Spring Break — Page 6 www.crusadernews.com 2013 March 6 Liberal, Kansas rusader Presorted Standard US Postage PAID Liberal, KS Permit NO.114 Year 44, No. 8 Spring Forward — March 10 Editorial: Student Support Needed — Page 4 College Apps — Page 3 Jayhawk West Champions — Page 1B T S R E F S N A R Preparing to transfer to a four-year university V T I S I A Y L P P T S N A R R E F Crusader photo/Jose Medrano Leslee Smith (4), who scored the game winning shot, celebrates along with fans who stormed the Green House floor after the Saints defeated Hutchinson’s Blue Dragons 62-60 in the Jayhawk West Championship game. The Saints have now won the Jayhawk West title three years in a row and continue post-season play in the NJCAA Region VI Tournament. The Guide of Jose Medrano Editor Choosing whether to go to col- lege or skip it is rather simple in the Game of Life, but life is not a game. For students who choose not to skip college and begin their education in a junior college the choice of transfering can be diffi- cult. Some students have already made up their minds and have begun. Others aren’t quite sure and wait until their last semester to make plans. Transferring can be difficult whether students are in their first year of college or their last semes- ter at a junior college. Visits, ap- plications and transfering credits can overwhelm students. “If they know their major, they should look at and research about all the schools that they fit into,” said Bill Disberger, assistant di- rector of admissions and transfer coordinator at Kansas State Uni- versity. Disberger was at Seward Coun- ty Community College/Area Technical School for a college visit last month to visit with stu- dents about what programs K- State has to offer them. “If a student is planning on transferring, they should do it in the fall semester, a year ahead of the fall semester they plan on at- tending,” Rhonda Kinser said. Kinser is a counselor and retention specialist at SCCC/ATS. Her job includes helping students with the transfer process. Typically most SCCC/ATS stu- dents who are seeking to transfer go on to schools like K-State, Fort Hays State, Wichita State, and other in-state schools since credits typically transfer easily to in-state universities. Students who are planning on transferring are recommended to apply early, stay in contact with their advisers and contact the ad- missions office of the college they plan on transferring to early. Some of the basic questions stu- dents who are transferring need to ask themselves are, “Does this in- stitution offer my major?” “Is the location right for me?” “Do I meet the GPA requirements?” and “Will the financial aid I receive cover my expenses?” There are three key steps in order to fully go through the process: visit, apply and transfer. Visiting a college campus allows students to know what setting and environment they will be working in. Sometimes students have to visit and re-visit a school in order to get all of their questions an- swered. The second step is to apply, not only for admission, but for schol- arships, financial aid and pro- grams as well. “Students who are applying typ- ically forget to apply for the pro- gram or designated school they are hoping to attend,” Kinser said. Engineering, pharmacy, and med- ical programs require that students apply for them separately in most four-year institutions. Students should make sure that they have met all of the requirements for ad- missions also. Most transfer scholarship deadlines are set early in the spring. The final step is to transfer cred- its over to the four-year institu- tion. Students should gather all the information required and meet with their college adviser when they are ready to begin the trans- fer process. Freshmen are encour- aged to start applying, visiting or taking to admission officers with- in their first year. “If you don’t know what school you really want to go to, pick your top five schools and visit all of them. That way you’ll be able to talk to college officials, instructors and students and know if meets what you want,” Disberger said. “Don’t put off everything until the last minute,” Disberger said. Students who wait until the dead- lines to apply for transfer typical- ly do not receive the help they need early enough. Sophomores, there is still time to apply; most major universities do not end their admission of transfer students until the last month of the spring semester. This year’s early priority dead for the Kansas FASFA is April 1, al- though different universities may have priority dates for students. For more information on trans- ferring, contact the office of ad- missions of the universities of in- terest, talk to an adviser or speak to Kinser for list of transfer infor- mation and guidance. Visit the colleges that you’re interested in. Get a feel for the atmosphere, instructors and campus. Visit at least once the campus that you plan on attending. Ask plenty of questions during your visit. • • • • • • • • Apply to every college that you’re interested in early. Make sure to have transcripts, ACT/SAT scores, and FASFA information ready. Schools charge a fee to apply, remember that it may get costly. Make sure to get in all necessary information before the deadlines. Prepare transcript records and a list of all your credits. Plan a meeting with your college adviser to figure out which credits and classes will transfer. Talk to an admissions officer at the college you are planning on transfering to. Attend an orientation session for transfer students at your transfer school. Contact your new adviser before you transfer or as soon as you arrive to your new school. Transfer scholarships are available at most universities. Talk to the office of admissions for information. • • • • • • Transfer Checklist (Cutout this list and place it somewhere where you can easily see it) _ Have you selected a transfer school? _ Have you talked to a college representative? _ Will your credit hours transfer over? _ Have you visited the campus? _ Have you submitted an application? _ Did you send a transcript? _ Do you need to submit an essay, letter, etc.? _ Have you filed the FASFA or for financial aid? _ Have you received a letter of admissions? (For more information about transfering contact your SCCC/ATS advisor, admissions representative or counselor Rhonda Kinser in Room A150.)
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T SREFSNARPreparing to transfer to a four-year university
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Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Leslee Smith (4), who scored the game winning shot, celebrates along with fans who stormed the Green House floor after the Saints defeated Hutchinson’s Blue Dragons 62-60 inthe Jayhawk West Championship game. The Saints have now won the Jayhawk West title three years in a row and continue post-season play in the NJCAA Region VI Tournament.
The Guide of
Jose Medrano
Editor
Choosing whether to go to col-lege or skip it is rather simple inthe Game of Life, but life is not agame. For students who choosenot to skip college and begin theireducation in a junior college thechoice of transfering can be diffi-cult.
Some students have alreadymade up their minds and havebegun. Others aren’t quite sureand wait until their last semesterto make plans.
Transferring can be difficultwhether students are in their firstyear of college or their last semes-ter at a junior college. Visits, ap-plications and transfering creditscan overwhelm students.
“If they know their major, theyshould look at and research aboutall the schools that they fit into,”said Bill Disberger, assistant di-rector of admissions and transfercoordinator at Kansas State Uni-versity.
Disberger was at Seward Coun-ty Community College/AreaTechnical School for a collegevisit last month to visit with stu-dents about what programs K-State has to offer them.
“If a student is planning ontransferring, they should do it inthe fall semester, a year ahead ofthe fall semester they plan on at-tending,” Rhonda Kinser said.Kinser is a counselor and retentionspecialist at SCCC/ATS. Her jobincludes helping students with thetransfer process.
Typically most SCCC/ATS stu-dents who are seeking to transfergo on to schools like K-State, FortHays State, Wichita State, andother in-state schools since creditstypically transfer easily to in-stateuniversities.
Students who are planning ontransferring are recommended toapply early, stay in contact withtheir advisers and contact the ad-missions office of the college theyplan on transferring to early.
Some of the basic questions stu-dents who are transferring need toask themselves are, “Does this in-stitution offer my major?” “Is thelocation right for me?” “Do I meetthe GPA requirements?” and “Willthe financial aid I receive covermy expenses?”
There are three key steps inorder to fully go through theprocess: visit, apply and transfer.Visiting a college campus allowsstudents to know what setting andenvironment they will be workingin. Sometimes students have tovisit and re-visit a school in orderto get all of their questions an-swered.
The second step is to apply, notonly for admission, but for schol-arships, financial aid and pro-grams as well.
“Students who are applying typ-ically forget to apply for the pro-gram or designated school theyare hoping to attend,” Kinser said.Engineering, pharmacy, and med-ical programs require that studentsapply for them separately in mostfour-year institutions. Studentsshould make sure that they have
met all of the requirements for ad-missions also. Most transferscholarship deadlines are set earlyin the spring.
The final step is to transfer cred-its over to the four-year institu-tion. Students should gather all theinformation required and meetwith their college adviser whenthey are ready to begin the trans-fer process. Freshmen are encour-aged to start applying, visiting ortaking to admission officers with-in their first year.
“If you don’t know what schoolyou really want to go to, pick yourtop five schools and visit all ofthem. That way you’ll be able totalk to college officials, instructorsand students and know if meetswhat you want,” Disberger said.
“Don’t put off everything untilthe last minute,” Disberger said.Students who wait until the dead-lines to apply for transfer typical-ly do not receive the help theyneed early enough.
Sophomores, there is still timeto apply; most major universitiesdo not end their admission oftransfer students until the lastmonth of the spring semester. Thisyear’s early priority dead for theKansas FASFA is April 1, al-though different universities mayhave priority dates for students.
For more information on trans-ferring, contact the office of ad-missions of the universities of in-terest, talk to an adviser or speakto Kinser for list of transfer infor-mation and guidance.
Visit the colleges that you’re interested in.
Get a feel for the atmosphere, instructors and campus.
Visit at least once the campus thatyou plan on attending.
Ask plenty of questions during yourvisit.
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Apply to every college that you’reinterested in early.
Make sure to have transcripts,ACT/SAT scores, and FASFAinformation ready.
Schools charge a fee to apply, remember that it may get costly.
Make sure to get in all necessary information before the deadlines.
Prepare transcript records and a list of allyour credits.
Plan a meeting with your college adviserto figure out which credits and classes willtransfer.
Talk to an admissions officer at the college you are planning on transferingto.
Attend an orientation session for transferstudents at your transfer school.
Contact your new adviser before youtransfer or as soon as you arrive to yournew school.
Transfer scholarships are available at mostuniversities. Talk to the office of admissions for information.
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Transfer Checklist(Cutout this list and place it somewhere where you can easily see it)
_ Have you selected a transfer school? _ Have you talked to a college representative? _ Will your credit hours transfer over?_ Have you visited the campus?_ Have you submitted an application?_ Did you send a transcript?_ Do you need to submit an essay, letter, etc.?_ Have you filed the FASFA or for financial aid? _ Have you received a letter of admissions?(For more information about transfering contact your SCCC/ATS advisor, admissions
representative or counselor Rhonda Kinser in Room A150.)
Back-to-back snowstorms blanketedthe state of Kansas, causing some to label the winter blast ...
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Two students from the Hispan-ic American Leadership Organi-zation of Seward County Com-munity College organization at-tended an annual trip to Chicagofor the 2013 National Confer-ence. The conference is an exten-sion of the United States Hispan-ic Leadership Institute and host-ed two full days of speakers andleadership workshops.
This year’s conference themewas Empowering the E-Genera-tion. The workshops centered onleadership, community and cam-pus involvement.
Director of the AcademicAchievement Center and HALOsponsor Frances Brown, wentalong with HALO students Alex-is Marino and Lizeth Peralta.
"I always try to take HALOstudents with me to Chicago.This year two students wentalong with me to participate inthe conference,” Brown said.
There were 6,000 participantsfrom other schools that attendedthe conference. For each day the
speakers focused on a differenttheme, including Latina Empow-erment and Latino Policies.
Brown mentioned that therewere a few speakers who caughttheir attention. Speaker JimmyCabrera was their favorite.
Dolores C. Huerta was anoth-er speaker mentioned as a fa-vorite. Huerta won the “Womenof Courage” medallion. She wasalso there to help Cesar Chavez,who was also a speaker.
Not only did the women meetmany motivational speakers, butone in specific, Richard P. Mon-tanez. He is the inventor ofFlaming Hot Cheetos. He startedout as a janitor, and worked hisway up.
Some funding for the SCCCtrip was provided by SGA.These funds went toward regis-tration. The students paid for therest of their trip.
“This is a great opportunity forstudents to get the chance andlisten to motivational speakers,and meet new people. The expe-rience was great,” Brown said.
Chicago visit motivates HALO
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THE SUN WILL COME OUT Following a day of blowing snow Thursday, Feb. 21, the sun makes a brief appearance and shines on this snow sceneat Seward County Community College. Winter would return with a vengeance the following Monday, cancelling classes at SCCC/ATS as well asat colleges across the state of Kansas, as the storm nicknamed the “Blizzard of Oz” dumped up to a foot of snow in some parts of the state.
Matthew AdkinsNews editor
The campus will host theeighth annual Xtreme ChallengeMarch 27. Currently, studentsfrom 12 area high schools havesigned to compete in the chal-lenge.
The Xtreme Challenge is orga-nized this year by instructorsKim Thomas and Mindy Holder.
High school students willcompete in events that are spe-cific to a field of study. Each stu-dent can compete in up to threedifferent events. The event cate-gories this year include agricul-ture, art, business, computer,cosmetology, criminal justice,drama, English, journalism, mar-keting/management, music,math/science, physical educationand trade/industrial education.
In addition to the individualstudent awards, each school hasa chance to win a traveling tro-phy. The traveling trophy is newto the Xtreme Challenge, replac-ing overall plaques given in pre-vious years to the winning highschools, and will go to the schoolwhose students scored the mostpoints cumulatively.
Competing high schools areexpected to arrive before 9 a.m.for registration. Following theevents, there will be an awardsceremony in the gymnasium at1:30 p.m.
For additional information onXtreme challenge, those interest-ed may e-mail questions to:[email protected] orcheck the Facebook page at face-book.com/groups/XtremeChal-lenge.
Xtreme Challenge signs12 area high schools
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SNOW GO Students on the SCCC campus trudge through snow to get to classes during the wintry blastFeb. 21. Attendance was low in classrooms because many students chose not to brave the weather.
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Former SCCC student Benito Rivera visits with SCCC student repre-sentative Alexis Marino, Lizabeth Peralta and HALO sponsor FrancesBrown at a Hispanic leadership conference in Chicago.
Blizzard Oz
College cancels for second storm
Back-to-back snowstorms re-cently piled snow and ice on theSeward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical Schoolcampus and caused most of theMidwest to close down for sev-eral days.
The first storm hit the areafrom Wednesday, Feb. 20through Thursday, Feb 21 andthe second from Sunday, Feb. 24through Monday, Feb. 25. Thetwo storms brought nearly a footof snow in Liberal, while someareas of Kansas, Oklahoma andTexas received up to two feet ofsnow.
Schools around Kansas andthe Oklahoma panhandle can-celled classes from Wednesday,Feb. 20 through Monday, Feb.25 due to the blizzard condi-tions. SCCC/ATS cancelledclasses for Monday, Feb. 25, al-though many classes were can-celled previously by the instruc-tors.
Highways in the area such asUS 83, K-23 and US 54 wereclosed during the storms.
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Q: What is Telolith?A: The annual SCCC/ATS
publication of student creativewriting, art, photography, and
graphic design.
Q: Where are freecopies of the currentissue always available?
A: The Administra-tion Building receptiondesk, the library, thelobby of the HumanitiesBuilding, H-107, H-108.
Q: What can be submit-ted for the upcomingSpring 2013 issue?
A: Original, previouslyunpublished poetry, fiction, cre-ative non-fiction, personal es-says, 2-dimensional and 3-di-mensional art, photographs.
Q: Who can submit?A: Any SCCC/ATS student,
full-time or part-time, during the2012-13 academic year.
Q: What if I’m nervous aboutshowing my work to anyoneelse?
A: Creative writing and art areto be shared. Unless you havethe courage to go public withyour private expressions and ef-forts, no one else can experiencethem. The Telolith is an excel-lent opportunity to go public.
Q: Should I just write a poemnow or take a picture of snowand give it to you?
A: What you submit should becarefully considered and craftedover time. If you already havesomething written, work with it.Get it to where you think it is thebest you can do, where you areproud to show it to others. You’llbe surprised how many othersmight agree with your decision.
Q: Is this just some kind ofcheesy printout or booklet thatfalls apart, like we had in highschool?
A: The Telolith is a national-award-winning, high-qualitypublication of student work, putout only once a year because itrequires Fall and Spring semes-ters to cycle and center the ef-forts of all involved: the writers
and artists, the design staff, andthe co-advisers.
Q: Who cares about theTelolith?
A: The students whose work isrepresented. Their friends andfamilies. The SCCC/ATS cam-pus community. Members of thesurrounding communities. Pastcontributors. Contest judgeswho award recognition to thepublication and students whocontribute. Total strangers whohave been impressed by thequality of work contained ineach issue.
Q: Why should I submit? Is itworth the trouble?
A: Because you may neveragain have the opportunity toshow your work to an eager, in-terested, and supportive audi-ence. Because this may be youronly publication before youmove on to the rest of your life.Because this may be just the be-ginning of a life-long love affairwith writing, art, or photogra-phy. Because Telolith 2013 willfrom here on belong to you and
the community of SCCC/ATSstudents represented within. Youwill alwaysbe a stake-holder.
Q: Howdo I submit?When aresubmissionsdue?
A: Dead-line for sub-missions oforiginal andpreviouslyunpublishedart, photography, poetry, shortfiction, personal essays, and cre-ative nonfiction, is Monday,March 18.
Submission forms are avail-able from Telolith advisersSusan Copas ([email protected]/ 417-1453/ Humanities108) and Bill McGlothing([email protected]/417-1457/ Humanities 107).
This app makes writing papers, notes,and essays a lot easier. All you do is
type and the app records and convertsit into text.
Evernote
Perhaps the greatest appfor students. Memos canbe recorded, notes can
be categorized and written, and the app cansync to the desktop ver-sion of Evernote, which isfree. Everything is synced
up online and transferswork to multiple devices.
Free apps suggested for college students
Bill McGlothing
Guest Columnist
Adviser explains literary magazine
TECHNOLOGICAL APPS
Last day to submitTelolith entries is
March 18
There are better versions of these apps out there that
are only a couple of bucks, but since most college
students are living on tight budgets these apps were
selected because they’re free.
• Dragon Dictation
This app makes writing papers, notes and essays a
lot easier. All you do is talk and the app records and
converts it into text.
• MyFitnessPal
It’s hard to workout with schedules that are packed. If
you’re not in a sport or a P.E. class, it can be hard to
stay in shape during college. This app keeps tracks
of diets, workouts and calories.
• Mint
Keep track of money in college is a big deal for those
living a tight budget. Mint helps keep track of ex-
penses by using multiple widgets.
• Evernote
Perhaps the greatest app for students. Memos can
be recorded, notes can be categorized and written
and the app can sync to the desktop version of Ever-
note, which is free. Everything is synced up online
and transfers work to multiple devices.
• Wikipanion
Wikipedia in an app. This app is great for
starting research or looking up subjects
that are difficult to understand. Wikipan-
ion has a quick and easy to use interface
with easy to read text.
Technology is changing and everyday it seems that thereis a new phone, tablet, operating system, life changing appor hardware upgrade. Most college students know how touse technology for the purposes that they want, but a selectfew know how to use technology to benefit their studies.
Students in this day and age have smartphones and some
want to figure out what apps make their lives easier. Smart-phones, tablets and computers are for more than just texting,taking Instagram pictures, Skyping and Facebook posting.If a student wants to succeed and stay on top of things incollege they need to use every tool available to them.
—Jose Medrano, Editor
TOP FIVE (FREE) APPS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
MyFitnessPal
It’s hard to workout with schedules thatare packed. If you’re not in a sport or a
P.E. class, it can be hard to stay in shapeduring college. This app keeps tracks of
diets, workouts and calories.
Watching sporting events isone of the biggest forms of enter-tainment in the world. Football,soccer, basketball and baseball:these are the sports that mostpeople in the United States watchthe most and many even partici-pate in the sports.. However,sports are changing into some-thing else. Video games arereaching more people every dayand there are even professional
gamers. Perhaps one of thebiggest games that are playedprofessionally today is League ofLegends.
League of Legends (LoL) is atype of game called of MOBA,which stands for multiplayer on-line battle arena. Gameplay isextremely competitive. Twoteams of five players controlcharacters on a battlefield withthe end goal of destroying theopposite team’s base. A matchends when a team’s base is de-stroyed or a team surrenders.Matches can last anywhere from10 minutes to an hour, but the av-erage is 30 minutes. LoL can beplayed on a PC or a Mac and wasreleased in 2009. Professional
gaming may become the new fu-ture of sports if games like LoLcontinue to gain ground as theyhave. In the fall of 2012 theworld saw the world tournamentfor League of Legends seasontwo. Teams from North America,Europe and Asia competed forthe grand prize of $1 million dol-lars and a collective prize pool of$2 million dollars. Each teamhad a loyal fan base and peopleactually travelled to Los Angelesto watch the tournament live. Inaddition to being shown live inLA, the entire tournament wasalso streamed live online. Justlike in athletic sports, there areeven popular professionalgamers, however they are only
known for their in-game namerather than their legal name likeMichael Jordan or Brett Favre Inthe end an Asian team based inTaiwan called the TaipeiAssassins won the tournament.
Competitive play isn’t just forprofessional gamers or organizedteams either. Any casual gamerwith an Internet connection canplay this free game and competeagainst people of similar skilllevel. Recently there was a re-gional tournament that severalteams from KSU competed in,including the official KSULeague team.
The fact that there are so manypeople playing LoL recreational-ly means that there is also a large
viewership for professionalgames. League of Legends isn’tthe only video game that isplayed professional and draws inviewers. Professional tourna-ments for Halo and Call of Dutyhave been around much longerthan League of Legends.
If competitive gaming contin-ues to grow as it has in the lastfew years it’s possible that itcould become bigger than athlet-ic sports. Instead of watchingLeBron James score three point-ers, people might instead seeVoyboy from team Curse get apenta.
OPINION4 Wednesday, March 6, 2013CRUSADER
In a packed Green House on a Wednesday,two titans of the Jayhawk West ,the Saints andthe Blue Dragons faced each other for the con-ference championship. The crowd roared forevery basket that was made by the Saints. Thematch came down to the wire, and as the buzzerrang the Green House exploded.
Students stormed the Green House floor,cheers and yells rose from the stands and a lookof disappointment could be seen on the oppos-ing team. For those who were not in attendance,the match is indescribable. It was one of thegreatest matches the Green House has everbeen witness to, but yet so many studentsmissed it.
The Green House is capable of seating morethan 2,000 people, yet as our Saints and LadySaints basketball teams begin post-season playseats are not completely full. Why? The answer
is simple students are not supporting athletes asthey should be.
It is not only the basketball teams who strug-gle with attendance but so do the other athleticprograms. Very few times were the seats at vol-leyball games ever “packed” in the 2012 sea-son, and very few students attend the LadySaints softball games.
It is easy to find parents, other athletes andalumni in the stands at any of the home gamesin the Green House, Brent Gould Field or thesoftball field, but non-athletic students are onlya small fraction compared to the other groupsin attendance. There is such a thing as a homecourt advantage, but athletes can feel alienatedwhen they look up and see a small crowd.
Seward County has had some of greatest ath-letic programs in the regional for the last sever-al years. A packed Green House can turn any-
one into a fan of the Saints. Seward County ath-letes and sports programs have a legacy of ex-cellence but many students don’t realize that.Very few schools have the same number con-ference or regional titles as we do. We’re morethan just students; we are friends and peers ofathletes who have achieved amazing things.
The “there is nothing to do in Liberal” argu-ment doesn’t work when the Saints or LadySaints are playing at home. When was the lasttime you saw a no-hitter softball game? Haveyou seen your team defeat a No. 5 nationallyranked team for a conference title? The bestbonus is it does not cost anything for studentswho show up to a match with their student ID.
Simply by promoting games and by havingmore people attend, the outcome of a game cansometimes be changed. If you’re an athleteconvince, your fellow peers to attend a game to
make them change their mind. If you don’t haveenough time or are busy with other stuff, tunein and listen to the matches or watch them on-line. KSCB and the Saints’ athletics departmentstream most of the home games online for free.
It may be too late for basketball season, butthe Saints baseball and Lady Saints softballteams are hitting off their conference play thismonth.
Wear your school colors show your pride.Athletes love to play the sport that they partici-pate in, but having a crowd cheering them ongives them confidence and pride win or lose.Our school has many things to be proud of, in-cluding our athletic programs.
So instead of sitting around watching televi-sion go out and support one of the Saints athlet-ics team. Be loud, cheer and support yourSaints.
College enrollment is about tostart and it’s time to start choos-ing your classes for fall 2013.
It’s not easy having to choosemy classes for the semester, es-pecially when I have to workaround my job hours. Having tojuggle them around and see whatfits where can be a pain.
For some students working incollege is a need; for others, it’sjust a desire.
I first got a job the summer Igraduated high school. I hadnever had a full-time job, so Ididn’t know exactly what to ex-pect. I worked full time andfound it wasn’t too much of ahassle — until college began.
Once I came to enroll atSCCC/ATS, I grabbed a sched-ule for my classes and startedchoosing. There were so many Ineeded to take, and I thought,”Yea, this could be good.” Then Isaw the times and realized theyinterfered with my job.
Luckily, my boss is very un-derstanding about school andworks around my hours. Noteverybody, though, gets to have
the opportunity to put schoolfirst; others have to put theirwork first.
At SCCC/ATS, many studentshave part-time jobs and also seethe struggle with the timing. Ifind it hard to work and go to col-lege at the same time.
Most of the time, I feel like I’mstuck in a routine that neverseems to end. Work, eat, college,homework, exercise, eat, and fi-nally sleep ... then it starts allover the next day.
How can students find the timeto work during college? How canthey make sure to have time forall their needs?
SCCC/ATS offers students
work study. Work study is givingthe students an opportunity towork in campus but only a limit-ed number of hours a week. Also,work study helps them pay someof their college expenses. It’s agreat way to help them out be-cause they make it easy to workaround your school hours and it’sright on campus, so you won’thave to drive.
Another way to avoid this is tomake sure you let your bossknow your schedule; that way heor she can be aware of whathours you could work.
Be aware of the hours andmake sure you have plenty oftime to study and do your home-
work. Consider how far it is fromcollege to work and home. All itreally takes, though, is organiza-tion and planning.
Having a job during collegecan be a down side to many, butalso a great learning experience.I have learned a lot about com-munication and professionalismat work. It has really helped megain skills that I didn’t know Ihad.
Even though I struggled at firsttrying to juggle both college andwork I learned that I just neededto be organized. Now I knowwhat hours I can work and thatway I can be prepared for choos-ing my classes for next year.
Everyone carries a style. Yourstyle is what shapes you and de-scribes who you are visually toothers without having to speak.
Each person has a style even ifthey don’t think they do, or evenif they just wear a plain shirt andjeans every day. Style reflectsmood, too. Some days peoplemay dress confidently, whileother days people dress drab.However you decide to dress,others will see you and definewho they believe you are.Always dress to impress.
Different styles can rangefrom boho, classic, sporty, vin-tage, couture etc. What style fitsyour personality? Do you dressone way at work or school, andthen something opposite for anight on the town? What definesyour sense of style? Whetheryou’re dressing up for an inter-view, sport event, job or date,you will reflect styles.
Over the years, people some-times took advantage of theirstyle and created blogs or theirown websites. They told othersabout the latest fashion trendsand showed them their style.Most fashion bloggers post atleast once a week to encourageothers on how to dress trendyand to give pointers on acces-sories. If you find yourself in afashion crisis, find a fashionblog to help you out. This couldhelp you get a job, reflect confi-dence, show your spunky side orpossibly get you a date.Whatever you do, make sureyou are always dressed for suc-cess like the old saying goes.You never know whom you willrun into and your first impres-sion is always noticed.
Check out these fashion blogsfor help and up to date tips onbeing stylish:
We all feel it, the gloomingstress of college hanging overour heads. It may be from hardclasses with homework everyday, a big test or midterm tomor-row or decisions for next year.
While stress may seem in themoment and only affect youwhen you feel it, there are manymore side effects that continue.
If you feel like you’re the onlyone feeling stressed, you’re not
alone. In a recent study, “The
American Freshman: NationalNorms Fall 2010,” student emo-tional health has declined to thelowest amount since 1985.
The study, which involvedmore than 200,000 full-time stu-dents at four-year colleges, 64percent of students in 1985 saidthey had above average mentalhealth which dropped to around50 percent in 2010. The rates notonly were low overall, but out ofthe students surveyed, 39 percentof women and 18 percent of mensaid they were frequently over-whelmed.
This rise in stress levels bringsmany health concerns, from your
body to your mind. Some symp-toms that may occur include: hairmay fall out, muscles will tight-en and become very painful, andthe immune system can weakenand be more susceptible to sick-ness.
Thinking properly for simpledecisions becomes more diffi-cult, jaw problems and gum dis-ease may occur and heart ratewill speed up, constrict bloodvessels and make the heart andblood vessels more likely tooverreact. Skin conditions suchas psoriasis, eczema and acnecan become worse, along withcold sores and fever blisters.
Despite all of the problemscaused from stress, they can be
changed. Simple solutions canhelp reduce your stress level andkeep it low. A major solution is tojust not stress about beingstressed. By thinking of the prob-lem causing your stress, it onlybrings more stress.
Another is to get a goodamount of sleep. Getting moresleep from a nap or going to bedearlier can help your mind refo-cus, recharge, and rebalance,lowering stress. Exercise and eat-ing right helps control against the“Freshman 15,” which are main-ly caused from higher stress.
Take a break from studyingand go out to a movie, eat out ormaybe even take a quiet walk byyourself.
Senior business and marketing instruc-tor Marcia Hatcher is taking early retire-ment after this semester.
“I am changing careers,” Hatcher ex-plained, “but I will still continue to teachmy online course.”
Hatcher says that she will be undergo-ing new training to help her husband. Billand Marcia Hatcher have been married 37years and Bill sells Pioneer Seed. Marciawill be learning GIS mapping to “helpfarmers take advantage of variable rateplanting.”
“Do you really want to know?” Hatcherposed when asked why she first got intobusiness and marketing. “It’s embarrass-ing. When I was in college I started out asa music major, and then I went into edu-cation. I didn’t feel like it was a real goodfit so I decided to major in business be-cause that is where all the good lookingsingle guys were,” Hatcher said with alaugh. “Once I got into business, I reallyenjoyed the marketing aspect of it. It wasright down my alley, so I majored in mar-keting.”
Hatcher graduated University of North-ern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree inbusiness education with an emphasis inmarketing. She later earned her Master’sof Education Administration from Fort
Hays State University in 1995. She didn’t use her teaching degree until
she moved to Liberal. She has been teach-ing at Seward County Community Col-lege for 25 years.
“Out of college, I moved to Liberal towork in sales for my sister,” Hatcher said.She worked at Daniel’s Western Store, aretail-clothing store in Liberal.
“I sold a lot of boots. I loved it. I reallyenjoyed selling western clothes and tack,”Hatcher said.
In 1976 she married Bill Hatcher. Shehas two children, Will and Jessica.
After her children were in school,Hatcher decided to use her teaching de-gree and started teaching a night class atSCCC/ATS. It took only seven monthsbefore she was hired full-time.
“The man that had the marketing posi-tion moved in the middle of the year andthat left the position open,” Hatcher said.
Hatcher claims her favorite part abouther job is the students.
“I really like getting to know the stu-dents. I teach three online classes,”Hatcher said. “I enjoy teaching it, but youdon’t get to know them one on one likeregular classes. I prefer personal knowl-edge of the students to get to know them.”
Hatcher even ‘friends’ some of her stu-dents on Facebook to better get to knowthem.
Hatcher used to be the SIFE sponsor,
and she says that really got her close to thestudents, too.
“I have a lot of those students that comeback and see me once and a while. I alsocatch up with them on Facebook, too.”
While Hatcher will no longer be oncampus physically, her presence will con-tinue to be felt through her online course.Just last year, she pioneered and devel-oped a course for her online introductionto business class that is completely digital.
“The textbook and simulations are digi-tally embedded in the course.” Hatchersaid, “I combined parts of three textbooksand put what I considered the best part ofeach of those textbooks into the course.”
Hatcher had to read each textbook anddiscern what she liked about each of those.She also gathered computer simulations,videos and discussions to complete thecourse.
Last semester she helped the CEO ofeduKan in two presentations on thecourse. One presentation was deliveredonline in a webinar for The Chronicle ofHigher Education, where she spoke to agroup of 250 educators from major learn-ing institutions on the project and was wellreceived.
As Hatcher looks forward to spendingsome extra time with the new grandbaby,school administrators look toward findinga qualified replacement.
Hatcher announces early retirement
Gets bachelor’s degree in business educa-tion of University of North Colorado.
Graduates from Rocky Ford High School.
Gets married to Bill Hatcher.
Starts teaching at SCCC/ATS.
Gets degree from Fort Hays.
Promoted to head of the business department
Announces early retirement from SCCC
Crusader photo/Dawn Shouse
Senior business and marketing instructor, Marcia Hatcher an-nounced her early retirement in January. She will continue teach-ing some online classes and will also help her husband, BillHatcher, with his business selling Pioneer Seed. Hatcher hasworked at SCCC/ATS for 25 years.
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Timeline of Marcia HatcherRacing toward retirement
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With spring break only days away many
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while others will be staying here on campus.
For those staying, spring break may just be
another week to them, but here are some
quick get away destinations that won’t cost
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If you’re looking for some-thing that differs from thenorm then check out Mum-menschanz a Swiss mask the-ater troupe who perform in asurreal mask- and prop-ori-ented style. This uniquegroup, which revolutionizedmime art a generation ago byblending dance, theater andpuppetry, creating fantastical
characters that spring to life,turn everyday objects intoamazing abstract forms, won-drous costumes and expres-sive masks to spark imagina-tions. This unique event willbe March 12 in the McCainAuditorium in Manhattanwith tickets ranging from $32and up to purchase tickets goto www.k-state.edu/mccain/
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In Wichita at the Orpheum The-atre with tickets starting at $29 andshowtime at 7 p.m. you have thechance to watch comedian TracyMorgan on March 13. His comedyshow is titled “Excuse MyFrench” which does feature somestrong language and jokes foradult audiences. For tickets andseating options you can go onlineto www.selectaseat.com or bycalling (316) 755-7328.
On March 14 in JunctionCity at the C.L. HooverOpera House prepare to beamazed and stupefied withmagic and illusions by theworld famous entertainerReza. Reza's current self-ti-tled tour transports 15,000lbs of lighting and soundsmelded with some of themost incredible magic in ex-istence today so don’t be ex-
pecting rabbits out of hatshere. Reza is intriguing, en-gaging, and captivating. Hehas the ability to connectwith his audiences and letthem feel his magic on a per-sonal level. He isn't just a ma-gician. He is an entertainer.With tickets starting at $15and show time at 7:30pm youcan purchase your ticket atwww.jcoperahouse.org
Ice, skating and Disney charac-ters all combine in Disney On Icewhich is celebrating its 100 yearsof magic this year. The productionfeatures the largest cast of Disneystars and features familiar songssuch as “When you Wish Upon a
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zling sets and beautiful costumesthis is one event that people of anyage can enjoy. This event is in Wi-chita at the Intrust Bank Arenawith tickets starting at $20 and theshow starting at 7 pm. For moreinformation and purchasing tick-ets go to www.intrustbankare-na.com
Consecutive Jayhawk West Conference Titles 2011 • 2012 • 2013
Saints win three back-to-back Jayhawk West conference titles
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NJCAA Region VI Tournament Bracket
Seward County
Independence
Colby
Cowley
Pratt
Barton
Allen County
Dodge City
Butler
Garden City
Hutchinson
NW Kansas Tech
Labette
Cloud County
Neosho County
Coffeyville
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The Saints, and coaches Bryan Zollinger and Jason Sautter, cut down the net after winning their game against the Hutchinson Blue Dragons Wednesday night in the Green House. The Saints have now won three con-secutive conference titles. Hutchinson was No. 5 in the NJCAA rankings and was tied in the Jayhawk West conference with the Saints, but the Saints were victorious in their match winning 62-60 in the last few seconds.
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With only 4.5 seconds on theclock, the Saints scored to takethe final lead over Hutchinson’sBlue Dragons 62-60. The winlanded the Saints the JayhawkWest Conference title for a thirdyear in a row.
At the buzzer, a roar emergedfrom the crowd and a mass ofstudents and fans stormed theGreen House floor. Players cel-ebrated, students jumped andfans cheered as the Saints hadonce again captured the confer-ence championship.
The final seconds of the gamewere intense. With the score tiedand 11 seconds to go, the Saintsinbounded the ball.
Leslee Smith, with an assist
from Malcolm Hill-Bey, andonly 4.5 left on the clock, scoredthe Saints a two-point shot thatgive them the lead to win thematch.
“There is no better feeling,”Saints guard Kaheem Ransomsaid about winning another con-ference title with the Saints. TheSaints have now won the Jay-hawk West title five times, withthree of those titles coming fromthe 2011, 2012 and 2013 sea-sons.
Throughout the entire 40 min-utes of play, both teams wereconstantly on each other’s heels.The match started off on a fastpace but with both teams onlyscoring two points within thefirst three minutes of the match.
Hutchinson took its first size-able lead with seven minutes left
in the first half 22-17, but a threepointer by Jabari Peters cut thelead 22-20.
The Saints and Blue Dragonscontinued scoring back forth forrest of the first half with steals,three point shots, turnovers andmissed shots by the teams. TheBlue Dragons lead by five at theend of the first half 29-24.
In the first half, Edison Avilalead the Saints in scoring withnine points, Smith had eight, Pe-ters had five and Ransom — whohad scored 27 points in a gameTuesday night against GardenCity — was held to only two.
The Saints started off the sec-ond half with a strong push andtook the lead 30-29 only minutesinto the half. A dunk by BlueDragon Alex Davis revivedHutchinson as they went on an
eight point run taking a solid leadwith a little more than 12 min-utes left in the game, 44-36.
The Saints didn’t give up andwent on their own run with only8:45 left in the game, 46-44. Aback and forth frenzy ensued inthe last six minutes withHutchinson keeping a small lead.
“Keeping them off the offen-sive glass and stopping them intransition,” were critical compo-nents in stopping the Blue Drag-ons, according to Ransom.
The Saints were behind byone, with only two minutes onthe clock. A shot from Avila gavethe lead to the Saints with 1:50left on the clock, 57-56. Petersput up a layup and was fouled,giving the Saints a lead of fourwith only 28 seconds left, 60-56.
A two-point shot and a ball
stumble caused the game to betied 60-60 with only 11 secondsleft on the clock.
Hill-Bey sprinted across thecourt with the ball, Hutchinsontried to block, but Hill-Beypassed the ball to Smith with fiveseconds on the clock, Smith wentstrong to the basket and gave theSaints the game winning shot,62-60. Saints fans and studentsstormed the Green House courtat the buzzer.
Overall the Saints shot 45.3percent with Avila leading theSaints by scoring 19 points.Smith had 16 points and sevendefensive rebounds.
“Not many people have hadthe luxury of being apart of twochampionship teams, but I don’twant us to stop here. There are afew goals we still need to accom-
plish,” said Ransom. AlthoughRansom only scored sevenpoints, he had a key three in thelast five minutes of the game.
In the first two rounds of tour-nament, the Saints defeatedColby and Independence, 88-70and 84-66.The Saints are on a10-game winning streak goinginto the semifinals of the RegionVI tournament.
The semifinals and finals willbe March 8 and 9 in Park City atHartman Arena. The Saints willplay Barton in the semifinalround at 5:30 p.m. March 9. Thegame will be broadcast onKSCB.
For more pictures and updatesof the Saints throughout the Re-gion VI tournament, go to Face-book.com/CrusaderNews.
Dragon slayers: Saints win match against Hutch in final seconds
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Before facing Hutchinson the Lady Saints defeat-ed Allen County’s Lady Red Devils in OT in their firstround match of the NJCAA Region VI Tournament. On Saturday night the Lady Saints traveled to Iola
for their match against the Lady Red Devils.Throughout the first half of the match, the Lady RedDevils led the Lady Saints, and at the half the LadyRed Devils led 39-33. The second half was a run for both teams, in the
last 10 minutes of the match the Lady Saints werefinally able to cut the Lady Red Devils’ lead. A criti-cal three by Madison McLain with less than five min-utes left tied the game at 58-58. For the rest of theregular time, both teams were unable to score. Inthe last 10 seconds Allen County had the opportu-nity to win with a free throw, but it was missed andthe match went into overtime. In the overtime portion of the match, the Lady
Saints were able to shut down and limit the LadyRed Devils to only two points. In the 10 minutes ofovertime, the Lady Saints pushed a lead early onand scored 15 points. The Lady Saints’ strong de-fense along with missed shots cost Allen County thematch in the final 10 minutes.
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Madison McLain goes up against a Hutchinson defender on Feb. 27 in the Green House. McLain had an outstanding 2012-2013 freshman sea-son with the Lady Saints. McLain lead the Lady Saints in scoring with 411 points and she shot 72.8 percent from the free throw line.
The Lady Saints finished the season last nightagainst Hutchinson’s Lady Blue Dragons. Although itwas the closest match that they’ve had with Hutch allseason, the Lady Saints were not able to stay ahead of
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Tuesday night the Lady Saints faced Hutchinson’sLady Blue Dragons for the second time in a week.After losing to The Lady Blue Dragons at home onWednesday the Lady Saints had to win in order tocontinue in the post-season. The Lady Saints started off the match against the
Lady Blue Dragons trailing, but the Lady Saints kepton their heels. Out of their three encounters this wasthe closest the Lady Saints have gotten to the LadyBlue Dragons. With five minutes left in the first half the Lady
Saints only trailed by three, 26-23. But once againthe Lady Blue Dragons pushed ahead leading theLady Saints for the rest of the match. In the secondhalf the Lady Saints struggled to get something to-gether offensively, which gave the Lady Blue Drag-ons the upper hand, ending the match in 67-52. The Lady Saints end the 2012-2013 season 20-11,
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With a round of unique hand-shakes in a specific order withher teammates and the tune of“Headstrong” in her head, Brit-tney Rachelle Sharkey is readyfor the game.
This “California Girl”, is asophomore this school year, anda pitcher and infielder for theLady Saints softball team.
Recently Sharkey attained thetitle of Best in the West from theKansas Jayhawk CommunityCollege Conference.
She was pitcher of the weekfrom Feb. 10-17, this was alsothe second Jayhawk West“Pitcher of the Week” that shehas received in her career and
was her first for the 2013 season.Sharkey is from Riverside,
Calif. She is the daughter ofRobin and Terry Sharkey; shehas two sisters, Katie andAlyse.
Her family nowlives in Wichita,for which she isthankful. Nowher relatives arecloser and she canspend time withthem on theweekends andthey can come to supporther at games, according toSharkey.
Sharkey initially began toplay softball when she was 4years old. She became interestedin the sport because her dad
played slow-pitch. She “lovedthe game at heart” and pursuedit, and continues to play softball.
She also had special inspira-tion to pursue softball in mem-
ory of a friend who hadpassed away, “I wanted
to continue with it,since she was notable to. That’s why Iplay and want to fur-ther my collegiate
career,” Sharkey said. Softball has made a
large impact on her life,and the lessons she has learned
as a team member are what shemost values.
“It helps in all situations, helpswith team building, becoming amore open, friendly person, andis a valuable skill to have,”
Sharkey stated.Sharkey became interested in
Seward County because of theway the coaches approached her,and she decided that SCCC/ATSwould be a nice small school tobegin her college career with.
She enjoys the atmosphere,and feels that the people on cam-pus are very friendly and hopesto do her best for the team.
“I hope we do well, can go toregionals, and then on to nation-als. I feel good about this year,”Sharkey said.
As for personal goals, shehopes to make “Pitcher of theWeek” another time, have as fewas possible home runs hit off herpitches and help her team takeon regional and national compe-tition.
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The Seward women’s tennisteam has a new member who hasarrived for the Spring 2013 se-mester.
Kathryn Roohan is a 22-year-old freshman who has threebrothers and two dogs. She callsherself family-oriented, but theUniversal City, Texas, nativefinds herself many miles awayfrom her family, friends and petsas she settles in at Seward.
Before coming to play tennis atSeward County Community Col-lege/Area Technical School , shewent to Judson High School.After high school, she attendedSan Antonio Community Col-lege in her hometown from 2009until 2011. She did not play ten-nis there, and she described hertime there as “rough.”
She was busy working and hergrades weren’t as great as shewanted them to be. Furthermore,she said she was frustrated be-cause she couldn’t figure outwhat she really wanted to do. Butshe is a fighter who never gives
up, so she decided to try a newstart at Seward.
Roohan came to Seward forthe spring semester because shegot her tennis scholarships offerin November 2012. Currently,she joins the Lady Saints tennisteam, who have just started ten-nis season.
She said the nice people atSCCC/ATS are one of many rea-sons why she is enjoying her stayhere. Despite that, she misses herfamily and her friends. In addi-tion, she misses going out be-cause she lived in a bigger townthan Liberal and the size of thecity is not the only thing that isdifferent than in Texas.
Roohan also added that theweather conditions here are dif-ferent than in her hometown. Theweather in southwest Kansaschanges all the time, and it’soften windy, and that make itsometimes difficult to play tennisoutside. Thus, she is looking for-ward to spring with the hope thatthe weather will get warmer.
Before she came here, shenever played in weather thiscold. But the weather could
never stop her from playing herfavorite sport — tennis.
She has played since she was14 years old. In her senior year inhigh school, she was the captainof her team. Her father was alsoa tennis player; she discoveredher passion for tennis throughhim.
When she was younger, shealso tried basketball, but she saidthat was not the right sport forher. She decided to keep playingtennis. She says she has never re-gretted this decision.
She loves tennis so much be-cause it is a “challenging andmental sport.” Roohan feels shehas improved her skills. She is ingood shape and has becamefaster. But despite of that, shesaid there is still a long way to gofor her.
“Some days I love this sport,but other days I hate it,” she said,a statement probably any athletecould relate to. Roohan is theoldest one in her team, but shehas a good relationship with allher teammates.
Roohan also has more hob-bies, such as working out. More-
over, she enjoys watchingmovies or meeting friends in dif-ferent locations like bars.
She described herself as afriendly, generous and responsi-ble personality. And, of course,she is very family oriented.
She also likes to be indepen-dent. Thus, she enjoys the dormlife where she has to handleeverything by herself. Her col-lege roommate is CourtneyCarlile and she has a good rela-tionship and is getting to knowher.
Roohan is still undecided onher major. Texas stereotypesaside, Roohan is a passionatecountry dancer.
Her plans for the future are totransfer to a university and be-come successful with tennis. Shedreams of working as a tennisteacher for little children or be-coming a tennis pro.
Also, she would love to travelthe world. Her favorite places tovisit would be in Europe. Shewants to visit Germany, Paris inFrance or places in Italy.
But, for now, she is happy tobe a student at SCCC/ATS.
New player joins Lady Saints tennis
Sharkey on the Attack: Receives second KJCCC award
HOMETOWN:Riverside, California
POSITIONS:Pitcher/Infield
DOB:2/11/93
ALIAS:Shark Bait
MAJOR:
Biology/Zoology
HOBBIES:
Pet RescueCoaching T-Ball
FAVE CLASSES:
Ceramics and Psych
Lady Saints pitcher gets player of the week
Kathryn Roohan
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Brittney Sharkey prepares to pitch during the Lady Saints matchagainst Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa Feb. 9. Sharkey received theKJCCC Player of the Week award for the week of Feb. 10-17.
The Saints cheerleaders performed at the Saints match against Hutchinson’s Blue Dragons on Feb. 27 in the Green House. The sophomore cheerleaders and dancers of the Saints Cheer Squad and Saintsations danceteam were honored with a plaque and announced in front of the audience. The Saints defeated the Blue Dragons 62-60 in the final seconds and won the Jayhawk West Conference for a third consecutive time.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Kaheem Ransom goes up against a Hutchinson defender in the Jayhawk West championship game. In thefirst round in the Region VI against Cloby on Saturday night, Ransom reached the 1000 point mark in hisSeward County career, making him the 10th Saints player to make this accomplishment. Ransom also re-ceived the Jayhawk Conference Player of the Week honor for the fourth time this season, making it thesixth in his career.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Sophomore Recognition night took place on Wednesday, Feb.27. The Saints and Lady Saints basketballteams were presented along with the Saints Cheer Squad and Saintsations dance team. From left, Ka-heem Ransom, Eric Adams, Jabari Peters, Briston White, Leslee Smith, and Edson Avila.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Brian Bridgeforth, Edson Avila, and Leslee Smith join together with fans to celebrate their win againstHutchinson that lead them to becoming Jayhawk West Champions. Avila scored 19 points and had eightrebounds. Smith finished the match with 16 points, and 10 rebounds.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Leslee Smith shouts in excitement after scoring the winning shot to defeat Hutchinson 62-60 on Feb.27.That night Seward won the Jayhawk West Conference for a third consecutive time and secured the No. 1seed in regional playoffs. Fans stormed the floor to celebrate the Saints big win.
The Seward County Saints will be playing against Barton County in the semifinalsof Region VI this Friday at 5:30 at the Hartman Arena in Park City.
Rocking Green House Saints celebrate with fans after winning the
