791 10 9858 https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/ac9212dd4f7ef23be8c55122348be481.jpg 5b6abd5cd90dd40d978efbeff0ebc498 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frances Seely Webb Collection Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Description An account of the resource The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985.02 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On the Sand Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Subject The topic of the resource Sand Bar (Casper, Wyo.) -- History. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985_Frances_S_Webb_SaddleRock_01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Description An account of the resource Photograph from a folder titled "On the Sand Bar" from the Frances Seely Webb Collection. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/4689c3cc61fbb5baeb558af7c27c2482.jpg 87a0e4c38e97fe2350b1ba38cf597b28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frances Seely Webb Collection Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Description An account of the resource The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985.02 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On the Sand Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Subject The topic of the resource Sand Bar (Casper, Wyo.) -- History. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985_Frances_S_Webb_SaddleRock_02 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Description An account of the resource Photograph from a folder titled "On the Sand Bar" from the Frances Seely Webb Collection. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/4044a6c68d4a3df976e231632a8758d5.jpg a8490fe0cee4f009c8d8d1e997a50f26 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frances Seely Webb Collection Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Description An account of the resource The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985.02 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On the Sand Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Subject The topic of the resource Sand Bar (Casper, Wyo.) -- History. Description An account of the resource Photograph from a folder titled "On the Sand Bar" from the Frances Seely Webb Collection. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985_Frances_S_Webb_03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/10af382371970806fe6571bdf035b424.jpg 5dcf5459f26a3dc30c376c9b4dc953ef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frances Seely Webb Collection Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Description An account of the resource The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985.02 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On the Sand Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Subject The topic of the resource Sand Bar (Casper, Wyo.) -- History. Description An account of the resource Photograph from a folder titled "On the Sand Bar" from the Frances Seely Webb Collection. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985_Frances_S_Webb_04 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/3ce5ccfd3a6f58c4979df925a9468571.jpg 7481965be816d5f77aab838cf9a3e655 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frances Seely Webb Collection Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Description An account of the resource The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985.02 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On the Sand Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> Subject The topic of the resource Sand Bar (Casper, Wyo.) -- History. Description An account of the resource Photograph from a folder titled "On the Sand Bar" from the Frances Seely Webb Collection. The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frances Seely Webb Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.1985_Frances_S_Webb_05 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/0d4c75eba7b7af68c974d1eae74a3a3c.jpg 367a07b8453c50fd7212c5207e2ad054 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ardelle Martin Photograph Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1920 Description An account of the resource Ardelle Martin had collected documentary evidence on people, places and events in and near Casper, Wyoming including photographs of an early snow blockade that the Casper Fire Department responded to on the Chicago and Northwestern Line, a man on and with horses identified as Leroy, and photographs of the school and buildings at or on the road to Bates Hole. Certain copies of these photographs were transferred digitally. Also included in Martin's digital photographs are ones of Lynn Cheney at Casper College and of the U.S. Air Force plane Cheney rode on. Other photographs of Casper schools and Amoco Refinery were received but have yet to do arranged and described. An oral history was also recorded with Martin by a Casper College Adult Psychology class in 2014. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ardelle Martin Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Ardelle Martin Photograph Collection, NCA 01.v.2004.03 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.2004.03 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/113</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource One Fourteen Club Merry Christmas Greeting Card Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Undated Description An account of the resource Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Greeting Card from the One Fourteen Club of Casper, Wyoming. The item is undated, but likely dates between 1920-1930. Ardelle Martin had collected documentary evidence on people, places and events in and near Casper, Wyoming including photographs of an early snow blockade that the Casper Fire Department responded to on the Chicago and Northwestern Line, a man on and with horses identified as Leroy, and photographs of the school and buildings at or on the road to Bates Hole. Certain copies of these photographs were transferred digitally. Also included in Martin's digital photographs are ones of Lynn Cheney at Casper College and of the U.S. Air Force plane Cheney rode on. Other photographs of Casper schools and Amoco Refinery were received but have yet to do arranged and described. An oral history was also recorded with Martin by a Casper College Adult Psychology class in 2014. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ardelle Martin Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Ardelle Martin Photograph Collection, NCA 01.v.2004.03 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.v.2004.03_MerryChristmas_OneFourteenClub Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center) Relation A related resource <a href="https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/collections/show/113</a> https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/c2eb187d8b585c51deefdae93c40aa6e.jpg 671d0b196dc974070c4e9c5663c809b0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Records of Weather Service Office Station #74 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1940-1992 Description An account of the resource This digital collection currently consists of the profile photo albums and station histories of Weather Service Office Station #74. This station was the first weather station and operated on top of the hanger at Wardwell Field. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image; Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weather Service Office Station #74 Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Records of Weather Service Office Station #74, NCA 01.ii.2003.1. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2003.01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic prints Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource One photo face up and 3 face down Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1940-1992 Description An account of the resource One photo face up and 3 face down from a profile of Weather Service Station #74 outside of Casper, WY at or near where Wardwell Field was located. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weather Service Station $74 Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Records of Weather Service Office Station #74, NCA 01.ii.2003.1. Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NCA 01.ii.2003.01_StationProfilePhotos_74_33 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b0fa0997edc1c2f61932bad8d67d0ee7.pdf 5d96d294788606f29a70965f59551874 PDF Text Text October 1, 2019 Casper College’s Student Voice Since 1945 Going Digital Riley Box Chinook Staff Ever since The Chinook published its first official article in 1939, there has been readership. Every year, new writers and editors come, and fill positions recently vacated by former staff workers. The Chinook has been a true mainstay in the Casper College community since its inception exactly 80 years ago. Peter Van Houten, former director of The Chinook, claims that even though the publication had flourished at times with more than 25 people on staff, readership and publishing has declined the last couple years. Some may say that has to do with non- interesting stories or bad press but new Chinook Director and Communications instructor Bri Brasher claims that leaving the printing press may be the best idea to regain audiences. Major publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post have gone digital and it seems as if this is just the way things are now going for news. “It is the next step for the Chinook and is a platform that is going to be a lot easier for students, staff, and stakeholders of Casper College to find the paper,” Brasher stated. Brasher pointed out that with the newspaper going digital, it will be easier to distribute to audiences, as well as easier for audiences to find. On top of that, it will be exponentially cheaper for the college to go fully digital. Brasher also claimed that though there is a level of nostalgia with physical papers, going digital will allow people to see it wherever they go and will inevitably be more convenient. Going paperless is how the world is shifting and The Chinook is following suit. With a digital presence, it will be easier to read stories, access them at a later date, and most importantly, find. “Digital would give us the opportunity to be immediate.” Van Houten claimed. News is becoming more and more immediate. No more are the days of waking up in the morning to find stories from the day before. TwentyFour-hour news cycles as well as social media has made it almost impossible for print newspapers to even be relevant in today’s society. Brasher and the Chinook staff’s ultimate goal for the publication is to make it so important so that people want to read it so there is no possible way to ignore it. The Chinook has been a mainstay at the college but with its new direction and style, it will be easier to show to friends and colleagues. We want the Chinook to outlast even us and with Casper College updating this, it is sure to do so. We ask you to participate in the Chinook! Send us ideas, stories, and concerns. The schools support is the most important part. It is YOUR newspaper after all. We ask you to get your ads on here as well, we are trying to gain readership and with the support of organizations on campus, not only will we support and show your organization, but we will soar higher than the Thunderbird. Ever since The Chinook published its first article, there has been 80 years of readership. Let’s keep it that way. Find us online! Pictured are Kassandra Dutro and Kathryn Anderson working on their laptops. Search up the school newspaper online while you're at it! (Photo by Riley Box) Walk for Freedom Putting an end to modern slavery Morryah McCurdy Chinook Staff Students at Casper College are marching to bring attention to human trafficking on October 19. Casper College students have partnered with global anti-human trafficking coalition, A21, to host Walk for Freedom to abolish slavery. This is a mighty undertaking for a campus of roughly 4,500. With knowledge comes power, and that’s what student and host, Toni Kerr, hopes to instill on campus and in town. Kerr is a freshman at Casper College, but her new environment and workload hasn’t stopped her from getting involved with an impassioned cause, A21. A21 is a global non-profit organization that markets itself as “fueled by radical hope that human beings everywhere will be rescued from bondage and completely restored. We are the abolitionists of the 21st century. We work with you to free slaves and disrupt the demand.” A21 is tasked with a daunting assignment. Its name cleverly states their mission-- to abolish slavery in the 21st century, but first, the organization must bring attention to its cause. One of the most impactful ways A21 interrupts the presence of slavery is by hosting a Walk for Freedom. “This walk rallies tens of thousand of students and participants, like you, to bring attention to this very real, very prevalent human rights issue. Reducing vulnerability — See Freedom, Page 3 This year the global walk takes place on Oct. 19th. The Casper Walk for Freedom starts at 9:00 a.m. at Conwell Park, located across from Wyoming Medical Center. The course will head to David Street Station and then loop back. Please visit A21.org/ Casper to join local Walk for Freedom. Mysterious vaping illness hits home Morryah McCurdy Chinook Staff According to a September 12 report by the Natrona County Health Department, the state of Wyoming confirmed the first vaping related lung disease case. The report aligns with many of the cases going around the United States, including 12 deaths and 805 people afflicted with deadly lung disease in 2019 alone. Since August 23, the Center for Disease Control began a mechanism for hospitals and clinics to report the presence of vaping related illnesses. What these patients have in common is using adulterated nicotine or THC vapes, increasing presence lung diseases. No specific product is culpable, but 80% of the cases originated from cartridges containing THC. Notably, these cartridges originated from black-market dealers, meaning the cartridges or e-liquids did Garner brings industry influence to Casper College Ishamel Bujosa-Perin Chinook Staff For most teachers, some of their biggest awards and accomplishments are earned in the classroom, but for one Casper College professor she was being awarded and recognized before becoming a teacher. Ginny Garner, a marketing professor at CC, shared her story with The Chinook. In 1978, Jenny Garner was awarded the cutest baby of Warren, Arkansas and fourteen years later, Garner moved to Casper, Wyo. in 1992. At the time her father and uncle were given a great job opportunity in the heart of Wyoming which moved her and her two sisters to finish high school at Natrona County. Garner then went on to attend the University of Wyoming in 2000 where she graduated with bachelor’s in Leadership. After receiving her undergrad, she attended the University of Gonzaga where she graduated with a master’s in Leadership. Professor Garner has always had a passion for teaching since completing her secondary education. However, upon finishing her master’s program, there were no open teaching jobs back in Casper. But because of her passion for the classroom was so strong, Garner ended up taking a managerial position where she was still actively working with people. She worked for the El Dorado conference center at South Arc Community College back in her hometown of Arkansas. She was very excited and thrilled to return to her hometown and took full advantage of the opportunity. Garner built the city of El Dorado from the ground up, restoring a broken city. Due to her extraordinary efforts, she was awarded the “Key to the City” and now has a day, May 7th, dedicated to her, ‘Ginny Garner Day’. “I gave everything to the town of El Dorado so much that they have a day dedicated to me,” said Garner. Shortly after her rebuilding process in El Dorado, she received an offer from Casper College Admissions office for the full-time — See Garner, Page 4 Ishmael Bujosa-Perin/Chinook Garner poses for a photo after her Intro to Marketing class. not come from a reputable seller, with two exceptions in Oregon that are under investigation. Also, the median age of those impacted by the lung diseases is 19, with more than half of those effected under the age of 25. The rise in vaping illnesses is serious, and it’s also important to know the facts. In 2007, vaping introduced a safe alternative to smoking. Vaping took off dramatically in 2012 in the United States. The CDC and Federal Drug Administration investigate and have authority over the vaping industry, requiring warning labels, ingredient lists, and not allowing marketing to minors, but control is still limited. No regulations are set as to what ingredients can and cannot be used; ingredients just must be posted. Still, the vaping industry is not regulated in the United States. — See Vaping Page 3 THE MONTHS AHEAD October Getting chilly! November Officially cold... December Colder but it's ok because Christmas �Page 2 October 1, 2019 CHINOOK Chinook Stance Divine's Intervention: Presidential Advice --- Motivation --- Rise & Grind with Morryah No matter where you are in your life, it is safe to say you have places to be. I don’t mean physically necessarily, but in the sense that every action we take is with the intention of making our future more satisfying. We want to excel and make ourselves proud in our pursuits, but all too often we start off strong and slowly begin to lack motivation to get to the next obstacle. The tediousness of everyday life can be overwhelming, and trust me, you are not alone. For those in their first semester out of high school or someone coming back to school after decades of working in the real world, the pursuit of happiness is ultimately our goal. Both ‘happiness’ and ‘goal’ are incredibly broad concepts that only you can define by what matters in your life. Read that again: you define your life. Are there areas of your life where you’re settling for less because maybe to push beyond mediocrity would be a true challenge? Are you settling for less than you’re capable of and justifying staying stagnant? Y’all- this isn’t even meant toward school. Sure, school can be hard and boring, but you are not only a student. You have real things going on off campus. Where are you thriving outside of this ‘student’ or ‘professional’ compartment you have put yourself in? I promise once you break out of the labels you have made for yourself and start working on the reallife changers- that is where you will see progress across all sectors of your life. Most people resign themselves to a life of mediocrity, accepting what life has given them. Even achievers who are highly successful in one area tend to settle for mediocrity in other areas such as relationships and health. Can you recognize those tendencies within yourself? Do you want to change? Some advice before you get too ahead of yourself; you need to tackle bite size chunks you can handle. You are not going to get your health in order in one week. Eating salad one time will not make you #cleanlife. This is a process, and for health, it’s a lifestyle. What I suggest is taking on no more than three goals at a time, writing them down, and understanding why they are important. If they have no weight in your life, they don’t matter at this moment. These are long term goals that really set your soul on fire, and don’t forget, you are not only a student, you are so much more, so dig deep. Next, out of these goals, which one would make the rest of the goals possible? Say your top three goals are to get healthy, save money, and to stop procrastinating. If you were to choose a main goal to work on that would impact the othersthat is where to start. For example, if working on procrastination would help with the other goals, you might want to tackle that first. Next are action steps. Action steps are where YOU show up. You have to do the work if you want to see results. For procrastination, maybe you listen to Mel Robbin’s 5 Second Rule on Audible, while you go for a walk or drive. This book has practical strategies for procrastinators and I promiseactively working on this part of your life will impact the other goals, until you break the habit of procrastinating. On an ending note, if procrastination is truly an issue, recognize that procrastination is habit aligned with stress relief. When there is so much on your plate that you default to procrastination, recognize it and put your energy into a productive activity, like journaling or exercising to clear your mind. Part of this series will be about self-awareness and seeing where you have areas to work on. Remember: bite size chunks, and most importantly, you are human. er pap s w e College’s Casper ok N nline o n i O ChStudent Now Voice Since 1945 In addition to the tasty all you can eat food at Tobin Dining Hall... @caspercollegedining “ As I walk around the college, I can’t help but notice the energy in the air when students return to campus. Please know that meeting and talking with students brightens my day and reminds me of how my college experience started me on my journey. I know you had plenty of choices when deciding to attend college, and I believe you made the right choice by joining us here at Casper College. Our students come from different backgrounds, different cities and towns, different states, and even different countries, yet you’re all looking for that same chance to learn, grow, and succeed. We’re here to challenge and support you, and our goal is to provide a dynamic learning environment that prepares you for your next step in life, whatever that may turn out to be. If you’re experiencing any trouble, or simply want to pick up some pointers on navigating the college experience, be sure to visit our Student Success center on the third floor of the Gateway Building. They have a wide variety of expertise and services available to help students succeed. But please don’t wait too long, as the earlier you ask for help the more likely you are to experience a positive result. Campus activities are in full swing and I hope you take advantage of the many events and opportunities offered and thus get even more out of your time here at CC. Watch the campus TVs for more information and contact Student Activities for information about clubs, intramural sports, and other events for students. Best wishes for a fantastic and productive semester! --Darren Divine, Ph.D. President Our students come from different backgrounds, different cities and towns, different states, and even different countries, yet you’re all looking for that same chance to learn, grow, and succeed. — Darren divine, Ph.D., Casper College President The Student's Voice Ramblin' with Riley Entering the Casper College campus my Freshman year, I had no idea Student Senate existed. I knew about Student Senates before; High School, Universities, etc. but did not know we had one on campus. I am usually too worried about not slipping down the stairs or getting to the right class every day hoping they did not change anything without me knowing. My advisor Pete Van Houten (Interim Dean of the Social Sciences) told me they needed a Public Relations representative sooner than later and said I would be perfect for it. I reluctantly agreed. It reminded me of a job interview, but you knew nothing about the job and they threw you into the fire without much preparation. A year later, things have changed completely. Not only am I President now but I love what I am doing with the Senate. There feels like a lot of ambiguity with the Senate and I get that whole heartedly. So, let me break it down for you… Do you have a problem on campus? We can help. Do you have an event you would like to try? We can help. Do you want to get money for your club or organization? We can help. Do you have a large pile of money burning a hole in your pocket that you need to get rid of? Contact me separately without anyone knowing. The entire staff of officers changed except Vivica Stewart (Vice President) and I (President), and the advisors have changed too. As a Chinook writer as well, I sat down with the new advisor to Student Senate and Director of Student life Corey Peacock. Peacock stated, “I hope that Student Senate becomes the voice of students here at Casper College.” Becoming more accessible to the students, helping them when needed, and helping clubs and organizations succeed is our goal. We are here for you and can help you do all of the things! We will make it easier than ever before for clubs to get funding as well as helping students get on track, but we need more of a presence, so if you come across someone, talk about senate. Do not scare them away or yell “SENATE” in their face (trust me, it doesn’t work), but if it comes up, remember we are you guys. Your current Senate roster is as follows: Tessa Kauffman and HannahClaire Sutton as your Sophomore Representatives, Savannah Knight Meigs as your Treasurer, Emerald Clark as your Secretary, Vivica Stewart as your Vice President, and me, Riley Box as your President. New advisors include Corey Peacock and Jason Charrette. Please look for us on Moodle! And email the Student Senate at student. senate@caspercollege.edu The NFL season at a glance With the NFL season in full swing its only right to break down both the AFC and NFC conferences, including each sub-division and a completely arbitrary Superbowl prediction at the end. Let’s begin with the NFC South. I have the Panthers to win it. Cam Newton is the driving force for the offence, and if he is to remain healthy, they should have no problem winning the division. Expect a tightly contested battle with the Saints, as they are definitely a playoff bound team this year. Now in the NFC West, we have the stacked LA Rams, and they will without a doubt win their division. The Rams have been a powerhouse since the 2017 hiring of Sean Mcvay, and things are not going to change anytime soon. The Detroit Lions will secure the NFC North title this year. They have an outstanding offensive and defensive line to protect Stafford. And if Stafford is given more time to throw, he should have no problem getting the ball to his receiver’s. Plus, if they throw in their newly drafted running back into the mix, we should see a wildcard contender within the Lions. The Philadelphia Eagles will most likely win their NFC East division. They have Wentz in the backfield so there is nothing to worry about. They will most likely be a Superbowl team this year. Now let’s move over to the AFC division. Let’s begin with the south. The Texans should have no problem winning the division. The Texans have acquired a left tackle and with an offensive line fully functioning Watson and the Texans should have a great year. Definitely a given but we should see the Chiefs secure the top spot in the AFC West. Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill are pretty much a cheat code and they have a witty coach in Andy Reid who runs a fast-paced offense this year should be a walk in the park for them. Also, we could see them in the Superbowl this year too. The AFC North will belong to Pittsburg. Even without Antonio Brown and Leveon Bell the Steelers have proven to still be a dominant force in their division. They have You've got Ishmael great talent in Juju Smith-Schuster and James Conner they’ll be alright this year. Now in the AFC East, we will finally see a change. I have the Buffalo Bills to win it this year. They have a great quarterback in Josh Allen and a playoff caliber defense. If the bills win it this year, they will end New England’s 15-year reign of championships and there is no better year to do it than this one. And now for the Superbowl. We should expect to see the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia. If this prediction serves correct, we should witness a high scoring game. That is your NFL season overview. There are 3 other locations on campus! Liesinger Hall Gateway Building Subconnection Mon-Thurs: 7:30AM - 2:30PM Friday: 7:30AM - 1:00PM Mon-Thurs: 7:30AM - 2:30PM Friday: 7:30AM - 1:00PM Mon-Thurs: 7:00AM - 6:00PM Friday: 7:00AM - 3:00PM Featuring meals, snacks, drinks, and anything to help your day run smoothly! �October 1, 2019 Page 3 CHINOOK Freedom............................................................continued from page 1 through education and events is why these marches are so important. Without them, people might not know how close this issue truly it, but it is everywhere,” said Kerr. “Phrases like ‘slavery’ and ‘human trafficking’ can still feel ambiguous. This is the reality: slavery is violence. It’s physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. It’s forced prostitution. It’s barbaric working conditions, and its hiding in plain sight,” the A21 website states. A Walk for Freedom helps A21 in fundraising and foundation. With over 14 global locations, they simply cannot reach every area that is wrought with this violence. That is where Casper College students, Kerr and her crew come in-- to make human trafficking local. “Our hope is to bring more awareness to our city about this issue. There are a lot of misconceptions about what human trafficking looks like, so we want people to know what human trafficking really looks like so if they see it, they can report it. Our hope is to also raise funds for A21 so they can continue their mission,” said Kerr. Wyoming is rural, with a rough and tumble reputation, but united over important issues. Human trafficking is one of those issues that Wyoming doesn’t take lightly. The National Human Trafficking Hotline reported that “in 2018 alone 45 people contacted the human trafficking hotline, with 12 of those calls becoming cases. Since 2007, 311 contacts were made, with 65 cases, overall, reported. Crisis calls were the majority, where a victim needed immediate assistance and calls reporting tips.” “These numbers may seem small, but one is too many,” says Toni. As part of their mission A21 works to identify and empower survivors of slavery. Their model-- reach, rescue, and restore, helps heal through individual sessions, pinpointing issues and providing access to housing, medical treatment, counseling, education, employment, and recovery to help ensure every survivor gains freedom. “Central Wyoming was labeled as a ‘red hot’ area for Wyoming. A total of 12 cases came out of those calls, which is 12 too many,” reiterated Kerr, “This is not some issue we can sweep under the rug or label a big city issue.” Human trafficking doesn’t only affect those in underdeveloped areas as depicted in media. “Human trafficking thrives at music festivals. It is disguised behind the facade of tinder dating profiles. Traffickers can literally be anyone--and our indifference towards recognizing their presence in our society allows them to continually deceive us,” states Sarah Beech, student at the University of Texas in Austin, and contributor for another human trafficking awareness campaign, Dressember. The Walk for Freedom is one small way A21 spreads their message on a more local level. Hosts and participants help raise money to help potential victims and fortunate survivors. As the A21 website says, “Slavery is more stoppable than ever, and that’s why we’re here, rallying around the world and doing the work together. It’s an outward expression of A21’s inward desire to see slavery abolished everywhere—in our cities, in our communities, and in our world. One step at a time and one dollar at a time, we walk and fundraise to see a world without slavery.” Hosts Kerr and Mackenzie Chadderdon, along with three other local students, Payton Wirtz, Izzie Jones, and Annalyse Johnson have partnered with Vision Beyond Borders, a local anti-human trafficking organization, to advocate for A21 and their Walk for Freedom. Their hope is to gain community support through sponsorship. The walk is free, but it is encouraged to purchase a A21 trademarked shirt to show unity, support, and inclusion. The money from the shirt purchase goes directly to the cause. Photo courtesy of Toni Kerr From left to right: Hosts for the Walk for Freedom include students Mackenzie Chadderdon, Toni Kerr, Payton Wirtz and Izzie Jones. Vaping...............................................................continued from page 1 Anna Kinder, Executive Director for the Natrona County Health Department said, “This lack of regulation could be the reason that cases of lipid pneumonia and chronic lung disease have been sprouting since April 2019.” In the United States, vaping is currently a self-regulating industry with best practices and their own guidelines. Mike Stephens, owner of Ohm Man Vape Shop said, “the point being, with the vape industry being self-regulating, we want to deliver a clean product with less harmful chemicals than contained in a traditional cigarette Ingredients in vaping e-liquid are all consumable that people eat or regularly ingest.” Ingredients like vegetable glycerin (think vegetable oil), propylene glycol (which belongs to the alcohol subgroup), and quality food flavoring make up the e-liquid. So, what is being found in the cartridges of these sting of deaths and illnesses? “Vitamin E acetate seems to be a common linkage to vaping related illnesses and deaths,” agreed both Kinder and Stephens. The Washington Post reported, “Vitamin E is found naturally in certain foods, such as canola oil, olive oil and almonds. The oil derived from the vitamin, known as vitamin E acetate, is commonly available as a nutritional supplement and is used in topical skin treatments. It is not known to cause harm when ingested as a vitamin supplement or applied to the skin.” Vitamin E is in many products, and it contains health benefits such as preventing heart disease, supports immune and eye health, as well as its link to preventing cancer. The Washington post continued, “though its name sounds harmless its molecular structure could make it hazardous when inhaled. Its oil-like prop- erties could be associated with the kinds of respiratory symptoms that many patients have reported: cough, shortness of breath and chest pain. Vitamin E has been a common denominator in every case thus far.” The CDC is not ruling on any e-liquid containing nicotine or THC. With two deaths reportedly associated with a product bought from a legal dispensary in Oregon, the CDC said it is not associating the deaths with black market products. In Casper, we have a close-knit community and notable vape shops that have –had success since 2012, when vaping began changing the nicotine industry. Local vape shop owner, Stephens said, “We carry both widely distributed e-liquid brands, and we make in-store e-liquids, here at Ohm Man. None of our product contain vitamin E. The vaping industry has been self-regulated for a long time, and until now are we have not seen a surge in illness or death. We make our product water soluble and non-toxic by using vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, both suitable for e-liquid.” Stephens has owned and operated Ohm Man Vape Shop since 2015, meaning he keeps a keen eye to regulation, rules, and industry standards. Aware of the stigma surrounding vaping and the lack of longterm study, Stephens studies up vaping and e-liquid constantly in an effort to protect his business and customers. “The wave of illnesses sounds like the THC, which when extracted is thick and not viscous, was adulterated,” said Stephens. “Adulterating makes the e-liquid seem much more appealing and smokable to those familiar with vaping, and when it is offered at cheaper prices or in states where marijuana is illegal, you’re going to see a rash of illness. This happened during prohibition as well- people going blind Photo by Morryah McCurdy/Chinook Mike Stephens, owner of Ohm Man Vape Shop visited with the Chinook about the recent vaping headlines and allowed for a photo of his shop. or dying from a bad batch of alcohol.” Regardless of the presence of the illegal or adulterated vape e-liquid, vaping began as a way to offer a ‘friendlier’ alternative to traditional tobacco smoke. “It is our responsibility to offer quality product and decrease traditional smoking, which kills almost a half million people a year. Plenty of people have switched to vaping to protect themselves and those they love. While vaping is in no way a cure for smoking, it is a better alternative with a much shorter list of ingredients. Nicotine addiction is no joke, we are merely trying to recognize the need for a safer alternative,” Stephens continued. While vaping has been marketed as a safe alternative, these vaping related illnesses and deaths cannot be ignored. Natrona County Health Department stays educated on the outbreaks of vaping related illnesses. Kinder weighed in. “With the discovery of vaping illnesses in Wyoming, we are now seeing firsthand the effects of vaping. It was always said vaping is considered safe, there are no long-term studies that say otherwise, but smoking was seen as safe for a long time, too. The truth is, vaping is new, its been around for less than ten years in the mainstream. These issues with lung diseases could be directly tied to a bad batch of vaping liquid, or this could be in fact the longer-term evidence needed to make a better determination of the effects of vaping,” said Kinder. Another issue, coming to light in these vaping related illnesses, are the ages of those impacted. “We are seeing a lot, and I mean an incredible amount of adolescence and teens that are vaping- and why? They aren’t trying to kick a habit, they are watching others partake and want to be cool, much like it used to be with cigarettes. These teen’s lungs aren’t able to handle the kind of mindless smoking that vaping enables. It is no doubt that with the flavors and cool devices, it is attracting the teens, who are largely the ones suffering from these lung issues or dying,” urged Kinder. Sergeant Scott Jones, Natrona County School Safety Officer, has reported a “high incidence of kids vaping in school. We are averaging six citations a day ranging from middle to high schools all over town. 70% of those citations are nicotine related and 30% are THC related vape pens. It is inundating our court system and we are working, in real time, to combat these instances and create harsher punishments to deter kids from partaking. All of this is killing the time of public officials and taking the focus off of education.” Kinder, and the newly formed Casper Care Coalition are coming together to hit this issue head on. “There is so much unknown right now, like how all of this weirdo stuff is becoming available. The Casper Care Coalition is holding a joint committee that will address raising the legal age of nicotine purchase to 19, eliminating online sales of vaping related products, and taxing vape products like tobacco, but in the end we do not know if this will help anything. ” The Casper Care Coalition will also focus on education in schools and address health as a whole for teens. Stephens does not disagree with educating teens about the effects of vaping and nicotine in general. “This issue won’t be solved overnight, in fact, nicotine addiction is so prevalent, that eradicating vaping would lead to tobacco use, undoubtedly, which kills 8 million people a year. What I want to ask is that the adults vaping, do so responsibly. Deal with reputable shops. Don’t go online, because many black-market vaping products come from China, where there is no regulation,” said Stephens. He went on to add, “Change your coil regularly, and keep in mind, people are watching you. If you make vaping appealing to your children, it is likely they will pick up a vape. Being in the business for eight solid years, I have never had a customer have a bad experience from my products, whether they are in-house made, or national brands.” Stephens’ focus on harm reduction and responsibility to quality remains the focus for his business, Ohm Man Vape Shop. Kinda said, “With national news covering this outbreak of vaping related illnesses, many emotions will run high as the issues are addressed in real time, with no precedence on how to combat these issues. At this moment, the Natrona County Health Department asks that you be responsible, and consider abstaining until further research is done, to find concrete commonalities,” The reality of nicotine addiction is that quitting is hard. Wyoming has unique programs to support those who want to quit smoking traditional tobacco as well as vaping. The Natrona County Health Department as well as Wyoming Quit Tobacco Program, and the CC Wellness Center offer free resources on how to quit smoking. Please visit the Casper College Wellness Center in the Student Union Building, second floor or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for more information. �Page 4 October 1, 2019 CHINOOK Know your limits: Alcohol awareness Monica Gonzalez Chinook Staff Students often find themselves unaware of the amount of alcohol that is ‘safe’ to consume, and many don't realize the consequences of overindulging until it’s too late. Body composition and other factors make every consumer’s experience unique. Various problems and dangerous situations can present themselves to those under the influence. Linda Toohey, Associate Vice President for Student Services and leader of theCasper College Care Team, came up with different ways to educate students around campus about this issue. “We encourage people to know their limits,” said Toohey. Alcohol use is something that happens quite frequently, both on and off college campuses across the country. According to the Alcohol Rehab Guide, “College Alcoholism affects millions of students every year. The college years are some of the most popular times to experiment with alcohol. Roughly 80 percent of college students – four out of every five – consume alcohol to some degree. It’s estimated that 50 percent of those students engage in binge drinking.” The Alcohol Rehab Guide emphasized the ubiquitous nature of alcohol related issues on college campuses. The guide states: “The high-risk period of binge drinking for college students is during the first six weeks of their freshman year. Many of these students fall into peer pressure and begin drinking soon after the first day of classes. Alcohol use is commonly viewed as the “college experience” that students desire. They want to fit in and make new friends, so they keep drinking without thinking about the potential consequences involved.” The Casper College Care Team understands the nature of alcohol in college, though they are working to mitigate its influence. “Alcohol use is not something that can’t be stopped but can be prevented through educating students,” according to Toohey. For your own health and safety, practice consuming everything in moderation. The Casper College Care Team has a variety of resources for students to be a part of to acknowledge what amount of alcohol is appropriate to have for their body type. More importantly, Toohey wants people to be aware of your surroundings when drinking. “It's about your safety, keep an eye on your drink and if with a friend take care of one another. If any student needs help or is concerned about any situation, don't hesitate to call the care team. We are here for the students; we want them to utilize us,” Toohey explained. Students can educate themselves on how much alcohol intake is consumed by taking a look at the college’s Stall Street Journal. Copies of the SSJ are found in restrooms across the college campus thanks to Joanne Theobald, Director of Counseling at the Casper College Wellness Center. “I Googled "stall street journal" and found that many schools do something similar. So, we decided to give it a try,” Theobald said. The purpose of the SSJ is to better inform students about this topic and many others. “We've received great feedback from the campus community about the SSJ and enjoy getting to put them up! It's a team effort between our office and the public relations office.," explained Theobald. "PR does the design/artwork, the Copy Center copies them, our amazing front office staff laminates them, and the counselors hang them up. It's fun and hopefully educational for all. Plus it does give people something else to do while they're there.” Garner continued from page 1 Quotes from the 2019 T-Bird Trek marketing instructor; she accepted immediately, no hesitations. Garner was eager to return to Casper, upon her arrival she told me she felt more “at home” here in Casper than back in Arkansas. “I’ve wanted to teach since graduation from UW in 2000,” said Garner. She later added, “My favorite part about teaching is creativity and coming up with different ways to teach students.” Beyond teaching in the classroom, she lives a pretty standard lifestyle. She has a 7-year-old soft haired Wheaton Terrier and enjoys her football on Thursdays and Sundays. Although she does like the NFL, she prefers watching college football where she can watch her favorite team, the Arkansas Razorbacks win throughout her favorite conference, the SEC. Garner's favorite things Favorite food: Burritos Favorite Movie: Sound of Music Favorite Song: "Hard to Handle" by the Blackcrows Favorite activities: Reading & Yoga Favorite Shoes: Tieks Ballet Flats Photo Courtesy of Nathan Romberg “It’s good for…people within the community who don’t have necessarily roots to Casper College and .” – Erich getting them on the campus.” – Colton Sasser (Former a fun race is it , g in n Casper College Student and Army Veteran) e the begin ing it sinc ctor) n n ru n e e “I’ve b llege instru (Casper Co d n la k n ra F “The T “This is my second T Bird Trek and I am glad I Bird T for a r ek, it’s good c got to do it this year.” – Malia Lageman (Community a go (Forme a r Casp use.” – Col od thing, member) to Army V er eteran) College St n Sasser udent and “It’s a healthy activity that gets people outdoors.” – Colton Sasser (Former Casper College Student and Army Veteran) Student or Instructor Turn your online struggles into answers by calling us. Students: Instructors: We make sure you are able to access online learning resources needed to learn in your classes. We will also help you learn to utilize the digital tools available to you for all your classwork. We can help make online course development easier for you as well as assist in making knowledge acquisition more efficient, effective, and appealing for your students through the best teaching practices and use of technologies. Top five examples of items we can help with: 1. How to use Moodle — including how to submit assignments, participate in forums, etc. 2. Use Google Suite — Google Docs, Drive, GMail, etc. 3. Accessing Office 365 . 4. Online tutoring — How and where to get extra help as you need it. 5. Moodle technical issues — except password changes, we don’t do that. Don’t wait! Get your questions answered now. An example of items we can help with: • Technologies that support learning objectives and classroom productivity like GoogleSuite, ProctorU, Zoom, Yuja, and other various Moodle activities and resources. • Providing a sounding board for ways to improve courses. • Sharing examples of instructional strategies used in other courses and programs. • Providing help in developing teaching strategies Plus a lot for online classes. more! • Providing a student perspective. Contact us. Teresa Pat Mike Donnie For help or more information stop by Liesinger Hall, room 132 or contact us at 307-268-3882, dlc@caspercollege.edu, and av@caspercollege.edu. Dave Camille �October 1, 2019 Page 5 CHINOOK The CC Volleyball Family Jayla Johnson Chinook Staff This fall’s Casper College volleyball team allows players from out of state and overseas to join the Thunderbirds and explore Wyoming culture. This season’s team includes girls from all over the country and globe. A total of sixteen girls make up the Casper College team and derive from five states and three countries, including Serbia, United States, and Montenegro. The Chinook sat down with Angel Sharman, the head volleyball coach, and asked her about the volleyball program and how they established a Casper College family. Sharman’s volleyball team hadn’t introduced international players until nearly 2007. When Sharman offered girls from outside the United States to join the team, the new atmosphere of Casper College volleyball shocked her. “It [bringing international girls to the team] just kind of opened my eyes. I do think it kind of put Casper on a broader map because [the girls] would never have heard of Casper if it weren’t for volleyball,” Sharman said. Serbian native and sophomore communications major, Jovana “Jo” Jeremic, said the team is one big family. They each have grown as players and people through the CC volleyball program, learning from each other and developing lifelong friendships along the way. “This year, we made a family tree by our levels of maturity. So some of us were low, like a kid, and some were high, like parents. I was one of the kids, and they are like my mom, dad, brothers, and sisters… They’re all really nice. I love my team this year,” Jeremic says. Since forming a team with international girls, Coach Sharman receives phone calls and emails from a variety of countries. Casper College has made its volleyball team worldwide now, allowing the word of Casper College to expand over countries and attract players within them. Circulating the Casper College volleyball program has contributed in transferring international players to the Thunderbird athletics and education programs. Players from distant countries play volleyball year round, which is not the case for American athletes. This progresses their talents in volleyball constantly rather than just one season a year. Jeremic says each girl plays different volleyball and eventually everyone’s talents just blend together throughout the season. She says she learns from them just as they learn from her. While seeking advancements in volleyball skills and techniques, international players also have a great opportunity to get an education, which does not come easy for them in their home countries. Sharman said many girls have told her they play volleyball in the United States to get an education. By recruiting these players for Casper College, it also grants a chance to experience what America is like compared to their hometowns. It gives the players an eye opener to what they have and what they don’t have when they experience living in America. Sharman and her staff have recruited many Serbian players over the years due to a close and friendly connection with Serbia coaches and athletic staff. It also helps that the Serbian volleyball team has recently earned a world championship title as well. Along with playing the sport they love, Coach Sharman has given Serbian players an opportunity to come over to the Casper and explore what it’s playing volleyball in America. A recruiting site introduced Sharman to Serbian volleyball player Jovana “Jo” Jeremic; moreover the videos Sharman saw of Jeremic’s skills and talent impressed the coach’s expectations of volleyball technicality. A video of a player can only tell you so much about them, so when Jeremic became a Thunderbird she brought more than skill. Jeremic brought an unexpected character and energy to the team and became friends with her teammates almost instantly. As far as skill goes, Sharman stated that she thought Jeremic played a solid game of back row and had an aggressive serve. Jeremic is always willing to try something her coach suggests, and she has an abundance of energy off the court as well as on it. Sharman said that Jeremic is always excited or energized even if she isn’t the one to score the point. A team isn’t complete without someone like Jeremic on it Sharman said. She also called Jeremic one in a million. Growing up in Belgrade, Serbia, Jeremic played three sports: volleyball, basketball, and soccer. Early on in elementary school is when Jeremic realized volleyball. Photo Courtesy of Jamia Johnson The CC volleyball team huddles to end practice earlier this fall semester. “My club coach walked into my class and was talking about volleyball and promoting his club. He handed me the slip of paper about his volleyball club and I said that’s it, I want to play volleyball,” she said. However, when thinking about future plans in an athletic career, she would change her mind nearly every week. One week she is a destined star basketball player, the next week she is a desired soccer player, and the next a professional volleyball player. The people around her kept telling her to pursue basketball and soccer but Jo never had the courage or inclination to stop playing volleyball. When asked about her time in Serbia compared to Casper, Jo says they are very different. In her hometown in Belgrade, Serbia, there are nearly 2.5 million people within the city. She says many people do not live in houses like Americans but instead almost everyone lives in apartment buildings. She says that the food in each country has many differences as well, saying American food has taken a toll on her body due to the unhealthiness of American foods. American personality and character is also comparatively different than those of Serbians. Jeremic stated Americans are nice even when they don’t intend to, while Serbians’ behavior reflects how they feel, which isn’t always a good thing. Although there are many differences between cultures, coming to Casper gave Jeremic an opportunity to explore America, get an appreciable education, and continue playing the game she loves. Jeremic said she feels like she is a part of a family. “I feel like if I wasn’t a part of the volleyball team, if I just came here as an international Forensics: More than arguing Jayla Johnson Chinook Staff The Casper College Debate tean posed for an awards photo. Team members include (left to right, front to back): Jae Fletcher, Izzy Garcia, Alex Walters, Jasmine Atkins, Thayne Macy, Violet Wright, Stephen Koch, Stephanie Barella, Hannah Arnold, Brax Sambrano, Kaelan Rodriguez, Jacob Dickinson WHAT’S UP October 2019 Casper College Events Calendar DAY/DATE Tue Oct 1 Wen Oct 2 Thur Oct 3 Sun Oct 6 Mon Oct 7 Sat Oct 12 Wen Oct 16 Sat Oct 19 Mon Oct 21 Wed Oct 23 Thur Oct 24 Tue Oct 29 Thur Oct 31 TIME 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 12:00 PM 3:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 8:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 3:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 3:00 PM 9:00 AM 3:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 3:00 PM 10:30 AM EVENTS Awakening Awareness-Leah M.Hardy Elemental Portraits LDSSA Club Intramural Soccer USAF Stellar Brass CM Meeting 2019/2020 Coffee with a Cop Campus Ventures Student Open Gym Intramural Flag Football Bingo An Evening of Improvised Music MNF/Pool Night Volleyball Match Big Horn Canyon Artist In Residence Volleyball Match Intramural Volleyball Intramural 3V3 Basketball Swing Dance Night Volleyball Match Halloween Face Painting & Candy Sale Important Academic Dates Oct. 1 MyCCscholarship application opens for spring 2020 scholarship applications Oct. 7-11 Midterm week Oct.14- 15 Fall Break LOCATION MU 101 VA104 UU 410 FLD MU 105, MU 100 UU 415 UU 100 PS 103 LH GYM FLD UU 301 MU 105,MU 100 UU 410 TB Gym VA 104 TB Gym LH Gym LH Gym TB Gym Department of Theater & Dance Presents Children of Eden Directed by Richard Burk October 9-11, 16-19, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Matinee: October 20, 2019, 2 p.m. student, it’d be way harder to fit in, but having those girls around is like family. It’s, like, automatically when you come [to Casper] you have 15 friends and that’s what I really appreciate about being a part of a team,” Jeremic said. Along with having a really close relationship with her teammates, Jeremic said she loves her coaches. She says head coach Sharman is really good at volleyball technique and skill while assistant coach McNamee builds more on player’s character and mentality. As for this season, Jeremic hopes to experience nationals while she is in the United States and a part of the Casper College volleyball team. “I love my coaches and I love my team and just that feeling of doing something good for the team, going to nationals, that’s all I really want,” Jeremic says. The Casper College Forensics team earned a number of awards and honors in recent years, and the team is still reaching high this season. With a mindful goal in mind, the forensics team succeeded in its first tournament of the season, at Northwest Community College, placing first among community colleges and third overall. The team hopes to continue this momentum as they head into their next tournaments. By the end of the season, specifically in April, they hope to bring this successful mindset to the community college national tournament, Phi Rho Pi. Charli Aster, a triple gold medalist, a top speaker for IPDA debate in the nation, and now a volunteer coach for the Casper College forensics team, said the team has a main goal each tournament: Change the world. He said, “Above winning competitions, we always ask ourselves how our advocacy can make the world a better place. How does your speech/performance/debate persuade your audience to finish the round and go make personal change in their communities? How can we use our voices to uplift the marginalized. To speak truth to power. Success usually flows from that sincerity.” Chinook dives in to what the forensics team actually does at a competition and what drives their success. Forensics is so much more than two people arguing in front of judges. Aster and Thayne Macy, the forensics team captain, answered this question saying it’s an activity that showcases a person’s speaking talent. It is a rhetorical tradition that focuses on competition built from activism, education, and basic ideas of the marketplace. These concepts become a form of widespread competition of policy speeches with a restricted preparation time to dramatic performances in front of an audience. A forensics team executes these styles with teamwork. Due to the wide range of topics and methods a forensics team allows members to find their voice in a subject interesting and strong to them. “The best part about speech and debate is the advocacy aspect. For the 5 or 7 or 10 minutes you perform your pieces, you are allowed to speak your mind without interruption. There is definitely something unique about that feeling,” Macy said. Macy continued to say the forensics team is more than just a competitor looking for titles, it’s a practice that expresses individuality. The Casper College forensics team participates in almost every event competitions offer. From fast paced style of debate, which require quick thinking, to impromptu speech to extemporaneous speaking, a 7 minutes speech that we have 30 minutes to prepare for about complex political issues. Even simple joke-telling and theatrical storytelling are performed by the team. Macy states, “We strive to learn from this activity; growing as people and developing life skills is a core reason why we do what we do”. The Chinook asked how the team continues to succeed in tournaments and competitions. They said the majority of success comes from the intricate development of ethical interpersonal communication. No other sport or activity relies this heavily on communication, meaning the team must develop a superior sense of talking and speech. The team does this by obtaining direct vocabulary, never leaving anything up in the air for assumption and uncertainty, and by striving for objective and truthful communication. But, the key to success for the Casper College forensics team members is passion. The program operates to refine technique and train students in a classical manner; however, passion cannot be taught, and this is what makes Casper College forensics unique. Our forensics team focuses on “empowering students to tell the stories they want to tell, no matter how they advocate for them.” Aster stressed the need for passion on the forensics team. “I can tell you from personal experience that none of my success would have come to me if I hadn’t been fueled by passion. Every round was an opportunity to educate my peers through a queer pedagogy, to give a platform to disenfranchised voices, and to use the power of rhetoric to facilitate a safe space for all perspectives,” Aster said. Aster emphasized the importance forensics places both on the person and on the world as a whole. He said the activity has always had less to do with the individual competitor and more to do with the status they have on diverse world we live in. The team is very active in fundraising and plans on using the funds to financially support their spring trip to Tokyo, Japan; moreover, this once in a lifetime opportunity allows the team to represent our college on an international level. Locally, the next forensics event will be the annual tournament Casper College hosts on Nov 1st and 2nd. “I hope that we can continue to spread awareness about the program. If you can speak well, we need you! And if you want to speak well, you need us. We love empowering our students to be the change that they want to see in the world, and our doors are always open to the community for that exact reason,” Aster said. Casper College �Page 6 CHINOOK October 1, 2019 THE CASPER COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE PRESENTS THE 2019-2020 SEASON CHILDREN OF EDEN Directed by Richard Burk October 9-11, 16-19, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: October 20, 2019, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 5 and up MARAT/SADE The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade Directed by William Conte December 3-7, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: December 7, 2019, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 14 and up THE YELLOW WALLPAPER Directed by Aaron Wood February 20-22, 27-29, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: February 23 and 29, 2020, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 10 and up NOISES OFF Directed by Richard Burk April 23-25, 29-30, May 1-2, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: April 26, 2020, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 8 and up Tickets: 307-268-2500, 800-442-2963, ext. 2500, or caspercollegearts.cc Casper College is an equal opportunity institution and as such, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law in admission or access to or treatment or employment in its educational programs or activities. Direct inquiries or complaints to Linda Toohey, associate vice president for student services at 125 College Dr, Casper, WY 82601, 307-268-2667, or linda.toohey@caspercollege.edu, or the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 1244 Speer Blvd, Ste 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582; 303-844-5695 or TDD 303-844-3417. �October 1, 2019 Page 7 CHINOOK Casper College Testing Center Fall 2019 Hours BU 120 307-268-3850 August 19 - December 13 Steps for YOU -Make an appointment to test at www.caspercollege.edu/testing-center Monday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm -Bring your Student I.D. Wednesday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Thursday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm -Ace Your Test! Friday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm -Post on your fridge ****Closed Every Wednesday 3:00 - 4:00 pm & Thanksgiving: November 27th - 29th All testing must be completed by end time Casper College Student Senate Club Funding Requirements To qualify for funding you must: -Attend at least one club meeting per month -Complete one Student Activity per semester (these must be completed with Chris Stier) -Complete one Community Service Event per semester IMPORTANT: Club Meeting Dates: Meetings are on the First and Third Wednesday of the Month in the Student Senate Room (UU 412) at 5:30. Only One Per Month is Mandatory. September 4th October 2nd and 16th November 6th and 20th December 4th Those who attended the September meeting are not required to go to the December Meeting but those who did not make the September meeting need to go to the December one. Check the T.V’s for upcoming Student Senate events including Thundering Through Barriers, Elections, etc. Use the Student Senate Moodle Page!! Vote, help your club, voice concerns, voice ideas, etc.! Clubs, do you have documents to fill out? All are on the Moodle. Contact us at student.senate@caspercollege.edu � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chinook Student Newspaper Online Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-2026 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper College Chinook Student Staff Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chinook Student Newspaper, CCA 08.i.2023.01 WyCaC US. 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Title A name given to the resource Online Chinook Newspaper 2019-10 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a></span> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-10 Description An account of the resource This is a copy of the online Chinook Newspaper from October 2019 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper College Chinook Student Staff Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chinook Student Newspaper, CCA 08.i.2023.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA_08.i.2023.01_2019-10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/fededf7c0cf7b749e130f7514966da1b.pdf 5239042d3ce0643a1a7a3ca6b1e0597a PDF Text Text March 1, 2020 Casper College’s Student Voice Since 1945 Find us online! The Yellow Wallpaper at CC Maddey Strayer Chinook Staff Writer Cacophony. Bare feet pad across the stage. Fabric and muscle stretch as one. A leap. Heavy breath. Water bottles squish, and dancers gulp deeply. One dancer in the corner laughs at a joke their friend makes as the cast prepares to begin their final tech rehearsal. Techies place piles of crinkled paper on their marks. Another leap. More smiles. More laughs. More padding feet. “Places in 5,” shouts a techie from a catwalk above the stage. “Thank you 5,” reply the cast members in unison. The dancers circle around their director, Aaron Wood, as he gives them a brief set of notes on how to improve their performance for this final rehearsal. Wood gives a smile, and the cast scurries to their opening positions. The lights dim, and the show finds it’s beginning. Dancers hold books, and meticulously circle each other in eerie silence. At first glance, it seems as if there is no real choreography at all-that the dancers are simply walking as they please. And then everything stops. The cast look up from their books, and a narrator emerges from the thick darkness. The silence is broken. She begins telling her eerie tale as she crosses the stage with captivating intent, locking the audience in immediately. “It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral homes for the summer…” Director and choreographer Aaron M. Wood is adapting the classic short story The Yellow Wallpaper, written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, into an encapsulating dancetheatre production at Casper College this February. The story focuses on an isolated woman’s state of reality and her slow descent into madness as she sits uncomfortably in a new house. Her husband John placed her in a room she despises, and forbid her from the one activity she actually enjoys-- writing. The windows are barred like a prison cell, and the paper is a sickly yellow pattern. Secretly, however, she keeps a notebook under her pillow to write in when John is away. This is our window into her madness. With nothing else to occupy herself, our narrator grows obsessed with looking Maddey Strayer/Chinook Malia McCarthy is held up by cast members Joshua Green, Vivica Stewart, Rachel Dooley, Sydney Gassiot, and Sharice — See Wallpaper, Page 3 Roberson in a rehearsal for their recent production of The Yellow Wallpaper. A Call to College Students Zach Engberg Chinook Writer The students of today are faced with a pressing issue concerning steep national debt that could easily burn out of control. David Dodson, Stanford lecturer and former candidate for US Senate in Wyoming, spoke with the Chinook about the issue. Dodson said there is a lack of transparency in politics today, and actual monetary figures are often inaccurately reported in the media. National debt continues to increase behind closed doors and will quickly come back to impact the younger generation’s pocketbooks soon, according to Dodson. He stressed that the national debt could prove to be a major problem in not only with the functions of the U.S. government but also in terms of the economy and the lives of regular people. Some of these issues are greatly out of the hands of the general public. However, the public can impact many of the major issues. Dodson outlined how the younger generation can make a change. The national the debt is sitting at as quoted by various media sources, 23 trillion dollars. Unfortunately, Dodson said the number is “an invention of U.S. politics.” The actual number, which must be released by the Treasury Department monthly, is closer to a shocking 70 trillion dollars, according to Dodson. That’s an additional 47 trillion dollars! The January 2020 report shows trillions of authorized obligations that the government completed off the radar and off the books. Dodson said the government’s spending is unsettling and in need of immediate attention. “You know you’re being lied to by the government?” Dodson questioned. “The people must recognize that the government is lying to the public.” For many, the national debt is already known and demonstrated by movements of current leaders. The severity of the issue is clear, and the politicians need to be held accountable for their actions, said Dodson. Dodson mentioned that politicians are “kicking the can down the alley” for the next generation. In other words, the national debt is at a shocking 70 trillion dollars and growing with little to no attention in the media. Putting people in the dark leaves the politicians with the power to continue with their ways. Dodson predicted that politicians will eventually pass the mess down and leave the next generations to pay for their retirement and their debt. He said if reform is not found soon though, the results do not look promising. As former U.S. senator Alan Simpson put it and Dodson quoted, unless we make some changes, the next generation will be left “sucking canal water.” “If we don’t make changes soon, a new politician is going to come along and want to fix it (through taxation),” said Dodson. Dodson explained that the upcoming generations will be faced with rising taxes in an effort to reduce the numbers the last generations “kicked down the alley.” He said the middle class will take the brunt of the taxation, and he suggests the structure of social security should change so the upper class is forced to pay more towards retirement. Voting is the key for holding politicians accountable to plan for a more sustainable future economy, according to Dodson. He said Wyoming contains an impressive 32,000 people in college, and about 100,000 people are registered voters in Wyoming. If Wyoming students want to, they can sway the elections greatly enough to, as Mr. Dodson put it “call the shots.” Essentially, students have the power to help build a sustainable economy by voting for change. THE MONTHS AHEAD March Spring break! April Happy Easter! SCROLL TO SEE... Divine's Intervention (page 2) New soccer coach (page 3) Men's and women's The Yellow basketball (page 4) Wallpaper cont. (page 3) Burger inspires through sound Jayla Johnson Chinook Writer Veteran Casper College instructor Larry Burger applies his experiences as a musician to involve himself and his students in the audio and sound production for the theatre and music departments. Burger’s home away from home is the recording studio located on the second floor of the music building. Burger works with sound boards, mixers, microphones, and many other professional sound recording equipment. He uses his experiences with the technical aspects of music making to educate his students and help them create their own. “I really enjoy when my students start to kind of get it and start to do amazing things. That’s very exciting for me,” Burger said. Burger’s expertise in sound and music stemmed from his career prior to CC. Before becoming the sound design and audio engineer educator at CC, this Texas native made and performed music for a living as a professional musician. However, Burger didn’t expect to find himself where he is today. As a child, Burger enjoyed listening to music, but it wasn’t until his parents got him a guitar that it clicked, and he knew music was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He learned to sing, play the bass and the piano. His talents translated over into playing in bands during high school. The bass became his main instrument and he played it throughout most of his career. Burger, not attending college in order to pursue a career as a full-time musician, travelled all over the country with his bands. Producing and playing bass became Burger’s life. As a professional musician, Burger learned to navigate sound systems and recording studios; he learned to record and mix his own music. In order to make the best quality of music and continue thriving in his career, Burger had to understand the backbone of sound and audio. Burger later opened recording studios of his own and headed audio/visual businesses. “I was one of the only studios in [Casper], so I tried to be open to all types of music. It wasn’t just one or the other,” said Burger. “It went from hip-hop to heavy metal to country to pop, rock to acoustic to chamber music to orchestral. So, we had a wide variety in styles of music.” Through these various genres, Burger got the opportunity to work with many different kinds of artists. As a former musician, however, he understood the challenges and thoughts of each musician he worked with. This made it easier for — See Burger, Page 3 Photo by Jovana Jeremic Larry Burger works on a sound mixer in the recording studio on the second floor of the music building. �Page 2 March 1, 2020 CHINOOK Divine's Intervention: Chinook Stance ----Homecoming Fun! Photo by Jovana Jeremic Director of Museums Patty Wood Finkle passes out the next clue to participants at the Casper College homecoming scavenger hunt; Kathryn Anderson, Brittony Rietz, Abbigail Suko, Bailey Anderson, Kim Smith, Patty Wood Finkle, Makayla Seely, Kiley Mcconnell, Debra Swedberg, Jared Bowden, Andee Cheney, Sophie Romero, Susan Shaw. “ Do you remember the first day of classes on August 19 and all the preparation to get to that point? How about finishing your last final and the sense of accomplishment you felt closing out the fall semester? Before you get lost in thinking about everything ahead of you this semester, first, take a moment to reflect on the past school year and what you’ve accomplished so far. You were successful in many ways and reflecting on how far you’ve come can be a powerful tool for keeping what lies ahead in perspective. If your college experience is anything like mine, then you are aware of the effort that goes into your studies during mid-terms and through finals. This is the toughest time of the semester but it also is the most gratifying, especially when you can keep it in perspective that soon you’ll look back on all that you accomplished this spring just as you did this past fall. Here are some important dates to keep in mind. The FAFSA priority deadline and scholarship applications for fall are due March 1. Mid-terms begin on March 9. Graduation applications are due April 1. Advising and registration for fall semester begins on April 3. For now, it’s important to concentrate on the second half of the semester knowing that you’ve done it before and with great success. There’s even time for you to relax and enjoy spring break beginning on March 16 and spring holiday on April 10. You were successful in many ways and reflecting on how far you’ve come can be a powerful tool for keeping what lies ahead in perspective. — Darren divine, Ph.D., Casper College President Gal, Pal, or Saint Val? You choose Maddey Strayer Watch what happens February 14th, Valentine’s Day, is about celebrating romance. Or is it? The blinding red and pink hues tacked on to everything, cheap stuffed animals that fall apart after a week, overpriced chocolates that don’t taste any better just because they come in a heart shaped box, and let’s not forget about all the commercialist advertising insisting that you HAVE to do something big and special this February 14th or your significant other might straight up hate you. Why do we need a singular day dedicated to showing our loved ones how we feel about them? And why do corporate companies insist on selling the same stale chocolates and as they always do, but this time they’re shaped like hearts and overloaded with red food dye. Not to mention all of the inflated prices! If you order from the Hershey’s website, a 10 ounce pack of Hershey’s Kisses on any given day costs about $6.25 , but Hershey’s more than doubles that price on Valentine’s day. A 3 ounce “heart cane” filled with Hershey’s Kisses found all around in February costs about $3.50. That may sound like a better deal, but remember you’re getting almost 3 times less the amount of Kisses. Sure, you could buy three canes to triple the amount of kisses, but beware the triple price of $10.50. That’s $4.25 MORE than you would spend on a normal, NON-COMMERCIALIZED bag of Kisses! But what if our beloved Valentine’s Day isn’t about shades of pink and hugs and kisses at all? Historians believe that Valentine’s Day dates back to the ancient Roman Empire. February 14th is sometimes known as Lupercalia (loopuhr-kAY-lee-uh). Lupercalia is a traditional Roman holiday intended to honor the gods Lupercus and Faunus, the Roman gods of agriculture. The night of the festival, names of young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars. Young men were called to draw out a girl's name from the jar and Crystalline structures, sparkle, and create a kaleidoscope of unbelievable complexity. It’s really quite outstanding and beautiful. The way the steam from the building’s grasps for the sky, as if it were a lost cloud reaching for the stars. A hidden world, covered by harsh temperatures and wind, making itself known only to the eyes of the observant. The crisp sterile air, so cold and clean that it freezes the very air you breathe, freezing the hair in your nose and taking your breath away. Reflecting and eliminating sound in an artistic performance of mother nature. When walking upon a fresh blanket of snow I can’t help but feel satisfaction as I hear and feel the crystalline structure, expressing itself in a scream of perfectly crisp crunching beneath my shoes. Oh, how it cannot be replaced. Winter’s complexity and magic can’t be ignored, and I know, it can be rough around here in the winter. I’ll go ahead and say it for us all. Winter here could be described by some unfavorable words. But winter is also beautiful. Winter is something to be proud of around here. You may not go out and suffer through the weather to enjoy a sport. You may not work out there and suffer through rigid temperatures as you watch the landscape in freezing perfection. However, you, my reader, do go outside and step on crisp snow, look out to the fields of perfection on your drive to work or school, and breathe in that crisp air while you transition from car to destination. You can experience the beauty of winter and find a special place in your heart for the season. Hey, who knows, you might just get the courage to take on a winter sport or even just adventure into the cold. Being from Wyoming, I’d say, here’s the torch my friend. Carry it with pride and honor because winter in Wyoming is harsh and beautiful. Carrying that torch means you know how much it means to a bunch of mountain folk who couldn’t live without winter. Winter Sucks, or So I Hear... Winter in Wyoming is often a dreaded part of the year. This season contains harsh temperatures and brittle wind that can and will chill you to the bone. I get it, I mean, the wind here does “blow” if I do say so myself. As a ski coach, I know how those brittle and brutal temperatures can really suck. Is it all bad though? Is there no hope for us poor Wyomingites? Let’s think for a minute and we'll see. There really is no hope huh? When the weather has me down, I find that the little things make all the difference. We have a unique opportunity in Wyoming, and we joke about it regularly. However, that joke that we are living in the middle of nowhere is really the secret. We’re a small place with, a ton of undeveloped land and it makes for an outstanding experience in the winter. There really is nothing like looking out upon miles of fresh blanketed snow, untouched and perfect through the human eyes. You can also take the survey using your smartphone Casper College Dining Feb. 17 - Mar. 6 Thanks for participating! We are happy to serve you they were paired together for the duration of Lupercalia. Most of the time, the couples were said to have fallen in love with each other and were later married. The Valentine’s Day we all know today pays no homage to this at all. Most people don’t even know the history behind the holiday at all, and they simply go with the flow of pop culture. Buying roses, baking cakes, stuffing themselves with over priced chocolate, and never giving a second thought to the origins of the celebration. Overall, Valentine’s day really seems to be a corporate holiday as a means to justify selling more products. Nothing about the current ideas of Valentine’s day with over priced heart shaped candies and fancy jewelry has any correlation to the original celebration of Lupercalia. February 14th is nothing more than a day where history is set aside to make money, and commercialism takes over entirely. Zach Engberg Kickin' back with Zach �March 1, 2020 Page 3 CHINOOK Burger................... WHAT’S UP continued from page 1 March 2020 Casper College Events Calendar DAY/DATE TIME Sun March 1 EVENT LOCATION FAFSA Filling Priority Deadline MyCCScholarship Application Deadline Mon March 2 9AM-4PM Cynthia Harrison: A Foool’s Journey to Ascension VA 104 7-10PM Intramural Volleyball LH GYM Tue March 3 9AM-4PM Cynthia Harrison: A Foool’s Journey to Ascension VA 104 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 7-10PM Intramural Volleyball LH GYM 7-9:30PM Smith/Williams Recital MU 105, 100 Wed March 4 9AM-4PM Cynthia Harrison: A Foool’s Journey to Ascension VA 104 2-3PM LDSSA Devotional Series UU 410 7-9PM Campus Ventures PS 103 7-11PM Intramural Soccer LH GYM Thu March 5 7AM-10PM Women’s Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM 11AM-12PM LDSSA Institute Class UU 410 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 5-7:15PM Love and Logic Workshop BU 126 7:30-8:30PM Sam Newsome Concert MU 105,100 Fri March 6 7AM-10PM Women’s Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM 7-9PM Spring College Concert MU 105 Sat March 7 7AM-10PM Women’s Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM 10:30-11:30AM Saturday Club TM 108 Mon March 9 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 Tue March 10 11AM-12PM LDSSA Institute Class UU 410 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 7-9PM Mietz Faculty Chamber Recital MU 105,100 Wed March 11 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 2-3PM LDSSA Devotional Series UU 410 7-9PM Campus Ventures PS 103 Thu March 12 11AM-12PM LDSSA Institute Class UU 410 5-7:15PM Love and Logic Workshop BU 126 5-6:30PM USITT Club Meetings KT 119 Sat March 14 5AM-3PM 67th Annual Kiwanis Pancake Festival UU Lawn, UU Patio Area Thu March 19 Dwaine Wagoner, “NC Moths” Tate Museum Fri March 20 8AM-5PM Shambhala Level III EI 101 Sat March 21 8AM-5PM Shambhala Level III EI 101 7:30-9PM VIBES Honor’s Recital MU 105, MU 100 Sun March 22 8AM-10PM 2020 Wyoming Academic Decathlon UU 301 8AM-5PM Shambhala Level III EI 101 Mon March 23 8AM-8PM 2020 Wyoming Academic Decathlon UU 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 3-4PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B Tue March 24 9AM-4PM Amber Olson: Ceramics Wood Fire VA 104 11AM-12PM LDSSA Institute Class UU 410 11AM-12PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B 2-5PM The Fine Art of DeVIA Printmaking VA 106 3-4PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B 6:30-8PM Through the Eyes of a DeVia Artist SH 217 Wed March 25 9AM-4PM Amber Olson: Ceramics Wood Fire VA 104 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 2-3PM LDSSA Devotional Series UU 410 3:30-4:30PM Red Heads Reading Book Club SH 215B 7-9PM Campus Ventures PS 103 Thu March 26 9AM-4PM Amber Olson: Ceramics Wood Fire VA 104 11AM-12PM LDSSA Institute Class UU 410 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 3:30-4:30PM Think Ink Creativr Writers Club SH 215B 5-6:30PM USITT Club Meetings KT 119 Fri March 27 7-10PM Multicultural Film Festival PS 103 Mon March 30 8AM-4PM GEAR UP Spring Break Event SH 217 9AM-4PM Amber Olson: Ceramics Wood Fire VA 104 11AM-12PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 3-4PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B 7-11PM Intramural Basketball LH GYM Tue March 31 8AM-4PM GEAR UP Spring Break Event SH 217 9AM-4PM Amber Olson: Ceramics Wood Fire VA 104 11AM-12PM LDSSA Institute Class UU 410 11AM-12PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B 12-1PM Inspiring Teachers Exhibition MU 101 3-4PM Writing Center Workshop SH 115, SH 215B Burger to communicate with them and understand what they wanted in the music. Burger said he doesn’t have a favorite style of music, and he enjoys each challenge he faces while producing music. An orchestra or rock n’ roll recording tends to challenge burger the most he admitted, but he learns from the process and finishes the record despite the challenge. “I enjoy all of it. In all honesty, any project is really fun and exciting. They’re all different and you want to sail those big moments but I do enjoy the challenge even on a small and basic project,” said Burger. Now, Burger applies his experiences in sound and audio to his instruction at CC. When Burger met Casper College’s school of Fine Arts and Humanities Dean, Eric Unruh, thirteen years ago, Unruh allowed Burger and his collaborators to participate in some recordings and musical interactions for CC. Due to Burger’s quality work on these projects and professional experi- ence in the field, Unruh offered Burger the job of sound design and audio engineer educator. Burger said he’s most proud of the quality of work he’s been able to consistently achieve over the long period of time. Whether it’s consistently educating his students on the art of sound and audio, or the countless pieces of music he has contributed to. “The most I enjoy [teaching] is when I have students who are hungry to learn what we’re talking about or what I’m teaching,” Burger said. Now, Burger still operates a recording studio business in Casper, separate from the college, but prefers to teach rather than produce his own. “[Casper College] is a good environment, has a high quality of education, the facilities and tools needed to teach help, and the students, all in all, are very hungry and interested. Everything just kind of comes together here for me,” Burger said. Introducing Coach McArthur Jovana Jeremic/Chinook Soccer is coming to Casper College in Fall 2020! Coach Benjamin McArthur will lead the men’s team. Casper College is slowly building a team that will compete in Region IX. The college’s biggest rival will be Laramie County Community College that ended last season as fourth in the nation. Coach McArthur said he’s already started recruiting, and he has more than half of the team signed already. The team will consist of around 30 guys from the United States, as well as from other parts of the World like Mexico, Great Britain, South Africa etc. “I appreciate the opportunity I got to work at a school that supports athletics as well as Casper does,” said coach McArthur. McArthur said his goal for next season is to win the first Region IX soccer title for Casper. Wallpaper............................................................. for patterns in the dreadful yellow wallpaper of the room. In the beginning, nothing is off putting. Simple swirls and intertwining loops. But over time, she begins to see a woman crawling in the moonlight just behind the paper. Trapped. Desperately seeking escape. Clawing at the pattern as if it were bars of a prison cell under the moonlight, but deathly still in sun. As madness overtakes her, the narrator begins to claw the wallpaper-- ripping endless yards of it to shreds in an attempt to free the poor trapped woman. Satisfied that she has freed the creeping woman, the narrator kneels to the floor and begins creeping around the room herself and fully succumbing to her madness. The piece is abstract, allowing for it to be dissected in millions of different ways. Has John placed her here in an attempt to care for her and help ease her already mad mind? Or does he have a more malicious intent-- to oppress and prevent her from becoming a fiery, literate, and strongly opinionated woman? Is there really something supernatural going on here behind the walls? Or is our narrator simply ripping through her very own delicate paper mache identity from the oppression of her husband? “I love abstract dance because through abstraction I find there to be limitless possibilities of interpretation,” says Wood. “If you can breathe, you can dance. Our bodies serve as living repositories for our live’s narratives. I believe the audience and performers will experience a shared moment through sensorial interpretations.” Dancers move across the stage like ethereal ghosts as the story progresses. The cast becomes the embodiment of the trapped woman. They slink and creep around like ghosts. Unique exaggerated facial expressions encapsulate the feeling of uneasiness and immerse the audience into the story even deeper. A soft duet. A mischievous trio. A maddening solo. And back to the full cast. For a moment, the world around you disappears.Your consciousness drifts further and further with every point of the dancer’s toes. You almost forget who you are and you’re fully transported into the narrator’s mind. Is there, perhaps, a real woman behind the paper? Are you simply imagining things, or have you gone as mad as the characters themselves? Eerie music becomes more and more intense. The light shifts to a sickening blood red. Shadows creep in every corner of the room. Paper is ferociously thrown and skewed across the stage, and everything around you is chaos. John enters the scene and, upon noticing the chaos, exclaims, “What is the matter? Whatever are you doing?!” In all the flurry, he faints. Much like the protagonist, you find yourself lost. And then suddenly, it all stops. The dancers freeze. The lights return to continued from page 1 Maddey Strayer/Chinook Malia McCarthy and Joshua Green rehearse for their role in Casper College's production of The Yellow Wallpaper. normal. The music fades. The narrator is left alone in the center spotlight, silently tracing her finger along the wall. Searching for patterns in the paper. “As a director and choreographer, one of the most gratifying moments is when the production comes alive. There is a special time when the performers take all that we have done, all that we have been through, and then own it in their own artistry,” explained Wood with a proud smile. He knows what they have all worked so hard for months to achieve has finally come to fruition. Wood’s rendition of The Yellow Wallpaper is truly enticing, immersive, haunting, and spell casting. Using dance as a medium to portray such madness, mystery, and mayhem is a perfect fit. If you are interested in attending one of Casper College’s Theatre and Dance future produc- tions, all CC students get one free ticket per show to see ANY Theatre and Dance production! Come support your fellow T-Birds performing on stage. Also -- if you are looking for a fun PE credit, take Wood’s Modern Dance I (PEAC 1470) class! The class is offered every semester, and you’re sure to have a good time! It’s a great way to build strength, endurance, flexibility, and coordination. �Page 4 March 1, 2020 CHINOOK T-Bird men prepare for regional tournament Toni Ker Chinook Writer The T-birds are wrapping up their 20192020 season, but that isn’t stopping them from bringing their all to the court. As of Feb. 28, the team posted a record of 24 and 5. The T-birds plan to keep this momentum going so they can accomplish their goal of winning the regional championship. “We’ve proven to ourselves and everybody in the league that we’re one of the better teams in the country,” expressed Head Coach Shaun Gutting. “It’s just a matter of us tackling everyday, using consistency, and just continuing to get better.” Shaun Gutting is in his first year as the head coach for the T-birds, and he isn’t disappointing anyone. “We’re ranked 24th in the nation right now. At one point in the year we were 9th, now it’s just trying to climb back up,” said Gutting. Eric Jamerman, a Sophomore on the team from Douglas, Wyo. agreed with the goal of trying to win the regional championship. “It’s still a possibility at this point if we fix the little things we need to work on and continue to improve,” Jammerman said. While striving for their goal of winning the regional championship, the team had to work through some difficult news back in January. Coach Gutting expressed how the team’s spirits have been after learning about the death of Kobe Bryant, a former All-Star NBA player. “I think it took time for everyone to kind of get back to some normalcy,” he said. “A lot of these guys might’ve picked up a basketball because of Kobe Bryant.” Bryant passed away in a Helicopter crash on January 26 while on his way to the Mamba Sports Academy for a basketball game. Coach gutting said that he let some of the team wear their favorite “Kobes” in honor of him during their game on January 29. “It’s just about doing exactly what Kobe did,” said Jamerman. “He worked hard, never gave up, and persevered.” Jamerman is in his last year and hopes to take what he’s learned from playing basketball into his next steps. “It’s taught me to just enjoy it -- enjoying playing and have fun with it,” Jamerman said, adding that he’s always grateful for the game. “I’m happy that we’re in a community and in a school where people care.” During season, Coach Gutting said, “It’s nonstop basketball and school so the challenge right now is to just stay focused on the big picture when it comes to what our main goal is and that is to win the Regional Championship.” With The Regional Championships getting closer, the team needs more students in the crowds now more than ever. “Last year we had a great student section and it helped us win our regional championship,” said Coach Gutting. “Having them here, being supportive, being loud, being a part of the program really helps our players get more excited for games. It helps them stay focused. It really makes this gym one of the harder places to play in the league when they’re here.” The student section always sits in the same section at the CC home games, and it’s never hard to find them. The section chants cheers, Photo Courtesy of Cory Garvin throws out t-shirts, and has a fun time together Eric Jamerman pulls up for a shot in the Erickson Thunderbird Gym during a game while doing so. against Trinidad State in January. Women’s basketball ready for the Region IX Tournament Jovana Jeremic Chinook Writer Jovana Jeremic/Chinook. Mya Jones shoots a layup against Eastern Wyoming College in the Swede Erickson Thunderbird Gym. The Casper College Women’s basketball team is once again finishing up the season as one of the biggest favorites for winning the Region IX Tournament. The Thunderbirds are on an 12-0 winning streak and are not planning on stopping as the end of another successful season slowly approaches. The Lady T-Birds have only a few games left to play before the regional tournament. As of Feb. 28, the lady T-Birds recorded a record of 26-3, the women’s basketball team is hoping to repeat their championship success from 2018 and bring CC another Region IX title. Mya Jones, a sophomore from Rapid City, S.D., explained that winning is not always about playing better than your opponent. “The reason that we have the record that we do this season is that we’re able to play together and understand the fundamentals of defense. Offense and other things come, but being able to stop the other team plays a huge part,” explained Jones. Both players and coaches are optimistic before the start of the tournament. Assistant coach Nathaniel Macy claims he has huge trust in his players and their ability to play well in the most important moments. “We talk to them a lot, and I believe that we have made good choices by choosing the players that we did,” says Macy. Coaches play a big part in preparing their team mentally for the regional tournament. That includes a lot of time spent in the gym, practicing, as well as in the classroom, watching film and analyzing the game, explained Macy. “Coming to work every day and showing my players that I care is my way of motivating them,” said Macy. For the Lady T-Birds fans it would be a real treat to be able to watch the Regional tournament live in the Swede Ericson Thunderbird Gym and cheer their team on. In order for CC to host the women’s basketball Region IX tournament, the Lady T-Birds have to win all of the remaining games in the season. Even though there are not many games left, the remaining games will challenge the T-Birds. By the end of February the team will have faced some of their biggest rivals, like Gillette College and Sheridan College. “It’s going to be tough to win all the games. We can, but we just have to stay locked in and be focused,” said Macy. Jones, with average of 10.2 points per games this season is currently the third most effective player in the team, behind Marija Bakic with 10.4 points per game and Natalia Otkhmezuri, who is averaging 15.5 points per game. This is Mya’s third season in Casper (she was a red shirt her second year) and winning Region IX tournament one more time for this school would mean a lot to her. “Playing for Casper is really something special. There is so much fun and good energy in the air every time we play. Winning another title and representing this school in the right way would be a great way to finish my last season here,” says Jones. Jones mentioned that the team is also focusing on winning the rest of the games, as they’re very well aware of how many benefits playing in front of your home crowd brings. Fans in the Swede are known for being loud and other teams are never excited to come play against the Thunderbirds. “It is just somewhere we are comfortable at and don’t have to adjust to,” Jones added. “It would be awesome if we could host and make this an environment people want to be in and watch!” The regional tournament is scheduled for the first week of March. Lady T-Birds are expected to make it far and bring home another Region IX title. Come to the gym or watch their games online. https://www.caspercollege.edu/chinook/ Casper College hosts Women’s Region IX Tournament A juried exhibition of decorative arts and fine crafts by Wyoming artisans Deadline for Entries: Friday, April 3, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. Show opens on Thursday, April 9, 2020, and closes on Friday, June 12, 2020. This show is open to Wyoming artisans who work with natural materials including but not limited to fiber, leather, bone, horn, wood, stone, gems, and metal. Items which visually incorporate more than 15% manmade materials are excluded from the exhibit as are paintings and photographs. Size constraints may apply due to space limitations. To request entry forms and guidelines, please call 307-235-2108, email indiahayford@caspercollege.edu, or come by the museum. Gilded beaver skull by Eileen Lemm. March 5th-7th Starting at 1:00 pm Thursday, March 5th Erickson Thunderbird Gym �March 1, 2020 Page 5 CHINOOK Student or Instructor Turn your online struggles into answers by calling us. Students: Instructors: We make sure you are able to access online learning resources needed to learn in your classes. We will also help you learn to utilize the digital tools available to you for all your classwork. We can help make online course development easier for you as well as assist in making knowledge acquisition more efficient, effective, and appealing for your students through the best teaching practices and use of technologies. Top five examples of items we can help with: 1. How to use Moodle — including how to submit assignments, participate in forums, etc. 2. Use Google Suite — Google Docs, Drive, GMail, etc. 3. Accessing Office 365 . 4. Online tutoring — How and where to get extra help as you need it. 5. Moodle technical issues — except password changes, we don’t do that. Don’t wait! Get your questions answered now. An example of items we can help with: • Technologies that support learning objectives and classroom productivity like GoogleSuite, ProctorU, Zoom, Yuja, and other various Moodle activities and resources. • Providing a sounding board for ways to improve courses. • Sharing examples of instructional strategies used in other courses and programs. • Providing help in developing teaching strategies Plus a lot for online classes. more! • Providing a student perspective. Contact us. Teresa Pat Mike Donnie For help or more information stop by Liesinger Hall, room 132 or contact us at 307-268-3882, dlc@caspercollege.edu, and av@caspercollege.edu. Casper College’s th 8 Student Film Festival Thursday, May 7th 7pm in Durham Hall (AH308) Come enjoy a selection of student made films! Free entrance All welcome! Dave Camille � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA_08.i.2023.01_2020-03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9568dcc16fcf634df5942ccc4980b70b.pdf d60aa60cc07cabd0c7d2e3ed4848f7b1 PDF Text Text November 1, 2019 Casper College’s Student Voice Since 1945 Find us online! Scarier than Midterms! Distance growth & transfer a focus for UW Bryanna Schiller For the Chinook In the World Physical Science Building, the janitorial staff decorates their doors with some spooky decorations. Riley Box Chinook Staff Writer Many have waited weeks or even months for this time to come. It is a time many people of all ages adore. Spooky season! Yes, that’s right! Halloween is finally at our doorstep. For many people, Halloween is a time of tradition, family, friends, and fun. It reminds people of home and the many exciting things they did as a kid and maybe even continue today. College students likely can’t make the trek home during Halloween, so it is important to know the different Halloween activities right here on campus and in the city of Casper. Though the college does not do as much for Halloween as it once did, it is important and fun to look back at past traditions. Chris Stier, Student Activities Coordinator talked about the history of celebrating Halloween on campus and what the school is doing now. “In the previous years…I know they did a Halloween dance and different events like that” Stier pointed out. Stier explained that for Halloween, the college as a whole does not have many events but there is still plenty to do. Different clubs and organizations put on their own events so there are still multiple options. “One club likes to do a photo scavenger hunt. I do have some escape room vouchers…I think it’s more of them [students] just picking which event,” said Stier. With the different clubs and friend groups putting on their own special events, it allows students to pick and choose which events interest them most. It gives students leeway and many options to explore with the people they are close to. It can be very difficult for students who are away from home to celebrate Halloween as it can be a family tradition. It is important that they feel more at home and welcome during this time. On this point, Stier said, “I think it’s helpful for some of the students to have something to do on Halloween, especially the newer students that maybe don’t know what’s going on in Casper or on campus” Not only on Campus but Casper in general has many things to do for Halloween, including: multiple haunted houses throughout the city, Trick-or-Treating, and going to concerts at local restaurants. Students have many options and the options vary so each person can go to something they want to. If the students feel like enjoying a more relaxed Halloween holiday, there is always the option to stay in and watch scary movies. Most schools on campus have different traditions and activities they do to get the students involved and excited about the season and festivities. One building that has been very active in the Halloween festivities is the Physical Science Building. Jared Bowden, Chair of Physics, Engineering, and Computer Science recalled some of the fun activities they do for this time of year. “We have done a…Life in the universe pumpkin carving lab, we have done a pumpkin carving get together, we have had different spooky decorations up around Physical Science.” Bowden said. Along with the different activities Physical Science does on campus, Bowden pointed out that it is important for the students to feel more connected to the college in a more relaxing way than classes. Examples like this is why the college thrives through the Halloween season. Every building and school have fun activities, events, and decorations to excite the students and keep them engaged. Bowden added that he loves to do his Halloween activities with his family too. He enjoys dressing up as a family, going Trick-or-Treating, and carving pumpkins. Casper and Casper College offer a wide variety of activities for Halloween and events for students. It helps the students feel more at home and more we lcome by their school. Different clubs and organizations put on events and there is plenty to do, so put on a mask, get dressed up, and hang out with your family and friends. It's spooky season. The University of Wyoming hopes to expedite the transfer process from Wyoming community colleges and broaden its online presence with several newly implemented initiatives. The goals of the initiatives are to expand the relationship between the university and the state’s community colleges to benefit traditional and non-traditional students alike. Graduate Wyoming, an initiative put into effect this year, hopes to enhance ease of transfer from a Wyoming community college to the University of Wyoming, according to Dr. Kate Miller in a message sent to stakeholders of the University of Wyoming on Oct. 10 of this year. The explanatory email was in reference to a presentation delivered at the University of Wyoming Articulation Conference on Oct. 4. The initiative aims to improve the transfer process of students with an associate’s degree from one of Wyoming’s community colleges who wish to transfer to the University of Wyoming. By providing tools such as transfer planning guides, reverse transfer processes, peer mentoring, and a state-wide transfer advising group in addition to the “2+2 plans” already set in place, the University of Wyoming aims to aid adults, traditional, and non-traditional students on their educational paths. 2+2 plans are articulation agreements between the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges so that students who complete an associate degree at a community college in two years can transfer to the University of Wyoming and complete a bachelor’s degree within the same major in two years. Dr. Brent Pickett, Dean of the University of Wyoming Casper, felt that easing the transfer process from Wyoming community colleges to the University of Wyoming would better serve Wyoming students. “In the end, it doesn’t seem like people are really wellserved if students are taking a lot of extra credits and just lengthening their time to attaining their educational goals,” said Dr. Pickett. “That creates retention problems, student debt issues. We’re trying to figure out how to make that more efficient, and the university has really constructively engaged with that over the last two or three years.” Along with Graduate Wyoming, the University of Wyoming holds an objective to expand the number of online or distance courses available to students at Wyoming’s community colleges. At the end of the spring semester in 2019, the University of Wyoming asked for the state’s community colleges to send in their proposals to develop or convert degree programs that could be available via distance education. These online education courses remain crucial to the state’s education with nearly 1,910 students enrolled in distance education classes at the University of Wyoming, according to the Fall Enrollment Management Report from the university in 2018. “Our mission as Wyoming’s four-year, research, and landgrant university, as well as the educational attainment goals of the state call on us to expand our efforts to serve Wyoming’s place-bound students, adult learners, and others whose life circumstances do not allow them to come to study on campus in Laramie or Casper,” said Dr. Miller. “It is important that we continue to develop and launch online degree programs that meet students where they are regardless of their geographic location or stage of life, help those students to advance personally and professionally, and contribute to the state’s needs for a citizenry and workforce prepared to meet the demands of Wyoming’s future.” In order to achieve this goal, the university invested in several tools and programs that provide services, such as continuous online tutoring, assessing online course quality BOCES Benefits: Combining credits with experience Jayla Johnson Chinook Staff Introduced in 1991, the Board of Cooperative Educational Services, otherwise known as BOCES, changed the goals of high school students of Natrona County School District who eagerly await college experience and look for educational benefits in the Casper community. The nationally known program gathers funds by receiving taxes from county residents to provide three capabilities for education seeking communities. The three programs BOCES offers include: ACE, innovative grants, and stipends. ACE, Accelerated College Education, is what most people take advantage of and what most people know about; this program pays for high school students’ college tuition and books. Innovative grants offer the college and the school district donations for educational programs. These grants, given out by BOCES, could either consist of special initiatives looking for additional funding or for startup organizations looking for funds to jump start a program. Finally, stipends grant NCSD and Casper College faculty to work on or finish their graduate degrees. Jeana Lam-Pickett, the Casper College BOCES Program Specialist, said, “It’s just a great benefit to have over the years thousands and thousands of students [use BOCES]. So, thank you to the taxpayers of Natrona County and our board of directors.” BOCES courses come in two adjustable forms: dual or concurrent enrollment. Dual courses, accredited at both the high school and college, happen through the college either online or on campus. On the other hand, concurrent courses, after approved to earn college credit, take place at the high school campus. It’s most common today for a BOCES student to take dual credit courses due to few concurrent classes offered. “I think we are very fortunate in Natrona County that we have this program. We run ours differently than the other locations in Wyoming... I find that the way Natrona County [offers the BOCES program] is unique in the way that we pay for tuition and books,” Lam-Pickett said. The biggest goal of this program, Lam-Pickett noted, is to invite high school students to take one or multiple college classes to see if they enjoy the college experience; likewise, these students will hopefully realize they can handle college and continue on the path of higher education. Lam-Pickett also mentioned that the program pays for the class and the books so high school students can just try out the college life and see how it goes for that individual. For some high schoolers, BOCES empowers them to take more than one free class and even get them started on a degree. “It’s a great way to get college credits for free. A lot of students, could have - just by doing what BOCES pays for if you start early enough - by the time they graduate from high school, easily, their first semester of college done or even your first year of college. So that could get you through college faster, which makes it cheaper,” LamPickett said. According to Casey Schell, a Kelly Walsh High School counselor, most students who utilize the program carry college bound characteristics and look to further their education through college courses. These high school students typically have a sturdy plan to continue their education and specific goals in mind for their future. Juniors and seniors who have almost, if not already, completed all of their high school requirements are a common theme among students affiliated with BOCES. “It’s really the gamut because we have so many different types of students. There are those looking to take core classes, and maybe those are college bound students. Then we also have students who are more interested in the technical side of things, the tech ed side, so they could be taking auto mechanics, welding classes and things — See BOCES, Page 7 — See UW, Page 8 THE WEEKS AHEAD This week Very Cold! Next Week Welcome to Winter The week after Closer to Thanksgiving!!!! �Page 2 November 1, 2019 CHINOOK Chinook Stance Divine's Intervention: Fall is a beautiful time of year and I especially enjoy the color contrast between the green lawns on campus and the turning leaves. It also reminds me that inclement weather lies ahead and first and foremost on my mind is to make sure we all remain safe when it comes. Our first storm of the season came and went without as much as leaving a skiff of snow behind. The storm’s outcome wasn’t nearly the promised 4-8 inches we had been preparing for days in advance of its arrival. However, with each --- Habits --- Rise & Grind with Morryah More often than not, habits are ingrained in us through repeated behaviors. Habits can be helpful, like brushing your teeth or washing your hands, and they can also be harmful, like scrolling Facebook to wind down at night or stress eating when you’re overwhelmed. These behaviors are often repeated that they become subconscious. Have you ever been so busy, with so many deadlines or assignments due that you find yourself eating a pint of ice cream and not knowing why? Your coping mechanism was to stress eat, not organize and conquer. Basically, you procrastinated and ate 500 calories. I am totally guilty of this. Habits are, in nature, subconscious decisions that we make. These automatic decisions have a lot of power. It can mean waking up on time-- and being on time for the rest of your day--or hitting the snooze and rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off. Habits help us do hundreds of things in our lives without much thought. It’s like a clever trick our brain uses to help us be more efficient, but too often, we create unhealthy habits that really put us off track. Then, let’s add our instant gratification culture, and we are seriously in danger of digging ourselves into a hole. In terms of bad habits, the food industry does a great job of exploiting our instant gratification and mindless eating habits. Fast food and processed foods are a huge contributor to weight gain, lethargy, and mindless eating. These foods are easily accessible, made from many, many ingredients and preservatives, and the foods create a craving loop. It’s easy to eat these foods because they are available everywhere and let’s be honest, they are delicious—but they are so unhealthy. er spap w e Casper e k N College’s noo w Onlin i h C Student No Voice Since 1945 It’s a habit to reach for these foods before we opt to make a meal from scratch for several reasons. One, because of instant gratification, and two, it’s a habit. Nearly all of us grew up with access to fast food and processed food. We also grew up in a world of easy and constant stimulation-which is creating its own set of legitimate issue-- but I digress. Small actions are how habits are created. Changing an existing habit is easiest by replacing it with a new one. If you have a habit of coming home, grabbing some munchies, and sitting on the couch under the guise of selfcare, I hate to break it to you, but that is the opposite of self-care. That’s self-sabotaging behavior that hurts you. Self-care does not hurt you. Replacing the habit of eating and lounging with a habit of going for a walk or weight training for 30 minutes boosts your morale as well as helps with mental clarity. That is self-care. Our era is filled with so many vices, coping mechanisms, and bad habitual behavior that we must seek out challenging things. Overcoming a challenge helps with mental and emotional health, and it boosts your confidence. You literally have the power to make change in your own life by doing things that are just a little harder than you’re used to. These little challenges build up to make a substantial difference, just like little bad habits build up to make a substantial pitfall. My advice would be to seek out hard, but manageable things. Make a habit of cooking meals or meal prepping. Make a habit of not surfing the internet on your phone in bed. Make a habit of moving your body for 30 minutes a day, drinking more water, meditating, calling your grandma, or not eating those last three bites of dessert. These things aren’t impossible, they are just a little harder than you’re used to. Moving toward these healthy changes, not simply becoming a fitness God should be the goal. It is all about practice not perfection and making positive changes now that will impact your future. It’s like those sayings, you don’t want to look back at now and wonder why it took you so long to start. “ passing storm including the last two occurring over weekends, we monitor and assess its potential to impact students and staff at the college and are prepared to take action if necessary. Occasionally over the years, we have had to close campus and did so this past spring when a recordbreaking 13.6 inches of snow closed down much of Casper and the surrounding region. This was the second snowiest day recorded for March dating back to around 1940.We will continue to monitor and assess the changing weather conditions and hope that you will too, especially if you plan on traveling outside Casper. If it appears that inclement weather will have a significant impact on campus, we’ll send a message using CCAlert so now is a good time to log into your CCAlert account and make sure your communication preferences are correct. Visit caspercollege.edu/ccalert.I hope you enjoy what is shaping up to be a beautiful fall on campus and take advantage of the many activities and events occurring. Now is a good time to log into your CCAlert account and make sure your com- munication preferences are correct. Visit caspercollege.edu/ccalert.I hope you enjoy what is shaping up to be a beautiful fall on campus and take advantage of the many activities and events occurring. High School is No Musical Everyone keeps asking: What’s it like being a high school volleyball manager? My answer: exhilarating. Just last week I was asked what my best volleyball accomplishment was and I answered, “I once carried 7 volleyballs at one time.” The crowd was in shock. They had never witnessed such greatness before. But, I do more than carry seven balls at one time. At practice, I write down what the coaches tell me and I write it down skillfully. When they say write down three points, I write down the best three points. They say write down her name, I write down her name in utter perfection. When they say don’t — Darren divine, Ph.D., Casper College President The Manager Life write on the board, I don’t write on the board the best. I always do the best when asked to do something. Likewise, when the coaches tell me to pick up some volleyballs, I pick up seven at one time. When it comes to game day, my skills are unleashed. I show up to the game 15 minutes before the coach tells me to, just to show my dedication. While the players are wasting time in class, I am overachieving and, yes you guessed it, carrying seven balls at one time. When it’s game time, I grab my pen and paper and begin the grind. During the game it is my responsibility to record, with the absolute best of my ability and nothing less, the end of each volley. Our player spikes the ball, I write it down flawlessly. Our player blocks another girl, I write it down with superbness. The only thing I don’t write down is when someone carries seven balls at one time, but that’s only because no one can do it except for me. And besides, if I’m carrying seven balls at one time I don’t have a free hand to pick up my pen and paper. On the Kelly Walsh volleyball team, there are a total of three managers. I, obviously, have the top spot. My title being manager #1. I call manager #2, “assistant to the manager” and manager #3, “oh yeah there’s another one.” They will earn better titles when they pick up seven balls at one time. The role of manager was calling my name, so I answered. I finally found my true purpose in life: becoming a vital component of a volleyball team by being the volleyball team manager for a small Wyoming high school team, or as I call it vBAVCOAVTBBTVTMFASWHST. That is what I put on my resume, right next to my greatest accomplishment of carrying seven volleyballs at one time. Some practices I slack off a little, only carrying five balls, but that’s only because the day before I wrote down points too perfectly that my arms and hands needed a day off. But you best believe I am back to carrying seven balls at one time the next day. All in all, the position of volleyball manager is no easy operation. There’s no light work, there’s no days off, and there’s definitely no nonsense. It comes easy to me because of the fact that it’s my destiny, and I was placed on this earth to fill this position. How have I not won awards, you ask? For the sole reason that they do not exist. If they did, however, I’d have over 70, the number of balls I can carry at one time times 10. That’s just how good of a manager I am. CLOSING STATEMENT: In all seriousness, I do enjoy being the volleyball team manager and am lucky to be a part of the team. This column is exaggerated for comedic purposes and I do have a life, I promise. The NBA season at a glance With the NBA preseason finally complete he trades have been completed and the new contracts have been signed here is your basketball season predictions. The eastern conference this year will result in a showdown between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers for the top seed. The 76ers host the Celtics on the 23rd of October-- expect a breakout game from Tobias Harris, this will be the season that he assumes the star role for the team and lives up to his contract. And with Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, and Al Horford they could win the conference this year. That top spot won’t come without a fight with the Bucks, who host the Rockets on October 24th. It should be a tight game between the two -- expect Russel Westbrook to have a game high in stats. He now has a stronger team behind him in James Harden and P.J. Tucker to name a few. The game should end in a win for Giannis and the Bucks He should be starting the season with a triple double in the books. Other playoff teams include the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, and the Orlando Magic. Don’t sleep on the Celtics though. They have a strong team with Kemba Walker, Gordan Hayward, Jason Tatum, and the new addition in Tacko Fall who has high expectations and will live up to them. The first five team standings should look like this. #1 76ers, #2 Bucks, #3 Celtics, #4 Rockets, #5 Nets. With the Warriors not being the team everyone feared anymore, we will see the teams that were lower in team standings rise up. With that being said, the Denver Nuggets will have a great season this year. They will be a top five team. After coming off of a playoff run last year, expect them to be one of the top three teams in the western conference. With a defensive identity last year, expect them to get at a good pace offensively. With Nikola Jokic leading Denver offensively last year, it should be more equal this year. Murray, Millsap, and You've got Ishmael Barton will get going offensively, and we should see a more well-rounded Nuggets team this year. However, the number one team this year will be the Clippers. Even with Paul George injured, the Clippers still have hope. They still have Kawhi Leonard, Patrick Patterson and Lou Williams. They will lead the Clippers while George is out. When George returns, we won’t see the offensive threat that he is right out of the — See NBA, Page 3 T-Bucks can be purchased in $25 increments and work just like cash Use T-Bucks at any campus dining location Watch for several fun events at Tobin Dining Hall this November @caspercollegedining �November 1, 2019 Casper College Housing What’s the situation? Students play catch in residence hall common area. Riley Box Chinook Writer New Student Life and Residence Hall Director Corey Peacock is often found sitting at his desk mulling over numbers, goals, and ideas for the residence halls in the coming future. In his role, Peacock helps kids get acquainted to their new city and college by making them feel more at home. One of the many responsibilities he now faces with his new position is getting students to make the choice to stay in the residence halls. Because Casper College is a community college, dorm numbers are lower compared to larger and more visited universities. People may even say it is a problem that the occupancy is not completely filled. “As of Oct. 1st, our occupancy in the residence hall was 79.4 percent. Hovering right around 80 percent” said Peacock. Though he says there’s room to grow, those numbers are right around where they were last year and seem to be on an upward growth. Casper College has one residence hall and three apartment complexes on campus. It is very hard to fill those to capacity based on the type of college Casper College is, but it is not impossible. With some vacant rooms, there is always space to grow the number of on campus residents, and Casper College is very close to reaching its goal. Unfortunately, it is hard to gauge our housing department to other colleges nationally because of the immensely different backgrounds and housing situations each university and college faces. Peacock explained “It really depends on school specific situations…I think we have the right number of beds and I am excited for next year to get our numbers hopefully into the 90 [percent’s].” Peacock added that just because the numbers are good, doesn’t mean he is satisfied. “From my perspective, being an overachiever, I would like to see that number in the 90’s.” Peacock said. Though the number is ultimately where the college wants it, we always want more. We are sitting in a good spot and only see improvement in the future. Peacock claimed that he has many reasons Photo Courtesy of Student Life Office. as to why he wants beds filled on campus. Not only is it good for business with the college, but it provides educational opportunities for the students living on campus that living off campus just cannot provide. Peacock states “I would want all of our beds to be filled.” Peacock said he believes strongly about the quality of living on campus and it boils down to three things: convenience, support, and success. Convenience is a large part of why Peacock wants kids to live on campus. During cold and snowy days, driving across town or even starting your car is not as much of a concern when living on campus. On top of that, the college is implementing classes within the residence halls for residence hall students only which will help students succeed and further their knowledge. Support is the next biggest part. Peacock exclaims that his staff as well as all of the residence hall teachers and employees can help guide students by providing emotional and educational support. All this leads to the last thing, success. “We see that they [students] are more satisfied with their college experience” Peacock states of students that live on campus. Because students are living in an environment with resources, other students, and support, it is more likely students will succeed in the environment instead of worrying if they can live somewhere the next month, eat, or even pay for utilities. The college does not only want the residence hall numbers to grow for business purposes, but it is clear that living on campus has true benefits to the students. But are the numbers scary? Is it too low for the college? No, the college is happy with the numbers currently and they only seem to be improving. Casper College residence halls are not filled to capacity. They are not even in the 90th percentile. But it is growing and growing fast. Under the helm of the new, dedicated housing director, they seem to be moving up faster and faster. According to Peacock, Casper College is in a good spot and will continue to grow. The residence hall staff is not looking at the empty rooms, but which future leaders will occupy them. NBA.................................. continued from page 2 gate, but he will contribute. As the season continues, we will see George start to warm up and the Clippers continuously winning. The Clippers host the Lakers on October 22nd. This game will be a statement from the Clippers, letting the Lakers know that they are the top competitors in the conference. We should see a high amount of points from Leonard and Williams with the Clippers scoring at least 12 more points than the Lakers. The Lakers this year will be at least #5 this year. Yes, they have Anthony Davis, but that doesn’t mean that Davis and Lebron will immediately play well with each other. They won’t be at their final form till the end of the season where they will come out of nowhere and beat teams that they should lose to. Other playoff bound teams include the Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, and the Dallas Mavericks. Page 3 CHINOOK Both the eastern and western conference finals will host the most exciting games to date. The eastern finals will host a matchup between the 76ers and Bucks With the 76ers winning and headed to the Finals. The western should host the Nuggets and the Clippers. The Clippers will end up winning and the finals matchup will be between the 76er and Clippers with the clippers winning the championship and Kawhi dubbed as finals MVP. Stay tuned for more! The Director's Seat: Children of Eden Ishamel Bujosa-Perin Chinook Staff What do you think of when you hear the term director? Is it the stereotypical guy in a beret and megaphone? If so, David Burke the director of last month’s Children of Eden play. Is the exact opposite. In fact, this is what directing means to him: “coordinating all elements that gives the audience a unified effect.” Burk also mentioned that being on set is like “herding cats.” When directing a production, Burk looks for a story that holds the audience’s attention, characters that can be cared about, and an end outcome that leaves doubt with the audience until the final scene. He also seeks opportunity for all students and encourages everyone to get involved in theater. “Theater is a like a good football game with a competitive underdog, I want the audience to not know how the show will end,” Burk explained. Burk said he ended up in the director’s seat when Casper College gave him the opportunity to teach. He enjoys teaching so much that he turns down opportunities to utilize his master’s degree in acting. Burke said he prefers directing and enjoy the teaching opportunities that it offers. Not only does he enjoy directing, but he enjoys coordinating all elements. Besides the main act there is a lot of singing and dancing throughout the show. According to Burke, “The production is about imposing restrictions on kids and finding a way to connect through letting go of restrictions.” If you couldn’t attend the play, this is the story you missed out on. The Children of Eden is based off of the first nine chapters of Genesis in the Bible. The main focus of the play is on parenting and family dynamics. Burke walked the Chinook through the sequence of the play. Act 1 began with the story of Adam and Eve. The play focused on how Eve disregarded the instructions and ate the forbidden fruit. Then enter Cain and Abel and the betrayal that leaves the death of Cain at Abeles hands. The final act started with the famous Noah and The Ark story and how Abel seeks redemption for his actions. The Children of Eden production of also includes Yohan and how he was snuck onto the ark. Burke and his crew spend many hours on productions at Casper College. Be sure to attend the next show. WHAT’S UP November 2019 Casper College Events Calendar DAY/DATE TIME Fri Nov 1 Sat Nov 2 Mon Nov 4 Tues Nov 5 Wed Nov 6 Thur Nov 7 Sat Nov 9 Mon Nov 11 Tue Nov 12 Wen Nov 13 Thur Nov 14 Fri Nov 15 Sat Nov 16 Sun Nov 17 Mon Nov 18 Tue Nov 19 Wen Nov 20 Thur Nov 21 Fri Nov 22 Sat Nov 23 Sun Nov 24 Mon Nov 25 Tues Nov 26 Wen Nov 27 Thur Nov 28 Fri Nov 29 Sat Nov 30 EVENTS 9:00 AM 1:30 PM 4:00 PM 10:30 AM 7:00 PM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 9:00 AM 2:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 AM 2:00 PM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 1:30 PM 1:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 AM 5:30 PM 8:00 AM 1:00 PM 8:00 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8::00 AM 4:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:00 AM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 AM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 AM 10:30 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 3:00 PM LOCATION US Commission on Civil Rights Mtg SH 217 Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM Basketball Home Opener Tailgate TB LOBBY, TB PARKING LOT Saturday Club TM 108 Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM LSO Joint Minerals Committee GW Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA 104 The Viewfinder’s Journey -Kathleen Wille MU 101 MNF/Pool Night UU 301 Intramural Volleybal LH GYM LSO Joint Minerals Committee GW 225 Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA 104 The Viewfinder’s Journey -Kathleen Wille MU 101 Werner Wildlife Writer’s Workshop WM WY-ECPLC UU 421 CM Meetings 2019/2020 UU 415 Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA 104 Writning Center Anniversary Reception SH 215 NSLS UU 322 Studednt Senate UU 410 Intramural 3V3 Basketball LH Gym Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA 104 The Viewfinder’s Journey -Kathleen Will MU 101 LDSSA Club UU 410 FAFSA Night GW 210 Speaker on Russia PS 103 Art Show: Sagebrush Sea Opens WM Bob Bowman Concert MU 105, MU 100 Prometric WY Nurse Aide Exam LH Gym Home Basketball Game TB GYM Veterans Appreciation Week Roll Call UU LAWN, UU PATIO AREA, UU FIRE PIT Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA 104 The Viewfinder’s Journey -Kathleen Wille MU 101 MNF/Pool Night UU 301 Intramural Volleyball LH GYm LSO Capital Financing GW 225 WOGISA Leadership Training BU 218 Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA 104 The Viewfinder’s Journey -Kathleen Wille MU 101 CM Meetings 2019/2020 UU 415 Intramural Volleyball LH GYM Private Lines Insurance Training UU100 Water Development & Select Water UU 322 Casper Mountian Ski Patrol Meeting PS 109 Intramural 3v3 Basketball LH GYM Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM Veterans Appreciation Week Speaker MU 105, MU 100 Water Development & Select Water UU 322 Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM Casper Open Volleyball Tournament LH GYM Home Basketball Tournament TB Casper Open Volleyball Tournamen LH GYM MNF/Pool Night UU 301 Intramural Volleyball LH GYM Casper Ag Expo WA 106, WA 107, WA 108, WA 101-LOBBY Alumni Christmas Tree Decorating GW 301 D.E.A.F. MU 105, MU 100 WY-ECPLC UU 421 CC Board Meeting GW 312 Intramural Volleyball LH GYM Casper Ag Expo WA106,WA107,WA108, WA 101-LOBB Intramural 3v3 Basketball LH GYM Jazz Night MU 105, MU 100 Casper Ag Expo WA 106, WA 107, WA 108, WA 101-LOBBY Thundering Through Barriers UU 301 Werner Wildlife Study Series “Painting Nature” WM CC Percussion Group Concert MU 105, MU 100 Large Ensembles Concert MU 105, MU 100 Wyoming Futsal League Games UU 301 International Survivors LH GYM Wyoming Futsal League Games LH GYM Big Horn Canyon Artists in Residence VA104 The Viewfinder’s Journey -Kathleen Wille MU 101 CM Meetings 2019/2020 UU 415 Student Senate UU 410 Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM Home Basketball Tournament TB GYM Important Academic Dates November 1 Information November 22 Advising and Regis- Advising day November 7 Institutional tration Event November 2 withdrawal deadline November 27-29 Annual Instructors Clinic November 8 Fall Visit Day Check-In Thanksgiving Holiday November 4 Student Work November 14 UW Transfer Fair Casper College Student Senate Club Funding Requirements To qualify for funding you must: -Attend at least one club meeting per month -Complete one Student Activity per semester (these must be completed with Chris Stier) -Complete one Community Service Event per semester IMPORTANT: Club Meeting Dates: Meetings are on the First and Third Wednesday of the Month in the Student Senate Room (UU 412) at 5:30. Only One Per Month is Mandatory. September 4th October 2nd and 16th November 6th and 20th December 4th Those who attended the September meeting are not required to go to the December Meeting but those who did not make the September meeting need to go to the December one. Check the T.V’s for upcoming Student Senate events including Thundering Through Barriers, Elections, etc. Use the Student Senate Moodle Page!! Vote, help your club, voice concerns, voice ideas, etc.! Clubs, do you have documents to fill out? All are on the Moodle. Contact us at student.senate@caspercollege.edu �Page 4 November 1, 2019 CHINOOK Walk for Freedom NSLS 2nd annual food drive Morryah McCurdy Chinook Staff Photo Courtesy of Maddie Reed The A21 Walk for Freedom took place October 19 in Casper, organized by Casper College student, Toni Kerr, pictured above. A21's walk raised $1,236 in Casper. Join our staff this spring! Interview & write Take photos & Design Learn sales & Advertising The Chinook is a one credit class, titled Independent Publications. Contact our faculty advisor Bri Brasher for more information brianne.brasher@caspercollege,edu Roughly one in five people in Casper are food insecure and Casper College’s National Society of Leadership and Success is approaching community food insecurity by partnering with local food project, Wyoming Food for Thought throughout the month of November. NSLS is in its second year working to bring awareness about local food insecurity to the CC campus. “I think it is important to be spreading awareness, especially on campus, because young adults can make a difference. It can be a hard pill to swallow, especially for students who don’t have exposure to these sorts of hardships, but it’s a real issue,” said Rebecca Schuler, vice president of the NSLS. The NSLS brings light to low-income struggles through sensitivity. “The point of a canned food drive isn’t to judge because we all need help. I know first-hand what it’s like to depend on food donations. It can feel depressing, at least that’s how I felt when I was younger but that view only hurt me. If you need help, you need help,” said Schuler. Food insecurity impacts Natrona County heavily. Children and elderly folks are the most effected demographic. Last year, the NSLS partnered with the Campus Kitchen at CC, now the Food Recovery Network, to bring meal kits to various low-income apartment complexes in the city of Casper. By bringing attention to the underserved populations and consistently hosting food drives, students are noticing and taking part. “Last year a few classmates and I helped repackage bulk items and deliver food to some complexes in town. It was really rewarding to see relief for the people, even just talking to them for a moment,” said Keri Downes, Casper College student. The meal boxes supplied all the ingredients and a recipe card for the residents. An anonymous donor donated ground meat for each kit, so there was a full protein for 125 meal kits. Last year’s food donation supplied over 350 people with a meal. NSLS efforts from the food drive aligned with local food pantries and the many programs to help combat food insecurity, but it will never be enough. This year, the NSLS is partnering with Wyoming Food for Thought, a local food project that began over six years ago. The Wyoming Food for Thought Project is different from the pantries in Morryah McCurdy/Chinook The photo above features one of Food for Thought's free gardens, maintained by volunteers. town. First, it’s not a pantry, it’s a longterm project, and second, its intention is to break the stigma surrounding food insecurity. The hub, located in North Casper, is growing into a staple for families in Natrona County. Every week, volunteers come to pack weekend bags that are offered to students in the district. “We have the best volunteers. I am always touched by how many people want to make the Food for Thought vision happen. Last year was a big year for the Weekend Food Bag program. We gave 253,510 bags to students,” said Jamie Purcell, executive director of Wyoming Food for Thought. Wyoming Food for Thought also hosts community gardens throughout Casper. The idea is to foster an interest and educate youth on growing sustainable gardening. Purcell is especially passionate about the fresh food saying, “Gardening is how we help people get healthy food. With non-perishables as our staples, to be able to give fresh vegetables helps in every health aspect, especially young kids and elderly. We offer rentable plots, a hightunnel for year-round production, and eventually we hope to assure year-round production on a larger scale.” Wyoming Food for Thought’s website also states that the project paired with Centsible Nutrition in order to bring nutritionally well-rounded weekend bags to the kids. “The goal is to make these bags as healthy as we can, because kids need nutrients for normal growth and development, a strong immune system, energy, optimal brain function and a healthy body weight,” stated the website. The NSLS chose to volunteer for Wyoming Food for Thought this winter season because of student’s longer winter break. “This year we are trying to make a bigger impact by not putting limitations on the types of food collected. Instead of making a meal box, we are helping an established food bank with items they are in need of for the food bags,” said Schuler. The NSLS placed collection boxes around campus, and the group is in need of non-perishable, kid-friendly foods for the weekend food bags. Wyoming Food for Thought packs weekend bags every Wednesday, at 900 Saint John St. “Acting like food insecurity isn’t our problem, that it isn’t a human rights issue and keeping our heads in the sand will only make food insecurity worse, said Schuler. “I would strongly encourage students and faculty to support the National Society of Leadership and Success by donating what you can,” conveyed Schuler. Student or Instructor Turn your online struggles into answers by calling us. Students: Instructors: We make sure you are able to access online learning resources needed to learn in your classes. We will also help you learn to utilize the digital tools available to you for all your classwork. We can help make online course development easier for you as well as assist in making knowledge acquisition more efficient, effective, and appealing for your students through the best teaching practices and use of technologies. Top five examples of items we can help with: 1. How to use Moodle — including how to submit assignments, participate in forums, etc. 2. Use Google Suite — Google Docs, Drive, GMail, etc. 3. Accessing Office 365 . 4. Online tutoring — How and where to get extra help as you need it. 5. Moodle technical issues — except password changes, we don’t do that. Don’t wait! Get your questions answered now. An example of items we can help with: • Technologies that support learning objectives and classroom productivity like GoogleSuite, ProctorU, Zoom, Yuja, and other various Moodle activities and resources. • Providing a sounding board for ways to improve courses. • Sharing examples of instructional strategies used in other courses and programs. • Providing help in developing teaching strategies Plus a lot for online classes. more! • Providing a student perspective. Contact us. Teresa Pat Mike Donnie For help or more information stop by Liesinger Hall, room 132 or contact us at 307-268-3882, dlc@caspercollege.edu, and av@caspercollege.edu. Dave Camille �November 1, 2019 Ridin' to Victory Jayla Johnson Chinook Staff The Casper College Rodeo team earned numerous awards and national titles in past years and continued on similar track with success this season. Collegiate rodeo season has recently come to a close and the Casper College Thunderbirds lead many events. This season the thunderbirds placed first or second at every weekend the team competed in and plan on continuing to maintain these positions in future competition. The CC’s men’s and women’s rodeo teams both finished second in the Central Rocky Mountain region this fall. “I guarantee [CC] is going to be up there be for CNFR (College National Finals Rodeo) this year, because the top two schools go into the CNFR,” said Megan Frank, an agriculture communications major at CC and member of the University of Wyoming rodeo team. Frank also said, the Cowboys from UW and the Thunderbirds teeter back and forth for first place in the regional standings. While several misunderstandings surround rodeo, Frank defended the sport. “Our animals are really looked after. They are honestly spoiled, more spoiled than a house cat would be. They are definitely not abused or mistreated and that’s definitely something people don’t understand about rodeo,” Frank said. To get a better understanding of the rodeo sport, the Chinook asked Kellan Johnson, a psychology major at CC, what rodeo is in a nutshell. He said, “It’s the cowboy way of life. What you would read about in a book, and they say cowboys. It’s extremely hard to explain, but if you just think of the definition of a cowboy, that’s what a rodeo would be.” The average person cannot jump into rodeo and automatically show skill. Johnson said, a lot of steps and variables can go wrong very quickly if not done correctly. With these events, it’s incredibly difficult to know what will happen due to the many minds functioning in that moment: the horse, the steer/goat/bull, and the competitor. Johnson explained that mentality plays a huge role in rodeo and it’s something that takes years and years of practice before you take a serious step in the sport. “In football you can practice, you can do reps, but in rodeo if you’re practicing wrong or if you don’t have the right horse it gets hard. It’s not something you can just jump into,” Johnson said. Rodeo consists of many events, making it a very complex and intricate sport. These events include, saddle bronc, team roping, barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, calf roping, steer wrestling, and bull riding. Every event has its differences, Frank said, but roping events consist of similar tactics and evaluation. Frank provided a run-down of her event, the breakaway roping: “Roping is a timed event. There are penalties, either a five second penalty or a ‘no time’. If the competitors run through the barrier, it’s a five second penalty. If they miss a [single] leg, it’s a five second penalty,” explained Frank. Page 5 CHINOOK It may seem like a simple concept to rope a calf, but as Frank described, roping is not easy. Unlike the three roping events, the bucking horse and bull riding events base scoring on both the animal and the rider. Two to three judges decide whether or not the rider or the animal did well enough for a good score, but, as Frank said, a rider cannot receive a good score if his animal did poorly. As for team roping, a team of two make up this event: a header and a heeler. If the heeler only ropes one leg, it’s a five second penalty, and if either the header or the heeler miss the steer completely it’s a “no time.” The barrel racing event has scoring based on time, with a five second penalty for knocking over a barrel. The goat tying and calf roping event does not have any penalties except for if the calf or goat gets untied it’s a “no time”. Each individual competitor receives a certain amount of points based on how well they do in their event, and in the end all individual points add together for that school and create a cumulative score. However, not all competitors contribute their points, for each competition the coach picks a “points team” to represent their school and event. This “points team” usually consists of competitors with a successful past in their event and a consistency of earning high points for the team. At the end of the day, the points from the points team create a representative number for the school’s team. Whichever team has the most points at the end of the day, wins the weekend. Frank said, “They pick a Carson Johnson ropes as the heeler for Casper College. points team [for each competition]. So the coach has to guess who is going to do good, basically. So you can have a team member go out and win the barrels but she wasn’t on the points team, so the team doesn’t get her points… but, then she’d probably get put on the points team the next weekend.” Rodeo practices allow the individual competitor to work on a specific subject of improvement. Unlike other sports, which makes the players learn a play, rodeo is an individualized sport. The way to success in competitions with your horse: make it all muscle memory, Frank said, for you and your horse. Practices for each event require hours of repetition, so it comes to fundamentally learning the sport and it comes natural to you and your horse. Preparation for events and practices comes with a little extra work for the rodeo competitors. “Working out is key. Just like any sport, you have to Photo Courtesy of Marcy Cunningham. be in the gym, you have to eat right, and then you have to have your horses in shape and they have to be healthy as well. So it’s kind of twice the amount the basketball players have to do because we have to do it for ourselves and our horses,” Frank said. According to Johnson, the most rewarding aspect about taking part in the CC rodeo team is how much the town likes and supports the rodeo team. Unlike the UW, CC does not have a football team or a division one basketball team, but the Casper community supports the rodeo team just as much as a division one team because of how successful the nationally ranked team is. Johnson, when asked how CC works to support the rodeo team, answered with the most supportive aspect: the teachers. Johnson said, “They do extremely well because, it’s not like a basketball or football game where we load on a bus for a day. We load up our trucks and trailers and drive for thirteen hours... The teachers do really well of understanding and working with [the rodeo team], so to help people succeed here the teachers have to be a big part of it, and they do an outstanding job.” Success for these cowboys and cowgirls is also credited to their families and childhood. Frank said, the rodeo team has grown up doing what they love: rodeo. Rodeo culture ultimately comes down to families, cowboy life runs in their blood, Frank said. For Casper College, the rodeo team is lucky to have an NFR, National Finals Rodeo, champion, Jhett Johnson, as their coach. He pushes his team to work their best and hardest, which leads to the many achievements for his team. Kellan Johnson, Jhett Johnson’s son, said, “It takes a good coach to see what you’re struggling in, without the com — See Rodeo, Page 8 Music making careers at Casper College Riley Box Chinook Staff Photo Courtesy of Riley Box. Dr. Joshua Mietz conducts to College Concert Band during one of the rehearsals. As students drive onto campus, the first building they usually pass is one many may never enter, the music building. The music building houses the music program and part of the fine arts portion of Casper College. Music is a big part of Casper College, offering multiple degrees in music performance and music education. Jennifer CowellDePaolo, Director of the Casper College Orchestra and head of the music department sat down with the Chinook to talk about the department. “Our enrollment is definitely on an upward trend.” Said Cowell-DePaolo. Though there are not many music majors compared to other schools, the students in the program are dedicated and the numbers continue to grow each year according to CowellDePaolo. “Students get a lot of oneon-one time with instructors,” Cowell-DePaolo said. She elaborated, stating that there are many full-time and adjunct faculty helping students and giving private lessons. With this type of environment and having teachers of multiple instruments help at the college level, Cowell-DePaolo said it allows the college and the department succeed so much more. Because of the specificity and hard work, it takes being a music student, enrollment varies each year. Dr. Joshua Mietz, Director of the concert band, jazz band, Kinser jazz festival, and woodwinds states that “there is a growth happening” with the number of students enrolled and participating in the college ensembles. Not only does the music program see music majors, but more than half of the students that walk through the doors and participate in the ensembles are not music majors. “If you look at concert band, we are about half nonmusic majors,” said Mietz. For many people, music is not going to be their career but is a strong hobby, Casper College helps kids use music to go through school and allow them to participate in some- thing they are passionate about. “It [playing an instrument] is not something you just stop doing because you graduated high school” Mietz exclaims. There are people young and old, going all the way from high schoolers to people in their 70’s in the different Casper College ensembles. Casper College allows people to keep playing and gives them an outlet when most people do not have an outlet as they get older. Along with the dedicated students and staff, one of the biggest things that helped the music program is the new music building. The music program was originally stationed across the street at Aley Hall but was moved in the last ten years to its current home. “It’s [the music building’s] been a real game changer” Cowell-DePaolo stated. Not only does it have better environments for musicians to practice, but it doesn’t have the sound issues Aley has. The crown jewel of the music building is the Wheeler Concert hall. According to Cowell-DePaolo , “It’s been a real game changer for Casper College.” With Wheeler Concert hall, it provides an extremely high-quality venue for music performances. On top of that, Wheeler Concert hall provides and hosts events for multiple clubs and organizations at Casper College and in the surrounding community. Through and through, the music department of Casper College is important. The instructors are dedicated to teaching young musicians and scholars instruments and music theory, the students are dedicating themselves to multiple lessons and ensembles a week, and the building is there to provide the educational tools needed to succeed. Music is extremely important on campus, and programs will continue to grow with more reach out from the department itself. This program welcomes all walks of life to campus and any instrument. To some, its just another building, another department, another major, but to others, it is a livelihood, passion, and support system. Casper College Testing Center Fall 2019 Hours August 19 - December 13 Monday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm BU 120 307-268-3850 Steps for YOU -Make an appointment to test at www.caspercollege.edu/testing-center -Bring your Student I.D. Thursday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm -Ace Your Test! Friday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm -Post on your fridge ****Closed Every Wednesday 3:00 - 4:00 pm & Thanksgiving: November 27th - 29th All testing must be completed by end time �Page 6 CHINOOK November 1, 2019 THE CASPER COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE PRESENTS THE 2019-2020 SEASON CHILDREN OF EDEN Directed by Richard Burk October 9-11, 16-19, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: October 20, 2019, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 5 and up MARAT/SADE The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade Directed by William Conte December 3-7, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: December 7, 2019, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 14 and up THE YELLOW WALLPAPER Directed by Aaron Wood February 20-22, 27-29, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: February 23 and 29, 2020, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 10 and up NOISES OFF Directed by Richard Burk April 23-25, 29-30, May 1-2, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Matinée: April 26, 2020, 2 p.m. Rating: Suitable for ages 8 and up Tickets: 307-268-2500, 800-442-2963, ext. 2500, or caspercollegearts.cc Casper College is an equal opportunity institution and as such, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law in admission or access to or treatment or employment in its educational programs or activities. Direct inquiries or complaints to Linda Toohey, associate vice president for student services at 125 College Dr, Casper, WY 82601, 307-268-2667, or linda.toohey@caspercollege.edu, or the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 1244 Speer Blvd, Ste 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582; 303-844-5695 or TDD 303-844-3417. �November 1, 2019 Page 7 CHINOOK BOCES..................... continued from page 1 Photo Courtesy of Jayla Johnson Corin Carruth goes to class in Casper College's Wold Physical Science Center this fall. Student Status Chinook talked to one of Casper College’s BOCES students, Corin Carruth who attends Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyo. and plans on using her coursework from CC to jump start her University of Wyoming education. Carruth is a three sport, all-state athlete, and she committed to the University of Wyoming’s volleyball team last April. She said taking courses through BOCES will contribute to her future as a Cowboy by making it easy to transfer credits to UW and getting some first-year courses out of the way. Carruth heard about BOCES through a friend who took courses through Casper College the year before and enjoyed the experience. Her math teacher had also encouraged her to take a BOCES math course because her intended elementary education major doesn’t require the next high school class. Carruth is taking a math class through the BOCES program this semester and drives to CC’s campus four days a week. At first, entering college territory made Carruth nervous but she found no issues after the first day. Now, Carruth succeeds in her college class and enjoys her time there. “The first day I was really nervous, but after the first day I was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be good’,” said Carruth. When asked how her course compares to high school classes she mentioned she finds college classes much easier because the work seems simpler and it’s easier to turn in the work due to class flexibility. According to Carruth, “I like how adjustable the program is and how both the high school and the BOCES counselors work the courses around the students' schedules.” Carruth sat down with the BOCES counselor, Jeana LamPickett and worked out the best time for her to take a class to ensure no future conflicts. Sure enough, Carruth has found no issues with her class and high school schedule. Carruth has nearly 30 students in her college course, which, she said, makes it feel like a regular high school class. She did find it unusual to have students in her class nearly 10 years older than her, but Carruth found no problem talking with her classmates and getting acquainted. Carruth has also built a strong, friendly relationship with her professor who understands her schedule with sports and other high school related activities. When asked why she didn’t take an online course, Carruth said, “If I did the class online I wouldn’t be getting the same learning, because I learn visually.” Taking BOCES courses will also make planning Carruth’s classes at UW easier to schedule by getting some general education courses out of the way. By the end of the semester Carruth will have a total of seven credits to transfer over to the University of Wyoming. Carruth said, “It’s just a wonderful opportunity for high school students, and I highly recommend taking courses through this program.” like that,” Lam-Pickett stated. BOCES students have nearly 200 college courses to choose from; however, BOCES will not provide tuition for 900 and below level courses, Physical Education courses, or music courses. BOCES allows high school juniors and seniors to take two courses each semester and one in the summer, while freshmen and sophomores only receive one BOCES class each semester including the summer. It’s considered difficult for students under the age of 16 to take BOCES dual enrollment classes because they must have an age waiver signed and instructor permission for enrollment in a class. Schell mentioned, juniors, considered the most important year of high school education, usually don’t think about earning college credits until after they take the ACT. Many high school students aware of BOCES but not enrolled in the program find the idea of college classes scary and alarming. When asked why some students don’t want to take BOCES classes Schell said, “I think it can be intimidating to think about going to college… I don’t think the courses are more difficult than [high school classes] necessarily, but I think fear is a big part of it, or doubt that they can do it or maybe they feel they have no interest in college. I think a lot of students don’t think far enough ahead.” The biggest concern Schell has about BOCES is the credit system. If by the end of the year a student falls short of the required credits, the counselors don’t know until shortly before graduation, if the student’s BOCES class counts or doesn’t count. Moreover, if a student takes a BOCES class but doesn’t pass, that credit does not count and the student does not get the credit toward graduation. Schell said of the concern, “Just the unknown if they’re going to earn their credits, and we don’t have any control over that and that’s scary.” Lam-Pickett mentioned that the issues she sees mostly deal with a student’s behavior. However, college professors and administrators deal with these misbehaviors leaving high school principals without knowledge of the occurrence. College courses require self-motivation and self discipline, which, according to Schell, many students have yet to figure out. Additionally, online courses prove difficult for some high school students because monitors aren’t present and no in-person instructors are there to help explain things or remind them to turn in work. On the other hand, on campus courses require students to show up and maturely focus on class material. For younger students, conflict may occur considering they do not have a license or car to get them to class on their own. Although BOCES accommodates students who would like to receive part of their Associate’s degree, it’s not encouraged for students to earn the degree in its entirety. It’s considered difficult to graduate high school with your associates at the same time, and the BOCES program is not set up to do this. However, it’s been done in the past. LamPickett said BOCES doesn’t encourage students to earn the whole degree but instead to “take some classes, get some credits, and get the experience.” “I talked to [a student] after she graduated from high school last spring and she got her Associate’s degree then in the summer and she said her advice would be, ‘Don’t do it’, because you miss a lot of social things at high school and you can’t do extracurricular activities,” Lam-Pickett told Chinook. Over the past six years, it’s been found more difficult to earn college credits for advancement of an Associate’s degree. In 2014-2015, the policy for dual credit courses changed causing a decrease in dual credit students. That same year, the Higher Learning Commission, altered the concurrent classes available, making concurrent student enrollment plummet. Now, Schell said he hasn’t even been given a list of the new concurrent classes and he’s unaware of most of these classes offered. In 2018, a total of 558 students enrolled in concurrent classes and 377 students in dual credit courses. Due to the dual credit policy change and the HLC removing most concurrent courses, the number of BOCES students dropped. Despite a drop in numbers, the program provides a great opportunity for college bound students, so college and high school counselors continue to reach out to students and parents. Schell said, “We try and advertise it to get more students to take BOCES classes; I think it’s great for academic progress and just life experience in general.” Kelly Walsh High School spreads the word about BOCES by hanging flyers and sitting down one-on-one with students and talk about BOCES individually. The counseling team will also make classroom visits throughout the school year to encourage and spread the word. If a student takes a class at the high school that’s also available at Casper College for free college credit, counselors will reach out to parents and inform them about the opportunity to earn college credit for free. Furthermore, the Kelly Walsh counseling team goes to the local junior high schools and talks to the incoming freshmen about BOCES and explain everything about it while also sending information sheets home with the incoming students to inform their parents about it as well. “My biggest goal is to just put that information out there so they know it’s there and that it’s their option because it’s good for some students and not good for others, so the best I can, I work with the high schools and the high school counseling department to let them know what’s going on [at Casper College] and what’s available,” Lam-Pickett stated. BOCES students find success while taking classes-for this year the pass rate for concurrent students stands at 94.94% and for dual students at 84.3%, according to statistics provided by Lam-Pickett. Most BOCES who find independence and success while taking BOCES courses continue on to continue college education, but NCSD would like more students to utilize BOCES so the program doesn’t go away. Schell stated, he’d hate to see the program go away if numbers drop too low. “I think BOCES is amazing because it gives, for a few reasons, students a snapshot of what college life is like. It gets them more independent and gives them that taste of college to see if maybe they want to take college maybe they don’t… It’s free; anytime you get things for free in this world it’s a pretty good deal.” Schell said. https://www.caspercollege.edu/chinook/ �Page 8 November 1, 2019 CHINOOK Fernelius follows passion to CC Morryah McCurdy Chinook Staff In a quaint office, Eric Fernelius sits grading papers and uploading content for his students. Fernelius is new to the digital learning platform, and there is a steep learning curve to teaching online. Steep learning curve describes many of Fernelius’s endeavors- in life and professionally. Grim circumstances paved his path and lit his fire for addictionology. Helping others overcome chemical dependence has become Fernelius’s life work. Fernelius is CC’s new Addiction Studies Instructor, but he is not new to being at the podium. He’s coming prepared with 25 years of thorough experience. “25 years ago, I embarked on my own recovery journey- it was a necessity, I was killing myself- but the reward has been worth all the pain,” Eric said, looking back on his early sobriety. 25-years-ago, a mentor of sorts saw the pain Fernelius was carrying and offered a hand. Carol Ekstrom, then director of New Horizons, a counseling center, led Fernelius on his most daunting exploration - an exploration of himself. “Everything was eye-opening in the recovery process,” Fernelius remembered. “I discovered I had to be honest with myself and others. I came to understand that the world didn’t revolve around me, and that I need to be a part of the world.” Fernelius continued recalling his own experience, as he embarked on a hard journey back to himself. “In early sobriety, remembering your way back to yourself can be the hardest part. Taking a hard look at yourself and your part in your suffering hurts. Looking at all the people hurt along the way, taking responsibility, and learning how to cope with emotions becomes the most necessary foundation for long term sobriety,” said Fernelius. Once Fernelius had a sturdy foundation in recovery, he knew he needed to find a job that would challenge him and take him out of his comfort zone. Fernelius applied for a job at Central Wyoming Counseling Center to work in administration, but he had no experience. “I made a jump [to apply]. I was coming from a music background, working at the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps. I decided the worst thing they could say was ‘no’ but I also knew this could be my opportunity to turn my liabilities into assets, Fernelius said. “I told the interviewer ‘no, I don’t have experience, but I can learn.’ I left that interview with this overwhelming feeling that I had gotten the job and I did.” Through working with residents and therapists at CWCC Fernelius sought to work in the same field that dealt in severe persistent mental illness and addiction. The job was different from anything of Fernelius’s past work and more challenging at that, but it led him to his next movepursuing his master’s degree at UW/ CC. Fernelius’s first round in college as a young adult was less than spectacular. He struggled through his personal demons. He never finished his first attempt, but he caught fire coming back clean and ready. Graduating with his master’s degree in social work, Fernelius began to practice in Casper, first privately. In private practice, Fernelius found a passion transitioning inmates into civilian life. After five years, Fernelius moved to his next position, with the Natrona County Drug Court program. Drug Courts are programs across the nation that help rehabilitate first time and repeat offenders with a focus on drug and alcohol treatment, according to Fernelius. Again, there could not have been a better position for Fernelius given his background and personal experience. In this position, teamwork and continuing education kept Fernelius on his feet. Everyday brought a new set of challenges to overcome, but Fernelius persevered. He eventually became the Natrona County Drug Court supervisor, overseeing the program, staff, and clients but something was missing for Fernelius. “I always knew I wanted to teach. Honestly, I thought I may have looked into teaching next year, but the opportunity arose. Diane QuealyBerg was retiring from her position as the addictions instructor and came to me and told me to apply. Again, in the interview process it was a feeling I got- I knew I was going to get this position and live out a life-long dream of mine,” said Fernelius. CC is fortunate in its recruitment of knowledgeable staff for its social and behavioral sciences departments. Each instructor comes with immense experience that polished them to teach and inspire students. Fernelius may be new among the staff, but he is not lacking. Although his life work became grounded in his passion for recovery and teaching, Fernelius has a first love: music. Fernelius’s initial journey in education started in music. Many years before pursuing his master’s, New Exhibit at the Tate Morryah McCurdy/Chinook New Casper College faculty member Eric Fernelius sits at his desk, as he learns to navigate teaching in the digital environment. Fernelius attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Even to this day, music remains an important part of his life, and he still has a knack for picking up musical arrangements without seeing the sheet music. He even arranges his own pieces when he feels inspired. One of the most impressive aspects of Fernelius, aside from his candor, is his humility. Sitting at his desk, he maintains that his life isn’t that special, but most would argue the opposite. Throughout his story, a common thread holds the pieces together: determination. His story is not unlike many of our own, and how he turned his circumstances into opportunity is inspiring. His evolution into the person at the podium today was hard fought through years of experience and accumulated knowledge. He sees the potential in his students and their calling to help others. He sees the similarities in their stories and serves as an example of the possibilities when you work hard for your ‘why.’ Fernelius’s life is a carefully collected mass of steep learning curves that have afforded him the wisdom necessary to instill knowledge and ‘why’s’ into his students. He reminds us, “As you are trying to figure out your ‘why’ stay true to yourself.” UW........................ continued from page 1 and the outcomes of student development, and creating a system to proctor online exams reliably. The tuition revenue generated from online enrollments has been split between the university and the community colleges, the majority of which will now go to the colleges and their departments. This allows the colleges to hire and train online instructors and teaching assistants, as well as funding the ability of colleges to develop new online courses and programs. Falon Cole, an online student with UW Casper and a Casper resident who is working on obtaining her bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership, believed that online education would benefit Wyoming residents across the state. “I think it would be good for the state to have more people be educated, especially since Ishamel Bujosa-Perin Chinook Staff On October 24th, the Tate Geological Museum revealed a new exhibit. They revealed is the skull of a Torosaurus. The torosaurus is the cousin of the triceratops and is said to be 65 million years old! The only way to tell them apart is the holes that the torosaurus has in its frill. The torosaurus is in fact native to Wyoming and was found in Natrona County by Kent Sundall on a geology field trip. He found the left half of the skull eroding from a hillside. The first bone was found back in 2010 and the last in August 2013. Shortly after it’s finding Andrew Forke a scientist from California who studied the fossils and the difference between the torosaurus and its cousin the triceratops. J.P. Civigalli attended the trip. He said, “After 7 days we had a plaster jacket full of bones." After the bones were found they went through a mandatory process called sandblasting. Liane Herring, a retired music teacher who volunteers fossil prep and expert sandblaster told me “I spent just under 2000 hours on the bones for the new exhibit.” I also asked her how she got interested into fossils and she replied: “After taking a paleontology class through the OLLI program I was brought into the lab and learned the tools. From then on I knew I wanted to volunteer here.” Herring also mentioned that her favorite part about volunteering “I enjoy digging a mess of bone and creating a specimen, I also like the people I volunteer with.” Be on the lookout, as the Tate is hoping to bring a full triceratops exhibit in the near future. Also, if any students are interested in paleontology and would like to learn or volunteer, contact the museum. they have a lot of agricultural degrees that would probably help our economy and to be able to have educated people in those fields,” Cole commented. “Also getting into other interests and stuff outside of oilfield work in order to bring in more revenue for Wyoming outside of that business.” As for the overall future of the University of Wyoming - Casper, Dr. Pickett is optimistic. He emphasized several moves to create new degree programs and predicted growth in enrollment at the University of Wyoming - Casper in the coming years. “I’m not in a position to announce anything yet, but we have some really productive discussions going about some good opportunities for us,” said Pickett. “We’re moving.” RODEO................ continued from page 5 petitor realizing it, and pushing you to work on it and then it takes a good coach to tell you ‘hey you’re good enough don’t worry about it. Just keep working on what you’re doing.’” At the end of the season, both the men’s and women’s team finished second just behind the UW cowboys. As far as individual standings go, CC finishes with K’s Thompson in second for the all-around, first in the saddle bronc riding, and fourth in bull riding, Kellan and Carson Johnson in first for team roping, Braeden Pirrung in second for header team roping, Tanner McInerney in second for heeler team roping, Bryan Lemmon in third for heeler team roping, Jenna Hoffman and Makenna Balkenbush tied for fourth in the barrel racing, and Kaelie Oliver tied for sixth in the breakaway roping. According to Johnson, the team would love to go to the CNFR and win the nation as a team. This goal next year is to reach number one; more- over, having the ability to win nationals in the team’s hometown, around familiar faces, is an experience Casper College rodeo would appreciate and have incredible pride in achieving. Nonetheless, the team finished well this season. “The kids that rodeo, those are the people that go on in life and they do things. They go out and they work. I want readers to know that we appreciate their support because a lot of these kids will go on in life and be very successful people,” Johnson said. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chinook Student Newspaper Online Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-2026 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Casper College Chinook Student Staff Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chinook Student Newspaper, CCA 08.i.2023.01 WyCaC US. 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