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Twenty-two girls are in the running for one guy’s affections and Cassie Rupp, 2007 GCCC graduate is right in the thick of it.

“Being on Sweet Home Alabama really changed my life and my outlook on people and relationships,” Rupp said. “So many good things came from the show, I don’t even know where to begin. I made some of the best friends of my life on the show. There definitely was a lot of drama, fighting and crying going on, but they put 11 country girls and 11 city girls in a house to fight over one guy. I loved being in Alabama and I absolutely adored the house we stayed in.”

Rupp is the daughter of Kendal and Maraline Clark of Dighton, Kan., and Lance and Jeanne Rupp

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student she was ed i to r in ch i e f for the Silhouette ne wspape r and was also student g o v e r n m e n t president.

“I still remember that visit. She came h e r e w i t h h e r dad, Lance. They talked about what she thought she wanted to do and I remember telling her I promised to always challenge her. She didn’t blink. I saw something in her that told me she’d thrive under pressure,” said Laura Guy, instructor and student media coordinator.

As editor of the college newspaper, Rupp said working with others was what she valued most.

“It wasn’t really like I was in charge of them, I wasn’t their boss, it was more of a team effort,”

she said. “I mean that’s what it’s really all about. There wasn’t one person. It wasn’t me being editor, it was just me getting everybody together and getting everybody to realize that it’s 100 percent a team thing, like you’re a staff and not a bunch of individuals putting stories together.”

“The selection process for the

show was a nationwide casting call and I was approached at a bar by someone who was doing casting calls and after that it was just interviews and selection process,” Rupp said.

The show was filmed in Fairhope, Alabama last month, and overall it took a month to film the entire season.

Viewers wondering how Cassie did will have to tune in to find out.

As she put it, “You have to watch the show to watch me realize things about myself and my life as the show progresses.”

Samy’s Spirits and Steakhouse is hosting a watch party from 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. tonight for the premiere of Sweet Home Alabama. The CMT series is Thursdays at 8 p.m and spans over eight episodes.

Sweet Home Alabama is the highest rated series on CMT of 2011. The show pits women from the city and small towns against one another as they vie for the affection of one man, Tribble Reese, a former Clemson University quarterback and entrepreneur.

Mexican Consulate to provide another $10,000 to GCCC

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Drama department’s production of ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ opens tonight

The Consulate of Mexico will be presenting a $10,000 gifton Oct. 21 to Garden City Community College for scholarships to aid men and women who want to work toward their associate degrees through Spanish-language classes from EduKan, the Internet community college consortium.

The presentation is scheduled at 3 p.m. the Administrative Conference Room at the GCCC Student and Community Services Center.

The gift is coming from the consulate’s IME Fellowship Program, which provided a previous $10,000 grant in June to support a One-Plus-Two program that GCCC operates in partnership with Tyson Fresh Meats in the field of industrial maintenance.

The funds f rom the additional allocation will provide eight scholarships of $1,250 each for individuals enrolling in a new series of associate degree classes that the online consortium will be teaching in Spanish. The gift to provide the scholarships was approved by the consulate’s IME Fellowship Program at the request of Hector Martinez, GCCC Adult Learning Center director.

“We believe this is an excellent partnership, because it helps meet an important need,” Martinez said. “By providing scholarships for the first group of people to enroll in the new pilot program, the IME gift will help remove some of the economic barriers associated with the pursuit of a postsecondary education credential, and help fulfill some of the workforce needs of our regional community.”

Dr. Herbert J. Swender, GCCC president, said, “For some, the barriers to success are not about skills, but about language. This is a program that will help in tearing down some of those barriers.”

Among those representing the donor organization will be Justiniano Menchaca Fuentes, consul for community affairs with the Mexican Consulate of Kansas City, Fabián Gayosso and Carlos Colorado, both community af fa irs s taf f members with the consulate.

The EduKan endeavor i s b e ing deve loped by Cathy McKinley, Dean of Continuing Education, Kevin Brungardt, Dean of Academics and Martinez, with GCCC providing curriculum design, among other things.

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Cast members Heather Kochivar, Elizabeth, Colo., and Holden Eisiminger, Ulysses rehearse a scene from the act entitled, “The Drunken Sisters,” that deals with the sin of gluttony. The GCCC Drama Department will be performing “The Seven Deadly Sins,” by Thorton Wilder in seven one-act plays. The performance will be Oct. 20, 21, and 22 at 7:30 p.m in the auditorium of the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. There will also be a performance on Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. GCCC Drama Director, Phil Hoke is the director of the play.

Volunteers made calls over the course of eight nights to raise more than $77,500.

“This has been all about the power of numbers,” GCCC Endowment Association Executive Director, Melinda Harrington, said, echoing the theme of the campaign. “Even though we’re officially a little short of the goal as of last night, we’re still continuing to receive direct mail donations daily, and there were many friends we weren’t able to connect with who will still be sending in their contributions, so I’m confident that we’ll meet the full goal real soon.”

T h e c o l l e g e E n d ow m e n t Association’s annual phonathon took place Oct. 3-6 and 10-13 in the Endowment room of the Beth Tedrow Student Service Center.

Various student organizations assisted college employees in making calls to community members, alumni and current donors, requesting donations to various scholarship

funds which go toward assisting students with academic and technical degrees.

On the first night, the GCCC cheerleading squad along with faculty and staff raised $5,200.

The following day, the GCCC Nursing and Allied Health Dept. handled calls and raised $5,165.

On Oct. 5, the GCCC Meats Team and Student Government Association (SGA) raised $3,835. On the following day, personnel from the GCCC fine arts programs raised $4,495.

GCCC Rodeo team and Phi Theta Kappa academic honor society chapter raised $11,370.

On Oct. 11 the Cosmetology program faculty and students raised $2,380.

On Oct. 12 the League of United Latin American Citizens, Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) and KANCO finished the night with $7,920. The total also included $2,635 raised by callers representing the GCCC Dept. of Public Safety.

Representatives of the Endowment Association Board of Directors made calls with the assistance of the GCCC Ambassador Scholars to reach the $77,532 total with their $6,620 raised.

“Each and every person who volunteered or contributed to this campaign made it a success,and they truly inspired GCCC students with their generosity,” Harrington said. “Every single pledge, every call attempted, every student volunteer, every donation from friends and alumni and every endowment board member donating or volunteering made a difference for GCCC students and for that we are truly thankful.”

The phonathon had many sponsors and one of the major sponsers was Verizon Wireless who donated all the phones and air time for the event. Other sponsors included the BroncBuster Bookstore, Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce, Culligan of Southwest Kansas, Troy and Jessica Dirks, and Garden Bowl are among many who sponsored the event.

The phonathon is one of two major fund-raising events held each year by the association. The scholarship auction is the other event that takes place each spring.

Last year, the association raised $447,000 in academic and technical scholarships that are awarded to 1,207 GCCC students and also contributed $44,196 in grant funds to support academic programs.

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Volunteers, donors ring in contributionsOct. 20: 7:30 p.m. “7 Deadly Sins” 12 p.m. Blizzard of Bucks

Game Show (Cafeteria) 6:30 p.m.Volleyball vs Hutchin-

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Oct. 21: 5 pm. Women’s Soccer at Pratt 7:30 p.m. “7 Deadly Sins”

(JOYC Auditorium)

Oct. 22: •Women’s Basketball Super Scrimmage

7 p.m. Football at Dodge City 7:30 p.m. “7 Deadly Sins”

Oct. 23: •Men’sBasketballScrimmagevs Johnson Country

•2:30p.m.“7DeadlySins”

Oct 24: •Women’sSoccerFirstRoundofRegionPlayoffs

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Oct. 26: 6:30 p.m.Volleyball at Cloud

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handgun class for citizens seeking licensure to carry con-cealedfirearms,7:30a.m.-6p.m.,co-sponsoredbyGCCCPublic Safety Department with SandandSageRifleandPistolClub.Cost,$125perperson.Registrationandinformation,620-276-9503. Class also scheduled Nov. 12 and Dec. 10.

Oct. 30: •MeatsJudgingTeamatHighPlains

•Women’sSoccerRegionSemifinals/FinalsinTopeka

6 p.m. Student Activities Pumpkin Carving Contest (BTSC Portico)

Nov 1: 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs Otero Jr. College

7:30 p.m. Student Activities Ping Pong Tournament (BTSC)

Nov 3-5: RodeoatNorthwesternOkla-homa State

Nov 4: •Men’sBasketballatColbyClassic

•Women’sSoccerDistrictPlayoffs

2 p.m. Womens Basketball vs Southwestern Christian College at Seward Pepsi Classic

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On Tuesday night, Trustees at Garden City Community College approved expandion and re-location plans for facilities; yearly campus crime statistics, an upcoming annual report to the public, and ways that the campus Teaching and Learning Center supports faculty and staff.

Relocation of refugee services to a building lo-cated at 724 Campus Drive will allow more room to assist immigrants relying on GCCC, and will open more space in the Student and Community Services Center for other adult basic education services.

The relocation of administrative offices in the one-story section of the SCSC will involve relo-cation of several offices, installing a restroom, and adding a receptionist’s station in the west lobby.

Both projects are expected to begin this fall, with completion anticipated within one year, at a total combined cost of $325,000 or less.

The yearly Campus Crime Statistics report, completed by Safety and Security Coordinator Craig Haley, covered the year that ended Dec. 31, 2010.

The most frequent incidents, which fell under only four of 15 categories listed under the Federal Campus Crime Statistics Act, involved liquor vio-lations, though the total number of those dropped from 72 in 2009 to 35 in 2010.

The board looked over copies of the 2010-2011 GCCC Annual Report, a 12-page document that will be inserted in the Oct. 24 edition of the Gar-den City Telegram, covering GCCC accomplish-ments and highlights for the year that concluded June 30.

The document lists 47 major institutional ac-complishments for the year, college revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year, and gives a profile of the student body.

In a report from the GCCC Faculty Senate, trustees learned details about the Teaching and Learning Center, whiched opened eight years ago in Saffell Library.

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On Oct. 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in a come and go event at Jennie Barker Elementary School, volun-teers will be revitalizing the play-ground and add landscaping in a project spearheaded by the Garden City Community College student chapter of the Kansas National Edu-cation Association.

The “Outreach to Teach” project is being funded by a $1,000 grant from the National Education As-sociation’s Community Learning Through America’s Schools Pro-gram, and an additional $1,000 gift from Sam’s Club of Garden City.

Volunteers carrying out the Sat-urday of service will be coming from the KNEA student chapter,

the GCCC Student Government As-sociation and Phi Theta Kappa aca-demic honor society chapter, as well as school employees and members of the Jennie Barker Parent-Teacher Organization. Some of the 160 chil-dren who attend the school are ex-pected too.

“Jennie Barker Elementary is a rural school, accessed by a two-lane county road, and it isn’t a place that a lot of people are aware of,” Tammy Hutchison, GCCC KNEA student chapter advisor, said. “Since it might not receive the attention that some of the larger schools in our community benefit from, a service project there just seemed like the right thing to do.”

A total of $7,500 has been bud-geted for the 2011-2012 year from the Garden City Community College Endowment Association to fund se-lected mini-grant proposals from GCCC faculty/staff members.

The maximum amount of any one grant request cannot exceed $1,000. Mini-grant application forms are due on or before 12 p.m. on Oct. 24 and Apr. 16, 2011.

Mary Jo Williams Grant requests are now being accepted through the GCCC Endowment Association.

Faculty and staff can make a one-time fund request for a project that will academically benefit GCCC stu-dents. Generally, successful grants range anywhere between $1,000-$30,000.

For more informationy, contact GCCC Endowment Executive Di-rector, Melinda Harrington at 620-276-9570.

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GARDEN CITY BUSINESS DIRECTORYLocal kids cheer along with The GCCC Cheerleaders at the Busters’ football game against Hutchinson on Oct. 15. The boys and girls, ages 4-14, first participated in a cheer clinic held on Oct. 11 in the main gym of the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex, where they trained and interacted with the cheerleaders.

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Childcare Director, Jill Lucas, said they will take the kids around in their costumes to trick-or-treat on Monday Oct. 31, starting at 9 a.m.

The kids will visit the following buildings; Penka, Student Center (Residential Life side), Academic, SCSC (main floor), Math & Sci-ence, Fine Arts, Vocational, and the Library.

Student Government Association, Student Activities Council and Intra-murals will be hosting several activi-ties related to Halloween in the com-ing weeks.

The first will be “Casino Night and Costume Contest,” being held on Thurs., Oct. 27 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Beth Tedrow Student Services Center (BTSC); On Sun. Oct. 30, the student organizations will sponsor the “Pumpkin Carving Competition,” being held on Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. in the portico of the BTSC.

Halloween activities planned for rest of month

A black lab was found at GCCC on Wed. Oct. 19. He has a black and gray collar, but no tags. If anyone knows who he belongs to, contact Clint Alexander or Cindy VenJohn at GCCC. He will be taken to the Garden City Animal Shelter if the owner isn’t found.

A common myth about breast cancer is that it affects only certain women above a certain age, when in fact, it can affect men and college-aged women, as well.

According to cancer.org, the most recent American Cancer Society estimates for male breast cancer in the United States are for 2011: about 2,140 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 450 men will die from breast cancer

Breast cancer is about 100 times less common among men than among women. For men, the lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000. The number of breast cancer cases in men relative to the population has been fairly stable over the last 30 years.

According to prevention.com, women under 50 account for 25 percent of all breast cancer cases, and they tend to have higher mortality rates. This may be partly explained by the fact that younger women tend to have denser breasts, which makes it harder to spot lumps during mammograms.

Because of this, it’s a good idea to perform monthly self breast exams starting at age 20, have a clinical exam by a doctor every three years, and start mammographic screening at age 40.

If you have a family history of breast cancer, ask your doctor about also getting a breast MRI: Younger women who get breast cancer are more

likely to have a mutation in the BRCA 1 or 2 genes than older women are, and one study found that MRI picked up 77 percent of cancers in these women, compared with 36 percent by mammography. If your doctor says you have dense breasts, request a digital mammogram, which found 15 percent more cancers than standard mammograms in women under 50 and 11 percent more in women with dense breasts in a 2005 study.

According to cancer.org, the goal of screening exams for early breast cancer detection is to find cancers before they start to cause symptoms. Screening refers to tests and exams used to find a disease, such as cancer, in people who do not have any symptoms. Early detection means using an approach that lets breast cancer get diagnosed earlier than otherwise might have occurred.

Breast cancers that are found because they are causing symptoms tend to be larger and are more likely to have already spread beyond the breast. In contrast, breast cancers found during screening exams are more likely to be smaller and still confined to the breast.

The size of a breast cancer and how far it has spread are some of the most important factors in predicting the prognosis (outlook) of a woman with this disease.

Most doctors feel that early detection tests for breast cancer save thousands of lives each year, and that many more lives could be saved if even more women and their health care providers took advantage of these tests. Following the American Cancer Society’s guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer improves the chances that breast cancer can be diagnosed at an early stage and treated successfully.

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The 2011 Meats Team finished as Reserve Champions at the American Royal contest Sunday, October 16th at Nebraska Beef in Omaha.

The team did very well placing 1st in Lamb Judging, 2nd in Beef Judging, Placings and Questions, 3rd in Total Beef and 4th in Pork Judging.

“I felt many of the classes were not placed right and have appropriate cuts on them, but that is why we call it ‘judging,’” Meats Team Coach, Clint Alexander, said. “I am still proud of the students for their 2nd place finish, especially after busting a class of beef carcasses for 80 points. Winning Lamb Judging is amazing after only seeing two classes of lamb carcasses this entire semester.”

Individually, Alyssa Heitschmidt, Garden City, was 6th overall in the contest placing 4th in Questions, 5th in Pork Judging and 6th in Lamb Judging. Dylan Freeman, Satanta, was 9th Overall placing 3rd in Pork Judging and 7th in Questions. Jacob Fish, Hillsboro was 11th

overall placing 4th in Lamb Judging, 5th in Beef Judging, 5th in Questions and 6th in Placings. Marissa Amos, Cope, CO was 13th Overall placing 3rd in Lambs and 8th in Questions. Alternates: Bailey Folker, Johnstown, CO was 5th High Alternate, Travis Sharp, Holcomb was 9th High Alternate, Jada Haraway, Meade)was 11th High Alternate, Garrett Lightner, Garden City was 18th High Alternate and Megan Bartel, Garden City, was 19th High Alternate.

It is a short turn-around as the team will be leaving next Tuesday to prepare for the National Championship contest, which will be Sunday, Oct. 30th at Cargill Meat Solutions in Plainview, TX.

Another note of success for GCCC; two former judgers are competing for other universities. Amanda White is competing for Texas Tech University, who won the Senior Division of the contest, and was 2nd high Alternate overall. JD Heitschmidt is a member of the Kansas State University team and finished as 10th high alternate.

Chances are that sometime in your life, you were, are, or will be bullied. One thing is certain-you can still remember it clearly, the bullying and the bully, if it happened to you in the past.

Bullying is not a natural part of childhood! There are approximately 2.1 million bullies in American schools bullying 2.7 million victims.

• 15% of all school absenteeism is from fear of some form of bullying.

• 56% of students have reported standing by while someone else is bullied.

• Bullying knows no discrimination. There is no special target or no unique group that, alone, suffers from bullying.

• A cold fact is that those who are bullied in childhood suffer much higher levels of depression and social isolation as adults.

• By the time a bully is 30 years of age, they have a one-in-four chance of having a police record. “The victims do not grow out of their problems and the bullies don’t either.”

The common signs of bullying are not difficult to spot. They include recurring physical injuries, such as cuts, scrapes

or bruises, torn or stained clothing, damaged school supplies, money or items being “lost”, little or no friends, avoiding social events, and increased complaints of sickness and being absent.

If you or someone you know is experiencing bullying:

1. Talk to someone about it – an instructor, counselor, etc.

2. Do not blame yourself in any way.3. The first time bullying happens

– stay calm, maintain your cool, say nothing and walk away if possible. Reacting directly to the bully often only increases the level of bullying and guarantees repeat performances.

4. If this is a repeat performance, enlist help. A second time means it probably is not going to stop.

5. Avoid weapons to defend yourself. A weapon makes you the guilty party no matter the cause.

6. Friends are the best defense against bullies.

7. Maintain your self-confidence. Bullies have the problem, not you.

8. If you are experiencing cyber bullying, contact and inform the Internet Service Providers (ISP). Make printed and electronic copies of all example of cyber bullying.

More than 30 students and college employees listened as Aaron Johnson, from the National Weather Service in Dodge City, presented a lecture on weather, climate and the science behind global warming.

Johnson told those that attending the lecture that GCCC science instructor, Art Nonhof, had asked him to talk about the drought affecting Midwest Plains. According to Johnson, the High Plains has been in a fairly extensive drought the last couple of years.

“If we look back historically, there was even signs of a drought starting back in the late 90s,” Johnson said.

A drought is defined as “a period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause serious hydrologic imbalance in the affected area.” -Glossary of Meteorology (1959). In simpler terms, a drought is a period of unusually persistent dry weather that persists long enough to cause serious problems such as crop damage and/or water supply shortages. The severity of the drought depends upon the degree of moisture deficiency, the duration, and the size of the affected area.

According to Johnson, drought is nothing new for those who live out here and there are not too many around

anymore who remember the dust bowl era of the 30’s.Since then, there have been several periods of drought.

“Matter of fact, this year we have the driest year on historical records and droughts are exact the normal here on the high plains,” Johnson said.

According to the The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lack of rainfall for an extended period of time can bring farmers and metropolitan areas to

their knees. It does not take very long; in some locations of the country, a few rain-free weeks can spread panic and affect crops.

Both Cindy VenJohn, agricultural instructor and Clint Alexander, animal science instructor said, that drought impacts farmers by having insufficient crops, less money to repair farm equipment, both of which result in higher food prices.

Long term drought has long term effects

In the not too distant past, it was taboo to admit to having a mental illness, but more recently with better treatments and more definitive diagnoses, mental health issues have become less stigmatized and more openly discussed.

A nationally known comedian, now turned speaker and author, not only addressed but joked about mental illness, sharing his own experiences with the audience.

Paul E. Jones, also known as “Bipolar Boy”, spoke at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in the main gym of the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex at Garden City Community College. The presentation was sponsored by the GCCC Student Government Association.

A nationally-touring comic headliner for 17 years, Jones sensed that something had been wrong with himself for a long time. In hindsight, he remembers being on the road as a standup comic and crying in his car during many cross country trips. He would take the stage and perform, and then sink back into helpless depression. His illness would also

have its manic phases according to Jones who admitted he was reluctant to go to a doctor because of the stigma associated with seeking mental help.

Finally, after nearly pushing his family out of his life, he sought help and was diagnosed, at age 36, with bipolar disorder. After finding the right medication, he righted his life and became passionate about educating people on mental illness and bipolar disorder in particular.

Jones shared personal insights into his experience with depression and bipolar disorder, sprinkling humor into what would seem to be a completely humorless topic. His mission is to help others relate to friends and family who suffer from mental illness, as well as to help those with mental illnesses accept their diagnoses and participate actively in their own recovery.

Jones has written a number of books including “Dear World – a Suicide Letter”, “Life After Suicide: A Bipolar Journey”, “A Bipolar Discussion: From the Inside Looking In” and “My Five Keys to Living With Bipolar Disorder”.

SYNTHIA PRESTON | SILHOUETTEAbove: Paul E. Jones, also known as “Bipolar Boy,” speaks to faculty, staff, students and member of the Garden City community on Oct. 18 in the main gym of the Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex. Jones is a comedian, speaker and author, whose mission is to share humor and dispel myths about mental illness.

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The Members of the Kansas Art Education Association (KAEA) feature some of their work at the Mercer Gallery this month.

On Oct. 22 there will be a closing reception where the artisans will spend the afternoon visiting with art students and the community. The reception will be open to the public.

For the past month, the Mercer Gallery has displayed the art of Kansans who also teach the art. Some members include; Shane Chapman, Garden City High School art instructor; Kaia Christensen, Kenneth Henderson Middle School art instructor, Garden City; Dani Falor, Garden City High School art instructor; Kristi Hubbard, Charles Stones Intermediate Center art instructor, Garden City; Kerma Crouse, Plymell Elementary School art instructor; Leah King, Lakin High School art instructor; Gary Marsh, Liberal High School art instructor; Lisa Maxwell, Garden City High School art instructor; Nathan Novack, Ulysses High School art instructor; Archie Oliver, Holcomb High School art instructor; Michelle Ramirez, Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center art instructor, Garden City; Judy Scott, Ulysses High School art instructor emeritus,

Deerfield resident and GCCC adjunct instructor.“The conference was a rare opportunity for the art educators

from all over Kansas to converge in Garden City to share ideas and aspirations,” Said Brian McCallum, GCCC art instructor and gallery director.

Class canvases campus with installation art

Mercer Gallery showcases Kansas Artisans’ talent

Dodge City, Garden City merge artistic talents

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Brian McCallum’s tri-dimensional class used the campus as a canvas for their class project on Oct. 19.The show lasted the entire day, so that students around campus had the chance to observe some of the work that the class has done.The class used ordinary objects to create pieces of art thatcould withstand the weather conditions throughout the day.Students spent less than a month working on this project, which was voluntary work and does not count towards their grades for the class.

Top: The“Sausage Clay” sculpture, created by Lisa Maxwell, is one of two pig-related sculptures being displayed at the Mercer Gallery until Oct. 22.Right: “Fish Woman,” a clay sculpture by Leah King, is also on display at the Mercer Gallery.

Kyle Chaput, 2-D instructor at GCCC, uses chloride to take color off of the shirt to which a print has been applied.

Dodge City brought artwork that they had been working on. “This is not just a design that you can haveon any t-shirt that you buy, this is original artwork, “ Brian McCallum, GCCC Gallery director, explains.

This shirt is the final product of

the initiative taken by the art club.

The club started carving wood

blocks a few weeks before Dodge City

Community College Art Club came to

their print making demonstration.

The shirt was designed by Jesus Landeros, Garden

City, who spent about a week

to carve out the negative spaces.

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With all the talks about dual core processors and 1080p cameras, you can easily overlook phones such as the HTC Droid Incredible 2. This phone is running Android’s second latest Operating System but it’s been updated to its newest build, AKA Gingerbread.

More about the phone, the Inc2 scoots along quite nicely with a 1 gigahertz processor. If this concerns you, then let this reporter assure you that there’s no need to worry. The 1 gigahertz is well enough to get you through the day with all your needs a phone can offer.

Another key selling point is its camera and it picture quality. Originally the Incredible (first gen) was well renowned with its camera. The newer one is no slouch at 8 megapixels and the ability to shoot in full 720p High Definition video. This camera rivals Apple’s own creation of the iPhone 4. Of course

the pictures and video that you take won’t look so good without a good display to show them and this phone delivers on that, as well. With a screen size of 4 inches of super LCD goodness colors look vibrant and blacks look blacker.

Along with this screen the normal array of soft keys are displayed as part of the screen and they also rotate with the o r i en t a t i on o f th e phone . Something that’s bad about this phone is the antennae strength. Most times I found myself with 2 bars of signal on a 4 bar rating. That means I’m usually running on half the signal strength. This is because of the placement of the antenna radio; your hand consequentially covers up the radio and blocks the signal. Not that this is a huge issue, there’s enough signal to retain a solid connection, but not as much that would be desirable. One more

major gripe is the amount of bloat ware or extra apps that come stock out of the box.

All in al l , t w o t h i n g s o c c u r r e d t o me about this phone - it is a really solid p h o n e , a n d why was it not a 4G phone? In this day and age everyone expects phones to be on the top of their game but the HTC took Droid Incredible 2 and enhanced it to the max. It’s not a top tier smart phone but it’s no brick, and at $149 on a 2 year contract at Verizon, it’s a great alternative to the more pricy smartphones on the market. If you’re looking for a great cheap smartphone with features that are on par with

today’s tech, this is definetely the Droid you’re looking for.

As a young girl, I wanted to grow up and become a flight attendant or cruise director, because I have loved to travel all my life. I would dream of taking a trip by all modes of travel; covered wagon, airplane, ship, motorcycle and even just walking across the United States. The first time I ever flew was in a small plane from Tribune to Garden City for supper. In 2008, I finally took my first trip on a bigger plane. Both times I was very excited, but I was little scared.

Just recently a friend of mine gave me a dream of a lifetime, a trip to Colorado on a motorcycle. The trip was with a Christian group from Garden City, that rides their motorcycles through Colorado, to see the Aspen tree leaves change to autumn’s color. I felt so excited, because I consider Colorado home and I love the mountains. I also felt some fear, because the trip would be on a motorcycle. The fear was the open highway on a vehicle with no doors and the many curves on the mountain roads. I did agree to go. This was an opportunity that could not have come at a better time in my life.

The trip began on a Thursday afternoon. We got on the motorcycle and headed west. I was so excited I didn’t really notice there were not doors. I had a helmet on with a microphone to be able to talk to my friend, as music was blasted in my ears.

We a r r i ved at our f i r s t destination in one piece. The real test would be the next day while traveling the dead man curves of the mountainous canyons.

T h e morning began by everyone gathering outside in the motel parking lot for the day and a morning prayer. Not knowing what to expect, I did get the first experience of wearing leather chaps, leather jacket and helmet, which shielded me from the chilly morning mountain air. I did not put the face shield completely down on my helmet, so I could feel the cool breeze blowing in my face. The fresh air coming off the mountains, the smells of the pines trees and the streams flowing nearby help me forget about the curves. As we were heading down the highway, my fear slowly disappeared and the curves never once troubled my relaxing ride.

The first stop we made was at a ghost town. We walked around taking pictures of the mountains in the background with all the colors. There was an area with several pine trees, chipmunks and a little gray squirrel eating corn out of couple people’s hands. This was the first opportunity to really talk to some of the other riders.

One rider called Special K and I, started a conversation in which we discovered that we both have the same love for traveling and the world of art. We talked about the photographs we have taken and she went on to share her photos which she uses to paint pictures with watercolor.

As the first day came to an end, the trip organizer, who also led us through the entire adventure, asked me if the trip had scared me yet. I replied with a no. He told me by the end of

the ride he would scare me. He was so right because he took us on a one-way road, with no side rails and a big drop off.

As the weekend came to an end, I had a dream come true and an experience of lifetime. Things happen in life and people come in your life in a lot of strange ways. God only knows why this happens, but when life gets tough we need to remember to stop for a moment and look around at the beauty around us and the beauty in people from all walks of life.

Balancing school with

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Did you knowAlthough Athens, in 500 BC, was the first city to control garbage, Europeans heaved garbage out their windows until the 1300s. They also threw the contents of their pee pots out the window, simply shouting “garde a l’eau!” (“Watch out for the water!”). It is from this we get “loo” and, eventually, toilets.See: did you know - didyouknow.org

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Finding balance as a college student is difficult. Managing your time doing what you want to verses what you need to is torture. And when faced with the choice of whether to do your homework or have fun with your girlfriend, that’s a no-brainer – literally. While you are basking in the warm glow of young love, your brain is rendered incapable of rational thought.

Learning to manage your time and focus on academics first is vital. If you put the relationship before your work, you are hurting progress. Your grades and maybe even attendance begins to slip.

The longer you neglect what needs to be done, the harder it becomes to break the habit.

If you’re in a relationship and are a student, then you have to have an understanding between you and your significant other that your academics comes first, otherwise you quite possibly could be sabotaging one another’s future.

A strong relationship is something that should last for months or years. College will take up only part of that time. If you and the one you love understand how important college is, finding balance should be easy. You’ll know that you are excelling in college to have a future the two of you can be proud of.

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CAMPUS VOICES“Not much. What amazed me is that he was a worldwide figure.”Janice NunnGarden City, KS

“Technology has helped me be more effective with studying.”Joshua WelchGarden City, KS

“Without my iPhone I would be heartbroken.” Avery JirmnsonNYC, NY

“It doesn’t really impact me because I don’t own an IPOD or IPHONE.”Charles PayneMontgomery, Alabama

“It really doesn’t matter to me.”Contessa CaraballoLeavenworth, KS

“To have and innovator like him has really pushed the bar of technology up.”Shawn MaynardFarwell, Michigan

“My iPhone has made me more sociable.” Steven BryantTopeka, KS

Without my iPod I would still be listening to CDs.”Adam KnollManitou Springs, Co.

“They created a new way to listen to music and commu-nicate.”Marlene RiveraGarden City, KS

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The Broncbusters football team will go head to head with Dodge City Conquistadores, on Saturday Oct. 22.

It has been a long time since the Conquistadores have won a game versus the Busters, according to Coach Larson.

“This is a big game for us, this is a must win to continue on to the play offs,” Wes Winfrey, Plains, Kan., said.

The Busters practice five days a week, play games each Saturday and get Sundays off, according to Head Coach Jeff Tatum.

“We put a lot of pressure on our players, and as long as they play hard there is no more that we can ask from them,” said Tatum, head coach.

Couch Larson, in conjunction with SGA, are arranging for a bus to take students from Garden City to Dodge City to see the game. Registration forms are in the residential life office.

Last weekend the Broncbusters played Hutchinson. The busters opened with a touch, to whom they lost 54-12.

But the Busters have not lost the ticket for the plays off. If they win their next two games, they will qualify as the fourth seed for the Region VI Playoffs.

Their final home game of the year will be October 29 against Independence Community College.

The Lady Broncbuster volleyball team is ranked eighth in the Jayhawk West with a record of 1-28 and 0-11 in conference play nearing the end of their season.

On Saturday The Lady Broncbusters took on Pratt Community College. The last time these two teams faced off, GCCC had one of their best matches of the season taking Pratt to five sets. But this time it went a little differently as Pratt dropped GCCC in three sets with scores of 23-25, 19-25 and 12-25. “Sometimes I think the girls just press too hard,” said Coach Lutz. “They want to win so badly that they try to do things that are really beyond their ability. I can not fault the effort of these ladies, but it just has not been shown in the win/loss column.”

Last Wednesday evening the Lady Busters were faced with a tall order. They were matched up against Seward County Community College. The Lady Busters gave a solid effort, they couldn’t top the Saints. Seward would defeat Garden City in three matches with scores of 18-25, 22-25 and 11-25. “We played well tonight,” c o m m e n t e d C o a c h Lutz. “That is why it is

disappointing to play the way that we did in the third set. I think we have the ability to be a better team, but we have not been able to do it consistently.”

With the home season winding down, GCCC is still looking to get their first match win of the season. On Wednesday Oct 5th the Lady Busters hosted the Trojans of Colby Communi ty Col l ege . GCCC jumped out to an early lead in the first set thanks to the hitting of Paula Gonzales, but they were unable to keep it. The next two sets would go the same way as Colby would drop GCCC in three sets with scores of 16-25, 17-25 and 15-25.

“Colby is a solid team. They put a lot of pressure on you with their serving game,” said Coach Lutz. “We played pretty well in stretches tonight, but we have to put together a complete match if we want to beat the teams that are in the top half of the conference.” The Lady Busters have two home matches left before finishing up their season on Oct. 26th in Concordia, Kan. against Cloud County Community College. On Oct. 20th they will host Hutchinson Community Col lege and then on Oct. 24th they will host Clarendon College for their final home match.

Busters prepare to battle the Conquistadores

Lady Busters to host Blue Dragons

FEATURED PLAYERAbove: GCCC

WR, Charles Payne runs

the ball, while avoiding a

tackle from a Hutchinson

defenseman.

Right: Rashard Burkette, #5,

decides to run 10 yards instead of attempting a pass, before he

getting tackled.

Gentry Jones 7 and Cassie

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ball while playing Seward County

Community College on

Oct. 12.

Beth Tedrow Student Center • Open Until 11:00 p.m.

UPCOMING STUDENT ACTIVITIES• Events Subject to Change • Valid GCCC ID Needed to Use Equipment and Participate in Events

Pumpkin Carving Competition

Sun. Oct. 30th at 6:00 p.m.|

BTSC PorticPing Pong TournamentTues. Nov. 1st at 7:30 p.m.| BTSC

Blizzard of Bucks Game Show Thurs. Oct. 20th at Noon | Cafeteria

Thurs. Oct. 27th from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | BTSC

Casino Night & Costume Contest

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This weekend the Busters travel to Dodge City, where they will go head to head against the ConquistadoresJESUS [email protected]

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Rashard Burkette #5Position: QB Ht.: 6-2 Wt: 205Hometown: Montgomery, ALPrevious School: Alabama State UniversityEligibility: So.

Games Played: 7Carries: 78Rush Yards: 325Rush Touchdowns: 1Passes Attempted: 180Passes Completed: 70Interceptions: 7Passing Yards: 1004Passing Touchdowns: 7Total Offensive Yards: 1329

On October 11th the GCCC Broncbuster women’s soccer team traveled to Hesston College to get a win.

“We had a sloppy first half, which I was disappointed in, knowing how big of a game this was,” said Coach Ki Thornberry. “We did respond well in the second half and pulled out a win that will really help us in the Region VI seedings.”

The Lady Busters came away with a 2-1 overtime victory. With a win, that does not count towards a KJCCC standing, bumps them up to sixth seed, with three games remaining in the regular season.

The team traveled to Independence, KS on Oct. 14 coming away with a 2-0 win, followed by a 1-4 loss in Chanute, KS on Oct 15th.

On Oct. 19th, Barton County Community College traveled to GCCC for the last game of the season.

The mens cross country team is still holding on to their number one ranking in the country. On Oct. 8, The Garden City Community College cross country team traveled to Hays, KS to compete in the Ft. Hays State University Open. The men’s team finished fourth and the women’s team finished seventh overall.

Amos Bowen once again led the Busters men’s team as he came home with a 19th place finish. Chris Zirkle and Leandro Santillan finished very closely on the heals of Bowen as they finished 20th and 21st respectively both within a second and a half of Bowen.

The other junior colleges competing in the meet were Hutchinson CC who finished eighth,

Hesston College 9th, and Dodge City 12th. Colorado School of Mines won the meet on the men’s side.

On the women’s side the Busters came home with a seventh place finish. The Busters finished one spot ahead of the next two year school, who was Hutchinson Community College. Kelsey Geshwentner led the Buster with a 29th place finish overall. The four other runners that compiled the team score were Heather Kochivar (48th), Lorena Sandoval (51st), Shantel Pangburn(52nd), and Caimen Bussen (57th). College (9th) and Hesston College (10th) were the only other full teams from a two year school. Friends University won the women’s team title as they had the top four finishers in the race.

Colby Community College (9th) and Hesston College (10th) were the only other full teams

from a two year school. Friends University won the women’s team title as they had the top four finishers in the race.

Former Busters Cameron Reith and Heidi Hines were both in the race. Reith ran unattached on the men’s side and finished eighth overall in the race. Hines ran for Ft. Hays State University which finished fourth as a team, and Hines finished 14th overall in the race.

Garden City’s next race will be October 21 when they travel to the Butler Relays in El Dorado, KS. The GCCC team will return home to host the 2011 Region VI Cross Country Championships on Oct. 31, at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course.

The season will wrap up with the NJCAA National Championships which are being held on Nov. 12, at the Ocotillo Golf Course; Hobbs, New Mexico.

Above: The GCCC Men’s basketball team plays Frank Phillips College at the Jamboree held on Oct. 16 at the Dennis Perryman Complex. The other four teams that competed in the event were Seward County Community College, Hesston College, Otero Junior College, and Trinidad State Junior College.

Chris Ramsgard, sophomore running in the Ft. Hays State University Tiger Invitational in Hays, Kan. on Oct 8th.


Broncbuster cross country still going strong

GCCC hosts men’s basketball Jamboree

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T h e G a r d e n C i t y C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e Rodeo Team competed recently at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University S t a m p e d e Ro d e o i n Durant, Okla., and the GCCC women finished in fourth place, with the men finishing in 10th.

The rodeo outcome c a u s e d t h e L a d y Broncbusters to slip one place, to third, in the standings of the Central Pla ins Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, while the GCCC men remain in 10th place overall regionally.

“The women had a little less success than at their first two rodeos, going from a second place finish at Colby, followed by a third at Pratt and now a fourth,” said Coach Jim Boy Hash, “but once again, Emily had a good showing, as did Jace on the men’s side.”

Hash was referring to Emily Miller, Ingalls, who split first and second in the long go and won third in the short go of barrel racing to earn first place in the average. Miller also qualified for the short go in goat tying with a tie for fifth and sixth in the long go.

For the men, Jace Hi ld re th , Gunni son , Colo., earned seventh in the average of saddle bronc riding after earning eighth in the long go and sixth in the short go.

The only other GCCC individual to make the short go was Levi Nicholson who placed 10th in bareback riding.

The Busters Rodeo Team will travel to Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva,OK on Nov. 3-5.

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Women’s soccer season

wraps up


Rodeo team slips to third

in region

Left: GCCC Head Basketball Coach Chris Baumann addresses his team on the sidelines during their game against Frank Phillips on Oct. 16.

Golf wraps up first season

Sam Marlin, Sublette, Kan., is one of the top competitors individually on the GCCC men’s golf team. The team competed in the NJCAA National Preview on Oct. 17 and 18.Their next tournament will not be until Mar. 26, 2012.


Boo at the Zoo

Above: Trick or treaters received candy from various Garden City vendors and organizations who set up booths at Lee Richardson Zoo.

Above: Erik Lozano, President of GCCC’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) dons his prisoner costume in front of the booth which was a collaboration between the the college organization and the Garden City High School HALO club.

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Boo at the Zoo, held on Oct. 15 at Lee Richardson Zoo, brought in thousands of local residents for ghosts, goblins and goodies. The funds raised for the annual event will go towards the Cat Canyon project, construction for which is planned to begin early 2012.

Boo at the Zoo

Above: Two-year old sheep Bree Anderson, along with her brother, four-year old chicken, Kade Anderson (right), both of Garden City, enjoy the sights and sounds of Boo at the Zoo.

Ghouls, goblins haunt through 18th annual

PHOTO ESSAY BY ANGIE HAFLICH

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