THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 VOL. 68, ISSUE 7

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At Tuesday’s Town Hall Meeting students took the opportunity to ask questions of President Noreen Car-rocci along with her Cabinet: Prov-ost Michael Austin, Vice President of Finance and Administration Jennifer Gantz, Vice President for Univer-sity Advancement J.V. Johnston, Vice President for Enrollment Manage-

ment Norm Jones, and Vice President for Student Affairs Vic Trilli. Some of the hot button issues included limited parking, moldy dorm rooms, and the biggest issue: the raise in tuition and fees that Carrocci announced via email on Monday.

According to the email, tuition will go up by six percent, which will add another $792 per semester onto the current price of tuition for returning students and incoming freshman.

At the Town Hall Meeting, Austin said despite rising costs, Newman’s tuition is still well below the national average for private colleges.

“We are dealing with a tuition that we are trying and have been trying very hard to keep low for a very long time,” he said.

Austin said that there are many fac-tors that administrators must take into consideration when deciding on tui-tion rates.

“We have an obligation to give our faculty and our staff raises. We have a necessity to upgrade some of our equipment and our facilities in order to provide the best education that we can, and we’re working with a tuition that is much smaller than most schools in our position,” he said.

Over the last four years, Newman’s tuition has gone up an average of $1,652 per year.

Tuition increases 6 percent for fall semester

Middle infielder snags diving catch before smashing into wallVideo of baseball collision goes viralBy DELANEY HIEGERTManaging Editor

Newman junior and second base-man Jacob Hamerle was in the na-tional spotlight after making a cringe-worthy play that was picked up and shared online by FOX Sports network.

The play, which happened on Feb. 23 during the Jets game against Wash-burn University in Topeka, was caught on camera by a local Topeka news sta-tion, KSNT news.

Hamerle ran after a foul ball from his second base position all the way over to the first base foul line, called off his teammates, dove and caught the ball right before smashing face-first into the field’s wooden fencing at full speed. Upon impact, Hamerle’s head and neck snapped backward and his body collided with the wall.

Hamerle was uninjured and able to finish the game, helping the Jets to a 15-5 victory.

The video of the catch was picked up two days later by FOX Sports and was uploaded with the caption, “New-man University second baseman made one of the best catches we’ve seen so far this year. We’re just thankful that he’s OK.”

However, to Hamerle, it was just another chance to get an out.

“I was just trying to make a play,” he said. “I didn’t realize how close the wall was, it kind of juts out. At the last second, I called for the ball and dove

and everything happened the way it happened.”

After hearing the video was on FOX Sports and seeing it being shared on multiple social media sites, Hamerle said, his teammates started to poke fun at him.

“They were all ragging on me, you know. I’d ask them to do something at practice and they’d say, ‘Oh, the play’s going to your head!’” Hamerle said. “They give me plenty of crap about it, but it’s all in good fun.”

Provost Austin leaving Newman for job in Indiana

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JUNIOR JACOB HAMERLE prepares to take a lead-off after making it on base in a game earlier this season. Hank Griggs, Photo Editor

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By JUSTIN RALPHSenior Columnist

Michael Austin, Newman’s provost of eight years, will be leaving New-man in July to accept a position at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind., he said.

“I am excited. But I’m sad to leave Newman,” Aus-tin said. “I’ve been here for eight years. Which is a long time.”

Austin said his official position at Evansville, which is roughly the same size as Newman, will be the ex-ecutive vice-president of academic af-fairs, which is Evansville’s version of a provost.

“Evansville doesn’t use the title of provost,” he said. “Different schools use different titles for what is officially called the chief academic officer.”

According to a press release from University Relations, “[Austin] has played a major role in a number of de-velopments at the university. Among other achievements, he was instru-mental in leading the reorganization of the university’s academic structure and in developing and implementing the Newman Studies Program.”

Austin said Evansville has an NCAA Division I basketball team that plays in the same conference as the

Michael Austin

News BriefsTHURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 NEWS 2

JAVA Jet DayNewman’s Student Gov-

ernment Association is sponsoring another Java Jet Day at Scooter’s.

From 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. today all drinks at Scooter’s will be half-price.

The first 20 people in line will also receive a free Newman mug courtesy of SGA.

Study spot at the Landing

In case of library over-flow, the Landing, the ASC house on the corner of All Hallows Drive, will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight to-day and tomorrow for any Newman students wanting a quiet place study.

No reservations are needed and there is free WiFi available.

Karaoke night at Scooter’s

The Campus Activ-ity Board is hosting a free karaoke night from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at Scooter’s in Dugan Library.

Scooter’s will be extend-ing its hours to remain open during the entire event. All large drinks will be $1 off.

Wichita State University Shockers. Evansville is also known for having a top tier study abroad program, own-ing and operating another university campus in England, he said.

Austin said the nationally re-nowned study abroad program was one of the attractions of the job.

“I will need to visit our campus in England as it is one of the schools I su-pervise,” he said.

Austin said President Noreen Car-

rocci will begin the search for a new provost immediately.

“I will help her any way she asks but it’s her thing, because she has to hire a person she wants to work with,” he said.

Austin said he first came to New-man in June 2008 and will be leaving exactly eight years later for this new position.

“Most people in my position stay with a university for only four to five

years,” he said. “It has been wonder-ful. The faculty here is amazing. Presi-dent Carrocci is a visionary leader. So, it’s not without some sadness that I leave.”

Austin starts his new job in Evans-ville on July 1 and said he will leave Newman sometime in June.

“I’ll miss the awesome theatre pro-gram. I’ll miss the people that I work with. And I’ll miss the students,” he said.

Newman’s Athletic Director, Vic Trilli, said that he was excited to learn not only that Hamerle wasn’t hurt, but also that the play was caught on tape.

“I’m just thankful that it got on, no-body got hurt, we got the out and we won the game,” Trilli said. “It doesn’t get any better than that.”

Hamerle said the catch was one of the top plays of his career and helped to satisfy some childhood dreams.

“I would always go in the back-yard with my dad and he’d hit me the most ridiculous fly balls and stuff, and if I’d make the play he’d make the ‘duh-nun-nun, duh-nun-nun’ ‘Sports Center’ sound,” Hamerle said. “So

that was kind of always one of my goals and if it ever happened it’d be awesome. That was my attitude for it.”

Trilli said events like these are great remind-ers that Division II ath-letes are the real deal.

“Just because you’re in Division II doesn’t mean you don’t make great plays and have great hustle,” he said. “Our athletes make that commitment to be spe-cial and this one showed up on FOX Sports. How great is that?”

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From “Provost” on Page 1

JUNIOR JACOB HAMERLE collides with a wall after making a diving catch. KSNT News, screen grab

Students protest Trump rally, denounce bigotryBy JOHN DENNYEditor-In-Chief

Divisive Republican candidate Donald Trump visited Wichita on Sat-urday for a pre-caucus rally and sis-ters Jasmin and Abigail Rocha, New-man students, showed up to protest outside of Century II in downtown. Jasmin, sophomore nursing major, said her sister initially came up with the idea on March 4 after seeing on so-cial media that Trump would be cam-paigning before the Super Saturday Republican Caucus.

“She was like, ‘We should protest,’ and it didn’t really start off as an actu-al thing,” Jasmin said. But after seeing other people on social media discuss-ing the same idea they changed their mind.

“We said we should get together and do something,” she said.

Jasmin said that she, her sister, and friends from Wichita State University’s Hispanic American Leadership Or-ganization got together to make signs the night before the caucus. The sisters made three signs that read: “Dump the Trump,” “‘Witchita’ Is No Place For Bigotry,” and “Stop the Hate.”

Jasmin said she tried to remain si-lent during the protest, though there was a lot of anger and excitement com-ing from both protesters and rally at-tendees.

“I feel like our signs said what we needed to say,” she said.

Jasmin said though she and her sister were mostly silent there were times when Trump supporters yelled at the protesters that they weren’t behaving Chris-tianly.

“They’d say, ‘Is it the Christian thing to do to pro-test’ and to see these people who are Christians support a guy like that… it is really scary,” she said.

Jasmin said she felt compelled to protest in response to the many racist things Trump has said about Mexi-cans, Muslims, and women.

“I am Hispanic, and I have a lot of pride in who I am and to have some-one say ‘You guys are criminals, you guys are rapists, you guys are this, you guys are that.’ I feel like now that I have a say, it’s my duty as a United States citizen to participate,” she said.

It wasn’t only students protesting, however, Jasmin said she ran into Chris Fox, philosophy professor at Newman, in the crowd of protesters.

“He was recording something and he called me over to take a selfie,” Jas-min said.

Fox said he went to the rally for only a little while to see what kind

of people support Trump and maybe catch a glimpse of the man, himself.

“I wasn’t going to let the opportu-nity to see ‘the Beast’ up close go by,” he said.

Fox said he had Jasmin in a class last semester and that he was “very proud of her for being there.”

“For Jasmin to willingly place her-self in jeopardy is, in my mind, a great testimony to her integrity and to her recognition that people have to stand up for themselves,” he said.

Fox said he thinks it’s important to stand up against Trump and his ideas, which Fox called fascist, and for his inflammatory remarks against people of color.

“The rest of us have a responsibil-ity to be there, to document it, and to stand strong against it. It’s un-Ameri-can.”

ABIGAIL AND JASMIN ROCHA, Newman students, hold up signs in protest at the Trump rally at Century II in downtown Wichita. Jasmin Rocha, Courtesy Photo

Some students walk to class from their resident halls. Others campus commute to class with cars. But cer-tain students use other modes of trans-portation to get around Newman’s campus. Sophomore Trevia Blount, freshman Alex Giammasi, and junior Ashley Gonzalez can all be found roll-ing to class on their respective sets of wheels.

Blount rocks a pair of roller blades that she says she has had since she was a sophomore in high school.

“I started roller blading when I bought my first pair of blades from Goodwill and I’ve been blading ever since,” she said.

Blount says she roller bladed in St. Louis, where she is from, and used it as her main mode of transportation before she got her car.

Blount also said that she enjoys roller blading because it makes her feel different.

Other people have noticed Blount’s blades, she said, and they have told

her that her roller blading is cool and they wish they could do it, too.

Not everyone has commented positively on Blount’s roller blading, though.

“I have had people tweeting about me nearly running them over,” she said.

Another time, Blount said she fell while blading, and some students tweeted about her wipeout.

“Overall people just think it’s a cre-ative way to get around,” Blount said. “It’s also just another way for me to stay active.”

Another campus cruiser is Ashley Gonzalez, who also prefers to long board around campus.

“My little brother has been long boarding forever, and he got me to try it out and I just enjoyed it so much I decided to get my own,” she said. “It cuts time in half when I’m getting from point A to point B.”

Giammasi, who recently recovered from a broken wrist sustained on his long board, is another student fre-quently found cruising from class to class.

Giammasi said he has been long

boarding since the summer before coming to Newman.

“About a year ago, I got my first ‘Wal-Mart’ long board as a graduation gift,” he said.

That broken wrist hasn’t stopped Giammasi from boarding, though, because he likes how much faster he can get to class using his long board, he said.

“I get from New Hall to Eck in three minutes.” And the faster Giammasi gets to class, the less time he has to spend outside in the elements,

he said.He also said that many people like

his long board’s light up LED wheels and the graphic on the board.

“Most people assume it’s a skate-board and I can do tricks on it. Nope. I just cruise.”

Another campus cruiser is Ashley Gonzalez, who also prefers to long board around.

“My little brother has been long boarding forever, and he got me to try it out and I just enjoyed it so much I decided to get my own,” she said. “It cuts time in half when I’m getting from point A to point B.”

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THEY SEE ME ROLLIN’

By LAUREN SPENCERStaff Writer

ASHLEY GONZALEZ frequently uses a longboard to get to class. Hank Griggs, Photo Editor

By JUSTIN RALPHSenior Columnist

Students use different ways to get to class

Newman seniors Megan Hemel and McKenna Seiler recently spent the a week in Jamaica working at a clinic run by Newman alum Rob Martin, that brings medical care to the its people who otherwise may not have had access to it.

Martin has been involved at the clinic for 20 years, and goes down there twice a year. Each February Martin brings down both a medi-cal and construction team as well as groups of Bible school kids to vol-unteer at the clinic, Seiler said.

Hemel said she heard about the trip to Jamaica from the Newman University Medical Professional’s Club. She knew that the trip was be-ing sponsored by a former graduate of Newman and immediately ex-pressed her interest.

Hemel has been on several types of missions trips through Newman but this one was different from the rest, because they had such little in-formation on Martin and what he was doing until they finally got to talk to him, Hemel said.

“He basically told us that he runs a clinic in Jamaica, and in the two weeks that we were going to be there, we were going to help hun-dreds of people. So both McKenna and I had this image in our minds of a whole bunch of people and just being exhausted at the end of the day, which was kind of what it was like, but it was so much fun and so much more hands on than we ever expected,” Hemel said.

During the weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hemel and Seiler worked in the main clinic in the parish of Falmouth. While there, they had the option to work in three different departments; triage, which is where they would talk to the patients about their symptoms and take their blood pressure, in the pharmacy,

NU students ‘Jamacian’ a difference

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a long board

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filling and reading prescriptions; and shadowing the doctors. A few times throughout their stay, groups of volunteers were sent up to four smaller villages in the mountains, and helped as many people there as pos-sible, Seiler said.

The people were incredibly grate-ful, and they would wait in line for hours. The first day we were there, they started lining up at 3 o’clock in the morning,” Seiler said.

Hemel said this was a life-altering trip for her.

“Going on this trip has just ampli-fied every hope I have of being a doc-tor. I want to be doing exactly what Rob is doing, helping as many people as he possibly can,” Hemel said.

Seiler had a similar take away from the trip.

“I’m more grateful for the life I have in the United States. I’m a biology ma-jor and someday I want to support my family here, by being a PA, but then to go back and give back with what I have been given, and I already want to go back,” Seiler.

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SEILER works with a patient in a clinic in Jamaica. Courtesy Photo, Megan Hemel

TOP LEFT senior Josie Jenkins and sophomore Josh Mies play the Common Woman and Common Man in “A Man For All Seasons” last weekend. Kati Bush, A&E EditorTOP RIGHT: SENIOR JUSTIN RALPH visits the More family as King Henry VIII. Kati Bush, A&E EditorTOP LEFT: AMY EMERSON AND REBEKAH MUMFORD prepare Mark Carlson (Sir Thomas More) for a visit from the King. Kati Bush, A&E EditorTOP RIGHT: CARLSON AND NICK WYNN perform in the play last weekend. Kati Bush, A&E Editor

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MEN’S BASKETBALL (17-13) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (12-15)

PAST GAMESMarch 4vs. Lubbock Christian*, W 81-79 March 5vs. Dallas Baptist*, L 87-95

*Heartland Conference Tournament

PAST GAMESMarch 3vs. UA-Fort Smith*, L 52-61

*Heartland Conference Tournament

this week in sports....PAST GAMESMarch 5vs. AugustanaGame 1: L 2-3 Game 2: W 5-3

March 6vs. AugustanaGame 1: W 18-7 Game 2: L 5-10 UPCOMING GAMESFriday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. vs. Lubbock Christian

PAST GAMESMarch 5at St. Edward’sGame 1: L 1-8 Game 2: W 2-0

March 9vs. RockhurstGame 1: L 1-2 Game 2: W 7-2

UPCOMING GAMESFriday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.at Oklahoma Christian

BASEBALL (12-5) SOFTBALL (7-15)

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The men’s and women’s teams both played in the Heartland Conference tournament over the weekend with the men’s team making it to the semi-finals after winning their first postsea-son game since becoming a member of Division II and the women’s team fell during the first round to the Univer-sity of Arkansas Fort Smith, 52-61.

On March 4, the men’s team made it to the semifinals of the Heartland Conference tournament by beating Lubbock Christian, 81-79. That vic-tory was the Jets’ first post-season win as a mem-ber of NCAA’s Division II. It was also their first postseason win since 2005, when Newman won the first round of the NAIA National Championship. Head coach Mark Pot-ter said he was confi-dent about the team as they went into the weekend.

“I felt as though we were just as good as anyone else there,” Potter said.

The next evening, in the conference semifinals, the Jets fell short to Dallas Baptist University, 87-95.

Dallas Baptist jumped on the Jets right from the get-go hitting six of their first seven shots to grab a 14-6

lead. The Jets grabbed the momen-tum for a moment cutting the Patriots’ lead to 17-14. The Patriots went on an-other run making their lead grow to a 10-point game. The Jets went into the second half down by nine.

The Jets came out strong in the second half, trying to cut down the deficit when the Patriots took off and grabbed the momentum taking their lead all the way up to 17 at one point, making the lead 66-49 right around the 9-minute mark.

The Jets got the lead cut down all the way to two with 1:54 left in the game but couldn’t capital-ize on the opportunity to secure the lead before the game was over.

The men’s team finished with an overall winning record of 17-13. The Jets were 9-11 in confer-ence and aver-aged 83.2 points per game.

Potter said though the team faced obstacles in the second half of the sea-son, he was still happy with how the boys handled the adversity.

“You look at it and it’s a good year but not a great year. We had some in-juries that affected our depth. Even with that, we played some of our best basketball the last six to seven games of the season,” Potter said. “I was im-pressed with the response with the

five-game losing streak from the boys. We didn’t play that bad during the losing streak. As a coaching staff, we challenged the boys on another level and they responded well.”

The team is losing five seniors, in-cluding Division-I transfers Gavin Thurman and Jalen Love, but Potter said he is excited about the guys who are coming back.

“They are a part of what happened this year and that’s something we want to get back to. The guys coming back have a great taste in their mouth and know what it takes to get to the NCAA tournament,” Potter said.

The women’s team played on March 3 in Tulsa and held close to the

Conference championships bring mixed results for JetsMen find first NCAA post-season victory, women bounced earlyBy TAYLOR MANNISStaff Writer

JUNIOR GUARD JARVIS WILLIAMS sets up the Newman offense in the Heart-land Conference Tournament. Hank Griggs, Photo Editor

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The Newman softball team kicked off their home schedule on Wednes-day against the Hawks of Rock-hurst University. This was the first time in Newman history that the softball program faced Rockhurst and the Jets were looking to begin a hopeful undefeated home season on their recently renovated field.

Unfortunately for Newman, those hopes were dashed quickly as they lost the opening game of the double header, 1-2. The Lady Jets quickly bounced back, win-ning the second game of the day, 7-2.

Junior catcher, Kendra Mendoza said that the lady jets plan on protect-ing their home field and have strong aspirations of finishing the season off with a strong record at home.

But Wednesday was not the first time that the facilities were in use this season. First year Head Coach Janice Esses said that the team has been tak-ing advantage of the recent renovations to the softball field since last month.

“We have been out here utiliz-ing our cages and the outfield and it’s really nice,” Esses said. Esses, excited to begin the home schedule, said that playing nineteen games on the road has been good but they are ready to get back and start play on their field in front of their home fans and that in order to do this then the team must improve on offense.

“We’ve got to keep building on our hitting,” Esses said. “Our fo-cus has been quality at-bats, I think we’ve kind of seen some.”

After the mixed results in Wednes-day’s series, the Lady Jets are 7-15 on the season including a record of 1-2 in Heartland Conference play. The girls hope to get back on track this week-end as they travel to Oklahoma City to face conference foes, the Oklahoma Christian Eagles in a three game se-ries. The team will return home on March 15, kicking off a 12-game home stand with a double header against Northwestern Oklahoma State.

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Softball splits home opener against RockhurstFollowing renovations, Lady Jets return home for first time since April

By KYLE MAZZAStaff Writer

Bowlers look to continue success, qualify for nationals

Following a strong season, New-man bowling travels to Las Vegas this weekend to participate in the first stage of postseason play: the Intercol-legiate Team Championship Sectional.

Head Coach Billy Murphy, who is in his 14th year leading the bowling program, says that the top 80 men’s teams and the top 64 women’s teams are divided up between four sec-tionals and from there the top four teams from each sectional will ad-vance to the National Tournament.

“I think it’s a real good draw for us because there are several teams that haven’t been bowling as well lately,”

Murphy said. “We’re going to have to go out and do what we do but we have good chances at going to Nationals.”

The women’s team enters post-sea-son play ranked 12th in the nation and is coming off a second place finish at the Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis on Feb. 20-21.They are led by senior Ashley Hare, who has been in a recent slump but hopes to break that trend going into sectionals and who said she is con-fident in the abilities of her teammates.

“My performance at the past few events has not been the best of my college career and I am a little dis-appoint in myself,” Hare said. “The team has never been better than they are right now. We have picked the perfect time to start meshing.”

For the men, the team has come together for the past few events and is starting to shape up right in time for post-season play. They ended the season by finishing 17th at the Hoos-ier Classic out of a field of 80 teams.

“At one point we were at 40 in the national rankings, and now we are at 20,” Murphy said. “Finishing 17th [at the Hoosier Classic] in a field that strong is progress and shows we are going in the right direction.”

Senior Trevor Baumgartner said his final season has been an emo-tional one and that he hopes to lead the team to success this post-season.

“This year has been fun but sad at the same time because with each tourna-ment I went to I knew that it was my last

time at that one,” Baumgartner said. “I hope for us to make it to nationals and bring home a national championship.”

With Hare’s time at Newman coming to an end as well, she says that she won’t forget her experiences with the team.

“I just can’t explain how much my time bowling for Newman has meant to me,” Hare said. “I have had so many wonderful experiences, made so many lifelong friends, and grown so much as a person because of this program.”

If the Jets qualify for the Inter-collegiate Championships, they will return to Wichita to bowl at Northrock Lanes April 19-23.

By WESLEY WILLIAMSSports Editor

Lions but couldn’t stop them from pulling away at the end of the game to secure the win.

Both teams started off slow. Three minutes into the game, there was only one Lion’s free throw on the board. Though they went back and forth holding the lead, the Lions ended the first half with a one-point lead from a

pair of free throws.The second half went a lot like the

first half with a slow start and the teams exchanged leads. Both sides went cold for several minutes until the Lions went up again from a pair of free throws. Junior guard Erica Ol-erich gave the Jets the final lead before the Lions pulled away with a string of three-pointers to seal the win and fin-

ish the Jets’ season.“Fort Smith hit back-to-back threes

at a crucial time in the fourth quarter. Two big shots changed the momentum of the game. It was hard to come back from that deficit,” said junior guard Cierra Tjaden.

The lady Jets finished the season with an overall record of 12-15. In con-ference play, they went 6-12.

Tjaden said she was ready to get back to work now that the season is over.

“We have a few girls that need to recover from their injuries. Overall, I feel good about heading into postsea-son workouts,” she said. “I’m excited to get back on the court with all of the girls.”

From “Conference” on Page 5

SENIOR INFIELDER COURTNEY SARTIN focuses while at bat during a recent game. Sartin drove home Newman’s lone run against Rockhurst on Wednesday in the first game of the double header. Hank Griggs, Photo Editor

At the recent Town Hall meeting, a lot of numbers were thrown around in a manner reminiscent of the 2008 presidential race. I was one of the con-tributors. When I received the email informing me of the tuition increase, one fiscal statistic towards the end caught my atten-tion. “According to the Department of Education Col-lege Scorecard, 12 of the 18 Kansas Independent College Association (KICA) institutions had a higher average cost than Newman last year.” The administration uses lots of these statistics to recruit students and donors and to justify cost increases. This time however, I decided to test it.

My first step in researching this is-sue was simply to look up the tuition costs in 2015-2016 at each of the KICA schools. The statistic initially holds up to its claims because tuition-wise, Newman is indeed cheaper than the majority of them. However once one

adds fees it becomes a different pic-ture. Newman has much higher fees than the majority of the schools. Using this model, two schools have higher tuition and fees than Newman, five are so close in cost the difference is negligible, and 10 KICA institutions are cheaper. Fees, by the way, have increased by over 100 percent at New-man since 2008.

One of the cabinet members made the excellent point that the tuition analysis doesn’t include scholarships and aid. What the administration is us-ing, according to the email is the fed-eral College Scorecard project which does utilize such data. According to the Department of Education, the cost reported is the, “average annual net price for federal financial aid recipi-ents after aid from the school, state, or federal government.”

In theory it should give a perfect idea of how much a university is going to cost students in tuition and fees. A simple search of each of the schools in KICA finds that once again Newman is slightly cheaper. However, in the Full Documentation pdf, the project reveals that it draws its data entirely

from people that are receiving Title 4 aid- specifically those that are receiv-ing Pell Grants. Again this wouldn’t be a problem if not for the fact that only 23 percent of the student body is receiving Pell Grants according to Col-lege Scorecard. Comparing Newman’s cost to other KICA schools is extrapo-lating incomplete data and compar-ing it to other incomplete data. A tui-tion based analysis isn’t good, but the administration’s College Scorecard method is no better.

What have we learned? 1. Statis-

tics are a crapshoot and the admin-istration needs to stop using them to make themselves feel better. 2. Tuition increases in private schools decrease economic diversity, meaning the CS statistic will become increasingly skewed. 3. Next year, it will be cheaper to live in the luxury Waterwalk apart-ments by Century II with two room-mates than to live in Fugate. Last but not least, tuition is going up and we’ll be missing a few more familiar faces in the halls this time next year.

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Inflating fees: Tuition may not be the real problem

‘The Circle’: A novel that makes you question your online privacyIn most classes, assigned readings

are considered boring, dull and an extra chore. With our busy schedules and our mountain-high piles of home-work to do every night, reading for an hour or two seems impossible, an inter-rupting task that no one looks forward to.

When Profes-sor of Communica-tion Suzanne Berg assigned the book “The Circle” by Dave Eggers for our communication and computer tech class, my opinion on assigned read-ings completely changed. Instead of dreading my homework and the hour that I would spend reading something that I honestly had no interest in, I found myself in the opposite posi-tion, where I looked forward to doing

it. How many students can say that? That they look forward to doing their homework? My mother would be proud and my father would shake my hand if they could hear me now.

A book about technology, ambition, and the importance of privacy, “The Circle” is a thrilling novel, one that will make you want to read ahead of your classmates and talk about it out-side of class time. Having 30 to 60 pag-es of reading every night was no long-er a problem, for the book was modern enough and wasn’t dry by any means.

The book begins by introducing readers to Mae Holland, a young wom-an in her twenties living in the not-too-distant future, who scored a job at The Circle, the world’s most powerful and innovative internet company. The Cir-cle is run by the Three Wise Men, the creators, owners and most influential beings at the company who together demand transparency in all technolo-gies they create, along with life itself.

At The Circle, slogans such as “Pri-vacy is Theft” and “Secrets are Lies” are just two of the many warped and promoted beliefs that are instilled within the company, its mission and its workers. Anonymity is not valued at The Circle and privacy is not pro-tected. Instead, everyone’s past, pre-sent and future are to be revealed and open for all, through social media out-lets and/or live broadcasting systems.

In the book, awkwardness is the norm, and readers find themselves re-flecting on the book’s contents and its truth, where The Circle’s technologies are strangely similar to our own social media outlets in which we engage in every day.

The love triangles, the mysteries, the exposed similarities and differenc-es, all make “The Circle” a powerful and exciting book to read. If you love books that wont let you stop reading them, as they capture and hold onto you and beg you to keep going, then

this book is the kind of book for you.In my class we make a diverse

population, with various ages, back-grounds, hobbies and interests. Through class discussions and by talking outside with my classmates, I found that all students couldn’t put the book down either, saying that they too, were surprised by how much they liked their assigned reading and how it was unlike any other.

Based on their reactions and my own opinion of the book, I advise you all to read “The Circle,” as it helps you disengage in social media and instead engage in an important conversation, one about privacy and transparency. “The Circle” is a book that you will not only love, but one that will also make you think and reflect. It’s the kind of book that makes you desperately want its author to write a sequel.

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This past weekend, Kansas citizens had the chance for their voices to be heard in the 2016 Presidential Elec-tions, and for many -- including myself -- it was a new expe-rience.

I missed the 2012 Presidential Caucus for some reason or another, so when I had the opportu-nity to work this year’s Sedgwick County Republi-can Presidential Caucuses, I jumped at the offer. So I filled out my absentee ballot for Leav-enworth County and geared up to work the College Republicans’ booth and support Senator Marco Rubio at Century II.

I met many people who were eager to participate in the democratic pro-cess and help choose a new leader, and while there were many disagree-ments on who should have the Repub-lican nomination, one sentiment was shared among all in attendance: we must beat the whomever the Demo-crats nominate.

When Ted Cruz and Donald Trump

took the stage, I was standing about 20 to 30 feet from both of the candidates. Being that close to both men, despite my personal disagreeements with them, was surreal. Here I was, a mere college senior standing near two men who were gunning to be leader of the free world. It was incredible.

Hearing the two candidates, and Mike Pompeo, Rubio’s representative (the Florida Senator was at the Con-servative Political Action Conference giving a speech) speak about why the citizens should caucus for themselves or for who they stood for, and then hearing the reactions of the crowds in attendance was like nothing I had ever experienced. The voters were yelling for change, booing at the candidates, and making their opinions known. I can only imagine that it was like that during the days of ancient Rome. Here I was, standing on the floor of a politi-cal coliseum, getting ready to witness two gladiators fight for their lives.

Following the speeches, everyone left the building to get in line to cast their votes and I was put on crowd control duty. I fed information to hun-dreds of people who were waiting to get back in to cast their ballot, and helped to guide the long line around

the northern half of Century II. While working I met different peo-

ple and had in-depth conversations about why they were willing to stand, one, two, and for some, even three hours in the sun just to put an “x” on a piece of paper. I met first time voters who were excited to be able to have a say in the process. I met seasoned vot-ing veterans who were honoring their own time-tested traditions. I met Cruz, Trump, and Rubio backers with the occasional Kasich voter mixed in. The process was long (the last voter cast their vote three and half hours after getting in line) and the wait was grul-ing, but the people did not give up.

This dedication lifted my spirits. No longer was I pessimistic, thinking that the people wanted no part of their civic duty of voting. I saw that people were sick of the status quo and were wanting to change the direction of this country. No longer was I discouraged, thinking that the Republican Party was a fading light, but instead I saw youth and elderly alike turn out to de-termine who our Party will back.

I want change, and so do the people -- and we are not being quiet.

Caucusing: Seeing politics in action

Wesley Williams

The winds of change are blowing.