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SEWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE/ AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL

The spring 2010 Phi ThetaKappa induction ceremony fornew members is scheduled for 2p.m. Feb. 21 in SW229.In order to be eligible to be in-

vited to join PTK, students mustbe enrolled in 12 credit hoursand have a 3.5 GPA.Contact Debbie Stafford at

debbie.stafford@sccc.edu or417-1106 for more information.

SGA provides lasertag for SC students

Play the game of the decade and re-count some of the more memorable

moments of the past 10 years.—Page 5

January 29

Antigoné LoweryCrusader staff

Haiti, a small country in theCaribbean, continues to under-go reconstruction from a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hitthe country on Jan. 12. Morethan 1 million people were af-fected by the first destructiveearthquake, while recent earth-quakes of smaller magnitudeshave also added to the country’sdamage.Haitian student Regine

Beauchard, who arrived at thecollege in the fall of 2009, hasalso been affected by the earth-quake despite being away fromhome.“This recently outrageous

disaster that just happened tomy country was probably oneof the most terrifying momentsin my life. Not knowing any-thing about my family causedme to have so many negativethoughts running through mymind,” Beauchard said after sheheard the news of Haiti’s firstearthquake.Beauchard tried many times

to reach her family once sheheard the devastating news ofHaiti, but was happy when herfamily reached her two daysafter the earthquake hit.“I felt so relieved and had an

intense feeling of well being byjust hearing their voices,”Beauchard said.None of Beauchard’s family

members or neighbors havebeen injured or killed by theearthquake, but their homes,have been devastated.“I’ve been told a few people

have left the city to go to theprovinces to join other familymembers, but the majority re-main in the street near theirhomes,” Beauchard said.Beauchard’s host family, Fred

and Karen Cress, as well asteachers and students, havebeen very supportive duringthis time of grief away fromfamily and friends.“My host parents were being

so supporting during this tragicevent by reassuring me theywill be ok, and calling others tokeep me and my family in theirprayers,” Beauchard said.“Throughout last week, severalpeople, such as teachers andformer classmates, came upwondering if I was ok, saying ‘I

thought of you a lot.’ I’m sothankful for their concerns.”As a student-worker for the

associate dean of educationalservices, Dale Reed,Beauchard’s work ethic andpersonality is also noticeablyapparent.“Regine is an outstanding

young lady; pleasant and seem-ingly always in good spirits. Iwould take a dozen of her asboth a person and a worker,”Reed said. “She will be suc-cessful in life.”Beauchard also works with

the administrative assistant toeducational and student ser-vices, Sara Marshall, who also

Beauchard

Antigoné LoweryCrusader staff

The Student Government As-sociation is currently preparingfor the 2010 homecoming.The coronation ceremony has

been scheduled for Saturday,Feb. 20 following the LadySaint’s 6:30 p.m. basketballgame against Dodge City Com-munity College.Campus Ministry for Christ

has nominated Kiara Loweryand Logan Michael Green;HALO will be represented byJessica Palacios and Saul Rico;Phi Theta Kappa has nominatedJordan Eder and Zane Atchley;Edgar Rosales and Lily Torreswill represent SGA.Shaley Thomas and Layne

Greeson will represent SIFE;Haley Adkinson and FrankRuano for concert band; JasmineMitchell for Skills USA andBrandi Colvin will representSNA.Jeanette Contreras and Omar

Rios will represent Kylix and theCrusader will be represented byMorgan Allaman and Will Rec-tor.The deadline for student orga-

nizations to nominate one fe-male and one male candidate isJan. 29. Names should be sub-mitted to Wade Lyon in the Stu-dent Activities office next to thebookstore.The schedule for voting will

take place thereafter, with firstround voting Feb.1-3, final an-nouncement of candidates onFeb.4, and final round of votingFeb.15-17.Following the men’s game

which starts at 8 p.m., there willbe a dance from 10 p.m.-1 a.m inthe student union.SGA will continue planning

for homecoming events duringregular meetings on Mondays at4:30 p.m. above the bookstoreand welcomes any students tocome.

Zach CarpenterCrusader staff

Extreme Home Makeover? Not quite, but Seward CountyCommunity College/Area Technical School’s Student Gov-ernment has been planning for the past year to remodel theStudent Union.Wade Lyon, director

of student activities,got on board with theproject. According toSGA president EdgarRosales, the SGA pre-sented its plan for remodel-ing to the board of trustees andthe plan was approved right beforewinter break of the 2009 fall se-mester.On Jan. 14, the new furniture

was moved into the union to stay.Among the new additions are

four small tables, eight greenchairs which accent the four blackleather seats, one sectional couch,four black coffee tables and twonew ping-pong tables, allfrom Overstock.com andModern Line Furnitureout of New Jersey.“It gives a better envi-

ronment for college vibes,” Rosalessaid.Rosales said they still plan on adding a game console, sur-

round sound system and another flat screen television hope-fully by the end of this semester.Lyon would like to see some new wall furnishings as well.“We’ll probably keep trying to add things as we go, maybe

get some artwork and some different things to liven it upeven more,” Lyon said.SGA’s budget was around $6,000, and, according to some

students who frequent the union, it was money well spent.“They kind of gave it a more homey look for anyone who

wants to study or do their homework so they don’t have toreally strain too much to concentrate a little more,” SC stu-dent Cody Denham said. “And the two new ping-pong ta-bles make it so that if there is a lot of people who want to

play. They won’t have to have a longline of people whowant to play at onetable.”Celeste Donovan,

dean of student ser-vices, commendedthe SGA students for

the selections made.“I think the students

did a really nice job of pickingout the furniture that they reallywanted, to make it a more invit-ing, comfortable student union,”Donovan said. “This year the Stu-dent Government decided thatthey would really make it hap-pen.”SGA gathered sample pictures

from different furniture compa-nies and the students picked outthe green and black furniture

that now adorns theunion.Sophomore Christo-

pher Perez believesthat the improvements

make a nice socialspace.“It’s pretty good stuff, we got a lot of things where we can

hang out and talk and chill,” Perez said.Rosales and Lyon both agree the student union has seen

more faces than usual lately due to the recent upgrades.“People want to be there,” Rosales said.

Crusader photo/ Logan Green

Saint freshman Victor Rodriguez kicks back in one of the new leather seats in the student union. The union was renovated bythe student government organization on a budget of $6,000. For more pictures of the union renovation visit www.cru-sadernews.com under the multimedia tab.

SGA revamps student union

Haitian student shines in time of hardship

SGA preparesfor Feb. 20homecoming

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Saints ESP will offer three$100 scholarships for next se-mester. Requirements for thescholarship include a completedapplication with signature, a let-ter of recommendation, to be en-rolled in at least six credit hoursand a cumulative GPA of 2.5.The scholarship is geared to-

wards non-traditional businessmajors but not limited to that.The deadline for the scholar-

ship is Feb. 5.

Saints ESP offeringthree scholarships

TRiO is hosting a Lunch ‘n’Learn from noon to 1 p.m. Feb.1 and Feb. 3 and from 12:30p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2 and Feb 4in the library.TRiO students participating

will receive a free lunch, butmust sign up ahead of time.Academic and career adviser

Robert Herbig will be teachingsuccess shops.“How To Use Your Time

Wisely” will be 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.Feb. 3, and “The Future isYours” will be 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.Feb. 10 in roomA125.

TRiO hosts lunchand workshops

SIFE sponsors Haitibenefit luncheon

Student Government Associa-tion is bringing in Zapped LaserTag Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4p.m.Laser tag activities will be in

conference room SW229C andSW229D.Students may bring a team or

show up alone.

PTK plans inductionceremony for spring

SC gets involvedwith Kansas day

SIFE is sponsoring a Haitibenefit lunch Jan. 31 from 12:30p.m. to 2 p.m. at First ChristianChurch, 920 N. Jordan in Liber-al.All donations will go to the

family of Seward student RegineBeauchard who is from Haitiand featured in this issue of theCrusader.

The Allied Health job fair isscheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Feb. 4 in SW220 C and D.Registration fee is $20.00 per

table. Booths will be assigned ona first come, first serve basis.Setup time is 10:00 am.For more information, contact

the business and industry officeat 417-1171.

Graduation robes onsale February onlyGraduation robe orders will be

taken from Feb. 1 to Feb. 29 inthe Saints Bookstore.There will be a graduation

charge of $36 plus tax for asso-ciate degree candidates and $31plus tax for certificate of com-pletion candidates and is duewhen placing robe orders.

Job fair scheduled forAllied Health students

Sigma Chi Chi is teaming upwith Seward County HistoricalMuseum, Kansas Corp memberLacy Garcia and USD #480,today to provide Kansas Day ac-tivities for eight Liberal fourthgrade classes.Students attending will be:

MarioArmendariz, Corey Clark,Dayton Davis, Carlos Enriquez,Aaron Gibler, Mark Hartle,Keaton Kliner, Dominique Lee,Dustin Little, Michael Mages,Andrew Mains, FranciscoMoreno, Jaime Peralta, AdamRegier, Enrique Rodriguez,Janette Vargas and Garcia.

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the stock market. Probably you arethinking now that it requires a lotof money, time, and knowledge,but you can start with less thanUS$ 100.00 and a little basicinformation.

First of all you should under-stand why stocks are good invest-ments. Basically there are threemain reasons to own stocks, firstbecause you can buy a piece of asuccessful company with just a lit-tle money compared with its totalvalue. Second, because it has beenthe best investment over time, ithas returned an average of 10.5% ayear for the past 75 years, it has areturn average much higher thanother investments such asCorporate Bonds (4.5%), U.S.Treasury Bonds (3.3%), andSaving Accounts (1.8%). Theserates were posted at the same timeinflation grew at 3.3%. The thirdreason has to do with liquidity thatallows investors to quickly andeasily sell securities. This is anattractive feature of investing instocks, compared to other less liq-uid investments such as real estate.Obviously you have the risk oflosing money but you also havethe opportunity in to invest insuccessful companies that willgive you a return that you can’teven imagine, for example a$10,000 investment in Microsoftin January 1990 was worth about$900,000 in January 2000. Later

on the next Crusader edition, I willgive some tips in how to investand make money in the StockMarket.

Now it is importantfor you understand howstocks trade. Every timestocks are bought andsold it is a transactioncalled trading. Everycompany has a tickersymbol, which is theunique code used toidentify a stock, forexample IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT). Astock, or security, repre-sents a share of the com-pany or part of the own-ership. But where thecompanies sell theirstocks? A company cansell directly toinvestors, but usuallythey will sell through a brokeragefirm. The brokerage firm will buyand sell the stock in a securityexchange. There are three big stockexchanges in United States, theNew York Stock Exchange(NYSE), the American StockExchange (AMEX), and theNational Association of SecuritiesDealers Automated QuotationSystem (NASDAQ).

There are two ways of makemoney owing stocks: one methodis through dividends that are paidto you as your share in the com-pany’s profit. Dividends are gener-ally paid quarterly or yearly.

Another way to make money isthrough Capital Appreciationwhich is the profit you keep after

you buy a stock and sell ita higher price. The stocks’price is defined throughone of the basic economiclaw, the supply anddemand. If there is a high-er demand (more peoplebuying than selling) thestock price will rise, and ifthe supply is higher thandemand (more people sell-ing than buying) the stockprice will get cheaper.

Buying stocks you canchoose either CommonStock or Preferred Stock.Common Stock entitlesyou to voting rights andany dividend that the com-pany decides to pay, thedividends for commonstock can vary with the

company success. Preferred Stockhas a set dividend that does notvary with the company’s perfor-mance, and preferred stockholdersalso receive their dividends beforethe common stockholders.

� Carlos Souza is a Seward stu-dent majoring in business. He notonly writes this financial column,but he also plays tennis and isinvolved in Seward’s Students inFree Enterprise.

In the Feb. 11 of the Crusader,Carlos will discuss how to choosesuccessful companies for stockmarket investments in Part II ofthis installment.

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The Seward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical School Board ofTrustees met Jan. 4 to approve plans for pro-posed changes to facilities and programs at theArea Technical School and the college’s long-range strategic plan.

The board approved proposed modifications atthe area technical school facilities, as presentedby Dr. Bud Smithson, director.

The proposal would allow similar programsto be located in closer proximity and maximizeuse of current floor space and facility design.The new Natural Gas Compressor ServicesProgram will be housed in the existing carpen-try area. The compressor program requires athicker floor and drainage for petroleum productsand the current carpentry lab, which was origi-nally the diesel lab at the technical school, hasa joint wash bay with machine tool and a clos-er classroom. This change would also place thecompressor program closer to similar programs,such as Machine Tool Technology, AutomotiveTechnology and Diesel Technology.

Dale Reed, associate dean of educational ser-vices, informed the board that the college is stilllooking for an instructor for the gas compressorprogram.

The Construction Trades Technology programwould be moved to the HVAC lab where thesetwo programs can work together in training stu-dents. Students can work together for construc-tion and HVAC installation projects by usingthe large lab area.

The college would move the vendingmachines to the cafeteria area and create a pro-gram display as well. This is intended to createan increased awareness of the programs, activi-ties and student achievements at the ATS whileimproving the arrangements in the studentlounge.

The final plan would use empty classroomsfor conference rooms, convert the kitchen to adeli, fast food and snack area for students andprovide furniture upgrades for the computer lab.

The next board meeting is Monday, Feb. 1 inthe boardroom.

� For full story, see CrusaderNews.com.Non-traditional students interested in Medical Transcription attend a meeting to learn about an online classthrough Career Step, a healthcare education company. Students who enrolled were offered a free laptop.

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complimented her maturity during this recent tragedy.“Regine still goes to every class and does all of her homework.

Whenever she can, she watches the news, reads stories on the Inter-net and chats with her family,” Marshall said. “Regine has handledeverything really well and is very appreciative to everyone for thethings they have done for her and her family.”Beauchard does not know how long it may be until she can return

to Haiti because of the severity of the situation, but she is doing herbest to stay positive while away from her family and friends.“I’m trying to keep a high spirit with all that’s going on in my

country. It is so heartbreaking to see how much ravage this disasterhas caused. However, we as Haitians never give up.We always keepour heads up and manage to keep a smile on our face no matter howbad things seem to be,” Beauchard said.Campus club SIFE is sponsoring a Haiti benefit lunch Sunday

from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at First Christian Church, 920 N. Jordanin Liberal, in which all donations will go to Beauchard’s family.Other support groups, such as Habitat for Humanity and popular

Haitian singer Wycleaf Jean’s Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund, contin-ue to seek contributions in order to help with aiding the people ofHaiti.Brown’s Shoe Fit Company in Liberal also plans to help the peo-

ple of Haiti by collecting new and slightly used shoes to send ascontributions, in part with the group “Soles for Souls,” that can bedropped off in the store.

SC announces winners

Omar Rios

Morgan Allaman

Karla Bartel

Haiti: Seward studentperseveres after quake• continued from page 1

Alfredo AnayaCrusader staff

The spring semester People’s ChoiceAward winners are Morgan Allaman forthe photography category, Omar Rios forthe 2-Dimensional art category and KarlaBartel for the 3-Dimensional art category.This year’s art exhibit was displayed

from Dec. 9 to Dec. 14, and voting tookplace during that time.There are three categories to the exhib-

it, which are 2-Dimensional art, 3-Dimen-sional art and photography, and the win-ners are voted on by the people who at-tend the exhibit.Allaman is a second-time winner in the

photography category, and she was en-rolled in Digital Photography II class dur-ing the contest. Her photo is of her beaglepuppy, Ronald, with a daisy in his mouth.Rios is currently in a graphic design

class and was in Drawing I last semester.His piece was from a class assignment,and he was influenced by robot inspiredart from aWichita museum.Bartel is a non-traditional student who

was enrolled in a ceramics art class. Her“Lady in theWater” sculpture was the firstceramics piece she has ever made.According to art director Susan Copas,

the next People’s ChoiceAward exhibit isplanned for the end of this semester.

Dana LoewenNews editor

Many people don’t make NewYear’s Resolutions, and thosewho do, don’t always succeed.But it is possible.Not all resolutions have to be

started on the first day of theyear.According to Dean of Admin-

istrative Services TommyWilliams, New Year’s Resolu-tions are too hard to keep so he’drather not make them in the firstplace.But whether they were New

Year’s Resolutions or not, he hasset some goals for himself lately.He decided to stop smoking inJuly and succeeded.He’s also working on losing

weight by watching what he eatsand walking at the WellnessCenter.“I just got tired of being fat,”

Williams said. “You have to getyour mind made up and followthrough. It’s up to you, not any-one else.”“When I was smoking, people

kept telling me I needed to quit,but it’s not their decision tomake,” Williams said. “Finally Idid and I made it.”Failing doesn’t mean you

should just give up.This year, Director of Business

and Industry Reenie Jacksonmade a resolution she’s madeevery year for 14 years. Shewants to quit cursing.“I’m surprised I’ve made it

this long,” Jackson said mid-Jan-uary. “I always seem to blow it.”She knows it sounds better to

not cuss.“I cuss too much. I sound like

a sailor,” Jackson said.“I’ve had this resolution for a

long time and I’m still trying,”Jackson said. “I’m not giving up— until death probably.”“I made it to April one year,”

Jackson said. “That’s the longestI’ve gone.”

Staff makesresolutions

Crusader photo/ Alfredo Anaya

Dean of Student Services CelesteDonovan and Dean of Adminis-trative Services Tommy Williamswalk on the track at the WellnessCenter.

Joseph HoffmanCrusader staff

The travel link on www.sccc.edu is not only a convenient vaca-tion search engine, it also helps earn scholarship money for the col-lege.

A place open for anyone to plan and book a business trip or va-cation is conveniently located on the homepage of the college’s Website.

The travel link proves beneficial to the college by donating a per-centage of the money spent on vacations or airline tickets to the De-velopment Foundation for scholarships.“It’s a convenient link because you can book your rental car, air-

fare and hotel in one place,” Dean of Administrative ServicesTommyWilliams said.The travel link is located under the Quick Links subheading on

ww.sccc.edu, and all it takes is one click to get to a Web site thathas a search engine for booking flights, whether it be in the coun-try or internationally. It also works for rental cars, vacation spotsand hotel rooms.

Logan GreenCrusader staff

Each month the Colvin Adult Learning Center has a number ofpeople who have met the requirements to graduate from the GEDprogram. The students are required to pass a test containing the fivesubjects of math, science, reading, writing and social studies to beable to graduate with the other GED completers in May.The following is the list of those who have completed the GED

program in the previous month of December: GabrielAlmaraz, Ser-gio Dominguez, Dixie Hunt, Alma Jaques, Justin Lambert, IlianaMacias, Raquel Montiel, Diana Sanchez, Edgar Saucedo andRobert Smith Jr.

Students complete GEDthrough the college

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• continued from page 1Kansas Day: Students helpThe activities for the fourth

graders will include a “Jeop-ardy-like” game aboutKansas History and toursaround the Coronado Muse-um. The students will also take

part in an essay competitionentitled “What I learnedabout Kansas History.” The fourth graders have

one week to complete theessay, and the top entries will

win prizes such as familymovie passes, college basket-ball game tickets, bowlingalley tickets, T-shirts andother memorabilia. Judges for this competition

will be SC Dean of StudentServices Celeste Donovanand Garcia. “I was really glad to see the

Criminal Justice club step upand take this activity,” Dono-van said.

Garcia will also be at theButler County History Centerand Oil Museum in El Dora-do, on Jan. 30 with theKansas Corp volunteers.

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Like most common folks, I like to partake in alittle activity known as social networking, particu-larly of the Facebook variety.I enjoy the nifty little videos you can post on

people’s walls which are more personal than just aregular comment or a boring e-mail.I am also quite fond of the fact that just about

everyone I could think of contacting maintains aFacebook page. But as with all things, not every-thing is always rainbows and butterflies in our cy-bernetic world.

In recent news feeds I have been gettingmany updates on how my friends are join-ing a bunch of random Facebook groups,which I do admit at first I thought werevery funny and amusing, but then it got re-ally annoying to be informed that some-body joined a group so their pet kittenwouldn’t be abducted by pirate aliens. Isthat really necessary?Facebook groups were designed as a way

for people with common interests to get to-gether and have a place to discuss ideas andtalk to people who share the same beliefs,not so your friends think you’re funny andcool by seeing you join all these groups.This entire random group joining busi-

ness eventually got to be a really big annoy-ance for me, so I decided to show every-body just how annoying it was by joiningrandomly stupid groups as well.

One of my personal favorites is,“It’s right behind you. Don’t askme Dora, you’re the explorer.” I’msure most of us have wondered thisas we sit down and watch Dora theExplorer as she constantly asks uswhere random places are like themagical shoe cave. This group hasabout 400 members, believe it ornot.Another one of these groups was

titled something like “It’s OKPluto, I’m not a planet either.”Well, I’m glad Pluto will be com-forted by 128,974 fans next time helogs into his Facebook page. I’mglad we all live in such a caringworld.And that’s not even the begin-

ning. It’s crazy how people can just

create a random page and get thousands of users tojoin and become fans. Like the group “The dollaryou are holding could've been in a stripper’s buttcrack.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t think Ior the other 50,000 members of the group will beable to think about our money in the same wayagain. Also, whoever started this should probablypick up a nice book to occupy their time.All of those groups are pretty ridiculous, and I’m

sure if I wanted to I could find groups that areprobably worst than that, but I will save us both thetrouble and let you discover them on your own. Letme just say, you don’t want to be the friend thatends up getting hidden from the newsfeed just be-cause you can’t control yourself with your groupjoining antics.Also, it makes you seem a little less smart when

you decided to become a part of a group that some-one with too much time on their hands randomlydecided to create.

OPINION4 Friday, January 29, 2010CRUSADER

I’m used to talking and posting my opinionson forums and Facebook and whatnot, but notan actual newspaper, something that is pub-lished by the press.When I found out that an opinion column

was about opinions, I had two different reac-tions: One was, “Really? I don’t have to worryabout using last names if I mention a person orword it such and such a way. I can be myself,”The second one was, “Can I really put downmy ‘opinion’ and not get myself in a ringer forwhat I wrote, whether a person agrees with itor not?” Well, after successfully having threecolumns printed with positive feedback I fig-ured I’d be okay. It’s not that I never had achance to express myself or get my opinionout there.I was home schooled. I did most of my

school work online and I had several onlinefriends, most of whom I still keep in touch

with via Facebook or phone. I expressed my-self to them and fit in just fine, but what ismaking the difference here is not necessarilythe fact that my stuff is in the paper, but thatthere is no screen between me and my class-mates this time. I had other friends at churchand Boy Scouts and other things, but I didn’tsee them every single day.Now I’m around other people my own age

almost all the time. It’s becoming commonplace to see somebody my age or a little olderpass me in the hall or at the student union.I know, the way I’m writing this it sounds

like I never saw the light of day and my onlyline to the outside world was through the com-puter. Not true. All I’m saying is I’ve changeda lot since coming here. (College does that topeople.)I’ve grown up a lot, and I’m far from fin-

ished. I know I shouldn’t be surprised when aunique challenge comes up, because there area lot of things going on that I’m very new to.I talk to my friend Raymond, a fellow musi-

cian and great friend. The dude is like 36, mar-ried and has a band called Bipolar Echo (Lookthem up on MySpace.) I tell him about all thestuff going on with school, people and grow-ing up, and he just laughs at me. I’m all like,“Why is that funny?” He says, “Because I’m

still learning that,too!” And we’re nottalking about the aca-demics either.So, yeah, I’m not

finished growing.Hopefully I won’t hitany Anti-Zach barri-ers and stop growing.Just when you thinkyou know it all, some-thing else comes upand bites you in thebum. And after youget done bandagingyour rear-end fromthe teeth marks of saidsituation, if youlearned from it, youcan laugh at the situa-tion and move on. Soin the words of mygood buddy Paul, “Hewho began a goodwork in you will sure-ly carry it on to com-pletion until the dayof Jesus Christ.” -Philippians 4:6

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Students who relieved a scholarship last semester had all semester to send thank younotes to the contributor of their scholarship yet many did not. It is important that stu-dents send a thank you note for their scholarship not only because it is polite but be-cause they could lose their scholarship if they don’t.While many students would rather just send a quick e-mail or scribble a quick note

on scratch paper, a well thought out thank you note is important. Any scholarship yourelieve has a big impact on you, and your donors deserve to know how much their gen-erosity means to you.Having worked hard to meet the requirements of the scholarship, you might feel you

earned the money. However, you are not entitled to it. No one had to give you anythingto help you attend college and further your schooling.During the first week of the spring semester, pink flyers were posted on doors around

campus with long lists of students who forgot to send thank you notes and instructionson where to go for help. A drop box was also conveniently located outside the Develop-mental Foundation office. Next to the drop box were brochures including reasons forthank you notes, why to write them, how to write them and what to include.The point that will catch your attention the most is that scholarship thank you notes

are required before the school will pay scholarships in the spring. This means that tak-ing a short amount of time to write a thank you note can mean the difference betweenlosing your scholarship and continuing to relieve it.We believe all students should be aware of the importance of sending a thank you note

for each scholarship they relieve as early as possible.

Required Social Security Number makes it a Slave Surveillance Number

Some Facebook users join too many pointless groups

Sound smarter by saving yourself from simple spelling mistakes

Students should send thankyou notes for scholarships Q Do you think the United States is

playing a crucial role in theaftermath of the Haitiearthquakes? Did you donate, orknow somebody who did?

“We’re not doing as much as Iwould like us to. We should takemore of a leadership role; weweren’t even one of the firstcountries on the scene to help, itwas China.I’ve considered it, but I don’t

know if it’s safe or how much ofthe money actually gets to thepeople that need help.”

Malachi Hall

“Yes, I believe so. I think all theathletes who have money arehelping out too. I don’t reallyknow about all the other people,but I think we can all do more asindividuals to help.I have considered donating, but

it’s a tough time, and I’m broke.”

Michael Mages

“I think we are doing as muchas we can to help with all the po-litical visits and donations. I thinkwe’re doing quite a bit.I don’t have the funds to do it,

but I know my step-mom has do-nated.”

“I am proud of our administrationfor quickly responding in such apositive manner to such devastation,but there’s so much that needed to bedone even before this happened, soit’s hard to say just how much is re-ally enough.I have personally donated, and our

SIFE group is doing a donation for astudent from Haiti. SIFE has beenhelping a different part of Haiti forthe past three years, and we are con-tinuing that. And if all goes well, hopefully I get to go backthis summer.”

Anna Castanon

“I think the United States wantsto help, but we’re not doing asmuch as we can. People want tohelp because it’s a foreign country,but they should try to do more thanwhat they are doing now.I really don’t know anybody that

has donated, but I’ve considered it.It’s college though, and it’s a toughtime, we’re all broke.”

Former homeschooler learns life lessons in college

“Justwhen youthink youknow it

all, some-thing elsecomes upand bitesyou in the

bum.”

“I decidedto show

everybodyjust how

annoying itwas byjoining

randomlystupid

groups aswell.”

Our View...

Ana Rivero

Kim Thomas

Some time ago, when a group of college studentswent to a local discount store, one of the guys inthe group asked a man in a bank office in the samebuilding how to open a bank account, specificallya savings account. The answer of that man was:$100 and your Social Security Number.Apparently, if you are going to open a bank ac-

count, the first thing the bankers ask about is yourSSN. If you tell them that you don’t have a SSN,

they will refuse almost immediately to open the ac-count. So, what can people do if they don’t want togive private information to the banks? How canthey convince them that it’s not that necessary?Here are some ways:According to the U.S Code of Federal Regula-

tions, CFR 3 A7 404.1905, the Security Numbercan be legally ended.Banks cannot pressure a customer legally to tell

about his SSN according to 31 CFR 103.34 (a)(1).Banks are not asked to provide the taxpayer iden-

tification numbers at the end of the year on theForm 1099 under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)Section 6041.According to 26 CFR 301.6109-1© the bank is

not under any legal obligation to obtain a SSNfrom customer.It is classified as a crime under 42 USC 408 if

one is threatening or forcing someoneto provide his/her SSN.So, how do you open a bank account

without a SSN?Some people can do it by way of

court. Court usually provides the reliefto the customer.Some people open their accounts in

the name of some fake trust. In thisway they don’t have to provide theirSSN and trusts are non-human so itcan’t have a SSN. A trust is formedunder common law and is fully in ac-cordance with the laws of the State ofKansas.Obviously when you are opening an

account in the name of a trust, youdon’t have to show any part of the trust

to bank. One can open a non-interestbearing account in this way.To open such type of accounts one has

to get knowledge of constitutional lawsand if you don’t then you can go to alawyer for a advice.Be sure of your state laws to open a

trust. All this should be done accordingto the laws and rules of the state.Last of all, if you want to give your

private information and open your bankaccount by the “easy way”, just acceptand give your SSN. But remember thatthe simple act of giving your Social Se-curity Number can transform it in a“Slave Surveillance Number.”

One of my biggest pet peeves is grammar andspelling mistakes. This, I know, is kind of nerdy.So when reading people’s posts on Facebook andother places, I often get the overwhelming urge to

correct them. Sometimes I do, butmost of the time I don’t, figuringI’ll sound annoying because obvi-ously people don’t care if they spellthings right or not. I don’t mindtexting lingo like abbreviations andnot capitalizing proper nouns oranything like that, but some stuffyou should just know. So, here foryour information are five easy-to-learn spelling and grammar rules tomake you sound smarter.

1. “Your” means you have something.“You’re” means you are something. Just re-member that the apostrophe means it’s ac-tually two words (“you” and “are”).If you don’t know which one to write just

read it as “you are” and see if it sounds rightor not.2. “Its” and “It’s” follow the same rule.

“Its” is possessive, meaning it has some-thing. “It’s” is a contraction for “it is”. Sojust read it as “it is” if you’re not sure.3. “Ridiculous” I have problems with this

one sometimes because we (here in Kansas any-way) pronounce it “re-diculous.” So just remem-ber that it’s an “i” not an “e.”4. “A” and “An” This one’s pretty easy to re-

member. Use “An” if the next word starts with avowel sound. Use “a” if it’s a consonant sound.I met a doctor who lives in a house with a uni-

corn. I also met an entrepreneur who eats an appleand an orange in an hour.5. “Weather” is temperature, rain, wind, etc.

“Whether” comes before two choices. Do youknow whether the weather will be nice or not?

“Appar-ently, if youare going toopen a bankaccount, thefirst thing

the bankersask about isyour Social

SecurityNumber.”

“...peopledon’t carewhetherthey spell

things rightor not.”

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Campano@crusadernews.com

Crusader Illustration/ Miguel Compano

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Dana LoewenCrusader staff

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Bucky WildENTERTAINMENT6 Friday, January 29, 2010CRUSADER

Bucky Wild

Country singer and former“American Idol” contestantBucky Covington was a wholelot of country and a whole lot ofrock ’n’ roll adding up to oneamazing show.

The day before the CountryShowdown, a vocal concerttook place where 25 hopefulscompeted for cash money andprizes.Profits from both shows went

to support Liberal High SchoolBooster Club.The top three also got the op-

portunity to open for Covington.The top three finalist were

Chelsea Beck, Matt Holly andDenasa Rice.Covington had the crowd up

on their feet right from the start.Covington was also very inter-active with the crowd, as hewould sign autographs and evenpose for pictures while singingat the same time.During one of his songs, he

invited a little girl on stage andshowed her how play an air gui-tar.Throughout the show, Cov-

ington sang a variety of songsincluding original songs like “ADifferent World,” covers such as

Elvis’ “Suspicious Minds” andalso three new songs including“Mexicoma,” a feel-good, laidback song.Covington also shared the

stage with his band includinghis twin brother Rocky.It was great to see Covington

hand over the mic to his brother,and they even sang aWillie Nel-son song together.

The Covington twins were agreat novelty in the show asthey both have strong musicalability.Covington ended the show by

performing “It’s Good to BeUs.” He even walked around theauditorium, and he had thecrowd cheering along with thisupbeat tune.For an encore, he sang Geor-

gia Satellites’ “Keep YourHands to Yourself.”He also gave shout outs to his

band, and each member playeda solo that ranged from VanHalen’s “Jump” and the themefrom Rocky during Rocky’ssolo, of course.Overall, the show was upbeat,

and never a dull moment asCovington and his band kept thecrowd moving.

Country artist bringsenergy, thrills to Liberal

Covington, left, shares the stage with his twinbrother, Rocky, right.

Covington, right, shows a little girl how to play “airguitar” on stage.

Throughout the show, Covington would switch be-tween acoustic and electric guitar.

Bucky Covington reaches out to touch hands during the concert which was a part of Country Showdown Weekend at the James Maskus Auditorium on Jan. 23. For more photos and to hear an exclusive interview withBucky Covington, go to CrusaderNews.com and click on the multimedia tab.

What was yourfirst impression ofLiberal, Kansas?Flat. Well, where

I’m from, the EastCoast and over in

North Carolina by the foothillsand mountains, and I justbrought a farm outside ofNashville that are like even big-ger hills. So the first thing to hitme when I got up this morningwas, “Wow, it’s very flat.” Butit’s something very different.Do you have any pre-perfor-

mance rituals?I’ll jog in place. I’ll sing about

a half of a song while jogging inplace and pretty much the reasonwhy I do that is the first time youget winded, it winds you, thesecond time it winds you it isn’tso bad. So I go ahead and windmyself out a little bit, probablyabout 15 minutes or so before Igo on stage.Simon Cowell recently an-

nounced that he was leaving“American Idol” at the end ofthis season. Do you think theshow can be the same withouthim?That is going to be the big

question. Definitely as a contes-tant from Simon Cowell, I think

everyone wants his approval.With me, it didn’t really mattertoo much because he admittedlyhates country music. It justmakes it easier for me to write itoff, but I think a lot people dowatch the show to get into thecontestants...and you start likingthem but I think mainly peoplewatch that show because ofSimon Cowell. What is Simongonna say to who and when is hegonna say it. I think there is achance it could hurt the show alittle bit. I really hope it doesn’tbecause it does do a lot of greatthings for a lot of people likemyself.What is something that has

surprised you the most aboutthe music industry?It’s a lot more involved than I

would have thought coming in.I knew making the album andstuff like that but you forgetabout doing all the pressand...doing a lot of charity stuff.I do a great bit of charity workgiving back to kids, with Arthri-tis Foundation and USO. I thinkjust all together the schedule it-self is busier than I would havethought. I mean it doesn’t suckat all. When you’re doing whatyou love, it’s not work. It’s just

getting up.You’re on the road quite a

bit with your twin brotherRocky. Do you think it’s im-portant to have family ontour?You know for me it was. If I

had a regular brother, like for in-stance I have a normal sisterwho is not a twin, I don’t findmyself having to be with her asmuch. A twin brother is some-body that you share everythingwith. I mean, everything fromhand-me-down clothes to acombo at Hardy’s. You have toshare everything. I went on roadfor probably about two yearsgive or take and Rocky wasn’tthere, and that sucked. I didn’tlike that at all. For me it is veryimportant to have my brother outon the road with, but I can’t an-swer for everyone. I think in alot of cases it might be better offyou if did not go with family.

� Deisi Barboza conductedthis interview after following theBucky Countdown since No-vember. She decided he was anoverall nice guy & posted hisfull interview on Cru-saderNews.com click on Multi-media tab.

QA&Bucky Covington

Review by Deisi Barboza • Photos by Miguel Campano

Covington laughs during interview with The Crusaderbefore the show on Saturday.

Covington sings during show at the James MaskusAuditorium.

“Whenyou’re

doing whatyou love,It’s not

work. It’sjust getting

up.”

ENTERTAINMENT CRUSADER 7Friday, January 29, 2010

The Mission Improvableshow at Seward Mondaystarted out with four improvagents known as “Agent Or-ange,” “Agent Party,”“Agent Dragon,” and “AgentEspionage” telling the audi-ence they would have sever-al improv missions throughout the show, and handed outenvelopes to the audience.The missions could be ac-

cepted by shouting “I have amission should you choose toaccept it!” to the improvagent.The four guys were highly

energetic and got the audi-ence into the show by tellingthem they were going to shutoff the part of their brainsthat tells them not to random-ly shout out suggestions.The improv agents then

proceeded to divide the audi-ence into two halves, onebeing the side of lions andother side being the bearswith the exception of onewoman who was team prairiedog all by herself.The comedians started im-

provising scenes from genresthat were shouted out. Theyended up doing a very funnyscene with two guys bothbeing salami makers andskate boarders, which thenended up being in a drama,followed by a romance, fol-lowed by a documentary, andending by being a broadwaymusical.It really was as random as

it sounds. They continuedwith their next mission,which was to do snap jokes,insulting each other withthings the audience shoutedout to them. The insults in-cluded subjects from upbeatwalnuts to furry fish and par-tying in pants.Most of the audience was

laughing because most of thejokes made no sense and in-cluded very random refer-ences to anything from StarWars to Miley Cyrus.The improv agents did

other scenes, including onewith an audience memberparticipating by washing herhair for the Olympics while

being from Czechoslovakiacompeting against a Canadi-an opponent, spelling ran-dom words and making sen-tences out of them, while twoaudience members handledtwo of the agents who weredummies. The dummieswere only performing themovements the audiencemembers decided to makethem do.The show ended strongly

with having pretty mucheveryone in the audiencelaugh at one point or anotherthroughout the show.Their final skit was having

one the agents guess a seriesof random activities the audi-ence thought of, which wereshowering with ketchup in-stead of water, celebratingKwanza with the Easterbunny, and bungee jumpingto their death from a Bron-tosaurus.The audience applauded

loudly to the Improv group ofvery funny guys, they did avery good job of entertainingthe students for the evening.

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Players drop into massiveaction exclusive to the PS3

Cameron Sinks Titanic

MAGMassive Action Game is a fantasy come true for many military

shooter fan boys who own a Playstation 3. MAG drops you into theaction from the very beginning in military fashion, shipping you tobasic training where everything is learned, and eventually droppingyou into the real deal.From day one, you are given the option of three factions to choose

from: the Unites States Army affiliated Valor, The SVER, which isa group of mercenary soldiers from China, India and Russia, and theRaven PMC, which is a high tech military force from Europe. Afteryou have chosen your faction, you are put into basic training.One of the best things about MAG, other than the 256 players thatcan participate in one match, is the customization and ranking sys-tem. For every kill and objective obtained while in a match, yourplayer gains experience which allows you to climb the ladder ofranks , eventually being able to hold leadership positions and honeyour skills in three weapon classes.The marksman class focuses on sniper rifles and assault rifles with

the player being of average speed and skills. The medic can healplayers on the field once they have been shot down, and lastly theengineer, who can carry many heavy guns and RPGs, can work ondowned tanks and turrets. Many of the skills you earn can be mixedand matched so everyone can have his or her own unique experience.The only problem that may have some players concerned is the ac-cessibility for beginners of military tactics. Since there are so manythings happening at once, communication is essential in survival andvictory. Also the fact that if the player wants to switch factions, hemust start from drawing board. So it is best to think through your fac-tion decision. Overall MAG is a very satisfying shooter and will keepplayers on the battlefield for a very long time.

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“Secret Agent Dragon” makes a snap joke about furry fish during the Mission Improvable showMon-day. The secret agents made jokes about many random subjects as suggested by students through-out the show.

Secret “AgentOrange” expresseshis competitivenessas he was acting as

a Canadianolympian competi-tively washing hishair against his

Czechoslovakianopponent played by

Seward studentMalesa Green.

‘Beauty and theBeast’ Auditions

Poetry to pop inFebruary readings

Director James Cameron has always been a fan of science fictionand when he had the vision of a Garden of Eden-like world whilemaking the Titanic, Jim wanted to do the science fiction world jus-tice by bringing the best tools that he could to make his dream cometo life, thusAvatar was born.Cameron wrote the script forAvatar in 1995, and planned to make

the movie shortly after the release of Titanic, which reached theatersin 1997 and was the first movie to reach the one billion mark.But after consulting with his staff he re-

alized that the special effects needed toproduce such a movie had not been cre-ated yet. He decided to put the movie “onice” and work on his successful Termina-tor series until he felt computers had fi-nally caught up with him.Yet major hits with movie-goers, none

compared with the Titanic and its im-mense presence and gravity in the cine-matic world. It wasn’t until 2002 did hefeel ready to pursueAvatar again.After seeing the realistic emotions por-

trayed by other computer generated im-agery characters, he felt that with a little push, James could producethe technology needed for the movie. James and his crew spent twoyears developing the tools needed to create his vision, along withrevolutionizing the way CGI movies are made.James has always pushed the envelope on the ways movies are

made, but this movie “pushed back” as James said. James talked ofthe tough challenges that him and his employees faced while mak-ing the movie. It has been speculated that there might be a sequel toAvatar, with James Cameron even confessing to the possibility.With a movie that stuck at number one for years in ticket sales that

many critics expected would be surpassed by now, how ironic thatthe same director would break his own record. Owning the top twomovies internationally and nationally, Cameron truly is the King ofthe cinematic world.

‘Beauty and the Beast’ audi-tions will be Feb. 8, and 9 at 7p.m. in the SCCC/ATS theatre.The vocal part of the tryout willrequire 16 measures of musicprepared and memorized. Thoseinterested should bring a copy ofthe music for the accompanist.Callbacks, by invitation only,

will be Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in theSCCC/ATS theatre. ‘Beauty andthe Beast’ rehearsals will beginFeb. 15 and the performanceswill beApril 22-24.Those interested may contact

Alison Chambers at 417-1460.

A poetry reading will takeplace in the Seward humanitiesband room at 7 p.m. Feb. 25.Students from the creative

writing class will read theirwork and others are invited tosign up or listen. Live musicwill be played and refreshmentswill be served. Anyone interest-ed should contact Bill McGloth-ing at 417-1457.

Nathan WheelerCrusader Staff

The student creative arts mag-azine Telolith is now acceptingentries for pottery, paintings, po-etry and prose to be included intheir yearly publication aroundthe end of the spring semester.The deadline for entries isMarch 12, and those interestedare to submit visual art to SusanCopas in room H108 and liter-ary works to Bill McGlothing inroom H107.The magazine tries to be as in-

clusive as possible, and “is notan elitist publication,” accordingto McGlothing. Art included inthe magazine is converted tograyscale, but it is encouraged tosubmit in color anyway. Whenthe magazine is published, thereis a large reception celebratingit, where everyone is invited toattend.The literary work is chosen by

McGlothing, while art is chosenby Copas. The layout and coverare designed by students JessicaManeth, Karem Gallo, and Omar Rios from the

graphic design class taught byCopas. Maneth, a Telolith veter-an from last year, is looking for-ward to making her second pub-lication, while newcomersKarem and Omar are eager toenter the fray. Gallo said the taskwas kind of scary but Rios islooking forward to the chal-lenge.Both Copas and McGlothing

have worked on Telolith for alittle over a decade. Copas saysshe “thoroughly enjoys” work-ing on Telolith, while McGloth-ing says he derives “enormoussatisfaction” from the work.McGlothing said that the

magazine has more publicityand support then when he firststarted more than a decade ago.Copas recalls that 10 years ago,a common occurrence was forcomputers to crash from han-dling the (back then) enormousfile sizes. “I’m very glad thatthat doesn’t happen anymore,”Copas said with a laugh.

Telolith entriesbeing accepted

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INFOPAGE8 Friday, January 29, 2010CRUSADER

Morgan AllamanEditor-in-Chief

Two weeks ago, while most of you were sit-ting in class, I was sipping lattes in France andexploring ancient Rome…on a minimum wagebudget.I’m no money guru, but I’d like to offer some

tips and tricks that helped a poor college kid likeme spend a week in Europe.First and foremost, learn to love travel genius

Rick Steves. Steves has travel books out for justabout every European country, and I highly rec-ommend reading the book of the place you’reconsidering. They’re only $20, but you’ll getmore than you can imagine out of your trip justby reading the books.Steves gives history, opening and closing

times, prices, highlights, hand-drawn maps andbus and metro lines that take you there, not onlyto mainstream sights, but also to more intimatesights that will give tourists a true look at thecity and lifestyles of the locals.

Steves isn’t hesitant to tell you a place like theEiffel Tower is “crowded, expensive and thereare probably better views in Paris,” but after vis-iting more than 20 sites listed in his Paris andRome books, I’ve found his opinion to be pret-ty legit, and the fact that he adds humor makesit easy to read.

Steves also helps cut museum costs by pro-viding free downloads he narrates so touristsdon’t have to pay that extra $8 for audio guidesin English, and by giving you secret info, suchas Versailles is cheaper to go to later in the day.And if I have yet to sell you on Steves’ book,

he also offers survival phrases in other lan-guages like, “Do you speak English?” that youwill use time and time again, and briefs on cul-tural traits, such as the French find it rude whenpeople are loud on the bus or metro, that willsave you from looking like a “dumbAmerican.”Potential tourists can catch Steves on his pub-

lic television program, his talk radio show or hisonline website, www.ricksteves.com, all dedi-cated to travel.My next tip to cut traveling costs is to stay in

bed and breakfasts. In Europe, hotels are ridicu-lously expensive and most definitely not luxuri-ous. Don’t let the hotel lobbies fool you becauseyour room will look a lot like a motel room, andsome don’t even have bathrooms in the room.Hostels, which are not nearly as scary as the

movies suggest, are the cheapest option and area lot like dorm rooms except you’re sharing theroom with both male and female strangers, andthe bathrooms are down the hall, which are alsoshared by both male and female strangers.To find that happy, comfortable medium, go

with staying in bed and breakfasts, in which youstay in spare rooms of actual homes of people inthe community. The cost is not much more thanthe hostels, but in most cases you will get yourown private bathroom and bedroom, and get achance to view how home life works in thatcountry and talk one-on-one with your host.Another money saving tip to consider is in-

vesting in an international student identity cardat www.isic.org, which provides discounts at al-most any international museum and savestourists money on calls made while out of coun-try. Otherwise, making international calls fromAmerican cell phones can cost up to $2 a minuteif your calling plan includes international callsand can get pretty complicated.Also, whether or not your phone will text de-

pends on if that particular country supports tex-ting. In both France and Rome, I was able to re-ceive messages but never able to send them, andonly one time during my week stay did I see alocal texting.Investing in a packaged metro, bus and train

ticket is a smart way to travel within the city andsave money. Surprisingly, the metro, bus andtrain can get you within five blocks of just aboutany place you’d want to see and are prettycheap.Plus, taxis are expensive, and, personally, you

couldn’t pay me to drive in a place like Rome(YouTube it, it’s crazy).When it comes to saving money on food,

good luck. Small portions are served at bigprices just about anywhere, except McDonalds.Also, beware of sitting fees. Some restaurantsactually charge money to sit down to eat. I gotgypped out of $6, because I could see PalatineHill out the window as I ate my $15 chicken leg,which brings me to my next tip. Walk that extramile away from a huge tourist attraction to finda place to eat, otherwise the food and service, inmost cases, will be mediocre and more expen-sive than usual.And while you’re in that restaurant, remem-

ber to use the restroom before leaving. Other-wise you will pay up to $2 to use a restroomelsewhere.And to let you in on the secret that will prob-

ably save you the most money out of any ofthese tips…. travel in the off-season. Yeah, it’sgoing to be cold, but museums, plane tickets andhotels are tons cheaper, and places are lesscrowded, which means less time standing inlines and more time sightseeing.International travel is an opportunity unlike

any other, and I recommend it to everyone — ifnot for the historical value, then for the culturalknockout it delivers. Seeing new parts of theworld is possible, no matter your budget.

Ostia Antica is a large archeological site that was the harborcity of ancient Rome.

Ostia Antica

Tyrrhenian SeaThe TyrrhenianSea is part of theMediterranean Seaoff the westerncoast of Italy.

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ntainTreviFountain isone ofRome’smostinfamousfountains,whichmany visitin order tothrow acoin overtheirshoulderand makea wish.

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The Colosseum is a Roman amphitheater inwhich gladiators fought for entertainment.

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Traveling abroad on abudgetMany, myself formerly included,

believe international travel just doesn’tsee eye-to-eye with their income, but

now that I’m officially a world traveler,I know traveling abroad doesn’t have to

break your bank account.

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Friday, January 29, 2010CrusaderSEWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE/ AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL

Heart that beats to her own drumWill RectorCrusader staff

Most students go about every-day as any other day. They get inthe same routine and days seemto run together.Student athletes are the same.They go to their classes, and thenthey go to their practices orgames, but what happens whenthat routine is interruptedwith an“abnormal” beat?Morgan Skomal is a freshmanon the basketball team here atSeward, andwas facedwith a seri-ous situation in December theweek before break.“I was stressed with break get-ting closer, finals, and basketballgames,” Skomal said. “Then oneday I noticed a difference in myheart.”Skomal began feeling a differ-ence in her heart beats. Sheimmediately went to the doctor.“I went to the first doctor,”Skomal said. “And he said Icouldn’t play in the Pizza Hut

Classic against Northeastern andLabette because something waswrong with my heart, and hementioned the possibility ofneeding surgery on it. He toldmeI needed to go see a specialist.”The doctor said Skomal washaving premature atrial contrac-tions or PACs for short.“Coach(Penny) Jones went toeach doctor’s appointment withme that last week before break,”Skomal said. “Coach(Toby)Wynn understood that I couldn’tplay, but was encouraging methat it would only be a minorspeed bump and to keep him upto date on my appointments overbreak.”Skomal sat out the two gamesduring the Pizza Hut Classic, butcontinued to support the team.“Those two games I had to sitout drove me crazy,” Skomalsaid. “I wanted to be out there onthe floor with my team, but Icouldn’t. I just cheered my hard-est for them on the bench toshow them that I was still there.”

Over the break, Skomal visiteda specialist for a second opinionand was blessed with good news.The doctor said Skomal washaving premature atrial contrac-tions, which means that her heartwas beating abnormally. Heassured her that she would befine, and he gave her clearance tobegin practicing and playingagain. The doctor added that sheneeded to take care of her heart.“The specialist told me that Icouldn’t have any caffeine andthat stress would cause the abnor-mal beats,” Skomal said. “It wassuch a relief to find out that itwasn’t life threatening and that Icould get back to playing againwith my teammates. I had beendoing a lot of praying.”Skomal came back from breakand back to the Lady Saints witha new perspective.“The situation made me take alook at the bigger picture andrealize my role with the team,”Skomal said. “I had a bitter tastein my mouth knowing that I

couldn’t play in the only gamewe have lost so far this seasonand it motivated me to workharder and to help the team asmuch as I could.”The team grew stronger afterSkomal’s medical scare.“We grew stronger because weare like a family,” Skomal said.“We realized we’ll have to faceadversity and overcome it in anyway possible. You can’t find ateam with more heart than wehave.”Skomal also has a reminder inthe form of a tattoo for tough sit-uations.“I have a tattoo on my backwith the Philippians 4:13 Bibleverse, andCarpe Diem below it,”Skomal said.Carpe Diem is Latin for seizethe day.“It reminds me to never takeanything for granted and to liveeach day as its own,” Skomalsaid. “You have to count yourblessings every single day and bethankful for them.”

Crusader photo/Antigoné Lowery

Katie Hart and Morgan Skomal found time out from school and bas-ketball to volunteer for the Kansas Corp project in Greensburg on Oct.24. Skomal and other Seward students helped with projects aroundGreensburg.

Rustin WattSports editor

The Lady Saints nearly reachedtriple digits in a 96-77 win overJayhawk opponent Garden CityCommunity College Wednesday.Nine Lady Saints scored in thecontest with four scoring 13-plus.Barnes continued her spectacularseason and led the way for Sewardwith 29 points.The Lady Saints, since theirloss to Labette, are 9-0 and haveknocked down conference oppo-nents Cloud County, Colby,Dodge City, Coffeyville, Pratt,Cowley, andGarden City en routeto a No. 10 national ranking.Seward came out of the gate alittle slow in Wednesday night’sclash with the Lady Broncbusters.The Lady Saints trailed for mostof the first eight minutes of thecontest until Seward guard KendraSpresser sunk a shot in the lane toput the Lady Saints up 11-10 with12 minutes to play in the firsthalf.Garden City regained the leadwith 11 minutes on the clock, 14-13, but that wouldbe the last timeGarden would see themselves ontop.The Lady Saints went on a 9-0run capped by a Megan Lassleythree pointer to take an eight-point lead 22-14, with near nine-and-a-half minutes until the break.The Lady Saints maintained thelead and went to the locker roomup 10, 45-35.Vaneza Junior started the secondhalf off with back-to-back bucketsto spark an 8-0 run out of thelocker room and put Seward up18, 53-35.

A three-pointer by Lassley putSewardup 21, and the Lady Saintskept marching from there.Rachel Barnes and NadiaRosario beasted in the paint,while Lassley and Junior werebanking by driving to the basketand finding open jump shots offof transition.After going up 21, Seward kepta foot to the throat of the LadyBroncbusters and finished justfour points shy of 100 in the 96-77 win.Rachel Barnes continued todominate as she led the LadySaints with 29 points along withfive assists and six rebounds.Rosario fought hard down low andfinished the night with 17 pointsand seven boards. Junior foundpoints off transition and reacheddouble digits with 15 points.Lassley scored 13 and had sevenassists on the night as well.Nine Lady Saints scored in thecontest with four ladies scoring13-plus.Seward moves to 20-1 on theseason and 7-0 atop the JayhawkConference.“Our goal is to win the confer-ence and then worry about every-thing else after that,” Rosariosaid. “We have to take things onegame at a time and we’ve got tobring it every night as a team, notas individuals, and it’s definitelyattainable.”Seward will travel to El Doradoto take on Butler Friday night fol-lowed by a highly anticipatedmatchup with the No. 24 LadyBlue Dragons Monday night inHutchinson.

Barnes drops 29 to lead LadySaints past Lady BroncbustersFour Lady Saints score 13-plus to push past Garden and

remain atop the Jayhawk West

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Gone are the days ofsleeping in and being lazyall day as the Lady Saintssoftball team is back towork following winterbreak.The Lady Saints are

working towards making arepeat performance fromlast season’s conferenceand regional titles andmaking a repeat appear-ance at the NJCAANation-al Tournament in SaintGeorge, Utah, where theyfinished off an outstandingseason as the seventhranked team in the nation.The Lady Saints have

added some new faces tothe team for the spring se-mester to help aid theirquest.Freshman Brittany

Demas comes in fromMaple Ridge, British Co-lumbia as well as freshmanLauren Barker from Lub-bock, Texas.“Seward was appealing

because Brianna (Baron)and Erin (Roufosse) saidthat they had a great timedown here and that theteam was really good,”Demas said. “It sounded

like something that I want-ed to be a part of.”Sophomore Marisa

Coats returns off her Sec-ond TeamAll-West Regionselection from last seasonand is looking to turn thatinto a First TeamAll-WestRegion selection and gobeyond to become an All-American.“We have a really talent-

ed team this year with a lotof returners and freshmenwho have been working re-ally hard,” Coats said. “Ipersonally want to gainmore confidence at theplate so I can keep my av-erage above .500. Mybiggest personal goalwould be to earn an All-American banner in theGreen House.”Coats led the team in

nearly all major hitting sta-tistical categories posting a.432 AVG, six HRs, 62RBIs, .637 SLUG%, .459OB%, and a 1.095 OPS.Erin Roufosse returns for

her sophomore season asthe ace of the Lady Saintspitching staff as she blos-somed into a reliable starterlast season posting a 4-5record with one save, 1.76ERA, and 63 strikeouts in16 appearances, 11 as a

starter.“We definitely have the

potential to get to Nationalsthis season,” Roufossesaid. “We need to limit ourerrors and stay focused.Wehave a good defensive andoffensive team this sea-son.”Pitching is key to a

team’s success and Roufos-se has a few things shewould like to do better.“I need to be smarter

with knowing what pitchesto throw and when to throwthem,” Roufosse said. “Iwant to know the opposingteams hitters and use pitch-es that are going to workeffectively for me.”Along with Coats and

Roufosse are eight othersophomores returning fromlast year’s team.Eight freshmen, includ-

ing Demas and Barker, willfill out Coach AndreaGustafson’s roster for thisseason.The Lady Saints first

game will be Feb. 13 inFort Worth, Texas, andtheir first home game willbe on Pancake Day, Feb. 16with the first pitch to bethrown at 2 p.m. againstPratt.

Lady Saints aim foranother trip to Utah

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Sometimes somebody on at team may have to stepup and carry the load, and Wednesday night MarkyNolen carried the load for the Saints.Nolan recorded a double-double with 25 points and

12 boards to move Seward past the Garden City Bron-cbusters, 78-73.The Saints were in a battle at the Green House

Wednesday night.Seward shot out to a 6-3 lead but soon found them-

selves down 17-11 with a little over nine minutes to goin the first half.The Saints fought their way back to tie the game up

with three minutes to play at 23 apiece.From there, the Saints traded buckets and free throws

with the Broncbusters as Seward went to the lockerroom with the game knotted at 30.The second half the Saints were able to string some

baskets together and held a 12-point lead with just 51.3seconds on the clock.

Garden moved to a full-court press and began foul-ing to try and conserve clock. The Saints made thingseasy on Garden in that final minute turning the ball overtwice on inbounds passes and putting Garden’s best out-side shooter, Chris McHenry, at the line twice in thefinal minute following fouls while McHenry was at-tempting a three.It was an ugly last minute that Garden got within four

points, 77-73, with 11.7 seconds on the clock. It was toolittle too late for Garden City though as the Saints fin-ished with a 78-73 win over their JayhawkWest oppo-nents.“We did a lot of dumb things,” Saints head coach

Bryan Zollinger said. “We were trying to throw touch-down passes the length of the court, we turned the ballover, didn’t rebound, and we were fouling three-pointshooters.”Despite some “dumb” mistakes, Seward is 6-1 in-

conference and tied with No. 9 Hutch for first in theJayhawkWest, not enough for Coach Zollinger.“The conference is up for grabs,” Zollinger said.

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team inAmerica.”Marky Nolan’s double-double led the Saints, Latiq

Agard dropped 19 points and Jon Tassin contributed 14points.The win moves Seward to 17-4, 6-1 in conference.

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Above, Marky Nolen goes up under thebasket in traffic in Wednesday night’s con-test with the Garden City Broncbusters. Atright, Marky Nolen works to break awayfrom Garden City defenders in transition.Nolen recorded a double-double at theGreen House Wednesday night to lead theSaints to a 78-73 win over Garden.

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Two Saints receive Player of the Week honors

Rustin WattSports editor

Saints point guard Tony Smith was namedthe Jayhawk Conference Player of the Weekfollowing his performances against Pratt andCloud County.Smith recorded 18 points, pulled down nine

boards and dished out nine assists, nearly atriple double, against Pratt.Against Cloud, Smith was 6-9 from the floor

and dropped 23 points along with seven re-bounds and eight assists.Smith is leading the Jayhawk conference in

assists thus far, averaging just over seven agame.The Seward pointguard also fourth in the

conference in scoring, averaging 16.2 points agame along with two-and-a-half steals puttinghim at sixth in the conference.Smith and the No. 22 Saints will travel to El

Dorado this Friday to take on Butler before abattle with the No. 9 Hutch Blue Dragons inHutchinson on Monday.The Saints return home Feb. 3, to face Bar-

ton, and Feb. 6, for a bout with Colby.

Rustin WattSports editor

Jon Tassin, Seward’s 6-8 forward out ofPontiac, Mich., was named Conference Play-er of theWeek for solid performances againstColby, Raleigh’s Finest, and Dodge City lastweek.Against Colby, Tassin scored eight points

along with five rebounds.Against Raleigh’s Finest last Wednesday

Tassin scored 14 and was good for fiveboards.In Seward’s loss to Dodge City last Sunday,

Tassin scored 19 with 3 rebounds.Against Garden City Wednesday night at

the Green House, Tassin continued his pro-duction with 14 points and five rebounds.Tassin is second on the team in shooting

percentage and steals.Tassin and the No. 22 Saints venture to El

Dorado Friday for a Conference matchupwith Butler before a highly anticipated clashwith No. 9 Hutchinson Monday.The Saints return home Feb. 3, to face Bar-

ton, and Feb. 6, for a bout with Colby.

Saints head coachBryan Zollinger worksto get his point acrossto an official in thefinal 37 seconds ofSeward’s contest withGarden CityWednesday night atthe Green House.Zollinger’s Saints tookthe contest 78-73.

Crusader photo/Rustin Watt

Miguel CampanoCrusader staff

Five new international players joined the Se-ward tennis team this semester. Rafael Raw,Laercio Lobo and Kauana Goncalves fromBrazil, Nathan Helmes from Australia, andLindy Dee Kowalchuk from Canada are thenew replacement players for Levan and Ekate-

rina Gabashvili from Russia.This arrival of new players is expected to be

very helpful to the team.“The new players offer a new and fresh style

to the team. Also, the skills of the new peopleare the perfect compliment to the old ones, sowe should be ready for any challenge,” saidCoach DarinWorkman.Last semester, the men’s team was ranked

13th in the nation and third in the region. Play-ers Carlos Souza, Christian Romanzini and Ed-uardo Munoz were among a few to have an ex-cellent season, putting our college at the top ofthe scoreboards.The Lady Saints also had an excellent sea-

son. Fanny Benincasa placed 10th nationallyfor the fall semester, while former player Eka-terina Gabashvili was also ranked nationally.

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From left, Lindy Dee Kowalchuk, Nathan Helmes, Rafael Raw, Laercio Lobo, Mateus Cabizuca, Kauana Goncalves are all newcomers to the Saints ten-nis team this season.

New additions to Saints tennis team seek to contribute and build on last year’s success

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Two of the most prolific passers in the game square off inSuper Bowl XLIV

We already know that the Coltsand Saints can put points on theboard. They’re arguable the twomost explosive offenses in theleague.

Where this game is decided is on the other side of theball.That, is why the Saints will hoist the Lombardi Trophy.The Saints were No. 2 in the league in forcing turnovers

and that showed in their NFC Championship game wherethey forced five on Brett Favre and the Vikings.The Saints also pressured Favre and put the hurt on him

in the contest, something Manning doesn’t see a lot of.Brees completed over 70 percent of his passes this sea-

son and a former Heisman winner by the name of ReggieBush is starting to really make his presence felt.The Saints defense led by Darren Sharper along with

Drew Brees and Reggie Bush will be the difference comegame time.If the Saints manage to force a couple turnovers and

Drew Brees keeps the offense rolling, I take New Orleans31-24 over the Colts.

Offense, offense, and moreoffense. That is what we’re goingto see on Super Bowl Sunday.The New Orleans Saints will

take their high scoring, yardmunching offense into Miami toface the super NFL computer robot quarterback PeytonManning and his Indianapolis Colts.Both offenses will be led by their quarterbacks, but

Reggie Bush is going to be the make or break player forthe Saints. If Bush doesn’t have at least one big play inthe game the Saints will be hurting. Bush can change themomentum of the game with one quick step in his sub4.4 speed.Manning and the fast paced, no huddle offense that the

Colts run will have the Saints on their heels at first, butonce the nerves settle down and the defense steps intotheir gameplan they should be able to keep the gameclose.In the end, Drew Brees and Bush will lead the Saints

to their first Super Bowl title and showing the muchdeserving fans in New Orleans their appreciation.

Who’s got the edge?

•What team draftedPeyton Manning’s fatherArchie in 1971 and kepthim for 10 full seasons?A) Pittsburgh SteelersB) Baltimore ColtsC) NewOrleans SaintsD) Dallas Cowboys• Howmany Super Bowls

have been played inMiami?A) 2B) 5C) 9D) 10•How many individual

career NFL records doesPeyton Manning hold?A) 10B) 20C) 30D) 40•What triggers Saints

quarterback Drew Brees’allergies?A) DairyB)WheatC) GlutenD) EggsE)All of theAbove•What NFL teams have

yet to reach a Super Bowl?A) Lions and JaguarsB) Texans andBrownsC) Vikings and JetsD)All of theAboveE)AandB

•What was ReggieBush’s 40-yard dash timeduring USC’s pro-daybefore he was drafted?A) 4.24B) 4.33C) 4.38D) 4.42•As a senior at Purdue,

Brees received theAcademic All AmericanPlayer of the Year award.He is now taking theSaints to the Super Bowl.What other Purdue quarter-backs have played in the“Big Game?”A) Len DawsonB) Bob GrieseC) Kyle OrtonD) Jim EverettE)AandBF)All of theAbove• Howmany Super Bowls

has Colts kicker AdamVinatieri hit a field goalin?A) 0B) 2C) 4D) 5• How many University

of Miami Hurricanes willplay in Super Bowl XLIV?A) 1B) 2C) 3D) 4

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Tebow commercial controversyRustin WattSports editor

The former Heisman winner andNational Champion quarterback for theFlorida Gators will appear in his firstSuper Bowl this year. No, Tebow won’tplay he hasn’t even been drafted yet, but hewill make an appearance in a Super Bowlad this year.A lot of controversy has circulated over

the ad, despite the fact no one has seen ityet.The ad is said to be a Pro-Life ad featur-

ing Tebow and his mother Pam.CBS acceptance of the ad has caused

quite the frenzy. Those on the left side ofthe political spectrum aren’t too happywith the broadcasting station’s acceptance.It’s a shame that an organization by the

name of Focus on the Family is under somuch fire. The fact of the matter is theypaid for their time like everyone else andthey are presenting their stance on an issuewith a first-hand testimony from Tebowand his mother.Tebow’s mother Pam ignored doctor’s

advice to have an abortion because of com-plications when she was pregnant withTim.Why all the ruckus, why are people so

against Focus on the Family? First offthey commercial hasn’t even been aired yetand the critics should wait to cast stonesuntil it is shown Super Bowl Sunday.Maybe promoting families will be good,whatever the case, it’s going to be prettytough to find a spokesman with the popu-larity of Tim Tebow to counter.

Answers:C,C,C,E,E,B,E,C,C

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Rustin’s pickSaints 31-24

Will’s pickSaints 34-31

Rustin WattWill Rector