Fall 2015 Issue

THE GRIZZLY

Butler Community College / Fall 2015

A NEW YEAR, A NEW EL DORADO PGS. 12-15

table of contents Issue 1 / Volume 20 / Butler Community College Cover Photos by Elizabeth Moore

4&5: Free car garage

20 &21: Sister, Sister

6&7: Paint Pow wow

22&23: transformation

Butler offers free car services to students who purchase the parts needed to fix their vehicle.

SGA hosted an event that allowed students to get a little messy with paint.

8&9: Gun Policy

Sunflower state permits open carry. A person 18 or older may carry a firearm openly if they are in lawful possession of that firearm and are not otherwise prohibited by law or by the Attorney General.

10 &11: this i believe

Butler students who practice different religions and share their views on their type of religion.

12&13: Student Union

Butler starts the new year with a new building. Following an approximate $2,800,000 worth of improvements for the students to dine and study.

14&15: No more rough road

It took ten years for this project to be approved after an effort was started.

16&17: Watch out John Williams 18&19: Canvas & Pipeline

Butler is transitioning into using Canvas primarily.

Helen Barnes, unhappy in the body she had, now is Grayson Barnes and happier than ever.

24: Caution:Sharp Corner

Morgan was named NJCAA Defensive Player of the Week after the game against Iowa Western.

25: Unfinished Business

Incoming freshman Paige Achey was the girls’ scoring leader for the Wichita City League last year.

26: Setting up for success

Halie Sigurdson, a 5’9’’ setter, was one of the top prospects from this experienced team as well as a main contributor to their 3-0 start in a tournament before a loss.

27: run like the wind

Freshman, Tesla Madsen placed 56th overall in her first meet.

She was the third Grizzly to cross the finish line.

28&29: Pilates

Pilates is one of the 78 classes a student can choose from to earn their credentials.

30&31: Meet the staff

Meet the Butler Grizzly Staff! Add us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We’d love to hear your feedback.

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Sophomore Jessica Neises plays ten instruments and is now in the drum line playing the cymbals, the marching band, jazz band and concert band.

Sharing rooms, to sharing jobs, to sharing almost all the same features of one another: freshman twins, Karly and Kaylie Case.

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Garage Butler Offers free car services Elizabeth Moore

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Unbeknownst to many, Butler students have a way to save money on one of the most important and expensive things to maintain in everyday life: vehicles.

Whether it’s a minor tweaking or a catastrophic failure of one kind or another, our ‘babies’ always seem to have problems when we least expect it, or can least afford it. Luckily, any Butler student can take their ride to the Automotive Technology shop on campus and get free service on any maintenance that does not require new parts.

Services that do require parts will require the student to buy the needed materials themselves.

The actual service is free. For example: getting an oil change would require a student to buy their own oil and filter, but the

shop students would take these materials and perform the change with no charge.

Having a vehicle serviced at Butler’s shop helps give auto tech students the hands-on training needed in the real world, preparing them for a real career better than studying from any book.

The types of services that can be provided depend on what the students in auto tech have learned as of then. For instance, more services will be available in the spring semester than in the fall because the class has been going on longer, so students will have learned much more.

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College is far too often a seemingly endless loop of spending money. Books, tuition, housing, meals, transportation…

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Just thinking too long about the money that gets spent in college might be enough to send a student into a spiraling pit of despair and denial. There simply isn’t enough money to get by comfortably for most college students.

Perhaps this is what sparks the ingenuity, fringing on the borderline of insanity, among students to find ways to save a bit of money. Examples of which include heating slices of pizza on a clothing iron among other contraptions constructed from trash and common household items.

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w o W w o A Splattering SGA Event Elizabeth Moore

officer or advisor.

“SGA is an organization that helps add to the quality of life on campus,” she says.

“Paint Pow Wow Fun Friday” took place behind the Facilities Management building at about 5 p.m.

Prior to the event, students had the opportunity to bring their friends together to form paint dodgeball and paint kickball teams and sign their teams up in the Cafe.

“We started planning on our SGA retreat, Aug. 5, for the Paint Pow Wow,” Kiddey says. “We thought we would do something outside while the weather was nice... It was a perfect day to do it, too. We asked everyone to wear old clothes or white or black T-shirts. That way when they played in the paint it would look cool.”

“We hung up sign-up sheets in the dorms,1500 building, 200 building, Student Union, on the whiteboard in the Cafe, 600 building and Library. We put up flyers everywhere on campus pretty much. We also have coordinators in Andover, so they posted flyers and sign-up sheets there, too,” she says.

SGA provided free soda, water, cookies, and candy at the event. Free white T-shirts were provided as well, but were in limited supply. However, HALO was also at the

Justice Bidwell event and provided free tie-dye T-shirts.

“For dodgeball, we took foam balls and dipped them into buckets filled with paint.

For kickball, we used a tarp splattered with paint and water, to slip and slide from base to base... We used washable face paint, so it could wash off the grass and the students,” she says. “On the side, people watched, made tie-dye shirts, ate, some had water fights with the leftover water, and some students played capture the flag.”

Kiddey says that more students came than they expected.

“I’d say we had about 40 to 65 students come,” she says.

“We had great student participation, good sportsmanship on the teams. I think we set a positive environment for students to come and have fun,” she says.

“My favorite part was just seeing students have fun. I mean, everyone sort of came together and played together.

Some people even came out of their shell.

I think Fun Fridays are important because they give a student from out-of-state or other circumstances, that don’t go home on weekends, a chance to get out and get involved... Instead of going out and partying, they had some old-fashioned fun spending time just playing outside,” she says.

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Remember when you were younger, coming inside after a long day of playing outside, covered head-to-toe in whatever mess you managed to get yourself into, and your parents would chastise you for getting so dirty?

Well, what if we were to tell you that Butler’s Student Government Association allowed you to relive those glory days, and that they even provided you the neon paint to do it with? The Student Government Association is splattering their way across campus.

On Friday, Sept. 11, the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted their first “Fun Friday,” which are free events put on for students to come enjoy on the first Friday of each month.

Butler freshman Vanessa Kiddey is a coordinator for SGA on the El Dorado campus. As a coordinator, she is responsible for promoting SGA events, such as making flyers, sign up sheets, passing the flyers and sheets out, and talking to students about events.

Other duties of Kiddey’s include attending SGA meetings, participating in events, and sponsoring activities. She works five hours a week in the SGA office, as well as doing any services asked by another

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New Kansas Gun Laws Sunflower State Permits Open Carry Elizabeth Moore

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25 people attended, including police officers and staff members.

Butler Police Chief Tim Bryan says weapons are also prohibited in “K-12 buildings and military institutions.”

There are two areas on Butler’s campus in El Dorado where weapons are prohibited to be carried by civilians. The 1600 building (day care) and the dorms.

Weapons are not permitted to be kept by students staying in the dorms, due to an arrangement students agree to before moving in.

The KLETC has issued another pamphlet explaining to officers what to do “When Encountering an Individual with a Firearm.”

Weapon carriers have the right to be left alone by an officer for carrying weapons within their legal limits.

Officers may let individuals know their concerns but can not have any actions put on an individual without reasonable suspicions.

Bryan says officers will be participating in new training in response to this new law. They will be practicing night and day shooting and drills to demonstrate real-life situations.

The law changes the way officers have been taught to handle these types of predicaments.

Now they will be training themselves to be accustomed to how to handle these various circumstances.

If a person decides to participate in their rights as a citizen and carry a weapon within the legal parameters of the law, it is to be concealed on the campus at all times.

“If you choose to carry concealed please

handle it in a responsible, safe, calm and cooperative manner,” Bryan says.

Throughout campus there have been some concerns on what to do in a situation when a student has a weapon. The meeting at The Welcome Center was held to answer questions or concerns. In the past, this type of situation would set off immediate alarms.

Now one must decide between a predator and a law-abiding citizen exercising his/ her right to carry a concealed weapon, and everyone should remember to always stay calm.

If a concealed gun becomes unconcealed by its person on campus, surrounding individuals can report these incidents to the campus police.

When reporting an incident to the police, one must describe the person in detail and give a name if possible. The person reporting the incident should give their name as well.

According to Bryan, if something like this happens in a classroom setting, students should dismiss themselves from class for an inconspicuous reason to call the police without bringing attention to the situation.

Teachers can follow the same protocol if they see a weapon or feel uneasy with how someone is dressed or conducting themselves.

Teachers can also dismiss class altogether for various reasons.

Laws and protocols are forever changing in our nation, states and cities; this is true from the start of our nation and will continue to be true.

This new measure added by the State of Kansas over the new gun agreements is no exception.

(Photos taken at Bullseye Shooting Range in Wichita.)

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“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

The Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights has been interpreted many different ways throughout our nation’s past. As of July 1, Kansas has changed the gun law to fit the way the government feels the amendment should be carried out within our state laws.

The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) sent a pamphlet to police departments to explain the new law.

The pamphlet reads, “Kansas no longer requires someone who is 21 years of age or older to obtain a license to carry a gun concealed on their person unless there is a something that would prohibit that person from carrying legally.”

Kansas will still issue a Concealed Handgun License to qualified residents who wish to obtain one in order to carry a handgun in other states who recognize reciprocity.

A person 18 or older may carry a firearm openly if they are in “lawful possession of that firearm and are not otherwise prohibited by law or by Attorney General approved signage.”

KLETC included that guns are allowed in all public places, with few exceptions being federally owned property, statehouses, and law enforcement agencies if prohibited by that agency. Privately owned businesses can keep weapons out if they desire by posting a KS AG approved sign in an obvious place.

A KS AG approved sign would be the picture of a gun with a red circle and slash through the middle.

Monday, Aug. 24, a public meeting was held at The Welcome Center. Approximately

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Alade is 18 years old and attending Butler for academic purposes.

He is an international student from Nigeria.

Last year in Nigeria 43.5 percent of the population was Muslim, 6 percent practiced traditional African religion and the other 50.5 percent are Christian, according to nairland.com. While these are not the only religions in Nigeria, they are the major ones. Alade and his family are Muslim. Alade has grown up in a Muslim household his entire life and adopted the religion as his own.

“I took on the religion [being Muslim] because I was entrusted into the religion,” Alade says.

He says he believes in his religion because of the miracles he has seen “[It’s a] very nice religion. The rules of the religion are to find peace and sincerity in life,” Alade says.

While some automatically associate ISIS with the Muslim religion, this is not the case. ISIS is a group of Muslim extremists who have “taken the Quran literally instead of taking it into today’s context.” Alade says he believes ISIS is political.

“I don’t see where in the Quran it says to murder people,” Alade says.

According to Alade, all the bad parts of the Muslim belief system are taken to the extreme.

As a Muslim, Alade believes in the Bible, the Quran, and believes in God. The only difference is that the Muslim do not believe in a trinity (father, son and holy spirit). They do not believe in Jesus being God’s son; the Muslim belief is that Jesus is a profit. They also believe Muhamad is a profit of God according to the Quran. The Muslim and Christian belief systems have the same guidelines and are fairly similar.

Alade has advice for anyone struggling to discover what they believe.

“Research for yourself, find out who you are and find out what sticks closest to your heart,” Alade says.

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When it comes to knowing what one believes, it can be hard to comprehend others’ ideas and beliefs. As students begin college, the routines of attending church on Sunday morning can sometimes be a thing of the past. As young adults adjust to the college lifestyle, they tend to begin to find themselves. This is when “What I Believe” might become tricky for some.

In college the vast majority of students no longer have the wrath of their parents breathing down their necks, making sure they’re doing their studies or not staying out late on school nights.

The average college lifestyle is different. In college students are often introduced to new ideas, experiences and different types of people. College is where students learn their strengths and weaknesses. In the world of today knowing what one believes isn’t as required as it was as little as 20 years ago. At Butler Community College some students were asked what they believed.

While a few know exactly what they believe, others are hesitant and seem unsure of even believing in anything.

Heather burger

Burger is 19 and is majoring in Liberal Arts.

She is currently attending Butler with a choir scholarship. Burger believed in God as a child when her family attended church almost every week. As she grew older she saw flaws and hypocritical ways of the Christian faith. This led her to no longer believe in religion. Burger does not want to claim Christianity as her faith. She doesn’t like religion and says that if she had to be put in one, she would be a “God follower.” Burger explains a God follower is someone who follows God, His rule and direction.

“I want to be [known] as a disciple of Christ, not labeled as a Christian,” Burger says.

Burger says she used to find evolution and science interesting. As she began to grow in her faith she saw a YouTube video that explained creation and evolution. She also found it fascinating that scientists have found remains of chariots in the Red Sea where Moses split the sea. Burger now knows exactly what she believes and even says, “I will completely and willingly die for what I believe in.”

Burger found her relationship with God through her older brother’s example. She saw a change in her brother and sought that relationship out for herself. Burger’s advice is to find Christian [or like-minded] friends and read the Bible.

“After I read the Bible I can feel a spiritual change and I feel more confident in my faith,” Burger says.

people say this, but do that and are too hypocritical.”

Hartt doesn’t attend church but he says he does do his own worship at his home and spends his own time researching and learning.

Hartt says he “believes in some of the Bible. You can learn valuable lessons from it.”

To those who are struggling with their beliefs, Hartt says, “Listen to music, and songs that help portray your emotion.”

Charlotte brooks

Brooks is 25 years old and is majoring in Pre-Nursing. She is attending Butler in hopes to be in the nursing program in January 2016.

Brooks plans to be a Nurse Practitioner.

Although Brooks knows what she wants to do with her life, it hasn’t always been that way.

Brooks didn’t always believe in her faith. But in recent years her mind set of her relationship with God has changed for the better. Brooks is a Christian.

Brooks says, “There are too many things that happen in the world [for there not] to be a God.” Brooks grew up in church but hasn’t always had the relationship and understanding that she does now.

“People take the Bible too literal and don’t use it for the context. [For those who don’t read] it is easy for them to think they know what is being said,” Brooks says.

Brooks’ advice to the lost is to, “Find someone who has a strong faith in a way that you desire.”

Brooks currently attends East Side Community Church.

Samm Hartt

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Hartt is 19 years old and is currently studying foreign language and hopes to be a translator one day. Hartt does not claim a certain religion. He says he believes in a higher power, but that does not necessarily mean “God.” As for what he believes when it comes to how we got here, Hartt says he believes in creation, not evolution. Hartt says he believes in experiences, things that he can see.

Hart doesn’t claim a religion because he feels more often than not “Religious

Wilfred Jandwa

International student Wilfred Jandwa is 21 years old and is from Tanzania, located in East Africa. He is studying medicine. Jandwa says he is a Christian but would not like to have a “certain labeled religion.”

“My parents would [most likely] disown me for not believing the same as them,” Jandwa says.

Jandwa says he believes in science, and even some evolution.

As for believing in everything that goes along with the Christian faith, Jandwa says he does not believe in it all. He believes that it is all subjective, and people can believe what they want to. He does not believe in the trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Jandwa later says he “believes there are hidden codes in every miracle Jesus performs in the Bible. Jesus did not literally turn the water into wine, but instead that is a hidden code for something else that happened.”

Jandwa says he believes there is more politics in religion than anything; this is another reason why he wishes to not be categorized into a certain religion. His definition of a “Christian” is “a Christ follower,” but he also believes that God brings peace and he is not an evil God; he doesn’t kill people.

Apartments On Campus

When it comes to the topic of going to college one might hear negative things about living in the dorms and on campus. An on campus living option, for females, here at Butler are the campus apartments, which received some renovations this summer.

Over the summer the apartments received a little bit of a face-lift. There was not anything major done, but there were changes made on the inside. The changes were in the living room/dining area, bathrooms and kitchens.

In the living room/dining area there was just a couple small alterations. Two of the walls were painted a dark green color. There was also a new cable system installed, which was put in all the dorms as well.

The bathrooms were what received the most work.

The showers were completely redone, which included brand new tile and two showerheads. One of the showerheads comes out of the ceiling and is almost like a waterfall when you use it. The other one is a detachable showerhead. They also now have built-in shelving for each of the residents.

The tile from in the shower also follows around the walls of the bathroom, which created a much transformed look. There were also new cabinets, counters and sinks installed in the bathrooms.

In the kitchen there were new cabinets installed

as well, and a tile backsplash added around the walls behind the counters and the sink.

The linoleum was also replaced throughout the house in the bathroom, dining area and kitchen.

“I really like the changes they made, they are nice,” says Amber Gibbs, sophomore. “But I think they should have checked them [the apartments] better while they were remodeling, like for damages done from previous years, and to make sure everything worked right.”

Gibbs lives in apartment B and explained how there were few things that did not work properly, like the exhaust fan in her bathroom that helps release shower steam. She also explained there were changes done to some of the apartments and not others.

“I just think they should have done it more equally.

If one of them [apartments] gets something [a smart TV in the living room] they all should,” Gibbs says.

She was referring to apartment A that received a smart TV in the living room, while the other apartments did not. All of the them are supposed to receive them by December,but she felt like they should have done everything all at once to make it fair.

Another resident, who lived in the dorms last year, is now living in the apartments.

“I like them a lot better than the dorms, they are so much nicer,” Amanda Hutson, sophomore, says. “It’s nice to have a full kitchen because it means I do not

have to have a meal plan. Having a living room is nice too because it just gives you so much more space.”

Hutson planned on living in the apartments since last year, but she was unaware of all the changes that would be made. She said it was just something a little extra that made her choice even better.

Although the on campus apartments are a great alternative for female students, not many people know about them. They are located west of the basketball court and east of the EduCare building.

Many who live on campus have probably seen them, but do not know what they are. They look like little houses, and that is basically just what they are.

Inside, there is a living room with a dining area attached, a kitchen that also includes a laundry area, two bathrooms, and four bedrooms. It is also all pre furnished.

The bedroom setups are like a normal dorm room, but with a homier feel. This is because there are two beds, two desks, two full-sized closets, two dressers and a mini fridge. The room sizes are a bit bigger than a normal sized dorm.

Although there were some issues with the renovations in the apartments, the residents were satisfied overall.

Story by Kristina Chora

The Gym

The 500 Building Renovation

Grizzly fans and students have been sitting on the same bleachers since the opening of the Butler gymnasium in 1968. They were sitting on 47-year-old bleachers.

In May, renovations for the old gymnasium began.

“The biggest thing is the new seating … The seating that was in here was the original seating,” Assistant Athletic Director Matt Jacobs says. “It was a safety issue … there was so much open area where, I mean if somebody were to take a misstep they could very easily slide through and break their leg.”

The obvious safety hazard was a concern to Jacobs and the athletics department.

“The safety issue was something that concerned me greatly. Every time we had a home game I remember consciously thinking, ‘I’m just hoping nobody gets hurt tonight,’” Jacobs says.

The bleachers may have been the main focus of the renovations, but were not the only thing changed.

“They were able to widen up the walkway on the upper concourse. It used to be that the bleachers came down, and there was only about three feet of space between the bleachers and the railing,” Jacobs says. “This

will be a much more open walkway on the upper levels which will be much appreciated by the people who sit on those levels.”

Season ticket holders were in for a surprise as well, as certain modifications were made with those dedicated fans in mind.

“Reserved seating for season ticket holders was on the west side … what it required our reserved season ticket holders to do was to walk up to the front of the building … then come in and then come back down to get into their seats,” Jacobs says. “What we figured would be a good thing to do is if they park in the lot out here to the east of the building … they can come in and go right to their seats on the east side of the gym, and it makes it a lot easier for them.”

The reserved seating for season ticket holders was painted gold to help it stand out from the new purple bleachers.

The gym had many changes made to improve safety and looks, but there is still more to come.

“We’re also getting new shot clocks on top of the backboard,” Jacobs said. “I’ve heard they’re also going to be renovating the restrooms on the upper level which is gonna be nice … Really we’re trying to bring the 500 building up to where it looks more modern and is more enjoyable for the fans and for the players.”

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student union Butler begins the new semester with a new building

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The remodel brought some major changes to the previous facility including new offices, meeting rooms and a game room equipped with a pool and ping pong table. Purple and gray furniture now fills the lounge area and flyers with upcoming events are placed on the tables.

“Everything is so different. It’s a lot more open than it was. It’s just going to take time to get a routine down,” Ivy says.

Director of food services, Jan Stitt, has contracted through Great Western Dining Services to both the El Dorado and Andover campuses for 10 years.

“I’m going to do some more decorating, but right now my main goal is to get the students taken care of. Then we can do a little bit at a time,” Stitt says.

Focused on the students, Stitt says she likes to hire students to work in the cafeteria in order to help them gain experience.

“I’ve really wanted this for a long time and I think everyone else has too,” Stitt says. “We are very blessed and very thankful and very happy.”

The book store saw major changes as well.

“The book store has an expanded space to include more retail space as well as space to accommodate their work with online book sales.

The result is better service to our students and a wider variety of retail choices,” Rinkenbaugh says.

Overall, Rinkenbaugh says the goal was to provide a place that promotes learning, even away from the classroom.

“Students can access all areas of the student union as long as the building is open. While food service will close and the book store will close, the building can remain open to provide study space and informal learning spaces throughout the remainder of the building,” Rinkenbaugh says. “With the completion of the facility, I believe we have attained our goal for the student union.”

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Renovated and ready to serve.

Following an approximate $2,800,000 worth of improvements, the student union, which had not been renovated since it was built in the late ‘60s, now provides an updated space for students to study and dine. Renovations to the facility began over winter break last December and the building was reopened on Aug. 17, when the residence halls opened.

“There were additions to the building, but the major structures in the building remained the same. The building was very dated, cold, dreary, not student friendly, did not encourage any type of interaction with students outside of the classroom, and was woefully short on accessibility to technology for our students,” Vice-President of Student Services Bill Rinkenbaugh says in an email interview. “The cafeteria was too small to deal with the current population of students living in the residence halls in addition to those that wanted meal plans that lived in The Villas. The book store could not handle the increased load of students ordering their books online and wanting to have their books either sent to them or ready to pick up when they came to campus.”

While the remodel was in progress, the cafeteria staff operated out of the Welcome Center.

“When we first moved in it was horrible. We were trying to cook here and cook over at the Welcome Center and move at the same time,” baker Elizabeth Ivy says. “It was almost impossible to do what we did, but we made it.”

The remodeled kitchen is now more spacious and has all new equipment, including a new walk-in freezer and a setup resembling a food court.

“I really do like all of the stainless steel, all the flashiness of it. It’s very bright,” Ivy says. “Once we get all of the glitches out I think it will be a lot more productive than the last one was.”

Emily Beckman

No More

Rough Road Towanda Road

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The Nightmare Before Construction If anyone lived in El Dorado before this semester, or has endured the treacherous drive down Towanda Road even one time before construction began, they know how much of a true nightmare the road was.

For those of you who haven’t, just think of it as the worst road you’ve ever driven down. Think lots and lots of potholes, and maybe even a little fear for your life, or at least your car’s life, at some points.

The road was terrible on tires. It was dangerous for those driving, and for the pedestrians.

There’s a hill in the middle of it, where you can’t see anything over the other side. This was a huge problem because there was no line down the middle of the road, and due to the vast amount of potholes, people would actually drive toward the middle of the road a lot of the time.

If you were driving east down the middle, and the person on the other side was driving west down the middle, that wasn’t going to be good!

If you were driving towards the edge of the road, you’d have a good chance of hitting a pedestrian.

So many college students walk down that road, amongst other pedestrians.

They can be extremely hard to see at night, especially if they are wearing dark clothes, which somehow seemed to be the case most of the time.

If you drove down the road, you’d be wondering why in the world it hadn’t been fixed yet.

Project Approved: A Dream Come True Turns out, the reason it hadn’t been fixed is that the road is owned by three separate entities: Butler County, City of El Dorado and El Dorado Township.

The separate entities have different policies.

Not to mention, for a long time, the property owners alongside the road did not want to pay the extra taxes for the road to be fixed.

The city commission has had this project in its capital improvement plan for several years, but there were some obstacles with the road being owned by different entities.

It took about ten years for this project to be approved, after an effort was started.

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“El Dorado Township, who maintains the road, was able to put some money toward the project to help reduce the costs to the county residents,” says city engineer, Scott Rickard.

The roadwork was finally scheduled to begin on May 1, 2015.

The contract made with construction allotted them $1,172,000.

However, the total cost of the road will be more than that, as there are also financing and engineering costs, as well as other expenses.

A Few Bumps In The Road Those involved had hoped to have the road done about mid-summer, but there were a handful of unexpected obstacles they ran into.

For starters, there was a lot of rain this spring, which delayed construction.

“We ran into a lot of groundwater, which is unusual for El Dorado. We had to deal with that by pumping out ditches, and adding extra pipe to drain off groundwater,” says Rickard.

They also found several abandoned petroleum pipelines that they were unaware of.

“When you find something like that, you have to be very cautious around it,” says Rickard.

At the very east end, there was also a lot of storm sewer pipework underground.

Although they had several extra things to deal with, that did not stop them from moving forward. It just set them back a little, time wise.

After working on the project all summer, the residents now have access to the road.

What’s To Come?

The contract actually gave construction workers until November 30 to have everything fully complete, but they beat that deadline, and the road is now open to the public.

Next, the City of El Dorado will be installing a sidewalk along the road from Graham Park to Haverhill.

“That will work nicely for the pedestrians trying to get to the college. That was a huge concern we heard for a number of years, the safety of students walking down the road,” says Rickard.

The west section of the road being improved will be something to look for in the future, but it’s not quite approved yet.

Right now, the community is just very thankful to finally have the majority of the problem fixed.

Hopefully, with the worst part of it finally getting finished, the west side will seem but a small task in comparison.

QuikTrip One word sums up the changes that have been happening in El Dorado over the past few months: construction.

QuikTrip is one of the biggest construction sites, which is being built on North Haverhill Road. El Dorado currently has a generation 2.5. The new QT location is going to be a generation three. This means the new location will have a front kitchen where food will be cooked in front of customers, whereas the food is currently prepped in the back and cooked before ordered.

In addition, there will be more gas pumps to better accommodate the traffic. Because of the new location, Central Avenue is having some construction done to accommodate for the expected traffic flow. The new location will feature larger restrooms and a full front kitchen.

It is closer to the turnpike, and there are more access points to enter the location.

Izaac Graham is a part time clerk at the El Dorado QuikTrip. Graham has been working there for about six months. Graham said he really enjoys working there.

“The benefits they offer their employees are great,” Graham says. “They really do care about their employees.”

QT has been known for their training programs. It is ranked at slot 21 for training, according to fortune.com. The training program and benefits they offer their employees can be rewarding.

“Management trusts us to do a good job without watching over our shoulders,” Graham says.

According to fortune.com, 78% of QuikTrip employees say that it is highly respected and trusted by the communities they serve and by other future potential

employers.

Some of benefits of working there are: good hourly pay for clerks, potential employee scholarships, or pay for college and the opportunity to earn commission.

Some might not know that the Wichita QT region is the only region in the country that has a rewards program for its customers. For every two gallons of gas a customer buys, the customer will receive one point. Every $2 of food purchased is worth one point. Each point equals one penny. This gives a customer the opportunity to earn a discount on gas and other products in the store.

QuikTrip also offers local police officers free drinks.

This helps keep crime rates down in the stores and gives back to the local police forces.

Being privately owned, they are not swayed by political parties, government officials or other persuasive groups, according to QT. This helps keep QT from showing a political viewpoint on certain topics which could potentially aid them in keeping the business of customers.

Graham says he has benefited from the job because he is constantly meeting new people. He gets to travel to different locations within the region.

“Working there keeps you on your toes and you often have to be witty,” Graham says.

Interested in applying? The best time to apply to work at QuikTrip is now, due to the opening of the new location. However, it is normally in the spring in order to prepare for the summer rush. QT would like to hire friendly, fast paced people who have a good personality and are good with math.

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YMCA

YMCA Renovation and Expansion “It will definitely give more opportunity for our current members and also new members to come and experience a great facility,” says Jessica Rall, who has been director of the El Dorado YMCA for over a year.

The reopening of the El Dorado YMCA included two events: a special VIP Dedication for hundreds of YMCA contributors, including many area business leaders, which took place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and a community open house which took place all day on Thursday, Aug. 27. Between 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., this community open house hosted firsthand demonstrations of programs, including swimming, martial arts, dance, personal training, gymnastics and group exercise to around 400 people.

Outdated is no longer part the El Dorado YMCA’s vocabulary.

The recent renovations have transformed the branch’s atmosphere. From the refurbished entry to the healthy shine of the new hardwood basketball courts, to the colorful re-tiled pool area, a newfound brightness radiates the building.

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Get ready for a whole ‘new’ YMCA, El Dorado! The long awaited renovation to the El Dorado branch has finally opened.

This $3 million dollar expansion adds a cumulative 16,000 square feet to the YMCA, plus colorful and extraordinary makeovers to the existing facility. Add-ons include a re-tiled aquatics area, a multipurpose space for meetings and activities, a gymnasium with two hardwood basketball courts and two new program studios and restrooms, and expansions to both the strength center and KidZone.

In addition to the building expansions, the El Dorado YMCA, which serves over 8,000 members in the El Dorado community, has hired many new staff members to accommodate such a large expansion and provide programs for families to lead healthy lifestyles. The YMCA is also expanding in many of its youth and family programs.

The expansions to the branch give back to the community in a special way. The initial construction of the El Dorado YMCA included the people of El Dorado donating a whopping sum of around $5 million. But the expansions required no donations from the community.

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Better watch out John Williams year too. Returning her senior year, she joined the marching band, as well as helping 5th graders with music for community service. Adding more onto her plate, she began playing the flute her senior year, helping the 5th grade students out with that. She added seven more instruments since then, some being self-taught, or with the help of lessons throughout college, but never stressing.

“With band it’s a little more flexible.

You still have to get things done, but you don’t have to do them like by a certain date,” Neises says. “You can do as much as you need to at that time, so it’s really flexible.”

Although she has learned these ten instruments, and is now in the drum line playing the cymbals, the marching band, jazz band and concert band here, she still makes mistakes from switching an instrument throughout.

But she quickly catches on and fixes it, and continues learning. She has lessons, once a week for an hour, as part of her band scholarship, which covers her books and tuition. The scholarship is helping her to pursue bigger dreams of hers.

“I really like composing and so the way that I see it, the more instruments

that I can play the more that I can be able to see the perspective of the instrument, so I can write better music that accommodates their particular instrument,” Neises says.

Her dream job would be to move to California and be like John Williams or Hans Zimmer, and be a film composer. With that she would get to compose her own music, and work on the timing of the music in the films.

To start her career towards her dream, she has stepping stones. Her first goal is to get her associate’s done at Butler, move onto a university still unknown and get a music technology minor, then pursue a music education major.

“I’ll go ahead and become a music teacher but then do all my composing on the side, and hopefully get my name out that way,” Neises says.

Her steps to get to her dream job are set up. Now she is taking action. Being a mathematical person has helped her with learning, making it easier to learn more instruments.

“Since I’m like a mathematical person, the details of music for composing or even just learning instruments is something I really just grabbed onto details,” Neises says.

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For sophomore Jessica Neises, who has learned to play a combination of instruments beginning with the clarinet in just 5th grade, music is a way to escape the stress of classes and relax.

“My mom requires us to do music as an elective to help relax our brains from all the hard work of class,” Neises says.

Like mother, like daughter. Neises’s mother played clarinet throughout high school at East and college and had her old clarinet lying around the house. Neises decided to pick it up and start with that instrument to begin her career. In 6th grade she knew she wanted to pursue music and learn more instruments. She has taken on that challenge.

“It’s been my goal since about 6th grade that I’d want to learn a lot of instruments,” Neises says. “I might finally get the chance to do it. It’s been lots of fun.”

Her junior year, she started getting more serious about playing music.

Her music started improving and she picked up even more instruments throughout the year. She started the alto saxophone so she could play in the freshmen band and improve her skills.

She got involved in the jazz band that

Pipeline Canvas Elizabeth Moore

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Butler’s Transition to Using Canvas Primarily Just a few years ago, Butler did not have Canvas. Today, every teacher is required to have an account on it.

They even had to take six total clockhours of training to learn all of the features it offers.

The website can be used by the teachers to assign homework, post announcements, email students or other teachers, post the syllabus, and more.

For students, it can be really helpful, because it allows them to know what their grade is at all times.

English teacher, Freda Briggs, says that is her favorite feature of Canvas.

“The students can keep track of what their grades are, and they don’t have to keep asking me,” says Briggs.

Briggs is also fond of the Canvas app, and the feature that allows students to see their “what if” grades.

Before, students would just have to wait to see their grades when the teacher decided to do a grade check in class.

At the end of the semester, teachers would post the students’ final grade on Pipeline.

Now, students can just click on “Grades” and it’s there for them immediately.

This is the new website Butler uses for their online classes, and they started to incorporate it into the classrooms as well.

“Being new at BCC and a late-

summer hire, mastering the Canvas LMS (learning management system) was high on my list of priorities at the beginning of the semester,” says history teacher, Robert Clark.

“I’ve used various LMS platforms in the past and find Canvas to be more powerful but also more complicated than those I’ve used on other campuses.

Fortunately, BCC provides thorough training for faculty members on the platform,” says Clark.

Briggs was used to working with Pipeline, and feels that Canvas can be “occasionally clunky.”

She uses Canvas in the same way that she used Pipeline, posting each day what they did in class, including any links or handouts that were used.

That way, there is no excuse for a student to fall behind if they miss class.

“Sometimes there are a lot of steps to get to one thing on Canvas,” says Briggs.

For students, it is pretty streamlined, but for faculty it can be a little different.

However, the teachers are still doing their best to transition to primarily using Canvas.

With the primary usage of Canvas, it is good for students to remember that there are still a lot of features on Pipeline that can also be beneficial to them.

For instance, Pipeline has GPS, which can be very helpful to let students know

exactly what they need to get their degree, and how far along they are.

There are also databases available in the library that can be very helpful for research papers.

There is information about financial aid and scholarships, academic advising, and sports events.

There’s even a link to an ATT student cell phone discount.

There’s links to job openings, the online bookstore, student handbook, course schedule, course catalog, and much more.

Most teachers don’t use Pipeline anymore because a lot of them have switched over to just using Canvas.

However, there are still a few out there, according to freshman Devine Kalita.

Her A&P teacher has the lectures and study guides available on Pipeline for them to print.

Since she has one teacher who uses Pipeline, she says she checks it as frequently as Canvas.

“I prefer Canvas because it looks good, it’s easy to get around on, and it’s more professional,” says Kalita.

As Canvas is updated and renovated to fix the small bugs, hopefully it will become as easy for the teachers to use as it is for the students.

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Sister, Sister Life with a Look-Alike Elizabeth Moore Do a double take because you think you are seeing doubles. It’s just freshmen Karly and Kaylie Case who are twins.

One wearing contacts at times, making it easier to tell them apart, until she wears her glasses, even though they still get mixed up quite often.

They were born Nov. 1 with Karly getting to use the line “Well I’m older” as a way of winning an argument. She was born two minutes earlier.

There are two type of twins out there. The identical twins, which are next to impossible to tell apart at times. Then you have the fraternal twins, where, in some cases one twin can even be a boy while the other is a girl. Or where they don’t look as much alike as you would think twins do.

Being an identical twin is just random, it’s not in genetics like being a fraternal twin.

It still is a mystery to how it happens. The Case sisters are often mistaken for identical, yet they are fraternal.

“We get it asked a lot, I think it’s because we look so much alike, but there are differences,” Karlie says.

Even though people see them as twins they don’t think of it like that at all. It’s not weird for them, they just view each other as sisters, not twins. They have their differences in things that they do, the way they act, and dress.

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“We’ve always been together. Everyone views us as twins, we view each other as sisters, it’s not a big deal. She’s my sister.

I’m her sister, we just happen to look alike,” Kalie says.

Having a twin could come in handy, maybe switching places for the day. They never tried that, they already confuse people enough with who is who. Maybe getting to wear each other’s clothes, but too bad they don’t have the same taste in clothes. *Bickering with each other* “No, oh no,” Kaylie says. “She wears too much black, I wear more colors.”

“You just throw on whatever you want,” Karly says.

Even though they bicker, they took on the challenge of being roommates. They came to Butler to get an experience of being away from home, while still being close enough to go back and visit their family when they want to.

Both of them are just taking general education classes here at Butler, still undecided on what they want to do.

“It’s nice, it’s convenient, it’s like 20 minutes versus being like 2 hours, but it’s far enough away to where we can have independence, just down the turnpike, which is nice, actually,” Kalie says.

Living close to home is a perk, because they both share a job together back home.

They work at Andover Court Assisted Living, where they serve food for the people. They have both worked there for almost three years now.

Not working together, however, one will work a couple days, then the other one will work. They only work together when there is a special dinner, and then they only bicker a little bit. That comes with being siblings, though.

“I wear my name tag so that helps a lot, but if I were to lose it, I have no idea what would happen,” Karly says. “The elderly that we serve get confused a lot, but the cooks in the kitchen are pretty used to us by now.”

Even though they do look alike and act alike, at times, they are very different in many ways, and are their own person. They are always there for each other when they need each other. They were born sisters, but chosen best friends.

“She’s someone whose supportive unconditionally, and loving, just there for you no matter what. You won’t have to worry about things going wrong, rant to her, cry to her, fight with her, laugh, all the above,” Kalie says.

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Graysen Barnes opens up About his transformation Suicide is higher amongst Trangender Americans According to research conducted by The Williams Institute, “78% of transgender respondents who had physical or sexual violence at school had attempted suicide.�

The transgender community faces poverty According to research conducted by Injustice at Every Turn, in 2008 transgender people were unemployed at twice the rate of the population. In addition, people surveyed said that homeless shelters were often unfriendly environments for Trans people.

it shouldn’t matter what gender we perceive them as, we should listen to them all very carefully.”

The name Grayson was inspired by a number of things. It reminds him who he is and who strives to be.

“I guess my personal style is exemplified by my name, that I chose, that I’m using now, because not only am I thinking of myself in a gray area, and a son whose father’s middle name is Gray, it makes me think of grace. It reminds me to be the son of grace and to be graceful and thoughtful and understanding and gentle,” Barnes says.

Barnes knows the kind of person he strives to be.

“I want to be, or continue to be, a kind and sympathetic man, strong, but open and generous and all those things. Those strong sides of masculinity that we tend to not see, and oftentimes I think as men, we’re educated not to use. We’re supposed to be forceful and loud, well, what about being strong and gentle at the same time? And funny. I want to be funny. Or funnier. I think I’m kind of funny already, but it might be jokes that only I get.”

Impact of Teaching Since he was young, Barnes knew he wanted to write. He studied art and creative writing at Wichita State University.

“I had a vision I would die over my typewriter,” Barnes says.

Eventually, he combined his love of art and history and earned a degree in Art History.

Through soul searching, Barnes says he realized that he was pretty good at helping people and decided to be a teacher. He currently teaches Humanities 1, Humanities 2 and Art Appreciation. He still continues his passion for writing by writing articles for The Liberty Press magazine.

“It seems that what I believe about teaching is when we have something in our heads it makes us contributors to society,” Barnes says. “If we think about things instead of react to things like an amoeba, then were also making better decisions; people aren’t controlling us.”

Impact of Art Since he was seven years old, Barnes has been going to museums.

“One of the things that I notice a lot is I pay attention to everything, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I have spent most of my life looking at stuff. I gauge people when they walk into a room … I look at colors out the car window,” Barnes said. “I think what art has done … it’s allowed me to be an observer. It makes me look at people, because people are the most important subject.”

Support Through the stages of his change, Barnes has had support from family, friends and the Wichita transgender community.

Before starting the process, Barnes talked to his dad who told him, “You are my kid and I love you and you need to do whatever you need

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to do to support your physical and emotional self.”

Barnes says he is appreciative of the support from his father, a conservative Air Force veteran.

“Truthfully, if he hadn’t been supportive of this, I don’t know that I would have even started,” Barnes says. “Because I love my dad and he’s important to me. When I grow up I want to be like him; I’ve always wanted to be like him.”

His friends and roommate have provided a supportive network as well.

“I have friends that I have known for 20 years now and they are behind me 100 percent,” Barnes says.

In addition, Barnes is a part of WiTCoN, the Wichita Trans Community Network. WiTCoN alternates between informational meetings and social gatherings for transgender people and their allies. The group provides him mentors, as well as allows him to be a mentor to others.

Violence Against Transgender People Barnes explains that transgender people have recently been a target of hate crimes.

“There is a societal danger to people who don’t fit some sort of norm or box, so the possibilities of physical violence are everywhere,” Barnes says.

He also says that there is a pornography industry that uses derogatory terms against transgender people.

“I would say that we certainly have a problem in our society, that people will hate a trans person yet they want to go to bed with a trans person. Or they want to watch a video of a trans person having sex,” Barnes said. “To me that’s a sign that we’re seriously broken. And if we are objectifying people like that, we are distancing them from ourselves. And it makes those people, who should be recognized as people, much easier to hate, kill [and] destroy. And I think about that every day.”

Advice Barnes has pointers for anyone who is going through the same thought process as he did.

“Make sure you have a support group in place.

Find people who support you. If you have any doubts at all, make sure you get a therapist. Be careful in how you progress. Understand that the choices you make are going to impact the rest of your life.”

Friends to transgender people can help as well, Barnes says.

“And as far as everyone else who has a friend who’s trans: be there. You may not know exactly what it is that they’re going through, but you can validate their process and tell them that you love them or care about them,” Barnes says. “If they need a bathroom escort, go with them. Don’t be afraid to be friends with trans people and defend them just as you would defend your other friends.

And If you have a friend who is going through the transition process ... this isn’t you, this is them. If you’re still confused about what you can do as a trans ally ... come to a WiTCoN meeting, come with your friend, it takes all of us .”

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As a young girl, Helen Barnes would tell her parents that the body she was in felt all wrong.

Now, Professor Grayson Barnes is happier than he has been in a long time.

Childhood Until her third grade year, Helen Barnes dressed like a boy. For a number of years, she got away with asking people to call her Buddy.

Then eventually she was forced to get cat-eye glasses, and her mother told people there was no one in their house by the name of Buddy, that the person who lived there was a girl and her name was Helen.

“I felt my entire life that I didn’t fit in, in very specific ways. I liked girls, but I wasn’t gay. I liked doing boy things, but I wasn’t a boy … I knew I liked girls, but I wasn’t a lesbian. I didn’t realize that there were alternatives until about 20 years ago,” Barnes says.

Eventually, Barnes hit puberty, concerned the changes that were happening to her body would be what she was stuck with forever.

“All through my life, it was kind of like once in awhile I would hear this voice in the back of my head saying: ‘You’re really a man; you’re really a boy,’” Barnes says.

Becoming Grayson Three years ago, Barnes began going to therapy.

“About a year ago I decided to actually make some changes, and I started with dressing more masculine,” Barnes says. “I went through my closet and got rid of my girly clothes. I had cut my hair earlier in the year ... I had really long hair and wanted a more masculine hairstyle.”

On Oct. 13, 2014, Barnes went public.

“I came out on Facebook and came out to my colleagues big time,” Barnes says. “There was a school meeting … so at the meeting on my name tag I crossed out the name Helen and wrote in Grayson and thought, ‘This is it, the world’s gonna know,’ and I have been so much happier ever since.”

In May of 2015, Barnes began taking hormones. Since then, he has seen some changes in appearance: his shoulders have widened; his pants size has dropped; and he had to buy a razor. In addition, he has undergone changes mentally.

“I think that I retain a lot of the strength and intellect of the person that I was before. But that person was extremely unhappy; extremely unfulfilled. And I think now I am very happy and I can see where I can go. And previously I felt I had kind of hit the wall,” Barnes says.

As a man, Grayson says he notices that people treat him differently.

“It’s weird because I notice that as a woman I would be at meetings and people wouldn’t listen to me. I would say something and the man next to me would repeat exactly what I said and people would listen to him. It’s not necessarily in the educational setting. [Now] they listen to me more. What I say is taken with a little more thinking, without being brushed off. Which is weird because if someone has something to say

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Sophomore Octavious Morgan is a standout sixfoot tall cornerback from Greenwood, S.C. “My team is the best part about being at Butler and we are all pretty close,” Morgan says.

He has had a couple great plays so far this season with three interceptions and one touchdown against Iowa Western and he recovered a blocked field goal and returned it for a touchdown against Hutchinson. He has 11 tackles and six assists so far this season and hopes to keep improving.

Morgan was named NJCAA Defensive Player of the Week after the game against Iowa Western.

The Grizzlies defeated the Reivers, 40-7.

Last season, the Grizzlies lost a total of

three games. Two of those three losses were to Iowa Western and Hutchinson, but Butler has already defeated both of those teams this year.

The squad is off to a good start so far, and they hope to continue improving on the season.

“My goal for the season is to win a national championship. As long as we keep up the hard work, stay together as a team, and remain humble, I think we can do it,” Morgan says.

Keep an eye out for Morgan this season and after to see where his football career leads him.

Octavious Morgan intercepting a pass.

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Paige Achey kicking the ball away from the sideline.

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The Butler women’s soccer team is looking to improve on last year’s berth in the NJCAA tournament in Florida.

They have come out with a vengeance to start off the season, cruising to four straight shutout victories. Two of those shutout victories came over Top Ten rated teams in the nation. Butler defeated No. 2 Iowa Western and No. 8 Laramie CCC in 2-0 games.

“Practice is looking great and the defense has been good,” says freshman starting goalkeeper Jami Reichenberger.

Butler will play four Top Ten teams in the first seven games to start out the season before going to league play.

Head Coach Adam Hunter says, “We have a core of returning players on defense and we have brought in some goal scorers to compliment our goal scorers that we have now.”

The Grizzlies have brought in players from all over Kansas, California, Australia and Scotland, just to name a few. Incoming freshman Paige Achey was the girls’ scoring leader for the Wichita City league last year.

Hunter says, “If we can keep healthy, capitalize on scoring opportunities and not have to many defensive lapses (then they can improve on their finish from last year and compete for the Region VI Championship and possibly place high at the NJCAA tournament).”

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Last year, Washburn Rural High School placed fourth at the 6A state volleyball tournament, a tournament for arguably the most talented women in state. Halie Sigurdson, a 5’9” setter, was one of the top prospects from this experienced team as well as a main contributor to their 3-0 start in the tournament before the loss to Blue Valley Northwest in the third place match. It wouldn’t be long after her successful season that she would be recruited by Rick Younger to be a part of the Grizzly family.

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For those that don’t know, Washburn volleyball holds a rich tradition of success. To be a top player on such an elite team is an accolade many desire but very few experience. In fact, the only reason the Junior Blues were in the third place match was because of a tough fought loss to Olathe East, who claimed their second consecutive state championship last season.

The Topeka prospect and her team are working towards surpassing last year’s semifinal appearance in the Region VI tournament.

One of her most favorable qualities as a player is her court diversity. She has been a defensive specialist, libero, and setter.

Diversity, paired with her refusal to let the ball touch the ground, is a dangerous quality to face.

At this point in time, Sigurdson is undecided on a major. Her current plans for the future entail playing volleyball at the next level and possibly becoming a pediatric oncologist.

Her experience at Butler has been more than satisfactory as she says she is “So lucky to have the opportunity to be a part of the volleyball program and to surround herself with Butler’s players and coaches.”

She is extremely grateful to all of her past and current coaches for getting her as far as she’s gone.

If her precision and work ethic in the medical field is anything like it is on the court, Sigurdson’s future will be prolific, to say the least, long after the nets are taken Halie Sigurdson setting the ball to down. another teammate.

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A major adjustment most students face when coming to Butler Community College is transitioning into the college life, and all there is to do around campus. For freshman Tesla Madsen, the transition was pretty simple.

“It was a very different change, but for the good,” Madsen says. “When I visited last year, I really liked Tesla Madsen everything Butler had to offer, and I kept counting running ahead of her down the days until I got to move in and meet the competition. team.”

Madsen is from a small town by the name of Tescott, located northwest of Salina, just under a two hour drive to El Dorado. Madsen, who is a member of the Grizzlies women’s cross country team, says she has enjoyed running since she was 12 years old.

“I started to like running in sixth grade,” Madsen says. “I absolutely loved my coach Mrs. Martin, she was the best, and pushed me to be my best. If it weren’t for her, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today and probably wouldn’t have even liked to run at all.”

Madsen was attracted to Butler because of the atmosphere, and the campus. She also really liked the cross country Coach Ryan Turner, and the program history Butler cross country has had over the past years, especially with the Region VI and the Jayhawk Conference titles outright last season.

“I really love all the tradition that the program has had,” Madsen says. “I absolutely love Coach Turner and what all he has accomplished so far, and I can’t wait to continue to get better, and grow into a better human being, and coach will really help me with that, not just on the course, but also a better person in life.”

In Madsen’s first ever collegiate cross country meet held on Saturday, Sept. 5 at RAFT Ranch in Augusta, she placed 56th overall in the meet. She was the third Grizzly to cross the finish line, with a time of 17:31.1. Madsen hopes to improve her times as the season goes along and as she becomes more comfortable with the collegiate runners.

Tesla is currently taking general education classes at Butler, in hopes to pursue her dream of being an optometrist later on in life. She hopes to continue her education after Butler at Pittsburg State.

Pilates

noun: a system of exercises using special apparatus, designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, and posture, and enhance mental awareness.

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Katlyn Tompkins, BCC Freshman, practicing her Table Top Position after Pilate’s class.

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Students know if we want to graduate, a physical education class must be taken. The good news to Butler Students in El Dorado is that there are a number of courses to choose from.

According to www.pilates.com, Pilates the exercise started in the early 1900s with Joseph H. Pilates. He was an ill child growing up and needed to find with an exercise that worked for him. J. Pilates used the exercise he created to help wounded English soldiers in WWI to rehabilitate. In 1926, J. Pilates immigrated to the United States, bringing the exercise with him. Over the course of time, Pilates became one of the fastest growing exercises to be introduced.

Pilates is one of the 78 classes a student can choose from to earn their credentials.

Pilates is a one credit class that is instructed by Jan Taylor.

Taylor has been teaching Pilates and Yoga practices for 12 years and has been participating in them herself for 20 years.

“Pilates is for absolutely everyone,” Taylor says.

Pilates can bring one to a new physical level without putting too much strain on one’s body. There are certain restraints that may keep one from doing Pilates, but more often than not the discovery of Pilates could benefit people who are skeptical over their own physical abilities.

According to Pilates.com, Pilates is becoming “a crucial training adjunct to elite athletes all over the world.”

Injured athletes can also bring Pilates into their life, if a

doctor approves, to help maintain their physical ability while having to sit out of their sport.

At the moment Butler of El Dorado has a smaller, more personal class of Pilates. Trying out a different type of exercise, this could be a very helpful aspect.

Taylor discusses ways Pilates can impact a student. It can reduce stress, which can be helpful in a hectic college life. It strengthens the core of the body, which can improve physique, stamina and posture. Pilates can bring new awareness to the body and muscles that are being used if they are being worked properly. Body awareness also relates to being able to breathe in the correct way that will be most helpful during exercise and in normal daily life.

Pilates and Yoga seem to come off as very similar exercises.

They use nearly all the same equipment. A lot of the exercises can crossover to each other and be used in both classes.

“Pilates is developing the core and Yoga is meditative,” Taylor says.

In addition to the Pilates classes Taylor teaches on campus, Yoga is also offered at Butler of El Dorado. She also offers three different Yoga classes at the El Dorado YMCA. Further information can be found on the YMCA website. A Tai Chi class is also offered in her home.

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