Mens roundup
Final cheaters
Insight on how the men’s basketball team is looking for the season.
Students looking for various forms of trickery and chicanery.
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The student voice of Hutchinson Community College
November 30, 2018
www.Hutchcollegian.com
Vol. 60 Issue 11
V S Battle of the brands By Brenna Eller Editor-In-Chief
“Pepsi is too sweet, Coke tastes good.” -Justin Harris
“Coke has a good sting when you drink it.” -Brock Appiah
For over a century, two sodas, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, have been rivals in the soft drink industry. Each brand owns several other companies and has held competitions against the other. For instance, in 1975, there was a Pepsi Challenge which led to the New Coke, a drink that failed so bad that people weren’t buying any and the company had to return to its old recipe. After that, commercials were made against each other, and both brands adopted new slogans every now, and then to persuade people to buy their products. A couple of taglines that have resonated with audiences were, “Have a Coke and a smile” and “Pepsi, the choice of a new generation”. People tend to drink whatever is in their household, so growing up drinking a certain type of pop
might have influence on what someone prefers to drink, or whether they like a certain brand over another. Ask anyone if they prefer Coke or Pepsi, and they will most likely answer right away, because it is that provoking of a topic. Coke and Pepsi are soda companies that have distributed to countries world wide, so they are always in competition against one another. Hutchinson Community College has a contract with Pepsi that gives Pepsi exclusive rights to sell its products on campus. Those who are more inclined to drink Coke aren’t agreeable about this decision. Some may not mind either way or choose to drink water. Luke Nachtigal, a HutchCC student, prefers Coke. “Coke is better in my own opinion, especially as they sell the California Raspberry flavor in
glass bottles at our local Dillon’s Marketplace,” Nachtigal said. Even though he favors Coke, Nachtigal’s grandfather would strongly disagree. “He likes to reminisce about when Pepsi only cost a nickel in the 50s,” Nachtigal said, “I have an empty glass Pepsi bottle from that era sitting as a decoration on my shelf, and I must say, it serves as cool vintage decor.” When referring to the contract, Nachtigal had some thoughts as to why Pepsi could be beneficial for the college. “Pepsi seems to be more popular among especially those who don’t care enough to only want the best pop from out of glass bottles,” Nachtigal said, “I have heard many people say that they think Pepsi is better than Coke as well.”
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Ghosting will haunt you
By Pablo Sanchez Campus Editor
For anyone who is unfamiliar with the term “ghosting”, it is when one person blocks another on social media, and completely shuts them out of their life without giving a reason why, or what they did wrong to deserve to get blocked in the first place. Family and friends who end up getting blocked by someone they see as a loved one will most likely never speak to that person again, because they were perceived as toxic and unkind. Or, it could be that they are scared of dealing with the fact that the person doing the ghosting has to tell the truth and wants to protect the other person’s feelings. Two Hutchinson Community College students, a professor, and a counselor gave some thought on why they think ghosting occurs. Mariah Buck, a sophomore at HutchCC, said why the ghoster might act the way he or she does. “Because they don’t want to talk to the other person, and is done with them. they got what they wanted out of them,” Buck said. Freshman student Paje Roberts has a similar opinion on why people get ghosted. “I think the main reason people tend to ghost others is
because face-to-face communication has become a tedious and menial task to many” she said. “At some point, the entire idea of any communication whatsoever becomes too tedious. Due to their own laziness, people neglect to be considerate enough to take the time to be emotionally and personally responsible”. HutchCC psychology instructor Brian Nuest, who holds a doctorate degree, said a person’s personality can cause them to ghost. “However, I can imagine that one reason people ghost could be because they are passive rather than assertive,” Nuest said. “They simply want to avoid confrontation. Also, perhaps the would-be ghost feels that telling the other party the truth might actually be more hurtful to them than fading away.” Christopher Lau, Coordinator of Advising, Career Development and Counseling at HutchCC, gives his explanation on why students tend to ghost others. “I have very limited experience with students and/or professionals ‘ghosting’ each other in relationships,” Lau said in an email. “However, I can make assumptions about why this is done and the potential impact it might have on the person who is ghosted. First, I would assume the person ghost-
Courtesy Photo Ghosting in social media is the concept of not responding to a friend, employer, or loved one purposefully. ing is doing so because it is easier to do this than face the awkwardness that is sometimes present in difficult conversations (such as) breaking up with someone.” Lau said the emotional damage that comes with ignoring or ghosting someone can last. “This behavior seems to me, to be incredibly rude, disrespectful, and inappropriate. In some ways, it may be easier for a person to deal with the death of a partner than to be ghosted by one. Death is a natural end to life whereas with ghosting there is an abrupt, unnatural, unexplained end to a relationship,” Lau said.
CAMPUS BEAT
Upcoming events
Did you know this was a Pepsi campus? Would you change that?
Dec. 1 — Salt City Bowl 1 p.m.- 4:15 p.m. Gowans Stadium Dec. 1 — Women’s and Men’s Basketball vs Independence 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. Dec. 3-7 — Final Exams; make-up exams. Dec. 8— Women’s and Men’s Basketball vs. Butler 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.
“No I didn’t, and yeah I think we should change it to Coke.”
“Yes I did. I think there should be a variety of drinks.”
“No, I didn’t know, and I think the school needs a variety of drinks.”
“I didn’t know it was. I think we should change it to Coke, because I’m a Coke fan.”
“No, and I think we should change it to Coke products.”
— Samuel Damon, Hillboro
— Carmen Choong, Maylasia
— William Blake, Hutchinson
— Mason Groves, Hutchinson
— Luke Wells, Haven