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Senate appoints new chief justice

u By Sullivan Jones Reporter

At its weekly meeting on Monday, Student Senate confirmed a new chief justice to fill the vacancy left by Carter Thiel, the former chief justice.

Nathan Cronin, 24, Junior of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, acted as interim chief justice in previous senate meetings before being sworn in officially by Senate President Lily Umeta. Cronin previously served as an associate justice on the court.

“I wanted the duties as the chief justice so that I could be more involved within the inner workings of the school and be able to work with the student government,” cronin said.

Cronin, who previously served as an associate justice on the constitutional court, will now work to advise the senate president and vice president on constitutional matters, run student body elections and attend all meetings of the

student government.

“I look forward most to being an impartial voice within the student government,” he said. “I try to base my decisions or advisory opinions based on the U.S. Constitution as well as our student government constitution/Bylaws.”

In another matter, senate allocated $1,800 for Operation Christmas Child to send Christmas gifts to underprivileged children around the world.

RLA and CSC Revive club will be sponsoring an event on Thursday to help pack the Christmas gifts for shipment.

“We are hoping to pack about 200 boxes and hoping to have one hundred people come,” Tori Meschke, Senior of Broken Bow and CSC Revive, said.

“It’s a great way to give back; we’ll be sending these boxes around the world to kids in need,” Meschke said.

The items to be shipped were donated by people in the community as part of the larger Operation Christmas Child project by Samaritan’s Purse.

In another allocation move, senate approved funding the CSC food pantry through next semester.

According to the Senate Activity Fee Board, the food pantry made 73 bags of food in September, 85 bags in October and prepared a similar amount for the month of November.

Those numbers were enough to persuade all present senators to approve the $4,000 funding request by the food pantry.

Senate may also be near increasing its membership as the chief justice reported receiving four petitions for senators.

Though, currently, there remains open positions for a Kent and liberal arts senator.

In other news:

> The You@CSC website received funding from sources outside Student Senate after senate previously rejected a funding request for the site. > Senate had $41,349.66 in unallocated funds > Senate had $30,000.00 in unallocated trip funds

THE EAGLE COVID-19 REPORT

SOURCE: CSC website as of Wednesday, Nov.19, 6 p.m.

TOTAL ACTIVE CASES

Students: 16

Employees: 5

RECOVERIES

Students: 87

Employees: 18 CUMULATIVE CASES

Students: 103

Employees: 23

News

CSC Planetarium exploring options for its future

u By Gasper Dominici Reporter

Space! Filled with countless mysteries of the universe manifested even more so by the beautiful mythology of the constellations from countless cultures. Who doesn’t enjoy learning about such things?

The CSC planetarium teaches just that, from how stars are created, deaths of universes, projecting the constellations and their stories in Greek and Lakota lore and many more. They also focus on trying to inspire young students from all walks of life to peruse study in space topics.

A lot of changes are being made, though, to the CSC Math & Science Building, which has halted all shows. But the planetarium and its staff plan on continuing the shows in the future.

“We are very excited about the new facility for the planetarium here at CSC. It is so important to have this resource available to the public and our students alike,” Physical and Life Sciences Assistant Professor Tawney Tibbits said. “We are hoping to expand our number of shows and the disciplines we cover when the new planetarium opens... Our goal is to be able to have shows with target audiences at all levels of education and shows that will get the community excited to join us on our free Friday show days.”

Others would concur with Dr. Tibbits position, “For one, we do shows for about 1000 people per year, and it’s important for people interested in space, it could also inspire students and young people to pursue studies and carriers in space,” Kinsley Mason, 25, Graduate Assistant from Pensacola, Florida, said.

The planetarium staff are looking forward to the future of the programs and cannot wait for their new home when the MS COIL project is completed.

A new dome is in the plans and will hold future shows by planetarium members. There are hopes to have an open house event that will introduce the new facilities.

Photo by Erin Hayhurst Machinery from CSC’s planetarium sits idle in the Chicoine Atrium at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center. The planetarium has been closed since construction started on a new Math and Science Building.

BRIEFS Frozen Turkey Trot canceled

It was announced yesterday that the Chadron Community Recreation’s (CCR) Frozen Turkey Trot 5k was canceled due to a low number of participants.

The 5k, which was scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20, was an annual event.

Instead of having the Turkey Trot, CCR will be celebrating Chadron State Park’s centennial year in June, 20201, by helping put on its annual Run for the Hills event.

The event will include a two mile walk, a 5k and a 10k trail run.

For more information, visit pineridgetrailsraceseries.com.

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