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VOL. 18, NO. 14 MAY 2, 2013 EGC3MEDIA.COM GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Scan for bonus coverage at egc3media.com NEXT PRINT ISSUE — May 16, 2013 Silhouette The Jesus Lozoya [email protected] ADRIAN MCELROY [email protected] ADRIAN MCELROY [email protected] Jacqueline Majalca [email protected] With motorcycle engines roaring, warming up for the 180 mile long ride, the rst thing you could see at the Bible Christian church were shinning mirrors reflecting the morning sun on Saturday, April 27, 2103. According to Linda Morgan, public safety department director and Ride for the Future founder said there were about 90 riders and 42 passengers that participated in the Ride for the Future this year. Morgan said that these numbers are preliminary and that no nancial information is available yet. The proceeds will fund GCCC Endowment Association Scholarships for students in the Public Safety Department, which includes criminal justice, fire science and emergency medical services technology programs. “The scholarship funds that receive the proceeds from the Ride for the Future are already endowed and every dollar raised will increase the fund principal and the amount available for scholarships every year,” said Jeremy Gigot, Endowment Director. The scholarships benefiting from the event are the Criminal Justice Endowed Scholarship, the Fire Science Endowed Scholarship, the EMS Endowed Scholarship Fund and the Jeff Landgraf Memorial Scholarship, according to Gigot. After the 180-mile ride from Garden City to Dodge City and Sublette, the riders went back to the Bible Christian Church where they gathered for snacks, shared safety tips, won door prizes and raes. Ride for the Future not only provides an event to raise money for scholarships but also to inform and make people aware of the many dangers that can occur on the road. One of the safety education activities demonstrated was the ‘Drunken goggles,’ the objective of the activity was to put on a For some May 17, 2013, will just be another day, but for the 2013 graduates of Garden City Community College it will be a day of commencement, celebration, and the opportunity to be addressed by none other than the legendary Bill Snyder. Snyder, who is the head football coach for the K-State Wildcats, has been chosen as GCCC’s 2013 commencement guest speaker. His accolades have earned him the up-most respect across the nation. Known as “the architect” of the “greatest turnaround in the history of college football” Snyder is known for the program that he once built, piece-by-piece, into a national force. After coaching the Wildcats from 1989-2005 Snyder, after a brief retirement was back at it in 2009 after 17 successful seasons as the Wildcats previous head coach. In the 2012 season, Snyder led the team to its rst Big 12 Conference championship since 2003. By winning the head-to-head game with Oklahoma, K-State earned the An agreement for immigration reform for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has not yet been nalized and congress is still in debate. “With the immigration reform students will have the right to obtain documentation, making it easier for them to build a better future for themselves,” said Jorge Salamanca, a GCCC student “Which will be like an investment for us that later will benet the whole nation.” Salamanca, who is an avid proponent of immigration reform, is a member of H.A.L.O and Phi Theta Kappa; he said that while he is documented, he knows others who he thinks deserve the opportunity to become documented. “I just think it’s not fair, especially for college students because they deserve the opportunity to continue with their studies,” Salamanca said. According to Univision, a Spanish- language broadcast station during a speech in January at the high school Del Sol in Las Vegas, Nev., President Barack Obama Passion for motorcycles turns into scholarships KSU head football coach to deliver commencement address Students hoping for path toward immigration reform PAYING $2.2 MILLION TO PLAY After listening to community members and college sta comments during the April 23 board meeting regarding a $2.2 million facility enhancement project GCCC trustees voted four-two to authorized administrators to renovate the colleges existing track which is adjacent to the college-owned Tangeman Fields. “This is a unique opportunity to enhance the comprehensive community college experience for our students and also our community,” said GCCC President Herbert J. Swender, Ph.D. “is project will better address the logistics for programs, conserve nite water resources, enhance GCCC student recruitment and complement our existing campus.” College administration’s goals for the bid on the land enhancement project were to not exceed $2.6 million. According to college ocials this would include the eld, track, bleachers, and a press box for both home and away teams. “It’ll be a very good turf that we are excited about and the fact we can minimize the sheer number of injuries,” Swender said. According to Swender, Hellas Sports Construction out of Austin, Texas, provided a bid of $2.2 million, which was the lowest bid, in front of McAnany Construction of Shawnee, Kan. and bid of $2.6 million and Mid-America Golf of Lee’s Summit, Mo. and also a bid of $2.6 million. e package will include a turfed eld, synthetic polyurethane track, bleachers, press boxes, eld lighting, and a score clock. “It’s just a stadium and just a eld with comfortable seating and a metal viewing area [press boxes] for home and away coaches, but, it will be a high quality eld and the undercurrent for everything should be quality and excellence, whether it be in the classroom, the athletic eld, or in an academic program, quality and excellence,” said Swender. Memorial Stadium, located on the grounds of Horace Good Middle School, which was formally Garden City High School had been home to GCCC football and women’s soccer. Currently, the college plays baseball, basketball, volleyball and softball on campus. With the improvements to the track facility, the college plans to re-establish the Broncbuster collegiate track program. “I’m not sure what year, whether it is 2014, but we are going to phase that [track] back in,” Swender said. By adding a track and eld program, Swender said GCCC has the opportunity to accept an additional 60 students. “e challenge we will have is where are we going to put more students, so it’s a good problem, but resident housing is something we [GCCC] are going to have to look at,” Swender said. Although the bid includes a new score board, Swender said there is a possibility the college may swap out the jumbotron located at Memorial Stadium with the new score board Hellas is providing. College ocials said no parking enhancements are included as part of this initial project. Instead o street parking, campus parking, and the parking lot at Tangeman Sports Complex will serve to accommodate the track and eld facility. “ere is more o-street parking over there than there is on ird Street by Memorial Stadium,” Swender said. As far as concessions, Swender said there is a concession stand about a hundred yards away at Tangeman Sports Complex and if necessary there is an option to use a portable concession stand. “Obviously those things will be forthcoming but as far as taking care of the players and eld, whether we get the concessions up and going by the rst game, that will be a dicult challenge, but there are multiple ways to handle that, but we have all amenities necessary,” Swender said. Funding for the project will come from general funds, local Ad Valorem tax, state tax monies, and some indirect funds. Swender said GCCC would not take out tax bonds or seek a mill rate increase to fund the enhancement. College ocials are projecting August 17, 2013 as the completion date. “I don’t know when it [construction] is going to start but very soon, within a week or two weeks but will be nished by August 17. If it is not nished the contractor has a penalty for every day it’s not nished, but the company wouldn’t have bid on this if they didn’t know they could do it. All of our fall games will be played over there, both soccer and football, we are ready to take care of our students,” Swender said. College trustees vote 4-2 to approve renovation of college track; bring football, track, soccer home The Ride for the Future benefits endowed scholarships for students in the department of public safety. This is the sixth year for the event. COURTESY see Bill Snyder pg. 5 Hellas provided trustees with a computerized rendering of their proposed renovations to the GCCC track and eld. see Path toward immigration pg. 6 see Motorcycle passion pg. 6 DPS hosts sixth annual Ride for the Future fundraiser

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With motorcycle engines roaring, warming up for the 180 mile long ride, the !rst thing you could see at the Bible Christian church were shinning mirrors reflecting the morning sun on Saturday, April 27, 2103.

According to Linda Morgan, public safety department director and Ride for the Future founder said there were about 90 riders and 42 passengers that participated in the Ride for the Future this year. Morgan said that these

numbers are preliminary and that no !nancial information is available yet.

The proceeds wi l l fund GCCC Endowment Association Scholarships for students in the Public Safety Department, which includes criminal justice, fire science and emergency medical services technology programs.

“The scholarship funds that receive the proceeds from the Ride for the Future are already endowed and every dollar raised will increase the fund principal and the amount available for scholarships every year,” said Jeremy Gigot, Endowment Director.

The scholarships benefiting from the event are the Criminal Justice Endowed Scholarship, the Fire Science Endowed

Scholarship, the EMS Endowed Scholarship Fund and the Jeff Landgraf Memorial Scholarship, according to Gigot.

After the 180-mile ride from Garden City to Dodge City and Sublette, the riders went back to the Bible Christian Church where they gathered for snacks, shared safety tips, won door prizes and ra"es.

Ride for the Future not only provides an event to raise money for scholarships but also to inform and make people aware of the many dangers that can occur on the road.

One of the safety education activities demonstrated was the ‘Drunken goggles,’ the objective of the activity was to put on a

For some May 17, 2013, will just be another day, but for the 2013 graduates of Garden City Community College it will be a day of commencement, celebration, and the opportunity to be addressed by none other than the legendary Bill Snyder. Snyder, who is the head football coach for the K-State Wildcats, has been chosen as GCCC’s 2013 commencement gue s t speake r. Hi s accolades have earned him the up-most respect across the nation. Known as “the architect” of the “greatest turnaround in the history of college football” Snyder is known for the program that he once built, piece-by-piece, into a national force. After coaching the Wildcats from 1989-2005 Snyder, after a brief retirement was back at it in 2009 after 17 successful seasons as the Wildcats previous head coach. In the 2012 season, Snyder led the team to its !rst Big 12 Conference championship since 2003. By winning the head-to-head game with Oklahoma, K-State earned the

An agreement for immigration reform for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has not yet been !nalized and congress is still in debate.

“With the immigration reform students will have the right to obtain documentation, making it easier for them to build a better future for themselves,” said Jorge Salamanca, a GCCC student “Which will be like an investment for us that later will bene!t the whole nation.”

Salamanca, who is an avid proponent of immigration reform, is a member of H.A.L.O and Phi Theta Kappa; he said that while he is documented, he knows others who he thinks deserve the opportunity to become documented.

“I just think it’s not fair, especially for college students because they deserve the opportunity to continue with their studies,” Salamanca said.

According to Univision, a Spanish-language broadcast station during a speech in January at the high school Del Sol in Las Vegas, Nev., President Barack Obama

Passion for motorcycles turns into scholarships

KSU head football coach to deliver commencement address

Students hoping for path toward immigration reform

PAYING $2.2 MILLION TO PLAY

After listening to community members and college sta# comments during the April 23 board meeting regarding a $2.2 million facility enhancement project GCCC trustees voted four-two to authorized administrators to renovate the colleges existing track which is adjacent to the college-owned Tangeman Fields. “This is a unique opportunity to enhance the comprehensive community college experience for our students and also our community,” said GCCC President Herbert J. Swender, Ph.D. “$is project will better address the logistics for programs, conserve !nite water resources, enhance GCCC student recruitment and complement our existing campus.”

College administration’s goals for the bid on the land enhancement project were to not exceed $2.6 million. According to college o%cials this would include the !eld, track, bleachers, and a press box for both home and away teams.

“It’ll be a very good turf that we are excited about and the fact we can minimize the sheer number of injuries,” Swender said.

According to Swender, Hellas Sports Construction out of Austin, Texas, provided a bid of $2.2 million, which was the lowest bid, in front of McAnany Construction of Shawnee, Kan. and bid of $2.6 million and Mid-America Golf of Lee’s Summit, Mo. and

also a bid of $2.6 million. $e package will include a turfed !eld, synthetic polyurethane track, bleachers, press boxes, !eld lighting, and a score clock. “It’s just a stadium and just a !eld with comfortable seating and a metal viewing area [press boxes] for home and away coaches, but, it will be a high quality !eld and the undercurrent for everything should be quality and excellence, whether it be in the classroom, the athletic !eld, or in an academic program, quality and excellence,” said Swender.

Memorial Stadium, located on the grounds of Horace Good Middle School, which was formally Garden City High School had been home to GCCC football and women’s soccer. Currently, the college plays baseball, basketball, volleyball and softball on campus. With the improvements to the track facility, the college plans to re-establish the Broncbuster collegiate track program. “I’m not sure what year, whether it is 2014, but we are going to phase that [track] back in,” Swender said. By adding a track and !eld program, Swender said GCCC has the opportunity to accept an additional 60 students. “$e challenge we will have is where are we going to put more students, so it’s a good problem, but resident housing is something we [GCCC] are going to have to look at,” Swender said.

Although the bid includes a new score board, Swender said there is a possibility the college may swap out the jumbotron located at Memorial Stadium with the new score board Hellas is providing. College o%cials

said no parking enhancements are included as part of this initial project. Instead o# street parking, campus parking, and the parking lot at Tangeman Sports Complex will serve to accommodate the track and !eld facility. “$ere is more o#-street parking over there than there is on $ird Street by Memorial Stadium,” Swender said. As far as concessions, Swender said there is a concession stand about a hundred yards away at Tangeman Sports Complex and if necessary there is an option to use a portable concession stand. “Obviously those things will be forthcoming but as far as taking care of the players and !eld, whether we get the concessions up and going by the !rst game, that will be a di%cult challenge, but there are multiple ways to handle that, but we have all amenities necessary,” Swender said.

Funding for the project will come from general funds, local Ad Valorem tax, state tax monies, and some indirect funds. Swender said GCCC would not take out tax bonds or seek a mill rate increase to fund the enhancement.

College o%cials are projecting August 17, 2013 as the completion date. “I don’t know when it [construction] is going to start but very soon, within a week or two weeks but will be !nished by August 17. If it is not !nished the contractor has a penalty for every day it’s not !nished, but the company wouldn’t have bid on this if they didn’t know they could do it. All of our fall games will be played over there, both soccer and football, we are ready to take care of our students,” Swender said.

College trustees vote 4-2 to approve renovation of college track; bring football, track, soccer home

The Ride for the Future benefits endowed scholarships for students in the department of public safety. This is the sixth year for the event.

COURTESY

see Bill Snyder pg. 5

Hellas provided trustees with a computerized rendering of their proposed renovations to the GCCC track and !eld.

see Path toward immigration pg. 6

see Motorcycle passion pg. 6

DPS hosts sixth annual Ride for the Future fundraiser

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“Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon themselves,” in the words of Shakespeare, best characterize the college player’s performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

A colorful blend of GCCC theater veterans and newcomers !lled the stage with top-notch acting. Especially impressive was Garden City sophomore Justin Godwin’s performance as Sir Toby Belch, the comically drunk kinsman of Olivia who was portrayed by Garden City freshman Linzie Schneider. Godwin spends the majority of the play seemingly intoxicated with Sir Andrew Aguecheek as his right-hand man in mischief, portrayed by drama instructor Phil Hoke.

"e actor to achieve greatness in this reporter’s opinion was Garden City freshman Noah McCallum for his performance as the proper and stu#y Malvolio. His casting was especially interesting as McCallum’s personality is not one to be prissy. Both nights I attended, the audience seeing Malvolio wearing high yellow stockings and short suspenders got some of the biggest laughs.

Schneider and Garden City freshman Tori Fairbank were the ones who had greatness thrust upon themselves !lling the rolls of Olivia and Cesario/Viola respectively. "ese two actors play o# of each other very well in the scenes they appear. Most notably was Olivia’s countless attempts at trying to sway Cersario’s love for her, not fully understanding that Cersario was Viola. Classic.

"e attempt to modernize the play by creating a set that was set to a 1960s theme was all well and good, but much like making a salad without tossing it. "e dialog was unchanged and the set design was close to unchanged. Even though the setting was unchanged, the wardrobe of tie-dye and $oral patterns was pure sixties. "ere were also several homage’s to sixties culture such as guitar ri#s and chords reworked to !t the play’s dialog.

Unfortunately, most of the modernization was simply overshadowed by the elephant in the room, which was the audience’s inability to understand the dialog. I even found myself more focused on deciphering the words than realizing Godwin’s character was modernized into a Vietnam veteran, which explains his wardrobe of camou$age and olive green. "e play is a period piece written to take place during Victorian England and thus re$ects the dialect of the era so let’s face it, there is going to be some confusion to the not so Shakespeare savvy. "e acting was outstanding, the College Players know how to breathe life into characters, original or not, on a level that far surpasses their age or experience.

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Graduation is 15 days away. Students across campus are preparing for what comes next, especially sophomores who will be receiving their degrees or certi!cations. With the end near, some students may !nd themselves re$ecting on the memories they’ve created while at GCCC.

Regardless of the memories students have now, there should come a time when pride can be a part of what they feel when they look back on their achievements and campus involvement.

As students, we see a level of apathy among our peers that is concerning. Students are too focused on just taking required classes so they can transfer out of GCCC. We fear they are forgetting to make the most out of the time they are here.

Even with all the events SGA hosts to try to get more students involved there are still too many who do not get involved. What if there were a greater variety of activities on campus that catered to a wider range of students, would student engagement grow?

Perhaps having more student involvement with regard to decisions about changes on campus, there might come more pride? Would students then feel as if their voices and their concerns actually mattered?

As students, we also sense growing tension among college sta# and employees. While we can’t be sure what contributes to it, we can’t help but wander if they sometimes feel left out as well.

Pride grows from mutual respect. Perhaps best said by Hubert Humphries: “"e test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.” So, who among us is leading this march? And, are we willing to follow?

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Linzie Schneider, Noah McCallum and Krisha Baker during the scene in which Krisha portrays Feste the family fool of Schneider’s Olivia. Aside from delivering the most punch lines in the play, Feste acts as the comic relief in the play.

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In recognition of Cinco de Mayo, the Finney County Historical Museum will be celebrating its grand opening of !e Front Door Gallery this weekend with a colorful display of traditional artifacts from Mexico. !e exhibition, “Celebration of Culture - Colors and Icons from Mexico,” which is already open to the public, has about 90 di"erent authentic items including a #ag from the Consulate of Mexico.

“You can see we have some handcrafted art items. !ere’s a tequila bottle or two,” Steve Quakenbush, Executive Director of the Finney County Historical Society, laughed.

When deciding to do a display for Cinco de Mayo, Quakebush said he wanted to $nd original pieces that would bring historical interest to share with the public.

“!ere are, I believe only two items in that display that belong to the museum. !ere’s

one embroidered sombrero that is part of our collection and there’s one piñata. Everything else we borrowed and most of those items came from three or four people.”

Those who provided items include Lydia Gonzales, former GCCC assistant director of the Educational Talent Search program, Angelica Castillo-Chappel, Yadhira Hernandez, employee at the museum and Juan Andrade, owner of El Remedio market.

One misconception about Cinco De Mayo is that many people think that it is Mexico’s day of Independence but in fact it commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Aside from celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Quakenbush sees this event as an opportunity to take advantage of the wealth of resources the historical museum houses.

“I think there are probably a lot of students from Garden City and the area and from elsewhere who maybe have never been to the museum or maybe haven’t been

since they were little kids. !at would give them a chance to see the museum,” said Quakenbush.

!e Front Door Gallery is designed to hold mini-exhibits that will change about every two months; hoping to bring a wider ranger of spectators into the museum, including students.

“!at’s really the whole idea of the Front Door Gallery is to change exhibits on a small scale more frequently to bring people in more often. But I’m hoping this will be something that will attract people to come back again and again,” Quakenbush said, “I think for students at the college, one of the bene$ts would not just be the exhibit for Cinco de Mayo but the opportunity to use that to come to the museum to see all of the other exhibits that we have.”

!e public reception for the Front Door Gallery opening will take place at the Finney County Historical Museum Saturday, May 4 from 2-4 p.m.

Time. As students, this is something we all wish to have more of and now it is possible thanks to the new four-day school week, which came into e"ect this spring.

According to Vice President of Instruction, Bruce Exstrom Ph.D, the four-day week was initiated to give students the ability to catch up on their studies, work a part time job or get a chance to travel home and see their families.

“Most students work on Fridays or have other types of class projects, what we’re seeing is a lot more student engagement with faculty on Fridays, setting up tutoring, or time for special projects.” says Exstrom.

Exstrom also says that the e%ciency of the four day week is being tested with in-classroom surveys that are being initiated by the instructor’s.

“Faculty have been charged with doing formal and informal surveys with what’s working, what we should be doing to change next fall, because what we’re doing is in its infancy.” said Exstrom.

While on paper, the four-day week sounds great but some students and teachers have a different perspective entirely.

Expressing her concerns, English Instructor Eugenia Eberhart feels as if she is almost cheating her students by not being able to give the time they need in class to ask questions.

“I feel like I’m being limited,” said Eberhart.

Jorge Salamanca, freshman from Holcomb, Kan.,says he feels #ustered by the shortened class times to compensate for the four-day week.

“Every time I have a class such as college algebra, I feel like we’re in a rush and the things we don’t see in class we have to work on it on the computer,” said Salamanca.

Salamanca adds that the short week puts extra pressure on students like him who work on the weekend and have limited resources to $nish their online work outside of class.

“Since I don’t have Internet at home, I have to $nish everything in four days so when I go home I don’t have to worry about doing my online homework,” said Salamanca.

CELEBRATION OF CULTURE ON DISPLAY

Artifacts from the “Celebration of Culture - Colors and Icons from Mexico” display at the Finney County Historical Museum. The items are a part of The Front Door Gallery display which is already open to the public, The reception for the grand opening of The Front Door Gallery is scheduled for May 4, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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2013 GCCC Student Art Exhibition, featuring shapes and images by nearly three dozen artists opens in Mercer Gallery, west wing of the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Exhibition continues through May 23 with regular viewing hours of 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Free admission.

MONDAY, MAY 6Ninth Annual Immigration Experience presentations by GCCC English as a Second Language students, 8:15-10:15 a.m. in the portico, Beth Tedrow Student Center. Open reception includes refreshments and features presentation of projects documenting family and individual experiences in coming to America. Public welcome.

TUESDAY, MAY 7Regular monthly meeting, GCCC Board of Trustees, 6 p.m. in Endowment Room, Beth Tedrow Student Center. Meeting preceded by dinner at 5 p.m. in adjacent Broncbuster Room. All meetings of GCCC governing body open to public.

THURSDAY, MAY 92013 GCCC Choral Pops Concert, 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Free admission.

FRIDAY, MAY 10Reception in Mercer Gallery for 2013 GCCC Student Art Exhibition, 4-7 p.m., west wing of the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Public is welcome.

MONDAY, May 13Student Awards Banquet, 5:30 p.m. in the Main Gym of the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex

THURSDAY, MAY 16GCCC Potter’s Guild Spring Art Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the lobby, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building, offering original, hand-made pottery and other ceramics and sculpture by student artists. Most items priced $5-$50. Cash or checks accepted.

Art Club Printmaking on t-shirts, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Proceeds go toward funding art events for students and the Garden City Community College and the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building.

2013 GCCC Band Pops Concert, 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Free admission.

FRIDAY, MAY 17Ninety-third GCCC commencement ceremony, 7:30 p.m. in the main gymnasium, Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex, honoring associate degree and certi!cate graduates. Public welcome.

SATURDAY, MAY 18Pinning ceremony for GCCC Nursing Program graduates, 2 p.m., Church of the Nazarene, 2720 Campus Drive. Event open to family and friends of nursing graduates, as well as public.

MONDAY, MAY 20Reception for retiring GCCC faculty and sta! personnel, 3-4:30 p.m. in the Endowment Room, Beth Tedrow Student Center, honoring Nikki Geier, Larry Johnson and Pat Veesart. Public welcome.

MAY 20-22GCCC Final Examinations.

THURSDAY, MAY 23GCCC 2013 spring semester o"cially concludes at day’s end

Commencement   is   a   college-­‐

wide   event   where   all   grad-­‐

uates   are   invited   to   attend  

Celebrated   Friday,   May   17,  

2013,   at   7   p.m.,   it   is   when  

degrees  and  certifications  are  

conferred,   and   all   graduates  

are  individually  recognized.    In  

order  to  make  the  most  out  of  

this   momentus   occasion,   we  

have   compiled   this   guide   to  

provide   graduates   and   their  

families  with  an  easy-­‐to-­‐refer  

to  list  of  do’s  and  don’ts.

What  to  wear/not  wear

Well-­‐groomed

Appropriate  dress  –  pants,  shirt  or  dress,  shoes

 

Commencement  rehearsal

 

Commencement  line-­‐up

 

Ceremony  Do’s/Don’ts

Corsages  are  not  to  be  worn  on  the  gown,  and  graduates  should  not  bring  handbags,  etc.,  as  there  will  

be  no  secure  area  available  to  store  them  during  the  ceremony.

 

How  to  purchase  professional  photos

A  photographer  from  GradImages  will  be  taking  photos  as  graduates  receive  their  diploma  covers.

Photographer  will  contact  graduates  to  provide  a  proof  and  inquire  if  they  wish  to  order  copies.

 

 

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How  To  Be  The  Perfect  Graduate

Keep  your  tassel  out  of  your  eyes

Comb  your  hair

Pause  and  smile  at  presenter  when  you  receive  diploma

Two students will be recognized during the ceremony as the 2013 Outstanding graduates. Dwa Tho was a recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Student award.

The 2013 commencement ceremony will be the !rst time GCCC has celebrated the event on a Friday evening.

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SPRING 2013 FINAL EXAMINATION DAYTIME CLASSESMAY 20, 21, 22, 2013Classes that begin on the half hour will be considered as a class that begins on the hour, e.g. 9:30 would be scheduled as a 9:00 class.MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013If your class meets at . . . The Final Examination will be7:30 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M.8:15 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 A.M.12:30 P.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 A.M.2:00 P.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 P.M.10:30 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 P.M.9:45 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 P.M.11:15 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 P.M.7:00 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 P.M.TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013If your class meets at . . . The Final Examination will be7:30 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M.1:15 P.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 A.M.9:00 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 A.M.2:00 P.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 P.M.10:30 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 P.M.9:45 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 P.M.11:15 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 P.M.7:00 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 P.M.WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013If your class meets at . . . The Final Examination will be8:15 A.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 A.M.1:15 P.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 A.M.9:00 A.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 A.M.2:45 P.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 P.M.12:30 P.M. - MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 P.M.2:45 P.M. - TTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 P.M.

Semester Final Examinations will be hosted at the time and day scheduled. TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED IN THE REGULARLY ASSIGNED CLASSROOM BY THE REGU-LAR INSTRUCTOR. Instructors needing a longer exami-nation period may also use the last regularly scheduled class period or laboratory before Final Examinations begin. If a class period has no assigned !nal examina-tion time, the !nal will be given on the last regularly scheduled class period or laboratory before !nal ex-aminations week begins.Evening ClassesFinal Examinations will be given during the last sched-uled class session. NOTE: Evening students must check with the instructor to verify the evening examination schedule. 4 p.m. is the start of evening classes.PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO DEPARTURE FROM THIS SCHEDULE UNLESS AN EMERGENCY EXISTS AND THE CHANGE IS APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY THE ADMINISTRATION.Laboratory tests are incorporated in the schedule.Final Grades Due Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1 p.m. – Semester Grades due in Registrar’s O"ce

**STUDENTS WHO FIND IT NECESSARY TO MAKE TRAV-EL RESERVATIONS SHOULD DO SO EARLY TO INSURE THAT THEIR TRAVEL NEEDS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH FINAL EXAMINATIONS.**

SILHOUETTE | MAY 2, 2013 NEWS | 5Educational Talent Search student earns 2013 Gates Award

conference champion’s berth in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, even though they were o!cially co-champions.

Snyder has held the head coaching position at Kansas State longer than any other coach, and his 170 career wins are more than his 11 predecessors at K-State won from 1935 to 1988 combined. He is far and away the winningest coach in Kansas State history (no other coach has crossed the 40-win mark).

During his tenure, K-State has produced 33 AP All-Americans, 42 NFL Draft picks, and 46 "rst-team academic All-Americans.

On the day of commencement there will be no other activities as this should be the only institutional focus fort hat particular day Dr. Herbert J. Swender, GCCC’s college president said. “#e expectation for all GCCC commencements forward is for our invited guests to inspire the graduates and audience with their past successes and to project that passion for success to all in attendance,” Swender said.

Snyder has served our state’s Land Grant College for 21 years underpinned with "ve National Coach of the Year titles Swender said.

“What the narrative will be, I have no idea. I can just only assume with coach Snyder, for example, that he is a highly regarded coach. #ose are the kind of leadership qualities that can be transient to any walk of life and I think that’s the message. Whether he is going to talk about football, his childhood or about what it means to have an opportunity to be successful, I don’t know. But I think it’s important that the institution realizes that this is a big deal for students,” Swender said.

Swender said he and Snyder’s relationship goes farther than just acquaintances.

“My personal relationship with Coach Snyder is one of deep respect and admiration. I think you will see an aura of professionalism, respect, dignity, honor, and all kinds of descriptive words there that just permeate from his presence. I’m just saying that those are the kind of behavior characteristics that I think have been universally accepted when you talk about someone like Coach Bill Snyder,” Swender said.

In the past, and prior to the tenure of Swender, GCCC had chosen a student and board member to deliver the address during graduation. #en there may have been one to three other activities that same day.

“In my view, the collegiate commencement experience should be a celebration that involves unique and inspirational speakers from outside the college, challenging the graduates along with continued student and board involvement,” Swender said.

“I’m very excited about someone who has taken time out of an extraordinarily busy schedule. It’s not easy to get speakers like this and I just feel very moved that he has made the commitment to share his time with GCCC and I am excited for this opportunity for the students. I hope it is just something memorable and an event that they are all proud of and no speaker should be the determining factor whether the celebration was a success or a failure. It’s not about the speaker, it’s about the event and it’s about the institution putting forth its very best e$ort to make this a memorable and positive experience,” Swender said.

Jose Alcantar, a Garden City High School senior and participant in the Garden City Community College Educational Talent Search (ETS) program, has been named a 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar, earning him a full-ride scholarship to the college or university of his choice.

Alcantar is the "fth consecutive ETS and GCHS student to earn the prestigious award during the last "ve years. Past winners include: Hugo Ailon, 2012 GCHS graduate; #eresa Amante, 2011 GCHS graduate; Bianca Martinez, 2010 GCHS graduate; Abraham Rodriguez, 2009 GCHS graduate. All five students have been participants in ETS, a U.S. Dept. of Education TRIO program that prepares students in grades six through 12 for post-secondary education and graduation. ETS at GCCC serves more than 630 students in USD 457 each year through career counseling opportunities, workshops, college visits, tutoring and other programs.

“Receiving the Gates is a dream come true for not only me but my family,” Alcantar said. “It’s a stepping stone to my pursuit of life-long happiness.” Alcantar, who has been in ETS since sixth grade, plans to attend the University of Oklahoma this fall and major in international business and entrepreneurship.

Jose Garcia, Garden City High School senior, was recognized and awarded a scholarship during the League of United Latin American Citizens Banquette dinner hosted at the main court yard in Garden City Community College on April 13, 2013.

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Fire Science instructor talks training for students

Following the April 17 explosion at the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company in Waco, Texas, a producer for National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation contacted GCCC Fire Science instructor Larry Pander to share his expertise on national disaster responses. In light of the explosion, the producer said that there was renewed attention being paid to the role volunteer !re !ghters play in disaster response.

Pander said the producer told him that they were doing a program about volunteers, the kind of situations to which they respond, the training they get and the role they play in communities nation wide.

Larry Pander’s interview was part of the show’s episode titled “Volunteer Fire!ghters: Facing "e Flames and "e Mundane”, which aired nationwide on NPR TALK OF THE NATION April 23, 2013.

"e show is available by going to http://www.npr.org/2013/04/23/178623879/volunteer-!re!ghters-facing-the-#ames-and-the-mundane

During the interview, Pander shared his experience as part of the !re department that responded to the Greensburg EF5 tornado, which had destroyed most of the town.

In the interview he said that he remembers is the smell of lumberyard when he !rst arrived.

“It’s pretty hard to train for a situation like that. It’s - it’s something that you’ll never forget, that’s for sure,” Pander said during the NPR interview.

Training is what Pander provides students who go through the college’s Fire Science program. Some of the training he leads includes wildland !re training, grass !re, natural gas !re training, rescue training, high angle rescue, and hazard materials training.

“"ere is a lot to it, any dangerous good that goes over the road, there is a lot of chemistry involved in hazardous

materials,” Pander said. “The college trains on trucks of hazardous materials during the summer. We get a trailer here from the State Fire Marshals here with the props on it and they [students] have to put the suit and everything for it.”

Recently, f ire science students had the chance to train with Black Hills Energy on Friday, April 27, by practicing in di$erent emergency scenarios. The first scenario was a broken pipe; followed by an obstructed pipe where they practiced maneuvering with the hose, as well as a broken gas, and a car that ran over a gas pipe. See pictures for details.

“ M o s t f i r e departments train a couple hours a day, the standard sa id that they have to train at least four hours a month, but most !re departments train more than that and we train with Black Hills energy, a gas company, because is hard to get that kind of training with the props and everything, it is hard and when you get it you have to take advantage of it and it’s good that they [!re!ghter students] get to do that kind of training because when the real thing happens, they are already kind of familiar with what to do,” Pander said.

Phil Escareno, Black Hills supervisor of operations for Garden City and

former volunteer !re !ghter, said that the training given during the session is fundamental and crucial for these students.

“We sponsor this to give the !re !ghters an opportunity to learn hands on applications, these things [broken pipes, meters and run over pipes] do not happen very often and when they happen it is nice to know that they [students and !re !ghters] have experienced it before in a controlled environment,” Escareno said.

said it is time to change the broken system of immigration.

“"e reform will target more to those students that obtained the Reform Act,” said Elizabeth Peña, a GCCC student.

Even though DACA helps those undocumented students for two years to attend college, obtain driver’s licenses, and have a permit to work, they still can’t apply for !nancial aid or go back to their country of origin. So with the immigration reform individuals will be able to “do the legal process of becoming citizen and apply for !nancial aid,” Peña said.

"e plan of the eight senators consists of given the opportunity to those individuals to obtain their citizenship but with restrains. "e individuals will need to have a clean criminal record, pay taxes and !nes, have probation, have a job, ask for residence and wait for 10 years or more in order to obtain the citizenship. "e plan made it clear that they will continue to strengthen the border between U.S. and Mexico. Also strengthen the veri!cation of employment, have individuals learn English, and have them pay taxes and !nes.

Salamanca points out that this immigration reform would not only help the students, it would also help the economy of the country.

“I know many people in my community that are capable of working and achieving a better future for themselves but they can’t,” Salamanca said “With the documents they would be able to work, which means that they would create more jobs and pay taxes.”

Just like Salamanca, Peña said she believes that the more people allow to be here will help us in general to bring up the economy. She also added that even though Hispanics bring their traditions and beliefs with them to this country, they cannot try to play the same rules of their country of origin in this country.

“We have to adapt to the society here,” Peña said.“If everybody has documents then everyone is

going to be equal with the same right and duties,” Salamanca said.

In case of passing an immigration reform, individuals who may qualify would have to have a record with no criminal charges, speak English, have lived in the country for several years, and pay !nes for staying in the U.S. undocumented.

“Hoping, crossing my !ngers that they will pass the reform,” Peña said.

Pending immigration reform still continues, but is expected to pass before August this year.

the vision of the participant wearing them, making it hard to walk in a straight line. While many people attempted to complete the activity successfully, they ended up stumbling around as they attempted to reach the !nish.

If community members would like to make donations to the endowment or make a scholarship they are available to contact the GCCC Endowment o%ce at 620-276-9570

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Fire Science students train a drill, two teams have to work together to control the fire from a natural gas meter and maneuver with the water-hose nozzles, on Friday Apr. 27.

Besides practicing drills maneuvering natural gas, either from a broken pipeline or a ‘run-over’ gas meter they also had the chance to train with a total car which in this scenario has supposably run over a gas meter and cough on !re.Jeremy Gigot tries on the ‘drunken goggles,’ one activity

that makes awareness of drinking and driving during the Ride for the Future, on Saturday Apr. 27, 2013.

Public safety students Riley Carey and Maria Arrieta volunteer for the event that was hosted at the Bible Cristian Church

Larry Pander, who is a volunteer !re !ghter and a instructor here in GCCC, talked to NPR Radio about the importance of volunteer !re!ghters and their training.

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FREE Sodas for StudentsThurs. May 9th from 5-8 p.m. | BTSC

Athletics Award BanquetWed. May 8th at 6 p.m. | DPAC Main Gym

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Kick Ball TournamentMon. May 6th at 7 p.m. | BTSC Lawn

Student Activties Banquet

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“IT’S A HUGE HONOR,”!SHELLY MEIER

Shelly Meier, Frank Murphy, Jason Roach, and Todd Tichenor, a di!erent kind of fantastic four, were inducted into the Broncbuster Athletic Hall of Fame. A banquet recognizing and honoring their achievements after their much-accomplished careers since their attendance at GCCC took place on April 27, 2013.

Shelly Meier, a Garden City native, began her collegiate career at GCCC as a rodeo gal and women’s basketball player. In 1992 she won the Central Plains Region All-Around Championship and the Goat tying Championship. She then quali"ed for the College National Finals Rodeo in breakaway roping, goat tying and barrel racing; "nishing "fth in the nation in goat tying. Other accolades include Central Plains Region All-Around champion in 1993, Reserve All-Around in 1994, member of Champion Central Plains Region women’s team 1993-1994, and was named Rookie of the Year by the Texas Cowboy Rodeo Association in 1999.

“It is a huge honor. It was very unexpected and I think it’s an honor for me but also for the rodeo team and rodeo as a sport. To be the "rst inductee from rodeo, just to stand up there and be recognized in athletics is an honor for me

and for the sport as a whole,” Meier said. Todd Tichenor, a graduate from

Garden City High School, went on to play baseball for Joe Slobko and the GCCC Broncbusters. With a heart in baseball, Tichenor attended the Jim Evans Academy of Umpiring in Orlando, Fla. He began as an umpire in the Pioneer League and worked his way up through the ranks to be known as a Major League Baseball umpire in 2012.

“Unbelievable, an unbelievable experience for sure. You look at all of these people and what they’ve done, it really is cool,” Tichenor said.

After a standout prep-wrestling career at Midwest City High School in Oklahoma, Jason Roach attended Garden City Community College from 1988-1990. While attending GCCC, ‘Jas’ was named “Garden City Wrestler of the year” and was a two-time National Champion in 1989 and 1990. Roach "nished the 1989 season with a 45-1 record and was named the “NJCAA Outstanding Wrestler of the Year”. Roach then moved on to Cornell University and continued his success on the mat in the 1990-1991 wrestling seasons. He earned “All-Ivy League First

Team” honors and was also named the “Ivy League Wrestler of the year”.

“It’s kind of an honor that you don’t see coming, but it is awesome, what an honor. You go though all of these tournaments and you wrestle everyday and you know what you are striving to get, but then to come up and get something like this years later it’s a neat deal,” Roach said.

Frank Murphy, one of the most highly decorated Broncbuster football players of all time attended GCCC from 1996-1997. He led the Broncbusters to a National Runner Up "nish in 1997 and was named “First Team All American” and the “National Player of the Year” in the NJCAA. Murphy then attended Kansas State University where he was a tailback and set multiple KSU strength and agility records. Murphy played professional football for the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans. After his professional football career he competed in the United Football League and the Canadian Football League. In 2008 Murphy was inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Murphy is also the founder for the Frank D. Murphy Charity, which helps the community, and young athletes who have lost their fathers to death,

When 6 p.m. strikes, for most, it is time to kick their feet up and relax, start working on homework or go to class. However, for Brevan Woybziak, in charge of public relations for Student Government Association and freshman from Garden City, is at the Bad Boyz Boxing Club warming up for sparring.

“I work out "ve times a week, about two hours at a time,” said Woybziak, “#is involves a lot of jump rope, a lot of sparring. I try to work out as hard as I can, rest, and then go at it again.”

Woybziak says he does these exercises along with learning to time punches and head movement to help keep his boxing skills up to par. Woybziak has been battling it out against boxers in the Kansas and Oklahoma region for the title of Golden Gloves champion, which Woybziak earned, but that is the tip of the Golden Gloves iceberg.

“In each weight class they "nd the best boxers in Kansas and Oklahoma, and then we form a Kansas and Oklahoma team and then compete on a national level,” said Woybziak.

While he has the "sts of fury to set himself apart from other boxers in his weight class, outside of the ring Woybziak is a student just like the rest of us.

“My entire morning is devoted to school, as well as work, so I train in the evenings,” said Wobziak. “I’ll get done with class at 2 p.m. then I go work out then I go to work.”

While most of Wobziak’s training is centered around cardio and learning as many new boxing techniques as he can, Wobziak laughingly says he does strength training to gain power.

“Everybody wants to see some violence so, I try to put on a good show.” Wobziak is not the "rst person to reach the title of Golden Gloves from Garden City and says he will probably not be the last.

“#ere’s something in the water in this town, we had Victor Ortiz and Brandon Rios come out of Garden City. #ere are a lot of great "ghters that come from here.” said Wobziak.

Wobziak says it is hard to put himself in the same category with "ghters like Ortiz and Rios but he doesn’t imagine it impossible.

“Do I put myself in the same boat as them? No, I look up to them. #ose guys are my heroes,” said Wobziak “But, I feel like whatever I put my mind to, I can de"nitely do it. Do I think it’s unreachable? Absolutely not.”

Before Tamara Jones, a sophomore from Prosser, Wash., was named 2012-13 WBCA All-American, Jayhawk West 1st Team and All Region VI Team, she was just a girl who came to Garden City with a heart full of passion and a head full of dreams. After the "rst two weeks of practice, Jones made it apparent to Garden City Community College Women’s basketball Head Coach, Alaura Sharp, how dedicated she was to the team as well as the sport.

“She looked at me and said, ‘Coach Sharp, I really want to get my name on the wall,’” Sharp said.

Jones, who earned the nickname “Jumper”, broke Jasmine Irving’s record of 1,000 points set in the 2002-2004 seasons. In two seasons “Jumper” scored 1,135 points and became the all time leading scorer in Broncbuster Women’s Basketball history. While these stats may lead one to be arrogant, Jones attributes her new found glory not only to her coach but also to the members of her team as well.

“Sharp put me in situations that helped me become a better player throughout the season,” Jones said. “But if it

wasn’t for my teammates, as well as my coaches, I wouldn’t have been able to score as well if I didn’t have the right team to back me up.”

Jasmine Christmas, a sophomore from New Orleans, La., and Mikell Chinn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio., played alongside Jones during the season and agree that she personi"es her award perfectly.

“She was a great player, both on and o! the court,” Chinn said “Her will and desire to want to win was unmatched.”

Christmas also agrees that Jones’ caliber of character far outreached her as an athlete

“She would be able to come on the court, smiling all goofy and make everybody feel good even if her day wasn’t going well.” Christmas said “She has such a heart for the game and I respect her. One day I would love to top even half of what she’s accomplished.”

Jones’ plans are yet unclear as to which college she will attend this fall; but what is sure to follow her, is the determination and passion that jump started her career at GCCC.

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Former MLB player to keynote athletic banquet

#e Second Annual Garden City Community College Broncbuster Athletic Banquet will be Wednesday, May 8, at the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. #e banquet will honor all Broncbuster student athletes. GCCC’s best male and female “Athletes of the Year” will be announced at the event.

The banquet’s featured speaker is former Major League Baseball star Ralph Terry, currently of Larned, Kan. Terry, who was born in Big Cabin, Okla., played as a right-handed pitcher in the major leagues from 1956 to 1967.

Terry played for the New York Yankees (1956-57, 1959-64), Kansas City Athletics (1957-59, 1966), Cleveland Indians (1965) and New York Mets (1966-67). In his 12 seasons, Terry posted a career record of 107-99, with 1,000 strikeouts, a 3.27 earned run average, 257 games started, 75 games "nished, 20 shutouts, 11 saves and 446 bases on balls in 1,849 innings pitched.

Terry played in "ve World Series (1960-64) and was named “Most Valuable Player” of the 1962 World Series when the New York Yankees won the Series over the San Francisco Giants. Terry’s World Series record is 2-3 with 31 strikeouts and a 2.93 earned run average.

A natural athlete, Terry became a professional golfer after baseball and quali"ed for and played in four PGA Tour events in 1981 and 1982.

Tickets for the banquet are $10 and the public is welcome to attend. Banquet serving will begin at 6 p.m. and the awards ceremony will begin at approximately 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the GCCC athletic o$ces in DPAC or contact Ashley Rutti at 620-276-9606; [email protected].

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Je! Kelly, defensive line coach, high-"ves the children and young athletes after breaking the line up. Kelly together with head football coach Matt Miller and the rest of the Buster coaching sta! joined with Frank Murphy to host the football clinic at the Memorial Stadium at Horace J. Good Middle School Saturday, April 27, 2013.

Frank Murphy who attended GCCC from 1996-1997, led the Broncbuster to a national runner-up "nish in 1997 and was named ‘National Player of the Year’ in the NJCAA, he played for Kansas State University, the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans. Community-oriented, Murphy is the founder of the Frank D. Murphy charity, a non-pro"t that provides educational and community outreach programs for young athletes.

Former Broncbuster and retired National Football League star Frank Murphy lead a football clinic for area youth April 27. Murphy returned to Garden City to host the clinic and be inducted into the Buster Athletic Hall of Fame along with three other former Buster athletes.

Murphy set up multiple agility drills for the young athletes to follow. Practice was intense with the young athletes shirts drenched with sweat.Bottom: About 60 students competed in a race to win an autographed photo of former Buster and NFL Player Frank Murphy.

Murphy closes the clinic with a short message of motivation telling the young participants to become student-athletes, take care of business in the classroom and become good leaders.

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