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Both . i victors are musicians who played ,.,.., . i -' i y i ,r'''r J ' . piano pieces that dem1 7, I , p' , k , ', a onstrated jr high level of technical 1 t - t skill '''l and entertainment value. I . ( , . f, the This Dixie's Got Talent . year , I i I i winners earned a cash prize, as in 01 I Z ' past years, and an i i -z il 't trip to Los Angeles for a chance to k . ) , audition on America's Got Talent on -- t " . cu), z 3. Feb , ' '.. Twenty final contestants com4. u) i4t, 4 4 peted before a group Cheerleaders are required to be able to stunt, and go into this position, where they are in the air with on leg tucked, of judges and an audience of over whenever told to do so. They practice almost every morning bright and early for multiple hours to support the Trailblaz1,000 people after progressing ers. through two preliminary stages of , the competition. The audience was able to vote for their favorite adult and youth contestants at the end said it was hard to learn how to over and over, requiring them BY HANNA POLLOCK of the show. Audience and judges' to develop enough strength and put himself out there in front of a votes each swayed the decision by hannapollockDSN crowd. endurance to be able to hold their 50 percent. "Humility is the biggest strength partners up above their heads for "You could feel the energy in here, required to be a cheerleader," Jenlong periods of time. Jensen said and it was just crazy," said Del Besen said. "You have to be willing The physical strength required practice and conditioning help the atty, dean of students and producer to go outside your bubble." cheer team nail its stunts when to waver high above the crowd of Dixie's Got Talent. the time comes, but cheerleading while balancing on a single, shakAshlyn Steglich, a senior comJosian Brett, a freshman theater munication major from Highland, ing hand, is only the surface of requires a type of strength differmajor from Spokane, Washington, said cheering can be intimidating, ent from other sports. the strength required to be a Dixie was one of the six DSU student "There's a different kind of State University cheerleader. especially to people just beginfinalists. Brett said the highlight of That is why DSU cheerleaders ning. She has been cheering since strength you need to be a cheerthe experience for her was having she was a child and danced when p leader," Jensen said. "It's a differare expected to be in the chance to learn and grow as a shape as You said was even she kind She ent endurance. of could Cheer the to represent younger. vocalist. university. d workout, go do a important as leg and core strength "Just try new things, " Brett said. practices three times a week, football-oriented then do a workare, trusting your technique and "I was nervous just to try but if you before 6 a.m., and they practice mental blocks and would are be ab out, they overcoming completely running, stunting, tumbling, give it your all, you're going to sucdifferent and difficult." more even important. ceed in the end." and leg exercises. Cheerleaders' limits are pushed "Naturally, cheer is scary," However, Colton Jensen, a Likewise, Annie Schutz, a freshlot of some "It takes and a for said. aren't science exercise people Steglich ready theater major from Salt Lake man major sophomore tell that head to mental cheer coach most the said challenge, power yourself imporfrom Tooele, City, said confidence is key when Kristi Shaw said. She said they tant strength for a cheerleader isn't you're going to follow through performing. have to adapt to new coaching, and do your tumbling or stunts. "Go into it with a positive atphysical, but it is mental. You teammates the and have to trust on he once technique." expectations started Jensen titude," she said. "Don't worry too cheering cheerthe male At he practice, got to DSU, and even though see STRENGTH page 4 leaders often stunt their partners he in school, high see TALENT page 2 played sports , i 1 A mother-so- n the eighth annual Di?de's Got Talent finale at Dixie State University's , , i 'IN i I . , VAZQUEZ naomivazquez , , , : '' BY NAOMI I! I . Plt ' CD 1 ' , ,,, I ' ou) , , 1 ,. ,,,,''''- i - ,,,,, i , ) . , , - q A , , ', Y t t 1 ot !. I . 1 rli ' . f'''''' .,.,,,4 ; 'I , i t . COM WEDNESDAY JAIJAIII 24, 2018 VOLUME XLVII NO. 17 I r i 1 L'I tip-to- ot tit CD , cheer-oriente- INOICEOFDiXIE - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM WHAT'S INSIDE News 1 Opinion 3 sports 4 Features 6 Nson Tail 8 CONTACT Stuiden thara' th BY ANNA ORSO TNS NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DixieSunDixie.edu Jennings room 134 4,1H 4,,, . star-studd- C 1 't,',4 tin..N.4 . 7 225 S. University Ave. St. George, UT 84770 435-652-78- 1 ADVERTISING DixieSunAdsDixiaedu 435-652-78- 18 fax: 435-656-40- 19 Alison Malmon was wrapping freshman year up the end of her of Pennsylvania at the University she got the news: in 2000 when Her older brother Brian, a student at Columbia University, had killed himself. He'd struggled for years with mental illness, Malmon said, but concealed his symptoms. Determined to help, Ma lmon formed ti t-tit- ay are biliger ide lists 'iarents, study .finds a group at Penn a year and a half later to empower students to talk openly about mental health. Her group, Active Minds, blossomed into a national organization that today has more than 450 campus chapters. Leaders with the organization spend their time planning programming and talking with college students about the now pressure today's young people face. "What you hear often is just a need to be perfect," said Mal see IDEALISTS page 2 - ,,,, - ;- " - - '' , , , ,., - k., , .. - , - 4 , - 1 ,,, f , g , r-- le- - w' - 1 , - 0 e ' ' ..z,,,... . - "r"- ' '''''''''''-1- . - F , , 1 '. ' 44.".."' - 1 - , t .- ,... Ed 44 ); 'I , i ., L .:,--. , 1 , e" ,fognfir ' 1 ,, the Stanford University campus features the Hoover Tower in Stanford, California. A recent study found that today's college students want to be perfect, mores than their parents did. An aerial view of |