Opinion

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

I’m usually pretty good about doing things I don’t want to do. I’ve been alive long enough to know that getting starting is always the hardest part. But nothing is harder for me to start than doing weights.

I say “doing” weights because I don’t actually lift anything other than myself. I started out with push-ups because a friend suggested a “100-push-up challenge.” I had never done any upper-body exercise of any kind. I couldn’t imagine I could do 100 push-ups—and it turns out I was right. I couldn’t for almost two years.

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

Terms like “Ultra MAGA” are designed to denigrate those who support Donald Trump and to characterize them as dangerous to democracy and the American system of government.

It’s all a joke, of course.

For one, Trump faced opposition in the Republican primary before securing enough votes to become the Republican nominee for president.

GUEST COLUMN, Kim Baldwin, Kansas Farm Bureau

Our fall calving season has just wrapped up with another successful year that has now brought views of lively baby calves dotting our pasture.

Since our calving season usually falls within the same time as the start of our fall harvest, it is my responsibility to keep watch of the cattle in the pasture while my husband and father-in-law focus on harvest.

SAINTS PERSPECTIVE, SCCC President Brad Bennett

Last year, Seward County Community College recorded tremendous growth in enrollment — 16 percent up. Now that we’ve reached the midpoint of academic year 2024-25, our official certification numbers are in, and we’re thrilled all over again. Student headcount at SCCC is up by 17 percent.

At a time when higher education is grappling with rising costs, and a culture shift that began with the pandemic, many folks in our sector are discouraged. But that is not the story at Seward. I attribute our success to a campus-wide commitment to one goal: recruiting, enrolling, and retaining more students. In other words, enrollment growth.