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Celebrities throughout Arkansas City participated in National Young Readers Day Tuesday, Nov. 9. These “celebrities,” such as Arkansas City Chief

of Police Dan Givens and City Manager Curt Freeland, sat in school desks, chairs, and on stools, reading appeal-ing and humorous stories to children as part of the Celebrity Read-In. Cowley students and staff also played a part. Tennis Coach Larry Grose, known around the Cowley campus as “Goose,” said that he has been volunteering for NYRD for several years. This year, Grose read to a third-grade class at Adams Elementary. Grose read “Olivia,” a fun-filled book about a pig that stood up in class, imagining she was in a circus. He also read another amusing book, “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive.” “Both of the stories had good messages,” Grose said. Each year that Grose reads to children, he tries to bring a few Cowley students with him. Once, for example, Grose brought his tennis team with him to Head Start. Grose said laughingly that he plans on doing this until he’s old and can’t read without thick glasses. Sophomore softball player Jennifer Bauer read for the

first time this year. “It was interesting to see how the kids acted and how they look up to the adults that come into the school,” Bauer said. According to Adams Elementary librarian Lin Deener, around 300 students at Adams listened to celebrity readers. Each session was in a 30-minute time slot, and some celebs

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Men’s Tennis coach Larry Grose reads to Mrs. Ward’s third grade class at Adams Elementary. Grose was among a variety of local “celebrities” who donated their time to read to grade-school students as part of the National Young Readers Day Celebrity Read-in, which was spon-sored by Pizza Hut.

brought books from their own homes. During the read-in, the speakers told the children “how reading was important to them in their career and personally,” Deener said. “I wanted the kids to under-stand that it’s not just a subject but a lifestyle.” Deener added that local celebs enjoyed sharing with the kids so much that “some even stayed longer than necessary.” Ten-year-old Jakoda, a fourth-grader at Adams Elementary, enjoyed the read-in when Chief of Police Dan Givens came to Mr. Mann’s class. Givens read a fictional book about the Titanic to the class, which, according to Jakoda, was full of adventure. Second-grader Jessie, 7, of Mrs. Whitener’s class, also enjoyed the fun-filled day. He said that he liked the book that retired nurse anesthetist Carol Bunting read to him and his classmates. Bunting visited his classroom and even “listened to our heartbeat,” Jessie said.

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Softball player Jennifer

Bauer reads “Hamilton”

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BY NICOLE WEBSTERStaff Writer

Nov. 18, 2004Page 2 CampusCampusThe Cowley PressThe Cowley Press

WHAT? WHEN? WHERE?Jazz Band/CC Singers Concert Thurs. Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. Brown Center TheaterWomen’s/Men’s Basketball Sat. Nov. 20, 6/8 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. Northern Oklahoma Thanksgiving Break Wed.-Sat. Nov. 24-27 College ClosedRomeo & Juliet Fri. Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. Brown Center TheaterPresented by National PlayersChristmas Vespers Concert Sun. Dec. 5, 2 p.m. Brown Center TheaterMen’s Basketball Wed. Dec. 8, 7 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. Friends University Junior Varsity Percussion Concert Thurs. Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. Brown Center TheaterTemporal Mechanics Union performsFinal Exams Mon.-Sat. Dec. 13-18 All CampusesFinals begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 13Student Vocal Music Recital Tue. Dec. 14, 7 p.m. Brown Center TheaterChristmas Break Dec. 23 - Jan. 3 College ClosedCollege Reopens Tue. Jan. 4 College OpenWomen’s/Men’s Basketball Wed. Jan. 5, 6/8 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. LabetteWomen’s/Men’s Basketball Sat. Jan. 8, 6/8 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. Kansas CityMartin Luther King Jr. Sun. Jan. 16, 4 p.m. Brown Center Theater“Celebration of Unity”Martin Luther King Jr. Day Mon. Jan. 17 College ClosedFirst Day of Spring Classes Tue. Jan. 18 All Campuses

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With all of the activities in which she’s involved, does sophomore Andrea Iman have time to be the November

Student of the Month? On their way home from Nashville and the Associated Collegiate Press Convention last week, the newspaper staff interviewed her.

She has been on the President’s Honor Roll since Fall 2003 and is currently maintaining a 4.0 GPA. In addition, she was nominated and accepted to the National Dean’s List for Young Scholars and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She received second place in Newswriting at the Associated Collegiate Press’ Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention in Minneapolis, Minn.

Iman has played on both the varsity vol-leyball and softball teams and is active in intramural sports, both as a player and as a referee. She is a member of Phi Beta Lambda, the Journalism Club and Student Ambassadors. Currently, Iman is serving as SGA vice presi-dent, assistant editor and advertising manager for The Cowley Press, and public relations assis-tant for Stu Osterthun.

At Cowley, she is majoring in business administration. She plans on transferring to a four-year university to major in public relations with a possible minor in accounting.

Cowley Press: How long does it take you to come to Cowley from Elkhart?Andrea Iman: Five-and-a-half hours making good time (going the speed limit).

CP: What are some of the trips you have taken with the college?AI: Hawaii, not so much with the college but with (former assistant softball coach) Sandy Erickson before my freshman year, Minnesota (newspaper), Nashville (newspaper), Texas (softball) and Florida (SGA).

CP: What is your favorite travel souvenir?AI: I like the tags I get on my bags.

CP: Where do you plan to go after Cowley?AI: To the University of Kansas.

CP: How many times do you talk to your boyfriend (who attends KU) on the phone each day?AI: Cody and I talk A LOT, probably 4-5 times throughout the day. He wakes me up every morning and puts me to bed every night.

CP: What accomplishment are you most proud of?AI: Probably finding out more of who I am and what I want to be; however everything I have done is important.

CP: Why did you decide to play college sports?AI: Sports were a huge part of my life and I wasn’t able to give it up right out of high school. And scholarships are always a plus.

CP: How do you find time for all the activities you are involved in?AI: I really don’t know. I guess I prioritize everything and work on my time management, but I always make sure I have time for my studies.

CP: What do you picture yourself doing in 10 years?AI: Graduated college with a master’s, working in an advertising firm in a large city, married and possibly having a beautiful child.

CP: What is your favorite color? AI: Purple.

CP: What do you like most about traveling with Cowley students?AI: Definitely the experience of being indepen-dent and getting treated like an adult; and I love traveling with Cowley students because I always seem to have a good time.

Student of the Month is nominated by faculty/staff and selected by the Student Affairs Committee.

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Andrea Iman poses in downtown Nashville, Tenn., during her recent trip for a collegiate journalism convention.

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BITES A quick look at what’s happening

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Thirty new members of Mu Alpha Theta were initiated into the society on Tuesday, Nov. 2, in the Wright Room. Greg Nichols, an instructor in the Natural Science Department and Mu Alpha Theta sponsor, as well as the club offi-cers A.J. Ybarra, Aaron Warren, Annisa Shockey, and Riley Stegman, were pres-ent to award the new members with pins and certificates. Mu Alpha Theta is the mathematics honor society. Initiation is based on academic success. To be eligible, students must have earned an “A” in College Algebra, and either an “A” or “B” in Trigonometry, Business Calculus, Calculus I, II and III, and Differential Equations. The new members are: Dawn M. Albright, Billie C. Ball, Timothy E. Bevan II, James R. Brown, Amanda N. Cless, Verona L. Deer, Simeon J. DeGraaf, Andrea M. Fox, Callista A. Harbin; Mary J. Johnson, David T. Kerschen, Michael J. Kitchen, Kyle W. Lietzke, Lucas D. Lott, Ariracha R. Mannon, Jessica M. McLinn, David J. Mimbi, Jill M. Norton, Darla M. Nuzum, Amy D. Parsons, Ian M. Rethmeier, Jamie L. Rothgeb, Adam R. Schuetz, Alisa M. Smith, Megan N. Swanson, Emily E. Tedman, Bruce T. Vaughn, Aaron M. Warren, Susanne L. Welshans, Cody R. White.

Thursday, Nov. 18 is the Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Cowley College stu-dents have a year-round resource for help with smoking cessation and other lifestyle issues. The office of Student Life Counselor Roy Reynolds is located in the Nelson Student Center, room 204. Reynolds can be reached at 620-441-5228. All services are free and confidential.

Thanksgiving Break for Cowley will be from Nov. 24-27. There will be no classes at all campuses.

Kay County Council for the Opportunity Center Scholarship is open to Kay County, Oklahoma residentsqualified as a college junior, senior or graduate student majoring in special edu-cation or related fields, which include, physical occupational or speech therapy. Applicants must attend an accredited college and must be enrolled in a mini-mum of 12 credit hours. The scholarship awards $500 and $250 each semester for one year. Applications must be received by June 1, 2005.

The International Students’ Club will meet on Nov. 18 at 2 p.m.. The club will be collecting articles for Safe Homes. There will be boxes in the lobbies of the dorms on November 29. Anyone who would like to donate Christmas presents are encouraged to do so.

Winfield schools are collecting dona-tions for the Crittenden family, after the tragic death of Lexy Crittenden when a fire burned down the family home.Winfield High School is collecting any clothes and would greatly appreciate jeans in sizes 4, 9 and 11. The elementary schools are each doing a room shower. The most essential items at this time are blankets and winter items. Those who knew the family and have pictures of them are being asked to lend the family pictures to be scanned.

The college has added a transfer site to the Cowley website to provide students with transfer information. This site is accessible from the Cowley homepage at www.cowley.edu under the pull-down tab for “Academics.”

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BY DANA DINKELStaff Writer

As if being thousands of miles from home for a year isn’t hard enough, Priscilla DeSouza is away from her fam-ily in Sao Paulo, Brazil once again to play basketball and attend school for another year at Cowley. This sopho-more has left her sister, brother, and parents in order to pursue her basket-ball career, starting with playing the Tigers’ point guard position for another season, and to gain a degree in liberal arts.

DeSouza had lived in Sao Paulo, the second biggest city in Brazil, for her whole life before moving to Arkansas City. Moving to college is a big adjust-ment for most students, but for DeSouza it was a total culture change. Shifting from a large city to a small town in Kansas was different in many

ways for her. She describes her new home as calm, and everyone is so kind it makes her feel very welcome.

“I like it here a lot,” DeSouza said. “I enjoy the friendly community.”

Although being away from family and friends is tough, DeSouza keeps herself occupied with a busy schedule. She practices with the team almost everyday of the week, attends class and conducts meetings as president of the Foreign Cultures Club. She was a mem-ber last year and liked it so much that she decided to volunteer as their leader this year.

At the meetings, students share dif-ferent experiences in their cultures and cook a variety of meals from their coun-tries. Among other things, DeSouza keeps members informed about meet-ings and events. She feels like she can share her experiences and get to know other foreign students in order to make

them feel more comfortable in their new atmosphere.

DeSouza has been playing bas-ketball since she was just a young girl shooting around with her neighbors and friends. In Brazil, sports are an important part of people’s lives, and DeSouza began playing competitive basketball just a couple years after she picked up a ball. She played the remainder of her school career and was recruited to play basketball for Cowley not long after.

Even though it’s hard to consider a dorm to be “home,” DeSouza truly enjoys being here at Cowley, playing basketball and having the opportunity to pursue a college degree.

Although she looks forward to returning home to Brazil after gradu-ating, she will miss the friends she’s made and will always remember the time she spent here.

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DeSouza cheers for the Foreign Cultures Club as well as her basket-ball teammates.

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which will be Wednesday, Feb. 16. Each college-sponsored organization and varsity sport should nominate one candidate for king and one candidate for queen. If only one gender is involved in an organization (such as a male in men’s basketball) there will be only one nomination. All groups should submit their candidate(s) by Dec. 1.

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Team O’DOYLE rules...again4th Annual Turkey Bowling

BY STACIA WHITTECARStaff Writer

Whether it was trying to win a turkey, trying to keep or regain team

pride, or trying to have fun on a November night, the fourth annual Country Mart Turkey Bowl featured a variety of participants rolling fro-zen turkeys at old bowling pins. The Journalism Club sponsors the event.

“Every Thanksgiving just doesn’t feel the same unless I’ve bowled my annual frozen turkey,” sophomore Morgan Williams said.

Unlike people who have made turkey bowling a tradi-tion, like Wellness Center Director Gina McKown, some came for the first time last Tuesday and a few were even stood up.

“Marcia Cales lured four of us into turkey bowling and she didn’t even come,” Natural Science instructor Michelle Schoon said. “She missed out.”

Ultimately, it was all about the competition, though.“We won the original Turkey Bowl, and we’re trying to

regain our title,” tennis coach Larry Grose, a member of the Hasbeens, said.

At the end of the night, though, Grose’s team didn’t capture the title. It went to the defending champions, Team O’Doyle, all four of whom are men’s cross country team members. They left the recreation center with the winning frozen turkey as part of their prize.

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Team BudderBalls is the first team ever to make t-shirts for the big event.

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BY KIRSTEN WINBLADStaff Writer

Adjunct instructor Robert J. “Bob” Nation died Nov. 5, at the age of 52, as the result of an auto accident near Udall.

According to one of Nation’s former students, freshman Brandy Knowles, Nation brightened up the room with his laughter. “He was fun, and he laughed a lot,” she said.

Angela Holmes, coordinator of evening and summer services, said, “He was very dedicated. He would come in early and go out of his way to help his students.”

Nation was born in Great Bend on Dec. 17, 1951, to parents John H. and Betty (Wasson) Nation. His family later moved to Winfield, where he graduated from Winfield High School in 1970. He also attended

Southwestern College and graduated in 1974. He later received his master’s degree in education in 1992. He married his wife, Jacqueline Striegel, Dec. 21, 1974, in Wichita.

Nation was a partner of RamOil from 1976 to 1986. He also taught and coached for many years, working 12 years at Mulvane, then at Belle Plaine, Burden and Oxford school districts.

In spring 2003, Nation began teaching at Cowley College in subjects ranging from Western Civilization to Basic Math. During this time he substituted in many of the area school districts, including Winfield.

Besides teaching, Nation was an active member of the Southwestern College Booster Club. He also participated on the board of Winfield Girls Fast Pitch Association and Winfield Recreation Commission. Nation was a member of the

First United Methodist Church of Winfield and a member of the United Methodist Men as well.

“Bob was someone that didn’t get angry, shaken, or upset. He was always there to help improve the situation, going out of his way to make things better,” Holmes said. “It was always neat with him, because there was always something new.”

Knowles added, “He was very person-al. He got to know all of us. He was more than just a teacher.”

Nation is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, of Winfield; a son, R.J. Nation, of Norfolk, Va.; two daughters, Rachael Land, of Woodward, Okla, and Miranda Nation, of Winfield; his mother, Betty Nation, of Winfield; a sister, Nancy Nation Heinz, of Winfield; and four grandchildren, Trevor J., Cody, Austin and Makaila.

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Still running strongBY TARA VANDERPOOLManaging Editor

Until September, Tim Johnson had been used to running in cross coun-try and track races. For the next few

months, however, he will be restricted to rac-ing around hospital hallways in his wheel-chair.

According to the nurses at the Memphis rehabilitation hospital where he is recover-ing, Johnson has learned how to maneuver his wheelchair quite well.

In fact, they say there have been a cou-ple of times when he has raced down the hall as fast as he could.

The nurses said that it is great to see him moving around. They also commented on Johnson’s ever-present smile.

Johnson, who was shot in the head while driving back from Ponca City, Okla., on the night of Sept. 12, has made great strides in improvement. He is now able to walk with assistance. He can also move all parts of his body, talk without a tracheal tube, eat semi-solid foods such as pudding, roll his own wheelchair and even play Playstation. Johnson is also participating in hospital activities like bingo. “I won three times in one night,” Johnson said.

Besides playing Playstation and bingo,

he is also able to play games with other people. Johnson said that his mom visits him every evening at about 5 when she gets off work and they play games.

His mom isn’t the only visitor he gets. Johnson said that someone comes to see him every day and he gets mail or presents every day.

“I like getting mail,” he said. “It lets me know people are still thinking about me.”

Even though Johnson is still in the hospital, he hasn’t lost hope of returning to Cowley next year. “I think my mom is going to let me go back,” Johnson said. “I really want to come back.”

The road to recovery has been a long one. After being stabilized and eventually moving from St. Francis Hospital in Wichita to The Med in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 6, Johnson’s rehabilitation process began.

“I have rehab twice a day for about 30 minutes each day,” Johnson said. “I work on moving my arms and legs, and I practice walking.” Johnson said the only problem he has is that his right leg is still a little stiff.

Although no time frame has been given as to when Johnson may be released from the hospital, the nurses did say that he is re-evaluated every Tuesday and is making good progress. They are hopeful that he will make a substantial recovery.

While Johnson has been in Memphis undergoing recov-ery, the Kay County Sheriff’s Department has continued prosecuting Jeremy Roland and Jerrod Leon both of Ponca City, Okla. They are each being charged with two counts of shooting with attempt to kill and will have their preliminary hearings on Nov. 19.

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BY JENNY SARCHETStaff Writer

Online Cowley student Lisa Elam’s story began in September of 2000 when she was pregnant with her

third son. She went into premature labor and her son was born at 27 weeks old.

For five months, Elam and her family went “through a roller coaster of emo-tions,” not knowing whether he would live or die. Her son went home in February 2000, but this was only the beginning of what would become a difficult time in her life.

In July of 2001 Elam’s mother, a cancer survivor, had her yearly physical, which included a PET scan. Elam left her 5-year-old son home with her husband and she took her other two children with her to her mother’s appointment.

The scan showed a cancerous mass in her mother’s left lung. Because of the location, doctors were unable to remove it. They would have to remove her entire lung.

After Elam returned home from the appointment, she discovered her husband had died from a brain aneurysm. Their son had been home by himself trying to wake his father.

After her lung was removed, Elam’s mother had a few months of good health, and then another scan showed it had spread to her other lung. Radiation and

chemo were started immediately. Three days before Christmas in 2002 her moth-er died.

“In just a short time, I had lived through three of the most traumatic experiences of my life, and I really had no idea where to even begin to pick up the pieces or if I even could,” Elam said.

In October of last year, Elam turned 41 years old, raising her three sons ages 17, 7, and 3; the youngest has special needs.

Elam said, “I had not gone to col-lege and my previous work experience had been clerical, but I had been out of the loop so long that clerical was too advanced for me. I had to do something if I didn’t want to spend my golden years asking, ‘Do you want fries with that?’”

Elam’s father began talk-ing to her about going back to school. “I thought he was nuts. The last thing I wanted or felt I needed at the time was more on my plate and besides I had never been that great of a student,” Elam said.

Her father began to pressure her and she decided to look into Cowley and found out about the online courses. “I decided I better just dive in and see if I could do it.”

Unable to attend classes at Cowley, Elam enrolled in 12 hours online in the fall of 2003.

“In spring of 2004, I not only survived my 12 hours, but I came out with a 3.5 GPA,” Elam said. In the summer she took six credit hours and came out with a 3.5 GPA. This fall she is currently enrolled in 17 hours online and is making A’s and B’s.

“I am really doing it,” she said.Elam is just one example of how

online classes are helpful to students who are unable to attend classes on campus.

Elam said, “I would say that my life is a perfect example of God never closing a door, without opening a window. You, Cowley, are my window, and for that, I will always be grateful.”

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At the beginning of each school year, many college students go into dept

paying for tuition, buying books and purchasing their necessary school supplies. But for the fall 2004 semester, just when bank accounts were almost depleted, some Cowley classes required stu-dents to they purchase high-tech transponders, also known as clickers.

This cutting-edge technology came with a $20 price tag. The click-ers themselves cost only $5, but stu-dents had to pay the once-a-semester $15 activation fee to be able to use the clickers in class. I don’t think that many college students have an extra $20 just lying around to pur-chase their clicker.

To help this issue, the college has decided to pick up the cost of the clickers and will provide them in a limited number of classrooms next semester. Twelve classrooms will be equipped with the clickers and instructors will check them out to their students. This is a great idea except that I have already had to purchase my clicker. I find this to be extremely unfair; I had to spend $20 on a clicker for my class and another student can take the same class next

semester and receive the clicker for free. There is also the fact that I have only been able to use my clicker twice because the program doesn’t always work. My class time was con-stantly held up because of computer malfunctions.

As for the clicker use itself, I find it to be more of a nuisance than a help. The clicker is intended to make classroom review time more interactive and to help students pay more attention. But if the program doesn’t always work, then what is the point in having it? Also another question still remains: does pushing a button really take the place of put-ting your fine motor skills to use by taking a few notes?

When thinking about these facts, I can only come to one conclu-sion: the clickers or transponders, whatever you would prefer to call them, are a waste of class time and especially money for Cowley College and its students.

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Should Cowley become a four-year college?Written by Jared McGuirefor The Cowley Press Editorial Board

Cowley excels in many of the pro-grams it offers. Various departments meet or exceed those offered at some four-year universities. So instead of a two-year com-munity college, why can’t Cowley become a four-year university?

According to Sheree Utash, vice president of student and academic affairs, budgeting concerns and community atmo-sphere are just two problems standing in the way.

Utash said, “There would be such a huge change in the amount of classrooms we would need, the amount of dorm facilities we would need, the amount of services of would provide.”

All of that translates to money. To

raise that sort of money, the college would have to raise the cost of tuition to the level of four-year schools. Typically, the tuition at these schools is double that of Cowley. This would translate to double the cost for every semester a student attends Cowley. In turn, this would economically disad-vantage students from getting two years of their education cheaper than at a larger school.

Additionally, the accreditation pro-cess would be expensive and lengthy. There is a great deal of additional accredi-tation that Cowley would have to get from outside accreditation agencies if it were to become a four-year university. This would be self-defeating since cred-ible and accredited four-year universities within the area have already been estab-lished.

Utash mentioned that some of the community atmosphere of a smaller col-lege would be lost if Cowley were to become a four-year school. “I would be concerned that we would lose some of what we have as a two-year institution,” Utash said.

She added that most four-year univer-sities require qualified admissions, which is not congruent with Cowley’s mission of providing an open-access institution.

“One of the real great things about a two-year community college is the flex-ibility that you have in the academic work you do and the customized training for business and industry you do,” Utash said. “Just from my experience working at a four-year institution, that ability is really quite limited.”

Utash added that if Cowley were

turned into a four-year university, there would be a loss of one-on-one contact between students and teachers. “To me, the special quality of Cowley is that it’s a great two-year transfer school and voca-tional-technical school,” Utash said. “It gives us the ability to prepare students to go on to a four-year school.”

Cowley has long been used as a trans-fer school. Many of the students are those who are seeking to transfer to a four-year university and pursue a bachelor’s degree or higher. Utash said that she did not believe it would help students to attend a larger university first if they were seek-ing a reduced cost in the first two years of education.

“I think the best thing we can do for our students… is to continue to work on seamless transfer,” she said.

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LADIES LOVE THEATER: The Southwestern College Theater department will be performing Top Girls, a play about women’s desire and tactics to get what they want. Top Girls will be held in the Southwestern College Little Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 18-20.

New ReleasesU2How to Dismantle an Atomic BombTo be released on Nov. 23, this album is heavily backed by iPod and features the hit single “Vertigo.”

The Sponge Bob Square Pants MovieThis animated feature stars a loveable sponge and his gang as they risk life and tentacle to retrieve a sea god’s stolen crown. “The Sponge...” sinks into theaters Nov. 19.

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Cowley College and Act One will present Alice in Wonderland for the com-Wonderland for the com-Wonderlandmunity on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Center Theater. The show is free and open to the public. Closed showings for local elementary schools will be held earlier that day. Auditions for the show were held Nov. 1-2 for all Cowley students.

The Caffé Acoustic series will continue next month with Robin Macy, Kentucky White and Mackie Redd. The perfor-mance will be Thursday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Brown’s, 225 S. Summit. The Thursday evening concerts are free and everyone is welcome.

The annual fall Jazz Band concert featuring the Cowley Jazz Band and CC Singers will be held Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Center Theater. The concert is free and open to the public. Both groups will perform their own set of music. The CC Singers theme for this year is a country-west-ern medley, while the Jazz Band will feature many soloists on songs such as “Georgia on My Mind,” “Crosstown Traffic” and “St. Thomas.”

Heartland Arts along with Cowley College presents The National Players in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Center Theater. It is a timeless story of star-crossed lovers. Tickets can be purchased at the Cowley Bookstore or by calling 620-441-5277.

The annual Christmas Vespers concert will be Sunday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. in the Brown Center Theater. Both Concert Band and Concert Choir will be featured.

Students from Denise Irwin’s art and design classes work on a mural for the Chestnut Street underpass project. Photo by Ashley Colburn

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BY JENNY SARCHETStaff Writer

TThe Chestnut Street Underpass mural is receiving a face-lift. Seventeen Cowley College art and design students are

painting the new mural. “I’m used to painting and drawing,”

freshman Ross Downing said. “I’ve never freshman Ross Downing said. “I’ve never done something this big before.”done something this big before.”

Graphic Design instructor Denise Irwin approached the city with the idea. “The mural that was there was decaying so badly some-thing had to be done about it,” Irwin said.

The Arkansas City Beautification Board The Arkansas City Beautification Board has approved the project and the city is fund-has approved the project and the city is fund-has approved the project and the city is fund-ing it. The students are working on the mural ing it. The students are working on the mural ing it. The students are working on the mural

for a fundraiser for their annual art museum trip to New York City.

Downing said, “This gives me a chance to know how to do things better.”

The new mural is a stylized landscape of the prairie with the city logo.

“This mural is going to help attract more people,” Downing said. “It won’t be as dull as the old mural.”

Scholarship students are required to work on the mural. For the other students they on the mural. For the other students they have an option if they would like to help have an option if they would like to help paint.

“I think it is a good opportunity to get art in the public eye,” Irwin said. “It’s good experience for the students; they can put this experience for the students; they can put this experience for the students; they can put this experience for the students; they can put this in their portfolios.”in their portfolios.”

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Survival manuals have been gaining popularity since the turn of the new mil-lennium. The US Army Survival Manual, Wilderness Survival, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, Survival Handbook, Survival Handbook The Girlfriends Guide to Toddlers: A Survival Manual to the Terribleand Every Dog’s Survival Guide to Living with a Neurotic Owner are just a tiny frac-tion of the titles available from Barnes & Noble.

Still, horror movie buffs, especially fans of zombie movies, often find them-selves asking, “What if I get into a situa-tion similar to my favorite scary flick?” For years, the only information available to them was what they could piece together out of a score of grainy, conflicting B-grade films or discern from a handful of legends, tales and folk stories.

Now, however, all has changed. Zombie movie aficionados finally have a book just for them. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living

Dead, by Max Brooks, is a must-read book for anyone with even an inkling of interest in the living dead.

While the title might hint at an amus-ing literary frolic, this is not a book to be taken lightly. It reads more like a textbook and is comparable to a survival manual produced by the U.S. Armed Forces. Though zombies themselves may seem laughable, this book takes a more-than-serious approach to the continuing threat of the walking dead.

The book covers a wide variety of top-ics including extensive studies on zombie physiology and behavior, the best weapons and tactics to use in the event of attack, how to outfit and defend various residen-tial structures for extended periods and how to survive in any terrain from tundra to jungle. It also discounts and corrects many misconceptions of the zombie that have long been portrayed through popular cinema and media.

Author Max Brooks is the son of Mel Brooks, a man who wrote, directed and appeared in such cult comedies as Young

Frankenstein, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Blazing Saddles. Whereas his father is known for outrageous, slapstick comedy and touchy racial and ethnic com-mentary, young Brooks takes a darker approach to the underlying humor of the undead.

Those looking for outright, slap-your-knee comedy might do well to avoid this book. Though it is classified as a humor title, perhaps its most amusing aspect is its apparent lack of humor. Fans of classic zombie movies will chuckle at the not-so-subtle jabs at these priceless flicks.

After reading this book, one begins to believe that an attack from the undead is imminent. This is a good read for those who have ever been interested in the sci-ence of the undead, have wondered what weapons would be most effective in the event of attack or just those who wonder how many horror movies really have it right.

The Zombie Survival Guide is avail-able on the web, www.zombiesurvivalguide.com, and at Barnes & Noble or any

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Freshman Kelsey Creed, far left, belted out the lyr-ics to the song “Imagine.”

Sophomores JeAnna Watson and Chris Swanson perform “Close to You” during the talent show. They received second place in the duet category of the show.

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The first annual Talent/No Talent Show, put on by the Communications Club, was held Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Brown Center Theater. The entries were divided into three differ-ent categories; solo, duet and band.

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Photo by Morgan WilliamsFrom left to right: TMU members Jared Schaefer, Amy McWhirt and Scott Olson rehearse one of their songs.

The Temporal Mechanics Union needs another musician to make an upcoming concert complete, and that musician is you.

Audience participation is the theme for the fall concert by the Temporal Mechanics Union, the percussion ensem-ble at Cowley College. The concert is Thursday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Center Theater. The concert is fre-

and open to the public. Most of the pieces on the program

will involve the audience in some aspect of the performance. “Some of the works will call for the audience to respond to cues from the stage,” Director Chris Mayer said. “The best opportunity to get involved is through participation in Assemblage III.”

Assemblage III is the final part of a Assemblage III is the final part of a Assemblage IIIperformance concept Mayer developed for the very first Temporal Mechanics Union concert, given in December of 2002. “At that concert, members of the ensemble created their own instruments, and impro-vised together. Then, in December of 2003, we made instruments for each other,” Mayer said. At that concert, members of the ensemble taught each other their newly created instruments in real time before the audience. In Assemblage III, the Assemblage III, the Assemblage IIIaudience members are invited to build or find “instruments” for the percussionists to improvise with. Mayer will call for the audience to bring their instruments for-ward, “and we’ll spread them out on the stage, and go at it,” Mayer said. The result will be free-form music. According to Mayer, the designs will help to shape the performance by requiring the players to interact with these instruments in unique ways.

Various classes at Cowley have been invited to bring instruments for the piece, and area school children have been invited to participate as well. Anyone who would like to provide an instrument for the concert should consult the guidelines pro-vided by the ensemble (see sidebar).

Other highlights of the December 9 concert include traditional rhythms from Brazil and West Africa, and Drum Gardenby California composer Daniel Gall.

The Temporal Mechanics Union is open to all mem-bers of the wider Cowley community. No experience is necessary and no audition is required. The ensemble gives a concert each semes-ter, as well as other occasional perfor-mances. Anyone interested in joining the ensemble should contact Chris Mayer at 620-441-5229 or mayer@cowley.edu.

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BY TIM BADLEYStaff Writer

Many people know that during soph-omore Deshunda Ivory’s first year with the women’s basketball team, she con-tributed valuable minutes off the bench. However, many people do not know that last year, Ivory had difficulty making the transition from Junction City to Arkansas City.

Furthermore, many Cowley students have had to make adjustments to Ivory as well. In Junction City, Ivory had a com-pletely different social life.

“I was used to having something to do in JC every night,” Ivory said. However, last year, when she came to Cowley College, she realized that there was considerably less to do in Arkansas City. “I called my parents all the time and went home every weekend,” Ivory said.

Aside from returning home all the

time last year, other factors made it dif-ficult for Ivory to make new friends. Not only does Ivory have an intimidating glare that can send a person hiding behind the Galle-Johnson Tiger, but she also has a different mentality when it comes to meet-ing new people. “I’m pretty standoffish when I first meet someone,” Ivory said. “You have to earn my respect.”

Freshman teammate Lacey Rowe agreed with Ivory’s observation. “Oh she’s

Dee,” Rowe said. “You really need to get to know her.”

Ivory’s mindset has come from her history in her hometown. “I’ve been burned by a lot of relationships in JC,” Ivory said. “There is a lot of drama there and a lot of relationships that ended over stupid things.”

This year has been a different story for Ivory. She has found a lot of trust and hon-esty here. In addition, Ivory changed her philosophy and actually made the effort to introduce herself to Rowe. Rowe first met Ivory this year during a team meeting for the women’s basketball team that took place in Ivory’s room. According to Ivory, she admired Rowe’s playing style, and she said something funny. She decided to approach Rowe.

Rowe was an unlikely friend for Ivory since Rowe was not from a larger city; in fact, Rowe is from Oxford a town about 6 percent the population of Junction City.

The differences between Ivory and Rowe have created their friendship. “She pumps me up while I calm her down,” Rowe said.

In terms of leadership, Ivory has a lot to share with Cowley because she has had many positive role models in her family. Her siblings went to school with athletic scholarships. They went further to get higher education and high paying jobs.

Her parents are very supportive of her; in fact, her mother attended all of her games last season despite living two hours away. Her parents also cheer her on in her scholastics. “My parents would settle if I only got a bachelor’s degree,” Ivory said. “However, I will not be happy unless I get a master’s.”

Therefore, Dee will be happy to use her focus for an eventual master’s degree in accounting. In the meantime, though, we can all see Ivory use her intimidating stare to scare the bejesus out of opponents during the women’s basketball season.

No longer homesick, Ivory adjusts to life in AC

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Kara Pridey makes a move on her opponent during the Lady Tigers’ second game of the season. Cowley defeated Butler 50-43 on Nov. 6.

Tigers tip off

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Marcus Watts boxes out his man in the paint, waiting for the rebound during the Tigers’ game against Butler. Cowley won the first game of the season 86-83 over the Grizzlies on Nov. 6.

Season off to a hot start

Deshunda Ivory

Double dose of victory leads to 6-0 recordBY JARED MCINTIREStaff Writer

Two teams, two games, eight days. The Lady Tiger basketball team faced off against Lady Grizzlies of

Butler County Community College twice in a matter of eight days.

Cowley hosted the first of the two early season match-ups, and defense decided the game. Riding on Tamala Turner’s 21 points and 13 rebounds, the Lady Tigers’ defense held the Grizzlies to 17 of 55 shooting, a measly 30 percent shooting from the field. Although the Lady Tigers forced 14 Grizzly turnovers, they committed 16 themselves in the 50-43 win.

“Our intensity rises and falls, we go in stretches,” Coach Todd Clark said. “We just need to keep the intensity up.”

Eight days after their first meeting, the Lady Tigers and Lady Grizzlies met again, this time in the confines of Butler’s building. The rematch provided nothing more than a venue change as the result was identical to the initial meeting, a seven-point win for the Tigers, 59-52.

Silva’s double-double led the way for Cowley as she ripped down 10 rebounds and put in 16 points on 7 of 10 shooting from the field. Turner added 10 points and Pridey put in seven while pocketing 12 rebounds.

“The team has really been stepping it up,” Silva said. “We’ve really started off good, and were are doing the things we need to win.”

The Lady Tigers then traveled to Tonkawa, Okla., home of the Mavericks of Northern Oklahoma College. Clark said his team is still “learning,” and they could

use this first road game to get in the trav-eling routine.

“The players are doing what we ask them to do, and they’re working well together,” Clark said. “Those are things we can’t do for them.”

With four players scoring in double-digits, the Lady Tigers rolled over the Lady Mavericks, 60-44, the most convinc-ing victory yet. Marina Caran led the scor-ing, with 13 points, followed closely by Kara Pridey with 11. Domenica Silva and Megan Schoenfeld each tallied 10 points in the win.

The same two teams will meet again in yet another early season rematch for the Lady Tiger squad. The Lady Mavericks will make the trip to Arkansas City for the next home game for Cowley on Saturday.

The Lady Tigers rode the momen-tum of their first road win into the Butler

Classic, where they were matched up against Carl Albert State College. After the first half of play, Cowley went into the locker room trailing by one point, the first time in the season that the Lady Tigers did not hold the lead at intermission.

Once again, Cowley’s stingy defense held Carl Albert to only 18 points in the second half and forced 19 turnovers for the game on their way to a 52-47 triumph. For Cowley, Turner and Silva played huge, scoring 17 and 10 with two and three blocks, respectively.

In their latest win at Barton County Tuesday night, the Lady Tigers trailed 31-22 at halftime and by double digits in the second half. However, Cowley rallied to win 59-53. Schoenfeld was the leading scorer with 16 points, followed closely by Turner and Pridey who scored 12 and 13 points, respectively.

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BY AJ YBARRAStaff Writer

The Tigers defeated Cloud County and Butler County over the weekend during the Butler Classic, improving

their overall record to 4-0 for the first time in five years.

“We took a big step in the direction we want to go,” said sophomore Avery Burrell of the weekend wins.

However, the winning streak came to an end Tuesday night at Garden City when the Broncbusters downed the Tigers 87-74.

To open the Butler Classic, the Cloud County Thunderbirds gave the men a chal-lenge last Friday afternoon, as the Tigers were only up by two at the half. However, Cloud County’s foul trouble and 22 total points from Cowley’s Damian Lolar proved to be too much for the T-Birds, who fell to 1-3 on the season with a 65-55 loss.

On Saturday, nine different Tigers put up points against Butler County. Xavier Burnett led the team with 19 points and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the foul line.

This was Cowley’s second win over Butler this season. Before coaching at WSU and Cowley, head Coach Randy Smithson coached the Grizzlies for 11 seasons, lead-ing them to 300 wins and a mere 80 losses.

Saturday was also the team’s fourth game in seven days. “Having little break between games, I think, has actually helped us grow and mature. [The games] test and make us learn on the go,” Burrell said.

The big game of the year so far, though, came on Nov. 10 in Tonkawa, Okla., when the Tigers took on their long time rivals, the Northern Oklahoma Mavericks. NOC came out firing early, tak-ing a 15-3 lead within six minutes. Cowley refused to give in and went into the locker room at halftime only down by two, 30-28. The lead in the second half went back and forth. Then NOC missed two free throws with 5.6 seconds remaining in regulation,

leaving the score deadlocked at 55. From there time expired and the game entered overtime.

In overtime, scoring was the name of the game, as the lead was traded until freshman Marcus Watts drained a three, tying the game at 65 with 10 seconds left. NOC’s Lamont George was able to get the ball before time expired, but the Cowley defense came up strong with a block, forc-

ing a second overtime.NOC came out with the first basket

of the second overtime, but that would be one of their few. The Tigers’ strong defense allowed only eight points. This period proved to be the final one, as Cowley finally shut the door on NOC, 75-73.

The next home game for the Tiger men is Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m., a rematch against the NOC Mavericks.

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Dane Kelly directs traffic on the court during Cowley’s game at Northern Oklahoma College. The Tigers defeated the Mavericks in double overtime 75-73. The win was Coach Randy Smithson’s first victory in Tonkawa with the Tigers.

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Marcus Watts rises up for a dunk during the second half of Cowley’s win at NOC.

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BY STACIA WHITTECARStaff Writer

Going into the season-ending NJCAA cross country meet in El Paso, Texas, last week, the Cowley

men were ranked 10th in the nation. However, they couldn’t live up to that ranking, falling short by two spots as they settled for 12th out of 22 teams. “Top ten would have been better, but we ran well, anyway, and consider-ing what we went through this year and losing people, we did well,” sophomore Steven Schoon said. “The coaches were happy.” “I think we gave it all we could give for that one day,” sophomore Tim Marshall said. “It was the worst course. They had gravel on it, and we had to run

the same hill like four times.” Even though the course at the nation-al meet was less than perfect, Marshall ended the season finishing with an All-American performance of eighth place with the time of 25 minutes, 23 seconds in the five-mile race. “I felt good (about the race). I felt weak during the race, but I kept on push-ing myself to go faster,” Marshall said. “I wanted to hit these times earlier in the season because I should have if I had another runner to train with me.” For the Cowley women, the only two runners to compete at nationals were freshmen Leslie Priskey and Katie Wagner. Priskey finished 100th out of 184 runners with a time of 21:39 in the 3.1-mile race, while Wagner placed 102nd with a time of 21:47.

BY ANDREW CASTANEDAStaff Writer

A new champion has been born. On Monday, Nov. 8, the Zone 3 Ganstas beat the Moneymakers 56-35 for intramural flag football’s most-prized title. Zone 3 Ganstas were made up of primarily the Cowley track team. The final standings were as fol-lows:

WEST DIVISION1. Moneymakers2. Falcons3. Jump man4. No Names

EAST DIVISION 1. Zone 3 Ganstas2. River Rats3. NYC

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Zone 3 Ganstas win football title

Intramural Update

Results at NationalsMen8 Tim Marshall 25:2359 Scott Olson 27:1177 Steven Schoon 27:5181 Jon Antar 27:56102 Eric Johnston 28:23103 Julius Times 28:26114 Josh Burget 28:37

Team placed 12th out of 22

Women100 Leslie Priskey 21:39102 Katie Wagner 21:47

Cross country ends season in El Paso at national meet

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Jennifer Bauer, left, guards Katrina Sanders, who calls for the ball. Sanders’ team, Zone 3 Ganstas, won the football championship over Bauer’s Moneymakers.

Men’s team finishes 12th overall; Tim Marshall named All-American