Denyse Smith’s love for writing has paid off.

The 1990 CMU alumnae published her first mystery novel, “Unearthed Sins”
by Denlinger’s Publishers of Edgewater, Fl. in early August.

But the publication pot of gold was found at the end of a long rainbow.

Smith graduated with a journalism major and has worked as a freelance reporter
for the past 11 years. A Mount Pleasant resident, she currently writes for the
Mount Pleasant Magazine.

The idea to write “Unearthed Sins” came to her, ironically, while she
was watching a news broadcast.

“I was watching the news, and they were talking about a woman who disappeared
and they hadn’t been able to find her,” Smith said. “The ‘what
if’ question started to come into my head — what if they found
her? What would the police do? I guess I just started asking questions in my own
imagination and started to put it down on paper.”

The mystery novel is about Tim Powers, a recovering alcoholic police detective
who fights his own demons, while looking for a young woman’s murderer.

The title, “Unearthed Sins” came about because the deceased woman in
the story is found buried, and the main character, Powers, also has to face skeletons
in his closet and sins from the past. Because of his alcoholism, he has a hard
time determining if he was sober during certain events, which complicates the
plot.

“A lot of the characters’ names seemed to come to me from people I’ve
met, but the characters are compilations of people, not anybody in particular,”
she said.

Many of the characters sort of created themselves while Smith was writing her
book. Often during the writing stage, a character would appear and flow right
into the story, belonging where he was written in.

As a journalist by profession, Smith had a difficult time finding time to write
on her own.

“It took quite a while to do it,” she said. “When you write for
a living, it’s hard to write for a hobby, too. It took me a lot longer to
write than I thought it should because it wasn’t my daily job.”

Finishing the book was a long process, followed by another long process of contacting
20 publishers before she found a company interested in her work.

Her agent was enthusiastic about seeing the novel in print, and she was determined
to made it happen.

And she did.

“It was really a thrill, and actually at the time she called and said the
book was published, three great things happened to me in the same day,” Smith
said.

The book is available as an e-book, CD-ROM or by print-on-demand purchase.

Smith is working on the sequel to “Unearthing Sins” and pursuing her
master’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University, which she started
in the fall 2000 semester.

“It’s going really well. I’m surprising myself,” she said.

She is also considering doctorate school and possibly teaching journalism courses.

“I’m thinking about doctorate school, but it depends on how well I do
in the MA program. So far it’s going really well. I’m kind of excited
about that,” Smith said.

Changing writing styles from journalism to fiction, and taking so many tasks has
forced Smith to “change her hat in the middle of the day,” but her family
has remained supportive of her goals.

“My husband always tells me, ‘you ought to write that down,’ when
I have an idea for something. He’s very encouraging,” Smith said. “My
mom is one of my biggest fans. She bought the book and passed it around, telling
everyone it’s excellent.”
]]> http://www.cm-life.com/2001/08/31/formerchipnowinprint/feed/ 0 http://www.cm-life.com/2001/08/31/firstcinemacontestwinnersnamedtoday/ http://www.cm-life.com/2001/08/31/firstcinemacontestwinnersnamedtoday/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0000 LIFE Staff Reports http://www.cm-life.com/2001/08/31/firstcinemacontestwinnersnamedtoday/ The "Be a Critic" contest kicked off Thursday with five of this
week’s ten free passes unclaimed by CMU students. Free movie tickets and a
shot at some serious cash are available for all CMU students.

Five students did win free movie passes Thursday evening. The passes are good
through the weekend.

The winners this week include Kerri Green, Richmond senior; Amy Farr, Flushing
sophomore; Gautam Kaul, India junior; Laura Johnson, Ossineke sophomore; and
Jamie Lynn Gilbert, Bad Axe graduate student.

These lucky five students have until 5 p.m. today to pick up their passes at
the CM LIFE office, 08 Anspach Hall.

They will have until 5 p.m. Monday to turn in a review of their movie to CM
LIFE, which our panel of judges will go over. Look for the best of these six
to be featured in Wednesday’s edition of CM LIFE.

The weekly contest is free and open to any CMU student with a love of free
movies, free space in the newspaper and a chance at some free cash – $500 worth.

Want to enter? It’s easy. Either stop by the CM LIFE Office, Anspach Hall
08, or use this link by 5 p.m. Thursday. We’ll draw 10 names to match our
10 free passes, sending 10 lucky winners to the Celebration! Cinema that weekend.

Then, after enjoying a free flick over the weekend, our 10 winners will bring
us their 12-point font typed, double-spaced review of the movie by 5 p.m. Monday.

Include your name and contact phone number on the review.

The entries will be judged by a panel of experts, and each week’s winning
movie review will be featured in this section on Wednesdays.

At the end of the semester, we’ll pick the best review of them all for a
$500 Grand Prize.

In addition, all of our weekly entries will be featured on our Web site.

To enter the contest or go over the official rules stop by the CM LIFE Office,
Anspach Hall 08.

Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neil) has returned to his original chosen profession of archaeology
after facing extinction himself in the first Jurassic Park movie. Once again,
however, his life is about to change with the appearance of Paul Kirby (William
H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Tea Leoni).

The Kirby couple tells Dr. Grant that they want to do something special for their
anniversary by flying over Isla Sorna. While Dr. Grant is hesitant, Paul is insistent,
and is prepared to offer him a large sum of money for his services.

Dr. Grant and Billy Brennan (Alessandro Nivola) both go along for the ride over
the island, and upon their arrival learn that the couple had more than just a
fly over on their minds.

An unscheduled landing on the island soon turns disastrous at the hands of Amanda,
who insists on calling through a megaphone, thus attracting a rather large surprise
to their landing area. The attempt at takeoff results in a crash shortly after
the end of the landing strip, thus stranding everyone on the island.

This leads into the adventure of trying to escape the island while at the same
time looking for the Kirby’s lost son, Erik (Trevor Morgan). However, the
group is rather unprepared for the many surprises that InGen had living at site
B, which included a large number of raptors, a T-Rex, some pterodactyls, and one
very large, very hungry, and very carnivorous ichthyosaur.

The movie was somewhat disappointing to the shadow of the past two Jurassic Park
movies. It had a more relaxed atmosphere, with fewer chase and somewhat less suspense
than the other movies.

However, to end on that note would be selling a good movie short. Where the movie
lacked in suspense, it made up for it with the terror factor. In addition, the
special dinosaur effects this time around were off the charts.

Not only did they improve upon the dinosaurs from the first and second movies,
but they also did an exceptional job on the new additions to the lineup of terror
monsters.

Overall, the movie was definitely worth the time and money it took to see it.
While it didn’t really live up the expectations I had based on the first
two movies, Jurassic Park 3 was still in a league of its own among monster terror
movies.

On a scale of one to 10, this movie deserves a 7.5.

I gave my first reading that night, and while the five of us sat on the cement
steps, we started discussing the differences and similarities between song lyrics
and poetry.

Known thereafter as the experimental feminist poet masquerading as a fiction writer,
I was asked about who my favorite singer/songwriter is.

Without hesitation I replied, Ani DiFranco.

Duh was their reply.

But what does it mean to be a true fan? We all listen to music and we even like
some of it, but what does it mean to be completely devoted to the music and the
person who created that music?

I discovered Ani DiFranco while riding in a friend’s car my senior year of
high school. We were driving to a writing awards ceremony, and Ani’s first
album was in the tape player.

The following weekend, I went to three music stores before I found one that carried
her music, and that’s when it all began.

Ani rocks. Her guitar-playing abilities succeed almost anyone’s, and her
voice ranges from sweet and innocent like in her cover of “Wishin’ and
Hopein’” to her throat guttural, grrrl rock, like in “Dilate.”

Time passed, and then two summers ago I discovered the awesome power of eBay.
I began bidding on Ani DiFranco memorabilia and bootleg CDs (without realizing
they were just that — illegal copies), and waited for the mail carrier to
deliver my new prized possession into my eager hands.

I bought posters, press photos, saw her in concert TWICE (still more to come),
memorized her tattoos, followed her hair trends. I even bid on and purchased a
homemade compilation VHS tape with two hours of televised Ani interviews and performances.

All of this started happening when I was 19, and the best part was I knew that
Ani’s first album was released when she was the same age. Not until I started
buying and memorizing all of her CDs did I for the first time in my life find
it easy to relate to art like I had created it myself.

Just this summer I finally found a copy of “Women in (E)motion,” a CD
only released in Europe, for under $60. I waited two weeks for its delivery, and
was happy to see the seller was true to his word — the copy was not a bootleg,
but a genuine original complete with a cover written in both English and German.

So far, I estimate I’ve spent close to $700 on my Ani DiFranco “stuff,”
including the price of concert tickets. (Insert: a special thank you to both Adam
Graham for Ani’s latest CD and press kit at the time, “To the Teeth,”
and to Andy Moore for seeing to it that I got media passes to review her concert
in Ann Arbor. My endless gratitude is yours).

My five-disc CD player always has at least two Ani albums in it, if not more.
I even grumbled at my boyfriend once because he removed Ani’s album, “Not
a Pretty Girl,” and replaced it with Journey. Are you kidding me?

Every song of hers became a song of mine. When my ego was crushed by a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too
guy, my theme song became “Puddle Dive.” When my ex-boyfriend thought
he could weasel his way back into my life on his motorcycle, my theme song became
“Gravel.” And when I got so tired of feeling pressured to conform to
the norm, my theme song became “Fuel.”

However, my favorite song is and will always be, “Two Little Girls.”
At the last Ani concert I attended, I bought a green T-shirt with a line from
that song, “Here comes little naked me,” written across the front, with
a naked Righteous Babe on the back.

Feminism has never been so empowering.

An overnight success 12 years in the making, Ani has redefined folk and grassroots
music, record label ownership and been a beacon in the music industry.

So, the next time someone asks you who your favorite singer/songwriter is, think
really hard before you answer the question. Are you really a fan of the person/band,
or are you so wrapped up in its overplayed song on the radio, that you ‘think’
you’re a fan?

If you want to be a fan, then you’ve got to follow the artist closely. Granted,
it does take time away from other artists, but paying homage to a great songwriter
requires a lot more energy than listening to the same CD in your car for a month
straight.

And if anyone wants to talk about Ani DiFranco, especially if you think you know
more than I do, then bring it on. It would be nice to be challenged for once.

Melissa Grunow can be reached for comments via e-mail at gruno1ml@cmich.edu
or telephone at 774-3493.

Before all was said and done, I put approximately 8,000 miles on my car, worked
three different jobs, and chalked up enough memories and stories to last an average
person a lifetime.

The summer began with the search for employment, just as it might for any college
student. However, this is where many of the similarities end, and my adventure
in busting my butt for the almighty dollar begins.

The job I started out with was in basement underground plumbing. It was my job
to go into unfinished basements and dig trenches for four inch drain pipe, all
of which had to be pitched to bring water from the bleeders in the walls of the
basement to the sump pump basket. I had never done this kind of work before, and
so I was rather unprepared for the amount of mud that escaped the hole with me
on my clothes.

Every day for the next month, I was covered from my chest to my toes in some of
the slimiest, most disgusting slop that exists in this world. Carpenters, plumbers
and tin kickers alike were shocked at my appearance at the end of each job. I
remember one fine day after escaping one of the many holes I dug, a carpenter
looked at me, then turned to his co-worker and made a remark about how he was
afraid to go walking in the mud.

I also had to supply my own transportation to the job sites, which of course were
nowhere near to where I live. I ended up driving about 30 miles a day to and from
work.

Although I got paid $100 a hole under the table, I soon got fed up with the constant
mess and the general irresponsibility of my employer. So, I quit and was unemployed
for about two weeks.

One thing I soon learned is that two weeks can seem like an eternity when you
have no money coming in every week. Another thing that made it rough was the fact
that I was out every day searching for a new source of employment, and that cost
me about 25 miles a day driving all over God’s green earth hoping that someone
would hire me.

My search soon brought me to a temp agency. Although they wanted to help me, all
of the orders for work they had been getting had mysteriously evaporated shortly
before I entered their office. However, I did manage to get a job in the quality
control field.

Once again, I was entering into a realm I knew nothing about. But this time, the
work fit into the cake category. Although the work was extremely easy, it was
also extremely mundane. My first, and coincidentally only day of work consisted
of pounding bolts that were welded into a plate for car doors at DaimlerChrysler.
Supposedly they had found a single bad weld in a plate, and therefore we had to
go through several hundred of these parts to make sure no more were to be found.

Despite the fact that I was prepared to stick with the job until the end of the
summer, changeover hit, and I was once again without income.

I soon walked into the office of a landscaping and irrigation company, and landed
a job working on irrigation installation. This job fell in between the two extremes
of basement underground and quality control.

While the work wasn’t exceptionally difficult, I was usually out working
an average of 12 hours a day. As luck would have it, this was during the amazing
heat wave turned drought that hit us recently. It was an interesting prospect
trying to make sprinklers work in cities that had cut their water pressure in
half as a conservation effort to combat those who refused to comply with the water
bans.

To cap everything off, I was laid off about two weeks before I had planned to
return to Central. So, once again I was forced to live an eternal 14 days without
a paycheck.

I sincerely hope that the administration is happy that they raised almost all
of their fees along with room and board and tuition. I hope that while they’re
stuffing those dollar bills in their pocket, they realize what some people put
themselves through to get an education. Cheers to the finance committee.

The group will play a free show at 5 p.m. Thursday outside the Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

The band has released four albums, “Scattered Pieces” (1996), “Play
(1997), “Live” (1999) and “Patiently” (2001).

Domestic Problems brings a mix of instruments to the stage to create an energetic,
positive and fun style of danceable pop/rock. Guitar, saxophone, flute, clarinet,
percussion, bass, trumpet, fluglehorn, mandolin, drums, keyboards and piano, according
to the Domestic Problems Web site, www.domesticproblems.com.

The performance is sponsored by Program Board.

Following the concert, the CMU Chippewas will play against Eastern Kentucky at
7:30 p.m. at the Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Wayne Brady date change

The date for Wayne Brady’s visit to CMU has moved to Oct. 8.

The show, “Wayne Brady and Friends” was originally scheduled for Oct.
12, but because of a conflict with the “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” star’s
schedule, the date was moved up.

Brady, former host of the VH-1 comedy series, “Vinyl Justice,” and his
three comedian pals tour as “Wayne Brady and Friends,” entertaining
the nation with a live show full of improvisational games based on audience suggestions.

Best know for his superior vocal and improvisational skills during musical games
on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Brady also has a wealth of theatrical
experience, including roles in productions of “A Chorus Line,” “Jesus
Christ Superstar,” “Fences,” and “A Raisin in the Sun.”
He also appeared in “Gepetto,” a recent television musical starring
Drew Carey.

In addition, he hosted the “Cheers and Jeers” portion of the Second
Annual TV Guide Awards and has guest starred on such TV series as “I’ll
Fly Away,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Home Court.”

Brady’s new sketch comedy show, “The Wayne Brady Show” started
on ABC in August.

Brady’s visit to CMU is sponsored by Program Board and On the Fly Productions.

For more information, contact Central Box Office, at 774-3000.

Et cetera name change

Less than a week remains for readers to log onto www.cm-life.com to vote on the
new entertainment section name.

Readers can choose Diversions, LIFEstyles or Footnotes to replace Et cetera. The
three options were voted on by CM LIFE editors and have been posted on the Web
site since the first fall issue, Aug. 23.

The last date to vote is Sept. 1

The name will change officially Sept. 3.

The “’Glamour’ Music Venus Tour” will visit CMU from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 on Warriner Mall, free of charge.

“The tour itself is a month-long festival that kicks off at the University
of Utah and goes to 10 different colleges across the country. It includes a number
of different activities geared toward students, mainly females because that’s
who the ‘Glamour’ reader is,” said Karen Bailey, director of Public
Relations for “Glamour” magazine.

This tour is the second year “Glamour” magazine will partner with Atlantic
Records. To the theme, “On the Road,” the tour is aligned with a 17-page
in-book section in the September issue of “Glamour,” featuring three
Atlantic Group artists — Atlantic Records’ Lina, and Lava, Atlantic’s
Willa Ford and David Garza.

“Most of the music played is tied to artists in the ‘On the Road’
tour, who are Atlantic Records artists,” Bailey said. “Our readers listen
to these artists and attend universities and use the products, so ‘Glamour’
decided to step in and synergize this. We’ve been doing the tour for two
years, but ‘Glamour’ has done campus visits ever since the magazine’s
inception.”

Activities at each campus will include a deejay, student fashion shows, product
sampling, gift giveaways and sweepstakes.

Liz Claiborne’s Mambo Fragrance will sponsor the “Glamour” deejay
playing music by Atlantic Records; Ford Quality Checked will display two Ford
Focus automobiles with specially equipped Sony sound systems and host a sweepstakes
providing a K2 mountain bike, roller blades or a snow board to 10 winners.

Gillette Venus razors will sponsor a model search enlisting students to participate
in the day’s fashion show and an “Ultimate Goddess” sweepstakes
in which students can enter to win a trip to New York City spa for a weekend.

Mentholatum SoftLips will host a sweepstakes where students have a chance to be
selected “Best Lips” and be flown to New York City to appear in a photo
shoot in an upcoming “Glamour” issue.

Nautica will sponsor of a college fall fashion show and provide the chance for
10 students to win a Nautica outfit.

Ortho Tri-Cyclen will provide massage, facial and spa gift certificates to 10
students on each campus.

Pantene will offer hair product give-aways and on-site sampling.

Visa will supply temporary tattoos as well as message boards and Visa gift cards.

“Glamour” magazine decided to visit universities rather than high schools
because its target readership are college-age women

“Our readership begins around age 18. That’s a little too senior for
high school,” Bailey said. “Our target audience begins at age 18 and
goes to 34.”

Students have a new avenue on campus to purchase video games, CDs, movies and more.

Music Central, located in the lower level of the Bovee University Center. Starting
Sept. 3, its hours of operation will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday.

Erin Bauer, Clare sophomore and employee, said Music Central is run through the
CMU Bookstore.

“It was our boss’s idea. Blake Anthes is the manager, and he wanted
a music store on campus; something that students could use,” she said.

The employees of the bookstore, primarily students, will rotate their shifts to keep the business open.

“Business is picking up. With the students buying books, there have been
a lot of people stopping by,” she said.

Along with being able to purchase video games, CDs, movies and posters, Bauer
said students also can just stop by.

“Anyone can bring in their own CDs to play in the store and we have a Playstation
that anyone can come in, bring in their own games, and play. We’re really
trying to be a place where students can relax,” she said.

Being that college is a gateway to new experiences and expanding our ideas, it’s
amazing how complacent and safe people are with their choices in music.

Drowning Pool and Blink 182 garner commercial success, but offer the listener
nothing. They are a clone of a clone of a clone.

Everything starts somewhere. You can always trace a current band back to an originator.

You can either learn from them and incorporate their methods with your own or
blatantly rip them off and be a meager copy.

With much of today’s popular music this has become the trend. Pop music is
brainless entertainment for unthinking people. It has caused people to search
elsewhere for musical fulfillment (for that small amount that care).

Anathema. Not a familiar name to many, but it should be. With its last three albums
it has transcended boundaries and become more than a genre tag, but a musical
entity.

Their music is so introverted and personal that it can be an emotional experience
just listening.

The portrayal of inner thoughts and worries are brilliantly represented in the
album.

On “Barrier” for example, the lyrics reflect the desperate ramblings
of a catatonic, but with the addition of sweeping guitars and feedback, it creates
a sense of hope that counteracts the overall bleakness.

This is true on the entire album. “A Fine Day To Exit” is therapy everytime
I listen to it.

It’s rare to see a band like Anathema that is so morose, it doesn’t
wallow in its misery; rather it uses it as a fuel for its creative fire.

The Cavanagh brothers have taken a vocal que from the likes of Nick Drake, Jeff
Buckley and Thom Yorke. Vocal harmonies have become just as important as instrumentation.

Anathema has come into its own in every sense. It has reached a plateau that few
bands ever come close to in a carrier. — living up to its potential.

Even though its roots run back to the early ’90s doom metal scene, Anathema
has managed to shake off the looming stigma of ‘metal.’

It has followed its voice and attained a confidence that only comes with fulfillment
as an artist.

“Leave No Trace” is a manic confusion of thoughts and fears that keeps
compounding, unsettling the listener into the same state of the vocalist until
the vent of emotion completely transfers to the listener.

With as simple and direct as the lyrics are, they come across utterly honest and
heartfelt. This is a glimpse into something that many never truly acknowledge,
not even within themselves.

Anathema has managed to blend guitar bravado and vocal dynamics into a complete
and satisfying musical package.

The album screams with a sense of urgency to the ever dwindling music scene, creating
a wake-up call to those who limit themselves by popular opinion and mainstream
influence.

“A Fine Day To Exit” is a culmination of years of hurt, longing and
loss put into a surreal musical landscape.

You’d be hard-pressed to find anything in the current sea of musical mediocrity
that can hold a candle to Anathema.

For an exclusive advance listening, tune in to WMHW 91.5 at 10 p.m. Wednesday
for “Saucer Full Of Secrets.”

Also for more information on Anathema log on to
www.blackmetal.com/~mega/Anathema/news.html

Cadet Luke Owen got another kind of military training when he spent this summer
with British Army cadets in Great Britain and France for three weeks.

The Mount Pleasant junior said the training was much more relaxed than his Army
ROTC experience in the United States.

“In our ROTC program, the main thing we want to do is make second lieutenant
and go right into the Army, but over there it’s more like a club. It’s
there to make citizens aware of the British Army and to put a good face on the
British Army,” he said.

In the U.S. ROTC, college-age men and women have scholarship opportunities from
the Army to help them pay for school. If they decide to become contracted cadets,
they are obligated to spend a designated amount of time in the Army.

In Great Britain, the ROTC is like an extracurricular activity, so there is no
obligation to the British Army.

However, cadets who want to get commissioned and become a second lieutenant, go
to a one-year school, similar to the four-year ROTC training in the United States.

Owen spent three weeks overseas; he spent one week in England and two weeks in
France with the British cadets.

He heard about the opportunity through the CMU ROTC program.

“It was brought up by Master Sgt. (Thomas) Giordano. There was the opportunity
for one of our cadets to do this kind of training. I put in a packet of my academic
scores and involvement around the Battalion,” he said.

Owen was originally selected as an alternate out of 21 different universities.
When the primary decided she could not go, Owen was bumped up to the primary.

A total of 15 U.S. cadets joined around 180 British cadets for the training.

“They’re college age, the same age as us. They’re in school just
like us, only it’s more like a club. They get paid for doing these things.
That’s the incentive,” he said.

While overseas, Owen noticed some obvious cultural differences, such as their
approach to alcohol and drinking, from practices in the United States.

“The biggest thing I noticed was that over there, being 18 is considered
a complete adult, so you’re allowed to drink. They had an open bar every
night after training. They’ll set up a bar anywhere; they won’t go anywhere
without their bar. Everyone can go and have a beer and relax. That’s a real
big difference, I don’t think it ever happened on the training sites here,”
he said.

Some of the slang terms in Europe were hard for Owen to adjust to. For example,
the phrase “getting pissed” means to get drunk, rather than to get angry.

Adjusting to British accents also took some time.

“At the airport I really noticed it, when a couple of cadets picked us up.
It took us a while, a day or so, to get used to them and the way they talk,”
he said.

A glossary of different terms was prepared for the U.S. cadets to help them understand
the British slang.

Owen also ran into a language barrier in France.

“We did one week in a French fort, with actual French military commanders
on the assault course and they spoke no English. They split the groups up so at
least one British cadet spoke French. It was important to know how to do certain
obstacles correctly without getting hurt, and it got confusing. While we weren’t
training in France, we were doing other things, and a lot of people don’t
speak English,” he said.

Getting to know the British cadets was the best part of the experience for Owen.
Many of the cadets will come to the United States next summer for ROTC advanced
camp, as part of a kind of exchange program.

Deciding to get involved with the CMU Army ROTC was an accident for Owen.

“During Freshman Orientation, I got split up from my original group and ended
up at a seminar ROTC was putting on, and there was no obligation to the Army.
I didn’t think of anything as a career in the Army at that point, but all
the things they did were things I like to do,” he said.

Then the opportunity to get a three-year scholarship arose, and Owen decided to
become a contracted cadet.

After he’s commissioned, Owen’s first choice is to work with armor,
such as driving tanks. However, many cadets don’t get their first branch
choice. He’s also considered military police.

“I still have another year before I have to make a concrete decision on my
top four or five choices,” Owen said.