INGE HONOREE -- Herb Gardner, author of A Thousand Clowns and I’m Not Rappaport, has been named winner of the 2002 William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre. The 2002 Inge Festival will be held at ICC April 17-20.

LIGHTS ON -- Drivers all over the United States today are driving with their motor vehicle headlights on in commemoration of those who died in the terrorist attacks one month ago today -- Sept. 11.

FRONT PAGE -- Lois Lessman’s daughter’s, Hannah, 13, and Emma, 9, were pictured on the front page of Independence Daily Reporter Sept. 30 as participants in the ICC quilt-a-thon to earn donations for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Ms. Lessman is ICC Public Relations and Human Relations Coordinator.

FACT FINDER -- Carol Krueger, a real estate agent in Emporia, has been named fact finder in the stalled 2001-2002 contract negotiations between the ICC Board of Trustees and the ICC Faculty Association. No date has been set for the next meeting between the two parties.

HELP NEEDED -- The Montgomery County Safe House is needing donated goods. Phi Theta Kappa is helping out by collecting donated items such as dry or canned goods, clothing, bedding, and working appliances. Any PTK member can receive the donations until November 6.

TRUSTEE LEAVING -- ICC Board of Trustees member John Toth, elected to the board in 1999 when he defeated former board chairman Rick Smith, announced last week that he will soon resign from his seat on the board because he is moving to Kentucky to accept a job there.

It’s that time of year. Homecoming!!!

Emily Hamlin	Steve Brown	Marcus Walker	Jessica McKee
Steve Disbrow	Matt Escobar	Courtney Feagler	Jennifer Hackett

This weekend finishes off Homecoming with the ICC Pirate football team taking on Butler County Community College at 7 p.m. at Independence’s Shulthis Stadium.

Fresh from their win last Thursday against the Haskell University J. V., this should be a good game. ICC defeated Haskell, 61-0. Butler County enters the game with a 4-1 Jayhawk Conference record, good for a second place tie in the Conference with Garden City.

Also on tap for this Homecoming weekend is the Pirate Volleyball Tournament. Action hits the courts in the ICC Fieldhouse starting at 2 p.m. Friday and at 9 a.m. Saturday. Complete schedule of the games is in the Calendar of Events on Page 4.

There are several activities being conducted in coordination with Homecoming. This is Spirit Week. Monday was Pajama Day, when students and faculty wore their favorite pajamas to school. On Tuesday, camouflage was the clothing pick. Wednesday was Disco/70’s day, complete with bell-bottoms and tie-dye. Today is Independence Day (patriotism abounds in the red, white, and blue clothing). Don’t forget to wear your ICC blue and gold colors Friday.

Student Senate organized the royalty portion of the Homecoming festivities. Various organizations on campus submitted nominations for king and queen. These candidates were then voted on by the student body last Friday to narrow the field to five queen candidates and five king candidates.

The original nominees were Jessica McKee, Emily Hamlin, Fareeda Washington, Jennifer Hackett, Cady Stuever, Lauren Cunningham, Carmen Martinez, Shawna Ogden, Leah Lawrence, Courtney Feagler, Caleb King, Steve Disbrow, Marcus Walker, Josh Hoppes, Matt Escobar, Trey Hightower, Bo King, Nick Hernandez, Nick Palsmeier, and Steve Brown.

The Homecoming queen finalists are Jessica McKee, Emily Hamlin, Jennifer Hackett, Carmen Martinez and Courtney Feagler. The Homecoming king finalists are Caleb King, Steve Disbrow, Marcus Walker, Matt Escobar, and Steve Brown.

The finalists were voted on Monday and the winners will be announced during halftime of Saturday’s football game.

In early 1998, the idea of new dormitories on the ICC campus was brought before the ICC Board of Trustees. Now, nearly four years later, that idea is becoming a reality.

The construction of ICC’s new $4.43 million dollar, 200-bed residence hall is going well and as scheduled, according to ICC President Judith Hansen.

On site, a concrete foundation has been poured using 150,000 tons of concrete for the three-story rectangle-shaped building. Taking the place of an athletic practice field, the building is being constructed south of the current dorms and east of the campus pond. Utility lines and pond improvements were taken into consideration when the site was chosen. The residence hall is projected to open July 15, 2002.

Overall project cost will be $5.9 million. That covers the $4.43 million building construction contract, furnishings, architectural/development fees, and site work costs. The project is being funded through Certificates of Participation (COP) that were sold through Commerce Bank’s Capitol Markets Group.

ICC officials initially estimated paying a 7 percent interest rate on the COPs, but the rates for both short-term and long-term instruments have dropped to an average of around 5.6 percent.

The dorms will be made from preformed cast concrete and hauled to the site for assembly. Dr. Hansen said there are two reasons for using the preformed materials. The building process tends to go faster and weather won’t hamper the building as much. She added that using preformed materials made in a consistent environment will ensure the best construction of the dorms. In June, some walls and floors for the dorms were formed in Tulsa, Okla. and should be arriving on campus this month. Some of the walls will already have brick on the outside and electrical wires inside.

Each dorm room will be equipped with cable television and telephone access, and will be linked to the college’s fiber optic network for Internet access. The building is expected to have laundry facilities, a recreational/study area, a computer control system for heating and air-conditioning, a security monitoring system for the hallways, and a lighted parking area.

"Costs of the dorms will be considerably lower than anticipated," Dr. Hansen said referring to the lower interest rates and a construction base bid that was $500,000 lower than originally anticipated. Students can expect to pay approximately $3,500 to $4,000 for room and board for the nine-month school year. Dr. Hansen said that students receiving federal financial aid shouldn’t worry because the room and board cost is below aid limits.

In February, 1998, the ICC Board began discussion about building new dorms to expand student living facilities and student life opportunities. They said construction would pose no tax increases; developers would finance the project; and the college would reimburse the company through COP financing.

ICC started accepting proposal requests in April 1998. By December 1998, construction costs proposed exceeded expectations. Construction was postponed.

Talks picked up again in 2000 to plan the current construction.

Within the next two years, a new Student Union is expected to be built next to the new dorms. ICC will be forming a student task force soon to plan for the Student Union building. ICC students are welcome to volunteer for the group.

Volunteering has become popular lately with people wanting to help fellow American victims of our nation’s tragedy in New York. Many people don’t realize that help is needed everyday in our own community. Opportunities are endless to make a difference in the community, even for college students. But why should ICC students volunteer and what can we, as students, do to help?

Students can gain so much from volunteering. They can make new friends, get personal satisfaction by helping, or discover a new career goal. Overall, students can give back and contribute to the community.

With those reasons, what can you do?

One organization in Independence that needs help is A.W.O.L. (Animals With Our Love). Students can volunteer to help care for animals in the shelter by walking and feeding the animals or just giving them tender loving care. The shelter also accepts donations to keep the operation open. They welcome gifts of animal food and other pet supplies.

Students can volunteer at elementary schools. Two Independence schools, Lincoln Elementary School and Washington Elementary School, sponsor a reading program called H.O.S.T.S. (Helping Other Students to Succeed) to help younger students.

"Sometimes you read to the kids, sometimes they read to you," said Amber Smith, a former H.O.S.T.S. volunteer. "It’s really fun." She added that volunteers are assigned to a particular student and play learning games with the student to help them improve their reading and vocabulary skills.

"The sessions are 30 minutes long and you work with the same student every week so you build a bond with them," said Cheri Jefferson, H.O.S.T.S. coordinator at Washington Elementary. "Some students just need the encouragement from someone else. They love it when they have mentors."

Washington Elementary has morning openings for volunteers and Lincoln Elementary has morning and afternoon slots available.

Classmates at ICC can benefit from tutoring also. Students can assist classmates in the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) lab or just answer a classmate’s question on homework before class. Not only does it help fellow students, but it also ingrains the material in your own mind.

Nursing homes and hospitals often look for volunteers to do odd jobs. Students can deliver flowers, magazines, and snacks to patients, read to patients, assist younger patients with homework, or visit lonely, elderly patients.

Opportunities are available to assist in sports activities also. Special Olympics often need volunteers for their competitions. Your skills would contribute to the events and might change the public’s perception of people with special needs and challenges. Students can also use their personal physical abilities to participate in events such as bicycle races, walk-a-thons, and charity marathons.

The Independence Food Basket provides food to area families in need. Food donations are always needed as well as volunteers to help sort and stock food on the shelves.

The Red Cross and Salvation Army are two of the most popular causes around today that aid people locally, nationally, and worldwide. Volunteers are welcome. The Red Cross holds local blood drives, and accepts food, clothing, and monetary donations. The Salvation Army in Independence collects good used clothing and other items for those in need in the community.

Please remember that no task is too small to make a difference.

By Mandy Smith, Buccaneer Editor

Last weekend, my parents and I traveled to Grove, Okla., to watch my sister participate in a high school marching band competition. While in Grove, we stopped to visit the Vietnam Moving Wall. The moving wall, a half-scale replica of the actual war memorial monument in Washington, D.C., is transported all over the country for people to see. It made a brief week-long stop in northeastern Oklahoma.

I had seen the moving wall before when I was much younger and didn’t realize what it stood for. It is truly a moving experience, even if you don’t directly know anyone named on the wall. Just to see people scanning the more than 58,000 names to find their loved ones is so emotional. You can almost see memories flashing through their minds.

Volunteers at the wall provided computerized printouts to family and friends of each individual hero that told about the hero and gave directions to their spots on the wall. Some loved ones placed the printouts in clear plastic bags on the ground near the name on the wall. I walked along reading the printouts left behind and was startled to read one in particular. The young man described on the paper was a 19-year-old drafted by selective service and killed after just two months in Vietnam. This guy was the same age as me when he died serving his country!

This made me stop and think about the state of our country today. I also thought about how many young men I know (family, friends, classmates) that are 18, 19, 20 years old that may have to face what this man faced nearly 30 years ago. How scared all of these guys must be and for good reason, too. This realization shocked me so much that it almost brought me to tears.

I wish that our country had other options besides going to war to defend our freedoms and rights as Americans. It isn’t fair that more American lives may be lost in battle or in other terrorist events before the "bad guys" are stopped. Hopefully, everything will turn out for the best, but until then we need to continue praying for our country that is still in a state of uncertainty and still trying to understand why.

Let’s truly pray that God will bless America.

ICC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, Beta Omega, held its fall induction ceremony last Thursday in the Student Union Fireside Room.

The chapter welcomed eight new members. New members inducted by chapter officers were Amanda Boydston, Marie Doughty, Beverly Aiken, Mary Henderson, Mandy Smith, Kosumi Fujita, Mary Wylie, and Horace Agossou-Aguenou .

Officers inducting the new members were President Emily Hamlin, Vice President of Service Doug Comstock , Vice President of Leadership Jake Grzeenda, and Kansas Region Vice President of Correspondence Steve Disbrow.

The ceremony opened with welcoming comments from chapter president Hamlin. Brenda Thomason, Phi Theta Kappa co-advisor, followed with greetings and congratulations. A brief summary of Phi Theta Kappa’s history was given by Karen Roush, co-advisor of Phi Theta Kappa.

Provisional members also were recognized at the ceremony. They are Michael Hammersmith, Maya Romanchuk, Iryna Kushniruk, Dilyara Suleymanova, Anna Brusyk, Maya Tuylieva, Sara McLaughlin, Ryan Daniel, Chelsea Carr, Sam Carnes, and Dasha Plashchevska.

Phi Theta Kappa was started in 1918 to "recognize and encourage scholarship" among two-year college students, Mrs. Roush said. ICC’s Beta Omega chapter was formed in 1933. It was the first in Kansas. It has received a five-star rating (the highest) for the past two years and hopes to earn it again this year, Mrs. Thomason said. She added that the Beta Omega chapter is ranked in the top 100 chapters out of more than 2000 internationally.

Full membership is by invitation only with members maintaining a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and completing at least 12 hours of college credit.

Freshmen can join as provisional members with a high school GPA of 3.5. Full membership will be offered after fulfilling the requirements.

Phi Theta Kappa emphasizes community service projects and scholarship opportunities.

Many are in fear that after Sunday’s attack against the Taliban government that retaliation against America is probable.

A poll by MSNBC revealed that an overwhelming 91 percent of Americans feel that a counterattack from the Taliban is coming.

A CNN television broadcast said that intelligence officials believe that these attacks will likely produce a violent response by Osama bin Laden and his al-qaidah terrorist network.

CNN also had coverage of Osama bin Laden vowing that Americans will never feel safety until it is seen in the streets of Palestine. The broadcast is believed to be taped after the Sept. 11 attacks, and before U.S. and Great Britain retaliation strikes.

ICC student Jason McManus also believes that the Taliban government will strike back against America.

"After the statement he (bin Laden) made on television about Americans not being safe, I wouldn’t put anything past him," McManus said.

Though the threat of danger is high, the United States refuses to be caught off guard. The FBI is urging all law enforcement agencies to increase their security all over the country.. They are also asking that civilians have a heightened sense of awareness about all that looks out of the ordinary.

According to CNN, the U.S. Coast Guards is at its highest defense level since WWII. The Coast Guard is expanding its coverage to more than 88,000 miles of coastline and 300 ports.

By Trish JuAire, Buccaneer Assistant Editor

ICC’s Art Department awarded five scholarships this semester.

Fall 2001 art scholarship recipients are: Thomas Martinez, freshman from Cherryvale; Mike Johnson, freshman from Dallas, Tex.; Jamie Powers, freshman from Cherryvale; Robert Magana, sophomore from Caney, and Nick Hernandez, freshman from Cherryvale.

Recipients had to submit at least two examples of their artwork and be approved by the department. Art scholarships pay for tuition, up to 18 credit hours, and $50 towards the purchase of books. In addition to these benefits, the art department is trying to get approval for a 50 percent discount on art supplies purchased at the ICC bookstore, beginning next semester.

The scholarship is a performance grant scholarship. That means recipients must perform services for the art department. These include designing posters for the ICC plays; entering the William Inge Festival Logo Contest; making the hall displays in the Fine Arts building and occasionally in the community; painting scenery and set pieces for the plays; and spending at least three hours per week in the art department doing other jobs for Janelle Null and Howard Svaty, art instructors.

Two of this years’ four finalist designs for the Inge logo belong to ICC art scholarship student Mike Johnson. There were 24 entries from around the nation for that contest. Judging of the four final designs was on Tuesday and the winner will be announced Saturday.

The scholarship students also submitted designs for the play poster for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The play cast voted and chose Mike Johnson’s design. The students are working on posters for the upcoming Molier play, The Imaginary Invalid.

By Jacqueline Cueni, Buccaneer Staff Writer

Top jobs in the United States, according to the numbers of people who are working there, are retail salesperson, cashier and cleaner. Jobs requiring a college degree follow these.

The top working sector in the USA is office and administrative support with sales and related occupations close behind.

The number one top job is retail salesperson with a total of 3,73 million people hired to do this kind of work. The second top job is cashier, which includes 3,16 million people. In the third position are janitors and cleaners including maids and housekeeping cleaners. Over 3 million people are workers in this third category. Job number four is general office clerk, which includes 2,56 million people. Fifth are general and operations managers where 2,31 million people are working.

Really close to the top five jobs are waiters and waitresses (2 million people) and laborers and freight, stock and material movers (2 million people).

When we look at the top five charts with a college degree needed, the order changes. General office clerks and general operations manager take first and second place positions followed by registered nurses (2,2 million people), teacher assistants (1,11 million people) and nursing aids, orderlies and attendants (1,31 million people). Other popular jobs with a college degree needed are accountant and auditor, chief executive, and computer programmer.

(The figures in the above news story are from the Office of Employment Projections, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

ICC’s Theatre Department presented the play Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day last week. It is a children’s play, based on the book by Judith Viorst.

More than 1700 students, from 10 different Independence area elementary schools, attended the performances, with the total patrons for the eight performances being nearly 2000.

Twelve ICC students received college credit for their work on or in the production. This includes the backstage crew members, as well as those college students in the play. Several ICC Ambassadors served as ushers for the plays attended by the elementary schools.

The play began in Alexander’s bedroom, progressed through his day from breakfast, to school (as seen in the picture), the dentist, his father’s workplace, the shoe store, and back home, finishing with his family seeing him off to sleep. Throughout the play, Alexander kept having things happen that were not working out to his approval. Each of these events prompted him to say he was having "a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" accompanied by the audience. Alexander would then declare he was moving to Australia, where he felt things would be better.

Alexander, played by Ryan Logan, made asides to the audience on several occasions. This is where he talked to the audience about what was going on in the play. The audiences showed their approval for this by answering and laughing.

The cast did a very good job with their roles. David Fink played the shoe salesman.

The other cast members were Tyler Newland, Brandon Poritt, Jaynann Dumler, Dilyara Suleymanova, Carrie Sandborn, and Ryan McDimarid.

They were very convincing and there was an adjustment to the clothing to represent the different roles each member of the cast played. The songs were performed with varying degrees of success. There were some songs that could not be heard, due to either the piano being too loud or the voices too soft or a combination of both and the lack of a good sound setup.

The lighting and other backstage responsibilities were handled well. The set pieces were on rollers and were rolled onto the stage for the various scenes, then rolled off and replaced. The choices made it easy for the audience to keep up with the changing locations of the action. Programs and posters were designed by the ICC Art Department students.

By Trish JuAire, Buccaneer Assistant Editor

"I DON’T HAVE ANY TIME!"

Does this sound familiar? Does the guy sitting next to you in class keep repeating this excuse for not doing an assignment? Has the same person asked you for your homework so they can copy it, right before class begins?

Everyone on campus has the same 24 hours each day to get things done. The key is putting effort into the hours you have. I thought it would be interesting to see how some of the people at ICC are getting it done. Here is a look at one day out of several people’s lives.

I chose last Thursday for my project. The students and faculty I asked to help with this have no significance, other than they were close at hand when I was seeking help. This is just a sampling of what goes on in a day. Some people will do more, some less. As you will see, we all have a lot on our plates.

Trish JuAire. I’ll start with myself. My alarm went off at 6:30 a.m., but I didn’t get up ‘til 6:45. I took a quick shower and woke up my two kids at 7. Shortly after 7, my carpool buddy called to say she wasn’t going to school. I spent from 7:30, after my kids left for school, until 9 studying for my telecourse, Developmental Psychology. At 9:30 I was in Mrs. Main’s Comp II class until 10:50. At 11, I went to take two tests for the psychology class. That took about 15 minutes. From there I went to do my work-study with Mr. McIntosh until 12:30, when I had an Ambassadors meeting until 12:50. After the meeting, I met up with local elementary students as an usher for the play at the Inge Theater. At 2:15 p.m., my duties as escort were over and I could finally head home. I ate lunch at 3, when I got to my house. I started on some astronomy homework. My kids got home from school about 3:40. I quit my homework so that I could go through their book bags and then they got started on their homework, while I went back to mine. At 5:30, I put away my astronomy and fixed supper. We ate quickly and went uptown at 6:15 p.m. for the queen coronation part of Fredonia’s Homecoming activities. Around 9:30 p.m. we got home. I put some laundry in the washer and went to bed a little after 10.

Isaias McCaffery, history and geography instructor was up at 1 a.m. taking his three-year-old daughter back into her bed. Between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m., he showered, shaved, watched the weather channel, had some juice, and packed his book bag. His daughter got up at 7, so he got her something to eat, turned on the TV, and helped his wife with their son. At 7:30, he started some laundry, watered the plants, kicked out an intruding cat, and helped pick out the children’s clothes. By 8 a.m., Mr. McCaffery was changing the last two ignition wires on his car and cleaning the trash out of truck. Between 8:20 and 8:40, he was getting his son breakfast, helping to get the kids dressed, giving hugs good-bye and beginning his drive to ICC. Upon arriving at school at 8:50 a.m., Mr. McCaffery modified an outline for his Early Civilization class, printed a quiz, arranged transparencies, and previewed a video clip. From 9:30 to 10:50, he taught the History of Early Civilization class. During the 10 minute break, he exchanged books for the different class, talked to a student about a makeup exam, got a coke, and went back to the classroom for the 11 a.m. class, World Regional Geography, until noon. At noon he returned to his office, gave a student outlines for several missed classes and explained a missed exam. He checked and replied to e-mail until he went home for lunch at 12:36 p.m. Upon returning to ICC at 1 p.m., he gave a student a quiz, printed an outline for US History class, graded quizzes, corrected the reading schedule for US History and sorted transparencies for the next day’s classes. At 2 p.m. he worked on a German exam for competition day (in March), mailed the graded homework and picked up mail. He also chatted briefly with Leo Carvalho. 3 p.m. found him revising and printing a US History outline and rechecking and turning in the spring 2002 schedule. Between 4 and 5 p.m., he resumed work on the German exam, graded geography summary, checked CNN.com, and packed up the work that would go home with him. After picking up his children and driving home, he gave them some cookies and milk, and then took some medicine for his oncoming migraine. When his wife arrived home at 6:30, they went out to dinner. Between 7:30 and 8 p.m., he watched a video with the kids until their baths. By 8:30, the children were in bed after Mr. McCaffery sang them some songs. At 9:30, he was finished with reading introductions to two new books, and he started grading telecourse papers for geography. He was interrupted at 10 when a storm prompted a relocating of the children to mom and dad’s bed. He was back to grading papers by 10:30, but stopped at 11:30 to pick up toys, load the dishwasher, start the clothes washer, hang the clothes from dryer, check the locks and lights, then off to bed at 11:50 pm.

Mandy Smith, sophomore and Buccaneer editor, 6 to 7:35 a.m. she was getting her family up while getting ready for school. She also helped her little sister study for a history test, ate breakfast and watched some news. Carpooling to Independence with her mom between 7:35 and 8, she hung out at Eisenhower Elementary where they both work. At 8:50, Mandy came to ICC, where she worked on Buccaneer things until 9:30, when she went to sociology until 10:50. From 11 to 12:20, she had news writing class. After class, Mandy went back to Eisenhower to work until 3:30, eating while she was there. Arriving home at 3:55, she did homework and watched some television until 5:50 p.m. That was when she picked up her grandmother and went to the Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony, where she was inducted, then they went home. Between 8:10 and 8:30, she showered. She helped her dad move grain trucks in from the soybean field until 9:15, when she spent about 30 minutes working on a newspaper article. The family ate supper and visited between 9:45 and 10:30, when Mandy set the VCR to tape Leno and went to bed.

Lori Gray, who is in charge of accounts receivable in the ICC business office, spent the day doing nothing she normally would. She was at a NCSPOD (National Council of Staff, Program, and Organizational Development) conference in Florida as chairman of the ICC Professional Development Committee. Her day began shortly before 8 a.m. when she got up and ready to start her day. At 8, she registered for the conference and ate breakfast. The conference began at 9 a.m., with the first session lasting until 10:15. After a 15-minute break, it was another session until 11:45. Another 15 minute break and another conference until 1:30 p.m., in which she ate while participating. This pattern continued until the sessions wrapped up at 4:30. From 5 to 7 p.m., Lori attended the dinner and awards program. She ended the evening relaxing with some of the other attendees until retiring for the night around 10 p.m.

Michael Taylor, counselor for the ACE program, got up with his alarm radio set to the oldies at 6:30 a.m. and proceeded to shower, dress, eat, etc. to get ready for his day. At 7:05, he left home in Bartlesville for the 50 minute drive to ICC. Upon his arrival to his office at about 8 a.m., he checked and answered e-mail and phone messages. After about 30 minutes, this is finished. Mike made a trip to the bookstore to check on an order and availability of materials needed for the ACE lab. The remainder of the morning was spent making phone calls, typing purchase orders and travel requests, and making the arrangements for an upcoming conference for the ACE program. Several students and a faculty member drop by the office periodically to talk about various issues that concern them or just to say hello. At noon, Mike went to lunch at Subway, returning to campus shortly before 1 p.m. for a budget meeting with the director. After the meeting, the next three hours are spent pricing equipment for the ACE lab, completing student intake forms for ACE, counseling a student about transferring to a university, counseling a staff member regarding personnel and giving a prospective student an inventory instrument test. Periodically, when time allows, e-mail and phone messages are checked and responded to. At 5 p.m. Mike spent an hour going over lecture notes for a night class. The class begins at 6 and he dismisses it at 8:30 p.m., leaving after about 15 minutes of organizing to drive home. Upon his arrival home at 9:45, he talked to his wife and daughter, ate a light supper and checked the mail. At 10 p.m., he turned on the news until going to bed at 10:30 p.m.

Cory Brack, ICC assistant football and head track coach, has his alarm set for 7:45 a.m. After hitting snooze a couple of times, he got up at 8:05 and headed for the shower. By 8:15, Coach Brack was getting ready for work and leaving for ICC at 8:30, arriving almost immediately. From 8:31 to 10 a.m., he was watching film on Haskell University for that night’s game. Between 10 and 11 a.m., Coach Brack was making sure that everything was ready for the game. He went to lunch until noon with Coaches Rael and Spradlin and Mrs. Rael. When he returned to campus at noon, he picked up a van to drive to Lawrence for the Haskell game. The next hour was spent loading and readying the van. At 1 p.m., there was a farewell rally to see the team off. By 1:15, Coach Brack was on the road. At 3 p.m., there was a 30 minute break to eat and stretch. The team, along with Coach Brack, arrived at Haskell Univ. at 4:45 p.m. where he checked out the facilities and prepared for the game until shortly before 7, which was kick-off. By 9:30 p.m., the game was over with ICC the winner 61-0. An hour was spent cleaning up after the game and eating some pizza. By 10:30, they were headed back to ICC, arriving at 1:40 a.m. He spent almost an hour checking in equipment, before going home and going to bed at 2:30 a.m.

These are just a small sample of the amount of work, both at ICC and away from ICC, people have to put into every day. The next time someone thinks they don’t have enough time, maybe they should consider what other people are doing.