The Hutchinson Collegian is the student newspaper of Hutchinson Community College. We publish 12 newspapers, six per semester, distributed on Fridays, during the school year. We update our web site regularly during the academic year.

Meet our Fall 2025 staff. This page will be updated as the semester gets under way.

Lizzie Rush, Editor In Chief

Lizzie Rush grew up in Grand Island, Neb. where she graduated from Grand Island Senior High. She is currently a freshman at Hutchinson Community College where she is majoring in journalism. She has aspirations of working in the media field. She enjoys watching movies, going to hockey games, and hanging out with her friends. 

Kai Spahr, staff writer

When not playing Dungeons & Dragons, Kai is probably snuggling with their dogs or working on their latest project while listening to a podcast. 

Christopher Lachenmaier, staff writer

Chris Lachenmaier is a freshman from Hutchinson. A former track standout, Chris is studying journalism at HutchCC. He likes college football and loves to workout.

Daeton Winebrenner, staff writer

Daeton Winebrenner is the designated video creator for the Hutchinson Collegian. He is a talented multi-instrumentalist along with being an expert armchair football coach. He specializes in cinematography and audio work.

Monique Henderson, staff writer

Monique Henderson graduated from Buhler High School, where she became homecoming queen during her senior year. Monique then came to Hutchinson Community College to study animation, but Monique graduated during Covid so she couldn’t find a job. In her free time Monique enjoys jumping on her trampoline and drawing. Monique has come back to Hutchinson and is majoring in graphic design since it will be local in Hutchinson.

Brad Hallier, faculty adviser

Brad Hallier is in his ninth year as the Collegian’s faculty adviser and teaching journalism at HutchCC. A native of the Kansas City area, Hallier worked 20 years in print journalism, and he now dabbles in radio as a high school sports broadcaster for Ad Astra Radio. A grouchy soccer referee, Hallier takes pride in reffing youth games in Wichita, high school games around the region and college reserves games. He’s a big sports fan, supporting the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, Sporting Kansas City, Vegas Golden Knights and Liverpool FC. Hallier owns two degrees from the University of Kansas, and one from Allen County Community College, where he also played soccer. He and his wife of 22 years Jennifer have three children – Laurelle (27), Josie (22) and Landon (19).

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