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NEWS >>

CAB Chair resigns after suspension

CAB Chair Meron Ameha resigned after receiving a one month suspension for negligence of duty Please see page 2

AG & RANGE >>

International Bat Week is Oct. 24-31

Bat Conservation International encourages attendance to events celebrating bats Please see page 11

SPORTS >>

Underclassmen earn their time on the field CSC football team pummels Fort Lewis College with eight touchdowns

Please see page 15

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

DROUGHT: Keri Wyatt feeds a treat to Froo-Froo the longhorn cow at the Wyatt ranch east of Chadron. Please see pages 8 and 9.

Senators approve Constitutional change u By Aubrie Lawrence Editor-in-Chief

INDEX News 2 Opinion 5 Lifestyles 7 Ag & Range 11 Sports 12

After a Constitutional mix-up left Student Senate without official diversity senator positions, Senators voted 10-1 during their Monday meeting to approve adding two diversity senator positions to the Constitution.

“The diversity senator change is just making sure

that we have a group of people that have a voice and are represented in Senate,” Isioma Akwanamnye, Student Senate president, said. “It’s going to be a position where they’re making sure that they’re representing age, race, gender, all that stuff, so when we’re in committees and Senate meeting and we bring up things, they can go back to the people their representing and say ‘hey, this is what’s happening. How does it affect you?’”

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The diversity senator position would be open to anyone and would focus on representing constituents of diverse races, sexual orientations, religions, mental and physical disabilities and ages, Chief Justice Natan Cronin said.

Now that the change has been approved by Student Senate, the fate of positions lie in the hands of the student body.

For Student Senate to make any changes to its Constitution, they must be voted and approved by students. According to Cronin, students are likely to get a ballot with the positions, as well as several other issues, by December.

“From my understanding, it’s basically a responsibility of

diminishing disparities that go against race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious views,” Ruth Mencia, student trustee, said.

In other news: > Senator Sarah Hough resigned, citing a busy schedule. > Student Senate allocated $1,375 to NAFME for its annual conference in Lincoln. > Student Senate allocated $2,659 to the Social Work Club for its Forgiveness Conference. > $190 was allocated to the fire pit committee for its fire pit town hall. > CAB and Senate will be hosting a free movie night at The Eagle theater Sunday.

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CAB Chair resigns after suspension; vice chair takes position  By Aubrie Lawrence Editor-in-Chief

During Student Senate’s Monday meeting, Chief Justice Nathan Cronin announced that Meron Ameha, chair of the Campus Activity Board, had resigned.

Cronin did not give a reason behind Ameha’s resignation.

The announcement follows the news of Ameha’s suspension.

During the Oct. 11 Student Senate meeting, Cronin said that Ameha would be suspended for one

month due to negligence of duty.

An email sent by The Eagle to Ameha Wednesday afternoon requesting comment went unanswered as of press time Wednesday night.

Cronin said that Elham Hussian Zeinuddin, CAB vice chair of programming and public relations, will assume the role Ameha left vacant due to the line of succession stated in the CAB bylaws.

Now, the vice chair of programming and public relations position remains vacant.

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Clubs recruit new members at two day club fair  By Olivia Bryant Reporter

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Minh Le from Saigon City, Vietnam, left, talks to David Johnson of Chadron at the Newman House booth during the club fair at Chadron State College’s Student Center Oct. 26, 2021.

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Over 40 clubs gathered in the Student Center Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m Monday and Tuesday to promote their clubs and recruit new members at this year’s club fair.

The club fair is planned by the Campus Activity Board (CAB) and takes place each year. Past club fairs were just a one-day event; however, CAB membership voted to extend the event to two days to help accommodate more students’ schedules.

Each organization was expected to attend one of the days, but they were strongly recommended to promote on both days to increase student visibility and reach different groups of people.

“The club fair is a time to showcase the diverse opportunities and organizations our students are representing, and it allows for

them to actively recruit new members,” Kim Hernandez, student activities coordinator, said. “The fair also acts as a fun way for student organizations to interact and collaborate by checking out each of their booths.”

Some clubs that participated in the fair were Blue Key, Cardinal Key, Eagles for Life, Health Professions Club, International Club, Student Senate, Student Alumni Council (SAC), United Club, Zeta Alpha Kappa (ZAK), and 10th Street Miscellany.

“The club fair allows us to not only meet with other education students but also other clubs and their respective members,” Calyn Degnan, 20, junior of Hot Springs, South Dakota, said. “It is a great chance to see people on campus that you may not get to normally socialize with because of differing class or work schedules.”

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Students embrace their in- Sigma Tau Delta Open Mic Night ner child during dodgeball turns students into wizards  By Kincaid Strain Reporter

CSC Students got together in the NPAC to bring out their inner child again and compete in a Glow in the Dark dodgeball tournament, Monday.

The tournament was held from 6 to 10 p.m. and was hosted by the Residence Life Association (RLA) staff. There was a total of ten teams of 6 players each, and the first and second place teams received prizes at the end. First place prize was $15 gift cards to Outlaw Printers for each member of the team and the second place prize was $10 Walmart gift cards for each member.

The head coordinator of the event was Alexis Heller, resident adviser, senior of Wisner. She decorated the playing court

with glow in the dark decorations, provided glow gear for the teams and snacks for all players.

“I was afraid that there wasn’t going to be enough people playing at first. During the pre-sign ups, only one team signed up which wasn’t quite enough,” Heller said.

“Luckily on the day of the tournament four more teams pre-signed up and then five more teams walked in right before we started the games, so it all worked out pretty well.”

Most of the teams were a combination of a pretty even mix of boys and girls, with a few teams of just all boys.

The first place team was the Periwinkles and second place team was Let’s go Brandon.

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Around 30 students came to the Bordeaux and Lakota rooms in the Student Center Monday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. to walk around to different booths and talk with wizard friends during the Harry Potter Open Mic Night.

Students had the option to dress up in their best wizard costume to be entered into the contest for a chance to win a prize at the end of the night. The two clubs that sponsored this event were Sigma Tau Delta and United.

Students could walk around the room to the different booths where they had the option to make a wand, be sorted into a Hogwarts house, get their tarot cards read, make their own butterbeer, take photos at the photo booth and participate in the open mic while enjoying some scones and a charcuterie board with hot tea and pink lemonade.

“This event is very chill and a good environment,” Olivia Johnston, 19, freshmen, of Spearfish, South Dakota, said. “I like watching all the movies but never read the books.”

Many students that came to the event were fans of the Harry Potter movies and books some took the open mic to tell their favorite Harry Potter stories and poetry.

To some students, like Calyn Deghan, 20, junior, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, the Harry Potter world is more than just a place, it’s a home.

“Harry Potter is a cozy and magical place that I would like to live someday,” she said.

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Student Senate to hold fire pit town hall The Student Senate Fire Pit Committee will be holding a fire pit town hall Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Center Scottsbluff Room.

During the town hall, students will be able to ask the senators and members of the

executive board questions regarding details of the fire pit project to fill in some of the blanks surrounding the projects. Cookies and drinks will be provided.

For questions, contact colton.pacetti@ eagles.csc.edu.

CSC housing staff looks for volunteers for Thanksgiving potluck meal CSC housing staff and the PSA will be providing a Thanksgiving Potluck Meal Wednesday, Nov. 24, for students that are staying in the residence halls over fall break.

If you would like to volunteer or provide a dish, fill out the form provided. https://

forms.office.com/r/jrp5i7VKGd. You do not have to be present at the meal to volunteer.

More information will be provided soon. Email Morgan Cullan at mcullan@ csc.edu if you have questions.

Eagle Exchange asks for winter clothes donations As the days get shorter and colder, winter wear is becoming a necessity.

The Eagle Exchange is looking for winter clothing donations such as coats, hats,

gloves, boots, scarves and mittens.

Donations can be taken at the Housing Office. If you have questions, email Morgan Cullan at mcullan@csc.edu.

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As We See It

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We have to make our own happiness I

had an English teacher in high school tell my class that there was a statistic that said my generation would never truly be happy or experience true happiness. While she didn’t agree with it, it has always been something that has stuck in my mind.

Am I and everyone my age destined for unhappiness?

With the ever-growing list of national issues looming over our heads on top of trying to excel in our chosen career paths while still having somewhat of a social life, the statistic seems pretty realistic. There’s no way we come out on top and stay intact.

And, while I have no evidence to back up the statistic my English teacher gave me, I do have facts that prove its point.

A study done by the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Institution showed that Gen Z has far higher rates of pessimism than any dating back to 1960.

The reason for that pessimism?

The constant exposure to bad news has hardened us to a point where we just expect the worst outcome to happen.

We’ve lived through some of the worst times in American history.

A great recession that made lives incredibly hard for many of our parents and

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family members; rising rates of gun one form or another. violence in schools that made us If it isn’t climate change, it’s fear for our lives; some of the worst going to be something else. So, political and national discourse our it’s best not to let them cloud country has seen since the Civil your mind for extended periods War; crippling national debt and of time. a climate crisis to match and most What really matters is that recently a pandemic that has taken you do something that you’re the lives of millions of Americans passionate about and be with and changed our sense of normalcy people who bring around good forever. moments. I know that sounds Aubrie Lawrence And those are just the things like stating the obvious a little but we’ve already seen. it’s true.

In our lifetimes we will be the ones put in What was that thing that Olaf said in charge of facing issues like climate change, “Frozen 2”? “We’re calling this, ‘controlling social security, job security and crippling what you can when everything seems out of amounts of debt. Not to mention we’re gocontrol.’” ing to have to find time to start families that That’s the way Gen Z needs to approach aren’t built in crippling debt. life.

All of that seems daunting and sounds Let’s face the hard times head on, seeing like it’s just the facts of life. But I want to as we are also the ones most equipped to believe that it’s not set in stone just yet. deal with them, while still finding time to My dad told me recently that happienjoy the good aspects of life. ness is what you make of it. Sure, there are Let’s see the world, fall in love, go on struggles you have to overcome but they adventures… you know, all the cheesy stuff shouldn’t stand in the way of your happiour grandparents rave about. If we take ness. just a few moments to stop thinking about The national issues that are going to the grand scheme of things, maybe we can plague us, are always going to be there in prove that statistic wrong.

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Noodle gives an entire generation bones u By Velvet Jessen Opinion editor

If you ask an adult that doesn’t know or understand Gen-Z very well about who they think the favorite people we follow are, you might hear something about the Kardashians or some famous actors.

While that is still pretty common and is partially correct, celebrities aren’t the most important people to Gen-Z on the internet anymore.

Instead, influencers and other small comedians or social media account have become more influential to our generation.

While Instagram influencers often reach a very small select community, influencers on TikTok often reach a larger amount of people.

The long reach of videos on TikTok is due to how the For You page works.

With the rise in popularity of TikTok, it’s no wonder you can name drop a TikTok account or trend around most any of Gen-Z and assume they’ll understand who or what you’re talking about.

Currently, a 13-year-old pug named Noodle is ruling our generation. Go up to almost any member of our generation and ask if the pug has bones and you’ll most likely get an answer.

In case you haven’t discovered Noodle, I’m here to tell you about how he pretty accurately predicts what type of day it’s going to be.

Noodle’s owner Johnathan Graziano tries to get Noodle up in the morning everyday for a walk but sometimes Noodle just won’t have bones.

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On these days when Noodle is gently lifted up to test if his legs have bones he’ll just gracefully fall back down, and the viewers know that that day they should just take it easy and try not to stress too much.

On days when he is lifted up

and his legs hold himself up it’s declared a bone day. If it’s a bones day is a good day to have a good day, spend a little extra, treat yourself, and do good at any events.

Those who know about Noodle know to hope for a bones day when they have a big test coming up or if they have a date coming up that they hope goes well.

Every morning a new video is posted of Noodle and those of us with Tiktok eagerly await to see if Noodle says it’s a lazy type of day or a day to get your lazy bones out of bed and take on the world.

While some people may think that it’s odd, I think that the simple accounts like Noodle are the best parts of the internet.

Noodle doesn’t tell you negative things like you need to look or act a certain way, he just suggests you take it easy sometimes

or gives you a positive outlook for the day.

Noodle doesn't expect us to abide by his lack of bones on his bad days though, he just suggests that it might be a day to be gentle with ourselves and reminds us that it's OK to.

I think more people on the internet should strive to be as wholesome as Noodle and then the internet might be a nicer place for people to enjoy.

I’m happy that a large part of my generation has chosen this wholesome little pug as one of the most important pugs on the internet.

Noodle doesn’t judge you on your bad days and I think that that is the type of people that should have followings on the internet.

People or animals that spread positivity and maybe a little joy for people.

Choosing to get an iPhone just makes life easier u By Teddy Parham Jr. Columnist

In this day and age of new technology and the uprising of the digital world, society uses phones mostly to stay connected with people, sports, business and lifestyles.

Just as in any industry that has options, when it comes to phones you have two options: an iPhone or an Android.

In making that choice, studies have shown that 53% of people would choose iPhone over Android and 46% of people choose Android.

I am one of the users in the 53% because I have an iPhone and have been with Apple for four generations now.

I had two Androids prior to me getting my first iPhone and it was one of the best decisions I made.

I was able to do so much more with my phone and connect to many platforms all within the Cloud system that they have.

Apple has also taken care of me and my needs when it came to replacements, data recovery, connectivity, and insurance. I can’t say that I had any one of those benefits with my Androids.

The iPhone is great for many reasons not just one, so if you’re someone who is on the fence between which new phone to get soon, here’s five reasons why the iPhone should be your choice.

First and foremost, the iPhone is more user friendly.

According to Kaley Rudolph, writer and research for freeadvice. com, “Apple has nearly perfected the user interface, and for anyone looking to purchase a phone that is user friendly, accessible, and reliable–there’s no competition.”

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Android runs different operating systems in each phone making the user-friendly component weak.

Secondly, the iPhone has top notch security.

Karan Singh from TechInfoGeek writes, “iTunes app store is heavily monitored by Apple. Each app is checked for the presence of malicious code and is released after thorough testing.”

This means that the protection against malicious applications is top tier.

Third, there is better overall performance and frequent updates to the operating system.

This enhancement and proficiency are all because of the way that iPhones are made under one rooftop.

Apple can handle all parts of the telephone and its parts, where Android designers need to work together with a wide range of different organizations. Apple tends to fix bugs and glitches in software and hardware frequently so that their phones run smoothly and have the newest technology.

Fourth, iPhone has unique features only capable of using on their devices, which separates them even more from competitors.

Apps like Facetime and iMessage can’t be accessed on Android

devices. The amount of images, gifs, reactions, and responses you can do in iMessage still amaze me today.

Facetime is something that I use almost every day and it makes life easier.

Lastly, the customer service and insurance that comes with every purchase is unmatched compared to all competitors.

The Apple care covers you for just about anything and because of the Cloud nothing ever gets lost. Replacements are a breeze as well as upgrades. There is no more stress over a cracked screen or water damage and the battery never falls out of an iPhone.

These are the main reasons why I switched over to iPhone and I have yet to regret that decision.

No choice in life is easy but choosing an iPhone over Android might change for life for the better.

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Catch a ride to “Halloweentown” this spooky season  By Velvet Jessen Staff Editor

Photo by Kincaid Strain

Morgan Ekwall, 19, sophomore of Yoder, Wyoming, laughs during the Sip and Paint in the Hub Tuesday evening.

Students get spirited at Halloween Sip and Paint  By Kincaid Strain Reporter

On Wednesday, CSC Students gathered in the Hub from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. to get into the spooky season spirit one brush stroke at a time.

A total of 47 students showed up to show off their art skills. There were beverages provided as well as different sized canvases, paints and paint brushes.

“RLA has hosted an event like this in previous years, and I liked the idea, so I decided to put one on himself,” Colton Bevins, the head coordinator of the event, said.

Beverages were provided for the stu-

dents and Halloween music played to get everyone in the spooky spirit.

While students came in throughout the night to paint, many came with old friends or made new friends while sitting around the tables.

“This event allowed me to get my mind off of studying and to just relax and be in the moment with my friends and peers,” Paige Boitz,18, freshman of Pueblo, Colorado, said. “This is exactly what I needed.”

Colton said that the Sip and Paint exceeded his expectation, and he was pleased to see this event bring students together to get into the spooky spirit while creating art and making new friends.

If you didn’t spend your childhood on Disney channel then you may have missed out on one of my favorite Halloween movies. Halloweentown aired in 1998 on Disney channel and though I may not have been born when it first came out, I have watched it for every Halloween season that I can remember or had control over the remote for.

The movie starts with the main character Marnie arguing with her mom about why she isn’t allowed to trick or treat. Marnie is in the middle of arguing with her mom when her Grandma Aggie pops up at her house much to her mother’s chagrin.

The movie’s plot is quickly set up when it’s shown that Marnie’s mother is trying to hide the magical powers her children have from them while her grandmother argues that they should be honing their powers before they lose them. Once Marnie and her siblings realize this the movie really starts. Grandma Aggie goes back home to Halloweentown, a place where goblins, trolls, witches, a skeleton cabby and any other odd creatures can roam peacefully, or at least they used to be able to before evil had started to seep into the town. Marnie and her siblings work with their grandmother to develop their powers and save the town.

You may think that this seems like a bor-

ing children’s movie but I assure you that it’s worth more than just nostalgic value. Afterall the movie was given three sequels, “Halloweentown II: Kalbar’s Revenge” in 2001, “Halloweentown High in 2004” and “Return to Halloweentown” in 2006.

Personally, I think Halloweentown II is the best but it’s important to start from the beginning. Nothing could have started had Marnie not argued with her mom that she was 13 and she should be able to make decisions.

The movie is full of sass and magic which I think are some of the best ingredients to a Halloween movie. Granted if you prefer a ton of guts and gore in your Halloween movies this movie probably isn’t for you, but if you enjoy a simple funny movie that you can safely watch without nightmares then it might just be perfect.

It’s easily a movie you watch while carving pumpkins to get into the Halloween spirit and get ready for the night. It’s easily one of the best parts of my Halloween traditions and if you add it to yours, I’m sure you would love it too.

The movies are so popular that this year marks the first year the Halloweentown movies haven’t aired on Disney channel. That makes 22 years of the movie being aired because it’s that good. With loveable characters like sassy Grandma Aggie or the skeleton cab driver Benny its easy to keep coming back to the movie.

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Drought Two Chadron ranchers share how they are handling the current drought condition in Nebraska u By Kamryn Kozisek

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, most of Dawes County is in a severe or moderAg & Range Editor ate drought. This is based on the evapotranspiration rates and decreased precipitation.

At a severe drought standing, the drought As the drought continues to beat down on monitor describes the expected impacts being; the U.S., two Chadron ranchers, Jim Lestermisdamaged crops, burn bans, foundation cracks ter and Craig Wyatt, cope with the dry condiin homes, surface water levels drop, saltwater tions and prepare winter. intrusion occurs in bays and some hay shortages.

Wyatt, a hobby rancher, owns 60 head of The National Integrated Drought Information longhorn cattle that graze various pastures System (NIDIS) estimates that 9,182 people in around Chadron and South Dakota. Wyatt has been raising longhorns since 2007 and sells most Dawes County have been effected by drought in the last month. This of his calves as rodeo year ranked as the stock.

10th driest year in For Wyatt the 127 years of data. drought has meant As a whole, 99% selling some of his cattle of Nebraska has a and buying extra hay below average preto prepare for coming cipitation probabiliwinter, after pasture ty and has had lower conditions struggled to

- Jim Lestermister than average preprovide enough forage. cipitation this year.

“This is just a hobby This year, according for us, and we want it to to the Drought be a paying hobby,” Wyatt said. “But right now Monitor, is the first time in eight years that all of it’s kind of a stretch to do that because we had Nebraska has been considered in drought. to buy a little hay, because of the drought, and As precipitation decreases there is less grass then our pastures are just grazed slick. We don’t production, leading to decreases in available like to do that, just kind of the way the cookie food for livestock. There are over 32,000 cattle crumbled this year.” and almost 2,000 sheep in Dawes County, acLestermister owns an average sized cattle cording to NIDIS. ranch, leases and owns land around Chadron.

Another concern for ranchers is the inHe has been ranching for 40 years, in those years crease in hay prices, driven by the drought. he has been through several droughts.

Current prices in the western part of Nebraska “We went through drought for nine years in range from $250-$180 for large alfalfa squares, the early 2000s,” Lestermister said.” And then we according to the United States Department of just had mediocre years for eight or nine years Agriculture. in a row we just hardly had nothing, so I’ve been This year, Wyatt expects to be buying hay for through. Then in 2012 was a terrible terrible the winter despite having land that he harvests year, that was probably one of the toughest years hay from each year. because there was absolutely nothing.”

“We didn’t do too bad this year on one of our During year where moisture is average or little chunks of ground where we get hay, we got above average, Lestermister only grazes as much about 95 bales off of that which is not too bad,” as he needs in order to save grass for poor proWyatt said. “Last year we got seven bales and duction years.

“In a good year we save a lot of grass and then the year before that we got 150 bales and the year before that we got like 95 bales so 90 to 100 the pastures have a lot of extra grass, “ Lesbales is pretty average. The seven bales was just termister said. “Then when we hit a drought and -it depends how bad the drought is- but if its not terrible, this year we got just enough, it turned out OK.” too bad we just roll on.”

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“Every day when I get up I have a positive attitude about it no matter how tough it is or what’s going wrong.”

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

ABOVE: Craig Wyatt laughs as he looks at his longhorn herd on his ranch east of Chadron. Wyatt owns 60 head of cattle as a part of his ‘hobby farm’.

RIGHT: Cattle belonging to Jim Lestermister graze a pasture outside of Chadron.

Photo Courtesy of Jim Lestermister

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Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

ABOVE: A pair of longhorn cattle tear apart a hay bale using their horns at Craig Wyatt’s ranch, east of Chadron.

LEFT: Dust blows off the cattle trail being used by cattle belonging to Jim Lestermister, as the herd is moved to a new pasture.

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

nghorn calf belonging to Craig Wyatt stands behind a barbwire fence in a pasture east of Chadron.

Photo Courtesy of Jim Lestermister

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A big brown bat, a species native to the U.S., Canada and Centeral America roosts on a mossy cave wall.

This species’ diet is based on forest and crop insects pest species.

Time to get batty u By Kamryn Kozisek Ag & Range Editor

International Bat Week kicked off Oct. 24 with both virtual and in person events across the U.S. The week long celebration is meant to awarenesses to the importance of bats in nature and agriculture, according to Batweek. org.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission hosted a virtual event called “Don’t be Bat Blind! Myth Busting Nebraska Bats”.

During this event bat specialists discussed bat sterotypes and myths. The event was open for those attending to ask the experts questions.

Nebraska has several native bat species including, big brown bat, Eastern red bat, Indianan myotis, long-legged myotis, Northern long-eared myotis, Townsends big-eared bat, Western small-footed myotis, cave myotis, evening bat, little brown myotis, Mexican free-tailed bat, silver-haired bat and the

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A Mexican-freetailed bat, a species known for huge colonies and flying up to 100 mph, rests in a cave.

Western red bat.

Accross the world there are 1,400 species of bats, of these species 213 are considered threatened or endangered according to Bat Conservation International (BCI).

Bat species population decline is due to climate change, habitat destruction, wind turbines, whitenose syndrome and hunting around the world for fur and meat.

Bats aid in pollination and seed dispersal of plant species around the world. They also consume pest and insect species that damage plants.

Bats save the U.S. $23 billion a year, by protecting crops and forests from insect pest species and helping pollinate crops, according to BCI. Bats are also responsible for pollinating agave plants. These plants are then used to produce most of the tequila in the U.S. BatWeek.org, is the main site for virtual and event information. International Bat Week ends Oct. 31.

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A big brown bat rests in the hand of a researcher during a capture study near Crawford in the Soldier Creek Wildreness Area.

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Alli Keisel, right, senior of Fleming, Colorado, and Amelia Berg, middle, senior of Fort Collins, Colorado, stretch to block an attack from Oredigger Rose Stuewe, junior of Fredericksburg, Texas, during the game against Colorado School of Mines, Tuesday, Oct. 19 in the Chicoine Center.

CSC volleyball team takes a hit on the road u By Mackenzie Dahlberg

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1. MSU-Denver 2. Regis 3. Colorado Mines 4. Colorado Mesa 5. CSU-Pueblo 6. Western 7. Colorado Christian 8. Fort Lewis 9. Adams State 10. South Dakota Mines 11. New Mexico Highlands 12. UCCS 13. Black Hills State 14. CHADRON STATE

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Chadron State’s volleyball team takes its seventh loss on the road against Regis University Friday in three sets.

“I think we’re just struggling to find a way to be consistent on the road,” Jennifer Stadler, head volleyball coach, said. “We had some really great moments in the games, but we just have more errors than we do usually when

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we are at home.”

The Eagles hold a 4-15 record with a conference record of 2-10. Their last two away games where three set loses to MSU-Denver on Oct. 15 and Colorado Christian University on Oct. 16.

Due to recent injuries on the team, players were shifted around the court into positions they haven’t been previously.

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Mikelson was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week following the Eagles’ win Saturday. He finished the game against Fort Lewis with three touchdowns, one being a 55-yard punt return.

Ping saw the football field for the first time as an Eagle in the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Fort Lewis. He carried the ball seven times, rushed the ball for 56 yards and scored two of the team’s eight touchdown

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Eagles prepare for first wrestling dual u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor

Despite not having the Cardinal & Black Classic, Chadron State’s men’s wrestling team opens its season with a full schedule against Northeastern Junior College on Monday in Chadron.

“I’d say in general, just being together as a team is what I’m looking forward to the most,” Brett Hunter, head men’s wrestling coach, said.

“Our practices aren’t split up anymore. We’re able to do some team activities that we weren’t able to last year. So, I think ultimately it’s just being together, being a team again.”

The Eagles are currently schedule to wrestle against 17 teams before the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Open and NCAA Super Region VI Championships both in February.

As their first dual approaches, Hunter said the focus has been on the team, working on things like technique and focusing on what wrestlers can do to become better by “slowing things down and fine-tuning things.”

The 2020-21 wrestling season limited the Eagles to seven matches which started against the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Jan. 16.

The shortened season did see some accomplishments though.

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Breshawna Kelly, junior of Casper, Wyoming, sets the ball up to her teammates Alli Keisel, middle, senior of Fleming, Colorado, and Olivia Moten-Schell, sophomore of Billings, Montana, who were approaching the net during the volleyball game against Colorado School of Mines, Tuesday, Oct. 19 in the Chicoine Center.

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Rylee Grieman, junior of Windsor, Colorado, took over an open outside hitter position. She earned both five kills and five digs.

Olivia Moten-Schell, sophomore of Billings, Montana, was in the other outside hitter position, also finishing the game with five kills and five digs.

“Rylee (Grieman) and Olivia Moten-Schell both battled really well in the outside hitter position against a pretty good team,” Stadler said. “They’re a tough opponent to score on so I think they did a good job of trying to play aggressively in that position.”

In place of Grieman, Abbey Schaefer, junior of Greeley, Colorado, put on the libero jersey and lead the Eagles defensively with 10 digs against the Rangers.

“It has been awesome taking on the libero in these recent games,” Schaefer said. “It brings me so much joy and is so much fun to be in that jersey, playing alongside my teammates. I have dreamed about this for a long time, and nothing makes me happier than being in that jersey, playing that role.”

Remaining in the setter position, Breshawna Kelly,

junior of Casper, Wyoming, lead the Eagles by the end of the night with 11 assists.

Despite the struggles against Regis University and its volleyball team doubling the Eagles’ number of kills, Schaefer said she was really proud of the constant energy and cheers from the bench.

“They are always so supportive and helpful when it comes to seeing things on the court,” Schaefer said.

“When situations get tough, we can always look at the bench and see them cheering as well as supporting us individually and as a team.”

The Eagles return to the Chicoine Center for backto-back weekends. They will first play University of Colorado-Colorado Springs at 6 p.m., Friday, followed

by CSU-Pueblo at 6 p.m., Saturday.

“Just the fact that we’re home two weekends in a row, which we haven’t been all season, I think is going to be really good for us,” Stadler said. “Getting a full week of practice, getting to sleep in our own bed, and then also getting to play in front of our home crowd, I think those things are going to be really beneficial for our team.”

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CSC men’s wrestling program finished 25th during the National Wrestling Coach Association’s NCAA Division II team rankings on Jan. 22.

Rowdy Pfeil, sophomore of Moorcroft, Wyoming, individually ranked No. 4 in the 174-pound weight class, adding 12 team points to the team ranking poll.

Last season, Pfeil competed in 11 matches as a true freshman and finished fourth at the NCAA DII Super Regional VI Championships.

Eli Hinojosa, redshirt junior of Imperial, finished last season with an 8-3 record. He placed third, the highest for the Eagles at the 2021 NCAA Super Region VI Championships in the 197-weight class.

Another wrestler that competed the whole season was Preston Renner, redshirt junior of Westminster, Colorado, who finished the season with an 5-6 record and advanced to the consolation semifinals during the NCAA DII Super Regional VI Championships.

“Last year some duals were canceled, and we didn’t have any tournaments before regionals so it’s nice that we have the opportunity to wrestle a lot more,” Renner said. “My focus is to make sure I am feeling confident for our first match. We have a long season so as long as I feel good and confident

then the rest should come along with it.”

Joe Ritzen, redshirt senior of Chadron; Joe Taylor, redshirt junior of Glenrock, Wyoming; Mason Wyatt, redshirt junior of Broomfield Colorado; competed through the COVID-19 season and are a portion of the Eagles returning to the mat.

Chadron State men’s wrestling team recruited 13 new wrestlers, three transfers and 10 freshmen.

Hunter said that the new recruits have arguable been the best group of wrestlers, and they’re good kids on and off the mat.

“I’m not saying it’s going to translate to them just winning all these matches, but in terms of just doing the right things on and off the mat, buying into our program, what we are trying to do, this is the best I’ve felt in terms of our program in general and a lot of it is because of our freshman.”

Renner said that Coach Hunter, Mason Brainard, coaching assistant, and Caleb Radley, coaching assistant, have also been “putting in tons of hours to help the wrestlers with extra practices and everything else that comes with it.”

The Eagles open their men’s wrestling season against Northeastern Junior College on Monday and Hunter said he would like everyone to come and support the team.

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Parker Schlater, right, redshirt freshman of Moorcroft, Wyoming, stands against his partner Eli Hinojosa, redshirt junior of Imperial, during Tuesday’s wrestling practice in the Nelson Physical Activity Center.

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Logan Moravec, sophomore of Gering, runs down a hill during the Hardrocker XC Classic on Saturday, Sept. 4, at Robbinsdale Park in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The Chadron State College cross country teams competed in Golden on Saturday morning, at the 2021 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships at Applewood Golf Course.

The CSC women’s team, entering only five members, finished 14th of 14 teams, while the men’s team finished 13th of 15.

“Both the men’s and women’s teams competed very hard today,” said CSC Head Cross Country Coach Luke Karamitros. “I’m proud of their efforts. Our Eagles put themselves in a position to have the potential for a big breakthrough performance, but sometimes it’s not in the cards.”

Leading the way for the women, for the fourth time in as many races, was true freshman Alissa

Wieman, who finished 77th in 25:37.9.

Freshman Kassyl Swinney had a personal best 27:53.4 at six kilometers.

The men, for the most part, finished as a pack with one minute, 19 second separating seven of the CSC runners.

However, top honors on the men’s side went to Logan Moravec, for the first time this season. He was the 75th runner to finish the eight-kilometer course, out of 124. Moravec ran his third-best collegiate 8k time, finishing in 27:40.5.

Adams State University was the women’s RMAC champion, while the men’s title went to Colorado School of Mines.

Brianna Robles of ASU was the first female to finish, while Dillon Powell of Mines was the first male across.

CSC will compete at the NCAA South Central Regional next, to be held in Indianapolis on Nov. 6.

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Rich Harris, middle, sophomore of Glenrock, Wyoming, jumps in the air after a tackle and his teammates Kien Martin, left, redshirt freshman of Overton; Kael Juelfs, front, senior of Kingman, Arizona; and Jordan Watt, senior of Phoenix, Arizona; surround Harris during Saturday afternoon’s football game against Fort Lewis College at Don Beebe Stadium on Elliott Field.

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Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, looks ahead during a rush while his teammate Ali Musa, sophomore of San Diego, blocks a defender during Saturday’s football game against Fort Lewis College at Don Beebe Stadium on Elliott Field.

Eagles clip Skyhawks’ wings u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor

Chadron State’s football team trampled Fort Lewis College, 60-7, allowing Eagles’ second and third string players time on the field and they contributed to the team’s eight touchdowns, Saturday.

“Fort Lewis has been struggling, and we knew that if we could get on them early that it definitely takes a mental toll on that team,” Long said. “Our guys went out and executed the game plan which was exciting and fun for our guys.”

The Eagles started the game with a touchdown within their first play.

Chad Mikelson, senior of Julesburg, Colorado, caught the 67-yard pass from Dalton Holst, graduate

of Gillette, Wyoming, and rushed into the end zone.

Mikelson contributed two other touchdowns, catching one and punt returning another for 55 yards.

Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Jeydon Cox, redshirt freshman of Jackson, Wyoming, also contributed touchdowns, putting 43 points onto the scoreboard before the end of the first half.

Due to the Eagles’ start, younger players were able to experience time on the field.

Mason Hamilton, redshirt freshman of Gillette, Wyoming, took over the quarterback role for Holst in the third quarter. Hamilton completed four passes for 64 yards.

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Travis Wilson, senior of Fresno, California, tackles Skyhawk Dylan Holt, junior of Aurora, Colorado, during Saturday’s afternoon football game against Fort Lewis College at Don Beebe Stadium on Elliott Field.

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Hamilton said that the experience to play and get some reps was great and it allowed him to see what he can improve individually and the most important thing to do is to carry the experience and criticism into following games and seasons.

“Nothing could be done without the offensive line, wide receivers and running backs all performing the way they did,” he said. “It makes the quarterback position easier to play when you are surrounded by amazing players and supporters.”

Brock Ping, freshman of Billings, Montana, also made it to the field, rushing his first college career touchdown in the second quarter with 5:40 left in the half.

Ping rushed another touchdown in the third quarter and finished the game with seven rushes for 56 total yards.

Dorian Collier, freshman of Tallahassee, Florida, who has played in previous games, attempted 15 rushes for 120 yards.

Long said that both Collier and Ping averaged eight yards per carry and were able to have experiences that they can learn from and use later.

While underclassman gained experience, the Eagles’ defense kept Fort Lewis College out of the end zone the entire game.

“It’s a great feeling to be a part of a defense that held a team to under 30 yards of total offense and not allowing them in the end zone,” Bobby Peele, senior of Fresno, California, said. “This has been our standard all season and I’m glad we were able put together a historical four quarters.”

In the second quarter, Kobe Whipple, junior of Rosebud, South Dakota, and Travis Wilson, senior of Fresno, California, each recovered a fumble, both in the second quarter.

The Skyhawks only touchdown was a pick-six in the third quarter.

The Eagles had seven sacks for 52 yards and pushed Fort Lewis backward for -25 rushing yards.

“Our defensive line is extremely talented and that showed on Saturday,” Hamilton said. “It is not easy by any measure for a defense to shut out a team at this level, but they played phenomenally the entire game limiting them to no yards and performing a defensive shut out.”

The Eagles had a 553-yard game of total offense. They now have a 4-4 record, and a 4-3 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference record.

Chadron State College travels to play its next game against Colorado School of Mines with kickoff scheduled for noon, Saturday, in Golden.

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Dalton Holst, right, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, rushes with the ball while Jeydon Cox, redshirt freshman of Jackson, Wyoming, blocks a Fort Lewis College defender during Saturday’s football game at Don Beebe Stadium on Elliott Field.