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Listen To The Fall Leaves

They speak to me... falling so eloquently, so wonderfully. Listening to "In a Big Country," they fall to the beat. It's a new season of change. When my world changes, the leaves do too. So brightly, like a piercing tiger's eye, like the crystals in a stream.

    "And in a big country, dreams stay with you,
    Like a lover's voice, fires the mountainside.."

I hear these lyrics upon passing the striped, colorful leaves of a tree. It stands between others, but it's smaller than them. Ten leaves fall as I pass.

    "I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
    But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime.."

I love fall, it's my favorite season. The trees die yes, but they come back to life. That's what makes them so terrific. No other life forms can do that. Change is in the making. I can hear it, and this time it seems right.

Students In The Military

"Students In The Military"

Political Science Major Zach Zbocnik shares how he balances school with the military. He is in the Army ROTC at CSU and talks about how he will get his branch after he commissions. Other CSU students are shown at the beginning of the video and many are shown throughout, as well as students of other states and countries like Korea. Zbocnik as well as Floyd Lindbloom and others in the video, have said that their families are very supportive of them serving the military.

The meaning of the video is to show that students in the military are just like students in other jobs. They are fun and show character, while studying hard too. Many of the photos depicted in the video show those who serve in the military hanging out with their friends, just as other CSU students have shared those photos as well. Ranging from different areas of the United States and Korea, these students all work just as hard in serving their countries and becoming heroes for their loved ones and role models for children who look up to them.

Military students are just like CSU students. They work hard, they study, they compete, they have fun; but most importantly, they are all unique. They all serve different areas of the military and its branches, including: the Army ROTC, Air Force, Marines, Navy, and have different jobs too like: engineering, journalism, technology, captain positions, some in training, and more. Several military people have said that training for their branches is the hardest thing they’ve ever done in their lives. Some say it has changed them, and that they miss their families after they have been deployed overseas and even in different states of the U.S. This video is a salute to all who serve the military for their countries and families.

-          Tiffany Martinez – Technical Journalism,

                Computer Mediated Communications and Spanish

Special thanks to: Zach Zbocnik, Floyd Lindbloom, Mark Moczo, Scott Hunter, Hope West, WonSeop Suh, Matt Kenny, Anna Baldwin, Ramona Trujillo, Joe Trujillo, Shaundra Dennis, Kyle Brochu, Saundra Lehan, Kyle Hall, Rob Donovan, and Spencer.

"Students In The Military" can also be viewed on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ4r5mume5U

3oh!3's Prom Show Disaster

    Alright, here it is, let me just cut to the chase. 3oh!3. Everyone's heard of them. Back in 2007 they were booed off my high school's prom stage. Dakota Ridge students weren't fans I guess. Or are they? Wait they are now. But then again they weren't "prom material" back in 2007, because: 1) no one had heard of them, and, 2) they were too out there. Then in 2008, yea one year after their boos, they were the next rap/rock/techno/whatever sensation and fad. What a turn around. No one heard their boos then, and no one does today; but Dakota Ridge High School classes 2007 and 2008 did. At a prom dance of all places. Now they just ROCK... literally.

Not So Silent Night

    Its appealing and contary title to an old Christmas song we've all heard brings people of all types and backgrounds together for one epic show. Area 93.3 hosts its sixth Not So Silent Night concert this year in November and features local bands from Colorado and bands which became well-known originating in Colorado. Some exceptions to those native of Colorado are Oh My Stars!, from Los Angeles, Cali., who became a friendly name ever since their debut song, "Bloody November," and InnerPartySystem from their debut, "Don't Stop." Colorado locals, 3oh!3 and The Epilogues, will perform to returning followers and newcomers to their rock fads. On the first morning of concert sales, Area 93.3 sold tickets for $9.33 starting at 10 am for a set number of customers. Now the 18+ age concert can be purchased for $30/ticket.  Not So Silent Night will be hosted at 8 pm, Nov. 26, 2010, at 1STBANK Center.

    Let us sing together... "Silent Night...." - not.