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Colton Fast previews upcoming Dillon Lecture Series with Col. Mark Tilman.

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Joel Muhs gives a rundown with the HutchCC football game against Butler.

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9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

Photo by Danae Moser/Collegian Hutchinson Community College Fire Science (right) students and local firefighters pay respects to the lowering of the American flag before the HutchCC-Butler football game Saturday at Gowans Stadium. Young aspiring firefighters learn the importance of what happened on 9/11 in remeberance of the lost firefighters from that day.

By Braedon Martin Staff Writer

Sept. 11, 2001 - a date that forever lives in the hearts and minds of most Americans.

The day that marks the greatest terror attack ever performed on United States soil, in which four planes were hijacked, and intended to be used against targets in New York and Washington. Two planes hit both towers of the World Trade Center. One plane hit the Pentagon, and one plane was valiantly retaken by its passengers, missing whatever its target was and crashing in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 20 years ago More than 3,000 people were killed Jeff Deal, Hutchinson Community College fire science instructor and organizer of a yearly 9/11 remembrance ceremony, vividly remembers what he experienced 20 years ago.

“This was a day that is set in infamy … it really set the trajectory of our country,” said Deal, a former McPheron Fire Chief.

The ceremony included HutchCC fire science

students performing a “Missing Man” formation, adapted from an Air Force flight maneuver to serve a similar purpose on the ground. Students lay an empty set of bunker gear at the base of the flagpole, before lowering an American flag to half mast in remembrance of the 343 firefighters that died on that day.

“On 9/11, because of the impact that it had on those of us that were firefighters, we made a promise that we would never forget,” Deal said. “And the thing about firefighters is that we don’t give our promises lightly, but when we make a promise, we keep it. We will keep our promises, and we will remember every year no matter what it takes because we made that promise.”

Deal said the reasoning behind the yearly ceremony, and why it is so important that America never forgets what happened on that day.

“It’s important because ultimately our goal is to lay down our life for others, especially when something as big as this happens to us,” Deal said.

Many HutchCC fire science students were born

after 9/11.

“It’s important to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice just for the chance that others may live, and that alone is worth never forgetting,” said Jacob Younger, Hutchinson sophomore and one of the members of the Missing Man formation, and aspiring firefighter.

The ceremony was followed by a Deal speech, where he spoke about why those in attendance, as firefighters, should never forget what happened on 9/11.

“This country still needs heroes. A hero is a person that is ready to lay down their life for someone else,” Deal said. “Those 343 who laid down their lives that day are heroes. They gave everything. Are you ready to do that?”

In the 20 years since the attacks on 9/11, children have been born and raised in a society still feeling the aftershocks of those attacks. Some of those children have decided, now that they are grown, to follow in the footsteps of the 343 firefighters that died while saving the lives of others.

HutchCC golf team remembers Mike Kinney

By Joel Muhs Sports Editor

A national title for the Hutchinson Community College golf team last season left a sweet taste to end the season, but the start of this season turned that taste bitter after golf enthusiast and assistant HutchCC golf coach Mike Kinney died on Sept. 1.

Kinney, a Hutchinson native, and Hutchinson High School and University of Kansas graduate, served as assistant coach during the Blue Dragons’ run to a national championship to end last season, where HutchCC took home both the team and individual titles.

“Mike had a great heart and always put us players first,” sophomore and 2021 NJCAA individual golf champion Ben Partridge said. “A few times, he would stay up late with us in the hotel, and we would go into the hallway and practice our putting already for the event the next morning. He could easily just go to bed, but he wanted us to be fully prepared.”

The golf course wasn’t the only place Kinney was known and respected. Kinney also served as a member of the Hutchinson Golf Council and Trinity United Methodist Church, but he was a friend to many.

“Mike was just Mike, you know?” HutchCC golf coach Chris Young said. “Mike was loved by everybody, he was everybody’s friend, and never said a bad word about anything or anyone.”

However, it was Kinney’s selflessness and willingness to help others and be there for those that needed his presence most that is remembered by those that were closest to him.

Upcoming events Sept. 21 — Dillon Lecture Series - Col. Mark Tillman at the Hutchinson Sports Arena at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 22 — Volleyball vs. Pratt at the Hutchinson Sports Arena at 6 p.m.

Sept. 25 — Football vs. Fort Scott at Gowans Stadium at 7 p.m.

Sept. 29 — Wellness Fair at Parker Student Union from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“He was one of those guys that if you needed him he was there,” Young said. “He would do anything for anybody. He was involved in our church that I belong to, real strong. He’s a family guy and he basically overtime showed our team that he was there for us and he was part of our family. You can’t say a bad word about him.”

Kinney proved to be a friend to the HutchCC golfers as well as a coach, and his vibrant personality helped ease the mood on trips to Blue Dragon golf tournaments.

“Mike was a kind and funny guy. He felt like one of the guys off the course and really lightened the mood in the van to and from events,” Partridge said.

Young, a longtime friend of Kinney’s, noted how big of an impact Kinney had on both himself and on the HutchCC golf team.

“For me, he lightened my load as a coach and for the kids he was a sounding board. He was a helper of the golf swing and just there for them whenever they needed him as well,” Young said.

After Kinney helped the Blue Dragons cap off a national title, the Blue Dragons will have to navigate the new season without their former assistant coach, but Kinney remains in both the minds and hearts of the HutchCC golfers.

“So far we’re just going by our business as best as we can, but obviously it’s not the same,” Partridge said. “We’re going to go out and play for him.”

From the golf course and well beyond, Kinney left a lasting impact in his community, friends and family.

Although there were many to choose from, Young

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narrowed down one of his favorite memories of Kinney that spoke to the type of person he was.

“Mike was always kind of a jokester and there’s a lot of funny memories we’ll all have of him. I couldn’t really just pick one funny or one great memory that we have,” Young said. “I guess maybe when we won the national tournament last (season) Mike was there celebrating with us and throwing water around and getting the trophy. I’ll always remember him being a part of that and how special he was to me, not only being involved in this, but how special he was of a friend to me and how he made me see some things maybe differently than I had before and helped me become a better person.”

Photo by HutchCC Sports Information Mike Kinney (right) and Trey McCrae discuss a shot at the 2021 NJCAA National Championships in Texas.

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Here to help I’ve been seeing so many posts on social media of people raging about vaccines being mandated, and others raging about people who haven’t gotten vaccinated yet.

It’s absolute insanity but I can see both sides.

I don’t feel we should be forced into getting it if we aren’t comfortable or just don’t want it. That’s your choice.

I have no judgment towards whether you choose to do so or not.

However, if you choose not to, then I hope you are being safe for yourself and your family.

Laci Sutton One post, along with the post’s comment section really stood out to me.

In summary, the post basically said that if you haven’t been vaccinated then you don’t deserve medical treatment when you get COVID. I’m sorry, what?

I can’t tell if this infuriated me because I’m in the medical field, or because I’m a human being with a soul, but either way I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I saw it.

(If you agree with the thoughts in the post mentioned previously, maybe this is when you should start taking notes.)

In nursing school, we are taught to provide exceptional care for our patients regardless of their backgrounds, beliefs, choices, etc. Our job is not to judge them, our job is to help them.

Anyone and everyone are deserving of medical treatment, if and when it is needed.

If I encounter an individual struggling to breathe (one of the more common effects of COVID) I’m not going to look at them and say, “oh, hold on, I need to see your vaccine card before I do anything.”

Absolutely not. If you come in struggling to breathe, our first priority is doing what we can to help you breathe, regardless of your vaccination status.

I don’t understand why anyone would think that just because they chose not to get the vaccine they did this to themselves. They didn’t ask to get sick. Maybe they haven’t been going out, maybe they have. It doesn’t matter.

They made a choice for themselves, just as some have made the choice for themselves to get it.

They are human and the fact that there are people out there who think someone deserves to potentially die because they made a personal decision is disgusting.

If the Grinch can grow his heart three sizes, then I hope yours does the same.

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Laci Sutton is Nickerson senior studying nursing. She is the Collegian opinion page editor.

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Vax up and mask up The American people have shown you can’t give Covid to someone else. the entire world that they are inThe mask protects others. credibly selfish.

If you need a reason to have empaThis whole pandemic has been thy and care for other people, you’re a made all about the individual and sociopath. Finally, if you are so worried all about politics. It’s incredibly about what’s in the vaccine, answer me frustrating to listen to, because this - what’s in all the other medications Covid doesn’t care what political you take? Can you confidently say? party you haven’t subscribed to.

Finally, why would the government We have seen anti-vaxxers want to track you specifically? I get take horse-dewormer instead of it, you want to be skeptical of those in an FDA-approved vaccine. The power, but of the millions of people in Leslie Graje da science is denied until the science the United States, why would the govis needed to save their lives when ernment want to track you specifically? they have overdosed on Ivermectin and are runEven if they did, they could already do it through ning out of oxygen because they caught covid. your phone, state ID, mail, etc. So they wouldn’t All of this is to say that I am tired of the Amerimake a vaccine just to track you or get you sick. can people. We can do better.

Trust the science. Wear your mask and get Don’t forget, you are not immune to these vaccinated. If you’re sick, stay home. Take value behaviors. I have seen too many people on the in your health and in the health of others. We take Hutchinson Community College campus refuse our health for granted until we become unhealthy. to wear their mask correctly because it “it’s too We can’t afford more lives lost. uncomfortable”, or “well, I’m vaccinated”, or Too many families are already missing their “I’m tired of wearing the mask”. As someone children. Will you add to that number? who works with the public, I can wear my mask Leslie Grajeda is a South Hutchinson sophomore studying for hours with no problem. What’s your excuse? journalism.

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Houseplants are a girl’s best friend

With Covid-19 outbreaks, busy lives, living far from home, and downright loneliness, it isn’t uncommon for college students to become depressed.

While some go get an iced coffee, do their nails, buy a video game, impulsively buy a puppy, or eat so many hot Cheetos that they look like Donald Trump after his spray tans, an excellent option for making yourself feel better is buying a houseplant.

Yes, a houseplant.

There is a wide variety of them that are easy to take care of, they clean the air in your home, liven up the environment, and statistically make people happier.

A pothos is my strongest recommendation for those interested in trying this method. They start small

but grow incredible have proven that housevines, which means plants improve concentrayou can ditch that tion and productivity (by fake ivy and use up to 15%), reduce stress pothos vines to aclevels, and boost your complish that boho mood. This means it could greenhouse vibe you also help you focus when it were going for with comes to homework. Howyour dorm room or ever, I have 32 houseplants apartment. These and still put off my homeplants are so hard to work until the last minute, kill, even the worst but that’s not the point.

Brooke Greene I used to believe I did plant parents could handle this one. Wanot have the slightest bit ter it once a week with your leftover of a green thumb, and after hearwater bottles from your car ... come ing about plant house and depreson, we all know there’s got to be sion-related studies, I went and at least 10 lying around. It needs bought my first houseplant, an moderate, yet indirect, sunlight, and orchid. The best part is when the a little fertilizer in the soil and you flower blooms and you feel like are good to go. you have done something right.

According to NBC News, studies After that, I bought another plant,

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and another, until eventually I got a summer job at Stutzmans Greenhouse, and ended up with over 20 houseplants.

Not to mention, fellow houseplant lovers give you clippings of theirs and you can mix and match new plants.

If the year has you down, stressed, or lonely, try buying a houseplant and see what it can do for you. Doctors are suggesting houseplants for those with anxiety and depression as opposed to rushing to medication in every case. If one plant makes you happy, imagine how you’ll feel after 32 of them consume your home.

Now, go to your nearest hardware store or greenhouse and buy your first green friend.

Brooke Greene is a HutchCC journalism graduate now studying police science. She is the Collegian editor in chief.

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Gone fishin’: Option for pond?

By Connor Keating Staff Writer

The Hutchinson Community College tennis courts are an eyesore. The fence around them is covered in dead vines, of the five courts two of them don’t have nets, and the surface is covered in long stretches of canyon-like cracks that run right through the courts.

It also doesn’t look appealing next to the community garden and blue fountain pond.

The college has been trying to figure out what to do with them. The courts are used by the college’s daycare for the children to play on, the baseball team has used them for throwing drills, and students use it as a shortcut.

One solution to the problem of the abandoned tennis courts is to demolish them, and perhaps expand the pond.

The pond is a jewel between Gowans Stadium and the tennis courts, so expanding it over the tennis court could make the area more eye appealing, but what if

it was taken a step further?

Kansas is a mainly rural state, so many people who have grown up here have probably passed by a body of water and wondered, “Can I fish that?”

Currently, the pond has a few species of sunfish, but a few larger fish also lurk under its blue ripples.

There are “no walking on the ice” signs, but there are no “no fishing” signs.

So what if with this expansion, fishing was promoted?

Stocking the pond with more typically targeted species like bass and catfish.

“Your average largemouth, smallmouth bass, crappie, bluegill, and maybe for night time, some people are into catfishing, so maybe some small channel cat,” said Carter Kreger, Wichita freshman.

“Those are generally the common species people stock their ponds with. They keep each other’s populations in check.”

There still could be concerns with this. Fishing can cause

litter, and snags are almost inevitable. When casting, hooking the person behind you or casting toward someone can also cause worry. Then there’s the fish themselves, people worried about them being kept for food, people against the idea of fishing, and of course how much would stocking a pond with fish cost.

Cody Flax, Culver sophomore, likes the idea on paper, but acknowledges many potential problems with it.

“The issues I could see with it are, one, it’d be overfished, so there would be no actual nice sizable fish to catch, cause you can say ‘catch-release’ for the pond, but there’s a good chance no one will throw all of them back,” Flax said, “Two, you’d have to have someone that would police the pond for size limits. It would be nice, but at the same time there’s those issues there, and there’s also the issue of expanding it, that’s more water area that someone could fall into and have an injury or drown. So

Photo by Connor Keating/Collegian The campus pond, shown above, could potentially be expanded and maybe turned into a fishing pond if the tennis courts are taken down.

that’s another liability you’d have to think about.”

Making the campus pond

larger and promoting fishing sounds like a great idea, but there are potential problems.

The unconventional route

By Cole Deutschendorf Staff Writer

Decisions, decisions, decisions. Everyone makes hundreds of decisions everyday, whether it’s having pancakes for breakfast instead of waffles, or wearing blue shoes instead of red ones.

Decisions shape lives, some more than others.

Money plays a factor in a large amount of those decisions. This is the case for Hutchinson Community College freshmen Brayden Bruner and Zane Jacques.

Bruner, from Hesston, and Jacques, from Haven, have both chosen to commute from outside of Hutchinson to go to school. While on paper their decision may appear to be of the same nature, they are commuting for different reasons.

Jacques, who is studying for an agricultural degree, plans on moving into Hutch as soon as he can with four friends, all from Haven. The problem, however, is that the purchase of the house, which was by Jacques’ aunt, has been a long, drawn out process.

“We were supposed to move in at the start of school, but it didn’t work out that way,” Jacques said. “Living in Haven would save me a ton of time.”

The anticipation of moving into a house with his friends has sparked excitement in Jacques, but for now, he is OK with making the 20-minute, one-way drive every school day.

“We’ve all seen the

Photo by Cole Deutschendorf/Collegian Freshman Brayden Bruner on his daily journey to the campus.

house, and all we can do is picture us living together,” Jacques said. “But at the same time, I’m saving money right now, and I work on our farm, so I

Far from home

By Aubreigh Heck Staff Writer

Moving to another country for school can be hard.

At Hutchinson Community College, numerous student-athletes have experienced the differences of their home and here, with being international students.

This is true for Dominic Clemons, a sophomore from Cambridge, England, and Keneah Romney, a freshman from St. Kitts.

Clemons plays on HutchCC’s golf team, and has cited the size of things as the biggest difference between the United States and England.

“How everything is bigger, for example, supermarkets and food portions,” Clemons said.

Romney’s most noticed difference also somewhat revolves around food.

“I would say the food. It’s just not seasoned,” Romney said.

“Back home, we use seasoning, ground provision to cook with to give our food a specific flavor.”

Hearing that food here is unseasoned is a common, but understandable, comment.

Romney doesn’t have a favorite food here that she can’t get back

home, but Clemons, on the other hand, does.

“Chick fil-a, it’s so good but it’s not very healthy for me,” Clemons said.

There are obviously more differences that aren’t food, such as American people and music.

“Everyone is so enthusiastic, I would say you don’t see it as much back home in England,” Clemons said. “Everyone is much more interested in one another, people are more friendly, it has a different atmosphere over here.”

Romney cited music as another main difference between here and St. Kitts.

“It’s completely different. It’s just not something I would listen or dance to,” Romney said.

Clemons also mentioned the weather here as something he is prepping for.

“The weather so far has been great, so much better than in England, however I am preparing myself for the cold winters here,” Clemons said.

Moving to a different country, or still trying to get used to living in a different country, can be difficult. But luckily, Clemons and Romney seem to be getting along just fine.

can just walk out the back door.”

Bruner, who plans on becoming a chiropractor in the future, has taken a more conventional

approach to commuting from off campus. For him, money was the largest part of his decision to live off campus.

“I wanted to save

money, because even though gas costs a fairly large amount, it doesn’t end up being that much compared to living on campus,” Bruner said.

Despite the fact that he has to wake up early every day, Bruner looks at it with a different perspective.

“Being realistic, I’m most likely going to have to wake up early later in my life to go to work anyways, so getting up early now isn’t the worst thing in the world,” he said.

While both of their situations are different, both Bruner and Jacques agree on one thing – they appreciate still getting to live with their parents for a little while longer.

“My mom still spoils me a little bit,” Jacques said with a smile.

An American hero opens DLS for 2021

By Colton Fast Staff Writer

Everybody who was alive then knows and remembers the horrific actions that took place on September 11, 2001.

On that day, the world witnessed America’s worst terrorist attack ever, as four planes were hijacked. Two crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, another crashed into The Pentagon, and a fourth was overtaken by passengers and crashed in rural Pennsylvania.

As chaos ensued and panic set in, all aircraft over American airspace were requested to land immediately, and all airports were closed.

One plane, however, continued to fly.

Colonel Mark Tillman was the only pilot in the air that day after the attacks, with president George W. Bush’s safety on the line. Tillman was the man chosen to escort the president to a safe and secure area. The pressure on Tillman could not have been much higher that day, and he nonetheless executed perfectly.

Hutchinson Community College students can hear the stories he has about that day at the upcoming Dillon Lecture series on September 21. Tillman was not just a hero to America, but a storyteller that continues to inspire and change the

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lives of many across the nation with outstanding stories.

Tillman’s career spans 30 years in the United States Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 2004 and promoted to Brigadier General by Bush, making Tillman the first military line officer to receive the award.

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Photo by Cassidy Smith/Collegian Anwar Lewis (25) runs for a big gain on Saturday against Butler at Gowans Stadium. Lewis is one of the top players for the Blue Dragons back from the spring.

By Jayshaun Jones Staff Writer

It all seemed to trail off in the end. We only hope that Lewis and the Blue Dragons can bounce back from a 43-23 loss to Butler. After falling to a slow 0-2 start, Coach Drew Dallas and the Blue Dragons get a bye week to recouperate

and fix whatever problems the team is having. There were some bright spots from the loss on saturday and one of those was runningback Anwar Lewis.

The player of the game for Hutchinson Community College against the Butler Grizzlies was running back Anwar

Lewis. Lewis had 17 rushes for 89 yards and one touchdown.

He averaged 5.2 yards per carry and was one of the more exciting players on the field to watch. His ability to make quick cuts and use his speed in the open field is lethal. He can easily make what should be a 3-yard gain into a big play for

20 yards.

Another thing that should be noted about his performance was his vision, multiple runs between the tackles were executed to perfection, but it wasn’t a common occurrence throughout the game. One could also note that Lewis has a strange knack for getting ex-

tra yards at the end of his runs.

It seemed like every time Lewis was about to be tackled by a Grizzly he was able to find a way out of his defender’s embrace. But with the Blue Dragons down in the second half, most of his production came in the first half much like everyone else.

Round up: Volleyball team drops match at Colby

By Ben Short Staff writer

The Hutchinson Community College volleyball team lost a tough one on Monday in Colby, dropping the match 3-1.

The Blue Dragons went down 2-0 before battling and winning the third set. The sets were filled with long rallies, but the offense for the Blue Dragons struggled in the game, hitting .037. Hutchinson dropped to 7-5 overall and 2-2 in the Jayhawk West.

Freshman Blondie Penaflor hit .333 in the third-set victory. But the offense sputtered again down the stretch, as Colby scored on seven of the match’s final eight rallies to seal the victory. Sophomore Kristina Head led the charge for the back row on the night,

having a career-high 15 digs.

The Blue Dragons returned to the court Wednesday at the Sports Arena against Dodge City but dropped a four-set decision.

Soccer - The Blue Dragons lost a tough one to Butler on Saturday, going scoreless and losing 5-0.

The Blue Dragons fall to 2-3 overall and 1-3 in the Jayhawk Conference. The blue dragons only had 2 shots on goal, and that came from freshman Hadlie Lowe.

Butler had 10 shots on goal.

The Blue Dragons returned to the field on Wednesday against Cowley, and after falling behind by three goals, tried to mount a comeback but fell shy in a 4-2 loss at the Salthawk Sports Complex.

Photo courtesy HutchCC Sports Information Hutchinson Community College’s Andrea Serrano sets the ball to a teammate during a match earlier this season.

9/11 Never Forget

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1 Photo by Sarah Newberry/Collegian Two restaurants, The Traveling Bowl and Sam’s Southern Eatery have formed an alliance by sharing building space at the block of 2200 North Lorraine St.

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An unexpected alliance

By Sarah Newberry Staff Writer

The Traveling Bowl and Sam’s Southern Eatery, two completely different restaurants but located next to each other on the 2200 block of North Lorraine Street, came together to form an alliance and friendship, which at first glance, you’d never think that would happening.

The restaurants bring a home-cooked meal feel to the table, but both have different things to offer. Unlike The Traveling Bowl, Sam’s offers southern fried food, which many wouldn’t consider “healthy” food.

The Traveling Bowl offers foods like salads but mainly offers comfort food, which some consider better for you.

Regardless, the neighbors both stand out. Sam’s undoubtedly does, with its atmosphere, and bringing something new to this area. It has drawn huge crowds which was unexpected by Mo Ghazawneh, the owner.

“When we first opened here, we never expected it to be like this, and the customers love it,” Ghazawneh said.

The restaurant, for the first few weeks, was so popular that it ran out of food.

The popularity brought a whole new crowd to The Traveling Bowl. It made business for them bloom like never before, and it only went up from there.

“They have brought us a ton of new business, and they bring in a whole different crowd from Hutch,” said Gina Emel, who opened the restaurant with business partner Mike Cole.

Right from the beginning, the relationship between the two restaurants has been good. Both restaurants hope to collaborate someday in a food truck-like way.

Another thing that helped The Travelling Bowl out was the questions they had.

They weren’t from the area, so they didn’t know much. Also, being neighbors helped tremendously for their friendship and relationship with each other.

“Being neighbors in itself is a collaboration; we have a good support system,” Emel said.

The main difference between Sam’s and

The Traveling Bowl are that Sam’s is a franchise and locally owned and created.

All in all, however, they are both about community and family. Sam’s is a family business that Ghazawneh has been a part of since he was 18. It originated in Louisiana and spread from there.

Lorranda Shepherd is Ghazawneh’s sister and has been a part of Sam’s since April. She loves it there, which is working and the people she sees every day, whether customers or coworkers.

What helped their friendship with The Travelling Bowl was Emel’s food-truck mentality. She brought with her that she learned to have a food truck. It’s like a little widespread community in itself.

“In the food truck business, is which is what we’re used to, food trucks stick together when there’s a new one in town, you want to get to know them and taste their food, it’s like a community. All the food trucks know each other, and they brought that sense of community with them,” Emel said.

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Fire at the Fair doused fairly quick Photos by Connor Keating/Collegian

Hutchinson Community College spirit squad member Quincey Baker flips on the Gowans Stadium field on Saturday before the football game against Butler.

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their only bye week of the season.

Although it’s a different storyline,

HutchCC still has the opportunity to hoist a championship trophy, whether it be a national trophy or conference trophy. However, it all starts with righting the ship against conference foe Fort Scott on September 25th at Gowans Stadium.

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Champs fall to 0-2 after loss to Butler

By Joel Muhs Sports Editor

The script has flipped on the Hutchinson Community College football team, as the defending national champions dropped their second consecutive game on Saturday night to open the season, losing to Jayhawk Conference rival Butler 43-23.

HutchCC drops to 0-2 on the season after completing a perfect record the season before. The loss for the Blue Dragons marked the first loss to Butler since the 2017 season, and the lack of consistent energy played a role in the loss for HutchCC. “I thought at times it was good, but at times it just wasn’t there and we didn’t match the intensity,” Blue Dragons coach Drew Dallas said about the energy on the field during the game. “We got to figure out a way to get that corrected and come back with that fire and that passion a little bit to want to improve and to want to go out and compete and win.”

The Blue Dragon’s jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on their first offensive possession, but the Grizzlies had an answer throughout the game and took a 2117 lead at half before taking control in the second half. Even with

Photo by Danae Moser/Collegian Hutchinson Community College quarterback Dylan Laible gets sacked during the Blue Dragon’s 43-23 loss to Butler on Saturday.

the poor start, HutchCC has a chance to come away with a conference championship at the end of the season, but it starts with getting their first win.

“We got to win the next opportunity we get, and that’s really all we can do,” Dallas said on how to get the season back on track.

“You can’t make them all up at once. It’s one of those deals we’re going to have to get better throughout the course of every practice. Make

sure that when we come to practice on Monday we’re getting better that day, then come back on Tuesday we find a way to get better on Tuesday and the same thing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We can’t climb the mountain in one step, we got to go step-by-step and just continue to get better throughout the process.”

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Photo by Danae Moser/Collegian HutchCC’s Luke McAllister (5, facing) gets teammates pumped up before Saturday’s game against Butler.

NCAA rundown: Bama looks to run it back

By Ben Short Staff Writer

College football is under way, and as always, it is already crazy, upsets, teams that looked less than impressive, and teams that looked stellar. Going into week three here’s an overview of what I saw thus far.

Iowa looked good in the Hawkeyes’ win against Iowa State. Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras threw for 100plus yards and had about three running backs that impacted the game, in a good way, behind him. My hot take is Iowa runs the Big 10 West and slips into a playoff spot at the end of the year. As long as their defense plays like they have been the rest of the year.

Kansas State played great against

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Stanford. The defense, Duece Vaughn, and Skylar Thompson all showed out in the AT&T Stadium against Stanford. But things didn’t look as good when they played close with Southern Illinois last Saturday. After Thompson went down, things didn’t look good when the sophomore quarterback Will Howard came into the game. The Wildcats snuck it out and won 31-23, but they have to go back to the drawing board and get Howard confident in the pocket if they want a chance against Nevada.

The defense is going to be on the field quite a bit on Saturday, so the hot take here is K-State sneaks it out in an overtime win against Nevada, 31-28.

Oregon is a good team don’t get me wrong. The Ducks are ranked fourth in the nation, what could go wrong? My hot take is not that the Ducks lose this week, but watch out for that Stanford game down the road on Oct. 2.

Oklahoma seems to be the team that always ends up getting a loss to a much less talented team, but since they’re Oklahoma they tend to slip into the playoffs and get mopped. This team is ranked

third in the nation and barely squeaked a win out against Tulane in week one.

Tulane scored 35 points on the Sooners.

This year I don’t see them making the playoffs. In fact, I see them as a two-loss team. Oklahoma is gonna lose their rival game at the end of the season to crush their hopes of slipping into the playoffs, but before that, they’re gonna travel to Manhattan, Thompson is fresh back from injury, and the Sooners lose for the third straight season to the Wildcats Nobody wants to hear this take, and I don’t even want to write it but it needs to be spoken about. Nobody can compete with Alabama. I thought it would be Clemson, but they took a loss and did not look impressive at all against Georgia in week one. The Crimson Tide have another national championship in the near future. Alabama continues their line of great quarterbacks with Bryce Young, who has thrown for 571 yards and seven touchdowns in the first two games of the season.

Ben Short is an Abilene freshman studying Journalism

Athlete of the week

(Sept. 5-11) Blondie Penaflor, Volleyball The week: Penaflor had a busy week, amassing 53 kills, nine block points and three aces in five matches, three of which the Blue Dragons won The season: Penaflor, a freshman from Las Vegas, is averaging 2.76 kills per set, 0.83 block poitns and 0.56 digs. In seven matches so far, she has had at least 10 kills.

Blue Dragon sports schedules, results. All home games, events in caps.

Basketball

Oct. 22, SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, TBA Oct. 27 at Northern Oklahoma College-Enid, 6:00 p.m.

Nov. 3 FORT SCOTT, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 5 ODESSA COLLEGE, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 NORTHERN OKLAHOMA COLLEGE-TONKAWA, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 10 at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa, TBA Nov. 12 vs. McCook Community College, 3:00 p.m.

Nov. 13 vs. Clarendon College, 3:00 p.m.

Nov. 17 at Independence, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 21 CLOUD COUNTY, TBA Nov. 23 PRATT, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 27 at Barton, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1 COWLEY, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 4 BUTLER, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 at Coffeyville, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 11 DODGE CITY, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 13 at Colby, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 5 NORTHWEST TECH COLLEGE, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 8 at Seward, 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 15 GARDEN CITY, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 17 INDEPENDENCE, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 19 at Cloud, 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 22 at Pratt, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 26 BARTON, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 29 at Cowley, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 2 at Butler, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 COFFEYVILLE, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 at Dodge City, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 COLBY, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 14 at Northwest Tech College, 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 16 SEWARD, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 23 at Garden City, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23, Dodge City, 1 p.m.

Oct. 30, first-round playoffs, TBA

Sept. 3, TERRY MASTERSON TWILIGHT CLASSIC Sept. 18, at Muthama-Rodgers Invitational, North Newton, 10:45 p.m.

Oct. 2, at Chili Pepper Classic, Fayetteville Ark. Oct. 9, at Fort Hays State Tiger Open, Victoria, 9:45 p.m.

Oct. 30, at Region 6 championships, Colby Nov. 13, at NJCAA Championships, Richmond, Va.

Aug. 20, at Western Wyoming, W 1-0 Sept. 1, at Barton, L 2-1 Sept. 4, JOHNSON COUNTY, L 1-0 Sept. 8, at Garden City, W 2-0 Sept. 11, at Butler, L 5-0 Sept. 15, COWLEY, L 4-2 Sept. 18, at Coffeyville, 4 p.m.

Sept. 22, at Dodge City, 3 p.m.

Oct. 2, at Neosho County, 1 p.m.

Oct. 6, BARTON, 6 p.m.

Oct. 9, KANSAS CITY, 2 p.m.

Oct. 13, GARDEN CITY, 6 p.m.

Oct. 16, at Cowley, 2 p.m.

Oct. 20, DODGE CITY, 6 p.m.

Cross country

Football

Sept. 4, at Coffeyville, L 17-10 Sept. 11, BUTLER, L 43-23 Sept. 25, FORT SCOTT, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2, at Garden City, 7 p.m.

Oct. 9, INDEPENDENCE, noon Oct. 16, at Highland, TBA

Golf

Sept. 27-28, at Missouri Southern Fall Invitational, Monkey Island, Okla.

Oct. 4-5, at West Texas A&M, Amarillo, Texas Oct. 11-12, at Midwestern State Fall Classic, Wichita Falls, Texas Nov. 4-5, at NJCAA National Preview, Odessa, Texas

Soccer

Volleyball

Aug. 23, OTTAWA JV, W 3-1 Sept. 1, CLOUD COUNTY, W 3-2 Sept. 3, at McCook, Neb., Tournament; vs. Ote-

ro, Colo, W 3-0; vs. North Platte, Neb., W 3-2 Sept. 4, at McCook, Neb., Tournament, vs.

McCook, L 3-1; vs. Iowa Western, L 3-0 Sept. 6, at Butler, L 3-0 Sept. 8, GARDEN CITY, W 3-0 Sept. 10, at Grizzly Classic, El Dorado; vs.Neosho County, W 3-2; vs. Rose State, Okla., W 3-0 Sept. 11, at Grizzly Classic, El Dorado, vs.

Trinity Valley, Texas, L 3-1 Sept. 13, at Colby, L 3-1 Sept. 15, DODGE CITY, L 3-1 Sept. 17, BLUE DRAGON CLASSIC; vs. Trinity Valley, 3 p.m.; vs. Jefferson, Mo., 7 p.m.

Sept. 18, BLUE DRAGON CLASSIC, vs. Laramie County, Wyo., noon; vs. Missouri StateWest Plains, 4 p.m.

Sept. 20, at Garden City, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 22, PRATT, 6 p.m.

Sept. 24, at Barton, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 28, at Seward County, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 2, at Highland Oct. 6, vs. Seward County, 6 p.m.

Oct. 8-9, at West Plains Classic Oct. 13, COLBY, 6 p.m.

Oct. 15-16, at Park Hill, Mo., triangular Oct. 18, at Dodge City, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 20, BUTLER, 6 p.m.

Oct. 23, at Pratt, 2 p.m.

Oct. 27, BARTON, 6 p.m.