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Student Newspaper The Volume 115 Edition 4 Prospector March 2, 2017 Frontier Conference Champions Men's basketball claims title outright for rst time since 2005-06 season Carroll Sports Information It wasn't easy, but nobody expected it to be. In two previous meetings between Carroll College and Lewis-Clark State in men's basketball, the Saints won both, but by a combined four points, the second game went into overtime. Saturday night, Carroll overcame a second-half slump to earn a 63-60 win and earn the outright Frontier Conference title and the No. 1 Seed in the conference tournament. "When you're part of a group that does something like this, you can't help but be grateful," Coach Carson Cunningham said. "I'm grateful for the opportunity to coach these fantastic, moxie-filled young men, for all the members of the coaching staff, coach Carlito Labarda, coach Jesse Repay, coach Scott Menzies and manager Judd Brost. I'm grateful for Carroll Col- lege, which has a huge heart, for the folks who help us put on home and away games and who clean up afterward, for athletic trainer Jeff Birchell. I could go on and on. Shoot I've stolen so much -- actual- ly, Huck Finn calls it borrowing -- from Gene Keady and Brad Stevens, I've got to thank them. I've gotten to learn from a great group of coaches at Carroll -- Coach Rachelle Sayers and Gary Turcott, Coach Mike Van Diest and his incredible staff and more. Fortunately, we've got a lot of hoops in front of us. We'll savor this tonight and get back to prep mode for the conference tourney and then the national tourney." The game was an instant classic, but it didn't start that way. Lewis-Clark missed More BASKETBALL on Page 6 "It feels very good. It's about "Carroll fans are the MVPs. "It feels great to bring a title "I love these guys. I'm happy time we won one. It's been Thanks for all the support! back to Carroll after all these to be apart of something a grind for four years, but to We did it for you." years. Really grateful for special with my brothers." nally get it is awesome." Lorel Johnson, Junior the fans and the community Kyle Nickol, Junior Zach Taylor, Senior support." Ryan Imho, Junior Conference champions deserve more student support job done without them, but with them, The Carroll PE Center can hold up to it to be a very good crowd season." Student it makes our job more fun and easier to 2,943 people in the bleachers, but the In the most recent NAIA coaches poll, accomplish." numbers do not show a full house. the Saints ranked in as the number 8 Columnist The Saints recently snagged the Fron- Steve Jones, Carroll's Director of team in the nation. So why does the Car- tier Conference outright, one game ahead Athletic Operations and Facilities, has roll student population fail in consistent- BREANNA CALDWELL of Montana Western, and have done so noticed certain attendance patterns over ly supporting a men’s basketball team as with flash and flair along the way. But the years. highly talented and ranked as the Saints? Carroll’s men’s basketball team is after consistent improvement over the "The crowd varies based on the time Taylor, the Saints’ senior point guard, full of raw, hard working talent, NAIA past four years, the PE Center remains of the season," Jones said. "It really just made headlines this season when a scout All-American players, and an outstand- curiously empty during games. goes in cycles. Toward the beginning from the National Basketball Associa- ing coaching staff. With all these incred- Senior Zach Taylor, juniors Ryan Im- of the season, the PE Center is more tion showed interest in the lanky point ible attributes, it still lacks the support it hoff and Oliver Carr, and sophomore crowded because it is something new, but guard. Last season, Taylor finished the deserves. Match Burnham bring All-American then it really just depends on who we are season with All-American second team Steve Helm, a freshman on the team, worthy talent to the court. This season, playing." honors. Also during that season, Imhoff loves seeing a big turnout for games. the men have averaged just 327 specta- Jones has compared this season's atten- and Burnham, who recently broke his "The fans help us tremendously," said tors per game with a total of 3,918 total dance with past attendance and said,"it wrist in a season ending accident, were Helm, a computer science major from spectators all season attending home would compare to any good season in the All-American honorable mentions. The Valparaiso, Indiana. "We can get the games. That doesn't do this team justice. past most certainly, and I would consider More SUPPORT on Page 6 Carroll's Got Talent Chapel construction Standouts update Pages 8-9 Page 16 Student opinions on hot topics Page 10 Thursday, March 2, 2017 Thursday, March 2, 2017 2 Campus Letter from the editors What is news these days? Is it the While they may return to correct or admit and social beliefs. False publications don't simply hit that share button. Read it. jumbled up icons when swiping to the to proven falsehoods, it is only an after- creates false ideals in the audience. These Read it twice. Research its facts. Double right on Snapchat? Is it trailing down a thought at that time. The message they sources are put into circulation on Face- check each claim, and then decide if it is Facebook homepage in between classes? hoped to get across has already done its book, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat worth sharing. Is it turning on a TV for two minutes and job. by the untrained eye to look for credible Information wields incredible influence getting caught up while wolfing down a Journalism, in many ways, has trans- sources. and should be handled with delicacy and breakfast? formed into which news source can get We often read a headline on a Facebook nerve. As editors, we ask that you handle Whatever it is, news is quite possibly the stories out to viewers faster, while story and share the post without clicking it appropriately and maturely. the most controversial subject of society holding the connotations that they want into the link to read about it. Society has Inaccurate news is detrimental to every today. Information is power, and the pow- to tell it with. Fact checking has become become gullible to social media news. aspect of our country—and campus—do er is in the hands of those holding it. The a rarity. While much of this is inevitable As editors, we advocate for the consid- not be the one adding to it. importance of accurate reporting, howev- with advancements in technology, rushed eration of patience in spreading informa- er, has dramatically fallen of late. journalism holds more harmful aspects tion, whether through word of mouth or Your Editors, Previously legitimate, credible news than benefits. journalistic style. sources are spewing out bias, dishonest CNN, Fox News, NYT and other sourc- Next time you come across an article Breanna Caldwell and information without a second thought. es are the catalyst for viewer’s political with a title agreeing with your beliefs, Isaac Bostrom Letter to the editors Alex Street targeting Tea Party groups that claimed to be nonprofits for special scrutiny. In fact, Professor that concern was largely unfounded. But using tax law in that way would involve I was happy to talk with The Prospector the IRS, not the Attorney General. about our new President. I commend your In President Trump's case the immedi- coverage of reactions on campus. But ate concern is that he will pull back voting I’m afraid I was misquoted at one point. I rights. Jeff Sessions, the new Attorney would like to explain myself. General, has a history of trying to do that I was quoted as saying, “[President in Alabama. And Trump has repeatedly Trump] could drive his competitors out of lied about losing the popular vote due business, censor the media, which he then to massive voter fraud. For this reason could use to attack his opponents, and many scholars fear a weakening of US appoint an attorney general that will use democracy via reforms making it harder Trump’s proposed tax laws to look very to vote, especially for groups that tend to carefully and disqualify his opponents, favor Democrats such as racial minorities, until we finally no longer have free and the poor or young people. fair elections.” The broader worry is that democracy President Trump does criticize the can be eroded. It does not always disap- "mainstream" media, even referring to pear suddenly, at the point of a gun. We them as the "enemy of the people." He have seen this gradual loss of political strongly promotes favorable media. There freedom recently in countries from Ven- is some risk this will drive advertising ezuela to Hungary. In fact, democracy to the favorable companies, and hurt has been in decline worldwide over the competitors. So far, though, most news past few years. In saying that this might companies are benefiting from all the con- happen in the US, there is a risk of crying troversy that the President generates. "wolf." But historical and comparative Rulers do sometimes use tax laws to studies of democratic decay imply that we disqualify or weaken opponents. This should not be complacent.

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