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Vol. 45 No. 6 October 10, 2011 Cheyenne, Wyoming wingspan.lccc.wy.edu 

Brains on the Plains 

From film and music to literature 

and comic books, the popularity of 

zombies has grown. The infectious 

affection for zombies even spread 

to the High Plains of Wyoming 

with the Cheyenne Depot hosting 

ZombieFest Oct. 1. Zombies have 

creeped into our hearts and city, 

making it ever-important to know 

how to spot a zombie, to find 

information about them on the Web 

and even to gain some first-hand 

perspective on what it’s like to be 

a zombie. 

See Pages 17–26. 

Zombie logo by Amy Walker 

Photo illustration and layout by Will Hebert 

Taco Bell=travel 

Travel policy limits studies 

He was man once 

Details of a man turned zombie 

Get your Seuss on 

Theater to put on ‘Seussical’ 

Finally, men rule 

Men’s soccer ranked first time 

Opinion—Page 10–11 

Features—Page 20–21 

A&E—Page 27–28 

Sports—Page 37

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October 

Wingspan 

10 Women’s Volleyball vs. Air Force Prep, 5 p.m.–7 p.m. 

10 

Nursing program information session, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., 

Health Science Building, Room 113, free. 

12 Deadline to turn in graduation applications, 8 p.m.–5 p.m. 

12 LCCC College Fair, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., CCI, Room 129/130. 

Creative Wellness: Using Photography to Help Understand 

12 Yourself and Your Emotional Health, Part I, 1 p.m.–2 p.m., 

CCC 178, RSVP required. 

12 Men’s Soccer vs. Western Wyoming CC, 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

13 

LCCC Homecoming Dance, 8 p.m., CCI, Room 129/130, casual, 

Candy Corn Counting Contest with an iPad Touch to the winner. 

13 

“Seussical Jr.” Theater Performance, 7 p.m., $5 students, 

seniors and children; $10 adults; Mary Godfrey Playhouse. 

14 Men’s Soccer vs. North Idaho College, noon–2 p.m. 

14 Beast Women performance, 8 p.m., Mary Godfrey Playhouse, $5. 

Shawn Dubie Memorial Rodeo, 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. Friday; 

14–16 

9 a.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. Sunday, LCCC Arena, $8 

adults, $5 students and seniors, three-day pass: $20 adults, $12 

students and seniors,free to LCCC students and children under 5. 

15–16 “Seussical Jr.” Theater Performance Matinee, 2 p.m.–4 p.m. 

16 Men’s Soccer vs. Westminster University JV, noon–2 p.m. 

18 

LCCC College Democrats meeting, 4 p.m., Student Lounge; 

speaker will be author Andrea Batista Schlesinger. 


19 Yourself and Your Emotional Health, Part II, 1 p.m.–2 p.m., 

CCC 178, RSVP required. 

19 

LCCC Dental Hygiene Open House, 4:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. 

Science Center, Room 122, RSVP csowards@lccc.wy.edu. 

19 

Board Business Meeting, 7 p.m., Petersen Board Room, 

Administration Building. 

20 Domestic Violence Awareness, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., CCC landing 

21 Last day to withdraw, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. 

22 3rd annual LCCC Free 4 All, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., Multipurpose Room. 

World Echoes Choral Concert, 3 p.m., LCCC Collegiate 

23 Chorale, Kantorei Singers, Men’s Ensemble and Women’s 

Ensemble, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, free. 

25 

Bump in the Night VII, 7 p.m., Cheyenne Civic Center, 

LCCC band ensembles featured, costumes optional, free. 

25 Women’s Volleyball vs. Eastern Wyoming College, 7 p.m. 

25 

Oil and Gas in Wyoming, Part I, 7 p.m., CCI, UP Centennial 

Room 129/130, free. 

27 

Oil and Gas in Wyoming, Part II, 7 p.m., CCI, UP Centennial 

Room 129/130, free. 

31 

Halloween costume contest for employees and students; 

11 a.m.–1 p.m., Student Lounge, prizes to be awarded. 

November 

2 

Board Study Session, 7 p.m., Petersen Board Room, 

Administration Building. 

5 Equestrian Team Western Show, LCCC Arena. 

To post information in Eagle Eye through Wingspan Online or the print version 

of Wingspan, contact Amy Walker at 778-1304 or email wingspan@lccc.wy.edu. 

campus news 

By Careyanne 

Johnson 

Photo Editor 

A new mental 

health counselor has 

been selected to serve 

in the Laramie County 

Community College 

counseling and campus 

wellness center. 

A similar position 

was held by Chris 

Clark, a former counselor. 

According to Eirin 

Grimes, her position 

differs from Clark’s 

by offering mental 

health services that 

are more personally 

oriented 

and that help 

people cope 

with more 

widespread 

personal 

issues. 

October 10 2011 

wingspan.lccc.wy.edu 

New counselor to provide 

more personalized services 

Counselors are 

available from 8 

a.m.–5 p.m., but 

Grimes’ individual 

hours are from noon- 

9 p.m. Grimes said 

these new hours will 

accommodate other 

students in sports or 

other extracurricular 

activities whose 

schedules previously 

prevented them from 

seeking services. 

The services 

Grimes provides to 

students include help 

with depression, substance 

abuse, anxiety 

and roommate 

conflicts, which 

Grimes said is 

most common 

so far 

with new 

freshmen 

moving 

into the 

Residence 

Hall. 

The changes 

to counseling and 

campus wellness were 

made because of misconnection 

with the 

students, Grimes said, 

Previously, students 

and counselors met 

for only a 10-minute 

time span, so the 

change was made to 

gain a deeper connection 

with residential 

students, athletes 

and Residence Hall 

advisers. 

Grimes is a 

Laramie native, which 

is where she attended 

high school, and soon 

after she moved to 

Philadelphia, where 

she received her 

bachelor’s in business 

and administration at 

Villanova University. 

She earned master’s 

degrees in government 

administration 

at the University 

of Pennsylvania and 

counselor education 

at the University of 

Wyoming. Grimes 

held a job on the 

LCCC campus as an 

academic adviser 

before she moved 

Eirin Grimes 

to the new position 

as a mental health 

counselor. 

“Your first year in 

college, especially if 

you are a Residence 

Hall student living 

on campus, can be 

the hardest thing 

you experience in 

college life, considering 

you’re away from 

home, and these new 

people are almost 

forced to become 

your new family and 

friends,” Grimes said. 

“It is my primary job 

to let you all know 

that you are not alone 

with any issues you 

are struggling with, so 

stop by my office, and 

I will see that your 

needs are dealt with 

in a healthy, responsible 

manner, with 

the correct amount of 

time dedicated to any 

conflicts you may be 

having.” 

Grimes’ office 

is situated across 

the hall from where 

student IDs are issued 

or diagonally across 

the hall from the 

Emporium. Her 

office number is 

307-778-1150.

October 10, 2011 


ASG, student veterans 

planning 11-11-11 event 

By Shawn Havel 

Co-Editor 

Laramie County Community 

College’s Associated Student 

Government and a student who is 

a U.S. military veteran will work together 

to create an event to honor 

LCCC’s veterans and allow students 

to show their appreciation toward 

veterans at the college. 

On Tuesday, Sept. 27, ASG met 

with Mike Santana about the formation 

of the Veterans Association 

of America. ASG has been in the 

process of planning an event for 

Veterans’ Day by having each 

member think of at least two ideas 

for the holiday, which will fall on 

11/11/11 this year. 

In other business, LCCC’s vice 

president of administration and 

finance, Carol Hoglund, will seek 

ASG member’s input on the new 

furniture that will be purchased for 

the lounge area at LCCC. 

On Sept. 20 ASG decided to hold 

a social bash so that they could 

become more approachable to 

the student population on Oct. 11 

where students can mingle among 

their peers while acquainting 

themselves with ASG members. 

The event will be held from 11 a.m. 

until 1 p.m. in the student lounge. 

Student government plans to 

follow up in the coming weeks on 

the scholarship proposal it previously 

addressed as well as to create 

an ad hoc committee to address 

issues concerning the spring book 

scholarships, which will be unavailable 

to students in 2012. 

On Oct. 3 ASG will work on an 

upcoming project with HIV prevention 

program manager Robert 

Johnston from the governor’s 

office to create an HIV awareness 

event. Also, Hoglund has funding 

to create study spaces around the 

campus which ASG will be providing 

input as to what should be 

included in the spaces. 

campus news 

Clubwise 

SkillsUSA 

Wingspan 3 

Farishna Brown 

Attendance accolades: 

Instructor Robert LaFaso shows a trophy the Laramie County Community 

College SkillsUSA chapter earned for having the second highest number 

of members in a chapter in the state of Wyoming. 


Graphics Editor 

When: 

Who: 

Fees: 

Contact: 

Officers: 

Tuesdays scheduled by the advisers 

Open to anyone 

Registration fees depend on the events. Assistance is available. 

Robert LaFaso at rlafaso@lccc.wy.edu or Larry Van Why at lvanwhy@lccc.wy.edu. 

President, Joseph Sanchez; vice president, Brian Brook; treasurer, Daniel Prall; 

secretary, Tessa Brammer. 

Bailer’s Daily Grind 

Coffee • Smoothies • Pastries • Catering 

Mon. – Fri. 6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 

Sat. 6:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 

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307.426.4231 

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Purposes: 

FYI: 

Students learn community skills and participate in community-services based 

on what they’ve learned. 

Last summer Skills U.S.A. went to a national competition in Kansas City, Mo., 

with Gerald Stoffel in automotive collision technology and Jason Christenson in 

automotive technology. Stoffel finished 23th overall, and Christenson finished 

27th overall. 

The events the club held last year were an oil change as part of the LCCC Free 4 

All; a drive-in movie night and a car show. 

Upcoming events: A free car oil change will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, as part of 

the third annual campus Free 4 All. Prior registration is required so that the right 

filters can be ordered. 

Contact Wingspan at 778-1304 or wingspan@lccc.wy.edu to feature your club.

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campus news 



Board of Trustees 

Board explores true operating costs of CDC 

By Will Hebert 

Co-Editor 

The Laramie County Community 

College Board of Trustees decided to seek 

documentation on the college’s programs 

that use the Children’s Discovery Center 

to determine whether those programs 

should contribute to covering the CDC’s 

operating costs. 

Previously, the CDC had a deficit of 

more than $645,000 that had accumulated 

during the past 10 years, and other 

areas within the auxiliary fund such as 

the residence hall and bookstore had 

been carrying the deficit during the 10 

years. 

At a business meeting on Sept. 21, the 

trustees decided to transfer $645,275.23 

from the general fund to the auxiliary 

fund to repay the CDC’s deficit. Thomas 

said this would provide the CDC with a 

clean slate, and the college would be able 

to tell its true operating costs because any 

subsequent deficits could not be attributed 

to the previous deficit. 

Thomas said the current labor structure 

of the CDC prevents making a profit 

because the college pays up to 30 percent 

in benefits to CDC staff. The facility is 

owned and operated by the college. 

The Laramie 

County Community 

College Board of 

Trustees approved 

a budget revision of 

$183,156.14 to replace 

a gearbox on a wind 

turbine generator. 

Funds for the 

budget revision are 

to come from the 

U.S. Air Force/U.S. 

Department of 

Defense through the 

college’s auxiliary 

fund. 

According to an 

email from Interim 

President Dr. Miles 

LaRowe, the college 

and F.E. Warren Air 

Force Base through 

the Department of 

Defense entered 

into an agreement 

in March 2011. The 

agreement said the 

LCCC wind energy 

technology program 

would participate in 

training, service and 

maintenance for the 

base wind turbines. 

In conjunction 

with the agreement, 

the wind energy 

technology progam 

will oversee the 

replacement of the 

gearbox, and the 

U.S. Air Force/U.S. 

Department of 

Defense will fund the 

expense, LaRowe’s 

email said. 

At an earlier business 

meeting Sept. 

21, the following budget 

revision requests 

involving equipment 

purchases and major 

maintenance projects 

were approved: 

• An expansion of 

the Albany County 

Campus parking 

lot by 47 spaces 

of an estimated 

“I won’t even claim that its mismanagement 

or anything. It’s a structural 

problem that we have here,” Thomas 

said. 

The CDC reached maximum enrollment 

this month and now has a waiting 

list of 61 people, Jerry Harris, LCCC director 

of contracting and procurement, said. 

He said that a year and a half ago, the 

CDC’s enrollment was only at 70 percent 

capacity. 

A big challenge in terms of enrollment 

the CDC faces now is trying to maintain 

enrollment during the summer, Harris 

said. 

“In our summer months, our enrollment 

drops because certain people take 

their children out, and we have not been 

able to find a niche to fill those enrollment 

numbers back up,” Harris said. He 

said the program has been working on 

how it can reduce its staffing levels at the 

same time enrollment goes down. 

Harris said the facility must adhere to 

state-required ratios for staff to enrollment. 

He said for every five children enrolled, 

the facility must have two adults, 

and for every four infants, the facility 

must have one adult. 

“If you increase enrollment, staff has 

to grow, and it’s a balancing that’s very 

additional cost of 

$77,000. The project 

was initially 

approved $128,000 

in the 2012 fiscal 

year budget; 

however, because 

of requirements 

of the city of 

Laramie, additional 

funding was 

needed for a total 

cost of $205,000. 

• Design and construction 

costs 

of $73,000 for 

renovations to the 

Administration 

Building’s pergola. 

Renovation costs 

of $125,000 were 

approved for fiscal 

year 2012, but 

because of exterior 

renovation needs, 

additional funding 

was needed. 

An additional 

$145,000 major 

maintenance 

funding will be 

added to the project 

for a total cost 

of $343,000. 

• Two fleet vehicles 

costing $41,768 to 

replace vehicles 

that have passed 

the 100,000-mileage 

limitation. 

• Two 14-passenger 

coaches costing 

$87,786 to replace 

coaches that have 

exceeded the 

100,000-mileage 

limitation. 

• Purchase of instructional 

equipment, 

which will 

to be determined, 

costing $500,000. 

• Purchase of 

grounds equipment 

to replace 

obsolete equipment 

costing 

$130,000. 

tough to manage. Very tough,” Harris 

said. 

Thomas said a few alternatives could 

alleviate the problem, one of which 

would be to examine what academic programs 

benefit from using the CDC and 

take funding from those areas. 

Programs such as nursing and early 

childhood development currently use the 

CDC in their curricula, and depending on 

how much these programs use the CDC, 

funding might be reallocated to the CDC 

from them, the trustees said. 

“If we’re providing clinical effectively 

for these departments, then some of that 

money may need to come from those 

departments,” Thomas said. 

The trustees said funding to the CDC 

from other programs that use the facility 

could come from the tuition revenue of 

the programs. 

The other alternative Thomas suggested 

was to subsidize the CDC, so the 

college would still offer the service but 

not carry the financial burdens. He said 

if the CDC were operated by an outside 

group, the same 30 percent benefit 

package the college must now offer 

employees would not apply to the facility, 

allowing it a greater opportunity to 

profit. 

• Completing the 

third floor of the 

Health Science 

Building as prioritized 

in the facility 

master plan costing 

$1.2 million 

“I think the building should be on our 

master plan. I don’t think we ought to 

own the building or necessarily operate 

it. That’s one way to look at it. Just like 

UW has a building for us on their campus,” 

Thomas said. “I think it’s a service 

that ought to be on the campus; it’s just 

how do we provide it and how does the 

thing work.” 

The Board of Trustees’ secretary Carol 

Merrell said the CDC provides a service 

to the community, and community 

services do not always break even. Harris 

said 58 percent of people utilizing the 

CDC’s child care services were from the 

community; 21 percent were students, 

and another 21 percent were faculty and 

staff. 

Harris also said the reputation of the 

CDC has changed in the last few years. 

“When I took over the center, people 

were leaving like flies,” Harris said. “We’ve 

changed that reputation. I’ve had several, 

and I won’t mention any names, but I’ve 

had lawyers and doctors come say: ‘Nice 

job. We want a spot in your center.’ That’s 

why we have 61 people on the waiting 

list.” 

The trustees will re-examine the issue 

in early 2012. 

Board of Trustees approves new budget revisions 

with the remaining 

balance being 

funded by remaining 

bond funds for 

a total project cost 

of $1.5 million. 

• Phase I lighting 

upgrades as prioritized 

in facility 

master plan costing 

$500,000. 

The additions to 

the budget totalled 

$2,937,710.14. 

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campus news 


Proposed public records rule postponed 

Trustees ponder practicality of its use on campus 

Records revisited: 

Trustees, from left, John 

Kaiser, Ed Mosher, Carol 

Merrell, Greg Thomas, 

and Kevin Kilty discuss 

the college’s records 

accessibility. 

Shawn Havel 


Co-Editor 

The approval of a public records rule proposed to the 

Laramie County Community College Board of Trustees 

was postponed until November at a special business 

meeting Oct. 5 because of concerns raised at a public 

hearing. 

Katie Blaser, managing editor of Wingspan, said 

the publication was concerned about guidelines for 

requesting a record; designation of the vice president of 

administration and finance as the sole custodian of records; 

and the lack of guidance on the turnaround time 

for approval of records. 

Blaser said designating Vice President of 

Administration and Finance Carol Hoglund as the sole 

custodian could create a bottleneck, slowing the flow of 

documents requested because of the custodian’s other 

duties. Blaser also said the rule was not as clear as it 

should be, particularly involving what documents would 

have to be requested. 

J. L. O’Brien, an LCCC instructor of mass media/multimedia, 

also said the rule’s definition of what records 

would have to be requested was too vague. O’Brien said 

information on how he teaches his classes could be 

considered a public record, in which case O’Brien would 

have to put forth a request to release information on his 

teaching methods before sharing with another instructor. 

Another concern O’Brien raised was the lack of 

specified access for inspection of records. He said the 

proposed rule did not specify who would give access to 

inspection and whether it would be the single custodian 

of records. 

Rosalind Schliske, another LCCC instructor of mass 

media/multimedia, said she was concerned about the 

cost of copies for public records, the prohibition of 

releasing mailing lists unless approved by the board and 

the requirement of identification to pick up requested 

records. 

Schliske said costs to copy records should cover only 

printing costs, and the college should not make a profit 

on the printing. Schliske, one of the faculty advisers 

for Wingspan, said two reporters had to pay for copies 

of two records last year. Schliske said the reporters 

requested copies of the college’s termination settlement 

for former Vice President of Student Services Dr. James 

Cook and the college’s resignation settlement for former 

President Dr. Darrel Hammon, which cost $1 and $4, 

respectively. 

Schliske said if the reporters had made copies of 

the documents using Wingspan’s copy code, the copies 

would have cost 75 cents. 

Schliske also said the federal Freedom of Information 

Act has a provision to exclude charges for copies of 

public documents if “disclosure of the information is 

in the public interest because it is likely to contribute 

significantly to public understanding of the operations 

or activities of the government.” 

“Surely, LCCC’s expenditure of $560,000 for Cook and 

Hammon would fall under the public interest category,” 

Schliske said. 

LCCC attorney Tony Reyes said the cost guidelines 

in the proposed rule reflect those outlined by the public 

records policy of the Wyoming Community College 

Commission and are prescribed by law. 

Jim Angell, executive director of the Wyoming Press 

Association, said he saw a few practical issues in the 

policy. Angell said he was concerned about the identification 

of one individual as custodian of all records. 

“One person clearing all public documents requests, 

responding to all requests, and, believe me, that person 

is going to be up to their kneecaps in requests for information 

over time,” Angell said. He suggested department 

heads of the college could be responsible for their 

own areas. 

Angell said he was also concerned the rule said no 

original document shall be released except by written 

order from the board or a court. Angell said this could be 

interpreted as saying no file can be viewed without approval 

from the board, even if an individual steps into an 

office and asks to review a document in the office. 

Angell also said the requirement to show valid identification 

to request a record may go beyond the scope of 

the requirements of the public records act and asked the 

board specifically to reconsider the requirement. 

LCCC Board of Trustees Treasurer Ed Mosher said 

asking people who request documents to provide identification 

is going beyond the state law. Mosher said this 

was in contradiction to Reyes’ advice to stay within the 

guidelines of the state law and WCCC’s policies regarding 

public information in areas such as specifying a 

reasonable time for the custodian of records to respond 

to requests. 

Attorney Reyes said the rule was drafted closely to the 

WCCC’s public records policy to prevent inconsistency 

between LCCC’s rule and the WCCC’s. 

However, Dean of Arts and Humanities Kathleen 

Urban, an attorney herself, said LCCC’s rule could build 

upon and go beyond the WCCC’s policy and still be 

consistent. Urban said as long as LCCC’s rule is not in 

opposition with the WCCC’s, it could be specific and 

added to without being inconsistent. 

Trustee Dr. Kevin Kilty warned the rule was so vague 

in certain areas that he asked how it would address 

issues such as students asking for their grades to be 

emailed. Kilty said the email could be considered a 

record, and an instructor may have to ask permission 

through the vice president of administration and finance 

to send grades through email. Kilty also asked whether 

the copy fees would apply if a person brings a personal 

copier. 

“You’re trying to get us to follow the rules of the commission, 

but the commission’s not a college. The commission 

is a regulatory body that oversees the college, 

and they don’t do the same things we do,” Kilty said. 

“Surely, they haven’t specified any of these sorts of rules 

because we have to deal with students, and there’s just 

records all over the place now.” 

Kilty asked whether a procedure to specify how the 

college would implement the details of the proposed 

records rule would be created. 

Greg Thomas, vice chair of the board, agreed the proposed 

role was unclear on aspects of what is defined as a 

record and what records need to be requested. 

“We’re going down a road of nowhere because nobody 

wants to define anything, and I’m going to claim 

that you’re going to have to do it or you’re not going to 

get anything,” Thomas said. 

Reyes said the Wyoming Legislature would have to 

define details for LCCC to be able to clarify its public 

records rule. 

Kilty suggested the board consult the WCCC to gain 

insight as to what it intended its policy to mean and how 

colleges should interpret it.

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campus news 



Spring 

advising, 

registration 

set Nov. 15 

By Susann 

Robbins 

News editor 

Registration for 

spring 2012 classes 

at Laramie County 

Community 

College is coming 

up soon, and the 

director of LCCC 

advising and 

career services 

said students don’t 

have to wait until 

the first day of registration 

to meet 

with their academic advisers. 

Chrissy Renfro also said it is 

very important for students to 

have a plan before the meeting, 

so they can use the time wisely. 

The spring class schedule 

should be published on the 

LCCC website in the middle of 

October, Renfro said. Once the 

schedule is out, students can 

start meeting with their academic 

advisers. 

Registration begins on 

Tuesday, Nov. 15, and some students 

actually stay up until midnight 

to log on to their EaglesEye 

account to lock in their classes 

College Transfer Fair scheduled 

By Susann Robbins 

News Editor 

College Transfer Fair 

A college transfer 

fair will take place 

Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 

11 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Union 

Pacific/Centennial Room of 

the Center for Conferences and 

Institutes. This fair is the first 

to be held at Laramie County 

Community College with more 

to follow in the coming years. 

This event is sponsored 

by LCCC and the Wyoming 

Admissions Officers (WAO), 

said LCCC academic adviser 

Jonathan Seyferth and LCCC 

director of advising and career 

services Chrissy Renfro. It is 

meant to give students an outlook 

of what they can do next 

after completing their degree 

at LCCC and assist in the process 

of transferring to another 

college or university. 

The fair will feature 30 

booths to help students find a 

direction, depending on what 

they want. 

Representatives from the 

following organizations will be 

in attendance: 

• LCCC; 

• University of Wyoming; 

• University of Colorado 

Denver; 

• Dakota Wesleyan University, 

Mitchell, S.D.; 

• Black Hills State University, 

Spearfish, S.D.; 

• Northern State University, 

Aberdeen, S.D.; 

• Wyoming Army National 

Guard; 

• Dickinson State University, 

Dickinson, N.D.; 

• The Art Institutes; 

• South Dakota School of 

Mines and Technology, 

Rapid City, S.D.; 

• Montana State University, 

Billings; 

• Johnson and Wales 

University, Denver; 

• Colorado Christian 

University, Lakewood, Colo.; 

• Headlines Academy, Rapid 

City, S.D.; 

• Colorado Mesa University, 

Grand Junction, Colo.; 

• Valley City State University, 

Valley City, N.D.; 

• University of Sioux Falls, 

South Dakota; 

• Chadron State College, 

Chadron Neb.; 

• Rocky Mountain College, 

Billings, Mont.; 

• Institute of Business and 

Medical Careers (IBMC); 

• Hastings College, Hastings, 

Neb.; 

• Air Force ROTC; 

• U.S. Army; 

• Presentation College, South 

Dakota; 

• Department of Workforce 

Services; 

• U.S. Navy Recruiting, 

District Denver; 

• University of Northern 

Colorado. 

This is a free event, and no 

registration is needed. 

and ensure they get into their 

needed classes, Renfro said. 

She added it is very important 

for students to have an 

appointment with their advisers, 

but it is equally important to 

register for classes in due time. 

If students aren’t sure who 

their adviser is, the advising 

department can help assist and 

connect with the appropriate 

person. 

Students can also check their 

EaglesEye accounts if they have 

declared a major. There are 

no changes for registration or 

advising this year. 

Students should ensure they 

have no holds on file prior to 

registering, Renfro said. Holds 

that may prevent students from 

registering include: money owed 

to the college, an advising hold, 

academic probation or suspension. 

For transfer students, it is 

very important to ensure all 

their transcripts are in, so the 

adviser knows they have all the 

prerequisites and all their information 

in their file, Renfro said. 

LCCC academic adviser 

Jonathan Seyferth said students 

have to make sure they understand 

what those are and what 

sequence they should be taken 

in order to earn a degree or 

certificate. 

Seyferth said it is important 

to be prepared and ready for 

registration day, considering 

some classes fill quickly, and 

registering on Nov. 16 could 

already be too late. 

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campus news 


College Brain Trust finalizes audit 

By Susann 

Robbins 

News Editor 

The final organizational 

audit for 

Laramie County 


will be presented to 

the Board of Trustees 

on Dec. 7. 

College Brain 

Trust (CBT), the company 

hired to do the 

audit, was recently 

at LCCC to conduct 

face-to-face surveys 

and held opencampus 

forums. Now 

they have taken the 

information back to 

Sacramento, Calif., to 

evaluate all the information, 

said Interim 

President Dr. Miles 

LaRowe. 

The audit looks 

into the college structure 

(who reports to 

whom), job descriptions 

(all administrative 

positions, 

professional positions), 

organizational 

structure and responsibilities. 

Also CBT 

is looking into best 

practices regarding 

campus communication 

and structure, 

LaRowe said. 

This audit was 

requested by the 

faculty because they 

were concerned that 

resources were not appropriately 

allocated 

to instruction, said Jeff 

Shmidl Faculty Senate 

president and instructor 

of economics and 

finance. The Faculty 

Senate heard complaints 

about the low 

number of instructors 

hired, so the Faculty 

Senate brought the 

request to the LCCC 

Board of Trustees to 

do an organizational 

audit, Shimdl said. 

Audits, like this 

one, are not uncommon 

practice 

throughout the college 

communities. 

This audit should 

affect the ratio for fulltime 

and part-time 

instructors, which will 

be good for the students, 

Shmidl said. 

CBT came to LCCC 

at the request of the 

trustees to study the 

college and asses 

what it is doing. The 

CBT team has been to 

campus three times 

and has conducted 

individual interviews 

on the Cheyenne 

and Albany County 

campuses. 

CBT has also done 

two electronic surveys. 

One went to the 

general population 

of the college, and 

the other one went to 

the trustees, LaRowe 

said. The team has 

reviewed documents 

from LCCC such as 

budgets, structure, 

historical, employee 

agreements and 

evaluations/assessments. 

In the final report 

for the audit, CBT will 

suggest to LCCC what 

they view as better 

ways to conduct the 

college’s business 

and offer suggested 

best practices. The 

final decision of what 

suggestions to implement 

is the trustees’. 

CBT is a community 

college consulting 

firm based in 

Sacramento with 

consultants throughout 

the United States 

and the United 

Kingdom. CBT has 

provided consulting 

services to more 

than 30 community 

colleges in California, 

Michigan, Idaho 

and Washington, 

D.C. CBT specializes 

in innovative and 

creative solutions, 

including organizational 

assessments 

and effectiveness and 

efficiency audits, as 

their website states. 

CBT’s core value 

is innovation, collegiality 

and an 

ability to respond to 

the unique challenges 

specific to each client 

college, according 

to collegebraintrust. 

com/who_we_are. 

LaRowe said the “A 

Team” helping LCCC 

with its audit consists 

of project leader 

Dr. George Boggs; 

strategic leader Dr. 

Robert Jensen; and 

team members Dr. 

Diane Troyer, Dr. Jean 

Malone, Mike Brandy 

and Julie Slark. 

CBT’s website 

outlines each member’s 

qualifications as 

follows: 

Dr. George Boggs, 

president & CEO 

emeritus of the 

American Association 

of Community 

Colleges (AACC) 2000– 

2010, Washington, 

D.C. , is a consultant 

and project leader for 

CBT. For many years, 

he has been recognized 

as the leading 

voice of the community 

college movement 

providing leadership 

on a number of issues, 

including workforce 

development, 

leadership development, 

accountability, 

student learning and 

success, science and 

math instruction, and 

promoting the development 

of community 

colleges around the 

world. 

Prior to serving as 

president & CEO of 

AACC, Boggs served 

for 15 years as superintendent/president 

of Palomar College 

in San Marcos, Calif. 

He began his career 

at Butte College in 

Oroville, Calif., as a 

chemistry professor. 

Mike Brandy 

served as a leader in 

the business operations 

of grades K–12, 

community colleges 

and private universities 

for more than 39 

years. For the last 14 

years, he has served 

as interim chancellor, 

vice chancellor, business 

services and vice 

president of finance in 

the Foothill-De Anza 


District in California. 

Brandy holds an 

MBA from Golden 

Gate University in 

San Francisco and a 

bachelor’s degree in 

business administration 

from California 

State Northridge. 

Dr. Robert Jensen 

has had a 41-year 

career as campus and 

district chief executive 

officer and consultant 

in Oregon, California 

and Arizona. The 

former chancellor 

of the Pima County 


District in Arizona 

and Rancho Santiago 

and Contra Costa 


District in California, 

Jensen is a highly 

respected expert in 

community college 

organization, management 

and assessment. 

Jensen is the recipient 

of the Harry Buttimer 

Distinguished 

Administrator Award 

from the Association 

of California 


Administrators and 

was named one of the 

top 50 community 

college leaders in the 

U.S. by the University 

of Texas. 

Dr. Jean Malone 

retired in June 2004 

with 40 years in 

public education. 

As vice president of 

human resources 

and district chief 

negotiator, Malone 

was instrumental 

in taking the Citrus 


District through the 

implementation of 

the major reform bill, 

AB 1725, in the early 

1990s. Her responsibilities 

included 

all the major human 

resources functions 

of an organization, 

including collective 

bargaining. In 2004, 

Malone was selected 

by the Community 

College League of 

California to oversee 

the maintenance, 

growth and user 

training of the Online 

Collective Bargaining 

(OCB) Database, 

a position she still 

holds today. 

Julie Slark 

is recognized 

throughout the 

Western region of 

the U.S. as an expert 

in strategic and 

educational master 

planning, research 

design and analysis, 

student learning 

outcomes, program 

review, accreditation 

and the development 

of related organizational 

systems and 

processes that are integrated 

and sustainable. 

In 2006, she was 

awarded the ACCCA 

Leadership Award 

for Administrative 

Excellence for her 

innovative student 

learning outcomes 

and research contributions 

to the community 

college system. 

After 31 years of 

service she recently 

retired as assistant 

vice chancellor of 

educational services 

at Rancho Santiago 


District in Orange 

County, Calif., where 

she was a leader of 

major change efforts, 

including their transition 

from a singlecollege 

to a multicollege 

structure. 

Dr. Diane Troyer 

currently serves 

as an educational 

consultant specializing 

on access and 

completion in public 

community colleges 

and is a coach for 

Achieving the Dream. 

As a consultant, she 

brings her experience 

in new college development, 

data-driven 

approaches to improving 

outcomes for 

low-income students, 

workforce development, 

strategic institutional 

realignment, 

community partnership 

and educational 

philanthropy.

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campus news 



Sept. 12 

Fire alarm 

A smoke detector went off because of 

smoke in a room in the Residence Hall. 

The alarm was caused by a person in a 

room who had an item in the microwave 

for too long. The Laramie County Fire 

Department responded and examined 

the building. 

Sept. 13 

Harassment 

A student reported being stalked and 

harassed. Campus Safety and Security 

(CSAS) offered services to escort the 

student. 

Sept. 14 

Suspicious event 

An employee issue occurred in vehicle 

maintenance area. CSAS responded 

and reviewed camera footage of the 

event. 

Sept. 15 


CSAS was notified of an individual 

who seemed out of place in the area. 

CSAS was unable to locate the individual 

in the area described. 

Sept. 16 

Medical/injury 

An individual was cutting metal in 

the auto body and accidentally cut off 

the tip of his finger. American Medical 

Response took the individual to the 

hospital. 

Sept. 16 

Found property 

A wallet was fond in the parking lot 

and was placed in the property vault. 

The owner was contacted, and it was 

returned to the owner. 

Sept. 16 

Medical 

An individual sprayed himself with 

pepper spray. He was instructed to wash 

out his eyes. 

Sept. 16 

Suspicious person 

A student was approached by a 

male in the outer horse stall area, who 

followed her around, asking her on a 

date. When she called her mother, the 

individual left the scene. CSAS checked 

the area and was unable to locate the 

individual. 

Sept. 16 

911 hang up 

CSAS was notified 911 had been 

called and hung up on somewhere on 

the campus. CSAS checked the campus 

and was unable to locate the phone 

from which the call was made. 

Sept. 18 

Fire alarm 

CSAS was notified that a signal was 

being received from an alarm in the 

Health Science Building. The area was 

checked, and there appeared to be an 

error in the alarm system. 

Sept. 18 

Fire alarm 

CSAS was notified that a signal was 

being received from an alarm in the 

North Central Plant. The building was 

checked, and there appeared to be an 

error in the system. 

Sept. 19 

Unwanted attention 

An individual in the College 

Community Center felt that another 

individual was stalking her, and she 

wanted it to stop. CSAS was notified told 

the other individual to stop. 

Sept.19 

Accident with property damage 

A person said another vehicle had 

backed into her vehicle in parking 

lot B. The Laramie County Sheriff’s 

Department was notified. 

Sept. 19 


A wallet was turned over to CSAS. 

The owner of the wallet was contacted 

and retrieved the wallet. 

Sept. 19 

Medical 

CSAS heard over the radio of emergency 

service being dispatched to the 

Arp Building because of a seizure. CSAS 

responded, and the person was unresponsive. 

Emergency services responded, 

and the person was transported to 

the hospital. 

Sept. 20 


A person claimed almost to be hit 

by another vehicle while entering the 

college parking lot through the south 

entrance. CSAS was unable to locate the 

vehicle described. 

Sept. 20 

Harassment 

An employee in the Administration 

Building was being harassed by another 

individual. The Laramie County Sheriff’s 

Department was notified. 

Sept. 23 


Two debit cards were turned over 

to CSAS in the CCC and locked in the 

property vault. 

Sept. 25 

Disturbance 

A disturbance on the soccer field was 

created by the visiting soccer team because 

of referee calls. CSAS was called to 

accompany the referee across the field 

while he conversed with the assistant 

coach of the visiting team. 

Sept. 27 

Larceny 

A person claimed a pair of jeans was 

taken from the Residence Hall. CSAS 

investigated, and the jeans were located 

and returned to the owner. 

Sept. 27 


An individual was approached by 

another person in the cafeteria who 

claimed to know her. The individual 

did not know the other person and felt 

uncomfortable. 

Sept. 27 

Medical 

CSAS heard over the radio of emergency 

units being dispatched to the 

Agriculture Building because of a seizure. 

Upon the CSAS arrival, the person 

was conscious and alert. The individual 

was taken home. 

Sept. 28 

Lost or stolen property 

An individual reported that a missing 

purse contained $27 in currency, some 

change, a Wyoming driver’s license and a 

Wyoming identification card. CSAS was 

unable to locate the purse. 

Sept. 29 

Harassment 

An individual in the Business Building 

felt another person was being harassing 

and was concerned about the statements 

the other individual was making. The 

Laramie County Sheriff’s Department 

was notified. 

Sept. 29 


CSAS found a cellphone lying on the 

ground in Parking Lot L. It was placed in 

the property vault. 

Sept. 30 

Alcohol incident 

An individual was seen bringing an 

open bottle of beer into the Residence 

Hall. CSAS responded, and the Laramie 

County Sheriff’s Department was 

notified. Two individuals were cited for 

minor in possession. 

Oct. 1 

Physical assault 

A fight between two individuals 

occurred in the Residence Hall. The 

Laramie County Sheriff’s Department 

was notified. One individual was taken 

to the hospital for stitches, and a nonstudent 

was cited for assault. 

Oct. 3 


CSAS received a student identification 

card. CSAS was unable to contact the individual 

because of a wrong number. The 

card was placed in the property vault. 

Oct. 4 


CSAS received a debit card. The owner 

of the card was contacted and requested 

it be destroyed.



campus news 


By Cody D. 

Medrano 

Features Editor 

Since the beginning 

of the academic 

year, Laramie County 

Community College’s 

speech and debate 

team has been preparing 

for its year of 

competition. 

The first meet is 

coming up soon in 

Casper, so the team 

has been hard at 

work preparing their 

own speeches and for 

the debates. 

The speech and 

debate team, led by 

instructor and coach 

Dave Gaer, has been 

nationally recognized 

for the nine years. He 

has coached the team 

both in team and individual 

events as well 

as having two national 

champions on the 

team in the past five 

years. 

“All of our students 

tend to place 

high because they 

work hard,” Gaer had 

said. 

This hard work 

translated into a 

first-place win for 

the LCCC speech and 

debate team at the JV 

National Tournament 

last season. 

This year might 

be a new start for the 

speech and debate 

team because they 

have only two returning 

members. This 

can bring an exciting 

chapter to the team 

with new blood and 

teammates of other 

backgrounds. 

Of course, the 

new members don’t 

stop with the team 

members themselves. 

There is also a new 

coach in new fulltime 

faculty member 

in communication, 

Holly Manning, 

whom Gaer has 

known for a number 

of years and sees as 

an asset for the team. 

Gaer said how he 

knew the new team 

members will have 

trouble transitioning 

from their high 

school background to 

a college level. “We’re 

much more open 

and able to present 

literature or speeches 

that are actually socially 

relevant, or that 

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry, a student 

organization at Laramie County Community 

College, presents its seventh annual Harvest 

Fest on Oct. 31 in the Center for Conferences 

and Institutes from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. 

There will be carnival games, cotton candy, 

free photos, a cake walk, lots of candy and 

toys. The event is free to the public. 

The Harvest Fest has always relied on 

volunteers to run the event, and in the past, 

might be a little bit 

more adult in nature,” 

he said. “So they are 

actually discovering 

things about the world 

through debate and 

through their speeches 

that they might not 

have thought about 

before.” 

Gaer explained 

that the transition is 

really a good point of 

commencement for 

the new members. 

“They also have to 

Careyanne Johnson 

Fresh faces follow first-place finishers: 

Coach Dave Gaer, left, instructs Molly Steffen, A.J. Romsa and Paige Russell at a speech and debate team practice. 

Young team prepares for year’s competition 

keep on top of current 

events, and I 

think that’s been a 

tough one for them,” 

Gaer added. “But I 

think that’s an asset 

for them in their 

other classes.” 

Those interested 

in joining the speech 

and debate team 

should contact Gaer 

at 307-778-1161 or 

Manning at 307-778- 

1238. 

Baptists prep for Harvest Fest 

student clubs from LCCC and local churches 

have been able to help. This year, however, 

the Ministry needs more volunteers. The 

volunteers will meet at 4 p.m., then will help 

with the setup, run the games, serve cotton 

candy, and take down the event. 

For more information, or if you or your 

organization would like to volunteer for this 

event, contact Aaron Bell at 307-421-8093 or 

aaron@bcmcheyenne.org.

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Students at 


Community 

College may be saying, 

“Yo quiero viajes 

internacionales,” but 

they may have to settle 

for a trip to a Taco Bell 

in Cheyenne. 

That’s because 

LCCC’s recent attempts 

to address 

issues on campus have 

resulted in a number 

of policies, rules and 

statements being revised 

with unintended 

consequences. 

During the past 

year or so, the LCCC 

administration has 

experienced a handful 

of problems that were 

addressed with newly 

created or revised 

policies, rules and 

statements. Most of 

these have undergone 

revision because of 

faculty, administrative 

or board requests. 

Undoubtedly, some 

needed updating. 

However, LCCC has 

created at least one 

policy and a statement 

that have become 

solutions to treat 

symptoms, and the 

results have created 

unintended consequences 

Faculty stiffled 

Employees have 

been overwhelmed 

with requests to provide 

feedback to the 

proposed revisions, 

so much so that some 

employees have simply 

stopped responding. 

But for students the 

situation is entirely different. 

Students have 

absolutely no access 

to the Web forums in 

which this feedback is 

encouraged. Students 

can neither contribute 

to the forums nor read 

other comments that 

have been written. 

Students don’t even 

have access to look 

up what policies or 

statements are being 

considered for change. 

Not one person 

who was interviewed 

could tell Wingspan 

where students could 

comment on these 

policies, nor could 

they tell us why. Even 

the president, Dr. 

Miles LaRowe; the 

LCCC attorney and 

the public relations 

director didn’t know 

of an outlet in which 

students could engage 

in any form of discussion 

dealing with these 

policies, rules and 

statements. 

If students cannot 

find an outlet, neither 

can the community 

in which the college is 

designed to serve. 

A policy and a 

statement have caught 

our attention: the travel 

policy and the civility 

statement. These 

both have effects on 

students, yet we have 

nowhere to voice our 

opinions about them, 

or more important, 

we were never given 

notification that these 

policies were being 

changed. No one 

seemed aware that for 

so long students have 

been unable to provide 

feedback. 

Faculty Senate 

president Jeff Schmidl 

explained because the 

policies were outdated, 

it was time for some 

of them to be rewritten. 

But he didn’t 

believe any intentional 

negative consequences 

have come from the 

revisions. 

Yet after being 

informed the students 

have no access to 

participate in the revision 

process, he said, 

“Students should take 

action and ask for it.” 

Without being aware 

of an issue, how can 

students take action 

Civility denied 

Take the civility 

statement, for example. 

It can be found 

in LCCC’s catalog or 

in a student planner. 

The statement seems 

clear and understandable 

with no need for 

questions: 

“LCCC is committed 

to learning. We 

believe that academic 

inquiry, personal 

integrity, and respect 

for self and others 

are the foundation 

of the educational 

experience. Therefore, 

all members of the 

campus community 

will strive to create a 

campus environment 

of mutual respect and 

high ethical standards. 

LCCC students, faculty, 

and staff have the right 

to experience, and the 

responsibility to maintain, 

a safe educational 

community that is civil 

in all aspects of human 

relations.” 

The way the civility 

statement is written 

is not the main issue. 

Instead the issue is 

how the statement is 

being used on campus. 

LCCC attorney 

Tony Reyes said some 

people are unhappy 

with the civility statement, 

but it doesn’t 

seem a high priority. A 

Editorial 

No access, no bueno 

Actions necessary to reverse unintended consequences 

“Students are affected 

when instructors aren’t 

allowed to engage 

in rigorous discussion 

about issues.” 

Leif Swanson 

LCCC English instructor 

few faculty members 

disagreed, and College 

Council has decided to 

tackle it this semester. 

“I’m not opposed 

to a civility statement; 

I am opposed to how 

it is being used on 

this campus,” said 

Leif Swanson, LCCC 

English instructor. 

“There is evidence 

on campus that the 

civility statement is 

being used to suppress 

free speech. People 

are being threatened 

and in some cases 

threatened with punishment.” 

Swanson and another 

faculty member 

who asked to remain 

anonymous for fear of 

reprisal said an employee 

could be reprimanded 

for something 

as simple as voicing an 

opinion or engaging in 

rigorous discussion. If 

an employee so much 

as disagrees with a supervisor, 

even in a civil 

manner, that employee 

could be written up. 

The administration 

in certain areas of the 

college is using this 

statement as a way 

to keep people quiet, 

Swanson said. The 

other faculty member 

agreed it is important 

to have a civility statement, 

but the way it is 

being used is beginning 

to affect faculty 

and, in turn, affecting 

students. 

The faculty member 

said, “We no longer 

have First Amendment 

rights when we work at 

LCCC.” 

Moreover, Swanson 

said it has had a “chilling 

effect” throughout 

the campus. 

“Unfortunately, this 

statement has allowed 

certain administrators 

to suppress free 

speech, which has 

opened the college up 

for serious litigation,” 

he warned. 

Additional stress 

Although defying 

the civility statement 

is not grounds for termination, 

it could very 

well become possible 

in time. The fact that 

an employee could 

be declared “uncivil” 

and be written up for 

voicing an opinion or 

suggesting alternatives 

someone didn’t want 

to hear seems absurd. 

But, regardless, after 

so many write-ups, 

it makes sense an 

employee may be 

viewed as unfit for his 

position. 

“Higher education 

is founded on free 

speech and academic 

freedom, and we have 

to fight vigorously to 

make sure that we are 

not being suppressed 

in any way,” Swanson 

said. “The best outcome 

comes from 

open discussion, and 

if we don’t have free 

speech and academic 

freedom, we don’t have 

a college.” 

Swanson pointed 

out the irony of the situation 

by asking what 

could be more uncivil 

than the administration 

suppressing free 

speech 

“This is a statement 

leftover from a 

disgraced president, 

and certain administrators 

are carrying out 

a practice of limiting 

academic inquiry, and 

this needs to stop,” he 

said. 

The leaving of 

LCCC’s president, Dr. 

Darrel Hammon, in 

January shows we do 

not want to be led this 

way, Swanson said. But 

what the administration 

is doing seems to 

indicate the old ways 

are still being practiced 

at LCCC. 

Swanson and Dave 

Zwonitzer, another 

English instructor at 

LCCC, have rewritten 

the civility statement, 

hoping it will 

make a difference. 

Swanson said it should 

be rewritten to say a 

disagreement in itself 

does not constitute 

incivility. He and 

Zwonitzer are working 

to reword the 

statement to make 

it impossible for the 

policy to be misused 

as it is currently—one 

of those unintended 

consequences. 

The faculty member 

who requested 

anonymity said it had 

been hard finding the 

motivation to return 

for the fall semester 

and be excited about 

teaching when these 

practices are going on 

behind closed doors. 

When faculty are 

less than enthusiastic, 

it affects students, yet 

again, another unintended 

consequence. 

Swanson said he 

believed students are 

affected when instructors 

aren’t allowed to 

engage in rigorous discussion 

about issues. 

In a meeting full 

of faculty or staff 

members who are 

afraid to disagree in a 

civil manner, the lack



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Chalupas are as close to 

authentic as you are going to get. 

of communication 

ultimately means the 

best decisions for 

students are not being 

made. 

Another policy 

that has been going 

through drastic revision 

is the travel policy. 

Before 2009, LCCC 

had no campuswide 

travel policy for students. 

After President 

Hammon chaperoned 

a study-abroad trip 

to Costa Rica, certain 

incidences occurred 

during the trip that 

triggered creation of a 

complicated policy. 

It is understandable 

that LCCC 

needed its own policy, 

but the policy ultimately 

created under 

Hammon made some 

travel impossible for 

students and faculty—an 

unintended 

consequence. 

Complex policy 

To get an idea of 

how drastic this policy 

is, hear this: The travel 

policy in effect for 

LCCC students, which 

keep in mind is a 

majority of adults, is 

23 pages long. 

The travel policy 

for elementary, junior 

high and high school 

students is less than 

one page. It is a permission 

slip that must 

be signed by a legal 

guardian. It contains 

a space for a Social 

Security number, an 

insurance company 

and the insurance 

policy number. 

The LCCC policy 

first classifies travel 

based on the risks, 

the location (remote 

wilderness or international 

travel) and 

distance from the college, 

the duration of 

the stay, the number 

of participants, access 

to readily available 

emergency services 

and the presence of 

multiple communication 

barriers. These 

classes are divided 

among A, B and C. 

An example of a 

class C travel would 

be is taking a rock 

climbing trip to 

Vedauwoo west of 

Cheyenne. To be 

able to go on this 

trip, a student must 

first provide all that’s 

needed for class A 

and B travel and, in 

addition, must sign 

a form agreeing that 

he will not engage in 

any inappropriate 

activities during the 

trip such as smoking, 

drinking or sexual 

conduct of any kind. 

NO CIVILITY 

NO SERVICE 

Another requirement 

for class C travel is a 

student must visit a 

doctor prior to leaving 

to obtain a signature 

stating he is fit “physically, 

psychologically 

and physiologically” 

to travel. 

One unintended 

negative consequence 

of this policy is it 

completely wiped out 

at least one class from 

the college catalog. 

A three-credit-hour 

course numbered 

2071 “Studying 

Abroad” involved one 

trip, for about 15 days, 

to a foreign country to 

gain knowledge and 

experience in other 

cultures and languages. 

This trip was solely 

directed toward educating 

students. Each 

weekday students had 

four hours of class; 

they went on shorter 

outings to visit cultural 

sites and stayed 

with host families for 

the duration of the 

trip. This course was 

a great way to gain 

experience in learning 

language, culture 

and life. The cost of 

the trip was usually 

less than $3,000 and 

affordable to not only 

traditional students 

but also community 

members. The last 

time a class was able 

to take this trip was in 

2009. 

The complexity 

of the new travel 

policy made traveling 

for students and 

faculty too difficult. A 

faculty member said 

no doctor would sign 

a medical form like 

LCCC’s travel policy 

because if something 

happened, the doctor 

could be held liable. 

The travel policy 

also states that the 

instructor or faculty 

member hosting the 

trip would be held 

liable for any students 

who might make the 

decision to smoke, 

drink or engage in any 

sexual activity during 

the trip. 

Insane liability 

It’s silly to believe 

an instructor could 

be held liable for a 

student drinking 

during a trip. To put 

one adult in charge 

of other adults who 

should and would 

do as they please is 

simply unrealistic. 

This policy has 

directly affected 

students because the 

trips are no longer 

offered. Fortunately, 

the college is in the 

process of rewriting 

the travel policy yet 

again. 

Although LCCC 

attorney Reyes said 

he does not know why 

this policy was initially 

written, he does 

think it is “quite cumbersome” 

now and 

could use revision. He 

said there is a plan to 

split the policy up into 

three separate policies 

to attempt to make it 

less complex. We can 

only hope more unintended 

consequences 

don’t result. 

One way to avoid 

unintended consequences 

is to obtain 

legitimate feedback 

from the people who 

will be affected by 

these policies, statements 

and rules. 

LCCC needs 

designated places, 

both online and on 

campus, to gather 

information and to 

express concerns. 

That way, students 

can offer suggestions 

for improvements that 

can be made to make 

LCCC into the best 

college it can be. And 

we can start by listening 

to our students 

so that they can gain 

cultural experiences 

deeper than ordering 

a chalupa at Taco Bell.

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opinion 



Don’t fear what’s smarter than you: 

Smartphones could benefit education, but first we must stop the hysteria 

online editor 


Everyone knows 

someone who 

goes out of 

his way to say—“I 

have a phone. It just 

makes phone calls; 

that’s what a phone is 

for!”—anytime anyone 

is talking about 

a smartphone. They 

are right. That is what 

a basic phone is for. 

Smartphones, on the 

other hand, are not. 

Smartphones are 

not really phones 

at all. They are little 

handheld computers 

that happen to be 

able to make phone 

calls. They have the 

potential for so much 

more than mere 

point-to-point communication. 

Most instructors 

have a tendency to 

overreact to the sight 

and sound of a student 

using a phone 

in class. They make 

huge productions of 

the event, acting as if 

some cardinal rule of 

humanity has been 

broken. They often 

try to shame the 

student into feeling 

guilty, as if the student 

who is texting 

during class is likely 

really to care. 

I also am bothered 

by this occurrence. 

Not because another 

student is texting; 

what do I care if they 

are missing notes. 

The biggest distraction 

in the process, 

in my opinion, is the 

instructor having 

his or her fit. What 

does bother me is 

this behavior makes 

editor’s 

commentary 

it impossible for me 

to use my phone in a 

manner that is actually 

beneficial to my 

education. 

My schedule 

is almost impossible 

to keep track of. 

Among homework 

assignments for my 

classes, deadlines for 

Wingpsan, picking 

up the kids from 

preschool, helping 

with medication and 

blood sugar timetables 

for my girlfriend, 

remembering 

appointment dates 

and times, returning 

to student services 

almost daily trying to 

get my financial aid 

locked down and getting 

my graduation 

application ducks all 

in a row, I need a little 

help keeping track of 

what is coming up. 

My phone does this 

beautifully. Entering 

all my responsibilities 

into my phone allows 

it to let me know 

automatically when 

important tasks loom 

on the horizon. 

In the morning, 

it lets me know all 

the appointments 

and other deviations 

from my normal 

schedule that have 

arisen for the day and 

reminds me I have 

only four days left on 

that research paper 

assigned two weeks 

ago. You cannot 

program a watch to 

go off for a few dozen 

different reasons. 

Software and the 

mobile platform have 

greatly improved my 

ability to keep track 

of my tasks and the 

time they need to be 

completed. 

The problem is I 

cannot enter assignments 

into my calendar 

on my phone 

when I am in class 

because, apparently, 

if I do, the Nazis will 

take over the world— 

riding on dinosaurs, 

no doubt—and the 

sun will explode. 

Sure, I can write it 

down in my notes, 

but then I have to 

take more time out of 

my day to transcribe 

them into the calendar 

and hope I don’t 

miss anything and 

end up not turning 

in an assignment or 

missing an ultrasound 

appointment. 

I can check my 

assignments on Angel 

with my smartphone 

between classes, so 

I don’t have to duck 

into the computer lab 

and log on. From dictionaries 

to historical 

databases, countless 

tools are available for 

phones that could 

enrich the classroom 

experience. When 

an issue comes up in 

class and there is a 

discrepancy regarding 

the year that a 

trade regulation was 

passed, I can easily 

jump online using my 

phone’s browser and 

solve the issue; no, 

wait—I can’t do that 

because someone 

was texting smiley 

faces to their friends 

earlier. :( 

The market for 

apps on phones is 

driven by demand 

as well. Look at what 

happens whenever 

a market is tapped 

for software. As soon 

as demand exists, 

developers flood the 

market with tools 

and accessories. 

All we need to 

do is accept the 

smartphone in the 

classroom and see 

what develops. If 

we come, they will 

build it. 

Fear of technology 

in education 

is not new. When 

my parents were in 

school, you could 

be expelled for 

cheating if you were 

found owning 

a 

basic calculator. 

Now students are 

required to shell out 

hundreds of dollars 

for devices that can 

do calculus. 

Times change. 

If we stop using 

our phones to disrupt 

class or ignore 

the people who 

don’t pay attention, 

we can stop fearing 

technology and 

embrace it. It can 

make life better if 

we allow 

it.



opinion 


Editor learns friends are like a bag of tacos 

co-editor 

Will Hebert 

After 15 minutes 

searching the 

liquor store, I 

finally went behind 

my friend’s back and 

asked the clerk where 

to find Midori. I wasn’t 

entirely sure what 

Midori was (turns out, 

it’s a melon-flavored 

liquor), but it was 

apparently necessary 

to make some 

drink that I probably 

wasn’t going to like. 

My friend had refused 

to ask where this 

editor’s 

commentary 

drink could be found 

because, as he put it: 

“I’m a man. I don’t ask 

where things are.” 

I hadn’t the heart 

to tell him men don’t 

buy melon-flavored 

alcoholic beverages, 

especially in Wyoming 

liquor stores (My 

friend grew up in 

Wyoming but now 

hails from Hunting 

Beach, Calif.), but I 

did realize something 

that night—at some 

point in their adult 

lives, most people will 

realize their friends 

cause them a lot of 

mild, temporary vexation. 

This feeling is very 

similar to the feeling 

I get every time I eat 

tacos. I love eating 

tacos. They’re one of 

my favorite foods to 

eat, and I eat them 

frequently. Every 

time I do I regret the 

decision afterward, 

but come meal time, 

my mind wanders to 

corn tortillas and hot 

sauce. 

I find the decision 

to hang out with my 

friends is often the 

same. I always look 

forward to spending 

time with my friends 

and look back fondly 

on the experience in 

due time. But that’s 

only in due time. 

During the experience, 

I find myself regretting 

poor choices 

and promising never 

to repeat them…at 

least not until next 

week. 

Whether the occasion 

involves getting 

kicked out of a party 

“Sometimes I’m the human with heartburn, 

and other times I’m the tormenting taco.” 

because my friend 

just heisted the hosts’ 

literal tacos or having 

a strange guy in a 

truck try to sell drugs 

to my group because 

my friend decided we 

should take a bridge 

that crosses railroad 

tracks (No bridges 

crossing railroad 

tracks lead to good 

places.), I usually find 

myself with a bad 

case of heartburn 

during and right after 

events. However, 

once my mind digests 

the spicy details of 

what just came to 

pass, I always look 

back fondly upon the 

experience. 

Plus, it would be 

blatantly hypocritical 

for me to stay mad at 

any of my friends because 

of any discomfort 

our adventures 

may cause. It is said 

you are what you eat, 

and I suppose I am 

no exception. 

Sometimes I’m the 

human with heartburn, 

and other times 

I’m the tormenting 

taco. 

Most recently, 

my roommate came 

home to find a punk 

band set up in our 

apartment. I was 

helping the band 

record a song about 

zombies in the 

limited facilities of 

my apartment, and 

we had not wrapped 

as early as intended. 

Drums prevented 

access to the refrigerator, 

and two large 

guitar amps occupied 

all available space on 

the couch. 

My roommate had 

planned on going 

to bed after coming 

home, but just as it 

is difficult to sleep 

when a loud, unholy 

gargling is in your 

stomach, it is difficult 

to sleep when a loud, 

unholy racket is in 

your living room. 

But like a fit of 

salsa-induced sickness, 

the band sped 

through four takes of 

the song they wanted 

recorded, and we 

were able to finish 

within an hour. Still, 

I felt bad about the 

inconvenience I’d 

caused. 

Yet the next 

day, my roommate 

politely waved as I 

walked in the door 

and never mentioned 

the previous night’s 

disturbance. Despite 

whatever adventures 

we get into, I still love 

hanging out with my 

friends. 

Sometimes, it is 

just best to accept 

delicious tacos cause 

temporarily painful 

heartburn. 

Sometimes, it is 

just best to accept 

loyal friends possess 

occasionally inconvenient 

quirks. 

I find my fondest 

experiences come 

from accepting the 

bad with the good 

and returning for 

seconds. 

Editor remembers home through childhood hero 

news editor 

Susann 

Robbins 

editor’s 

commentary 

Recently, I 

walked through 

the hallway of 

the Fine Arts Building 

and was struck by 

lightning; well, at least 

that’s what it felt like. 

At a poster from 

the University of 

Wyoming about an 

upcoming speech by 

Mikhail Gorbachev, I 

lost my breath temporarily 

and started skipping 

down the hall, 

constantly repeating: 

“I can’t believe it! I 

can’t believe it, and I 

can’t believe it!” 

Yes, it is needless 

to say I was somewhat 

star-struck, I 

mean this is Mikhail 

Gorbachev, the man 

whom I grew up 

watching on TV, and 

all lovingly called 

“Gorbi.” 

By the way, I was 

born and raised in 

old East Germany. 

My grandparents 

were German and 

Russian, and I got 

some African from my 

father. 

Long story short, 

to me this man— 

Mikhail Gorbachev— 

is a hero. I dreamed 

of growing up to be 

as influential and 

important as him. 

I dreamed of meeting 

him and shaking 

his hand. So off I 

went to the Wingspan 

office, jumping up 

and down, asking 

our adviser Rosalind 

Schliske (Roz) whom 

she knew at UW and 

how I could get in. 

“I would sell a kidney 

to meet Mikhail 

Gorbachev,” exploded 

out of my mouth. Yes, 

others would sell their 

firstborn. Considering 

I have only one child 

that didn’t seem like a 

good idea. I mean let’s 

be honest; someone 

has got to take care of 

me when I get old. 

So, yes, selling 

the firstborn child is 

not a good idea, but I 

have two kidneys. As 

I expected, some of 

the staff members had 

no clue who Mikhail 

Gorbachev was, which 

had me kind of perplexed. 

The man changed 

history in Europe; did 

the news not travel 

over to the States 

Gorbachev was the 

president of the Soviet 

Union, was the main 

driving force for ending 

the Cold War and 

reunited East and West 

Germany. I am sorry, 

but what in the world 

are you kids learning 

in history I thought 

it was rather strange 

when my friends told 

me they actually have 

been asked if the 

Berlin Wall was still up 

while they were here 

doing a year of high 

school. Having now 

lived here five years, 

this is not so unbelievable 

anymore. 

Once again, I am 

sorry to say this, but 

what the heck The 

USA is one of the 

youngest countries 

in the world, and it 

seems not to be interested 

much in world 

history even though 

it is a country of immigrants. 

Someone told 

me once, “In order to 

know where you are 

going, you have to 

know where you are 

coming from!” 

So how can this 

country know where 

it is going without 

knowing where its 

people are coming 

from or without staying 

informed about 

what is going on in the 

world Maybe I am 

just sort of prejudice 

when it comes to 

history, but shouldn’t 

it be important Why 

do I keep getting the 

feeling some people, 

mostly stateside, just 

don’t care what is 

going on in the world 

around them 

Or maybe, I am 

still in some state of 

culture shock and just 

haven’t gotten over it 

yet. Much is different 

here compared to 

my “old country.” For 

example, Americans 

don’t have to be afraid 

to say they are proud 

to be American. 

Now for us 

Germans, on the other 

hand, stating we are 

proud to be Germans 

is still frowned upon. 

Some people even go 

so far as to call us all 

Nazis. 

Well, I am sorry, 

but that is stupid and 

ignorant at the same 

time. This is neither 

right nor fair to all the 

generations who have 

come since World War 

II. We have learned 

from history and our 

mistakes, but did you 

Often I miss 

Germany dearly and, 

of course, my friends 

and the little family I 

have left. I miss strolling 

around downtown 

and actually going to 

a café. 

It is a different culture. 

What can I say I 

miss all the fairs and 

street fests. 

I miss four seasons. 

I mean, all in due time 

rather than in one day 

or week. Most likely, 

I will never become 

used to the wind here 

either. 

I miss what I call 

“real” bread, “real” 

cheese, “real” food 

and, of course, “real” 

beer. I never knew 

there is a way to 

make cheese without 

actually putting 

milk into it or make it 

with cheese byproduct. 

What the hell is 

cheese byproduct, 

anyway 

Why do I have to 

pay extra for meat that 

hasn’t been raised on 

hormones I used to 

go down the street to 

the butcher shop and 

buy my meat fresh at 

least once a week. I 

know I may sound like 

a jerk, but do you even 

know what a butcher 

shop is 

I catch myself 

quite often telling a 

story or saying something 

to my friends 

and adding, “Oh, you 

probably don’t even 

know what it is or who 

that is.” 

I feel like a jerk for 

saying it, but, unfortunately, 

most of time I 

am right.

NEIGHBORHOOD 

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campus news 



Health, DCI combine to be college’s neighbor 

By Cody D. Medrano 


Down the street from Laramie 

County Community College is 

a building with a “Combined 

Laboratories” sign. The combined 

laboratories, situated at 208 S. 

College Drive, are the main hub of 

both the Wyoming Department of 

Health and the Wyoming Division 

of Criminal Investigation (DCI). 

In 1985, the DCI was situated in 

the Rogers Building on the corner 

of 19th Street and Carey Avenue. 

The building was originally the Old 

Millers Grocery Store, which was 

renovated when the need for the 

DCI arose. The building was also 

home to administrative offices and 

the Wyoming State Crime Lab. 

DCI’s Internet Crimes Against 

Children (ICAC) division operated 

out of the Quest Building on 

Yellowstone Road because of a lack 

of space in the Rogers Building. 

Because of the overflow of personnel 

in the Rogers Building, the 

Wyoming Legislature recognized 

DCI needed a new facility to be 

able to perform at the necessary 

level. The Legislature also needed 

to move the Health Department. 

The decision was made to use 

property the state had owned for 

quite some time and put the two 

departments together in the one 

building, thus giving it the name 

Combined Laboratories. 

In 1973, the Wyoming 

Legislature created the Division 

of Criminal Investigation to 

enforce the Wyoming Controlled 

Substances Act, investigate organized 

crime across jurisdictional 

boundaries and later investigate 

crimes against children over the 

Internet. 

“We’re basically the drug 

enforcement police for the entire 

state,” DCI Director Forrest Bright 

said. The DCI works closely with 

sheriffs of the state in Wyoming 

and has 13 offices statewide, 

Combined Laboratories being the 

headquarters. 

Bright is in charge of 30 state 

officers and another 31 task force 

officers. These officers are appointed 

by the state to work full time 

specifically in narcotics operations. 

These 61 officers work on nothing 

but narcotics enforcement within 

the 13 offices. In addition to the 

number of arrests or indictments 

made against drug dealers and 

other criminals, DCI works after 

the arrest to get to the source, finding 

the distributor of the drugs for 

which they have made arrests. 

Unfortunately, an educational 

relationship between the LCCC 

criminal justice program and the 

DCI is impossible because of security. 

A full criminal background 

check must be conducted to allow 

someone to walk the area unescorted; 

otherwise, someone must 

have an agent escort him at all 

times in the facility. 

These checks take too much 

time to make such an arrangement 

feasible. The reason for this is the 

building houses criminal information 

and leaks to anyone outside 

the DCI must be avoided. 

Although the DCI is mainly 

used for drug enforcement cases 

and Internet crimes, there have 

been cases in which the DCI has 

been requested on several other 

types of crimes such as murders 

and embezzlement. This is usually 

through the requests of sheriffs, 

district attorneys, county attorneys 

or the governor. 

Through humble beginnings 

starting off in a renovated grocery 

store and sharing the space with 

administrators and a state crime 

lab, the DCI has grown into a 

sought-after law enforcement unit. 

From working tirelessly to find 

drug distributors to actually being 

requested by other divisions, DCI 

has become an integral part of the 

law enforcement. And now it’s our 

LCCC neighbor. 

Combining 

two worlds: 

Technology 

from the new 

Combined 

Laboratories 

building down 

the street from 


Community 

College. The 

building houses 

the Department 

of Health and 

the Wyoming 

Division of 

Criminal 

Investigation. 

Photos by Cody D. Medrano



College to host ‘Free 4 All’ 

campus news 


students and their families are invited to 

spend a Saturday in October attending a 

“free-for-all” or more accurately a “Free 

4 All.” 

The third LCCC Free 4 All, an 

Americorps service event coordinated by 

LCCC’s Rotaract Club, will be an opportunity 

for members of the campus community 

to get goods and services for free. 

The event will be held from 10 a.m. 

to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, in the 

multipurpose room in the PE Building. 

Hundreds have attended this event in the 

past. A hot dog lunch will be available, 

and door prizes will be given away. 

The LCCC chapter of SkillsUSA will 

provide free tire pressure checks and oil 

changes, but prior registration is required 

for the oil changes so that the right filters 

can be ordered. 

Representatives from Needs, Inc. and 

Community Action will be on hand to 

inform students about the services these 

organizations provide. 

Students in LCCC’s physical therapy 

program will provide chair massages. 

Dental hygiene students will be conducting 

dental screenings and scheduling 

appointments for follow-up care. Also, 

students from Cheeks, a local beauty 

school, will cut hair of adults and children. 

Posture and blood pressure technicians 

will be on hand, and safety checks 

will be provided for child car seats. 

Computer students will do repairs and 

virus checks on computers. Children’s 

clothes, toys and books will be available. 

Many of the activities have been 

designed with children in mind, including 

a real fire truck and a bounce house. 

There will also be pumpkin decorating, 

fingerprinting, face painting and rock 

climbing. 

Prior to the event, donations of children’s 

items including toys or furniture 

may be brought to the Americorps office 

at LCCC, Room 114 in the Business 

Building. Time may also be donated. 

If you would like to volunteer, contact 

Lacie Shepherd at 985-710-6691, cheyenneweddings@bresnan.net 

or Trista 

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Volunteering time will count toward students’ 

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Faculty suggest changes in calendar 


Co-Editor 

The proposal 

for Laramie County 

Community College’s 

academic calendar for 

2012–2013 has incorporated 

suggested changes 

from Faculty Senate 

because of concerns 

raised by faculty about 

the current calendar. 

The calendar was 

drafted by a calendar 

committee Sept. 15 and 

sent to the Learning 

Leadership Team (LLT). 

LLT is comprised of 

deans and led by the vice 

president of instruction, 

Dr. Marlene Tignor, for 

review and approval, 

said LCCC instructor of 

English Liz Jackson. She 

was also a member of the 

calendar committee. 

An email sent to faculty 

by Faculty Senate’s 

president and LCCC 

instructor of economics 

and finance, Jeff Shmidl, 

said two senators, 

Jackson and instructor 

and coordinator of 

physical education Cindy 

Henning, served on the 

committee to represent 

faculty concerns. 

“The goal of the committee 

was to come up 

with something that, 

hopefully, works better 

for students because 

we lose lots of instruction 

days this semester 

because of the way things 

are going, and there’s an 

inequitable distribution 

of certain days of the 

week, and that’s not good 

for students,” Jackson 

said. 

Shmidl’s email said 

faculty members were 

asked for input early this 

semester, and concerns 

were brought to the committee 

on faculty’s behalf. 

One of the concerns 

brought to the committee 

by faculty was the 

inclusion of five days of 

in-service in which no 

classes were held to begin 

the fall 2011 semester 

and only one to begin the 

spring 2012 semester. 

The calendar for 

2011–2012 had a total 

of nine in-service days 

scheduled. 

During the beginning 

of the fall 2011 semester, 

in-service days were 

held on Aug. 15–19, and 

classes began Aug. 22. 

The 2011–2012 calendar 

scheduled grades to be 

due by noon on Dec. 13, 

and an in-service day is 

scheduled for Dec. 14. 

For the spring 2012 semester, 

the calendar has 

scheduled an in-service 

day on Jan. 9, and classes 

begin Jan. 10. At the 

end of the semester, the 

2011–2012 calendar has 

final exams scheduled 

on May 2–4, commencement 

scheduled on May 

5 and in-service days 

scheduled for May 9–10. 

The calendar committee 

included a total of 

seven in-service days in 

the 2012–2013 calendar, 

with four in-service days 

scheduled for the fall 

2012 semester and three 

in-service days for the 

spring 2013 semester, 

said Shmidl’s email. 

Another issue addressed 

on the new 

calendar was the date 

grades will be due. For 

the first time, grades 

this year will be due 

before the end of faculty’s 

contract days, meaning 

faculty will have to work 

at the college after final 

grades had been given 

and after commencement. 

These days have 

been eliminated in new 

draft calendar. 

The schedule for final 

exams has also been 

changed in the current 

draft of the 2012–2013 

academic calendar. This 

year, three days were 

allocated for final exams, 

but next year’s calendar 

would return to four 

days for exams for both 

semesters, Shmidl’s email 

said. 

Jackson said the 

Monday, Tuesday and 

Wednesday of the 16th 

week of the semester 

would be allocated to 

exams; Thursday would 

be a flex-day, and final 

grades would be due 

Friday at noon. 

The email also said 

faculty were concerned 

about lost days of instruction 

in the previous 

year’s calendar. Because 

of this, the new draft 

calendar more closely 

resembles the academic 

calendar for 2010–2011, 

with 76 teaching days 

in the fall and 74 in the 

spring. 

The loss of a day being 

set aside for advising was 

another concern brought 

forth by some faculty, 

Shmidl said. He said the 

new draft calendar has 

no day set aside with 

no classes for advising 

because not all faculty 

support an advising day. 

Jackson agreed faculty 

have different opinions 

regarding a day being set 

aside for advising. 

“We were not able 

to get advising day 

back, and the committee 

acknowledged that 

not everybody is going 

to be happy about that, 

but there are cases both 

for and against advising 

day,” Jackson said. “And 

for programs that are 

very heavy on advising 

day, I think that there 

might be some opportunities 

to make it a little 

bit easier by working 

with student services, but 

those need to be discussed 

further.” 

Shmidl said Faculty 

Senate will gather input 

on the number of faculty 

who support advising day 

before the next calendar 

is drafted. 

The equality of days 

of the week for classes 

that meet only once a 

week was another issue 

faculty wished to have 

addressed, Shmidl’s 

email said. Shmidl said 

the 2011–2012 academic 

calendar had only a difference 

of only one day 

between classes held 

once a week. 

Jackson said unequal 

distribution of days 

could give classes that 

meet once a week fewer 

class periods. 

“For example, if you 

have a Monday night 

class, you could have 

only 14 Monday night 

classes based on a 

certain calendar, but, 

really, it should be 15,” 

Jackson said. “So we 

were trying to make 

that distribution more 

equal.” 

According to 

Shmidl’s email, other 

issues faculty wanted 

addressed were as follows: 

• Too few class preparation/planning 

days 

the week before the 

semester starts; 

• The semester ending 

on a Tuesday, then 

starting final exams 

the next day on a 

Wednesday of the 16th 

week of the semester; 

• Midweek start days; 

• The date of commencement 

in relation 

to scheduling and the 

availability of venues. 

For example, the 

Cheyenne Civic Center 

cannot be booked 

until after Jan. 1; 

• Midsemester break; 

• LCCC’s spring break 

not matching Laramie 

County School District 

No. 1’s break; 

• Students with schedules 

for the Albany 

County Campus and 

the University of 

Wyoming that do not 

match; 

• And input into inservice 

schedule and 

speakers. 

Jackson said the 

proposed calendar has 

scheduled classes for 

the fall 2012 semester to 

begin Aug. 20, classes for 

the spring 2013 semester 

to begin Jan. 14 and 

graduation to take place 

May 11, 2013. 

Jackson said LLT 

examined the document 

Sept. 19, and Vice 

President Tignor said 

the drafted calendar has 

yet to be approved. 

Alleged murderer of two 

students pleads not guilty 

A plea of not guilty has been entered for a local man 

accused of murdering two Laramie County Community 

College students and critically injuring a third. 

Local public defenders Bob Rose and Mitch Guthrie 

are representing Nathaniel Castellanos, 32, who has been 

charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one 

count of attempted murder in Laramie County District 

Court. 

Special prosecutor Natrona County Michael Blonigen has 

yet to announce if the death penalty will be sought. 

For more information about the shooting on Aug. 23, 

visit: 

wingspan.lccc.wy.edu/issues/Sept11/News/shooting.html. 

Nursing scholarship created 

Nursing students at Laramie County Community College 

hope to raise money to start a nursing scholarship fund 

in the honor of Megan McIntosh and Brent Twitchell, who 

died during the first month of classes this semester. At least 

$2,500 is needed to be eligible for one-to-one state matching 

funds. McIntosh was the class secretary for the nursing 

program, and Twitchell served as a class leader. 

In addition to the LCCC memorial garden for students 

and staff who have died, the nursing students would like to 

further the remembrance of their classmates with a scholarship. 

The scholarship is managed through the LCCC 

Foundation, and for further information on the scholarship 

or how to donate, contact Brenda Laird, LCCC Foundation 

director of scholarships and annual giving, at 778-1372. 

Wellness events planned 

Laramie County Community College Counseling and 

Campus Wellness has several fall events that are designed to 

help increase self-awareness, an understanding of mental 

health issues, and improve self-care. These events are open 

to faculty, staff and students with a few events open to the 

community. 

Oct. 12, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. 

Creative Wellness: Using Photography to Help 

Understand Yourself and Your Emotional Health (Part 

1). This event will be held in CCC 178, and an RSVP is required 

as well as a digital camera. To RSVP, call 778-4397. 

Oct. 19, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. 


Yourself and Your Emotional Health (Part 2). This event 

will be held in CCC 178, and an RSVP is required as well 

as a digital camera. To RSVP, call 778-4397. 

Oct. 20, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 

Domestic Violence Awareness Information Table. This 

event will be held on the CCC landing and is open to the 

community as well. 

Oct. 31, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Gatekeeper Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training. 

This event will be held in CCC 178, and snacks will be 

provided. This event is open to the community as well, 

and space is limited, so RSVP at 778-4397.




How to identify the undead 

A zombie’s head: 

A zombie’s brain is 

the only thing keeping 

it alive. No head; no 

zombie. 

Limbs away: 

Zombies may have 

recently eaten, carrying 

their meal around. 

Sometimes this death 

holder will fall to the 

ground when the 

zombies are moving. 

Bad table manners: 

Because zombies are 

undead, their mouths are 

most likely covered in blood 

and skin from victims. 

By Farishna Brown 


Zombies come out of a graveyard, 

and their only motive is to 

eat brains. To avoid becoming 

one, here are ways to identify them. 

Zombies will always have their 

heads. This is 

because the only reason they are 

zombies is 

because the zombie virus lives in 

their brains. The virus gives only one 

command to the brain, and that is to 

eat. No head, no zombie. Most might 

be able to mutter and groan, but only 

a few might be able to say, “Brains.” 

Zombies will not always have 

limbs. The moment the virus takes 

over, decomposition of the body 

begins. The body will give off a smell 

and rot. So if an arm or leg falls off 

when the zombie is moving, don’t be 

surprised. 

Torn and bloodstained shirts and 

pants are another characteristic of 

zombies. They do not care about 

what they wear because all they think 

about is food. The clothes will also 

reflect where they have been. 

Depending on the zombie the 

pace will be very specific. Some are 

very slow in their movements—most 

likely because of suffering from 

decomposition and having no 

muscles left. All of them will have 

some kind of limp, ranging from 

barely visible to very noticeable. 

Those freshly turned into zombies 

can move quickly. Each one moves at 

a very specific speed. 

Ugly or pretty: 

Zombies do not care 

about what they look like. 

Appearance is ripped and 

shirts bloodstained. 

Limping over: 

Limping is another sign of 

identifying a zombie. The 

degree of the limp varies 

depending on age. 

Photos by Will Hebert • Information graphic by Farishna Brown

18 


Zombie 

web-ocalypse: 



Undead 

online editor 


editor’s 

commentary 

Zombies seem to have taken over the hearts 

and minds of humans everywhere. In fact, 

the more zombie 

culture expands, the 

more zombie shelters 

have increased so that 

they outnumber fallout 

shelters built during the 

Cold War. 

This is a very strange 

phenomenon considering 

no such virus exists 

that turns people into flesh-eating zombies. 

Still, zombies are contagious in that they infect 

our imaginations, and it seems no one is safe. 

While few zombies are walking around in 

the rotting flesh, there certainly isn’t a lack of 

brain-craving, infectious undead lurking on the 

Internet. The zombie horde is 

out there in digital form, 

so grab your favorite 

shotgun and come 

“Zombies are contagious 

in that they infect our 

imaginations, and it seems 

no one is safe.” 

with me as I guide you through the zombie 

web-ocalypse. 

For those of you who want to be up to 

date on the latest zombie news, news sources 

on the Web keep you informed of all things 

undead. 

The Zombie World News 

The zombieworldnews.com is a site 

dedicated to news relating to the “necromortosis©” 

virus, which, according to the site, 

was discovered in 2006. The wide variety of 

zombie-related news available is separated 

into many categories. 

Visitors can surf news related specifically 

to certain regions of 

the world, or by topic. 

Science and medical 

news pages regarding 

research into zombies 

and the virus that 

causes them are extensive. 

One section features 

famous zombie 

hunters, which profiles 

some of the best undead killers in the world. 

Even a financial section covers how zombies are 

affecting the world economy. 

Zombieworldnews.com also has a letter to 

the editor section in which readers can share 

their zombie-related experiences. 

What attracted me to this site was the 

serious nature of its presentation. For a news 

humor site (think of it like The Onion News for 

zombies), it is very, 

dare I say, professional. The articles are wellwritten 

in news format (albeit they could use 

an editor with a little experience in Associated 

Press style and journalism). It is a good example 

of how the news would look if zombies actually 

existed but didn’t eat the media. 

The Undead Report 

On a more serious note, undeadreport.com 

is a site not intended for humor. This site is a 

journal for everything zombie-related in the 

actual world. From cannibalism to strange illnesses 

and viruses “that may contribute to the 

animation of dead flesh,” The Undead Report 

has you covered. The site is intended to promote 

preparedness of the impending zombie 

apocalypse. 

It features a shopping section that has everything 

you need to survive the zombie horde. You 

can purchase weapons, survival gear, zombie 

guides, food and a wide range of clothing. 

My personal favorite is the zombie shooting 

targets they have for sale. These paper targets 

have pictures of zombies on them and are sure 

to assist in bettering your marksmanship skills. 

Remember to shoot them in the head. 

Centers for Disease Control 

For “official” U.S. government guidance on 

surviving the zombie apocalypse, the Centers 

for Disease Control issued via one of their social 

media blogs a zombie 101 survival guide. 

The site lists all that one would need to 

survive a zombie disaster. Actually, it’s pretty 

much the same list you would need in any 

disaster, but still an excellent resource to 

develop a plan to keep your family safe on 

Z-day. The blog can be found at http:// 

emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp. 

Amazon.com 

Still need help organizing your 

zombie hunting equipment Amazon. 

com, as always, is a great one-stop online 

shop for everything you need to 

purchase; zombie survival gear is no 

different. By searching the Listmania! 

feature of Amazon.com, you can 

easily get guidance on what you would 

need to survive. 

By running a search in Amazon. 

com’s Listmania! for zombie 

survival, I was quickly bombarded 

with tons of lists 

featuring everything 

from basic survival 

guides to hardcore 

munitions. There 

are a lot of lists 

from which to choose, 

so it is best to take a look at 

them and select different items from 

each list that you may deem necessary. The




orde infests World Wide Web 

best part is you can add the items on these lists 

directly to your shopping cart. 

The only drawback is Amazon.com does 

not sell fully automatic weapons, so many of 

the links are to substitution products such as 

airsoft replicas of the actual gun. Of course, 

going full-auto probably will use your ammunition 

too quickly, so this might not be an issue, 

as Amazon.com does sell many semi-automatic 

firearms. 

Zombiegames.net 

On the lighter side, the Web does offer an 

expansive assortment of zombie-related entertainment 

and gaming. There are thousands 

of free zombie games out there. So, if you want 

to train for the apocalypse or just have a few 

minutes to waste by killing the undead, the 

only zombie survival gear you need is a Flashenabled 

Web browser. 

The website at zombiegames.net hosts and 

links to an impressive rotting horde of games 

to play on the Internet. Every genre is included 

from action and strategy to role-playing games, 

all filled with flesh-eating undead. 

Hundreds of games on the site span the 

horribly cheesy to the 

outright bad-ass. Each 

game is rated with a scale 

from zero to five rotting 

eyeballs, so you know 

which ones are really 

worth playing. 

My favorite game in 

this site was “Road of the 

Dead,” in which you must 

drive from city to city on a highway infested 

with broken-down cars and brain-craving 

zombies. 

Be aware though that the zombies are not 

always the most dangerous thing out there on 

the road. I was constantly being plagued by 

burning emergency vehicles and pesky military 

members trying to prevent me from leaving the 

quarantine zone. 

The biggest problem I had was I couldn’t 

stop running the zombies down with my car. 

Your car takes damage when you hit a zombie, 

but you just cannot beat that feeling you get 

when they splatter across your windshield. I 

agree with the site’s rating of this game at four 

and half rotting eyeballs. 

“You just can’t beat that 

feeling you get when 

they splatter across 

your windshield.” 

Zombiehub.com 

For the zombie enthusiast, the guys over at 

zombiehub.com have you covered for finding 

zombie-related media. The site has compiled 

a running list of every zombie-related piece of 

media out there. Every 

zombie movie, zombie 

book, zombie comic, 

zombie video game and 

even zombie-related 

community events are 

showcased at Zombiehub. 

Zombiehub lists each 

item in zombie media and 

has a synopsis of each. 

So if you think you have seen all the flesheaters 

in film, or you want to broaden your 

expertise in the undead, check out this site to 

see if there may be an undead masterpiece you 

need to experience. 

So go out on the Web, my would-be zombie 

slayers, and fight the 

horde. You 

may be 

humanity’s 

last 

chance. 

Stay 

safe. 

Stay 

human. 

Artwork by 


SONY 

Ker-splat!: 

Be sure to use your windshield wipers to keep 

your view of the road clear. Blood and zombies 

can obstruct your view in “Road of the Dead,” a 

game featured on www.zombiegames.net. 

Screenshot of “Road of the Dead” on www.zombiegames.net




20 Wingspan 

21 

virus infects editor’s life 

Photos by Amy Walker 

Cold, dead feet: 

Co-Editor Shawn Havel volunteered to become 

a zombie but did not realize everything the 

task entailed. Havel seemed uncormfortable 

through the process of putting on the makeup, 

but considering people were constantly poking 

his face, he really did quite well. 

Photos by Will Hebert 

Shawn of the dead: 

While the process of becoming a member of the 

walking dead was fairly simple for Havel, his old 

habits of literacy and sophistication did not die so 

easily. However, after picking the brains of a few 

staff members and receiving advice on how to 

behave, he caught on to proper zombie etiquette. 

He even began ignoring the traffic laws of humans. 

co-editor 

Shawn Havel 

editor’s 

commentary 

There are more 

than a few things 

that I find disagreeable 

about zombies 

and their ways. 

For starters, they are 

mindless drones primed to serve their zombie 

overlord…much like the tea party’s relationship 

to Glenn Beck. Maybe, that’s unfair. I’m assuming 

the zombies have an overlord. I’ll give the zombies 

the benefit of the doubt and say they are at least 

independent thinkers. 

Anyway, zombies are messy like infants. Replace pureed cabbage, 

asparagus, carrots and apple goo with 

semi-masticated brain and blood. 

The next disagreement I have—they 

eat people. They have no moral issue with 

this They don’t see anything wrong with 

eating my loved ones They don’t see that 

their actions are causing people great 

deals of distress Sorry, zombies, you’re 

not above a tea party metaphor anymore. 

I had the opportunity to be a zombie 

for an afternoon for a photo shoot. 

I volunteered, probably because I was 

distracted or felt as if I needed to step up 

to gain prestige points with colleagues. 

When I realized I would have to become a zombie, I began feeling kind 

of sad. Partially, for the reasons stated previously: They are messy and gross, 

lack moral issues with eating people who are irreplaceable to me, remind 

me of the tea party and so on. 

The day of reckoning finally had come; it was time to be a zombie. 

When I arrived in the Wingspan office, my fellow editors had been preparing 

the atrocity that would be my outfit. A pair of torn jeans (OK, this is 

doable.) and a neon lime-green T-shirt (Why, God) that had been covered 

in fake blood that would turn into a wet jelly. 

They finished glopping the jelly onto the garments, and once they were 

finished, I timidly walked toward the restroom to change. 

Upon donning the clothing, I discovered the blood had not dried at 

all, and the shirt was soaked with jelly blood. That is when I learned my 

first zombie lesson; zombies are probably uncomfortable because they 

are wearing wet clothes all day, and sometimes, those clothes are pretty 

strange colors, which might make them feel…whatever it is you feel when 

you wear a giant lime green T-shirt. 

Next, came the makeup. This would one of the worst/best parts about 

the entire experience. Worst, because I had my face covered in an oil-based 

paint that felt gross. Best, because the two other editors who had to poke 

my face with their hands to apply the makeup after their sponges failed to 

work probably felt just as awkward as I did for at least for a brief moment. 

Once the makeup was applied, I was ready to be photographed. This 

would be the first time anyone outside the Wingspan office would see me. 

I walked out into the hallway where a few passersby would see me and 

either smile, holding back laughs, or just disapprovingly look at me. 

The photo shoot happened, and it was back into the hallway among the 

living. The same responses came from the new passersby. I felt embarrassed 

at first, but, eventually, as I was paraded 

around campus, my confidence 

as a zombie grew, and I became 

more comfortable. 

I ignored the disapproving 

looks and learned my second 

zombie lesson: It doesn’t matter 

that you are uncomfortable in 

the awkward, wet T-shirt because 

zombies don’t care and have an 

unrivaled level of swagger. 

I even had one human come 

up to me and try to befriend me. 

The human in me was embarrassed by the honesty of this act. A human 

approaching an undead being to befriend him; that’s beautiful. The zombie 

in me appreciated the act as well, because had I been a real zombie, 

that guy would have a zombie gnawing on his dome, and I would have a 

feast. So human lesson No. 1: Don’t approach a real zombie if and when 

they do exist. 

Eventually, the parading came to an end, and I didn’t have to be a zombie 

anymore. Though, it wasn’t awful allowing myself to be a zombie and 

eventually becoming complacent with my grotesque appearance, I would 

much rather keep my mind busy thinking about more than just my own 

needs. The world is a big place, full of humans, so maybe there is a need to 

stop treating it as though we are zombies. 

Layout by Will Hebert 

Zombie logo by Amy Walker 

Background photo by Dominic Benintende

22 Wingspan 



Audience’s hunger for zombie films grows 

“Dawn of the Dead” (2004); Universal Pictures 

Directed by: Zack Snyder 

By Matt Rooney 

Entertainment Editor 

They have many names. The walking dead, flesh munchers, Larry King look-a-likes. 

I am, of course, talking about (if you haven’t already guessed, put down this paper and 

go sit in your car alone) zombies. Along with vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein and 

Anne Coulter, zombies are some of the most popular monsters in modern history and 

are never more popular in any other medium than film. 

The film, if not so the man, that launched zombie movies into stardom is George A. 

Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” (1968). The film depicted the now iconic image of 

a blood-covered, decayed-flesh-ridden and, for some reason, always-missing-half-ashoe 

zombie. 

Since then, countless upon countless movies have been made starring these adorable, 

dead relatives. Some have become quite popular (“Dawn of the Dead,” “28 Days 

Later,” “Evil Dead,” “Shaun of the Dead”), and the rest have faded into the bowels of 

straight to video affair (the majority of zombie movies ever). Some are even spin-offs of 

other films (seriously, no joke, “The Bloodfest Club”). 

But why do people love these monsters so much Why have directors continued to 

make movies about them 

They aren’t love-sick like some modern adaptations of certain monsters. 

They don’t have fur and howl at the moon (and for some reason 

always have their shirt off). Maybe the answer lies in their simplicity. They 

aren’t in-depth and don’t have parallels to humanity and man’s journey. 

They all entail two plot functions for the most part: Zombies invade; 

people fight them. They are simple, fun and not too horribly scary for 

even the smallest of children to enjoy. 

They are actually even more popular today. Movies like “Zombieland” 

have done well at the box office, and an adaptation of the book “World 

War Z” is currently shooting starring Brad Pitt. Personally, I think the 

answer to why they have become as popular in film lately is simple: They 

keep getting better. 

To be honest, I am not a fan of anything Romero (considered the master 

of zombie films). He just took an idea that existed in many cultures’ 

lore and turned it into a film. As a result, he gave us some of the most boring 

movie villains ever. It’s pretty hard to take the monster seriously when 

they are approaching at exactly 0.5 mph. Why hold up in a house with 

no escape point and allow them to catch up Seems just silly. This form 

kept up pretty much for the next several decades. Honestly, other than 

Romero’s work, can you can you name five good zombie movies made in 

between the ’60s and the 2000s that are memorable in film history (“Evil 

Dead” was already mentioned) I didn’t think so. 

“Dawn of the Dead” (1978); United Film Distribution Company 

Directed by: George A. Romero 

Not until 2004 with the release of the remake of “Dawn of the Dead” (directed by 

Zack Snyder) did zombies get a kick. And all that did was give them the ability to run 

and shout blood-curdling screams. It brought zombies back to the mainstream and 

gave them a much-needed “holy-s**t” factor. 

The only time the formula was reverted was when satire or homage was involved 

(as in genius films such as “Shaun of the Dead,” “Planet Terror” and “Fido”). The 

only movies that seem to take it seriously are the “Resident Evil” films. I mean, come 

on, I know they are zombies, but do they really need to get a double-flip-Jackie- 

Chan-somersault-mega-death-kick to the head They are already dead! No need for 

overkill. 

That aside, modern zombie movies are responsible for the recent popularity. 

They finally have become cool with the fact that now they run faster than John 

Goodman to a pie at the heroes while giving high-pitched screams. Frankly, it’s 

pretty awesome. Even people with a Lord or a Dame in front of their names enjoy 

them. The train doesn’t seem to be stopping on the fad at all. As long as the format 

keeps improving, they cannot be stopped. As long as they don’t go back to the “Get 

inside! They are coming!” format. Yes, they are coming. Might as well watch “Lord of 

the Rings” while you wait.




“Shaun of the Dead” 

This zombie comedy starting Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is the absolute pinnacle of the genre. 

It involves two British slackers trying to save their family and friends, as well as themselves, during 

a zombie apocalypse. What’s genius about it is how the writers (Pegg, Edgar Wright) fuse the 

comedy in the zombie mayhem. For instance, the morning 

of the zombie invasion, Shaun (Pegg) continues about his 

daily routine of walking to the local mini-mart for a soda 

and paper, not noticing all the destruction and walking 

dead around him. At one point he even fails to notice the 

blood he slips in as well as the bloody handprint on the 

door. 

The character is not doing what other zombie comedies do 

by simply responding to what’s going, but makes zombies 

and the setting part of the joke. As well as having welldrawn, 

hilarious characters, the movie also has heart and 

pays tribute to zombie movies of yesteryear. 

“Shaun of the Dead”; Universal 

Directed by: Edgar Wright 

My 

Top Five 

favorite zombie 

movies 


A&E Editor 

“Evil Dead” 

Evil Dead” is not a zombie movie by traditional 

standards. It’s about some friends who travel to an 

abandoned cabin during a camping trip and end up 

awakening the demons within. Soon, they find they 

have no way of escape and must survive the night. 

Becoming a zombie is just what happens to them if 

they fall victim to the demons. This is a low-budget 

debut from the “Spider-Man” helmer, Sam Raimi. 

As well as containing plenty of scares and delightful 

gore, the movie is quite funny. Today, it is seen as not 

only a good horror flick but also one of the best of the 

genre and has spawned two sequels (a fourth being 

in the works), the second of which falls into the rare 

category of films to be just as good as the original. 

“Evild Dead”; New Line Cinema 

Directed by: Sam Raimi 

“28 Days Later”; 20th Century Fox 

Directed by: Danny Boyle 

“28 Days Later” 

This is the most serious movie of the 

list. Academy Award-winning director 

Danny Boyle created this now classic 

zombie movie. One aspect that sets this 

movie apart from others is it shows 

what caused the outbreak in the first 

place. Scientists were experimenting 

something on monkeys, when, you 

guessed it, it all goes wrong. 

We fast-forward 28 days later to a 

hospital where a man awakens amid 

the chaos that has become England. 

What makes this movie special 

all-around is it doesn’t focus on the 

carnage that led up to the desolation, 

but rather the desolation itself. It’s 

about man surviving among chaos 

and ruin without succumbing to it 

either physically or psychologically. 

This is a smart, fun and well-visualized 

film that does nothing but improve on 

the genre. 

“Planet Terror” 

Like “Evil Dead,” this movie is a low-budget gore fest with plenty of scares. The 

difference is this movie is like that on purpose. This Robert Rodriguez-(“Sin City,” 

“Desperado”) directed film pays homage to the early cheap horror movies he saw as 

a boy and is one half of the theatrically released double feature titled “Grindhouse.” 

(The second movie being Quentin Tarantino’s “Death Proof.”) In addition to being 

unabashedly awesome, this movie is well-made and is clearly directed by a man who 

loves crap. 

“Zombieland” 

“Zombieland”; Sony Pictures 

Directed by: Ruben Fletcher 

“Planet Terror”; Dimension 

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez 

Finally, we come to the end of the list. 

The 2009 movie “Zombieland” is, well, just 

flat out fun. It’s a comedy 

about four people just trying 

to survive in a world gone to 

Hell. It often results hilariously 

and gruesomely, while 

always maintaining a light 

sense of fun. 

I recommend it to anyone 

who loves zombie movies, as 

it gives you exactly what you 

want (gore, gore and more 

gore), but also much more 

in the form of humor and 

visceral style. And, come on, 

who doesn’t want to watch a 

zombie movie with a cameo 

by Bill Murray

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HOME THESTRANGE 

ON 

Zombies invade Capitol during Cheyenne ZombieFest 


Co-Editor 

Cheyenne doesn’t always seem extraordinarily exciting outside of Cheyenne 

Frontier Days, but Oct. 1 the city was truly dead. 

ZombieFest 2011, hosted by the Depot Plaza and the Cheyenne Little 

Theatre Players, was full of events from a “Left 4 Dead” video game tournament, 

brain-or guts-eating contest, zombie/horror trivia contest, zombie defense training 

and two bands, Spineshank and Clandestine, playing music in the evening. 

Classic horror movies were shown throughout the evening as well. However, the 

main event was the zombie walk, in which, starting at 10 a.m., participants had their 

faces painted, and at 2 p.m., a massive hoard of zombies marched on the Cheyenne 

Capitol. 

Zombie walks started appearing in 2001 to promote small businesses. Since then, 

they have become massive social events, often to raise money for causes such as 

disease prevention and world hunger awareness. In fact, almost 50 international 

cities participated in World Zombie Day, Oct. 8, this year, in which the participants 

shown a last bit of humanity by donating nonperishable food items before turning 

themselves into the living dead. 

Because of the popularity of zombies, large organizations such as the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention have taken advantage of the situation by publishing 

“Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse,” which teaches readers to prepare for the 

end of days…or tornados and hurricanes. 

Pub Crawl variations are increasing in popularity particularly in the U.S., United 

Kingdom and Australia. Zombies at these events were able to buy wristbands that 

provide discounts as they stumbled, intentionally or otherwise, from pub to pub. 

So the zombies have come far from their voodoo origins in Haiti, and the virus 

has spread to Wyoming, America and across the globe, where zombies now swarm 

the streets improving local businesses, alleviating world hunger and promoting 

disease awareness. 

Courtney Tray 

Will Hebert 

The walking dead: 

A horde of hungry 

zombies, top, 

congregates on the 

steps of the Capitol 

during Cheyenne 

Zombie Fest. 

Hubbard Coe, a 

student at the LCCC 

Albany County 

Campus, left, quests 

for brains. 

Jeffrey Pallak, 

Wingspan online 

editor, right, was 

also a victim of 

the zombie miniapocalypse. 

Will Hebert




BRAAAAAAINS!!! 

Austen Williams, below, satisfies his hunger for brains during Cheyenne 

ZombieFest’s brain-eating competition on Oct. 1. 

A chained zombie, right, lunges at passersby in the Historic Cheyenne 

Depot Plaza. 

Layout by Jeffrey Pallak 

Will Hebert 

Courtney Tray 

Divinely creepy: 

An undead nun and her zombie 

student, page center, lurch 

down Capitol Avenue during 

the Cheyenne ZombieFest’s 

Zombie Walk. 

To view a documentary 

on Wingspan online editor 

Jeffrey Pallak’s, opposite 

page, transformation into 

a zombie menace, visit: 

wingspan.lccc.wy.edu/ 

MultimediaHome.html 


Will Hebert 

Innocent and deadly: 

College Board of Trustees’ 

Chairwoman Brenda Lyttle, 

above, makes 

a motion to eat some 

brains. Two young 

zombies, right,savagely 

consume a “hot dog.” 


Will Hebert 

Toys of the dead: 

Eris Dresden, above, who turns 2 in November, fiercely 

protects her zombie doll amid undead horrors in the 

Historic Cheyenne Depot Plaza.

26 




Undead rise from shadows, into literature 


A&E Writer and Photographer 

Within the past few 

years, it is obvious that 

zombies have risen 

from their graves and stepped 

into a popular light. With movies 

about zombies and music 

about zombies, it’s only right 

there should be literature about 

zombies. 

Walk into a Barnes and 

Noble and you will easily find 

zombie comic books, zombie 

novels, zombie survival guides 

and, now, classic literature redone 

with a gruesome zombie 

theme. 

Even though zombies have 

been in literature for some time 

(William Seabrook’s “The Magic 

Island,” published in 1929, was 

one of the first zombie-related 

books.), there has been a huge 

increase in interest of the genre 

recently. 

Mary Gillgannon, a fantasy 

and romance author who works 

at the Laramie County Library, 

pinpoints this rise in popularity 

to around the time Max Brooks’ 

book “World War Z” came out 

in 2006. Brooks also wrote “The 

Zombie Survival Guide.” 

Gillgannon explained because 

the subject of zombies 

has not really been examined, 

it’s hard to know exactly where 

the trend started. 

Now, zombie books exist in 

every genre of literature; zombie 

romance novels, mash-up 

novels (classic literature mixed 

with a zombie apocalypse), 

funny zombie novels, zombie 

novels with a bigger emphasis 

on the horrible gruesome 

details, comics, etc. 

Authors are even starting 

to write zombie novels with 

deeper literary themes. Books 

like “Pride and Prejudice 

and Zombies” and the series 

“Marvel Zombies” show the 

popularity of the genre has affected 

new genres. 

“I think a lot of people like 

to read the zombie literature 

because it distracts them from 

the troubles that are going on in 

the world right now by showing 

them it could be a lot worse,” 

Gillgannon explained. “These 

books are set in a world like our 

own, only with strange supernatural 

beings, and most times, 

the good guy wins.” 

Zombie literature is written 

in a more dystopian style by 

giving an example of how bad 

circumstances can get and how 

the average person would react 

to it. 

“A movie is now being made 

about ‘World War Z,’ and I think 

that is when the zombie popularity 

will peak,” Gillgannon 

said. “Like most other popular 

genres, this one will eventually 

die out, too.” 

Top 10 

zombie 

apocalypse 

songs 



With a zombie apocalypse approaching 

quickly, you start sharpening 

those machetes, loading the 

rifles and preparing the chainsaws. 

All this busy planning means it 

is only right to have the perfect 

zombie-slaying playlist as well as 

the necessary weapons prepared 

for the attack. 

You don’t want to be caught off 

guard without the precise zombieslaying 

tunes blasting from your 

well-equipped escape vehicle, do 

you For the dangerous endeavor, 

try these songs; from punk to 

metal and all the way to dance 

music, there’s something for everyone 

to enjoy. 

• The Devil Wears Prada — 

“Escape” 

• Wednesday 13 — “I walked With 

a Zombie” 

• Creature Feature — “Aim for the 

Head” 

• Showbread — “Dead By Dawn” 

• Misfits — “Hunting Humans” 

• Chubby Checker — “Doin’ the 

Zombie” 

• Aiden ~ “Horror Queen” 

• Phantom Planet — “The Living 

Dead” 

• My Chemical Romance — 

“Astro Zombie” 

• Family Force 5 — “Wake the 

Dead”


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The Cat, the Grinch 

and Horton who heard a Who, 

come to town 

to perform ‘Seussical Jr.’ for you 

By Jeffrey Pallak 

Online Editor 

Classic Dr. Seuss characters are coming 

to life on stage and in song this October. 

The Laramie County Community 

College theater department is producing 

“Seussical Jr.,” a musical based on the works 

of Dr. Seuss. 

‣ ¾See Seuss, Page 28 

TV to become real boy 

Choir to put on live ‘Glee’ concert 

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AAAH! Instruments 

Halloween, band to ‘Bump’ elbows 

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Swing and a miss! 

‘Moneyball” receives mixed review 

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“Seussical Jr.” 

cast and crew: 

Cast: 

• Cat In the Hat: Maty Cameron 

• Horton: Liam Guille 

• Jojo: Jaryd McMartin 

• Gertrude: Hannah Heying 

• Mayzie: Katie Delacath 

• Mr. Mayor: Mark Malcolm 

• Mrs. Mayor: River Neese 

• Sour Kangaroo: Liz Wood 

• Baby Kangaroo: Lexie Woolridge 

• Wickershams: Aspen Woods, 

Philip Lorenz and Aiden Schutte 

• Bird Girls: Brynley Guille, Paige 

Guille and Jacklynn Kelsey 

• Grinch: Andy Dennis 

• Yertle the Turtle: Paige Russell 

• WHO’s Chorus: Lauren O’Hare, 

Erin Williams, Ryan Huylar, Sarah 

Sutton, Kelsey Swanson, Marcos 

Perez and Mac Rogers 

• Thing 1: Seth Malcom 

• Thing 2: Matthew Malcom 

Crew: 

• Music director: Dana Heying 

• Assistant music director: 

Janet Weisbrook 

• Costume designer: 

Phil Armstrong 

• Makeup designer: 

Brittany Bennett 

• Set designer: Eddie Heying 

• Sound operator: John Little 

• Assistant director: 

Wende Wolff-Perez 

• Lighting director: Andrew Killian 

• Stage manager: Jillian Janeski 

• Box office: Emma Fontana 

• Hair styles: Rochelle Hague 

• Sewing crew: Keith Bellis, 

Marissa Albat, Levia Abraham, 

Jessica Flinn, Kate Skates, 

Skeeter, Cristeen Morrillon, 

Becca Hague, Jayne Hague, 

Shelley Russel and Grant Pulse 

• Stage/set crew: Chance Bauman, 

Josh Morris, Samantha Oblander, 

Justin Thomas, Courtney Yelton, 

Kristine Woodring, and Rebecca 

Paul. 

‣ ¾From Seuss, Page 27 

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The play is made up of several Dr. Seuss’ stories, with 

characters from “The Cat in the Hat,” “Horton Hears a Who,” 

“The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and other Seuss characters, 

all set to music. 

Showtimes for “Seussical Jr.” are 7 p.m. Oct. 13, 15 and 

20–22, and 2 p.m. Oct. 15–16, at the Mary Godfrey Playhouse, 

2706 E. Pershing Blvd. 

Tickets will be sold for $10 for general admission and $5 

for students and seniors. Seats may be reserved online at 

boxoffice@lccc.wy.edu. 

Dave Gaer, LCCC theater instructor and director of 

“Seussical Jr.,” said the play was chosen because not many 

shows are available for children, and this production allows 

young people to have a chance to be part of theater. 

“We like to provide 

opportunities for 

youth,” Gaer said. 

In addition, this 

play allows the 

elementary and high 

schools in Cheyenne 

to be involved. 

“Elementary and 

junior high schools tie 

it into their curriculum,” 

Gaer said, “and 

then the students get 

to see the show.” 

A wide range of 

ages participates in 

the production of 

“Seussical Jr.” Gaer 

said cast members are 

as young as 7 all the 

way up to people in 

their late 20s. 

In the musical, 

Horton the elephant 

Theatre department 

to bring storybook 

characters to life 

Do the Lorax: 

The cast of “Seussical Jr.” dance during rehearsal. The family play 

will premiere Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Godfrey Playhouse. 



(played by Liam Guille) must protect Jojo (played by Jaryd 

McMartin) and all of his Who friends from danger and nonbelievers 

while guarding an egg left to him by Mayzie La Bird 

(played by Katie Delacath). 

Horton faces danger, ridicule, kidnapping and trial, but 

is triumphant thanks to the powers of friendship, family, 

community and loyalty as well as the support of Gertrude 

McFuzz (played by Hannah Heying). 

“Seussical Jr.” was written by Lynn Andrews, who also 

wrote the lyrics, and Stephen Flaherty, who composed the 

musical score. The play was co-conceived by Andrews, 

Flaherty and Eric Idle. 

“It is appropriate for everyone,” Gaer said. The show appeals 

to all audiences, young and old alike. 

“Adults will enjoy it because they are the stories they grew 

up with,” Gaer said, “but children will especially enjoy it.” 

Are you looking for something more 

Inspiration Fellowship— 

the new church in town! 

Saturday services in the LCCC Science Center, Room 121 

5:30 p.m.—Fellowship 

snacks and beverages 

6 p.m.—Worship service 

James Taylor 

www.inspirationfellowship.com 307-426-4938



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Fallin’ for Jazz 

Concert in fall 

added this year 

By Jennifer Stogsdill 


The Fallin’ for Jazz program will 

be presented once again this year 

on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. at the 

Cheyenne Civic Center. 


College’s jazz ensembles and jazz 

ensembles from local public high 

schools will perform a wide variety 

of jazz music, said LCCC’s 

instructor of instrumental music, 

Gary Hall. 

“We used to just do a jazz 

concert in the spring, but last year 

we had room in the budget to put 

on a concert in the fall as well,” 

Hall said. “Last year’s fall concert 

was so successful. We decided to 

do it again this year.” 

Like last year’s performance 

East, Central and now South high 

schools will have their jazz groups 

perform in concert with the LCCC 

jazz group, Hall said. 

“All the groups try to play a 

wide variety of jazz music like 

blues, rock, old style, Latin, etc. 

We try to play music we think 

the audience will enjoy,” Hall 

said. 

The event is free, but donations 

for the COMEA Shelter will be 

taken. 

“The donations are just given to 

the COMEA Shelter, and we don’t 

tell them what they should do with 

it,” Hall said. “With so many people 

in need we just try to help out a 

little.”

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Choir to share cultural experience 


A&E Editor 

It’s time to Gleek out with the 


College choral groups as they 

perform their own rendition of 

the TV show. 

The concert will be held 7:30 

p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the 

LCCC Playhouse. 

Like the “World Echoes” concert, 

the choir will perform “Glee” 

to celebrate the sheer excitement 

and power of music, said Nancy 

Cornish, LCCC vocal music 

instructor. 

Instead of taking their inspiration 

from global cultures, this 

concert will borrow from a much 

more popular medium—the TV 

show “Glee.” Yes, this concert will 

have many songs and dances 

from the popular TV show to 

create an engaging experience for 

the audience. 

“‘Glee’ is a great way to present 

songs from the ‘70s and ‘80s in a 

fun, energetic way,” Cornish said. 

It gives fans of the show a chance 

CCC 

‘Glee’ fans must 

see to believe 

to go to the theater to watch 

LCCC students give those actors 

on TV a good what for. (Please, 

gleeks, don’t hurt me.) 

Also like “World Echoes”, there 

is a humanitarian core to it all. 

Concert goers will have the opportunity 

to donate food to the 

Needs, Inc. food bank at the door, 

Cornish said. 

This concert wants to ensure 

Needs can raise enough food to 

make a generous donation. 

So whereas “World Echoes” 

is about cultural diversity and 

peace, and “Glee” is about having 

a fun time at a concert. Both 

are all about giving back to the 

community, whether it be ours or 

ones across the globe. 

Here is a list of the songs they 

will perform: ”To Sir With Love,” 

“Keep Holdin’ On,” “Jump,” 

“Safety Dance,” “Need You Now,” 

“Just the Way You Are,” “No Air,” 

“Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Lean on 

Me,” “Somebody To Love,” “Like A 

Prayer,” “Billionaire,” “Girls’ Sing 

Off,” “Guys’ Sing Off,” “Teenage 

Dream” and “Viva la Diva.” 


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“World Echoes” will celebrate 

music from all over the 

world. 

This free concert by the 


College choral music department 

will be held at St. Mark’s 

Episcopal Church on the 

corner of 19th and Central 

Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. 

“The idea is to share music, 

positive attitudes and promote 

the idea of peace,” LCCC 

choral music instructor Nancy 

Cornish said. People who go to 

the concert can expect to experience 

music from many different 

areas of the globe such 

as Russia, France, Zimbabwe 

and Israel. The concert will 

broaden the audience’s horizons 

and envelop them in the 

rich atmosphere of tremendous 

music, Cornish said. 

This includes everything from 

Australia’s famous digeridoos 

to Russian music with voices 

so sweet they mimic that of 

peaceful bells. 

But “World Echoes” is not 

just about listening to great 

music; it also gives the audience 

a chance to give back to 

those in need, Cornish said. 

Anyone attending the free 

concert also has the option to 

donate money to the COMEA 

Shelter at the door. This 

“World Echoes” 

Songs for the “World Echoes” concert are as follows: 

Playlist: 

• “Musica est Dei donum optimi,” by de Lassus (1532-94) 

Italy; 

• “Hombé,” arranged by Laz Ekwueme, Kenya; 

• Two South African freedom songs, collected by Nyberg, 

arrangement by Leck Singabahambayo and Haleluya! Pelo 

tsa rona South Africa; 

• “Freedom Come,” Africa; 

• “Ubi Caritas,” Duruflé from France; 

• “Past Life Melodies,” by Sarah Hopkins from Australia; 

• “A Gaelic Blessing,” (1978) by John Rutter, Ireland/Scotland; 

• “Erschallet, irh Lieder,” Johann Sebastian Bach, Germany; 

• “Son de la Loma,” arranged by Jose Castillo, Cuba; 

• “Hiney Mah Tov,” Israel; 

• “Dravidian Dithyramb,” Victor Paranjoti, India; 

• “All-Night Vigil, Opus 37,” (1915) Sergei Rachmaninoff, 

Russia; 

• “Come, Let Us Worship,” “Rejoice,” “O Virgin,” and “The Six 

Psalms” 

• “Love One Another”; 

• “Standing on the Side of Love”; 

• “Peace, Salaam, Shalom.” 

provides everyone a chance 

to give to those who will give 

them one of the most astounding 

gifts of all, the gift of music. 

However, Cornish did mention 

this is not just for donations 

and world appreciation. 

“We do concerts as a gift to 

the community,” she said. “We 

do this as community service 

for those who do not have the 

opportunity to afford tickets.” 

In the end, hope is the 

message of world peace, and 

understanding will be evoked 

at the concert, Cornish said. 

“Peace is No. 1. Fun No. 2,” 

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Spooky concert 

to aid homeless 

By Jennifer Stogsdill 


For the seventh year in a row, Laramie 

County Community College’s coordinator of 

instrumental music is preparing his popular 

Halloween-themed concert, “Bump in the 

Night VII.” 

The concert will be performed at 7 p.m. 

on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Cheyenne Civic 

Center. Complete with a pumpkin-carving 

contest, treats and spooky music, this event 

is free. 

The audience can even wear a scary costume 

if they like to get into the Halloween 

spirit, Gary Hall, coordinator of instrumental 

music, said. 

“We try to play fun music, like themes 

from spooky movies, so it’s entertaining to 

the audience,” Hall said. The LCCC band will 

perform the concert, with numerous solo 

and ensemble features within the program. 

A pumpkin-carving contest will be open 

for anybody who wants to participate, Hall 

said. Participants can enter into three categories: 

kids, adults or LCCC students. Prizes 

will be awarded for the winners. 

“In the past we have given gift cards, like 

Barnes and Noble, to the winners as well as 

cash prizes of $25-$50, depending on the 

category,” Hall said. 

Even though the event is free, donations 

for the COMEA Shelter are accepted. The 

donations are given to the shelter to use the 

money however it needs. 

“Last year, they used the money for 

the Thanksgiving meal they put on for the 

homeless,” Hall said. “We don’t want to put 

stipulations on what the shelter does with 

the money.” 

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Straw Dogs (2011) 

Review 

‘Straw Dogs’: More bark than bite 


A&E Editor 

Hey, boys and girls. It’s time to 

gather around because, that’s right. 

You guessed it. It’s time for another 

Hollywood remake of a classic film! 

Hooray! Break out the flash lights 

and warm soda because this here’s a 

goodin’. Don’t worry. I’m not poking 

fun because “Straw Dogs” takes place 

in Mississippi. I’m poking fun because, 

based off what I’ve seen in this movie 

and others, that’s how people there 

talk. 

Yes, as just said, this movie takes 

place in swampy, hot and gross 

Mississippi (whereas the original 

“Straw Dogs” took place in England) 

and stars James Marsden (“X-Men,” 

“Superman Returns”) as Dave, the 

specky-eyed, curly headed intellectual. 

It also stars Kate Bosworth (“Superman 

Returns”) as Amy, his perky, blondehaired, 

blue-eyed wife. 

The story begins with the two of 

them driving to Amy’s old family house 

in the middle of a swampy forest. They 

stop for a quick bite to eat at a place 

where you would either get stabbed, 

punched or both. 

There we meet Amy’s ex-boyfriend, 

Charlie, played by Alex Skarsgard, and 

his gang of hillbilly pals. He seems nice 

enough toward Dave but, as we learn, 

possesses quite a disliking for him. 

We also meet a man named Coach, 

played by James Woods, who turns out to 

play a kind of foreshadowing character. 

Coach could represent a man who 

Charlie and his boys may turn out to be: 

He’s a mean old drunk, who has a big 

problem with people steppin’ on his turf, 

so to speak. 

All these actors do a fine job of portraying 

their roles, particularly Skarsgard 

and Woods, playing villains who express 

themselves on two very different levels. 

Marsden also does a fine job as the specky 

dweeb who is not really a coward, just a 

man who doesn’t like confrontations. 

That being said, the movie has one 

major flaw that I cannot quite shake; the 

director, Rod Lurie, clearly has his heart in 

the right place, but in trying not to be like 

the original, doesn’t know what to do with 

the material. 

Oh, the theme of the original is very 

much intact. This is not a movie about a 

man’s breaking point, as the ads would 

have you believe, but is a story about men 

and their territorial nature and about getting 

the things they feel they deserve. 

This is played well through Woods, 

whose character is constantly hounding a 

man with what I assume is autism, played 

by the miscast, buff, chiseled Dominic 

Purcell, for talking to his daughter. He 

feels he has earned a lot in life and 

doesn’t want some “retard” (his words, 

not mine) hitting on his daughter. 

Charlie is the same way. He feels as 

a star football player, he should be able 

to get the girl he deserves (Amy). But 

instead, she marries 

Cyclops from “X-Men.” This creates an 

anger in both of them and fuels their 

action. This should have led to a nice 

cat and mouse thriller, where Charlie’s 

actions toward Dave progressively grow 

more serious, but instead, the whole 

story stays rather still, with very small 

instances (except one involving a cat) 

occurring. 

This all remains the same until the 

hillbilly clan decides to take Dave hunting. 

During this distraction, Charlie 

utilizes it as a chance to get what’s his. 

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Burning stares: 

Alex Skarsgard, right, and his hillbilly pals, left, stare down James Marsden and Kate Bosworth offscreen. 

Yes, there is a sexual assault of Amy, 

and after she still rejects him, he, feeling 

lost for words and rationality, allows hick 

No. 1 to also assault her. It’s rough stuff, 

and you would think this would push 

Dave over the edge. Instead, she does not 

say a word and goes on with her life. 

My major issue with this is in telling 

him, it would have fueled the entire end 

and pushed Dave to his breaking point. 

It would have put both men in the same 

place, feeling they had what was theirs 

taken from them and would have put 

them at their breaking points. Thene, 

both themes could have come together to 

make the climax. 

Instead, what we get is a final showdown 

with Woods hunting down Purcell’s 

mentally challenged character for “hangin 

‘round his daughter.” Charlie uses this 

as an excuse to head to Dave and Amy’s, 

and all Hell breaks loose. Dave, defending 

his home, decides to brutally murder 

all the men. This would have been fine, 

but Dave is not in the head space he 

should be in order to justify what is essentially 

MacGyver murder. (That’s when 

the character essentially uses anything he 

can find to do the job.) These are acts of 

revenge, not defending the home. 

Had the story taken a different road, 

Dave’s actions would have made sense. 

But, no, Cyclops goes nuts, and the dude 

from “True Blood” gets a bear trap to the 

head. 

In short, this movie could have been 

a tight, well-constructed thriller with a 

character-driven climax but, instead, was 

just a misguided attempt to modernize a 

classic. 

The actors do their job, but I cannot 

help but feel if Woods and Purcell were 

not involved, the movie could have been 

simpler, which would have allowed the 

director to do more with just three leads 

instead of five. 

But like the character Dave, he doesn’t 

tell it as it should be but as he feels we 

should hear it. 

2 and a half stars 

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‘Moneyball’: Tries for home, makes it to second base 

Moneyball 


A&E Editor 

Have you ever had 

someone come up 

and tell you something 

really exciting, 

and you go, “Wow! how did 

that happen!” And when they 

explain, you go, “Oh...OK” 

Well, that’s exactly how this 

year’s film “Moneyball” is. It’s 

a movie about the Oakland A’s, 

one of the worst major-league 

teams in baseball and how their 

owner Billie Beane, played by 

Brad Pitt, turns them into the 

team that sets the record of 

most wins won in a row (20). 

Yes, the event is interesting and 

would seem inspiring, but the 

reason behind it is pretty much 

“oh...OK.” 

I have never cared about any 

sport: baseball, football, etc. I 

don’t care about the stats, the 

players or the people behind 

it all. The movie is all about 

these things, which means it is 

a movie about the business of 

baseball, not the game itself. 

This is a treat for any baseball 

fan, but it will fail to convert 

anyone else. 

“Moneyball” is not about 

what you see on Fox or ESPN; 

it’s about what goes on behind 

the scenes. Quite frankly, it 

really isn’t interesting. There is 

no courtroom drama appeal, 

no bonds broken, no people 

deceived, no growing tension. 

Movies like “The Social 

Network” thrive on these ideas 

when it would seem the movie 

is just about Facebook. Behind 

the scene of baseball, however, 

it’s just men talking about, well, 

baseball. Oh and occasionally, 

like in all sports movies, there 

are times when someone says, 

“You can’t do that!” and the 

response is, “Yes I can!” 

This could all be helped by 

some whip-smart dialogue, 

quicker editing, a more upbeat 

tone in a lot of areas and, especially 

in this movie, a sense of 

tension accompanying the idea 

Beane is promoting. 

But instead, the director and 

the screenwriters treat every 

scene with about as much engagement 

as, well, talking about 

baseball. This gives the movie a 

“The bottom line 

is this: This is not 

a bad movie. It 

is just strictly for 

baseball fans.” 

Review 

Confidence is key: 

Brad Pitt eyes his new team during the first practice in “Moneyball.” 

slower and more restricted feel 

in terms of whom the movie 

is really for. The movie doesn’t 

feel as if it was written by two 

creative screenwriters (which 

it has, Steve Zailian and Aaron 

Sorkin), but instead by two 

baseball fans. 

With this at hand, Pitt 

actually brings some added 

enthusiasm to his role. Beane 

is charming and quite serious 

about what he’s doing, and Pitt 

embodies that well. 

As for Jonah Hill playing 

Peter Brand, the man who helps 

Pitt using stats and clever financial 

tricks…I like Hill, normally, 

and he displays some dramatic 

chops here. But the whole performance 

feels restrained and 

rather dull with some occasional 

bits of humor. But that’s 

not his fault; it’s the character’s, 

who is not very interesting, but 

necessary. 

The movie also has the terrific 

Phillip Seymour Hoffman in 

the plainest role he’s ever taken. 

He plays Art Howe, the team’s 

coach who always has a look 

on his face as if he’s just farted, 

knows it and is too ashamed to 

admit it. Again, it’s not his fault. 

Like Hill, it’s the character who 

is too dull to be on screen, yet 

must be. 

For the sake of retreading, I 

will repeat myself. (I know it’s 

unoriginal but just roll with 

me.) This movie is not about 

baseball itself. It is about the 

business of it and the men 

behind it. Unfortunately, to me, 

none of that is interesting. 

The actual game itself is 

why a lot of people go see these 

movies because they can relate 

with the underdog and inspirational 

theme (pretty cliché, 

but a lot of people seem to like 

it). Anyone who has seen this 

movie knows it takes a good 

hour and a half really to feel 

anything actually has been accomplished. 

This is because of 

slow pacing and a director and 

writers who truly find baseball 

interesting. 

This is not all bad stuff, but 

just what I happened to dislike 

about the film. For anyone who 

is a true fan, this movie will 

seem phenomenal. It’s about 

the sport they love and the 

people behind it all. It’s like having 

those stats and articles they 

read come to life. 

And for that, the movie earns 

points. It knows what it’s about 

and whom it’s for. It just so happens 

it’s not for everyone. 

The movie does have a 

powerful ending involving Pitt, 

Hill and later, the girl who plays 

Beane’s rarely seen daughter 

Casey, portrayed by Kerris 

Dorsey. It all involves a downtrodden 

Beane being told by 

friends and family in two different 

ways the type of man he is. 

Hill does the task of telling him 

he’s the man who has changed 

the game for the better and 

doesn’t even know it. 

His daughter has the better 

share of the emotional weight 

as she, through song, shows 

her dad he is a man who takes 

his job seriously, has too much 

stress and just needs to sit back, 

take it all and know he is an 

amazing man. This scene has all 

the emotional weight handled in 

the song and Pitt’s tear-written 

eyes. 

The bottom line is this: This is 

not a bad movie. It is just strictly 

for baseball fans. It’s about the 

men behind the bats and how 

they talk about the men holding 

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the bats. It could’ve been helped 

by some fresher storytelling devices 

and a strong sense of how 

what Beane did changed history 

(which it did), but, instead, the 

filmmakers took a story with an 

amazing ending, then told the 

uninteresting part of it, which 

alienated the non-fans. 

There are some good performances 

and an almost redemptive 

ending, but it’s too little, too 

late. What I’m trying to say is 

baseball fans will find this movie 

engaging and eye-opening, as 

everyone involved seemed to 

find the story, but everyone 

else will feel as if they are being 

benched. 

2 and a half stars 

(You’ll be just as entertained 

watching a normal ball game.)

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‘Drive’: Engines 

rev in this high 

octane thriller 

Drive 

Review 


A&E Editor 

Nicholas Winding Refn directs the powerful 

heist thriller “Drive” starring Ryan Gosling as 

a soft-spoken, sometimes nervous, but always 

confident, especially when he has a goal, stunt/ 

getaway driver who is just simply living his life 

in his own way. 

This is until he meets a woman named Irene, 

Carey Mulligan, and her son. He finds happiness 

with them, which creates his sense of drive 

and purpose when her husband is released 

from prison and is forced to do one last heist or 

risk his family’s lives. 

That leads him into a heist that goes all 

wrong, forcing him to go to extreme lengths to 

protect Irene and her son. 

This movie is near-perfect in the sense of 

the term. The director knows exactly what to 

focus on when it needs to be. When it’s about 

getting to know the character, you feel it. When 

it’s about action, it delivers. When it’s about violence 

and gore, it gives in buckets and brutality. 

It does all of this with grace and a hip style 

without losing the story. (I know the word 

hip can no longer be used next to style these 

days but stay with me.) This is a tremendous, 

character-driven movie that moves at a breakneck 

pace about doing things for either good or 

bad reasons and dealing with whatever consequences 

come with it. This movie also stars 

Albert Brooks (“Finding Nemo”), Ron Perlman 

(“Hellboy”), Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) 

and a small appearance by Christina Hendricks 

(“Mad Men”). 

4 Stars or if you’re visiting your dying 

grandmother and cannot go, strap her to a 

wheelchair and take her along. 

Gorbachev to come to UW 

Free afternoon event slated for Oct. 14 

By Susann Robbins 

News Editor 

Former Soviet Union President 

Mikhail Gorbachev will speak 

at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at 

the University of Wyoming Arena 

Auditorium in Laramie. Gorbachev 

will speak about “Global Unrest and 

International Leadership in the 21 st 

Century.” 

The event is free; however, no large 

bags or backpacks or photographic, 

audio or visual recording equpiment 

will be allowed. Former U.S. Sen. Alan 

Simpson will moderate the question 

and answer session. 

For most, the name Gorbachev is 

inseparably linked with the fall of the 

Iron Curtain in Europe. With his glasnost 

policy, he influenced millions of people, 

said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 

acknowledging the former Russian 

President’s achievements at the opening 

of the special exhibition “Mikhail 

Gorbachev—From the Family Album.” 

Gorbachev’s achievements can be 

linked to two major reforms: 

Mikhail Gorbachev 

• Glasnost (“openness”) gave more 

freedom of expression and of information 

to the press, the broadcast and the 

people. Eventually, the Stalinist totalitarian 

rule was completely dropped by 

the government, according to History. 

com. 

• Perestroika (“restructuring”) started 

with an overhaul of the Communist 

Party, said History.com. This was 

Gorbachev’s way of slowly establishing 

democracy and free market movements 

into the Soviet Union. These attempts, 

even as subtle as they were, were fought 

heavily by the Communist Party and 

other government officials until they 

succeeded. 

These reforms and his warming 

foreign affair relations to the U.S., 

the agreement to destroy all existing 

intermediate-range nuclear-tipped 

missile, lead to the end of the Cold 

War, lifted the Iron Curtain and transformed 

Europe, History.com said. 

Gorbachev remembers the path to the 

German unity 1989–90 was a long and 

difficult process. 

All relationships had to adapt to 

the new situation; Soviet-German relations 

as well as relations to America 

and its allies Great Britain and France. 

Initially, the French president and the 

British prime minister were opposed 

to a reunion of the two German states, 

according to bundesregierung.de. 

All Saints Anglican 

Church 

1311 Ashford Dr. (off Terry Ranch Rd.) 

307-630-6513 

Welcome back students! 

9a.m. Sunday Liturgy 

Traditional Christian Music and Worship 

Rev. Richard Andrews, Vicar 

John Hillabolt, music director and organist



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Beast Women Inc. 

cabaret 

By Jeffrey Pallak 

Online Editor 


Community 

College will highlight 

female strength 

through a variety of 

performances and 

genres on Friday, 

Oct.14, at 8 p.m. at 

the Mary Godfrey 

Playhouse with the 

production of Beast 

Women, a cabaretstyle 

variety show 

presented by the 

American National 

Bank Performing Art 

Series. Admission is 

$5. 

From singing and 

dancing to poetry 

and burlesque, Beast 

Women performances 

will take a variety of 

forms. 

“This show is an 

invigorating and 

stimulating experience 

that operates on 

a concept of revolving 

individual performances,” 

said Jill 

Erickson, co-creator, 

co-director and 

performer of Beast 

Women. “We hope to 

offer a new and personal 

experience to all 

in our audience.” 

Beast Women 

originated in Chicago 

as an outlet for 

women with various 

performance genres 

to develop their 

chosen art style and 

perform onstage, 

Erickson said. She 

Oct. 14 

Chicago group’s performance series 

promotes strong, female solo artists 

and co-creator and 

co-director Michelle 

Power founded Beast 

Women Productions 

Inc. in 2007 to provide 

solo female artists a 

place to present their 

talents to a wide audience. 

“As solo performers 

ourselves, finding 

such rare prospects 

for women was very 

frustrating,” Erickson 

said. “So when you 

can’t find something 

you need…you make 

it…we made sure we 

had a venue to do just 

that.” 


does three performance 

series each 

year with about six–10 

performances each 

series. Each performance 

has nine–11 

women performers, 

Erickson said. 

“Women’s cabaret 

is not a new concept,” 

Erickson said. 

“However, this show 

can become something 

of a vehicle 

to promote female 

artists in Chicago. It 

would be a dream to 

hopefully someday 

reach out and promote 

women everywhere.” 

This is the first 

time Beast Women 

has performed outside 

of Chicago. 

“We are very 

fortunate to be given 

this opportunity by 

LCCC and in particular 

Dave Gaer and Lisa 

Trimble,” Erickson 

said. 

LCCC theater and 

communications 

instructor Dave Gaer 

was Erickson’s speech 

and acting coach at 

Hastings College in 

Hastings, Neb. Lisa 

Trimble is the LCCC 

cultural series event 

coordinator. 

“I can honestly 

tell you the influence 

that he has made on 

me personally and as 

a performer is very 

substantial,” Erickson 

said. “He opened 

my eyes to different 

horizons, pushed and 

inspired me when I 

was trying to find my 

way as a solo performer.” 

According to 

Erickson, Gaer was a 

driving force for Beast 

Women to come to 

LCCC. 

“He was the one 

who brought the 

idea that we should 

come and perform 

in Wyoming after 

coming to see us in 

Chicago, and here we 

are,” Erickson said. 

Beast Women will 

incorporate an act by 

a local performer in 

Cheyenne during the 

production. 

“We are really 

pumped to get the 

opportunity to share 

the stage with a local 

performer,” Erickson 

said. 


accepted audition 

submissions via its 

website until Sept. 30. 

“We have had 

some remarkable submissions,” 

Erickson 

said. “Wyoming 

definitely has some 

rockin’ female performers.” 

All performers 

must audition for 

each series, including 

veteran performers 

of the show, Erickson 

said. 

“We think it inspires 

them to push 

themselves and inspires 

us as producers 

to keep high standards 

on the women 

we cast in each rockin’ 

show,” Erickson explained. 

According to 

Erickson, 29–32 

women are selected 

from as many as 100 

performers each 

series. Because of the 

number of women 

they cast, they are 

able to produce a 

different show each 

night. 

“No two shows are 

alike,” Erickson said. 

“It keeps the show 

fresh and keeps the 

audience coming 

back for more.” 

Beast Women 

is for mature audiences, 

Erickson said, 

so performers can 

experiment freely 

without feeling any 

limitations. 

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Spark of 


BRILLIANCE 

By Hannah White 

Sports Writer 

The Laramie County 

Community College Golden 

Eagles men’s soccer team 

dropped from the national 

rankings after losing to 

Northwest College on Oct. 1 

by a single goal, 5–4 in Powell, 

Wyoming. 

For the first time in the 

college’s history, the Golden 

Eagles’ men’s soccer team was 

nationally ranked at No. 16. 

The team had arrived at the 

Top 20 National Junior College 

Athletic Association rankings 

by beating No. 1-ranked 

Barton County Community 

College Sept. 25, 3–2 at home. 

Barton’s ranking dropped to 

No. 6 after the defeat. 

The Golden Eagles head 

coach Vince Gibson said he is 

proud of the team. 

“We are one of the few 

teams in junior college soccer 

that do it with local kids,” 

Gibson said. During the 

Barton game they only had 

one international player with 

five Wyoming players starting. 

Most of the other players on 

the team are from Colorado 

and Utah. 

“Yeah, we have internationals, 

but we aren’t loaded with 

internationals,” Gibson said. 

Barton County Community 

College has 13 international 

players this season. 

Another big competitor that 

is nationally ranked is Otero 

Junior College who is currently 

ranked No. 11. Prior to the Oct. 

1 game vs. Northwest College, 

the Otero Rattlers were the 

only team to defeat the Golden 

Eagles. The Eagles will face 

Otero again Oct. 7 at home. 

Men’s soccer team upcoming home games: 

Oct. 12 ....................1:30 p.m...................... Western Wyoming CC 

Oct. 14 ....................... Noon......................... North Idaho College 

Oct. 16 ....................... Noon......................... Westminster University JV 

Men’s soccer team upcoming away games: 

Oct. 16 ....................... Noon ........................Westminster University JV, Cheyenne 

Oct. 19 ........................ TBA .........................Region IX playoff game highest seed 

Oct. 21–22 .................. TBA .........................Region IX Tournament, Rock Springs 

Nov. 4 6 ...................... TBA .........................District Tournament, Arizona 

Nov. 17–20 .................. TBA .........................National Tournament 


Roughhousing: 

Gleydson Neri fights for the ball during a Laramie County 

Community College men’s soccer game. This game was a 

stepping stone toward the first national ranking for men’s 

soccer. 

Women’s soccer scores 

Soccer team ranked No. 11 in nation. 

Sports—Page 38 

Always remembered 

College to host memorial rodeo 

Sports—Page 39 

Sir ‘Loncey-lot’ 

Bull rider wins first place 

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Women’s soccer dominates 

By Hannah White 

Sports Writer 

The women’s soccer 

team sits just outside the 

national Top 10 rankings at 

No. 11 after winning three 

straight matches and drawing 

one. 

On Oct. 1 the Laramie 


Golden Eagles tied 0–0 

with Schoolcraft 

Community College. 

The Golden Eagles 

had 14 total shots 

the whole game 

but couldn’t put 

one in the goal. Schoolcraft 

had 12 total shots. The 

Golden Eagles overall record 

is 12-2-2. Their next game is 

away at Northwest College 

on Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. 

The Eagles came out 

with a win against thenranked 

No. 3 team Monroe 

Community College 2–1 in 

overtime on Monroe’s home 

field on Sept. 30. Monroe 

had the first goal of the 

game in the third minute. 

Shino Kunisawa had the 

Golden Eagles’ first goal to 

tie up the game. Vanessa 

Alexander scored the game 

winner in overtime with an 

assist by Monica Lubin to 

defeat Monroe. 

The Golden 

Eagles earned a victory 

over Western Nebraska 

Community College 5–0 on 

Sept. 28. Shino Kunisawa 

scored within the first ten 

minutes of the game with 

a pass from Junko Honda. 

Kunisawa had another goal 

shortly after that as well. 

The other goals in the game 

were scored by Jezmine 

Lora, Monica Lubin with 

an assist by Honda, and 

Alexander. 

The LCCC women’s 

soccer team defeated 

Northwest College 4–1 on 

Sept 24. 

Alexander had the first 

goal of the game with an 

assist by Lubin. Caroline 

Arias had two goals with 

one assist by Jezmine Lora. 

Lubin also had a goal with 

the assist by Kunisawa. 

Upcoming games will be 

on Oct. 12, 11 a.m., against 

Northwest College; Oct. 14, 

2 p.m., against North Idaho 

College; and Oct. 16, 1 p.m., 

against CU Gold (nonmember 

school). 

Photos by Char Lessenger 

Kickin’ it into gear: 

Francelies Alvira Cruz, left, preps to throw the ball into play. Right, Caroline Arias dribbles the ball during 

the Sept. 24 game against Northwest College. The Eagles won 4–1.



V-ball wins at home 

By Mathew 

McKay 

Sports Writer 

The Laramie 

County Community 

College women’s volleyball 

team won two 

home matches during 

the weekend of Sept. 

30–Oct. 1 against 

Dawson Community 

College and Sheridan 

College, putting their 

Region IX record at 

2–5. 

The Eagles closed 

out the first game of 

the match quickly and 

never looked back. 

They finished the 

night off by sweeping 

the match against 

Dawson Community 

College 3–0, by the 

scores of 25–10, 25–12 

and 25–18. 

The second night 

began a little rough. 

During the second 

game, the Golden 

Eagles caught some 

steam and got into a 

rhythm. The Eagles 

took the match with 

a three-game comeback, 

finishing the 

night by the scores of 

17–25, 25–7, 25–9, and 

25–16. 

Freshman Callie 

Colden summed it 

up. “We came to play 

and came to win,” 

defensive specialist 

Colden said. 


moved a game closer 

to the upper half of 

the conference play 

after the weekend’s 

matches. 

During the second 

half of September, the 

Eagles spent most of 

their time on the road, 

playing four matches 

and a tournament. 

After starting 0–2 

against Northwest 

College, Sept. 16, and 

Central Wyoming 

College, Sept. 17, on 

the road, the team 

was able to regroup 

and play “in the moment,” 

Coach Darren 

Buckner said. 


got things going at 

Air Force Prep, Sept. 

19, where they won 

the match 3–1. The 

Golden Eagles, fresh 

off the win, then went 

into the WYO-Braska 

tournament and 

took two of the four 

matches. 

The final away 

match Sept. 27 against 

Eastern Wyoming 

College ended with 

the Eagles losing in 

game five 12–15. 

Overall, the Golden 

Eagles lost the match 

3-2 by scores of 23–25, 

25–18, 25–17, 22–25 

and 12–15. 

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Co-Editor 


Community College men’s 

and women’s rodeo team are 

currently standing at eighth 

and fifth, respectively, in 

the Central Rocky Mountain 

Region en route to hosting 

the annual Shawn Dubie 

Memorial rodeo Oct. 14–16. 

“The hometown rodeo is 

always one you want to do 

well in,” LCCC Coach David 

Browder said. 

The LCCC rodeo team has 

been gaining momentum as 

the season has progressed 

and will be looking to perform 

at the peak of their 

ability as friends and family 

will attend the final rodeo of 

the fall semester. However, 

being athletes is not the only 

responsibility that the rodeo 

squad has for this tournament. 

As hosts, student-athletes 

will also be in charge of 

running the event. 

Browder said there’s 

no hometown advantage 

because the team will work 

while they aren’t competing. 

But Browder is confident 

the team is capable of having 

an outstanding rodeo. 

“The rodeo went well last 

year, so there is no reason we 

can’t repeat as champions,” 

Browder said. 

The event will begin at 

1 p.m. in the LCCC Arena. 

The Shawn Dubie Memorial 

Rodeo will cost $8 for adults 

and $5 for students and 

seniors for single day admission 

or $20 for adults and $12 

for student and seniors for 

a three-day pass. The event 

is free to LCCC students and 

children under five years old. 

Former LCCC Rodeo 

Athlete of the Year and 

Central Rocky Mountain 

Region All-Around Cowboy, 

Shawn Dubie, was fatally 

wounded by a horse while 

competing in the Greeley 

Independence Stampede in 


Shawn Dubie rodeo 

Annual memorial rodeo to honor fallen cowboy 

By Jeff Frerich 

Sports writer 

During the first competition 

of the 2011 Laramie 


equestrian season at Colby 

Community College in Colby, 

Kan., the LCCC equestrian 

team placed sixth and fourth. 

During the two-day event 

on Oct. 1–2, the LCCC team 

placed sixth on Saturday and 

fourth on Sunday. The competition 

was a Western-style 

competition. 

Coach Lanae Koons said: 

“Overall, the team did really 

well for their first competition. 

There is room for 

improvement, but, overall, 

I am really happy with what 

the team did.” 

Individually, the students 

competed at different ability 

levels based. The riders were 

ranked based on their performance 

on each day. This 

means a rider who placed 

first and fourth placed first 

Saturday and fourth Sunday. 

In the beginner horsemanship 

class, freshman Jessie 

Johnson placed first in both 

shows. Koons said this is an 

accomplishment for a freshmen 

rider because she is just 

coming into the program and 

neither the rider nor the coach 

really knows what to expect. 

Also in the beginner horsemanship 

class, Adrian Parman 

placed third in both shows, 

and Lily Crawford placed fifth 

and seventh. 

Kayla Fisk placed fourth 

and seventh in open reining. 

Fisk also competed in the open 

horsemanship competition, 

where she placed second and 

third. Jamie Johnson competed 

in the open horsemanship 

competition as well where she 

placed sixth. 

In the intermediate II 

horsemanship competition 

Candice Lahners placed 

second and fourth; Alaina 

Mikesell placed third; Sara 

Eggert placed fourth and seventh; 

and Annie Hoag placed 

fourth. 

1988. LCCC rodeo team now 

pays tribute to Dubie with 

his namesake annual rodeo 

and by founding the Shawn 

Dubie Memorial Scholarship, 

awarded to an LCCC rodeo 

athlete who maintaining a 

2.0 grade point average. This 

year the scholarship has been 

awarded to Ben Julffs. 

Shawn Dubie 

Schedule 

Friday, Oct. 14 

1 p.m., Slack (free) 

7 p.m., Performance 

Saturday, Oct. 15 

9 a.m., Slack (free) 


Sunday, Oct. 16 


Beginning equestrian shines 

In the intermediate I horsemanship 

category, Hannah 

Martin placed fourth and sixth, 

and Brittany DeMartin placed 

fifth in both shows. 

In the novice horsemanship 

competition, Jordan Matthews 

placed second in both shows. 

Koons said Matthews 

was the most improved rider 

who “did well and improved 

greatly” compared to last year. 

Overall, Koons said she is really 

happy with how well the 

individuals on the team did. 

The team used horses and 

tack provided by the Colby 

Community College. 

The team’s hunt-riding 

style competitors will travel 

to Fort Lupton, Colo., to the 

University of Colorado on Oct. 

22–23. On Nov. 5–6 the team 

will host a two day hunt-riding 

style competition at the LCCC 

campus in Cheyenne. 

The team competes against 

eight other colleges and universities 

in Colorado, Kansas 

and Nebraska.

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Women’s rodeo team barrels into national Top 25 

Bullrider atop Central Rocky Mountain region going into final fall rodeo 

Photos by Jessie Witte 

Rodeo action: 

Top: Hayli Bonham ropes a calf at the Sheridan rodeo 

Bottom: Lacey Carroll turns her horse around a barrel at 

the Sheridan rodeo. 


Co-Editor 

After another solid performance from a 

breakaway roper and barrel racers, the 


women’s rodeo team will head into the final 

rodeo of the fall nationally ranked No. 19. 

Barrel racer Jesse Pichler finished first 

earning 35.5 points at the Lamar Community 

College rodeo in Colorado Sept. 30–Oct. 2. 

Barrel racer Raelynn Keller continued to rack 

up points for the team finishing in fifth. The 

women’s combined efforts earned a fourthplace 

finish overall at the Lamar rodeo with 

170 points and fifth-place standing in CRMR 

rankings. 

As of the Oct. 3 rankings, Pichler (No. 3), 

Keller (No. 7) along with Lacey Carroll (No. 5) 

and Katelyn Ellis (tied No. 13) are ranked in 

the Top 13 barrel racers in the Central Rocky 

Mountain Region. After her performance at the 

Lamar rodeo, Pichler is now nationally ranked 

11th overall with teammate Carroll No. 16 and 

Keller sitting about 65 points outside the Top 25 

for barrel racing. 

Men’s bull rider Loncey Johnson finished in 

third place, earning 148 points in Lamar. Saddle 

bronc rider Gus Thoreson finished in fourth 

place to collect 78 points at the competition. 

The men’s team finished eighth at the rodeo and 

is currently eighth overall in the region. 

With the final rodeo of the fall semester 

approaching Oct. 14 at home, LCCC’s team has 

several athletes ranked both nationally and 

regionally including: Johnson, who has climbed 

to the No. 7 position nationally in bullriding 

and currently sits at No. 1 within the region; Gus 

Thoreson, who has escalated himself to the No. 

17 saddle bronc rider in the nation and fourth 

best in the region; Cole Thoreson, No. 12 in 

saddle bronc riding in CRMR; and Shana Lyons 

seventh ranked in goat tying in CRMR. 

At the Sheridan College rodeo on Sept. 

23–25, the women’s rodeo team finished in third 

place overall after barrel racer Carroll finished 

in first place, earning her team 180 points. 

On the men’s side, Johnson finished first in 

bull riding, earning 130 points; Logan Kadlec 

finished seventh in the first round of bull riding, 

earning 73 points, and saddle bronc rider Gus 

Thoreson finished second, earning 153 points. 

The men’s team finished in fourth place overall 

at the event. 

At the Central Wyoming College rodeo Sept. 

16–18 Pichler and Keller placed second and 

fourth, respectively, in the short round for barrel 

racing. Freshman Lyons debuted in the short 

round of goat tying, placing fourth. 

Meanwhile on the men’s side, Cole Thoreson 

and Johnson qualified for the short round in 

saddle bronc riding. Thoreson earned a fourthplace 

finish.

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