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News Briefs Choir/Band Concert May 2 - 7 p.m. in the Showcase Theatre. Tickets are $3 and are free for students with their IDs. Tickets can be purchased in the Humanities office.

Drop Deadline May 3 - The LAST DAY to drop a class and receive a “W” on a transcript. Students who are failing are strongly urged to drop or talk to their advisers before dropping a course.

Hall of Fame Inducts Three New Members

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The Saints baseball team was awarded a $500 check for raising the most funds as a group for Phonathon, $10,955. Johnny Griffith raised the most individually totaling $1,770. The team won the Jayhawk West Title earlier this weekend and has won the conference 10 times since 2000.

Dorm party and dance marks end of semester

Crusader Staff Wins All-Kansas Page 4B

Poetry Coffeehouse Winners Perform Page 1B

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May 10 - Capping and pinning will take place for the nursing program in the Green House at 7:30 p.m.

Commencement May 11- Commencement will take place in the Green House at 10 a.m. Graduates are required to be in the Student Union in cap and gown by 9:45 a.m. Commencement practice will be May 10 at 3 p.m. students who are graduating must attend.

For the third year in a row, the students and staff of Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School have exceeded goals set to raise funds for the scholarship pool. This year’s goal was set at $35,000.

Students and staff met and beat that goal by more than $1000 with pledges at $36,581.

The Phonathon team with the highest amount raised was the baseball team, and they will receive $500 for their team to reward their efforts.

The top amount raised by a staff member was more than $2,500 and it was raised by their coach, Galen McSpadden. The Phonathon is only one aspect of fundraising for the scholarship fund.

Each club and participating organization was given a list of alumni and names of alumni

who had also participated in that club or organization. The alumni were told that the purpose of the Phonathon was to raise funds for the scholarship pool, which are awarded to assist students at SCCC/ATS so they can receive the education that the donor once received himself or herself.

Celeste Donovan, dean of student services, stated that the winners will be announced May 2.

Once participants calling in the Phonathon reached certain amounts of donations, they were awarded with funny glasses, hats, candy, glow-in-the-dark cups and strands of beads. Along with the fun items that were awarded at the time of the phonathon, participants also had the opportunity to win items for the highest amounts raised.

Some of the items that were awarded were a 42-inch flat screen television, an iPad mini, an American Express Gift Card, a Nintendo Wii, Visa gift cards

May 11 - Phi Theta Kappa will be selling rose bouquets during commencement. A half dozen will be $25 and a full dozen will be $30.

Pre-order bouquets will be $20 for a half dozen and $25 for a full. Bouquets can be pre-ordered by contacting Debbie Stafford at 620-417-1455.

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Saints basketball player Edson Avila enjoys the bubbles from the foam machine that was to create foam for the Foam Dance Party.

Scholarship fund gets a boost from alumni Cheree Turley Crusader staff

Bouquet Sale

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Sophomore Blanca Richard plays in the “lava pit” at Dorm-A-Palooza.

and Pizza Hut pizza. The awards for faculty and staff that participated were their choice of a day off from work, a night at the Hampton in Dodge City, VIP parking for the rest of the semester, a $50 gift card from the Chamber of Commerce or four passes to steak night.

The clubs and organizations that participated in this year’s Phonathon were baseball, softball, men’s and women’s basketball, Phi Theta Kappa, Kappa Beta Delta, Enactus, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Student Government Association, presidential scholars, volleyball, sports medicine, cheer and dance, Students for Transportation, International Students Organization, Students for Manufacturing, nursing students, Sigma Chi Chi, fine arts department, Pathways, agriculture students, resident assistants, tennis and various instructors and staff.

May 17 - The last day that the Saints Bookstore will take books that were rented. Late fees will be charged if a book is not returned by that time.

Students can also sell back their textbooks during textbook buyback.

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Foam, hamburgers and lava pits all took part in this year’s Dorm-A-Palooza. Student Life hosted the annual event a mass of activities and awards were on hand this year at the Dorm-APalooza.

Dorm-A-Palooza took place behind the Student Living Center Tuesday night. The events began with a cookout dinner consisting of hamburgers, hot dogs, egg salad, cookies and brownies.

Students could play on the different inflatables that range from a bungee jump, knight jousting, giant slide to a mountain climb.

“It was a good turnout, we had a lot of students out this year,” said Wade Lyon, director of Student Life.

Hot weather did deter some students from participating in the event. The high for Tuesday was 94 degrees. “We plan it out in advance, because the weather is so unpredictable this time of year that’s why we didn’t use water games this year,” Lyon said.

After the activities the annual Phonathon and Student Life awards ensued. “I really want to thank all of the groups that participated this year,” Dean of Student Services Celeste Donovan said to students that attended the event.

The Saints baseball team raised the most money with a total of $10,955. Johnny Griffith, a member of the Saints team, raised $1,770, making him the student who raised the most money during the Phonathon.

Griffith was awarded a iPad mini for his top student award. Other prizes were awarded to students who participated in the Phonathon.

The annual Student Life were also award at Dorm-A-Palooza.

Students picked the winners by

filling out surveys and writing in candidates.

Jasmine Bryant and Keenan Hall received the Einstein Award, for most likely to attend class. The Ms. Clean award was received by Janel Tammen and Madison McLain for having the cleanest room.

Rachel Shockley received the Lysol Award for having the smelliest room. Tyler Wiedenfeld was awarded the Science Experiment Award for having the funkiest fridge.

Stephanie Mark and Brandon Rix received the Most Likely to Succeed Award. The Glamour Award, for being the best dressed, was awarded to Rene Boaldin and Quentin Purtue.

Anete Kirsteine and Rix were considered to be the most likeable students on campus and were awarded the Congeniality Award. The Trash Can Award, for most likely to be on trash duty, went to Sadie Cates.

The Grammy Award for most likely to cause drama was awarded to Chole Davis and Griffith. The Adam Sandler went to two-time winner Thaddeus Smith and Mason Marshall, for being able to make people laugh.

TJ Looney received the Daredevil Award. The Sleeping Beauty Award was awarded to Ricquia Jones and Brent Bezio for being the most likely not to be in class. The Punk’d or Best Prank Award was awarded to Brittney Sharkey.

SLC director Jacy Sautter received the Friendliest Staff Member award. A write in award for Cutest Couple was awarded to Bailey McFerren and Austin Schroader.

Pictures of Dorm-A-Palooza can be found on the Crusader’s Facebook, Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.

May 4 - The Saints will play Independence at Brent Gould Field as part of the Region VI tournament. The game will be begin at 1 p.m.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Thatcher hired as new dean of technology and career education Matthew Adkins News editor

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Enactus members go big in Dallas while on a college trip to observe regional competitions. Pictured from left are Ruby Moreno, Vanessa Medrano, Jairo Vasquez, Aspen Hight and Daylyn Young.

Enactus observes regional contest Julia Frey Crusader staff Enactus is a community of students, business leaders and academics all over the world, which apply business concepts to develop community outreach projects and shape a better, more sustainable world. In the United States alone, there are 535 active teams of Enactus. One of them is based in Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School.

The SCCC/ATS Enactus team went to the Regional Competition in Dallas April 9-12. There, the teams have the chance to show their collective impact of their community outreach efforts.

Lisa Kennedy, the co-sponsor of the club with Bert Luallen, said, “We went as an observing group.” The club had the chance to meet teams from other colleges and universities and exchange their experiences with them about different businesses

and ideas. Furthermore, now the club members know what the regionals look like and what they have to expect next semester when they go there again.

The regionals were the main reason why Enactus went to Dallas, but they also did other things. For instance, they went to the Dallas Museum of Art, which currently has an art collection of the artist Marc Chagall.

Another highlight of their trip was the “Fashion Group International’s 45th Annual Dallas Career Day” in the Dallas World Trade Centre.

The event included a full schedule of speakers, discussions and seminars for the students. The students got useful information from the fashion scene about marketing and design.

In addition they could join the highlight of these event: the fashion show. There, young designer from different colleges and universities had the chance to present their clothes and get awards and scholarships for their work.

The clothes were presented by professional models.

Also on the trip, the Enactus team visited Oklahoma City to see the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The memorial honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were affected by the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995.

After some informative days, the group got in their vans and hit to road back to Liberal.

Currently the Enactus club of Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School has 15 active members. But in the future, everybody who takes the business market seminar class is welcome to join the club. The goals of the club are to unify the college to the community and focus on environment, education and finance. Their next big project will be to encourage people no not waste water.

Next semester they will go to the National Competition in Kansas City.

A new dean was recently hired and will begin working on campus this summer. The new dean, Janese Thatcher-Buzzell was selected from a large pool of candidates to be the dean of career and technology education. Before being hired, Thatcher had to undergo a rigorous process of interviews and background checks.

The search for a new dean started in early January and ended in April.

According to the president of Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School, Duane Dunn three top candidates for the position were chosen to be interviewed by several groups and met teachers, students, deans

and the board of trustees.

The process helped interviewers get to know the candidates, but also for the candidates to get a feel for how things work at SCCC/ATS. Although the ultimate decision of who to hire rested in the hands of the deans, the input from the many interviews were taken into consideration.

Thatcher was chosen partially due to her experience in technical and agricultural fields and also her interpersonal skills.

Darren Workman, music department head, interviewed Thatcher and the other candidates expressed his excitement for Thatcher to join the SCCC/ATS staff specifically because of her interesting educational background and work experience.

Thatcher has experience and training in many fields. She has a bachelor’s in horticulture, a master’s in plant pathology and a Ph.D. in educational administration. In addition, Thatcher is a certified aviation mechanic and has experience teaching corrosion technology, hydraulics, electrical systems, flight systems, and was one of the first female high school agriculture teachers in the state of Georgia.

Thatcher has also run several of her own businesses in the past and has experience in finance.

Thatcher will be leaving her position as the manager of aviation and education at the Minn. Department of transportation and will be joining SCCC/ATS as the Dean of career and technology education.

SkillsUSA drafting student grabs the gold SCCC/ATS student Manuel Bustillos of Hugoton, left, celebrates after winning his Gold Medal in the SkillsUSA Kansas Championships for architectural drafting. Bustillos earned the right to go to Kansas City June 24-28 to compete in the National Championships.

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Cathie McGhee Epworth employee McGhee retires after 30 years of helping maintain the college Tonya Loewen Editor

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Cathie McGhee is currently an employee at the Allied Health building. After 30 years of working, she is ready to retire.

The Epworth Allied Health Education Center will lose a part of itself at the end of the school year — an employee who has worked at Allied Health since it opened.

Cathie McGhee has been employed as a custodian and maintenance worker at Allied Health since 1983. McGhee says she chose to work for Seward County Community College/Area Technical School because she knew it would be a good place to begin and it would leave time on the weekends to be with her children.

Since beginning work at the Allied Health building, McGhee has filled many positions, from landscaping to maintenance to cleaning,

“You name it, I’ve done it.”

—Cathie McGhee as well as working on the main Seward campus. “You name it, I’ve done it,” McGhee said.

By working at the same place for 30 years, McGhee has seen many changes. She’s been employed under three bosses and five Seward presidents. The Allied Health Department began the surgical technology and respiratory therapy courses and several instructors have changed positions, come, and left.

“I’ve enjoyed it, and I’ve been able to see

a lot of students come and go and pursue their dreams,” McGhee said.

McGhee is retiring because of sickness, and looks forward to having time to rest and see family.

“I’ve been here for 30 years, and you just know when it’s time to go,” said McGhee.

She says she’ll miss working at Seward, but needs to go. “This is my home away from home. The college has been good for me,” said McGhee. “They’ve treated me very well.

They’ve treated me like family.”

“We won’t be able to find someone like her when she leaves. She gave more than 110 percent,” said Diane Heires, Allied Health secretary. “We’re so going to miss her.” Heires is not only a coworker but also a friend, and enjoys spending time with McGhee.

Janice Williams Williams shares experiences as an instructor Cinthia Serna Online editor

“Most students are very capable but won’t work up to their potential unless you let them know that you want them to push themselves more.”

This year instructor Janice Williams is ready to take a change in her life and retire from Seward County Community College/Area Technical School. Williams is currently the Computer Information System instructor in the business division.

Williams has been working at SCCC/ATS for 14 years. Even though she did not earn a degree in teaching, she was lured into a teaching job.

“I was looking for a job, and I thought well I’ll see about this,” Williams said. Driven into the educational field by her college adviser Williams never thought she would ever teach.

Williams lives in Texas county, Okla. and was not looking to live far away from home, deciding Liberal was a good place to be. In the fall of 1999, Williams was hired to work at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School. “I had no idea I would be hired

—Janice Williams so quickly and like the job so much,” she said.

“There have been some students that have truly motivated me,” Williams said. According to her being a part of a school for so long can have a lasting impression on people.

Williams learned from her students to always give them attention and not to let them slip away.

When asked what kind of advice she would give aspiring teachers, she said, “Vocalize your expectation from your students and don’t back away from them. Most students are very capable but won’t work up to their potential

unless you let them know that you want them to push themselves more.”

In 14 years, Williams has learned a lot about the educational world. She has also seen how things can change in a school so quickly.

Technology, kids, customs and teaching patterns all grow into something different each year. “Students are overall savvier about technology. Sometimes that is overconfidence and they may know how to use the latest gadget but they don’t know what’s behind all this technology and how we got it,” said Williams in response to change in the school.

When she retires, her plans are to move back to Texas County and work on their farm with her son. “My son and I are partners on our farm, so I consider this a semi-retirement, being that I will be putting a lot of hours at our farm,” she said.

Williams has learned and taught a lot to her students, and SCCC/ATS will be letting go of another of their long-time employees.

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Janice Williams retires after 14 years of teaching computer information system classes at SCCC/ATS.

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Troy Bowles retires after 12 years of teaching algebra at SCCC/ATS.

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Troy Bowles has been an algebra instructor for the last 12 years at Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School, but after this semester he is retiring.

This graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University landed his first teaching job in the mid’70s at the high school in Forgan, Okla., where he taught math and coached girls basketball for four years before becoming principal of the school for 16 years.

Soon, Bowles would have an opportunity to go back into teaching and took a job at the high school in Beaver, Okla. There he taught social studies and again coached girls basketball.

Bowles said that he has felt very blessed that he was able to coach talented players before retiring after 10 years. Bowles was honored to be elected

“Every place I go, I run into former students.”

—Troy Bowles into the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame in Lindsay, Okla.

Restless and eager to get back to teaching, Bowles was looking at both SCCC/ATS and Liberal High School for teaching positions when a former student contacted him. Todd Carter had been a student of Bowles when Carter attended Forgan High School.

Then, in 1983, Bowles hired Carter as a science teacher at Forgan. Now, Todd Carter was division chair of the math and science department at SCCC/ATS, and it was his turn to do the hiring.

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Carter hired Bowles to make the transition teaching algebra to college students. “Every place I go, I run into former students,” Bowles said.

While Bowles attributes his retiring decision to the long drive from Beaver, Okla., and expense of gasoline as well as the piles of paperwork associated with teaching, he says he really doesn’t have anything planned to do with his time.

Bowles has been married to Donna Cassingham for 23 years and has five children, 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

“I’ll will get to spend more time with family, I suppose,” Bowles said, “but I really hope I get to play more golf.”

Even though students may be accustomed to the gruff bark of “NO!” when a problem is incorrectly solved, Bowles says that it is the students he will miss the most. “I have thoroughly enjoyed this teaching experience more than any of the other schools.”

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Non traditional: It’s just a nice way to say ‘old’ When I was the traditional age of attending Crusader staff college, my story was no different than the 17 year old American girl who found herself in love and married, right out of high school, with no real skills, and a baby by the time she was 20 years old.

The television production classes that I took at Amarillo Community College were a jump start to a television job in Phoenix, Ariz.

I had a wonderful illustrious and award winning career in television news and met many fine and dedicated professionals who taught me a lot about dedication and perseverance.

After many years of working for the local Phoenix television stations, I decided to go into business for myself.

I have to admit that while I am a skilled photographer, the scales of balance are left wanting when Dawn Shouse

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to take some kind of vitamin or eat organ meat to get my brain to function as quickly as the traditional student’s brains.

As the weeks have passed, it has been a challenge to study all the information the instructors laid on and my appreciation for the stress of a college student has reached new heights. Both non-traditional and traditional students have basically the same physical and schedule demands and the entire experience, so far, has been a meticulous exercise in time management.

I cannot imagine having to go to college without the dedication and perseverance skills that life has taught me, but still I believed that the younger students had the advantage.

It wasn’t until first semester mid-term grades, when I realized that both traditional and non-traditional students have advantages. In class after midterms, a traditional student asked for my results and I happily responded with the grade of an “A.” “You are a straight A student, right?”

“Yes, so far,” I replied.

“Do you think the non-traditional students are

it comes to business practices. It was time to return to college.

My last failed business venture brought me here to Liberal. I was to record video of the new technology in enhanced oil production.

After about six months, the company that hired me paid me for the work I did, but were not ready to go public with their technology. They put any further video production on hold until further notice.

I was depressed and unemployed. I couldn’t help the feeling though, that if I had just a little more education in business, maybe I wouldn’t have found myself in this situation. I enrolled to get a business degree at Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School.

Returning to college was very intimidating to me. Not only was I immediately aware of the age difference between myself and the mass majority of students, but I also noticed the quickness with which most could recall information that I hadn’t thought about in years, if ever.

After my first day, I thought I was going to need

setting the bar too high for the rest of us?” she asked earnestly.

Suddenly, I realized that “non-traditional” was just a polite way of saying, “old.”

I had to think a moment before responding, “No, I don’t think that, but I do think non-traditional students know how to keep their love lives from interfering with their studies.”

“Oh,” she sighed as she sunk back into her chair.

Many of the traditional students have been much more helpful than that young co-ed, by offering to study with me and by showing me the way to classrooms. My favorite student friends are the ones who share their experiences and ideas with me.

Now, I am about to finish my first year. I have done well. I have learned a lot. I have built new friendships, and in doing so, realized that I am part of this community. But most of all, I am learning about business. Now, non-traditional and traditional students can have one more thing in common; a little confidence that all the learning taking place right now will help tip the scales for a little more balance.

—OUR VIEW

Gaming endures unjustified scrutiny The world is evolving in a manner that could not be predicted. Technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in day to day life.

With the growing use of electronics comes scrutiny as to whether integrating technology into everyone’s life is going to improve society.

The most scrutinized facet of technology today is probably video games. Do video games serve any purpose but to entertain, and do they cause any sort of harm to society?

The main people asking these questions are members of the media, psychologists and politicians.

The only consequence of playing video games that doesn’t need extensive research to show is that video games can be a waste of time and constantly playing them can be unhealthy.

Nearly everyone plays video games, whether it’s Angry Birds on a mobile device, solitaire on a com-

puter or the latest first person shooter.

Most casual gamers won’t play more than maybe an hour a day.

However, real problems arise when an individual plays an irresponsible amount of video games.

Obvious health concerns arise like obesity and bad eye sight, but also responsibilities are shirked and general laziness sets in. It’s no different from watching too much television.

However, despite the health concerns and perhaps lost income that can come with gaming, it’s not entirely just for fun. Research has shown a link between gaming and spatial cognition, depth perception and critical thinking skills.

In 2011, researchers at the University of Washington developed a video game that allowed gamers to solve a real world problem. Gamers were successful where scientists and engineers were not by replicating a

protein structure related to HIV. Similar experiments are occurring right now involving genetics. Video games do serve a purpose after all.

Occasionally video games get very negative attention, particularly when someone who plays video games commits a violent crime.

However, the attention to video games in times following a tragedy is unjust, distracting from the real issues or exaggerated. In the past, music and television were focused in place of video games.

In truth, it’s much easier to blame something simple like violence in movies or games to be the underlying factors in a mass shooting.

Video games as well as society should be scrutinized for the relative acceptance of violence. However, it is unwise to immediately blame violent behavior on video games.

If video games were really desensitizing as let on by broadcast news,

then the fact that the most popular console games are first person shooters would place most teenage males on the FBI watch list.

An important thing to note whenever a violence occurs and there’s supposedly a link to video games, music, television etc. is that violent acts have taken place for thousands of years.

The 24-hour news cycle just makes it more obvious that violence is prevalent in society.

If video games are consumed by a mature audience then there need not be excessive worry about their effects.

Children should not be allowed to play games which are not suitable, but it’s ultimately up to the parents to decide what is and is not suitable.

Just like almost anything else, video games can be harmful if played too much and too often.

—OUR VIEW

Everywhere we look, someone is plagiarizing our work online In our last issue, the Crusader published an editorial concerning plagiarism.

Ironically, in the following weeks, the staff discovered two more cases of plagiarism. Plagiarism is not only limited to essays or pieces of writing, photos can be plagiarized also.

A photo taken by Crusader photographer Jakub Stepanovic had been used by a foreign sports website without his consent.

Another image that was shot by editor Jose Medrano was found on the Seward County Community College/Area Technical School website. Both cases show that plagiarism runs rampant even outside of the student-based academic world.

It is not that the staff dislikes others sharing our work, but when a picture is

A screenshot taken in April from the SCCC/ATS website features an uncredited photo by Crusader editor Jose Medrano. Even though Medrano is a student at the college he maintains intellectual rights to the photo and using it without permission is plagiarism.

taken without consent or proper compensation, then it becomes an issue. Plagiarism is a serious issue and people should know better than to take from students who work diligently, passionately, and for no reimbursement.

To those who have plagiarized our material, please stop. This is not the first time that photographs have been used without permission. All you have to do is ask. We freely share our work with the college, clubs and students, but we’re getting tired of it just being taken. In the future, our policies on sharing photos will be more controlled.

The Crusader staff likes sharing and uploading pictures onto Facebook and online. But we don’t like our work to be stolen.

Portuguese news site Globoesporte wrote a story about the SCCC/ATS volleyball team. Included in the story were several pictures taken by Crusader photographer Jakub Stepanovic.

Regardless of how the images were procured, this is still a prime example of journalistic plagiarism.

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There are two kinds of people in this world, those who know how to say GIF and those who don’t. It is pronounced JIF, yes like the peanut butter, not with a hard G sound. But before I get started on debating why the word GIF is pronounced JIF I’ll give some background on perhaps one of the greatest things on the Internet.

GIFs are what make the Internet go round. A GIF is an image file format that contains multiple images on a loop that make it look like a small movie clip, and are a staple of entertainment on the Internet. Websites like BuzzFeed, Reddit and Tumblr blogs have amassed collections that are worth visiting.

There has been a small debate going on within the technological community about how to pronounce the word GIF. The original coders for the file format, Bob Berry and Steve Wilhite, have stated that the word is pronounced with a “soft g” sound.

The creators even wrote “Oh, incidentally, it's pronounced ‘JIF’,” on the code so people wouldn’t confuse the pronunciation.

Most people who use the hard G believe they are right because no one ever taught them the proper pronunciation of the word. GIF creators, website editors and tech geeks mainly agree.

So here I am stating that the proper way is to say “JIF” when saying the word GIF. For some people that is not enough. “But it stands for Graphics Interchange Format,” so they say, but don’t be fooled. Although the G does stand for “Graphics” when a G is followed by an e, i or y sometimes a word will have a j sound. Examples of said sound are giraffe, genuine, giant, gin and so forth. Yes there are some words that do have the hard G sound, but GIF is not one of them.

“Oh, well, it’s just a word,” some may say. People have the right and freedom to say it however they’d like, but you say “tomahto” I’ll say tomato—and look at you weird.

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Sports Banquet 2013

Crusader photo/ Jose Medrano

Brent Gould, who “never missed a baseball game,” has been inducted into the hall of fame of the 2013 class.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Lady Saints volleyball players pose with 2013 Hall of Fame inductee Charles Brownlee and his wife Evelyn after the annual athletic banquet in the Green House.

Saints Hall of Fame inducts three new members Jose Medrano Editor

Crusader photo/ Jose Medrano

Tony Slaughter was inducted into the Saints Athletics Hall of Fame due to his basketball accomplishments. Slaughter holds the all time leading scoring with 1,589 point.

This year at the annual sports banquet in the Green House the Saints Athletics Hall of Fame inducted three new members: Charles Brownlee, Brent Gould and Tony Slaughter.

Brownlee has worked for the athletic department as a coach, bus driver and athletic director. Brownlee and his wife established a scholarship, the Brownlee Science and Math Endowment Fund.

Brownlee talked to the audience about his memories and knowing Gould. Gould died in 2002; he had turned 100 years old two months before his death.

Gould’s granddaughter, Ginny Wylie, stood in for Gould and talked about her grandfather.

“He loved his Seward County baseball. He never missed a baseball game,” Wylie said.

Gould was a Saints Booster Club lifetime member and attended as many Saints and Lady Saints games as he

could.

The baseball field at Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School is named after Gould.

Slaughter was a Saints basketball player and holds the all-time leading scoring with 1,589.

“When I first came here, me and a teammate of mine, we stepped off the plane and the first thing we saw were tumbleweeds flying,” Slaughter said about his arrival in Liberal.

Saints student-athletes and coaches were also recognized at the banquet for their work throughout the 2012-2013 year. The cheerleading and Saintsations dance team, athletic trainers, Lady Saints volleyball team, Saints baseball team, Lady Saints basketball team, Saints basketball team and the Lady Saints Softball team were all recognized.

“I think the banners are what really make this the Green House,” said SCCC/ATS president Duane Dunn.

Dunn also spoke to the athletes about

the success and recognition the programs have had.

The Wade Johnstone Award was awarded to sophomore Saints baseball player Deven Nelson for his accomplishments off the field. Lady Saints basketball player Kelsey Blair received the Jamie Talbert Award. The nominees for the W.A. Shuffleberger award were also announced at the banquet.

The Lady Saint nominees for the Shuffleberger award are volleyball player Jasmine Bryant, softball player Stephanie Mark and volleyball player Bailey McFerren.

Johnny Griffin, Justin Pena and Garrett Smith were the male nominees for the Shuffleberger award. The awards will be given at the end of the semester and are based on GPA. Plaques of the inductees can be found at the Saints Athletics Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame is located next to the All-American room in front of the concession stands on the second floor of the Student Union building.

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Brownlee service spans four decades Giseelle Arredondo Crusader staff Charles Brownlee was inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2013 at the Saints Athletics banquet.

Brownlee was recognized for having gifted Seward County Community College with service for more than 40 years of his life.

He served as a track coach, bus driver, teacher, athletic director and of course, as an incredible Saints fanatic.

Brownlee was an original member of the faculty for the college in 1969. He helped start the college.

Then, when he got involved in athletics, he helped as a part-time athletic director. At the time, it was only a part-time job.

“It was a long time ago, 1980-1981,” Brownlee said. Over the years, Brownlee grew most attached to women’s basketball and he traveled with them a lot.

“There’s a number of years we did not miss any games at home or away,” Brownlee said, “I just enjoyed athletics and we followed the team for years and years, and after I retired, I continued to follow.”

For the 2012-2013 season, Brownlee and his wife, Evelyn, attended all the home games, but did

“I just enjoyed athletics and we followed the team for years and years, and after I retired, I continued to follow.”

—Charles Brownlee Courtesy photo/Roy Allen

not travel to any away games because of Brownlee’s recent diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The Brownlees became such huge fans of the basketball teams that they earned their names on the back of their favorite seats in the Green House, permanently reserved just for them.

He also “taught real classes,” he said. Brownlee served as a chair for the math and science division, and he’d teach physics and science occasionally.

Returning to Seward for the athletic banquet April 19 and joining Brownlee in the Hall of Fame was

former Saints basketball player Tony Slaughter.

“I had Tony in class many years ago,” Brownlee said. “ It was very good. Pretty good. I’ve seen a lot of basketball players.”

Brownlee and his wife have established the Science and Math Endowment Fund for student scholarships. Preference is given to a Lady Saints basketball player. “This year, the scholarship was given to Bridgett Gramble,” Brownlee said.

Brownlee served on the Saints Athletics Hall of Fame committee and was for many years a member of the board of directors for the Saints Booster Club.

The Brownlees have also traditionally been Booster parents and currently host Shanise Brooks and Janel Tammen. The Brownlees once hosted Vaida Zagurskyté from Lithuania, a member of the Lady Saints basketball team who lived with them for two and a half years.

“Neat person,” Brownlee said, remembering the player from the 2002 National Championship team.

“We still are in touch with a lot of the girls off and on.”

Bronwlee’s favorite memories are “going on the Christmas trips, of course. That was California, Nevada, Arizona, and the national tournaments and national championship games. That was a lot of fun.”

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Saints tennis heads to NJCAA tournament Jose Medrano Editor The Saints tennis team qualified for nationals this year after placing third in the Region VI tournament. This will be the fourth year in a row that the Saints tennis team will attend the NJCAA tournament.

“Our region is tough, but it helped us get ready for the national,” said Jerry Thor, head coach for the Saints tennis teams. The Saints third-place finish in the regional tournament secured them a spot in the NJCAA tournament this month.

Five teams played in the Region VI tournament with Cowley taking first and Johnson County finishing second. Hesston and Barton were also in attendance and finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Sophomores Justin Pena and Donnersson Penna each placed third in the No. 1 and No. 2 match ups.

Spartak Rahachou of Johnson County defeated Pena in his first match, but Pena beat Samuel Arau-

jo of Barton to take third place in No. 1 singles.

Freshman player Luke Robertson placed second in No. 4 singles. Robertson lost the first place match against Ryan Hoverson of Cowley.

Other Saints who placed in singles match up were Daniel Alonte, Josh Hamilton and Adrian Amado. Alonte finished third in No. 3 singles, Hamilton also finished in third in No. 5 singles and Amado was in fourth place for No. 6 singles.

On the doubles match-up Pena and Robertson teamed up to play No. 1. They placed second after loosing to Cowley’s No. 1 doubles team. In No. 2 and No. 3 singles the Saints placed third and fourth.

Overall the Saints are 59-85 in individual matches. “I think we exceed most people’s expectations.

It’s been an interesting year and we hope to do well at the tournament,” Thor said about the 2012-2013 season.

The team will travel to Plano, Texas, next week to play in the NJCAA National Tournament May 12.

Crusader photo/Celestina Padilla

Crusader photo/Dawn Shouse

Four sophomore Saints basketball players, Leslee Smith, Jabari Peters, Kaheem Ransom and Edson Avila all signed with Division I universities last month. Smith signed with the University of Nebraska, Peters and Ransom with Sam Houston State University and Avila signed with the University of Oklahoma.

Saints third baseman sophomore Johnny Griffith displays his Ceritificate of Appointment from West Point.

Griffith is believed to be the first NJCAA transfer player to sign with the United States Military Academy at West Point and play for the Black Knights, according to college sources.

Lady Saints struggle with last games of the regular season Jose Medrano Editor

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Becky Allen hits a fly ball down the center during the Lady Saints first match against Otero on Sunday. The first game was won 4-3 but they lost the second 9-4. The Lady Saints will begin regional play this weekend.

The Lady Saints played their last home game of the season Sunday against Otero, and played No. 1 Butler on Monday.

The Lady Saints played four games in two days and went 1-3, only beating Otero 4-3.

After a four-game winning streak, the Lady Saints faced Otero at home Sunday. It was also sophomore recognition at the softball field. The Lady Saints were down or tied for a majority of the game, but in the seventh inning Lady Saint Rachel Shockley pulled a double and a walk-off win of 4-3.

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The first match against Butler was lost 7-1. The Lady Saints only run came from Shockley who was driven home by Stephanie Mark in the sixth inning.

Although Butler won the first match, the Lady Saints gave Butler a hard time in the second.

Butler took an early lead in the first two innings, 2-0. The Lady Saints scored three runs in the

third innings and gave them their first and only lead of the match up, 3-2. Butler scored five runs and the Lady Saints only manage to drive one making the score 74 going into the sixth inning.

Due to a home run Butler stacked another two more runs to make the game 9-4 going into the seventh. The Lady Saints managed to get two more runs, but it wasn’t enough and they lost 9-6.

The Lady Saints regular season ends with a record of 31-24 and finished second in the Jayhawk West. The Lady Saints will play Garden on Saturday to start off the Region VI tournament in Wichita.

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Students, contest winners read aloud poems of their own creation at the Coffeehouse Jose Medrano Editor

The location of the poetry coffeehouse was the SCCC/ATS music room. The room was decorated to create the right mood using lamps that looked like real candles.

In a dim lit band room filled with coffee, hors d'oeuvres and music, the winners of annual Poetry Coffeehouse Reading read their poems to a small gathering of guests.

The winners for the high school scholarship were Kristina Simpson of Elkhart, Brendan Giesick of Sublette and Steston Elam of Hardesty, Okla. The scholarship category received more than 38 entries from area high school students. Simpson placed first for her poem “Peaceful,” winning a $100 scholarship to Seward County Community College/Area Technical School and other gifts. Giesick placed second and Elam finished in third.

In the open category, poets from the community and surrounding area submitted their work. The three that placed were Rachel Coleman of Liberal, Barbara Damron of Liberal and Lavern Thomas of Liberal.

Coleman’s “My husband buys a knife” was awarded first in the open category. She received $25, gift certificates and other rewards. Damron placed second with her poem “4 Sons: A Limerick” and Thomas finished in third for her poem “The Button Box.” The poetry reading also featured students from SCCC/ATS and honorable mentions who read their poems to the crowd.

Azuzena Juarez was a student who read her poem at the coffeehouse.

Music was provided by Darin Workman and Juan Carlos Con-

treras. Contreras performed on the piano and sang during an intermission. The event brought together a crowd of more than 20 people.

According to event coordinators they expect a greater turnout next year and encourage the college’s student body to submit poems.

“We only had two submissions from college students,” said co-coordinator of the contest Janice Northerns. A total of 52 entries were submitted in the open category. The contest will include a open category again next year. According to Northerns, students should begin to prepare their poems for next year’s Poetry Coffeehouse.

More pictures of the event can be found on the Crusader’s Facebook page at facebook.com/crusadernews.

Kristina Simpson, Brendan Giesick, Steston Elam, and Rebecca Helton receive awards from the Poetry contest at the Coffeehouse.

Photos by Jose Medrano

Octavio Rodriguez, a student at SCCC, was invited to recite poetry during the Poetry Coffeehouse.

News Briefs Drama Club The drama club has put together a contest. The faculty with the most money receives baked goods for their classes and the faculty with the least amount has to wear a costume for a day. All proceeds benefit the drama club.

Art Exhibit May 9-14 Student Art Exhibit starts at 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Humanities Building.

Acting Class May 11 The acting class performs “Never the Sinner,” at 7:30 p.m. in the SCCC/ATS Showcase Theatre.

Telolith May 14 The Telolith reception 12:30-2:30 p.m. in room H101.

Cake pops on a stick at the Poetry Coffeehouse.

Alex Mages, a student at SCCC, was invited to recite poetry during the Poetry Coffeehouse.

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SCCC/AT S Showca se Theatr Tickets $ e 3 (Free fo r students Purchase with ID) tickets at Humanit ies Office

Spring Concert 2013 Band and choir prepare for performance Morgan Riley Entertainment editor For the Spring Concert, the band and choir will be performing in SCCC/ATS Showcase Theatre, Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. It is free for all students who show their IDs, For others, tickets are $3. All the profit sales from tickets will be given to the SCCC/ATS Foundation for the Lori Geis Memorial Fund.

Geis was a former vocal music instructor who died this year.

The choir will be singing Offenbach, an opera, Kander and Ebb, music theatre, Call Me Maybe, and

Choir from the winter concert

Payphone. Magda Silva says they tried to mash up the modern music with opera style and theatre music.

Darin Workman, the band director, says they will be playing songs from different famous movies, and they will be using multi-media for the concert. The crowd will be in for a big surprise because of Workman’s song choices.

Students can get tickets by picking them in the Humanities office.

They must show their ID in order to get their free ticket. Photos of the event can be found on the Crusader’s Facebook page after the event, Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.

Band from the winter concert

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Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

Cosmetology students paint the hair and nails of children. It was one of the most visited booths.

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

SCCC/ATS students Jonathon Zamora and Daniel Valles perform during a Sunday Brunch hosted in the Student Union April 21.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Cosmo student Gabrielle Costilla paints a tattoo on student Daichi Ozawa at the cosmo booth.

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Drama club member Juan Carlos Contreras teaches and plays theatre based games with children during Spring Fiesta.

Saints basketball player Jabari Peters and other SCCC/ATS students dance to Zumba. Zumba instructor Lydia Augustine lead the break-out Zumba dance session in the ampitheater during Spring Fiesta April 21.

Seward spring time taken with style Car show and spring fiesta draw crowds Jose Medrano Editor

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

Spring fiesta was hosted April 21 this year in the courtyard. The event drew a crowd of more than 250 people to Seward County Community College/Area Technical School according to event coordinators. The annual car show and an alumni reunion for the technical school’s 45th anniversary took place April 13 at the technical school.

Children, families and people from the community interacted with the clubs and organizations at the college.

From bouncy houses to snow cones the event was run by students and faculty who volunteered.

“Our club is proud to contribute to the community,” said Gregory Leung, president of the International Student Organization.

Some other clubs and organizations that were involved included Saints Promoting Education Careers, Kylix, Phi Theta Kappa, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, cosmetology students, the drama club, student ambassadors, Sigma Chi Chi, the choir and the admissions department.

The groups had different booths and activities set up that children could participate in. Families would stop by every booth and receive a stamp on a card in order to claim a prize when they were finished.

“We had a lot of fun with the children that raced in our

three legged race,” Leung said.

Some other activities included face painting done by Kylix, hair and nails performed by the cosmetology students and a tug-of-war hosted by Sigma Chi Chi. The technical school hosted the car show. People from the around the community brought in there vehicles to show off and compete. There were antique cars from the 1930s, classic American muscle cars from the 60s and more modern cars. Alongside the car show Kylix performed some face painting at the event and there were bouncy houses for children to play in.

The car show and Spring Fiesta were open to the general public and are expected to be hosted next year.

Members of the community view the different cars at the annual car show hosted at the area technical school April 13.

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

People from Liberal and the local area communities entered their automobiles into the annual car show. The car show was hosted the same day as an alumni event celebrating the 45th anniversary of the area technical school.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Alexis Lavielle paints on a childs face at the Kylix booth during Spring Fiesta.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Children race in a sack race hosted by SCCC/ATS’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization. It was one of the booths at Spring Fiesta where children could win prizes, toys and candy. More than 10 clubs participated and had booths. For more pictures go to Facebook.com/Crusadernews.

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Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

Cosmetology students paint the hair and nails of children. It was one of the most visited booths.

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

SCCC/ATS students Jonathon Zamora and Daniel Valles perform during a Sunday Brunch hosted in the Student Union April 21.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Cosmo student Gabrielle Costilla paints a tattoo on student Daichi Ozawa at the cosmo booth.

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Drama club member Juan Carlos Contreras teaches and plays theatre based games with children during Spring Fiesta.

Saints basketball player Jabari Peters and other SCCC/ATS students dance to Zumba. Zumba instructor Lydia Augustine lead the break-out Zumba dance session in the ampitheater during Spring Fiesta April 21.

Seward spring time taken with style Car show and spring fiesta draw crowds Jose Medrano Editor

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

Spring fiesta was hosted April 21 this year in the courtyard. The event drew a crowd of more than 250 people to Seward County Community College/Area Technical School according to event coordinators. The annual car show and an alumni reunion for the technical school’s 45th anniversary took place April 13 at the technical school.

Children, families and people from the community interacted with the clubs and organizations at the college.

From bouncy houses to snow cones the event was run by students and faculty who volunteered.

“Our club is proud to contribute to the community,” said Gregory Leung, president of the International Student Organization.

Some other clubs and organizations that were involved included Saints Promoting Education Careers, Kylix, Phi Theta Kappa, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, cosmetology students, the drama club, student ambassadors, Sigma Chi Chi, the choir and the admissions department.

The groups had different booths and activities set up that children could participate in. Families would stop by every booth and receive a stamp on a card in order to claim a prize when they were finished.

“We had a lot of fun with the children that raced in our

three legged race,” Leung said.

Some other activities included face painting done by Kylix, hair and nails performed by the cosmetology students and a tug-of-war hosted by Sigma Chi Chi. The technical school hosted the car show. People from the around the community brought in there vehicles to show off and compete. There were antique cars from the 1930s, classic American muscle cars from the 60s and more modern cars. Alongside the car show Kylix performed some face painting at the event and there were bouncy houses for children to play in.

The car show and Spring Fiesta were open to the general public and are expected to be hosted next year.

Members of the community view the different cars at the annual car show hosted at the area technical school April 13.

Crusader photo/Jakub Stepanovic

People from Liberal and the local area communities entered their automobiles into the annual car show. The car show was hosted the same day as an alumni event celebrating the 45th anniversary of the area technical school.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Alexis Lavielle paints on a childs face at the Kylix booth during Spring Fiesta.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Children race in a sack race hosted by SCCC/ATS’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization. It was one of the booths at Spring Fiesta where children could win prizes, toys and candy. More than 10 clubs participated and had booths. For more pictures go to Facebook.com/Crusadernews.

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Seward County Community College journalism instructor and Crusader adviser Anita Reed, left, joins award-winning members of the Crusader student newspaper staff following the Kansas Collegiate Media convention in Wichita April 14-15. From left, front, editor Jose Medrano with his Journalist of the Year award, sports editor Sandy Alfaro; editor Tonya Loewen holding the All-Kansas Award; staff member Fabi Peña, and ad manager Celestina Padilla. Back, staff photographer Jakub Stepanovic, staff member Julia Frey, entertainment editor Morgan Riley, staff videographer Dawn Shouse, staff member Giseelle Arredondo and news editor Matthew Adkins. For more photos, see Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.

Crusader staff wins top Kansas Collegiate Media award for 2013 C R U S A D E R A WA R D S All-Kansas Crusader Staff Kansas 2-year Newspaper Journalist of the Year Jose Medrano Overall Gold Medal Copy Editing First place: Matthew Adkins Column Writing Third place: Jose Medrano Feature Writing Honorable mention: Jose Medrano Front Page Design Third place: Jose Medrano Headline Writing Honorable mention: Tonya Loewen Infographics Second place: Tonya Loewen Third place: Jose Medrano Honorable mention: Tonya Loewen Honorable mention: Jose Medrano and Matthew Adkins Illustration First place: Tonya Loewen and Jakub Stepanovic Second place: Jordan Long Interior Page Design Honorable mention: Tonya Loewen and Jakub Stepanovic

Tonya Loewen Editor

Multimedia Storytelling Third place: Dawn Shouse News Photography Second place: Jose Medrano News Writing Honorable mention: Jose Medrano Online First place: Crusader Staff Photo Essay First place: Jose Medrano, Jakub Stepanovic, Morgan Riley, Matthew Adkins, Cheree Turley and Celestina Padilla Series Writing First place: Morgan Wills Third place: Levi Adams and Tonya Loewen Single Ad Design Third place: Jordan Long Special Section First place: Crusader Staff Second place: Crusader Staff Third place: Crusader Staff Sports Column First place: Julia Frey Sports Feature Writing First place: Jose Medrano Sports Photography First place: Jakub Stepanovic

The Crusader received the coveted AllKansas Award and a Gold Medalist Award in the two-year newspaper overall division at the Kansas Collegiate Media convention April 14-15 in Wichita. The Crusader is the student newspaper of Seward County Community College/Area Technical School.

Crusader editor Jose Medrano was named the Kansas two-year newspaper Journalist of the Year. In addition, the first-place award for two-year online newspapers went to the CrusaderNews.com staff, led by online editor Cinthia Serna and past online editor Raul Lemus.

The Crusader staff received 25 individual awards, including eight first-place awards, four second-place awards, seven third-place awards and six honorable mentions. The onsite copy-editing contest recognized Crusader news editor Matthew Adkins as the firstplace winner. In a sweep of the special sections category, the Crusader staff claimed the first, second and third-place awards for issues produced in February 2013, August 2012 and May 2012.

The All-Kansas award is the top overall award available at the KCM state competition. “It is so difficult to win the All-Kansas,” said Anita Reed, journalism instructor and Crusader adviser. “It’s kind of like that gold ring on the merry-go-round — we have thought we were within reaching distance several times in the last few years, but we just haven’t been able to grab hold. This year, the Crusader staff brought home the prize, and I am so proud of them for the talent and dedication that it took to receive that recognition as an All-Kansas staff.”

The Crusader editors and staff members were also enthusiastic about winning the top award.

“Winning the All-Kansas award was amazing. It has been 12 years since the Crusader last received an All-Kansas award. I don’t

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like to brag much, but there were high expectations going in for our staff, and we delivered,” Medrano said.

Reed and 11 members of the Crusader staff attended the convention. Editors Jose Medrano and Tonya Loewen, news editor Matthew Adkins, sports editor Sandy Alfaro, entertainment editor Morgan Riley, and staff writers and photographers Celestina Padilla, Fabi Pena, Dawn Shouse, Jakub Stepanovic, Giseelle Arredondo, and Julia Frey represented the Crusader at the convention.

“It is so difficult to win the All-Kansas. It’s kind of like that gold ring on the merry-go-round — we have thought we were within reaching distance several times in the last few years, but we just haven’t been able to grab hold.”

—Anita Reed journalism instructor and Crusader adviser The convention began April 14 with an Associated Press style editing contest, breakout sessions, publication critiques and an awards ceremony. Staff members attended more sessions the morning of April 15. The sessions were on topics such as newspaper design, editing tips and sales and marketing.

The convention ended Monday afternoon with the final awards ceremony, where the Crusader received the All-Kansas Award, Gold Medalist Award and Kansas two-year Newspaper Journalist of the Year Award, which came with a plaque and $250. The winner must be nominated by a faculty adviser and submit a portfolio of work, a resume, cover letter, and two additional letters of reference to be considered as a KJOY nominee.

“It was a great honor to win Kansas Journalist of the Year, and I couldn’t have received the award without the help of the staff that I have now. But personally, I know I shouldn’t be, but I’m prouder of winning first place in photo essays. It was a 3 a.m. energy

drink filled project on a print night,” Medrano said.

That first-place photo essay award was earned by Medrano, Stepanovic, Adkins, Riley, Padilla, and Cheree Turley for Pancake Day coverage. Medrano also took first place in sports feature writing, second place in news photography, third place in column writing, front page design and infographics categories, and honorable mention in feature writing, infographics and news writing categories.

Loewen received first place in illustration, second place in infographics, third place in series writing and honorable mention in headline writing, infographics and interior page design.

Adkins received first place in copy-editing and honorable mention in infographics. “It was easier than editing an actual newspaper because I knew that there would be mistakes.

The only real preparation I had was my experience editing for the Crusader,” Adkins said of his on-site copy-editing honor. “I was surprised because I was one of the first ones done with the test and I prepared less than others who didn’t even place in the contest.”

Stepanovic received first place in both illustration and sports photography and honorable mention in interior page design. Frey received a first-place award in sports column writing. Shouse received third place for multimedia storytelling. Staff member Jordan Long received second place for illustration and third place for single ad design.

Previous members of the Crusader also received awards, since the contest entries span from February 2012 through February 2013.

Morgan Wills received first place for series writing and Levi Adams received third place for series writing.

“I’m so proud that all of our hard work and late nights were worth it. Not only do we get recognized on campus, but we also win national and state awards in most of the categories that we enter,” Loewen said.