Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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CCC family tradition Seven and growing Strotkamp family: seated left to right, Mary and Bernice; standing left to right, Donald, Susan, Kathy and Gary. Not pictured Johnny. Story by Susan Burgess Photos by Marlene Brooks Strotkamps 25

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Strotkamps making B The Strotkamp family from undecided as to which career to program. Mary works for John DctHHn n mj-v MAnlr«M « 4- V s-v • vk n 11 Trt rV1lt CII1A TAntintr lit Al A if »» ni Af f » rf-1 A ri iat«PAn nnf A w-tAv l n M, nn 2- The Strotkamp family from Burns, are making their college education a family tradition. Seven members of the Strotkamp family are attending BCCC this year and there may be one more by spring semester. Bernice Strotkamp is the mother of Donald, Gary and John- ny. Donald and his wife Mary, Gary and his wife Kathy, and Johnny and his wife Susan, are all full-time students. Their majors vary: Bernice is interested in writing and photography, Donald is majoring in business, Mary in accounting, Gary in auto mechanics, Kathy is undecided as to which career to pursue, Johnny in electronics and Susan in data processing. The seven Strotkamps are seeking their associates degrees while Mary may go on to a 4-year college. Donald and Mary are sophomores and the other five are freshmen. When asked why they decided to attend Butler County, Bernice, Donald and Mary agreed it was the location that brought them here. One thing led to another and soon the three sons, daughter-in- laws and mother were all at- tending school together. Mary and Susan are par- ticipating in the work study program. Mary works for John Anderson, auto mechanics in- structor. Susan works in the library. Donald is on the staff of the Lantern as a photographer. If going to school full-time and participating in the work study program wasn ' t enough, between the three sons and daughter-in- laws they have eight children ranging in ages 4-15. They try to carpool as much as possible arriving at 8 a.m. and leaving by 2 or 2:30 in the af- ternoon, 5 days a week. This family tradition is an in- spiration for other families. Remember, the family that studies together . . . • v ,™™ Donald and Bernice enjoy a break in the snack bar while waiting for the other family members. 24 Family

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ffsee9BeiB9aiaa8seeieie8Bii8flGatiaasosiBBf«t«eons8iS8i§9ieBGigfltaiiiieiiis!iBQOi BCCC Foreign Student . . . America education life experience for Hajeer Imagine, for a minute, that you are a student in another country. You are thousands of miles away from your family, friends and homeland. You have to learn a new language, new customs, a totally new lifestyle and thinking. You are doing this because you want an education different than one offered to you in your own country. This is what 60 foreign students are doing at BCCC. As there are many different countries represented, there are as many different cultures and lifestyles. Emad Hajeer, a freshman from Saudi Arabia, is attending school in the United States because his major is International Marketing with a minor in Political Science. In Saudi Arabia, college education is very limited in the variety of classes available. Since I ' m not a Saudi Arabia citizen, it would be very difficult to attend the university there. Hajeer is a Palestinian whose family took refuge in Saudi Arabia after the Israeli war in 1948 left his family and hundreds of thousands of people without a country. Hajeer revealed that the high school he attended is harder than the ones in the United States. The university in Saudi Arabia is mainly just for Saudi Arabia citizens. So for Palestians, this particular university is difficult to be admitted to. Saudi Arabia has a monarchy form of government; that is, ruled by the Saudi royal family. The government decides on sentences of lawbreakers. The death sen- tence, which is beheadment, is im- posed on those convicted of mur- der, rape or child molestation. If a person is caught drinking, which is against Islamic law, that person is put on public display and spanked or he is jailed. The Islamic law is followed closely. The family sometimes set up the marriage. it CBBaeaaaBiiiiiiii 26 Foreign Student