April 5, 2019 Hutchinson Collegian

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Career Job Fair

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Bailey Brawner waves her arms in the air triumphantly after getting on base.

On Thursday, the Sports Arena held the annual Career Connections Job Fair for students.

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April 5, 2019

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Vol. 60 Issue 18

The Bright fight

By Brenna Eller Editor In Chief

As many around Hutchinson Community College may already know, Vice President of Student Services Brett Bright was diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer in November of last Bright year.

As March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, “The Hutchinson Collegian” would like to give our full support and thoughts to Bright as he fights through this tough time.

President of HutchCC and Leadership instructor Carter File has known Bright for the four years he has worked on campus and was the one to originally give him the position of Vice President of the college.

“I’d call him my friend, I think he does a great job for the college professionally as well,” File said.

File has a huge deal of respect for Bright and his ability to care for students’ successes.

Since most students would only know Bright from their emails, File also mentioned Bright’s personality.

“I’d say he’s calm and works through conflict and difficulties with great efforts,” File said, “He’s funny, has a

pleasant personality and is nice to be around.”

When File learned of Bright’s diagnosis, he was concerned for the Bright family and how they would manage the process.

“We all wish Brett lots of luck, we keep him in our thoughts and prayers,” File said for himself and the faculty.

Insight on the man behind the computer screen: Q: Where are you from?

A: I am originally from Velma, Okla. It is a small town of approximately 1,200 and I had a graduating class of 32.

Q: Where did you graduate from?

A: I received my Bachelor’s degree in Counseling and Masters of Education from East Central University in Oklahoma. I am pursuing my EdS from Fort Hays State University and I only have one class to go.

Q: How long have you been at HCC? A: I just celebrated my fourth year at HutchCC.

Q: Do you have children?

Who are your greatest supporters through this tough time?

A: I have my wife Nichole and two children, Micayla (16 going on 30) and Landon (12 going on 12). Nichole has been amazing in supporting me, she deals with my daily needs as well as reaching out to friends, family and the community to assist in raising money to fight cancer. I have had many friends from near and far contact me on Facebook as well as call, text and even donate to my cancer fund. My family has been very supportive, and I am grateful that Nichole’s parents live in Wichita. They have been a tremendous.

Q: How supportive has the HutchCC Community been with your fight?

A: Everyone at HutchCC has been supportive and I am truly humbled. Athletics provided me with sweats to wear during treatment, many of the faculty and staff have donated and purchased bracelets in the SSC office. They have also gone to meetings in my absence and taken over some of my job duties so

that students will continue to be served in my absence.

Q: How have you been doing personally? Has your diagnosis changed? Are there good days and bad days?

A: I have done pretty well so far. I was able to work during my chemotherapy and radiation. I am scheduled for surgery on March 28 to remove the tumor, and then I will have another round of chemotherapy. Fatigue has been the main symptom of treatment at this point, but making it this far with minimal complications has been a blessing.

Q: What has the hardest part been for you through your battle?

A: The inability to be in control and make plans. Facing a stage 4 cancer places your life in perspective and you want to make every moment count.

Q: How has working at HutchCC helped you through your fight?

A: It has given me a purpose and the ability to interact with others to take my mind off of cancer. I appreciate every See Bright, Page 5

Like the Teambrightfight Facebook page to get updates on how he is doing and to help support him during his fight.

Former HutchCC basketball player Cliff Dixon fatally shot in Atlanta during his birthday

By Brenna Eller Editor In Chief

Former Hutchinson Community College basketball player Cliff Dixon died after being fatally shot at his birthday party in Atlanta on March 21. There is still an ongoing investigation as to who the shooter was.

Dixon’s funeral was held on Monday.

Kevin Durant, a star guard for the Golden State Warriors, was very close to Dixon since his parents adopted him. They grew up encouraging each other and always made the other proud.

According to “The Atlanta Journal-Constitution”, Durant mentioned Dixon after receiving the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2014, thanking him for always supporting him.

After Dixon’s time at HutchCC ended in 2009, he went on to play basketball for two seasons at Western Kentucky, and in 2011 was dismissed for violating team rules.

In 2014, Dixon went to play pro basketball in Austria.

Ryan Swanson, HutchCC men’s basketball coach from 2006 – 2009, remembered his experience getting

Upcoming events April 10 — Softball vs. Barton 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.

April 11-13 — Peter and the Starcatcher Theatre Production 7:30 p.m - 9:30 p.m. at B.J. Warner Recital Hall April 12 — HCC DAY, NO DAY CLASSES

to know Dixon and his family.

Swanson went to Washington a few times to see Dixon and his family during recruiting.

“I got to know them well, they’re good people,” Swanson said. “I even met Durant.”

Swanson was always impressed with Dixon and the way he composed himself.

“He got good grades, dressed nicely, and was always respectful towards his teammates and teachers,” Swanson said.

Swanson said that he and the other coaches never had a problem with Dixon.

“You could tell he was raised by good parents,” Swanson said. “They adopted him when he was a teenager.”

When Swanson heard the news about Dixon he said couldn’t believe it.

“I was heartbroken, I was stunned,” Swanson said, “I knew he was doing well because we stayed in touch mostly through social media.”

According to Swanson, Bobby Maze, another HutchCC basketball player who was friends with Dixon, was responsible for Dixon transferring to HutchCC his sophomore year.

The happenings around campus

Blue Dragons weekend forecast

Friday —High: 72 Low: 53 Saturday—High: 69 Low: 53 Sunday —High: 69 Low: 49 If you hear thunder on Saturday, that’s actually the sound of Chuck Norris roundhouse kicking someone.

Courtesy Photo/Instagram Cliff Dixon, former HutchCC basketball player and adopted brother to NBA star Kevin Durant was fatally shot March 21 at the age of 32.

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Baseball player Zane Schmidt on a tear.

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April Fools is its own joke

The Hutchinson Collegian Friday, April 5, 2019

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“April Fools!”

“Gotcha!”

“Just kidding!”

“It’s just a joke!”

Our view

Why is it so exciting and enjoyable for human beings to trick or prank others? What do we get out of it that brings us that jolt of laughter? Do we just enjoy seeing other people become inconvenienced?

These are the questions that arise when April Fools’ Day presents itself every year. Because the jokes, or pranks, that people pull on others can quickly get out of hand. This holiday is either one a person lives for, or a holiday that one couldn’t care less about.

There are two types of pranking that happens on April Fools, each with a scale they fall upon. There is either the innocent jokes or the cruel jokes.

The innocent April

Fools joke usually ends with both the prankster and the person being pranked, laughing afterwards. These pranks are ones that don’t hurt anyone in anyway and just cause laughter to be had. A good laugh is needed everyone once in awhile, and this can be a good way to bring that into life.

However, the opposite side of this, is the cruel “jokes” that hurt those being pranked. It can range from a nuisance and giving your day a bad vibe to causing pain emotionally or physically to enjoy a laugh. These are the reason that April Fools’ Day can’t be enjoyed by everyone because people have been hurt before, and don’t want to experience is ever again.

The ones that are commonly looked down upon

Izzy Caldwell/Cartoonist are when people announce life changing news to people they are close to or playing a prank that ends in making someone’s day way more complicated than it needs to be.

Announcing fake pregnancies, fake illnesses, fake breakups, fake relationship struggles is not a joke.

These are serious things and need to be treated as suck. April Fools is not a

day to just see the reactions of people for something that is completely false.

So please, for next year’s April Fools’ Day, let’s not make others hurt because we think it

would be funnier to see their reactions. Don’t ruin relationships due to a stupid holiday.

Laughs are okay, but being cruel to those that you care about, is not.

The Women’s Corner

Being the only woman on set A couple weeks ago, Hutchinson had one of its biggest events, held at the Sports Arena. The NJCAA Tournament is a staple to Hutchinson and Hutchinson Community College in the way that visitors come from all over. An event this big needs an even bigger number of people behind the scenes to make it all run smoothly for the people watching it, whether in person or on another medium.

This year, I had the opportunity to work with CBS Sports and Niles Media Group in helping to broadcast the championship game live. I am

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Tabitha Barr majoring in media communications and production, which meant it was great experience to have and put on my resume for future opportunities. I learned a lot in the hours that I

worked, but it was a tough project to be apart of. And it didn’t help that I was the only female on set.

Now, with sports being male dominated in general, I knew what I was getting into, but I didn’t realize that I was going to be the only women surrounded by men.

Now, these guys were hardworking and versed in their jobs, and all of them were kind and treated me like any other person.

However, it was just a surprise for me actually to see with my own eyes the lack of female representation in my working field.

And to a certain degree, it

discouraged me a little bit.

When working on projects that are a part of the real world, I take into account that this is what it’s like to work outside of just the classroom. At these kind of sets/events, it is planned out and done pretty professionally and by professional people. This was a little different.

Live sets are different from other sets, because what you do at that moment matters to the public and wherever that broadcast is showing. It is a quick-paced world that needs to run efficiently to provide a good broadcast.

Now, add into the mix that

this was a sporting event, and it becomes that much more important for the people watching. This is because sports is treated like a staple to life.

For someone who isn’t that attached to sports, at all, it was hard for me to feel comfortable not only with the topic, but the setting I was in.

When doing certain tasks, I was completely on my own and having to figure out what I was doing.

And it wasn’t needed, but it would have been appreciated if I have a woman in charge of the project, so I could watch what she was doing and how she was

carrying herself on set, and follow her lead.

It’s one of those things that most people overlook, but for me, it is a staple that I need to be able to have in my future endeavors. I need to be reassured that I can make it in this profession.

Because it is a male-dominated industry, but I don’t want that to stop me. It just means I’m going to work 10 times harder to make this field as equal as possible.

Tabitha Barr is a Nickerson freshman studying Media Communications and Production

The stigma of antidepressants need a change I’m not really sure if it’s the connotation that comes with them, or if it’s the judgment people are scared to receive that follows, but antidepressants do too far much good for too many people for us to just belittle and judge.

Antidepressant prescriptions have doubled over the last 10 years, which is amazing because people are realizing they need help and are actually trying to better themselves.

That’s usually all they get – the pills. Talk therapy and antidepressants should go hand in hand

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Emily Fehrman with each other, at least in the beginning stages of seeking help.

Some people find that therapy just isn’t for them, which is fine.

There’s nothing wrong

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with that. But in most cases, seeking proper therapy is rarely available.

I think that just goes to show that we’re treating depression as a one size fits all, when in reality everyone is different, and everyone is struggling with their own battles, in their own way.

Just because antidepressants help so many people it doesn’t mean they are for everyone though. There are many cases where the medication has made the symptoms of depression worse than they originally were. It comes down to

the science of it all, and what chemical imbalances someone might have in comparison to another.

People like to use the term “happy pills”, and that’s just not what they are at all. You can ask just about anyone who takes antidepressants if taking their meds suddenly makes them a happier person. The answer will surely be no.

Sure, we’d all like to be happy, but it’s not about being happy. It’s about finding a sense of normality inside of a body and mind that you might not recognize anymore.

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Editor In Chief: Brenna Eller Campus editor: Pablo Sanchez Opinion page editor: Tabitha Barr Sports editors: Rebecca Carney and Amanda Carney Digital Content Coordinator: Cody Schroeder.

Social Media Editor: Emily Fehrman Adviser: Brad Hallier Staff members: Kathrine Collins, Jared Shuff, Breann Rogers, Rachel Lyons, Shealynn Hubbs, Aaron Strain, Kenneth Ryan.

Editorial board: Brenna Eller, Pablo Sanchez,

Although being happy is something we all strive for, that’s not what the pills are designed for.

Happiness is something we can make as long as we have the capacity within ourselves to find it. Happiness and normalcy are not the same thing.

This isn’t me telling everyone who reads this that they need to get on medication as soon as possible. There’s just this stigmatized idea around antidepressants that we really need to think about as a society. If you think starting a medication is

something you might be interested in, I really suggest seeking out the help you deserve.

No one should feel as though they less than their peers just because they realized they couldn’t do it on their own and need a little extra help. We need to stop making those who take medication to better themselves feel as if they are less of a person for doing so.

Emily Fehrman is a Pretty Praire sophomore studying Journalism

Tabitha Barr.

Editorial cartoonist: Izzy Caldwell.

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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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Students, check your email daily

According to Hutchinson Community College, all official communication should take place through HutchCC email accounts.

Most of us don’t check our emails or pay attention to what is sent to the account.

As the president of the HutchCC Business Club, it becomes a hassle to make attempts to communicate members when they don’t respond to emails and

surveys sent to their official accounts, or even another email that they provide.

How am I supposed to keep faith in our club returning in the future, when the members don’t want to engage when myself, or our sponsor?

I understand that some may be slightly confused as to why our sponsor is now Dave Dukart, Director of the Quest Center for Entrepreneurship instead of

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Rachel Lyons Matt Smith, HutchCC Business Instructor.

Regardless, the

Business Club has the potential to do amazing things, and yet we are limited by lack of participation by members.

By not participating in events and opportunities provided the business club, members have a greater potential of falling behind in making connections, and creating a strong network that they may be able to call on in the future when searching for a job.

Anymore, a common phrase heard in the business world is “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. If you are interested, the next business club meeting will be at 1 p.m.

April 16 in the Parker Student Union Alumni Room.

Those in attendance will have the opportunity to hear from Carolyn Parson about the process of transferring credits from HutchCC to four-year institu-

tions such as Emporia State, Kansas State, the University of Kansas, Wichita State and others.

I suppose, if you take nothing else away from this column please check your email at least once a day.

You could be missing out on important opportunities and communication from professors or other HutchCC staff members.

Trying to push through anxiety Anxiety. It affects many of us. We all get it at some point in time.

For some, more than others.

Whether if it’s because you’re meeting a guy or girl you like, or you have to a recite speech in front of your class, we all deal with it. But for those of you who don’t know completely how to cope with your nerve-wrecking anxiety, then this article is for

By Jared Shuff Staff writer

As the second semester nears its end at Hutchinson Community College, the Theatre Department gets ready to share its final production of the year.

“Peter and the Starcatcher” revolves around the lives of two young children, Peter and Molly. While they live completely different lives, they somehow end up finding each other and experiencing a variety of amazing adventures.

The show provides a backstory for famous characters such as Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and other beloved characters from Neverland. In this play, Peter is just an orphaned boy, not yet the leader of the

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Kat Collins you.

The first thing that may help is taking

deep breaths with your stomach. Close your eyes, and just focus on your breathing. On Fitbit, there is a guided breathing app on their watches. Even some of their cheaper watches have the guided breathing tool.

There are some guided breathing videos you can use for help with focusing on your breathing.

Another one is meditation. This goes with

the guided breathing. It’s a part of staying calm and mindful of your surroundings and your emotions. It puts you in control of your feelings.

Exercise and being out and about when it’s sunny out is also a way to help cope with anxiety.

It’s a way to increase serotonin levels. Which make you be in a better mood. You don’t even have to do hardcore exercise if you’re not

into that. You can just go on a walk for a couple blocks, use a treadmill in your house, or at gym you go to.

Another way to cope could be therapy with a counselor or therapist, or just talking to someone you know and trust, about what’s going on in your life that is stressing you out.

If you’re not into talking to a therapist, you could also try writ-

ing in a journal, or just be creative with your words or your hands.

You could write a poem, or draw a sketch.

This gets your mind and calms yourself, by getting your emotions out.

In the end we all have anxiety at some point in time, and some more times than others. Try these ways to cope with your stressors and you may feel happier.

“Peter and the Starcatcher” final theatre performance Lost Boys.

“I play Black Stache, he’s essentially Captain Hook before he gets the hook, so I play like the very campy villain in the show,” said HutchCC freshman Keely Schmidt said.

Rehearsals for the show started in mid-February, but conflicts such as illness and weather limited the number of rehearsal days for the cast.

“Because of the snow days, we’ve had quite a lot of time off, so we had to make up time over spring break,” Schmidt said.

With all the characters that are in the play, it is somewhat difficult to give a summary of the plot.

“There’s a lot of things that happen, but I would say the central plot just follows (Peter and Molly)

and them better understanding each other even though they live completely different lives,” Schmidt said.

While this may be the final production of the year for the Theatre Department, the memories made will last a lifetime.

“We are mostly freshman, so we’re all in kind of the same boat trying to learn each other and learn Deidre (Mattox).

We’ve all become sort of like a second family, we rely on each other and hang out a lot,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt is the only non-theater major in the play, other than some community members that are also involved in it. Despite this, she doesn’t feel out of place at all.

“It’s sort of like a running joke. I’m like

an honorary theater major because I’m so involved with everything,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt is a pre-nursing major but is looking into switching her major sometime in the near future.

Wherever her plans take her, she still plans on pursuing her love of acting.

“Peter and the Starcatcher” takes place April 11-13 at the Stinger Fine Arts Center. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for non-HutchCC students, and the show os free for current HutchCC students and faculty with their school ID. “I think that there’s something for everyone. It’s definitely a show you can bring the

whole family to. We’ve put a lot of hard work

into it, it’s just a lot of fun,” Schmidt said.

Public speaking brings nerves, but needed skill

By Pablo Sanchez Campus Editor

Anxiety. Fear. Cold sweat. Hands trembling.

Knees shaking.

This could describe how many Hutchinson Community College students feel about getting up and speaking in front of a group.

But, like it or not, Public Speaking is a course most students are required to take at HutchCC. HutchCC speech instructor Kathy Mendenhall, who is in her 22nd year teaching public speaking and

also taught at Wichita State, said the reasoning why public speaking is required, is because it is skill that’s needed in every single major profession.

“As we move up the career ladder, the opportunities and requirements for public speaking increase the higher you go,” Mendenhall said. “You’re going to be a trainer at your work, perhaps you need to go before the City Council, perhaps you give a report to a board, or a big client you have to give a presentation

… so what happens, people who haven’t had those classes to develop those skills they will hit a glass ceiling. They will come to a point in their career where they can’t advance without those skills.

“I think it’s a real disservice to our students, because at one point they may be offered a promotion, but with that would be required that they would need to give a presentation to these various audiences. If they don’t have the skills, if they haven’t overcome their anxiety about public

speaking, then they lose out. They might miss that promotion or that opportunity higher up on the ladder.”

Mendendall said that many students have a preconceived fear of public speaking, and think from the outset that they can’t do it.

“Say I’m having a conversation with people, they’re just not talking back to me and thinking of it as a conversation,” Mendenhall said. “I’m very capable of having conversations with my friends.

I’m able to express my ideas, and I can do that

in front of an audience and look at each one as an individual, as a friend, as someone who wants me to do well, because most audience wants the speaker to do well. So much of it has to do with self talk, and if we tell ourselves we are going to be nervous, if we tell ourselves we are going to be terrible, if we tell ourselves we hate public speaking, well guess what? We will.”

Mendenhall said she encourages students to talk about topics they are comfortable with.

Students across many

majors will have to take public speaking, or a similar course.

“Right now, our allied health students have a choice between interpersonal communications and public speaking,” Mendenhall said. “Many of them are opting for interpersonal communications class, which I think is very valuable. However, by not requiring public speaking then they could hit that ceiling of progression that could be detrimental to their career. Perhaps both of them should be required.”

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The Career Connections Job Fair was held in the Sports Arena on Thursday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. There were over 130 jobs to look into for the Hutchinson citizens, Hutch High, and HutchCC students.

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People were asked to dress nicely as if going to a job interview and to bring a few resumes based on the jobs they were interested in.

Career Connections 2019 Job Fair Photos by KJ Ryan/The Collegian

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second game 4-0 and 9-6 only for the Broncbusters to come back.

Matt Hopkins entered the game with the Blue Dragons leading 9-6, walking the first two Garden City batters.

Garden City then scored two unearned runs on a Blue Dragon error to pull within 9-8 with only one out. Hopkins then struck out the next two Busters.

Hopkins then struck out three in the eighth and after a one-out walk.

The Blue Dragons took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Zane Schmidt hit his fourth home run of the series. Will Reetz ripped a two-run triple to right center in the second to make it 4-0.

The Busters then scored five to take a 5-4 lead.

Ryan Moritz’s RBI double scored Zion Bowlin in the top of the third to tie the game at 5-5.

Hutch scored on a pair in the top of the fifth to take a 7-5 lead when Dylan Nedved laced a double to left-center to score Logan Sartori.

Nedved scored on the back end of a double-steal attempt. Hutch added an unearned run in the sixth and Schmidt scored on a double play in the seventh to lead 9-6.

Schmidt went 3 for 4 with his 13th home run of the season with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Nedved was 2 for 5 with a double, RBI and run scored. Zach Baxley was 2 for 4 with a pair of

Photo by Bre Rogers/Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Taylor Ullery celebrates with assistant softball coach Ben Whitsitt during a doubleheader sweep of Garden City at Fun Valley Sports Complex

runs scored. Reetz drove in two with his triple.

Ryan Summers (4-1) entered the game with two outs in the second inning for starter Mike Brown. Summers earned the win with 3 1/3 innings out of the bullpen.

He struck out five, but walked four. Summers, Matt Delcambre and Hopkins didn’t allow a hit for the final four innings.

The Blue Dragons led 2-1 after 4 1/2 innings in the first game, but couldn’t pull out a win.

Garden City was leading

By Aaron Strain Staff writer

An estimated 40,000 Palestinians gathered at the fence separating Israel and the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza last Friday, marking one year of weekly protests there.

Those protesting are demanding the right to return to homes their families were forcefully removed from more than 70 years ago, and an end to Israeli blockades.

The response of the Israeli military in the past year has culminated in the injuring of more than 30,000 and killing of 266 Palestinians. Among those killed were children, journalists and medics.

The Gazan health ministry reports some were shot by contact-exploding “butterfly bullets,” which inflict tremendous damage, including amputations and “pulverized” organs. Protestors were also shot with tear gas and regular sniper rounds.

These actions, according the United Nations, amount to potential war crimes.

The conditions in Gaza, a densely-populated strip of land covering 140 square miles containing 2 million people, are so severe that the area is commonly referred to as an “openair prison,” where citizens “are subject to random terror and arbitrary punishment with no

after five innings 4-2.

The Blue Dragons scored first on Nedved’s first-inning RBI double in the top of the first..

Bowlin made it 2-0 when he led off the fourth.

Nedved allowed four hits, four runs, three years runs and struck out six while walking two.

Cade Fenton worked a perfect sixth with a strikeout. Zach Philbin struck out three and allowed two hits in a scoreless sixth inning.

Baseball tops Redlands - The Blue Drag-

ons won again Tuesday, beating Redlands, Oklahoma 6-1 at Hobart-Detter Field.

The Blue Dragons took a 1-0 lead in the first when Max McGuire hit an opposite-field single to right to get Schmidt home.

The Cougars tied the game up when Joshua Detwieler homered in the fourth. The Blue Dragons quickly regained the lead when Moritz singled up the middle to plate Baxley from second for a 2-1 lead.

Come the second in-

ning, Sartori and Schmidt worked a pair of walks.

Nedved, McGuire and Baxley all followed with RBIs, increasing the lead to 5-1. McGuire scored Hutchinson’s sixth run on the back end of a double-steal attempt.

Softball – HutchCC’s softball team went 2-0 against Garden City.

Hutch pulled out a win the first game 3-0 with Megan Davis pitching.

Sabrina Luttig had a homer in the bottom of the fourth, followed later by a Cassidy Prucha single

through the right side, scoring Ashley Wilson.

Game two, the Blue Dragons pulled out another win against Garden City with a final score of 5-4.

Bailey Brawner pitched followed by Maryssa Rollin. Garden City scored the top of the first making the score 2-0. Wilson, Brawner and Shelby Felvus scored in the bottom of the second for HutchCC. Luttig later hit a single to right field, allowing Taylor Ullery to score.

Conflict with Palestinians, Israelis continues to escalate

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purpose other than to humiliate and degrade”, according to journalist Noam Chomsky.

(Chomsky: My Visit to Gaza).

American-backed Israeli bombings have all but destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure, which causes sewage backups, fishing in polluted waters, an almost complete lack of drinking water, and a drying aquifer. Damage to just the aquifer caused the UN’s Relief and Works Agency to question whether Gaza will even be a livable place by next year.

Israel, in spite of removing its military and settlements from Gaza in 2005, remains in control of the territory’s borders, airspace, seafront and

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border crossings.

Reacting to the Islamic nationalist movement Hamas being voted into power in Gaza and, essentially, separating itself from the rest of the Palestinian Authority in 2006, Israel imposed an air, land, and sea blockade on the territory.

The world’s highest unemployment rate (over 50% generally, and 70% among youth), abject poverty, and the restriction of movement and trade between Palestinian territories and the world, have all been viewed as direct results of what the UN classifies as “collective punishment.”

Succumbing to international outrage in 2018, the Israeli

and has helped me along the way. I couldn’t ask for a better supervisor and staff that I have the enjoyment of working with on a daily basis.

Q: Anything else you would like

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Defense Forces posted, then quickly deleted, a statement that they “know where every bullet landed.” If it is indeed true that the IDF “(knows) where every bullet landed,” they know that the sniper bullets landed in the now-lifeless bodies of peaceful demonstrators, including photojournalist Yaser Murtaja, 19-year-old Abdul Fattah Abdul Nabi, who was running away from the soldiers with a tire in hand, a man knelt in prayer, an elderly man who was standing in his backyard watching the events unfold in horror, and more than 50 children.

Protests were originally planned to occur for only two

to add about your condition?

A: Today (March 12th) is my 47th birthday, and a great birthday present that everyone can provide me with is a prayer or moment of thought on

months in 2018, starting and ending on two important days in Palestinian history, but have nevertheless continued.

Land Day, March 30, commemorates the deaths of six civilians during protests against the Israeli confiscation of land in 1976. Day of the Nakba (“catastrophe”), May 15, marks the day in 1948 when the process of removing 750,000 Palestinians from their homes to establish Israel began. Some families even posses the keys to their ancestral homes.

The outrage and frustration of Gazans that led to the protests does not appear to be extinguishing anytime soon.

March 28, when I have my surgery.

I know that the thoughts and prayers from everyone has helped me make it this far and I know that they will continue through this process.

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Power surge

Photos by Bre Rogers/Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Zane Schmidt belts a home run during a game last week against Garden City at Hobart-Detter Field.

Schmidt hit four home runs in the four-game series with Garden City.

Schmidt uses his hockey background to become a top home run hitter

By Rebecca Carney Co-Sports Editor

Hutchinson Community College freshman baseball player Zane Schmidt has been having a tremendous season for the Blue Dragons. Schmidt, a native of Kearney, Neb., was just named the NJCAA Division I National Player of the Week. Schmidt’s three-home run game last week against Garden City helped him to earn this award.

Last Thursday, in a home game against Garden City, Schmidt’s three home runs tied the HutchCC single-game record for home runs.

Schmidt hit three-home runs and racked up six RBIs in a 3-for-5 performance. Schmidt’s record-tying home run capped a last at-bat comeback in 9-8 walk-off victory for the Blue Dragons.

Schmidt, who has never had a three-home run game before, said, “It’s something new that a lot of kids don’t get to experience. It’s a dream, especially with the last one being a walk off at the end of game. That alone without the other two is something that most kids want to do at least one time in their life and it’s a good feeling.”

Schmidt’s power surge didn’t surprise the coaches. They expected Schmidt to have some power, but not this much power.

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(March 24-30) Zane Schmidt, Baseball

The week: Schmidt belted four home runs and drove in eight runs in leading the Blue DragSchmidt ons to a Jayhawk West series win against Garden City. In the series opener at Hobart-Detter Field, Schmidt hit three homers and drove in six runs in an 8-7 win. In the third game, at Garden City, Schmidt was 3 for 4 with another homer and two RBIs. The season: Schmidt, a freshman catcher from Kearney, Neb., is batting .387 with 13 home runs and 38 RBIs through 32 games played.

He has also smacked eight doubles, three triples, scored 38 runs and walked 20 times. In the field, he has committed just two errors.

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Zane Schmidt has experienced a power surge for the Blue Dragons this year, hitting four home runs in one series against Garden City.

“As we recruited him out of high school, we didn’t expect him to have this power, but it doesn’t surprise me,” said coach Ryan Schmidt, who is not related. “Since day one, he always lit it up and he was always on the barrel, and he has a great swing.

Good hitters have a good chance

to become good power hitters.

Zane Schmidt actually grew up playing hockey, since he was 3 years old. He played for teams out of Kearney for several years, and then for teams out of Omaha and Lincoln.

There isn’t much difference between whacking a hockey stick and swinging a baseball bat,

he said. Playing hockey in high school has played a part in what Schmidt is now.

As the season continues, Schmidt hopes to continue to be the powerful presence on the field like has been the past couple weeks for the Blue Dragons.

Blue Dragon sports schedules, results. All home games, events in caps. (doubleheaders indiciated by a 2) March 1, at Crowder, L 9-3 L 6-5 March 7, at Butler, L 3-2, L 11-9 March 9, BUTLER, W 5-4, W 15-1 March 15, at Barton, W 7-2, W 9-8 March 17, BARTON, L 6-4, W 9-3 March 19, COWLEY, L 8-5 March 21, at Dodge City, L 5-4, W 12-3 March 22, DODGE CITY, W 8-3, L 12-9 March 26, at Cowley, L 7-1 March 28, GARDEN CITY, W 8-7, W 3-1 March 31, at Garden City, L 4-2, W 9-8 April 2, REDLANDS, W 6-1 April 3, STERLING JV (2), 3 p.m.

April 4, STERLING JV (2), 3 p.m.

April 9, at Seminole State, 5:30 p.m.

April 11, at Pratt (2), 1 p.m.

April 13 PRATT (2), 1 p.m.

April 16, COFFEYVILLE (2), 2 p.m.

Athlete of the week

April 18, SEWARD COUNTY (2), 1 p.m.

April 20, at Seward County (2), 1 p.m.

April 23, BARTON, 5:30 p.m.

April 25, at Colby (2), 1 p.m.

April 27, COLBY (2), 1 p.m.

Golf

March 25, at Jayhawk Conference tournament, first April 8-9, at Tiger Invitational April 15-16, at Jayhawk Conference tournament April 22-23, at Jayhawk Championship April 29-30, at District 3/Region 6 tournament May 15-18, at NJCAA Tournament

Softball

March 8, at Friends JV, W 14-6 March 9, at Barton, L 12-11, L 16-7 March 16, COLBY, L 2-0, L 8-3 March 18, at Allen, L 9-1, W 5-0

March 19, at Independence, L 5-0, W 11-1 March 22, PRATT, W 10-3, W 7-5 March 24, GARDEN CITY, L 9-8, L 4-2 March 26, BUTLER L 10-0, L 15-1 March 27, W 5-4, W 3-0 April 3, at Butler, 2 p.m.

April 6, DODGE CITY, 2 p.m.

April 7, at Seward County, 2 p.m.

April 10, BARTON, 3 p.m.

April 13, at Pratt, 1 p.m.

April 14, INDEPENDENCE, 2 p.m.

April 17, at Sterling JV, 3 p.m.

April 24, at NW Kansas Tech, 2 p.m.

Track

April 3-4, at Tiger Multi-Event April 5-6, at Friends April 12-13, at KT Woodman April 18-19, at KU Relays April 27, at Southwestern

The Hutchinson Community College baseball team remained in the hunt for the Jayhawk West title, as the Blue Dragons earned a split of a tough doubleheader Sunday in Garden City.

The Blue Dragons lost the first game 4-2 but won the second 9-8, earning the series win against Garden City.

The Blue Dragons led the first game 2-0 until Garden City scored four unanswered runs. The Blue Dragons led the See Roundup, Page 5