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Monday, July 15, 2013
Volume 90, Number 3
ISELF construction on schedule, under budget
SCSU addresses false news reports Vicki Ikeogu NEWS EDITOR
SHUN JIE YONG / VISUALS EDITOR
ISELF (Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility) is scheduled to open by fall semester. Vicki Ikeogu NEWS EDITOR
The construction for the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF) building is, for the most part, right on track to be open for the coming school year, and it is
also coming in under budget. Dr. Kurt Helgeson, profesor in the Department of Environmental and Technological Studies, said he anticipates the building being turned over fully to the College of Science and Engineering by the end of this month
in order for them to prepare the space for incoming students. of its kind on the campus of SCSU, Helgeson said. “It’s based around experimental learning,” he said. Combining the functions of the three current science and
engineering buildings: the Robert H.Wick Science Building, Brown Hall and the Engineering and Computing Center (ECC), the new building features large open labs primarily for collaborative work. “These are capabilities we haven’t had
in the past,” Helgeson said. This $45 million project, funded through a bonding bill by the Minnesota state legislature, will allow students and faculty in the natural sciences, as well as the engineering and technology, to have additional space
to work on research and projects. The ISELF building will have a baseall dedicated to labs and research collaboration. These rooms will be restricted to campus card access.
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Complaints about suspected grade and transcript changes across the SCSU campus, along with an ongoing investigation by the FBI, have proven to be false. “This is not an ongoing investigation,” said Greg Boosalis, Division Council for the Minneapolis FBI. “It never was an open investigation.” Rumors into wrongdoing by SCSU started with a routine visit made by the U.S. Department of Education at the end of June. According to Adam Hammer, Director of Media Relations and Publications for SCSU, it is common practice that the FBI was part of this visit by the Dept. of Education with the function solely as a support role. Allegations into wrongdoing started with a few professors expressing concerns about student grades being altered after the initial grades posted by the professors were changed. In addressing this concern at conducted amongst university professors and administration, Hammer said the cause for concern primarily dealt with late drops and
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Atwood remodel to be done by fall 2013 Vicki Ikeogu NEWS EDITOR
Renovations are right on schedule as the summer slips away and fall semester is rapidly approaching. Since April 29, 2013, the Atwood Memorial Center has begun a $4.8 million remodel to be students to enjoy. “We want it to be ready when they start school,” said outgoing director, Margaret Vos. Taking on a major infrastructural renovation,
since the building was built about 47 years ago, Atwood is undergoing some major upkeep. “We are taking care of other things less jazzy,” she said. Vos said they are in the process of replacing sewer and water pipes, and in addition, the concrete steps facing the Garvey Commons are being replaced with new concrete. But what students can look forward to, Vos said, is the major reorganization that is taking place in the building.
Talking to students and student organizations that currently are located in Atwood, Vos and her committee felt it was important to tackle the needs of students. Vos said a lot of students use all corners of Atwood, especially in preparation for student cultural nights and celebrations. “About 25 cultural groups take up every nook and cranny in the building. They wherever they can for rehearsing song and dance num-
bers,” she said. To address the needs of these students, the existing Valhalla is being transformed into a dance studio with an in-house sound system and ports for iPods or iPads so students can bring in their own music to rehearse. is going to be designed like a real stage as to make it “a quality rehearsal space”. The current Brickyard will be transformed into a multipurpose place with a sit down dining hall mainly for faculty
use. However, this space will be available, at certain times of the day, for students to use as a work place or study room. The main level renovations will include new space for student organizations, primarily Student Government, Multicultural Student Services, said, will come out of a sort of hiding and out of the way places they were once located and be more readily available for students.
Vos said the art gallery is now going to be located near the Atwood Little Theatre. “We believe in the arts,” Vos said. The new art gallery area will be open so people can see across the whole building. Glass doors and walls will be surrounding the area to give students the opportunity to see in as well as to allow more natural light into the building. In addition to the major changes, Vos said student input was vital in other smaller, but
necessary, details. Students were given the opportunity to help select the furniture they wanted. Because the project is coming in under budget, Vos said other technology requests will be able said students had been interested in charging stations for electronics, data projection equipment, and areas for students to use Skype and other teleconference technologies. However, it isn’t necessarily the changes that has
Vos so excited. It’s about the amount of student input she has received on the project. “To take students’ ideas, visions, dreams, and see it become a reality - that’s what jazzes me up.” The Atwood renovation is currently being funded by a $3.5 million revenue bond from student fees. The remaining balance was saved over the last four years.
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One of Atwood Memorial Center’s main entrances are closed for construction work during the summer sessions.
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Johhny Holms rocked Lake George
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space available in the building, with only one large classroom, he said. will be dedicated to the engineering and technological sciences, including a facility dedicated to robotics in the basement and a senior design the natural sciences, including an integrated research space. “It’s a phenomenal space,” Helgeson said. One of the new features of the building, Helgeson said, is the clean room. Comparing the new room to a sterile preparation room in a hospital, students and faculty working in an environment that calls for a and computer chips, will have the ability to use this space. And with this project coming in under budget, Helgeson said they were able to connect the building to the Wick Science Building by constructing a sky access on the second from the plan due to funding, was reinstated, and construction began early this summer.
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“The skyway is a way to connect to campus better,” Helegson said. He goes on to say the skyway is an appropriate and safe way to transfer sensitive chemicals between the buildings, given the instability of Minnesota winters. Helgeson said the primary function of the ISELF building will be research, however, the current research facilities in the other three science buildings will remain in tact. Some equipment will be moved into the new building, Helgeson said. Some of the equipe-
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for the ISELF building and some of it will be purchased depending on the current usage the space will be receiving. Overall, Helgeson said he believes the addition of the ISELF building on campus will be able to attract more students to the campus. He said the facilites this new building offers will help prepare students very well for the are pursuing. “It builds on and compliments the spaces in the other science buildings,” he said. The ISELF building is scheduled to be open for the Fall 2013 semester. A grand opening for the building is in the process of being scheduled and will be held prior to the start of classes.
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The ISELF project is reported to come in under budget.
SHUN JIE YONG / VISUALS EDITOR
A sky access is being built to connect ISELF with Robert Wick Science Building.
New KVSC co-sports director hopes to have more sports coverage online Vicki Ikeogu NEWS EDITOR
For the SCSU sports fan, turning the radio station to 88.1 FM is a great way to experience the live play-by-play for events. KVSC is known for covering major games, such as football and men’s hockey, but what about Nordic skiing? Or tennis? Well, KVSC co-sports director, Scott Gross, and KVSC Operations Director, Jim Gray, have sought a new spin on a currently under-utilized medium of online sports radio coverage on campus. While the KVSC online
sports stream has been around for approximately two and a half years, its coverage and consistency online has been spotty. The longest steady running time for the online medium was about six months in its infancy, Gross said. Noticing the potential for coverage of SCSU sports not regularly covered by the current KVSC airwaves, Gross said he approached Gray about the stream. Gross had said Gray’s vision for the sports stream was to have an online internet station that ran 24/7, 365 days a year, dedicated solely to SCSU and KVSC
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withdrawals. Hammer said professors had felt they were not being included in the process of altering student grades, from failing, to withdrawals after the withdrawal deadline for the semester. Hammer had requested research into the process of how late drops and withdrawals were handled by the university. According to Hammer, three extenuating exceptions
sports content. “And after a long discussion, I decided I would tackle that,” Gross said. Taking over the stream in early May, Gross and his assistant, Brook Eddie, have devoted a lot of time and effort in the transformation of the stream. By interviewing coaches, athletes, and former SCSU athletes, Gross and Eddie spent time editing and piecing together their show for their debut, which launched on June 20, 2013. KVSC’s online sports stream includes coverage of what Gross said was the historic 2012-2013 SCSU
will be evaluated prior to students’ transcripts being altered in the case of late drops and withdrawals to prevent failing grades from appearing on transcripts. nancial, medical or military service. In the practice of dealing with late drops and withdrawals, Hammer said faculty is regularly contacted and asked for their input as whether to grant these student requests. “This is not a new policy, it is a reiteration of policy,” Hammer said. All of these requests and their approval,
sports season with re-broadcasts of memorable games including: the SCSU football game against the University of Minnesota Duluth, the men’s hockey season including the taking of the MacNaughton Cup against Alaska Anchorage and their Frozen Four game against Quinnipiac. In addition to those game coverages, Gross said the stream will contain soccer, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball. KVSC will also be expanding to cover sports currently not given as much attention by campus media. The sports stream also includes sports
talk radio and studio guests. Gross said there are four talk shows: a morning, afternoon, drive time and late night show dealing strictly with sports coverage. He said he currently has had guests such as voice of the Vikings, Paul Allen; NCHC commissioner, Josh Fenton; FSN’s Kevin Gorg and Channel 9’s sports director, Jim Rich. One of their signature shows, “Beyond the Bench”, is a halfhour to hour long show focused on coaches discussing their sports and athletes. Currently, all talk shows have been edited, but
Hammer said, fall within all federal guidelines. search found that from July 2011 to June 2012, approximately 1,200 requests were made by students to drop or withdraw from classes post deadline. Of those, 237 requests were surveyed. The faculty members were contacted in all of those cases and 69 percent of them signed off they had received and evaluated the request. The remaining 31 percent was found to be unclear of their response. If the professor for the
Gross said he hopes one day to go live with daily and weekly shows. While Gross is excited about what opportunities the KVSC sports stream will have on SCSU athletics, he is also excited about the possibilities such a show will bring to KVSC and those students looking at sports talk radio. “Everything on here is made by KVSC students,” he said. “What I am doing at KVSC and SCSU has never been done before. It’s a sports revolution.” Gross said radio students and athletes alike will get practice with sideline reporting
and play-by-play, something he hopes will hone in their craft. Overall, Gross said the sports stream will transform the way sports are covered at SCSU. “It opens the door for more and more athletics and athletic programs. There is no end to the possibilities we can do.” KVSC’s sports stream can be found at http:// kvsc.org/listen/ sports.m3u or it can be accessed on the KVSC app for smartphones.
student requesting the drop or withdrawal was unable to be reached, university
changed from a failing grade to a withdrawal amounting to far less than 1 percent.
opinion of the department chair. However, over 80 percent of faculty members that responded to the request for late drops and withdrawals supported the student and granted the request.
the work we’ve been doing in the administration and records and registration,” Hammer said. The means for students to request a change in their transcript for extenuating circumstances, Hammer said, reinforces the goals of the university, student achievement. “What we do is for student success, so they have the tools they need,” he said.
found these requests were rare. Research found the total number of all grades for spring, summer and fall semesters for the year of 2011 was a little more than 138,000. Of those, the university found only 225 were
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Opinions
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Tattoos are a thing of beautiful expression but I am getting it on my neck. It cover. So I will politely answer my mother’s questions: No, I don’t care what they will look like when I am 80 years old, and yes, I think people will hire me because I think
Ryan Fitzgerald STAFF COLUMNIST
needle throbbing into my skin as I hear the buzzing sound brings me
is more accepting than it used to insurmountable to what a person looks like. I could care less what people
Wilmar. I will not go to any other person no matter what. I can’t stand people who look down on people with tattoos on their body, or automatically assume ink all over. Some people like to exmany choose. However, I do think that society as a whole is becoming more understanding and more accepting to tatknows someone with a tattoo. The ety and play by the rules, but that is
thing on Earth. needle digging into my skin because they all have meaning to me in a I had an interesting conversation with my mother the other day and they are a way to express who we are. “Your generation is all about
I am heavily pursuing a career in sports journalism, and my mother be on camera. Being on camera isn’t the goal I am trying to pursue, but I wouldn’t have any objection to being on camera. I have yet to see any sports toos on camera, but there is always
notations society has on tattoos to
Tattoo art depicting an anchor with banner around around it reading “I refuse to sink.”
special powers to its members. Leave it up to the individual
In ancient Japanese culture, the term “Tramp Stamp” will be thrown around, assumptions about education, occupation and criminal
classes showing how much money they have accumulated. They also tial arts and religious purposes.
to get a tattoo. We have a tendency to look at the bad, but don’t look at
You can be sure that a hale pieces. name calling and holier-than-thou attitude will be thrown into the mix
think things through thoroughly,” she said snidely. “What do you think they are going to look like when
a person.
Yes, tattoos are stereotyped, anybody is going to hire you?” This is all stemming because I am getting my sixteenth tattoo, which I still think isn’t that much,
Indian tribal groups have their own Tattoo in Rochester, the other is New Tribe Tattoo and Piercing in
done extensive research on many
into its culture. However, the prima-
Old fashions always die hard browse Savers every now and then
long and need to let it go and start looking beyond the ink and who the person is: a human being.
This resulted in me wearing skin tight green jeans and obscure graphic tees
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anything. Today, my overall mindset is not
writer. His only compensation is
T-shirt suits me well enough. not because I think I’m better than evI admit it is 100 percent possible
J.P. Winters When we are young, we are im-
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When I was younger, I was dead set on being perceived as something that
to purchasing clothes that were more expensive.
out on a daily basis in the adult world. We are in cocoons, protected by our parents and enjoying this protection, but simultaneously wanting to break we are also not completely sure how to express ourselves in ways that the world will recognize and respect. When I was younger, I wanted to
high school hallway where most other male students sported Hollister T-shirts at my disposal that could prove I was
more tools at my disposal to prove my individuality. I have the ability to organize my thoughts through my improved writing. I create music that serves as alone won’t do the trick. I have more that I can use to show that I am me, and me alone. So, when it comes to wearing overkill at this point. Like a cheap cop out. Immature, in a word.
through my actions? This all makes sense to me. But then again, maybe I was just a big poser all along.
‘The Man of Steel’ is dead...again Ryan Hanenburg STAFF COLUMNIST
Ever since “Batman Begins” swooped onto the scene, superhero movies have tried to emulate its dark atmosphere and grim narrative. The problem with this, is that not every comic book hero Steel” is the latest in The problem is that Superman is supposed to be an ideal that all other heroes aspire to. He’s unstoppable, immortal and possesses powers that other heroes base their entire career speed, heat vision). Superman isn’t supposed to lower revenge on someone in a bar by wrecking up their truck. He’s the world’s nicest guy who would take that
who’s doing it. talks about how Superman is supposed to inspire the human race into being better, but how does breaking a multi-million dollar satellite do that?
movie, with people saying that Superman should have done more to move the I’m willing to go with the movie on this point as an avid
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When Kryptonians ing area doesn’t look
movie were trying to Superman appeal to a wider audience by putting these humorous moments in the movie, but by doing so, they have betrayed Superman’s established character. I’ve seen people say that this is a reboot and it’s “a whole new Superman,” but making him this way
They should have put a scene in there where Superman is worrying about Metropolis, but also
similarly well done as it mirrors the event quite well, given the
were going to see the movie. There have been several debates raging on the Internet about the widespread destruction during the
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quickly as possible. The scene where he and Zod have
movie. Overall, this movie movie that was writnever liked Superman comics. It’s success sets a bad precedent, as
Lois Lane holding Superman as he dies in “Superman #75, Doomsday!”
make even more movies with characters that become increasingly less like their comic counterparts. a Wonder Woman movie where she’s a coward who hates
movie without the wit
he just goes around killing people all the time?
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Johnny Holm Band returns to Lake George Tiffany Krupke EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
This summer, Lake George has been host to a weekly event called “Summertime by George”. The event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of St. Cloud, who were also the ones who funded the renovation of Lake George. The announcer said that the theme of this event was “meeting your neighbors and rediscovering St. Cloud.” He new things in the city. Various musical acts have come to perform for the city of St. Cloud to increasingly large crowds. The latest in this series of performers is The Johnny Holm Band. The band has been touring for a very long time, at least 30 years, according to the announcer for the event, and they are still going strong. They are a cover band that specializes in folk music and classic rock, but they play pretty much anything that tickles their fancy. The event had more than just the band for attendees to partake in. There were multiple food stalls from all sorts of restaurants in the St. Cloud area. There was everything from Papa Murphy’s to “pork chops on a stick.” There were also different types of food, such as Jet’s Pizza, Dickey’s Barbecue, Maid-Rite Sandwiches, and shaved ice stalls. There were also the traditional fair food such as mini donuts, kettle corn, and ice cream. Along with food, there were also vendors selling goods, such as board games from Paddy’s Game Shoppe as well as lawn chairs and signs from Cedar Woodworks. There was also a radio presence with KCLD playing music before the show. Molly Wasche, an employee working at the KCLD tent, said that “either they or Wild Country 99” will make an appearance at Summertime by George. There was also a bungee jump station that always had people in line. The crowd was massive at the event and they all cheered loudly for the band. The performers also had a lot of audience participation with everything from clapping along, to inviting members to sing. They played a variety
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Leader and frontman Johnny Holm interacts with the crowd.
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The Johnny Holm Band entertains the crowd by Lake George.
of music from classic rock to modern pop music. Some of the songs included “The Twist”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Ring of Fire” and “Don’t Stop Believin’”, with an audience member singing part of an encore performance. Summertime by George will be running through August 28 every Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The featured musical act plays at 6:30 p.m.
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A fan displays his appreciation for the band.
Pioneer Place features rock musical ‘Rent’
PHOTO STORY BY SHUN JIE YONG / VISUALS EDITOR
Sports & Fitness
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Drew LeBlanc won the Hobey Baker Award, the most prestigious award in college hockey. LeBlanc is now being nominated by ESPN for a 2013 ESPY award.
LeBlanc nominated for best college male athlete Mark Schrom SPORTS EDITOR
One Academic All-American Division I At-Large team,
The year that SCSU fans will never forget isn’t quite over yet for SCSU alumni Drew LeBlanc. Naughton Cup with a 25-16-1 and an 18-9-1 WCHA
winner for college hockey.
the SCSU hockey program that a player took home the prestigious honor.
Shortly after the hockey season ended, LeBlanc signed a professional contract with the future Stanley Cup cham-
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NFL Column: Kaepernick doesn’t get it Ryan Fitzgerald STAFF WRITER
most minuscule thing and make it pop up like a jack in the there are always hidden agendas to why a professional athletes do some of the things they do. They make calculating
they want and love to live. Bringing attention to oneself is
tremendous amount of work ethic, a tremendous amount of dedication, a tremendous amount of talent, and tremendous amount of respect for the team they are representing. 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick poses with a Miami Dolphins hat on his Instagram account. Kaepernick took some backlash for the incident, and later posted that he could care less what fans thought.
other than their colors or logos.
to think that there was anything wrong with what he did.
especially in the digital age we live in today. created a stir recently after he was photographed wearing a of him posing as he was wearing the hat, saying, “This
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post photographs of himself proudly showing off another term for the whole world to see.
gracing us with his photograph.
fans. He has received much dismay from many analysts,
wearing a Dolphins hat. and people will relate this lapse of judgment against him. Unfortunately it’s the society we live in, and people love controversy.