Special Edition August 2011

Special Section August 30, 2011

Crusader

•Saints brainstormways to cope with summertime heat

• Listening toLazy Days music.

— Page 12

•Eating comforting,cooling comida.

— Page 4

• Biking through hot summer days.— Page 5

• Heating up volleyball practices.

— Pages 8-9

• Chilling with Welcome WeekHypnotist, Water Games, TheReal Deal, — Pages 14-15

•Planking, owling and other fads.

— Page 16

•Watching box office hits.-Page 13

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Snow coneartist recallssummer

Summer has many meanings depending onthe person who is interpreting the season. Thissummer to me meant surviving the extremeheat that overtook our small town.

I was fortunate enough to work at the SnoShack. You would think that I kept nice andcool; actually it felt like I was in an oven allsummer long.

To cope with the heat, I ate many snow cones.It was one of the perks of my summer jobs thatkept me going through the long hot days ofsummer. Other people were not as lucky as I.They were working eight hour shifts, which youcan read about on page 10.

While I was tasting different snow cone fla-vors, others chose to indulge their taste budswith pizza and other foods, munch on this arti-cle on page four.

Since I worked this summer, I did not get thechance to go on a vacation, let alone fly out tothe wonderful Hawaiian islands.You can readabout the lucky student who enjoyed a muchmore mild climate than the one we were expe-riencing right here in our own backyard on page11.

I had the pleasure of working with a personwho exposed me to the wonderful world of bik-ing.

It turns out that we have some bike enthusi-asts here on campus as well. If you want to joinin on the biking experience or simply readabout the topic, turn to page five.

Free time was very limited for me, but oncein a while I would get the opportunity to checkmy Facebook and still attempt to live a normallife, unlike the people who spent their entiresummer exploring the new, intriguing socialwebsite ‘Google +’ which you can read abouton page 7. Others sat for countless hours in a

nice, cool ventilated room relaxing whileplaying video games.

On the other hand, while I was hard at work,there were people who did absolutely nothing.I guess they chose to follow the example thatBruno Mars set with his hit song “Lazy Day.”Find details on page 12.

One day while I was at work, I had one of mycustomers ask me if he could plank on top ofthe Sno Shack. I was a bit confused, but then re-alized what he was asking.

Planking became the “cool” past time of thesummer, and if you want to find out more aboutit and the other crazy fads that ensued the plank-ing craze, turn to page 16. Information aboutthe Planking Contest the Crusader is sponsor-ing is also found on this page.

As summer vacation came to a close and fallclasses began, Seward County Community Col-lege started off the new semester with WelcomeWeek.

Welcome Week was the perfect end to a hotsummer deprived of water. Welcome Weeksponsored water games and an ice cream socialto cool off students that were staring the year.Turn to pages 14 and 15 to see more photos ofWelcome Week activities. More photos are onthe Crusader News facebook page.

We end the hot summer and heat up for a newsemester ready to enjoy everything that Sewardhas to offer.

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Little rainfall and high temperatures made the summer of2011 recording breaking. Seward County experienced someextremely high temperatures that caused many people tochoose to stay indoors rather than venture into the extremeheat.

“I was inside the whole summer,” sophomore ElizabethMedina said. “I only went out when it was necessary for meto go out.”

Liberal was one of many towns in the Midwest that brokerecords. Liberal topped 110 degrees, breaking the record setin 1994 which was 108.

The recent heat wave was dangerous. People were

warned to stay hydrated and keep in cool areas.“I stayed cool by staying in my recliner by the air condi-

tioner and eating lots of snow cones,”sophomore JessicaWinner said.

The heat wave started slowly with the month of May onlyhaving two days out of the month that either hit or surpassed100 degrees.

The month of June started heating up with nine days thatreached the 100 degrees or more mark.

July was the hottest month of the summer season. Ac-cording to National Weather Service observer Brad Hinkle,there were 25 days in July in which the temperature exceed-ed or reached 100. The highest official temperature reachedin July was 111 degrees, Hinkle reported.

“It felt like I was in Mexico during the summer instead ofbeing in Liberal,” Medina said.

The heat would have been easy to cope with if the areawould have received some rain to alleviate the dry spell.

The Liberal area has received a total of 7.21 inches of pre-cipitation so far for the year.

“When it rained I felt so blessed, not only for myself, butfor the rest of the area because we needed every drop of rainwe got,” Medina said. “It was torture all summer long with-out any rain.” Due to the lack of precipitation Seward coun-ty had to cancel the display of fireworks for the 4th of Julyweekend.

The record high temperature that has still yet to be sur-passed is 112 degrees that was reached in 1981.

Heatwave breaks high temperature record set in 1994

Days in a month that reached or

surpassed the 100 degree mark

May: 2

June: 9

July: 25

August: 16

Average precipitation

May: 0.01 in

June: 0.01 in

July: 0.02 in

August: 0.12 in

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Fresh foods, like chilled fruitsand vegetables, seemed like a wel-comed relief from the hot days ofthesummer that delivered relent-less heat. College students stillseemed to crave a variety offoods, from fresh salads to sand-wiches, flavored ice cream, andthe all-time favorite, pizza.

Spencer Browne’s has some ofthe best salads in town. Strawber-ry Poppyseed Salad and TurkeyTwist are the top two favorites sal-ads.

“I have probably had everysalad on the menu,” freshmanAlejandra Gonzalez said. “Notone of them has failed to refreshmy mouth from this dry summerheat.”

Even the intense heat did notstop student Ton Ngyuen fromeating some warm food. He took

the easy way out. “I was too lazyand it was too hot, so I just or-dered pizza,” Ngyuen said.Thanks to Pizza Hut’s deliveryand Ruffinos carry-out, Ngyuenwas able to find his way aroundthe heat and still enjoy somewarm food.

Staying healthy and eating freshis how freshman Ramon Sanchezkept up with his health this sum-mer at Subway. The Chicken,Bacon, Ranch, and Buffalo Chick-en sandwich were his usuals. Noarguing with Sanchez, because theChicken, Bacon, Ranch sandwichwas one of the top three sellersalong with the Italian BMT thissummer.

Some students cooled downfrom the heat with some ice creamof many different flavors like but-ter pecan, orange sherbet, evenbirthday cake. Braum’s Ice Creamand Dairy Stores, here in Liberal,alone has around thirty different

flavors of ice cream. Adding up

everyone’s visits to their favorite

ice cream shop, you end up with

the International Dairy Foods As-

sociation (U.S Ice Cream Indus-

try) making more than twenty-one

million dollars in annual sales.

July seventeenth is the biggest

money making day throughout the

whole year.

“There is not one excuse anyone

could use to not go out and eat

with me at Taste of China, be-

cause they have everything,”

sophomore Brisa Ortiz said.

Killing more than two birds with

one stone, Ortiz eats at Taste of

China because of the great variety

of foods, such as pizza, salad, ice

cream, fruit, and desserts of all

sorts. Ortiz ties it all together with

all of the favorite summer foods at

Taste of China.

Saints eat up as outdoortemperatures heat up

Ton Ngyuen Alejandra Gonzalez

Brisa Ortiz“I was too lazy and it

was too hot, so I just

ordered pizza.”

“There is not one

excuse anyone can

use to not go out

and eat with me at

Taste of China.”

“I have probably had every

salad on the menu.”

Ramon Sanchez“(Subway) is tasty,

and it’s healthy.”

Crusader illustration/ Octavio Rodriguez

Fun Facts to Munch on•The U.S. produces the most

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Morgan Wil lsCrusader staff

While Liberal lags behind topcycling cities like Austin, Texas,Portland, Ore, and Boulder, Colo,it has become increasingly bikerfriendly in recent years.

With 10.3 miles of bike routesavailable in Liberal, becoming apart of this growing fad is moreaccessable than ever.

Bicycling dates back to 1816when Karl Friedrich coined it the“dandy horse,” and since has pro-ven beneficial to the body, wallet,and environment.

Some SCCC students are keptoff the road because they do notown a bike. Others do not cyclebecause they do not want togo alone.

The first step to beco-ming part of the bikingcommunity is simply ac-quiring the right gear forthe job. Bicycles canrange in price from $80 to up-wards of $10,000. To prevent bu-yer’s remorse, take into considera-tion the variety and styles availab-le to cyclists. For example, leisu-re and style are best met with eit-her a hybrid or cruiser style bike.

If calorie burning and competiti-ve racing sounds exciting, consi-der investing in road or racingbikes. Avid and well known U.S.Cycling professional Lance Ar-mstrong, a seven-time winner ofthe Tour de France, reportedlyspends more than $12,000 for hiscarbon fiber Trek’s.

Whether bicycling is a hobby,form of exercise, or a competitiveendeavor, a bicycle is out there tofit anyone’s needs.

If the price is discouraging, con-sider this. The average Americanhousehold, according to the Bure-au of Transportation Statistics2010, spends $7,179 per year oncars. However, one 10-mile roundtrip replaced by bicycling savesapproximately $10 per day, offset-ting about half of the original priceof driving a car. Cycling can also

have a major impact at the natio-nal level.

The government spends about$1.50 per person annually to con-struct bicycling paths across thecountry. The cost of constructingjust one mile of four-lane freewaycosts taxpayers $50 million, whichis enough for 1,000 miles of bicyc-le lanes. In other words, Ameri-cans could help save the economyand mend the debt crisis by simplyeasing up on the gas and pressingdown on the pedal. Major gainsmay also be made from an envi-ronmental standpoint. Accordingto United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency, for every milethat is replaced by a cycler, about

1 pound of CO2 is saved. For the actual cycler; it

improves cardio-vascu-lar fitness, increasesmuscle tone, and redu-ces stress all while ea-ting up major calories.Healthstatus.com will

calculate the exact calories bur-ned.

While the health benefits of bi-cycling outweigh the risks 20 to1, it is important to stay safe. Following these few rules will

insure every outing is enjoyableand injury free.

• Get out of the gutter, ridingcloser to the middle of the lane for-ces drivers to pull out and around.

• Make eye contact with driversand wear bright clothing. Thishelps insure that cyclers have beenseen, and it is safe to turn or crossan intersection.

•Take ‘smart’ routes that elimi-nate traffic.

•Always hook thumbs aroundthe handle bars to prevent beingjostled by unexpected obstacles onless traveled byways.

•Never wear headphones, andalways remain alert.

•Wear a helmet. Local experienced cycler Doug

Miller warns, “There are twokinds of bicyclists: those who havefallen and those who are going tofall.”

Crusader photo/Morgan Wills

Rochelle St. Amand, who recently moved to Liberal, returns from a bike ride to Wal-Mart to purchase groceries.

Biking rides into the spotlight as an economical, environmental form oftransportation with health benefits

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Q: Where did you go, and why did you choose toride a bike? A: I rode to Wal-Mart on my bike. I have a car,but I am trying to save money on gas and it isgood exercise.

Q: Do you think Liberal has good bike routes?A: Oh yeah, they have good sidewalks which Ala-bama doesn’t. I mean, riding a bike on the roadisn’t safe no matter how you do it, but it is saferwhen there are sidewalks. I wish there were more

bike racks. There aren’t enough bike racks.

Q: Is there anything you would like to add?A: I love to bicycle ride. I like off road a wholelot better, but pavement works.

Q: That is very cool, have you ever done any racing? A: I want to do some races, but right now I amjust too busy to do anything serious, especiallywhen I am not even in my home state.

Hanna Bognar, Hungary, women’s basketball teamQ: Why are you riding your bike?A: I love biking, this is my hobby, actually I justgot it right now. I didn’t have a bike before so Ijust wanted to try it.

Q: Is this is your only mode of transportation? A: Yes, I don’t have a car I am from another co-untry so I need something.

Q: Have you enjoyed it so far?A: Yeah, I have.

Q: Do you feel like there are enough bike racks andbike trails in Liberal?A: No, I think there should be more.

— Interviews by Morgan Wills

Rochelle St. Amand, Alabama, livestock judging team


Lady Saints Hanna Bognar rides on campus. She recen-tly purchased a bicycle as a new hobby and form of trans-portation.


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With the summer comes free time.Free time means a lot of video gamesfor some people. Unlike for themovie industry, the summer-time is not a big time forvideo game releases.However, there isone unprecedent-ed event in gam-ing that happensevery summer:E3 (The Elec-tronics Enter-t a i n m e n tExpo). E3 isthe pinnacle ofthe future invideo games. Heldevery summer at theLos Angeles Conven-tion Center, E3 is themeeting place for all of thebig game developers to show offwhat they have planned for the nextyear in gaming. This is the most excit-ing time of the year for gamers besideswhen the games themselves are actual-ly released. Thousands of gamersflock to the convention center to gainexclusive access and first looks at newsoftware and video game trailers anddemos. Some of the most anticipated

titles of the next year were revealed at E3this year, including Modern Warfare 3,

Halo 4, Dead Island, Skyrim, Bat-tlefield 3 and hundreds of other

new games of all calibers.From multi-million dollar

blockbusters, to the newthing in indie games,

E3 has it all. Every year video

games are becom-ing ever more pop-ular. While atten-dence at profes-sional sports eventsare declining, thepopulation of com-

petitive gamers isgrowing rapidly. E3 is

the testament to the ex-pansion of gaming over the

years. Gaming isn’t just limit-ed to consoles like the PlaySta-tion 3 or Xbox 360. In fact,non-console games make themost money. These non-consolegames can be on a cell phone, aniPod, and can even include thingslike Facebook games. As itsname suggests, everything in-volving electronic entertain-ment is at E3.

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Raul LemusOnline editor

The tension between the socialnetwork websites heated up thissummer with the new additionof Google+ thrown into the mix.

While more than 25 millionhave already made the switch oradded Google+ to their dailylives, Facebook still holds 1/10of the world’s population asusers and continues to grow witha 16.5 percent yearly increase innetwork traffic.

To no one’s surprise, the kingof social network is Facebook;however, this was not the caseuntil 2007. The website thatmade social networking main-stream promised a small spaceon the World Wide Web that aperson could call his/her own, aspace where the possibilities ofpersonalization were limited bythe ingenuity of its host: My-Space.

MySpace recently received are-stylization in order to attractmore users, as traffic steadily de-clines. The once glittering themehas been replaced by a simplerlook. Gone are the custom pro-files with unique backgrounds,glittering GIF images, YouTubevideos, and overall layout on theuser home page.

Not surprisingly, the new lay-out has a resemblance to currentking: Facebook.

While millions of profiles stillexist on MySpace, the majorityof them have been forgotten andunused. Crusader posted onFacebook a post about MySpaceprofiles and who still uses them.The most common reply to thequestion was: “I have forgottenmy password and cannot deletethe profile,” and “It didn’t let medelete it.”

While it seems MySpace isdeclining to oblivion, Google+has become the new competitorto Facebook. Both parties con-tinue to keep “friendly” in themedia eyes; competition seemsto be taking place behind closeddoors.

Facebook has begun to pre-vent Google+ ads from appear-ing on their website and to blockthird party applications from re-trieving “friends” emails.

Facebook and Google+ aredifferent in a number of ways;however, like any other socialnetwork site the function is thesame. Google+ has unique fea-tures of “Circles,” where userscan organize their friends and setup personal privacy settings fortheir “Circles.” On the other

hand, Facebook holds a largeruser base, which influencesthe masses into creatingtheir own profiles.

Google+ is currentlyon beta test and notopen to the public; theonly manner to be able to get ac-cess is through invites.

New users to Google+ receive10 invites which can be shared,and like a network, the processrepeats, and new users yet againreceive 10 invites. Google+ al-ready holds a number of notableprofiles, such as MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson andFacebook’s founder MarkZuckerberg.

Only time will tell who willwin the social network wars. Ac-cording to Atlantic.com, Face-book ranks as 10 in its “The 19Most Hated Companies inAmerica,” MySpace takes theninth place. Perhaps, Google+will become the next Face-book, and Facebook the for-gotten MySpace. Mean-while, Facebook con-tinues to create mile-stones.

Network traffic toFacebook reached 1trillion — that is a one and 12zeros — page views in June.


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98 August 30, 2011SAINTS HEAT UP

Chandler Brockett

Crusader staff

During the last two weeks of summer,most college students are doing lastminute traveling, partying, and trying tocram everything into 14 short days. Thiswas not the case for the Lady Saints of theSeward County volleyball team.

They cut their summers short, and ar-rived nearly two weeks before schoolstarted in what turned out to be a recordsetting summer for heat in southwestKansas. Most towns reached their all-timehighs, including Liberal topping off at116-degrees, and not to mention consecu-tive days of triple digit temperatures.

Thank God this team would be able topractice in the cool, air conditioned GreenHouse. Or not. The Lady Saints wereforced to practice in a gym that seemed tobe an oversized sauna.

When asked about the gym’s heat,Madison Winkelman of the volleyballteam said, “It’s by far the hottest gym I’ve

ever played in, but we’ve done really wellto not let it affect out work ethic.”

Staying true to their “No excuses”motto, the Lady Saints are buckling down,and sticking it out.

Also getting HOTT in the gym is theSCCC dance team and basketballteams.“It was like 302-degrees in thereone day,” AdreAnne Nondorf of the danceteam exagerated.

Practicing in an indoor facility that is notair conditioned would be pretty intense,and I’m sure raising some concerns.

Fortunately for the athletic teams, theSeward trainers are close by: keeping theirwater bottles filled, and even caring forthem if they get hurt or pass out, and, yes,there was one member of the basketballteam that did in fact pass out.

But the relentless Saints are staying at it,and burning it up.

The Lady Saints start their season athome, 6:30 Wednesday evening, in an an-ticipated contest against rivaled Colby.

Crusader photo/Chandler Brockett

Members of the Lady Saints volleyball team catch a breather and watch the scrimmage against Colby, Aug 20 along with head coach Bert Luallen.

Crusader photo/Sandy Alfaro

Lady Saints players reject a spike from a Colby player.


Madison Winkelman serves in the scrimmage Aug. 20. Winkel-man recorded 676 digs her freshman year, etching her name inthe school record books as the second most digs of all time.

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She lead her team to a4-0 start, in what looks tobe a promising year forthe Lady Saints.

With weekend averagesof; 2.93 kills, 1.21 digs,.71 blocks, she still man-aged to hit .299.

Setting the bar high forher team, Suoza will bringthe same intensity to theGreen House, againstColby in Wednesday’sgame. For those who can’tmake it, the game willstream live on the Saintsathletic website.

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The weekend could not have gone muchbetter for Coach Bert Luallen and his LadySaints. They finished the weekend with aperfect 4-0, but their road to victory wasnot easy by any means.

In game one they found themselvesdown by four against Dodge City, but theypulled together and achieved victory.Suoza led the way with 10 kills, in 21chances.

Going into game two against Otero witha full head of steam, they got a quick sweepand were able to rest up for a big day two.Geesing and Suoza played a big role in thewin as each finished with 9 kills, and lim-ited mistakes.

Squaring off with the host Lamar Run-nin’ Lopes, the Lady Saints took an earlylead, and never looked back.

Although they let the Lopes hang around,the Lady Saints pulled off yet another vic-tory. Bailey McFerrens’ play was crucial inthe win as she registered 7 kills, and 5blocks. After a great start they were readyfor a big day 4, and what seemed to be thechampionship game.

Despite playing not to their full potential,the Lady Saints stood together, and pulledof a crucial win. Going beyond individualperformances, as a team they hit .119 andgave up 32 points off of errors. Once againSuoza led the way with 10 kills, andGeesing followed closely with 9.

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The Lady Saints huddle up and break it down during pre-game againstColby in a scrimmage in the Green House.

August 30, 2011SAINTS HEAT UP


Tonya LoewenCrusader staff

While most SCCC studentswere scorching in temperaturesabove 100 degrees this July, Naki-ta Martinez and her best friendErika Pacheco were enjoying coolocean breeze on a beach in Kauai,Hawaii.

Martinez and Pacheco begantheir trip in Kauai from July 10-17by staying at a luxurious beach re-sort complete with four pools withwater slides and an amazing viewof the ocean. The 5 hour time dif-ference did make the girls have jetlag, but it could not stop themfrom having a great time. Theywent on a helicopter ride aroundthe island, snorkeling, swam withdolphins and relaxed on the beach.

Martinez says her favorite partof the trip was the boat ride be-cause she could go snorkeling inthe ocean, see dolphins, and seethe “pretty views,” both in andabove the ocean. Among the dif-

ferent plants and scenery, they alsosaw the critically endangeredHawaiian monk seal, dolphins andeven met professional surferBruce Irons.

Martinez and Pacheco wanted togo on an once-in-a-lifetime expe-rience and Hawaii was their dreamvacation spot. This past summer,their schedules finally allowedthem to go.

Everything is different inHawaii compared to SouthwestKansas, especially the weather. AsKansas sizzled with heat duringthe middle of July, every day inHawaii felt “perfect,” according toMartinez. For example, when itwas around 110 degrees inKansas, it was only in the mid-80sin Kauai.

Some tips that Martinez gave foranyone interested in traveling toHawaii are to “bring lots ofmoney, don’t forget your tennisshoes, and bring tons of sunscreen.I got really burnt!”

Fun facts about Kauai Pronounced [kah-oo-ah-ee]

• The oldest Hawaiian island

• Nickname is “The Garden Island”

• No building is allowed to be taller than apalm tree

• Kauai Coffee is the largest coffee plan-tation in the US

• More than 60 movies and TV showsfilmed here, such as Jurassic Park, Pi-rates of the Caribbean and Bay Watch

• Mt. Waialeale is the wettest spot onEarth with an average yearly rainfall ofabout 400 inches

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Students who turned on theradio this summer often heardBruno Mars’ “The Lazy Song.”

Almost everything about thesong — which was Mars’ thirdsingle on his studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans — is lazy.

Mars told MTV, speaking aboutthe music video, “I called up myfriends the Poreotics [from America's Best Dance Crew] and we shotthis and choreographed this in oneday.”

The video takes place in Mars’bedroom, where the dance crew,dressed as chimpanzees, mock andsing along with Mars.

SCCC freshman Alex Colvinhad some thoughts on Mars.“When you’re a millionaire, youcan basically do whatever youwant; I don’t blame him,” Colvinsaid. “The song’s good, though;it’s different.”

The song starts, “Today I don’tfeel like doing anything; I justwanna lay in my bed...”

And Mars goes on to basicallytalk about doing nothing through

out the rest of the song. Occasionally, people just feel

like doing nothing, and everyoneneeds a break every once in awhile. The song says what peoplesometimes feel like — especiallyduring the summer.

One verse in particular standsout as classes start this year,“Yeah, I might mess around; Andget my college degree; I bet myold man would be so proud of me;But sorry, Pops, you’ll just have towait.”

Colvin likes the song but recognizes the need to walk away from

lazy attitudes once classes begin.“Yeah, it’s probably not a good

song to listen to during college, orduring the first week, anyway,”Colvin said.

College isn’t usually easy, and itprobably won’t get any easier —especially if laziness should play arole.

“Yes, when I hear the song...I doget lazy,” Colvin admitted.

So, as it’s time to give up summer and get back to work, collegestudents may need to hit stop onthe lazy and hit play on the energy.

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The dance crew ‘Poreotics,’ dressed as chimpanzees, hold singer-songwriter Bruno Mars in the official “The Lazy Song” music video. The video was made in just oneday and was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. The song climbed to No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and rose to No. 1 in the UK.

Alex Colvin spends some lazy mo-ments on his bed in the SCCCdorms.

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This summer, those watchingtelevision, going to the movies, orhaving any contact with the out-side world in general probably no-ticed a glaringly obvious pattern:summer 2011 was the season forsuperheroes and sequels.

In the period from May to July,four superhero-themed films werereleased.

“Thor” started the trend in earlyMay, followed closely by “X-Men: First Class” and “GreenLantern” in June. “Captain Ameri-ca: the First Avenger” is the mostrecent superhero film, released atthe end of July.

Each of these films has some-thing in common, beside the su-perhero factor: they each mademore than $150 million at the boxoffice.

Obviously, superheroes arebankable. “Thor” alone brought ina worldwide revenue of $448 mil-lion. It’s safe to say that as long as

people are going to buy tickets towatch superhero movies, studiosare going to keep making them.

For those who look forward tosuperhero movies, “the Avengers,”“the Amazing Spider-Man,” and“the Dark Knight Rises,” all slat-ed for release in 2012.

This summer was also a goodexperience for those who like see-ing their favorite characters returnto the big screen; by the end of Au-gust, over half a dozen sequelswill have been released.

By this time next year, manymore sequels will have been re-leased, including “Underworld:Awakening,” “Ghost Rider: Spiritof Vengeance,” “Scary Movie 5,”“Men In Black III,” “MadagascarIII,” and “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.”

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Welcome Week took place during the firstweek of classes at Seward County Commu-nity College/Area Technical School.

It consisted of activities and events for newand former students alike.

On Monday, there was an orientation forthe freshmen where everyone got to knoweach other better. Tuesday night’s activitywas The Real Deal game show.

On Wednesday evening, hypnotist DanielJames put on a show, displaying his prowess.

Thursday afternoon consisted of an icecream social and water activities, completewith a dunking booth. The bookshop had freedoughnuts and coffee on Friday morning towrap up Welcome Week activities.


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Crusader photo/Matthew Adkins

Daniel James, comedy hypnotist, put on a show for SCCC/ATS students Aug. 17. As a part of the show, a number of students were voluntarily hypnotized and made to perform variousstunts and antics. People mooed like cows, rolled over as dogs and danced for a contest under the influence of the visiting hypnotist.


There was no shortage of volunteers at the hypnotistshow. Many were excited to be a part of the action andmany more revelled in the hilarity that ensued.

Crusader photo/ Ivan Gaytan

At The Real Deal game show in the theater, students competedfor prizes, performing a series of tasks under a time restraint aswell as other limitations. Victor Rodriguez, right, performs one ofthese tasks with fervor in hopes of winning the prize.


At the ice cream social and water games on Thursday night, Shelby Hansenskillfully goes down the water slide as others wait their turns.

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Gregory Leung takes a shot at sophomore Deverell Biggs on the dunking board at the water games and ice cream social Aug. 18 on campus. The ice cream social, in addition to freshmanorientation on Aug. 15, gave students the opportunity to get to know each other. For more photos of Welcome Week activities, go to Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.

Crusader photos/Ivan Gaytan

Aubrey Young, as penalty for missing a question, must pop theballoons in her pants in a limited amount of time. In a similar sce-nario, Garret Smith must put on panty hose and high heels in lessthan a minute.


Taylor McDougall looks at Thomas Benson with concern after heasks everyone in the room if they “want to see his monkey.” Hethen realized that he did not have a monkey and felt ridiculous. Thisall occurred while they were both hypnotized.


Celestina Padi l la

Crusader staff

Sweltering heat, record hightemperatures, a lack of 4th of Julyfestivities, rain deprivation, and aninteresting photo craze known asplanking made this summer no-table.

Planking is not having a surlypirate guide you to your demise offthe plank of a ship, but is simplylaying in a horizontal position fora picture.

Used before as a type of enter-tainment when boredom struck, ithas evolved into an art form, inwhich the photos are creativelytaken, often times in unique loca-tions. All that is necessary is imag-ination, a camera, and some corebody strength.

Though it serves an entertainingpurpose, some have gone to theextreme for these poses. A man inAustralia died after falling from aseventh story balcony.

There have also been several en-counters with the law due to someof these “plank-pranks.” As a wiseplanker, precautions should betaken with poses to avoid gettingthrown into jail for a simple pic-

ture.Ulises Rosales, a Seward fresh-

man, said he originally heardabout planking on Facebook.

He helped with a planking videohis friend made and joined in be-cause he thought it would be funand interesting.

He commented that a picturetaken on the bridge on Highway54 was their highest plank, butthey always practiced safe-plank-ing.

Planking was a part of his sum-mer. “Like many fads it comes andgoes,” Rosales said. He wouldplank again, “If I saw an interest-ing spot that just needs to beplanked.”

Sophomore David Carillo wasthe creator of the plank video com-pilation Rosales mentioned.

“At work, the FedEx man askedif I had made a planking video, be-cause he saw the location was Lib-eral.”

‘Yeah, that’s mine,’ Carillo said.He thought that making a videowould reach a wider audience, andhaving music in it was a plus.

He originally heard about plank-ing on Facebook also, and said itreminded him of “Ed, Edd ’n’

Eddy,” a cartoon show that had acharacter named Plank. The videowas a result of boredom, and heand his friends decided to goaround town for a night of plank-ing in areas no one else had used.He said he hasn’t planked since,and his latest fad is ‘The Kobe’which can be seen on his YouTubechannel: 80Rosco.

Planking led to other fads. Sincethen ‘owling’ has emerged. Thispose consists of perching like anowl in strange locations.

‘Horsemanning’ is also relative-ly new. This pose was inspired bythe headless horseman and in-volves two people — one appear-ing to be headless, the other freefrom a body.

CrusaderNews.com is currentlysponsoring a Planking Challenge.To enter, ‘like’ Crusader News onFacebook, then submit your phototo Facebook.com/CrusaderNews.The photo will be posted and willbe voted on through “likes.”

The most liked photo will be thewinner. The contest is scheduled toend on Sept. 9. Prizes includeSCCC/ATS merchandise such as ahoodie, tote bag, T-shirt, and lan-yard.

Crusader photo/Celestina Padilla

Horsemanning the latest in strange,entertaining poses is demonstratedby Cesar Lopez and Ulises Rosales who had spare time between classes.The idea is to mimic the headless horseman.


Daring student Juan Tiscareno planks high in the student union. Left,Raudel Pineda planks like a pro. For more planking photos see Face-book.com/CrusaderNews.


Freshman Ulises Rosales and sophomore Elizabeth Medina show off their‘Horsemanning’ skills.

FreshmanAlyssa Kirkdemonstrateshow to ‘owl’by the StudentUnion. Owlingis a fad thathatched outshortly afterplanking became verypopular.


Crusader photo/Octavio Rodriguez

Freshman Andrew Wolford planks silently in the library, showing a great amount of core body strength. The fadconsists of laying horizontally in interesting locations, and was popular throughout the summer.

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