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Show WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 - DIXIESUNNEINS.COM 17, 2018 - Build a better world for yourself, then live in it ECKMAN BY CODY , I Cody Eckman - ' ,, , .,,,; , , g , , , di ,,,... , 4, A C :1 -- t N rg m. .., .., '''' :40 ,,.i A. - , . , ' ' '' - - f , '-- - , - i 4- , - - - - - -- . ', ' ,...,, -- ' - -- I (, .. t - 4 It's - ,I ...A.- o- January tends to bring a 4 ., , , f . r- , ' '''' 1 , . r e - ., 0 e ..- .- 1, ' t 4, 1 4. I . ,.... , , '4 t t. 4 , s ',4 ,,,i r time of , I . 2018, and i - I liost-Twil- banta .'! i,k4, 1 ,,,,,a l Isok0 .- ,, , , ''''Y ,- I , , ,t,t goals, 1 or-- , lution. reflection and , i ( ', ' , ,.. I heard a resolution from ' i .i,illt friend recently I liked but I've me a bit: "This year t f. i ' :,' decided to be happier." , 1 ir I I ..,. s',1 At first, I wasn't sure why ..,.. , -It , the I was so bothered by z phrase, but after doing some at Original thinking, it hit me: How? Brazilian athlete Daniel Souza shares a laugh with yoga instructor Denise Waling find I haven't to What's your plan? happiness in all parts of Muscle Beach. Features Editor Cody Eckman says its important not asked her yet, but I'm ife. convinced she's come up with and that, in turn, conone We can seize control of our no problems at all. That said, ly hit those home runs. vinces me that she's doomed happiness by shifting our I can't say that I've been My life has been largely to fail. mental perspective a bit. The way I hear a quote attributed to unhappy every single week of defined by my lack of I see it, in every person's health. I've been marked by Abraham Lincoln (it probably my life. I don't think we can mind there are basically two my peers as a lazy and unprocorrectly equate ease of being wasn't actually said by him, worlds: we'll call them The ductive student, disorganized with happiness. but that's a rant for another World That Is and The World and We should start to consider among other day) frequently: "Most folks That Should Be. The secret things. I never achieved much are about as happy as they happiness and success as that most people miss is a sets. A skill can be learned. academically, and I found my make up their minds to be." really simple one: we have to It can be taught. We can imrelationships were defined by The thing is, this quote is live in the first and build the how little I felt understood by prove our skills, make goals super incomplete. If I were second and, frequently, we of them and measure their my friends and family. This more inclined to sports and find ourselves doing neither went on for years, and I found baseball were my thing, I improvement. of these. myself generally feeling like Now, I want to throw up a could "decide" to hit nothI say that most people miss I'd ingested raw sewage. giant disclaimer here: there ing but home runs from because when we're this The problem finally got are those reading this who today forward, but without feeling down, unmotivated, so bad I quite literally broke suffer from clinical depresthe proper training, tidal and less hurt, stressed or set upon by down and was more or sion and have a hard time error, practice and desire, that any of the manifold afflicforced to seek professional even getting out of bed in decision would be absolutely tions that exist in our lives the morning. My words are help, which in my life, has meaningless. Why should we we tend to practice escapism. taken the form of therapy, not meant to discredit your think happiness any different? Whether through vice, denial medication and support We tend to view happiness feelings of misery or apathy. or another coping mechaIf you find yourself suffering as the absence of problems. groups. All of these things nism, we retreat to The World from such, please know that helped me see that even While I wish I could count on That Should Be and try to live the throes of there is help available and you someone in an absence of problems in my there for a time even though it aren't alone. Go see a profesdepression, anxiety, addiction life, I'm willing doesn't really exist yet. and anguish could take a more sional and get some advice. to admit that in the nearly 26 The problem here lies in a in role first active This might be your becoming hapstep years I've been alive, I can't the fact this world will never to learning how to consistent pier, more successful person. recall a week going by with reso- - k ' 1 - ? , , )a '41:,, ,,. , 1 - - ,4 ii cn ,,, , anti-soci- i ,,,,, ,. , day-to-d- ay exist. The point of The World That Should Be is to give us a vision of what we want so we can lay a road map down of how to get there. Once that world is built, it becomes The World That Is and is immediately replaced by our next vision of what we want. If we try to live in a world that isn't there, it means that we aren't living in the one that is and that can only lead to inaction, the atrophy of our happiness muscles and despair. I lived in a place that didn't exist for a long time and found the reality that surrounded me was neglected, ignored and hated instead of being taken care of and nourished so it could become something worthwhile to me. I can't stress enough how much this mined my life for a time. Rebuilding has been a long road I wouldn't wish on anyone. So, instead of "deciding to be happy," decide to go after what you want. Decide to live in The World That Is and build the life you'd rather have with your feet firmly planted on the ground. Seek individuals to like-mind- ed help you accomplish this. Seek out professionals who be those can help you therapists, career advisers or someone who can help mentor you to your next level of greatness. Don't settle for merely dreaming and don't let your- self be just a reflection of the problems you're facing. When sorrow and sadness come knocking, let yourself feel them but recognize that they don't have any hold over your happiness. I invite you to start today to build a better world for yourself. You deserve it. AT THE JONNY odatwaloos411 .mm4'464066-moom- THE EDITOR ,t ' t t, Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and .4 . - , prippyjedi - ",tt - '4,' , 'A '' '' , ''.:.. - - , well-writte- n. It's awards season in Hollywood again, and the biggest awards show in the world is the just around the corner Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars. I enjoy the show, but I have never been really impressed major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. with the voting method. I realize an Oscar is the most prestigious award an actor Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous or highly offensive content will not be actress, director, composer, screenwriter and technical department can receive, but why is it that a gifted actor like Leonardo DiCaprio can be nominated five times and not win an award? He finally did win best actor for his role in The Revenant, but still, what is it about the Oscars voting process that causes this sort of published. Letters should be submit- ted to dixiesundixie.edu in the body of the email, not an attachment. Letters become property of Dixie Sun News and may be published in any format. Dixie Sun News encour- , Wmners of the "golden bucket of popcorn" on MTV are voted for by the fans. That's right, you and me. In this case it is not unlikely for a film like "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to win the MTV award jHC)ONLLNAND (At, 'i ItIN- or vulgar. HIE1 S wale 000000000000 emosita mum - Lack of direct democracy causes Oscar's to fall flat Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixie.edu. Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are as follows: ages a lively discussion on its website among its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous V M LETTERS TO - thing? Clearly, the Academy Award process for nominating and voting on winners is not done through popular vote like other awards shows such as the People's Choice or MTV Movie and TV Awards. :, The first thing the counters do is find who received the least number of votes, then decide on a magic number plus one based on the person who got the largest number of votes. Hypothetically, if Emma Stone has 1,000 votes, then that number is divided by six (the number of nominee slots plus one). That would make the magic number 165 (rounded up) in this scenario. found this formula on Mental Floss in an article titled "How for "Best Picture" which it did. The fact I get to have a part in whether or not "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" gets the MTV award for best picture this year is exciting to me. The extensive and complicated process of voting for the Academy Awards is not Are Oscar Nominees Chosen?" by Sean Hutchinson, though in his article he uses very exciting and is actually exclusive to members of the academy. Therefore, I get no say. Here is how the process works: There are 6,000 members of the Academy, and they are responsible for casting votes within their respective categories. Actors vote for actors, directors for directors and so on. Best picture is a little different because it has 10 nomination spots instead of only five. Here is where the process gets a little complicated: after all the ballots are received by Pricewaterhouse Coopers the accounting firm that tallies the votes they are divided up among employees and counted by hand at an undisclosed location. Ryan Gosling as an example and the numbers are different. The votes are counted based on voters first choice, then second and so on. The person to reach the magic number . S' first fills the first spot. In this example, Emma Stone would fill the first spot pretty quickly. Her remaining votes are redistributed and the process continues until all five spots are filled. Only after all the nomination spots are filled is a winner chosen. This process is simpler because the whole Academy gets one vote per category. The person with the most votes in a category is the winner. This means it is possible for Emma Stone to not win best actress even though she had the most number of votes to begin with. Basically, the ones with the biggest piles get to be nominees and then whoever the entire academy votes for is the winner. It's like taking all the votes for Prom Queen and King, ranking the nominees, then saying "Here are your top five choices; now vote." I much prefer the method the MTV Movie and TV Awards uses,which is: "Here are your choices for best picture. Vote for your favorite." In my mind, that is a far more simple way of deciding on a winner. With that said, I do still enjoy watching the Oscars because it is interesting to see what movies and actorsactresses the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences deem worthy of the golden statue we call Oscar. The 90th Oscars will air on ABC March 4. Is anyone else hoping "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" wins best picture? Let's watch and find out. , , - ' ,' Fo - Lend , ,d Members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences tally votes for the Academy Awards. Writer Jonn Holland says he is not a fan of the voting process the Academy has. ,10.6 |