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w :c I- It's a -Campus- wide food fight see page 2 Give students an 'A' for effort see page 7 Published bv the students of Alpena Community College 666 Johnson St. Alpena Ml 49707 Vol. 2 Issue 5 Nov. 11, 1992 Students/ staff fall victim Action Line Why can't students par- ticipate in Snack Bar Coffee Clubs? - Mike Mayhew It has been brought to the attention of the o emic ta that the instructors on campus have the option of joining a 11 coffee club 11 • The instructors may pay by the week or by the month and this entitles them to unlimited amounts of coffee. Jean Cousineau, who op- erates the snack bar in Van Lare Hall, states that when she began managing in the snack bar, she presented the idea of students being able to partici- pate in a similar club . She was told that students would probably abuse the privilege by giving coffee to non-club' members. Cousineau states, "I did go to bat for them (the students). Itjustdidn'twork." Are city polit:e issuing tickets when cars are waiting for a space in Van Lare Hall parking lot? -Russ Zimpel On the morning of Octo- , ber 26, it was ftoted that the Alpena City Police were out in BY Scorr KING NEWS EDITOR On or about October 14 Mike Gentry, a Besser employee who teaches at the concrete tech lab, had some $4- $5 in change stolen from a tray he kept in a refrigerator in the concrete tech lab. The money was for pop that Gentry bought honor system, to tne tech stu- dents at a greatly reduced price. Photo by Linda Simpson ACC Art Instructor Laurie Wade is responsible for starting an area project, Art for Humanities, to benefit the needy in Alpena. See page 6 for complete story. October 27, Sonya Titus, English instructor and Polemic advisor, left her purse on a table in the Polemic newsroom, and went to teach a class next to the newsroom. It is esti- mated that the disappearance of her purse took place in a 20 minute span when no one was occupying the newsroom. Cost effective prograijls planned BY TINA JONES AND JENNY LEWANDOWSKI STAFF WRITERS ACC is planning to extend its educational wings by hold: ing classes in Tawas and Rog- ers City and changing the cur- riculum at Wurtsmith Air Force Base (W AFB). If all goes as scheduled, classes that may be offered at Tawas High School are as follows: Speech 121, Abnor- mal Psychology, English 112, tion to Education." still have to pay out -of-d-is- Plans in Rogers City are trict fees, they will be able to similar. They may have the pay for their classes and following classes ready by books without having to travel second semester: accounting, to Alpena. business law, psychology, Because of the closing of political science, English, the base, W AFB plans to computers and principals of change its mission of liberal management. These classes arts to more occupational pro- were chosen by residents via grams in order to meet the surveys done through The needs of the people in the area. Chamber of Commerce and They are currently trying to Rogers City High School. form a consortium with Sagi- Only 10 students are needed naw Valley University, Cen- to form a class. tral Michigan University and See Action Line page 5 Child Development, Intro- Tuition will be the same as the local Intermediate School on campus classes. Although District. ACC plans to access Rogers City area residents the Department of Defense L-.--- -------~ duction to Busin~s, Introduc- October 28, Dorothy Fancher, reading instructor, was sitting at her desk . about to fill out a card to donate $20 to the United Fund. She was in- terrupted by another matter, so she put the money under the card and left to teach class. Three hours later when she re- visor, is concern a inciqents of damage and van- dalism that have occured in the parking lots especially at the large studeht lot and at East Campus. There have been only 2 reported incidents. Kruse spoke of the importance of stu- dents reporting the incidents. "Anything that goes on at any ACC parking lot, vandalism or theft, an incident report should See Theft page 5 for ACC the Department of Defense Funds and the buildings and technology on the base. The reason for this possible expansion, according to Charles Wiesen, human resources and economic development director, is to make getting a college education easier to obtain with- out having to travel. All ideas are simply in the planning stage, but Tim Sleevy, who coordinates ACC's educa- tional offerings at the Wurtsmith extension, said "[the programs] could continue to be a very cost effective operation for Alpena Communi Colle e." L' .1