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New agreements between Butler County Community College (BC3) and some major universities will allow bachelor’s de-grees to be completed on BC3 campuses. Beginning in the fall 2015 semes-ter, BC3 is expecting to partner with six new universities, who will be offering bachelor’s degrees in specific majors that can be com-pleted on BC3 campuses. There are a few degree completion

options like this that already exist at BC3. Now, BC3 is expanding on these partnerships to give students more options. Dr. Nicholas Neupauer, president of BC3, said students have been asking for programs like this for a while. “We have found through graduate level surveys and anecdotal feedback that many students would like the opportunity to complete their bachelor’s degree on our cam-pus,” Neupauer said. He sees this as a creative way to ad-dress declining enrollment that all colleges and universities are facing.

Most of these universities have artic-ulation agreements with BC3 already in place, meaning that the general classes for these programs can be taken at BC3 costs, not the university’s cost. The universities each have a specific number of credits they will allow to be transferred from BC3. When the maximum number of credits is reached, the student will begin to pay the university’s cost, which could be as late at their senior year. It is estimated that savings could be anywhere between $30,000 and $70,000 by staying at BC3. Dr. Frances Spigelmyer, vice president for academic affairs, said that these

savings are one of the reasons students will chose the BC3 option. “The key benefit is affordability,” Spigelmyer said. “What students are saving in room and board, they can use to pay the tuition of a four year degree.” She said that by offering these op-tions on BC3 campuses, BC3 will be providing students a service to aid in student success. “We have great partnerships with institutions that we love working with, and this

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More bachelor’s degrees to be offered at BC3

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One word is spurring controversy re-garding the community college plan included in President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget propos-al: free. The president’s divisive educational plan intends to grant two free years of commu-nity college to those who are “willing to work for it,” but it will cost the federal government. According to the budget available on the White House’s website, “America’s College Promise,” if passed, would increase the budget deficit by $60 billion over the next decade and cost $1.365 billion in 2016 alone. Bearing the cost in mind, the current administration’s budget proposal emphasizes the importance of every American having access to higher education. “Today, more than ever, Americans need more knowledge and skills to meet the de-mands of a growing global economy… That is why the budget includes a new proposal to en-sure all Americans have the opportunity to pur-sue and succeed in higher education, with the goal of making two years of college as universal as high school,” the budget reads.

The plan calls for the federal govern-ment to fund 75 percent of the program, with participating states providing the remaining 25 percent. In exchange for funding, states must waive community college tuition and fees for eli-gible students, “increase their own investment by matching the Federal funds, and undertake a set of reforms to improve the quality of community colleges,” as stated in the budget. President Obama introduced “Ameri-ca’s College Promise” to the American public in the State of the Union Address presented on Jan. 20, 2015. “America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free, sent a genera-tion of GIs to college and trained the best work-force in the world,” Obama said, “But in a 21st century economy that awards knowledge like never before, we need to do more... That’s why I’m sending this Congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college -- to zero.” Dr. Nicholas Neupauer, president of Butler County Community College (BC3) and board chair of the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges, referred to a statement he made to the Butler Eagle about Obama’s plan,

Obama’s “America’s College Promise” sparks debates

President Barack Obama delivers the State of The Union address onTuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol inWashington, D.C.

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By Brooke RhodabergerEditor-in-Chief

By Caeleigh BrohmCopy Editor

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The Cube 2014-2015 Staff

What does free community college mean for us? President Obama’s plan for free two-year educations has stirred debates among many Americans. The Cube staff is no different. The viewpoints of our four editors can be found right here.

“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” –David Huseman I learned in macroeconomics last spring that nothing is this world is free. There-fore, “America’s College Promise” is not a promise of free college, because there is no such thing as free college. The federal and state governments will both be paying for community colleges. What does that mean for taxpayers? You tell me, I’m not an accountant. Here’s what I do know: I am attending BC3 debt free be-cause I received The President’s Scholarship. I worked hard in high school in order to gradu-ate in the top 10 percent of my class so I could qualify for this scholarship. In my eyes, I earned the right to have no debt. I believe that you should have to work for things you want. If you want to go to col-lege, you have to work for it. I don’t think it should be handed to anyone who isn’t willing to pay for it. If you aren’t willing to work for it, what is it really worth? For years, people have been pay-ing for their educations (be it out of pocket or through loans or military service). Earning it one way or another, there is a significant amount of value added to the idea of a college educa-tion. There is already is stigma attached to community college. Many view community colleges unequal to universities. They compare two years at a community college to two extra years of high school. By making community college free, it is furthering the idea. It is adding to the devalu-ation of the education many people work just as

hard to receive. While I can see the benefits of making a college education available to everyone, I see much more value in working hard and earning the education for yourself.

In early January 2015 President Barack Obama, announced his ambitious plan to bring the cost of community college down to zero. The 10 year roughly $60 billion plan (if all states would participate in the program) would include about 9 million students accordingly to an administration official. I find this proposal by the president to be extremely bold and I strongly believe it can be beneficial to the entire nation for generations to come. The opportunity for particular people of this country to further their education for free would be monumental in terms of creating a better nation. Personally, I am very fortunate to be able to attend Butler County Community Col-lege (BC3) via financial aid from the govern-ment. The stress of not having to worry about tuition and school payments is a burden lifted from my shoulders and in all reality create a greater mind set for a student. Many peers I attend community col-lege with that do personally pay for school whether it is out of pocket or from student loans have express the major stress that comes with paying for school. If this program were to be finalized the psychological aspect of not worry-ing about costs would make everyone’s second-ary education much more enjoyable. A concern of mine if this proposal were to be passed is the potential that a degree from a two year would not be worth as much in society. If community college were to be free for every US citizen the possibility to take value away from this certification is a realistic aspect. For instance, if college was made eli-gible to more people directly out of high school, this could make community college to appear to be less significant and almost a mandatory thirteenth or fourteenth grade. This could take away all the hard earned success others in the

past have done to reach their two year school degrees.

As much as I would love to have two free years of community college, no debt, and a brand new Ferrari, none of these things are quite in reach at this point in my life. Although the idea of having free com-munity college is one that makes my heart smile and would be good for the individual, I haven’t quite been convinced that two free years would benefit the greater good. There is a portion of the community college student body that doesn’t receive finan-cial aid or scholarships, and their entire tuition is coming out of their pocket. I am one of these students. When you’re in your late teens to early twenties and you hear the news that you might not have to shell out the money to get an education, it seems like nothing but good news. The obvious initial reaction to hear-ing that we’re receiving free things is “Awe-some! Free College!,” but once you really think about it, where is this funding going to come from? Programs and classes could be cut, taxes could be raised, and the overall experi-ence that we are having could be different if our classes were free to us. So instead of paying off college through a loan, where else is the government going to take the money from? I believe that even though we might receive “free” college, we will definitely be paying for it in other ways and in other places. Not only this, but receiving free com-munity college might deplete the motivation in high school students to do well. If they plan on going to community college, which they won’t have to pay for, what will be the point in work-ing towards scholarships? The idea of going to college for free is one that I will always dream of, but sadly, I just don’t see it being the best thing for the general public.

Free education, it sounds like a great idea, or not. In President Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 20, 2015, he announced that he wanted to cut the cost of attending a community college to zero. GASP! Of course, it is only for community colleges, but still, that’s better than anything. So what does that mean for me? Thanks to Federal Pell Grants, and the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) I am already attending a community college debt free. So while the idea of other students also attending debt free is amazing, I have my concerns. Unfortunately, I am not entirely quali-fied to answer my own question, seeing as I am neither a mind reader nor an economist. First, when I transfer to a four year in-stitution, which is in fact my plan, is my Federal Pell Grant, still going to be available? According to the President’s Budget for the Fiscal Year 2016, the Pell Grants have previously been meeting the rate of inflation, but will that continue? Also, is there still going to be enough money for Pell Grants? Or is it going to expe-rience a budget cut in order to equate for free community college? Another concern I have is in regards to the community colleges themselves. A key component of community col-leges is the word community. One of the reasons community col-leges are at a lower cost than most, is because it allows for higher education in a local environ-ment. If community colleges become free, in a hypothetical situation, could a student who lives in Ohio, attend a community college in California for free? In most cases, if there is a student attending a community college from another state, they pay a higher tuition. How would that work if all commu-nity colleges in the United State became free? I could not find the answer to this question either.

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[This year]’s Super Bowl halftime show headlined by Katy Perry was in some ways the most perfect marriage of a pop world star with Football’s Biggest Day, the former cheerleader mining a trove of hits often built on “push-’em-back, push-’em-back, waaaaaay-back”-inspired choruses. As colleague Mikael Wood points out in his assessment of the nearly 13-minute production, which also featured drop-ins by rocker Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliot, there was little effort wasted on subtlety or nu-ance. For the opening number “Roar,” Perry road in on a gargantuan puppeteered lion, drafted Kravitz to shred on “I Kissed a Girl,” cavorted with animated beach balls, dancing sharks and gyrating palm trees during “California Gurls” and “Teenage Dream” and wrapped things up by turning into a human skyrocket for “Firework.” Kravitz appeared to be along for the ride to give something for the millions of old-school rock fans who presumably make up a big chunk of the Super Bowl audience, and Elliot surfaced to balance the scales with a generous medley of her gritty hip-hop hits. Perry’s moment at the Super Bowl adds to the near half century of performances that cut across a broad swath of the music world, from university marching bands in the first three contests to 1972 when jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and trumpeter Al Hirt teamed

up through more recent appearances by old guys who still rock such as Paul McCartney (2005) and the Rolling Stones (2006). It took 20 years for Super Bowl entertainment mavens to start tapping pop stars for the halftime show, and even then it took a while for talent bookers to get up to speed. In 1988, the first postwar pop act to star in the halftime show was Chubby Checker, whose claim to fame hit “The Twist” had been on the charts a quarter century earlier. Then in 1991, the Walt Disney Co., which had been producing the halftime show periodically in the 1980s, brought in pop band New Kids on the Block. From there the ante bumped up a notch with Gloria Estefan the following year, and then the show turned to the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, in 1993. For the last decade, pop’s biggest guns have been the rule, from Janet Jackson and her notorious wardrobe malfunction in 2004 to the parade of male rock and pop stars that followed in the next half decade in hopes of avoiding a repeat. So far in the ‘10s, the Super Bowl has been declared safe for the women of pop and R&B once again, with performances given over to the Black Eyed Peas and Fergie, Ma-donna, Beyonce and, on Sunday, to Perry. And who should be the star of next year’s monumental Super Bowl L? May we go out on a limb early and nominate, who L-se? LL Cool J.

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While the West Coast had long been tucked into bed on Thursday, Drake surprised fans by quietly dropping an album. Without warning, a 17-song project titled “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” popped up on iTunes. Sound familiar? There had long been rumors that the Canadian singer-rapper was planning on issuing a mixtape to tide fans over for his next album, “Views From the 6.” And speculation of an im-minent release intensified on Wednesday when he issued a stylish short film called “Jungle” (a song on the album bears the same title). The release makes us wonder, how-ever, is this his swan song to Cash Money? A little history. For months, Drake’s mentor Lil Wayne has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with Cash Money, the label that over-sees the Young Money imprint which signed Drake along with fellow superstar Nicki Minaj. Late last month, Wayne’s beef with the label got serious and he hit the company with a lawsuit to the tune of $51 million. With Wayne loudly vocalizing his desire to get out of Cash Money, one can only assume that the talents he signed and guided to superstardom would jump ship with him. Right? At least that’s the speculation further fueled by this surprise release. While Drake has continued to remain

mum throughout the ongoing drama, does this album serve as his answer? Its title and release model are tough clues to ignore. Fans quickly started buzzing over the cover art. The title is crudely drawn in black ink on a white background. The font’s similarity to Chick-fil-A’s instantly spawned an Internet meme and the album’s menacing tone is ru-mored to be aimed toward Cash Money head Bryan “Birdman” Williams. And then there is the rollout. This isn’t a free offering gifted to fans on a whim, it’s a full-fledged record on iTunes released un-der the Cash Money label. Is this release, his fourth, the last of a contractual obligation to Cash Money? We will wait and see, but an early lis-ten to the collection of tracks reveals that this is Drake at his finest. He dives between rapping and singing, injecting introspection, regret and braggadocio over long, woozy, atmospheric beats. “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” isn’t much of a showcase of Drake’s vul-nerability. This is a colder Drake, and it’s hard to blame him given all the turmoil on the home team and the so-called “stones” thrown at him over the past year, as he references on “You & The 6.” But as the Internet continues to chew over all the bars, samples, disses and hooks that Drake packed onto the album, we can’t shake the feeling that we may have just witnessed his checkmate in a label war.

Does Drake’s surprise album fore-tell major changes in his future?

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Every semester, students at Butler County Community College (BC3) have the opportunity to partake in book aid. Book aid is a program that is de-signed to help students purchase the necessary books and school supplies in time for classes. Julianne Louttit, director of financial aid at BC3, said for students to qualify they must have at least $100 or more in financial aid after all of their tuition expenses. For instance, if a student receives $1,500 in financial aid, and their tuition expenses only amount to $1,000, that student can then use their remaining $500 to purchase books at the BC3 bookstore.

Book aid is a relatively new program here. According to Richard Benko, the as-sistant bookstore manager, the program started in the fall 2013 semester. However, Louttit had been trying to get this sort of program started for years. “It has always been on my radar,” Louttit said. Since its start in 2013, the amount of students who qualify has continued to flourish. In the spring of 2014, 697 students qualified for book aid. The number jumped to 894 students for the fall of 2014 semester and approximately 1100 students in the spring 2015 semester, according to Louttit. The rising number of students who qualify encourages more students to utilize this program.

Take for instance Anthony Yurkov-ich, a second year petroleum engineering major, who has been with the program from the beginning. Yurkovich, who first started in the fall 2013 semester, qualified for book aid that semester. He has since continued to qualify and use the program. He also mentioned that he was plan-ning on using book aid in future semesters so long as he continues to qualify. He can already start planning when he needs to buy his books for future semesters. Since book aid’s initial develop-ment, it becomes available to students exactly two weeks before the first day of classes, until exactly two weeks after, Louttit said. Take the spring 2015 semester for example. The first day of classes began on Jan.

20, and book aid was available from Jan. 6 until Feb. 3 which is exactly two weeks before and after the first day of classes. Then starting the week of Feb. 23, the financial aid office will start sending out refunds to students. A student receives a refund when they have left over financial aid, even after they use book aid. However, a student is not required to use book aid to get a refund; they just have to have the financial aid. Also, students who qualify for book aid, as well as those who do not qualify, have the option of buying their books from the BC3 bookstore online. They can find a link at the BC3 home page.

Book aid helps students save money at the bookstore

A student enjoyed her free cookie during the St. Valentine’s Day celebration in the Student Success Center on Feb. 11.Photo by: Kurt Esman

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Alex Gladis, who is the director, as well as an anthropology professor at the Cran-berry Campus, thinks online hybrid classes are the future, as well as a prominent tool in the way students learn. Thanks to technology and the rise of the internet, people around the world can access information within a matter of seconds. Universities and institutions all over have joined this e-learning educational trend by of-fering classes completely online. That age old question that usually comes up in the conversation usually goes something like – are you an online or tradi-tional learner? The clear advantages of online learning would obviously be the flexibility that it allows you to complete your online course work at your own pace, anywhere, at any given time. But the most important question would have to be the validation that online learn-ing can indeed really lead to better academic performance compared to taking classes the traditional way on campus. According to a report by Ithaka, S&R studies clearly showed that evidence from their randomized trials found that students who engaged in interactive online learning or hybrid style learning produced equivalent, and sometimes better, results than students that participated in a more traditional environment. Although there are many positives with being able to learn from the comfort of your own home or wherever the student may be, there is always a downside.

One major issue could be that it may be rather difficult for individuals that aren’t tech-savvy enough to keep up with the assign-ment updates that are dynamic and can change at any time at the instructor’s discretion. This can often times result in frustration from tradi-tional learners and can cause them to shy away from taking more online classes. This is where hybrid classes can fill that void. You will still need to have some amount of online skills to take a hybrid course, but what separates the hybrid route from the online only route is the fact that with a hybrid course, you still meet with the instructor in a traditional setting anywhere from 3-7 times a semester. This blend of traditional classroom time with an online twist is what makes it ap-pealing to a student that wants to take an online course, but still likes some of the traditional aspects of being in a classroom. A student at the Cranberry campus who hasn’t taken a hybrid class seemed to agree in saying that hybrid courses seemed like a “nice mix” of online and traditional learning methods. Whether or not hybrid classes are the future remains to be seen, but there seems to be strong evidence in favor of having it be a more prevalent option alongside the traditional and online only options that are out there. Even though the Cranberry campus was the first of the off- site campuses to offer hybrid courses the amount of classes that they offer is rather small. Only 2-4 classes a semester. Now a lot of that is due to demand for the classes, but this can be rectified by explaining to students more clearly what exactly a hybrid course is.

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Hybrids gain popularityBy Eldon EppingerBusiness Manager

is a way to meet the needs of students who just can’t get to the transfer institution on their own,” Spigelmyer said. Bachelor’s degree completion agreements already exist between BC3 and Youngstown State University (YSU) for social work, The University of Pittsburgh for ad-ministration of justice, and Clarion University for accounting. LaRoche University allows a psychology bachelor’s to be completed at BC3 Lawrence Crossing, and Edinboro University offers an early childhood education bachelor’s at BC3 LindenPointe. A business administra-tion bachelor’s degree from Franklin Univer-sity is also offered online. The expected new agreements include: •Chatham University – Nursing •LaRoche University – Psychology (now also on the main campus) •Robert Morris University – Organizational Leadership •Pennsylvania State University – General Studies (at BC3 LindenPointe) •Grand Canyon University – General Studies (online) •Bellevue University – General Studies (online)

Each university has the option to send their own teachers from their campuses to teach at BC3, hire new teachers, or hire BC3 faculty that meet the qualifications and creden-tialing criteria of the university. Carrie Young is an adult student in the YSU social work program. She has been simultaneously taking BC3 and YSU classes on the BC3 main campus. “I really wanted to do this so I wouldn’t have to travel to that campus,” Young said. “But I also like the smaller class sizes on this campus as opposed to a larger university.” Young’s YSU class meets with only four students, which she prefers. She said that it is beneficial for students who like to have closer relationships with instructors. Neupauer is excited to offer this op-portunity to more students at BC3. “We talk about being a student centered organization. So, when students tell us that they want to be able to receive bachelor’s degrees on our campus, that is something that is important to me as the president,” Neupauer said.

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FREEposted on the BC3 President’s Blog. “The president’s proposal for “Ameri-ca’s College Promise” is encouraging and…The Pennsylvania Commission for Community Col-leges, together with Pennsylvania’s 14 commu-nity colleges, looks forward to … [making] the proposal a reality,” Neupauer said. “It is refresh-ing to hear that community colleges are being considered as part of a solution to higher educa-tion. The Promise is an interesting way to begin a necessary conversation.” However, not everyone supports Obama’s promise. Melissa Coleman, a student majoring in social work at BC3, is concerned about how the cost of Obama’s proposal could impact BC3. “I think it will be a bad thing for BC3 and all community colleges,” Coleman said. “The Obama plans calls for … state governments to fund 25 percent. I do not think states will be able to afford to do that … I believe that many

programs and staff will be cut and this will not benefit the student. As we all know, something that is free usually is not really free.” Coleman also said that “I am con-cerned about the cost because cuts to other ar-eas would surely have to be made. I think they (the government) should put more money into educating our youth … If high school graduates were more prepared for college, then I think they would have an easier time qualifying for scholar-ships and getting jobs to help pay for their educa-tion.”

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Though March 3, 2015 is the 50th anniversary of Butler County Community Col-lege, planning for the main celebration started many years ago. “We kicked off [celebrations] in Aug. 2014 with this academic year. But we ac-tually started in 2012,” said Susan Changnon, BC3’s Executive Director of Communications and Marketing. Changnon organized the college’s 40th anniversary celebration as well. Her experience with that event lead her to leading the organization of this milestone celebration. After many other successful events, such as the BC3 drone helicopter video and the Dress in the Decades week, Changnon is hop-ing for the same amount of success with the large celebration scheduled for March 3rd, the day the college was chartered back in 1965. On March 3rd, a program will be happening in the Succop Theater from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. where BC3 President Dr. Nicholas Neupauer will speak, along with six honorary co-chairs, each representing a decade in BC3’s history. Those people are Lucile Shapiro, a member of the Foundation Board as well as a BC3 alumna, representing the 1960s; Rose-mary Keasey, dean of business, representing the 1970s; Kim Geyer, alumna, representing the 1980s; Mike Aikens, a professor in the Sci-ence and Technology building, representing the

1990s; Chris Calhoun, a parks and recreation management professor, representing the 2000s; Hunter Green, student government president, representing the 2010s. The honorary co-chairs will be giving speeches on their experiences at the college, as well as present slideshows with pictures. A “Guess Who?” slideshow will also be playing at the event. Students are strongly encouraged to attend the event to see their favorite professors from many years ago. Larry Stock, the director of the cultural center at the college, is focusing on mostly the back stage aspects of the event. “My part of this will be just making sure we’re prepared in the theater and have everything ready,” Stock said. Changnon also encourages students to report any volunteer hours to www.bc3.edu/make-it-count. She would like to report what the hours are so far at the event. As of the end of January, 5,300 hours were accounted for since Sept. 2014. The goal is to have 50,000 hours by Sept. 2015. Changnon is hoping that the event will not only entertain, but educate. “I think that if people participate – if they’re truly just interested – they’ll learn about the college. They’ll learn about who we were, and who we are now, and a little bit about where we think we’re going. And I think that’s a reason alone to attend,” Changnon said.

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50th Anniversary Event set for charter day

50th Anniversary Celebration

Come Celebrate BC3’s 50th Anniversary! March 3, 2015 • 1:00 - 4:00 PM

In The Succop Theater and LobbyOpen to all students, faculty and staff. 1:00 to 2:00 PM in the Theater includes a 50th Anniversary

video, special guest speakers, historic displays, a time capsule, a photography show in the Phillip’s Gallery and commemorative books.

Party from 2:00 to 4:00 PM includes music, food and refreshments in the AK Steel Lobby.

By Allison AdamsCube Contrubitor

BC3 News

BC3 volunteer hours goal met

Submitted from reports

Tutor center always available

The goal to have 5000 volunteer hours has recently been surpassed. The goal is now increased to 5300 hours by the March 3 anniversary party. The up-to-date total will be announced at the party. Staff: if you volunteered through the holidays or haven’t logged in your Board meet-ing commitments, yet, please do! Students who are doing service learn-

ing projects: please log those hours as well. Go to www.bc3.edu/make-it-count and log your hours in Gift card prizes will be pulled and awarded to individuals who log hours. Volunteer hours will continue to be collected until next September.

Due to rising print costs and a shift in the way students consume news, the Cube will be moving to a digital format for the rest of the semester. The next issue will not be printed, but published online on Issuu.com. According to its

website, Issuu is the fastest growing digital pub-lishing platform in the world. This format will allow us to hopefully keep pace with the digital direction that journal-ism is heading in, while also staying accessible. The newest editions of the Cube will be sent di-rectly to BC3 inboxes. Stay tuned this semester, and be on the look out for the next edition of the Cube in your inbox!

The Cube going digitalBy Brooke RhodabergerEditor-in-Chief

Submitted from reports

An academically strong and diverse tutoring staff is in place at all campuses com-mitted to helping students to be successful. The fall 2014 pass rate of classes in which students received tutoring was 90%, and the pass rate with final grades of C or higher was 79%. The data indicates that many students benefitted from receiving tutoring in the fall. Students can apply for tutoring at any time during the semester; however, signing up sooner rather than later is highly recommended.

Tutoring applications are available in the ACE on main campus and from staff and the Coordi-nators of Tutoring at off campus sites.

Also students can now apply online for face-to-face tutoring by visiting the Tutoring Services page of the BC3 website and clicking on the online tutoring application link. Tutoring is provided to students enrolled in credit classes at no cost to students.

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Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm, Cellist Robin Hasenpflug with pianist Elizabeth Etter

Friday, March 20 @ 8:00 pm, Pittsburgh Philharmonic “A Time to Shine”

Friday, March 27 @ 7:00 pm, Sing Hosanna! “Oliver”

Friday and Saturday April 10 & 11 @ 7:30, Pioneer Players, The Importance of Being Earnest

Friday, April 17 @ 8 pm, Unsinkable Women

Thursday, April 30 @ 7:30 The Tornado Big Band

Saturday, May 2 @ 8 pm the National Players, To Kill a Mockingbird

Friday, May 15 @ 8:00 pm Pittsburgh Philharmonic “A Story to Tell”

Many shows coming to Succop Theater this semester

NBC won Sunday night in the TV ratings with help from its “Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special.” According to Nielsen ratings, about 23.1 million viewers tuned in to see to watch their favorite comedians, actors and musicians reunite at Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8H. The 3 {-hour show was NBC’s most-watched prime-time entertainment telecast, excluding post-Super Bowl programs, in more than 10 years. In the key 18-to-49-year-old de-mographic, the special posted a rating of 7.8, making it the network’s top-rated telecast in that demo since the “Will & Grace” finale in May 2006. The special also generated lots of buzz (and laughs) on social media: Nielsen So-cial reported that a total of 9.1 million people in the U.S. saw the approximately 1.3 million tweets from more than 449,000 people in con-nection with the “SNL” special. The show also delivered 188 million Twitter TV impressions, the highest of any series episode to date, according to Nielsen Social. Some of the “SNL” guests_including Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Melissa Mc-

Carthy, Neil Patrick Harris and Kim Kardashi-an_were among those posting on Twitter. Of the tweets, 180,759 (44 percent of all the reaction tweets) contained reactions of

“love,” according to data provided by Canvs, a social TV platform created by social media in-sights firm Mashwork. About 63 percent of the reaction tweets utilized the hashtag “#SNL40.”

NBC’s red-carpet coverage, which aired before the special, also scored big, with 11.1 million viewers total and a rating of 3.0 in the key demo.

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The ability to create and assemble athletic sports teams at Butler County Com-munity College (BC3) that do not already exist presents an opportunity to grow the athletic complexion of the college. There are currently six intercollegiate athletic teams available to students at BC3. These sports give the opportunity to students who are looking to further athletic careers the ability to do so. The Pioneer Athletics compete in the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference (WPCC) legion XX, Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association (PCAA) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The NJCAA has 24 certified sports available to two year schools across the country. Mary Ellen Leicht is the Executive Director of the NCJAA. The criteria would be set by the individual college for an athletic sport, Leicht said. The college athletic pro-gram, as a whole, would be a member of the NJCAA once they have established their sport teams, Leicht said. One would begin the process by first assembling a roster to participate in the sport.

The next step would be to present the idea to the college’s athletic director to have the proposal re-viewed. Sophomore psychology major, Levi Rodgers, spoke on a sport that he would create at the BC3 campus. “I would start an ice hockey team,” Rodgers said. “I’ve played the game for 15 years and would love to further my career in the sport. I also think the buzz of the sport in the area would generate a lot of interest.” Athletic Director and women’s vol-leyball coach at BC3, Rob Snyder, explained that the college pays a disclosed amount to the NJCAA annually. This payment is for the available athletics at the colleges furthermore

making them an accredited member of the NJCAA. Since Snyder started as the Athletic director in 1999, the school has added women’s basketball in 2002 and attempted to have cross country in 2007 but, only lasted one season. First and foremost, cost and interest

is the biggest concern in starting a new sport, Snyder said. To create a new sport at BC3, the cost would be one of the first factors to be considered. Getting a new team approved

would include additional money for operating as well as hiring a coach, Snyder said. An underrated factor in the process, Snyder said, is having other teams to play. Whether or not the team would have other schools to play against within a realistic loca-

tion is very important. Facilities would also be a crucial element in the consideration of creating a new sport, Snyder said. You would either need or have access (rent) to the correct facilities to practice and hold games, Snyder said. Balancing the teams in title IX is also important. Adding just a men’s or just a women’s team could throw off our balance of equity in athletics which in itself is a very complicated issue, Snyder said. An increase in the campus’s insur-ance would also be a factor in the decision pro-cess. Depending whether or not the sport was a contact sport weighs heavily on the amount the insurance increase would be. Snyder said there are currently no plans of creating any new athletic team. “Participation in athletic teams is a significant opportunity for a comprehensive college experience with benefits ranging from involvement, making new friends, academic success, and representing your campus to learning opportunities such as leadership, team work, diversity, and a healthy lifestyle,” Snyder said.

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Creating new sports adds to student opportunitiesBy Timmy McConahySports Editor

The Butler County Community Col-lege (BC3) women’s basketball teams’ season has been an up and down roller coaster ride of diversity. On December 23, a mass e-mail was sent to every student by Assistant Student Life Director Torrey O’Donnell. The email was at-tempting to recruit women players to help field the team to finish the remainder of the season. The email described that the team had “lost some players, some because of injury,” and that they would like to finish out the sea-son for the players that have worked so hard. O’Donnell was unable to comment further on the team before the printing of this article.

As of Feb. 7 the lady Pioneers hold a 1-20 record with a .048 win percentage and sit 1-5 in conference play. The team’s lone win was against Pitt Titusville back on Jan. 14 with a 56-32 point victory. Freshman Social Work major Angela Cress plays guard for the Pioneers. Cress ex-pressed her thoughts in saying never to give up. “Doesn’t matter what the score is, you got to give it all you got,” Cress said. Head Coach Dick Hartung had noth-ing but positive things to say about the ladies and their season as a whole. “I am so proud of these girls,” Hartung said. “They have been ab-solutely wonderful.”

Lady Pioneers basketball overcoming obstacles


Freshman guard Bri-

anna Wilkin-son atttempts

a jumpshot against CC

of Allegheny-South Feb.4

in their 55-52 lose.

Photo by: Kurt Esman

“Participation in athletic teams is a significant opportunity for a compre-hensive college experience with ben-efits ranging from involvement, mak-ing new friends, academic success, and representing your campus to learning opportunities such as leadership, team work, diversity, and a healthy lifestyle.”

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Pioneer basketball team make push for playoffs

Butler County Community College (BC3) men’s basketball team won four of their last six games going into the meeting against the Cougars of Community College of Allegh-eny County (CCAC). Pioneer fan section was full Wednes-day Feb. 4 at The Field house. The team was riding high on a wave of emotion after a thrill-ing overtime win against Pitt Titusville two days prior. It was evident early how the pace of the game was going to go. As both teams took little time to spread the floor and run the court.The Pioneers took a considerable lead against the much bigger Cougars of CCAC a few minutes into the first half. At the end of the first half the Pioneers had remained on top with a 41-38 point lead. Three-point shooting was a weapon used often by the Pioneers in the first half against the Cougars. Coming into the contest the Pioneers are ranked second overall in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III conference in 3-pointers made per game and fourth in 3-point attempts. The second half started with the Pioneers’ crisp passing and team effort creating

a basket on their first possession. This Pioneer team is not afraid to share the ball, as they hold the eighth overall ranked spot in assists per game in the entire NJCAA Division III confer-ence. As the second half progressed the Cougars tied the game with 16:23 left to play. The momentum would swing in favor of CCAC and stay with them for much of the remainder of the game. With 7:37 left on the clock, freshman forward at BC3 Alex Alvarez, escalates the crowd with a rim shaking slam dunk. Alvarez, leads the Pioneers in scoring, averaging 30 points per game. The Pioneers’ passing and 3-point shooting ability was not enough to hold off the size of the CCAC Cougars with a final score of 93-85. The loss brings the team’s record to a respectable 10 wins, 13 losses. Leading the Pioneers in scoring in the game with impressive 3-point shooting was freshman guard Austin Miller with 27 points. Alvarez pitched in with 25 points and 10 assists as well as freshman Physical Therapy Assistant major, guard Dom Pusateri, with 16 points 10 assists. “We lost a lot of inches out there,” Pusateri said, referring to the noticeably taller CCAC Cougars.

“The team played well, we just have to keep it roll-ing for 40 minutes. Towards the end of the game shots tend to drift as the legs go,” Pusateri said. Veteran Head Coach, Dick Hartung, expressed his thoughts on the team and season simply with “This is the first double-digit winning season since 2007,” Har-tung said.


Sophmore Dom Pusateri drives hard to the basket against CCAC forward in the Pioneer 93-85 lose.

Photo by: Kurt Esman

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