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2010-2011 Magazine Staff

Staff Writers

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Features

Spring 2011

Events

26-27 Job Fair

Butler hosts job fair for stu-
dents.

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4-5 Top 6 Websites

Websites that are useful for
college students.

6-7 Summer Classes

How taking summer classes
can benefit students.

8-9 Student Profiles

Students

10-11 Fashion

Quick simple styles that keep
you cool in summer.

12-13 Butler Growth

Butler's population grows
immensely in last year.

14-15 Nursing

Today's students become
tomorrow's nurses.

16-17 Transfer Guide

Easy tips on how to transfer
to a unviversity.

18-21 Theatre

An inside look at Butler's
theatre department.

22-25 Looking Back 38"39 Track

Butler's year in athletics. Track team mnS t0 fin,sh

first.

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pinion

28-29 Compare the Cons

The effects of drugs

30-31 Budget Cuts

What should be cut from
schools?

Sports

32-33 Intramurals

Intramurals keep students
active.

34-35 Wrestling

Local Wichita student talks
about his life as a wrestler.

36-37 Softball/Baseball

Season overview.

Feature

Top Websites

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have a website that connects
you to other websites according
to your interests? Well, that's
why there is StumbleUpon. It's
a website formed in 2001 that
generates different websites
(an endless amount) associated
with your interests that you
select when you join the web-
sites. For students, I could see it
being very useful if you wanted
to research one topic, such as
Nuclear Power, or animals. Plus,
you can "stumble" just one
topic all you wanted or stumble
every single interest you have
check marked. I have over 300
favorites in my StumbleUpon,
many of which I plan on using in
schoolwork.

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Learning a foreign language
is often a sought after trait in
getting a job after college, and
many colleges are starting to
require around 9 credit hours of
a foreign language. What if you
were working on a study guide
for your next Spanish test? You
need a good translator because
sometimes the translators that
Google offers don't work for the
most part. The Oddcast Transla-
tor works perfectly. Although
I am not enrolled in a foreign
language class at the moment
all of my friends that are, say
this translator works perfectly.
It even speaks the words out for
you! Many voices are available,
in either male or female. There
are also over 30 languages avail-
able for translation.

Oddcast
Translator

Our top six most useful
websites for college students

Project
Gutenberg

Free books you ask? I have the
perfect website for that. Proj-
ect Gutenberg was created in
1971 as a way for students and
anyone else who was interested,
to download full text of free
books. The website is claimed to
have more than 32,000 books in
possession for free downloads
as well as 50 new books every
week. This website would be
perfect for those students who
forget to grab that last book out
of the library. The books even
work on the Kindle and iPad.
Some popular books avail-
able on the website are Mark
Twain's, "The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn," as well as
"Importance of Being Earnest"
by Oscar Wilde.

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in my literature and
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Not every book or poem you
read is going to be completey
understood the first time you
read it. That's why there is
SparkNotes, a website where
a quick summary of (almost)
every book you read during col-
lege is. There is a vast amount of
books located on this website.
Each one has a summary, char-
acter anaylsis, plot overview and
summaries of each chapter (if
applicable). It is a great website
if at 3 a.m., you quickly remem-
ber the library is not open, but
SparkNotes is open 24/7. "I use
SparkNotes quite often in my
literature and English classes. It
helps me understand the topics
we are assigned," says freshmen
Melinda Bahruth, Augusta.

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Wikipedia

This next website that I think
is useful for students will go
against everything you have
been told since you first learned
about its existence. Wikipedia.
Almost every teacher I have had
since middle school has told
me, never use Wikipedia. The
main (and not only) reason is
because anyone and everyone
can put anything and every-
thing on there. Yes, it's true- to
an extent. If something is go-
ing to be changed on an article
viewed many times a day (Earth,
Barack Obama, Honda Civic) the
changes are going to last min-
utes, if that. And that is why I
want you to use Wikipedia. Grab
some quick information about a
topic and research more about
it. It is truly a great way to start
a research paper, just don't cite
directly from Wikipedia. That
will land you a guaranteed F on
your next paper.

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Admit it, not every teacher you
have had at Butler has been
your favorite. There have been
ups and downs, favorite teach-
ers you never want again ( or
want to torture your friends
with). And then there is Rate My
Professor. It gives ratings for the
majority of teachers at Butler, as
well as an overall rating for each
Butler campus. The website
users (which might be your fel-
low classmates or you) can also
insert a small summary about
the teacher and what class they
were enrolled in. I have used it
on multiple occasions and have
avoided an unpleasant class
with an unpleasant teacher.

Rate My
Professors

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Summer Classes

Alaina Cohen
Staff Writer

To goto school in the
summer or not to go
to school is the million
dollar question for most
college students. There
are lots of advantages to taking
summer classes and as with any-
thing else, there are disadvantages
too. One of the advantages to tak-
ing classes in the summer is being
able catch up on college credits
instead of overloading during the
Fall and Spring semesters. Another
advantage is that you have an
opportunity to get into popular
classes that may be hard to enroll
in during the regular school year.
Summer school may be the only
time for you to take certain classes
that are outside your major during
the semester.

" I'm talking summer
classes so I can get a couple more

[classes] out of the way and it will
be less stressful. I don't know what
I am taking yet, I haven't looked,"
says Alexis Schueller, Andale fresh-
man.

Summer school usually has
smaller class sizes, which may be
an easier learning environment for
some students. Now, with all these
great reasons to take summer
classes there are a few things to
look out for.

" Summer school really
doesn't have any disadvantages,
except that it goes a lot faster and
you really have to concentrate,
but it's good for students who are
returning or just trying to catch up
without overloading themselves
during the Fall and Spring semes-
ter," says Glenn Lyrgrisse, Dean of
Enrollment Management.

Summer classes meet for 8
weeks, half of the time you would
spend in a classroom during the

normal Fall and Spring semester.
You may have less work but it will
be tougher to catch up if you miss
or fall behind. Financially it may be
harder on your wallet, instead of
just overloading during the school
year.

" I'm not taking any classes
this summer. I plan to work and
save up for school since I have to
pay for school myself," says Kristen
McCune, Valley Center sophomore.

For some, summer may be
a time to hang out at the pool with
a glass of cool lemonade or maybe,
for some overachievers, it may be
to the high road to getting your
degree faster.

" The advantages to taking
summer classes is that it's quicker
and they're good if you only have a
few credits left and want to finish
up your degree, but they require
large blocks of time, and that's not
something I have," McCune says.

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In the summer of 2010,
2,164 students enrolled for class-
es with a total of 11,704 credit
hours. As of April 2011 the sum-
mer enrollment and credit hours
reached 12,549. So far, 161 more
students enrolled this summer
than last summer.

" Most of these students
are a mix. Either they are return-
ing students trying to catch up or
they are students from another
college and live locally and try-
ing to get their general education
classes out of the way," Lygrisse
says.

Most of the students who
enroll for summer classes are
taking gen eds. Some students
are fresh out of high school and
looking to get ahead or continu-
ing their education through the
summer. A&P classes are most
likely to fill up the fastest so be
sure if you are wanting to take

one of those classes, get in fast.
Students who usually take A&P
classes do so completing a pre-
requisite for their nursing degree.

"Butler offers small class
sizes compared to Spring and
Fall, a user friendly atmosphere,
confidence and teachers actually
see the summer as a legitimate
semester," Lygrisse says.

Taking classes in the
summer may not be as fun but it
definitely has its advantages. This
summer you may decide to finally
take that cruise or bungee jump
off the Golden Gate Bridge or

even, Heaven forbid, get ahead on
your degree by taking classes this
summer. Whatever you choose this
summer, have a great one.

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Feature

Profiles

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a senior and
finishing high
school, you have
probably been
debating where to go for college for
about a year or so now, and 10,116
students choose to attend Butler
Community College last fall.

This boost in numbers has
posed some questions. Will the
classes at Butler become crowded?
Is Butler adding more classes to
accommodate the extra students?

"The average class size at
Butler is increasing. A lot more
classes are being filled to capacity
instead of having 5 or 6 empty
seats," says William Rinkenbaugh,
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More and more of us have chosen
Butler, and the majority of the
students at Butler attend the Andover
campus. Fifty percent of Butlers'
population of students attends the
Butler of Andover Campus. Butler
Community College is known for
having multiple campuses. We have
a total of six major campuses. These
campuses include: El Dorado, Andover,
Rose Hill, Flint Hills (Marion and
Council Grove), McConnell Air Force
Base, and online courses. So what
made all of us decide to attend one or
more of the six Butler campuses? Well,
everyone has their own reasons, and
whatever those reasons may be, more
of us are going to college.

According to the National
Center for Educational Statistics
(NCES), "the number of young
students has been growing more
rapidly than the number of older
students, but this pattern is expected
to shift. Between 1995 and 2006, the
enrollment of students under age 25
increased by 33 percent. Enrollment
of people 25 and over rose by 13
percent during the same period. From
2006 to 2017, NCES projects a rise of
10 percent in enrollments of people
under 25, and a rise of 19 percent in
enrollments of people 25 and over."
With all these rising numbers we

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wonder if Butler, known for the quality
and small classes, is going to have
to increase the number of students
per class in turn making the one-on-
one time with teachers diminish and
become harder to come by.

"We will not sacrifice our quality
for the increased numbers," says
Rinkenbaugh.

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over more students per class, sounds
like a great way to adjust to the rising
numbers in enrollment.

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Many people have heard about the nursing pro-
gram Butler has to offer. However, that's about
all people who aren't in the program know
about it. While community colleges may some-
times have a bad connotation that all the classes are easy, this
is an intense program the students go through. After finishing
the two year program, students will be a licensed practical
nurse (LPN).

The process to get into the nursing program takes four steps.
According to Butler's website, the first step is admission into
the college. This is the same for every student who wishes
to attend Butler, even if they are not enrolling in the nurs-

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ing program. The second step is gaining admission into the
program. Some of the steps to do this are: completing the
required prerequisites, taking the admission assessment exam
and handing in an application for the nursing program. The
third and fourth steps are ranking for final selection and being
accepted. Each fall and spring semester 56 new students are
added to the program.

Some people have come to Butler for the nursing program
because it has been recommended to them by other nurses. A
nurse from the Susan B. Allen hospital says that Butler nursing
students were always trained very well. At Wesley Medical
Center, the nurses also have high praises for the Butler nursing

Nursing students Anne Boerstler,
Mindy Dungan, Amanda Downtain,
Kelly Estep and Alexa Rhoades vol-
unteering at the Food Bank. Katie
Fast says, "We try to give back to
the community in some way every
semester whether that be through
blood drives, clothes drives for the
women's shelter, putting together
backpacks for kids at the food bank,
or donating toys and supplies to the
pediatric unit."

program.

Another reason the students come is for
the price. Because it's a community col-
lege, Butler is much less expensive than
a four-year college. This is a huge plus for
any person who is trying to save money.

One handy thing about the nursing
program is the scheduling. The nursing
class is one ten-hour class. These students
don't have to worry about juggling other
classes or a harder registration. At other
colleges, nursing students struggle with
this problem. Each semester there is a
four-six hour block class plus the clinicals.
Sometimes there might be two days of
classes, but oftentimes the teachers give
the students a day just for studying.

Katie Fast, Newton sophomore, says
"The nursing students become their own
community. You are with the same 56
people for all four semesters, with about

20 more who join during the third semes-
ter for the LPN to RN degree completion
program."

Lavonn Busenitz, Butler alumna of the
nursing program, says, "I was impressed
by the instructor's desire for us students
to excel and learn as much as we could. I
am glad that Butler allowed us to get right
into the hospital setting the first semester,
so we were able to put the skills learned
in class into action."

The nursing program helps students
not only know the information, but they
also know how to practice it. Throughout
the semester, the students are required
to have two 8-hour days of clinical each
week. This helps the students have an
easier transfer into working at a hospital
after Butler.

Busenitz says, "Each semester we were
able to use more and more skills in clini-

cal, so when I became an actual nurse, I
wasn't lost. I feel like the content from the
classes allowed me to 'hit the ground run-
ning' when I was hired."

Students who have attained their LPN
can also apply at Butler for Advanced
Standing. More information on how to
enter this program can be found at http://
www.butlercc.edu/nursing/
LPNadmit.cfm.

The nursing program at Butler is well-
known to nurses and students looking into
this field. Not only is it a place for stu-
dents to come to get their LPN, but nurses
who already have their LPN can come to
Butler to work towards their RN. These
students will be taught what they need to
know to become a LPN and will put the
information they gain into practice all four
semesters they are here.

Reneice Shook, Katie Fast and
Christie Jacobs waiting for a
test to begin.

Leah McKnight Milligan and Mindy Dungan at post conference
during clinicals. Through clinicals the nursing students get the
chance to put what they learn into practice and obtain experi-
ence which will impact their future as nurses.

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Feature

Transfer Guide

The how-

colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com
Undergraduate Enrollment <

21,066

2011-2012 Tution

$8,732 in-state
$21,539 out-of-state

Acceptance Rate

91.4 %

Application Fee

$30

Degrees Offered

Over 190 undergraduate

Deadlines

March 11 for Scholarships
May 1 for Admission

Admissions

(785)864-3911

adm@ku.edu

http://admissions.ku.edu/transfers

Other Information

24 credit hours required for transfer students

Use http://odmissions. ku. edu/credit/transfer/

to check to see if the classes you have taken

transfer to the University of Kansas

information courtesy of ku.edu

Undergraduate Enrollment

18,788

2011-2012 Tution

$7,376 in-state
$18,404 out-of-state

Acceptance Rate

94%

Application Fee

$30

Degrees Offered

Over 250 undergraduate

Deadlines

Nov. 1 for Scholarships
May 1 for Admission

Admissions

(785)532-6250
k-state@k-state.edu

http://consider.k-state.edu/admissions/
Other Information

24 credit hours required for transfer students
Use http://consider. k-state. edu/admissionreps/
index.htm to contact your admission represen-
tative for the area you live in

information courtesy of k-state. ed

Undergraduate Enrollment

5,934

2010-2011 Tution

$4,848 in-state
$21,539 out-of-state

Acceptance Rate

86.3 %

Application Fee

$30

Degrees Offered

Over 100 undergraduate

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Deadlines

March 1 for Scholarships
Rolling Admission

Admissions

(620)231-7000
psuadmit@pittstate.edu
http://www.pittstate.edu/admission/
Other Information

24 credit hours required for transfer stu-
dents

Use http://www.pittstate.edu/admission/
undergraduate/meetyourrep.dot to find the
admissions employee you will need.

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nformation courtesy of wichita.edu

Undergraduate Enrollment

11,704

2010-2011 Tution

$8,732 in-state
$13,924 out-of-state

Acceptance Rate

88.6 %

Application Fee

$30

Degrees Offered

Over 100 undergraduate

Deadlines

Anytime for Scholarships
Rolling Admission

Admissions

(316) 978-3430
admissions@wuichita.edu
http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/admissions/
admissions. asp
Other Information

24 credit hours required for transfer stu-
dents

nformation courtesy offhsu.edu

Undergraduate Enrollment

Unknown

2011-2012 Tution

$3,942 in-state
$12,339 out-of-state

Acceptance Rate

92.6 %

Application Fee

$30

Degrees Offered

Over 60

Deadlines

Feb. 15 for Scholarships
Rolling Admission

Admissions

(785) 628-5666

admissions@fhsu.edu

http://www.fhsu.edu/admissions/

Other Information

24 credit hours required for transfer stu-
dents

Undergraduate Enrollment

4,208

2011-2012 Tution

$4,374 in-state
$13,578 out-of-state

Acceptance Rate

88%

Application Fee

$30

Degrees Offered

60 undergraduate

nformation courtesy of emporia.edu

Deadlines

Anytime for Scholarships
Rolling Admission

Admissions

(877) 468-6378

go2esu@emporia.edu

http://www.emporia.edu/admissions/

Other Information

24 credit hours required for transfer stu-
dents

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Feature

Theatre

Behind the Scenes

Theatre

Aspire to be a star! Butler's
theatre department gives
students the opportunity
to be inquisitive and
successful in a fun environment.
Students can take a bow under
Butler's top notch lighting system
on the main stage. Theatre
students perform four productions
a year to help students get the
feel of what it's like "being in
the spotlight." This year the
productions included Little Mary
Sunshine, Almost, Main, Forbidden
Princess (a children's play) and
Bless Me, Father.

"I started getting involved in
theatre when I was in 8tn grade
at my church youth group. It was
a lot of fun so I just stuck with
it. I like acting. I like entertaining
people and making them laugh.
It feels good to make people
feel good," says Laura Annen,
Whitewater sophomore.

Butler's Theatre Department
offers a lot more to students
than what meets the eye. Many
students receive scholarships after
high school to come to Butler's
performing arts program.

"I came to Butler because I
got a scholarship that pays for my
books and tuition," says Annen.
One of the department's

Department

Alaina Cohen
Staff Writer

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productions, Bless Me, Father,
premiered spring 2011. Bless Me,
Father is a comedy about priests.
All the action begins when Father
Charles mistakenly believes that
Father Richard's sister, Susan,
does not want Father Richard to
marry her and her fiance. The
comedy had audiences rolling
on the floor laughing. The dates
of the performances were April
14-16. It took a lot of hard work
and dedication for these actors to
ace their performance. Students
had practice from 6:30-9:30
p.m. Monday through Friday and
sometimes practices were 6-9 p.m.
The practices went on for 6 weeks
before the actual performance.
The cast ranged from 15 to 20
people and only about 30 people
auditioned.

"It was a good, bright comedy
and it was a nice ending to a year,
that's why I chose this play,"
director Bob Peterson says.

For some, the stage may be a
second home, a home away from
home, and others enjoy building
sets and making their imaginations
come alive. To others it may be
an escape from reality, a chance
to transform themselves into
someone else and leave their
problems behind.

"Theatre is fun and it's
something to do. Most people
don't want to do theatre because
they get nervous being up on
stage and performing in front of
everybody, but it's really not a big
deal. It's just one big family. It's
so hands on too! You learn how
to build sets and you can take
classes to do stage makeup. You
just really learn a lot," says Johnna
Hasting, Towanda freshman.

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Bless Me.

Father

There are many ways that
students can be involved with
theatre besides just acting. There
is set building, lighting, sound,
music, choreography and stage di-
recting. Students have to be very
dedicated if they want to succeed
in theatre. Like other activities,
theatre requires time for practice
and rehearsing before the actor
can even be considered "worthy"
of being on stage and performing
in front of a live audience.

"The one, I guess, disadvan-
tage to being in theatre is it takes
a long time, and a lot of hard
work, but it's all well worth it in
the end," Annen says.

Most students who are in-
volved in theatre in college had
previously been involved in high
school.

"I was involved in theatre
all through high school. I just
thought it was fun and I wanted
to continue in college. Although,
I really don't like the small space
that Butler has. I do like the
people and the environment. If

I didn't get the
scholarship for
theatre, I prob-
ably wouldn't
major in it. I
would major in
something like
science," Hasting
says.

Theatre is a
great opportunity!
to grow and open
doors to the
future. Theatre
is an expression
of the heart and
soul. It opens
your mind and
spirit, allowing
you to become anybody and every
body you want to. It feeds the soul
So, are you hungry?

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against Garden City. 2. Lane
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sion. 3. Zac Bargen loses the
defense. 4. Chantee Louis
chases after loose ball. 5. Tierra
Andrews with a reverse layup.
6. April Miller D's up versus
Hutch.

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bases. 2. Throwing pitches. 3. Damarious
Randall back at third. 4. Clarisa Navarro
safe! 5. Strike! 6. Butler player gets uni-
form dirty as he slides into third.

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Spring 2011

25

Events

Job Fair

Kayla Banzet/ Grizzly

Kayla Banzet
Editor in Chief

Suits, ties and booths
filled the student union
at the Butler Andover
campus on March 29.
Butler hosted their an-
nual Career Fair for students. This
year at the fair Butler welcomed
30 employers to set up booths and
be available to students who are
on the job hunt.

One might wonder what
the importance of a job fair is.

According to Loretta Pat-
terson, from Career Services,
students need jobs too.

"The job fair is a good way
to practice with meeting employ-

ers," says Patterson.

The fair allows students to
get the inside scoop from employ-
ers on how to apply for jobs and
obtain a job.

There were a variety of
employers for students to choose
from such as the Air Force, Child-
Start and Friends University. The
fair offered opportunities for
everything from part-time jobs,
internships and careers. Summer
jobs have become popular at this
event.

"Many students look for
jobs during the summer or intern-
ships. They [internships] look great
on a resume," says Patterson.

Not only did Butler hold the
fair but they also gave students a

chance to prepare for the fair.

On March 14, at the El
Dorado campus and on March 16
at the Andover campus, students
were able to go and learn how to
prep for the fair. Students learned
tasks such as tying a tie, polish-
ing shoes, how to properly shake
hands and overall how to make the
job fair a success for themselves.

"About 12 students attend-
ed the prep-event in El Dorado and
about 8 attended in Andover," says
Patterson.

Students who attended the
fair were able to register for door
prizes.

The Job Fair opens oppor-
tunities for Butler students to mar-
ket themselves to local businesses.

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Compare the Cons

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J the Effects oiA, You.

Megan Mahurin
Managing Editor

Dehydration
Coordination problems
Slurred speech
Heart disease
Liver disease
Liver cancers

Most people use 3ICOrlOl when they are in
a social environment to mellow out and relax. Some
even use it to numb pain. The effects of it on the body
can be life threatening and increased consumption can
cause:

Impaired judgment
Memory loss
Lack of concentration
Impaired vision and hearing
Slower reactions
Mood swings
and much more...

So why do we pour this down our throats?
Why do hundreds of people, nightly, go out and
drink to get drunk? When did drinking a glass of
wine at dinner become going to the club and getting
plastered?

Should we make alcohol illegal? Should we
up their age to drink to 25? Maybe then we'll have
responsible drinkers? Cause that's what all the
companies want us to do, right? I mean it says it in
the commercials "Please Drink Responsibly." Or do
they want us to get drunk, and drink until we are
sick and dying?

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Some say that alcohol and drugs have negative effects
on the body, but yet we legalize them to anyone of
a certain age. Some think that if we legalize one un-
healthy habit we should legalize them all. Some see
that if we just legalize it all and tax it, we will be able to
control the amount being distributed, and in turn decrease our
violence. The statistics may say it all...

NlCOtine is the most addictive chemical in
smoking tobacco; however there are other ways to ingest
tobacco, such as chewing. Both are bad for your body
and can cause many medical conditions including:
heart attacks
strokes

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
emphysema
chronic bronchitis
lung cancer

cancers of the larynx and mouth
pancreatic cancer
and much more...

Even though they know these possibilities, people
continue to smoke or chew. They sell cigarettes in every
convenience store. Anyone over the age of 18 can get
their hands on a pack of them.
Is that right?

Should we even have something so deathly bad
for us available for people to purchase? Should we out-
law cigarettes, or would that be a waste of money, and
be going too far? Would it help people decide that they
are bad and that they should quit? I doubt it. People
will still smoke their cigarettes, and still chew. People will
make bad choices whether it's legal or not. So should we
continue to sell it in stores in packs, and tax it.

Behind alcohol,
caffeine, and tobacco,

Cannabis (Marijua-
na) is a popular rec-
reational drug around
the world. According to
NORML (National Orga-
nization of the Reform
of Marijuana Laws), in
the United States alone,
around 100 million

Americans have at least tried cannabis, with 25 mil-
lion Americans having used it within the past year. The
primary psychoactive effects of cannabis include a state
of relaxation.

The effects completely wear off after approxi-
mately three hours. However, if a large amount is taken
orally the effects may last longer.

Cannabis is one of the lowest drugs rated on
dependence and comparing to both alcohol and nico-
tine. However, if you use cannabis every day, you can
experience some psychological withdrawal symptoms
such as: irritability, insomnia, and stressing easily.

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is used as a treat-
ment for a wide range of medical conditions which
seems to be a highlight discussion these days. The
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledges
that "there has been considerable interest in its use
for the treatment of a number of conditions, including
glaucoma, AIDS wasting, treatment of spasticity associ-
ated with multiple sclerosis and chemotherapy-induced
nausea." The agency has not approved "medical mari-
juana."

One form of cannabis (cannabinoids) is avail-
able by prescription in some parts of the U.S. for
nausea and vomiting. The FDA does facilitate scientific
investigations into the medical uses of cannabinoids

Other reported effects include the treatment of
epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorders, blood pressure
and more.

If smoked, cannabis can cause cancer, and
smoking anything is harmful, but proven studies show
that someone who smokes five joints a week takes in
as much cancer-causing compounds as someone who
smokes a full pack of cigarettes a day.

restlessness

fidgetiness

nervousness

excitement

insomnia

Caffeine Intoxication "caffeine jitters"

People drink caffeine on a daily basis, from cof-
fee to pop, it's everywhere, even in the candy bar you
snacked on the other day.The symptoms of caffeine intoxi-
cation are similar to overdoses of other stimulants. It may
include:

increased urination

gastrointestinal disturbance

muscle twitching

irritability

and irregular or rapid heartbeat

arger overdoses:

mania hallucinations

depression anxiety

lapses in judgment heart palpitations

disorientation increased stomach acid

disinhibition erosive esophagitis

delusions

So why do we allow a five year old to buy a pop?
Why do we train our children to harm themselves slowly
by intaking all the bad chemicals that we allow them to
have? Should we stop selling candy, pop and coffee? No,
because everything in moderation is not going to cause
these problems.

http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/marijuana

So many things have negative effects on
the body, and we allow pretty much anyone to
purchase it. Everything can become an unhealthy
habit, so should we make it all completely ille-
gal and raise our violence statistics, or put these
substances in stores, tax them, control them, and
place restrictions on them?

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Opinion

Budget cuts

Emily Kindel
Staff Writer

Amanda Peters
Staff Writer

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Butler not affected by threat o

et cuts

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Two words, budget cuts. When you hear those
two words millions of things go through your
head. What department is going to be affect-
ed, is your favorite activity going to get cut, will
you be able to still have your favorite teacher
teach you?

^^J College is supposed to be the best thing that
ever happened to you, so you have heard. But what you
didn't hear that most people don't talk about is how they
deal with their money issues and how they try to save
without spending so much.

With all the problems going around the world
most people don't think it will affect them, when in real-
ity it will, and it will hit them hard. One of the biggest
issues affecting everyone now are gas prices.

It wouldn't be such a problem if you didn't have
to rely on it, but you do, because it is your transporta-
tion. And for some people it might be their lifeline. Even
though the prices are going up, people won't stop buy-
ing, filling up their vehicles because they use them on a
daily basis.

Though budget cuts are not always ideal, they are
necessary in order to fix our state budget deficit. Sadly,
some people will be affected more than others.

Example, say you want to take a certain class,
because one of your friends told you about it the year
before while you were taking a break from school. And
once you start enrolling you start asking if they still have

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that same program and come to find out they don't. The
reason is because they had to cut it.

According to Jackie Vietti, Butler President,
"There are no proposed cuts to higher education for the
2011-12 year. Nor are there any proposed cuts for the
remainder of this fiscal year."

However, even if there happens to be some
budget cuts, Butler is prepared, since they have set aside
$6Q0,000. This makes it so they will not be affected by
any budget reductions that may happen in the next year.

"Though, without the expectation of any new
monies from the state, it will be incumbent upon our
budget officers, our senior management, me as presi-
dent, and the board of trustees to endorse a budget that
maximizes our finite resources and re-allocates a portion
of those resources to address areas of greater need in
order to provide the best possible service to our students
and our communities," says Vietti.

While Butler stands in good shape, some of the
state's school districts are being faced with the harsh
reality of budget cuts.

As of Friday, March 11, Kansas Governor Sam
Brownback cut $56.5 million. Most of these cuts will
be affecting the schools. State aid will be cut to $75 per
student, taking it from $4,012 to $3,937. Some other cuts
include reductions in trie arts commission, Department
of Wildlife and Parks, higher education and operating
budgets for the attorney general.

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Sports

Intramurals

Jason Hamm, intramurals
director, teaches Cassie Larkin,
Maize freshman, the proper
way to grip a club.

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Emily Kindel
Staff Writer

Winding up, Jason Hamm,
intramurals director, tries for
a hole in one. Below, Garrett
Fitzmier, Maize freshman,
practices his swing.

Photos by Emily Kindel/Gr/zz/y

ver wanted to play a
sport and not have to be
committed to it for the
whole year? Or maybe
you already have a vocal

scholarship, but you still want to play
golf or pickle ball in your spare time?

Butler's intramurals provides an ar-
ray of activities for students so they
can participate, but not stress over
it taking up too much time in their
lives. Sports include dodgeball, 3-on-
3 basketball, golf, softball, 5-on-5
soccer and even pickle ball. Intra-
murals consists of sports that most
people have played in either middle
school or high school.

Students don't have to have
a physical on file to play and can
choose however many sports they
wish to participate in. Intramurals is
set up for all students, even if they
don't live on campus.

"I have fun participating in
intramurals. It is fun hanging out
with other students and meeting
new people," says Garrett Fitzmier,
Maize freshman.

The team doesn't have any
practices. And availabilty just de-
pends on the sport.

The table tennis match did
not have quite the turnout that
Jason Hamm, the intramurals direc-
tor, was looking for, but that was due
to there being a baseball game that
same day.

"The baseball team makes up
for most of the guys who enjoy table
tennis, but since they had a game
not very many people showed up,"
says Hamm.

Hamm tries to schedule
games around sporting and academ-
ic events. But sometimes it doesn't
always work out.

For the first time in three
years, golf was brought back to intra-
murals on March 31 at Prairie Trails
golf course. With a turnout of 12
people, golf proved to be successful.

"It was fun laughing at
people because none of us actually
knew how to golf," says Cassie Lar-
kin, Maize freshman.

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Sports

wrestling

passin
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Attitude,att it u d e,
attitude. According
to Maize High School
i assistant wrestling coach
Zach Hentzen, Wichita sophomore,
a good attitude is the main quality
that makes a good wrestler.

Hentzen would be one to ask
about the qualities of a good
wrestler. It is practically in his blood.
His three older brothers all have
been wrestlers. Hentzen started
wrestling at his older brothers'
practices when he was only 4-years-
old, just goofing around.

According to Hentzen, he
wasn't very good when he started
competing at age five at Northwest
High School's Youth Club.

"When I was really little, I would
get pinned and get up and just
smile," Hentzen says. "There were
times I wanted to quit and try like,
basketball or something, but I kept
going to practice."

This kind of determination is just
another quality needed to make it
as a wrestler. Hentzen says if you
can work hard, there's not much
else you can do.

"I've always thought that you've
got to be kinda crazy to wrestle:
cutting weight and constantly going
at practice. Just finding a good
challenge and physically trying to
overpower your opponent."

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began junior high, he started
practicing more and getting better.
He attended several camps,
including the J. Robinson Intensive
Wrestling Camp, a 28-day intensive
camp in Minnesota. By the end of
the month-long camp, Hentzen and
the other wrestlers had to be able
to run 15 miles.

Hentzen became an underdog his
freshman year of high school. But
because of his aggressive training,
he could surprise an opponent in
matches with a pin, which helped
him go to and win state. After this
victory, Hentzen says for the next
three years all he wanted was to get
back to state.

His sophomore year he won first
place at state but did not have such
luck the following year.

"My junior year I ended up
blowing it at state," Hentzen says.
"My dad was sick with cancer and
in Houston getting chemo."

His dad was always coaching
Hentzen and his brothers, but since
he couldn't be there Hentzen just
wasn't focused.

"My senior year, there was no
stopping me for state. I was all fired
up."

After looking through the school's
records, Hentzen discovered that
the record for takedowns was 21.
He became determined to both win
state and break the record.

"I got 21 takedowns in four
matches to claim the Maize
takedown record. In the finals I
took the kid down, let him up a
few times, then pinned him. It was
awesome," Hentzen says with a
huge grin on his face. "That was just
my tournament to win, and I wasn't

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Staff Writer

letting anything stop me."

After graduating high school,
Hentzen went on to Pratt
Community College for a year on
a wrestling scholarship before
coming to Butler.

This year, Maize's new head
wrestling coach, Mike Schauer,
wanted a few extra hands and
called Hentzen asking for some
help. This has been Hentzen's first
season working as a coach, but he
said he really enjoys it so far.

"It's a lot of fun. I just really enjoy
helping the kids get better. It really
helps the sport."

According to Hentzen, his favorite
part of the coaching is seeing
the kids improve and compete
in matches with actual wrestling
moves. This helps instill confidence
in them, which, Hentzen said,
makes it a lot more fun when they
do well.

"It's just a lot like being on a high
school wrestling team again. I go to
practice every day and to weigh-
ins early in the morning. And then
I'm at the tournament all day on
Saturdays. I'm even worn out at the
end of the day."

Even though he's been surrounded
by wrestling his whole life and even
works with it, Hentzen would love
for Butler to offer wrestling.

"I just want them to have it so
bad. I think it would attract a lot of
students. Or even just [offering] an
intramural or wrestling class."

Hentzen has a deep-rooted love
for wrestling, which keeps him
going back to practice day after day,
even if he's not the one competing.

"I feel like I should pass some
wrestling knowledge on."

The Hentzen brothers pose for a
fake "Sports" magazine in 1997.
From left to right: Zach, Joe, Beau,
Chris and Luke. All five Hentzen
boys wrestled.

Hentzen poses excitedly after win-
ning state his sophomore year at
Maize High School. Hentzen's most
memorable match was from this
tournament: he escaped with a
head lock from bottom position and
knocked the contacts straight out of
his opponent's eyes.

Hentzen stands with the 2005 Kan-
sas High School State Wrestling
bracket after winning state.

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Sports

basebal

Amir Peyton
Student Sports Media

Jessica Claassen
Designer

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So far, it has been a rocky
season for Butler's base-
ball team. At the begin-
ning of the season the
Grizzlies were doing well.
They do a great job protecting
their home turf, but when it is time
to travel they get homesick. Butler
has a home record of 13-4 and an
away record of 2-10. They are 6-10
inside the Jayhawk West Confer-
ence. Some reasons for the trouble
this season are that Butler has a
young team with only 10 sopho-
mores. With a young team comes
little experience. There have been
a couple games postponed due to
weather issues.

When asked about the sea-
son, Head Coach B.J. McVay says,

"We had our ups and downs. We
haven't played consistent. We'll
play three good games then turn
around and play three bad ones.
If we can get more consistent we
can turn this season around. On
offense we're good, on the mound
we're good but we are not consis-
tent on defense. "

Some of the key players
for the Grizzlies are Brayon Col-
ley, Pensacola, Fla. freshman, Kyle
Kinman, Omaha, Neb. sophomore,
Brennan Murphy, Oklahoma City,
Okla. sophomore, and Michael Pat-
man, Stillwater, Okla. sophomore.
Murphy has a best batting average
of .432, 28 runs, 38 hits and 16 RBI.
Culley leads the team with 40 hits
and he is tied with Murphy for the

most runs with 28. Kinman does
a little bit of everything for the
Grizzlies. He pitches and hits. That
is not very common for a pitcher.
Kinman has 20 runs and 34 hits. He
leads the team with 29 RBI.

Coach McVay says, "Mur-
phy is having a good season. He is
hitting .410 from the plate."
. Starting catcher Seth
Wheeler plays a major part on the
team and Kinman hits .350 from
the plate. He plays in the outfield
and is a starting pitcher.

As of early April the Griz-
zlies have an overall record of
17-16 and they are 9-11 in the
Jayhawk West Conference.

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Chad Hogan

Student Sports Media

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The Lady Grizzlies' Softball team
has had a productive season so
far 30 games into the season
with a very good 24-6 record.
Butler got a great jump on the
season starting off 9-0, beating Northern
Oklahoma-Tonkawa, Hutchinson and Neo-
sho, run ruling Neosho in both games, all in
doubleheaders for the first six wins for the
season. The Lady Grizzlies then traveled to
Texas where they extended their streak but
found their first two losses of the season.

In the two day Temple Tournament
the Lady Grizzlies were the black sheep of
the crowd being the only team that wasn't
from Texas in the tourney. The first day
Butler showed their Kansas dominance,
winning all three of their games versus San
Jacinto South, Ranger College and Galves-
ton. The second day was against much
harder teams in the Howard Hawks, who
are currently 23-14, and Midland College
who was ranked sixth in the nation at the
time. The Lady Grizzlies got a taste of their
first two losses, losing to Howard 11-6,
then Midland 7-1.

"We have gained a lot from our
losses this year," said Head Coach Doug
Chance.

Backing up Coach Chance after his
team's first two losses of the season they
went on a 14 game tear, beating every
team by a very respectable margin. Out
of those 14 games the Grizzlies run ruled
those teams, all in just five innings, in nine
of those contests. The largest margin of
victory was versus the Barton Cougars,
beating them 15-0.

By the start of April the Grizzlies
were very impressive with a 22-2 record
and were recognized as ninth in the nation
but the start of April wasn't too friendly to
the Grizzlies. It started with the two day
Johnson Tournament where the Grizzlies
started well, beating Iowa Central 7-3 but
then losing to Indian Hills, Iowa 3-1 on
the first day and both teams the second
day, Iowa Central 3-2 and then Indian Hills
3-2. After the tournament Butler played a
doubleheader against the Seward Saints,
losing their fourth game in a row, and their
sixth loss of the season, 3-1 but then came

back to end the losing streak, run rul-
ing the Saints in the second game of the
doubleheader 8-0 in five innings.

"Our strong suit is definitely our
pitching. It has been consistent all season
long," says Chance.

Pitcher Courtney Kasson, Law-
rence, Kan. sophomore, stands out a little
more of the three pitchers with an ERA
of 1.940 and 57 strikeouts in 83 innings
pitched.

"I couldn't crown an MVP of the
season because in a way that would be
cheating everyone else since everyone else
has done well," says Chance.

Each lady has done her job all sea-
son and as coach said it's unfair to single
any one player out without mentioning all
the other women on the team.

This team has come very far this
season and looks like the favorite to win
the Region Six this year and maybe even
the National Tournament.

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