Jose Medrano Editor High school students are now able to take courses at Seward County Community College/ Area Technical with no cost, due to Kansas Senate Bill 155. Classes in agriculture, allied health, computer information systems and vocational education are available for students to take tuition free. Kansas SB 155 was signed into to law early last summer in order to prepare high school stu- dents for the work force. High students can attended a college and earn a certificate or education that would allow them to get a job right out of school. “Getting a certificate allows students to have something to fall back on later on in their col- lege career,” said Director of Out- reach Sherry Farrell. Currently only Liberal High School seniors are enrolled at SCCC/ATS through the senate bill. High school students who are currently enrolled in the courses must have been pre-ap- proved for enrollment by the high school’s counselors and have their own means of trans- portation. Courses such as medical termi- nology, greenhouse operations, introduction to web design and vocational welding are offered to high students. High schools re- ceive $1,000 per student that graduates with credentials or through a certification program, according to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s office. The classes currently offered under SB 155 do not require high school students to take any place- ment test or ACT test require- ments. Credit hours earned by the students are treated like ordinary college credit hours. “This the first semester the col- lege is doing anything like this,” Farrell said. “We’re going to be working out the bugs and mak- ing sure the program runs effec- tively.” Class sizes are limited, but stu- dents can take different classes throughout the semester due to the length and time schedules classes. Most of the classes take place Monday through Friday during 8 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. Under the law, students do not have to pay tuition since it is paid by the state, and the high school is providing the books re- quired for their courses. Although the high school students under SB 155 are taking courses on campus, they do not have access to Wellness Center facilities or events like on-campus or concur- rent students do. Julia Frey Crusader staff The new year brought some new changes at the college. Al- though the club Enactus (former- ly called SIFE) has existed for many years at this college, they decided to serve up a new project this semester. Enactus is a business club at the Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School and promote entrepreneurship. This semester they are launch- ing a new marketing venture to offer daily breakfasts in front of the library for those who do not have enough time to eat some- thing before arriving in the acad- emic building for classes. Breakfast is very important for students in order to study effec- tively. The brain just needs the energy, and it’s not smart to start the day without breakfast. Therefore, hungry student are welcome to choose from the En- actus menu of breakfast burritos, muffins or donates. The club also offers coffee and a variety of juices. The times that the club serves breakfast are from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and from 7:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In addition, this project will stay for the entire semester. The advisers of Enactus are Bert Luallen and Lisa Kennedy, and both are also teaching busi- ness classes. The members of the club said they wanted to provide a good service for the students, learn some business skills and raise some money for the club. Students who sleep in late no longer have to worry about miss- ing out on breakfast, thanks to the Enactus food service. Enactus serves breakfast for students Crusader photo/Julia Frey Enactus members Sarahi Miramontes, Aspen Hight and Vanessa Medrano serve breakfast for students at SCCC/ATS. Enactus sells coffee, breakfast burritos, juice, donuts, muffins and other breakfast items. Meeting Kaheem Ransom — Page 7 People’s Choice Awards — Page 2 Graduation Rate Transfer-Out Rate Part-time Retention Rate Full-time Retention Rate The above statistics are collected from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The statistics are between Seward County Community College/Area Technical School and local peer institutions from 2011. IPEDS compared the graduation and transfer- out rates and full-time and part-time retention rates between SCCC/ATS and peer institutions. Percent Key SCCC/ATS Other peer institutions GRADUATION STATISTICS Celestina Padilla Crusader staff A new instructor and coach is at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School, although he previously walked the campus as a student. Seward graduate Sam Rucker returns to campus after being hired as the agriculture instructor and livestock judging coach. “It's just the way I remembered everything,” Rucker said. It has been nearly four years since his graduation from Seward County Community College in May of 2009. While at SCCC/ATS, Rucker was him- self an active member of the livestock judging team. Rucker initially found out about the job opportunity through Brett Crow, the former agriculture instructor at the col- lege. Crow called him to tell him about the job opening and ask if he was interested. Crow resigned at the end of the fall 2012 semester because he was offered a position at Missis- sippi State University. He ac- cepted the position as livestock judging coach for the university and has been living there since Christmas break. Rucker's interest and prior ex- perience in such competitions were part of the reason why he took the job. "I've always enjoyed livestock judging, and I’m excited to coach." As for any particular goals he would like to attain as the new instructor, he is focused on keep- ing the program moving forward with the same competitive strive of its past. Alumni fills livestock coaching spot Crusader photo/Jose Medrano Sam Rucker is now the instructor and livestock coach at SCCC/ATS. Pancake Day — Page 8 $121,212 $102,648 $46,228 $41,288 $49,920 $52,988 $71,552 $84,448 14.10% 9.40% 8.70% 4.90% 6.90% 6.60% 3.60% 2.50% 2.40% High School dropout High School Grad College Dropout Technical Career Associates Degree Bachelor’s Degree Master’s Degree Doctoral Degree Professional Degree Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012 The graph displays the different levels of edu- cation, mean salary and level of unemployment. Students who graduate with an associates de- gree or certification make significantly more than high school graduates. Senate bill allows high school seniors to graduate with collegiate certificate Crusader photo/Jose Medrano Homecoming king Genesis Enriquez and queen Blanca Richard were crowned Saturday between the Lady Saints and Saints basketball games. Enriquez represented Student Government Association and Richard represented the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization. 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Jose MedranoEditor
High school students are nowable to take courses at SewardCounty Community College/Area Technical with no cost, dueto Kansas Senate Bill 155.
Classes in agriculture, alliedhealth, computer informationsystems and vocational educationare available for students to taketuition free.
Kansas SB 155 was signedinto to law early last summer inorder to prepare high school stu-dents for the work force. Highstudents can attended a collegeand earn a certificate or educationthat would allow them to get ajob right out of school.
“Getting a certificate allowsstudents to have something tofall back on later on in their col-lege career,” said Director of Out-reach Sherry Farrell.
Currently only Liberal HighSchool seniors are enrolled atSCCC/ATS through the senatebill. High school students whoare currently enrolled in thecourses must have been pre-ap-proved for enrollment by the
high school’s counselors andhave their own means of trans-portation.
Courses such as medical termi-nology, greenhouse operations,introduction to web design andvocational welding are offered tohigh students. High schools re-ceive $1,000 per student thatgraduates with credentials orthrough a certification program,according to Kansas Gov. SamBrownback’s office.
The classes currently offeredunder SB 155 do not require highschool students to take any place-ment test or ACT test require-ments. Credit hours earned by thestudents are treated like ordinarycollege credit hours.
“This the first semester the col-lege is doing anything like this,”Farrell said. “We’re going to beworking out the bugs and mak-ing sure the program runs effec-tively.”
Class sizes are limited, but stu-dents can take different classesthroughout the semester due tothe length and time schedulesclasses. Most of the classes takeplace Monday through Fridayduring 8 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
Under the law, students do nothave to pay tuition since it ispaid by the state, and the highschool is providing the books re-quired for their courses. Althoughthe high school students under
SB 155 are taking courses oncampus, they do not have accessto Wellness Center facilities orevents like on-campus or concur-rent students do.
Jul ia FreyCrusader staff
The new year brought somenew changes at the college. Al-though the club Enactus (former-ly called SIFE) has existed formany years at this college, theydecided to serve up a new projectthis semester.
Enactus is a business club atthe Seward County CommunityCollege/ Area Technical Schooland promote entrepreneurship.
This semester they are launch-ing a new marketing venture tooffer daily breakfasts in front ofthe library for those who do not
have enough time to eat some-thing before arriving in the acad-emic building for classes.
Breakfast is very important forstudents in order to study effec-tively. The brain just needs theenergy, and it’s not smart to startthe day without breakfast.
Therefore, hungry student arewelcome to choose from the En-actus menu of breakfast burritos,muffins or donates. The club alsooffers coffee and a variety ofjuices.
The times that the club servesbreakfast are from 7:45 a.m. to 9a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays, and from 7:45 a.m.
to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays andThursdays.
In addition, this project willstay for the entire semester.
The advisers of Enactus areBert Luallen and Lisa Kennedy,and both are also teaching busi-ness classes.
The members of the club saidthey wanted to provide a goodservice for the students, learnsome business skills and raisesome money for the club.
Students who sleep in late nolonger have to worry about miss-ing out on breakfast, thanks tothe Enactus food service.
Enactus serves breakfast for students
Crusader photo/Julia Frey
Enactus members Sarahi Miramontes, Aspen Hight and Vanessa Medrano serve breakfast for students atSCCC/ATS. Enactus sells coffee, breakfast burritos, juice, donuts, muffins and other breakfast items.
MeetingKaheem Ransom — Page 7
People’sChoice Awards— Page 2
Graduation Rate
Transfer-Out Rate
Part-time
Retention Rate
Full-time
Retention Rate
The above statistics are collected from the IntegratedPostsecondary Education Data System. The statisticsare between Seward County Community College/AreaTechnical School and local peer institutions from2011. IPEDS compared the graduation and transfer-out rates and full-time and part-time retention ratesbetween SCCC/ATS and peer institutions.
Perc
ent
Key
SCCC/ATS
Other peerinstitutions
GRADUATION STATISTICS
Celestina Padi l laCrusader staff
A new instructor and coach isat Seward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical School,although he previously walkedthe campus as a student.
Seward graduate Sam Ruckerreturns to campus after beinghired as the agriculture instructorand livestock judging coach.
“It's just the way I rememberedeverything,” Rucker said.
It has been nearly four yearssince his graduation from SewardCounty Community College inMay of 2009. While atSCCC/ATS, Rucker was him-self an active member of thelivestock judging team.
Rucker initially found outabout the job opportunitythrough Brett Crow, the formeragriculture instructor at the col-lege. Crow called him to tellhim about the job opening andask if he was interested.
Crow resigned at the end of thefall 2012 semester because hewas offered a position at Missis-sippi State University. He ac-cepted the position as livestockjudging coach for the universityand has been living there sinceChristmas break.
Rucker's interest and prior ex-perience in such competitionswere part of the reason why hetook the job.
"I've always enjoyed livestockjudging, and I’m excited tocoach."
As for any particular goals hewould like to attain as the newinstructor, he is focused on keep-ing the program moving forwardwith the same competitive striveof its past.
Alumni fillslivestock coaching spot
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Sam Rucker is now the instructorand livestock coach at SCCC/ATS.Pancake Day
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$121,212
$102,648
$46,228
$41,288
$49,920
$52,988$71,552
$84,448
14.10%
9.40%
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4.90%
6.90%
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High School dropout
High School Grad
College Dropout
Technical Career
Associates Degree
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree
Doctoral Degree
Professional DegreeSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012
The graph displays the different levels of edu-cation, mean salary and level of unemployment.Students who graduate with an associates de-gree or certification make significantly morethan high school graduates.
Senate bill allows high school seniorsto graduate with collegiate certificate
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Homecoming king Genesis Enriquez and queen Blanca Richard were crowned Saturday between the Lady Saints and Saints basketball games.Enriquez represented Student Government Association and Richard represented the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization.
Crusader infographic/Tonya Loewen
Crusader infographic/Jose Medrano
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The art exhibit the firstweek of December lined thehumanities lobby and encour-aged visitors to vote in thePeople’s Choice Award con-test.
People’s Choice Awardwinners are chosen by thepeople who attend the exhibitwho vote in three categories:3-Dimensional art, 2-Dimen-sional art and photography.
Jeremy Mendenhall was thewinner of the 3-Dimensionalceramics award.
Mark Rohlf was the winnerof the 2-Dimensional oilpainting award.
Jessica Arinaga was thewinner of the digital photog-raphy award.
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A report was filed for criminaldamage to property. It was re-ported that unknown person(s)on unknown date and time dam-aged the heat vent on one of thestudy hall computers located inthe student living center. Lossestimated at about $500.00. Nosuspect (s) at this time.
Dec. 13 at about 2:00a. m. — A report was taken forcriminal damage to SCCC/ATSproperty. Student(s) were in-volved in breaking a securitycamera causing about $700.00 indamages. Suspect(s) were identi-fied. Fines and discipline pend-ing.
Dec. 14 — Two reports weretaken by Student Living Centerstaff for possession of alcohol forstudents having alcoholic bever-ages located in their dorm roomsduring room checks. Suspect(s)identified. Fines and Disciplinepending.
Dec. 31 at 1:54 p. m. —A report was made for conduct-ing a welfare check on an ill stu-dent whom reported not feelingwell. Upon check of student, Se-curity notified EMS. EMS ar-rived and evaluated student andtransported them to the hospitalin stable condition.
Jan. 14 at 1:48 a.m. — Areport was taken for curfew vio-lation. A male person was in the
dorms on the top floor after cur-few. Person was verbally warnedand asked to leave and complied.
Jan. 17 at 11:51 a.m. —A report was taken for smokingin the Dorms. Student LivingCenter staff responded to the re-port of a resident stating theysmelled smoke in the dorms.Upon investigation, it was foundthat several residents were smok-ing in one of the rooms. Disci-pline and fines pending.
Jan. 18 at 9:05 a.m. — Areport was taken for consump-tion of drugs and drug parapher-nalia. Several students were fieldinterviewed and searched after aninstructor detected the strongodor of burnt marijuana. All in-volved were dismissed from classpending discipline and fines.
Jan. 24 at 3:30 a. m. —A report was taken for curfew vi-olation. A male person was inthe dorms on the top floor aftercurfew. Person was verballywarned and asked to leave andcomplied.
Jan. 26 at about 1:40a. m. — A report was taken forconsumption of alcohol by a res-ident of the Student Living Cen-ter. Resident entered the dormsintoxicated and was cared for andevaluated by Student LivingCenter Staff. Fines and disci-pline pending.
SCCC/ATS night maintenance tech runs forLiberal city commission in 2013 electionsDawn S houseCrusader staff
Seward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical Schoolnight maintenance man JohnBlackmore is making his thirdattempt to be elected onto theCity of Liberal city commis-sion. Blackmore and 13 othercandidates are on the ballot forthe preliminary elections to beFeb. 26.
The other candidates includeDave Harrison, Candace Koehn,Joe Denoyer, Tim Long, DaleHarrold, Julio M. Jimenez, Ivan-hoe Love, Jr., Ron Warren,Dario A Beltran, Lana Gudgel,Jack Carlile, Logan Clay Smithand Dean Aragon.
“I know Liberal from wayback,” Blackmore said. “I wasborn in Sublette but have livedhere almost 59 years.” Black-more said if he is elected he willmake Liberal a better communi-ty. “It is time to be more busi-ness friendly. We need biggerbusiness here. If National Beefwere to close, then this townwould become a ghost town.”
The preliminary election willnarrow the candidates from 14 tosix.
In addition to the city commis-sion positions, SCCC/ATSboard of trustees will have threepositions to be elected. The can-didates, Sharon Hobble, RonOliver and Dustin Ormiston,will run uncontested. John Blackmore
Due to the success of the firstinaugural Saints Hall of Fameinduction last spring, there willbe a second this year, the Classof 2013.
The Hall of Fame was unveiledlast spring. Seward CountyCommunity College/Area Tech-nical School athletics, SaintsBooster Club members, fans,board members and the Hall ofFame inductees all attended.
There are three nominees thatwill be presented with honor atthe Athletic Banquet April 19thin the Green House. BrentGould, Charles Brownlee, and
Tony Slaughter are up to repre-sent the Hall of Fame Class of2013.
Gould was a lifetime memberof the Saints Booster Club. Hewas a great figure to SewardCounty. In 1996 the Saints base-ball field was named after him.Showing him recognition andappreciation for his support to-wards Seward County baseball.
Two-time 1st Team All-Jay-hawk West and 1st Team All-Re-gion VI Men’s basketball player,Slaughter is also a nominee. Heis the all-time leading scorer inSaints history. He scored 1,548points during his time atSCCC/ATS.
Brownlee is the third nominee.He is now a regular fan for Se-ward County. Brownlee gaveSCCC/ATS over 40 years of ser-vice. He served as a track coach,bus driver, and Athletic Director.Brownlee was part of the Boardof Directors for the Saints Boost-er Club.
To be a part of the nominationfor the Class of 2014, submit aHall of Fame nominee throughthe scccsaints.com website.Nominations can be enteredthroughout the year. The com-mittee is letting all fans nomi-nate people who they would liketo see in the hall of fame.
Hall of Fame nominees announced
BRUNCH the public is invit-ing to a come-and-go brunch,11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Feb. 10,in the SCCC/ATS StudentUnion. The cost is $7 per personand includes student entertain-ment.
NO SCHOOL Pancake DayFeb. 12.
BASEBALL will host theirfirst game at home against Mc-Cook at 2 p.m. Feb. 2. Fans andstudents are encouraged to attend.
AUDITIONS for the springmusical will take place at 7 p.m.Feb. 5-6 in the Showcase The-ater. For more information, call620-417-1460 or contact AlisonBridget Chambers.
Seward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical SchoolBoard of Trustees met Jan. 7.
Board member John Engel, li-aison to the SCCC/ATS Foun-dation, reported that the founda-tion will receive a $500,000 giftfrom a former Panhandle Easternengineer. He said one requirementof the donation is that the moneybe placed in government-securedfunds.
The board heard a report fromDr. Suzanne Campbell, grantproject director of the Science,Technology, Engineering andMathematics grant. The collegerecently submitted an annual re-port to the U.S. Department ofEducation regarding accomplish-ments of the grant’s initiatives.Although the college did notmeet all grant expectations foryear one, it has submitted a re-vised plan of action.
The curriculum for the Sus-tainable Agriculture Resourcesprogram that began in the fall isnow complete, Campbell said.Students can obtain an associatein applied science degree to movedirectly into the work force or anassociate’s degree to transfer to afour-year university.
Campbell also said that thecollege is in the process of hiringan instructor for the Food Sci-ence and Safety program that willbegin in fall 2013.
Dr. Duane Dunn, SCCC/ATS
president, reported that the col-lege received official notificationfrom the Institutional ActionsCouncil through the HigherLearning Commission of theNorth Central Association forcontinued accreditation of thecollege, with the next reaffirma-tion of accreditation in 2019-20.Dr. Dunn indicated the college re-ceived the maximum years ofreaffirmation with no follow-upreports or further requirements re-quired by the college.
Al Shank of Al Shank Insur-ance presented the board with theinsurance renewal rates as well ascomparisons to the prior year.The college’s insurance packageis through Employers MutualCorporation and reflects a 10.3percent overall increase.
The board also hired SamRucker as the new agriculture in-structor and livestock judgingteam coach; and Rhonda Kinseras the counselor/retention spe-cialist;
The retirement of Neva Dor-man, developmental educationinstructor, effective May 20 wasaccepted.
The low bid from Apple Inc.Education in the amount of$38,389 for 26 iMacs and twoMacBook Pro computers for theart department was also ap-proved. The next board will meetMonday, Feb. 4.
SCCC Calendar of Events- Feb. 1
Last day to drop classes and receive a full refund- Feb. 2
Saints Baseball vs. McCook 2:00 p.m.- Feb. 5
Spring play auditions in the theater 7:00 p.m.- Feb. 6
Spring play auditions in the theater 7 p.m.Lady Saints and Saints vs. Colby 6:00 p.m.
- Feb. 12Pancake Day (NO SCHOOL)
Board of Trustees
FEATURE4 CRUSADER CRUSADER 5Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Students particpated in a performance by hypnotist Chris Jonesin the SCCC/ATS theatre on Jan. 22. Students were put tosleep and performed acts for a crowd of peers.
A poker tournament was hosted Friday and $1,000 worth ofgifts were awarded to the top five winners. An iPad mini, a tele-vision, and Wii were some of the gifts that were won.
On Wednesday students were able to make videos on greenscreens thanks to the Dancing Heads. Also in the StudentUnion people could make flip books with images of themselves.
On Saturday night Saints fans were able to view the Saints andthe Lady Saints beat Butler in both games. The Lady Saintswon 49-46 and the Saints won 71-67.
Homecoming 2013
Crusader photo/Morgan Riley
Crusader photo/Dawn Shouse
SCCC/ATS Homecoming 2013 Caniates Top: Katiuska Adarmes, Bradley Kinser, Gregory Leung, Jose Garcia Bottom: Selene Perez, ReneBoaldin, Gabriel Beltran, Blanca Richard, Giovanna Baca and Genesis Enriquez.
Cinthia S erna
Online editor
Hypnosis, poker and crowns were all part ofthis year’s homecoming week Jan. 22-26 atSeward County Community College/AreaTechnical School. Blanca Richard and GenesisEnriquez were crowned queen and king.
SCCC/ATS had the opportunity to have hyp-notist Chris Jones perform on Jan. 22 when hehypnotized students who volunteered.
An event Jan. 23 served free donuts at theSaints Bookstore starting at 7:45 a.m. Studentscould stop by the bookstore and grab a donut andfree drinks before class.
Students were able to have some fun time byparticipating in the Flip Book and Dance Headsevent Jan. 24. Students could receive DVDs ofthemselves dancing on green screens.
A Texas Hold ’em Tournament was found inthe student union the evening of Jan. 25. Tableswere set out for students and each and every chairwas filled that night. There were also prizessuch as an iPad Mini, a Wii, a television and giftcards to the first, second, and third place winnersof the tournament.
Jan. 26 was homecoming night. The nightwas important to many students especially thenominees and the basketball players. Both the
Lady Saints and Saints battled in the court thatnight against Butler County. Both games wereclose but the Lady Saints basketball team won39-36, while the men defeated Butler 71-67.
Right after the women’s game was over, thecrowning of the Homecoming queen and king
took place. The audience awaited the homecoming courts
appearance, as the nominees Giovanna Baca,Jose Garcia, Bradley Kinser, Selene Perez, ReneBoaldin, Genesis Enriquez, Blanca Richard,Gregory Leung, Katiuska Adarmes, and GabrielBeltran got ready to walk out on the red carpet.
When the winners were announced, BlancaRichard and Genesis Enriquez were crownedhomecoming queen and king.
“I was really excited, I didn’t expect it at allbut it was an exciting, happy feeling,” Richardsaid about receiving the student body vote forhomecoming queen. Richard represented theHispanic-American Leadership Organization,but she is also involved in cheerleading, SGAand band. Richard’s parents were in attendance.“My dad was so happy because I rarely see him;he’s always working, so he was ecstatic to haveseen my win. Also I loved the flowers.”
Homecoming king Genesis Enriquez repre-sented Student Government Association.
He plans on becoming a talent agent forfamous athletes in the future and plans to con-tinue his education at Wichita State University.
“I feel good about winning; I mean, it’s pret-ty cool of my friends to have voted for me as theking,” Enriquez said. As is the tradition, theking and queen expect to return next year in orderto crown the 2014 homecoming winners. 2012king Preston Myers and queen Nakita Martinezattended the ceremony and crowned the 2013winners.
For more pictures of the event, those interest-ed may head to the Crusader’s Facebook page atFacebook.com/CrusaderNews. Also, theCrusader special homecoming issue can befound on issuu.com/CrusaderNews.
“I was really excited, I didn’texpect it at all, but it was anexciting, happy feeling.”
-Homecoming queen Blanca Richard
Crusader photo/Fabi Peña
Jose Garcia, Gabriel Beltran, Gregory Leung, Bradley Kinser, 2012 homecoming king Preston Myers, homecoming king Genesis Enriquez, homecoming queen Blanca Richard, flower girls Emma Davidson and Jordyn Sautter, 2012 homecoming queen Nakita Martinez, Katiuska Adarmes, René Boaldin, Giovanna Baca and Selene Perez all pose for a group shot during the crowning.
Free donuts and drinks were offered in the Saints Bookstore onWednesday by Student Life as part of homecoming activites.
FEATURE4 CRUSADER CRUSADER 5Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Students particpated in a performance by hypnotist Chris Jonesin the SCCC/ATS theatre on Jan. 22. Students were put tosleep and performed acts for a crowd of peers.
A poker tournament was hosted Friday and $1,000 worth ofgifts were awarded to the top five winners. An iPad mini, a tele-vision, and Wii were some of the gifts that were won.
On Wednesday students were able to make videos on greenscreens thanks to the Dancing Heads. Also in the StudentUnion people could make flip books with images of themselves.
On Saturday night Saints fans were able to view the Saints andthe Lady Saints beat Butler in both games. The Lady Saintswon 49-46 and the Saints won 71-67.
Homecoming 2013
Crusader photo/Morgan Riley
Crusader photo/Dawn Shouse
SCCC/ATS Homecoming 2013 Caniates Top: Katiuska Adarmes, Bradley Kinser, Gregory Leung, Jose Garcia Bottom: Selene Perez, ReneBoaldin, Gabriel Beltran, Blanca Richard, Giovanna Baca and Genesis Enriquez.
Cinthia S erna
Online editor
Hypnosis, poker and crowns were all part ofthis year’s homecoming week Jan. 22-26 atSeward County Community College/AreaTechnical School. Blanca Richard and GenesisEnriquez were crowned queen and king.
SCCC/ATS had the opportunity to have hyp-notist Chris Jones perform on Jan. 22 when hehypnotized students who volunteered.
An event Jan. 23 served free donuts at theSaints Bookstore starting at 7:45 a.m. Studentscould stop by the bookstore and grab a donut andfree drinks before class.
Students were able to have some fun time byparticipating in the Flip Book and Dance Headsevent Jan. 24. Students could receive DVDs ofthemselves dancing on green screens.
A Texas Hold ’em Tournament was found inthe student union the evening of Jan. 25. Tableswere set out for students and each and every chairwas filled that night. There were also prizessuch as an iPad Mini, a Wii, a television and giftcards to the first, second, and third place winnersof the tournament.
Jan. 26 was homecoming night. The nightwas important to many students especially thenominees and the basketball players. Both the
Lady Saints and Saints battled in the court thatnight against Butler County. Both games wereclose but the Lady Saints basketball team won39-36, while the men defeated Butler 71-67.
Right after the women’s game was over, thecrowning of the Homecoming queen and king
took place. The audience awaited the homecoming courts
appearance, as the nominees Giovanna Baca,Jose Garcia, Bradley Kinser, Selene Perez, ReneBoaldin, Genesis Enriquez, Blanca Richard,Gregory Leung, Katiuska Adarmes, and GabrielBeltran got ready to walk out on the red carpet.
When the winners were announced, BlancaRichard and Genesis Enriquez were crownedhomecoming queen and king.
“I was really excited, I didn’t expect it at allbut it was an exciting, happy feeling,” Richardsaid about receiving the student body vote forhomecoming queen. Richard represented theHispanic-American Leadership Organization,but she is also involved in cheerleading, SGAand band. Richard’s parents were in attendance.“My dad was so happy because I rarely see him;he’s always working, so he was ecstatic to haveseen my win. Also I loved the flowers.”
Homecoming king Genesis Enriquez repre-sented Student Government Association.
He plans on becoming a talent agent forfamous athletes in the future and plans to con-tinue his education at Wichita State University.
“I feel good about winning; I mean, it’s pret-ty cool of my friends to have voted for me as theking,” Enriquez said. As is the tradition, theking and queen expect to return next year in orderto crown the 2014 homecoming winners. 2012king Preston Myers and queen Nakita Martinezattended the ceremony and crowned the 2013winners.
For more pictures of the event, those interest-ed may head to the Crusader’s Facebook page atFacebook.com/CrusaderNews. Also, theCrusader special homecoming issue can befound on issuu.com/CrusaderNews.
“I was really excited, I didn’texpect it at all, but it was anexciting, happy feeling.”
-Homecoming queen Blanca Richard
Crusader photo/Fabi Peña
Jose Garcia, Gabriel Beltran, Gregory Leung, Bradley Kinser, 2012 homecoming king Preston Myers, homecoming king Genesis Enriquez, homecoming queen Blanca Richard, flower girls Emma Davidson and Jordyn Sautter, 2012 homecoming queen Nakita Martinez, Katiuska Adarmes, René Boaldin, Giovanna Baca and Selene Perez all pose for a group shot during the crowning.
Free donuts and drinks were offered in the Saints Bookstore onWednesday by Student Life as part of homecoming activites.
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In a packed Green House onhomecoming night, the LadySaints defeated Butler’s LadyGrizzlies with a sluggish butnail-biting win. A total of 28turnovers and a slow start causedthe match to be close for the en-tire 40 minutes of play time.
The Lady Saints won 49-46with Madison McLain leadingthe Lady Saints, scoring 18points and nine rebounds. TheLady Saints are now 6-1 in theJayhawk West conference.
The first basket was scored forthe Lady Saints five minutes intothe match by Fabiana Monte asButler lead by four.
With eight minutes to go inthe first half Butler was able topull ahead of the Lady Saints
with an 11-point lead, but theLady Saints closed the gap in thelast five minutes of the half withthree point shots from McLainand Ricquia Jones. The half endedwith the Lady Saints trailingButler by four, 23-19.
Within two and half minutes ofthe second half the Lady Saintswere able to close the gap andlead by three, 29-26. The LadySaints had a short lived fourpoint lead over the Lady Grizzles.Butler was able to take controlon game once again in the last 10minutes of the match as the LadySaints trailed closely.
The Lady Saints fought backand had a five-point lead with lessthan two minutes left in thematch, 45-40.
A series of fouls allowed But-ler to close the gap to only twopoints.
A three-point shot by Jonespushed the Lady Saints lead backup, but Butler responded withtheir own three pointer.
A final free throw by McLainand a shot block by Marta Oledz-ka with less than 20 seconds leftin the match allowed the LadySaints to hold their lead and winthe match, 49-46.
McLain scored four shots frombehind the arc and three inside,giving her a total of 18 points.Jones scored 11 points and hadseven defensive rebounds, withnine of her points coming fromthree point shots.
The Lady Saints are now 15-6overall, and 6-1 in the JayhawkWest. Wednesday the Lady Saintswill face Hutchinson’s Lady BlueDragons at Hutchinson.
Cinthia S erna
Crusader staff
Pause the game for one second, just one second.Look at the faces, the determination to keepgoing, the focus in their eyes, their guard on theball, and their love for the game. Then let thegame continue and watch the Lady Saints basket-ball players keep going with some internal drivepushing them to be the best they can be.
Madison McLain is one player who has thosecharacteristics and has caught the eye of manyLady Saints fans.
McLain plays on the Lady Saints basketballteam as a guard. She has been practicing to be-come a betterplayer and helpher team reach tothe champi-onships. Shespends hourspracticing in thegym, plus takingher coaches andteammates adviceon becoming abetter team player.
Extra hours of shooting, practicing and condi-tioning were what got McLain and her teammatesto the college game. Basketball is a game wheretrue determination is needed on the court. That de-termination is starting to show through in gamesituations.
Seward has a team that works to push each otheron the court and never give up, and each player hasa specific role on the team.
It doesn’t matter if the role is that of a guard,post or coming off the bench, each wants to worktogether to make it to the championship.
McLain is a freshman at Seward County Com-munity College/Area Technical School and is orig-inally from Gruver, Texas. She is ranked fourth inthe conference at a 14.4 point per game and also iscurrently leading the team.
She comes from a small family made up of hermother, Carrie McLain, her father, Mack McLain,and her younger brother, Mason.
In Gruver, McLain was an active member in herschool. She was involved in NHS, Big BrothersBig Sisters and the student council. Other thanplaying basketball she also enjoyed being involvedin different sports such as cross country and track.
McLain said, “No one in my family had ever
played basketball, my dad nor my mom, so I did-n’t have anyone actually introduce it to me. Alsoconsidering I’m the oldest sibling, I had no onethat I wanted to be like.”
Nonetheless, she took to the basketball court inelementary school.
“The first time I ever started playing basketballwas in third grade and from then on I have playedevery year.”
That explains the talent and love she has for thegame. Years of long practices led her to her senioryear. McLain was a competitive player who had achoice to make on which college she would be at-tending.
After going on many college visits, McLainsaid, “Seward reallycaught my eye, I likedhow the campuslooked and the goodpart was it’s only anhour away from home.Also Coach (Toby)Wynn played a big partin me choosing thiscollege. I knew he wasa good coach and he
has good connections with other colleges so I canrely on him when I transfer after my two years.”
Playing basketball is not the only dream she hasin her mind she also plans on getting her degree inphysical therapy.
“I would love to have my own office as a physi-cal therapist and have my own patients to helpout,” McLain said.
While still trying to pursue her dream of being aphysical therapist, she makes time to put all shecan on the court.
“My parents played a big role in my passion,just because they always believed in me evenwhen I wasn’t the best or when I didn’t have a bigrole on the team,” McLain said. “Their supporthelped me stick with the game.”
She keeps trying her hardest every day with agreat support system by her side.
“I like basketball because it has helped me makelifelong friends but also taught me to work hardtowards what I want to accomplish, and I that’swhat I’ll take away from the game and apply to-wards my career once I am finished playing.”
Madison McLain is one of the Lady Saints mostvaluable players; she scored 18 points and grabbednine rebounds in the Lady Saints most recent winagainst Butler’s Lady Grizzlies Saturday.
Lady Saints fight for lead on Butler
“My parents played a big role inmy passion, just because they always believed in me even whenI wasn’t the best or when I didn’thave a big role on the team. ”
— Madison McLain
Lady Saint pushes to improve
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Lady Saint Madison McLain searches the court for a teammate to pass the ball to at the homecoming gameJan 26. The Lady Saints won the game 49-46 against Butler after coming back after half-time. For morephotos go to Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.
Saints beat Butler Grizzlies in final secondsSandy AlfaroSports editor
The Seward County Saintsfaced the Butler Grizzlies onhomecoming night in theGreen House. The Saints tookthe win 71-67 with a surpriselay-up by Kaheem Ransom inthe final seconds. The Saints
are now 6-1in the Jay-hawk WestConference.
The Saintswill be upagainst theNJCAA No.1 team in the
country, Hutchinson,Wednesday night at Hutch.
Seward started off on astrong and quick approachagainst the Grizzlies. Theymaintained a lead throughoutthe first half. Ransom andJabari Peters both kept thelead for the Saints.
The Saints’ biggest lead was30-19 with seven minutes leftin the half. With minutes left,Seward let their guard downand Butler got in a few bas-kets to give them the lastminute lead 37-36.
Going into the second halfboth teams were slow to getpoints on the board. TheSaints got in a few buckets,but Butler did much more.Their lead was now 56-50.The Saints Leslee Smith gotan offensive rebound to addpoints for the Saints.
Briston White also put intothe game giving the Saints thelead 68-66.
Fouling by Butler put Smithat the free throw line with sec-onds left. He made the firstbut missed his second stillhaving a two-point lead. ‘
Ransom made the crowd gowild when he had the biggestrebound of the night. He putin a basket at last seconds andthe Saints won homecoming71-67.
Ransom finished the nightwith 18 points, Edson Avilawith 15, and Peters with 11.
The Saints now stand at 15-6 for the season and 6-1 in theJayhawk West Conference.
Their next match up will beJan. 30 against the Hutchin-son Blue Dragons, whichstand 7-0 in the conference.
Jeremiah Wilson Crusader staff
His team leads by two with 4.9 seconds remaining; his team-mate Leslee Smith at the line shooting the second of two freethrows. The Saints have the other four players waiting back athalf court to avoid getting beat by a long pass down the courtin the final seconds. Smith misses the free throw; then out ofnowhere, this teammate weaves his way through four ButlerGrizzlies awaiting the rebound, grabs the board and puts itback in off the glass for two. He put the homecoming gameaway for the Saints with that bucket. The man is as cold asice, the same as the Grizzlies hopes of leaving the GreenHouse with a victory Saturday night. Who is this man? Hisname is Kaheem Ransom.
Kaheem is a 6-foot sophomore guard from Wichita South-east High School. Born and raised in Wichita, Ransom hasbeen playing the game of basketball since the seventh grade.He is the youngest of six siblings. His favorite NBA team isthe Los Angeles Lakers and he looks up to Kobe Bryant as aninspirational figure. Ransom also considers Michael Jordan tobe the greatest basketball player to have ever played the game.
He believes the Saints will achieve great things this year,
with predictions that the team would win the Jayhawk Confer-
ence, Regional Tournament as well as the National Tourna-
ment. Ransom is a business major who would like to one day
own his own business; that is, if he’s not playing in the NBA.
He says his transition from Wichita to Liberal was rather easy,
because of all the friendly faces that were here to greet him
when he arrived.
His on court transition went just as smoothly. His freshman
year, Ransom played an integral role in the Saints success,
playing in all 38 games, starting 36 of them. He averaged 12.9
points and 4.9 rebounds a game his freshman year. This year
he leads the team averaging 14.8 points and four rebounds a
game to go along with almost two steals a game.
With two KJCCC Player of the Week honors already under
his belt, and having just received his first NJCAA National
Player of the Week award, the future looks bright for Ransom
and the rest of the Seward County Saints. Off the court he’s a
quiet, mild-mannered college student just trying to graduate,
but put that Saints jersey on him and he’s as crafty as they
come and as cold as ice.
Don’t believe me? Just ask the Grizzlies.
Crusader Photo/Matthew Adkins
Leslee Smith goes up for two during the Saints match against Butler’s Grizzlies on Saturday night. The Saints won 71-67 against Butler.
Ransom rocks the Green House
Kaheem Ransom
Saints guard named NJCAA National Player of the Week
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International Pancake DaySeward students will have a day off for
International Pancake day on Feb. 12 tocelebrate the historical InternationalDay.
International Pancake Day is a four-day event beginning this year onSaturday, Feb. 9 with a parade, pancakeeating and flipping contest, cooking con-test and races.
The Pancake race tradition originatedin Olney, England, in 1445 when a
woman was busy cooking pancakesusing the rest of her cooking fat heardthe church bells ringing, calling every-one to the shriving service.
She immediately grabbed her headscarf and ran to the church while stillcarrying her skillet and pancake in handand clad in her apron.
This started the tradition of thePancake race. Then, in 1950 LiberalJaycee President R.J. Leete saw in a mag-
azine a picture of the Olney women
doing the pancake race and contacted
the Rev. Ronald Collins, Vicar of St. Peter
and St. Paul’s church in Olney, and chal-
lenged their women to race against the
women of Liberal.
The race is held every year on the day
before the beginning of Lent, with the
other events of International Pancake
Day occurring four days prior.
A Student’s Guide To:
History of Pancake Day explained
List of EventsSaturday, February 9Merchandise Sale9 a.m.-1 p.m.Knights of Columbus Hall323 N. Kansas Ave.
Eating/Flipping ContestsRegister 8 - 9:30 a.m. Starts 10 a.m.Hosted by Rine’s AmericanFreestyle KarateSponsored by McDonald’s Knights of Columbus Hall
2013 Recipe / Cooking Contest 11:30 a.m.Hosted by Rine’s AmericanFreestyle Karate Knights of Columbus Hall
Pancake Chase registration1 p.m. 2 p.m. Pancake Day Hall of Fame,318 N. Lincoln Sponsored by Liberal Parks &Recreation
Christian Artist Showcase7 p.m.Featuring….. Andrew PetersonSponsors, Pancake Day, FirstSouthern Baptist,Liberal Ministerial AllianceFirst Southern Baptist Church,621 N. Western
Sunday, February 10Miss Liberal Pageant2 p.m.Liberal High School
Monday, February 11Dignitary Reception 5– 7 pm Baker Arts Center, 624 N. Pershing Ave. Talent Show7:30 pm Liberal High SchoolSponsored by United Wireless
Tuesday, February 12Pancake Breakfast6 – 10 a.m.Seward County Activity Center Breakfast Program7:30 amSeward County Activity Center
Youth Races10:30 a.m.4th and LincolnLast Chance Race11:30 a.m.4th and LincolnMen’s Pacer Race11:45 a.m.6th and KansasINTERNATIONAL RACE11:55 a.m.Starts at 6th and Kansas
Shriving Service12:15 p.m.First United Methodist ChurchLive Video Conference1:30 p.m.First United Methodist Church
Pancake Day Parade3:00 p.m.11th and Kansas to Trail Street
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
SCCC/ATS student Kaela Krueger poses for a picture after winning Liberal’s portion of the 2012International Pancake Day race. Also in the picture are second and third place winners Paty Rutledgeand Leslie Spikes.
The Pancake Day breakfast button costs $3which serves as admission to the PancakeBreakfast. It can be purchased at the PancakeDay Hall of Fame at 318 N. Lincoln.
Tickets for the Pancake Day Concert cost $7bought in advance and $10 at the door. Ticketscan be purchased at the Tourist InformationCenter or First National Bank in Liberal. Theconcert will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at the FirstSouthern Baptist Church, 621 N. Western inLiberal. The concert will be featuring popular
Christian artist Andrew Peterson.The Pancake Day Talent Show costs $8 pur-
chased in advance and $10 at the door. Ticketscan be bought at the Tourist InformationCenter, One Yellow Brick Road; First NationalBank in Liberal; or from talent show contes-tants. The talent show will be at 7:30 p.m.Feb. 11 in the James Maskus Auditorium atLiberal High School and will feature 22 actscompeting for trophies and prize money in fourdivisions.
Buttons and tickets open doors
Crusader photo/Celestina Padilla
Women race around the first corner in the 2012 International Pancake day race. Liberal lostby 10.1 seconds to Olney at the 2012 race putting the score at 36-26 in favor of Liberal.
• The 2013 Pancake Day Race will bethe 64th time that Liberal has competedwith Olney in this friendly competition.
• Pancake day always falls one day be-fore the Christian tradition of Lent. Thisday is also known as Fat Tuesday andMardi Gras.
• The record time for completing therace was set in 2009 by Tasha Gallegos.She completed the race in 57.5 seconds.
• The length of the racetrack is 417yards.
• The scores in 1980 were not count-ed because a vehicle blocked the finishline in Olney.
• The Pancake Day race in Olney,England dates back to 1445.
• Liberal has won the race 36 timesand Olney has won 26 times.
• Olney won in the 2012 race for thefirst time since 2006.
Quick factsSCCC/ATS students inPancake Day events
International Race:
Kristen Sadler
Kaela Krueger
Rene Boaldin
Laura Garcia
Tabitha Barnett
Miss Liberal:
Tabitha Barnett
Isabella Martinez
Blanca Richard
Men’s Race:
Pedro Marquez Crusader photo/Matthew Adkins
The International Pancake Day Hall of Fame is located at 318 N. Lincoln Ave. near the end of the racetrack. It hous-es memorabilia, a gift shop and historical records of Pancake Day races.
