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Vol. 60 Issue1

Bringing comfort to campus

By Brenna Eller Editor-in-Chief

Any college can be intimidating or uncomfortable the first week or two. Going to a new school, city, state, or even country, adapting can be challenging to some who have troubles getting used to a new environment.

Each Hutchinson Community College student has his or her own way of coping and getting accustomed to campus.

For some, it could be bringing a favorite blanket, picture of a loved one, or even a stuffed animal that has gotten them through many of life’s difficulties.

There are also students who are well-adapted to their surroundings and don’t necessarily need an object to ease them into a new atmosphere.

Rachel Lyons, a Newton freshman, has two items she brings with her when she travels.

“I bring my bear and sometimes my Winnie the Pooh blanket whenever I go to a new place” Lyons said.

“I’ve had both for many years, the blanket ever since I was in preschool and the bear since I was 1-yearold.”

Courtesy photo Hutchinson Community College freshman Rachel Lyons, from Goessel, brought her stuffed bear and her Winnie the Pooh blanket. She’s had them since she was a baby and wanted to take them with her to the dorms for home-like comfort.

She said that they are her when she settles in a life,” Davis said. both items she has had fornew place is Shaylei Davis, Along with the pictures ever, so they make her feel a Jetmore freshman. and stuffed animal, Davis more at-home.

“I brought a ton of shared that she brought a Another female student pictures of my family and figurine given to her by her living in the dorms who friends and a stuffed dog grandma that reminds her brings valuable items with I’ve had literally my whole of her dog at home.

“It’s what I’m used to,” Davis said. “All the little decorations I have hold a reason behind, so they are special to me.”

Not only females take belongings from home with them to college, but male students do as well, although they seem to hide it better.

Justin McMurry, a Halstead sophomore, shared the memento he brings from home – a World War II blanket given to him by his uncle when he was 15.

“It’s nice, heavy, and makes me feel safe when I sleep,” McMurry said.

When asked why he is so fond of the blanket, McMurry said, “The reason I cherish it so much is because my uncle means a lot to me, and he originally gave the blanket to my dad, who then gave it to me.”

McMurry agreed that when it comes to being sentimental, men tend not to admit feelings of an item, whereas women generally don’t mind.

“Girls would rather have pictures, stuffed animals, and pillows, whereas guys normally have video games and trinkets they don’t like to talk about,” McMurry

said.

Whether or not students bring items symbolizing home to the dorms, the point is to be comfortable.

There are students who just need companionship or a daily routine to feel more at ease.

Others like these three students, like to bring mementos from home to feel like wherever they go, will become another home.

Courtesy photo Justin McMurry, a HutchCC sophomore, shared a picture of his uncle’s World War II blanket on his bed at the dorms.

Students share thoughts on cafeteria food

By Emily Fehrman Social Media Editor

When you think about cafeteria food often times nothing good comes to mind.

You think back to high school and how terrible the food could be. For some it doesn’t get any better in col-

lege.

Cafeterias can be known for the lack of options and lack of healthy food.

Three Hutchinson Community College students who live in the dorms were asked what they thought about the food that HutchCC is serving its students and staff.

DJ Mitchell, a sophomore from Washington was asked how many times he eats at the cafeteria compared to fast food.

Mitchell said he eats the cafeteria food for almost every meal but that he does eat fast food roughly once a week.

Emily Fehrman/Social Media Editor HutchCC students gather in the basement of the Parker Student Union for lunch to eat the food provided if students would rather not eat in the cafeteria. The Blue Dragon Grill serves hamburgers, pizza, fries, chicken sandwiches, and salad from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

He also has a lot of microwavable food back at his dorm that he eats for meals also. After asking if he actually enjoyed the food served at HutchCC, Mitchell said, “Not really, but I suck it up and eat it.”

The second student was Hannah Hoheisel, a freshman from Garden Plain. Hoheisel splits her time at the cafeteria with how much she eats out, roughly three times a week at both.

She said that she would eat there more if there were more options for healthier foods.

Hoheisel then said “there needs to be more vegetable options, more fresh fruit. The food makes me feel gross.”

She also said eating at the cafeteria feels awkward when she is alone, and that is why she prefers to eat downstairs in the Parker Student Union at the Blue Dragons Grill.

The one good thing about the cafeteria Hoheisel said is that you can eat as much of it as you want.

The last student was Chiani Pearce, Atwood freshman.

Pearce eats the cafeteria food five times a week, twice a day.

But she also eats out five times a week, mainly because there are not any fast food places back home for her to eat at.

Pearce does buy a lot of groceries at Aldi, she said “Everybody goes to Aldi because it’s so cheap.”

Pearce then goes on to say, “It has nothing to do with the cafeteria, I like that there is so many options.”

However, she said she would not complain if there was more fruits and vegetables available.

The conscious seems to be that the cafeteria food is not terrible but that it has a lot of improvements to be made.

CAMPUS BEAT

Upcoming events

What are your plans for the State Fair?

Sep. 7—16 State Fair Sep. 8 — Football vs. Iowa Western 12:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. at Gowans Stadium.

Women’s Soccer vs. Barton 6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m. at Salthawk Sports Complex.

Sep. 10 — Volleyball vs. Dodge City 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. at the Sports Arena.

“I might go to the fair if I have nothing else to do.”

“I plan on checking it out for the first time.”

“I might go, but I have to work.”

Sep. 12 — Women’s Soccer vs. Garden City 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. at Salthawk Sports Complex.

“I’m going with my friends.

I’m excited because I haven’t gone in a while. ”

— Katie Boyer, Salina, sophomore

— Dionte Gipson, Atlanta, freshman

— Brook Waplehorst, Garden Plain, freshman

— Krystal Paisley, Margate, Florida, freshman

Opinion

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“Packing heat” in the classroom Our view A new year has begun at Hutchinson Community College and people are bustling to classes everywhere.

But did you know that in your classes, the person sitting beside you could be carrying a gun?

The state of Kansas made it legal for students to carry a concealed weapon if it is licensed in 2017.

This law was passed due to the recent amount of school shootings over the past years and is a security blanket for those who feel vulnerable.

Most Kansans already carry them and have been around them all of their lives. However, that doesn’t mean that guns are normal to everyone.

Some grew up hunting on the weekends learning how to use it properly.

Others have never touched a gun in their life, and never plan to. Guns are a touchy subject in today’s society and the conversation is going nowhere.

Those who do carry a licensed weapon around

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campus, bring it because they feel safer knowing they can defend themselves if a situation was to arise.

However, those who don’t carry a gun might feel unsafe in the classroom with a student whose “packing heat.”

From the minds of students who own a concealed carry, their intent of having it is to be protected at all times. They can stop a bad situation from becoming worse in a matter of seconds. It’s their safety blanket for the outside world.

Yet, from the minds of students who see only danger from guns, this law is unsettling in many ways.

Their argument is that more guns can only cause more problems. Putting a fire out with more fire, isn’t going to do any good.

HutchCC students, whether they feel safe or not, are in an environment where guns are allowed in their education classrooms.

For those who don’t feel the safest knowing their classmates could be carrying a gun, there’s not much they can do other than sit in silence.

Izzy Caldwell/Cartoonist

The unfortunate events of Brenna My summer experience

Ahh summer, the time to relax and have fun with friends and family. Don’t you just wish you could go back to it?

I’m sure any normal college student would love to. Well, not me.

Like most college students, summer for me was mostly spent working and binge-watching Netflix.

That wasn’t too bad, despite getting up early every week day. I will say that it helped me with time management though.

So one day, in June, my best friend, Rachel Wright, asked me if I wanted to go to McPherson to eat.

Columnist

Brenna Eller I said “Yes,” and decided to take my “trusty” green machine – a Montero Sport Mitsubishi – named Reid after Spencer Reid from “Criminal Minds” of

course.

As we were leaving my hometown of Little River, I started bragging on my car saying that nothing bad has happened with it in a while and that I was so proud of it.

You know, when they say that karma is a b-word, they really mean it.

Once we got to McPherson, we decided to go to Walmart first, which is across town from where we wanted to eat. I pulled up to the parking lot and could smell burning rubber and assumed that it was a truck in front of me, but then I noticed that puffs of

white smoke were coming from the hood of my car. Of course it was my car.

Naturally I freaked out because I know absolutely zilch about cars and called my dad. He told me to wait for him, so Rachel and I decided to go back to the restaurant and eat since it would be a while.

When my dad finally got to the restaurant, he had my sister Kylie with him.

Dad opened the hood, and checked out my car and figured out the problem like most dads do.

I, on the other hand, still have no clue to this day what the issue was, even

though he explained it to me several times. I also had to wait a whopping two months to drive my car, but it is going all right now (fingers crossed).

On the bright side, besides car troubles, falling down the stairs once, (I didn’t drop the movie I had in my hand by the way), and some other normal Brenna-esque mishaps, I had a decent summer.

I swam a bunch, because we got a pool for the first time in about 10 years, and visited family a lot.

My nephew is super adorable, by the way, and I have been trying to get him

to think of me as the cool or funny aunt.

This picture was taken while babysitting my nephew, Ayven at my house in Little River.

Brenna Eller is a Little River sophomore studying Journalism.

The Women’s Corner How I stay safe on campus

As a first time freshman here at Hutchinson Community College, there’s a lot that I had to do to prepare. But there was one basic principle that I completely ignored and is vitally important.

As a female in a new environment, I need to be more aware of my surroundings, especially in a setting that is predominately male.

Where I park on campus is a bigger deal than most people think. Most of the time, the student union parking lot is full.

The next place people usually head to are the parking lots on Plum Street.

Columnist

Tabitha Barr Even then, the parking lots provided can be crowded to the brim.

This happened to me my third day on campus, and I was freaking out to say the least.

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At that moment the only thing on my mind was finding a parking spot and not be late to class. I ended up parking on a side street and hurriedly fast walked to my class.

However, as a female, I forgot to take in my surroundings and prepare myself for the three-minute walk.

On my way to class, I passed around 15 other students, most being male.

In this time, I was sized up and down, cat-called, and in too close proximity for my liking. This is an important example of how women, especially on campus, need to be aware and ready to

defend.

The most common and easily accessible protection that can be bought is mace.

Many females on campus already own a mace pack and have it on hand at all times.

These are usually stored on keychains or backpacks and are easy to get to.

Another method of protection requires nothing but what most already have on them.

A simple car or house key can be the ticket to on hand protection. To have the most successful defense tool, put the key between your pointer and middle finger as close to your knuckle

Staff

Editor In Chief: Brenna Eller Campus editor: Pablo Sanchez Opinion page editor: Tabitha Barr Sports editors: Rebecca Carney and Amanda Carney Digital Content Coordinators: Cody Schroeder and Caleb Reed Social Media Editor: Emily Fehrman Design Chief: Amanda January Ad Manager: Lucas Barlow Adviser: Brad Hallier Staff members: Kathrine Collins, Jared Shuff,

as possible. Have the key part sticking out away from your body and it gives you a security of defense.

This is a good method to use at all times of the day no matter where you are.

Finally, the most critical way to stay safe is to watch your surroundings and always have an escape strategy.

I have become so paranoid that everywhere I go, I have a mental plan on what to do and where to go if something goes wrong.

When walking to classes, I make sure to stay where other students and staff can clearly see me.

This way if any male was to

come and use their dominance against me, others are there to keep me safer.

An escape plan is essential to staying safe. Always know where the most populated places are or where a locked place is that is safe to escape to.

Women in this day and age are in dangerous areas everyday, but if these methods of protection are followed, we have a better chance of staying safe and protected.

Tabitha Barr is a Nickerson freshman studying Media Communication and Production

Breann Rogers, Casey Bailey.

Editorial board: Brenna Eller, Pablo Sanchez, Tabitha Barr.

Editorial cartoonist: Izzy Caldwell.

Letters to the editor:

The Hutchinson Collegian welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must include the author’s signature, address and phone number. The Collegian reserves the right to edit letters for style, legality and length. Letters may not exceed 300 words.

Send letters to hallierb@hutchcc.edu.

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A familiar Blue Dragon is back

By Rebecca Carney Co-Sports Editor The last time Matt Jones, a sophomore from Omaha, Nebraska, played football was in 2011 as a high school quarterback.

Now, for the first time in seven years, Jones is back on the football field. Not only is Jones back on the football field, but he is also back at Hutchinson Community College. In 2014, Jones attended HutchCC for the spring semester and played for the baseball team under current coach, Ryan Schmidt. During the 2014 season, Jones, who played as an outfielder, helped lead the Blue Dragons to a 43-17 season, which at the time was the best season the Blue Dragon baseball team had.

That summer, Jones was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round. Jones chased his dream, playing in the minor leagues for four years, before deciding it was time to move on to something else.

Jones’ story for coming back to HutchCC to play football is not your typical story. Jones would occasionally come back to HutchCC to visit and help Schmidt with baseball, leading to the question whether Jones had any college eligibility left. In the summer of 2018, he was asked that question.

Photo by Bre Rogers/Collegian Hutchinson Community College punter Matt Jones kicks the ball during a game last month at Gowans Stadium against Ellsworth Community College. Jones previously played football at HutchCC and is back after playing professional baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ organization.

Jones, of course, did have eligibility, and was asked by athletic director, Josh Gooch, what he thought about playing football.

For Jones, this was a no brainer.

He knew he wanted to come back and play football. And just like that, the plan for Jones to comeback and play football was in the works. Less than an hour later, HutchCC football coach Rion Rhoades was on the phone with Jones telling him that minicamp started

the next week.

Now, two months after coming back to HutchCC, Jones is a member of the offensive line and is the starting punter for the Blue Dragons.

With Jones standing at 6-feet, 6-inches and weighing 284 pounds, he is larger than the average punter.

Also, at age 24, Jones is a bit older than most players on the football team. As Jones says, “I’m old. Everybody calls me dad and that’s OK.”

With Jones being older than most of the other players, many teammates look up to him. Jones wants to be that guy that others can come to for advice and learn from him. For some, this may a challenge, but Jones handles the job well knowing that he is the “dad” of the team.

Jones being admired doesn’t just stop with his teammates, as Jones is someone whom the coaches respect as well.

“Matt is a great addi-

tion,” Rhoades said. “I’m sure that I only know the tip of the iceberg of how he has helped some of our younger players grow and learn and mature through the process.”

While Jones is headed down a very successful path here at HutchCC, he hopes his journey of playing football is not finished just yet saying, “Ideally, I would like to attend a powerhouse NAIA school or a (NCAA) Division II school after I’m done here.”

Athlete of the week (Aug 26-Sept. 1) Monty Montgomery, football

The week: Montgomery had a big game in helping the Blue Dragons top reigning Cannon conference champion, and Netflix stars, Independence.

Montgomery had six tackles, record half a quarterback sack, and he added an interception and one quarterback hurry.

The season: Montgomery, a native of Grayson, Georgia, has recorded 15 tackles in two games. The freshman has also recorded a pair of quarterback sacks and two tackles for loss of yards for a total of 10 yards.

Last chance who? HutchCC takes down Indy

By Amanda Carney Co-Sports Editor

The Hutchinson Community College football team managed another win Saturday night, against a top-five, nationally-ranked team, as the Blue Dragons won at Independence Community College, 37-27.

This was the first time in 23 years that HutchCC has accomplished beating a topfive nationally ranked team.

This puts the Blue Dragons at 2-0 in the Jayhawk Conference.

The Blue Dragons dominated the first half.

Tied 7-7, the Dragons went on to score 30-unanswered points.

Starting the third quarter, Independence slowly started to take over.

Independence outscored the Blue Dragons 20-0 in the second half.

Jaylen Erwin and Khalil McClain both had two touchdowns, while Dezmon Jackson had one. Defensively, Monty Montgomery and Josh Reliford both had interceptions.

The Blue Dragons next game is Saturday, against Iowa Western Community College at Gowans Stadium.

Men’s cross country

Cross country

Aug. 31, TERRY MASTERSON TWILIGHT CLASSIC, men first, women first Sept. 15, at Missouri Southern Stampede Sept. 29, at OSU Cowboy Jamboree, 8 a.m.

Oct. 13, at Fort Hays State Tiger Open Oct. 27, at Region 6 Championship

Football

Aug. 23, ELLSWORTH, W 30-12 Sept. 1, at Independence, W 37-27 Sept. 8, IOWA WESTERN, noon Sept. 15, FORT SCOTT, noon Sept. 20, RPA, 7 p.m.

Sept. 29, at Butler, 7 p.m.

Photo by Bre Rogers/Collegian Hutchinson Community College football players celebrate after beating reigning Jayhawk Conference champion Independence Community College on Saturday in Independence. The Blue Dragons’ 37-27 win moved their record to 2-0.

– The men’s cross coun10th. Sophomore Connor Women’s cross country try team made some Blue Kaufman was seventh in a – The women also had six Dragon history on Friday. time of 21:13.19. Freshman runners finish in the top 10 The Blue Dragons won Brett Hillabrand was eighth Friday, allowing them to their first team championin 21:39.83. Sophomore win the Terry Masterson ship since 2016.

Kade Gerlach was ninth in Twilight Classic.

Andrew Kibe lead the 21:47.99 and sophomore The Blue Dragons way for the Blue Dragons Jared Stark was 10th in also had the lowest team winning the 2018 sea21:50.81. score last Friday, with a son-opening Terry MasterHutchinson lead the team score of 25 points. son Twilight Classic, with way scoring 29 team points. Dodge City, followed a time of 19 minutes, 32.7 Runner-up Cloud County with 57 points, with seconds. had 38 points, followed by Pratt behind them with Hutch then took over Dodge City with 81, Pratt 62 points and McPherson having four Blue Dragons with 114 and McPherson College was fourth with place seventh through College with 115.

91 points.

Hutchinson freshman Lisayo Ewoi pulled away in the last couple yards, finishing with a time of 18:32.8. In fourth place was sophomore Aileen Gomez with a time of 19:49.4, and behind her was freshman Gabby Collins placing fifth with a time of 19:55.5. Then sophomore Sarah Patteson placed sixth 19:58.6.

Sophomore America Garcia finished eighth with a time of 20:20.0. Sophomore Macy Linenberger was 13th with a time of 20:49.2. Sophomore Ashton Schlickau was 17th with a time of 21:32.0.

Caitlin Schlickau was 18th with a time of 21:38.0.

Carissa Youngs finished 27th with a time of 23:02.

Soccer - The women’s soccer team managed to smash North Iowa, 11-0, on Saturday at Salthawk Sports Complex. The first four goals were scored within the first eight minutes of the game.

Sophomore Brailey Moeder started off the game with a goal, assist from the goalkeeper, Yadira Delgado. After a goal from sophomore Megan Maslak, Moeder followed with a second goal. Then, freshman Addi White scored the third goal, first goal of the

season for her.

The Blue Dragons are now 2-0, moving on to the next game Wednesday against Northwest Kansas Technical College, at Goodland Volleyball – The volleyball team started in a struggle to get into its groove in the first two sets against Pratt. The Blue Dragons rebounded and finished with a three-set sweep, as they improved to 3-3 and 2-0 in the Jayhawk West.

Here’s a recap of the three sets.

Set 1 – The Blue Dragons started the first set with a lead of 4-2. Pratt pulled it to 11-10 until Sophomore Lexi Hogan had a kill, allowing the Dragons to bounce back. They won the set 25-23.

Set 2 – Lauren Wilson helped the Blue Dragons to another set victory, coming off the bench with a kill.

Later, Wilson had another kill, which gave Hutch a 23-20 lead. Hutch then missed three set points, but yet again Wilson had a kill.

The Blue Dragons won 28-26.

Set 3 – The Blue Dragons finally got in a groove with back-to-back blocks from Hydeah Hinesman and Eden Hiebert. Hutch won 25-12.

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

Oct. 6, HIGHLAND, noon Oct. 13, at Coffeyville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 20, at Dodge City Nov. 3, GARDEN CITY, noon Nov. 10, IOWA CENTRAL, noon

Soccer

Aug. 22, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, W 6-0 Aug. 25, at Trinidad State, Colorado, ccd.

Sept. 1, NORTH IOWA AREA, W 11-0 Sept. 5, at Northwest Kansas Tech, W 11-0 Sept. 8, BARTON, 6 p.m.

Sept. 12, GARDEN CITY, 6 p.m.

Sept. 15, at Hesston, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19, DODGE CITY, 6 p.m.

Sept. 22, at Pratt, 3 p.m.

Sept. 26, CLOUD COUNTY, 2 p.m.

Sept. 29, NORTHWEST KANSAS TECH, 2 p.m.

Oct. 3, at Barton, 2 p.m.

Oct. 5, at Garden City, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10, HESSTON, 6 p.m.

Oct. 13, at Dodge City, 2 p.m.

Oct. 17, PRATT, 6 p.m.

Oct. 20, at Cloud County, 2 p.m.

Volleyball

Aug. 24-25, at New Mexico Military Classic, Pima W 3-1; Odessa L 3-2; Panola L 3-1; New Mexico Military L 3-0 Aug. 29, BARTON, W 3-0 Sept. 3, at Pratt, W 3-0 Sept. 5, SEWARD COUNTY, L 3-1 Sept. 10, DODGE CITY, 6:30

p.m.

Sept. 12, at Colby, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 15, GARDEN CITY, 5 p.m.

Sept. 19, at Butler, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 21-22, BLUE DRAGON VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC Sept. 24, at Independence, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 28-29, at Holiday InnSouth Broadway TJC Invitational, Tyler, Texas Oct. 3, PRATT, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 6, at Seward County, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 8, COLBY, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 10, at Garden City, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 12-13, at MSU-West Plains Grizzly Invitational Oct. 17, BUTLER, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 19, at Dodge City, 6:30 Oct. 22, at Barton, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 24, INDEPENDENCE, 6:30 p.m.

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D.C. - A trip of a lifetime

By Kat Collins Staff Writer

Coming in June, 2019 is a trip of a lifetime for Hutchinson Community College students to Washington. Students will visit famous buildings, monuments, memorials and museums in our nation’s capital for five days.

Some of the stops will be the White House, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the National Mall, and The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier.

Plus, students will get the chance to tour Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon and Gettysburg.

Students will be traveling with Hutchinson Community College’s travel partner, EF Explore America. On this trip, students get round trip air travel from Wichita to Washington, breakfast every morning and two upscale group dinners. There will be a round-the-clock tour director, who meet the students who will enroll at the airport. There will be licensed Tour Guides for all your stops, A charter bus and driver, tips & gratuities, admission to attractions, dedicated security while you’re at the hotel, illness and accident insurance, 24-hour emergency assistance, and experienced tour leadership.

The college has limited the amount of the travelers to 42, and as of now there are 22 travelers set to go on

Courtesy Photo Hutchinson Community College staff and students pose for a picture during a June trip to Barcelona, Spain. A similiar kind of trip will be taken to Washinton in June 2019. this trip so far. The cost for this trip depends on how many people enroll for this trip. So, if the number of travelers going rises to 25, 30, or 35 people the price gets lowered.

This past May, Kristen Pearce, Logan Porter and Ben Hiebert had traveled with HutchCC to Barcelona, Spain, and are planning to go on this trip to Washington DC also.

As said by HutchCC business instructor Dan

Naccarato ,“Travel is not only fun, it is the best way to learn and build self-confidence. The places we visit become part of who we are.

They stay with us forever, whatever we do.” This should be a great trip!

For all details and to enroll, simply visit our HutchCC Explore America group website, efexploreamerica. com/2152102DP EF Explore America Travel Support Team phone number is (888)-333-9756.

Courtesy Photo Hutchinson Community College students and staff take a bus ride during a trip to Barcelona, Spain.

High school vs. college security

By Jared Shuff Staff Writer

In today’s climate, it is nearly impossible to enter a high school without following the proper protocols. The doors remain locked, visitors must sign in and anything suspicious is immediately reported.

After experiencing these levels of security, students may be shocked by how open Hutchinson Community College seems to be. With the current rise of active shootes, students need to stay aware of safety protocols on campus. How do they compare with high school protocols?

Katherine Sheldon, a freshman from Hutchinson, had this to say about her high school security. “I mean, we would lock doors, and only have one entrance where you could actually get in. We didn’t really have any security guards, we just had the local police.”

The school would have drills every so often where the doors would be locked, lights turned off, and all the students would hide so they were not visible through the window on the door.

When asked about the comparison between HutchCC and her high school, she began to notice some possible issues.

“I mean, the doors aren’t locked, like, at all,” Sheldon said. “It’s easier to get into buildings and the teachers haven’t told us safety protocols for a situation like that.”

She said she assumes that students would follow the same protocols at a high school – lock the doors and hide. She doesn’t know for sure though, and that has her worried. She had a few ideas that she believes would make the campus safer.

“I mean, I don’t know if they have video cameras or anything like that in the

hallways, but that would help,” Sheldon said. “Maybe make it more difficult for people to get into the buildings.”

Steve Dunmire, Lead Security Officer, shared some of his knowledge on the protocols here, as well as possible security measures that could be added.

“It can get sort of complicated since the students are adults and we can’t force a decision on how to act,” Dunmire said, describing the difficulties of an active shooter situation.

He has the ability to send alerts over the phone, but that can take a few minutes to reach everyone.

According to him, the best way to respond is the “run, hide, or fight” response.

If you can escape campus, do so quickly. If not, find a room to hide in and barricade the door. You can kick out a window if the room has one and escape through it. As a last resort,

improvise a weapon and fight your way out of the situation.

“Chairs and tables can make good makeshift weapons. Women’s purses can actually be a good source for improvised weapons.

They are usually filled with all sorts of sharp objects,” Dunmire said.

Dunmire has his own ideas on how the campus could be made safer for situations like this.

“I’ve talked about having a campus police department, as well as adding more security cameras,” Dunmire said.

“However, it all comes down to money.”

There is still a suggested safety protocol to follow in an active shooter situation, and all the information can be found on DragonZone.

“Of course, if they pick up a paper and read this article, that would definitely help,” Dunmire said.

Blue Dragons take it on the run

This app can net you Qapital gains

By Pablo Sanchez Campus Editor

Editor’s note – Campus Editor Pablo Sanchez will periodically take a look at and review money-saving apps that could be of use to students.

There are tons of money saving apps out there, whether it’s using McDonalds, Subway, Sonic or financial aid.

At the Google Play Store, there is an app called Qapital, and the most important thing is that the app is free, doesn’t require a credit card and will keep track of your credit score.

Qapital will help you and give tips on how that works as well. Qapital keeps track of your spending and upcoming bills which will allow you to choose how you want to spend your money whether it’s going out to eat or traveling.

Qapital also has a desktop version as well, in which banking information is still saved and you’re able to print out spreadsheets, Qapital breaks down

Qapital app logo. your spending for you and gives tips on how to learn to spend money wisely.

If there is a problem, customer support is quick and helpful. For college students it will make things easier, the process is simple and all you need to do is link your bank information and debit card.

The app will allow you to make plans to reach your goal, whether it’s going out to eat, traveling, getting out of student-load debt, or something else.

Setting limits to spend is always important as a student, and at the end of the week it will tell you how much money you’ve saved.

Invite friends and get $5 for free. Overall, the app has weekly updates. The app can assist in direct deposit, too, so if you’re looking to save money, set goals and get good credit, Qapital is for you.

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Photo by Steve Carpenter/Sports Information Hutchinson Community College cross country teams celebrate with their trophies after sweeping the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic on Friday at Fun Valley Sports Complex.

Photo by Steve Carpenter/Sports Information Hutchinson Community College’s Silvestre Kibarar, freshman from Kenya, competes at the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic at Fun Valley on Friday.

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Photos by Casey Bailey/Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s (from left) Elena Takova, Eden Hiebert and Tara Davis prepare for a serve during a match against Barton at the Sports Arena.