Artichoke Times, Vol 2, Issue 3

V o l um e 2 , I s s ue 3

C e n t e r F o r C iv ic & G l ob a l E n g a ge m e n t

M a r c h 6 , 2 01 4

T HE A RT I CHOKE T IMES A publication of Scottsdale Community College’s Student Leadership Forum

TAKE US OUT TO THE BALLGAME! On Saturday, February 22nd several members of the Student Leadership Forum volunteered their time assisting the City of Scottsdale with its Spring Training Baseball Festival at the Scottsdale Civic Center Park. SLFers helped with set-up, registration and several of the exhibits and games.

The event combined the past, the present, and the future of baseball in fun and unique ways. It was a chance for everyone to celebrate the start of another Cactus League season. If you were an Arizona Diamondbacks or San Francisco Giants fan, you could get free memorabilia and even an autograph!

Even those Cubs fans had a chance to get an autograph of Hall-of-Famer Fergie Jenkins.

While none of the SLFers participated (they were working!), there was also a Cactus League Hot Dog Showdown and a taste competition featuring some of the Valley’s unique ballpark food.

SLF was happy to help as all proceeds after expenses went to The Miracle League of Arizona, a non-profit Scottsdale organization dedicated to providing a safe, successful and enjoyable baseball experience for children, teens and adults with disabilities or special health care needs.

SLFers posed between shifts: Zainab Hirani, Changiz Khan, Jalil Ahmed, Chris Simmons, Bella Hibbs, Catherine Dantas, Jen Sydow (advisor), Anne Borges and Farhan Hossain.

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON

By Marli Mayon, Secretary, Student Leadership Forum On Wednesday, February 12th Scottsdale Community College had a table at the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce’s ―Women in Leadership‖ luncheon at the Silverleaf Golf Club. Student Leadership Forum members Marli Mayon, Secretary; Bella Hibbs, Student-at-Large and Jen Sydow, Assistant Director, had the opportunity to represent the Student Leadership Forum at the event alongside SCC student Keeran Panesar, president of the recently-established women’s empowerment club, IKONS. Guest Speakers, Sara O’Meara, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Childhelp and Yvonne Fedderson, Co-Founder and President Childhelp shared their story of how they founded the organization Childhelp and the leadership skills required to accomplish such a task.

Both actresses, who met on the set of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, went to Vietnam to entertain the American troops. Having taken notice of the orphaned children, the two worked to create four orphanages in and were even involved in Operation Babylift. Influential leaders during a time in which their skits for the soldiers included parodies of women soldiers, these ladies accomplished such Student leaders Bella Hibbs, Keeran Panesar and success with the well being of these children that they were entrusted to make an Marli Mayon represented SCC at the luncheon. impact nationally. This lead to their eventual development of Childhelp which is an organization that works to prevent and treat all acts of child abuse.

In their speech, these women shared the determination that was required of them to accomplish so much. Their ability to work with American politicians to get pieces of legislation passed for the victims of child abuse was something truly remarkable and moved everyone at the luncheon.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

By Francisco Dominguez, Treasurer, Latino Student Association The Latino Student Association (LSA) is a club that promotes issues that affect the Latino population and teaches people about the Latino culture.

Over the last year, LSA has hosted an array of events such as a movie night, Stella Pope Duarte, LSA Toy Drive, and many others.

All of these events would not have been possible if it weren’t for the support of the SCC community. LSA is really honored to have had the support and encouragement of SCC including, but not limited to the staff, students, and alumni. LSA hopes that it has helped shine a light on Latino issues and hopes that you continue to support us.

Over the coming weeks, LSA has many things planned that will engage the students, faculty and the general public. We hope that you will come out to these events, too. Una vez más, gracias por todo su apoyo.

SCC’S VETERANS ASSOCIATION VALENTINE’S DAY FUNDRAISER

Led by LSA Advisor Aaron Torres, members include: Francisco Dominguez, Adriana Salas, Philip Huerta, Sorida Garcia, Miriam Villanueva and Bryan Peña.

By Cliff Rodriguez, Club President, SCC Veterans Association The SCC Veterans Association had a Valentine’s Day Fundraiser that took place in the cafeteria between 11am and 2pm on February 3rd and 4th. Individuals were given the opportunity to purchase a Flower Gram for another person on campus or general public. The Flower Gram was held in the office the next week and individuals were notified that they had something to pick up at Veteran Services between the 12th and 14th. The cost was $5 for a rose and $3 for a carnation. These Flower Grams included candy and a written heart message. The SCC Veterans Association plans on continuing this fundraiser next semester and hopes to have great success with it. We also have other events and ideas for future fundraisers. Stay tuned for upcoming events!

OAC MEMBERS SCORING BIG ON SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

By Sabrina Horton, Vice President, Outdoor Adventure Club

Outdoor Adventure Club Members had a great start to their Super Bowl Sunday. The massive red sandstone formations that make up Papago Park provide great inner city hiking. Club members enjoyed an educational hike that took them around the lake, guided by the club president Diana Hernandez and vice president Sabrina Horton.

OAC first hiked to the Hole in the Rock, enjoying perfect weather and posing for a group photo. After a short hike, we arrived at the historicallysignificant White Pyramid that is former Governor George W.P. Hunt’s family tomb. Lastly, OAC members hiked along the nature trail reading the posted signs and other facts provided by Sabrina’s flora knowledge.

It was all around a perfect morning. The group really had a great time enjoying the history, geography, flora, and fauna of this historicallysignificant location hidden within the city.

OAC members Ali Golabi, Sabrina Horton, Diana Hernandez, Debbie Chewning and Nick Balik pose for a group photo in the famous Hole in the Rock at Papago Park.

TAKE THE LEAD

By Keeran Panesar, President, IKONS "Take The Lead is an exciting new organization that prepares, develops, inspires and propels women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. It’s today’s women’s movement — a unique catalyst for women to embrace power and reach leadership parity." On Wednesday, February 19th, IKONS members, deans and other official members tuned in to the live stream event hosted at ASU. Gloria Feldt and Sheryl Sandberg were among the wonderful presenters. It was an inspiring and informative evening filled with controversial and important topics!

ONE DAY LEADERSHIP RETREAT

By Changiz Khan, Student-at-Large, Student Leadership Forum A group of 10 students from Scottsdale Community College attended a one-day leadership workshop at Glendale Community College on Friday, Feb 7th. Eight of these students were part of Student Leadership Forum. The retreat was intended to explore all the positivity and good characteristics that the students possess. There were also other students from almost all the colleges in the Maricopa District. The presenter was an inspirer and confident man who had been doing leadership workshops and public speaking for the last seven years.

Unlike many other leadership workshops and retreats, this was psychologically very fruitful since the presenter inspired us to tackle all of the mental pressures that had been blocking our path to success. He motivated us to find of our decent souls that could be leaders one day. It involved meditation, physical activities and interaction with peer students.

SCC’s dedicated participants of the MCCCD One-Day

I learned two things Leadership Workshop gather early on a Friday morning before from the first activity heading to GCC. – Initially, I learned that the ice breaker was intended to make the students be involved and interested in the entire program, and secondly, it was an activity for us to judge the level of our presence of minds. We were then divided into groups of two persons. One blindfolded the other and guided that person in eating lunch. This activity was an eye-opener that showed how humans rely on and believe in others sometimes.

SLFer Koop Bills learns to trust IKONS President Keeran Panesar in order to enjoy his lunch.

There were some intense moments in his presentation when he said he might not live very long as he was suffering from a very severe disease. His story was very touching and heart- melting. I learned one thing from his speech —- that a leader and public speaker should be an inspiration, but not a disappointment.

That is what he did. Leaving all the sorrows and painful memories behind, he led us to the first level of success with happiness and enthusiasm.

One of many and the best activities was the wood breaking activity. It was intriguing in a way that we had to write all the bad things about ourselves on the back of the wood and cross them with an ―X‖, while on the other side we wrote all the positive and good things. Later, every one would hit the wood from the side of X to break it with a technique that he taught us. It gave me mental comfort believing that I am pure. That is what he taught: always remember our good thing and trash the bad memories.

Finally, the program came to an end at 3:30 pm after learning a lot of things. I will remember the faces of the program presenters for the rest of my life as he said. And today, I know another way to get rid of the habits that I don’t like.

BOWLING AND FUN IN THE SUN

By Md. Shahadat Hossain, President, Global Artichokes The Global Artichokes Club is the platform for international students to exchange their culture with American students. Currently, 45 students are involved in this club. It’s the place to learn about international culture, heritage and language as well. This semester, the Global Artichokes began their journey with two outdoor fun activities- -Bowling Night and Fun in the Sun. Almost 12 students gathered at Roll N Bowl to show off their bowling skills. Our advisors Jeff Ortiz and Nikki Serafin were also present to encourage us and take part in the game. We were divided in two groups. After three games, Laurie and Jalil became the champions of the evening. Laurie scored 137 which was the highest score. We all celebrated their victory with cheers and shouts. While playing, everyone looked so serious and determined to win. Hasib stated, ―In sports – no friendship, no negotiation.‖ But when the game was finished, everyone forgot the rivalry and started enjoying the beautiful evening. After discussing about different countries and their histories, we returned home with some new bowling skills.

The next Friday was the outdoor sports event ―Fun in the Sun.‖ The exciting part was cricket. As cricket is not popular in the U.S., many students wanted to learn the game. Hasib collected cricket bats and balls to teach cricket at the Chaparral Park. After playing cricket and soccer, we headed to see the sunset in Tempe Beach Park. The lake, bridge, sunset and the birds created an extraordinary moment to enjoy the evening. The event was good enough to store some sweet memories and to recharge with energy needed for the upcoming busy weeks.

STUDENTS HAD LUNCH WITH SHEILA THE GILA MONSTER

One of the Global Artichoke’s first club events was to check out the ever popular First Fridays evening in downtown Phoenix. (Top: Changiz Khan, Jalil Ahmed, Jeff Ortiz (advisor), Boby Yomaki, Yao Opoku.

Bottom: Jacqueline Zurmuhlen, Theresa Wegeleben, Farhan Hossain, Ferrawanti.)

Mark Your Calendars!

SCC Earth Day Celebration…March 26 Week of World Languages….March 31—April 4 Spring Fling….April 2 Genocide Awareness Week (Honors)….April 7-12 Excellence Under the Stars….April 16 The In Thing….April 24

By Sabrina Horton , Center for Native & Urban Wildlife

STUDENT LEADERSHIP FORUM

Did you know that SCC has a Gila Monster and students can join her for her monthly feeding? The Gila Monster is the largest lizard in the United States, with a maximum length of 18-24 inches. Although capable of delivering a painful, venomous bite, bites are rare and no fatal bites have been recorded.

Wild Gila Monsters eat eggs, lizards, and baby birds and rodents. They can consume up to 50% of their body weight in one feeding. They are very reclusive and will spend up to 90% of their lifetime in burrows, either digging their own or using another animal’s abandoned burrow.

Theresa Sweeney - Chair Maia Fruchthandler - Vice Chair Anne Borges - Special Events Co-Manager Jalil Ahmed - Special Events Co-Manager Sudipto Paul – Public Relations Co-Manager Farhan Hossain – Public Relations Co-Manager Marli Mayon - Secretary Gilberto Rubio - Mascot Nick Balik - Student-At-Large Koop Bills - Student-At-Large Catherine Dantos Do Nascimento– Student-At-Large Bella Hibbs – Student-At-Large Changiz Khan – Student-At-Large Chris Simmons - Student-At-Large Therese Tendick– Dir., Center for Civic & Global Engagement Jen Sydow– Asst. Dir., Center for Civic & Global Engagement