Barton Community College - Spoke Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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Craig Robinson, Scott City sophomore gets hands on ex¬ perience as he studies training techniques at BCCC He helps wrap players’ ankles, wrists or knees before games or meets. Kurtis Downing, Atchinson sophomore, Jon Daniels, Claflin freshman, and Scott Stecklein, Topeka freshman, make use of the BCCC Library. Many students use the Library not only for studying and writing papers, but also to catch up on current events in the newspapers and magazines.

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College and work sometimes do not mix very well. Students have to juggle jobs, studying, and their personal lives. Sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day or days in the week for all three. When this happens one of the three usually has to suffer. Jolen Stecklein, Great Bend fresh¬ man, said, “Most employers do not un¬ derstand how much studying a student has.” But is it just the employers, what about the instructors? Sometimes it seems that the instructors think their class is the most important and the students have enough extra time to study an extra two hours for the upcom¬ ing test over three chapters. Another instructor may want a six- page typed report on the same day. Don’t forget the assignments in the other classes. Sometimes students just can not believe how many hours their employers expect them to put in every week and still get their homework done. Students wonder if employers remember what college was like? Some students think going to college is easy, but to students that are juggling the job, studying and personal lives that is just not the case. Trina Terry, Great Bend freshman, works at a local shoe store. (Photo by Angela Ball) Brenda Wise, Hoisington sophomore, works as a disc jockey at a local radio station to help pay for college expenses.

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Lisa Hulik, Junction City freshman, and Tamara Anderson, Johnson freshman, fill their plates during a barbecue for the students during the first week of school in the fall. 11