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OPINION

NEWS

College heralds new head football coach

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Columnists tackle issue of Tebow imitators

SPORTS

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LIFESTYLES

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Basketball on brink of post-season play Pages 6

Investigation continues, information doesn’t.

Monday marked the four-month anniversary since Chadron State publicly announced it had self-reported concerns to the NCAA about possible football fundraising violations.

Now more than 120 days later, officials from CSC and its governing body, the Nebraska State College System, have released relatively few details about the investigation.

“I wish that I could tell you what’s going on right now, but I can’t. I know that sounds like an easy glib answer, but it would be a whole lot easier for me if I could tell you,” NSCS Chancellor Stan Carpenter said to the CSC campus community in November during his state-ofthe-system address.

Responding to a Sunday inquiry about whether the NSCS would release the NCAA-issued “notice of inquiry,” Carpenter stated via email Tuesday “the notice of inquiry was given orally, thus, there is nothing in writing regarding the notice.”

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THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2012 BRIEFS

STUDENT SENATE

Senate favors more fitness options in dorms

Meteorite discovered by professor to be centerpiece in University of Lincoln Gallery

Kelsey Amos

A football-shaped meteorite, weighing 165 pounds, will be on display in the Cooper Gallery of Morril Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Feb. 24.

The late Art Struempler, former chair of CSC’s Science and Mathematics division, came upon the meteorite in 1982 while rummaging through a junk pile on his family farm near Bayard. The me- Struempler sits next to the teorite was documented as one of meteorite he discovered.

2,600 found in the world. After conducting research and writing multiple articles on it, he sent samples of the meteorite to scientists in Iowa, New Mexico, England, and Germany for analysis.

Struempler passed away in August of 2004. The Art Struempler Flag Plaza, located north of the Math and Science Building, is named in his honor.

Reporter Senate allocated money for renovations to the dorms’ exercise equipment and discussed amendments to the constitution at the meeting Monday.

Senate allocated $33,000 for renovations to the fitness equipment in the residence halls. Prior to the allocation, Dr. Rhine, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services, said there was $172, 290 available in the student activity fee reserve account T. J. Thomson, treasurer, said that Senate has $13,018 in un-allocated funds in its combined accounts.

The club MAPS was disbanded due to its members’ absences from CAB meetings, so the club’s funds, $1,000, were returned to Senate.

Senate allocated $100 for refreshments at the club budget hearings.

Clubs’ budget hearings are scheduled for March 15 and 16, if the clubs requested more than $1,000, and March 22 and 23, if the

clubs requested less than $1,000.

Budget appeals are April 5.

The executive board and senators read and approved the new amendments to the Senate constitution.

They discussed whether all amendments should be included on the ballots during Senate elections, regardless of their importance and length.

Faculty Adviser, Susan Schaeffer, said that Robert’s Rules of Order only state that changes to the constitution should be clear. President Morgan Nelson said that Senate should be consistent about listing amendments on ballots.

The decision on whether to include all amendments on ballots was tabled till the next Senate meeting.

For senatorial reports, Joe Reedy, senator of B.E.A.M.S.S., said the college library has acquired access to more online scientific articles through Ebsco.

Tiffani Roelle, junior senator of liberal arts, said the Time Capsule Committee will host a dedication for the capsule April 19 at the flag

plaza. The committee is still deciding what items will go in the capsule.

Marlee Waugh, senator of liberal arts, said that IT is still working on single password sign-in for CSC students.

Luke Wright, CAB president, said that 156 people attended CAB’s free bowling event last Saturday.

Other upcoming events include a free movie night on February 19 and a career fair next week, with a “dress for success” presentation and fashion show on Wednesday.

The actual career fair is Thursday; 19 businesses will be participating.

Laure Sinn, coordinator of student activities, said the Sandoz Center is hosting a presentation on Wild Bill and Mardi Gras at 7:30 p.m., Friday in the Sandoz Center.

The event is free.

Riley Machal, student trustee, said that applications for the new student trustee are due noon, Feb. 24, to Kathy Mason’s office in Crites. Applications are available at the information desk in the Student Center.

Exploring the ‘ooey and goey’ focus of conference The 23rd annual “Excellence in Early Childhood Conference,” from 7-8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday in the Student Center. The event is scheduled to include hands-on presentations and workshops dealing with how to help children grow and learn during early childhood. Lisa Murphy will be Saturday’s keynote speaker.

The event is free and open to the public. The event will also be offered for one credit hour within education and professional development units. For more information, contact Kim Madsen at 308-432-6372 or the conferencing office at 308-432-6380.

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- Cancer Awareness, 12 p.m., SC - Alex Keller Recital, 3 p.m., MSHPHC, Atrium - Cancer Awareness, 5 p.m., SC - Lock In! 8:30 p.m., First Floor North Wing of Kent - Arm and Leg Wrestling Competition, 10 p.m., Red Room

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- Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m., basement of Brooks - Red Cross Blood Drive Sign Up, 11 a.m., SC - Chi Alpha, 8 p.m., SC - Poker Night, 8 p.m., Red Room

- Brooks Basement Buns Buster, 6 a.m., basement of Brooks - Career Fair, 10 a.m., SC - Red Cross Blood Drive Sign Up, 11 a.m., SC - Career Fair-Etiquette Lunch, 12 p.m., SC - Career Fair- Dress for success, 6 p.m., SC - Revive, 8 p.m., SC

NEWS CSC introduces 25th head football coach

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INVESTIGATION

Jay Long, CSC’s new head football coach, here ‘no matter what’ T.J. Thomson Executive Editor Chadron State’s Athletics Department hosted a press conference 2 p.m., Feb. 9 in the Ballroom of the Student Center to answer questions and introduce Jay Long, CSC’s recently-hired head football coach, to the broader campus and community The meeting was streamed live via the college’s athletics website, and archived footage is available on the Long college’s YouTube profile.

After a short introduction by Brad Smith, CSC’s athletics director, Long took the podium and

spoke for slightly more than 12 minutes about his personal history and his goals for Chadron State football.

Long offered two priorities for CSC football. The first was to graduate players.

“The GPA here is amazing and a lot higher than the other colleges that I have visited. It is amazing and our guys will get a degree that is why we are here and that is most important,” Long said.

The second priority Long said was to outwork their opponents.

“Effort and outworking our opponent is how we get it done,” Long said.

Questions from the crowd composed the final six minutes of the conference.

The Eagle’s two questions, and

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A digital video camera records the Feb. 9 press conference. The event was streamed live from the college’s athletic website. the subsequent answers were: THE EAGLE: What are some areas you want improvement?

LONG: We will come in to work hard. The guys are excited for a head coach and we are excited to move forward.

THE EAGLE: What do you think of the possibility the NCAA sanctions the football team?

LONG: I am here to coach football and no matter what happens I will be here to coach my players and play football.

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Repeated telephone inquiries this week to Carpenter; one to Kristin Petersen, NSCS general counsel and vice chancellor for employee relations; and one to Janie Park, CSC president, were not returned.

According to the enforcement process on the NCAA’s website, the notice of inquiry is an official notification that tells school leadership “enforcement staff will be investigating the school. The alleged facts of the case are also presented including the potential violations by sport, the approximate time period associated with the potential violations and the involved parties. The enforcement staff also includes an approximate time frame for the investigation and notes any facts found during the investigation may cause additional violations, related or not, to be identified.”

The NCAA does not limit publication of the notice.

“The NCAA does not release the notice of inquiry publicly, but the school may choose to release the letter or confirm its receipt,” the NCAA’s website states.

After the NCAA’s investigation, it compiles a case summary that “documents the allegations, the involved individuals, any outstanding issues and other information relevant to the case.”

In his Tuesday email, Carpenter stated that the system office hasn’t decided whether it will make the report public.

Asked directly if the NCAA’s findings [notice of allegations and/or case summary] would be publicly released, Carpenter responded, “No decision has been made regarding the NCAA’s final report.”

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Schools have the right to restrict students’ actions This week, The Eagle’s opinion writers are taking on the suspension of several New York high school students who were suspended for “Tebowing” in their school’s hallways (see Page 6). Since this imitation of the football star’s sideline prayer falls neatly into the category of self-expression, The Eagle’s editorial board felt it prudent to discuss the legal realities of free speech for students in public schools.

The most important Supreme Court decision affecting student free speech is Tinker v.

Des Moines Independent Community School District.

In December 1965, a trio of Des Moines students attended school wearing black arm bands in protest of the Vietnam War. After being suspended, the students filed a suit that was carried to the Supreme Court.

The court ruled in favor of the students, contending that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

The decision established that students enjoy the right to free speech during school, so long as the speech does not cause a distraction to the learning environment. Other Supreme Court decisions, though, have tempered this right. Specifically, Bethel School District v.

Fraser.

In April 1983, a Washington high school student named Matthew Fraser was suspended for delivering a speech to the student body that made extensive use of sexual innuendo.

Fraser’s suit against the school reached the Supreme Court three years later, where a 7-2 ruling upheld Fraser’s suspension and established an important limitation on student free speech: that schools may restrict speech that conflicts with their basic education mission.

A bevy of other court decisions have refined and limited free speech in schools, but students in public schools still enjoy substantial freedom of expression. This fact is often overlooked by students, their parents, and administrators.

The Eagle’s editorial board urges that citizens, to more accurately and appropriately assess situations such as the “Tebowing” suspensions, learn and understand the legal specifics of student free speech and its many protections and limitations.

THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2012

Courage in spite of failure is key to success

Franklin Annis Columnist

Look at all the great leaders in our society; they all have one thing in common. They all have a history of failures in their past.

While this may seem like a contradiction in logic, the leaders of our society are those that possess the courage to risk failure in order to achieve greatness. Show me a person that has never failed, and I will show you a person that has never accomplished anything significant.

So now you ask if courage was so critical for success outside the academic world why is it not taught in college? The answer is simple; courage is what the army would refer to as an implied task.

While it will probably never be listed as a formal learning objective, it is expected that college graduates practice and develop courage during their academic career. In fact, college might be the only opportunity in which adults have the chance to develop this skill without negative impacts to their careers.

As a combat veteran, I have seen remarkable acts of courage on the modern battlefield. This flashy style of courage is often thought of when anyone talks of acts of bravery.

But there is another side of courage that

is equally important. The side of subtle an untrained fighter. Needless to say by the courage employed when someone is brave huge smile on her face, she finally realized enough to stand out among their peers, that she was actually an effective fighter. subordinates, or leaders and dare to face a The positive impacts on her confidence problem. have been remarkable. I’m looking for her This is displayed by the student who to accomplish great things in her life due dares to answer the complex question in to her willingness to test and develop her class when they are not exactly sure of their personal courage. answer. It is also practiced by the student Don’t get me wrong—I am not telling that dares to ask the question to clarify his/ everyone to run out and enroll into a marher confusion when the rest of tial arts class to improve a class sits quietly. self-esteem. That is one Courage is displayed and deway to develop courage, veloped through facing probbut it’s not the only way. lems and challenges head on.

I would challenge every It is this type of courage it is student to practice the required to be truly successful more subtle side of courin life. age and dare to offer the One of the greatest examples answers to difficult quesI know of the positive impacts tions or ask your quesof courage development is with tions inside the classKalee Brewer. This young freshroom. man has challenged herself to True, you might be attend the National Guard’s slightly embarrassed, Modern Army Combative but in the end it really Program (MACP) training for doesn’t matter. You will a couple semesters. Her small better develop the skills stature has made it difficult to Think of courage as a David going to be successful after you compete against the larger stu- against the fear of a Goliath graduate. dents in the class. Even though she strugThink about it. If you were the boss, gled to fight against larger opponents, she would you want employees who were was always willing to try even after repeat- afraid to ask questions to clarify assigned failure. ments or those who would notify you if you After a semester of her fighting and los- were about to make a mistake? Would you ing, she felt that she could not possibly use want the employee that only did what they the MACP system due to her smaller size. knew and did not expand their capabilities?

She wasn’t perfect in her first attempts, but The answers to these questions is “no.” she wasn’t intimidated and kept on trying Develop the courage to be brave enough again and again. to risk failure and you will find you have the I offered to fight against her as if I were courage to succeed.

MAN ON THE STREET

What spring activity are you most looking forward to? Why? “Intramural wrestling, because it will be fun to see what people know.”

Leandro Arias 18, freshman, Education major of Cheyenne, Wyo.

“Fishing, I have done it since I was a kid.

It’s something I do every year.”

Chase Valleau 18, freshman, Wild Life Management major of Albuquerque, N.M.

“Rodeo season, because it’s finally nice out and I like it.”

Jessie Sturman 19, sophomore, Science Education major of Lusk, Wyo.

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“Sun bathing on top of the red room.”

Chris Zimmer 19, freshman, Education major of Rapid City, S.D.

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CSC’s new sign is a high-tech eyesore Sara Labor

Lifestyles Editor Last time I checked, I was in Chadron, not Las Vegas.

Which was why I was extremely surprised one night when I drove to campus and saw a great big, tacky LED sign smack dab in front of Memorial Hall.

Last year, a huge project started to make a beautiful entryway to campus. I was pleased when I came back to campus last semester to see a wonderful, elegant entryway that had been put up during the summer. It made our campus look a little classier, and made up for the lack of a proper entryway. How long could that possibly last though?

Apparently not long because just two weeks ago, up went the Daktronics sign, which cost around $22,000.

The sign advertises anything and everything on campus in the brightest, most annoying, not to mention tackiest fashion.

The sign often displays a “Welcome to Chad- great it is that there are all these bright, agitatron State College” slogan when it’s not advertis- ing lights to distract drivers. ing something like signing up for classes.

I have nothing against technology on campus.

First off, we already have the classy entryway Currently, Student Senate is looking at ways to that I previously get plasma screens mentioned welin all the dorm coming people buildings to adverto Chadron State tise events. Online College. platforms for classSecond, if a es have so far been student hasn’t fairly helpful to me. already seen the I’m all for using seven hundred smartphones, tabsign-up-for-classlets, whatever. But es posters, that I’m certainly not student probably a fan of this gaudy is not going to sign that makes me notice yet another feel like the school advertisement for I attend is a casino early registration.

Photo by T.J. Thomson rather than a place The screen can The new sign seen in front of Memorial Hall. of learning. also measure Slowly, this sign temperature, and display the date. So now, not is going to become less noticeable, even for only do we have the tacky sign, we also seem people like me who hate it passionately. Unforlike a bank, except without the flashes of easy tunately, though, it’s not going away, despite my credit or mortgage rates. disappointed rantings about it.

Finally, the screen supports animations. This However, I do hope that the next time our is so exciting, because I’ve always wanted to be school’s Board of Trustees has the chance to distracted by annoying flashy animations when make our school a little less tasteful and a little I could be enjoying the beautiful landscaping more garish, they decide not to take it. around this area instead! Not to mention how Until then, welcome to Casino College.

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Administrators at Riverton High School in Long Island, N.Y., suspended four students for imitating Tim Tebow’s game-time prayer ritual, aptly named “Tebowing.” The administration said the students were blocking off hallways, causing a distraction, but critics claim religious intolerance.

— THE SCHOOL WAS RIGHT TO SUSPEND THE STUDENTS —

Aaron Gonzalez Opinion Editor

Though this is not fundamentally a religious issue, it has evolved into one.

The real reason for the suspensions was, plain and simple, the fact that so many people had taken to Tebowing that it was a “distraction and a hallway hazard.”

I highly doubt that the Tebowing would cause fatal injury, but given the fact that the large school had only three-minute intermissions between classes, it is possible that spontaneous Tebowing could take others by surprise and trip or bump others, as well as block the hallways. But the students were warned by the administration to stop the pranks, well before the four were suspended.

Yet critics insist this is a cover for religious discrimination. Such a silly notion derives from those who want to express their faith anytime and anywhere, and think their faith should be protected from every criticism, by calling it intolerance.

Even if we take the “religious discrimination” play at face value, it still has no merit.

I’m pretty sure, though, had the prayers— whether sincere or in jest—been performed in a Muslim or Hindu manner, those who are fretting wouldn’t hesitate to suspend those kids. Freedom of religious expression so long as it is the right one.

The American tradition of keeping religion a private matter is not a recent phenomenon.

The original ban on prayer in public schools grew from the confrontations between Catholics and Protestants in the late 1800s.

Each side demanded that if religion were permitted in school that it conform to their specific version. Thus it was mandated there be no prayer in public schools.

Fox News host Andrew Napolitano recently said that if the students had changed their story from emulating Tebow to actually “[Thanking God] for our victories, or pray to God for a victory,” they’d be protected by the First Amendment. That’s legally true, but

— THE SCHOOL OVER-REACTED TO THE TEBOWING —

why should the context determine the legitimacy of an act? Even if they and the other students were sincerely praying like that, they still would be posing a risk to other students in the hallways.

However, again in the religious context, why would people think that public schools are places of worship? They aren’t churches.

Samuel Parker It’s the principle of the thing.

Contributor Public schools are not intended to incubate a religious doctrine or to pray for petty According to the school administration the things; they should exist to provide the gensuspensions were only a cautionary measure eral public basic knowledge in history, math, to prevent a riot, mainly due to the crowding science, and critical thought. effects of the Tebowing.

Remember that during school hours we The school said this was not religious disare on the government’s time, not our own. crimination, however Anyone is perfectly the students did not free to go to a private deny disrupting, sayschool that reflects ing it was a religious their or their parents’ act. So what is the isvalues, as well as the sue here? appropriately named If the school were “Sunday School.” I actually protecting never understood the students from a why some don’t just riot then they have pray before and after some serious trust school. issues with their stuI’m surprised so dents; but if this is many people find religious discriminaTebow worth emulattion, I have a serious ing anyway. I don’t problem with it. dislike Tebow, though The reason I have his prayer gestures issues with this situare annoying, espeation is the fact that cially when asking for prayer is not banned God’s intervention in from schools; stuthe outcome of a game dents are free to rather than world Photo by Clemed, Wikimedia Commons pray. It must only be famine. student-led, not initiTebow’s signature prayer pose He and others might ated by any state embest take heed of Jesus’s words, “[W]hen ployee, and not forced on anyone. thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypoThis was not the case until 1962 when crites are: for they love to pray standing in the Supreme Court ruled that mandatory, the synagogues and in the corners of the school-guided prayer was unconstitutional streets, that they may be seen of men. ... But in accordance with their interpretation of thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closthe idea of the separation of church and state et, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to in the First Amendment of the Constitution. thy Father which is in secret...” (Luke 11: 5-6).

The idea behind this was to prevent people This case shouldn’t even be an issue. Stufrom forcing their beliefs on one another. dents were warned to stop blocking the The writers of the Constitution obviously hallways, and when they failed to follow the did not want to force religion on anyone, but rules, they faced the consequences. Case they did not run from it either. Even today every session of Congress is opened with a closed.

“ceremonial” prayer, by various denominations and sometimes non-Christian preachers and representatives.

So if Congress was afraid of religion in government institutions, why has it been the norm until the mid-twentieth century?

Maybe they weren’t afraid of religion but only desired to prevent the government from forcing a belief on them.

They saw firsthand what was happening with the Church of England at that time (many people fled England to retain their religious beliefs because England had created an official state church).

I have a hard time believing that praying in a hallway or any other public space is forcing your beliefs on others. Nothing about genuine prayer involves a soap box or a megaphone. In fact, in the Bible, Jesus condemns those who flaunt their religion and lord over others; humility is a key part of His teaching and example.

If someone is offended by prayer, then their response is very narrow-minded.

Many other things are far more offensive than prayer, such as some things people wear or even say, yet they are tolerated. It’s a free country, right? Those offended have just as much of a right to exercise their beliefs as those who pray.

These boys were not proselytizing; they were imitating a football player. If they meant this to be an exercise of their faith, then so be it; they still have the freedom in school to pray.

In my opinion, the boys probably should have thought of what might happen when they kneeled down in the middle of a crowded hallway, not because of religion, but because of consideration for those going to different classes.

I watched the video on YouTube and they clearly were blocking the hallway (though they started with only four people).

Labeling their actions “a brawl” is an overexaggeration, but did this expression of the students deserve suspension?

The students should have thought of a better time for their Tebowing, but I still cannot see this as riot material. They did not know that others would join in.

The administration was a bit excessive in their quick judgment of and reaction to the situation.

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ABOVE: Hilgrove Lightbourne, senior of Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, operates a Vernier Lab Quest portable data collection and analysis device. Lightbourne is a human biology major with a pre-med emphasis.

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PHEAST is a new health program, overseen by Dr. Fickel. This program will let students get an undergraduate degree in a field like business, social work, or psychology at CSC. After graduation, students are guaranteed entrance in a University of Nebraska Medical Center program to get a graduate degree in public health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You don't have to be a science nerd to be in public health,â&#x20AC;?

Fickel said, adding that public health includes nutrition, WIC, immunizations, health fairs.

This program targets CSC students who are sophomores. The deadline to apply is March 15.

Students apply for RHOP during their senior year of high school. This program guarantees health profession students entrance into University of Nebraska Medical Center programs after they attend CSC.

The anatomy and physiology lab, is one of several interactive labs available throughout the Math and Science Building.

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FIRST FLOOR: MATH

The Math and Science Building, which was built in the 1970s, is the only building on campus that has not been renovated, according to Dr. Fickel. The old building contrasts with the innovative health professions degrees offered at CSC, which is a competitive field.

The health professions program is one of the biggest schools on campus, with approximately 270 students, 70 of which are part of RHOP. However, CSC also offers several other science degrees including biology, chemistry, physics, and geoscience.

The Math and Science Building is home to a planetarium, cadaver lab, and geology museum, all located on the first floor. Science majors and other college students use these services.

The planetarium, which seats 40 people, is used for shows for college and high school students.

The cadaver lab, which contains four cadavers, is used not only for anatomy and physiology classes, but also for nutrition and criminal justice classes.

High school students from surrounding towns who visit the Math and Science building get hands-on experience in the cadaver lab.

The Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology contains a range of displays from minerals to meteorites.

Science majors have the option of joining several clubs including the healthy professions, sports medicine, or geoscience clubs. The Beta Beta Beta Honorary Society offers membership to students studying the biological sciences.

•Has taught at CSC for four years

The first floor of the Math and Science Building is the location of many of the math classes, although the math department does not have its own floor.

The center of the first floor has a study area, giant metronome, and displays of rocks, minerals, and shells, which were created by science faculty.

Two of the biggest classrooms on campus are on this level. These two lecture halls each have a capacity of 90 students.

In addition to classrooms, the first floor contains a planetarium, geology museum, and cadaver lab. Both college students and visiting high school students use them.

•Works as a podiatrist •Teaches anatomy, physiology, and human sexuality

Twila Fickel

•Works with RHOP and PHEAST •Received a B.S. from Peru State College •Attended the College of Pediatric Medicine & Surgery, Des Moines, IA

Dr. Twila Fickel, assistant professor of physical and life sciences, has taught at CSC for four years. In addition to teaching the anatomy, physiology, and human sexuality classes, Dr. Fickel works as a podiatrist one day a week.

Dr. Fickel received a B.S. from Peru State College. She attended the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa, and did her residency at the VAMC in Leavenworth, Kan. She has practiced podiatry since 1989.

As a healthy professions director, she works with the RHOP students and oversees a new public health professions program called PHEAST (Public Health Early Admissions Student Track). The program was her idea. This is PHEAST's first year.

"The Math and Science Building is not just health professions," she said. "There are also degrees in biology, chemistry, physics, and geology, and teaching endorsement within any of these fields."

However, careers specifically in health professions are highly sought after by students, she said.

SECOND FLOOR: BIOLOGY The second floor of the Math and Science Building, which is ground level, is home to the biology department and classes.

Features of interest on this floor include the High Plains Herbarium, where plants are dried and preserved. The late Dr. Weedon, professor of physical and life sciences, was responsible for the herbarium.

Other features of the second floor include insect displays and dioramas created by Dr. Brust, assistant professor of physical and life sciences.

The Science and Math Learning Center, which contains science and math curriculum that students and teachers can borrow, is on the second floor. The anatomy and physiology lab is also on the second floor.

CSC also offers the Nebraska Biomedical Research Excellence program.

THIRD FLOOR: CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS The CSC Physical and Life Sciences Department offers majors in five departments: biology, chemistry, geoscience, physics, and health professions.

The chemistry, physics, and geoscience departments share the third floor of the Math and Science Building. This floor has classrooms, chemistry labs, and physics labs.

A lounge called the Broken Beaker gives students a place to study.

The planetarium, on the first floor, is part of the physics department. Dr. Kendrick, assistant professor of physical and life sciences, is responsible for the planetarium.

The Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology is part of the geoscience department. Dr. Leite, professor of physical and life sciences, supervises the museum. The museum includes rocks, minerals, fossils, and meteorites. Other features include a diorama and mock cave with fluorescent minerals.

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Justin Melton

Track Event: Sprints Year: Freshman Hometown: Douglas, Wyo.

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Eagles surging toward postseason

Sports Editor 4-18. 8-11. 4-15. 6-13. 4-15.

Those aren’t dates.

They’re the in-conference records of the Eagles’ last five seasons.

But now, in an the midst of an electrifying, 8-win, 2-loss, late-season surge, the Eagles are poised to finish this season in a far more spectacular manner. Currently holding a 10-9 RMAC record, Chadron’s basketball team is clawing for the conference tournament’s 8th and final seed right alongside the 10-8 Fort Lewis Skyhawks, 10-9 Western State Mountaineers, and 9-9 CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves.

Head coach Brent Bargen is confident about his team’s chances.

“If we do the things that we’re capable of,” he said “then we’ve got a good chance of making the tournament.”

The Eagles, in the midst of a 5-game winning streak, appear to have the most momentum out of their direct competitors for the 8th seed.

For the Eagles, the difference will be decided in the final three games of the regular season, against the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Friday, CSU-P Saturday, and finally, the University of Nebraska-Kearney Feb. 25.

Earlier this season, the Eagles beat the 6-12 RMAC UCCS Mountain Lions 78-73 on the road, but dropped an 82-57 road game against CSU-P and

Melton won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.05 seconds at the Rock and Jock meet on Saturday.

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Wrestling Weight Class: 133 Year: Junior Hometown: Casper, Wyo. McAfee won his second-straight major decision with a score of 11-1 against Vince Herrera from Grand Canyon on Sunday.

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Eagle’s Kevin McClelland, (3), senior guard of Long Beach, Calif., attempts to shoot over his opponent during Friday night’s game at the Auraria Event Center in Denver against Metropolitan State College.

Chris Curtis of Tustin, Calif., who another against UNK, 72-51. scored 13 of the team’s final 18 points, Last weekend, the Eagles netted fought back from a 9-point deficit in themselves two wins, first upsetting the second half to claim a hairsbreadth No. 11 Metro State College of Denver victory.

65-64 on Friday. Last time the two Saturday, again led by Chris Curtis teams met, Metro was ranked 2nd, and with 23 points, the Eagles outmatched escaped the Eagles by just 4 points. the Regis University Rangers 80-72.

This time, the Eagles, led by senior

Track team splits for Iowa and Spearfish meets Photo by Karisa Lamle

The new head coach for Chadron State football, Jay Long of Sturgis, S.D., speaks to some members of his team as well as members of the community at the press conference on February 9th.

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Molly Wedan Reporter Even though they were miles apart, the Chadron State College track athletes finished well as a whole. Eagles participants succeeded in both the Rock and Jock Open in Spearfish, S.D. and the

Track and Field

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Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.

The Iowa State Classic meet took the top 10 competitors from each event. The rest of the competitors participated in the Rock and Jock Open. Head coach Ryan Baily was impressed with his team’s performance in Iowa. see TRACK, Page 11

Basketball

vs Colorado State- Pueblo 6-7 p.m. Saturday in Armstrong (Women’s) 8-10 p.m. Saturday in Armstrong (Men’s)

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Eagles hunt for tournament berth Spike Jordan Contributor The Chadron State women’s basketball team traveled to Denver this past weekend for the last away games of the season. Despite heading in to the mile high city with seven wins out of the previous nine games, CSC returned home with defeats at the hands of both Colorado teams. But don’t count them out: the Eagles remain firm in their resolve with three games left in the season.

Metropolitan State College, ranked eighth in the nation by the WBCA poll, secured a narrow win against CSC in the Auraria Event Center on Friday night, with the final score set at 55-51. The Eagles fell just short of avenging the 71-43 defeat to the Roadrunners at home in December.

CSC Head Coach Tim Connealy was nonetheless impressed with his players’ turnaround. From the scoreless first eight minutes of play, to the blazing comeback runs made in the second half, the shift of mo-

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Eagles’ freshman guard Dallas Shaw (10) of Buffalo, Wyo., drives past Metro State College’s junior guard Brandi Valencia of Moriarty, N.M., during Friday’s game at the Auraria Event Center in Denver. mentum kept the Eagles playing gis University Field House, Rewith urgency. Chadron State gis dominated CSC in the paint closed the gap to four points with both points and rebounds, during the closing minutes leaving the court with a final of play, but their hopes were score of 81-72.

The defeat delivered by the dashed by a last second freethrow landed by Metro’s junior Eagles at home in early season guard Brandi Valencia of Mori- play served as the motivation for the Rangers and their head arty, N.M. On Saturday night in the Re- coach, Linda Raunig, to defend

their home court. Coach Connealy attested that while the game in December was evenly matched, the game on Saturday revealed that Raunig held a few of her players in reserve, which sent him scrambling to change the scenario to match defensively.

Heading in to the home games against UC Colorado Springs and CSU Pueblo this weekend, Connealy is relying on the same momentum and intensity that has driven the team to their return since Jan. 7th. Connealy is also counting on leadership from his fiercely competitive seniors Kaitlin Petri, hailing from Kearney, and Kada Williams, of Green River, Wyo. “We still have the possibility for post-season play” Connealy said, “If we can make it through this weekend with the two wins, then we will be set.”

Come out this weekend and support your Eagle Women’s Basketball team as they defend the Armstrong Gymnasium against UC Colorado Springs, Friday night at 6 p.m. and CSU Pueblo, Saturday night at 6 p.m.

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“We definitely had some highlights in a hard meet at Iowa,” said Baily.

At Black Hills State, Eagles freshman Justin Melton of Douglas, Wyo., scrambled for a win in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.05 seconds against Montana State UniversityBillings’ Shea Stein, sophomore of Nashua, Mont., who finished second with a time of 7.14. The women’s 4x400 relay team also won its event with a time of 4:20.87, three seconds ahead of second place.

In the field events, Eagles sophomore Alex Alderman of Rapid City, S.D., claimed second in the weight throw with a distance of 46’.

High jump also became a highlight of the meet when Eagles sophomore Jazmyn Webster of Cheyenne, Wyo., cleared 5’8”.

Moving east, Chadron competitors captured two school records at the Iowa State Classic. Cody Hunt, senior of Lingle, Wyo., threw shot for a distance of 61’, 1 and ½”, to clear his previous record by one quarterinch. The men’s 4x400 team, consisting of senior Lincoln Proud of Pinedale, Wyo.; redshirt freshman Frederick Culp of Mililani, Hawaii; redshirt freshman Jazz Bozner of Rock Springs, Wyo.; and junior Phil Rivera of Apple Valley, Calif., also blazed past a school record that has stood since 2006, clocking a time of 3:17.53.

Chadron is preparing for the upcoming weekend when they head to Lincoln for the Nebraska Tune-Up meet on Friday and back to Spearfish for the Black Hills Open on Saturday.

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—Monday, Student Center “ ‘And I told him, ‘I bought myself a vacuum cleaner, so don’t get me flowers for Valentine’s Day.’ “ —Tuesday, Student Center Disclaimer: “Overheard at CSC” uses quotations obtained and verified by The Eagle staff and is for entertainment purposes only.

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Sweet dreams coming to CSC T. J. Thomson

A Movie to cure the Valentine’s Day Blues Molly Wedan Reporter Every girl dreams about the time when her boyfriend gets on bended knee and pops the question. All the scenarios are filled with flowers, giggles, and kisses. No girl dreams of the scenario that happens in “The Proposal,” directed by Anne Fletcher.

The movie starts out with Andrew Paxton, played by Ryan Reynolds, working as an assistant to Margaret Tate, editor of a big name publishing company in New York, played by Sandra Bullock. As many bosses can be, Margaret is domineering and sarcastic. Andrew puts up with her for the sake of his job and in hopes of being promoted to editor, but vents to his family about the boss he cannot stand.

He comes to work thinking it will be just another ordinary day, when his boss starts to act overly nice with a huge favor to ask: will you marry me?

The plot turns around and you find out that Margaret’s visa has expired as she is originally from Canada. The only hope she has to keep her job and stay in the United States is to be married to a U.S. resident. Dangling the promotion above his head, Andrew hesitantly obliges and accepts her proposal. It is also perfect timing, as Gram’s, played by Betty White, 90th birthday is coming up and he is going back to Sitka, Alaska to celebrate with the whole family. What a better way to announce the engagement, right?

Both go from having a sarcastic, rude

relationship to acting like they are in love. However, their acting isn’t good enough and Andrew’s father, played by Craig Nelson, is skeptical of the relationship and senses it’s a scheme from the beginning.

It gets even better when Andrew’s mom, Grace Paxton, played by Mary Steenburgen, proposes they get married on Gram’s birthday, which is in two days. The rest of the movie is spent in a whirlwind of action as Margaret and the rest of the ladies, one being Andrew’s ex girlfriend, spend all their time and energy getting a dress, preparing the food, and inviting guests for the wonderful knot tying.

I love this movie for its hilarity and actors. Bullock is one of my favorite actors, as she can play a diverse range of characters. Her personality and skill are a great mix for Reynolds’ expertise and charm. Both of them have a natural sarcastic sense of humor that when compiled, makes you laugh until your sides hurt.

Another great actor in the movie is the classy White. She definitely does not disappoint with her witty comments throughout the film, acting like a true elderly lady when she is a kid at heart, and showing her dance moves in a great campfire scene.

All in all, this movie is a great chick flick for the girls to watch together on a quiet Friday night. Even though the plot is predictable, the events in between will keep you laughing and on your toes. The talented actors and comical lines make for a movie worth watching and remembering.

movement and its connection with dreams by explaining some of its dogma.

Executive Editor “Eckankar teaches that we are all unique, indiDreams of walking through a misty fog, drowning vidual Soul, a divine spark of God. You and I don’t in an abysmal sea, levitating through the atmo- have a Soul, I am Soul, you are Soul. Knowing that, dreams take on a sphere – most semiwhole new meaning. ologists will analyze We’re often having these nocturnal hapreal spiritual experipenings as attempts ences in our dreams,” of the brain to process Johnson stated. information during Johnson recognizes sleep, and many will that many are critispeculate that dreams cal of her spirituality; have universal meanyet she posits that, ing. Not so for local despite disbelief of a author Debbie Johnwaking dream state, son, of South Dakota, dreams don’t occur however. exclusively in sleep.

Johnson, who has “We are dreaming authored several selfwhile awake just as help books, argues surely as when we’re that each dream is asleep,” Johnson statunique to the brain ed. who conjured it, and Johnson authored a that trained individubook about dreams in als, through spiritual 2010, “Dreams: Your means, can alter and Window to Heaven,” interpret their dreams which is published for their own benefit.

“Dreams help us to Photo illustration by T.J. Thomson by Eckankar. She is scheduled to present uncover who we really are, why we’re here, and where we’re headed a “mini-workshop” on dream symbols from 5:30 next,” Johnson stated in a January interview with – 6:30 p.m., Feb. 28 in the Ponderosa Room of the Student Center. Johnson will also be available to The Eagle.

Johnson is a practitioner of the religious move- sign copies of her book.

The event is being sponsored by the Nebraska ment Eckankar, founded in the United States in 1965. Johnson explains her relationship with the Satsang Society, an affiliate of Eckankar.

Valentine’s Dinner dishes up a serving of love

Small groups compiled of charming couples and smiling friends joined each other in the ballroom for the Valentine’s Day dinner and dance, Tuesday. Students were able to enjoy foods consisting of pastas and breadsticks, which covered a long table. Refreshments and heart-shaped cookies were also served. Couples and friends were able to get a picture with each other in front of a black background covered with red streamers and red, white, and pink hearts. Some did the original pose of embracing their significant other, while others gave piggyback rides, and still others held each other bridal-style. At the end of the night, students gathered on the dance floor under dim lights to dance to the early 90s music that filled the ballroom.

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A single candle adorns one of the tables set for the Valentine’s Day dinner and dance on Tuesday in the Student Center Ballroom.

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Pick up an application from Dr. Margetts in Memorial Hall, room 128 • Club’s main activities: Aiding with High Plains Festival as well as the High Plains Jazz festival and other music events.

• Club’s goals: To bring in as many people to music as possible and aid in developing studies for prospective teachers • What group of students are you targeting: Music Educators or anyone who may see themselves teaching any type of music • What are eligibility requirements Anyone who can sing or play an instrument or is just interesting in helping out can join • Ways to get more information: Visit www.mtna.org

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“Train,” a 2010 archival print on vinyl paper is one of the pieces by Heather Freeman that is currently being displayed in Memorial Hall’s Main Gallery.

Artist speaks through art Hannah Clark Reporter

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Shane Hart, 20, sophomore of Bertoud, Colo., pushes a chip over in his game of Texas Hold’em at Thursday’s Late Night at the Pit.

Surreal watercolor goats meld into hands forming the “rock on” gesture. These spread across architectural graph paper, large sheets of which hang like ancient pelts covered in cave drawings. Such an eclectic piece is just one of the strange offerings found in Heather Freeman’s art exhibit, showing now through March 16th at Memorial Hall’s Main Gallery. The afore-mentioned piece is entitled “Tractor” after its mechanical background matter.

This print represents themes consistent throughout Freeman’s work. Her art is characterized by symbols of varied clarity, usually natural ones like animals or plants, printed on top of a dizzying barrage of vehicles, like trucks and airplanes. The print’s mechanical elements are precise and surgical, while the watercolor areas recall a time when art was not so accurate. Freeman works this dichotomy, between natural and industrial, to her advantage.

Each piece has an outlandish grace that tickles the observer’s more sensible faculties.

Some prints, like “fire truck 2”, resemble a technical designer’s discarded brainstorms. They look like someone raided a computer’s recycle bin, and salvaged these quixotic images. Other wall pieces filled with bugs and semi-trucks match the

contents of an eleven-year-old’s brain, except the artist has collapsed the items beneath a flower-press. The result is jilted art where a fluid medium – like watercolor – marries a futuristic drafting style, fostering strange offspring.

But strange is good.

Careful examination of Freeman’s pieces reveals even more hidden elements. In numerous pieces she scribbles miniscule script around her subject. The show’s blood runs with whimsy, and these snippets reveal the creative mind behind it all. In “Ship Shape”, a mouse and a bat have a lilliputian conversation about their genealogical similarities in German. Or in “Jeti-son”, a flying elephant man tells viewers to “ssh,” and use their “outside voice”.

Critics often wonder what occurs in the artist’s mind. Freeman allows a clear look, although it’s just as enigmatic as expected.

Students should pause from their busy day and hunt Freeman’s pieces for the small, scribbled messages amongst her creative, sprawling endeavors. After all, it’s not often that one can talk with an artist, especially one so absurd.

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