The student newspaper of Hutchinson Community College
The Plains Fill with the Orange Flame: Wildfires Hit Southwest Kansas 
Blue Dragons Men’s Basketball Hopes the Best is Yet to Come 
Xylavene Beale Throws Blue Dragon Track and Field Into Mix 
HutchCC Students Have Processes in Place when Financial Aid Problems Hit 
Larry Hatteberg Speaks to His People at Dillon Lecture Series 
In this edition: what students and staff streaming, cosmetology school reopens, what foreign students think of the differences in education and more, a golf preview and what fall-sports athletes are doing with the uncertainty of playing in the spring.
“Milford offers the perfect Kansas getaway with its lake and trails, while offering its own slice of Kansas. It can make you feel like you are on the grandest of adventures in a far off land.” – Kyran Crist on one of her favorite places to stop
Story by Editor in Chief Samarah Bailey and staff writerRead More
When COVID-19 put the world to a halt earlier thisRead More
Typically, fall sports would be in full swing this time of year. However, due to COVID-19, only cross country and golf teams will play regular events.
“Trump’s attempt to create a Common Core of Jingoism is state-sanctioned political correctness and big government overreach in local school districts”- By Aaron Strain
Cross country isn’t the only team competing this fall at Hutchinson Community College. The Blue Dragon men’s golf team is also scheduled to compete and will hit the links on Oct. 5, where the Blue Dragons will play their first tournament at the CSU-Pueblo Fall Classic in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Stories on the college’s law enforcement program, an update on the union construction, a photo page on the Fire Science building’s 9/11 ceremony, features on new head football coach Drew Dallas and assistant men’s basketball coach James “Papi” Conley, and much more
“My dream has always been to go to college, and I’ve worked hard to get there. So you could say I take school seriously. But even so, college is on a different level.” – By Zariah Perilla-Best