Jones attended Fort Gordon Military academyafter having some problems in his past that re-sulted with him having three of his ribs crackedin a gang fight.

“At that point, I decided that, in combinationwith several other things I'd been subjected to inmy gang life, that it was just enough,” Jones said.

Jones graduated from Fort Gordon in 2008with a 4.0 grade point average and earned 14 outof the 17 awards given by the academy.

After completing his education in Fort Gordon,Jones was offered a $100,000 scholarship to at-tend TransPac Aviation Academy in Phoenix.

Jones attended aviation academy as a promisehe made to his mom.

“I went into aviation school with a promise tomy mom. I told her I would go, but I hated fly-ing. I didn’t like it at all. But I made a promise tomy mom that I would do it for a year,” Jones said.What Jones never expected was that his momwould pass away shortly after he completed hisphysical for flight school.

Although Jones had just endured such a loss,he was determined to finish his education at theaviation academy, even if it meant having tostruggle through the days doing something hedidn’t enjoy.

“I stayed there and I endured that, and somemornings it was so bad that I would get up and

cry because I didn’t want to go to school becauseI was so frustrated with it,” Jones said. “But over-all I knew I had to stay and keep the promise Imade to my mom.”

When Jones graduated from TransPac Avia-tion Academy, he was offered a job to as an avi-ation instructor, but he had his sights set on a dif-ferent course. Jones applied to go to college atElmhurst, Ill.,but ultimately decided to attend Se-ward.

“I enrolled in Elmhurst and got an offer for ascholarship, but I actually declined that offer be-cause I wanted to stay in Liberal,” Jones said. “Iappreciate what this school has to offer.”

Jones decided to attend Seward after he visitedas part of a summer program, and having familynearby was also a factor in Jones’ decision to stayin Liberal. Penny Jones, Seward county women’sassistant basketball coach, is a cousin of Wes-ley’s.

“Being around her definitely has helped mestay on track when I first started here. She has in-troduced me to a lot of the staff, and it’s alwaysnice to have a family base close by,” Jones said.

Penny also likes having a family member closeby to help whenever she needs something aroundthe house and takes pride in watching her cousinsucceed.

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HALO hosts voterregistration booth

HALO will sponsor a voterregistration drive from 8 a.m. tonoon Wednesday and from 8a.m. to noon Thursday in theHobble Academics Buildinghallway in front of the StudentSuccess Center.

Friends hostopen house

Friends University will havean open house Thursday inRoom SW229 A. Students cancomplete major coursework fora bachelor of science Organiza-tional Management and Leader-ship. Contact Danielle Murrayfor more information at (620)276-0435 ordanielle_murray@friends.edu.

Student pilot landsat Seward

Crusader photo/Alfredo Anaya

Wesley Jones sits in the college amphitheatre in colorful DC shoesand socks that tend to reflect his bright personality.

Crusader photo/Jonathan Yowell

Dale Boren and Tyson Miller get instructions from machine tooltechnology instructor Butch Garst, at right, on how to operate theMulticam Waterjet recently installed at the Tech School. At far right,precision samples the machine cut from half-inch aluminum.

Security supervisorresigns after arrestAlfredo AnayaEditor

Seward Coum-munity College/Area TechnicalSchool head of se-curity Ray Pettywas arrested at 11p.m. Sept. 4 at 618N. Clay.

Petty was arrestedfor eavesdroppingand obstruction ofthe legal process,according to the Lib-eral Police Department.

Petty resigned as head of se-cutiry at the college Wednesdayafternoon, according to SewardCounty President Dr. DuaneDunn.

“It’s one of those things, anyemployee is also a human being,and what they do off work isn’talways a reflection on the col-lege. This occurred off campus,”Dunn said. “The challenge, Ithink, many times being in acommunity where a lot of peo-ple know each other is that it be-comes hard to seperate a personfrom their job. But we never hadany complaints about his workbackground.”

Petty had been on annualleave since the arrest. He wasnot available by telephone forcomment.

Currently the campus has twofull time security employees,John Hiebert and Christina

Mauldin, who areworking additionalhours to fill shifts.

Director of build-ings, grounds and se-curity Roger Scheibis also working extrahours to guaranteethat students aresafe, Dunn said.

Students shouldalso be aware thatfor events such asgames, off-duty Lib-eral Police Depart-

ment officers arehired.

Dunn has said that the collegeis currently looking for some-body to fill the position of secu-rity supervisor, and hope to havethat person hired by mid-Octo-ber.

Security or law enforcementtraining is required with at leastthree years of supervisory expe-rience and five years of publicsafety experience.

All considered for employ-ment through the college mustgo through a background check,and those convicted withfelonies or crimes against a per-son will not be hired.

Dunn is confident that the po-sition will be filled soon. Se-ward has been advertising local-ly. This has been the secondtime Dunn has had to conduct asearch for a security supervisorposition, and overall he feelslike it will be an easy process.

AlumniSaints returnto Seward for

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Wherefore artthou, Romeo?

The college amphitheater willbe the debut site for the fallproduction Oct. 6-7 starring

Leslie Landeros as Juliet.

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esley Jones is acolorful character.

It’s plain to see helikes to express himselfin his attire, wearingcolorful socks and abackpack to stand outfrom the crowd.

His manners alsostand out, as he politelystays behind to open adoor for anybody whois about to walk by.

Jones’ past is as color-ful as his pink, green,and yellow socks, andcheckered with a military academy education, with a gangpast, and a commercialpilot’s license.

By Alfredo Anaya

Heidy MolinaCrusader staff

The Development Foundation will hostthe 16th annual Scholarship Auction at 6p.m. Sept. 25 in the Seward County EventCenter, located at the fairgrounds.

The theme of Cirque d’ Etoiles, or cir-cus of the stars, will highlight the

evening designed to raisescholarship funds for Se-ward students.

“We wanted somethingcolorful and fun for the

theme,” Director of DevelopmentTammy Doll said. “One of the membersof the committee had just gotten back

from Vegas and that’s how we got ouridea for the theme.”

The money raised is used toward schol-arships that are offered to the students.

“I would like the students to ask theirparents to come to the auction,” Doll said.“It’s a really fun event. It’s a great way tosupport the students and the college.”

The auction is divided into two parts: asilent auction and a live auction. Thesilent auction will begin at 6 p.m. and thelive auction at 8 p.m. The auction will becalled by Mike Gatlin.

Last year, the turnout at the auction waslower than what had been expected.

“I never know what to expect. Everyyear is different,” Doll said. “I hope there

is a large crowd.”Something different that might draw

more people to the auction is a motorscooter donated by Chrysler Corner.

“It’s a good way to save money on gas,”Doll said.

A trip to Red River, N.M., is also beingoffered.

The entertainment for Cirque d’Etoiles is being coordinated byMagda Silva, vocal instructor.

“It has been a crazy semestertrying to find all the students I wantto have perform, but there will be nocheap circus music, some juggling, andrelaxing music to help the people taketheir time on bidding,” Silva said.

Great Western Dining will prepare themenu, which includes brisket donated byNational Beef and pork loin donated bySeaboard.

Vegetables, potato casserole, andshrimp and drinks will round out the din-ner. Dessert will consist of a chocolatefountain and a dessert bar. Tickets for theparty auction must be bought in advanceby anyone 21 and older. They are $20

and will be available in Room A190.Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Tickets may also be purchased at somelocal businesses including The Commu-nity Bank, Sunflower Bank, and First Na-tional Bank of Liberal.

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Seward has recently receivedand installed a new MiltiCamAbrasive Waterjet machine.

The project is a joint effort in-volving Seward County Com-munity College/Area TechnicalSchool, Dodge City CommunityCollege, Garden City Communi-ty College and the Kansas De-partment of Commerce.

The machine uses water andan abrasive material coming outat 55,000 psi to cut metal, glass,ceramic and many other materi-als.

It has the capability to cut ma-terials up to two inches thick and

60 inches tall by 60 inches wide.The water jet cuts items cold in-stead of with heat as with a torchor cutting saw. This saves thematerial from being heated andwarping.

The addition of this machinehas greatly expanded the capa-bilities of the technical school’smanufacturing department.

“The waterjet machine that isnew to the manufacturingcluster of programsenhances thetraining of ourstudents, makingthem more em-ployable,” ButchGarst, machinetool technology

instructor, said. “The machineincreases our capacity to servearea industries as well.”

This machine will beused to make partsfor area businessesas well as for indi-vidual customersaround the area.

Waterjet machine makes the cut at Tech School

Chamber offersprize of $6,000

Enrollment figuressee possible increaseJames HageCrusader staff

Enrollment numbers for fall2010 will not be finalized untilnext week, and early numbershave fluctuated fairly dramati-cally between increases or de-creases.

As of Monday, credit hourswere reported to be up by 4 per-cent. However, the final numberswon’t be in until Sept. 21.

According to Celeste Dono-van, dean of student services, thenumbers are determined by thecredit hours, number of students,both part time and full time, anddistance from the college.

Of the 1,792 students current-

ly attending Seward CountyCommunity College/Area Tech-nical School, more than 40 ofthem are international students.

Numbers include 98 concur-rent high shool students andaround 165 college students at-tending classes in the Technicalschool, Donovan explained.

Admissions director J.R.Doney believes enrollment rateswill increase this year, but knowsmany factors go into figuring thefinal head counts.

“I would be pleased with anyincrease,” Doney said. “Thereare a lot of factors that will deter-mine the final numbers like theeconomy, marketing, financialaid, and retention.”

Cirque d’ Etoiles shines for scholarship auction

Liberal Chamber of Com-merce is selling tickets for theannual duck race, Sept. 25 atBlue Bonnet Park. Tickets are$10 each or 6 for $50. Prizes thisyear are $6,000 for first place,$2,000 for second place and$1,000 for third place. Those in-terested in purchasing a ticketcan purchase them from Dr.Duane Dunn, college president.

Lunch in the library withplane historian

The Lunch in the Library se-ries will begin Oct. 4 at the Se-ward County Community Col-lege/ Area Technical School li-brary. “Gladys the Riveter” willbe performed by historian Tere-sa Bachman. Those attendingshould bring their own lunch anddrinks and cookies will be pro-vided. For more informationcontact Matthew Pannkuk at(620) 417-1161.

Haunted houseactors needed

Volunteers are needed to workfor the Terror on Hill Street at-traction in Turpin, Okla., fromOct. 27-31. Volunteers are need-ed for acting, make-up/wardrobe, security and retail.Must be 18 years of age. Forquestions, call (620) 391-3348.

German guitarplayer performs

Shire Green will perform at 7p.m. Oct. 5 at the Showcase the-atre . The concert is free to stu-dents with their school ID. TheGerman guitar player has onlineclips and music at www.shire-green.de

Student saxophone

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SpencerBrowne’scoffeeshop.

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Washington Monthly recentlypublished a list of the top 50community colleges in the U.S.Out of over 650 community col-leges surveyed, SCCC/ATSranked No. 33.

“At first I was surprisedbecause I hadn’t heard about it,but then I felt very, very proud,”said Seward president Dr. DuaneDunn.

The list was based on surveyinformation collected by a non-profit organization called theCommunity College Survey ofStudent Engagement and gradua-tion rates published by the U. S.Department of Education.

Factors included in the surveywere active and collaborativelearning, student effort, academicchallenge, student-faculty interac-tion, support for learning, andthe four-year graduation rate.

“I think it says a lot that theinformation collected was fromanother source; it validates it,”Dunn said.

The results of the rankingsmean SCCC/ATS is the bestpublic community college inKansas. The other Kansas col-leges that made the top 50 wereHesston College, which is a pri-vate college, at No. 2, and BartonCounty Community College atNo. 50.

According to the WashingtonMonthly article by Kevin Carey,although community colleges arestereotyped as substandard educa-tion, the colleges in this listprove that notion wrong. Peopledon’t expect excellence fromcommunity college studentsbecause of the lack of admissionsstandards and funding. Collegeslike SCCC/ATS prove that stu-dents don’t need to go to afamous university to get a goodeducation, according to the arti-cle.

“We focus on students: thechances for them to get advice,and opportunities to participate,”Dunn said. “The small class sizeis definitely a part of it, but alsois the good relationship betweenstudents and faculty.”

“I think we do an outstandingjob of providing for students,”Celeste Donovan, dean of stu-dents services, said. “Our collegeemployees have a genuine con-cern for students and studentssuccess, all the way from ourpart-time staff to the president’soffice.”

The list was the first ever of itskind. As Dunn said, the challengeis now out. Now that this infor-mation is public, there will bemore competition between com-munity colleges to get on thislist.

As well as the college did,there’s always room for improve-ment. Dunn said the administra-tion will study the survey to findareas the college can improve on.He would love to see an increasein graduation rate, or moving upin the rankings, but more impor-tant is the success and satisfac-tion of the students.

“If we can make the studentsfeel more welcome, that’s whatwe want to do,” Dunn said.“Regardless of ranking, we wantto educate our students.”

Seward ranked No. 33 in Top 50 list

Haiti student visits devastated home

Going Bongo for BongoballColton Fry and Junior Lozano waitpatiently for their next game of“Bongoball” to begin. At right, KaelobMecum ducks for cover behind anobstacle. The Student GovernmentAssociation sponsored the games,which were set up south of the StudentLiving Center Monday. Bongoball is agame that combines paintball and cap-ture the flag, without the mess or pain.

Dana LoewenEditor

When Seward student RegineBeauchard left the airport after herarrival in Haiti last summer, thefirst thing she noticed was thetents everywhere, and the rubbleall over the streets.

“It was a complete shock,”Beauchard said. “It was very sad,complete devastation.”

It’s been almost eight monthssince the 7.0 magnitude earth-quake devastated the alreadystruggling country of Haiti.

Last January, after the earth-quake hit, the Seward Students inFree Enterprise club decided tohelp Beauchard’s family in Haiti

by preparing and serving a bene-fit dinner. The SIFE dinner wassuccessful, raising $5,000 indonations.

“We are so glad we did it,” saidPoe Castillo, a close friend ofRegine, who helped with thefundraiser.

“We were shocked when weraised $5,000 for her. We neverexpected to raise that much. Ithink it showed Regine that shehas made many good friends inher short time here at SCCC. Italso showed her family that thereare people in the USA that carevery much about Haiti and itsloss.”

Shortly after finals in May,Beauchard spent about two weeks

in Haiti, visiting her family. Shealso helped distribute things toher family’s church, where herfather is a pastor.

According to Beauchard, Haitiis rebuilding very slowly. Evenafter more than half a year haspassed and millions of dollarshave been donated to the country,not much progress has beenmade.

“It’s so difficult to get aid tothem,” Beauchard said.

The money donated by theSIFE fundraiser has been helpfulto her family. They have used itto clear the rubble left by thedestroyed home and to help builda temporary house to stay in

while building a new one.

Crusader photo/Octavio Rodriguez

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SCCC studentRegine Beauchard

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right, devastatedby the Januaryearthquake in

Haiti. The earth-quake caused

millions of dollarsin damage. TheU.S. reached outand donated to

those devasted bythe earthquake

and created manycharities in orderto aid the cause.

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Sept. 22, the annual See YouAt The Pole event will celebrateits 20th anniversary.

Any Seward students whowould like to participate canmeet at the flagpole next to Hob-ble Academic Building at 7 a.m.Sept. 22. Doughnuts and juicewill be served after prayer.

SYATP is an event involvingstudents meeting at their schoolflagpoles to pray for their coun-ty, government leaders, school,and families.

SYATP started in Burleston,Texas, in 1990 when a group ofteenagers felt it on their hearts topray for their school, friends, andleaders.

Since then, it has spread acrossthe United States, and overseasin more than 20 countries includ-ing Canada, Korea, Japan, andTurkey. Now, more than 3 mil-lion students participate inSYATP each year.

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Campus Messengers forChrist members traveled withstudents of Oklahoma Pan-handle State University Fri-day to the Momentum Con-ference at the First BaptistChurch in Moore, Okla.

CMC members who wentincluded sponsor Nathan En-gelman and students DanaLoewen, Isaac Fuentes,Micheal Mages, Clair Sims ,and Joseph Hoffman.

The conference had nearly2,000 college students fromuniversities including Uni-versity of Oklahoma, Okla-

homa State University, Uni-versity of Central Oklahomaand Southwestern OklahomaState University.

Afshin Ziafat spoke for thetwo sessions of the confer-ence, with the Jeff JohnsonBand leading praise and wor-ship.

Ziafat shared his story ofconverting from Islam toChristianity and the costs andrewards of following Christ.

“It is always great to beable to take students off cam-pus to conferences like thisand to see them learn andgrow in Christ,” Engelmansaid. “Ziafat is an amazing or-

ator. He speaks the word ofGod with great authoritygiven his background andconversion from Islam toChristianity.”

Ziafat currently lives inDallas with his wife Mered-ith. He is the founder of Af-shin Ziafat Ministries andtravels nationally and interna-tionally proclaiming theGospel of Jesus Christ inchurches, retreats, camps,conferences, and missions.He also speaks to more then2,000 college students atBaylor University everyMonday night.

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Ziafat offered his wisdomon such things as God’s planin people’s lives, and how toproductively spend personalstudy time and sharing faithacross school campuses.

One of the most memo-rable quotes from Ziafat was,“Don’t worship the plan ofGod, but the God of the plan,and everything will fall intoplace.”

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The Saints Bookstore is en-couraging students to take a sur-vey about their wants and needsin a bookstore. By taking thisnational online survey, the stu-dents are given a chance to wincash prizes.

The student watch online sur-vey is created by the NationalAssociation of College Stores inan effort to increase collegebookstore sales nationwide.NACS will have a drawing forone $500 cash prize and one$100 cash prize for survey takersin the nation. Also, the Saints

Bookstore will be thankingSCCC/ATS participants by giv-ing away one $100 cash prizeand two $25 gift certificates toApplebee’s according to LynnGerstenkorn, merchandising andmarketing director of the SaintsBookstore.

This 5-10 minute survey canbe taken anytime during Octoberin the Saints Bookstore.

The survey is comprised of aseries of thorough questions, likewhat students want to find in acollege bookstore and satisfac-tion with the student’s collegebookstore. Saints Bookstore willhave a laptop set up for anyonewho wishes to participate.

CMC gains momentum at college conferenceBookstore survey offerschance to win prizes

Club BriefsSGAJoseph HoffmanCrusader staff

In the Student Government As-sociation’s meeting on Monday,members discussed upcomingevents such as what booths todo at the Trick-or-Treat Street onOct. 28. Ideas involved having ahay ride and setting up a hauntedhouse for students and trick-or-treaters.

The next SGA meeting will beSept. 20. The SGA meets everyMonday at 4:30 pm in RoomSU214 E/W in the studentunion.

PTKJames HageCrusader staff

The Chi Alpha Chapter of PhiTheta Kappa meets every otherMonday at 5 p.m. in SW229.PTK is a national honor societyfor two year graduates.

Sponsor Debbie Stafford saidshe is impressed by the effective-ness and the effort of PTK stu-dents both on and off campus.

The sponsor of five years saidPTK is an active club, involvedwith a lot of events year-long,starting with its recruitmentdrive that began Monday.

PTK elected officers Aug. 30.The club officers are Kelsey

Darnell, president; Ricky Ro-driquez, vice president; KelseyCook, secretary and Kim Fuller,public relations officer.

PTK is involved in the campus

recycling efforts, Trick-or-TreatStreet, children’s book drive,Thanksgiving food drive,Thanksgiving food basket deliv-ery, holiday party for Big Broth-ers and Big Sisters, games withGood Samaritan Center, HolidayHome Tour, and have a designat-ed area of Highway 54 the clubmembers are responsible forcleaning, which they do everymonth.

KylixJessica WinnerCrusader staff

Kylix, sponsored by instructorSusan Copas, plans to do facepainting at the Liberal Air Showthis fall, plus annual events suchas Children’s Art Day and an artsand crafts sale.

Kylix is an art club that meetsmonthly. The next meeting isplanned for Thursday at 4 p.m inH120.

Club officers include KaremGallo, president; Omar Rios,vice president; Jeanette Con-treros, secretary and Janette Var-gas, treasurer.

HALOJames HageCrusader staff

The Hispanic American Lead-ership Organization will sponsora booth to help students registerto vote from 8 a.m. to noonWednesday and from 8 a.m. tonoon Thursday in the HobbleAcademics Building hallway in

front of the Student SuccessCenter.

HALO meets every otherWednesday in SU214 east andwest. HALO is an organizationthat helps promote leadership.

HALO last met Aug. 25, whenthey voted on club officers whichare Carlos Luis, president; LuisBarboza, vice president; andMary Carmen Perez, secretary.

SPECReanna Tumlinson

Crusader staff

Saints Promoting EducationCareers is a club for students in-terested in education careers.

Upcoming events SPEC hasplanned are to possibly visit theExploration Place in Wichita,help with Trick-or-Treat Street inOctober, and to have speakersthroughout the year.

SPEC is still looking formembers, so if students are inter-ested in education and did notcome to the first meeting theyare still welcome to come to fu-ture meetings, according toSPEC sponsors Janice Northernsand Susan Copas.

SPEC officers are presidentSaul Gonzalez, co-vice presi-dents Jeanette Galan and ReannaTumlinson, secretary VickyYorio and treasurer Devin Miller.

SPEC meets on the fourthWednesday of every month inH113. The next meeting is Sept.22.

• continued from page 1“It's great to have a member of

my family attending collegewhere I work,” Jones said. “Iknow he will get a great educa-tion at Seward, and I know theteachers here will give him agreat foundation to excel at afour-year university.”

Wesley Jones is currently amember of the Kylix art club,and a member of the Saints cheersquad as a yell leader. As withmost aspects in his life, Jones al-ways tries his hardest to excel,

and he has already made an im-pact on other members of thecheer squad. His fellow yellleader Jeff Goodrum sees a lot ofpotential in Jones and believesthat he is going to be an impor-tant asset to the team. “He’sgoing to bring a lot of light onthe team,” Goodrum said. “He’svery much of a leader type, andhe is going to do great.”

As of now, Wesley is onlytesting the waters at Seward withextracurricular activities. Hehopes to join the school band

once he has things figured out.He is majoring in music man-agement and merchandising andsociology and would like towork as a social worker.“I want to be a social worker be-

cause I think it’s pretty cool,”Jones said. “I like helping peo-ple.” Jones also hopes to ulti-mately transfer from Seward withan academic scholarship and be-lieves he will be able to do so be-cause he always follows throughwith any goals he sets for him-self.

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Wesley Jones accepts his diploma from the president of TransPac aviation academy. Jones was offered ajob after graduating from TransPac but chose to attend Seward to further his education.

Crusader photo/Joseph Hoffman

Afshin Ziafat was the speaker for the Mo-mentum Conference in Oklahoma CityFriday. Ziafat is a former Muslim who isnow a Christian speaker.

Crusader photo/Joseph Hoffman

Nathan Engelman, Michael Mages and Isaac Fuentes visit before talking with Ziafat.

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I’ve been raised a certain way,but then a whole bunch of thingscome up to challenge and try topersuade me away from what Iknow. I’ve been raised conserva-tive, and I still am. But withinthe last couple weeks, I’ve beenhearing a lot of liberalism sprin-kled in with conversation.

Like, for instance, the wholehealth care thing; it’s strangewhen I hear the other side ofthings and I can actually see andunderstand the opposition’spoint. It doesn’t mean I agreewith it, but I finally see bothsides of it.

With the whole concept oflooking at both sides considered,I really want to get something offmy chest: I’m sure most of ushave heard something about thenew mosque being built in NewYork near Ground Zero and thecontroversy surrounding thatwhole issue.

The biggest fuel in favor of themosque is how it’s their “right”according to the Constitution and

our favor of religious freedomlaws. The reason some think thatthe people raising a fuss about itwill be silenced is because theyare being “unconstitutional”about the whole issue. It’s likesaying, “You want your religiousfreedom, but you want to denythem theirs just because some‘radicals’ attacked us?” As if it’snot a big deal right?

Also another justification for itcomes when people say,“Christians have killed as manypeople in the name of God asMuslims.” It’s no secret that theCrusades, the blood feud betweenthe Catholics and the Protestants,and the Spanish Inquisition total-ly freaked up the Church’s repu-tation. But that had more to dowith politics and conquest thanGod himself. And most of thecontroversy over the issue hascome because some people thinkthat the mosque is going to bebuilt on the ruins of GroundZero, when really it’s going to bebuilt only a few blocks away.

Point taken again. So yeah, that makes it alright

then doesn’t it? Nope, sure does-n’t.

We want to make this an issueof religious freedom, when it’sonly part of theissue. It soundslike a buffetwhere we pickand choose whatparts fit an argu-ment just to shutthe oppositionup because weare right and theyare wrong.

It’s not justabout religious freedom.Whoever said that they “couldn’t”build a mosque in New York? Ihaven’t heard one thing about thestate of New York not workingwith the Muslims to build amosque in New York. So why isthe issue such a sensitive one? Itmay not be being built on theruins of Ground Zero, but a fewblocks away is obviously close

enough for most people to gethot under the collar.

Without repeating myselfagain, it’s about sensitivity tothe families who lost their moth-ers, fathers, brothers, sisters,

friends, chil-dren andspouses. Arewe going totell those peo-ple how “un-constitution-al” they arefor feeling theway they feeltoo? To sepa-

rate the humanelement from the issue is a falla-cy. Because you can’t debate anissue if you are not looking atboth sides. If we are only goingto look at one side of it, thenthere really is no debate and thepeople who have objections gounheard. And its not as if NewYork City is hurting for mosquesas it is. Sure, Muslims died inthat ordeal. Muslim mothers lost

their sons, Muslim sons lost fa-thers. Did we forget that some ofthem were also the ones flyingthe planes? Let them go andgrieve at one of their othermosques. Do we honestly thinkthat the debris from the fallingTrade Centers was containedwithin a couple blocks of the at-tack? To someone who lostsomeone special in that attack,every place where debris raineddown or a twisted metal beamfell might just be considered hal-lowed ground, regardless of if it’sthree or four blocks away.Because it’s like saying to some-body who lost their husband atPearl Harbor, “The governmentfeels sorry for the Japanese and sothey are going to build a ShintoShrine at Pearl Harbor and thereis nothing you can do about it!”Or walking into a Jewish syna-gogue, throwing your arm out atan angle and yelling, “HailHitler!!!”

Anywhere else in New York isfree game. I don’t believe the

controversy would be as thick if

it wasn’t so close to Ground

Zero. Like I said before, there is

nothing unconstitutional about

them building a mosque in New

York. It’s just that it seems like

a real slap in the face, a big,

“HA-HA” to the families for it to

be built so - dang - close. SO, all

things considered, don’t be afraid

when the opposition basically

comes up and challenges every-

thing you know.

Quinnipiac University polls

show that 71 percent of majority

voters want the mosque to be

moved to a completely different

location. The poll has gradually

shown higher percentage of vot-

ers against the project from July

clear through August. Do your

research, and take a stand.

“Blessed is the nation whose

God is the Lord, the people he

chose for his inheritance.”

Psalms 33:12 (NIV)

Zach Carpenter

Crusader staffCarpenter@crusadernews.com

Mosque near Ground Zero seen as slap in the face to U.S.

At the beginning of the schoolyear, the online learning manage-ment system was changed fromWebCT to eCollege. This changehas caused some complaining andconfusion among both teachers andstudents. However, there is somebackground information about whythe change was made that we shouldbe aware of.

First, the change was made main-ly so that all of the faculty wouldbe using the same learning manage-ment system, according to CynthiaRapp, dean of instruction. SinceEduKan, which is already used bymany instructors, is part ofeCollege, it made sense to simplifyby using one system rather thantwo.

Also, WebCT had plenty of prob-lems of its own. According toTeresa Wehmeier, who has beendealing with the technical side ofeCollege decisions, we were usingthe same version of WebCT since2000. Which, as she said, is likeusing Windows 98 when everyoneelse on the planet is using Windows7. WebCT was an old system, with-out technical support or updates.That means it would be moresuseptible to viruses and otherproblems, and if it did crash, itwould be down indefinitely.

Changing to eCollege means alower cost, because of our previousand continued use of EduKan. Italso means having a much bettertechnical support system, and beingmore safe and secure from virusesand other problems.

A lot of the problems teacherscame across was mainly becausethey weren’t trained in it until theend of July and early August. If theyhad been on it sooner, they would

have been able to iron out a lot ofproblems and be much more pre-pared for using the system at the be-ginning of the semester.

One reason for this is that theWebCT license didn’t run out untilAug. 15.

Also, since most faculty weren’tworking in the summer, it didn’tleave much time for them to movecourses from one system to anoth-er.

Both Rapp and Wehmeier agreethat things would have gone a lotsmoother had they had more time toexplore the system, and give teach-ers a head start while they were stillon campus.

Problems are bound to happenwhen activating any new program;there were problems when WebCTwas started, and there are problemswith eCollege.

In the end, we will benefit frommaking this switch. Students willhave access to additional informa-tion as supplemented by instructorsavailable 24/7. It is also an onlineavenue for group discussions andcontact with instructors.

Starting the whole transitionprocess sooner would have made ita whole lot easier. But as hard aschange can be sometimes, leavingWebCT to die in peace was proba-bly best. Other surrounding com-munity colleges, including DodgeCity, Garden City, and Colby are allconsidering following our lead. Atthe head of the pack, we get to en-counter all the problems first, buthopefully we’ll be able to share ourexpert knowledge by the time theyjoin us. So take heart, the frustrat-ed and the confused; in a coupleyears we won’t even remember oureCollege headaches.

eCollege keys into students’ minds

World of Warcraft Expansion.Halo. Kingdom Hearts: BirthBy Sleep. NHL 11. Warriors ofRock. All of these are newvideo games coming out in thenext couple months. All of thegames gave on thing in com-mon, they are highly anticipat-ed by the public.

The average American spends8-14 hours playing video gamesa week. Whether this is goodfor people’s brains is question-able.

On a young child these gamescan harbor violence and canupset children.

I experienced this myselfwhen I was babysitting threechildren. The oldest boy in par-ticular would get very upsetwhen he lost a game, was toldto get off, or if one of his sib-lings got in the way of the tele-vision.While this might not bedue to games, it definitelyseems to raise violence levels.

While I love to play videogames of all kinds such asWorld of Warcraft and KingdomHearts, I have also seen gamescause violence.

On the other side of the spec-trum some video games are alsovery educational. Such asfutureU: The Prep Game forSAT and Brain Age: Train YourBrain in Minutes A Day. Thesegames encourage educationwhile having fun.

When I was in third grade Ihad a game called ClueFinders3rd Grade Adventures: Mysteryof Mathra that was a lot of fun,but it also helped me with mymath. I really enjoyed thisgame and passed it on to mybrothers when they were oldenough. They also liked it.

So are video games rottingpeoples brains? I would say thatit all depends on what gamesyou are playing.

If you are playing violentgames, then you are likely tohave violent tendencies or be-come more frustrated, but ifyou can control your angerwhile playing you will stillhave fun. If you are playing ed-ucational games you are likelyto have fun and learn at thesame time.

Educational gamesbetter than violent

“Time is money,” so I’veheard. I never really tried to fig-ure out if there was a deepermeaning to it until recently. Ihave been working for a coupleof years now and I had come tothe conclusion that I got paidfor the time I put in on the job.

Last week in class, I realizedthat the expression had morethan one meaning. Turns outthat we pay for the time spentin a class. Many of us fail tounderstand that if we don’t go toclass, we’re wasting money. It’sa very simple concept that Ifailed to understand until now.

Many students go to class thefirst couple of days, then theyonly show once a week, andthen eventually don’t show upat all.

I would assume that if you arepaying to get an education youwould show up to class andmake sure to get the most of it.Right? It seems like many of usthink that it doesn’t matter, andthat we pay for a class just be-cause.

There is no point in payingfor a class and then deciding tonot show up. If you didn’t wantto take the class then why did

you pay for it in the first place?It’s common sense. You are justwasting money.

Not only are you throwingmoney out the window, but youare also wasting your teacher’stime. Teachers don’t want tospend time on a student thatfails to show up to class andthen right before finals arewanting help to raise the failinggrade they deserve.

There are many parents thatwish they had the money tosend their kids to college. Iknow families who decide totake out a second mortage ontheir home. Many families sac-rifice getting new things aroundtheir home just to pay for a se-mester of college.

When we as students decide tonot go class we not only wasteour time and money, but otherpeople’s as well.

It shouldn’t be that hard toshow up to a class for an houror so.

We show up to games,dances and many other events.Many times they turn out to bea waste of time, yet we contin-ue to show just to see howthings will go. Same conceptgoes into place for a class. Wenever know what to expect.

The college courses we takeare designed to help prepare usfor the career we plan on pursu-ing.

Go to class, get your money’sworth and you’ll be gratefullater on in life.

Spending moneyname of the game

Reanna Tumlinson

Crusader staffTumlinson@crusadernews.com

Heidy Molina

Crusader staffMolina@crusadernews.com

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ENTERTAINMENT CRUSADER 5Tuesday, September 14, 2010

An unlikely cast and all thegoodness that comes with tackyexploitation movies from the’70s all come together to formthe greatness that is Robert Ro-driguez’s movie, “Machete.” 

Danny Trejo, the actor bestknown as playing the toughlooking Mexican in almostevery movie, plays a Mexicanfederal agent who goes rogueafter his wife is murdered infront of him by the drug king pinTorrez, played by Steven Segal.He lives a solitary life workingas a day laborer until he is hiredto kill Sen. John McLaughlin,played by Robert DeNiro, be-cause of his harsh immigration

policies and the effects it would have on the Texas economy. Thewhole thing is a set up and Machete has to find out what is going onbefore he is taken captive and blamed for a crime that would win theSenator another term in office.

The movie may not be for everyone due to the buckets of bloodand especially with the many political overtones that dominatethroughout. I have to applaud Rodriguez for making such a kitschymovie that really captures the zeitgeist of the times. It’s not supposedto be stylized and full of CGI animations. It’s supposed to be grittyand raw, what Rodriguez is best known for. And honestly, Segal,DeNiro and Lohan all in the same movie. How is that not genius inits own way? The movie also stars Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez,Lindsay Lohan and Don Johnson.

The four members of The Super Saxophone Bros. stand, a bit awk-wardly, in the corner of Spencer Browne’s Coffee House, dressed toimpress and ready to play.

The college students play their instruments incredibly well for theirage, three played in Liberal High School’s band through their highschool years.

The coffee house, which is owned and operated locally, is unusual-ly crowded, which comes as a surprise to me, never having seen alarge amount of people within the vicinity. Friends and parents arelittered throughout. The group announces that they are starting.

The first few song’s names are actually unknown by even the groupthemselves, stating that they are playing them from a songbook,which strangely, does not include the song names. The first fewsongs are mesmerizing, playing through songs fit for seafaring, andsongs to dance and have a great time to. They start playing throughtheir own individual solos, becoming one with their instrument.

The group finally plays the song they most likely drew their namefrom, the theme song from the Nintendo video game, “Super MarioBros.” Having seen quite a few covers of the song myself, I was im-pressed. They put a great new take one the song without taking awaywhat made it fun. They also played another song from the same videogame, the song known to most as “Bowser’s Castle.”

Afterwards, the band decided to play a final song, which to me, wasthe most impressive, two members from the group waltzed aroundthe coffee shop, demanding the listener’s attention by getting in theirface and playing a great solo, which to me made them look ambi-tious, almost demanding fame even. After the show, the band hungaround and talked to friends and family for a while, which shows thatnot only were the great musicians, but great people too.

Crusader photo/Octavio Rodriguez

Members of the Super Saxophone Bros, ,Takumi Rader, Ethan RayMyers, and Bryan Murillo, read their notes during a live performanceat Spencer Browne’s.

A struggling actress needsa back up plan, somethingshe would be good at, like acosmetology degree. Howev-er, she wants to continue act-ing. This is where LeslieLanderos makes her appear-ance at SCCC/ ATS as thelead role of Juliet in the col-lege’s production of “Romeoand Juliet.” 

“Acting has been my pas-sion since I’ve been a littlegirl. And I’ve never done aplay before, I’ve always donelike short films,” Landerossaid. “I took a theater class inCalifornia,”

Originally from California,Landeros moved to Guymon,Okla, when she was in juniorhigh and graduated fromGuymon High School in2008. After graduating fromhigh school, Landeros movedback to California, where herfather still lives, and attendedRiverside Community Col-lege, taking classes in actingand putting her skills to

work. “I auditioned for a soap

opera. I auditioned for abeauty pageant and a TVshow in Spanish. In college Ihad a class called acting forcamera. I read a monologueand I did scenes frommovies,” Landeros said.

Even though she had somuch experience, director Al-ison Chambers was unaware.

“I had no idea, I still don’tknow,” Chambers said. “Ithought she had that innocentyoung sort of beauty that Iwas looking for. She wasemotionally free and matureand she handled the languagewell.” 

Why would she come backto Liberal after having such apromising start in the enter-tainment industry? 

“My mom still lives overhere and I was trying to getinto cosmetology as a backup plan, and it’s really hardthere (California) cause somany girls want to do it,”

Landeros said. So Landeros tried to get in

a little closer to home.“I applied at Seward and

got in and I might as well fin-ish it here and then move toCalifornia and keep on act-ing.”

Chambers is not expectingher to help backstage withthe hair and makeup.

“She’ll be able to lend herexpertise but we will be ask-ing the cosmetology depart-ment to help us again. I don’tknow if she’ll have time todo cosmetology and heractor’s duties.” 

The added twist of the playis that it will be performed inthe ampitheater,.

“Shakespeare was meant tobe performed outside and wehave this space and it’s nicein October,” Chambers said.“We never use that space sowe might as well use it. It’sperfect for a balcony scene, itlends itself to the show in mydirectoral vision.” 

The cast will be performingthe traditional Shakespeareanversion of Romeo and Juliet.

“The script is crazy, but Ilike challenges and wheneverI set my mind to something Ihave to do it,” Landeros said.

Her determination andwork ethic are also praisedby her former supervisor,sophomore Joseph Hoffman.

“I was her supervisor atWal Mart, and she’s a reallyhard worker and tons of fun,”Hoffman said. “She’s beentelling me she’s really excitedfor the play.” 

Chambers is pleased withLanderos’ abilities so far.

“She’s a lot of fun, and it’sthe first time I’ve workedwith a cosmetology studentin a performance,” Chamberssaid

For more information con-tact the Humanities Depart-ment at 620-417-4151 or Ali-son Chambers at 620-417-1460.

ShowtimeA cosmetology student makesher theater debut away from

the make up chair

Alison Chambers, right, directs Jimmy Bert and Leslie Landeros through a scene in Shakespeare “Romeo and Juliet.” The playwill be October 6-7 in the SCCC/ ATS ampitheater. For more information contact the Humanities department at 620-417-4151or Alison Chambers at 620-417-1460. See crusadernews.com for updates and photogalleries.

Movie | Jose Rodriguez

Movie overflows withnostalgia and laughterMachete

Music | Octavio Rodriguez

Sax players entertain atlocally owned coffee houseSuper Saxophone Bros.

Outdoor stage new venue for actress

Story by Jose Rodriguez Photos by Alfredo Anaya

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SPORTS6 Tuesday, September 14, 2010CRUSADER

Date Opponent Location Time

Sept. 15 Barton CC * Great Bend 6:30 p.m

Sept. 23 Dodge City CC* Torrington, Wyo. 6:30 p.m

Sept, 23-25 WYO-Braska Shootout Tournament Scottsbluff, Neb TBA

Sept. 27 Colby CC* Liberal 6:30 p.m

Sept. 29 Hutchinson CC* Hutchinson 6:30 p.m

Oct. 2 Pratt* Pratt 2 p.m.

Oct. 6 Cloud County CC* Concordia 6:30 p.m

Oct. 8-9 Ozfest Invitational Tournament Liberal TBA

Oct. 13 Garden City CC* Garden City 6:30 p.m

Oct. 15-16 FSC- Jacksonville Tournament Jacksonville, Fla. TBA

Oct. 19 Dodge City CC* Liberal 6:30 p.m

Oct. 21 Cobly CC* Colby 6:30 p.m

Oct. 25 Barton CC* Liberal 630 p.m

Oct. 27 Hutchinson CC* Liberal 6:30 p.m.

Nov.2 NJCAA Reg. VI Play-in Match TBA TBA

Nov. 6-7 NJCAA Reg. VI Volleyball Tournament TBA

Nov. 18-20 NJCAA Div. I National Volleyball Championships TBA

Lady Saints Volleyball Schedule

Jessica Wil l iamsCrusader staff

Volleyball takes hardwork, dedication, andfocus.

Seward freshman Madi-son Winkelman hasbrought these traits to theGreen House in her roleas a libero/defensive spe-cialist on the Lady Saintsteam.

Winkelman’s job as alibero/DS is to cover thecourt by making defen-sive plays. AllisonOwens, assistant volley-ball coach at Seward, saysWinkelman is always ontop, her attitude is great,and she is focusedthroughout practices andgames.

“For every game,Madison has a gameface,” Owens said. “Itnever changes.”

To prepare for a game,Winkelman said she lis-tens to music and getspumped up. The team hasgoals of its own. To win

conference, and then go tonationals. Winkelmancredits her former highschool coach, Jack Wil-son and younger sisterBrynne Winkelman be-cause she grew up watch-ing her and she wanted tobe an inspiration, andnever let her down.

Winkelman is fromDumas, Texas, she hasbeen playing since thethird grade. Besides vol-leyball she likes watch-ing movies, and hangingout with friends and fam-ily. Winkelman’s plansfor the future are to grad-uate, go on to a universi-ty, and to become a spe-cial education teacher.

Winkelman said shelikes Seward because it’ssmall and she knows a lotof people. Her teammatessay Winkelman is verynice and a hard worker.On the court she’s on aroll, and off she’s enjoy-ing herself at Seward, ac-cording to her teammates.

Crusader photo/Ivan Gaytan

Freshman Madison Winkelman

focuses on the ball in a volleyball

match against Cloud County.

Crusader photo/Ivan Gaytan

Courtney Geesing goes up to spike the ball during a Lady Saints game against Pratt Sept. 1. Lady Saintsteammates Daiane Souza, Aislyn Karney, Isabella Silva, Maddy Taylor, and Sheina Fernandes stay ready.The Lady Saints defeated Pratt Community College in straight sets.

Lady Saints go 9-2 to start season Joseph HoffmanSports editor

As the season starts, the Seward County LadySaints press on, ranked No. 18 in NCJAA stand-ings and currently hold first place in the Jayhawk

West conferencestandings at 3-0.

Seward has onlyrecorded two lossesfrom Redlands in a5-2 defeat andLaramie County in a2-1 loss.

Highlights of theseason include beat-ing the No. 14ranked Pratt college.“ It was great gettingrevenge on Pratt thisyear since theyknocked us out ofthe tournament lastyear,” stated Fernan-des.

Two members ofthe Lady Saintssquad have beennamed NCJAA play-ers of the week,sophomore SheinaFernandes and fresh-

man Courtney Geesing. Fernandes’ season stats include 133 kills with a

400 kill percentage, 30 digs, 17 blocks, and a pass-

ing percentage of (.928). She has been namedNCJAA player of the week four times and fresh-men player of the year in 2009.

“ It has been an honor getting named player ofthe week. Our goal for this year is to get to na-tionals, no excuses.”

Geesing is in the top three lead scorers for theLady Saints with 70 kills and 73 digs and a pass-ing percentage of (.963) for the season. LadySaints also defeated No. 14 ranked and conferencecontender Pratt 4-1.

Lady Saints next game will be against rival Bar-ton Community College at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.The No. 1 seed Lady Saints were upset by No. 4seed Barton last November at regionals. Headcoach Bert Luallen says they have yet to see Bar-ton play and they have a lot of new players, butas long as they play better then they did last weekhe is confident that they will take care of businessif they play to their ability.

“Our main focus is on Barton right now, wehave a tough schedule ahead of us, but we can getahead of ourselves,” Luallen said. Players SheinaFernandes and Maddy Taylor are very confidentabout their game against Barton. “ We will takecare of them,” Taylor said.

According to players Maddy Taylor and SheinaFernandes, listening to Ke$ha and having “danceparties” in the locker room pre-game fuel their in-tensity for the court.

Fans who have attended volleyball games thisseason say it is quite an experience watching theLady Saints during games due to their fiercenessand tenacity on court.

Scores to Date

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Cloud County 2-0

Hil l 3-1

Hutchinson 3-0

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Garden City 3-0

Paris 2-3

Pratt 3-1

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Laramie County 0-3

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SPORTS CRUSADER 7Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Date Opponent Location Time

Sept. 15 G C CC Garden City 4 p.m

Sept. 18-19 TBA Albuquerque, New Mexico TBA

Sept. 22 Clarendon College Clarendon, Texas 1 p.m.

Sept. 25 TBA Stillwater, Oklahoma 10 a.m./1p.m.

Sept. 28 D C CC Dodge City 4 p.m.

Oct. 1 Rose State College Liberal 2 p.m.

Oct. 5 Canada All-Stars Liberal 2 p.m.

Oct. 6 Lamar CC Lamar, Colorado 1 p.m.

Fall Baseball Schedule

Jessica WinnerCrusader staff

The Lady Saints softball teambegan fall ball scrimmages witha tournament in Dodge City thisweekend. While the teamdropped three games on Saturdaythey came back on Sunday andwon two games.

Head coach Andea Gustafsonsaid she felt her team is ready forthe fall season, but still needs alot of work before the regularseason starts in February.

The returning sophomores are

Sydney Cicchetti, LyndaMurick, Leah Sitter, KekeaBlackstock, Daniela Catano andJill Grounds.

“We have good leadership andI’m excited,” Gustafson said. “Ithink we have the pieces to begreat.” Gustafson was excited toget on the field this weekend tosee how the team would doagainst other teams.

“The girls seem like they wantto do it and win,” she said.

The softball team’s regularseason will begin in february atthe Cowtown Classic in FortWorth.

Photo by Jessica Winner

Lady Saints softball player Ashley Kirkes watches her teammateDaniela Catano field the ball from third base. Team members werescrimmaging each other at practice.

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Head baseball coach Galen McSpadden hasbeen working hard for the upcoming spring.Even though the team is in fall ball right now,the long range view is on the regular season inthe spring.

“It’s to early for me to tell what my expecta-tions are for this year,” McSpadden said.

According to McSpadden, the practices havebeen good – not great – but good.

“This team has talent and could be respected,”McSpadden said.

During the practices many injuries have beenreported. There was a first basemen and a thirdbasemen injured, there was also a catcher hurtduring practices.

A majority of these injuries were arm injuries.

“Although the team has injuries, they are hardworkers,” McSpadden said.

McSpadden believes that the team has knowl-edge and talent. Their goals are to be very com-petitive and to be in the top two or three this sea-son.

McSpadden has alarge team this yearwith 24 sophomoresand 22 freshmen. Mc-Spadden said someplayers worth watchinginclude Logan Hall,pitcher; Tyler Hill,pitcher/outfield; PaulPulley, pitcher; JordonDallalio, in-field; JoseGonzalez, pitcher andEd William, catcher.

There are also somenew players to watch this year like StevenBrooks, left handed pitcher, Tye Thomas, lefthand pitcher, and Galven Glandes, left hand pitch-er.

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The second annual Oklahoma City Colle-giate Open was a tournament of firsts forfreshman and Saints tennis player LucasIzkovitz.

“It was good it was my first tournamentwith the team,” Izkovitz said. Izkovitz alsosaid this was his first time winning the maindraw of a tournament.

Two Seward County Community CollegeArea Technical School men’s doubles team’sfaced each other in the final round.

The No. 2 team Felipe Cruz and RaphaelMachado and the No. 3 team Izkovitz andCristiano Mendes. Izkovitz and Mendes won9-8(5). Izkovitz and Mendes were undefeatedas well.

“It was difficult because we were goingagainst our friends because we didn’t want tolose to them,” Izkovitz said.

Izkovitz has been playing tennis since hewas 8 years old and he is also the No. 5 sin-gles player.

One advantage to Izkovitz may be that he

is “the only guy on the team that serves andvolleys.” Izkovitz noted.

He also credits team captain Laercio Lobofor helping him though the tournament.“Lobo was like a leader. He helped the fresh-men a lot,” Izkovitz said.

Women’s and men’s Saints tennis teams

had their first tournament of the year duringthe weekend in the second annual OklahomaCity Collegiate Open.

The tournament was mainly NCAA Divi-sion I and Division II schools, according totennis coach Darin Workman. “It’s a big tour-nament, most teams were national rankedlast year,” Workman said.

In the women’s double draw, the numberone doubles team Fanny Benincasa andDariya Dashutina made it to the semi finalround.

“We were nervous because the teams weregood.” Benincasa said. “For the first tourna-ment we did a really good job.”

Workman was proud of both teams andlooks forward to the rest of the year. “Wewere in the double digits of wins. There’s alot of schools scared of us now,” Workmansaid.

Women’s and Men’s tennis teams will faceNewman University in a duel on Tuesday.“Both teams out played what I expected. Wehave very strong teams this year both men

and women.” Workman said.

Izkovitz

Tournament of firsts for first-year student

Deisi BarbozaOnline editor

The Gabashvili family is ten-nis oriented. As Seward CountyCommunity College/Area Tech-nical School student LevanGabashvili plays for the college,his sister, who played for Sewardlast year, currently plays at Van-guard University, and his brotherTeimuraz plays professional ten-nis.

Yet, Levan realizes that tennisisn’t everything in life. “Tennisis like a job,” Levan said.

Levan started to play tenniswhen he was 6 with his siblingsKate and Teimuraz.

However, it was his brotherTeimuraz who was in the spot-light as he was given the oppor-tunity to attend a tennis academyin Barcelona.

During this time, Levan start-ed to shift his interests towardsbasketball.

Levan played for two profes-sional teams, PBC CSKAMoscow and BC Khimki in theRussian league.

He played on both teams fortwo years each. “I don’t want tobe just a basketball player so Idecided to come to the US tostudy.” Gabashvili said.

Levan first went to VanguardUniversity in Southern Califor-

nia, where his sister plays tennisand he played basketball whilethere.

Kate then transfered to Sewardand she had refered Levan tocoach Darin Workman. Levansaid he wasn’t too worried aboutreturning to tennis. “It’s OK ifI’m losing because I can practiceand improve.”

Levan is currently an art majorbut started out as a businessmajor. Levan would like to be-

come either an interior designeror architect. When his familywould redecorate their home theyusually let Levan pick the colorsand furniture he said it was some-thing he enjoyed. HoweverLevan says his interests are lean-ing towards architecture.

Basketball is still somethingLevan enjoys and even playswith the other tennis players.“When I play basketball with thetennis players, it’s two on one

and they don’t have a chance.”Gabashvili said.

Teimuraz has been supportinghis siblings in school but Levansaid he tries not to be dependenton his brother and parents.

“My main goal right now is tofinish my education,” Gabashvilisaid.

Teimuraz is currently ranked 93in the ATP Rankings and recent-ly played against the No. 1ranked player Rafael Nadal in thefirst round of the US Open thisyear.

“I really think he could be a top20 player one day,” Workmansaid.

Nadal won the match 7-6 (7-4),7-6 (7-4), 6-3 and also went on towin the tournament.

Levan has traveled to Dubai,Barcelona and other places withhis brother during his tourna-ments.

“It’s difficult to watch himplay. I get nervous but of courseI am supportive,” Levan said.

After Seward, Levan plans toenroll in a university. “Where Ican have a good opportunity,”Levan said.

He hopes it will be somewhereeither in California to be close tohis sister or Florida where hisbrother resides.

Courtesy photo

Levan Gabashvili, left, with his brother Teimuraz Gabashvili, right, atthe 2007 Davis Cup final in Portland, Ore. Russia faced against theUnited States in the final. The United States won 4-1 that year.

SC tennis player supports pro brother

Fall ball gives practice time forincoming baseball players

Alumni Reunion8 Tuesday, September 14, 2010CRUSADER

Baseball Alumni:ready to settle the score

Photos by Alfredo Anaya

Saints baseball alumni gather around before the game against the current Saints baseball team. More than 20 baseball alumni returned to Brent Gould field for the inaugural Saints baseball weekend. Some of the alumnipresent included Cory Bieber, Kent Brandon, Steven Danforth, Craig Danforth, Gerry Danley, Chad Hussey, Travis Katzenmeier, Stu Moore, Steve Paolino, Doug Robbins and Randy Stoker along with others.

Matt McBride runs towards first base during the current baseball playersvs. alumni game as Ryan Nelson tries to catch the ball to get him out.

Bill Harvey, an alumni from 1985, prepares to strikethe ball during the current Saints vs. Alumni game.

Josh McSpadden bats during the Home Run Derby.Mcspadden was the winner of the home run derby, hittingeight home runs.

Coach Galen McSpadden congratulates his son Josh after he won the HomeRun Derby. Josh McSpadden graduated from Seward in 2003.

Some of the prizes given out for the donation drawing and silent auc-tion included a Hideki Matsui autographed world series baseball and aJoe Mauer autographed baseball.

Over Labor Dayweekend, SewardCounty alumni cameracing home to aSaints Baseball inaugural weekendwhich included atour of the buildingfor the alumni, aHome Run Derbygame, a game againstthe current Saintsbaseball team an auc-tion dinner and a golftournament.

Alfredo AnayaEditor

Former Saints baseball playersfrom graduating classes of 1975through 2008 were present on Sept.4 at the Brent Gould Field with onething in my mind: to prove thattheir baseball skills are still intact.

“The first SCCC/ATS AlumniBaseball Weekend went very well,”coach Galen McSpadden said. “Allof those who participated expressedthat they had a great time and en-joyed their return.”

More than 20 baseball alumni re-turned to Liberal to take part in theinaugural Saints baseball weekend.The three-day Labor Day weekendincluded a tour of the campus, aHome Run Derby game, a gameagainst the current Saints baseballteam, a dinner auction event alongwith a donation drawing and a golf

tournament.Many of the players who attended

would like to see this becoming anannual event.

“Hopefully this has started an an-nual event,” McSpadden said. “Wewill probably move it back a littlelater in the semester and get awayfrom the Labor Day weekend whichmay allow more opportunity forothers to attend.”

The winner of the Home RunDerby was Josh McSpadden witheight home runs, followed in secondby Ryan Nelson at seven home runsand in third place was TannerRindels with five home runs.

McSpadden was a little surprisedhis son had won the home run derbyevent.

“I certainly did not think that myson would win the Home RunDerby since he was not a home runhitter when he played,” McSpadden

said. “I was happy for him becausehe worked hard at putting thisAlumni Weekend together alongwith Roy Allen and Brandie Jones.It was also good to see that he iskeeping himself in good physicalcondition.”

The two games against the currentSaints baseball team were bothwon by the current team.

“The alumni started each gamestrong with four and three runs inthe first innings and then were notable to score much after that,”McSpadden said.

After the game the alumni wereable to attend a silent auction anddinner. The silent auction items in-cluded a Joe Mauer autographedbaseball, a Robinson Cano game is-sued All-Star hat and a Jared Weaverautographed baseball. In the dona-tion drawing, prizes included aHideki Matsui autographed World

Series baseball, a Bobby Abreu au-

tographed baseball and a Terry Cliffe

autographed picture. Cliffe was a

member of the 2008 United States

baseball team.

Money raised from the donations

will go towards use for the Saints

baseball program.

The alumni enjoyed watching the

current team play and also had a few

words of advice to leave with the

current Saints baseball team.

“I would definitely tell them to

listen to their coaches, and live and

learn,” Bill Harvey, 1985 alumni,

said. “Throw away their pride and

learn to listen. If they don’t listen

they won’t advance, but they should

constantly keep trying to be a better

baseball player.”

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