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TH£ £MIC Volume 2 No. 4 Alpena, Michigan January 29, 1971 Scholarships Available DEAN OF LIBERAL ARTS VIEWS SPORTS To ACC Grads Six thousand dollars in scholar- ships are available through the Olivet Col!ege Director of Financial Aid to qualified students of Alpena Commun- ity College wishing to transfer to Oli- vet, through the generosity of the Besser Manufact!Jring Company. Olivet College, located in Olivet, Michigan, about 30 miles southwest of Lansing, is a four-year, degree-granting liberal arts college founded by Congre- gational missionaries 125 years ago. While church-related, the school is in- dependant in its religious position, with most of the Christian denominations and some of the other world religious represented in both student body and faculty. It is co-educational. The Besser scholarships are available beginning th is January to students who have completed two years at Alpena Community College. Further details may be secured through the Dean of Students' office at the Alpena College and through the Director of Financial Aid and the Admi5sions office at Olivet College. Other schools offering scholarships are Alma College of Alma Michigan and Michigan Technological University on,ougfffiirr; Mrcmgan. Be~,ser- com- pany has. give,1. $6000 and $2500 re- spectively. The eligibility for these scholarships is based on financial need, graduation from ACC, and acceptance to the school in question. If you are planning on transferring to any of these schools and you think you might qualify for a scholar- ship, see Mr_ Geisbert as soon as possi- ble. The Olivet representative will be at the school Feb: 12 at 1 :00 for inter- views. Representutives from Alma and Michigan Tech will be here in the spring--the exact date is still unknown. 'lntramurals Take Priority Over Collegiate Sports' Says Perigo "If it becomes necessary, I would be in favor of taking money from 2 sports and putting it into intramurals" stated Donald J. Perigo, Dean of Students and Athletic Director, when interviewed about the role of collegiate athletics at ACC. According to Perigo, the present athletic program lacks student interest. "The allocation of greater funds to intramurals might better serve students' needs." Perigo explained that since ACC is a member of the Michigan Community and Junior College Athletic Conference it must maintain a minimum of five collegiate sports to retain its membership. Since ACC presently participates in seven sports, two could safely be dropped without fear of losing conference membership. Perigo did not know which two sports might be taken from the athletic budget, however. Perigo said, "lntramurals take priority over collegiate sports." He felt a well developed intramural program was "highly desirable." As an alternative to dropping part of the p,esent athletic program, Perigo stated that "It's hoped that greater funds from the board of education would go toward supporting att1!etic5 al ACC . If this came about, the burden of paying for the pro- gram would be lifted from the student's shoulders and would be made totally the responsibility of the community. Perigo felt that since ACC is a community college much of its doings should be -c onfrolledoy tfiecornmunil:yandtnafmost or i"fsaoingsshoul be designed to offer - community service. This would mean that perhaps student interests and desires were secondary to the wants of the local public. In a later statement, Perigo suggestAd the possibility of lowering student activity fees if the board of education would ssume the burden of financing athletics. He was, however, unsure if this proposal w0uld actually become a reality. When questioned about athletic interest on the part of the participants, Perigo in 1he capacity of athletic director, disqualified himself. He said he had not been here long enough to adequately appraise the trend of participation of athletes in any given sport. He did say however, that some sports have lacked enough interested athletes in the three years that he has been here. The athletic teams suggested by this statement were not named specificalh,1. Concerning present practice faci Ii ties, Perigo admitted that conditions were poor but that at present ACC could not afford to expand its facilities. He felt that present athletic programs should be continued regardless of poor facilities. Perigo stated that if collegiate athletics provided recreation for the students and are of service to the community-something that a father and son could attend together-then existing programs should continue regardless of the present facilities p M - · by ete oulds 2nd Sem. Scheduling A Difficult Task Class scheduling at ACC has become a difficult task because class sections in major areas such as history, English and the sciences have been bunched to- gether at the same times of the day. For example, there is only one night section in Western Civilition 122, while there are six sections between 12:40 and 3:00 in the afternoon. In the English department a similur situation exists. English 112 has a total of 14 sections, of which 4 are morning sections and 2 are night sections. The remaining 8 sections range from 1 :00 to 4 :00. Of the afternoon sections, 4 are scheduled at 3:00 and 3 are held at 1 :00. Proudly beaming over the spoils of a recent conq ucst arc basketball coach Bob Holup (left) and his two co-captains, Tim McGinnily (center) and hank Feher. The trophy was acq uired after placing first in the Optimist Classic (tournament consist in g of four teams and sponsored by the local Optimist Club) held in Jackson, Michigan. !\CC has participated in three out of four classic'~ and been victorious each time. With a 5-10 record thus far it 's hard to consider them a winning team but some credit must be given for their sense of timing. Science scheduling is also difficult because there are fewer sections than in Enlgish and Western Civilization. Only 3 P & Blab classes are held in the morning-only one is held at night. The remaining 6 sections are held in the afternoon between 1 :00 and 3:00. Interview With John Heimnick by Patrice Muneio "I have to disqualify myself," res- ponded Dean Heimnick, Dean of Lib- eral Arts at ACC, when asked to comment about the value of sports at ACC ___ - Mr. Heimnick felt that, since he holds a basically academic point of view, he could not be a fair, impartial judge of sports at the college. Heimnick did felil, however, that there is "a tremendous amount of (time) expediture" involved in sports. Basketball, the example given, has 17 away games scheduled for their '70-'71 season. These games obligate the team members to cut classes, affecting their academic . progress. "It's loss of class time to which I am opposed, and not participation in the sport itself," explained Mr. Heimnick. "Instead of asking oneself the value of sports at ACC, I would have to ask, do we want sports enough to put a man on the road that much," questioned Heimnick." Besides taking the team members away from their classes, away games also drag the coach and his coaching staff away from their jobs as instructors . Sub- stitutes are difficult to come by for only specific one-day stands. The physical education classes which these coaches teach must also be canceled." "It is probable that a community college has no place for (intercolle- giate) sports," said Heimnick. He did feel, however, the students do need a place to go. Queried as to his opinion of an in- creased intramural program at ACC, Mr. Heimnick said, "The human body wants to participate in various activi- ties. They don't just sit and watch someone else play; everyone benefits." When questioned about the cause of these peculiarit ies, Mr. Henry Valli, registrar, said that sections were sched- uled according to the requests of var- ious departments and the instructors within each department. by Pete Moulds