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BY CHRIS ROBINETTEStaff Writer
Cowley College is suffering a big loss in students and revenue with the loss of the South Side Education
Center (SSEC), and the Aviation Tech Cen-ter airframe and power plant center (A&P).
Cowley sold the SSEC and the A&P centers for around $5 million, according to Cowley College’s President, Patrick McAtee. The centers will be taken over by Wichita Area Technical College (WATC), which will take over the entire facilities and the staff.
The sale comes as the result of a ter-mination of an agreement between Wichita State University (WSU), a reagent school, and Cowley that allowed Cowley to offer classes at both the SSEC and the A&P. As a reagent school, WSU it is allowed to choose who offers classes in its service area, any classes offered must have the sign off of a chief reagent officer, according to McAtee.
The loss of both centers come at a high cost in students for Cowley, “Between the SSEC and the north campus, we’re go-ing to loose about 1000 enrollments,” said McAtee. This loss of enrollments effects the money that Cowley receives from its operating grant.
“We figure the net effect in the operat-ing grant to be about $3 million,” said
McAtee.Cowley had initially anticipated the
lose of these centers a year ago, so the extra year has allowed them to prepare for the loss in students and revenue.
“We cut out about a million dollars in anticipation of this happening,” says McA-tee, referring to Cowley’s ongoing efforts to be cut down on their budget, they plan
to continue the trend, even with the $5 mil-lion gained from the sale. “We’ll have to be frugal in what we do,” McAtee says.
The loss of revenue will certainly have an effect on Cowley’s financial future, but the outcome isn’t certain. Over the next couple years Cowley will be gain-ing around $5 million from the sale of the SSEC and the A&P, according to McAtee.
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Issue 7
February 7, 2008
Cowley’s Southside and Aviation Tech Center sold
BY JOSH PATTON Staff Writer
It’s one thing to grow up in a broken home; it is another however, to grow up in a broken country.
In 1983 in Su-dan, Africa, a law was passed saying any person who was not Muslim could not hold a position of power. Then came civil war.
This war was meant to terminate all black Christian males, residing in the South. Vil-lage raids were conducted regu-larly, resulting in burning of homes, rape of women, enslavement of children, and death to young boys.
John Bul Dau was supposed to be one of these children.
He is visiting Cowley Feb. 18 to tell his story and the importance of never giving up. His presentation will be in the Brown Center at 7:30 p.m. Admission for high school and college students is free, and gen-eral admission is $5.
In 1987, knowing their fate, nearly 27,000 young boys banded together in
John Bul Dau’s childhood camp
Cowley College will soon lose South Side Education Center. (File Photo)
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BY CHRIS ROBINETTEStaff Writer
Cowley College student Carrie Elizabeth Collins, 28, was found deceased in her apartment by her boyfriend on Saturday, according to the Winfield Courier. Collins’ death was marked as “suspi-cious” by the WPD, according to Owens there were “just some things that were inside the apartment that we found just a little bit different,” as opposed to what police typically encounter in an unattended death. According to the WPD Collins did have a history of epilepsy, though they aren’t releasing any word on whether that is a suspected cause. “At this point we’re waiting on all the autopsy reports,” said Owens. The au-topsy was performed on Saturday, but the toxicology reports will take a few weeks to complete. Those who knew her mourn the loss. Slade Griffiths, Department Chair of Al-lied Health and Collins’ advisor, said, “I’m saddened by the loss (of her) and her desire to help people in the future.” According to the obituary printed in the Winfield Courier Collins’ dream was to be a missionary nurse, she went on a couple of missionary trips to Mexico. On the latest she paid for the trip herself and donated all of the contributions to the mission. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thurs-day, Feb. 7 at the First Lutheran Church in Ponca City, Okla.
Student found deceased Saturday
BY COURTNEY CRAINAssistant Editor
The cast list has been posted (see page 7) for the spring play “Don’t Drink the Water.” Director of Theatre and Theatrical Services Scott MacLaughlin reported that approximately forty students auditioned for the fourteen available roles. “It was a difficult process, but I feel really confident about the cast we chose.” The story takes place at an American embassy in the early 80s at a time when communism is beginning to get a firm hold in Europe. While traveling in the Soviet Union, two American tourists are mistaken for spies. They escape to the American embassy for refuge, where they spend the remainder of the story attempting to find a way home. It is written by Woody Allen, who MacLaughlin deemed “a wonderful comedic playwright.” According to MacLaughlin, the script is a difficult one. “The actors really have their work cut out for them. They will have to learn convincing accents, and the costumes will definitely be challenging.” Not to mention, the whole show will have to come together in just under five weeks. The play will be March 6, 7, and 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will go on sale mid-February for $8.
Spring play gets underway
DeGradoCowley promotes assitant coach to head coach.Story on page 8
International StudentsHow important are cultural experiences in college?Story on page 6
See cast list, page 7
He doesn’t see the Ark City campus taking any direct hits in the short term, he says, “I don’t anticipate that this year there will be any financial impact directly on the campus.”
Programs that aren’t involved with the SSEC and the A&P shouldn’t see any losses, “I don’t see any huge cuts in any of our programs,” says McAtee. But Cowley will lose its Interior Design and aircraft programs with the sale.
Scholarships, tuition and dorm costs should not be effected either; according to McAtee, Cowley will be able to maintain the amount of scholarships given out, the amount of money each scholarship carries will remain the same as well.
Cowley will also continue to bring in cultural arts performances, such as African Footprints, according to McAtee. Perfor-mances that are produced by the college, like Christmas Vespers and the fall musicals will continue as well.
Another concern is the technical online technical support program that’s located at SSEC. The support is expected to be re-tained, in fact, it’s expected to be expanded,
See Southside. page 5
See John Bul Dau, page 5
flight to safety. Together they journeyed pe-rused by soldiers, hunted by preda-tors, and suffer-ing from starva-tion, dehydration and disease.
The boys grouped together in mock ‘fami-lies’ where one older boy cared for several of the younger. With-out knowing the condition of their true families, these new groups were all they had.
After three months of travel, the boys found temporary safety in an Ethiopian refugee camp.
Four years later the Ethio-pian government was overthrown,
and the boys were forced to flee once again.
The boys traveled through Sudan, this time journeying southward to Kenya. Nearly six months passed before they found haven in a camp beyond the Sudan border.
“There, at age 17, I started my formal education, writing letters and numbers.”
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ampus LineupWHAT? WHEN? WHERE?
Campus Christian Fellowship Mon., Feb. 11, 6 p.m. The Jungle
Conversation Heart Bingo Tues., Feb. 12, 11 a.m. McAtee Dining Center
CC Singer Valengrams Thur., Feb. 14, All Day
Indoor Track Thur., Feb. 14 Track and Field SnowballInvite Facility
Hall of Fame Luncheon Sat., Feb. 16, 11 a.m. Wright Room
Basketball Sat., Feb. 16, 5/7 p.m. W.S. Scott Au-vs.Highland ditorium
Baseball Sat., Feb. 16, 1 p.m. City Ball Parkvs.MapleWoods
John Bul Dau Mon., Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. Brown Theatre
Spirit Week Begins
Softball Tue., Feb. 19, 2 p.m. Lady Tiger Field vs.NorthernOklahomaCollege
Basketball Wed., Feb. 20, 5/7 p.m. W.S. Scott Au-vs.Labette ditorium
Homecoming Dance Wed., Feb. 20, 9 p.m. McAtee Dining Center
Caffe Acoustic Thur., Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. The Brown StoreFeaturingSteveButler
BY MATT NELSONStaffWriter
In September 2007, she was one of five women nominated by Cowley students, staff, and administration as a finalist for
the Queen Alalah contest. On October 26, 2007 Ashley Cochran was crowned during the annual Coronation ceremony.
Aside from being the current Queen Alalah, Cochran is actively involved as a Co-captain of the Tigerette Dance Line, a member of Phi Theta Kappa and CCF, and is a tutor for the college. This year Cochran was awarded the very first Jodi Sanderholm Scholarship.
The Pre-Dentistry major is a native of Ark City where her parents Stan and Melissa Cochran currently reside. She has one brother, Derek 24. Grandparents are, Ronnie and Patsy Sweely of Ark City, and Bobbie and the late Mickey Cochran of Dal-las, Texas.
While at Arkansas City High School, Cochran was an Outstanding Student nominee and a Kansas Honors Scholar . Being named the December Student of the Month at Cowley means a lot to Cochran.
“There are a lot of students here, so to be named Student of the Month is an honor,” Cochran said.
After Cowley, Cochran plans to attend dental school and some day become a den-tal hygienist. She also hopes to start raising a family in the next few years.
Cowley Press: WhatledtoyourdecisiontocometoCowley?Ashley Cochran: Cowley was the right place for me because of the scholarship opportunities and the Tigerette Danceline.
CP: WhatmakesCowleyaspecialplacetoyou?AC: Cowley is a special place to me because of the relationships I have built with not only the students, but with the staff as well.
CP: What“noise”haveyoufoundatCowley?AC: Definitely meeting new people and making new friends.
CP: IfyoucouldreliveyourCowleyexperience,what,ifanything,wouldyoudodifferent?AC: If I could go back, I would have been more involved my first semester. It just makes the college experience more fun to be involved. I made a lot of new friends that way.
CP: Howdiditfeeltoparticipateinalocaltradition(QueenAlalahContest)?AC: I was very honored and privileged to be chosen as Queen Alalah. I was also very shocked when I was chosen.
CP: Whatdoyoudowhenyoufindsparetime?AC: I love to watch “Grey’s Anatomy” and hang out with friends.
CP: Howdoesitfeeltobeawardedthevery
Student of the Month is nominated by faculty/staff and chosen by the Student Affairs Committee. (File Photo)
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firstJodiSanderholmScholarship?AC: I was very excited. It is such an honor to be awarded this scholarship. Jodi was one of my best friends. I am really privileged to have known her.
CP: Whoaresomeofyourbiggestrolemodels?AC: My parents were definitely two of my biggest role models. They gave me the motivation I needed to overcome adversity.
Jodi also had a huge impact on my life. She was a great person and I would be honored if I could be anything like her.
CP: Whatisyourfavoritemovie?AC: My favorite movie would have to be Steel Magnolias.
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A quick look at what’s happening
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Omaha for a film festival. The event is sponsored by SHADE, PAWS, the Student Life Office, and the AQIP Multicultural Diversity Team.
Cowley College will be hosting a blood drive on Thurs., Feb. 21. at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brown Center in the Wright Room. Walk-in donors are welcome, but appointments are preferred. Everyone who comes to donate will receive a free American Red Cross t-shirt. This year, there will be a Tiger Challenge during the blood drive. The Tiger Challenge is to see if students or faculty/staff can give more. The winning group will receive brag-ging rights for the entire year. Come and give and support the cause. Students who are needing volunteer hours may also vol-unteer to help work at the event. Contact James Fry in the Brown Center to sign up.
Top 40 Christian recording artist Ginger Millerman will be in concert on Sat., Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Arkansas City. Tickets are avail-able Mon., Feb. 4. Tickets are required to enter, but tickets are free. Call Greg Nichols at 441-5210.
Wireless access points have been installed and activated in the Brown Center’s Wright Room, the main level of Renn Memorial Library, and the Nelson Student Center’s Jungle and game room areas. The system validates access with the same username and password required for the student email system. Anyone else want-ing to use the system will need to make arrangements with the Computer Center for temporary guest access. Employees should already have accounts on this system. The username will be the same (last name, first initial, and last six digits of Cowley ID number … for example, DoeJ123456). However, the password may be different since it is validating against a different server. Users of the system must provide their own laptop computer with either an 802.11b or 802.11g wireless card.
Cowley College’s Mechatronics program will be featured at the Kansas Association of Career and Technical Education Technology Showcase. The showcase will be held Feb. 11 at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. Representing Cowley’s Mechatronics program will be Bruce Crouse, Chris Cosby, Sandy Randel, and two students from the class. The event provides an opportunity for new and innovative technology programs to be exposed to the Kansas legislature and other community colleges and technical schools throughout the state. The Mechatronics program gives students skills on how to repair automated systems.
Cowley College’s CC Singers are offering Singing Valengrams. To order your Singing Valengram or for more information, call the Humanities Office at 441-5252 or 441-5223. For just $20, the CC Singers will deliver one song, one long stemmed red carnation and one beautiful handmade valentine’s card. The selection of songs is available when ordering. They will also deliver a valengram over the phone. For just $5 more, they will throw in an extra song. All deliveries will be made between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on February 14.
Phi Beta Lambda is now selling Candy Grams. The price is one dollar each and will be delivered during class on Valentine’s Day. A Candy Gram is a candy bar with an attached note telling the recipi-ent who sent the Candy Gram. Contact Teresa Klingsick at 441- 5265 to place an order.
Jackie Hutchinson and Elisha Swope from Cowley College’s Arkansas City campus and Keisha Brooks and Lisa Burns from Cowley’s Wichita campus are among the students that will be hon-
ored during the Thirteenth Annual Phi Theta Kappa Honors Luncheon Feb. 14 in Topeka. Kansas will salute 46 com-munity college scholars for their academic accomplishments. The 46 individuals are part of a statewide student body of more than 91,000 people enrolled in more than 692,000 credit hours taken annually at the 19 Kansas community colleges. Each student will receive a proclamation issued by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an educational scholarship of $300, and an academic medallion. The Kansas Board of Regents universities and Washburn University have provided scholarships in the amount of $1,000 for the All-Kansas Team recipients who transfer to their institutions.
The Student Services area (across the hall from admissions) is hosting the February student appreciation drawing for all stu-dents. This month’s prize is dinner for two at the Ridge and a $30 movie card at the Cowley Cinema 8. Drawing will be held Feb 14th. One entry per student.
The Dancin’ with the Tigerettes Dance Clinic and Performance is now accept-ing registration. Participants will learn to dance Feb. 17 from 7-9 p.m. in W.S. Scott Auditorium. Participants will then perform at halftime of the Lady Tigers’ basketball game played at 5 p.m. Feb. 20. The dead-line to enter is Feb. 8 and the cost is $10 per person. Participants will receive a t-shirt. For more information or to register for the clinic, contact Tigerette dance coach Lindsay Sanderholm at 441-5301.
On Feb. 21, a documentary entitled “The Listening Project” will be showing at 7 p.m. in the Brown Theatre. It is film that essentially asks the question “What does the world think about America?” Cowley is on the list of stops before heading to
It is the responsibility of the user to proper-ly configure and connect their laptop. The Cowley College computer center will only be supporting the network. Work is con-tinuing on adding access points to each of the dormitories.
Cowley College was recently recognized as having the best admissions web site among all community colleges in a study conducted by the National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA). Along with having the top-ranked community college admissions web site, Cowley was also the only school in Kansas to have its admissions web site ranked among the top-10 institutions in the Midwest. Cowley College Director of Admissions Ben Schears, along with Cowley College Director of Web Services Diana Dicken, Assistant Web Master Janet Kennedy and graphic designer Kris Ripley, created the admissions web site. To view Cowley’s admissions web site go to: www.cowley.edu/admissions/index.html.
The students and directors in Cowley College’s Multicultural Scholars Program attended a weekend event at the University of Kansas. The group was introduced at a banquet Saturday evening. It was men-tioned that the average GPA for Cowley’s scholars (2.93) was above the average student GPA for all Cowley students (2.87), just as is the case with the average for the over 130 MSP scholars from KU, Donnelly College and Kansas City Kansas Community College. After the banquet the students and guests adjourned to attend the Royal Philharmonic Symphony with Grammy-award winning director/violin-ist Pinchas Zukerman. Cowley students attending the event were Pablo Fuentes, Viridiana Sanchez, Manny Thompson, Isiah Lykes, Robert Young, and Janee Gabbard. Cowley’s directors of the program are Marlys Cervantes and Amy McWhirt. Dean Pam Doyle also attended. The next event the group will attend is Feb. 18 when John Bul Dau speaks at Cowley.
BY MATT NELSONStaff Writer
Serving as the president of the Student Government Association requires great leadership and perseverance.
Both of which the January Student of the Month, Katie Bevilacqua, possesses. Students may recognize her as a resident assistant at the Kimmell Dorm. She is actively involved in ACES, PAWS, Phi Theta Kappa and CCF and is a Student Ambassador. In her freshman year, Bevilacqua was invited to attend “Think Tank 2006”, an opportunity for students to voice opinions on the future of the college. Bevilacqua is originally from Wichita where she attended Maize High School. Her parents, Michael and Louise Bevilacqua, recently moved to Winfield where their two sons attend Winfield High School. Bevilacqua also has an older sister who attends St. Gregory’s University. Bevilacqua, a pharmacy major, said she hopes to transfer to either the University of Oklahoma or the University of Kansas. She said her goal is to use her knowledge to travel to different countries and help the less fortunate. Afterward, Bevilacqua said she would like to settle down in a small town with her family and work part-time at a pharmacy.
Cowley Press: What was most appealing about Cowley?Katie Bevilacqua: The many scholarship opportunities and the dorms.
CP: What makes Cowley special to you?KB: What makes Cowley special to me is the small community atmosphere. In a town the size of Ark City it is easier to interact with the community. In larger cities it feels like people are working against each other as opposed to working together.
CP: What “noise” have you found at Cowley?KB: My leadership skills have definitely improved during my time here at Cowley. I have also become more of an indepen-dent thinker.
CP: Who was your biggest role model when you were growing up?KB: My mom was my biggest role model. She encouraged me to think for myself and not to follow the crowd.
CP: What is/are your favorite movie(s)?KB: I just recently saw “27 Dresses” and I loved it. My two other favorites are “Hairspray” and “High School Musical”.
CP: Do you prefer Facebook or Myspace?KB: Facebook, no question. It is so much more personal than Myspace.
CP: What are your thoughts on the upcoming election and do you plan to vote?KB: I’m not really into party politics. I’m neither Republican nor Democrat. I do plan to vote in the general election in November.
with January Student of the Month
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Student of the Month is nominated by faculty/staff and selected by the Student Affairs Committee. (File Photo)
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with sticks in the dirt,” said Dau.After journeying through three coun-
tries on foot, the boys’ numbers were deci-mated. Roughly 6,000 were lost to exhaus-tion, while another 9,000 were lost crossing a crocodile infested river.
The remaining boys would spend ten years in this camp until some were selected
to emigrate to the United States in 2001. The few selected to travel were
dispersed across the states. Generally grouped into fours, each group was placed into housing with government aide until they were able to locate a job.
Life in the states was completely dif-ferent from Africa. They had to be taught all the aspects of society that American’s generally take for granted. Everyday con-veniences like light switches, refrigerators, and toilets were completely unheard of, the men had to be taught how to use them.
“On my first trip to the supermar-ket I couldn’t believe there was an entire aisle of food for cats and dogs,” said Dau. “At home, even people don’t have food.”
Many of the boys struggled with sev-eral jobs while attending classes as well. Their main focus was locating those they left behind in Africa, and helping them through life, as they had been helped.
“I feel I survived because God wants to do something with my life,” said Dau. “I don’t want to waste any of the time I have
left. So many peo-ple are still in Sudan needing clinics, schools, and churches. I cannot for-get them.“
Now, Dau is doing everything in his power to help those in need. While
attending classes to earn a degree in public policy from Syracuse University, he is also working sixty hours a week to cover his expenses.
“I was helped by so many people,” said Dau, “I want to give something back, not just receive, but give.”
Because of Dau, the Sudanese Lost Boy’s of New York Foundation was built. This organization works to raise funds for education and medical expenses in south-ern Sudan.
“I feel people refuse to try things because they fear failure,” said Dau. “There have been many impossible situations in my life, but I keep trying. You can’t give up.”
John Bul Daucontinued from page 1
“We’re looking to expand, extensively, all of our support for the online business,” says McAtee. Courses will still be offered in the centers by Cowley until the end of the spring semester. The transfer will offi-cially occur at May 1 for the A&P center, and July for the SSEC. After that Cowley
will still have a hand in the courses for degree completions, and will continue to get revenue from those courses. The long term effect from the sale is a bit more ambiguous, however, McAtee says he’s “opti-mistic.” McAtee says “We’ll be a smaller com-munity because of the loss of 1000 students,” but he adds that there’s nothing wrong with being a small com-munity college as long as “quality” is main-tained and the college remains “aggressive” in its expansion and programs.
McAtee says Cowley will simply continue to try and expand in wherever “looks like the best place for us to grow.” He adds that Cowley will “continue to be a progressive commu-nity college.”
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John Bul Dau will speaking at Cowley on Feb. 18. (File Photo)
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Feb. 7, 2008Page 6
QuickQuotes
“Because with exposure you can condition yourself to be more accepting and less judgmental of other people.”
Why is it important to expose yourself to different cultures?
“We need to know about other cultures and how they work; like they need to know about us. It makes us more intelligent to our surroundings and the people within them.”
“The more you expose yourself to other cultures, the more open minded it makes you and the more ability you have to
adapt to different situations.”
“I’m part Indian and everyone is a mix of some kind. Being familier with other cultures helps us understand and be more comfortable around people foreign to us.”
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Generally young adults head off to college to further their education, meet new people, have new experiences, and broaden their horizons. The biggest adjustments to college life are for those who go from living at home to campus-dwelling.
Students come from all over Kansas, the United States, and beyond. There are many new experiences to be had during this time in life; meeting new people, join-ing clubs and organizations, or trying new things.
The college experience in a small town often vaires from the college ideal. Small campuses often miss out on the cultural di-versity offered by their larger counterparts.
Thirty new international students will be joining Cowley next semester. The number of students living on campus will be raised to 430 when the construc-tion of the fifth dorm is complete.
For students who have grown up in small towns lacking diversity the introduction of students from South America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe will expose them to all new traditions and points of view.
Next year’s on-campus students will be given the opportunity to room with an international student, which is a great chance to meet and learn about new people.
Students can make a choice when filling out the questionnaire for housing in March with whom they would like to share a room.
This is where the college experience comes in – meeting new people and learn-ing new things on an international scale.
Mid-westerners are not always well-learned about countries outside their own. What a great opportunity to meet new stu-dents and get to learn about worlds outside
their own. “They [Domestic students] tend to be
afraid of foreign people and cultures,” said Ben Shears, Director of Admissions, of pos-sible hesitance to opening to new lifestyles.
Living with an international student has benefits for both sides. Cowley’s students come from all over America, yet many don’t get a chance to experience diversity on a broad scale; religion, beliefs, philosophies, customs, holidays, and the difference in each other’s daily lives.
“Since we live in such a rural, small community, we don’t have a lot of opportu-nity to experience other cultures,” said Sue Saia, vice president of student affairs.
“International students have always brought new and refreshing perspectives to campus. It is a great learning experience for both parties and truly enhances our campus environment by making it more global.”
Think of the possibilites for Cowley students: learning new languages, picking up new habits, experiencing new styles or foods. Eyes will be opened to how different or surprisingly similar others live.
Closed minds do not move forward and those who are not open to new experi-ences do not get to broaden their lives.
“This is kind of helping [domestic students] realize we live in a global com-munity. There are awesome people outside of the United States and they shouldn’t be afraid of their foreign status,” said Schears.
“The exchange also helps the interna-tional students. Many of them will be able to use this experience to help lead their countries. The knowledge they take from here will help them and to help improve the U.S.’s image in other countries.”
Students Honoring All Diverse Ethnici-
ties (SHADE) is a group open to all Cowley students whose goal is to teach and learn about various cultures and to integrate diversity.
They will be helping to sponsor differ-ent events throughout the next year involv-ing the acclimating of the international students and their integration.
In-services have been held and will continue to be held for Cowley faculty to help “internationalize” the campus in preparation.
The foreign students also will have an orientation when they arrive, during which
they will be able to meet community members, visit dif-ferent sites, and become familiar with the campus.
How boring life is when you do not take a chance to see how others live, to see what makes them different, as opposed to making assumptions and believing stereo-types.
Today is a world of cultural embrace-ment and being free to be different and learn.
This is a great opportunity for those who want to participate and to expand
their life by meeting new friends. After all, no one wants to be all alone in a country, far from their friends and family.
Why remain in the standstill of the same life one is used to living?
Why not branch out and jump into something new and really broaden those horizons?
If students are looking to branch out from who they are, then this is an opportu-nity to be seized.
The all-female Kimmel dorm may be-come a co-ed dorm. Nothing is set for sure and final details will not be available until late March.
Kimmel will become the honors dorm, meaning it will house only students with and maintaining a 3.5 GPA.
Male and female students will be separated, depending upon how many live in the dorm, by wing or floor.
According to Vice President of Student Affairs Sue Saia activities will be scheduled exclusively for students residing in Kimmel dorm throughout the year.
“Honor students are not required to live in Kimmel,” Saia said, “if they prefer to stay with friends in another dorm, they are free to do so.”
No other changes are planned for the other dorms, therefore the new dorm and Docking will house females.
Storbeck will become a male dormi-tory, along with Kirkdale.
Current Dorm Changes
International club offers SHADE to today’s hot topic
Ashlie L’HommeThe Philosophy of
Culture
International students enjoy Great Western Dining in the McAtee Dining Center.
Above: Richard Filkuka and Ignacio Velez
Left: Elizabeth Galindo and Maricel
Quintero.
Photos by Lee Lyons
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TheSceneCowley’s new television commercial has started air-ing. Check it out on KWCH Channel 12 and the Kansas CW Channel 5.
Voting for Homecoming. Cast your vote for King and Queen on-line beginning Feb. 7.
Tonights PAWS meeting. It will be held in McAtee Dining Center at 5 p.m. on Feb. 7.
Indoor track and field teams compete. They will be travel-ing to at the Adidas Classic, Lincoln, Neb on Feb. 8.
ACCT is having their National Legislative Seminar. It will be held Feb. 11-13 in Washington DC.
Men’s and Women’s Basketball at Johnson County on Feb. 13. The girls will play at 5 and the boys will start at 7.
Singing Valengrams are on sale and will be deliv-ered on Feb. 14. To order a Valengram contact the college’s Humanities Office.
John Bul Dau, one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan”, will be fea-tured speaker. The presentation will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Center on Feb. 18.
Cowley College’s Steve Butler as featured performer at Caffe Acoustic. On Feb. 21 the show will start at 7:30 p.m. at Brown’s in Arkansas City.
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BY LEE LYONSStaff Writer
My expectations on this film were huge.
About a year and a half ago while watching random clips on Youtube.com I stumbled across a clip of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson on Henry Rollins’ IFC (Independent Film Channel) show. It was a short clip where he described his new film just enough to keep me keyed up about it for the next year and a half.
Anderson talked about a work in progress called “There Will Be Blood.” For me the most interesting tid-bit of the interview was the casting of Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis.
I may have wet myself. I can’t be sure; it was like a year and a half ago.
Could it be true? Daniel Day-Lewis in a new movie? Just to give you some back-ground Daniel Day-Lewis is a four time Oscar nominee who has made three major motion picture releases in the last decade. To say this guy enjoys his time off would be putting it pretty lightly.
Day-Lewis was all over the big screen in the 1980s and 1990s with over 20 film credits to his name in those two decades including 1989’s “My Left Foot”, 1992’s “The Last of the Mohicans” and 1996’s “The Crucible”. Then he dropped off the stage metaphorically-speaking with four films in first seven years of the millennium.
In the middle of last year, there he was in the first “There Will be Blood” teaser trailer. It was really happening. Somebody said that an amazing filmmaker and an
even more amazing actor were going to make a movie together and then they did it. Yowzers.
The film started previewing around early December 2007. I was living in Podunk, Kentucky at the time. I was hours and hours from the closest screenings in New York and Los Angeles.
One windy Friday in late January my day finally came. I had seen the reviews. I had seen the trailers. I was chomping at the bit to watch the film that most critics were calling the next GREAT AMERICAN EPIC. One critic said Day-Lewis gave the
best performance of the century. It was finally my time. “There Will Be Blood” had slowly and slowly been released into more theaters until finally on January 25 it came to Wichita.
The story takes place in the early 20th century and follows oil driller Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) on his quest for some Jed Clampett-sized success. It is not simply the story of a man who goes from having nothing to having riches. The film opens with Plainview already working hard to try and strike it rich. And before the first line of dialogue (fifteen minutes in) he is well on his way.
As I said though this is not the box the
movie puts itself in. This movie is about the progression of Daniel Plainview. It’s about his battle with his own ambition.
As the movie progresses we watch him slowly being taken over by it -- to the point of abandoning his child. Early on you may think he’s just a driven man. You soon see man will do anything not just to suc-ceed, but to be ahead of the competition.
“Blood” is filled with scene after scene of Plainview’s subtle moral collapse, but make no mistake it is not two and a half hours of pure depression.
Anderson’s films are marked by the drama that drives the story with humor sprinkled throughout. There were occa-sions when I found myself laughing out loud before realizing what I was seeing was actually kind of disturbing.
Anderson does a brilliant job at craft-ing this film into Daniel Plainview’s per-sonal diary of self destruction. By the end you see a man completely consumed by greed.
Paul Thomas Anderson has brought his best film to life here with the beauti-ful photography of Robert Elswit. This is the pair’s fifth collaboration. All of their other films have been movies set in urban areas in either California or Las Vegas. Yet they shift so seamlessly to the landscapes of Texas it’s almost as if this is the film they’ve been secretly preparing for years. The film received eight Oscar nominations this year. Don’t be surprised to see them walk away with quite a few statues on Feb. 24.
Definitely, Maybe In this romantic comedy soon-
to-be-divorced father Will, played by Ryan Reynolds, has to answer some difficult questions from his 11-year-old daughter, Maya, about his past rela-tionships. Maya wants to know every-thing about how his parents met and fell in love. Will changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the final woman his father married. As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s romantic puzzle, she begins to under-stand that love is not easy. Maya helps Will to realize it is never to late to go back. Definitely, Maybe is rated PG-13 and will be in theaters Feb. 14.
Simple PlanThe pop-punk “rockers” Simple
Plan’s new album is self-titled and will arrive in stores on Feb. 12, 2008. It was produced by Dave Fortman, with the lead single “When I’m Gone.” Their last album Still Not Getting Any.... was released in October 2004. So the new album will have all their latest music for you to enjoy.
Make eco-fashion your passion
Cast ListFather Drobney................................Thomas GovertAmbassador Magee........................Kevin CoxKilroy.................................................Cody BorrorAxel Magee......................................Nick HammelMarion Hollander...........................Kate KearnsWalter Hollander.............................Joe LauerSusan Hollander.............................Missy PattersonKrojak...............................................Sean RethmeierNovotny..........................................Wes McDonoughBurns................................................Sabrina McKinneyChef..................................................Zach WinterSultan of Bashir...............................Jesse DavisSultan’s 1st Wife.............................Brianna BranineKasner...............................................Alexie SmithCountess Bordon............................Sharon MarvelStage Manager.................................Darci Mann
BY LIZ POTTERScene Editor
Green thumb has turned into green thought with famous tongues con-stantly wagging
about the detrimental effects we’re putting on our planet. From politi-cal debates down to…the catwalk? Gone are the days of burlap tunics and the tongue-in-cheek use of hemp material. The fashion world usually attempts to do more than bat their false eyelashes in an evermore growing confusing world and their next stiletto step: saving the planet.
No, not in the con-ceited way that we expect, but rather in what they know best: style. The process of making clothing was thought to require toxins and other harmful wastes when really there are different and more efficient ways to create the duds we love to don. Even better, these innovative ways to create clothing may actually be better for our bodies, ozone and even society.
What makes the process so different? Clothes and accessories that meet such cri-teria are usually made using organic raw materials, such as cotton grown without
pesticides, or re-used materials such as recycled plastic from old soda bottles. Eco-fashions don’t involve the use of harmful chemicals and bleaches to color fabrics—and are made by people earning fair wages
in healthy working conditions.In addition to the organic cotton and
bamboo fabrics; eco-fashion fabrics are now being made from: sea cell, seaweed and brand new: sasawashi (a material made from a Japanese leaf that contains anti-allergen and anti-bacterial properties) Combined with fibers spun from recycled plastics, these new fabrics produce fabrics that are lightweight, breathable, and actu-ally have health benefits for the people
who wear them. Most silk does not meet eco-fashion standards because they kill the silkworms to get the silk fibers. Only “Peace Silk” meets eco-fashion standards; they only use the silkworm cocoons that
are empty to produce silk fabric.
By slow-ly integrating eco-fashion into your wardrobe, you’re not only being environmen-tally forward, but fashion forward. Now that’s a fash-ion statement that even Al Gore can nod to.
Where to find Eco-Fashion
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Feb. 7, 2008Page 8
Women’s Basketball Player Lauren Cherry
BY JOEL DeNICOLOSports Writer
The Lady Tigers began the second semester blazing, jumping out to a five game winning streak to open up
Jayhawk Conference play. After four away games in a row in eight days, the Lady Tigers returned to W.S. Scott Auditorium Jan. 30 to blow out Neosho County 61-25, and then finished off the week with their second win over Kansas City in as many tries to improve to a 13-9 record.
The Lady Tigers picked up a come-from-behind win over the Kansas City Lady Blue Devils 53-44 on Jan. 5. after 34 days from the time the Lady Tigers last played an official game.
Freshman Gabby Curtis had the first double-double of second semester scor-ing 11 points and bringing in 10 rebounds. Fellow freshman Whitney Williams just missed a double-double scoring a Cowley high 15 points and bringing in nine rebounds.
In a very low scoring affair the Lady Tigers returned home to a very large crowd to observe an always entertaining game versus Coffeyville.The Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Red Ravens 48-47, as their final shot attempt to win was blocked by sophomore Alexis Wright.
The Lady Tigers held Coffeyville to 31 percent shooting and committed 23
turnovers due to the tough defensive effort. Sophomore Lauren Cherry col-lected a season high 13 rebounds.
On Jan. 16, the Lady Tigers defeated the #3 ranked NJCAA Div. 2 Johnson County Lady Cavaliers. Johnson County had three attempts in the last 28 seconds to tie the game, but two of them were blocked and the last bounced off the rim to give the Lady Tigers a huge win.
The Lady Tigers began their stretch of four road games in a row in Highland on Jan. 19, defeating the Scotties 72-47, after a four and a half hour bus ride. The Lady Tigers held the Scotties to 25 percent shooting and forced 20 turnovers. Yankova, Williams and Curtis combined to go 23-for-35 from the field and were responsible for 54 of the 72 points.
In the Lady Tigers next road game, they faced Labette (19-3) who currently has the best overall record in the East. The Lady Tigers were dealt their first conference loss of the season. Freshman Bebe Holloway had her first double-double of the sea-son with 18 points and 14 rebounds. Yankova had a current season high of nine assists.
After a seven point halftime defi-cit, the Lady Tigers closed out their four-game road trip with a 65-55 vic-
tory over the Fort Scott Lady Greyhounds. Holloway had a nice rebounding spree where she had a total of 40 rebounds in the last three games concluding with this game. Yankova once again had game high with 21 points.
In the first game back home in two weeks, the Lady Tigers gave the home crowd a first half to remember. Heading into halftime, the Lady Tigers were up 30-2. The final score ended up being 61-25. The second half was mainly played with reserves, having every player score at least two points. Freshman Neasha Haynes led all scorers with 10 points. Neosho shot 17 percent for the game and committed 28 turnovers.
The regular-season sweep of the KCK Lady Blue Devils was completed in Kansas City on Feb. 2 having the Lady Tigers squeak out with a narrow 38-37 victory on a Yankova game-winning shot in the wan-ing seconds of the game.
Lady Tigers starting to pick up wins Conference play going well for Lady Tigers
At a GlanceWomen’s BasketballSeason Record: 13-9 (8-2) as of Feb. 5
Recent Highlights:•The Lady Tigers start off conference play with five straight wins.•The Lady Tigers beat Coffeyville 48-47 in a tough game.•The Lady Tigers only gave up two first half points to Neosho County. They won 61-25 to improve to 7-2 in conference play.Recent Results:Jan. 19 - @ Highland 72-47Jan. 21 - @ Labette 64-73Jan. 23 - @ Independence 58-66 Jan. 26 - @ Fort Scott 65-64Jan. 30 - Neosho County 61-25Feb. 02 - @ Kansas City 38-37Standout Performers:•Freshman Gabby Curtis had her first dou-ble-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Kansas City.•Freshman Bebe Holloway records her first double-double of the season with 18 points and 14 rebounds against Labette.Coming Up: The Lady Tigers are sched-uled to take on Allen County at home on Wednesday, Feb. 6. They then will be at Coffeyville on Saturday, Feb. 9 and at Johnson County on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
BY JACOB EARLSSports Editor
After just one season with the Tiger cross country teams, assistant coach Vince DeGrado was promoted to head coach of the Tiger men and women’s teams.
DeGrado recently helped coach the Tiger’s to a top-10 finish for both teams at the NJCAA National Cross Country Championship in November. Prior to coaching for the Tiger’s, DeGrado was the head coach for Allen County Community College for two full seasons. DeGrado’s first recruiting class at Allen County was ranked in 2006 for the first time in almost 10 years.
Mark Phillips, head coach for both cross country and track teams for four years, had been working on making the coaching change to an assistant for quite some time.
“When I was hired I was told that I had to prove myself to them in order to get the promotion,” DeGrado said.
DeGrado, who was hired as an assis-
tant after Ryan Turner’s departure, was named Region VI Men’s Coach of the Year after he helped the team capture their first ever Region VI championship. At nation-als, facing the largest field of runners in NJCAA history, the Tiger men finished fifth overall, while the women finished eighth.
Earning credibility from coaches and peers throughout the year, the only thing that changes for DeGrado is the title.
“Nothing changes, he [DeGrado] now has the title that he deserves. We have always run this program like a university program and we each coach our event areas. Our program didn’t miss a beat with him here and he is doing a great job with the distance runners as the results show,” head coach Mark Phillips said.
Putting on close to 10,000 miles during recruiting, DeGrado already expects a tal-ented recruiting class for next year.
“I was very busy with recruiting and going to events but now all that’s left are the school visits for the recruits,” DeGrado said. “We are looking pretty good with the incoming recruiting class.”
DeGrado also coaches the long and middle distance runners for the Tiger track teams along with Phillips.
“Mark [Phillips] and I have worked well together and I like working for him,” DeGrado said. “He has helped me and I have learned a lot from him.”
BY JOEL DeNICOLOSports Writer
Sophomore Lauren Cherry is a wing for Coach Clarke on the Lady Tigers basketball team. She played in 17 games as a fresh-man.
What city/high school are you from?I’m from Bennington, KS and attended Bennington High School
What other sports did you participate in high school besides basketball?I ran track and cross-country.
Who has helped you the most so far in your basketball career?Probably my supportive parents.
What has been your most memorable bas-ketball moment?Winning our league two years in a row.
What has been your most embarrassing moment?I scored on the other teams’ basket, once.
What does a normal practice for your team consist of?Mostly working on defense and running through our plays.
How did you end up coming to Cowley?Cowley offered me a scholarship to play basketball for the Tigers. I also liked the small community, friendly people and the nice campus.
How did you get into playing basketball?One of my friends mother’s asked me to play on their YMCA team in 5th grade.
What do you enjoy about basketball?My teammates.
What do you feel is your greatest strength on the court?My speed and hustle.
Do you have any rituals or superstitions before a game?I have to listen to my Ipod and pray to myself.
What’s the biggest difference between high school and college basketball?The competition, it is a lot more competi-tive.
Who is someone you look up and why?My grandma. She’s such a knowledgeable person and is always there for me no mat-ter what.
What is your favorite thing to do while on campus?Playing Guitar Hero and chilling with my friends.
What are your plans after Cowley?I’m undecided at the moment.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?Hopefully living on the west coast.
DeGrado promoted to head coach of Cross Country
Vince DeGrado was officially named head coach of both cross country squads at the beginning of the second semester. (Photo by Lee Lyons)
Head coach Todd Clarke talks to his team during a timeout during the second half against Neosho County. The Lady Tigers won convincingly 61-25 over the Lady Panthers. (Photo by Lee Lyons)
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BY JACOB EARLSSports Editor
Coming off one of its most successful early season meets in the program’s history, the Tigers set two school
records and three national qualifying marks while taking small squads to the Pittsburgh State Invitational on Friday, Feb. 1.
Made up of mostly field events and a few sprinters, the Tigers competed against Division II, NAIA, and JUCO colleges on a very small track.
Freshman John Kenney set a school record in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.64. Fellow freshman Rusty Gray also set a school record in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.72.
The Tiger’s 4x400 meter relay team of Justin Viewins, Mark Butler, Jerell McCane and Sean Brown placed third with a time of 3:35. Sophomore Jordan Pote finished third in the pole vault with 13-5¾.
Sophomore Kelsey Poljansek led the Lady Tigers as she hit two national qualifying marks in the shot put (35’1”) and weight throw (47’11”). Poljansek finished first in the shot put and second in the weight throw. Sophomore Sasha Oliver also had a national qualifying mark of 35-1 the triple jump and placed fourth.
“I thought we competed well for tak-ing partial squads for some much needed competitive practice,” head coach Mark Phillips said.
At the Jayhawk Classic in Lawrence on Friday, Jan. 25, the Tigers had 17 individu-als and three relay teams hit national quali-
fying marks. The Tigers competed against 22 other teams from Division I, II, NAIA, and JUCO.
“I was very pleased with our efforts and results at KU,” Phillips said.
Poljansek broke her own school records in the shot put with a 48-10¾. She also placed second in the weight throw.
In the 800-meter run and 1,000-meter run, freshman Jessica McLeod and sopho-more Ashley Cronin qualified for nationals. The women’s distance relay team of Cro-nin, McLeod, Jennifer Cherono and Xandria Cash surpassed the national qualifying time with a 13:20.27, which placed the relay team third.
Larry Hill and Dakota Price had a suc-cessful men’s meet by qualifying in three different events.
Both Hill and Price qualified in the 600-yard run, while anchoring the 4x400-meter relay team in their qualifying time. Hill and Price, along with sophomores Mauricio Morales and Gilbert Manzanares, won the men’s distance medley race with a national qualifying time of 10:49.53.
Also hitting national qualifying marks for the Tigers were David Starnes in the Pole Vault, Brett Koehn in the 5,000-meter run, Jonathan Cherono in the 1-mile run and Harrison Philp in the 1,000-meter run.
The Tigers are scheduled to compete in the Adidas Classic in Lincoln, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 8, and then return for the Cow-ley Snowball meet on Thursday, Feb. 14. Some Tigers may also compete at Kansas State on Friday, Feb. 15. On Sunday, Feb. 24, the Tigers are scheduled to compete in the Region VI/Jayhawk Conference meet.
BY JOEL DeNICOLOSports Writer
On Dec. 17, 2007 the Board of Direc-tors approved the recommendation to add both a men and women’s soccer team to the Cowley Athletic Department. By early January Ath-letic Director Tom Saia hired Roberto Dos Santos as the head coach to spearhead Cow-ley’s inaugural soccer program to compete in the fall 2008.
“I accepted the job here because of the whole package Cowley has to offer,” Dos Santos said. “We get to start the program from scratch, this is a good school that has an outstanding athletic department, and the support here is fantastic.”
Dos Santos is originally from Brasilia, Brazil. He attended college at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS. He won numer-ous first-team all-conference selections and capped off his senior season being named an All-American in 1994.
Dos Santos was a spectacular player in the USL Premier Developmental League, a semi-pro soccer league. He played with the Wichita Jets as well as with the Sioux City Breeze.
Dos Santos most recently has been the head men’s soccer coach at Southwestern College, a NAIA college in Winfield, for the past seven years. Preceding his stint at Southwestern, Dos Santos was assistant
coach for the Sioux Falls Spitfire, a PDL team in South Dakota. He also was men’s assistant coach the University of Evansville for two seasons. Dos Santos also had the opportunity of being the women’s head coach at his alma mater, Bethany College,
for two seasons. When the soccer
season begins in the fall, the soccer teams will play their home games at the Cowley Track & Field Facility. It was built with intentions of also being used for soc-cer or football.
“We have a very nice top of the line stadium; it is already going to be considered a top soccer facility in the Jayhawk.”
“I’m a very com-petitive coach, but I do let the players play the game,” Dos Santos said. “I deal more with the
psychological aspect of the game which I believe is 70-80 percent of the game.”
Dos Santos was heavily influenced by and is known to coach more of a Brazilian style of soccer.
“With the Brazilian style, we focus more on the creativity, skill and physical aspect of soccer.”
Currently there are no players signed to play soccer for neither the men’s or women’s team. But that is Coach Dos San-tos number one priority now.
“We are looking to bring in good play-ers that are hard workers.” Dos Santos said. “This first year will be tough but will give it all we got.”
Dos Santos currently resides in Win-field, KS with his wife Kirsten and their two boys, Diego 8, and Gabriel 4.
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BY JACOB EARLSSports Editor
With only 4 starters returning and one other returning player, the Lady Tigers will use their eight talented freshman class and a sophomore transfer to try and capture their fifth straight Jayhawk East Conference title in 2008.
Coming off a successful fall season at 17-3-1, the incoming freshman saw playing time and showed their potential.
“We had a real good off season and most of the those were against 4 years,” head coach Ed Hargrove, “It’s a nice way to get us in off season workouts.”
In the 2007 season, the Lady Tigers came up short to going to their third straight national tournament appearance.
The Lady Tigers lost four infielders from last year’s 46-9 team. They will have to replace Jymme Dailey at second base, Kaci Haney at shortstop, Jenny Hoyt at third base to graduation and catcher Katie Duncan, who transferred to Washburn.
Four freshmen will be filling in these empty spots for the Lady Tigers. Sarah Smith will be starting at second base, Jenna Klick at shortstop, Breayle Tackett at third base, and Kashilia Young at catcher.
“Kashilia is our top hitter and she will be batting third in the line-up,” Hargrove said. “
First-Team All-American Colby Hart will return to proved leadership in the
outfield. Hart was the left fielder last year but will take over centerfield due to the graduation loss of All-Conference/All-Re-gion outfielders Nicole Reuter and Jenanne Wilson.
The Lady Tigers also return sopho-more Danielle Saylor-Perkins, who earned second team All-American while serving as the designated hitter. At first base, the Lady Tigers return a very talented first basemen, sophomore Kim Noble.
“She will be the leader of the infield for us,” Hargrove said.
The main strength of this year’s team will be pitching. The Lady Tigers return First-Team All-American Heather Davis, who led the nation in strikeouts with 309 and had an earned run average of 0.98, along with her 29-5 record.
Joining Davis will be freshman Jacey Juden, who is a former Ark City High School standout. While in high school, Juden led the Bulldogs to two 5A state championships and was on the All-State team all four years.
While Davis and Juden will be the starters, Hargrove will use Tackett as a relief pitcher for the Lady Tigers. Tackett was an All-State pitcher for Winfield High School.
“Our pitching will be very strong,” Hargrove said,” Jacey and Heather are very confident pitchers. I will be disappointed if we don’t win the East. We have a good team all-around.”
Lady Tigers going for fifth straight Jayhawk East title
With only nine players returning from last season’s team that captured its 11th conference title in the past 13 seasons and placed eighth at the NJCAA Division I World Series, the Cowley College baseball team is predicted to be one of the top junior college teams heading into the regular season.
The Tigers were ranked No. 10 in the NJCAA Division I preseason poll. Central Arizona is the top-ranked team in the pre-season poll, followed by Grayson County College (Texas) and defending national champion Chipola College (Fla.).
The Tigers are coming off a season in which they finished 47-18, won the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division and had head coach Dave Burroughs be named conference Coach of the Year.
With the Tigers having such a large sophomore class last season a lot of the returning players did not get to see much playing time
Sophomore catcher/designated hitter Travis Carney was really the only player that was considered an every day starter.
Last season sophomore third baseman Tom O’Gorman had a big regular season before suffering a season-ending injury at
the Region VI Tournament.Outfielder John Chaisson also returns
after suffering a season ending injury midway through his last season. Infielder Kenny Hitchcock saw playing time as a part-time starter as a freshman .
Brice Cole started at third base after the injury to O’Gorman and gained valu-able experience playing at the Region VI Tournament and JUCO World Series.
Curt Simpson is the only returning pitcher that started any games for the Tigers last season. Zach Potter, Connor Far-ris, and Chris O’Brien had limited playing time pitching but will be counted on to step up as sophomores.
Transfers Heath Wall from Seminole State and Tyson Parks from Creighton University will also be looked upon to step up for the Tigers this year.
There is also an addition to the coach-ing staff where the Tigers hired assistant coach Scott Camien to replace J.R. DiMer-curio who recently took a scouting position with the Minnesota Twins.
Cowley season opener is Feb. 12 at Seminole State. The Tigers’ home opener is a double-header Feb. 16 against Maple Woods.
Cowley baseball ranked in NJCAA preseason poll
Feb. 7, 2008Page 10 SPORTSTHE COWLEY PRESS
At a GlanceMen’s BasketballSeason Record: 20-2 (9-1) as of Feb. 5
Recent Highlights:•Tigers start conference with 9-1 record while being on the road for the majority.•Tigers have five players score in double to defeat Neosho County 83-62.• Tigers score with under ten seconds to defeat Kansas City.Recent Results:Nov. 13 - @ Highland 95-77Nov. 17 - @ Labette 82-65Nov. 19 - @ Independence 74-86
Nov. 27 - @ Fort Scott 82-70Jan. 30 - Neosho County 83-62Feb. 02 - @ Kansas City 57-56Standout Performers:•Freshman Jack Crowder scores 17 points in the Tigers victory over Neosho County at home.•Sophomore Montrell McDonald scores 15 points, while Chris Rhymes added 14 in the Tigers win at Kansas City.Coming Up: The Tigers are scheduled to play Allen County at home on Wednesday, Feb. 6, before they head back on the road to take on Coffeyville and Johnson County on Feb. 9 and 13.
BY JACOB EARLSSports Writer
From January 19 to February 2, the Tigers played on their home court one time. After four straight road
games in conference play, which included a tough loss to a hot Independence team,
the Tigers find themselves second in the Jayhawk East standings.
“I’ve never heard of that before,” head coach Steve Eck said when asked the conference schedule. “We knew the sched-ule from the start and I don’t mind away games, but four games in one week isn’t real fair. Just makes it tough.”
On the road against Kansas City, the Tigers needed a Chris Rhymes’ basket with 4.8 seconds left to capture the win. The Tigers improved to 20-2 overall and 9-1 in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division.
With the Tigers controlling the game at half, 27-19, the Blue Devils started play-ing physical and cut the Tiger’s 20-point lead down to six. The Tigers were trailing by two, 49-47, until sophomore Mon-trell McDonald put the Tigers back on top with a three-point play with 3:39 remaining. Shortly after, freshman Jack Crowder increased the Tiger’s lead to 52-49. The Blue Devils then tied the game with long three pointer at the two minute mark.
Failing to score on the next posses-sion, the Tigers found
themselves down 54-52 with close to a minute left. McDonald then answered with a three to put the Tigers ahead 55-54 with 45 seconds remaining.
Kansas City grabbed the lead back when Dusty Burdolski hit a jumper with 11 seconds left to put the Blue Devils in the lead 56-55. After a Tiger timeout, they in bounded the ball to McDonald, who then ran down for a quick shot and missed. Rhymes happen to be close by for the put back.
Up 57-56, the Tigers watched Kansas City miss a contested lay-up for the victory.
“I thought we played good defense at the start and then we didn’t get some shots to go our way, so the other team got some confidence,” Eck said. “We made some big plays down the stretch though.”
McDonald led the Tigers with 15 points, while Rhymes contributed 14.
Against Neosho County on Wednes-day, Jan. 30, the Tigers had five players score in double figures as they defeated the Panthers 83-62.
Tied 20-20 after nine minutes of play,
the Tigers went on a 10-2 run to lead 30-22. The Tigers went into halftime up 42-29.
The Tigers led by as many as 23 points, 65-42, but the Panthers went on a 17-4 run to cut the Tigers lead to 69-59 with under four minutes left. The Tigers outscored the Panthers 14-3 to close out the game with a 21 point win.
Freshman Jack Crowder led the Tigers in scoring with 17 points along with six rebounds, while McDonald and Rhymes each added 13 points. Sophomore Reggie Cook and Eric McKinney contributed 12 and 11 points, respectively.
The Tigers are scheduled to play Allen County at home on Wednesday, Feb. 6, before they head back on the road to take on Coffeyville and Johnson County on Feb. 9 and 13.
“I’m anxious to see how we play against teams the second time around. The second time is always interesting because the losing team can make adjustments eas-ier,” Eck said. “We just need to play with more energy and focus on team defense. It doesn’t get any easier for us.”
Tigers second in Jayhawk East; gain tough road wins
Freshman Jack Crowder attempts a fast break dunk against Neosho County. Crowder was the leading scorer for the Tigers with 17 points. (Photo by Lee Lyons)
Intramural starting for second semesterBY JOEL DeNICOLOSports Writer
Spring semester intramurals are in full swing with basketball, bowling and tennis in place.
For the first time this year bowling is an intramural sport for everyone to join. Make sure if you want to bowl you need to sign up with Kristi Shaw in the Student Life office. The deadline to sign up is February 11. You need four players on a team and there will be three games played per night with all games beginning at 9:30 p.m. at the Hillcrest Bowling Lanes on Summit Street.
Bowling intramural nights are Wed. Feb. 13, Thurs. Feb. 21, Wed. Feb. 27, Wed. Mar. 5, and Wed. Mar. 12. The best percent-age wins the championship.
Once again there is intramural bas-ketball this spring. This time around it is 5-on-5 style. There are six guys teams and five girls teams lined up.
The six guy teams are the Sea Turtles, the Tennis Team, Team Super Bad, the Roll-ing Keystones, the Has Beens, and Team Wu-Tang. The five girl teams are the Lady Ballers, Team C & D, the Gold Diggers, the Master Batters and the Chubby Bunnies.
5-on-5 basketball nights will be held on Tues. Feb. 5, Thurs. Feb 7, Tues. Feb 12, Thurs. Feb. 14, Tues. Feb 19, Thurs. Feb. 21, and Tues. Feb. 26. Game times are 5:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., and the last games of the night will begin at 8:00 p.m. All games will be played at the Cowley Recreation Gym.
Games are played in two 20 minute halves with a three minute halftime inter-mission.
Tuesday February 28 the tournament to determine the champion will begin and be played through early March and up until Spring Break.