February 8 2012
King and Queen Candidates Candidates take on a rosy attitude for homecoming week activities. Candidates are, back row, Oscar DonJuan, Darrell Magwire, Benito Rivera, Preston Myers and Rafael Sanchez. In the front row, Kaela Krueger, Erica Fowler and Nakita Martinez. Not pictured, Morgan Wills and Jena Eder.
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International student Oladele Togbeola receives a airbrush tattoo in the Student Union during one of the Homecoming Week activities.
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Crowning tops off 2012 homecoming activities Tonya Loewen Crusader staff The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School homecoming ceremony for 2012 will be after the Lady Saints basketball game on Feb. 11. The queen candidates are Kaela Krueger, Morgan Wills, Nakita Martinez, Erica Fowler and Jena Eder. King candidates are Benito Rivera, Rafael Sanchez, Preston Myers, Oscar DonJuan and Darrell Magwire. final The Hypnotist Show round of voting for homeFeb. 8 coming king 8 p.m. and queen will Theater take place on Texas Hold ’Em Feb. 8-10 from Feb. 10 9 a.m. to noon in front of the 7:30 p.m. Student Union library. Basketball vs. These candidates were sePratt lected from a Feb. 11 s ch o o l -wi de Womens 6 p.m. vote and were Men’s 8 p.m. nominated by Green House school clubs and organizaCoronation tions. Feb. 11 Other queen After Lady nominees were Saints game S h e l b y Green House Hansen, Celestina Padilla, Maria Perez, Giselle Arredondo, Reanna Tumlinson, Yahaida Zubia, Eva Loewen, Genesis Luevano, Dariya Dashutina, Kelsey Cook and Maria Vasquez. Other king nominees were Maverick Elam, Levi Adams, Sam Decker, Blake Bowen, Rafael Raw, Luis Almanza, Laercio Lobo, Jose Pando and Aaron Richie. The Student Government Association is sponsoring a variety of events during homecoming week. Director of Student Activities, Wade Lyon, said, “I hope
everyone participates in homecoming. It’s free for students to participate in the activities, and the voting is student choice.” On Feb. 6, there was Funny Tees in the Student Union from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Feb. 7, the Saints Bookstore offered free donuts starting at 7:45 a.m. along with the weekly free coffee Tuesdays. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there was Totally Tattoos in the Student Union. Tonight, there will be a Mentalist and Hypnotist show by Brian Imbus at 8 p.m. in the theater. On Feb. 9, the Intramural Dodge Ball League will start in the gym at 7:30 p.m. On Feb. 10, Texas Hold ’Em Tournament will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union, awarding approximately $1,000 in prizes to the winners. On Feb. 11, the women’s basketball game against the Pratt Beavers will begin at 6 p.m. Homecoming coronation will follow the Lady Saints game. The men’s game will start at 8 p.m. The Saints Bookstore held a homecoming T-shirt design contest for students from Jan. 11-25. Lady Saints Ashlynn Knoll and Kayla Thomas came up with the winning design, and were rewarded with $100 and 10 free T-shirts with their design. Lyon says there will be limited free shirts in his office, which is located in Room SU118, for those attending the homecoming game. Students and the community are invited to attend the SCCC/ATS homecoming game, where a special 3D homecoming issue will be distributed by the Crusader student newspaper.
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From playing guitar to glass blowing, Hope LaFreniere can do it all. This Seward sophomore loves art, and her creativity really shows. LaFreniere can play a mean guitar piece, sculpt beautiful pottery, make blown glass, sings and is a photographer. Making beautiful things out of nothing is what LaFreniere loves to do, and has been doing it for quite a while. LaFreniere started playing guitar when her grandfather gave her a cheap acoustic guitar as a present at age 12, not thinking she would stick to it. As LaFreniere started learning how to play it, her love for the instrument grew and has been growing for the eight years since. Les Claypool, renowned bassist, is LaFreniere’s musical hero. She aspires to be able to play like Claypool sometime in the near future, and listens to his music for inspiration. LaFreniere also makes pottery and blown glass. She started with just making pottery, and then decided to try glass blowing also. While she enjoys making both, LaFreniere says they require very different techniques. “With pottery, you make a plan for what you’re going to make and it usually turns out like that. When blowing glass, you basically make it up as you go and hope it turns out good,” said LaFreniere. LaFreniere has approximately 10 to 15 glass pieces made, although she cannot remember exactly how many. She loves giving them to her friends and family as gifts, and gave one of her newest pieces to her mother. Another art medium that LaFreniere uses is photography. She enjoys capturing the beauty of everyday life through her lens and being able to do it with friends. Her subjects often include her several dogs. LaFreniere is also a singer, and is in the upcoming SCCC musical “Once on this Island” as the character Erzulie, the goddess of love. The musical will be LaFreniere’s first time in a stage performance, and she is looking forward to the experience. “Once on this Island” will show from March 29-31 in the SCCC Theater. “Hope is very talented and has a great personality. She’s usually backstage, so this is a very different setting for her to be up front in the musical,” said stage manager and student assistant Tyconda Millsap. Although she graduated from Liberal High School and is currently a student at Seward, LaFreniere just transferred back to her hometown from Hays, where she was a student at Fort
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Hays State University. LaFreniere says that she enjoyed the school and will miss the friends she made there. The reason why she left Fort Hays is because of the climate. While not too much north of Liberal, the winter was unbearably cold for LaFreniere. “When they told us to be sure to cover our faces and everything because we could get frostbite in a few minutes outside, I knew I couldn’t handle it anymore,” said LaFreniere. The many warm days in the past few weeks in Liberal have affirmed LaFreniere’s decision for a more comfortable temperature change, and proof that she made the right decision. LaFreniere currently is pursuing a general arts degree, although is planning on majoring in broadcasting in the future. Her plans are to either transfer to West Texas A&M University next fall majoring in broadcasting or to work in broadcasting in Oklahoma City, Okla., and pay off her student loans before continuing school.
One of LaFreniere’s newest blown glass pieces started as a vase, but broke. LaFreniere reshaped it into a gravy boat as a gift for her mother.
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Hope LaFreniere plays some songs on her bass guitar, which she has owned for about two years.
A few of the latest blown glass pieces that LaFreniere made this year.
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Thanks to a new alert system implemented at Seward County Community College this week, students and faculty will now receive emergency alerts straight to their phones or emails. Messages regarding campus closings due to weather or emergencies can now be sent immediately. “This new alert system is more effective and better than the old system that we had implemented,” said Celeste Donovan, dean of students. The previous system consisted of paging the phones located on campus and sending out emails in case of a campus emergency. RAVE, the system that Seward has partnered with, is an instant alert system designed to send the messages to students and faculty.
“The system provides immediate awareness to people in a form that they are comfortable with,” Donovan said. This new alert system comes at no cost to those who are registered with SCCC, and signing up is rather simple. The system became operational Monday, so all one has to do is log on to the myCampus portal and click on the RAVE icon. After clicking on the on RAVE icon, students and faculty must submit to the terms and agreement located on the second page in order to be able to receive messages. Students and faculty will then have to choose what form they would like to be notified, either by text message or email, and multiple phone numbers or email addresses can be added. It is important that contact information be kept up to date. Some service providers may charge a per-text fee for the emergency alerts
through text messages. Text messages and emails are not the only way students and faculty can be informed. Alerts will also be broadcast on the monitors in the hallways, on SCCC’s local Channel 17 and posted on the college’s website. “Hopefully all we have to use it for is snow,” said Doug Browne, multimedia director at SCCC. The alert system will allow administrators to send messages to the entire campus when needed. The RAVE alert system will be implemented during weather closing and emergencies on campus. “Students (and faculty) should receive alerts within minutes after it is broadcast,” Browne said. The RAVE alert system also sends a message multiple times in case it is not received the first time.
NEWS Kansas Teacher of the Year Team to speak Feb. 28
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Contributed to Crusader The 2012 Kansas Teacher of the Year Team will speak and visit with students from noon-1 p.m. Feb. 28 in the library at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School. This presentation is for all students and faculty, but especially students who are thinking of majoring in education. Team members will talk about the rewards
of teaching, what it takes to make a good teacher, and what they wish they had known when starting out. They will also answer questions from students. Team members include Kansas Teacher of the Year, Tiffany A. Richard, Olathe; and Regional Teachers of the Year, Amelia S. Adams, Liberal; Christopher D. Christian, Maize; Emily K. Fleming, Kansas City; Carla Goertzen, Buhler; Sherry L.
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The official student newspaper of Seward County Community College/Area Technical School is published bimonthly by journalism students during the regular college year, except on school holidays and during examination periods. One copy of each issue is distributed free to each student, faculty and staff member, with subsequent copies available for purchase in the Crusader office at 50 cents each. Letters to the editor will be considered for publication if they are signed and the authenticity of the writer’s signature is verified. The staff reserves the right to edit for length. Opinions voiced in letters and editorials are not necessarily those of Seward County Community College/Area Technical School or the Crusader. Staff editorials are decided on and written by members of the editorial board: Heidy Molina, Celestina Padilla, Megan Spain, Raul Lemus, and Levi Adams. Advertising is accepted. Rates are $4 per column inch or $4.80 pci for color ads. Insert rates are $50 per thousand. Classified ads are free to SCCC students, faculty and staff; classified rates for all others are $4 per ad, limit of 20 words. The Crusader staff reserves the right to refuse advertising.
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performance, and the teaching profession. Saints Promoting Education Careers, known as SPEC, will host the team’s appearance on campus. Light refreshments will be provided and everyone is invited to attend this free event. For more information, call or email SPEC sponsor Janice Northerns at 620-417-1456 or janice.northerns@sccc.edu.
Worley resigns as corrosion technology instructor Robert S anchez Crusader staff Instructor William Worley resigned after only one semester as corrosion technology instructor at Seward, according to Steve Wiens, assistant director of Area Technical School/Title V director, the one in charge of getting the program started. Worley resigned due to an opportunity for a dramatic increase in salary. He will remain in an advisory committee to help with the different phases of getting the program back in order. The technical school currently assigned Harold Fick as an interim instructor for the semester.
Fick was hired to teach the process technology program, which has yet to launch. Fick will teach corrosion technology until a new candidate with the necessary skills for the position is found. Fick worked at Phillips Petroleum in the past, which gave him some needed skills for the corrosion technology position. Due to the early resignation of Worley, the students were only able to complete one semester in the program, so they still need to complete one more semester. ”We’re like a family here at SCCC. We don’t wish anyone misfortunes; we want to watch them succeed,” Wiens said.
Team to speak at SCCC/ATS at noon on Feb. 28 in the library
News Briefs •INTRAMURAL DODGEBALL tournament will be held at 5 p.m. on Feb 15 in the SCCC Green House.
•SCCC/ATS will host a career day on Feb 28-29. There will be presentations starting at 9:30 a.m. in the gym, theater, tech school, cosmo building and the ag building.
•RESIDENTS of Seward County have the opportunity to go to Topeka on Feb. 15 to support the proposal for a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to gain work visas in Kansas. Transportation will be provided via bus. For more information contact Jesus Diaz at 620-2901337. •CAMPUS VISITS to KU/KSU sign up deadline is Feb 15. The visits will take place on March 1-2. For more information or to sign up talk to Star Trisciornia in Room A150 in the academics building. JOB •ALLIED HEALTH FAIR will start at 11 a.m., Feb. 16 in SW 229 C/D of the Student Activities Center. This is an opportunity for students in occupational health to learn about career choices.
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Susan Copas decorates a chair for the “Chair”ish the Children event. •KANSAS CHILDREN SERVICE LEAGUE event, “Chair”ish the Children, will be April 21 at the Liberal Country Club. KCSL is dedicated to providing services and advocacy efforts that focus on communities keeping children safe and families strong.
•NO SCHOOL on Feb. 21 for Pancake Day. Events start at 5 a.m. at the Activity Center. •BOOK SIGNING by Zach Carpenter, author of “Soul
Slippery when wet SCCC Calendar of Events 2/08 Men’s and women’s basketball vs. Colby, away game 6-8 p.m. 2/11 Homecoming & men’s/women’s basketball vs. Pratt 6-8 p.m. 2/21 Pancake Day: No school/campus closed 2/28 and 2/29 Career Days for area high schools and LHS students 2/12 Baseball vs. Northeastern at Brent Gould field 2/14 Softball vs. Pratt at Lady Saints field 2/29 Men’s and women’s basketball vs Butler Sophomore recognition night
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Slippery conditions caused by snow and ice prove to be hazardous on Tuesday morning. Multiple accidents included this car which slid into the ditch located in front of the college campus. According to sciencedaily.com, about 24 percent of car accidents occur in adverse weather.
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International Pancake Day Race has a full slate of runners Megan S pai n Entertainment editor As the date for the International Pancake Day Race approaches, many are already registering for events and competitions that will take place from Feb. 18 to Feb. 21. The International race is now full. This women’s race is against Olney, England. Miss Liberal hopeful Johnette Schwab will run in this race. Five men have joined the Men’s Pacer Race and one woman has entered the Women’s Last Chance Race. Women
that sign up for the International Race are eligible to receive free workouts at County Community Seward College/Area Technical School’s Wellness Center. Many of the categories that are open to children have been filled completely, despite a separate race existing for each age and gender. Sign-ups are at the Liberal Recreation Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Rec Center is located at 1109 W. 7th Street in Liberal. Racers can also sign up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 4. There is no entry fee for racers, but full
categories will close and no late sign-ups will be accepted. Any potential entrants that are under 18 must have a parent or guardian with them to sign the entry form.Additional information on any race can be received by calling Ronna Stump at 620-626-0133 or JoAnn Combs at 620-624-6423. For those who aren’t tempted to enter the races, many other competitions will be available for entry. If not in the competing spirit onlookers can vote for those who participate in the talent show. United Wireless has provided and set up a text to vote system for the event.
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The Pancake Day cooking and recipe contest can be entered until Feb. 16 and will be judged on Feb. 18 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in downtown Liberal. The contest puts a Pancake Day spin on traditional cooking contests, since entrants are encouraged to create any dish they’d like – as long as it contains any type of pancake mix. The winners will receive various cash and merchandise prizes. The contest is open to anyone age 12 or older living with a 70-mile radius of Liberal. Those interested in entering the annu-
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al cooking and recipe contest can pick up entry forms at the Liberal Convention and Tourism Bureau, which is located at 1 Yellow Brick Road in Liberal. Forms are also available at pancakeday.net. A copy of the rules will be given to contestants when they register. All dishes must be prepared ahead of time and must be brought to the Knights of Columbus Hall on Saturday morning, Feb. 18.
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Cel esti na Padi l l a News Editor The New York Giants prevailed in a tight game against the New England Patriots on Super Bowl Sunday. The Giants were in the lead in the first quarter. They attained two points after an intentional grounding penalty on Brady, and after a touchdown by Victor Cruz they held a score of nine to nothing. At the beginning of the second quarter the Patriots Gostkowski scored a field goal. After a touchdown by Danny Woodhead, the
Patriots tied with the Giants. Another field goal by the Gostkowski put Patriots in the lead by one. Halftime proceeded with a show by Madonna and others such as LMFAO, C-Lo Green, Nikki Minaj, and an entire choir. At the beginning of the third quarter the Patriots Aaron Hernandez scored a touchdown yet again, and the Giants Lawrence Tynes made a field goal making the score 12-17. Patriots were still in the lead at this point. Another field goal made by the Giants Tynes made the score
closer. At 17-15, the Giants were just two points behind the Patriots. The ever intense game culminated down to the final minutethe Giants Ahmad Bradshaw made one last touchdown, and though the Patriots made attempts to score last minute, literally, it was not possible. The Giants quarterback, Eli Manning, was named Super Bowl MVP. This was the second time he was named MVP of the Super Bowl in his career. Prior to the Super Bowl game the Giants winning record was 9-
7, and the Patriots record was 133. This Super Bowl game was the fifth the Giants had competed in as a team in the Super Bowl finals, and it was the seventh time for the Patriots. These two teams competed against each other in 2008 at Super Bowl XLII and Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick were the head coaches, and quarterbacks Eli Manning and Tom Brady were also the quarterbacks that year. Though then the Giants were referred to as “underdogs” they won the championships. Dejavu.
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Starks’ second “dunk of the year”? Levi Adams Crusader staff “Sick!!!” is how one YouTube user, rrtxxxl, described the dunk. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Seward County basketball sophomore Trey Starks delivered a massive, “sick” slam dunk on Garden City Community College’s Xavier Carter in the Green House around three minutes before the end of the first half. The slam managed to earn a No. 2 spot on the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays Friday, Jan. 27. The dunk has also garnered more than 28,000 views on YouTube since its upload that same day. Starks has gained national attention for his dunks before. Starks’ YouTube video of a dunk over a Joplin, Mo., player has
more than 94, 000 views, and his alley-oop slam in the Class 5 Missouri state basketball championship has attracted more than 279,000 views. KSCB Radio announcer Brock Kappelmann covered the dunk. “It was a great dunk; he’s 510, and he punches it down like a 6-10 guy would.” Kappelmann said thanks to Roy Allen, the sports information director for Seward County, the dunk got the attention on Sportscenter. “Usually, a dunk like that will really get a team going,” continued Kappelmann. “Unfortunately, that particular dunk was right before the end of the half, and we really couldn’t get it going; we couldn’t get the spark from that.”
Indeed, Seward failed to capitalize on a momentum swing, as the Saints trailed by 10, 3929, and trailed by as many as 18 points with less than seven minutes to go in the game. Seward ended up losing the game, 81-74. Despite the loss, the dunk attracted nationwide and even worldwide attention (through the Internet), and Starks knows he made a play. “I’m a good dunker, and in transition, that’s one of the best plays you can have. Thanks, to Briston [White] for the tremendous effort on the other end and Marcus [Williamson], who passed me the rock to make the huge assist and the No. 2 play.”
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Starks dunks over the face of a Joplin, Missouri player in a video uploaded February 11, 2010.
Starks receives an alley-oop pass from a Hillcrest teammate in the 2012 5A Missouri state championship against Oakville Academy, over a 6-6 player.
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In this YouTube screenshot, Trey Starks throws down a one-handed dunk against Garden City’s Xavier Carter.
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Irving Hollinger battles with a Hutch player for a offensive rebound in the paint after a Deverell Biggs shot in the first half. The Saints lost 66-80 against Hutchinson Blue Dragons on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Saints fail to slay dragons Saints bounce back after loss to Hutch with a win over Barton to claim first-place in the league going into Colby game tonight S andy Al faro Crusader staff The Saints recovered from Wednesday’s Hutchinson loss with a win Saturday night against the Barton Cougars. Seward’S win against the Cougars bumped them into first place in the Jayhawk West Conference. The Saints started the game off slow, but later showed more aggressiveness in their offense that lead them to a victory of 77-59. The Cougars didn’t get points on the score board until four minutes into the game. Kaheem Ransom had one of his best games this season. “I felt pretty good the whole game, came out aggressive looking to score,” Ransom said. Ransom led the game with 22 points and Irving Hollinger following with 16 points. Daveon Boardingham stepped off the bench after being injured, and played strong, scoring six points to help the Saints keep the lead and take the win. Now, at 19-4 overall, the Saints will be up against the Colby Trojans today, another tie breaker for first place in the Jayhawk West Conference. “ The team is coming back together. If we play hard offense and defense we should come home with a win,” Hollinger said. Earlier in the week, on Wednesday night, the Saints let the Hutchinson Blue Dragons come to the Green House and take a win of 80-66. The Saints dropped to 18-4 and a 6-2 in Jayhawk West Conference after the unexpected loss. The Saints had avoided two consecutive home losses in over three years until Wednesday. The Saints kept a steady pace throughout the first half. They didn’t expect the Blue Dragons to step up their game and take the Dragons a 28-25 lead. With 1:24 left in the first half, Trey Starks gave the Green House an upbeat with an incredible dunk, just as he had a week earlier, giving the Saints a 29-28 lead. Irving Hollinger balanced the scoreboard for the Saints ending the first half with 13 points and five
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Kaheem Ramson evades a defender during the Saints match against Barton on Saturday, Feb. 4. rebounds. The Blue Dragons took the first half at 32-31. At that point, the Saints were still keeping up. The Saints struggled into the second half, with players adding on fouls to the game. Saints were in and out of the game due to fouls. Edson Avila sat with 15:54 left on clock. Hutchinson took the opportunities available and took the lead. Corieon Pearson shot for three and brought the game back down to a six-point lead. The Saints fell behind and ended the game with a loss, and only a 37 percent shooting from the floor. Even with the help of Hollinger finishing with 21 points and eight rebounds, the Saints could not outshoot the Dragons.
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Saints pitcher Keegan Hucul warms up before the match against Lamar.
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Lady Saints Ricquia Jones and Ashlynn Knoll fight their way towards the basket during the Lady Saints match against Hutchison on Feb. 1.
Lady Saints stumble Saints hit a rough streak with two consecutive losses at home Jose Medrano Crusader staff
Lady Cougars clawed their way back before the end of the first half, 23-20. A roller coaster of turn The Lady Saints basketball overs, momentum shifts, team hit a rough patch in the fouls, drives, and missed last week, losing two consecushots filled the second half of tive home games against the match. Hutchinson’s Lady Blue DragThe match remained close ons, 53-80, and Barton’s Lady throughout the third, but in Cougars, 57-62. The Lady the fourth quarter, with only Saints are now 18-4 for the seaminutes to go, the Lady son. Cougars pushed ahead of the February began with a heavy Lady Saints. loss against the Lady Blue The Lady Saints fought Dragons in the Green House back hard and with only 38 last Wednesday. The Lady seconds Kayla Thompson Saints and Lady Blue Dragons scored two and helped the were both undefeated in the JayLady Saints bring the scorehawk West Conference. board to 51-54. The game began with a quick The next half-minute lead by the Lady Blue Dragons, proved crucial to the match, followed by a short-lived drive Crusader photo/Jose Medrano with three fouls from Lady by the Lady Saints that closed Kayla Thomas rushes towards the basket during the Saints match against Saints, a two-point shot by the gap. Ricquia Jones, and several The Lady Saints trailed behind the Hutchison Blue Dragons. The Lady Saints lost the match, 53-80. fouls from Barton lead the the Lady Blue Dragons in a battle of drives during the first two quarters of for the Lady Saints. The Lady Saints are scoreboard to a grinding 57-60. A last secnow 7-1 in the Jayhawk West. ond foul kept the game out of reach for the the match. After their bitter game with Hutchison, Lady Saints at 57-62. The Lady Blue Dragons proved to be too The Lady Saints will travel to Colby much for the Lady Saints in the second the Lady Saints played Barton’s Lady Tuesday night to face the Lady Trojans, and half. With a drive of 25 points, the Blue Cougars on Saturday in the Green House. The Lady Saints started off with a strong homecoming will be hosted on Saturday Dragons blazed past the Lady Saints. The final result of the game was a 53-80 loss lead early on, 9-0, but lost that lead as the Feb. 11 against Pratt’s Lady Beavers.
With a series of postponements, cancellations and changes, the Saints baseball team began their season. The Saints baseball team hosted a match at Brent Gould field against Lamar, Colo., last Thursday. Thanks to Keegan Hucul’s pitching, the Saints started off the first four innings with only two hits. Seward was up 2-0 in
the second inning, Willy Gustins got a double for the Saints. Lamar swung back and ended up tying the game at 2-2 in the 6th inning The Saints played only eight innings, because the games were postponed due to lightning and rain in the Liberal area. The game against Lamar will be resumed on Feb. 21. The team will play in Borger this Friday.
Men’s and Women’s Tennis The Saints and Lady Saints will both start the spring tennis season Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 18 and 19 at the OKC Collegiate Open in Oklahoma City.
Lady Saints Softball The Seward County Lady Saints softball season opener originally scheduled for Tuesday in Tonkawa, Okla., has
Bill Self,
been postponed due to weather until Feb. 23. The Lady Saints are scheduled to play at 2 and 4 p.m. in a double header.
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Bill Self, the head basketball coach of the University of Kansas men’s basketball program, visited the Green House Wednesday, Jan. 25, to watch Garden City Community College player Geron Johnson.
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7 CRUSADER
Being single on Valentine’s Day is not the end of the world. Instead of allowing this to be a day centered on relationship status, make it all about friends. Let this holiday be a day to reconnect.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
making the most of
VALENTINE’S DAY
Don’t try and reinvent the wheel. Dinner and a movie is a classic, and it is a nice Valentine’s Day outing.
by Morgan Wills
Really want to get creative? Forgo the movie theater and instead try to project a movie onto a wall or screen outside.
Valentine’s Day is soon approaching. Whether this thought triggers goods feelings of happiness, hearts and love, or the flagella (what causes gag reflex in the back of the throat), one thing is certain: Valentine’s Day is coming and it can’t be avoided. With that in mind, why not make the best of it? Young, old, single, or not - it is possible for everyone to have a great Valentine’s Day.
Instead of going out to eat, stay in and cook a favorite dish, or cook dinner together. Maybe budget is an issue - no problem! Even fast food can be special. Decorating the table before hand with candles, flowers and heart shaped confetti take it the extra mile.
As for transportation, bribe a friend into being a chauffer for the evening. It adds a movie star touch that will make your date feel extra special.
The Vow opens Feb. 10. Dedicated husband (Channing Tatum) must again win the heart of his wife (Rachel McAdams) when she is left with memory loss after a car accident.
5 Seward students entered in Feb. 19 Miss Liberal Pageant Megan S pai n Entertainment editor Six young women have entered the Miss Liberal competition, which is an annual pageant that rewards entrants with a cash prize. Lauren Sarchet, Giovanna Baca, Makaytlen Plunk, Minerba Gonzalez, Kristyn Campbell, and Kelsey Willson are all contestants in the pageant. With the exception of Sarchet, all are students at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School. The pageant will take place on Feb. 19 at the LHS auditorium. Tickets for the 2:00 p.m. pageant
can be purchased before the event for $8 or for $10 at the door. Advanced tickets can be purchased at Fashion Tree Boutique, First National Bank, Jury Farrar & Associates, and Sunflower Bank. Contestants will present themselves to a panel of judges, who will decide scores based on a variety of factors. None of the judges are from Liberal, a move that Patsy Fischer explains eliminates favoritism and controversy. The entrants will be judged on their lifestyle and fitness in a swimsuit competition, on their responses to onstage questions
during the pageant, in an evening wear category, their Saturday interviews, and the talent portion of the pageant. Before being allowed to participate in the Miss Liberal Pageant, each contestant must raise $100. The money raised is donated to the Children’s Miracle Network, which is a charity that provides treatment and comfort to local hospitalized children. Though every participant wins an award, the first place winner of the Miss Liberal Pageant will receive scholarships, a cash prize, and a chance to compete at the Miss Kansas Pageant in the summer.
‘Once on This Island’ to be performed at SCCC/ATS Megan S pai n Entertainment editor Though Once on This Island ran on Broadway for 469 performances from 1990 to 1991, Seward County Community College/Area Technical School students will get the chance to view the musical on March 29-31. Once on This Island tells the story of a peasant girl, Ti Moune, who falls in love with Grand Homme Daniel. The vibrant musical features four gods (Asaka, Agwé, Erzulie, and Papa Ge) that rule over an island where Ti Moune and her love interest live. The Seward production of
Once on This Island will feature Tessie Huelskamp as Ti Moune, JJ Martinez as Daniel, and Giovanni Macedo as Papa Ge. Tickets are free to SCCC/ATS students, but need to be picked up at the Shank Humanities Building in advance. Tickets are not yet available, but will be as the dates approach. The musical will be performed March 29, 30, and 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the SCCC/ATS Showcase Theatre. With upbeat songs, an array of characters, and a classic story line, Once on This Island promises to be a mustsee musical.
‘Chronicle’ powerfully defies superpowered teen cliches Megan S pai n Entertainment editor There has been a recent trend in movies: superheroes. From occasional adaptations of classic Marvel Comics and DC Comics to original movies like 2010’s S uper, starring Rainn Wilson, superheroes are on the rise. Among all the comic adaptations like Thor, Iron Man, and the broody Batman Begins, sits a curious little film known as Chronicle. Honestly, from the first moment I saw the trailer on Youtube, I was excited for this movie. Normal teenagers were getting superpowers. Not teenagers riddled with pasts that tore their parents away from them à la Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and countless others. This movie seemed like it would bring a realistic element to the superhero table. For once, it looked like the superpowered teens wouldn’t decide to fight crime or don brightly colored spandex. Instead, they were doing what I think most teenagers
would do if they had superpowers bestowed upon them: just have fun with their new talents. Though filmed in the style of a found-footage film (think the Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, and Paranormal Activity), the camera style is rarely shaky or distracting from the action occurring. The filming style adds a touch of realism and personality to the film, which helps add likeability to the film’s three main stars. Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, and Alex Russell have had small roles on crime shows and the occasional recurring character on sitcoms, but Chronicle should be considered their breakout movie. Dane DeHaan’s Andrew is the character that develops the most as the movie progresses and he’s also the one that decides he should purchase a video camera and film the daily lives of his friends. Andrew could have become an overdramatic teen cliche, but DeHaan’s restraint stops him from becoming a
hated caricature. Starring as Andrew’s cousin Matt is Alex Russell. Russell’s Matt is a likeable guy that, by the end of the film, I wished was one of my best friends. Though he starts off as an average teenager who wants to attend parties and talk more to a particular girl, by the end of the film, Matt shows that he’s made of stronger stuff. Unrelated to the cousins is Steve Montgomery, a friendly high school star that stumbles upon the radioactive catalyst with Matt and Andrew. Montgomery is portrayed by Michael B. Jordan, a charismatic actor that brings personality to the role. Steve was my favorite character in the movie, mostly because of Montgomery’s interpretation of the script. With their powers combined, DeHaan, Jordan, and Russell knit a believable on-screen friendship. They have excellent chemistry and screen presence and together they are Chronicle’s best element.
NEWS
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
CRUSADER 7
Telolith wins gold again
Photo Illustration /Omar Rios
Telolith
All the awards that the Telolith win are displayed in the room next to art instructor and Telolith adviser Susan Copas’s office in the humanities building. The Telolith is a literary magazine published each spring.
GUEST COLUMN / Bill McGlothing
Telolith adviser reflects roles and feelings through the years
It’s that time of year, time to kick in the next Telolith cycle, beginning with the call for submissions and ending with the unveiling of the publication at semester’s end. But the start of the cycle also means a writing assignment (and another deadline) for me: one more Crusader column calling upon the writers and artists of the SCCC/ATS community to gather their creative work into publishable form. This time I began by reflecting on the last twelve years of columns, around 7,200 words devoted to the cause of a publication that, thanks to SCCC/ATS students, has grown in quality and
class each year. And in that twelveyear mirror, I saw myself transformed from sidewalk barker begging solicitations to revival preacher, cheerleader to bounty hunter, fierce advocate to champion. True believer. As I read through these changes from early columns to recent, I was reminded of why I immerse myself in the Telolith cycle each year. It’s unlike anything else I do or have ever done. Bringing out a new issue is always a stressful challenge and a drain on time and energy. But the payoff is well worth the pain. During the making of each Telolith, I get to engage students who may not ordinarily be en-
gaged. It’s my task to sell them on the idea that self-expression in writing is also a worthy extracurricular activity, to help them to hear the right voices about their work, not the wrong. And every spring I get to spend a few intensive, highly rewarding months working with creative writers and Susan Copas, my co-advisor, who guides the artists and designers, on “birthing” a new Telolith from conception to delivery. Over the course of each issue’s gestation, Susan and I morph through many roles: solicitor, compiler, publicist, warden, tracker, cajoler, nurturer, editor, proofer, publisher, and finally distributor. A
few times, jammed up against deadline, Susan has even driven halfway across the state to fetch the new issues from the printer in order to get them back in time to put out. And then, on a cool spring morning before sunrise, as I prepare to haul stacks of the new issue to various points around campus, I open the first box and hold a new Telolith in my hands. I don’t read it; I don’t look through it. Quickly riffling the pages, gauging its heft, I don’t need to. I already know it. I already love it. As if it were my own. But it’s not mine; it belongs to the SCCC/ATS students who pro-
vide its content, substance, and essence, every year. It’s theirs. And it’s time to put together another one. Deadline for submissions of original and previously unpublished art, photography, poetry, short fiction, personal essays, and creative nonfiction, is Monday, March 19. Submission forms are available from Telolith advisors Susan (susan.copas@sccc.edu/ Copas 417-1453/ Humanities 108) and Bill McGlothing (bill.mcglothing@sccc.edu/ 417-1457/ Humanities 107).
Telolith offers artistic outlet for students Hei dy Mol i na Editor In the science world, a Telolith is a small translucent boron crystal small enough to fit in one’s pocket. At Seward County Community County, Telolith has a very different meaning. When the new humanities building opened its doors in 1974, a student literary magazine called the Telolith made its debute. The Telolith was the first time student literary magazine at the college. “The first publication was entitled: gems of our minds,” Andy Yoxall, director of public and alumni relations said. The name was suggested by Julett Willsey. According to Willsey, their works were the gems of their creativity. The Telolith has won around 32 awards since they started entering contests in 2001. In January the Telolith received another first place/special merit from ASPA. Susan Copas has been in charge of the publication since 1998; Bill McGlothing has been advising students since 1999. The first issues of the Telolith were actually printed using mimeograph machines and the first issue
only had two pieces of artwork printed. In the 1980s, the college started the first graphic design class which allowed for the Telolith to have more artwork published. Ever since the graphic design class was started on campus, the students in enrolled in the class take over the responspility of making the decisions about what art pieces will be used to in the publication. The way that the front page will look like is also decided by the graphic design class. “It is a group project, but sometimes someone takes over who can get it down,” Copas said. “We start brainstorming together so it is always a group effort.” Students can submit any kind of literature or art piece to as long at it is an original piece and also must have been enrolled in the past year. According to McGlothing many students have a niche that they fall into, like sports, and the Telolith allows for others students that haven’t found a way to express themselves. Both Copas and McGlothing agree that the goal of the Telolith is to produce a high quality publication that represents the talents of the students. “People are really proud to have
their work published because it really looks professional and the quality of the work is really high,” said Copas. Caitlin Workman had two pieces of writing published in the last publication of the Telolith. “I was proud of myself,” Workman said. “It didn’t actually get to me until my mom and dad both told me what a good accomplishment that was.” Workman submitted a short story and a poem that she had written in her creative writing class. “Mr. McGlothing suggested I submit the short story and the poem,” Workman said. The poem that Workman was more of joke because she wrote it before she needed to hand it in and less on the serious side and according to Workman it would be a good change from the more serious poems that the Telolith usually publishes. The name of the poem is “Headache”. McGlothing is always looking out for students that he believes have the Courtesy photo/Susan Copas ability to produce quality work that The Graphic design class of 1989 was in responsibly for the design the Telolith is known for around of the front cover for the Telolith. campus. Students do not have to wait to submit work to the Telolith. They can submit at anytime before the deadline.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Q:
What is your
Love Language? In the days and weeks before Valentine’s Day, there is so much more attention given to love relationships, which is why I am taking the opportunity to share an overview of a fantastic book on love by Gary Chapman. The book is entitled, The Five Love Languages. The basic premise of the book is that everyone has a love language, one that communicates that we are loved. According to Gary Chapman, most people “speak” one of the following love languages. In looking over the list you might think you speak all the languages, but it is believed that we generally have one language that is primary to our sense of well being, so it is important to know our love language and the love language of our partner. wWORDS OF AFFIRMATION — Need verbal compliments and kind encouraging words of confirmation wQUALITY TIME — Need partner’s focused attention and quality conversation wRECEIVING GIFTS—Gifts are seen as visual symbols of love and are needed more than just on special occasions. wACTS OF SERVICE —Need service (things being done for you) wPHYSICAL TOUCH —See physical touch as a communication of emotional love It i s pos s i bl e to as s es s your l ove l anKaty guage using the following three clues: Redd 1. What does your partner do or fail to do that Psychology hurts you most deeply? The opposite of what hurts you most is instructor probably your love language. 2. What have you most often requested of your partner? The thing you most often request is likely the thing that would make you feel most loved. 3. In what way do you regularly express love to your partner? Your method of expressing love may be an indication of what would make YOU feel loved. We tend to give to others the things that we value and need, and that’s great if your partner shares your same love language, but if they don’t, they will not notice or value your efforts because they do not speak or understand that love language. No wonder some couples have problems, they are so busy giving these treasures to one another without receiving the expected response and appreciation! When your partner speaks your love language and gives you what you need, it brings a sense of security, self-worth, and a feeling of significance. When your partner does not speak your language, the partner’s differences become magnified, you see your partner as a threat, and you have feelings of emptiness and pain. We may want to think of ourselves and our needs as more complicated than a simple love language, but give it some thought and start paying attention to the three clues, you will likely gain valuable information about yourself and your partner.
What is your best Valentine’s Day memory?
“It had to be when I got a huge teddy bear that was half the size of me, when I woke up to a dozen roses, and a note on the windshield of my car.” Erika Pacheco
“Personally I’ve never had a Valentine, so I’ve never shared any memories with a special person like that, but if any girl out there is wanting to be my very first Valentine, just give me a holla!” Rafael Sanchez “I took my girlfriend out to eat at Applebee’s on our Valentine’s Day date. I got her some flowers, and a big bear; she was really happy, so when she’s happy, I’m happy.” Benito Rivera
“The first time I met my boyfriend when we barely started dating, he gave me a big surprise! He took me to a very special place, we had lots of fun and we had a great night!” Dung Nguyen
LIFE —
OUR VIEW —
Valentine’s Day feelings bring turmoil of emotions
Tuition hikes likely in new plan unveiled by Obama
Celestina Padilla News editor Padilla@crusadernews.com
Being a pessimistic and also a closet romantic I have a sort of love-hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. Hugs, teddy bears, boxes of chocolates, bouquets of flowers, balloons, and the unforgettable smooches are a fundamental part of Valentine’s Day. All of this is cute and wonderful, but is there a deeper meaning to it all or is it all just cliche and fake? Sometimes, I wonder if people just buy into the holiday to be a part of the mass, or if this is the time when they can finally tell that special someone how they truly feel. Every year Valentine’s Day is filled with pink hearts, kind words, sappy phrases, and the mush and gush tends to get annoying after a while. Though sappy words can be rather nice to
hear, it is hard to interpret the seriousness behind them. Do people only take part in the lovey-dovey mess because it’s Valentine’s Day? Who is to know if people are being sincere or not? Perhaps just because of the season they are in search of a valentine, maybe that’s a side effect of inhaling so much love. Maybe it just comes with the loneliness of not having a sweetheart, all in all it’s a thing of desire right? No one wants to be alone, or feel unloved. Splurging a few dollars on a sweet treat for your babycakes or buddy is not a bad thing. On the other side Valentine’s Day is a time when you should show others how much you care about them. It doesn’t always have to necessarily be romantic, just showing your friends and family that you love them is important too. The little things you do can really make someone’s day even if it is induced by the inhalation of so much “love” in the air on Valentine’s Day.
LETTER TO EDITOR —
Love’s letter congratulates Dear Crusader News Staff, Congratulations on being named top 10 two-year college newspapers in the nation. Your newspaper has accomplished great things not only within the
Seward County Community College community, but across the nation. Thanks for all your hard work. Congrats! —Garrett Love State Senator, 38th District
Recently President Barrack Obama let his intentions be known regarding college tuition in his state of the union address last month. The president wants to let colleges know that there will be consequences if they cannot control their cost of tuition. His incentive based plan will provide extra funding for universities that keep their costs down as well as cut funding for those that are unable. President Obama said in his state of the union address, “Higher education can’t be a luxury; it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” According to information from whitehouse.gov, the average cost of attending college since 1994 has nearly doubled. President Obama’s plan has the potential to backfire, but something has to be done about college tuition at the university level. More students have to take out bigger loans every year because of the rising costs in education. The increased cost is a nearly universal theme in the United States with a few exceptions — SCCC being one of those exceptions. Here at Seward the cost of an education per year is nearly one-fifth of that at a four-year university. Many students don’t even have to pay for tuition or room and board due to government grants, sports, and other scholarships.
Blake Bowen, a student at SCCC, expresses his thoughts on the plan. “The plan sounds really good, but at what cost and by what means?” Bowen’s concerns are legitimate. Obama’s incentive plan is more likely to affect large universities as their rising costs are more apparent and detrimental. One possible way it could negatively affect a school is that by cutting funding, it further worsens the price of tuition. The overall goal of the plan introduced by the president is to make it possible for more people to go to school and get a degree. Colleges that are more efficient at educating should be rewarded and capitalized on, while inefficient colleges would be viewed as being undeserving of government aid. It is almost certain that the incentive will be successful in lowering costs of tuition. However, people are not entirely convinced that universities will do it responsibly. Any university could lower costs by offering less classes, or updating technology less often. The only way to keep colleges from cutting corners is through effective legislation. At this point there’s no way of controlling how a college will reduce spending and it’s even more unlikely that anything will be done about this lack of control until after it has become a really big problem.
LIFE —
Civil Rights message serves as motivation Heidy Molina Editor Molina@crusadernews.com
It turns out that you can not get experience in life or make a difference unless you actually get your lazy butt up. The change that we so desperately seek won’t happen unless we get up and DO something. Talk is cheap and comes by quickly. Everyday one can complain about something that we as a society don’t like and we want to change, but how many actually do something about it? If Rosa Parks had listen to the bus driver when he asked her to
move, maybe the civil rights movement might not have been what it was. Rosa Parks said in her autobiography that she was not tired from the long hours that she had spent at work that day, but that she was tired from all the injustices that she had suffered. I now understand what Rosa Parks said. One gets to a point that you just get tired of all the “bad things” that you see. We can still see the effects that the civil rights movement had, but can you imagine what would have happened if we ignore our feelings for change and justice? Maybe we won’t have to imagine, if we keep walking down the same path that we as a society are now. Perhaps we might see just what a world
without justice and equality will be like. One of my favorite quotes that Rosa Parks said is “I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” That quote to me symbolizes what most people wish they were remembered as. Only a selected few will actually live up to Rosa Parks quote. People are always talking about making a change in the world or complaining that the government does not do anything for the country. I used to be one of the those people that are always complain or saying that they plan on making a change in the future but are just standing the background. Lately, I realized that those kind of people might never do
what they plan on doing, I wanted to change the world ever since I was younger and always thought that when I grew up I would change it. Then when I grew up I would (sometimes still) say to myself that when I am more mature or have more experience in the life I will make a change. Instead of complaining about the way that the government is heading or about a cause that you feel strong for, why don’t we vote in the elections, why don’t we start campaigns of awareness for the cause that we feel strong for. Just sitting back and complaining won’t get you anywhere, step up and lead the change that you want. Sooner or later change comes why not give it a small push to help it along?
TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
CRUSADER 9
Firefox Extensions Levi’s
Must-have
Levi Adams Crusader staff
According to the Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit organization which creates and maintains the Mozilla Firefox web browser, 85 percent of Firefox users currently have add-ons installed. This means 580 million add-ons are being used daily, with the average user having five add-ons installed. Add-ons (which are almost always free) allow Firefox users to customize the appearance, speed, use, and feel of the browser. There are six main categories of add-ons, according to Mozilla.org: Themes change the entire appearance of Firefox, usually including icons, colors, dialogs, and other visual styles. Personas are lightweight themes that use background images to customize your Firefox toolbars. Search Providers add additional choices to the search box dropdown. These providers allow you to quickly search any website.
Dictionaries and Language Packs add support for additional languages to Firefox. Plugins help Firefox display or understand different types of media, such as Adobe Flash or Apple Quicktime. Extensions add new features to Firefox or modify existing functionality. There are extensions that allow you to block advertisements, download videos from websites, integrate more closely with social websites, and add features you see in other applications. This last category, extensions, allows users to customize virtually every aspect of the browser. Because Firefox is open-source, third-party developers can do almost whatever they want with the browser, without the first-party developers having to worry about a bloated default Firefox configuration. This means Firefox is easily the most customizable web browser today. This list consists of the nine extensions I use daily, along with a few others I would recommend. *Many of these extensions are available for Chrome, Safari and Opera.
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Adblock +
Adblock Plus is the most used extension among Firefox users, and with good reason. The Internet has more ads than ever (banner, text, wallpaper, video, audio, pop-up, etc.), adding to page load times and blocking the content we really want to see; some even include malware and spyware, and some just make web pages ugly. Adblock Plus seeks to remedy this; there is a noticeable improvement in page load speed, with almost all ads being blocked. There are even options to block those ads Adblock Plus might have missed. Oh, YouTube and Pandora ads? Gone too. Adblock Plus really is a must-have.
• 14,362,362 users
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FireGestures
FireGestures does not necessarily speed up the browser itself, but it does decrease the time spent doing menial and short tasks when browsing the Internet. The extension utilizes a combination of leftclick, middle-click and right-click on the mouse, along with the mouse directions (Left, Right, Up and Down. For instance: R.C. + L = Back One Page; R.C. + R = Forward One Page. R.C. + L,D = Scroll to Bottom; R.C. + L,U = Scroll to Top. R.C. + M.C.U. = Undo Close Tab; R.C. + M.C.U. = Close Tab. R.C. + L.C. = Previous Tab, while L.C. + R.C = Next Tab. After a few days of use, all these combinations become memorized. There many other shortcuts that may also be assigned to just the mouse. I don’t know how I ever used a browser without FireGestures.
Web of Trust
Web of Trust, or WOT for short, utilizes the rankings of its many users to help keep other WOT users safe online. If wanted, the WOT icon can be displayed in one of the Firefox toolbars, and it is shown beside search results in every major search engine, easily identifying the site as either good or bad. The icon is in the shape of an “O”, and it changes color based on the average rating of the site. Dark green = excellent, light green = good, yellow = unsatisfactory, orange = poor, red = very poor and a question mark = unrated; these rate four different categories: trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety.
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Because of NoScript alone, I feel that Firefox is the safest browser available. Almost every website run scripts, a programming language that controls online applications. Consequently, script is one of the main methods hackers steal personal information from websites. NoScript can keep all scripts from even loading, which is a huge safety net for data. NoScript is, however, somewhat of a pain because the user must individually allow each and every script to run on each visited website.
• 2,233,010 users
iMacros
Do you perform the same boring routines every day when browsing the Internet? Logging into an e-mail account, Google account or Facebook account, and checking the same sites can take up a lot of time (when totaled together.) Fortunately iMacros saves Firefox users some time. To record a macro, simply hit “record”, then do whatever you want iMacros to save and play back later. iMacros can save usernames, passwords, site preferences, and can even save tab configurations -- all in an encrypted format. You might not want to record passwords to sites you do not want other people to log into, however, as any other local user might log in to personal accounts.
• 267,843 users
7 Hide Caption Titlebar +
By default, Firefox is configured with, in my opinion, a almost useless piece of user interface, the title bar. The title bar is the one-color bar at the top of the screen, and all it has is the menu button, the title of the current web page and the minimize, resize and close buttons. This space could be put into better use by displaying the web page. Hide Caption Titlebar Plus fixes this by getting rid of the title bar and title and placing the menu button and minimize, resize and close buttons in the navigation bar.
• 18,208 users
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6 Thumbnail Zoom + I had not started using this extension until a few weeks ago, but Thumbnail Zoom Plus definitely comes in handy. Today, what many websites do, is use smaller pictures or text, or thumbnails, of what the actual picture or video is. The user then usually clicks the thumbnail to be taken to the actual picture of video. With Thumbnail Zoom Plus, The user just needs to scroll over the thumbnail, and the actual file is shown in its actual size (or as big as the computer screen allows.) Thumbnail Zoom Plus works on sites like Amazon, Facebook, Flickr, Google Images, GMail, Google+, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter and more.
• 22,417 users
OneLiner
When coupled with Hide Caption Titlebar Plus, Prospector - OneLiner creates the smallest user interface of any browser without going completely fullscreen. About the only thing OneLiner does is move the tab bar up next to the address bar; however, this frees up a few extra pixels to view web pages. I would not recommend this when using 4:3 aspect ratio computer monitors (standard), but it works fine with 16:9 (widescreen).
• 4,162 users
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Stylish
Stylish is a different sort of extension because it really does not have any purpose on its own. Coupled with scripts, however, Stylish can change many things extensions can, without having to actually install a separate extension. These user-generated scripts can be found at userstyles.org. Some of the styles I use do things like enlarge the YouTube video player by default and get rid of pet peeves by rounding the Firefox tabs and getting rid of the black bar at the top of Google’s pages. Greasemonkey is a similar, more popular extension.
• 984,991 users
acebook’s IPO
Company might be the first worth $700 billion Raul Lemus Crusader staff Facebook, the world’s largest social media site, is in the process of becoming a publicly owned company with its $5 billion Initial Public Offering, the highest IPO for an Internet company since Google, after Facebook turned eight years old on February 4. Minimal short-term changes to Facebook should be expected once the company becomes public, Internet sources say. However, an increase in ad content should be expected in order to appease shareholders’ main concern of creating (revenue) profits. In addition to their S-1 filing, Facebook showed
concern about the lack of advertisement content on their mobile platform, so ad content should be expected relatively soon. The long-term changes that Facebook may undergo is unknown, however. Privacy policy changes should be expected, as well as redesigns, as the growth of Facebook slows down. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder, released a letter entitled “The Hacker Way” which brought the idea to investors that “Done is better than perfect,” as Facebook would continue to release content and improve upon that content later. "We don’t build services to make money; we make money to build
better services," Zuckerberg wrote. An idea that may not sit well with investors, however, according to The Huffington Post, is that Zuckerberg owns 28 percent of Facebook shares; he also has control of 30 percent of Facebook shares as voting proxy, allowing him to override shareholders’ decisions. Also, Zuckerberg (by his request) will be receiving a $1 per year salary, which implies that most of his income will be from his company shares. According to Forbes, Zuckerberg is the world’s youngest billionaire with a net worth of $18 billion. Zuckerberg also plans to give half of his fortune away to philanthropic causes. Speculation as to which invest-
ment bank will lead the valuation of Facebook continues. Zuckerberg recently contacted Wall Street investment bankers to minimize the amount of information being leaked to the media, as well as the amount of attention investment banks are creating towards Facebook’s IPO. The selected investment banks for the company’s IPO will receive “tens of millions of dollars in fees,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Even though Facebook’s stock will be publicly traded on Wall Street, the Average Joe most likely will not be able to buy stock from the company’s Initial Public Offering, as big investment banks will take control of the shares.
"We don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services." - Mark Zuckerberg Facebook CEO • Most anticipated public offering since Google. • Third largest country with 845 million users (if Facebook was a country.) • Each user is currently worth $4; will be worth $128 after Facebook goes public. • Has reached 60 percent of the US and UK population; growth bound to slow. • Mark Zuckerberg: CEO and major shareholder. • Zuck erberg has a priv ate company jet and advanced security installed in his home. • Zuck erberg will be receiv ing a $1 salary (lik e the late Stev e Jobs). Howev er, he will still receiv e profit from his company shares. • Zuck erberg, on Dec. 9, 2010, signed “Giv ing Pledge,” which will donate ov er half his wealth to charity, joining the rank s of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. The pledge is a moral commitment to give.
NEWS
10 CRUSADER
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
One in Four
Americans will get an STD in their lifetimes
STD rates ‘silently’ increase S andy Al faro Crusader News In the United States there are 19 million new HIV/AIDS, and STDs found each year, and they affect an estimate of 13 million people. Only three types of STDs have to be reported to the state by law: Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, in the state of Kansas from the time period of January and June 2011 there was 5,082 chlamydia cases reported. Chlamydia is the most common reported STD throughout the U.S. It is most likely that these numbers have increased since this time period. Seward County has one of the highest numbers in the state with 57 reported cases of chlamydia. Gonorrhea follows along with 976 in the state and 16 in the county.
There is no reported case of syphilis in Seward County in the reported time frame, but there were 32 cases in the state as a whole. These numbers may seem small to most eyes, but they have big effects. STDs are being treated each and everyday without us being aware. Treatments for STDs are highly effective if treated on time; however most people do not get treated on time, some never ger treated at all. If STDs do not get treated it can lead to lifetime illness. Women can become infertile and pass the disease on to children of their own. The reason why people do not get treated is because they do not get tested for any type of HIV/AIDS, or STD, and this is due to lack of symptoms from most diseases. Chlamydia is known as a “silent” disease because there is rarely any symptoms. Symptoms usually show in men before they do in women. Even if there is no symptoms people should be getting
screened for STDs in every yearly check-up with their gynecologist or other physician, and or before any new sexual relationship. Doctors do not always screen for STDs, patients have to specifically ask to be screened. There is yet to be a cure for all types of HIV/AIDS, or some STDs, but most are now treatable. The average cost of antibiotic treatment for an STD like chlamydia is $15. Treatments for STDs cost the U.S Health Care System an estimated of $15.9 billion annually. Local health clinics like Seward County Health Department and Mexican American Ministries, or any gynecologist or physician can help people get screened and treated for STDs. For information contact Seward County Health Department at 103 W. 2nd St. or call (620)626-3369 or Mexican American Ministries at 121 W. 3rd St. or call (620) 624-0463.
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea
Syphilis
AFRICAN AMERICAN 1008
0
CAUCASIAN 1572
500
HISPANIC 417
Chlamydia
CAUCASIAN 17
1000
HISPANIC 5
Syphilis
HISPANIC 5
1500
AFRICAN AMERICAN 466
2000
AFRICAN AMERICAN 10
STD Cases By Race in Kansas
CAUCASIAN 216
STD Statistics By Gender in Kansas
Chlamydia Source: Kansas Department of Health and Environment