Jordan Long was the People’s Choice Award winner for photography for the fall semester. Year 43, No. 6 www.crusadernews.com Liberal, Kansas 2012 January 25 Presorted Standard US Postage PAID Liberal, KS Permit NO.114 JOB WORKSHOP- Assistance with building a re- sume, mock interviews, and one-on-one help with preparing for an interview will be done tonight, Jan. 25, at 5 p.m. in the SCCC library, sponsored by SIFE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL JOB FAIR will take place Thursday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Seward County Activity Center. The Liberal Cham- ber of Commerce, the High Plains Daily Leader & Times, Seward County Broadcasting Company, SCCC/ATS and local businesses have collaborated to make this event possible. Booths will be set up, and it wil be a great opportunity for students, those unem- ployed, and local businesses alike. TELOLITH 2011 received First Place/Special Merit from ASPA. COREY WILKINS was recognized by two contest of- ficials for having given the best “Reasons” in sets, and attained 8th high individual overall in the Carload Judging Contest at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo. SENIOR SHOOTOUT- Feb. 4, the annual scholar- ship shootout will be in the Green House at 5 p.m. Seniors can shoot for scholarships, enjoy refresh- ments, and receive a T-shirt for participating. CAFETERIA- Steak night dates are Feb. 2 and Feb. 16. AUDITIONS for “Once on this Island” by Fla- herty and Ahrens, will be Feb. 1, in the Show- case Theatre, at 6 p.m. All ages welcome, and no need for prior preparation. Show dates will be March 29-31. COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY helps students and parents fill out FAFSA forms, on Feb. 12 from 2 - 4 p.m. Heidy Molina Editor Financial aid is a big help for most college stu- dents hoping to attain a higher education. Finan- cial aid for a college student can come from feder- al aid work study programs and federal Pell grants, to local scholarships or tuition grants. Students that choose to attend Seward County Community College have the opportunity to apply for a tuition grant. Students can fill out the tuition grant and a scholarship application. “Everyone has the opportunity to fill out a schol- arship application,” Jessica Luallen, financial aid officer said. Scholarship applications are reviewed in the spring and through the first of the fall semes- ter. Financial aid is awarded to students based on different criteria. One key factor that is looked dur- ing the process of review is the academic perfor- mance of the student. Financial aid is broken down into different lev- els of scholarships. One of the levels is academics. “As far as academics, that can range from any- where to $1,000 down to $600 a year,” Luallen said. These scholarships are awarded to students based on their grade point average. Some students believe that after a scholarship has been awarded, it cannot be taken away. That is not correct. A scholarship can be taken away if a student does not meet other requirements that went along with the money awarded to them. The financial aid offices is notified by the regis- trar’s office when grades have been posted so that financial aid can check the progress for that semes- ter. That is when a student’s GPA is checked and also how many credit hours the student is passing. “You have to pass at least 12 hours,” Luallen said. The tuition grant awarded to students attending Seward has a special requirement that students seem to overlook. “With a tuition grant, we check to make sure that they are involved in a club or organization,” Lu- allen said. Every semester, students lose their tuition grant because they did not join a club or became part of an organization on campus. According to Luallen, there has been a trend in communication whether it be via letter or email that students simply do not read the information provided for them. All the students who are awarded a scholarship have to go through the Mycampus portal to accept the finan- cial aid. “All the requirements for each of the scholarships are listed on there as they go through the process of accepting it,” Luallen said. The money that is awarded to students is budget- ed by The Foundation Board according to the needs of the different programs that are on campus and how many people they have in the club, team or organization. “We present that to their bud- getary so it can be presented to the board,” Luallen said. Last year the college awarded just over $530,00 in financial aid. According to Luallen, it does seem like there are more students enrolled at Seward who are applying for the financial aid. This means that the financial aid priority deadline is enforced more than it had been before. Many students were used to getting the financial aid even though they did not meet the priority deadline. “I think there were a lot of people that were used to getting it every year, but there are more people applying and applying earlier,” Lu- allen said. Alejandra Gonzalez, freshman, was a student who turned in her scholarship application after the deadline. “I went to talk to the financial office and they told me I missed the deadline,” Gonzalez said. “ I was told I would be put on a waiting list.” Sandy Alfaro Crusader staff Seward County Community College/Visual Arts Program hosted the People’s Choice Awards once again this winter. “The People’s Choice Award has been taking place for approximately 15 years now,” said art instructor Susan Copas. The awards take place each semester. Students enrolled in art courses get the opportunity to enter any of their artwork that was worked on throughout the semester into the art exhibition. Students enter their work into three different art categories: two dimensional, three dimensional and photography. People from around our community come out and vote for their fa- vorite piece. Voting is open to everybody not just the student body and/or faculty. Yesli Rios, Octavio Rodriguez, and Jordan Long were the three winners this fall semester. I am very proud of myself. Three-dimensional art is my favorite type of art. Winning this made me feel very accomplished in the 3D art field. —Yesli Ochoa I was really insecure about my painting skills in comparison to my drawing skills throughout the entire semester, and this one showed that all the time alone spent studying for it and hard work paid off. —Octavio Rodriguez “The Light Triangle” by Yesli Ochoa was the People’s Choice Award winner for three-dimen- sional art. News notes Crusader photo/Jose Medrano Courtesy photo/Robert Sanchez SCCC student David Carrillo stands with one of the skids provided by surrounding natural gas compression companies. Carrillo is one of 10 students in the program. New program launches at technical school People’s Choice Awards boost confidence Crusader photo/Ivan Gaytan Robert Sanchez Crusader staff Natural Gas Compression Technology, which joins Corro- sion Tech and process technolo- gy as one of three newest and unique programs at Seward, be- gins fresh with 10 students this spring. The program is one of only three Natural Gas Compression programs in the United States, with the other two located at Ok- lahoma State University and San Juan College in New Mexico. The program has been devel- oped in cooperation with region- al gas production, transport and service companies; this will as- sure that the students will re- ceive the best possible training available. Instructor Ron Garber, who is in his second year as an instruc- tor at Seward, first started off in the military. After completing his service, he worked at Stewart and Stevenson, an oil and gas company in Houston, Texas, as a service manager, and has been working in the field ever since. According to Garber, techni- cians can start making from $18 to $22 per hour, depending on which direction they go. The course begins in the spring and ends in the fall, which includes a paid internship during the summer. The program has acquired many engines and com- pressors due to donations of sur- rounding companies, allowing the students to do some hands on training. “This is one of the best pro- grams offered at the technical school, and is one of the highest paying as well,” Garber said. Last year Garber had eight stu- dents, and all of them are now work in the field. David Carrillo, who is a stu- dent taking the program, has re- ceived an industrial grant pro- vided by local companies, which will pay for all of his tuition and books. “Take this program,” Carrillo said. “It’s a good pro- gram, it’s a good career, put yourself to it, take a year, and they will get you a job.” The job market for this pro- gram is constantly growing, and they are in much need of highly trained technicians. “ ” “ ” Students learn the truth about financial aid the hard way Homecoming Homecoming Week 2012 Week 2012 Crusader photo/Jose Medrano Octavio Rodriguez was the People’s Choice Award winner for two- dimensional art. Average Yearly College Costs for Tuition, Room, and Board Public 4-year Private 4-year Public 2-year Total In-state Tuition Room Board Total Tuition Room Board Tuition Only $12,285 $5,703 $3,777 $3,433 $29,925 $21,185 $4,702 $4,036 $1,848 United States Public 4-year Private 4-year Public 2-year Total In-state Tuition Room Board Total Tuition Room Board Tuition Only $9,738 $3,967 $2,757 $3,015 $21,927 $15,765 $2,707 $3,453 $2,050 Kansas Crusader graphic/Levi Adams Information taken from U.S. Department of Education weave Big Daddy Stats, facts, and snacks for the biggest football game of the year. — Page 6 Super Bowl Sunday Christmas concert Big Daddy Weaves their way into Liberal. — Page 5 Don’t lose your mind rusader C Monday, February 6 Funny Tees Student Union 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 7 Free Donuts Saints Bookstore 7:45 a.m. Totally Tattoos Student Union 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesday, Febru- ary 8 Brian Imbus – Mentalist and Hypnotist Show Theater 8 p.m. Thursday, February 9 Dodge Ball League Kick- Off Gym at 7:30 p.m. (Must pre-register in SU118 by Friday, Feb. 3) Friday, February 10 Texas Hold ‘Em Tourn. Student Union 7:30 p.m. $1000 in prizes Pre-register in SU118 by Friday, February 3rd Saturday, February 11 Saints Basketball vs Pratt Women’s @ 6 p.m. Men’s @ 8 p.m. Homecoming Ceremony Following Lady Saints game Tips to keeping your sanity while in college and how to avoid being over stressed. — Page 8
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Jordan Long was the People’s Choice Award winner for photography for the fall semester.
Year 43, No. 6 www.crusadernews.com Liberal, Kansas
2012January 25
Presorted Standard
US Postage
PAID
Liberal, KS
Permit NO.114
JOB WORKSHOP- Assistance with building a re-sume, mock interviews, and one-on-one help withpreparing for an interview will be done tonight, Jan.25, at 5 p.m. in the SCCC library, sponsored bySIFE
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL JOB FAIR will takeplace Thursday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at theSeward County Activity Center. The Liberal Cham-ber of Commerce, the High Plains Daily Leader &Times, Seward County Broadcasting Company,SCCC/ATS and local businesses have collaborated tomake this event possible. Booths will be set up, andit wil be a great opportunity for students, those unem-ployed, and local businesses alike.
TELOLITH 2011 received First Place/Special Meritfrom ASPA.
COREY WILKINS was recognized by two contest of-ficials for having given the best “Reasons” in sets,and attained 8th high individual overall in the CarloadJudging Contest at the National Western Stock Showin Denver, Colo.
SENIOR SHOOTOUT- Feb. 4, the annual scholar-ship shootout will be in the Green House at 5 p.m.Seniors can shoot for scholarships, enjoy refresh-ments, and receive a T-shirt for participating.
CAFETERIA- Steak night dates are Feb. 2 andFeb. 16.
AUDITIONS for “Once on this Island” by Fla-herty and Ahrens, will be Feb. 1, in the Show-case Theatre, at 6 p.m. All ages welcome, andno need for prior preparation. Showdates will be March 29-31.
COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY helpsstudents and parents fill out FAFSAforms, on Feb. 12 from 2 - 4 p.m.
Heidy MolinaEditor
Financial aid is a big help for most college stu-dents hoping to attain a higher education. Finan-cial aid for a college student can come from feder-al aid work study programs and federal Pell grants,to local scholarships or tuition grants.
Students that choose to attend Seward CountyCommunity College have the opportunity to applyfor a tuition grant. Students can fill out the tuitiongrant and a scholarship application.
“Everyone has the opportunity to fill out a schol-arship application,” Jessica Luallen, financial aidofficer said. Scholarship applications are reviewedin the spring and through the first of the fall semes-ter. Financial aid is awarded to students based ondifferent criteria. One key factor that is looked dur-ing the process of review is the academic perfor-mance of the student.
Financial aid is broken down into different lev-els of scholarships. One of the levels is academics.“As far as academics, that can range from any-where to $1,000 down to $600 a year,” Luallensaid. These scholarships are awarded to studentsbased on their grade point average.
Some students believe that after a scholarshiphas been awarded, it cannot be taken away. That isnot correct. A scholarship can be taken away if astudent does not meet other requirements that wentalong with the money awarded to them.
The financial aid offices is notified by the regis-trar’s office when grades have been posted so thatfinancial aid can check the progress for that semes-ter. That is when a student’s GPA is checked andalso how many credit hours the student is passing.“You have to pass at least 12 hours,” Luallen said.
The tuition grant awarded to students attendingSeward has a special requirement that studentsseem to overlook.
“With a tuition grant, we check to make sure thatthey are involved in a club or organization,” Lu-allen said.
Every semester, students lose their tuition grantbecause they did not join a club or became part ofan organization on campus. According to Luallen,there has been a trend in communication whetherit be via letter or email that students simply do notread the information provided for them. All thestudents who are awarded a scholarship have to gothrough the Mycampus portal to accept the finan-cial aid. “All the requirements for each of thescholarships are listed on there as they go throughthe process of accepting it,” Luallen said.
The money that is awarded to students is budget-ed by The Foundation Board according to theneeds of the different programs that are on campusand how many people they have in the club, teamor organization. “We present that to their bud-getary so it can be presented to the board,” Luallensaid.
Last year the college awarded just over $530,00in financial aid. According to Luallen, it does seemlike there are more students enrolled at Sewardwho are applying for the financial aid. This meansthat the financial aid priority deadline is enforcedmore than it had been before.
Many students were used to getting the financialaid even though they did not meet the prioritydeadline. “I think there were a lot of people thatwere used to getting it every year, but there aremore people applying and applying earlier,” Lu-allen said.
Alejandra Gonzalez, freshman, was a studentwho turned in her scholarship application after thedeadline. “I went to talk to the financial office andthey told me I missed the deadline,” Gonzalezsaid. “ I was told I would be put on a waiting list.”
S andy AlfaroCrusader staff
Seward County Community College/Visual Arts Program hostedthe People’s Choice Awards once again this winter. “The People’sChoice Award has been taking place for approximately 15 yearsnow,” said art instructor Susan Copas. The awards take place eachsemester. Students enrolled in art courses get the opportunity to enterany of their artwork that was worked on throughout the semester intothe art exhibition. Students enter their work into three different artcategories: two dimensional, three dimensional and photography.People from around our community come out and vote for their fa-vorite piece. Voting is open to everybody not just the student bodyand/or faculty. Yesli Rios, Octavio Rodriguez, and Jordan Long werethe three winners this fall semester.
I am very proud of myself. Three-dimensional art ismy favorite type of art. Winning this made me feelvery accomplished in the 3D art field.
—Yesli Ochoa
I was really insecure about my painting skills in comparison to my drawingskills throughout the entire semester, and this one showed that all thetime alone spent studying for it and hard work paid off.
—Octavio Rodriguez
“The Light Triangle” by YesliOchoa was the People’s ChoiceAward winner for three-dimen-sional art.
News
notes
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Courtesy photo/Robert Sanchez
SCCC student David Carrillo stands with one of the skids provided bysurrounding natural gas compression companies. Carrillo is one of10 students in the program.
New program launchesat technical school
People’s Choice Awards boost confidence
Crusader photo/Ivan Gaytan
Robert S anchezCrusader staff
Natural Gas CompressionTechnology, which joins Corro-sion Tech and process technolo-gy as one of three newest andunique programs at Seward, be-gins fresh with 10 students thisspring.
The program is one of onlythree Natural Gas Compressionprograms in the United States,with the other two located at Ok-lahoma State University and SanJuan College in New Mexico.
The program has been devel-oped in cooperation with region-al gas production, transport andservice companies; this will as-sure that the students will re-ceive the best possible trainingavailable.
Instructor Ron Garber, who isin his second year as an instruc-tor at Seward, first started off inthe military. After completing hisservice, he worked at Stewartand Stevenson, an oil and gascompany in Houston, Texas, as aservice manager, and has beenworking in the field ever since.
According to Garber, techni-
cians can start making from $18to $22 per hour, depending onwhich direction they go.
The course begins in thespring and ends in the fall, whichincludes a paid internship duringthe summer. The program hasacquired many engines and com-pressors due to donations of sur-rounding companies, allowingthe students to do some hands ontraining.
“This is one of the best pro-grams offered at the technicalschool, and is one of the highestpaying as well,” Garber said.Last year Garber had eight stu-dents, and all of them are nowwork in the field.
David Carrillo, who is a stu-dent taking the program, has re-ceived an industrial grant pro-vided by local companies, whichwill pay for all of his tuition andbooks. “Take this program,”Carrillo said. “It’s a good pro-gram, it’s a good career, putyourself to it, take a year, andthey will get you a job.”
The job market for this pro-gram is constantly growing, andthey are in much need of highlytrained technicians.
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Students learn the truth aboutfinancial aid the hard way
HomecomingHomecomingWeek 2012Week 2012
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Octavio Rodriguez was the People’s Choice Award winner for two-dimensional art.
Average Yearly College Costs for Tuition, Room, and Board
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Thursday, February 9Dodge Ball League Kick-OffGym at 7:30 p.m. (Must pre-register inSU118 by Friday, Feb. 3)
Friday, February 10 Texas Hold ‘Em Tourn.Student Union 7:30 p.m.$1000 in prizes Pre-register in SU118 byFriday, February 3rd
Saturday, February 11Saints Basketball vs Pratt Women’s @ 6 p.m. Men’s @ 8 p.m. Homecoming Ceremony Following Lady Saintsgame
Tips to keeping your sanity while in collegeand how to avoid being over stressed.
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Being on the other side of theworld and far from home is “dif-ferent”, says foreign exchangestudent Gregory Leung. Leung isa freshman student from HongKong who has learned to adaptto changes.
He has swapped sushi for corndogs, the metropolis for a sub-urban place with “fresher air”,and warm weather for shovelingsnow.
Leung was born in Hong Kongon March 21, 1993. Prior to at-tending SCCC/ATS he attendedhigh school as a senior, in a sub-urban town outside of Chicago,Ill. Though his original plan in-cluded going to the University ofChicago, he realized it would bequite expensive and was persuad-ed to come to Seward instead.
His sister, TakYee Leung, wasactually the person who recom-mended SCCC. She attended Se-ward herself and told him itwould be more cost efficient.
Leung feels he has adaptedwell, as does International Stu-dent Sponsor Patsy Fischer. “Heis very quiet, efficient, andeverything he does is precise,”Fischer commented.
He has found that the smaller
atmosphere, and more extrovert-ed people means attaining moreinteraction from classmates andteachers. He currently has two fa-vorite classes, music theory andchemistry.
Leung like prioritizing, butdoes admit that all study, study,study is just “crazy.” He even seta New Year’s resolution to domore fun stuff, though he says heis a bit confined since he doesn’t
have a car. “I want to do my best..I want
scholarships, but I like to playtoo—after studying.” When hehas free or leisure time, he enjoysswimming, working out, play-ing ping pong, and watchingmovies, like his favorite,“Avatar.” He enjoys watchingbaseball also, and his favoriteteam is the Chicago Cubs.
Leung is a fan of many types
of music, his favorites includeclassical, pop, and rock. He is amusician as well, and has playedpiano since the age of 7. “I re-member walking by a musicstore, seeing the piano, andtelling my mom that I wanted toplay”.
After he began to take lessons,and through diligence and practicehe became the skillful musicianhe is today. He still considersplaying piano as a hobby.
Though he does miss hisfriends and family back home, hemaintains contact with themthrough Skype and FaceTime.
“A trip home is very expen-sive,”he explained how the tripwas more than 24 hours long,and included multiple stops.
From Hong Kong, to SanFrancisco, Calif., from there toDallas, Texas, Dallas to Amaril-lo, Texas, then the trip fromAmarillo to Liberal.
He plans to attend Seward nextyear as well, and aims for an as-sociates in science.
When he transfers he intends tomajor in Pharmacy, and makeenough money in order to retireearly and travel.
“I like traveling, I would liketo travel to Europe, some coun-tries in Asia, and South Ameri-ca”.
Student from Hong Kong studies at Seward
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International student Greg Leung sits at a piano in the student union.Lueng is an accomplished pianist who plans to major in pharmacy.
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This rebuttal is in response toZach Carpenter’s opinion articlesunder the heading of “Philoso-phy” in the October 18, 2011 andNovember 9, 2011 editions ofThe Crusader.
Upon first glance, Mr. Carpen-ter seems to be addressing criticalthinking and how students here atSCCC/ATS are being held tothis expectation in all classes butscience.
His claim is that science class-es only present one side of an ex-planation because religion is ex-cluded. Our interpretation of hisargument is that becauseSCCC/ATS does not incorporatereligious explanations specific tohis beliefs into their scienceclasses, the teaching is biased.
It is our observation that tak-ing religious stances on any sub-ject would include many differentideas and beliefs, not just one.
The college offers a course inWorld Religions to explore thediversity of these belief systemswhich is beyond what a sciencecourse should address.
Science is the study of factsand testable explanations aboutour universe. The science classesat SCCC/ATS do not give infor-mation that is one sided or leaveout any information.
The reason why SCCC/ATSscience classes are taught withoutexplanations attributed to a high-er being is because these explana-tions are philosophical, un-changeable, and untestable, i.e.not science.
In specific reference to Mr.Carpenter’s comment about evo-lution, the science classes atSCCC/ATS do not give the im-
pression that evolution is rightand creation by a higher being iswrong, they just teach what isbased on testable facts and obser-vations.
The evidence that he looselypresents in his second article is aself-confirmation of his state-ment that most people assumewhat they are told to be fact.
Mr. Carpenter writes that MikeRiddle debunks the practice ofCarbon-14 dating in a way thatreveals a science conspiracy.
It is apparent that Mr. Carpen-ter was won over by a very
charismatic person arguing thatafter 60,000 years there is notenough C-14 left to accuratelydate a fossil leading to “bogusdates of millions and billions ofyears”.
What he failed to investigate isthat the actual window for Car-bon-14 dating is 20,000 years be-cause background radiation willswamp the beta radiation releasedthrough Carbon-14 decay.
We’re not sure how Mr. Car-penter made the leap to millionsand billions.
We could find no scientific
publications by Mr. Riddle orany peer reviewed evidence in hisexplanation of Carbon-14 datingmethods. What we did find wasthat he holds a degree in mathe-matics and a graduate degree ineducation. He has been heavilyinvolved in creation ministry formore than twenty years.
Mr. Riddle is president of Cre-ation Training Initiative (CTI)which trains Christians of a spe-cific philosophy and belief sys-tem (young-earth creationists) toteach biblical truth.
According to Riddle’s website,“We believe..... the authority [ofthe Bible] is not limited to spiri-tual, religious, or redemptivethemes but includes its asser-tions in such fields as historyand science.”
Because we chose to take acritical thinking approach, wenow understand Mr. Carpenter’sissue with science class; howev-er, we could find no support hisclaim that SCCC/ATS does notencourage critical thinking inscience courses. The evidence wehave provided exposes his biasand his own inability to thinkcritically with this topic.
On a final note, if this was aploy to see if students would readand respond by “critically think-ing”, well played. If not, then wegive a rubric score of 1-1-1.
This response was compiledby the students of the “Indepen-dent Studies of Biology” class.Students include Daniela Fraus-to, Selene Perez, Megan Camp-bell, Emmanuel Garcia, ObduliaCovarrubias, Marco Herrera,Cesar Garcia, and Kaisha Pittser.
Four years ago, America heldits most historic presidentialelection. Now we are onlymonths away from elections, anda lot has changed between thosefour years.
Looking back, I remember ayoung, vibrate politician duringthe campaign that gave me thedrive to be more pro-active withpolitics. With his charisma,hope, and motivation, PresidentBarack Obama made the path
ahead look brighter. Many plans,ideas, and promises were made tous during the campaign, but fewwere delivered.
A fast and speedy economic re-covery, closing Guantanamo,immigration reform, and a trans-parent administration were a fewof the promises that weren’t de-livered.
What the president has causedby breaking some of his promis-es is a jaded group of supporterswho are not as static as they werefour years ago, and a strong op-position who wants to watchhim fall. There is a deficit ofsupport for Barack Obama be-cause of his actions.
Personally, I am not a big fanof the president’s war strategy orhis non aggressive behavior to-
wards Wall Street, and I’m part-ly dissatisfied with all the com-promises that he has allowed. Imay be disappointed with thepresident at times, but there hasbeen much success in PresidentObama’s first term.
Barack Obama did pull us outof a near depression and the econ-omy is no longer digging thehole that it was when he wasfirst elected into office. AlthoughI may not agree with some of thepolicies and plans that PresidentObama has implemented, he hasbeen very successful and hasdone things that keep me fromlosing my faith in him.
President Obama’s war strate-gy has taken out targets that theprevious administration couldnot, troops are now out of Iraq,
and the fighting is now concen-trated on more serious targetsthat should have been taken outearlier in the conflict. Thehealthcare law passed by thepresident’s administration con-tains many more benefits thanpeople are lead on to believe.
Sometimes things need a littlemore time to get better, andlooking back, things are betterthan they were four years ago.He is trying his best and morepeople are starting to realize that.No “Average Joe” can take the re-sponsibility of being presidentof the United States.
I believe that there are very fewpeople that could’ve taken therole of being president during thelast four years and kept the coun-try intact like Barack Obama did.
The New Year and resolutionsgo hand in hand. It seems likethey always have. Apparently,the Babylonians used to makeresolutions to their gods at thestart of every year, as well. I’mnot really sure how valid this in-formation is, mainly because mysource for this fact is Wikipedia.
Honestly, I used to be a big be-liever in New Year’s resolutions.As a kid, I thought that whateverI made my New Year’s resolution
would some how be more likelyto come true. My New Year’s res-olutions were incredible. I wouldmake perfect grades. I wouldgrow twelve inches. I would dili-gently work on nothing buthomework. I would cut TV outof my life entirely. As time hasprogressed, my New Year’s reso-lutions have become more realis-tic. I’ll study the day before atest, as opposed to the morningof. I’ll lose 15 pounds. I’ll benicer and less sarcastic. Just be-cause my resolutions have pro-gressively become easier toachieve doesn’t mean that I’mgoing to do them. This year, myresolution was to stop being solazy. I slept until noon on Janu-ary 1.
This is basically how all of myresolutions have ended up. Ithink of something reasonableand achievable, get caught up inthe big spirit of having a NewYear’s resolution and then I don’tdo anything about it.
However, some people havemore drive than I do. They worktoward their goal for the firstthree months of the year, thenslowly lose steam and revert totheir old ways. Gyms see an in-crease in membership at the be-ginning of the year, but accord-ing to a fitness center owner inSouth Carolina, the new mem-bers are mostly gone by Valen-tine’s Day.
I think as I’ve become olderand progressively more cynical, I
don’t see the point in New Year’sresolutions. I’ll keep makingthem (sure) but I don’t expectmyself to achieve them.
If I wanted to make a signifi-cant change in my lifestyle, Iwould do it. I wouldn’t wait untilNew Year’s to be pressured intomaking an extravagant promiseand then end up breaking it amonth later.
If you’d like, make a NewYear’s resolution to become abetter you. If you break it andfind yourself itching for changein September go for it anyway,even if it’s not January. If youwant to do something, then do itwhen you want to.
The environment is being de-stroyed by metric tons of plasticthat is just lying around in junk-yards and across fields all over theworld. As a cashier at Wal-Mart,I find myself concerned over theinevitable doom of the environ-ment that looms in the future ifeverything stays the same as it isnow.
I use at least several hundredbags a day while working andthat’s on a half-day. That’s just
one way that plastic, which does-n’t deteriorate, is currently beingused in tremendous amounts inmodern day societies.
It makes me wonder what willhappen to the world in a coupleof centuries if modern day soci-eties don’t figure out a way toeliminate or heavily reduce plas-tic consumption per person.
What’s worse, plastic is ofteneaten by wild animals that don’tknow better. This can potential-ly increase the endangered specieslist by causing many creatures todie when they eat the indigestiblesubstances of plastic.
This can cause the environ-ment to further plummet intochaos and cause increased damageto the suffering ecosystems ofthe world.
There doesn’t seem to be any-
thing we can do about it becauseour society is dependent on plas-tic just to function. At this rate,I don’t see any hope for the envi-ronment; pretty soon people willjust be shipping plastic junk intothe sun, but who knows what ef-fects that could have on our solarsystem.
Plastic isn’t even the onlyproblem. Styrofoam producespotent toxins when it finally de-composes that it can destroy thesoil’s ability to support life for along time.
At this point, I’m not sure ifthere’s anything that can be doneabout the environment, butmaybe as it becomes a morepressing issue, humans mayadapt and finally do somethingabout the mass consumption ofstyrofoam and especially plastic.
College is an opportunity togain a higher education and setthe ground for a successful fu-ture, but it is also thought to bea young adult’s first chance atfreedom. Typically, college is aperson’s first opportunity totruly govern themselves void ofany unwanted influences. Con-sequently, this means that for theaverage college student, wearingjeans is getting dressing up, naptime is a scheduled part of theday, and waking up before 10a.m. is an early morning.
As lovely as college life is,there are actually those whochoose to forgo it to attend thecountry’s military academies.West Point, located in New York,
is the Army military academy. Itis also the home of Tyler Suther-land, Liberal resident and myboyfriend. This is how I havecome to understand the uniquelifestyle of a West Point Cadet.After living the good life of anormal college student for a se-mester, I was shocked by what Isaw as I toured his campus.
The reoccurring theme wasgray. Gray buildings, gray uni-forms, and a gray sky; a some-what ironic yet fitting setting forstudents who will soon be join-ing the long gray line.
Students wore the same uni-forms with shined shoes and tri-angular hats. Every single cadetwhom we passed saluted our tourguide as a sign of respect for hisrank, and also to avoid being se-verely punished.
Not only were the students’ be-havior extremely unique, the ar-chitecture of the campus lookedexactly like a castle. There wereguards standing at the gate, stat-
ues of historical figures, and gar-goyles protruding from the build-ings. Possibly the only thingmissing was a draw bridge.
Naturally cadets are forced tolive a very structured life, inpreparation for the regimentedlife of a soldier, which they willeventually all be leading. For ex-ample, every morning they areawake by 5:30 a.m. or 6 a.m.Then they are then required to at-tend breakfast, told when tocome, where to sit, and how longthey have.
A West Point education costsan upwards of $250,000, but noone who attends pays for their ed-ucation. Instead, they are expect-ed to pay it back through fiveyears of service following theirtime at West Point.
So the question is simple, isthe sacrifice of missing out on anormal college experience worththe gain of being able to servewhile also earning a first class ed-ucation? Tyler believes so.
“...classes at SCCC/ATS dono give the impressionthat evolution is right andcreation by a higher beingis wrong, they just teachwhat is based on testablefacts and observations.”--Independent Studies ofBiology students
Financial aid is awarded tostudents that meet the require-ment when ever the financial aidoffice reviews the applicationsin the spring and in the fall se-mester.
Many students do not eventhink about the money thatthey are going to receive untilthey get the bill in the mailafter the semester has alreadybegan.
Some of the students don’tworry because they owe a smallamount. Others realize thatmaybe they should have readthe information provided by thefinancial aid office when everthey enrolled.
College students sometimesforget that they have bills,loans or maybe rent to pay.
That means that it is time forthem to start learning about fi-nances. Even when in collegeyou still have someone tellingyou that you didn’t fill some-thing out so you are going tolose grant money.
It seems like at semester thereare a few students complainingabout losing scholarshipmoney or their pell grant.
Most of these students, whenthey accepted their awardskimmed over the requirementsthat came with the money thatthey had been awarded. “Theyjust don’t read,” Jessica Luallen,financial officer said.
These are the students thatlose their financial aid. The re-quirements are there for the stu-dents to read so why not readthem and avoid an embarrassingsituation of losing financial aidbecause a Thank you card wasnot sent.
Some students do not evenhave the common sense to gointo the financial aid office tosee why their financial aid wasrejected.
Being ignorant to the fact thatyou can lose your financial aiddoes not make the problem goaway. It only means that some-one else is going to end up withthat tuition grant.
It is better to go and see ifthere is anything that you cando to get the financial aid thatyou want because there aremany others who are willing tospeak up for their finances.
Financial ignorance leads tomonetary woes for students
Crusader illustration/Jose Medrano
Speak no finance
See no finance
Hear no finance
OUR VIEW —
ENTERTAINMENT 5Wednesday, January 25, 2012 CRUSADER
Tonya LoewenCrusader staff
As others were preparing forthe Christmas season by puttingup decorations, baking, and buy-ing gifts, Christian music artistsBig Daddy Weave and DaraMaclean were bringingChristmas joy by performingacross the Midwest. The musi-cians performed in five locationsacross Ohio, Texas, andOklahoma, finishing in Liberalfor a free concert on Dec. 18,2011. The local Christian radiostation, KJIL 99.1 FM, locatedin Meade, sponsored the concertin order for it to be free.
The “Christ is Come” tour fea-tured songs such as the tradition-al carols, “O Come All YeFaithful,” “Silent Night,” aswell as new Christmas songs,such as “Glory,” “I’ll Be BraveThis Christmas,” and “The DayLove Was Born.”
Maclean started off the showwith various acoustic Christmascarols, ending with “Suitcases.”Her soulful voice and uniquestyle made even the traditionalsongs interesting and inviting.Maclean said she feels honored tobe able to tour with Big DaddyWeave and write her ownChristmas carol, especially sincethis is really her first year in thespotlight.
As much as Maclean enjoysbeing on tour, she was also ex-cited to go back home.
“I haven’t been home in twomonths, so I’m excited to gohome for Christmas. I lovebeing home with my family.”
Maclean was also looking for-ward to her family traditions,such as hanging up stockingsand gathering by the fire.
After Maclean finished her set,Big Daddy Weave brought thecrowd heart-warming Christmas
carols and some of their hitsongs. Big Daddy Weave broughtboth humor and down-to-earthtalks in between songs, alongwith inspiring testimonies. Thefive members of Big DaddyWeave have performed togetherfor 13 years, ever since they werefriends in college, and havestayed together through the joysand trials.
Big Daddy Weave’s drummer,Jeff Jones, says “This is an op-portunity I’ve dreamed about myentire life. I’m so glad that I’mable to travel the country andworld proclaiming God’s lovethrough our music.”
The “Christ is Come” tourpartnered with World VisionInternational, a non-profit reliefand developmental organizationthat stretches throughout 97countries worldwide.
Big Daddy Weave chose topartner with World Vision be-cause of the organization’s effortsin child sponsorship. The organi-zation also hit close to homewith the group because all of themembers have sponsored chil-dren for five years, and even wenton a trip to Ecuador with WorldVision a few years ago.
Big Daddy Weave is planningon going with World Vision toTanzania, Africa, this Februaryto help impoverished families inthe communities. This March,Big Daddy Weave will have its“Love Come to Life Tour” withKerrie Roberts and Luminate.Tour dates for the tour can befound on their website, bigdaddy-weave.com/shows.
Dara Maclean is part ofNewsong’s “Winter Jam 2012”tour, along with Skillet, Group1 Crew, Sanctus Real, and more.
Winter Jam started on Jan. 6and will end on April 1. Tourdates for “Winter Jam 2012” canbe found on jamtour.com.
Courtesy photo/Verle Loewen
Singer Dara Maclean poses with Crusaderstaff member Tonya Loewen after the concert.
Crusader photo/Tonya Loewen
Mike Weaver sings and plays acoustic guitar during theconcert.
Crusader photo/Tonya Loewen
Joe Shirk plays saxophone as Jeremy Redmon accompanies him with a bass guitar at the free Big DaddyWeave concert on Dec. 18.
Megan S painEntertainment editor
If asked to name all of the hol-idays in February, residents ofLiberal would be able to nameoff one more than most people:Pancake Day.
Since 1950, Liberal has beencompeting against the Englishtown of Olney in foot races witha twist – entrants must wear aheadscarf and apron while carry-ing a skillet containing a pan-cake. The pancake must beflipped once at the beginning ofthe race and once at the end.
This tradition is relatively newto Liberal when compared to thehistory that Olney, England,holds. As the story goes, in1445, a woman was using up hercooking fats before Lent by mak-ing pancakes for breakfast. Whenthe church bells began to ring,she dashed out of her front doorwith her skillet.
In the following years, thewoman’s neighbors adopted herimpromptu pancake race andbegan to run, too.
In 1950, Liberal JayceePresident R.J. Leete heard aboutthe Olney tradition of running
the races and decided that Liberalshould do it, too.
Ever since then, Liberal andOlney have competed nearlyevery year (the one exception isin 1980, when a media truck wasblocking the finish line in Olneyso the scores didn’t count) in thePancake Day Races.
However, the race isn’t theonly event that occurs during themulti-day celebration. There arenumerous events stretching fromSaturday to Tuesday, Feb. 21.Between pancake eating contestsand cooking competitions,Pancake Day weekend is filledwith activities and competitiveevents.
The holiday has even caughtthe eye of Food NetworkMagazine, which includedPancake Day its list of “dine anddash” events where participantsare asked to run in food-themedraces.
A special guest at this year’sPancake Day events will beMike Hughes, mayor of Olney,England, and his wife, Susan.
Seward’s campus will beclosed all day Tuesday, Feb. 21in observance of Pancake Day.
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Christian singers make holiday stop in Liberal
POPULARAPPS OF
2011
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
Social networking.100 million to 500million installs.
Photo editing.More than 15 million installs.
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10 million to 50 million installs.
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Pancake Day races,contests heating up
weaveBig Daddy
“You should always keepdreaming, and dream
impossible things.”
- Dara Maclean
Sat., Feb. 18
Merchandise Sale, 9am - 1pmKnights of Columbus Hall
323 N. Kansas
Eating/flipping contests10:00 am, Rine’s Karate(Register from 8-9:30 am)
Recipe/Cooking Contest11:30 am, Rine’s Karate
Pancake Chase, 2:00 pmPancake Day Hall of Fame
318 N. Lincoln(Register at 1 pm)
Christian Art Showcase, 7 pmLHS Auditorium
Tues., Feb. 21
Pancake Breakfast6-10:00 am, Activity Center
Youth Races10:00 am, 4th and Lincoln
Last Chance Race11:30 am, 4th and Lincoln
Men’s Pacer Race11:45 am, 6th and Kansas
International Race11:55 am, 6th and Kansas
Shriving Service12:15 am, First UnitedMethodist Church
Live Video Conference1:30 pm, First UnitedMethodist Church
Parade3:00 pm, 11th and Kansas
Sun., Feb. 19
Miss Liberal Pageant2:00 pm
LHS Auditorium
Mon., Feb. 20
Dignitary Tea Reception5-7:00 pm Baker Arts Center
624 N. Pershing
Talent Show7:30 p.m.
LHS Auditorium
Crusader photo/Alfredo Anaya
Deena Fuller is the first runner to approach the finish line during the 2010 International Pancake Day Race.
Tom Brady is the best quarterback in the league,so it stands to reason he will be the best quarter-back on the field Super Bowl XLVI.
Brady has a great arsenal around him, from WesWelker, Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez DeionBranch and Chad Ochocinco. BenJarvus Green-Ellis even got it done on the ground against theBaltimore Ravens last week. The offensive line isalso pretty stacked.
The defense really does not have one stand-outplayer, but as a group the Patriots are very effec-tive against the opposing offense which will prove
critical in order to stop the New York Giants.The Giants front four on defense will give Brady
and company trouble, but I do not think JustinTuck, Linval Joseph, Chris Canty and Jason Pierre-Paul will give the Patriots enoughtrouble.
Eli Manning is playing extremely well in thepostseason, but he just will not be able to outscorethe Patriots offense
Manning will not get much help from the Gi-ants running game, either, which ranks dead last,at 32nd in the league.
I do not think the Patriots will let the Giants pulloff another upset.
My prediction: the New England Patriots willdouble the New York Giants score, 28-14.
Patriots GiantsWins:3
Losses:3
Wins:3
Loss:1
Jose MedranoCrusader staff
Every year more and more people tune into theSuper Bowl. Although the game is important whatmost people seem to talk about the day after is notthe game itself, but the commercials.
The Super Bowl commercials themselves havebecome a yearly tradition of the game. So it is no wonder that companies are willing topay up to 3.5 million dollars just for a thirty sec-ond time slot during the Super Bowl. It is also nota surprise that companies are spending so much onjust one ad, because people always tend to remem-ber Super Bowl ads for quite some time.
The Super Bowl is most likely the only time of
year that people actually enjoy watching advertise-ments because the commercials are sometimesmore entertaining than the game.
Super Bowl commercials have also become apart of the game day itself. No one can forget lastyear’s Volkswagen’s mini Darth Vader, Doritos’sads that tend to be hilarious, or the Go Daddy com-mercials that are always provocative.
This year, companies are not holding back, andhave already released some of the ads that will beairing during the Super Bowl. Sneak peeks to someSuper Bowl ads have been posted online for thosewho cannot wait until the big day.
So while some people may be waiting for thegame others will most definitely be waiting for thecommercials.
The bigger they are... Laughing ’til the last yard...the harder they will fall Super Bowl ads will be as enjoyable as the game
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Super BowlSnack Facts
28 Millon Pounds ofchips and 8 Million Pounds
of popcorn will be eaten.
1 Billon Pieces of chicken
will be consumed by viewers.
325 Million Gallonsof beer will be drunk.
Be responsible.
Be smart.
Don’tsell or
providealcohol
to minors.
Spencer Browne’sis located close tothe college, just a quick hopaway, next to theNorth Pizza Hut.
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It’s time to go toSpencer Browne’s! Open 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.weekdays and 7 a.m. to 9p.m. weekends
Lady Saints BasketballLady Saint bounces back from crash
Tonya LoewenCrusader staff
During Christmas break,Lady Saints basektball play-ers Ashlynn Knoll andKayla Thomas were in a carwreck while on vacation.Neither were seriously in-jured, but it kept Knollfrom playing basketball atthe start of the semester.
The two were going downa hill near Wheeler, Texas,on their way to an anniver-sary when a truck failed tostop at a stop sign. Knollwas driving. She hit herbrakes and the car slid side-ways into the semi. Thetwo walked away withminor cuts and bruises.
Missing a few gamesafter the wreck certainly didnot keep Knoll from play-ing at her best when she re-turned, and she received herthird KJCCC Player of theWeek award for Jan. 9-15.
Knoll was humbled to re-ceive the award again thisseason, and said, “It’s reallycool that I received KJCCC
Player of the Week the firstweek back from break. It’salways such a great honor toreceive awards.”
This is the second timethis season that she hasbeen awarded with Player ofthe Week.
Knoll has received manyawards for basketball, bothwhile in high school andduring her two years at Se-ward.
During high school,Knoll was first team All-State, first team All-Re-gion, and her district’sMVP.
Currently in her career asa Lady Saint, Knoll hasbeen awarded with 2011Honorable Mention WBCAAll-American, 2011 firstTeam All-Jayhawk West,and the honor of being athree-time KJCCC Playerof the Week, among others.
These impressive basket-ball skills were inheritedfrom her mother,who playedbasketball at West TexasA&M University, previous-ly called West Texas State
University. Knoll has been playing
basketball since the secondgrade, when her motherstarted a girls basketballteam. She’s played eversince, although it wasn’tuntil middle school her pas-sion developed for the sport.
Part of the reason whyKnoll believes she enjoysbasketball so much is be-cause of the team. Knollsaid, “We have really goodchemistry and play well to-gether. I love being withthem.”
She also looks forward tothe support from the otherplayers, such as LaQuecia“Bon Que Que” Parker.
The Lady Saints haveproved that they supporteach other with their cur-rently undefeated conferencerecord.
The “intensity and exhila-ration” of the games areKnoll’s favorite part of bas-ketball.
“The games are whatmakes basketball awe-some,” Knoll said. “I love
the feeling of it all, likebeing able to show the otherteam how well your teamplays together.”
Some of Knoll’s closefriends and suitemates arefellow teammates KaylaThomas and Mattie Yanke.According to Knoll, thethree are inseparable andhave a lot in common,other than playing basket-ball together.
“I love being with them.We’re always together andpeople can tell when we’recoming because we laughso much,” says Knoll.
Knoll is also very outgo-ing, and enjoys meetingnew people. She uses hersociable personality byworking in the admissionsoffice and giving tours toprospective students.
Knoll loves outdoor ac-tivities too, such as bikeriding, hiking, cliff jump-ing, and rip-sticking, whichis similar to skateboarding.Knoll also often climbsPalo Duro Canyon with herfriends.
Levi Adams
Crusader staff On Jan. 7, when the Saints and
Lady Saints basketball teams playedColby in the Greenhouse, thoseelected into the 2012 Inagural Hall ofFame class were announced.
Because of users voting at Seward’ssports website, scccsaints.com, fourindividual players and one sportsteam were selected to the 2012 class.
Those selected are former HeadWomen’s Basketball Coach Jim Lit-tell, Head Baseball Coach/AthleticDirector Galen McSpadden, 2000-2002 Women’s Basketball playerKim Ortega, 2000-2002 Baseballplayer Cory Patton, and the 2001-2002 women’s basketball team.
The first official banquet will beheld April 20.
Former Head Women’s BasketballCoach Jim Littell took the LadySaints to the NJCAA National Tour-nament four times, winning thechampionship in 2002.
Littell racked up a .873 winningpercentage in his 14 years with theLady Saints.
Head Baseball Coach/Athletic Di-rector Galen McSpadden will be en-tering his 31st season with the
Saints during the 2012 season. Dur-
ing his time as head coach, McSpad-
den has had 26 winning seasons, and
has not had a losing season since
1990. During that time, McSpadden
has managed to achieve 1,000 wins
over his career. McSpadden has also
served as the Athletic Director for 28
years, during which, 23 Saints teams
have won the Region VI champi-
onship.
Lady Saints Basketball player Kim
Ortega racked up 1,267 points in her
2000-2002 seasons, and helped the
2001-2002 Lady Saints team win the
NJCAA National Championship.
Ortega earned an NJCAA Player of
the Year award during the 2001-2002
season, as well as being a two-time
NJCAA All-American.
In 2002, baseball player Cory Pat-
ton was both the NJCAA Player of
the Year andNJCAA Student-Athlete
of the Year. Patton leads Saints Base-
ball all-time in runs scored (128),
base hits (170), and RBIs (168).
The 2001-2002 Lady Saints Bas-
ketball Team won the 2002 NJCAA
National championship, going 38-0.
2012 Inaugural Hallof Fame class elected
Sophomore Ashlynn Knoll speaks of basketball, friends and wreck vs. Barclay 120-25 Dec. 2
vs. State Fair 70-65 Dec. 3
vs. Northeastern 71-55 Dec. 9
vs. Trinidad State 78-32 Dec. 10
@ Barton 75-57 Jan. 4
vs. Colby 96-49 Jan. 7
@ Pratt 66-48 Jan. 11
vs. Cloud County 79-76 Jan. 14
@ Dodge City 89-44 Jan. 21
vs. Colorado Kings 90-102 Dec. 2
vs. McCook 109-71 Dec. 3
vs. Quakerdale 91-48 Dec. 9
vs. North. Okla.-Tonkawa 72-45 Dec. 10
vs. Neosho County 66-65 Dec. 30
vs. Johnson County 66-63 Dec. 31
@ Barton 73-67 Jan. 4
vs. Colby 82-65 Jan. 7
@ Pratt 75-68 Jan. 11
vs. Cloud County 86-63 Jan. 14
@ Dodge City 81-75 Jan. 21
Opponent Score Date
Opponent Score Date
Levi Adams
Sports editorThe Lady Saints have not lost a
game since Nov. 26, when the team
fell to New Mexico, 60-71. Since
that time, the Lady Saints have built
up a No. 8 ranking (as of Jan. 21) in
the NJCAA national polls with a
nine-game winning streak. The Lady Saints are undefeated in
conference play.At this just-past-halfway mark in
the season, the Lady Saints are scor-ing 79.9 points per game to theiropponents’ 53.1, which is a 26.8point margin. The Lady Saints’field goal percentage is .429, com-pared to their opponents’ .319.
In fact, the Lady Saints lead theiropponents in every recordable teamstatistic this season.
Levi Adams
Sports editorSimilar to the Lady Saints, the
Saints have not lost a game since
Dec. 2, when they were defeated by
the Colorado Kings, in the Green
House, 90-102. The Saints did not
have a NJCAA national ranking after
the loss until the team recieved a no.
20 ranking. The Saints are current-
ly sitting on a no. 12 ranking.The Saints are also undefeated in
conference play.At this mark in the season, the
Saints are scoring 84.9 points pergame to their opponents’ 64.1. TheSaints are shooting an even percent-age of .500 per game to their oppo-nents’ .410.
The Saints are also leading oppo-nents in every recordable team statis-tic at this point in the season.
The cafeteria at Southwest Medical Center is currently undergoing a
“facelift.” During remodeling, a limited menu of food items will be
served. A portion of the kitchen & dining area will be closed during this
time. Customers will order and pick-up their selections through a service
window in the dining area. We appreciate your patience and your patron-
age during this remodeling project.
Galen McSpadden Jim Littell Kim Ortega Cory Patton
2001-2002 Women’s Basketball Team
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85%
of college
counseling
centers saw more
severe
psychological
problems.
60%
of freshmen say they
spent less than six hours
a week on studying.
Overly stimulating activities
Intense video games
Energy drinks and caffeine
Extremely late nights
Work overload
INFOPAGE8 Wednesday, January 25, 2012CRUSADER
Matthew Adkins
Crusader staff
There are a lot of challenges toface when attending college inpresent times. An average stu-dent has to deal with many prob-lems on a day-to-day basis.
On top of school, most collegestudents have to hold down a parttime and even a full-time job inorder to attend and pay forschooling.
Tests, homework, a job,friends, being away from familyare all problems which many at-tending college today face.Depending on the circumstances,a student is likely to face evenmore problems.
It’s no surprise that collegesand universities across the coun-try are seeing ever more psycho-logical problems among the stu-dent population.
Almost any given survey re-garding psychological health at auniversity will show an increaseover the last 20 years in thenumber of students either suffer-ing from a psychological condi-tion, or starting up school witha pre-existing condition with themost common showcase of ill-ness being depression.
Depression should not be con-fused with being extremely sadand sleeping too much. In fact,
lack of sleep and emotion aremore likely to be symptoms.
Why is the mental health ofstudents across the country de-clining? Most hypothesize thatthere are several factors that at-tribute to the worsening condi-tions.
Researchers say that it’s sim-ply due to the increased amountof students that come from differ-ent backgrounds while advancesin diagnosing mental disordershave made it easier to noticeproblems in an individualshealth.
The main consensus is thatstress is the main cause of men-tal health degradation. Stress hasbeen attributed to causing depres-sion, anxiety disorders, drug andalcohol abuse, as well as increas-ing the likelihood of developingcancer.
Stress is experienced everydayby everyone. There is goodstress as well as bad stress, andboth are necessary in maintain-ing a healthy psyche.
In order to keep a healthymind, a person must keep stresslevels in a reasonable zone.Because it is so easy to becomeoverwhelmed in college life, stu-dents must manage their stresson a day-to-day basis.
This can be done in a variety
ways. One very important thingto prevent stress is to be preparedand know what you are capableof.
If you are over worked or sus-pect you might become exhaust-ed by your schedule then youmight want to consider workingless or dropping a class.
In order to deal with stress ona day-to-day basis it’s importantto do something that is both re-laxing as well as something youenjoy.
If you ever feel overwhelmedor consistently underwhelmed, itcan be a potential slippery slopetowards poor mental health, soyou should talk to a counselor oradviser to get help.
Many university counselorshave special guidelines to helprecognize when a student has aproblem. A list made in 2005 atthe NACADA conference for ed-ucational advisers includes sypm-toms like unresponsiveness, ex-cessive procrastination, noticablechange in behavior, impairedspeech or disjointed thought, andinability to describe their ownemotions.
Universities everywhere haveresponded to the problem by en-acting policies that help those af-fected by mental illness early on,before their condition worsens.
Ways to reduce stress:
Keeping your mind in mind
Things to think about Manage your time
Take short breaks while studying
Go for a walk or jog
Take up a low energy hobby
Take a nap
Take a fun class like yoga
Meditation
Low impact exercise
Things to avoid:
25%
of college students
say they are
overwhelmed.
The number of students
diagnosed with more
than one mental
disorder increased by
37%
The number of
suicidal thoughts in
students declined by
15%
The number
of students with a
mental disorder
receiving counsel-
ing raised by
3 %
In colleges across the country:
Between 1997 and 2009
Statistics and figures by Live Science and NACADA Journal.
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