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Daniel Mayes/The Chanticleer VeoRide Fleet Coordinator Trent Dickeson, a graduate of JSU, shows off the new bikes that Jacksonville residents and JSU students will be able to use. COMMUNITY

Shutdown enters fifth week Bike sharing pedals Page 2 into Jacksonville VeoRide, which is the first company of its Daniel Mayes in SPORTS Editor-in-Chief kind to come to Alabama, allows users to use a bike by downloading an app, scanning Have you ever faced the dreaded walk to a QR code on the bike, and then taking off. or from Stone Center and wished there was a Users are charged 50 cents per 15 minutes on way to move more quickly? Wanted to finally the bike, and monthly and yearly packages and explore more of the Ladiga Trail? are also available for repeat users. Wanted to bring your bike to campus, but The company launched their program, don’t want to deal with storage, upkeep, or which will start in Anniston, Oxford and the risk of getting it stolen? Jacksonville, with an event at the Jacksonville A new bike-sharing company coming to Train Depot on Friday, where the public and Gamecocks duo receives town might just be for you. OVC, national honors see BIKE page 2 Page 8

COMMUNITY on CAMPUS Local man campaigns to bring TV series to Jacksonville

International JP Wood House Staff Reporter Presentation: It could be out with the Benin construction equipment and Thursday, in with the camera equipment January 24, soon in Jacksonville. 11:00 a.m. Local software developer International Joe Donahue has launched a campaign to bring a television House series into town, and with some serious backing to his efforts. Come learn more Based on an idea that came about Benin from one of our JSU to him while bouncing around students! ideas back and forth with a friend, Donahue ultimately Photo Courtsey of IMDb came to devise what he describes 4th Annual Actor Jayson Warner Smith, pictured in his role of Gavin from The Walking as a modern-day fantasy take Dead, is on board with a campaign to bring a tv series to Jacksonville. Minds Matter on Mega Man. Over the course Rally of half a decade, Donahue costumes, etc. speed, etc.) throughout history, Thursday, cultivated, revised and polished Donahue already has a few using enchanted stones that big names committed to his are passed down throughout January 24, what ultimately became a project. Jayson Warner Smith, the generations. One family 5:00p.m. television pilot. The Chameleon Stone known for his role as Gavin possesses the most powerful TMB Auditorium Chronicles is currently on The Walking Dead, and stone of all, The Chameleon crowdfunding for a trailer Heather Rule, who has starred Stone, and it has the ability The JSU Women’s on Indiegogo. The 10-15 in Iridescence and Dynasty, are to absorb the power of all the and Men’s Basketball minute trailer would be used both attached to the project. other stones.” teams take on OVC According to their Indiegogo Smith says the script has a foe Belmont at Pete as a marketing tool to build page, the premise of the lot of different influences. Mathews Coliseum exposure and attempt to gain the “It’s Sci-fi, it incorporates beginning at 5:15. exposure of a major production show, dubbed The Chameleon The Men go for company or television network. Stone Chronicles, “is that elements I would say from The their fifth straight The goal is $50,000 to cover various magical families have Lord of the Rings, Shakespeare, win over the Bruins filming, actor salaries, union specialized in various schools and try to keep requirements, film crew, props, of magic (fire, ice, life, death, see TV page 2 their unblemished conference record. @ChanticleerJSU The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 2 News

NATION TV from Page 1 Game of Thrones, it’s got a little bit of Negotiations at impasse as everything in there,” Smith said. Smith, in a video to shutdown enters fifth week potential backers on Scott Young The Chameleon Stone Staff Reporter Chronicles Facebook page, reiterated how As of Wednesday, January excited the group 23, the Federal behind the campaign Government has been shutdown for 32 days, extending its record is about the potential as the longest in U.S. history. for a show. The shutdown is a result of “I have no financial opposition from congressional gain from this. Right Democrats to providing $5.7 now, this is a passion billion to President Trump to project. Something fund a border wall along the U.S.- that I’m excited about, Mexican border. others are excited

At the end of each year, Photo Courtesy of ABC News about, especially Joe. Congress approves a budget for If you could help us the upcoming fiscal year, and heroin alone, 90 percent of which exchange for the $5.7 billion to out, that would be whenever there is a delay in passage floods across from our southern fund a border wall, which the great.” border.” President called a “common-sense of a new budget, the government Donahue believes During his statement, the compromise”. The counteroffer shuts down. What that means is that a television several government offices that President indicated that he would was swiftly rejected by Democrats, series like this in are deemed “nonessential” are be abandoning his idea for a with Speaker Pelosi deeming it a Jacksonville could closed until a budget is passed, concrete wall at the request of “non-starter” and “unacceptable”, leaving many federal workers Democrats and advocate for a as the offer does not permanently provide a great furloughed or working without “steel barrier”. protect DACA recipients. Senate boost to the local pay. Some departments such as “The President has chosen fear. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer economy. He points Defense, Homeland Security, We want to start with the facts. in a statement condemned the to the success of Education, Labor, Health and The fact is: On the very first day of offer as “not a compromise but The Walking Dead Human Services, Energy, and this Congress, House Democrats more hostage taking.” and its effect on Veterans Affairs are not affected passed Senate Republican As the government remains Senoia, Georgia. His by the shutdown. legislation to re-open government shutdown, federal workers greatest hope for this “Our southern border is a and fund smart, effective border continue to struggle to make campaign is that this pipeline for vast quantities of security solutions,” said House ends meet, routine small business series can be picked illegal drugs, including meth, Speaker Nancy Pelosi in response loans have halted, and several up and filmed in to the President’s address. areas of the government remain heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl,” said Jacksonville, and Last Saturday, President closed. With both parties digging President Trump, in his address to that a new tourist Trump proposed providing their feet in the sand, an end to the nation from the Oval Office environment will earlier this month. “Every week, temporary protections for some the government shutdown seems spring up in the area. 300 of our citizens are killed by undocumented immigrants in distant.

CAMPUS BIKE from Page 1 officials from the three JSU holds cities were given a demonstration of the new bikes. Day of Unity Trent Dickeson, a 2017 graduate of Quadarius Whitson Staff Reporter Jacksonville State and Fleet Coordinator for In order to celebrate the legacy of Dr. the Tri-City area says Martin Luther King Jr., Jacksonville State VeoRide will provide University hosted its annual Day of Unity a great opportunity for in Leone Cole Auditorium. JSU’s Day of students to get around Unity is used to showcase the strength and campus more quickly, unity of student organizations such as the sightsee around the Daniel Mayes/The Chanticleer National Association for the Advancement area, or find new places JSU President John Beehler tests out a VeoRide Bike after of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.), Alpha Phi off campus. the company’s launch event on Friday. Alpha Fraternity, and even the Delta Sigma “VeoRide brings the new rec center, VeoRide they can use an app and Theta Sorority. opportunity to transport provides students with jump on a bike, and According to participants, this event is between class. You another option to get out there they go.” an absolute necessity to show students can get to class more and get active. VeoRide bikes are the highlights of the different student quickly, you don’t have “I think the bike located around campus, organizations available to those who may to fight traffic and you sharing is going to in strategic locations not know much about them. can save a little bit of be even better for the such as Stone center and “This event is needed since JSU is such a gas money hopefully students [than the rec the new RFC, and can diversified campus. Also, with JSU being the if you ride a few times center] in a lot of ways, also be found around the friendliest campus in the South, this event is throughout the week,” because if they want to community, especially a perfect demonstration of both. We’re off to Dickeson said. “Even just get away and jump along the Ladiga Trail. a great start!” Deonta Freeman said. later in the evening, on the trail and see some Users are free to ride This event also featured a live Jazz band, you can ride to Struts, great scenery, now they the bikes outside of the free food and a diversity banner which was Jefferson’s, Java Jolt, don’t have to own their area or between cities, used to display what inspires each person anywhere off campus own bike,” Beehler said. as long as the bikes are that attended. that is somewhere to “It’s hard paying for all retuned inside the “geo- Taking part in this event provided students hang out.” that tuition, books, and fence” of one of the with a plethora of different organizations to JSU president John fees, you name it, so a towns, an area that will obtain information from and potentially join Beehler says that, along lot of them don’t have be specified in the app. in the coming future. with the university’s their own bike. Now The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 3 Viewpoints Role-Playing Games Helped Me Build Collegiate Skills

James Waller story on the spot, and, even Staff Writer with good notes, improvisation becomes necessary as players’ When a person thinks of actions deviate from the expected Dungeons & Dragons, a mental story paths. image of a couple of poorly- When a group meets in play, adjusted shut-ins sitting around skills like teamwork, reading a table in a dimly lit basement comprehension, critical thinking, playing out a Lord of the Rings and creative problem solving fan fiction might come to mind. become necessary. Rulebooks But tabletop role-playing games must be kept track of, and the require successful use of many rules therein understood by the adult social and problem-solving game master. skills. The game master, as the most Some people might be unaware important component of the of what a tabletop role-playing game, without whom a game game is. A tabletop role-playing session cannot even be held, game, Dungeons & Dragons in exercises and develops, along particular, involves the creation with all the previous skills, group leadership. As game master, of a fictional persona by several PC: Easyrollerdice.com people who then play a part in more than once I’ve found there when they threatened it, but monsters, but often players a fantasy story world crafted myself needing to arrange events there’s little fun in ending a story must exercise caution and a and narrated by a person taking within my fantasy worlds to keep half way through. perspective that allows them to the role of the dungeon master, a willful group on task, usually The teamwork skills are the take in all of their options, or even sometimes simply called the with an imaginary incentive such most obviously benefits one invent new options creatively game master. The game master as gold or experience points gains, especially as a game with the tools of their imaginary determines success and failure dangled in front of the players’ master. The game master plays environment. An adventure in of actions taken by players’ noses and promised to them in as arbiter of the game’s rules, Dungeons & Dragons runs much personas by rolled dice and case of completion of a goal: setting boundaries and breaking like a complicated heist, wherein statistical values derived from “Slay this frightful dragon and them, as well as keeping their everyone has an assigned role game specific rulebooks added you will receive all the gold team of players on task, crafting they can fulfill. This promotes to said dice rolls. and magical artifacts within its the world around them, setting a goal-oriented mindset, one Dungeons & Dragons, hoard!” story’s pace, and weaving wherein a person can see an despite the immature, escapist I recall one interesting session the story into an enjoyable objective, think creatively and reputation, has helped me build as an example of trying to lead and interactive form. This is realistically how to reach that skills that I would not have had, a group and their situation into a incredibly useful in gaining objective, and mobilize as part had I never played. As a socially more appropriate direction: I was experience leading group of a group to reach it. awkward, autistic, sheltered game master to a party of players projects, both academically and Players of the game quickly teen transitioning into collegiate that were intent on challenging a professionally. A game master learn that working together and life in 2015, I was a babe in the powerful vampire in combat, but must appreciate and challenge paying attention to the details woods who lacked many of the the group’s current level of power the skills of their story’s of their fantastical environment essential skills needed to succeed was nowhere near great enough characters by delegating proper allows them to succeed. A group in academics and later in the to challenge a monster like that. tasks to them in such a way that of heroes on a quest to slay a professional world. The party would’ve perished keeps them focused and makes dragon or retrieve treasures Just planning a game session swiftly in an attempt face it, them feel like a part of the group. from a trap filled catacomb requires and promotes time and, unknown to the party, this In the process of play, the are not likely to succeed—or management and scheduling vampire had no wish to do them game master most often sets up survive—if they refuse to play skills. Creatures like dragons, any harm. I dropped a clue to the some sort of obstacle, puzzle, or to their strengths or utilize orcs, elves, and wizards all have power of the monster by having foe which players must bypass, their environment to gain an their own character sheets and him hypnotize one of the players’ solve, or defeat. Sometimes this advantage. numerical statistics which need characters, and, finally, had the comes in the form of a dangerous Role-playing games like to be studied and kept on hand vampire flee when they removed trap in a secluded ruin, a person Dungeons & Dragons get people as notes for when their die rolls its coffin from its resting place, that needs to be convinced to to make use of what they know need to be made. The game endangering it—vampires in help the players, or a powerful to make an enjoyable, unique, master must also keep an outline Dungeons & Dragons require monster, such as a dragon, that cooperative, story experience— of what directions they expect a specific criteria be met for their needs to be defeated. Sometimes all within a consequence free, storyline might take based on the daytime resting places. I could’ve a solution is straightforward, in simulated environment. actions of their players. Very few simply had the vampire destroy the case of combatting dangerous people can invent an engaging the party of adventurers then and We can help to stop Marine Pollution

Breanna Hill News Editor

Pollution continues to be one of the biggest problems facing the world today, and it’s only getting worse as the years pass by. We tend to forget on several occasions that pollution not only affects us, but the precious marine life as well. More than 70 percent of the world consists of our oceans, so why are we avoiding the obvious and adding to the devastation by producing man-made pollution? Most of the trash that enters the oceans are some form of plastic, which is doing considerably more harm because plastic is unable to biodegrade. Most people are unaware of what all can contribute to marine pollution, or how it all comes to be. Dumping waste into PC: swachhindia.ndtv.com the oceans off the shoreline isn’t even the biggest cause of marine the oceans is truly astounding. It takes approximately 80 years for pollution; dumping into sewers and storm drains also contributes Styrofoam to decompose. When it comes to aluminum that’s 200 to the devastation that is wreaking havoc on our precious waters. years, and plastic 400. We need to help preserve our oceans not Ocean pollution is known to affect over 800 different marine only to protect the marine life, but our own lives as well. One of the species that reside in the oceans, mostly because they believe simplest ways to help out is to pick up trash along the shorelines plastic is food that they’re able to consume. Ocean pollution not whenever you’re able to. If we all pitch in whenever we can our only contributes to the killing of the marine animals but also birds marine life will begin to feel safer, and have longer life spans. as well. Some people may think that dumping a water bottle in the Do you want to learn more? Visit: https://www.noaa.gov/ ocean is no big deal, but the rate at which things decompose in resource-collections/ocean-pollution The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 4 Arts & Entertainment FILM REVIEW Broly may be maximum

The Legendaryafter Super Saiyan. all Taylor Mitchell A&E Editor This is Toriyama’s take on the I don’t often get to review fan favorite character that was anime when I write. I do a radio originally unique to the film. show about it, but it’s weirdly The film explores a new Broly more niche then even the other and combines him with new nerdier stuff I write. I also find concepts introduced in Dragon it hard to review entire televi- Ball Super. This ends up mak- sion series, which is most of ing a character that actually what mainstream anime con- makes sense to the story as well sists of in the States. Theatrical as making quite a spectacle. anime film releases are rare to Speaking of spectacle, the begin with, but ones that reach new animation style used in Alabama are even rarer. This movies facilitates a whole lot brings us to Dragon Ball Super: of it. The films animation feels Broly. When the movie was an- like very much a throw back to nounced I was excited, but ex- hand drawn styles from the 90s. pected to have to see the movie It is incredibly bouncy and high quite a bit after release. I was energy. It looks just as impres- delighted to hear it would get sive in the film’s slower mo- a wider release than usual, and ments as it does in fight scenes. even more delighted to see that Speaking of the fights, ladies a local theater would be show- and gents this is Dragon Ball, ing it. I was able to experience and there are as always the star the film in just enough time to of the show. While some of the write this review in fact. fight animation is clearly pro- Dragon Ball Super: Broly is duced the same way the rest of the first movie connected to the the film, a large chunk of it is Dragon Ball Super manga and CGI. This was also done in the television series. It is also the most recent Dragon Ball Z mov- 20th feature film in the over- ie Resurrection F, which admit- all Dragon Ball franchise cre- tedly handled it poorly. This ated by Akira Toriyama. The time around it blends in pretty film picks up right where the seamlessly. While I noticed it, I admit I was looking for it. The show ended, but with a pro- Courtesy of Funimation logue that sets up the films an- person I went with commented afterwards that they hardly no- for the future of the Dragon jump on. For our local readers tagonists Paragus and his son Ball franchise. I really enjoyed I feel I should mention that it Broly. They are members of ticed until I pointed it out. It also just looks incredibly good, all the fast paced action of the is showing at Amstar Theater the saiyan race, much like he- movie. While the story is hard in Oxford, Alabama and Truss- roes Goku and Vegeta, exiled especially the energy blasts that often punctuate Dragon Ball’s to talk about since it both con- ville Cinema 16 in Trussville, by Vegeta’s father. Now, Para- cludes a story and sets up an- Alabama. The Chanticleer is gus seeks revenge on Vegeta, action sequences. They have honestly never looked better, other possible story, it was still not in any way sponsored by and he teams up with longtime incredibly satisfying. If you’re these theaters, but they are the villain Frieza to do it. Long which adds tremendously to the visuals of the movie. a long time fan I cannot recom- only immediately local theaters time fans of the series may rec- mend it enough, and even if you we are aware of that are cur- ognize Broly as the villian of This movie is fantastic and opens up several possibilities aren’t I would have a hard time rently showing the film. 2003’s Dragon Ball Z: Broly - finding a better place for you to FILM REVIEW Aquaman makes waves James King who our villains are. After all that is set up, the movie truly A&E Writer begins and the story simply becomes our heroes need to get the Aquaman is the best DC movie since Wonder Woman. I magical item to stop the bad guy. This surprisingly works and have complicated feelings about the DC Extended Universe. the movie kicks into high gear until the spectacular final fight Most of the DC extended Universe movies are pale imitations in Atlantis between all the factions of the underwater world. of Marvel movies at best and others are bloated, dumb, and It’s something I never knew I wanted and while the movie even downright boring at worst. It makes me sad because I basically becomes an animated movie at that point, is pretty grew up watching these characters in the DC animated uni- amazing to watch even on its own. verse from the earliest days of Batman: The Animated Series to Jason Momoa was a pretty fun Aquaman who is love- Justice League: Unlimited, and I know they can tell some truly ably dumb for most of the movie and has really great chem- epic storylines. That isn’t to say that all of the DCEU movies istry with Amber Heard’s Mera. William Defoe even shows are bad, Wonder Woman was a ton of fun to watch and really up as a teacher and advisor character to Aquaman. I felt that set the bar high for any female-led superhero franchises going Oceanmaster, played by Patrick Wilson, wasn’t that memo- forward. Marvel Studio’s Captain Marvel will have to make rable of a villain and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Black Manta something truly great to compete with what may be the best was a bit one-note. Both villains have a need for revenge on female superhero movie. Aquaman albeit for different reasons. Though any scene where With all that said, is Aquaman a movie worth your mon- the characters get to fight with Aquaman is pretty fun and there ey and worth seeing on the big screen? I believe the answer is is a chase sequence in the middle of the movie that sets Black a big YES. Now, with that said this movie has some issues that Manta up as a credible threat in future movies. might keep it from really striking a big chord with audiences as I went into this movie expecting it to be a dumb action Wonder Woman did. This movie feels like a CGI fest from be- movie in the vein of a transformers movie and I was pleasantly ginning to end. If that is a turn-off, I would avoid this movie as surprised. It has some minor problems, but it really nails the there are gallons of CGI at almost every point of the film. Not fun of the character and is generally a fun watch. I definitely much of it looks real, but I feel as though that was the intent. wouldn’t mind going to more DC movies if they were this fun The story is simple, but the world-building is extensive. to watch. The first third of this movie is basically all set up. It is set- ting up who Aquaman is, where he’s from, what his conflict is, what his power set is, what the politics of Atlantis are like, The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 5 Arts & Entertainment FILM NEWS announce 2019 nominees Kimberly Nordyke Hollywood Reporter

The Academy unveiled its 2019 Oscar nomina- tions early Tuesday morning, with The Favourite and Roma leading all films with 10 nods apiece. Both movies are nominated for best picture for the 91st Oscars alongside BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, A Star Is Born and Vice. A Star Is Born and Vice also were dominant in the 2019 Oscar nominations, earning eight apiece, followed by Black Panther with seven, BlacK- kKlansman with six and Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book with five each. Meanwhile, in the directing category, Spike Lee earned his first-ever best directing Oscar nomination for BlacKkKlansman, while A Star Is Born director Bradley Cooper was among the snubs, though he did earn a best acting nomination. Lee will vie with Courtesy of the Hollywood Reporter Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite), Adam McKay (Vice) and Pawel Paw- The 2019 Best Picture nominees. From left to right: (top row) Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, likowski (Cold War) for the honor of best director Bohemian Rhapsody, and The Favourite (bottom row) Roma, Green Book, A Star is Born, Vice. at the 2019 Oscars. Best Supporting Actor Best Animated Feature The Oscar nominations announcement took · Mahershala Ali (Green Book) · Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird, John place at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, · (BlacKkKlans- Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle) with Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross host- man) · Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson, ing. · Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born) Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy The 91st annual Academy Awards will be pre- · Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Dawson) sented once again at the Dolby Theatre at Holly- Forgive Me?) · Mirai (Mamoru Hosoda and wood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The show will air live Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC. · Sam Rockwell (Vice) Yuichiro Saito) · Ralph Breaks the Internet (Rich Best Picture Best Original Screenplay Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spen- · Black Panther (Kevin Feige, · The Favourite (Deborah Davis cer) Producer) and Tony McNamara) · Spider-Man: Into the Spider- · BlacKkKlansman (Sean McKit- · First Reformed (Paul Schrader) Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, trick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, · Green Book (Nick Vallelonga, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Chris- Peele and Spike Lee, Producers) Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly) topher Miller) · Bohemian Rhapsody (Graham · Roma (Alfonso Cuaron) King, Producer) · Vice (Adam McKay) Best Visual Effects · The Favourite (Ceci Dempsey, · Avengers: Infinity War (Dan Best Adapted Screenplay Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, and · A Star Is Born (Eric Roth, Will Lanthimos, Producers) ) Fetters & Bradley Cooper) · Green Book (Jim Burke, Charles · Christopher Robin (Christo- · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly pher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen) and Nick Vallelonga, Producers) Jones and ) · BlacKkKlansman (Charlie · Roma (Gabriela Rodriguez and · First Man (Paul Lambert, Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kev- Alfonso Cuaron, Producers) Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. in Willmott & Spike Lee) · A Star Is Born (Bill Gerber, Schwalm) · If Beale Street Could Talk (Bar- Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell · Ready Player One (Roger Guy- ry Jenkins) Taylor, Producers) ett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler · Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Ni- · Vice (Dede Gardner, Jeremy and David Shirk) cole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty) Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Mes- · Solo: A Star Wars Story (Rob sick, Producers) Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Best Cinematography and Dominic Tuohy) · The Favourite (Robbie Ryan)

· Never Look Away (Caleb De- Best Director Best Animated Short schanel) · Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) · Animal Behaviour (Alison · Roma (Alfonso Cuaron) · Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favou- Snowden and David Fine) · A Star Is Born (Matty Liba- rite) · Bao (Domee Shi and Becky tique) · Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) Neiman-Cobb) · Cold War (Lukasz Zal) · Adam McKay (Vice) · Late Afternoon (Louise Bagnall

· Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War) and Nuria González Blanco) Best Original Score · One Small Step (Andrew Ches- · Black Panther (Ludwig Go- worth and Bobby Pontillas) Best Actress ransson) · Weekends (Trevor Jimenez) · (Roma) · BlacKkKlansman (Terence · Glenn Close (The Wife) Blanchard) Best Live-Action Short · Olivia Colman (The Favourite) · If Beale Street Could Talk · Detainment (Vincent Lambe · Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) (Nicholas Britell) and Darren Maho) · Melissa McCarthy (Can You · Isle of Dogs (Alexandre Des- · Fauve (Jeremy Comte and Ma- Ever Forgive Me?) plat) ria Gracia Turgeon) · Mary Poppins Returns (Marc · Marguerite (Marianne Farley Best Actor Shaiman) and Marie-Helene Panisset) · Christian Bale (Vice) · Mother (Rodrigo Sorogoyen · Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) Best Documentary Feature and María del Puy Alvarado) · (At Eternity’s · Free Solo (Elizabeth Chai Va- · Skin (Guy Nattiv and Jaime Gate) sarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Ray Newman) · Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhap- Shannon Dill) sody) · Hale County This Morning, Best Documentary Short · Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) This Evening (RaMell Ross, Joslyn · Black Sheep (Ed Perkins and Barnes and Su Kim) Jonathan Chinn) Best Supporting Actress · Minding the Gap (Bing Liu and · End Game (Rob Epstein and · (Vice) Diane Quon) Jeffrey Friedman) · Marina de Tavira (Roma) · Of Fathers and Sons (Talal · Lifeboat (Skye Fitzgerald and · (If Beale Street Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Bryn Mooser) Could Talk) Tobias N. Siebert) · A Night at the Garden (Mar- · (The Favourite) · RBG (Betsy West and Julie Co- shall Curry) · (The Favourite) hen) · Period. End of Sentence. (Ray- ka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton) The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 6 Study Break

Trivia Answers: January 17th Edition!

1. What was the first console video game that allowed the game to be saved? Answer: The Legend of Zelda

2. Nintendo is a consumer electronics and video game company founded in what country? Answer: Japan

3. The first person shooter video game Doom was first released in what year? Answer: 1993

4. In what year was the Nintendo 64 officially released? Answer: 1996

Television Trivia!

1. What late disc jockey was the voice of Shaggy in the cartoon, “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?” A. Matthew Lillard B. Casey Kasem C. Billy West

2. What : The Next Generation actor hosted the children’s show ? A. B. Brent Spiner C.

3. In what city would you find the Wizard of Oz? A. The Emerald City B. The Teal City C. The City of Oz

A few sick punz...

I got a new pair of gloves today, but they’re both ‘lefts’ which, on the one hand, is great, but on the other, it’s just not right.

What did E.T.’s mother say to him when he got home? “Where on Earth have you been?!”

I found a rock yesterday which measured 1760 yards in length. Must be some kind of milestone.

Riddle me this...

You have been poisoned by an evil scientist. He told you that the only antidote is the saliva of a gecko. He contains saliva of six different animals. A gecko, a lizard, a koala, a tapir, a giraffe, and a cow. He hasn’t labeled the test tubes containing the saliva of the animals. On the left is a table which four of the test tubes are one. On the right is a table which two of the test tubes are on. The lizards saliva is poisonous. The lizard and gecko test tubes are on the same table. The test tubes on the left are labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4. The gecko spit will not override the lizard poison. The lizard and gecko saliva are not right beside each other. You don’t know where the cow test tube is. You know that the cow saliva is in 2 or 3 however. You know that the lizard test tube is not to the right of the cow. You only have time to drink two test tubes, which side do you run toward and which test tubes do you drink? The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 7 Sports JSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UPCOMING EVENTS Pearson’s strong day not enough against hot-shooting Tech Men’s JACKSONVILLE Basketball Senior Rayven Pearson's season-high 15 rebounds finished @ EKU just three shy of the Hazel Green, 1/24 Ala., native's career mark, but wasn't enough as the Jacksonville @Morehead State women's basketball team 1/26 fell to Tennessee Tech, 66-49, on Saturday afternoon. vs Murray The Golden Eagles (14-3, 6-0 State OVC) remain the only unbeaten 1/31 team in Ohio Valley Conference play, running their win-streak

to nine games overall. JSU (8- JSU Sportwire Women’s 9, 2-4) dropped its third-straight largely stay the same throughout 49. Unfortunately, the Gamecocks Basketball conference game for the first time the contest with the visitors on top would go cold the rest of the way in two years. 41-26 at halftime. as Tech secured the 66-49 victory. Chloe Long gave JSU a 2-0 @ EKU Pearson not only led JSU on the Despite TTU's hot-shooting day, lead on the opening basket of the 1/24 glass with 15 boards, but notched JSU's defense still held the OVC's game, but a triple from TTU's her seventh double-double of the top offense 14 points below its Jordan Brock on the ensuing year with a team-high 13 points. season average enter Saturday. @Morehead possession pushed Tech back in 1/26 Redshirt-senior Destiney Elliott After four-straight game at The front. Brock, the league's leading had nine points, followed by Long Pete, JSU departs for Eastern scorer finished with a game-high with seven. Kentucky and Morehead State vs Murray 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Tech led by as many as 17, but next weekend in road competition. State TTU shot 64.3 percent in the Pearson's three-point play with 1/31 opening quarter to grab a 22-11 5:01 remaining in the fourth drew JSU Sportswire advantage early. JSU within single digits, down 58- The double-digit margin would Women’s Track JSU RIFLE Thundering Sink leads Jax State Rifle Herd Invite 1/25 against Murray State

@Samford JACKSONVILLE – Gamecock finisher in both Senior David Sink paced regiments as the Crumpton, Open the Jacksonville State rifle Maryland native tallied an 2/9 team against Ohio Valley aggregate score of 1166. Conference rival Murray Sink finished fourth in State over the weekend the individual standings. Men’s at the Gamecock Rifle MSU’s Barbara Schlapfer Range. was the medalist with a JSU Sportwire Tennis The Gamecocks, final mark of 1184. Sink competing at home for recorded a 592 in air rifle JSU TRACK & FIELD @ UWA the second consecutive and a 574 in smallbore. 1/26 weekend, turned in a 4647. JSU senior Mekenna Track and Field continues early The Racers of Murray State Richardson posted the season progress at Samford @ Jackson registered a 4689. JSU best smallbore mark by scored a 2345 in air rifle the Gamecocks with a BIRMINGHAM – In its take third in the high State and a 2302 in smallbore. 578. Richardson placed second-straight weekend jump with a height of 1.65 2/8 The two squads will seventh on the individual at the CrossPlex, the meters. Baylee Porch face off against each other leaderboard. Sophomore Jacksonville State track finished just outside the for the second straight Sam Payne carded a 585 and field team saw its top 10 at 11th with a mark Women’s weekend in Murray, in air rifle and a 576 in upperclassmen lead of 1.55 meters. Kentucky on January smallbore. Freshman Tennis the way at the Samford The Gamecocks first win 26. That outing will prep Mackenzie Van Patten Invite. of the indoor campaign the two OVC programs rounded out the scoring JSU’s top times on came with senior Brittany @ UWA for the 2019 OVC Rifle for JSU with an 1160. Van the track were turned Cook’s 11.75-meter triple 1/26 Championship that will Patten shot a 586 in air rifle in during the distance jump distance. The 38- be hosted by Jax State on and a 574 in smallbore. events. Junior Emily foot-6 ¾ inch mark beat @ Jackson February 2-3. Sorrell ran her first the runner-up by nine Sink was the top JSU Sportswire State indoor 1,000-meter inches, and third place by 2/8 race, crossing the line in more than a foot. eighth at 3:06.20. In the Sophomore Tylynn longer 3,00-meter event, Register led the way for newcomer Chemutai JSU in the long jump Rifle Nereo placed fourth at clearing 5.25 meters, 10:43.19, while teammate while Mary Cagle posted @ Murray St Autumn Rick was less the Gamecocks best 1/26 than a minute behind throw mark finishing in 14th with a time of 14th in the shot put event. @OVC 11:34.73. The Gamecocks head this After posting JSU’s top weekend to Huntington, Champon- mark in the opening West Virginia, for the ships weekend of the season, Thundering Herd Invite 2/2 & 3 junior Madison Rollins at Marshall University. returned with another strong performance to JSU Sportswire JSU Sportwire The Chanticleer January 24, 2019 8 Sports

JSU MEN’S BASKETBALL JSU BEACH VOLLEYBALL Gamecocks don’t let down against Tech to improve to 6-0 in OVC Jax State Daniel Mayes overall. longest win streak in saw the open floor and Beach Editor-in-Chief Jacksonville State Division I with seven. kept running and hoped showed no signs of rust, The Gamecocks can set he saw me. He threw it, Volleyball JACKSONVILLE— shooting 62 percent in the two new program bests and I just took off and “We’re not going to first half and sprinting to in both with a win against put it through the rim. I releaes have a letdown. We’ll be a 34-21 lead at the break. EKU next time out. Jason always look for a way to ready to go Saturday,” The Gamecocks Burnell, the Gamecocks’ energize my team. If it’s 2019 play Jacksonville State coach quickly built up a leading scorer, struggled a dunk, steal, a charge, Ray Harper said after 20-point lead in the from the floor, hitting anything. I’m the guy to dates Thursday’s overtime second half, but a cold just 3 of 11 shots, but he do it.” victory over Belmont. streak let Tennessee Tech made all eight of his free —Harper on the win: “They know this one cut it to within six. throws, finishing with 14 “We played in spurts. We doesn’t mean anything A Jamall Gregory points and 14 rebounds. got up 20 and just relaxed if we don’t take care of thunderous posterization Ty Hudson tied for the and didn’t put it away business on Saturday.” dunk of a Tennessee scoring lead with 14 of like we needed to and On Saturday night, they Tech defender changed his own. should have. I thought Ty did just that, defeating momentum back in JSU’s —Christian Hudson made big play Tennessee Tech 65-48. favor with 5:12 to go, Cunningham, who has after big play down the After an emotional energizing a 14-3 finish been limited in the stretch.” for the Gamecocks that scoring column since overtime win just two JSU Sportwire days before, no one put the game back out of returning from a back Next up would have blamed reach again. injury, scored all eight of —The Gamecocks hit JACKSONVILLE – The JSU for getting off to his points in the first half the road to Kentucky, Jacksonville State beach a slow start against a What to know Saturday, including three where they’ll try to volleyball program released its 2019 schedule on Monday, Golden Eagle team that —The win gives JSU dunks. He’d scored no keep their win streak showcasing 15 duals the came into the game a 6-0 start in OVC, more than two points in alive against Eastern matching the best start his previous four games Kentucky on Thursday Gamecocks will have in the with just a 6-12 record. sand this season. to conference play since played. and Morehead State the The Gamecocks came It's a new chapter for Jax State's out focused, however, moving to Division I. following Saturday. JSU fourth-year beach program. Last jumping out to a hot start Mark Turgeon led the Who said will return home to Pete April, the Gamecocks reached and outpacing Tech for Gamecocks to a 6-0 start —Gregory on his Mathews to play Murray an agreement to join the Atlantic their sixth straight win to in Atlantic Sun games energizing dunk in the State and top-5 projected Sun (ASUN) Conference as start conference play and in 1999-00. Jacksonville second half: “I gave it up NBA draft pick Ja Morant an affiliate member for the their seventh straight win State also matched its to Ty (Hudson), and I just on Jan. 31. sport, along with previous beach independents Morehead State and Austin Peay. This year marks the first time JSU will have conference duals, and a chance to participate in postseason competition. First-year head coach Todd Garvey will see his team open the season on February 22-23 at the Blazer Beach Bash in Birmingham. The Gamecocks will start the season against host UAB, before taking on UL-Monore, New Orleans, North Alabama and Mercer. UNA and Mercer are part of the new ASUN, however these duals will not count towards the conference season. On March 15-16 JSU will travel to Clarksville, Tenn., for Austin Peay's tournament where JSU will meet Central Arkansas as well as first-time meetings with Matt Reynolds/JSU Missouri Baptist and Tusculum JSU’s Jason Burnell, left, and Ty Hudson picked up recognition for their performances last week. College. JSU will then face Mercer again on March 29 in Macon, Ga., as both teams take Gamecock duo receives OVC, national honors one final tune-up before league Daniel Mayes against Tennessee Tech, overcoming Hudson scored a crucial, yet action starts. Editor-in-Chief a 3-11 shooting night to lead the unheralded 18 points in the JSU 91- The Gamecocks' first-ever Gamecocks to their seventh straight 80 win over Belmont, as the point conference dual will take Jacksonville State’s duo of Jason victory and a 6-0 start in OVC guard’s steady contributions were place on Saturday, March Burnell and Ty Hudson received games. overpassed by Burnell’s 30 and 30 at North Alabama in a doubleheader with the Lions. conference and national honors for “JB is playing phenomenally Gregory’s season-best 25. With the ASUN's rotating host their performances in two Gamecock right now, like the OVC Player of The Clemson transfer followed scheduling, JSU will then travel wins last week. the Year,” Gamecock guard Jamall his career-high game with 14 points to Conway, S.C., the following Burnell was named Mid-Major Gregory said of Burnell’s play last against TTU, tying Burnell for the week. “We really feed off of him, team lead. Hudson sported averages weekend to take on Morehead National Player of the Week and State and Austin Peay, before and tonight he showed why he’s one of 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 Ohio Valley Conference Player returning home on April 12 of the best players in this league.” assists, 2.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per of the Week by College Sports to host Coastal Carolina in a Burnell’s two-game average of game in the two games. Madness, a website covering NCAA doubleheader. Athletics. Hudson received OVC 22.0 points and 12.0 rebounds were Hudson shared OVC Newcomer JSU, MSU, APSU, UNA Newcomer of the Week honors from enough to garner attention from of the Week honors with SIUE guard and CCU will make up the the league itself. CSM, but the OVC’s official Player Tyresse Williford. north division of the league, CSM named Burnell the player of the Week was Murray State’s Ja The Gamecock duo takes the while established programs in of the week of all Mid-Major Morant. The Sophomore sensation floor again Thursday night on the Jacksonville, North Florida, conferences, a group that the guard put up 33.5 points, 10.5 road in Berea, Kentucky to face the Stetson, Florida Gulf Coast and website classifies as comprising of assists, 3.0 steals and 3.0 rebounds Eastern Kentucky Colonels, where Mercer comprise the ASUN 17 different conferences. per game to keep the Racers in the the Gamecocks can win their eighth south division. Following the Burnell followed his 30-point, ranks of the OVC unbeaten as well. straight game and move to 7-0 in season, six of the 10 teams will 10-rebound game against Belmont Garnering official OVC honors the OVC, which would both set new be invited to the conference last Thursday with a 14 and 14 line however was first-year Gamecock program Division I records. championship in DeLand, Fla., guard Ty Hudson. April 18-20. JSU Sportwire