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Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Seward seeks more student involvement for future

April 6, 2011

Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a new club that was started on campus this semester. The club is non-denominational and welcomes both athletes and...

Agriculture department prepares for Celebrity Judging Auction, animal sales

April 6, 2011

This semester the ag department hosted the Southwest Kansas District FFA contests on March 2, which included crops, food science, entomology and farm management...

Mentalist reads minds, hypnotizes, entertains

April 6, 2011

Making students believe that the chair in which they are sitting on has a mind of its own, or that they are a mathematician incapable of counting to ten;...

Love to address graduates

Love to address graduates

May 1, 2010

Daniel L. Love, chief district judge for the 16th judicial district, Dodge City, will be the speaker for the 39th annual graduation at Seward County Community...

Crusader photo/Will Rector
Ryan Nelson leans against a cattle panel in the agriculture building. Nelson will be graduating with his associate degree in agriculture.

Ag student makes his mark

May 1, 2010

An agriculture student that has displayed true school pride and pride in his major will be graduating this weekend from Seward County Community College/Area...

Crusader photo/ Landry Mastellar
Acosta works under the hood of a car in the auto mechanics workshop at the Area Technical School. Acosta is an automotive mechanic technology major.

Attendance + Attitude Acosta and Automotives

May 1, 2010

Omar Acosta is an automotive technology major. Next year, he plans on going to Houston, Texas, and trying to find a job in a shop there, but also might...

Crusader photo/ Jose Rodriguez
Sports are more than extracurricular activities, athletics teach people to become winners. This holds true for Will Rector, news editor and sports writer of the college publication, the Crusader.

Rector seeks to hit the airwaves

May 1, 2010

Sports are more than extracurricular activities, athletics teach people to become winners. This holds true for Will Rector, news editor and sports writer...

Crusader photo/Logan Green
Jordan Eder sits outside on a spring day by the Hobble Academic Building. Eder will graduate from SCCC/ATS with a degree in pre-med, and plans to further her education at K-State.

Cheerleader to lead the way in science

May 1, 2010

Jordan Eder’s career at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School has been marked with leadership, fun and achievement, as mentioned by her...

Crusader photo/ Rustin Watt 
Barnes, a Connecticut native, signed her letter of intent to Providence College in Rhode Island Thursday afternoon.

Barnes storms on from Seward to Providence

May 1, 2010
If anyone has left a mark on Lady Saints basketball in recent history, it’s Rachel Barnes. Barnes was one of only two forwards and one of only 10 picked for the first-team All-American team, and was the only player from the Jayhawk Conference to earn the the accolade.
Crusader photo/ Landry Mastellar
Palacios shows off her pennant from West Texas A & M University, where she will transfer next year. She plans to be a middle school or high school teacher.

Involvement and hard work leads to success

May 1, 2010

Jessica Palacios is an education major. While at Seward, she has been very involved in the college. She was a member of the Student Government Association,...

SGA prez puts gavel down

May 1, 2010

Edgar Rosales is involved in his school. Some could make the argument that he is the most involved student at Seward County Community College/ Area Technical...

 Seward Dean of Instruction Cynthia Rapp sits with granddaughters Afton Lemmon, left,  and Caitlin Lemmon. The family had 
participated in a walk as part of April’s Autism Awareness Month. Caitlin, 5, is 
diagnosed with autism. But 
surrounded by 
family members such as Rapp, 
sister Afton and pooch Vinnie, 
along with 
doctors, she’s 
making strides.  Autism affects  about one in 110 births.The background is a drawing by Caitlin featured on a Christmas card for Alpine Autism Center.
Photo illustration

Autism Awareness

April 30, 2010
From three weeks old to 6 months old, little Caitlin screamed pretty much nonstop. She did not want to be swaddled or rocked, but would feel comforted or secure when placed in a swing and left alone. “The doctors told us that this was just classic colic and that this too shall pass,” Caitlin’s mother Monica Lemmon said. “So, we endured the screaming and arching back and the endless vomiting — hoping, praying and, yes, assuming that it would indeed pass.”
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