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M ACK ATTACK~ The Gus Macker Review Page Four '· .. page Three ~ . ' freshman • Survival ·~ . ' •,. Guide· ' , ., . ·- .. .. . ' ..... . Alpena Co~munity College 666 Johnson Street Alpena Ml 49707 Vol. 3 Issue 1 Sept. 8, 1993 ~ Student Senate sponsors presentation Flint native interprets Malcom X nour betore show time. ~~~N~~;oNElS Student Senate wil! provide punch ="----------- and cookies at an informal reception in the lobby following the production. Free to all ACC students is the performance of "By Any Means Neces- sary: The TransformatfOn Through Education of Malcolm X" at 7:30p.m. on September 24, at Thunder Bay The- The one man play, written and produced by Flint Youth Theater Resi- dent Artist Phil D. Wallace, is the story of Malcolm X's many transformations, generated by his desire for knowledge and by certain realities that impacted his life from 1930 to 1965. ater. WallacebeginsMalcolmX'sjour- TBT is donating the use of its ney in the Audubon ballroom in Harlem facility to the Student Senate, who is where he was a'ssassinated. The play providing the program for the students. 1hen flashes back to hi.'> childhood, his Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with street-life during the hustling years, his seating on a first come, first choice time in prison, his conversion to Islam, basis. Student Senate advises those his trip to Mecca. Throughtheseex.peri- wishing good seat'> to come early. ences he realizes that what is important WhenthisproductionpremieredinFlint, is the brotherhood of humankind. the theater was filled to capacity half an Simple costume changes, action, Death of missing student shocks A CC BY JAy McDONALD STAFF WRITER Former ACC student Stephan Monaghan, 26, was found dead Sep- tember 9 a quarter of a mile from his home in a wooded lot in Haynes Town- ship, Alcona County. Monaghan was reported miss- ing August 29th and was found last Thursday morning by eight K - 9 units from the Northern Michigan Police Dog Association. The death is being treated as a suicide Monaghanwa'>enrolledatACC in the fall of '92 in a general program taking English, Speech, General Psy- chology, Political Science and Physical Fimess. He was receiving veterans' benefit~ pursuing an Associates De- gree. Speech Instructor Sonya Titus stated that she remembered Monaghan well. She said he was a student that other students responded to, and he had a great sense of humor which drew people to him. "I could always count on his witty remarks to enliven the class," she adds Fellow studeni Cynthia Argyle recalled Monaghan as a "nice guy" with a "sµperpersonality. Hespentalotof time at Ea~r Campus working out. He was easy to talk to and loved to tell jokes" Monaghanwasreportedtohave been depressed and despondent over recent faimly difficulties. Potent Quota8tes 11 "Tllat was .soroe fire, by . George.~ ;;..Jen's dad oti· the dQWntm.vn fire trult11.esttoyCd four businesses. naming your Law and for Histo11· and on his l.\.~t name, •\·Ve 1,.,en teaching for damn near 40 years, You dn·tten me ~e's nOt a lot (){nuts out there. l'vt bad half of them io o;i-~lasses," -History Tnstruc:tor ID.du.rd A. Matteson during a ela~·ti:$cu~lmr~ this past May. dialogue, lights, sound and dance will be used to present the various characters in Wallace's six scene production. The purpose of "By Any Means Necessary. . " is to allow the audience to identify with Malcolm X-a man who rose to prominence through the power of education and insight-and will be in- spired to try to heal their world as Malcolm tried to heal his. "There is not a lot of black culture in this area and this gives people an opportunity to loam about it, learn about the time and this man," said Student Seriate President, rvtel~~ie Karschnick. Wallace was firsl contacted for a performance by the Alpena County Li- brary for inclusion in their third Annual Thunder Bay Literary conference. He will be presenting the show four times in the Northeast Michigan area. Phil D. Wallace will recreate the highlights of the life of Malcolm X in a special student sponsored activity. Photo courtesy of The Alpena County Library Classroom expanded by project BY DENINE KoNWINsKJ students' scheduled classes. This slows the interactive classroom, according to Co-EnrroR down construction, which is already Tetzlaff, is being able to merge low ----------behindbythreemonths. student count classes that might have The system will include a fax/ been cancelled otherwise. ~That is the A new two-way interactive tele- vision classroom will temporarily occupy 120 VLH and will be ready for instructional use as early as January 1994, says Learning Resources Direc- tor Charles Tetzlaff. copy machine at each location for dis- intent ... it's not the objective ... to tributing and ex.changing documents bring low count classes together.• such as handouts. Proctors will prob- ably he utilized for test giving and lab situations. The interactive classroom will al- To also aid in communication, in- low an instructor to teach at one structors will wear "badges." One of institution and also to interact and be the cameras is programmed to follow seen by students in a distant location that badge. This allows the instructor via television monitors and telephone the freedom to move around and not lines. worry about leaving the camera's field The project is possible due to an ofvision. initial grant of $2,000 three years ago, The classroom at ACC will hold allocated for planning, a $13,000 monitors and four cameras, and will Kellogg Grant, and a $40,000 grant serve primarily as a receiving site in its from TCI Cablevision of Alpena. Di- introductory stage. Tetzlaff sees four rect costs to ACC are limited, and year institutions Central Michigan Uni- include the cost of training users, re- versity in Mount Pleasant and Lake modeling of classrooms and installation Superior State University in Sault Ste. costs. These expenses were prepared Marie as ACC's main contacts, and adds for, for the most part, in the initial that Northern Michigan University in writing of the grant, according to Tet- Petoskey has expressed interest in of- zlaff. "It's a fairly expensive endeavor," fering courses this January. he said. "When you receive a grant, there are always costs that follow," Tet- zlaff added. The initial plan was to install the system in the new Student/Community/ Business /Learning Resources Center, but ground breaking for the building hasn't begun yet. Having institutions with vested in- terests brings ACC President Don Newport's goals for the program closer to reality. Newport would like to see upper level classes from other institu- tions come to the college, and would like to take ACC classes into the area Construction is taking place in high schools if contracts allow. the criminal justice classrooms around One of the primary advantages to The new program will also help solve the inconvenience of commuting for some instructors . They will divide their time between sites so that students in one place are not always seeing and speaking to the instructor strictly through technology. Specific uses for the interactive system will depend on an advisory com- mittee consisting of several faculty members, partners in local educational groups, such as the high schools and four year colleges. • At this point there haven't been any students brought in, but students would be a part of the evaluation," Tetzlaff explained. The courses decided upon will be open to all students, with tuition at the same level as "traditional" classes. "To involve students at this point as to what courses would be offered is a little pre- mature," said Tetzlaff. This brings into play TCI Cablevision. When the system is trans- ferred into the new building, there will he more than just the two-way option. Eventually ACC will occupy channel seven through the cable company, fea- turing classes from universities around the nation and hopefully telecourses. The Polemic 1s published by the students of Alpena Community College for the students of Alpena Community College