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SPORTS >>
Eagles offence shines in the snow
After scoring seven points against Colorado Mesa, CSC’s offence puts up 41 against South Dakota rival Please see page 8
LIFESTYLES >>
Sandoz Center exhibit showcases local artist Through Oct. 31, visitors to the exhibit can experience “Dabbling in the Visual Arts,” the art of Linda Dabbs
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AG & RANGE >>
Regenerative agriculture in Nebraska
Statewide organization fights climate change Please see page 12
INDEX News 2 Opinion 4 Lifestyles 6 Ag & Range 12 Sports 13
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Jake Norris, senior of Fort Morgan, Colorado, holds the Eagle Rock trophy after the Eagles secured the award for the fifth consecutive year, Saturday.
Voter registration still possible in Dawes Co. Though online deadlines have passed, in-person option remains
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Chadron State College students who have yet to register to vote are able to register as a Nebraska voter as late as this Friday. Those who intend to do so must complete the registration process in person at the county clerk’s office of the Dawes County Courthouse, according to Cheryl Feist, Dawes County clerk.
Both in-and-out-of-state students are eligible to register. If registered before the deadline, students will be sent a mail-in ballot which they can complete and return to the oficial drop box in front of the courthouse. Dawes County was one of three Nebraska counties to switch to all-mail elections ahead of the 2018 primary. In October of 2018, the Lincoln Journal Star reported that the county saw higher turnout than the statewide average.
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News
Senate mulls over potential You@CSC website funding By Sullivan Jones Reporter
At Student Senate’s Monday meeting, Student Activities Coordinator Megan Northrup presented an $8,500 funding request proposal to update CSC’s You@CSC website. Northrup said student affairs and the office of academic success initially funded the site, which launched in April 2019, before the CSC strategic enrollment management plan funded it last school year. “We’re looking at different people for funding, and you guys were our first thought to see if this is something that the students want, and that you guys stand behind and think is important to have,” Northrup said to Senate in its Zoom meeting. Northrup said the money would pay the website’s creator
for continued free student and staff use of the site. The Senate would consider the proposal before holding an allocation vote for website funding. Senate allocated $498.13 for its COVID-19 care packages which are given to students in quarantine. Packages include coloring books, candy, cookies, and puzzles. Last week, 30 care packages were given out to students. Edna Senator Laura Clay of the campus improvement committee, said she has been working on beginning a campus recycling initiative. She plans to create a promotional flyer to find people interested in helping promote more recycling campuswide. In other news: > Senate reported $42,222.79 in unallocated funds. >Senate reported $30,000.00 in unallocated trip funds.
CSC student receives BHECN’s new Champion award sponse team, which provides interventions for anyone experiencing a behavioral health Co-Editor crisis. “It is unbelievable,” Turner said. “I feel On Oct. 16, the Behavioral Health Ed- so honored and humbled to be recognized in this capacity. There are ucation Center of Nebraska thousands of mental health (BHECN) announced the 2020 professionals throughout award recipients for individuNebraska and I just feel so als who excel in the behavioral blessed to be among my colhealth field in the state of Nebrasleagues out there.” ka. Among them was CSC stuTurner said that, when dent Chelsea Turner, 30, graduate she received the news, she student of Chadron. cried from the overwhelmTurner was given the Champiing gratitude she felt. on award, which was created this “This award just pushes year, after a person anonymously me to work harder and pronominated her for her work as a vide more for my clients,” service coordinator at WCHR. Turner said. “It gives me There, she provides behavioral Chelsea Turner that push and motivation health case coordination for clito keep making waves in the ents, in both youth and adult programs, who struggle with behavioral health mental health field for those who are strugissues. She is also a member of the crisis re- gling with their mental wellness.”
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Scream Slam showcases original work THE EAGLE COVID-19 REPORT SOURCE: CSC website as of Wednesday, Oct.21, 5 p.m.
TOTAL ACTIVE CASES Students: 1 Employees: 2 RECOVERIES Students: 51 Employees: 10 CUMULATIVE CASES Students: 52 Employees: 12
By Justin Cauley Reporter
Poetry allows a writer to express feelings that can sometimes be muted in day-to-day life. Around 15 Chadron State poets came together for an open mic session Monday evening in the Mari Sandoz Center. Julissa Gomez, 21, junior of Alliance, recited an original piece named “You Know Me.” According to Gomez, the piece is about crossing a burning bridge into a land of peace, understanding and knowing. Gomez is still working on finding meaning through poetry and continuing to search for who she is and where her situation places her in the eye of herself and men, the women she wishes to reach, and who she aspires to become.
“This piece to me was a part of a journey of finding who I was,” Gomez said. “It was a restoration of the trails he burned upon my skin. It was the finding of the power he took. This piece was all a part of the understanding that you’re never the issue, no matter how much you tell yourself through watered down mascara and smeared lipstick. This piece was more about what you are capable of achieving after someone comes and dims your world. You have the ability to find your power, your light and your voice.” Alongside the slam poetry night, there was a costume contest. With only a couple participants, Abigail Swanson, 21, senior of Grand Island, won the contest. Dressed as a character named “Delenn” from the show “Babylon 5.” “I enjoy watching the show, and Delenn is my favorite character,” Swanson said. She received a Twix candy bar, and a wand for her excellent costume.
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Mary Clai Jones, assistant English professor, presents the award for best original piece at Sigma Tau Delta’s Scream Slam Monday night.
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Opinion
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early four years ago The Eagle’s staff officially endorsed Donald Trump for president, reasoning that Trump’s non-political nature would be a welcome departure from that of career politicians who had come before. Many voters agreed. But if rooting out corruption in American politics was the goal, electing Trump was a colossal miss that merely cut out the middleman – trading the bought-politician for the buyer. Four years on, Trump has made it clear he is not fit for another term in the White House. Were it simply that he remains the favorite candidate of white supremacists, it would be enough to lose our confidence. But his gross mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed over 200,000 Americans; his support of white supremacist militias; his promotion of baseless conspiracy theories; his proclivity for fascism; his denigration of the fourth estate and soldiers of the U.S. military; his disinterest in the welfare of human beings who are refugees, non-white citizens, or members of our LGBTQ+ community; his desire to abuse his power and put his friends and financial interests above the best interests of the people; his never ending
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supply of falsehoods and insights he gained managing self-interest – his lack of the economic recovery packBiden will bring to basic decency – proves he age during his time as vice the White House a is unfit to occupy the White president. His appointment House. of Sen. Kamala Harris, a lifetime of political For those reasons, and Democrat of California, will experience, including elevate an essential female many more, The Eagle is endorsing Joe Biden for the insights he gained voice to the Oval Office. The president. pair will bring back a willmanaging the ecoBiden might not be the ingness to protect the rights ideological firebrand some nomic recovery pack- of all Americans, regardless progressive voters would of race, creed and religion. age during his time as prefer, but his political As we move forward as career demonstrates he has a nation toward significant vice president. the ability to fix the damage challenges like an increasTrump and his presidency ing wage gap, devastating caused, and heal the divide climate change fallout, a between Americans that has grown to a fecontinuing lack of access to affordable health ver-pitch over the past four years. Nobody wants care, and the removal of special interests from a bought-and-paid for politician (which Biden American politics, Biden brings the experience isn’t) but Trump has shown that giving control – and of equal importance, the disposition, reaof the plane over to a untrained passenger just son, decency, and maturity - necessary to meet because you dislike qualified pilots, is a recipe and overcome the challenge. for disaster. The same cannot be said for Trump. ThereBiden will bring to the White House a fore, we heartily endorse Sen. Joe Biden for lifetime of political experience, including the president.
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Javian Byrd 21, junior, Denver “It’s a product of our environment. We’re a bunch of 18 to 20 some year-olds blessed to be on campus. The year started with the volleyball team and it was just scary.”
Cara Self 18, freshman, Gilbert, Arizona
Jalen Starks 23, junior, Van Nuys, California
Brooke Kramer 19, sophomore, Aurora, Colorado
Jax Wilke 19, sophomore, Firestone, Colorado
“I’m not sure. Yeah, I don’t know.”
“Everybody better wear their masks, so we can have less outbreaks.”
“That school will shut down and we’ll have to go home again. That wouldn’t be fun.”
“I’m concerned about the basketball season. If anyone on the team tests positive, having to quarantine for two weeks doesn’t sound like fun.”
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Opinion
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As They See It
Family traditions are your culture u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Opinion Editor
As the person I am, I have always enjoyed learning more about cultures and traditions. This interest is normally focused on different countries, ranging from Japanese eating KFC for Christmas to the different traditions within Día de los Muertos in Spanish-speaking countries. Almost every country has their own traditions, especially in association to holidays, but I always thought that other countries had more intriguing ones than the United States. That’s when recently, I took my focus away from countries and I focused in on my family, and the type of traditions we have that I hope to continue.
I have a different relationship built between my parents and my siblings than some people might. Due to tragedies we have experienced, we have relied strongly on one another, instead of falling apart. With this strong relationship, we have cherished memories that I love looking back on whenever I’m miss my family. Starting my family traditions, we mark days on the calendar that we call “angel years.” These are anniversaries are set on the day that we lost a loved one, and we also keep track of how many years it has been. Recently, my grandfather’s first angel year passed on Oct. 1. On these days, my family tries to have a meal that we enjoy together. If not, we just talk.
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It doesn’t have to be about the loved one, but the conversation normally is. We just discuss our lives and it’s how we deal with the day, especially if it’s particularly rough. This year, I wasn’t able to get home, instead I facetimed with my family. This plays into a family event that we go to every year called the
“Walk to Remember.” We travel to Fargo, North Dakota to participate in a walk for the loss of a child. Even though Compassionate Friends didn’t formally host it this year, my family still met and did the walk. Every Christmas Eve, in honor of my grandpa who I lost when I was three years old, my family and I have his favorite soup oyster stew. We have a second soup like chili for my younger siblings, but it is a tradition that has stuck in my family for years. With the holiday season, we trade off seeing sides of my family each year. This year, we are supposed to meet my dad’s side of the family for Thanksgiving and my mom’s side for Christmas. Next year, we’ll meet with my
mom’s side for Thanksgiving and my dad’s for Christmas. We have fun traditions like my dad has sent me an image or gif on Leif Erikson Day many years because of his Nordic heritage. When I realized that my family has our own traditions, I’ve started to appreciate it more and realized that even if I don’t have authentic traditions from Ireland or Sweden, I still have my own experiences from other people. With this, I want to encourage everyone to find their own traditions. Even if they may not be the most obvious, most people have them. It’s amazing being able to find them and truly appreciate them. Embrace your family and your own traditions, especially if nobody else has those traditions.
Stepping Up with Abigail
Schedule some time for what you love u By Abigail Swanson Columnist
So, I may have spent this afternoon (or at least several hours of it) sewing a red, white and blue cockade rather than doing anything school related. However, the amount of joy I received from forming colored ribbon into a ruffly circular broach redeemed any time lost from homework. Sometimes you must make time for the things you love. For me that meant sewing a ribbon cockade this afternoon instead of doing homework. Doing what you love gives your brain a break from studying. It al-
lows you to ruminate on a hard essay prompt or simply forget about the host of forums due soon. When you return to the task, your subconscious mind may have worked out exactly how to fix that plot hole. Because you took a break, you come back with renewed willpower to complete the task. By rewarding yourself for productivity, you can convince yourself to work harder during working time because you know playtime is coming. Perusing activities you enjoy reminds you who you are, and that your life is more than just a series of endless tasks. When I run from one assignment to another, I forget I am
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attending school so that I can do things I enjoy, not just so I can complete one onerous task after another. By taking a break to do things that you have a passion for, you allow your personality and sense of
joy to recover that doesn’t from the onmake them any By rewarding yourself more importslaught of assignments. ant that things for productivity, you Besides, at deadcan convince yourself without some point lines, like doing real life will set to work harder during what brings you in and there working time because joy.While you won’t be reguyou know playtime is may not be lar breaks from work, and the thrilled to pleat coming. few you get will a bunch of piec- Abigail Swanson es of ribbon into be filled with real life things a circle, you can like bills and find joy in other shopping for activities. food. Maybe you love to read, or You just have to slip in the watch shows, or hike, or talk with things that bring you joy between people. Make time for what brings other things. Homework and re- you joy and let that joy uplift you al-life things have deadlines, but throughout the week.
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Lifestyles ‘Dabbling’ artist seeks to inspire students Through paintings and pottery, adjunct instructor brings beauty to CSC u By Gasper Dominici Reporter
Brahma bulls, commonly used in bullriding competitions, are the subject of one of Linda Dabbs’ paintings. The bulls are among the featured pieces in her exhibit, “Dabbling in the Visual Arts,” open now through Oct. 31 in the Mari Sandoz Center, Main Gallery.
ABOVE: A blue fish was originally created as a set piece for a theatre production by artist Linda Dabbs whose exhibit runs now through Oct. 31 in the Mari Sandoz Center, Main Gallery.
Photos by Kincaid Strain
RIGHT: Pottery, created through the fire born process explained at right, is among the pieces featured in “Dabbling in the Visual Arts,” open now through Oct. 31 in the Mari Sandoz Center, Main Gallery.
Beauty is found anywhere. Everywhere. It is the job of an artist to capture that beauty and manifest it through creative imagery, said Linda Dabbs, an adjunct theatre professor in Communication Music Art and Theatre. And she’s showing the Chadron community just how she does it. Now through Oct. 31 the public, particularly students, can experience Dabbs’ manifested beauty with her “Dabbling in the Visual Arts” exhibit in the Mari Sandoz Main Gallery. A person does not necessarily need to be traditionally educated to become an artist, Dabbs said. She was self-taught, starting her career creating realistic back drops for the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. She said that with enough passion and “practice, practice, practice”, people would be amazed at what they can create. Dabbs said she hopes the show inspires students to step away from their computers and create beauty with their own hands – not just students studying the arts, but any student who finds art a passion. She said she sees the rise in technology in everyday life, and how people can create pieces of art using computers. Although computers have a time a place, “it seems to be taking away from the joy of using your hands,” she said. And that, she said, is the main reason she created “Dabbling in the Visual Arts” – to show students the beauty they can create with just a paint brush.
Lifestyles
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A prominent painting of an elk greets visitors as they walk into the exhibit at the Mari Sandoz Center main gallery.
In addition to her wildlife paintings, Dabbs’s exhibit also features intricate metal work that combines the industrial and natural.
A display of photos shows some of Dabbs’s larger-scale mural work.
A painting of an elk is flanked by two others, one of a bison and one of an antelope. Dabbs’s wildlife paintings are a major piece of her exhibit at the Mari Sandoz Center.
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CSC students cheer on the Eagles during Saturday night’s game against the South Dakota School of Mines Hardrockers.
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Hardrockers hit Starks reality in ‘Snowcoming’ Despite snowstorm, Eagles offense amasses 599 yards and 6 TDs in 41-25 win Story by Devin Fulton, Sports Editor Had it not been for losing two yards from kneeling in the victory formation, the Eagles’ offense gained 601 total yards as Chadron State defeated South Dakota Mines 41-25, Saturday, at Elliott Field. Compared to gaining 68 rushing yards against Colorado Mesa Oct. 10, CSC gained 238 yards and four touchdowns on the ground against the Hardrockers on Saturday. Jalen Starks, junior of Van Nuys, California, earned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after rushing for 116 yards and three touchdowns, but freshman Jayden Cox, of Jackson, Wyoming, provided balance in the backfield with 60 yards on the ground. “When you can run the football, that makes it so the offense clicks,” Head Coach Jay Long said. “One thing that helps out the play callers is when you can run the football.” Adding balance to the Eagles’ rushing attack, Dalton Holst, senior of Gillette, Wyoming, threw for 361 yards, two touchdowns and completed 70 percent of his throws. “Dalton is a real special player for us,” Long said. “By the time he’s done here his name will be all over the record books. He’s going to be a coach, he’s a coach’s son, his dad’s a legendary basketball coach in Wyoming and he’s also been an assistant football coach. Dalton’s been around the game his whole life. When he gets locked in, he is really dangerous and on Saturday he was money.” However, CSC receivers Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Chad Mikelson, junior of Julesburg, Colorado, combined for 341 yards and two touchdowns through the air. Thurness also scored the game’s first touchdown with a four-yard rush.
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Jalen Starks, junior of Van Nuys, California, scores a touchdown during Saturday’s night’s game against the South of Mines Hardrockers at Elliot Field.
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Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, escapes a tackle.
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Tayven Bray, junior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, tackles Zac Hoofman, junior of Douglas, Wyoming.
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ABOVE: Chad Mikelson, junior of Julesburg, Colorado, pushes away defensive back Casey Knutson, sophomore of Fort Collins, Colorado. LEFT: Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, fights through a tackle by Adrian Eastman, junior of Gilbert, Arizona.
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Dalton Holst, senior of Gillette, Wyoming, dodges a tackle at Saturday night’s game.
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The 5 ‘Ds’ of Dodgeball come to CSC’s NPAC Teams ‘Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge’ their way through RLA’s tournament Story & photos by Estabon Bozeman Reporter ESPN 8, The Ocho, didn’t carry the action, but the spirit of Average Joe’s Gym permeated the Nelson Physical Activity Center’s indoor arena Thursday as students competed in a dodgeball tournament hosted by RLA. As foam balls whistled through the air, teams slowly started to dissemble. Kelsey Crock, junior of Cheyenne, Wyoming, said that “the tournament was fun yet very competitive,” In many scenarios’ games “I had fun and I hope came down to one fearless player against five opposing members or three aggressive competitors all my teammates did against a lone wolf. as well, and though we Each game consisted of 3 rounds and students competed lost, we were preparing until all the players of one team to win this week’s tourwere tagged out. As screaming teammates sat nament,” on the sidelines, players ducked - Damien Zuniga, dodgeballer and dodged flying dodgeballs that flew across the room, teammates raced to pick up loose balls and others carried off the court by teammates, for their outstanding efforts. Damien Zuniga, junior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, defined the tournament as “extreme” and “intense” even though his team didn’t win. “I had fun and I hope all my teammates did as well, and though we lost, we were preparing to win this week’s tournament,” he said. These five teams competed for a first-place prize of $25 gift cards to CSC’s Game Day store or Outlaw Printers in downtown, Chadron. While the second-place team was awarded goodie bags. Students arrived at the tournament with their teams already assembled and if not, they were placed on a designated team. The tournament consisted of five teams of eight members.
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Players scramble to the starting line to grab their dodgeballs in RLA’s Dodgeball Tournament Thursday in the NPAC. FAR LEFT: Brendan Fangmeier, junior of Hebron, takes aim at his target in RLA’s dodgeball tourney. LEFT: Players dive for their dodgeballs in the RLA’s tourney Thursday in the NPAC.
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Sheep graze with cattle on a field growing a mix of cover crops and cash crops. Mixed species grazing is a common practice among regenerative agriculturalists to graze different plant types at once.
Nebraskan agriculturalist fight climate change u By Kamryn Kozisek Ag and Range Editor
The population of the world is rising and with it the amount of food needed to feed the world. With climate change continuing to be an issue, some farmers and ranchers are changing the way they produce food. Regenerative agriculture is a way of producing food that mimics nature and works to improve soil health. Soil health is placed above all else in a regenerative practices even production rates. Regenerative farmers and ranchers use practices like cover crops production, mass grazing, no-till agriculture and don’t use chemicals in their production models. Their goal is to be as much like nature as possible and increase the biodiversity of their operations. Cover crops are plants that are grown in with cash crops to provide more cover to the soil. Legumes are commonly used as cover crops to improve the amount of nitrogen in the soil. Farmers often use mixes of many plant species to increase the biodiversity, mimicking a natural rangeland. Before the settlement of the west, the U.S. was populated by large herds of bison that moved across the plains. Regenerative agriculturists follow this example by using large herds of animals grazing in small pastures for a short period of time. Ranchers may move animals every day or multiple times a day to new pastures in a practice called rotational grazing Grazing on cash crop fields is another practice that is done by ranchers to graze crop residue off of farm lands. Grazing with more than one species is used to graze all plant
types in a field equally. Tilling of the soil is seen as both a token of farming systems and the cause of the dust bowl. Regenerative farmers have moved away from tilling the soil and allow the soil to recycle material overtime. According to NASA, in 1960 the amount of carbon in the air was at 320 parts per million, in 2020 we are now seeing 400 parts per million. The amount of carbon in the air has increased and based on current predictions will continue to increase. Climate change has been linked directly to increase in carbon in the atmosphere. “We are seeing the effects of climate change here,” CSC Professor Anthony Perlinski said, “We were bound to have really dry seasons after having years of wet weather.” Carbon sequestration is the process that carbon dioxide and other carbon sources are removed from the air and stored in the soil. The process of moving carbon from the atmosphere is done to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and overall reduce global warming rates. “Your generation of students is faced with a lot of challenges,” Ron Bolze said, “Carbon in the air is one of them. New technologies or just new practices are needed to fix the world’s food problems.” Regenerative agriculture pushes to improve carbon sequestration rates and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being put into the atmosphere through food production. Operations that use regenerative agriculture practices are based on the health of the land and not on production quantity. Regenerative agriculturalists work to produce nutrient dense food, without destroying the planet. These operations do not measure their success based on
the amount of food produced per acre but instead on the amount of nutrients in the product. RegeNErate Nebraska is a Nebraskan organization that promotes regenerative agriculture by researching and working with Nebraskan agriculturalists to create business that mimic nature. One of the founders Graham Christensen spoke on CSC’s campus last year about this organization. RegeNErate Nebraska has several projects that are currently going on, one of which involves poultry production and agroforestry. This project is based on taking as much carbon dioxide out of the air and repurposing it to grow plants that support poultry production. This is done with free-range chickens on land that has an overstory of trees and an understory of shrubs and bushes that produce food for the chickens. The more surface area a plant has the higher the photosynthetic rates of the plant. Systems like the poultry-centered agroforestry are used as carbon sequestration programs. The organization is working not only in rural areas but in cities as well, they have been helping to develop regenerative community gardens in Omaha. These organizations that work to produce food in cities are called urban regenerators. The organization has an ongoing video series, that follows different regenerative operations across Nebraska, highlighting each individual agricultural product. RegeNErate Nebraska has a booklet documenting all the businesses in the state that support or use regenerative agriculture products. This booklet includes all meat production, cover crop producers, urban regenerators, chefs, grocery stores and women run regenerative operations.
Sports
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Fulton’s Fast Break
Commentating comes full circle u By Devin Fulton Sports Editor
My time as a play-by-play sports commentator for CSC Live comes full circle as my first time calling a game was the Eagles hosting Black Hills State University in 2016. Conveniently, this Saturday’s game between the same two teams marks my final time commentating. I began as a color commentator alongside former Eagle Sports Editor Preston Goehring and I will never forget the nerves I battled knowing my voice was live and on-air. I was so nervous for that game I emphasized my already-monotone voice to sound like a pretentious sports personality thinking the audience couldn’t hear my lack-of-expertise. Prior to commentating, I helped shoot video of two football games, but thought that was my ultimate route because I felt commentating may be out of reach.. The opportunity came when I spent a Saturday morning during my freshman year helping Daniel Binkard move camera equipment from Chicoine Center to Memorial Hall. During this time, Binkard asked if I was interested in helping call games for all CSC sporting events. Absolutely, I was interested, I grew up watching sports and loved hearing Chris Collinsworth and Al Michaels tell live stories. Ironically, mono or
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tonsilitis invaded my immune system that fall (mind you, I achieved perfect attendance three years in high school). After telling Binkard I was excited and ready to commentate, my sickness conquered, and I immediately found the nearest vomiting station. But here I am, as an improved play-by-play commentator, so I am forever grateful for Binkard’s patience. Commentating sports live is more challenging than I first thought. You have to tell the game’s story as it’s happening while matching the tone of dramatic events and provide updates on stats, scores and schedules. It’s easy for one to assume they can commentate because they watch sports and yell at the T.V. when big plays happen, but it’s often forgotten that all professionalism is thrown away in our natural viewing habitat. Working with CSC Live over the past four years helped me become a better speaker, gain interest for sports I never previously watched, like wrestling and volleyball, and the opportunity of getting to know the people outside of just playing their beloved sport. I can proudly say that through four years at CSC, I attended 50 men’s and women’s basketball games, 17 softball matches, 23 football games and nine wrestling matches on campus, but have yet to view any home event from the stands or bleachers.
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Colorado Mesa Chadron State South Dakota Mines Black Hills State Offensive Leaders Passing: Dalton Holst 573 yards, three touchdowns Rushing: Jalen Starks 146 yards, three touchdowns Receiving: Chad Mikelson
Photo by Daniel Binkard
Devin Fulton, senior of Glenrock, Wyoming, provides play-by-play commentary during a Chadron State football game in 2019. While commentating has been a wonderful experience, kudos to CSC Live’s camera crew are in order. Chadron receives awful weather when we least hope for it, but those responsible for shooting video always proved tough enough to outlast blizzards in October or March. Along with their toughness, the video crew always provided top-quality shots of all events. My time as a play-by-play commentator is a job I never expected to have in college but proved to be
valuable. The campus job helped me connect the dots to my passion in communications during my time as an education major. As this Saturday marks my final time commentating sports for Chadron State, I can finally call myself a retired NCAA Div. II commentator. Finally, a piece of advice for upcoming broadcasters - study name pronunciations, sounding hyped all the time is childish, and hot mics ruin lives.
Bobby Peele
Hometown: Rapid City, South Dakota Class: Senior Sport: Football
Hometown: Fresno, California Class: Junior Sport: Football
In his season debut, Thurness caught eight passes for 175 yards, one touchdown and added a fouryard rushing touchdown during the Eagles’ 41-25 victory against South Dakota School of Mines, Saturday, at Elliott Field.
Peele snagged his second interception in back-toback weeks and hit a Hardrocker receiver to force an incompletion on fourth down during the Eagles’ 41-25 victory against South Dakota School of Mines, Saturday, at Elliott Field.
248 yards, one touchdown
Defensive Leaders Tackles: Jeremiah Makahununiu 24 tackles, 12 solo Sacks: Brendan Hopkins one sack, 10 tackles Interceptions: Bobby Peele Two interceptions, three break-ups
Remaining Schedule Oct. 24
Vs. Black Hills State
Oct. 31
At South Dakota Mines
Nov. 7
At Nebraksa-Kearney
Nov. 14
At Black Hills State
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Sports Snowcoming,
Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg
Javian Byrd, sophomore of Aurora, Colorado, creates a snow angel on Elliott Field’s turf following Chadron State’s 41-25 victory against South Dakota School of Mines, Saturday, during CSC’s homecoming.
Thurness Family Nutrition Center to boost athletics programs u By CSC Sports Information Chadron State College athletics’ strength and conditioning program received a boost on Saturday, with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Thurness Family Nutrition Center at 2 p.m. in the Armstrong Building. Contributions from Dr. Brent and Shelly Thurness of Rapid City, S.D., made the construction of the nutrition center possible. “My sons are third-generation college athletes,” said Brent Thurness. “My father, Dr. Robert Thurness, who was my football coach, was the first in his family to go to college on an athletic scholarship. He valued education so highly, he earned a doctoral degree in educational administration. With the nutrition center, we wanted to support that tradition of scholarship and honor the role that athletics plays within the educational structure.” Thurness’s sons Cole, a college senior, and Chase, a junior, are currently members of the CSC football team. The facility upgrade utilizes the
space formerly housing a concession stand for Armstrong Gymnasium. It provides additional equipment and infrastructure which the strength and conditioning staff believes will enhance its ability to store, prepare, and distribute nutritional products to CSC student-athletes. “The quality of our new Thurness Family Nutrition Center is phenomenal,” said CSC Head Strength and Conditioning Coach E.J. Kreis. “The products and workmanship that went into its construction are the best of the best, as well as the consumable products that we’ll distribute here and replenish on an ongoing basis.” Among the most visible additions to the nutrition center are a granite countertop and brand new cabinetry, which were both sourced by Morford’s Decorating in Chadron and installed by the CSC facilities staff. The facility is also equipped with an overhauled food sanitation system. This is comprised of refrigeration, plumbing, electrical wiring and food storage, which will ensure compliance
with safety standards. Additional equipment includes four new Ninja blenders which will be used for the preparation of protein smoothies. The contribution for the nutrition center not only funds the initial construction project, but it also provides ongoing support. Kreis says this will provide for supplements such as fruits, pre-made sandwiches, and chocolate milk protein. “It’s a big competitive edge for us to be on the forefront of everything,” added Kreis, “with the latest nutritional science and the ability to apply it on a daily basis. Our strength and conditioning programs are maybe one or two hours of an athlete’s day, but the recovery phase is when all the hard work pays off. Those other 22 or 23 hours are just as important as the workouts themselves. What we have now in that area gives us one leg up on the competition, and we hope it gives the student-athletes their best possible experience.”
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CSC’s offense converted seven-of-12 on third down and punted for the first and only time midway through the third quarter. The Eagles’ defense snagged interceptions in back-to-back drives as its offense cashed in those takeaways for 14 points. After intercepting a pass last week against Mesa, Bobby Peele, junior of Fresno, California, read the eyes of Hardrocker QB Jayden Johannsen, freshman of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and grabbed his second interception in consecutive weeks. “That was a big turning point in the game because after that play, our offense marched all the way down the field and scored, so really it was a 14-point momentum swing,” Long said. During Mines’ next possession, Johannsen fired a deep pass to an open receiver in the end zone, but Cole Condon, sophomore of Temecula, California, snuck into his coverage to steal his first interception of the season. Along with the interception, Condon finished the game with seven tackles, one for a loss and a pass break up.
Trailing 28-10 with fourth-andgoal, Johannsen found Anthony Ulrich, junior of San Diego, California, for a sure-fire touchdown, but as the receiver turned while making the catch, Peele forced an incompletion with a last-second hit that caused a turnover on downs. From there, CSC’s offense marched 88 yards in five plays for a game-sealing touchdown run by Starks. The Eagles’ defense gave up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter including a 65-yard TD from Collin Zur, senior of Park City, Utah. Coach Long said the team’s mantra has been to finish games and to keep opponents from scoring late, but also said the defense played a solid game. Chadron State hosts Black Hills State University for its home finale during this shortened season at 2 p.m., Saturday, at Elliott Field. The Yellow Jackets are 0-2 and fell 56-7 against Colorado Mesa on Saturday and its defense allowed 336 rushing yards per game through the last two weeks. CSC’s home finale may be played in the snow as chances for rain or snowfall are up to 50 percent for Saturday, per weather.com.
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Thomsen hurdles toward family legacy NCAA DII grants extended eligibility u By Paige Seidler Reporter
Julianne Thomsen and her brothers have always shared unbreakable bond. They practiced with each other and constantly pushed one another. Thomsen watched her brothers compete in hurdles, influencing her drive to be the best like them. “Hurdles were honestly a bond shared between my brothers and I, which is why I fell in love with them,” Thomsen said. Julianne Thomsen, 21, of Custer, South Dakota, is a redshirt junior who comes from a family of track athletes. Thomsen started her track career in sixth grade. She wanted to participate in track because she had watched her four older siblings compete and be successful.
Thomsen had great accomplishments at an early start running at Custer High School as a seventh grader. Her tmedley race team won state that spring in 2012. Other accomplishments made was the medley team winning state again in 2015 and T h o m s e n Julianne Thomsen being runner-up in the 300 hurdlers her senior year. Thomsen is one of the three girls who are multis competing in the heptathlon and pentathlon. The heptathlon consists of
100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter dash, long jump, javelin, and 800-meter run. Thomsen competes in these two times a year to qualify for conference. At other meets she will only compete in two or three of the events in the heptathlon. S o m e achievements during Thomsen’s time at Chadron State are finishing seventh in the pentathlon indoors and heptathlon outdoors, women’s 4X400 team placing fifth and fourth at the indoor and outdoor conferences.
One thing Thomsen enjoys most about Chadron’s track program are the relationships she has with her coaches and teammates. “My freshman year was the same year head coach Riley Northrup came to Chadron,” Thomsen said. “Since then, we have built a good coach-athlete relationship which has kept me to keep working hard to stay motivated. It has translated to the rest of the team and I feel like I have some great teammates who work hard and have goals.” Thomsen hopes to improve her skills during the regular season while her sights are set on making it to nationals. Thomsen’s plans after college is to teach and raise a family in the local area so she can stay around her family ranch south of Edgemont, South Dakota.
u By Devin Fulton Sports Editor
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Div. II Management Council approved a waiver which grants winter athletes competing during the 2020-21 season an added year of eligibility, Wednesday. The NCAA’s decision grants an extra year of eligibility to studentathletes competing in wrestling, basketball and indoor track and field. The decision was made in preparation for potential cancellations or postponments during the pandemic.
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Esports aims to raise funds u By Devin Fulton Sports Editor
Photo by Devin Fulton
Cole Martinez, junior of Columbus, plays Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, the primary competitive multiplayer first-person shooter for Chadron State College’s E-sports club, from his gaming setup, Sept. 1, in Kent Hall.
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Chadron State’s Esports looks to raise funds for six gaming setups after the club’s $14,347.51 budget request was disproved by the campus Activity Fees Board on Oct. 5. The club’s equipment request was for $12,867.72 for the purchase of six Alienware R11 computers including monitors, towers and other essential gaming equipment for use on campus. The remaining $1,479.79 of the club’s budget request was for programming and gaming chairs. AFB Chair Feven Hailemariam said AFB’s bylaws permit a $100 allowance for first-year clubs and the hiccup in this process is that CAB funds were allocated last spring, so any approvals come from the Student Senate’s unallocated budget which is all they have for the remainder of the fiscal year. Hailemariam also said that given the uncertainty of fundraising during a pandemic, if Esports can fundraise 5-10 percent of equipment costs, it would make a sufficient amount. “AFB is trying to find all the possible ways to make eSports a reality on campus,” Hailemariam, said.
Esports will proceed as a club South Dakota School of Mines on campus and plans to work its is the only school in the Rocky budget for events rather than Mountain Athletic Conference items this fall. that recognizes its esports as a “I was pretty disappointed be- National Collegiate Athletic Ascause we are doing all we can to sociation sanctioned sport. Black fundraise and earn recognition as Hills State University, Colorado a club on campus,” Shayne Bayles, School of Mines and MSU Denver freshman of Hotchkiss, Colorado list their esports as an intramural said. sport while ColThe club is orado Mesa Unico- sp onsorversity and New ing The Pit’s Mexico HighNBA 2K tourlands consider nament at 9 esports as a club p.m., tonight, sport. in the Student Bayles said Center. CSC’s esports has The club 31 total memcontinues its bers, but the club comp e titive sees at least one Rainbow Six new member join Siege league each week. and looks to “It has helped break into a me make friends E-sports QR Code varsity league. on campus,” H o w e v e r, Bayles said. “It most members in CSC’s esports has also helped me get involved do not have access to gaming PCs with a leadership role early in colthat Rainbow Six operates effec- lege as a CAB representative.” tively with, according to Bayles. Outside its competitive Alfred said the situation isn’t a leagues, CSC’s esports also feafinal result for the club, but rather tures groups of members particia chance to grow its community pating in Pokemon Go and Mineby hosting more campus events craft. and participate in fundraising activities.
