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Year 42, No. 8 www.crusadernews.com Liberal, Kansas 2011 April 6 News notes Presorted Standard US Postage PAID Liberal, KS Permit NO.114 rusader C Farm Education Day Children’s Art Day Xtreme Challenge Awards The agriculture department and Farm Bureau welcomed 1,500 elementary children. Kylix Art Club sponsors day of teaching children art projects. High school students come to campus to compete in SCCC/ATS academic challenges. — Page 5 — Page 6 — Page 10 Tennis Matches Up Saints tennis teams are victorious despite tough weekend and strong winds. — Page 8 e • A MASCOT SEARCH is cur- rently open for submission on ideas for a school mascot. SCCC/ATS will remain the Saints. Anyone interested can submit an idea. Those wanting an idea considered should sub- mit a name for a mascot, a short story on why it should represent the college, and his or her name and phone number. Submissions will be taken through May 1. For questions, contact Roy Allen at [email protected]. • ENROLLMENT for summer and fall semesters begins April 11. • FINAL DEADLINE for order- ing graduation caps and gowns is Friday. No orders will be placed after that date. • HELP JAPAN by saving your pennies and making a donation. SIFE is sponsoring the fundrais- er, and will be taking donations from noon to 5 p.m. April 10 outside Wal-Mart. • SPRING BRUNCH will be at 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. April 17 in the Student Union. Admission costs $6 per person and includes food and entertainment by stu- dent and faculty performers. • SPRING FIESTA will be from 1-4 p.m. April 10 on the main campus. Activities, games, com- petitions and concessions will be available for the community. • CAR SHOW is 1-5 p.m. April 10 at the ATS campus. Sign up to participate by calling 620- 417-1154. A $20 registration fee includes two lunch tickets and will benefit student scholarships. • GRADUATE ASSESSMENT testing is at 1:30 p.m. April 7 and 9 a.m. April 9. Day classes are cancelled Thursday so students can concentrate on the assess- ments. All sophomores are re- quired to participate and must sign up in advance by turning in the sign-up sheet they received in the mail or contacting Alaina Rice, administrative assistant to the dean of instruction. Gradu- ates are to meet in the hallway in front of the library Thursday or Room A168 Saturday. • TRAVELING EXHIBIT is featured in the library during the month of April called “A Photo- graphic Narrative: Indians of Kansas.” • SECOND ANNUAL POET- RY NIGHT will be at 7 p.m. on April 14 in the SCCC/ATS Hu- manities Building Band Room. The event coincides with Na- tional Poetry Month and Seward students will read poetry and perform vocal/guitar music se- lections. The event is free and everyone who is interested is in- vited to attend. Dana Loewen Editor Student poets and musicians will have the chance to show their talent to the school and community at the second annual Poetry Coffee House at 7 p.m. April 14 in the Shank Humani- ties Building band room. SCCC/ATS students will be featured, reading their original poetry and playing acoustic gui- tar. The first, second and third place winners of the high school poetry contest, sponsored by the English department, will also read their win- ning poems. The event co- incides with Na- tional Poetry Month. Admis- sion is free to anyone who would like to lis- ten to the poetry readings and musical numbers. Hot coffee, flavored iced coffee, tea and a variety of snacks will be served. English instructors Janice Northerns and Bill McGlothing are hosting the event. They felt it would give an opportunity for students to perform their unique talents. “It was something we wanted to do for a while,” Northerns said. “There are lots of athletic events, but we wanted to draw in students with other interests like writing and reading.” It’s also a new event for those in the community to have the chance to experience live poetry readings. “There are few opportunities to listen to poetry,” McGlothing said. “We tapped into an audi- ence that’s been there, who have an appetite for good writing.” After last year’s success, they knew it would become an annu- al event. “Everyone that came seemed to have a great time, and we got tons of positive feedback,” Northerns said. “It was awful weather, but there were still around 60 people there.” Both have high hopes for this year’s Poetry Night as well. “I hope everything goes as well as last year, because it was perfect last year,” Northerns said. “We had a great crowd, the students did a wonderful job of reading, and the music was great.” They are still recruiting stu- dent writers who would like to read their original poetry. “It gives writers a chance to go public, to be heard,” McGlothing said. “It’s fine to read a poem, but the whole experi- ence is to hear it.” Many of the readers will also be published in the Telolith, the school’s art and literature maga- zine, published every spring. Featured SCCC/ATS student poets include Chris Bobeda, Gwen Friesen, Samantha Gille- spie, Dana Loewen, Alexander Olinger, Jose Rodriguez, and Caitlin Workman. Poems by these students appeared in last year’s Telolith or are slated for publication in the upcoming issue. Original acoustic guitar music and vocals will be provid- ed by Bobeda and Lindy Kowalchuk. McGlothing and Northerns will also read. Both are published poets and have read their poems at numerous conferences and events. Any students who would like to participate in the Poetry Cof- fee House should talk to either Northerns or McGlothing. All are welcome to attend the relaxing evening of poetry, music, coffee and snacks. “I hope we get a good audi- ence with open ears, eyes and minds for a different kind of night out,” McGlothing said. Lizuly Monarrez Crusader staff The phonathon goal of $33,000 plays off the college’s ranking from the Washington Monthly, which places SCCC/ATS No. 33 in the top 50 list for best national community colleges in the na- tion. The annual phonathon to raise money for scholarships started Monday, and will conclude Friday. “Our goal last year was $20,000, and we raised $36,000. This year we set our goal to $33,000. I am a little nervous because, as of now, not as many people signed up compared to last year,” Dean of Student Services Celeste Donovan said. “But whatever money we raise is good,” Dono- van added. Tammy Doll, director of development, also added, “Last year’s phonathon was very success- ful, so I’m really excited to see how this one goes.” Clubs and organizations volunteered to partic- ipate, including nursing, Student Government Association, Students In Free Enterprise, cheer- leading, volleyball, men’s and women’s basket- ball, Hispanic American Leadership Organiza- tion, tennis, Phi Theta Kappa, Crusader, baseball, softball, and, joining this year for the first time, the tech school and high school students that at- tend ATS. Prizes for students are a 32-inch flat screen TV, 8 GB iPod Touch, $150 Wal-Mart gift card, two digital cameras, 20 large pizzas, $300 Visa gift card, $500 cash for the club or organization that raises the most, and prize drawings will be awarded every shift. Faculty and staff will also be able to participate anytime during the week. The prizes for faculty and staff include one day off for any faculty or staff member who raises at least $1,000, half a day off of work for closest to $1,000, third place receives VIP parking for a year, fourth place re- ceives a GPS, and fifth place receives four pass- es to steak night. Participants are challenged to each raise at least $100 of pledges and will receive plastic beaded necklaces for each pledge, to show how many pledges they’ve received. Also, once stu- dents reach $100, they will get a cookie. Orga- nizers will provide candy bars, bubble gum and other fun items to make the experience more ex- citing for the participants. Participants will be given a list of alumni to call to request pledges for scholarships, and they can bring their own list if they wish to. “When students participate, they appreciate their scholarship money a lot more,” Donovan said. Raul Lemus Crusader staff Making students believe that the chair in which they are sitting on has a mind of its own, or that they are mathematicians incapable of count- ing to 10 were a few of the tricks performed by mentalist Brian Imbus March 29 at the Showcase Theater. Imbus began the performance by talking about his goal of the night: to entertain the audience, and to turn nonbelievers into believers. And entertain he did. Laughter and astonishment sprung through- out the performance. The tasks which Imbus was able to do were beyond belief. He was able to read the minds of audience members, and guess the words selected by stu- dents Natalie Cano and Britny Hin- tergardt from a 180-page book. To the surprise of Cano and Hin- tergardt, as well as audience, Imbus said he used body behavior to deduct that the words chosen were jackhammer and photographer. “It’s surprising how he figured out the words the girls picked out with barely just looking at them,” Marycarmen Perez said. Imbus put his abilities of mind- reading to further use with audience members. With eyes taped shut by six strips of tape, blindfolded and a piece of tape over his nose, Imbus appeared to be able to deduct the thoughts of the audience members who had written down their thoughts. The thoughts ranged from family members, four-digit area codes, and questions about life. Student Fabiola Fraire described her first impression of the act as being “fake, but as it continued I thought it was amazing when he was, in a way, reading people’s minds.” Conny Hernandez described the act as “freaky, but fun.” From mind-reading, Imbus moved to hypnotism. Michelle Du- ford and Sydney Cicchetti volun- teered to be hypnotized and enter- tain the audience. Highlights of this act included Duford being a highly intelligent mathematician who was unable to count to 10 due to not re- membering the number seven. Cic- chetti was made to believe that the chair in which she was sitting was being rude to her, as well as being unable to remember her name even when offered money for it. “I liked everything about the show. This was the first time I came to a performance. Hopefully I can come next time the college has an- other hypnotist,” Fraire said. The show concluded with Imbus’ final act, which left people mysti- fied. According to Imbus, two nights before the performance he had a dream. In this dream he saw the model, color, and license plate number the audience members would describe. He wrote down this premonition, and placed it inside a pocket in his wallet. Two volunteers retrieved the paper from the wallet, which Imbus had not touched dur- ing the performance, and read it to the audience; to the bewilderment of everyone present what the audience had described, Imbus had dreamed two nights before. Francis Brown, director of the academic achievement center, said she was left wondering about the authenticity and reality of the acts performed by Imbus. The next day, the topic of conver- sation was the idea that perhaps Brian Imbus does have mental read- ing capabilities. Live poetry, music to be performed by Seward students Phonathon goal set to raise $33,000 for scholarships Crusader photo/Alfredo Anaya Nursing students began the phonathon fundraiser on Monday evening. Front row, Mariana Gonzalez and Caitlyn Brown make phone calls. Back row, Shawna Wiebe, Sandra O’Toole, Sarah Martin and Kanadi Paden. Other clubs to be involved include SGA, SIFE, cheerleading, volleyball, basketball, HALO, tennis, PTK, Cru- sader, baseball, softball and ATS. Mentalist reads minds, hypnotizes, entertains Title V grant leads to new corrosion technology program Zach Carpenter Crusader staff Using the Title V grant of $3.25 million received last year, the college has made considerable progress since October on the new Corrosion Technology program with the hiring on of Corrosion Technolo- gy specialist William Worley. Worley has worked to adapt the Corro- sion Technology curriculum from the cur- riculum used at Kilgore College in Kilgo- re, Texas. Kilgore College and the Uni- versity of Akron in Ohio are the two lead- ing colleges specializing in corrosion technology courses, and Seward County will join in teaching the courses. Plans for renovations to the Tech School to accommodate the new program have gone to bid. The addition to the Tech School that will house classrooms and workshops for students enrolled in the program will be in the auto body building. The program will also feature an outdoor lab where students will get hands-on training working on pipelines used to sim- ulate corrosion scenarios. The program is in the process of getting approval from the Kansas Board of Re- gents. Corrosion technology is a far reaching field which includes energy, infrastruc- ture, transportation systems, national se- curity, and more. On average, corrosion techs start out with an annual salary of $60,000 per year, and with more experience, yearly salary is around $99,000. The Corrosion Tech program is the first of the three high demand programs to be created by the college over a five-year time line. Mentalist Brian Imbus gives students Sydney Cicchetti and Michelle Duford commands while they are under hypnosis. Imbus performed tricks of reading people’s minds as well as hypnotism. Crusader photo/ Raul Lemus This corrosion technology simulation demonstrates cathodic protection, which is the process of sacrificing one material to protect another. This simulates a process that breaks down water into hydrogen and oxide. Crusader photo/ Zach Carpenter

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Year 42, No. 8 www.crusadernews.com Liberal, Kansas

2011April 6

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Liberal, KS

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rusaderCFarm Education Day Children’s Art Day Xtreme Challenge Awards

The agriculture departmentand Farm Bureau welcomed1,500 elementary children.

Kylix Art Club sponsorsday of teaching children

art projects.

High school studentscome to campus tocompete in SCCC/ATSacademic challenges.

— Page 5 — Page 6— Page 10

Tennis Matches UpSaints tennis teams are victorious despite tough weekend and strong winds.

— Page 8e • A MASCOT SEARCH is cur-rently open for submission onideas for a school mascot.SCCC/ATS will remain theSaints. Anyone interested cansubmit an idea. Those wantingan idea considered should sub-mit a name for a mascot, a shortstory on why it should representthe college, and his or her nameand phone number. Submissionswill be taken through May 1. Forquestions, contact Roy Allen [email protected].

• ENROLLMENT for summerand fall semesters begins April11.

• FINAL DEADLINE for order-ing graduation caps and gownsis Friday. No orders will beplaced after that date.

• HELP JAPAN by saving yourpennies and making a donation.SIFE is sponsoring the fundrais-er, and will be taking donationsfrom noon to 5 p.m. April 10outside Wal-Mart.

• SPRING BRUNCH will be at11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. April 17in the Student Union. Admissioncosts $6 per person and includesfood and entertainment by stu-dent and faculty performers.

• SPRING FIESTA will be from1-4 p.m. April 10 on the maincampus. Activities, games, com-petitions and concessions will beavailable for the community.

• CAR SHOW is 1-5 p.m. April10 at the ATS campus. Sign upto participate by calling 620-417-1154. A $20 registration feeincludes two lunch tickets andwill benefit student scholarships.

• GRADUATE ASSESSMENTtesting is at 1:30 p.m. April 7 and9 a.m. April 9. Day classes arecancelled Thursday so studentscan concentrate on the assess-ments. All sophomores are re-quired to participate and mustsign up in advance by turning inthe sign-up sheet they receivedin the mail or contacting AlainaRice, administrative assistant tothe dean of instruction. Gradu-ates are to meet in the hallway infront of the library Thursday or Room A168 Saturday.

• TRAVELING EXHIBIT isfeatured in the library during themonth of April called “A Photo-graphic Narrative: Indians ofKansas.”

• SECOND ANNUAL POET-RY NIGHT will be at 7 p.m. onApril 14 in the SCCC/ATS Hu-manities Building Band Room.The event coincides with Na-tional Poetry Month and Sewardstudents will read poetry andperform vocal/guitar music se-lections. The event is free andeveryone who is interested is in-vited to attend.

Dana LoewenEditor

Student poets and musicianswill have the chance to showtheir talent to the school andcommunity at the second annualPoetry Coffee House at 7 p.m.April 14 in the Shank Humani-ties Building band room.

SCCC/ATS students will befeatured, reading their originalpoetry and playing acoustic gui-tar. The first, second and thirdplace winners of the high schoolpoetry contest, sponsored by theEnglish department, will alsoread their win-ning poems.

The event co-incides with Na-tional PoetryMonth. Admis-sion is free toanyone whowould like to lis-ten to the poetry readings andmusical numbers. Hot coffee,flavored iced coffee, tea and avariety of snacks will be served.

English instructors JaniceNortherns and Bill McGlothingare hosting the event. They felt itwould give an opportunity forstudents to perform their uniquetalents.

“It was something we wantedto do for a while,” Northernssaid. “There are lots of athleticevents, but we wanted to draw instudents with other interests likewriting and reading.”

It’s also a new event for thosein the community to have thechance to experience live poetryreadings.

“There are few opportunitiesto listen to poetry,” McGlothingsaid. “We tapped into an audi-ence that’s been there, who havean appetite for good writing.”

After last year’s success, theyknew it would become an annu-al event.

“Everyone that came seemedto have a great time, and we gottons of positive feedback,”

Northerns said. “It was awfulweather, but there were stillaround 60 people there.”

Both have high hopes for thisyear’s Poetry Night as well.

“I hope everything goes aswell as last year, because it wasperfect last year,” Northernssaid. “We had a great crowd, thestudents did a wonderful job ofreading, and the music wasgreat.”

They are still recruiting stu-dent writers who would like toread their original poetry.

“It gives writers a chance to gopublic, to be heard,” McGlothing

said. “It’s fine toread a poem, butthe whole experi-ence is to hearit.”

Many of thereaders will alsobe published inthe Telolith, the

school’s art and literature maga-zine, published every spring.

Featured SCCC/ATS studentpoets include Chris Bobeda,Gwen Friesen, Samantha Gille-spie, Dana Loewen, AlexanderOlinger, Jose Rodriguez, andCaitlin Workman. Poems bythese students appeared in lastyear’s Telolith or are slated forpublication in the upcomingissue. Original acoustic guitarmusic and vocals will be provid-ed by Bobeda and LindyKowalchuk. McGlothing andNortherns will also read. Bothare published poets and haveread their poems at numerousconferences and events.

Any students who would liketo participate in the Poetry Cof-fee House should talk to eitherNortherns or McGlothing.

All are welcome to attend therelaxing evening of poetry,music, coffee and snacks.

“I hope we get a good audi-ence with open ears, eyes andminds for a different kind ofnight out,” McGlothing said.

Lizuly MonarrezCrusader staff

The phonathon goal of $33,000 plays off thecollege’s ranking from the Washington Monthly,which places SCCC/ATS No. 33 in the top 50 listfor best national community colleges in the na-tion. The annual phonathon to raise money forscholarships started Monday, and will concludeFriday.

“Our goal last year was $20,000, and we raised$36,000. This year we set our goal to $33,000. Iam a little nervous because, as of now, not asmany people signed up compared to last year,”Dean of Student Services Celeste Donovan said.“But whatever money we raise is good,” Dono-van added.

Tammy Doll, director of development, alsoadded, “Last year’s phonathon was very success-ful, so I’m really excited to see how this onegoes.”

Clubs and organizations volunteered to partic-ipate, including nursing, Student GovernmentAssociation, Students In Free Enterprise, cheer-leading, volleyball, men’s and women’s basket-ball, Hispanic American Leadership Organiza-tion, tennis, Phi Theta Kappa, Crusader, baseball,softball, and, joining this year for the first time,the tech school and high school students that at-

tend ATS.Prizes for students are a 32-inch flat screen TV,

8 GB iPod Touch, $150 Wal-Mart gift card, twodigital cameras, 20 large pizzas, $300 Visa giftcard, $500 cash for the club or organization thatraises the most, and prize drawings will beawarded every shift.

Faculty and staff will also be able to participateanytime during the week. The prizes for facultyand staff include one day off for any faculty orstaff member who raises at least $1,000, half aday off of work for closest to $1,000, third placereceives VIP parking for a year, fourth place re-ceives a GPS, and fifth place receives four pass-es to steak night.

Participants are challenged to each raise atleast $100 of pledges and will receive plasticbeaded necklaces for each pledge, to show howmany pledges they’ve received. Also, once stu-dents reach $100, they will get a cookie. Orga-nizers will provide candy bars, bubble gum andother fun items to make the experience more ex-citing for the participants.

Participants will be given a list of alumni tocall to request pledges for scholarships, and theycan bring their own list if they wish to.

“When students participate, they appreciatetheir scholarship money a lot more,” Donovansaid.

Raul LemusCrusader staff

Making students believe that thechair in which they are sitting on hasa mind of its own, or that they aremathematicians incapable of count-ing to 10 were a few of the tricksperformed by mentalist Brian ImbusMarch 29 at the Showcase Theater.Imbus began the performance bytalking about his goal of the night:to entertain the audience, and to turnnonbelievers into believers.

And entertain he did. Laughterand astonishment sprung through-out the performance. The taskswhich Imbus was able to do werebeyond belief. He was able to readthe minds of audience members,and guess the words selected by stu-dents Natalie Cano and Britny Hin-tergardt from a 180-page book.

To the surprise of Cano and Hin-

tergardt, as well as audience, Imbussaid he used body behavior todeduct that the words chosen werejackhammer and photographer.

“It’s surprising how he figured outthe words the girls picked out withbarely just looking at them,”Marycarmen Perez said.

Imbus put his abilities of mind-reading to further use with audiencemembers. With eyes taped shut bysix strips of tape, blindfolded and apiece of tape over his nose, Imbusappeared to be able to deduct thethoughts of the audience memberswho had written down theirthoughts. The thoughts ranged fromfamily members, four-digit areacodes, and questions about life.

Student Fabiola Fraire describedher first impression of the act asbeing “fake, but as it continued Ithought it was amazing when hewas, in a way, reading people’s

minds.”Conny Hernandez described the

act as “freaky, but fun.” From mind-reading, Imbus

moved to hypnotism. Michelle Du-ford and Sydney Cicchetti volun-teered to be hypnotized and enter-tain the audience. Highlights of thisact included Duford being a highlyintelligent mathematician who wasunable to count to 10 due to not re-membering the number seven. Cic-chetti was made to believe that thechair in which she was sitting wasbeing rude to her, as well as beingunable to remember her name evenwhen offered money for it.

“I liked everything about theshow. This was the first time I cameto a performance. Hopefully I cancome next time the college has an-other hypnotist,” Fraire said.

The show concluded with Imbus’final act, which left people mysti-

fied. According to Imbus, twonights before the performance hehad a dream. In this dream he sawthe model, color, and license platenumber the audience memberswould describe. He wrote down thispremonition, and placed it inside apocket in his wallet. Two volunteersretrieved the paper from the wallet,which Imbus had not touched dur-ing the performance, and read it tothe audience; to the bewilderment ofeveryone present what the audiencehad described, Imbus had dreamedtwo nights before.

Francis Brown, director of theacademic achievement center, saidshe was left wondering about theauthenticity and reality of the actsperformed by Imbus.

The next day, the topic of conver-sation was the idea that perhapsBrian Imbus does have mental read-ing capabilities.

Live poetry, musicto be performed bySeward students

Phonathon goal set to raise$33,000 for scholarships

Crusader photo/Alfredo Anaya

Nursing students began the phonathon fundraiser on Monday evening. Front row, Mariana Gonzalez andCaitlyn Brown make phone calls. Back row, Shawna Wiebe, Sandra O’Toole, Sarah Martin and Kanadi Paden.Other clubs to be involved include SGA, SIFE, cheerleading, volleyball, basketball, HALO, tennis, PTK, Cru-sader, baseball, softball and ATS.

Mentalist reads minds, hypnotizes, entertains

Title V grant leads to new corrosion technology programZach CarpenterCrusader staff

Using the Title V grant of $3.25 millionreceived last year, the college has madeconsiderable progress since October onthe new Corrosion Technology programwith the hiring on of Corrosion Technolo-gy specialist William Worley.

Worley has worked to adapt the Corro-sion Technology curriculum from the cur-riculum used at Kilgore College in Kilgo-re, Texas. Kilgore College and the Uni-versity of Akron in Ohio are the two lead-ing colleges specializing in corrosiontechnology courses, and Seward Countywill join in teaching the courses.

Plans for renovations to the TechSchool to accommodate the new programhave gone to bid. The addition to the TechSchool that will house classrooms and

workshops for students enrolled in theprogram will be in the auto body building.The program will also feature an outdoorlab where students will get hands-ontraining working on pipelines used to sim-ulate corrosion scenarios.

The program is in the process of gettingapproval from the Kansas Board of Re-gents.

Corrosion technology is a far reachingfield which includes energy, infrastruc-ture, transportation systems, national se-curity, and more.

On average, corrosion techs start outwith an annual salary of $60,000 per year,and with more experience, yearly salaryis around $99,000.

The Corrosion Tech program is the firstof the three high demand programs to becreated by the college over a five-yeartime line.

MentalistBrian Imbusgives studentsSydney Cicchettiand Michelle Duford commandswhile theyare under hypnosis. Imbus performedtricks ofreading people’sminds aswell as hypnotism.

Crusader photo/Raul Lemus

This corrosion

technologysimulation

demonstratescathodic

protection,which is the

process ofsacrificing

one materialto protect

another. Thissimulates a

process thatbreaks down

water into hydrogen and

oxide.Crusader photo/Zach Carpenter

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NEWS

SCCC/ATS Security ReportMarch 22 — An incident re-

port was filed for damage to theback window of a vehicle parkedin the north parking lot of theATS. A back window of anSUV was broken. Upon inves-tigation is was determined thatthe window was blown out bythe high winds.

April 4 — An incident reportwas filed for disorderly conduct atthe SLC. A student decided todeface the front entrance doors tothe SLC. No Damage. No in-juries. Further disciplinary ac-tion pending.

Dana LoewenEditor

The Board of Trustees elections were April 5. Members up forre-election were Dr. Steve Cauble, Marvin Chance Jr. and RickBrenneman. None of the positions were contested.

Board of Trusteemembers re-elected

Crusader photo/Alfredo Anaya

Phi Theta Kappa sponsor Debbie Stafford holds the ladder steadyas student Adriana Vaz quez paints the window trim on the building.Saints in Service planned to complete 150 hours of communityservice to celebrate the 150th birthday of Kansas, by having mem-bers of all campus clubs volunteer to do community service.

An Nguyenpaints thetrim of thedoorway atthe SteppingStone Shelter.At bottom, EduardoMunoz spraypaints theside of thebuilding.

Crusader photos/Alfredo Anaya

MaegenRider, Jazmin Zeledon, and LuisPauyac set uptheir homemadesoap displayin one of thescience labs.The soap challenge wasjudged by faculty membersMarch 31.

Crusader photo/Raul Lemus

A display is set upfeaturing the homemade bars ofsoap in shapes suchas flowers and cow-boy boots. Studentswere encouraged tobe creative with dis-plays advertisingtheir soap.

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Games, music and more will be on cam-pus April 10 at the forth annual Spring Fies-ta and Car Show.

The Spring Fiesta is from 1-4 p.m., and isopen to the community.

“It’s a chance for community members toget out on campus,” Kylee Harrison, admis-sions coordinator, said.

The day’s activities will include carnivalgames, face painting, competitions, inflat-able games, prizes and hair and nail styling,all done by campus clubs. There will also bemusic provided by La Mexicana and TheLegend radio stations, and concessions. TheColvin Adult Learning Center will host the

information booth. There will also be infor-mation booths about the college’s programs.

“It’s purpose is to get community mem-bers on campus and expose them to the col-lege community,” Celeste Donovan, dean ofstudent services, said. “Sometimes peopleare nervous to come, so if we can get themhere, maybe they won’t scared to come backto talk to admissions or come to a game ora play.”

According to Harrison, people shouldcome because it’s a fun family activity andchildren can win prizes by participating inthe games and activities, while adults cantake a closer look at the college.

The Car Show is from 1-5 p.m. Anyonewho would like to enter the competition cancall 620-417-1154. There is a $20 registra-

tion fee which includes two lunch tickets.Proceeds from the fee will benefit studentscholarships.

Sunday, the community can look at thecars and vote for their favorites. The peo-ple’s choice awards will be at 4 p.m. Class-es are pickups, motorcycles, classic cars,muscle cars, street rods, imports, tractors,low riders and stock cars.

Butch Garst, machine tools instructor, isin charge of the Car Show. According toGarst, the Car Show is a way to give back tothe public and to bring people to the TechSchool to see the programs.

“It’s a treat to see all these cool cars thatpeople bring,” Garst said. “The kids will beworking in their programs, so people cancome through and see what they do.”

Seward invites community to campus for Spring Fiesta, Car Show

Science students makesoap for competition

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Seward County Community College cashierBetty Glenn will retire at the end of the semesterafter working at the campus for 32 years.

Glenn graduated from Seward in ’71 with the firstgraduating class and began working for the collegein June 1979 in the financial aid office.

“I’ve seen the campus change a lot since I gradu-ated in ’71 and some of the people I work with usedto be my past instructors,” Glenn said.

Glenn recounts how she’s faced a variety of chal-lenges working at Seward, like when she had totransfer the college books to computer, but wasable to do so with help from Tommy Williams,who was the accountinginstructor at the time.

Along with the chal-lenges, Glenn has manygood memories whileworking at Seward, suchas the bonds she’s devel-oped with her co-work-ers.

“I can remember whenwe had campuswidemeetings in the boardroom to celebrate birth-days, and it just felt likeeveryone was a big fam-ily,” Glenn said.

She’s also enjoyedhaving the chance to in-teract with students bysponsoring CampusMessengers for Christ,and being a booster par-ent for students.

She said she has also enjoyed seeing studentschange in their two years at Seward.

“Being able to sponsor Campus Messengers forChrist has been something I enjoy, and seeing howmuch students change so much from the time theystart as a freshmen to by the time they graduate assophomores,” Glenn said.

Another memory that stood out to Glenn wasbeing a state officer for the Association of KansasCommunity College Office Professionals whileworking at Seward.

“One of the neat things about working here wasbeing able to be part of the Association of KansasCommunity College Office Professionals andmeeting people there and being a state office for theorganization,” Glenn said.

Accounts receivable manager Jeanne Beer hasworked with Glenn for seven years, but has knownbefore that her because of their families workingtogether in the past.

“Our husbands work together and her husbandworked with my father-in-law, so we kind of kneweach other,” Beer said. “We always can relate to oneanother because our husbands are both really simi-lar. They’re both stubborn.”

Beer has enjoyed having the opportunity ofworking with Glenn because she’s always willingto help her, or share stories about the college.

“I’ve enjoyed all the stories and everything fromthe past about students, athletes and co-workers,”Beer said. “She’s taught me a lot because she’s beendoing this job even before we used computers. It’sfun to hear about all the changes.”

Overall, Beer is happy to see her friend and co-worker have the opportunity to retire and to be ableto spend time with her grandchildren.

“I am happy forher retirement be-cause she’s beenworking here for somany years and hergrandkids live faraway,” Beer said.“So, she’ll be ableto see them morenow and catch upon the time she’smissed with them. Iam happy for her,but I will missher.”

Dean of Adminis-trative ServicesTommy Williamswho has workedwith Glenn in theBusiness office formore than 20 yearsdescribes her as a

hard worker who is always willing to work withstudents.

“Betty is a quiet person, but has a conscientiousand subtle mischievous streak to her,” Williamssaid. “Betty has always been dependable and beenhere for the students.”

Glenn hopes to be able to spend more of her timewith her grandchildren after she retires and maybeeven continue to teach.

“I want to sort through things at my house, andto use my grandma degree to see my grandchildrenmore often, and also to possibly continue to teachmath part time,” Glenn said.

But she does know she will miss the people shehas worked with for so long.

“I will miss being around the students and thepeople I work with, and now I’ll have to take themout to lunch to find out what’s going on,” Glennsaid.

I want to sort through things atmy house, and to use my grandma degree to see my

grandchildren more often...

Glenn to retire after 32 years of workat Seward, ready for time with family

Ratzlaff retires after 11 years,hopes to fulfill traveling dreamsAlfredo AnayaEditor

Assistant registrar Melody Ratzlaff has beenworking with students for 11 years, but after thissemester is done she will retire with hopes of achange of scenery.

Ratzlaff was part of the first graduating class atSeward along with Associate Dean of EducationalServices Dale Reed and cashier Betty Glenn.

Registrar Donetta Dreitz has worked with Ratzlaffand has taken notice of her work ethic and abilityto interact with students.

“She is extremelythorough, accurate andorganized,” Dreitz said.“I’m really going tomiss her because of hercleanliness and workethic but I’ll have her onspeed dial even thoughshe’ll probably hang upwhen she sees my num-ber.”

Institutional researchand data analyst TeresaWehmeier, who alsoworks in the registrar’soffice with Ratzlaff, re-calls a particular timewhen they went on abusiness trip.

“The most memorablework related memorywas a trip we took toLas Vegas for a business trip. In the evenings, sheloved to gamble,” Wehmeier said. “One night shedidn’t get in before I went to bed, but the nextmorning she popped right out of bed when sheheard me. I knew she must have won big to be upso early, and she did. She was only up early becauseshe wanted to show me the tax form she had to fillout.”

Wehmeier will miss knowing that Ratzlaff willbe here to help with problems, or simply havingsomebody to talk to.

“Knowing that Melody is always on top of any

problem that may arise, and that she will take careof it promptly – I am really going to miss thatabout her. Personally, I will miss the times wespent outside, visiting and laughing while I smokeda cigarette, and she blocked the sun from my eyes,”Wehimer said.

One of the most challenging times for Ratzlaffwas when the college decided to start using the Ban-ner computer information system in 2001.

“One of the challenges was the Banner system,which is our student information system, and justlearning how to figure it out and make it better for

us,” Ratzlaff said.Some of her favorite

memories include beinga booster parent for thesoftball players.

“My husband and Iused to be booster par-ents for the softballgirls. My niece was ac-tually one of the firstCanadian students tocome to school here.But, overall we reallyenjoyed having thechance to be booster par-ents and meeting stu-dents,” Ratzlaff said.

After Ratzlaff retires,she hopes to be able totravel around the countryand spend more timewith family.

“If the gas prices godown, my husband and I want to travel,” Ratzlaffsaid. “We have a granddaughter in Stillwater, Okla.,and we want to be closer to her.”

Ratzlaff said she and her husband enjoy sightsee-ing, and plan to visit several states and state parks.

“We want to go to Glacier National Park, theCanadian Rockies, southern Louisiana, Alabamaand Mississippi. My husband wants to see the Se-quoias,” Ratzlaff said. “It’s kind of our bucket list,but we just really enjoy getting out there and tak-ing in the scenery.”

It’s kind of our bucket list, butwe just really enjoy getting outthere and taking in the scenery.

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Dana LoewenEditor

Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes is a new club that was start-ed on campus this semester. Theclub is non-denominational andwelcomes both athletes and non-athletes, though the meetings aregeared toward athletes.

“The primary purpose is to seeChristian athletes grow in Christand to reach out through thearena of sports to introduce oth-ers to Christ,” Nathan Engel-man, FCA sponsor, said.

According to Engelman, his

vision for FCA is to see a largenumber of students become in-volved in active ministry to theirpeers and also to see, ultimately,lives changed through the powerof the gospel of Christ.

Ethan Adams is a baseballplayer who has been coming tothe FCA meetings since its be-ginning.

“I love the lessons, and I loveto hang out with everyone andtalk about whatever’s going onin our lives and just relaxing,”Adams said. “It’s a great environ-ment.”

There has been an FCA at the

college in the past, however, ithasn’t been continued in severalyears. According to Engelman,he’s using this semester for “get-ting it off the ground,” and plansto branch out more in comingsemesters. His focus this semes-ter is building, making peopleaware, and getting the word out.For the future he’d like to addgames, activities and music tothe bible study, while still tyingin the spiritual aspect.

“Hopefully, we’ll see it be-come a staple; become a pres-ence that athletes who come inwill notice,” Engelman said.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Sewardseeks more student involvement for future

Reanna TumlinsonCrusader staff

Commitment. Positive Atti-tude. Student Interaction.These qualities are what ittakes to get nominated for theNational Institute for Staff andOrganizational Development,known in the academic worldas NISOD.

James “Koko” Davis, direc-tor of Student Living Center,and Jared Haas, biology in-structor , are this year’s nomi-nees from Seward County andwill have the opportunity to goto Austin, Texas, this summerto receive their awards.

“I am looking forward to it.I think it will be a great expe-rience,” Haas said.

NISOD originated in 1989 atthe University of Texas inAustin and recognizes leader-ship in community colleges.

“It focuses on communitycolleges, so many times youwill go to a big conference andit will focus on the four-yearcolleges. This program really

focuses on what we do here,”Cynthia Rapp, dean of instruc-tion, said.

Last year’s nominees fromSeward were Donna Fisher, di-rector of financial aid, and Jan-ice Williams, computer infor-mation systems instructor.

Staff and faculty nominatetheir peers. After that, Rappand a group of four or five staffmembers decide on the staffmembers that they feel fit thebill. These names are then sentto Dr. Duane Dunn, presidentof Seward County Communi-ty College/ Area TechnicalSchool. After Dunn approvesthem, the names are sent toNISOD.

“I am very thankful for thisnomination and truly blessedto have even been consideredfor this award,” Davis said.Davis said he thanks his sup-port group including CelesteDonovan, Pam Perkins and hisRAs. “Without all of these in-dividuals my job would be abit of a struggle to say theleast,” Davis said.

Davis, Haas nominated for NISOD,set to travel to Austin this summer

Joseph HoffmanCrusader staff

This semester the ag department hosted theSouthwest Kansas District FFA contests on March2, which included crops, food science, entomologyand farm management divisions. The departmentalso received 1,500 kindergarten and first grade stu-dents for Farm Education Day on March 22. Re-cently, during the campuswide Xtreme Challengethe SCCC ag department participated, hosting ani-mal science and virtual livestock judging contests,with Dandi Thomas and Payton Fleming fromElkhart High School placing first and second over-all, and Jessica Johns from Rolla High School inthird place.

Upcoming events include the Block and BridlePig sale on Friday, April 8, the Beaver County Pigsale, and Block and Bridle lamb and goat sale onSaturday, April 9.

The Block and Bridle Pig sale will start at 7 p.m.on Friday and 120 pigs are expected to sell at theag building. The Beaver County pig sale will takeplace at noon on Saturday with 50 hogs, and the

Block and Bridle lamb and goat sale will begin at 6

p.m. that evening.

April 15 and 16 will mark the 15th annual

Celebrity Livestock Judging Auction. Businesses

in the community will compile a team of four

judges including at least one “celebrity,” or expert

judge. The auction will take place on Friday, April

15 with proceeds going towards scholarships for

SCCC livestock judging team members. The actu-

al judging contest will take place Saturday, April

16.

The ag department will host the Southwest

Kansas District FFA Judging contest on Wednes-

day, April 20, expecting nearly 300 high school

students.

The judging team finished in February. The year,

included High Scoring individual at contest and

multiple top 10 individual rankings, according to

agriculture instructor Brett Crow. The department

is also in the process of hiring an additional ag in-

structor to help put emphasis on an agronomy pro-

gram.

Agriculture department prepares forCelebrity Judging Auction, animal sales

Davis

Haas

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From fat to fitSplit with reality leads to healthier life-style commitment

part 2

BEFORE AFTER�190 + POUNDS �133 POUNDS

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Anaya eats some leftover cheesecake at the Liberal High School j - ournalism room during his senior year. Anaya was at his heaviest weightduring his senior year of high school and freshmen year at Seward.

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From left, Anahy, Alfredo and Ashley Anaya pose for a photo atPizza Hut during a family dinner.

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From left, Alfredo, Ashley, Anthony and Anahy Anaya stand together at St. Anthony’s church after a Sunday mass.

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Anaya holds a can of sweet peas at the store showing his healthierfood choices.

Alfredo AnayaEditor

I should have known when I bought them that the size 30 pantswould never fit me.

But, I liked buying pants in a smaller size than my 190-pound, 5-foot-6-inch frame needed. It helped me believe I wasn’t really as fat asI was at that point.

However, getting those size 30 pants was probably the best andworst choice I have ever made.

After quite a few minutes of hard work I had proudly stuffed myselfinto those new pants. I was about ready to pull out of my driveway,when a combination of the most hilarious and depressing thing hap-pened: the pants ripped.

Generally, I would have laughed to no end if this would have hap-pened to anybody else but me, but since it indeed happened to me, Iwas just kind of shocked and disgusted with myself.

I can honestly say that for most of my life I have lived to eat. Myparents didn’t really care that I was a chubby kid, because they alwaystold me that I would grow up to be tall and I would even out.

I believed them, so I ate whatever I wanted no matter how unhealthyit was. But, as the quote goes, we should eat to live, not live to eat.Coming from a Hispanic family, I have been blessed to be aroundpeople who know how to cook. My grandmother even makes artisanbread and cheese. And as cliché as it sounds, my mom is the best cookin my book.

However, at a certain point I stopped attributing the good feelings Igot from eating with family to just eating in general.

After my mom died from cancer when I was 13 years old, nobodyreally cooked at my house. We just ate sandwiches or whatever wecould throw in the microwave.

I definitely missed the meals my mom used to make, but I got to apoint where food was just a form of comfort.

Through high school, seeing food as comfort only got worse. I hadfriends whose parents didn’t cook for them at home, or for variousreasons, they really seemed to enjoy the fast food lifestyle. I gotsucked in, and probably went to get Sonic, BK, or Wendy’s about fouror five times a week. The fact that I worked at Subway didn’t helpmuch either, because even though there are healthy options available,I wasn’t really in a mindset to actually want to eat healthy. I was en-joying the free soda and sandwiches way more than I should have, andthat showed.

I weighed more than 190 pounds the fall semester of my freshmanyear at Seward.

After the day my pants ripped, I certainly couldn’t ignore my weightproblem anymore.

That semester I was also in a psychology class with SCCC instruc-tor Katy Redd, and she had given the class an assignment in whichwe all had to set a goal for ourselves and keep track of it for a month.

My goal, naturally, was to lose some weight. I started by wantingto lose 30 pounds and get down to 160. I completely changed my diet,cut out soda and started going to the Wellness Center to do cardioworkouts.

It was hard at first, but I stuck to it and some of those changes be-came easy after a while. I managed to reach my goal, and I was happywith myself. And people around me also noticed.

But even though I managed to lose so much weight, I wanted tolose more. During the summer I extended my goal and strived to getdown to 140 pounds. I also worked out several hours a day, playedtennis with my friends and ate healthy.

Towards the end of the summer, I managed to get down to 133pounds, which is also where my current weight is.

People have asked me a variety of questions regarding my weightand how I did it, ranging from, “What did you do?” to “What pills didyou take?” or even a comical one when somebody I knew asked mewhat happened to my fat, as if my fat was a pair of shoes.

In the end, losing weight might be hard, but for me, it was not asmuch of a challenge as people make it out to be.

One has to set reasonable goals, do small changes in order to makethem everyday habits and stick to what they’re trying to do, no mat-ter how frustrating things may get.

I’m glad that with the help and support from my friends and familyI have been able to reach my goals, and have also been able to influ-ence them to make more healthy changes in their diet.

My family no longer buys soda, which not only saves us money,but also helps us keep the weight off.

My sister, Anahy, now cooks at home more often in order to makesure that what we’re eating is healthy, and when I go out to eat withmy friends, they are also now more aware of what they’re paying for.

It’s funny that a pair of ripped pants had so much influence on me,but in the end I truly am glad they did because I don’t know what pos-sible health problems being overweight could have caused for me.

I’m glad that sign helped me set a goal for myself, and lose morethan 60 pounds with a change of diet and more physical activity.

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A Farm Bureau employee hands a baby chick to an elementary student. Students from the elementary schools spent part of Farm Education Day visiting the ag building where they were leadthrough different stations and activities involving agriculture.

Second grade students from McDermott Elementary stop to pet Sly. The chil-dren spent some time in the ag barn where they learned about different ani-mals and different types of soils.

Students from a local elementary school pay close attention to the information given to them.

Southwestern Heights FFA member talks to McDermott students about goatsand other farm animals.

FFA member helps a girl climb down from a tractor.

Elementary students on the Seward campus for Farm Education Day April 22 were informedabout healthy eating habits and the proper serving portions. Some 1,500 students attended.

Some 1,500 students from the USD 480 elementaryschools had the opportunity to learn different aspects ofagriculture during Farm Education Day April 22 sponsoredat Seward County Community College/ Area TechnicalSchool by the Farm Bureau.

Farm animals as well as farm equipment was on displayfor the children. The children were given the opportunityto climb in a John Deere tractor.

— Heidy Molina

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6 Wednesday, April 6, 2011CRUSADER ENTERTAINMENT

The Texas String Quartet played to an enthusias-tic audience on March 21 at the SCCC/ATSShowcase Theater. The quartet played through clas-sics by Bach and Purcell, as well as songs by moremodern artists such as Muse, Ozzy Osbourne,Steely Dan, Rush, System of a Down and Skillet.

The quartet seemed extremely happy to be inLiberal and it made for a great atmosphere thatnight. The way they played the songs made it seemas though they had been together for years, al-though they had only met and practiced as a fullquartet two days prior to the event.

The classical songs played were all extremely rec-ognizable and flowed very well together, though itfelt like they dragged on a bit. Eventually the quar-tet moved on to the songs the audience was wait-ing for that night, the rock songs. There was some-what of a break between the transition due to tech-nical difficulties, but the quartet went on to rockthroughout the night, beginning with “Uprising”

by Muse and following with “Crazy Train” byOzzy and “Aerials” by System of a Down and “TheLast Night” by Skillet. What surprised me themost was that the songs were arranged for stringsby the groups leader, Shelly Duell. The group alsoput a lot of energy into their performance, whichmade a great show even better. Grant Matthewsalso filled in on percussion for the more modernsongs, adding a great accompaniment to the elec-tric stings. The audience gave the quartet a greatreception and the quartet did an encore, performing“Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, proving the group hadan expansive set of styles at their disposal.Theshow was great and food and drinks were offeredafter the performance, which made it even better. Iwould definitely attend any future performances bythe quartet. Hopefully SCCC/ATS is able to puton another musically oriented show as great as thisone was.

It’s hard to believe that “IsThis It,” the debut album bythe Strokes that changed themodern rock scene of thenoughties was released 10 yearsago already.

Its also hard to believe thatit’s been five years since theStrokes released their thirdalbum, “First Impressions ofEarth” and announced a hiatus.Since then, Julian Casablancas,Albert Hammond Jr. andNikolai Fraiture recorded their own solo recordswhile the other two Strokes remained silent.

Five years has been a long enough wait for anx-ious fans such as myself for the band to releasesomething as a unit, and I am glad they’re back toform with “Angles.”

To be honest, upon first impression, “Angles”feels somewhat rushed. It felt as thought it breezedby. It definitely has to be listened to more than onceto actually absorb some of the passion behind it.

The deceptively simplistic guitar delivery from

Hammond and Nick Valensi shines ontracks such as “Machu Picchu,”“Undercover of Darkness,” and “TwoKinds of Happiness.” The spot-ondrumming from Fabrizio Moretti,along with the incredibly melodic bassbrought by Fraiture, and Casablanca’senchantingly captivating voice equateto some of the catchiest songs of theyear, and possibly the decade. Some ofthe songs are also obviously inspiredby Casablanca’s solo efforts, withadded synths and effects. “Call Me

Back” has no percussion throughout the song, andis one of the albums more moody and almosthaunting songs. “Life is Simple in the Moonlight”is also one of the more moody tracks, making fora great album closer with its mellow guitarmelodies and laid back chorus.

The album basically encapsulates styles of theband’s previous efforts while adding new elementsto create this catchy, experimental piece of work.The Strokes once again prove that they are mastersof their craft.

Hollywood is dead. I’ve beenwaiting a long time to say itnow. I’ve officially lost hope inthe future of popular cinema afterlaying my eyes upon the “com-ing soon” lists of websites andtheaters. A slew of comic bookmovies with rehashedstory lines. “GreenLantern” is basically“Iron Man” with a ringand tights.

Ridiculously stupidanimated films, (most-ly from Dreamworks.Pixar is where the goldis, even though parentcompany Disneysucks.) And reboots andremakes of alreadygreat films and film se-ries. Does the world re-ally need a remake of“Conan the Barbarian?”or “The Great Gatsby?”

Another thing thatcaught my eye was thatWB is making a live-action adaptation of“Akira,” the classicmanga and animatedfilm written and direct-ed by KatsuhiroOtomo. But wait!They’re changing thecharacter’s names from“Tetsuo” and “Kaneda”to more Americansounding names like “Travis”and “Kevin!” And changing thesetting from Japan to New YorkCity! I would hardly even call it“Akira” anymore! This is thekind of crap Hollywood is com-ing up with? Originality seemsto be lacking. It seemsHollywood is turning into themusic industry. Corporate,senseless, pointless, pop trashbeing released by the masseswith very few artists actuallyhaving any quality.

While fall, spring and winter

were seasons reserved for themore introverted, intelligentfilms and moviegoers, themovies released these past sea-sons have made it feel like ablockbuster summer at the cine-mas year round. Even the Oscars

were terrible this year.Maybe it’s because

smart movies don’tmake money anymore.“Inception” almostnever happened be-cause studios didn’t be-lieve it had money-making potential. The’90s cult-classic “TheIron Giant” actuallyflopped and after that,

studios started turn-ing down smart ani-mated films.

Hollywood hasjust turned into agreedy, corporatemoney-making ma-chine. And that’swhat it all comesdown to. Money, thesupposed “root of allevil.” It’s turned itinto an ugly atrocitywith extremely fewgreat qualities. Willfuture generations beable to view any ofthese films and callthem a staple of our

times? Part of this generation’sart and culture? All that I’m root-ing for in this new generation offilms is, as George Lucas wouldsay it, “A New Hope.”Hopefully this greedy corporatemachine will be taken down by afuture rebel alliance.

n Octavio Rodriguez, whoplans to help the rebel alliance onthe forest moon of Endor andsave the galaxy from the clutch-es of the evil Empire, can bereached at [email protected]

“Sucker Punch” is a film di-rected by Zach Snyder, the sup-posed visionary behind “300” and“Watchmen.”And I use the termvisionary loosely now because Iloved “Watchmen” and “300,” butthis one falls short.

“Sucker Punch” is a blend offantasy, steam punk and sci-fi setin the mind of it’s unreliable nar-rator, Baby Doll. After accidental-ly murdering her sister, she issent to a mental asylum, wherethe main director is paid off byher father, so she will be putthrough lobotomy and will beunable to claim her mother’s for-tune.

To be blunt, “Sucker Punch”just doesn’t line up very well. Itgoes in and out of scenes tooquickly, almost to the pointwhere the audience can’t match itup. The story also becomes blandand predictable throughout.

The visuals were one of the

main highlights in the film. Thecharacters drifted in and out offantasy and reality, shifting froma Japanese setting, World War II,and a high speed futuristic train.Most of the film was obviouslyshot in green screen, likeSnyder’s “300”, and it is ab-solutely gorgeous to look at.

The action in the film wascompletely over the top ridicu-lous. Fights with gigantic samu-rai, undead Nazis and cyberneticandroids make the film’s actionscenes feel like a very long videogame commercial. It’s just mindnumbing, but still no quality.The scenes where bullets, bodiesand swords weren’t flying aroundwere the greatest. The tension inthe final scene is attention grab-bing and adds value to a film thatlacks it.

The acting was sub-par. EmilyBrowning and Oscar Isaac gavesome pretty standout perfor-

mances, while Vanessa Hudgenswas a bit dull. I did expect morefrom Abbie Cornish and JennaMalone, who have done somegreat performances in the past.Jon Hamm had a few briefscenes, which is upsetting be-cause he’s absolutely brilliant in“Mad Men.”

One other great thing about thefilm was the soundtrack. Withcovers of “Tomorrow NeverKnows” by the Beatles, “Asleep”by the Smiths, and “WhiteRabbit” by Jefferson Airplane,the background music through-out was great.

In all, the film was visual eyecandy, but the story and ridicu-lous action hold the film backfrom being truly great. The con-cept was good, but the execution,not so good. When it ends, thefilm will leave you feeling, well,sucker punched.

String Quartet show impresses

Another bold Stroke is made

Future films seemdevoid of originality

New flick fails to grasp concept

“Vices & Virtues” is Panic! AtThe Disco’s whole new spin ontheir familiar sound on theirdebut album “A Fever You Can'tSweat Out.” Since the departureof former lyricist Ryan Ross andbassist Jon Walker, the status ofthe band with the two remainingband members Brendon Urie andSpencer Smith was uncertain.However, Urie was the one whotook the pen and the reins inwriting the lyrics for “Vices &Virtues.” Even though his lyricsare not as complex as Ross’,Urie has managed to do a decentjob in keeping the listener want-ing more.

Although the sound is reminis-cent to “A Fever You Can'tSweat Out,” the band's control ofsound and lyrics has mellowedout and matured. There are nomore random instrumentationbreaks in songs, but instead theband has a more put togethersound. They are back to the morecatchy dramatic pop sound thatthey abandoned for their sopho-

more album “Pretty. Odd.” buthave found a balance between theballads and the power pop sound.

The albums first single, “TheBallad Of Mona Lisa” has thatdramatic mysterious quality withcatchy lyrics that gives a good in-sight on the rest of the sound ofthe album.

The band also addressed the de-parture of the former members inthe song “The Calendar” thatstarts with the lyrics “They say ifyou don't let it out/You're gonnalet it eat you away” and has amore of an emotional back-ground to it. On those samelines, the song “Sarah Smiles” isone of the ballads that balancesout the album. The song, writtenfor Urie’s girlfriend, has more ofthe acoustic ballad sound foundin “Pretty. Odd.” but still blendsin with the rest of the songs on“Vices & Virtues.” The albumalso closes on a good note, withthe song “Nearly Witches” whichstarts with a French children'schoir signing the melody, quick-

ly moving to a catchy beat mak-

ing the listener want to hit the re-

peat button.

Even though Panic! has re-

ceived mixed reviews on “Vices

& Virtues” for trying to return to

their old sound they have found a

good balance between the catchy

sounds of “A Fever You Can't

Sweat Out” and the more put to-

gether sounds of “Pretty. Odd.”

Listeners of the band will defi-

nitely find at least one song from

this album that they will keep on

repeat in their mp3 player for a

few days.

“Vices & Virtues” is a good

sign that the band has a future

even without their original lyri-

cists, Ryan Ross, and can only

continue to improve on the

sounds of this album. Urie may

not have gone for the complex

and deep lyrics, but he definitely

managed to make it more real

while still keeping it catchy and

entertaining.

Deisi Barboza

Online editor

Children on campus learningnew things might not be a regu-lar sight, but on Children’s ArtDay this is the scene. However,although the routine may be thesame, the projects these childrenlearn aren’t.

Children’s Art Day is an eventin which Kylix art club membershelp teach children new art tech-niques and help them on new pro-jects. The club usually host onein the fall and another in thespring semester.

Although this is a bi-annual,event, it has something new eachtime. “There’s always some-thing new. This is my fourth

time doing it,” Kylix presidentKarem Gallo said. Despite beingher fourth time helping with theevent, Gallo expressed that it isalways fun. “The little kids al-ways put a smile on my face. It’sgood for the kids to get creative.I’m a little sad this is my lastChildren Art Day,” Gallo said.

The projects for eachChildren’s Art Day varies.

“This one was different becausewe tried a new project withkites,” Copas said. Other pro-jects included water color resistand relief structures. Not only dothe children attending learn newtechniques they also learn a littlebit of art history. “We also did aproject based on Henri Mastisse

where they learned about papercutouts and an artist with a dis-ability,” Copas said.

The changes in projects are im-portant as there are children whohave attended past Children’s ArtDay. “I really liked the differentart projects,” Gunnar Geist said.Geist is a second grader atMacArthur Elementary. He saidthis wasn’t his first Children’sArt Day and he said he likes to doart because it makes him feelgood.

Even first-time attendees en-joyed Children’s Art Day, such asCottonwood Intermediate fourthgrader Saoirse Hale. “I think Iwanna go back next year,” Halesaid. Both Hale and Geist said

their favorite project of the daywas the relief structure.

Children Art Day is not onlyenjoyed by the children the par-ents are also supporters of theevent. “They just love these artdays. My husband and I alwayslook forward to see what the kidscome up with,” KathyThompson, mother of twinsAnneliese and Anders who oftenattend this event, said.Thompson also noted that Andersdid not attend this time.Thompson said that she looksforward to community art eventssuch as Children’s Art Day.

“We are thankful that the col-lege puts on this event,”Thompson said.

Panic! manages great comeback

Art club teaches children new skills

Crusader photo/Octavio Rodriguez

Children’s Art Day, hosted by the Kylix art club took place April 2. Clubmembers taught art techniques and helped children develop new skills.The art day is a bi-annual event. Above, two young artists have funwhile working on cutouts. At right, Gina Rodriguez shyly looks at thecamera while painting. Each of the kids were assigned into groups towork with for a set amount of time before they rotated with othergroups. The event was put together to raise funds for Kylix’s annualtrip.

Rodriguez

“Hollywood isturning into themusic industry.

Corporate,senseless,

pointless, poptrash being

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only very fewartists actually

having anyquality.”

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CD Review | Alfredo Anaya

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Review | Octavio Rodriguez

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Working at the movie theater has shown me thatall customers fall into different categories accordingto the social skills displayed to me in the few shortminutes they spend placing their order; TheOutstanding, The Good, The Rude and The (ahem)Slow of Thought. Each categories has its own dis-tinct criteria and the traits these people posses foreach are applicable to the everyday world and notjust at the concessions and ticket booth counters.

The Rude are the group who most often ruinmy day. When I greet them, they refuse to meet myeye or return my greeting. They ignore me when Iask questions and usually simply list their orderwithout so much as a “please.”

This particular group is exemplary at ensuringthat I feel like I am less human, and therefore lessworthy of civil treatment than they are. They real-ly make this point clear by avoiding “thank you”at all costs.

The Good make sure to make eye contact, theysay please and thank you, and most importantlythey know exactly what they want by the time theyget to the counter. These people are prepared whenit comes time to pay and do nearly everything with

a smile on their faces.The Slow of Thought is by far the most frus-

trating group of people I have ever met. They arethe wonderful bunch who stand in line for roughly10 minutes and then arrive at the counter and, final-ly, the thought to consult the menu strikes them.

They don’t so much as greet me or make eye con-tact because they are too busy standing with theirmouths agape, staring at the menu, and yet thisgroup still has the audacity to ask me the price ofevery item on the menu as they stare right at it.When they order, they literally will make the state-ment “I’ll have a soda…and umm…a popcorn,” asthough it is not only my job to serve them, but toalso read their minds to know exactly what size andtype of pop they need.

The Outstanding are the group we should allstrive to be a part of in every aspect of our lives.This group possesses all the good manners of theGood group, but with a little more personality andflair. The Outstanding make conversation and areable to brighten my day instantly.

They recognize that the people who are there tohelp them don’t necessarily have to go out of theirway to do the best they can, and The Outstandingrecognize that by treating others like equals theywill get exactly what they want. I have found thatI am more than willing to go out of my way to en-sure that the orders of these people is perfect andthat they fully enjoy their experience, even if it assmall as perfectly buttered popcorn.

We should all make a point to treat others as ourequals, no matter how inferior you might find theirjob. Good manners and a pleasant expression is re-ally all it take to make the difference between ruin-ing someone’s day, and being known as someonewho leaves everything better than how they foundit, not to mention getting what you want in thebest manner possible.

n Natalie Cano, who hopes you are currently orwill now aim to be a part of the Outstanding groupof customers she serves at the movie theater, can bebe reached at [email protected].

7 Wednesday, April 6, 2011CRUSADER OPINION

Do you know whatthe sophomore assesments are?Are you preparedto take them? Why?

STUDENT LIFE —

“Yes.

Yes, I feel that all my

classes have prepared me

for it, especially writing.”

Jr.Lopez

LuisPauyac

“Yes.

No, because I don’t know

what to expect.”

OUR VIEW —

Q:

When enrolling in class for the next semester, Ialways ask myself “Do I really need this? Does itcount as a humanity, behavioral science, etc.? Do Ihave time for it?” I ask myself so many questionsthat I usually find an excuse not to take a certainclass that sounded interesting to me. However, oneclass that did catch my eye and I did actually takewas glass blowing.

I had past experience in it as I took 3D art in highschool and made a paper weight and a vase. SinceI knew the instructor, I decided it was worth achance. I first listed in the class hoping it wouldjust be an easy A, but I actually started to enjoy theart.

It’s a demanding art, as one has to stand in frontof a 1,000 degree fire and rotate a glass piece on apole making sure it stays leveled and doesn’t slumpdown. I have to plan everything out before hand,picking out the colors I want to use, what shape Iwant the object to be and how big. During theprocess anything can happen, so a mind open tomistakes is required as well. Mistakes aren’t al-ways a bad thing. One time I tried making a bowl,but the bowl folded over itself. I could have start-

ed over or continued and gotten a different piece. Idecided to see what would happen if I continued.I’m glad I did because I ended up with a very uniquelooking vase. It has a wide round bottom with along narrow neck; it’s also misshapen like it’s al-most melted. It reminds me a lot of surrealism art.I probably never thought of that idea if it wasn’t forthat error. Where else can my mistakes turn out tobe beautiful pieces of art?

Another thing this class has opened my mind towas how I view art. I used to look at vases andother glass pieces and decided if I liked it dependingon if I thought it was pretty or not. Now that Iknow all the work that goes into one piece, I lookat the small details and judge the piece by its crafts-manship. I look to see how even the sides are, theconsistent thickness, and if there are air bubbles inthe piece. When I went to the Wichita Art Museumlast semester, I saw so many glass pieces and Idon’t remember looking at the pieces judging if Iliked the colors, or whatever, I remember lookingat the craftsmanship of the piece.

Originally, I was only planning to take one se-mester of the class, but by the end of last semes-ter I decided to take Glass Blowing II. I’ve enjoyedall the pieces I have made this semester. I havestarted to enjoy making slump bowls, which is atype of bowl that is made of by glueing pieces ofglass together and placing the sheet of glass over amold, then placing the glass and mold in a kiln andthe sheet melts into the shape of the bowl.

Before this class, I was the least artistic personever, as my drawing skills are the same as a 5-year-old and my experiences with clay have been nega-tive. I am happy I took the chance to take thisclass and I suggest others to stay open to whatclasses are available here on campus. After all, col-lege is suppose to be a time to explore differentsubjects. n Deisi Barboza, who has learned that mistakes

aren’t always bad when it comes to making art, can bereached at [email protected].

I’ve been thinking about a story agood pastor friend of mine told his con-gregation last Sunday. The story, oranalogy rather, begins like this, whichis the same story, just with my wording:

Imagine that there was a person whoreceived a notice from the IRS. They’re

like, “ah, crap...” and maybe a few otherchoice words. Well after several days ofcontemplating opening the stupid thingthey finally do it. Much to their shockand surprise the notice reads, “Dear soand so, you are entitled to receive a bil-lion dollars in back taxes.” That personfreaks out, but after realizing how ridicu-lous it is, they come back down to earthand continue to read the letter.

There is a detailed map with directionsto the location in Oklahoma City, Okla.where that person is to pick up their bil-lion dollar check, with a list of request-ed identifications in order to prove thatperson is who they say they are, andthere they will receive a check with thesaid amount of money. NO strings at-tached and they can immediately cash it.

I tried putting myself in this charac-ter’s shoes as I was listening to myfriend tell the story. My friend continuedwith saying that several people mightsearch IRS tax scams, others might takethe bait and check it out, but they mightnot go themselves. They might think, “I

have family down in Oklahoma City, Ican just have them pick it up for me.”Others would be truckin’ it down therethe next day, calling their boss and say-ing, “I won’t be in to work tomorrow.In fact I quit because the wages suck!”(These are my words of the same story,remember.)

The character tells several of hisfriends about the letter, and they all dis-miss him and say, “Seriously, dude?Don’t waste your gas on that trip.They’re screwin’ with you. I got thesame letter and tore it up cause it’s justa bunch of bull crap.”

Well, this particular character actuallydecides to go and check it out, disregard-ing the advice of his friends. He checksinto a motel and follows the map to thebuilding where supposedly his money iswaiting for him. After showing them theletter and the requested forms of ID, heis given his check.

My friend asked the congregation,“What would you do if you were thatperson and you were driving home with

all that money? How would you actwhen you saw your friends who receivedthe same letter and tore it up and threwit in the trash?”

The atmosphere in the room was pret-ty relaxed; it’s not a formal church, andwe’re all pretty good friends with thepastor, so I open my big mouth and say,“I’d be all like, ‘Ha-ha! What now,son?!’” Everybody laughed, and the pas-tor said, “Isn’t that what we’ve done withthe Gospel message sometimes?” Hewent on to say that by the lives we live,others will either be drawn to Christ, orrepelled by the thought of even meetingHim. In reality, our actions and our re-sponses to situations can either be alight, guiding people to Christ, or a hin-drance to them coming to know him.

I know that, and I don’t let the blatantfact that I’m not perfect stop me fromliving my life for Christ to the best ofmy ability. Then the pastor said some-thing that really stabbed through theheart. He said, “Just because we maylive our lives for Christ doesn’t excuse

us from using our mouths also.”

It caused me to examine how much

my words line up with the life I try to

live. I know that ultimately people will

be drawn to the lifestyle and the things

a person does, because talk by itself is

cheap. But the words a person speaks

should come from the overflow of a per-

son’s heart. If my heart is truly for

Christ, then the words I speak should re-

flect that in every conversation I have,

with every individual. It’s easy to talk

Jesus with other people of the same

faith, but what about when I’m talking

to somebody who is either atheist, or

somebody who just halfheartedly thinks

of God in passing, or when they are in

trouble? I fear that those conversations

haven’t been all that they could be.

n Zach Carpenter, who believes it’s never

too late to get close to Christ

regardless of mistakes or imperfections, can

be reached at [email protected]

Zach Carpenter

Crusader

Staff

Natalie Cano

Crusader

Staff

Deisi Barboza

Online

Editor

Student learns lesson about religion through story, actions

3D art class leads to new insights Manners leave impact on those we meet

SteffyThottasseril

CesarLujan

“Yes.

No, because I didn’t

practice for it.”

“No.

Nope, I’m not prepared

because I do too much

homework.”

STUDENT LIFE —STUDENT LIFE —

Crusader photos/Jeanette Contreras

All graduates who will receive an associ-ate degree or certificate of completion in2011 are required to take the CollegiateAssessment of Academic Proficiency sched-uled for April 7 and 9. Graduates shouldhave received a letter about this in the mail,telling them to turn in a sign-up sheet,choosing what day they can attend.

Sophomores who haven’t done this yetneed to contact Alaina Rice, administrativeassistant to the dean of instruction.According to Cynthia Rapp, dean of instruc-tion, failure to participate in the assess-ments will result in a hold being placed onyour final transcript.

“It’s required by the crediting agency tohave evidence of student learning; part ofthat has to be data that can be compared toother institutions,” Todd Carter, director ofresearch and assessment said.

All day classes on Thursday are cancelledfor the assessments. Those who have cho-sen to participate on Thursday must be atthe table in the hallway outside the libraryin the Hobble Academic Building at 1:30p.m. If you plan to come Saturday, youmust meet at 9 a.m. in Room A168.

The assessments will be in rooms A168and A170 on Thursday and Room A168 onSaturday. Graduates should have gotten aschedule in the letter received, however ifyou lost your, you may contact Rice orRapp. Testing is scheduled to be completedby 4 p.m. Thursday and by 11:30 a.m.Saturday.

The assessments will be composed of twoparts: the critical thinking part, and the FirstYear Seminar post-writing assessment,which is compared to the writing assess-ment done at the beginning of First YearSeminar.

The results of the assessments are notkept hidden from students. Students whocomplete the test will receive the results inthe mail within six to eight weeks. Theycan use these results to better understandtheir skill level and learning abilities.

The results of the assesments are instru-mental in helping the faculty to better teachstudents, and in comparing the teaching suc-cess of SCCC/ATS with other colleges.

“We use it as one of the indicators of howeffective we’ve been in teaching,” Cartersaid . “If they don’t give their best effort,then we’re not really getting a good pictureof how we compare to other institutions.”

Although no student is jumping at thechance to take a test, the data is importantto the school.

“I know to you guys it seems like just an-other test, but we really do use the data,”Carter said. “We have a faculty meeting thesame day to decide how it’ll be used andhow we’ll go about using the data.”

We believe students should be well-in-formed about the CAAP assessments andtheir purpose, and as a result, should takethem seriously and do their best work sothat SCCC/ATS can become an even betterschool.

CAAP assessments crucial for evaluating student success

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The Lady Saints basketballteam finished the season 21-11after Cowley defeated them at theJayhawk West Conference andRegion VI Playoff in Wichita.

But honors have come in sincethen. Freshman Mariah Lee andAshlynn Knoll were namedHonorable Mention All-American by the Women’sBasketball Coaches Association.

Both were chosen for theNJCAA All-Region VI Team.Knoll was named second teamwhile Lee was named to theHonorable Mention list.

“The award gave me the moti-vation for next year to be a great

player,” said freshman MariahLee. “It was an honor.” With en-couragement from her coachesand her father, Lee thanked Godfirst of all for getting this award.Lee made a goal to finish off theschool year off great and to workharder in basketball next year.

Lee said she chose Seward toget away form home in HoustonTexas. “So I can be focused,” Leesaid.

Lee also said she fell in lovewith the coaches and the enviro-ment on her first visit to the col-lege.

Lee had played basketball andboxing in high school and planson attending a four-year schoolafter Seward.

“It was on my goal list but I

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After leading the Saints totheir second Region VI TitleGame in four years, JeremyJones, Marky Nolen and RafrielGuthrie were all named to the2011 NJCAA All-Region per-formers.

Jones was selected to the FirstAll-Region team after leadingthe Jayhawk West in scoring 19points per game and averagedfour assists. Jones also neverhad less than 13 points in anyof the Saints games and was

over 20 points in eight of the16 conference games.

Jones was also chosen as theJawhawk West player ofthe Year who was votedby the conference coach-es. Jones was selected tothe Third Team All-American team. He hascollege visits at SouthFlorida, Kansas State andArizona State, schedulingtwo other visits beforehe makes his final col-lege choice.

Nolen was selected tothe second All-Region team.

Nolen averaged 11 points andeight rebound per game this sea-son.

Guthrie averaged13 points and 4 re-bounds per game thisseason and was se-lected as a HonorableMention choice.

Guthrie was one ofjust eight freshmanout of the 29 playersselected. He finishedin the top three inpoints, rebounds, andsteals for Seward.

Saints named to All-Region, Jones All-American

Jones

Ivan GaytanSports editor

The Lady Saints have only alimited number of games left thisseason to determine if they aregoing to the playoffs. Standingwith a record of 28-7, 5-3, someof the players have really im-proved.

Sydney Cicchetti has beenpitching well in her games, andshe had and outstanding gamewhen she helped the Lady Saintswith a 6-0 win, defeating theWestern Nebraska cougers onMarch 27.

“She’s become a leader and shehas learned her strengths andweaknesses,” said head coach ofthe Lady Saints, AndreaGustafson. “We’re a good team,but just not good enough. Wejust need to focus more and playharder.”

Leah Sitter is definitely takingher advice as she broke the all-

time stolen base record. She hasthe record of 45 thefts in her ca-reer. She got her 45th steal whenthe Lady Saints went against theLady Trojans.

Jill Rodgers was namedNJCAA player of the week whenshe hit .478, and hitting six dou-bles and 15 RBIs. She holds therecord for .355 on the seasonands played 34 gamesand batted121 times, Hit 43 doubles andhomeruns and RBIs for this sea-son.

On April 4 the Lady Saintswent up against the Garden CityLady Broncbusters on a doubleheader at the Lady Saints softballfield.

In the first game, the LadyBroncbusters got two runs in theearly innings. The Lady Saintscame back with with seven runsin the rest of the game asCicchetti stoped the LadyBroncbusters while she keptstriking them out one by one.

Breeana Diaz and BlancaAdame got in the last and finalruns finishing the game with thescore of 7-2.

Later that day in the secondgame the Lady Saints didn’t getthat look when the Brocbustersdefeated them with the score of15-11. Even though MichelleDuford had some good runs andLeah Sitter, Taylor McDougalland Monique Lopez followed herfoot steps but it still wasn’tenough to walk out with the vic-tory.

They will be playing a make-up double header April 18 atBarton.

The Lady Saints now hit theroad with five games coming upin El Dorado. Their three gameson April 9 start early vs. MapleWoods at 9 a.m., then they playJohnson City at 1 p.m. and final-ly play Conners State at 3p.m.The next day they playEastern Oklahoma and Crowder.

MoniqueLopez foulsthe ballwhen its herturn to batduring theTrinidaddoubleheader.TheLady Saintswent off towin bothgames.Crusader photo/Ivan Gaytan

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After playing against three ofthe top nationally ranked teamsin the Trojan JuCo Classic inOklahoma City last Friday andSaturday and then playing againstlocal rival, Barton, in 50 mphwind, on Sunday, the Saints andLady Saints tennis teams had abusy and tough weekend.

Despite this, tennis coachDarin Workman is pleased withboth teams.

“They were so tired and sore. Iknow they hated it, and they’reprobably still mad at me, but Iwas proud,” Workman said. “Itwas a very tough weekend but Iwas really happy. We are whereI want to be.”

The men’s team won againstthe eighth ranked team fromMeridian Community College 7-2 but lost against Tyler JuniorCollege 7-2 and Collin College8-1 during the tournament inOklahoma City.

However, the team enjoyed a 6-3 win against Barton. The 50mph wind was a challenge for theteam. “It was tough; we couldn’tplay well,” men’s captain LaercioLobo said.

The men’s No. 2 doubles teamFelie Cruz and Raphael Machadowon all three of their matchesduring the Trojan JuCo Classic.Cruz noted that this was his firsttime going undefeated in doubleswith Machado.

The women’s team wonagainst Meridian and Collin both5-4, but lost against Tyler whoare ranked No. 1 and were lastyear’s national champion. “Webeat Collin 5-4 which is alwaysa top team, and it was my firsttime as a coach beating thatteam,” Workman said.

The women also enjoyed a winagainst Barton, 8-1.

Workman noted that the high-light from the weekend was fresh-man Salitza Abrantes who playedthe both of the last matches inthe tournament in OklahomaCity and the duel against Bartonand won both matches in tiebreakers. “I was so proud of her.She was able to handle the pres-sure and come out on top,”Workman said.

Abrantes feels she plays wellunder pressure.

“Having the pressure of thetiebreaker and knowing the teamwould lose if I lost reallyhelped,” Abrantes said.

The first tie breaker was herclosest as she won it 13-11. “Itwas really exciting. It wasn’tuntil half way though the tiebreaker I realized it was on me,”Abrantes said.

As the rest of the tennis play-ers had finished their matches,they watched Abrantes finishedher match. “Everyone from bothsides were cheering,” Workmansaid. “We’re not just a boys anda girls team, we’re a Saintsteam.”

Not only were Arbanes’s team-mates supporting her during thematch, but her dad was also there.“He started crying because he wasso happy because everyone wascheering me on,” Arbanes saidwho is from Keene, Texas.

Workman applauded LadySaints tennis captain FannyBenincasa for her support ofAbrantes.

“Fanny was probably thebiggest supporter of Salitza,”Workman said. Benincasa saidshe sees the importance of sup-porting the other players.

“Yeah, we can see when every-one cheers we are more motivat-ed to win since we play for theteam,” Benincasa said.

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In his 30th year of coaching theSeward County Saints, baseballcoach Galen McSpadden recordedhis 1,000th career win March 12.

The accomplishment puts himin the company of only eight ac-tive coaches and 21 coaches in thehistory of the NJCAA who havereached that mark.

His journey to win No. 1,000started with his first team in1981-82, and was realized in agame played at Cloud County.The journey of the games leadingup to the win went like this.

Win 997: The Saints playedat Cloud County March 11, easi-ly beating the T-Birds in the firstgame with the score of 16-2, a

win that put the season record at11-8, and the Saints had deliveredMcSpadden his 997th win.

Win 998: The Saints got offto a good start in the second gameof that day with a 5-0 lead, but theT-birds stepped up the offense andcame back to tie the game at 5-5.However, the Saints went on tobeat the T-birds with the endingscore of 9-7, giving McSpaddenhis 998th career win.

Win 999: The Saints led offday two against Cloud Countywith a solid start into the seventhinning, leading 9-0, but the T-birds didn’t let them off that easi-ly and scored five runs in the lasttwo innings.

The Saints won the game 9-5and McSpadden was one gameaway.

Win 1, 000: As the Saintswent for the fourth game againstCloud County, the team knewwhat was on the line.

The Saints were up 2-0. Laterin the game, the T-birds got onerun.

The game was left in the handsof reliever Willy Gustin. The left-handed pitcher struck out his op-ponent and delivered McSpaddenhis 1,000th win.

McSpadden said he feels veryfortunate.

“I didn’t swing or pitch, so Igive credit to all of my playersand all of my coaches,” said coachMcSpadden. “I didn’t feel like itwas a race or like there was a fin-ish line.”

He saw the milestone more likea goal of 56 games a season and

to make it to the playoffs.“In 1982, it was special because

it was my first team,” McSpaddensaid, but then he added otherteams have also been special.

This year’s team and the gritthey showed bringing home that1000th win will hold a memo-rable place in McSpadden’s heart.

“The conditions that this teamwas in is what made it very spe-cial for me,” McSpadden said.

Several players were either hurtor ill during the fourth game, butthe team still played hard to puttheir coach’s 1,000th win in therecord books.

On some days, there’s no cry-ing in baseball, but McSpaddensays on the day his team gutted itout to get him win No. 1000, hedid cry.

McSpadden brings home win No. 1000

400th Jayhawk WestConference win in a

March 15 home victory vs.Cloud County C.C. in

2008.

Jayhawk West Coach of the Year:

•1998•2003•2004•2008•2010

2004McSpadden led SewardCounty to its first-ever NJCAA World Series.

2005 McSpadden was namedAmerican Baseball Coaches

Association Regional Coach of theYear.

2008 McSpadden was inducted into theNJCAA Baseball Hall of Fame.

Since 1993, McSpadden has ledSeward County to 18 straight seasons with at least 33 victories.

At least 82 players who have beendrafted in the Major League BaseballAmateur Draft or who have signedprofessional contracts with MajorLeague Baseball organizations played under McSpadden.

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Rising to the Challenge: Students participate in Xtreme Challenge

Photos by Alfredo AnayaHeidy Molina

Lizuly Monarrez

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Jacob Williams of Tyrone High School shakes orange TicTacs into the air from containers connectedto a ruler as part of a game to pass time as students waited for results from the academic challengesat Xtreme Challenge. Before the awards ceremony, students played some competitive games againststudents from other schools. During the TicTac shake competition , the student who shook all theTicTacs out of their container won the game. Students were also able to play a game with spaghettiand pasta noodles, another game with pingpong balls and a fly swatter, and a game that had themknocking cups off a table with air from a balloon and a game where they had to move an Oreo cook-ie from their foreheads into their mouths. Kylee Harrison from the Seward admission office was incharge of the games. For more photos, go to CrusaderNews.com or Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.

Tech student Andrew Williams, center, clocks the time for a high school student who is changing a flat tireand putting the spare on with a right torque setting. The challenge was one of several at the tech school.

Valeria Terrazas from Garden City High School sketches a still-life as part of a drawing challenge she entered through the art department. Terrazas won firstplace overall in the art competition.

High School students had the opportunity to participate ina video game challenge to test their skills.

Morgan Wills, right, of Liberal High School, blows on a fake nail to dry the polish to con-tinue with her challenge in the cosmetology department.

High school students from Rolla, Moscow and Elkhart show off their dance moves during a dance compe-tition before the awards ceremony. SCCC/ATS student ambassadors helped with the events.

A high school student keeps his concentration during a com-petition that involved balancing as many pingpong balls aspossible on a fly swatter and transporting them across to acontainer on the other side of the gym. The student who gotthe most pingpong balls in the container got a free T-shirt.

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Seward CountyCommunity College/ AreaTechnical School hosted 14area high schools in thesixth annual XtremeChallenge contest.

This year more than 380students registered for theevent. The contest is basedon 14 challenge areas thatrange from sports writingto hair braiding.

The number of studentsregistered set a record highover the last six years. Theincrease in the number ofstudents played a majorrole in having the awardsceremony moved from thetheater to the gym.

Celestina Padilla, a se-nior from Tyrone HighSchool, was a participantfor a third year in a row. “ Ifelt this year it was moreorganized,” Padilla said. “ Iliked that this year morecollege students were in-volved. It seemed like itwas an outreach to kids toparticipate.”

Xtreme Challenge allowsstudents to show off talentsin various academic andvocational areas.

“It gives you the chanceto express your talents inplaces that you don’t nor-mally get to,” Liberal

High School student,Kelly Francis said.

If students have a free pe-riod during the XtremeChallenge, they have theopportunity to participatein activities such as a scav-enger hunt that takes themall around the campus, giv-ing the students a chanceto become familiar withthe college and where someof the major departmentsare located.

At the awards ceremonyat the conclusion of thecontest, Elkhart HighSchool earned the OverallAward. The EHS studentsearned more overall pointsthan any other school.

SCCC/ATS programspresented awards in art,English, journalism,weld-ing, trade and industrial ed-ucation, agriculture, cos-metology, accounting,health information man-agement, criminal justice,business administrativetechnology, marketing andmanagement, math and sci-ence and ComputerInformation Systems.

For winners and moredetails on the 2011 XtremeChallenge go online atCrusaderNews.com, or atFacebook.com/crusadernews.


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