The Mane Issue October 2011

ZEITOUN. ACCEPTING DIVERSITY. OKTOBERFEST. CULLMAN FAIR. HALLOWEEN RUNDOWN. WSCC MLB PROFILES. BEING THE LION.

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Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 15 9 a.m. Upward Bound Saturday Academy 1 p.m. Soccer vs. Covenant College

Thursday, October 20 3 p.m. Soccer vs. Faulkner University 4 p.m. Volleyball vs. Brevard 6 p.m. Volleyball vs. Jeff Davis

Sunday, October 16 2 p.m. BEST Robotics Demo Day

Thursday, November 3 - Sunday, November 6 “Guys and Dolls” presented by the Wallace State Theatre Department, BLH Theatre Thrusday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Monday, October 24 Financial Aid 60% Drop Date 8:30 a.m. Work Keys Testing

Monday, October 17 Midpoint Direct Loan Disbursement Tuesday, October 18 4 p.m. Wallace State Volleyball vs. Southern Union 6 p.m. Wallace State Volleyball vs. Gadsden State

October 2011

Thursday, November 10 5:30 p.m. Women's Basketball vs. NE Miss College 7:30 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. NE Miss College

Friday, October 28 GED Testing

Friday, November 11 College Closed for Veteran’s Day

Saturday, October 29 BEST Robotics Competition

WSCC RECOGNIZES NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Wallace State Nursing Department is working to raise awareness about breast cancer and early detection methods.

Since NBCAM began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 and older and breast cancer deaths have declined.

This is exciting progress, but there are still women who do not take advantage of early detection at all and others who do not get screening mammograms and clinical breast exams at

regular intervals.

Women age 65 and older are less likely to get mammograms than younger women, even though breast cancer risk increases with age.

Hispanic women have fewer mammograms than Caucasian women and African American women.

Women below poverty level are less likely than women at higher incomes to have had a mammogram within the past two years. Mammography use has increased for all groups except American Indians and Alaska Natives.

“If all women age 40 and older took advantage of early detection methods – mammography plus clinical breast exam – breast cancer death rates would drop much further, up to 30 percent,” says WSCC Director of the Nursing Department, Deborah Hoover, NP, MSN, RN. “The key to mammography screening is that it be done routinely – once is not enough,” she said.

“Clean Air Policy” should involve more than Tobacco Smoke Editorial by Christopher Chapman On April 27, Wallace State and Hanceville were ravaged with high winds and heavy rain. Many buildings were damaged on the outside and when the rains came, it was only a matter of time before the inside of the buildings were damaged as well. School officials immediately went to work in the recovery process, repairing as much damage as possible so that students and faculty alike could resume classes for final exams.

It is now four months later and most of the repairs are complete. However, on Sept.

5-6, Hurricane Lee worked its way up from the Gulf of Mexico into the Southeastern U.S., including North Alabama, where it dumped vast amounts of excess water into clogged drains, causing flooding and wind damage.

The initial days of September produced more rain than usual and since then it has rained several times.

At Wallace State, the sixth floor of the library was flooded after the constant rain in early September and all classes that normally meet on the sixth floor were directed to the basement auditorium; however, this lasted only two days.

The cleanup is still in progress, but classes have resumed.

Because of the flooding, the smell of mildew and stale air is strong and very un-

comfortable to breathe at the library, the floor tiles are buckled, and there is still water dripping from the ceiling.

Wallace State’s “Clean Air Policy” flyer is taped to a bookshelf just inside the door, but it is very interesting to notice that it does not mention mildew or stale air in regards to the protocol.

Inhaling bad air is just as harmful as breathing in second hand smoke and is known to cause sickness. One would think that the room would have been ventilated better.

Wallace State faculty and maintenance are working very hard to repair the damaged building.

Obviously, no one can control the effects of Mother Nature, and you expect there to be a few leaks here and there to contend with.

The question I pose is the following: Is there not another room on campus that the sixth floor classes can use, because the polluted air could be harming the students?

In conclusion, while traversing the grounds and buildings all students are reminded to be aware of all caution signs, trash cans for catching water and all other areas that could possibly result in an accident.

Disclaimer: Opinions submitted by students to this paper, if accepted, do not reflect the opinion of the college or of The Mane Issue. If anyone finds an unsafe condition, please call 256-352-8000.

For more information about NBCAM, please visit www.nbcam.org. For additional information, please call one of the following toll-free numbers: American Cancer Society, (800) 227-2345, National Cancer Institute (NCI), (800) 4-CANCER, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, (800) 221-2141. Locally: Please call 256-352-8195 Sandra Lusk, BSN, RN @ WSCC for information or a speaker on Breast Cancer.

The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month program is dedicated to increasing public knowledge about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Fifteen national public service organizations, professional associations, and government agencies comprise the Board of Sponsors, who work together to ensure that the NBCAM message is heard by thousands of women and their families.

Wallace State Newspaper Staf f STAFF MEMBERS Anna Parrish Athena Bingham Laura Smith Kaylen Kennedy Andrew Hill

Hasten Taylor Alyssa White Christopher Chapman Aaron Gutierrez

Participation The newspaper always welcomes new staff members. It is sponsored by the Wallace State Communications and Marketing Department and the Wallace State Art Department.

If you are interested in participating, please contact: Kristen Holmes. Ph: 256-352-8118, Burrow Center Museum, kristen.holmes@wallacestate.edu; Russell Moore, Ph: 256-3528443, Burrow Center, Room 210, russell.moore @wallacestate.edu; or Adrian Scott, 256352-8145, adrian.scott@wallacestate.edu, Burrow Center, Room 219. Meetings are held in the Graphic Arts Classroom on the 2nd floor of the Burrow Center on Wednesdays at 3 p.m.

Mission It is the mission of the Wallace State newspaper to inform the Wallace State student body of campus news and events.

Submissions and Suggestions If you have a story idea or would like to make a submission to the Wallace State newspaper, please send an e-mail to newspaper@wallacestate.edu. All submissions must include the author’s name and contact information.

It is the policy of the Alabama State Board of Education and Wallace State Community College, a postsecondary institution under its control, that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity or employment.Wallace State Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097. Ph: 404-679-4501).

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