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

SURVIVING STRESS

TIPS FOR MAKING IT THROUGH THE SEMESTER

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VETERANS: TRANSITIONING FROM SERVICE TO SCHOOL

A LOOK AT THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT’S UPCOMING PRODUCTION

THANKSGIVING: WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR?

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NEWS BRIEFS JCCC United Way workplace campaign donations top $20,000 mark The JCCC United Way workplace campaign began Nov. 4; more than 70 employees donated a combined total of $21,284.61.

College employees that donated may designate part or all of their contribution to one or more United Way agencies, or “write-in” a designation (must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency within 100 miles of the Kansas City area). Payroll deduction does not begin

until January 2014.

First-time donors to United Way in the KC area who contributed $1 per week ($52 or more) or returning United Way donors who increased their pledge by $1 per week for this year’s campaign donation will have a chance to win a 2013 Harley Davidson Fat Bob. Adopt a family through Student Senate’s JCCC Gives program JCCC Gives, hosted by student senate, is seeking caring individuals, or-

POLICE BRIEFS

Criminal damage to property Campus police were dispatched to the Student Center on Nov. 9 when property damage was reported. The reporting party stated he discovered the damage done to the north door

entrance to Student Center 110. What appeared to be black paint or ink had been squirted or thrown all over the door. The reporting party stated he had entered the door at 9:06 a.m. and there was nothing there; however at approxi-

NOV. 21 2013 VOL 36 ganizations and offices to “adopt” students, faculty and staff in need.

A Giving Tree has been set up in COM 309 and COM 322, and anyone interested in helping can pick the person and gifts he or she would like to donate. The Giving Trees will be available through Thursday, Dec. 5.

For more information, contact Mindy Kinnaman, manager of student life and leadership development, at mkinnam1@jccc.edu or by calling 913-4693534.

JCCC Muslim Student Association presents Poetic Vision Tour The JCCC Muslim Student Association will present the Poetic Vision Tour from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, in mately 1 p.m., the damage was extensive. The investigation is on-going.

Phone theft At 2:13 a.m. on Nov. 17, campus police were dispatched to CC 160 in reference to a cell phone theft. Upon arrival, the victim, a JCCC staff member, stated that the previous night at 9:30 p.m., he plugged his cell phone into the wall to charge. He left the room, leaving his phone in the room. Upon returning at

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Tickets are $5 for students at the college or $10 for the general public and may be purchased online.

A tour representing music in a unique way, the Poetic Vision Tour firmly believes that darkness is simply the absence of light and thus the best way to diminish the darkness is to fill that space with vibrant, introspective, and spiritual tunes. Performers are Raef, Saad Omar and Ms. Latifah.

Baked goods and appetizers will be sold before the event to enjoy during the performance.

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approximately 2 a.m., he discovered his cell phone, case and charging cord were gone. A check was done on the room in case the cell phone had slipped behind furniture or equipment, but was not located. The investigation is on-going.

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Sexual harassment cases on the rise

By Lindsay Sax

The trend in forcible sex crimes reported to college police has been on the rise since 2010. Recently, from Sept.

21 through Nov. 11, eight reports have been made.

On Oct. 18 someone was reported to have been touching women inappropriately. Four of these victims reported the act to the college police. This caused the emergency preparedness office to issue an alert. “[An alert is issued] in case there is a risk of an ongoing threat to other individuals,” said Alisa Pacer, emergency preparedness manager. “So people are on the lookout for their own personal safety.”

According to the 2012 Annual Security Report, there was a total of zero sex crimes reported on or off campus.

But in 2011 that grew to two reports, with both happening on campus. The number grows in 2012 with five, with two happening on campus, and three off campus.

The incidents that happened on Oct. 18 are still an open investigation by the college police, according to Interim Police Chief Greg Russell.

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Overland Park students and residents will have to indefinitely wait for high speed internet access Google Fiber asked for a continuous, otherwise known as an indefinite delay on a hearing with the city council of Overland Park last month, with no explanation or future date to reconvene.

This happened after the council delayed a vote in September, on the terms that had been discussed since January between the city and Google Fiber.

Once the council was finally ready to vote, Google Fiber had decided to look elsewhere.

"Building Fiber is complicated and we have very tight windows for construction work," Google representatives later stated in a release. "We've worked with Overland Park for a number of months now, and we need to refocus our energy and resources on engineering, designing, and building a new Fiber network for the communities that have approved and are waiting for Fiber."

Although there is no time frame currently for

A NEW WAY TO LEARN College may provide massive online open classes

By Josh Bull

An increase in faculty interest has led the college to consider offering a new form of online education: massive online open classes.

Massive online open classes, or MOOCs, are usually free online courses that, while not worth college credit, can be used to prepare students for credit courses or to market a college to potential students. This is why the college has put together a task force to explore its options with MOOCs. MOOCs were first offered by universities like Stanford. Common subjects for MOOCs include preparatory courses in subjects like math and English for students to prepare for more difficult credit courses.

MOOCs are usually free, opening the courses for far more students than a normal course. Stanford's first MOOC in 2011 had over 160,000 students enrolled. And as the course is online, students don't have to be local to the institution offering the course.

“Open means that registration can be open to anyone,” said Ed Lovitt, Director of Distance Learning. “It can be here in Johnson County or across the

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On top of being free, MOOCs offer other advantages.

“There's no commitment,” said Vincent Miller, Director of Educational Technology Center. “I could go in as a student or as a user and just see what the subject is about and see how its being taught.”

However, MOOCs generally do not count for credit. Some MOOCs reward “badges” for completion, which could conceivably be good for a transcript or resume, while other MOOCs offer paid assessments for credit.

Regardless, the information a MOOC provides is just as diverse as any college course, from preparatory math courses to Ball State University's “Gender Through Comic Books,” according to Lin Knudson, Dean of Academic Support.

“It could be your typical college class,” Knudson said. “Just like something you'd take here for credit, only they put it into that online format.”

Contact Josh Bull, reporting correspondent, at jbull3@jccc.edu

Google Fiber to begin construction in the city, steps have already been taken by the council.

On Oct. 14, city council authorized Mayor Carl Gerlach to sign a resolution in support of Google Fiber and its intentions to approve the existing agreements with the company once they were to proceed forward.

"Some people have been upset, but some people have been supportive of the city. It's been pretty balanced,” City Public Information officer Sean Reilly said. “We are the largest city in Johnson County, and I think there is an appealing market."

Though there were no direct discussions between the college and the council on these agreements with Google Fiber, the college could greatly benefit from Fiber once it sets up shop, according to Sandra Warner, Deputy CIO/ director, Administrative Computing Services.

"We have not had any discussions with Overland Park, so I am not really sure what the range of impact for the college could include," Warner said.

"Google Fiber will hopefully provide a great benefit for JCCC students and employees."

Internet and Web Architect Mark Zolton currently uses Google Fiber at his home, and said he is pleased with its performance.

"It is unbelievably fast,” Zolton said.

“I feel like my wife and I were probably perfect candidates, because we'll be streaming a television show or a movie while we're downloading a game, and we're doing a number of those things all at the same time. And with our previous internet provider, we weren't able to do that."

While Zolton is unsure of how the college would be affected if it had access to Google Fiber, he thinks students and employees would benefit overall.

"I'm not sure how big [the college's] broadband is now, but I understand that it would be substantially increased," Zolton said. "I think that [students] would see a real benefit with online courses and especially if they're able to actually stream any of that stuff from the classroom in real time. I think it would be really awesome."

Contact Jessica Skaggs, managing editor, at jskaggs4@jccc.edu.

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THIRD THURSDAY VISITING ARTISTS PRESENTATION

DECEMBER MUSICAL CONCERTS

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3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Hudson Auditorium Join guest artists Miki Baird and Judith G. Levy as they discuss their respective art styles in 20 minute presentations followed by discussion.

Cost: Free.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 in Yardley Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 5 in Polsky Theatre.

Music and Theatre students of the college will be performing three concerts during the month of December. Selections from the concerts will feature Jazz, classical music and the voices of the JCCC Chamber Choir.

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8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 in Yardley Hall

10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Palazzo 16 Theatre, 8601 W. 135th St. in Overland Park.

The granddaughter of the renowned Maria and Baron von Trapp, Elisabeth von Trapp will be coming to the college to perform Bach and Handel, Broadway tunes, melodies from The Sound of Music and other holiday tunes.

Cost: $32, $42, $80.

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The Student News Center will host a special advance screening of “Anchorman 2, with attendees encouraged to arrive early for a Ron Burgundy look alike contest.

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LEARNING AFTER SERVING

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Student veterans discuss the transition from service to school After serving in the armed forces, some veterans choose to go back to school. Here at the college, there are a number of students – and faculty – who have been a part of the armed forces.

The college is the first school in Kansas to have its own VA worker on campus.

As a part of Veterans Week, the college hosted a panel on Nov. 13 featuring a number of various students and faculty who have served in the armed forces.

Panel speaker Billy Tope, who was in the United States Navy from December 1997 to July 2008, said due to the number of years he had served, it became more of a lifestyle than just a job.

He currently works in admissions and is a student at the college.

Now, having a simple conversation can be difficult mainly because you become accustomed to the way you address certain individuals, communicating and not using acronyms – it was a different way of thinking, he said.

However, transitioning into the college lifestyle, working at the school and being a student, wasn’t a very big change for Tope.

“In the military everyone is a trainer and a trainee all the time,” Tope said.

“You’re constantly training for something.”

Also present at the panel was John Russell, student, who was in active navy duty for about six years. He said he now has a different approach and an attention to detail in the classroom.

“Compared to a long time ago, when I tried going to college the first time, I’m definitely a lot more focused

this time -- a lot more motivated than I used to be,” Russell said.

With his background as experience abroad, he encourages getting to know veterans in the classroom. Just don’t assume anything and don’t be concerned about talking to veterans, Russell said.

“If anybody ever has a question or just wants to talk, don’t ever feel like you should be afraid to walk up to one of us,” he said. “We’re not going to rip your head off.”

The right way to ask a question or knowing the questions not to ask at all, is something Chris Hines, student and veteran, said he would like for his classmates to know about. Hines, who served in the Army for four years as well as the National Guard for two years, has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan during his service.

“I’ve had two or three kids come up and ask if I’d ever killed anybody,” Hines said. “For me that would be equivalent to asking if anybody in here had gotten raped when they were a child. It’s that detrimental to me.”

Having come to the college after his time in service, 35 year-old student Josh Young, an Air Force veteran who served for 14 years, said he now has a different perspective in the classroom.

“I see a lot of younger people straight out of high school, they’re sleeping in class or whatever, they don’t appreciate the luxury of an education,” Young said. “When I see younger folks not appreciate what we have here in America that kind of upsets me a little bit, but then I have to realize that they haven’t seen the things that we’ve seen, so maybe they just don’t understand that.”

The topic of age in the classroom and workplace is another issue student veterans have to consider.

Coming back to civilian life, Tope has now had to deal with being older than both instructors and employers.

In the work environment, he has had to remind himself that age doesn’t matter.

In his first civilian job, his boss was almost 10 full years older than him.

“I always kind of had to tell myself that regardless of age, age really has absolutely nothing to do with experience or capability,” Tope said. “I always had to remind myself that I was the subordinate now.”

In addition to acclimating to age differences, Tope said his perspective on the world has been changed by his time serving.

The disciplines learned in the armed forces are an advantage that his military background has given him in the academic world. Additionally, his new world outlook has affected the way he thinks.

“There’s a whole world out there of cultures,” Tope said. “Just understanding how other people think and live and seeing just how terrible other places can be or how good they might be and everything in between.”

Additionally, for Young, what changed his outlook the most was the realization that stereotypes of Middle Eastern people did not hold true.

“I actually went over there and I got to meet the local everyday Middle Eastern people; they’re just like us.” Young said. “Even though they may be different culturally, we’re all the same as far as human beings and we just can’t have

stereotypes on people. We’re all human beings.”

In addition to a changed worldview, the veterans present at the panel also had a different way of thinking about perceived problems.

Young said you should never take anything for granted.

It is important to remember that things can always get a lot worse, Tope said.

“If I work a nine or 10 hour day, I just continuously tell myself I’m going home everyday. I go home to my wife and my son every single day of the week,” he said. “I’m not on a ship in the middle of the Persian Gulf for seven or eight months […] It definitely helps make my life better just knowing how bad it really could be.”

For information about services available to veterans on campus, as well as details about the Veterans Club, visit: http://www.jccc.edu/veterans/ Contact Stephen Cook, editor-in-chief, at scook35@jccc.edu.

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Hannah White and Austen Hanley perform onstage during a dress rehearsal for the play Dead Man’s Cellphone. In this scene the pair is sharing a tin of popcorn. Photos by Gabe Alejos

Hannah White performs on stage as Jean in the play Dead Man’s Cellphone.

Her character is very quirky and gets herself into many awkward situations.

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College theatre department to perform Dead Man’s Cell Phone

By Katelyn Larson

What would you do if the cell phone of the person beside you goes off, and that person is dead? Would you answer it? That is the premise of the play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone”, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee Sarah Ruhl, which is currently being put on by the college’s theatre department.

The play was chosen by Beate Pettigrew, artistic coordinator for the theatre department and director of this play. According to Pettigrew, she chooses shows that will provide a challenge for the students. She explained “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” is not easy to do because it’s not a realistic play, rather than a contemporary drama which according to her, is the easiest thing for young people to do.

“There’s this sense of old Hollywood about it,” Pettigrew said. “The style of acting is so important and bigger than life and that’s what makes it challenging for the student actors, to find that style.”

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” is one of many plays performed this year at the college. The theatre department does five shows a year, three of which are

held in the Black Box and two that are in the Polksy Theatre. The college has a small program with about 20 scholarship students and about 30 more that are the core of the department. According to Pettigrew, the small size of the program may be due to a lack of awareness at the college.

“It’s amazing to me that so many people on campus don’t even know that we have a theatre department,” Pettigrew said.

The theatre department offers several classes, allowing students to gain experience in both sides of theatre: performing and technical.

“I want to be a working professional actor but I do a lot of tech stuff too so that way I have more to offer,” said Koki Sabatés, student who plays Mrs. Gottlieb in “Dead Man’s Cell Phone”.

“You have a more harmonious relationship with everyone once you do both sides of it.”

Not only does the theatre department teach a wide range of theatre production and performance skills, but it also helps the students get a leg up in future theatre endeavors. According to Austen Hanley, a student who plays Dwight Gottlieb in “Dead Man’s Cell Phone”, theatre students from the col-

lege that go on to theatre departments at four-year universities soar above the competition.

“My high school teacher went to KState and told me that everyone in the theatre department there that came from JCCC really stood out from the everyone else,” Hanley said.

Sabatés has also valued her time in the college’s theatre department.

“All the professors have professional experience, and they really expect us to act like professionals. When we compete, people automatically know that we’re Johnson County Community College and we are a force to be reckoned with,” Sabatés said. “I feel like I’m in a place where I say ‘I want to be a professional theater person,’ and they take me seriously and give me opportunities to do that.”

Unfortunately, according to Pettigrew, they average only about 100 people per show, which she said is mostly made up of theatre students and friends and family. According to Hadley, the department is wonderful and he wishes more people at the college knew about it.

“The experience of seeing a live theatre production is unmatched,” Pettigrew said. “It’s so exciting because it’s

right in your face, and if they do a good job of transporting you to another time and place, I think that experience is so much more worthwhile than a movie.”

All performances are free and open to the public. You can watch “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” next weekend in the Polsky Theatre of the Carlsen Center.

The performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22-23, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23-24. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis.

In addition to the theatre students, play auditions are open to any students at the college, as well as community members. For more information on how to get involved with the college’s theatre department, contact Beate Pettigrew at bpettigr@jccc.edu.

Contact Katelyn Larson, reporting correspondent, at klarso27@jccc.edu.

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TIPS TO BETTER COPE WITH STRESS

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Exams, financial woes, familial obligations, cultural expectations, job demands, school requirements. These are just some examples of day to day events that can create feelings of stress for college students. However sometimes the ways in which individuals cope with these day to day stressors, can cause more stress, rather than to relieve it.

Running on highly caffeinated beverages and little to no sleep is often how students deal with stressful situations, however there are other options. The counseling center is one place students can go to learn how to better cope with academic and personal stress.

“From about midterm on, we certainly in the counseling center start to see a lot of students coming in with the question of, ‘I want to drop a class,’” said Alicia Bredehoeft, faculty chair of Counseling.

Counselors are willing to sit and help those students who are feeling overwhelmed, by equipping them with what Bredehoeft called “tools” or skills to cope with life’s stresses.

“Some of the things we encourage them to do is, we sit down and help them with some time management, because if you haven’t done that from the beginning of the semester its really okay just to stop and do it now,” she

said.

Bredehoeft said stress for students can become a “downward spiral” of being overwhelmed. Sleep is a way students can dial back their anxiety.

Even if a student isn’t able to get the recommended eight hours of sleep a night, she said students should establish a basic concept of rest in order to feel more rejuvenated to complete the tasks that need to be done.

“At this time of the year we deal with a lot of student depression, even if a student has never experienced it before, or they don’t know what it is sometimes, why they’re feeling that way,” she said.

“So some of the tips that we work […] and we talk about [is] scheduling in sleep, because some people think they just don’t need to rest, and so really rest is the number one thing.”

In addition to managing time and scheduling sleep, she also recommended students stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water.

“We talk to students about drinking lots of water,” she said. “It’s so easy to go to Starbucks or grab that fancy cup of coffee that costs too much anyway, drinking a lot of water and those wonderful hydration stations around the college can really encourage students to do that.”

While managing time efficiently, resting and drinking water are all great methods to curb stress levels, she additionally recommended students seek out support systems and create gratitude journals. Students can get additional support by scheduling an appointment with any of the counselors on campus.

“I think the other thing too is knowing where your support systems are, who you can talk to, who can help you through some of this, whether it’s a peer group where you all can complain together about how crazy life is,” she said. “What I tell students to do is to create a gratitude journal, [...] I think empowering students with hope of what is good in their life and what is going well can help put in perspective the things that may seem overwhelming.”

Student Makalya Lewis said listening to music and taking time for herself is one way she handles stress.

“Usually when I feel stressed out or I have like a lot of homework or if I have [to] work a lot, I usually try to go somewhere else,” she said. “Sometimes I drive to Lawrence and listen to music like indie or things like that, that help me stress less, and usually when I get there I get some ice cream

or something, but I think it’s just being away and having that chance to think by yourself. “ Student Francisco Mora understands feeling overwhelmed, as he is juggling school and two jobs. His advice to fellow stressed students is to keep on pushing through.

“Stay positive. Try not to think about the difficulty of it, and do your best and manage your time. I’m struggling right now with work, I work two jobs, and school. So I’ll go to school in the morning, then go to work […] and I’ll work from three to one, two a.m. So time management is key.”

Bredehoeft said the best thing for students to remember when they feel overwhelmed, is to take college one day at a time.

“I think the best philosophy for a college student is to look at things one semester at a time,” she said. “Once you get through this in December, you get a fresh start again in the next semester so you do have to be aware of what’s going on and stay as focused as you can, but there is a beginning and end in college. I think that empowers students to know that okay, there is an end in sight, and then there is a new beginning.”

Contact Jessica Skaggs, managing editor, at jskaggs4@jccc.edu.

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88%

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of Americans eat turkey this day

15 lbs

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3,000-5,000 calories.

A 150-pound person needs to run 29 miles to burn 2800 calories.

Top three most caloric foods:

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Get active; don’t sleep off dinner Lighten up; go for fat-free options, sugar substitutes, reduce oil and butter

Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef.

30% dark meat

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Pilgrims didn’t use forks.

2012 Black Friday Numbers

of shoppers were at the store by 8 p.m.

Don’t save all your calories for one meal

On the menu: lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squash, beans, goat cheese, chestnuts, onions, maple syrup and honey.

turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving.

Chose the best bets on the buffet, watch portions and skip seconds

Easy on the booze

There were 53 colonists and 90 Wampanoag Indians.

46 million

1. Pecan pie - 503 calories 2. Sweet potato casserole 460 calories 3. Wine- 382 calories (average size glass)

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three day harvest feast held by the founders of the Plymouth Colony in 1621.

At store by midnight

Football 247 million people shopped online or in-store over the weekend.

NBC radio broadcasted the first football game in 1934. It pitted the Detroit Lions against the Chicago Bears.

Detroit has played every year on Thanksgiving, except during WWII. This year the Lions host the Green Bay Packers.

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“HARASSMENT” CONT. FROM PAGE 2 The process that the police department takes to solve these crimes involves interviewing and research. The first step, according to Russell, is to interview all the victims and witnesses.

From there the department will develop persons of interest. They will then get confirmation from the interviews and other information to narrow the suspects down to one. Once the final suspect is identified, the victims will look at a line up and pick who the aggressor was.

The case that took place on Oct. 18 is still in the interview stages.

When it came to the wording of the alert send out to students, some took to social media to mock the use of the term ‘buttocks.’

Pacer said it was an interesting topic on whether to use the term buttocks or butt when composing the message.

Since this is a police investigation, they followed the same usage the police would.

“Specific to what kind of touching, that’s how the police department helped formulate [the message],” Pacer said. “It’s an active police investigation.

[We] let them take that lead. Follow criminal the language.”

Student Matt Dunn was one of the students who posted a picture of the text on Facebook.

“I put it up on Facebook because the wording of the message was a bit humorous,” Dunn said.

Russell stressed that the investigation is still ongoing, but they have a sense of direction. Not all students are wrapped up in the case.

“It kinda almost seemed like a parody trying to be serious,” said Elizabeth Masson, student. “So I mean, I guess, it’s serious and everything. It’d be interesting, I guess, to see if that’s real. Not one of those things I’ll lose sleep over.”

Dunn also believes the incident is not a considerable issue.

“I feel this is not a big enough case for the campus police to still be looking into,” Dunn said.

Charges could be pressed in a case like this; it is criminal nature, Pacer said. She said that this type of incident is in a category that the campus needs to be aware of.

Another incident happened on campus on Oct. 22. A student reported a lewd behavior at Down Under in the COM building. The report says a student noticed the suspect who was acting strange and staring at blank wall.

The victim then saw the suspect pull his sweatpants up and look down at the crotch area, then began to touch himself inappropriately. The suspect said they were unaware of anyone watching and was embarrassed.

This case was closed by the college police and referred to the prosecutor’s office, where they will determine if charges will be filed.

The four incidents of Oct. 18 are the only four open sexual misconduct cases currently open at the police department.

For more information on crime reports visit the JCCC police website at http://www.jccc.edu/administration/ police/. To file to report call 913-4698500 ext. 4112.

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12 OPINION

NOV. 21, 2013 VOL 36

StephenCook

Editor-in-chief

When it comes to giving thanks, I don’t really know where to start!

I’ve been blessed with so much, and I don’t deserve any of it. I’m thankful for my wonderful family, friends and the number of opportunities that I’ve been given.

I’m also thankful for this college; I never would have thought that “saving money” by going to a community college could be so much fun.

I’m incredibly thankful to be the editor-inchief of the Campus Ledger and to have a staff that is not only hard working but a joy to be around. I also love my job not just because of the people I get to work with but also because of the people I get to meet.

Most of all I’m thankful for Christ, who gives my life purpose, reminding me of what I should be focused on each day.

RicardoAristiguieta

Circulation Assistant

Happily, there are many things I have to be grateful this year, the great opportunities presented to me, from being accepted into this college and making the journey from Venezuela, to having a supportive family back home and here in Kansas.

It is never easy to move to a new place, not to mention another country but what I’m most grateful for is this college’s community, everyone here at the college is so great and helpful. It was easy for me to meet new people and make friends, and when you are somewhere new you need friends in which you can rely on and

make you feel like home away from home.

FarhinLilywala

News Editor

I am thankful for the ability to write. Writing is the way I express myself in a way that others can understand me. Maybe that is why I chose journalism, and in reality, it’s everything to me.

It’s the way that I can give a voice to those who have been silenced, represent those who have lost themselves in this world and those who don’t even know the effect that society has had on them. I am thankful for a life in which I can make this difference in the lives of others. I am thankful for a country in which I can choose how to make this difference. I am thankful for second chances, without which I would not be the news editor of a renowned community college. I am thankful for those around that are driven to achieve their goals, without whom I wouldn’t be the same way. Thank you.

LindsaySax

Copy Editor

This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for all the opportunities given to me this year; from being able to go back to school, and last month earning a job in a career that I want. It has been an exciting year to say the least.

The most exciting part about the new job? I can finally go shopping again. That’s what I’m most thankful for. Finding a pair of shoes that I love and I wear until the heel falls off, or there is a hole in the bottom is the best feeling ever and puts me in a good mood for weeks. I’m still living off the high of my new boots from two weeks ago. Life is dull wearing the same things over and over again. Every day is a new adventure in new clothes and not every black shoe is the same – got it Dad?

What We ARE Thankful For

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Staffers express what they are grateful for

MacMoore

Sports Editor

I’m thankful for America, the Die Hard Trilogy (trust me, it’s only three movies), the Chiefs winning games this year and the KU Jayhawks football team winning their first Big 12 game in three years. I’m thankful for the comments section that reminds me humanity is dying slowly, a Toronto Mayor that has been temporarily inhabited by the spirit of Chris Farley, and a government run healthcare website that kind of works, sort of. I’m thankful for tomfooleries, shenanigans, and monkeyshines. Ooh ooh ooh, bedazzled clothing, without a doubt. I’m thankful for Netflix, Redbox, Spotify and the ability to ignore real world problems with the overconsumption of media. I’m thankful for having a job (three actually) and getting to go to school. I’m thankful for family and friends that love and support me despite my sarcastic, direct, and sometimes abrasive nature.

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Reporting Correspondent

I feel like most people say they’re thankful for the same things every Thanksgiving; family, friends, shelter, food, etc. While I am extremely thankful for all of those, I realized I’m more thankful this year for things that we tend to overlook, for example, our senses. I am thankful that I have eyes, so I can see all the beautiful colors of the changing leaves in the fall. I am thankful that I can taste; scrumptious pumpkin pie and delectable turkey – just yum. I am thankful that I can smell the fresh crisp air outside as the seasons are changing. I am thankful that I can hear the jingling of bells telling me Christmas is just around the corner. Most of all, I’m thankful for the sense of touch, which enables me to hug and hold close the ones I love most.

JessicaSkaggs

Managing Editor

I am thankful for music, culture, art, books and movies. I am thankful for the richness added to my life in the company of good friends and family. The richness that makes a house my home. I'm thankful for the unwavering displays of selflessness and love exemplified by my loved ones. I'm thankful for the countless sacrifices by servicemen and women who protect the freedoms I take advantage of daily.

DavidHurtado

Features Editor

There's much I'm thankful for in this life, so I'm not really for sure where to start. I guess I could start gushing about the three F's: family, friends and freedom, but that would be too cliché, even if I am very thankful for them. No, instead I think I'm going to dedicate these next few sentences to the ability to laugh.

It’s an odd thing to be thankful for, I’ll give you that, but laughter is sometimes the only thing that keeps us sane in a world gone mad. In moments of mental depression, boredom or what have you, laughter is the only medicine capable of reminding us why it's great to be alive. If we all laughed a little more in our lives we'd be less stressed, we'd be less inclined to scream at cashiers for American (stupid) reasons and there would be more appreciation for the little things in life.

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COLUMN

By Stephen Cook

Veterans Day should last all year long

lives.

It can be all too easy to go into a generalizing thought process, not truly considering the individuals -- each face and person -- that served in the armed forces.

Individuals have selflessly put their lives on the line as a part of their job.

I know the U.S. is politically divided, but it breaks my heart when

By Farhin Lilywala

By Mike Abell

Americans disrespect veterans. Regardless of what party you subscribe to, you should have enough of a soul to appreciate the fact that somebody that didn’t even know you could have died for their country.

As a society, we should prize our veterans at the highest level. Without them, our country literally wouldn’t exist.

Veterans shouldn’t be celebrated only one time a year, just as you shouldn’t only be thankful on Thanksgiving.

Without the service of many veterans, we – the Campus Ledger – wouldn’t have the freedom and rights that we do under the First Amendment. In other words, free speech and journalism exists because of brave sol-

diers who have had the courage and have cared enough to go to the front lines, keeping our country free.

No matter who you are, you can be respectful and thank a veteran.

If you know of a student veteran in your class, for example, why not genuinely take the time and get to know them? You might not just end up with a deeper view of the world, but with a great friend as well.

Although November is drawing to a close, I hope that the awareness of veterans continues to grow and change the way we approach our daily lives.

Contact Stephen Cook, editor-in-chief, at scook35@jccc.edu.

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No judgement here

Reflecting on religious discrimination

Leave it to the pros

Instagram photography on the rise

To look profoundly through a person’s outer being and discover one’s true inner beauty is a noble act in itself. Regrettably, very few people bother taking upon such an act.

They would rather hate and discriminate than accept and learn.

The tragedy of it is, these differences seem to come out when it’s supposed to be the “happiest time of the year.”

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Valuing our veterans

As we continue to celebrate Veterans Awareness Month and look back on Veterans Day, it is important that we think about how veterans have really affected our daily

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OPINION

W e now live in an age of technology where the quality of cell phone snap shots is getting better and better. I run into people who think it’s pointless to hire a professional photographer. They couldn’t be more wrong.

While the quality of the average camera phone has come a long way in recent years in terms of pixel density, the people who use the phones have not. To put it simply, the app of Instagram will never truly replace the aver-

I am a Muslim and I have been discriminated against since before I even knew the definition of discrimination.

Quite frankly, I have never understood why people choose to see what makes people different with a negative connotation.

Each person is unique, and that is wonderful. Be who you are and what you want to be. Why does that have to be a bad thing?

What baffles me even more is that during the holidays, these small differences turn into points of isolation.

I have been asked countless number of times whether I celebrate Thanksgiving or if I celebrate Christmas. And no

age photographer who knows what they’re doing.

I don’t necessarily dislike the app. I just really can’t stand the people who think the app empowers them to think that they’re in anyway a true photographer. Real photographers study light and really have to know how to use their camera in order to yield great photos. Not everyone who uses Instagram annoys me either; however, there are people who use to it market themselves as being professional.

What most people don’t know is that when they download the app they allow the company of Instagram to use their photos for publication and the person who takes the photos doesn’t make a penny. So all users unknowingly sign all their work over to a company that

matter what my answer is, I am excluded from the conversation because as a Muslim, I, of course, wouldn’t know what they are talking about.

I don’t understand how that is relevant. Just because I follow Islam does not mean I know nothing about other religions and other traditions.

In fact, last year, my family and I even put up a Christmas tree to symbolize peace and harmony within our family.

For the past five years, we have done Secret Santa every Christmas.

For as long as I can remember, we have sat down at the dinner table every Thanksgiving and enjoyed homemade

doesn’t even have to notify you if your photos show up in magazine, if you can even call them your photos any longer.

During my time as a photographer, I have learned there will always be someone better then you. It is as simple as that. I have also learned there are people who think they are photographers because of Instagram.

When you use your smartphone, it takes all those basic lessons of photography and throws it in the dumpster.

You don’t have to have an expensive DSLR to consider yourself a photographer, but when it comes to paid freelance work, it makes my eyes bleed when I see people use their phone.

There really isn’t much skill involved.

As a paid photographer there have been assignments that I told the po-

Indian and American cuisine. And might I say, I make a delicious mango pie.

Rather than discovering those things about me, I am assumed an outsider without even being one.

So this holiday season, I challenge you: talk to someone you have never spoken to in your life without assuming that he or she will be one way or another.

Sounds impossible? Maybe it is. But you will never know until you open your mind and heart to the possibility of it happening.

Contact Farhin Lilywala, news editor, flilywal@jccc.edu.

tential client no. Sometimes you have to say no, as a photographer you don’t want to ruin your reputation. People who do paid assignments with their smart phones and with Instagram don’t even realize the ramifications of their own actions when they turn over grainy and heavily filtered photos.

As time has gone on, I have learned to live with the fact that there will always be people who misuse this technology. The app itself is here to stay, and in the end photographers know that people who use Instagram are nothing more than just that.

Contact Mike Abell, photo editor, at mabell@jccc.edu.

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NOV. 21, 2013 VOL 36

SPORTS BRIEFS

GOLF

SOCCER

Women’s soccer 17-3-1

The Lady Cavs strong season came to a disappointing close in the Region VI Finals. After a 16-2-1 regular season finish, the team beat Dodge City Community College 9-0, followed up by a 1-0 defensive lockdown against Barton Community College. Their run to nationals was cut short by tough loss to No. 5 Butler Community College, who won 4-0.

Men’s soccer 13-7

The Cavaliers comeback season was cut short in the Region VI Finals. After starting the season 1-4, the team dominated the latter part of the season reaching a 12-6 regular season record. The team beat Coffeyville in a semifinal that was a scoreless game at the end of regulation. The team won 4-1 in the shootout, but subsequently lost to 0-2 to Barton in the final.

Brianna Pontious attempts to spike the ball against the Neosho women’s volleyball team.

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Brooklynn Meinke kicks the ball during women’s soccer practice.

The Cavaliers finished the NJCAA National Preview with a ninth place finish. Freshman Charlie Rinehart finished with a team best t-17th with a 17 over par. The preview was a prelude to the NJCAA National Championship that will be played at the same course, Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington, Iowa. The national championship will be May 11-16.

VOLLEYBALL 28-6 The women’s volleyball team is on their way to nationals. After finishing off the regular season 28-6, the team beat Kansas City Kansas Community College 3-0 before beating Allen Community College 3-0 in the Region VI Finals. This the ninth time in the last 11 years that the Lady Cavs have made it to nationals. The team hopes to repeat its performance in the 2005 D-II national tournament where they won a national championship. The team was runner up in 2007, 2008, and 2010.

Congratulations to the volleyball team on their progress Scan the QR Code to see video of the team in action

CROSS COUNTRY The women’s cross country team kept up its tradition of winning the Region VI championship. The team has won the last three seasons, the programs second three peat of the event in its history. They also won the programs 19th conference title, 13th under Coach Mike Bloemker.

The team finished the season with a 12th place finish at NJCAA CC championship and eighth at the NJCAA

Half Marathon. Freshman Paige Miller topped the team with a 48th place finish in the CC Championship.

Sophomore Michaela Ruder had a team best 20th in the half marathon.

The men’s cross country squad finished sixth at the Region VI Championship. Freshman Grant Poje topped the team with a 23rd place finish. The team placed third among the East Jayhawk conference.

Compiled by Mac Moore, sports editor, mmoore82@jccc.edu Photos by Mike Abell

The women’s cross country prepares for the NJCAA half marathon during practice by repeatedly running laps around the track.

Sports Calendar Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Volleyball

4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 v. Southeast Community College

2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 v. Southeast Community College 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 v. Missouri Valley College JV

Tuesday-Sunday, Nov. 19-24 NJCAA Championship in Tyler, Texas

Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 21-23 NJCAA D-II National Championship Tournament in Toledo, Ohio

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Getting on the bully’s level

Incognito argues against suspension for bullying

This Miami D o l phinsRichie Incognito story is bigger

By Mac Moore than I can cover. The different aspects of the story are crazy, but it’s definitely the reaction of people that is an interesting topic.

The common response is that Jonathan Martin should have confronted Incognito physically (he did go to Dolphins management before walking out and making it a nationally publicized event).

Apparently it is common knowledge that a bully will back down once confronted. Many have even come to Incognito’s aid claiming that this is just how football works, how life works and this is just social Darwinism. The strong survive and Incognito was just trying to get Martin to “man up.” Then he would have respected Martin.

The reports from other players have said that instead, Martin tried to gain common ground. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill even described Martin as Incognito’s little brother and Incognito as Martin’s best friend on the team. In an interview with Fox’s Jay Glazer, Incognito said that he had text messages where Martin also participated in similar language as himself. Incognito has filed a grievance hearing against the Dolphins, and this returned behavior from Martin will likely be his best defense.

The statement from Martin’s attor-

ney, David Cornwell, indicated that Martin did what he could to fit in, something that is common among victims of bullying. Victims often feel conforming to the behavior is more beneficial than simply rejecting it.

In third grade I became a bodyguard for a group of friends at school. They were being picked on by a group of bullies that lived nearby. In exchange for protecting them, they gave me Pokémon cards – every 9-year-old’s dream.

I had lived in the small town of Ottawa for about three years. I didn’t have friends until this group, and I still don’t know how much they liked me versus how much they needed me for survival. I didn’t even really like Pokémon, but they did, and it sucked being left out of everything.

The bullying came in many forms.

It started off as verbal spats, growing until they became physical altercations.

I remember a couple of significant confrontations where one of my friends got a Rock Bottom (a pro wrestling move made famous by WWF Superstar The Rock) and was hit in the back with a shovel. Both times I had to run them off.

Finally we got the bright idea of standing up to them. Instead of fighting them though, we decided to the play them in football. This seemed like a great way to “earn their respect.”

No. On the way to a touchdown, I turned to celebrate. Instead I saw one of the bullies giving a Pedigree (this is not a PSA against pro wrestling, I swear) to my friend. If I wanted to fully earn that Mew-Two holographic card, I knew I had better step in.

Clearly neither of us really knew how to fight. We had that uncomfortable size-up where we were walking in a circle, looking for an opportunity to throw a punch, scared to death to actually get hit.

Finally the reality of the awkwardness set in; the kid threw a couple quick jabs. I saw his confidence build as his friends cheered his shots. He’d have smiled if it wasn’t such an unmanly thing to do. After throwing five or six more punches without taking a blow, he felt like he was winning. As the fear lessened, so did the protection to his face.

The opportunity opened up and I threw a wild haymaker straight to his nose, John Wayne style. He backed down as he bled from the nose and spit up blood. Over the years I’ve overdramatized the amount of blood; it was probably minimal but the kid backed down.

Days later, we were leaving our friend’s house after an afternoon of cartoons and Pokémon battles. The group of bullies cut us off in an alleyway. Two of my friends just wanted to get home as neither were fighters. I blocked the path to be the hero because action movies have blinded me to what it’s really like to be outnumbered five to one.

Being the hero in this case meant I got pummeled by five kids. I quickly assessed my inability to win the match and fled home. During the entire 10-block chase, they didn’t let up: throwing things, calling me names and making threats. The pursuit didn’t end until I was on my porch. The humiliation was finally over.

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SPORTS COLUMN I sat down on my couch, choked up on tears, nose running. I did my best to collect myself. My mom walked into the room and knew right away that something was wrong. I tried to lie, but at this point I was still hyperventilating, partially from anxiety and partially from expensed cardio to prevent the continued assault.

Within five minutes I had told her what happened and we were in the car heading to the police station. I didn’t want to talk to the police. I knew the whole mantra, “snitches get stitches”.

More so, I would be made fun of because I had to ask for help. I wasn’t “man” enough to handle it myself. This just couldn’t turn out well.

The next day, the cops came over to the two houses and brought us all outside. Obviously the other kids attempted to blame it on the fight where I made the kid bleed. Nobody just accepts that they are in trouble; everybody deserves a defense.

The cop said he didn’t care. The next time he heard a complaint from either side, everybody was going down to the station. The fear of discipline is the only thing that stopped them. Turning them in was far more beneficial than fighting back.

Actually, fighting back made me just as bad in the eyes of the authorities. As a means of confronting the bullying, I brought myself down to their level. It is likely that Martin brought himself down to Incognito’s level. The only way this works out though, is if Incognito is not vindicated in the grievance hearing.

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Cavalier star watch: Nieka Wheeler TEAM GOALS

“Our team goals are just to play as a team and think about us more than our opponents. Just get that connection and maturity on the team because we have so many freshman.”

HOW DO YOU KEEP FOCUSED WHEN THE GAME GETS OUT OF HAND?

Photo by Mike Abell Freshman Nieka Wheeler is a criminal justice major that has started every game for the Lady Cavs basketball team this semester. Wheeler is one of three players with a double digit points average, 11.8 and also is second on the team with 7.2 rebounds per game. The Cavs were undefeated at 6-0 as of press time.

“When we practice we go hard.

[Conrad] tells us to go hard every single time, every day, urgency. We have to have that in the game. We know if we are practicing it, even if we don’t have the competition, we push ourselves, because we want to be better. It’s stuck in our minds.”

WILL THE TEAM BE MENTALLY READY FOR THE CLOSER GAMES AGAINST TOUGHER COMPETITION? “I think we will be. If we don’t get competition in games, we play against

guys in practice and they are so much faster, so much stronger than girls that we really will be prepared for when we face better teams. We already have that mindset of being stronger and faster and better.”

PERSONAL GOALS

“Give my all to the team, to be team oriented rather than think about me, myself and I. Another goal is to have that concentration, [Conrad] always tells us to have concentration and focus on what we are doing.”

FAVORITE MOVIE

“The Blindside. [Oher] goes through so much. There are people helping him and it’s sports; that’s probably another reason. It shows a lot of people don’t have it easy, I’m familiar with that. You don’t have it easy, but if you work hard you get where you want to be; I definitely relate to that.”

FAVORITE ARTIST

“I don’t have a favorite artist because I listen to all different types. I don’t have a specific type; if it sounds good I listen to it. Right now I’m listening to the “300 Violin Orchestra” (by Jorge Quintero), there’s no words; it’s just like violins and everything. This beat that gets you hyped and prepared for everything.”

DREAM JOB

“An FBI agent. I want to be out in the field, and I know this sounds weird but being able to hold a gun (laughter). I don’t know; it’s exciting being a part of it and actually doing stuff. I’ve watched “CSI” and “Criminal Minds” and all that stuff, but I’ve always wanted to help people. I’m always the one that wants to be in the situation that solves it.”

Compiled by Mac Moore, sports editor, at mmoore82@jccc.edu.