THE COWLEY PRESSTHE COWLEY PRESS

April 13, 2006 Issue 14The Student Newspaper of Cowley College

Arkansas City, Kan.

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Here he comes, Mr Cinderfella

The 17th annual pageant is scheduled for Thursday, April 27.Story on page 6

Fear Factor

Pig’s feet? Live worms? Another year of Fear Factor is on its way Thursday, April 13.Story on page 3

BY RHONDA ROSSStaff Writer

To most people, a mask is a disguise, but to Rob Faust, a mask can be revealing. Faust, who lives in

Canada, is the founder and director of Faustwork Mask Theatre. He will make his Cowley College debut on Friday, April. 21, in the Brown Center Theatre.

The performance, titled Face: The Music, A Symphony of Masks, will blend the creative talent of Faust with that of the Winfi eld Regional Symphony and its direc-tor, Cowley’s instrumental music instructor Gary Gackstatter. Gackstatter commis-sioned the Mask Symphony and composed the original music for the premiere.

The evening will fuse the work of many campus artists and performers.

Behind the CurtainIn Mike Fell’s 3D Design II classroom,

a line of more than 20 faces, most of them white, some brown, meander along a cor-ner countertop, waiting to dry so they can be painted.

They are expressionless, for now, though each one has the distinct facial fea-tures of the model that posed for it.

Jessica Robinson, a sophomore art ma-jor and one of Fell’s Design II students, said the class has been working on the masks for the past two weeks. The mask-mak-ing process began with volunteer models from the acting class. Student actors will also wear the masks as part of the concert performance.

“We started out with Vaseline on the face to keep the hair from sticking to the plaster,” Robinson said.

Then the plaster, a combination of clay and paper maché, was applied. Some of the masks use newspaper while others have brown paper bags mixed with wallpaper paste.

“The brown paper bags are stronger,” Robinson said.

One model, freshman theater student Laura Durham, said the plaster felt “really gross” and made her slightly claustropho-bic.

Durham was under the impression that the process would only take about 15 minutes, but it was at least 45 minutes, she said. Robinson heard that someone fell asleep during the application process.

The Design II students will use clay sculpture to create the expressions for the faces. Robinson said the masks will convey a variety of facial expressions from fear-ful and bored to demonic and fl irtatious. “They’re all really different,” she said.

Durham saw a picture of a mask that was used as a reference for the design stu-dents. “It had tears made of sparkly jewels going down the cheek. It was pretty,” she said.

Behind the MaskA world-renowned artist, Faust has

earned rave reviews for his productions that feature masks that he designs, cre-ates, and wears. He has performed at The Kennedy Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as other venues throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Posted on the Faust-work Mask Theatre web-site is the following quote from Oscar Wilde: “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell the truth.”

Faust described his work as “cutting-edge.” His website said it is a “self-explora-

tion that eventually comes to life through movement in dance or theatre.”

Faust and his mask theatre have re-mained popular with audiences since 1983. “I’ve noticed consistently that everyone responds,” he said. “There is a universal appeal to all ages and mentalities, from corporate to grade school.”

Well, maybe not all ages; Faust said that small kids are frightened.

“I would say, those pre-kindergarten and younger,” he said. He has seen some young children end up on a parent or teacher’s lap during a performance. Many of his shows are recommended for ages 6

and over.Of all the faces Faust wears, his favor-

ite is a hippie. “It’s not even a mask; it’s a wig,” he said. “I also have one that’s a gruff boss-type. He’s kind of a jerk, but he has a heart of gold; and I love to do the crea-tures,” he said.

The masks are sometimes used to make subtle statements of a political nature. “I sing a song in character, that I wrote, and get the audience involved – and then I turn the screw,” Faust said, laughing.

Faust and Gackstatter have worked together in the past when they collaborated for Prairiefest.

Behind the ScenesFaust is happy to once again be work-

ing with Gackstatter, who he said was “very talented.” “One of the things that’s exciting working with Gary is the inherent musical-ity; making the music visible through the movement of the mask,” he said.

(continued on page 3)See Mask-terpiece Theater

Mask-terpiece

“We need to be one entity in performance. I am hoping that we end up with something so unified that it can only exist when everything works together.” Instrumental Music Director - Gary Gackstatter

Composer, mask maker and campus artists collaborate for April 21 performanceTheater

Andra Hinkley and Marcia Russell help to remove a mask from Brittany Richerson. Richerson modeled her face for the upcoming performance. (photo by Jared McGuire)

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WHAT? WHEN? WHERE?Baseball Thurs.April13,2p.m. CityBallParkDoubleheader vs. CoffeyvilleCafféAcoustic Thurs.April13,7:30p.m. Brown’s,225S.SummitNoah Earle performsNoonersconcert Fri.April14,noon SouthofCafeteriaDeep Structure performsTrack April13-14 CowleyTrackComplexHeptathlon/Decathlon only (1 p.m. Thursday and noon Friday)Softball Sat.April15,1p.m. LadyTigerFieldvs. Kansas State Baseball Sat.April15,2p.m. CityBallParkDoubleheader vs. KCKBaseball Sun.April16,2p.m. CityBallParkSingle game vs. ButlerBoardofTrusteesmeeting Mon.April17,6p.m. BoardConferenceRoomSoftball Tue.April18,3p.m. LadyTigerFieldvs. NeoshoFearFactor Wed.April19,7p.m. RobertBrownTheatreSoftball Thurs.April20,2p.m. LadyTigerFieldvs. Carl AlbertBaseball Thurs.April20,2p.m. CityBallParkDoubleheader vs. Allen CountyGlowinDarkEasterEggHuntThurs.April20,9p.m. ParisParkMaskSymphony Fri.April21,7:30p.m. RobertBrownTheatreBaseball Sat.April22,2p.m. CityBallParkDoubleheader vs. IndependenceBaseball Sun.April23,2p.m. CityBallParkSingle game vs. Seminole StateSoftball Tues.April25,2p.m. LadyTigerFieldvs. Johnson CountyJazzBandConcert Tues.April25,7:30p.m. RobertBrownTheatre

ampus Lineup

with Student of the Month Alex Derby

BYSARAHLAVALLEEStaff Writer

Alex Derby of Wellington has been chosen as the April Student of the Month. Derby is a pre-engineering

major who plans to transfer to Wichita State University to continue his education. He sees himself “working for a large corporation and having fun” in 10 years.

Derby participates in several on-cam-pus clubs and activities, including Student Government Association, Student Ambassa-dors, Cowley Spirit Squad and intramurals.

Admissions Coordinator Ben Schears described Derby as “easygoing” and said he “gives really great tours for visiting students.” Schears says Derby’s work as an Ambassador will help recruit new freshmen to Cowley College.

When asked about the opportunity he was given to coach kids in cheerleading, Derby said, “Being a part of the kids’ lives and interacting with them was truly reward-ing.” He chose to participate in coaching because he thought ”it would be a blast.”

Spirit Squad coach Kristi Shaw thought

Derby had a great work ethic when coaching the kids and he was “very encouraging and positive when teaching.”

Shaw describes Derby as “one of the best young men I have ever coached” and will miss his “positive energy and his loy-alty as a team player.”

CowleyPress: What was the most memorable moment for you when coaching kids in cheerleading?AlexDerby: When we actually talked some of the kids into stunting. Seeing the expressions on their faces was very memorable.

CP: What intramurals do you participate in?AD: Dodgeball, football and both indoor and outdoor volleyball.

CP: Who has been the greatest influence in your life?AD: I believe that my mom has been very supportive in everything I have done.

CP: How would you describe yourself?AD: Very fun and outgoing. Book-smart

but no common sense.

CP: What has been your best memory of Cowley?AD: My best memories came from cheering here at Cowley. Going to Minnesota will always stick in my mind – thousands of cheerleaders everywhere!

CP: What is your favorite responsibility as an Ambassador?AD: That would have to be giving campus tours. I love to give tours to new potential Cowley students.

CP: Who is your favorite teacher?AD: Todd Shepherd – he is very funny and a great teacher.

CP: Why did you choose to cheerlead in college?AD: Because it is both very fun and I get a scholarship. How could I go wrong!

CP: How long have you been cheerleading?AD: This has been my fourth year.

CP: What has been the best advice you were ever given?AD: I would have to say one of my favorite movie quotes: “Bring your green hat!”

Student of the Month is nominated byfaculty/staff and selected by the Student Affairs Committee. (photo by Sarah Lavallee)

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Cowley student from Winfield loses life over weekendBYSARAHLAVALLEEStaff Writer Cowley student James Willis Andes of Winfield died at his home on the morning of Sunday, April 9. Andes was 20 years old. A Winfield High School graduate, Andes had been attending Cowley College and would have graduated this May with an associate degree in accounting. Andes was employed at Precision

Pallet and McPherson Drilling. His hobbies included hunting and fishing. According to Bill Mueller of the Cowley County Sheriff’s Department, the official cause of death was a gunshot wound. Social Science instructor Cathy Hendricks said Andes had a good sense of humor. “He always wore his Texas Longhorns hat and I’m an OU fan, so we had an ongoing joke about it,” Hendricks said.

Business instructor Todd Kelley described Andes as “a good student” and a “joker.” A memory Kelley has of Andes’ sense of humor is when he humorously remarked, “No matter how hard I study, I always get the same grade on your tests.” Funeral services will be held today (April 13) at 2 p.m. at Miles Funeral Service. The burial will follow at the Wilmot Cemetery. A memorial has been created in Andes’ name for the Future

Farmers of America. Contributions can be made through the funeral home. He is survived by his parents Kenny and Renee Andes, brother Jacob, sister Ashley and maternal grandparents Leo and Marilyn Meadows of Winfield. Student Life Counselor Roy Reynolds will be available to speak with students and staff having difficulties coping with Andes’ death. Reynolds’ office is located in the Nelson Student Center in room 204.

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BITES A quick look at what’s happening

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Creative Director Denise Irwin was presented with the Community Corner-stone for her contribution to the com-munity. She was chosen for the award for her work on the murals and downtown revitalization.

The Annual Math and Science Club Medallion Hunt will begin at the end of April. One clue per day will be released until the medallion is found. A $50 prize will be awarded to the person who finds the medallion.

College Republicans have t-shirts on sale for $6 each. The group meets the last Tuesday of every month at 4:30 p.m. in Brown Center room 132.

Tutors are needed for the 2006-2007 term. The Underground will be accepting applications until April 21. Applications are available at the information desk in Galle-Johnson Hall. For tutor qualifications or requirements, contact Amy McWhirt at 620-441-5397.

As a follow up to National Alcohol Screening Day, Cowley College is offering current students and employees an oppor-tunity to win a valuable prize by taking a brief online alcohol quiz. A description of the prize and a link to the quiz can be found on the cowley.edu home page from April 10 through April 20. Contact Student Life Counselor Roy Reynolds at 620-441-5228 for more information.

The career and technical programs at Mulvane will present an open house for new and prospective students. The open house, which is for those interested in automotive and welding technology, will be Wednesday, April 19, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at 201 Industrial Drive and 242 Industrial Drive in Mulvane. For more information, contact Sandy Randel at 620-441-5262.

The Executive Women International (EW) Wichita Chapters will award a $1,000 scholarship to an adult in need of financial aid. Adults in Sedgwick, Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Reno and Sumner Coun-ties are eligible. The scholarship is intended to aid adults in transitional situations and in need of financial aid to further their edu-cation. The scholarship is through the Adult Students in Scholastic Transition (ASIST) Program. Application deadline is April 28, 2006. Selection criteria include finan-cial need, social, physical and economical challenged adults and those responsible for small children. Applicants must clearly define career goals and objectives, specify educational requirements needed to attain those goals and objectives, utilize re-entry programs available through colleges/uni-versities, community agencies and service groups or career professional. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older residing in boundaries of an EWI chapter. For more information contact Scholarship Coordina-tor Lisa Grose at 620-441-5294.

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For example, Faust explained that, “even the way an actor walks across a stage has different music. An old man might musically walk ‘whomp, whomp, whomp’ where a younger person’s walk would sound like ‘tlat, tlat, tlat’.”

One added twist for Faust and Gack-statter was that, lacking mental telepathy, they had to collaborate by phone and e-mail. Faust said Gackstatter needed a little help visualizing some of the characters in order to compose the music for them.

He told Gackstatter to “picture Jim Carrey on crack,” for one of the characters, and a “post-apocalyptic grinding jungle” for another.

“The biggest challenge was to make each piece unique yet related to the whole,

because each mask is a completely different person with completely different require-ments,” Gackstatter said.

Another interesting element for Gackstatter was that Faust doesn’t follow a script. “Rob’s show is nearly all impro-vised, so making the music elastic enough to fit his wild mood swings was a big chal-lenge, but great fun,” he said.

Gackstatter compared his composi-tions for the mask symphony with his music from his earlier Cartoon Symphony, “in that I conceived each melody in relation to the face and mood presented to me,” he said.

But he said one huge difference will be keeping up with Rob, because Faust doesn’t ever do things the same way twice.

Gackstatter is sure that there will be a lot of surprises.

Faust also alluded to surprises, though he refused to elaborate. “It’s a secret,” he said. “You’ll have to come and see.”

“I don’t want Rob to feel he is separat-ed from us,” Gackstatter said. “We need to be one entity in performance. I am hoping that we end up with something so uni-fied that it can only exist when everything works together.”

Best of ShowA Master’s Art Reception will coincide

with the Mask symphony performance. Fell said the reception will feature the “best art pieces of those students who will be mov-ing on or graduating.”

The artwork includes work from art and graphic design classes and can be viewed in the Wright Room of the Brown Center both before and after the symphonic production.

Faust will be on campus the day before the mask symphony conducting workshops for the drama and 3D art classes. He will also lead a workshop at the Arkansas City High School.

The mask symphony will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 21. Tickets are on sale at the Cowley College Bookstore – $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students.

For ticket information, contact the bookstore at (620) 441-5277, or (620) 441-5275. To learn more about Faust’s work, go to his website at www.faustwork.com.

Mask-terpiece Theater(continued from page 1)

BY NICK HINTONStaff Writer

Cowley’s very own Fear Factor contest will start on Thursday, April 13, with a closed session involving

telephone poles, high ropes, and a trapeze bar. Then rounds two through five will take place for an audience on Wednesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre. Admission is free.

In the closed first round, contestants will be eliminated if they are unable to catch themselves on the trapeze bar. If more than 10 contestants are able to catch themselves on the bar, then the slowest contestants will be eliminated by time.

If fewer than 10 contestants are able to catch themselves, then all participants who were able to complete the task, and those who were unable but were the fastest, will continue. Only 10 out of the 15 contestants will move on from this round.

Wednesday night’s events begin with the second round, which will consist of contestants eating whole jalapeños and drinking an earthworm smoothie. Elimina-tion will be by time; only seven of the 10 contestants can move on from this round.

In the third round, contestants will be handcuffed to a table and must reach into an aquarium full of rats and other animals to reach a key. The key will release them from their shackles and free them to the next round. Once again, the slowest contestants will not move on and only five contestants will be able to advance to the next round.

A surprise event is scheduled for the fourth round. Then in the fifth and final round, Fear Factor contestants will be served up several grotesque food items, including another earthworm milk shake. Trashcans will be available for those con-testants with weaker stomachs. Only three contestants will compete in this round.

Last year’s Fear Factor champion Riley Stegman devoured plenty of pig’s feet on his way to the title. (photo by Tim Badley)

Cast out all FEARSCowley Fear Factor finals April 19

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BY JENNY SARCHETOpinions Editor

Two Cowley College instructors will be receiving NISOD Excellence awards. Cindy Branscum and Brett Butler will receive the annual award in Austin, Texas, from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.

Branscum is the lead MICT instructor at Cowley’s Winfield Allied Health Center. Butler is an industrial technology/agri-culture instructor on the main campus in Arkansas City.

“The best part about teaching is seeing students succeed in achieving goals,” said Branscum. “I believe I have the perfect job in that I get to participate in student learn-ing from the beginning through to certifica-tion.”

Branscum started teaching at Cowley as an adjunct instructor in 1994. She be-came full time in 2000. She also works part time for the Winfield and Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Services.

“I am very honored by this award,” said Branscum. “I feel a little overwhelmed by it.”

Butler’s prior jobs have given him plenty of experience that he applies to teaching. He has worked as a vocational agriculture instructor at the high school level, managed a breeding stock swine farm in Missouri, worked for a commercial hog farmer, started his own seed stock business, and working for Total Refinery Conoco and Boeing.

Butler and Branscum will receive the awards during NISOD’s annual Interna-tional Conference on Teaching and Leader-ship Excellence May 28-31.

“Cowley is a great place to work. The work is demanding yet rewarding,” said Branscum. “We have the autonomy to make decisions and conduct our classes in ways that we see most benefits student learning.”

BY SARAH DONNELLY Staff Writer

After 25 years of teaching, Chris Vollweider is completing her

last semester at Cowley College. Vollweider started teaching at Cowley in March of 1981 as an assistant for basic skills classes. Since then her workload has increased greatly.

Vollweider is currently the instructor/director of adult education and study skills programs and teaches developmental classes that include Becoming a Master Student, Rapid Reading, and College Reading. She is also the Director of the APE program, a sponsor for the International Student Organization, and an academic ad-viser for over 30 students. Vollweider has also served on or chaired many committees and developed numerous curriculums.

Vollweider’s official last day will be May 31, but she will use May through June as a transition period.

“It is hard to believe I have been here for 25 years,” she said. “It has

gone by so fast.”Vollweider has many plans, but

mostly she hopes to relax and enjoy life. She looks forward to having no worries, reports, or deadlines.

“It has been great working at Cowley and I still plan to attend activi-ties like games and plays,” she said. “My heart will still be with Cowley College.”

Vollweider has received the Teaching Excellence Award, Master Presenter, Advisor of the Year, and Quality Leadership Award. Along with these she has also received many awards from chairing and serving on various committees.

Vollweider’s advice to her col-leagues is to continue believing in your students and to be there for them when they need you.

When asked, Vollweider said the thing she will miss the most about teaching is getting to know students and becoming a part of their lives. “Cowley has been my life for a long time and I have loved every minute of it,” she said.

Vollweider retires after 25 years Cindy Branscum Brett Butler

Instructor Chris Vollweider is currently completing her last semester at Cowley College. (photo by Sarah Lavallee)

Two instructors honoredfor teaching excellence

Bleeding Kansas: new variety for travel courseBY VICTORIA UKAOMAStaff Writer

The Bleeding Kansas travel for col-lege credit course is open to any student interested in venturing across the state of Kansas and learning about its history.

Ken Spurgeon, the founder and leader of the course, says it will give students a unique opportunity to take a visual in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the roots of Kansas.

“I came up with Bleeding Kansas because, as a researcher, I feel that there are a large number of existing sites here that some Kansans don’t have any idea about,” Spurgeon said.

The trip begins Thursday, June 1, and the class will travel through Sunday, June 4. Students will be visiting Topeka, Lecomp-ton, Lawrence, Paola, Osawatomie, Fort Scott and more areas.

The cost of the trip is $400 and includes lodging, transportation and admission to all of the sites that will be visited.

An informational meeting for the Bleeding Kansas travel for college credit will be held on Tuesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. in the seminar room at the Southside Center.

Contact Spurgeon at 316-554-2758 or e-mail spurgeon@cowley.edu.

As summer creeps closer, I’ve noticed more and more people going to tanning salons. It’s amazing that

people will shell out a few bucks to lie in a radiation box and beat up their skin just to look a little darker. Once I found out the dangers of tanning, I cut back immediately.

The number one danger is skin cancer. The number of skin cancer cases has been rising over the years, and this is due to increasing expo-sure to UV radia-tion from the sun, tanning beds, and sun lamps, reports the American Academy of Dermatology. More than 1.3 million new skin cancer cases are likely to be diagnosed in the United States this year.

Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer; it’s often fatal if it’s not caught early. The number of cases of mela-noma is rising in the United States, with an estimated 47,700 new cases and 7,700 deaths anticipated this year.

Wow, 1.3 million new cases of skin

cancer a year and roughly 8,000 of those will die. That is enough; I never want to tan again. I wouldn’t want to risk my chances of getting skin cancer and having it number my years left for me.

Granted those who rarely visit a tan-ning bed have less of a chance than those who tan regularly, they still have a higher

chance than someone who doesn’t tan at all.

Besides skin can-cer, tanning too much over a long period of time can make your skin age early. OK, think There’s Something About Mary. Now think of Magda, who would be the perfect example

of what tanners may look like in 30 years – leathery skin and wrinkles. That is defi-nitely not how I want to look when I get old.

Sun damage is also a problem. Although it is slower, it can have the same effects that tanning beds do. If you want to avoid tanning bed damage, don’t tan. Here are some tips to avoid sun damage.

• Plan activities to avoid the sun's strongest rays.

• Avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

• Wear protective covering such as hats and sunglasses.

• Wear sunglasses that provide 100 percent UV ray protection.

• Always wear sunscreen with SPF 15 or greater and apply it 30 minutes before sun exposure.

Although I am worried about tanning,

I do tan some. My skin is fair, and I burn easily, and during the summer months I’m outside a lot and I end up with a severe burn that won’t go away for a week.

I figured that if I tan a little in April and May, I’ll be dark enough so I won’t end up like a crispy critter in the summer.

Tanning beds can be dangerous, it may not be immediate, but in 20-30 years we’ll be facing the consequences of our tanning today – be it wrinkled or leather skin or some type of skin cancer.

Rae HunterPerspectives

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Old, Leathery and Wrinkled

Former soldier says freedom is not free

QuickQuotes

To the Editor

After reading the article about the Selective Service in the latest issue of the paper, I am not only appalled but sad-dened as well.

I was raised to believe in my country and love freedom. I was also taught that freedom comes with a price. You see, for the men and women of the armed ser-vices there is nothing more precious than freedom. I know this because I served my country for six years as a rifleman in an infantry company.

What I don’t understand is how peo-

ple who live in this country and enjoy its freedoms are not willing to fight for it? I know that, traditionally, America has been supported by a volunteer force, but when it becomes necessary for our military to call on additional help, then it is the duty of every able-bodied person (both men and women) to answer that call.

Granted, no one WANTS to have to fight and kill and perhaps die, but that is the price of freedom. Those people who know they have to register and don’t can call themselves whatever they want, but it doesn’t change the fact that they ARE draft dodgers.

If they are not willing to fight for this country, then in my opinion, they have no right to live here. They have no idea what words like loyalty, honor, and duty mean.

To me, they are worse than the terror-ists of 9/11. At least the terrorist were will-ing to fight for what they believed in.

Unlike the people interviewed in your article, I have no problem with you using my full name. It is Billy Roe, and I am an American.

Billy RoeCowley Student

Frequent tanning is slowly taking a toll on many Americans

“No, tanning looks better because it doesn’t make people look as pale. I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t do it.”

Do you think tanning has gone too far?

“Personally I think any fake tanning is going too far.”

“Yeah... I like my chicks to look a little dead.”

“Some people do if they go every day. They probably have some sort of problem.”

James SegebarttFreshman

Galen LeeSophomore

Chad LawFreshman

Carissa ValyerSophomore

This letter to the editor was written

in response to Christine Aragon’s

article about Selective Service, which

appeared in the March 30 issue. If

you would like to read more letters to

the editor or write your own opinion,

you can visit www.cowleypress.com

and go to The Cowley Press blog.

When instructor Dejon Ewing first brought the Cinderfella Pageant to Cowley College in 1989, she

had no idea that it would be such a hit with the campus and surrounding com-munity.

“Back then, I felt that we needed more things for students to do here,” Ewing said, “so after seeing my brother-in-law put together the same kind of pageant in Pratt, I thought it would be an awesome event to introduce to our stu-dent body.”

This year, 15 young men will be par-ticipating in Mr. Cinderfella on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Each of the con-testants will compete in three categories: beach/leisure, talent and evening wear.

The current Miss Kansas Adrienne Rosel will be the emcee for the evening.

Rosel is a Liberal, Kan., native and a 2005 graduate of the University of Kansas with a bachelor of science in journalism and mass communications and a minor in theater. Her platform is financial literacy.

In addition, as a founder and two-year president for Relay for Life at the University of Kansas, Rosel has helped raise over $110,000.

Ewing takes pride in the fact that Miss Kansas has always been honored to be a part of Mr. Cinderfella.

“I’m very careful about who I choose to be in the competition because not only is this a family-friendly show, but I also want to be make absolutely sure that Miss Kansas feels comfortable and respected in her environment,” Ewing said.

The Arkansas City community is very closely involved in providing mis-cellaneous “white elephant” gifts for the

contestants. Instructor Bob Moffat will be welding several trophies for the evening.

So that the contestants are scored fairly, judges are cho-sen from the community.

Tickets for Mr. Cinderfella are $3 and are available in the Humanities office downstairs in the Brown Center or at the door on the night of the event.

Money from the pageant will go to fund-raisers for Act One and funds for next year’s Cinderfella show.

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A jazz, tap, ballet, and musical theater dance course will be offered through Cowley College starting in the fall 2006 semester. The course, Introduction to Dance, teaches the basic steps of many dancing styles. Introduction to Dance will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 3:20 p.m. No prior dance experience is necessary.

Deep Structure will be performing songs off their new CD at the April 14 Friday Nooner. Friday Nooners have been moved to outside the south cafeteria doors. Admission is free.

On Friday, April 21, Sigma will be playing outside the cafeteria as part of the Friday Nooner concert series. Cook-out lunches will be available for $2.

Act One theater club will perform Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on April 28, 29 and 30. The performances will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre. Admission is $4.

On Thursday, April 13, Noah Earle will be performing a blues-driven contemporary acoustic set at Brown’s. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go tothebrownstore.com.

The Sixth Annual Majors

Show features work by Cowley art and design students. It will be open April 10 through May 10 in the Wright Room of the Brown Center.

New ReleasesAmerican DreamzThis movie features an all-star cast including Willem Dafoe and Hugh Grant. Grant plays a rebellious British TV person-ality. This social satire will hit the big screen April 21.

Taking Back SundayLouder NowThe boys of Taking Back Sunday have taken a new approach on this album, hop-ing to shake up their audience with something faster, darker, and harder. Louder Now hits stores April 25.

Singers headed for ‘performance show Mecca’

It’s a man’s world...Right: Cole Mills, outfitted for the beachwear competi-tion, tears duct tape from his kiddy pool to give to the judges as a gift during last year’s Mr. Cinderfella pag-eant. Mills won the “Wanna Take Him Home” special judges’ award.

Far Right: Caleb Brown played the children’s song “Mary Had a Little Lamb” for the talent portion of last year’s competition.

(photos by Jenny Sarchet)

Male contestants will compete in Mr. Cinderfella pageant

Miss Kansas Adrienne Rosel

BY SARAH LAVALLEEStaff Writer

The CC Singers will be leaving Arkansas City to begin their spring tour in Silver Dollar City on Wednesday, April 19. The first stop will be at Sedan High School; the next stop will be in the “performance show Mecca,” Silver Dollar City, said Vocal Music Director Connie Donatelli.

This will be the CC Singers’ first time singing in Silver Dollar City, although they did perform in Branson in the spring of 2002. Their touring show is entitled “The Greatest Hits of the One Name Wonders” and will feature such artists as Queen, Styx, ABBA, and Journey.

While on tour the CC Singers “will be seeing great shows as well as having an opportunity to sing in a won-derful perfor-mance venue,” said Donatelli.

The tour to Silver Dollar City will give the students a chance to “really get a taste of what it is like to be on the road, traveling, and performing,”

she added. “They find out it is harder than they thought.”

The CC Singers will perform in Silver Dollar City April 19-20.

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Some members of the Jazz Band perform during their fall concert. The group will play its spring concert Tuesday, April 25, in the Robert Brown Theatre. (photo by Lindsay Hickenbottom)

BY RHONDA ROSSStaff Writer

On their tour of the Lone Star State March 30-31, members of the Cowley College Jazz Band played for almost 1,000 people – though not at one time.

The band had a whirlwind schedule playing three public schools and one uni-versity in two days.

Instrumental Music instructor Gary Gackstatter said the band tours for several reasons. The first is for recruitment pur-poses; another is to help area bands build their programs; and finally, a tour spreads the word about Cowley and its instrumen-

tal music program.Gackstatter believes a college that of-

fers a jazz band is attractive to prospective students. “The Jazz Band presents a very cool aspect of the music department,” he said.

The band attracted a large crowd for an outdoor concert on the Midwestern State University campus in Wichita Falls.

A Jazz Festival in Dallas was a real “eye-opener” for the students, Gackstatter said.

“It’s a three day festival of big bands, combos, and vocal groups,” he said. “The kids got to hear some of the finest col-lege and professional jazz musicians in

the world.”Gackstatter said he was proud of his

band. “It’s not easy to do this kind of playing

and traveling and pull it off like they did,” he said.

Gackstatter said that no musicians would currently exist if it wasn’t for the influence and inspiration of those who preceded them.

“We are all playing today because, at one time, we saw someone else play-ing and we thought to ourselves, ‘I’d like

to do that,’ he said. “For my students to have that effect on other students and to be inspired like that themselves all in one trip… not bad.”

Jazz Band makes jaunt to Texas music festival

Cowley students (from left clockwise) Scott Palmitier, Chansi Long, Kevin Redford and Andy Atterberry show off their best Worst Dressed Cowley Student outfits. (photos by Sarah Lavallee)

And the nominees are...BY SARAH LAVALLEEStaff Writer

Comfortable is how sophomore Chansi Long describes her bad fashion. Long said she nominated

herself for the Worst Dressed Cowley Student Contest because “I’m a bad dresser and you guys were going to buy clothes for the winner. And because no one was willing to strut their bad fashion when there’s a lot with bad fashion.”

Sophomore Andy Atterberry was nominated for the Worst Dressed Cowley Student Contest by several of his peers. Atterberry willingly participated in the contest, although he was caught off guard when asked to be photographed for the newspaper because he thought he was dressed well on that particular day.

Freshman Kevin Redford, who proudly disregards fashion rules, was my nominee for the contest. I felt Redford could benefit from the Worst Dressed Cowley Student

Contest because, if he wins, Redford will be able to update his wardrobe.

Freshman Scott Palmitier decided to participate in the Worst Dressed Cowley Student Contest because “it sounded interesting” and describes his personal style as a “whatever’s clean” look.

To vote for the Worst Dressed Cowley Student send an e-mail toeditor@cowleypress.com

Worst Dressed Cowley Student Contest

More JazzThe Jazz Band will appear in con-

cert Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Robert Brown Theatre.

The Jazz Band will also play the Friday Nooners concert on Friday, April 28, at noon in the Galle-Johnson Theatre.

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BY AMBER SWALLOWCowley Journalism Department

Besides being a part-time student, Cowley freshman SheriLyne Isaac is a full-time nanny for her five

younger siblings, whom she helps her mother homeschool – a job that she said lasts “all the time.” She also regularly attends church and takes a correspondence course from Grace University in Nebraska. However, regardless of her hectic schedule, she still makes time – about three hours a week – to blog.

A recent addition to many dictionar-ies, blog is short for “weblog.” Webster’s Dictionary defines a blog as “a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.” Ac-cording to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, although blogs have been present since Bryon Sutherland posted the first blog on April 19, 1995, blogs have only recently made a sudden surge in popularity. One particular blog site, Xanga, had only 100 online journals in 1997, a year after it was begun; by the end of 2005, there were over 50, 000,000 journals, according to Wikipe-dia.

In a recent online survey, 11 of the 18 “bloggers” who responded said they spent between one and four hours a week reading and posting blogs, five admit-ted to spending over four hours a week blogging, and only two said they spent less than an hour a week on these online journals.

Are blogs just a fad or are they a new means of primary communication?

“Blogging could be opening up a new avenue, a new channel basically, of how we are going to communicate with others in the future,” said Dan Muhwezi, a sociology instructor at Cowley College. “Face-to-face may be a communication of the past.”

The Internet is now providing count-less blog hosts that are often typified by certain areas of interest including per-sonal, cultural, topical, busi-ness, science, educational, and political. The most com-mon, however, are personal blogs. Since 2001, these online diaries have increased in popularity, especially among high school and college students. Among the most popular of these online journals are MySpace, Xanga, Blogspot, LiveJournal, and Open Diary.

Isaac said that she uses her Xanga blog to keep in touch with over 20 friends near and far all at once. She posts pictures and writes about her life experiences, in-cluding “just normal stuff, spiritual stuff; the way God has been working in my life.”

Bloggers can easily post daily mus-ings, events, stories, pictures, music, videos, news, web links, literature, and more. It gets the word out fast and makes the world a much smaller place.

However, according to Cowley sophomore Alli Regoli, it can also be quite

addicting. “I think a lot of times it can be time-consuming,” said Regoli. “People can be obsessed.”

However, Isaac said that Xanga serves as a time-saver for her.

“If you are good at managing your time, then it [blogging] is a time-saver because everyone can know the same thing and you don’t have to call everyone and talk to them on the phone and tell the same story over and over,“ said Isaac. “So it’s good in that way. But it’s really easy to sit there and waste your time if you don’t have any self-control with it.”

Muhwezi said that such communica-tion can be beneficial to save time and cut distance, allowing individuals to stay in touch with a much larger circle of people.

“In one way you can look at blogging as an advantage,” said Muhwezi, “because it gives an opportunity for the other per-son to also communicate with people that otherwise they wouldn’t communicate with.”

The advantages are obvious. The dis-advantages can be more subtle. Muhwezi said that such links are “weak” compared to face-to-face communication. Muhwezi said that a “personal touch” is lost over the Internet, and with this network me-dium, people are no longer forced out into society.

“People were forced to extend their communication between individuals because it was limited,” said Muhwezi, “Then you were forced to learn the lan-guage because you had to communicate with your neighbors. Now, with this new method, I don’t have to communicate with my neighbors.”

Blogging has not only caused some to com-municate too little with their community, but also to communicate too much with the outside world. Muhwezi said that such easy access and spread of information threatens safety and privacy because some bloggers are not mindful that everything posted online becomes global information that anyone with the Internet can access. According to ABC News, the recent death of 14-year-old Judy Cajuste, who was found strangled and naked in a Newark, N. J. garbage bin, and the death of 15-year-old Kayla Reed, found in a canal not far from her home in Livermore, Calif., are just two cases of thousands of deaths in which stalkers were reported to use personal weblogs to track their victims.

The online survey also revealed that 15 of the 18 bloggers took only minor pre-cautions when protecting their informa-tion. Many bloggers do not post their full names and locations, but is that enough?

The answer is no. A team or school name, the location of friends who visit and comment on a personal site, and pictures posted can often be just as informative as leaving a phone number and address.

In order to create a safer web envi-ronment, many personal weblog hosts feature safety tips about safety and pri-vacy. Weblog users can also open private blog pages and post entries that can only be viewed by selected individuals. There are now even internet lawyers and entire web pages such as www.WiredSafety.org, www.blogsafety.com, and www.Internet-Safety.org which are dedicated to ensure personal safety on the Internet.

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Far Left: Devon Naccarato plays Church Lady, an overly religious talk-show host. Naccarato criticized Britney Spears, played by freshman Brittany Richerson, for her pregnancy.

Left: Humanities Instructor Steve Butler plays the piano during the Blues Brothers skit.

(photos by Marcia Russell)

Act One and CC Singers held the annual Thursday Night Live variety show on March 30 in the Robert Brown Theatre.

Members of both clubs, like Kyle Chamberland (pictured above), performed in classic skits from the early years of Saturday Night Live, such as “Get Off the Shed” and “More Cowbell.” The show served as a fundraiser for both CC Singers and Act One.

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April 13, 2006Page 10

BY DALE LOCKHARTStaff Writer

The Cowley freshmen continue to shine as the Tigers go for back-to-back outdoor Jayhawk Eastern

Division track championships.During the third annual Tiger

Invitational April 1, freshmen Angela Welch broke current sophomore team-mate Lauren Kirsch’s school record in

the pole vault with a jump of 10 feet, 2 inches, which is also a national quali-fying mark. Also, freshman Courtney Gougler continues to dominate in the throwing events as she broke the school record in the shot put and discus, which she had already done once before.

Arkansas City freshman Laura Hewitt took the javelin with a throw of 153-1 as she broke the school record with national qualifying mark.

Leading the sophomore women is LaNation McCray, who has qualified for nationals in four events. “We are going to continue to work hard, and do what-ever it takes to win,” McCray said. “We have been putting in a huge amount of work and hopefully the results will show on the track.”

Freshmen Neisha Peterson, who now holds the school record in the long jump, says a few injuries have hurt the team this year, but “hopefully the team stays in strong work habits to prevent injuries.”

Peterson along with McCray, Leshea Jenkins and Brittany Fallon broke the school record and qualified for nationals in the 4x100 relay with a blistering time of 48.37.

For the men, two freshmen from Kenya – Daniel Maina and Stanley Mugo – continue to reign supreme in the distance races as Maina crushed David Cheromei’s of Butler 3,000-meter steeplechase meet record by over seven seconds (9:00.22), qualifying him and teammate Stanley Mugo (9:38.02) for nationals.

The Tigers participated in the Hutchinson Quadrangular on Saturday. Bryan Tapia stood out by qualifying for nationals in the discus. Also, the women’s 4x400 relay team qualified for nationals at the meet. Members are the same as the 4x100 relay team. The Tigers go to Wichita State’s KT Woodman meet on Saturday, April 15.

Temperature and track stars rising fast

Cowley Track to host Decathlon / Heptathlon

The meet begins at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 13. The meet will continue Friday, April 14, at noon.

Freshmen Daniel Maina continues his impressive season by smashing the Cowley meet record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:00.22. Maina broke the old record by over seven seconds. (photo by Marcia Russell)

Freshmen Angela Welch adds to her accomplishments by recently breaking her teammate Lauren Kirsch’s school record in the pole vault. Welch set the new record at a jump of 10 feet 2 inches. (photo by Sarah Lavallee)

Several Tigers rewrite Cowley records at home meet

BY BRIAN McHUGHStaff Writer

On March 24-25, the Tigerette Danceline competed in the 2006 American Dance/ Drill Team National Championship in Denton, Texas. The Tigerettes placed sec-ond runner-up in the Collegiate Division II category.

The Tigerettes competed against vari-ous four-year colleges and junior colleges from across the country. The team was also named runner up as Curtain Call Academic Champions.

Team members competing included

sophomores Jessica Hudson, Meagan Martinson, Tiffany Miley, Kentra Rathgeber, Renee Vogel, and Katie Williams; and freshmen Haylie Bybee, Brandy Hallacy, Carissa Kelley, and Stephanie Ramazzini.

Four members competed in the Collegiate Solo Division. Carissa Kelley placed third, and Brandy Hallacy placed second with their solo performances.

Coach Lindsay Sanderholm, who has been the Danceline team coach for eight years, said she is glad that the team wasn’t fazed by their competition.

“They did a wonderful job,” Sanderholm said. “I was very proud of the team. Our girls all seemed very confident in Denton.”

After the competition, Sanderholm treated all of the girls to a day at Six Flags.

“We’ve had a blast with this group,” Sanderholm said.

Tigerettes perform well at nationals

Members of the Tigerette Danceline who competed at nationals

BY DAVID DEJMALStaff Writer

As the season comes to a close, the Tiger tennis players set their sights on winning regionals next weekend and going to nationals.

“All I have on my mind is winning and making it to nationals,” said sopho-more Juan Ramos

The Tigers were scheduled to get their first look at league teams against Johnson County on April 12. They also face Barton on April 18. The Johnson County match-up was to be the final home match, and the Barton match will be held in Wichita.

The Region VI Tournament will be held in Wichita on April 22-23. Match times are yet to be announced.

“It’s (Region VI tourney) going to be just as close or closer as it has been in the past,” said Head Coach Brad Louderback, “ We’ve been playing solid, so I feel pret-ty confident in both singles and doubles.”

The major roadblocks for the men are Seward, Barton, and Johnson County. The Tiger tennis teams’ top three players – Julian Rios, Nathan Mai, and Marijn Bal – have been playing exceptionally well in singles and doubles.

“The competition is going to be good, but our play is peaking at the right time,” said sophomore Bal.

In the women’s tournament, the teams to watch out for also include Seward and Barton, but the team for the Lady Tigers to beat is Johnson County. Johnson beat Seward and Barton earlier in the season and looks to be the favorite overall.

For the Lady Tigers, Hanane Toumi is yet to be beaten in number one singles with a record of 9-0. She has only lost one match with her partner in doubles, Samantha Cowan. Their record is 9-1.

To make it to nation-als the teams must place in the top three in the Region VI tourna-ment.

Freshmen Hanane Toumi has made an impression on her teammates by start-ing off 9-0 in singles. (photo by Lindsay Hickenbottom)

Tigers prepare for tough dualson way to Region VI Tournament

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BY WILLIAM EARLSSports Editor

Dropping four out of five games before splitting a doubleheader with Labette, the Tigers found

themselves in a funk. They had lost first place in the Jayhawk East and looked like the Titanic. Assistant coach and former Tigers infielder Brock Buckingham said every-one kept their heads high, yet the funk continued. In doubleheaders against Neosho, Fort Scott, and Allen County – all teams near the top of the Jayhawk East standings – Cowley wasn’t the same team that was nationally ranked in the top 10 earlier this year.

Then just as luck would have it, the Tigers faced off with teams near the bot-tom of the Jayhawk East standings.

On Sunday against visiting High-land, the Tigers broke out the broom and swept the Scotties 13-3 and 10-8.

With the sweep, Cowley had re-gained its lead in the Jayhawk East. The Tigers were 17-7 in conference, and 26-13 overall entering Tuesday’s rematch doubleheader at Highland. Results were unavailable by deadline.

Last Saturday, April 8, the Tigers split a doubleheader with the Labette Cardi-nals. After losing a close game one by the score of 2-1, they bounced back to defeat Labette 6-0. Once again, the Tigers pitch-ing came up big, holding Labette to one run in the doubleheader.

Just three days before this Cow-ley swept Independence, defeating the Pirates 13-5 in game one and 4-2 in game two.

On Tuesday, April 4, the Tigers lost a doubleheader at Neosho. Cowley had

sophomore Brad Miller on the mound and would hit two home runs, yet lose in the opener 5-4. This set up a less than par game two, which they lost 7-1.

“We aren’t batting good, but our pitching has been outstanding,” Bucking-ham said at the time. In game one against Neosho, which is 15-7 in conference, the Tigers once again fell behind early with Neosho catcher Nick Wolfe hitting a three-run home run in the second inning.

“We get down early and can’t come back,” said Buckingham.

Cowley regained focus, sitting down three of the next four hitters to retire the inning. But in the third inning, Panthers’ infielder Steve Winkelmann hit a solo shot with one out. Neosho would not score in the remainder of the inning.

Then sophomore Patrick D’Aoust would score off a Michael Dabbs hit in the fourth to bring the score to 4-1. Fresh-

man Blake Mitchell blasted a two-run shot in the fifth, pulling the Tigers within one, but they couldn’t make the charge to win, eventually losing 5-4. Miller picked up the loss, his first of the year.

“We didn’t get any timely hitting,” said Buckingham. “We just can’t get a big hit.”

Miller’s lead-off home run in the fifth would be the only Tigers’ run. No Tiger had more than one hit; the top of the lineup combined to go 0-11.

Saturday, April 1, saw the Fort Scott Greyhounds, who are now 14-10 in conference, race to town for a double-header. Cowley would split with them, losing game one 5-2, and run ruling the Greyhounds 14-1 in game two. Freshman Jeremy Sheehan pitched game one. He had a good outing yet fielding errors led to him picking up his first loss of the year. The Tigers held the lead for most of the game, yet gave up four runs in the final three innings.

The big bats arrived just in time for game two, with the Tiger bats exploding in a 14-1 win. Cowley managed six runs in the first inning to start the onslaught. Leading 7-1 heading into the fourth, the bats would blast out seven more runs.

On Thursday, March 30, the team traveled to play against Allen County, which is 13-11 in conference, and Hall of Fame coach Valis Scott McLean. Cowley would win game one 6-2, but in an ugly game two the Tigers would lose 2-0. Freshman Justin Otto attempted his best to keep the Tigers in the game, giving up one earned run through five innings.

“Our pitching can carry us,” said Buckingham, “but we can’t pitch shutouts every game,” Buckingham said. “It’s get-ting closer to the playoffs, it’s time to go!”

Sophomore Brad Miller and the other Tigers have picked up their game of late. They’ve regained first place in the Jayhawk East and are playing their best ball of the year. (photo by Marcia Russell)

Hey, Jayhawk Conference...Guess who’s back!

April 13, 2006Page 12 SPORTSTHE COWLEY PRESS

BY MARY ASTStaff Writer

The No. 2 ranked Lady Tiger soft-ball team suffered their first loss in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern

Division on April 4. This is the first time since the 2004 season that the Cowley soft-

ball team lost a conference game, breaking a string of 30 straight conference wins. “It was hard on the sophomores,” freshman Courtney Hull said. “This game is only conference so as a team we can’t dwell on it.” The team split a pair against Highland, losing the first game 1-0 but coming back

to dominate in the second game 7-0. The game one loss also broke Cowley’s 10 game winning streak. “The loss was hard on the team, but we came back and dominated. So we tried to not let this loss get us down,” freshman Jenanne Wilson said. A visiting Lady Tiger softball team

dominated at Labette County on March 30, win-ning with 13-0 and 8-4. Sophomores Lacey Pendry and Nicole Reuter each had home runs in the first game, and sophomore Ashley Bright struck out 11 and just had two hits on the mound. The Lady Tigers were

tied 4-4 as they went into the fifth inning of the second game. Bright had a lead-off triple and scored on a single by sophomore Cortney Channell. Freshman Kaci Haney ended the scoring with a two-run double. The game was eventually called due to inclement weather after five innings. The Cowley team led 8-4 after five innings for the win. “There was good team chemistry. We have been playing good as a team these past few weeks and it helps,” Hull said. On Tuesday, the Lady Tigers swept a doubleheader with the Kansas City, Kan., Lady Blue Devils. Cowley won game one 13-0, and then won 8-4 in game two. Currently the Lady Tigers are 11-1 in conference, and 26-7 overall.

Sophomore Lacey Pendry and freshman Kaci Haney try to add some runs to the scoreboard against the Kansas City Lady Blue Devils on Tuesday. (photo by Jessica Demel)

OUT! Sophomore Miranda Johnson tags the runner, a lot like the Lady Tigers have been tagging opposing pitchers with runs. (photo by Jessica Demel)

Tigers drop first conference game in almost 2 yearsStreak of 30 conference wins officially in the books