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$800 LED spotlight disappears By Kazuya Hisanaga Staff Reporter hisanagak@lakeland.edu
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Daylight saving time three weeks earlier this year By Lori Sass Layout Editor sassl@lakeland.edu
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he United States government moved Daylight Saving Time three weeks earlier. It will start at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 11. Concerned Americans are approaching this day in much the same fashion as they approached Y2K. Fears of jumbled airline schedules, confused computers, cell phones and PDA’s are being faced. In the past, computers were programmed to observe Daylight Saving Time the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. With the new energy act computerized clocks must also change.
Lakeland College’s IT department is not concerned about the issue. “IT is going to take care of all Lakeland College owned machines,” said Jeff Ritt, director of information technology. The college’s computers should automatically update, but IT is going to make sure every single computer is ready for March 11. The IT department will also update all of Lakeland’s servers. However, students, faculty and staff should take precautions on their personal computers at home and in dorms. This is easily done for computers running on Windows XP and Vista. On Microsoft’s Web site (www.microsoft.com) there is a
link on the bottom half of the screen called “Daylight Saving Time updates.” From there, follow the easy step-by-step directions to update your computer. If your computer is set to automatically update (which it should be), this update will already be on your computer. If this is true, the updating process will tell you and you will not need to proceed any further. It is a good idea to run the update anyway, just to make sure all your bases are covered. If you use Outlook Express you should also download that update from Microsoft to ensure that your calendar will be correct.
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n Sunday, Feb 11, one of the LED spotlights was stolen from the Lakeland Pub. There was a party in the pub on the previous night and that light was there at the time. “On Monday, we realized the light was gone,” said Talia Proffitt, director of student activities. The light was taken some time Sunday or early Monday morning. The light was fairly new. According to Proffitt, the system was installed during Homecoming week in Oct. 2006. The lighting system was complete with two LED spotlights and two stage lights. It cost the Student Association (SA) and Lakeland CollegeCampus Activities Board about $3,000 to install the system. Not only was the light stolen, but the controls for the system located in the box next to the stage were also torn off. “The light alone was worth around $800,” Proffitt said. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department has been investigating the theft since it was reported on Wednesday, Feb. 14 Lakeland security is also searching for the light. “Seventy-five dollars will be paid as a reward to anyone who gives us legitimate information about the theft,” said Proffitt. If you know any information that will help return the light to the pub, you are encouraged to drop by Proffitt’s office, Laun 100, call her at x 1235 or send an e-mail to proffittt@lakeland.edu.
Core III humanitarian tradition continues Malawian book drive proves a success for the fourth time By Erik Hyrkas Features Editor hyrkase@lakeland.edu
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n Feb. 7, 31 volunteers, including two of Lakeland College’s core III classes, drove down to four Milwaukee schools to pick up books for the annual Malawian book drive. The schools were closed for consolidating reasons in the Milwaukee Public School system, and made a perfect opportunity for Lakeland’s book drive. This is the fourth Malawian book drive, a benefit started by professor Jeff Elzinga to help inhabitants of Malawi, Africa, by sending
school books. The event was coordinated by Steve Roelse, a Lakeland core III student. He organized many aspects of the project including the donations, truck rental, warehouse space, and fellow core III students and volunteers. “I went down to see where the schools were, to get a sense of the logistics. How many boxes of books there would be, how many steps would be in the way, how many rooms there would be, how many people we would need, and how long it would take. I just mapped it out,” said Roelse. SEE BOOKS/PAGE 2
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Above: Core III students loading up the books which will be sent to Malawi, Africa. This is the fourth time Lakeland sent books to Malawi.
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The entire operation was well organized. As a 25-year veteran of the transportation business, Roelse found many volunteers inside and outside of Lakeland to lend a hand. Roelse had much help from Rebecca Boyko, director of risk management, and Carl Constable, head of security. Needing two vans for the drive to Milwaukee, they helped him get two drivers certified on short notice, as well as two vans reserved for the drive. For the truck, Roelse contacted Dawn Wiedemann, a 2004 Lakeland graduate and a Penske Truck rental consultant. She kindly rented him a truck to load the books. But perhaps the biggest help to the book drive
was the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) staff who made it possible. Michele Lenski, Beth Wilkinson, Rob Krauthamel, and Jim, the MPS engineer, allowed the core III effort to take place with their permission and special access to the books at the schools. The Malawian book drive ensued on Wednesday morning, Feb. 7. “We had 100 percent attendance, no injuries, no losses, no damage, and it was just flawless. It came together beautifully,” said Roesle. The entire book drive went swiftly, finishing in just six hours. 14 pallets of books were loaded into the back of the Penske truck, each at six to seven feet in height packed into well over 700 boxes. “Inside the schools it was just mass teamwork by ev-
News eryone, it was really smooth,” said senior Tracey Urbanek For lunch, Dale Carlson of food service and his staff put the lunches together to bring along, and Erin Helbing, who could not attend the loading, delivered them to the 31 volunteers. Along with the efforts of the core III students, Corey Petzold and Jake Roelse, (Steve’s son) volunteered to help. “These two guys were inside, they loaded that entire truck, they lifted every box that went into it, and neither one of them are in the core III class. They just volunteered,” Roelse said. The last thing the core III volunteers did was unload the pallets of books at the warehouse. Scott Morrelle of Morrelle Transfer and Warehouse, offered up his services by contributing warehouse space for
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ith spring break approaching, Counseling and Health Services, along with various organizations, will be sponsoring activities from March 5 through 9 with suggestions on how to get ready for spring break. Several sessions will be held to provide safe drinking habits, statistical information on alcohol related scenarios, and faculty/staff members will showcase the affects of alcohol. “The goal is to educate about the effects of alcohol and also to remind them [students] to stay safe,” said Carry Knier, school counselor. On Monday, March 5, there will be an information table set up in Bossard Hall during lunch. Students are encouraged to stop by and pick up helpful tips for spring break. Knier and Sherry Carstens, school nurse, will be available to talk to. A safe drinking session will be held on Wednesday, March 7 in the Pub from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. and will be co-sponsored by LC Community Service Group.
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Faculty and staff members will consume alcoholic beverages and have their alcohol level measured. Sobriety tests will also be given by Carl Constable, director of campus security, to faculty, staff and possibly several students. In addition, students can sign up for spring break gift bags. “I am hoping to get beer goggles for students so they get an idea on how alcohol can affect your movements and reflexes,” said Knier. There will be an alcohol screening at the Daily Grind on March 8 from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Students can meet the counselor and complete a questionnaire to learn more about personal drinking habits. Spring break survival gift bags will be given to those who complete the questionnaire. Survival gift bags include sunscreen, lip balm, snacks, bottled water, note pads, pencils, crossword puzzles, condoms, Advil and other items. According to the counseling and health services on campus, the program
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Above: 31 volunteers, including two Core III classes, collected books to be sent to Malawi, Africa. The group spent six hours collecting, packing, and loading the books. Well over 700 boxes were packed into the truck. After driving back to Sheboygan, students unloaded the books at a designated warehouse.
is needed. “In comparison to other colleges, Lakeland is at the average of drinking habits,” said Knier. “Kids just do not realize how a small amount of alcohol can affect you. They do not have the perception. We want to educate them and have them realize how to make better judgments. Get out, get informed, especially those who are going out during spring break,” said Carstens.
Students should always be aware of their surroundings and the location they are at. “If you are leaving the state or country you need to know the rules and regulations of those places. Behave and be good. Whatever you do, do it in groups and know who you are with,” said Carstens. If you have any questions, please contact Cary Knier at x1527 or Sherry Carstens at x1523
According to the annual review of Public Health: •Death: 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol related unintentional injuries, including motor vechicle crashes. •Injury: 599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol. •Assault: More than 696,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking. •Sexual Abuse: More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol related sexual assault or date rape. •Unsafe Sex: 400,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 had unprotected sex and more than 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex. •Academic Problems: About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall. •Health Problems/Suicide Attempts: More than 150,000 students develop an alcohol related health problem and between 1.2 and 1.5 percent of students indicate that they tried to commit suicide within the past year due to drinking or drug use. •Drunk Driving: 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 24 drove under the influence of alcohol last year. •Vandalism: About 11 percent of college student drinkers report that they have damaged property while under the influence of alcohol. •Property Damage: More than 25 percent of administrators from schools with relatively low drinking levels and over 50 percent from schools with high drinking levels say their campuses have a "moderate" or "major" problem with alcohol related property damage. •Police Involvement: About 5 percent of 4-year college students are involved with the police or campus security as a result of their drinking and an estimated 110,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are arrested for an alcohol related violation such as public drunkenness or driving under the influence. •Alcohol Abuse and Dependence: 31 percent of college students met criteria for a diagnosis of alcohol abuse.
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Cary Knier out on maternity leave; replacement to take over
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ary Knier, Campus Counselor, will be out for maternity leave March 26 until the end of May. Two other licensed counselors will be available to see students during this time. Kristine Feggestad is a licensed professional counselor and works part-time at North shore Clinic in Sheboygan. She also does some work for the master’s of counseling program at Lakeland. Cheryl Matthias is also a licensed counselor who has most recently worked at Nett-work Family Counseling. Both women have experience working with young adults and look forward
to working with Lakeland students. The number of hours will be the same with slightly different schedules. The following are the hours each will work. If you have questions please contact Cary Knier at x1527. Both women can be reached under the same extension, 1527. Feggestad will be in the office Mondays from 8:30 a.m. till 12:30 pm and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Matthias will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Both women can be reached under the same extension, 1527.
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98, ME and 95,” Ritt said. According to Ritt, students’ personal email accounts with Yahoo or Hotmail, for example, should be updated by those companies. “It is their responsibility.” The change of dates is part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Studies by the U.S. Department of Transportation performed in the 1970’s show Americans save one percent of energy each day during Daylight Saving Time. Therefore, the U.S. should save 28 percent more energy during the four additional weeks. “One percent of what the whole country is using is a lot,” Ritt said. Canada will also be altering their Daylight Saving Time to match the U.S. Daylight Saving Time will end a week later than usual on Sunday, Nov. 4.
According to Andres Araujo, “Fifteen to 20 percent [of student computers], tops, are not [running] XP.” For those of you in the minority running on a system below Windows XP (ex: Windows 95, 98 and ME) there are no solutions from Microsoft. Microsoft stopped supporting these systems on July 11, 2006. “I don’t know what they’ll [95, 98 and ME users] be able to do. I really don’t,” Ritt said. Windows 2000 users can still go to Microsoft’s Web site; however, it is a manual process that requires downloading a file. Overall, Lakeland students, faculty and staff should not experience any troubles with the Daylight Saving Time alterations. “I’m just worried about the users who have Windows
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resident George W. Bush’s projected budget for 2008 includes an increase in the maximum amount received by the Federal Pell Grant by $500. This would affect all college students, including those attending Lakeland College. The grant helps to cover your total college expenses in a given year. The Pell Grant is a form of federal aid that goes on a need basis. This is determined by the information filled out in your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) which you fill out the spring of each year. The current maximum award for the grant is $4,050, which could be raised to $4,600 in Bush’s proposal.
This proposal was also met by Democrats to immediately raise the maximum amount to $5,100; this proposal is currently in the Senate. The suggested raise was brought on by the skyrocketing prices of college tuition in the past decade. In recent studies, the maximum award could only cover one fourth of a year of a four year college. The grant increase is supposed to draw more students to college by making it more affordable. These proposals seem ideal, and in fact, would help many who are struggling to pay for college. With the budget and costs of the War in Iraq rising, it is unsure as to where this extra funding will come from.
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he men of the Beta Sigma Omega fraternity held a fundraiser to help out the family of Gabriel Vollmer, one of Lakeland College’s alumni. The fundraiser ran from Feb. 12 thru Feb. 23. Vollmer and his mother, Martha, were killed in a car accident on Jan. 16 on interstate 90-39. Upon hearing the news of the Vollmer’s deaths, the Greek organization decided to lend a helping hand. Vollmer was a close friend to several of the current graduated Beta members. “We wanted to help the family with some of the expenses so there’s less stress for the family,” said Beta Sig-
ma Omega president Ricardo Brown. “We just wanted to help out in any way possible.” The Beta’s raffled off an MP3 player they purchased for a reasonable price. Raffle tickets were sold for one dollar a piece. All proceeds went towards the Vollmer fund. There was also a donation center in the campus center that was eventually moved up to Bossard Hall. The donation center was more visible and made more donations in Bossard than in the campus center because of the new location. The Beta Sigma Omega Fraternity raised around $220 for the Vollmer family. MARTHA SCHOTT/SCHOTTM@LAKELAND.EDU
Lakeland Mirror wins top award
ror staff at the convention were Jessica Larson, editor-in-chief; Dino Mujakovic, managing editor; Lori Sass, layout editor; Erik Hyrkas, features editor; Beau Markut, sports editor; and Brian Moser, copy editor. The six Mirror staff members presented a workshop at the convention on Saturday which focused on improving staff communication. Most of the breakout sessions at the annual convention are presented by professional journalists and journalism faculty members, but the Mirror student staff has been asked to present sessions every year for the past four years. “From some of the speakers I have learned what I want to do later on in life. One of the sessions involved what newspapers can learn from magazines and it made me realize that I really want to work for a magazine later on. However, each session benefited in one way or another in developing my abilities and was inspiring,” said Mujakovic, Sheboygan resident. The Mirror competes with other newspapers which are
in brief Zetas sponsor blood drive today
On Thursday, March 1 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. the Zeta Chi fraternity will be hosting a blood drive in Bossard Hall. Contact a member of Zeta Chi or call 5651229 for an appointment.
Financial aid forms due today The Lakeland College Financial Aid form is due today, March 1. Representatives from the financial aid office will be in Bossard Hall between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to collect forms. Or, you can drop the form off in WAK 103. The priority date for FAFSA's to be completed is March 31. File FAFSA's on line or pick up a paper FAFSA in the financial aid office. If you have questions, contact the financial aid office at ext: 1214.
Pub holds safe drinking night Faculty and staff members will consume alcoholic beverages and have their alcohol level measured on March 7 from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the pub.
Change to fitness studies major
Pictured from left: Erik Hyrkas, Lori Sass, Dino Mujakovic, Jessica Larson, Brian Moser and Beau Markut attended the "Best of the Midwest" regional newspaper convention in Minneapolis where The Mirror took the first place award in "Best of Show." The award is based on overall quality of a single issue of the paper.
published every other week. The staff submitted the first issue from spring 2007 for the contest. The second place winner was Grand Valley
Lanthorn, Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. The Lakeland Mirror can be viewed at www.lakelandmirror.com.
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he Lakeland Mirror staff won the first place “Best of Show” award in their category at the annual “Best of the Midwest” regional newspaper convention in Minneapolis February 16 – 18. The convention, sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press, was attended by over 230 college journalists from states throughout the Midwest. The “Best of Show” award is based on overall quality of a single issue of the paper. Last year, the Mirror won the third place “Best of Show” award. “We submitted an issue with lots of news. The layout just keeps getting better, and we have some really good writers this year. All these factors combined and made for a paper that just couldn’t lose,” said editor-in-chief Jessica Larson. “It’s rewarding to have all of our hard work recognized and receive the ‘Best of Show’ award. So many schools submit their newspapers and all the staffs think they’re the best. We can actually say we are the best this year,” said Lori Sass, Sheboygan Falls resident. Representing the Mir-
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Left: The award received at the "Best of Midwest" convention, stating first place for "Best of Show." Right: Spring Issue 1 was submitted and won "Best of Show."
On Thursday, Feb. 22 the faculty voted to approve the revision of the fitness studies major. It was a unanimous decision to change the major to fitness and sports studies. This change will allow students to earn a degree with an emphasis in either fitness studies or sports studies. A new life sciences class for pre-health care will be a requirement.
Convocation options
Lakeland will present three convocations before spring break. The Ahn Trio, made up of three sisters, will take the stage March 2 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Krueger Fine Arts Series. Those who want to attend this event must have a ticket. You can get tickets from Deb Fale in the Nash Center. At 7 p.m. on March 7 Andrew Brandt of the Packerswill speak for the Kohler Distinguished Business Lecture. Lakeland seniors will have their work on display starting March 8 with a reception at 5:30 p.m.
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children from schools that have closed. With all these bubbling ideas, how could anything he idea looked beauti- go wrong? ful on paper: national The plan seemed to work comprehensive testing of in the beginning. Schools students to reform educa- whose students couldn’t tional standards. No Child meet scores were caught Left Behind (NCLB), red-handed and an act passed penalized. Many by President were shut Teachers were George W. down. Test cheating to avoid losing scores began Bush in 2002, was designed to improve in their jobs. to improve edusome states, cation across the Wisconsin country while closing being one of them. the racial gap in testing But soon, things bescores. gan to go downhill. TeachNCLB was supposed to ers were cheating to avoid complete this goal through losing their jobs. Students’ high-stakes testing, advo- test scores were improvcates of which say it gives ing, while their classroom students study incentives grades were falling. Schools and raises learning stan- that were doing well, espedards. It was also supposed cially in bigger cities like to prevent students from Chicago and Los Angeles, moving forward into a high- began to fail along with er grade if they fail to pass their counterpart schools the test standards, keeping that had been shut down. these children from slowing Schools had originally down the next grade level. proposed a budget to fund This allows them to take a high-stakes testing, not insecond chance at gaining cluding the necessary fundthose abilities. ing for various other school If an entire school were necessities promised in the to fail the national or state- Elementary and Secondlevel standards, funding ary Education Act (ESEA), towards that school would which is now NCLB. This be cut or the school would amount derives from the shut down as an incentive calculations of states as to to raise scores. Individu- how much they would need al teachers also faced the to successfully test their threat of losing their jobs students. if their students couldn’t But Bush had another make the grade. amount in mind. Each year Meanwhile, schools since the installment of the that showed significant im- act, what was promised to provement would receive a NCLB and what was given certain amount of increased were very different numfunding as reward, as well bers. In 2006, for example, as a support for its influx of schools were authorized By Jessica Lillie
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$22.75 billion. However, Bush only requested $13.3 billion, undercutting the necessary funds by a large margin and creating huge difficulties for schools. This funding issue is a repeating trend, which is true for Wisconsin as well. Last year, Wisconsin schools required $287.6 million, but only received $168.6 million. That $118.9 million difference would have been enough to reduce class sizes, hire math and reading specialists for students, and bring more virtual learning to the classroom by improving
technology. This lack of funding leaves states to pick up the tab. Because of this, states have been forced to cut back on their funding for things other than testing. For example, Wisconsin has cut back on the hiring of well-qualified teachers, often times firing older and better-paid teachers in order to hire younger teachers and give them inadequate pay. This creates a cycle of poor teachers teaching poor students, which takes the system back to square one.
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PHOTOOPINION Have you had any bad experiences with roommates?
Roxy Fisher Freshman Undecided
Andre Glass Freshman Spanish
Mark Wiech Junior Computer Science
Dexter Amweg Sophmore Tuba Performance
Mike Russu Freshman Computer Science
Amber Rossy Freshman Criminal justice
“My roommate would [use the bathroom] and not turn on the fan. I would get up and turn it on 'cause it smelled so bad, and she would turn it off again.”
“I came up with a tennis friend from high school, we haven't had any problems yet.”
“One of my roommates would fill the trash with half full lattes from the Daily Grind and they would spill everywhere when I changed the trash."
“I brought my own TV and laptop, but he uses it and won't let me when I need it.”
“If I had a problem I would talk to him and he wouldn't do it anymore.”
“The only roommate I've had was my sister, and I beat her up. I guess I was the bad roommate.”
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Did Essence of Heritage educate? Despite all of the great performances, the educational value was lacking
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he tenth annual Essence of Heritage program showcased many talented Lakeland students whether they were performing as themselves or as somebody else in history. Unfortunately, the program lacked the element that it has done beautifully in previous years: teaching black history. Before anybody jumps to conclusions, I admit that the program was chalk full of performances and people that signified black history. The problem lies in the way the program showed the history. On the other hand, the performances were the backbone of the Essence of Heritage program and made it an entertaining Lakeland event.
Anybody could see that the performers put their heart and soul into the event. Over the past few years of watching Essence of Heritage, I have enjoyed both the performance aspect as well as the educational aspect. The Essence of Heritage program last year opened my eyes to something I didn’t know about black history, like specific inventors. I learned that Alexander Miles invented a safe way for elevators to open and close and George Washington Carver helped revolutionize the southern agriculture with his science of crop rotation. I knew black people helped society with inventions, but I never knew the specifics of how the black inventors helped society. This year, there were
many skits that didn’t teach me anything like the sit in. I learned about black people being oppressed in public school during history class. Watching racist white restaurant workers demean three black ladies didn’t teach me anything new about black history. Another confusing part was the club scene that was happening behind Jessika Bragg while she was playing the saxophone. I didn’t understand what was going on behind Jessika besides a marriage proposal. Even that didn’t make much sense in this program. The Disco Era performers were fantastic. Jimmy Hendrix (Maurice Colter) was a little soft while trying to sing over the guitar, but the guitar play was great. The Temptations were humorous and
well played. I personally liked U.N.I.T.I.E.S. because of their fun choreography. The only downside is that I didn’t learn anything about the musicians besides their name. When I saw the Oprah show, I was disgusted. When Oprah (Roseamber Thompson) called for Tom Cruise (JD Sylvanus), I instantly thought that the whole skit was worthless. I understand the need for comedy, but just to put Tom Cruise jumping around like an idiot with Oprah for the heck of it means that they don’t want to take it seriously. A huge opportunity was missed with Barack Obama (Kevin Strowder) and the controversy concerning his not being “black.” His dad is from Kenya and his mom is from Kansas. Technically, he isn’t descendant of African slaves;
Evil roommates from hell What you can do about it, just remember no one is perfect By Jennifer Duenk Staff Reporter duenkj@lakeland.edu
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veryone knows living with a roommate can be a double-edged sword; sometimes you mesh and sometimes you clash. The majority of people on campus have at least one roommate gripe. There are stories about roommates who have sex while you’re in the room, the roommate who borrows your stuff and never gives it back, or when they do give it back it’s mysteriously destroyed in some way or other. There are roommates who sleep all day and study until the early hours of the morn-
ing with the lights on; and roommates who are drunk or high all the time. Overall, there are a whole bunch of annoying problems you have to deal with when having a living partner. You’re not always going to get along with your roommate but what happens when you never get along? What can you do when you have the roommate from hell? I know of one young man (we’ll call him Bob) who had to deal with a constant mess. Not only was Bob’s roommate’s side of the room, dirty but the filth spread all over the room. One day Bob snapped and told his roommate to clean up. Unfortunately for Bob, his roommate
retaliated by throwing out Bob’s homework. There is a book that Harlen Cohen wrote, titled "The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues you Might Run Into in College." Cohen offers some advice that might help you out. He says you should respect each others differences and set down rules that are fair for everyone. If there is a problem, say something immediately. Don’t be afraid to speak up. Do not live with your best friend. Wait untill the roommate is sober to deal with the problem. I can hear it already: “But Jen those won’t work.” or “I’ve tried those and my roommate still won’t change.” Well reader, here are my
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main rules: Do not retaliate. Think about it, Bob could have retaliated by throwing away some of his roommate's things. Eye for an eye. But then what? Retaliation brings on war. The person you live with has access to everything you own, your toothbrush, your pillow, etc. Low blows are not the way to go. No one wants to go through the year being paranoid that every time they’re not in the room their stuff could get messed with. If there’s a big problem don’t ignore it. Bottling up your feelings will not stop the problem. If you do not let your living partner know exactly what’s bothering you, he can never work on the problem. Keeping built up anger inside you is dangerous especially for a stressed out college student. Finally, if you make your problem known to your roommate and they still refuse to change or acknowledge there’s a problem. Ask for help. It’s not the cowardly way out and it’s not like tattling. It’s just taking the problem into your own hands and making a difference. It will make your college experience a lot better. And to all the “bad roommates”: don’t feel singled out. Between the two women who live in my room (my roommate and I) I am the one who would be considered the “bad roommate.” Everyone has their flaws. You are who you are but if your roommate expresses that they have a problem with something you do be respectful and listen. Respect their opinion and try to change that behavior or try to come to a compromise. If all else fails, at least it’s almost summer!
therefore, Obama is black, but he isn’t “black.” This topic has brought up some political controversy about how race is evaluated. I would have loved Oprah to ask a question about his feelings about the American black heritage compared to his own heritage. It could have been enlightening. The best part of the entire show is always the Beta’s Step routine. This year had some interesting flair like the Alpha Psi Alpha Sorority participating. It was great to see the women show their skills and humor like their male counterparts. For the next year, I suggest concentrating more on teaching how black people have improved life in America for their own race and for everyone.
What to do while on break By Cary Knier and Sherry Carstens Columnists knierca@lakeland.edu carstenssl@lakeland.edu
Dear Readers, With spring break just around the corner, we thought we would focus on a few safety tips to ensure a memorable and relaxing break. You work hard in school and you deserve a break. Spring break is a fun time, but, unfortunately, it is also a time of increased injuries and deaths of college students, often due to alcohol. Remember, to make happy memories, you need to make h e a l t h y choices. Here are some tips to keep in mind: • Let someone know Fishing for your agenda an Answer • D o n ’ t travel alone • D o n ’ t carry lots of cash and keep in close to your body • Know who to contact if you have an emergency • Always use sun screen with at least SPF 15 • Drink plenty of water... limit the amount of alcohol when in the sun • Set limits on the amount you will drink. You don’t have to be drunk to have a SEE SPRING BREAK/PAGE 7
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lthough online classes grant students great advantages, I preferred being an on-campus student. In the past four and a half years at Lakeland I have experienced different things. One of the opportunities I experienced this past semester was going from a full time day student with an occasional online class to a full time online student. It was not easy being an online student. It took a lot of self discipline. The self discipline needed for online classes seemed to be a little more demanding than the discipline required for on-campus classes because it was more about going online a minimum of four times a week. The online classes consist of going to the blackboard site Lakeland has set up and logging in. Participation in discussions is required for credit in the online classes. I was so used to sitting in actual classrooms at Lakeland and only talking when I really knew the answers. However, online classes require students to do research and process the discussions. This was difficult for me because there is no internet hook up at my mother’s house. So, I had to plan extra travel time to get to my “classroom,” the library. The courses online are supposed to be just like an in-class course, but are set up in a different manner. For example, in my core III: global conflict course, the professor divided us up into groups for a discussion. We had to interview two people from different countries and write a review on it. We also had to watch movies and do reviews on them. I definitely had to use self discipline in considering I don’t work so well with conflicts. Being an online student was difficult at times because I came to miss the daily campus life. I honestly missed going to meetings and classes. However, I knew that being a full-time online student was probably one of the best choices for me. I learned how to balance time for work, my internships and my online courses. I also managed to graduate with a gpa above a 3.0. I feel the two biggest differences between taking classes as an online student and an on campus student are the daily interactions with other students and friends and the face to face connection with professors. The things you need to succeed in an online course are self discipline, a computer with internet and an email account. If you have all that you’ll be set. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
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In response to Nov. 2, 2006 Issue of the Lakeland Mirror article “To be or not to be: Will theatre program survive” by August Kelm Dear Mirror Staff, Hello, my name is David Janoviak, and I graduated from Lakeland College with a theatre degree about 15 years ago. I am currently an associate professor of theatre at Western Oregon University, a professional actor and director, and the Artistic Director of Salem Repertory Theatre
(The Capital of Oregon’s first professional union theatre). Dr. James Crawford (JC) and the theatre program at Lakeland made me the person and theatre practitioner I am today. My professional career has spanned to four different countries and has taken me all over the U.S. I owe that largely to JC. For the love of Pete, DO
NOT eliminate the theatre program at LC! Find someone as talented, inspiring and energetic as JC, or better yet-find two people, and raise the funds to build the program into something even better. Lakeland College and the surrounding area deserve this! David Janoviak
Greek membership Hopefuls don't know enough about Greek life
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his past weekend, I attended the Mid-American Greek Council Association (MGCA) down in Chicago. Along with five other members of our community. We represented each and every chapter of Greek Life here at Lakeland College. I think they would agree with me when I say it was an experience of a lifetime to meet different students from different colleges all around. Not only did I meet Greeks representatives on a national scale from all over the country, I also had the privilege to sit down and be fed so much information on the best speakers here in America, in their one-of-a-kind workshops. Workshops ranged in categories that involved many Greek issues across America such as “Becoming a Leader Others Admire,” “Restoring the Lost LusterReclaiming the Legacy,” “Let’s Do Something about Scholarship,” and others. There were many workshops I couldn’t attend, but one that stuck out the most was “Fraternal Darwinism: Recruitment by the Numbers.” Before we even made it to Chicago, I had my mind set on the relationships between Greeks and non-Greeks on SPRING BREAK FROM PAGE 6
good time • You wouldn’t take candy from strangers…don’t take alcohol or drugs either. • Don’t ever leave your drinks unattended • Eat plenty of fruits and veggies to keep your energy up
campus and the disinterest at Lakeland College towards Greeks. At first I had the perception that most students are both too lazy and unwilling to give up all the precious “Madden” or “sleep” time that is so needed. Most students had the mindset that they would never pledge a fraternity or sorority. After attending that particular seminar, I realized the first assumption is completely true. They fall under the 1020 percent of “never joiners” who would rather pee acid than pledge a Greek organization. So where does the remaining 80 to 90 percent of the student body fall? Another 10-20 percent of students fall under the “always joiners.” These are the people who came to school with the mindset that Greeks would be a part of their academic career. That leaves 60-80 percent of students left, in which case, one wonders, where do they fall? In a Greek community that maximizes their potential, the majority of these being “maybe joiners,” obtains a healthy and complete number of members in every Greek organization on campus. David Stollman, one of the nationally known speakers at the conference, labeled the 60-80 percent of “maybe joiners” as “liars” and identified the problems that circle the dilemma that Lakeland
College currently has through a thorough analysis of steps to follow in order to maximize all the potential we have. First of all, we as a Greek community, aren’t portraying the appropriate image in which these “maybe joiners” perceive to be in the form of excellence. Most cannot gain a good concept of what a fraternity is about until after they cross, but Greeks can definitely paint a better picture for those with doubts. We do not contribute a fair amount of time to those who will make a great fit within our respective fraternities and sororities until Greek Rush Week comes around. As a Greek community, we need to stop procrastinating with our sole assignment of bettering our fraternities and sororities with last minute shopping and actually make these prospects our “friends” before we try to make them our brothers and sisters. After semesters of practicing these valuable techniques of recruiting, we will finally see the potential of the “maybe joiners.” Ultimately maximizing the potential out of most students here at Lakeland College. Where there is a will there is a way. So believe me when I say I will vow to better the image of our local Greeks, and look at prospective students as more than just potential pledges, but friends first.
•Get plenty of sleep...you need to re-energize •Have fun…relax….save something for the next break If you have other questions please contact Cary Knier at x1527, knierca@lakeland.edu or Sherry Carstens at x1523, carstenssl@lakeland.edu.
All of these drinks are the equivalency of each other. Something to keep in mind.
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Aside from funding, there are other basic issues with NCLB. With the vinegar-not-honey incentive of cutting back funding and firing teachers, some schools and teachers have grown desperate. Some schools have been shown to manipulate test results to increase their students' scores. States with high minority populations have also been shown to exclude said minorities from their test results (as many as two million students). There’s also the basic problem with standardized tests. With the massive amounts of tests students are required to take and pass, teachers have been shown to use a method called ‘teaching to the test’—teaching a narrow subset of skills that are guaranteed to be in the test. This takes away from the entire atmosphere and learning experience schools can have. Another issue is that because states can produce their own tests, there’s an incentive to make these tests invariably easy, as is often seen in specific states like Arizona and Washington. I believe a new system must be developed to avoid these problems. Bush has shortchanged American schools by billions of dollars, and American children are the ones being left in the dust. Here at Lakeland, the effects of this are beginning to creep through. Because so many students are being taught to test and not to learn, it’s become difficult for them to hold on to what they learn, which includes things like note taking and reading comprehension. The ability to write good essays has also been compromised. Because the essay portion of the ACT and SAT is not required, many teachers don’t feel the need to emphasize these habits, and students are coming to Lakeland without the knowledge of good essay-writing. Another outcome of this is college classes geared toward teaching students how to take good notes, practice proper study habits, and write essays. The idea that these things still need to be learned after graduating high school is sad. However you look at it, NCLB is a dying idea. It needs to be reworked, and funding needs to be administered. The testing attributes need to be redefined, perhaps creating an entirely new form of testing that requires more than just filling in bubbles with a number two pencil. Failing schools that receive no money will only continue to sink, leaving many thousands of children far behind.
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Mary Mack brings laughs, music to the Lakeland Pub By Brian Moser Copy Editor imoser_me@yahoo.com
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he audience in the Lakeland pub was greeted by a nine-year-old girl performing comedy. Actually, she wasn’t nine but her voice was that of a young girl. She began the joke with, “I bet you all are thinking, ‘Is she going to use that voice all night?’... uh, yep.” That is when I knew this was going to be a great performance. Mary Mack is a comedian from Hayward, Wisconsin. She performs mainly at comedy clubs and colleges. She won California's Funniest Female Contest in 2005 and, last year, was invited to the Vancouver Comedy Festival. Mack had many different jobs throughout her career such as a band teacher, pizza delivery person, substitute teacher, music lesson teacher, and performing in a polka band.
She didn’t know that she was going to be a comedian. “I didn’t know it was a real job,” said Mack. While playing with her polka band for four years in Nashville, Tennessee, Mack would talk to the audience in between songs. People started to like her talking better than the band, so Mack decided to perform comedy instead of polka. During her performance at Lakeland, there were some great jokes about band teachers as well as teachers in general. Mack said that all teachers drink as soon as classes let out and that they were probably all passed out at Harriet’s Diner. I liked that she added a local spin to the joke. Mack’s comedic style is a little off the wall and at times, a little jumpy. It seems like her mind is faster than her mouth; therefore, she would stop in mid-phrase and then say the next thing on her mind. It didn’t take
away from the jokes because her punchlines were always the clearest thoughts coming out of her mouth. The audience wasn’t receptive at first, but they came around when Mack started talking about the nightie that she received on Christmas. “When you receive a nightie on Christmas from your mother, a piece of your innocence dies.” She went on to explain that it was more like a long john nightie, probably made for attracting lumberjacks. That broke the silence with big laughs from all around the pub. “Silence is the worst way to heckle a comedian,” Mack said as she then tried to ward it off an a humorously outlandish way. The most interesting thing about Mack’s comedy is that she comments on her act while she is performing. If a joke didn’t work, then she would comment on how it failed. Sometimes her comments were so funny that you wonder if it was set up that way. Not only did Mack just
stand up on the pub stage and talk, but she also showed off her musical talent by playing the mandolin and the clarinet. With the mandolin, Mack played some great tunes from artists like AC/DC, the Rolling Stones, and Ludicris. She even created some of her own hilarious songs with lyrics that were a bit out there, but were funny nonetheless. The clarinet provided some great jokes like how she helps little kids when they fall into a well by playing the song that makes snakes rise in cartoons. Mack is on the road for 49 weeks out of the year, which is a bit stressful at times. “My next project is to do TV shows because then I wouldn’t have to be on the road as much.”
The best college I've ever done By Brian Moser Copy Editor imoser_me@yahoo.com
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he first thing Chris “Boom Boom” Johnson did on stage was take the microphone off the stand and set the stand off to the side. It was a great idea because he would have walked, danced, staggered, and even jumped into it many times during his performance. His act involved him acting out many situations, which added to the jokes. Johnson started out with some usual Lakeland in the middle of the nowhere jokes, but they were more original than other comedians. “I tried to get service for my cell phone and it said I don’t think so,” Johnson quipped. For the first ten minutes, Johnson bantered with the audience about many things such as me shooting pictures. He even posed for a few pictures. The style of Above: Chris "Boom Boom" Johnson Johnson’s huperformed on Feb. 27 in the pub. mor seems Right: Comedian Mary Mack more audiperformed in the pub on Feb. 20. ence drivShe played her clarinet for some of en and her jokes. less scripted. He picked
on one side of the audience because they were more quiet than the other side. Before long, he was explaining things to the quiet side to belittle them and make everyone laugh. Johnson started his act with some Mexican and midget jokes that afterwards he said were probably offensive, but he said they are just stereotypes. One of his most heartfelt parts of the night was when he explained that some people will find his jokes funny while others will think they are unfunny and offensive but that is what makes it a joke. “A joke is supposed to make you think,” Johnson said. “If the joke doesn’t make you think at all, then it isn’t a good joke.” The story about Johnson and his buddies stealing an ostrich was hilarious. They were drunk and didn’t realize how tough or how fast ostriches can be. He was so animated during this part of the act that it seemed as if he were actually reenacting the task. Once Johnson got rolling onto dirty topics that he doesn’t usually talk about during college acts, the whole crowd burst out laughing and almost couldn’t stop. “Usually when I come to colleges, they have all these restrictions of what I can talk about,” Johnson said during his act. “Having the freedom to talk about anything makes for the best atmosphere that I could possibly imagine working in. This is like the
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And the Oscar
A recap of Sunday night's highs and lows
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By Dino Mujakovic Managing Editor mujakovicd@lakeland.edu
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” Peter O’Toole in “Venus” Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”
Penélope Cruz in “Volver” Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” Kate Winslet in “Little Children” Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” Adriana Barraza in “Babel” Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
Achievement in directing:
Best motion picture of the year:
Martin Scorsese for “The Departed” Alejandro González for Iñárritu “Babel” Clint Eastwood for “Letters from Iwo Jima” Stephen Frears for “The Queen” Paul Greengrass for “United 93”
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight) “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Left: Helen Mirren won an Oscar for her leading role in "The Queen."
Left: Former American Idol contestent, Jennifer Hudson, won an Oscar for her perfomance in "Dreamgirls."
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Night of the golden man By Dino Mujakovic Managing Editor mujakovicd@lakeland.edu
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fter all the movies had been viewed, countless receptions attended, dozen of interviews conducted, and many favorites predicted, the 79th annual Academy Awards were finally broadcasted on Sunday night from the Kodak theater in Hollywood. This is the elite, best of the best among actors who’ve won numerous awards already but are hoping for the big one. After all, we all desire for our work to be appreciated and awarded. As much fun as it is to be part of a major process, at the end of the day an award recognizes the achievement. Is there a better way to start the pre-show than with interviews by Barbara Walters. In her segment, she interviewed host Ellen DeGeneres and nominees Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Eddie Murphy. I had my invisible money set on all three,
to take home the most wanted golden man of the year. I never knew how much I enjoyed the red carpet portion until this year. Stars walk out of their limos, smile for cameras and answer questions they have been asked numerous times in the past. The only difference is fashion. Fashion moguls such as Gucci, Versace, Oscar de la Renta, Armani, and others were represented bythe stars from head to toe. Some stars spend months figuring out what to wear to this event as the night can make or break them in the tomorrow’s tabloids. Either I have never seen this before or it is something knew, but when the nominees signed the nominee wall I thought it was neat. I only hope they sell the wall to raise money for a good cause, like my early retirement fund. Each year, the best picture category is easy to predict. Last year, people knew it was between “Crash” and “Brokeback Mountain.” This year, it was anybody’s game. I looked at the nominees and decided that each one could easily take home the statue. My personal favorite was “The Queen,” but “Little Miss Sunshine” could be the shocker, taking it all. Ellen DeGeneres was asked to host this year’s show and what better choice to Left: After directing dozens of movies, Martin Scorsese won an Oscar for "The Departed."
do so? Remaining true to her fashion statement of suites, the often dreadful hosting received a much needed fun package. Two minutes after the opening I was giggling and then laughing out loud while listening to Ellen. This would be a fabulous night. I was waiting to see if Ellen would crack a joke on the voting issues and when she mentioned Jennifer Hudson was nominated for an Oscar even though America did not vote for her on American Idol it was too funny for words. Ellen Topped things off by mentioning Al Gore. She said, “America did vote for him…(paused and flashed a bemused look) Very complicated.” I knew it would be my favorite joke of the night. The message of the night was to celebrate all nominees and I could not agree more. We tend to only celebrate the winners and ignore those who have been nominated. After all, these people had to do a tremendous job or they would not have gotten this far. When Ellen brought out a gospel choir that was singing a short song to the nominees it was inspiring. The first Oscar of the night was for art direction. My favorite movie, “Dreamgirls,” was nominated but Pan’s Labyrinth won. They simply deserved it. The first major category was actor in a supporting role.
Each nominee played in a fascinating movie and would have deserved an award. However, the only award given out in the category went to Alan Arkin for his role in “Little Miss Sunshine.” Many jokes were told and different, rather unimportant categories received awards. Kudos to “Happy Feet” for winning best animation. Finally, after waiting for so long, it was time for best supporting actress. Since the nominations came out I wanted Jennifer Hudson to win. Being an American Idol fan partially contributed to my desire, but her performance as Effie in “Dreamgirls” took my breath away. Nominees were announced, clips were played. But damn it, who gets it. As I held my breath, closed my eyes and opened my ears, I heard “And the Oscar goes to Jennifer Hudson.” I shed a tear of happiness while watching her give a speech, completely confused and beaming with excitement. Well deserved. Celine Dion came out with
her powerhouse voice to perform “I Knew I Loved You” reminding the audience and viewers she still has it going on. The best was kept until the end with the major categories finally being announced. Helen Mirren won best actress for “The Queen” and Forest Whitaker won best actor for “The Last King of Scotland.” Both best picture and achievement in directing went to “The Departed.” “Dreamgirls” dominated the category for best original score with three nominations; however, it was Melissa Etheridge who won with her song “I Need to Wake Up.” Holding her Oscar backstage, Melissa said it would be “the only naked man who will ever be in my bedroom.” To sum everything up, it was a night of many highlights. The people who received the awards deserved them. Ellen was the best host in years andfor once kept the audience entertained throughout the night. A 12-member modern dance group called Pilobolus was refreshing with their cameo appearances. They were seen in silhouette magically forming different shapes, such as the Oscar statue, “The Devil Wears Prada” stiletto heel, and snakes on a plane. The night was filled with music, movies, fashion, entertainment, winners and sore losers. What else can one ask for? I am looking forward to next year.
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King of Fighters 2006 A great game in a long tradition of fighting games Staff Reporter hughesd@lakeland.edu
King of Fighters: 2006 for Play Station 2 is another installment in a line of fighting games. It is an improvement on its predecessor King of Fighters: Maximum Impact. KOF: 2006 features the entire cast from its King of Fighters: Maximum Impact, as well as adding quite a few new characters. There are two brand new women, Nagase and Louise Meyrink, along with the other familiar faces of Billy Kane and Kula Diamond appearing for the first time in 3D. There are two sets of costumes for each character and you can unlock eight different variations on the two costumes. Some of the costumes are a lot cooler than others, and some of the costumes are just plain ugly. For example, Nagase’s “other” costume option gives her these robotic club things for arms. However, Mignon
Beart’s costume options are really cool, having her in her normal costume with various colors as well as her “other” costume offering many colors options of her kitty outfit seen in Maximum Impact. The added option of English or Japanese voice settings is available as well, which is a nice addition from Maximum Impact. KOF: 2006 adds some moves to the characters combos, allowing for massive damage. A move called sidestep has been added along with Sabaki and counter-Sabaki. According to the manual, Sabaki allows you to “shift in an instant from being attacked to being the attacker while evading attacks.” With quick reflexes and fast button-punching, you can make a counterSabaki against your opponent’s Sabaki. The game features the usual practice, versus, challenge, and story modes. There are added challenges as well as extra missions which SEE KOF/PAGE 11
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maniacs warning of the next dangerous player. My favorite song is “Neglected.” Her voice goes through all the ranges that made me melt while watching her perform and cheering for her on Idol while the lyrics are powerful, striking and haunting. “If these walls could talk, baby/What would they say/ They’ve been a witness to all of the pain/I gave you everything I had to give/Now I’m so empty cause you had your fill/You took the life from my face” However, what this album lacks is songwriting creativity. Although Katharine co-wrote three songs, “Neglected,” “Open Toes,” and “Not Ur Girl,” it was still missing a certain spark, filling me with desire to play this album over and over again. It sounds as if Kelly Clarkson is being repeated here. Her first album lacked the same elements as Katharine’s does, but the sophomore album gave all which was missing. Let us hope Katharine will follow the same multi-platinum selling steps.
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Katharine McPhee Dustin Kensrue atharine McPhee was only the runner up on American Idol, but her long awaited debut album, released by RCA Records in association with 19 Recordings Limited, satisfies with her powerful, yet so tender, voice which gave many fans the McFever. Always appearing to appeal to the commercial audience, this Pop/R&B collection sounds both fresh and contemporary with a modern sounding ballads and up tempo R&B songs. The first single of the album is “Over It.” It is a sassy rock ballad with a twist of soul spiced, mid tempo, big pop image popular lately. It is describing how she is over all those things she liked about him in the first place and mixes with the theme of moving on: “No that ain’t no way to be/How I feel, read my lips/ Because I’m so over/Moving on and it’s my time/You never were a friend of mine/Hurt at first, a little bit/But now I’m so over/So over it” Among the sassy, spunky and rocky songs, such as “Open Toes,” there were also the typical ballads which made her a fan favorite on Idol. Contemporary power ballads include “Ordinary World” and “Home.” The upbeat song “Dangerous” has the potential to be a club favorite, turning bored crowds into dancing
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Kensrue could be thrown as an opener for Bruce Springsteen. For instance, the album’s first single, “Pistol,” is a slow-paced and heartfelt blues song, touched off by a wailing harmonica. In short, “Pistol” is a love song, but at greater length its lyrics are almost humorously ironic: “You’re the girl of my dreams/and a pistol it seems/but you shoot me straight and true.” The rest of the album flows from genre to genre, as each song struggles to find an identity in any given genre but emerges as being successful without a label. The album’s opener, “I Knew You Before,” extracts instances of country with its twangy guitar and psychobilly with its up-tempo pace. It will sound like someone mashed Johnny Cash and Tiger Army together and this song was the result. The sound again returns later, although to a lesser extent, in the song “Blood & Wine,” a toetapping, ingenous offering about choosing sin over purity, as this verse displays: “Oh well I walked to the bank/And
s M h e J s a h m i i p t M d o w d I pulled out my gun/Youc should’ve seen those people scream and run/I usedu to make an honest buck/a But how can I go back tol that again?/Oh, now thath I’ve tasted blood/This winea seems too thin.” b The rest of thet album will make you sweara you’ve heard each songs before, only without thatw r e i n v e n t i n g - t h e - w h e e lw aftertaste that much of to-c day’s pop music leaves be-t hind. Don’t be mistaken, noth-w ing has been done this wellp in years. i Kensrue draws im-a ages of folk rock, blues and classic rock, displayedt best with songs like “Ip Believe,” “Please ComeI Home” and “Blanket ofo Ghosts,” which remindedb me a bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd’so “Tuesday’s Gone.” w Despite the album’s brevity, only eight songs, it feels complete by its end, unless you buy the album on iTunes, which inexplicably offers the album with a trio of holiday bonus tracks covered by Dustin, “Please Come Home for Christmas,” “Go Tell it On the M o u n tain” and “Silent Night,” apparently included because of the album’s near Christmas release. Whichever way you choose to purchase the album, you won’t be disappointed.
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include “Destroy the Tank,” which you smash a car in a set amount of time. A party mode and minigames were added. Team play has allows three-on-three fighting, a nice addition so you don’t have to pass the controller amongst your friends. My favorite character is Mai Shiranui. She’s fast, agile, and sexy. Her costumes come in a variety of colors a few different styles. All her outfits bear her signature “tail.” The story mode adds a lot of background to the characters as well as more dialogue before matches than was seen in Maximum Impact. It is a lot of fun to watch the characters interact and bash each other before the fight actually begins. The first few rounds of story mode were similar to Maximum Impact, getting harder as I got closer to the end. The final battle is against Jivatma, an alien looking for strong host bodies for other aliens. This boss is fast and has extendable arms. He is much harder than Duke was in Maximum Impact, but he is beatable. Unlike Duke, his power gauge does deplete after completing Super Special Moves, such as breathing a deadly gas that drains most of your life energy. I beat him with Mai, but have not yet defeated him with any other characters. I have worked on unlocking stages, characters, and costumes in the challenge mode while learning how to use new characters and perfecting moves and blocks with familiar characters. Some of the challenges are very easy with the faster, smaller female characters, while others need to be done with some of the bulkier male characters. The challenges take very little time. It is easy to spend anywhere from two to ten hours playing story line, especially if you get stuck on playing against Jivatma for hours. So far I am having a great time playing KOF: 2006, complete with bruised thumbs. It’s great to sit down and get out some stress by beating a bunch of characters senseless on my television screen. It was definitely worth $30.00.
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Romantic comedy for music lovers hits the theatre By Dawn Hughes Staff Reporter hughesd@lakeland.edu
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ighties has-been pop star, Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is doing performances at class reunions and theme parks ever since his band, Pop, broke up. He is offered the position to write a song for a new pop star, Cora Corman (Haley Bennett). Alex is in a jam; he can’t write lyrics. Enter Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), Fletcher’s substitute plant girl, who is a total spaz. The two collaborate, musically and physically, to write “A Way Back into Love,” so Alex doesn’t fall into has-been hell. The movie follows the typical romantic comedy sequence. However, the musical aspect adds a lot to the movie, allowing the characters to connect on the level of
writing and creating a song together. Grant is hilarious in his role as a “happy has-been” content to live in the past and dwell in his former glory. It is also nice to hear him sing, which he does quite well. Barrymore plays the loveable Sophie, struggling with a bad relationship and all the damage it caused. Sophie’s character is cute and quirky, and it is easy to see why Alex would fall in love with h e r.
Sophie’s way with words and lyrical talent is at the core of the movie. It is enjoyable to watch Sophie get past her pain and learn to love Alex. Being a total romantic myself, I truly enjoyed watching Sophie and Alex fall in love and act the way that every new couple does, by not wanting to spend a moment a part. Grant and Barrymore do a great job portraying those telltale signs
of new romance, making it very believable. The music in the movie is great. I went home right after the movie and downloaded the music. It has Pop’s hit, “Pop Goes My Heart,” which is catchy and very 80s. A “Way Back into Love” speaks volumes about the difficulty of falling in love after being hurt. The highlight of the movie is watching Hugh Grant parade around in tight pants and shake it during his performances. I will never be one to tire of watching hot men shake their hips on stage, but it’s even more entertaining when they do it as well as Grant does. I would argue that there are not many 46year-old men who can look that good shaking it.
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the tribes are forced to hunt for provisions and even the most basic of medicines are absent. The characters painted by Niven’s magnificent way with words are very diverse, from the spry young hunter to the captain of the team to the legless woman deemed useless. Niven is amazingly descriptive in the book. You can envision the characters, creatures, and settings of the world. The situations of the characters are hardly ever pleasant. Many moments in the book could be deemed rather crude or depressing. They
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bring you into the The writing in lives of the characthe book is rather ters and their adadvanced, so I do not venture across this suggest it for anyfantastically excitone just getting into ing world. sci-fi, but if you are ISB Number The death of the 0345312708 willing to put a littree that they live on tle time into getting sets the tribe out on started, this book reads a quest for a new home. Rid- rather quickly. ing on a piece of bark in the I got rather lost in the below gravity atmosphere, they ginning, so make sure to read are soon captured by another the introduction. tribe. When they are turned With an in your face endinto slaves, women for sex ing that leaves you breathand men for labor, they decide less, “The Integral Trees” is they need to break away and a definite must read for any find their own paradise. sci-fi fan.
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American Idol returns to Fox
Tougher judging, greater talent and more wannabe singers make up sixth season years, the show displayed an amazing amount of bad talent and cruel judgement. So bad that I even considered eason greetings. And I am not watching American Idol talking about the American until Hollywood week. But I Idol season. Oh yes, the am an addict and still tuned bad, the ugly and downright in. I wonder if they have horrible are back to take the rehab for this? stage in desire to earn televiEither way, after gruesions most wanted crown. some weeks of bad perforOver the span of the past mances and a few good ones few weeks, we have seen some I was questioning the talent interesting “talent” emerge, this year. There must have wishing control of the record- been some decent performing industry, or at least their ers there making it, but I was 15 minutes of fame. How- not aware of them. However, ever, in comparison to other when it came down to Hollywood week, 172 hopefuls Below: Lakisha Jones wowed the made it. Where the heck did audience with her rendition of "And I they come from? am Teling You I'm Not Going." Those five days in Hollywood are what make great television. Although it is a reality show, it almost portrays the American dream, and how fast you can lose it. These newbies find themselves on this never before experienced stage with people who want to be there and deserve to be there as much as they do. One by one, they are sent home, break down and dreams are shattered. Not to PHOTO/WWW.AMERICANIDOL.COM mention the inBy Dino Mujakovic
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spiring drama. Ah yes, the smell of defeat. It is beautiful. Twice as many girls have made it this year than guys. Early eliminations shatter dreams fast, but some continue the battle. Then comes the moment when they are split into different rooms awaiting their verdict. The first two rooms are cheering as they make it through. They are cheering so loud that room three can hear them and tears start rolling way before the judges walk in. You know you are sent home but are awaiting the message. Part of you still wishes they would surprise you but nope, pack your bags and leave. Forty more dreamers continue in what is, at this point, probably the toughest cut. From 40 to 24, which means 16 almost made it. Almost. The judges reviewed the tapes from the contestants and will choose the top 24. Finally, after suffering through countless bad performances, the top 24 were ready to take the stage with the top 12 guys performing first on Tuesday night. I thought we finished with bad performances, but man, they were horrible. I questioned the judges judgment as to why they put them through. However, towards the end of the night, AJ Tabaldo sang an amazing
Hollywood 101: A historical journey By Dino Mujakovic Managing Editor mujakovicd@lakeland.edu
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he context of my column is usually the good, bad and downright ugly of Hollywood. However, when we speak of “Hollywood,” we speak of the community and their members pushing out more movies than China before the one child rule. Yet, we know so little about Shhh Hollywood Celebrity and how it all Shame came together. After all, we do find ourselves in the Oscars time. My goal right now is to ignore today’s modern state of Hollywood but rather take you back to how it all started. Welcome to Hollywood 101: A historical journey. Spanish explorers took over the area today known as Hollywood previously occupied by Native Americans. The natives were living in the Santa Monica Mountains but were soon moved to missions. We find ourselves in the year 1853, where one adobe hut stood on what we call to-
day Hollywood, and in 1870 the area flourished with thriving crops, making it an agricultural community. Soon a community was formed with the name Cahuenga. What we see today as movie history being made used to be a simple crop area. It is uncertain where the name “Hollywood” came from, but there are popular estimates. One of those estimates traces back to the ample stands of native Toyon, a shrub which surrounded the Cahuenga area, also called “California Holly.” There are different accounts on who the first person was to name the area. One account says it came from H. J. Whitley, the Father of Hollywood, as he and his wife came up with it during their honeymoon. Another account is that Mrs. Wilcox, married to Harvey Henderson Wilcox, who bought 160 acres of land in the countryside to the west of Los Angeles in 1886, coined the name while on a train where she met a wealth lady from a country, named after Dutch immigrants, called Hollywood. Either way, the name “Hollywood” is probably known by everybody today. By 1900, Cahuenga had
a population of 500 including a newspaper, post office, two markets and a hotel. It lay seven miles west of Los Angeles. Whitley built the first section of the famous and fabulous Hollywood Hotel in 1902 and was eager to sell residential lots among the lemon ranches. Finally, by 1903, Hollywood was became a municipality. Now this is where I find it hilarious. Today’s Hollywood drinks champagne as we do water, but back in 1903, the town ordinance prohibited the sale of liquor except by pharmacists. Each new city faces difficult times and major struggle erupted in securing adequate water supply. Due to water being a major life source, Hollywood was annexed into the City of Los Angles in 1910. The annexation also led to access to drainage through Los Angles’ sewer system. However, annexation included changes as well. The name of former Prospect Avenue was changed to Hollywood Boulevard. From a boring first name to a top notch known avenue. Now that is what I call positive change. Movies are our drug addiction from Hollywood. The first movie shot was “In Old California” in 1910 by director SEE HOLLYWOOD/PAGE 20
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version of “All My Love” and Phil Stacey concluded the night with “I Could Not Ask for More.” Wednesday night was the ladies’ night. Where does one start as the show kicked off with an soulful Stephanie Edwards jamming to “How Come You Don’t Call Me.” Now we are talking. The competition is on. Lower performances included Amy Krebs, Leslie Hunt, Alaina Alexander and Nicole Tranquillo. The remainder was average. Once again, the last person performing took everybody’s breath way as Lakisha Jones, who took the stage with “And I am Telling You I’m Not Going.” This girl is in a different
league and reminds me of Mandisa from last season, with an even bigger voice but smaller body. Girls, watch your back as she is one to beat. Everybody performed, some sucked and some were fabulous. Thursday night marked the first elimination night based on votes and to no surprise did the right people leave. On the guys side, Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas left. On the girls side, Amy Krebs and Nicole Tranquillo were cut. Four dreamers were sent back to reality with a simple good luck and pat on the back. However, based on performance, they should have been out earlier. A job well done, America. See you soon.
The History of Hollywood Harvey Henderson Wilcox bought 160 acres of land in the countryside to the west of the city at the foothills and the Toyon, a shrub which Cahuenga Pass in 1886. surrounded the Cahuenga area is possible one reason for today’s name Hollywood.
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Tenth annual Essence of Heritage
Black Student Union and Beta Sigma Omega fraternity host celebration of black history By Sandy Sternitzky Copy Editor sternitzkys@lakeland.edu
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n Feb. 21, Lakeland College celebrated its tenth annual Essence of Heritage in the Bradley auditorium. The event was sponsored by Black Student Union (BSU) and the Beta Sigma Omega fraternity. Essence of Heritage is a family friendly event and many families came out to enjoy the celebration. “We also always invite alumni to the event and there’s usually a good turn out,” said Helen Daniel, president of BSU. “We don’t have much time to prepare for Essence of Heritage, so there’s not a lot of stage time,” said Daniel. “It’s a struggle in the beginning, but one of my favorite parts is watching everything come together.” The celebration is a timeline of Black history that begins in Africa and ends in the present day. It began with all the members entering the auditorium holding lit candles while they sang “The Black National Anthem” written by James Weldon Johnson. After the welcome from hosts Daniel and Ricardo Brown, Ross Fale entered the stage and played the drums as an introduction for the African dance. One by one the dancers entered the auditorium from the back with an upbeat tempo and kept it up with an amazing dance routine up on the stage. Dennis Landry gave a poem, which was difficult to understand because he didn’t have a microphone and was hard to listen to. An act about Harriet Tubman, played by Precious Joiner, leading the slaves to freedom came soon
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after. The following act was a church scene where many of the members of BSU and Beta Sigma Omega were present. The soldiers received recognition before being sent off to war and their loved ones gathered around to give them their blessings. Jessika Bragg next lipsynced playing the saxophone in a club scene from 1918. It was interesting to watch the people in the background since there was no script and just music and action going on. Roseamber Thompson and Helen Daniel had a little competition they tried to show each other who was the better tap dancer. They both tap danced together and amazed the audience with their talent. The next act of the night took place during the Civil Rights Movement, which included Michelle Traylor, Jasmine Golden and Shayla Lucas sitting down in a café. This scene showed how the black people were treated during the 60s. David McNeal walked across the stage and recited some of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, while a bus boycott occurred alongside him. Then Maurice Colter talked about Malcom X and what life was like for him until he was assassinated. Nesha Harris constructed a meeting of the Black Panthers and the members entered from the back of the auditorium shouting “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud!” While there was no introduction or any history given about Jimmy Hendrix, Maurice Colter put on a well played simplistic piece of music that is one of Hendrix’s songs. The Temptations were next introduced as a nice look-
ing group of guys who could sing, but no history was given about them or why they were really important. Despite that, they gave a good performance, even though it was lip-synced, and impressed the audience with their slick dance moves. Using New Images To Implement Each Style (U.N.I.T.I.E.S.), a guest group at the celebration, put on a well performed disco dance to represent the disco era. Shayla Lucas lip-synced Gladys Knight’s “Midnight to Georgia” and Kenya Ward sang Jennifer Holliday’s “You’re Gonna Love Me.” Ward put Above: One part of Essence of Heritage featured Roseamber Thompson on a spectacular performance pretending to be Oprah. She interviewed students impersonating Hilary Clinton, that received a standing ova- Queen Latifah, Barack Obama and Tom Cruise. tion from a good portion of the audience. said Daniel. They had a well and listen to as they worked The men of the Beta Sig- planned out dance and even together with their movema Omega fraternity sang a though the music skipped ments and rhythm. rap song and did a dance rou- during the middle of the song, Once the dancing was tine to go along with it. This they were able to put on a finished, the hosts gave their was also tricky to understand good performance. closing remarks and invited because of the way the words Saving one of the best per- family and alumni to a rewere sung. formances for last, the Beta ception after the celebration. Next, Oprah, or should Sigma Omega Fraternity did They ended the night with we say Roseamber Thomp- their step that began with one “Celebration” by Kool and the son, came out and talked or two people shouting from Gang. Some of the audience to Hilary Clinton, Queen behind the curtain and the participated in the dancing Latifah and Barack Obama. rest of the men making their while many of the students She really did not talk much way to the stage from the back walked out to avoid the dancwith Tom Cruise because of the auditorium. ing and singing. he didn’t say anything at After their spectacular It was a great experience all. Like every show, Oprah step performance, the ladies to attend and learn about had to give out some special of the Alpha Psi Alpha fol- black history through differprize and the person who lowed up with their very own ent performances and acts. had the purple ticket won a version of a step routine. This Next year cannot come soon gift from her. was very pleasant to watch enough. Helen Daniel next recited a poem, which she wrote, about hatred. The incorporation between the black history and the present day Lakeland College gave the audience a few laughs. Daniel also participated with guest members of IMPACT in a praise dance which began with Rodney Ellison. “The praise dance is my favorite part of the event to do,”
But it was soon proven that this lack of partying was only due to the youth of the night. Within another hour, the tables were filled with friends and romantic lovers dining on snacks and punch. “Although there was little dancing, I still had a great time with the water chestnuts and bacon,” said Kevin Fitchett, a sophomore at Lakeland majoring in writing. The food there was reported to be delicious on more than one occasion. “The chocolate fountain is amazing,” noted the zealous Marcus Hale, a sophomore at Lakeland College. As time went on, the few couples and rare groups of friends that lightly speckled on the dance floor soon turned into a whole flock of pretty ladies and handsome devils who never ended up seeming to care that their legs were
exhausted. Dancing was just too much fun. The hesitation to dance was obliterated with the idea of how much more fun it is to show some moves. “It’s called a dance for a reason, people!” exclaimed an eager Hannah Lane, freshman at Lakeland majoring in Spanish Education. By the end of the night, even those with the highest amount of self-consciousness were out there showing some guy or girl his or her skills on the floor. “Cotton-eyed Joe” performed by Rednex roused just about everyone at the dance. It was like a stampede the moment everyone heard, “Had not have been for Cotton-eyed Joe—” I think it’s safe to say that this dance was one we’ll all remember for a ways into the future. After all, according to James Zidek, a freshman at Lakeland, “The party was bumpin’!”
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n Friday, Feb. 16, Bossard Hall was bejeweled with the beautiful shades of red and pink to celebrate the romantic holiday of Valentine’s Day. The semi-formal Valentine’s Day Dance was filled with fun and something else that was in the air—possibly romance. Starting at 10 p.m. ethe music was playing loud and clear. It took a while for anyone to break the ice on the dance floor, but before too long, it seemed no one could take a step that didn’t have a beat. The dance seemed to be a flop early on in the night. “The turnout’s a little disappointing,” commented Ed Rooney, a freshman at Lakeland College as he held hands with his girlfriend.
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Meet LCJ representative Alan Brender Lakeland College Japan's senior administrator sits down for an online interview
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akeland College offers a variety of study abroad programs for students to choose from. One of those programs is Lakeland College Japan (LCJ), a campus located in Tokyo. I was able to talk to LCJ’s senior administrator Alan Brender via email to ask about himself, LCJ, and life in Japan. For those who don’t know who Alan Brender is, he is the assistant dean at Lakeland College. He has been working at Lakeland’s Tokyo campus since January of 2006. Brender received his B.A. from Wayne State University, his M.A. from Columbia University, and his Ed.D from Temple University. Before coming to Lakeland College, Brender taught journalism and communications at various Universities including the University of Maryland and Temple University Japan. Brender also worked for The Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper based out of Washington, D.C. He was a correspondent, reporting on news from Japan and South Korea. Brender has written for various publications such as TV Guide, The South China Morning Post, and TV Stars and Starlog. He even got a chance to meet Star Trek’s creator Gene Rodenbury and
tour the Starship Enterprise. Currently, Brender is senior administrator of LCJ. He also serves as advisor for LCJ’s school newspaper The Lakeshore which published its first issue last December. They hope to publish at least two issues each semester once they get more members. LCJ has about 250 students attending this semester. Of that number, two students, one from Michigan and another from Illinois, are the only Study Abroad Program participants at LCJ this semester. Brender realizes that it is not easy for students to choose non-English countries to study abroad in. “If students decide to study at Japanese universities,” Brender explained. “In nearly all cases, they have to study in Japanese. There are only a few schools where they can study in English at the undergraduate level; LCJ is one of these.” Brender would also like to see more students from Lakeland College join the Study Abroad Program. “I think they’re missing out on a fantastic opportunity,” he said. “They can continue their studies and meet the requirements of the main campus while experiencing a new culture and a new view of life.” LCJ offers most of the same basic courses Lakeland
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College does. Because LCJ is a small school, class size averages around 15 people. Yet, despite the smaller size, LCJ has a variety of clubs including judo, dance and jazz singing. They also have barbeques and special holiday events during Halloween and Valentine’s. Besides LCJ having so much to offer, Brender feels
Japan has something for everyone including anime conventions, various martial arts and wrestling events, Japanese baseball and monthly drinking parties such as “Bonenkai” which means “Forget the year party.” Recently, Brender has been trying to create a better connection with city hall officials in Tokyo’s Shinjuku dis-
trict in order to promote LCJ. For those who don’t know, Shinjuku is a “kus” or ward, and is one of 23 wards that make up Tokyo. The wards are similar to the five boroughs that make up New York. Shinjuku is one of the busiest wards and has over 2 million people use its train station everyday. SEE BRENDER/PAGE 20
Investing tips for your financial future ny. Companies sell stock in order to earn money. The company then pays the stockholders back dividends, which can f you’ve heard that invest- be paid in cash or stock. The ing your money is a smart stocks are bought and sold in thing to do, you heard right. the stock market. Using some of your money as The general rule of thumb an investment is an excellent for buying and selling stocks way to prepare for is to buy low and your future. There sell high, because are many forms of this is how you earn investments; some a return on your inof them include vestment. Buying stocks, bonds and and selling stock mutual funds. offers the possibilAs a college ity of earning a Sife Says student, investing higher rate of reis something that turn than you would should be thought with certificates through thoroughly, and tak- of deposit (CD’s) or savings en into careful consideration. accounts. The best way to decide if it is With this possibility howright for you at this point in ever, comes risk; there is a time is to speak to a financial chance that you could lose advisor. An advisor can help some, or all of your investdetermine how much money ment. So, the higher risk you you can invest, how long you take, the greater your return should invest for, what your will be. long term goals are, and how Typically, when buymuch risk you are willing or ing stocks, a person would able to take. start out with a minimum of One of the most com- $10,000. However, there is mon ways to invest money the option to invest less, or is through the stock market. more than this amount. Also, A stock is a share, or par- it is recommended that a tial ownership of a compa- person should have an emer-
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gency fund containing three to six months of spending money saved before investing. This is due to the risk involved with the stock market, and the possibility of losing your investment. Risk in the stock market can be minimized by diversifying. This means taking many small risks instead of one or two larger ones. Diversifying involves investing your money into more than one kind of stock. Also, you want to invest long term, at least three to five years. This is because when there are increases and decreases in stocks, and you
sell right away during these ups and downs, you will most likely loose money. On the other hand, if you hang on to you stocks for a while before selling, it is more likely that the increases will overshadow the decreases, and you have a better chance for gaining a higher return. Although stocks are a great way to earn money from investments, it may not be the best venture for everyone. The best way for a college student to begin investing money is in mutual funds. Mutual funds are pools of money from different shareholders.
By putting your money into a mutual fund, you become a share holder of the company that is investing in that fund. The company then uses the pooled money to invest in different securities, like stocks and bonds. This type investment is much easier than stocks, because you don’t have to worry about deciding which stocks to invest in, it is automatically diversified, and you can invest with as low as $50 a month, so you don’t have to worry about loosing a huge amount of money. While there is still risk involved with mutual funds, the risk will be lower than that of stocks, because you are not investing as much money. So, if you intend on investing your money, either now or in the future, be sure to speak to a financial advisor or a stock broker before doing so. This way, you will know what types of investments are right for you, how much you have to invest, and how much you can afford to loose. By doing so, you will have a better chance of receiving a higher return, and earning more money.
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Lakeland would be so much more fun with celebrities!!! I
t has often been a thought among Lakeland students that our campus experience would be much more interesting if we were surrounded by celebrities. The Mirror staff has compiled a list and used the Web site, www.myheritage.com, along with its facial imaging program to find the celebrity look-a-likes among our faculty and staff. Note: not all of these look-a-likes are dead ringers for the actual thing. In fact, most of these results were based on face shapes and bone structures. You may agree with our celebrite look-a-like decisions, but if you don't we encourage you to either write in or check out the Web site for yourselves. It is completely free, so have fun.
Jane Curtin, the woman who played in the movie "Coneheads" and stared on the tv series "3rd Rock From the Sun" shares a striking resemblance to Adina Schwartz, associate professor of economics. They could be sisters and we wouldn't know the difference.
Our associate professor of American literature Peter Sattler is a double for none other than Bob Saget. Sattler has it all: Saget's noce, chin, face shape and cheek bones. Sattler is Saget down to their part in their hair.
Krista Feinberg, assistant professor of history, is fortunate enough to have a bone structure similar to that of Lucy Lui. While the two may not look like twins, Feinberg and Lui share a distinctively similar nose and smile. Their eye shape is also a dead lock which puts them at a 70 percent match according to the Web site.
While we are sure the faculty is more than amused with Mehraban Khodavandi, professor of education and psychology, and his Karl Marx mini-him, the Mirror staff has found James Doohan to be a suitable celebrity match alternative. It's the chins, the mustache, and well, the general shape of their heads that makes "Star Trek's" Scotty a 74 percent match to our Khodavandi.
Two different pictures were used to compare Kelly Stone, campus chaplain, to the celebrities of today. Uniquely enough, both Kirsten Dunst and Melissa Joan Hart were listed each time, ranging from 55/52 percent and 59/50 percent respectively in similarity by the site.
Our instructor of general studies Aya Ueda could double for 18 yearold Japanese field hockey player Aya Ueda. She would even get to keep her own name!
Either William Shatner or Andrew Carnegie should watch their backs if Carl Constable, director of campus security, is around. Our staff had a split decision on this one. Some of the staffers say, "it's Shatner all the way," while the site backs up the Carnegie fans with a 58 percent similarity rate.
Among the many celebrities that Jim Bajczyk, director of residence life, resembles were Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton. Bajczyk was also compared with two different photographs and the only person to show up in each search was Norwegian intelectual and author Jostein Gaarder.
Karl Elder, fessler professor of creative writing, has a definitive Jack Nicholson face whether he likes it or not. Just look at the pictures and you'll see for yourself.
From the two searches done for Elizabeth Stroot, associate professor of psychology, the top three people she most closely resembles are Nana Mouskouri, a famous singer, Janeane Garofalo, an actress most famous for her roles in the movies "Now and Then" and "Mystery Men," and Barbra Walters.
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Baseball Preview
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SHAWN LOCH - 2 Right Field Sophomore Green Bay, Wis.
TYLER SCHMITT - 20 Center Field Senior Hartford, Wis.
ZACH HILBERT - 9 Left Field Sophomore Green Bay, Wis.
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ADAM HABLEWITZ - 24 Second Base Junior Manitowoc, Wis.
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BRETT ANSCHUTZ - 36 First Base Senior Baileys Harbor, Wis.
ALEX GRANT - 26 Shortstop Sophomore Libertyville, Ill. BRETT NELSON - 32 Catcher Senior Shawano, Wis.
MITCH HEINEMEYER - 3 Third Base Senior Shiocton, Wis.
2007 SOFTBALL ROSTER
Name Amber Haese Chelsea Coenen Jennifer Zimmerman Jesse Van Camp Sonja Barone KC Blahnik Elisa Waltz Cassie Felton Corine Demske Kristin Schwake Christina Schultz Katie Yeager Sara Mallion Kourtney Peters Sara Roberts Rebecca Schuettpelz Pam Valukas Sharon Bruette Allison Lock Cortni Jablenski
Yr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr.
Pos. P C P OF 2B SS/C SS P OF C/P OF C 3B 3B P OF/1B OF OF 1B 1B
Hometown Manitowoc, Wis. Wrightstown, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Great Falls, Mont. Gladstone, Mich. Oakfield, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. DePere, Wis. Two Rivers, Wis. Appleton, Wis. Shawano, Wis. Manitowoc, Wis. Mishicot, Wis. Escanaba, Mich. Kaukauna, Wis. Plymouth, Wis. Neopit, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Des Plaines, Ill.
Sophomore outfielder Jesse Van Camp will be expected to make more plays like this for Lakeland in 2007.
Nate Brusewitz should compete for the No. 1 pitching spot this spring.
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2007 BASEBALL ROSTER
Name Kris Saiberlich Shawn Loch Mitch Heinemeyer Mike Hinske Adam Brown Tyler Starbird Zach Hilbert Dan Rhodes Zach Schmitz Dan Brusewitz Jake Van Camp Tyler Villiard Jordan Taylor Nate Brusewitz Jacob Heinemeyer Tyler Schmitt Paul Smith Zach Weber Jason Mikula Adam Hablewitz Alex Grant Brad Chrudimsky Eric Grant Eric Hettmann Chris Daun Brett Nelson Matt Doxtater Brett Anschutz Doug Novak Lee Chepil Jacob Schoemann Mike Phillips Travis Chell A.J. Lorrigan Brian Barraco-Leonard
Ht. 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0
Yr. So. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. So.
Pos. RHP LHP/OF IF IF/OF IF 1B IF RHP RHP IF LHP LHP/C 1B RHP OF OF/LHP OF RHP 1B IF IF C IF C IF/RHP C RHP RHP/1B RHP/IF RHP/IF RHP/IF RHP/OF 1B RHP RHP
Hometown Fond du Lac, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Shiocton, Wis. Menasha, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Brandon, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Oakfield, Wis. Fond du Lac, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Bruce, Wis. Antioch, Ill. Green Bay, Wis. Shiocton, Wis. Hartford, Wis. Manitowoc, Wis. Howards Grove, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. Manitowoc, Wis. Libertyville, Ill. Antigo, Wis. Libertyville, Ill. Denmark, Wis. Elkhart Lake, Wis. Shawano, Wis. Oneida, Wis. Baileys Harbor, Wis. Algoma, Wis. Ladysmith, Wis. Kewaunee, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Grantsburg, Wis. Manitowoc, Wis. Chicago, Ill.
CHRISTINA SCHULTZ - 12 Center Field Sophomore Appleton, Wis.
JESSE VANCAMP- 4 Left Field Sophomore Shawano, Wis.
KOURTNEY PETERS - 16 Third Base Junior Mishicot, Wis.
ELISA WALTZ - 8 Shortstop Junior Oakfield, Wis.
KATIE YEAGER-13 Catcher Senior Shawano, Wis.
REBECCA SCHUETTPELZ - 18 Left Field Junior Kaukana, Wis.
SONJA BARONE - 5 Second Base Senior Great Falls, MT
ALLISON LOCK - 21 First Base Junior Green Bay, Wis.
See pages 28 and 29 for complete previews
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Features
Issue 3, March 1, 2007
The Lakeland College
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INTERNET EXPLORER 7> By Brian Moser
Copy Editor imoser_me@yahoo.com
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ost of the campus is still using Internet Explorer 6, which has been the staple browser for windows users and the only browser used in the computer labs. With a huge recent update and Firefox’s increasing popularity, users should make the switch to a more advanced browser. First, windows users got a huge improvement with Internet Explorer 7. The major reason for upgrading to IE7 is the security holes that seem to pop up almost every day with IE6. Not to mention that IE7 is flawless, but Microsoft has put an emphasis on security this time around. Another option for browsing the Internet is Mozilla Firefox. About a week be-
fore IE7 came out, Firefox updated their browser with their 2.0 version. Firefox has been browser has been a favorite of computer gurus everywhere because of its effective security and features. The main reason for the upgrade was more of a fine tuning than an overhaul. We will look at the features of both, and you can decide whether you should use IE7 or Firefox 2.0.
How to obtain IE7 1. Go to www.microsoft.com. 2. Drag your mouse over “Latest Releases” on the left side of the page. The right side should show the some of the latest downloads.
This button gives you a thumbnail view of your tabs, as shown in the screen shot.
The menu bar is hidden by default. If you want it back, right click near this area and select "menu bar."
The first thing you will notice about Internet Explorer 7 is the navigation bar and lack of the menu bar with the usual file, edit, view, etc. buttons. The back and forward buttons, along with the refresh and stop button, are considerably smaller and almost hard to find. The menu bar can be restored by right clicking by the other menu buttons and selecting “menu bar.” The biggest feature for IE7 is tabbed browsing. You can hold control while clicking on a link to open a Web site it in a new tab. This creates a new page opened in a different tab, but in the same window. Therefore, your browser is kind of like a file cabinet or organizer. You can open and access many Web sites at once without cluttering up the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.
Along with tabbed browsing comes a neat way to look at all of your tabs. By clicking on the button with four boxes that is to the left of the tabs, you can view each of the tabs as thumbnails and pick which Web site you want to view next. The biggest security feature of IE7 is the anti-phishing filter. Phishing is when a person creates a Web site that mimics an official company page, like a bank, and tricks you into entering your personal information on the bogus Web site. The phishing Web sites look extremely authentic and exactly like the company they are mimicking. This is a problem that Microsoft has addressed with an anti-phishing filter that checks with a database of blacklisted sites to see if the site you are visiting is authentic. A built in pop-up blocker is included with IE7 as well.
IE7 now includes tabbed browsing. This should unclutter your task bar when you have tons of windows open.
3. Click on Internet Explorer 7. 4. Click get it now on the right below the picture for IE7. 5. Click on the download button after you scroll down a little bit. 6. Go through the validation process. The instructions are pretty easy. Just use the alternate method and follow the instructions. 7. After validating the software, click the download button. 8. Save the program to a folder on your hard drive. 9. Start the program and follow the directions. After a bunch of next buttons, it will finish with a restart of your computer.
An anti-phishing filter checks your Web sites to see if they are authentic, then you will recieve this "Certificate Error."
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<MOZILLA FIREFOX 2.0 Firefox has been blessed with tabbed browsing long before IE7. With Firefox 2.0, the tabs have close buttons and side scrolling options when you have over eleven tabs open at once. Along with making tabs popular, the search bar in the top right has been a staple of Firefox. Type in a search topic and it will automatically open the search in the search engine of your choice. It saves you the time by skipping the search engines home page and going directly to the results of the search. The face of Firefox 2.0 looks more slick than the previous version with updated icons, but the normal back, forward, refresh, home, stop and history buttons are all in the same place and are big enough for easy clicking. The menu buttons like file, edit and the sort are supplanted at the top of the page for familiarity. One of the biggest features
of Firefox has been the use of add-ons. These add-ons are all free and can be obtained by clicking tools, then add-ons, and then click extensions. The only downfall is that you have to restart Firefox after you install on add-on to use it. A great add-on that every Firefox user should use is the IE Tab add-on. Some Web sites are Internet Explorer-specific and do not look right in Firefox. By installing this add-on, those Web pages will look as if they were in Internet Explorer. The final great thing about Firefox 2.0 is the Session Restore option. With this option selected, you can close Firefox and save all of your Web sites that you were looking at for another time. For example, if you have some
The navigation buttons and menu bar stayed exactly where they were. Firefox kept these familiar.
items in your online shopping cart and need to leave, you can close the browser and open it back up later with the shopping cart items saved.
When you have too many tabs open, the tabs become too small to read. With side scrolling for tabs, this problem will never occur.
The Verdict Whether you choose Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla Firefox 2.0, most users should definitely switch from the older browsers because of security issues and functionality. Both IE7 and mozilla use pop up blockers and anitphishing filters. They are almost identical in all of the security tests that I have read about in magazines like PC World and Maximum PC. In the computer guru forums, both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox recieve praise. In fact, I find that many people have a strong preference to one browser and verbally bash the other. I personally use both
This search bar is a shortcut to search engines. Type in a topic and you have results, bypassing the search engine's main page.
browsers almost interchangeably. Tabbed browsing is the biggest tool I use while using the Internet. It has gotten to the point where I can’t browse without it. The only problem I have found with the new browsers come when checking my Lakeland e-mail. When using IE7 from off the network such as in the dorms or off campus, I get the "Certificate Error" page and have to click on the "Continue to Web site" to get to my Lakeland e-mail. Advanced features such as RSS feeds that can gather information from many of your favorite news Web sites can help you stay informed from breaking news around the world to sports information. You might like some of the features these browsers offer and incorporate them into your Internet experience.
How to obtain Mozilla Firefox 2.0 1. Go to www.mozilla.com. 2. Click on Download Firefox – Free, which appears in the middle of the page. 3. Save the program to a folder on your hard drive. 4. Start the program and follow the directions. It will consist of a few next buttons. 5. When you run Firefox, it will ask you if you want to import your favorites and home page from Internet Explorer. How to install IE Tab Add-on: 1. Click Tools and then Add-ons 2. Type “IETab” in the search bar at the bottom of the Web site that opens up.
Firefox's add-ons make browsing easier and more fun. Don't forget to install the IE Tab add-on to view Internet Explorer-specific sites.
3. Click IETab which will be the first result to come up in the search.
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FOOTLIGHTS
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BRENDER FROM PAGE 14
Brender was able to talk to the education coordinator of Shinjuku activities which led to contacting a number of city officials. After contacting the mayor’s office, Brender was able to request a meeting with her. Nearly three months later, Brender finally got to meet and talk with Shinjuku’s mayor, Ms. Hiroko Nakayama, who had been reelected in November of 2006. He described her as being “very gracious” as she spoke with him for nearly an hour instead of the half hour they were told they would have to meet with her. While he has lived in many countries around the world such as India and Norway, Brender has made Japan his home for almost 20 years now. “I have been living in Japan so long, I really can’t remember what life in the U.S. is like,” he admitted. Brender’s experiences in Japan have been wonderful and even the ones that were negative turned out for the better. “Several times over the years, I have lost my wallet,” he recalled. “In each case the police phoned me and said they had it. When I retrieved it, the money and credit cards were still in the wallet in every case.”
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M I R R O R HOLLYWOOD FROM PAGE 12
D. W. Griffith. To no surprise it was a silent movie. This is the movie which started it all. In 1913 many movie-makers heard about it and headed west. Congratulations, if it wasn’t for that movie we would probably not have the major industry of today. In December of 1947, the first commercial TV station produced the first Hollywood movie production for TV, “The Public Prosecutor.” In the 1950s, many music recording offices and studios packed up and moved to Hollywood. Who can’t forget the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was created in 1958 and the first star went to Joanne Woodward for the motion pictures category in 1960. There are five different categories: motion picture star, radio star, recording star, TV star and live theater star. Each star has a different emblem below the name. On Jan. 16, Donald Trump was awarded
a star and raised it to 2,327 stars so far. To preserve the history of Hollywood, the National Register of Historic Places officially listed Hollywood Boulevard a commercial and entertainment district in 1985. This sums up major events in Hollywood history. Events that have reshaped and had impact on society and provided an industry to enjoy today and in the future. Not many other industries have seen as much money flow come in, but also being spent on different productions. We follow what Hollywood does and are influenced in fashion and body image. All this is because of an area which used to be an agricultural crop field? The impact is huge. However, as I am preparing myself to watch the Oscars and look at my DVD movie collection. All I have to say is “Thank You.”
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Accomplish the impossible with Vodka By Brian Moser Copy Editor imoser_me@yahoo.com
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lcohol has many effects on the human body. It will impair your motor skills, slur your speech, and help you catch sharks. If you don’t believe the last one, then you haven’t heard the story of Phillip Kerkhof. Off the coast of Australia, Phillip Kerkhof Mosey was fishing Around for squid off a jetty with a few of his buddies and spotted a whaler shark swimming in the shallows. Phillip decided he would try and catch the shark with his bare hands. The shark was a paltry four feet compared to other sharks like Jaws, who was apparently as big as the Titanic. “I just snuck up behind him, and eventually I went for the big grab and I fluked it and got him,” Phillip said. Those crazy Australians always catch things with their bare hands like the late Steve Irwin, who always just used his hands to snatch any critter to observe. The most interesting part about Phillip’s adventure was not that he used his hands. “He was just thrashing around in the water… starting to turn around and try to bite me and I thought ‘well, it’s amazing what vodka does,’” Phillip said. What makes vodka the super tonic that helps you catch sharks? Can vodka help you with any other almost impossible feat? To test this theory, I decided to try a feat so impossible it even brought Superman to his knees: watch the movie “Gigli” all the way through. This flick is so bad that it has appeared on many people’s list of worst movies of all time, and I don’t think any of them have even watched it. After a few screwdrivers (I can’t drink vodka straight, I am not Australian), I popped the movie into the DVD player. The DVD player then popped the disc back out. After the fifth try, the DVD player finally gave up and played the movie. It should be noted that I am of legal age to consume alcohol. It is also noted that there were people watching me in case of vomiting, nose bleeds, or retina detachment, which are all caused by watching “Gigli.” It should thirdly be noted
that upon renting the movie, I had to sign waivers and contracts involving the video store not being liable for any injuries sustained during the viewing of “Gigli.” In addition, I had to meet with a lawyer about my will. Even though these were the formal procedures for renting the movie, it still took at least three hours to finally get the movie into my hands. The federal copyright warning came up along with many other safety warnings about how my health could deteriorate while watching the film. Another warning told me to observe my exits and offered a help line in case of an urgent need for a psychologist. After the first five minutes, I realized that I cannot just casually drink the miracle tonic but needed to chain drink to survive this type of torture. The movie is about a man named Gigli (Ben Affleck) who is a bad hitman for a gangster. Therefore, the gang boss tells him to hold somebody for ransom and sends another hitman (or hitwoman to be politically correct, who is played by Jennifer Lopez) to check on him. I know, the plot has started to affect you. Just take a minute and maybe hyperventilate into a paper bag. It will help. The screwdrivers were helping until the scene where Affleck and Lopez talk about what sex is between a man and a woman. The acting and content were so bad I had to take multiple swigs of vodka straight just to survive. My body violently shook as if it were self destructing several times during the movie, but the super tonic helped with the task. Once the credits started rolling, I rejoiced in the fact that I had accomplished something only a few people have done successfully. Did the vodka help with the movie watching? Of course not. Note: I did not actually drink any vodka while watching the movie “Gigli.” In fact, the movie doesn’t cause bodily harm. All the insinuations about the movie being the worst film of all time are true, though. It really takes a lot of focus, concentration, and extreme boredom to watch the movie straight through. Phillip may have caught a shark while intoxicated by vodka, but I watched “Gigli” all the way through. He couldn’t have watched it even if he had a whole bottle of vodka.
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Lakeland exorcist needed? By John Sieglaff Fun House Editor sieglaffj@lakeland.edu
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he following events I’m about to relay may sound like a joke—a funny story that I’m submitting to you for your amusement. But allow me to make myself perfectly clear. This is no laughing matter. A couple months back, I had the hankering to watch one of the scariest films of all time, The Exorcist. Having the movie with me here at school, this seemed to be no issue. I reached for the movie and opened the cover. The empty case lay before me, with nothing but the cold, evil stare of a possessed Linda Blair. Of course, my rational mind kicked in, and I figured I simply didn’t remember lending it out to anyone but was sure that I had. I can’t deny, however, I suspected a demonic presence might have been dwelling in my room. It later appeared back in the case, neatly placed in the center holder. How it got there, I don’t know. Now I’ve lied before. Mostly about small stuff, you know, like “yes, I cleaned my room,” or “yes, I studied for the midterm,” or “no, I didn’t kill my roommate.” But I assure you, this is no lie. About a month later, I felt the hankering once again. That
same desire I’d felt before to have the living, breathing crap scared out of me. I reached for the movie and opened the case. The glazed over eyes of Linda Blair sneered up at me once again. The disc was missing. At this point I was sure a demon was lurking in my room. What other explanation could there be? Not wanting to believe it, I looked through every movie case I had. I didn’t stop there; I looked through every CD case I had, every video game case I owned, and every VHS box I possessed. Nothing! I think one of the main reasons that I assume the presence of a demon so conclusively is because of the fright and trauma that viewing The Exorcist has caused me. When I think of the foul things that little girl says, I can’t believe a human being actually came up with those words. My hat that I’m not wearing goes off to William Peter Blatty for coming up with the lines for Regan (or the demon) to say. “Shove it up your ass, you f------!” and “You killed your mother! You left her alone to die! She’ll never forgive you! Bastard!” is some high quality insulting. If I had to write the dialogue for the demon, it’d just say, “You’re ugly, you smelly butt face,” or something to that effect.
That was beyond Blatty’s time. I mean, didn’t Gone with the Wind get some X rating just for saying, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”? And The Exorcist was written in the ‘70’s. That was considered pretty risqué. Furthermore, I don’t understand anyone who laughs at The Exorcist. I’ve come across lots of people who claim to have giggled at this masterpiece of true horror. I admit some of the scenes in the movie look a little odd which might be due to the lack of capability back in the time it was made, but I bet a lot of it is the way the makers of the film designed it to look. It’s bound to seem a little strange just because a girl spinning her head a complete 360 degrees would appear as pretty messed up. In conclusion, I think because of my issue with the demon being in my room and all, we need an exorcist on campus just the same as we have a school nurse and a campus counselor. I mean, last night I swear my bed was shaking violently and I’ve heard reports around campus of people’s roommates eerily levitating above their beds. An exorcist could be helpful. On second thought…what a minute! Oh, that’s right! I lent out my copy of The Exorcist to Damien down the hall. Never mind.
Horoscopes
By Dylan Larsen
Aries
Contributing Writer
March 21 - April 19
To recognize this child of the stars, look for the distinctive ram’s horn shape across their brow. Another characteristic trait is the blood splatter from their last head-butt against a brick wall, but that’s a very determined Aries.
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July 23 - August 22 I think all Leos should be required to style their hair like a lion’s mane. That way they will all look great and we know to stay out of their way.
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August 23 - Sept. 22
A point of interest for anyone flirting with a Virgo: You are April 20 - May 20 not perfect; however, perfect As a kid, I witnessed a bully is exactly what their looking pick on a Taurus classmate. for. As long as you understand The Taurus little boy just that, have fun and watch your stood there as stubborn as he manners…and your punctuacould muster. After about an tion. hour of yelling and shoving, the bully just gave up. Who’s the Bull-y now?
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Sept. 23 - Oct. 22
I say Libras are the luckiest of all the signs. They’re all The Gemini quality to escape born under Venus, the second retribution is their delecta- planet from the sun and the ble charm. If you think I’m Roman goddess of love. Luck, wrong, both Marilyn Monroe I tell you. I’d give anything to and JFK were both Gemini’s. be under the goddess of love.
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Cancer
June 22 - July 22
Attention, X-Filers! The sign Cancer is ruled by the Moon. If trying to catch a werewolf, throw a birthday party everyday from June 22nd till July 23rd.
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Sagittarius Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 The Sagittarian soul is the truest definition of idealism. If ever a person learns to fly by simply believing that they can, it will be one of this sign.
Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 If you ever question the truth behind the Capricorn’s obsessive and addictive workaholism, remember Joan of Arc was a Capricorn.
Aquarius Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
Curiousity killed the Aquarius… It doesn’t have the same ring, but nonetheless cold and observant curiosity makes them great scientists and wonderful cats.
Pisces
Pretty much every Scorpio Feb. 19 - March 20 is saturated with seductive magnetism; which is a good thing, unless you’re not into a It’s time to celebrate. Happy kinky, lurid and questionable Birthday! Unless you’re day is evening in the boudoir. Feb. 29, then just go away.
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The untold truth about Chuck Reinhold Norris
Debunking the myth that is the legend of Chuck Norris By Brandon Ezzard Staff Reporter ezzardb@lakeland.edu
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here have been many great people throughout modern American history. Yakov Smirnoff, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Jane Fonda come to mind. But none can compare to the Americaness that is Chuck Norris. For those of you who don’t know who Chuck Norris is, first, let me welcome you to your first day in the world, and second, Chuck Norris can be summed up simply in one word: “Legend of All Things Awesome.” Okay, so five words. But lately, I have become a little sad and by a little sad I mean I literally ran to my room and sobbed uncontrollably into my pillow while listening to Tori Amos. Why would I do this you ask? For one thing, they killed off Simone on “Heroes” and the other reason is Chuck Norris’ name has been horrendously slandered. Perhaps you have come across websites that generate random Chuck Norris facts or as I like to call them, pure bull mess. There is one site that
Above: The legendary Chuck Reinhold Norris gives a midair, roundhouse kick to some poor b******'s face.
says Chuck Norris has two speeds which allegedly are walk and kill. Another has claimed Chuck Norris starts each day with a balanced breakfast of cereal, toast, and a whole kitten. These poo stains on Chuck Norris’ legacy are getting out of hand and quite frankly, I can’t take it anymore. So after months of painstaking research, (mostly on Wikipedia), I have found enough factual evidence on Chuck Norris’ life to educate us all. After you finish reading this, I think you will see that Chuck Norris is a human being like the rest of us. Chuck Reinhold Norris was born in McQuade, Oklahoma. Chuck wasn’t breathing right away, so the doctor slapped him on his butt. That doctor had to eat using his feet for the rest of his life. When he was six, Chuck wanted to
deliver newspapers but was told he was too young. So he created his own business called “Chucky Norris’ Door to Door Sasquatch Killing Service.” The business still thrives today serving all of North America and is a Fortune 500 company. Chuck Norris is the only employee, though he occasionally accepts interns. In his teens, Chuck preferred reading when he wasn’t busy killing sasquatches and using his fist to punch houses down for construction companies. This made him the target of a bully named Steve who was the captain of the high school football team. C h u c k
never responded to the bully’s taunts and jerkfaceness, but that all changed one crisp autumn day when during lunch time, Steve knocked over Chuck’s Sunny Delight. It should be noted that Sunny Delight is the life force that sustains Chuck Norris. No one really knows what happened next, but Steve never bullied Chuck again. Interesting fact: Steve changed his bullying ways and went on to become a brilliant physicist. If you want to see some of his work, go on the internet and Google, “Stephen Hawking.” During the 1960’s Chuck Norris attended Faber College where he majored in mathematical roundhouse kicking with a minor in beard. His roommate was Bruce Lee, but this arrangement did not work out because the universe began to shatter from the sheer mindblowiness of the two of them in the same room. Plus, Bruce Lee snored like the dickens and Chuck just could not deal with it. A few years later, Chuck began starring in movies. Every movie you see Chuck Norris in is filmed in real time and there are no retakes as Chuck Norris never does
anything twice. He says doing things twice is for Santa Claus and people with OCD. Many movies and TV shows are based on Chuck Norris’ life. The movie “Missing in Action” is based on the time he went shopping at WalMart during “Black Friday.” Chuck also sold the rights to his experience as a hall monitor in sixth grade. It was made into a movie called “Robocop.” After making the Academy award winning “Delta Force” movies, Chuck starred in “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Every episode is based on his adventures during the nine months in his mother’s womb. These days, Chuck enters food eating contests and has won the Nation’s Hot Dog Eating Contest six years in a row. Because of his fame, he wears a disguise and goes by the name Takeru Kobayashi while competing. Chuck has also created a chain of stores called “Build a Beard Workshop.” There, kids can choose from a wide selection of hair and glue them on their faces. Chuck gets the hair from donators (such as Robin Williams) and the Sasquatches he kills. Last November, Chuck made his Broadway debut in the two man play “I Only Kick Once.” He starred along side Tony Danza. During the play, he reads Shakespeare in a southern voice while Tony tap dances around stage, until Chuck randomly roundhouse kicks him; this is when you know the show is over. As you can see, Chuck is a person like you and I. He puts his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us. And, it just so happens those pants are made of thorns and reinforced with steel.
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Falling just short of perfection
Men's volleyball takes fifth at Hoosier-Illini Classic, set to play difficult schedule
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he Lakeland College men’s volleyball team showed that they deserve the number five ranking in the nation this past weekend. Unfortunately, they could not crack into the
top four with a heartbreaking loss to #4 ranked Illinois. Coming off a huge victory over UW-Platteville, Coach Chad Schreiber was looking forward to the Hoosier-Illini Classic. All of the top five teams in the nation were there and fourteen of
the top 25 teams showed up to compete. “This tournament is a good measuring stick of where we are at,” said Schreiber. “It happens at mid-season with a substantial number of games played and substantial number of games left.”
The Muskies have had lots of success competing at the Hoosier Illini-Classic. They have never placed less than fifth, which is reaching the quarter finals of the gold playoffs on the second day of the tournament. Last year, the Lakeland men’s volleyball
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Points needed by Kris Saiberlich to reach 1,000 for his career. He will have to wait until next year to reach the milestone.
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Points scored by Kasey Gussert against Wisconsin Lutheran in just the second start of her collegiate career.
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Above: Aaron Regal fires a three point shot against Aurora University on Feb. 23. Regal only had nine points on the night. The Muskies lost to the Spartans 72-86, and ended their season.
2007 WOMEN'S ALL-NAC TEAM
2007 All-Northern Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Team: Josh Atkinson, Concordia (Wis.) Charlie Averkamp, Edgewood Chris Demarco, Edgewood Brian Hagel, Wisconsin Lutheran Mike Haiduc, Dominican Darrick Leonard, Aurora Mike Leonard, Aurora Titus Redmond, Marian Matt Rogers, Lakeland Kris Saiberlich, Lakeland Tim Swanson, Benedictine Larry Welton, Aurora
2007 All-Northern Athletics Conference Women's Basketball Team: April Bischoff, Marian Jenna Boehm, Lakeland Angie Butler, Rockford Tamika Curtis, Benedictine Danielle Duranceau, Lakeland Naomi Guise, Aurora Jordane Kittoe, Edgewood Emily Laete, Wisconsin Lutheran Krista Mayyou, Concordia (Wis.) Beth Plucinski, Aurora Kristen Ruppe, Concordia (Wis.) Megan Scheele, Edgewood Atoi Sinclair, Concordia-Chicago
Player of the Year: Larry Welton, Aurora Coach of the Year: James Lancaster, Aurora Co-Rookies of the Year: Dan Klecan, Benedictine; Christian Lindberg, WLC
Men's Basketball All-Rookie Team: Jerid Holewinski, Marian Mike Knepp, Maranatha Baptist John Ulrich, Concordia (Wis.)
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Number of coaches the Lakeland baseball team has had in the five years following its trip to the 2002 NCAA Division III World Series
2007 MEN'S ALL-NAC TEAM
Men's Basketball Honorable Mention: Micah Biesterfeld, Wisconsin Lutheran Jose Garcia, Dominican Christian Lindberg, Wisconsin Lutheran Kyle Scott, Edgewood Jordan Van Ess, Marian
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ntering the season, the men’s basketball team had a lot of questions to answer. The team was forced to find a replacement for graduated senior and Lake Michigan Conference Player of the Year Germayne James and then had to make the transition to a new coach after Gary Grzesk left for St. Norbert midway through the summer. Were they successful in doing so? “Definitely,” said first year head coach Kyle Brumett. “From a wins and losses standpoint, you always want to have a better year, but I feel like our group of players really bought into the things that make me happy as a coach.” The transition wasn’t without its bumps, however. At one point, Lakeland was 89, but finished off the season winning eight of its last ten games to grab the No. 5 seed heading into the Northern Athletics Conference tournament. The team then did something in the first round they had only done once since 1998, which was beat Wisconsin Lutheran on the Warriors’ home court, just one week after losing at WLC, 87-81, in a regu-
team placed second behind UW-Oshkosh. The Hoosier-Illini Classic is a seeded tournament where each team is put into a pool based on their national rank. Each pool had four teams and
Jacob Carwell, Benedictine Steve Huenink, Concordia Wis. Aaron Regal, Lakeland Bobby Smith, Concordia-Chicago Marcus Zondag, Wisconsin Lutheran Dan Klecan, Benedictine Christian Lindberg, Wisconsin Lutheran
Player of the Year: Tamika Curtis, Benedictine Coach of the Year: Stacey Brunner, Concordia (Wis.) Rookie of the Year: Asia Beckum, Concordia (Wis.) Women's Basketball Honorable Mention: Asia Beckum, Concordia (Wis.) Erika Ensign, Concordia (Wis.) Amber Lang, Maranatha Baptist Jessica Salinas, Dominican Jaime Toellner, Marian
Amanda Burditt, Benedictine Colleen Goff, Maranatha Baptist Brittany Perez, Marian Kami Ten Pas, Wisconsin Lutheran
Men's Basketball All-Rookie Team: Asia Beckum, Concordia (Wis.) SaShane Chin, Concordia-Chicago Jessica Salinas, Dominican
KC Blahnik, Lakeland Nicole Hawkins, Maranatha Baptist
The school career doubles record for baseball, a number Mitch Heinemeyer will be after this season. He needs 15 more to tie after hitting a school single season record 20 last year.
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Total number of wins in April Arvan's 13 year coaching career with the women's basketball program.
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Combined number of miles the baseball and softball teams must travel to reach their respective Spring Break destinations.
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Women's basketball battled offensive struggles in 2007 By Corey Kempf
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hen the Lakeland women’s basketball team lost to Benedictine in the first round of the Northern Athletics Conference tournament last Monday, it marked 5 the first time in head coach April Arvan’s 13-year tenure that the program did not reach the finals. But Arvan will not say it was a disappointment. “We always want to be number one,” said Arvan, “but going into this year, there were a lot of unknowns. It was a question of whether we were going to be able to put points on the board, and we graduated a lot of scoring the last few years, so we went into an offensive slump this year. When we did score points, we were a team to be reckoned with.” Scoring most of the points was senior Jenna Boehm, who finished just one point shy of 400. In fact, she was the only Muskie to average more than 10 points at 15.4 and was named the All-NAC team. She also finished seventh in the nation in field goal percentage, sinking 58.9 percent of her shots. Lakeland’s next highest point scorer was Danielle Duranceau, who averaged nine points per game and was also
named to the All-NAC Team. Even so, Lakeland managed to record yet another winning season under Arvan with a 15-11 record and 12-7 conference record, good enough for sixth place in the inaugural season for the NAC. Despite its offensive struggles, the team was helped by its defensive efforts, ranking second only to conference champion Concordia (Wis.) in the NAC with just 54.7 points allowed per game. Not bad considering the team started three freshmen for its season opener. “It was challenging trying to stay consistent with a younger team,” said Arvan. “I know what to expect from our juniors and seniors, but the unknown is in a freshman class, and when you rely on a freshman class, things are going to be a little inconsistent.” KC Blahnik was among the most consistent of the freshmen. Blahnik was the team’s third-leading scorer coming off the bench for much the season and placing herself on the NAC’s All-Rookie Team. Fellow freshman Megan Chart was ignored by All-Conference voters despite startSEE WOMEN/PAGE 26
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Above: Brenda Paulson powers the ball up against Marian on Feb. 17. The Muskies won the game 57-50. Lakeland ended their season last weekend with a first round playoff loss to Benedictine.
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each team played all of the teams in their pool. After the first day, the team looked sharp by beating all of the teams in their pool with commanding victories. The men’s volleyball team scored 150 points and lost only 97 points, giving them a 61 percent ratio. Number one ranked UWOshkosh tied that mark of 61 percent. Arizona was the only team to top that percentage of points won with a huge 66 percent. “We played so well that I was anxious for Sunday,” said Schreiber. “We didn’t hit a wall and played complete games by putting opponents away early and convincingly.” Not only was the play strong on the first day for Lakeland, but the air around the team was more relaxed and focused as well. “We have gone into games all business where the tension is so tight or all fun where we lose focus,” said Schreiber. “This tournament was a nice blend of the two. For the first time this year, we had the right approach to the game.” After beating a talented but inexperienced Western Illinois team to open the gold playoffs on Sunday, Lakeland
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Above: Matt Martin attempts a kill shot over Erich Stienhaus in practice on Tuesday. The team will prepare for Marquette, The Hawkeye Spring Classic, and a showdown against number one ranked UW-Oshkosh
matched up against #4 Illinois in the quarter-finals. Taking the first game 2522, Lakeland couldn’t keep up with the ultra aggressive offense that Illinois was running and lost the next two games 25-17 and 15-7. “We forced Illinois to play a perfect match to beat us,” Schreiber said. “They had five of six players ripping jump serves and they were swinging for the fences. This leaves
little room for errors, and they didn’t make any. It is the equivalent to playing a basketball team that is shooting 80 percent.” Illinois went on to play UW-Oshkosh, who beat Illinois in two straight games and went on to beat #2 Arizona in the finals. “I was disappointed to have only played one team from the top four,” Schreiber said. “We had a chance to play
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three of the top four teams.” The men’s volleyball team’s next game is at home against Marquette University, who is coming off a great performance in the Hoosier-Illini Classic by winning the silver playoffs. This weekend, Lakeland will pack up and drive to Iowa City for the Hawkeye Spring Classic. The Muskies won this tournament last year with a close win over Minnesota that went to three games (20-25, 25-20, 15-13). “It is good to play in a lot of multi-day tournaments,” said Schreiber. “It gets our bodies used to playing in multiple day events. The conference tournament (Wisconsin Volleyball Conference) is a two day event along with the MIVA (Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) event. The national tournament is a three day event.” On March eighth, Lakeland will host #1 UW-Oshkosh in a highly anticipated match up of two top teams in the WVC. The last time Lakeland beat UW-Oshkosh was two years ago in the conference tournamen (28-26, 2426, 15-12). The men’s volleyball team took UW-Oshkosh to a fifth game, losing 15-13, the last time they visited the Moose and Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.
he Lakeland College women’s basketball team ended the 2006-07 season with a 67-47 loss to Benedictine University in the quarterfinal game of the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament on Monday, Feb. 19, in Lisle, Ill. The Muskies, seeded No. 6 in the tournament, hung with the No. 3 seeded Eagles early in the first half, despite the absence of starting freshman guard Megan Chart, who was sidelined with an injury. Senior forward Jenna Boehm scored a lay-up followed by a solid jumper by senior forward Danielle Duranceau to give the squad their only lead of the game, 17-15, at the 10:42 mark. However, Benedictine would use a 53 percent field goal average to gain a 41-29 lead by halftime. Lakeland cut the Eagles’ lead to eight on back-to-back 3-pointers by sophomore guard Kasey Gussert and junior guard Brenda Paulson to make the score 48-40 with just over 12 minutes remaining in the game, but were unable to overcome a rough second half of shooting 20 percent from the floor to gain any more ground. Boehm capped off her collegiate career with a team-high 12 points, six rebounds and four steals in spite of intense defensive pressure by the Eagles in the lane. Duranceau topped the rebounding column with nine boards while also adding nine points, three assists and three blocks in her final game with the Muskies. Senior guards Amanda Thielmann and Stacy Kraemer also saw action in their final game, with Thielmann knocking down two “3’s” for six points and also dishing out four assists while Kraemer scored two points on a pair of made free throws. Lakeland out-rebounded Benedictine, 36-35, but was unable to overcome its shooting difficulties, knocking down only 29 percent of their shots to the Eagles’ 46 percent for the game. LAKELAND Thielmann......... Gussert............. Paulson............. Boehm.............. Duranceau........ Hiben................ Komaromy........ Blahnik.............. Kraemer............ Agner................ TOTALS...........
Min FG-A FT-A Reb A PF Pts 37 2-6 0-0 1 4 2 6 34 4-11 0-0 4 1 0 11 16 1-6 0-0 3 1 3 3 35 4-11 4-6 6 1 2 12 35 4-13 0-0 9 3 2 9 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 27 1-5 0-0 3 2 1 2 3 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 2 8 1-4 0-0 3 0 2 2 200 17-57 6-8 30 13 12 47
BENEDICTINE Burditt............... Erickson............ Zuro.................. Sullivan............. Curtis................ Vitto.................. Sutherland........ Povlsen............. Krozel............... TOTALS...........
Min FG-A FT-A Reb A PF Pts 34 2-8 4-6 4 8 1 9 32 5-7 0-0 2 1 0 11 25 7-11 1-1 9 0 0 15 34 4-12 2-2 3 4 2 12 22 5-11 2-2 10 4 3 12 13 0-4 0-0 0 0 2 0 13 1-3 0-0 2 0 0 2 7 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 2 20 2-2 0-0 2 1 4 4 200 27-59 9-11 33 21 12 67
LAKELAND........................................... 29 18 -- 47 BENEDICTINE...................................... 41 26 -- 67
LAKELAND -- Percentages: FG .298, FT .750. Three-point goals: 7-23, .304 (Gussert 3-6, Thielmann 2-4, Paulson 1-2, Duranceau 1-8, Agner 0-1, Blahnik 0-1, Hiben 0-1). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 5 (Duranceau 3, Blahnik, Boehm). Turnovers: 16 (Duranceau 4, Gussert 3, Thielmann 2, Agner, Boehm, Hiben, Komaromy, Kraemer, Paulson). Steals: 7 (Boehm 4, Duranceau 2, Thielmann). BENEDICTINE -- Percentages: FG .458, FT .818. Three-point goals: 4-10, .400 (Sullivan 2-4, Burditt 13, Erickson 1-3). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 5 (Curtis 3, Burditt, Sullivan). Turnovers: 10 (Sullivan 3, Sutherland 2, Zuro 2, Burditt, Curtis, Krozel). Steals: 10 (Curtis 4, Sullivan 3, Burditt, Erickson, Vitto). A -- 295.
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Aurora ends men's season in NAC
Spartans open second half on 21-0 run to sink Muskies' upset bid in NAC tournament
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he Lakeland College men’s basketball team saw its season come to a close with a 86-72 loss to No. 15 ranked Aurora in the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday night in Aurora, Ill. “This is a great group of kids,” said Lakeland head coach Kyle Brumett. “They really bought into my coaching style and what I was trying to get them to do. No coach is going to get his team to do everything he asks them to because they aren’t perfect, but I felt they were really trying to do what I asked them to do. We just ran into the one of the best teams in the country. The Muskies (16-11) led the NAC champions and tournament’s No. 1 seed 24-13 midway through the first half, and pushed the margin to as many as 16 points in the opening 20 minutes. Lakeland shot 55 percent in the first half, 58 percent from 3-point range and out-rebounded the Spartans, 21-13. Lakeland led 43-33 at the half. But Aurora (24-2) opened the second half with a 21-0 scoring run and Lakeland went scoreless for seven and a half minutes. Lakeland never regained the lead. The Muskies shot 36 percent in the second half compared to 53
percent for the Spartans, who also controlled the rebound in the second half. “The first half is good as we’ve played all year,” said Brumett. “We’ve had struggles of losing games that we’ve held the lead at the half. That is obviously our Achilles heel, and in the off season we as coaches are going to look at film and see what we can do to change that. “They obviously didn’t play really well in the first half and we did. In the second half they played really well. When they play as well as they did and we don’t play well, they are probably 14 points better than us.” Sophomore Matt Rogers lead the Muskies with 18 points. Junior Kris Saiberlich added 17 points, 14 in the first half. Saiberlich needs 11 points next season for 1,000 points in his Lakeland career. Junior Danny Ehnert had seven boards. “My players deserve a lot of credit on a successful year,” said Brumett. “At one point we were 89. Teams can do one of two things - they can go south and lose their focus or they can rally together and commit as individuals. That is what we did. Our guys came to 83 practices. A lot of people don’t realize how much of a commitment
that is and how much time that is. I felt like all the way up until this week they came to practice trying to get better and we did.” LAKELAND Saiberlich.......... Ehnert............... Regal................ Coleman........... Worth................ Buchman.......... Rogers.............. Heinemeyer...... Grube................ Sontag.............. Hoerres............. Marks................ Walker.............. TOTALS...........
Min FG-A FT-A Reb A PF Pts 32 5-12 3-4 3 2 1 17 20 3-7 1-2 7 3 5 7 39 3-7 0-0 1 4 2 9 22 1-3 0-0 4 0 2 2 16 2-3 2-3 5 1 5 6 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 20 6-12 6-10 5 1 4 18 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 14 1-2 1-2 2 2 1 3 19 3-5 0-0 3 2 1 8 17 1-3 0-0 4 0 3 2 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 200 25-54 13-21 34 15 24 72
AURORA Leonard D......... Welton.............. Lambert............ Trudo................ Leonard M........ Robinson.......... Seaton.............. Jackson............ Stark................. Magee............... Shimko.............. Liggett............... Roland.............. TOTALS...........
Min FG-A FT-A Reb A PF Pts 38 7-11 5-6 12 6 1 20 35 8-19 10-11 4 4 4 30 28 3-7 1-3 4 1 2 9 33 2-4 0-0 1 3 2 6 24 8-12 1-6 7 2 4 17 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 19 0-5 2-2 3 0 1 2 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 14 0-0 0-0 2 0 4 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 200 29-59 19-28 33 16 19 86
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LAKELAND........................................... 43 29 -- 72 AURORA............................................... 33 53 -- 86 LAKELAND -- Percentages: FG .463, FT .619. Three-point goals: 9-24, .375 (Saiberlich 4-11, Regal 3-6, Sontag 2-4, Coleman 0-1, Ehnert 0-2). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 0. Turnovers: 10 (Rogers 2, Worth 2, Buchman, Ehnert, Hoerres, Marks, Regal, Sontag). Steals: 4 (Regal 2, Coleman, Saiberlich). AURORA -- Percentages: FG .492, FT .679. Three-point goals: 9-24, .375 (Welton 4-6, Trudo 2-4, Lambert 2-5, Leonard D 1-5, Magee 0-4). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 5 (Welton 3, Leonard M, Magee). Turnovers: 6 (Lambert 2, Leonard D, Magee, Trudo, Welton). Steals: 5 (Welton 2, Leonard M, Stark, Trudo).
Above: Peter Worth drives to the basket against Aurora last Saturday. The sophomore had six points on the day and shot two for three from the floor while collecting five boards in the 86-72 loss to the number 15 ranked team in the nation.
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lar season meeting. But a common theme developed throughout the season that eventually ended it for the Muskies. Four times this season, Lakeland held a halftime lead only to lose the game, including their semifinal game against regular season conference champion and No. 15 ranked Aurora during which they held a 10-point halftime lead only to see it erased as the Spartans opened the second half on a 21-0 run. Brumett sees it as something that can be fixed with a little more strength training. “When you have leads like we did and you’re not able to maintain it, one of the reasons is you’re not able to play as hard for as long a period,” said Brumett. “That’s where the weight room comes in. We’re hoping that through recruiting and offseason workouts, we’ll become a deeper team strengthwise.” Brumett doesn’t mean that the team didn’t play hard. Much of the time, the team found itself a bit undersized. But it didn’t seem to faze guys like Danny Ehnert, who finished with the second best rebound average in the conference at 8.1 per game despite being the shortest in the top ten. Despite his efforts though, Ehnert was left off the NAC All-Conference Team. Matt Rogers, Kris Saiberlich, and Aaron Regal were among those given NAC honors, with Rogers and Saiberlich getting
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ing every game but the tournament game at point guard. Chart averaged five points per game and led the team with 58 assists. “Both [Blahnik and Chart] exceeded my expectations,” said Arvan. “When they become upperclassmen, this is going to be a special group. Our entire freshman class has a lot of promise.” Aside from the work done by the freshmen, Arvan said the season’s biggest surprise could’ve been Kasey Gussert, a sophomore guard who emerged at the end of the season as a potential big time scorer. In the season’s final five games, Gussert averaged 13.6 points, including a 23point explosion at Wisconsin Lutheran in which she con-
nected on five three pointers in just the second start of her collegiate career. “She added a little offensive punch that we needed at that point in the season,” said Arvan of Gussert. “She was forced to battle back from a couple injuries at the beginning of the season.” The team will now move forward to next season, having now graduated four more players into the history books. “I’m very proud of the seniors (Boehm, Duranceau, Amanda Thielmann, and Stacy Kraemer),” Arvan said. “They’ve gotten to the NCAA Tournament and gotten to cut down the nets at home. “There are definitely improvements we’ll make and strengths we’ll improve on for next season.”
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Above: Kris Saiberlich lines up a free throw in the Muskies' semifinal game against Aurora. Saiberlich finished the season needing only 11 more points to join the 1,000 Point Club for his career.
placed on the All-Conference Team and Regal getting an Honorable Mention. Rogers finished the season with 462 points, the most since Cory Nickel scored 569 in 2004 and good enough for third in the conference with an 18.5 per game average. “Once the first five games were completed, teams’ whole defensive game plan was geared around stopping Matt,” said Brumett. “And for him to still continue to perform and have a season like he did says a lot about him.” Saiberlich averaged 12.3 points per game and fell just 11 points shy of reaching 1,000 for his career, while Regal finished third on the team with a 10.9 points per game
average and a team-high 112 assists in his first year starting at point guard. The team will only graduate one player this season in forward Tyrone Coleman, a second year transfer who finished the year averaging 5.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 16.6 minutes per game. “His leadership was very instrumental in our success just by being a very positive kid,” said Brumett. “My only regret with Tyrone was that I didn’t get to coach him longer.” Returning so many players for next season is certainly a cause for optimism for the men’s basketball team, who will look to challenge Aurora for the top spot in the NAC next season.
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wo years ago, Lakeland relaunched its track and field program after over a decade of not holding it as a varsity sport. Without a track, the team faced an uphill battle, but after two years, the track team is progressing, adding participants and reaching the pinnacle of that hill. “[Former coach] Josh Wolfe took the first step last year where we really competed well at least on the men’s side,” said athletic director Jane Bouche. “This year we have a better mix of male and female, and I think [new head] coach [David] Brooks has a good view on how to develop more numbers and get kids interested without any real place to practice.” Brooks, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, is the graduate assistant for men’s soccer but is no stranger to the track and field. In high school, Brooks was an all-conference track star and made several appearances at state. Now, he is responsible for continuing the maturation of a fledgling program that must practice inside the field house or outside in the surrounding countryside, which, of course, was the recent recipient of almost a foot of snow. “It’s been challenging,” said Brooks about taking over the program. “It’s given me the opportunity to see some growth right away. We’ve been really fortunate in the fact that there’s been a lot of people interested in it this year.” The number of studentathletes out for track and field has expanded to 15, five females and ten males, for this season. There are also six freshman on the team, signaling a growing interest among incoming students. Many of the athletes come over from other sports to stay in shape throughout the offseason. Four of the females on the track team play soccer at Lakeland and the other plays on the basketball team. “Some of them just come out to train with us, and then they realize that they’re actually enjoying it so they stick around,” Brooks said. The amount of meets the team will be participating in also doubled, somewhat due to the Northern Athletics Conference offering it as a conference sport, something the former LMC did not do. Still, Bouche said that other teams in the conference are more advanced than others because of their facilities. For instance, Benedictine University recently added a multi-million dollar football and track facility that was
chosen for the 2006 NCAA Division III National Championship. Wisconsin Lutheran will host the NAC Outdoor Championships having also recently built a combination football field and track. “In our infancy, I feel that other schools in our conference, because they have a track, are further ahead than us,” Bouche said. “We’re working on getting participants right now.” However, that doesn’t mean the idea of a new facility hasn’t been tossed around. “President [Stephen A.] Gould has talked with me and made it public knowledge we need a new football stadium with a track,” Bouche said. “We need to have the facilities just to be competitive in recruiting. “Right now it’s very hard for us to recruit track athletes, saying we’re going to run up and down North Drive or run in the field house.” Brooks will agree that recruiting is tough without a track, but he remains optimistic about the team’s growth. “It’s interesting trying to get people to come in when we don’t have a track on site,” said Brooks. “But I think the amount of fun the group is having this year will help in recruiting their friends and through word of mouth, and next year we’ll get even bigger than we are this year.” In the meantime, the team will spend its Mondays and Wednesdays in the field house and Tuesdays and Thursdays outside until the snow melts and they can run on the Howards Grove High School track. Brooks is confident that despite the challenges the team faces, they will be prepared for the season. “The biggest thing we’re hoping to accomplish is to establish ourselves as an actual program and not just a group of talented athletes,” said Brooks. “We want to identify ourselves as a track team and we definitely have the ground work already taken care of. “I think we have the ability to come out with less facilities than other schools and kind of a lot of things stacked against us and still do some great things.” The Muskie track team opens its season on Saturday in an indoor meet at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and the message that coach Brooks wants to send his athletes is clear: “Have fun.” “Maybe we’ll be able to make our mark at the conference meets, but I think more than anything we’re out there to enjoy ourselves,” he said. “I hope that everyone can have fun and meet their own expectations.”
Despite the many challenges the team faces such as not having a track to run on, Lakeland's fledgling track and field program is still thriving thanks to a dedicated coach and growing numbers Top Right: Members of the Lakeland track and field team run around the snow-covered campus during practice. Middle Right: Head coach David Brooks (center) talks to his team before practice. Bottom Right: The track team runs through the parking lot by the Wehr Center. Distance running consists of running around the campus and throughout the surrounding countryside.
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Left: Elisa Waltz, seen here throwing the ball to first base, will be a key factor to the softball team's chance of success this season.
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inning conference is our main goal,” said head coach Chad Buchmann. This comment comes, despite the fourth seed given to the Lakeland softball team in the 2007 NAC softball coaches’ preseason poll. “Obviously we have a lot of work ahead of us,” added Buchmann. Aurora University and Edgewood College lead the poll with the top two seeds, and in the two previous years under Buchmann, the Muskies have not won a single game against either of these teams. “Aurora and Edgewood are consistent and we need to find a way to beat them,” said Buchmann. Last year, Lakeland finished second in the Lake Michigan Conference with a conference record of12-4. The team played well almost exclusively inside the conference with an 18-21 record overall. One thing the Muskies did exceptionally well last year was playing defense. As a team, they ranked lowest in errors committed in the conference. “With discipline and experience comes confidence and maturity,” said Buchmann. “The ladies know that, and are doing an awesome job holding each other accountable and are really focusing on doing the little things right.” Senior, Katie Yeager, will need to have a big year if the Muskies plan to win conference. As a sophomore, the catcher batted .298 and led the team in total bases, runs batted in, slugging percentage, doubles, triples, home runs (tied), and base on balls. Last year, her numbers dipped drastically. She batted .233 and only had 14 RBIs. “Katie Yeager (Sr-C) has stuck through some rough early years, persevered and developed as a team leader,”
Right: Allison Lock tracks down a fly ball in the game against UW-Stevens Point last season.
2007 NAC SOFTBALL PRESEASON POLL 1. Aurora University (7), 138 2. Edgewood College (5), 135 3. Concordia University (Wis.), 113 4. Lakeland College, 96 5. Benedictine University, 91 6. Wisconsin Lutheran College, 86 7. Marian College, 77 8. Rockford College, 66 9. Concordia University-Chicago, 49 10. Alverno College, 36 11. Maranatha Baptist, 25 12. Dominican University, 24
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said Buchmann. The two time all-conference shortstop Elisa Waltz will also be a critical part of Lakeland’s winning equation this year. The junior led the team in at bats and RBIs last year and represents the
largest returning batting weapon due to the graduation of Monica Hetzel and Valerie Bartlett. However, her defensive skills will come in handy as a veteran middle infielder. Last year, she was involved in 121 put outs as a sophomore.
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Above: Katie Yeager swings at a pitch during a game last season. As the team's only senior this year, she will be expected to provide veteran leadership as the Muskies gear up to improve on their successful 2006 season during which they finished second in the former Lake Michigan Conference.
The bats of Hetzel and Bartlett will be very sorely missed. Hetzel hit .437 last year with a .583 slugging percentage and a .459 on base percentage, which are all team-highs. Bartlett was a very consistent hitter, with only 3 strikeouts all year long. The senior hit .356 last year. As a sophomore, Rachel Griesbach captured an allconference as a pitcher. Unfortunately, Griesbach will not be returning to action this year. Another veteran pitcher who willingly will not be returning is Kayla Nissen. As a freshman, Nissen led the team in pitching appearances; however, she did give up a ghastly 15 home runs. “Pitching is going to be the really questionable area that we need to make sure shows up,” said Buchmann. “We have the talent. We have the drive, but they are young.” At this point, Buchmann has slated freshman Sara Roberts as his number one starting pitcher. The six foot tall freshman is a recruit from Escanaba, Michigan. Roberts represents the best of the four pitchers that Buchmann expects to have. Three of the
four pitchers for Lakeland this year are freshmen. The only returning pitcher is Jennifer Zimmerman, who only recorded five innings last year due to an injury. As a team, the Muskies did not steal bases very well at all last year. The leading stealing threat for Lakeland last year was Waltz with only six on eight attempts. Only three players had more than two stolen bases all year. It is not in Buchmann’s tendencies to have a base stealing offense as he only sent his runners 32 times last year compared to opponents’ 56. As the only senior, Yeager accompanies Waltz and the other six juniors, in a massive upperclassmen count. The Muskies did fatten their lineup greatly this year by adding nine freshman recruits to the depth chart. “The freshmen are dedicated and will continue the Muskie tradition without a doubt,” said Buchmann. “They are very team oriented and will push our returners for playing time.” The Muskies will travel to Tucson, Ariz. to begin the season on their annual spring break trip.
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t’s been five years since Lakeland’s baseball team reached the NCAA Division III College World Series and finished fifth in the nation. Since then, the team has seen two coaches fired and only a combined 28 wins, six less than they had during 2002’s magical run to the World Series, the last two seasons. For 2007, one of the guys who helped the Muskies reach the series in 2002 is back to lead them again. Chris Thousand, an assistant coach for the last five years, was hired to replace John Govek after the team went 15-23 in 2006. This year’s team returns almost everyone and everything, except for its mentality. “We’ve had to change the attitude a little bit since last year,” said Thousand. “Everyone just sort of accepted losing.” Thousand will inherit a strong nucleus of players, losing only two everyday starters, shortstop Matt Ambriz, who transferred after a stellar freshman season, and catcher Matt Andrews, who became an assistant coach after finishing his four-year career with a .283 batting average, seven home runs and 55 runs batted in. The Muskies also welcome back a pair of players who took a few seasons off in center fielder Tyler Schmitt and first basemen Brett Anschutz, who will both also see time on the mound. Schmitt and Anschutz will add a lot of pop to an already strong offensive unit. As a sophomore in 2004,
Schmitt batted .425, which was good enough for second all-time for single season batting average, and Anschutz batted .306 as a junior two seasons ago. His return will move sophomore Shawn Loch to right. Loch started every single game as a freshman, batting .268 and setting a single season record in hit by pitches with eleven. Lakeland also will get Adam Hablewitz back after he sat out the entire 2006 season with a shoulder injury. Although he will not return to the mound, Hablewitz will start at second base, allowing Thousand to move sophomore Alex Grant to short to fill the void left behind by Ambriz. Seniors Brett Nelson and Mitch Heinemeyer will look to repeat strong 2006 performances. Nelson led the team in hitting with a .372 average and Heinemeyer set a school record with 20 doubles and is looking at the possibility of reaching career school records in doubles and home runs. Nelson, who started much of last season in left field, will move back to his natural position at catcher to replace Andrews. “I feel right now that our offense is going to be our strength,” said Thousand. “We feel we have a lot more ammo than most people think we do.” Offense may be the team’s strength, but pitching may be an underlooked asset for the Muskies in 2007. Senior Zach Schmitz and junior Nate Brusewitz will compete for the “ace” role. Schmitz posted a modest 3-4 record and 5.59 ERA but showed his potential by
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Above: Shawn Loch drives the ball into the outfield against Marian last year. As a freshman, Loch set the school record for hit by pitch walks in a season with a painful eleven total on the year.
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Above: Brett Nelson dives into third base and checks home plate against Finlandia last season. The senior hit .372 with 20 RBIs and a .451 slugging percentage.
pitching a complete game win against eventual conference champion Edgewood. Brusewitz battled control issues last season, giving up 40 walks in 42 innings pitched on his way to a 3-5 record and 5.74 ERA. “Having to develop leadership roles last year, Zach and Nate have grown up a lot,” said Thousand, “and you can tell it’s really helped them.” The biggest question mark for the pitching staff may be the health of Kris Saiberlich, who joined the team just after the start of the 2006 season. Saiberlich, also a guard on the basketball team, experienced a wrist injury during the basketball season which may keep him out of action this spring. Saiberlich was the team’s best pitcher last year, posting a 3-3 record and 2.72 ERA in seven appearances. However, his status is still uncertain for 2007. Sophomore Dan Rhodes will likely move from an exclusive closer role to make a few starts while continuing to work out of the bullpen. Although the team may be more talented than last season, the coaches of the Northern Athletics Conference placed Lakeland ninth in their preseason poll. The conference may be tough, with nationally ranked Aurora joining the field with the merger for the 2007 season, but Thousand says the conference will find out soon enough what Lakeland has to offer. “If you look at last year’s team, we have a lot of different people on our team,” said Thousand. “We’re looking forward to the spring season and earning respect.”
2007 NAC BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL 1. Aurora University (9), 118 2. Edgewood College (1), 102 3. Concordia University-Chicago, 86 4. Benedictine University, 85 5. Marian College, 76 6. Dominican University, 75 7. Concordia University (Wis.), 59 8. Rockford College (1), 48 9. Lakeland College, 42 10. Wisconsin Lutheran College, 24 11. Maranatha Baptist, 11
Above: Mitch Heinemeyer breaks for home in the game against Marian last year. The senior hit .299 last season, and also led the team in doubles (20), home runs (7) and slugging percentage (.604). His performance will be crucial this year for the Muskies.
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Matt's Stats No. 1 Singles 2-1 (LMC) 7-11 (Non-conference) LMC Championship: 3rd Place No. 1 Doubles 2-1 (LMC) 7-11 (Non-conference) LMC Championship: 3rd Place LMC Player of the Week: March 27 - April 2 LMC Rookie of the Year
Above: Sophomore Matt Rutlin was named Lake Michigan Conference's Rookie of the Year for the 2006 tennis season. He is picture serving against Aurora. In the conference championship Matt took third place in #1 singles and #1 doubles.
att Rutlin laid on the ground with a towel over his head and an icepack on the inside of his upper leg alleviating the pain from his pulled hamstring while he waited for the announcement of the awards at the Lake Michigan Conference Championship last April. Rookie of the Year was announced, followed by Matt’s name. He took the towel off his head and looked at tennis coach, Ben Oestreich. “Ben told me to get up there,” Matt recalls. “He was just hands down the best new player,” Oestreich said. “That was pretty sweet!” Matt said. “It was a surprise. You don’t realize you did that well until the end.” Then a freshman, Matt was named No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, partnering with fellow freshman, Josh Larson. “It was kind of intimidating to be recognized as No. 1 singles player as a freshman,” Matt said. In the LMC championship Matt (seeded second) lost in the first round of both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. Fighting back in the second round Matt placed third in both divisions. Lakeland College placed second with 13 points in the championship. Concordia University of Wisconsin took first place for the seventh year in a row. Tennis isn’t the only thing Matt has on his plate. “I worry that he stretches himself too thin,” Oestreich said about Matt’s many activities. “He’s done a good job prioritizing and taking care of himself.” In 2006, Matt was one of two Lakeland students to complete the Leaders in Service program which requires students to complete 300 hours of community service within one calendar year. During the school year he volunteered at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan, escorting patients to and from rooms and delivering x-rays. In the summer, Matt worked through his high school in Wisconsin Rapids to connect him to volunteer opportunities throughout his hometown. Matt is currently working at Big Brothers Big Sisters Club every day. He recently put in his two-week notice so he can focus more on tennis. He isn’t forgetting the kids there; he will be applying to be a big brother and a lunch buddy. He will also continue to volunteer at Club One Eighty in Sheboygan Falls. In his free time, Matt is a writing tutor. Yes, Matt considers working on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Academic Resource Center his free time. Some of the freshmen on the tennis team practice up to five hours a day. “It must be nice to have free time,” Matt joked. Added to Matt’s plate this year is a leadership position on the team. “He [Oestreich] told me I was a leader of the team. I didn’t even realize it,” Matt said. “Four new freshmen are all expecting me to be a really great player. I hope I meet their expectations. I’ve been giving it my all at practice… I try to motivate myself.” Oestreich also knows that Matt helps relax the other guys at practice. “He brings a certain attitude to practice that’s typically positive and disarming,” he said. Oestreich hopes Matt will be able to build on the success he experienced last year. “I’m hoping he can bring a little bit of consistency to the team,” he said. “It’s been fun to watch him over the last year and a half improve on his tennis game and see him accomplish his other goals. He has goals and he attacks them one step at a time,” Oestreich said. The 2007 season for the Lakeland men starts March 17. What does Matt hope to accomplish? “I just want to make a good name for Lakeland. Show them that Lakeland is right up there with other schools,” he said. “I would like to beat Concordia University because they are our rivals right now. They think they can win every year. I think Concordia will be looking at us and will be scared.”
Between volunteering, working, tutoring and school, 2006 LMC Rookie of the Year still makes time to be a leader on the court
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hen the lights shut off at the Faganel Hall at Elmhurst College on Feb. 17, the hopes of a longer season for the Muskie Wrestlers died with them. Augsburg College dominated the Great Lakes Regional by qualifying their entire lineup. This left the fourteen other teams competing for the remaining ten invitations to the National tournament. Unfortunately, none of the Lakeland wrestlers grabbed one of them. In order for a wrestler to qualify for a longer season, they need to take first or second. David Copp came very close with a third place finish on the day. Captains Paul Hartt and Mark Vanden Hoogan followed shortly after with fourth place finishes. Vanden Hoogan is waiting for the surgery that will place screws into the broken foot that kept him on the sidelines for the conference tournament this year. The
foot was in a cast and for a couple of weeks he searched for a doctor that would clear him to wrestle. Once cleared, he took his cast off and put his wrestling shoes back on. On a broken foot, the senior captain wrestled his way into the semifinals where he lost a tie breaker into the championships and nationals. “I didn’t want to end my season,” said Vanden Hoogan. “I talked to Pete (Rogers, head coach) and he reminded me of what my goals were and what I wanted to achieve.” Captains Matt Priemesberger and Vanden Hoogan, as well as Noe De Leon will graduate from the wrestling program this year, leaving a gaping hole for future leaders to step into. “This is going to hit the team hard, both in practice and on the mat,” said fellow captain Paul Hartt. “This will be a huge impact. Hopefully, we can fill in next year.” De Leon has split time at 133 all year long despite many nagging inju-
ries. “What kept me going all year long was basically Pete and the fact that I was able to help out the younger guys,” said De Leon. “It was not about starting but about wrestling with people like David (Copp) and obviously I made him better.” With a smile he also added, “The main thing was Pete. He is hard to say no to. I have tried to say no to Pete so many times here and it doesn’t work.” Starting off with a bang, Vanden Hoogan spent the early part of the season ranked nationally. Due to injuries and other issues, he quickly fell to an 18-5 record at the Wheaton Invitational. His participation in the regional tournament while severely injured was a testament to the undying desire that he had to improve himself and his team at the end of the season. The senior captain finished 22-6 on the year. Inactive all season, Primesberger dedicated his efforts to shine during practice as a leader to the
younger teammates. Rogers, on multiple occasions, acknowledged the senior as a driving force for the success the team had this year. The presence of a veteran leader in practice came in handy for the ten underclassmen that make up the majority in the lineup. “I realized that I wasn’t what I used to be wrestling wise,” said Priemesberger. “But I figured I knew a lot about the sport. I can definitely be a workout partner. A lot of the freshmen and sophomores improved around my weight. It is good that I stuck around, because I would never give up on the team.” The three seniors all agreed that the camaraderie of the team is the thing they will miss most when they graduate this spring. “It is such a close sport,” said De Leon. “You become very good friends with the people on your team.” However, the three agreed they will not miss cutting weight. Rogers has coached the three teammates over their
college careers and each of them showed their great respect for their mentor. “This year alone, (Rogers) was the only reason why I wrestled,” said De Leon. “Over the years he has become less like a coach and more like a friend. I have gone to him with personal problems I have had in the past. When my brother passed away he was the first person I went to.” “(Rogers) is a person who I really respect a lot and look up to a lot. I would do anything for him,” said De Leon. Primesberger added, “I have the exact same sentiments as Noey. Pete Rogers is a great guy, a great wrestler, and a great coach. “He is one of greatest guys I know,” said Vanden Hoogan. Each of the three wrestlers retain hope for their places to be adequately filled next year. Hartt remains as a captain and freshman, Adam Sutter has trained behind Vanden Hoogan all year long. “Sutter is a stud,” said Vanden Hoogan and simply smiled.
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Tennessee nightclubs beware! grabbed one girl by the hair Sports Editor and slapped her head off of markutb@lakeland.edu the floor. Little is known beyond that point as a gunfight errell Owens has taken broke out and the manager, as much heat as any pro- Chris Mitchell, and a male fessional football player in associate ran back to a hotel the league’s history. However, room with whatever money Adam “Pacman” Jones has they could grab up and place made a strong case in the bag. Police confor the storm of the fiscated $81,000 from NFL’s administration Mitchell’s hotel room. to wander over his There are so many head. things wrong with this The Tennessee Tisituation that I had a tans cornerback was very hard time pickrecently arrested afing where to start. I ter he was involved guess it is ladies first. in a gunfight at a loWhen someone throws cal strip club that Beau Knows money at a stripper, left three occupants that is considered a Sports injured. One of the tip. No matter if it is guards that tried to a single dollar bill or intervene in the conan inordinate amount flict is paralyzed due to a bul- of money due to someone’s aplet wound. parent intoxication. The fight broke out after The next logical step the NBA All-Star Game on would have to be questionFeb 18 in Tennessee’s Minxx ing Jones’ sense of entertainGentlemen’s Club & Lounge. ment. He is on probation for Jones entered the club with a public intoxication and dislarge garbage bag full of cash orderly conduct that resulted and was throwing it up to the from his August arrest in dancers in what was quoted Nashville. A judge also disby the warrant as a “visual missed a case for assault on effect.” Feb. 1 when Jones apparentWhen the manager in- ly spit on a woman in another structed the girls to pick it nightclub. up as tips. Jones became My only question is how very angry when the women a court-ordered leg band started to pick the money up will effect his time in the 40 without his permission and yard dash at training camp By Beau Markut
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this year? This, of course, is pending his invitation that is not guaranteed to come. In a press conference, Titan’s head coach, Jeff Fisher, seemed very frustrated with his cornerback. He plainly stated that Jones is cooperating with the authorities and the Titans have no knowledge of anything more than that. It is time for Fisher and the NFL to wash their hands clean of a player who has consistently proven that he is unfit for a position that demands role-model behavior, such as a professional football player. Leniency, in this case, would send the message to promising young athletes that once they become professional; a ticket is punched allowing them to engage in behavior unbecoming of an adult let alone an iconic figure in American society. Pacman Jones is an embarrassment to the Titans and the NFL and it is time for both organizations to wash their hands of this stain on professional athletics’ hands. Since the Titans drafted him in 2005, Jones has been arrested three times due to incidents in local Tennessee nightclubs. It is time for the cornerback to return to his life of crime and disruption as an ordinary citizen and not an NFL player.
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Above: Tennesee Titans' cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones strips the ball in this year's game against the Dolphins. Jones was arrested recently for suspicion of involvement in a shootout at a local nightclub. This is the third arrest for Jones since he was drafted in 2005.
Baseball stats I really want to see strikeouts, and if the resulting Sports Editor number is less than .75, you’re kempfc@lakeland.edu in trouble. (Jenkins sets the bar high at .60.) very year in baseball, it (Note: The pitching counseems as if some new stat- terpart of this is the Kerry head releases the best new sta- Wood Equivalent. To find tistic for analyzing the players this, take the sum of innings of Major League Baseball. This pitched and strikeouts divided year, it’s VORP, or Value Over by days spent on the disabled Replacement Player, list.) introduced in 2001 by Next, I tried to Baseball Prospectus find a way to correctly author Keith Woolner. determine whether or According to Woolnot a player’s salary ner and Baseball Prois accurate. However, spectus, VORP is “the since there is not realnumber of runs conly any particular stat tributed beyond what that measures a playa replacement-level ers full offensive and player at the same po- Playing the defensive value, this Field sition would contribstat was quite hard to ute if given the same devise. In other words, percentage of team there’s no way to sucplate appearances.” What cessfully compare Alex Rodrithat doesn’t tell you is that guez’s offensive numbers in to calculate VORP you need 2006 to how many dollars the a formula that includes about Yankees wound up watching two or three other formulas bounce off his glove and roll devised by Woolner’s stathead into left field. predecessors. I began to create a ratThose silly sabermetri- ings scale based on each stat cians. category to find my Salary EfThis year, I’m introduc- ficiency Rating (SER). Elite ing some of my own statistical numbers like 35 home runs, categories. The objective: sim- 100 runs batted in, 175 hits, plify, educate, and familiarize. or a 1.000 OPS all get a ratHere they are: ing of ten. I didn’t count batFirst is the GJE or Geoff ting average because I don’t Jenkins Equivalent. It mea- want to be castrated by Billy sures a player’s value based Beane, Bill James, and/or on the comparison of home anyone who read “Moneyball,” runs and runs batted in to which makes for an awkward strikeouts. Take the sum of situation if you consider I’ve homers and RBIs divided by read it. By Corey Kempf
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Then I divided the player’s 2006 salary by the sum of the ratings and multiplied the quotient by 0.00001, and the closer to zero you are, the better off you are. For example, Albert Pujols had ones across the board, therefore his total rating was a four. He made $14 million in 2006, therefore his SER was 3.5. American League Most Valuable Player Justin Morneau’s total rating was a 38. Based upon his $385,000 salary, Morneau scored a miniscule 0.10 SER. National League MVP Ryan Howard scored even lower at 0.09. Milwaukee Brewer Bill Hall scored a 0.12 SER despite having a total rating of just 34 because he only made $418,000 last season. Oh, and just because I know you’re interested, Barry Bonds scored a 6.9, although his at bats were limited due to injuries like tying his shoelaces far too tight and hitting his head on overpasses. And speaking of Barry, I was going to create a PEI or Performance Enhancement Indicator, but I will leave this to common sense when someone starts their career as a base stealer, turns exclusively into a home run hitter, and has a neck wider than the rims on Lil' Jon’s Escalade. Ok, so I’m no sabermetrician. I’m barely a statistician. But I want someone to perfect these immediately. Keith Woolner would be proud.
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