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2012
King and Queen Candidates
Crusader goes 3D
Tonya LoewenCrusader staff
From playing guitar to glass blowing, Hope LaFreniere cando it all. This Seward sophomore loves art, and her creativityreally shows.
LaFreniere can play a mean guitar piece, sculpt beautiful pot-tery, make blown glass, sings and is a photographer. Makingbeautiful things out of nothing is what LaFreniere loves to do,and has been doing it for quite a while.
LaFreniere started playing guitar when her grandfather gaveher a cheap acoustic guitar as a present at age 12, not thinkingshe would stick to it. As LaFreniere started learning how to
play it, her love for the instrument grew and hasbeen growing for the eight years since. Les Claypool, renowned bassist, is LaFreniere’s
musical hero. She aspires to be able toplay like Claypool sometime in the near
future, and listens to his music for inspiration.LaFreniere also makes pottery and blown glass.
She started with just making pottery, and then de-cided to try glass blowing also. While she enjoys
making both, LaFreniere says they require very differ-ent techniques.
“With pottery, you make a plan for what you’re going tomake and it usually turns out like that. When blowing glass,you basically make it up as you go and hope it turns out good,”said LaFreniere.
LaFreniere has approximately 10 to 15 glass pieces made, al-though she cannot remember exactly how many. She loves giv-ing them to her friends and family as gifts, and gave one of hernewest pieces to her mother.
Another art medium that LaFreniere uses is photography. Sheenjoys capturing the beauty of everyday life through her lensand being able to do it with friends. Her subjects often includeher several dogs.
LaFreniere is also a singer, and is in the upcoming SCCCmusical “Once on this Island” as the character Erzulie, the god-dess of love. The musical will be LaFreniere’s first time in astage performance, and she is looking forward to the experience.“Once on this Island” will show from March 29-31 in theSCCC Theater.
“Hope is very talented and has a great personality. She’s usu-ally backstage, so this is a very different setting for her to be upfront in the musical,” said stage manager and student assistantTyconda Millsap.
Although she graduated from Liberal High School and is cur-rently a student at Seward, LaFreniere just transferred back toher hometown from Hays, where she was a student at Fort
Hays State University. LaFreniere says that she enjoyed theschool and will miss the friends she made there.
The reason why she left Fort Hays is because of the climate.While not too much north of Liberal, the winter was unbear-ably cold for LaFreniere. “When they told us to be sure to coverour faces and everything because we could get frostbite in a fewminutes outside, I knew I couldn’t handle it anymore,” saidLaFreniere.
The many warm days in the past few weeks in Liberal haveaffirmed LaFreniere’s decision for a more comfortable tempera-ture change, and proof that she made the right decision.
LaFreniere currently is pursuing a general arts degree, al-though is planning on majoring in broadcasting in the future.Her plans are to either transfer to West Texas A&M Universitynext fall majoring in broadcasting or to work in broadcasting inOklahoma City, Okla., and pay off her student loans before con-tinuing school.
Tonya LoewenCrusader staff
The Seward County Commu-nity College/Area TechnicalSchool homecoming ceremonyfor 2012 will be after the LadySaints basketball game on Feb.11.
The queen candidates are KaelaKrueger, Morgan Wills, NakitaMartinez, Erica Fowler and JenaEder. King candidates are BenitoRivera, Rafael Sanchez, PrestonMyers, Oscar DonJuan and Dar-rell Magwire.
The finalround of vot-ing for home-coming kingand queen willtake place onFeb. 8-10 from9 a.m. to noonin front of thelibrary.
These candi-dates were se-lected from as choo l -wi devote and werenominated byschool clubsand organiza-tions.
Other queennominees wereS h e l b yHansen, Ce-lestina Padilla,
Maria Perez, Giselle Arredondo,Reanna Tumlinson, YahaidaZubia, Eva Loewen, GenesisLuevano, Dariya Dashutina,Kelsey Cook and Maria Vasquez.
Other king nominees wereMaverick Elam, Levi Adams,Sam Decker, Blake Bowen,Rafael Raw, Luis Almanza, Laer-cio Lobo, Jose Pando and AaronRichie.
The Student Government As-sociation is sponsoring a varietyof events during homecomingweek. Director of Student Activ-ities, Wade Lyon, said, “I hope
everyone participates in home-coming. It’s free for students toparticipate in the activities, andthe voting is student choice.”
On Feb. 6, there was FunnyTees in the Student Union from10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On Feb. 7, the Saints Book-store offered free donuts startingat 7:45 a.m. along with theweekly free coffee Tuesdays.From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., therewas Totally Tattoos in the Stu-dent Union.
Tonight, there will be a Men-talist and Hypnotist show byBrian Imbus at 8 p.m. in the the-ater.
On Feb. 9, the IntramuralDodge Ball League will start inthe gym at 7:30 p.m.
On Feb. 10, Texas Hold ’EmTournament will begin at 7:30p.m. in the Student Union,awarding approximately $1,000in prizes to the winners.
On Feb. 11, the women’s bas-ketball game against the PrattBeavers will begin at 6 p.m.Homecoming coronation willfollow the Lady Saints game.The men’s game will start at 8p.m.
The Saints Bookstore held ahomecoming T-shirt design con-test for students from Jan. 11-25.Lady Saints Ashlynn Knoll andKayla Thomas came up with thewinning design, and were reward-ed with $100 and 10 free T-shirtswith their design. Lyon saysthere will be limited free shirts inhis office, which is located inRoom SU118, for those attend-ing the homecoming game.
Students and the communityare invited to attend theSCCC/ATS homecoming game,where a special 3D homecomingissue will be distributed by theCrusader student newspaper.
Emergency alert system activated for SewardJose MedranoCrusader staff
Thanks to a new alert system implement-ed at Seward County Community Collegethis week, students and faculty will now re-ceive emergency alerts straight to theirphones or emails.
Messages regarding campus closings due toweather or emergencies can now be sent im-mediately.
“This new alert system is more effectiveand better than the old system that we had im-plemented,” said Celeste Donovan, dean ofstudents.
The previous system consisted of pagingthe phones located on campus and sendingout emails in case of a campus emergency.
RAVE, the system that Seward has part-nered with, is an instant alert system designedto send the messages to students and faculty.
“The system provides immediate awarenessto people in a form that they are comfortablewith,” Donovan said.
This new alert system comes at no cost tothose who are registered with SCCC, andsigning up is rather simple.
The system became operational Monday,so all one has to do is log on to the myCam-pus portal and click on the RAVE icon.
After clicking on the on RAVE icon, stu-dents and faculty must submit to the termsand agreement located on the second page inorder to be able to receive messages.
Students and faculty will then have tochoose what form they would like to be no-tified, either by text message or email, andmultiple phone numbers or email addressescan be added.
It is important that contact information bekept up to date. Some service providers maycharge a per-text fee for the emergency alerts
through text messages.Text messages and emails are not the only
way students and faculty can be informed. Alerts will also be broadcast on the moni-
tors in the hallways, on SCCC’s local Chan-nel 17 and posted on the college’s website.
“Hopefully all we have to use it for issnow,” said Doug Browne, multimedia direc-tor at SCCC.
The alert system will allow administratorsto send messages to the entire campus whenneeded.
The RAVE alert system will be imple-mented during weather closing and emergen-cies on campus.
“Students (and faculty) should receive alertswithin minutes after it is broadcast,” Brownesaid.
The RAVE alert system also sends a mes-sage multiple times in case it is not receivedthe first time.
LaFreniere draws frommultiple interests in life
Crowning tops off 2012homecoming activities
Crusader illustration/Jose Medrano
Crusader photo/Tonya Loewen
Crusader illustration/Tonya Loewen
A few of the latest blown glass pieces that LaFrenieremade this year.
February 8
Hope LaFreniere plays some songs on her bassguitar, which she has owned for about two years.
Crusader photos/Tonya Loewen
Hope LaFreniere
Creativity flows through artistic studentEpisode for a new Hope
One of LaFreniere’snewest blown glasspieces started as avase, but broke.LaFreniere re-shaped it into agravy boat as a giftfor her mother.
Log onto yourmyCampus Portal
Choose one oftwo options
Click on the RAVEIcon on the sidemenu
Email or Phone Messagesare options
Crusader photo/Heidy Molina
International student Oladele Togbeola receives a airbrush tattoo inthe Student Union during one of the Homecoming Week activities.
How to register for the RAVE alert system
Poker, kings, and queens
Candidates take on a rosy attitude for homecomingweek activities. Candidates are, back row, OscarDonJuan, Darrell Magwire, Benito Rivera, PrestonMyers and Rafael Sanchez. In the front row, KaelaKrueger, Erica Fowler and Nakita Martinez. Notpictured, Morgan Wills and Jena Eder.
Watch for the special 3Dhomecoming issue at
Saturday’s games.
Hypnotist Show
Feb. 8
8 p.m.
Theater
Texas Hold ’Em
Feb. 10
7:30 p.m.
Student Union
Basketball vs.
Pratt
Feb. 11
Womens 6 p.m.
Men’s 8 p.m.
Green House
Coronation
Feb. 11
After Lady
Saints game
Green House
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2/08 Men’s and women’s basketball vs. Colby, away game 6-8 p.m.2/11Homecoming & men’s/women’s basketball vs. Pratt 6-8 p.m.2/21Pancake Day: No school/campus closed2/28 and 2/29Career Days for area high schools and LHS students2/12Baseball vs. Northeastern at Brent Gould field2/14Softball vs. Pratt at Lady Saints field2/29Men’s and women’s basketball vs Butler Sophomore recognition night
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Instructor William Worley re-signed after only one semester ascorrosion technology instructorat Seward, according to SteveWiens, assistant director of AreaTechnical School/Title V direc-tor, the one in charge of gettingthe program started.
Worley resigned due to an op-portunity for a dramatic increasein salary. He will remain in anadvisory committee to help withthe different phases of getting theprogram back in order.
The technical school currentlyassigned Harold Fick as an inter-im instructor for the semester.
Fick was hired to teach theprocess technology program,which has yet to launch. Fickwill teach corrosion technologyuntil a new candidate with thenecessary skills for the positionis found.
Fick worked at Phillips Petro-leum in the past, which gavehim some needed skills for thecorrosion technology position.
Due to the early resignation ofWorley, the students were onlyable to complete one semester inthe program, so they still need tocomplete one more semester.
”We’re like a family here atSCCC. We don’t wish anyonemisfortunes; we want to watchthem succeed,” Wiens said.
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The 2012 Kansas Teacher ofthe Year Team will speak andvisit with students from noon-1p.m. Feb. 28 in the library at Se-ward County Community Col-lege/Area Technical School.
This presentation is for all stu-dents and faculty, but especiallystudents who are thinking of ma-joring in education. Team mem-bers will talk about the rewards
of teaching, what it takes tomake a good teacher, and whatthey wish they had known whenstarting out. They will also an-swer questions from students.
Team members include KansasTeacher of the Year, Tiffany A.Richard, Olathe; and RegionalTeachers of the Year, Amelia S.Adams, Liberal; Christopher D.Christian, Maize; Emily K.Fleming, Kansas City; CarlaGoertzen, Buhler; Sherry L.
Helus, Wamego; Michael C.Pickman, La Cygne; and Eliza-beth A. Roberts, Wichita.
The Kansas Teacher of the YearAward is sponsored by theKansas Department of Educationto recognize excellent teaching inthe elementary and secondaryclassrooms of the state.
Its mission is to build and uti-lize a network of exemplaryteachers who are leaders in theimprovement of schools, student
performance, and the teachingprofession.
Saints Promoting EducationCareers, known as SPEC, willhost the team’s appearance oncampus.
Light refreshments will be pro-vided and everyone is invited toattend this free event.
For more information, call oremail SPEC sponsor JaniceNortherns at 620-417-1456 [email protected].
Kansas Teacher of the Year Team to speak Feb. 28
•INTRAMURAL DODGE-BALL tournament will be held at5 p.m. on Feb 15 in the SCCCGreen House.
•RESIDENTS of Seward Coun-
ty have the opportunity to go to
Topeka on Feb. 15 to support
the proposal for a bill that
would allow illegal immigrants
to gain work visas in Kansas.
Transportation will be provided
via bus. For more information
contact Jesus Diaz at 620-290-
1337.
•CAMPUS VISITS toKU/KSU sign up deadline is Feb15. The visits will take place onMarch 1-2. For more informa-tion or to sign up talk to StarTrisciornia in Room A150 in theacademics building.
•ALLIED HEALTH JOBFAIR will start at 11 a.m., Feb.16 in SW 229 C/D of the Stu-dent Activities Center. This is anopportunity for students in occu-pational health to learn about ca-reer choices.
•NO SCHOOL on Feb. 21 forPancake Day. Events start at 5a.m. at the Activity Center.
•BOOK SIGNING by ZachCarpenter, author of “Soul
Hunters,” will be from 1-3 p.m.,Feb. 24 in the campus library.
•SCCC/ATS will host a careerday on Feb 28-29. There will bepresentations starting at 9:30a.m. in the gym, theater, techschool, cosmo building and theag building.
Courtesy photo/Janice Northerns
Susan Copas decorates a chairfor the “Chair”ish the Childrenevent.
•KANSAS CHILDREN SERVICE LEAGUE event,“Chair”ish the Children, will beApril 21 at the Liberal CountryClub. KCSL is dedicated to pro-viding services and advocacy ef-forts that focus on communitieskeeping children safe and fami-lies strong.
Worley resigns as corrosiontechnology instructor
Team to speak at SCCC/ATS at noon on Feb. 28 in the library
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Slippery conditions caused by snow and ice prove to be hazardous onTuesday morning. Multiple accidents included this car which slid intothe ditch located in front of the college campus. According to sci-encedaily.com, about 24 percent of car accidents occur in adverseweather.
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The New York Giants prevailedin a tight game against the NewEngland Patriots on Super BowlSunday.
The Giants were in the lead inthe first quarter. They attainedtwo points after an intentionalgrounding penalty on Brady, andafter a touchdown by Victor Cruzthey held a score of nine to noth-ing.
At the beginning of the secondquarter the Patriots Gostkowskiscored a field goal. After a touch-down by Danny Woodhead, the
Patriots tied with the Giants. An-other field goal by theGostkowski put Patriots in thelead by one.
Halftime proceeded with ashow by Madonna and otherssuch as LMFAO, C-Lo Green,Nikki Minaj, and an entire choir.
At the beginning of the thirdquarter the Patriots Aaron Her-nandez scored a touchdown yetagain, and the Giants LawrenceTynes made a field goal makingthe score 12-17. Patriots werestill in the lead at this point.
Another field goal made by theGiants Tynes made the score
closer. At 17-15, the Giants werejust two points behind the Patri-ots.
The ever intense game culmi-nated down to the final minute-the Giants Ahmad Bradshawmade one last touchdown, andthough the Patriots made at-tempts to score last minute, lit-erally, it was not possible.
The Giants quarterback, EliManning, was named SuperBowl MVP. This was the secondtime he was named MVP of theSuper Bowl in his career.
Prior to the Super Bowl gamethe Giants winning record was 9-
7, and the Patriots record was 13-3. This Super Bowl game wasthe fifth the Giants had competedin as a team in the Super Bowlfinals, and it was the seventhtime for the Patriots.
These two teams competedagainst each other in 2008 atSuper Bowl XLII and TomCoughlin and Bill Belichick werethe head coaches, and quarter-backs Eli Manning and TomBrady were also the quarterbacksthat year.
Though then the Giants werereferred to as “underdogs” theywon the championships. Dejavu.
Top 10 Super Bowl
Commercials:10: Honda, “Broderick? Broderick?”
9: Acura, “The First One”
8: Audi, “Killing Time”
7: Doritos, “You Didn’t See Nuthin”
6: Kia, “Mr. Sandman”
5: Volkswagen, “Working Out Like a Dog”
4: Chrysler, “Halftime in America”
3: Chevy, “The End of the World”
2: Toyota, “Reinventing Ourselves”
1: Skechers, “Dog Race”
Illustration: James McElvania
Giants Deja wl Glory
Commercial Facts:
•• The record average price for a Super Bowl XLVI
commercial was $3.5 million for a 30-second spot.
• Super Bowl generates $245 million in advertising
revenue during a sporting event which lasts roughly
3.5 hours.
• The cost of each 30-second commercial could buy
roughly 3,333 snow tires.
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Megan S painEntertainment editor
As the date for the International Pan-cake Day Race approaches, many are al-ready registering for events and competi-tions that will take place from Feb. 18to Feb. 21.
The International race is now full.This women’s race is against Olney,England. Miss Liberal hopeful JohnetteSchwab will run in this race.
Five men have joined the Men’s PacerRace and one woman has entered theWomen’s Last Chance Race. Women
that sign up for the International Raceare eligible to receive free workouts atSeward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical School’s Well-ness Center. Many of the categories thatare open to children have been filledcompletely, despite a separate race exist-ing for each age and gender.
Sign-ups are at the Liberal RecreationCenter from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. The Rec Center is locat-ed at 1109 W. 7th Street in Liberal. Rac-ers can also sign up from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. on Feb. 4.
There is no entry fee for racers, but full
categories will close and no late sign-upswill be accepted. Any potential entrantsthat are under 18 must have a parent orguardian with them to sign the entryform.Additional information on any racecan be received by calling Ronna Stumpat 620-626-0133 or JoAnn Combs at620-624-6423.
For those who aren’t tempted to enterthe races, many other competitions willbe available for entry. If not in the com-peting spirit onlookers can vote forthose who participate in the talent show.United Wireless has provided and set upa text to vote system for the event.
The Pancake Day cooking and recipecontest can be entered until Feb. 16 andwill be judged on Feb. 18 at the Knightsof Columbus Hall in downtown Liber-al.
The contest puts a Pancake Day spinon traditional cooking contests, sinceentrants are encouraged to create any dishthey’d like – as long as it contains anytype of pancake mix. The winners willreceive various cash and merchandiseprizes. The contest is open to anyoneage 12 or older living with a 70-mile ra-dius of Liberal.
Those interested in entering the annu-
al cooking and recipe contest can pick upentry forms at the Liberal Conventionand Tourism Bureau, which is located at1 Yellow Brick Road in Liberal. Formsare also available at pancakeday.net. Acopy of the rules will be given to con-testants when they register.
All dishes must be prepared ahead oftime and must be brought to the Knightsof Columbus Hall on Saturday morning,Feb. 18.
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S andy Alfaro Crusader staff
The Saints recovered from Wednesday’sHutchinson loss with a win Saturday nightagainst the Barton Cougars. Seward’S winagainst the Cougars bumped them into first placein the Jayhawk West Conference. The Saints start-ed the game off slow, but later showed more ag-gressiveness in their offense that lead them to avictory of 77-59.
The Cougars didn’t get points on the score boarduntil four minutes into the game.
Kaheem Ransom had one of his best games thisseason.
“I felt pretty good the whole game, came out ag-gressive looking to score,” Ransom said.
Ransom led the game with 22 points and IrvingHollinger following with 16 points. DaveonBoardingham stepped off the bench after being in-jured, and played strong, scoring six points tohelp the Saints keep the lead and take the win.
Now, at 19-4 overall, the Saints will be upagainst the Colby Trojans today, another tie break-er for first place in the Jayhawk West Conference.
“ The team is coming back together. If we playhard offense and defense we should come home
with a win,” Hollinger said.Earlier in the week, on Wednesday night, the
Saints let the Hutchinson Blue Dragons come tothe Green House and take a win of 80-66. TheSaints dropped to 18-4 and a 6-2 in Jayhawk WestConference after the unexpected loss.
The Saints had avoided two consecutive homelosses in over three years until Wednesday. TheSaints kept a steady pace throughout the first half.They didn’t expect the Blue Dragons to step uptheir game and take the Dragons a 28-25 lead.
With 1:24 left in the first half, Trey Starks gavethe Green House an upbeat with an incredibledunk, just as he had a week earlier, giving theSaints a 29-28 lead.
Irving Hollinger balanced the scoreboard for theSaints ending the first half with 13 points and five
rebounds. The Blue Dragons took the first half at32-31. At that point, the Saints were still keep-ing up.
The Saints struggled into the second half, withplayers adding on fouls to the game. Saints werein and out of the game due to fouls.
Edson Avila sat with 15:54 left on clock.Hutchinson took the opportunities available andtook the lead. Corieon Pearson shot for three andbrought the game back down to a six-point lead.
The Saints fell behind and ended the game witha loss, and only a 37 percent shooting from thefloor. Even with the help of Hollinger finishingwith 21 points and eight rebounds, the Saintscould not outshoot the Dragons.
SPORTS4 Wednesday, February 8, 2012CRUSADER
Trey Starks
Starks’ second “dunk of the year”?
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In this YouTube screenshot, Trey Starks throws down a one-handed dunk against Garden City’s Xavier Carter.
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Starks dunks over the face of a Joplin, Missouriplayer in a video uploaded February 11, 2010.
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Starks receives an alley-oop pass from a Hillcrestteammate in the 2012 5A Missouri state champi-onship against Oakville Academy, over a 6-6 player.
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Saints fail to slay dragons
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Irving Hollinger battles with a Hutch player for a offensive rebound in the paint after a Deverell Biggsshot in the first half. The Saints lost 66-80 against Hutchinson Blue Dragons on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Kaheem Ramson evades a defender during theSaints match against Barton on Saturday, Feb. 4.
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“Sick!!!” is how one YouTubeuser, rrtxxxl, described the dunk.
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Se-ward County basketball sopho-more Trey Starks delivered amassive, “sick” slam dunk onGarden City Community Col-lege’s Xavier Carter in theGreen House around three min-utes before the end of the firsthalf.
The slam managed to earn aNo. 2 spot on the SportsCenterTop 10 Plays Friday, Jan. 27.
The dunk has also garneredmore than 28,000 views onYouTube since its upload thatsame day.
Starks has gained national at-tention for his dunks before.Starks’ YouTube video of a dunkover a Joplin, Mo., player has
more than 94, 000 views, andhis alley-oop slam in the Class5 Missouri state basketballchampionship has attractedmore than 279,000 views.
KSCB Radio announcerBrock Kappelmann covered thedunk.
“It was a great dunk; he’s 5-10, and he punches it down likea 6-10 guy would.”
Kappelmann said thanks toRoy Allen, the sports informa-tion director for Seward County,the dunk got the attention onSportscenter.
“Usually, a dunk like that willreally get a team going,” contin-ued Kappelmann. “Unfortunate-ly, that particular dunk was rightbefore the end of the half, andwe really couldn’t get it going;we couldn’t get the spark fromthat.”
Indeed, Seward failed to capi-
talize on a momentum swing,
as the Saints trailed by 10, 39-
29, and trailed by as many as 18
points with less than seven
minutes to go in the game. Se-
ward ended up losing the game,
81-74.
Despite the loss, the dunk at-
tracted nationwide and even
worldwide attention (through
the Internet), and Starks knows
he made a play.
“I’m a good dunker, and in
transition, that’s one of the best
plays you can have. Thanks, to
Briston [White] for the tremen-
dous effort on the other end and
Marcus [Williamson], who
passed me the rock to make the
huge assist and the No. 2 play.”
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With a series of postpone-
ments, cancellations and
changes, the Saints baseball
team began their season.
The Saints baseball team
hosted a match at Brent Gould
field against Lamar, Colo., last
Thursday.
Thanks to Keegan Hucul’s
pitching, the Saints started off
the first four innings with only
two hits. Seward was up 2-0 in
the second inning,
Willy Gustins got a double
for the Saints. Lamar swung
back and ended up tying the
game at 2-2 in the 6th inning
The Saints played only eight
innings, because the games
were postponed due to light-
ning and rain in the Liberal
area. The game against Lamar
will be resumed on Feb. 21.
The team will play in Borg-
er this Friday.
Jose Medrano
Crusader staff
The Lady Saints basketballteam hit a rough patch in thelast week, losing two consecu-tive home games againstHutchinson’s Lady Blue Drag-ons, 53-80, and Barton’s LadyCougars, 57-62. The LadySaints are now 18-4 for the sea-son.
February began with a heavyloss against the Lady BlueDragons in the Green Houselast Wednesday. The LadySaints and Lady Blue Dragonswere both undefeated in the Jay-hawk West Conference.
The game began with a quicklead by the Lady Blue Dragons,followed by a short-lived driveby the Lady Saints that closedthe gap.
The Lady Saints trailed behindthe Lady Blue Dragons in a bat-tle of drives during the first two quarters ofthe match.
The Lady Blue Dragons proved to be toomuch for the Lady Saints in the secondhalf. With a drive of 25 points, the BlueDragons blazed past the Lady Saints. Thefinal result of the game was a 53-80 loss
for the Lady Saints. The Lady Saints arenow 7-1 in the Jayhawk West.
After their bitter game with Hutchison,the Lady Saints played Barton’s LadyCougars on Saturday in the Green House.
The Lady Saints started off with a stronglead early on, 9-0, but lost that lead as the
Lady Cougars clawed theirway back before the end ofthe first half, 23-20.
A roller coaster of turnovers, momentum shifts,fouls, drives, and missedshots filled the second half ofthe match.
The match remained closethroughout the third, but inthe fourth quarter, with onlyminutes to go, the LadyCougars pushed ahead of theLady Saints.
The Lady Saints foughtback hard and with only 38seconds Kayla Thompsonscored two and helped theLady Saints bring the score-board to 51-54.
The next half-minuteproved crucial to the match,with three fouls from LadySaints, a two-point shot byRicquia Jones, and severalfouls from Barton lead the
scoreboard to a grinding 57-60. A last sec-ond foul kept the game out of reach for theLady Saints at 57-62.
The Lady Saints will travel to ColbyTuesday night to face the Lady Trojans, andhomecoming will be hosted on SaturdayFeb. 11 against Pratt’s Lady Beavers.
Lady Saints stumbleSaints hit a rough streak with two consecutive losses at home
Saints baseball strikes out due to lighting
Crusader photo/Sandy Alfaro
Lady Saints Ricquia Jones and Ashlynn Knoll fight their way towards the basket during the Lady Saints match against Hutchison on Feb. 1.
Crusader photo/Jose Medrano
Kayla Thomas rushes towards the basket during the Saints match againstthe Hutchison Blue Dragons. The Lady Saints lost the match, 53-80.
Crusader Photo/Robert Sanchez
Saints pitcher Keegan Hucul warms up before the match against Lamar.
Men’s and Women’s Tennis
Lady Saints Softball
The Saints and Lady Saints
will both start the spring ten-
nis season Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 18 and 19 at the OKC
Collegiate Open in Oklahoma
City.
Crusader photo/Megan Spain
Bill Self, the head basketball coach of the University of Kansas men’sbasketball program, visited the Green House Wednesday, Jan. 25,to watch Garden City Community College player Geron Johnson.
The Seward County Lady
Saints softball season opener
originally scheduled for Tues-
day in Tonkawa, Okla., has
been postponed due to weather
until Feb. 23. The Lady Saints
are scheduled to play at 2 and 4
p.m. in a double header.
Bill Self, Head Coach
ENTERTAINMENTCRUSADER7 Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Megan S painEntertainment editor
Six young women have enteredthe Miss Liberal competition,which is an annual pageant thatrewards entrants with a cashprize.
Lauren Sarchet, GiovannaBaca, Makaytlen Plunk, MinerbaGonzalez, Kristyn Campbell, andKelsey Willson are all contes-tants in the pageant.
With the exception of Sarchet,all are students at Seward Coun-ty Community College/AreaTechnical School.
The pageant will take place onFeb. 19 at the LHS auditorium.Tickets for the 2:00 p.m. pageant
can be purchased before the eventfor $8 or for $10 at the door.
Advanced tickets can be pur-chased at Fashion Tree Boutique,First National Bank, Jury Farrar& Associates, and SunflowerBank.
Contestants will present them-selves to a panel of judges, whowill decide scores based on a va-riety of factors. None of thejudges are from Liberal, a movethat Patsy Fischer explains elim-inates favoritism and controver-sy.
The entrants will be judged ontheir lifestyle and fitness in aswimsuit competition, on theirresponses to onstage questions
during the pageant, in an eveningwear category, their Saturday in-terviews, and the talent portionof the pageant.
Before being allowed to partic-ipate in the Miss LiberalPageant, each contestant mustraise $100. The money raised isdonated to the Children’s MiracleNetwork, which is a charity thatprovides treatment and comfort tolocal hospitalized children.
Though every participant winsan award, the first place winner ofthe Miss Liberal Pageant will re-ceive scholarships, a cash prize,and a chance to compete at theMiss Kansas Pageant in the sum-mer.
Megan S painEntertainment editor
There has been a recent trend inmovies: superheroes. From oc-casional adaptations of classicMarvel Comics and DC Comicsto original movies like 2010’sSuper, starring Rainn Wilson,superheroes are on the rise.
Among all the comic adapta-tions like Thor, Iron Man, andthe broody Batman Begins, sits acurious little film known asChronicle.
Honestly, from the first mo-ment I saw the trailer onYoutube, I was excited for thismovie. Normal teenagers weregetting superpowers. Notteenagers riddled with pasts thattore their parents away fromthem à la Batman, Superman,Spiderman, and countless others.
This movie seemed like itwould bring a realistic element tothe superhero table. For once, itlooked like the superpoweredteens wouldn’t decide to fightcrime or don brightly coloredspandex. Instead, they were doingwhat I think most teenagers
would do if they had superpowersbestowed upon them: just havefun with their new talents.
Though filmed in the style ofa found-footage film (think theBlair Witch Project, Cloverfield,and Paranormal Activity), thecamera style is rarely shaky ordistracting from the action occur-ring.
The filming style adds a touchof realism and personality to thefilm, which helps add likeabilityto the film’s three main stars.
Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jor-dan, and Alex Russell have hadsmall roles on crime shows andthe occasional recurring characteron sitcoms, but Chronicleshould be considered their break-out movie.
Dane DeHaan’s Andrew is thecharacter that develops the mostas the movie progresses and he’salso the one that decides heshould purchase a video cameraand film the daily lives of hisfriends. Andrew could have be-come an overdramatic teencliche, but DeHaan’s restraintstops him from becoming a
hated caricature.Starring as Andrew’s cousin
Matt is Alex Russell. Russell’sMatt is a likeable guy that, bythe end of the film, I wished wasone of my best friends. Thoughhe starts off as an average teenag-er who wants to attend partiesand talk more to a particular girl,by the end of the film, Mattshows that he’s made of strongerstuff.
Unrelated to the cousins isSteve Montgomery, a friendlyhigh school star that stumblesupon the radioactive catalystwith Matt and Andrew. Mont-gomery is portrayed by MichaelB. Jordan, a charismatic actorthat brings personality to therole. Steve was my favorite char-acter in the movie, mostly be-cause of Montgomery’s interpre-tation of the script.
With their powers combined,DeHaan, Jordan, and Russell knita believable on-screen friendship.They have excellent chemistryand screen presence and togetherthey are Chronicle’s best ele-ment.
‘Chronicle’ powerfully defiessuperpowered teen cliches
5 Seward students entered inFeb. 19 Miss Liberal Pageant
VALENTINE’S DAY
making the most of
by Morgan Wills
Valentine’s Day is soon approaching.Whether this thought triggers goods feelingsof happiness, hearts and love, or the flagella(what causes gag reflex in the back of thethroat), one thing is certain: Valentine’s Dayis coming and it can’t be avoided. With thatin mind, why not make the best of it? Young,old, single, or not - it is possible for everyoneto have a great Valentine’s Day.
Don’t try and reinvent thewheel. Dinner and amovie is a classic, andit is a nice Valentine’s Dayouting.
The Vow opensFeb. 10.Dedicated husband(Channing Tatum)must again win theheart of his wife(Rachel McAdams)when she is left withmemory loss after acar accident.
Being single onValentine’s Dayis not the end ofthe world. Insteadof allowing this tobe a day centeredon relationship status, make it allabout friends. Letthis holiday be aday to reconnect.
Really want to get creative? Forgothe movie theater and instead try toproject a movie onto a wall orscreen outside.
As for transportation, bribe afriend into being a chaufferfor the evening. It adds a moviestar touch that will make yourdate feel extra special.
Instead of going out to eat, stay in and cook a favorite dish, orcook dinner together. Maybe budget is an issue - no problem!
Even fast food can be special. Decorating the table beforehand with candles,flowers and
heart shapedconfetti take it
the extra mile.
Megan S painEntertainment editor
Though Once on This Is-land ran on Broadway for 469performances from 1990 to1991, Seward County Com-munity College/Area Techni-cal School students will getthe chance to view the musi-cal on March 29-31.
Once on This Island tellsthe story of a peasant girl, TiMoune, who falls in lovewith Grand Homme Daniel.The vibrant musical featuresfour gods (Asaka, Agwé,Erzulie, and Papa Ge) thatrule over an island where TiMoune and her love interestlive.
The Seward production of
Once on This Island will fea-ture Tessie Huelskamp as TiMoune, JJ Martinez asDaniel, and Giovanni Mace-do as Papa Ge.
Tickets are free toSCCC/ATS students, butneed to be picked up at theShank Humanities Buildingin advance. Tickets are notyet available, but will be asthe dates approach.
The musical will be per-formed March 29, 30, and 31at 7:30 p.m. at theSCCC/ATS Showcase The-atre.
With upbeat songs, anarray of characters, and a clas-sic story line, Once on ThisIsland promises to be a must-see musical.
‘Once on This Island’ to beperformed at SCCC/ATS
NEWS CRUSADER 7Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Telolith wins gold againT
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lith
Photo Illustration /Omar Rios
All the awards that the Telolith win are displayed in the room next to art in-structor and Telolith adviser Susan Copas’s office in the humanities build-ing. The Telolith is a literary magazine published each spring.
GUEST COLUMN / Bill McGlothing
Telolith adviser reflects roles and feelings through the yearsIt’s that time of year, time to
kick in the next Telolith cycle, be-ginning with the call for submis-sions and ending with the unveil-ing of the publication at semester’send. But the start of the cycle alsomeans a writing assignment (andanother deadline) for me: one moreCrusader column calling upon thewriters and artists of theSCCC/ATS community to gathertheir creative work into publishableform.
This time I began by reflectingon the last twelve years ofcolumns, around 7,200 words de-voted to the cause of a publicationthat, thanks to SCCC/ATS stu-dents, has grown in quality and
class each year. And in that twelve-year mirror, I saw myself trans-formed from sidewalk barker beg-ging solicitations to revival preach-er, cheerleader to bounty hunter,fierce advocate to champion. Truebeliever. As I read through thesechanges from early columns to re-cent, I was reminded of why I im-merse myself in the Telolith cycleeach year.
It’s unlike anything else I do orhave ever done. Bringing out a newissue is always a stressful challengeand a drain on time and energy. Butthe payoff is well worth the pain.During the making of eachTelolith, I get to engage studentswho may not ordinarily be en-
gaged. It’s my task to sell them onthe idea that self-expression in writ-ing is also a worthy extracurricularactivity, to help them to hear theright voices about their work, notthe wrong. And every spring I getto spend a few intensive, highly re-warding months working with cre-ative writers and Susan Copas, myco-advisor, who guides the artistsand designers, on “birthing” a newTelolith from conception to deliv-ery.
Over the course of each issue’sgestation, Susan and I morphthrough many roles: solicitor,compiler, publicist, warden, track-er, cajoler, nurturer, editor, proofer,publisher, and finally distributor. A
few times, jammed up against dead-line, Susan has even drivenhalfway across the state to fetch thenew issues from the printer in orderto get them back in time to putout.
And then, on a cool spring morn-ing before sunrise, as I prepare tohaul stacks of the new issue to var-ious points around campus, I openthe first box and hold a newTelolith in my hands. I don’t readit; I don’t look through it. Quicklyriffling the pages, gauging its heft,I don’t need to. I already know it. Ialready love it. As if it were myown.
But it’s not mine; it belongs tothe SCCC/ATS students who pro-
vide its content, substance, and
essence, every year. It’s theirs.
And it’s time to put together an-
other one.
Deadline for submissions of orig-
inal and previously unpublished
art, photography, poetry, short fic-
tion, personal essays, and creative
nonfiction, is Monday, March 19.
Submission forms are available
from Telolith advisors Susan
Copas ([email protected]/
417-1453/ Humanities 108) and
Bill McGlothing (bill.mcgloth-
[email protected]/ 417-1457/ Humani-
ties 107).
Heidy MolinaEditor
In the science world, a Telolith isa small translucent boron crystalsmall enough to fit in one’s pocket.At Seward County CommunityCounty, Telolith has a very differentmeaning.
When the new humanities build-ing opened its doors in 1974, a stu-dent literary magazine called theTelolith made its debute.
The Telolith was the first timestudent literary magazine at the col-lege.
“The first publication was enti-tled: gems of our minds,” Andy Yox-all, director of public and alumni re-lations said. The name was suggest-ed by Julett Willsey. According toWillsey, their works were the gemsof their creativity.
The Telolith has won around 32awards since they started enteringcontests in 2001. In January theTelolith received another firstplace/special merit from ASPA.
Susan Copas has been in chargeof the publication since 1998; BillMcGlothing has been advising stu-dents since 1999.
The first issues of the Telolithwere actually printed using mimeo-graph machines and the first issue
only had two pieces of artwork print-ed. In the 1980s, the college startedthe first graphic design class whichallowed for the Telolith to have moreartwork published.
Ever since the graphic design classwas started on campus, the studentsin enrolled in the class take over theresponspility of making the deci-sions about what art pieces will beused to in the publication. The waythat the front page will look like isalso decided by the graphic designclass.
“It is a group project, but some-times someone takes over who canget it down,” Copas said. “We startbrainstorming together so it is al-ways a group effort.”
Students can submit any kind ofliterature or art piece to as long at itis an original piece and also musthave been enrolled in the past year.
According to McGlothing manystudents have a niche that they fallinto, like sports, and the Telolith al-lows for others students that haven’tfound a way to express themselves.
Both Copas and McGlothingagree that the goal of the Telolith isto produce a high quality publicationthat represents the talents of the stu-dents.
“People are really proud to have
their work published because it real-ly looks professional and the quali-ty of the work is really high,” saidCopas.
Caitlin Workman had two piecesof writing published in the last pub-lication of the Telolith.
“I was proud of myself,” Work-man said. “It didn’t actually get tome until my mom and dad both toldme what a good accomplishmentthat was.”
Workman submitted a short storyand a poem that she had written inher creative writing class. “Mr. Mc-Glothing suggested I submit theshort story and the poem,” Workmansaid.
The poem that Workman was moreof joke because she wrote it beforeshe needed to hand it in and less onthe serious side and according toWorkman it would be a good changefrom the more serious poems thatthe Telolith usually publishes. Thename of the poem is “Headache”.
McGlothing is always looking outfor students that he believes have theability to produce quality work thatthe Telolith is known for aroundcampus. Students do not have towait to submit work to the Telolith.They can submit at anytime beforethe deadline.
Telolith offers artistic outlet for students
Courtesy photo/Susan Copas
The Graphic design class of 1989 was in responsibly for the designof the front cover for the Telolith.
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OPINION8 Wednesday, February 8, 2012CRUSADER
In the days and weeks before Valentine’s Day, there is so much more attention given to loverelationships, which is why I am taking the opportunity to share an overview of a fantasticbook on love by Gary Chapman. The book is entitled, The Five Love Languages. The basicpremise of the book is that everyone has a love language, one that communicates that weare loved. According to Gary Chapman, most people “speak” one of the following love lan-guages. In looking over the list you might think you speak all the languages, but it is be-lieved that we generally have one language that is primary to our sense of well being, soit is important to know our love language and the love language of our partner.
wWORDS OF AFFIRMATION — Need verbal complimentsand kind encouraging words of confirmation
wQUALITY TIME — Need partner’s focused attention andquality conversation
wRECEIVING GIFTS—Gifts are seen as visual sym-bols of love and are needed more than just on special oc-casions.
wACTS OF SERVICE —Need service (things beingdone for you)
wPHYSICAL TOUCH —See physical touch as a com-munication of emotional love
It i s possible to assess your love lan-guage using the following three clues:
1. What does your partner do or fail to do thathurts you most deeply?
The opposite of what hurts you most isprobably your love language.
2. What have you most often requested ofyour partner? The thing you most often re-quest is likely the thing that would make you feel most loved.
3. In what way do you regularly express love to your partner?Your method of expressing love may be an indication of whatwould make YOU feel loved.
We tend to give to others the things that we value andneed, and that’s great if your partner shares your same lovelanguage, but if they don’t, they will not notice or valueyour efforts because they do not speak or understand thatlove language. No wonder some couples have prob-lems, they are so busy giving these treasures to oneanother without receiving the expected response andappreciation!
When your partner speaks your love languageand gives you what you need, it brings a sense ofsecurity, self-worth, and a feeling of signifi-cance.
When your partner does not speak your lan-guage, the partner’s differences becomemagnified, you see your partner as a threat,and you have feelings of emptiness andpain.
We may want to think of ourselvesand our needs as more complicatedthan a simple love language, butgive it some thought and start pay-ing attention to the three clues,you will likely gain valuableinformation about yourselfand your partner.
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KatyRedd
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Q: What is your bestValentine’s Day memory?
LIFE —
LETTER TO EDITOR —
LIFE —
Recently President Barrack Obama let his intentions be known re-garding college tuition in his state of the union address last month.The president wants to let colleges know that there will be conse-quences if they cannot control their cost of tuition. His incentive basedplan will provide extra funding for universities that keep their costsdown as well as cut funding for those that are unable.
President Obama said in his state of the union address, “Higher ed-ucation can’t be a luxury; it is an economic imperative that every fam-ily in America should be able to afford.” According to informationfrom whitehouse.gov, the average cost of attending college since 1994has nearly doubled.
President Obama’s plan has the potential to backfire, but somethinghas to be done about college tuition at the university level. More stu-dents have to take out bigger loans every year because of the risingcosts in education.
The increased cost is a nearly universal theme in the United Stateswith a few exceptions — SCCC being one of those exceptions. Hereat Seward the cost of an education per year is nearly one-fifth of thatat a four-year university. Many students don’t even have to pay for tu-ition or room and board due to government grants, sports, and otherscholarships.
Blake Bowen, a student at SCCC, expresses his thoughts on theplan. “The plan sounds really good, but at what cost and by whatmeans?” Bowen’s concerns are legitimate. Obama’s incentive plan ismore likely to affect large universities as their rising costs are moreapparent and detrimental. One possible way it could negatively affecta school is that by cutting funding, it further worsens the price of tu-ition.
The overall goal of the plan introduced by the president is to makeit possible for more people to go to school and get a degree. Collegesthat are more efficient at educating should be rewarded and capitalizedon, while inefficient colleges would be viewed as being undeservingof government aid.
It is almost certain that the incentive will be successful in lower-ing costs of tuition. However, people are not entirely convinced thatuniversities will do it responsibly.
Any university could lower costs by offering less classes, or updat-ing technology less often. The only way to keep colleges from cut-ting corners is through effective legislation. At this point there’s noway of controlling how a college will reduce spending and it’s evenmore unlikely that anything will be done about this lack of controluntil after it has become a really big problem.
OUR VIEW —
Tuition hikes likely in new plan unveiled by Obama
“It had to be when I got a hugeteddy bear that was half the sizeof me, when I woke up to adozen roses, and a note on thewindshield of my car.”Erika Pacheco
“Personally I’ve never had aValentine, so I’ve never shared anymemories with a special person likethat, but if any girl out there iswanting to be my very firstValentine, just give me a holla!”Rafael Sanchez
“I took my girlfriend outto eat at Applebee’s onour Valentine’s Day date.I got her some flowers,and a big bear; she wasreally happy, so whenshe’s happy, I’m happy.”Benito Rivera
“The first time I met my boyfriendwhen we barely started dating, hegave me a big surprise! He took meto a very special place, we had lots offun and we had a great night!”Dung Nguyen
Being a pessimistic and also acloset romantic I have a sort oflove-hate relationship withValentine’s Day.
Hugs, teddy bears, boxes ofchocolates, bouquets of flowers,balloons, and the unforgettablesmooches are a fundamental partof Valentine’s Day. All of this iscute and wonderful, but is there adeeper meaning to it all or is itall just cliche and fake?
Sometimes, I wonder if peoplejust buy into the holiday to be apart of the mass, or if this is thetime when they can finally tellthat special someone how theytruly feel.
Every year Valentine’s Day isfilled with pink hearts, kindwords, sappy phrases, and themush and gush tends to get an-noying after a while. Thoughsappy words can be rather nice to
hear, it is hard to interpret the se-riousness behind them.
Do people only take part in thelovey-dovey mess because it’sValentine’s Day? Who is toknow if people are being sincereor not? Perhaps just because ofthe season they are in search of avalentine, maybe that’s a side ef-fect of inhaling so much love.Maybe it just comes with theloneliness of not having a sweet-heart, all in all it’s a thing of de-sire right?
No one wants to be alone, orfeel unloved. Splurging a fewdollars on a sweet treat for yourbabycakes or buddy is not a badthing.
On the other side Valentine’sDay is a time when you shouldshow others how much you careabout them. It doesn’t alwayshave to necessarily be romantic,just showing your friends andfamily that you love them is im-portant too.
The little things you do can re-ally make someone’s day even ifit is induced by the inhalation ofso much “love” in the air onValentine’s Day.
It turns out that you can notget experience in life or make adifference unless you actuallyget your lazy butt up. Thechange that we so desperatelyseek won’t happen unless weget up and DO something. Talkis cheap and comes by quickly.
Everyday one can complainabout something that we as asociety don’t like and we wantto change, but how many actu-ally do something about it? IfRosa Parks had listen to the busdriver when he asked her to
move, maybe the civil rightsmovement might not have beenwhat it was. Rosa Parks said inher autobiography that she wasnot tired from the long hoursthat she had spent at work thatday, but that she was tired fromall the injustices that she hadsuffered.
I now understand what RosaParks said. One gets to a pointthat you just get tired of all the“bad things” that you see.
We can still see the effectsthat the civil rights movementhad, but can you imagine whatwould have happened if we ig-nore our feelings for change andjustice?
Maybe we won’t have toimagine, if we keep walkingdown the same path that we asa society are now. Perhaps wemight see just what a world
without justice and equalitywill be like. One of my favoritequotes that Rosa Parks said is
“I would like to be known asa person who is concerned aboutfreedom and equality and justiceand prosperity for all people.”That quote to me symbolizeswhat most people wish theywere remembered as. Only a se-lected few will actually live upto Rosa Parks quote.
People are always talkingabout making a change in theworld or complaining that thegovernment does not do any-thing for the country. I used tobe one of the those people thatare always complain or sayingthat they plan on making achange in the future but are juststanding the background.
Lately, I realized that thosekind of people might never do
what they plan on doing, Iwanted to change the world eversince I was younger and alwaysthought that when I grew up Iwould change it. Then when Igrew up I would (sometimesstill) say to myself that when Iam more mature or have moreexperience in the life I willmake a change.
Instead of complaining aboutthe way that the government isheading or about a cause thatyou feel strong for, why don’twe vote in the elections, whydon’t we start campaigns ofawareness for the cause that wefeel strong for. Just sitting backand complaining won’t get youanywhere, step up and lead thechange that you want. Sooneror later change comes why notgive it a small push to help italong?
Civil Rights message serves as motivation
Valentine’s Day feelingsbring turmoil of emotions
Love’s letter congratulates
Heidy MolinaEditor
Celestina PadillaNews editor
Dear Crusader News Staff,
Congratulations on beingnamed top 10 two-year collegenewspapers in the nation. Yournewspaper has accomplishedgreat things not only within the
Seward County CommunityCollege community, but acrossthe nation. Thanks for all yourhard work. Congrats!
—Garrett Love
State Senator, 38th District
TECHNOLOGY CRUSADER 9Wednesday, February 8, 2012
acebook’s IPORaul Lemus
Crusader staff
Facebook, the world’s largestsocial media site, is in the processof becoming a publicly ownedcompany with its $5 billion Ini-tial Public Offering, the highestIPO for an Internet company sinceGoogle, after Facebook turnedeight years old on February 4.
Minimal short-term changes toFacebook should be expected oncethe company becomes public, In-ternet sources say. However, an in-crease in ad content should be ex-pected in order to appease share-holders’ main concern of creating(revenue) profits. In addition totheir S-1 filing, Facebook showed
concern about the lack of adver-tisement content on their mobileplatform, so ad content should beexpected relatively soon. Thelong-term changes that Facebookmay undergo is unknown, howev-er. Privacy policy changes shouldbe expected, as well as redesigns,as the growth of Facebook slowsdown.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’sfounder, released a letter entitled“The Hacker Way” which broughtthe idea to investors that “Done isbetter than perfect,” as Facebookwould continue to release contentand improve upon that contentlater.
"We don’t build services to makemoney; we make money to build
better services," Zuckerberg wrote.An idea that may not sit well
with investors, however, accord-ing to The Huffington Post, isthat Zuckerberg owns 28 percentof Facebook shares; he also hascontrol of 30 percent of Facebookshares as voting proxy, allowinghim to override shareholders’ deci-sions. Also, Zuckerberg (by his re-quest) will be receiving a $1 peryear salary, which implies thatmost of his income will be fromhis company shares. According toForbes, Zuckerberg is the world’syoungest billionaire with a networth of $18 billion. Zuckerbergalso plans to give half of his for-tune away to philanthropic causes.
Speculation as to which invest-
ment bank will lead the valuationof Facebook continues. Zucker-berg recently contacted Wall Streetinvestment bankers to minimizethe amount of information beingleaked to the media, as well as theamount of attention investmentbanks are creating towards Face-book’s IPO. The selected invest-ment banks for the company’sIPO will receive “tens of millionsof dollars in fees,” the Wall StreetJournal reports.
Even though Facebook’s stockwill be publicly traded on WallStreet, the Average Joe most like-ly will not be able to buy stockfrom the company’s Initial PublicOffering, as big investment bankswill take control of the shares.
Company might be the first worth $700 billion
ExtensionsLevi’s Must-have
Adblock Plus is the most used extension amongFirefox users, and with good reason. The Internethas more ads than ever (banner, text, wallpaper,video, audio, pop-up, etc.), adding to page load timesand blocking the content we really want to see; someeven include malware and spyware, and some justmake web pages ugly. Adblock Plus seeks to reme-dy this; there is a noticeable improvement in pageload speed, with almost all ads being blocked. Thereare even options to block those ads Adblock Plusmight have missed. Oh, YouTube and Pandora ads?Gone too. Adblock Plus really is a must-have.
When coupled with Hide Caption Titlebar Plus,Prospector - OneLiner creates the smallest userinterface of any browser without going complete-ly fullscreen. About the only thing OneLiner doesis move the tab bar up next to the address bar;however, this frees up a few extra pixels to viewweb pages. I would not recommend this whenusing 4:3 aspect ratio computer monitors (stan-dard), but it works fine with 16:9 (widescreen).
By default, Firefox is configured with, in my opinion, aalmost useless piece of user interface, the title bar. Thetitle bar is the one-color bar at the top of the screen, andall it has is the menu button, the title of the current webpage and the minimize, resize and close buttons. Thisspace could be put into better use by displaying the webpage. Hide Caption Titlebar Plus fixes this by getting ridof the title bar and title and placing the menu button andminimize, resize and close buttons in the navigation bar.
I had not started using this extension until a fewweeks ago, but Thumbnail Zoom Plus definitelycomes in handy. Today, what many websites do,is use smaller pictures or text, or thumbnails, ofwhat the actual picture or video is. The user thenusually clicks the thumbnail to be taken to the ac-tual picture of video. With Thumbnail Zoom Plus,The user just needs to scroll over the thumbnail,and the actual file is shown in its actual size (oras big as the computer screen allows.) Thumb-nail Zoom Plus works on sites like Amazon,Facebook, Flickr, Google Images, GMail,Google+, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter and more.
Do you perform the same boring routines every daywhen browsing the Internet? Logging into an e-mailaccount, Google account or Facebook account, andchecking the same sites can take up a lot of time(when totaled together.) Fortunately iMacros savesFirefox users some time. To record a macro, simplyhit “record”, then do whatever you want iMacros tosave and play back later. iMacros can save user-names, passwords, site preferences, and can evensave tab configurations -- all in an encrypted format.You might not want to record passwords to sites youdo not want other people to log into, however, as anyother local user might log in to personal accounts.
Because of NoScript alone, I feel that Firefox is thesafest browser available. Almost every websiterun scripts, a programming language that controlsonline applications. Consequently, script is one ofthe main methods hackers steal personal informa-tion from websites. NoScript can keep all scriptsfrom even loading, which is a huge safety net fordata. NoScript is, however, somewhat of a painbecause the user must individually allow each andevery script to run on each visited website.
Web of Trust, or WOT for short, utilizes the rank-ings of its many users to help keep other WOTusers safe online. If wanted, the WOT icon canbe displayed in one of the Firefox toolbars, and itis shown beside search results in every majorsearch engine, easily identifying the site as eithergood or bad. The icon is in the shape of an “O”,and it changes color based on the average ratingof the site. Dark green = excellent, light green =good, yellow = unsatisfactory, orange = poor, red= very poor and a question mark = unrated; theserate four different categories: trustworthiness,vendor reliability, privacy and child safety.
FireGestures does not necessarily speed up thebrowser itself, but it does decrease the time spentdoing menial and short tasks when browsing the In-ternet. The extension utilizes a combination of left-click, middle-click and right-click on the mouse, alongwith the mouse directions (Left, Right, Up and Down.For instance: R.C. + L = Back One Page; R.C. + R =Forward One Page. R.C. + L,D = Scroll to Bottom;R.C. + L,U = Scroll to Top. R.C. + M.C.U. = UndoClose Tab; R.C. + M.C.U. = Close Tab. R.C. + L.C.= Previous Tab, while L.C. + R.C = Next Tab. Aftera few days of use, all these combinations becomememorized. There many other shortcuts that mayalso be assigned to just the mouse. I don’t knowhow I ever used a browser without FireGestures.
Stylish is a different sort of extension becauseit really does not have any purpose on its own.Coupled with scripts, however, Stylish canchange many things extensions can, withouthaving to actually install a separate extension.These user-generated scripts can be found atuserstyles.org. Some of the styles I use dothings like enlarge the YouTube video playerby default and get rid of pet peeves by round-ing the Firefox tabs and getting rid of the blackbar at the top of Google’s pages. Grease-monkey is a similar, more popular extension.
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According to the Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit organization whichcreates and maintains the Mozilla Firefox web browser, 85 percent ofFirefox users currently have add-ons installed. This means 580 millionadd-ons are being used daily, with the average user having five add-onsinstalled. Add-ons (which are almost always free) allow Firefox users tocustomize the appearance, speed, use, and feel of the browser. Thereare six main categories of add-ons, according to Mozilla.org:
Themes change the entire appearance of Firefox, usually includingicons, colors, dialogs, and other visual styles.
Personas are lightweight themes that use background images to cus-tomize your Firefox toolbars.
Search Providers add additional choices to the search box dropdown.These providers allow you to quickly search any website.
Dictionaries and Language Packs add support for additional lan-guages to Firefox.
Plugins help Firefox display or understand different types of media,such as Adobe Flash or Apple Quicktime.
Extensions add new features to Firefox or modify existing function-ality. There are extensions that allow you to block advertisements, down-load videos from websites, integrate more closely with social websites,and add features you see in other applications.
This last category, extensions, allows users to customize virtually everyaspect of the browser. Because Firefox is open-source, third-party de-velopers can do almost whatever they want with the browser, withoutthe first-party developers having to worry about a bloated default Firefoxconfiguration. This means Firefox is easily the most customizable webbrowser today.
This list consists of the nine extensions I use daily, along with a fewothers I would recommend.
• 14,362,362 users
• 588,233 users
• 984,991 users
• 4,162 users • 18,208 users
• 22,417 users • 267,843 users
• 2,233,010 users
• 1,763,331 users
Adblock + FireGestures Web of Trust
NoScript iMacros Thumbnail Zoom +
Hide Caption Titlebar + OneLiner Stylish
• Most anticipated public offering since Google.
• Third largest country with 845 million users (ifFacebook was a country.)
• Each user is currently worth $4; will be worth$128 after Facebook goes public.
• Has reached 60 percent of the US and UK popu-lation; growth bound to slow.
• Mark Zuckerberg: CEO and major shareholder.
• Zuckerberg has a private company jet and ad-vanced security installed in his home.
• Zuckerberg will be receiv ing a $1 salary (likethe late Steve Jobs). However, he will still receiveprofit from his company shares.
• Zuckerberg, on Dec. 9, 2010, signed “Giv ingPledge,” which will donate over half his wealth tocharity, joining the ranks of Bill Gates and WarrenBuffet. The pledge is a moral commitment to give.
"We don’t build servicesto make money; we make money to buildbetter services."
- Mark ZuckerbergFacebook CEO
Firefox
*Many of these extensions are available for Chrome, Safari and Opera.
Source: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
FourAmericans willget an STD intheir lifetimes
NEWS10 Wednesday, February 8, 2012CRUSADER
S andy Alfaro Crusader News
In the United States there are 19 millionnew HIV/AIDS, and STDs found each year,and they affect an estimate of 13 millionpeople.
Only three types of STDs have to be re-ported to the state by law: Chlamydia, gon-orrhea, and syphilis. According to theKansas Department of Health andEnvironment, in the state of Kansas fromthe time period of January and June 2011there was 5,082 chlamydia cases reported.Chlamydia is the most common reportedSTD throughout the U.S. It is most likelythat these numbers have increased since thistime period.
Seward County has one of the highestnumbers in the state with 57 reported casesof chlamydia. Gonorrhea follows alongwith 976 in the state and 16 in the county.
There is no reported case of syphilis inSeward County in the reported time frame,but there were 32 cases in the state as awhole. These numbers may seem small tomost eyes, but they have big effects. STDsare being treated each and everyday withoutus being aware.
Treatments for STDs are highly effectiveif treated on time; however most people donot get treated on time, some never gertreated at all. If STDs do not get treated itcan lead to lifetime illness. Women can be-come infertile and pass the disease on tochildren of their own. The reason why peo-ple do not get treated is because they do notget tested for any type of HIV/AIDS, orSTD, and this is due to lack of symptomsfrom most diseases. Chlamydia is known asa “silent” disease because there is rarely anysymptoms. Symptoms usually show inmen before they do in women. Even if thereis no symptoms people should be getting
screened for STDs in every yearly check-upwith their gynecologist or other physician,and or before any new sexual relationship.Doctors do not always screen for STDs, pa-tients have to specifically ask to bescreened.
There is yet to be a cure for all types ofHIV/AIDS, or some STDs, but most arenow treatable. The average cost of antibi-otic treatment for an STD like chlamydiais $15. Treatments for STDs cost the U.SHealth Care System an estimated of $15.9billion annually. Local health clinics likeSeward County Health Department andMexican American Ministries, or any gy-necologist or physician can help people getscreened and treated for STDs.
For information contact Seward CountyHealth Department at 103 W. 2nd St. orcall (620)626-3369 or Mexican AmericanMinistries at 121 W. 3rd St. or call (620)624-0463.
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