| Show V U. U 1 s rv v X i T Ts Chuck Full of Sports And Aloha Means Goodbye Chuckle Chuckie By Charles Barnard Staff Writer As the saying goes all good things must come to an end No matter how much we would like this not to be so it is unfortunately i the truth In my year and a half here at the Horizon I have seen many people come and go I have read many peoples first articles and I have read many peoples last goodbye goodbye goodbye good good- bye articles Now it is my time to say good This will be my last Chuck Full of Sports This is my place to give my thanks to certain people to say my last few thoughts about sports on campus and to tell about those few things I 1 have always wondered about while I 1 have been here As I said I 1 joined the Horizon about a year and a half ago Needless to say that was the best decision I have ever made It has literally changed the direction in my life There is one man I need too thank for this opportunity Corey Bullock Corey was the Sports Editor when I first met him It was not to long later that he invited me to come down and nd be a staff writer for n n him I had never written anything journalistically before and almost turned him down But I said yes and was soon writing Sports Stuff for him If it were not for him I would still be working on my business degree instead of doing what I love so much In my time here at the Horizon I have made many great friends These people have had a strong influence in my life and I would like to thank them Jake thank you for showing me what it is to be a astar astar astar star reporter and what a hookie hunt is Eric do you always carry a puck around with you Dave sorry my dog ate the phone book Cassie no personal questions okay Dawna love your golf score Matt are re the Utes playing Pete looking fo for someone found someone you have Corey it is like she I is on my shoulder but I can still see And to everyone else thanks I 1 would also like to thank another er group of people They are all the coaches here at They are all great We are lucky here at the col col- col- col lege Not only do we have great coaches we have coaches who are great people Every Everyone one of them have always helped the sports staff with everything they could They would never mind us calling them at home to find out what happened so we could do a story Along the way many became very good friends as well Finally I am very grateful for forthe forthe forthe the Horizon itself We as students are lucky to have the Horizon We Weare Weare Weare are lucky to have a newspaper that has the freedom of the press No Noone Noone Noone one can tell us what to write or what not to write It has been an honor to work here and to help try and make this a better paper There are a few last bones I would like to pick I was in the theoffice theoffice theoffice office when a letter to the editor came in from the Student Body President In fact you could read this letter on the Editorial Page In this letter it is written Our athletic teams are doing great and our attendance is up considerably from last year My question for her would be How would you know I have been in attendance of every home volleyball game this year In fact I have been in attendance of almost every road vo volleyball game as well I am sorry but I have never seen you go to any of these games It is not hard to tell because there are not very many people in the stands You are correct our teams are doing well but the only way you would know is by reading the Horizons Horizon's excellent coverage of those events If attendance is up it is because more fans for the visiting team are making the trip to the LAC than last year My other bone to pick is with you the student body and your lack of support for our athletic teams We have a school with stu stu- stu- stu dents The average attendance at atthe atthe atthe the volleyball games is around That is about 01 of the student body who attends the games Now out of those people how many of them are parents of the players and fans of the opposing team That 01 now probably falls to That is just plain sad Okay enough with that This is ismy ismy ismy my last Chuck Full of Sports but I will not be totally leaving yet I will still be at the Horizon helping out and writing when I am needed Oh I almost forgot There is those few things I never figured out while I have been here First is is' who took the dart board At one time we had a dart board hanging up and then one day it was gone Ive I've always wanted to find out who the dart board thief is Second what is up with those softball uniforms anyway And finally Gordon what is the difference between investigate and investigation All good things must come to an end This is the end of my time This is the end of Chuck Full of Sports I hope everyone has enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them One word GONE |
