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World Series Poker putting the cards on the tableBY DEVAN REED Contributing writer

On Feb. 26, Cowley will be holding the first ever World Series of Poker Tournament on campus. The tournament, featuring no limit Texas Hold’em, will be held in the McAtee Dining Center from 8 to 11 p.m. Cowley College cheerleaders will be serving refreshments throughout the evening.

A variety of prizes will be given away

throughout the night, including gift cards and Cowley gear. First place prize is $100. Faculty and staff will be participating as players and dealers. All players

will be given $3,500 in Cowley cash. When

a player runs out of money, he or she is out

of the game. Some faculty and staff

players will have a “bounty chip”. In order to get that chip,

a player must eliminate the faculty or staff member from the game. Upon elimination, the student receives the bounty chip, which

can be turned in for a prize. “I got this idea last year after seeing

students playing cards in the jungle,” said Charlie Wilson, coordinator of tutoring and career services. “I ran this idea by students at the pool tournament and they thought it would go over great.”

There will be room for about 125 people to play at once on 12 tables. “Please come, even if you don’t think you are good enough,” said Wilson, “It’s an easy game to learn.”

Although this is the first year, Wilson said he hopes to make this a yearly event. There is even talk of possibly

expanding it into a full-fledged casino night.

“I know this is going to go over great,” said Kristi Shaw, director of student life. “We had 75 people at Valentine’s Day bingo and are expecting many more because of all

the promoting we have done.”Students can enter to play for free.

“Justice for Jodi”

BY ASHLIE

L’HOMMEEditor-in-

Chief

Tears, hugs and prayers

filled the courtroom on Feb.

17. In less than four hours, the jury came

to the unanimous conclusion; Justin

Thurber, 25, should be put to death by lethal

injection. Since the reinstatement

of the death penalty in Kansas in 1994, of the

22 capital murder trials, 11 have resulted in death

sentences. No person has been executed in the state of Kansas

since 1965. On Jan. 5, 2007, 19-year-old Jodi

Sanderholm disappeared in the middle of the day. She was last seen at the Subway in Arkansas City. Four days later her car was found in the Cowley County State Fishing Lake.

Arkansas City resident Thurber, then 23, was formally charged with aggravated kidnapping, rape and capital murder within days.

In the two years it took to go from the charges to the trial the rumors, the details and the evidence piled up:

- Reported by The Wichita Eagle, Thurber’s defense, Ron Evans, reiterated a psychologist’s testimony stating that Thurber’s IQ was “between 70 and 80”, below the average IQ of 100. Another psychologist testified that Thurber “had been diagnosed with bipolar.”

- On July 1, 2008, Jodi’s Law went into effect, according to KFDI. Jodi’s Law strengthened laws against stalking and eliminated holes caused by the “loopholes” such as the term “credible

threat”, reported by the Traveler. - According to the Traveler, letters were received from Thurber while he was incarcerated, stating that if they would “start printing the truth” about him, he would provide answers for the Sanderholm case. Until this “truth” was printed, he stated that he did not want his name used in affiliation with the case. - The Traveler reported that Chris Davis, an acquaintance of Thurber, received a hand-delivered letter from Thurber requesting that he sign a false statement saying that he was with Thurber on the day that Jodi disappeared. - In the spring of 2007, sodomy was

See Thurber trial page 7

Above: Jodi Sanderholm was kidnapped and murdered Jan. 5, 2008 by Justin Thurber. (file photo)Left: Sander-holm’s family, in foreground , looks emotional as the juries verdict is read. (photo curtesy of the Traveler)

BY ERIC SMITHSports editor

With only two games left in the regular season the Cowley Tigers are hoping to make a push to

win the conference. They are currently tied with Coffeyville for first place. The teams both have thirteen wins and three losses in conference even though Cowley is three games ahead of Coffeyville overall. Cowley is ranked 18 in the nation while Coffeyville has recieved votes for national ranking. Cowley also has the highest win margin in the conference, averaging a win by 10.4 points. Cowley had one of their best games against Labette County Community College during homecoming, which should come as no surprise because Labette has the worst record in the conference. Cowley did

a good job of moving the ball and getting Labette in foul trouble early. They were in the bonus after only 8 minutes of playing. The team shot 32-47 from the free throw line.

Surprisingly, only three Tigers were in double figures during the game. Jack Crowder, sophomore, scored a game high 23, Robert Goff, freshman, scored 15, and Bernard Kamwa , freshman, scored 11. The final score of the contest was 93-57. The team had a tough time at home against Kansas City Community College, who is seventh in the conference. The Tigers shot a season low 34 percent from the field. They were however able to get it done on the defensive end and held Kansas City to 31 percent from the field. The team had a horrible start at home. They were down 12-3 after eight minutes of play. They rallied back late in the first half to tie the game 22-22. They eventually pulled away in the second half and won 56-43. The away game against Coffeyville was probably the most exciting game of the

season for the Tigers. They had revenge on their minds against Coffeyville who defeated them at home, giving Cowley their only home loss of the season. The Tigers fought hard early and were ahead 41-35 at half time. But toward the ending of the game they found themselves down 82-80 with less than a minute left. Coffeyville had the ball but quickly turned it over on a charging foul. With 18 seconds remaining Caprest Rhone, freshman, scored a driving basket to send the game into overtime. Toward the end of overtime, Cowley was ahead 91-90. They then fouled a Coffeyville player, sending them to the line where they made one of two free throws. When Cowley took the ball down

court, a Coffeyville player, giving Cowley the ball back with 6 seconds left, deflected it out of bounds. They in bounded the ball to Jack Crowder who made a turnaround jump shot with 3 seconds left to win the

game 93-91. The women’s team is also making a very impressive push toward the postseason. They started out the conference schedule 4-4 and have gone on an 8 game winning streak since then. In that time they have beaten all four of the teams they lost to at the beginning of conference play. The ladies had a great homecoming night. Four players scored double digits and they were lead by Bebe Holloway, sophomore, who scored 23 points. On the same night that the men’s team beat out Coffeyville in overtime, the women’s team also had an exciting match of their own.

At the end of regulation time, Coffeyville was down 59-60 with possession of the ball. One of their players was fouled and made one of their shots and missed the second to send the game into overtime. In overtime, the game was tied 68-68 when Gabby Curtis, sophomore, hit a couple of three-pointers to take the lead. Cowley would maintain the lead even though Coffeyville hit two three-pointers in 13 seconds to make the final score 78-76. The women’s team then had an easy night at home when they defeated Johnson County, 71-52. Curtis had a game high 22 points, followed by Elena Yankova, sophomore, who had 20.

Basketball grinds Coffeyville

Dominque Lane, freshman, goes up for a contested layup against Labette at homecoming. Lane scored 12 points on homecoming night (photo by Theresa Zirkel)

Jack Crowder, sophomore, fights for a shot against Labette during homecoming. Crowder scored a game high 23 points that game. (photo by Theresa Zirkel)

Texas Hold ‘em Tournament comes to Cowley

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BY MEGAN BERRY Staff writer

Charlee Wilson, coordinator of tutor-ing was asked last fall by Kristi Shaw, director of student life to host

a pool tournament. Each month this year he has been in charge of picking out a new game to host. There has been ping pong, 9- ball, and pool tournaments in the past. The tournaments have been going on for at least twelve years.

On Feb. 19, students gathered in the game room to either watch or play pool. There were 19 singles and 26 doubles con-sisting of 13 teams. The sign up for the tournament lasted until 9 p.m. that night and then the brackets were made.

The money that goes to the winners var-ies from month to month. It comes out of the pool table and ping pong machine in the game room. The winners for the single match were Rolando “Rolo” Vasquez for first place receiving a cash prize of $30 and Pablo Fuentes who received $20 for second place.

In the doubles match, Rolo Vasquez and Baron Meeks won each taking home $10. Reed Williams and Robert Hudson won $5 each for 2nd place.

The game room has three pool tables for three games to be played at once. The pool tournament lasted a good two and a half hours or so. It was a single elimination tournament which means once a team lost, they were out.

A large crowd usually shows up to the

tournaments. “Last time we had it, the game room was packed,” said Wilson. He said that there were probably fifty people in the room and over half were just watch-ing.

If a student did not know how to play pool, they were able to come enjoy com-pany as they watched their friends battle it out. It is a very relaxing environment with music playing in the background

for friends to gather around and just play some pool.

Students are not the only ones involved in the tournaments. At the pool tourna-ment last semester there were two faculty members involved. “For ping pong and pool tournaments, faculty is definitely invited. I think that it’s a very important thing with the activities and intramurals that the faculty takes part in things like that,” said Wilson.

Last fall, the first pool tournament took place and there were only thirteen people signed up. By the time Christmas rolled around, nineteen people were signed up. “This year alone I’ve seen the numbers go up just a little bit. It’s going over well I think,” said Wilson.

Make sure to come and play poker in the cafeteria tonight. (Feb 26) It is taking place at 8 p.m. Students are able to sign up at the door and come right in for a night of fun.

Winning the prize, solids and stripes

Second place winner sophomore Pablo Fuentes and first place winner freshman Rolando Vazquez, respectivly. (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

Rise above revenge, find a new solutionBY NICKOLE VANDERWALLStaff writer

Stealing shoes or money? Boys fighting over ping pong table rights. Referee making a bad call? Next, all hell is

breaking loose. With the shoes and punches flying, testosterone levels are to be soaring.

Simple solutions, such as dividing up into teams and sharing the ping pong room are fogged over with the unintended offense. The group that went down to play ping pong was not trying to start any problems.

Of course, that is not how the group already in the room took the idea. Instead, they decided that it was ‘their room’ and they were not going to give the others a chance to play.

If other people are using the room, ask them when they will be done and tell them you will be back at that time. Then again, if the room in Storbeck is full, there is always the jungle. Don’t feel like going to the jungle? Set up times or make a schedule for everyone wanting to use the ping pong room.

The wrong thing to do is give dirty looks and get upset because no one is sharing. We are in college now and we can handle shar-ing the ping pong table boys.

After talking with a couple boys from both sides of the incident, one had this to say.

“Giving dirty looks and acting ‘hard’ makes everyone want to beat you up.”

This group of boys said that another group came to their dorms to use the ping pong room, where there were already boys playing. Dirty looks were given and threats were made. One thing led to another and fights were planned until the other group left.

While talking with Sue Saia, vice

president of student affairs, she said, “We investigate whom ever there seems to be a problem with.”

Not only are there problems with shar-ing ping pong tables, but there have been reported problems with roommates stealing

and lying. This problem should be stopped early, before it gets out of hand.

Do not leave the roommate with more chances to get their hands on your property.

Recent complaints of roommates stealing iPod’s, clothes and money, were confirmed

and there were consequences. After the complaints were confirmed, supposed fights underwent but everything was denied.

Saia went further to say, “We have to help the student approach.” Students found guilty through security reports must attend mandated counseling and if needed, the po-lice will be called for further investigation.

Most counseling on campus goes through Roy Reynolds, student life counselor.

As if stealing and not sharing is not enough, arguing over a bad call at an intramural game lead to punches. The first intramural 5x5 basketball game of the sea-son ended with bloody lips and black eyes after a referee made a call that lead one of the players to mouth-off.

The first swing was thrown by the referee and lead to another by the player. The brother of the referee jumped in after they took the fight outside. There were a few more punches and then everyone left the rec center.

After the player went back to the Central Avenue dorms, the other two boys left and went back to the Kirkdale dorms. While at the Kirkdale dorms, the two boys contin-ued making threats and raising commotion about the previous incident.

Head Basketball Coach and Kirkdale Dorm Manager Steve Eck over heard the noise and turned them into security. Both of the brothers were suspended from the intra-mural season. No further problems have occurred between the three boys.

An inside source of the incident said, “We don’t have ‘beef’ anymore, but we are not friends.”

Are testosterone levels to blame for all the hostility? This seems to be the logical reason, but there is no real reason. Boys will be boys, even if sometimes it may seem they are acting like girls.

How do you handle altercations with fellow students?

“Get a third party to moderate. “-- John David McDonald, Sophomore

“Life is too short to argue, therefore; walk away” -- Sarah Yates, Freshman

“Take care of it before it comes to a head.”-- Tyler Alderman, Sophomore

Striving for nationals one meet at a timeBY RICHARD GOULDStaff writer

Ahh, it’s that time of year again. Birds are singing, trees are budding, and flying javelins?

Yes, track and field season has started yet again and each performance is increasing the chance for Cowley to do well at nation-als.

“We had some great great performances and we had not so good performances. We had three people get hurt and you are always worried about that,” said Head Track Coach Mark Phillips.

Track results from the Missouri Southern Invitational on Feb. 6 and 7 at Joplin, Mo. were at expectation or even better in some cases according to Phillips.

Freshman Xandria Cash broke the school record for the women’s 200-meter-dash while in the women’s 800 meter run fresh-man Marvia Lewen placed fifth, sopho-more Jessica McLeod placed sixth, and sophomore Brianna Byers placed ninth

All three girls met the national qualify-ing mark. In the women’s 3000-meter run freshman Cecilia Burley took fourth while freshman Robin Ray placed tenth and both girls met the national qualifying mark.

Of the women’s track and field, the only

national qualifying mark was Freshman Katie Gillmore, who placed fifth in the women’s pole vault.

The men’s side looked just about the same with rankings.

Freshman Jory Custar placed third in the men’s 800 meter-run. Sophomore Rolando Vasques placed fifth in the men’s one-mile race. Freshman Dustin Mettler took fourth in the men’s 3000-meter run. Sophomore Johnny Purvis finished first in the men’s 5000-meter run. All four men hit qualifying marks in their events.

In the men’s field events only one athlete managed to hit national qualifying mark, and that was Sophomore Kale Hamm. Hamm managed to not only hit the mark but also tied the school record in the men’s high jump at six feet six inches.

Pittsburg State Invitational held on Feb. 13 at Pittsburg State University had fewer qualifiers but managed to have some impressive result.

Gillmore managed to place second in the women’s pole vault with a jump of 3.5 meters. This height broke the school record and qualified Gillmore for the nationals.

On the men’s side Hamm managed to break the school record in the men’s 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 seconds.

Unfortunately, sometimes injuries can

result.“[Freshman] Tiffany Wilcox strained her

hamstring again. It is getting better. I think she will be okay. We hope she will be good for regions” said Phillips.

Freshman Xandria Cash tweaked her leg a little bit but she will be fine said Phillips.

“[Freshman]Ray Quill is a real question mark whether we will compete [with him] at regionals or not,” according to Phillips.

Phillips said freshman Brad Potucek sprained his hip flexor in the long jump. “So he didn’t jump really well. I think he will be okay for regionals. We are just not going to push it.”

In all, the track team has numerous, really talented athletes and looks to be upward bound for the Region 6/Jayhawk Conference Indoor Championships this coming weekend.

(photo courtesy of www.parentmagic.com)

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Baseball team begins season 3-3

Intramural teams continue to play strong

What year are you? Sophomore

Where are you from? Haysville, Kan.

What school did you attend? I went to Campus High School and graduated in 2007.

What sport do you play? I’m a pitcher for the baseball team. I have played baseball since I was young. My father encouraged me.

What helped you decide on Cowley? Cowley has a good reputation and I want to be a part of the team.

What do you enjoy most about Cowley? It’s a small campus, where everyone knows your name. I like that the classes are small.

What honors have you received?Last year I received second team All-Conference.

What’s your major? Right know it’s undecided, but I want to work with computers.

Who’s your inspiration? Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.; he was one of the best pitchers. He pitched a ball 104 miles an hour. I have pitched 91 miles an hour. Also, my father, he never misses a game.

What are your hobbies? Baseball, basketball, fishing, video games, and hanging out with friends.

What are you involved in on campus? Baseball! Baseball takes up a lot of my time so I don’t have time to be involved in any other activities.

Calvin Drinnen

Sophomore

BY MEGAN BERRY Staff writer

Teams have been hoopin’ it up as 5X5 intramural basketball continues. Their last regular game took place on Tues. Feb. 17. Track Team A played Track Team B. Super Bad played Bigalow and Ballerz played Bear “rar” Cudas. There were only two girl teams that played, Gold Diggers vs. Chicks Dig it. Double elimination began on Thurs. Feb. 19. A lot of action has been happening in the rec center this month. Intramural basketball continues to take place both Tuesday and Thursday nights 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Students, faculty, and friends gather around in the Rec center to watch and support the teams. “The rec gets pretty full,” said Jane Epp, sophomore team member of the Gold Diggers. Though most of the students are just out for fun, it is still competitive as ever. “There have been several fights this year, but my team gets along great and we’re having a blast,” said Brianna Byers, sophomore team member of the Zebras. Her favorite part about intramural basketball is the competitiveness. “I was very involved in sports in high

school. Intramurals helps me to stay involved so I don’t miss not playing quite so much.” Energy is put into each and every game and is very important. It does not matter whether students win or lose; they are just out to play basketball and have a good time with friends. “We haven’t won yet but that’s not how we measure fun,” said Epp. Intramural basketball is not only a good way to spend time with friends but it helps students keep in shape. “It’s just about getting active and having fun,” said Epp. Students need to continue to come to games and support the teams. Intramurals are a huge success when everyone attends games and cheers for the teams. “I would definitely suggest intramurals to others. It is a great way to get involved and have a great time,” said Byers. Whether a student is part of an intramural team or not, attending games is always a fun time to share with friends.

BY ERIC SMITHSports editor

Although it is early in the season, the Cowley Tiger baseball team has had a relatively disappointing start.

While they did receive votes in the beginning of the season to be ranked nationally, they are only 3-3 in their first six games. The team went 1-1 with their first two games against Butler County Community College during a home and home. Surprisingly, they defeated Butler at Butler 14-1 but lost at home 4-1. The next game proved to be very challenging for the tigers. They played against the 18 ranked Seminole State at Seminole, Okla. Seminole started the game by scoring thee in the first three innings. The Tigers responded by scoring three in the fourth inning, but also gave up three in the fourth inning to Seminole. Cowley ended up losing the game 7-3 dropping to 1-2. Cowley then had a double header against Jefferson College to help boost their record. The team got lucky in the first game. Jefferson had more hits than the tigers, beating them 10-7 in that category. Every Cowley player that got a hit scored. Jefferson also had less errors than Cowley. Cowley had 2 errors to Jefferson’s 1. Still, Cowley came out on top, winning the game 7-6. Cowley had a much easier time in the second game against Jefferson. The tigers had 9 hits to Jefferson’s 5 and had no errors

in that game. They did not score in the first three innings but scored all six runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. The team then played a heartbreaker against Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, Okla.

The Tigers had to Rally from 6-9 in the ninth inning to go into extra innings. In the tenth inning, Northern Oklahoma scored one run and left Cowley scoreless to win the game.

Freshman Caleb Bass rounds third base while being signaled by one of the coaches. Bass plays both pitcher and outfielder. (Photo by Meghan Wiebe)

Two intramural players go at it during a 5 on 5 match at the rec. center. This was their last regular season game before the tournament. (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

The ultimate guy-detectorBY ASHLIE L’HOMMEEditor-in-Chief

The average girl knows exactly what kind of boys to avoid, what traits should be sending up red flags and

how to keep herself out of trouble. We do. Our real problem is not that we do not know how to take care of ourselves, but how to act upon this knowledge.

I have been that girl who falls for the “flattery” that some boys will offer up, only to later look on it in retrospect as kind of disgusting and not at the type of attention I should be coveting.

Girls with low self-esteem cannot see through the rhetoric; because those girls have a habit of surrounding themselves with people who make them feel good. Rather than searching for someone who will make a long-term commitment and love them, someone they can trust and be comfortable with, young women have begun to search for the temporary feel-good-guy. He is the one who has the best compliments, who makes her feel like the only girl in the world, only to find out that the guy she is with is a pervert, a player, a punk, or the worst, a psycho.

Statistics show 4 out of 5 females are victims of an attempted rape. 3 out of 5 females become victims of rape. These statistics are given in C. Dean Hall’s new book, A Girl’s Guide to Psychos, Players, Punks and Pervs.

These statistics are not about some weird random guy in an alley who attacks a helpless victim, the way movies portray. These statistics are about women who know their attackers and probably see them every day.

I like the idea of the book; detailing the profiles of four types of men who, while not necessarily deadly, are just as bad. The sorts of sickos who torture their victims, prey on weak females, take pleasure out of rape, cheat on their girlfriends and cause general hell. The truth is, though, the average female knows these types of men. Gut reactions tell them he is a bad man, but more often than not, they ignore that reaction.

As Hall mentions in his books, girls need to learn to act on these feelings.

Knowing is not enough, because often times, even the most level-headed girl can fall for the slickery and trickery that gives these men their well deserved bad names.

Players are known so well for their charm and charisma, a manner of speaking in which he can make her believe everything, turn around and do the same to another girl. Weaving a web of adultery that can only cause pain, at the very least.

“Avoid the ‘player’ type of guy,” was sophomore Kati Rhinehart’s piece of advice.

Hall offers many ways to jumpstart

young women’s thinking, especially those of young ages. He suggests they start thinking and acting together, not just knowing.

At the beginning of the book, Hall has the “Ultimate Guy-Detector” quiz, in which girls are to write ten traits they look for in a potential boyfriend, ten traits he must have and four traits they will absolutely not tolerate. The idea behind it, of course, is that a girl must first decide what her ideal partner is to be like, so as not to be swayed by men who do not qualify.

“Honesty is what I look for,” said freshman Erin Drosselmeyer. “I avoid controlling [types].”

Knowing what to avoid can often help. Avoiding those who should be avoided is what is key.

Without stating it, he has an underlying theme that all women should already have taken to heart: be smart and get to know a guy before you date him.

On the surface, most guys are not going to seem like a psycho or a pervert. It is once you get to know him better that you learn these things. Trust should not readily be given. Hall says that a girl’s trust should not work like the legal system’s “innocent until proven guilty” theory.

Make a man earn trust before it is given over to him.

“I date people I know,” said freshman

Katie Grimm. “You date people you already know, because you guys can trust each other and you know each other well.”

On the other hand, being honest with him will help, as well. If a girl needs to change who she is, what she does and how she acts just to be liked by someone, chances are that he is not right for her and could very well be the sort of boy she needs to avoid.

“Quite a few girls think you have to change for a boy. A relationship may start at first, but then their [her] true colors come out and it’s hell from then on,” said Grimm.

Honesty very often is what people look for in a long-term relationship, and if it is not offered, on what foundation can the relationship even form? If a girl requests that a guy be honest, she too, has to be.

“I think you have to be honest with

yourself. [You’re] not a girl for me if you do this [change for a boy],” said freshman Titus Massey.

If a girl finds that she does have problems with choosing the wrong guy, this book offers a few good tips.

Hall’s STOP method requires girls to use thinking and analytical skills, as opposed to just deciding to give the first cute boy who comes around a chance. Sometimes, it helps to get another’s opinion, so girls should surround themselves with other level-headed friends who know them well, to seek out opinions. Girls with better self-esteem’s and friends who have better self-esteems tend to be better at turning away boys. The biggest key to take to heart is to remember that a girl is just as strong single as she is with a relationship. In some cases, she may be even stronger single than in a relationship where male dominance is key.

Ashlie L’HommeEditor-in-Chief

C. Dean Hall, author of A Girl’s Guide to Pyschos, Players, Punks and Pervs, keeps a theme of girls “screening” the guys they take interest in before dating them. In his book, Hall details the profiles of these four types of males and their predatory habits and gives advice to females on how to avoid such males and the traps they use to lure girls. (photo illustration by Meghan Wiebe)

Quite a few girls think you have to change for a boy. A relationship may start at first, but then their [her] true colors come out and it’s hell from then on.

~ Katie Grimm

Curtis Dean Hall taught in Kansas public school systems for 20 years.

His experience with the broken-heart-ed children, overwhelmed parents and stressed-out teachers he encountered daily led him to become a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Thera-pist specializing in stress and trauma.

He has a Masters of Science Degree from Friends University in Family Therapy and has been in private prac-tice since 1995.

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BY BRANDI BERNTSENStaff writer

Everyone wastes food sometimes. Cowley College measured 14,500 pounds of food wasted as an average

last semester. Biology students executed an experiment involving food, electricity and water waste in the cafeteria from using trays. The hypothesis was that the cost of keeping the trays in the cafeteria was costing the school more money than they are worth. After many months and samples the biology students managed to come up with these results: Without the tray, the average food waste per tray was only 9,500 pounds. The biology students showed that there is quite a difference in food waste.

Food wasn’t the only thing being wasted. The class calculated the cost of washing the trays and found it would take 7,000 times more loads of dishes per semester, plus 38,600 gallons of water. This translates into about a $200 water savings for the school. Prior to this experiment, the college was set to purchase 400 additional trays. Each tray cost $10. If they had been purchased, the school would have paid $4,000.

“I give credit to the students; they worked hard to generate the data and deserve credit for all of their hard work,” said Natural Science Instructor Scott Layton who supervised the experiment.

Layton assigned this experiment to 40

students after reading about 4 year universities conducting similar studies. The difference was that the universities only went through a one to two-day time period.

“I don’t mind them [the trays], they made washing the dishes easier for me because I am short and it is hard to reach the plates, but it doesn’t matter to me,” said Melissa Hilderbant, cafeteria worker.

Layton asked Tony Crouch, executive vice president of business services for permission to measure food waste in the cafeteria. After a certain time they would measure the waste without trays. The numbers tell the story.

While using the trays, students extrapolated the total meals times average food waste and it resulted in 14,500 pounds of food wasted.

“For now, we are ‘going green’ and saving water, electricity and food; this was an eye opener for the school and we are saving money this way,” said Robert Rogers food service director.

Even with these results, most students still say they would prefer the trays back. Out of 31 students queried in the cafeteria, 14 of them said they want the trays back; 12 said they did not care and 5 said they did not want them back.

“We think that the trays should come back because it is hard to carry all the plates to and from the serving area and the trash,” said freshmen Aysia Garza and Kyeisha Davis.

The electricity use also went down substantially. The average the college saved was about $1,000 per semester on electricity by getting rid of the food trays.

The class did not even touch on all the things getting rid of the trays caused. Some might say that it helped the students’ health. By the student eating less and having to get up more times to get food.

“I am glad we did this experiment. It showed me that we were wasting money, now we have more money to spend on the students,” Katie Grimm, freshman, said.

Trays contributing factor to food waste

Sophomore Brianna Byers carries her dishes to the dish de-posit window. (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

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PAWS (Peers Advocating Wellness for Students) is sponsoring a Cowley’s Biggest Loser contest

during the spring. The participant who loses the largest percentage of body fat in each category (men, women, students and employees) by April 3 will win $50. Registrations are completely confidential and no one will know who is participating except for whoever wins at the end.

Eating Disorder Day is Feb. 26. Visit McAtee Dining center between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to fill out a questionnaire and be screened for eating disorders. Life Counselor Roy Reynolds will be present for the screening and can answer any questions students may have about eating disorders.

The Mu Alpha Theta induction will be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Wright Room. All new inductees will be recognized and a formal induction will be held. Mu Alpha Theta membership is made up of students who have excelled in mathematics.

The February Caffe’ Acoustic is scheduled for this Friday (2/27) at 7:30 p.m. at Brown’s. The performer this month is Barb Ryman. Take a look at her website at www.barbryman.com. This is a free concert. You can also enjoy a free drink from Brown’s that evening by picking up a coupon from me.

Looking for a dinner and a show? Look no further than Cowley’s production of “You Can’t Take It With You.” March 7, at 6:15 p.m., a buffet-style dinner will be

served, courtesy of Great Western Dining, before the 7 p.m. showing of the play. Reservations must be made by noon March 4. Call the box office at 620-441-5570. The dinner and a show combo is $20.

Former Southwestern College student Adam Caitlin has published his fourth book, Synchronicity. The book is about a criminal justice major by the name of Jack Garrison who is taking a stand against the elusive criminal organization,

The Dragon Lady, who deals with “meth, murder and mayhem.” A romance with a Cowley College student named Kylie Green balances the action of murders and car crashes on the Kansas turn-pike. Set

in South Central Kansas and Kay County Oklahoma. Caitlin will be signing copies of Synchronicity in Ponca City’s Hastings March 21, from 1 to 3 p.m.

The Ten Tenors, an Australian musical ensemble with platinum record-selling success, will be performing at Cowley College’s Robert Brown Theatre on Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. The group performs a diverse repertoire in concert and on their albums; performing songs by bands

such as Queen, the Bee Gees and ABBA. They switch gears mid-set performing opera tunes and native Australian tunes (including Men at Work).

The Ten Tenors have been performing since 1998 and made their United States debut in 2003. They have taken their passion for quality music and powerful singing to such venues as London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, as well as countless other venues throughout the world.

Tickets may be purchased from Sue Yoachim in Cowley College’s Humanities Department from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. or if you prefer to pay by credit card, call 620-441-

5223 Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students and employees of Cowley College.

Cowley College is investing in our community’s future by providing training to those who need to expand their employment skills. Funding opportunities are available for dislocated workers that enroll in the following approved educational training programs: Machine and Tool Technology, Mechatronics

(Mechanical, Electrical, Automated Systems), Nondestructive Testing, Welding, Healthcare (CAN/ CMA, EMT, Paramedic, Medical Coding, Medical Transcription), and Legal Office. Classes begin the end of March. For additional information, go to http://www.cowley.edu/dislocate.

Four Cowley College students were recently honored at a luncheon in Topeka for being named to the Kansas All-State Academic Team. Representing Cowley College were, Candice Bliss and Emily Crain from the Arkansas City campus, and Keoki Waipa and Tina Wohlford from the Mulvane campus.

A total of 48 students from 20 Kansas community colleges were recognized at the luncheon. In recognition of their honor each member of the Kansas All-State Academic Team received an honorary medallion and certificate, state-wide recognition through the media, a stipend to be used at the institution of his/her choice, and a $1,000 scholarship for those who enroll at: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Kansas University, Pittsburg State University, Washburn University, and Wichita State University.

Other colleges, such as Bethel College, Kansas Wesleyan University, Mid America Nazarene University, and Tabor College, will provide generous scholarships to the nominees.

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Shannon Rackleff, an accounting major from Winfield, won the Student Appreciation gift for February. The February gift was “Dinner and a Movie” including a $30 movie card at the Cowley

8, a $40 gift card to the Ridge, and some movie snacks. The drawing is hosted by the Cowley administration each month to let students know how much they are appreciated.

Any student is eligible and there are three locations where they can register. At the main campus in Arkansas City, registrations are accepted in the administrative wing in Galle Johnson Hall; In Mulvane, at the Bloomenshine Center, and in Winfield at the Allied Health Center in Joyce Holloways’ office. The next drawing will be held March 12.

The March gift is a “Spring Break” package which includes a beach towel, suntan lotion, a cooler, and a beach chair.

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BY MITCH HOOVER Staff Writer

Next month Cowley College will be performing “You Can’t Take It With You” the 1936 Pulitzer Prize

winning Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman collaboration. This play was the third collaboration between Hart and Kaufman and is set during the Great Depression. The show is about the “crazy” Sycamore family whose philosophy of life for the day has made them closer than most families of the time. Each character has their own little peculiar habits, for instance the father of the family, Paul Sycamore, manufactures fireworks in the basement of the house and loves to tinker with erector sets while Martin Vanderhof, mostly referred to as Grandpa in the play, is a happy old man who has never paid income tax and

collects snakes. These are just two of the crazy characters in the play. According to Theater Director Scott Maclaughlin and the cast mambers of the show, practices are going well. Cody Borror, who plays Henderson the IRS Agent in the play, said, “The ensemble works well together.” The choice of this play by Maclaughlin was due to the fact of how relatable it is to right now. “One of the things I like about the play is

that it takes place in the Great Depression,” he said, “Its fitting for right now.” Of course the show could be an evening to get away in these depressing times. Maclaughlin said it will allow the audience to “escape for an evening”. The play will be presented in the Brown Center theatre for $8 on March 5 through March 8 at 7:30 with a dinner available for $20 on March 7 at 6:15.

Sophomores Paul Koenke and Anna Stevens rehearse for the upcoming performance of “You Can’t Take it With You.” (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

Theater gears up for “You Can’t Take it With You”

CC Singers traveled to various area locations delivering Valen-Grams on Friday, Feb. 13. Here the singers made a stop at Ark City High School and freshman Mitch Wright of the CC Singers delivered a song to his sweetheart, Emma Schragg. (photo by Heather Campbell)

CC Singers present Valengrams to recipients throughout the community

Feb. 26, 2009 Creative Claws presents Open Mic Night, Brown’s, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, 2009 Caffe Acoustic presents contemporary folk singer/songwriter Barb Ryman in concert. Brown’s. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 2009 Family Life Services Luau Fundraiser. Brown Center/Wright Room. 6:30 p.m. March 3, 2009 Ponca City Arts and Humanities Presents Turpentine Ragsters

March 5-7, 2009 Act One presents the play “You Can’t Take it With You.” Brown Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

March 7, 2009 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cowley County present “Bowl for Kids Sake.” March 12, 2009 CTE Career Fair. Brown Center/Wright Room.

Lamb of God Wrath Album Feb. 24th 2009 Rockers Lamb of God release their sixth album. Watchmen March 6, 2009

300’s Zack Snyder adapts Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ acclaimed comic book Watchmen for the big screen. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film’s world is an unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have been forced to go into retirement due to the government’s Keene Act, but the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), an ex-hero commando, perks the interest of one of the country’s last remaining superheroes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley)....

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

~ Ben Maxon

BY IAN WHITLEY Staff writer

A lot of people at Cowley College will attest to how far the Temporal Mechanics Union, or TMU for short,

has come. TMU, which was officially started in the Spring of 2002 by Chris Mayer, is a percussion ensemble that has grown considerable and now performs in many different cities and states. Chris Mayer explained that TMU combines many different sounds and beats from all sorts of cultures with many experimental types of music to bring new and exciting types of music. TMU is comprised of many students and faculty from Cowley, and anyone is welcome to join. Brandi Berntsen, a student who just joined TMU this semester, talked about how fun it was. “It’s a blast,” she said, “right now I’m just learning to play the different instruments so I can play in the concerts with them.” Now, TMU has combined with Creative Claws, a writing club here at Cowley, and

together they are holding a poetry contest called Visions of the Future Past. Mayer explained how he came up with the idea: “Honestly, I was watching a documentary of this poet and mystic named Rumi when I came up with the idea.” He explained how Creative Claws came to mind, and how there really is a lot of talent here at Cowley and how clever it would be to have a contest where the

winner has their poem read during one of the TMU concerts. So, he contacted Marlys Cervantes. Marlys Cervantes, a sponsor of Creative Claws, said that she was honored and excited to be a part of this contest that TMU

is doing. She talked about how she loved the concerts that TMU does, “The Contests are so unique, and any student who goes normally wants to go again”. TMU will pick three winners of the contest, a first place, second place, and third place. The first place winner will have their poem read during the concert while the percussion group plays. Second and Third place will receive prizes for their poems. The poem itself is supposed to be about timelessness, and how the student wants to convey timelessness is completely up to them. Any type of poetry is welcome, Mayer and Cervantes explained that it will mainly be free or blank verse, the poem just needs to convey timelessness in some way or another. The poems should also be a bit lengthy just so it goes well with the music. The poems are due by Feb 26, and should be submitted by e-mail to Cervantes, who’s e-mail address is Cervantes@cowley.edu, and should include the student’s name and contact information. The poems will then be sent to TMU, with no names listed, and they will pick their favorite poems and a winner will be chosen. If anyone is interested in what Temporal Mechanics Union does, their website is tmu.cdmayer.net. The concert when the first place poem is to be read will be on May 7, at seven thirty in the evening in the Robert Brown Theatre on the main Cowley campus. It is free, open to the public, and it definitely looks to be worth the time.

TMU and Creative Claws join forces

Members of Temporal Mechanics Union play their percussion instruments during a past performance. (file photo)

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Open Mic Night set to rock

Once again, the Creative Claws club will be having Open Mic night. Open Mic Night is a chance for anyone who would like to present their original written work. Students read or perform song, prose, poetry, short fiction, or anything else that can be on paper. The night is hosted at the Brown Store and free coffee coupons are available around campus the week prior to the event. Marlys Cervantes, the sponsor for Creatve Claws, said she loves the turnout and the wide variety of works students perform. Open Mic “always has a wonderful diversity,” said Cervantes. Students can do up to three relatively short works. “Browns has been wonderful,” said Cervantes. Above, the audience watches as a student performs during Open Mic Night. At right, sophomore Kimberly Bryant performs a piece of poetry at a previous Open Mic Night. (file photos)

BY IAN WHITLEY Staff Writer

When something goes bump in the night around campus, students know who to call. A quick call to

security and someone will be there. Often it is Ben Maxon who answers the call. Maxon just came to Kansas from Alaska last year, where he taught public safety related courses and also worked with the Alaska Department of Public Safety. After retiring from teaching he decided to get

back into public safety. He moved to Kansas when he found the opening with Cowley security. He had another reason for moving to the area, he needed to care for family. “I enjoy working at the security department,” said Maxon. “The department is comprised of a team of dedicated individuals committed to the mission of providing students, teachers and staff with a safe working environment in which to learn, work and grow.” In 1978 while taking the criminal justice course at the University of Alaska, Maxon worked in various other security fields

such as campus security at the University of Alaska, Providence Hospital, and Anchorage International Airport. Maxon began his career in the U.S. Coast Guard as a federal investigator in maritime law enforcement from 1974 to 1978. After resigning from the Coast Guard, Maxon became an Alaska State Trooper, before retiring as a public safety captain in 1991. Maxon explained that anyone in law enforcement will come across interesting and challenging problems. He then explained how one particularly

challenging problem occurred when he was transporting two prisoners from one bush community to another by dog sled. He simply said, “let’s just say that my final resolution was, may I say, “unique”, for lack of a better term.” Maxon said he now lives in Winfield and enjoys it, and he is also able to care for his grandfather who resides in a nursing home just outside Wichita. Being in the area to help out with family is made easier by the fact Maxon said he especially enjoys working with the people in this area. His normal shift hours

are between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m., Monday through Friday. Calls to security at night will probably be answered by Maxon. A regular exercise program keeps Maxon in shape and healthy. He also has many

skills from previous jobs that help him as a security guard now. In addition to his work in security and law enforcement, Maxon also worked in the areas of fire protection and emergency medical technician (EMS). He is also a certified police, fire, and emergency medical technician instructor. Maxon also explained what he believes to be a security risk at Cowley: “Campus security and safety are important issues in post-secondary education today. Providing students, teachers and staff with a safe working environment in which to learn, work and grow takes the combined effort of each of us who frequent Cowley College as an educational institution. “One of the greatest security risks, in my opinion, is the lack of identification and communication of safety issues.” Maxon explained that students should be wary of things that might be a security issue, because if it looks like one then it probably is and most likely will cause problems in the future. He used the old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, and said that it is important for the students to be involved in the security at Cowley. He then said “Early detection and reporting are, quite often, your best line of defense. Together we can all create a more secure and safe learning environment here at Cowley College by keeping better informed, being more aware of our surroundings, taking preventative measures, and through better communication.” With his past experiences, Maxon is more than equipped for his job here at Cowley. Now the next time a loud bump is heard in the night, or something worse happens, we will know that Maxon will be awake and ready to lend a helping hand.

Ben Maxon: here to protect

Ben Maxon demonstrates how to control and handcuff a fleeing criminal. (photo ilus-tration by Meghan Wiebe)

BY EMERALD WOLFFStaff writer

Jessica Latham is a talented and busy woman. She has been encouraged her whole life to pursue singing, and is attending Cowley, majoring in music. She spends her time working hard in the music department in between involvement in choir, CC Singers, and voice lessons. She took some time out of her hectic schedule to sit down with me and talk about her amazing talents.

Who has been the main inspiration in your life?

My mom has been the most excellent support in my life, and she’s always been that way.

Where do you plan on going after Cowley?

I’m torn between Wichita State and K State right now.

When did you start singing?

I’ve been singing ever since I was really little, to all the Disney movies.

Who is your favorite singer?

I actually really liked country music, and Leann Rimes was my favorite singer.

Do you get stage fright? If so, how do you deal with it?

Oh, yes. I still have it quite frequently, every time I have to get up and sing in front of a group of people, You have to get yourself so into the music that you don’t think about anyone who’s out there.

Why did you decide to come to Cowley?

I’ve been familiar with Cowley for a long time, I was in the high school program Upward Bound since I was a freshman, and they’ve treated me very well, and encouraged me to come here.

How would you describe yourself?

I’m calm, introverted in a sense; many call me creative and quiet.

Is singing an outlet for you?

It definitely is; I sing whenever I’m sad, happy, or mad.

What other talents or interests do you have?

I submitted poetry into a creative writing competition, and won third place for the Prodigy Award.

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BY LIZ POTTER Staff writer

It is the mantra of the mother: be a doctor or a lawyer. Those are careers that require at least eight years of medical or law school. If you desire a career in either the medical or service industry, an often overlooked career is mortuary science which offers similar benefits to those of the medical field. There are two types of positions in funeral homes: embalmer and funeral director. An embalmer is trained in areas of sanitation, disinfection, aesthetics, pathology and anatomy. A funeral director is an embalmer that also supports the bereaved and handles finances. Those entering the mortuary field should consider such qualities as sensitivity to grief, empathy, professional appearance and charisma, high motivation, ability to multitask, flexibility and tolerance/acceptance of other faiths and cultural functions. This career also requires understanding and utilizing administrative and logistical duties required by law, custom and accepted ethical practice. Cowley offers a mortuary science (PRE) associate of science degree. An AAS degree with an emphasis in pre mortuary science will prepare students for a program in mortuary science and a degree in funeral services. For more information on this particular degree, visit Cowley’s homepage and checkout the degree planning worksheet. Educational requirements vary, but must include, according to the National Funeral Directors Association: a high school diploma or equivalent, an associate’s degree in funeral service education, passing a state/nation board licensing exam, a one to three year internship or apprenticeship and continuing education. microbiology, funeral merchandising, professional ethics and restorative art are examples of classes approved and encouraged by the American Board of Funeral Service Education. Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (KFDA) has the requirement that all funeral directors meet these semester hour requirements: - 6 Social Science - 4 Natural Science - 6 Humanities - 2 Business - 2 Fine Arts - 40 Electives And must also serve an apprenticeship as a licensed assistant funeral director for no less than one year under the supervision of a licensed Kansas Funeral Director and interview with the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts following the apprenticeship. Check the KFDA website for scholarship offers.

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Double trouble: Delivering mail one letter at a time

Adrian and Arsenio delivering the mail on campus. (photo by Crystal Gonzales)

BY RICHARD GOULD Staff writer

Mail. Everyone loves sending and receiving mail whether it is just a letter from a friend or a package

from parents. Most of the time students get their mail and not even think about the journey of how the piece of mail got into their box. The mail delivery system started with Vice President of Student Affairs Sue Saia. “Well, it is something we have been thinking about for a couple of years,” said Saia. “A more efficient way to do our mail at the college. Because typically in the past we would have people in each department go to the mail room everyday twice to get the mail.” This was wasting time for both students and faculty. Saia reconfigured the work-study budget to allow two positions to be opened for mail delivery. “The jobs in question have to be reevaluated by The Board of Trustees

to make sure the mail program is up to standards,” said Saia, “but the outlook looks promising.” The students selected for these positions were freshmen Adrian and Arsenio Reason-Reynolds. “The results from both brothers working the mail route are successful,” said Saia. “Ireland Hall for example was the worst when it came to mail. Mail delivered there would take longer than usual. With the new system in place Ireland Hall is getting mail everyday twice a day,” she added. “The mail usually comes twice a day. I usually work the morning route,“ said Arsenio and “It runs from 9:30 to 11 a.m.” “I handle the afternoon route and that runs 1 to 3 p.m.,” Adrian said. “A normal day for us starts with going down to the mailroom in the shipping and receiving building located across the street from Webb Brown and the Brown Center. We talk to Freight and Supplies Specialist Tammy Barnaby to get our assignments for the day. From there, we take our routes

and finish in accordance to our hours,” said Adrian. “We work for two hours a day but it can take longer if things are not in the right order,” said Adrian. The job does have some great benefits. “We would probably not know the campus as well if it were not for our jobs,” said Adrian. “The faculty is always funny no matter what is going on. From the maintenance guys in the back to miss Tammy working in the front,” said Arsenio. Hailing from Heights High School in Wichita, both were involved with activities such as the Native American Club, Business Club, and Circle of Friends. “With us it is always a different atmosphere when you come into [the mail room] from the class room,” said Arsenio. “We had considered other colleges, such as Hutchinson and Barton Community College until we saw Cowley on television. After our campus visit we decided to head to Cowley for our first year,” said Adrian.

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See Registrar’s Office to complete application

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1 Declaration of intent due for SGA Candidates

2 Cowley College Republicans Meeting. Student Life Conf. Room 7:30pm

3 Softball vs. Pratt 2pm-Chess Club/Gaming Club meeting 6pm in the Jungle-Region VI Basketball Tournament 1st Round playoffs 5:30/7:30pm-Intramural 5/5 Basketball Tournament Cowley Rec 6pm

4 Fine Arts Day

5 Softball vs. Johnson County 2pm

*PI Day voting Begins*

“You Can’t Take it with You” Brown Theatre 7:30pm

6 Pell refunds

Tennis Matches 3pm

Media Club Meeting KTB 103, 1 pm

“You Can’t Take it with You” Brown Theatre 7:30pm

7 Softball vs. Fort Scott 1pm

“You Can’t Take it with You” Brown Theatre 7:30pm

8 9 Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria-SGA meeting 3pm –Discuss NEW CANDIDATE INFORMATION-CC Young Democrats meeting WB101 5pm

10 Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria

Softball vs. Dodge City 2pmIntramural 5/5 Basketball Tournament Cowley Rec 6pm

11Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria *PI Day voting ends*

SHADE/BSU meeting Jungle 6pm

Ping Pong Tourney Game Room 9pm

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PI Day - Pie in the face at noon

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Feb. 26- March 14 BY EMERALD WOLFFStaff writer

When Dane Straight was asked to become the sponsor for Campus Christian Fellowship last year.

He decided to merge the two clubs since he was already the sponsor for Fellowship of Christian Athletes so the leap was not inconceivable. Everyone finds religion in their own way. These two groups offer a religion-based approach to learning. They do their best to unite in prayer and create a Christian support group. People on campus have different beliefs but everyone is welcome to join.

Can anyone join if they are just curious about CCF or FCA?

It is always open to anyone. Obviously the FCA aspect of it is geared more towards athletes or those interested in sports. CCF

has no focus as far as athletes. Both of them are open to everybody.

Are there any membership dues or fees to join?

We have no membership dues at present, and there are no fees to join.

How many members do the clubs have?

We have had 70 plus people sign up that are interested, but typically every week we have 10 to 12 members at the meetings.

How does a member become an

officer?

We have not done elections yet this year, I have asked them to pray about what they feel led to do if they want to be a part of it, and we’ll go through a voting process and determine who is eligible. Obviously we don’t want somebody in charge of our club who does not agree with what we believe in. So we are going to have to make sure that they are really grounded in their faith and that they have the time to be a leader. But that’s not up to me to judge, there’s somebody a little higher that has the authority to lead those in, and he’ll determine who needs to be there.

What responsibilities do they have once they are elected?

I want them to be in charge of doing the

lessons, coming up with ideas for game nights,meeting times and concerts to see.

What type of activities do you guys do?

We went up to a lecture a few weeks ago on religion versus science. We have had a campus wide capture the flag. I’d like to do more games nights, and go out to more concerts, but it’s a matter of raising the funds.

What do you think being in these clubs offers to students?

Coming to college is a time, whether you’ve been religious growing up in the church or not, it becomes a time to question what you believe in, and often times unfortunately the hip thing to do is put your faith on hold and enjoy the prototypical college life. Everybody goes through at one point in time in their life; it gives people that grounded reality that is okay to be a Christian your whole life. For those that are searching, it may give them that answer they’re looking for.

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added to Thurber’s list of charges, reported by the Traveler.

- During his incarceration, Thurber sent letters to three young women, according to the Traveler.

- The Traveler reported that in early April of 2008, Thurber’s defense requested a change of venue for the trial, contending that a fair trial would not be received due to

“pretrial publicity and negative community sentiment.”

Finally, the case that has captured the attention of the community for more than two years came to an end after only 15 days in the courtroom. The guilty verdict and the recommended death sentence were not

unexpected, but the brief trial and short deliberations were unprecedented in a capital case.

The jury noted their decision was based on the fact the crime was committed in an “especially heinous, atrocious or cruel manner.”

One step remains; it is up to the judge to decide on the final sentence.

“This has been a trying case for the whole community. It has affected so many more than the people who were in the courtroom,” said Cowley County Prosecutor Chris Smith, reported by Wichita Eagle Reporter Ron Sylvester.

Judge Jim Pringle will give his sentencing for Thurber on March 20. Pringle does not have to use the jury’s sentencing suggestion. His other option would be a life sentence with no chance for parole.

For a college student getting out on his/her own for the first time means making choices, choices that aren’t necessarily healthy. Choices that lead to the infamous ‘freshman 15’

The ‘freshman 15’ is the term used to describe the weight often gained by students during their freshman year in college. Fifteen pounds is the typically reported amount of weight gained, though the actual amount of course varies. About.com labeled the four primary causes of the ‘freshman 15’ as changes in eating habits, drinking, lack of exercise and stress At first, combating the health issues of campus living seem overwhelming, but it is possible to live healthy in a dorm. “My advice would be to first see the health services director or another health professional for a starting point,” said Sue Saia, vice president of student activities. “These individuals can provide students with medical advice based on their physical needs.” For starters, Cowley offers a nutrition class. The best way to fight something is to know causes and roads to take to avoid the problem. The internet is another great resource for nutritional information. The Department of Agriculture has a website, www.mypyramid.gov, to make nutritional learning simple.“That is a website offered by the Department of Agriculture and has a ton of information regarding diet and nutrition that you can personalize to your own statistics,” said Saia.

There are a few simple things for students to do to get a little exercise. Don’t use your car to drive to class on the other side of campus. As you know, Cowley’s campus isn’t huge so walk or if you have a bike make use of it. Also, it may be

hard to believe but your dorm has stairs! When you’re heading to class, instead of heading for the elevator take a detour to the stairs. It won’t kill you I promise.

Because of the ‘closeness’ from living in the dorms, many students spend much of their college life sick. So needless to say, do everything in your power to maintain proper immunity levels. Get all the vitamin C you can; get your Omega-3 too, its proven to be good for the heart and in preventing cancer.

Keep an ear out for news of flu shots on campus. When you hear there will be one, take advantage of it. It would also be good to stock up on germ-x for your hands and Clorox Wipes for computers, doorknobs, remote controls and any other germy areas. Another way to counter illness is sleep. It cannot be preached enough. People need at least six hours of sleep a day to function properly, although eight is suggested. It never hurts to get in some power naps either. If you have a little time before a class, take a quick pillow session and you’d be amazed how refreshed you’ll feel afterwards. “Getting rest and eating right are two big ways to prevent illness,” said Saia. “Washing your hands often and keeping yourself and your room clean are also important.”

They may say the college will be the best years of our lives, but that’s no reason to be reckless. According to the Article Doctor online, “In the United states one in four sexually active teens become infected with an STD every year and this includes the college community.” Going through life with genital herpes or HIV certainly wouldn’t contribute to your best years, so wrap it up.

When you’re thirsty, pass on the soda and reach for the water. If water doesn’t pack enough punch for you try some green tea. Green tea has a barrage of spectacular benefits including help with allergies, improved circulation, maintained collagen, and smaller amounts of caffeine so less jitters. In addition it’s much

more sophisticated to drink green tea; it makes you look cool! Another ‘beverage’ students should either avoid or drink little of is alcohol. Not to preach, but its unhealthy and packs more calories and sugars than you could imagine. “Alcohol is a huge problem in weight gain issues,” said Saia. “I don’t think students realize how fattening alcohol is. It also reduces your desire to exercise and causes a lot of other problems so just don’t drink it!”

Get into the habit of doing some sort of fitness routine. Do a little stretching and wrap it up with a couple sets of crunches, pushups, or

sit-ups; none of these are difficult and they don’t take up much time. Also, dorm students have a free membership to the wellness center. Take advantage of it! “Obviously we have the wellness center that is available to students to stay in shape,” said Saia. “All the experts say you should get a work-out partner and mix up whatever exercise you do. This will keep you motivated.” A possible second factor in weight problems is that college students played sports in high school but choose to focus more directly on their academic career in college. Due to this drastic change in physical activity the ‘freshman 15’ usually sets in. A counter for this is to play intramurals. “Through intramurals, students are encouraged to stay active and get some exercise,” said Saia.

Living in the dorms means lots of cafeteria eating, but that’s still no reason to not eat healthy. “Many of the foods offered in the cafeteria are low fat and nutritious, but a student needs to know what to look for,” said Saia. “Learning as much as you can about nutrition is important for a long-term solution to

weight management. Eat less red meat because it has a tendency of being fatty. Reach for chicken or fish more often, it will have an impact. Also, go for a short walk after meals. When eating in your room stick to healthy food. Skip the microwave pizza and snack cakes and try some low fat yogurt, fresh fruit or any kind of nut butter. The easiest way to do this is to stop buying the junk!

At all costs, do NOT eat out! First of all, college students are generally poor; spending your weekly allowance of $10 for one meal at McDonalds isn’t going to get you anywhere. Second, no fast food is good for you, so just avoid it altogether.

College is a stressful time. Stress leads to emotional eating, not sleeping and depression. All of which are bad. To combat stress the easiest, closest, and most convenient approach is to schedule an appointment with Roy Reynolds. “Students are also reminded to utilize the services of Roy Reynolds, our student life counselor,” said Saia. “Many times eating issues are the result of stress and other things going on in your life, and Roy is a great resource to help students work through their issues.” Feb. 26 is eating disorder screening day, remember over eating is a disorder as much as under eating.

Getting the “skinny” on the freshman 15Story and photo illustrations by Josh Patton, Staff writer

Left: Kayla Slack demon-strates a simple set of sit-ups in the wellness center.

Above: Chenee Pfingsten browses the selection in the cafeteria.Above: Jessica Latham shows how stressful

and heavy the assignment load can be.

Right: Katie Grimm exits the elevator in Oscar Kimmel Dorm where she could have taken the stairs instead.

Above: Callie Barnett reads the warnings and ingredients of Dayquil/Nyquil

Right: Erin Drosselmeyer catches a few z’s to dem-onstrate the importance of sleep to immunity.

Below: Stacy Davidson reaches for the water instead of the soda.

For a college student getting out on his/her own for the first time means making choices, choices that aren’t necessarily healthy. Choices that lead to the infamous ‘freshman 15’

The ‘freshman 15’ is the term used to describe the weight often gained by students during their freshman year in college. Fifteen pounds is the typically reported amount of weight gained, though the actual amount of course varies. About.com labeled the four primary causes of the ‘freshman 15’ as changes in eating habits, drinking, lack of exercise and stress At first, combating the health issues of campus living seem overwhelming, but it is possible to live healthy in a dorm. “My advice would be to first see the health services director or another health professional for a starting point,” said Sue Saia, vice president of student activities. “These individuals can provide students with medical advice based on their physical needs.” For starters, Cowley offers a nutrition class. The best way to fight something is to know causes and roads to take to avoid the problem. The internet is another great resource for nutritional information. The Department of Agriculture has a website, www.mypyramid.gov, to make nutritional learning simple.“That is a website offered by the Department of Agriculture and has a ton of information regarding diet and nutrition that you can personalize to your own statistics,” said Saia.

There are a few simple things for students to do to get a little exercise. Don’t use your car to drive to class on the other side of campus. As you know, Cowley’s campus isn’t huge so walk or if you have a bike make use of it. Also, it may be

hard to believe but your dorm has stairs! When you’re heading to class, instead of heading for the elevator take a detour to the stairs. It won’t kill you I promise.

Because of the ‘closeness’ from living in the dorms, many students spend much of their college life sick. So needless to say, do everything in your power to maintain proper immunity levels. Get all the vitamin C you can; get your Omega-3 too, its proven to be good for the heart and in preventing cancer.

Keep an ear out for news of flu shots on campus. When you hear there will be one, take advantage of it. It would also be good to stock up on germ-x for your hands and Clorox Wipes for computers, doorknobs, remote controls and any other germy areas. Another way to counter illness is sleep. It cannot be preached enough. People need at least six hours of sleep a day to function properly, although eight is suggested. It never hurts to get in some power naps either. If you have a little time before a class, take a quick pillow session and you’d be amazed how refreshed you’ll feel afterwards. “Getting rest and eating right are two big ways to prevent illness,” said Saia. “Washing your hands often and keeping yourself and your room clean are also important.”

They may say the college will be the best years of our lives, but that’s no reason to be reckless. According to the Article Doctor online, “In the United states one in four sexually active teens become infected with an STD every year and this includes the college community.” Going through life with genital herpes or HIV certainly wouldn’t contribute to your best years, so wrap it up.

When you’re thirsty, pass on the soda and reach for the water. If water doesn’t pack enough punch for you try some green tea. Green tea has a barrage of spectacular benefits including help with allergies, improved circulation, maintained collagen, and smaller amounts of caffeine so less jitters. In addition it’s much

more sophisticated to drink green tea; it makes you look cool! Another ‘beverage’ students should either avoid or drink little of is alcohol. Not to preach, but its unhealthy and packs more calories and sugars than you could imagine. “Alcohol is a huge problem in weight gain issues,” said Saia. “I don’t think students realize how fattening alcohol is. It also reduces your desire to exercise and causes a lot of other problems so just don’t drink it!”

Get into the habit of doing some sort of fitness routine. Do a little stretching and wrap it up with a couple sets of crunches, pushups, or

sit-ups; none of these are difficult and they don’t take up much time. Also, dorm students have a free membership to the wellness center. Take advantage of it! “Obviously we have the wellness center that is available to students to stay in shape,” said Saia. “All the experts say you should get a work-out partner and mix up whatever exercise you do. This will keep you motivated.” A possible second factor in weight problems is that college students played sports in high school but choose to focus more directly on their academic career in college. Due to this drastic change in physical activity the ‘freshman 15’ usually sets in. A counter for this is to play intramurals. “Through intramurals, students are encouraged to stay active and get some exercise,” said Saia.

Living in the dorms means lots of cafeteria eating, but that’s still no reason to not eat healthy. “Many of the foods offered in the cafeteria are low fat and nutritious, but a student needs to know what to look for,” said Saia. “Learning as much as you can about nutrition is important for a long-term solution to

weight management. Eat less red meat because it has a tendency of being fatty. Reach for chicken or fish more often, it will have an impact. Also, go for a short walk after meals. When eating in your room stick to healthy food. Skip the microwave pizza and snack cakes and try some low fat yogurt, fresh fruit or any kind of nut butter. The easiest way to do this is to stop buying the junk!

At all costs, do NOT eat out! First of all, college students are generally poor; spending your weekly allowance of $10 for one meal at McDonalds isn’t going to get you anywhere. Second, no fast food is good for you, so just avoid it altogether.

College is a stressful time. Stress leads to emotional eating, not sleeping and depression. All of which are bad. To combat stress the easiest, closest, and most convenient approach is to schedule an appointment with Roy Reynolds. “Students are also reminded to utilize the services of Roy Reynolds, our student life counselor,” said Saia. “Many times eating issues are the result of stress and other things going on in your life, and Roy is a great resource to help students work through their issues.” Feb. 26 is eating disorder screening day, remember over eating is a disorder as much as under eating.

Getting the “skinny” on the freshman 15Story and photo illustrations by Josh Patton, Staff writer

Left: Kayla Slack demon-strates a simple set of sit-ups in the wellness center.

Above: Chenee Pfingsten browses the selection in the cafeteria.Above: Jessica Latham shows how stressful

and heavy the assignment load can be.

Right: Katie Grimm exits the elevator in Oscar Kimmel Dorm where she could have taken the stairs instead.

Above: Callie Barnett reads the warnings and ingredients of Dayquil/Nyquil

Right: Erin Drosselmeyer catches a few z’s to dem-onstrate the importance of sleep to immunity.

Below: Stacy Davidson reaches for the water instead of the soda.

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Double trouble: Delivering mail one letter at a time

Adrian and Arsenio delivering the mail on campus. (photo by Crystal Gonzales)

BY RICHARD GOULD Staff writer

Mail. Everyone loves sending and receiving mail whether it is just a letter from a friend or a package

from parents. Most of the time students get their mail and not even think about the journey of how the piece of mail got into their box. The mail delivery system started with Vice President of Student Affairs Sue Saia. “Well, it is something we have been thinking about for a couple of years,” said Saia. “A more efficient way to do our mail at the college. Because typically in the past we would have people in each department go to the mail room everyday twice to get the mail.” This was wasting time for both students and faculty. Saia reconfigured the work-study budget to allow two positions to be opened for mail delivery. “The jobs in question have to be reevaluated by The Board of Trustees

to make sure the mail program is up to standards,” said Saia, “but the outlook looks promising.” The students selected for these positions were freshmen Adrian and Arsenio Reason-Reynolds. “The results from both brothers working the mail route are successful,” said Saia. “Ireland Hall for example was the worst when it came to mail. Mail delivered there would take longer than usual. With the new system in place Ireland Hall is getting mail everyday twice a day,” she added. “The mail usually comes twice a day. I usually work the morning route,“ said Arsenio and “It runs from 9:30 to 11 a.m.” “I handle the afternoon route and that runs 1 to 3 p.m.,” Adrian said. “A normal day for us starts with going down to the mailroom in the shipping and receiving building located across the street from Webb Brown and the Brown Center. We talk to Freight and Supplies Specialist Tammy Barnaby to get our assignments for the day. From there, we take our routes

and finish in accordance to our hours,” said Adrian. “We work for two hours a day but it can take longer if things are not in the right order,” said Adrian. The job does have some great benefits. “We would probably not know the campus as well if it were not for our jobs,” said Adrian. “The faculty is always funny no matter what is going on. From the maintenance guys in the back to miss Tammy working in the front,” said Arsenio. Hailing from Heights High School in Wichita, both were involved with activities such as the Native American Club, Business Club, and Circle of Friends. “With us it is always a different atmosphere when you come into [the mail room] from the class room,” said Arsenio. “We had considered other colleges, such as Hutchinson and Barton Community College until we saw Cowley on television. After our campus visit we decided to head to Cowley for our first year,” said Adrian.

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1 Declaration of intent due for SGA Candidates

2 Cowley College Republicans Meeting. Student Life Conf. Room 7:30pm

3 Softball vs. Pratt 2pm-Chess Club/Gaming Club meeting 6pm in the Jungle-Region VI Basketball Tournament 1st Round playoffs 5:30/7:30pm-Intramural 5/5 Basketball Tournament Cowley Rec 6pm

4 Fine Arts Day

5 Softball vs. Johnson County 2pm

*PI Day voting Begins*

“You Can’t Take it with You” Brown Theatre 7:30pm

6 Pell refunds

Tennis Matches 3pm

Media Club Meeting KTB 103, 1 pm

“You Can’t Take it with You” Brown Theatre 7:30pm

7 Softball vs. Fort Scott 1pm

“You Can’t Take it with You” Brown Theatre 7:30pm

8 9 Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria-SGA meeting 3pm –Discuss NEW CANDIDATE INFORMATION-CC Young Democrats meeting WB101 5pm

10 Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria

Softball vs. Dodge City 2pmIntramural 5/5 Basketball Tournament Cowley Rec 6pm

11Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria *PI Day voting ends*

SHADE/BSU meeting Jungle 6pm

Ping Pong Tourney Game Room 9pm

12Safe Spring Break Awareness week – Cafeteria

PI Day - Pie in the face at noon

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Feb. 26- March 14 BY EMERALD WOLFFStaff writer

When Dane Straight was asked to become the sponsor for Campus Christian Fellowship last year.

He decided to merge the two clubs since he was already the sponsor for Fellowship of Christian Athletes so the leap was not inconceivable. Everyone finds religion in their own way. These two groups offer a religion-based approach to learning. They do their best to unite in prayer and create a Christian support group. People on campus have different beliefs but everyone is welcome to join.

Can anyone join if they are just curious about CCF or FCA?

It is always open to anyone. Obviously the FCA aspect of it is geared more towards athletes or those interested in sports. CCF

has no focus as far as athletes. Both of them are open to everybody.

Are there any membership dues or fees to join?

We have no membership dues at present, and there are no fees to join.

How many members do the clubs have?

We have had 70 plus people sign up that are interested, but typically every week we have 10 to 12 members at the meetings.

How does a member become an

officer?

We have not done elections yet this year, I have asked them to pray about what they feel led to do if they want to be a part of it, and we’ll go through a voting process and determine who is eligible. Obviously we don’t want somebody in charge of our club who does not agree with what we believe in. So we are going to have to make sure that they are really grounded in their faith and that they have the time to be a leader. But that’s not up to me to judge, there’s somebody a little higher that has the authority to lead those in, and he’ll determine who needs to be there.

What responsibilities do they have once they are elected?

I want them to be in charge of doing the

lessons, coming up with ideas for game nights,meeting times and concerts to see.

What type of activities do you guys do?

We went up to a lecture a few weeks ago on religion versus science. We have had a campus wide capture the flag. I’d like to do more games nights, and go out to more concerts, but it’s a matter of raising the funds.

What do you think being in these clubs offers to students?

Coming to college is a time, whether you’ve been religious growing up in the church or not, it becomes a time to question what you believe in, and often times unfortunately the hip thing to do is put your faith on hold and enjoy the prototypical college life. Everybody goes through at one point in time in their life; it gives people that grounded reality that is okay to be a Christian your whole life. For those that are searching, it may give them that answer they’re looking for.

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Thurber TrialCont. from page 1

added to Thurber’s list of charges, reported by the Traveler.

- During his incarceration, Thurber sent letters to three young women, according to the Traveler.

- The Traveler reported that in early April of 2008, Thurber’s defense requested a change of venue for the trial, contending that a fair trial would not be received due to

“pretrial publicity and negative community sentiment.”

Finally, the case that has captured the attention of the community for more than two years came to an end after only 15 days in the courtroom. The guilty verdict and the recommended death sentence were not

unexpected, but the brief trial and short deliberations were unprecedented in a capital case.

The jury noted their decision was based on the fact the crime was committed in an “especially heinous, atrocious or cruel manner.”

One step remains; it is up to the judge to decide on the final sentence.

“This has been a trying case for the whole community. It has affected so many more than the people who were in the courtroom,” said Cowley County Prosecutor Chris Smith, reported by Wichita Eagle Reporter Ron Sylvester.

Judge Jim Pringle will give his sentencing for Thurber on March 20. Pringle does not have to use the jury’s sentencing suggestion. His other option would be a life sentence with no chance for parole.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

~ Ben Maxon

BY IAN WHITLEY Staff writer

A lot of people at Cowley College will attest to how far the Temporal Mechanics Union, or TMU for short,

has come. TMU, which was officially started in the Spring of 2002 by Chris Mayer, is a percussion ensemble that has grown considerable and now performs in many different cities and states. Chris Mayer explained that TMU combines many different sounds and beats from all sorts of cultures with many experimental types of music to bring new and exciting types of music. TMU is comprised of many students and faculty from Cowley, and anyone is welcome to join. Brandi Berntsen, a student who just joined TMU this semester, talked about how fun it was. “It’s a blast,” she said, “right now I’m just learning to play the different instruments so I can play in the concerts with them.” Now, TMU has combined with Creative Claws, a writing club here at Cowley, and

together they are holding a poetry contest called Visions of the Future Past. Mayer explained how he came up with the idea: “Honestly, I was watching a documentary of this poet and mystic named Rumi when I came up with the idea.” He explained how Creative Claws came to mind, and how there really is a lot of talent here at Cowley and how clever it would be to have a contest where the

winner has their poem read during one of the TMU concerts. So, he contacted Marlys Cervantes. Marlys Cervantes, a sponsor of Creative Claws, said that she was honored and excited to be a part of this contest that TMU

is doing. She talked about how she loved the concerts that TMU does, “The Contests are so unique, and any student who goes normally wants to go again”. TMU will pick three winners of the contest, a first place, second place, and third place. The first place winner will have their poem read during the concert while the percussion group plays. Second and Third place will receive prizes for their poems. The poem itself is supposed to be about timelessness, and how the student wants to convey timelessness is completely up to them. Any type of poetry is welcome, Mayer and Cervantes explained that it will mainly be free or blank verse, the poem just needs to convey timelessness in some way or another. The poems should also be a bit lengthy just so it goes well with the music. The poems are due by Feb 26, and should be submitted by e-mail to Cervantes, who’s e-mail address is Cervantes@cowley.edu, and should include the student’s name and contact information. The poems will then be sent to TMU, with no names listed, and they will pick their favorite poems and a winner will be chosen. If anyone is interested in what Temporal Mechanics Union does, their website is tmu.cdmayer.net. The concert when the first place poem is to be read will be on May 7, at seven thirty in the evening in the Robert Brown Theatre on the main Cowley campus. It is free, open to the public, and it definitely looks to be worth the time.

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Members of Temporal Mechanics Union play their percussion instruments during a past performance. (file photo)

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Once again, the Creative Claws club will be having Open Mic night. Open Mic Night is a chance for anyone who would like to present their original written work. Students read or perform song, prose, poetry, short fiction, or anything else that can be on paper. The night is hosted at the Brown Store and free coffee coupons are available around campus the week prior to the event. Marlys Cervantes, the sponsor for Creatve Claws, said she loves the turnout and the wide variety of works students perform. Open Mic “always has a wonderful diversity,” said Cervantes. Students can do up to three relatively short works. “Browns has been wonderful,” said Cervantes. Above, the audience watches as a student performs during Open Mic Night. At right, sophomore Kimberly Bryant performs a piece of poetry at a previous Open Mic Night. (file photos)

BY IAN WHITLEY Staff Writer

When something goes bump in the night around campus, students know who to call. A quick call to

security and someone will be there. Often it is Ben Maxon who answers the call. Maxon just came to Kansas from Alaska last year, where he taught public safety related courses and also worked with the Alaska Department of Public Safety. After retiring from teaching he decided to get

back into public safety. He moved to Kansas when he found the opening with Cowley security. He had another reason for moving to the area, he needed to care for family. “I enjoy working at the security department,” said Maxon. “The department is comprised of a team of dedicated individuals committed to the mission of providing students, teachers and staff with a safe working environment in which to learn, work and grow.” In 1978 while taking the criminal justice course at the University of Alaska, Maxon worked in various other security fields

such as campus security at the University of Alaska, Providence Hospital, and Anchorage International Airport. Maxon began his career in the U.S. Coast Guard as a federal investigator in maritime law enforcement from 1974 to 1978. After resigning from the Coast Guard, Maxon became an Alaska State Trooper, before retiring as a public safety captain in 1991. Maxon explained that anyone in law enforcement will come across interesting and challenging problems. He then explained how one particularly

challenging problem occurred when he was transporting two prisoners from one bush community to another by dog sled. He simply said, “let’s just say that my final resolution was, may I say, “unique”, for lack of a better term.” Maxon said he now lives in Winfield and enjoys it, and he is also able to care for his grandfather who resides in a nursing home just outside Wichita. Being in the area to help out with family is made easier by the fact Maxon said he especially enjoys working with the people in this area. His normal shift hours

are between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m., Monday through Friday. Calls to security at night will probably be answered by Maxon. A regular exercise program keeps Maxon in shape and healthy. He also has many

skills from previous jobs that help him as a security guard now. In addition to his work in security and law enforcement, Maxon also worked in the areas of fire protection and emergency medical technician (EMS). He is also a certified police, fire, and emergency medical technician instructor. Maxon also explained what he believes to be a security risk at Cowley: “Campus security and safety are important issues in post-secondary education today. Providing students, teachers and staff with a safe working environment in which to learn, work and grow takes the combined effort of each of us who frequent Cowley College as an educational institution. “One of the greatest security risks, in my opinion, is the lack of identification and communication of safety issues.” Maxon explained that students should be wary of things that might be a security issue, because if it looks like one then it probably is and most likely will cause problems in the future. He used the old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, and said that it is important for the students to be involved in the security at Cowley. He then said “Early detection and reporting are, quite often, your best line of defense. Together we can all create a more secure and safe learning environment here at Cowley College by keeping better informed, being more aware of our surroundings, taking preventative measures, and through better communication.” With his past experiences, Maxon is more than equipped for his job here at Cowley. Now the next time a loud bump is heard in the night, or something worse happens, we will know that Maxon will be awake and ready to lend a helping hand.

Ben Maxon: here to protect

Ben Maxon demonstrates how to control and handcuff a fleeing criminal. (photo ilus-tration by Meghan Wiebe)

BY EMERALD WOLFFStaff writer

Jessica Latham is a talented and busy woman. She has been encouraged her whole life to pursue singing, and is attending Cowley, majoring in music. She spends her time working hard in the music department in between involvement in choir, CC Singers, and voice lessons. She took some time out of her hectic schedule to sit down with me and talk about her amazing talents.

Who has been the main inspiration in your life?

My mom has been the most excellent support in my life, and she’s always been that way.

Where do you plan on going after Cowley?

I’m torn between Wichita State and K State right now.

When did you start singing?

I’ve been singing ever since I was really little, to all the Disney movies.

Who is your favorite singer?

I actually really liked country music, and Leann Rimes was my favorite singer.

Do you get stage fright? If so, how do you deal with it?

Oh, yes. I still have it quite frequently, every time I have to get up and sing in front of a group of people, You have to get yourself so into the music that you don’t think about anyone who’s out there.

Why did you decide to come to Cowley?

I’ve been familiar with Cowley for a long time, I was in the high school program Upward Bound since I was a freshman, and they’ve treated me very well, and encouraged me to come here.

How would you describe yourself?

I’m calm, introverted in a sense; many call me creative and quiet.

Is singing an outlet for you?

It definitely is; I sing whenever I’m sad, happy, or mad.

What other talents or interests do you have?

I submitted poetry into a creative writing competition, and won third place for the Prodigy Award.

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BY LIZ POTTER Staff writer

It is the mantra of the mother: be a doctor or a lawyer. Those are careers that require at least eight years of medical or law school. If you desire a career in either the medical or service industry, an often overlooked career is mortuary science which offers similar benefits to those of the medical field. There are two types of positions in funeral homes: embalmer and funeral director. An embalmer is trained in areas of sanitation, disinfection, aesthetics, pathology and anatomy. A funeral director is an embalmer that also supports the bereaved and handles finances. Those entering the mortuary field should consider such qualities as sensitivity to grief, empathy, professional appearance and charisma, high motivation, ability to multitask, flexibility and tolerance/acceptance of other faiths and cultural functions. This career also requires understanding and utilizing administrative and logistical duties required by law, custom and accepted ethical practice. Cowley offers a mortuary science (PRE) associate of science degree. An AAS degree with an emphasis in pre mortuary science will prepare students for a program in mortuary science and a degree in funeral services. For more information on this particular degree, visit Cowley’s homepage and checkout the degree planning worksheet. Educational requirements vary, but must include, according to the National Funeral Directors Association: a high school diploma or equivalent, an associate’s degree in funeral service education, passing a state/nation board licensing exam, a one to three year internship or apprenticeship and continuing education. microbiology, funeral merchandising, professional ethics and restorative art are examples of classes approved and encouraged by the American Board of Funeral Service Education. Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association (KFDA) has the requirement that all funeral directors meet these semester hour requirements: - 6 Social Science - 4 Natural Science - 6 Humanities - 2 Business - 2 Fine Arts - 40 Electives And must also serve an apprenticeship as a licensed assistant funeral director for no less than one year under the supervision of a licensed Kansas Funeral Director and interview with the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts following the apprenticeship. Check the KFDA website for scholarship offers.

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PAWS (Peers Advocating Wellness for Students) is sponsoring a Cowley’s Biggest Loser contest

during the spring. The participant who loses the largest percentage of body fat in each category (men, women, students and employees) by April 3 will win $50. Registrations are completely confidential and no one will know who is participating except for whoever wins at the end.

Eating Disorder Day is Feb. 26. Visit McAtee Dining center between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to fill out a questionnaire and be screened for eating disorders. Life Counselor Roy Reynolds will be present for the screening and can answer any questions students may have about eating disorders.

The Mu Alpha Theta induction will be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Wright Room. All new inductees will be recognized and a formal induction will be held. Mu Alpha Theta membership is made up of students who have excelled in mathematics.

The February Caffe’ Acoustic is scheduled for this Friday (2/27) at 7:30 p.m. at Brown’s. The performer this month is Barb Ryman. Take a look at her website at www.barbryman.com. This is a free concert. You can also enjoy a free drink from Brown’s that evening by picking up a coupon from me.

Looking for a dinner and a show? Look no further than Cowley’s production of “You Can’t Take It With You.” March 7, at 6:15 p.m., a buffet-style dinner will be

served, courtesy of Great Western Dining, before the 7 p.m. showing of the play. Reservations must be made by noon March 4. Call the box office at 620-441-5570. The dinner and a show combo is $20.

Former Southwestern College student Adam Caitlin has published his fourth book, Synchronicity. The book is about a criminal justice major by the name of Jack Garrison who is taking a stand against the elusive criminal organization,

The Dragon Lady, who deals with “meth, murder and mayhem.” A romance with a Cowley College student named Kylie Green balances the action of murders and car crashes on the Kansas turn-pike. Set

in South Central Kansas and Kay County Oklahoma. Caitlin will be signing copies of Synchronicity in Ponca City’s Hastings March 21, from 1 to 3 p.m.

The Ten Tenors, an Australian musical ensemble with platinum record-selling success, will be performing at Cowley College’s Robert Brown Theatre on Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. The group performs a diverse repertoire in concert and on their albums; performing songs by bands

such as Queen, the Bee Gees and ABBA. They switch gears mid-set performing opera tunes and native Australian tunes (including Men at Work).

The Ten Tenors have been performing since 1998 and made their United States debut in 2003. They have taken their passion for quality music and powerful singing to such venues as London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, as well as countless other venues throughout the world.

Tickets may be purchased from Sue Yoachim in Cowley College’s Humanities Department from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. or if you prefer to pay by credit card, call 620-441-

5223 Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students and employees of Cowley College.

Cowley College is investing in our community’s future by providing training to those who need to expand their employment skills. Funding opportunities are available for dislocated workers that enroll in the following approved educational training programs: Machine and Tool Technology, Mechatronics

(Mechanical, Electrical, Automated Systems), Nondestructive Testing, Welding, Healthcare (CAN/ CMA, EMT, Paramedic, Medical Coding, Medical Transcription), and Legal Office. Classes begin the end of March. For additional information, go to http://www.cowley.edu/dislocate.

Four Cowley College students were recently honored at a luncheon in Topeka for being named to the Kansas All-State Academic Team. Representing Cowley College were, Candice Bliss and Emily Crain from the Arkansas City campus, and Keoki Waipa and Tina Wohlford from the Mulvane campus.

A total of 48 students from 20 Kansas community colleges were recognized at the luncheon. In recognition of their honor each member of the Kansas All-State Academic Team received an honorary medallion and certificate, state-wide recognition through the media, a stipend to be used at the institution of his/her choice, and a $1,000 scholarship for those who enroll at: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Kansas University, Pittsburg State University, Washburn University, and Wichita State University.

Other colleges, such as Bethel College, Kansas Wesleyan University, Mid America Nazarene University, and Tabor College, will provide generous scholarships to the nominees.

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Shannon Rackleff, an accounting major from Winfield, won the Student Appreciation gift for February. The February gift was “Dinner and a Movie” including a $30 movie card at the Cowley

8, a $40 gift card to the Ridge, and some movie snacks. The drawing is hosted by the Cowley administration each month to let students know how much they are appreciated.

Any student is eligible and there are three locations where they can register. At the main campus in Arkansas City, registrations are accepted in the administrative wing in Galle Johnson Hall; In Mulvane, at the Bloomenshine Center, and in Winfield at the Allied Health Center in Joyce Holloways’ office. The next drawing will be held March 12.

The March gift is a “Spring Break” package which includes a beach towel, suntan lotion, a cooler, and a beach chair.

Student appreciation

BY MITCH HOOVER Staff Writer

Next month Cowley College will be performing “You Can’t Take It With You” the 1936 Pulitzer Prize

winning Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman collaboration. This play was the third collaboration between Hart and Kaufman and is set during the Great Depression. The show is about the “crazy” Sycamore family whose philosophy of life for the day has made them closer than most families of the time. Each character has their own little peculiar habits, for instance the father of the family, Paul Sycamore, manufactures fireworks in the basement of the house and loves to tinker with erector sets while Martin Vanderhof, mostly referred to as Grandpa in the play, is a happy old man who has never paid income tax and

collects snakes. These are just two of the crazy characters in the play. According to Theater Director Scott Maclaughlin and the cast mambers of the show, practices are going well. Cody Borror, who plays Henderson the IRS Agent in the play, said, “The ensemble works well together.” The choice of this play by Maclaughlin was due to the fact of how relatable it is to right now. “One of the things I like about the play is

that it takes place in the Great Depression,” he said, “Its fitting for right now.” Of course the show could be an evening to get away in these depressing times. Maclaughlin said it will allow the audience to “escape for an evening”. The play will be presented in the Brown Center theatre for $8 on March 5 through March 8 at 7:30 with a dinner available for $20 on March 7 at 6:15.

Sophomores Paul Koenke and Anna Stevens rehearse for the upcoming performance of “You Can’t Take it With You.” (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

Theater gears up for “You Can’t Take it With You”

CC Singers traveled to various area locations delivering Valen-Grams on Friday, Feb. 13. Here the singers made a stop at Ark City High School and freshman Mitch Wright of the CC Singers delivered a song to his sweetheart, Emma Schragg. (photo by Heather Campbell)

CC Singers present Valengrams to recipients throughout the community

Feb. 26, 2009 Creative Claws presents Open Mic Night, Brown’s, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, 2009 Caffe Acoustic presents contemporary folk singer/songwriter Barb Ryman in concert. Brown’s. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 2009 Family Life Services Luau Fundraiser. Brown Center/Wright Room. 6:30 p.m. March 3, 2009 Ponca City Arts and Humanities Presents Turpentine Ragsters

March 5-7, 2009 Act One presents the play “You Can’t Take it With You.” Brown Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

March 7, 2009 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cowley County present “Bowl for Kids Sake.” March 12, 2009 CTE Career Fair. Brown Center/Wright Room.

Lamb of God Wrath Album Feb. 24th 2009 Rockers Lamb of God release their sixth album. Watchmen March 6, 2009

300’s Zack Snyder adapts Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ acclaimed comic book Watchmen for the big screen. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film’s world is an unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have been forced to go into retirement due to the government’s Keene Act, but the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), an ex-hero commando, perks the interest of one of the country’s last remaining superheroes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley)....

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BY BRANDI BERNTSENStaff writer

Everyone wastes food sometimes. Cowley College measured 14,500 pounds of food wasted as an average

last semester. Biology students executed an experiment involving food, electricity and water waste in the cafeteria from using trays. The hypothesis was that the cost of keeping the trays in the cafeteria was costing the school more money than they are worth. After many months and samples the biology students managed to come up with these results: Without the tray, the average food waste per tray was only 9,500 pounds. The biology students showed that there is quite a difference in food waste.

Food wasn’t the only thing being wasted. The class calculated the cost of washing the trays and found it would take 7,000 times more loads of dishes per semester, plus 38,600 gallons of water. This translates into about a $200 water savings for the school. Prior to this experiment, the college was set to purchase 400 additional trays. Each tray cost $10. If they had been purchased, the school would have paid $4,000.

“I give credit to the students; they worked hard to generate the data and deserve credit for all of their hard work,” said Natural Science Instructor Scott Layton who supervised the experiment.

Layton assigned this experiment to 40

students after reading about 4 year universities conducting similar studies. The difference was that the universities only went through a one to two-day time period.

“I don’t mind them [the trays], they made washing the dishes easier for me because I am short and it is hard to reach the plates, but it doesn’t matter to me,” said Melissa Hilderbant, cafeteria worker.

Layton asked Tony Crouch, executive vice president of business services for permission to measure food waste in the cafeteria. After a certain time they would measure the waste without trays. The numbers tell the story.

While using the trays, students extrapolated the total meals times average food waste and it resulted in 14,500 pounds of food wasted.

“For now, we are ‘going green’ and saving water, electricity and food; this was an eye opener for the school and we are saving money this way,” said Robert Rogers food service director.

Even with these results, most students still say they would prefer the trays back. Out of 31 students queried in the cafeteria, 14 of them said they want the trays back; 12 said they did not care and 5 said they did not want them back.

“We think that the trays should come back because it is hard to carry all the plates to and from the serving area and the trash,” said freshmen Aysia Garza and Kyeisha Davis.

The electricity use also went down substantially. The average the college saved was about $1,000 per semester on electricity by getting rid of the food trays.

The class did not even touch on all the things getting rid of the trays caused. Some might say that it helped the students’ health. By the student eating less and having to get up more times to get food.

“I am glad we did this experiment. It showed me that we were wasting money, now we have more money to spend on the students,” Katie Grimm, freshman, said.

Trays contributing factor to food waste

Sophomore Brianna Byers carries her dishes to the dish de-posit window. (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

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Baseball team begins season 3-3

Intramural teams continue to play strong

What year are you? Sophomore

Where are you from? Haysville, Kan.

What school did you attend? I went to Campus High School and graduated in 2007.

What sport do you play? I’m a pitcher for the baseball team. I have played baseball since I was young. My father encouraged me.

What helped you decide on Cowley? Cowley has a good reputation and I want to be a part of the team.

What do you enjoy most about Cowley? It’s a small campus, where everyone knows your name. I like that the classes are small.

What honors have you received?Last year I received second team All-Conference.

What’s your major? Right know it’s undecided, but I want to work with computers.

Who’s your inspiration? Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.; he was one of the best pitchers. He pitched a ball 104 miles an hour. I have pitched 91 miles an hour. Also, my father, he never misses a game.

What are your hobbies? Baseball, basketball, fishing, video games, and hanging out with friends.

What are you involved in on campus? Baseball! Baseball takes up a lot of my time so I don’t have time to be involved in any other activities.

Calvin Drinnen

Sophomore

BY MEGAN BERRY Staff writer

Teams have been hoopin’ it up as 5X5 intramural basketball continues. Their last regular game took place on Tues. Feb. 17. Track Team A played Track Team B. Super Bad played Bigalow and Ballerz played Bear “rar” Cudas. There were only two girl teams that played, Gold Diggers vs. Chicks Dig it. Double elimination began on Thurs. Feb. 19. A lot of action has been happening in the rec center this month. Intramural basketball continues to take place both Tuesday and Thursday nights 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Students, faculty, and friends gather around in the Rec center to watch and support the teams. “The rec gets pretty full,” said Jane Epp, sophomore team member of the Gold Diggers. Though most of the students are just out for fun, it is still competitive as ever. “There have been several fights this year, but my team gets along great and we’re having a blast,” said Brianna Byers, sophomore team member of the Zebras. Her favorite part about intramural basketball is the competitiveness. “I was very involved in sports in high

school. Intramurals helps me to stay involved so I don’t miss not playing quite so much.” Energy is put into each and every game and is very important. It does not matter whether students win or lose; they are just out to play basketball and have a good time with friends. “We haven’t won yet but that’s not how we measure fun,” said Epp. Intramural basketball is not only a good way to spend time with friends but it helps students keep in shape. “It’s just about getting active and having fun,” said Epp. Students need to continue to come to games and support the teams. Intramurals are a huge success when everyone attends games and cheers for the teams. “I would definitely suggest intramurals to others. It is a great way to get involved and have a great time,” said Byers. Whether a student is part of an intramural team or not, attending games is always a fun time to share with friends.

BY ERIC SMITHSports editor

Although it is early in the season, the Cowley Tiger baseball team has had a relatively disappointing start.

While they did receive votes in the beginning of the season to be ranked nationally, they are only 3-3 in their first six games. The team went 1-1 with their first two games against Butler County Community College during a home and home. Surprisingly, they defeated Butler at Butler 14-1 but lost at home 4-1. The next game proved to be very challenging for the tigers. They played against the 18 ranked Seminole State at Seminole, Okla. Seminole started the game by scoring thee in the first three innings. The Tigers responded by scoring three in the fourth inning, but also gave up three in the fourth inning to Seminole. Cowley ended up losing the game 7-3 dropping to 1-2. Cowley then had a double header against Jefferson College to help boost their record. The team got lucky in the first game. Jefferson had more hits than the tigers, beating them 10-7 in that category. Every Cowley player that got a hit scored. Jefferson also had less errors than Cowley. Cowley had 2 errors to Jefferson’s 1. Still, Cowley came out on top, winning the game 7-6. Cowley had a much easier time in the second game against Jefferson. The tigers had 9 hits to Jefferson’s 5 and had no errors

in that game. They did not score in the first three innings but scored all six runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. The team then played a heartbreaker against Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, Okla.

The Tigers had to Rally from 6-9 in the ninth inning to go into extra innings. In the tenth inning, Northern Oklahoma scored one run and left Cowley scoreless to win the game.

Freshman Caleb Bass rounds third base while being signaled by one of the coaches. Bass plays both pitcher and outfielder. (Photo by Meghan Wiebe)

Two intramural players go at it during a 5 on 5 match at the rec. center. This was their last regular season game before the tournament. (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

The ultimate guy-detectorBY ASHLIE L’HOMMEEditor-in-Chief

The average girl knows exactly what kind of boys to avoid, what traits should be sending up red flags and

how to keep herself out of trouble. We do. Our real problem is not that we do not know how to take care of ourselves, but how to act upon this knowledge.

I have been that girl who falls for the “flattery” that some boys will offer up, only to later look on it in retrospect as kind of disgusting and not at the type of attention I should be coveting.

Girls with low self-esteem cannot see through the rhetoric; because those girls have a habit of surrounding themselves with people who make them feel good. Rather than searching for someone who will make a long-term commitment and love them, someone they can trust and be comfortable with, young women have begun to search for the temporary feel-good-guy. He is the one who has the best compliments, who makes her feel like the only girl in the world, only to find out that the guy she is with is a pervert, a player, a punk, or the worst, a psycho.

Statistics show 4 out of 5 females are victims of an attempted rape. 3 out of 5 females become victims of rape. These statistics are given in C. Dean Hall’s new book, A Girl’s Guide to Psychos, Players, Punks and Pervs.

These statistics are not about some weird random guy in an alley who attacks a helpless victim, the way movies portray. These statistics are about women who know their attackers and probably see them every day.

I like the idea of the book; detailing the profiles of four types of men who, while not necessarily deadly, are just as bad. The sorts of sickos who torture their victims, prey on weak females, take pleasure out of rape, cheat on their girlfriends and cause general hell. The truth is, though, the average female knows these types of men. Gut reactions tell them he is a bad man, but more often than not, they ignore that reaction.

As Hall mentions in his books, girls need to learn to act on these feelings.

Knowing is not enough, because often times, even the most level-headed girl can fall for the slickery and trickery that gives these men their well deserved bad names.

Players are known so well for their charm and charisma, a manner of speaking in which he can make her believe everything, turn around and do the same to another girl. Weaving a web of adultery that can only cause pain, at the very least.

“Avoid the ‘player’ type of guy,” was sophomore Kati Rhinehart’s piece of advice.

Hall offers many ways to jumpstart

young women’s thinking, especially those of young ages. He suggests they start thinking and acting together, not just knowing.

At the beginning of the book, Hall has the “Ultimate Guy-Detector” quiz, in which girls are to write ten traits they look for in a potential boyfriend, ten traits he must have and four traits they will absolutely not tolerate. The idea behind it, of course, is that a girl must first decide what her ideal partner is to be like, so as not to be swayed by men who do not qualify.

“Honesty is what I look for,” said freshman Erin Drosselmeyer. “I avoid controlling [types].”

Knowing what to avoid can often help. Avoiding those who should be avoided is what is key.

Without stating it, he has an underlying theme that all women should already have taken to heart: be smart and get to know a guy before you date him.

On the surface, most guys are not going to seem like a psycho or a pervert. It is once you get to know him better that you learn these things. Trust should not readily be given. Hall says that a girl’s trust should not work like the legal system’s “innocent until proven guilty” theory.

Make a man earn trust before it is given over to him.

“I date people I know,” said freshman

Katie Grimm. “You date people you already know, because you guys can trust each other and you know each other well.”

On the other hand, being honest with him will help, as well. If a girl needs to change who she is, what she does and how she acts just to be liked by someone, chances are that he is not right for her and could very well be the sort of boy she needs to avoid.

“Quite a few girls think you have to change for a boy. A relationship may start at first, but then their [her] true colors come out and it’s hell from then on,” said Grimm.

Honesty very often is what people look for in a long-term relationship, and if it is not offered, on what foundation can the relationship even form? If a girl requests that a guy be honest, she too, has to be.

“I think you have to be honest with

yourself. [You’re] not a girl for me if you do this [change for a boy],” said freshman Titus Massey.

If a girl finds that she does have problems with choosing the wrong guy, this book offers a few good tips.

Hall’s STOP method requires girls to use thinking and analytical skills, as opposed to just deciding to give the first cute boy who comes around a chance. Sometimes, it helps to get another’s opinion, so girls should surround themselves with other level-headed friends who know them well, to seek out opinions. Girls with better self-esteem’s and friends who have better self-esteems tend to be better at turning away boys. The biggest key to take to heart is to remember that a girl is just as strong single as she is with a relationship. In some cases, she may be even stronger single than in a relationship where male dominance is key.

Ashlie L’HommeEditor-in-Chief

C. Dean Hall, author of A Girl’s Guide to Pyschos, Players, Punks and Pervs, keeps a theme of girls “screening” the guys they take interest in before dating them. In his book, Hall details the profiles of these four types of males and their predatory habits and gives advice to females on how to avoid such males and the traps they use to lure girls. (photo illustration by Meghan Wiebe)

Quite a few girls think you have to change for a boy. A relationship may start at first, but then their [her] true colors come out and it’s hell from then on.

~ Katie Grimm

Curtis Dean Hall taught in Kansas public school systems for 20 years.

His experience with the broken-heart-ed children, overwhelmed parents and stressed-out teachers he encountered daily led him to become a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Thera-pist specializing in stress and trauma.

He has a Masters of Science Degree from Friends University in Family Therapy and has been in private prac-tice since 1995.

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BY MEGAN BERRY Staff writer

Charlee Wilson, coordinator of tutor-ing was asked last fall by Kristi Shaw, director of student life to host

a pool tournament. Each month this year he has been in charge of picking out a new game to host. There has been ping pong, 9- ball, and pool tournaments in the past. The tournaments have been going on for at least twelve years.

On Feb. 19, students gathered in the game room to either watch or play pool. There were 19 singles and 26 doubles con-sisting of 13 teams. The sign up for the tournament lasted until 9 p.m. that night and then the brackets were made.

The money that goes to the winners var-ies from month to month. It comes out of the pool table and ping pong machine in the game room. The winners for the single match were Rolando “Rolo” Vasquez for first place receiving a cash prize of $30 and Pablo Fuentes who received $20 for second place.

In the doubles match, Rolo Vasquez and Baron Meeks won each taking home $10. Reed Williams and Robert Hudson won $5 each for 2nd place.

The game room has three pool tables for three games to be played at once. The pool tournament lasted a good two and a half hours or so. It was a single elimination tournament which means once a team lost, they were out.

A large crowd usually shows up to the

tournaments. “Last time we had it, the game room was packed,” said Wilson. He said that there were probably fifty people in the room and over half were just watch-ing.

If a student did not know how to play pool, they were able to come enjoy com-pany as they watched their friends battle it out. It is a very relaxing environment with music playing in the background

for friends to gather around and just play some pool.

Students are not the only ones involved in the tournaments. At the pool tourna-ment last semester there were two faculty members involved. “For ping pong and pool tournaments, faculty is definitely invited. I think that it’s a very important thing with the activities and intramurals that the faculty takes part in things like that,” said Wilson.

Last fall, the first pool tournament took place and there were only thirteen people signed up. By the time Christmas rolled around, nineteen people were signed up. “This year alone I’ve seen the numbers go up just a little bit. It’s going over well I think,” said Wilson.

Make sure to come and play poker in the cafeteria tonight. (Feb 26) It is taking place at 8 p.m. Students are able to sign up at the door and come right in for a night of fun.

Winning the prize, solids and stripes

Second place winner sophomore Pablo Fuentes and first place winner freshman Rolando Vazquez, respectivly. (photo by Meghan Wiebe)

Rise above revenge, find a new solutionBY NICKOLE VANDERWALLStaff writer

Stealing shoes or money? Boys fighting over ping pong table rights. Referee making a bad call? Next, all hell is

breaking loose. With the shoes and punches flying, testosterone levels are to be soaring.

Simple solutions, such as dividing up into teams and sharing the ping pong room are fogged over with the unintended offense. The group that went down to play ping pong was not trying to start any problems.

Of course, that is not how the group already in the room took the idea. Instead, they decided that it was ‘their room’ and they were not going to give the others a chance to play.

If other people are using the room, ask them when they will be done and tell them you will be back at that time. Then again, if the room in Storbeck is full, there is always the jungle. Don’t feel like going to the jungle? Set up times or make a schedule for everyone wanting to use the ping pong room.

The wrong thing to do is give dirty looks and get upset because no one is sharing. We are in college now and we can handle shar-ing the ping pong table boys.

After talking with a couple boys from both sides of the incident, one had this to say.

“Giving dirty looks and acting ‘hard’ makes everyone want to beat you up.”

This group of boys said that another group came to their dorms to use the ping pong room, where there were already boys playing. Dirty looks were given and threats were made. One thing led to another and fights were planned until the other group left.

While talking with Sue Saia, vice

president of student affairs, she said, “We investigate whom ever there seems to be a problem with.”

Not only are there problems with shar-ing ping pong tables, but there have been reported problems with roommates stealing

and lying. This problem should be stopped early, before it gets out of hand.

Do not leave the roommate with more chances to get their hands on your property.

Recent complaints of roommates stealing iPod’s, clothes and money, were confirmed

and there were consequences. After the complaints were confirmed, supposed fights underwent but everything was denied.

Saia went further to say, “We have to help the student approach.” Students found guilty through security reports must attend mandated counseling and if needed, the po-lice will be called for further investigation.

Most counseling on campus goes through Roy Reynolds, student life counselor.

As if stealing and not sharing is not enough, arguing over a bad call at an intramural game lead to punches. The first intramural 5x5 basketball game of the sea-son ended with bloody lips and black eyes after a referee made a call that lead one of the players to mouth-off.

The first swing was thrown by the referee and lead to another by the player. The brother of the referee jumped in after they took the fight outside. There were a few more punches and then everyone left the rec center.

After the player went back to the Central Avenue dorms, the other two boys left and went back to the Kirkdale dorms. While at the Kirkdale dorms, the two boys contin-ued making threats and raising commotion about the previous incident.

Head Basketball Coach and Kirkdale Dorm Manager Steve Eck over heard the noise and turned them into security. Both of the brothers were suspended from the intra-mural season. No further problems have occurred between the three boys.

An inside source of the incident said, “We don’t have ‘beef’ anymore, but we are not friends.”

Are testosterone levels to blame for all the hostility? This seems to be the logical reason, but there is no real reason. Boys will be boys, even if sometimes it may seem they are acting like girls.

How do you handle altercations with fellow students?

“Get a third party to moderate. “-- John David McDonald, Sophomore

“Life is too short to argue, therefore; walk away” -- Sarah Yates, Freshman

“Take care of it before it comes to a head.”-- Tyler Alderman, Sophomore

Striving for nationals one meet at a timeBY RICHARD GOULDStaff writer

Ahh, it’s that time of year again. Birds are singing, trees are budding, and flying javelins?

Yes, track and field season has started yet again and each performance is increasing the chance for Cowley to do well at nation-als.

“We had some great great performances and we had not so good performances. We had three people get hurt and you are always worried about that,” said Head Track Coach Mark Phillips.

Track results from the Missouri Southern Invitational on Feb. 6 and 7 at Joplin, Mo. were at expectation or even better in some cases according to Phillips.

Freshman Xandria Cash broke the school record for the women’s 200-meter-dash while in the women’s 800 meter run fresh-man Marvia Lewen placed fifth, sopho-more Jessica McLeod placed sixth, and sophomore Brianna Byers placed ninth

All three girls met the national qualify-ing mark. In the women’s 3000-meter run freshman Cecilia Burley took fourth while freshman Robin Ray placed tenth and both girls met the national qualifying mark.

Of the women’s track and field, the only

national qualifying mark was Freshman Katie Gillmore, who placed fifth in the women’s pole vault.

The men’s side looked just about the same with rankings.

Freshman Jory Custar placed third in the men’s 800 meter-run. Sophomore Rolando Vasques placed fifth in the men’s one-mile race. Freshman Dustin Mettler took fourth in the men’s 3000-meter run. Sophomore Johnny Purvis finished first in the men’s 5000-meter run. All four men hit qualifying marks in their events.

In the men’s field events only one athlete managed to hit national qualifying mark, and that was Sophomore Kale Hamm. Hamm managed to not only hit the mark but also tied the school record in the men’s high jump at six feet six inches.

Pittsburg State Invitational held on Feb. 13 at Pittsburg State University had fewer qualifiers but managed to have some impressive result.

Gillmore managed to place second in the women’s pole vault with a jump of 3.5 meters. This height broke the school record and qualified Gillmore for the nationals.

On the men’s side Hamm managed to break the school record in the men’s 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 seconds.

Unfortunately, sometimes injuries can

result.“[Freshman] Tiffany Wilcox strained her

hamstring again. It is getting better. I think she will be okay. We hope she will be good for regions” said Phillips.

Freshman Xandria Cash tweaked her leg a little bit but she will be fine said Phillips.

“[Freshman]Ray Quill is a real question mark whether we will compete [with him] at regionals or not,” according to Phillips.

Phillips said freshman Brad Potucek sprained his hip flexor in the long jump. “So he didn’t jump really well. I think he will be okay for regionals. We are just not going to push it.”

In all, the track team has numerous, really talented athletes and looks to be upward bound for the Region 6/Jayhawk Conference Indoor Championships this coming weekend.

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World Series Poker putting the cards on the tableBY DEVAN REED Contributing writer

On Feb. 26, Cowley will be holding the first ever World Series of Poker Tournament on campus. The tournament, featuring no limit Texas Hold’em, will be held in the McAtee Dining Center from 8 to 11 p.m. Cowley College cheerleaders will be serving refreshments throughout the evening.

A variety of prizes will be given away

throughout the night, including gift cards and Cowley gear. First place prize is $100. Faculty and staff will be participating as players and dealers. All players

will be given $3,500 in Cowley cash. When

a player runs out of money, he or she is out

of the game. Some faculty and staff

players will have a “bounty chip”. In order to get that chip,

a player must eliminate the faculty or staff member from the game. Upon elimination, the student receives the bounty chip, which

can be turned in for a prize. “I got this idea last year after seeing

students playing cards in the jungle,” said Charlie Wilson, coordinator of tutoring and career services. “I ran this idea by students at the pool tournament and they thought it would go over great.”

There will be room for about 125 people to play at once on 12 tables. “Please come, even if you don’t think you are good enough,” said Wilson, “It’s an easy game to learn.”

Although this is the first year, Wilson said he hopes to make this a yearly event. There is even talk of possibly

expanding it into a full-fledged casino night.

“I know this is going to go over great,” said Kristi Shaw, director of student life. “We had 75 people at Valentine’s Day bingo and are expecting many more because of all

the promoting we have done.”Students can enter to play for free.

“Justice for Jodi”

BY ASHLIE

L’HOMMEEditor-in-

Chief

Tears, hugs and prayers

filled the courtroom on Feb.

17. In less than four hours, the jury came

to the unanimous conclusion; Justin

Thurber, 25, should be put to death by lethal

injection. Since the reinstatement

of the death penalty in Kansas in 1994, of the

22 capital murder trials, 11 have resulted in death

sentences. No person has been executed in the state of Kansas

since 1965. On Jan. 5, 2007, 19-year-old Jodi

Sanderholm disappeared in the middle of the day. She was last seen at the Subway in Arkansas City. Four days later her car was found in the Cowley County State Fishing Lake.

Arkansas City resident Thurber, then 23, was formally charged with aggravated kidnapping, rape and capital murder within days.

In the two years it took to go from the charges to the trial the rumors, the details and the evidence piled up:

- Reported by The Wichita Eagle, Thurber’s defense, Ron Evans, reiterated a psychologist’s testimony stating that Thurber’s IQ was “between 70 and 80”, below the average IQ of 100. Another psychologist testified that Thurber “had been diagnosed with bipolar.”

- On July 1, 2008, Jodi’s Law went into effect, according to KFDI. Jodi’s Law strengthened laws against stalking and eliminated holes caused by the “loopholes” such as the term “credible

threat”, reported by the Traveler. - According to the Traveler, letters were received from Thurber while he was incarcerated, stating that if they would “start printing the truth” about him, he would provide answers for the Sanderholm case. Until this “truth” was printed, he stated that he did not want his name used in affiliation with the case. - The Traveler reported that Chris Davis, an acquaintance of Thurber, received a hand-delivered letter from Thurber requesting that he sign a false statement saying that he was with Thurber on the day that Jodi disappeared. - In the spring of 2007, sodomy was

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Above: Jodi Sanderholm was kidnapped and murdered Jan. 5, 2008 by Justin Thurber. (file photo)Left: Sander-holm’s family, in foreground , looks emotional as the juries verdict is read. (photo curtesy of the Traveler)

BY ERIC SMITHSports editor

With only two games left in the regular season the Cowley Tigers are hoping to make a push to

win the conference. They are currently tied with Coffeyville for first place. The teams both have thirteen wins and three losses in conference even though Cowley is three games ahead of Coffeyville overall. Cowley is ranked 18 in the nation while Coffeyville has recieved votes for national ranking. Cowley also has the highest win margin in the conference, averaging a win by 10.4 points. Cowley had one of their best games against Labette County Community College during homecoming, which should come as no surprise because Labette has the worst record in the conference. Cowley did

a good job of moving the ball and getting Labette in foul trouble early. They were in the bonus after only 8 minutes of playing. The team shot 32-47 from the free throw line.

Surprisingly, only three Tigers were in double figures during the game. Jack Crowder, sophomore, scored a game high 23, Robert Goff, freshman, scored 15, and Bernard Kamwa , freshman, scored 11. The final score of the contest was 93-57. The team had a tough time at home against Kansas City Community College, who is seventh in the conference. The Tigers shot a season low 34 percent from the field. They were however able to get it done on the defensive end and held Kansas City to 31 percent from the field. The team had a horrible start at home. They were down 12-3 after eight minutes of play. They rallied back late in the first half to tie the game 22-22. They eventually pulled away in the second half and won 56-43. The away game against Coffeyville was probably the most exciting game of the

season for the Tigers. They had revenge on their minds against Coffeyville who defeated them at home, giving Cowley their only home loss of the season. The Tigers fought hard early and were ahead 41-35 at half time. But toward the ending of the game they found themselves down 82-80 with less than a minute left. Coffeyville had the ball but quickly turned it over on a charging foul. With 18 seconds remaining Caprest Rhone, freshman, scored a driving basket to send the game into overtime. Toward the end of overtime, Cowley was ahead 91-90. They then fouled a Coffeyville player, sending them to the line where they made one of two free throws. When Cowley took the ball down

court, a Coffeyville player, giving Cowley the ball back with 6 seconds left, deflected it out of bounds. They in bounded the ball to Jack Crowder who made a turnaround jump shot with 3 seconds left to win the

game 93-91. The women’s team is also making a very impressive push toward the postseason. They started out the conference schedule 4-4 and have gone on an 8 game winning streak since then. In that time they have beaten all four of the teams they lost to at the beginning of conference play. The ladies had a great homecoming night. Four players scored double digits and they were lead by Bebe Holloway, sophomore, who scored 23 points. On the same night that the men’s team beat out Coffeyville in overtime, the women’s team also had an exciting match of their own.

At the end of regulation time, Coffeyville was down 59-60 with possession of the ball. One of their players was fouled and made one of their shots and missed the second to send the game into overtime. In overtime, the game was tied 68-68 when Gabby Curtis, sophomore, hit a couple of three-pointers to take the lead. Cowley would maintain the lead even though Coffeyville hit two three-pointers in 13 seconds to make the final score 78-76. The women’s team then had an easy night at home when they defeated Johnson County, 71-52. Curtis had a game high 22 points, followed by Elena Yankova, sophomore, who had 20.

Basketball grinds Coffeyville

Dominque Lane, freshman, goes up for a contested layup against Labette at homecoming. Lane scored 12 points on homecoming night (photo by Theresa Zirkel)

Jack Crowder, sophomore, fights for a shot against Labette during homecoming. Crowder scored a game high 23 points that game. (photo by Theresa Zirkel)

Texas Hold ‘em Tournament comes to Cowley