Featured #1
Students enjoy Spring Fling Barbecue
Fragrant smoke drifted across the True Blue Plaza, just north of Gowan’s Stadium, on April 22 as Hutchinson Community College students enjoyed the Spring Fling Barbecue. Large crowds of students attended the event. [Read more...] Read More →
Featured #2
Award-winning journalist Jacki Lyden visits Hutch
By JoAnna Miller Jacki Lyden, author and host on National Public Radio, spoke at Hutchinson’s Town Club on April 14 in conjunction with the “Food For Thought” series arranged by Prairie View Community Mental Health Services and co-sponsored by Radio Kansas. Lyden, an award-winning... [Read more...]
Featured #3
Cultural Appreciation Day held at HCC
By Kat Saunders The second annual Cultural Appreciation Day filled Parker Student Union on April 15 with the tastes, smells and sounds of cultures from around the world. The colorful event was created through collaboration of personnel from the HCC nursing program, social science... [Read more...]
Featured #4
Cybill Shepherd, Robin Tunney to star in free movie ‘Open Window’ at Shears Tech Center
By Vinny Tranello The movie “Open Window,” starring Cybill Shepherd, Robin Tunney and Joel Edgerton, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Justice Theater in Shears Technology Center. The R-rated film was directed by Mia Goldman and is about the sexual assault... [Read more...]
Featured #5
Osterhout splits time between school, family, private paractice and seeking higher degrees
By Ashley Bailey Being a mother of seven, family counselor and an instructor seems like a lot on one person’s shoulders in a 24-hour day, but for one Hutchinson Community College staff member, this marathon is what she enjoys. Dr. Sue Ann Osterhout, a counselor for Student... [Read more...]
Featured #6
Stutzman’s owner plants business ideas in forum
By Steven Hagley Two weeks ago on HCC campus, local owner of Stutzmans Greenhouse and Garden center, Ben Miller, came in and spoke to business majors at the Entrepreneurs Forum that was hosted March 26. Miller spoke to over 100 students and community citizens and answered more... [Read more...]
News
Students enjoy Spring Fling Barbecue
Fragrant smoke drifted across the True Blue Plaza, just north of Gowan’s Stadium, on April 22 as Hutchinson Community College students enjoyed the Spring Fling Barbecue.
Large crowds of students attended the event. [Read more...]
Ice Cream Sundaes
Take several large canisters of ice cream, along with about 10 kinds of toppings, add a student union full of students and you have the makings for the April 24 “Strawberry Fields Forever Ice Cream Sundae” event in Parker Student Union. [Read more...]
Award-winning journalist Jacki Lyden visits Hutch
By JoAnna Miller
Jacki Lyden, author and host on National Public Radio, spoke at Hutchinson’s Town Club on April 14 in conjunction with the “Food For Thought” series arranged by Prairie View Community Mental Health Services and co-sponsored by Radio Kansas.
Lyden, an award-winning radio host and foreign correspondent for NPR, spoke primarily about her experiences with her mother, Dolores, who suffered her first “nervous breakdown” in 1966.
Shortly after returning home from the mental health facility, her mother’s reality once again faded and she proclaimed herself to be the “Queen of Sheba,” as such she bequeathed continents to her daughters, Mesopotamia going to Lyden.
In her book, “Daughter of the Queen of Sheba,” Lyden wrote, “You could say that my life as her daughter, the life of my imagination, began with my mother’s visions…Many years later, as an adult, I longed to be sent to find things out in places of great secrets, loving most the places that were the farthest and strangest and hard.” [Read more...]
Cultural Appreciation Day held at HCC
By Kat Saunders
The second annual Cultural Appreciation Day filled Parker Student Union on April 15 with the tastes, smells and sounds of cultures from around the world.
The colorful event was created through collaboration of personnel from the HCC nursing program, social science department, student support services, guidance and counseling, student government and the Black Leadership League.
“The purpose is to create awareness and good will between cultures,” D. J. Chastain, academic advisor, said. The LPN and RN programs participate in this event.
“One of the things you need to be a good nurse is to understand people through their culture and faith,” Gaye Stach, RN program faculty member, said.
Along with food and music, information about each culture was added to the 21 booths. The Amish booth served plates of frosted, bite-sized pieces of cinnamon rolls, courtesy of Carriage Crossing Restaurant, Yoder. The cinnamon rolls are a traditional food in the Amish culture. [Read more...]
Cybill Shepherd, Robin Tunney to star in free movie ‘Open Window’ at Shears Tech Center
By Vinny Tranello
The movie “Open Window,” starring Cybill Shepherd, Robin Tunney and Joel Edgerton, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Justice Theater in Shears Technology Center.
The R-rated film was directed by Mia Goldman and is about the sexual assault and rape of a woman named Izzy. It is a full, feature length film and focuses on the woman’s thoughts as someone who was stalked, raped, and now lives with the aftermath of that experience.
Tunney plays Izzy, the main character and victim, while Edgerton plays Peter, the fiance.
Izzy and Peter are happy together. Everything appears to be moving in the right direction when he proposes to her; Izzy is expanding her portfolio while working as a photographer’s assistant and Peter is up for tenure.
But when an unknown assailant creeps through Izzy’s open window and rapes her, nothing is quite ever the same again. Tragic events have ripple effects in terms affecting more lives than they directly touch. [Read more...]
Osterhout splits time between school, family, private paractice and seeking higher degrees
By Ashley Bailey
Being a mother of seven, family counselor and an instructor seems like a lot on one person’s shoulders in a 24-hour day, but for one Hutchinson Community College staff member, this marathon is what she enjoys.
Dr. Sue Ann Osterhout, a counselor for Student Support Services and an instructor, grew up in Wichita and attended East High.
After high school, she went on to attend Wichita State University as a business major. She then moved to various different places including New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Minn., and eventually Hutchinson.
During that time she had seven children that have 19 years separating the oldest and the youngest.
“I always wanted to finish my degree, so when my kids marched off to college, I decided to take a couple of classes in psychology,” she said. “I started out as a business major because that’s what my parents would pay for.” [Read more...]
Stutzman’s owner plants business ideas in forum
By Steven Hagley
Two weeks ago on HCC campus, local owner of Stutzmans Greenhouse and Garden center, Ben Miller, came in and spoke to business majors at the Entrepreneurs Forum that was hosted March 26.
Miller spoke to over 100 students and community citizens and answered more than 30 questions asked by potential business majors.
Most dealing with business experiences, business life, business relationships, good business character traits, and gave advice to students about becoming entrepreneurs. [Read more...]
Posthumous degrees offered to families of deceased
By Lakyn Higley
During each graduation ceremony at Hutchinson Community College, it is traditional to give out posthumous degrees.
This degree is granted to a student after his or her untimely death. It is the college’s way of paying respect to students who have died and were not able to complete their education at HCC.
The college awards the degree at the time the student would have been expected to graduate.
Right now the HCC records office is trying to get the word out that they are preparing the posthumous degrees that are to be given out this year. [Read more...]
Kansas colleges participate in welding contest
By Vinny Tranello
HCC hosted a TIG competition for post-secondary students on Wednesday, April 8.
According to Cindy Roberts, a secretary in the Ade-Wifco building, “Over 40 students from throughout Kansas and Nebraska tested their skills in TIG Welding, both in the booth and through written testing.”
The winners of the competition were Brody Miller, HCC, in second place was Martin Meiseinheimer, North Central Kansas Technical College, and John Massey, HCC, placed third.
The event lasted four hours. David Fitzgerald, welding technology coordinator, said, “It ran very smoothly thanks to Tim Evans and Jackie Long.”
“The industry reps are a big part of recruiting new people,” Fitzgerald said. [Read more...]
HCC students win awards at broadcast competition
By Marah Corwin
The Broadcast and Media Technology Program at HCC has earned more recognition at state competition.
They entered into the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Contest, which is a yearly event that colleges from around Kansas enter. Out of 13 entries, the HCC team took home three awards.
The first winner was Daren Dunn, Plevna, who received a 1st place award for best Sportscast, which beat out KU at second place and K-State, who was given an honorable mention. [Read more...]
New parking lot to make 18 more spaces
By Ashley Bailey
Parking at Hutchinson Community College can sometimes be a hassle, but a recent board decision granted permission for the start of a new parking lot.
The new addition will be connected to the north side of the 12th street parking lot along Plum Street. It will have one opening that stems from the 12th street lot. 
Demolition of the buildings that are currently on the property are said to begin sometime within the next seven to ten days. [Read more...]
Features
While forensics finishes big, it’s losing head coach
By Samantha Ridder
(Courtesy Photo) During the forensic tournment in Portland, Ore., the team had a team dinner to celebrate the year. Back Row: Andy Kemp, Travis Roberts, Ryan McFarland, Daniel Carroll, Samantha Ridder. Front Row: Kenton Strait, Aia Tulepbergenova, Ulysses Tabudlong, Lacy Knepp, and Kendall Strait.
The forensic season has ended with the last two national tournaments, which were both marked successful.
“The year was fantastic,” said Kenton Strait, vice president of the team, Wichita. “I believe our success was mostly because we are a family and we work together.”
The team brought home a third place trophy in the community college division at the America Forensic Association (AFA) tournament. [Read more...]
‘Healing River’ created to bring the native sounds to life
By Jennifer Little
(Photo by Jennifer Little) Rick Stevenson on the flute, Trevor Stewart playing the Chapman stick, with a friend on the native drum, during a recording session at Radio Kansas, in Hutchinson.
The sounds of native Indian flutes and a unique instrument called a chapman stick were heard at this prerecording at Radio Kansas.
On April—-the mikes were set and ready to go as Radio Kansas introduced a new performing group to be aired on its show later on that week.
Performers Rick Stevenson who played the flutes and Trevor Stewart who played the Chapman stick preformed some of their songs from their album called “Healing River.” [Read more...]
Visitors touch moon rock at NASA’s exhibit at Cosmosphere
By Martin Mendez
(Photo by Kelly Shackelford) A NASA guide shows the Constellation capsule.
Ever get a chance to touch a moon rock?
Hundreds of people did at the Kansas Cosmosphere, April 4-8, when the NASA traveling exhibit, “Driven to Explore” was set up in its parking lot.
The trailer was there to show off the plans for the Constellation, the space craft that will replace the current space shuttle fleet, and to show off the future vehicles that will take humans to the moon, to Mars and beyond. [Read more...]
New English instructor glad to be teaching at college level
By Joe Lusk
(Photo by Joe Lusk) Amy Manley talks to her students at the end of her comp I class.
After spending several years teaching younger students at the middle and high school level, new English instructor Amy Manley is happy to be teaching students at HCC.
“I realized once I entered college that I wanted to teach at the college level, so I was very anxious and excited to get into this position when it opened up,” Manley said. “I really enjoy the diverse range of people I get to work with, people that want to be here. It’s nice to never need to send someone to the principal’s office.” [Read more...]
Nationally known newspaper photographer has show of his work at Lindsborg gallery
By Joe Lusk
(Photo by Jennifer Little) Photographer Gary Settle, center, talks with Lindsborg newspaper editor John Marshall (back turned) about the display of Settle’s black-and-white photos, on April 3.
From April 3-17, the Small World Gallery in Lindsborg will be exhibiting the works of two Hutchinson natives.
Several photographs from award winning photojournalist and Hutchinson native Gary Settle will be on display, as well as several paintings by fine artist, magazine editor, graphic designer, and children’s book illustrator Patricia Settle, his wife.
The reception for the Settles was held on April 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. Nearly one hundred people circulated in and out of the gallery throughout the two hours, many of them old associates from their early years in Kansas, including the man who introduced the Settles to each other. [Read more...]
HCC instructor discovers his talent in stone sculpting
By Jennifer Little
When Don Lind picked up a piece of wood as a young boy and started whittling away, he never thought that it would amount to much.
Then in 2002 a friend handed him a piece of soapstone and through that, he found a new passion: marble and stone-carving.
“I didn’t know what to do with it; I really didn’t have the tools,” Lind said. [Read more...]
Not a hard adjustment: Philippines to American culture
By Martin Mendez
(Photo by Samantha Ridder) Ulyesses Tabudlong, Philippines, gives his informative speech on bionic contact lenses.
Coming to the U.S. was a pretty easy adjustment for Ulysses Tabudlong, from Ormoc City, Leyte Philippines.
“The Philippines is like a western civilization. It’s a lot like the U.S.,” Tabudlong said, “So it wasn’t very hard at all to adjust.”
He was already experiencing the American culture through television. Tabudlong watched MTV, HBO, and even the Disney channel while growing up in the Philippines.
The food wasn’t all that different either. His favorite dish as a child was Chicken Adobo, which is simply chicken in a marinade of spices. [Read more...]
Shuttle pilot recalls adventures
By Samantha Ridder
(Photo by Samantha Ridder) Former NASA space shuttle pilot Lt. Col. Duane Carey, USAF-retired, signs autographs for Audrey and Madeline Carr, Leawood.
Contrary to popular belief, some astronauts can be funny. In fact on March 20, former NASA astronaut Duane G. “Digger” Carey had a dozen people laughing at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
“If a day goes by and you don’t learn something,” said Carey, “it has been a waste of a day.”
Many people did not waste any of their day as they listened to Carey explain what life is like in space.
He showed a special homemade video, or rather space-made video, that he and his friend Mike Massindo made while on the shuttle Columbia during March 1-12, 2002. [Read more...]
Art exhibition coming soon to Stringer Fine Arts Center
By Kat Saunders
Art Exhibition Flyer
Hutchinson Community College will be having a spring exhibition of student artwork at Stringer Fine Arts Center. The exhibition will be on display April 6 through May 2.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the college art department has put on the art exhibition. There have been several exhibitions on previous years but none were consecutive. [Read more...]
HCC pep band keeps school spirit alive
By Jennifer Little
(Photo by Jennifer Little) Joel Vinson, Hutchinson, jazzes it up with the saxopone, playing in both the pep band and the jazz band.
As the crowd sits down, ready to see a good game, Jeff Pelischek, conductor of the Hutchinson Community College pep band, cues his players to get ready to play.
This is a regular scene at all HCC home games and a few of the away games for the football and basketball teams.
“This is a great group of students,” Pelischek said, about the players that make up the band. [Read more...]
Rock on: Football team beefs up the pond
By Martin Mendez
(Photo by Jennifer Little) Kevin Gerrick, Belplain, shoves a wheelbarrow through dense honeysuckle vines as Andrew Meyer, Rock Creek, helps guide it down to the water’s edge.
Students walking around campus may notice that the Crimson Courtyard pond has a new white border around it, courtesy of the college and its football team.
The pond’s border now consists of 50 tons of white rock that was wheelbarrowed to the pond recently by the Blue Dragon football squad, working in shifts, from piles of rock that were hauled from a Marion County quarry and dumped in the parking lot just east of the Rimmer Learning and Resource Center.
“We mainly placed the rocks around for ‘rip-rap,’” said Gene Allton, director of plant facilities. “It’s a way of controlling pond bank erosion and the buildup of silt and mud in the pond,” he said. [Read more...]
Esther Stoss enjoys 40 years of HCC art, students, jogging
By Ashley Bailey
Stoss
Esther Stoss, faculty secretary, has been an HCC employee since 1968 and is still loving every minute of it.
She recently celebrated her 40-year anniversary at HCC, and is still being recognized for her many contributions to the college.
Stoss, of Great Bend, said her favorite hobby was to draw. [Read more...]
Beaver (or muskrat) frolics in campus pond
By Martin Mendez
The Crimson Courtyard pond, near the tennis courts, is now home to a beaver — or is it a muskrat? The furry, aquatic animals look quite similar to each other while swimming.
When shown a picture of a newly-discovered furry critter paddling in the Crimson Courtyard pond near the tennis courts, biology instructors Robert Holmes and Joyce Barker had different opinions of the creature.
“It looks to me like a muskrat, but it would be better and easier to tell if I could see the tail,” Holmes said.
“It looks more like a beaver to me,” Barker said. [Read more...]
Sports
Softball sweeps Indy
By Jake Kidd
At Fun Valley on April 9, the Hutchinson Community College softball team swept their doubleheader against Independence with the help of sophomore Ashley Cushinberry, who had seven total hits.
Sophomore pitcher Courtney Johnson started the day off with a two-hit shutout in the 4-0 Lady Dragons Game 1 victory.
She retired the first nine batters she faced and only allowed one base runner in the final three innings of her second shutout of the season. [Read more...]
Baseball above .500
By Brandt Heckethorn
The Blue Dragons found a way to bounce back after two late inning losses in Garden City.
Hutch hosted Pratt Community College for a four game weekend series on April 11 and 12.
The first game of the series was the closest of the four. The Blue Dragons managed to squeak by with a 3-2 win. [Read more...]
Johnson-Odom signs with Marquette
By Brandt Heckethorn
Darius Johnson-Odom, the second all-time leading freshman scorer, decided to forgo his sophomore season at Hutch to sign with Marquette University of the Big East conference.
After an NCAA Clearinghouse in late March made him eligible to transfer, he decided now would be a good time to go.
Johnson-Odom is a 6-foot-2 guard from Raleigh, N.C., and is the first signee from the 2008-09 Blue Dragons team. [Read more...]
Hutch men take first in night relays, women place third
By JoAnna Miller
(Photo by Gabe Gradinaru) The Hutchinson track teams had great individual and team showings. The men finished in first out of 12 teams by 44 team points. The women finished in third, out of 11 teams, behind Coffeyville Community College and Butler College.
Though the events began at 1 p.m. on Saturday, competition continued well into the evening and the tradition of the night relays continues on at Hutchinson Community College.
Participants came from all over the region and included teams from 12 separate colleges.
The men’s Blue Dragon team placed first in overall rankings, with the Lady Dragons coming in third behind Coffeyville and Butler Community Colleges. [Read more...]
Lady Dragons back in action after weather delays
By Jake Kidd
After several weather delays, the Hutchinson Community College softball team was finally back on the playing field on April 4, when they traveled to Kansas City, Kan. for a doubleheader against Kansas City Community College.
The first game went to Kansas City CC, 7-6 after seven innings.
Sophomore Kelli Walker struck out three and aållowed seven hits, while the HCC offense belted out 11 hits. Sophomore Jessica Glenn and Dusty Smith both had three hits. Glenn went 3 for 5 with two RBIs. [Read more...]
Baseball loses two games in ninth innings in Garden City
By Brandt Heckethorn
The Blue Dragons’ baseball team had a tough double-header against Garden City.
After taking the first two games of the away series, the Dragons suffered two ninth inning comeback losses on April 1 in Garden City.
The first game the Dragons started off swinging, scoring four runs in the first inning. [Read more...]
Blue Dragons get six wins in a row
By Brandt Heckethorn
(Photo by Kecia Schmidt) Luke Acosta slides safely into second during a recent game.
HCC sophomore Trever Adams was recently named the NJCCA Division I player of the week for the week of March 21.
During the week the Blue Dragons went 3-4 in a three game series against Iowa Western and a four game series against Dodge City.
Adams hit .542 over the week on 13 hits. Five of those hits were home runs.
Over the week he scored 11 runs and drove in 12 more.
The Blue Dragons seemed to have fed of Adams’ success winning their last six games.
After winning the last two games of the four game series with Dodge City the Blue Dragons traveled to Midwest City, Okla. for a double-header on March 26.
Hutch took the first game of the double-header 18-8.
This game might have been considered a payback for the last game against Rose State, where the Blue Dragons fell 13-11.
Hutch then took the second game of the double-header with a much lower total score of 7-3.
The Blue Dragons were supposed to play a four game series with Garden City but the first day’s double-header was postponed to April 1 due to the snow.
The snow melted off in time for the Hutch to play the second day’s games.
They won the first game 10-3 in nine innings.
After the great performance in the first game the Blue Dragons only improved in the second game winning 10-0 in six innings.
The game that was supposed to be played on April 1 against Neosho County was moved to Wednesday, April 15, and was changed to a double-header.
The Blue Dragons were scheduled to play a double-header against Garden City on April 1 in Garden City.
The next game for the Blue Dragons is scheduled for Sunday, April 5, against Maple Woods College in Kansas City.
The next home game for Hutch will be a double-header on Saturday, April 11, against Pratt at Hobart-Detter field. The first game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
HCC does well at nationals
By Jake Kidd
Back in the beginning of March, the Hutchinson Community College track and field team traveled to Lubbock, Texas, for the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The meet was held at Texas Tech University on March 5 through the 7.
Hutch had four placers earn All-American status in just the first day of the meet.
Sophomore Ben Kruse finished fifth in the heptathlon, which includes the 55m dash, long jump, high jump, pole vault, and 1,000 meter run. [Read more...]
Softball season underway
By Brandt Heckethorn
The women’s basketball season is now over and it is time to start covering some softball.
This year’s team is young as a lot of the power hitters for the Lady Dragons have moved on.
The team actually lost 71 percent of its runs driven in and 100 percent of its home runs from last year. [Read more...]
Baseball picking up steam
By Brandt Heckethorn
Baseball season has started for the Hutchinson Blue Dragons.
The season started off a bit rough in February with the Dragons getting swept in a four-game series with Howard College in Howard, Tex.
Hutch then traveled to face Cowley County at home and lost 11-3.
Then starting on March 1 the Blue Dragons started a four-game series with Cloud County in Concordia. [Read more...]
Lady Dragon’s season comes to an end
By Jake Kidd
After a devastating loss in the first round of the NJCAA Women’s Tournament against Shelton State, the Hutchinson Community College Lady Dragons basketball team was back at the Bicentennial Center in Salina where they defeated Middle Georgia 65-59 for their first consolation-round game.
Freshman Naudia Campbell scored 12 of Hutch’s final 20 points and hit a number of crucial free-throws in the final minutes to give HCC the victory.
“Naudia Campbell really came through for us,” HCC head coach John Ontjes said. “We challenged her. We went to her late in the game and she made a basket or stepped up and made free throws for us.” [Read more...]
Lady Dragons are Region VI champions
By Jake Kidd
(Photo by Jennifer Little) Naudia Campbell goes up with a shot during the Region VI championship game in Wichita on March 9. Campbell had 10 points and 12 rebounds in the 53-51 win.
On March 6, the Hutchinson Community College Lady Dragons basketball team won their first Region VI quarterfinal game since 1987 when they defeated Cowley County 65-51 at Wichita State’s Koch Arena.
HCC broke a school record with its 28th victory of the season. They also broke a six-game regional losing streak to Cowley.
“It’s a great feeling for our program and for our kids,” HCC head coach John Ontjes said. “We’ve battled hard all year long. We played against a team that had won 12 straight and was playing great basketball.” [Read more...]
Entertainment
‘Breaking Bad’ is the show to watch this year
By Alexander Keel
In the past few years AMC has shifted its focus from classic movies to original TV series with great success. 2007 ushered in their critically-acclaimed “Mad Men”, although personally it’s not really for me. However 2008’s “Breaking Bad” is a whole other story.
The show follows high school chemistry teacher Walter White, Bryan Cranston of “Malcolm in the Middle” fame, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Walter’s wife Skylar is in the advanced stage of pregnancy with their second child and their teenage son Walter Jr. has cerebral palsy. [Read more...]
Germs’ punk rock anthology stands test of time
Darby Crash
By Steve Hagley
For anyone newly stumbling onto the punk music scene, the Germs compilation album MIA: The Complete Anthology is a must-own.
The band being fronted by a legendary Darby Crash, whom tragically died of an intentional drug overdose in late 1980, delivers a sloppy yet brilliantly-written mixture of early hardcore anthems such as “No God”, “We Must Bleed”, and the well-known “Lexicon Devil”.
The album features some of the bands early singles, their first and only full length album (GI), and one live recording of the classic song “Sex Boy” in which you can hear Darby messing with audiences members, stumbling around stage, fans screaming “Stay away!”, and then the band ultimately being booed and cheered on at the same time. [Read more...]
Limp Bizkit is coming back
By Joe Lusk
I don’t know about you guys, but when I heard that Fred Durst and company were coming back, I literally soiled myself with joy. It’s been too long since chart-topping, catchy wholesome jingles like “Rollin’” and “Nookie” dominated the air waves.
I count myself as one of the millions of adoring fans who is very excited to see this collective of progressive artists reuniting in an attempt to transform the face of society for the better.
The Beatles? Pfft. Give me a burst of Durst anyday.
Godfather Part 2 ideal for all Mofia fans
By Vinny Tranello
The Godfather Part 2, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is the definitive Mafia film, not just of the 1970’s, but also of any decade.
Some may argue that the first is the superior film, and I can understand that.
However, the reason I believe this to be the better film is whereas Part 1 established the story, gave us the amazing characters and stunning performances, Part 2 expanded on those essential aspects in every way. [Read more...]
90 minutes to spare?
By Alex Keel
With the recent release of “Feast 3: The Happy Finish” I decided to take another look at the original 2005 “Feast” which was overall a much better film than the two sequels it spawned.
The film starts at a roadhouse in the middle of the desert, the bar is full of usual horror movie stock characters.
For example there’s the unfaithful husband looking for a one-night-stand the drug pusher, the thief and the single mom not counting the others. [Read more...]
Give touring band a listen on April 5th
By Steve Hagley
Recently relocating to Wichita from Tacoma, Wash., “The Hershey Squirts” delivers a style of punk that can be enjoyed by both classic hardcore fans and pop-punk fans alike.
“We chose the name ‘The Hershey Squirts’ because all other names we put in the hat were even worse,” said guitar and vocalist, Tyler Aiken.
Who would blame them when it was between “The Hershey Squirts” and names like, Shart Attack, Tyler Aiken Hearts, and Peanut Butter and the Jamsters. [Read more...]
‘Shattered’ is a must-see for all movie-lovers, violent drama fans
By Jennifer Little
What would you do for a loved one?
Would you give up all that you had, all that you had worked hard for? Reveal all your deepest, darkest secrets, even if it meant that people would be hurt and your life would be ruined?
Would you take another person’s life to save them? [Read more...]
‘Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!’ provides great laughs, spoofs
By Alex Keel
Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim is definitely a mixed bag. For every funny animated or live-action show there are two that are just painful to watch. Shows like “Squidbillies” and “Xavier: Renegade Angel” spring to mind, I don’t think there’s anything I’d like to do less with my time than watching these mind-numbing, excuses for entertainment.
I’ll save those scathing reviews for another time; instead I’ll be reviewing the recently released season two of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” [Read more...]
Oklahoma punk band is a must listen
By Steve Hagley
Hailing from Norman and Oklahoma City Drunk on Sunday sets the bar very high for modern day punk and hardcore acts. The three-piece consists of members of past Oklahoma punk bands, Bi Products, Broken Cross, Murder on Easy Street, Rat Piss and Ugly Tree, but it seems as if this trio has found a permanent niche with their obvious comfort of performing together.
DOS originally started back in June of 2005 and consists of members West Bay Farley on bass and guitars, Justin Intoxicated also on bass and guitars, and Dr. Jon Bong Jovi on drums. The three would originally get together on Sundays and practice while drinking a lot of beer, hence their name Drunk on Sunday. [Read more...]
‘The Foot Fist Way’ provides great laughs
These days it is hard to sift through the bad comedies and the good ones. Many genuinely funny movies
are overlooked for big budget gross-out comedies all the time.
One of the often unnoticed movies is 2006’s “The Foot Fist Way,” starring Danny McBride as Taekwondo instructor Fred Simmons. McBride has recently been noticed for his work in “Tropic Thunder” and “Pineapple Express”.
The film follows a period in Simmons life when his marriage is crumbling and he is trying his hardest to meet his B-movie action hero Chuck “The Truck” Wallace. [Read more...]
Arkansas band heads for mainstream success
With an amazing, energetic, stage performance, killer tunes, and some of the friendliest personalities you will ever meet, Fire to Reason is definitely a band that will soon need to be reckoned with. [Read more...]
Art fair generates money for department
There were tables of colorful photos of bees on flowers, hand-made jewelry, line drawings, abstracts and acryllic paintings.
More works were hung on the gallery spaces in the foyer of the Stringer Fine Arts Center.
All were for sale, to give some Christmas cheer to the bank accounts of a number of Hutchinson Community College art students and at least one faculty member.
The two-day event was Dec. 1 and 2 at the fine arts center, with the art being sold from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day.
By noon on Dec. 2, the fair had brought in over $470. Most of the income went to the artists.
A $1 fee was deducted from the sale of each item, and set aside for the HCC Art Club, according to Scott Brown, an HCC art instructor who helped organize the art fair.
Some of the most unique pieces for sale were jewelry, made from colorful, polished stones, metal and ceramics, crafted by Emma Ehart, a local artist.
For more information, contact Brown at browns@hutchcc.edu.
