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Zariah Best covers HutchCC Jazz and BBQ fest. Student choir sang at Emanuel Lutheran Church.

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Aubreigh Heck dives into the superstitions of HutchCC athletes.

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Football preview of upcoming championship game between HutchCC and Garden City.

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File discusses state of the college

By Brooke Greene Editor In Chief

Last spring, Hutchinson Community College students, faculty, and staff were told what they could expect on campus this fall, in terms of COVID-19.

As stated last spring from Hutchinson Community College’s official website, a COVID update was posted for the college on May 25.

“Effective immediately, in light of the recently announced change in guidance from the State of Kansas and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hutchinson Community College is modifying its current position regarding face coverings.

HutchCC continues to support the efforts related to face coverings, social distancing and the appropriate hygiene measures, and while face coverings continue to be strongly encouraged by the HutchCC Board of Trustees, they will no longer be required for those students, employees, and visitors that have been fully vaccinated.”

The thought was that nobody would be encouraged to wear masks, restrictions would be lightened, and that nobody would have to be afraid anymore.

Times have changed since last spring.

Some are still being impacted by where our college stands currently in regards to the pandemic, others feel like it is close enough to being back to normal. In talking with Hutchinson Community College president Carter File, there is a better idea as to what students, faculty, and staff are looking at for the rest of this school year.

As the 2021-2022 academic year started, signs were placed on the doors around campus, stating masks were “expected.”

“Obviously, a mandate can create challenges as it relates to enforcement and potential challenges to that mandate. We would prefer not to play ‘mask police’ and have to dedicate the resources to ensuring compliance by students, faculty, and staff,” File said.

“By opting for expected, we felt the message was clear to all that there is an expectation we should all wear a mask as appropriate. At this time, we feel that a strong expectation is a correct approach.”

Students may vary in their beliefs and opinions towards wearing a mask.

However, this school year they have the freedom to make that choice for themselves, without the fear of consequences. “Expected” is more liberal than “Mandatory.”

Yet the question remains, how long will HutchCC have such expectations, especially as positive cases continue to

decline?

According to the CDC, “While there have been breakthrough infections of COVID among people who are fully vaccinated, this is expected. COVID vaccines, like all vaccines, are not 100% effective. In addition, people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised due to illness or treatments may not be as protected by the vaccines as those with stronger immune systems.”

Even with vaccinations, nobody is completely safe. This will likely entail that masks will remain expected, vaccines will remain encouraged until we are all vaccinated or the virus is magically eradicated. While times seem better in regards to COVID, with fewer deaths and fewer breakouts, there is no certain end to this pandemic, especially anytime soon.

“It is impossible to say exactly what the future holds, but at the current time it is difficult to see a scenario where HutchCC would require students to be vaccinated simply to attend,” said File, in response to being questioned about mandatory vaccinations. “This is of course always open to change due to mandates from Federal, State, local government, or our clinical site partners. We are seeing many of our clinical partners start to require our students, who go to their sites, to be vaccinated. This is not a requirement that is being imposed by HutchCC, but it might make completion of certain degrees/certificates difficult without being vaccinated.”

From an athletic standpoint, sports seem to be back to normal for the most part, except for a daily health assessment that they must take. Issues with Blue Dragon sports teams have been minimal and games are back up and running like any other semester.

Any outbreaks this season are expected to be handled the same way they have been handled in the past. HutchCC as a whole has managed these past couple of years with flying colors. The school has not been shut down for even one day. As a team, with communal efforts, HutchCC has helped keep everyone afloat. Things are finally slowly but surely starting to return to our genuine sense of normal, rather than this cloudy sense of normality many have all merely grown accustomed to.

“It’s important we all remain diligent in taking the appropriate steps as we continue to navigate the pandemic,” File said. “We all want to return to “normal”, whatever that’s going to look like, but it’s going to require sacrifices on the part of all of us to get there.”

Photo by Brooke Greene/Collegian Grab & Go coffee and snack bar located in the Parker Student Union by the cafeteria. Open monday through Friday with varying hours of operation.

Upcoming events Nov. 21 — Football vs. Garden City at Riverfront Stadium at 1 p.m.

Nov. 24 — Thanksgiving break starts, college closed Dec. 6-9— Final exam week Dec. 23 — Winter break starts, college closed

Collegian File photo HutchCC President Carter File poses for photo in his office in 2019.

Grab & Go holds naming competition

By Brooke Greene Editor In Chief

The Grab & Go is one of Hutchinson Community College’s newest features.

If you aren’t already familiar with it, it’s a coffee shop and snack bar Parker Student Union, and it is soon to have a new name, which will be chosen by the students.

The choices for the new names have been entered by the students this past semester and will continue to be collected until the end of the semester. Once finished, the choices will be narrowed down and voted on by the students and the new name will go into effect. If you haven’t already made an entry for the name, go and make one, and grab a coffee, before the end of the semester.

Justine Fast runs the Grab & Go and is passionate about doing so. She worked as a barista for four years in California while she went to college.

Her sisters also play a hand in crafting caffeinated beverages. What once was a hobby became a career.

“I make teas, coffees, smoothies, which can have protein powder added in, so it is very popular with the football players. I put together salads and

parfaits and we sell hot breakfasts too, including the breakfast burrito which has been added as a special on Thursdays,” Fast said.

The Grab & Go is open from 7:30 a.m. through 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. through 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. through 2 p.m. on Fridays.

“I come in every Tuesday and Thursday and get an iced salted caramel coffee with oat milk, while it is my order at other coffee shops, this one is the best one I’ve had,” said Charlee Cochran, Liberal.

Part of what might make this coffee the best around is the freshly roasted beans that Fast orders in front Oregon.

The Longbottom coffee beans are roasted to order, which keeps the product fresher, unlike Starbucks or other wellknown shops who bulk order manufactured coffee beans that risk losing freshness.

The Grab & Go is most busy from 8:30 to 9 a.m., serving approximately 130 students on its busiest days, often before 11:30 a.m. It is quiet, with seating available.

Students are encouraged to make an entry in the naming competition and indulge in a healthy smoothie or a comforting coffee.

Make an entry now

The happenings around campus

College Student Weather Report Friday High: 59; Low 36 Walking in a winter wonderland.

Saturday High: 62; Low 39 Not freezing, just bad.

Sunday High: 63; Low 28 Downright disrespectful.

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Movie Review: “Scoob!” 2020

In addition to being a dedicated “Disney adult”, I have always been an avid Scooby-Doo lover. I’m pretty sure I have seen every single Scooby-Doo movie in existence.

I spent hours of my childhood cuddled up with blankets and watching Mystery Inc reveal countless villains.

The last few months have been stressful and overwhelming. Imagine the joy and nostalgia I felt when I stumbled upon the gang’s latest adventure.

In case you weren’t aware, there was a new Scooby-Doo movie released last year.

I was skeptical. The animation is different, there were new characters on the poster, and I was convinced there was no way this would ever compare to the originals.

Nevertheless, I gave it a shot. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bask in the memories.

The movie starts off with a young Scooby stealing food. A sad, young Shaggy is sitting on the beach having a picnic by himself. The two

Nov. 12 was the anniversary of the massive gaming company Xbox, and during a celebratory livestream they revealed the secret release of the free-to-play multiplayer mode for the upcoming “Halo Infinite” release.

In the days since it’s launch, I have played more than 48 hours of “Halo Infinite” multiplayer. This is why I feel uniquely qualified to talk about it.

“Halo” is fun, it’s always been fun, as far as arena shooters go, it’s one of the only remaining IPs that can still hold its own as an arena shooter without having to sell out to the ever expanding influence of battle royales.

Recently, Twitter has been exploding with the idea that “‘Halo Infinite’ needs a battle royale to stay relevant.”

Those people are wrong. Not only are they wrong, they are wrong and you cannot trust them.

This past weekend only proves that point. “Halo Infinite” has been one of the most talked about games this month, on top of the releases of numerous other games. Heck, “Battlefield 2042” is fully released Friday and “Infinite” has overtaken it in the news.

I’ve seen a lot of folks saying that the multiplayer doesn’t even feel

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like “Halo” anymore. shoot just like real guns, Once again, these people and the damage they are wrong and cannot deal, while it feels a bit be trusted. While it has underwhelming, makes added a few things, sense because you’re those few things serve shooting through enexclusively to improve ergy shields. Once the the gameplay and its flushields come down, it idity. Some believe that only takes a few bullets it’s heretical for sprint to to completely decimate exist in a “Halo” game, your foe. On the other and “Halo 5’s” multihand, the energy weapBraedon Martin player definitely had ons I’ve had experience its issue with the sprint with feel completely function, but Infinite has fixed each underwhelming. They’re horribly and every problem that 5 had, while inaccurate, and the damage boost “Halo 5’s” non-sprinting speed is towards energy shields hardly helps a walking pace, “Halo Infinite” is when you have to have near perfect constantly at a running pace, and the aim in order to take their shields out sprint is essentially a super speed. effectively.

“Halo Infinite” may only be good My only real gripe with the weapnow, but once Forge mode releases ons is Infinite’s shotgun. Compared and custom games ramp up, and to the previous iterations of the especially when the full roster of franchises shotgun, which feel like game modes release, there is a very you’re firing a freight train full of real chance that it could be the best thermonuclear weapons at your ene“Halo” multiplayer in the series. my, Infinite’s shotgun, the Bulldog, Gameplay fluidity is something feels like you’re gently tossing a that 343 Industries has always handful of nerf darts at your enemy, been good at, and with this release only for them to turn around with a they’ve gotten even closer to the .50 cal sniper rifle and send you to classic Bungie Halo gameplay. meet your maker.

The gunplay is, for the most part, On top of the disappointing fantastic. The weapons really feel nature of the Bulldog, the battle like they’re genuine weapons. The pass, which is Infinite’s only way to kinetic weapons look, sound, and unlock cosmetic items, is drop dead

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It comes to light that Scooby may be the descendant of a very important individual.

This storyline reminded me of the Scooby-Doo live action where Scrappy needs Scooby’s soul to become the great and powerful Scrappy Rex. In the end, Shaggy and Scooby’s friendship saves the world. The movie closes with the celebration of Mystery Inc opening a new headquarters and running off to solve more mysteries.

Overall, this movie was really great. It felt like watching a classic Scooby-Doo movie. The animation is way different, but don’t let that fool you. It’s still the same mystery solving adventure.

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meet and begin to enjoy a sandwich when the police come to pick up Scooby as a stray when Shaggy saves the day and claims him as his own.

They become the inseparable duo we have known to love.

One Halloween night they run into the rest of the crew- Velma, Fred and Daphne.

The five friends go into a haunted house to save Shaggy’s candy. In true Mystery Inc fashion, the place is haunted by an imposter with a tragic backstory.

The film goes through a montage of the gang solving a variety of cases featuring classic monsters from the “Scooby-Doo Where Are You?” series. They all grow up as this montage goes on.

This was probably my favorite part of the whole movie. Seeing familiar monsters was like rewatching all of those episodes over again.

As the movie goes on, we are introduced to new characters - Brian Falcon, Dee Dee Sykes, and Dynomutt. They are superheroes that Shaggy and Scooby looked up to for years.

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terrible at this time. The only way to level up the battle pass is to complete arbitrary challenges, and even then you don’t really get that much experience points for completely said challenges, and you need to complete three or four challenges for every level.

Speaking of cosmetics, the sheer customizability of “Halo Infinite” is wonderful. On top of the typical customization of choosing your characters gender, armor colour, and emblem, just like previous halo games, you can customize almost every aspect of your character’s armor. Their helmet, shoulderpads, chest piece, knee pads, even the visor color. For the first time in the franchise, your character can have artificial limbs. I had a blast unlocking and looking at new armor pieces, and coming up with a backstory for my halo character. It’s easily the most bought into a customization system I’ve ever been for a game.

While every game has its problems, “Halo Infinite” is an incredible breath of fresh air for the arena shooter genre, and has only left me more excited for the complete release of the game on Dec. 8.

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HutchCC celebrates jazz students; and food

By Zariah Perilla-Best Audio Editor

The Jazz & BBQ that happened Friday and Saturday at was a huge success.

There were families, food and a spirit of anticipation in the Emanuel Lutheran Church.

As everyone sat down to hear what the Hutchinson Community College Badinage would be performing, there was Neal Allsup, the director and pianist, creating a fun-filled environment.

The entire performance was an hour long, and the Badinage blew everyone away with their set of pipes.

But really what made this performance exciting is that they debuted their entire set that they will be performing in January in Dallas at the International Jazz Convention, formerly known as Jazz

Educator Network, which HutchCC has been invited to.

They only choose six out of hundreds of teams to perform in front of writers and upcoming musicians “There’s no winning or losing, like in sports, just being invited already feels like a win,” said Allsup, HutchCC’s Director of Choral Activities.

Natalie Schweizer and Justina Patton said how this is great publicity for the college and what the fine arts institution here has done for them.

They’ve been practicing according to both “every Tuesday and Thursday, for 1 hour and 30 minutes, and some choose to come an extra one hour then, and the group met once a week for three hours over the entire summer and they will be practicing over Christmas break as well.”

Photo by Lee Wellman/Collegian The HutchCC Badinage performs their set at Friday’s Jazz & BBQ

This has been long in the making and the

anticipation of the performance is building

increasingly.

“This is like nationals

for vocal jazz,” Patton said.

Feelings and colors of fall Collegian photographer Lee Wellman visited Dillon Nature Center recently to capture the scenes and colors of the fall season.

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Fort Scott puts down Greyhound football

Athlete of the week (Nov. 7-13) Mya Williams, Women’s basketball

HutchCC gives reaction as Jayhawk goes to seven teams

By Joel Muhs Sports Editor

The saying “Nothing lasts forever” is one that is full of truth, but it can be a hard idea to grasp.

One such thing that has abruptly come to an end is = Fort Scott Community College football, when the school announced on Nov. 8 that it would cut ties with the program, which leaves many to speculate about the future of NJCAA football.

Although the future of NJCAA football has never looked brighter for Hutchinson Community College, after coming off the school’s first national championship, the sport at the NJCAA level appears to be losing traction. With no NJCAA football programs left in the state of Arizona, only three remaining in Iowa, Arkansas Baptist moving to NAIA, and many states having one or two teams, the programs from the Midwest grows thinner with losing Fort Scott.

“Well, anytime that you lose a team, it negatively affects it,” HutchCC athletic director Josh Gooch said about the loss of Fort Scott football affecting NJCAA football. “Prior to this year, there were eight teams in the Jayhawk Conference, so that widdles the number down to seven. There’s only three conferences in the country that have more than three teams. The Iowa conference has three teams, the Mississippi conference has 14 teams, the Texas conference, which includes Oklahoma and New Mexico, has eight teams and we now have seven. So that does negatively impact NJCAA Division 1, football because they created the Division 3 level.”

The Division 3 level,

Photo by HutchCC Sports Information Fort Scott’s Reece Thomas gets brought to the ground by Hutchinson’s Mike Brown.

The week: Wiliams had a great week in helping the Blue Dragons win three Williams games.

She had six points, four assists in three rebounds in a 7356 win against the Washburn junior varsity, and then she combined for 36 points, six rebounds and six assists in a pair of neutral-floor wins at Great Bend, as the Blue Dragons beat Labette and Howard, Texas.

The season: Williams, a freshman from Waxahachie, Texas, is averaging 17.2 points and 2.2 assists for the 17th-ranked Blue Dragons, who finished nonconference play 6-0.

where athletic scholarships cannot be handed out, primarily includes teams in the Minnesota conference and a handful of teams elsewhere.

Even with the departure of Fort Scott, the Jayhawk Conference stands strong at seven teams - Garden City, Dodge City, Hutchinson, Highland, Butler, Independence and Coffeyville. With a handful of independent Division 1 teams searching for a home and an already strong foundation for the sport within the state of Kansas, there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel for both the Jayhawk Conference and the sport nationally.

“I think there will always be a need and desire for junior college football in the state of Kansas, as well as nationally,” HutchCC football coach Drew Dallas said. “It is unfortunate that a school within the Jayhawk Conference decided to shut down their program, but I am confident in our leadership across the conference and at each individual institution that

we will be able to not only maintain, but find a way to grow the sport and make it stronger.”

A statement made by Fort Scott on Nov. 8 noted the lack of resources for the school to stay competitive in the Jayhawk Conference, but it didn’t help matters when a Fort Scott player died in August. Tirrell Williams had collapsed during a preseason workout in August and died a couple weeks after, which some believe aided in the decision to terminate the program.

“I personally did not,” said Gooch, who was an assistant at Fort Scott in 2006 under Rion Rhoades, and it was a team that hadn’t won in two years.

“I truly felt like, and I still do, that with any of the Jayhawk Conference schools, you can win and you can be successful .

You have to be diligent in your recruiting and be fiscally responsible.

There’s plenty of kids that will come to school for books and tuition fees scholarships, and that’s what we had at the time, and I would imagine you could put a roster togeth-

er and be competitive. In one year we took (Fort Scott) to No. 12 in the country and played for the conference championship and we did it with a sound plan.”

After dealing with the death of a player in the midst of another losing season, there can be a lot of weight that comes with the type of decision that Fort Scott made.

Although some may consider it an easy decision given everything that had transpired with the Fort Scott program, Dallas noted there is never an easy decision when dealing with the events that Fort Scott has gone through.

“First, my sincerest condolences to that young man’s family, friends, teammates and coaches,” Dallas said. “It was an absolutely tragic event and my heart breaks for them on that. I don’t know if there is ever a right move when dealing with the ramifications of an event like that.”

With Fort Scott being the latest out of a handful of NJCAA schools cutting their football program, it brings up

the possibility of others considering cutting their own football programs.

Although some schools may be caught in the middle of the domino effect, much like Arizona schools were in 2018, HutchCC and its football program has firm footing on where it wants to be.

“Well I certainly hope not,” Gooch said on the possibility of Fort Scott causing a domino effect.

“The Arizona schools kind of started it, so to speak and their setup was different as far as how they did things. I’m certainly hoping not. The other (athletic directors) at the other institutions in Kansas that I’ve talked to, that’s not something that’s on their radar. I’m not too naive to know that all institutions got to look at the financial record books and make sure that it’s something that they can continue to do. For us in Hutch, that’s never been an option and that’s never been something we’ve discussed. So I’m hoping that the other institutions, by them never bringing it up, is not something on their radar.”

The Hutchinson Community College football team will play for the conference title at 1 p.m.

Sunday at Riverfront Stadium in Wichita.

The Blue Dragons, seeded third, will take on fourth-seed Garden City.

These teams were slated to play in the first round, but when Butler had to forfeit every game, the standings were altered, and everyone moved up one slot.

Hutch has beaten Highland and Independence, while Garden City beat Dodge City and Butler.

sports, like baseball.

P.J. Loucks, a freshman baseball player from Omaha who plays infield, exercises his superstitions during his games.

“Some of my superstitions are that between innings, I always put my gear a certain way,” Loucks said. “For example, I lay my bat up against the bench and then lay out my batting gloves to the left of the bat while my glove is to the right. Also, when I walk to the box, I have the same routine where

I dig into the box, and then take a practice swing, and then get my sign.

These meticulous routines may seem malarky to some, but to the athletes it’s the difference of whether or not they have a great game.

Some athletes have had the same superstitions their whole playing career, while others have superstitions developing every season.

Zane Covey, a freshman baseball pitcher from Golden, Colorado,

has to drink an energy drink before each game, and makes sure to wear a long sleeve shirt to warm him up before each pitching appearance.

“Both of those started last year, my freshman season,” Covey said. “I just loved the way bang made me feel, and I was so hyper and energetic I felt like I got my team fired up. I started wearing a long sleeve shirt to warm up because in the late winter when our season starts, it’s very cold. Being able

to break a sweat before I pitch helps my body stay hot.”

However, not all athletes believe in the magic of superstitions.

Angelo Stuart, a sophomore guard from East Stroudsburg, Pa., on the men’s basketball team, is an example of those athletes.

“No, I’m not superstitious. I think it’s OK to have superstitions,” Stuart said. “I think athletes do whatever they can do to get their mind ready for gametime, so if

that means listening to a specific type of music or doing a pregame ritual, whatever helps them get in that mindset to perform is all good.”

Daniel Bebee, a freshman from Overland Park who plays catcher, is under the belief that all athletes have superstitions, whether they think they do or not.

“I think everyone has superstitions, it’s just whether or not they believe that they actually are superstitious,” Bebee said.

Football team set for title game

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Blue Dragon athletes share their supersitions

By Aubreigh Heck Online Editor

Listening to specific music, wearing the same unwashed socks worn in the previous game and changing everything if you play poorly seems normal to some athletes.

To others, they’re just silly superstitions.

Superstitions help some athletes get into the game-time mindset, help them relax and focus on how to play to the best of their ability.

Superstitions are more prominent in certain

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

Basketball, men’s

Nov. 3, FORT SCOTT, W 122-95 Nov. 5, ODESSA, Texas, W 92-90 Nov. 6, NORTHERN OKLAHOMA-TONKAWA, W 97-88 Nov. 10, at Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa, W 100-96 Nov. 12, vs.McCook, Neb., at Great Bend, W 88-61

Nov. 13, vs. Clarendon, Texas at Great Bend, W 97-95 Nov. 17, at Independence, W 96-91 Nov. 20, at Cloud County, 4 p.m.

Nov. 23, PRATT, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 27, at Great Bend, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball, women’s

Nov. 2, BETHANY JV, W 95-24

Nov. 5, MINERAL AREA, Mo., W 75-66 Nov. 6, NE OKLAHOMA A&M, W 66-51 Nov. 9, WASHBURN JV, W 73-56 Nov. 12, vs. Labette at Great Bend, W 58-55 Nov. 13, vs. Howard, Texas at Great Bend, W 67-43 Nov. 17, at Independence, L 85-69 Nov. 20, at Cloud County, 2 p.m.

Nov. 23, PRATT, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 27, at Barton, 5:30 p.m.

Football

Oct. 23, at Dodge City, W 49-17 Nov. 7, HIGHLAND*, W 77-0 Nov. 14, at Independence*, W 42-0 Nov. 21, vs. Garden City* at Riverfront Stadium, Wichita, 1 p.m.

Bowl/National playoff, TBD

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A day of play for theatre department

By Connor Keating Staff Writer

Hutchinson Community College is putting the annual 24-Hour Play this at 7 p.m. Saturday at Stringer Fine Arts Center, but what exactly is this play?

“It’s actually a real thing that we pay royalties to do,” Deidre Mattox, Director of Theater at HutchCC, said.

“It happens on Broadway and all over the world, and the way it works is that we, within a time span of only 24 hours, we write six brand new plays, and then we rehearse those plays, the actors memorize lines, we use costumes and props and everything, and then, within 24 hours, we put on those six original plays for an audience. So we just condense the whole theater process into 24 hours. We get actors, directors, technicians, and playwrights together, and do it all within one day.”

The department has already done around a dozen 24 Hour Plays, however they were unable to do it last year, or the year prior.

It’s a long, grueling, but rewarding process that Mattox broke down.

“The process begins at 8 p.m. on a Friday evening and all the participants, the whole company, playwrights, directors, actors, technicians, all gather together for kind of a meet and greet,” Mattox said. “Everybody involved in the show is supposed to bring some funny or interesting prop that might be used in the show, and then a funny or interesting costume piece from home, and then we collect all of those things together. Everybody introduces themselves on the stage and says what they’re doing for the show and then shows their prop and their costume piece, and then adds that to the collection, and then everybody goes home except for the

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playwrights, and the playwrights stay overnight here in the building with me, and they first select their cast, so they know specifically what actors they’re writing for, before they start writing, and the rules are they’re not supposed to prewrite.

“So they’re supposed to come Friday night with no idea what they’re gonna write about. Then they select their actors, and they go off in separate rooms in the building to write their plays, and I stay up with them overnight, their plays are due by 5 a.m. Saturday morning.

“After they’ve left, they go home to get some sleep, and I blind copy all the plays. So the plays don’t have actor names on them, or playwright names on them, and then the directors come back early Saturday morning and they read all of the scripts and then they haggle over who’s gonna direct what play and then the actors show up shortly after that and they’re given their play assignments and their director assignments and they divide up into separate rooms in the building and rehearse all day long.

“Each individual play has a stage manager who’s sort of their technician, who helps with props and costumes and lights and sound and all that stuff, and then we present the whole thing Saturday night at 7 p.m.”

It may sound easy on paper, but it can be tough work.

“It’s stressful,” Mattox said. “I think especially for the actors cause they have to memorize their lines with only one day of rehearsal and, you know, the plays are short, they’re like seven to ten minutes, but still, having to get the lines memorized and be performance ready with only one day of rehearsal is certainly stressful, but it’s also a lot of fun.”

Roundup: Football The Lecture selector: blasts Independence first DLS speakers for 2022 are announced

By Cole Deutschendorf Staff Writer

The Dillon Lecture Series has a long and rich history here at Hutchinson Community College, with speakers including senators, war heroes, athletes, and many more. It has been a staple of HutchCC, with crowds showing up in droves to watch the speakers give their presentations.

Celine Cousteau and Nick Hague were announced as next semester’s speakers.

Cousteau is an explorer and filmmaker who has traveled all around the world, visiting different environments throughout her career.

She is actually a third generation explorer, as her mother and grandmother were also both explorers, among other things.

Cousteau is most known for her travels in and around the Amazon, navigating land that was unexplored and unknown to the outside world.

During this expedition, she came into contact with indigenous tribes that had not been in contact with the outside

world.

Tyler “Nick” Hague is an astronaut who most recently served as a Flight Engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 59 and 60.

Hague is a Kansas native who was selectHague ed by NASA to be an astronaut in 2013 after nearly 20 years of experience in and around the astronautical field, including earning his Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering Costeau from the United States Air Force Academy and a Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology two years later.

All in all, the Dillon Lecture Series will be sure to be informative and entertaining this upcoming semester, per usual.

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By Colton Fast Staff Writer

The Hutchinson Community College football team absolutely dominated in Jayhawk Conference semifinal game Sunday at Independence.

After a sour ending in the last matchup between these two teams, the Blue Dragons came out sending a message with a 42-0 win, advancing to this weekend’s championship game in Wichita.

Hutch led 14-0 within the first 2 minutes, 30 seconds. The onslaught would continue on throughout.

The passing from quarterback Dylan Laible has been the answer for the Blue Dragons as of late, with this being his third consecutive game with at least 360 passing yards, his last three games coming to a monstrous 1,093 yards and 22 touchdowns. Benson also had a huge night posting two new career highs with his five receptions going for 197 yards and three touchdowns. The Blue Dragons defense held Independence to 23 total rushing yards and 266

total yards. The Pirates were 2 of 14 on third down, 0 of 3 on fourth down and were 0 of 3 in red zone opportunities.

Women’s basketball - Blue Dragons coach John Ontjes became just the fourth head coach in Jayhawk Conference women’s basketball history to reach the 400-win plateau on Saturday.

The Blue Dragons led an impressive defensive performance in a dominant 67-43 victory over Howard, Texas, to close out the Barton Cougar Booster Club Classic at the Barton Gym. The Blue Dragons finish the classic 2-0, and 6-0 for their non-conference schedule. Defensively, the Blue Dragons forced 25 turnovers and forced a lackluster 29.5 percent from the field for Howard.

Men’s basketball Tommy DeSalme and the Blue Dragons narrowly avoid their first loss this season with an insane 20-point comeback within the last 7 minutes of regulation, the third largest comeback in school history.

The comeback was

needed when Clarendon quickly erased a 43-39 Blue Dragon halftime lead. The Bulldogs outscored Hutchinson 47-23 over the first 12:20 of the second half and led 8666 after an Omar Cooper transition layup with 7:40 to go in the game.

Angelo Stuart with a 3-pointer, and a Jacquez Yow dunk sparked the comeback. Clarendon kept its lead steady at around 9 to 13 points for a brief stretch before the Blue Dragons caught fire again as the comeback kicked into high gear with a run of 16 unanswered points over a span of 3:24.

The Blue Dragons cut it down to 95-94 on an Stuart 3-pointer with 1:31 to play.

Stuart would also make a layup with 1:01 and then get a steal and a dish to Kobe Cambell to go up 97-94. Clarendon making a free throw with about 8 seconds to go cut it back down to two. However the Bulldogs got a huge inbound steal and went for the win with a three point attempt. That shot was off and the Blue Dragons had successfully completed their monster comeback.

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Championship Hutchinson (7-2) vs. Garden City (7-2) When: Sunday, November 21 Where: Riverfront Stadium, Wichita Radio: 102.9 FM Kickoff: 1 p.m.

Anwar

Lewis Rushing yards: 972 Touchdowns: 8 Yards per game: 108 Yards per carry: 5.9

Photo by HutchCC Sports Information

The Hutchinson Collegian Friday, November 19, 2021