable to come away with the win. Smith lost her 101-pound bout, 6-0, and Dye lost the 136-pound match, 3-1.
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“Although they (teammates) did not get the win, each of them put up a fight and there were some close calls, but they just fell short,” Montenegro said. “It was a good learning experience for everybody to take a step back and find the mistakes and fix them.” Karstin Hollen, freshman of Mesa, Arizona, and Jeslyn Jindra, junior of Box Elder, South Dakota, took falls to their Maverick opponents, each match adding five points to the Mavericks’ total. In a number of exhibition matches, Chadron State saw wrestlers Dye and Hollen take wins over their opponents with pins, both within the first period. CSC women’s wrestling team will take a short break before its next tournament, the Grand View Open on Saturday, Feb. 5 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Nwagwu finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 48 feet, 4 inches during the D2 Invitational Meet at South Dakota State University in Brookings. The meet had about 1,000 athletes total with most events having about 40 contestants.
Gilkey finished second in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 3 inches during the D2 Invitational Meet at South Dakota State University in Brookings. The meet had about 1,000 athletes total with most events having about 40 contestants.
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CJ Jennings (4), right, senior of Colorado Springs, drives to the basket against Hardrocker Brevin Walter (23), redshirt freshman of Las Vegas, during the men’s basketball game Saturday against South Dakota School of Mines in the Chicoine Center.
Eagles struggle to score points u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor
Despite attempts to tie up the score, Chadron State men’s basketball team was unable to sink any of its last-minute shots from the arc and took a close loss to South Dakota School of Mines, 65-62. “We have to do a better job at starting games off and when we do have the lead to stay on the gas and extend it,” Teddy Parham, Jr., junior of Los Angeles, said. “We let off the pressure and allowed the team to come back.” With 40 seconds left of the game and being behind by only three points, Marcus Jefferson, junior of Lewisville, Texas, attempted two shots at the arc while KJ Harris, junior of McKinney, Texas, and Parham both attempted one. Along with a struggle to sink shots at the end of the game, the Eagles faced a slow start, seeing their first points after five and a half minutes of play. Teddy Parham, Jr., junior of Los Angeles, cut down the Hardrockers’ lead with 16 points over a stretch of nine
minutes and Marcus Jefferson, junior of Lewisville, Texas, ended the first half with two free throws to tie at 32 points. “When the game becomes close we need to be even more locked in and concise,” Parham said. “When we lose focus, we give up points or we give up opportunities for us to win.” Despite Parham making a three pointer to start off the second half and reaching a 10-point margin with 10:42 left to play, SD Mines continuously answered back until the Hardrockers tied up the score at 60 points with 4:33 of play left. The Hardrockers held onto the lead until the buzzer sounded. The score throughout the game tied seven times and the lead changed eight times. Parham scored 19 points to lead the Eagles, being seven of 15 for field goals and three of nine for three pointers. Jefferson and Mason Hiemstra, junior of Alliance, both reached 11 points. Jefferson made three field goals and three three-point shots, while Hiemstra made four field goals and one three pointer. CSC men’s basketball travels to play Metropolitan State University of Denver at 7 p.m., Friday in Denver.
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Over in the high jump, Joe Dumsa, senior of Sandy, Utah, cleared 6 feet, 4.75 inches to place eighth. Miranda Gilkey, senior of Lusk, Wyoming, took second in the women’s high jump competition by clearing five feet, three inches. Away from the jumpers, CSC also saw success on the track. “I put a big emphasis on them (sprinters) being fast and then as the season goes on, being able to finish races better,” Northrup said. “This last weekend was the first time that I really saw them, especially with our 400 group, put together like 200-meter splits of their 400 that are basically exactly where I want them to be right now.” Osvaldo Cano, junior of Oshkosh, raced against 47 runners in the 400 meters and took fifth with 49.58 seconds. He also finished the 200 meters in 22.35 seconds, setting his indoor career best and finishing sixth. Cano’s twin brother, Osiel Cano (junior of Oshkosh), set his career best in the 400 meters with a time of 50.4 seconds to take 10th. He also beat his personal record in the 200-meter dash timed for 23.5 seconds. The women’s saw Carlie Collier, junior of Dunning, took sixth of 32 women in the 400 meters, timed at 59.67 seconds. Also in the 400 meters, Caydince Groth, freshman of Cheyenne, Wyoming, set a personal record at 60.33 seconds to finish 10th. CSC track team hosts its Don Holst Open meet on Saturday in the Nelson Physical Activities Center. Nwagwu said he was excited to be jumping in front of his friends and on a familiar track. “It’s going to be a fun one,” he said. “Might have to dust off the sprint spikes and run a race or two, we’ll see.”
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Eagles’ shots go hot and cold u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor
Chadron State women’s basketball team saw its shots fall and four players reached double digits against Black Hills State University, 89-82. But despite the win Saturday, the Eagles faced a cold spell with their shots, taking their first home loss to Westminster University during Monday’s rescheduled game, 71-59. “We moved the ball better, so we improved our assists a little bit,” Janet Raymer, head women’s basketball coach, said. “We just kept playing through adversity when we were losing and trying to get a comeback with the win. We just stayed focused.” Starting off strong against the Yellow Jackets, Samiyah Worrell, sophomore of Fountain, Colorado, scored first with a layup being followed by three two pointers from Jori Peters, senior of Mitchell, and another layup from Ashayla Powers, redshirt freshman of Longmont, Colorado. CSC built a ten-point lead against BHSU, keeping the Yellow Jackets scoreless for half of the first quarter. As the game progressed, the Yellow Jackets broke down the lead that the Eagles had, but CSC was able to hold on for the win, with two final free throws from Powers. Worrell had 23 with seven shots inside the arc, two baskets for three-pointers and seven freethrows. “When given an assignment, she’s (Worrell) motivated to get the job done,” Janet said. “It just gives us another dynamic.” Powers earned 22 points, with seven shots from the paint and eight from the free-throw line. She also had the most rebounds with six.
Peters scored 19 points, being seven of nine for field goals and five of six for free throws, and Micheala Dammann, freshman of Osakis, Minnesota, was the fourth Eagle to reach double digits against BHSU with her season high of 12 points. “I felt like we did a great job on Saturday answering all their runs with runs of our own,” Dammann said. “Today (Monday), we battled to the end but overall, we just didn’t have the same energy as Saturday.” In contrast, the Eagles started off Monday’s game against Westminster a little slow and struggled with their shoots, being 31.7% for field goals and 14.3% for three pointers. The Griffins slowly built a lead as the game clock wound down, despite the Eagles only being four points behind by the end of the first quarter. Being 50% for field goals, Powers led Monday with 17 points and five two-point baskets. Olyvia Pacheco, sophomore of Rawlins, Wyoming, scored the second most points with 12, making four from both the field goal range and free throws. “It was nice to score in double digits to help build my confidence, but basketball is a team sport and I just want to contribute as much as possible to help my team win,” Dammann said. Dammann was able to make another double-digit game with 10 points, being three of seven for field goals and making all four of her free throws. She also led the Eagles with six rebounds. The Eagles are scheduled to play Metropolitan State University of Denver at 5 p.m., Friday, and Raymer is hoping for a win even if it won’t be an easy feat. “It’s not going to be an easy game, but I believe that every game on our schedule we should have a chance to win,” Raymer said. “The team is working hard and playing together. The sky’s the limit for us right now.”
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Jori Peters (12), right, senior of Mitchell, drives the ball against Griffin Abby Mangum (1), redshirt senior of Eagle, Idaho, during the rescheduled women’s basketball game against Westminster University, Monday afternoon in the Chicoine Center.