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

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Harvey Price, Olivette, Mo., freshman, takes a horseback ride at Camp Aldrich early in the fall semester. BCCC sponsors several activities such as picnics and swimming parties at the camp. ii The people here are really friendly and know how to have fun. Fve been able to slide in and adjust very well from my transfer of Schools.” nu - u u -Chris Humphrey 14

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p Klusener said he is most comfortable Jy when he is wearing overalls, boots, and a baseball cap. Taylor said he likes wearing low-cut socks. “They’re y comfy.” Mark Brungardt, Great Bend fresh¬ man, said he likes girls who have their y hair bleached on the ends. Klusener said he doesn’t care how long a girl’s hair is, but,“No spiky stuff, no mousse, y and no painted hairdos!” Molly Hammeke, Claflin sophomore said she goes wild when she sees a guy y in tight, frosted Pepe’s or 501’s. x Lance Miller, Vacherie, La. freshman, heads to class in a safari shirt and shades. What’s out of style now will probably be fashionable again sometime in the future. Children of today’s students may someday be seen in polyester stretch suits with long, pointed collars. So if we pack our clothes in boxes and store them away for twenty years, maybe later they’ll be fashionable again. Then instead of paying out¬ rageous prices to be stylish, we can just dig out the clothes that we’ve had stashed away in the attic. Mike Koenigsman, Hays sophomore, looks like he is having fun in his party hat and suspenders. X x X r Trina Terry, Great Bend freshman, and Carrie Rube, Great Bend fresh¬ man, said they go for guys who wear sweaters, baggy jeans, and hurachi’s. Terry and Rube said they are most comfortable when they’re dressed in jeans, big T-shirts or sweatshirts, and long jean jackets. The prices of name-brand clothing can sometimes be outrageously expen¬ sive. However, most students said they would rather pay the higher price than wear something that didn’t have a designer label. Julie Poppelreiter, Claflin freshman, said she will not pay more than $45 for a pair of jeans unless they’re really outstanding. Poppelreiter said, “Bell-bottoms are ugly as sin, but if everyone else was wearing them, I suppose I would.” Other students choked and said, “Need you even ask?” They said they would never wear bell-bottoms. However, most women said they would never wear a mini-skirt, yet the mini skirt is one of the hottest fashion statements today. Jay Schmalzried, Dighton freshman, and Yvette Clark, Wichita freshman, prepare to chow down on Banana Split Night. (Photo by Samantha Farr) 13

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By Alex Shell According to the Register’s Office 70 students from other parts of the coun¬ try enrolled at Barton County Com¬ munity County in the fall. Students come from as far away as Alaska, Florida, and the Philippines. Chris Humphrey, Omaha, Neb. sophomore said,“I was very impressed when I first visited. I have grown to like it more and more.” Some of the out of state students are away from home for the First time. Students learn to adjust by making new friends and taking care of themselves. “The people here are really friendly and know how to have fun. I’ve been able to slide in and adjust very well from my transfer of schools,” Humphey said. Jeff Garcia, Manila, Philippines fresh¬ man, said, when he first came to BCCC he had trouble adjusting. He said he missed his family and friends and wan¬ ted to go back to his country. “I can‘t talk using my native languages,Tagolog and Chinese. I miss the food I used to eat in my country. But now I like it. I have adjusted to the new environment and school system.” Garcia came to Great Bend as an ex¬ change studnet. He said his father wan¬ ted him to come to BCCC before transferring to a large university. It takes Garcia at least 23 hours by plane to get home. He said the least ex¬ pensive rate he has found is $800, which is for Filipino citizens, flying Philippine Airlines. According to Garcia, his instructors try their best to see that students learn. The classes are not too big or too small.“I find it easy to talk to the in¬ structors when I have problems in my assignments,” he said. Doug VanderVeen, Kodiak, Ala. sophomore, said living at BCCC is a change from living in Alaska. He said Kodiak is the second largest island in the United states, so it is not as small a people may think. “I live on an island in the pacific where there are 40 miles of paved road and the rest of the roads are dirt. “Yes, it’s cold, but not as cold as most people think. Nobody lives in igloos where I’m from. There are a lot of peo¬ ple with Russian backgrounds.” Van¬ derVeen said. He said he came to BCCC to because of the baseball program. He said he knew BCCC had a great team, one he wanted to play for. “I’m happy to be here at Barton Coun¬ ty, and the baseball team is as good as I thought.” VanderVeen said it takes him 18 hours to get home. So he only goes home at Christmas. He spends his summers playing baseball in Alaska. His hobbies are fishing and hunting. “Alaska is a fun place to visit but a bad place to live,” he said. The adjustment to college life can be hard enough without being far away from home. Many out-of-state students do not go home often. Earning money for the trip can be hard to do. The time it takes to travel to and from home takes valuable time away from family and friends. If these students are athletes, they must schedule their trips during their off season. But still they come. Garcia said, “I’m glad I chose Barton County. It’s not easy finding a good school that offers both strong athletics as well as a solid academic background. I think BCCC is just the school for both. Corey Hannah, Rock Island, Ill., sophomore, Kenny Gaston, Chicago sophomore, and Tom Ross, Gorham freshman, work the boards at a dance in the Union. (Photo by Angela Ball) Chris Humphrey, Omaha, Neb., takes time between classes to catch up on outside reading. Kim Darrough, Johnson sophomore, Paula Betts Russell sophomore, and Jodi Cowan, Phoenix, Ariz., sophomore, stand in the lunch line with their identification cards. Every student hopes cafeteria food will taste as good as home cooking. 15