The Campus Ledger - Vol. 35, Issue 3

VOL 35 ISSUE 03 SEPT 21, 2012

OFFICIAL STUDENT-RUN PUBLICATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OVERLAND PARK, KS

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the CAMPUS LEDGER / SEPT 21, 2012 / VOL 35 / ISSUE 03

Harassment complaint leads to termination of professor

By JON PARTON

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ormer Computer Science professor William Hailey was terminated by the college at the end of summer classes after a student filed a harassment complaint against him.

Student Raffi Hatutian filed the complaint against Hailey after receiving a series of text messages from the professor. Hatutian was enrolled in one of Hailey’s spring 2012 classes.

“Raffi, I hope your interest and follow-through so far is not what I have to look forward to,” Hailey wrote in a long text to Hatutian.

“It’s going to have to do a 180̊ turnaround. I am taking my time for you.

“There are many things I

enjoy doing with my time. I enjoy working in my yard. I enjoy time with my son. I really enjoy spending time with a student who asks for a chance. They always appreciated that I take time just for them. We work, but we get lunch, maybe racquetball or swimming, if they are interested.

“If you don’t think you can keep a promise to me, please tell me before we begin. We can both save save [sic] a lot of time, and do other things for ourselves and for people in our lives who value our time that we are able to give to them. Raffi, it’s entirely up to you. Please let me know very soon what you want to, AND WILL, do.”

Although Hatutian said he could not comment on the matter, he confirmed that his attorney, Joshua Seiden, is in contact with the college.

Dennis Day, vice president, Student Success and Engagement, confirmed that Hailey is no longer employed by the college.

“Every college and university is under the restrictions of- there’s a duty to report and there’s a duty to certain actions,” Day said. “So in this case, when we found out about suspicions of certain acts, the college moved very quickly and the employee is no longer an employee of the institution within hours of finding out.”

Day confirmed that other

NEWS BRIEFS BNSF CLOSES RAILROAD ON PFLUMM AT SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE Pflumm Road just south of Santa Fe Trail Drive will be closed beginning Monday, Sept. 24. BNSF will be replacing the railroad crossing there and no traffic will be allowed to pass.

According to a press release from the City of Lenexa, the road is planned to reopen Friday, Sept.

28.The city recommends motorists use Quivira Road or Lackman Road instead, although local detours will be marked.

CALAWAY TO GIVE STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADDRESS College president Terry Calaway will deliver his annual State of the College presentation at 1 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 28 in the Polsky Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.

The event will also be televised on Channel 17 on SureWest and Time Warner Cable, or Channel 22 on Comcast.

Ledger staff will be present and live-tweeting the event on the Twitter account @CampusLedger.

JCCC DECLARED MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOL Victory Media has named the college a Military Friendly school for the fourth year in a row.

This honor is given to the top 15 percent of schools who excel in their services for service members, veterans and military families.

CAMPBELL, AUTHOR AND ENTREPRENEUR, TO VISIT COLLEGE Harry Campbell, who has served as president of two Fortune 500 companies and authored the book “Get-Real Leadership,” will speak to the college’s Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO) at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

26 in RC 231.

For more information about the event, contact adviser Barbara Millard at bmillard1@jccc.edu or club president Michael Cauble at mcauble@stumail.jccc.edu.

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complaints against Hailey were brought to his attention.

“In this case, there was enough smoke […] that there was an action needed to happen rather quickly,” Day said. “And then once there was a semi-confirmation of what was done, then the action was termination because we have no tolerance for it.”

On the website RateMyProfessors.com, students can rate professors and leave comments for others to read.

One user wrote an unfavorable comment about Hailey on Jan. 8, 2010.

“Mr. Hailey was never willing to help you,” the comment began.

“The only people that he would

help was [sic] the ones that couldn’t speak English. He did not teach on useful things. He gave his opinion on how the U.S. should work. He asks you to go swimming with him a lot. It really creeps me out a lot. He should be fired. He wouldn’t show us how to do certain things when asked [sic].”

Hailey could not be reached for comment.

Editor’s note: Joshua Seiden is a former student and former editor of The Campus Ledger.

CONTACT JON PARTON, MANAGING EDITOR, AT JPARTON@JCCC.EDU.

POLICE BRIEFS PURSE THEFT IN LIB A female student reported her purse stolen to the Campus Police Sept. 4. The victim stated someone took the purse while she was sleeping on the second floor of the Library. She stated that she decided to take a short nap before the start of her next class. The victim said her purse was missing when she woke up. Campus Police advised the victim to contact her bank regarding the incident and the stolen debit card in her purse.

MONEY TAKEN FROM WALLETS Two students reported a theft of cash in LIB 342 on Sept. 4. The two victims stated money was stolen from their wallets stored in their backpacks. The victims believe the money was taken when they left the classroom for a short time lasting no longer than 20 minutes. The first victim reported $60 stolen while the second victim reported a theft of $40. iPHONE THEFT A victim reported her iPhone stolen from a table on the first floor of the library Sept. 6. The victim stated that she left her phone unattended three times while she used the copy machine.

She said the theft was discovered when she got ready to leave.

BACKPACK THEFT Campus Police were dispatched to the library in response to a report of theft on Sept. 4. The victim reported he was studying on the second floor of the library.

He said he momentarily left his backpack unattended when he left the area to use the restroom.

The victim reported that his wallet was inside the backpack at the time it was stolen. The wallet was turned in to the front desk at the library, but the backpack was not recovered.

WALLET THEFT Campus Police were contacted by a student reporting theft of her wallet Sept. 4. The victim stated that someone stole the wallet out of an open pocket in her backpack.

The victim stated that the wallet contained a debit card and $4 and change. Later in the evening, the victim reported that her husband found the wallet in the third floor men’s bathroom in the trash can.

All items were in the wallet except the cash.

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the CAMPUS LEDGER / SEPT 21, 2012 / VOL 35 / ISSUE 03

Galileo’s Pavilion has doors open to all

New green building intends to educate students, faculty, community

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Photo by Daniel De Zamacona

By MACKENZIE CLARK

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t was a challenge for architects, a source of mixed feedback for college administrators and a dream come true for the Student Sustainablity Committee.

Now Galileo’s Pavilion, home to two classrooms and a lounge area, hosts 17 classes each week.

Jay Antle, executive director, Sustainability, said the Student Senate voted unanimously to endorse the project. In acknowledgment of their support, one of the classrooms is reserved for student group meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.

“We wanted there to be a place on campus where students could go about their daily lives of being a student,” Antle said, “but also, then, ask questions about buildings, and sustainability, and resource usage.”

Despite the sustainability emphasis of the building’s structure, Antle said he wants to see a variety of classes benefit from the building. This semester, classes in GP 101 and 102 range anywhere from Anthropology to US History to Elementary Chinese.

“No program owns this building,” Antle said. “That was part of the intent from the beginning, so students from all kinds of disciplines would be able to experience a unique building and, thus, have different expectations for other buildings they go into in the future.”

Jacey Curbow, student, is enrolled in a philosophy class in Galileo’s Pavilion.

“To me, it’s kind of strange to have a philosophy class in here,” she said. “But I feel like we’re not using it to its full

capabilities for the certain class I’m in.”

Curbow said she likes the “21st century” look of the building, but morning sunlight streaming through the white shades can be blinding.

Studio 804, which designed and built the building, offers a unique experience to Master of Architecture students at KU. “[Studio 804] students graduate with real-life experience,” said Megan Carrithers, master of Architecture graduate. “Valuable lessons are learned first-hand, and as a student. As students, we learn about the importance of a team, communication, and ultimately we learn how to put a building together.

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State bill to provide tuition waivers to high school students Some career and technical courses will be provided tuition-free by the college

By TABI SECOR

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he Kansas legislature has passed a new bill that will allow high school students in the state to attend college courses with their tuition waived.

Kan. Senate Bill 155, passed and signed into law July 12 of this year, aims to provide tuition-free courses in technical programs offered at community colleges and technical schools.

“With the way the state has set up a structure for our state funding for courses, all of our courses are looked at by the state and given a rating of being a tiered course, a tiered technical course, or a non-tiered course,” said Clarissa Craig, dean, Health Care Professions and Wellness.

Craig said some of the tiered courses are the focus of SB 155, and are the ones high school students will benefit from. These tiered courses include everything from Basics of Income Taxes to Criminology, from animation classes to health care classes.

“It is designed to help students build marketable skills while they’re still in high school, and students actually get career educational credit as high school students if they come out to the college,” said Shelia Mauppin, dean, Career and Technical Education Transition.

Despite the courses being offered free of tuition for area high school students, Craig said the college may not see jumps in enrollment numbers.

“We’re not anticipating a huge influx of enrollment that’s going to be specific to this because of those dynamics, but it does open up some opportunities for those high school students who have some flexible scheduling in their junior, senior years to take some college level courses,” she said.

Craig explained that even though the bill says the courses

will be open to grades nine through 12, it will be up to each school district to decide which grades take part in the new bill. Regardless, each student who is part of that school district will be able to participate if they choose to.

“It is set up similar to College Now by the fact they have to have a high school authorization in order to be able to take the course,” Craig said, “but as long as there’s whatever those decision making points are for high school students in general, they’re the same as they would have been anyways.”

Mauppin said that there was some surprise to the college when the bill was passed.

“There had been a lot of work over the last year that led up to the bill,” she said. “The surprise kind of came into play was when the bill was passed on July 12, and the requirements were to begin all of these activities on July 1. So the college had to do some backtracking.”

Craig explained.

“With high school students already enrolled in summer courses and stuff like that […] it was more of trying to figure out the processing of those students who had already paid,” she said. “How are we going to get those refunds back? And for a student that has taken the last part of the summer semester, how do we get them so they don’t pay?”

Part of the difficulty, Craig said, is tagging students who will benefit from the law in the system.

No revenue will be lost from the college waiving the tuition according to Craig and Mauppin, because the college will be reimbursed from the state for the cost of those students’ tuition.

CONTACT TABI SECOR, NEWS EDITOR, AT TSECOR@JCCC.EDU.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is shown during his visit to the college Tuesday, Aug. 14 to promote SB 155. Photo by Tasha Cook

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“Those tactile relationships from start to finish are invaluable,” Carrithers finished.

Later this semester, Antle hopes Galileo’s Pavilion will receive platinum level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

He said he is fairly confident the building will receive at least gold certification.

Read the full article and see more photos online at CampusLedger.com.

CONTACT MACKENZIE CLARK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, AT MCLARK68@JCCC.EDU.

A close-up shot of one outside wall of Galileo’s Pavilion. Some of the building was constructed using recycled chalkboard slate. Dan Rockill, executive director, Studio 804, said slate is a very expensive, durable material. Photo by Tasha Cook

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“Living walls” line the backs of both classrooms and divide the lounge area in Galileo’s Pavilion. The plants were carefully selected to avoid allergens. The limited amount of sunlight indoors was also a factor in selection of the plants. The plants are irrigated by the water cistern on the roof of the building. Photo by Tasha Cook

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Behind the living wall in the lounge area, this screen monitors how full the water cistern on the roof is. At this time it was approximately 98 percent full. Photo by Tasha Cook

the CAMPUS LEDGER / SEPT 21, 2012 / VOL 35 / ISSUE 03

Breaking down: the economy and student morale

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College economics professor lays out the economy as students voice their opinions

By TABI SECOR

ccording to a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, the greatest issue affecting this year’s election is the continuing growth of the economy and unemployment.

The global financial collapse in 2008 is said to be one of the major contributors to the United States’ economic decline.

“It would take a long time to discuss how we got here,” said Doug Copeland, professor, Economics, “but the global financial collapse is really what the tipping point was. We were already in a downturn recession.

The economy was doing poorly before October of 2008, which was the big global financial collapse.”

According to Copeland, the economy has yet to bounce back from the event.

“We’ve been trying to recover from [the economic collapse] ever since,” he said. “We haven’t seen a collapse like that since the Great Depression.”

Kazi Abbas, student, works as a gas station attendant. He said

he is fed up with both political parties.

“I’m not voting for anybody,” Abbas said. “I believe both republicans and democrats are working for their own profit.

When it comes to issues with our country, why not work together?”

Abbas said he has seen the increased demand for jobs in his own workplace.

“I work in a gas station, and I’ve been working there for a long time,” Abbas said. “For me, it’s not really that hard to get hours, but at the same time we have a lot of students this semester coming and asking for jobs. We don’t have enough vacancies. Other people are looking for jobs very hard.”

Lauren Myers, student, is a self-employed guitar instructor.

Myers said the current state of the economy has affected her negatively.

“I was in a car accident when I was sixteen; I broke almost every bone in my body,” Myers said. “A year later they hooked me up with a place for people with disabilities.

Once Brownback was voted in,

help with the [traumatic brain injury] waivers has gone down for me. I’ve lost a [transitional living specialist], I’ve lost a behavioral therapist, and all I have is a cognitive therapist.”

Myers said she does not believe the economy is improving.

“It’s hard to say, because [President Obama] is fixing it, but at the same time nobody’s letting him fix it,” Myers said. “I think all the old men that are in Congress need to be replaced. One of our justices, I think, is almost 100 years old. I’m not saying people like that are not sound mind, but they’re probably feeble minded.”

With the economy still in a slump, it is no wonder that it has become an important issue in this election season. Both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, Republican presidential nominee, have outlined plans as to how they plan to solve the economic crisis.

One of the issues the two seem to agree on is that unemployment is still too high.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national

New senators for a new school year

Sixteen senators elected to office for the new school year

By JON PARTON

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he results are in and the college has a new lineup of student senators for the upcoming school year.

The elections were held Sept.

4 through 6. Students were able to vote either on the second floor of the COM building or online.

Sixteen at-large senators were elected after the final votes were tallied.

Among the newly elected was Brenden Brower-Freeman.

Brower-Freeman attended Tonganoxie High School, where he was active in student government.

He said he had to put college on hold after graduating in 2011.

The incoming freshman suffered from leukemia and said he wanted to focus on his health before trying to take on the responsibilities of college. He said that he hopes to get on a few key committees during the school year to help influence change.

Brower-Freeman believes that he can help make the school better in his role as a student senator.

“So many people only go to class

without experiencing everything the college has to offer,” he said.

“I wanted to contribute to make it a more collegiate experience for students.”

Sergio Sanchez, another new incoming senator, said his involvement in Student Senate came from his desire to immerse himself in the college.

“I just got out of high school, brand new here,” Sanchez said.

“I really wanted to get involved in stuff because, you know, what I’ve come to notice is that people aren’t really talkative, at least during these first couple of weeks.

I said, ‘Let’s get involved, let’s make some friends, have a good college experience.’”

Sanchez, a Shawnee Mission North graduate, said although he doesn’t have a specific major in mind yet, he wants to focus on either business or communication.

He said he hopes to get more students involved in campus life over the school year.

“They’re just not participating,” Sanchez said. “What I plan to do

is get more people involved in activities, clubs and just so they can experience that.”

For newly-elected senator Vanessa Lawton, a leadership role is something she is used to.

“This is kind of similar to a position I took two years back,” she said. “It was with Engage KC Leadership Board. We worked with city hall and we were the voice for the teenagers, young adults who were in college, throughout the city.”

Lawton, a graduate of the Paseo Academy in Kansas City, said her interest in serving as a student senator comes from her wanting to help others. She plans to major in fashion design, a subject she studied in high school.

“I just love volunteering, reaching out and making sure peoples’ voices are heard,” she said.

CONTACT JON PARTON, MANAGING EDITOR, AT JPARTON@JCCC.EDU.

unemployment rate for August of 8.1 percent was slightly lower than the three months prior. Kansas unemployment is lower than the national number at 6.1 percent, and Johnson County is lower still at 5.2 percent.

Copeland said the lower numbers have been trending for awhile.

“Unemployment is stagnant,” he said. “It has been trending downwards, but not near as low as we all might like, of course.”

Copeland said one way to boost the economy is for people to actually spend more money.

“If we, as a nation, are spending more, businesses’ sales are up,” Copeland said. “When businesses sales are up, they will produce more. To produce more, they’ll hire workers. More workers mean more income. More income means more spending, which would generate more sales, more production, more jobs, and a drop in the unemployment rate. More income, more spending.”

Copeland went on to say government spending in a time

of economic downturn is an appropriate way to boost the economy, but also reiterated that it is total spending that drives the economy.

“It’s always a good idea, on the spending front, to spend money on those things that will not only in the short term create jobs, but in the long term create economic growth,” he said.

Copeland also listed spending on health, education and training as ways to “enhance the productivity of the labor force.”

Despite the lower unemployment rates and policy makers doing what they can to boost the hurting economy, Copeland said he believes the recovery is not over yet.

“It’s going to take a long time,” he said.

CONTACT TABI SECOR, NEWS EDITOR, AT TSECOR@JCCC.EDU. DAVID HURTADO, FEATURES EDITOR, CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ARTICLE.

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the CAMPUS LEDGER / SEPT 21, 2012 / VOL 35 / ISSUE 03

Student clubs aim to increase involvement College home to a variety of interests

By DAVID HURTADO

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here’s an old saying that birds of a feather flock together. Student clubs, whose members share similar interests, are one such example.

The college hosts more than 50 different clubs and organizations for students. Some of these are relatively new on the block, while others have been around for decades.

Mindy Kinnaman, manager, Student Life and Leadership Development, said Student Senate was among the first clubs to be formed at the college. “[Student Senate] was formed within the first five years of the college’s founding,” Kinnaman said. “No one seems to be quite sure of the exact date.”

Student Senate provides representation for the student body of the college and distributes funds to the various student clubs and organizations on campus. In addition, Student Senate plays a role in policy-making that affects the student body. The smoking ban, approved last year by the Board of Trustees, was first initiated

by Student Senate.

According to Kinnaman, the largest club in terms of members is Phi Theta Kappa with more than 600 members. Many of them are not actively involved, however.

As an honors society, Phi Theta Kappa does not hold regular meetings. Instead, a leadership board meets and plans activities for members.

Currently the largest club of actively involved students is International Club, which has more than 100 active members.

This is the first year the club has boasted such high membership.

Founded in 1985, International Club brings together students from America and around the globe for educational and social activities. It acts as a forum for learning about world cultures and fundraises for scholarships for international students.

David Ellis, the club’s adviser, said he felt the club was able to retain members because of the welcoming atmosphere.

“I think there’s a sense of belonging,” Ellis said. “Our president, Jason, makes you feel that way and the officers make you feel

that way. So if you come and you’re brand new, there’s a lot of people who will come talk and visit with you and make you feel they’re glad that you’re here.”

In addition, Ellis said he felt many American students feel a special bond with international students. He said being around them makes you feel comfortable; you do not need to be a special person.

Some of the newer clubs on the block include Secular Student Alliance, Advertising and Public Relations Club and Cult Film Club. These were approved

by Student Senate March 19. However, according to Kinnaman, that status is likely to change as five more clubs are awaiting approval.

Cult Film Club began in response to Cineclub, according to Kary Faria da Cunha, president.

“I noticed that there was a movie club on campus and I went and participated with it,” Faria da Cunha said. “With that club, they watch older films, more of your classic movies. There wasn’t any other club that explored avenues more contemporary, that students would be more drawn to. I thought, why not try another movie club?”

Cult films, or cult classics, are defined as films that do not achieve significant box office success, but acquire the following of a small fan base.

“A cult film has of a niche group that follows it, a certain type of individual who is drawn to these kind of films,” Faria da Cunha said. “They explore different realms outside the mainstream cinema, and deal with topics that are more risqué and taboo, making for great humor.”

Students interested in joining an existing club or forming a new one can get more information from the Center for Student Involvement, COM 309. At least 10 students and one adviser are needed to form a club.

CONTACT DAVID HURTADO, FEATURES EDITOR, AT DHURTADO@JCCC.EDU.

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International Club members participate in a cultural awareness activity during a meeting in CC 211 on Sept. 12. The club is one of the most popular on campus, and offers support and social opportunies to students from more than 100 countries. Photo by Kelly Daniels

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CAMPUS “Gangnam Style” mania CALENDAR REVIEW

By SPENCER PRESSLY

Filmmaker Kevin Willmott Screening 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 in the Hudson Auditorium in the Nerman Museum; a reception starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Atrium If you’re interested in making a career in the film industry, head to the Nerman where Kevin Willmott, associate professor of film and media studies at KU, shares his life work including “Bunker Hill” and “CSA: Confederate States of America.” Cost: Free.

Mark Johnson, retired Green Beret 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 in CC 107 Learn the skills to conduct a successful and professional meeting. Sponsored by the Cavalier Leadership Development Program. Cost: Free.

Campus Farm Workday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at the Campus Farm Do you enjoy growing your own food, digging in the dirt and making new friends? Join other students helping out with the fall harvest at the Campus Farm. For more information, call 913-4698500 ext. 2883. Cost: Free.

Bill Butts, student and ECAV radio host, leads friends and the Golden Girls in a flash mob Thursday, Sept. 20. Photo by Mackenzie Gripe

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orean Pop, otherwise known as K-pop, is popular in its respective regions. Still, it has never really had the spark that made it popular the around the world until now.

Psy, a famous Korean artist, released his latest single “Gangnam Style” via YouTube on July 15. The video became an immediate hit on the internet. The music video was the perfect mix of wild, crazy and catchy songwriting.

To long time K-pop fans this was a fresh take on a genre that had been taken way too seriously over the years, while new listeners were introduced to a completely different form of music.

The video now has over 180 million views, and that number grows larger every day. Since its release, the song has become an overnight phenomenon leading to flash mobs all over the world and coverage from major news stations. Not only that, but there are now many fan parodies of the video all over YouTube.

The parodies recreate the video in local home towns with people riding their invisible horses all over town. The iconic dance in the video is a mix of “classy and

cheesy” in the words of Psy, and easy to learn for everyone to show off in public.

Now two months after the song was released, it seems to just keep growing with more people discovering it every day. There is now more of a widespread interest in different K-pop artists than ever before.

Psy has also been making appearances all over America.

Just recently Psy showed up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Saturday Night Live. It has also been popping up on music charts all over the world and is even a number 1 song on iTunes now.

The song has led to a bit of trouble recently with a group of lifeguards from El Monte, Calif.

Fourteen lifeguards uploaded a parody called “Lifeguard Style,” filmed at the city’s swimming pool at the El Monte Aquatic Center.

All 14 lifeguards were immediately fired for violating their contracts.

97.1 AMP Radio held an interview with Psy where he said this incident was a “tragedy” and officials “were taking things too seriously.” This even led to Psy appearing on MTV News to leave El Monte’s mayor a message, saying,

“I’m begging you to not fire please, because they were enjoying their souls with some other cultures and it was even off duty.”

As of press time, the city council has not made a final decision.

Still, a song that brings so many people happiness has to be one of 2012’s best surprises. So whether you love the song and listen to it every day or just don’t understand what all the fuss is about, you cannot deny the large effects the song has left in such a short amount of time.

CONTACT SPENCER PRESSLY, STAFF REPORTER, AT SPRESSL2@JCCC.EDU.

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“Brave” Showing 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.27 and noon Friday, Sept. 28 in the Craig Community Auditorium (GEB 233) Determined to forge her own destiny, Princess Merida goes against a longstanding custom in her kingdom, bringing turmoil to the land in this Disney/Pixar movie. Armed with her bow and bravery, Merida must undo an ancient curse. Sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. Cost: Free.

Singer Nellie McKay 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 in the Polsky Theatre After opening for Lou Reed in Carnegie Hall and performing a duet with Eartha Kitt, Nellie McKay will perform at the college.

Tickets are $32 for the general public and $5 for students the week of the production.

Democracy Day 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 in the COM plaza League of Women Voters and student organizations will have tables to help anyone who would like to register to vote. Learn more about the upcoming elections and volunteer opportunities.

Cost: Free.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Guest Column on “Talkin’ ‘bout my generation”

Consider this an intellectual shooting spree. While I appreciate cynicism and misanthropy, as much as one can without transforming into a Carlin-esque curmudgeon, and largely agree with you, your inflammatory characterization of the rampaging “last winners” grossly oversimplifies a very complex issue while obfuscating every possible solution.

There are have been mass shootings lately, and they have been perpetrated by relatively young individuals. You made the correct observation. Although, your belittling of the role mental illness plays in these tragedies exemplifies irrationality par excellence. I am highly skeptical of the notion that parenting styles can overwhelm cognitive distortions or biochemical propensities for mental illness.

If someone suffers from a mental illness, they will respond to losing differently than their

“healthy” counterparts. Cognitive distortions derive their name from the effect they have on cognitive processes. They distort them. A healthy child might lose a competition and be upset, but it won’t haunt them because they do not derive their value from the outcome of that event. However, a child with a propensity for mental illness might magnify the importance of the competition to the extent that their identity is tied closely to the outcome.

Losing, then, comes to identify the child in his or her mind.

Now, take off your riding boots, get off your high horse, wade through the vitriol you’ve spewed, and put yourself in the shoes of such a child, an awkward, reserved child who can’t help but view the world through a fun-house mirror that magnifies flaws and extrapolates them to a comprehensive worldview. Every loss, every failure, and every disappointment represents an attack against their being. Next time you fail, tell yourself “you are the failure and disappointment

Letter to the editor: “I gatta dumb it down for those liberals!”

David Hortado brought up a good point in his column about affirmative action. It’s totally reverse discrimination! Problem: those fat cats in Washington don’t know it! In fact, I couldn’t find anything in any amendments about a legal entity called “reverse racism” or “reverse sexism” for that matter! Now we find that it doesn’t protect whites from discrimination on the basis of their skin! This means that if reverse discrimination is a distinct social phenomena, without a legal counterpart any Negroid American, as well as in some cases getting jobs or into school, could just walk up to any Caucasian, a call him a “cracker” a “honky” or even a “white boy” and not be committing a hate crime at all!

Letter responding to “Reveling in drunken discord” I read your article in the in the campus ledger, “Reveling in drunken discord”. I would just like to voice about some of the text you have used in the article. In one of your sentence’s in you opening paragraph you quoted the word’s “frat boy” as a stereotype based on bias of things you have heard about them. I being from a fraternity back ground did not like the use of the word. You used the word in a bashing form, with out listing the other things that go into fraternity life. They have many other that go into there daily life then “drinking” They all have some kind of charity’s that they support, they are usually the most involved in campus activities, and have usually the highest GPA’s on campus.

So when you used the stereotype word of Frat is really hit home to effecting on how

of the world concentrated in one human being.” Then, take the way you feel, and imagine that happening every single day.

How exactly can someone who lives in a distorted, not necessarily candy-coated, reality come to healthy conclusions after failure?

How can parental exposure to failure help children who deal with cognitive distortions or mental illness cope with failure when each exposure triggers a psychological crisis? It can’t.

Letting a child lose or fail won’t fix chemical imbalances. It won’t fix cognitive distortions.

It most definitely will not turn the child into the embodiment of perseverance. You essentially advocate the Spartan approach to child psychology: test the child’s response to the cruel world and act accordingly. Do you know what happened to the weak Spartan children? The Spartans threw the frail children into a chasm on Mount Taygetus. In modern times, that chasm is a life of poverty, incarceration, and probably suicide. “Susie Sympson,

He made another point. We need to restore pure capitalism! The more free the market the better! Society is that simple.

We need to abolish all child labor laws; they interfere with the hiring process. And abolish the abolition of slavery; It drives wages up! No wonder the corporations outsource! American Capitalism has been crippled by the state! I know without a doubt that Blacks want to drive their wages up within the social confines Whites have created! Ayn Rand warned us! And if Martin Luther King were alive, he would let us twist his words to support an economic system he didn’t agree with!

End the oppression against whites!

Before the Mexicans kill us all with drugs and take our land! It’s like Malcolm X said: White Power!

-Evan Payne, student i could even read the article. If you want to write a paper about the abuse of alcohol, try just informing the students instead of bashing other people.

Thanks, Brandon Terry, student

adjunct professor, Psychology, said, ‘the majority of our homeless people are mentally ill’” (Parton 8). She continued, “the number of mentally ill in jails is super high.

We don’t have the services, we don’t pay attention to the things that we can do,’” (Parton 8).

Demonizing the mentally ill will not fix the problem.

I’m not an expert in child psychology; I’m not an expert on much of anything, really.

However, there is no one factor that causes rampages. In fact, “Brad Redburn, chair, Psychology, said that psychologists have yet to discover a link in behavior between violent killers,” (Parton 8). A sense of entitlement may be a part of rampages, but Redburn concludes, “these seem to happen under exceptional circumstances,” (Parton 8).

Your equivocation of the roles that minor inconveniences and severe psychological trauma play in the motives of mass killers only stigmatizes the mentally ill. Portraying the mentally ill as people who will “snap” because

Guest column on “Affirmative Action: Promoting inequality since 1961” This is in regards to the article entitled “Affirmative Action: Promoting inequality since 1961.” In the past, perhaps I would have read an article like the one in question and chuckled, or if I decided to write in, would submit a well-structured dismantling of the absurd argument made in this particular editorial. At current, there is only rage. The only way that some person could hold the opinions expressed in this article is by blatantly ignoring facts and history. So any information I bring to the attention of Mr. Hurtado, any suggestion that Affirmative Action is not some sort of retributive policy, that hundreds of years of institutionalized racism, oppression and slavery still have a large impact on people of color and their opportunities in comparison to whites today, or that reverse racism is an impossible concept, would all be denied or ignored. So instead, I’m just going to say some things that need to be said.

Fear drives people to do, say, and think ridiculous things. There are people like

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of a failed test, employment difficulties, and financial woes only decreases the probability that they will seek help or talk to anyone about their problems, which increases the probability of their struggles to become overwhelming.

Despite this, I think you are correct in a sense; feelings of entitlement, whininess, and outright narcissism are problematic, but they constitute a minor, and easily resolved, annoyance when compared to the ongoing mental health crisis.

(I call it a crisis because the lack of mental health solutions deeply affects many.) Parents should let their children fail at times.

However, this character building should not supplant a genuine concern for mental health.

Regards, David Cuellar, student Editor’s note: The source which Cuellar cited is available online at CampusLedger.com.

David Hurtado that are afraid of the change that’s coming. But the beauty of it is that no matter what they believe, no matter how afraid they are, the United States will continue to take steps to promote equality, and more taxes will be levied to create a national healthcare system. And best of all, it will become socially unacceptable to voice uninformed, bigoted opinions like the ones that formulate “Affirmative Action.”

The future holds even more pushback from the underclass and from people of color.

Lastly, a suggestion: The fine school that Mr. Hurtado writes for offers American, Latin American, and African American history courses that I recommend he take; that way, his next opinion piece won’t need to have “unfounded” written in front of it.

“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that’s not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made.

They haven’t even begun to pull the knife out. They won’t even admit the knife is there.” –Malcolm X Taylor Dunn, student

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Your money and the people who spend it

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he individuals running the college deserve a lot of credit. An initial amount of 1,380 students enrolled in the school’s first year in 1969. Since then, the college has grown to an enrollment size of more than 20,000 students. There are now more students attending JCCC than KU. The school is now the largest taxing entity in the state. That means a lot of your money is in the hands of school officials. It’s doubly important to know how and why the money is being spent. The Board of Trustees approved this year over a million dollars to renovate the baseball stadium. The college spent about $700,000 for Galileo’s Pavilion.

The new culinary building could cost up to $13 million for its construction.

If the college can spend that kind of money for new buildings and renovations, why is it now requiring its employees to empty their own trash and recycling bins? Is the housekeeping staff really that expensive for the college to maintain?

The Board of Trustees voted

to approve a two percent salary increase for Dr. Calaway just last month. This is despite the fact that enrollment numbers have decreased this semester since fall of last year. Tuition has been increased at the school for the last five years. In the 2009-2010 school year, it cost $69 per credit hour for Johnson County residents. For the 20122013 school year, that price has jumped to $84 per credit hour.

The tuition rate is outpacing inflation during a time when the economy is trying to climb out of a recession. What do we have to show for it? We have Galileo’s Pavilion, a green building with limited classroom space. We have 200 less parking spaces, thanks to construction of the new culinary building.

Elected officials must carry out their duties above reproach.

Although the Board of Trustees deserves credit for building up the college, its spending habits should not go unquestioned.

Last year, the college spent nearly $10,000 at local liquor stores. Why? It’s not enough that the

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college newspaper asks the question. As taxpayers and students that pay tuition, we should all ask why money is being spent the way it is. The disconnect between government and its citizens is one that people in power would like to maintain.

The Kansas Open Records Act allows everyone to keep an eye on their elected officials, including the Board of Trustees.

Rather than use it just to uncover wrongdoing, open records help people stay informed. They help to explain the “what” and the “why.”

Certainly, crooks have been elected into various offices before.

A knowledgeable public will help prevent it from happening.

Illustration by Sara Scherba

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Poor people are lazy, welfare moms drive Mercedes, and other stereotypes

By JON PARTON

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remember the last year of high school very well. I was homeless.

It’s easy to stereotype people, even when we know that it’s wrong. Poverty is real. The need is real.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 46 million people live in poverty in our country. All the rhetoric about pulling yourself up by the bootstraps is meaningless to those who actually live in poverty. Too

often, people point at the choices the poor made in their lives.

My mother raised four kids by herself for most of her life. What sort of choices did she make to wind up being a single parent?

She chose not to remain married to a man who sexually molested my older sister from the time she was five until the age of ten. My mother blamed herself for not knowing and tried to take her own life. During that tumultuous period, our family relied on the government’s foster care program.

Compassion is not a flaw.

It’s not a human defect. It’s not a weakness. If anything, it is humanity’s saving grace. The ability to look past your own wants and needs in order to help others is a virtue. It’s easy to forget the real problem of poverty in our country. Talking heads would have you believe welfare recipients are all lazy people who take advantage of the system.

Growing up, our family required welfare and social services for help. After our parents divorced, my mother found herself back in the working world after years of being a stay-at-home mom. With no college degree and four kids, she found work in a physically demanding labor job.

Even though the job required her to work outdoors during the summer heat, she did so for the sake of her children.

Even then, it wasn’t enough.

Without the benefit of welfare and the food stamps program, our family would not have made it.

Approximately 3.9 million Americans age 65 and older currently live in poverty. Are all of them weed-smoking freeloaders? How about half? Are 2 million senior citizens not bothering to “pull themselves up by the bootstraps,” or are they all products of bad choices?

As my siblings and I grew older,

we gained a unique appreciation for education and all it could do for us. My older sister was the first in my family to get a college degree. She became a teacher.

My brother obtained a CDL, leading him toward a financially secure life. My younger sister is a stay-at-home mom, married to a member of the law enforcement community. None of them are on welfare. None of them do drugs.

All of them are homeowners.

The face of poverty is not a stereotypically single mother who keeps having kids in order to continue to collect government benefits. Businesses close. Stocks fall. Poverty is a real effect of these things. They’re not just headlines of a newspaper, they’re events that can make or break families and individuals.

I’m glad that my nieces and nephews will never know what it’s like living in a car in a parking lot.

I’m glad that they’ll never have to

ask a friend if they can use their shower. During the time of her life when she should enjoy being with her grandchildren, our mother is fighting stage IV cancer, brought about from her years of working outside. Now she needs the help of Social Security and Medicare to make sure she can receive badly needed radiation treatments.

When I think of the all the dumb things our leaders spend money on (Yoder anyone?), I have no problem helping those who actually need it. Lifting Americans out of poverty should be our goal, and not by attaching a stigma of laziness and deceit to the effort. The only way to do that is by supporting these programs and doing everything we can to make education a priority.

CONTACT JON PARTON, MANAGING EDITOR, AT JPARTON@JCCC.EDU.

the CAMPUS LEDGER / SEPT 21, 2012 / VOL 35 / ISSUE 03

Campus zombies do exist

By TASHA COOK

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et me tell you a story. This morning, on my way through school, I actually got the privilege to be part of a giant, life-sized pinball machine full of zombies. What, you didn’t see it?

You were part of it too.

This is the daily life of a college student walking through the halls, buildings and classrooms of our school, merely on account of the complete carelessness and lack of effort on the part of anyone else to just walk a straight line and stay out of other peoples’ way. I can’t tell you how many mornings I have walked to the Ledger office, lugging my laptop, camera, personal backpack and other various things, only to have to make every effort to dodge the one single person in the entire hallway who seems to make it a point to walk straight into me.

Common sense, people. Common sense.

I’m not saying the world should part the seas for me to walk through. On the contrary, I think it takes an effort from all people to try to make each other’s lives a little easier. What I don’t understand is the seemingly hundreds of people I see

COLUMN every day wandering aimlessly right into my path, staring ahead as if entranced by a giant hypno-swirl behind me that I must be oblivious to. It’s like they’re… zombified. Sometimes I feel like I’m surrounded by a meandering lot of zombies, not intent on eating other humans but just knocking them around or getting in their way.

The same goes for people who find it necessary to walk in large groups spanning entire hallways and make no effort to allow anyone else to pass. I have actually spent entire minutes just trying to get around groups of chatting people, and I’m generally a small person who can get through small spaces.

People seem to find it easy to leave no spaces to get by, however, unless you’re a pygmy goat. I understand that you have

Kudos to the administration

By MACKENZIE CLARK

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oo frequently, I find myself with some sort of bone to pick with the administration of this college. However, recently they handled a very difficult situation as well as they possibly could.

If you read the article on page two of this issue, you know that former profressor William Hailey was terminated from the college after sending

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quite disturbing text messages to a student.

Multiple administrators, now, have told me that this termination occurred within an hour of substantiating the claims of harassment.

Bravo.

In a situation like this, or, for example, the Jerry Sandusky case, the only logical policy is zero tolerance. Abusing a position of power in a way that could scar a victim for life is absolutely absurd.

your group of friends. So do I folks. But these halls are about eight people wide and somehow the three of you can take it all up.

When I see someone else in a hurry, carrying a load of things or just plain with the intention of actually getting somewhere, I try to move so that we both have a clear path and don’t hit each other or each other’s items. It’s unfortunate that half the time I do, the oncoming person seems to drift right into my path, making my entire walk ten times more difficult. The bottom line is, watch where you’re going and try not to just float around like an aimless dandelion foof.

Snap out of it, meandering zombies.

CONTACT TASHA COOK, PHOTO EDITOR, AT TCOOK15@JCCC.EDU.

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Now let’s just hope no one else falls victim to Hailey once he finds a different job.

CONTACT MACKENZIE CLARK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, AT MCLARK68@JCCC.EDU.

Jousting through the generations A look behind the battlefield

BY SPENCER PRESSLY

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hen the Kansas City Renaissance Festival starts up, most people think of one thing: turkey legs. Now when you have that turkey leg the next thing on your list is to watch jousting.

Jousting is a tradition at the Renaissance Festival known for always drawing a crowd. If you just stop to think a minute you may wonder why anyone would ever want to dress in heavy armor and perform all day.

Jousters Jeff Horick, 45, and Dane Gambrall, 19, do not think like that.

Horick plays a character named Sir Broadrick and has been jousting all over America for the past 22 years. Gambrall, who plays Sir Joseph Loddington, is on the opposite end of the spectrum with this being his first year jousting.

Horick started his Renaissance journey in Florida back in 1990 and has been jousting ever since.

Gambrall has been spending the last year training to be a jouster after a friend helped him get the job.

“I went ahead and created a character and I had to create a

character, where he came from a specific place, and there is a storyline behind it,” Horick said.

“As you get in front of a crowd the character pretty much starts to create itself.”

Different shows mean different stories for each jouster and the character they represent.

“The show that [Gambrall] and I just did, he is my illegitimate son and I didn’t know he existed,” Horick explained.

Gambrall said training is all about the horse. A typical morning for a jouster includes “watering and feeding the horses, then start out with a morning ride.”

The day really begins after the first cannon is fired at 10 a.m.

Then everyone involved in the festival has to stay in character until the final cannon is fired at 7 p.m.

Jousters all over the country can lead to many different scenarios state to state.

“When we’re in Florida in the Tampa Bay area, where I’m originally from, a lot of the big time wrestlers would come out

and see us joust,” Horick said, recalling memorable moments.

“We were meeting guys like Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage.”

Although Gambrall has been jousting for a little over a year, he had one interesting moment during a show.

“I was doing a show with the boss of the company and just because my parents were in the crowd he made a killing bit with the hammer, and made it nice and bloody and killed me with that,” Gambrall said.

When they aren’t jousting, Horick is a fifth grade special education teacher in Ohio and Gambrall works at a grocery store.

Neither expect to stop jousting anytime since they plan on doing it as long as they have fun with it.

If you ever had any interest in becoming a jouster, take a word of advice from Horick: “It is not a matter of if you will get hurt; is it a matter of when you will get hurt,” he said.

CONTACT SPENCER PRESSLY, STAFF REPORTER, AT SPRESSL2@JCCC.EDU.

Attending the jousting tournaments is a favorite tradition among festival-goers.

Photo by Andrew Shepherd

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Cavalier Men’s Soccer

Sophomore defender Joel Wiebe drives the ball forward during a match against Cowley College Sept. 12.

The Cavaliers lost to Cowley 1-0 but redeemed themselves winning 5-1 against Independence Community College Monday, Sept. 17. Photo by Tasha Cook

Sophomore forward Luis Cadena battles for possession of the ball. Photo by Tasha Cook

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the CAMPUS LEDGER / SEPT 21, 2012 / VOL 35 / ISSUE 03

Two weeks of disappointment

By JAMES RUSSELL CHIEFS VS. FALCONS

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efore anything else is stated, I would like to apologize to every KC fan worldwide for costing us this game. I have a pair of Chiefs shorts that I wear for every game which I didn’t wear for this one, and thus this first game is all my fault. I’m sorry.

Aside from silly superstitions that cannot have any possible effect on the outcome of anything other than my laundry load (but for which I am still helpless concerning my belief in their validity), this was a difficult game to watch – and an even more difficult game to write about.

I think what stood out most clearly from four quarters of play in game one of the NFL season is that our defense failed consis-

tently. Granted, Brandon Flowers and Tamba Hali were not in this game so both our pass protection and our sack potential were virtually non-existent, but if two players being absent from a single game is the excuse for what I saw on defense, then we are in serious trouble.

I don’t believe this to be the case.

I expected to see a rough start; some stumbling and problems getting things to click right away, and that is exactly what I saw. We all saw it. So why focus on what went wrong? Spilt milk, et cetera.

So what went right? Well, if we’re talking about the first two quarters and we’re talking offense then the answer is “pretty much everything.” I watched a deep playoff contender take the field in the form of the Kansas City offense, and while we couldn’t maintain that momentum for the full game (I don’t think, for the record, that being unable to play an entire four quarters is a problem we will see on a week-to-week basis from these guys), what they did in that first half was nothing short of absolute dominance.

Matt Cassel looked like he should be wearing a diamondstudded ring on one or two of his fingers. His touchdown pass to Boss, his rushing touchdown that left Atlanta trying to figure

out what the hell just happened, not to mention a clear ability to make accurate and gamechanging decisions both at the line of scrimmage and in the heat of battle).

Dexter McCluster hauled in everything thrown at him like there was a homing device

Read Russell’s coverage after the Kansas City Chiefs vs.

New Orleans Saints game Sunday, Sept. 23 online at CampusLedger.com.

Agree? Disagree?

Leave a comment. hidden inside the ball. The offensive line protected their QB and provided him with the time he needed, something which he took full advantage of (even after their abysmal second half, Cassel managed to rank seventh nationally on ESPN’s QB rating list for week one).

Sure, things went to hell in the second half. Three turnovers, one of which was a terrible decision

by Cassel, but the loss cannot be considered a complete surprise,

SPORTS BRIEFS

SHELLEY ENTERS ABCA HALL OF FAME

WIN-WIN FOR SOCCER TEAMS

The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced head baseball coach Kent Shelley will be inducted into the 2013 Hall of Fame.

Shelley has more wins than any other coach in the college’s history. He has been with the school for 26 years. During his time as coach, Shelley has won two East Jayhawk Conference championships, three Region VI championships and a World Series appearance.

Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams walked away with victories over Independence Community College on Sept. 17. The men’s team won 5-1. Two of the goals were scored by sophomore Luis Cadena. The women’s team shut down Independence in a 9-0 win. Freshman Christianna Tran scored three of the goals in the blowout.

CAVS GOLF TEAM BEGIN WITH A WIN The Cavaliers golf team won their first tournament of the year at Hesston Golf Park on Sept. 10. The Cavs had four players place in the top 10. National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American Mario Funcic led with a 3.82 average on all par four holes. Freshman Gage Scheer, in his debut for the college, finished in second place with 143 total.

UPCOMING GAMES

WOMEN’S

VOLLEYBALL

The women’s volleyball team will face off against four teams in a back-to-back double header during the JCCC Challenge Friday, Sept.

21 and Saturday, Sept. 22. The Lady Cavs take on North Platte College and Central Community College-Columbus Friday. Saturday, the team goes up against Coffeyville Community College and Iowa Lakes Community.

COMPILED BY JON PARTON, JPARTON@JCCC.EDU

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nor can it be laid at the feet of any one player. Our defense failed for most of that game and, in the end, our offense followed suit.

I’m looking forward to next Sunday and playing the Buffalo Bills. They’re the team responsible for the injury that resulted in an entire season without Eric Berry last year (as well as an absolute blowout of a loss), so I am hoping that we have a bit of a personal vendetta going into this matchup.

I think we may see a very different game come high noon in Buffalo this week.

One loss in a 16 game season doesn’t mean much – or at least it doesn’t have to. My prediction is that we see a KC team with a chip on its shoulder enter the stadium Sunday (including Hali and, hopefully, Flowers), and the nation gets a taste of who we really are.

I’m calling for a win in this game. A substantial one. I’ll be wearing my shorts, so it’s a pretty safe bet.

CHIEFS VS. BILLS

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K, so my shorts didn’t help even a little bit.

I don’t have much to say after this game. I’m worried. Is it time to panic? I’m not really sure.

Our defense looked atrocious, even with Hali and Flowers back

in the game. Our offense couldn’t generate anything. My guy Cassel wasn’t the leader that I believe he is capable of being; not in this game, at least.

Our offensive line didn’t generate the possibilities I hoped they would. Our defense was unable to stop a team that we should have dominated from start to finish.

We screwed this game up, and I have no excuses to offer for our performance. I will give Crennel another game or so to figure things out, but this was unacceptable. Our schedule only gets harder and we can’t afford to continue in this way.

I won’t say much else. I have no flowery (no pun intended) words to end this article. We performed abysmally in this game, and I was completely wrong concerning the outcome.

I don’t believe I’m wrong about our potential, but something has to change. And it has to change immediately. Two games into the regular season and things are looking bad.

Perhaps this is a knee-jerk reaction. I won’t change my thoughts on what we’re capable of. But Crennel has to fix this and fast.

Go Chiefs.

CONTACT JAMES RUSSELL, SPORTS COLUMNIST, AT JRUSSE24@JCCC.EDU.

Student Ducky Siles dances in the Fountain Square Sept. 18. Photo by Tasha Cook

Student Brady Hustead takes a running leap off a wall Sept. 11. Photo by Andrew Shepherd

OFF THE WALL Students find unconventional ways to spend their free time at the college.

(ABOVE) Student Rachel Berry does a hula hoop stunt in the Fountain Square Sept. 18. Berry is attempting to start a Performance Club on campus for students who perform various talents, such as juggling and hula hooping. Photo by Tasha Cook Student Jon Hargett runs up and jumps off a tree near the Fountain Square Sept. 11. Photo by Andrew Shepherd

(RIGHT) Student Tony Bien rides a unicycle and juggles at the same time in the Fountain Square Sept. 18. Photo by Tasha Cook