February 2017

Crusader Seward County Community College

Year 48, No. 4

Liberal, Kansas

February 8, 2017

How well do you know your Valentine? (pg 8)

Plagiarism (pg 5) Spring Sports (pg 12)

Don’t forget to vote for your homecoming king and queen (pg 3)

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Big city vs Small town Jessica Aldave-Ramos Reporter

When most people think of big cities, they may think of unlimited opportunities and endless possibilities.

Before moving from Houston, Texas I didn’t know that a small town would have such a big impact on me.

In Houston, I was often lost in the crowd while competing with various people for jobs and certain positions. Everyone was in constant competition with each other. Each person was trying to get that promotion or look better than the next.

After graduating, I began to wonder what I would do with my life and where I would go.

There was no one to guide me, or give me any direction on what I should do. No one had ever told me that I was good at something, or that I had potential. That was until I came to Liberal.

It was easy to fall behind and lose focus with everything that was going on in Houston. I needed to pay attention to what I needed to do in order to get some kind of degree or do something with my life.

Lisa Suzuki from Tokyo, Japan, the biggest city in the world, agrees that being in a small town made it easier to know what‘s important. “I can focus on studying here in Liberal, but in Tokyo there were lot of distractions.”

I moved to Liberal to get a sense of who I wanted to be, and where I wanted to go in life. While living in Houston, I could only hear the background noise of everyone else’s dreams.

I wanted more for my life than being stuck behind a register or waiting tables. The future in Houston was not promised to me.

In Liberal it was easy to research all these different jobs that I thought I wanted to pursue.

There were people in town that I could go see and talk to about my interests. People are more willing to help someone out in a small town, because everyone knows everyone. We have people that will vouch for us and give us recommendations, because they know what kind of person we are. They have the time to talk to others and put in a good word for us.

According to Sarah Fuller, the author of Job Search Beyond the Big Cities, “The smaller you go, the more people like to be in the know. They want to know who is living and working around them.

People tend to be much more interconnected. For a job candidate, it takes meeting the right person or someone connected who’s vouching for you.”

I found it easy to figure out what I wanted to do, because I had so much time to think about it. After getting advice and being

guided in the right direction, I knew what I wanted because of the people that helped me. In Houston, I wasn’t able to get that kind of attention.

Student Support Services/ TRiO Program Coordinator Phillip Lee, from New York, NY, agrees that people here are accepting and inviting. “Pros for a small town are that you get to know a lot of people. One of the really big benefits here is community, and that people are very friendly. People are very accepting here in Liberal.”

I believe big cities have their purpose, but I also believe that small towns are the ones that will help me find my purpose. Liberal is helping me be whoever I want to be. In a small town there are endless possibilities and unlimited opportunities for everyone.

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Homecoming Court Finalists

King Candidates: Mario Cardenas Dane Friederich Andy Ortiz Julio Espuivel Ethan Chacon Queen Candidates: Valeria Corrales Alyssa Fisher Myriam Rubio Vangie Padilla Diamond Ward Don’t forget to go out and vote for your 2017 Homecoming King and Queen. Candidates pictured are Andy Ortiz, Dane Friederich, Myriam Rubio, Valeria Corrales, Mario Cardenas, Vangie Padilla, and Julio Espuivel Not pictured: Ethan Chacon, Alyssa Fisher, and Diamond Ward. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber)

WEEK EVENTS: FEB 13-18

• Monday: Gotcha Begins- Campus Wide at 8a.m. Two prizes of $100 will be awarded. Sign up deadline is Feb 9 in SU118.

Texas Hold em Poker- Student Union at 7p.m. Game will continue until Friday. Prizes will include Bluetooth speaker, Bose headphones, $150 gift cards to the Saints Bookstore and Hibbetts, and a flat screen tv. Sign up deadline is Feb 10 in SU118.

• Tuesday: Free cookies, cupcakes, and carnations- Saints Bookstore at 10a.m.

• Wednesday: Flip Books and Bobble Noggins- Student

Union at 10a.m. At Flip Books, turn a six second skit into a flip book movie. At Bobble Noggins, a photograper will take your picture and place it on a bobblehead for you to keep.

• Thursday: Magician Daniel Martin- SCCC Theater at

6p.m. Daniel Martin was 2016 Entertainer of the Year. Martin has also won awards for Best Male Performer and Best Vareity Performer.

• Saturday: Homecoming Cermony will be between the Lady Saints (6p.m.) and Saints (8p.m.) basketball games.

Cast your ballot

Go out and vote for king and queen Feb 13-15 in front of the library. Voting begins at 9a.m. and ends at noon.

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February 9, 2016

Get a degree for $15,000?

Brownback challenges Kansas universities

Angelica Alfaro

Co- Editor

“Affordable education for my degree was the first thing I looked at when deciding what college to go to,” Andrea Baca, a freshman from Liberal, said.

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback wants to make it possible for higher education degrees to cost $15,000, maybe even less.

Brownback challenged four-year universities to provide access to affordable higher education. SCCC president Ken Trzaska acknowledged that the concept of a $15,000 bachelor’s degree is a good one that could make the cost of education more consistent and affordable.

In order for this concept to work, students will need to attend two years at a community college, like SCCC, and two at a university. However, the big catch is that not all fields of study fall under the $15,000 mark. The cheaper degree would mostly affect industries most needed in the state. According to the Hutchinson News, health, engineering and business degree fields are more expensive, but

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these fields have had the most growth.

Going to a community college will help out in reaching this concept, because most classes do transfer.

“Coming to Seward County Community College was always an option for me,” Baca said.

SCCC was her first option, because it was affordable.

With being undecided on her major, Baca Andrea Baca said that SCCC has helped with deciding on a major while not spending a lot of money.

At the University of Kansas or at Kansas State, Brownback’s challenge/concept is a concern, because of tuition. Tuition at KU is $10,550 a year and $9,874 at K-State. Fort Hays State, Emporia State and Wichita State are universities where this concept may be able to work. Tuition at Fort Hays is $4,884.

If you are interested in learning more about these schools and options, SCCC provide transfer trips and help for transferring.

Upcoming trips are to FHSU on Feb 22. There will be trips to KU and KSU on March 8 and 9. Contact the TRIO office for more information.

SCCC was my first option, because it was affordable.”

After attending two years at SCCC, Leonel Hernandez transfers to K-State. At the 2015 commencement ceremoney he talks about his transfer to a four-year university. (file photo SCCC)

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How to avoid plagiarism:

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Plagiarism runs rampant at SCCC

*always cite sources

What is plagiarism? “Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as your own work, and forgetting to add a citation to ideas and words that are not your own” ­— SCCC English Department

*use quotes

Jessica Aldave-Ramos

*do not procrastinate

Plagiarism is at an all-time high at Seward County Community College.

In spring of 2016, SCCC had 15 reported incidents and in fall of 2016 SCCC had 17, the average used to be six articulated

by Vice President of Academic Affairs Todd Carter.

Instructors say cheating will never help students in their future. Students may think that copying and pasting is the easy way out, but it really just makes it harder in the long run. Students are notorious for procrastinating and this is one of the most leading causes for plagiarism, and

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*correctly paraphrase and summarize *go to the writing center for help *use tutor.com

that is why instructors cover it at the beginning of every semester.

Instructors provide simple ways that students can avoid plagiarizing. Always citing sources, using quotes, correctly paraphrasing and summarizing, going to the writing center for help and never procrastinating are easy ways for help.

“It mostly hurts the students who plagiarized, because they aren’t understanding what the assignment was supposed to help them learn. If you aren’t doing your own work, then you have missed the whole point of college,” English instructor Janice Northerns says.

Northern also mentions that by plagiarizing the student is losing the chance to fail and learn from it. “The student is so afraid of a bad grade, that they have to go borrow someone else’s work,” Northerns says.

Instructors believe that it’s hard to get away with plagiarism due to the Launchpad turnitin. Turnitin has an originality report that checks for anything with exact wording of any other person’s work. If students haven’t cited, turnitin will find it in seconds.

Instructors contact students who have been caught plagiarizing and address the issue. The incident will then be put on their student records and reported to the Dean. Meetings are then scheduled with the Deans and Vice Presidents. Consequences depend on the factors of plagiarism done.

“It might lead to temporary suspension or students could be dismissed from the college,” Carter says.

SCCC does not put these incidents on one’s transcripts. Some instructors believe, if the ad-

ministration did, students might take plagiarism more seriously, other instructors believe that the students are already punished enough by having to drop the class or receive a failing grade in the class.

“Whether minor or major, it has to be reported to the dean, so we can’t really handle it ourselves, but once I have handled it in my class it’s up to the administration to decided on what to do,” Social Science instructor Gary Damron says. Damron continues with his views on the student’s record, “If they wanted to send it on their transcripts, then I would probably say that was fine, but it wouldn’t bother me if they didn’t,” Despite being on different sides, instructors all agree that plagiarism is wrong. Students don’t realize the affect their actions have on innocent bystanders. “It is not fair to other students who maybe don’t turn in their best work, but it’s their original work. If someone plagiarizes and doesn’t get caught, it isn’t fair to the other student who actually tried,” Northerns says.

Plagiarism also hurts teachers by wasting their time. The time they are supposed to have grading and preparing for class, is wasted finding the source a student copied from. Staff highly believes it hurts the perpetrator the most. If they cheat throughout their entire college career, what have they learned? Nothing.

“Everyone is affected by plagiarism. What if someone becomes a doctor, but cheated their way through medical school.

Their higher abilities are based on an education that was gained by cheating or stealing the work of others, “ English instructor Bill McGlothing says.

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Allied Health program proudly recieves $400,000 grant Angelica Alfaro

Co-editor

From having new individuals, spots filled up and new simulation units, the Allied Health programs is having a good year.

With currently receiving a grant of $400,000, they have got their hands on new simulation units, as well as new respiratory equipment.

Dean of Allied Health, Suzanne Campbell said being able to buy new simulation units is a big deal, each one is approximately $35,000.

“Since the simulation units are pretty expensive, we make sure that they are handled carefully,” Campbell said. “New units were bought, because the software was no longer supported. Students work on males, females, pediatric children, and babies. The females can also be changed to give birth.”

The units are very human like.

Touching them feels like touch-

ing a real human. The adults have hair, and even eyebrows.

Some units even blink.

When an unit is going to be worked on, the instructor comes up with a scenario and the unit responds. Once it responds, the student then figures out what to do. Different procedures can be done on the units, from taking blood pressure to hooking them onto mechanical ventilators.

Executive Director of Development, Tammy Doll was instrumental in the process of receiving the grant.

After having several faculty retire and resign, spots were left open. Starting off with who is the Dean of Allied Health and Director of Medical Laboratory Technology Program. Susan Ingland is now the Director of Nursing.

The new Director of Education for Respiratory Therapy is Janae Zachary.” There are also two new nursing faculty- Shayla McElvania and Melanie Brewer.

Apollo is hooked onto a machine and ready for students to perform tasks on him. (photo by Angelica Alfaro)

Once the mother gives birth, the students then have to attend to both the mother and child. (photo by Angelica Alfaro)

Next week a trainer will come in to show how to attend to a pediatric child. (photo by Angelica Alfaro)

Apollo responds to any scenario given. Having eyebrows and hair makes him look like a real human. (photo by Angelica Alfaro)

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Community celebrates Black History Month

By Jessica Aldave-Ramos Reporter

In celebration of Black History Month, The Marketing/PR office is hosting two guest speakers.

They are hoping to have some of the guest speakers visit classes.

For the first session guest speaker Richard Mason will speak about being the first black employee at the Liberal Police Department.

After Mason, Autry Coleman will speak about his parents and older siblings picking cotton and being in a segregated school.

For the second session the guest speaker will be Janice Smith. Smith will be speaking about his experiences with segregation and how her husband worked as a minister and activist, before his death.

After visiting classes guest speakers will go to the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a “Coffee and Conversation,” for a more one on one experience.

The library will have a display of “The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of WWII,” until Feb 24th, during regular library hours. Maybe the library will inspire us the watch the movie on our own time.

The Black History Committee in Liberal sponsor events every Sunday in February.

Eileen Beisel reads about The Tuskegee Airmen’s history. The exhibit will be in the library throughout the month of February. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber)

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Black History Month kick off, 3 p.m. at Bibleway Church.

Black History Gospel Concert, 3 p.m. at Bibleway Church.

Guest speaker Autry Coleman visits Chris Perkins American Goverment class and talks about his experiences growing up with racial tension.

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Black History Taste Fest, 3 p.m. in the Ag building

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Black History Pageant, 3p.m. in the auditorium at SCCC.

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Rosa Park Scholarship Banquet, 6 p.m. at SCCC

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Features

Valentine’s Day is known as the day of love all across the world. It only happens once a year on February 14. Many people look forward to this day as the ultimate sign to show their love for each other. We tested three couples around campus to see how well they knew their partner.

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How did you two meet?

“We met our freshman year in high school. We had driver’s ed together, but didn’t start dating until junior year.”

How long have you two been dating?

“We have been together for two years and three months.”

What’s it like going to school together?

“It’s fun and great going to college together because we get to motivate each other in our education as well as be each other’s support.”

Cathy Nguyen & Gregory Mcclurg

Do you know your partner?

Cathy’s Responses: Favorite color?Anything Pet peeve?Nothing Favorite foodAnyhitng fattening but no veggies Shoe size?- 10 His brithday?- May 20th, 1998 Zodiac sign?- Taurus Who’s his best friend?- Payton, Ethan, and Mitchell Greg’s Responses: Favorite color?- Maroon Pet Peeve? -When I take her food and when I steal her blanket Favorite Food? -Chile Rellenos Shoe size? -8 Her birthday? -May 18th, 1998 Zodiac sign? - Taurus Whos her best friend? - Karen Vasquez

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Do you know your partner?

Diamond’s responses: Diamond Ward & Aj Favorite color?- Green Pet peeve?- When I touch his butt Coleman Favorite food?- Mac and cheese Shoe size?- 12 I think lol Birthday?- August 20th, 1996 because he’s only a montth and seven days older than me Zodiac sign?- Leo Bestfriend?- Noah Aj’s Responses: Favorite color?- Pink Pet peeve?- When I smack my food Favorite food- She doesn’t have one, she eats everything Shoe size?- 7 Birthday?- September 27th, 1996 Bestfriend?- Keynitra and Tasha Zodiac sign?- I don’t know what that is

How did you two meet?

“We met through a mutural friend in high school.”

How long have you two been dating?

“We’ve been dating for two years and two months.”

What’s it like going to college together ?

“It’s fun going to school together because we’re working towards bettering ourselves as intelligent learning college students and at the same time we’re building relationships that last a lifetime.”

Do you know your partner?

Ashley’s responses: “We met in Rusty’s Tuman’s computer Favorite color?- Red Pet peeve?- Whenever I speak class last year.”

Favortite food?- Tacos How long have you two Shoe size?- 12 Birthday?- October 17th, 1997 been dating?

Zodiac sign?- Virgo “We’ve been together for nine Bestfriend?- Jason

How did you two meet?

months.”

What’s it like going to college together?

“Attending the same college has been rad because we both understand the stress of school and we are able to support one another.”

Ryan’s responses: Favorite color?- Red Pet peeve?- Stupidity Favorite food?- ice cream Shoe size?- 11 1/2 Birthday?- October 17th, 1997 Zodiac sign?- Libra Bestfriend?- Jason

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Worst Valentine’s experiences Odalys Avalos

Reporter

Valentine’s Day, also known as the day of love, is celebrated around the world. Many only see the positive outcomes of this day. What people don’t know are the imperfect situations many go through on this day. Several students and staff have had their share of worst Valentine’s experiences.

Freshmen, Ramona Lizarraga, had a Valentine’s Day she won’t forget. Her best friend, who was 15 years old at the time, was arrested for speeding. Lizarraga found out a couple of minutes later by her friends mom. Right after hearing the news they both rushed to the police station to see what they could do to help.

“Everything worked out in the end. Now when we remember this particular situation we both laugh,” Lizarraga said.

Sophomore, Alex Norez, had a very interesting experience with his worst Valentine’s Day. “All I can say is don’t date crazy girls,” Norez said. He had an ex girlfriend who stalked him on Valentine’s day. They had just broken up, and things got very dramatic in his school and personal life.

“The worst Valentine’s day of my life was my junior year of high school,” Marketing Assistant, Richelle Ballenger said. Ballenger was taking classes at the college at the time and was off for lunch. Her boyfriend attended a different high school than she did. “When I picked him up, we went to McDonald’s, because that’s where he wanted to go for Valentine’s lunch and he didn’t even bring his wallet, so I had to pay for both of us,” said Ballenger. The worst part for Ballenger was that he broke up with her two weeks later.

Pre engineering major, Alexis Delgado, has had a couple of bad experiences with Valentine’s day. Delgado’s worst experience is when he asked a girl to the movies, and she didn’t show up. He then watched the movie by himself. On his way out he saw his date getting out of a car, to his surprise she was with another guy. “It obviously hurt, but I texted her to have a good time at the movies,” Delgado said.

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Bad Semester? Don’t go crying, just keep trying David Gomez

Adam Borth completing his work during his office time. As Dean of Humanities his schedule is filled with meetings and class time. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber)

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Bad semesters happen. You get your final grades and see that your grade point average is a point or two too low than it should be. Maybe your time skills were not as good as they were in high school. In a time where grades reflect our self worth and our potential, a failing semester can be seen as the end of world. One semester may have an impact on your GPA, but there is always hope to turn it around and excel in the next semester.

Ecxon Vela mentioned that he struggled with his new found freedom once first semester ended. “I realized I would waste a lot of time that I could be using to do my homework,” said Vela There is a big jump whenever one makes the transition from high to college. Class workload increases, the time needed to complete assignments increases and the amount of knowledge one needs increases.

With many students leaving their hometown, they leave behind the rules of their parents.

Student are now allowed to do whatever they want, within the law. This can be a real shock to students. They go to sleep when they want, they eat what they

want, they spend their time how they want.

Adam Borth, Dean of Humanities, had his own taste of a bad semester when he was in college.

Borth’s first semester in college affected his GPA in a negative way. Borth did not adjust to the workload effectively. “I was not prepared to put in the time that I needed to put in,” Borth said.

Borth mentioned that he had plenty of time to study and complete his assignments, he just chose not to due to the distractions that were all around him. “I realized how much time everything took and I started to manage my time and developed a routine,” Borth said.

As he continued his routine everyday, the routine soon became almost a habit. Wake up, workout, go to class, study for two hours. His workouts in the morning helped him prepare for the day. Before he began his routine, Borth was tired for his 8 a.m. class. His workouts helped in energizing him and prepared him for the day.

Borth was grateful for his bad semester, “It opened my eyes and made me realize how hard I needed to work to be successful in college.”

To be able to turn around your

Fbad semester, you have to be able to work. You have to be able to take the next semester head on and give it your best shot.

“Perseverance is key. There will be people that tell you that you’re not good enough. Others will tell you that you’re good enough; that you can do this, and you will be successful. You have to put your nose down and have those good time management skills,” Borth said.

If one student can fail his first semester and then go on to be the Dean of Humanities, you can battle this next semester and turn it around, and prove, to not only others, but to yourself that you have more potential than even you imagined.

If a student runs into the “dreaded semester,” Seward County Community College offers sources to help recover.

There is the math resource center in the library, ran by Derrick Moore. There are a variety of of tutors who can help in a variety of math subjects.

Sharon Brockman also helps run a writing center, where they won’t write the essay for the student, but they will try their best to help with any grammatical or structural errors. She can also help with the competency exam.

There is also a student success center where there are students who help tutor in a variety of subjects. “There are students here to help tutor for science, history, and if we don’t have someone to help with that subject we will do our best to find someone,” said Patsy Fischer.

Fischer said she hopes students will take advantage of the help available at SCCC to turn around their bad semester and she hopes the students realize that the staff wants to do everything they can to help students succeed.

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Ethan Earhart struck out 69 in 56 innings pitched and hit .398 with 16 stolen bases on the offensive end as a senior. Earhart worked a quick 1-2-3 top of the 6th and pulled the Saints back into the game on Jan. 28. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber) Freshman Maycee Koontz practices running bases for the Lady Saints’ first game Thursday, Feb 2. (Photo by Keynitra Houston)

Lady Saints Feb. Home Schedule

Tue. 14

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McCook Community College McCook Community College Friends University JV Friends University JV Northeastern Junior College Northeastern Junior College Lamar Community College Lamar Community College Northern Oklahoma College Northern Oklahoma College

1:00 PM 3:00 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM

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Northeastern Junior College Northeastern Junior College Northeastern Junior College Northeastern Junior College

1:00 PM 3:30 PM 12:00 PM 2:30 PM

Saints Feb. Home Schedule

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Saints kick off spring seasons

Seward County Community College softball, baseball, and men and women’s tennis teams kick off their seasons this month. For up to date information and schedules for all SCCC spring sports visit sewardsaints.com

Saint’s Home Tennis Schedule

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Thalita Rodrigues practices her swing for their next game against North Central Texas College in Plano, Texas.

(photo by Brynn Grie-

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vs. Bethal College vs. Friends University vs. McPherson College vs. Central Christian University vs. Colorado State University

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Boys tennis team practice their volley for their first meet vs. Harding University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Rodrigues also practices her swing for her upcoming game. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber)

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Lady Saints continue to win and don’t plan to stop David Gomez

Reporter

While the Lady Saints were on a 17 game winning streak they have also risen to number seven on the NJCAA rankings.

The Lady Saints have an offense with fire power at every position.

Mollie Mousney has led the way offensively averaging 17.9 points per game, while also making a case for an NJCAA All-american award.

Offense has not been the Lady Saints only strength. Their defense has been excellent as well. They are only giving up 54 points per game. Before their loss to Hutchinson, the Lady Saints had been winning by scores of 102-43 against Dodge, 98-43 against Colby, and 110-54 against Neosho.

The stats speak for themselves.

This has been one of the most successful seasons in recent years. While not everyone saw this level of success in the team’s future, the Lady Saints knew that they had the opportunity to be something special.

“We knew we were going to be good, because we had such good chemistry,” said Mousney. Their chemistry is easy to spot, as they can often be seen together in the library, student union, and minutes before practice.

Neidy Ocuane mentioned that her teammates who they refer to each other, sisters, are always encouraging each other, not only during a game but also in their daily routines.

“You never know how it is going to go, when you get to start winning or losing, it depends on how your team acts together,” said Ocuane. As a team they have been able to function as one dominate machine. Ocuane mentioned that each girl believes in each other, which adds to their chemistry and makes the game

easier to play.

“The team just has a fire lit inside of them,” said Mounsey after losing to Hutchinson. This fire is a passion made possible, because of the great chemistry that allows the team to be honest and open with each other.

Mousney mentioned that they are going to practice harder and play harder. “This isn’t the end of the season, we still have 12 more games to play and improve,” said Ocuane. The Lady Saints are now looking forward to their next games to prove to themselves that they are as good as their record indicates.

Ocuane leads the team in assists during the games with about five per game, so as the team’s starting point guard she has shown the ability to spread the ball around. Ocuane said that she tries to move the ball around every play so that the open teammate can get up an easy shot.

Ocune takes pride in her assist, “I enjoy making plays for others.

When they score one point it’s a point for them and one for me,” said Ocune.

Mousney mentioned that the team would not be what it is without the personality and coaching ability of their coach, Toby Wynn. “He’s just a great coach, and he does so much to motivate us and coach us to win and he stays on us everyday,” Mousney said. Mousney also mentioned that he is also looking for ways to improve players and improve the team.

Both Ocuane and Mousney mentioned that defense is always a main focus point during practice. It is one of the things that coach stresses a lot. “If our defense is great, then the offense will just come along and develop on it own, defense does win championships,” Ocuane said.

As of this moment, the Lady Saints are ranked seventh in the

Lady Saints practicing defense for their next upcoming game. Defense has big a part of the lady saints success, having only given up 55 PPG. (photo By Brynn Grieshaber) NJCAA,. A championship is a real possibility, especially if the team continues to play well on offense and defense. Mousney and Ocuane both know that they can continue to improve every game.

While the success of the Lady Saints has been great for the team, the college is also starting to rally behind them. “I think it is good for the community that the team is doing great, it gives people something to watch and be happy about,” said Manuel Aguilar.

The Lady Saints look to continue their dominant season with 12 wins straight and a banner being hanged from the rafter in the big house.

Lady Saints practice shooting and boxing out underneath the basket. (photo by Brynn

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Top: The Lady Saints run a drill ­— two vs. one — during practice. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber)

Above: Players review game film with Coach Brown. Players study their stregnths and weaknesses to help the, prepare for the next game. (photo by Brynn Grieshaber)

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Question and Answer Reglin came for student psychology

Q: What is the hardest thing to teach students?

A: School is a long journey, keep working. Some students quit

their education before they graduate, but I want to help them to not quit.

Q: Do you want to counsel students at SCCC? A: No, I love to counsel. I’m taking a break and I’m just teaching psychology at SCCC.

Q: What are you interested in?

A: I am interested in psychology, because I find it interesting why New professor, Russ Reglin, ready to help out his students if anyone drops by at his office. (photo by Keynitra Houson)

people are who they are.

Lisa Suzuki Reporter

Russ Reglin came to Seward County Community College, from Kansas City, as a new Psychology professor in the spring of 2017. Reglin graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mid-America Nazarene University, he got his master’s in mental health services from Avila University and then his PhD from North Central Arizona.

Before coming to SCCC, Reglin counseled eight years at a hospital mental health unit with teenagers. He then counseled at a university for 22 years. Reglin came to Liberal because he loves southwest Kansas and loves the people at SCCC. He chose psychology to teach and help students. He is teaching to help students with their education.“School is a long journey, keep working,” Reglin said.

Students take on psychology class with Reglin. (photo by Keynitra Houson)