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CAMPUSPage 4 March 3, 2010
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By Paige CarswellSports editor
Just over a week stands between students and Spring Break, but looming in between them and the freedom of a week off are a se-ries of projects, tests and attendance grades that may or may not be in the forefront of their minds.
Spring fever is defined by the Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary as “a lazy or restless feeling often associated with the onset of spring,” and right now, students are
feeling it.“I tend to procrastinate more in the spring
because I’m waiting for Spring Break,” said Rosalina Valdovinos, English junior. “I think I’ll catch up on my work then, when every-one knows I won’t. Actually, for the past three years, I happened to get rather ill in the spring due to stress.”
“I feel very lazy an unmotivated to do anything because of the cold,” said Brianna Johnson, undeclared freshman. “It is so cold you just don’t want to do anything.”
But, another widely-known symptom of
spring fever is the sudden attraction to oth-ers which students may feel as they begin to spend time basking in the sunlight. “Students come out of hibernation and (girls) actually shave their legs so they can wear shorts,” said Mandy Bostwick, elementary education sophomore.
Brad Pilgrim, biochemistry junior, said, “You’ve got the fishin’ comin’ up, the girls are putting their sweaters away and it’s one step closer to the summer. You want to go outside, and you end up skipping studying because it’s so nice outside.”
Other students have different ideas of what causes this onset of passion.
Trevor Yingling, chemistry freshman, said, “Well, you see what causes it is the trees and the flowers. They’re mating and it produces chemicals. It reacts with married couples and their sexualness. It’s like a chemical reaction in their brain. It’s just a way of nature.”
Kelsey Murphy, business sophomore, said, “Warm weather unfreezes the sex drive. When the weather starts getting warmer, the girls start wearing more revealing clothing, so the guys are like, ‘Hey baby.’”
The effects of this aren’t all bad, accord-ing to some. Daniel Forsyth, computer sci-ence sophomore, said, “I think it’s good for the environment. People are releasing their stress. The stress of second semester just gets to them and they have to release.”
But, whether students feel lazy or restless, is everyone affected by this syndrome?
“Not really,” said Tristan Walters, bio-chemistry junior. “I feel as lazy as ever.”
Paige Carswell is a junior majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at [email protected].
Spring fever infests anxious minds
By Brian NelsonEditor in chief
Chandler Kirkhart rolled out of bed at 7 a.m. for school on a Saturday morning. He journeyed 100 miles northwest and 650 feet underground. There, he explored the Under-ground Salt Museum in Hutchinson with Travel Writing class.
“I thought it was quite amusing, even though I got up kind of early,” said Kirkhart, English sophomore. “I didn’t expect it to be as fascinating as it was.”
The fascination began with a tour at 10:40 a.m. After loading a double-decker elevator, the class was taken to the salt mine 650 feet below the prairie. Salt mines in Kansas re-sulted from salt deposits formed 275 million years ago. The Carey Salt Company started
mining on the Hutchinson site in 1923. Salt walls stretch for miles and offer vast, though limited, exploration.
“My favorite part was memorabilia from the movies and how they preserved them un-der there,” said Kirkhart.
Movie memorabilia and props are stored in the salt mines for long-term preserva-tion with a constant 68 degree temperature. Some of the items found on exhibit include Wonka chocolate bars from “Charlie and the Chocolate factory” (2005), the costumes of Batman and Mr. Freeze from “Batman and Robin” (1997) and a “Dorothy” from “Twister” (1996), which was a technological contraption used to analyze air movement in tornados.
After touring through the movie memo-rabilia, the class was taken on a tram ride
through the dark chambers of the salt mine. “It was really, really cool,” said Stacy
Harkness, English junior. “The dark ride was creepy.” Though creepy, Harkness said she enjoyed it.
“It glimmered like crystal with layers of black and silver,” said Kirkhart. The glim-mer was a long wait for Michelle Boucher, professor of English and director of general education.
“It was fun,” said Boucher. “I grew up in Hutch and when I was in grade school they closed the mines and I never got to go down in the mines and I always wanted to.”
During her visit, Boucher learned the mines were closed to visitors because they slowed down the elevators and thus slowed down production. The mine reopened to the public as the Underground Salt Museum in 2004.
“They were so much bigger than I ex-pected them to be and I’ve seen the ‘Dirty Jobs’ show,” said Boucher. The Discovery Channel premiered “Salt Miner” on “Dirty Jobs” Feb. 27, 2007, which looked into the Hutchinson salt mines.
“It was interesting,” she said. “I really liked when they turned all the lights off. Some people get a really fearful feeling. I re-ally liked it.” Boucher found the atmosphere calming, as did class instructor John Scaggs, associate professor of English and English program coordinator.
“I think it went really well,” said Scaggs. “It was a completely different experience and I think everyone enjoyed it.”
Scaggs, who had previously been cave ex-ploring in Spain, found the experience some-what familiar.
“The only thing I hadn’t seen before, though wasn’t surprised with, was the scale of (the mine), the wide open champers, and amount of stuff stored in the vaults.” Scaggs was pleased to see the response from his stu-dents. After the tour in the mine, the class continued on to visit Yoder, an Amish town and then explored downtown Hutchinson.
“I’m learning a lot from these trips as well,” said Scaggs. “I’m not saying that’s the motive for teaching the class, but one motive is to get me to go to the places that I’ve been meaning to go to as well, and it’s nice to do
with students, and experience their sense of discovery at the same time.”
Scaggs encourages students who are not in the class to take time to explore the local area. “Some of these places are close,” said Scaggs. He said that students could travel to Hutchinson in the morning, tour the salt museum and arrive back in Winfield shortly after lunch time.
“I’m hoping it’s just a way to realize things they never thought about before.”
The Underground Salt Museum winter hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Adult admis-sion is $14.35.
“It’s definitely worth the trip,” said Chan-dler Kirkhart. “Sure, it’s something you’re not use to, and out of your comfort zone, but everyone likes a thrill.”
The next stop for Travel Writing will be at Lake Afton Public Observatory this week-end.
Brian Nelson is a senior majoring in Eng-lish. You may e-mail him at [email protected].
Class journeys 650 feet below ground
By Lea ShoresStaff reporter
On Thursday evening, you might have heard soft singing coming from the second floor of the library. At 9:15 a group of stu-dents met in the second floor conference room to worship and pray for the campus as part of Collegiate Day of Prayer.
Molly Komlofske, philosophy & religious studies sophomore, and Jessica Schaal, phi-losophy & religious studies sophomore, have organized several activities to encour-age prayer on campus. “We felt called to do this last August. It started with the prayer room and 46 hours of prayer last semester,” said Komlofske.
Collegiate Day of Prayer is sponsored by Campus America, an organization promot-ing prayer. This is the first year of Colle-giate Day of Prayer but the organization is trying to make this a yearly event. Over 400 schools and churches participated yesterday in the event. At least seven of those were Kansas colleges.
“We want the students on campus to gain a passion for prayer, to step back and connect with God,” said Komlofske.
Isaac Chua, philosophy & religious stud-ies sophomore, began the evening by leading worship music. Students were then asked to lift up their prayer concerns for the campus. Fellowship, revival, community, persever-ance, healing, ministry and forgiveness were a few things students had on their hearts.
Prayer continued late into the evening in Cole Hall, Reid Apartments and Warren Apartments.
Aaron Duell, philosophy & religious studies junior, led the prayer and worship
Evening of worship generates passion for prayersin Warren apartments. He asked the group what kind of work they saw God doing on campus. Many of the prayers students lifted up were for courage to reach out to others on campus who may be seeking God and to minister to them.
Rene Schwan, athletic training senior, saw the event as an opportunity to help her class-mates learn about God. “We all need a deep-er gratitude for what God continues to do and look for God’s presence on our campus. If you look for things God does, you will see them,” said Schwan.
Students are encouraged to join campus ministry through Wednesday morning Cha-pel, MANistry, The One Thing, small groups and worship outreach. “Once you involve yourself in ministry with Christians, you
develop a community and you feel better, and you’re better able to deal with life,” said Schwan.
Zach Castor, biology sophomore, consid-ers the night a success. Castor led worship and prayer in Reid Apartments. The group made posters about prayer that will be hung up in the laundry facilities around campus. “I think students left with a more positive mind-set and a commitment to revival on campus,” said Castor.
To become more involved with campus ministry, students and faculty are invited to attend Chapel every Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Messenger Recital Hall.
Lea Shores is a junior majoring in Eng-lish. You may e-mail her at [email protected].
Be QuietListen & Watch!
(wait for it)
Grace Episcopal Church715 Millington StreetWinfield, KS 67156
620-221-4252www.episcopalchurchescowleycounty.org
Sunday Service 9 a.m.Rev. Betty Glover, Rector
Allyssa Zetner/Collegian photographerEsther Hoon, psychology freshman, Tiffany Rea, marine biology freshman, Mariam Mamah, biology freshman, Rudo Dozva, bio-chemistry freshman, Meeka Gentry, psychology freshman, Alyssa Peterson, undeclared freshman, Oméga Bébéka, un-decided freshman and Rutendo Jokomo, biology freshman, all gather to worship God for Collegiate Day of Prayer on February 25.
Brian Nelson/Collegian photographerChandler Kirkhart, English sophomore, and Brodi Phillips, English sophomore, tour the historical branch of the Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson Feb. 27. Travel Writing takes a trip every weekend. The Underground Salt Museum is the furthest the class has traveled this semester. Other future trips planned include Kansas City and Cottonwood Falls.
