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Campus News Opinions The Scene Sports 2 6 7 9 Student of the month Jackie Hutchinson is student of the month Story on page 2 THE COWLEY PRESS The Student Newspaper of Cowley College Arkansas City, Kan. www.cowleypress.com Issue 6 November 15, 2007 African Footprint Internationally renowned performers hit the stage. Story on page 7 BY ANDREA PADDOCK Staff Writer The annual Halloweek is full of activi- ties from movie on the lawn to decorate the doors in the dorms. Students participated in contests and were judged in each. The pumpkin painting winners were sophomores Annie Blackwell, Tom O’Gorman and Heath Wall, and freshman Erin Floyd. At the cosmic dance, the most original costume winners were freshman Kari Rinehart for her deviled egg costume, and freshman Bridgette Nash and sopho- more Lauren Sandmann as Bridgeman and girlfriend. The scariest costume winners were freshmen Thomas Govert as a ghoul, Dwight Jenkins and Alonzo Colbert as sexy girls and Harrison Philp as an aborigine. The best couple was freshmen Ethan Whit- more and Deion Ruble as Brokeback Mountain. Sopho- more Larry Hill as Steve Urkel, freshman Boomer Saia as Steve Eck and sopho- more Zach Potter as Madd TV Couch won the funniest costumes. The best overall costume was freshman Paul Koenke as the Tin Man. Girls linedance in all different costumes at the Halloween dance at the Rec building. (Photo by Jolene Pierson) Workers lay down the foundation for construction of the new dorms. The dorm is expected to house over 100 students next fall. (Photo by Callie Maxwell) Halloweek howlin’ success BY JOSH PATTON Opinions Editor T he leaves are not the only things changing on campus. To meet the needs of the growing enrollment, a new dorm is going up just north of Kimmell on Fourth St. The plan, until a name comes along, is to call this dorm Central Avenue. The setup is a suite format; two stu- dents share a room, and two rooms share a bathroom. With three floors and fifty-two rooms, the dorm will house 104 students. Two new parking lots, plus more angle parking on the street, will add 104 spots. Several local contractors are taking part in the building of the new dorm. Conco, Winfield Plumbing and Heating, Ziegler Electric and Gordon and Associates are all working together on this project. “We have previous experience with all of these companies,” said Tony Crouch, Ex- ecutive Vice President of Business Services. “We feel very comfortable working with them.” David Herlocker of Gordon and Asso- ciates helped in the construction of several campus buildings including the cafeteria, the bookstore, and the reconstruction of Galle-Johnson. “This is going to be a cool project. Ev- ery new building has brought in something different to the college, and I’m sure this one will too,“ said Crouch. “I’m just excited and anxious to see the final outcome.” The $3.7 million overall cost of the dorm is being paid for by revenue bonds, a grant to be repaid with profits from the new building. There may be slight increases in dorm costs, according to Crouch. “Most of our dorm cost is food related. There is always a slight increase because of inflation, but I don’t expect a severe increase in actual dorm costs,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Sue Saia. “We as a college are actually in the lowest twen- ty-five percentile for dorm costs.” The project is set to be fin- ished Aug. 1, said Crouch. Once com- pleted, Kimmell will likely become the honors dorm. Students who live there will be re- quired to have a 3.5 GPA, said Saia. Last year there were about seventy students on the waiting list, and some were moved to Camp Horizon. “We plan on filling the new dorm, and if we need to maybe our campus will grow again in the future,” said Saia. “We may have to start a waiting list again and wait and see; students are always leaving or moving out of dorms, so open- ings are always popping up.” In preparation for the new dorm, the cafeteria is trying something new to get ahead of the constantly growing popula- tion. The cafeteria staff are trying ways to keep students from waiting in line. “We have a large influx of students this year and we just want to make the line run smoother,” said Amanda Linnabary, the McAtee Dining Hall manager. “With a new dorm next year and a possible 100 more students, something had to be done.” To solve this, the cafeteria board rede- signed the flow. By rearranging locations for different parts of the meals, the cafete- ria staff is attempting to eliminate much Construction begins on Central Avenue dorm BY ALEX SKOV Managing Editor Rape. Murder. On the night of April 5, 1986, Jeanne Clery, a freshman at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., was a victim of both as she slept in her dormitory. Four years later, after tireless activism on the part of Clery’s parents, President George Bush signed the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. The act was renamed The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in 1998. The Clery Act requires colleges and universities receiving federal funding to publish and distribute annual reports including campus crime statistics for the previous three years. Along with these statistics, the report must include state- ments pertaining to where students can report crimes, what authority the campus police have and sexual assault policies with assurances of victims’ rights. The final report is sent to all students, staff and fac- ulty to ensure campus awareness. Anyone caught defying the act can be fined up to $27,500 by the U.S. Department of Educa- tion, which receives complaints of alleged violations. Though the information has been com- piled in years past, there has been one key elemental procedure ignored. “We disseminated the information, and that’s where they’ve failed in the past,” security officer Matt Stone said. The array of crimes presented on the Clery Act report, which covers 2002-2006, includes petty theft to illegal weapons possession and murder.The only major incident reported in 2006 was one forcible sexual offense. The most prominent crimes recorded over the past five years are liquor law violations. In 2004, when the student security program provided all the campus protection, there were 87 liquor law infrac- tions and only 23 cases ended in arrests; in 2006, with two hired officers, there were 16 infractions and 13 arrests. “There’s a much greater risk of actually getting into trouble [now],” Stone said. An amendment to the Clery Act in 2000 required that, starting in 2003, second- ary learning institutions must report to the campus population where “Megan’s Law,” information concerning registered sex of- fenders on campus, can be attained. “I can’t say for certain for this year,” Stone said, “but last year we had two [reg- istered sex offenders], I believe.” Though the major step of issuing the report was successfully completed this year, the deadline for colleges to publish the annual report is Oct. 1; the e-mail from Stone informing the campus community was sent out on Oct. 30. Information on the Clery Act can be found at http://www.securityoncampus. org. The security office has electronic and hard copies of the report, as well as a case log book viewable by the public. “[It will] either make someone a ner- vous wreck or give them peace of mind,” Stone said. “In light of last year’s events, there are definitely [prospective students] looking into it [campus safety].” Report identifies campus crime of the criss-crossing the students have to take. This also helps to speed things along, because students who want different parts of meals no longer have to wait or hold up the entire line. “As long as students get used to it things should run smoother,” said Linna- bary. “I’ve had trouble remembering where we’ve put things, but we can all learn new habits. We just want people to be fed on time.” With this increase, other action may be necessary to accommodate them. An additional thirty minutes may See Dorm, page 5

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Student of the monthJackie Hutchinson is student of the monthStory on page 2

THE COWLEY PRESSThe Student Newspaper of Cowley College

Arkansas City, Kan.www.cowleypress.com

Issue 6

November 15, 2007

African FootprintInternationally renowned performers hit the stage.Story on page 7

BY ANDREA PADDOCKStaff Writer

The annual Halloweek is full of activi-ties from movie on the lawn to decorate the doors in the dorms. Students participated in contests and were judged in each.

The pumpkin painting winners were sophomores Annie Blackwell, Tom

O’Gorman and Heath Wall, and freshman Erin Floyd. At the cosmic dance, the most original costume winners were freshman Kari Rinehart for her deviled egg costume, and freshman Bridgette Nash and sopho-more Lauren Sandmann as Bridgeman and girlfriend. The scariest costume winners were freshmen Thomas Govert as a ghoul, Dwight Jenkins and Alonzo Colbert as sexy

girls and Harrison Philp as an aborigine. The best couple was freshmen Ethan Whit-more and Deion Ruble as Brokeback Mountain. Sopho-more Larry Hill as Steve Urkel, freshman Boomer Saia as Steve Eck and sopho-more Zach Potter as Madd TV Couch won the funniest costumes. The best overall costume was freshman Paul Koenke as the Tin Man.

Girls linedance in all different costumes at the Halloween dance at the Rec building. (Photo by Jolene Pierson)

Workers lay down the foundation for construction of the new dorms. The dorm is expected to house over 100 students next fall. (Photo by Callie Maxwell)

Halloweek howlin’ success

BY JOSH PATTONOpinions Editor

The leaves are not the only things changing on campus. To meet the needs of the growing enrollment,

a new dorm is going up just north of Kimmell on Fourth St. The plan, until a name comes along, is to call this dorm Central Avenue.

The setup is a suite format; two stu-dents share a room, and two rooms share a bathroom. With three floors and fifty-two rooms, the dorm will house 104 students.

Two new parking lots, plus more angle parking on the street, will add 104 spots.

Several local contractors are taking part in the building of the new dorm. Conco, Winfield Plumbing and Heating, Ziegler Electric and Gordon and Associates are all working together on this project.

“We have previous experience with all of these companies,” said Tony Crouch, Ex-ecutive Vice President of Business Services. “We feel very comfortable working with them.”

David Herlocker of Gordon and Asso-ciates helped in the construction of several campus buildings including the cafeteria, the bookstore, and the reconstruction of Galle-Johnson.

“This is going to be a cool project. Ev-ery new building has brought in something different to the college, and I’m sure this one will too,“ said Crouch. “I’m just excited and anxious to see the final outcome.”

The $3.7 million overall cost of the dorm is being paid for by revenue bonds, a grant to be repaid with profits from the new building. There may be slight increases in dorm costs, according to Crouch.

“Most of our dorm cost is food related. There is always a slight increase because of inflation, but I don’t expect a severe increase in actual dorm costs,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Sue Saia. “We as a college are actually in the lowest twen-

ty-five percentile for dorm costs.”

The project is set to be fin-ished Aug. 1, said Crouch.

Once com-pleted, Kimmell will likely become the honors dorm. Students who live there will be re-quired to have a 3.5 GPA, said Saia.

Last year there were about seventy students on the waiting list, and some were moved to Camp Horizon.

“We plan on filling the new dorm, and if we need to maybe our campus will grow again in the future,” said Saia. “We may have to start a waiting list again and wait and see; students are always leaving or moving out of dorms, so open-ings are always popping up.”

In preparation for the new dorm, the cafeteria is trying something new to get ahead of the constantly growing popula-tion. The cafeteria staff are trying ways to keep students from waiting in line.

“We have a large influx of students this year and we just want to make the line run smoother,” said Amanda Linnabary, the McAtee Dining Hall manager. “With a new dorm next year and a possible 100 more students, something had to be done.”

To solve this, the cafeteria board rede-signed the flow. By rearranging locations for different parts of the meals, the cafete-ria staff is attempting to eliminate much

Construction begins on Central Avenue dorm

BY ALEX SKOVManaging Editor

Rape. Murder. On the night of April 5, 1986, Jeanne Clery, a freshman at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., was a victim of both as she slept in her dormitory. Four years later, after tireless activism on the part of Clery’s parents, President George Bush signed the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. The act was renamed The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in 1998.

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities receiving federal funding to publish and distribute annual reports including campus crime statistics for the previous three years. Along with these statistics, the report must include state-ments pertaining to where students can report crimes, what authority the campus police have and sexual assault policies with assurances of victims’ rights. The final report is sent to all students, staff and fac-ulty to ensure campus awareness. Anyone caught defying the act can be fined up to $27,500 by the U.S. Department of Educa-tion, which receives complaints of alleged violations.

Though the information has been com-piled in years past, there has been one key elemental procedure ignored.

“We disseminated the information, and that’s where they’ve failed in the past,” security officer Matt Stone said. The array of crimes presented on the Clery Act report, which covers 2002-2006, includes petty

theft to illegal weapons possession and murder.The only major incident reported in 2006 was one forcible sexual offense.

The most prominent crimes recorded over the past five years are liquor law violations. In 2004, when the student security program provided all the campus protection, there were 87 liquor law infrac-tions and only 23 cases ended in arrests; in 2006, with two hired officers, there were 16 infractions and 13 arrests.

“There’s a much greater risk of actually getting into trouble [now],” Stone said.

An amendment to the Clery Act in 2000 required that, starting in 2003, second-ary learning institutions must report to the campus population where “Megan’s Law,” information concerning registered sex of-fenders on campus, can be attained.

“I can’t say for certain for this year,” Stone said, “but last year we had two [reg-istered sex offenders], I believe.”

Though the major step of issuing the report was successfully completed this year, the deadline for colleges to publish the annual report is Oct. 1; the e-mail from Stone informing the campus community was sent out on Oct. 30.

Information on the Clery Act can be found at http://www.securityoncampus.org. The security office has electronic and hard copies of the report, as well as a case log book viewable by the public.

“[It will] either make someone a ner-vous wreck or give them peace of mind,” Stone said. “In light of last year’s events, there are definitely [prospective students] looking into it [campus safety].”

Report identifies campus crime

of the criss-crossing the students have to take. This also helps to speed things along, because students who want different parts of meals no longer have to wait or hold up the entire line.

“As long as students get used to it things should run smoother,” said Linna-bary. “I’ve had trouble remembering where

we’ve put things, but we can all learn new habits. We just want people to be fed on time.”

With this increase, other action may be necessary to accommodate them. An additional thirty minutes may

See Dorm, page 5

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with Student of the monthJackie Hutchinson

BY COURTNEY CRAINAssistant Editor

Serving as Photo Editor of the Cowley Press, Jackie Hutchinson is usually behind the camera instead of in front

of it. This month, Hutchinson swapped positions and stepped into the limelight when she was named November Student of the Month.

A 2006 graduate of Arkansas City Christian Academy, Hutchinson is the daughter of Ronald and Terri Hutchison and the granddaughter of Leon and Char-lotte Williams and Esther and the late Doy Hutchinson. She also has two older sisters, Shannon Smykil and Lacey Kennedy.

After a full load of classes and a busy schedule of activities, Hutchinson works as a case aid for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cowley County in Winfield. She decided to pursue Social Work and Elementary Educa-tion as a major due to working with the children in the program.

“It was something I never saw myself doing, but now I could see myself doing this for the rest of my life,” Hutchinson said. “I love being around children, and I feel like I’m actually making a difference. God has really blessed me with a great op-portunity.”

Hutchinson plans to wed sophomore Andy Ebert next March.

“I’m very excited and a little nervous, but nothing has ever felt so right,” Hutchin-son said. “I’m really excited to graduate as an Ebert and start this new chapter in my life.”

After graduating from Cowley and getting married next spring, Hutchinson plans to attend a four-year college with a good social work and education program. She hopes to obtain a Bachelors of Arts, start a family and continue her career with Big Brothers Big Sisters or as a school counselor.

Aside from holding the title of Photo Editor, Hutchinson is also President of Campus Christian Fellowship, Co-Presi-dent of PAWS, Co-Vice President of Fel-lowship for Phi Theta Kappa, a Student Ambassador and a member of Journalism Club. Off-campus, Hutchinson is active in her church where she serves as a nursery worker at First Assembly of God in Arkan-sas City.

At the 2007 Kansas Associated Col-legiate Press Conference, Hutchinson was awarded first place for Infographics, sec-ond place for Multimedia Storytelling and honorable mention for a photo essay for the Cowley Press in the two-year newspaper division.

A self-proclaimed coffee-holic, it is rare to find Hutchinson without one of two things: a Hazelnut Breve with two shots of espresso and her camera.

“You never know when an opportuni-ty [for a picture] might arise,” Hutchinson said. “I’m happiest when I’m behind the camera taking pictures.”

Cowley Press: What is your favorite Cowley memory?Jackie Hutchinson: It’s a tie between every day in newspaper, where I’ve had so many laughs and made so many friends. Then there was the PTK conference in Parsons where I also had a lot of laughs and made a great new friend. Of course, I love being in the Admissions Office too.

CP: What is your greatest fear?JH: Spiders! I can’t stand even the smallest one. I see any kind and there is bound to be a Jackie shaped hole in the wall.

CP: When you are having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?JH: Well, I’ve always said that there’s nothing that a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and some singing to the radio won’t cure. Seriously though, when it gets real, I get on my knees. I just worship and pray, because I realize it’s in His hands anyway.

CP: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?JH: I don’t know about superpower, but I’ve always wanted to be Cat Woman.

CP: What is your favorite time of year?JH: Fall without a doubt. This season has everything I love. Number one, of course, is Arkalalah, but I also love the beautiful trees, cool sweater weather and the smells of Thanksgiving. I always think this must be what heaven is like.

CP: What is your favorite thing about being an aunt?JH: Everything. I love my babies to death.

One of my favorite quotes is, “The soul is healed by being with children.” It’s so true. They are my life. No matter where I am, my heart will always be with them.

CP: Who has been your greatest role model and why?JH: I have a ton, but the main people would have to be Jesus Christ because I’m a proud daughter of the King, and I strive everyday to be a child He would be proud to call His own; then my sisters have always taught me to make life beautiful. I would also have to include my little sister Chasity and her aunt Ruby. They have taught me so much. Ruby is an amazing person, and I hope I’m the kind of aunt to my nieces and nephews that she is to Chasity and her sisters. Chasity is one of the brightest, most polite, helpful, kindhearted little girls I know. She is always looking out for others.

CP: What does it mean to be chosen as Student of the Month?JH: To me it means a great achievement and honor. I say an achievement because you have to work hard to meet the qualifications to even be considered, and an honor because there are so many students on campus who work just as hard and are just as deserving.

CP: What is the secret of life?JH: For me, two famous songs sum it up. It’s like the writers knew me. “The secret of life is a good cup of coffee/the secret of life is to keep your eye on the ball,” from a song by Faith Hill. The second would be Kenny Chesney’s new song “Don’t Blink.” To me that song is my goal in life and something my sisters have taught me. Make the most out of life, make every experience a beautiful one and soak up every bit of it.

Jackie Hutchinson was chosen as Student of the Month by the Student Affairs Committee after being nominated by faculty/staff. (Photo by Courtney Crain)

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BY AMY CASNERSpecial Section Editor

Tucked away in an old high school building in Win-field lies one of the college’s best kept secrets: the Allied Health Center. Although it is the youngest

department at the college, as Sheree Utash started the pro-gram in the summer of 2005, the Allied Health department has had a 300 percent growth rate over the past two years. The program offers everything from EMS training to nursing and so much in between. Over seventy classes are offered giving students the opportunity to earn one of six different degrees, three certificates or even vocational certification.

The department admits 250-300 certified nursing as-

sistant/certified medication aid [CNA/CMA] students per year. Upon completion of one of these programs, a student may go to work in a nursing home or hospital.

Thirty LPN/IV certification students are admitted per year. Seventy-five EMT or basic level EMS students are admitted, and this January forty students will begin the paramedic program.

The new leadership program was added this year and has 112 students, forty students are taking classes to become nursing home administrators. Sixty students enroll each year in the nursing program. This program is offered at the Winfield campus through Pratt Community College.

The staff is what makes this program flourish. There are thirty instructors and EMS staff members that assist in the department.

“The people that work in this department are extreme-ly dedicated,” said department chair Slade Griffiths.

The equipment at the Allied Health Center is also top notch. In addition to traditional classrooms, the building has a nursing lab with seven hospital beds set up with mannequins and medical equipment. It also has a “scenario room,” where instructors can set up realistic emergency situations, and make calls that students must respond to.

“We try to be as realistic as possible,” said Griffiths.There is also a mock doctor’s office where students

can practice examinations under supervision of licensed paramedics.

A supply room provides students with medical sup-plies as well as medications they must administer.

“Anything they would have to give in the field, they have to use here,” said Griffiths. “Local hospitals donate expired medications for us to use to train.”

A new mannequin called the SimMan has been a very helpful tool to students, as it is extremely realistic. It allows the instructor to set up different problems for students to solve.

The student must give a timed examination that is monitored by a laptop, videotape and audiotape. The Sim-Man breathes, can be changed from male to female, receive IV’s, chest tubes, catheters, and many other procedures.

“I didn’t know if it would be cost effective, but now that students have used it, it’s definitely worth it,” said Griffiths. “Some training facilities have decreased clinical training hours because it’s so lifelike. We won’t do that, but that just shows how realistic it is.”

The department also has six monitors for students to use. A new grant that was received last month will provide funding for two new monitors.

The program is not stopping there. “My goal is to add ten classes and one degree program

each year for about five years,” said Griffiths. “The number one thing to do is listen to prospective students, find out what their passion is and we’ll get them there. We make dreams come true. It sounds corny, but it’s what we do.”

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The Cowley College Tigerette Danceline will conduct a Tiny Tigerette dance clinic from 9 a.m. to noon on Dec. 1 at the Cowley College Recreation Building. Participants in the dance clinic will take part in a dance performance at halftime of the Cowley men’s basketball game vs. Eastern Oklahoma State College on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. The clinic is open to girls and boys in preschool through eighth grade. Each participant will receive a clinic t-shirt, a special treat, and free admission to the Cowley basketball game on Dec. 5.

Two different groups of welding and automotive students from Cowley College ’s Career and Technical Education Department in Mulvane had an opportunity to tour the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita last Thursday. A group of 26 students toured the facility in the morning, while a group of 18 students

took the tour in the afternoon. Each of the students is currently taking an Industrial Mathematics class.

Cowley College art instructor Mark Flickinger has had several accomplishments during his career as an artist. He can now add having a painting of his being hung in the Governor’s mansion to that list. Flickinger’s oil painting titled “Cedars and Snow” was recently purchased by the Governor’s Office. Along with the painting being displayed in the Governor’s mansion, the painting will be used as the Christmas card, which the Governor’s Office will send out to more than 28,000 homes worldwide. Flickinger’s painting, which he finished in April, was based off of property his family owns near Silverdale. He has been invited to attend the Christmas party at the Governor’s mansion on Dec. 3.

The Cowley Concert Choir and Concert Band performed their fall concert last Thursday, Nov. 8. The band performed first, followed by the choir. For the final choral selection, the concert choir was joined by the Arkansas City Middle School Magic Voices.

Top:Sophmores Tyler Parsons and Stephanie Davidson, both MICT majors at the Winfield campus, work together inserting a breathing tube in the practice dummy.

Left: Davidson practices drawing blood on one of the practice dummies. The Allied Health program recently aquired a new mannequin to aid in medical training. The SimMan allows students to practice a wide range of procedures.(Photos by Callie Maxwell)

For more information on the Allied Health Center visit

www.cowley.edu

or call Slade Griffiths at620-441-6584

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BY COURTNEY CRAINAssistant Editor

At the end of spring semester, The Cowley Press staff returned from a journalism conference in Wichita

filled with ideas on ways to improve the look and feel of the student publication online. This began a joint effort between sophomore Holly Bascombe, a graphic arts major, and The Cowley Press staff that resulted in a complete makeover for The Cowley Press Online.

Bascombe took the lead in the rede-sign, One of her first assignments in her graphic design course was to implement the suggested changes brought to her by The Cowley Press staff. Her mission was to rede-sign the template, create a cohesive color scheme and develop a searchable archive.

This was a first for Bascombe, who had never worked on a published website. She said that she was slightly nervous about the redesign.

“I’ve created a few sites of my own, but this one was actually for some-thing important, not just for fun,” said Bascombe.

Director of Web Ser-vices Diana Dicken was responsible for supervis-ing the progress of the redesign. Dicken empha-sized the fact that the on-line version is now much more consistent, with every page following a consistent template layout. She said they were going for a much cleaner, crisper look. She wanted to build a solid platform to al-low for future growth.

“The stories that are on cowleypress.com are snapshots of today,” said Dicken. “They are virtually online records of his-tory.”

Bascombe agreed with Dicken concern-ing her goals of the redesign.

“I wanted to create a website that was

professional, easy to navigate and visually pleasing,” Bascombe said. “I wanted it to be easier for journalism students to upload stories on the Internet.” Bascombe said she focused on areas the staff said they thought were important in developing web reader-ship.

A major goal was to be able to easily locate and read stories from the paper edi-tion. Now each section has its own link on the front page.

“The links are also more visible and user friendly,” said Bascombe.

Along with a completely new banner displayed on the home page, users will find a new layout and original content found only at The Cowley Press online. All the

stories in the hardcopy of the newspaper can be found by selecting a division of the paper at the top of the page. These headings make for easy navigation of the site.

Part of the rede-sign process allowed for the addition of original content not found in the hardcopy of the paper. To achieve this, a new section entitled “Community” was added. Stories located on this page can only be accessed online. These stories cover everything from local talent to activities on campus.

Bascombe joined The Cowley Press staff in Fall 2007 and now writes much of the original content on the site.

Also new this semester is a feature that allows users to search the archives. Users can search past newspapers dating back to 2005.

Instead of using the tiger-eye logo popular on campus letterheads, Bascombe decided to go with a fuller image of a tiger.

“The tiger looks directly at the reader and his position draws attention into the

page,” Bascombe said. “The new format makes it much easier

to update the pages because updating the site only requires a quick copy and paste routine,” Online Editor Benjamin Whitener said.

Another goal with the new design is to increase the multi-media content such as videos and audio, he added.

It took time and patience to create the new The Cowley Press Online, but it is now complete. Bascombe said she is satisfied with the new look.

“I do feel that the site has become much easier to look at and navigate,” she said.

The Cowley Press is a true student publication; the staff is responsible for the content of the paper from brainstorming ideas, writing, researching, interviewing and editing, to taking photographs and putting together graphics to final layout, including uploading content to the web and archiving previous editions.

Diana Dicken, director of web services, teaches sophomore Holly Bascombe how to reformat the online version of The Cowley Press. (Photo by Callie Maxwell)

Online version of Cowley Press gets a makeover

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Monday Laurie Mulford Algebra, Calculus, Accounting 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Richard Rudzinski Algebra, Calculus 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Keoki Waipa Algebra & Trigonometry 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

TuesdayRowena Voss Algebra 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.JoAnne Farnsworth English, Literature, Algebra 12:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.Ethan Vigil Algebra, Calculus 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Laurie Mulford Algebra, Calculus, Accounting 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WednesdayKeoki Waipa Algebra – Calculus 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Ethan Vigil Algebra – Calculus 11:30 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.Norman Tucker Algebra 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

ThursdayEthan Vigil Algebra – Calculus 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Rowena Voss Algebra 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.JoAnne Farnsworth English, Literature, Algebra 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

SaturdayRichard Rudzinski Algebra – Calculus 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Norman Tucker Algebra 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.JoAnne Farnsworth English, Literature, Algebra 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Ethan Vigil Algebra – Calculus 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m

SundayNorman Tucker Algebra 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Richard Rudzinski Algebra – Calculus 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Tutoring Schedule Fall 2007 - Renn Memorial Library

MondayChelsea Math, Advanced Math, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eng, Bio, Comp. Apps, ChemistryHeidi Math, Psychology, Elem. Stats, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Comp. Apps, Chemistry Lauren Math, Advanced Math, Eng, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Bio, Comp. Apps, Chemistry

TuesdayChelsea Math, Advanced Math, Eng, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Bio, Comp. Apps, Chemistry Heidi Math, Psych, Elem. Stats, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Comp. Apps, Chemistry Ashley Math, Advanced Math, Eng, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Bio, Psych, Comp. Apps, Chemistry Ryan Math, Advanced Math, Bio, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Accounting, Psych, Comp. Apps, Chemistry Wednesday Chelsea Math, Advanced Math, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eng, Bio, Comp. Apps, ChemistryHeidi Math, Psych, Elem. Stats, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Comp. Apps, Chemistry Ryan Math, Advanced Math, Bio, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Accounting, Psych, Comp. Apps, Chemistry ThursdayChelsea Math, Advanced Math, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eng, Bio, Comp. Apps, ChemistryAshley Math, Advanced Math, Eng, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Bio, Psych, Comp. Apps, ChemistryLauren Math, Advanced Math, Eng, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Bio, Comp. Apps, Chemistry

SundayChelsea Math, Advanced Math, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eng, Bio Comp. Apps, Chemistry Ryan Math, Advanced Math, Bio, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Accounting, Psych, Comp. Apps, Chemistry

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on cowleypress.com are snapshots of today. They are virtually online records of history.

-Diana Dicken

BY COURTNEY CRAINAssistant Editor

If launching a frozen turkey down a lane toward a cluster of bowling pins sounds crazy, then the journalism club meets the criteria. It is not a normal bowl-a-thon, it is the annual Turkey Bowl on Nov. 19, at 8:30 p.m. at the Rec Building.

In order to participate, teams should consist of four people. Team members should collect bowling pledges from the people around them. Roommates, moms and even teachers are excellent sponsors.

The easiest ways to collect donations are to ask sponsors to make a flat donation or an amount for each point scored. A prize will be awarded to the team with the most pledge money.

To sign up, contact the Journalism Club in KTB 103 or at 441-5555.

Turkey tossing time

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BY MEGAN CUMMINGSStaff Writer

At the beginning of a school year there’s a job rush, where a bunch of students all try to get the same

jobs. By October, there are no more jobs, right? Wrong.

The argument a lot of students use is that there are not any jobs open.

“If you don’t have your application in on the first day, you’re pretty much out of luck,” freshman Tyler Alderman said.

People think this is true, but that is not the case.

Though work study positions for the school year have been filled, some posi-tions could open up at semester if the cur-rent students transfer or graduate, accord-ing to Stefani Jones, the Administrative Assistant to Vice President of Student Affairs.

Other than jobs on campus, there are numerous jobs around town. If a student needs a job, but ‘can’t find one’ there are plenty of resources both on and off campus that they can use to help them.

There are bulletin boards with cur-rent job openings in the area. The boards are located in the Underground and in the Brown Center, downstairs by the Social Science offices, and are updated at least once a month.

The Traveler and Courier are also great sources for employment; find them online or pick up a paper.

“When students are applying they need to be professional in the way they dress and act, and shouldn’t take their friends with them,” Kim Biddle, Director of Student Success, advised.

Whether it is better to have a job on campus or around town is a toss up.

Sophomore Sarah Cosby is involved in the work study program.

“I really like the convenience of having a job on campus,” Cosby said.

Some students would rather have jobs off campus.

“I’m around school enough as it is,” sophomore Dallas Taylor said about his preference in working off campus.

“If students don’t utilize the bulletin boards, and apply for the jobs,” Biddle said, “the businesses will stop calling us and letting us know what’s available.”

Employment opportunities

From turkeys to tacos and bingo to burning dinner, everyone has a favorite Thanksgiving tradition and memory.

Good food, family and friends make the upcoming season festive. Families all have fun and unique ways of celebrating the holidays.

Thanksgiving is right around the cor-ner and students and staff shared a few of their favorite turkey tales.

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be added to mealtimes to ensure everyone can be fed. In addition, it may be necessary for the cafeteria to hire at least one more staff member.

“We are expecting everything to work fine this way. Everyone is brainstorming now to try and suit everyone’s needs,” said Linnabary. “It will definitely not go back to the way it was though, it would only amplify the problem. We are going to use every bit of functional space to our best ability.”

For any cafeteria questions, concerns or comments, contact the Great Western Dining Services at [email protected].

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QuickQuotes

Some people think they know everything that really don’t. Usu-ally, the teacher just tries to correct them.

Have you experienced a lack of classroom etiquette? How was the problem resolved?

People always skip class and it feels like it’s just me and the teacher. No, there isn’t really anything being done.

There are people on their cell phones all the time. It’s really not being solved; some teachers will take them away, though.

Lots of stupid questions or the teacher having to repeat the same information to the same person several times. You can just see the agitation in the teacher’s face.

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BY MEGAN CUMMINGSStaff Writer

With talk of the children’s play cir-culating, the issue of bullying surfaces. It started when we were kids on the play-ground, in the halls or on the bus, bullying was, and still is, hard to avoid.

Intimidation affects everyone, whether you are directly involved, or just an inno-cent bystander watching it happen.

When you are young you think, “Once I get into high school, or once I graduate high school, all this will be over.” The truth is bullying is prevalent throughout life, but it seems like once you reach a certain age, it earns a different name: harassment.

“I wouldn’t call it bullying at a college level, it’s more like harassing,” sophomore Andrew Kerr said, “but I really don’t think that it happens as frequently as it does with children.”

School shootings do not normally hap-pen just because some kid ‘felt like it’ or was just ‘weird.’ A lot of school shootings where a student is the perpetrator hap-pen because that student is made fun of, treated as an outcast or tormented in one way or another.

The statistics on the subject of intimi-dation are startling. One out of four kids is bullied; that is a 25 percent chance that a local high school could become the next Columbine if the tormenting goes too far.

According to statistics by the selected school violence research findings in 2001, bullying begins in elementary school, peaks in middle school and stays pretty constant through high school.

Bullying is not just a problem at school, or the work place. A big problem as technology progresses is cyber bullying. It might seem absurd to argue over the Internet, but there are people that partici-pate in it.

Thirty-three percent of youth have been victimized via cyber bullying, accord-ing to cyberbullying.us. The offenders in the same case study said they considered their intimidation to be fun or instructive. They claimed they were strengthening their victims.

If bullying starts when we are young, why is it not taken care of then? Recent studies show the majority of children have been victims of bullying during their

Children’s play teaches moral of the story

Turn off the phone... turn on the brain

school careers. When their parents were surveyed, about half said they did not see bullying as a problem for their children.

Is it the school system or the parents that are dropping the ball? I would say it is both. If parents played a stronger role in their children’s lives, maybe we would see some change.

My parents always said, “If they [teachers] could still punish children in school the way they used to, we would see

a decrease in bullying.” Of course, there are laws that make that kind of punishment illegal, but something more than a slap on the wrist and sending bullies back to the classroom might be a tad more effective.

Bullying is not just something kids do; it instills fear in some, and hatred in others.

Those who do not see it as a problem obviously do not have a child missing school because out of fear of other children.

There are an unnecessary 8 percent

of students that miss one day of class per month because they fear being bullied. Look at that number: can you say, “Well, that’s not too bad”? Or do you see how completely ridiculous it is that there are that many children afraid of other chil-dren?

I encourage you to stand up against this epidemic. Go see the play. The next time you see someone being harassed, say something.

The instructor lectures; the guy next to me vibrates, or rather his phone does, and he answers it.

Pop quizzes do not have the phone-a-friend lifeline. So why do students think it is ok to be on the phone in class?

It all starts with technology; simple items people use everyday. The most com-mon is the cell phone. Turn off the sound

and put it away. You can survive the class period without a call or text message.

Another irritating item is an iPod. It is beyond frustrating to try and concentrate on work when the only thing you can focus on is the song someone is playing six seats to the left. Even when it is not play-ing, why leave the earphones in your ears? Take them off so the teacher at least knows you are paying attention.

Laptops are great tools for students to use, yet they can be used incorrectly. If they are being used to type notes, great; commonly though, this is not the case.

In certain locations on campus, wire-less Internet can be tapped, leading to a wave of distraction. Games, chat, MySpace and Facebook serve as perfect excuses for not paying attention. Just keep focused on the task at hand and save the play for later.

It does not stop there. Actions, too, cause disruption. Students packing up their belongings before the class is dismissed is absolutely irritating. Why not just tell the teacher, “Ok, you’re not done yet, but I am, so hurry it up.” Slow down. In class, dedi-cate your time to the instructor, because they dedicate their time to you.

Come to class and be on time. I under-stand people have complications and can-not always make it on time, but what is the

point in showing up late every single day? Keep your hand off the stupid snooze but-ton and get to class. That extra five minutes is not going to help you anyway.

Also, if you went to sleep at night, you would not have to sleep in class. If you want to sleep, then stay in bed and out of the classroom. If there are repeated com-plications with this, maybe a lighter load would help.

It is also difficult to learn when doing homework in class, especially if it is home-work for other classes. If time is needed to do homework, then set aside an hour somewhere in the schedule to do it. Do not use up the other class because then you are behind in two classes.

The most annoying thing in the classroom, though, is the human mouth.

Even though gossiping is tempt-ing, for fifty min-utes it will not kill you to shut your mouth.

Your friends can wait to hear all about what you did this weekend in the ten minutes you have after class.

Students often find humor in being loud. It is not funny; it is obnox-ious. It is great to have a good time, but leave the clown act for your own time.

When a student comes into a class with knowledge of the subject, it can be useful, but not when it is overused. Debate is a great way to learn, but do not argue with the instructor. You may be right, but

Classroom etiquette is in short supply. Using cell phones and laptops in class is discourteous to the instructor and to others. (Photo illustration by Jolene Pierson)

usually you are wrong, so do not waste our time.

Probably the most irritating thing in the classroom is unnecessary questions. I know sometimes things are unclear, but it is easier to learn when you pay attention to what is being said.

In other words, if you cared enough to listen the first time, you would not have to ask for the same information the second time.

These things may seem like no big deal, but they really do cause a scene. You may not want to learn, but that does not mean others feel the same. Some people

actually have to pay for college and want to get the most out of it.

Do us a favor and pay attention, or go somewhere else.

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CC Singers and Choir Concert. It will be on Nov. 2 in the Brown Center Theater at 7:30 p.m.

Fall Band Concert. Featuring our instrumental band on Nov. 12 in the Brown Center Theater at 2 p.m.

Caffe Acoustic is having a concert. Tom Hoeffgen will be performing on at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15. His performance is part of the Caffe Acoustic con-cert series.

Phi Theta Kappa meet-ing Tuesday. There will be a meeting Nov. 27 in the Galle-Johnson Building Room 212 at 6 p.m..

ATC Graduation on Dec. 1. Aviation Tech Centers Graduation will be held at 10 a.m.

Children’s Show on Nov. 27. “Three Bully Goats Griff” will be held in the Brown Center at 7 p.m.

SSEC Bake Sale. On Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

New Releases

BeowulfBased on the legendary epic poem, the great warrior Beowulf (voice of Ray Winstone) must destroy the evil creature Grendel (Crispin Glover) who is terrorizing the Scandinavian countryside. And if that isn’t difficult enough, Beowulf must also kill the monster’s mommy (Angelina Jolie). Rated R. In theaters Nov. 16.

This ChristmasThe Whitfield siblings are all coming home to celebrate the holidays together. But when the clan gathers round the Christmas tree, the festivities are marred by deep secrets that are revealed and threaten to tear the family apart once and for all. Not yet rated. Comes out Nov. 21.

RadioheadIn RainbowsThe new song “All I Need” is powered by a haunting synthesizer that provides the sonic background for frightfully romantic lyrics.

BY COURTNEY CRAINAssistant Editor

From the first beat of naked hand on a hollow drum to the last tap of a bare foot on the cold stage, the syncopated

sound of African Footprint had the sold out audience captivated as they relayed the history of South Africa through rhythmic music and dance.

African Footprint encompassed ele-

ments of religion, passion, rivalry, comedy and tragedy. To elicit audience participa-tion, cast member encouraged clapping with the beat as they danced and sang. The music included tribal drumbeats, jazz and blues.

“It was not anything like what I expected. I think it was more than anyone expected,” Freshman Missy Patterson said. “It was so powerful and moving.”

African Footprint began in 1998 when Richard Loring started a school in South Africa for young people who wished to develop their natural talent.

“For black South Africans from the townships there was no Julliard, no Fame where they could refine their talents and learn the skills. There was incredible talent but no training,” he said.

From the hundreds that auditioned, Loring selected 30 young performers from rural South Africa, and for the next year, the rising stars were trained in professional vocal and dance technique.

African Footprint has performed before leaders and diplomats such as Nelson Mandela and Prince Charles. They came to Cowley College because of the persistence of Dean of Development and College Relations Terri Morrow.

“She [Morrow] phoned, and phoned, and phoned me,” African Footprint Tour Producer Corey Ross said. “I think what sold me on the idea of coming [to Cowley] was one Sunday morning she called and told me all she could think about during church was African Footprint. This was our fourth show and it has been perfect.”

In larger cities, tickets for African Footprint retail for approximately $100 while tickets here sold for $15. The show

was not shortened due to the difference in ticket prices. Cowley students, staff and faculty received discounted tickets for $8.

“Whether we are in a big place or a small place, we do the same show,” cast member Jabulani said. “Even though this is a small city, there were many people. It was definitely a good experience.”

Humanities instructor Julie Kratt attended the show and she said was astounded at the talent. “It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen live. The cast was so talented. They could sing and dance,” Kratt said. “They made danc-ing really look like a sport.”

Freshman Thomas Govert was one of the student volunteers who helped in prep-aration for the show. “When I first heard about African Footprint, I didn’t know much about it. When I volunteered and went, I was awestruck. It was beautiful, rhythmic and just astounding. I would pay $100 to see them again,” Govert said.

African Footprint will return to the U.S. next year for another tour. Scott MacLaughlin, director of theatre and theat-rical service, said, “Be looking for them in television. I foresee big things for them in the future.”

Several audience members described the experience as an adrenaline rush, and others reported the show to be spectacu-lar. With the colorful costumes, dramatic lighting and talented performers, African Footprint left spectators amazed.

Sophomore Alexie Smith said, “It was amazing. I’m inspired to do big things and change the world.”

African Footprints was Nov. 6, in the Robert Brown Theatre.

Footprint retraces steps to roots

BY COURTNEY CRAINAssistant Editor

The words “kiss” and “goat” are not usually found in the same phrase. However, six brave student leaders have volunteered to do just that: kiss a goat.

Place your vote by putting change in the jar of the person who should kiss the goat. Jars are located in front of the Admissions office. Loose change will count as positive votes, while cash will count as negative votes. The person with the most positive votes will be named the lucky kisser. Voting will end on Friday, Nov. 16.

The winner will be revealed and will claim their prize on the lawn between the Brown Center and Galle-Johnson on Monday, Nov. 19.

Phi Theta Kappa will donate the money to purchase turkeys for a local Thanksgiving food drive.

ContestantsJackie Hutchinson – President Campus Christian FellowshipBrady Flock – Cowley Crazies Kim Bryant – President Creative ClawsChelsea Pappan – Vice President Scholarship in Phi Theta KappaWill Brantley – Vice President Student Government AssociationRyan Frick – Student Ambassador

BY LIZ POTTERStaff Writer

It begins sounding like a sick and twisted horror movie with a throbbing bass line, minor piano strokes and a synthe-sizer beat like a pause screen in the video game Silent Hill. She Wants Revenge’s sophomore album This Is Forever reminds you that the dark side is much sexier than anything made for Justin Timberlake. Dark lyrics sang in doomy vocals on the lead single “True Romance” sound like a mor-bid cabaret song about heartbreak, “I know that you never loved me/I know that you never cared at all.” The feeling echoes the band’s previous self-titled album.

As the new project progresses, it is

reminiscent of post-punk bands like The Church. Even more flagrant, though, is the absolutely horrific use of cowbell in “Written in Blood,” the group’s second sin-gle that begs for a bad Christopher Walken joke. Singer Justin Warfield still needs to work on his sense of humor and natural accent, too, not a faux British one.

When it comes to comparison of

the first self-titled album, This Is Forever shows a growth in musical innovation, but still maintains the tongue-in-cheek, high school relationship, angst-ridden lyrics. The progression from album one to album two is not significant enough to be a break-through. Overall, This Is Forever is more like “This Is Okay.”

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Three goats and a troll teach lesson on bullyingBY MEGAN CUMMINGSStaff Writer

The annual Children’s Theater show is coming up; those who attended last year cannot forget the verdict in Big Bad.

This year’s show is The Three Bully Goats Griff and the attendance for the show is estimated to double last year’s 1,000 children. There is only going to be one per-formance open to the public, and it will be Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Brown Theatre. The daytime shows will be attended by area elementary schools. It will cost two dollars, or one non-perishable food item and one dollar.

The show will present the audience with a few morals: bullying is bad, no one wins in a fight and respect for others. According to Tom Mason, “[They are] all life-long lessons.”

Mason said he chose the play because of the bullying moral.

“Bullying is a huge issue and concern in schools today,” he explained, “and I believe it needs to be addressed. This play does exactly that.”

Student director sophomore Errol Lau-

rie encourages people to attend the evening performance, as “it has a good twist to the Billy Goats’ story.”

The acting is not the same as that in traditional plays.

“The acting involved is much different with such a young audience,” Mason said.

“We are only spending about three weeks to pull the show together; we are having a total of around 15 practices,” Laurie said. “It’s not a long show. It’s only about 45 minutes long.”

One major thing about the play that is more appealing to the younger audience is the audience involvement. The audience is encouraged to give feedback and answer questions throughout the play.

This is the fourth year for the program Mason started in 2003. The first produc-tion was Alice in Wonderland, followed by Pinocchio, and Big Bad last year.

According to Mason, “This, so far, looks to be one of the best, if not the best turn out for attendance.”

Next year’s show has not been deter-mined, but Mason assures, “There will be a show next year.”

BY TIFFANY ZAVALAStaff Writer

The annual talent show sponsored by Tyger Tawk and Creative Claws took place on Nov. 1, and showcased

campus talent while raising money for a good cause.

“People can purchase their tickets for less money, while they donate at the same time,” said humanities instructor and Cre-ative Claws club sponsor Marlys Cervantes. “The food taken in at this performance, as well as that taken in at the children’s show later this month, will be donated, prior to Christmas, to the food bank. We just look at it as one way we can help out.”

Contestants were placed in one of three categories: solos, original works and the newest category,

cultural representation.Sophomore Shawn Ming sang

his version of “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw; sophomore Charisse Archer belted out the Alicia Keys hit “No One”, a cappella; freshman Kathy Moon sang a passionate rendition of “At Last”; and sophomore Rachele Bloyer de-livered “Everything” by Michael Buble in her a cappella performance.

First place in the solo division went to Bloyer, who said she signed up to perform at the last minute.

“I was just going to watch or maybe help backstage” said Bloyer. “But the day before the deadline Mrs. Cervantes handed me the entry form and said I needed to do it.”

Original works included sophomore Larry Whalen’s intense guitar manipulation on “Metamorphic Russian Waltz”; the Tem-poral Mechanics Union [TMU] put their all into “Kpanlogo”; freshman Kim Bryant shared her heartwarming poem “I Live For”; sophomore Alex Skov kept the crowd laughing with “Skovalicious…A Tribute” and freshman Travis Truax skillfully played the guitar and harmonica while singing “Bus Rides and Lives Changed.”

Temporal Mechanics Union took first place with their instrumental song from Ghana.

“My favorite act was TMU” said fresh-man Sally Shawyer. “It was very entertain-ing and I like how they worked together as a group. They were awesome.”

Second place winner Truax said he has been writing his own music for a few years

and looks forward to playing for others every chance he gets.

“I never really have many opportuni-ties to play,” said Truax, “so when I can, I do it and I hope that somebody gets some-thing out of listening to my songs.”

The final category, cultural representa-tion, was made up of sophomore Daniel Maina of Kenya, who told the short story of the alligators and the monkey’s heart, and freshman Janee Gabbard who performed a Native American dance called the “Fancy Shawl.”

Judges Mica Runnels, Steve Butler and Piper Leigh rated the contestants on their performances and audience response, while local band Unheard Apology performed.

“I thought they rocked! They put on a very good show, even without one guitar-ist!” said Shawyer. “I enjoyed the fog, the screen with their logo on it and the movie clip music that played at the beginning of their performance.”

The five-member band displayed a great deal of energy during their three songs and the crowd seemed to appreciate the entertainment while they waited on the results.

“They were good, to say the least,” sophomore Alexie Smith said. “I got chills when they played.”

Sponsors Cervantes and Tom Mason said they were pleased with how the night went.

“The students [performers and audi-ence members] really came through for us,” said Cervantes. “It’s such a fun night; the crowd was great and the performers were excellent. It ended up being a really diverse evening as far as entertainment went.”

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It’s all about the talent

Caffé Acoustic sticking around

Stories, music and dancing entertain at the annualTalent Show

BY CHRIS ROBINETTEStaff Writer

Caffé Acoustic is a popular local venue where singer/songwriters from all over the country come to play for an Ark City crowd at Brown’s coffee shop. In the time that Caffé Acoustic has been around it has grown on the community; locals and col-lege students enjoy going to see the unique artists featured.

Caffé Acoustic started seven to ten years ago according to creator and Brown’s store owner Kim Ebert. Ebert said that the creation was a “two-fold process. I wanted to celebrate the arts...add a cultural event to the city...[and] bring people to the down-town of the community.”

Though it started out featuring local artists, it has grown to be a unique venue for artists from all 50 states, and Ireland.

The college has historically done all the booking, starting with Connie Bonfy, who Ebert said was “very instrumental in getting started.”

The responsibility was then trans-ferred to Sheree Utash, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and now rests with Terri Morrow, Dean of Development and College Relations.

Morrow will pass the job of booking artists for Caffé Acoustic to someone else next year. Morrow said that the artists that Caffé Acoustic features are singer/song-writers with original material. Of Caffé Acoustic, Morrow said that she “encour-ages students to come” and the event is

“free to students.”Brown’s and the college both share

the cost of Caffé Acoustic. The sessions are “laid back, [and a] real great way to hear good music,” according to Morrow.

Caffé Acoustic has had many memo-rable moments for Ebert One of the most outstanding was when an artist Meghan Cary from New York City was scheduled in 2001, coincidently right after Sept. 11.

Cary wrote a song about 9/11, which she went from fire station to fire station in NYC playing until she came to Caffé Acoustic and did her Kansas debut of it.

A wide variety of artists have played at Caffé Acoustic, ranging from an Irish artist named Gerry Oberine to Robin Macy from the Dixie Chicks. Ebert says that watching the wide variety of locals come to watch the artists at Caffé Acoustic has been the “thrill of my life.”

The future of Caffé Acoustic came into question with the Brown store was put up for sale.

“All people looking to take over the Brown store have been looking to continue Caffé Acoustic,” according to Ebert. “I see bright things in the future.”

Though Caffé Acoustic might go through some changes, Ebert assured fans, “Caffé Acoustic will be fine. It’ll expand.”

This month the featured artist is Tom Hoeffgen of Winfield. Hoeffgen will be performing on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The time, dates and artists playing for future Caffé Acoustics are on the “Arts @ Cowley” posters hanging around campus.

Above: Freshman Janee Gabbard does the Native American “fancy shawl” dance.Upper Left: Instructor Chris Mayer and Bryan McChesney of TMU bang the drums. Left: Freshman Kathy Moon gives the audience her all with a performance of “At Last.”

Photos by Jolene Pierson

Joe Lauer—Sherman the TrollLynlea Bartlett—Gertrude the Other TrollSarah Richardson—Billy Goat Darci Mann—Willy Goat

Sean Rethmeier—Fred GoatChris Loftin—D. VeloperKate Kearns—Polly TitianDori Stevens—Ismelda SlipperLacey Bauman—Carrie Post

Cast List

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BY JOEL DeNICOLO Sports Writer

Where are you from?Montenegro, which is in south-eastern Europe

How did you end up coming to Cowley?I wanted to fin-ish school in the US, because back home, it was too hard to go to school and play basketball at the same time. So I got a call from Coach Clark and heard a lot of good things about the school, so I decided to come.

What achievements/awards have you received?My team back home placed first in junior and senior league, also had the best team in the Country League.

Did you participate in any other sports?No, that is the difference between USA & Europe, when you decide to play a sport you stick with just that one. When I got here I saw a lot of athletes play multiple sports in the same season.

How did you end up playing basketball?My dad was a basketball player, and since I was a little girl I was surrounded with basketball, so I wanted to be apart of it.

What does a normal practice consist of?Like my coach says “3 E’s, Effort, Energy, and Enthusiasm.”

What has been your most embarrassing moment?I’ve scored on the wrong goal one time…but it was my first game ever…but it was still real embarrassing.

What has been your most memorable moment?Last year when I scored on the last second shot agaiinst Johnson County to get my team to overtime.

Who has helped you the most in basket-ball career?My dad would help me with advices and also my mom really helped me.

Do you have any rituals before a game?Yes, I write on a paper all the things I need to accomplish during my next game and put that paper above my bed so I’m aware of it all the time.

What do you like to do for fun?Listen to music, hang out with friends, and read books.

What do you feel is your best attribute on the court?Passing the ball and shooting.

What are your plans for next year?On November 14, I’m signing with Centenary University, a Division I school in Shreveport, La.

What do you see yourself doing in ten years?I’m a person who would love to try everything so if I would tell you now what I would like to be or do, my list would be too long.

Forward/Center Natasa Draganic

Maina falls just short, places second Tigers finish fifth while Lady Tigers finish eighth

BY JOEL DeNICOLO Sports Writer

Intramural 3-on-3 basketball officially kicked off on Nov. 5 and is now in full

swing. There were games played on Nov. 5, 7 and 12.

The only team still undefeated after all three days so far has been the Go Getta’s. The Go Getta’s team consists of sophomore Larry Hill, freshman Joe Wheeler, freshman Deion Ruble and fresh-man Brandon Ellis.

“We are the best team out here,” Hill said. “We will remain undefeated.”

Each official win is determined in a three game series. The first team to score eleven points each game captures the win.

On Nov. 12, the Go Getta’s swept the Tulsa Colts and also picked up a much tougher win against the Cowley Trio.

In the womens bracket, there were only two games played having the Lady Ballers winning both of their games against the No Names and Team TNF.

The Used to Be’s played really tough taking both the Frosted Flakes and Team Superbad to a game 3 in both meetings. Unfortunately losing game 3 both times by a single bucket leaving them winless for the night.

There were a few teams added on Nov. 12 to increase the competition.

All teams play every Monday and Wednesday beginning at 6 p.m. at the Cowley Recreation Center.

Go Getta’s off to hot start in intramural basketball

3 on 3 Basketball Top 3 Standings

Men Go Getta’s 6-0 Tripod 3-2 Use to be’s 2-2 Women Lady Ballers 4-1 No Names 1-3 TNF 0-1

BY JOEL DeNICOLO Sports Writer

On November 10, the NJCCA Cross Country National Championship took place in Ina, Ill., at Rend

Lake College, home of the 2006 National Champions. Running with a field of 296 runners and 33 teams, the largest field of runners in NJCAA Cross Country history, both the Tiger Men and Women finished off a great season with the men finishing fifth and the women finishing eighth in the nation.

The Tiger men finished with a team score of 136, only twenty-five points shy of the National Champion Lansing (MI) Community College.

In Sophomore Daniel Maina’s last NJCAA Championship race he fell just short once again, placing second yet again as he did in last year’s championship race. Maina (23:29.12) really fell just short com-ing in less than half of a second of the first place finisher freshman Ben Cheruiyot (23:28.64) of Rend Lake College.

“Elkanah Kibet also of Rend Lake was the best runner coming into the race,“ Maina said. Kibet finished fifth. “When you know how some one races, it is easy to beat them. I’ve raced against him before, but the freshman who won the race, Ben [Cheruiyot]; I’ve never ran against him, and did not how he was going to run.”

Maina trailed Cheruiyot by about 75 meters with a little over one mile remain-ing before gradually closing the gap. Maina finishes an unbelievable two years at Cowley as the most accomplished runner in the program’s history.

Hoping to improve on a twelfth place finish last year at Nationals, sophomore Stanley Mugo suffered some uncomfort-able pain midway through this years Nationals and was unable to kick with full strength but still finished 19th with a solid time of 25:09.

“I would’ve liked to have finished a lot higher,” Mugo said. “But the pain I felt during the race really hurt my chances of finishing where I should have.”

Maina earned NJCAA First-Team All-American Honors. Sophomore Mauricio Morales completed one of his best times and earned Coaches Association All-American honors by placing 32nd with a time of 26:03, 18 spots ahead of his 50th place in 2006. Freshman Johnny Purvis (26:16) finished 41st and sophomore Brett Koehn (26:29) finished 46th a great improvement from his 89th place finish as a freshman. Purvis and Koehn also earned Coaches Association All-American honors.

The Lady Tigers also had a very large field of runners to compete with, having 260 girls and 33 teams. Cowley sophomore Jennifer Cherono earned NJCAA First-Team All-American honors for the second year in a row as she placed 13th with a time of 17:56 in the women’s race beating her time last year of 18:46.

Sophomore Irene Kosgei ran a time of 18:43, she still ran even though just days before, she had her wisdom tooth pulled. She finished her cross country career by placing 29th.

Sophomore Ashley Cronin (18:55) placed 34th and received Coaches Association All-American honors.

Fellow sophomores Christy Buller (19:44) and Bethany Schmidt (20:03) fin-ished 77th and 90th respectively. Buller cut her time down by over a minute while Schmidt shaved over two minutes off her time in last year’s race.

Iowa Central Community College claimed the women’s national champion-ship as they finished 34 points better than national runner-up Butler Community College.

Rend Lake also won the women’s individual championship. Pasca Cheruiyot, sister to the men’s individual champion, finished with a time of 16:13.

Many sophomores will be dearly missed as they will be lost to graduation. Four out of the top five finishers for the men ran their last juco race: Maina, Mugo, Morales, Koehn. All of the top five finish-ers for the women as well will be gradu-ating: Chereno, Kosgei, Cronin, Buller, Schmidt.

It was a tremendous year for both the men’s and women’s cross country team as they won their first ever region champion-ship and its second consecutive conference title.

Both cross country teams at the NJCAA Cross Country Championship on Nov. 10. The men finished fifth while the women finished eighth. (File photo)

Freshman Ana German takes a shot while freshman Shelby Brownell and sophomore Alex Valley get ready to rebound. (Photo by Jolene Pierson)

Freshman Jerell McCane attempts to dribble around defender freshman Immanuel Thompson. (Photo by Jolene Pierson)

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Three-peat. That’s what the Lady Tigers can be saying now.The #3 ranked Lady Tigers came out

of the District M Tournament, played in Chanute on Nov. 3-4, as champions. This is the third straight year the Lady Tigers have won the District Tournament, advancing them into the nationals.

“This doesn’t happen too often,” head coach Joanna Pryor said. “Going to the national tournament for the third straight season is an honor.”

To get to the national tournament, the Lady Tigers had to fight off Pratt Com-munity College and Neosho County in two tough matches to continue their season.

Against Pratt, the Lady Tigers had to regroup after a 25-30 loss in the first game to win the match 25-30, 30-20, 30-22, 30-18.

The Lady Tigers were led by sopho-more Lilian Rezende as she ended up with 15 kills and 17 digs. Freshmen Lucia Cizmarova, Victoria Green, and Crystal Garman added over 10 kills to contribute to the win. Sophomore Courtney Shanklin contributed with 11 kills.

After beating Pratt, the Lady Tigers ad-vance to the District Championship match against host Neosho County. In game one, the Lady Tigers came out with 30-23 win. The match then added some intensity when Neosho won the second game 30-19.

In games three and four, the Lady Tigers did not give Neosho any momen-tum as they won 30-24, 30-19 to become champions.

“I was thrilled that they [Pratt and Neosho] pressured us,” Pryor said. “We want to be pushed and needed to be to help us prepare for Nationals.”

Against Neosho, the Lady Tigers were led by Cizmarova’s 19 kills and nine digs. While, Rezende continued her consistency with 16 kills.

Rezende and Cizmarova were named First-team District M performers, while Green and Garman earned Second Team honors.

“They [Lilian and Lucia] are two really consistent players,” Pryor said. “They get the job done and hopefully they do the same at nationals.”

The Lady Tigers are scheduled to compete in the NJCAA National Volleyball Championship on Nov. 15-17 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Their first match on Nov. 15 will be Grand Rapids.

The Lady Tigers received the third seed after finishing 28-5 and finished run-ner-up two years ago and place third last year after losing to Kishwaukee, the one seed this year, in the semi-finals.

“A lot of teams are the same as last year,” Pryor said. “We will worry about ourselves and not making mistakes. We’re young but our sophomores will hopefully get them ready.”

Lady Tigers headed to nationals for third straight year

Sophomore Bethany Schmidt is a two-time national qualifier in cross country and qualified in both indoor and outdoor track last year. She recently competed in the NJCAA Women’s Cross Country Championship. (Photo Illustration by Jackie Hutchinson)

Schmidt named Student-Athlete of the MonthBY JACOB EARLSSports Editor

Some coaches are remembered for inspiring you to win, some inspire you to play hard, some just say never to give up. But after the season or years later, do they still inspire you?

For Student-Athlete of the Month Beth-any Schmidt, a coach in her life as inspired her to continue running at the college level.

“Coach Pruitt’s life inspired me to work hard at whatever I do,” Schmidt said. “I lost him to cancer last year and he was one of the big reasons I ran.”

Schmidt also added that Coach Pruitt would always tell her to “run your race like its your last,” and he always believed in me.

While attending Kremlin-Hillsdale High School, Schmidt didn’t have a team or a coach most of the time so she ran on her own. Schmidt started running track her freshman year in high school and during her sophomore year she started running cross country.

Schmidt was recruited by former cross country coach Ryan Turner so she could continue running competitively after high school. Coming to Cowley, Schmidt only knew current sophomore teammate Christy Buller through high school competition.

At Cowley, Schmidt is a member of the cross country, track, Phi Theta Kappa, CCF, Act 1 and recently, she played the role of Irene in the fall musical Crazy for You. She is also a student ambassador.

“I have definitely been a lot busier this fall with activities and clubs, but it’s been loads of fun,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt is the third recipient of stu-dent-athlete of the month as she has com-peted well while maintaining a 4.0 GPA on her way to majoring in Speech Pathology.

“I’m passionate about helping others and I would really like to work with the deaf and people with speech problems,” Schmidt said. “Also, I’m always happy to help out anyone if I’m needed.”

Separating school from practice can be a difficult task. Schmidt has seemed to master it.

“While running, I think about every-thing and that’s one of the reasons I enjoy it so much,” Schmidt said. “On long runs, I clear my head and a lot of times I pray dur-ing my runs.”

She has taken advantage of the number of opportunities college offers. During her spare time, Schmidt enjoys time with her friends and family while going to an oc-casional concert.

“I have so many more opportunities at college than high school and I have been able to focus on some things I truly enjoy,” Schmidt said.

With a current decrease in campus activities, Schmidt has more time to focus on running and her coaches noticed her committing more time to running and improving overall.

“I’m happy for her award because she is so involved in a lot of different activities at this institution, and she still found time train and compete,” assistant coach Vince DeGrado said. “The award is pretty special because as full as her plate is, she still has maintained the academic portion of school which will get her farther than any run-ning.”

Freshman Crystal Garman celebrates, along with freshmen Lucia Cizmarova and Victoria Green, after winning the District M tournament against Neosho. All three were honored as first or second district performers. (Photo by James Jordan/Traveler)

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At a GlanceMen’s BasketballSeason Record: 6-0 as of Nov. 13

Recent Highlights:•Tigers score a season high 114 points against Mid America JV.•Tigers beat NOC on the road, they had lost 15 of its last 23 meetings with many of the losses at Tonkawa.Recent Results:Nov. 1 - Southern Nazarene JV 108-60Nov. 3 - Mid America JV 114-35Nov. 6 - @ NOC 94-84Nov. 9 - Trinidad 67-60

Nov. 10 - Otero 85-77Nov. 13 - Friends JV ??-??Standout Performers:•Sophomore Chris Rhymes scores 23 points against Otero.•Sophomore Preston Brown records a double-double, 21 points with 10 rebounds.Coming Up: Two home games against Northern Oklahoma Tonkawa on Saturday, Nov. 17, and then Sterling Junior Varsity on Monday, Nov. 19. The Tigers are then at Eastern Oklahoma State on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The Tigers then head to the Jayhawk Shootout in Dodge City on Dec. 1-2.

BY JACOB EARLSSports Editor

Traveling to La Junta, Co., the #25 ranked Tigers picked up two more wins against Trinidad State and Otero Junior College at the Holiday Inn Classic on Nov. 9-10 to move to 5-0 on the season.

On Nov. 9, the Tigers had to come back from being down 30-28 at halftime to Trini-dad State to win 67-60. On the following day, the Tigers defeated host Otero Junior College 85-77.

“It was a tough team effort and we pulled together real well to win,” head coach Steve Eck said.

Against Trinidad, the Tigers came with a balanced attack on offense, as the highest scorer was sophomore Chris Rhymes with 11 points and 6 rebounds. Sophomore Pres-ton Brown and freshman Jeremy McCarty added 10 points, respectively.

Against Otero, the Tigers were without the services of sophomore Eric McKinney. The Tigers were not phased with a big man missing as they lead by double digits most of the game. The largest lead for the Tigers was 17 points, 85-68, but Otero ended the game scoring the final nine points making the final score 85- 77.

Rhymes led the Tigers in scoring with a game high 23 points. He shot 7-of-8 from the field and was 3-for-3 from the free throw line, while bringing down seven re-bounds. McCarty also had a big game as he hit four three pointers on his way to scoring 18 points. Sophomore Reggie Cook shot the ball well and finished with 16 points.

“There were a lot of good teams at the classic to compete with,” assistant coach Yaphett King. “Just played through the Colorado air and shot the ball well.”

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the Tigers had a tough away game against Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Okla. The

Tigers, who rarely have success at NOC, came out with the win, 94-84.

The Tigers built a 55-39 lead at half-time, but NOC scored the first eight points of the second half. The Tigers fought back and push the lead back to 13 points. NOC then came back with another 12-2 run to cut the Tiger’s lead to three with fewer than nine minutes remaining. Sophomore Mon-trell McDonald capped off the Tigers next run with a dunk to put them ahead 78-67.

Towards the end of the game, the Ti-gers lead NOC, 94-74. NOC then scored the final ten points over the last two minutes of play.

Rhymes scored a game high 22 points, while Brown finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Cook also added 14 points from his 6-of-6 shooting on free throws.

“I though we did a good job,” Eck said. “Chris, Preston, and Reggie all did a good job.”

NOC brought a more physical aspect to the game and the Tigers came out with two technical fouls in the second half.

“I warned them before hand. We didn’t do a real good job of keeping our compo-sure at the end,” Eck said. “But, we made the shots we can make and won.”

On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the Tigers faced the Friends Junior Varsity at home.

In the first half, the Tigers had trou-bling pulling away from Friends JV and went into halftime up, 38-31.

In the second half, the Tigers finally pulled away and won by 36 points, 92-56.

McDonald led the team with 19 points, while McKinney finished with 14.

The Tigers are scheduled to take on Northern Oklahoma Tonkawa at home on Saturday, Nov. 17, and then Sterling Junior Varsity at home on Monday, Nov. 19. The next away game for the Tigers is on Tuesday, Nov. 27, against Eastern Oklahoma State.

Tigers still undefeated after tough classic

Freshman Jack Crowder gets ready to pass to a teammate in the corner against Friends JV. The Tigers had very few turnovers in the first half. (Photo by Jacob Earls)

At a GlanceWomen’s BasketballSeason Record: 2-3 as of Nov. 13

Recent Highlights:•The Lady Tigers, down double digits, rally back to make it a one possession game but come up short.•Trailing by 26, the Lady Tigers come back and make it a game against NOC, only to fall short 71-75.Recent Results:Nov. 3 - Southwestern JV 86-58Nov. 6 - @ NOC 71-75Nov. 9 - Cloud County 65-79 @ Hutch ClassicNov. 10- Hutchinson 62-68 @ Hutch ClassicNov. 13 - Kansas Wesleyan JV ??-??Standout Performers:•Noelle Jackson, coming off the bench, hits four three points on her way to 16 points.•Neasha Haynes scores 14 to lead the Lady Tigers in scoring against Cloud County.Coming Up: The Lady Tigers are scheduled to take on Friends JV at home on Thursday, Nov. 15, NOC at home on Saturday, Nov. 17, then Hutchinson at home on Monday, Nov. 19. They Lady Tigers then head to the Dodge City Classic, which is Nov. 23-24, and the Jayhawk Shootout in Coffeyville, which is Dec. 1-2.

Top: Freshman JaNeil Robinson looks for an open teammate coming off a pick against Kansas Wesleyan. Below: Sophomore Alexis Wright drives by her defender while freshman Courtney Goodrum positions herself to be ready for a pass. (Photo’s by Jacob Earls)

Lady Tigers attempt comebacks against double-digit leadsBY JOEL DeNICOLOSports Writer

The Lady Tigers Basketball team began the season with a win but had an early season three-game

losing streak in which they played hard and battled back in the second halves but just couldn’t get over the hump. They fin-ished off the week with a win over Kansas Wesleyan JV.

On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Lady Tigers defeated Southwestern College JV 86-58 at W.S... Scott Auditorium.

The Lady Tigers held SC JV to a 19 percent shooting and forced 29 turno-vers. Freshman Gabby Curtis, in her first collegiate game, helped out with six steals and also chipped in with seventeen points. Elena Yankova, also participating in her first junior college game, led all scorers with twenty points on 10-14 shooting.

Last year the Lady Tigers went to NOC-Tonkawa with high expectations, unfortunately they came back home with 84-62 loss.

On Nov. 6, the Lady Tigers seen a fami-liar scene, this time they were down by 26 more than half way into the second half.

Coach Clark then went to a smaller lineup and began to press, which aided into 32 total turnovers for NOC and the Lady Tigers steadily began to chip away at the lead and eventually got it down to two-point game with 28 seconds to go. Yankova missed a jump shot on the Tigers next pos-session and then it was a free throw contest there on out, in which the Lady Mavericks did not let up. The Lady Tigers suffered their first lost of the year 71-75.

The Lady Tigers then made their trip to the Hutchinson Classic where the faced two undefeated teams in Cloud County Nov. 9 and the host team, Hutchinson Nov. 10.

Once again the Lady Tigers had to attempt another come-from-behind victory trailing by 17 points with about sixteen minutes to go in the game. The Lady Tigers did not give in and got within four points of the Lady Thunderbirds with just under seven minutes to go. Sadly the Tigers could not get the defensive stops they needed and were defeated 65-79.

For the third straight game the Lady Tigers faced a double digit second half deficit, came together to make it a one possession game, but came up just short.

The Lady Tigers were down by as many as 14 points; they got to within three but never stole the lead. The Lady Tigers lost the third game in a row, 62-68.

Freshman Noell Jackson provided a nice spark off the bench scoring 16 points going 4-8 from beyond the arc.

The Lady Tigers ended their losing streak with a home win against Kansas Wesleyan JV 51-33. It was a very low scoring affair due to the lack of fouls and Kansas Wesleyan JV intended to make the score low and close by milking the shot clock at every opportunity.

The Lady Tigers once again for-ced 20 or more turnovers for the fifth

straight game, forcing 25. The balanced scoring attack

The Lady Tigers will be in action at home for three games in a row vs. Friends JV on Nov. 15, a rematch vs. NOC-Tonkawa on Nov. 17 and another rematch with Hu-tchinson on Nov. 19.

The Lady Tigers will then be at the Dodge City Classic on Nov. 23 and 24 for games against Frank Phillips and Fort Carson. They will then end off the first semester at the Jayhawk Shootout with ga-mes against Dodge City and Pratt on Dec. 1 and 2 respectively.

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Wake up, get the kids ready for the day, go to

class, eat some lunch, go to work, and then go train. Sound like the typical life of a college student? For 24 year old sophomore Ryan Frick, this could be considered a typical day.

“Everything is a routine for me,” Frick said. “I’m on the go all the time.”

Hectic could be considered an under-statement for Frick, with two children under 3 to care for while attending college full-time and working part-time.

“My kids are my world, I love them to death,” Frick said. “I wouldn’t give them up

for anything. They are what keep me going and give me motivation to be all I can be.”

He takes care of his kids, Landyn and Kayden, most of the time. Between raising his children, taking fifteen credit hours toward his religion major and working twenty hours a week for Splechter Con-struction, Frick said he is exhausted at times but likes the challenge.

While on campus, Frick enjoys the friendly people and being with friends.

“I’ve met so many people here,” Frick said. “Everyone is easy-going.”

His favorite instructor is Humanities instructor Dejon Ewing. Frick enrolled her Public Speaking class last year.

“I see a different Ryan this year. He is more focused and happier this year,” Ew-ing said. “He is excited about school and the possibilities of his career. I love it when he comes to see me and I love watching how his face lights up when he talks about his kids.”

Frick grew up in the country outside of Cherryvale, Kan. He used to spend his spare time enjoying archery as his main hobby. But, that has changed. He now enjoys competing in mixed martial arts fighting. Better known as cage fighting to

fans of the sport. The Ultimate Fighting Championship,

a popular sporting event on TV for the past few years, has gained popularity through-out the Midwest. The Cotillion, in Wichita, is now home to a form of UFC fighting called Midwest Cage Combat.

Frick, an Ultimate Fight fan, decided to pursue his interest in it by joining Team KaYo/Elite Combat Systems in Ark City.

Tyler Stinson, a former Cowley student from Winfield, has been making a splash on the news with his victories in cage fight-ing for Team KaYo in Oklahoma City and Wichita.

Frick said he believes that with enough hard work, his name could make the papers like Stinson’s name does. In fact, Stinson fought and won in his Las Vegas fight this year.

Frick first started his training in May of this year and has been active to fight for six months. Frick trains five days a week for at least two hours with his trainer, Ladell El-liot. A typical practice consists of his trainer and Frick working on Thai Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, boxing and some Judo.

“I had no experience with boxing or wrestling clubs growing up, so most of the stuff was new to me,” Frick said. “At first, I joined to stay fit and lose weight, but now I do it just to have a new experience.”

While training at the gym, Frick will drop his children off at the baby sitter.

“I just think that they’re not old enough to realize what is going on if they saw me fighting,” Frick said.

Frick lost his first ever fight in Wichita on Thursday, Oct. 18. Fighting Pat Marqi from Pratt, Kan., Frick fought the wrestler all 3 rounds. Frick had Marqi in several submissions including an arm bar and tri-angle choke but could not finish the fight.

Frick fought off his back the entire fight because the fighter he was supposed to fight pulled out of the event. Marqi was thrown in at the last minute and Frick was not prepared for a wrestler.

“It was pretty intense, but it was so much fun,” Frick said. “During the fight, I didn’t feel any pain when I got hit because of the adrenaline.”

The fight was an emotional one for Frick. He was fighting for Eli Hilderbrand, a student that passed away in house fire on Oct. 2. Hilderbrand had been trying to put the fire out and make sure everyone was out of house. But, the heat and smoke eventually caught up with him.

Frick lived right above where the fire started and it has made an emotional im-pact on his life.

“I just put everything in God’s hands and focused on the fight,” Frick said.

Even though Frick lost in his first fight, he plans on stepping in the cage again. His trainer has been working with him on his position and ground skills. In other words, he has been training on grappling/wres-tling.

If given the opportunity to make fight-ing a career, then Frick said he would “love for someone to pay me to fight whenever or wherever.” Right now, Frick is paying for his training.

Also, Frick is using this as a learning experience. Team work and discipline are the key factors their trainer stresses.

On Nov. 9, Frick missed his second opportunity to fight. The opponent from Oct. 18 backed down from the fight the day before because of an ankle injury. The two will eventually meet up in the cage, but Frick said there was no telling when it could happen.

“With fight dates I hear people talk about, they find out who they are fighting a few days before the fight,” Frick said, “And if a fighter decides not to fight then the people running the show have you fight some random guy.”

After fighting, Frick assumes his role back as a father, student, employee, boy-friend and then starts training for the next fight. If you think you’re busy then think again. Try Frick’s routine and see if you’re exhausted.

Blood, sweat and happiness

Sophomore Ryan Frick, on the right, gets into position to strike against his first ever opponent on Oct. 18. Frick went all three round but lost by decision to the wrestler from Pratt, Kan. (Photo Illustration by Jackie Hutchinson and Ben Whitener)