Taking a Pose Students compete in mannequin contest in the Saints Bookstore to win the outfit they modeled. — Page 3
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Crimson and Clover
Jump Start
Kansan artist Parker Landon gives Q & A about himself and his new album, Hallow Heartbreaks.
Saints and Lady Saints basketball breaks into the season with wins at the Pepsi Classic. — Page 1B
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November 10 2010
SIFE Haunts
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The shadows started as a 4-year-old girl was slipped across the Mexican border into the United States one July night of 1996. For the child, growing up in America, yet not American, the shadows became more confusing. Today, this voice resonates for many. “It feels like my family and I are living a double life.” Through it all, she and thousands like her, graduated high school and showed good moral character while growing up and are now enrolled in college. Striving for success in school, this student, nonetheless, has to live in the shadows everyday. “In the sixth grade, I was offered to go meet the president in Washington, D.C., and I had to turn it down because I can’t fly without a legal ID,” the honor student said. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the American Dream is out of reach for more than 60,000 of community college students who are unauthorized aliens. Yet most were brought to the United States as minors and have lived here their entire lives. The DREAM Act — which stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors — is a proposed federal legislation in the United States that was first introduced in 2001, reintroduced in 2009, and recently voted down in September of 2010. This specific bill could provide certain inadmissible or deportable alien students who graduate from U.S. high schools, who have good moral character, arrived in the U.S. as minors and have been in the country for a least five years continuously prior to the bills enactment, the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency if they complete two years in the military or two years at a secondary institution of higher learning.
• WIN a hand-painted rocking horse by entering the Saints ESP Scholarship Fundraiser. Tickets are $1 each, or 6 for $5.
See a Saints ESP Member or contact Terri Barnes for more information. The donation drawing will be Dec. 10. The rocking horse was painted by Gabriel Palma, Kylix club member.
• GREEN Wednesdays are to show support for SCCC/ATS. Wear green and receive free green popcorn from the admissions office. • EDUCATION students and anyone interested in education, state standards and state board functions are invited to listen to State Board of Education member Sally Cauble, of Liberal, at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in Room H113. The event in sponsored by SPEC and is open to the public. • INTERNATIONAL Student Recognition is 12:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Student Union.
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• CHILDREN’S ART DAY, hosted by Kylix, is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Children in first through sixth grades are invited. Cost is $15. Drinks will be provided, but children should bring a sack lunch. Reservations are requested, as space is limited.
• GRADUATION Applications are available at www.sccc.edu. Students intending to finish their degree by fall or spring 2010 or summer or fall 2011 must fill out an Application for Graduation, then meet with their advisers and do a degree check. The application and degree check along with $15 must be taken to the registrar’s office by Dec. 3. Students nine or fewer credit hours from completing their degree after the Spring 2011 semester may walk at commencement on May 14.
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• KAPPA BETA DELTA induction ceremony was at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Inductees include Fanny Benincasa, Katherine Alvarado, Barbara Hanna, Rogelio Alvarez, Thuy Truong, Clair Sims, Juraj Stepanovic, Marycarmen Perez, Berakah Carter, Kelsey Darnell, Kauana Goncalves, Eduardo Munoz, Judith Huntress, Erica Gant, Eva Loewen, Trevor Gonzales and Alexander Olinger.
• WEST SIDE STORY Auditions are at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Liberal High School music room, and 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at the SCCC/ATS theater. Auditions are open to anyone interested. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, 18 and 19, and 2 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Liberal High School Auditorium.
SIFE members host haunted house for Halloween to raise money for future trip. –Page 6
According to Dr. Duane Dunn, SCCC/ATS president, “We are falling behind on higher education of number of individuals with a degree, so I think it’s a good initiative to try to bring that in.” If this bill were to pass, it could reasonably affect the SCCC community. “I think it’ll have a tremendous opening of doors for a lot of people to go ahead and get a degree. The basic premises that allows students that aren’t citizens an opportunity to get their education,” Dunn said. “I would encourage students not to give up their education, and to work towards changing the legislation. One of the things I think is good is to always write policymakers, whether its a state legislator, board of regents members, state legislators and federal legislators and say what the impact would be and that it would be a positive impact.” Although this is not an active piece of legislation, it could be reintroduced once Congress convenes in January. Many alien students graduate from high school and college each year and face a roadblock to their dreams; they can’t work legally, they can’t drive, they can’t legally further their education, and they can’t pay taxes to contribute to the economy because they were brought to this country illegally by their parents or lost status along the way. “I would love to see that pass, so then our students would feel the need to go to college,” said Frances Brown, director of Academic Achievement Center and sponsor of Hispanic American Leadership Organization. She said students don’t see the benefits of getting an education if they aren’t able to get a job and contribute to the community after they receive a degree. • See DREAM Act, page 3
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Sharp resigns after 23 years on Board of Trustees, recalls changes Liberal. Sharp has been a part of the continuous growth in the comBoard of Trustees member Jo munity to provide education to Ann Sharp resigned Nov. 1 after students from not only Kansas, more than 20 years on the gov- but also from all over the world. erning board. “SCCC/ATS is truly a Kansas During her time on the board, treasure,” Sharp said. “Students Sharp has seen many changes come from all over the world in and accomplishments that have pursuit of a better life. Both the influenced the community. Sharp college and the area technical feels that the many changes and school have changed through the accomplishments years by recognizaround the college have ing their strengths been highlights of her and developing time served on the them. I have been board. a fortunate part of “There are a lot of that continued things I felt were highgrowth.” lights as I worked on the College PresiBoard of Trustees, indent Dr. Duane cluding the merger with Dunn has worked the technical school, closely with Sharp adding programs like throughout the cosmetology and agriyears and has seen culture, the new dorms, how much pride the improvement of the she takes in the Sharp student union and havcollege. ing many of our athletic pro“I always found Jo Ann easy to grams receive national recogni- work with in that she and the tion,” Sharp said. “As well as the Board established expectations, Crusader and the Telolith who provided suggestions, input, and have received state and national recommendations for improveawards for their accomplish- ments of the college, and were ments. All of these things have open to ideas and suggestions made our college outstanding.” that I brought to them,” Dunn Sharp served as a member of said. “She has a lot of pride in the Board of Trustees since 1987, our college and worked well and was also a member of the with me to insure that continued USD 480 Board of Education in success and accomplishment the 1960s when the decision was was going to continue.” made to establish an area techniDunn believes that Sharp’s incal school and junior college in volvement has helped establish
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Seward as one of the best community colleges in our state. “Less visible aspects include her involvement in planning, policies, hiring, foundation contributions, etc. that have truly established Seward as one of the outstanding community colleges in the state, region and in many ways the entire nation,” Dunn said. Sharon Hobble, member of the Board of Trustees, has also seen the hard work and dedication Sharp has put into the college and community as a board member. “It has been great working with her; it has taught me a lot,” Hobble said. “She is so efficient and knowledgeable; it has been a joy to see her work. She is very hard working.” Sharp has been part of the Board of Trustees for more than 20 years, but had to resign due to family obligations. She hopes to see continuous growth around the college and sees that through involvement from the community. “I would rather focus on the positive and continue to build on the many things we have already accomplished,” Sharp said. “I want the community to get more involved with what is going on around the college.”
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Chris Kopper and Evan Greenwood at the midnight release of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Like a true fan, Greenwood came in a costume costing him about $3,000 to look like a real-life Call of Duty soldier.
Video game releases Octavi o Rodri guez Crusader staff A local video game store hosted a midnight release party Nov. 9 for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Gamestop went all out with TVs and Playstation 3s mounted onto Hummer vehicles. Five hundred people had already pre-ordered the game and about 150 showed up to the midnight release and tournament. Most were teenagers, some were children around age 10, and some in their 50s and 60s. “The event is pretty good, the hummers are a great addition to it,” Evan Greenwood, an atten-
dant of the event, said. The game is the seventh installment in the popular video game franchise. The game revolves around main character Alex Mason, voiced by awardwinning actor Sam Worthington, and his experiences when the Cold War comes to his native Alaska. The store also offered free pizza for the event, which was held outside. “I’m cold, I’m hungry, and I want to go home. But I’ll suck it up, because I’m having such a great time.” Cody Buchman, SCCC student, said.
Security supervisor position filled replacing Petty Al fredo Anaya Editor Seward County Community College has filled the safety and security supervisor position. Kelly J. Campell, of Liberal, will take over the position left vacant after the resignation of Ray Petty. Campbell is a Liberal resident who has had experience working as a Liberal police officer as well as a Sheriff’s deputy for Seward County.
Campbell is also part of the American Police Hall of Fame for catching a dangerous felon from California who had shot an officer at a traffic stop. Williams is pleased with the decision to hire Campbell and feels that he will bring a lot to the staff. “I feel fortunate that we have him on staff; it’s a win-win situation for everybody,” Williams said. Williams also expects a few changes now that this position
has been filled and ultimately hopes they are changes for the better. “Everybody has a different method of handling things, so I’m sure there will be some changes,” Williams said. “I will anticipate that they will most likely be positive changes.What those changes are, I don’t know. Kelly has to get used to the way we do things around here, so then at that point he’ll be able to bring up those recommendations to his supervisor.”
Campbell has not worked around an environment with students before, but he hopes that students can work with him to help him meet their needs. “I have not worked around college students before; I expect to meet their needs and I hope that they can rely on me and feel comfortable to come to me if they need anything,” Campbell said. “I want to have a good working relationship with them.” The hiring process to fill this
position included advertising in various newspapers and the school website, taking applications, having Roger Sheib, Director of Buildings Grounds and Security review the applications and having all applications received reviewed by a committee, according to Williams. The hiring process took just as long as expected and went very smoothly, according to Tom E. Williams, dean of administrative services.
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