Sept. 25, 2020 Hutchinson Collegian

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Online Editor Kyran Crist makes a visit to Milford Lake, one of her favorite spots in Kansas. Page 2

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International students discuss the differences between studying in the U.S. and overseas. Page 3

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Fall athletes are playing the waiting game, as their seasons won’t get started until spring. Page 4

Socially-distanced streaming Carter File

Curley Baines

“Cheers,” “Big Bang Theory,” and “Star Wars”

Platform: Netflix Review: I love the show. I really recommend people watch it.

Platform: Netflix/ Amazon Prime Review: “Cheers”, “Big Bang Theory”, and the “Star Wars” franchise are all must watch.

“MeatEater”

Kim Parsons

Madison Grimes “Shameless”

“Lost Treasures of the Maya”

Platform: Netflix Review: It starts off slow, around the third episode it gets interesting. I would recommend this show to people.

Platform: Disney Plus Review: The new technology… has led to many recent discoveries which means we are now revising and rewriting history. I am fascinated by this process.

Ryan Roderick

Cindy Keast

“Gravity Falls”

“Cursed”

Platform: Disney Plus Review: It’s the stupid type of humor and that’s what I love.

I would recommend it to only people who have stupid types of humor.

Platform: Netflix Review: Can’t wait for the next season to start.

Danzo Alexander

Ken Gaeddert

“The Outer Banks”

“Midsomer Murders” and “Death in Paradise”

Platform: Netflix Review: “It’s an amazing showing of a treasure hunt to be honest.”

Platform: Brit Box Review: “Death in Paradise”: Good character development and surprising whodunnits.

Dana Sneed

Victoria Powell

“The Office”

“How I met your Mother” Platform: Hulu Review: I love the humor and the fact that it has a story line, but at the same time you can watch any episode and it doesn’t matter if it’s in order.

By Izzy Wheeler Staff Writer

Platform: Netflix Review: “The Office” is a show that not only makes me laugh but gives me great ideas on how to prank the people in my office.

Students and faculty at Hutchinson Community College list and review what they have been streaming during quarentine. Compiled by Laci Sutton and Sam Bailey.

Weave missed you

The Hutchinson Community College Cosmetology program is doing everything possible during these difficult times to give its students the best education possible for their future experiences.

Students have been taking in-person classes, but the classes didn’t open until Sept. 1 because of COVID-19.

Alex Hass, HutchCC Cosmetology Coordinator, said “It was impossible for them to come in.”

Classes start twice a year at the cosmetology school, which is located at 200 E 3rd Ave. The certificate program takes one year to complete, and many students will complete the degree program in three semesters.

Compared to last year, Darian Pickery, a second-year cosmetology student, said “There is

more online homework, but we’ve been trying to get more hands-on.”

While the students are there, they learn about the hair, skin and nails.

The program is being strict about enforcing clients to wear their mask while in the salon.

Clients have to call when they arrive, because the school does not want clients waiting in the lobby.

The program is booked at half capacity.

If someone does happen to walk in without a mask, they will have a box of face shields and masks. The students will not be able to serve clients until they have the mask or face shield on.

At this time, the program is not doing anything that requires them to have their clients remove their masks.

To keep everything clean, students are sanitizing themselves and their clients as soon as they sit down. When they leave the salon,

they do the exact same thing and sanitize their stations after each client.

Ever since the pandemic, the program doesn’t have as many clients as they used to, which makes the students have to use more mannequin heads instead of real people. It has been difficult trying to get people to come in, but most of the clients don’t understand what the students are saying due to the masks. The mask creates a “muffled voice” and it is hard to color and cut hair.

Plus, the students have to learn to go around the mask’s strings.

Photo by Emily Branson/Photo Editor The cosmetology school at Hutchinson Community College is back in action with in-person classes and accepting clients amid the pandemic. Precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of students as well as clients.

Upcoming events Sept. 24-26 — The Pandemic Plays on live stream Oct. 3 — Allen Invitational cross country meet in Iola.

Oct. 5 — CSU-Pueblo Fall Classic golf tournament at Pueblo, CO Oct. 30 — HutchCC Recruitment Day, No Day Classes

Photo by Emily Branson/Photo Editor Danielle Ghere gives a customer a haircut at the cosmetology school.

The happenings around campus

College Student Weather Report Friday High: 94; Low 65 I heard you wanted a longer summer. You’re welcome Saturday High: 92; Low 62 I made it nice enough to workout. GO! Sunday High: 80; Low 51 It’s basically freezing out there

Weather source: The Weather Channel

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Please, reach out When COVID-19 put the world to a halt earlier this year, many people suddenly found themselves at home all day with nowhere to go.

For some, this may have been a blessing. For others, home was one of the most dangerous places to be.

Studies have shown that domestic violence rates increased dramatically during lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, putting many at risk for increased sexual assault and violence.

In a time when everything seems uncertain and life is changing at any given moment, the one place that

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people should feel safe is at home. While no one can know what is happening behind closed doors, we want to be able to provide some hope for those struggling at home with sexual assault or domestic violence.

You are not alone. There are so many people and resources that are there to help you. Reach out, in whatever form you are most comfortable with. If you know a friend or family member who is in a difficult situation, reach out and offer to help them contact these resources. There are safe options out there for all situations.

Counciling through the Student Success Center Reno County Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Center 620-665-3630 Harvey, Marion, & McPherson 24-Hour Helpline 316-283-0350 or 1-800-487-0510

Kyran’s Kansas:

Getaway to Milford Lake Columnist

Kyran Crist

Imagine you are on a lake, a cold, crisp bite to the morning air, a hot beverage in hand, feet swinging off the edge of the dock you just hiked to, the sun rising over the lake as the waves brush up against the shore from the gentle breeze.

Or, perhaps it’s midday and the sun is beating down. The water is the perfect cool temperature as you kayak to the middle of the lake. You can practically feel it, and if you were just west of Junction City at Milford Lake, you actually could.

Kansas doesn’t provide a lot when it comes to large bodies of water. Just

a few lakes, like Wilson, Kanopolis, Cheney and El Dorado, dropped here and there, but those lakes have plenty of potential when it comes to satisfying the itch of needing to be on the water.

The largest lake in Kansas is Milford Lake in Geary County, the fishing capital of Kansas.

Milford Lake is the largest man-made lake in Kansas, with 15,700 acres of water over the former towns of Alida and Broughton, leaving plenty of space for all your water fun.

The land around the lake has boat docks, campgrounds, hiking trails, cab-

ins, yurts (a rounded tent), and RV parking.

The Acorn Resorts is a cabin lodging where visitors can rent cabins and yurts for a time at the lake. They also have a boat rental dock where you can rent boats, kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.

If you stop by Milford State Park, make sure you pick up a map of the park while you’re there.

They do have signs throughout the park, and they are helpful, but the map helps to find the trails since they are more tucked away versus the docks or RV sites.

The hiking trails around the lake are well main-

tained and offer a variety of different lengthened trails, ranging from almost a quarter-mile loop to a six-mile loop trail.

The Crystal Trail is a 2.1-mile loop trail that hikes along the outside of the lake, through a lightly-wooded area and along a soybean field.

Milford offers the perfect Kansas getaway with its lake and trails, while offering its own slice of Kansas. It can make you feel like you are on the grandest of adventures in a far off land.

Kyran Crist is a Hutchinson sophomore studying journalism.

Trump’s feelings hurt by history professors Last Thursday, President Trump announced the establishment of a commission to “promote patriotic education” and debunk “twisted lies” taught in American classrooms.

Conservatives hailed this as “an overdue effort” to combat the “leftist agitprop” pushed by “anti-American” educators.

Trump’s attempt to create a Common Core of Jingoism is, hypocritically, state-sanctioned political correctness and big government overreach in local school districts.

Even if the commission’s goals fail due to its illegitimacy, Trump’s supposed culture-war battle against tweed-jacket-wearing history professors will rile up his base anyway.

“The 1776 Commission,” the name of this intellectual pursuit, is a shallow dig at the 1619 Project - a series of essays which aim “to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.”

After its publishing, conservatives called the series “revisionist history” because it claimed the preservation of slavery was the leading cause of the Revolutionary War. The 1619 Project does overstate this claim, and its director rightfully plans to amend it in the book edition. However, its overarching theme that slavery and African American activism were central to the country’s success and what exists of its social justice is wrongfully left out of our shared understanding of history.

All historic theories should be viewed critically, and Trump’s singular “pro-American curriculum” is dangerous to the future of critical thinking itself. Students need the ability to process information for themselves and form informed opinions, not just regurgitate information like a Google search result.

History can be interpretive, or based upon what facts an author highlights and what they omit. Truly understanding history comes from analyzing the different interpretations of figures, movements and

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periods of history, understanding the author’s motivations, and forming a synthesized conclusion.

I prefer the late historian Howard Zinn’s approach. Zinn argued that American history is viewed near-exclusively through the lens of supposed society-driving institutions, controlled by the powerful, and told through simplistic narratives of single, great heroes void of context.

Alternatively, he believed in educating through the narratives of collective, ordinary people who fought to overcome these institutional forces. Societal progress in America came about through the struggles for justice by the people, not the powerful’s altruism.

Although Trump has undoubtedly never read it, his description of Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” as a “propaganda tract” is honestly refreshing. Zinn would have loved hearing that his important work is still angering profiteers of public miseducation.

As Matt Damon said in “Good Will Hunting,” “If you want to read a real history book, read (“A

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People’s History”), that book will f---ing knock you on your ass.”

What I’m trying to say is this reading Zinn, the “1619 Project” or any interpretation of history that doesn’t toe the line of American Exceptionalism makes Trump personally mad at you.

And if that isn’t a good enough reason to study history, I don’t know what is.

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Aaron Strain Aaron Strain is Hutchinson student studying Journalism. He is the Collegian’s Opinion Page Editor

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Foreign students compare life, school here and at home

By Brooke Greene Staff Writer

Hutchinson Community College has prided on its diversity, when it comes to the backgrounds of its students.

At HutchCC, one can find nearly every form of socioeconomic background, whether the students were drawn here for sports, by scholarship, by sheer interest or by affiliation, students all were drawn to Huchinson.

Some backgrounds may be a little more diverse than others, as HutchCC hosts many foreign students. These students have traveled across the world to attend HutchCC and benefit from the same family feel that most of us acquire.

Two of HutchCC’s golf team members are from London, England.

They came to Hutchinson to be able to more freely pursue their love for the sport and enhance their education. Charlie Crockett is a third-year student studying business management while golfing, however he has had quite a different experience with the American education system

than with the one set in England.

“The class sizes are smaller. I have many classes with only 10 to 15 students in them while there was almost always 30 plus in London,” Crockett said.

“The education system is more disciplined here and the students are more determined to learn. The exams are different, easier with multiple choice questions and the curriculum is a touch easier.”

While Americans tend to romanticize the idea of foreign education, as portrayed in the movies with accents and formal matching uniforms, it seems the American education is more idealized by foreign students, with smaller classes and a more one-on-one experiences with professors.

Benjamin Partridge, London, said how much more he enjoys the way American schools handle exams.

“It’s completely different than back home.

You would sit in a room or on your own and have to answer questions where you have to write your answers in paragraph forms and essays. At colleges back home you would do three years of the major

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guys who are seriously depending on this spring season for going somewhere else after Hutch,” Strong said. “Yes, we can all still talk on the phone to all these coaches, but it’s not like they can come watch us play or anything.”

The women’s soccer team is another typical fall season sport facing the wrath of COVID-19 precautions.

“I’ve played soccer since I was 3, and have never had a season off, so it’s sad right now,” freshman Bailey Clark said.

“I seriously miss being on the field.”

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and won’t study different subjects to increase credit hours.”

While our education system is different, our politics and food greatly vary. While Crockett seems to prefer the methods of a monarchy when it comes to politics, he said he can see why and how President Trump manages to run our nation, yet feels like it is hard to run multiple groups of categorized people.

Crockett’s opinions of America can be amusing, with remarks such as, “Everyone carries a gun,” “It’s arse in London, not ass,” “Love the food. The meat is much higher quality, it’s phenomenal.”

When it comes to why Crockett and Partridge switched to American education, their responses were sincere.

“The sports are different here. They are much more important here than in London. There is no time for sports at home,” Crockett said.

With NJCAA golf up and going again from the recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic, Crockett and Partridge are back on the course and living the American dream.

Experiencing the college-life environment is something that most student-athletes enjoy, but - you guessed it … not this year.

“It sucks having to miss out on stuff and some events to make sure we all stay healthy,” Clark said. “But, it is worth it if we get to play in the spring.”

The soccer team is practicing three days a week at 6 a.m.

“Honestly, I think the pushed-back season will positively affect our season.

It gives us more time to bond and get in shape,” Clark said.

Teams are hoping to actually have their full season this spring, but right now, the fall sport athletes are feeling a little out of whack.

Photo courtesy HutchCC Sports Information Hutchinson Community College sophomore Cheyenne Busker defends a Garden City player during a game last season in Garden City. Women’s soccer, normally played during the fall, will wait until the spring to play its season due to COVID-19.

A cut above at Cosmetology Photos by Emily Branson/Photo Editor

Above: The HutchCC Cosmetology school is open again, not just for students but also for clients.

Below: Student Courtney Pedigo washes a client’s hair.

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Golf team set for fall season

Photo courtesy by HutchCC Sports Information Hutchinson Community College’s Cameron Rios-Ceballos tees off during a tournament last season. The golf team is set to open its fall schedule.

By Adam Kolb Co-Sports Editor

Cross country isn’t the only team competing this fall at Hutchinson Community College. The Blue Dragon men’s golf team is also scheduled to compete and will hit the links on Oct. 5, where the Blue Dragons will play their first tournament at the CSU-Pueblo Fall Classic in Pueblo, Colorado.

Because of COVID-19, this is a new and unprecedented experience for the entire team. However, the team is ready to play, including freshman Cameron Rios-Ceballos, who is itching to get on the course.

“I’m pretty much just looking forward to tournaments,” Rios-Ceballos said. “ I’ve been wanting to play ever since I’ve been here and just hope COVID gets better so we

can start getting back into normal routines.”

Returning to play this year is Charlie Crockett, who was a finalist for the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award last season. Crockett, who is also the first Blue Dragon to earn two PING All-America Awards in program history, is excited to get back on the course and have another great season after the long delay.

“I think it’s great,” Crockett said. “ I thought we were going to miss out.”

The England native is also interested in how the first year players will compete this season.

“I’m looking forward to how the freshmen compose themselves in tournament golf,” Crockett said. “I’m excited to see what we can do.”

Blue Dragons coach Chris Young said he

is feeling confident about this season and is also happy that there is even a season to be confident about “We feel very fortunate,” Young said.

“We lost last spring and we know how that feels.”

Young also has a lot of confidence in his players and has high hopes for them.

“My expectations are pretty high and on the team as well,” he said.

Young is also thrilled to have Crockett back, and Young said he believes some of the new players added to the roster can be just as good as him. With all the talent on this roster, it’s no surprise the head coach is optimistic about this season.

“Anything less than winning the Jayhawk Conference will be pretty disappointing,” Young said.

Athlete of the week

(Sept. 13-Sept. 19) Teagan Flanagan, Men’s cross country The week: Flanagan had a strong performance at the Muthama-Rogers XC Invitational on Sept. 19 in North Newton.

He finished in second place with a time of 19 minutes, Flanagan 54.77 seconds on the four-mile course.

That was an average of 4:58.7 per mile. Flanagan’s performance helped the Blue Dragons finish in second place behind Allen County and 14 points ahead of third-pace Butler.

The season: Flanagan, who hails from Kingman, has a pair of second-place finishes so far this season for the Blue Dragons, who next compete Oct. 3 in Iola. In his first meet, he finished the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic in a time of 20:26.0, more than a half minute ahead of the third-place finisher.

The waiting game is what fall sports athletes are playing

By Bailey Pennycuff Co-Sports Editor

Just as every other aspect in life is changing, and norms are shifting daily, many Hutchinson Community College athletes are feeling the unnaturalness of these times.

Typically, fall sports would be in full swing this time of year. Football, volleyball and soccer would be playing games regularly, traveling and practicing routinely. However, due to COVID-19, the NJCAA moved most fall and winter sports to the spring, and Blue Dragon football, volleyball and soccer will not be playing any official games until spring. Only the cross country teams and golf team will play in regular events.

Sophomore football player Zy Strong said dealing with the pushed-back

Photo courtesy HutchCC Sports Information The Hutchinson Community College football team takes the field during the Salt City Bowl in December at Gowans Stadium

season “sucks” and “many things are different this year.”

Instead of practicing every day, the

football team lifts weights twice a week, and does not practice on those days.

“When we’re at practice, we don’t even do a lot of running plays and stuff - it’s really been mostly technique stuff.

Lots of little things we can work on,” Strong said.

One aspect that will not change very much from previous years is how many football players transfer schools at semester.

“If we actually even get a season this year, it’s gonna be different than who we have now, because so many sophomores are leaving at semester,” Strong said.

A lot of football players’ recruitment has hit a wall, due to the pandemic and the setback of the season.

“I mean, I think I’ll be OK because I have 11 offers, but there’s a lot of See Fall, Page 3

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

Baseball (non conference)

Feb. 2, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid, 1 p.m.

Feb. 9, at Redlands, Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Feb. 13, REDLANDS, Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Feb. 18-20, at Juco Festival March 4, at Coffeyville, 1 p.m.

March 9, at State Fair, Missouri, 2:30 p.m.

April 20, at Rose State, Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

April 27, STATE FAIR, Missouri, 2:30 p.m.

Basketball

Jan. 22, BETHANY JV (women); SEMINOLE STATE (men), 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 27, COFFEYVILLE, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 30, NEOSHO COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 3, at Butler, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 6, at CLOUD COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 10, at Independence, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 13, ALLEN COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 17, at Cowley, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 22, DODGE CITY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 24, at Northwest Kansas Tech, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 27, at Seward County, 6 p.m.

March 3, PRATT, 6:30 p.m.

March 6, at Garden City, 2 p.m.

March 9, BARTON, 5:30 p.m.

March 13, at Colby, 2 p.m.

March 15, at Dodge City, 5:30 p.m.

March 17, NORTHWEST KANSAS TECH, 5:30 p.m.

March 20, SEWARD COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

March 24, at Pratt, 5:30 p.m.

March 27, GARDEN CITY, 5:30 p.m.

March 29, at Barton, 5:30 p.m.

March 31, COLBY, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado Oct. 12-13, at Midwestern State Fall Classic, Wichita Falls, Texas Oct. 19-20, at NJCAA National Preview, Lubbock, Texas Oct. 26-27, at Ryan Palmer Classic, Amarillo, Texas

Sept. 19, at Bethel College, 10:45 a.m.

Oct. 3, at Allen County, TBA Oct. 31, Region 6 Championships, at El Dorado, 10 a.m.

Nov. 14, at NJCAA Division 1 Championships, Fort Dodge, Iowa, TBA

April 2, at Johnson County, 5 p.m.

April 5, at Barton, 2 p.m.

April 7, GARDEN CITY, 2 p.m.

April 10, BUTLER, 2 p.m.

April 14, at Cowley, 5 p.m.

April 17, COFFEYVILLE, 2 p.m.

April 19, DODGE CITY, 6 p.m.

April 28, BARTON, 6 p.m.

May 1, NEOSHO COUNTY, 2 p.m.

May 3, at Garden City, 6 p.m.

May 5, COWLEY, 6 p.m.

May 8, at Kansas City, 2 p.m.

May 12, at Dodge City, 1 p.m.

Cross country

Football

March 26, COFFEYVILLE, 7 p.m.

April 3, at Butler, 7 p.m.

April 11, ARKANSAS BAPTIST, 1 p.m.

April 18, at Fort Scott, 1 p.m.

April 25, GARDEN CITY, 1 p.m.

May 2, at Independence, 5 p.m.

May 9, HIGHLAND, 1 p.m.

May 16, DODGE CITY, 1 p.m.

Golf

Oct. 5-6, at CSU-Pueblo Fall Classic, Pueblo,

Soccer

Softball (non conference)

Feb. 10, OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN JV, 2 p.m.

Feb. 13, HESSTON, 1 p.m.

Feb. 17, FRIENDS JV, 2 p.m.

Feb. 20, IOWA CENTRAL, 1 p.m.

Feb. 23, NORTHERN OKLAHOMA-ENID, 2 p.m.

Feb. 26, at North Central Texas, noon Feb. 27, at Murray State, Oklahoma, noon March 31, at Ottawa JV, 1 p.m.

Volleyball

Jan, 25, at Garden City, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 28, PRATT, 6 p.m.

Jan. 30, at Laramie Feb. 1, BARTON, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 4, at Independence, 5 p.m.

Feb. 5-6, at West Plains, Missouri Feb. 8, COLBY, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 11, DODGE CITY, 6 p.m.

Feb. 15, at Seward County, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 18, BUTLER, TBA Feb. 19-20, BLUE DRAGON CLASSIC Feb. 25, GARDEN CITY, 6:30 p.m.

March 1, at Pratt, 6:30 p.m.

March 4, at Barton, 6:30 p.m.

March 8, INDEPENDENCE, 6 p.m.

March 11, at Colby, 6:30 p.m.

March 15, at Dodge City, 6:30 p.m.

March 18, at Seward County, 6:30 p.m.

March 22, at Butler, 6:30 p.m.