Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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ANYTHING GOES Competition between families and students proved to be a lifesaver when inclement weather threatened to put a damper on Family Day activities If you have ever tried to pass a lifesaver on a toothpick, then you know part of the challenge of the Anything Goes competition during Cowley Family Day. Weather was a determining factor in deciding to hold the games. An oozing game of mud volleyball was cancelled due to unseasonably cold temperatures that dropped the thermometer to near freezing during the night. This sparked the idea of having an Anything Goes competition. We really didn ' t have much choice, said Linda Puntney, director of public relations and coordinator of the day. The mud volleyball pit was ready and the Ark City Fire Department watered it down after Larry Pike Construction donated their time to dig it for us. We had the ' Anything Goes ' competition as an alternate plan but we really didn ' t want to use it. As it turned out, the weather may have been a blessing because the other games were really fun. Shaving balloons with safety razors, whistling after eating a cracker, and trying to blow a bubble were some of the relays that nearly 200 people participated in or watched. But bad weather didn ' t stop the two-mile Fun Run which saw more than 30 runners taking off in a drizzle or the 9 a.m. golf tournament where 13 players donned hats, winter coats and gloves to go nine rounds in a scramble tournament. Also on the agenda for Family Day was a cutting from the play, Jackie Lantern ' s Halloween Revenge, and performances by the CowleyCo Singers and the College Jazz Band. Volleyball was an important part of the day as the Lady Tigers won a triangular tournament against Labette, Butler County, and Hesston. Parents and foster parents of team members were recognized 6 Fall ' 87 at the 2 p.m. game. At the evening presentation of the Crabtree Convocation, Mary McNulty and her father, Patrick, were named the Cowley Family of the Year. The selection was made by a committee of students, faculty and staff members who selected the McNulty family from more than 30 applicaitons. Finalists for the title included the families of Karen Aiken, Eulette Crockett, Julie Ott, and Denise and Becky Woods.

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n thing because if they ' t, then they get so bogged -n and college isn ' t fun, Davis. College is some le best years of your life. lor new student it may be hard to conceive the jrence between a two-year a four-year college. Doug iter, art instructor at vley, found that the -year university was too 3rsonal. Doug Hunter m a good example, because as recruited to a four-year ersity and I found myself a fiber instead of an ividual, Hunter said, wley is the opposite, you come to Cowley and in e to four days you ' re settled The ratio is smaller, and pie are more friendly luse they know there aren ' t many people on campus, they ' re going to be idly. unter also feels the faculty staff here play a big part in cing the students feel fortable. They ' ll come up and ask • you are, and you won ' t see in a big school. The hers are very polite and r ' re responsive to what is ig on with you as an vidual, said Hunter, largrove also believes the ilty and staff here can be e than just teachers to the students here. The best friends you make may not be people your own age, they may be faculty members or staff members or somebody you can learn a great deal from if you give them the chance to teach you some things, said Hargrove. The best advice Hunter can give to new and old students alike is to become involved. Get involved constantly and don ' t be bashful, said Hunter. Go to the activities and try them out, do something you have never done before. Dennis Mclntire, new dorm nanager, agrees with Hun- ter on the importance of involvement at school. Dennis Mclntire It ' s easy to get involved here (at Cowley) because you ' re able to get to know everybody. Sure there are more activities at a four-year school, but you ' ll be able to do almost all the activities at Cowley. You wouldn ' t be able to do that at a four-year school. You wouldn ' t be able to keep your grades up, said Mclntire. Cowley graduate and secre- tary to the president Libby Palmer advises that the best way to meet people at Cowley is to take advantage of the many clubs and organizations on campus. Get involved here,you don ' t have to be involved in all the Libby Palmer organizations, but even one helps, said Palmer. Even for the older students, I think the TNT program is excellent and VICA has a good program for their students too. Hunter has discovered that the students are not the only ones to benefit from the time they spend at Cowley. The kids here are great. After a while they become one big happy family, they take care of each other. I get older, but it makes me feel young to be a round them, said Hunter. TTVl Hargrove, who graduated 1 -i from Cowley in 1967, is also young at heart. In fact he jokes that he was 13 years old when he graduated from Cowley. Hargrove returned to Cowley ' s campus in 1983 like several former Cowley graduates, and took a position in the Financial aid office. I had no hesitation about returning to the Cowley campus. In fact, I had wanted to return for a number of years and it was just a question of finding the position I was qualified to fill, said Hargrove. Hargrove, whose wife Linda also works at the college, feels comfortable about their working arrangement. It ' s great. You know, I can ' t recall when there ' s ever been really any kind of conflict, said Hargrove. We ' re used to being around each other, and we go recruiting together. I haven ' t seen any problem. The best advice Hargrove can give any student about college, concerns the academic impor- tance of the college years. First of all, I would like to say, take the classes seriously. I know during my college years I didn ' t take the studying as seriously as I should have and later on when I went looking for a job it really affected me, said Hargrove. Ed Hargrove When you start looking for a job, your past grades and performance in college are looked at and it ' s important. But you don ' t think about it at the time, but 10 years down the road you ' ll see where you could have done better. Another thing is to take advantage of the activities and opportunities to get involved and be a part of the college and it will be so much more meaningful to you. BY JULIE REED Pulse

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