Students compete in mannequin contest inthe Saints Bookstore to win the outfit theymodeled.

Alfredo AnayaEditor

Board of Trustees member JoAnn Sharp resigned Nov. 1 aftermore than 20 years on the gov-erning board.

During her time on the board,Sharp has seen many changesand accomplishments that haveinfluenced the community. Sharpfeels that the many changes anda c c o m p l i s h m e n t saround the college havebeen highlights of hertime served on theboard.

“There are a lot ofthings I felt were high-lights as I worked on theBoard of Trustees, in-cluding the merger withthe technical school,adding programs likecosmetology and agri-culture, the new dorms,the improvement of thestudent union and hav-ing many of our athletic pro-grams receive national recogni-tion,” Sharp said. “As well as theCrusader and the Telolith whohave received state and nationalawards for their accomplish-ments. All of these things havemade our college outstanding.”

Sharp served as a member ofthe Board of Trustees since 1987,and was also a member of theUSD 480 Board of Education inthe 1960s when the decision wasmade to establish an area techni-cal school and junior college in

Liberal.Sharp has been a part of the

continuous growth in the com-munity to provide education tostudents from not only Kansas,but also from all over the world.

“SCCC/ATS is truly a Kansastreasure,” Sharp said. “Studentscome from all over the world inpursuit of a better life. Both thecollege and the area technicalschool have changed through the

years by recogniz-ing their strengthsand developingthem. I have beena fortunate part ofthat continuedgrowth.”

College Presi-dent Dr. DuaneDunn has workedclosely with Sharpthroughout theyears and has seenhow much prideshe takes in thecollege.

“I always found Jo Ann easy towork with in that she and theBoard established expectations,provided suggestions, input, andrecommendations for improve-ments of the college, and wereopen to ideas and suggestionsthat I brought to them,” Dunnsaid. “She has a lot of pride inour college and worked wellwith me to insure that continuedsuccess and accomplishmentwas going to continue.”

Dunn believes that Sharp’s in-volvement has helped establish

Seward as one of the best com-

munity colleges in our state.

“Less visible aspects include

her involvement in planning,

policies, hiring, foundation con-

tributions, etc. that have truly es-

tablished Seward as one of the

outstanding community colleges

in the state, region and in many

ways the entire nation,” Dunn

said.

Sharon Hobble, member of the

Board of Trustees, has also seen

the hard work and dedication

Sharp has put into the college

and community as a board mem-

ber.

“It has been great working

with her; it has taught me a lot,”

Hobble said. “She is so efficient

and knowledgeable; it has been a

joy to see her work. She is very

hard working.”

Sharp has been part of the

Board of Trustees for more than

20 years, but had to resign due to

family obligations. She hopes to

see continuous growth around

the college and sees that through

involvement from the communi-

ty.

“I would rather focus on the

positive and continue to build on

the many things we have already

accomplished,” Sharp said. “I

want the community to get more

involved with what is going on

around the college.”

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Security supervisor position filled replacing Petty

Sharp resigns after 23 years onBoard of Trustees, recalls changes

Video game releases

Alfredo AnayaEditor

Seward County CommunityCollege has filled the safety andsecurity supervisor position.Kelly J. Campell, of Liberal, willtake over the position left vacantafter the resignation of RayPetty.

Campbell is a Liberal residentwho has had experience workingas a Liberal police officer as wellas a Sheriff’s deputy for SewardCounty.

Campbell is also part of theAmerican Police Hall of Famefor catching a dangerous felonfrom California who had shot anofficer at a traffic stop.

Williams is pleased with thedecision to hire Campbell andfeels that he will bring a lot to thestaff.

“I feel fortunate that we havehim on staff; it’s a win-win situ-ation for everybody,” Williamssaid.

Williams also expects a fewchanges now that this position

has been filled and ultimatelyhopes they are changes for thebetter.

“Everybody has a differentmethod of handling things, soI’m sure there will be somechanges,” Williams said. “I willanticipate that they will mostlikely be positive changes.Whatthose changes are, I don’t know.Kelly has to get used to the waywe do things around here, sothen at that point he’ll be able tobring up those recommendationsto his supervisor.”

Campbell has not workedaround an environment with stu-dents before, but he hopes thatstudents can work with him tohelp him meet their needs.

“I have not worked aroundcollege students before; I expectto meet their needs and I hopethat they can rely on me and feelcomfortable to come to me ifthey need anything,” Campbellsaid. “I want to have a goodworking relationship withthem.”

The hiring process to fill this

position included advertising invarious newspapers and theschool website, taking applica-tions, having Roger Sheib, Di-rector of Buildings Grounds andSecurity review the applicationsand having all applications re-ceived reviewed by a committee,according to Williams.

The hiring process took just aslong as expected and went verysmoothly, according to Tom E.Williams, dean of administrativeservices. Campbell

Sharp

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duction ceremony was at 4 p.m.Tuesday. Inductees includeFanny Benincasa, Katherine Al-varado, Barbara Hanna, RogelioAlvarez, Thuy Truong, ClairSims, Juraj Stepanovic,Marycarmen Perez, BerakahCarter, Kelsey Darnell, KauanaGoncalves, Eduardo Munoz, Ju-dith Huntress, Erica Gant, EvaLoewen, Trevor Gonzales andAlexander Olinger.

• CHILDREN’S ART DAY,hosted by Kylix, is from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Saturday. Children infirst through sixth grades are in-vited. Cost is $15. Drinks will beprovided, but children shouldbring a sack lunch. Reservationsare requested, as space is limit-ed.

• WIN a hand-painted rockinghorse by entering the Saints ESPScholarship Fundraiser. Tickets

are $1 each, or 6for $5.

See a Saints ESP Member orcontact Terri Barnes for more in-formation. The donation draw-ing will be Dec. 10. The rockinghorse was painted by GabrielPalma, Kylix club member.

• WEST SIDE STORY Audi-tions are at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at theLiberal High School musicroom, and 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at theSCCC/ATS theater. Auditionsare open to anyone interested.The performance will be at 7:30p.m. Feb. 17, 18 and 19, and 2p.m. Feb. 20 at the Liberal HighSchool Auditorium.

• GRADUATION Applica-tions are available atwww.sccc.edu. Students intend-ing to finish their degree by fallor spring 2010 or summer or fall2011 must fill out an Applicationfor Graduation, then meet withtheir advisers and do a degreecheck. The application and de-gree check along with $15 mustbe taken to the registrar’s officeby Dec. 3. Students nine orfewer credit hours from com-pleting their degree after theSpring 2011 semester may walkat commencement on May 14.

• GREENWednesdays are toshow support forSCCC/ATS.Wear green andreceive freegreen popcornfrom the admis-sions office.

• EDUCATION students andanyone interested in education,state standards and state boardfunctions are invited to listen toState Board of Education mem-ber Sally Cauble, of Liberal, at5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in RoomH113. The event in sponsored bySPEC and is open to the public.

• INTERNATIONAL StudentRecognition is 12:30 p.m. Nov.16 in the Student Union.

The shadows started as a 4-year-old girl wasslipped across the Mexican border into the Unit-ed States one July night of 1996. For the child,growing up in America, yet not American, theshadows became more confusing.

Today, this voice resonates for many. “It feelslike my family and I are living a double life.”

Through it all, she and thousands like her,graduated high school and showed good moralcharacter while growing up and are now en-rolled in college. Striving for success in school,this student, nonetheless, has to live in the shad-ows everyday.

“In the sixth grade, I was offered to go meetthe president in Washington, D.C., and I had toturn it down because I can’t fly without a legalID,” the honor student said.

According to the Center for Immigration Stud-ies, the American Dream is out of reach for morethan 60,000 of community college students whoare unauthorized aliens. Yet most were broughtto the United States as minors and have livedhere their entire lives.

The DREAM Act — which stands for Devel-opment, Relief and Education for Alien Minors— is a proposed federal legislation in the Unit-ed States that was first introduced in 2001, rein-troduced in 2009, and recently voted down inSeptember of 2010.

This specific bill could provide certain inad-missible or deportable alien students who grad-uate from U.S. high schools, who have goodmoral character, arrived in the U.S. as minorsand have been in the country for a least fiveyears continuously prior to the bills enactment,the opportunity to earn conditional permanentresidency if they complete two years in the mil-itary or two years at a secondary institution ofhigher learning.

According to Dr. Duane Dunn, SCCC/ATSpresident, “We are falling behind on higher edu-cation of number of individuals with a degree,so I think it’s a good initiative to try to bring thatin.” If this bill were to pass, it could reasonablyaffect the SCCC community.

“I think it’ll have a tremendous opening ofdoors for a lot of people to go ahead and get adegree. The basic premises that allows studentsthat aren’t citizens an opportunity to get their ed-ucation,” Dunn said. “I would encourage stu-dents not to give up their education, and to worktowards changing the legislation. One of thethings I think is good is to always write policy-makers, whether its a state legislator, board ofregents members, state legislators and federallegislators and say what the impact would beand that it would be a positive impact.”

Although this is not an active piece of legisla-tion, it could be reintroduced once Congressconvenes in January.

Many alien students graduate from highschool and college each year and face a road-block to their dreams; they can’t work legally,they can’t drive, they can’t legally further theireducation, and they can’t pay taxes to contributeto the economy because they were brought tothis country illegally by their parents or lost sta-tus along the way.

“I would love to see that pass, so then our stu-dents would feel the need to go to college,” saidFrances Brown, director of Academic Achieve-ment Center and sponsor of Hispanic AmericanLeadership Organization. She said studentsdon’t see the benefits of getting an education ifthey aren’t able to get a job and contribute to thecommunity after they receive a degree.

• See DREAM Act, page 3

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Chris Kopper and Evan Greenwood at the midnight release of Call ofDuty: Black Ops. Like a true fan, Greenwood came in a costume costing him about $3,000 to look like a real-life Call of Duty soldier.

Octavio RodriguezCrusader staff

A local video game store host-ed a midnight release party Nov.9 for Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Gamestop went all out withTVs and Playstation 3s mountedonto Hummer vehicles.

Five hundred people had al-ready pre-ordered the game andabout 150 showed up to the mid-night release and tournament.Most were teenagers, some werechildren around age 10, andsome in their 50s and 60s.

“The event is pretty good, thehummers are a great addition toit,” Evan Greenwood, an atten-

dant of the event, said.The game is the seventh in-

stallment in the popular videogame franchise. The game re-volves around main characterAlex Mason, voiced by award-winning actor Sam Worthington,and his experiences when theCold War comes to his nativeAlaska.

The store also offered freepizza for the event, which washeld outside.

“I’m cold, I’m hungry, and Iwant to go home. But I’ll suck itup, because I’m having such agreat time.” Cody Buchman,SCCC student, said.

DREAM Act rejection jeopardizes students’ chances for citizenship

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Karem Gallo’s life was sketched out for her be-fore she even decided to become the artist she istoday.

Gallo’s uncles are painters and have a couple ofgalleries, but Gallo never spent time around themasking them for pointers or asking to be taughthow to paint or draw.

“I come from a family of painters; I guess itcomes in my blood,” Gallo said.

Gallo has been painting and drawing since shewas a little a girl.

“She would paint and draw things that youwouldn’t believe she did it,” Gallo’s aunt RosaGutierrez said. “Even though she never said shewanted to be an artist we knew she was an artist atheart.”

Gallo is a sophomore majoring in graphic de-sign.

“I actually want to be an interior designer,” Gallosaid.

Gallo was involved in art all four years of highschool and won several awards during that time.

“There’s no day in my life without art,” Gallosaid.

Gallo has been the president of Kylix for twoyears and looks up to advisor Susan Copas.

“I look up to her and she’s a good role model,”Gallo said.

Copas also thinks highly of Gallo. “She’s a hard worker and a perfectionist,” Copas

said. “ She has original ideas and is willing to lis-ten to suggestions and usually comes up with a so-lution herself.”

The admiration goes both ways as Copas hasseen how Gallo’s art has changed over the years.

“She has developed a sense of what she wants athing to be,” Copas said.

Copas is not the only person that has seen howGallo’s artistic skill has developed throughout theyears. Her aunt has also noticed the growth Gallohas made up to this point.

“As she has grown, so have her drawings and artwork,” Gutierrez said.

Gallo has support from friends, teachers, andmost importantly family members. Her father isthe biggest influence and motivation in her life.

“My dad is the number one man in my life,” shesaid. Everything Gallo does is for her father. Whenever Gallo has a disappointment, she feels like shehas disappointed her father as well.

Gallo can also turn to her aunt whenever she hasa problem.

“I usually keep everything to myself, but some-times I turn to my aunt for advice,” Gallo said.

After graduating, Gallo wants to attend Okla-homa Panhandle State University and further hereducation. In the next couple of years, Gallo wantsto move to New York City and establish herself asan interior designer.

In between classes and work, Gallo manages tospend time with her family and always had time forreligion.

“I’m a very religious person. I pray every day,”Gallo said.

Her family is very proud of Gallo. They are sadthat she wants to move to New York, but ultimate-ly feel it would be for the best.

“It’s a good move and she’ll be doing what sheloves to do ,” Gutierrez said.

Time management is essential for Gallo in orderto keep up with her busy schedule. When she isn’tworking or keeping up with homework she is usu-ally in the art studio working on a new piece.

Student sets to establish herself as an interior designer in New York

Raul LemusCrusader staff

The Seward students walked through the crimescene, trying not to disturb evidence. Their profes-sional training took over as they looked for cluesand evaluated the validity of witnesses.

The crime scene was set up, not real, but thecompetition was real enough as more than 160 stu-dents from the region competed in the LambdaAlpha Epsilon Conference in Overland Park lastmonth.

The Seward team won second place in the CrimeScene Investigation Lower Division, in a pack ofthe largest number of competitors in 11 years, ac-cording to Sigma Chi Chi criminal justice clubsponsor Cristy Mulanax.

“It made me really happy that we received sec-ond place in the region, in the largest competitionin the past 11 years,” Mulanax said. Mulanax hasbeen the criminal justice instructor for the past 11years, and since that date she has strived to take clubmembers to competitions around the country.

“Competitors were graded on the final report, andhow professional they were in the scene,” Mulanaxsaid, “as well as thoroughness and making sure that

they did not contaminate the scene.” The scene was a mock burglary, which Mulanax

says surprised her, as it is usually a homicide scene.This competition gives participants the tools and

ambition that will be part of their future careers.Going to scenes and solving the mysteries behindthem, by using clues and witness reports, the soon-to-be investigators had a preview of what they may

face in the future.Team members Corey Clark, Ricky Rodriguez

and Janette Vargas won awards in different aspectsof the competition.

“The trip and competition was fun, I would wantto go back next year, there were a lot of things tosee as well,” Vargas said.

Their instructor, Zack Kean, won third in the age25-35 professional division. Mulanax won first inthe physical agility age 36 or older category.

Ricky Rodriguez described his experience as “in-teresting, because it was a new experience as acriminal justice club member.”

Corey Clark was another member of the teamwho won second place at contest in the LAE Con-ference, Crime Scene Investigation Lower Divi-sion. According to Clark, they were able to winsecond place by “using the knowledge and skillsthat we have gained in our Seward County classesas well as labs.”

Over the years the number of awards and recog-nitions the criminal justice club has received is nu-merous. Mulanax stated that this has been due tothe effort of students and instructors, as well as thesupport the club has received from Seward County.

Left, Karem Gallopaints in the SC artstudio. She is asophomore majoring in graphic design and hopesto become an interior designer.Right, a collectionof Gallo’s paintings. Gallo has been theKylix president fortwo years andplans on transferring toOPSU after graduating fromSeward.

Photos by Alfredo Anaya

Crusader photo/Raul Lemus

Criminal justice members Corey Clark, Janette Vargas and Ricky Rodriguez. Vargas holds the second placetrophy they received in the Lambda Alpha Epsilon Conference in Overland Park in a crime scene contest.

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Students visit two Kansas universitiesReanna Tumlinson

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School visits are a crucial for students to decideon where they want to attend school after they com-plete their associate degree at Seward. TRiO spon-sored 18 college students to visit the Kansas Uni-versity and Kansas State University campuses onThursday and Friday.

The trip started early Thursday morning. Thegroup headed out at about 5:30 a.m. to KU. Thestudents arrived in Lawrence at noon, and after eat-ing lunch, went to the college for the visit.

The students started in the visitor center and hada meeting with KU’s transfer representative. Hetalked to the students about cost, dorms and the day-to-day life of students who attend KU. After themeeting, students met at the Kansas Union to jointheir tour guides.

After being divided into two groups, the students

toured the main campus that was within walkingdistance; however, KU has its own busing systemto get students to and from class.

After touring the KU campus, students traveledto Manhattan in anticipation of the next day’s K-State visit and stayed at the Hampton Inn for thenight. Students were allowed to go out to the mallor other places as long as they were back at thehotel by midnight.

In the morning, students met with the K-Statetransfer representative. After the meeting, studentswere once again divided into two groups for a tourof the campus. The K-State campus is more com-pact than KU, so students were able to cover moreground.

After the tour, students visited the bookstorewhere they received free T-shirts and were able topurchase items. Students were then able to go toseparate meetings that pertained to their major orarea of interest.

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Eighteen possible transfer students visited Kansas University and Kansas State University Nov. 4 and 5.The trip was sponsored by TRiO and helped students meet with representatives from both universities.

• continued from page 1Utah Republican Sen. Orrin

Hatch has said, “In short, al-though these children have builttheir lives here, they have nopossibility of achieving and liv-ing the American dream. What atremendous loss for them, andwhat a tremendous loss to oursociety.”

Society seems to be rejectingthe input aliens raised in Ameri-ca might have to offer.

Many of thesepeople want tocontribute but oftencan’t.

“I cannot workbecause everywhereI go, I need a socialand an ID. I don’thave an ID or a so-cial, so I can’twork,” said a col-lege student whowishes to remainanonymous.

But this doesn’tstop this studentfrom helping thelow income prob-lems she has to dealwith at home.

“I actually worked at one busi-ness under a different name, andmy current boss would come inand tell me, ‘You’re such a goodworker, whenever you decide toquit, come talk to me.’

“I eventually did and that is thejob I have now, which pays incash and doesn’t require me tohave a social or an ID.”

This is the only way this stu-dent has to not only help withher household income, but alsoher education.

“I’ve paid for my own educa-tion, and this semester I had topay for it completely on myown, because my dad has otherbills and my two younger sistersto take care of.”

Although this student has dif-ficulties with everyday life, sherefuses to take the easy way outand wishes to fulfill her dream bydoing it the “right way.”

“Many people ask me, ‘Whydon’t you get married with a citi-zen?’ I could. But I want to do itmy way and not want to dependon another person to help me ful-fill my person. I am a very inde-pendent person.”

Bursting into tears, she contin-ues. “I know that at any mo-ment, I could lose everythingI’ve worked for, and my familyknows we have broken the law.Even though I was only 4 years

old when my parentsbrought me here, thelaw states that by thetime you’re 18 and ahalf, you are break-ing the law. Well, Ifeel different, becauseI don’t know any-thing better than liv-ing here. And nowthat I want to furthermy education andgive back to thecountry, which I feelhas given me every-thing I have, theysay, ‘No,’ because Iwas not born here.”

She also adds howmany people stereo-

type immigrants into beingcriminals, and she makes it clearthat not she, nor any member ofher family, has ever been arrest-ed. She doesn’t do drugs and has-n’t gotten into any trouble.

“We are not criminals likemost people think. We try to livea normal lifestyle, as hard as thatmay be.”

Aware of the many circum-stances and difficulties tied withthe DREAM Act, one alien,brought to the U.S. as a minor,who meets all of the require-ments of DREAM Act, address-es her position.

“It’ll help students. Students!Not just any random person thatdropped out half-way, or has badmoral character. Students that ac-tually want to better themselvesand have worked hard to furthertheir educations.”

DREAM Act: Alien collegestudents remain in shadows

Above: Bookstore director Jerri Lyddon ex-plains the rules of the live mannequin contestto Kayla Thomas and Derek Fuller. The contestrules included having the three contestantsstand on one foot and hold their pose for thelongest amount of time. All three studentsheld their poses for more than 10 minutes.Overall, many students entered in the drawingto participate in the contest, some even multi-ple times. “It could be an annual event. We’rejust going to have to make the poses hardernext time,” Lyddon said.At right: Ashlynn Knoll, Derek Fuller and KaylaThomas tied for a three-way win during thecontest. They all had a competitive spiritthrough the contest. “It was very competitive.If we would’ve kept going I would have won,”Thomas said. The three contestants won theoutfits they picked out and a free drink fromthe book store.

Saints Bookstore hosts live Mannequin Contest

Dana Loewen

Editor

The Crusader won the secondplace Best of Show award in thetwo-year newspaper special edi-tion category at the NationalCollege Media Convention inLouisville, Ky., Oct. 31.

Editor Dana Loewen and on-line editor Deisi Barboza trav-elled with advisers Anita Reedand Daniel Hackett to the con-vention Oct. 27-31.

The convention consisted ofsessions on a variety of collegemedia topics, including newspa-

per, broadcast, magazine, year-book, photography, design andadvertising.

The keynote speaker for Oct.28 was Thomas French, aPulitzer Prize-winning writer andreporter. In his speech, he gavethe audience a taste of severalstories from his new book, “ZooStory.” After the keynote ses-sion, French signed copies of thebook for those who bought it.

The second keynote speakerwas Joel Pett. Pett is also aPulitzer Prize winner as an edito-rial cartoonist.

On the last day of the conven-tion, Oct. 31, Associated Colle-giate Press awarded the Best ofShow Awards.

The awards are given to thebest overall college media news-papers, yearbooks, magazinesand websites of the attending col-leges who entered their work atthe convention.

The Crusader won secondplace in the category two-yearnewspaper special edition.

Former Crusader editor-in-chief, Morgan Allaman, won aindividual Pacemaker award for

ad design.Before the awards, Frank

LoMonte, from Student PressLaw Center, spoke on the impor-tance of this generation’s jour-nalists.

During the evenings after thedaytime sessions, the Crusaderstaff members were able to goout and experience the uniquesites of Louisville, Ky. This in-cluded tours through theLouisville Slugger Factory andChurchill Downs, as well as eat-ing local cuisine at some inter-esting and unique restaurants.

Medical student Kaitlyn Nickel prepares to checkthe blood pressureof Board ofTrustees memberDr. Steve Cauble atthe Health Fair Oct.23. At the healthfair event,SCCC/ATS nursingstudents were alsohelping with flushots and otherbooths. SCCC/ATSjoined with South-west Medical Cen-ter and other spon-sors.Crusader photo/Jessica Winner

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MarycarmenPerez

Yes.

“I think everyone

deserves a chance

in life, and if they

want to pursue

their dreams, they

should.”

Yes.

“They have the same

rights as we do. Our

ancestors came to this

country as immigrants

as well, so everyone

should have the same

rights.”

Yes.

“We come to America

to look for a better

future, because back in

Mexico, we don’t have

as many opportunities

as we do here in the

U.S. Plus, it’s their

money that they are

putting into it, not the

government’s money.”

Yes.

“Because not everyone

is a criminal and some

people actually stay

out of trouble and want

to make a living for

themselves and be

someone in life.

Sometimes it costs

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here than in Mexico.”

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Almost everyone has a cell phonenow days. It seems everyone knowshow to use them, but one questionshould be asked: Can anybody livewithout them?

Many people become so attached totheir cell phones, it becomes a part oftheir lives. I mean, it’s like their own

child. They eat and sleep with it. It’scrazy. I never thought I was one ofthose people until I broke mine.

At that point, I lost contact with theworld. I felt Iike I was alone. I had noone to talk to in cyber space.

How was I going to be able to con-tact my friends or check the news feedon Facebook? It was driving me crazy.

I went to my wireless provider andthey told me my replacement phonewould arrive in five days. That was thelongest five days in my life.

Two days passed by and I began tothink. I realized that I was going crazywithout a phone. Almost everyone isa victim in this 21st century technolo-gy pandaemonium.

What happened to the great outdoors,or has it been replaced by a 10 inchscreen? Technology is the new genera-tion.

After thinking about what I turnedinto, my phone is now an accessory,and not a crucial part of my life.

Many people should consider goingoutside more often and take in somefresh air with their cell phones left athome.

See more of the world, and find outwhat you’re missing.n Ivan Gaytan, although feeling too

connected by cell and Internet,nonetheless checks his e-mail for mes-sages at gaytan@crusadernews.com

Do you think legislation should bepassed providing citizenship for students with good moral characterwho arrived in the country as minors,and are willing to attend college orserve in the military for two years?

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Rock music. Rap music. Pop music.Whatever genre of music people are into, Ican’t help but notice that there is a lack ofa music scene in Liberal.

To people who are music enthusiasts ormusicians, such as myself, the main prob-lem lies in that there are basically no showvenues in Liberal. Aside from churchshows, birthday parties, or shows atSpencer Browne’s and the Hitch ‘N’ Post(which really only tends to hire countryacts), there really are no venues for peopleof all ages to play a show.

Yes, there used to be a great venue namedThe Fold, located in the basement ofFlowers By Girlfriends, where bands andmusicians of all genres from around theKansas area would come to play for peopleand just hangout. It was unfortunatelyshutdown by the fire marshall due to an as-bestos problem.

A few shows in Liberal have let me meetsome really great people, but the placesplayed in were not all-age venues; theyonly allowed people over a certain age toattend.

Now, musicians in the Liberal area haveto find other towns to play a show. Placessuch as Garden City or Guymon, Okla.,which both have a burgeoning musicscenes and venues for musicians.

I recently attended a show in Guymon,and the atmosphere was great. There wasno drinking or smoking allowed, and therewere people of all ages and races at thevenue.

To most, it was just another show, but,to me, it seemed as if it were a place ofunity. A place where it didn’t matter whatyou wore, where you were from, whereyour class status stood at or how popularyou might have been in high school.

Those things didn’t matter. What mat-tered that night was hanging out, keepingit real, and enjoying the gnarly music. Imet great people at just that single show.I couldn’t help but imagine such shows inLiberal.

It was a vibe that everyone, no matterwho they are, should be able to feel. A vibethat would possibly inspire others to pickup an instrument and learn to play.

Inspire kids to dream. Inspire kids toachieve, and give them something to do onthose weekend nights wondering if any-where else in the world is as boring asLiberal.

It could be the start of something excit-ing for a usually boring town such asLiberal. And if it ever does happen, whoknows?

It could result in a new musical sensa-tion coming out of Liberal and fellowtownsfolk could proclaim, “Hey, I knewthose kids before they were famous.”

Here’s to the uncertain future of themusic scene here, my fellow Liberalians,hopefully this changes in the months oryears to come. n Octavio Rodriguez, who plays a

mean guitar and blasts jams, may bereached at orodriguez@crusadernews.com

Cyberspace taking too much control of livesIvan Gaytan

Crusader staff

Millions of Harry Potter fans aroundthe world await the first part and lastinstallment of the Harry Pottermovies.

“Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows Part I” is expected to be re-leased on Nov. 19. Just like when thelast book was released by J.K.Rowling, millions eagerly await therelease of the movie.

Sometimes, I wonder what all thehype is about the series and what hasbuilt a fan base that seems as if it willlast generations. To answer this, wemay have to look into the making ofthe books, which took J.K. Rowlingyears to complete the first book andbuild the story, and 11 years to deliverher last book, “Deathly Hallows.”

I, personally, having read the seriesmore than once, believe that the seriesare some of the best stories ever writ-ten. Every time I read them, the inge-nuity and work that must have beenput into the series never ceases toamaze me.

I’m not a big fan of the “make amovie out of the book” idea. I feel likemovie producers have a set limit oftime in which they have to cram an800-page book, and in doing so they

leave out details which make the story.However, past movies of this serieshave left a good impression on me, aswell as on the millions of fans of themovie, as the adaptation of the booksto movies has been flawless.

With a budget of $250 million,“Deathly Hallows” seems to have astaggering budget when compared withother top box films in 2010, such asthe $68 million budget for theTwilight Saga: Eclipse movie. Withthis budget, I feel that the quality andnumber of special effects, that seem tobe getting better and better every year,will be over the top in “DeathlyHallows.” n Raul Lemus, who is a proud

supporter of the Harry Potter series, may be reached atlemus@crusadernews.com

The term “The American Dream” was first used by 1930s writerJames Truslow Adams. He described it as “a land in which life shouldbe better, richer, and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each, ac-cording to ability or achievement.”

Unfortunately, not everyone living in the United States is able toachieve this dream, especially if they are living in the country illegal-ly.

More than 60,000 high school students in America are aliens, withmany being brought into the country as minors by their parents. Oncehere, as they grow up, the type of work they can find is limited. Theycan attend school, but they cannot apply for financial aid, because theycan not prove their status in this country.

A bill has twice walked through Congress that could have helped stu-dents furthering their education while showing good moral conduct, away to receive citizenship.

The DREAM Act — Development, Relief and Education of AlienMinors Act — would help some of the alien students become legal res-idents. In order for the process to begin, the student must first enrollin some type of higher education like a community college, a techni-cal school or a university. The other possibility is that the student en-list in the U.S. military. If the requirements are met, the student mayapply for a conditional residency in the U.S.

Once the student receives an associate degree or something equiva-lent, they may apply for their conditional status to be changed, and thestudent can become a legal permanent resident if the petition is filedwithin six years of the initial petition.

The DREAM Act’s requirements are to have entered the United Statesbefore the age of 16, have a high school degree or GED, be admittedto an institution of higher education, show good moral character, havebeen under the age of 35 at the time of the act’s enactment and have

been living in the United States for at least five consecutive years.By becoming citizens, students who qualify would be able to find

work after graduation, and be able to give back to the community theygrew up in.

The DREAM Act does not provide any financial aid to immigrants;it benefits students that want to better themselves in the only countrythey know as home.

For some students, the United States is the only home they know,as they immigrated to the U.S. at a young age. These students maynot have reading and writing skills in the language of their native coun-try, so going back to their original country may not be the best op-tion. If they have been brought into the country under the age of 16,as the requirements state, they more than likely had no control over thedecision, as it may have been their parent’s decision to move to theUnited States.

In the mind of the parents, they are thinking of how they will feedand provide for their family. They see coming to the United States asa way to look for work, and that doing so will solve their problems.This is a short term solution, as other problems begin to arise oncethey arrive in the U.S.

However, the children are most affected by the decision to immigrateto the U.S. Once graduated, they can’t achieve their dreams of careerand country.

The last DREAM Act failed to pass in September 2010. The onlyway for the DREAM Act to be revived is if the public pushes for it.Students and members of communities should talk to theirCongressmen to push forward with the DREAM Act.

The dream to live a better life is not a crime; it is the “AmericanDream.”

• For more, see Living in the shadows , page 1.

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Q: Where did you grow up?

A: I was born in Wichita, Kansas, moved a few months after I was born to Pennsylvania and at 2 moved to Seattle, Washington, Then back to Kansas at

17, again at 17, moved to Stillwater, Okla,.”

Q: What i nspired you to start playing?

A: I heard a cover band, the Lemon Jackets. Worst band ever. At that time inmy life, nothing was going right; my family didn’t even want me, I was search-ing for my place in the world, and as I listened to one of the songs the band wasplaying, I thought, “Hey, that might actually be the thing.”

Q: Who are you signed with?

A: My label is High Class Entertainment, and they are wanting to give newtalent a chance.

Q:Why the name Crimson and Clover?

A: Because of my Irish heritage. The album “Hallow Heartbreaks” got itsname from a poem that I wrote after watching a political debate between Obamaand McCain.They talked about the future government being run by the presentgeneration and the album deals with current issues in teen, young adult socialmores.

Q:When will your album be released?

A: Jan. 15 of 2011.

As a photographer, I was asked to do a photo shoot for Parker Landon, who per-forms under the pseudonym Crimson and Clover. With this opportunity, my photowill have a chance to be featured on his album world wide. Before I took Crimsonand Clover’s photos, I asked Parker Landon some questions.

Favorite artists: Alesana, BreatheCarolina, Between the Bride and Me

Favorite gummy bear: Green

Hobbies: Photography and music

Influences: Eric Clapton, Rocketto the Moon, Trading Yesterday

Sounds like: A Day Away, A FineFrenzy

On tour with: Orpheus and Shentel Leitner

Number of instruments played: 14

Artist Q&A | Jessica Winner

In a television stream takeover by mind-numbing reality showslike Jersey Shore, it’s hard to find a breath of fresh air with showsof actual stories about real people.

The World of Jenks is a documentary series created by award-win-ning American film-maker Andrew Jenks. Jenks decided to create thisseries as a way to tell the stories of our generation and to sum upwhat our generation stands for. The World of Jenks puts Jenks in thelife of a young person for a week as he follows what they stand for,and what their current goals in life are. He has documented the livesof several young people, ranging from an MMA fighter to a rapperso far.

The episode I watched is titled “Me and My Surfboard” and docu-mented the life of a young female surfer named Anastasia Ashley asshe prepares to compete in the U.S. open surf competition. Ashleystarted surfing at the age of 5, and started competing at the age of 7.The U.S. open surf competition is of high importance to Ashley be-cause it can move her from one of the top 50 surfers in the nationinto the top 10.

Throughout the episode, we learn that Ashley is an independentyoung woman who is highly confident and might even appear cocky,but she also has a sensitive side and is hurting from the recent lossof her mother. Ashley’s mother was the reason she started surfing.She would take her to contests, and support her through her compe-titions. Her mom died after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, andhas lead Ashley to build up an emotional wall to the outside world.

Though Ashley didn’t win the U.S. open surf competition, she re-mains as confident as ever, and knows that even when there are ob-stacles in her path, she must continue to prove nothing can everstand in her way of achieving success.

The World of Jenks series puts young people’s lives on televisionwith no scripts, and is definitely a change towards the better for re-ality TV. Our generation should not be defined by spray-tanneddrunks, but rather by real young people with dreams and persever-ing attitudes.

Television | Alfredo Anaya

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Zach CarpenterCrusader staff

Zombie lover, computer science major,aspiring paramedic and mom. These aresome of the terms that can be used to de-scribe full-time Seward County student,Taly Frantz.

As the child of an RN, Frantz has al-ways had a “morbid fascination with med-icine.”

“I can watch people do surgery on TVand eat supper at the same time,” Frantzsaid.

Obviously not a person with a weakstomach, she enjoys movies such as “Res-ident Evil,” and video games such as “Left4 Dead” and “Left 4 Dead 2.”

Frantz participates in the college’s con-cert choir and is a leader for the sopranosection.

“She’s a strong singer and a great sectionleader,” Magda Silva, vocal music instruc-tor, said. “She brings maturity to both thechoir and the soprano section.”

Silva has been working with Frantz inprivate voice lessons for about a year.

“She’s hilarious, and she’s really cool,”concert choir baritone singer BrandonRidge said.

Though not a music major, Frantz has astrong passion for singing. While attend-ing a master class for voice students, shesang a song for the Sunflower Trio.

“I got up there and sang my piece that Ihad prepared, and then we picked it apart.It was like voice lessons, only more indepth,” Frantz said.

Frantz loves spending her time with her3 1/2 year old son, Ethan. Frantz’s son haswhat is called Moyamoya Disease, whichcauses progressive narrowing of the carotid

artery. Ethan has suffered two massive

strokes, and eight minor strokes, but has

made a full recovery. He will continue as-

pirin therapy to keep his blood from thick-

ening and creating clots. After seeing the

kind of work paramedics do, Frantz has

gained a new respect for the job.

Frantz is currently working toward a sec-

ond associate degree. She will use her cred-

it hours she has accumulated while attend-

ing SCCC/ATS to transfer to Garden City,

where she plans to begin her paramedic

training through an ITV course.

Frantz will showcase her singing skills

at the annual winter concert. The choir and

the concert band will perform at 7 p.m.

Dec. 9 in the Showcase Theater. For more

information, call 620-417-1451.

Crusader photo/ Zach Carpenter

Taly Frantz stands outside of vocal music instructor Magda Silva’s office. Frantz has been taking private voice lessons with Silva.

Computer science major sings, mothers, slays zombies

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HALLOWEEN6 Wednesday, November 10, 2010CRUSADER

Seward students howl up Halloween scares

To the left: Jamie Maldando actsthe part of doctor murderer who hasstabbed his patient, Rachelle Keene.Above: Student Frankie Mendez actslike a dead clown during the SIFEhaunted house. The haunted househad around 100 people attend theevent, and close to $1,000 wasraised for trip funding for competi-tions in the spring.

Gwen Friesen, Aaron Schaffer and Adriana Vazquez handout candy at the PTK booth during Trick-or-Treat Street.

R afael Sanchez hides in a coffin and hands out candy to children during Trick-or-Treat Street. Many clubs had booths set up in-cluding Kylix and SPEC. • For more Halloween photos visit CrusaderNews.com under Multimedia.

Heidy Molina Crusader staff

Kids asking for candy, parents asking for di-rections and students participating in settingup booths were all seen at Trick-or-TreatStreet this year. Trick-or-Treat Street tookplace Oct. 28 in the student union and hadmore than 1,000 in attendance, includingboth children and adults.

“We couldn’t get an exact number becausepeople were going in through other doors,but that is the number we counted at thedoors,” Wade Lyon, director of student activi-ties, said. “Even before the doors opened,there was a long line outside.”

Many of the clubs sponsored at the collegehad booths that night including HALO,Kylix and SPEC. The night started off withlines of children for every booth. The haunt-ed house was the main attraction for the chil-

dren. Some even went through it more thanonce.

There were many costumes that were worn,but some were more prominent than others.Iron Man costumes were the fad this year forboys, and for girls, Dorothy was the reoccur-ring theme.

The college students seemed to enjoy Trick-or-Treat Street just as much as the childrendid.

“I thought it was super fun. I got to see oldfriends and adorable little costumes,” fresh-man Elizabeth Medina said.

Some students enjoyed handing out thecandy and seeing the reaction the children had.

“I liked seeing all the kids happy when theygot their candy,” freshman Erika Pachecosaid.

Others students enjoyed working with thekids all night and even scaring a few.

“It was a fun and great experience, I liked

working with the little kids and putting asmile on their faces, and scaring a few,” fresh-man Rafael Sanchez said.

Many students didn’t have as much fun.Sophomore Cody Bell was one of them.

“Halloween Street was really not the best.It was terrible. We ran out of candy more thanonce and the kids kept on coming,” Bell said.

The Crusader also sponsored its annualphoto costume contest. The contest addedcompetition not only for the kids, but alsofor the parents who were able to vote onlinefor their favorite costumes. In the end, thewinning costume was Alex Lyddon, dressedas The Little Engine That Could, secondplace was Madeline Hayes, dressed as a col-orful hippie and Scarlett Carr was in thirdplace, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood.

The contest brought CrusaderNews.commore than 7,000 votes in the poll to decideon the winner.

Trick-or-Treat Street brings more than 1,000 attendants this year

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Alex Lyddon – 7,633 votes

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Freshman guard Kayla Thomas drives the ball through traffic to get ashot off against the Ranger College defense. Thomas contributed 6points and 4 rebounds.

Crusader photo/ Alfredo Anaya

Freshman Saint point guard Phil Hawkins soars over the Colorado Kings’ defense during Friday night’s game in the Green House. Hawkins con-tributed to the 119-101 win over the Kings with 5 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals.

Crusader photo/ Zach Carpenter

Lady Saint forward Ashlynn Knoll leaps over two competitors to score2. Knoll had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, which contributed tothe Lady Saints 60-57 victory over the Ranger College.

Saints, Lady Saints rise above competition in Pepsi Classic Joseph Hoffman

Sports editor

Eager fans went to the GreenHouse for the first Saints gamesof the season as Seward Countyfaced off against the ColoradoKings 119-101 Friday eveningand played the Neosho CountyPanthers 102-59 on Saturday.

“We played with a lot of inten-sity and a lot of energy as a teamfor our first game,” said sopho-more guard Marquez Patterson.Patterson was 6 for 9, scoring 14points, and had 2 steals and 4 re-bounds for the night contributingto the 119-101 win over theKings on Friday.

The Saints put on an offensiveshow with Saints players MarkyNolen, Patterson, Markee Mazy-ck, Jeremy Jones, RafrielGuthrie, and Irvin Hollinger eachputting up 10 points or more.

“We played a great gameagainst the Kings, but if wecould have picked up on a fewmore defensive errors, we couldhave had an even bigger win,”Nolen said.

Nolen himself had a greatevening Friday night putting up16 points, snagging 8 re-bounds,swiping 3 steals anddishing out 3 assists to team-mates.

The leadership of sophomoresNolen and Patterson seem evi-dent when discussing the poten-tial of this year with each ofthem.

Both feel as if the team chem-istry is great and everyone playswith such energy.

Nolen stated that the sopho-mores tend to feed off the inten-sity level of the freshmen, whichhelps them step up their game inthe process.

“I am very confident in ourpoint guards Jeremy Jones andPhil Hawkins; they are greatplaymakers and just fit very wellwith the team,” Nolen said.

Both sophomore Jones, andfreshmen Hawkins had greatweekends, with Jones totaling 36points, 11 assists, 4 steals, 6 re-bounds and only having 2turnovers over both games.Hawkins put up 14 points andhad 13 assists, 5 steals, and 7 re-

bounds with only 1 turnover. Hawkins is a Washington,

D.C., native and says it is a bigchange coming to Seward, but hefeels it is going to be a good yearespecially if he can keep focusedand keep learning from thesophomores leadership.

Mazyck, also from Washing-ton D.C, said that moving to Se-ward was a big change of sceneryon and off thecourt, but itbrings a greatoppurtunityto learn andfeed of theupper class-men so hecan becomebetter ballplayer.

S a t u rdaynight againstthe NeoshoCounty Pan-thers is wherethe Saintsshowed thatthey areworth theirNo. 2 rankedspot in theJ a y h a w kWest Confer-ence.

The Saintsput up yet another triple digitgame, scoring 102 to the NeoshoCounty Panthers 59 points.

Leading scorers were Nolenwith 22 points and Jones with17.

“I think that the team this yearhas a great chemistry; it hasmore of a team mentality, insteadof focusing on individualachievements. We are a lot morecoachable and willing to learn,”Nolen said. “ I think we are theteam to beat this year and feelthat we have the best freshmenset there is.”

The Saints leave to playClarendon and Highland in theGarden City Classic this Fridayand Saturday.

Both games will be at 3:30p.m. in the Perryman Center. If the season openers were anyindication, the Saints season islooking to have a lot of Ws in itsfuture.

Joseph HoffmanSports Editor

The No. 9 nationally rankedLady Saints start off the 2010-2011 season 2-0, with a blowoutwin over Neosho County, 86-31, and close victory against theLady Ranger squad.

According to Sports Informa-tion Director, Roy Allen, theLady Saints looked like a differ-ent team each night they played,which may be due to the experi-ence of the team that is made upof seven freshmen and two newsophomore players to the greenand white. However, they didwhat they set out to do in bothgames and came away with theW.

On Friday night againstNeosho County, they played abalanced game with each of thenine players scoring at least 4points and six players scoring indouble digits. Playmakers of thenight include Hanna Bognar hada double-double with 13 points,12 rebounds, and 3 assists.

Mariah Lee also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 re-bounds. Ashlynn Knoll had 12points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2steals. Hannah Rotolo scored 10points, grabbed 6 rebounds,booked 6 assists and 5 steals.

Saturday night Seward facedoff against Ranger, in what be-came nail-biter with the LadySaints trailing the Lady Rangersby 5 points with 2:23 left to go.Kelsey Willson then drained athree to cut the lead to twopoints.

For the rest of the game, theLady Saints stopped the LadyRanger team from scoring. Fol-lowing a free throw, freshmanforward Ashlynn Knoll also hit amid-range jumper to give a 58-57 lead to the young Lady Saintsteam. Freshman guard AutumnMiller and Hannah Rotolo madeone free throw each to put themup by 3.

The Lady Rangers would missa last attempt to tie the gamegiving the Lady Saints the winwith final score of 50-57.

Freshman forward AshlynnKnoll led scoring Saturday with20 points and 7 rebounds, whilefreshman Kelsey Willson wasclose behind scoring 14 pointswith 6 rebounds, a block, steal,and assist.

“I think as a team we havegood chemistry on the court,”Knoll said. “Even though we areyoung we have a great coach thatknows what he is doing and aslong as we listen to him and dowhat he says we will be able togo far.”

“People always talked aboutthe atmosphere in our gym, butI didn't really grasp it until wegot to play in front of the crowd.It was awesome. This weekendwas exciting and two wins was agreat way to get all the nervesout. Now we just have to keepmoving forward and getting bet-ter.”

This weekend the Lady Saintstravel to Hutchinson to faceMoberly Area College andBethany College JV.

Saints start offseason strong

Lady Saints start season 2-0

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“Weplayedwith alot of intensityand a lotof energyas ateam forour firstgame.”

—Saintsguard

Marquez Patterson

2B Wednesday, November 10, 2010SPORTS

SCCC Cheerleaders perform a routine. Throughout the night yell leaders became high flyers, per-forming tricks and flips as the cheerleaders wowed the audience with aerial stunts.

Yell leader Jeff Goodrum spots cheerleader Natalie Cano during a rou-tine on Oct. 28 at the Green House.At right, Cierra Harris shoots a freethrow during the green and white scrimmage.

Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School Saintsations dance team goes through their routine between the men’s slam dunk competition and the Green/White scrimmages Oct. 28 at the Green House.

A student tumbles to the ground while running towards the basket after spinningaround a bat 10 times during the student only event Dizzy Bat Competition.

Lady Saints assistant basketball coachPenny Jones sinks a free throw as HeadCoach Toby Wynn waits his turn duringthe coaches free throw competition that isheld at Preview Night each year. This wasthe fifth straight year the women’s teamhead coaches have won the free throwcompetition, although this year it went intotwo overtimes against men’s head coach-es Bryan Zollinger, and Jay Cyriac.

Freshman forward Ashlynn Knoll aims to knockdown some shots from downtown during the3-point competition.

Photos by Alfredo Anaya Joseph Hoffman

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Saints freshman forward Daveon Boardingham from Newark, N.J., soars over reading and relaxing freshman guard Oscar Sigala and secureshis place as the 2010-2011 Slam Dunk competition champion at the Basketball Preview Night Oct. 28 in the Green House.

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Fernandes was named FirstTeam All-Conference for the sec-ond straight season after a seasonin which she led the conference inhitting percentage and blocks pergame as well as finishing secondin kills per game. She led Se-ward in five different categories,including kills (490), kills pergame (3.16), hitting percentage(.354), blocks (147), and blocksper game (.95). Souza was a

Second Team All-Conference se-lection in her freshman season forSeward after finishing second onthe team to Fernandes in kills(348), kills per game (2.38), andhitting percentage (.202) whilealso finishing second on the statesheet for the Lady Saints in aces(45), and aces per game (.31).

The two also proved theirworth in the Lady Saints run tothe Region VI TournamentChampionship match, as Souzarecorded the two highest kill to-tals of her career with 18 againstPratt and 19 against Barton,while Fernandes led the teamwith 80 kills and 25 blocks inthe five matches.

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The Lady Saints season endedjust one game away from a na-tional tournament berth. But thatone game was too much.

They were defeated in the Re-gion VI championship game inWichita by the Barton LadyCougars on Nov.7.

The run through regionalsstarted Nov. 2. As the LadySaints made their way to the Re-gion VI Tournament, the compe-tition got aggressive.

The Lady Saints began theirwinning streak by beating Hutchone more time for the season.Then the Lady Saints conqueredthe Lady Conqs in Wichita.

But Barton was a little more

complicated than they thoughtand stopped their winning streak.

The Lady Saints then beatPratt, even with Seward’s Court-ney Geesing out with an injury.

The Lady Saints didn’t feel soconfident, but Isabela Silva man-aged to save them as she tookGeesing’s spot by playing out-side hitter.

“We did very well. Bella

stepped up and Shelly (Malouff)played amazing, But we ran outof energy,” said Lady Saints headcoach Bert Luallen.

In the championship game, theLady Saints played Barton withthe record of 3-2, but the LadySaints came up one game short.

Shaina Fernandes is one of thebest players of the team and shealso was named First Team All-

Conference in the KJCCC team,while freshmen Daiane Souzawas named second team, and shealso saved the Lady Saints a cou-ple times during the season.Courtney Geesing is also a fresh-men who has been accumulatingrecognition.

“These girls are our primaryweapons,” volleyball head coachBert Luallen said.

The Lady Saints ended the reg-

ular season at home Oct. 27,

which was also a big night for all

of the Lady Saint sophomores.

That night, not only did they

slay the Lady Blue Dragons with

the ending score of 3-0 but they

also got a nice recognition from

family and friends.

Courtesy photo/Roy Allen

Sophomore night line-up featured the Lady Saints sophomore volleyball players who were recognized during their last regular season home game Oct. 27. Family and friends joined Lady Saint sophomores Shaina Fer-nandes, Jordan Martin, Maddy Taylor, Stacie Carver, and trainers Macayla Rome and Heather Haller during the presentation.

ShainaFernandes

Two Lady Saints named KJCCCJayhawk West All-Conference

SC Lady Saints contend in Region VI championship game

Courtesy photo/Roy Allen