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ilyaimy educates students

on musician life.

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Trick-or-Treat Street provides safe environment for campus visitors

instructor returns

after West Nile

Virus.

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Christie ProctorCrusader staff

Seward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical Schoolwelding student Evan Thornton’sinterest in welding started outsmall.

“My freshman year of highschool, I helped a friend build aflat bed for his pick up. He taughtme a few things, and I’ve lovedwelding ever since. “

Thornton is looking to finishhis classes by the end of the yearand find a job in metal construc-tion.

Some people enter the fieldand get an entry-level job as ahelper, carrying equipment andassisting an experienced welder,but that didn’t appeal to Thorn-ton.

“Going to school helps out alot,” Thornton explained. “A de-gree isn’t required but it makes iteasier to get a job.”

Welding appeals to Thorntonbecause it’s interesting.

“You just take a pile of metaland make something out of it,”he said. It’s not as easy as itsounds, though. “Welding isabout 90 percent math,” headded. “I wasn’t good at math,but it’s simple math, so I’m OK.”

According to his instructors,he is more than OK. “Evan is ourpresidential scholar, the cream ofthe crop,” John Massey, Thorn-ton’s welding instructor and ad-viser, said.“He always attendsclass, is never late and stays latemost nights. He does qualitywork.”

Larry McLemore, IndustrialTechnology division chair, said,“Evan is a huge asset to SCCC,and will be a huge asset in hiscommunity.”

Massey noted, “For his age,his work ethic is astounding.”

It’s not just his work ethic thatdrives Thornton. He loves a chal-

lenge. He once built a 17-footwheelchair ramp with a 10-by-10foot deck on the front of a house.“I had to rent equipment, andthink a lot about the inclines toget it right.”

Whenever Thornton isn’twelding away in the Area Tech-nical School shop, he practiceshis guitar.

“I’m pretty decent. I knowquite a few songs, but I can neverremember a song when I’ve gota guitar in my hands,” he said.

He doesn’t have a lot of freetime to practice, though. “I goback home and work a lot.”Home is back with his parents inBoise City, Okla.

Before he could use his fa-ther’s equipment, Thornton re-lied on his high school’s equip-ment.

“I never really took the weld-ing classes in high school,”Thornton said. “I was just alwaysaround the shop.”

Crusader phot/Xochitl Gonzalez

SCCC/ATS student and presidential scholar Evan Thornton grinds some excess off of his structural metalproject in the Area Technical School’s welding shop.

Arm candy andjewelry shouldstay simple andclassy for a jobinterview or forwork. Nothingtoo over the topis appropriate.Necklaces canadd or takeaway from alook. Too longor too chunkycan be a turn-off.

Clothing for aninterview willfollow similarguidelines asclothes wornfor work. Topsshould never betoo low-cut,and pants andpencil skirts aremore work ap-propriate thananything at fin-gertip length.

Shoes canmake a big dif-ference in com-fort for the day.Heels worn to ajob interviewor to workshould not betoo high. Thiswould leavestilletto heelsout of the ques-tion. Sensible isthe way to go.

Presentation isan importantpart of showingup for a job in-terview. Hairshould be neat-ly done alongwith make-up.A naturalmake-up lookwith appropri-ate highlightsand contouringis best.

Accessories tocomplete thebusiness lookare important.Choosing theright purse canbe the finishingtouch to aclassy businesslook.

Diana ChaviraSports editor

The local Enactus group is working on a“legacy project,” using the name of E-closetfor a area being renovated in the old dorms oncampus. The project is, in part, to collect busi-ness attire for women interviewing for jobs.

Enactus is a worldwide organization, ac-cording to Seward adviser Lisa Kennedy, andeach chapter is responsible for devising achapter project, and more specifically, a “lega-cy” project that Enactus could base its club on.Kennedy added that the E-closet would bebuilt up each year, and that it is, in every re-spect, a women’s empowering project as well.

The purpose for the E-closet is to helpwomen transition back into the workforceafter not being employed for some time or forthe first time. The process of getting womento the E-closet starts with organizations suchas Liberal Area Rape Crisis Center, SteppingStone Shelter, and even the Colvin LearningCenter referring women back to it. Fromthere, E-closet representatives meet with thewomen by appointment, and have a one-on-one meeting to get to know them.

Other advantages provided for women whovisit the E-closet are help with creating a re-sume and hands-on practice with interviewskills. Women who are referred to the projectalso make appointments with “personal shop-pers,” who Kennedy described as “mentorsfrom the community” or even team membersfrom Enactus. The personal shoppers pairedwith the job seekers will help give them a

complete head-to-toe makeover in regards toclothing, which also includes shoes, shape-wear, accessories, and purses.

Included with the make-over, Seward cos-metology students will also be providing afree hair and make-up session. Kennedy hopesthat in doing all of this. the women who go outfor an interview will go out with confidence.Kennedy added that once employment is se-cured, these women are welcome to comeback to receive up to two weeks worth ofclothing to mix and match. “Our goal is tokeep encouraging them to stay in the work-place,” Kennedy said.

Enactus would also like to provide contin-ued support by offering a women’s profes-sional group. “All of the women that arehelped through the E-closet will meet togeth-er at a minimum of one night a month,”Kennedy explained. Challenges, family tran-sitions, and current work situations are just afew of the topics that will be covered in thesupport group. In addition, the women’s pro-fessional group will have member from thecommunity available to partner with womenwho attend the support group. This member ofthe community will be go-to person for ques-tions and concerns at any time. “That is thebig picture of it all,” Kennedy said, as shewrapped up the details of the project. In doingall of this, Kennedy added that a major pointof the E-closet was to make women feel “sopampered and so taken care of.”

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Enactus club ‘legacy project’ created to empower women

Welding sparks interest for presidential scholar

fans get preview of

season to come.

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“the dining room”

takes the stage

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creepy

Crawlers

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Dallas Kelling Crusader staff

Seward County CommunityCollege/Area Technical Schoolwill host Trick- or- Treat Streetfrom 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. onThursday, Oct. 30, to give cam-pus clubs a chance to interactwith the community.

Last year the event had around1,000 people come through thedoors.

Trick- or- Treat Street has beenaround for about 15 years. WadeLyon, director of student life andleadership, has attended Trick-or-Treat Street for the past eightyears.

“It’s fun to see the communityand college interact with eachother,” Lyon said.

He said everyone is welcometo attend this event, with no setage restriction.

It’s a convenient event because

trick-or-treaters can come to onegeneral location have a bag filledwith candy by the time theyleave.

The event will start in the Stu-dent Union building, and, aftergoing through and seeing anddoing the activities planned, thetrick-or-treaters may then goacross to the Student Living Cen-ter.

At the Student Living Center,the first floor will hand out candy

to the trick-or-treaters. On the second floor, there will

be haunted hallways for thosewho are looking for a little fright.

“The community really sup-ports us and we want to be ableto give back to the community,”Lyon said.

The event strives to provide asafe, fun environment.

If trick-or-treaters attendTrick-or-Treat Street, the weath-er isn’t an issue. They can come

inside the union for treats. Attendees can expect multiple

SCCC/ATS clubs and organiza-tions at the event such as the PhiTheta Kappa club, which willhave small plastic pumpkinswith numbers on the bottom ofthem and what ever the numberis on the bottom of the pumpkinis how many pieces of candy thetrick-or-treater will receive.

Other clubs and organizationsthat will be working at the Trick-

or-Treat Street are Pathways,

Sigma Chi Chi, the International

Students Organization, Kylix Art

Club, Students Promoting Edu-

cational Careers, Block and Bri-

dle, the Crusader, and the

SCCC/ATS Wellness Center.

Booths will have activities

available for the visitors and will

hand out candy as well.

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BlackBeltHelp to offer new technical supportIT is offering new services for 2014 through a service called Black-

BeltHelp. Semester fee packs and technical support will soon beavailable through SCCC for students, faculty, staff, parents of stu-dents and alumni. The tentative release date for these new IT servicesis Nov. 3.

Semester and annual packs can be purchased by logging into theMyCampus portal or sccc.edu News and Events link. The fee forpacks vary in price range and are pro-rated based on the time remain-ing for students to finish the semester.

A free trial for one use is offered so users can experience the sup-port first hand before committing to purchase. A referral program alsocomes with the advantage of having a discount and coupons whenpurchasing a pack.

Additionally, BlackBeltHelp has collaborated with Seward to pro-vide an online support system for those who are having technical dif-ficulties with electronic devices. BlackBelt is offered as a 24/7 sup-port service.

The BlackBelt support crews handle computers, laptops, networkconnectivity, software applications, operating systems, email andcommunication, printers and scanners, virus removal and smartphones and tablets.

— By Mariana Peña

Midterm election Nov. 4Voting will take place Nov. 4 at the Seward County Activity Cen-

ter and the Kismet City Hall. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Formore information visit www.sewardcountyks.org or call the Seward

County Clerk’s office at (620) 626-3355.

— By Mariana Peña

Costume contest Oct. 31 at basketball gameA Halloween costume contest will be hosted at the Saints Basket-

ball game starting at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Green House. Therewill be four categories in which the participants can enter: Best cos-tume, funniest costume, best group costume, and children’s costume.Prizes of cash and gift cards will be given to the best costumes of

each category.

— By Daisy Torres

Street SignsStreet signs event is going to be 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the

Student Union. The Student Government Association is in charge ofthis event. The first 125 Seward students can make free street signspersonalized. Students might want to come early.

— By Kim Nguyen

Pumpkin Carving Contest A pumpkin carving contest will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 in the

Student Union. Any SCCC student is allowed to participate. The firstplace winner for the best pumpkin will receive $100, second place

will receive $50, and third place $25.

— By Kelci Bedingfield

Meth follow upThe county attorney’s office confirmed that no charges have been

filed in connection to the student taken into custody for meth posses-

sion on campus Sept. 9.

— By Christie Proctor

3-on-3 BasketballRegistration for 3-on-3 basketball is due by Friday, Oct. 31 to Wade

Lyon in SU118. The games are played in the Green House, and thefirst game is Nov. 6. The intramural champions will win either T-

shirts or shorts.

— By Kelci Bedingfield

• The program used for the 3Dprinter at the Area TechnicalSchool is AutoCAD, not Cata-lyst.

• It was previously stated thatilyAIMY recorded their firstalbum in Los Angeles, Calif.However, they never recordedthere.

• Andy and Nina Highfill at-tended Arkansas Tech Universi-ty and both have master’s de-grees.

• The Steve Strickland whowon the last place in the duckrace is not the Steve Stricklandwho is a computer support internat SCCC.

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Crusader photo/Daisy Torres

Joe-Ann Lindrey Rapoza, Mandee Saucedo,Yesenia Perez, Matt Teel and Luiz Munoz rehearse a scene from“The Dining Room,” the upcoming production Nov. 13-15 by the SCCC/ATS drama department.

Crusader photo/Jose Medrano

Leaders in the Enactus project, Clara Cardova and Kaitlyn Carlile accept a donation from Al Shank that willbe used to purchase clothing and needed items for women who are referred to the E-Closet.

Preparations for the E-closetare well underway. Members ofEnactus have already gone inand painted the portion of the olddorm rooms that will be used forthe E-closet. The old dorms weremostly being used for old stor-age, but Enactus has decided tomake good use of them. Somedecorations have been put up aswell, but what will make themost difference is donations.

According to Kennedy, the E-closet is a monumental projectand it will take a lot of help fromthe community as well to make ithappen and keep it running. En-

actus is currently taking dona-tions and will be setting up boxesat places around town that willhelp. Donations can also bemade individually and can bepicked up or dropped off.

The E-closet will requireclothes in all sizes and colorspossible. In addition, shape-wearand undergarments will be pur-chased new with grants that En-actus has received for their pro-ject. Without a doubt, Enactustakes every part of their projectseriously.

The grand opening for the E-closet will happen next monthand will allow the public to walkthrough and even make dona-tions. Kennedy will be the first to

work hands-on at the E-closetand will eventually incorporatethe assistance of students or vol-unteers to run the E-closet. “Ide-ally, if we help someone get ontheir feet and the E-closet be-comes a business,” Kennedysaid, “we will hire someone torun it full-time.”

Some of Kennedy’s classes oncampus will also be lending ahand toward the project. Stu-dents in her marketing class willhelp create fundraising projectsand they might even go to mar-ket and purchase samples of one-of-a-kind items. The purchaseditems would then be sold in theboutique that will become thefront portion of the E-Closet.

• According to the security re-port, 14 possession of alcohol re-ports were filed Sept. 20 in theStudent Living Center.

• A theft was reported from themachine shop of the TechnicalSchool on Oct. 8. According to

ATS instructor Butch Garst, themissing item was a micrometervalued at $200 and has not beenrecovered.

• A cell phone was reportedstolen from the Student Unionwomen’s locker room Oct. 15.

Daisy TorresCrusader staff

“The Dining Room,” a playabout the changes in life andwhat remains constant, willcome to the stage at SewardCounty Community College/Area Technical School.

“The Dining Room” will beperformed at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13,14 and 15 in the Showcase The-atre.

“The dining room is ametaphor for the constancy inour lives, for the things that don’tchange and the traditions andthen how we change as peopleand cultures and civilizationsaround that structure,” said Glo-ria Goodwin, director and theaterinstructor.

Nine cast members will play57 characters, so all memberswill be taking multiple roles, allvarying in ages, time periods andpersonalities. This unique playrelies heavily in the actors,Goodwin said.

The play takes the audience todifferent time periods, comment-

ed Mandee Saucedo, cast mem-ber of the production. It showsthe change in generations, andpeople attending should be im-pressed by the changes in the

sets.This play is different to what

some people experience becausethe audience will be on the stage.People will feel like they’re inthe dining room.

“We are adding the people tothe stage and to come and see usis adding them to the family”Saucedo said.

Different scenes interweavetogether to introduce new char-acters, and the way the stage willbe set works well with this pro-duction. “It all runs smoothly”said Seth Plummer, cast member.

Due to the setting of the stagethere will be limited seats. Good-win and the cast advise thosewanting to attend to buy ticketsin advance.

Play invites audience into dining room

“Nine cast members will

play 57 characters...this

unique play relies heavily on

the actors.”

— Gloria Goodwin

NEWS

E-Closet:Continued from page 1

College is a fun, new, andexciting experience, sur-rounded by what seems likea million new faces. Movingsomewhere far from yourfriends and family and out ofyour “comfort zone” to anew environment withoutthe daily interactions youhave known all your lifemakes most people nervous.

Finding friends can be adifficult and scary task formost people. However, thereare some healthy ways tomeet new people and turncollege into the best timeyou have ever experienced.

One of the easiest ways tomeet people would be to joinan intramural team. If youare someone who lovesplaying sports, joining an in-tramural team would be agreat decision. This way youcan meet people who lovethe same sport as you whileyou get to enjoy doingsomething that you like todo at the same time. You al-ready have something incommon with the peopleplaying the sport, so you canuse it as a conversationstarter and stay in shapewhile doing so.

You could also find theschool’s wellness center andsee what weight lifting ma-chines or swimming poolsthey have and see if theyhave activities posted thatyou could enjoy.

Joining a fraternity or a

sorority is also another wayto make new friends. Whilenot everyone is meant to bein a fraternity or a sorority, itis a great way to meet a lotof people in a short period oftime. The meetings and so-cials are a way to interactwith others and find peoplethat have the same or similarinterests that you do.

Getting involved in a clubthat sharesthe sameinterest orhobbies asyou do isalso a greatway tomeet newp e o p l e .Getting involved in thedrama department or theschool newspaper can helpintroduce you to a variety ofpeople. Don’t be scared tojoin a club..

Even during your classesif you see someone that youfeel you have something incommon with, don’t beafraid to walk up and intro-duce yourself. You may besurprised that the person youare talking to has the samefears and enjoys the samethings you do.

While these are a fewhealthy ways to get to knowmore people at your college,there are also unhealthy andunsafe ways to meet people.

Meeting people at a bar orat a party cannot always bethe best idea. Although theymay appear to be the sweet-est, most concerned, selflessperson ever, you never knowwho you will meet at thesetypes of places.

If you do happen to meetsomeone at such a place,

there are precautions youcan take to ensure they aregood people. Don’t be afraidto do some research on themto make sure they are whothey appear to be. Ask otherpeople around if they knowabout them and what kind ofa person they are. Do theytake school seriously? Dothey skip class all the time?Do they have dreams and

goals ofwhat theywant tobe? Theseare just afew ques-tions toask to seeif they are

good. If you do happen to go to a

party or a bar, don’t go byyourself and don’t give any-one your telephone numberor address. If you feel youwant to see them again, sim-ply agree to meet them in apublic restaurant or clubwhere there are peoplearound until you get to knowthem better.

Do not go anywhere alonewith someone you don’tcompletely trust. Takingsomeone else to a club withyou helps. You and yourfriend can be each other’seyes and ears. This way noone can take advantage ofyou, and someone will bethere just in case somethingdoes happen that you needhelp with.

Everyone always says thatyou meet your lifelongfriends in college, and I dobelieve that is true. Justmake sure that you are meet-ing the wonderful friends thesafe and healthy way.

CRUSADER 3Monday, October 27, 2014 OPINION

As the weather gets colder, spi-ders begin moving inside to finda warm place to hide. It’s thattime of year again and the creepycrawlers are on the move. I don’tmind the cooler weather, but I domind the spiders it tends to bringinside.

For the most part many of thespecies of spiders will not try topurposely bite you or harm youin anyway.

Spiders normally only bite asa defense mechanism. There arevery few species of spiders that

purposely bite. The two mostdangerous spiders are the brownrecluse and the black widow.

I unfortunately had the experi-ence of being bitten by a brownrecluse. I was bitten on my upperleft thigh.

At first I didn’t really thinkmuch of the red spot that had ap-peared. It wasn’t until the redspot began to grow and turnedinto what looked almost like ablister, but a little harder andfilled with some kind of liquid.

As the spot on my leg contin-ued to grow I decided it would bebest for me to go to the emer-gency room.

When my doctor examined thespot on my leg I explained to herthat it hurt when I touched it andwhen I did touch the spot it was

warm as if there was heat in it. Both the doctor and nurse ex-

plained that it was infected andsaid that they would be cuttingthe dead skin off and sending itin for testing.

My doctor iodized the spot andthen she began to cut the deadskin off, and after that she put itin a tube so it could be tested.

After she cut the dead skin shethen squeezed the liquid out ofthe blister. She said she wasgoing to try to get as much out ofit as she could, but the restshould eventually drain.

After that the nurse drew a cir-cle around the bite. She ex-plained that if the redness wereto go outside of the circle then Iwould need to get back to thehospital immediately.

The doctor said that other thankeeping it clean, I would notneed to mess with the bite.

The doctor explained that thetests generally take two to threebusiness days and if it was some-thing that the antibiotic she pre-scribed would not heal then theywould call me and have me goback.

A few days after my visit to theemergency room I was con-cerned because the rednessbegan to go outside the circle andwelting.

I was going to go back to theemergency room, but decided tocall instead and ask what I need-ed to do.

They told me that since it hadbeen a couple days to take myantibiotic for a few more and if

anything progressed or didn’t getany better then I would need togo back in.

I took the antibiotic for a fewmore days and within the fewdays the redness and whelpingwent back down.

Then a day or so passed and Iwas getting ready for class whenI noticed that a piece of the blis-ter had fallen out.

I didn’t realize at the time itwas trying to drain, but after I gotit cleaned up it kept draining so Iput a band-aid on it and went onwith my day.

I’m still currently taking theantibiotics, but the bite seems tobe healing.

Being aware that spiders arecoming inside due to the changein weather is very important.

If you dosuspect orknow youhave a spiderbite I stronglysuggestgoing tothe doc-tor to getit takencare ofand nottake achanceof thebitegettinginfected.And calla good extermi-nator.

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KelciBedingfield

Due to my two night class-es and a 22 credit hour se-mester, I spend more time atthe college than at home, es-pecially in the evenings. Ioften find myself walkingout to my car in a darkenedparking lot alone. It almostsounds like a horror moviesetup, and some nights it canfeel that way. Whether youare leaving a friend’s houselate at night, walking out ofwork, or about to drive homeafter a late night Wal-Martrun, being able to feel safewalking alone is a luxurymany don’t have, myself in-cluded.

I was raised to expect acertain amount of safety.Since I was old enough toknow what guns were, I wastaught how to handle themsafely. But carrying a gunwith me all the time is not anoption. The campus policyon weapons is quite clear.The SCCC student hand-book reads, “Possession ofweapons are prohibited oncampus, in college owned orpersonal vehicles, in studenthousing, or at any collegesponsored event.”

Essentially, keeping a

knife in your car or a gun onyour person is not a viableoption. Even if the statutechanged, some people arewary of carrying a weaponwith them, and self-defenseis almost useless if it is not amatter of instinct. In a star-tling moment, human beingsrevert to instinctual fight orflight. “If you haven’t prac-ticed the movements of self-defense until it has sunk intoyour subconscious, it won’thelp you,” Dennis Mulanax,head of security, said.

Overall, we have a verysafe campus and a decentlysafe town. But there is nosuch thing as too safe. As fi-nals approach, students willprobably be staying later tostudy, and anyone whowants to do harm will begiven more opportunities.

If students take the time tolearn a few secu-rity measures,they can reducethose opportuni-ties, and preventthemselves frombecoming vic-tims.

Set up a buddysystem, andmake sure some-

one knows where you are atall times. Even something assimple as calling home be-fore you leave the collegecan help keep you safe.

Mulanax advises studentto park under a light if at allpossible and while walkingto their car have their keysout and ready.

Don’t panic if attackedfrom behind. Try to elbowthe attacker in the side, kicktheir knee, stomp on their in-step or kick them in thegroin. If you have ever seen

“Miss Congeniality” thenyou’ve seen Sandra Bullock‘SING’.

Thread your keys throughyour fingers and aim yourfist toward a soft spot. Assoon as they are down, runaway. It is smart to yell andtry to attract attention. Noone wants to be caught com-mitting a crime.

You don’t have to be at-tacked to get some help. Ifyou are uncomfortable, feellike someone is followingyou, or feel unsafe alone,talk to someone. Security isavailable on campus, andthose of you with a cellphone should use it. The se-curity department’s numberis (620)-417-1180, and theyare available 24/7 to stu-dents. “We are willing to es-cort students to their cars,and farther if the situationwarrants it,” Mulanax said.“In the past, I have had secu-rity follow a student home,to make sure they weresafe.”

The most important thingto do is trust your instincts.The little voices that tell youthat something or someonejust doesn’t seem right couldsave your life. A big thingyou can do to be safe is beprepared to act if necessaryto get out of the situation oraway from that person asfast as possible.

Don’t act like a victim. Act confident, eyes up and

aware, look people in theeye, make them want to passyou up.

If you aren’t texting, andyou pay attention to yoursurroundings, you makeyourself into more of a riskthan a target.

Crusader [email protected]

ChristieProctor

Safety comes first

Making friends the smart way

Cooler weather brings creepy crawlers inside

Social media has shownus its sick side over thepast couple of weeks. As Ihave scrolled throughFacebook or down mytimeline on Twitter, I haveseen nauseating parodiesof a deadly disease that

has caused heads to turn with a case that surfaced in Dal-las, Texas, with patient Thomas Eric Duncan, after hecame back to the United States from Africa.

Ebola is a virus within a viral family of Filoviriddae, orFilovirus. This virus causes very high hemorrhagic feveralong with internal and external bleeding.

According to sources, as of Oct. 14, 2014, there havebeen such cases and deaths in the below places:

• Guinea - 1519 cases, 862 deaths• Liberia - 4262 cases, 2484 deaths• Nigeria - 20 cases, 8 deaths• Senegal - 1 case, 0 deaths• Sierra Leone - 3410 cases, 1200 deaths• Spain - 1 case, 0 deaths• United States - 3 cases, 1 deathAnd the numbers keep escalating by the week. So that

information being provided, this is a very serious issue.As doctors, nurses and other health supporters are beingexposed to the deadly, contagious and raging virus, there’sa whole other world that is portraying it be a laughing mat-ter.

Twitter’s timeline is filled with endless tweets andretweets of “Ebola jokes”, not to mention when you typeEbola in the search option, “Ebola Jokes” is one of the topthree choices to choose from. It’s disappointing to me,being a college student, to see my fellow classmates mak-ing a joke of such an issue. Being behind a phonescreenwon’t exempt you from the reality that has yet to occur inany nearby city.

“It’s not something that should be poked fun of, it’s real.It’s called ignorance,” Celeste Donovan, dean of studentservices, said.

Not only has it become a joke, but social media has alsomade it become a racial matter, including racial statementson the famous “memes”. For example, the meme that hasan African child saying, “So you mean to tell me you justhappened to find a cure for Ebola a week after the firstwhite person got it?” First off, there hasn’t been any curefor Ebola, researchers are still working on it. Memesthrow false information to the public and false articles areshared within Facebook, and retweeted on Twitter with-out having concrete evidence of what the article claims.

“Any kind of disease,you shouldn’t make funof, at all. It shows lackof maturity and integri-ty on their part, and it’snot thoughtful. They’renot thinking of the con-sequences,” CynthiaRapp, dean of academic affairs, said.

How in the world has this gotten out of hand? To me, itjust goes to show how fast something can escalate whendone through social media. Not only that, but how care-less some people are. I have seen tweets and articles abouthow Ebola isn’t a big deal, but compare it to cancer. Noone in their right moral senses would make fun of it.

“It originated in my country,” Nahomie Bukassa, tennisplayer for the Saints, said. “It’s ridiculous. Making fun ofit isn’t helping anyone and especially for those familiesthat have gone through it and will go through it, here andback in Africa.”

A disease is disease. What country it’s in or what fami-ly it affects doesn’t lessen or increase its degree. Death isdeath no matter what. And to me I can’t even begin to ex-press the bewilderment it causes me to see people whowill compare Ebola and cancer, diseases we have no con-trol over, to the death rates from self-induced diseasescaused by overeating or drinking to excess, things peoplecould stop.

“Cancer is so common that we all know someone whohas that and it hits home, but Ebola isn’t so common andit hasn’t touched as many people like cancer,” Donovansaid.

The worst comparison that I saw over the past couple ofweeks is that between Ebola and zombies. “When bae getsEbola but you still love her”, with a photo of a man hug-ging a zombie from some movie or TV show. I mean, itjust shocks me to see such immaturity reach such a dis-gusting level.

“If a family member of mine were affected by Ebola, Iwould be much offended by such things,” Rapp said.

I can just hope that we really grasp the gravity of thisissue that social media has twisted around to satisfy thehunger for followers, likes, or whatever it was that broughtsuch foolishness onto our phonescreens and desktops.

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and turn this into the besttime you have ever

experienced.”

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SPORTS4 CRUSADER CRUSADER 5Monday, October 27, 2014

Diana Chavira

Sports editor

The last time Saurombe took thecourt at Nationals he was along-side teammate Alejandro Gonzalezand this time around he had FelipeCasares next to him as they wentup against some of the best in dou-bles.

It was an unfortunate first matchfor the pair as they lost the openingdoubles to Josh Page and AustinSmith of Abraham Baldwin.Saurombe and Casares were un-able to defeat Page and Smith andwere beat 6-2 both matches of thefirst round. This automaticallybumped the pair down to the con-solation bracket, where they wereable to pick up some heat and wontheir first match when they sharedthe court with Alex Clerihew andIan Sioux of Seminole State. As aresult Casares and Saurombeplaced 5th in ITA Nationals, andfinished with a record of 4-2 over-all. Although the doubles pair wasunable to bring home the champi-onship title, they are still happywith how they played.

Saurombe shared that it was agreat feeling being able to attendNationals once again, and he hadgone in hoping for the best. “I wasready for anything,” Saurombesaid, “I was hoping that we bothcould play our best.” The ITA Na-tionals was the first major tourna-ment that Casares and Saurombehad played together, andSaurombe added that he thoughtthey had adjusted well and didthey best they could. He alsoshared that a bit more of prepara-tion would have “made a slightdifference, but not a major one.”More time to get used to eachother would have had a more posi-tive impact on their performancethan anything else. Saurombe con-tinued on to say that he advises fu-ture Saints to keep up the traditionand standards the whole team hasset. Saurombe spoke highly of histeammates as well, and calledthem hard workers. “All they needto do is stay focused and fight hardbecause it doesn’t come easy.”

Casares likewise felt confidentgoing into nationals, but realizedthat he lacked in experience indoubles during his andSaurombe’s matches. “There’s

nothing much I can change,”Casares said, “other than the lackof experience, but that will comewith time.” Casares also sharedsome words of wisdom for futureteammates, and that was to simplyenjoy the experiences they en-counter and to keep a positive atti-tude no matter the situation.

Casares looks forward to win-ning more tournaments and gain-ing more experience, which heshared would only help in better-ing himself.

The pair finished with a recordof 4-2 for the season; individually,Saurombe finished at 13-1 as a No.1 seed and Casares finished with arecord of 1-1 as a No. 1 seed, 4-2as a No. 2 seed and 2-1 as a No. 3seed.

Another duo that also made it toNationals and got closer to bring-ing home the National title were“The Paulas.” Paula Coyos andPaula Lopez had a great start to theseason as a pair, and their team-work carried them to Regionals,where they succeeded in taking aspot for the ITA Nationals.

The duo showed up to nationalswith a perfect record of 11-0 andhad an easy start with the first tworounds in the tournament.

The ladies went head-to-headwith Carlee Conway and MariaCespedes of Marion Military Insti-tute and quickly advanced to semi-finals.

Their semifinals competitionwere Florida State ChampionsMaeva Sanchez and Kiah Turner.The Lady Saints were stumped forthe first round and the Browardduo took the first set 7-5. The sec-ond time around, Lopez andCoyos turned the game around andtook back the second set at 6-2 aswell as the tie breaker 10-5.

“The Paulas” were triumphantup until their shot in the champi-onship match, where they werestopped short by Joanna Savva andPaige Murdock. The Lady Saintsbegan their first set in the lead butfell short to the Tyler duo 7-5.

The second set was a repeat ofthe first as Savva and Murdocktook the lead once again, but bothteams were obligated to play a tiebreaker, which Lopez and Coyoswere unable to win and lost 7-3 toSavva and Murdock.

The duo finished second in theITA Nationals, the program’s mostunparalleled finish ever.

Individually, Lopez finished offher season with a record of 15-1 inthe No. 1 seed, and finished at 13-1 with Coyos in doubles. Coyoswrapped up her season off with arecord of 8-3 as a No. 1 seed aswell.

Efren Rivero

Crusader staff

Seward fans got their first look ofthe Lady Saints and the Saints bas-ketball teams at the annual basket-ball preview night. The cheerlead-ing squad and the dancing teamalso made their debuts to the Se-ward fans.

The night’s activities began withbasketball musical chairs with par-ticipation from the audience. Then,coaches Bryan Zollinger andPatrick Nee went against coaches

Toby Wynn and Kelli Willinghamfor the free throw contest.

Fans then were able to see theplayers’ ability to shoot in thethree-point context. Four Saintscompeted against four Lady Saints,with the Lady Saints edging out inthe win.

The uniform relay was next,where children from the audiencehad to get dressed in the Saints uni-form and run to the edge of thecourt to make a basket.

The next competition was one ofthe most anticipated, with four

Saints going against each other inthe dunk contest. Freshman NickSingleton won the dunk competi-tion.

The cheer and dance squad fol-lowed next and performed beforethe last event of the night. TheLady Saints were up first for thescrimmage, with the Saints closingthe night with theirs.

Kevin Sims, a guard on theSaints team, said, “[Fans can ex-pect] excitement. We are ready toplay. We have been waiting for thisall season to get a chance to play

with everybody. Everybody be-came our brothers and now we justwant a chance to get out there andshow everybody what we are madeof.”

“[Fans] can see a lot of greatthings,” said Leslie Speer, a for-ward on the Lady Saints team. “We[have] a lot of good players and Ithink we will have a great season.”

The Lady Saints will play Fridayagainst Hill College at 6 p.m. in theGreen House. The Saints will fol-low at 8 p.m. against NorthernOklahoma College-Enid.

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Evan Allen dunks during the Saints scrimmage that wrapped up this year’s Basketball Preview Night. Allen and the Saints will tip off against Northern Oklahoma College-Enid on Friday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. in the Green House.

Crusader photo/Diana Chavira

Freshman Amelia Juarez takes the front row during the dance team’s debut.Crusader photo/Efren Rivero

Nick Singleton and Tyreke Sharp help an audience member change into theSaints uniform for the uniform relay competition.

Tennis duos placeat ITA Nationals

For more photos, go to Facebook at www.facebook.com/CrusaderNews.

The Saints will take the court for the Pepsi Classic tournament Friday, Oct. 31, in the Green House.


Freshman Axelle Bernard, currently playing forward for the Lady Saints, makes a high grab at a pass during the green and white scrimmage.

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Haleigh Leonard performs a lift with the help of her stunt group during thedebuts of the Lady Saints cheerleaders and dance team.

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Sophomore Kyndal Davis helps Elizabeth Mannel dress in a Saint’s uni-form and shoot during the relay competition. Davis and Mannel also wonthe relay race, making the first basket to wrap up yet another event.

Women’s doubles finishsecond at nationals,while men’s doubles end up in fifth place

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The Green House was jumping Mondaynight as the Seward County Lady Saintsplayed the visiting Hutchinson Lady BlueDragons. The Lady Saints fell in a tough bat-tle, and the Lady Blue Dragons clinched theJayhawk West Conference title.

Hutch came out in the first set and took thewind right out of the Lady Saints winning it25-13. The Lady Saints refused to die,though, as they came back in the second setto win 26-24 and even the match at 1-1.

The third was the pivotal set, and neitherteam disappointed in their efforts, it was backand forth, but midway through the Lady BlueDragons pulled away 25-18. The final setHutchinson played like they were playing forthe conference championship, and they blewthe Lady Saints out 25-14 to take the match.

It looked like it would be a quick night thefirst set as the Lady Saints came out andquickly found themselves down 12-4. Hutchkept on building their lead and eventuallyfound themselves up 21-11. Hutchinsonnever really struggled in the first set and con-tinued to cruise to the 25-13 win.

The Lady Saints once again found them-selves trailing early in the second set 11-5,but the Lady Saints step by step found their

way back into the set with three straight killsby Carolina Gasparini and Kristen Andersonthen had a kill to tie things up at 18. With theGreen House as loud as it’s been all season,the Lady Saints refused to die, playing rightwith Hutch to point 22. Then a Megan Shar-ratt kill and then one from Thayna Silva gavethe Lady Saints set point. Hutch came rightback with two quick points to knot thingsback up, but then a service error would leadto their demise as Gasparini powered a kill toput Hutch away in the second set 26-24.

The third set once again didn’t start offwell for the Lady Saints, and once again Se-ward found themselves climbing an uphillbattle with a 11-6 deficit. After the Dragonsgave away some points, Silva and Gasparinihad to kills to even the game at 14. Then theLady Saints grabbed the lead off of, onceagain, a Gasparini kill, but another LadySaints error would bring the game back to atie. Hutch then scored four points in a rowfor a 20-16 lead. Then another Seward errortwo plays later would give the Lady BlueDragons all they needed to run away with thegame scoring six of the final seven points andwinning the set 25-18. This put them up 2-1in the match.

The spirit in the Green House didn’t diethough, and neither did the heart or effort forthe Lady Saints. They quickly found them-

selves up 9-7 in the fourth set. Hutch wouldtie it at 11 though, but a kill from Alex Woodbroke the tie and gave Seward the 12-11 lead.It was over after that, though, as Hutchsmelled the blood and refused to give in tothe Lady Saints.

Hutch scored 9 points in a row at one pointand a scoring total of 14-3 on the last 17points gave them an easy 25-14 set 4 andmatch victory.

The Lady Saints hit just .034 on the night,and failed to hit in the green in three of foursets. Gasparini was one of the only brightspots as she ended with another double dou-ble with 10 kills and 17 digs. Kari Andersonfinished with 25 digs. The Lady Saints hadjust two blocks to Hutch’s nine.

Seward didn’t have much time to thinkabout their loss as they were back on thecourt Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Butler, a teamthat surprised Seward in the Green Houseearlier this season. From there the LadySaints made their longest road trip of the sea-son to Hillsboro, MO to participate in the Jef-ferson Tournament over the weekend.

After their home loss to the Lady BlueDragons, the Lady Saints faced a record of21-13 overall and a standing of 8-5 in theJayhawk West Conference play, where theysat at a fourth place tie with Pratt.

Green House rocking, but Hutch came knocking:Lady Saints drop tough fought conference match

Grant Glaze

Crusader staff

After not playing for quite afew days, the Lady Saints starteda little slow Wednesday, Oct. 22,against Garden City. In front ofan optimistic and support crowdat the Green House due to DigPink Night, a night raising fundsand awareness for breast cancer,the Lady Saints found a way toknock off their rival for the 19thstraight time.

The Lady Saints didn’t makeit easy on themselves in the firstmatch. The 8-18 Busters jumpedout to a 6-1 lead over the LadySaints to start off the match. Se-ward eventually would take thelead 10-9 when Megan Sharrattaced a serve.

Seward didn’t take off fromthere though as the Busterswould jump back to 15-13 lead.Seward then came storming backand after a couple aces and apowerful kill from Thayna Silvato take a 21-17 lead, but the LadySaints then got dominated on thefinal 10 points on the set losingthem 8-2, and the Busters endedthe first match with a score of25-23. The Lady Saints didn’tdie though, and came out in thesecond match seekingvengeance. Six players com-bined to get Seward a 8-2 lead.Then Seward continued to a 12-

6 lead, but then, after threestraight errors from the LadySaints, the Busters found them-selves creeping back into thegame down by two at 12-10.Then another error lead to adeadlock game at 13. After apair of Garden City kills, givingthem a 15-14 lead, Seward calleda timeout to get back on track.

The Lady Saints then ran awaywith the game with an eightpoint run making it a 20-15game. Alex Wood closed out thegame with a devastating kill towin the game 25-19 and even thematch at 1-1.

The third game started out justlike game one for Seward as theyfound themselves tied at 11 mid-way through. Then Sewardfound a way to start pushingthrough the wall. Two kills fromAlex Wood and two blocks fromCarolina Gasparini and LindseySchwab lead to a 8-0 run and aneventual 19-11 lead. The Bustersnever seemed to make anotherpush as Seward would run awaywith game three 25-14 puttingthe Lady Saints up 2-1 in thematch.

Seward didn’t stop the run asthey went into game four. Theyjumped out to a 6-2 lead as Woodand Schwab got a block, andthen Silva unleashed a violentkill right on the line.

They finally ran out of theirstreaky magic though as theBusters took the lead at 9-8. Se-ward jumped back out to a 15-14lead on a Garden City error.Then after a Seward error, theBusters found themselves with a16-15 lead. It continued to be abarnburner down the stretch. Se-ward then pulled ahead late afteran ace from Silva, her seventhace. That put the Lady Saints up23-20. The Lady Saints thenclosed up the win on their thirdattempt at match point to win 25-23.

Seward hit .183 as a team andhad 48 kills. They got out with awin despite a night with 20 er-rors. Silva was a team leader inkills with 12 and she added 19digs. This was her 15th doubledouble of the season and Gas-parini continued it with a doubledouble of her own (11 kills and20 digs). Megan Sharratt had asolid night hitting .476, had 10kills and 0 errors. Wood finishedwith eight kills.

Nacole Miller was the leaderin assists with 23, and Kari An-derson led the team in digs with25. The Lady Saints are now 19-12 and 7-4 in the Jayhawk West.

Seward hosts Lamar on Fridayin a non-conference match be-ginning at 6:30 p.m. in the GreenHouse.


Carolina Gasparini and Carolina Freitas go for a block against Hutch.The Lady Saints fought hard, but fell short in the loss to the Lady BlueDragons.

Lady Saints Bust Broncbusters

Crusader photo/ Diana Chavira

The Lady Saints make their line of introductions before they take the court. This was the Dig Pink for BreastCancer match. The Lady Saints wore their pink uniforms to show their support of breast cancer awareness.In between sets 2 and 3, Seward collected donations that went towards the Dig Pink Side Out Foundation.

ENTERTAINMENT CRUSADER 7Monday, October 27, 2014

“The Book of Life” is a stun-ning visual story deeply im-mersed in the Mexican holidayof El Dia de los Muertos (TheDay of the Dead) and is directedby Jorge Gutierrez and producedby Guillermo del Toro.

“The Book of Life” delves intothe heavy themes of death andthe afterlife, but this film doesnot try to terrify the viewer andis a great film for children. Thefilm does fit a “traditional” Mex-ican view, but its characters andscenes are anything but a run-of-the mill Halloween movie.

Before the movie settles downinto its main storyline, a mytho-logical overview of El Dia de los

Muertos is given to the viewer. Itexplains why families remembertheir ancestors and talks aboutthe two realms beyond the Landof the Living: The Land of theRemember a glorious land offamily gatherings and fiestasruled by La Muerte, and TheLand of the Forgotten, a cold andvile place ruled by Xibalbawhere those who are forgotten inthe world of living perish.

From there, the storyline shiftsto the three main characters dur-ing their childhood. Manolovoiced by Diego Luna, Joaquinvoiced by Channing Tatum andMaria voiced by Zoe Saldana arethree friends living in the puebloof San Angel. Both of the boyshave a deep affection for Mariathat causes a romantic rivalrythat stems throughout the story.La Muerte and Xibalba make awager on who will win Maria’sheart, with La Muerte choosingManolo and Xibalba Joaquin.

Although the movie’s storydoes not stray too far from a tra-ditional love triangle plot filledwith self-realization and person-al development, the amount ofdetail into the characters, the setsand the music make the movieflow in such a pleasing way thatit’s almost hard to find flaws in itoutside of the plot.

Tatum’s voice is horribly castin this film and sticks out like asore thumb. There is an overabundance of characters to graspin one viewing.

Graphically, this movie is in-credible. The animators’ atten-tion toward detail is so jaw drop-ping I had to watch the filmtwice to take it all in. The sym-bolic manner in which the char-acters are designed like woodenpuppets, the amount of detailplaced into the Land of the Re-membered and the small ingenu-ous details into plot items likeManolo’s guitar or Joaquin’s

military outfit are just a few ofthings that are created so well.

The music in “The Book ofLife” is unique in the sense thatit doesn’t fit the norm of a chil-dren’s movie even for a Mexicanculture based film. The musicalscore of mariachi, modern popand traditional folk music withcultural covers of Radiohead’s“Creep” and Elvis Presley’s“Can’t Help Falling in Love withYou” mixed into the fray makethis movie appealing to almostevery musical palate.

If you are a child or a child atheart who loves Halloweenmovies, this is a must see.Graphically this movie is stun-ning and has great characters, al-though the plot leaves somethingto be desired. Sure, the “Night-mare before Christmas” may bethe undisputed king of Oct. 31,Halloween, but “The Book ofLife” will rule Nov. 2, El Dia delos Muertos.

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Cultural story and gorgeous visualsbrought out in ‘The Book of Life’

Due to its strong visuals and

cultural displays, but standard

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The band i love you And IMiss You was on campus at Se-ward County Community Col-lege Oct. 16 following a perfor-mance at the New Mexico Uni-versity and before doing a per-formance at the University ofMissouri.

They have been on the road forfive weeks and will be on theroad for two more weeks.

They did a master class at 4p.m. in the band room for musicmajors and anyone else whowanted to learn more about be-coming a professional musicartist and the struggles or bene-fits that go along with it.Nathaniel Lee, Ben Knight andLuis Garcia are a few studentswho were able to attend themaster class. They all stated thatthe class was informative and ap-preciated how honest the bandmembers were about the life of amusician and what it takes to getthere.

ilyAIMY then did a perfor-mance in the Showcase Theaterfree to the public.

“The performance was excel-lent,” Darin Workman, instru-mental music instructor atSCCC, said. “I knew it would bebecause I had listened to themonline, but it was even better tohear live. I am hoping to getthem back to perform hereagain.”

Workman took over gettingthe word out about ilyAIMYafter finding out about them andlearning that they needed a placeto play between Albuquerque,N.M. and Columbia, Mo., fromRichard Miller, maintenanceworker at the college. The bandactually stayed with Miller andhis wife while in Liberal. Millerdiscovered them at the TakomaPark Jazz Festival in Marylandwhen visiting his daughter.

“I thought they were prettycool and definitely different

from most of what’s playedaround here,” Miller said.

ilyAIMY is a band that has anew-folk feel and is a mix ofseveral genres; rock, folk, jazz,soul even bluegrass. They are aband of five people when athome in Baltimore, Md., andthree people when on tour.

The main three are RobHinkal, Heather Lloyd and Kris-ten Jones. The other two areRowan Corbett and Sharif Kel-logg. Corbett is touring with an-other group right now named theCarolina Chocolate Drops andKellogg, the bass player, is athome with his 1-year-old child

during this tour.Hinkal discovered Lloyd at an

open mic in 2001 when she wasgoing to school. At the timeLloyd was majoring in journal-ism at the University of Mary-land and reporting for the Balti-more Sun. They both quit theirday jobs, let the leases run out ontheir houses, packed everythingin a car and lived on the road fora while just performing. Theyhave been performing togetherever since.

After saying his favorite quote,“It’s a wonderful life, but a terri-ble living,” Hinkal went on toexplain how being in the bandisn’t their full income but it is avast portion of it. They havewhat is called an “income mosa-ic” which is a term they discov-ered at a workshop meaning theytake on a mixture of several dif-ferent jobs in order to pay thebills. Hinkal works two to threedays a week at a music shop,does illustration work, web de-sign, sound engineering and re-pairs guitars. Lloyd is a substi-tute teacher. Jones manages amusic shop and is in severalother bands.

“Most people go off to a joband they are part of something,some other collective and theydon’t get to let their personalityor their signature shine throughthat,” Hinkal said, “Whereas ourentire industry is focused aroundwhat we have to say and whatour voice is.”

ilyAIMY performs at SCCC

Crusader photo/Makiah Adams

ilyAIMY members Kristen Jones and Heather Lloyd perform a song on the cello and guitar on Oct. 16.

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that we have an

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energizes us.”

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I just feel so blessed because I have done re-search on it and there are some people whodon’t live, or have permanent

damage...When I started feeling better, it was time to go back, even though Iknew I wasn’t 100 percent because Ilike what I do.” —Katy Redd

8 Monday, October 27, 2014CRUSADER INFOPAGE

Maria LaraDesign editor

Ebola has crossed into theUnited States, and that has got allfacilities taking precautions.

Similar action will take placefor Seward County CommunityCollege.

The Seward County Council ofGovernments will have a meet-ing at 7 p.m Oct. 30 at the RockIsland Depot. The meeting, host-ed by Liberal Chamber of Com-merce, will have Greg Standard,coordinator. Standard, in con-junction with local government,is responsible for coordinatingthe necessary actions to protectlives and property before, during,and after times of disaster and/oremergency, presenting informa-tion about the outbreak that has

entered U.S. borders. “If we do get faced with

Ebola, we want to be wellinformed and know how to

handle the situation. We will notbe sitting around, we will be pre-

pared,” Cynthia Rapp, dean ofacademic affairs, said.

The deans are working withthe rest of the community to getthis situation settled, to knowwhat procedures and cautions totake.

It is an issue of concern for thiscommunity because for the col-lege in particular, the studentstravel so much, and the buildingsare open to anyone.

Conversation has taken placeon campus about what other col-leges will be doing in regard tothis situation, for example thetraveling restrictions.

“We are contemplating it, butwe are trying to keep this campusas safe as possible,” CelesteDonovan, dean of student ser-vices, said. Other actions havetaken place from other neighbor-ing colleges such as Allen Com-munity College.

“We currently have not takenany action restricting travel,”said Cynthia J. Jacobson, vicepresident for students affairs at

Allen, said.Donovan said that in August

colleges were asked to informthe Kansas Department of Healthand Environment of any studentswho were from Guinea, Liberia,Sierra Leone, or Nigeria in re-sponse to the Ebola crisis. Ac-cording to Donovan, the commu-nity should be concerned abouteverything because those com-munities who aren’t concernedare at most risk.

The Seward County HealthDepartment has been attendingthe college to talk to and educatethe students on health relatedtopics and things they can do tobe as safe as possible. “Theyhave been really resourceful forus,” Donovan said.

In concerns to the internation-al students on campus, it has notbeen set in stone what the travelrestrictions will be if at all up tothis point. The deans have notaddressed this conversation, butdirection on what to do for thattopic will be defined on Thurs-

day’s meeting. Ebola’s first outbreak hap-

pened in 1976, in northern Zairein Central Africa. The virus isnamed after the Ebola River,where the virus was first recog-nized according to the Centersfor Disease Control and Preven-tion. Ebola can very easily infecta person with direct contactand/or transfer of body fluids.Whether it be saliva, mucus,vomit, feces, sweat, tears, breastmilk, urine or semen. By directcontact, it means that if any bodyfluid should come in contact withsomeone’s eyes, nose, mouth,open cut, wound, or abrasion.

Respiratory illnesses likemeasles or chicken pox can betransmitted by the particles thatare left in the air after a personsneezes or coughs but luckily,Ebola is only transmitted by di-rect body fluid contact. But if aperson infected with the Eboladisease were to sneeze or coughand particles of the saliva ormucus were to come in to contact

with other persons eyes, mouth,or nose, the disease is transmit-ted.

According to cdc.gov, a personwho survives Ebola can nolonger spread the virus. But pre-cautions are still needed to besafe around your surroundingsand contact with the public.Some of Ebola’s symptoms in-clude:

• Muscle pain• Weakness• Diarrhea• Vomiting• Abdominal (stomach) pain•Unexpected hemorrhage

(bleeding or bruising) Symptoms can occur within

two to 21 days after contact withthe virus but average is eight to10 days.

“It’s hard to protect anything inthe future, but the key is becom-ing educated and followingguidelines from experts, and notjust sticking our heads in thesand, doing what we can to pro-tect students,” Donovan said.

Action to educate public on Ebola uproar

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West Nile

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Behavioral science instructor Katy Reddreturned to her classrooms last week. It wasafter midterm, but it was the first time she’dseen her Seward students since the first sev-eral classes in August. Redd had missedseven weeks straight, and some of thoseweeks she can’t even remember because shewas hospitalized and in an intense battle toovercome West Nile Virus.

A summer trip to Florida left Katy Reddwith some mosquito bites on her arm. Shedidn’t think much of it, but the bites becameswollen. Then there was a rash, a visit to thedoctor, and, before she knew it, she was soill with West Nile Virus her husband andson-in-law had to literally carry her to thecar to get her to the hospital. She was airlift-ed to Wichita in an emergency situation thatshe can’t even remember because the dis-ease had caused inflammation of her brain.

Typically, West Nile Virus spreads to hu-mans and animals via infected mosquitoes.Mosquitoes become infected when theyfeed on infected birds. Horses, just like hu-mans, are “dead-end” hosts, meaning thatwhile they become infected, they do notspread the infection. Touching or kissing aperson with the virus can’t infect people.

According to Mayo Clinic, most WestNile Virus infections occur during warmweather, when mosquito populations are ac-tive. The incubation period, the period be-tween when a person is bitten by an infect-ed mosquito and the appearance of signsand symptoms of the illness, ranges fromthree to 14 days.

About 20 percent of infected people de-velop a mild infection called West Nilefever. Common signs and symptoms ofWest Nile fever include fever, headache,body aches, fatigue, back pain, skin rash(occasionally), swollen lymph glands andeye pain (occasionally).

“I knew there were a couple of times inthe summer that I had mosquito bites,”Redd said. “I think probably a little over aweek or maybe two weeks before, we tooka trip to Mississippi. We came back and thendid a long weekend and went to Florida.”

Redd recalled two mosquito bites fromthe weekend she spent with her husband inFlorida. It took a couple of days before thebites “swelled up like a big goose egg,”Redd said.

About a week later, on a Thursday, shewent to the doctor to look at a rash that ran-domly appeared on the palms of her hands.Redd was back to work on Friday, thinkingit was just an allergy. She went through herclasses on Friday, and even went to thestore. On the drive home, Katy started feel-ing bad but thought maybe she was gettingthe flu.

“I just started having chills and that ache,”she said. “I just went to bed on Fridayevening. I have no memory from there ’tiltwo weeks later.”

Her temperature spiked on Saturday asher family took her to the emergency room.She was sent back home with a diagnosis ofa bad flu. But she was not getting better, andon Tuesday, Redd’s husband went to checkon her to see if she needed anything as shewas lying on her bed. “My husband tried towake me up but I was just out of it,” Reddsaid. Her husband and son-in-law had to lit-erally carry her to the car to get her to thehospital. A doctor in the emergency roomrecognized the severity and had Redd airlift-ed to Wichita.

In fewer than 1 percent of infected people,the virus causes a serious neurological in-fection. Such infection may include inflam-mation of the brain (encephalitis) or of boththe brain and surrounding membranes(meningoencephalitis). Serious infectionmay also include infection and inflamma-tion of the spinal cord (West Nile po-liomyelitis) and acute flaccid paralysis, a

sudden weakness in arms, legs or breathingmuscles.

Redd had gotten the severe symptoms ofthe disease, which is encephalitis (the in-flammation of the brain), high fever, andmuscle weakness.

“I just feel so blessed (to recover) be-cause I have done research on it and thereare some people who don’t live, or whohave permanent damage,” Redd said.

Serious signs and symptoms of the dis-ease includes high fever, severe headache,stiff neck, disorientation or confusion, stu-por or coma, tremors or muscle jerking, lackof coordination, convulsions, pain, partialparalysis or muscle weakness.

Mild symptoms of West Nile fever usual-ly resolve on their own. If a person experi-ences signs or symptoms of serious infec-tion, such as severe headaches, a stiff neck,disorientation or confusion, medical atten-tion is necessary. A serious West Nile Virusinfection generally requires hospitalization.

West Nile Virus is present in areas such asAfrica, parts of Asia and the Middle East. Itfirst appeared in the United States in thesummer of 1999 and since then has beenfound in all 48 contiguous states.

The disease took Redd out of the class-room for seven weeks. Some of her studentsare talking about how excited they are tohave her back. “I’m glad she’s back becauseI follow her lectures easily. She has visuallearning tools for the lessons, and I tend todo better with this kind of learning,” CedricMitchell said.

While Redd was gone, other instructorsquickly filled in for her classes.

“My hat is off to every single one of thoseinstructors who, on that fast of notice, tookover my classes,” Redd said.

Redd is very happy to be back, “ But inthe end, it feels wonderful to be back be-cause I love what I do here.”

Viruses among us: Katy Redd fights through West Nile VirusSteps to

stayingsafeduringflu seasonSachie ShibaCrusader staff

Flu season has finally started.According to the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention,199 cases of the flu were report-ed in the United States since Oct.17.

It is estimated that an average5-20 percent of the population inthe US gets the flu each year.Over 200,000 people are hospi-talized due to flu related compli-cations, such as sinus infections,bronchitis, or pneumonia. Theinfluenza and pneumonia areranked ninth in the leading caus-es of death in 2010.

The flu is a respiratory illnesscaused by influenza viruses.Talking, coughing or sneezingeasily transmits this virus. Eventhough the peaks of flu seasonvary year to year in the U.S., theactivity is highest between De-cember and February. There arethree types of influenza virusescalled Type A, B and C. The epi-demic of seasonal flu is causedby three types A and B whosesymptoms may include a highfever, body aches, sore throatand running nose.

Influenza Type A is the virusthat affects both human and ani-mals, whereas Type B is onlyfound in human. Many peoplemay still remember the pandem-ic of H1N1 called “swine flu” in2009. This virus is one of thesubdivisions of Type A viruses.Originally, the H1N1 flu is a res-piratory disease of pigs; howev-er it started to spread to humans.

If the flu-like symptoms ap-pear, consult your health careproviders.

As the treatments for influen-za, your doctor may prescribeantiviral drugs that are pills, liq-uid, or inhaled powder, and theyhelp reduce the symptom. Howdo we prevent from flu viruses?Macy Millikan, an instructor inthe Allied Health Department,said, “Having a vaccination forinfluenza is helpful to protectagainst flu. However, it is notcompletely preventative so thedaily precaution is very impor-tant to stop spreading germ.”Some everyday preventive stepsinclude washing your handscarefully. Alcohol-based handcleaners are also effective.Cover nose and mouth with a tis-sue when coughing or sneezingand disposing of it properly.

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