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By Kaitlyn KulpaAs of February 20, no four-year in-

stitutions had yet signed on to be a part of the University Center of Southern Kentucky project at SCC, though that may soon change.

SCC President and CEO Dr. Carey Castle announced to the faculty at a meeting on February 15 that negoti-ations are ongoing and that everyone should “watch for an announcement by the end of this month.”

The University Center of Southern

Kentucky (UCSK) will be a consor-tium of postsecondary educational in-stitutions providing pathways to bach-elor’s degrees and other educational opportunities for SCC students.

Congressman Harold “Hal” Rog-

ers announced the formation of the University Center at a press confer-ence in December. Rogers called it a “multi-versity” for student success.

Trent Pool, the Director of the UCSK, said that part of the negotia-tions process with potential partner-ing universities will be “to figure out (not only) what universities will be involved but what programs they will be offering.”

Pool stated he would personally like to see programs such as business,

engineering, and criminal justice come to the college, but “for now, students should keep an eye on the website for more information.”

SCC’s Somerset campus will be the central location for the UCSK.

After completing a two-year degree at SCC, students will be able to choose from the partnering university of their choice through which to complete a four-year bachelor’s degree, all at the

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‘Get WithThe Program’

A series of articles focusing on various

areas of study at SCC

Centers now open more daysand providing more servicesCulinary Arts students slice

and dice in a new kitchen

Trent PoolDirector of the

University Center of Southern Kentucky

By Alicia DavisChef Michael Wells

and Chef Ed Nazario are stirring the pot and cooking up a delicious new future for SCC’s Culinary Arts program.

The entire program, down to the very last fork, has been relo-cated from its previous home at SCC’s Mc-Creary Center to a big-ger and better space on the Somerset Campus.

Branscum Construction, the general contractor for the proj-ect, relocated all of the bigger equipment, including the walk-in

freezers, ovens, and re-frigerators, and moved it to the program’s new home in the Meece Building on the Som-erset Campus. Wells, Nazario, and their team assisted in the smaller items such as utensils, pots and pans.

The whole project was originally scheduled to be finished in March, but the move was com-pleted on January 14,

well ahead of schedule.“It was a fast turnaround,”

Wells said.See CULINARY on Page 13

Program is relocated to Somerset Campus

SCC President Dr. Carey Castle, left, samples culinary delights with Chef Ed Nazario.

Photo by Ray Hunter

By Madison MarlowSCC’s outlying centers in Mc-

Creary, Russell, Casey, and Clin-ton counties are now operating on a four-day-per-week schedule, up from only two days in previous semesters.

The new schedule went into effect at all four centers at the be-ginning of the spring semester in January.

The move to a four-day schedule at the centers began after officials from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) visited SCC last fall as part of the school’s re-accreditation process. Follow-ing SACSCOC recommendations, the SCC administration moved to provide all its students – including

those at the centers – with equal op-portunities to resources.

JR Thompson, Casey Center Coordinator, stated that students are coming to the center on days it previously was not open to com-plete different applications, meet with advisors to schedule classes, and utilize the center’s various resources.

The Casey Center has seen a huge increase in student traffic, Thompson said.

“We have seen positive re-sults already in student success,” Thompson explained, “I think it is important that we reestablish our footprint in the communities we serve and reestablish our mission in

See SCC CENTERS on Page 13

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It’s no secret that the free press is under attack in the United States.

With allegations of “fake news” flying from both sides of the aisle and the commander-in-chief’s declaration that journalists are “the enemy of the people,” Americans are having serious trust issues with the news media.

Sadly, it appears this mistrust has trickled down to our institutions of higher learning.

In a number of schools across the country, we have seen student journalists and their advisers stripped of editorial control, threatened by school officials, and punished for exercising their First Amendment rights.

In December 2016, the American Association of University Professors, the College Media Association, the National Coalition Against Censorship, and the Student Press Law Center issued a joint statement entitled, “Threats to the Independence of Student Media.”

According to their findings, “Many college and university authorities have exhibited an intimidating

level of hostility toward student media, inhibiting the free exchange of ideas on campus.”

Right here in the Commonwealth, two of the biggest and most-respected student publications, UK’s The Kentucky Kernel and WKU’s The College Herald Heights, are involved in ongoing legal battles with their own administrations. The lawsuits are a result of the student journalists investigating claims of sexual assault on female students by university professors, and the administration’s refusal to release the public records.

In other words, they are under fire for doing their jobs.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the unprecedented assaults on professional and academic journalism, supporters of free speech, truth, and justice are rising up in defense of ethical and unbiased reporting.

Time magazine named journalists the 2018 “Persons of the Year.” The Student Press Law Center named 2019 “The Year of the Student Journalist.” And the Kentucky Press Association presented student

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FOMO may be good for your future

In this issue we continue our look at the SGA delegates.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SGASCC’s Student Government Association

Tyler Stapp >Secretary-Treasurer

If you are interested in learning more about student government, contact SGA President Lidia Godbey at

[email protected] or SGA Sponsor Jeff Brickley at [email protected] for more information.

See JOURNALISTS on Page 4

THE BRIDGE STAFF

ByRay

HunterManaging Editor

ByMadisonMarlow

Assistant Editor

Hey, my name is Tyler Stapp and I am 19 years old.

I started out in Russell Springs, Kentucky and attended Salem Elementary, Russell County Middle School, and Russell County High School. I was active in Y-Club, FFA and DECA. I was secretary in FFA, president of DECA, and was a Bill Author and Chairman for Y-Club.

In elementary school, I had a health issue arise. I had trouble with it and missed out of school a lot.

I had been diagnosed with three types of epilepsy. Between having seizures and going through all the medications, I did not have any luck with them getting under control. So I had a few weeks of testing and qualified for brain surgery.

I had the left temporal lobe procedure done. After two weeks of being in-patient, I got to go home. My neurologist told me that I wouldn’t be able to work or be able to attend college.

I got tested a year later and was seizure-free!My goal has always been to become a leader in the healthcare industry

and give back to those that helped me get where I am today!I have proved them wrong by holding a full-time position at Lowe’s

in Somerset, Kentucky and also attending Somerset Community College taking 15 credit hours a semester.

I started out making the Dean’s List in my first semester in college and intend to this semester.

My family recently moved to Somerset about eight months ago.I am hoping to continue in obtaining a BBA and MBA from University

of the Cumberlands after I finish my AS degree at Somerset Community College.

My career goal is to become a hospital CEO or COO.I am a follower of God and attend Parker’s Mill Baptist Church.I am currently the secretary-treasurer for SCC Student Government

AssociationI am hoping to run for this role again next semester, as well as a Student

Ambassador!

I am a “social media junkie.” In my free time, I typically scroll through my news-feeds, catching up on the lives of my friends and family through the multitude of posts, pictures, and tweets.

Instagram has always been my “go-to” for personal use. The app showcases pic-tures in a way that makes it easy for users to flip through to see the content of people they follow.

One day after logging onto Instagram, I scrolled through my newsfeed and saw a post about my three best friends’ weekend getaway.

The pictures showed my friends hanging out in a hot tub, shopping till they dropped, and staying up late watching our most favorite mov-ies. My friends looked like they were having the time of their lives.

At first, I was happy to see my friends having fun and enjoying their mini-vacation, but then I began feeling pangs of regret.

My friends had begged me to take a break for the weekend and go with them, but I had said no. I did not really want to go then. Now, thinking back on it – and looking at the pho-tos – a weekend away does sound nice.

At the time, all I could think about was the daunting homework assignments that waited for me and the exams I needed to study for.

As I swiped through their various posts, I became more upset. I noticed all the memo-ries I missed out on. That short, insignificant little getaway began to look more and more important.

I began to fear that I had missed out on inside jokes, mini photo shoots, and laughing-till-you-cry moments. And the truth is, I did.

Which was more important, fun with friends or getting an A on that exam? I chose the latter. But was it the right choice? This was the moment I realized I suffer from FOMO.

FOMO, or Fear Of Missing Out, can be defined as See FOMO on Page 4


Hello SCC Nation,As we move though the semester,

I would like to wish the students, faculty and staff the best this year! Being elected as the president of the Student Government Association has been an exciting, yet humbling experience. It has developed me personally and professionally in ways that I would have never imagined. I believe positions and titles are nothing more than positions and titles; it is what you do from your position that truly matters. Holding an SGA position not only has broadened my perspective about the student life here on campus but also has allowed me to serve the student body, and this service has fostered and cultivated a deep passionate love for this college and all that it stands for.

If at any point you would like to contact me, please feel free to email me at [email protected]

Best regards, Lidia Godbey SGA President

fear of having made the wrong de-cision on how to spend time since now you can see how your time could have been spent. It can be experienced by people of all ages.

Social media has heavily influ-enced the rise in FOMO moments due to the expectations it sets for people, especially young adults. But you need to realize the fear is self-imposed.

FOMO usually happens after seeing posts of people your age doing things that are typical to your age group. For me, it is my friends going to parties, living up the night life, seemingly not having a care in the world.

I begin to feel like I need to do those things. I need to go to parties. I need to be out all night. I need to not have a care in the world.

But, in reality, I hate those things.

I do not enjoy parties. People being wild and crazy does not sound like fun to me. Actually, it gives me stress.

Being out all night? I’d rather be home, watching something on Netflix. Once the sun goes down, home is the place I want to be.

I’ll admit, I would like to not

have a care in the world. But I care about a lot of things. In fact, I care about everything. I probably care too much, if I am being honest. I am not a “go with the flow” type of person. I am a planner. I have FIVE planners, for Pete’s sake!

But FOMO can also be a good thing. It can help provide perspec-tive. It can make you realize your goals and what IS important to you. For example, I want to be suc-cessful and making good grades is important to me.

So, staying home and missing out on a night out is not the end of the world. Going out takes up valuable studying time. At the end of the day, making an A is usually more important.

Just remember, its okay to expe-rience FOMO every now and then. But do not unpack and live there because you will be setting yourself up for a miserable life.

See the experience you missed out on, remind yourself of your goals and what you need to do to achieve them, and show yourself—and maybe the world, too—that you’re doing good right where you are.

Someday, you’ll look back on those moments you missed out on and realize just how insignificant they actually were.

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journalists with the 2018 Most Valuable Member Award at their annual Winter Convention in January.

At the banquet, outgoing KPA President Peter Baniak said, “Kentucky student journalists have pressed for and won open meetings and records decisions against their administrators. And they fought back loudly as schools tried to cut or take their funding. In other words, Kentucky’s student journalists are raising hell.”

Being recognized for our hard work feels good, and the KPA sure knows how to throw a party, but that’s not why we do what we do.

As student journalists, we tell the stories our communities want

to hear and, sometimes, the stories they don’t. We are their eyes and ears, and they rely on our voices to tell them what’s really going on, in public and behind closed doors.

Nobody would relentlessly chase down leads, interview the uninterested and unwilling, stay up all night organizing evidence, and agonize over every word of an op-ed (like this one) for a trophy.

No. We do it because we believe in the truth.

We understand, on some deep and unshakeable level, that an attack on the free press is an attack on democracy, and we are brave enough to do something about it.

The threats to student journalism are undoubtedly real, but those who issue them are in for a fight.

JournalistsContinued from Page 3

SGA President wishesSCC students all the best

LETTER TOTHE EDITOR

Ray Hunter, right, managing editor of The Bridge, accepts the 2018 Russ Metz Memorial Most Valuable Member award for the paper at the Kentucky Press Association convention on January 25. SCC’s student newspaper won 17 awards including second place in the General Excellence category.

THE BRIDGE WANTS YOU!Are you a student, faculty or staff member

at any SCC campus or center?If so and you have any news, photos, or events

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[email protected]

The Bridge would love to share them.

Somerset Campus, through in-seat, hybrid, and/or on-line classes.

Though it can be completed en-tirely from the Somerset Campus, the four-year degree will be issued by the partnering university – not SCC, as some media outlets have incorrectly indicated.

It is a great opportunity for stu-dents who want a four-year degree but who must stay close to home, Pool said.

“The only thing students will have to travel to (the partnering university’s) campus for is to walk across the stage to get their di-ploma,” he said.

But how are the pathways of-fered by the University Center of Southern Kentucky different from what students can do now? Cur-rently, students who have com-pleted their associate’s degree may be able to complete at least a por-tion of a four-year degree program online.

“This might seem similar to what students can do now,” Pool said, “but UCSK would allow stu-dents to do everything from en-rollment to financial aid to classes from one location.”

The arrangements that partner-ing institutions enter into with SCC will essentially guarantee that the particular programs the institutions offer can be completed entirely at the Somerset Campus, alleviating for students in that program the need to move or commute.

Though no partnering arrange-ments are in place yet, SCC stu-dents are already excited about the possibilities.

Derrick Ranshaw would like to see EKU offer its wildlife manage-ment program, while Devin Muse is hopeful that a mathematics pro-gram will be offered.

“This is a great opportunity for more students to engage in educa-tion in south central Kentucky,” Megan Martin said.

Justin Sampson had even higher praise for the University Center of Southern Kentucky at SCC.

“This is the greatest blessing this college will ever have,” he said.

For more information on the UCSK, contact Trent Pool at 606-451-6730 or [email protected].


McCreary Center gets a special Valentine’s visitSGA president reaching out to all SCC locations

By Ray HunterThe rain and cold weather were

not enough to keep SGA President Lidia Godbey from connecting with SCC students at the McCreary Cen-ter recently.

Godbey brought a Valentine’s Day themed coffee bar to the

Whitley City location in an effort to engage with all of the stu-dents that she represents.

She said one of her p r i m a r y goals while in office is to unite stu-

dents at the campuses and centers, adding, “You don’t have to drive to Somerset to be important to Somer-set Community College.”

Godbey, a mother of three, in-vited every passer-by to help them-selves to the coffee, creamers, and toppings she provided. She took the time to introduce herself to new faces and caught up with familiar ones.

SCC student Jake Bowden takes

classes only at the McCreary Cen-ter but was excited to hear about events at other locations.

Bowden said, “I’m just one of those people that like to be ‘in the know,’ you know?”

Math Professor Allen Wright came by several times throughout the day to chat with Godbey.

“I don’t drink coffee,” Wright said, stirring his chocolate milk, “but it sure is good to see students from Somerset (Campus) down

here.”Godbey visited the McCreary

Center last semester and plans on returning again soon.

She is also coordinating events like this one for students at the cen-ters in Russell, Clinton, and Casey counties and on Laurel Campus.

Godbey hopes students will at-tend events where they take classes, but encourages them to visit other SCC locations, too.

“We’re all a part of the SCC

family,” she said. “We’ll do better together.”

Contact your campus or cen-ter directors for information about Godbey’s next visit to your loca-tion or reach out to her at [email protected]

Like our Facebook page @SCC The Bridge to get daily student events reminders, weekly horo-scopes, and breaking news devel-opments, and other up-to-the-min-ute news.

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SCC’s Student Government Association hosted a Valentine’s Day Social on February 11. The event was held on SCC’s Somerset Campus.

Students created Valentine’s Day cards for loved ones and residents at local nursing homes, which were distributed by SGA officers. In addition to creating cards, the event offered cupcakes to decorate and a photo booth to enjoy.

SGA PresidentLidia Godbey

LEFT—Joe Cowan and Martha Ball take advantage of the SGA coffee station on the McCreary Center.ABOVE—Jake Bowden fills his cup with java.

Valentine’s Day Social

Cards, cupcakes and more ...Photos by

LidiaGodbey

Photos by Ray Hunter


Organizers have announced that SCC students will be able to attend the expanded 2019 Arnow Confer-ence for the Humanities free of charge.

The two-day event will be filled with presentations, performances, workshops, lectures, and panel discus-sions, as well as an international film festival. The con-ference will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6.

A full conference pass for all events will cost the average attendee $30, but students can attend any indi-vidual session or every single session over both days at absolutely no charge.

“We want our students to be able to take full ad-vantage of what promises to be the biggest and best Arnow Conference yet,” said Confer-ence Director Steve Cleberg, Professor of Theatre at SCC.

The conference, which be-gan at SCC in 2003, has been focused primarily on literature and poetry through much of its history. But the annual event, named for noted Kentucky author Harriette S. Arnow, has been expanding and diversi-fying over the past five years. The emphasis on fiction and poetry remains, but interest in playwriting, songwriting, filmmaking and other forms of authorship have broadened the conference’s focus.

This year’s conference theme – “Weaving the Tapes-try: Past, Present, and Future” – reflects the diverse offer-ings, which will include topics in history, politics, journalism, music, theatre, social issues and more.

“Sitting in the Arnow Conference sessions last year, I heard speakers and presenters talk about topics that are commonly discussed in many of the classes in the Humanities, Fine Arts and Social Sciences Division,” said Jon Burlew, Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences. “I was impressed with the depth of the presentations and realized that it made sense to expand the conference to include our entire division.

“The organizers of this year’s Arnow Conference have really stepped up and developed a conference that will appeal to a broad range of interests,” Burlew added.

The conference will kick off on April 5 with a key-note address by Kentucky author and past Kentucky Poet Laureate Sena Jeter Naslund, who has written seven published novels and two collections of short fiction. Her address is entitled, “Where a Writer Finds Riches: Past, Present, & Future.”

Friday’s slate will also include a panel discussion on the influence of Robert Penn Warren’s classic novel All the King’s Men; sessions on artistic expression by Kasandra McNeil, the opioid crisis in Appalachia by Krissy Brant, and the history of SCC’s Slave Grave Memorial; as well as a panel discussion of George Or-well’s novel 1984, SCC’s current “common read.”

Also on Friday, Berea College’s Dr. Kathy Bull-ock will conduct a performance/presentation entitled “From African to Appalachian Music.” That evening, the conference will host Irish Filmmaker Nicholas Ry-an-Purcell’s documentary “This is Nicholas,” which details his journey with autism. Ryan-Purcell himself

will be on hand for a ques-tion-and-answer session fol-lowing the screening.

On Saturday, April 6, cur-rent Kentucky Poet Laureate Frederick Smock, an English professor and director of the creative writing program at Bellarmine University, will deliver the keynote address. Sessions will be offered on journalism by Don White, playwriting by Amber Fran-gos, writing fiction by Flora Schildknecht, enticing ten-sion in fiction by Nancy Jensen, and poetry by Sandi Keaton-Wilson.

That afternoon, former SCC student and L.A. tele-vision writer and producer Scott Sullivan will present a session outlining his journey from Somerset to Hollywood. He will also provide insights into the process of writing for television.

After Sullivan’s session, the conference will host an “open podium” attendees to present excerpts from their own works. Students are welcome and encouraged to participate.

The conference will conclude with the Arnow Inter-national Film Festival, which will feature short films from the region and around the world. Awards will be presented, including a “people’s choice” award voted on by the conference audience.

A photo exhibit by SCC’s Fruit of the Lens digi-tal photography club, “Patterns of Our Past: A Photo Essay,” will be running in the Meece Auditorium throughout the two-day conference.

For regular updates on the conference, “like” the Facebook page at “Arnow Conference for the Humanities.”

For further information and advanced registration, contact Theresa Kibby at 451-6766 or via email at [email protected].

Arnow Conference has lotsto offer students ... and all for free

Annual SCC event scheduled for April 5 and 6


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Veterans have a safe haven on the Somerset Campus

The Veteran’s Safe Haven is available for all SCC student veterans from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. every day that the college is open. There is a big screen TV, plenty of seating, a private computer lab, and snacks and drinks for your use. It is a quiet space to relax and meet other vets. The Safe Haven is located in the northeast corner of the Meece Building and sponsored by the Veterans Student Organization. For more information, contact James Taylor at [email protected] or Rosetta Barry at [email protected].



Academic help is available for those who seek itCorrecting student misconceptions about tutoring

Allison Hawk, left, offers tutoring assistance to Trenda Denny. Tutoring is available to all SCC students to en-sure academic excellence.

Photo by Kaitlyn Kulpa

By Kaitlyn KulpaSCC offers several options for

students to get extra help with their coursework outside the classroom. Un-fortunately, many seem to have mis-conceptions regarding these tutoring services.

Most students do know that SCC has tutoring, but when asked if they know how much it costs, who it is available to, and how they go about getting it, most are unsure or unaware of the answers.

SCC Tutor Coordinator Mandy Da-vis said that one common misconcep-tion she hears is that tutoring services come at a fee.

“We still have quite a few students who seem to be under the impression that they will have to pay for tutoring,” Davis said. “(But) tutoring is always free.”

Contrary to the belief of some stu-dents, tutoring is available for all stu-dents. Some assume that only students in the TRIO program are eligible.

TRIO is a Student Support Services

Program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. It helps underprivileged students succeed in college by providing free tutoring and academic resources.

Only students who are first-genera-tion college students, from low-income families, or have a handicap or disabil-ity are eligible for TRIO.

The misconceptions involving TRIO go even further. SCC student Trenda Denny assumed that “TRIO students could only use TRIO tutors.”

But the truth is, ANY student at SCC can get tutoring help through the Learn-ing Commons located at his or her cam-pus or center. Tutoring is also available to every SCC student online through a platform called Smarthinking. In fact, every student already has an account.

Some students questioned believed that tutoring is available only in writ-ing and algebra. However, tutoring is currently available for calculus, statis-tics, computer applications, chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and geology, in addition to writing and algebra.

How a student goes about meeting with a tutor is also a topic of confu-sion for some. Student Andrea Rookard expressed a common attitude when she said, “I ‘kind of’ know how to get tutoring.”

Tutoring is available by appoint-ment, though both the Learning Com-mons and TRIO will accept walk-ins if tutors are available.

Students can set up appointments with Learning Commons tutors by going to the SCC website, clicking “Current Students,” then clicking the “Learning Commons” icon, then click-ing the “Locations and Tutoring” but-ton on the right-hand side of the screen, then clicking the “schedule an appoint-ment with a tutor or librarian” button.

Davis said the most serious miscon-ception that students have about tutor-ing is that they don’t need it.

“People seem to think tutoring is for dumb people or for people who are re-ally not getting it at all,” she said. “In my experience it is the smart students who seek out tutoring.”

full of stuff, usually spending less than 100 dollars a shopping trip. When was the last time you went on a shopping spree and didn’t break your bank?

Maybe you’re on the fence about this thrifting thing, but all my outfits pictured cost under $20 each. Besides being inex-pensive, thrifting is a fun trea-sure hunt and helps saves the planet too!

The treasure hunt begins as soon as you walk through the thrift store door. Your goal is to find the handful of treasures in a

store otherwise full of junk. It takes per-severance and a keen eye. But when you find a sweater in your favorite color that originally would have sold for $75 on sale for just five bucks, the addiction will take hold.

An important strategy is to visit your local thrift stores weekly. Sometimes you will leave empty handed, but other times you will leave with a one-of-a-kind treasure that you will keep and love for years at a fraction of its origi-nal cost.

Did you know North Americans send 9.5 million tons of clothing to landfills every year and that approximately 95 percent of the items could be reused or recycled? When you choose to thrift instead of going to typical clothing stores, you are helping the environment. Donate your used cloth-ing to a charity or a thrift store to help the planet even more!

Are you all in yet? I have many more secrets to share with you. Follow my column Totally Thrifted each month in our print copy of The Bridge, or follow us on Facebook to get weekly tips and outfit inspirations.

Many college students love fashion but can’t afford to have their dream Pinterest closet. I’m here to tell you thrifting can be a game changer.

Building Pinterest-worthy outfits for under $20 is my spe-cialty, and I want to share the secrets I have gained while dig-ging for treasures since I was a little girl.

When I was five years old, I enjoyed thrifting with my Granny, finding cool books and toys. As I grew older, I fell in love with fashion, but I realized I couldn’t afford the name brands from the stores. So I learned to thrift with fashion in mind. Soon I was fooling all my peers in middle and high school with my thrift store outfits (what they didn’t know didn’t hurt them).

Now I’m in college and parading my thrifted finds in our student newspaper, on social media, and everywhere I go. Even my home is decorated with mainly thrifted furniture. My one year old is already carrying on the family tradition with the biggest book collection a tod-dler could have— all thrifted—and being my little cart buddy as I go through the stores.

My besties and I take short road trips designated to visit as many thrift stores as possible and come home with bags


Are we forgetting how to remember?

By Alicia DavisIf you are feeling forgetful

lately, you are not the only one.Research is revealing how

dependent we have become to online connections. A Pew Research Center survey in 2016 found that one-fifth of Americans self-reported going online “almost constantly” and 73 percent admitted they go online daily.

A 2011 study headed by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow suggested that people are less likely to commit things to memory when they believe they can find them with a computer or smart phone.

Could we be causing ourselves to become forgetful without noticing, believing Google or our phones will give us what we need when we need it?

“Using smartphones and Google makes me feel like I can be lazy,” said Samantha Moody, a student at SCC. “I don’t have to remember phone numbers. Any information I need to know I don’t feel the need to retain the information at that exact moment because I can go back and find answers to my questions later.”

In a 2016 study, researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign found that a growing dependency on the internet is having an effect on our problem-solving abilities, our memory, and our ability to learn.

“Memory is changing. Our research shows that as we use the internet to support and extend our memory we become more reliant on it,” said Benjamin Storm, lead author of the study, as quoted in the journal Memory. “Whereas before we might have tried to recall something on our own, now we don’t bother. As more information becomes available via smartphones and other devices, we become progressively more reliant on it in our daily lives.”

Dr. Craylon Mills, Professor of Sociology at SCC, agrees. “Our culture is being shaped by technology,” she said.

Mills admits to becoming more and more dependent on her smartphone to do things that she once used her own mind and memory to do.

Mills said that when she is at home and needs to look up the meaning of a word, she will pick up her phone instead of taking a minute to find it in a dictionary.

“It is more convenient, even if it only takes a minute to find that word in the dictionary,” she said. “It only takes two seconds to type it in my phone.”

The problem comes when mental processes give way to convenience, Mills added.

“Cognitive impairment is a big concern,” said Mills. Cognitive impairment is when a person has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or even making decisions that affect

their everyday lives. Other key factors that could be affected are psychological processing, executive attention, and decision-making.

This appears not to be a simple phase but rather a new reality, with our modern society seemingly dependent on a constant connection to technology.

Ten random students were questioned on the matter recently in the Somerset Campus’ Learning Commons. Nine of the ten admitted that they use Google and rely on it for almost everything, including street names and directions, phone numbers, and basic information.

Mills said there are three steps for remembering: Encoding (the brain taking in information), Storage (retaining the information), Retrieving (getting the information out). She says using the internet, even just on smartphones, can be taking away our attention from what we should be focused on to complete the steps in the process.

Since internet dependence decreases our attention span, it takes away that focus that would make us encode the information and store it into our brains, in turn affecting our ability to remember something without outside assistance.

“If we are relying only on technology, it is affecting our abilities,” Mills said. “We are losing our ability to place information in context.”

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What’s the craziest thing you’ve done on vacation?

What events would you like to see more of at SCC?

Who helps you when you struggle with college life/homework?

I rode on theLightning Rodat Dollywood.

I would like to see more

events aboutthe arts.

My academicadvisor,

Kim Cleberg

What’s on the mind of SCC students this semester?

Megan Martin

What kinds of stories do you want to see more of in The Bridge?I would like to

see more about the programs

and theuniversity thing.

How do you get your news (and why is that?)I get my news by word-of-mouthto try and avoid

fake news.

Sara PropesKennedy MartinTaylor FryeHillary Roy

I rode The Stratospherein Las Vegas.I felt my soul

leave my body.

Kayakingin the ocean

to catchjellyfish

I went surfingin Florida.

I went to Disney World when I was

24. I thought it was crazy considering

I am an adult.

My friendsand

parents

Probablymy girlfriend

My professorsand

friends

My LearningCommon

co-workers and significant other

I would like to see more about events, maybe

even putting in a contest

would be cool.

Morestudent-oriented

stuff

Stories onevents coming

to SCC

I would like to see profiles of people

after college—what did they do with their degree

and how didthey get there.

Sometimes I will skim the paper, but

it takes too long toread the whole paper.

Usually I just get it from Facebook orthe television. It is

easier than waiting on the paper orreading all of it.

I don’t pay attention to the news. If I do happen to read it,

it’s online. I am already online so it

is convenient to just click on what I want

to read.

Usually my friends; they

keep meupdated on

the news.

From my school e-mail or off of

Facebook.It’s more

convenient.

I would like to see Fellowship

Christian Athletes, FFA, and sports like basketball

or football.

I can’t think of anything really.

More student-oriented ones to help with college

success andorganizational/

time management skills

Family-oriented things

that arekid-friendly

Applications are now being ac-cepted for SCC’s Student Ambas-sador Program. Twenty students will be chosen through a selective process to serve for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Candidates are sought from each of the six SCC locations, including Somerset and Laurel campuses, and Casey, Clinton, McCreary and Russell County Centers.

Student ambassadors serve in a public relations capacity and rep-resent the college at campus and community events. Ambassadors also assist with recruiting efforts, conduct campus tours and provide information about SCC to prospec-tive students, school groups and the general public.

Students accepted for the pro-gram are required to work 40 hours per semester and receive a scholar-ship equivalent to six credit hours for each semester served. In addi-tion, ambassadors also have excel-lent networking opportunities and receive training in professional etiquette, leadership, customer ser-vice and communication skills.

To apply, students must hold

at least a 3.0 grade point average and must have completed at least six credit hours at SCC. They must also be enrolled for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters as either a full or part-time students.

In addition to the basic require-ments, applicants should possess the following skills or qualities:• Excellent communication skills• Positive attitude• Dependable• A genuine interest in helping

others• Ability to work effectively

with students from diverse backgrounds

• Have the time to fully participate in the program

• Must be a student who will proj-ect a positive, professional im-age of the collegeThe application deadline is

April 15. Applications may be completed online and can be found on the SCC website under “Student Life” —“SGA, Student Activities and Organizations.”

For more information, contact program coordinator Melissa Win-stead at [email protected] or 606-451-6657.

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Student Ambassadors soughtfor 2019-2020 academic year

Applications are now being accepted

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those communities that we want to be that primary provider of education and resources that will enhance the workforce.”

Following an analysis of community needs, the Casey Center will be offering a Med-icaid Nurse Aide certificate to provide students the opportunity to receive their State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) license starting the spring 2019 bi-term, Thompson stated.

Thompson stated that they have met with the local judge executive, high school princi-pals, and superintendents to con-tinue meeting the needs of the residents of the community and students.

Centers being open four days per week, as compared to the previous two-day schedule, has provided greater access to re-sources for the students living in those communities alleviating the need to travel to the Somer-set or Laurel campuses.

“The number one positive impact for the communities we serve would be that the new schedule doubles our availabil-ity to students and potential stu-dents,” said Jennifer Campbell, Clinton Center Coordinator.

The Clinton Center is not of-fering classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays this semester, but Campbell is hopeful that that will change in the fall.

“We already have students coming in on Tuesday or Thurs-day to use the computers for classwork or to utilize other stu-dent services,” Campbell said.

When the centers began op-erating on a two-day-a-week schedule several years ago, many of the community mem-bers assumed that they were closed or in the process of shut-ting down.

Reopening the center to four days a week shows the commu-nity that SCC is committed to them and their students, Shawn Anderson, McCreary Center Di-rector, stated.

“We offer a range of classes for students that are at the very beginning to classes for students that are finishing up their de-

gree,” Anderson explained. The spectrum of class options has broadened and now includes En-glish, math, history, communi-cations, psychology, sociology, and biology with lab.

In offering a wider range of classes, the McCreary Center enrollment has grown, Anderson said, adding that specific enroll-ment figures have not been final-ized to date.

Anderson said that she and SCC administrators have met with McCreary Central’s su-perintendent and the local high school’s principal, as well as the McCreary Education Foundation.

“We have hosted meetings here [at the McCreary Center] with different business people in the community to talk about what programs we can offer,” Anderson stated.

SCC’s mission statement is to improve the employability and quality of life of area citizens as the primary provider for college and workforce readiness, trans-fer education, workforce edu-cation and training, and student support services.

Maria Hill, Interim Director at the Russell Center, explained that the staff is now able to see more students and offer greater resources, such as help with fi-nancial aid and admissions, since they began operating on a four-day schedule.

“We have a bulletin board full of events that we are getting ready to do now that we are open four days a week,” Hill said.

Student enrollment has in-creased from previous semesters at the Russell Center as well. “I complete the admissions process with at least three to five people a day,” Hill stated.

“We have multiple students coming to the center to receive multiple certifications, as well as their associate degrees,” she said.

Hill explained that the Rus-sell Center offers access to op-portunities for the community members by providing quality education that is affordable.

“Centers, for any college, is a really good asset to have,” Hill stated. “Students are able to connect on a closer level to their professors and office staff.”


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The layout of the program’s new location is a bit different, as the kitchen is bigger and all the utensils are now in different areas than what the students and chefs are used to. But Wells was excited to say, “it is coming together really well.”

Larry Abbott, SCC’s Vice Presi-dent of Operations, was involved in the selection of the architectural con-sultant. He worked with the Culinary department and the firm to provide a kitchen area that would be more than adequate for the success of the Culi-nary Arts program.

“We are all excited about the move to Somerset,” Abbott said. “It brings forth another quality program to Somerset, where it will have the ability to serve a larger population. As students complete the program it will make a positive impact on our local and regional communities.”

Bobby Crews, a student in the Culinary program, is happy about the move to Somerset.

“I like the new kitchen better than the one in the old location,” he said. “I don’t have to drive nearly as far.”

Crews is also happy to be in the program. “I enjoy the experience and knowledge I get from classes,” he

said. “You can’t get this experience just working at other establishments. It brings joy to me when we prepare food and others sample it and they enjoy it. It makes me feel good.”

One of the key areas Wells and Nazario would like to focus on is expanding the enrollment in the pro-gram. They hope that its relocation to the Somerset campus will help in that regard and have discussed hold-ing an open house to promote the big move.

Abbott is confident that the pro-gram’s relocation will bring it more students.

“The larger population of Somer-set and the ease of taking classes in Somerset is expected to boost enroll-ment,” Abbott said.

In a further effort to increase in-terest in and awareness of the pro-gram, the chefs plan on offering an evening class once a week just for the general public. In it, they will provide simple but fun learning ex-periences such as knife skills, how to grill meats, or how to make pie. Wells says the class does not have a set date yet.

Wells is also excited about the bakery that is still being put together. The bakery is a new addition for the program.

“The great thing about that, is I

will be able to have two classes go-ing at one time,” Wells said.

Typically, the program’s intro-ductory course is offered only in the fall semester, but next year the chefs plan to offer the Introductory course in the spring semester as well.

The Culinary Arts course work covers a broad spectrum such as the preparation of basic and specialized foods, special event planning, ca-tering, international cuisine, baking and pastry arts, as well as sanitation, nutrition, management techniques and functions, cost control, purchas-ing, and culinary fundamentals.

Diplomas are offered in Culinary Arts, Food and Beverage Manage-ment, Catering and Personal Chef. While certificates range from Funda-mentals of Culinary Arts, Catering, Advanced Catering, Culinary Arts, Advanced Culinary Arts, Food and beverage management, Advanced Food and Beverage Management, Culinary Arts Professional Devel-opment, and Baking. Diplomas are offered in Culinary Arts, Food and Beverage Management, Catering and Personal Chef.

“There are a lot of different direc-tions you can go in the hospitality in-dustry, everything from restaurants, resorts, hotels, hospitals, retirement communities or bakery,” Wells said.

Culinary ArtsContinued from Page 1

ABOVE—Chef Ed Nazario instructs students.UPPER RIGHT—SCC’s Culinary Arts program has moved from the McCreary Center to the Meece Building on SCC’s Somerset Campus.RIGHT—Pictured are Culinary Arts students Cheyenne Foster, left, and Hayley Murphy.


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