By Jon Parton The Campus Ledger printed a bar review in Issue 11 written by me. The article contained two words that are deemed vulgar by most publications, including ours. I would like to apologize for their inclusion in my review. The words printed were the words I wrote. Neither the adviser to the paper…
Column: My achy breaky pink paper heart
Column: Pets as presents
Sports Column: “We’re gonna beat the hell outta you!”
Column: Ignorance fuels oppression, knowledge fuels freedom
By Hannah Davis A few weeks ago, I was approached by an old man at the restaurant I work at. I was chatting with another server as he invaded my personal space. He grazed my arm with his finger and gave me some generic compliment about my appearance. I just smiled politely and stepped back…
Column: Governing through logic instead of emotion
By Jon Parton The Kansas Senate is currently drafting a bill that would require drug testing of any unemployment or welfare recipient suspected of doing illicit drugs. While Kansas is not the first state to create such a law, it is the first to also add drug testing for all lawmakers as well. Not only…
Column: Enough is enough; it’s time to restore the republic
By David Hurtado The year is 476 A.D., and the Western Roman Empire has collapsed beneath the barbarian hordes. Rome, which once stood as the apex of glory in the known world, has been extinguished. But Rome was not the first great empire to come to an end, nor will it be the last. From…
Column: Too much technology
By Joe Hofbauer “Oh God! My eyes!” I screamed as I fell to my knees clutching my face. The sun laughed mercilessly and continued to blind me with its powerful beams of light. Well, that’s what I get for having my face glued to a monitor the whole weekend. Technology has been on this planet…
Column: Athletic entitlement
By Jon Parton As long as you make someone else a lot of money, you can get away with numerous crimes. Just ask convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky from Penn State. More recently, Lance Armstrong admitted to using illegal performance enhancing drugs for years alongside his teammates. In the case of Sandusky, part of the…
Column: Simplest solutions usually work best
By Mackenzie Clark I was fortunate enough to grow up in a nice house in an ideal, all-American neighborhood of Lenexa; a little subdivision where the streets fill with children in the summertime and Boy Scouts parade up and down the block to sell trash bags. The houses on this street don’t seem to change…
Column: Gun control laws alone cannot prevent shootings
By David Hurtado On Dec. 14, 2012, in the small town of Sandy Hook, Conn., Adam Lanza murdered 26 human beings. Since then, tens of thousands of Americans across the country have crusaded for stricter gun control laws, blindly ignoring the real problem. We live in a society that glorifies violence to the point of…
Column: New York City safer than Kansas City
By Jon Parton Something has to be done to curb the increasing rate of murder and violence in Kansas City. You are statistically more likely to be murdered in KC than in New York City. New York City, home to more than eight million people, had a total of 515 murders last year. Kansas City,…
Column: A shriveled red rose is all that remains
By Mackenzie Clark All of Kansas City and NFL fans nationwide are feeling the blow of Saturday morning’s tragic event. Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher first shot and killed his girlfriend, Kassandra Perkins, then took his own life, leaving their three-month-old daughter, Zoey, an orphan. I don’t like to publicize my personal life, but this is…
Column: We’ll be your watchdogs
By Mackenzie Clark In the past semester, a daunting number of changes have occurred, and are occurring, on this campus. Honestly, I’m still a bit shaken and don’t know what to make of it all. If you haven’t kept up, many faculty and staff have announced plans for retirement, including three in very influential positions:…
Column: Less machinery, more humanity
By David Hurtado Americans love to think they are a forward thinking society, less hateful and bigoted than people 60 years ago. Folks, I’ve got news for you: that’s a big ol’ sack of it. Modern man can claim to be civilized all he wants, but we are little more than cavemen dressed in suits….
Column: Vote from the heart… and the brain
By Mackenzie Clark I consider myself a patriot. I feel I am incredibly lucky to have been born in America and I wouldn’t trade this gift for the world. With this gift comes responsibility. I feel those of us at the college and in this country who are eligible to vote have an obligation to…
Column: Obscenity and decency – it can be easy to confuse one for the other
By Jon Parton Are we living in the 1950s? I think some Kansans still are. Earlier this year the American Family Association of Kansas and Missouri (AFA) led a petition drive to have a bronze sculpture removed from the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, claiming it violated Kansas obscenity laws. The sculpture, entitled “Accept…
Column: Go vote! …if you know what you’re voting for
By Tasha Cook Amidst all the talk of voting and elections and officials and presidents and binders, I have honestly done nothing but gotten lost in the shuffle of all this hoopla (except the binders – curiosity drove me to Google that one). I have nothing against politics, corruption aside; I just have no real…
Sports Column: What’s this doing on my lawn again?
By James Russell Well, Cassel, you did it to us again. Obviously this isn’t really the case, but I’m sure some of the “It’s All Cassel’s Fault”ians are capable of finding some way to make it so. I don’t have the energy for this. One more blowout loss for my beloved team, and one more…
Web-exclusive Column: If you can’t say anything nice, don’t work in customer service
By Natalie Goodwin My day started by going shopping at the grocery store. When I reached the check out, I placed all my purchases up on the belt and the frowning checker proceeded to ring my groceries with no ‘Hello,’ no ‘How are you?’ no nothing. The only thing she uttered the entire time was,…
Column: No one cares that it took you 30 minutes to park
By Jon Parton The first day I started working for The Campus Ledger, I learned that people like to complain about the parking. It doesn’t matter what time I show up to school, I’m always able to find a spot. Why are there so many people complaining about the parking? We don’t have a parking…
Column: Campus zombies do exist
By Tasha Cook Let me tell you a story. This morning, on my way through school, I actually got the privilege to be part of a giant, life-sized pinball machine full of zombies. What, you didn’t see it? You were part of it too. This is the daily life of a college student walking through…
Column: Kudos to the administration
By Mackenzie Clark Too frequently, I find myself with some sort of bone to pick with the administration of this college. However, recently they handled a very difficult situation as well as they possibly could. If you read the article on page two of this issue, you know that former professor William Hailey was terminated…
Column: Poor people are lazy, welfare moms drive Mercedes, and other stereotypes
By Jon Parton I remember the last year of high school very well. I was homeless. It’s easy to stereotype people, even when we know that it’s wrong. Poverty is real. The need is real. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 46 million people live in poverty in our country. All the rhetoric…
Column: Affirmative Action, promoting inequality since 1961
By David Hurtado Of all the policies designed to keep Americans at each other’s throats, Affirmative Action is among the worst. There was once a time in our history when it was needed, but that time has since passed. Affirmative Action was born from Executive Order 10925, which was signed into law by President John…
Column: Talkin’ ’bout my generation
By Mackenzie Clark Perhaps some of you may have noticed a pattern emerging from the many shootings in the news fairly recently. In quite a few of those cases the suspects were in their teens or 20’s. These immature kids decided that some aspect of their lives had gone wrong and it was their duty to make…
Sports Column: Arrowheading into the 2012 season
By James Russell Preseasons are a hard thing to use as a gauge for what will happen in the regular season. There are too many variables going on behind the scenes for us to know with any certainty how much the team we see on the field has in common with who they really are….
Column: The new America
By Jon Parton For much of our country’s history, manufacturing jobs have provided a way for unskilled workers to advance to the ranks of the middle class. With an unemployment rate of more than eight percent, we Americans have to face reality. We have to encourage the workforce to seek out training in community colleges,…
A note from the editor
By Mackenzie Clark Welcome to The Campus Ledger 2012-2013. As The Ledger’s editor-in-chief, I want to explain my intentions for your campus newspaper. Our job is to report facts accurately and track down stories we believe will be pertinent to the student body. Of course, this means that we need your feedback. If we’re missing something that…
Column: Voting, an American duty
By David Hurtado Well folks, another four years have passed, and we all know what that means: the onset of the 2012 election season. For some, this represents a chance to make their discontent known to the current administration, or to throw their support behind it. Others, however, will forgo a trip to the polls…
Where there is a will, there is still no way
By Rachel Luchmun The case of Jesus Torres (see this article) provoked two kinds of responses: those sympathetic to his cause and denouncing his deportation, and those who believe that Torres’ deportation is deserved because he should have gotten with the program and become a proper U.S. citizen. Unfortunately, this latter kind of thinking is…
Enough with the 3D movie fad already
By Jon Parton The 3D movie fad needs to die again. Although technology for 3D films has existed for many years, its recent resurgence is costing moviegoers more money. In the 1950’s, several films were released by studios that used the gimmick to draw people in. The reemergence of the 3D movie is due, in…
A gift that never stops thieving
By David Hurtado Let’s be honest with ourselves, America, the welfare system has become a shadow of its former self and either needs to kick the bucket or be completely reformed. Its original purpose of helping the needy has been perverted by countless lazy and inconsiderate individuals who have no concept of self-responsibility. According to…
Santorum’s morals turn public policy
By Jessica Mitchell Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum’s personal morals and beliefs have crossed the forbidden line into aspiring laws and rules. His views on women’s health, contraception and abortion directly reflect his religious status and now he is trying to force it upon the country. Santorum’s views go as far as states having the…
Capitalism is democracy
By Jon Parton If you want to ask someone how they are doing in China, you would say “Ni hao ma?” Most Americans do not understand the Chinese language. In fact, there is a lot about China most Americans do not understand, language being just one of them. China is well on its way to…
Forgetting to say thank you to those forsaken by their government
By Mackenzie Clark Some people believe we may be leaving Iraq and Afghanistan in a dangerous state if we bring our troops home now. Some people believe we’re doing the right thing by bringing the troops home. Frankly, that’s not my concern. Regardless of our personal opinions on war, we need to remember to thank…
The quest for the GPA
By Rachel Luchmun A recent survey showed that the college has a 93 percent approval rating in the community. A majority of people believe education to be an important tool to improve their lives. After all, knowledge is power. And yet, it seems to me that the quest for knowledge has been replaced by something…
Drive smart
By Jon Parton That certain someone you were hoping to hear from finally sends you a text. In a rush of excitement, you quickly take a look at what the person wrote. You devote all of your attention to the message, trying quickly to respond to the most important person in your life. At least,…
WEB-EXCLUSIVE: America the fallen
By David Hurtado Once upon a time in America we were free to speak and express what we believed without fear of persecution. However, after 236 years, our freedom of speech is beginning to be crushed under a dark maelstrom of political correctness. Kirk Cameron, whom many know as the former star of “Growing Pains,”…
Thank you, Rachel Kimbrough
By Mackenzie Clark I am saddened to report that the Ledger’s editor-in-chief, Rachel Kimbrough, has recently chosen to resign. In her time at the Ledger, Kimbrough covered articles with crucial information for the student body. As editor-in-chief, she was extremely helpful to her staff under all circumstances. As our leader, she guided us in our…
America the bold
By Jon Parton NASA was created more than 50 years ago. In just one year, our government has spent the same amount of money on our military as it has over the entire lifetime of our space program. Is it any wonder that our students rank so low in science and math? We are becoming…
All-or-nothing enrollment policy: The college’s understanding when it comes to late enrollment is nonexistent
By Jessica Mitchell The college’s no-tolerance when it comes to the enrollment deadline is overly grating and can sometimes be detrimental to a student’s GPA and financial situation. Students who, for any reason at all, need to enroll in a course following its first meeting do not have the option to do so. There is…
Proposed new mascot, logo, colors have little to do with rebranding goal
College community responds to Bison with resounding ‘Meh’ By Rachel Kimbrough The college just forked more than $120,000 over to Bernstein-Rein Advertising (B-R) for a rebranding project, as detailed in the center spread of this issue. What B-R came up with as a recommendation for the new mascot is the JCCC Bison. See pages eight…
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