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Silhouette The VOL. 17, NO. 11 FEBRUARY 23, 2012 EGC3MEDIA.COM GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPORTS PG 6 & 7 FEATURE PG 5 ALMOST MAINE PG 3 Involvement: Cross Country, Track, Resident Assist Hobbies: Running, listening to music, volunteering, camping, love the outdoors Food: BBQ & Seafood Movie: “We Were Soldiers” Color: Green Music: Rock -n- Roll & Country Subject: Social Studies & History Book: The Bible Interesting fact: I care about people. Quote: “Courage is the fear that has said it prayers.” Instructor: Dr. Thomas Do you know someone you think everyone else should know? Email your recommendation to silhouette@gcccks. edu and watch for that person to be featured. FACES CHRIS RAMSGARD On Feb. 8, the GCCC Board of Trustees voted unanimously to increase tuition for the fall 2012 semester after President Dr. Herbert Swender made the recommendation to raise it from the current $45 per credit hour to an even $50 per credit hour for in-state students. Out-of-state tuition will increase to $70 per credit hour with the exception of students from the bordering states of Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas and New Mexico, who will pay $65 per credit hour. GCCC will host the annual American Red Cross Bloodmobile for the American Red Cross Association March 7, 2012. “Blood donated to the Red Cross is used to help people facing illness, those who have been injured in accidents and even victims of violent crime, so the act of donating blood can literally become a life saving gesture,” said Janice Nunn, GCCC health nurse. Not only is the blood drive open to campus, but also to the community. Walk- ins are welcome, however, by setting up an appointment, your wait time will be considerably shortened. Student Government Association encourages people to participate in any way such as volunteering and/or donating blood. To reward the work of volunteers and donors, SGA has work with Nunn to Trustees vote to increase tuition and fees College to host Red Cross Blood drive March 7 President Swender says slight increase will help GCCC move forward technologically Omaha, Neb. to know see TUITION pg. 5 see BLOOD drive pg. 2 College eyes Obama’s 2013 budget proposal ECONOMIC SHOT? GCCC’s Academic Excellence Challenge (AEC) team is in Panama City, Fla., competing in the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) on Friday and Saturday. e team qualied for nationals on Jan. 21, after completing the NAQT sectional championships competition at Cloud Community College in Concordia. eir performance placed them in the top 24 teams in the nation. During that competition, GCCC was among eight teams competing; including, Allen County, Coffeyville, Cowley County, Dodge City, Hutchinson and Johnson Community College, as well as the host school. e Academic Excellence Challenge team members include Bryan Lunzmann, Hunter Rowland and Tillie Hall, all from Garden City, and Brandon Salter from Holcomb. Kay Davis, GCCC Physical Science Instructor, is the team coach. “is is only the second time in school history that GCCC has qualied for the national tournament and it is the second time in the past three years. ree years ago we placed in the top 10 teams and we were the highest-placing team ever from Kansas. We are very excited,” Davis said. GCCC’s national team had an outstanding fall season. ey earned the honor of rst place at the 2011 Snow Bowl Tournament hosted at Hutchinson Community College in December. ey concluded with a total of 1,610 points and a record of 7-1. e AEC season started in November at the Dodge City Community College Invitational. e team took rst and had a nal score of 5-0. AEC team members go to tournaments that consist of fast-paced question- and-answer rounds. The team has to answer questions on academic topics and general knowledge. e tournaments are conducted in association with the NAQT organization. is year’s team has worked hard to make it to nationals. “We practice by competing against each other twice every week, in addition to individually studying material that we might receive questions on,” team member Hunter Rowland, said. Rowland’s favorite subjects include math and science. “Honestly, I’m not sure how we will place at nationals, but we are denitely going to try our best to beat as many teams as we can.” Current technical programs meet two of three areas ANGIE HAFLICH [email protected]EDITOR’S NOTE: is is part one of a two part series covering the college’s reaction to President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget, which will pump an estimated $8 billion into community college education. GCCC college president Dr. Herbert J. Swender understands the cost of education is often the determining factor in whether or not students can attend college. And one of his solutions for making education more aordable for students is making certain that GCCC is a key player in growing the local, regional and state economy. “We’ve seen the Obama administration at the federal level, probably one of the rst presidents to give that much attention to that, and that’s why he’s put another $8 billion in community colleges.” As part of his proposed 2013 budget, President Obama included several provisions that could benet community colleges through an $8-billion “Community College to Career Fund” that would provide money to community colleges to form partnerships with businesses to train workers in high-growth and in-demand areas. “at’s what we are charted to do. at’s what’s going to pull this nation out of its tough economic times is getting our people back to work with the skills and jobs that are available and more importantly is to create a workforce,” Swender said. “You’ll nd literature out there on the workforce says that jobs follow the workforce, where it used to be the other way around. Swender said companies are locating where they can get the human resource applicants. “We want to be a part of that and see BUDGET pg. 2 Academic Challenge heads to national quiz tourney ZOE ROTH [email protected]Students take 7-1 regular season record to Florida The John Deere TECH program was started in 1991 by John Deere Company and GCCC. Its purpose is to create skilled technicians for employment in the agricultural equipment business. It is a four-way partnership with the John Deere Company, the John Deere dealer, GCCC, and the students in the program. Students in the college’s Department of Public Safety can focus on one of three career tracks— criminal justice, re science or emergency medical training. ANGIE HAFLICH [email protected]JESUS LOZOYA | SILHOUETTE COURTESY PHOTO JESUS LOZOYA [email protected]
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VOL. 17, NO. 11 FEBRUARY 23, 2012 EGC3MEDIA.COM GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPORTS PG 6 & 7
Hobbies: Running, listening to music, volunteering, camping, love the outdoors
Food: BBQ & Seafood Movie: “We Were Soldiers” Color: Green Music: Rock -n- Roll & Country Subject: Social Studies & History Book: The Bible Interesting fact: I care about people. Quote: “Courage is the fear that has
said it prayers.” Instructor: Dr. ThomasDo you know someone you think everyone else should know? Email your recommendation to [email protected] and watch for that person to be featured.
FACESCHRIS
RAMSGARD
On Feb. 8, the GCCC Board of Trustees voted unanimously to increase tuition for the fall 2012 semester after President Dr. Herbert Swender made the recommendation to raise it from the current $45 per credit hour to an even $50 per credit hour for in-state students. Out-of-state tuition will increase to $70 per credit hour with the exception of students from the bordering states of Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas and New Mexico, who will pay $65 per credit hour.
GCCC will host the annual American Red Cross Bloodmobile for the American Red Cross Association March 7, 2012.
“Blood donated to the Red Cross is used to help people facing illness, those who have been injured in accidents and even victims of violent crime, so the act of donating blood can literally become a life saving gesture,” said Janice Nunn, GCCC health nurse.
Not only is the blood drive open to campus, but also to the community. Walk-ins are welcome, however, by setting up an appointment, your wait time will be considerably shortened.
Student Government Association encourages people to participate in any way such as volunteering and/or donating blood. To reward the work of volunteers and donors, SGA has work with Nunn to
Trustees vote to increase tuition and fees
College to host Red Cross Blood drive March 7
President Swender says slight increase will help GCCC move forward technologically
Omaha, Neb.
to know
see TUITION pg. 5
see BLOOD drive pg. 2
College eyes Obama’s 2013 budget proposalECONOMIC SHOT?
GCCC’s Academic Exce l lence Challenge (AEC) team is in Panama City, Fla., competing in the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) on Friday and Saturday.
!e team quali"ed for nationals on Jan. 21, after completing the NAQT sectional championships competition at Cloud Community College in Concordia. !eir performance placed them in the top 24 teams in the nation.
During that competition, GCCC was among eight teams competing; including, Allen County, Coffeyville,
Cowley County, Dodge City, Hutchinson and Johnson Community College, as well as the host school.
!e Academic Excellence Challenge team members include Bryan Lunzmann, Hunter Rowland and Tillie Hall, all from Garden City, and Brandon Salter from Holcomb. Kay Davis, GCCC Physical Science Instructor, is the team coach.
“!is is only the second time in school history that GCCC has quali"ed for the national tournament and it is the second time in the past three years. !ree years ago we placed in the top 10 teams and we were the highest-placing team ever from Kansas. We are very excited,” Davis said.
GCCC’s national team had an outstanding fall season. !ey earned the honor of "rst place at the 2011 Snow Bowl Tournament hosted at Hutchinson Community College in December. !ey concluded with a total of 1,610 points and a record of 7-1. !e AEC season started in
November at the Dodge City Community College Invitational. !e team took "rst and had a "nal score of 5-0.
AEC team members go to tournaments that consist of fast-paced question-and-answer rounds. The team has to answer questions on academic topics and general knowledge. !e tournaments are conducted in association with the NAQT organization.
!is year’s team has worked hard to make it to nationals.
“We practice by competing against each other twice every week, in addition to individually studying material that we might receive questions on,” team member Hunter Rowland, said.
Rowland’s favorite subjects include math and science.
“Honestly, I’m not sure how we will place at nationals, but we are de"nitely going to try our best to beat as many teams as we can.”
Current technical programs meet two of three areasANGIE [email protected]
EDITOR’S NOTE: !is is part one of a two part series covering the college’s reaction to President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget, which will pump an estimated $8 billion into community college education.
GCCC college president Dr. Herbert J. Swender understands the cost of education is often the determining factor in whether or not students can attend college.
And one of his solutions for making education more a#ordable for students is making certain that GCCC is a key player in growing the local, regional and state economy.
“We’ve seen the Obama administration at the federal level, probably one of the "rst presidents to give that much attention to that, and that’s why he’s put another $8 billion in community colleges.”
As part of his proposed 2013 budget, President Obama included several provisions that could bene"t community colleges through an $8-billion “Community College to Career Fund” that would provide money to community colleges to form partnerships with businesses to train workers in high-growth and in-demand areas.
“!at’s what we are charted to do. !at’s what’s going to pull this nation out of its tough economic times is getting our people back to work with the skills and jobs that are available and more importantly is to create a workforce,” Swender said. “You’ll "nd literature out there on the workforce says that jobs follow the workforce, where it used to be the other way around. Swender said companies are locating where they can get the human resource applicants.
Students take 71 regular season record to Florida
The John Deere TECH program was started in 1991 by John Deere Company and GCCC. Its purpose is to create skilled technicians for employment in the agricultural equipment business. It is a four-way partnership with the John Deere Company, the John Deere dealer, GCCC, and the students in the program.
Students in the college’s Department of Public Safety can focus on one of three career tracks—criminal justice, !re science or emergency medical training.
“I may divide the $300.00 evenly among three winners which would give them $100.00 each. Usually it occurs as one club with the largest participation and two smaller clubs with 100% participation,” said Micah Kasriel, Student Activities Coordinator and Student Government Association advisor. “We do our best to support Janice and the campus blood drive by encouraging student clubs to participate.”
Appointments can be made by contacting 1.800.448.3543 or Janice Nunn, Student Health Nurse at 620.276.9601. !e "rst appointment will be at 9:30 am and the last appointment will be taken at 1:15 p.m.
Please take note that donors should eat regular meals and drink plenty of #uids the day of donating. You also must weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 years of age, 16 year old must have parental/guardian consent.
Apr 6-9: Easter Break- No ClassesApr 10: Classes ResumeApr 12: Rodeo at Southwestern
Oklahoma State 9:30 p.m.-12 a.m.- SGA
BowlMania at Hard Rock lanes
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SAVE THE DATE
Campus security personnel provide as-sistance unlocking vehicles, escorts for students and college personnel, jump starts for cars and engraving of personal property. Campus security can be con-tacted by calling 620.272-6828. The fol-lowing reports are taken from campus security personnel daily logs:
Aries (March 21- April 19) You may be wishing that you could go home but you are stuck where you are. If possible, spend it with someone you care about or even love. This will bring joy to your little world.Taurus (April 20 - May 20)A gift will be presented to you out of kindness from the least suspected person. It will become clearer to you the way you should handle a problem you are having. Taurus, this week will become a great memory.Gemini (May 21- June 21)Stick with family through thick and thin. This relationship will boost your con#dence and make your week. With this con#dence you will achieve more than you ever thought.Cancer (June 22- July 22)You may think everyone is out to get you, but in reality they are there to help you. When you reach this point, take a breather and think about what you can change to make this day better.Leo (July 23- Aug. 22) Living your life on your own can be tough, but lean on friends and family to help you through. Close friends and family will make the bad go away and make you realize all the good in life.Virgo (Aug. 23- Sept. 22)First, it will start off with a good grade then some type of good news from friends or a teacher. Then, at the end of the week a family member will call you and inform you that a celebration is in order.Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Life may not be going so well, but the least suspected thing will happen in class or at work. Celebration will follow after the good news is shared with the people you love.Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)Many bad things will happen when you least expect it. Scorpio, unlike the previous week, there will be no good news for you. Maybe next week will be better.Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)You could be bubbling over with energy. You might want to spend your day with friends. Finally, you should plan a long-term goal.Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)In your home, you will have a visitor but it could put a cramp in your desire to be alone. Your mind is sharp and ideas should come easily and fast. Don’t get so irritated with the situation at home that you sabotage your own plans. You might want to go o! somewhere by yourself.Aquarius (Jan. 20 -Feb. 18)You are amused with nature and for this week you may feel like you are one with nature. Do not be surprised if you spontaneously tune into the ideas and emotions around you. Use your insights to increase your understanding of others and #nd inspiration through them.Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 10)This will be one of those weeks you feel as if you could conquer the town or the world. You will be feeling strong, determined and willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals. This is an excellent week to look for a new job or ask for a raise.
Marian Hunter, Clay Center, Kan., Allied Health Instructor What are you most proud of? My family, Kala, Cord and KenzieWhat’s your philosophy? “We can all continue to learn, there is so much we don’t know”Cat or dog person? Both, we have 2 dogs and 3 cats
Here is some intel from the newest members
of the GCCC family.
Mark Campos, Scott City, Kan., GED Coordinator/AO-K CoordinatorWhat are you most proud of? My wife and her successWhat’s your philosophy? “Got a C in that class.”Cat or dog person? Dogs
Jason Stithem, Jetmore, Kan., Assistant football coachWhat are you most proud of? What’s your philosophy? Cat or dog person? Dog Person
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Budget continued from pg. 1dovetails in with the local Chamber mission and the Finney County Economic Development Corporation,” he said.
GCCC is already involved in several job-training programs.$
“When Obama talked about the two-year colleges and the businesses getting together - we do that already,” said Dr. Lenora Cook, dean of technical education.$
Cook said the college’s job-training programs work with advisory boards that meet with faculty and college administrators every semester to insure the program is meeting training needs.
“Because of that, I think we’re in a very good position for any money that might come down the federal way,” Cook said. “In the article I saw, Obama mentioned three things: high-tech manufacturing, clean energy and healthcare. Of those, we have two of
the three.”$!e two already in place at GCCC
are high-tech manufacturing and healthcare.
GCCC does o%er noncredit courses in small wind energy; however, because of a partnership Garden City has along with seven other Kansas colleges, there is no limit to what students pursuing careers in clean energy can learn.
“Cloud County has wind energy so we looked at our electric and hydraulic pneumatics, electronics and electricity and determined that students could take those basic courses here and then take some online education and two or three days at Cloud County to really put that into work for them - the large wind. So we don’t have to make the expenditures to get the large towers,” Cook said.
These types of partnerships are possible thanks to a $20 million grant
awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor in the early fall of 2011. !is was Kansas’ portion of President Obama’s nationwide $500 million “Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant,” which was designed to support collaborative e%orts of community and technical colleges in providing workers throughout the state with academic and industry-recognized training to meet the need for a skilled workforce.
“We have a Food Safety program and we’ll be getting a travel trailer and take it to any of our partner programs and do a serve-safe program, which is a very short entry-level program on how to prepare food and to make sure it’s appropriate and safe to serve,” Cook said.$
Swender said the college "nalizing its roll-out plan for the Food Safety program.
GCCC student Cristal Martinez being prepared by the American Red Cross nurse to give blood in 2011’s blood drive.
For Eligibility Criteria such as:
Medication and VaccinationGeneral Health ConsiderationsMedical Treatments that a!ect
EligibilityLifestyle and Life EventsSexually Transmitted DiseasesTravel Outside the U.S., ImmigrationMedical Conditions that A!ect
Eligibility
Go to www.redcrossblood.org for further details
Our sta! and volunteers will sign you in and go over basic eligibility and donation information.
You will read information about donating blood, and will be asked to show a donor card, driver’s license, or other form(s) of ID.
You will answer some q u e s t i o n s d u r i n g a private and con"dential interview about your
health history and places you have traveled. We will check your temperature, pulse, blood pressure and hemoglobin level present in a sample of blood.
Af ter donating, you should have a snack and something to drink in the refreshments area.
You can leave the site after 10-15 minutes and continue with your normal daily activities. Enjoy the feeling of accomplishment knowing that you have helped save lives.
Actual donation takes about 8-10 min., during which you will be seated comfortably. The process
is safe and sterile. Staff and volunteers will be available for any questions. Certain donation types, such as platelets, red cells or plasma, can take up to 2 hours.
Student Support Services will host the 19th annual TRIO Day Celebration today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Beth Tedrow Student Center Portico.
Students and college employees are invited to the come-and-go event to meet TRIO/SSS team members, SSS participants and SSS alumni.
“Everyone is welcome to attend the event,” Martha Lisk, SSS Director, said.
TRIO is 8 programs under the Higher Education Opportunity Act designed to assist students who are !rst generation college students, limited income backgrounds, and disabilities access to higher education.
GCCC count with two TRIO programs, SSS and ETS.
“One Person, One Item, Big Di"erence” is the theme for a joint community project between SSS and ETS. Program members are collecting personal care items to be distributed to the GCCC Access and Opportunity Center as well as the KNEA-SP Campus Closet.
“SSS has been doing the Free Market for the campus. A couple of years ago we started working with KNEA-SP and Phi #eta Kappa on the project. #e Campus Closet is a project of KNEA-SP. #is spring KNEA-SP brought everything they had to the Free Market. They were very low on supplies for their own project. Our students decided to help the Campus Closet restock by having the ‘Personal Care Item Drive’ as a part of our TRIO Day celebration,” Lisk said.
“Lucky 13” wi l l be the theme of the 2012 Garden City Community College Endowment Association Scholarship Auction, starting at 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the Finney County Exhibition Building.
Admission will be by wristband for the fourth straight year, rather than tickets or buttons, and the cost will be $25 per person. Wristbands won’t be sold at the door and admission must be purchased in advance.
The doors wil l open to wristband wearers at 6 p.m. the evening of the sale, with the 300-item silent auction starting at 6:30 p.m., and the 100-item main event live auction getting under way at 7:30 p.m., conducted by Scott Auction of Garden City.
The admission wristbands are available at the Endowment Association o$ce in the 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 Western Motor, at Fifth and Fulton.
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On #ursday, Feb. 16, academic honorees Daniel Gutierrez and Samantha Ricard were two of the 53 students who were honored at the 2012 All-Kansas Academic Team awards ceremony in Topeka.
#e scholars are members of Phi #eta Kappa (PTK), which is the international scholastic honor society for students at community and two-year colleges.
“Being part of Phi #eta Kappa is awesome. #ere are great opportunities to get to know a lot of people and it really sets you apart when you are a distinguished member of the biggest two-year honor society,” said Daniel Gutierrez, who is a business major that recently transferred to WSU after the fall semester.
Samantha Ricard, a sophomore at GCCC, said, “It’s a pretty great honor to be chosen for this award. #ere were only two students from each Phi #eta Kappa chapter in Kansas that received the award, so it felt awesome to be one of the two from GCCC.”
#e PTK All-Kansas Academic Team allows students to receive a scholarship, and anyone can apply for it. Gutierrez and Ricard each received $1,000 scholarships to any Kansas Regent school of their choice. Plus, at the ceremony they received a medallion, certi!cate, and also a $300 stipend, making their total scholarship total $1,300. Two students from each of the community colleges in Kansas are guaranteed to win. All they had to do was !ll out a common application form that PTK has.
PTK allows students to fill out different scholarships in the same application. All students
have to do is !ll out the di"erent parts of it that they want to apply for. Gutierrez and Ricard !lled out their scholarships and wrote a few essays, and PTK representatives at GCCC chose them.
#ursday morning, the students and their guests got to tour the capital and sit in on one of the sessions. #e Kansas Board of Regents had a lot of representatives in attendance, including college presidents and several college deans. #e representatives from GCCC were President Dr. Herbert Swender (President), Ryan Ruda (Dean of Student Services), and Kevin Brungardt (Dean of Academics). At the ceremony, students were called to the front and then they were given their medallion, met Dr. Swender, and got their picture taken.
Winsom Lamb, GCCC’s PTK advisor said, “It is very cool and a huge honor.”
In regards to the application process, Lamb said many students miss out on the opportunity for the scholarship because they simply don’t complete it. #ough students know about this scholarship, they choose not to apply. #is makes the selection process easy, but PTK wants more applicants.
“#e most important thing is that they get all their stu" in on time because there is a deadline, and if they don’t meet the deadline then they are removed out of the selection process,” Lamb said. “So, our selection process is never hard because if only two apply then that’s who we choose, unless it’s a really bad application or it is not complete, but that never happens.”
#is year there were only three applicants for the scholarship, so the process was not di$cult for PTK to choose.
Tickets now available for ‘Lucky 13’ -themed Endowment Auction
Audience members dined while living vicariously through almost a dozen two-character portrayals of love in the theater department’s Feb. 16-19 production of “Almost Maine.”
Director of Athletics Bob Larson
and his wife, Barb, were among college employees who attended.
“I loved it, the play of itself was fantastic then you add the food and the atmosphere made it better,” Larson said. “‘Sad and Glad’ was my favorite little play inside the whole show because it made me laugh the most.”
Playwright John Cariani’s play is set on a cold, clear, moonless Friday night in the middle of winter. During this
clear night residents of Almost !nd themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways.
A dinner theater is a good way to raise money and also have a good time “out on the town.” Showing the play four times last weekend, around 290 tickets were sold to help the department take their trip. Choosing the performing time around Valentines Day because people are looking for something to do around that time. When reading the play of “Almost, Maine” theater director Phil Hoke thought is was an incredible play and is a good play to work with.
“Almost, Maine” was honored by the new American National #eatre as one of the outstanding plays of 2004-05.
Cast members served a dinner of chicken cordon bleu, broccoli/cauliflower mix, and almond rice pilaf. Dessert was chocolate cake with a ganache topping. The meal was prepared Stacey Diehl and her Great Western Dining sta". Cindy Jarmer, BTSC O$ce Manager, said, “I thought it was good, the actors did well acting and making believable. #e cast being the servers was a di"erent setting and interesting as far as getting up close to the actors as they interacted during the dinner.”
Ulysses native Holden Eisiminger portrays East in the vingette “Her Heart”, who explains how “Almost, Maine” comes by its name, “It’s a town that never got around to get organized.”
Proceeds from this production will be used so theater students can return to Ames, Iowa, for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) where they received training in stage setting, lighting and acting.
“#ere were nine students this year the represented the college very well, even though we were one of the smallest represented colleges there,” explained theater director Phil Hoke during intermission.
“#e crowds reaction to the play was wonderful, it was received well,” Hoke said. Many hours were put into producing this play and it was all worth it. “I was satis!ed with the way it turned out, I think we got everything out of it that we could of. #is year’s turnout was better than last year and hoping it is even better next year,” mentioned Hoke.
As a director reading a play, they come vision a way they would like it performed, Phil Hoke’s vision came true through the students who preformed in “Almost, Maine.”
Justin Godwin plays Jimmy, a guy who got his heart broken by his girlfriend and who had villian tattooed on his arm. Ashley Martinez plays a waitress who tries to help him. At the end of the vignette, Jimmy realizes that the waitress’ name is Villian, matching the tattoo on his arm, which heals his broken heart as he realizes he has found the right girl for him.
Daniel Guttierez and Samantha Ricard with GCCC President Dr. Herbert Swender, after receiving their All-Kansas Academic Team Awards and medallions on Feb. 16 at the Topeka Ramada Hotel.
AlmostMaine
Light-hearted dinner theatre show feeds audience’s hunger for laughs
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!is year is leap year, which occurs every four years, adding one day to the calendar. My mind wandered to what a unique time to be born. !ere will be nothing to make this day special, unless it happens to be your birthday. People who have birthdays every four years are called leaplings. If they only count their age once every four years, youth will stay with them into their golden years.
According to American Pregnancy Association there are 4,058,000 live births every year in the United States. If we do the math and count the total newborns divided by the days in a leap year we will get the percentage of .27, which means that an average of 11,087.43 newborns are born on Leap Day.
My oldest sister was born in 1960, which was a Leap Year, but not on Leap Day. In my lifetime, I have seen 13 leap years. My two oldest children have lived for eight and my youngest has only lived for six Leap Years.
In my quest to "nd leapsters, there were only two people who even knew someone with a Feb. 29 birthday. Most people I talked to have actually never even heard of Leap Year or Day. I then began to research the Internet for the history and the traditions.
In the modern Gregorian calendar every
f o u r y e a r s there is 366 days in a year, instead of the normal 365 days. Having an extra day would be a chance to live healthier and wiser.
In science we learned it takes the earth approximately 365 days to circle once around the sun. According to www.timeanddate.com, Leap Year was needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth’s revolution around the sun. If we did not add a day on Feb. 29 nearly every four years, we would lose almost six hours o# our calendar, every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be o# by approximately 24 days.
According to www. urbanlegends.about.com/od/historical/a/leap_year.html, leap year folklore says that women have the privilege of proposing marriage to men instead of the other way around. !e convention was (in literature, if not in reality) that any man who refused such a proposal owed his spurned suitor a silk gown and a kiss — provided she was wearing a red petticoat at the moment she popped the
question.If you have the unique birthday of Feb. 29,
you have an opportunity to choose Feb. 28 or Mar. 1 to celebrate your special day on non-leap years and every four years you can celebrate on the right date. If you only count your age every four years, you will have a driver’s license when you’re at the ripe old age of four. When the leapling celebrates his or her 64th birthday, they will actually only be 16. To all those Leap Day birthdays, Happy Birthday and may I say it is a good way to remain young.
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Just a pint can save a life
Quote of the dayFaith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.-Thomas Aquinas
Bad joke of the dayWhat caused the airline to go bankrupt?Runway in!ation
‘The Vow’ proves love can survive
Are you donating blood this coming drive?
Leapsters get to skip birthdays
“No, I can’t because I have been over seas”Lance MillerSyracuse, Kan.
“No, I donated blood last time and I faint”Angela AdlerGarden City
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“!e Vow,” released on Feb. 10, is a drama and romance movie based on a true story. !e setting of the "lm takes place in Chicago where a couple Paige (Rachel McAdams) and Leo (Channing Tatum) "nd that once-in-a-lifetime love. !ey get married and start their new lives together—Paige is a sculptor and Leo is owner of a recording studio. But on a snowy night, one car accident changes their lives together, ripping the world, as they know it, apart. Paige wakes up from a coma with severe memory loss and only remembers her life before she met Leo.
!e plot takes you on a roller coaster ride as Leo has to win back the love of his wife, who is now a completely di#erent person. Instead of reuniting with her husband, Paige goes back to her former life before him. She has to rediscover who she is, or was, while "nding her true love once again. !e movie is full of cute and honest moments, but also full of tension and pain at times when her family gets involved.
!e story is based o# the true story about the couple Kim and Krickitt Carpenter. On November 24, 1993, shortly after their marriage, a devastating car wreck shattered the life that they had lived together. Krickitt had a massive head injury that left her in a coma for weeks.
After she "nally woke up from a coma, Krickitt had no idea who her husband was. Kim had come to realize that the women he had married
e s s e n t i a l l y died in the car accident, terminating a l l o f h e r memory of the i r l i v e s t o g e t h e r . Even though the accident changed their lives forever, Kim and Krickitt eventually fell in love again. !ey believe their faith in Christ sustained them.
!e movie, which is directed by Michael Sucsy (Grey Gardens), grasps the viewer’s attention at the very beginning and holds them until the very end. It maintains its attention by tense and complicated moments that make the viewers wonder what they would do in a situation like this in real life. “!e Vow” makes the viewers realize that though love goes through challenging events, it can endure even through the hardest of times. !ough the movie evokes tears, viewers will catch themselves smiling at the awkward and gushy moments of the storyline, which also has some comedy involved.
!ough there is not much negative feedback to say about the movie, the main thing is that it is not what people will expect when they enter the theatre. But the unexpected is what makes it so captivating. !e ending was unanticipated
and made viewers want to keep watching. !e movie ties in true-life events, which pulls the viewers in and holds their attention.
If you are into drama and romance, this movie is de"nitely for you. But even if you are not the romantic drama type, you may still be pleased. You will leave the theatre wondering can once in a lifetime love "nd a second chance?
We know that we are not the best people to tell you that donating blood is the best thing in the world. Some of us on the newspaper sta# have not even donated blood prior to this. So, one our goals is to get brave people from our sta# to donate blood.
Before you make up your mind and your doubts invade your mind, read below.
Donating blood for some people is an unpleasant thought, with the horrible image of a nurse coming out from behind a curtain with a huge needle that looks like it’s a foot-long. !e reality is that a nice nurse with a very little needle talks to you and makes you feel comfortable and before you know it, after feeling a little pinch in your arm, it’s all over. Even though you will feel a bit weak after donating a pint of blood, that is the only thing about the process that is unpleasant.
Giving blood has to come from your heart; you have to want to give blood with every bone of your body—bones are where blood is produced, by the way.
Donating blood is a charitable donation and as with every charity, there is no reward better than knowing that you have done something great for another person. In this case, giving blood could actually save a life or two - just one pint of blood and very little e#ort on your part.
If you have donated blood before, you know the process is very easy and it takes less than an hour of your day, but during that hour all you have to do is sit while the nurse does all the work.
!e opportunity to give blood is approaching. On Mar. 7, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., the American Red Cross will conduct their annual blood drive in the back gym of the DPAC. Appointments can be made calling 1.800.448.3543 or by registering at redcrossblood.org
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Seven members GCCC’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) traveled to the capitol last week to support the rally that took place on the steps of the capitol.
The Feb. 15 rally was organized by Kansans United in Voice & Spirit, KanVote, Kansas Stronger Together and Kansans Count. !ey demand democracy to bring attention to the American Legislative Exchange Council and its ties to Gov. Sam Brownback, Secretary of State Kris Kobach and several legislators.
HALO members have now exercised their first amendment right of freedom of speech, petition and assembly, just by attending the rally.
Despite cold weather conditions, they stood at the steps of the capitol among 800 people from all over Kansas, making their voices heard while the legislation was in session.
!e bill, HB 2712, introduced on Feb. 9, by the Committee on Federal and State A"airs is a proposition that would aid the undocumented community by o"ering a legal certi#cation or a way for them to enter the Kansas work force.
“HALO members are involved in this
[rally] because they know a friend or someone or maybe themselves, who are in this situation” Mela Vigil, HALO sponsor and Student Support Services data coordinator, said.
!e experience in$uenced the students’ views about politics.
“I was in shock. I didn’t realize that people were this serious about possible new laws,” Ismael Reyes, HALO’s SGA representative, said. “My eyes were opened and I realized that certain laws may not seem like they would a"ect us much, but they really do.”
!e bill, HB 2578, introduced on Jan. 21, by the Committee on Federal and State A"airs is a propositions which is a Arizona like bill, this house bill would allow state, county or city law enforcement to act as Home Land Security.
HALO President Jesse Rodrigues said that when people are not aware of who their representatives are or about those representing them at the legislative level, it takes away their power to make informed decisions.
“Whenever you don’t know about what is going on with your city, and with your representatives you can easily vote and put someone in power without ever knowing anything about that person,” Rodriguez said. “I think that this rally can start to change people’s minds and feelings about politics.”
After the event, at one of HALO’s meetings, the members who went to the rally spent some time talking about the laws up for discussion in the legislation. !ese
are topics for Kansans United in Voice & Spirit organization, which is a group consisting of concerned citizens of Kansas who are united to support, advocate for, and protect valuable State services, programs and policies.
“I have known about the increasing corruption of politics, but yesterday gave me a sense of urgency to do something about it,” Cesar Acosta, HALO member, said. “I will do more research about future candidates and of course register to vote now that I’m old enough.”
Both in-state and out-of-state rates are rising by $5 each from present levels. For international students, tuition will increase from $67 to $90 per credit hour.
Swender said increasing costs of utilities and improving technology were two catalysts for the increase.
“ We want to take our college even further forward and make it a contemporary learning center for all of our students and technology is a big price tag for that,” he said.
Swender said that over time, GCCC has remained fairly $at on tuition increases.
“What we came up with was a very modest increase when you net it out over
the last 10 years, there have been extremely small increments of increase,” he said.
Over the past six years, GCCC tuition has increased an average of just two percent per year, and actually remained unchanged for three of those six years. Student fees have gone up only once in six years.
Right now, according to rates reviewed by the board, tuition ranges from $27.50 to $81 per credit hour among the 19 Kansas community colleges, and only four are lower than GCCC. A separate comparison drawn earlier this year indicated that tuition is 58 to 80 percent higher at the state universities of Kansas than at GCCC. In addition, only one community college
in Western Kansas o"ers lower tuition than in Garden City.
In a parallel measure, the board accepted the president’s recommendation to increase room rates by $200 per year in the GCCC Residential Life complex, but o"er a $200 discount to students who commit early and are attending classes full-time on 20th day of the semester, with all enrollment complete.
“If students take care of their paperwork by July 1, it’s no increase,” Swender said.
Presently, accommodations cost $2,100 annually in the West Residential Hall and East Units, or $2,850 in the Residential Apartments.
Meal plan costs will remain unchanged at $2,400 per year for students who select 19 meals per week in the campus cafeteria, or $2,350 for those choosing 15 weekly meals.
Swender explained that a student’s federal Pell grant would be su%cient to cover his or her charges and that GCCC Endowment Association scholarships exceed demand by $30,000.
“We want to maintain a high quality of learning and one thing that’s fairly obvious is, the cost of going to GCCC verses any of the universities…It means the di"erence between some going to college or not.” he said.
GCCC HALO Members along with approximately 800 others gather Feb. 15 at a rally held on the steps of the capitol in Topeka. The rally was organized by Kansans United in Voice & Spirit, KanVote, Kansas Stronger Together and Kansans Count, all of which stand for Kansans’ rights.
Arely Navarrete gives her testimony in support of comprehensive immigration reform and shares her thoughts about current immigration bills being proposed by the Kansas House of Representatives.
Event impact student’s views about politics
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“‘Chair-ish’ the Children,” will host its second annual special event & live auction, on Saturday Mar. 3 at the at Clarion Inn at 1911 E. Kansas Ave. !e event will start at 7 p.m. with a social hour and dinner and the live auction will begin at 8 pm.
This affair benefits the Kansas Children’s Service League’s (KCSL) Finney County child abuse prevention programs.
The live auction will feature children’s chairs, foot stools, bar stools and a storage bench, all created by local students and professional artists.!e GCCC Art club is contributing some of the chairs to the charity.
Tickets are available for $30 prior to the event or $35 the day of the event. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.kcsl.org or call (620)276-3232 ext. 1105.
Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is coming to town Mar. 24, for a humanities talk at 11 a.m. at the Garden City Public Library.
She will also be on campus as part of a one-hour, round-robin reading at the Sa"ell Library, Friday evening Mar. 23, from 7 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served at this free event.
The reading will consist of her work, as well as community members’ work. GCCC students are welcome to read their work, also. !is casual, yet inspiring event, is to celebrate the written word and local talent.
Students, faculty and community are welcome to both events.
typed submission, identifying writer’s name and contact information either in hard copy or in an e-mail attachment. Types of submissions may be the following: poetry; memoir; essay, and short,short-story of no more than 1,000 words.
‘Chair-ish’ the children event to bene"t KCSL
Poet to visit GCCC
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GCCC’s Rodeo team competed over the weekend at the Kansas State University Intercollegiate Rodeo. !e women’s team took fourth place and the men did not place, after failing to score points in the Central Plains Region standings of the National Intercollegiate.
“We went into that rodeo third in the region, being fourth on the weekend, we still moved up to second in the region,” Head Coach Jim Boy Hash said.
Emily Miller of Ingalls was the only member of the women’s team who received points and she did it in speedy fashion, winning both rounds of goat tying.
“She had a time of 5.7 seconds - to ride her horse down, get o", and go tie the goat, which is almost unheard of,” said Hash. “I think the arena’s record at the College National Finals Rodeo is a 5.8 seconds.”
Miller is in second place in goat tying and is leading the region in barrel racing.
Keenan Wahlert, LaJunta, Colo., and Dalton Davis, Holcomb, managed to qualify for the short go.
Wahlert #nished in seventh place in steer wrestling during the long go, but had trouble in the short go, winding up in 10th place and 10th in the average. With partner Travis Tetrick of Dodge City Community College, Davis took seventh in the team-roping segment of the long go, but the pair #nished the short go in ninth after failing to rope their steer.
!e team’s next rodeo, the 45th Annual GCCC Intercollegiate Rodeo, will be the only home rodeo of the season and will be held at the Horse Palace indoor arena on the Finney County Fairgrounds beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Mar. 2 and 3, and beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Mar. 4.
Admission will be $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 6-12, and free for accompanied children age #ve and below. Tickets will be on sale at the gate.
!ere will be about 450 contestants representing 25 colleges and universities from Kansas and Oklahoma.
“My main worry right now is getting the facilities, cleaned up, organized, just the little things that can be done along the way, so I am trying not to do it all two days before the rodeo,” Hash said. “Most of the work is done by me and the kids.”
GCCC women’s rodeo team advances to second in regional standings The men’s and women’s rodeo teams
Last Saturday, the Busters fell behind early against Pratt Community College and couldn’t catch back up as they fell to the Beavers with a #nal score of 76-66.
Head Coach Kris Baumann was disgusted with the e"orts of his starting #ve, so he sent #ve new players to the scorers’ table.
At the half, the Busters found themselves in a 40-20 hole.
!e second half started o" similarly to the #rst. With about 10 minutes remaining in the game, GCCC started to pull it together. Sophomore forward, Jarwand Rheubottom led a comeback that got GCCC with in four of Pratt with just under four minutes to go. Sophomore guard Geron Johnson was also a key contributor to the run. Rheubottom led the Busters by dropping 20 points on the night. Mills also had a solid night by racking up 12 points and 10 rebounds.
After winning their last four of #ve games, the Busters were looking to continue their hot streak on the road at Colby. Colby did just enough to come away with a 71-66 win over GCCC.
One thing that hurt the Busters was the fact that Johnson who recently committed to Memphis and who was dismissed from the men’s basketball team yesterday due to violation of the team and college policy didn’t start after he was cited on allegations of
disorderly conduct on !ursday, Feb. 16 and then on Monday he received a trespassing ticket after being found sleeping in a friend’s dorm room between classes. Despite not being able to start, Johnson led the Busters with 22 points on the night.
Sophomores Chauncy Williams and Silas Mills both reached double
#gures as well by scoring 13 and 12 points.
!e Busters were back in action last night as they traveled to Cloud County C.C. and lost 59-59. !ey host Seward County C.C. on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Be sure to follow the GC3 Media Facebook page for score updates.
Last Saturday, the Lady Busters secured a home playo" game in the #rst round of the Region VI Tournament by defeating Pratt Community College with a #nal score of 75-64. In the beginning of the game, GCCC struggled to get things going on both ends of the court. However, freshman forward Tamara Jones took over as garden went in to the locker room up 31-25.
In the second half, GCCC stretched the lead out to 12 or more points. Pratt cut the de#cit to under eight but GCCC put them away with in the last two minutes.
Jones led Garden with 19 points and 10 rebounds on the night. Freshman point guard Mikayla Skidmore knocked down 14 points,
dished out seven assists and snatched four steals. Sophomores Walker and Carly Schmale also reached double #gures, putting up 13 and 10 points respectively. Christmas also turned in an impressive game with eight points and eight rebounds.
On Feb. 15 GCCC defeated Colby with a #nal score of 81-58 on the road.
“I am very proud of our team for
the turnaround of our program from a season ago. A lot of our players stayed around over the summer and worked out together. I feel that has made a di"erence.” Head Coach Alaura Sharp said.
The Lady Busters were back in Cloud County and lost 57-62. On Saturday they will host Seward County C.C. at 5:30 p.m.
Sophomore guard Chauncy Williams scores 13 points at the home game against Colby Community College on Feb. 15.
Taylor Schotte, Marysville, Kan., at the Finney County Fairgrounds on Tuesday practicing team roping for the upcoming 45th Annual GCCC Intercollegiate Rodeo being held at the Finney County Fairgrounds on Mar. 2 and 3.
Freshman point guard Mikayla Skidmore knocked down 14 points, dished out seven assists and snatched four steals in the Lady Busters win against Pratt Community College last Saturday.
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For only playing out of conference games so far this season, the Lady Busters are sitting in the drivers seat in the KJCAA standings for division I softball. On February 10, the girls played Clarendon College starting out the season with a 1-1 record. In their home opener on February 14th against Frank Phillips College, again they split. !e Lady Busters headed in to the Midland College Tournament with a 2-2 record on the season.
GCCC hit a hot streak last weekend when they traveled to Midland, Texas for the Midland College Tournament. Much of the Buster’s offense for the weekend came from the bat of sophomore first baseman Melissa Marshall as she hit "ve home runs and 14 RBI’s on the weekend.
Head Softbal l Coach Trina Moquett, said, “!e girls did a great jobs overall, and as a team they came together to win these games.”
On the opening game of the tournament against Vernon College on Friday morning, the Busters plated all 12 of their runs in the third inning, which led to their 12-1 victory. Marshall hit two home runs and had four RBI’s. Sarah Cochran added two RBI’s in the game. Cochran went the distance pitching for the Broncbusters. She scattered "ve hits and gave up one earned run over "ve innings of work.
In their second game on Friday, the
Busters once again put up 12 runs to win the game. !ey eventually went on to a 12-6 victory. Marshall once again hit two home runs and added six RBI’s, while sophomore Aspen Kinkaid added a home run and two RBI’s of her own. Emily Hurlburt was the starting pitcher for the Busters. She gave up only one earned run and four hits over three innings, but did give up three additional unearned runs. Cochran came in to pitch the final four innings to pick up her second win on the day. She gave up one earned run and three hits over the "nal four innings.
In the last game of the day Friday, the Busters took away an 8 to 2 victory over Luna College. !eir bats stayed hot and they rode a very solid pitching performance by freshman
Kallie Hoover to the six-run win. Kinkaid hit her second home run of the day and freshman Jaclyn Annis added a solo home run of her own.
!e toughest test for GCCC came on Saturday morning when the team faced #16 Odessa College. Cochran went the distance against OC giving up only three hits and three earned runs over seven innings in the 5 to 3 win. After Odessa cut the lead to 3 to 2, GCCC scored two more in the bottom of the "fth to get the win.
GCCC run ruled Coastal Bend C.C. with at "nal score of 8-0 to come home from the Midland Tournament 7-2 on the season. !e Lady Busters travel to Trinidad State College today and will be in action at home on Saturday against Clarendon College at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
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SPORTSLast Saturday, the GCCC baseball
team got their four game series with Northeastern Junior College o# to a great start. !e Busters swept the twin bill, winning the "rst game 1-0 and the second 3-1.
In the "rst game, freshman lefty pitcher Matt Geislinger scattered only four hits in the shutout even though he struggled with control giving NJC at least one base runner in each of the first three innings. Sophomore Desmond Toberts was hit by a pitch with one out in the bottom of the third. He advanced to second on an error during a pick-o# attempt. After another out, Roberts scored on a single hit by freshman Kevin Czarnecki. !at was the only run that Geislinger would need as he struck out 10 and only walked two on the day, throwing exactly 100 pitches.
The second game was another pitcher’s duel but GCCC came out victorious. Sophomore John Houston pitched 6.2 strong innings to pick up the win. With one out in the bottom of the fourth, sophomores Cody Kottich and Zac Baldini hit back to back singles. Baldini and Kottich
advanced to second and third on a passed ball, then Kottich scored on a ground out by sophomore in"elder Shea Bell. Sophomore Dakota Kell singled to score Baldini. Houston gave up a single to NJC which brought in freshman pitcher Kris Lalk. Roberts and sophomore infielder Brad Michaleski hit back to back singles followed by a Czarnecki walk. Sophomore Brandon Roberts pitched a 1-2-3 inning to preserve the win, getting his second save of the season.
The double header on Sunday afternoon was the exact opposite for the Busters as they would drop both games to NJC with "nal scores of 8-4 and 14-4.!e Busters are now 3-4 on the year and headed to Frank Phillips College for a single game on Tuesday and lost 5-7. !e Busters hosted Lamar Community College and lost again with a "nal score of 7-15. !e Busters head to Midwest City, Okla. for a four game series against Rose State Community College this weekend.
Sophomore !rst basemen Melissa Marshall hit !ve homeruns last weekend in the Midland College Tournament in Midland, Texas where the Lady Busters went 5-0 on the weekend.
Sophomore pitcher Brenton Higgins throws a pitch in the game against Northeastern Junior College on Sunday afternoon.
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Ashley Walker, a sophomore guard from Washington, D.C. was named player of the week after leading the Lady Busters to two wins over Colby Community College and Seward County Community College. She averaged 19 points, 3.5 steals and 2 assists on the week. Her performance at
Colby was impressive as she knocked down 25 points on the road. !is is the fourth time this year that a Lady Buster has been named the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.
Melissa Marshall, a sophomore "rst baseman from Colorado Springs, Colo. was named player of the week after her performance against Frank Phillips College and in the Midland Tournament. Over the week, she had 10 hits in 21 at bats for a .476 average over seven games. !e impressive part
was that Marshall had "ve home runs and 16 RBI’s on the week. She led the Lady Buster o#ense averaging eight runs per game. On Friday alone Marshall had four home runs and 11 RBI’s in the Lady Busters games in the Midland College Tournament.
Sarah Cochran, a freshman pitcher from Westminster, Colo. was named pitcher of the week after going 3-1 on the week with three starts and one win in relief. Over the week, Cochran pitched 23 innings, giving up seven unearned runs and struck out 17 batters. !e best game of the week came
when Cochran got the 5-3 win over Odessa College. Odessa was ranked 16th in the nation coming in to the Midland College Tournament.
GCCC BLOOD DRIVE, March 7, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.To make an appointment to give, call 1.800.448.3543 or register at redcrossblood.org
For more information, contact GCCC Student Health Nurse at 620.276.9601
GCCC BLOOD DRIVE, March 7, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Over 800 Kansans rally on steps of state capitol
Kansans rally on the steps of the capitol while legislation is in session on Feb. 15, showing support for laws that bene!t Kansans.
A group of protesters
holds photos of members of Congress who are associated
with ALEC, American
Legislative Exchange
Council
David Kensinger, Governor Sam Brownback’s Chief of Sta", receives a signed petition from the head of KanVote - one of the main organizations involved in bringing the rally to the capitol’s steps.
A woman from Wichita, Kan., protests against House Bill 2578, which would allow police to act as Homeland Security in cases involving illegal immigrants, much like laws Arizona already has in place.
