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Medium Cool
What was the last book you read?
Student Art Show....…….16 I read “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.”
Paintbox Project.. ...........17 It was very good.
Jazz Vocal Group……….18 What is your favorite class that you’ve taken at here?
Accounting 2. The teacher was very good.
Jason Jimenez
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their hands. She believes her students learn more with opinions,
A NNALIESE B ONACQUISTA : discussions and questions, so she wants them to speak up instead
H ISTORY N ERD of waiting for her to call on them. Bonacquista considers her
students to be her equals, so instead of just talking at them, she
BY A LY P AX , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER has them bounce ideas off of each other. “I navigate where to
go,” she says, “instead of running the whole class.” She also adds
A new young teacher sits on the table, legs crossed, in alternative materials to everyday classes such as clips of a song
front of a Western Civilization class of about 30 students. or pictures. She says this is so the students have different ways to
Annaliese Bonacquista starts the class with a joke. She has a learn.
certain style, “comfy and professional,” is how she puts it. She Bonacquista‟s parents were both teachers, so she has
has on jeans and a black shirt. As she sits on the table, one can learned different types of teaching, and they had an impact on
see her black and white fuzzy socks. She gets comfortable in the her choice to teach. Her family would go on trips that were more
two- hour, 45-minute class. A smile spreads across her face as educational. Bonacquista says, “We wouldn‟t go on trips to
she jokes with her Western Civ class. Hawaii… We would just drive out in the middle of no where in
Laughter echoes throughout the room. The lights are the Colorado mountains.” She was “always on the end of
turned off and there is a picture of a caveman on the SMART thinking [history] was important.”
Board. She asks the students how they would describe a cave- As she attended college at Fort Lewis College in
man. The answer, “Geico,” comes from all angles of the room. Durango, Bonacquista felt “the little mountain town” was a
None of Bonacquista‟s students raises their hands, and instead “la-la-land” with a “fun mixture of people.” She said that after
they yell out the answer. having the popular history teacher at Fort Lewis, history came
Bonacquista is a 27-year-old history instructor at Front back to her. “I thought it was really, really cool to read a text-
Range. When in the classroom, she prefers “noise and chaos.” book and to understand the little details,” Bonacquista explains.
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(BONACQUISTA continued from previous page) factual detail,” she explains. She wants to write textbooks. Work-
ing as a part-time instructor at two different schools, Bonacquista
She graduated from Fort Lewis in 2005 with a Bachelor of enjoys talking to
Arts degree in U.S. history and a minor in sociology. students about U.S
After school, Bonacquista slowly figured out that History and Western
she wanted to be a history instructor. “I would just talk Civilization. Western
about random history…and I thought it was so cool…. I Civ is a “huge, huge
would always try to fit into a conversation with some exciting part of
pointless information about history.” She realized she history…The older the
enjoyed talking about it and wanted to do something that better,” she explains.
she was really excited about. After finishing her under- Bonacquista has
graduate degree, Bonacquista followed the family tradition found her niche in Fort
of getting a teaching degree and went to the University of Collins. She enjoys
Northern Colorado in Greeley. Bonacquista graduated talking about the past
from UNC in 2008 with a teaching degree and a master‟s every day at Front
in U.S history. Range and Aims
She currently lives in Greeley and commutes to Community Colleges.
Front Range a few days a week. When asked if she History may seem like
enjoyed living in Greeley, she responds, “Greeley helped a class a student may
me grow [but] I am very excited about Fort Collins. It fits put off till their last
my niche.” Bonacquista is planning on moving to Fort semester. Bonacquista
Collins as soon as possible. She enjoys the social scene of adds with excitement,
Fort Collins. “Take my class and
Being younger, however, can have an effect in the become history nerds.”
classroom. Bonacquista feels she can sometimes relate to ®
her students because she is closer to their age, although,
she says, “It‟s almost sometimes a curse because I am not
older and not always viewed as an instructor.”
When Bonacquista is not at Front Range, she
Instructor Annaliese Bonacquista eases
teaches at Aims Community College. She says, “Two part into her U.S. History class with a joke.
-times equal a full-time.” During the time she is not teach-
ing, she is working on writing a history book. “I like Photo by James Neuhalfen
Sometimes we forget that historians, who tell the life stories of others, have their own stories to share. Walking into BT
Huntley‟s office, she greets you with her soft-spoken voice and, looking around, one instantly gets a sense of her cultural and
political interests. With a poster of President Obama, photos of women from around the world, and a Mexican blanket
displaying the Aztec calendar, one also gets a sense of where she has been. Huntley, 51, is an instructor and the department chair
of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and has been through her own trials and tribulations to end up in the leadership position that
she‟s in today.
Huntley‟s parents didn‟t save money for her to go to school, but she knew that she never wanted to be dependent on
someone else. She said the only advice her parents gave her was, “Learn to type in case you don‟t get married.” In high school,
she became the senior editor of the school newspaper. After graduating, she earned her degree in journalism from Drake
University in Des Moines, Iowa. One of her inspirations to pursue her education was “The Women‟s Room” by Marilyn
French. After graduating, she got a job as a journalist and became the editor of the Aspen Daily News. Later, she received her
master‟s degree from New York University in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
While living in New York, she married and had her first daughter, now 22. Later, she moved back to Colorado when she
was pregnant with her second daughter, now 18. Her youngest was born with a heart ailment called Wolf-Parkinson-White
Syndrome. Her heart rate would reach up to 250 beats per minutes. This was a hard period in Huntley‟s life, not only dealing
with her ailing daughter, but because she was also unable to work on her dissertation for her Ph.D. After her daughter‟s surgery
at the age of 3, Huntley started working five part-time jobs, most of which were at Front Range. These included teaching part-
time, working as a faculty advisor, working in the Testing Center and as a faculty mentor. In 1999, she started working as a full-
time faculty member. Working full-time at FRCC was what she had worked toward since graduating, and after receiving that
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(HUNTLEY continued from previous page) has continued to improve throughout the 1990s to the present.
Women make up about 36 percent of the national assembly
position, she successfully climbed the ranks. She was faculty now, which puts Cuba seventh in the world.”
for only one year before she earned the position as chair. Outside the classroom, some of Huntley‟s major
Working as an instructor and department chair is a contributions have taken place abroad, with her doing most
“cerebral occupation,” so of her work with
in her spare time, she likes refugee camps in
to travel. Traveling has Central America. One
given her a way to leverage of her major contribu-
her education in multicul- tions was helping the
tural feminism. She Mothers of the
considers herself a Disappeared. These
“lifetime learner.” Her are women in
travel is related to her work Argentina who join in
as a historian, but she pays peaceful marches to
for it out-of-pocket and re-unite with their
uses her vacation time. abducted sons and
Huntley said her favorite daughters. This took
places that she has traveled place during the
to are the Galapagos “Dirty War” from
Islands, Egypt and Cuba. 1976-1983 under
She became Jorge Rafael Videla‟s
interested in Cuba because military dictatorship.
women are very prominent Huntley helped these
in leadership positions and mothers write to U.S.
History instructor BT Huntley has traveled the world as part of her
the people there are politicians so they
willing to talk openly about research and political activism. Photo by Whitney Weber would become aware
the problems facing all of the situation.
Cubans. “Cuba… became trade partners with the U.S.S.R. and Of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that President
received a great deal of oil and other credits from them until Obama signed into law on Jan. 29, Huntley said, “I believe
the early 1990s, when the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. that anything we can do to address that issue in our culture is
occurred,” said Huntley. “With the loss of that foreign aid, critical, and we‟ve changed culture in the past through legisla-
Cuba had to engage in a nationwide discussion about how to tion.” Huntley is teaching Colorado history this semester, and
survive and adjust their economy. They held discussions at a she believes, “We have fabulous women in our history.” She
grassroots level throughout the country, which led to a more tries to incorporate women and race issues into her classes.
sustainable economic plan, including the revitalization of urban “They learn about George Washington, but I also want to
gardens and more sustainable agricultural practices, such as incorporate the average person and their story.” Her main
using animals to plow, rather than fuel-consuming tractors, message is, “Being a feminist doesn‟t mean that you hate
and so on.” Huntley continued, “Cuba has one of the higher men. It simply means the equality of men and women.” ®
rates of women in government or elected positions. The rate
(SCOGGINS continued from page 15) about, in social aspects, he said that he “kind of feels like I‟m
missing out.” But with the constant avalanche of bills and
Scoggins household. Scoggins went on to say that besides the
payments, he is quickly back to feeling overwhelmed instead
money aspect, his family does “support the fact that I want to
of reminiscing of easier times. “It can be overwhelming if I
get a degree.”
don‟t work enough at one of my jobs,” he said, “or take a
With attending school and working two jobs, Scoggins
day off of work to study. I feel more nervous about making
found it hard to add in a vigorous social life. While in high
bills.” With the unvarying certainty that bills will continue to
school, Scoggins had the freedom to “party and stay up late,”
pile up, and the added pressure of going to college, Scoggins
but now, with the added tasks of work and school, Scoggins said
still finds ways to look on the bright side. “Even though the
that he saw his old ways “fly out the window.” When class was
odds are stacked against me, I‟ve pushed through the hard
over and work was completed, he maybe had time to hang out
times and still look forward to graduating and doing some-
with his roommates or attend the occasional get-together, but
nothing like he was used to only a few years ago. “[I‟m] thing that I love.” ®
constantly working or going to class. . . I have class early and "No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has
studying at night,” he said. Though Scoggins is receiving an dignity and importance and should be undertaken with
education that many are not fortunate enough to even dream painstaking excellence." — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Ya Hungry at Front Range Community College is the day-to-day happenings. “Pam‟s awesome. She does a
buzzing with students coming and going from class, and right little of everything, but mostly she just keeps thing running
in the thick of the action stands 19-year-old Will Chambers. ship-shape!”
On an average day, 50 to 60 students and faculty members
come through Ya Hungry, but on a busy day, that number can
easily eclipse 100, according to Chambers.
He works 16 hours a week at Ya Hungry and is taking
13 credits this semester. He has not declared a major and is
currently working on his general education classes. His classes
include Astronomy, Environmental Economics, English
Composition I and Western Civilization. Was he working and
going to school to utilize the work-study program? “No.
There are employees doing work study at Ya Hungry, but I
chose not to, because I plan on transferring to Colorado State
University and I would rather have just classes on my
transcript.”
When asked what he perceived the benefits to be of
working and attending school on the same campus, Chambers
emphasized the convenience of having work and school at the
same location, as well as the relatively low amount of gas
money needed to make only one trip. He then added, “Plus, I
get to meet a few more people than most students on campus, Student Will Chambers serves up customers at Ya Hungry.
so that‟s pretty cool.” When asked about the work atmosphere Photo by Whitney Weber
at Ya Hungry, the large grin on his face made it evident that
Chambers enjoys where he works, and he commented on the Chambers has one older brother who is a graduate
fun and open atmosphere at work. He stays busy and claims of Fort Lewis College, where his father is also an alumnus.
they‟re never short of work, which makes the shifts seem His mother attended St. Mary‟s Catholic University in
faster, “and I just really enjoy working with the people that I Indiana, and his older sister is currently a junior at CSU in
do, which always makes a job more fun.” the veterinary program. Chambers lives with his sister and
According to Chambers, Pam Daniels, dining director her two friends for now, but plans on getting his own place
at Ya Hungry, does a wonderful job fitting students‟ work with some friends next semester. He explained how when he
schedules and school schedules together, all while maintaining was a little kid, his parents set up bonds for him that would
mature when he was getting ready to go to college,
emphasizing the vital role education plays in his life.
Chambers, like many 19-year-olds, is just feeling
his way through this new journey that are college, working,
and responsibility
on the whole. He
is finding out
what works well
and what
doesn‟t, like most
students at Front
Range, only his
days include a bit
more campus life
than the rest of
us. ®
TOO BEAUTIFUL TO EAT: Fruit is meticulously carved into intricate flowers
by artisans at the International Fair, organized by ESL instructor Andrea Heyman
(at right). See story on page 1.
Photo above by James Neuhalfen ~~ Photo at right by Michelle Motherway
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Living in Colorado, many Front Range students know to rent snowshoes at Estes Park Mountain, which was on the
the Rocky Mountains pretty well. Other than snowboarding and way. Campbell did research and found that it was only $5 to
skiing, there is plenty to do while playing in the snow. Snow- rent.
shoeing, for example, has become a part of FRCC. Signs in the “This trip [was] a good intro and good for all levels…
Longs Peak Student Center advertise the “Snowshoeing something to enjoy for everybody,” Miller explained. He grew
Adventure.” Front Range students have the chance to explore up with activity so Campbell asked him to be the leader or guide
their abilities in the snow with a different type of activity. of the group once they got to the trail.
Michelle Campbell, a CSU intern working in the FRCC They started at the trailhead at Bear Lake, and decided
Fitness Center, has planned this event for all Front Range where to go from there. Miller lead the pack as Campbell and
students and faculty. Campbell, 22, works as the assistant to the other participants followed behind. Campbell explained,
Fitness Center Coordinator while moving her arms in a
Elaine Milligan, who asked running motion, that, “We…
Campbell to set up winter just [trucked] along behind
events as part of her intern [Miller].”
project. The upbeat Camp- “[It‟s just] one foot in front
bell explained, smiling, that of the other,” Miller said,
she wanted to do “activities showing his leadership as the
that students would want to guide.
go to.” The snowshoeing This was Miller‟s first time
event, for example, is some- on an event with the Front
thing she, as a student, has Range Fitness Center. He
always wanted to try, and believes this is going to be
now she gets the chance to. “a great way to meet new
The snowshoeing people….what a lot of commu-
event on Feb. 21 was a trip to nity colleges are geared
Colorado‟s Rocky Mountain towards.” Following the
National Park. “I think, in experience, Miller was thrilled
the past, it was a way to get to lead the pack of snowshoers
students active,” Campbell Evan Miller and FRCC students pause while on a snowshoeing through Rocky Mountain
explained. excursion at Bear Lake. Photo by Michelle Motherway National Park. These events
Front Range student are a way to “encourage FRCC
Evan Miller, 22, is another employee at the Fitness Center and students to do things,” Miller explained. He said the Fitness
believes it to be “a different form of exercise other than Center needs more attention from the students. “We are there
resistance and weights.” Miller, with a laid-back personality, to serve the students and will adapt to what the students want.”
explained that it is a great way to see the “panorama views of Miller explained that if the students get involved in these
elevation.” This is a way to help the students at FRCC not only activities, they can plan them around to what they want. If they
to get involved with their peers, but also a way for them to get like snowshoeing and want to keep doing it, they will plan more
involved in the Fitness Center. snowshoeing events.
Students and faculty interested in the upcoming events Campbell stated, “The day was a complete success.”
should go to the Fitness Center located in the Longs Peak They ended up with nine people snowshoeing around Bear
Student Center to sign up. When signing up, participants are Lake. They also walked around Emerald Lake. Campbell was
asked to sign a waiver of liability in case of injury. Campbell thrilled with the day. “The trip was amazing,” she explained.
explained it would be difficult to bring friends who aren‟t a part After the hard day of snowshoeing, they went to dinner at The
of FRCC because of the whole “legality and waiver thing.” Rock Inn Mountain Tavern. Campbell explained, “[They] all
Campbell and Miller met the snowshoeing participants stopped for some dinner and laughs.”
at 9 a.m. in the Longs Peak Student Center on Saturday, Feb. 21. The participants got to see Colorado in a different
Once they met those who live in Fort Collins, they headed off to perspective by traveling on foot. Even when Colorado is
Loveland to meet the people who live there. covered in snow, hikers still get a chance to do what they love.
Miller explained, “There are two pick-up places,” so It is a new experience for people who enjoy being in the snow,
they can accommodate everyone. and they got a guide to help them follow the trail.
Campbell assured the drivers that they “will reimburse It was a learning experience, Campbell said. “Take a
for gas.” Saturday and do something you have never done before and you
Once they gathered everyone up in the cars, they set off finally get to do it… [It was] fun.” ®
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W ELLNESS
F LOSS ‘ EM IF Y OU G OT ‘ EM ! and several other states, DAs are not required to be certified to
practice dental assisting so they can be hired with no experi-
ence and taught on the job. Naibauer injects that this is very
BY T AMARA S MITH , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER
difficult and she could never learn on the job because there are
just too many things to learn without going through a course.
Clean white teeth, free toothbrushes, happy smiles, Since dentists rely on assistants to be their second set of hands,
and friendly attitudes—this is the family environment that stole they usually look for someone dependable, flexible with their
Kelli Naibauer‟s heart as a child. “I loved it. I had such a great schedule, and genuinely friendly.
experience,” she explains. For Naibauer, a 37-year-old part- In the future, this field of work is supposed to increase
time dental assistant instructor at FRCC, her childhood 29 percent till 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
experience at the dentist‟s office is one of the reasons she Statistics, and the likelihood of obtaining a job should be
decided to become a dental assistant. “Just the field fascinated excellent. Even Naibauer believes, “They will always be in
me. Working in people‟s mouths…I just liked it.” demand, if you want to know the truth.”
Naibauer decided to become a dental assistant instead This remains true because many dental assistants use
of a hygienist because there is less repetition to the job. Being the program as a stepping stone to advance, so jobs left behind
an assistant requires you to perform many different functions are filled easily. Dental
so it doesn‟t get boring. assistants have many options
Some of these tasks for advancement, such as
include: assisting the going back to school to
dentist in procedures; become a dental hygienist,
crowning; bridging; becoming an instructor,
extractions; taking casts being an office manager, sell-
of teeth; obtaining a ing dental products, or taking
patient‟s dental records; the Expanded Functions
making patients comfort- Dental Auxiliary (EFDA)
able while in the dental Program, which requires one
chair; and preparing them to perform more responsibili-
for treatment. When asked ties but pays more per hour.
how she felt touching After running into
people‟s mouths all day, her past DA instructor at a
Naibauer responded, convention, Naibauer learned
“Doesn‟t bother me at all. about an opening for a DA
It‟s almost a fascination.” instructor at Front Range and
The program was asked to fill it, which she
only takes 12 months to decided to do. Although not a
become certified if teacher, she was asked to
attending school full-time. instruct the class on the basis
It prepares students that she had completed the
through classroom,
laboratory, and pre- Dental Assistant Instructor Kelli Naibauer is a walking advertisement course and was a practicing
DA in the community, which
clinical instruction. “I like for good dental hygiene. enables her to instruct her
the program as a whole,” Photo by Michelle Motherway students in all aspects of the
says Naibauer, who job to prepare them for
completed the course in 1992. reality. This new job allowed her to hold onto her passion and
Naibauer insists that, in the beginning, transferring also spend more time with her two kids, a son, 10, and a
instruments, taking impressions, and radiology are the most daughter, 13.
difficult, but being required to wear scrubs to work makes the Patients become like family when you are so used to
difference because, “You don‟t have to think about what to routinely seeing them, and Naibauer says this is what she
wear.” While on the job, dental assistants are required to wear misses most about dental assisting.
scrubs, masks, and gloves for safety, to protect themselves and Her students, in some sense, re-
patients from contagious diseases. place her patients as she makes
Starting out in Fort Collins, dental assistants (or DAs) differences in their lives. “It makes
make about $10 to $12 an hour, depending on experience. it worthwhile when students come
However, the middle 50 percent of people working in the field back and are happy,” she remarks.
in 2006 made anywhere between $11.94 to $17.44 an hour, so “To finish and succeed makes it
the wage range is different, especially according to where you
live and how much DAs are in demand in the area. In Colorado worthwhile.” ®
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O M ...M EDITATION AT FRCC of the economy, everything just begins to weigh me down
tremendously.”
This is were Campbell and her meditation class
BY I NGRID L EHMANN , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER comes in. Campbell became interested in meditation through
her experience with running. Having run cross-country in
Stress is known to cause serious health issues such as high school and as a runner still, she understands the impor-
insomnia, hypertension, high cholesterol and even cancer. tance of a relaxed state of mind. She says that when she is in
Luckily, Front Range Community College students have free the middle of a run and is able to clear her mind instead of
access to an outlet for all of that stress: meditation. having her mind racing as well, her runs go much smoother.
The meditation seminar is open to all Front Range She began to seek that calm state of mind outside of her runs.
students in the Longs Peak Student Center‟s small conference Following a run, she would sit down and try deep breathing
room every Thursday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. The class is led by to calm her mind. Campbell calls it “just being as you are.”
Michelle Campbell. She helps to guide students through the She has a history of anxiety and she finds this technique
many different elements of meditation to help them attain a less extremely effective.
stressful outlook and more peaceful lifestyles. Campbell sees the tremendous stress that today‟s
Campbell uses techniques such as guided imagery, students are under and that it is important to find a way to
deep breathing, and relieve it. Stress can
sitting meditation. In literally eat away at
guided imagery, students your body. When the
are taught to calm their body responds to stress,
minds and consciously it releases chemicals
make an effort to move that are supposed to
toward a more relaxed help people respond
state of being. Deep quicker, also known as
breathing is a technique fight or flight. The hu-
in which students can use man body has evolved
breathing in order to to respond to stress as if
calm their bodies and preparing for a battle.
minds. Deep breathing is The American Institute
helpful to many of Stress lays out a
practitioners because it is couple of these
a technique that can be responses: heart rate
used at any time and and blood pressure rise;
place. Campbell has blood sugar rises to
found that it is especially provide more fuel for
useful for her to use the body; and clots occur more quickly to prevent blood loss
throughout her day. She says, “For instance, when I am on my in case of injury. These response tactics were developed in
way to an interview and I feel myself getting wound up, deep the days of the caveman, when stress involved running from
breathing helps me to relax and achieve a better state of mind.” a saber-tooth tiger. Unfortunately, in today‟s world, these
Samantha Noble is an example of what has become the responses are often detrimental. When the body is constantly
norm: the highly stressed college student. She recently lost her in this state, the chemicals meant to protect one‟s body can
job and, because of this, finances are a continuous concern for turn deadly.
her. She says she is constantly in a high level of stress. “Students are under a lot of stress. Finals and mid-
Knowing the negative effects of stress, Noble has looked for terms are toxic times,” Campbell says.
outlets to relieve it. What she found were things like yoga and Noble is planning on attending the Thursday
exercise classes, which can run at least $10 a class. In today‟s meditation classes from now on. “I have some free time on
economy, some find that hard to justify. Noble says, “I would Thursdays so I will do this instead of getting my second
like to start being proactive about my health, but feel guilty coffee,” she says. She believes that stress brings out the very
about spending the money.” worst in the people around her. She says that the only times
That‟s when Noble heard about the free meditation that she and her boyfriend fight is when they are feeling
classes offered on campus. Having experienced meditation stressed. “Nowadays, stress is floating around everywhere
through yoga previously, she could attest to the benefits and the and people need to look for a healthy outlet.”
positive feelings that she experienced. “I found it incredibly Meditation is not as hard as it may sound to some
relaxing,” she says, and she left in a much better state of mind. people. It is merely the practice of controlling your mind,
Noble says that it is not only the pressures of school and mind over body. So do not stress, and remember, until
and work that cause her worry. “Every time I turn on the news,
there is something horrible that has happened, and with the state next Thursday, just breathe. ®
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N URSING A D REAM been in the room when a life was saved, or lost. “It‟s nothing
like TV,” he says. “Organized chaos is really what it‟s like.
BY T RAVIS C HATFIELD , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER You get tunnel vision.” But Sobeck explains that you can‟t get
caught up in the moment. You need to remain focused on the
Mark Sobeck is a 31-year-old nurse at the Estes Park doctor. “If you‟re not doing that, the patient might suffer.”
Medical Center. A December 2008 graduate of the Front Range Sobeck explains that doctors and nurses have to evaluate the
Nursing Program, Sobeck has “always been interested in situation. “If the patient is not doing well, then you have to
medicine.” “It took a long time, but I would recommend it,” ask the question: „Are you able to bring that person back?‟
says Sobeck. “You You have to determine that while doing CPR,” says Sobeck. If
have to be dedicated you aren‟t able to bring them back, it‟s “emotionally draining,
and your family has not only comforting their family and friends, but it is hard for
to respect your dedi- you [as a person] as well.”
cation.” Family sup- It‟s crucial to have a “good support system, and
port is a necessity to friends who can empathize with you. Those people in that
success with the room with you” are another crucial base of support, explains
program. “You Sobeck.
need family He agrees that it‟s a good idea to make friends where
support,” says you work so that if you have a hard day, you can talk with
Sobeck. Hard days them about it. And, if not, “There are always counselors
are not uncommon there.”
in the medical field. But, Sobeck points out, “There are some days you
As a nurse, Sobeck have an easy patient load. And you say to yourself, „This isn‟t
has seen his fair what I signed up for.‟” So it‟s days like that Sobeck says that
share of “difficult you need to find your niche in the hospital. He had a friend
patients.” Not who wanted to be a chemotherapy nurse, so she went and
unlike difficult became one. “You‟re not stuck in one position,” explains
patrons a bar maid Sobeck. Getting bored at a hospital isn‟t something many of
might see at a night us would think is possible, but nurses doing the same
club, Sobeck says procedures day in and day out would likely disagree. That‟s
this is why you need why nurses switch niches or fields every few years. “This
comfort from those field is not limited,” says Sobeck. For most nurses, they can
FRCC Nursing Program graduate Mark around you at the switch between fields easily.
Sobeck checks the vitals of a patient at the end of a hard day.
Estes Park Medical Center. Sobeck recalls
Photo by Michelle Motherway his first day at the FRCC Nursing Program graduate
Estes Park Medical Mark Sobeck recalls his first day
Center as a mix-
ture of “excitement and terror.” Before working there as a at the Estes Park Medical Center
nurse, Sobeck worked there for three years as a clerk. How- as a mixture of “excitement and
ever, as a nurse, he said, “I‟m responsible for this person, you
know? The average first job is not going to be extremely life- terror.”
altering, like a busboy, but nursing is different,” says Sobeck.
Drive is important; you need to “dedicate your time to Sobeck also says that, “Doctors will show you what‟s
work the really tough days.” Sobeck goes on to point out that going on with certain things,” like how to comprehend a
organization is equally important, emphasizing, “If you‟re in patient‟s telemetry or something that you may not have seen
disarray, how do you help?” Tasks such as getting medication before. And if you want to observe a procedure you‟ve never
and listening to the doctor‟s instructions at the same time are done before, a fair amount of doctors will understand your
critical, and they need to be prioritized. enthusiasm and let you observe.
Thinking outside the box is also crucial to success in Observation, attention to detail, drive, and organiza-
this field. Sobeck gives a scenario: “If a patient is sleeping and tion are critical to success as a nurse. But, Sobeck explains,
there is a grimace on his face and he has trouble breathing, there “When you‟re out there, don‟t be afraid to ask questions. It‟s
could be a million different things it could be. But,” says better to ask than not at all.” The Nursing Program isn‟t for
Sobeck, “you take the worst one first.” Staring down the the timid. Sobeck is a survivor of the program because of
problems and overcoming obstacles are vital to the patient‟s hard work, dedication, and support from his family and
success and success as a nurse in the field. friends. ®
As anyone might in the field of medicine, Sobeck has
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H OME A WAY F ROM H OME Musa graduated from college in Sudan and taught
English to high school students for three years, and for six
months in a college setting, before she immigrated.
BY C HELSEA M ORELAND , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER “[It was] very, very hard…We never got separated.”
Musa explains that she had never even been to another part of
War is one of the last things on most Front Range her country. “I even refused to go to another city for school.”
students‟ minds. For one student, war is a reality back in her For Musa, leaving Sudan was a very difficult transition. “But,”
home country. Civil war erupted in the southern region of she says, “I had to do it for my kids. They should be with their
Sudan in Northern Africa in 1993. By 2001, over 150 aerial father.”
bombings had ravaged the region and killed hundreds of Starting over in a new and strange place was a
civilians. Elham Musa (pronounced eel’-hahm) lost her brother challenge. Musa knew nothing of the United States, saying,
in one of these aerial bombings. Musa, 39, immigrated to the “I have to listen, and I have to be part of this culture even if I
United States seven years ago, following her husband to Fort disagree.” Her first language is Arabic. She studied and spoke
Collins. “It was very, very hard,” she says. English in high school and throughout college. “I always got an
Musa spotted her husband-to-be during her college „A,‟” she says. “What you study is different from how you talk
years in Sudan, when they caught the sight of each other in a now. [I was] taught more formal English,” Musa explains. “I
library. Soon after, he immigrated to the United States to was okay. When you have a desire for something, you learn.”
continue his education and begin a career. For nearly three A friend of Musa‟s husband suggested to him Fort
years, Musa and her future husband communicated by sending Collins as a great place to go to school and get a job. Musa
letters back and forth. They then decided to marry and her expressed the desire to further her education and her husband
husband returned to Sudan to wed her. Shortly after, Musa recommended Front Range Community College to start. Front
gave birth to twin boys. After nearly two years, Musa and her Range offers a program for international students to help them
two 14-month-old boys packed up what they could carry and with English as a second language (ESL).
left for the United States. Although Musa and her family live in Fort Collins,
they maintain connections with their heritage, religious beliefs,
and family. Musa maintains Sudanese dress. She wears a head-
dress or “higab,” and a “tobe,” which is a piece of cloth that
wraps around the body. The Musa family attends mosque every
Friday. They are homebodies. They may go out to a Chinese
restaurant once a month, but they mostly prefer a home-cooked
meal. They have a lot of family time, watching the Arabic
channel, movies, and “Oprah.”
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S QUEEZING S COGGINS private lessons he offers to his drumline students a few times a
week, which could earn him about “$20 dollars a lesson.”
Though the events center mainly helps pay for bills and school-
BY B RIANNA S AVINO , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER ing costs, Scoggins hopes that his work with the drumline will
somehow help him with his major at Front Range. “Teaching the
One semester at Front Range Community college could DL is probably the only job I have that‟s conducive,” he stated.
run a student upwards of $3,869. Though that price is consid- “I‟m looking into sound design or teaching.”
erably less than the $4,424 paid at Colorado State University, it Even with two paychecks coming in from two separate
still burns a hole in one‟s wallet. Add to that tuition, fees, rent, jobs, Scoggins still struggles to make ends meet from time to
utility bills, gas and grocery money, and you have the reality time. Scoggins then joined the 38 percent of students at Front
for one FRCC student. Third-year Front Range student Lance Range who have financial aid. In order to receive additional
Scoggins has been paying for his schooling since his parents funds, Scoggins applied for a loan through Wells Fargo, though
could no longer do so almost two years ago. “I paid for three doing so was far from simple. Scoggins laughed and said,
semesters. Before that, my parents paid.” Along with paying “Between qualifying for the right loan and finding a reasonable
for school, Scoggins works “two-and-a-half” jobs to help pay amount for my parents to agree on . . . $7,500 was the max
for the other bills he has every month. Since he started at Front amount for my parents.” Though he managed to get a slight
Range, Scoggins has always had more than one job, ranging hold on his financial woes, Scoggins still feels overwhelmed due
from working at King Soopers to a part-time gig at Elitch to another cause: he is the first of his family to attend college.
Gardens during the summer. Though those jobs have since “None of my brothers has gone to college; they‟ve either
passed, Scoggins helps ease the load of his bills by working at stopped at high school or dropped out.” With neither parent
the Budweiser Events Center doing prep work, and teaching holding a college degree, education isn‟t entirely valued in the
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shape and getting a life of its own. People are starting to get into
G REASEPAINT IN A P AINTBOX their characters.” Beutler says of his classmates, “They‟re all
really enthusiastic. Everybody comes from a slightly different
BY J OHN S EABERRY , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER background, so everyone brings something a little bit different
to it.” Beutler is excited about the idea of showing educators a
When class begins, it becomes immediately apparent that new model for teaching reading skills through storytelling and
theater instructor John Hill‟s enthusiasm for his new project theater, and getting the children to “associate [reading skills]
had already spread across his students like ripples on a pond. with using their imaginations.”
As Hill flits between cast members during the blocking session Hill describes the Paintbox Project as a collection of
of the story of “The Country Mouse and the City Mouse,” stu- “Fractured Fairy Tales,” but also hopes the Paintbox Project will
dents call out ideas that flow around the room, communal and inspire teachers to look at teaching in a less traditional way. “If a
unreserved. In turn, Hill takes every inspiration from his pupils teacher wanted to create this kind of storytelling in their own
and uses it to teach a little more about theater production. This classroom, they could have kids write stories,” Hill said. “They
troupe is rehearsing the Paintbox Theater Project, a half-hour, could illustrate it them themselves. They could do plays for each
three-act play produced by students enrolled in Theater Produc- other‟s classes.”
tion, THE-132. Highly interactive and improvisational by de- Prior to each performance, the students of THE-132
sign, the Paintbox Pro- send a classroom study guide to the
ject is an adaptation of schools containing background informa-
three classic Aesop tion on Aesop and his fables, the theater
fables, modeled into a and how it works, and other relevant
language-learning proto- details. Hill, 50, and Paintbox playwright
type for children grades Tom McCabe have been collaborators
K-4. Hill and his stu- since they met almost 20 years ago when
dents plan to perform at Hill worked as the resident designer at
libraries and local Mount Holyoke College. The Paintbox
schools this spring. Project was developed as a children‟s out-
“Theater 132 is an reach program for the New Century
initiative we started this Theater, a professional theater company
year,” Hill said. “In the in Arlington, Mass. “He takes liberties in a
past, we had a reader‟s fun way,” Hill remarked of McCabe. “He
theater in the spring, makes traditional fairy tales accessible to
but… we wanted to try a contemporary audience.”
something new.” Hill has For FRCC students interested in the
charged his band of Theater instructor John Hill (center) puts on a frightening theater, Beutler says that Front Range is a
seven students with the rehearsal of “Fable of Lion and Mouse” with students Ian great place to start. “It‟s very laid back.
task of producing an Beutler and Alisa Shargorodsky. It‟s not at all intimidating. They want
educational community Photo by Michelle Motherway everyone to come out and they will
outreach program from explore what you can do.”
the ground up. “The concept was three actors, a trunk full of Hill agrees. “We‟re a very accessible group here on campus.”
costumes and props, a simple background and PowerPoint,” Each summer, Hill teaches a summer stock internship class that
Hill explained. “The production is just the vehicle,” he contin- produces more of McCabe‟s original work. The playwright has
ued. “The goal is to associate language in a fun way without penned a series of five plays based on the work of L. Frank
them realizing they‟re learning stuff.” Baum, author of the “Oz” books. The class started last summer
FRCC student and Paintbox player Ian Beutler, 38, sees the with a notably McCabe-styled production of “The Wizard of
Paintbox Project as vital to the community. “I like the idea of Oz,” free and loose with myriad opportunities for improvisation.
more art and theater into schools,” Beutler said. “The way The play ran for one week on the Oval outside the Longs Peak
schools are going, we could potentially raise a couple of gen- Student Center.
erations of kids who have no exposure to the arts whatsoever.” This summer, Hill will continue the series with “Journey
A thespian since the age of 10, Beutler is completing an Back to Oz,” which is based largely on Baum‟s book, “The
Associate of Arts degree at FRCC with aspirations of going Marvelous Land of Oz.” There will posted notices for a general
into elementary education. The Paintbox Project has been an interest meeting for the summer show in late March or early
enlightening experience for him. “I‟ve never done any April. Auditions are held in late April. Rehearsals start at the
children‟s theater, and I never really thought of it as educa- beginning of the summer semester, and the show runs the week
tional. I always thought of it as sort of an entertainment after July 4.
proposition,” Beutler observed. “I want to integrate it as a part “Last year, in seven performances, we had 2,800 people here.
of what I continue to do, whether that be education or doing We averaged over 600 people per performance,” Hill noted.
shows in the theater.” “Just be courageous and come on out.” ®
Beutler says the class has been exciting so far. “It‟s taking
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H IT TING THE H IGH N OTES singer of the group, had never before experienced singing in a
jazz group. “I was in the All-State Choir [in high school], the
Honors Choir, Show Choir and Section Choir,” he said. Rangel
BY B RIANNA S AVINO , R ANGEVIEW R EPORTER
also attended many competitions while in those choirs.
Though the group is fairly new to the campus,
“How do I like my quarter notes? Fat!” This phrase is Rangel was quite impressed with how it has turned out. “It‟s
entirely normal to the students who auditioned for 26-year-old only our third time meeting. I think it‟s working out pretty well
Amy Nelson‟s Jazz Vocal Group on the Front Range campus. for being so new,” he commented.
Along with warm-ups consisting of hitting a high F while saying Even though the meeting times were few, Nelson got
the word “ma,” students soak in the sound of jazz as taught by right into rehearsal, playing piano along with the parts that she
Nelson, voice and music history instructor. She‟s been assigned to the singers. She also spends quality time with each
surrounded by music her whole life, since high school, and section, asking if they had questions or concerns about the
recently decided to offer the group on campus after seeing that it music they were singing. Even when some students had to
was seriously leave early due to schedule
lacking in conflicts, Nelson kept the
musical outlets. beat going, walking around
“[There were] no her group, snapping along
ensembles. What and often contributing her
a shame! It isn‟t own voice. When asked if she
fair for kids who herself is in a group, she said,
were in choir in “No, not on campus, but I am
high school to in Kantorei Chamber group
come here and in Denver. I also am currently
find nothing in the Loveland Opera.” With
similar,” stated the opera in its “tech week,”
Nelson. Though her schedule is extremely
she had been demanding, though she still
brought up on finds time to meet with her
classical music, group twice a week and enjoy
she found some- the sounds they produce.
thing “new and Though the group is
exciting” about viewed as extracurricular to
jazz and decided some and a late-start class to
to hold auditions Amy Nelson (at left) leads her Vocal Jazz Group in a rehearsal. Student Alex others, the students still get
for anyone who Rangel (third from right) joined the group following years in student choirs. credit if they choose. Next
felt her same
Photo by Michelle Motherway semester, though, the group
passion. will be offered as a course,
Among those who auditioned was 21-year-old Alex and the auditioned group will be able to receive credit for the
Rangel, who came across the jazz group from a flyer posted in a time they put in. As a new addition to the campus activities,
hallway. “I have been in choir all my life, since sixth grade,” Nelson wanted to get the word out about her jazz ensemble by
Rangel said. He joined the 11 other students, male and female, participating in as many events as they could.
in teaming up with Nelson to create the vocal group. Rangel, who had attended previous competitions and
With the group being a late-start class, Nelson had little events, was excited about the events that he would be present at
time to get a group together. After finally settling on a time the with his group. “We are attending the Jazz Festival in Greeley
group could meet (Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., and on on April 23 just to soak it in. We are also singing at
Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00), students got right to work on graduation,” he said.
pieces such as “What a Day for a Daydream” and “Around Us.” Along with those outings, students will be attending
Though most choirs consist of more than 15 vocalists, Nelson a vocal jazz solo night which will be held at a local bar or
didn‟t want a huge choir. “[I‟d like] as little as four people. restaurant, where they get to pick out their own song to sing
Small is preferred,” she stated. with a rhythm section. And after the current semester is
She also arranged a few pieces of music herself with finished, the vocal group will put on their end-of-the-year
some instrumentalists she met at UNC where she attended concert on campus. Even though little has been heard about the
college. The energetic, pixie-haired instructor gushed about how Jazz Vocal Group, Nelson and her students hope that the
she was so excited to be back in jazz. “[I had] been away from
jazz. . . I had gotten into opera very heavily.” campus will soon listen for their sounds. ®
Though jazz is the preferred style of the group, not all
of its participants have sung jazz. Rangel, the curly-haired bass
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T HE GSA W ELCOMES A LL If you have any questions, feel free to drop by any of
our meetings, or e-mail me at sgsumma@student.cccs.edu, or
pick up a GSA flyer at
BY S HAWN S UMMA , G UEST C OLUMNIST
Student Life. ®
Front Range Community College‟s Gay-Straight
Alliance (GSA) welcomes you back. We want you to know
who we are, what we do, and why we are here. First-year student and
First of all, the mission for the GSA at FRCC is “to GSA President Shawn
promote equality and to maintain a safe and inclusive environ- Summa, 26, is majoring
ment on campus for everyone, regardless of their sex, gender, in Sign Language Inter-
identity or sexual orientation.” Gay Straight Alliances haven‟t
pretation. He says, “I
always been around. In fact, GSAs really only began to emerge
in the 1990s as a way for GLBT teens and their allies and
came on board with GSA
friends to connect, find support, and provide education. last semester and haven't
The FRCC-GSA hosts several events throughout the looked back.”
school year, and we invite you to attend. Watch the Vista
monitors and look for flyers throughout the campus for more
information. Our events don‟t cost anything to attend, so what Photo by Michelle
do you have to lose? This year will offer guest speakers,
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national events and other great things to help you get involved.
Also, our club has officer spots open, as well as general
members. Again, it costs nothing to join, and on top of the
events we host all year, we have bi-weekly meetings at coffee (BEAL continued from page 13)
shops, and have pizza parties and bowling tournaments. We are mountains and water. The landscape is formed by the interac-
set to have a ton of fun this year. tion of these two forces. That aspect of movement and energy
Our next sponsored event will be the National Day of is important to understand when you‟re looking at nature.” In
Silence. The Day of Silence is a student-led day of action when time, Beal plans to try his hand at traditional publishing,
concerned students take some form of a vow of silence to bring perhaps in the form of guide books.
attention to the name-calling, bullying and harassment—in For FRCC students interested in bouldering, Beal
effect, the silencing—experienced by GLBT students and their suggests beginners start by climbing problems near their home,
friends and allies. This year‟s Day of Silence will be held on like he did years ago. One of the key attractions of bouldering
April 17 in memory of Lawrence King. is its relatively sparse equipment requirements. “You can pick
Lawrence King was a 15-year-old student from up a decent pair of climbing shoes for anywhere from $80 to
Oxnard, Calif., who was shot and killed in class on Feb. 12 by $100,” Beal said, “maybe some chalk, and if you want to be
a 14-year-old classmate because of King‟s sexual orientation more safety-conscious, a bouldering crash pad for about $120.”
and gender expression. The hate crime received little media As the sport increases in popularity, bouldering areas are
attention. The goal of the Day of Silence is to inspire change so becoming more common at indoor climbing gyms, and you can
that this tragedy and others like it don‟t continue. always give it a try for free at popular local hotspots like
Rotary Park at Horsetooth and the 420 Boulders in Poudre
Canyon. ®
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