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Glassblower – or gaffer– Gary Marshteaches students art skills near 3,000 de-gree heat caused by glass-melting fur-naces. Student hands give shape to frag-ile works of art at the glassblowing stu-dio. Marsh, adjunct instructor at Seward,

has  worked  with  glassblowing  for  18years,  nine  teaching  at  Liberal  HighSchool. He  teaches art  classes  to highschool students, and glassblowing andphotography to SCCC/ATS students atnight. According to Marsh, Liberal HighSchool is the only high school in the statewith a glassblowing program. Seward isthe only two-year college in the state ofKansas that offers glassblowing, and Em-poria State University is the only four-year college with glassblowing. “I like how you can create art out of

human breath,” Marsh said. Hanging from a metal tube, the molten

glass is given its first shape by blowing abubble throughout the blowpipe. Furthershaping is done with the aid of humanbreath,  hand  tools  –such  as  woodenblocks  and metal  pliers–  and  at  timesgravity. Glassblowing is not so differentfrom other types of art, even though theglass  itself  is never  touched with bare

hands. The  shape  isgiven  with  handtools  and  the  cre-ativity of the glass-blower.  Centering  the

molten  glass  on  theblow pipe is crucial forthe outcome of the glasspiece. Like a juggler, glassblowers keepthe piece centered, and away from theclutches of gravity.This is a rapid process from beginning

to end, as glass cools down rapidly andonce the glass warms past a certain tem-perature,  the  piece  cannot  be  shaped.Throughout the use of a gloryhole, a fur-nace used to reheat glass, the glass is keptat a malleable temperature. This processis repeated several times.Marsh says that he likes how it takes

approximately  40  minutes  to  create  aglass piece. However, the time to createa glass batch takes much longer. Glass  is  created  from  silica  sand.

Molten temperatures liquefy the quartzsand, then a clearing agent is applied andcrystal clear glass is created. The glass iskept at a constant temperature through-out the school year in gas furnaces. “It is like playing with fire, but you cre-

ate  pieces  of  art,”  SCCC/ATS  student

Fabiola Fraire, said.Fraire has been  ing lassb lowingclasses  for  twoyears.“You can cre-

ate  piece  afterpiece in the sameway,  but  the  final

piece will always bedifferent in color, shape, or

how light is reflected,” Fraire said. Glassblowing is different from other

art types as it is quite dangerous due tofire  and  the  high  temperatures  of  themolten glass. Personal safety and aware-ness  of  other  students  working  at  theglassblowing studio are important. Stu-dents usually work in pairs, as at timestwo sets of hands are required. Glassblowing students traveled to Ok-

lahoma City in October, in order to learnmore about the craft of glassblowing. Students saw the making of glass orna-

ments, bases and paperweights at BlueSage Glass Studio. They also visited theprivate  glass  studio  of  Toby  McGee.McGee creates sculptures of glass, withunique techniques to create impressionson the glass surface. Glassblowing is offered in the spring

semester; however, enrollment is limited.

Morgan Wil lsCrusader staff

The Saints cheerleader met themusic, crowd, and the cheers withconfidence as weeks of practicetook over and the talented SewardCounty athlete flew through theair landing safely as she transi-tioned to the next sequence. Kaela Krueger, and her team-

mates  on  the  cheer  and  dancesquads, opened their season forpublic consumption at BasketballPreview Night Oct. 25. Krueger, who is no stranger to

cheer,  tumbling,  or  pressure,began honing her love of cheer  atthe age of 6 by taking gymnasticsand  dance  lessons.  She  latercheered at TNT Tumbling, SouthMiddle School and Liberal HighSchool. After a few years of attending

cheer camp, she started to enter-tain the idea of what it would belike to become a staff member ata summer camp. Following hersenior  year  of  cheer  camp,Krueger  received  an  invitationfrom the Universal Cheer Associ-ation to tryout and possibly fulfillthose aspirations.   The National Cheerleading As-

sociation and the Universal CheerAssociation are the top cheer and

dance summer camp programs inAmerica.   They host hundreds ofcheer camps throughout the na-tion every summer. To be a member of one of these

renowned associations is consid-ered an honor.  Krueger’s mom Kae Krueger,

said  her  daughter  has  alwayswanted  to  be  an  NCA  cheer-leader. “She would probably liketo be a cheerleader the rest of herlife,” Kae said. “It is her favoritething to do in the world.” Kae also recognized Scarlette

Diseker as a major influence inher daughter’s life.  “She encour-aging Kaela  to  stay  focused onher goals,  and was  a great  rolemodel and inspiration as she wasgrowing up,” Kae said.Diseker began coaching Kaela

when she was 12 years old. “Towatch her progress  through hermiddle and high school years andthen  to  see  her  all  the  waythrough Seward and probably be-yond was  the  biggest  thing  forme,” Diseker said. “She could have chosen to go

anywhere and for Kaela to staywith me meant a lot, Not only ischeerleading  something  thatKaela has a good time doing, wehave always known that it wouldalso be a way for her to earn her

education.”  The  tryout  process  for  UCA

began  in March; Kaela and ap-proximately 50 other cheerlead-ers traveled to Kansas City for anopen  tryout;  all  with  the  samehope of becoming a “staffer.”  She went to the tryout with the

notion that she would be compet-ing with material they had beentold to learn beforehand; howev-er, when they arrived that materi-al was thrown out, and she wasasked to learn and tryout with anentirely new dance and cheer. “It was pretty nerve-wracking,”

Kaela said. “We thought we weregoing  to  tryout with  somethingwe had prepared for, and insteadwe had to learn something com-pletely different and tryout with iton the spot.”   Her  ability  to  learn  material

quickly was helpful in the tryoutprocess, as was her tumbling andstunting capabilities. Although,  there  were  some

with no tumbling skill, there wereothers  who  had  cheered  at  theuniversity level, which added tothe intensity of the competition.  Though  Kaela  said  she  was

thankful for the opportunity to bea part of the UCA staff; however,she couldn’t shake her dream ofbeing a part of the NCA program,

and eventually she decided to au-dition with them as well. She went  through  a  series  of

video  auditions  for  NCA,  andqualified  to  be  an  instructor  atboth  associations.    In  the  endKaela choose to follow her heartby join the NCA staff.  In the weeks following her ac-

ceptance on to the NCA staff, shespent  many  hours  memorizingmaterial from DVDs of dances,cheers, and chants she would berequired to teach at camps later inthe year.  Finally, in the last week of May,

Kaela flew to Chicago for a staffmeeting where she was trained onthe proper technique and proce-dures for being an NCA instruc-tor. Kaela worked at six camps pri-

marily in the Kansas area. Herparents were a bit nervous aboutthe traveling Kaela would bedoing on her own, but theybought her a new car with GPS inhopes that it would prevent herfor getting lost. “We were a littlenervous, but it wasn’t too bad,”Kae said. “The first year they keepyou close to home.”

The furthest commute Kaelamade was the five hour drive to

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GLASSBLOWING:Playing with fire

rusaderTHANKSGIVING  DINNERwill be hosted by Great WesternDining at the campus cafeteriafrom 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov.15 at the campus cafeteria. It isfree  for  SCCC/ATS  faculty,staff, and students.

CAMPUS will be closed fromNov. 23 - 27 for Thanksgivingbreak. 

PHI THETA KAPPA inductionceremony will  take  place  at  2p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20. Theceremony will be at the Techni-cal School Student Union.

SCCC/ATS STUDENTS MarcoHerrera,  Emmanuel  Garcia,Odulia  Covarrubias,  SelenePerez, and Dalia Camacho willbe  attending  the  Annual  Bio-medical Conference for Minori-ty Students on Nov. 3 - 13 in St.Louis, Mo. 

D.J.  ETZLER,  from  the  live-stock judging team, placed thirdin  sheep  at  the  State  Fair  ofTexas    competition  in  Dallas,eighth in cattle and 10th overallat the Tulsa State Fair. The fresh-man livestock team placed thirdin sheep and sixth overall andKaylee Pelfrey placed fourth incattle at the Dallas competition.Freshmen team includes Etzler,Pelfrey,  Shanon  Robinson,Aaron  Richie,  Rochelle  St.Amand and Lindsay Bulk. 

SIGMA CHI CHI  membersNestor Daniel Carrasco, MariaAnahi Vazquez, and Jose Pandowon  third  place  in  a  CrimeScene Investigation competitionthe end of October.

GRADUATION  applicationsand a $15 fee are due by Dec. 2at the registrars office.  Applica-tions  can  be  printed  online  atwww.sccc.edu - current studentsgraduation information. 

Students are encouraged to meetwith their respective advisers fora degree check. Students withinnine credit hours from degree re-quirements  can  still  “walk”  atthe  Spring  2012  Commence-ment. For more information, stu-dents should see an adviser. 

TWO ATS  students,  JeremyMendenhall and Zach Hibbert,have been elected to the SkillsUSA Kansas state officer team.They also won the promotionalbulletin  board  contest  at  theSkillUSA Fall Leadership Con-ference in Hesston. 

MISS  LIBERAL  PAGEANTwill be Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at2 p.m. Contestants should beginpreparations for the event. Formore  information,  call  LuHaynes  at  620-624-9153,  cellphone  629-5450,  or  email  athaynes@swko.net.

NEW SCHOLARSHIP DEAD-LINE has been imposed by theSCCC/ATS  scholarships  com-mittee in order to encourage stu-dents and staff to submit requir-ered  information  for  applica-tions to be processed by the startof the fall semester. The “Con-sideration Deadline” is July 15for  requirered  documentation.For  more  information  contactthe  office  of  student  financialaid.

Crusader brings home awards from theNational College Media Convention.

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Crusader lands threeBasketball players showcased their

skills for the upcoming season on

Saints Basketball Preview Night.

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Basketball Preview

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Kaela Krueger and teammate Ann Nguyen pose for a picture be-fore they performed their routine for Basketball Preview Night.

KAPPA BETA DELTA inducted eight new members in October. Pa-tricia Tovilla and Estanislao Tovilla received Honorary MembershipAwards. Kappa Beta Delta honors business majors around the coun-try. 

News Briefs

CZombies, mum-mies, and super-hero costumeswere a commonsight on Hal-loween on thecollege campus.

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Saints Krueger cheers her way onto NCA staff

Alexander Chaffin uses breath to give shape to a glass piece in the LHS glassblowing studio used by SCCC/ATS students. Also, Pat Knottgives shape to a glass gather. The gloryhole, at left, is used for reheating the molten glass, a glass furnace keeps glass heated continuously.

“She would probably like to be a cheerleader the restof her life, it is her favorite thing to do in the world.”

— Kae Krueger

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Contest winners were JaredHall, Erica Fowler, MeganCampbell, and Selene Perez.

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to Emporia State University. Herclosest was South Middle Schoolin Liberal, her former almamater, which she hosted by her-self.

A typical camp lasts four days.Staffers are on their feet from 9a.m. until 10:30 p.m. excludingthe hours they spend before andafter initial camp hours preparingmaterial for the following day.“Typically, we got about fourhours of sleep a night, whichmakes for a very long ride back,”Kaela said.

“The first day of camp is al-ways nerve-wracking, wonderingwhat the campers think of you,”

Kaela said. “But the most enjoy-able part of the job was simplyhanging out with the other staffmembers. Everyone was so goodand I learned a lot from beingaround them.”

Diseker feels that Kaela’s expe-rience has also been a positiveone for Seward’s cheer squad.“After you have been a coach youdevelop a sense of leadership and

patience that you didn’t have be-fore.

You think of others beforeyourself, which I have seen Kaelado a lot of since her return,” Dis-eker said. “She has also made im-portant connections which willbe beneficial to her as she contin-ues her cheerleading career afterSeward.”

Kaela already has her 2012summer job lined up as she hasdecided to be on the NCA staffagain next year and will be grand-fathered in.

“I didn’t even think of it as ajob,” Krueger said, I got paid toteach people cheerleading andhangout with very cool, talentedpeople all day.”

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Kaela Krueger stops for a photowhile visiting a local school inher role as Miss Liberal.

Slime contestyields chemistryteam winners

“The first day ofcamp is alwaysnerve-wracking.”

— Kaela Krueger

Wall of Creativity

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When teen pregnancy is broughtup, the immediate image that comesto mind is of a young woman thatwill have the child. The person whooften steps aside, or is pushed aside,is the father. It takes two to tango, sowhere is the father?

Teenage fathers are rarely in perpet-ual spotlight of teen pregnancies.Some choose not to become in-volved, some are pushed aside byfamily members of the pregnantgirl/woman, and then there are thosewho truly attempt to become a partof the child’s life.

More and more young fathers havemade the decision to see their chil-dren’s life play out year by year.Soon-to-be fathers often help theirpartner with any needs she may haveeither financially, or psychological-ly. It’s difficult on both sides; the fe-male will become a mother, and themale teen will become a father-butfor the male the change may seemovernight.

Francisco Morales attendedSCCC/ATS and took courses on

truck driving to obtain his CDL thisyear. He is a Liberal High Schoolgraduate, and is now 21 years old.

He found out he was going to be afather while a junior in high school.This did not disrupt him from attain-ing his diploma, and he knew hewanted to be a part of the baby’s life.

The pregnancy was not planned,but regardless he decided to beresponsible and undertookhis role as a father andcontinues to believe heis equally responsiblefor his child’s up-bringing. It’s morethan an obligation; itswhat he felt he had todo in order to become acare giver and loving par-ent.

Many of his friends and relativeswere shocked at the news of him be-coming a father. His cousin, NakitaMartinez, said “No one would haveever expected it since he was into hismusic, had gigs going on, and wasjust a good kid.”

Morales’ daughter, Aaliyah Marie,is now three years old, and will soonbe four. He says she is his “life and

determination.” He enjoys spendingtime with her whenever possible andsays that being a part of her life is agreat motivator to be successful andprovide for her as she grows older.

Becoming a young parent has beensomewhat of a challenge to Morales,though. Much like the two youngwomen in the previous issue, he too

has had difficulties. Working, at-taining an education, being a

part of a band and helpingraise his child was, andcontinues to be, strenu-ous at times.

Despite it all, helooks back and says thatshe (Aaliyah) will never

be considered an error inhis life. He wants to have a

better future for her. Moralesfeels it is necessary to be successfulfor his daughter.

Morales took on his role as a fa-ther for his child, but there are someyoung men who do not. Oftentimesthere are many obstacles to the in-volvement and incorporation ofyounger fathers in their children's’lives.

Sometimes the relationship with

the mother, or mother’s family cre-ates a barrier. Often the mother push-es the dad out of the picture, seclud-ing the baby from the father.

On the other hand, the situationcan be reversed, and the father’s fam-ily, or father himself, may not wantanything to do with the child.

When the young parent or parentsdecide to keep the child, instead ofopting for adoption or abortion, cer-tain rights are given to either party.

The rights of a father include: es-tablishment of paternity, parenting,guardianship, and adoption. A dad,being a teen or not, does have theright to have some kind of custody ofthe child. Also child support is anissue, as financial support is necce-sary for the child’s welfare.

For some fathers, the decision ofbecoming part of their childrens’lives was taken too rashly, and lateron in their lives regretted it. Thechoice may seem like a heavy weighton their shoulders, but being a partof the childrens’ lives is ultimatelyup to them. Not only their future isaffected by their decision, but the fu-ture of the child as well.

Teen pregnancies affect futures’ of young fathers

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Looking past our own assumptions to gain knowledgePHILOSOPHY —

Relationships sailing around in collegeLIFE —

Oh, relationships. Will theysink, or will they float? This de-pends on what your philosophy,or framework of your “boat” soto speak, says about your opin-ions on them.

Being a college student is dif-ficult, especially when you havea hectic schedule and seem toconstantly be prioritizing your

time. Busy, busy, busy, andhaving no time to see yourbabycakes is tough, or more sothan that, not having enoughtime to find that babycakes canbe tough.

Sometimes it might be easierto remain single, and not haveto feel like you are “U-Hauling”. This slang-termmeans that you rush into the re-lationship, and can end up feel-ing overwhelmed or suffocatedby how quickly it progresses.

Another complicated relation-ship, is the ol’ “friends with ben-efits,” famous in our day andage, and being ever popularizedby the media. Then again, it’swhatever floats your boat.

However, if you have a rela-

tionship, that functions well,you feel happy, and maintain agood balance between everythingaround you, I envy you. Your re-lationship is floating about con-tentedly.

What can sink your relation-ship? Distance is a factor thatmay or may not effect it, so canjealousy. Everyone seems to bean acquaintance with everyone sogossip can be a detrimental fac-tor and can in fact sink your“ship”. That’s a negative side toour small town atmosphere.

Unclear motives, learning toprioritize, or even being cluelessabout what you are (or are not)getting into can effect the turnout of your dating life also. Thisis why our priorities should be

kept straight.Whichever the case, one of the

top priorities we have is educa-tion. After all, isn’t that the rea-son we are attending college?Furthering our education and re-maining focused on what we doacademically should be the mainpriority.

Along with that, our families,friends, jobs and activities we de-vote time to should be kept highon our priority list as well.

So remember, you are in con-trol of your boat, and sometimesbeing single is better than beingin a sinking relationship.Regardless, you are the captainof your love boat.

It seems that as the years goby, the human race is becomingmore advanced in everything wedo. One thing I notice, though,is that love is still stuck in thedark ages.

Everyday girls say that theyhave yet to find the right person.A person who makes them feelbutterflies, or see fireworks aftera romantic kiss.

Yet two minutes later theycomplain that love is so hard tofind or that the “punk” they arewith is worthless. Do I dare saythat we have that fairy tale visionof love and we use that as ourstandard for choosing the rightguy in the real world? The an-swer, is yes.

We grow up reading aboutCinderella and the way she foundher Prince Charming and deepdown inside we hope that we toowill find that knight in shiningarmor as well. That’s the reasonthat women are on a continuoussearch for the perfect man.

After each failed relationshipwe as women began to build awall in order to protect ourselvesfrom being hurt once again or we

decide that we are going to betougher on our next boyfriend sowe can teach the male societythat they can’t break us down.Then we are pegged as being coldand shallow.

Who is to blame men becausethey don’t understand our way ofthinking or even women them-selves because we make every-thing so confusing in a relation-ship, so confusing that we even-tually drive men away?

Women just want that specialrelationship that makes them feellike they are on top of the world.They just don’t know how to ex-press their true feelings for thatspecial guy.

Oftentimes we think that theguy that we are with is only withus for convenience, which canmany times be true. Women ex-pect to fall in love, and continueto feel that same attraction withthe person that they are in lovewith everyday because that is theconception we have on love.

Once we find that specialsomeone we overlook all of thedeal breakers that the guy mighthave because just like the clichesaying goes “love is blind.” Ourstandards dissipate, and we fallinto lust.

We just need to realize thatlove is not what the movies orfairy tales make it seem it is.Love and finding that specialsomeone is not that simple; es-pecially if women and men arealways thinking the worst of theopposite sex.

OPINION6 Wednesday, November 9, 2011CRUSADER

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Heidy Molina

LIFE — OUR VIEW —

Johnson CountyCommunity College isbeing sued by theStudent Press LawCenter and a collegejournalist for charging$24,130.72 in fees inorder to release openrecords. JCCC is charg-ing $10,000 to producea day’s worth of emails.The lawsuit states thatthe amount that isbeing charged for therecords is excessive.

“They’re basicallyhanging a price tag onwhat should be publicdocuments in order tokeep those documentsfrom being public,”Attorney ChristopherGrenz said.

Under The Freedomof Information Act, orFOIA, the public is en-sured public access to

U.S governmentrecords. For the recordsto be released, theagency must receive awritten request, thuscausing the agency tobe required to disclosethe information unlessthe information can bewithheld from disclo-sure under one of thenine exceptions in theFOIA.

Reasonable fees canbe charged for the infor-mation that is being re-quested, but JohnsonCounty is asking for afee that its collegenewspaper certainlycannot pay.

The fees charged forthe emails in questionis unreasonable, espe-cially because the news-paper was only tryingto run a story to inform

their student body aboutthe closing of a depart-ment on their campus.

It is understandablethat Johnson Countywants to charge a fee forinformation becausetime will be spent look-ing for the emails inquestion, but the pricetag that has been put onsaid emails only makesit look like JohnsonCounty is hiding some-thing that the collegedoesn’t want the cam-pus and the communityaround them to know.

The fees charged forinformation should bereasonable to the infor-mation that is requested.Emails are not that hardto get ahold of in ashort period of time,therefore the feescharged should be more

accessible. Agencies may be

using the fees as a wayto block informationfrom being released tothe public.

“We're seeing thisphenomenon all overthe country, whereagencies are ringing upthese jackpot bills forrecords, and it seemslike public watchdogsare being seen as aneasy way for an agencyin a budget crunch toturn a quick buck.Public records belong tothe public, and there'snot supposed to be amark-up so that agen-cies can make a windfallprofit by selling thepublic's own informa-tion back to us,” FrankLoMonte, SPLC execu-tive director, said.

The fees should be away that the agency jus-tifies the time and effortthat was put into pro-viding the informationto the public, not as acop-out to not provideinformation that is ac-cessible to the publicunder the open recordsact.

Thomas Jeffersononce stated that“Information is the cur-rency of democracy,”but now you need cur-rency in order to accessinformation that shouldbe accessible to thepublic. If newspapersand reporters do nothave access to informa-tion, who will informthe public the informa-tion that they have aright to know?

I’ve come through severalplaces in my life where my as-sumptions were wrong. Howmany times do we all assumethat since we have the right-of-way that the car in front of us isgoing to acknowledge that? Howmany times have we assumed aperson to be a certain age basedon how old they looked and theirlevel of maturity, only to findout we were way off. I have totake my socks off and count on

my toes when I run out of fingersas I recall all my assumptionouttakes.

Then there is the classic case ofassuming a person is right whenthey tell us something and wefail to investigate it for our-selves. But why don’t we inves-tigate the things we are told moredeeply? Most of the time we for-get, or we don’t see why it mat-ters. Then there are the rare fewof us who just get lazy.Why dowe buy into certain things with-out testing them? Is it becausethey sound good? is it becausethey explain things in ways thathelp us not to think too hard?

Do we just assume that be-cause a bit of information aboutthe earth being 4.5 billion yearsold comes from a well respectedseries of text books that they areGospel truth? Lets take Carbon

14 dating for example: this tech-nique is said, by scientists and bi-ology professors alike, to be ex-tremely accurate and that there islittle room for error in it. Thewhole idea behind it depends onthe assumption that there hasbeen no catastrophic geologicalinterferences that will alter therate of Carbon 14 in that fossil,creature, whatever. Assuming afossil has been untouched for Xnumber of years, the resultingamount of Carbon 14 SHOULD(in theory) give the age of thefossil.

Most give dates ranging in themillions of years and even in thebillions of years. But this tech-nique, one that is said to be veryaccurate, has a problem: MikeRiddle, who has studied datingmethods for over 20 years, andhas spoken in hundreds of

churches, universities, homeschool conventions and atNASA, gave an insightful lec-ture on current dating methodsand a blow by blow descriptionof the process by which Carbon14 is produced.

The lecture is a 4 part video se-ries that can be watched atwww.answersingenesis.org. Thetitle of the lecture is “dating fos-sils and rocks.” It can be found inthe media/videos on demand sec-tion of the website.

Through watching these videosI learned something that I did notlearn in any of my science class-es: If a fossil is really millions ofyears old, any detectable traces ofCarbon 14 would be gone if thefossil was really over 60,000years old, let alone several mil-lions of years old. After that timespan, any detectable traces of

Carbon 14 in the fossil would becompletely gone. That does notimply that the fossil is exactly60,000 years old, but based onthe decay rate of Carbon 14, thatis the most logical and mathe-matically sound timeline inwhich Carbon 14 could exist ina fossil.

So where are the bogus dates ofmillions and billions of yearscoming from? Since after thosemillions of years their measuringstick would have eroded, whatelse can they do?

And how logical is it to as-sume that there will be no geo-graphical interferences (cata-strophic or otherwise) for Xnumber of years? Seriously?Glaciers shift, volcanoes erupt,earthquakes happen, and theseshift elements of fossils aroundand, in CSI language, can “cont-

aminate the evidence” so tospeak, which might be a goodexplanation for screwy dates.

Many scientists laugh out loudat the Genesis flood, but theycannot deny the exploding Mt.St. Helens event that simulatedthat mountain formations couldbe formed over extremely shortperiods of time as opposed tomillions of years.

So, are dating methods, (notjust Carbon 14) reliable? You bethe judge. Sure they have theiruses. But they are very limited intheir accuracy, just for the simplefact that there are so many factorsthat have to be accounted for, andso many of those factors changeat many different rates.

What if the earth was signifi-cantly younger than what is com-monly accepted? You decide.

In a man’s search for truth anddestiny he will encounter severalobstacles along the way. Themost common and most crucialis heartbreak.

In today’s cruel society, whichis filled with maniacal and ma-nipulative women that tell a maneverything that he wants to hear,just so that later she may one dayrip out his beating heart and stealhis soul, heartbreak is a commonthing.

Just the thought of that alonewill make any man fold andquestion whether it is all reallyworth it. It’s a very scarythought, and unfortunately it’sthe reality that many of us lov-ing, genuine men go through.

There will be times that hewill want to call it quits and giveup forever; retire to solitude, andif he’s so lucky be institutional-ized and put in a padded room.

Not even that will save himfrom the regret of giving up onthe greatest thing that could haveever happened to him; spendingthe rest of his life in the presenceof true love.

He may wake up some morn-

ings and just want to lay there inthe dark and never see the lightof day again, but I will say thisfrom first-hand experience; painbeats regret every day of theweek, so don’t let regret takeplace of what should have been. Its very likely that he is going toencounter numerous “falsealarms” throughout the course ofhis search, but once he finds the“one” he will know.

They say that when a man seesthe love of his life, time standsstill. What most men don’tknow is that it really does, butthat’s a whole different story.

Once he experiences that mo-ment where he lays eyes on awoman-everything else justseems to pause-and in that in-stant and for every instant afterthat, nothing else seems to mat-ter anymore. That is when he hasdiscovered an extremely rarecommodity.

Without her even saying aword to him, he already knowsthat he is going to spend hiswhole life with her, doing every-thing that he can, no matter whatthe cost is, to make her smile.

He will do anything he has todo, to guarantee that one daydown the road he will be able tolook to his side and see that aged,but still beautiful face.

And that’s what love is allabout; doing everything in yourpower to make another personhappy, because just the sight ofhim/her smiling makes your lifeworth living. But that is onlyone part of a man’s search fortruth and destiny.

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ENTERTAINMENT CRUSADER 7Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Megan S painCrusader staff

Today’s television lineup islargely composed of dramaticmedical shows, suspenseful po-lice shows, and the occasionalpairing of two opposite person-alities. I had high hopes for“New Girl,” Fox Network’s newsitcom starring indie darlingZooey Deschanel. Ideally, thisnew show would be a breath offresh air.

I hoped for a knock-out, clev-erly written series with an en-semble cast that would hopeful-ly evolve into something asmemorable as “Friends,” “How IMet Your Mother,” or “The BigBang Theory.”

With a talented cast includingMax Greenfield, who had a recur-ring role on the award-winning“Veronica Mars” series and color-ful wardrobe pieces that remind-ed me of the short-lived yetappealing series “PushingDaisies,” I expected a lot from“New Girl.”

However, upon watching thefirst episode, I could feel myhopes being shot down. De-schanel plays a caricature of her-self as Jess, a friendly yet naïvetwenty-something that moves inwith three men after herboyfriend cheats on her. Thoughthe premise sounded promising,I felt disappointed as the showprogressed.

It’s clear that Jess was createdto be an awkward, indie, alterna-tive girl who is humbly unawareof her good looks and charminginnocence. Sound familiar?That’s because it’s the same rolethat Deschanel has been stuck inever since “(500) Days of Sum-mer.”

Ignoring the fact that De-schanel was typecast again, Ipressed onward into the show,hoping to find redeeming quali-ties.

The dialogue is occasionallyclever, if not predictable. A refer-ence to “The Lord of the Rings”popped up briefly, something Iappreciated greatly even if it was

sandwiched between over-the-toplines.

The supporting actors oftensteal the scene with their charis-matic delivery, especially JakeJohnson. I was very aware ofhow one-dimensional Jessseemed as some of her room-mates began to evolve as theepisodes progressed. It’s definite-ly never a good thing when Iwish the main character was onscreen less and wish to see moreof the unimportant characters.

I wish I could say that theshow improved as time movedon and that the first episode is theonly shaky episode, but I can’t.

“New Girl” tries too hard to besomething special in the eveninglineup of new sitcoms andpromising dramas. Maybe itcould be more remarkable, ifchanges were made as newepisodes are produced . The showhas the potential to turn intosomething great, but it also defi-nitely has to overcome morethan a few flaws.

Lackluster ‘New Girl’ disappoints

AnxietyExamTests are a constant element of college life. There are many ways to prepare for a test, but anxi-ety can crush confidence and make studying nearly impossible. Following a few simple tips can

lessen the anxiety, and make you feel a lot more prepared for your exams.

1. Have ConfidenceStudying hard pays off. Remember this, and think positively.

2. RelaxJust breathe in and out and tell yourself, everything is going to be fine.Source: www.ezinearticles.com

3. Make It EmotionalIf you associate learning with emotion, it makes it easier to retrieve information from your mem-ory banks. If you use positive emotions with the review, more than likely, the results will be posi-tive, too.

4. EatWith a protein-rich breakfast, memory retrieval becomes easier. Protein is the nutrient that cancarry oxygen to the brain, aiding recall.

5. Get Physical About ItDo something light (jogging, cardio, yoga) in order to get oxygen into the brain. Source: www.ezinearticles.com

6. FocusDo not lose track of the main objective: the test. Set a goal (like getting an A on the test) andkeep the goal in sight.

7. Do Not CramStudying material beforehand boosts confidence and there’s a better chance of it being remem-bered than if the information is quickly read over right before a test.

8. Spice It Up a BitAlternate between subjects and concepts while studying.

9. Use the CodeIf the study guide and the information is too intimidating, cut it up and manipulate it in order tomake it work. Use acronyms. Do not let the subject own you. Instead, own the subject.

10. Prioritize and OrganizeInstructors usually give clues about the content of the finals. Listen really well, organize yourschedule for studying and prioritize on which subject to study first. Source: www.about.com

Finals are scheduled for Dec. 12-14 and Dec. 5-9 for evening classes. Individual exam schedulesare available on the SCCC/ATS website under the Academics tab.

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Crusader staff meets the Everglade State

At left, Crusader adviser andjournalism instructor Anita Reedwas recognized at the conventionas the 2011 DistinguishedAdviser of the Year for two-yearcolleges. Only advisers withproven backgrounds dedicatedto students and CMA codes areselected.

At right, Although the Crusadernewspaper did not win the topPacemaker Award, it did win therecognition of being one of thebest newspapers in the nation.The esteemed Pacemaker Finalistaward is an award few earn.

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The Crusader was awarded asixth place Best of Show Awardfor two-year broadsheet news-papers from the AssociatedCollegiate Press for fall of 2011.

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SushiSushi“When living in small town Kansas with a

taste for exquisite cuisine, I am often disappoint-ed as Burger King and Taco Bell just do not suf-fice. Luckily for me, on my recent trip to beauti-ful Orlando, Fla., I ate nothing short of excellence. Ming Court, aSushi bar, had every sushi imaginable: Rainbow roll, California,Sashimi, anything imaginable. The cuisine at Ming Court makeslocal fare look like something made in an easy-bake oven.”

—Chandler BrockettThe staff ate at an Oriental restaurant, Ming Court, who had the

“best sushi in town.” Only Brockett and Levi Adams were braveenough to order sushi, but others sampled some.

Cirque du SoleilCirque du Soleil“It was a thrilling show. I had never seen anything like it.” —Celestina Padilla“An extravagant circus act with a demonic tone to it. A cross be-

tween Faust and Alice in Wonderland.” —Chandler Brockett“I’ve never been so impressed with what would normally be mun-

dane circus acts before in my life.” —James McElvaniaThe Crusader members were thrilled to watch La Nouba, a show in

Cirque du Soleil, at DisneyWorld. They were impressed afterward,and proceeded to tour a part of DisneyWorld.

Universal StudiosUniversal Studios“Halloween Horror Nights was awesome! I ended up wasting like a

fifth of my money there, but all of the haunted houses, the rides, andthe show ‘Bill and Ted’s Halloween Adventure’ made it worth everypenny!” —Robert Sanchez

“Although the rest of the group besides Anita and I went to theHalloween Horror Nights, I didn’t want to. If I was going to UniversalStudios, I had to go on the rides. I am so happy that I chose the ridesbecause I had a lot of fun on the roller coasters, even if I was the onlyone from the Crusader on them. I really enjoyed it.” —Tonya Loewen

All of the staff except for Reed and Loewen went to HalloweenHorror Nights at Universal Studios until the early hours of the morn-ing. Reed and Loewen enjoyed Islands of Adventure and City Walk,including eating at the world’s largest Hard Rock Cafe.

Movie ReviewsMovie Reviews“Johnny Depp returns to the big screen in ‘The Rum Diary’, where

he brings to life another of Hunter S. Thompsons’ characters, PaulKemp.

Kemp, a journalist from New York City, ventures to Puerto Ricoto try to save a struggling newspaper. Along the way, he encountersmany marvelous things: a beautiful blonde, 400 proof rum, LSD,crooked politicians, rowdy Puerto Ricans, and cock fights.

While faced with great adversity, Kemp strives. He finishes his firstnovel, and marries the woman of his dreams. A great romantic come-dy with a mix of objective journalism.” —Chandler Brockett

“Months, weeks, hours, even seconds of people’s lives are used ascurrency in the movie “In Time”. Set in the year 2161, people stopaging at the age of 25, and upon their 25th birthday they are givenone year more to spend.

The movie is based around the concept that time is truly money.The wealthy have more time, much like money, and are unaffected bythe rising cost of living. Those who don’t have as much time liveday to day, struggling in the ghetto.

The two protagonists, who are much like star-crossed lovers, be-come determined to change the order of things for the good of all.”—Celestina Padilla

After a week full of entertainment, the staff decided to cool it downwith going out and watching movies. Most of the group decided towatch “In Time” while Brockett watched “The Rum Diary”. After themovies finished, the group took advantage of the beautiful eveningand walked back to their hotel, seeing many interesting sights andcreating great memories.

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BeachBeach“The beach stretched forever, and the ocean seemed endless. The two

together created a beautiful scene. The evening sky was amazing, asthe overcast brought in many rolling clouds, almost in sync with thewaves. Once I hit the dry beach, my toes sunk into the sand, and Ihad to work harder just to get my feet up. The saturated sand wasnext; a nice contrast with the softer sand of before. The powerfulwaves gradually swept me out to sea — very cool at first, then re-freshingly warm. The waves moved me up and down like a bobberin a pond on a windy day.”

This is how Cocoa Beach felt like to Crusader staff member LeviAdams after being prompted to say more than, “It was good.”

Cocoa Beach is an hour away from Orlando, Fla., and is located onthe edge of an isthmus off the coast of Florida.

The entire staff spent the evening on the beach, although onlyAdams went swimming. After the beach, the staff dined at a seafoodrestaurant on a pier overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

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Robert Sanchez planks on a Florida panther statue while the staff wenton a walk after watching movies Saturday night.

Quotes to think aboutQuotes to think about

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Anita Reed with the Crusader staff after Reed was presented with the 2011 Distinguished Adviser of the Year for two-year colleges award. Thegroup, from left, is as follows. Back row, Luis Campos, Sandy Alfaro, Tonya Loewen, Reed, James McElvania, Celestina Padilla, Morgan Wills.Front row, Robert Sanchez, Levi Adams, Chandler Brockett.

“There are so many attractions in Orlando that it is estimatedthat it would take the average traveler 67 full days to experi-ence every one.

Orlando is home to the first water park ever. Wet ‘n’ Wildopened in 1977 and it's still one of the only water parks thatstays open 365 days a year.

The Walt DisneyWorld Resort in Orlando is so huge that you couldfit two Manhattans or one San Francisco in it.

If you ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at a differentOrlando restaurant every day, it would take you fiveyears to eat at all 5,300 of them.

Marriott chose Orlando to be the city where they built the world's largestMarriott, a 2,000-room mega-resort.

The oldest and biggest bald cypress tree in the world grows inCentral Florida.

Many famous faces are from Orlando... Rob Thomas andMandy Moore grew up in Orlando; JC Chasez andJoey Fatone worked at Universal Orlando; and HowieDorough of the Backstreet Boys was born in Orlando.

Blue Man Group uses the equivalent of 56,000 rolls of paper dur-ing the show each night.”

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“93% of first time interactions are non-verbal, which is why humanscan’t resist the urge to stereotype.” —Nils Rosdahl, North Idaho College

“Opinion either makes me stupid or brilliant.” —Tim Posada, AzusaPacific University

“I dated somebody one time, and two things she cared about wasmy car and my shoes. She understood them.” —Lynn Hoppes, ESPN

Interesting facts about Orlando, Fla.Interesting facts about Orlando, Fla.

Tonya LoewenCrusader staff

Nine Crusader staff members and adviser Anita Reed were awed withthe tropical wonders of Orlando, Fla., when they traveled to Orlandofor the 90th annual National College Media Convention at theRenaissance SeaWorld from October 26-30.

More than 2,200 people attended the convention, according toLogan Aimone, executive director for the Associated Collegiate Press.Aimone said that this amount was definitely more than last year’sconvention in Louisville, Ky. People from Alaska to Hawaii to NewHampshire traveled to sunny Florida for the convention.

Aimone is proud that it was the 90th National College MediaConvention and says it has grown a lot over the 90 years. “It startedwith around 100 people and is over 2,000 now,” Aimone said. Partof the reason Aimone thinks it has grown so much is because of thechange in social media.

As director for five years, Aimone has been able to see the drasticchange in journalism. “When I started, there was no Twitter andFacebook was not nearly as popular. Now, we are so integrated withTwitter and Facebook and always connected. It’s a very interestingphenomenon,” Aimone said.

The NCMC is a convention in which thousands of journalists andadvisers from across the country come together for courses and cri-tiques to improve media. There were more than 400 sessions avail-able for students to attend, including ones by famous journalists andphotographers, including Tim Harrower, well-known designer andtextbook author; Mark Russell, editor of the Orlando Sentinel; andPatrick Farrell, photographer at the Miami Herald.

Vadim Lavrusik, journalist program manager for Facebook, was theending keynote speaker. He was originally scheduled to fly in toOrlando, but because of a massive winter storm in New York City,

he could not make the convention. Instead, he spoke to the group, asthe first keynote ever delivered via Skype at the NCMC.

Many awards are presented at the NCMC, such as two awards theCrusader won from work completed in the 2010-2011 school year andone award from this year.

The first award won was to recognize Crusader adviser and journal-ism instructor Anita Reed as the 2011 Distinguished Adviser of theYear for two-year colleges.

The next award received by the Crusader was that of a PacemakerFinalist for two-year college newspapers. Entries were judged by pro-fessional journalists in the Washington, D.C., area. Finalists were se-lected based on excellence in coverage and content, quality of writingand reporting, leadership on the opinion page, in-depth reporting, lay-out/design, photography, art and graphics. The Crusader did not win aPacemaker, but even nomination for one is a great honor.

The Crusader was also awarded a sixth place Best of Show Awardfor two-year broadsheet newspapers from the Associated CollegiatePress. The No. 1 place went to Southwestern College in Chula Vista,Calif. Second was North Idaho College from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.Third was Washtenaw Comm. College in Ann Arbor, Mich. Fourthplace went to Contra Costa college from San Pablo, Calif., and fifthplace was Tarrant County College in Hurst, Texas.

The current Crusader editor, Heidy Molina, said, “I feel that the [Bestof Show] award shows that the staff I have this year is really great andworks hard. I’m so glad to have such a talented staff.”

Last year’s co-editors Alfredo Anaya and Dana Loewen were thrilledabout the Pacemaker Finalist.

“It makes me happy to see that all the work that Dana and I put inpaid off,” Anaya said. “It reflects through the award.”

“I really felt like Alfredo and I had the opportunity to really make itour own and take chances,” Loewen said. “I think that's what grabbedthe attention of the judges.”

Crusader photos/ Jose Medrano

Above, volleyball players Madison Winkelman and Courtney Geesingprepare for a serve from the opposing team. Below, Nathan Ingramshows his fan support for Madison Winkelman during SophomoreRecognition Night.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011C Sportsrusader

Tonya LoewenCrusader staff

Ever since she startedplaying volleyball withher friends at her localYMCA in elementaryschool, SCCC sophomoreMadison Winkelman washooked. She has beenplaying since, and herdedication to the gameshows.

“I’ve played volleyballsince the third grade andit’s definitely my passion.I’ve never really beengood at any other sports,but I really loved volley-ball,” Winkelman said.

Winkelman is the libero,or defense specialist, atSeward County Commu-nity College.

The recent statistics onthe Saints Athletics web-site shows that Winkel-man has made 566 digsthis season. Adding to lastyear’s total of 676 digs,she totals 1,242 digs. Thisnumber of digs for 2010-2011 means Winkelmanhas the second highestamount of digs in theschool’s history.

The only person whohas more digs thanWinkelman is Katy Trout-man with 1,447 digs from2006-2007. Third placegoes to Gabi Carbonefrom 1998-1999 with1,041 digs.

Winkelman is originallyfrom Dumas, Texas, andenjoys going home to seenot only her family, butalso her fans. Her 11-year-old sister, Brynne, is herinspiration and biggestfan. She comes to nearlyall of Winkelman’s gamesand always brings hope.

“I think I’ve done sowell in volleyball so thatshe can look up to me andhave a positive influence,”Winkelman said.

Winkelman also hopesthat her younger sister willfollow in her footsteps andcontinue to play volley-ball.

When asked about herteam, Winkelman’s re-sponse was only positive.

“We’re amazing togeth-er. Everyone has so muchenergy and is so dedicat-ed,” said Winkelman.

She thought that theteam would make nation-als, but remained opti-mistic after the close lossat the regional tournamentlast weekend.

“I’m sad that we lost butso proud of how we foughtand stayed together,”Winkelman said.

She also says that herroommate, another Se-ward volleyball power-house, Courtney Geesing,is like her sister. They arevery close and plan onbeing friends for a longtime.

Geesing and Winkelmanhave known each other alittle over a year becauseof volleyball.

Geesing thinks veryhighly of her friend androommate.

“She is phenomenal.She has so much talent asa volleyball player… sheis a leader,” Geesing said.

Geesing also says sheadmires and looks up toWinkelman because “shesets up high standards forherself and lives up tothem. She also pushes oth-ers to be the best they canbe.”

Winkelman is majoringin education and plans onattending West TexasA&M after graduatingfrom Seward County thisupcoming May.

Her goal is to become aspecial education teacher,and she is really lookingforward to it.

Luis CamposCrusader staff

The Seward County Commu-nity College Men’s Basketballteam came out guns blazing Fri-day and Saturday night to startoff the season 2-0.

On Friday night, SCCC beatSterling College JV 119-35 whileshowing off their defensive capa-bilities, holding Sterling to only35 points while shooting an atro-cious 28 percent from the field.

SCCC didn’t have any strug-gles, however, as the team shot54 percent from the field, whilescoring 119 points.

Daveon Boardingham led theway for the Saints with 23 pointsand nine boards. The Saintsseemed unstoppable on bothsides of the ball, with the fullcourt press contributing to 43Sterling turnovers. SCCC had therebound advantages of 54-19.

On Saturday night, SCCC beatGod’s Academy Prep 105-79.

SCCC started off slow, butsoon after started to get it togeth-er while shooting 54 percent inthe first half.

SCCC’s defense, again, wascrucial, causing 26 turnoversthroughout the game.

God’s Academy Prep shot 33percent in the first half.

SCCC led by 27 points by theend of the first half.

In the second half, God’sAcademy Prep came out moreaggressive and went to the freethrow line 18 times, compared toSCCC’s three free throws.

God’s Academy Prep shot 52percent from the field whileSCCC shot 55 percent in the sec-ond half. Deverell Biggs led theway for the Saints with 26 points,11 rebounds, and 8 assists.

Men’s basketball starts with strong wins

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

The Lady Saints hold the front line against Pratt Community Collegefor the last match of the 2011 regular season in the Green House.

Lady Saints fall short in Region VI Championship

Winkelman delivers the

Wow

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Madison Winkelman serves for theLady Saints against the Pratt Beavers.

Levi AdamsCrusader staff

The Lady Saints opened theseason at home the weekend ofNov. 4-5, for a combined totalof 170 points to their oppo-nents’ 104 points in the PepsiClassic at the Green House.

On Friday night, the LadySaints beat Southwestern Chris-tian of Terrel, Texas, 95-44.

The Lady Saints led 52-20 atthe half but slowed down pro-duction ever so slightly after thethe break.

Mariah Lee finished off thenight with 24 points and 12 re-bounds, followed by KelseyBlair with 14 points and nine re-bounds and Ashlynn Knoll with10 points and seven rebounds.

On Saturday night, the LadySaints took on and beat AirForce Prep of Colorado Springs,Colo., 75-60.

The Lady Saints had a slowstart, letting the Huskies get a 7-0 lead in the first few minutes ofplay, until the Lady Saints final-

ly got a first half score whenRicquia Jones made a foul shot.Kelsey Blair and Payton Flem-ing then each hit three-pointshots to tie the game, 7-7.

The Lady Saints finally start-ed to pull away just before thehalf, with a lead of 38-26.

Anete Kirsteine finished thegame with 24 points and six re-

bounds, Knoll finished with 14points and six rebounds, andFleming with 15 points and 4rebounds.

The Lady Saints will travel toMariana, Fla., to play againstMonroe Community Collegeand Tallahassee CommunityCollege on Nov. 10 and Nov.11, respectively.

Women’s team sweeps home openers

Seward sophomore talksabout volleyball experiences

Jose MedranoCrusader Staff

The Lady Saints volleyballteam pushed through the post-season regional tournament ontheir way to a bittersweet end-ing. The Lady Saints reached theRegion VI championship match,but lost to Barton County for thesecond year in a row.

The Lady Saints began thepost-season run with a winagainst the Pratt CommunityCollege Beavers Nov 1. in theGreen House. The match wascrucial in order to continue inthe Region VI Tournament.

The Lady Saints beat the LadyBeavers in the first set, winning(25-18) , a close second set (27-25) which proved decisive forthe match. The final set endedwith a score of (25-14), whichmade the game a blowout for theLady Saints (3-0) and allowedthe team to progress further intothe postseason.

The volleyball team attendedthe Region VI tournament thislast weekend, Nov 5. and Nov

6. beating their first opponentColby’s Lady Trojans (3-1).

The Lady Saints later facedand were defeated by the BartonLady Cougars in a blowout (3-0)the first of a series of three en-counters in the tournament. Thedefeat pushed Lady Saints intothe losers bracket.

The Lady Saints moved on toredeem themselves against theHutchinson Lady Dragons, de-feating Hutch (3-2), progressingone step closer towards the Re-gion VI tournament champi-onship match.

The Saints gained momentumand played their second matchagainst Barton, winning theclose match (3-2), forcing an allor nothing championship matchbetween the Saints and theCougars.

The Lady Saints ended up justshort of a national tournamentberth in the championshipmatch, losing against the LadyCougars (3-1).

The Lady Saints ended their2011 season with a win/lossrecord of 25-16,

Crusader photo/Levi Adams

The Lady Saints huddle in a time out during the final few minutesof their game against Air Force Prep Huskies on Saturday night.

Volleyball feels deja vu in match against Barton

Date Opponent Location Time

11/11 Highland Garden City, Kan. 3:30 p.m.

11/12 North Platte Garden City, Kan. 3:30 p.m.

11/18 Redlands Liberal, Kan. 8 p.m.

11/19 Clarendon Liberal, Kan. 8 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Upcoming MatchesWomen’s Basketball Upcoming Matches

Date Opponent Location Time

11/10 Monroe Mariana, Fla. 2 p.m.

11/11 Tallahassee Mariana, Fla. Noon

11/18 South Plains Liberal, Kan. 6 p.m.

11/19 Frank Phillips Liberal, Kan. 6 p.m.

Crusader Photo/Jose Medrano

The Lady Saints salute their opponents, Northern Oklahoma-Enid,after the final regular season match. The Lady Saints finished the reg-ular season 21-13 overall and 9-5 in the Jayhawk West Conference.

Men’s team scores more than 200 points during opening weekend Lady Saints basketball team dominates Pepsi Classic opponents

Crusader photo/Luis Campos

Saints player Briston White pre-pares to shoot during the men’sbasketball game against Ster-ling. The Saints went on to winthe game 119-35.

“Madison is phenomenal.

She has so much talent

as a volleyballplayer...she is

a leader.” — Courtney

Geesing

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