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Students plan to vote based on party preference Robby Biegalski

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Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Tammy Duckworth are running against each other in the current Illinois Senate Race.

Both candidates are military veterans with moderate political views and focus on public health issues.

Mark Kirk recently had a stroke that put him in a wheelchair. CLC student Tristan James believes that this will offer Duckworth an advantage in the election.

“Looking at the 2008 presidential elections, one of people’s main concerns with John McCain as a president was his age,” James said. “I think that shows the American public is concerned about the health of who they

put in charge. If Mark Kirk had a stroke, I think there may be some people who are more cautious about voting for him.”

Another student, Katie Hageman, believes that Kirk’s stroke would have no influencing impact, citing personal experience.

“My uncle ran for councilman in Buffalo, New York,” Hageman said. “He had a stroke during one of the debates and he won anyways, so I don’t think there would be an advantage or a disadvantage.”

Duckworth had both of her legs amputated from the shin down after being injured in the Iraq War. Military Veteran Nataliya Manning thinks that Duckworth’s military service and inspiring story could give her an edge in

this race. “The military is usually known for having leadership skills,” Manning said. “I think that would help in politics.”

Several people suggested that her story humanizes her over the other candidates, which could also be seen as an advantage.

Some people around campus were undecided as to who they would vote for between Kirk and Duckworth.

The prevailing answer was that they were not familiar enough with either candidate to make a decision. When they did decide, they decided strictly based on party preference. The presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has also been a high-profile election, igniting a greater awareness of politics on both sides of the race.

CLC critical thinking professor Kathy Clemens thinks some of Trump’s statements will hurt him in the upcoming general election.

“Unfortunately, Trump has managed to insult military veterans, women, people of color, and immigrants,” said Clemens. “He has pretty much run the gamut and I was expecting him to implode a lot sooner, so I’m wondering what’s going on with the population that’s listening to him.”

Tristan James also offered his opinion on Trump’s remarks since many people on both sides consistently vote for their preferred party.

“If people have already decided to vote for him, he won’t lose their votes with his words,” James added.

Hasana Huff, another

CLC student, attributes this to the country’s two party system.

“When you have two sides, people are going to die fighting for their side,” Huff said. “This is why Abraham Lincoln was against the two party system, but because humans like order, people will vote for their side because that’s all they know.”

When members of the CLC community were asked who they would vote for if the presidential election was held today, the choices were more confident when compared to the Senate race responses.

Many people leaned towards Hillary, and a few were undecided and considering third party candidates. No one said they were voting for Trump.

New York native remembers terror attacks Zachary Keeshin Staff Reporter

The 15th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States occurred Last Sunday.

Two jet passenger planes were flown into the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City and a third crashed into the Pentagon.

A fourth jet, instead of hitting its intended target, was forced down by its passengers’ heroism over a field in Pennsylvania.

The attacks, staged by Osama Bin Laden and his radical Islamist group alQaeda, killed nearly 3,000 civilians, which cost at least $10 billion in property damage.

Responses to these attacks

in the subsequent years included targeted invasions in Afghanistan against the Taliban, which sheltered alQaeda, and in Iraq, against Saddam Hussein.

Another response to the attacks included the formation of a new cabinet department, the Department of Homeland Security, in an attempt to coordinate antiterror efforts. Additionally, legislation for the Patriot Act was signed the following October to initiate cellphone surveillance, data collection from business records, and other limits to airport security.

These laws were highly controversial and have since been modified to avoid spying on innocent Americans.

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Former Chronicle editor pursues political career

CLC alums Joshua May and wife, Kelley, met at the Chronicle.

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Former CLC student and editor of The Chronicle, Joshua May, is one impressive 25-year-old.

May works as a full-time field organizer for Democratic State Senator Melinda Bush, who is currently running for re-election from the Lake County district this November.

May is happily married to his wife, Kelley, whom he met as a CLC student while working at The Chronicle.

May works hard as the Field Organizer for Bush, even recruiting at CLC. “On a daily basis I get in touch with supporters, try ing to get them to volunteer,”

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May said. “Going door to door and persuading people to vote for Ms. Bush. I have actually done a lot of recruiting here at CLC. Letting people know in the community about Senator Bush, what she’s been doing, and try to get people involved in the election.”

CLC, particularly The Chronicle, has played a huge role in May’s decision to be a field organizer and the skills he uses in his everyday job. May’s view of CLC is a refreshing take on the negative community college stigma.

“CLC is what you make it,” May added. “If you decide to get involved, work hard and push yourself in a worthwhile way then you’ll get a lot out of it.” May also

offers valuable advice to current CLC students.

“Take advantage of your time at CLC,” May said.

“Don’t get into the ‘just CLC’ attitude. Use this time to find a passion and follow it.”

His mentor, John Kupetz - the current adviser to The Chronicle and English teacher, played a huge role in his years at CLC. May described Kupetz in the best light.

“A great guy, but he’s an even better mentor,” May said. “He really challenges his students. He helps you grow. He won’t tell you what to do, what to write, or what to print.”

Instead, Kupetz finds out what kind of writer you are and pushes you in that direction, which is exactly what he did for May during his time at The Chronicle.

May mostly wrote news stories and opinion pieces, which is also how he got involved in politics in the first place.

“I don’t want to be one of those people complaining about the state of the country but then when you really think about it, what did

you do to try and fix it ?,” May said. “What did you do to try and make things better?”

As an editor of the Chronicle, May had many tasks and responsibilities, which have helped him thus far in his personal life and career.

“For the Chronicle, you’re organizing people on a weekly basis just to get something done, learning how to interview people, go up to random people and ask them questions, being in kind of hostile situations,” May said.

The Chronicle was able to prepare May for his career in banking. “It helped me, when I started getting into banking, to have thick skin,” May added. “There were some things at The Chronicle, some articles that I wrote that had a lot of people upset. This helped me stay strong. If you’re doing the right thing, just do your job.”

Outside of politics, May is a big college football fan, specifically of Notre Dame.

He recently married his wife, Kelley, on July 15.

Josh and Kelley both transferred to Northern Illinois University.

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May still writes when he can, just not as much as he would like.

He says his real passion lies elsewhere now.

“Doing the most good I can, for the most people I can,” May said.

His sister shares a similar passion. She works for AmeriCorp, where she serves underprivileged families in Arkansas.

May’s and his sister’s passion for service has a lot to do with how their family lives their life, how they were raised. Their father was a minister and their mother was a teacher.

“It was very nourishing,” May said. “There was a lot of debate in my home. We talked about a lot of different issues.

Both of my parents are very focused on social justice. They’re opinionated politically, which I think is where I got if from. They’re good people, they love the Lord.”

He gave most of the credit to his family for motivating and guiding him to where he is today, including his relationship with his wife.

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Math 105 adds up to savings for CLC students Courtney Prais Staff Reporter

New changes have come to the math department with the introduction of the pilot class known as MTH 105.

This new class was designed to make it easier to qualify for a college-level, creditbearing math course.

Students would originally have had to complete at least two or three non-credit math classes before tackling the courses for credit. Now, they have the option of taking only one pre-college level class, MTH 105, instead.

This fall semester will be the second term the course has been available to students on campus, and thus far, it has exceeded expectations.

The course instructors, Donna Carlson and Byron Hunter, developed MTH 105 as a unique math class.

Taken from a slideshow they created to present this new information, one of the goals of the class is to, “shorten the pathway to credit-bearing general education mathematics courses.”

“Math 105 is a new pathway, so we prefer not to say it’s a combination of three classes, because it’s really not,” Carlson said.

“It’s a brand-new class that’s done in a new and different way.”

MTH 140, MTH 141, and MTH 222 are general college-level math classes that a student wishing to complete an Associate’s degree would take. Students unable to take those courses coming into CLC would

need to take a basic algebra course, (MTH 102), a geometry course, (MTH 104), if they did not receive a “C” or better in their high school geometry class, and then an intermediate algebra course, MTH 106.

All three courses are worth 4 credit hours, meaning that students would have to take 12 credits of work, without influencing their GPA, just to qualify for a credit-bearing class.

In contrast, MTH 105, is worth a total of 6 credit hours, and Carlson says they are planning for the 2017 spring term’s sections to be 5 credit hours. MTH 105, like the previous three pathway courses, is not counted towards an Associate’s degree. It is still considered a “developmental” class.

The shift from three individual classes to just one course makes it nearly impossible to encompass all the information covered in those consecutive 12 credit hours. Hunter acknowledges this, but reasons that MTH 105 is a more holistic experience.

“It’s different,” Hunter said. “It has a lot of the same flavor of what the topics would be in basic and intermediate algebra, but it doesn’t do as many of them, and it doesn’t do them in the same way.”

Other aspects make MTH 105 a distinct course as well.

“Basically every single topic starts with an application,” Hunter said. “So it develops a need for the mathematics that’s going to be in that section, versus the way algebra’s traditionally been taught, which is

you get a bunch of theory, and the applications afterwards.”

Constructing the course in the traditional manner takes up too much time - again, one of the focal points of the MTH 105 course is to fasttrack students to collegelevel and credit-bearing courses but without leaving out essential material. “Personally, I’ve taught Basic Algebra for 15 straight years,” Hunter added. “I saw the suffering that some students had in that type of class and then just the sheer volume of coursework it takes to get them to the math class they need to take.”

State approval has also lent a hand in jumpstarting this new course, Hunter said.

“We didn’t have this ability until recently, it was stateapproved to have a course like this,” he said. “So if we had done it earlier, we ran the risk of other colleges not

accepting to transfer until it was.”

The results of the course have been enduring - in a comparison of the MTH 105 course to the MTH 102 course, Carlson showed that MTH 105 proved to be more successful in all three criterias.

“We ended up just comparing our retention, our successful completion, and actually our final exam average,” Carlson said. “As you can see, in MTH 105, we had tremendous retention and successful completion.

We were very encouraged by our data.” Carlson also shared in the excitement of the students over the new material - students respond well to MTH 105 content.

“The activity in the class is varied,” Carlson added. “We would start out in groups working on the application.

Then we might have a full-class discussion at

the times where we’re at the board, teaching some sort of concept, and then maybe they’re back in groups working on the application some more.”

Students are being given the opportunity to advance through the math department in an interactive way.

“I think the students really appreciate that they’re seeing the mathematics in real-world applications,” Carlson said.

Carlson and Hunter want students to know that the option to take MTH 105 is available for them. For some students, it may be discouraging to have to take a preliminary class before taking a college-level course worth credit towards a degree, but there is hope.

MTH 105 offers a refreshing, progressive take on the bygone boorishness of groan-worthy traditional math courses.

tance of unity and not allowing fear or paranoia to dominate our lives.

“That’s why it’s so important today that we reaffirm our character as a nation--a people drawn from every corner of the world, every color, every religion, every background--bound by a creed as old as our founding, e pluribus unum,” Obama said. “Out of many, we are one.”

Jeovani Carrillo, a CLC student and military veteran,

was a fourth-grade student living in New York City on the day of the attacks.

Carrillo seemed most affected by experiencing loss at such a young age. He recounted students whose parents perished that day.

“It was pretty grim that someone you just started school with wasn’t there anymore,” Carrillo said.

Many years later, Jeovani enlisted into the armed forces. He cited this single day as one of the major

factors that influenced this decision.

Carrillo explained how the World Trade Center site took over a year to completely clean up and about his experience visiting the memorial.

“The most remembered part for me was when they took the last piece from the World Trade Center out of New York City,” Carrillo said.

Whereas someone like Jeovani directly experi-

enced the events that took place, many Americans felt no real connection with this tragedy.

Since 9/11 we have journeyed as a country between different presidents and many changes to the laws regarding security and social conduct.

On this year’s 15th anniversary, I hope that you’re able to reflect on your experiences from this event and spread peace and love to those affected.

Carlson’s graph depicts the averages of all benefits students will receive by taking Math 105 Photo courtesy of Donna Carlson

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morning in 2001, much has changed surrounding national security and terrorism in the United States.

Many groups held ceremonies to commemorate the events that took place.

For instance, the 9/11 Memorial Museum held an art exhibit featuring work from local artists about the aftermath of those events.

President Obama also gave a memorial speech at the Pentagon.

He stressed the impor-

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Public Relations welcomes experienced director

PR Director Anne O’Connell

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Anne O’Connell, the new Director of Public Relations and Marketing at the College of Lake County, brings a variety of experience to her position, specifically in the Lake County area.

O’Connell has been Marketing Director at Lake Forest Hospital, Communications Manager for both Lake County and the City of Highland Park, and was most recently employed

by Woodlands Academy,

a private all-girls high school in Lake Forest.

“I have a government, health care, and education background,” O’Connell said.

She started her new job as CLC director of PR and Marketing this past July and is enjoying it, challenges and all.

“I’ve been here a couple of months. I’m still learning a lot,” she said.

O’Connell grew up in Waukegan, where she attended Waukegan East High School. After she graduated high school, she earned her undergraduate degree at Northern Illinois University.

O’Connell originally planned on using her English degree to be an English teacher, but decided instead to double-major.

“I was an English and journalism major at Northern, with an emphasis on public relations,” she said.

She kept busy, not only with her classes, but also with extracurricular activities.

“I worked for the student newspaper,” O’Connell said. “I (wrote for) the health beat, then I went to

the education beat. Then I was a news editor and a copy editor. I worked there for at least two years.

“I liked the newsroom,” she remembered. “Not the nicest building, but that didn’t really matter so much. That was our home base. It’s that sense of community. What are you covering? What do you know about? What’s going on?

“Unfortunately, today’s newsrooms are nonexistent.

The reporters, what are left of them, are often operating without a newsroom.

They’re writing from their home, from Starbucks, or wherever, and that’s just the reality of how life has changed. You miss that.”

O’Connell described what it is like for student reporters at colleges like CLC. “You’re getting direct experience,” she said. “You’re interviewing people. You’re out meeting them. The more hands-on experience you have, the better. And the more you network, the better.”

She also had some advice for new writers, and interviewing tips.

“I think you have to be a good listener,” said O’Connell, “and you have to be genuinely interested in the subject that you’re writing about. Granted, every assignment you get may not be your favorite.

But the more you do it, the better you get.”

She encourages students to learn from adults with experience in the fields they are interested in, when considering future goals.

“If you’re interested in being a journalist, are you interested in print, broadcast, or social media?”

O’Connell said.

“You should purposely meet people that are in the type of job you aspire to, or know people that are in those jobs. That way you’ll be able to glean from their years of experience.

“I would say this for any profession, but especially PR or journalism.

“You’re building relationships, and that’s critical,” O’Connell explained. “The more people you build meaningful relationships with, the better.”

Taking a class in journalism or public relations is great, remarked

O’Connell, but it should be combined with real-life experience.

She used her own example of working on her college newspaper.

“It was a daily,” O’Connell said. “That experience gave me a great job as a park publicist at Great America. It was a stepping stone to a higher-paying position in the field I was interested in.”

Public relations and journalism share a lot of similarities, she said.

“For public relations, you need to know how to write well, because you’re dealing with journalists.

You have to write succinctly,” O’Connell explained.

She is thrilled with her new position as director of public relations at CLC. “It’s been wonderful,” O’Connell said.

“My son went (to CLC) for two years. He loved it.

That was before I worked here. But now that I’m here, it’s different. Now I’m able to really learn further about the college.

There’s so many exciting things that we are working on.”

Construction creates classroom shortage, shuffle Felicia Rivas Staff Reporter

Many of the students and staff here at CLC have been affected by the shortage of classrooms at the Grayslake campus this semester.

The classroom shuffle has been caused by the construction that CLC has undergone recently.

The Master Plan is the name for the collection of recent and future construction projects on campus.

It includes the finished construction of Cafe Willow, the LancerZone campus store, and the Welcome and One Stop Center.

It also includes the unfinished construction of the science building, which is expected to open in January of 2017, according to the Director of Facilities, Mike Welch.

The construction has

caused some confusion, starting among the freshmen over the summer when they were told by their tour guides that many important resources, such as advisors, would be moved by the time the semester began.

This made the already difficult task of navigating a new school even more difficult during the first couple weeks of the semester.

Even returning students and faculty were a bit lost and confused.

Some students’ confusion persisted even once they had found their classes, due to their courses being held in seemingly strange locations.

A couple of these courses include a Philosophy class in Building 12, which houses the autobody shop, and an English class in the Horticulture Building.

Jessica Berek, Interim Assistant Director of Educational Affairs, admits that these locations “might be unfamiliar to some students.”

“The classrooms (in Building 12) are great and serve as a good learning environment,” Berek said.

“They may be new to some students, but not to others.

“Same with horticulture, there’s great classroom space out there, new to some students, but not to those who have been in that program or in other bio courses.

“Those, in general, are the two most unique spaces that people have been seeing more of. We’ve also been continuing to schedule at the University Center and computer labs on campus.”

The effects of construction are not as bad as they could be,” Berek said.

“No classes have been cancelled because of a shortage of space,” she said. “We really continue to work to minimize the number of cancellations we have each semester.”

Dorothy McCarty, Construction Manager with Cotter Consulting, has also pointed out that because of the construction, they have been able to “better utilize existing classrooms.”

“It’s much more efficient now,” Welch said.

The Master Plan is far from complete, with construction in the Anderson Wing beginning in January, as confirmed by Berek.

The next semester and year will remain the same in regards to the utilization of available classrooms “The same strategies that you’ve been seeing implemented this fall will be implemented even further,” said Berek.

Temporary classrooms that will be built in order to compensate for the Anderson Wing construction, and she explained that working together to meet the needs of the faculty that will be using the temporary classrooms is a top priority.

Though it may take time to get there, Berek emphasized the final outcome of the Master Plan with an assurance.

“It was designed to give students a more modern environment, a more welcoming environment, and to make sure that there are a lot of student-centered spaces that they didn’t have on campus previously.” Berek said.

She expressed that the minor inconvenience will be worth it in the end, in order to “let students have more of what they need to be successful here.”

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Newly added store supplies CLC community

Diana Panuncial Staff Reporter

The new LancerZone store is one of the many exciting additions to CLC’s Grayslake Campus this year.

An extension of the newly renamed Lancer Book Stop, LancerZone provides students and faculty with school supplies, spirit wear, uniforms, and even some of the latest technological devices.

LancerZone was once an incorporated section of the Lancer Book Stop, where students could pick up a limited range of school supplies while also purchasing their books.

The re-design of the CLC called for a separate, larger store for the CLC community in the masterplan.

Christine Klippert, one of the managers of LancerZone, says the store gives students and faculty more options to find what they need on campus instead of having to leave to get basic school supplies.

“We have several options for supplies that they need,” Klippert said. “We even offer electronics, like computers, for the students to buy.

Of course, we have food and drink, which tends to be students’ favorites.”

Pamela Tinajero, an employee of LancerZone and a second-year student at CLC, says LancerZone is a big help for students.

“Culinary students can get their uniforms here, and athletes can also get their workout gear,” Tinajero said.

Although LancerZone seems to have many items to offer for students, its location among all the construction makes it a hidden gem.

“Because we’re sort of

tucked in the back during construction, not a lot of students know about us,” Klippert said. “I get a lot of students and faculty members who say they haven’t gotten a chance to see the new store yet.”

At the beginning of the fall semester, LancerZone offered a limited edition free CLC t-shirt for anyone who stopped by. The gift also came with a 25% off coupon for any school spirit wear within the store.

“Giving away the free tshirt was a good idea to get the word out,” Tinajero said.

“I hope to see something similar like that throughout the year so that students can come in and see what we have.”

Iris Garza, a first-year student at CLC Grayslake, says LancerZone was something she was excited about when it came to getting to know the campus.

“I really liked the idea of having a store in the campus,” Garza said.

“I bought my weekday planner there and some extra supplies I needed for my classes. On top of picking up my free t-shirt, I also bought my mom a t-shirt for herself.

Everything is great quality and the price was not too bad.”

Students at the Grayslake campus can look forward to another area of student commons to be built in the B Wing, right across from LancerZone “Hopefully, the new commons area will bring more people in the store,” Klippert said. “We always want to have a student outreach.

We want to know what exactly students need on campus.”

The new store, LancerZone, offers a variety of supplies for both students and staff.

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Farmer’s market cultivates student potential Jose Quevedo Staff Reporter

The farmer’s market at CLC is open to the public every week on Thursday, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. It is located on the Tech lawn in front of D Building.

The market, featuring student-grown, organic produce from the Campus Farm, is part of the horticulture department and aims to benefit not only students, but also the wider community.

CLC’s horticulture department makes full use of its extensive “living laboratory” facilities to benefit students in their educational, professional, recreational and personal pursuits.

CLC’s Campus Farm and farmer’s market are two such aspects of it.

The Campus Farm is just under 2 Acres and is found directly behind H Building.

About a quarter of campus farmland is saved for community gardening, where plots are rented to gardening enthusiasts.

Sustainable Foods Coordinator and instructor Matt DeRose is the lead organizer and the manager of Campus Farm under the horticulture department’s director, Rory Klick.

DeRose shares that he “was fortunate enough to have escaped” the corporate cubicle race to pursue a

cultural careers early on in his life. He took on several agriculture and nursery jobs across various states before deciding on a large-scale commercial food production and distributing corporation in Florida.

DeRose teaches programs such as Sustainable Agriculture, Local Food Production and Work Practicum, or Independent Agricultural Studies. In these classes, students get exposure to the complete farming process, from start to finish.

The Campus Farm begins in late winter in one of the horticulture department’s two commercial-grade greenhouses. Student workers, interns and volunteers under instructor supervision prepare the soil to accommodate seeds.

In HRT 111, Introduction to Horticulture, Instructor Rory Klick, Director; CLC Horticulture Department, teaches students that there’s no such thing as plain old “dirt.”

Students dig their hands and fingers into a big, bright yellow cart filled with a dark brown compound.

Seeding soil is light and soft, delicate and full of air, damp, but not exactly wet and like all good soil, has a deep musky scent.

“This is organic material,” Rory said. “A living, functioning, chemically com-

plex, nutrient-rich media.”

In the horticulture greenhouses, students transplant seedlings, baby plants, into bigger holding cells where they will continue to be properly watered and continue to grow.

With time, seedlings will eventually be transplanted once again, this time to one of Horticulture’s two commercial size hoop houses.

Unlike greenhouses, with active weather conditioning - industrial air circulating systems, massive heaters, and powerful A/C units; hoop houses are passive solar energy conservers. They are equipped with opaque plastic linings to capture sunlight.

DeRose and his team spend the spring season transplanting seedlings from greenhouse to hoophouse, and preparing farmland, tilling soil, weeding and fertilizing.

Farming operations of this scale are complex, dynamic, living and ever-evolving.

DeRose and his team plant seeds in farm grounds, while veggies in hoop houses demonstrate sturdy growth.

Vegetables are collected, cleaned, triple washed and stored. Students learn proper crop packaging procedures as each batch of product is prepared for its intended destination. The Campus Farm teaches

Student prepares freshly grown produce for Thursday’s market.

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various sources of distribution.

Students pack CSA boxes (Community Supported Agriculture), where customers subscribe to a weekly delivery of fresh local product, each tailored to seasonal availability.

At the weekly market, students get direct customer contact and product showcase practice. Campus farm vegetables also are sold to CLC’s new Willow Café, where students garner important business experience and skillsets.

CLC’s Horticulture works to provide students with a complete perspective of their career choice, while gaining practical hands-on skillsets.

Indeed, this has always been Klick’s main focus.

“Nothing we teach here matters if we can’t help people get the jobs they

want,” Klick said. “One of my main and driving goals is to make my students hireable.”

The Campus Farm is a gift to the entire college community. Eric Moeller, a CLC horticulture alumnus, began work as a student worker in 2004.

He now works in CLC’s Testing Center and is a longtime regular to the Campus Farm Market.

“It’s important to support local farmers to boost your local economy,” Moeller says. “To limit carbon emissions from transportation, to know where your food comes from and know it’s picked fresh. And it lasts longer in the fridge!”

Moeller has two sons, Nathan and Mark, ages 1 and 3, respectively.

He has been married since 2012 and lives in Island Lake, Illinois.

Veteran shows it’s never too late for college

Marine Veteran Michael Brazzil

Maria Garcia Staff Reporter

Michael Brazzil, a current CLC student, was enlisted into the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War at the age of 17.

Like many adolescents, Brazzil wanted to leave home. He had friends in his neighborhood that were

joining the Marines because they “wanted to seem tough,” so he chose to enroll with them.

Brazzil entered the Marine Corps in 1972, when the war was almost over. He did not see any combat, staying on U.S. soil the entire time, until he was honorably discharged in 1974.

After the war, at age 20, Brazzil returned to school to earn his GED and then worked several jobs before going to Design School in 1979.

Later, he worked in several sign studios before operating his own business as a freelance sign artist for the next 20 years or so, continuing to paint signs until 2000.

Currently, Brazzil is in his

early 60’s and remains determined to receive a higher level education, proving that it is never too late for anyone to go back to school.

Brazzil plans on staying at CLC until he completes his program. From there, he says, it might take another few classes to graduate or he may need to transfer out of CLC. Brazzil studies for the degree program of Drug Addiction, Treatment, and Counseling, which will take him approximately two years to complete. He wants to become certified as a drug counselor.

“The field sort of found me,” said Brazzil. “I plan to work in the field ‘til retirement or until I can no longer

help someone.”

Having been enrolled at CLC in the past and needing to withdraw several times due to medical reasons has not slowed down Brazzil in pursuing his career.

“I saw a need for this, and I also plan do it in semiretirement,” he said.

Brazzil is proud of himself and has come a long way after having heart surgery during the Spring 2015 semester.

Above his many great achievements, Brazzil cites his unstoppable motivation as the best.

“The fact that I’m able not to be discouraged by health issues regardless of the medical reasons and not letting anything else stop me,”

Brazzil added. Brazzil offers advice for students who are scared to go back to school, especially if they are older.

“It’s never too late, especially if you’re educating yourself and making an attempt to help others,” Brazzil said. “It’s a fulfillment.”

Like many college students, one of his biggest challenges while studying at CLC is time management.

“Its tough balancing time for study, job, and church involvement,” Brazzil said.

All-in-all, determination and grit is what keeps Michael Brazzil moving forward. He sets an example for many people, his message is that it’s never too late to get an education.

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CLC cast to produce a Peach of a Dahl story Ariel Notterman Staff Reporter

CLC’s James Lumber Center just became a little bit sweeter with the arrival of its children’s theatre production, James and the Giant Peach.

The play is specifically designed for children and school groups, based off Roald Dahl’s children’s book. The story follows an orphan boy’s adventures in a magical mobile peach, accompanied by his quirky bug and insect friends.

The stage version is dramatized by author Richard R. George, directed by CLC faculty member Alicia Hall, and performed by a cast of CLC students.

“James and the Giant Peach” is a tale that has been beloved by children for over fifty years in mul-

tiple mediums. Not only has the children’s novel been successful, but in 1996, Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton reimagined James and the Giant Peach for the big screen, which received an Academy Award nomination. Now, the story of James and the Giant Peach is being told once again at CLC. Dahl’s writing transfers well to theatre due to his infamous charm and wit.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway and West End hit Matilda the Musical is based on Dahl’s novel Matilda, a story about a brilliant young girl with telekinesis powers.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the book which Dahl is best known for, is also set for a Broadway run in April 2017.

The novel is the basis for

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the Academy-award nominated film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), as well as Tim Burton’s interpretation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Elements of imagination and whimsy are trademarks of Dahl’s works, and James and the Giant Peach is no exception.

The story’s hero, James Henry Trotter, is an orphan living with his two wicked aunts, Spiker and Sponge.

After a mysterious old man gives James a magical ingredient that ensures adventure, a peach in his garden grows to unbelievable size, inhabited by eccentric characters such as The Centipede, a proud owner of many boots for all of his legs, The Old Green Grasshopper, a wise insect with musical talent, and

The Lady-Bug, a motherly figure to James.

Along with a few more friends, the group travels through the sea and sky, facing many obstacles in their path.

Thanks to CLC’s dedication to creating a children’s production every year, audience members as young as four years old can enjoy the fun and unique experience that is live theatre.

CLC’s past children’s productions include: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Dr. Dolittle, Charlotte’s Web, and The Horse and His Boy. The key to the consistent success of these productions is simple: hardworking, dedicated CLC students and staff. James and the Giant Peach continues this tradition of bringing performing arts to the community.

Performances will be held in the Mainstage Theatre on September 29 and 30 at 10 a.m., October 1 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and October 2 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $6 individually, and $4 in advance for school groups.

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Audience holds breath for top horror film

Don’t Breathe, previously listed No. 1 at the box office, follows three young thieves trying to survive in an apocalyptic world set in Detroit.

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Peter Anders Staff Reporter

Don’t Breathe, released August 25, is similar to video games concerning survival horror as it is a nonstop thrill ride.

The director, Fede Alvarez, previously directed the 2013 remake of Sam Rami’s The Evil Dead. The main complaint Alvarez received about this film was its overuse of blood and gore.

In response, Alvarez decided on an original story not relying on those elements and focused more on atmosphere and suspense.

From this ambition one of the best movies of this summer, Don’t Breathe, was born.

Don’t Breathe follows three would-be thieves in an apocalyptic wasteland, known as modern-day Detroit, who break into a blind man’s house played by Stephen Lang.

The characters attempt to steal a large sum of money he has hidden in his home.

Unbeknownst to them, the man happens to be a serial killer.

Though he cannot see with his eyes, he resembles Marvel’s Daredevil character because all of his other senses are heightened tenfold, thus he has super hearing, smell, and sense of touch.

As a veteran of the military, this man had the ability to break the thievesin half.

If this sounds formulaic, Alvarez is aware. While it does seem predictable, it also manages to avoid the tropes that people complain about with horror films.

The film is a lot like Cabin in the Woods, because the best parts aren’t what you’d expect going into the film.

Don’t Breathe lacks the supernatural aspect of horror films, though it shares the same feeling in terms of its dark atmosphere, heavy use of unique camera angles, focus and tracking shots, which were accomplished organically.

The plot shows the

abandoned city of Detroit, making the film more scary. Buildings and entire neighborhoods stand lifeless awaiting demolition.

It is that sense of isolation and panic that makes Don’t Breathe such an intense experience.

On top of all this, the film incorporates a sense of true claustrophobia.

The main characters only have a small house to maneuver around as a dark force hunts them in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

Considering how much the blind man is able to endure, you would think he was immortal.

The actors are phenomenal in their respective roles, with the standouts being Liz Allen and Stephen Lang.

Lang plays a great villain here, one who is both terrifyingly dangerous, yet sympathetic. With very few lines of dialogue, he conveys thought and emotion through his facial expressions and body language, which is much more effective than spouting one-liners.

Lang’s character has a reason to do what he does. It’s really easy to see how someone with a past like his could become such a mentally unstable individual.

Jane Levy plays Rocky, who is not the typical female character shown in horror movies. Rocky actually acts like a normal person would in this situation.

Despite her attempt to rob a blind man, the audience still likes her and wants her to succeed.

“I want the money so I can let my daughter live in a happier place,” Levy’s character says.

Dylan Minette is great as Alex, a friend of Rocky’s who has feelings for her.

Alex also has to contend with Rocky’s current boyfriend Money, played by Daniel Zovatto who comes off as a bit over the top sometimes. Still, he mostly does well, just not as well as the other members of the small cast.

Using handheld camera angles and tracking shots to create a sense of

claustrophobia, which the audience feels along with the main characters Alvarez effectively builds tension within a short span of time.

The lighting makes great use of shadows, especially during the scene where the thieves are stuck in the man’s basement with the lights off.

The film is well paced, keeping you on the edge of your seat even as the credits roll. Unlike a lot of horror movies, Don’t Breathe ends perfectly. It’s not a definitive ending, but it isn’t sequel bait either.

All plot twists are logical, well done, and set up earlier in the film.

Don’t Breathe producers have reported a budget of $9.9 million, which the filmmakers spent in all in the right places.

Creepy, suspenseful, tense, well-acted, well-paced, and thrilling all throughout, Don’t Breathe is without a doubt one of the top five movies of the summer and a must-see for people who like horror.

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National trauma teaches us to choose life Rachel Schultz Editor-in-Chief

When President Franklin Roosevelt began his speech to Congress the day after the devastation of Pearl Harbor, he called it “a date which will live in infamy.”

Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment in American history, a moment when suddenly, everything changed; where everything we took for granted didn’t seem so sure anymore.

September 11, 2001 is also one of those moments.

It is another “date that will live in infamy,” that we, as Americans, will never forget - a beautiful, sunny, tragic September day when two jumbo passenger jets crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, followed by another crashing into the Pentagon.

We remember the shock, horror, and tragedy, but we also remember the heroism - a fourth plane failing to reach its intended target in Washington D.C. because its passengers refused to let the hijackers win.

We remember firefighters, policemen, and civilians

who rushed into the burning twin towers and Pentagon to save people trapped inside, even as everyone else was running for their lives.

Their heroism saved so many people that could have otherwise died.

When a tragedy on this scale happens, how do we face it? How can we fathom the loss of almost 3,000 people? The husbands and wives that didn’t come home, the children who had to grow up without Mom or Dad, and the parents who can never forget the day they lost their son or daughter?

In a strange way, an event like this forces us to face ourselves in a way we haven’t before. If we knew that tomorrow everything that is dear to us might be taken away, our world shattered, would we live our lives differently? Would we rearrange our priorities?

Would we realize that the things that we think are so important, don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things?

In the book “Love You, Mean It”; a woman who lost her husband in the World Trade Center attack tells a

Flags raised at half staff honnored those who perished in the attack Photo courtesy of Ezekiel Schultz

story about how she was irritated with him one day. He tried to hold her hand, but she pulled it away. Then he said, “Someday, this hand might not be around to hold.”

She grabbed his hand, holding it tightly.

As first lady Barbara Bush said, in her 1990 commencement address at Wellesley College, “At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret

Keep informed for election 2016 with The Chronicle With this edition, the Chronicle is launching a series of articles to help its readers make decisions on which candidates deserve their vote in an election that may mark the first time some of readers will be voting.

The presidential election will be the main focus, but several down-ballot contests also deserve careful attention. These include races that will help determine control of the House and Senate.

For the next four editions leading up to the Nov. 8 election, readers should watch for articles with “Election 2016” above the headline.

Chronicle reporters will be talking to some of CLC’s experts in disciplines and organizations, and they’ll talk about their recommendations for or against some of the people seeking the votes of thousands of students who attend this college.

The goal of the Chronicle’s pre-election coverage will be to help make its readers well-informed voters to cast ballots in 2016 – and that the coverage will encourage readers to vote.

Following the election, The Chronicle will continue the coverage with post-election articles that will try to help readers prepare for the consequences of the decisions that will be made by voters in November.

time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent.”

A few years ago, I visited the U.S. Holocaust memorial museum in Washington D.C. with my sister. In one room, an eternal flame was burning, to commemorate another tragedy, the loss of millions of Jewish people and others to an ideology of hate. On the walls of the memorial room, there were several quotes. One was an inscription that read, “Choose life—that you and your offspring shall live.”

We can do that, as Americans and as human beings.

We can’t always choose our situations, but we can choose how we respond to them. We can choose to put our children first. We can choose to love the person next to us, be it a husband, wife, child, friend, or stranger.

We can take a vacation from the cult of self-esteem and practice esteem for others. We can resolve that no matter what, evil will not win.

We can choose life.

Congratulations Chronicle To The Chronicle, I would like to congratulate you, for your role you will play, in covering the upcoming election. Having served as editor of the Chronicle just over eight years ago, I would like to offer some pointers.

President Obama visited the College of Lake County on Nov. 6, 2006. The mass shooting at Virginia Tech, on April 16, 2007, was then the worst mass shooting in the nation. Tuition was rising long before the country came to a consensus that it was headed towards a recession.

I had left the Chronicle on May 2, 2008, with an opinion article, in which I had lambasted my experiences at Lake Zurich High School. At the time, it had seemed one of the most terrible experiences. Last year, I had the pleasure to attend a very pleasant ten year reunion, arranged entirely by former classmates of other cliques. The experience humbled me, in ways.

Sometimes it's better to be wrong about how you perceive others.

People can change. Even challenges now may seem lighter with time. You will have your work cut out for you, and I wish for you the best.

Sincerely, Andy Pratt

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UPCOMING Lancers serve up in triple dual meet Home GAMES Yuliya Mykhaylovska Staff Reporter

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The Women’s Tennis team competed in their first game of the season this Sunday, September 11th. The home game was played at the Almond Campus in Gurnee, where all the home meets will be held.

The CLC Lancers took on Elgin Community College and Illinois Valley Community College in a triple dual meet, where all three teams competed against each other. This year, the tennis team has two returning players, Sarah Adornetto and Brenda Zador, as well as four new players coming on as freshmen.

The team has a total of six regular players and is still accepting new players, according to the tennis coach, Jim Love. Since three teams were competing, the games were played out in an eightgame pro-set using no-ad

scoring. In tennis terms, this means that the first player to win eight games leading by two games takes the match.

Brenda Zador mentioned that going into the first match of the season she was “confident.”

Coach Jim Love of the Women’s and Men’s tennis teams added that “we’re excited [for the season]. We have a nice group of incoming freshmen and several of our players have experience from high school, and that’s going to help a lot.”

The team beat Elgin 8-1 and lost to Illinois Valley 8-1. Although they lost to Illinois Valley, this does not count toward their Conference matches. Sophomore Brenda Zador played the first singles match and won against Elgin 8-3 and lost to Illinois Valley 8-4.

Sophomore Sarah Adornetto played the second singles and won against Elgin 8-3, losing to Illinois

Valley 8-5. Freshman Charlotte Muehleman played the third singles and beat Elgin 8-1, losing to Illinois Valley 8-0. Freshman Lexy Bianchini played fourth singles and beat Elgin 8-2 and lost to Illinois Valley 8-5.

Freshman Jaclyn Sapienza played the fifth singles, beat Elgin by default and lost to Illinois Valley 8-2.

Freshman Oksana Dushina played the sixth singles, beat Elgin by default and lost to Illinois Valley 8-0.

At the first singles, Brenda Zador and Sarah Adornetto won both of their matches at the first doubles, beating Elgin 8-5 and Illinois Valley 8-6.

At the second doubles match, Charlotte Muehleman and Lexy Bianchini lost to Elgin 8-6 and lost to Illinois Valley 8-5. At the third doubles, Jaclyn Sapienza and Oksana Dushina beat Elgin by default

and lost to Illinois Valley 8-2.

Coach Jim Love stated that “it was good to play our first matches today. We had a good win against Elgin.

We lost to Illinois Valley but they are always tough and we played very well against them.

“Our two sophomores, Brenda and Sarah teamed up to win both of their doubles matches.

Our freshmen played well in their first college matches.”

The CLC Women’s Tennis team have concluded their first meet of the season and are now 1-0 in conference and 1-1 overall. Their next match is Thursday, September 15 at Waubonsee Community College.

All matches and their locations can be found on the CLC page under News and Events.

Good luck to the CLC womens’ tennis team as they continue their season.

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