Seward County Community College - Trumpeter Yearbook (Liberal, KS)

Page 44 text:

Guesf ediforial . . . HOW DO I FEEL? How clo I, a McGovern supporfer feel? Presenfly I feel like recifing fhe American's Creed of fhe Declarafion of Independence. Why? Because I feel sorf of lef down, nof by McGovern buf by fhe people I falk fo, people who insfrucf me, people I know, and people I don'f know. I even fhink l'haf's sfrange, buf fhaf parf of me I can'f change. Everyday 'lhe problems of life poinf al' every individual, buf, yef, who wanfs fo realize fhe disfrusf, pollufion, hunger, crime, greediness, inflafion, war, jobless, confrol groups, in- jusfice, welfare, faxes, preiudice, immoralify, lack of pafriof- ism, hafred, and furmoil - all moving away from God. Each of us asks why buf no answers. George McGovern had an- swers. Sure, he was a polifician, and he cIidn'f have every answer, buf he did have an answer fhaf fends fo cafch one's affenfion - money, fo be used for America. I believed in McGovern, and I supporfed him fully. I saw him furned away, and I feel sad. Several 'limes I have heard people say fhal' each pres- idency is really fhe same, yef fhey say fhaf McGovern's ideas are so differenf fhan anyfhing fhey've heard. I fell' 'lhaf we should fry somefhing differenf. For an ever changing coun- fry, America needed and sfill needs somefhing differenf from fhe way if's been going during fhe pasf four, eighf, six- feen, even fwenfy years. Did you ever wanf fo see fhe ad- vanfages of McGovern's ideas? They were really very logi- cal and would have worked, in my opinion. I never wanfecl fo admif fhaf George McGovern would lose, I never lef myself fhink if. ls fhaf wrong? I don'f 'Ihink so. If makes me wonder how many people who vofed for Nixon have ever been for anyone, any idea, any feam who was fhe predicfed loser. Some people iusf don'f wanf fo be differenf from public opinion. Okay, so whaf can I say? l'm nof going fo say 'lhal' l'm glad if furned ouf fhe way if did. Why should I give up and accepf defeaf? I am nof going fo sfop believing whaf I feel- 'rhaf I wanf fo see America's problems solved. lnsfead, l'm going fo confinue 'lo be a parf of fhe loyal opposifion hop- ing 'rhaf Richard Nixon will solve fhe problems illuminafed by fhe George McGovern campaign. Sarah Taylor, Presidenf Collegiafe Young Democrafs The CRUSADER The Sfudenf Publicafion of Seward Counfy Communify Junior College, Liberal, Kansas THE STAFF Edifors Cheri Van Sickle and Carolyn Madden Associafe Edifors Marfin Sizemore, Sharolyn Jennings, Phil Thornfon, Jana Tuggle, Chrisfina Hull, Dale Doll, Dennis Reed, Melva French, Marla Nix, and Jim Reneau. Phofographer-Barry Dies 42 parficipafej S.G.A. Reporf you,H like H! By Phil Thornton. S.G.A. President Again, Sfudenf Governmenf has planned several hap- penings for fhe free enioymenf of fhe sfudenf body On No- I vember ll, fhere was a hayrack ride. This happened fo be lhe real fhing, hayrack and all. There was free food for all. Hof hogs, marshmallows, and pop was offered. Cool weafher has never sfoppecl our hayriding. Need- less fo say, fhaf is half fhe fun. The hayride was in connecfion I wifh fhe beginning of Sadie Hawkins Week, fhe fheme of which I am sure you are aware. On Monday, November 20, when fhe Super Sainfs fhrash fheir firsf baskefball opponenf,we have a couple of acfivifies planned fo help fhem on fhe way. Af l0:00 on fhe morning of fhe 20, we have planned a pep rally. Af fhaf fime, classes will be dismissed. Whaf we need is fhis - a mulfifude of people who are capable of driving cars in a noisy, horn-honking, business disrupfing display of spirif fhrough the sfreefs of Liberal fhal' will gef fhe feam off -on fhe righf foof. Ofher acfivifies such as a shorf assembly before or affer fhe caravan may be included. More informafion will be handed down fo you as fhe 20 approaches. Also, includ- ed in fhis rally will be a various assorfmenf of riff raff com- monly known as Hooper's pep band spirifed afmosphere. This will be a super chance fo Coach Akins before fhe game. Affer fhe game, fhe Sfudenl' sfudenfs for free soff who will add fo 'the meef fhe players and Union will be opened fo all college drinks, free music, free pool, and possibly ping pong or any- fhing else you would like fo do. If will remain open unfil ap- proximafely l2:0O midnighf. Ofher acfivifies coming up include a movie, Rachel, Rachel , on December I. If you have seen if before, you know if is worfh seeing again. On December 9 fhe Chrisf- mas parfy will be held in fhe Sfudenf Union feafuring plenfy of free food and fun. This will wrap up fhe firsf ferm of sfu- denl acfivifies. In fhe spring, anofher full slafe of acfivifies is planned fo please 'fhe inferesfs of many differenf fypes of people. The elecfion iusf held for Sfudenf Senafe posifions was wifhouf a doubf fhe hardesf foughf confesf in fhe hisfory of our S.G.A. elecfions. The candidafes all deserve a lof of cre- dif for fhe efforf fhey puf ouf in fhis elecfion. The freshman class also deserves a paf on fhe back for fhe fine vofe furn- ouf. The sfudenfs elecfed were Teresa Taber, Marci Lee, Mark Enns, Marfy Sizemore, and Debbie Baff. They have al- ready shown greaf inferesl' in sfudenl' life and are acfive par- ficipanfs in governmenf business. Sainf car 'rags and buffons are on sale now. Any Sfu- denf Governmenf senafor or officer can gel' 'rags for your. Also, fhey will probably be sold af a boofh af all fhe Sainf's ball games. If you are proud of your school and fhe parf you play in ifs growfh, show if. Puf a fag on your car. The fags are Sl.50 each and fhe buffons cosf 50c and 25c. As a final fhoughf, we would like fo encourage all fhe sfudenfs af Seward Counfy Co-mmunify College who are nof involved in some campus organizafion fo gel' involved soon. There are a fremendous number of 'lhese organizafions on campus and fhey represenf nearly every field offered here. They are nof only educafional, fhey are a greaf deal of fun. I Field frips are regular occurrences in some of fhe groups. Join fhe organizafion of fhe greafesf inferesl fo you and make learning an advenfure.

Page 43 text:

Blacks plan visiT leTTer To edifor . . . The Blacks of SCCJC had a meeTing Tuesday, OcT. 3l and made plans To gef HousTon WhiTe of LiTTle Rock, Ar- kansas, To come and speak To The Liberal Youfh. He will speak To The Junior High and High School on Thursday, Dec. 7. We hope The College will have him on Friday, Dec. 8, To speak To our classes. We are asking The College To give a luncheon in his behalf on Friday. A dance is planned for The nighT of Dec. 7Th. The Black Leaders oT The communiTy will join us in rais- ing funds for his expenses. We know The Blacks have conTribuTed in making Lib- eral Sporfs well known Throughouf The sTaTe. We Think The communiTy owes iTs cooperafion To us in geTTing a speaker conTribuTe more Than a for The Blacks. We are hoping To greaT name in sporTs for The Blacks, buT also a greafer level of ,educaTion wifhin The communify. IT Dr. Gibson or any of The sTaTf would like To meeT wiTh us we will be honored. Magnolia Dunlap The TuTure educaTors Seward CounTy CommuniTy Junior College Black STu- denfs have inviTed a Young Negro Man To come and speak To The Liberal Black STudenTs. Mr. Hall The Principal of The High School and Mrs. Jernigan are working To have HousTon WhiTe oT LiTTle Rock, Arkansas, To speak aT The High School on December 7, and hopefully aT boTh oT The junior highs. The need is greaT for Negroes and oTher minoriTies oT Liberal To see and hear educaTed people of Their races. The sTress of educaTion is very imporTanT in The lives of Blacks. The sTud'enTs see The necessiTy oT having an oufsider To visiT wiTh our youTh, and Try To influence The Blacks of Liberal To go higher in Their educaTion. SCCJC Blacks are expecfing The supporT of Liberal in Their eTTorT. This will be The TirsT Time in The hisfory oT Liberal for a Black person To be broughT in To speak abouf educaTion and iTs sfruggles To Black sTudenTs. Blacks have during The years broughf many honors To our school sysfem in wresfling, foofball, baskefball and ofhers sporfs. The Blacks oT Liberal have conTribuTed in making Lib- eral sporTs well known Throughouf The sTaTe. We are noT only concerned in sporTs buT a higher educaTion among The blacks and oThers. A dance is planned for The nighT of Dec. 7, To raise funds To help bear The speaker's expenses. The college sTu- denfs will have a record hop. We are in hopes ThaT our local radio sTaTion will help wiTh The music. We are asking The supporT oT The communify along wiTh The sTaff oT The Junior High, High School and The College. FurTher defails will be announced by The College of The ac- Tivifies Tor Mr. WhiT-e concerning his visiT wiTh The College on Friday Dec. 8. The Rev. V. L. Bobbs has asked HousTon WhiTe To speak To his YouTh on Sunday Dec. I0, I972. Liberal has and is do- ing greaT Things for iTs communify, This is only anofher one To be added. By Magnolia Dunlap The Sainfs are back! 411 Despife The quieT . . . Despife The recenf quieT in The cifies and on The cam- puses, don'T be Tooled info believing ThaT all The poverTy and problems have been Taken away, and ThaT These people are now conTenTed wiTh whaf They have. To The conTrary, The un- resT and disconTenT are sTiII presenf. lT would seem ThaT These people are now waiTing for The proper momenT before violence breaks ouT anew. No maTTer who They may be, whaT color, or whaT creed, people d-emand The same Things, perhaps in varying degrees, buT sTill The same Things. AT The momenT many people are being lefT ouT of The many Things ThaT we now Take Tor granTed. Things like medical care, educaTion, culTure, and good housing. Unless Americans sTop Their crazy Tear of someone else because Their skins may have a diTferenT color, or Their speech may be somewhaT diTTerenT or They are by an acci- d-enT oT birTh somehow deTor'med, iT will only be a maTTer of Time before These people begin To Take whaT has long been denied Them. Dennis Reed Democrafs Trounced On Wednesday, Ocfober 25, The American Governmenf class of Mr. Greg Mafhias held a mock elecfion. Given The resulTs of The November 8, l972, nafional elecfions, iT would appear ThaT The sTudenTs parTicipaTing in The mock elecfion were exfremely clairvoyanf in Terms of choosing The win- ning candidafes. However, when one compares issues five and six on The mock ballof wiTh The presidenfial candidaTes, inconsisfency is apparenT, especially since said issues were parT of George McGovern's plaTTom1. The candidafes and issues voTed on, wiTh resulTs, are lisTed below: I. Who is your choice for Presidenf of The U.S.A.? Richard Nixon-IO4 George McGovern-32 2. Who is your choice Tor Governor of Kansas? RoberT Docking-73 Morris Kay-65 3. Who is your choice Tor STaTe Senafor from The 22nd Disfricf? Harold Herd-54 Charles Angell-70 4. Who is your choice for ATTorney General of Kansas? Vern Miller-97 RoberT HoTTman 5. Do you Tavor an immediafe wifhdrawal of American Torces Trom VieTnam? Yes-75 No-67 6. Do you Tavor a reducfion oT American Torces in Europe? Yes-9l No-52 7. Do you Tavor granTing amnesTy To Those individuals evading The draTT or The Viefnam war? Yes-49 No-93 8. Do you Tavor The deaTh penalfy Tor capifal crimes? Yes-85 No-55 9. Are you a regisfered vofer? Yes-I I7 No-27

Page 45 text:

Zimmerman talks Max Zimmerman, local insur- ance man, spoke to the members of Phi Beta Lambda, SCCJC business fraternity, Tuesday night, November 7. He spoke on insurance needs of people in the age group from 18 to 24 years old. According to Phi Beta Lambda sponsor, Mrs. Doralia Reynolds, t'Many college age people don't know what kind of insurance they should have, so this was an interesting talk. Class looks at crime Social Problems Class of SCC- JC discussed Crime and Law Enforcement on Channel 5, Oc- tober 18. This is part of the out- side class requirement and also allows the students to tell Lib- eral about local social probemsf' It is thought that the student sees things from a different per- spective than the average citi- zen, thus making it possibe for the community to learn and im- prove from the program. Peace is at hand ?? Reprinted from Thunor. Cloud County Community College Newspaper, Oct. 25, 1972 Atter ten years ot American involvement in Vietnam, are i w . ..1. .U J' .- ' 'Y-. 1 qv ' 4 G I.' r g 'lg 5 F, . 1 V . Q by ug A , ' f .2 4, ' ' J , . ri 1. ti. si. .zi..., i -Q ES... X V, X '95 'ue' r ti ll -mail? 1 Y K I S3 iii XX vig? V 'isle'-2'.1-..,f' 'ii .M g i.. vi, ,ly I in -Q N . B t ,W ii 'C ffitH.,,.,. i If T 5 W, ff' ,5'i2'1 'r 'N , , , ,A f ,gb . 'i'rfg f tit Q i' -. r L - ,Leng . . its-ref:s2i?+'3:'iii7tilt-iti- if iiifxfifiis. 'ilttiii'i'- s -A , 1 1 ii. r 4 I 3- faq- iz -- gy H: -tgiggirt-M . A W ' 13-ff: . 111:32 w El?-W ,......... , ..... nl.. , ...sf l M ' ' i 1, n and over 45,000 American deaths, atter the destruction ot Vietnam itselt, atter the greatest division ot American tami- lies since the Civil War, Henry Kissinger announced on Fri- day, October 27, l972: Peace is at Hand. lt peace does come, as it is pnedicted to do, it will comes as many people in l968 telt it would, iust weeks prior to the I972 elections. Whatever the reasons behind President Nixon's ending the war, political or otherwise, he deserves the sincere grat- itude ot an entire America. An America who has made out- laws out ot their young who tled the country and the war. An America who, according to President Nixon, will not grant any amnesty, as it did to those who tied both World Wars, and Korea. According to Henry Kissinger, all the American troops will be out ot Vietnam within 60 days ot the signing ot the ceasefire agreement. Also all American POW's and MlA's will be released in the same time period. This includes civilian prisoners and those imprisoned in Cambodia and Laos. And therein lies a problem. North Vietnam says that the U.S. agreed to sign the papers Oct. 3I, and now the U.S. says the papers need some rewriting and that the U.S. may not sign it on the 3lst, as will North Vietnam. Also, President Thieu ot South Vietnam says th-ere will be no peace settlement unless he also signs it, and he does not like the treaty as it now stands. North Vietnam declares that the U.S. said Saigon would agree to the terms arrived at by Ha- noi and the U.S. One ot the maior points ot disagreement tor South Vittnam is that, according to the treaty, the land that is held by troops becomes the property ot that country. Since the war was tought in South Vietnam, it is only that country that will lose territory, and they donft like it. The issue ot Vietnam comes down to one day, October 3l. It is one ot the ugliest issues America has ever involved herself in, and the costliest since World War ll. This is the second guerilla war America has tought in the last 20 years. And as was true in Korea, is true in Viet- nam, there were no victories-only losers. The tamilies that were separated by it, those who died in it, those who were wounded in it, those who were prisoners in it, those who lost their country, and the countries themselves-South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and The United States ot America, all lost. lt is time to look back and see how we became involved and make sure we never make the same mistakes again. lt is a time tor reioicing, and a time tor mourning, and most ot all it is a time to stop and thank God. We did survive.-J. Howell. 43 The electronic piano lab in classroom J makes play- ing enioyable. Library news The Seward County Community Junior College Library is grow- ing with new books which have been arriving by cartons almost daily. The Library is open on Sun- day afternoon for the conveni- ence of college students. Mrs. Mary Anna Brown, Li- brarian, attended the Mountain Plains Library Convention at Omaha, Nebraska, November 8th through llth. Bridge class open The community services course in duplicate bridge is open for new students on Wednesday nights from 7 to 9:30 in the Se- ward County Community College student union building behind Epworth Hall. Persons who would like to join the class are invited to attend any Wednesday night session. They can register for the course at that time. Fee for the full-semester course is 520. Student participation At Seward County Community Junior College, the Stu- dent Government Association should not be iust another token organization which merely goes about its business. Since the SGA's business is the students at our college, it would seem logical that the students would take an interest in their Student Government Association. But the students don't take interest enough even to attend the Student Go- vernment Meetings! Why should students attend .SGA meetings? One big reason: it they really care about their school, they should care enough to tind out what goes on there, especially when it could concern them. The SGA meetings aren't exciting or entertaining. But students will tind they are interesting and informative. Students should come to these meetings to see and participate in the tunctions ot the Student Government Association because students are the SGA's primary inter- est, and they will be amazed at what the SGA does and can do for them. So, students, attend the SGA meetings on Tuesday nights at nine o'clock and show some interest and support tor your Student Government Association. It won't cost you much time and you might be able to make a valuable con- tribution to the meetings. The Student Government Associa- tion would appreciate your interest and attendance.