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Blue Dragons were defeated 38-10 by Butler during Homecoming last Saturday.
Student support at Blue Dragon games has seemed to dissipate over the years.
The student voice of Hutchinson Community College
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October 27, 2017
Vol. 59 Issue 7
Student firefighters take homecoming crown By Merissa Anderson Collegian Editor
The 2017 Hutchinson Community College homecoming king and queen were officially selected at the football game on Saturday night. Cole Hiatt and Montana Thompson, Vice President and Secretary of the Student Fire Fighter Association, otherwise known as SFFA, spent the days between their nomination and their crowning encouraging their classmates and other SFFA members to cast their vote. “We have a very active student organization that helped us campaign throughout the fire science related classes and main campus,” Hiatt said. “The club is all about fire science students doing better in the classroom and the community. The group that we have right now is really driving this mission forward.” In addition to spreading the word class-to-class. Hiatt and Thompson also designed some fliers that they handed out to peers and posted around the Fire Building. “I think the fliers helped,” Thompson said. “I talked to some people and they said that they hadn’t seen any others besides ours, so it made them feel like we were trying and cared. Plus the fliers reminded people to go vote.” Amy Weeks, Career Development Coordinator
and SFFA sponsor, loves the way that SFFA has evolved over the years. “When was a student in the Fire Science program, we didn’t have anything like SFFA,” Weeks said. “It’s a true testament to our students to create and sustain such a positive group while they are in school, and I couldn’t be more proud of them and all they’ve accomplished.” Jacob Minson, President of SFFA, explained why the club supported their candidates so well. “Cole and Montana were nominated because we believe they represent the program well and hold our title high,” Minson said. “We are very proud of them, it’s great to have the
homecoming crown back in the Fire Science building.” SFFA, being one of the largest clubs on campus next to student government, has been highly active within the college and community this semester. “We have done numerous volunteer events, such as state fair parking, showing up to home football and volleyball games, and helping with Community Day,” Hiatt said. “We are going to be attending both the South Hutchinson and the Hutchinson Trunk-or-Treats, and in the future, we plan to keep going with events like this because they are fun for the students and allow us to get involved with the community.”
Merissa Anderson/Editor Hiatt and Thompson, homecoming king and queen for the Student Fire Fighting Association pose for some candid photos after the crowning.
Merissa Anderson/Editor Cole Hiatt and Montana Thompson stand on the field during halftime to be announced as the HutchCC Fall homecoming king and queen. Both are officers in SFFA and are highly involved in the fire science program and activities.
Campus tennis courts at stand still, hardly used By Brenna Eller Opinion Page Editor
Whether you’re walking through campus, on your way to the Sports Arena, or taking the scenic route by the pond and fountain area, you surely pass by the tennis courts.
Brenna Eller/Opinion Editor
Multiple fissures spiderweb the courts but the price to revamp the area would be astronomical.
A lot of students even walk through the tennis courts as a short cut to get to the parking lot, or their next class. In the third edition of this year’s The Hutchinson Collegian, there was a “Campus Beat” asking Hutchinson Community College students whether they should take out the tennis courts or restore them to a better playing condition. Most answered, “remove the courts” versus restore them, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people on the other side who would like the courts restored to their original form. Although progress in either direction is still a way off. Discussion has
Merissa Anderson/Editor The campus child care center lets their little ones play around the tennis courts to run off some energy several times a month. The courts are used for many things but tennis hasn’t been one for several years. been circulating about what there is higher maintenance According to tenniscourts, where they take can be done and why the in that area and less focus round.com, there were a down one of the nets and courts are in the dilapidated on the tennis courts. total of ten tennis courts in let them play on that court, condition that they are in When HutchCC had 2010. Now the courts have and afterwards they put the currently. men’s and women’s tennis, dropped to five in the last net back. Don Rose, HutchCC’s the courts were being conseven years. There is cur“The baseball team Director of Faculties, extinuously repaired, but the rently not a tennis team at also uses the tennis courts plained how the courts had expenses of restoring the HutchCC, but that doesn’t for throwing,” Rose said. to be reduced to make room courts are high. make this area completely HutchCC President for the water fountain to the “If I were to spend useless. Carter File is also in charge south and the garden to the some money to get cracks Rose gave some of this decision regarding west. filled and fix the courts examples of uses for the the courts. He said that since the up to a better condition, it courts today. Every year “As of now, there are water is in constant movewould cost about $5000 per or so, there is a dodge ball no concrete plans for the ment and never runs out, court,” Rose said. competition on one of the tennis courts,” File said.
CAMPUS BEAT
Upcoming events
What can be done to get the student body more involved in homecoming activities?
Oct. 27 — Senior Day/HCC Recruitment Day, no classes. Oct. 28 — Soccer vs. Coffeyville, 2 p.m.; Volleyball at Seward County, 6:30 p.m.; Football at Independence, 9 p.m. Oct. 31— Volleyball vs. Dodge City, 6:30 p.m.; Halloween dance at State Fairgrounds, 10 p.m. Nov. 3 — Blood drive, at Parker Student Union, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
“Better advertising would help and I also think having a variety of music tastes would make people want to cheer more.”
“If we had free t-shirts or apparel to give out, it might encourage more people to come.”
“I would get more involved if there were prizes or free shirts. I like free stuff.”
“Spread the word more because I feel there are a lot of people who don’t know about the activities”
“People should be more informed becuase I didn’t really participate and people I know hardly even knew there was a homecoming.”
— Arie Burl, Wichita
— Ethan DeWitt, Inman
— Rayne Penny, McPherson
— Jamison Stout, McPherson
— Emily Dawes, Ness City