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Kansas winds cancel two college events Kyleigh Becker Crusader staff Inclement weather canceled two Seward County Community College / Area Technical School events this week. Spring Fiesta was canceled April 27 due to a dust storm caused by strong winds and will not be rescheduled. Spring Fiesta is a community event hosted by SCCC/ATS that would have included carnival games, prizes, inflatables and hair/nail styling. Dormapalooza, originally scheduled for April 30, also fell victim to strong winds, blowing dust and a freeze warning. Dormapalooza, an end-of-year celebration for students, has been rescheduled for 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the Student Living Center. With temperatures predicted in the 90s, the upcoming car show should happen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 3 at the Area Technical School, with Colorado Dyno testing and registration beginning at 9 a.m. The registration cost at the door is $25, $20 for pre-registration. Events include virtual welding, face painting, bounce house, motorcycle Olympics, and classes.
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The Crusader staff gathers in the lobby of the Drury Inn in Wichita with awards won at the 2014 Kansas Collegiate Media convention April 13-14. From left, front, Dawn Shouse, holding the staff All-Kansas plaque for being the top two-year newspaper in the state; Diana Chavira; Makiah Adams, with her plaque for being second-runner up for Journalist of the Year; Dallas Kelling; and Maria Lara. Back, Kyleigh Becker; Jakub Stepanovic, with his plaque for being selected as the two-year newspaper Kansas Collegiate Journalist of the Year; Matthew Adkins and faculty adviser Anita Reed. For more photos, see Facebook.com/CrusaderNews. Story is on Page 2.
Temperatures chill blood moon turnout
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Rachel Coleman, the newly hired director of marketing and public relations, begins training with Andy Yoxall, who will retire this month.
Changing PR guard Diana Chavira New media director
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SCCC/ATS physics instructor Darrin Hook and amateur astronomer Kevin Brown brave the cold in the middle of campus for seven hours as the blood moon eclipse runs through its phases on April 15. See Page 4B for additional photos and complete story.
Rachel Coleman reported for work Thursday at Seward as the director of marketing and public relations. Coleman came across the job opportunity when she learned that current PR director Andy Yoxall was retiring after a 34year career at the college. Coleman did not hesitate to apply. Working a public relations job is something that she has always been interested in doing. For 21 years, Coleman worked in newspaper in Liberal, and she has done a lot of education reporting for the past year and a half, and before that she homeschooled her three children, Ananda, Amira, and AJ, for 14 years. “And so, it just felt like a great fit,” Coleman said about the open position, “to be able to work for an educational institution and use the skills that I developed in journalism.” One of the things that Coleman is looking forward to the most is being in an environment where student’s education or ed-
ucation in general is the focus for everyone. “I’m also really excited about being part of a large team,” Coleman shared, “that’s just been one of the most enjoyable things about working in journalism.” She does miss her previous co-workers and she is ready to have that team atmosphere back again. Coleman has a strong passion when it comes to getting to know people and learning. She loves the large number of students who come to Seward County and are first generation college students or from an immigrant background. Coleman herself is a second generation immigrant; her dad and his family came to the United States from India in 1954. Coleman’s dad was the only one of his siblings to go to college in the U.S. Coleman enjoys meeting people who value learning and she shares that “it’s always gratifying to meet students whose families move here specifically so that they can get an education.” nContinued on Page 2
Graph by Jakub Stepanovic
$38,000 $39,746
Goals Raised
$35,000 $36,061
Urquizo $1,200 and Kevin Connolly $1,050. A Jambox smart speaker, a Wii Mini, an iPad mini, a Beats solo headset and an iPod nano are the individual prizes. This year’s total amount raised overall was $39,746, missing the goal of $40,000 by just a little over $250. Compared to the total last year, the callers this year raised $3,685 more. “It was a huge success because of the number of students participating,” said Celeste Donovan, dean of student services, “Our student body is awesome.”
$30,000 $30,582
The annual phonathon has concluded for 2014 with $39,746 in pledges for student scholarships at Seward County Community College /Area Technical School. Five students have earned prizes for the most pledges raised by individuals at the annual scholarship phonathon. The total amounts raised by clubs that participated in the SCCC/ATS phonathon has been tallied as well, and the baseball team kept the lead with the total raised amount of $13,940.
The nursing program also held onto second place with $6,497 in pledges. The volleyball team’s total of $2,000 moved to fourth place after tennis raised $2,280 putting them in third place. Announcements of the winners and presentations of the awards were supposed to have been made at the Dormapalooza Wednesday, however winds and the threat of freezing temperatures caused the Dormapalooza and prize presentations to be postponed to May 7. The top five students are Adam Guay with $1,950, Nolan McCutcheon $1,345, Angela Tarango $1,260, Brandon
$33,000 $27,000
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$20,000 $36,000
Phonathon achieves record in scholarship funding
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