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The official student-run newspaper of Sterling College Volume 114 issue 10 Cafeteria concerns lead to student forum Ineffective By NATHAN WEST said. Staff Writer While the main meals can- sprinkler not be kept out long for stu- Throughout the semester, dents that arrive late, direc- students have noticed things tor of Dining Services Sherri system turns in the cafeteria that could use Gayman helps provide other some fixing. One of those is- kinds of meals. campus into sues is the amount of time that “In our contract we are told food is left out for students, to leave the main meals out water park particularly those who arrive from 11-1,” Gayman said. at the very end of lunch. “But from 1-4, we have the By TIM LUISI “It would be nicer if they soup, salad bar, and cooked Assistant Editor had the food out longer past to order grill out.” In increasing numbers 1 p.m., especially for kids in For students that would students and faculty have choir,” freshmen Brittany like more than one serving of found the walk across Westerman said. food, there is a limit as to how campus to be interrupted Another problem accord- many they can receive. by an unexpected enemy: ing to some students is the “We prepare plenty of food the Sterling College sprin- amount of food that is offered based on our budget amount,” kler system. if they want more than one Gayman said. “But we do Due to poor design by serving. have to limit the number of SSI in 2003 the sprinklers “Most of the time there is servings per each student so hit the sidewalks seem- enough food, but whenever that there can be enough for ingly as much as the grass, you want to have seconds, everyone.” making walking from one most of the food has been With the sandwich bar al- side of the campus to the taken up,” freshmen Calvin ready brought back, Gayman other without getting wet Allen said. is more than ready to hear an impressive feat of ath- Students are not short on feedback on other recommen- leticism. recommendations to offer to dations students have con- Some students have the café. cerning the café. found that the sprinkler “It would be nice if they had “The best thing to do is use issue causes more prob- more food choices, particu- the comment cards or e-mail lems than simple incon- larly the sandwich bar when myself at sgayman@sterling. venience. Junior Melzora the students could make the edu or our head chef, Quen- Despite efforts to keep up with the noon rush, students still Towne was attacked by sandwiches themselves,” tin Eason at qeason@sterling. find empty containers and long lines a part of their dining the sprinklers between sophomore Jarrett Stanton edu,” Gayman said. experience. Photo by Alex Lawhon-Bush Cooper and Kelsey, and causalities resulted. “I had dodged one THISWEEK sprinkler that was already on and working, when out Today. of no where, the sprinkler Love Sterling @ 8 p.m. heads pops on,” Towne Surprised by Faith @ 8:30 p.m. said. “It was aimed at the Karaoke Night @ 8:30 p.m. sidewalk and the angle A205 Bible Study @ 10 p.m. was such that it hit me in the face, and it actually Friday. really hurt since they’re Heritage Convocation @ 10 a.m. pressurized. It bruised my Ballet @ 7 p.m. - Upper Wilson eye. But, more costly, the The Quality of Life @ 8 p.m. water also hit the back of my laptop.” Saturday. While the laptop was The Quality of Life @ 8 p.m. not fully destroyed, the wireless adapter was hit, Sunday. resulting in over sixty dol- Chapel @ 8 p.m. - Christian Dashi- lars worth of damage. ell “Life on the Road” The cast of The Quality of Life rehearses a scene during the final week of practice. From left: Fortunately, the Ster- Water Aerobics @ 3 p.m. junior Samantha Davison, junior Kaedra Dixson, senior Marcus Mull and senior Stuart Par- ling College maintenance Foundations for Life @ 4 p.m. man. Photo by Alex Lawhon-Bush department recognizes Love, Sex, Relationships @ 7 p.m. the issue and is working Senior show season begins with Quality of Life to keep the water off the sidewalks. NEWSBITES By TAYLOR LIBBY intellectually,” Ireland said. “I entire play is trying to bring “The plan to fix the side- Karaoke Mocktail Night Editor-in-Chief wanted to do something that in all of the additional pro- walk watering will hope- The campus activities board would have some substance, duction values,” Ireland said. fully begin this winter,” is hosting a karaoke and Tomorrow evening The that would be both nice to “The set, lights, costumes, grounds keeper Michael mocktail night this evening Quality of Life, directed by se- watch as well as make us all a house personnel, techies, etc., Kaffrey said. “The reason in Upper Wilson beginning at nior David Ireland, will pre- little uncomfortable.” all have to be organized and for most of the watering is 8:30. miere in Culbertson audito- The content of the play is not delegated.” because some of the side- There will be an open mic rium at 8 p.m. suitable for young children, Along with all of the pro- walks were not yet on the for all of those wishing to Written by Jane Anderson, but Ireland said that the theme duction details that must be plans during design, and show off their talent, and The Quality of Life follows two of death is countered by some- dealt with, Ireland said the the wrong sprinkler heads mocktails for those who wish couples who are dealing with thing much more powerful. cast’s busy schedules and the have been used and lack to sit back and relax. death in very different ways, “I really hope everyone limited time to rehearse was the ability to adjust.” one’s only daughter was re- picks up on the theme of love also a challenge. Though the problem as Gambino’s Fundraiser cently raped and murdered, as the sustaining force in our “I know that there is a lot been clearly identified, The Cultural Diversity class while the other is dealing with lives, that without it there is no going on campus, but we fixing the sprinklers won’t is raising money for its soup terminal cancer and suicidal Quality of Life,” Ireland said. started with less than a month happen overnight. kitchen project. Show your thoughts. This is Ireland’s first time anyway, so distractions were “The solution to the support by grabbing one of Ireland said he was drawn directing a full length produc- kind of bothersome,” Ireland problem will be to replace the flyers around campus and to this play because of the tion and said he was surprised said. the old sprinkler heads eating at Gambino’s tonight strong reaction he had when by how many different thing After weeks of rehearsal, The with new ones that are where %20 of your purchase he first read it. must come together at once. Quality of Life will hit the stage fully adjustable,” Kaffrey will go to the soup kitchen. “It really impacted me emo- “One of the most challeng- tomorrow night at 8 p.m. said. tionally and challenged me ing things about directing an Additionally, this will become less of an issue as the fall semester draws Blog site launched to reach prospective students to close, as after the first freeze of the year, which By EMILY GRAHAM The intent of nel is for prospective students that are look- should happen very soon, Staff Writer social network- ing to get more of a feel of the SC life, wheth- the sprinklers will be shut ing is to create er they are learning about the College for the off. community, so it should be no surprise that first time or they are seriously considering “Sterling College works Sterling has been taking advantage of this attending, or anywhere in between,” Con- very hard to offer a clean, trend. trucci said. well groomed park-like Recently, a number of blogs have been A group of six Sterling students are using setting for all students,” popping up concerning life at Sterling Col- their skills of expression to tell prospective Kaffrey said. “In the lege. The Tumblr blog site, “We are Sterling” students about the SC community. Contrucci spring we will resume is a marketing concept based on social net- said she thinks that this is a great opportu- watering but on a normal working. Web Marketing Manager Sarah nity to “depict the college life in a new, fresh schedule that I am work- Contrucci said the new blog site was created and honest way.” ing to make hassle free for as another means of reaching prospective Check out the site, at http://wearesterling. students navigating their students, tumblr.com/ and find out if it is representa- way to class.” “The main focus on this networking chan- tive of your time at Sterling. Sterling Stir THE STERLING KANSAS BULLETIN * THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010 * PAGE 7 stir.sterling.edu SPORTS Cross country preps for upcoming KCAC race QUICKSTATS Volleyball 11-19 By JARON HENSLEY 10/23 SC 3, Bethany 2 Staff Writer 10/27 Tabor 3, SC 1 The Sterling College cross 10/29 SC 3, KWU 0 country team will compete 11/01 Bethel 3, SC 1 this Saturday in the KCAC conference meet at Bill Burke Men’s Soccer 3-13-2 Park in Salina. 10/27 St. Mary 2, SC 1 Coach Jack Dillard said this 10/30 SC 3, Bethel 1 meet carried a lot of impor- tance Women’s Soccer 10-7-1 “This is the biggest meet of 10/27 SC 4, St. Mary 1 the year, this is what we train 10/30 SC 4, Bethel 3 for all year and this is what counts,” Dillard said. This week in practice the THISWEEK team concentrated on basic Today. principles and prepared to do Men’s BB @ MidAmerica Chris- its best this weekend. tian University “We’re going to compete the best we can and beat who Friday. we can and should beat and Women’s soccer vs. McPherson shock one or two who aren’t The men’s cross country team runs sprints on the track during an afternoon practice as part @ 4 p.m. (KCAC tournament) looking for us,” Dillard said. of its training for the KCAC meet this Saturday. Photo by Jon VanVeldhuizen “We have been training on Saturday. focusing on being the aggres- es at conference. the conference race, Dillard KCAC,” Dillard said, “as well FB @ sor and competing like we “We’re going to do really said he wants all of his run- as have everyone set personal Women’s BB @ can and should to finish as well because it’s conference,” ners to shave seconds off his records and move a few more Men’s BB @ Langston University high as possible.” Dautel said. “Everybody or her time and run the best names up our school record Senior Whitney Dautel said should have their best time at race possible. board.” Monday. she had a very good feeling this race.” “I hope we can have mul- Women’s BB vs. Doane @ 7 p.m. about the team and its chanc- More than just placing at tiple runners finish All-

Volleyball conference tournament begins Saturday Women’s soccer picks up two late By TYLER HENOCH Staff Writer season wins again Bethel, St. Mary’s

The Warrior Volley- By CHRIS HALCROMB once again on Saturday. ball team travelled to Staff Writer “We can be very dangerous Saline to hit conference offensively when we pressure foe Kansas Wesleyan The Sterling College wom- teams defensively,” Coach last Friday. en’s soccer team regular sea- Justin Morris said. In only three games son ended very much like the Last Wednesday the Ster- the Warriors left the beginning of the season: on ling College women’s soccer court with a victory un- a high note as the Warriors team played the University traveled to North Newton to der their belts. of St. Mary in Leavenworth, take on this Kansas. The win against KWU past Saturday. Sterling won by a comfort- brought the team’s to Sterling College was in- able margin against the Spires 11 and 19 on the year volved in an offensive shoot of St. Mary, beating them 4-1. and 7 and 10 in confer- out against Bethel on Satur- Sterling was led by senior for- ence play. day, beating the Threshers ward Yesenia Garcia who led Though the team has 4-3. the team with two goals. a losing record, Hard- The team was lead by top Support was added by ing said he saw a lot of conference scorer, senior for- Yates and sophomore de- growth from the team. ward Kylie Yates, who scored fender Ashley Redinger who “The team has grown in both halves, getting one to both added one a piece. Sophomore setter Adriana Gonzales races to keep the ball of the go in in the 8th minute as well and improved a tre- Sterling started off a little floor during the match against Tabor on October 27. The Warriors as in the 78th. slow, but picked it up in the mendous amount from fell 3-1 to the Bluejays. Photo by Jon VanVeldhuizen Also getting in on the ac- second half Morris said. the beginning of the tion were junior mid fielders “The first half wasn’t any- season,” Head Coach willingness of the players to stay matches to 4 and 5 sets.” Karina Noah and Anely La- thing to brag about, but like John Harding said. “I focused through anything. Although the young team has guna, both of whom scored. many games before we came am very excited by the “In almost every match we have come a long way from where it This win insured that the out and played a better sec- improvement we have played this year we have contin- was at the beginning of the year, Warriors would have home ond half.” made as individuals ued to compete no matter what the Warriors still have much to field in the conference play- The Warriors look to con- and as a team.” the score might be,” Harding prove. offs this post season. tinue their success tomorrow Harding said one said, “and it has helped us turn The Warriors are currently The team has performed against McPherson College of the team’s greatest around after losing a set where ranked 6th in the KCAC stand- very well throughout the in their first playoff game year and was able to do so strengths is its com- we may not have played our best ings and will begin the confer- this year. petitiveness and the to win the next set and push many ence tournament on Saturday. Sterling Stir Men’s soccer Established in 1889 closes season Editor-in-Chief...... Taylor Libby with Bethel win Assistant Editor...... Tim Luisi By TYLER HENOCH Cartoonist...... Joseph Dardzinski Staff Writer Staff Writers...... Chris Halcromb The last soccer game for the Karina Noah men’s soccer team was held Emily Graham on Saturday, October 30 and the Warriors went out with a Tyler Henoch 3-1 victory over Bethel . Nathan West Following another victory Jaron Hensley by the women’s soccer team, the men’s team brought out Layout...... Melissa Kerr as much power and finesse Photographers...... Jon Van Veldhuizen as they had left after a full Karina Noah season. Each member of the team Alex Lawhon-Bush knew this would be the last Faculty Advisor...... Felicia Squires game of the season and each senior his last game at Ster- Members of the men’s JV team warm up on the sidelines Photo by Karina Noah Contact us: ling College. during a game earlier this season. 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Letters are subject to editing from their last game, assistant coaches Aar- victory. for style and spelling and will be printed at the editors’ discretion. Letters should on Lawless and Nick Martinez had to step “We came out ready to play as a team, and not be longer than 350 words. Letters must be received by 3 p.m. the Tuesday forward. we accomplished. It was the best game of before the print date (Thursday). Opinions presented on the Opinion page do The Warriors put their spin on the game the season” senior Dario Villatoro said. No not necessarily represent the views of Sterling College. and with a different line up in the 2nd half, doubt that it was the best way to end the Address letters to The Stir, SC Box 8, 125 W. Cooper, Sterling, KS 67579. E- mail submissions are accepted and must be sent to [email protected]. Bryan Aguado assisted Michael Baxter, 2010 soccer season.”