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March 1974 Alpena Community College, Alpena,'Michigan 49707 Forestry adds a new face By Debbie Anderson & Kelly Treece The Forestry Department has added a new instructor this semester his name is Mr. Russell Cox from Knoxville, Tennessee. First Row, Left to Right: Steve Antoine, Saleh Khalaf, Mohammed Nahaii Steve Szucs; Back Row, Left to Right: Harold Battile, Ron Morin, Terry J enkenson. He received his masters degree in Forest Genetics from the University of Tennessee and he also worked on a Nassau funded project called ERTS - 1. Earths Resources Tracking Satellite (ERTS - 1) flies above the earth taking pictures of the earth's natural resources, Mr. Cox was a part of the ground crew that verified the pictures taken from the satellite. Phi Sigma Calendars Events This semester's officers for the Phi Sigma Fraternity are as follows: President - Terry Jenkenson Vice-President - Ron Morin Treasurer - Harold Battice Secretary - Steve Szucs Corresponding Secretary - Mohammed Nahaii Chaplin - Saleh Khal,if Historian - Steve Anto111e Some of the Fraternities . activities this semester include the preparation of a con- ference • room 1n the "Cave." The confer- by Harry Gross ence room will be available to all A.C.C. clubs and organizations through reserva- tion from the S.A. 0. The Fraternity is currently operating the· "Cave", and have plans of cleaning Island Park of litter when the weather :lears. Starting March 4th., at the "Cave", the Nilson Hall RHA will have a movie series consisting of 6 comedies, which will in- clude Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Cos- tello, The Three Stooges, Charlie Chaplin and W. C . . Fields. Mr. Cox likes to hunt, fish, and hike in· the mountains, but since Michigan is lacking in that department he says that he will have to try cross country skiing and downhill skiing. Mr. Cox was given one weeks notice to come to A.C.C. and is hired for only one semester. He says that so far he enjoys the different climate and the town and people of Alpena . ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Student Senate Improves By Debbie Anderson Student Senate's President Bob Atkin- son and Vice-President Bernie Morasky decided .not to return to Alpena College secon-d semester. Due to th is unfortunate change, the Senate has restructured and become a very unique Student Senate. The Senate is now structured like a committee. There isn't a leader, only freshmen and sophmore representatives. The policy is for each representative to bring a new idea to each meeting for the betterment of A.C.C. Since this change in structure and policy, there has been a 75% increase in students participation. The Senate has also added three new representatives. They are Kim Roy, Kevin Bradbury and Len Ziobron. Another new member, in a sense, is Mr . Bob Dickinson - who is on the Alpena Board of Education. He has been appoint- ed to investigate the opportunities avail- able for students to communicate and incorporate their needs and ideas to the administration. Some of the issues that Student Senate is concerned with is the Dorm situation, the installation of a Detroit Free Press Newspaper machine, the loss of student's money in the food machines, and also the possibility of crosswalks and caution lights on Johnson Street. Student Senate also pu;hed the sanding of the sidewalks and parking lots and the construction of the skating rink behind the Dorm. Student Senate meetings are every Tuesday at 3:00 p .m., in the Red Carpet Room. Besser Museum Schedule by Sherry Morrish FEBRUARY East Gallery - Currently on exhibit through March 15th are the works from two out- standing private art collections. Exhibited are period painting from Italy, France, Ger- many, England, Scotland, Holland, and the U.S. with great artists such as Eastman Johnson, Van Haarlem, Francias Clouet, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. Also, on display is a fascinating French sculpture piece by Antoine Louis Barye. A unique exhibition of 19th century household implements is also on display. COMING IN MARCH West Gallery - An intriguing photographic exhibition by Daniel Farber entitled "Headstone Carvings". PLANETARIUM PROGRAM Sky Theatre '74' presents "The Time of Easter" showing February 24th - April 7th. Don't miss this adventure in entertainment of a combination light show and lecture with multimedia effects from "Jesus Christ Superstar" . ***************************************************** .... THE CRUCIBLE Presented Thursday, January 31, 1974, was the Alpena Civic Theater's opening night of the Arthur Miller play, the Crucible, dir- ected by Clarence Dailey. The play was written about the Salem Witch Trials. From its original setting in Puritan times, Mr. Dailey chose to set the play •in such a way as to allow the audience to pick 1their own time period. It was ef- fective. The acting was quite well done, but had its opening night blues. Some lines were lost and some were skipped, but all in all, the play was very good . . The male lead was played by James by John Sliss Miesen. His portral of John Proctor, accused sorcerer, was done in such a fas- hion as to captivate his viewer. The part of his wife and female lead was done by Shirley Weaver. The supporting cast was also very good . Personally, I was most impressed by four Alpena High School girls, Jeanne Nowaczewski, Jo VanSchoick, Janice Ap- sey, and Mary Jones, who played thifparts of the bewitched children. Adding also to this very impressionable play was the background music. The mu- siclwas played before and after each scene and aided greatly in helping to set the , mood of the viewers. 'iVol.5, No.6 Mr. Russell Cox *Dorm Rink Opens• By Anne Marie Swan For about a week, the residents at Russell Wilson Hall have seen a skating rink slowly appear in their back yard. It has now become smooth and thick enough for the student's use. The skating rink came about as com- pliance with a request from the dorm resi- dents. The area behind the north wing of the dorm was plowed by the janitorial service and students from the dorm began the work of spraying the water on the cleared area . A few evenings were put in by dorm residents and the rink has finally emerged. The ice has formed and the skaters have been testing it out. Some of the com- ments have been, "Nice, but a couple places are choppy", "turned out pretty good", and "a good way to spend an afternoon". The rink has been sprayed again in order to keep its smooth surface. Hope- fully, winter will last long enough so that the rink can be used for a long time yet. ~ ........................ . Band Performs By Lillian Mc Mindes About three months ago, three of our Alpena College students along with another young man formed a polka band called the Suchey Brothers. The three students are Tom Hill who plays the drums, Bill Suchey the trumpet, Bob Suchey the sax and Jim Suchey on the accordian. Jim Suchey works for Tempo as their furniture salesman . On Feb. 8th, the band was asked by the manager of Tempo to perform in the store on "Polish Night" as an attraction for the shoppers. The store needed to meet a cer- tain financial quota sd the Polish theme was utilized and the shoppers were given a 10% discount on al I items from 7 to 9 p .m. The band was a success in attracting large crowds for the duration and helped the store to meet that quota. The boys are certainly entertaining and refreshing and are on the look-out for more bookings. •••••••••••••••••••••••• Don't Miss itff THE ACC STUDENT ART SHOW at the Besser Museum is being held March 3-29 in th'e lower level. The show consists of painting, jewelry, sculptures, lithography prints, and drawings done by the creative talents of ACC students.