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Aug. 25, 2005 Issue 1The Student Newspaper of Cowley College

Arkansas City, Kan.

BY DIRK TALLEYStaff Writer

This fall, Cowley will be issuing new identifi cation for all faculty, students, and staff. These new ID cards will no longer

contain the Social Security numbers of the individuals to whom they are issued.

“I like the new cards,” sophomore Kyle Chamberland said. “They give me the chance to get a new picture that’s better looking than my old one was.”

Vice President of Student and Aca-demic Affairs Sheree Utash said the reasons for the changes are increased security and early compliance with State Statute 76-768, which reads, “No post-secondary educa-tional institution shall print or encode a person’s Social Security number on or into the person’s identifi cation card.”

The new legislation is meant to reduce the number of identity thefts as a result of stolen Social Security numbers. Though the legislation will not take effect until fall of next year, other colleges including Hutchin-son, Fort Scott, Kansas City Kansas and Baker University will also be participating in this early change.

Freshman Gayla Wallingford said that she thought the change was a good idea because she is concerned about the chance for identity theft.

All students, faculty and staff will be given a new nine-digit identifi cation sys-tem. The ID numbers consist of a 999 prefi x and six randomly generated digits.

Freshman Tabaitha Smith said that

she didn’t plan on memorizing this new number soon, and it’s “not a number that I’m going to use very often.”

Some students may not plan on using them, but others will need the new number to log on to Campus Connect and WebCT. Students will not be required to wear their ID, but will be expected to carry their card with them.

There are some other advantages to having a student ID. Many businesses in town offer a discount to students when they present their ID. For example, Wen-dy’s offers a 5 percent discount, Sirloin Stockade offers a 10 percent discount, and Hillcrest Lanes has a discount for bowling.

Instructors and staff will be required to wear their IDs to help students identify campus employees. Freshman Deshon Jones said that this helps because he has “students in my classes older than the teacher sometimes.”

Those students who do not yet have their IDs may pick one up in the Internet Café behind the Jungle.

BY VICTORIA UKAOMA and JENNY SARCHETStaff Writer and Opinions Editor

Those living in student housing this year have something new to shout about: free laundry.

The change was made at the end of the 2005 spring semester when Student Government Association offi cers met with Cowley College President Dr. Pat McAtee.

Although students will still need to deposit 50 cents to start the machines, the money is refunded as soon as the cycle has ended.

Sophomore Jenny Harris said free laundry was a pleasant surprise. “It just makes things easier,” she said.

For students who are still without a dorm room, there is some hope – at least for the females. As of Thursday, Aug. 18, there was one opening in the women’s dorms, leaving no one on the waiting list.

However, the men’s dorms continue to be fully occupied with eight males on a waiting list for rooms.

Until recently, sophomore Junior Navarro was one of those waiting for a spot in the men’s dorms. Because he lived in Haysville, one of Navarro’s biggest concerns was having to travel daily to Arkansas City.

“I decided that I wanted to stay in the dorms only one month before the start of school, so that landed me as ninth on the list,” Navarro said, “At fi rst they were planning to place me in a half dorm, half

offi ce located in Robert Storbeck.”Luckily, Navarro was called the

Friday before the start of school and told that he had a spot in William R. Docking

Dorm. “At the time the half dorm sounded more appealing, but now I’m really happy with the roommate they put me with,” Navarro said. “We have a lot of the same

interests and we’re both on a scholarship, so I know this is going to be a great year even though it started out hectic.”

Dean of Student Life Sue Saia said there has been a lot of discussion on whether or not adequate housing should be built to accommodate all students and possibly eliminate waiting lists.

“More and more students are coming long distances and wanting to stay in the dorms. Building wise, nothing for sure will happen until 2007,” Saia said. “Oscar Kimmell was constructed in such a way that, if needed, it can be added onto at a later date.”

In the meantime, Saia has been help-ing students fi nd other housing accommo-dations. Apartments such as Rockridge, lo-cated near campus, are renting out several rooms on a six-month to one-year lease.

This year’s other changes range from new furniture in Kirke Dale, to updated and upgraded computers in each dorm’s computer laboratory. Kirke Dale also has a new dorm manager, Brett Cales, who is also in charge of intramural sports.

Students started out the fi rst week with evening activities designed to help get them acquainted with others on cam-pus. Activities ranged from fun and crafts night in the Jungle to a swim night at the Derby Swim Park.

Freshman Krista Dopfel said the staff did a really good job putting the fi rst week together. “It’s a good welcome for those of us that haven’t experienced the college life of Cowley,” she said.

No excuse for dirty laundry

Jennifer McClendon makes a personalized message board for her dorm room during the Fun Night in the Jungle on Aug. 16. (photo by Melanie Zade)

Some students had to wait in long lines to have their ID picture taken. (photo by Jared McGuire)

New ID numbers add reassurance, security

Housing changes benefi t students

Aug. 25, 2005Page 2 NEWSTHE COWLEY PRESS

WHAT? WHEN? WHERE?Street Dance Thurs. Aug. 25, 9-11 p.m. Downtown Ark CityCoed Beach Volleyball Fri. Aug. 26 West Side of Kimmell DormFor more info, contact Bret Cales in Kirke Dale Dorm #108 or Kristi Shaw in game roomPercussion Recital Fri. Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m. Robert Brown TheatreTemporal Mechanics UnionCoed Beach Volleyball Finals Sat. Aug. 27 West Side of Kimmell DormCookout for all players after finalsArt Show Opening Tues. Sept. 30, 6 p.m. Wright RoomPen and Ink Drawings by Gary GackstatterVolleyball Wed. Aug. 31, 6:30 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. Kansas CityDedication Ceremony Thurs. Sept. 1, 10:30 a.m. Webb-Brown Center College Closed Mon. Sept. 5 All CampusesLabor DayVolleyball Fri.-Sat. Sept. 9-10 W.S. Scott Auditorium Hosts Home TournamentSGA Meeting Tues. Sept 13, 5:15 p.m. CafeteriaAll organizations should send a representativeVolleyball Wed. Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. CoffeyvillePuttin’ on the Hits Wed. Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. Robert Brown TheatreVolleyball Wed. Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m. W.S. Scott Auditoriumvs. LabetteLast day to drop 8-week class Fri. Sept. 30 All Campuses

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Science department wins againBY RHONDA ROSSStaff Writer

For the second time in four years, an instructor in the Natural Science Department has won the Paul

Stirnaman Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. On Aug. 17, in the Robert Brown Theatre, Michelle Schoon accepted the award from last year’s recipient, Humanities Instructor Chris Vollweider.

“I was really surprised,” Schoon said. “We have excellent instructors at Cowley so I feel especially honored by the award.”

The award was created in 2002 to honor Paul Stirnaman, a long-time Social Science Instructor who died June 16, 2000, after an extended illness. Stirnaman was an avid supporter of the College Education

Association (CEA).Schoon, who is the Natural Science

Department chair, has been teaching for 21 years, the last 14 of them at Cowley. A graduate of Wichita State University and Bethany College, she said her inspiration to teach came from the many years she taught swimming lessons and “got hooked on the joy of seeing someone learn something that they did not previously know.”

Schoon admitted, “I am really not very good at talking about myself.” Instead, she credited past teachers whom she consid-ered to be role models. Among them, her high school senior English teacher, high school biology teacher, and “especially my college chemistry professor,” she said. “I had several key instructors give me words of encouragement that helped me develop

confidence in myself and my abilities.”Also counted as role models are the

current instructors Schoon works with daily. “I always seem to learn from my col-leagues,” she said.

To be eligible for the Stirnaman Award, an instructor must be a member of the CEA, Cowley’s professional teacher orga-nization.

‘Naturally’

Stirnaman Award Winners:2002-2003…..Larry Schwintz, Business Technology instructor2003-2004…..Uwe Conrad, Natural Science instructor2004-2005…..Chris Vollweider, Humanities instructor2005-2006…..Michelle Schoon, Natural Science instructor

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Michelle Schoon speaks to faculty and staff after receiving the Paul Stirnaman Award. (Courtesy photo)

BY NICOLE WEBSTERSpecial Sections Editor

Cowley College students in Mulvane and Winfield are beginning a new school year in newly renovated facili-ties thanks to the recent refurbishing of the Bloomenshine building in Mulvane and the Allied Health Center in Winfield. Recent ribbon cutting ceremonies were held for both improvements. In the last several months, both buildings underwent vast improve-ments, which allowed Cowley students in Mulvane to move from their former downtown location to the Bloomenshine building located on Main Street. Cowley’s Allied Health Center, located in Baden Square in Winfield, also has something new to offer. With a new partnership between Pratt Community College and Cowley College, a nursing student can receive training to become a registered nurse locally. At the Mulvane facility, students have access to a brand new computer lab,

an Interactive Distance Learning class-room, two science labs and classrooms, and seven general education classrooms. Cowley students will be located on the main level of the Bloomenshine building. In the basement, around 17 Mulvane USD 263 charter school students will be attend-ing their own classes. Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs Sheree Utash is extremely excited about the new improve-ments that have been made. “It’s [Bloomenshine] a huge improvement of facilities,” said Utash, and is “a fabulous addition to the college.” Utash is glad that Bloomenshine “gives us dedicated park-ing spaces for our students in Mulvane.” USD 263 Superintendent Dr. Donna Augustine-Shaw is also grateful for the new building. It’s “really nice,” said Augustine-Shaw. “We’ve been very pleased with the outcome of remodeling.” According to the superintendent, Mulvane charter school students will have the opportunity from time-to-time to observe when Cowley students do

their science labs. There will “probably be some educational opportunities,” said Augustine-Shaw. Cowley College’s Allied Health Center in Winfield also received reno-vations, such as fresh paint and new carpet. However, the biggest change of all is the recent partnership between Cowley and PCC. Cowley was formerly partnered with Wichita Area Technical College; however, WATC could only offer a Licensed Practical Nursing program while PCC offers a Registered Nursing program. Cowley and PCC decided to team up so they could provide health care degree-seeking students the classes they need to further their education. Now that a partnership is estab-lished, Cowley can provide all of the pre-requisites required for a nursing degree and PCC will provide the actual nurs-ing program. An Associate’s Degree in Nursing from PCC can be earned by the student. Utash thinks the program is now

“really good…all the way around. We’ve changed the focus of the entire facility.” The nursing program is one of the things the community has previously asked for. Like Utash said, “It [the part-nership] serves a community need…with-out a tremendous expense to the college.” Nursing students are also excited for the partnership between Cowley and PCC. Now in her first year of nursing, Julie Lewis of Mulvane said, “It’s a brand new adventure for everybody. We’re proud to be a part of the first class. It was definitely needed in this area.” The program started just last week on Aug. 18 and there are 24 new students in the program, according to Utash. There were 64 applicants for those 24 spots. Individual ribbon cutting ceremo-nies were held for each building this past month. The new Mulvane center, Bloomenshine, hosted a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony on Aug. 8 and the Allied Health Center in Winfield also hosted a ribbon cutting and open house on the same day.

Ribbon cuttings celebrate new programs and renovations

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BITES A quick look at what’s happening

on campus

Webb-Brown building open for fall classesBY LINDSAY HIckeNBottom AND SArAH LAvALLeeStaff Writers

The Webb-Brown Academic Center is open for the fall semester after more than a year of construction.

The building is primarily used for so-cial science, business and computer classes. It also is the new location for the Business, Computer and Informational Technology Department.

There are four lower classrooms, five classrooms on the second floor, two confer-ence rooms, and a room used to keep teach-ers up to date with the current technology, including Smart Boards. Most classrooms are designed to hold 40-48 students but the classes held in them are not being filled to capacity in order to allow students more space.

Sophomore Levi Andes was impressed with the new building. “I think it’s nice,” he said. “I’d like to have it as a house.”

David Herlocker, a Winfield architect, designed the building. Herlocker has also designed the Jungle, Underground, dining center, bookstore, and Kimmell Dorm.

Easily seen through the front doors is the sculpture “Waterfalls,” which features three stainless steel spirals made to resem-

ble water. A coordinating glass-top table accompanies in a student lounge area. An Arkansas City artist, Gary Kahle, designed the sculpture. Kahle also designed several other sculptures around campus includ-ing the “Point of Light” located east of the Brown Center Theatre and the “Flame” located at the dining center.

According to Business Services Direc-tor Tony Crouch, the building project was completed on a budget of $2.7 million. Donations totaling $500,000 were received; the rest of the construction was financed.

“There’s still paint touch ups to be made and these bolts are too long and need to be cut…[but] students will be in the first day of class one way or another,” Crouch said just prior to the start of the semester.

A dedication ceremony for the Webb-Brown Academic Center will be held on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will include a ribbon cutting and a speech by Cowley College President Dr. Patrick McAtee. The event is open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

The building is named after the late Daisy E. (Webb) and Paul H. Brown, who were long time Arkansas City residents. The Daisy E. and Paul H. Brown Chari-table Trust made a $350,000 gift toward the building.

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the National mental Health Asso-ciation reports that 30 percent of college freshmen feel overwhelmed much of the time. Cowley College offers its students free and confidential services for this and other personal issues. The office of Student Life Counselor Roy Reynolds is located in room 204 of the Nelson Student Center. Reynolds can be reached at 620-441-5228.

campus christian Fellowship will meet monday, Aug. 29, in room 208 in the Webb-Brown Academic center at 8 p.m. The meetings include praise, worship, and Bible study. All are welcome to come and worship. For more information contact Ben Schears in the Admissions Office, or at 620-441-5245.

Peers Advocating Wellness for Stu-dents (P.A.W.S.) is looking for students interested in participating in campus events focused on students health. They focus on problems affecting college stu-dents today. Their first meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 12:30 p.m. For more information contact Director of Health Services Tracy Bergagnini at 620-441-5236 or bergagnini@cowley.edu.

Student Government Association will meet the second tuesday of every month. The meetings will be held at 5:15 p.m. in the cafeteria and all campus organi-zations should send a representative. A free meal will be provided for all representa-tives who are not dorm residents. For more information about campus happenings SGA has set up a hotline at 620-441-5209.

Phi Beta Lambda is hosting a Sundae Sunday on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. in the Webb-Brown Academic center. Phi Beta Lambda is a club designed for anyone interested in business. It includes field trips and a chance to go to Nashville, Tenn. For more information contact spon-sor Beverly Grunder at 620-441-5267 or at grunder@cowley.edu.

Compiled by Lindsay Hickenbottom and Sarah Lavallee editor@cowley.edu

BY JeNNY SArcHetStaff Writer

Free food, gifts, and music will be provided tonight at the SGA Welcome Back Street Dance. Thirty-two merchants will have booths set up downtown to give out gifts and food and to welcome students to Arkansas City. There will be a DJ and free glow bracelets.

“We’re all really jazzed,” said Kim Ebert of Brown’s Store. “This is a more involved approach to welcoming kids to Arkansas City than in the past.”

The theme for the dance this year is Between the River “Amongst Friends.” The dance will be held tonight (Aug. 25) from 9 to 11. Students are encouraged to have a good time and see what Arkansas City has to offer.

BY cHANSI LoNGStaff Writer

Members of Campus Christian Fel-lowship Club invested a portion of their summer in a mission trip. Seven volunteers ventured to an Arkansas Baptist Children’s Home in Monticello, Ark. The home is for children from unfit homes, without parents, or with delinquency problems. It consists of 48 children: 24 girls and 24 boys.

CCF performed various odd jobs around the home including painting, weed eating, gardening, cleaning, and spending time with the children.

“By spending time with these kids from terrible home life situations, you get

a grip on how much of a blessing a loving, caring family can be,” sophomore Addie Snyder said. “My family is so important to me and I never take them for granted, espe-cially after visiting the children’s home, ”

Admissions representative and club sponsor Ben Schears, who was responsible for organizing the trip, added, “I think it made many of us realize how blessed and fortunate we are to have the opportuni-ties that we have been given. The children were great and were eager to have us at their home and hopefully we’ll be able to return again this year.”

The club meets Mondays at 8 p.m. in Webb-Brown Academic Center room 208. All students are invited to attend.

CCF takes mission trip

Students converse in front of the Webb Brown Center. (Photo by Jessica Demel)

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Top: Tabitha Smith receives information about the Math and Science Club from sponsor Greg Nichols at the Club Fair and Ice Cream Social on Aug. 21. (photo by Chansi Long)

Above: Jessica Dever (left) plays Operation at the Fun Night in the Jungle on Aug. 16. (photo by Rae Hunter)

Right: Marcus Watts, treasurer of the Black Student Union, hams it up at the Club Fair and Ice Cream Social. (photo by Chansi Long)

Gearing up for new semesterActivities provide fun, entertainment before the start of school

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Top: Dean of Student Life Sue Saia and the Student Ambassadors address the audience that attended Orientation for new students on Aug. 17. (photo by Jared McGuire)

Above: Emily Cook and Savannah Lea look over a textbook in the Webb-Brown lobby during the first day of class. (photo by Jessica Demel)

Left: Comedian “Chainsaw Mad Chad Taylor,” from Los Angeles, juggles tennis balls while balancing on his skateboard during his performance in the Robert Brown Theatre on Aug. 18. Taylor ended his act by juggling three chainsaws. (photo by Dirk Talley)

OPINIONSTHE COWLEY PRESS

Aug. 25, 2005Page 6

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QuickQuotes THE COWLEY PRESSThe Student Publication of Cowley College

“I don’t like my picture.”Mariha Bloyer

Freshman

What do you think of your new student IDs?

“It bothers me that you have to carry them everywhere you go and you need them to get on computers.”

Todd ParsonSophomore

“I kind of think it’s annoying but I can see where they’re com-ing from.”

Jennifer McDermeitFreshman

“I like the discounts.”Thomas LangenwalterSophomore

I have never felt more like livestock in my life. I am herded from one class to the next, I can only graze at certain

times of the day and the selection isn’t pretty. If I don’t do well my parents will slaughter me, and now I am labeled with a new student ID number.

With all the numbers I already have to remember, one more is going to send me over the edge. I can’t keep them all straight: my address, phone number, cell number, Social Security, voicemail pass-word, gym ID number, credit card pin number, e-mail password, favorite televi-sion channels, my friends’ phone numbers, and now this? It would almost be easier if my identification number were branded on my hide.

Last year, Cowley students had it easy. Each student’s ID number was his or her Social, and their password was their birth-day. How much simpler could things get? I mean, if you can’t remember those two numbers you shouldn’t be getting a higher education in the first place.

However, this year just when I thought it was smooth sailing, the Cowley administration decided to sink my happy

little boat to the bottom of the sea. I was informed of the situation when I went in to get my student badge. I was told, “To avoid any further complications students have been assigned new ID numbers. This way no one can steal your Social Security number. Isn’t it great?”

I imme-diately went into shock: “What? What do you mean lady? I had it all figured out. I had every number memorized in order from least to most important.

I even did speed drills to ensure I would never forget a single digit. What’s next, are you going to try and milk me?” OK, breathe in, and exhale out. That was close; I almost lost my cool.

The situation was better explained to me after I recovered from my nervous breakdown. Cowley Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs Sheree Utash said the change was made in order to comply with State Statute 76-768, which prohibits Social Security numbers from being used on a person’s identification card

in any post-secondary educational estab-lishment.

All right, so I guess I will cancel my one-woman protest for now, but that doesn’t mean this makes things any easier. For instance, the other night I met the future father of my children at the North End, and in the midst of running through all of the numbers in my memory bank, I gave him the wrong one. Sure, Chuck won’t be able to call me, but he can check my class schedule anytime he wants (if you know what I mean).

“Don’t make it ugly.”That’s the one piece of advice I got

from Tara Vanderpool, last year’s manag-ing editor. Actually, coming from Tara, it sounded more like a threat.

Under penalty of death, I was to swear that I would not screw up the good things about the paper and undermine all the hard work of last year’s staff. I feel like I have my work cut out for me.

For the past two years, The Cowley Press has received the All-Kansas Award for Two-Year College Newspapers from the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press. I hope to lead this staff to make it three.

Honestly, last year I didn’t know if I

was prepared to be an editor. As a fresh-man staff writer, I had to make decisions no more difficult than whether or not to use “two-fold” in one of my articles. There

are so many things that I have to decide without time to pon-der, it seems almost ridiculous.

Now I have to decide what stories go in the paper, how

many pages there will be, which picture of the volleyball team looks the best and a ton of other decisions. Staff members are coming to me for advice on how to start stories, what to ask during an interview, and how to operate cameras.

In the past three months I’ve become a layout designer, a Photoshop expert and

a decision-maker. I have become an editor. And I remain very hopeful for this year.

My reasons for being hopeful are two-fold. First of all, we have an amazing staff. The returning members are all very knowledgeable in their various jobs, from graphics construction to advertising sales. Our new members are incredibly, almost frighteningly, enthusiastic. They are more than ready to attack the world of college journalism, even though a few have no prior experience.

Second, the design of our paper is bet-ter than ever. Philip Roth, our dedicated graphics guru, and his new wife, Annie, spent part of their summer redesigning the layout of the paper, giving it a more crisp, professional look. It looks great.

Even our website, www.cowleypress.com, is getting a facelift. Our online edi-

tor, Ashleigh Ragan, is diligently coding and crafting to create a new layout for the site. Also in the works is our very own blog, which will allow readers to voice opinions on hot topics, concerns within the college and reviews for popular music, movies and television.

But I intend to make the Press more than just a pretty face and some pretty gadgets. I’m going to stress to my staff to maintain a high quality of writing and news coverage. I do not view The Cowley Press as my paper or even the journalism staff’s paper. It is the campus paper, the students’ paper.

Don’t hesitate to call The Cowley Press phone line at 441-5555 with your ques-tions, concerns or comments. I can also be reached by e-mail:editor@cowley.edu

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Puttin’ On The Hits, Cowley’s annual lip-sync con-test, will take place Thursday, Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre. Admission is $2. In the student division, first place will receive $50, second will receive $30, third place $20 and fourth place $10. Faculty groups compete for a traveling trophy designed by local artist Gary Kahle. Groups or individuals interested in performing need to pick up a form in the Humanities office. Completed forms must be returned to the Humanities Department office in the lower level of the Brown Center by Friday, Sept. 12.

Auditions for the fall musical Oliver, will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 30, and Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 3 p.m. If needed, there will be a callback audition on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m.

The Orpheum Theater in Wichita will present Back to School, a collection of unin-tentionally hilarious classroom shorts from the 1950s through the 1970s. These short films were once used to educate American children about dat-ing, driving, on-the-job safety, defeating Communism, and more. Though originally intend-ed to be taken seriously, they promise to provide laughter and fun.

The show is Friday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 for students, seniors and military. More information and driv-ing directions are available at www.wichitaorpheum.com.

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The Chumscrubber(Rated R)comedy/dramaA sometimes dark film that satirizes suburban life and the over-medicating of America’s youth. An ensemble cast includes Jamie Bell, Glenn Close, and Ralph Fiennes.

BY SARAH DONNELLY Staff Writer

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, Gary Gackstatter, Cowley College’s

director of instrumental music, will formally begin a public show featuring his pen-and-ink drawings. The exhibit is titled “Beyond Bridges” and will be on display through Sept. 30 in the Brown Center Wright Room, located on the Arkansas City campus.

Gackstatter, who exhibits every spring at Arkansas City’s PrairieFest, says there will be 25 pieces on display that have been completed within the past three years. He said each work took about 30 hours to complete. Gackstatter com-pletes his drawings the old fashioned way of dipping a tiny metal point into a bottle of ink and then mak-ing millions of hair-like scratches.

When asked what his expectations are for the show, Gackstatter said, “I hope they (the viewers) would enjoy

looking at this kind of artwork, which you don’t see much of anymore. It’s very detailed, intricate, and personal, but not very flashy. You have to slow down and take your time with

each picture to enjoy it fully. I put titles and explanations on each one so you can read the story behind the drawing.”

Anyone going to the open-ing Aug. 30 can also hear the

music of 5 Man Trio, consisting of Cowley instructors Dave Bostwick, Chris Mayer, and Gackstatter. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The opening reception will begin at 6 p.m.

The Winfield Regional Symphony has announced its 2005-06 season of “Music and Magic” with four performances featur-ing new music premieres and guest artists.

Oct. 25 will bring the WRS back for their third performance in the Wichita Art Museum in as many years. The “Grouse Creek Symphony” is a multimedia work featuring the paintings of Cowley art instructor Mark Flickinger. Premiered in May in Arkansas City, a new movement will be added to the work for this perfor-mance.

Dec. 2 will mark the return of John McCutcheon with the WRS. McCutcheon, a Walnut Valley Festival favorite has per-formed several times with the symphony in the late 1990’s, including two perfor-mances at the festival.

A new work, “The Mask Symphony”

will be premiered at the National Music Club Convention on April 21 and will fea-ture the masked characters of Rob Faust who performed several times with the WRS during past PrairieFests.

On May 15, the Prairie Rose Wranglers will make their symphonic debut. This popular trio has performed in Carnegie Hall and is planning upcoming trips to China. Their Prairie Rose dinner theatre is one of Kansas’ most popular tourist destinations.

All performances (besides the Wichita Art Museum) will be in the Brown Center Theatre of Cowley College.

Rehearsals begin Monday, Aug. 29 and continue each Monday thereafter.

For more information on WRS, con-tact conductor Gary Gackstatter at 620-441-5275.

Musician

WRS announces its2005-06 concert schedule

turns ArtistMusic Instructor Gary Gackstatter displays

pen-and-ink drawings in Wright Room Gallery

Winfield Regional Symphony

Season of Music and Magic

Oct. 25 - Grouse Creek SymphonyArtwork of Mark FlickingerWichita Art Museum 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 2 - John McCutcheonRobert Brown Theatre 7:30 p.m.

April 21 - Mask Symphony with Rob FaustRobert Brown Theatre 7:30 p.m.

May 15 - Prairie Rose WranglersRobert Brown Theatre 7:30 p.m.

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The Temporal Mechanics Union, the percussion ensemble at Cowley College, will be presenting guest

composer Todd Harper and guest soloist Garrett Ward in an informal recital Friday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre. This concert is in anticipation of the world premiere of a new composition by Harper in December.

Temporal Mechanics Union—TMU for short—is an open, community-based ensemble that performs traditional and experimental percussion music. They have presented two concerts a year at Cowley College since 2000.

The concert will feature both guest art-ists in solo performances: Todd Harper will perform a challenging new work entitled “Baritone Death Song #1,” and Gar-rett Ward will play the classic “Marimba Blues.” Chris Mayer, musical director of the Temporal Mechanics Union, will present “Ritual Dance for Multiple Percussion.” The program will also include traditional West African drumming styles, Harper’s composition “A Fluid Thing,” and Mayer’s experimental piece “…and that’s when I knew I loved her…”

Harper’s new piece, commissioned by

the TMU is titled “Migra-tions.” The performance will call upon the percus-sionists to travel from one “station” to another, where they will play different instruments and manipu-late various materials to create musical effects. As they move from station to station, each musician will play an individualized sig-nature rhythm on a small, hand-held instrument of their choice. According to Harper, “‘Migrations’ is an interpretation of the “spiral of our lives, the way in which we return to things, even as we are growing and maturing and having new ex-periences.” The premiere con-cert is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre.

Marimba soloist Garrett Ward is originally from Salina. He received his bachelor’s and master’s in music education from Wichita State

University, and currently teaches instrumental music in New Jersey paro-chial schools. He performs regularly with the Hunterdon Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic and the South Orange Symphony.

Composer Todd Harper lives in St. Paul, Minn. For 20 years, he has created and led ensembles which combined atypi-cal jazz, world, and folkloric music. He

is primarily a pianist, but dabbles with other

instruments. In 2000, Harper

released a CD of jazz piano compositions “the bear

within.” Harper also co-spon-sors a yearly piano concert

called “Keys Please.”

Harper began his association with the TMU in 2004, when he wrote “Bass Drum Dance” for them. He says he “loves the dynamics of this ensemble, and would like to write for them for many years.” Future plans for this collaboration include perfor-mances of “Migrations” in Minnesota, New Jersey and perhaps other locations. “It’s just a matter of logistics,” Mayer says.

Ward, Harper and Mayer met last December in Lawrence, to brainstorm ideas for the new composition. Harper was in residence at Cowley College in April, when he met the members of the Temporal Mechanics Union, toured the performance facilities and worked with the group on various ideas for the composition. This will be Ward’s first visit to the college.

Members of the Temporal Mechanics Union include Cowley College person-nel Mike Fell, Kelly Johnson and Bryan McChesney, and Cowley students Jared Schaeffer, Scott Olson and Rusty Wallace. The ensemble is open to the entire commu-nity, no experience is necessary and there is no audition. Anyone interested in joining the group, or for more information on the concerts, should contact Chris Mayer at 620-441-5229 or email mayer@cowley.edu.

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REVIEW BY CHANSI LONGStaff Writer

The broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and Fox are launching 38 new shows this fall. Out of the collective 28 hours of new television programming which shows are actually worth watching? Not many. The networks are clearly making some strides away from the reality TV phenomenon, but reality TV still permeates our televisions. Martha Stewart debuts her version of the “The Apprentice” September 21 on NBC, and I optimistically hope it’s cancelled. CBS’s “Survivor,” seems to have a perma-nent place in the schedule and will start its eleventh season on September 15 at 8 p.m.

Judging by the producers, casts, plots, and characters there are roughly eight new shows that deserve our attention.

“My Name is Earl” is an offbeat com-edy about a guy who wins the lottery and tries to right all of the wrongs he’s done in his life. It has a solid team behind it includ-

ing the creator Greg Garcia, responsible for “Family Guy”, and Jason Lee (“Chasing Amy”). It is on 9:00 pm Tuesdays starting Sept. 20.

Fox’s “Reunion,” is definitely the show with the most interesting concept this year. The show confronts time in a similar manner of the successful “24.” It chronicles the lives of six friends over the course of 20 years in one season. Each episode covers one year, as the friends experience love, sorrow, marriage, and death. The executive producer, John Harmon Feldman, had a hand in hits like “The Wonder Years, “Daw-son’s Creek”, and “American Dreams.” It airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Fox.

“What about Brian”, appears to be a compelling drama about a 34 year old guy who is the last single person in his group of friends. It’s from the producers of “Lost” and “Alias” and starts September 12, Mon-days at 10:00pm on ABC.

My other picks include “Prison Break” (Fox), “How I Met Your Mother”(CBS),

“Ghost Whisper-er” (CBS), Bones (Fox) and “Inva-sion” (ABC).

As for the shows that have proven theirselves successful and will be back, “Lost”, “The OC”, “Nip Tuck” and “The Simpsons” are without a doubt some of the best hours on televi-sion. “The Chap-pelle Show” is not coming back anytime soon, or ever, so we can all finally accept it and let the tears flow.

This season runs the gamut on good, bad and mediocre. ABC’s high-profile show “Commander-in-Chief” approaches the

stations political agenda as they prepare the masses to vote a woman into office. There are three shows that look like they may be science fiction, “Invasion” (ABC), “Surface” (NBC) and “Threshold” (CBS), which hope to mimic the success of last season’s “Lost.” The networks aren’t quick to label them science fiction because it will scare off potential viewers.

There’s definitely something for everyone and some shows have real promise, but it’s too early to tell what will actually be

good. What appears to be good can easily disappoint and vice versa, so we’ll just have to watch.

Plenty of promising shows scheduled for the fall

Percussion ensemble welcomes guest musicians

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Sunshine Daycare is looking for a teacher or assistant. Apply in person at 1909 East 19th Street Winfield, Kan. Ask for Rachel Rhodes or Monica Biddle.

A+ Answering Service is looking for a telephone opera-tor. Apply in person at 22193 Tupper Street. Strother Field, Winfield, Kan. Ask for Theresa Kent.

Tyler Production, Inc. needs a machinist and drill press/

second operation operator. Apply in person or for more infor-mation call Steve or Connie Tyler 620-442-6525.

Commercial Federal Bank is looking for a CSRI. Apply online at www.comfedbank.com/careers or for more infor-mation call Assistant Vice President/Branch Manager Chris Hemphill or Amber Archer at 620-221-3830.

Village Market is looking for a part time grocery clerk. Apply in person at 1014 West Kansas Avenue, Arkansas City, Kan. Ask for Jim or Gayle Coulson.

Fluid Kinetics needs a person with Mig welding experience part time. Apply in person at 2119 East 9th Winfield, Kan. Ask for Merle Krug.

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By BRADY BAUMANStaff Writer

Perhaps the legend of Larry Grose is not his 16 national tournament appearances, the 16 top ten finishes in those tournaments, or maybe not even the fact he has devel-oped 32 All-American tennis players in his Cowley coaching career.

For former tennis player Brent Mettling, the true legend of coach Grose is the man off the court. “He is a great guy and he provided a lot of laughs,” Mettling said. “You always knew he’d do anything for his players.”

Bottom line, this is a man that Cowley will greatly miss.

After 18 years of coaching the men’s tennis program, coach Grose retired from his position this summer. In that span, Grose has nine Region VI championships, two national championships, and three Wilson Coach of the Year awards.

Grose’s third Coach of the Year award was obtained recently in May. “I get a free trip,” Grose said. “I like that.”

Being named Wilson Coach of the Year entitles Grose an all-expense-paid trip to the coaches’ convention in Miami, Fla. “Expense paid-I’ll take that,” Grose said.

Grose credits the honor to the hard work and dedication of his team. “I think they looked at where the team was in the

fall and saw how much we had improved,” Grose said. “We only had one sophomore and the rest were ‘wet behind the ear’ freshmen. But that’s what coaching is all about, bringing them from point A to point B. I drove the bus, they did the work.”

Grose has taught both brains and brawn in his 18 years coach-ing, as evidenced by the Cowley men’s tennis team being named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Academic Team of the Year earlier this month.

Grose’s teams also won national honors for Academic Team of the Year in 2003 and 2004. “Academic is just as important as the tennis awards,” Grose said. “I hold them upon the same pedestal as when I think of the boys’ (tennis) accomplishments.”

Grose said he knows many of his play-ers may not go pro and sees their academic success as a way that can open the doors for jobs.

For nearly two decades Grose has men-tored, coached, and embraced tennis players in his program, including his two sons Jason and Jarred. Grose said Jason played on his 1989 national championship team and Jarred played for him 1992 through 1993. Both were All-Americans.

As for their input about his retirement,

Grose said they were supportive. “They were encouraging me to do it,” Grose said. “They are a great support system for me.”

Grose, who played tennis for two years at Wichita State University and two years at Oklahoma State University, was out of the game for 11 years before he came to Cowley.

Grose said he was selling his clothing store when the Cowley athletic director contacted him, wanting Grose to coach the men’s tennis team. “I turned it down a couple times,” Grose said. “But he kept recruiting me. He talked me into it and I’m so glad he did. I enjoy being a coach.”

With this year’s merging of men’s and

women’s tennis under one coach, Grose feels the time is right to retire. “The con-solidation of both teams led me to the deci-sion,” Grose said. “I told Dr. McAtee maybe if I was 26, not 62. Otherwise, I would have been cruising, but (the consolidation) prompted me into other options. The new guy will do a great job.”

Former University of Illinois coach Brad Louderback has been hired to coach men’s and women’s tennis at Cowley.

However, Grose stresses it was his call to retire. “It was my total decision,” Grose said. “I am leaving here in complete har-mony, very content with the A.D., the presi-dent, and the board.”

Grose said the feedback from former players has been amazing and very heart felt. “I have had an unbelievable number of e-mails from previous players asking about my retirement and saying very posi-tive things,” Grose said. “The track coach walked in one day and saw me with tears on my face when I was reading the e-mails.”

Life after Cowley looks sunny for Grose, due mainly to a move to Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., which is right on the coast, about one hour south of Tampa Bay. Grose’s sons Jason and Jarred live in the area, where they are both tennis-teaching pros.

“If you’re going to leave, it’s how you exit,” Grose said. “I’m leaving like Johnny Carson, on top his game.”

Popular men’s tennis coach bows out gracefully after 18 years

Volleyball sets up for great year

Ashley Wimsatt reaches high to make a hit. (photo by Jared McGuire)

Fernanda Domingos passes to a teammate during practice. (photo by Jared McGuire)

Last year on National Young Readers Day Celebrity Read-in, Larry Grose entertained stu-dents at Adams Elementary.

Volleyball Roster

1 BRittNeY GosDiN5-11 FreshmanMiddle HitterHighlands Ranch, Colo.

3 AUBReY sUlliVAN5-10 SophomoreOutside HitterHighlands Ranch, Colo.

7 MARiNA tosi5-9 FreshmanSetterFranca, Brazil

8 ABBY McHUGH5-9 SophomoreOutside HitterWichita, KS

10 FeRNANDA DoMiNGos5-10 SophomoreMiddle HitterFranca, Brazil

12 elAiNe DoMiNGos 6-4 FreshmanMiddle Hitter Franca, Brazil

13 cAseY AMeRiNe 5-9 FreshmanOutside Hitter Perry-Lecompton, KS

14 KelseY tAlBott 6-2 FreshmanMiddle Hitter/Outside Hitter Andover, KS

15 AsHleiGH HURt 5-5 FreshmanDefensive Specialist Towanda

17 AsHleY WiMsAtt 5-5 FreshmanSetter/Libero Wichita

19 BRooKe BRoWNlee5-9 FreshmanOutside Hitter Wichita

21 ReNee BRecKeNRiDGe6-1 FreshmanMiddle Hitter/Outside Hitter Wichita

BY MARY AstStaff Writer

The volleyball team hopes the addition of newfound height will send the Lady Tigers

straight to Phoenix, Ariz., home of the Division II national champion-ship tournament.

After losing a close match to Dodge City Community College in the District J championship match held last November, the team ended the season with a 21-17 record and found leadership within the roster.

“The leadership on the team is good. This year’s team has adjust-ed well and shows a lot more team unity on and off the court than in previous years,” Aubrey Sullivan said.

Returning players include Sullivan from Denver, Colo., and international player Fernanda Domingos from Franca, Brazil. Both received first-team all-con-ference honors last year, with

Domingos receiving the Freshman of the Year award as well as becoming the first Cowley player since 1987 to be named an All-American.

Domingos led the Tigers last year in aces (3.1) and blocks (5.7) per game. Sullivan led the team in kills with an average of more than 15 per game. Also returning is Abby McHugh, an outside hitter from Wichita.

“We are very excited,” head coach Joanna Pryor said. “We are very, very tall this year.”

Pryor enters this year’s cam-paign in her fifth year as head coach and is optimistic about her team’s chances for a champion-ship. She said there are many tough teams on this year’s sched-ule, including Hutchinson, Johnson County, Independence, Cloud County and many Texas teams.

“We have lots of confidence on the court,” Pryor said. “We are very talented and we know the skills.”

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Cross Country Roster

Runner Class Hometown/High SchoolLinet Beiri Fr. Eldama Ravine, Kenya Patrica Dailey Fr. Seminole, Okla.LeShea Jenkins So. Miami, Fla.La-Nation McCray So. Miami, Fla.Ryan Rapp Fr. Wakeita, Okla.Katie Wagner So. Douglass, Kan.

MenRunner Class Hometown/High School

Jose “Noberto” Alvizo Fr. Fruitvale, TexasDustin Garcia Fr. Arkansas City, Kan.Ferrien Harris Fr. WichitaLarry Hill Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla.Aaron Jefferson Fr. Rogers, Ark.JaRay Lee Fr. Okmulgee, Okla. Arnold K. Mombosi Fr. Eldama Ravine, KenyaSamuel “Scott” Olson So. Grand Junction, COKyle Pendergrass Fr. Tulsa, Okla.Derek Sizemore Fr. Rogers, Ark.Ryan Stittiams Fr. Memphis, Tenn.Johnny Thomas Fr. Wewoka, Okla.Charlie Webb Fr. WichitaJeff Wright Fr. Ardmore, Okla.

Women

BY MARY AST Staff Writer

The campus has a new intramural coordinator this year. Bret Cales is a Cowley alumnus who received his Associate of Arts Degree here before going on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance from Fort Hays State Univer-sity.

Cales hopes to offer a wide variety of activities that students can participate in. These will range from basketball to a Texas Hold Em’ Poker tournament.

“We hope to offer a wide variety of about 20-25 activities for the students here,” Cales said. “We hope for something every-one can enjoy.”

The criteria to participate in intramural sports include that participants have to be

Cowley students or faculty. “Those (varsity) athletes participat-

ing in intramurals need to check with their coach to make sure the coach will allow them to play,” Cales said.

Any students wanting any additional information regarding upcoming intramural events need to look at the bulletin boards and in the southeast corner of the game room.

Co-ed VolleyballWhen: Aug. 26-27 Where: Sand courts on the west side of Kimmell Dorm.

Contact Bret Cales in Kirke Dale Dorm #108 or Kristi Shaw in game room.

Cookout for all participants immedi-ately after the championship game.

Freshman Dustin Garcia practices with fellow freshman Aaron Jefferson at Paris Park. (photo by Jared McGuire)

Cross Country Schedule

Aug. 26, Barton Invitational

Great Bend

Sept. 9, Friends Invitational

Augusta

Sept. 17, MSU Stampede

Joplin, Mo.

Oct. 1, OSU Jamboree

Stillwater, Okla.

Oct. 7, Tiger Invitational

Arkansas City

Oct. 14, Ollie Isom Invitational

El Dorado

Oct. 24, Jayhawk/Region VI

Garden City

Nov. 5 NJCAA Nationals

Lawrence

Freshman Ryan Rapp and sophomore Katie Wagner practice for the coming season. (photo by Jared McGuire)

BY DAVID DEJMALStaff Writer

The Tiger cross-country runners are gearing up for their fi rst meet of the year on Aug. 26 at the Barton

Invitational. I n t h e h e a t o f t h e s e a s o n t h e y r u n a s m a n y a s 70 m i l e s a w e e k . At most races, women run 5 kilometers and men run 8 kilometers. However, at Barton the women will run 2 miles and the men will run 5 kilometers.

M a r k P h i l l i p s i s h e a d i n g i n t o h i s t h i r d s e a s o n a s t h e men’s and women’s c r o s s c o u n t r y c o a c h a n d h e i s v e r y e x c i t e d for this season . ”W e’ r e y o u n g b u t w e’ r e t a l e n t e d ; v e r y e x c i t e d f o r t h e i r d e s i r e t o b e g o o d ,” he said. R y a n T u r n e r i s r e t u r n i n g f o r h i s s e c o n d s e a s o n a s as s i s t a n t c o a c h .

T h e m e n ‘s t e a m h a s t w o r e t u r n i n g r u n n e r s a n d 12 n e w r e c r u i t s , a l l o f w h o m h a v e v e r y c l o s e t i m e s . S c o t t O l s o n a n d R y a n S t i t t i a m s a r e t h e s o p h o m o r e s . O l s o n fi nished 59th with a season-best time of 27:11 at nationals. Stittiams ran one race last year as a freshman before suffering an injury that ended his season. Last year the team fi n i s h ed 12th i n t h e N J C A A

n a t i o n a l s . At the Jayhawk Cross Country Championships, the men placed second and the women third.

“W e h a v e m u c h b e t t e r c h e m i s t r y ,” Ol-son said. “I n t h e b e g i n n i n g i t w i l l b e a l i t t l e r o u g h b u t t o w a r d s t h e e n d o f t h e s e a s o n i t w i l l s m o o t h o u t .”

T h e t e a m a l s o p i c k e d u p a n e w r u n n e r , A r n o l d M o m b o s i f r o m E l d a m a R a v i n e , K e n y a , w h o c o u l d p o s s i b l y b e t h e n u m b e r o n e r u n n e r . His personal best times are 13:43 in the 5k and 23:12 in the 8k.

A l t h o u g h t h e w o m e n’ s r o s t e r s e e m s s m a l l , t h e y p l a n t o o v e r c o m e t h a t p r o b l e m w i t h t a l e n t . T h e r e a r e t h r e e s o p h o m o r e r u n n e r s a n d t h r e e n e w r e c r u i t s . T h e y a d d e d L i n e t B i r i r , also f ro m E l d a m a R a v i n e , K e n y a . S h e h a s p r o v e n t o b e t h e f a s t e s t a m o n g h e r t e a m m a t e s with a personal best time in the 5k of 16:48 . Katie Wagner is one of the returners for the ladies team, and she fi nished 102nd in the national meet last year.

O t h e r m a j o r regular-season m e e t s a r e t h e M S U s t a m p e d e i n J o p l i n , M o ., S e p t . 1 7 , a n d t h e O S U J a m b o r e e i n S t i l l w a t e r , O k l a ., o n O c t . 1 .

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