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German defeated • Spanish gets off the ground BY DoN FILARsKI STAFF WRJTER Two foreign languages were offered this fall term, Span- ish and German. The German class didn't get off the ground. A minimum of ten students are required to run a class and there were only eight stu- dents who signed up for the German curriculum. Dr. Curtis Davis, dean of instruction, has the final say in whether or not there are a sufficient number of students to run a course. "I would have liked to see at least fifteen or sixteen students minimum [to start the class]," Davis said. would have let it go the first semester but because it's a language that has a second se- mester attached to it, and some students would probably drop, then you're getting into a situation where you might have a class of five or six the second semester which would make it economically a bad choice for the college." Davis explained, "In some cases if that's a class that's needed for graduation and it's in sequence then we might run it with a low number," Davis explained. "Actually, I'm de- lighted that we even got one language off the ground. We have a strong class in Spanish. There are 22 students in that Reinforcing Davis's com- class. I was glad to see we at ~ents, Sonya Titus, Humanities least got one. We'll probably try Pepartment chair, stated, "Be- . German again." ipg a new class, we probably Dr. Priscilla Homola, En- PRoun TO BE A SUPPORTER OF ACC'S "THE POLEMIC" SERVING ALPENA IN TWO LOCATIONS Alpena - South 2680 U.S. 23 South 354-2812 Alpena - Harborside Mall 245 E. Chisholm 356-1808 '•:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::• . . glish instructor, was to teach the new German course. "I felt very sad about [the loss of the class]," she said. "I grieved about it a little bit; [there 1 were] a couple of days where I was really kind of depressed because I had geared up for this so much and . I was really ex- cited about it. I had studied this summer on linguistics and lan- guage teaching, and I learned some new techniques for language teaching so I was excited about teaching. I'm sorry it fell through." Devon Canode was one of the students who had signed up for German this term. He wanted to take the class for transfer credit even though he has already taken four years of the language in high school, and he was disappointed to see the class cancel out. According to the 1990 U.S. census, there are 1,547,000 German speaking households and 17,339,000 Spanish speaking households in the United States. Worldwide, German is ranked twelfth among the most commonly spoken languages with 98 million native speakers and 120 million speakers total. Spanish is ranked fourth with 326 million native speakers and 371 million speakers total. ' As health awareness has grown in our society, an increasing"" number of local women have become interested in competitive running. In an effort to assist both novice and experienced female runners in the area, Monica Bushey is making an effort to start a women's running club. The club's goals are to provide group support to women who want to maintain a training program and to encourage women to get started in the sport. Participation is free and open to all interested women run- ners, be they full-time ACC students or not. For more information, ~ontact Bushey at Ext. 350 or Richard Lessard at Ext. 340. ~ ReGis Hairstylists ( Features: College Night) Every Monday night after 6 p.m. bring in your college ID and receive 20% off all services. Located in the Alpena Mall. Phone 356-6767 Chuck Tetzlaff does one of his daily checks on the NRC garden which he has maintained for the past several years. Photo by Jennifer Weinkauf Tetzlaff beautifies campus BY Scorr REED POLEMIC EDITOR The next time you enter the Natural Resources Center through the doors next to the parking lot, why not take the time to stop and smell the roses? Well, they may not be roses , but at least take advantage of the pretty flowers just outside the NRC. For the past four or five years, Chuck Tetzlaff, director of learning resources, has main- tained the level of beauty outside the NRC by planting an assort- ment of flowers. He began doing this after bushes that were planted wh~re his garden is now, died. The bushes were removed, and the area was left lifeless . Tetzlaff decided then to change this by taking matters into his own hands. When Tetzlaff stepped in he had little garden- ing experience, but he wanted to make one area of the campus a little brighter. With an array of bulbs, flowers and topsoil, Tetzlaff cre- ated what has essentially become his garden. A daily maintenance and a watchful eye from Tetzlaff go into the upkeep of the area. One thing upsetting to Tetzlaff is people who use his garden as an ashtray or a final resting place for bubble gum. But the occa- sional careless person doesn' t stop him from keeping part of ACC beautiful. Now, with a lot of motiva- tion from Tetzlaff' s garden, there are flowers planted at various spots all around the campus. So if you ever see trash scattered among the flowers, take an extra second or two to pick it up and dispose of it properly. After all, we've seen that one person can make a difference -- why can't it be you? t:;:;::=~mr:r7r!7:7:777:77:7:mmr:i7' '+- 0 ..... 0 (/) C 0 Q. (/) I 0 0 ~ E ::J t:: 0 (/) C 0 u (/) (/) (1) C (1) ..... 0 3 <( 0 .0 0 U) C 0 0) .c 0 2 (1) .c +- '+- 0 ..... (1) .0 E (1) E 0 .5:2 u u <( +-c 0 ..... U) C 0 +- 0 0 ::J "'O w 0) C ::J C +-c 0 u :::> Cl) 2 C 0 +- 0 "'O C ::J 0 LL 0) 0) 0 (1) ~ (1) .c +- >- .0 "'O (1) t: 0 Q. Q. ::J Cl) r Alpena Community College invrtes you to a free Global Awareness Series Focus On Japan All programs held at ACC's Natural Resources Center Room 150 Monday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. The Paths to Adulthood: Education in Japan and the United States I Professor Iwao Ishino Explore the practices of the educational systems in the United States and Japan. Thursday, October 20 at 3:00 p.m. , . ·, . ·' Aikido: The Way of Harmony Doug Zernow, Ypndan, Yoshokai Aikido See the art of Aikido, a form of Japanese Budo based on the philosophy and martial arts of the Samurai. Monday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. · When Japanese Say 'Yes' They May Mean 'No' Noriko Joan Takada Learn about Japanese culture, heritage and tradition from early ·times through modern day. lf