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"IT'S NOT ARROGANCE IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP" NEWS

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Riot Fest Returns Despite Setbacks p8

Vaping: Harmless as We think? p12

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Enrollment Numbers Decline at the College of DuPage Chicago Riot Fest 2018 Returns

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NEWS Student Enrollment Decreases, COD is Not Alone Madison Venckus, News Editor Over the past five years, College of DuPage has seen a 15.5% decrease in overall student enrollment. In 2014, COD had an official head count of 29,476 total students and 16,858 full-time equivalent (FTE) students taking 15 credit hours or more. After COD’s official 10th day headcount of 2018, there are 24,900 students and 13,676 FTE students.

15.5% is a significant decrease is student enrollment no matter the circumstances, but COD is not the only community college in the area facing hardships in lack of student growth. Over a five year period, between 2013 and 2017, the statewide average decrease in community college enrollment was 16.5%, putting COD above the decrease margin by 1% the following year.

Other schools in the area have been facing similar concerns as numbers continue to decrease. Joliet Junior College, located in Joliet, Illinois has seen an 11.6% decrease over the past five years. College of Lake county on the other hand has seen more 4

Highlighted is the five year decrease of COD’s student enrollment and FTE enrollment numbers between 2014 and 2018.

than double COD’s decrease, at 17.5%.

Out of the top five largest community colleges in the state of Illinois, COD has the second lowest enrollment depletion rate of all. COD still continues to be the largest community college in all of Illinois, aside from the decrease in students.

Vice President of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, Jim Benté, touched on three main factors contributing to the county and statewide enrollment decrease.

“There’s research that shows that for every one percentage point change in unemployment, you get about a two to three percent change in enrollment,” Benté said.

Benté refers to this as a national phenomena, stating that schools across the country have been faced with this similar issue as employment rates have been increasing, enrollment rates have been decreasing. As DuPage county residents find more part-time and

full-time employers, there is less of a drive to return to school, even if it is community college.

The second factor influencing enrollment is the number of high school graduates COD has available to recruit.

Between the years of 2010 and 2016, District 502 has experienced a 5.5% decrease in high school graduates, which is more than 800 students.

COD”s third factor that affects enrollment is external competition.

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“From 2002 to 2015, our number for high school graduates going out of state have gone from 29% of high school graduates up to 45%,” Benté said, “We were the second largest net losers of high school graduates too out of state schools in the country last year.”

Benté believes that a main reason why first time college students are drawn to out of state schools is because of enticing scholarships such as non-resident first time student scholarships.

“Anybody that is a first time student, that enrolls at Missouri state,

There’s research that shows that for every one percentage point change in unemployment, you get about a two to three percent change in enrollment.

-Jim Benté, Vice President of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

NEWS for example, automatically becomes eligible for and is considered for this [non-resident first time student] scholarship. What students are finding is that they are paying as much, or less than big in-state school here,” Benté said.

COD is a two year college, therefore students wouldn’t be considered first time students after time spent here, making those non-resident first time college student scholarships non applicable to those students.

In the future, the Planning and Insti-

tutional Effectiveness Committee along with Student and Academic Affairs plan on taking vigorous action. The plan is to form a management team to aide in both recruitment and funding.

In the upcoming several months, the Provost’s office, which has recently been the merge of Academic and Student Affairs, will focus on enrollment management. The plans hope to positively impact the college’s enrollment in years to come.

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COD Cares Conquers “Roll Up Your Sleeves and Serve Day” Madison Venckus, News Editor Nearly 200 volunteers from the College of DuPage and Northwestern’s Medicine Team, NM, partnered up to serve 15 nonprofit organizations through COD Cares’ Roll Up Your Sleeves and Serve day on Sept. 11, 2018.

Faculty, staff and students along with NM volunteers, went to a variety of secret locations to take part in various service projects. Activities included painting, cleaning, gardening and restoration at organizations such as schools and food pantries. Participants were required to sign up by Aug. 31, and were then placed into teams with team captains and picked

out a team name.

Team “Cleanunderwhere?” (Lowest Right) were transported to Operation Support our Troops. At their site, they worked alongside Operations Director Kevin Krause in assembling 25 care packages and countless breakfast kits.

Following Sept. 11, COD Cares made a 107-pound donation to the Operation Support our Troops warehouse that will be used for the holiday comfort and care program.

COD staff member Cedric Cemel took a group of COD students to Glendale Heights. While there, the group partnered

with The Conservation Foundation along with Street Division Manager George Mroz to stencil 75 storm drains in the neighborhood with the hope to reduce waterway pollution.

“I appreciate all the work that the COD Cares and Northwestern Medicine volunteers had accomplished for the Village of Glendale Heights,” Mroz said.

Students who were unable to volunteer Sept. 11 still have a chance to get involved with COD Cares.

Their next event is called “Up to Snow Good” and is expected to take place sometime in the next few months.

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FEATURES

Riot Fest Returns to Chicago Despite All Odds Reanna Comiso, Features Editor What started out as a small, localized festival has turned into one of Chicago’s most beloved. Thousands of music lovers from across the country make the commute to Douglas Park each year for Riot Fest, with each year growing larger than before. In the 14 years Riot Fest has been around, this year was the most puzzling and confusing of them all, but that did not keep the audience away.

The 2018 version of Riot Fest started out promising but quickly turned into a mystery. Many things seemed to go wrong in planning the festival this year, including a global security breach with Ticketfly and a headliner backing out completely. Fans questioned whether the festival would even happen.

Things started to go awry as soon as the first wave of the lineup was released in May. On the same day, Ticketfly, who has been the partnering ticket partner for eight years, was hacked and went offline. An estimated 27 million Ticketfly accounts had their information 8

exposed during the security breach. While Ticketfly was down, Riot Fest partnered with Eventbrite to make up for lost time.

Before the lineup announcement, the festival already sold threeday general admission tickets, but ticket sales for that day were critical. The security breach set the festival back immediately.

After receiving a settlement from Ticketfly, the festival did what no others would do and offered discounted threeday passes. Tickets sold for $99.98 versus the usual $170 before taxes and fees. People who purchased a three-day pass before this discounted price received a voucher to purchase next year’s passes at the same price.

The festival then went silent for a while, so silent that people assumed the festival was canceled. It was not until a week before Riot Fest weekend that the full lineup, daily schedules and after-shows were released. The full lineup did not have the original Friday headliner, Blink-182, on the program. Instead, it had Weezer, along with Taking Back Sunday

and Run The Jewels to make up for Blink182’s absence. It now started to make sense why the lineup and schedules were released so close to the festival.

Despite the setbacks, Riot Fest still put on a good show.

The festival began on Friday, Sept. 14 and was as crowded as ever. A larger crowd was undoubtedly drawn to the fest with the cheap three-day passes.

I arrived at the fest around 4:30 p.m. to catch a few acts. Parking at a Chicago music fest can be stressful. Official Riot Fest lots were available for $25 to $30 for those who wanted the security and ease, but I was able to find free street parking not far from the entrance.

The setup of the park included five stages, a strip of food vendors, merchant tents and carnival rides. The layout was the same as last year with nothing too far to get to. It only took a few minutes to walk to a new stage or across the park for food.

I saw Digable Planets and Cypress Hill for their entire

photo by Reanna Comiso sets, and also caught glimpses of Sum 41 and Taking Back Sunday. This was the day I was least interested in, but it ended up being a lot of fun. Both Digable Planets and Cypress Hill played full albums, something Riot Fest is known for.

Both had a fun stage presence and drew large crowds, especially Cypress Hill.

Saturday was the day that I was looking forward to the most. Out of all three days, it had the most interesting lineup. As soon as I arrived at 2 p.m., every hour was occupied with sets I wanted to see.

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hours, I was able to see Health, Gary Numan, Cat Power, Adolescents, The Voidz, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Killing Joke and The Jesus Lizard.

Some bands dealt with technical difficulties which put a halt on their sets. Health had to end their set almost 15 minutes early due to issues with their equipment.

The overall sound at a few stages was not the best, specifically for Elvis Costello & the Attractions.

Vocals often felt very quiet in comparison to the other instruments.

Certain moments felt uneven, but it was not

too much of an issue.

The festival is located next to a hospital, which limits how loud the music can be. For Riot Fest to continue in Douglas Park, the sound cannot surpass a certain decibel as to not disturb the patients next door. I assume the sound was not the best for this reason. The festival was already forced to move locations a few years ago, so I do not blame them for wanting to make adjustments to keep the festival running.

Despite some issues with the sound, bands still managed to put on a good show. The best

FEATURES set of the night was the Jesus Lizard who headlined their respective stage. It was high energy, engaging and exciting for the entire hour-long set. I looked forward to their show all weekend and it did not disappoint.

Sunday was the tamest of the three days, but it was a nice change of pace after an already long weekend.

Of all the acts on the final day, the most interesting was Blondie.

They had one of the biggest crowds of the weekend, filled with people of all ages.

With 40 years of experience under their belt, the band was one of the main acts of the 2018 lineup. The 73-year old Debbie Harry took the stage in a neon green wig to perform a variety of songs from their massive discography.

The sound was also better on Sunday

compared to the other days with little to no technical difficulties, though the sound has little impact on my overall experience.

With another year of attending Riot Fest under my belt, I can say that despite the issues with this year's fest, it was still as fun as any other year. I was skeptical of the lineup at first but was pleasantly surprised in the end.

Going forward, I believe the festival will do more to work around last-minute issues like they faced this year. The 2019 version marks 15 years of the festival. I anticipate they will make up for this year's flaws to produce something even better for their anniversary. I am already looking forward to seeing how the festival progresses next year and beyond.

JAMMING OUT: Lead singer of Weezer, Rivers Cuomo, plays for a crowd of screaming fans at Riot Fest.

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FEATURES

中秋快了! (Happy Moon Festival!)

Trinity Jefferson, Social Media Manager Fall is a season everyone loves: school begins, holidays are on their way, and pumpkin spice lattes have made yet another come-back. In most cases this is what the fall season brings. For the Chinese community the annual Chinese Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is about to be celebrated in the homes of many and in the streets of China.

The origins of the festival begin with a

man and a woman, husband and wife to specific. There was a time when the world was surrounded by ten suns and one moon.

One day all ten suns were in the sky at the same time. Seeing as how us humans can’t really stand the heat, this wasn’t going to end well. A man named Hou Yi shot down nine suns and left one to remain shining in the sky. Soon after, Hou Yi stole an elixir that had belonged to a goddess.

This elixir contained eternal life. In order to save the townspeople for Hou Yi’s destructive reign, his wife, Chang Er, takes the elixir and drinks it. She then floated up into the moon. Hou Yi couldn’t shoot down the moon, he loved his wife too much to destroy her.

Ever since then, the people in China have celebrated the moon with their savior inside of it.

During the moon festival, a traditional

cake is served between friends and family. The Chinese Mooncake is a delicacy that usually made out of salted egg yolks, nuts, osmantus, and orange and melon seeds. Along with the cakes are different fillings like: lotus paste, red bean paste, and dragon fruit paste.

Many families take the time to make these and even play games to keep the fun going.

This festival isn’t just celebrated by China.

Countries everywhere

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South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore all celebrate this holiday, some different

than others. Chinese decent or not, everyone can play a part in celebrating the annual Moon Festival.

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Meet Sophia Healy

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Trinity Jefferson, Social Media Manager

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Here at College of DuPage there is always program for everybody. Sophia Healy happens to be a hardcore lover of languages.

Fortunately, COD offers many languages from French to Korean, this school has a vast array of classes filled with culture and the chance to open up possibilities for any student’s future.

Up until the age of 12, Healy was illiterate when in the English language. She started her education in a private school that hadn’t ever thought about

OF COLLEGE OF DUPAGE any core class other than theology. By the age of 10, Healy had entered a public school, but realized she had to catch up to those around her.

“I remember taking classes with the ESL Students that didn’t even speak English and how humiliating that was. How much of a struggle it was,” she said. “Ever since then, I realized the importance of language.”

Years later after putting in hard work, Healy decided to take a Chinese class on a whim in high school.

During those years, Healy even took the time outside of the classroom to independently study the language. She went out of her way to buy work books, textbooks, and use any online information that she could find to help her out. Later, Healy

realized how similar Chinese is to other Eastern Languages and how they generally cross over and use each other. Ever since then, she’s fallen in love with many different languages and with her fascination with East Asian culture, Healy has decided to take: Japanese, Chinese, and Korean this fall semester here at COD.

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OPINION

E-Cigs Aren’t as Safe as You Might Think Kimberly Wilson, Opinions Editor

photo Lindsay Fox - Wikimedia GayabyStreet during Chinese The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared youth vaping an epidemic last week.

Over 2 million middle school, high school and college students vape or use electronic cigarettes or e-cigs. The agency says it will halt sales of the product if manufacturers cannot deliver a plan to prevent youth vaping. The numbers show many young people feel vaping is safe, but one should be mindful of getting hooked.

According to medicalnewstoday.com, e-cigarettes are “...a battery-operated device that emits doses of vaporized nicotine, or non-nicotine solutions, 12

for the user to inhale.”

Perhaps the most common use for e-cigarettes is to help adults quit smoking. But popular companies such as Juul, Blu and Vuse market the product to a younger demographic by offering a multitude of flavored e-liquids such as mint, mango and fruit. Juuling is popular with teenagers as it is more portable and discreet than any other brands, which makes it easier to hide from parents and teachers.

The “fun” flavors and its stress-relieving capabilities make vaping an appealing hobby for many young people. But they often

aren’t thinking of the damaging effects. Safer doesn’t mean safe. .

E-cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance that may contribute to heart disease as well as trigger changes in the adolescent brain.

E-cigarettes also contain other damaging substances. An article on Scientific American’s website states nitrosamines, which have been linked to cancer, formaldehyde, a carcinogen or a substance known to cause cancer, and lead have all been found in the product.

The article goes on to state studies show “though the toxicant levels of e-cigs may

be “9–450 times lower than in cigarette smoke... levels of formaldehyde and metals have been found to be comparable to or higher than those found in conventional cigarettes. Silicate particles, which are a cause of lung disease, have also been found in e-cigarette vapors.”

Unless addiction, brain damage and cancer sound appealing, young people should be wary of picking up vaping as a hobby. Developing a nicotine addiction from vaping could put one at a greater risk of switching to cigarettes, the very thing vaping has been tout-

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ed to help stop.

Yes, there are worse things teenagers and young adults could be doing. But that doesn’t take away from the negative effects vaping could have on one’s health long term. It’s important to not give in to peer pressure and learn as much as possible about the good and bad of vaping before starting the habit.

For those who currently vape and want to quit, joining a tobacco cessation program may be a good option. Because of the addictive nature of nicotine, a tobacco cessation program may address the “physical, psychological and sociocultural

aspects of addiction,” according to Jennifer Folkenroth, the national director of tobacco control with the American Lung Association.

The College of DuPage, which has a smoke free policy that includes electronic cigarettes, also recommends several smoking cessation resources on its website, such as the American Lung Association’s website, www.lungusa. org, American Heart Association’s website www.heart.org and the Illinois Tobacco Quitline: (866) 784-8937.

OPINION

Access Codes: Make it Worth it Tessa Morton, Editor-in-Chief It’s not only one of my favorite series on YouTube, but also a question that I ask myself at the beginning of every semester. Is it worth it?

My undergraduate degree was English and theater. Although there were occasional textbooks to be purchased, none exceeded $70, and I never once paid over $100 for anything. Most of my textbooks were novels and plays. Texts that could be found in used bookstores or online. What a blessing.

Today, no such luck.

I am not cursed with the bill and weighty backpack that a medical student gets slapped with every semester, but even so, the official textbooks, latest edition of course, are brutally expensive.

Access codes just add insult to injury. In 2015, Lucas Koprowski, a previous Courier reporter, wrote about his frustration with underutilized access codes. Sadly, nothing has changed. Not only are students continuously required to buy prepackaged books with codes and videos and activity books, but they continue to be

underutilized if they are even used at all.

During my two semesters at College of DuPage (COD), I have had the privilege of purchasing five online access codes. Several come with books, and others can be purchased separately online. So far, two have been worth it. Not a great statistical average. One access code was only used for extra credit, and another was used to access a single, seven-minute video. Not the best use of $20.

What made the ordeal all the more upsetting was the customer service. Out of five access codes, two of them could not be redeemed online, and the process of replacing them can be excruciating. Long story short, hold on to your receipts until the semester is over.

We are all encouraged to buy our materials from the school book shop, and as a previous employee of Follett Bookstore, I know too many students had issues with codes that would not work. I was shocked to hear from online access code publishers that the most reliable

way to purchase one is through their site.

Why would you sell your product from a bookstore if it is less likely to work that way? Another way to rise a poor student’s blood pressure.

The problem doesn’t seem to be one that will be solved any time soon. With more online and hybrid classes and technology becoming a more integral part of the learning process, access codes seem here to stay. What students are asking for is for it to be worth it. Spending $40 on a product

that is used once and is only worth 40 grade points is frustrating.

Buying an access code only for it to be worth even less or not used at all is infuriating.

This summer semester I purchased every book on my list, like the good little student I am, only to find out one wasn’t even needed. My poor blood pressure. The difference here is many books can be resold, whilst access codes cannot.

A recent survey produced by Cengage, and published on our website, showed 85

percent of students found paying for textbook and course materials was financially stressful, and 87 percent of students considered course materials to be overpriced.

This alone is concerning and can be a major contributing factor to the massive amount of debt students accumulate as they try to better themselves through education.

All of this would be a little more bearable, if it felt like it was worth it. When students feel duped or taken advantage of,

not just by the publishers or the retailers, but by the professors who assign the materials, the cost feels all the more painful.

Students are paying to be here because we have been told, and we truly believe, our education will be worth it in the end. The benefits reaped will more than make up for the costs borne.

Until we can say the same about our course materials, students will continue to feel resentful and may even start cutting corners.

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WILSON: It’s Not Arrogance If You Can Back It Up Kimberly Wilson, Opinion Editor The 2018 US Open women’s singles final brought with it the biggest tennis controversy in years. Many believe runner-up Serena Williams overreacted to the umpire’s calls against her. However, the “she lost it” narrative permeating the internet is a classic example of punishing women—black women especially—for taking a stand.

The umpire penalized Williams three times in her loss to Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who won her first Grand Slam at 20 year old. The second call, a penalty for being coached, lost her a point. Williams already had one warning for racquet abuse, the first call.

When she argued

call No. 2, demanding an apology, the umpire issued a third penalty for what he called “verbal abuse.” She never swore once. This left her a break down in the second set of the match, which is a serious disadvantage in tennis. She’d already lost the first set.

Some say Williams’ impassioned reaction was uncalled for. But as many have since pointed out, male athletes, both in tennis and other sports, have had similar reactions to perceived bad calls on multiple occasions.

These men never faced scrutiny to the extent Williams has.

Retired American players James Blake and Andy Roddick have since admitted to saying “much worse”

to umpires without being penalized. Tennis great John McEnroe was often celebrated for his “fiery personality” on court. One of his tirades even led to his infamous “you can’t be serious” outburst that resulted in a lucrative advertising campaign for Nike.

The coaching violation penalty--the call that started it all--was questionable to begin with. Players receiving pointers from their coach during a match is common in professional tennis, even though it is technically against the rules. The violation is usually met by umpires with a soft warning, which generally puts an end to the issue.

Knowing this, the double-standard at

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play in this situation must not be ignored.

Regardless of how one feels about what Serena and her coach did or didn’t do, tennis players are more or less getting away with being coached on a regular basis. Male athletes are more or less getting away with arguing a bad call on a regular basis.

Williams being so severely punished for doing the same is simply unfair. Instead of attempting to diffuse the situation, Ramos made a call that rendered it virtually impossible for Williams to get back into the match.

But much of the public’s response has tried to shift the conversation away from the umpire’s unbalanced call.

This is a deliberate attempt to paint Williams in a negative light and reinforce sexist and racist stereotypes against black women.

The umpire’s actions and the public’s invalidation of Williams’ reaction is a paradigm of misogynoir. A type of bias unique to black women, it involves them being discriminated against based on gender and race.

Black women in this country have been

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ceaselessly discouraged from defending themselves in the face of mistreatment. When treated unjustly, expressing any form of indignation often results in them being labeled as irrationally “angry.”

Many black women internalize this insidious stereotype and refrain from speaking up for themselves. This allows for the seamless continuation of their ill-treatment. This culture makes it easy for black women to think their feelings are not worth expressing. But Serena’s refusal to be silenced is an example black women would do well to follow.

In the book “Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race,” author Reni Eddo-Lodge discusses the struggles she has faced when daring to speak up about inequities faced by black women.

“I used to be scared of being perceived as an angry black woman,” she wrote. “But I soon realized that any number of authentic emotions I displayed could and would be interpreted as anger.

My assertiveness, pas-

sion and excitement could all be wielded against me.”

Williams’ reaction was completely natural. Cheating accusations plagued Williams and her sister, Venus, for years. Both were falsely accused of fixing matches between them. Williams has endured a perpetual onslaught of baseless doping accusations from fans and the media. It’s not difficult to understand why she reacted the way she did to being called a cheater.

Yet countless articles continue to inundate the web charging Williams went too far.

Her emotions are questioned and invalidated as comment after comment insist she had no right to them.

How dare she behave like that? People seeth. Who does she think she is?

Serena Williams is, without question, the best female tennis player to ever walk onto the court. She knows her tireless work has earned her respect. And she’s not afraid to demand it.

Her actions have given us a powerful lesson— know your worth and act accordingly.

Letter to the Editor: Vote Libertarian for the Illinois Attorney General

Letter to the Editor: Voting Third Party

Being the top legal officer for the State of Illinois, the Attorney General’s job is extremely important. The current Attorney General is Lisa Madigan, the daughter of House Speaker Michael Madigan. She is not running for reelection.

The Democratic candidate this year, Kwame Raoul is an entrenched politician from the Chicago political machine. Will a Democratic Attorney General take on corrupt Democrats? Doubtful.

Erika Harold, the Republican candidate, was given hundreds of thousands of dollars by Bruce Rauner and the Illinois Republican Party during a primary election in which both should have been impartial.

Will Harold prosecute corrupt Republicans? Doubtful.

Both Raoul and Harold are compromised as Attorney General Candidates. The way to ensure a fair, objective yet tough Attorney General is to elect someone outside of the two party system.

Libertarian Bubba Harsy is the best choice for Attorney General.

Bubba has a Juris Doctorate from American University, Washington College of Law and will not shield politicians from either political party who are corrupt. Let’s clean up Illinois’ political culture. Vote Bubba Harsy for Illinois Attorney General in November.

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SPORTS

There is No Service Without Honor:

COD Tennis and Repercussions of Athletic Probation Miguel Contreras, Sports Editor COD Tennis strives to embody an upstanding community of mutual support amongst players and staff, but also a competitive spirit with no shortage of player tenacity and perseverance.

However, in light of the recent athletic probation, one of the teams’ greatest aspirations will remain unattainable for this year.

The Tennis Team has recently returned to a non-scholarship division, meaning dropping down to the Division III level, and likely facing easier opponents. However, for the last eight years, COD Tennis has compete at the Division I level to great success.

Out of the last eight years of competition the tennis team qualified to compete at the NJCAA National Tournament with the men’s and women's teams three times each respectively.

This is despite the fact that at the Division I level, non-scholarship athletes playing for COD would have been facing off against players from other schools that did have scholar16

ship to compete at their institutions.

COD manages to do this while being a comparatively conducive environment to athletes with an interest in tennis but also outside time constraints. When compared to scholarship institutions, COD compromises with student availability, as opposed to non-negotiable match times.

Even while attaining competitive achievement, although the starting lineup is based on merit, the tennis team remains an encompassing organization for anyone who wants to learn the game. There are no cuts from the team.

All of these factors in combination should have placed Division I scholarship institutions at a natural advantage against COD’s Tennis Team.

Nonetheless, they remained competitive.

Head Tennis Coach, James Bowers, who has a decorated collegiate background in his own right, cites more than just the virtues of the tennis team as a means for their consistent success.

“Reason we are able

from left to right: Coach Jim Bowers; Lucero Bustamante; Pahola Soriano; Rachel Hofstetter; Tamara Kruic; Julie Benes Gaya Street during Chinese New Year - Alexander Synaptic -Photo Courtesy of Jim Bowers to be competitive in the region, state, and national tournament is our wonderful facilities and our great support systems,” he said. “Like our trainers, if we had health issues with our players, in any sports, they have a lot people that they can call. If any of the players are having problems with their academics, once again, we have a great support staff. We have a competitive schedule, we play the best in the state of all the junior colleges, and we have a chance to go to the national tournament.

There’s no cost to be

on team, there’s an opportunity to go on this school-sponsored trip, and go play tennis every week.”

Through these means, the tennis team as an organization helps foster an environment where players are encouraged to have a more balanced lifestyle.

That has translated to on court success.

The game itself also helps contribute to a balanced state of being, and therein becomes more than just a game for many collegiate athletes.

“In tennis, and all

THE COURIER

Julie Benes photo by Alison Pfaff

SPORTS

Kruic and Bustamante Photo courtesy of Jim Bowers

sports, it can be a lifelong activity,” Bowers said. “There are many benefits in doing something sports related or fitness related. It keeps your body in shape and your mind alert. In all sports there’s social aspects too. One of the dangers of community college is that you might want to commute there and go home. Going in, playing sports, lets you meet different people. It forces you out of your comfort zone.”

These standards of competition are not

only upheld by the more tenured student athletes, but also incoming freshman who become part of the team. Louis Hara is a freshman and a men’s tennis recruit for the spring season. A natural love of tennis motivates his dedication to the game, but it’s facing off against the opposing player on the opposite side of the court that keeps his passion burning. “The competition and going to regionals.

Going against stronger guys is really fun. The

team spirit was really fun as well.”

With a competitive nature and team comradery so powerfully perpetuated throughout the program, it only exasperates the disappointment of being barred from this season’s regional qualifier and, consequently, national tournament.

COD hosts the regional qualifying tournament for its tennis division annually. Under ordinary circumstances, COD athletes would compete in the

tournament this year on Oct 13. With a chance to qualify for nationals taking place in Peach Tree, Ga. on Nov 1.

However, with the recent athletic probation sanctioned by the NJCAA, COD has offered to host Elgin and Illinois Valley for the event as usual, but COD athletes will not be eligible to participate.

This probation was sanctioned due to student-athlete information processing oversights committed by members of the athletic department since 2013. This rendered those athletes, potentially unbenounced to them or other members of the athletic department, ineligible to play. However, those athletes were still fielded in their respective sports.

After conducting an internal audit and discovering these errors, COD self report their findings. The NJCAA then ruled a year long athletic probation preventing any teams from participating in postseason events. Unfortunately, players, whether involved or uninvolved, bare the burden of consequence for the institution’s mistakes.

Not only will players miss out on the com-

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petitive experience, but they will also miss out on the opportunity to qualify for the national tournament.

The circumstances are especially unfortunate for players like Lucero Bustamante, who not only looked towards the tournament with anticipation, but are also in their sophomore year at COD. Bustamante has aspirations to transfer to a four-year institution following this year, but she does not expect to continue playing tennis once attending. The regional tournament may have represented her final opportunity to experience upper-level competition and contend for an opportunity to qualify for nationals.

Bowers has recognized the implications of the athletic probation on his players.

“Last year, those two sophomores, they had the opportunity to play the regionals, and to compete, and to potentially qualify for the nationals, and they really enjoyed that,” he said.

“That chance, to have the dream of qualifying for the nationals, that’s why they kind of practice throughout the year and during the off season. Sure they were looking forward to that.

I was looking forward to that, like every stu-

dent athlete here.”

The limitations of this year’s season have not dissuaded the women’s tennis team.

They all have opted into competing during their regular season despite the lack of postseason potential.

As a means to make up for the loss of tournament participation, Bowers and COD Tennis hopes to schedule additional matches versus the likes of Elmhurst, Northwestern and Roosevelt College to supply more of a competitive experience to their players.

The effort to supply players with additional matches is not understated, but neither can be the fact that there will be be an irreplaceable aspect to this season’s competition.

Louis Hara knows first hand what the uniqueness of that experience is like. “I was able to go to regionals, and it was a very good experience in getting to play against stronger teams. Winning with your team is amazing because your teammates support you while you’re out.

Against strong opponents, when you win, it's even better because you feel confident and satisfied. COD not doing that, it kind of ruins the point.”

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COFFEE BREAK ACROSS

THEME: MARINE LIFE

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THE COURIER

1. Capital of Tunisia 6. Gumshoe 9. "____, over here" 13. #18 Across, alt. sp.

14. Busy one 15. Misrepresent 16. "____ One" on a ticket 17. ____ ____ mode 18. Become hardened to 19. *Pinching crustacean 21. *SquarePants 23. *Female #19 Across 24. Frigid shipping hazard 25. Medicinal baths locale 28. Microsoft browser 30. Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary 35. Stay out of its way!

37. Like word of mouth 39. Truth, in the olden days 40. American Society for Clinical Investigation 41. *a.k.a. solvent of life 43. Title for Turkish leader 44. Woodwind mouthpieces 46. Large, prefix 47. Alexander Hamilton vs.

Aaron Burr, e.g.

48. Alaskan archipelago 50. Agitate 52. Before, in verse 53. Fire starter, in a pinch 55. Lamb serving 57. *Star of Raffi's song 60. *Where ocean meets river 64. Not a trick 65. Boozehound 67. It is best not mentioned 68. Eagle's nest 69. Grass bristle 70. Japan to U.S. in WW2 71. Gwyneth, for short 72. Actress ____ Thompson 73. Official state sport of Wyoming

DOWN

1. *Ocean color, bluish green 2. Ctrl + Z 3. Like after a novocaine shot 4. March marchers 5. Parlor piece 6. Alpine transport 7. *Snake-like fish 8. ____-fire 9. Teller's partner 10. Terrestrial gastropod 11. Make children 12. Kickoff prop 15. Methane 20. Furnish with a fund 22. Be nosy 24. "Egg ____," egg substitute 25. *Thresher ____ 26. Promenade in Spain 27. Formed a curve 29. SI unit of mass 31. Beatles' "Abbey ____" 32. "____ One: A Star Wars Story" 33. Not the same one 34. *Giant mammal 36. Calf-length skirt 38. Toy block 42. Train runners 45. "Yes, Sir!" gesture 49. Party barrel 51. It's "sealed with a kiss" 54. Like allergy spray 56. *Excrement of sea birds 57. Tea or beer 58. Strange and spooky 59. Been in bed 60. Volcano in Sicily 61. Tucked in 62. Capital of boot-shaped country 63. Walk-the-dog toy 64. "You're it" game 66. Be obliged

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE WEEKLY WEATHER FORCAST Made Possible by the COD Meteorology Department

FRIDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

CHANCE OF RAIN

MOSTLY SUNNY

UPPER 70'S

MID 60'S

LOW 90'S

UPPER 60'S

PARTLY SUNNY LOW 70'S

LOW 50'S

SATURDAY

MOSTLY SUNNY UPPER 60'S

MID 50'S

LONGTERM RECAP: SUNDAY - TUESDAY As we go through the upcoming weekend, high pressure will be over the Midwest and our local area which will lead to fairly quiet weather and no rain chances till Tuedsay. By then, a frontal passage will lead to increasing rain chances later in the day Tuesday. Temperature wise, expect Sunday through Tuesday to see daytime highs in the mid to upper 70's and overnight lows in the 60's.

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