Sihouette VOL. 18, 13 April 4, 13 The Silhouette, the official student newspaper of Garden City Community College, is entering its 16th year of service to the campus community. The Silhouette serves a campus with more than 2,300 students and more than 300 faculty and staff. Garden City, with a population of 30,000 and an average age of 26, is the largest and fastest growing city in Southwest Kansas. Advertising in the Silhouette is a dependable and cost-effective way to reach this market.
VOL. 18, NO. 13 APRIL 4, 2013 EGC3MEDIA.COM GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GCCC Information Services ere’s still time to buy advance admission for “Wild, Wild West,” the 35th Annual Garden City Community College Endowment Association Scholarship Auction, which is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 in the Finney County Exhibition Building. e auction usually attracts 1,000 to 1,200 people for an evening of entertainment and competitive bidding. Admission will be by wristband and the cost is $25 per person. Wristbands won’t be sold at the door and admission must be purchased in advance. e doors will open to wristband wearers at 6 p.m. the evening of the sale, with a 300-item silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m., and the main event, a 100-item live auction, getting under way at 7:30 p.m., conducted by Scott Auction of Garden City. ADMISSION WRISTBAND LOCATIONS Admission wristbands are on sale at the Endowment Association office in the GCCC Student and Community Services Center. Association board members and key local businesses also have them available, including Keller Leopold Insurance, 302 Fleming; Kinney Glass, 415 N. Eighth; Goldworks, 1005 N. Main; Skeeter’s Body Shop, 3104 W. Jones Avenue; and Lewis Motors, at Campus and Fulton. The association is also conducting a donation drawing for a 2013 Cadillac ATS. e $50 tickets in the car drawing are available in the same locations as the wristbands, with the winner’s name to be drawn at the conclusion of the auction among 13 finalists. ere’s no need to be present to win. e silver coast metallic sport sedan is on display at Lewis Motor Co. Businesses and individuals throughout southwest Kansas are donating goods, funds and services for the auction and anyone with contributions or questions may contact the association at 620-276-0412. ITEMS UP FOR BIDDING Items already planned for the live auction include a catered barbecue for 30 people, provided by C Mor Butz BBQ of Scott City with Price and Sons Funeral Home, at the buyer’s choice of locations, valued at $700; the annual Beef It Up Barbecue offered by Tyson Fresh Meats and Black Hills Energy, including steaks and all the traditional trimmings for 50 people, also at the winning bidder’s choice of sites, valued at $1,000; and an African Hunting Safari for two people scheduled for August of 2014 donated by Southwest Kansas Office Leasing. ere are various college and professional sports event packages, ranging from pre-season Denver Broncos tickets for four, a $1,380 value donated by Van and Anita Salyer, John and Emme Miller and Mike and Kathie Harris, to admission for four to see Kansas State University football in Manhattan, given by Bill and Melissa Savolt. FOOD & DRAWINGS Donors are also providing other travel experiences and special services; spring yard, lawn and patio goods; jewelry and additional top-flight merchandise, furniture, collectibles, memorabilia, original artwork and gift certificates for the live and silent segments of the sale. In addition to the bidding, auction goers can try their luck in a casino pit-style fish bowl drawing with 10 items. ere will also be an additional donation drawing that offers the prize of a Vegas round-trip giveaway. Beverages will be complimentary throughout the evening, and Great Western Dining will be providing two meal choices for the evening: a beef brisket dinner with Texas caviar salad, baked beans, two types of cornbread and a jumbo cookie for $9 or a chicken sandwich meal with chips and a jumbo cookie for only $6. Scan for bonus coverage at egc3media.com SPORTS Training for football page 5 NEXT PRINT ISSUE — April 18, 2013 Silhouette The SCENE Flash Light Easter page 6 NEWS GC3 Advisor serves as FHSU panelist page 3 Harley Torres [email protected]see WELCH pg. 4 William S. Clifford, M.D.,Merilyn Douglass, and Ronald Schwartz were all re- elected to two-year terms on Garden City Community College’s board of trustees during Tuesday’s Finney County spring general elections. A fourth candidate, Harold Orosco, Garden City, finished 772 votes behind the third highest vote recipient. Clifford, 58, works as a physician at Fry Eye Associates. Clifford and his wife, Jean have six children. Clifford says his priorities for the college are to “ensure the continued excellence of the instruction received by students, to maximize the use of taxpayer resources for the economic and cultural well-being of the community and to position GCCC for success in the coming decades.” Douglass, 54, works as a family nurse practitioner at Sienna Medical Clinic, Douglass and her husband Steve Douglass have five children. Douglass said she plans to bring her experience of two terms back to the board. Ron Schwartz, 64, is retired from Burtis Motors and he and his wife, Janie Schwartz are active in various community and college functions Schwartz has served on the board for the past eight years and said he is excited for the direction the board and Dr. [Herbert] Swender are taking the college. “I feel that our board is strong and works well together with our president and I would hate to see the make up of our board change,” Schwartz said. Clifford received 33 percent of the votes followed by Douglass who received 31 percent, and Schwartz at 26 percent. Along with the election of the GCCC Trustees and USD 457 board of education, , the spring general election ballot alsoasked voters to reauthorize retailers’ one-half cent sales tax. Overwhelmingly, the results of the yes/no vote for the reauthorization were 1,277 votes “yes” to 248 votes “no.” e tax was first authorized by voters in 1994 and was reauthorized in 2005. e tax runs for 10 years and was set to expire Oct. 1, 2015, had reauthorization failed. In 2012, the tax generated $2.875 million, which was used to stabilize the mill levy and to help pay for transportation projects and capital Voters re-elect incumbent trustee candidates; retain half-cent sales tax ‘Wild, Wild West’ auction ready to round-up bids see ELECTIONS pg. 3 Providing math tutoring in the Comprehensive Learning Center as a freshman, Joshua Welch, now a GCCC sophomore, was recently named a 2013 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars, and providing nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Each Gold Scholar receives a $1,500 scholarship and a special medallion. JESUS LOZOYA | SILHOUETTE Buster earns academic gold Competitive, driven student excels in, outside classroom 35th annual scholarship fundraiser touts 300+ silent, 100+ live auction items While he admits it was a fairly involved process, Joshua Welch said he is thrilled to have been selected from among more than 800 applications as one of 50 2013 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholars. Each Gold Scholar receives a $1,500 scholarship and a special medallion. “ey ask you basic information such as why you decided to go to a community college, what is your motivation for going to school, what is your grade point average, then they had an endeavors questions which was what was your most significant endeavor since coming to a community college and how do you use your skills to help the community,” Welch said. Welch said the application process allowed him time to reflect on how chose GCCC. “I had taken classes out there [at GCCC] while I was in high school and I just thought that there were quality teachers and I was going to gain the same amount of knowledge that I would by going into a four-year institution,” Welch said. Welch admits finances also factored into his decision. “It [GCCC] was cheaper and yet I could still receive a quality education,” he said. Welch said his most significant endeavor has come from his work as a tutor in the Comprehensive Learning Center. Something he has been doing since May 2011. “Ideally I use all of the knowledge that I have learned through classes and apply it,” Welch said. “I use a lot of my math skills that I have picked up at the college and I use English skills as well. It felt really difficult at times being able to remember all this stuff, but is also very rewarding being able to help other students, especially when some of the classes they come in with is stuff that you struggled with while taking those classes.” His path to tutoring was revealed to him by one of his former teachers. “It was something that I have always been kind of attracted to. I took a college algebra class my junior year of high school and he recommend to me… ‘you would be a good tutor and if you are going up here after you graduate high school, I can get you in contact and you can become a tutor for our tutoring center,’ I thought that was kind of exciting to go out here. So I think that this inspired me to go out here, he kind of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society administers the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Program and recognizes Coca-Cola Community College scholars during All-State Community College Academic Team Recognition ceremonies held in 38 states. Student scholars also receive recognition locally during ceremonies held on campus and internationally for those who are able to attend Phi Theta Kappa’s Annual Convention. Community college presidents or their designated nominators may submit no more than two nominations per campus for this award. An independent panel of judges considers outstanding academic rigor, grade point average, academic and leadership awards, and engagement in college and community service in the selection process.
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VOL. 18, NO. 13 APRIL 4, 2013 EGC3MEDIA.COM GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GCCC Information Services
There’s still time to buy advance admission for “Wild, Wild West,” the 35th Annual Garden City Community College Endowment Association Scholarship Auction, which is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 in the Finney County Exhibition Building.
The auction usually attracts 1,000 to 1,200 people for an evening of entertainment and competitive bidding. Admission will be by wristband and the cost is $25 per person. Wristbands won’t be sold at the door and admission must be purchased in advance.
The doors will open to wristband wearers at 6 p.m. the evening of the sale, with a 300-item silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m., and the main event, a 100-item live auction, getting under way at 7:30 p.m., conducted by Scott Auction of Garden City.ADMISSION WRISTBAND LOCATIONS
Admission wristbands are on sale at the Endowment
Association office in the GCCC Student and Community Services Center. Association board members and key local businesses also have them available, including Keller Leopold Insurance, 302 Fleming; Kinney Glass, 415 N. Eighth; Goldworks, 1005 N. Main; Skeeter’s Body Shop, 3104 W. Jones Avenue; and Lewis Motors, at Campus and Fulton.
The association is also conducting a donation drawing for a 2013 Cadillac ATS. The $50 tickets in the car drawing are available in the same locations as the wristbands, with the winner’s name to be drawn at the conclusion of the auction among 13 finalists. There’s no need to be present to win. The silver coast metallic sport sedan is on display at Lewis Motor Co.
Businesses and individuals throughout southwest Kansas are donating goods, funds and services for the auction and anyone with contributions or questions may contact the association at 620-276-0412. ITEMS UP FOR BIDDING
Items already planned for the live auction include a catered barbecue for 30 people, provided by C Mor Butz BBQ of Scott City with Price and Sons Funeral Home, at the buyer’s choice of locations, valued at $700; the annual Beef It Up Barbecue offered by Tyson Fresh Meats and Black Hills Energy, including steaks and all the traditional trimmings for 50 people, also at the winning
bidder’s choice of sites, valued at $1,000; and an African Hunting Safari for two people scheduled for August of 2014 donated by Southwest Kansas Office Leasing.
There are various college and professional sports event packages, ranging from pre-season Denver Broncos tickets for four, a $1,380 value donated by Van and Anita Salyer, John and Emme Miller and Mike and Kathie Harris, to admission for four to see Kansas State University football in Manhattan, given by Bill and Melissa Savolt. FOOD & DRAWINGS
Donors are also providing other travel experiences and special services; spring yard, lawn and patio goods; jewelry and additional top-flight merchandise, furniture, collectibles, memorabilia, original artwork and gift certificates for the live and silent segments of the sale.
In addition to the bidding, auction goers can try their luck in a casino pit-style fish bowl drawing with 10 items. There will also be an additional donation drawing that offers the prize of a Vegas round-trip giveaway.
Beverages will be complimentary throughout the evening, and Great Western Dining will be providing two meal choices for the evening: a beef brisket dinner with Texas caviar salad, baked beans, two types of cornbread and a jumbo cookie for $9 or a chicken sandwich meal with chips and a jumbo cookie for only $6.
William S. Clifford, M.D.,Merilyn Douglass, and Ronald Schwartz were all re-elected to two-year terms on Garden City Community College’s board of trustees during Tuesday’s Finney County spring general elections. A fourth candidate, Harold Orosco, Garden City, finished 772 votes behind the third highest vote recipient.
Clifford, 58, works as a physician at Fry Eye Associates. Clifford and his wife, Jean have six children. Clifford says his priorities for the college are to “ensure the continued excellence of the instruction received by students, to maximize the use of taxpayer resources for the economic and cultural well-being of the community and to position GCCC for success in the coming decades.”
Douglass, 54, works as a family nurse practitioner at Sienna Medical Clinic, Douglass and her husband Steve Douglass have five children. Douglass said she plans to bring her experience of two terms back to the board.
Ron Schwartz, 64, is retired from Burtis Motors and he and his wife, Janie Schwartz are active in various community and college functions Schwartz has served on the board for the past eight years and said he is excited for the direction the board and Dr. [Herbert] Swender are taking the college.
“I feel that our board is strong and works well together with our president and I would hate to see the make up of our board change,” Schwartz said.
Clifford received 33 percent of the votes followed by Douglass who received 31 percent, and Schwartz at 26 percent.
Along with the election of the GCCC Trustees and USD 457 board of education, , the spring general election ballot alsoasked voters to reauthorize retailers’ one-half cent sales tax. Overwhelmingly, the results of the yes/no vote for the reauthorization were 1,277 votes “yes” to 248 votes “no.” The tax was first authorized by voters in 1994 and was reauthorized in 2005. The tax runs for 10 years and was set to expire Oct. 1, 2015, had reauthorization failed. In 2012, the tax generated $2.875 million, which was used to stabilize the mill levy and to help pay for transportation projects and capital
Providing math tutoring in the Comprehensive Learning Center as a freshman, Joshua Welch, now a GCCC sophomore, was recently named a 2013 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars, and providing nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Each Gold Scholar receives a $1,500 scholarship and a special medallion.
JESUS LOZOYA | SILHOUETTE
Buster earns academic goldCompetitive, driven student excels in, outside classroom
While he admits it was a fairly involved process, Joshua Welch said he is thrilled to have been selected from among more than 800 applications as one of 50 2013 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholars. Each Gold Scholar receives a $1,500 scholarship and a special medallion.
“They ask you basic information such as why you decided to go to a community college, what is your motivation for going to school, what is your grade point average, then they had an endeavors questions which was what was your most significant endeavor since coming to a community college and how do you use your skills to help the community,” Welch said.
Welch said the application process allowed him time to reflect on how chose GCCC.
“I had taken classes out there [at GCCC] while I was in high school and I just thought that there were quality teachers and I was going to gain the same amount of knowledge that I would by going into a four-year institution,” Welch said.
Welch admits finances also factored into his decision.
“It [GCCC] was cheaper and yet I could still receive a quality education,” he said.
Welch said his most significant endeavor has come from his work as a tutor in the Comprehensive Learning Center. Something he has been doing since May 2011.
“Ideally I use all of the knowledge that I have learned through classes and apply it,” Welch said. “I use a lot of my math skills that I have picked up at the college and I use English skills as well. It felt really difficult at times being able to remember all this stuff, but is also very rewarding being able to help other students, especially when some of the classes they come in with is stuff that you struggled with while taking those classes.”
His path to tutoring was revealed to him by one of his former teachers.
“It was something that I have always been kind of attracted to. I took a college algebra class my junior year of high school and he recommend to me… ‘you would be a good tutor and if you are going up here after you graduate high school, I can get you in contact and you can become a tutor for our tutoring center,’ I thought that was kind of exciting to go out here. So I think that this inspired me to go out here, he kind of
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society administers the
Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team
Program and recognizes Coca-Cola Community
College scholars during All-State Community College Academic Team Recognition
ceremonies held in 38 states. Student scholars also receive
recognition locally during ceremonies held on campus
and internationally for those who are able to attend
Phi Theta Kappa’s Annual Convention.
Community college
presidents or their designated nominators may
submit no more than two nominations per campus for this award. An independent
panel of judges considers outstanding academic
rigor, grade point average, academic and leadership awards, and engagement
in college and community service in the selection
process.
OPINION | 2 SILHOUETTE | APRIL 4, 2013 Quotable“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott
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Time is up. Several residents living in the mobile home park located at 1706 E. Spruce St. are refusing to leave. Following a public outcry during the February trustees’ meeting, the college agreed to give them more time to relocate. They have been given more time to relocate than what is legally required. Now, it appears they are asking the college for money. We say enough is enough.
And now, to see how the issue has drawn media coverage from across the state, we as journalism students are a bit baffled at how this issue has been blown out of perspective.
We’ve heard that Univision is coming to town to cover this story. We can’t help but wonder whether they would be coming to Garden City if the homeowners were of a different race. We
understand they are trying to provide coverage of issues that affect the Hispanic community. We, as a newspaper staff that is made up of all Hispanics, respect that. However, we are concerned what the angle of their story might be.
We’ve watched the coverage of the issue develop in our local city newspaper. We’ve grown concerned at what we’ve seen as a failure to balance the information. We don’t want to see this further develop into an issue of race or discrimination because it is neither.
We, as Hispanic students, take issue with having our college painted as the enemy. When in all actuality, GCCC has made it possible for many of us to pursue our education with the help of scholarships as well as the mentorship of many genuine faculty, staff and administrators. GCCC’s student body is made up of 45.6
percent minority students and non-reported according to the college’s annual demographic report.
What began as a business transaction has snowballed into what some would have you think is an issue of class or racial discrimination. It isn’t. Housing in Garden City is the issue. Rental properties are hard to come by and on-campus housing is full, which makes it difficult for current, let alone future students to find a place to live. The college wants to provide housing to students, many of whom will be minorities. So, does that make them heartless? Not hardly. Did the previous property owner deserve to forever carry the debt of those who were failing to pay their lot rent? Not feasible. Don’t try telling us GCCC doesn’t care about minorities. WE are GCCC and WE are minorities.
Is area media distorting Spruce Street aquisition?
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Utility shut off noticed posted on Spruce street property. The sign indicates that utilities will be shut off by March 15. However, the tenants were given an extension due to weather and financial conditions. The tenants still do not wish to move without some form of reimbursement.
It’s not easy If a frIend or coworker claIms to know just about everythIng. however, you must be careful not to alIenate others by dIsmIssIng them prematurely. remaInIng open to someone who Is actIng In an Immature manner can eI surprIsIng.
seekIng new ways to do your job mIght start off as an amusIng pastIme, yet It could pay off quIckly If you make an Improvement that others can use as well. however, don’t frItter your creatIvIty away by lookIng for pIe-In-the-sky solutIons.
It’s usually challengIng to maIntaIn your focus for a long perIod of tIme, yet It may be even trIckIer today. don’t pretend that you are concentratIng on what’s happenIng now If your mInd keeps wanderIng off Into future possIbIlItIes.
you are wIllIng to do what Is expected of you, even If you don’t want to be seen by too many people. but Instead of makIng waves about your IrratIonal desIre for prIvacy, stay present In the real world and act In a responsIble manner.
an excItIng adventure may be awaItIng you, but you must place yourself back Into the pIcture before your dreams can manIfest. however, you have a problem If you recently lost touch wIth realIty because your fantasIes seemed so close.
you gaIn strength as the day progresses now that the moon Is vIsItIng earthy caprIcorn. but uncertaIn feelIngs may be upsettIng at fIrst as you seek the solId ground of clarIty. don’t be afraId to take the InItIatIve In any kInd of relatIonshIp today.
you may thInk you need to clean up a sItuatIon from a recent dIsagreement, but you stIll haven’t receIved the stable, long-term answer that you seek. If you are frustrated because you feel mIsunderstood today, avoId expressIng your anger.
the work that you recently Invested In yourself Is almost ready to be presented to the world. although It’s not wIse to stand on the sIdelInes and watch sIlently, you aren’t quIte ready for prIme tIme yet.
waves of heavy feelIngs may wash over you now that the moon Is vIsItIng soberIng caprIcorn. It Isn’t the end of the fun, but Important Issues that requIre your attentIon are comIng back Into focus. manage your tIme and money.
you may feel as If people have been showIng off recently and receIvIng unwarranted attentIon for theIr unprecedented actIons. fInally, everyone seems to be ready to get back down to earth and talk to someone lIke you who really knows what to do. don’t overplay your authorIty card.
It’s tIme to tear down any artIfIcIal walls you prevIously buIlt usIng fear as the prImary IngredIent now that the moon Is In your sIgn agaIn. revealIng your vulnerabIlIty In a socIally approprIate manner can raIse the level of IntImacy In nearly any type of relatIonshIp.
the separatIon between objectIve realIty and subjectIve perceptIon contInues to narrow now that the moon Is vIsItIng your 12th house of spIrItual mystery. you have entered a phase when your ratIonal thoughts and IrratIonal feelIngs can float around together In your dreams.
Leo the Lion | JuLy 23 - August 22
Virgo the Virgin | August 23 - september 22
Aries the rAm | mArch 21 - ApriL 19
tAurus the buLL | ApriL 20 - mAy 20
gemini the twins | mAy 21 - June 21
cAncer the crAb | June 22 - JuLy 22
LibrA the scALes | september 23 - october 22
scorpio the scorpion | october 23 - noVember 21
sAgittArius the Archer | noVember 22 - December 21
cApricorn the seA goAt | December 22 - JAnuAry 19
AquArius the wAter cArrier | JAnuAry 20 - FebruAry 19
pisces the Fishes | FebruAry 19 - mArch 20
Sodoku puzzle answers to be posted in next issue as well as updated weekly horoscores. Horoscope readings apply to the week, not that horoscopes are to be updated in a week. Next print date: April 14, 2013.
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improvement projects. Some of the projects that have been completed
using funds from the one-half cent sales tax include: West Kansas Avenue reconstruction from 8th to Taylor, Fulton Street reconstruction from Main to Ninth, Taylor Avenue reconstruction from Jenny to Campbell, Mary Street reconstruction from Taylor to Eighth, Mary Street reconstruction from Third to Campus, Main Street reconstruction Fulton to Maple, Annual Crack Filling and Street Sealing, Airport Taxiway A, Phase 3, reconstruction, and Airport parking lot expansion. In the summer of 2012, the city commission set the 2013 city mill rate at 38.96; one mill will generate $164,300.
The budgeted revenue from the one-half cent sales tax for 2013 is projected to be $2.750 million. The one-half cent sales tax holds the same value as 16.73 mills. Since the issue at hand was the reauthorization of the tax, not a sales tax increase, the sales tax rate remains unchanged
i n s p i r e d t o s t a r t tutoring,” he said.
While his work as a tutor is mostly focused on helping others, Welch says he has benefited from the support of his co-workers.
“The s taf f that we have at the CLC is really encouraging,” he said. “They help you become a better tutor and just do better academically.”
Welch said doing better is fueled by his competitive nature.
“I definitely always want to do the best I can do,” he said. “It is good to know when you are doing a good job, so I tend to in way, try to compete with myself and always do better than what I have done the previous semester or I always set goals at the beginning of the semester, ‘this is what
I want to do and this is what I want to accomplish and make those goals.’ Not every semester I met those goals, but that is why I try harder the next semester.”
Doing his best usually involves putting in long days.
“My regular routine consists of getting to classes by about nine o’clock, coming back home for an hour to get lunch and then staying with either work or school until about ten o’clock at night,” he said. “That is a normal Monday through Thursday day for me, my classes vary from day-to-day, but they mostly are like this plus clubs and meetings.”
Welch still manages to find time for community volunteering.
“I am a docent for the
zoo, you will see them every once in a while at the middle school or at the zoo giving programs with the animals,” Welch said.
“He works hard and studies hard to fulfil his responsibi l i t ies ,” sa id Winsom Lamb, GCCC PTK co-advisor. “I was not surprised at that Josh was chosen as a Coca-Cola Gold Scholar. He has very specific goals for his future as he plans to attend KSU and study engineering. He is most deserving of this award! I think that anyone who has had Josh is class or as has worked with him in anyway would agree that he a great person.”
Lamb said Welch is dedicated and very driven and he is supportive of his fellow PTK members and encourages them to be successful.
“We have appreciated
how dedicated he is to our chapter and its success. He has lead by example this year and has held our chapter and its members to high standards,” Lamb said. “He will be missed year, but has left behind a great foundation for our next group of officers.”
We l c h’s Ac a d e m i c Excellence Challenge coach Kay Davis said he is a very deserving young man who works hard.
“He is an excellent team member for AEC and we are excited to go to the state tournament this weekend,” Davis said. “Josh is a member of the science club and works very hard for the club.”
Welch said he plans to transfer to Kansas State University where he will major in engineering and mathematics.
GC3 Media adviser serves as FHSU panelistFollowing the cessation of the print version of Fort Hays
State University’s campus newspaper, The University Leader, FHSU President Dr. Edward Hammond appointed a taskforce made up of college officials and student representatives to investigate the future of news and information dissemination on the FHSU campus. In addition to the task force, GCCC Humanities Instructor and Student Media adviser Laura York Guy was one of five expert panelists invited by Hammond to visit the FHSU campus March 26 to share their views during a symposium on the media industry and collegiate journalism.
“My role on the panel was that of an educator. There were others who sat on the panel who work in the profession as businessmen and journalists,” Guy said.
Guy, who is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Scholastic Press Association as well as first vice president of Kansas Collegiate Media, served on the panel that included Gary Shorman, president and CEO of Eagle Communications, Hays, Kan.; Ralph Gage, director of special projects for The Lawrence Journal-World; Pat Lowry, editor and publisher of The Hays Daily News; and Scott Reinardy, associate professor and chair of the News and Information Track in the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.
FHSU’s The University Leader last printed its paper Jan. 31 citing budget cuts from the Student Government Association as well as a lack of advertising revenue. The Leader is still available online; however, students have raised concerns about a lack of communication and a student voice on the campus
“FHSU is looking not to reduce its investment in the dissemination of news and information but to strengthen engagement with members of our community in responsible and efficient ways,” Hammond said in a released statement.Guy said it comes as no surprise to her that The Leader has seen
a significant drop in advertising revenues.
“Right now, advertising clients equate responsible ad-buying decisions with having a tangible product, a newspaper,” she said. “In the absence of a paper, advertisers are less likely, in smaller communities, to buy just online advertising. So it becomes a complex issue. We think we know how our readers want their news delivered to them and many times that involves an online component; however, in order to have funding, we must also have a print product advertisers are willing to buy into.”
Guy said she agreed to serve on the panel to explain the role scholastic journalism can and should play on college campuses.
“I’ve always championed freedom of speech and of the press,” Guy said. “And along with that cause comes the importance of teaching students responsibility. Journalism education can and should lead to tangible skill development. It teaches students how to research, write, think critically, manage their time, work effectively with others and become engaged with their communities. It isn’t just about a product, it is about a process.”
The symposium, which was broadcast live on FHSU’s web site and is now available for viewing on YouTube, revealed various perspectives from panelists; however, one central theme that they all seemed to share was that of “relevancy,”.
“I think the challenge is trying to figure out how to stay true to researching and communicating information that is relevant to your audience using the tools that are best suited for telling
that story,” Guy told audience members. “It all boils down to relevancy and the ability to communicate information to the audience in a persistent and efficient way.”
Guy said the FHSU issue hits home for her as she is in the midst of reviewing GCCC’s media program as well.
“The irony is FHSU, specifically The University Leader, is not alone in trying to determine how news and information should be disseminated,” Guy said. “GC3 Media is undergoing its own review and we have yet to determine what mediums we will continue to produce.”.
A town meeting discussing further advancements for FHSU’s publication was held April 2. No further information has yet been released regarding the future of The University Leader.
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Laura York Guy shares her viewpoint to the concept of media integration while Ralph Gage of the Lawrence Journal-World sits next to her. Guy was one of five selected by president, Dr. Edward Hammond to represent a panel of media experts at FHSU
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Noah McCallum, Garden City; stands with arms crossed for a photo in the aftermath of painting a backdrop for theater. During their time working on the project, McCallum and those involved donned second hand, modest clothing and blasted music that seemed to control the pace at which their painting was progressing.
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Careers for the future is what both Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman and GCCC President Dr. Herbert J. Swender said they want to see come from the newest addition to GCCC’s learning environment.
The addition, a 53-foot mobile lab that has been parked in the John Collins Vocational building parking lot since March 4, will serve as the foundation for the ServSafe and HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) programs.
Secretary Rodman, along with several city and county officials, was on campus March 28 to dedicate the lab.
“I think it’s a great tool and a great step forward,” Rodman said during a press conference prior to the mobile lab dedication ceremony. “We have a great need for people that have basic technical skills today. That’s where the jobs are at, universities in ag [agriculture] are filling the job’s but there are universities all over the United States that are graduating people that can’t get a job. So when you talk to employers who want people to know how to do something, this lab is teaching people how to do something, it helps certain skill sets.”
Rodman said that his ultimate goal is to bring more careers not jobs from this mobile lab.
“If you might notice, the governor put out some work last year on some technical education programs in order to get some technical certification schools so people have a piece of paper saying they know how to do something. This is really important because we have kind of lost a generation or two of people knowing how to do something. And I’m not talking about jobs, I’m talking about careers,” Rodman said.
Swender, who also attended the press conference, said he agreed with Rodman.
“This is just another example of putting those kind of programs back in the academic field. And I totally agree with the Secretary, it’s about careers, not just jobs,” Swender said.
The programs are designed to train workers to serve as inspectors of restaurants, meatpacking and food processing plants, cafeterias and other facilities that provide food to the public. Students who complete the training will earn a HACCP certificate that allows them to enter the food safety industry via the HACCP process that identifies and prevents hazards in food production.
The mobile lab and the expanded curriculum were made possible by the TRAC-7 grant program. The Technical Institute at Washburn University (WIT) coordinated the TRAC-7 consortium, which includes GCCC and six other Kansas community and technical colleges. This program is designed to support the collaborative efforts of the participating colleges to provide Kansas workers with academic and industry-recognized credentials and training necessary to meet the need for a skilled workforce.
Just a little more than a week ago, an emotional crowd attended a House committee hearing on House Bill 2192 that, if acted upon, would have repealed a nearly 10-year-old statute that allows students who graduate from Kansas high schools and have lived in Kansas for at least three years to pay in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges, regardless of residency status. While the hearing failed to produce any action, those who support the current statute and oppose HB2192 have continued to share their cause by circulating a petition via social media.
The petition has attracted the attention of several GCCC employees and students including H.A.L.O. (Hispanic American Leadership Organization) sponsors Manuela Vigil and Kurt Peterson.
With 616 people across Kansas having signed the petition as of April 1, Vigil explains the importance of signing and why students should be informed about House Bill 2192.
“I think that it’s important because the students that are in that situation, they cannot speak up for themselves. So we as citizens or residents, we should be able to go ahead and stand up for them and speak up for them,” Vigil said.
In her ninth year as a H.A.L.O. sponsor, Vigil recalls how she has seen students struggle with these laws that are trying to interfere with their education.
“I have seen tears coming out of the student’s eyes. I have seen students crying.
I have seen students worried about how they’re going to go ahead and pay their bill. I have seen students worried about what’s going to happen to them, if they cannot continue going to school. So I’ve seen it and it feels really bad. It feels bad when you feel like if your hands are tied and you can’t do a lot for them,” Vigil said. “So if me being able to send this e-mail and try to encourage other people to support these students, I’ll send the e-mail. I’ll send texts. I’ll be pushy, even if people get tired of hearing me. I’ll keep on doing it. I mean I did it and I’ll keep on doing it.”
Watching the possibility of these students’ dreams being taken away from them, is the reason why Vigil is so determined to keep spreading the word about petition.
“Somebody had to stand up for these kids and I know I’m not alone,” Vigil said.
Co-sponsor of H.A.L.O, Kurt Peterson, who found out about the petition from Vigil, said he believes that there is moral and economic side to the issue and disagrees with the removal of in-state tuition for immigrant students.
“I think it’s morally wrong to make them pay a higher rate because the students and the families are helping our economy,” Peterson said.
He said he believes that letting students benefit from the current law is a good investment because once students graduate from college and begin their careers as professionals, they will be able to give back to our economy.
“They want to have a good life. They want to someday get married, have
children and raise their children to have a good life; and give back to the community,” Peterson said.
Peterson said he wants people to have patience and realize that these students just want to be educated and go to school.
“A lot of people are afraid of what’s different; whether they look different, whether they speak a different language, whether they speak with an accent,” Peterson said. “People are afraid of what’s different or what they don’t know anything about, but they don’t take the time to learn more.”
He urges everyone to learn more about HB 2192 and sign the petition to help those students who don’t have a voice.
“The more people that sign the petition, then hopefully that’ll get more attention from our legislators and hopefully the House Bill 2192 will not be passed,” Peterson said.
To sign the petition you can go to www.changekansas.org. There will also be a meeting held Sunday, April 14, 2013 to discuss the laws that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is introducing, including discussion about HB 2192.
“Anybody can come. They want to have a hundred people and fifty of them they’d like to see students, whether that be high school students or college students,” Peterson said.
The meeting is open to the community and will be at St. Catherine Hospital from 3-5 p.m.
Herbert J. Swender, P.h.D. during the dedication ceromony in front of the movile lab. Assisting Swender at the dedication was City Manager Matt Allen, Kansas Secratary of Agriculture Dale Rodman, Chair of Board of Trustees Merilyn Douglass, and Clerk for the board of trustees Ron Schwartz
Kansas Secratary of Agricuture, Dale Rodman giving a speech at the dedication cermony held in the parking lot of the John Collins Vocational building on March 4. Rodman made sure to stress the importance of Kansas’ role in the future of argiculture
GCCC STAFF AND STUDENTS SIGN PETITION TO HELP IMMIGRANT STUDENTS IN KANSAS.Porenem quaspic idebis re omnim aut
According to the statistics obtained from the registrar’s office, this data shows that the number of out-of-state students has drastically grown since 2011. Taking off the HB 2145 will negativelly affect the current number of students who enroll in GCCC.
The Garden City Community College Athletic Department has announced the election of four new members to the GCCC Athletic Hall of Fame.
Shelly Meier, Frank Murphy, Jason Roach and Todd Tichenor are the new members of the Hall of Fame.
The public is welcome and tickets are $25 per person. Reservations can be made by April 17, by contact Ashley Rutti at 620.276.9606 or in the GCCC athletic director’s office in the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. Broncbuster Athletic Association board members also have tickets available for purchase. After the induction, there will be a meet-and-greet with cash bar at Samy’s Spirits and Steakhouse, 1911 E. Kansas Ave.
Shelly (Johnston) Meier, who attended Garden City Community from 1990-1992, was a two-sport athlete competing on the rodeo and women’s basketball teams. Meier enters the Broncbuster Hall of Fame with a
long list of rodeo accolades.Frank Murphy is one of the most highly
decorated Broncbuster football players of all time. Murphy led the Broncbusters to a National Runner Up finish in 1997 and was named a “First-Team All American” and the “National Player of the Year” in the NJCAA.
Jason Roach, after a standout prep-wrestling career at Midwest City High School in Oklahoma, Jason Roach attended Garden City Community College from 1988-1990. While at Garden City, Jason was named the “Garden City Wrestler of the Year” and was a two-time national champion in 1989 and 1990.
Todd Tichenor graduated in 1995 from Garden City High School where he played football, basketball and baseball. He went on to play baseball for Joe Slobko and the Garden City Broncbusters. While playing for the Busters, Tichenor officiated football, basketball and baseball. He officiated his first state high school basketball tourney in 1996 and eventually worked up to the Class 3A finals in 1998.
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GCCC baseball is currently 16-18 overall and 10-6 in conference play with a total of 34 total games played.
They are currently sitting at 208 total runs with batting average of .294 percent, an on base average of .398 percent, a slugging percentage of .414 and a total of 15 home runs. Their next matchup will be against Cloud County Community College at Willams Stadium April 6 with games at 3 and 5 p.m. and games April 7 with games at 1 and 3 p.m.
“Cloud is a very tough opponent and they always play well down here. There is no room to breathe this weekend with the Thunderbirds,” said head baseball coach Chris Finnegan.
GCCC’s Broncbuster baseball team is turning things around with their most recent games against Colby Community College. The team came out on top with 3-4 games won coming out of their most recent loss against Clarendon on March 27 with the final score being Clarendon 4 and GCCC 7.
“The Colby series is always tough, it is two teams
that match up very well and play the same style of baseball. I thought our mental approach all weekend was very good. We grinded out some tough innings that helped us win the series,” said Finnegan.
Prior to the Colby matchup, the Busters had faced Lamar, Pratt, Clarendon, and Seward Community College. On March 13, Lamar beat GCCC at home with a final score of 1-11. Pratt was next to face on their home turf and GCCC game out on top with 3-4 games won with scores of 11-7 win, 15-11 win, 1-6 loss, and 16-3 win. Next was the game against Lamar and they [Lamar] again came out with the win with a final score of 3-4 at their home field advantage. The Broncbusters then faced Seward at home with 1-4 games being won. Games one and two played on March 22 were both losses with the final scores being 2-3 and 5-13. Due to weather conflictions games three and four had to be rescheduled for March 26. The Broncbusters came out with a win in game three 7-4, and then another loss in game four with a score of 1-5.
“Seward made pitches and defended well all weekend. They got big hits in big situations where we didn’t at times. I thought that game one we should have won and came out with a split on the series. Game three we won and did a great job overall,” Finnegan said.
GCCC softball is currently sitting with an overall record of 10-12 (.455) and 5-3 (.625) in conference play. The women have played a total of 22 games with a total of 83 runs, .283 percent batting average, .339 on base percentage, .378 slugging percentage, and a total of 13 home runs so far this season.
The team most recently played Barton County, Seward County, McCook, and Butler Community College. Both games against Barton County Community College were wins for the Lady Broncbuster’s. The women won game one 12-9 and game two 7-3.
The Lady Broncbuster’s then faced
Seward County and split with them winning one out of two games. The final score for game one was 3-1 win and game two 3-8 loss.
McCook was next in line to face the Lady Broncbuster’s. The Broncbuster’s won both games with scores of 4-3 for game one and 6-5 for game two. Butler is of the most recent opponent that the GCCC Lady Broncbuster’s have faced coming out with losses for both games. The Lady Broncbuster’s lost game one with a score of 2-8 and game two with a score of 3-18. The Lady Broncbuster next opponents are Eastern Oklahoma, Maplewoods, and Crowder at the BUCO BASH tournament in El Dorado, Kan.. Games are scheduled for April 5 with games starting at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and April 6 with games starting at 3 and 5 p.m.
Several Buster athletes have been signed by four-year programs where they will be able to continue their athletic and academic careers. “We had a tremendous year of having our football player’s sign scholarships with numerous four-year institutions,” said head football coach Matt Miller.
Miller confirmed that former quarterback Nick Marshall has signed with Auburn University and wide receiver Rod Coleman signed with the University of Kansas. Along with these two, coach Merci Falaise confirmed four offensive linemen confirmed they’ve signed letters of intent as well. They include Devinn Ritter and Dillon Salmans with Presbyterian College, DJ Willams with Southeastern Louisiana, and Tyler White with Newberry College.
Currently GCCC men’s and women’s basketball is waiting on the April 15 signing date to release names of players who will be signing with 4-year programs.
“We do have several; however, we cannot announce them until after their signing day,” head women’s basketball coach Alaura Sharp said.
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Baseball 10-6 in conference
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Justin Gale, high school instructor play fresbee golf at the fourth basket of the frisbee golf course on GCCC’s campus Saturday, together with four other Garden City High School instructors. Equipment can be checked out at the Beth Tedrow Student Center.
Front to back: Tim Hii, Jerrell Allen, Jamal Tyler, football players doing independent training durning the off season. The drill helps improve the player’s agility.
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When prizes started to be raffled, Carlos Ahkothe , Del Rio, Texas and Nick Baca, Peyton Colo., won double prizes after the egg hunt. There were more than 70 prizes awarded
Manuela Vigil, HALO sponsor, said that students look forward to this date because this is something different for them to do. Michael SanJuan, Delia Hernandez and Thalia Viana, HALO members enjoy them while setting up prizes
Nicole Young looks for eggs inside the flower bushes located at the center of the quad, during the Ninth Annual HALO Flash Light Easter Egg Hunt
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About more than 50 students and community members attended the Flash Light Easter Egg Hunt. Attendees received a raffle ticket to win the prizes
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