New Radio Shift Schedule

Media Staff,

This is the revised radio shift due to individual schedule changes. These are also the hours you can find us in the lab in case you need something from us.


Music News
Monday
3-6 pm Mellisa Jared*

Tuesday
1-3 pm Sam
3-6 pm Jared

Wednesday
11:30-1:30 pm Sam Sam

Thursday
1-3 pm Sam Sam

Friday
4-7 pm Jared** Mellisa**

*Jared will come in 30 minutes late
** Alternate between music and news shifts

Cyber Bullying

Graphic & Story by: Kristie Stremel
Cyber Bullying

On October 15, 2006, 13 year old Megan Meier committed suicide after being cyber bullied. Josh Evans, a fictional Myspace creation made up by, Lori Drew, the mother of one of Megan’s friends. "Evans" claimed to be 16 years old and Megan thought he was attractive. Evans pretended to like Megan and continued an online friendship with Megan. Her family described her at the time as having her spirits lifted. Then suddenly, Evans began leaving Megan hurtful messages. The next day, after telling her mother about the number of hurtful messages, the two got into an argument over the vulgar language Megan used in response to the messages and she did not log off when her mother told her to. After the argument, Megan ran upstairs to her room. She was found twenty minutes later, hanging by the neck in a closet.

Cyber bullying is much like school yard bullying, only it is done through digital communication devices. Some kids are sending cruel, vicious, and sometimes threatening messages via email and text messaging. Others are creating web sites that have stories, cartoons, pictures, and jokes ridiculing others. The new trend even has bullies tricking other kids into revealing sensitive personal information, and forwarding that information to other kids. More than half of American teens, according to The National Crime Prevention Council, are exposed to cyber bullying. In addition, the Council suggests that as technology advances and new forms of electronic communication are introduced, the safety of kids in cyberworld becomes further compromised.

Principal, Jessica Bird at Kenneth Henderson Middle School in Garden City, KS., agrees, "This day in age, cyber bullying is definitely a new form of bullying, and with the access to new technology kids have now, it certainly makes us very aware".

Cyber bullying statistics show that the affect this abuse has on victims can be devastating. Cyber victimization has been shown to cause poor grades, emotional distress, poor self-esteem, repeated school absences, depression, and in some cases suicide. Some kids are reluctant to tell their parents or teachers for fear of retribution or losing their Internet privileges.

A student in Southwest Kansas, Erica Droste, says she has been a victim of cyber bullying, "mostly on myspace and email, and text messaging people will make fun of the fact I’m gay" . When asked how this affected her, she replied, "It made me not want to hang out with friends and I’ve become shy and worry about what people think of me". Droste concluded, "There has been times that what people say to me has made me want to just die".

These outcomes are similar to real-life bullying outcomes, except for that with cyber bullying there is often no escape. School ends at 3 p.m,. while the Internet is open for business year round. Stopbullyingnow.com is a website that offers tips for educators, parents, and kids to address the growing trend of cyber bullying.

The issue of cyberharassment has gained national attention following the suicide of Megan Meier in 2006 and an increase of harassment on college campuses. Currently, Senator. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis, is sponsoring a bill that would limit harassing language over the Internet and impose harsher penalties on the harassment of a minor.

Friday meeting 3/7

Sorry about not coming to the meetings!!
I asked off for this friday, but I have to show a couple of apartments at 2:00 so I won't be able to make it once again.

Dental work Gone bad

Mondays procedure was a disaster. It got so bad that We quit 45 min. into the procedure. He's now turned me over to a professional Pariodentist to do a surgery on my roots to get the root canal done. The problem is is that i've had two procedures that have failed on my mouth. I'm sore as hell. More scared to go back. And now I'm either going to have to travel to Amarillo Tex. or Topeka Kan. to get the surgery done. Which means I'm going to have to travel either way and have a surgery.

Guys i need to take care of myself. I'll finish what i've agreed to do but i'm thinking i'm going to have to step down from my position or give the responsibility to someone else. I don't want to place everything on Jenny because She has ENOUGH already to handle. So someone needs to step up and help.

I'm getting indesign on my laptop on friday so i'll still be able to design pages from home if need be and email them in as a PDF to the staff. I'll send my stories in via email still and color correct my photos at home and email all four version (COLOR CORRECT, B/W, ORIGINAL, WEB) in. 

I'm really sorry i hate this more than you know. I feel fine at the moment but as i've learned from my last procedure gone bad,  the pain grows worse into the week. Although i do have stronger medication i can only take it when i'm at home because it knocks me out.

Any help would be much appreciated. I don't know when my next procedure will be or where yet we're waiting on Dr. Stotch to get back to us he has to recommend me.

Any how just letting everyone know whats up.

Again i'm really sorry for all of this trouble.

Thanks 

Liz P

Jeff Blascyk Exhibition Story

Mercy Gallery opened it’s doors to GCCC student Jeff Blascyk who’s art reflect a collaboration of eight different medias as well as imagination that pushes the envelope March 2.

“It’s very imaginative,” Fred Dodge a viewer at the gallery said.

Dodge also said that Blascyk’s “Scarlet” piece stood out among the rest. To him the mere posture of the woman’s figure and the way she was drawn her an attitude which made the piece stand out.

The art show opened at 1 p.m. Mar. 1^st with a “pretty good turn out” in Blascyk’s opinion. With many different styles upon the walls of the Mercy Gallery walls one piece stood out to a GCCC student.

“From far away it stands out,” said Irvin Duran who bought the “Scarlet” piece. “It’s a beautiful photo, I really like Jeff’s work and style.”

Even though the majority of the people in attendance telling Blascyk how much they like his work some didn’t enjoy all of Blascyk’s pieces.

“Some of it I like, some of it is too gruesome for me,” said Katie Allenbough a GCCC student who works with the Mercer Gallery.

Among his mixed media pieces Blascyk displayed work that used charcoal, water color, ball point pin, Indian ink, Photoshop and other forms of media totaling up to eight different medias.

“I’m doing my best to introduce people to this style of art,” Blascyk said, “a style that features a kinetic and explosive array of images told in a sequential fashion.”

Blascyk’s determination of his comic book and freelance illustrations has earned him the Jeff Blascyk Exhibition on campus. Mercer Gallery is featuring Blascyk’s art till March 16.

Blascyk originally from Kansas City, Mo., who now lives in Garden City, Kan. is a self taught artist. He started to concentrate on his art after high school and began traveling to comic art shows at the age of 23. Blascyk got his first piece published at the age of 25.

After quitting his full-time job as a General Mills technician he also moved to Garden City, Kan., from Kansas City, Mo. in pursuit of a full time freelance artist’s career, and has since worked for various publishers, helping produce over two dozen printed pieces, ranging from comic book series to concept, computer game art, album cover illustrations, novel and catalog designs.

His work appears in bookstores and comic shops, as well as on CD covers, T-shirts, hats, stickers and posters. Blascyk’s creations may also be spotted in art galleries, coffee shops, and major comic conventions and across the Internet.

Blasyck’s own development as a professional artist and illustrator has been sequential too. His early efforts to get published proved harder than ever imagined.

“There seemed to be closed doors, harsh critiques of my work and no one willing to give me a shot,” Blascyk said of the days in his early 20’s.

But Blascyk  kept looking for someone to collaborate with, as well as the chance to publish a book. Eventually, Blascyk and a lumber yard co-worker produced a piece called “Warriors of Destiny,” and adapted it to comic book format.

As the pair progressed on the publication, Blascyk continued submitting portfolios to comic producers, and collected more than 30 rejection letters over the span of two years.

Undeterred, he and his partner published “Warriors” with personal funds, printing 2,000 copies for sale at comic book conventions and to offer to media outlets and comic shops.

“Warriors of Destiny only sold a disappointing 900 copies in the first year on the shelf and was received harshly,” Blascyk said, noting that critics and readers appreciated the writing but “tore apart” the art.

After parting with the his collaborator, Blascyk opened Cybershaw Studios, a small art production operation, and over the course of three years the business produced a handful of works and comics that eventually found their way to publication.

“The biggest thing the studio did for my career was to put me on the map as a legitimate artist,” Blascyk explained, since it provided contact with a number of established artists. Some of them noted his determination to create successful comics, especially since he attended every show and workshop he could get to, educating himself on his chosen craft.

Then, in 2000, he and five others started an organization called the Kansas City Comic Creators Network as a support system for struggling artists seeking access to galleries, convention tables and opportunities for their work to be printed.

The KCCCN grew to over 40 members in less than a year, obtained a not-for-profit business license, hired a financial team and appointed a board of directors.

As one of the eight initial board members, he and his partners initiated membership fees, shortened the name to Comic Creator’s Network, and reached a high of 140 members among the ranks of professional and aspiring artists and illustrators. The CCN also expanded the franchise to two other cities.

The network published four books, plus two anthologies of over 300 pages, and organized Kansas City’s first completely sequential art exhibit. Called “Sequence,” the show ran for a month in the city’s West Bottom art district, finding space in six galleries and drawing extensive news coverage.

The artist’s association with the organization led to publication of four short stories in the anthologies, which sold out. One, “Moopsy and Me,” addressed the tragic death of his wife’s first son, drew critical acclaim, received a series of honors, and earned a nomination for the Eisner Award.

Simultaneously, Mr. Blascyk reached a 10-issue contract for a comic book series called “Silencer,” a violent revenge story, and though the publisher went out of business, the artist signed a deal with Hollywood Producer Robert Keyghobad, who helped put the HBO series “Carnival” on the air. “Silencer” and another series by the artist, “The Adventures of Texas Tenaka,” hit the shelves in 2004 – the year he relocated the Garden City.

Although Blascyk has stayed busy working, developing, and publishing his work he is now currently taking a break.

“I’m currently on hiatus from professional work to pursue my education before I deploy with my Army National Guard infantry unit to Iraq in 2009,” Blascyk said. “Until then, I’m writing, developing and refining my art skills to make another run at professional art in the future.”

Although Blascyk is now writing for the Breakaway magazine, drawing comic’s and art work for the Silhouette and developing other future stories for GC3 Buster Radio the blend and Breakaway and Silhouette he remains busy, and expanding on his talents.

 

Photos

All these photos are the web saved photos Jenny. I also have them CC for newspaper in Black and White and Color. Jeff's are going on Eight, And the Others go with Finney County Fair events at the high school that can go on four five or three.

Weekend Photos

Dental work update

Due to an increase in pain in my mouth, that not even two loratap-5 which is hydrocodone couldn't dull out my dentist feels that it is necessary to move up my procedure to Monday at 1 p.m.

It was on friday at 10 a.m. but i gotta tell you guys i can't sleep the pain is so bad and i can hardly eat. I'm freaking pissed beyond belief and frustrated to the point of grabbing a pair of pliers and yanking the tooth out myself.

To let you guys know my last oppointment didn't go well it lasted an hour and a half only to hollow out my molar and stuff it with clay. So now i have to go back in to attempt the root canal again by due to a blockadge to my roots he may not be able to complete the root canal tomorrow. 

if he can not complete it tomorrow i will have to have surgury to remove the roots from the top of the gums and not below.

I hate going to the dentist it scares very much. I take a sedative before i go so tonight i will take adovan and two in the morning. I am not allowed to drive or do any where or do anything. although i don't think i'll take the med. tomorrow morning so that i can attend my morning class with Mrs. Guy aka Ms. York. My science class has been canceled for tomorrow tues. and wed. so once i'm done with my one morning class i'm going to go work out, for super circut i'll take my sedative at eleven two hours prior to my appointment because that's what it says. from eleven on i'll be gone, untill tuesday. even then i'm supposed to do nothing and relax to recoop after the procedure.

I'm not going to lie i'm really scared and i wish i didn't have to do this. but i have to to get rid of this pain. i wish you guys the best. just keeping you all updated.