April 2018 ISSUU.COM/KCCBRUIN
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KCC Basketball camp!
Kellogg Community College’s softball team is entering its final season with a small team that is hoping to accomplish some big things. - Pg 4
Kellogg Community College’s men’s basketball team will lead a set of Skills & Drills Basketball camps for boys and girls on three consecutive Sundays, beginning on April 8, 2018. - Pg 3
YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMPS BEGIN APRIL 8
THIS SEMESTER’S PHI THETA KAPPA INDUCTEES
KCC basketball players earn post-season honors
graduate of Harper Creek High School, averaged 17 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the men’s basketball team. Three Kellogg Community Ben Reed, head coach of College basketball players KCC’s men’s basketball team, said have earned post-conference Watkins was a leader for the Bruhonors from the Michigan ins this year, excelling on the court Community College Athletic and in the classroom. Association. “When you speak about tak Women’s basketball ing advantage of one’s opportuniplayers, Dareka Clayton and ties, I look at Khylen as a prime exDestiny Kincaide and men’s ample,” Reed said. “He left Adrian basketball player, Khylen College last year and wanted a secWatkins, all received Honorond chance at playing basketball able Mention All-Conference and pursuing his degree. I gave honors from the MCCAA. him a chance and he didn’t look Clayton, a sophoback.” more forward and graduate KCC’s basketball teams of Battle Creek Central High Photo by Simon Thalmann wrapped up their 2017-18 seaschool averaged 11.9 points Pictured Above (Left to Right) Dareka Clayton, Destiny Kincaide, and Khylen all received Honorable mention All-Conference honors from the MCCAA Kincaide, a freshman guard and graduate of sons last month. For more inand 13.5 rebounds per game Hyde Park Academy High School in Chicago, aver- formation about women’s basketball at KCC, visit this season with the Bruins – the highest average reaged 12.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. www.kellogg.edu/womens-basketball. For more bounds per game in the team’s MCCAA conference. “Destiny came in as a freshman and did an information about men’s basketball at KCC, vis “Dareka was a force inside for us this sea- son at both ends of the court,” KCC’s Head Women’s outstanding job for us as our point guard,” Douma- it www.kellogg.edu/mens-basketball. Links to Basketball Coach, Dic Doumanian said. “To lead the nian said. “I’m looking forward to even bigger and high-resolution photos of each player are available on each team’s respective web page. conference in rebounding like she did really says a lot better things from her next season.” Watkins, a sophomore guard/forward and Contact Yasmeen Qahwash at bruin@kellogg.edu about her effort and determination.”
YASMEEN QAHWASH editor
Bruins giving back at Binder Park Zoo DAYNA ALLEN
guest writer
Bruins Give Back is an event hosted by the Service-Learning department that occurs three times each semester. The purpose of the event is to provide students, staff, and faculty with opportunities to volunteer in the community. Bruins Give Back is a beneficial way to get to know non-profit organizations in the Battle Creek area as well as meet fellow KCC students and build relationships with staff members. Bruins Give Back provides the opportunity for students to earn volunteer hours that can be use on job applications, scholarship applications, and resumes. The second Bruin Gives Back of the spring 2018 semester took place on Friday, March 16 at Binder Park Zoo from 9am-noon. Fifteen volunteers from KCC attended and approximately$1,080.00 of work was given to the zoo. Volunteers served in the children’s area where they raked leaved, cleared brush, and prepared the area for the animals and the zoo’s opening season. The next, and final, event of the semester is on April 20 from 9am-noon on campus in the KCC YES! Community Garden. Volunteers will be planting seeds, laying dirt, painting signs, organizing bricks, and simply making the garden more appealing for spring (no gardening experience is necessary). To register for the April Bruins Give Back, find the registration link on the Service-Learning website at kellogg.edu/service-learning under the “Special Service Events” tab or find the registration link on
the Facebook page, Kellogg Community College Service-Learning. All volunteers receive a free t-shirt. Questions, comments or concerns? Email kccservicelearning@gmail.com or visit the Service-Learning office in the Social Science department. Contact Dayna Allen at bruin@kellogg.edu
Photos from the Bruins Give Back event at Binder Park Zoo
More photos can be found on KCC Service Learning’s facebook page
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Campus News
April 2018
Letter to the editor KCC Women’s Basketball As one of the six planners of the group that put up the “write a cat call” posters, I would like to tell you the real intent of our project as some students have misinterpreted it. We never meant to disrespect women. We wanted to bring awareness to the effects of cat calling, sexual harassment, domestic abuse, and sexual abuse. Cat calling and sexual harassment can cause anxiety, depression, loss of confidence, disordered eating, and loss of productivity. We had a table set up and we handed out pamphlets with domestic abuse and sexual abuse hotlines, informational sheets on the Circle6 app that “prevents violence before it happens,” and a paper describing the theme for this year’s women’s history month and included this year’s honorees. In no way did we want to disrespect women, we wanted more people to respect women after seeing our posters. The posters were also meant for women to tell their stories of cat calling or sexual harassment. In response to the conversation that occurred regarding the posters, this was definitely a
learning experience for all of us, including the students and staff here. We all learned that not everyone thinks like we do and sometimes people are unintentionally hurt. In further events, informational posters will be put up explaining what the project means because when we were not there, we were not able to describe what the posters were for. I hope that some people took away from these posters that cat-calling is disrespectful, and that it is never acceptable. This was a leadership project done as a part of our scholarship requirements. A leader has many responsibilities. A leader must show others things that they might not have known about before. Leaders also bring new experiences and new conversations to those that follow them. With this event, we never expected it to gain as much attention as it did, but as leaders, we lead members of our college community to have a discussion about a topic that is not talked about enough.
signs Emma Samson YASMEEN QAHWASH editor
Emma Samson, of Elsie, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play women’s basketball at Kellogg Community College and will begin playing for the Bruins next season. Samson, a senior at Ovid-Elsie High School, was captain of her high school basketball team and earned high school basketball honors including Most Valuable Player and Honorable Mention All-conference. She has also earned several awards as a player and a captain on her high school tennis and volleyball teams. A Top 10 Division II equestrian rider, Samson is a member of the Future Farmers of America and participates in 4-H.
“I’m really looking forward to having Emma be part of what we’re building here at KCC and helping us put Lady Bruin basketball on top,” head coach of KCC’s women’s basketball team, Dic Doumanian, stated. KCC’s women’s basketball team finished the 2017-18 season late last month. It was the first season in nearly a decade under new Head Coach Doumanian, who led the Bruins for seven seasons from 2000-01 and 2006-07. For more information about women’s basketball at KCC, visit www.kellogg.edu/womens-basketball or contact Coach Doumanian at doumaniand@kellogg.edu. Contact Yasmeen Qahwash at bruin@kellogg.edu
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KCC Basketball camps for youth begin April 8 YASMEEN QAHWASH editor
Kellogg Community College’s men’s basketball team will lead a set of Skills & Drills Basketball camps for boys and girls on three consecutive Sundays, beginning on April 8th, 2018. The camps will be led by players from KCC’s men’s basketball team and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Ben Reed and will be held at the Battle Creek Central Fieldhouse, 162 Champion St., Battle Creek. The camps will run in two sessions, with separate camps for youth ages 8 through 11 and youth ages 12 through 15. Each camp costs $45 and will run on April 8th, 15th, and 22nd. The camp for ages 8 through 11 will run from 2 to 4p.m., and
the camp for ages 12 through 15 will run from 5 to 7p.m. Camp fees include a camp T-shirt for each participant. Camp activities will focus
on the fundamentals of basketball and include instruction in drills including shooting, dribbling, and passing in addition to competitive games and contests. Campers will
Photo by Simon Thalmann Photo of KCC youth basketball camp hosted by KCC men’s basketball team
LETS GO BRUINS!
need to arrive dressed to play and bring a water bottle. Additional camps will be held on May 6th through 20th and June 25th through 28th. Information about all KCC sports camps for youth is available online at www.kellogg.edu/sportscamps. Registration for KCC’s Skills & Drills Basketball Camps is open until the day of each session and can be completed online by visiting www.kellogg. edu.sportscamps, by calling KCC’s Lifelong Learning Department at 269-965-4134 and registering with a credit or debit card, or in person at the Lifelong Learning office in suite 305 of the Lane-Thomas Building on KCC’s North Avenue campus in Battle Creek.
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Editorial Policy The KCC Bruin is a free student publication produced monthly by Kellogg Community College students during the fall and spring semesters. The KCC Bruin welcomes letters to the editor from members of the College and the community. Letters must be signed and submitted with a current telephone number or email address. All letters become property of the Bruin and may be edited for clarity and length. By-lined opinion columns represent the opinion of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the Bruin staff or the College.
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