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MAY 14, 1973 ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALPENA, MICHIGAN VOL. 4, NO. 8 No Word Yet from North Central Association by Chris Garant ACC officials are still awaiting word from the North Central Review Board. As was reported in the April 25 issue of the POLEMIC, the North Central rep- resentatives visited ACC in early April to evaluate the college. Before the · representatives left, they held a closing interview with some of the ACC faculty and administration which reflected what might appear in the sum- mary report. Dr. Livingston, chairman of the North Central committee, remarked that, in gen- eral, he found students at ACC quite af- firmative regarding school faculty and ad- ministration. At this interview, the Board reported on fourteen points which might appear in the report. They mentioned that a strong point at ACC is the community serivces. They also commented favorably on the li- brary facilities. The next step in the process of this review is for the individual Board mem- bers to write up their reports on individual areas· of the College and turn over these reports to Dr. Livingston. Probably in June, Dr. Livingston will present a summary report (without rec- ommendations or a last-page conclusion) to the College. This will include copies of the report handed in by the Board representatives, on the specific areas evaluated . Tliey can evaluate one area of the school ,avorably and another area unfavorably -- to be re- evaluated in one year. Copies of this report will be available to those desiring them. Dr. Livingston will study the Board representatives' evaluations and will then go to Chicago to present his recommenda- tions to the North Central Screening Com- mittee this summer. He will be there to explain what the Board has found. ACC officials, 1probably Dr. Stoutenburg and Dean Heimnick, will also be present in Chicago to explain the findings at ACC. At the beginning of the 1973-74 school year, the recommendations on various areas, each separate, will be presented to the school; and the administration will act according to the report. An aerial view of ACC's parking lot? Actually, it's a bit of imaginative photography to dramatize the parking situation at ACC. Proposal for Paved Parking Lots Accepted by Student Government by June Hinkley A proposal of funds for the paving of all the parking lots on the ACC campus driving conditions · far superior to those we now have in the lots. ~ rea was presented at the student govern- --,.---------------------------------· men eeting by Dean Souden on Wednes- This proposal is not, by any means, final. Dean Souden was, in addition to present.\n~ \t to t.h e S t ude nt. Go\lernment, to talk with the School Board members on May 8th at their meeting. The members were presented the proposal at that -time, and then will consider such an endeavor until the next meeting. The following meeting of the Board will be a ·discussion of the proposal. If the proposal is not denied, the Board will take the "Competi- tive Bid Route" in chosing the workman- ship of the project. (The "Competitive Bid Route" is the procedure of deciding how things should be done, such as the details of planning construction , and then voting, by the Board, on the construction company that offers the best deal for the least amount of money). ~ ~ ~ -i~-l?---LA B Program: d ay. Ma'l_ 2 . T he p ro posal was accept ed and endorsed unanimously by the stu- dent government members. A Student's Interpre~ This proposal stated the procedure of payment el:f ated to occur if this bid for parking lot is passed. The proposal con- sisted of e following information as means of funding the pavements: by Tom Glazier, LAB Student This semester at ACC some new ideas . have been put into practice by the LAB (Liberal Arts Block} group. LAB is composed of 52 students and three instructors (Terry Hall, Lawrence Boyer, and Joe Faber). In LAB, cre- dits are given in Psychology, English 122, Philosophy, The Novel, and Hu- manities. LAB is an experimental educational program which incorporates the con- cepts of interdisciplinary teaching of the liberal arts, behavior modification, humanistic psychology, and cognitive- style mapping to help increase academ- ic performance and self-actualization . Though the first concept -- interdis- ciplinary teaching of the liberal arts -- sounds ' like a mouthful, the idea is quite simple. For example, have you ever read two books, for two different classes, that dealt with the same ideas, at one time? If you have, you may re- member how easy it was to under- stand the main! ideas, to draw paral- lels between the two and to help you relate yourself better to the material. That's interdisciplinary teaching, and when you have that going for all your classes at the same time for the whole semester -- that's beautiful. Behavior modification is a princi- ple of behaviorism which simply im- plies that reinforcement is given im- mediately after the action. An illustra- tion would be taking a test. When you take a test in LAB, as soon as possible, (usually the same day as the test}, you go over the test and discuss it, find out where your mistakes are, and how to correct them. This eliminates getting a test back two weeks later and not re- membering having taken it! Humanistic psychology i etter ex- plained by Mr. Frank Goble , his PROPOSAL book, The Third Force than I cornf'r-;.._.;..a--- explain it, so I won't confuse you any 1. Assess $1.00 per credit hour, not $12.00 per semester for all stu- dents registering a car on campus. on that. Another concept employed by LAB is that of cognitive-style mapping. Since we are all different individuals, we all have different ways of taking in know- ledge or learning. Some of these ways are similar and if you could group to- gether people who learned the same way (example: some learn by reading, others by talking, others by listening}, it would truly be a better learning ex- perience. The method used in LAB was, first, to find out each person's learning style, by the use of the cogni- tive map, then to put the students into four small seminar groups. In this way, each student's needs are met in the best way possible . The goals of LAB are to help in- crease academic performance and self- actualization. Some characteristics of self-actualization, according to Abraham Maslow, who did much research in this area, are: a superior perception of real- ity, increased acceptance of self, of others, and of nature, increase in prob- lem-solving ability, greater freshness of appreciation and richness of emotional . rt/action, improved interpersonal , rela- . ,11tions, and a greatly increased creative- , ness. Besides these interesting ideas, other things have also happened in LAB. First, because of the small number of people in LAB, mostly everybody Continued on page three, 2. $20.00 per year for all students wishing to register their car for the year (includes summer school). 3 . Faculty, administration, and staff to be assessed $12 .00 per semes- ter or $20.00 per year. II. REVENUE 600 Full-time cars@ $20 per year= $12,000.00 75 Faculty and staff cars @ $20 per year= 1,500.00 271 Part-time students= 912 credits 912 credits per semester x two semesters= TOTAL . . 1 824.00 $15,324.00 Summer School, 325 credits@ $1.00 per credit= $ 325.0Q Total Per Year .. . ... . $15,649.00 GRAND TOTAL (8 years} ... .. .... . . $125,192.00 111. EXPENDITURE Estimate for total resurfacing -- $82,000.00 Estimate for interest, 4.75% over 8 years 31,160.00 Estimate -- Engineering -- (12%) -- 9,840.00 TOTAL $123,000.00 Dean Souden feels that this method of funding newly-paved parking lots is very adequate, in that it is fair to every person involved at ACC, and will also provide If this proposal is accepted by the col- lege, and passed, it will mean numerous improved conditions at ACC. (Also, if it is passed, Dean Souden hopes to see this project well underway by the summer of 1973). Cars that formerly vibrated be- cause of the chuckholes confronting them may cease to rattle. The lack of mud- holes because of rain may cause a car wash to last two whole weeks! Who knows? In the next few years we may even be proud of our parking lots!! Senator Robert Davis To Speak to Graduates Senator Robert Davis (37th District) wi 11 be the speaker at ACC' s 1973 com_- mencement exercises. Commencement will be Wednesday, May 23. Approximately 90 of the 200- some graduates will take part in the com- mencement ceremony, which will be held in the Alpena High auditorium. Practic.e will be at 3:30. At 7:00 stu- dents are to report to the gymnasium for robing, and ceremonies will begin at 7:30. Following commencement will be a re- ception for the graduates, sponsored by ACC alumni.