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News Briefs THANKSGIVING DINNER will be hosted by Great Western Dining at the campus cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the campus cafeteria. It is free for SCCC/ATS faculty, staff, and students.
Students are encouraged to meet with their respective advisers for a degree check. Students within nine credit hours from degree requirements can still “walk” at the Spring 2012 Commencement. For more information, students should see an adviser.
CAMPUS will be closed from Nov. 23 - 27 for Thanksgiving break. PHI THETA KAPPA induction ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20. The ceremony will be at the Technical School Student Union. SCCC/ATS STUDENTS Marco Herrera, Emmanuel Garcia, Odulia Covarrubias, Selene Perez, and Dalia Camacho will be attending the Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students on Nov. 3 - 13 in St. Louis, Mo. D.J. ETZLER, from the livestock judging team, placed third in sheep at the State Fair of Texas competition in Dallas, eighth in cattle and 10th overall at the Tulsa State Fair. The freshman livestock team placed third in sheep and sixth overall and Kaylee Pelfrey placed fourth in cattle at the Dallas competition. Freshmen team includes Etzler, Pelfrey, Shanon Robinson, Aaron Richie, Rochelle St. Amand and Lindsay Bulk. SIGMA CHI CHI members Nestor Daniel Carrasco, Maria Anahi Vazquez, and Jose Pando won third place in a Crime Scene Investigation competition the end of October. GRADUATION applications and a $15 fee are due by Dec. 2 at the registrars office. Applications can be printed online at www.sccc.edu - current students graduation information.
TWO ATS students, Jeremy Mendenhall and Zach Hibbert, have been elected to the Skills USA Kansas state officer team. They also won the promotional bulletin board contest at the SkillUSA Fall Leadership Conference in Hesston. MISS LIBERAL PAGEANT will be Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at 2 p.m. Contestants should begin preparations for the event. For more information, call Lu Haynes at 620-624-9153, cell phone 629-5450, or email at haynes@swko.net. NEW SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE has been imposed by the SCCC/ATS scholarships committee in order to encourage students and staff to submit requirered information for applications to be processed by the start of the fall semester. The “Consideration Deadline” is July 15 for requirered documentation. For more information contact the office of student financial aid.
KAPPA BETA DELTA inducted eight new members in October. Patricia Tovilla and Estanislao Tovilla received Honorary Membership Awards. Kappa Beta Delta honors business majors around the country.
Alexander Chaffin uses breath to give shape to a glass piece in the LHS glassblowing studio used by SCCC/ATS students. Also, Pat Knott gives shape to a glass gather. The gloryhole, at left, is used for reheating the molten glass, a glass furnace keeps glass heated continuously.
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Playing with fire Raul Lemus Online editor Glassblower – or gaffer– Gary Marsh teaches students art skills near 3,000 degree heat caused by glass-melting furnaces. Student hands give shape to fragile works of art at the glassblowing studio. Marsh, adjunct instructor at Seward, has worked with glassblowing for 18 years, nine teaching at Liberal High School. He teaches art classes to high school students, and glassblowing and photography to SCCC/ATS students at night. According to Marsh, Liberal High School is the only high school in the state with a glassblowing program. Seward is the only two-year college in the state of Kansas that offers glassblowing, and Emporia State University is the only fouryear college with glassblowing. “I like how you can create art out of human breath,” Marsh said. Hanging from a metal tube, the molten glass is given its first shape by blowing a bubble throughout the blowpipe. Further shaping is done with the aid of human breath, hand tools –such as wooden blocks and metal pliers– and at times gravity. Glassblowing is not so different from other types of art, even though the glass itself is never touched with bare
hands. The shape is given with hand tools and the creativity of the glassblower. the Centering molten glass on the blow pipe is crucial for the outcome of the glass piece. Like a juggler, glassblowers keep the piece centered, and away from the clutches of gravity. This is a rapid process from beginning to end, as glass cools down rapidly and once the glass warms past a certain temperature, the piece cannot be shaped. Throughout the use of a gloryhole, a furnace used to reheat glass, the glass is kept at a malleable temperature. This process is repeated several times. Marsh says that he likes how it takes approximately 40 minutes to create a glass piece. However, the time to create a glass batch takes much longer. Glass is created from silica sand. Molten temperatures liquefy the quartz sand, then a clearing agent is applied and crystal clear glass is created. The glass is kept at a constant temperature throughout the school year in gas furnaces. “It is like playing with fire, but you create pieces of art,” SCCC/ATS student
Fabiola Fraire, said. Fraire has been in glassblowing classes for two years. “You can create piece after piece in the same way, but the final piece will always be different in color, shape, or how light is reflected,” Fraire said. Glassblowing is different from other art types as it is quite dangerous due to fire and the high temperatures of the molten glass. Personal safety and awareness of other students working at the glassblowing studio are important. Students usually work in pairs, as at times two sets of hands are required. Glassblowing students traveled to Oklahoma City in October, in order to learn more about the craft of glassblowing. Students saw the making of glass ornaments, bases and paperweights at Blue Sage Glass Studio. They also visited the private glass studio of Toby McGee. McGee creates sculptures of glass, with unique techniques to create impressions on the glass surface. Glassblowing is offered in the spring semester; however, enrollment is limited.
Saints Krueger cheers her way onto NCA staff Morgan Wi l l s Crusader staff The Saints cheerleader met the music, crowd, and the cheers with confidence as weeks of practice took over and the talented Seward County athlete flew through the air landing safely as she transitioned to the next sequence. Kaela Krueger, and her teammates on the cheer and dance squads, opened their season for public consumption at Basketball Preview Night Oct. 25. Krueger, who is no stranger to cheer, tumbling, or pressure, began honing her love of cheer at the age of 6 by taking gymnastics and dance lessons. She later cheered at TNT Tumbling, South Middle School and Liberal High School. After a few years of attending cheer camp, she started to entertain the idea of what it would be like to become a staff member at a summer camp. Following her senior year of cheer camp, Krueger received an invitation from the Universal Cheer Association to tryout and possibly fulfill those aspirations. The National Cheerleading Association and the Universal Cheer Association are the top cheer and
dance summer camp programs in America. They host hundreds of cheer camps throughout the nation every summer. To be a member of one of these renowned associations is considered an honor. Krueger’s mom Kae Krueger, said her daughter has always wanted to be an NCA cheerleader. “She would probably like to be a cheerleader the rest of her life,” Kae said. “It is her favorite thing to do in the world.” Kae also recognized Scarlette Diseker as a major influence in her daughter’s life. “She encouraging Kaela to stay focused on her goals, and was a great role model and inspiration as she was growing up,” Kae said. Diseker began coaching Kaela when she was 12 years old. “To watch her progress through her middle and high school years and then to see her all the way through Seward and probably beyond was the biggest thing for me,” Diseker said. “She could have chosen to go anywhere and for Kaela to stay with me meant a lot, Not only is cheerleading something that Kaela has a good time doing, we have always known that it would also be a way for her to earn her
education.” The tryout process for UCA began in March; Kaela and approximately 50 other cheerleaders traveled to Kansas City for an open tryout; all with the same hope of becoming a “staffer.” She went to the tryout with the notion that she would be competing with material they had been told to learn beforehand; however, when they arrived that material was thrown out, and she was asked to learn and tryout with an entirely new dance and cheer. “It was pretty nerve-wracking,” Kaela said. “We thought we were going to tryout with something we had prepared for, and instead we had to learn something completely different and tryout with it on the spot.” Her ability to learn material quickly was helpful in the tryout process, as was her tumbling and stunting capabilities. Although, there were some with no tumbling skill, there were others who had cheered at the university level, which added to the intensity of the competition. Though Kaela said she was thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the UCA staff; however, she couldn’t shake her dream of being a part of the NCA program,
and eventually she decided to audition with them as well. She went through a series of video auditions for NCA, and qualified to be an instructor at both associations. In the end Kaela choose to follow her heart by join the NCA staff. In the weeks following her acceptance on to the NCA staff, she spent many hours memorizing material from DVDs of dances, cheers, and chants she would be required to teach at camps later in the year. Finally, in the last week of May, Kaela flew to Chicago for a staff meeting where she was trained on the proper technique and procedures for being an NCA instructor. Kaela worked at six camps primarily in the Kansas area. Her parents were a bit nervous about the traveling Kaela would be doing on her own, but they bought her a new car with GPS in hopes that it would prevent her for getting lost. “We were a little nervous, but it wasn’t too bad,” Kae said. “The first year they keep you close to home.” The furthest commute Kaela made was the five hour drive to n See Krueger, Page 2
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Kaela Krueger and teammate Ann Nguyen pose for a picture before they performed their routine for Basketball Preview Night.
“She would probably like to be a cheerleader the rest of her life, it is her favorite thing to do in the world.” — Kae Krueger
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n Continued from Page 1 to Emporia State University. Her closest was South Middle School in Liberal, her former alma mater, which she hosted by herself. A typical camp lasts four days. Staffers are on their feet from 9 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. excluding the hours they spend before and after initial camp hours preparing material for the following day. “Typically, we got about four hours of sleep a night, which makes for a very long ride back,” Kaela said. “The first day of camp is always nerve-wracking, wondering what the campers think of you,”
Slime contest yields chemistry team winners S andy Al faro Crusader staff Students recently competed in a contest in a college chemistry class that consisted of different types of slime. There was edible slime, glow in the dark slime, and also scented slime. Contest winners were Jared Hall, Erica Fowler, Megan Campbell, and Selene Perez. Their team won with a project that was titled “Super Fresh Saints Scents.”
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Freshman Joaquin Fraire demonstrates edible slime. This was a project that he participated in for his chemistry class.
“The first day of camp is always nerve-wracking.” — Kaela Krueger Kaela said. “But the most enjoyable part of the job was simply hanging out with the other staff members. Everyone was so good and I learned a lot from being around them.” Diseker feels that Kaela’s experience has also been a positive one for Seward’s cheer squad. “After you have been a coach you develop a sense of leadership and
patience that you didn’t have before. You think of others before yourself, which I have seen Kaela do a lot of since her return,” Diseker said. “She has also made important connections which will be beneficial to her as she continues her cheerleading career after Seward.” Kaela already has her 2012 summer job lined up as she has decided to be on the NCA staff again next year and will be grandfathered in. “I didn’t even think of it as a job,” Krueger said, I got paid to teach people cheerleading and hangout with very cool, talented people all day.”
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Kaela Krueger stops for a photo while visiting a local school in her role as Miss Liberal.
Wall of Creativity Art instructor Dustin Farmer created a “Wall of Creativity” in the Shank Humanities Building for anyone who would like to add a creative statement. Supplies of sticky notes and markers are provided. Students have responded with creative posts ranging from sports, thoughts on life, quotes, poems, love notes and drawings. One creative poster spelled out SCCC/ATS. Any notes may be added as long as they adhere to the “keep it clean” rule. The idea is new to this campus and has caused a lot of interaction. Crusader photo/
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Teen pregnancies affect futures’ of young fathers Cel esti na Padi l l a News editor When teen pregnancy is brought up, the immediate image that comes to mind is of a young woman that will have the child. The person who often steps aside, or is pushed aside, is the father. It takes two to tango, so where is the father? Teenage fathers are rarely in perpetual spotlight of teen pregnancies. Some choose not to become involved, some are pushed aside by family members of the pregnant girl/woman, and then there are those who truly attempt to become a part of the child’s life. More and more young fathers have made the decision to see their children’s life play out year by year. Soon-to-be fathers often help their partner with any needs she may have either financially, or psychologically. It’s difficult on both sides; the female will become a mother, and the male teen will become a father-but for the male the change may seem overnight. Francisco Morales attended SCCC/ATS and took courses on
truck driving to obtain his CDL this year. He is a Liberal High School graduate, and is now 21 years old. He found out he was going to be a father while a junior in high school. This did not disrupt him from attaining his diploma, and he knew he wanted to be a part of the baby’s life. The pregnancy was not planned, but regardless he decided to be responsible and undertook his role as a father and continues to believe he is equally responsible for his child’s upbringing. It’s more than an obligation; its what he felt he had to do in order to become a care giver and loving parent. Many of his friends and relatives were shocked at the news of him becoming a father. His cousin, Nakita Martinez, said “No one would have ever expected it since he was into his music, had gigs going on, and was just a good kid.” Morales’ daughter, Aaliyah Marie, is now three years old, and will soon be four. He says she is his “life and
determination.” He enjoys spending time with her whenever possible and says that being a part of her life is a great motivator to be successful and provide for her as she grows older. Becoming a young parent has been somewhat of a challenge to Morales, though. Much like the two young women in the previous issue, he too has had difficulties. Working, attaining an education, being a part of a band and helping raise his child was, and continues to be, strenuous at times. Despite it all, he looks back and says that she (Aaliyah) will never be considered an error in his life. He wants to have a better future for her. Morales feels it is necessary to be successful for his daughter. Morales took on his role as a father for his child, but there are some young men who do not. Oftentimes there are many obstacles to the involvement and incorporation of younger fathers in their children's’ lives. Sometimes the relationship with
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Nearby college sued for excessive charges County Johnson Community College is being sued by the Student Press Law Center and a college journalist for charging $24,130.72 in fees in order to release open records. JCCC is charging $10,000 to produce a day’s worth of emails. The lawsuit states that the amount that is being charged for the records is excessive. “They’re basically hanging a price tag on what should be public documents in order to keep those documents from being public,” Attorney Christopher Grenz said. Under The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, the public is ensured public access to
government U.S records. For the records to be released, the agency must receive a written request, thus causing the agency to be required to disclose the information unless the information can be withheld from disclosure under one of the nine exceptions in the FOIA. Reasonable fees can be charged for the information that is being requested, but Johnson County is asking for a fee that its college newspaper certainly cannot pay. The fees charged for the emails in question is unreasonable, especially because the newspaper was only trying to run a story to inform
their student body about the closing of a department on their campus. It is understandable that Johnson County wants to charge a fee for information because time will be spent looking for the emails in question, but the price tag that has been put on said emails only makes it look like Johnson County is hiding something that the college doesn’t want the campus and the community around them to know. The fees charged for information should be reasonable to the information that is requested. Emails are not that hard to get ahold of in a short period of time, therefore the fees charged should be more
accessible. Agencies may be using the fees as a way to block information from being released to the public. “We're seeing this phenomenon all over the country, where agencies are ringing up these jackpot bills for records, and it seems like public watchdogs are being seen as an easy way for an agency in a budget crunch to turn a quick buck. Public records belong to the public, and there's not supposed to be a mark-up so that agencies can make a windfall profit by selling the public's own information back to us,” Frank LoMonte, SPLC executive director, said.
The fees should be a way that the agency justifies the time and effort that was put into providing the information to the public, not as a cop-out to not provide information that is accessible to the public under the open records act. Thomas Jefferson once stated that “Information is the currency of democracy,” but now you need currency in order to access information that should be accessible to the public. If newspapers and reporters do not have access to information, who will inform the public the information that they have a right to know?
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Relationships sailing around in college time. Busy, busy, busy, and having no time to see your Celestina Padilla babycakes is tough, or more so than that, not having enough News Editor time to find that babycakes can be tough. Sometimes it might be easier to remain single, and not have to feel like you are “Upadilla@crusadernews,com Hauling”. This slang-term means that you rush into the reOh, relationships. Will they lationship, and can end up feelsink, or will they float? This de- ing overwhelmed or suffocated pends on what your philosophy, by how quickly it progresses. Another complicated relationor framework of your “boat” so to speak, says about your opin- ship, is the ol’ “friends with benefits,” famous in our day and ions on them. age, and being ever popularized Being a college student is difby the media. Then again, it’s ficult, especially when you have whatever floats your boat. a hectic schedule and seem to However, if you have a relaconstantly be prioritizing your
tionship, that functions well, you feel happy, and maintain a good balance between everything around you, I envy you. Your relationship is floating about contentedly. What can sink your relationship? Distance is a factor that may or may not effect it, so can jealousy. Everyone seems to be an acquaintance with everyone so gossip can be a detrimental factor and can in fact sink your “ship”. That’s a negative side to our small town atmosphere. Unclear motives, learning to prioritize, or even being clueless about what you are (or are not) getting into can effect the turn out of your dating life also. This is why our priorities should be
kept straight. Whichever the case, one of the top priorities we have is education. After all, isn’t that the reason we are attending college? Furthering our education and remaining focused on what we do academically should be the main priority. Along with that, our families, friends, jobs and activities we devote time to should be kept high on our priority list as well. So remember, you are in control of your boat, and sometimes being single is better than being in a sinking relationship. Regardless, you are the captain of your love boat.
It seems that as the years go by, the human race is becoming more advanced in everything we do. One thing I notice, though, is that love is still stuck in the dark ages. Everyday girls say that they have yet to find the right person. A person who makes them feel butterflies, or see fireworks after a romantic kiss. Yet two minutes later they complain that love is so hard to find or that the “punk” they are with is worthless. Do I dare say that we have that fairy tale vision of love and we use that as our standard for choosing the right guy in the real world? The answer, is yes. We grow up reading about Cinderella and the way she found her Prince Charming and deep down inside we hope that we too will find that knight in shining armor as well. That’s the reason that women are on a continuous search for the perfect man. After each failed relationship we as women began to build a wall in order to protect ourselves from being hurt once again or we
decide that we are going to be tougher on our next boyfriend so we can teach the male society that they can’t break us down. Then we are pegged as being cold and shallow. Who is to blame men because they don’t understand our way of thinking or even women themselves because we make everything so confusing in a relationship, so confusing that we eventually drive men away? Women just want that special relationship that makes them feel like they are on top of the world. They just don’t know how to express their true feelings for that special guy. Oftentimes we think that the guy that we are with is only with us for convenience, which can many times be true. Women expect to fall in love, and continue to feel that same attraction with the person that they are in love with everyday because that is the conception we have on love. Once we find that special someone we overlook all of the deal breakers that the guy might have because just like the cliche saying goes “love is blind.” Our standards dissipate, and we fall into lust. We just need to realize that love is not what the movies or fairy tales make it seem it is. Love and finding that special someone is not that simple; especially if women and men are always thinking the worst of the opposite sex.
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Love can be cruel ings and just want to lay there in the dark and never see the light of day again, but I will say this from first-hand experience; pain Chandler Brockett beats regret every day of the week, so don’t let regret take Crusader staff place of what should have been. Its very likely that he is going to encounter numerous “false alarms” throughout the course of brockett@crusadernews.com his search, but once he finds the “one” he will know. They say that when a man sees In a man’s search for truth and destiny he will encounter several the love of his life, time stands obstacles along the way. The still. What most men don’t most common and most crucial know is that it really does, but that’s a whole different story. is heartbreak. Once he experiences that moIn today’s cruel society, which ment where he lays eyes on a is filled with maniacal and maelse just woman-everything nipulative women that tell a man everything that he wants to hear, seems to pause-and in that injust so that later she may one day stant and for every instant after rip out his beating heart and steal that, nothing else seems to matter anymore. That is when he has his soul, heartbreak is a common discovered an extremely rare thing. commodity. Just the thought of that alone Without her even saying a will make any man fold and word to him, he already knows question whether it is all really that he is going to spend his worth it. It’s a very scary whole life with her, doing everythought, and unfortunately it’s thing that he can, no matter what the reality that many of us lov- the cost is, to make her smile. ing, genuine men go through. He will do anything he has to There will be times that he do, to guarantee that one day will want to call it quits and give down the road he will be able to up forever; retire to solitude, and look to his side and see that aged, if he’s so lucky be institutional- but still beautiful face. ized and put in a padded room. And that’s what love is all Not even that will save him about; doing everything in your from the regret of giving up on power to make another person the greatest thing that could have happy, because just the sight of ever happened to him; spending him/her smiling makes your life the rest of his life in the presence worth living. But that is only one part of a man’s search for of true love. He may wake up some morn- truth and destiny.
PHILOSOPHY —
Looking past our own assumptions to gain knowledge Zach Carpenter Crusader staff
carpenter@crusadernews.com
I’ve come through several places in my life where my assumptions were wrong. How many times do we all assume that since we have the right-ofway that the car in front of us is going to acknowledge that? How many times have we assumed a person to be a certain age based on how old they looked and their level of maturity, only to find out we were way off. I have to take my socks off and count on
my toes when I run out of fingers as I recall all my assumption outtakes. Then there is the classic case of assuming a person is right when they tell us something and we fail to investigate it for ourselves. But why don’t we investigate the things we are told more deeply? Most of the time we forget, or we don’t see why it matters. Then there are the rare few of us who just get lazy.Why do we buy into certain things without testing them? Is it because they sound good? is it because they explain things in ways that help us not to think too hard? Do we just assume that because a bit of information about the earth being 4.5 billion years old comes from a well respected series of text books that they are Gospel truth? Lets take Carbon
14 dating for example: this technique is said, by scientists and biology professors alike, to be extremely accurate and that there is little room for error in it. The whole idea behind it depends on the assumption that there has been no catastrophic geological interferences that will alter the rate of Carbon 14 in that fossil, creature, whatever. Assuming a fossil has been untouched for X number of years, the resulting amount of Carbon 14 SHOULD (in theory) give the age of the fossil. Most give dates ranging in the millions of years and even in the billions of years. But this technique, one that is said to be very accurate, has a problem: Mike Riddle, who has studied dating methods for over 20 years, and has spoken in hundreds of
churches, universities, home school conventions and at NASA, gave an insightful lecture on current dating methods and a blow by blow description of the process by which Carbon 14 is produced. The lecture is a 4 part video series that can be watched at www.answersingenesis.org. The title of the lecture is “dating fossils and rocks.” It can be found in the media/videos on demand section of the website. Through watching these videos I learned something that I did not learn in any of my science classes: If a fossil is really millions of years old, any detectable traces of Carbon 14 would be gone if the fossil was really over 60,000 years old, let alone several millions of years old. After that time span, any detectable traces of
Carbon 14 in the fossil would be completely gone. That does not imply that the fossil is exactly 60,000 years old, but based on the decay rate of Carbon 14, that is the most logical and mathematically sound timeline in which Carbon 14 could exist in a fossil. So where are the bogus dates of millions and billions of years coming from? Since after those millions of years their measuring stick would have eroded, what else can they do? And how logical is it to assume that there will be no geographical interferences (catastrophic or otherwise) for X number of years? Seriously? Glaciers shift, volcanoes erupt, earthquakes happen, and these shift elements of fossils around and, in CSI language, can “cont-
aminate the evidence” so to speak, which might be a good explanation for screwy dates. Many scientists laugh out loud at the Genesis flood, but they cannot deny the exploding Mt. St. Helens event that simulated that mountain formations could be formed over extremely short periods of time as opposed to millions of years. So, are dating methods, (not just Carbon 14) reliable? You be the judge. Sure they have their uses. But they are very limited in their accuracy, just for the simple fact that there are so many factors that have to be accounted for, and so many of those factors change at many different rates. What if the earth was significantly younger than what is commonly accepted? You decide.
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Tests are a constant element of college life. There are many ways to prepare for a test, but anxiety can crush confidence and make studying nearly impossible. Following a few simple tips can lessen the anxiety, and make you feel a lot more prepared for your exams. 1. Have Confidence Studying hard pays off. Remember this, and think positively. 2. Relax Just breathe in and out and tell yourself, everything is going to be fine. Source: www.ezinearticles.com
Lackluster ‘New Girl’ disappoints Megan S pai n Crusader staff Today’s television lineup is largely composed of dramatic medical shows, suspenseful police shows, and the occasional pairing of two opposite personalities. I had high hopes for “New Girl,” Fox Network’s new sitcom starring indie darling Zooey Deschanel. Ideally, this new show would be a breath of fresh air. I hoped for a knock-out, cleverly written series with an ensemble cast that would hopefully evolve into something as memorable as “Friends,” “How I Met Your Mother,” or “The Big Bang Theory.” With a talented cast including Max Greenfield, who had a recurring role on the award-winning “Veronica Mars” series and colorful wardrobe pieces that reminded me of the short-lived yet appealing series “Pushing Daisies,” I expected a lot from “New Girl.”
However, upon watching the first episode, I could feel my hopes being shot down. Deschanel plays a caricature of herself as Jess, a friendly yet naïve twenty-something that moves in with three men after her boyfriend cheats on her. Though the premise sounded promising, I felt disappointed as the show progressed. It’s clear that Jess was created to be an awkward, indie, alternative girl who is humbly unaware of her good looks and charming innocence. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s the same role that Deschanel has been stuck in ever since “(500) Days of Summer.” Ignoring the fact that Deschanel was typecast again, I pressed onward into the show, hoping to find redeeming qualities. The dialogue is occasionally clever, if not predictable. A reference to “The Lord of the Rings” popped up briefly, something I appreciated greatly even if it was
sandwiched between over-the-top lines. The supporting actors often steal the scene with their charismatic delivery, especially Jake Johnson. I was very aware of how one-dimensional Jess seemed as some of her roommates began to evolve as the episodes progressed. It’s definitely never a good thing when I wish the main character was on screen less and wish to see more of the unimportant characters. I wish I could say that the show improved as time moved on and that the first episode is the only shaky episode, but I can’t. “New Girl” tries too hard to be something special in the evening lineup of new sitcoms and promising dramas. Maybe it could be more remarkable, if changes were made as new episodes are produced . The show has the potential to turn into something great, but it also definitely has to overcome more than a few flaws.
3. Make It Emotional If you associate learning with emotion, it makes it easier to retrieve information from your memory banks. If you use positive emotions with the review, more than likely, the results will be positive, too. 4. Eat With a protein-rich breakfast, memory retrieval becomes easier. Protein is the nutrient that can carry oxygen to the brain, aiding recall. 5. Get Physical About It Do something light (jogging, cardio, yoga) in order to get oxygen into the brain. Source: www.ezinearticles.com 6. Focus Do not lose track of the main objective: the test. Set a goal (like getting an A on the test) and keep the goal in sight. 7. Do Not Cram Studying material beforehand boosts confidence and there’s a better chance of it being remembered than if the information is quickly read over right before a test. 8. Spice It Up a Bit Alternate between subjects and concepts while studying. 9. Use the Code If the study guide and the information is too intimidating, cut it up and manipulate it in order to make it work. Use acronyms. Do not let the subject own you. Instead, own the subject. 10. Prioritize and Organize Instructors usually give clues about the content of the finals. Listen really well, organize your schedule for studying and prioritize on which subject to study first. Source: www.about.com Finals are scheduled for Dec. 12-14 and Dec. 5-9 for evening classes. Individual exam schedules are available on the SCCC/ATS website under the Academics tab.
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At left, Crusader adviser and journalism instructor Anita Reed was recognized at the convention as the 2011 Distinguished Adviser of the Year for two-year colleges. Only advisers with proven backgrounds dedicated to students and CMA codes are selected.
Beach “The beach stretched forever, and the ocean seemed endless. The two together created a beautiful scene. The evening sky was amazing, as the overcast brought in many rolling clouds, almost in sync with the waves. Once I hit the dry beach, my toes sunk into the sand, and I had to work harder just to get my feet up. The saturated sand was next; a nice contrast with the softer sand of before. The powerful waves gradually swept me out to sea — very cool at first, then refreshingly warm. The waves moved me up and down like a bobber in a pond on a windy day.” This is how Cocoa Beach felt like to Crusader staff member Levi Adams after being prompted to say more than, “It was good.” Cocoa Beach is an hour away from Orlando, Fla., and is located on the edge of an isthmus off the coast of Florida. The entire staff spent the evening on the beach, although only Adams went swimming. After the beach, the staff dined at a seafood restaurant on a pier overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
At right, Although the Crusader newspaper did not win the top Pacemaker Award, it did win the recognition of being one of the best newspapers in the nation. The esteemed Pacemaker Finalist award is an award few earn.
The Crusader was awarded a sixth place Best of Show Award for two-year broadsheet newspapers from the Associated Collegiate Press for fall of 2011.
Thursday Sushi “When living in small town Kansas with a taste for exquisite cuisine, I am often disappointed as Burger King and Taco Bell just do not suffice. Luckily for me, on my recent trip to beautiful Orlando, Fla., I ate nothing short of excellence. Ming Court, a Sushi bar, had every sushi imaginable: Rainbow roll, California, Sashimi, anything imaginable. The cuisine at Ming Court makes local fare look like something made in an easy-bake oven.” —Chandler Brockett The staff ate at an Oriental restaurant, Ming Court, who had the “best sushi in town.” Only Brockett and Levi Adams were brave enough to order sushi, but others sampled some.
Cirque du Soleil “It was a thrilling show. I had never seen anything like it.” —Celestina Padilla “An extravagant circus act with a demonic tone to it. A cross between Faust and Alice in Wonderland.” —Chandler Brockett “I’ve never been so impressed with what would normally be mundane circus acts before in my life.” —James McElvania The Crusader members were thrilled to watch La Nouba, a show in Cirque du Soleil, at DisneyWorld. They were impressed afterward, and proceeded to tour a part of DisneyWorld.
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Universal Studios “Halloween Horror Nights was awesome! I ended up wasting like a fifth of my money there, but all of the haunted houses, the rides, and the show ‘Bill and Ted’s Halloween Adventure’ made it worth every penny!” —Robert Sanchez “Although the rest of the group besides Anita and I went to the Halloween Horror Nights, I didn’t want to. If I was going to Universal Studios, I had to go on the rides. I am so happy that I chose the rides because I had a lot of fun on the roller coasters, even if I was the only one from the Crusader on them. I really enjoyed it.” —Tonya Loewen All of the staff except for Reed and Loewen went to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios until the early hours of the morning. Reed and Loewen enjoyed Islands of Adventure and City Walk, including eating at the world’s largest Hard Rock Cafe.
Saturday Movie Reviews “Johnny Depp returns to the big screen in ‘The Rum Diary’, where he brings to life another of Hunter S. Thompsons’ characters, Paul Kemp. Kemp, a journalist from New York City, ventures to Puerto Rico to try to save a struggling newspaper. Along the way, he encounters many marvelous things: a beautiful blonde, 400 proof rum, LSD, crooked politicians, rowdy Puerto Ricans, and cock fights. While faced with great adversity, Kemp strives. He finishes his first novel, and marries the woman of his dreams. A great romantic comedy with a mix of objective journalism.” —Chandler Brockett “Months, weeks, hours, even seconds of people’s lives are used as currency in the movie “In Time”. Set in the year 2161, people stop aging at the age of 25, and upon their 25th birthday they are given one year more to spend. The movie is based around the concept that time is truly money. The wealthy have more time, much like money, and are unaffected by the rising cost of living. Those who don’t have as much time live day to day, struggling in the ghetto. The two protagonists, who are much like star-crossed lovers, become determined to change the order of things for the good of all.” —Celestina Padilla After a week full of entertainment, the staff decided to cool it down with going out and watching movies. Most of the group decided to watch “In Time” while Brockett watched “The Rum Diary”. After the movies finished, the group took advantage of the beautiful evening and walked back to their hotel, seeing many interesting sights and creating great memories.
Anita Reed with the Crusader staff after Reed was presented with the 2011 Distinguished Adviser of the Year for two-year colleges award. The group, from left, is as follows. Back row, Luis Campos, Sandy Alfaro, Tonya Loewen, Reed, James McElvania, Celestina Padilla, Morgan Wills. Front row, Robert Sanchez, Levi Adams, Chandler Brockett.
Crusader receives awards at Florida convention Tonya Loewen Crusader staff Nine Crusader staff members and adviser Anita Reed were awed with the tropical wonders of Orlando, Fla., when they traveled to Orlando for the 90th annual National College Media Convention at the Renaissance SeaWorld from October 26-30. More than 2,200 people attended the convention, according to Logan Aimone, executive director for the Associated Collegiate Press. Aimone said that this amount was definitely more than last year’s convention in Louisville, Ky. People from Alaska to Hawaii to New Hampshire traveled to sunny Florida for the convention. Aimone is proud that it was the 90th National College Media Convention and says it has grown a lot over the 90 years. “It started with around 100 people and is over 2,000 now,” Aimone said. Part of the reason Aimone thinks it has grown so much is because of the change in social media. As director for five years, Aimone has been able to see the drastic change in journalism. “When I started, there was no Twitter and Facebook was not nearly as popular. Now, we are so integrated with Twitter and Facebook and always connected. It’s a very interesting phenomenon,” Aimone said. The NCMC is a convention in which thousands of journalists and advisers from across the country come together for courses and critiques to improve media. There were more than 400 sessions available for students to attend, including ones by famous journalists and photographers, including Tim Harrower, well-known designer and textbook author; Mark Russell, editor of the Orlando Sentinel; and Patrick Farrell, photographer at the Miami Herald. Vadim Lavrusik, journalist program manager for Facebook, was the ending keynote speaker. He was originally scheduled to fly in to Orlando, but because of a massive winter storm in New York City,
he could not make the convention. Instead, he spoke to the group, as the first keynote ever delivered via Skype at the NCMC. Many awards are presented at the NCMC, such as two awards the Crusader won from work completed in the 2010-2011 school year and one award from this year. The first award won was to recognize Crusader adviser and journalism instructor Anita Reed as the 2011 Distinguished Adviser of the Year for two-year colleges. The next award received by the Crusader was that of a Pacemaker Finalist for two-year college newspapers. Entries were judged by professional journalists in the Washington, D.C., area. Finalists were selected based on excellence in coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, in-depth reporting, layout/design, photography, art and graphics. The Crusader did not win a Pacemaker, but even nomination for one is a great honor. The Crusader was also awarded a sixth place Best of Show Award for two-year broadsheet newspapers from the Associated Collegiate Press. The No. 1 place went to Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif. Second was North Idaho College from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Third was Washtenaw Comm. College in Ann Arbor, Mich. Fourth place went to Contra Costa college from San Pablo, Calif., and fifth place was Tarrant County College in Hurst, Texas. The current Crusader editor, Heidy Molina, said, “I feel that the [Best of Show] award shows that the staff I have this year is really great and works hard. I’m so glad to have such a talented staff.” Last year’s co-editors Alfredo Anaya and Dana Loewen were thrilled about the Pacemaker Finalist. “It makes me happy to see that all the work that Dana and I put in paid off,” Anaya said. “It reflects through the award.” “I really felt like Alfredo and I had the opportunity to really make it our own and take chances,” Loewen said. “I think that's what grabbed the attention of the judges.”
Interesting facts about Orlando, Fla.
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“There are so many attractions in Orlando that it is estimated that it would take the average traveler 67 full days to experience every one.
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Orlando is home to the first water park ever. Wet ‘n’ Wild opened in 1977 and it's still one of the only water parks that stays open 365 days a year. The Walt DisneyWorld Resort in Orlando is so huge that you could
3. fit two Manhattans or one San Francisco in it. 4.
If you ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at a different Orlando restaurant every day, it would take you five years to eat at all 5,300 of them. Marriott chose Orlando to be the city where they built the world's largest
5. Marriott, a 2,000-room mega-resort. Crusader photo/Tonya Loewen
Robert Sanchez planks on a Florida panther statue while the staff went on a walk after watching movies Saturday night.
Quotes to think about “93% of first time interactions are non-verbal, which is why humans can’t resist the urge to stereotype.” —Nils Rosdahl, North Idaho College “Opinion either makes me stupid or brilliant.” —Tim Posada, Azusa Pacific University “I dated somebody one time, and two things she cared about was my car and my shoes. She understood them.” —Lynn Hoppes, ESPN
The oldest and biggest bald cypress tree in the world grows in
6. Central Florida. 7.
Many famous faces are from Orlando... Rob Thomas and Mandy Moore grew up in Orlando; JC Chasez and Joey Fatone worked at Universal Orlando; and Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys was born in Orlando.
Blue Man Group uses the equivalent of 56,000 rolls of paper dur8. ing the show each night.” Courtesy of www.nileguide.com
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Winkelman delivers the Wow Seward sophomore talks about volleyball experiences Tonya Loewen Crusader staff
Crusader photos/ Jose Medrano
Above, volleyball players Madison Winkelman and Courtney Geesing prepare for a serve from the opposing team. Below, Nathan Ingram shows his fan support for Madison Winkelman during Sophomore Recognition Night.
“Madison is phenomenal. She has so much talent as a volleyball player...she is a leader.” — Courtney Geesing
Ever since she started playing volleyball with her friends at her local YMCA in elementary school, SCCC sophomore Madison Winkelman was hooked. She has been playing since, and her dedication to the game shows. “I’ve played volleyball since the third grade and it’s definitely my passion. I’ve never really been good at any other sports, but I really loved volleyball,” Winkelman said. Winkelman is the libero, or defense specialist, at Seward County Community College. The recent statistics on the Saints Athletics website shows that Winkelman has made 566 digs this season. Adding to last year’s total of 676 digs, she totals 1,242 digs. This number of digs for 20102011 means Winkelman has the second highest amount of digs in the school’s history. The only person who has more digs than Winkelman is Katy Troutman with 1,447 digs from 2006-2007. Third place goes to Gabi Carbone from 1998-1999 with 1,041 digs. Winkelman is originally from Dumas, Texas, and enjoys going home to see not only her family, but also her fans. Her 11-yearold sister, Brynne, is her inspiration and biggest fan. She comes to nearly all of Winkelman’s games and always brings hope. “I think I’ve done so well in volleyball so that she can look up to me and have a positive influence,” Winkelman said.
Winkelman also hopes that her younger sister will follow in her footsteps and continue to play volleyball. When asked about her team, Winkelman’s response was only positive. “We’re amazing together. Everyone has so much energy and is so dedicated,” said Winkelman. She thought that the team would make nationals, but remained optimistic after the close loss at the regional tournament last weekend. “I’m sad that we lost but so proud of how we fought and stayed together,” Winkelman said. She also says that her roommate, another Seward volleyball powerhouse, Courtney Geesing, is like her sister. They are very close and plan on being friends for a long time. Geesing and Winkelman have known each other a little over a year because of volleyball. Geesing thinks very highly of her friend and roommate. “She is phenomenal. She has so much talent as a volleyball player… she is a leader,” Geesing said. Geesing also says she admires and looks up to Winkelman because “she sets up high standards for herself and lives up to them. She also pushes others to be the best they can be.” Winkelman is majoring in education and plans on attending West Texas A&M after graduating from Seward County this upcoming May. Her goal is to become a special education teacher, and she is really looking forward to it.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
The Lady Saints hold the front line against Pratt Community College for the last match of the 2011 regular season in the Green House.
Lady Saints fall short in Region VI Championship Volleyball feels deja vu in match against Barton Jose Medrano Crusader Staff The Lady Saints volleyball team pushed through the postseason regional tournament on their way to a bittersweet ending. The Lady Saints reached the Region VI championship match, but lost to Barton County for the second year in a row. The Lady Saints began the post-season run with a win against the Pratt Community College Beavers Nov 1. in the Green House. The match was crucial in order to continue in the Region VI Tournament. The Lady Saints beat the Lady Beavers in the first set, winning (25-18) , a close second set (2725) which proved decisive for the match. The final set ended with a score of (25-14), which made the game a blowout for the Lady Saints (3-0) and allowed the team to progress further into the postseason. The volleyball team attended the Region VI tournament this last weekend, Nov 5. and Nov
6. beating their first opponent Colby’s Lady Trojans (3-1). The Lady Saints later faced and were defeated by the Barton Lady Cougars in a blowout (3-0) the first of a series of three encounters in the tournament. The defeat pushed Lady Saints into the losers bracket. The Lady Saints moved on to redeem themselves against the Hutchinson Lady Dragons, defeating Hutch (3-2), progressing one step closer towards the Region VI tournament championship match. The Saints gained momentum and played their second match against Barton, winning the close match (3-2), forcing an all or nothing championship match between the Saints and the Cougars. The Lady Saints ended up just short of a national tournament berth in the championship match, losing against the Lady Cougars (3-1). The Lady Saints ended their 2011 season with a win/loss record of 25-16,
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Crusader Photo/Jose Medrano
Madison Winkelman serves for the Lady Saints against the Pratt Beavers.
The Lady Saints salute their opponents, Northern Oklahoma-Enid, after the final regular season match. The Lady Saints finished the regular season 21-13 overall and 9-5 in the Jayhawk West Conference.
Men’s basketball starts with strong wins Women’s team sweeps home openers Men’s team scores more than 200 points during opening weekend Lui s Campos Crusader staff The Seward County Community College Men’s Basketball team came out guns blazing Friday and Saturday night to start off the season 2-0. On Friday night, SCCC beat Sterling College JV 119-35 while showing off their defensive capabilities, holding Sterling to only 35 points while shooting an atrocious 28 percent from the field. SCCC didn’t have any struggles, however, as the team shot 54 percent from the field, while scoring 119 points. Daveon Boardingham led the way for the Saints with 23 points and nine boards. The Saints seemed unstoppable on both sides of the ball, with the full court press contributing to 43 Sterling turnovers. SCCC had the rebound advantages of 54-19.
On Saturday night, SCCC beat God’s Academy Prep 105-79. SCCC started off slow, but soon after started to get it together while shooting 54 percent in the first half. SCCC’s defense, again, was crucial, causing 26 turnovers throughout the game. God’s Academy Prep shot 33 percent in the first half. SCCC led by 27 points by the end of the first half. In the second half, God’s Academy Prep came out more aggressive and went to the free throw line 18 times, compared to SCCC’s three free throws. God’s Academy Prep shot 52 percent from the field while SCCC shot 55 percent in the second half. Deverell Biggs led the way for the Saints with 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Lady Saints basketball team dominates Pepsi Classic opponents Levi Adams Crusader staff
Crusader photo/Luis Campos
Saints player Briston White prepares to shoot during the men’s basketball game against Sterling. The Saints went on to win the game 119-35.
The Lady Saints opened the season at home the weekend of Nov. 4-5, for a combined total of 170 points to their opponents’ 104 points in the Pepsi Classic at the Green House. On Friday night, the Lady Saints beat Southwestern Christian of Terrel, Texas, 95-44. The Lady Saints led 52-20 at the half but slowed down production ever so slightly after the the break. Mariah Lee finished off the night with 24 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Kelsey Blair with 14 points and nine rebounds and Ashlynn Knoll with 10 points and seven rebounds. On Saturday night, the Lady Saints took on and beat Air Force Prep of Colorado Springs, Colo., 75-60. The Lady Saints had a slow start, letting the Huskies get a 70 lead in the first few minutes of play, until the Lady Saints final-
Men’s Basketball Upcoming Matches Date 11/11 11/12 11/18 11/19
Opponent Highland North Platte Redlands Clarendon
Location Garden City, Kan. Garden City, Kan. Liberal, Kan. Liberal, Kan.
Time 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
Date 11/10 11/11 11/18 11/19
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The Lady Saints huddle in a time out during the final few minutes of their game against Air Force Prep Huskies on Saturday night. ly got a first half score when Ricquia Jones made a foul shot. Kelsey Blair and Payton Fleming then each hit three-point shots to tie the game, 7-7. The Lady Saints finally started to pull away just before the half, with a lead of 38-26. Anete Kirsteine finished the game with 24 points and six re-
bounds, Knoll finished with 14 points and six rebounds, and Fleming with 15 points and 4 rebounds. The Lady Saints will travel to Mariana, Fla., to play against Monroe Community College and Tallahassee Community College on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11, respectively.
Women’s Basketball Upcoming Matches Opponent Location Monroe Mariana, Fla. Tallahassee Mariana, Fla. South Plains Liberal, Kan. Frank Phillips Liberal, Kan.
Time 2 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
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