November 19, 2019

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November November 19, 19, 2019 2019

• Hemp harvested for CBD has little to no THC, the chemical compound required to "get high" • Farming hemp for CBD was legalized federally in the 2018 US Farm Bill.

• CBD has become increasingly popular for medical use

Adjunct faculty score a Page victory, but still lack voice 3 Modern Warfare sticks to the past

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Hunting for zombie deer

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• The CBD market is expected to exceed $22 billion by 2022

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The Green Mile: Local greenhouse cashes in on CBD

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Local greenhouse cashes in on CBD

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Employees at Abele’s Greenhouse & Garden Center work closely to buck hemp stems to collect as much usable bud to make into CBD products as possible. Wed. Nov. 13.

Michael Piwowarski • Editor-in-Chief @DCMichaelFP Abele Greenhouse and Garden Center in Saginaw is currently closed to the public for the season.

However, employees inside are still hard at work processing their first ever cannabis crop.

But this is not “pot.” They are harvesting hemp - a cannabis subspecies - for CBD (cannabidiol).

CBD, a chemical compound found in cannabis plants, does not get people high.

Recent scientific evidence shows that CBD can be effectively used for pain relief, anxiety relief and other medical uses, making

CBD-based products increasingly popular.

For instance, a study published in the Journal for Scientific Medicine shows that CBD reduced chronic inflammation and pain in mice and rats, suggesting that it can help humans too.

In fact, hemp that is grown and harvested for CBD is quite different from recreational marijuana, the latter of which has a much higher level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive chemical compound that causes the sensation of getting “high.”

“Legally, [hemp] has to have less than 0.3% THC,” says Matt Bouvy, co-owner of Abele Greenhouse. “[...] There’s

a lot of different kinds of hemp in the world. There’s hemp for fiber; that might be coming along later but right now, the most popular varieties are for CBD oil.”

After farming hemp for CBD was legalized in the 2018 US Farm Bill, Abele Greenhouse applied for a business license in May. They have been looking for additional sources of income, as they are a seasonal business. Until 2006, they operated yearround, but stopped selling seasonal products like Christmas poinsettias and Easter lilies due to declining sales.

“By 2006, most of our flower shops had gone out of business or gotten very small; the volume wasn’t there anymore,” says Bouvy. “I think it’s just a changing demographic.

People buy their flowers from [...] Kroger’s, or Meijer’s, or Walmart just out of convenience. You know, 30 years ago, those stores didn’t really have a floral department.”

This year, Abele’s decided to branch out into the booming CBD industry.

The Detroit Free Press reported in March 29 that the market is projected to exceed $22 billion by 2022. Other businesses have already cashed in on this opportunity.

For example, video rental chain Family Video started selling CBD oils earlier this year, in an effort to bring customers back into their stores. As they are one of the last surviving video rental chains in the country, the CBD market could be their lifeline.

To that end, Abele’s is (potentially) working toward

offering a new type of flower: the kind that you smoke.

“We were hoping to have some smokable flower; we may have, I don’t know yet,” says Bouvy. “In order to sell a smokable flower that people could actually smoke, you have to pass a lot of tests. So we’re in the process of getting it tested right now, to make sure that it passes the test for mold, pesticide, residue, make All we needed to grow hemp was a $100 grower license from the state of Michigan. And then, in order to harvest your crop, you need a $1,350 processor license. [...] It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a marijuana license.

- Matt Bouvy, co-owner of Abele Greenhouse

sure the THC is below 0.3.”

Again, that low THC level is key. Smokable CBD flower is instead used for therapeutic and medical benefits, and does not contain enough THC to get people intoxicated.

As Abele’s is just entering the CBD business for the first time, however, Bouvy is unsure what they are going to do with their harvest when they have it ready.

He speculates that, aside from flower, people will most likely want an oil.

“This would be like wholesale sales,” says Bouvy. “Not to the public but to other businesses that are going to further process it or further refine it, or make another product out of it.”

The plants that were grown this year have been harvested and are now being hang

dried and bucked.

“Bucking is the act of taking the buds off of the stems,” says Bouvy.

“That’s what we’re doing now. And then we’re putting them into stores.”

Once the process is finished and all of the product is in storage, Abele’s will receive a certificate of analysis from an independent lab and decide what to do with their hemp afterwards.

Recreational marijuana is ruled out as a possibility for Abele Greenhouse.

They are based in Buena Vista Township, which opted out of allowing recreational marijuana facilities, but opted in for medical marijuana. Bouvy also points out that selling recreational marijuana is much more expensive.

“All we needed to grow hemp was a $100 grower license from the state of Michigan,” says Bouvy. “And then, in order to harvest your crop, you need a $1,350 processor license. [...] It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a marijuana license.”

So next time you walk into Abele’s when they open spring 2020, you can expect to find the usual variety of seeds, potted plants and garden accessories.

But don’t get your

Hemp in Agriculture Seminar & Expo Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, Mt. Pleasant Keynote Speaker: TBA More information at agmarvels.com

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“Now I’m almost in stress mode to get prepared to roll out syllabus, get textbooks,” says Woodard.

“If I had known a little bit earlier, then I could have prepared a little bit because we’re coming to the end of the term in about two or three weeks, four weeks.”

‘No comment’ on unionization

Infographic by Michael Piwowarski

Adjunct faculty score a victory, but still lack voice Michael Piwowarski • Editor-in-Chief @DCMichaelFP UNIVERSITY CENTER - Christina Szilagyi, an adjunct instructor in history at Delta College, spends her weeks commuting between Delta and other schools. She teaches at Mott Community College, Northwood, SVSU and Mid-Michigan.

Like many other adjuncts – professors which are meant to be employed parttime and are non-tenured – she struggles regularly to piece together enough income to make ends meet.

“This semester, I’m working at three different schools,” says Szilagyi.

“That’s actually a low for me; it’s usually four or five.

[It’s a struggle] whether or not you’re going to know, from semester to semester, if you can pay the bills.”

Delta increases adjunct pay

The average adjunct pay for all community colleges in Michigan is $684 per credit hour taught, with Delta falling below that average at $667. Mott, Grand Rapids, Washtenaw and Schoolcraft all pay higher salaries than Delta, with Mott topping the list at $1,084.

The Delta College board of trustees approved a motion at their Nov. 12 meeting, which calls for a 2.2% increase in compensation for adjunct faculty effective winter 2020, to $682 per credit hour. The board also approved a new three-tier system of pay for adjuncts, where they get paid extra per credit hour if they teach 60 or more credit hours in a year.

The Collegiate reached out to some of the adjuncts that attended the board meeting, and they were

satisfied with the outcome, saying “it’s about time.”

However, there is work that remains to be done.

Adjuncts long for full-time positions “One of the things that needs to be looked at is, how often do we have adjuncts covering a full load?” Szilagyi said in an interview with the Collegiate.

“And does that need to be considered in whether or not a full time position needs to be created?”

Trustee Robert Emrich first requested at the Sept.

10 board meeting that data on adjuncts be provided.

He specifically wanted to know about the market that Delta is competing in for adjuncts, the adjunct salary schedule in comparison with full-time faculty and changes in adjunct pay over the past decade.

On Nov. 12, this data

was made ready and provided to the board by human resources (HR) director Scott Lewless, English professor Janet Alexander and assistant HR director Wendy Childs via a presentation.

A study conducted on adjunct faculty at Delta says that, out of 162 adjuncts that responded, 30% said that they are seeking fulltime faculty positions.

Delta College has a surplus in adjuncts with a shortage of full-time positions to offer them.

As of Nov. 13, the Delta job database only lists two open full time faculty positions and 35 for adjunct instructors.

“I did apply for a full time position about six years ago,” says Szilagyi. “But I’ve been here for 10 years, and I’m just adjuncting along.”

Another struggle that adjuncts commonly face, in contrast to full-time faculty, is preparation. Lula Woodard, adjunct instructor in English, just got her classes for the winter 2020 semester Nov 11, the day before the board meeting.

All of the adjuncts in attendance declined to comment on whether or not they are planning to unionize like their fulltime counterparts have done earlier this year.

“Currently, the adjuncts are not represented in the college senate and we don’t have a say there at all, and I would like to see us move forward,” says Bethany Eicher, adjunct instructor in English.

Following the meeting, the board went into closed session to discuss union negotiations with fulltime faculty, which began the following Friday.

Full-time faculty voted to unionize in January. The change in faculty leadership made by administration, from division chairs (chosen by faculty) to associate deans (chosen by administration), made faculty members upset.

This was seen as a loss in faculty voice, as the Delta College Senate voted against the move.

“We want our voice heard in strategic planning decisions, in College policy discussions, in the day-to-day activities of learning that happen at Delta, not after a decision is made,” Christopher Curtis said in a Q&A provided by union leaders.

Adjunct faculty are currently trying to figure out how they can get their voices heard as well, and gain senate representation like with their full time counterparts.

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Human Library opens up to Delta students

Michael Piwowarski • Editor-in-chief

The Human Library takes place in Founders Hall on Delta College’s main campus. Human “books” were available for students to “check out” and learn interesting stories from one another in order to increase connections and decrease judgements. Tues. Nov. 12.

Samuel Philpot • Associate Editor @Philpoteropolis with additional reporting by Nicole Battinkoff Collegiate Correspondent UNIVERSITY CENTER - Delta College hosted its eighth Human Library event Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event gave students the opportunity to sit down

with people who have experienced different things through life and to hear their stories.

“You go out to a coffee shop or the bar, and the first thing you do is pull out your phone,” says event host Kathie Marchlewski. “People don’t sit around with strangers anymore."

Students could sit with a variety of topics that ranged from comic book creators to religion to veterans. The event provided ‘books’ to share their stories and give insight to those who sat before them.

In order to find the variety, Marchlewski starts by emailing the faculty. From there, people will either recommend someone, or jump on the opportunity themselves.

We sat down with a couple human ‘books’ to hear their stories.

“I started writing comic books back in 2012, but I’ve written screenplays and novels before,” says Greg Wright.

Wright went on to explain his various comic books. They range from action, to adventure, to horror. He built up an anthology series before getting its first publisher at Source Point Press.

“It’s best to pitch to an artist, get something on paper and then try to publish it,” Wright said.

Other people at the Human Library chose to take action in their lives for someone other than themselves.

“I have a daughter, she’s eight years old now,” says Stacy Sequin, describing the catalyst of her weight loss journey. “She used to call me

the fat mom, the lazy mom; she resented me… then I made the decision to lose the weight. It was very complicated, very life changing.”

For Sister Schloemer, missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, it was for someone bigger than herself.

“I’ve seen how belief in God can change people’s lives,” says Schloemer.

But it wasn’t always something she was certain of. One day, she prayedv asking if what she’d learned throughout her life was the truth. When that prayer was answered, her purpose came with it.

You go out to a coffee shop or the bar, and the first thing you do is pull out your phone. People don’t sit around with strangers anymore

- Kathie Marchlewski

“I decided I would do whatever God wants me to do,” Schloemer said. “There’s so much power in prayer, because that’s a testimony nobody can take away from you.”

As a flyer said, conversations like these are truly a chance to “un-judge someone.”

If you missed the Human Library event, be sure to keep an eye out for the next one. For more information about the Human Library, you can go to humanlibrary.org or contact Kathie Marchlewski at 989-280-6765.

Students change their world, one poster board at a time Haeley Huggard • Reporter @HaeleyHuggard Maddison Godi • Reporter @DCMaddison with additional reporting by Jared Harris and Celestina Martinez Collegiate Correspondents Tables surrounded the courtyard this past week as students educated each other about political and social issues.

Change Your World Week, which took place Monday Nov. 11 to Thursday Nov. 14, brought inspiration to Delta’s halls with a Veteran’s Day presentation on Monday, the human library on Tuesday and students’ civic engagement projects continuing through the week.

The topics varied from the opioid epidemic, Diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

Environmental, social and political issues were also prevalent in the hallways.

Rachel Wuercinski, 21, from Saginaw sat at her table in the campus hallway,

prepared to share her views on the second amendment with students passing by.

“I think it should be harder to get guns,” says Wuercinski, “you can walk into Walmart and walk out with a gun.”

Tri City local Carly Hammond has decided that enough is enough and is currently running for state representative in Michigan’s 95th district.

“I’m running because the costs are too great if I don’t,” Hammond said while campaigning in the hallway. “It would just be a continuation of systematic injustice.”

Even with the inclement weather being an issue, it did not stop students Bree Dewey, Ani Wyzkiewicz, Alex Snider, and Kameron Borzewski from presenting their topic about the pollution of the Great Lakes to the student body.

“We had most of this done beforehand, yesterday,” says Snider. “As far as getting together and finishing the project itself was fine, but the cold weather did keep us indoors.”

Kyle Wilburt and Nolan Ramond also presented on Great Lakes pollution. Both students expressed their passion for the Great

Maddie Fordos • Photographer

Students participate in Change Your World Week to learn how much one voice can impact the world around us.

Wed. Nov. 13.

Lakes and encouraged students to call local senators and talk to them about this issue.

“I go fishing and I’ve seen the Saginaw Bay,” says Wilburt. “Yeah not good.”

Students Zoie Jones and Hannah Courts presented on sanctuary cities where immigrants could live as they wait for their pending cases.

“These places allow people to contribute to the country they want to immigrate to,” says Courts.

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Delta students graduate from behind bars Kemmer reports that RJ Murphy the majority of • Reporter students treat @rjmurphwords him with respect.

He approaches UNIVERSITY them in the same CENTER - In way as students July of 2015, on campus, but the Department there are some of Education differences. under the Obama “On campus, administration we’re encouraged announced to get to know they would be our students,” Photo by courtesy of Delta College Press Release implementing the says Kemmer.

The Saginaw Correctional Facility in Freeland held a Second Chance “Out there, we’re ceremony for ten students in October.

Pell program. not allowed This experimental familiarity; that’s program secured MDOC [Midland funding for incarcerated Americans to pursue Department of Corrections] rules.” postsecondary education. Delta College is In order to qualify for the program, the inmates working with the Saginaw Correctional Facility must be within five years of their release date, have in Freeland to educate qualified inmates. gone a year without a class one ticket and have a high This October, the first group of students school diploma or GED. Academically, Delta College graduated, receiving associate’s degrees in small holds all of their students to the same standard. business management/entrepreneurship.

According to MDOC, the recidivism rate in Michigan Delta College president Jean Goodnow is about 29%. A 2013 RAND Corporation (Research said in a press release that the ceremony and Development) study funded by the Department was a highlight of her career. of Justice found that incarcerated individuals that “This partnership is important to our community participated in correctional educational programs because as a society, we must equip incarcerated were less likely to return to prison after three years. people with the skills to build a life for The study also estimates “for every themselves upon release from prison,” facility dollar invested in correctional education warden Tom Winn said in the press release.

One of the programs, four to five dollars are saved Bruce Kemmer became the first teacher biggest challenges on three-year re-incarceration costs.” in the Saginaw Correctional Facility at the [inmates] face when “One of the biggest challenges beginning of 2017. In order to teach at the they are released from that [inmates] face when they are prison, professors need to be lien cleared. prison is they are going released from prison is they are going Kemmer begins each night passing through back to the same back to the same environment that a metal detector and being padded down. environment that they they left,” says Kemmer. “Some of “You have to be very meticulous about left. Some of those those same pressures are there.” materials you’re taking in or leaving in,” Employment is a huge factor. same pressures are says Kemmer. “I liken it to airport security.

Finding a decent job can be hard for there."

Once you’re past the gate, you’re in there.” someone who has been convicted - Bruce Kemmer The prison guards run a tight shift. of a felony. For some, returning to Some materials must be submitted for crime appears to be the only option. processing up to a week in advance.

John B. King Jr., U.S. Secretary of Education Ordinary objects like pencils or locks can be turned says: “The evidence is clear. Promoting the into weapons, so they must be accounted for. education and job training for incarcerated “The prison has never denied us anything we need individuals makes communities safer by reducing to do our job, but it’s a different world,” says Kemmer. recidivism and saves taxpayer dollars by lowering The curriculum is almost identical to that of a the direct and collateral costs of incarceration.” course a student on main campus would experience.

Of the first ten graduates, seven graduated Phi However, inmates are not allowed internet access Theta Kappa in honors. The program is on track to within the prison, so all of their assignments and graduate ten more students in April with another seven tests are completed by hand instead of digitally. qualifying for Phi Theta Kappa. This experimental program will continue for at least another year.

You can sign up for emergency notifications by using your mobile phone, text DELTAEMG to 888777 Nov. 4, 2019

A Delta College employee accidentally cut their finger while preparing food. First aid was provided and the employee sought treatment at Covenant Health Care.

Nov. 5, 2019

A car accidentally backed into another vehicle and left the scene. Driver of the striking vehicle was contacted and stated they did not realize they hit another car. A report has been completed.

Nov. 6, 2019

A student came out to find her car damaged. Video surveillance footage identified the striking vehicle. The owner of the striking vehicle was contacted and a report was completed.

Nov. 9, 2019

Delta College public safety assisted the Bay County Sheriff’s Office with traffic control during a traffic incident on Mackinaw north of Amelith.

Nov. 11, 2019

A patron of the fitness center accidentally hit himself in the face while playing racquetball. He had a small cut above his eyebrow. He declined medical attention and left prior to the officers’ arrival.

Nov. 14, 2019

Delta College is investigating a suspicious situation. An 18-year-old Delta student felt uneasy after an interaction with an older male subject in the hallway. Public safety is working to identify this person and interview him.

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What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?

“Normally I sit down with my family for dinner and help make it. [Also], watching the Macy’s parade.”

- Jeremy Light, 18, Saginaw

“Seeing family and friends I haven’t seen in a while. We have a big family kickball tournament.” - Hallie Essenmccher, 18, Harbor Beach

“I change it up but it’s just dinner either with my family or my girlfriends family.” - Daniel Ault, 23, Midland

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Photo Flashback: Concert in between classes!

Rebecca Roberts Photo Editor @DC_rrv

Check out this photo taken during an inclusive performance by Rick Kelly! There was no date, or names of the students involved, indicated on this print. The poster hanging above the musician advertising Rick Kelly points to the fact that he is the performer. The outfits and cool shades worn also lead us to believe this photo was taken during the 1990s. Do you recognize anyone in this photo? Is your parent an alumni who could have possibly been watching this performance?

Kelly is still an active American musician, popular for his entertaining factor during his performances. He still performs locally, but also nationally and internationally. What a privilege it must have been to see a professional in action, and get to be a part of it! Imagine being able to decrease stress during a school day by going to a concert like this.

What artists would you like to see perform on campus? Perhaps during the school day, or on the weekend to avoid conflicting class schedules? Let us know @DeltaCollegiate and tune in next week for another Photo Flashback to the past of Delta!

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Haeley Huggard • Reporter @HaeleyHuggard

Don’t be the turkey at the Thanksgiving table

The holidays are coming and so are those out-of-town relatives. You know, that family that you must make pleasant conversation with and answer all their awkward and very personal questions.

At some point, the holidays all have their cringeworthy moments. The best way to handle holiday stress is to try reflecting on previous holiday events that made you feel uncomfortable and see how you can better handle them, should they come up again.

If you’re truly worried about how the conversation will go this Thanksgiving, instead of using notecards for studying, try using them to give a scripted response.

Scripted responses can help you give more polite answers to those frustrating questions like “When are you going to settle down?” and “Did you get a job yet?”

Keep in mind that you are not obligated to answer personal questions. If a relative is being too nosy, you can always mention politely that it makes you feel uncomfortable.

Or you can excuse yourself to another room.

The holidays are about catching up with family members, not interrogating them.

Another way to keep the conversation

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Lindsay Lang • Illustrator going is to have little printable conversation starters at the dinner table. Small, notecards make a cute table decoration and they help keep away awkward silence.

In general, it helps to steer clear of topics that can evoke negative emotions of any sort.

Try to be sure and avoid topics about politics, religion and family drama, as these are not holiday-friendly topics. A pleasant topic that everyone can enjoy is talking about what your thankful for or talk about a family memory

that everyone is fond of.

There is always that one rowdy relative that feels compelled to talk about subjects that make the family feel uncomfortable.

If possible, try to steer the conversation to something more pleasant than whatever your rowdy relative is fussing about. Talking about pets or how your children are doing is a good example of this.

If you can’t seem to calm them down, the next option you have is to start a group chat with all your family members. Before you know it, everyone will ignore the fussy relative and be focused on the virtual conversation.

If there is any sort of family tension from relatives or just in general, a fun way to keep your mind off it is to try playing a game together as a family.

A fun game to play before or after dinner is called Gobble, Gobble. Have each of your family members sit at the table. Go around clockwise or counterclockwise and have one family member face the person next to them. Have them try to make their best turkey gobble. If you laugh, you’re out. Keep going around the table until there is a winner.

The holidays are a time for bringing everyone together, even if there are uncomfortable moments. The best thing that we can do is try to make everyone feel welcome and included.

English professor motivates student acheivement

Patrick Sochacki Collegiate Life Editor @SochackiPatrick

UNIVERSITY CENTER - Dana Denney, assistant professor in English, and Natalie Norris, current student at Delta College, have a lot of things in common. They both share a love for English, they both love animals and they both appreciate the little things about each other.

“I knew that she was a very unique gal, you know, right from the get-go,” says Denney in regards to meeting Norris for the first time.

“She has a very unique system of operations, she has a very interesting way of explaining herself, she’s very motivated, she has one of those really go-forward personalities.”

Denney has been a professor at Delta for 40 years and has been teaching composition classes throughout her entire tenure.

“I usually work with developmental students, so it’s like English 111A and English 112B [...] usually it’s students who have had a rough time with English in their education beforehand,” says Denney. “They weren’t crazy about it, they didn’t do well with it, but not always. Like in Natalie’s case, they just really enjoy it, they want more feedback as far

as what they’re doing and that’s what I do.”

Natalie Norris is attending Delta to pursue the major of elementary education. She is also a winner of the LAND writing competition for her play, “The True Stories of a Farmhouse.”

LAND stands for Liberal Arts Networking and Development, an organization based in Michigan that helps promote the liberal arts.

Norris describes the play as the stories of her family farmhouse.

“It’s been in our family for over 135 years,” says Norris. “It was built in 1884. [The play] started as an essay, in an assignment where we had to incorporate five of 10 things, and as I was looking through the list of things I kept seeing stories from my family history. So it is ultimately a monologue told by the farm itself.”

Norris’s play has been performed live in front of an audience at Oakton Community College as part of their Play On! Student Playwriting Competition and Festival.

When she isn’t turning essays into award winning plays or studying to teach elementary school, Norris is very involved in 4H. “4H is an enrichment program that has a lot to do with the agricultural side of things,” says Norris. “[...] It stands for head, heart, hands and health which [means] devoting those to your community [...] I’ve been in it since I was nine years old.”

Patrick Sochacki • Collegiate Life Editor

“So I thought, this is just perfect for that LAND Scholars competition. So [Natalie] presented [her story] last winter down at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.” Delta english professor Dana Denney shares about her student Natalie Norris’ award-winning story “True Stories of a Farmhouse.” Thurs.

Nov. 14.

Norris used to raise and ride horses, but now solely raises rabbits.

“I did ride [horses] for two years, and then once I came to college I couldn’t keep up with the horse and I raise rabbits, so the rabbits were put first and the horse was rehomed,” says Norris.

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Lukas Dexter crafts the micro comedies

Maddie Fordos • Photographer Lukas Dexter gets close to his subject, Logan Wilbank on the set of "Fleeting Arrow". Photo taken on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 in Bay City, MI. Samuel Philpot Associate Editor @Philpoteropolis UNIVERCITY CENTER – On Oct. 28, Delta College student Lukas Dexter won the Berlin Flash Film Festival in the Micro Short Comedy section for his one minute film “Cowabunga.”

Micro shorts are a category of short films where everything falls under the one minute mark.

Introductory credits, the entire film and the ending credits must all be shown in just 60 seconds.

This pushes filmmakers to make every scene count.

Dexter has been working on

films for just over a year. He started his craft by asking his professor, Jeff Vande Zande, if he could help out on one of his sets after viewing a film of his. As of now, the two have made 10 films together.

“He shows up, is enthusiastic and stays till the work is done,” said Vande Zande, who went on to praise Dexter’s eagerness for wanting to learn the artform.

“Cowabunga” was filmed at Vande Zande’s house while he left town for a few days, leaving Dexter to housesit.

“I told him that if he came up with an idea and wrote the script, he could use my equipment to film the video,” says Vande Zande. “I wasn’t surprised that he had done it when I came back. He has that ambition.”

“He told me that he just got these two baby turtles that I’d have to feed, and he already had rats,” Dexter said in regards to the origin behind his film. “So I asked him, like, ‘how have you not made that video yet?’”

“Cowabunga” was submitted to five film festivals. Of those five, only four accepted it, and it won the one festival.

“It was the first film I sent out to

a festival,” says Dexter. “The idea was a turning point. It was myself and Maddie, we wanted it to be real cinematic, I took more time with the script and we shot it over two days.”

Not only does Dexter work often with Vande Zande, he makes films with his friends. Together, they made a YouTube channel named Raptor Pack Films.

“I shot my first film with Vande Zande, then went home, told my friends about what I had just done and we shot a film almost immediately,” Dexter said. “It was like being a kid, learning how to swim and just being pushed into the water.”

After “Cowabunga,” Dexter made another one minute film called “Fleeting Arrow.” On Monday, Nov. 4, that film won the Berlin Flash Film Festival in the Micro Short Comedy category as well, putting Dexter at two for two for his films becoming winners.

Currently all of Dexter’s films are comedies, but he hopes to try out some more Twilight Zone films in the future.

To watch Cowabunga, and other Raptor Pack Film videos, follow the QR Code.

Maddie Fordos • Photographer Lukas Dexter prepares his camera to shoot a scene in his movie, For Sale, on Friday, June 14, 2019 in Midland, MI.

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Lady Pioneers drop the ball at start of season Kelvin Butler Sports Reporter @KelvinButler19 The Delta College women’s basketball team has had a shaky start to the 2019/2020 season so far, with two losses and one win.

On their first home game Wednesday, Nov. 6, the team played against Mid Michigan Community College and lost 4973 in a classy showing from Mid Michigan.

Their two best players Amelia McNutt and Allison Heck scored 23 and 20 points, respectively. With that, the Pioneers were down 43-24 at halftime.

“Today was more about a bad Delta team then a good Mid Michigan team,” says head coach Sean Williams.

“Mid Michigan played well, but Mid Michigan isn’t

Maddie Fordos • Photographer Lady Pioneer Isabelle Baranski shoots for a layup during the home game against Mid Michigan College on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

20 points better than us.

This game was an ego check for the ladies.”

While in the locker room during halftime, Williams

told the ladies “to focus on the small details.”

Then in the second half, they came out and played a lot better in defense,

and had a lot more hustle plays. This led to more steals and fast break points for the Pioneers, enough to where they

kept up with Mid Michigan the whole second half.

This made the second half a more competitive game. But they were down so much to where keeping up with the competition didn’t cut the deficit that much.

“We [have] a lot to work on footwork, conditioning, floor spacing, shot selection; everything needs to be better,” says Williams.

Williams did have some positive things to say about the Lady Pioneers, though.

“Some players had good moments and gave us some good play off the bench,” says Williams.

“But no one played good or stood out on the court.”

The women’s basketball faces off against Jackson College Saturday, Nov. 23.

Hopefully by then, they have turned the tide and become a powerhouse in the MCCAA (Michigan Community College Athletic Association) conference.

The hungry Bears are trying to get the Detroit Lions leftovers Kelvin Butler Sports Reporter @KelvinButler19 On Thanksgiving Day, the first game of the day will be the Chicago Bears heading off to the Ford field to give the Detroit Lions some competition. In this match-up both teams have the players and coaches to do such a thing.

The Bears are having a terrible season with the quarterback, which is an important part of the offense, especially today in a pass happy league.

Mitchell Trubisky is having a despicable season, only having two games with touchdowns out of the seven games he started in. His play has greatly impacted

his team in a negative way, by hurting the rushing game and by making the defense give up in some games.

Speaking about the Bears' defense, the defense is clearly Super Bowl worthy, led by the hall of fame talent Khalil Mack. But they can’t hold every team to ten points or less, then knowing how bad their quarterback play in the defense is always on the field. That will of course make the defense winded and tired fast, which will lead to points for the team they’re defending. This is why they are last in the NFC North with their (3-5-0) record so far this season.

Now the Detroit Lions should be facing way less adversity, with their

only problem being the Kerryon Johnson injury.

Besides that, their offense is pass heavy but it is set up with Matthew Stafford at quarterback, who is a gunslinger and he has four reliable receivers. So the offense should be confident heading into the game.

The Lions defense has no one near Mack’s talent, but the defense is still good enough to not get beat by the panicking and too safe quarterback play from Mitchell Trubisky. So they should have a field day with him, especially if the Lions offense puts up some points early in the game. The Bears running game is questionable at best and their offensive

lines are not all that good.

With all that, the Lions defense shouldn’t struggle with the Bears at all.

I know the Bears won their last meeting on Nov. 10, but that was with Stafford being out with a

back injury. So I predict, with a healthy Stafford back in the saddle, that the Detroit Lions will defeat the Chicago Bears 31-13 in another embarrassing game from Mitchell Trubisky.

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Lady Pioneers finish second in national championship Kelvin Butler Sports Reporter @KelvinButler19 They missed it by

đ&#x;‘Œ *that* much.

On Sunday, Nov. 17, the No. 2 seed Delta Pioneers faced off against the No. 1 seed Brookhaven Bears in the NJCAA women’s soccer national championship game. The Bears won 2-0 in a very nice flowing game where both teams had chances to score and Brookhaven just made more shots then Delta did.

Brookhaven’s Kelsey Vickey and Victoria Sifuentes scored two goals in the second half, giving the Bears a 2-0 victory over the Pioneers and And with their second championship in three years, capping off a perfect (17-0-1) season.

So with that, the Pioneers walk away with

their second straight runnerup finish in the national tournament. Although they did not get the results they wanted, this season was still a success due to the sheer skill and determination the Lady Pioneers displayed along the way.

The Pioneers finished (13-0-0) in the regular season, then went on to win the Great Lakes District Championship and went to New York to play in the nationals, where they ended the 2019 season with a nearly perfect (17-1-1) record.

This was possible by head coach Damon Amey, the 2019 Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) coach of the year, who recruited and coached this amazing team of women.

The 2019 MCCAA freshman of the year, Claire

Rousse, is a defender from Bay City. Rousse is also a first team All-MCCAA and 2019 MCCAA player of the year. Rousse has had a great freshman season by any standards, scoring two goals and five assists with an impressive overall game to go with it.

On why the game comes easy to her Rousse said she has been playing the sport for her entire life, at a point where it becomes second nature to her. “I credit my teammates for my success since they're the ones who pushes me into becoming a better player,� says Rousse.

Rousse’s teammates include four other AllMCCAA players: midfielder McKenna Fluder, lockdown defender Katelyn Goodrich, defender Alex Heeke and midfielder Hannah Emington. The team also

Maddie Fordos • Photographer Spirits were high during the Delta women’s soccer team practice in the first snow of the year on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The team even took a break during practice to pelt their coach with snowballs. has All-MCCAA honorable mentions in midfielder Kaylee Meissneran, forward Karli Scott and forward Rachel Hahn.

This still doesn't due

the rest of the team justice, because it takes a whole team to dominate the way they did and represent the Delta Pioneers all the way to New York in the nationals.

Maddie Fordos • Photographer The Delta Pioneer women’s soccer team gathers for a photo around the snowman they built before practice on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

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Colton Carrier Reporter @ColtonCarrierDC The Call of Duty franchise has a bit of a shaky history with trying new things. While 2017's “Call of Duty: WWII” breathed fresh air into a stagnant franchise, last year's “Black Ops 4” felt like a panic button for developer Treyarch, in all the worst ways. With the series coming up on its 16th entry, returning developers Infinity Ward turned to the past to inspire the future, or in other words did a reboot. “Call of Duty:

Review

Samuel Philpot Associate Editor @Philpoteropolis In recent years, many movies have fallen prey to being rebooted, including “Ghostbusters,” “Pet Sematary” and “Hellboy.”

Now, remakes sometimes make the cut as far as visuals, since CGI has come a long way and far more can be accomplished.

However, does every movie need to be remade?

“Charlie’s Angels” is just another victim to the reboot era.

One thing that this reboot did that I rather enjoyed was, instead of trying to ignore the past movies and TV shows, it actually embraced them. Through a montage of pictures of Patrick Stewert’s Bosley in his earlier years, we saw all the old Angels.

Modern Warfare sticks to the past Modern Warfare” (not to be confused with the original “Call of Duty 4”) brings a lot of what was loved from the original sub-series, and attempts to rehash it for a modern audience.

That's not to say the game is "bad." Far from it: like most entries before it, “Modern Warfare” shines from a gameplay perspective, keeping up the same multiplayer focus that the series took on over the years. After all, for most players, the multiplayer will be why you're here. The big changes come from small tweaks and fixes to known issues. As far as innovation goes, “Modern Warfare” doesn't do much to shake up things. With a paltry six-to-

eight hour campaign, there's little here for you unless you dive into multiplayer mode.

The spectacle on screen is something to be applauded, with Infinity Ward pushing current-gen systems to their breaking points. But no amount of flash and flair will fix the story and execution of the game’s single player content, which leaves much to be desired. It’s not as if you can’t make a compelling single player experience in a first-person shooter; one of the best recent examples is “Titanfall 2,” which delivered a short, sweet and polished campaign. There’s no excuse to waste players’ time with a pointless story mode, especially when that

time in development could have went toward fixing some of “Modern Warfare’s” problematic elements.

Speaking of, the most glaring issue in the game is its co-op mode, which, as of this writing, is a mess.

Originally, this mode was billed as a take on the Spec Ops mode from “Modern Warfare 2” back in 2009.

The entire mode is riddled with bugs top to bottom, with players commonly falling through maps, level objectives simply not activating and enemies not loading into the levels.

Enemies magically appear from all sides, surrounding you in open, thoughtless maps, so you’re constantly under fire in ways that

seem more phony than fun.

In my four hours playing, there was one game where players sat through an entire mission. No one wanted this, and no one is sticking around for it.

Some things never change. “Modern Warfare” is, like always, a great multiplayer game with a forgettable story mode, hampered by strange design choices. Everything here is worth looking at, with the exception of the dead-on-arrival Spec Ops mode. “Call of Duty” is a powerhouse franchise for a reason; the gameplay, as always, is amazing, beating out most competitors.

Just don’t expect anything new from this entry.

"Angels" fall for reboots and remakes This movie did provide a solid explanation for how the Bosley system works, as well as the Angels lore in general. It’s made apparent that Bosley is a rank, rather than a name, and taking from Bond, it’s number based. For instance, Patrick Stewart’s Bosley was 001.

Though this movie provided well in building up the world of ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ it couldn’t escape from the classic action movie tropes. From horse race betting to car chases to the double agent story, it utilized almost every trope it could.

The story itself was just a bland revenge tale with some tech talk in order to pull attention away from who could really be trying to take over the world. All the while Kristen Stewart’s character, Sabina, is trying way too hard to make quick, quirky comments that they try to pass off as humor.

The movie barely tried with any form of love story.

Although I don’t believe every story should have one in it, it still tried to implement one through weird, happenstance interactions between Jane and Langston that really just didn’t make sense unless one believes in love at first sight.

Overall, the movie was fast paced, and if all you need are action sequences to fill the time, then this

movie will do just that.

But don’t expect much originality from the story.

Here’s a fun little snippet: as the credits were rolling, the film provided a bunch of barrage cameos, featuring stars like Danica Patrick, Ronda Rousey, Laverne Cox and more. It was a fun game to try to catch each one they showed, and see how an Angel has to train.

So no, I don’t think every movie needs to be remade.

If you’re a fan of the older “Charlie’s Angels” stories, then you’ll still probably enjoy this one. Though if you’re not, then maybe don’t let Hollywood believe remakes are a necessity by going to see this show.

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Noteworthy

RJ Murphy • Reporter @rjmurphwords

“All I want for Christmas is you”

by Mariah Carey Already well established in the music world with her self titled album “Mariah Carey”, “Emotions” and “Musicbox,” Carey released her first holiday album “Merry Christmas” in 1994. The featured single became a massive hit and is one of the few modern songs in popular holiday playlists today.

Top 5 Holiday Songs With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Christmas music has started to creep its way onto our favorite radio stations. We can expect to hear holiday songs on the radio regardless of the amount of snow on the ground or the surplus of candy we have left over from Halloween. Here are the top selling Holiday singles according to Billboard:

“Jingle Bell Rock”

by Bobby Helms This track was released in 1957 in the early days of rock n’ roll. Although this song has been covered by many artists, Helm’s version remains the most popular.

“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

by Brenda Lee Released in 1958, this song was written by popular holiday songwriter Johnny Marks. Marks wrote numerous Christmas standards including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “A Holly Jolly Christmas” and “Run Rudolph Run” despite being Jewish. Brenda Lee recorded this song when she was just 13 years old.

“A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives Originally written by Johnny Marks for the Quinto Sisters, this song was featured in the 1964 animated movie “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

Burl Ives who voiced the narrator performed the vocals and would later release another version on his own Christmas album.

“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”

by Nat King Cole Cole first recorded the song in 1941, against his label’s wishes. The song quickly became a hit so Cole concocted multiple variations to heighten his vision. Cole’s jazzy style fits the song like a glove, soothing and smooth.

Top 5 pre-Thanksgiving events to be thankful for Colton Carrier • Reporter @ColtonCarrierDC

1 Happy Holidaze!

In the tradition of Cirque du Soleil, Broadway director Neil Goldberg has assembled 20 Cirque acts from around the world to amaze audiences nationwide. Celebrating Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas and New Year's, Cirque Dreams: Holidaze will take the stage at the Midland Center for the Arts for two nights.

Performances will run at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, as well as 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets start at $26. For more information, visit https:// www.mcfta.org/event/cirquedreams-holidaze/e26893/

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Happy holidays meet “happy trees” Running through the weekend at the Great Hall Banquet and Convention Center in Midland, the Festival of Trees will bring together more than 100 designers, all with unique Christmas trees and wreaths on display. Doors open at 10 a.m. every day, closing at 5 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m.

Sunday. General admission is $5. If you want more information, head over to https://www.jlgreatlakesbay. org/?nd=festival_of_trees

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Saginaw gets its Christmas rave going Throughout downtown Saginaw, get ready for things to get a lot more festive. On Friday, Nov. 22, Holidays in the Heart of the City will kick off with a lighting ceremony, opening the gates to an assortment of holiday festivities, such as horse-drawn carriage rides, a holiday concert and a special firework show at 8:30 p.m. For more information, head to http://www.prideinsaginaw. org/events/holidays/

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Hear that MaSONIC boom The Masonic Temple in downtown Bay City is a mainstay of the town's art scene, hosting everything from film screenings to live bands. If you want to support a cultural landmark of the city, the "MaSONIC Temple" show will feature live music from The Paisley Fogg and Surf Zup, with profits going directly to the Temple itself. A $20 donation will get you in the door and cover your first drink. More information can be found at https://hmtbc.org/events/

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Christmas Parade - "The Night Before Christmas" With drill teams, marching bands, floats and vintage vehicles, the “Nightmare Before Christmas” parade will bring something festive for everyone. The parade kicks off Saturday, Nov. 23 at 11 a.m., beginning at the corner of Washington Avenue and Johnson Street and disbanding at Ojibway Island. Admission is free for everyone. For more information, visit http:// www.prideinsaginaw.org/ events/christmas_parade/

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Hunting for zombie deer Crystal Gwizdala S&H Editor @CrystalGwizdala

one million to 600,000.

Tick, tock. The disease remains dormant in deer for approximately 18 months.

During that time, the disease can be spread to other animals. These distorted proteins don’t break down so they stick around in the

UNIVERSITY CENTER As far as zombies go, these are pretty typical: bubbling lymph nodes, bulging spinal cords and sloppy saliva.

There aren’t too many — somewhere under 17,000.

“What’s a prion disease?”

But they don’t want to eat us; we want to eat them.

Have you heard that Chronic Wasting Disease proteins are the building (CWD), an incurable, blocks of life? They’re fatal neurological disease moldable blobs and full affecting deer, poses a of potential. They need major problem in Michigan. to be folded into a certain This disease hasn’t shape for them to perform been proven to cause a specific function. Take disease in humans yet, cotton, for example. In its but its relative mad cow raw form, cotton isn’t very disease has. If 1% of the useful to humans. But if 1.75 million population we manipulate it, we can of deer in Michigan is make shirts for covering, afflicted with CWD, the tents for shelter, or filters for disease is considered brewing. CWD is a disease of uncontrollable. How do misfolded proteins—prions, you reduce the afflicted specifically—that can’t fulfill population of deer? Kill as their intended function. many deer as possible.

“In lower Michigan, brain and clump together the number one predator into plaques and tiny fibers, is hunters,” says Michael called fibrils. Eventually, Pressler, avid deer hunter they cause problems that and associate professor of present as zombification, biology at Delta College. such as unsteady walking Over the past 20 and loss of appetite. years, the number of deer The Department of hunters has dropped from

Natural Resources (DNR) imposes hunting restrictions and regulations to keep the population down. First off are the point restrictions.

Female deer are usually ignored and left unscathed to produce the next generation. Since female deer don’t have antlers, the point restrictions incentivize hunters to kill more does for meat.

“Everybody wants to shoot something with antlers,” says Pressler.

The disease can also persist in contaminated soil or water for a lengthy amount of time. In later stages of the disease, CWD can readily infect other members of the cervids family — elk, caribou, reindeer or moose — through bodily fluids such as saliva, blood, urine and feces. To combat these modes of transmission, the DNR imposed another restriction: ban baiting piles.

“A lot of the older generation hunters have been doing the same thing,” says Pressler. “Hunting over a bait pile for as long as they have, […] so this has a lot of people upset. […] Seven out of ten guys

you talk to about the DNR [say] they won’t have anything to do with them.”

Since CWD was first identified in 1960 it’s spread throughout North America and into Europe, likely as a result of hunters transporting infected carcasses. The DNR now restricts movement of deer carcasses across some county lines and across any state lines.

The DNR advises sending deer heads in for testing before consuming any of the deer meat. While the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

believes that the likelihood of humans contracting CWD is low, even if eating CWD infected meat, the possibility cannot be ruled out yet.

The disease will continue to ravage cervid brains and spread throughout North America if left unmanaged. Losing droves of plant-eaters would push long-term ecological implications higher up in the food chain, affecting predator populations.

Sometimes in order to protect the ecosystem and conserve a species, you must kill.

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On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Sen. Kamala Harris proposed a new bill that would keep public schools open until 6 p.m. The belief behind this bill, the Family Friendly Schools Act, is that it would assist parents and ease their burdens of trying to find people to care for their children between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. while they’re at work.

Harris would like to pilot this bill at 500 elementary schools around the nation.

Each school that gets the grant will be for a 5-year period. Each participating school will earn no more than $5,000,000 for the duration of the grant. To which a determining factor for the amount will be the number of students in attendance at the school.

For those three additional hours of being open, the students would partake in extracurricular activities or get involved in the community. The bill doesn’t tell the schools exactly what they will be doing. Instead it will be left open to the school and community to decide what’s best, as long

Later days doesn’t mean better grades Editorial as the schools stay open until 6 p.m.

Currently, one of the biggest flaws with the school system is starting so early in the day.

Children usually have to wake up at around 6 a.m. in order to get to the bus and make it to classes on time that start at 8 a.m. With this bill being implemented, that means that children will be spending almost 12 full hours at school.

According to a TED Talk by sleep researcher Wendy Troxel in 2016, “only about one in 10 gets the eight to 10 hours of sleep per night

recommended by sleep scientists and pediatricians.

Now if you’re thinking to yourself, ‘Phew, we’re doing good, my kid’s getting eight hours,’ remember, eight hours is the minimum recommendation. You’re barely passing. Eight hours is kind of like getting a C on your report card.”

Troxel goes on to say how during adolescence is the time of prime brain development.

A regular, extended sleep schedule would help make sure teenagers meet the standard of what society and school systems place upon them.

Lack of sleep comes with far more problems for teenagers than just not paying attention in school. It’s been linked to causing mental health issues, substance abuse and even suicide.

In an article on sleepfoundation.org “[...]

There is never a dull moment with the boys.

But why is this day sacred to the boy? We all have issues in life, and sometimes we just need a day to forget about all the crap in your life and be with the guys. Some of my best memories have been with the boys, like the time I jumped my friend’s Impala on a dirt bike and broke the landing pad. Or I can't forget the time the boys went to Florida for spring break and got kicked out of our hotel for jumping off the second story in to the pool.

Time with the boys is valued for a lot of reasons.

One day in the near future, we are going off to college and will have to do big boy things, like study and try to start families. We all have different colleges picked out across different states.

But at the end of the day, no matter where you go to school or who you hang out with, there will always be one group that will love you no matter what.

The boys helped me realize how special it is to be together with your friends. Sure, you can hang out with your parents on Sunday, your classmates on Monday and your girlfriend the rest. But one day

People with insomnia have greater levels of depression and anxiety than those who sleep normally. They are 10 times as likely to have clinical depression and 17 times as likely to have clinical anxiety. The more a person experiences insomnia and the more frequently they wake at night as a result, the higher the chances of developing depression.”

Falling into the spectrum of possible issues, if schools stay open until 6 p.m., are they also going to provide dinner for the students? If not, then that means the kids will have to come home, eat dinner, do their homework and try to wind down before going to bed. All to just get up early again before their full sleep schedule is met.

This isn’t the kind of stress we should be putting on kids and teenagers.

If anything, the schools should open later. That way, kids can get their necessary amount of sleep, have a good breakfast and be fully awake and focused on school.

Saturday is for the boys Cristian Kunse Collegiate correspondent It's been a tough week at school and you have homework like no other.

Your girlfriend is being annoying and not replying to you. It's snowing in November. You’re on seven hours of sleep a night and nothing sounds better than a redbull coffee. But you remember what tomorrow is.

Tomorrow is the legendary Saturday, which means you and the boys are about to have a good time.

Now you may ask, “but why is Saturday for the boys? Why not Wednesday

or Thursday?” Saturday is everything the boys stand for. It's the one day where you don't have to worry about school. A day filled with nothing but relaxing and good company. A lot of my friends are in sports and they have to practice until late at night and don't want to go out after their workout. But not on Saturday, because all the boys have plans to meet up.

Now what do the boys do on a fine Saturday, you ask? What don’t we do? From recreating our favorite jacka$$ stunts, to seeing who can eat the most chicken wings.

remains supreme to all of the boys out there, and that special day is Saturday.

Christian Kunse believes Saturday IS for the boys

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Saturday Nov. 23 Hot Cocoa Crawl 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. @ downtown Midland

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Need a way to warm up in the cold weather this weekend? Stop by participating businesses in downtown Midland and sample a variety of hot cocoa beverages.

Thursday Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Day Harvest Buffet 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. @ Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth Reservation required

Don’t want to do the meal prep this Thanksgiving? Let the Bavarian Inn take care of that for you. Enjoy a full menu of salads, traditional Thanksgiving fare, desserts and much more!

Thursday Nov. 21 Donuts with the Dean 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. @ main campus (lower west student lounge)

Come meet Jonathan Dean, the dean of students at Delta College, and enjoy some complimentary coffee and donuts as well. Free donuts; how can you mess that up?

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