A Student Owned and Operated NewspaperJanuary 21, 2019 Volume 129Issue 10 The Lewis-Clark State College Student NewspaperThe Lewis-Clark State College Student Newspaper

ThursdaySeptember 10, 2020

Issue #2Volume 131

LC-State recieves $107,000 donationPage 2

Using Ed Cheff’s lesson to carry on the Warrior Way

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C-mass’ Corner: MW2Page 6

Humans of LCSCPage 8

School board meeting surrounded by protestors summer 2020By Antonia Guiterrez

of the Pathfinder

Over the summer, protests surged all around the globe. Some to pro-test mask wearing requirements, others to protest and demand equality. On July 13, parents and allies of marginalized students rallied out-side a school board meeting to try to bring change to policies in the Lewiston School District. A group of parents have been working together to try to make

reasonable changes to school pol-icies. One of the main concerns of par-ents, is that the Confederate Flag is still allowed in schools, therefore promoting fear amongst diverse students. Not only that, but hate speech and signs are not punished by the administration. There were over 50 participants. Many with signs, saying “Know better, do better,” the slogan of this movement. Everyone was welcome to write or read letters in front of the

school board describing their own opinions and experiences. One student who spoke at the meeting told her story about her experience in the Lewiston school system. She is a Black Nez Perce student from Lapwai. The first place she got called the “N word” was at LHS. “We don’t feel like one of your students,” she explained to the school board. Other parents also came forward and spoke about the experiences about their own children.

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By LC State Newsof LCSC

LC State panel will discuss 19th Amendment during LC Con-stitution Day on Sept. 17

Lewis-Clark State College will celebrate Constitution Day with a virtual discussion on the centen-nial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Consti-tution and the women’s right to vote, both in the U.S. and abroad. The event will take place on Sept. 17 at 6-7:30 p.m. on the vid-

eo conferencing platform Zoom. The event is free and the public is invited to watch and submit ques-tions by typing them in the com-ment section. The discussion panelists are LC State professors Kylee Britzman and Leif Hoffmann in political science; Amy Canfield in history, and Gene Straughan in justice studies. The 19th Amendment recently

celebrated its 100th anniversa-ry as it was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920. The amendment guaranteed all American women the right to vote by prohibiting states and gov-ernment to deny U.S. citizens the right to vote based on sex. The Zoom info for this event is as follows: Zoom ID – 925 8877 2591. Zoom Passcode – 228705. Viewers will be on mute through-out the discussion.

The event, which is part of LC State’s Multicultural Awareness Week on Sept.14-18, is sponsored by the LC State Social Sciences Division. For more information on the discussion, contact Britzman at kjbritzman@lcsc.edu or 208-792-2615, or Hoffmann at lshoff-mann@lcsc.edu or 208-792-2818.

LC State receives anonymous $107,000 donation to help sustain parts of TRIO

By LC State Newsof LCSC

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Lewis-Clark State College has received an anonymous donation of $107,000 to help sustain parts of the TRIO Student Support Ser-vices (SSS) program for the next year, Andy Hanson, LC State vice president for Student Affairs, has announced. Earlier in August, the college received notification from the United States Department of Edu-cation that its TRIO federal grant

renewal application was not sup-ported. As a result, the TRIO SSS program, which has been at the college for 32 years and served approximately 165 students last year, will be discontinued starting on Tuesday. After hearing about how success-ful the TRIO program has been at the college in helping students who are first generation, low-in-come, and/or with disabilities, the donor contacted LC State ad-ministrators and made a $107,000

contribution to be used in the next year. The only stipulation was that the donor wanted to remain anon-ymous. The SSS program has fit well with the college because around 75 percent of LC State’s student body are first generation college students first generation students made up 65 percent of the fall 2019 honor roll. Hanson said LC State’s TRIO students have higher retention and graduation rates than the col-

lege’s overall averages because of the approach the program takes in advising and instructing. “TRIO serves as an example and benchmark on how it’s done right,” Hanson said. “It’s a very successful program that involves lots of students, builds skills and confidence, and produces out-comes.” The donation will be used in three areas, Hanson said. The funds will be used to retain an ac-ademic coach, support a tutoring center, and provide additional fi-

nancial assistance to the students who were enrolled in the SSS Pro-gram. “It’s wonderful,” Hanson said of the donation. “The donor in particular cares about student access to higher ed-ucation and student success. It’s a very generous gift.” The earliest the college can ap-ply again for the TRIO grant fund-ing is 2025.

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Using Ed Cheff’s Lessons to Carry on the Warrior Way

By Alisha Alexanderof LCSC Athletics

For many Lewis-Clark State War-riors, careers in baseball don’t end when their collegiate eligibility runs out. 18 Warriors have suited up on MLB rosters, with many more play-ing in the minors, independent base-ball and overseas. Countless others have followed the coaching path at all levels. Another group is staying in the game are scouts. With at least nine former Warriors in the Major League scouting ranks currently, it is safe to say that the Warrior Way reaches well beyond the walls of Harris Field and Ed Cheff Stadium. Dave Blume, Steve Decker, J Harrison, Jason Ellison, Elliott Strankman, Trevor Brown, Scott Fairbanks, Carlos Fisher and Kyle Blackwell all followed different career paths after their tenures as Warriors. All nine have remained in the game at varying levels of the scouting world to help young men achieve their dreams of professional baseball. One thing each of these men have in common is the impact that LC State baseball has had on their ca-reers. A second thing to impact al-most all of them is the influence of Ed Cheff. “There are so many people that have gone on in baseball because of that man,” Harrison said. “I know so many people that the day they put the glove down that was it for baseball, but this program has turned out so many coaches and people that have been able to stay in the game and I know it is because of him.” The most experienced of the bunch, Blume finished up at LC State in 1980. After a few years of playing and coaching, Blume took a scouting job with the Seattle Mari-ners. He was with the Mariners for two years before joining the Toronto Blue Jays organization for 16 years. He has been with the Baltimore Orioles now for 18 years. When

with Seattle, Blume covered Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisi-ana, then with the Blue Jays he had Northern California and the North-west. He became a West Coast cross checker with the Orioles. Through-out his career, Blume has signed names like Jeff Kent and Brandon League. After finishing his profession-al playing days in 2000, Decker worked in player development and coaching for 15 years. He was a hitting coach and managed at every level in the minor leagues for seven leagues. He then became the hitting coordinator for the Giants for three years and became the Director of Instruction. He was the Giants’ as-sistant hitting coach at the Major League level for three years and be-came a special assignment scout for baseball operations. He is currently a professional scout for the Giants. Decker has been with the Giants, the team that drafted him out of LC State, for 26 years. “In professional baseball, staying with the same team for that long really doesn’t happen,” Decker ex-plained. “It’s different now because the analytics side of baseball is in-fluential, and I am kind of the old school baseball guy, so we have a balance from both sides.” Harrison headed north to Coeur d’Alene to coach an American Legion team and at North Idaho College. When looking for new opportunities, Cheff helped him land a job coaching at Chico State. While with the Wildcats, a friend and scout gave Harrison the chance to be a part of the Atlanta Braves scouting internship program. A few weeks later, the Braves offered him a job as a Northwest area scout. Harrison climbed the ladder for eight years, spending time as an area scout, cross checker and in-ternational scout before joining the Milwaukee Brewers as a profession-al scout. Not two years later, the Cincinnati Reds offered him the Director of Professional Scouting position. He took the job in Oct. of 2006 and has been with the Reds

ever since. Harrison was named a Special Assistant to the General Manager in 2008 and still holds that title. After wrapping up at LC State in 2000, Ellison was drafted and played professional baseball for 10 years. After a few years off, a scout-ing opportunity found its way to Ellison and he has been doing that ever since. He is now in his ninth year with the Angels and is current-ly a national hitting cross checker. “The highlight has been getting a few players drafted and to the big leagues,” Ellison said. “That is what we are doing it for, to find talent and give guys opportunities.” In 2009, two former Warriors got their start in scouting with the Minnesota Twins. Strankman got his start in baseball as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State before be-ing hired by the Twins. After start-ing as an area scout in Northern California, he was promoted to the entire west coast. Brown was drafted by the Padres in 2001, and after a few years in the professional ranks, Brown joined the coaching staff at Oklahoma State before joining the Minnesota Twins scouting group in 2009. He started in the Northwest before making the move to Texas in 2017 to move closer to family in Oklaho-ma. His favorite part of the job is seeing players grow into young men, both on and off the field. “I think the highlight is always the draft and going through the process of getting to the draft and getting to know these players and watching them develop as people,” Brown explained. “I enjoy getting to watch young guys that are superstars now go through low levels of pro ball.” The move to Texas is what brought Blackwell into the picture. Blackwell graduated from LC State in 2013 and joined the War-rior coaching staff for four years. It was in the fall of 2017 that he received a call from Brown, who he had met while recruiting for LC State, about becoming a scout for the Twins. After discussing the

opportunity with then-Head Coach Jeremiah Robbins, Blackwell in-terviewed with Strankman. He has been with the Twins through three drafts and covers Idaho, Washing-ton, Oregon, Montana and Alaska. He calls Wilder, Idaho home until he heads west to work in the spring. Backwell has enjoyed his time with the Twins so far and has found success in the draft. “It has been phenomenal,” Black-well said. “We have a great team and leadership, starting with the owners. It is a really good family atmosphere. Personally, I was really lucky my first two years in the draft and had a first-rounder in Trevor Larnach. The following year I had a third-rounder out of Oregon and an eighth-rounder out of Gonzaga.” Fairbanks joined the Marlins scouting team in 2018 after a stint with the Cubs organization. He currently covers the Northwest and Northern California. When asked about the highlights of his career so far, it had a lot to do with the peo-ple. “It’s getting to meet different peo-ple,” Fairbanks said. “When I was with the Cubs I got to pick Theo Ep-stein up at the airport and take him around to see players. Then getting to meet Derek Jeter and spend time with him at the draft was kind of a surreal and cool moment.” Fisher, also newer to the scouting game, joined the San Diego Padres organization in 2018. A native to the Los Angeles area, his territory covers Southern California from San Luis Obispo to Long Beach. Once his playing days were over and family became the focus, he jumped at the opportunity to work near home. “With my family, I wasn’t going to be able to take a job, for example, in Texas, so this was the perfect situa-tion for me to be able to be home,” Fisher said. He found success in his first draft, having players get selected in the fifth, 12th and 22nd round. “I was really pumped about that,” Fisher recalled. “That has been the

highlight so far, seeing all the hard work and the meeting come togeth-er and being able to sign three kids. It took me back to when I signed in 2005.” With so many Warriors around, the alumni cross paths often. “We run into each other a hand-ful of times throughout the spring,” Fairbanks explained, “but we all stay in touch with each other. It’s a pretty tight group.” “We all have a pride amongst us, and people in the baseball world know so it’s kind of a fun thing,” Fairbanks said. “People say, ‘There are the Warriors together again,’ and we just all hang out and it’s a cool deal.” “There are still a few of us run-ning around that got to play for Ed and that means a lot,” Brown added. “It’s a strong fraternity. We can all say we’ve been through that, and we get a lot of respect from people that know we played for Ed or Jeremiah and went through that grind.” When talking with any member of the group, the message is clear. LC State and Ed Cheff helped them get to where they are today. “A lot of the stuff that Ed taught me I still apply a lot of it to my eval-uations and the way I view things,” Strankman explained. “My per-spective and the way I view things is unique because I played for Ed for five years. I redshirted one year, and only a handful of us have done that, and then I coached with him for four summers up in Alaska. We went to the NBC a couple times and I became pretty close with Ed and I learned a lot from him. “I think it has helped me evalu-ate,” Strankman continued. “Over-all, I think that I use a lot of what Ed taught me in my evaluations, in my job and even in hiring people. I hired Kyle and I used a lot of things that Ed taught me about what the important things are to look for in character and stuff like that. I feel like there is no question that Ed im-pacted my life that way. It has been a good gig.”

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Using Ed Cheff’s Lessons to Carry on the Warrior Way (cont.)

By Alisha Alexanderof LCSC Athletics

The impact Cheff had extends far beyond just playing the game. Many have used what he taught them to spot the future of the game. “The impact Ed had was more than just teaching me how to be a baseball player,” Fairbanks said. “It was more about how guys go about it, the mentality, which kids will make it in professional baseball. It takes a certain amount of tough-ness to survive once you get out in what we called ‘the big boy world,’ so playing for Ed and having to go through that grind as a player defi-nitely helps us separate players.” Many of the lessons extend be-yond the playing field and can be

viewed as life lessons. “Ed was more than a coach,” Harrison said. “One thing that both he and my father did was that they held everybody accountable. I have never seen anyone in my life fol-low through with every demand, and he just wanted you to be the same person every day. The thing I appreciated most about him, and this has helped me in scouting, is that he never asked someone to do something they weren’t capable of, but boy did he demand you be what you could be. The expectations were of what you could achieve, and sometimes not everyone gave their all, but he made sure he got that out of you. If you were coming up short and he demanded more, it was only because he believed you could do it. I loved that about him, and I’ve

learned you can do it as a parent, as a coach and as a scout. You make the best of what you have and find the best person for that role.” For those that play at LC State, they find that even though the pro-gram has a strong baseball history, it focuses on more than that. LC State has provided countless Warriors with the opportunity to excel both on and off the field, giving them the tools and environment they need. Decker won two national titles and was a First-Team All-American for the Warriors under Cheff. “The whole environment of the community, small class sizes, the work ethic that Ed instilled in us, it was a huge impact,” Decker said. “It was a good environment for me be-cause there were not a lot of distrac-tions. It was all about going to class,

eating, lifting weights and going to the field and the hitting facility.” “We were trained to do things the right way and we try to incorporate that into how we do our jobs as well,” Strankman said. “I don’t want people to think that we are better than anyone else, but we definitely learned some of those skills and tools at LC State. I was very lucky.” Cheff not only made his mark at Harris Field, but in every player he coached. Every former Warrior has taken many lessons away from be-ing a part of this program and used it to find success elsewhere. “When I came back for my Hall of Fame induction at LC, I told all the players that you have to listen and learn and that is one of the things I did as a player there with Ed. No matter who he was talking to, and

I was surrounded by a lot of really good players, I tried to listen and learn and think that is what got me through the minor leagues. You de-velop when you do that and it helps you become a better player and that all started at LC.” “There are a lot of people out there that know who Ed Cheff is,” Blume said. “He won a lot and he knew what he was looking for and he was very competitive. I think that is the way I go about my job every day; trying to work as hard as I can every day because that is what he did.” “He was very influential for me and I wouldn’t change a thing,” Decker said.

Warrior Athletics to Release All-Decade Teams with Help of

Fan VotingBy Alisha Alexander

of LCSC Athletics

The last decade at Lewis-Clark State has been filled with numer-ous championships, milestones and talented student-athletes. In an effort to recognize some of the top Warriors to pass through LC State, Warrior Athletics will be releasing an All-Decade Team for each sport. Fans will have the opportunity to assist in the creation of the teams with polls posted on social media. Each week, a new sport will be voted on beginning on Monday, with the All-Decade Team being announced on Friday. LC State Women’s Basketball will kick off the fun on Monday, Sept. 7. Links will be posted on the Facebook and Twitter pages, and the poll with close at noon on Thursday, Sept. 10. The All-Decade Team will be announced on Sept. 11.

LC State’s Adult Learning Center is offering GED orientation at various

locationsBy LC State News

of LCSC

Lewis-Clark State College’s Adult Learning Center is offering Gener-al Education Development (GED) Certification orientation sessions in September at locations in Lewiston, Moscow, Orofino and Grangeville. The GED tests are a group of four subject test areas – reasoning through language arts, social stud-ies, math and science – that, when passed, provide certification for high school-level academic skills. The orientations are free and pro-vide information on how to obtain a GED credential. Students will also take an assessment, which will show if they are ready to take the official GED tests, or if more studying is needed. Students also will meet

with the instructor following the as-sessment to set up a class schedule. Pre-registration is required for all ori-entation sessions. In Lewiston, there will be GED ori-entations on Tuesdays Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 8 a.m.-noon. Orientation will be held at the LC Adult Learn-ing Center office, located at 400 Main St. inside Clearwater Hall. Call 208-792-2238 to pre-register. Orientation in Moscow will be on Sept. 8 at 4 p.m. and Sept. 22 at 3:15 p.m. The orientations will be held in the United Church of Moscow basement, located at 123 W 1st St. Pre-register by calling 208-792-2544. Orofino’s orientation offerings are Sept. 8 at 8 a.m.-noon and Sept. 22 at noon-3 p.m. The orientations will be held at 416 Johnson Ave., Suite 3 in Orofino. Pre-register by calling

208-792-2503 Grangeville will be offering orien-tation on Sept. 9, Sept. 17 and Sept. 24, starting at 10 a.m. They will be held at the Grangeville Outreach Center, located at 201 E. Main. Stu-dents will need to pre-register by call-ing 208-792-2595. GED tests are administered year-round at LC State and each test costs $30 ($120 for all four subject areas). Students can register, schedule and pay for the official GED tests at www.ged.com For more information on the GED orientation or tests, contact the LC Adult Learning Center at adultlearn-ingcenter@lcsc.edu, call 208-792-2238, or visit the website www.lcsc.edu/adult-learning-center/ged-testin

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North Central Idaho SBDC at LC State sets four free webinars for website help

By LC State Newsof LCSC

The North Central Idaho Small Business Development Center at Lewis-Clark State College is offering four free webinars to help businesses get the most out of their website. All webinars are held on Thursdays and begin at 1:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required for the webinars, which will be taught by Barbara Leachman, director of the North Central Idaho SBDC. The first webinar is called “Ten Mistakes You Must Not Make” and it will be held on Sept. 10. The following week, Sept. 17, the webinar will focus on “Value Propositions for Key Customer Segments.” On Sept. 24, the topic is “Key Words, Phrases, and Questions to evaluate your Website Content.” The final webinar is Oct. 1 on “Important Menus, Titles and Headings.” To pre-register or for more information for any of the webinars of the North Central Idaho SBDC, call 208-792-2465, email isbdc@lcsc.edu, or visit www.lcsc.edu/sbdc.

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C-Mass’ Corner: pre and post 21st century video game reviewsBy Caden Massey

of the Pathfinder

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Re-mastered: During the summer I download-ed Call of Duty: Warzone because some of my friends thought it would be a fun time. So, I started my 36 GB down-load and after one night of waiting I started playing. After about 1 hour of playing I decided to uninstall. Warzone just didn’t tickle my fancy. My room-mate (known to tickle my fancy) bought Call of Duty: Modern War-fare 2 Remastered. I was skeptical from my experi-ence earlier and went in with some low expectations. I’m glad I did, because my expectations were far

exceeded. For a game that released 10 years ago, you would imagine the cam-paign wouldn’t be very enjoyable because of spoilers. This is simply not true. The de-velopers at Beenox clearly had a lot of passion for the project, and it shows in the graphics. The game looks absolutely stun-ning for a PS4/Xbox One game. The game looks like it belongs on the next generation consoles. It looks like real life in some spots though, admittedly, I am not a gamer that cares about the “power” of consoles. In the immortal words of Reggie Fils-Aimé, ex-president of Ninten-do of America, “If it’s not fun, why bother?” This is where I feel MW2 Remastered really shines. The sto-ry is just as invigorating and fun

as ever, and the gameplay feels as smooth if not smoother than the original. This game might as well have been made by Michael Bay, be-cause this game feel like an ac-tion movie, which in my opinion, is pretty fun. It also has a bunch of bonus features that are worth checking out for any new players. It also isn’t like Warzone, which I think is pretty cool. The main gripe I have with the game is a lack of content. The sto-ry is fine and good, but I ended up finishing it in around 6 hours. The bonus features only add about 30 minutes worth of con-tent and it is more of a gift to old players. The intel in each level is more annoying to collect than fun and doesn’t add much other than a few bonus features to gameplay.

I also was slightly confused by some story elements but that could stem from the fact that I preformed the ultimate speedrun of the first Modern Warfare by not playing it entirely. The game is fair for the price, but unless you really love the campaign of the original game, I would not recommend buying this. The game has no multiplayer at this time, which is fine, but it does definitely put a damper on the Call of Duty experience of playing on-line for 10 minutes, getting angry at campers, and then dumping 100+ hours trying to prove camp-ing is stupid and you are better than those kids. The game also has the option to cut out a mission off the original game called “No Russian” which is a good idea, because the mission

contains some very controversial scenes that I think you should re-search for yourself before playing. It is a very important mission to the story, but it can be hard to watch for some players. Definitely do your research. Overall, the game is very good looking, fun, and easy. I personally wouldn’t have bought this game, but that shouldn’t stop you. If you are looking to play this game, your options are relatively slim. You will have to play on Xbox One, PS4, or be the PC guy nobody likes. Sorry Switch owners, but don’t get your hopes up. It will be around the $20 range for the foreseeable future, so if you have some extra cash you might want to consider it. I rate this game 7 pieces of intel out of 10.

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C-Mass’ Corner: pre and post 21st century video game reviewsBy Caden Massey

of the Pathfinder

Mort the Chicken: From the creators of Brunswick Pro Bowl, Strike Force Bowling, and The Bible Game comes the break-out title Mort the Chicken. Odds are nobody reading this has ever heard of this game which is no surprise considering the game has a score of 2.5 out of 10 on IGN. If you try to find anything on this game, you will have to do some dig-ging in the archives. The only rea-son I was able to find this game was because a friend of mine happened to own it. In all my research I was not able to find much in terms of sales, cheat codes, walkthroughs, or basi-cally anything that would be found with a game online. Going into the game I did not know what to expect, and boy howdy was I sur-prised. The games protagonist is named Mort (shocking I know). Accord-

ing to the cutscenes he was some sort of star on a children’s cartoon and lives on a farm with other chickens. That is the easy part. Strap in for this and prepare to read the sen-tences a few times to understand. Cubes from another dimension have invaded the farm from a well and are taking chicks hostage be-cause the evil cubes leader named Cubiclees believes hay bales are his people from his own dimension that have been kidnapped by the chickens. The chickens report this through a series of cut scenes where news anchors Chicken Little and Hen-ny Penny report the chicken news. Yeah. Needless to say, the plot is absurd, but what about the rest of the game? Mort the Chicken plays in a very… unique way? The camera is completely automatic, which was a relatively new feature for the time. The cutscenes are also very good

looking for the time it was released, and while the art style is very sim-ple, I think it plays to the simplistic design. The cutscenes are extreme-ly humorous and the game is ob-viously intended to not be taken seriously, which is really refreshing to see. The silly jokes and puns that are sprinkled throughout the game make you crave the next cutscene and give you a reason to keep play-ing the game. The cubes that try to stop Mort are also just so fun to think about and make the player have a little laugh. The soundtrack was actually surprisingly catchy and I have to say that some levels I was actually foot tapping. The problem I’m facing here is that everything I like about the game, comes with a downside. For instance, the camera, while auto-matic, has terrible adjustments meaning you have to make blind jumps constantly and you tend to

get hit by things constantly. It is su-per frustrating, but there is a way to move the camera with the triangle button. This brings me to my next gripe. Imagine trying to operate a forklift with no instructions and nobody to help you. You can imagine that this could be somewhat difficult. It may even result in the injury of yourself and/or others. This is how it feels to figure out the controls, power-ups, and gen-eral goals of Mort the Chicken. I played through the entire game be-fore I realized that you could move the camera. The way to fill up your health bar is by eating corn from the ground, but the corn on the ground looks like a brown circle. I got genuine-ly upset when I learned about the things in the game that I could do after the fact, and my brain suf-fered major emotional damage. The game is also incredibly short and incredibly easy, so I felt as if

the game barely happened. The graphics are simple, which isn’t always a bad thing, but the things that you need to collect are always so hard to see, and if you don’t know where you need to go, the game can get very rage inducing. Mort the Chicken overall was a pleasant experience and even though the controls are poor, and the goal is hard to find, it really is a good time to play. I suggest playing this game with a friend, so that way you have some-one to take turns and laugh with. If you want to play this game you are going to need either a PS1 or a PS2, because this game never saw a rerelease. It should only cost about $15 and it is a decently good time to play. The terrible controls may be over-bearing at times, but I still think this game is worth 5 hay bales out of 10.

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Emily Garman: On August 14, 2020 I locked eyes with a beautiful crowntail king betta fish. From his royal blue scales, to his wispy caudal fins I knew I needed to bring him home. Shortly after pur-chased, the blissful betta was given the name Gillbert. He was pur-chased with low expectations, having cost only five dollars. Never-theless, he was an ambitious soul. Gilbert was a good fish—he never drooled or pooped on me, which is more than I can say for other members of my household, both human and non-human. Uncondi-tionally, he would express excitement when I came home or walked past his tank. Probably because he wanted to be fed. Still, he was always appreciative about being fed, and never complained about my cooking… even if his fish pebbles did expire in 2018. On the morning of September 7, 2020 (only three weeks after purchase) I noticed Gillbert’s once lushly long caudal fin was wilted and without life. I did what any normal 21 year old girl would do, I called my dad. With sadness in my heart I explained that Gilly had been looking sick and I was not sure what I was doing wrong, my dad jokingly suggested I take him to the vet, but offered moral support during this hard time. Throughout the day I worried about Gillbert and wondered how much longer he had with us. To ensure he knew he was loved during his last bit of time in his tank, I gave him extra pebbles, and spoke soft words though the glass. Later that evening Gillbert was found laying on his side at the bottom of his bowl. With a single look, I knew he was gone. We had a small funeral, in the bathroom of my boyfriend’s apartment, where we told stories and rejoiced over the fond memories we shared with our Gilly Boy. When everyone had spoken we plopped Gillbert into the toilet, gave him a final salute, and flushed him to the great beyond. I sleep soundly at night know-ing Gillbert is looking down at me while he lives in a better place, with an endless line of hands offering his favorite snack.

Humans of LCSCBy Caden Massey

of the Pathfinder

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The Steel GhostBy Larry Warren

of the LCSC History Club

In a humble pullout on Forest Service Road 321 near Clarkia, ID lies the beginning of trail 254. This seemingly normal path makes its way down a well-groomed mountain side, filled with evergreen trees and solidarity. As you make your way down the trail, traces of its former purpose begin to reveal themselves. Steel cables resting on the ground snake their way up the mountain side across the path and are anchored around forgotten stumps. At the base of the trail rests a 120-year-old machine, hidden in plain sight just as the loggers left it all those years ago. This device was once a revolutionary, steam powered logging machine known as a Steam Donkey. Its anchor cables stretch out in all directions. The pistons are as big as the fallen trees it once claimed. The old boiler door tempts one to steal a peek inside, a sight hidden by overgrowth and webs, reserved only for the brave. This is just one of three sites of an old logging operation that still remain. The other treasures found on this trail are a small dam on a nearby stream and the original logging camp, each yearning to tell a story. This is an easy hike and a definite must see.

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Stephanie Vickhammer

From the EditorsWhat she said below me. - Gracyn Richardson

Fall is the best season. I love the aesthetic. The sweat-ers, the colors, less bugs in my house, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, Halloween, all good valid reasons to love fall.

I love driving around and seeing people putting up their fake webs on their bushes and pumpkins on their stairs.

This year, fall celebrations might not happen, but I won’t let that bring me down. There are so many things that can still be done while keeping social distancing in mind.

Although Fall doesn’t really start until September 22, I think that many of us are just ready to feel that com-fort that fall brings. Whether its in the shape of a warm sweater or a pumpkin spice latte, I think we can all agree that fall is the best. Fall is the best season. I love the aesthetic. The sweaters, the colors, less bugs in my house, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, Halloween, all good valid reasons to love fall.

I love driving around and seeing people putting up their fake webs on their bushes and pumpkins on their stairs.

This year, fall celebrations might not happen, but I won’t let that bring me down. There are so many things that can still be done while keeping social distancing in mind.

Although Fall doesn’t really start until September 22, I think that many of us are just ready to feel that comfort that fall brings. Whether its in the shape of a warm sweater or a pumpkin spice latte, I think we can all agree that fall is the best.

- Antonia Guiterrez

Word on the StreetBy Caden Massey

of the Pathfinder

“You know, things are definitely a lit-tle different than we are used to but it’s really not that bad.”

- Ryle HutchinsJunior

Applied Accounting

“School just started back up, so how do you feel about the new COVID-19 protocols?”

“I think that the protocols will help in negating the spread of COVID-19, as long as people follow the protocols.”

- Dakota Hall Sophomore

Justice Studies

“I think we need to focus on washing our hands more and not touching our mouths with our hands.”

- Zoe Undercuffler Junior

Secondary Ed Psyc with an Art minor

- Morgan BlackwellSeniorCNC Machining

“This is the biggest media-induced mass hysteria since the reading of War of the Worlds on the radio in 1938.”

- Lacey SchmidtSenior Justice Studies and Social Sciences

“I feel they are beneficial in keeping students safe and allow us to attend in person lectures.”