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A LOOK AT SLEEPING IN THE HALLWAYS

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PROFESSOR SHARES HIS EXPERIENCES OF WORKING IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY

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THE PROS AND CONS OF VALENTINE’S DAY

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Snow

STUDENTS ENJOY TWO DAYS OFF FROM SCHOOL DUE TO WEATHER

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By Jessica Skaggs

Valentine’s Dance cancelledThe dance, originally scheduled for

8 to 11 p.m. in COM 155 and 156 this Friday, Feb. 14 has been cancelled. The event was going to take place in COM 155 and 156. Individuals who have al-ready purchased tickets to the dance can return them to the Student Wel-come Desk in SC 106 in exchange for an AMC Gold Pass (good for a free movie at a local AMC theatre).

Contact Keith Davenport with ques-tions or concerns at (913) 469-3433 or kdavenp8@jccc.edu.

Board of Trustees to convene for February meeting

The college’s Board of Trustees will gather for their regular monthly meet-ing at 5 p.m. on Feb. 20. The meeting will take place in the Hugh Speer Board Room, which is located in GEB 137. The packet will be published online (http://www.jccc.edu/trustees/board-packets.html) in the days prior to the meeting. Be sure to follow @CampusLedger on Twitter for a live-tweet of the meeting.

International Dinner to be held on March 28

The college’s eighth annual Interna-tional Dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday March 28 in RC 101. The dinner, which has a theme of “A Taste of India” is a fundraiser benefitting international students through scholarships.

The four-course meal will feature live music and will be prepared by Marc McCann, executive chef at the college, and international students will host and serve the meal.

Tickets are available for $30 per per-son, $50 for two or $200 for a table of eight. For more information, contact Patricia Donaldson at pdonaldson@jccc.edu or call (913) 469-3835.

Compiled by Stephen Cook, editor-in-chief, scook35@jccc.edu.

Editor’s note: The student pictured in the “Engaging through answering” story on pg. 5, issue 9, is Trevor Crookston, not Joe Hoffman. The source misidentified himself when the pho-to was taken.

32 DAYS UNTIL SPRING BREAK

Suspicious individual under the influence

Shortly after 11 a.m. on Jan. 29, police responded to a man at the Carlsen Cen-ter was reported to have been acting strange, using profane language and asking where the adult detox was. The individual was found on a JO bus and then told officers he had been drinking earlier in the day, had numerous past arrests for drinking and was trying to find the Johnson County Adult Detox. Police, after detecting a strong odor, hearing his slurred speech and seeing his glazed-over eyes, transported him to the adult detox in Shawnee, KS.

Disorderly conduct and law enforcement battery

Police were dispatched to the third floor of the Regnier Center around 11 a.m. on Feb. 6 to find an individual described as disruptive and possibly intoxicated. After making contact with the individual, the subject fled, scream-ing and refused to stop. While officers tried to restrain him, the subject pushed them away and attempted to again run away. When officers tried to place handcuffs on them, he broke free and struck an officer in the mouth with his right hand, causing an abrasion and minor bleeding.

After being placed in handcuffs, the subject continued to resist and exclaim profanities and abusive remarks as he was guided to the campus police de-partment.

He was issued a “No Trespass” let-

ter and continued to be uncoopera-tive while in custody. The subject was transported to the Johnson County Adult Detention Center, having been placed under arrest for battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.

Theft of wallet at basketball game

A theft of a wallet was reported around 2:45 p.m. on Feb. 8 at the wom-en’s basketball game. The victim, who was scoring the game, looked back to check on her coat and wallet and found that her wallet was missing. An area search for the wallet was unsuccessful.

Compiled by Stephen Cook, editor-in-chief, scook35@jccc.edu.

Illustrations by Alyssa Jolitz.

BRIEFSPOLICE

Comatose Cavs take to the hallsDespite recent trend of thefts, police say nappers aren’t victims

While walking down the hallways of the college there are walls cluttered with posters advertising events held on campus, artifacts and artwork show-cased for the world to see and then there are the handful of people pep-pered throughout who are catching some zs.

In light of recent thefts, the campus police department doesn’t associate students sleeping in the college hall-ways with the increase in stolen items. However crime prevention officer Dan Robles said thefts on campus have been primarily crimes of “opportunity.”

“Laptops, cell phones, purses, wal-lets and other items of value are often left unattended or unsecure by stu-dents,” Robles said. “The thief typically looks for this type of opportunity to steal and can do so when items are left unattended even if it’s for just a minute or two. It just takes seconds to grab an item of value that is left lying on a table or in a hallway or classroom.”

Sleeping in the hallways might not have any correlation with the influx of thefts, but may have a correlation with the college’s perception to those visit-ing the campus for the first time.

“[When giving tours to prospective students] we just make light of the situ-ation,” said Student Ambassador Marcela deCarvalho. “We definitely do not encourage the future students to sleep during classes, but we say that if

they are tired and have a long break be-tween classes, they are more than wel-comed to sleep in an appropriate place on campus.”

Student Paige Prouse considers the common occurrence of sleeping in the hallways to be odd.

“I try not to [sleep there] just ‘cause it’s weird,” she said. “I’ve never under-stood why people sleep in the hallways. There are far quieter places to sleep.”

She suggests students sleep where there is less of a chance of being dis-rupted.

“The library is quieter and there’s fewer people who are going to walk by and take photos of you for the JCCC confessions site on Twitter,” Prouse said. “Honestly what we need is a room for sleeping.”

Student Eric Girton, however, thinks sleeping in the hallways to be the stan-dard of college students.

“I think it’s normal,” he said. “I mean I would assume that’s why they have the benches the way that they do. Students just usually lay right here, put their head on their backpack, grab a five - ten minutes before class. I mean I’ve been a student for a long time and every college I’ve ever gone to, students always lay in the hallway.”

Although it is up to the individual to sleep on campus or not, it’s important to keep in mind the college is a public place, and the risk of items being taken only increases if the thief knows his/her victim is unaware.

The best way to avoid items being stolen while on campus is to just not nap between classes.

”My opinion [on sleeping in the hallway] is don’t,” Prouse said. “It’s weird.”

Contact Jessica Skaggs, managing editor, at jskaggs4@jccc.edu.

Students and faculty take naps all around campus, finding locations to sleep varying from the floors to chairs. Photos by Gabe Alejos.

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Addressing the elephant in the college

New campaign at the college seeks to raise sexual assault awareness

In the KNOW

The college’s Student Services and Success department launched a new initiative in January to raise awareness for sexual violence and promote the importance of staying safe in a relation-ship.

The KNOW initiative seeks to edu-cate and inform students about saying ‘no’ to a potentially harmful situation and give them the proper vocabulary to communicate with their partners. The initiative, which will run through-out the year, will feature posters in restrooms and classrooms with tear-off cards detailing different resources available to students.

Paul Kyle, Dean of Student Services and Success and Title IX coordina-tor, said the initiative was launched in part by the SaVE Act and the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, which was reauthorized by Congress in 2013. The legislation calls for higher education institutions to provide information re-garding bullying, rape and relationship violence as well as taking measures to

prevent it.“A couple of things led to that, “Kyle

said. “Primarily, [it] was legislation that was clarified over two years ago in Title IX. That launched a series of improve-ments that schools should do as far as their policies, procedures, program-ming and education relating to sexual assault, domestic violence and relation-ship violence.”

According to Title IX, which is a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, sexual harassment in educa-tion includes verbal, visual or physical sexual behavior which significantly in-terferes with a student’s access to edu-cational opportunities.

Kyle said the college has been steadily implementing changes over the past two years, adding that March is the deadline for making sure all pro-cedures and policies are in place. He said most of the implementations are already in place, making KNOW the final initiative cementing everything together.

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By David Hurtado

As the college continues to barrel its way through a financial slump, certain members of the faculty are determined to have their voices heard around cam-pus.

Although adjunct professors make up the majority of the institution, many instructors appear in the form of a mi-rage. Office hours are sparse as many part-time instructors leave after class to travel 20 miles or so to teach at another college. Some are retirees, dedicating their free time to the sheer enjoyment of advancing the minds of their pupils, whereas others have full-time careers on the side and others are in search for full-time careers.

In spite of working aggressively to provide a better learning environment for students, adjunct professors are met with meager compensations.

Vincent Clark, professor/chair of history and political science and fac-ulty senate president, said, “They’re paid depending on the amount of time they’ve spent here and the degree they have [...] so if they have a Ph.D. rather

than an MA, they’re paid a little more.”Once an instructor has taught 11

semesters, they’re considered to have reached “top scale.” This moderately increases the pay rate, usually with the exemption of any benefits.

Irene Schmidt, adjunct professor of foreign language and secretary of Fac-ulty Senate, said, “I don’t even qualify for KPERS, the State of Kansas Retire-ment System. A part-time regular staff person is KPERS eligible.”

These limitations contribute in the growing tensions between the upper administration and part-time faculty members. On the other hand, the hos-tile interplay between the two groups also relay in many other issues.

“I think one of the things that’s hap-pened is during the past semester, the administration and the [Board of Trust-ees] said they needed to cut over $3 mil-lion out of the salary and benefits line [...] nobody really knew how that was going to happen. Many people were afraid that they might lose their jobs as a result of that,” Clark said. “I think there was a lot of unhappiness and anx-iety over that.”

Based on evaluations made by other colleagues, Schmidt believes that the full-time faculty members play a part in spreading the negative energy at the college.

“Some adjuncts would even argue that we’re in this situation precisely be-cause of the full-time faculty [...] some-times they feel the most ostracized by their own full-time colleagues,” said Schmidt, who’s been teaching at the college for 15 years. She adds that, if anything, the administration treats ad-juncts “in a more collegial, more pro-fessional, [and] more respectful way than full-time faculty.”

Adjunct professors, however, are not planning to surrender anytime soon. Organizations such as New Fac-ulty Majority (NFM) are gaining mo-mentum across the nation, specifically along the east coast. On its website, NFM states that its mission is “dedicat-ed to improving the quality of higher education by advancing professional equity and securing academic freedom for all adjunct and contingent faculty.”

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Join students, faculty and staff on campus pledging their commitment to end violence against women. This activity is part of the college’s “Be in the KNOW” campaign.

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1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the Polsky The-ater

Former Kansas City Royals player Willie Mays Aiken, who served 16 years in prison for drug offenses, will be giving a presen-tation about his days with the Royals and struggle with substance abuse.

Cost: Free

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 in Yardley Hall

Enjoy the sounds of classical music? Come and join world renowned duo David Finckel and Wu Han on the Cello and Piano as they play pieces from some of history’s greatest classical musicians.

Cost: $28, $38

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 in Yardley Hall

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Valentine’s Dayof women in America

would dump their boy-friends if they did not get them

anything for Valentine’s DaySource: CT News

The average U.S. consumer is expected to spend $116.21 on

Valentine’s Day gifts, meals and entertainment

Source: 2011 U.S. National Retail Federation survey

Men spend double what wom-en spend on Valentine’s day: $158.71 compared to $75.79

Source: 2011 U.S. National Retail Fed-eration survey

Colleagues don’t get much love: Consumers will spend

an average of $6.30 on friends, $4.97 on classmates and teachers, and $3.41 on

coworkers.2011 U.S. National Retail Federation

survey

141 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged worldwide

Source: Hallmark

will buy cards, the most popular

Valentine’s Day gift.Source: 2011 U.S. National Retail

Federation survey

More than nine million pet owners are expected to buy

gifts for their pets this Valen-tine’s Day; the average person

will spend $5.04 on themSource: Wisebread, 2011 U.S. National

Retail Federation survey

of U.S. women send themselves flowers

on Valentine’s Day

Chocolate and candy sales reach profits of $1,011 billion

during Valentine’s seasonSource: MSNBC

of Americans will be engaged on

Valentine’s DaySource: 2011 U.S. National Retail

Federation survey

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Compiled by David Hurtado, features editor, dhurtado@jccc.edu.

Photos by Mike Abell. Compiled by Valerie Velikaya. Illustrations by Alyssa Jolitz.

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day?

“My girlfriend goes to college at K-State so she’s going to be

coming back into town and we’re going to go out to dinner and maybe go bowling because

we like bowling. Other than that, I have no idea what I’m

doing.”

“I don’t know yet. My boy-friend is pretty elusive. […] I kind of want to go out and

eat and [see] a movie or some-thing.”

“I think I’ll be in school […] I’m not from here so it’s not

that big of a deal.”

“I think I will be working all [of] next week – next Friday, so nothing special for me, I

guess.”

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Keep ‘em cleanof simple handwashing with soap and water reduces the bacterial count on hands by... 58 %

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Eat healthy“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

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Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables could lower your risk of heart disease as well as other health-related issues.

Clear the smoke3“Cigarette smoke contains high levels of tar and other chemicals, which can make your immune system less effective

at fighting off infections. This means you are more likely to get sick.” - smokefree.govKick the habit. Cigarettes harm every organ in your body.

If you don’t snooze, you lose4

Sleep deprivation could result in numerous health consequences like high blood pressure, weight gain, and impede on one’s mood. 7-9

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keep your body hydrated while flushing away toxins.

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When someone who’s ill sneezes, coughs, or talks, they release tiny droplets of germs into the air, exposing the people around them to the virus.

Keep your distance around those who are sick. Have some Kleenex handy, and avoid shaking hands.

April 4 @ JCCC Regnier Center - 9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. - $10 • 12 attendees per school (Will wait-list additional students)• Film Pros Panel Discussion, workshop sessions; film festival awards• Lunch: hot dogs, hot pretzels, nachos and cheese, popcorn, pop, water and candy• Student film screenings all day• 5 Categories: Sci Fi, Documentary, Narrative, Animation, Original Music Video • All entries must be no longer than five minutes• Online movie entry deadline March 4, 2014For more Take 5 Film Fest & Workshop information, contact Molly Baumgardner, molly@jccc.edu (913.469.8500 x4949)

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Brandon Cleveland-Soter

“It’s kind of mixed. There needs to be an awareness of the problem that’s out there, but at the same time, it doesn’t specifically need to be with celebrities. It’s im-portant to get the message out there that you shouldn’t be doing drugs. [...] We shouldn’t idolize people at all, but if we do we might as well learn something.”

Jared Phelps“Too much. They get too

much special attention just because they’re famous. There are tons of people who die of drug abuse and they don’t get anything. From what I heard, as far as trying to go after the people who sold him the drugs in the first place, you never see this kind of per-sistence of trying to catch the criminals who sold the drugs with regular people. Celebrities get too much notoriety.”

Becca Carr“I don’t think it’s the

amount of attention is what’s important. I think it’s the light in which it’s presented. If it’s presented as ‘that’s a real tragedy’, why get into drugs if that’s the ending? If there is a lot of attention paid, it should be fine, because it’s present-ed in a light that’s produc-tive.”

Shane Ojeleye“Too much, because it’s

none of our business what they do with their time. We could be talking about more important things in the news. Instead, we pay attention to which celebrity is going downhill.”

Brooke Juarez“There’s a lot of people

going through that, so I don’t think just because you’re a celebrity you should get special atten-tion for it. It’s kind of a personal problem that only them and their fami-lies should deal with. It’s not for the whole world to see.”

QA&Do you think too little or too much attention is

paid to celebrities with substance abuse problems?Cavalier

Two neat rows of brightly lit screens line the carpeted floors of the classroom, under the watch-

ful gaze of students busy on assign-ments. Movie posters for The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and other Blockbusters can be found pinned along the walls of RC 311.

The Animation and Game Develop-ment Room is where Shawn Barnett, one of the adjunct professors in the ani-mation department on campus, holds his Visual Effects and Compositing class every Tuesday and Thursday. Bar-nett, who has worked behind the scenes on many major motion pictures, began teaching at the college during the fall

2013 semester. Animation has always fascinated Barnett, but he never consid-ered making a career out of it until he was working as a manager in a graphic design department.

“I was ready for change; something more creative compared to graphic de-sign,” Barnett said. “Ever since mov-ies like Jurassic Park and the big video game boom, with PlayStation and Xbox, it just became really interesting to me."

Prior to teaching at the college, Bar-nett worked on virtual reality combat simulations for military applications after graduating from the Art Institute of San Diego with a Bachelor’s in Media Arts. From there, through networks, connections and being in California, he ran across a small studio that was starting up called Legend 3-D and went to work as a Compositing Supervisor. While he was there, Barnett worked on Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon, Smurfs, Green Hornet and other fea-ture films.

Barnett said his work schedule usu-ally consisted of days over 15 hours, seven days a week, “with no end in sight.” Beginning at seven in the morn-ing, he would start laying everything out and getting shots scheduled for the day. Barnett would also review shots from the night before and then return

notes to the visual effects compositors under his supervision.

“Michael Bay came down once or twice for that,” he said. “You don't get to see too many famous people when you're doing it because it's more like af-ter the fact. Then I'd go back, repeat the whole thing and I'd probably go home at one, two or three in the morning; sometimes not at all.”

By the time Barnett began working on The Amazing Spiderman, he de-cided it was time to take a break from what he was doing and reevaluate his priorities. He said his daughter was about two or three years old at the time and began to notice he wasn’t around as much.

“I was getting a little burnt out too, because it's a lot of work; people need to know what they're getting into when they do it,” he said. “All my family is here; I'm originally from here. So I just decided to move back this way and see what's up.”

Jeff Wheaton, former student, took Barnett’s class last semester. Wheaton said he felt the course really helped him to understand the workflow for profes-sional animation projects and how 3-D animation work can be applied to live action film effects.

"The projects in Professor Barnett's

class were focused on testing us on technical concepts,” Wheaton said. “They were really open-ended and al-lowed for a very high degree of creative freedom."

Jeff Byers, associate professor and chair, Animation, said due to their busy schedules, he doesn’t get to see much of his colleague during the week. During department meetings, he said Barnett and himself will eat lunch together and discuss the industry.

“I would say he's friendly, polite and easy going,” Byers said. “When you first meet him he seems serious about his profession, but then he opens up pretty quickly.”

Currently, in addition to his job at the college, Barnett works for Hearst Television and runs his own company called 2iiZ.

“For me to go back to another film studio at this point, it would have to be a really big offer,” he said. “I'm pretty happy where I'm at, at the moment. I teach here, obviously not to pay the bills, because I don't really need it. I do it because I just like sharing the knowl-edge and experience I've had.”

Contact David Hurtado, features editor, at dhurtado@jccc.edu.

ANIMATING THE INANIMATEANIMATION PROFESSOR RECOUNTS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES

By David Hurtado

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“I did a lot of cleaning. I played my mandolin. That’s about it really. I slept quite a bit. And I did not go to work.”

“I slept and watched Friday Night Lights the series on Netflix. It’s really good I definitely recommend it. Good stuff.”

“I had a Harry Potter marathon.” “I stayed at home, exercised and ate.”

“Went sledding with some buddies and then went to the bar…well went to the bar and then went sledding. If we’re being for real about it.”

“I watched a lot of TV shows on Net-flix and I shoveled the snow with my dad.”

“I studied and read my books. And drank tea. [I also played] Dota 2, but not all day, just in the evenings.”

“I watched movies on Netflix. I watched Road to El Dorado, Prince of Egypt and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

what did you do on your snow day?

The college was closed Feb. 4 and 5 due to adverse weather conditions. While most students and staff enjoyed the break, there were several stan-dards that had to be addressed and met for such a closure.

“The college takes the steps it deems necessary to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff,” Mitch Borchers, Assoc. VP, Business Services said.

Some of the criteria used to determine the closure of the college according to Borchers includes the ability of the college staff to clean the campus, road and street conditions, the weather forecast and local school district closings.

The decision to close isn’t made by a single person, but rather by multiple people.

“Various members of the college administration are involved in gath-ering information and making the decision whether to remain open or to close,” Borchers said.

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Snowfall Reports Weston, Mo...............................................................12 in.Levenworth, Kan...................................................11.7 in.Kansas City, Kan...................................................11.5 in.Kansas City, Mo.......................................................11 in.Gardner, Kan.........................................................10.9 in.Shawnee, Kan........................................................10.8 in.Overland Park, Kan...............................................10.5 in.Olathe, Kan............................................................10.5 in.

Data for the Feb. 4 and 5 storms collected from the NOAA website.

This map indicates the total amounts of snowstorm for local coun-ties during the recent snowstorm which caused cancellation of classes. Image courtsey of NOAA.

The campus sat covered in snow as students relaxed at home. Photo by Mike Abell.

KANSAS CITY AREA HIT BY SNOWSTORM

Compiled by Jessica Skaggs, photos by Mike Abell(Above) Overland Park resident Vinny Lalumondier takes a video on his phone as he sleds down the dam at Black Swan Lake with Buddy the dog in tow.

(Cover) Student Tayler Anderson snowboards down the dam at Black Swan Lake during the snow day on Feb. 5. Photos by Gabe Alejos.

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MEET THE ECAV DJ: SAM TADYMajor/Area of study: Videography and Film Position: DJShow: “Sounds of Cinema”, weekdays at 5 p.m.

What is your job at ECAV radio?I put together a weekly talk and

music show. On our show my brother and I review soundtracks from various different shows and films.

What is your favorite part about working with ECAV Radio?

I love being able to do a job that I never get tired of and that gives me a chance to continue working in the

SNC. The people are great, the job’s great, what more could you ask for?

Who is your favorite musician?Michael Bublé all the way my friend. That jazzy suave kind of sound he’s got keeps me “Feelin’ Good.”

What is your dream job? Why? One day I hope to have a full-

fledged film production company along with my brother, Andrew Tady. Having a self-employed family busi-ness doing what I love most, filmmak-ing and producing films would be a dream come true to me.

If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?

I’d have to go with Grandfather Tady. I never got a chance to meet him, he passed away before I was born.

What is one fact most people don’t know about you?

I own a pair of cufflinks with my name engraved on them I got as a gift for Christmas one year, and I wear them whenever I put on a tuxedo.Visit ECAVradio.com or

scan the QR code to listen.

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Whitney Houston. Chris Kelly. Lisa Robin Kelly. Cory Monteith. Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Every single one of these celebrities died of substance abuse. Be it alcohol or drugs, the fatality of these substanc-es is overlooked nearly every single day of the year, except of course when an icon is their victim.

With the recent death of Hoffman, there are several key issues that resur-face, including the incredible attention paid to the celebrities who are nearly built up to fail, the ignorance of how severe substance abuse is as well as the public’s lack of priority to change those perceptions for the now and fu-ture generations.

Celebrities have an enormous amount of pressure placed upon them. And the pressure sometimes lends it-self to poor decision making. Those decisions have severe consequences, in which some are able to avoid for the short-term. Eventually however, the penalties of those choices catch up to them.

The endless hype that encompasses the day to day life of a celebrity can most likely only be described as over-whelming. The public humiliation of every flaw or mistake broadcasted and painted on every tweet and magazine cover of publications like US weekly only begs for these human beings to

fall and fall hard so the world can see. People such as Lindsay Lohan, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus are just some of the few stars who have brought in monumental profits for those docu-menting their every move and mistake.

What’s even more unfortunate is

these stars become the poster children of the misfortunes of fame. With their unlimited access to substances that of-fer brief escapes from their nightmar-ish realities, they become trapped in their own addictions. And when they pass away, the sympathies that should have been shown as they were falling, suddenly become the biggest priority of their so-called fans.

In addition to the enormous atten-tion paid to those who are built up to fall is the little attention paid to those who don’t have fame or fortune at-

tached to their names. Yet these people suffer the same tragically painful spiral into addiction and abuse. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “drug-related deaths have more than doubled since 1980”, and “one in four deaths is attributable to alcohol, tobac-co and illicit drug use.”

There is outcry when a celebrity dies too early. Demands for the cap-ture of the drug-dealer who sold the fatal dose are heard throughout the world. But, aside from the friends and family members of your neighbor down the street who dies of substance abuse, there is silence.

Drug abuse clearly is a severe and growing problem. And the only way it will ever change is if the public owns up to its contribution to the problem and makes a decision to end it. Edu-cation on the facts of substance abuse and a renewed sense of individual re-sponsibility to prevent children and teenagers from buying into the intoxi-cated lifestyles of their role-models could help in reducing the number of drug-related deaths.

Let Hoffman’s passing serve not only as a somber reminder to how ruthless the issue of substance abuse truly is, but also as a new and sincere dedication to see drug-related deaths as a rarity for the generation to come.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE

With Val-entine’s day nearly here, it is that time of year where lines are clearly drawn in the sand: single or taken.

Now, I’ll get it out of

the way: I’m single, but I don’t consider that a curse. This isn’t an anti-relation-ship column, it’s actually quite the op-posite.

Relationships aren’t only formed by taking someone to dinner, meeting someone at the club or connecting with someone through an online service.

Hopefully, they’re formed well be-fore you ever ask that someone out.

As contrary to modern thought as

it may seem, it is incredibly important you get to know a person very well be-fore you begin dating. Take a moment to think about it -- if you get to know someone as a friend, you get to learn about them in a very honest way. They aren’t trying to impress you and you shouldn’t be trying to impress them. You are both mutually friends -- com-panions, not romantic partners.

You may spend time with them in a group or alone. You will see them at their best and at their worst. You will see how they interact with others. You will see how they talk about others. You will see what is most important to them and what they really believe. If it is a sincere, true friendship, this will all be natural interaction.

Most people consider this being in the “friend-zone”, and that sounds about right. But, it is talked about as if it is a bad thing. That thought couldn’t be

further from the truth. After all, you’re supposed to marry your best friend, right?

I would happily take a solid friend-ship over a one-night stand anytime.

Throughout high school I didn’t date because I knew I wasn’t going to get married anytime soon. I had friends who were girls, but I didn’t “date”. And those friendships didn’t turn into a romantic relationship -- and that is perfectly fine.

Why do people date in the first place? It should be a way of finding your soulmate; the person who you will spend the rest of your life with. It shouldn’t be about cheap thrills and shallow pleasure.

Dating and courting should be full of shared respect and care for one an-other; it is about love and serving your significant other.

And if you’re single, don’t worry

-- life isn’t all about being in a relation-ship. You are worth just as much as an individual if you’re not “with some-one”. In fact, you can use your time flying solo to your advantage. For start-ers, not to sound like a downer, but you don’t have to worry about the time and money investment in a boyfriend/girl-friend. As a young person, you can use this time to work ahead and prepare for the approaching years.

Often, people hop from one person to the next, not pausing for a second to think about their motives or future plans.

Wait for the right person to come along; in the meantime just be yourself and treat others with respect. In the end you’ll have saved yourself -- and others -- plenty of heartache.

Contact Stephen Cook, editor-in-chief, scook35@jcc.edu.

CELEBRITY DEATHS EXPOSE THE SEVERITY OF SOCIETY’S PROBLEMS

THE NOT SO SAD STAGE OF SINGLENESSCOLUMN

By Stephen Cook

According to a study conducted by the National Epidemiologic Survey on

Alcohol and Related Conditions:

15.3 million adults meet the criteria for an alcohol use

disorder

Of those, 2.3 million adults meet the criteria for a drug use

disorder

Patients who abuse both alcohol and other drugs:

May have more severe dependence-related problems

and

Are more likely to have psychiatric disorders and are more likely to attempt suicide

and suffer health problems

Information courtesy of the National Institute of Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-

health/special-populations-co-occurring-disorders/other-sub-

stance-abuse

For more information on alco-hol, addictions and recovery re-

sources available on campus visit, http://blogs.jccc.edu/Jcccadia/

With their unlimited access to substances

that offer brief es-capes from their night-marish realities, they become trapped in

their own addictions.

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Photos by Mike Abell

“Valentine’s day just isn’t about all those material

things.” “Relationships are already complex enough as it is

without making them into little games of

Russian Roulette.”

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Roses are wilting, violets are dead, false conceptions of love fill our heads.

Yep, it’s that special time of year when rose growers and chocolate man-ufactures are encouraging you to dem-onstrate the extent of your affection in dead vegetation and fat-saturated sugar products. So, in the spirit of the holiday, happy shallow interpretation of romance day.

You probably wouldn’t know it, from some of the things I said above, but I don’t hate Valen-tine’s Day. Even though I’m about as success-ful with women as Chandler Bing or that one time in the third grade most of the class didn’t make me a valentine, I don’t see Cu-pid as one of Satan’s little minions.

Valentine’s Day is great for the economy because it’s con-vinced people if they don’t spend the week’s paycheck on their signifi-cant other, then their relationship is as hollow and empty as the void between stars. Sure, it’s nice you can buy your weight in cheap candy the next day, but it doesn’t stop the 14th of February from being an overrated holiday.

There are 364 other perfectly good days to smell the love in the air. Where exactly in the “handbook for relation-ships” does it state this one, insignifi-cant day must be treated like the Second Coming of Christ? I understand women love romance, but this made-up holiday isn’t the only day to express your love. Showing your affection should be done on a daily basis, even it’s just small ges-tures like a flower or a short love note.

W h e n Roger Hodgson penned the song

“Give a Little Bit,” he wasn’t talking about money or ex-pensive jew-elry. But that’s

what Valen-tine’s Day is all

about now, isn’t it? We expect things.

And if our better halves don’t come through, the

letdown doesn’t feel just like any letdown; it feels like Thor

smashing Mjölnir right into the heartstrings. There’s nothing wrong with exchanging overpriced gifts, but it’s not a true measure of how much you love one another.

Relationships are already complex enough as it is without making them

into little games of Russian Roulette. Maybe that’s why Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular days for couples to call it quits. If it’s not your first year celebrating this pseudo holiday together, you’re pressured to surpass last year’s festivities. And depending on how

much of a bang your re-lationship started off

with, it might just be easier to break

up with both wallet and san-ity intact.

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Conversation hearts. Chocolates. 50 different shades of red. Over-sized teddy bears and pajama grams. While these are all the general ideas that come to mind every Feb. 14. the day really is much more. Although there are some who say Valentine’s Day is a waste of time and money, I beg to differ.

Sure, the over-the-top stuffed animals are weird. The chocolates and candies that destroy even the most sincere month or so resolutions are a bit much. But to me, Valentine’s day just isn’t about all those mate-rial things.

Yes, I know. The history of this day rests in the legacy of St. Valentine. And that’s great. But it’s not what makes this day so lovely. At least, I don’t com-memorate the day because of him.

Rather it’s a day that has been trans-formed and dedicated to the celebra-tion of acts of love. Gestures that go beyond the day to day interactions in meaningful relationships. And while acts of love ideally should be shown every day, Valentine’s day provides an opportunity to make it something even sweeter than normal.

If you’re in a relationship, then take advantage of the opportunity Valen-tine’s day offers. Do something sig-nificant for the other in your life. Al-though the media and commercials will convince you the only way to make the special someone in your life feel significant is to break the bank, that simply is not the case. Sure expensive stuff is nice. But it’s just material. What makes whatever it is you get your certain someone special, is the thought put behind it. And certainly not the price tag.

And may I suggest that if the price tag is all your roman-tic partner is

interested in, that you rid yourself of the nightmare waiting to happen and find someone who can appreciate the sentiment of thought behind gifts as opposed to the monetary value.

The day will be what you make it

to be. So if you’re not in a ro-mantic re-lationship,

take a break from your

pity party of one watching

hours on end of the Walking Dead or Gos-

sip Girl and take some advice from Serena Van der

Woodson. Get a manicure and eat macaroons with your best friend. If that’s not your thing, do something as simple and special for a family member or close friend as buying them coffee. Not only will it make them feel good, but you as well.

Contact Jessica Skaggs, Managing edi-tor, at jskaggs4@jccc.edu.

Fall in love with Valentine’s Day

Heartache by the dollarThe Pros and Cons of Valentine’s Day

By Jessica SkaggsBy David Hurtado

Last Thurs-day night NBC kicked off its winter Olym-pic coverage in Sochi, Russia with the best Thursday night prime time rat-ing since the opening of the NFL regular

season. Despite the lack of knowledge of many of the athletes and events, every four years the winter Olympics seems to captivate the American public.

Many aspects of the Olympics hit home with audiences in the United

States. Americans love the underdog and the Olympics is always filled with many stories of the young woman or man who has worked through adver-sity to be on that gigantic, international stage to represent the United States. We love to lavish over young, up-and-com-ing star athletes, and no event is a bet-ter example of this than women’s figure skating.

I’ve always said that when the Win-ter Olympics come around the three most popular American athletes are Peyton Manning, LeBron James, and whoever is the best women’s figure skater. 18-year-old skater Gracie Gold lived up to the hype surrounding her when she helped the U.S. skating team

earn a bronze medal. Gold scored the second highest individual score behind 15-year-old Russian star Julia Lipnits-kaia. American Ashley Wagner also helped the figure skating team with her solid performance. Wagner and Gold are slated to have their own individual events and are both looking to bring home medals to the U.S.

The Olympics also bring an oppor-tunity for American auditions to have a united patriotic rooting interest in the games. For most of the sports year fans usually have their own specific team to root for, but with the Olympics, fans have a chance to root for their country.

The Olympics can bring about his-toric moments in sports lore. Just about

every American knows about the 1980 Olympic Hockey match between the U.S. and Russia. Also known as “The Miracle on Ice”, it is one of the most monumental and enduring American sports moments ever to come from Olympic hockey, even though hockey is not a very popular sport in America.

So with all the controversy that sur-rounds this year’s hockey games in So-chi, including the recent human rights issues, people should not be shocked that plenty of people will tune in to watch the great sporting spectacle that is the Olympics.

Contact James Howey, sports editor, at jhowey@jccc.edu.

Column: Why America still loves the Olympics

The college’s women’s basket-ball team has had an impressive season on the court. The ladies started the season 21-0, winning all those games by an average margin of 38 points and were ranked number one in the nation for a period of time. Sophomore Sameia Kendall contributes their success to a very simple approach.

The team’s key to success is “just taking it one day at a time and getting better every day,” ac-cording to Kendall.

Her play has been a vital part of the lady Cavs’ success. Kendall is averaging 12.4 points a game and has 51 steals on the season, both lead the team. The Cavs did lose a thrilling game at home against Highland Community College

71-68. The loss knocked Cava-liers from their number one rank.

Despite the minor setback Kend-all and the Cavaliers still have all their goals in front of them if they stick to their principles.

“We just need to follow our concept, take it one day at a time and hopefully the outcome will turn out to be the best,” Kendall said.

The squad is currently 24-1, ranked number five in the na-tion, and will play Hesston Col-lege at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 at home. The Cavs will also look to avenge their only defeat of the season when they play at the sec-ond-ranked Highland Scotties at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

Contact James Howey, sports edi-tor at jhowey@jccc.edu.

Lady Cavs look to continue successBy James Howey

Kariel Hutt attempts to manuveur around a Highland Community College player. The Lady Cavaliers lost 68-71. Photos by Mike Abell.

Coach Conrad and the rest of the team pay close attention during the game against Highland Community College on Jan. 29.

By James Howey

Heartache by the dollar

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SPORTS CALENDARBy James Howey

MEN’S BASKETBALL

“LOVE” CONT. FROM PG. 12 At this point in my tirade, I bet you’re

expecting the whole “sucks to be single” argument right about now. I might be single, but I’m not going to hold a pity

party for one. And neither should you.The world would have us believe be-

ing single on Valentine’s Day is some-thing to be ashamed of. It isn’t. Being single only sucks when you perpetu-

ate the delusion of defining yourself by your relationships. I know because I’ve been there. Don’t give in to the voices calling you ugly and worthless; you are more beautiful than you think.

If you want to celebrate Valentine’s Day, go right ahead. Just remember it’s a day like any other.

Contact David Hurtado, features editor, at dhurtado@jccc.edu.

Nerman Museum of Contemporary ArtJohnson County Community CollegeThird Thursday • Visiting Artists’ Presentation February 20, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Hudson AuditoriumFREE, no tickets or reservations required

Asheer AkramAsheer Akram created The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative, an elaborately decorated grain truck, after being inspired by his travels abroad. The truck will be on display outside the museum February 18-23.Top left: Asheer Akram in front of The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative, photo: Rich Sugg

Top right: The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative, 2013, Mixed media, 142 x 324 x 97”, photo: Rich Sugg

Laura BermanLaura Berman makes prints inspired by rocks — in particular, rocks thathave special significance to her. Berman’s work is also influenced by thearchitecture and mosaics of Gaudi and the bold patterns and colors ofthe ’70s.Bottom left: Supernova 4 (detail), 2013, Monoprint, 22 x 22”, photo courtesy of the artist

Bottom right: Laura Berman, photo: Judy Revenaugh

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The Cavaliers have had a rough season so far. The team went 1-3 the last four games with the lone victory coming on the road against Fort Scott Community College 61-53, which was a conference win that improved the squad to 2-1 in conference this season. One big bright spot for the Cavs in the last four games is the play of sophomore Preston Oaks. Oaks av-

eraged 21.2 points in the four game stretch which led the team. Oaks has averaged 19 points though the sea-son which is second on the team. The Cavaliers are 7-18 and will play at home at 4 p.m. against Hesston Col-lege.

Compiled by James Howey, sports editor, jhowey@jccc.edu.

Women’s Basketball

2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 v. Hesston College

5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at High-land Community College

2 p.m. Saturday, Feb., 22 v. Fort Scott Community College

5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 v. Brown Mackie College

Men’s Basketball

4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 v. Hesston College

7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at High-land Community College

4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 v. Fort Scott Community College

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 v. Brown Mackie College

“ADJUNCT” CONT. FROM PG. 3A lot of their goals have been mak-

ing headway across the nation. Colo-rado has recently proposed a bill to in-crease salaries and provide benefits to their adjuncts.

“There has been a huge movement nationwide to bring more attention to that [...] try to get across to students, and trying to get across to parents of college students – whoever is paying for the college,” said Schmidt. “Where is that money coming from [and] where is that money going? What’s it paying for and do we go down that path of [...] it affect[ing] your perceptions of qual-ity?”

Schmidt hopes that whenever Cam-pus Equity Week, a national campaign, comes around within the next couple years or so, her senate and the college’s faculty members will “all rally together so that we can put [the college] on their national website,” which ranges from

colleges to universities and two-year to four-year, public and private institu-tions.

The lack of training given to adjunct professors may consequent in them be-ing just as oblivious to the college as new community members on campus, which could warp the students’ percep-tion of the quality of their instructors. Schmidt wishes to bring this to light.

“Adjuncts might be just as qualified, just as experienced [...] the quality is there, but let’s also consider that some of our adjuncts [...] they are all over, and so if students want to try to have an office time with the instructor, that’s going to be hard,” said Schmidt.

Andy Anderson, interim vice presi-dent for academic affairs, served as the dean of English, enabling him to gain insight on both sides of the issue.

“It’s eye-opening in a sense,” said Anderson. “I mean you see things from a much different perspective.”

Anderson stated that in terms of authority, most discussions over-sim-plified complex relationships. The chal-lenge for both the faculty and admin-istration is to “see the relationship in almost a conversational dimension.”

Despite possessing the power to cre-ate new goals and set the direction for the college, Anderson hasn’t forgotten the hardships pertaining to a part-time faculty role. Once an adjunct himself for nine years, Anderson instructed at two community colleges at once, mak-ing the trek from here to Longview. Based on personal experience, Ander-son continues to sympathize with ad-junct professors, attempting to work with the system in order to see if they can get paid for mandatory training or committee work.

“[The role of the adjunct is] proba-bly the most difficult issue facing com-munity colleges,” said Anderson. “The role and the rights and so on of the con-

tingent faculty is just a huge issue, and it’s one, frankly, that I’d seen very little change in the 40 years that I’ve been in education.”

It’s simply a financial reality, ex-pressed Anderson. “To pay full-time salary and benefits, you would have to raise the budget of the college, and that would be an increase in taxes.”

Without benefits, adjuncts will con-tinue to struggle if they’re not provided with healthcare in some way.

“It would be desirable, I would think, if one could have all full-time faculty – if you could have all the pro-grams you wanted [...] but it costs more than the money that’s available,” said Anderson. “I don’t see it changing any-time soon and that’s a reality.”

Contact Valerie Velikaya, staff reporter, at vvelikay@jccc.edu.

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“KNOW” CONT. FROM PG. 3Upcoming events sponsored by

KNOW include ‘Think Before You Drink,’ ‘Safe Spring Break’ and ‘Clothesline Project & Denim Day.’ Posters can be found around campus detailing additional information and other events.

Pam Vassar, Associate Dean of Stu-dent Life and Deputy Title IX coordi-nator, said one of the most important things students can do to prevent sexu-al assault is taking action when they see something happening.

“We’re also doing an emphasis on bystander training,” Vassar said. “When you see something happening,

you intervene; as opposed to watching it happen, not intervening and letting something worse occur.”

Dan Robles, crime prevention of-ficer, Campus Police, said when a stu-dent files a sexual harassment claim, a report is immediately filed, followed by an investigation by an in-house detective. Depending on the circum-stances of the report, counseling ser-vices, SAFEHOME or MOCSA can be made available to the student. Robles said all officers are trained to act as first responders for these types of instances and are required to have 40 hours of training a year for handling sexual as-sault.

“If we need the assistance of Over-land Park [detectives], we can go ahead and call Overland Park,” Robles said. “We have an understanding and sup-port from the Overland Park Police De-partment.”

Robles added sexual assault or ha-rassment cases on campus are more infrequent than they are frequent. He said with the college being a two year university rather than a four year and that having a “nomadic population” who aren’t on campus all the time helps in that category. The most common crime on campus, according to Robles, is theft.

“The population might be a little

bit different, than if you go to KU, K-State or MU; they have more of that college age grad,” he said. “We have a huge mix; you can be in a class with a 20-year-old and then there could be a 45-year-old right next to that student. We have a large age range and I think that has a lot to do with it.”

The most recent reports of sexual as-sault on campus included the “booty bandit” and a one-time incident two months ago near CLB. Robles said the CLB incident is still under investigation by a detective.

Contact David Hurtado, features editor, at dhurtado@jccc.edu.

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Nerman Museum of Contemporary ArtJohnson County Community CollegeThird Thursday • Visiting Artists’ Presentation February 20, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Hudson AuditoriumFREE, no tickets or reservations required

Asheer AkramAsheer Akram created The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative, an elaborately decorated grain truck, after being inspired by his travels abroad. The truck will be on display outside the museum February 18-23.Top left: Asheer Akram in front of The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative, photo: Rich Sugg

Top right: The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative, 2013, Mixed media, 142 x 324 x 97”, photo: Rich Sugg

Laura BermanLaura Berman makes prints inspired by rocks — in particular, rocks thathave special significance to her. Berman’s work is also influenced by thearchitecture and mosaics of Gaudi and the bold patterns and colors ofthe ’70s.Bottom left: Supernova 4 (detail), 2013, Monoprint, 22 x 22”, photo courtesy of the artist

Bottom right: Laura Berman, photo: Judy Revenaugh

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