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Rust Engineers League features excitement for students at HutchCC By Mason Poepperling Staff Writer
Sometimes it may seem like there are a lot of extra curricular activities to do here on the Hutchinson Community College campus. What about something for all those budding engineers out there?Look no further than the Engineers League, a club dedicated to providing applications for engineering students to use with their gained knowledge in the field. Of course, the Engineers League shouldn’t be confused with a full-on engineering class. The club is more for engineering students looking to apply the knowledge they acquire in the classroom to projects that don’t fit within the timeframe of a regular engineering class. “The Engineers League is for anyone interested in applying technology to design systems or to solve problems,” said Brian Bird, a HutchCC physical science professor who is also a Engineers League faculty sponsor. This generally would appeal to students pursuing an engineering degree, but may also appeal to other students who have an interest in such things as robotics. I think the main benefits of the engineers league is to gain experi-
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ence in solving engineering problems, learn to collaborate with their cohorts, and to develop connections with other engineering students and faculty which may help as they move to the four-year university.” Over the course of a semester, members of the Engineering League decide on one major project before splitting into groups, who then work together on said project. When the semester is over, the groups get to prove their work in one final challenge. “The goal is that, by the end of the semester, each group will design something for the challenge and we will put them to the test at the final meeting,” said Aaron Geissinger, vice president and co-founder of the HutchCC Engineers League.” “All other meetings are for groups to come together as a whole and give a progress check to the rest of the club. That also ensures that if a group is struggling we can offer them help or resources.” “Basically, the whole point of the Engineers League is to be able to do fun projects and not have to worry about the stress of grades,” said Sabrina Nicacio Gomes, sophomore and co-founder. The Engineers League is a potential entryway for students who are looking to take their engineering knowledge from the classroom into something entertaining and practical. Anyone who is interested in joining the Engineers League can contact Bird at birdb@hutchcc.edu.
Photo by Shelby Sprier/Collegian Hutchinson Community College student and Engineers League member Kaity Livas is seen tinkering with her robot.
Photo by Shelby Sprier/Collegian One of the final products from the Engineers League shows from above.
#Evansstrong: an update By Brooke Greene Editor in Chief
Evans shake. Today, an update is offered on the recovery of Clayton Evans and A local Hutchinson family family. touched the city’s hearts last year. “My recovery is going as There were fundraisers and drives planned,” said Clayton Evans, a all over town, in hopes to help them HutchCC alumnus and current get back to a sense of normal. Many Hutchinson High teacher and softpeople participated, whether they ball coach. “Everything I learned at were high school students in support Craig Hospital in Colorado, I am of their coach and teacher, or Bogey’s employees pushing the Mrs. See Evans, Page 3
Upcoming events Jan. 28 — Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Parker Student Union Feb. 2 — Transfer Fair from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Parker Student Union Feb. 8 — Dillon Lecture Series at 10:30 a.m. at the Sports Arena Feb. 9 — Basketball at Dodge City from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Courtesy Photo Melissa (top), Clayton (middle left), Max (bottom left), and Isabella Evans (bottom right) posing for their Christmas photo.
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College Student Weather Report Friday High: 48; Low 23 The groundhog would go back into its burrow. Saturday High: 60; Low 23 Heating up in late January. Sunday High: 56; Low 27 Brisk on AFC/NFC championship game Sunday. Weather source: accuweather.com
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Tremors: A monster in media returns Right now, the world is seemingly coming to an end. There’s a global pandemic, our nation is divided, some of our closest allies are losing their minds, climate change and all that is slowly consuming the earth, Russia is about to invade Ukraine, but how did it all end up like this? Some band kids would tell you it all started with the death of some gorilla in a zoo, but as Captain Gordon from “Godzilla Final Wars” once said, “No, you’re wrong.” Because the world actually started falling apart when “Tremors The Series” was canceled after only 13 episodes. Now, you’re probably thinking one of two things right now. Either, “What the heck is a Tremors?” or “There’s a Tremors TV show?!” Allow me to explain. “Tremors” is a series of movies about people blowing up giant monster worms. The first one is an all around fantastic film, and it stars Kevin Bacon. The sequel “Tremors 2: Aftershock” is a great follow up, and is where the character of Burt Gummer really starts to take shape. In the original film he was a side character, a doomsday prepper, meant to show even the most prepared aren’t prepared. By the third film, “Tremors 3: Aftershock” he becomes the main character of the franchise. It’s right here that “Tremors The Series” takes place, just after the third film. The plot follows the residents of Perfection Valley as they have to live with El Blanco, an albino Graboid (worm
monster) who is sterile, to blow up the main one.” and can’t produce these Well, for the first four heat seeking monsters episodes, it’s what you’d called Shriekers, so they expect, and they even run keep him alive as he’s an through the creatures’ difendangered species, which ferent forms through these keeps the valley from getfirst few episodes, but ting turned into a resort. by episode five, “Project That’s the basic gist of it. 4-12” everything changes. People trying to live with This is when Cletus enters a giant man-eating worm. the show. He’s basically Most of the characters from this crazy guy living out the third film carry over to in the desert who used to the show, Burt of course, Connor Keating work at a secret governNancy, her daughter Mindy, ment lab in the valley and Jodi, and Melvin, however worked with a substance only Burt and Melvin are played by the called Mix Master, which can basically same actors. create crazy hybrids and mutations. The other half of the cast is new. TyThis new plot element with the secret ler is the show’s sidekick-type characlab and mix master then allows for ter who’s taking over the Graboid tour, the show to have the characters face Rosalita is there to take over Miguel’s more than just the same old worms, ranch after he died in the last film, and keeps the show feeling fresh and and Twitchell played by the legendary interesting. Dean Norris is a government agent who However, it must be noted that this watches over El Blanco. subplot never takes over the show, and There’s also lots of side characters, there are still plenty of fun Graboid most notably Christopher Lloyd as Cle- focused episodes in there as well, my tus, but I’ll get to him in a second. favorite being “A Little Paranoia Among Overall, they’re all great, and the new Friends” where Burt and Tyler are sent to actors do a great job. Heck, I’d even a town suffering from Graboid problems, say I prefer this Jodi over the one from but the locals are convinced it’s the work “Tremors 3”. Of the main cast, I’d say of aliens, and proceed to call Burt a govRosalita is the weakest, but it sounds ernment agent, even though he’s typically like she would have gotten better had the one who despises the government. the series continued. If any of you are cool enough to Now, you’re probably wondering, check this show out, know that the “how the heck do you keep blowing episodes were originally aired on SyFy up interesting monsters, even after 13 channel out of order, but were put episodes, and they aren’t even allowed back in order on DVD, so episode five
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starts off with a character who doesn’t become relevant till closer towards the end, and everything afterwards is meant to be a flashback, but the flashback is in the correct order, if that makes any sense. Also, Burt is absent for the last few episodes, due to the fact he was shooting “Tremors 4”, which I’d say is a worthy sacrifice. “Tremors The Series” is actually a really good show. It has a fun cast of characters, most of the episodes are fun and interesting, and it never really grows stale and the fact I wish there were more is probably a pretty good sign. That’s why I give it eight blown up Shriekers out of 10. Connor Keating is a Halstead freshman in General Studies
Heaven from hell in 13 seconds
This time of the year is always crazy, and 2022 has been no different in that regard. I’m talking about the NFL Playoffs and how we went from first-round blowouts to second-round field goal walkoffs, oh, and 13-second drives to tie up a game and send it to overtime. There is so much to unpack that came from this weekend of playoffs games, but let’s start with the Cincinnati Bengals. They went to Tennessee, walked
in and beat the No. 1 seed 19-16 to see their first AFC Championship Game since 1989. In the words of every Bengals fan in the world right now, “That’s why you draft a kicker.” The Los Angeles Rams might have sent Tom Brady into retirement, but that’s a big maybe, as we have all said that at least once over the last five years, as the Rams leapt to a big lead and then held off the Buccaneers in a 30-27 win.
In the quarterbacks other NFC Josh Allen game, the and Patrick San FranMahomes, cisco 49ers the Kansas went into City Chiefs Green Bay took it on a snowy, home over cold afterthe Buffalo noon and Bills with a won on a touchdown game-ending pass from field goal, Mahomes to likely ending Travis Kelce Ben Short Aaron Rodon the first gers’s tenure in Green drive of overtime. Bay. But that doesn’t tell the And finally, in the back full story at all. Allen and and forth battle between Mahomes were exchangthe two-star young ing blows all game with
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no help from either defense. And Allen stormed down the field twice late in the fourth quarter, scored and put his team up by three points with 13 seconds left. Yep, I said 13 seconds. Mahomes, in typical GOAT fashion, went down to field goal range, left four seconds on the clock, and let kicker Harrison Butker send the game to overtime. The Chiefs went out, won the coin toss before overtime, and the rest is history.
Patrick Mahomes gave Kelce his first touchdown of the day on an 8-yard pass and walked it off in front of the home crowd at Arrowhead Stadium. This might’ve been the craziest round of NFL playoff games I’ve ever watched as a fan, and usually I would end with some picks for the next round but I can’t. I honestly don’t know who is gonna win from this point on. Ben Short is an Abilene freshman studying journalism
The bumbling battlers better backing off Brittany Matthews
Last weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs pulled off one of the greatest wins I think I have ever seen. With just 13 seconds to spare, Magic Mahomes was able to help tie the game, taking the Chiefs into overtime of their AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. The team made quick work of scoring in overtime, on a Travis Kelce touchdown catch, and took home the dub. Chiefs fans instantly abrupted into celebration, including Brittany
Matthews, whose fiance is that famous Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. Videos of her celebrating were quick to find their way onto timelines everywhere. She’s seen leaning out of the suite, spraying a bottle of champagne over the crowd. The keyboard warriors were quick to jump onto this one. “I would be so mad if someone sprayed champagne all over me. Think next time!” “I’m sure fans down there really appreciated being drenched in cham-
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pagne. Wtf is wrong with you??” One commenter even went as far to say “Patty needs to get himself a new family, what a b****!” Shocker that we not only get butthurt for the team pulling off an incredible win, but also attack a player’s fiance for celebrating said win. Grow up people. Do I recommend spraying bubbly all over a crowd of people? Not really. But am I going to tear her down for getting excited for her future hubby’s success? Defi-
nitely not. Girl, I was excited too! If I was in your shoes I probably would have done the same thing, honestly. He’s a lucky guy to have a lady by his side that is so supportive of him and his team. Mahomes and Matthews have been together since high school, and both have firmly planted roots in Kansas City. She even is an owner for a pro women’s soccer team in Kansas City. I mean come on y’all, there are far more important things to be
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pissed about than this. If we’re being honest, 98% of those comments were probably from people who weren’t even at the game, so why are you getting so heated? It’s pathetic really. Weren’t you ever taught the golden rule? Treat others how you want to be treated. It’s a basic concept really, but I get it if it’s too difficult for you to understand. Or maybe you’ve heard this one: if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say it at all. Let me simplify it for
you. Grow up or shut up. Laci Sutton is a Nickerson senior studying nursing. She is the Collegian Opinion Page Editor
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able to use back home as I try to get back to my normal routines in Hutchinson. I was able to do some more physicwal therapy when I got back home to help keep my recovery going as hoped.” Evans sustained serious back injuries in a golfcart accident last summer. He is paralyzed from the waist down. To the best of his abilities, Evans’ career has gone back to the way it was. His colleagues are helpful and his students are accommodating. “Now that my truck is modified, I can drive myself to work and take my kids to school,” Evans said. “The guys who run the shop classes at the high school allow me to park inside during the winter because it takes me a good five to six minutes to get in and out. My students are wonderful, and have taken on some things to make my life easier even though I never asked for it. My neighbor teacher has helped me so much and taken a lot to make my life easier. She is amazing. Shout out to Mrs. Lusk. My high school has gone above and beyond to make sure my work life is going smoothly.” His high school coaching will resume in late February, with the first practice session, and he just started doing some preseason work with his softball team. He is also coaching his daughter’s basketball team, as he has for his son in previous years. “Feb. 28 is the first day of softball practice, and I can’t wait,” Evans said. “I’m nervous, but I know my coaching staff and players will help in any and every way possible. My (athletic director, Kevin Armstrong) has made sure I have everything I need to be successful. I’ve met with my assistant coaches a couple times to talk about the upcoming season and we tried to talk through some scenarios and what all our roles will be. My assistants have been incredible and are so supportive.” From another perspective, his wife, Melissa Evans, has spoken on behalf of the family with an update about their new home. It was announced last year that the family would be purchasing a specially-made home built by students in the
building trades program at Hutch High. With a modified floor plan suited to Clayton’s disability, the home is expected to make life much easier. “The home is going well,” Melissa said. “Aaron Rayl is the instructor in charge of the program and he’s done such a great job communicating with us and keeping us up-to-date. It’s funny because early on, when Clayton was still in Colorado, I couldn’t bring myself to care about anything other than making sure it was wheelchair accessible. All the small decisions seemed so trivial and unimportant while we were focusing on Clayton’s rehab. Now that he is home and we are getting back to our new normal, we’ve started to have fun picking out different things for our home. The Cabinet Store, A&A Appliances and Western Supply Co. have been so great to work with. At this point, they are thinking it’ll be finished sometime in June.” The home is definitely something to look forward to and is such an exciting new chapter in the Evans’ family journey. It wasn’t too long ago that bringing Clayton home to Hutch from Colorado was a worrisome concept. With plenty of new things to adapt to and a complete lifestyle change to consider, the family has done incredibly well in making their father and husband feel at home. “Clayton caught a stomach bug about a week after coming home and that was tough,” Melissa said. “We were used to being at Craig where nurses were a button-press away, and a week into this newness, before we’d even really found our footing, we were dealing with something we’d never dealt with and it was hard. And scary. And overwhelming. And made us question if we brought him home too soon, what we did wrong, and if this is what life was going to be like. Fortunately, Dr. Scott Pauly at the Hutchinson Clinic has been so wonderful.” Along with the help of locally-owned The Medicine Shoppe, they were able to adjust in a timely manner to Clayton’s needs. Their two kids, Max and Isabella, have been remarkably positive throughout the journey. At such a young age, they have managed to gain a sense of maturity that a lot of kids don’t have to. From going back and forth to
Campus Colorado to visit their dad in rehab, readjusting their own idea of normality, and even furthermore, aspiring to be just like their dad, these kids have handled the situation well. “As a mother, I’ve never been prouder of my kids,” Melissa said. “I didn’t realize it at the time but Clayton kept track of the days he was gone and how many of those he actually got to see the kids. I think it was something along the lines of seven out of 100 days. I anticipated a lot of questions and frustrations from them. Instead, they have stepped up in more ways than I could have ever imagined. Max misses no opportunities to force his dad to play ball with him still, and Isabella is constantly watching to see how she can help him. Max asked for his own wheelchair for Christmas, and I thought a Spider-Man bike would suffice. However, he’s still asking for one so we have a pediatric wheelchair ordered for his birthday in March. And even though it feels a little ridiculous to buy a wheelchair for an able-bodied kiddo, I think that that has to make Clayton feel good that Max still wants to be just like his daddy, and what a testament that our kids don’t need us to be perfect. They just need us to be present. Clayton has always been such an involved, loving father and that hasn’t changed.” After losing a lot of family time together with Clayton having spent so much time in Colorado, the family took their time getting back into a routine when they were reunited at home. This put a setback in family fun time, but having Clayton home was a precious feeling. Christmas break offered a great opportunity for some free time. “We lost a lot of time together as a family so just getting back into our routine of going to Hutch High games and waking up early for our own kiddos’ games on Saturday mornings, that’s all we wanted to get back to and it feels so good to be here. We have great friends who hosted a friends’ dinner when we first got back and we went out with family and friends over break. It honestly felt so good to do things we did before Clayton’s accident and to
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see it was possible,” Melissa said. “We also took Isabella to a Van Gogh exhibit over Christmas break, and Clayton and I talked about how nice it was to see we can still do those things. It’s so funny, because we agree to do these things and it never fails that after we get home, we both vocalize being so nervous about running into problems we didn’t anticipate. Overnight stays require a lot of planning and packing so we’re holding off on those for a while. But softball
season is gearing up, so we’ll be back to spending our evenings at Fun Valley, cheering on the Salthawks in no time.” The Evans’ family is built on a sturdy foundation of trust and love. Such a tragedy would have severely impacted any family, but it takes one to come out of such a tragedy even stronger. There will always be challenges in their way, and while few of us can genuinely understand what it is like to be where they have been, it is important that we as a community continue to encourage this
strong family while Clayton continues to recover. “The progress I would say I have made is simply becoming stronger little by little,” Clayton said. “There is a lot of technique that is important for my recovery, but having my strength back has helped and made tasks easier. I’ve heard it can take up to 18 months until my body has healed as much as it can. I’ll never give up on the idea of walking again, but I also know I can live a long and wonderful life like I am now if I don’t walk again.”
Cousteau comes to Hutch for first DLS of 2022 By Brendan Ulmer Staff Writer
Courtesy Photo Céline Cousteau sits on a stage with a microphone with shiny things in the background and some bottles of stuff in the foreground.
Céline Cousteau will be visiting Hutchinson for the Dillon Lecture Series on Feb. 8. She is a world-renowned documentarian and environmental advocate who has been working in the field for pretty much her whole life. Cousteau, born in Los Angeles to French parents, is the granddaughter of renowned oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau, and her family has been involved in nature advocacy ever since. Cousteau spent much of her childhood upon her grandfather’s famed ship, “Calypso”,
most famously joining her family on an expedition to the Amazons in South America when she was just 9-years old. She returned to the Brazilian Amazon in 2011 to document the tribes she was already familiar with and capture the struggles they are having in a world that continuously treats the environment without care. She has had the honor of being a guest of the United Nations many times, and now she’s coming to Hutchinson. She will be speaking at the Sports Arena at 10:30 a.m. and admission is free for HutchCC students with a proper student identification.
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Blue Dragons fast-paced style of play makes it hard to keep up By Cole Deutschendorf Co-Sports Editor
Usain Bolt. McDonald’s. The Hutchinson Community College men’s basketball team. What do those three things have in common? They make their living based on how fast they are. If you’re in Kansas, and you’re looking for the fastest basketball team around, you don’t have to look far. The Blue Dragons men’s team, who were at 17-3 heading to Wednesday’s Jayhawk Conference game against Barton, play at an extremely high pace. They run a full-court trapping defense and live beyond the 3-point line when they have the ball. This makes watching their games entertaining from a spectator’s point of view, but there are some people who struggle to keep up. Three of those people who can fall behind are involved with the team directly, being radio commentators Glen Grunwald and Dan Naccarato, and team statistician and Director of Sports Information, Steve Carpenter. At one point against Garden City, the Blue Dragons went on a 12-2 run in around one minute of game time. “The stats were coming in so fast,” Carpenter said. “You were hardly getting the assist
for one basket down before a turnover had already occurred.” The action can come fast and furious for first-year Blue Dragon coach Tommy DeSalme’s team, with the Blue Dragons thriving after gaining momentum to their side. Several times over the course of the season, they have come back from down a large amount of points because of their style of play. Eight times, the Blue Dragons have scored in triple digits. “They were playing Clarendon, Texas, and were down 20 points with seven minutes to go,” Grunwald said. “And in a minute and 34 seconds, they went on a 19-4 run and ended up winning the ball game. That’s just an example of how explosive they are.” As a radio color commentator, Naccarato can struggle at times to find time to give his explanations for what is happening on the court. “I wait for dead ball situations and inject brief comments, usually less than three seconds in length,” he said. With so little time to analyze, Nacarrato has to be aware of what is happening during the game at all times. One positive from how the team plays is their ability to climb themselves out of holes back into games. “That’s what this
Photo by Shelby Spreier/Collegian Hutchinson Community College freshman Jayden Garrison drives to the basket against Cloud County Community College.
team can do. You really never count them out,” Grunwald said. Carpenter, who has been keeping stats for more than 30 years, said he has only seen one team faster than the Blue Dragons, and that was DeSalme’s Cowley team from last year, which reached the NJCAA national championship game and lost to Coffeyville. As experienced as Carpenter is with recording stats, there is one area in which he struggles with the
Roundup: Women’s hoops take to road in rout of Pratt By Aubreigh Heck Co-Sports Editor
Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team defeated the Pratt Beavers 83-56 on Saturday in Pratt, with sophomore Kalyn Ervin reaching a new career high in points. The Blue Dragons improved to a 17-4 record, and 11-4 in the KJCCC. HutchCC has won 15 straight against Pratt, and will not play them again this regular season. Ervin rang in 27 points, making 10 of 13 shots, and sophomore Mele Kailahi gathered her sixth double-double of the season. The Blue Dragons will visit Cowley College on Jan. 29, looking to add another win to their record. Women’s track and field - Sophomore Louise Cocking broke a school record on Saturday in the Blue Dragons indoor track season opener, qualifying for the 3,000 meters event in the NJCAA Indoor Championships in March. She ran a time of 10 minutes, 36.98 seconds, placing fourth in the event. Her time is the second-fastest in Blue Dragon history. Sophomore Kiana Brown also qualified for the NJCAA Indoor Championships, clearing 10 feet, 4 inches in the pole vault. She set a personal record, and finished in ninth place. The Blue Dragons team will compete again Sunday at the KJCCC Invitational in Pittsburg. Men’s track and field - Sophomore Clyedterrious Thompson qualified for the nationals after winning the 60 meters on Saturday with a time of 6.48 seconds. Thompson also finished seventh in the 200 meters at 22.17, and finished eighth in the long jump at 21-2.75. The Blue Dragons finished the event
at Washburn University with three nationals qualifications. Softball - Blue Dragon softball returns at 1 p.m. Saturday against Ottawa University’s junior varsity at Fun Valley Sports Complex. In a preseason poll, the Blue Dragons were picked to finish third in the KJCCC by fellow coaches in the conference. HutchCC fell behind Butler at No. 1, and Barton at No. 2. Both teams beat the Blue Dragons to end their season in 2021 in the loser’s bracket final at the Region 6 Tournament. Seven players return to play for the Blue Dragons again, along with head coach Jaime Rose. Three of the seven, Madison Grimes, Natalie Bevan and Haley Miller, make up the Blue Dragon’s top hitters in the previous season.
Photo/HutchCC Sports Information Sophomore Louise Cocking runs in the 3,000 meters at the All-Kansas Invitational hosted by Washburn University.
men’s team. “The biggest thing you’ve got to challenge yourself to do, is just not start watching, because it’s so easy to get caught up in the game,” Carpenter said. “Some people see the fast paced action and think they’re flying around with their hair on fire, but there is a method to the madness.” More than anything else, Grunwald said he simply loves the chance to commentate the games. “In one word, it’s just a heck of a lot of
fun to call the games,” he said with a smile.
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(Jan. 16-22) Louise Cocking, Track and field The week: Cocking set a school record at the All-Kansas Invitational on Saturday at Washburn University in Topeka. Smith Cocking qualified for the national meet by finishing fourth in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10 minutes, 36.98 seconds. Cocking’s school record came in the mile rn, finishing fourth in a time of 5:21.77. The season: Cocking is a sophomore from Derbyshire, England and one of the best runners in school history.