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  • Taylor Patterson as Sister Helen Prejean hangs up the phone after talking to Jacon Hacker’s character, Matthew Poncelet, during a rehearsal for “Dead Man Walking” on Tuesday, April 24, in the Black Box theater in Grubbs Hall. Photo by:Hunter Peterson/Collegio

    ‘Dead Man’ succeeds at PSU

    Jessica Sewing | Collegio Reporter “Dead Man Walking” is more than your ordinary play. To perform the play, two requirements that each school must meet are: involving at least two other academic departments and sponsoring creative art and music projects on the issue of the death penalty. Tim Robbins, who wrote the stage play of Sister Helen Prejean’s “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty,” added these provisions in an effort to create deeper reflections on the death penalty in high schools and colleges. “Dead Man Walking” is based on Prejean’s experiences while working with an inmate on death row. It began after Prejean started working at Hope House, a center that…

  • Christopher Powers takes notes during a JFTX in Fort Riley on April 12. Photos by Hunter Peterson

    ROTC cadets discover their future paths

    Jen Rainey | Collegio Reporter For many students, graduation is the time to search for a job. For Eric Harden, graduation means finding out where he will be stationed in the Army. Harden is one of 18 ROTC members who will be graduating and leaving for duty. “I’m ready to go start my career and be out of school,” said Harden, senior in general studies. Harden says he will be stationed at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla., from May 23 until October. While there, Harden will be training in a field artillery officer course. He will be transferred to Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., in October, where he will attend airborne and ranger school for…

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  • Coach Tim Beck talks to the football players after the spring football game on Saturday, April 28, in Carnie Smith Stadium. Photo by:Srikanth Korlapati/Collegio

    Spring Flingin’: three QBs, one job

    Two sophomores, freshman vie for starting job Garett McCullough | Sports Editor Pittsburg State University could think of no better way to kick off spring than a showcase of the defending National Champions. The spring football game on Saturday, April 28, pitted the offense vs. the defense, with a few changes to the scoring system. Instead of teaming the first-team offense with the second-team defense for parity, the coaching staff decided to make it a completely defense vs. offense competition. Offensive scoring was similar to typical scoring, but the offense could also get one point for a first down and one point for 20-plus yard plays. The defensive scoring was slightly inflated since the defense…

  • ‘Misfits’ shines for all audiences

    Todd Miller | Collegio Reporter One of the best things about sifting through many dull or terrible movies throughout a year is uncovering the buried treasure that is a fantastically made movie. “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” is one such movie. I didn’t know what to make of the movie before I saw it, but I was glad I did afterwards. “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” is based on the book “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists,” and the movie shares the book’s title in its UK release. The film centers on a pirate crew led by the Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant). The Pirate Captain wants to win the prestigious pirate of the year…

Sports

Pitt students earn chance to go abroad

Jen Rainey | Collegio Reporter Nichole Brown and Robyn Hilt are two of the three Pittsburg State University students to receive a Fulbright Scholarship in the last 10 years. “I wasn’t going to apply, but Megan Corrigan encouraged me to,” said Brown, senior in psychology. “I honestly didn’t think I’d get it.” Brown will be teaching English to Muslim high school students for nine months. She says she is leaving for Indonesia on Aug. 4, which is her birthday, and she will return on May 4, 2013. “I’m taking it as a good sign that I started on my birthday,” Brown said. The Fulbright Scholarship provides students with a stipend, round-trip transportation to the host…

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Gorillas get back on winning track

Tyler Smith | Sports Writer It looks likes the loss to Drury University did nothing to derail the Gorillas from their winning ways. After losing for the first time in six games, the Pittsburg State University baseball team came out with a vengeance and completed a two-game sweep of the Truman State Bulldogs on Saturday, April 28. The Gorillas won by the score of 4-1 in game one and 9-8 in game two. “The four-game sweep of Northwest was a huge confidence builder for the team, and we took that momentum into our next series with Truman,” Mitch Streeter said. “This weekend’s series is going to be tough, but with it being coach Bever’s last…

Coach Tim Beck talks to the football players after the spring football game on Saturday, April 28, in Carnie Smith Stadium. Photo by:Srikanth Korlapati/Collegio

Spring Flingin’: three QBs, one job

Two sophomores, freshman vie for starting job Garett McCullough | Sports Editor Pittsburg State University could think of no better way to kick off spring than a showcase of the defending National Champions. The spring football game on Saturday, April 28, pitted the offense vs. the defense, with a few changes to the scoring system. Instead of teaming the first-team offense with the second-team defense for parity, the coaching staff decided to make it a completely defense vs. offense competition. Offensive scoring was similar to typical scoring, but the offense could also get one point for a first down and one point for 20-plus yard plays. The defensive scoring was slightly inflated since the defense…

Campus Life

Getting your daily value at the D-hall

Jessica Sewing | Collegio Reporter There are at least five different food options available at Gibson Dining Hall: it’s no wonder students find it hard to choose what to eat. The real test is making the right choice. The fear of gaining the dreaded “freshman 15” has students facing the challenge of picking healthy food from the mix of tempting choices. Linda Timme, Crawford County nutritionist, says students should look at eating in the dining hall as if they were eating at a restaurant: it’s about making smart and educated choices. Timme’s first advice is to avoid fried foods. She recommends that students look for options that are baked, grilled, broiled or roasted, like the…

Students’ tricks for relaxing finals week

Carl J. Bachus | Collegio Reporter Finals week is usually a hectic time for college students. Final projects and papers are due and quality work is expected from students who are winding down from the semester. However, there are also students who don’t view finals as something to worry about. Ben Horton is confident enough in his academic ability that he has brushed off finals week worries. “I pretty much have my finals down,” said Horton, freshman in biology. “I have such high grades in all my classes that I don’t have to worry about them.” Horton says he relies heavily on rote memorization to study and stressed that gaining the ability to manage time…

Internationals reflect on year

Jessica Sewing | Collegio reporter The school year is winding down and students are longing for summer. But for many international students, the end of the school year means leaving the United States to travel back home. A total of 469 students from 37 countries, ranging from Bangladesh to Venezuela, have shared their culture and customs with PSU students this year. For some international students, like Hana Park, Pittsburg wasn’t exactly what she expected. Park says she initially thought she was going to be studying in Pittsburgh, Pa. “I actually thought I was going to Pittsburgh University in Pennsylvania because I didn’t’ really know that there was a Pittsburg in Kansas,” said Park, senior in…

Band members of Zero2panic, Cody Johnson, guitar and vocals, Turner Wood, bass, Forest Swetsun, trumpet, PSU alumnus Jeff Schmidt, drums and PSU alumnus Neva Rowland, saxophone, perform at the Rock the Vote event held Friday, April 27 in the oval. Photo by: Kaitlyn Doherty/Collegio

Rock the Vote combines politics, party

Jen Rainey | Collegio Reporter About 150 people spent Friday, April 27, listening to speakers and rocking out to local bands in support of voter registration. Rock the Vote, headed by Tina Parker, took place from noon to 9 p.m. It consisted of speakers and three bands: Clean Slate, Deadeye and Zero 2 Panic. “I think we had an amazing turnout,” said Parker, senior in social work. “It’s really a lot better than expected and more people came out than I thought.” Parker says she started planning the event in October, and she chose to organize and lead the event for a class project in her Advanced Social Work Practicum II class. Parker says she…

Lauren Renfrow

Hope for Alison and Lauren

Tragedy abroad hits home Val Vita | Collegio Reporter   Melissa Archuleta says she talked to her roommate, Lauren Renfrow, one day before Renfrow arrived in Spain in early January. “I was asking what she and her friend would do in Spain,” said Archuleta, senior in management. “And we said we would Skype.” On the morning of Saturday, Jan. 7, Archuleta’s iPhone buzzed. It was a message from the girl Renfrow went to visit in Spain, and it said that Renfrow had fallen from the fourth floor of a building. “I just couldn’t believe that,” Archuleta said. “I didn’t know what to think. And there was nothing I could do from here; it was really…

Kristina Willis jumps from the hurdle during the Gorilla Dash on Saturday, April 28. Photo by:Srikanth Korlapati/Collegio

Overcoming obstacles

The Pittsburg State University ROTC senior class hosted the Gorilla Dash on Saturday, April 28, at the PSU Baja Course. The event consisted of a 5-kilometer obstacle course with obstacles strewn throughout the trek. Entrants competed as pairs or in teams of five to seven. Each category had three divisions: male, female and co-ed. During the race, teams encountered hurdles, rope bridges, wall-jumps, tire flips, mud pits and even had to pull a Humvee. Kole Giles says ROTC hopes to make it an annual event because of its success. Around 90 people who weren’t cadets participated, and they donated $500 to Wesley House of Pittsburg. “We wanted to create a capstone event to set our…

Christopher Powers takes notes during a JFTX in Fort Riley on April 12. Photos by Hunter Peterson

ROTC cadets discover their future paths

Jen Rainey | Collegio Reporter For many students, graduation is the time to search for a job. For Eric Harden, graduation means finding out where he will be stationed in the Army. Harden is one of 18 ROTC members who will be graduating and leaving for duty. “I’m ready to go start my career and be out of school,” said Harden, senior in general studies. Harden says he will be stationed at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla., from May 23 until October. While there, Harden will be training in a field artillery officer course. He will be transferred to Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., in October, where he will attend airborne and ranger school for…