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Alpena Community College, Alpena Michigan 49707 H ello, and welcome to our 25th anniver-sary issue! Although it hasn't quite been twenty-five years yet (the first issue of The Polemic was released on March 5, 1970), we feel it appropriate to celebrate our anniversary in the first issue. Alpena Community College's journalism program has been making newspapers since early 1959, when it was known as The Timber-Cruiser. (Unfortunately, there is no known copy of that very first issue in existence.) The ACC newspaper underwent many face lifts and name changes since then. In 1970, The Timber- Cruiser became The Polemic and remained as such until 1979, when it transformed into the ACC Campus Update. In 1986, it evolved into The Lumberjack until 1991 when it once again became The Polemic. All the articles contained in this "archival section" have been rewritten exactly as they appeared in their corresponding original issue, grammatical errors and all. We had a lot of fun searching for stories, digging through the· past and seeing how the college has evolved. We hope you enjoy it, too. Taken from the March 29, 1965, issue of Th,e Timber-Cruiser. BY GENE DOOLEY & CHUCK PRESTON STAFF WRm!Rs nicely." Because the low bid for construction of the museum, of- fered by R.C. Hendricks and Sons, Inc., was considerably Construction of the Besser higher than the figure anticipated Museum, begun in early March, by the school board, certain should be completed by the No- changes and deletions in the plan vember 1, 1965, contract date. were necessary. Only two of According to architect James these changes were of major im- Spence of Spence and Smith portance, however, these being (Saginaw), the recent barrage of the elimination of the seperate inclement weather has_not proved exhibition building and of con- a setback and that work is run- crete paving for the parking lot. ning "on schedule." Stated Mr. The JOO x 50 foot exhibition Spence, "We're happy with the · building was originally planned progress. It's coming along very to house restored antique autos ACeCe .. science CGIIU ~i:;::r:~!~:k~~ro~!; · · · ·· ·· The museum structure will on lat. Huron~ Middle lmndJ ~u~=IB~!~~:i~~~::: Taken from the April 25, 1973, issue of Tiu! Polemic. BY ToM MITCHELL S:rAFF WmraR This summer a class unique to Alpena Community College will be offered. Set up princi- pally by John McGill, Wally Strom, and Richard Miles, the course (or courses) will take place during a five-week period. What makes this class unique is the fact that the fifth (final) week will be spent on Middle Island. Four weeks prior to the campout, classes in Field Biol- ogy, Ecology, and Physical Education will be taught in the classroom. During the fifth week on the island, classes will dedi- cate approximately seven or eight -hours a day in the field. To qualify, the student must take hiking, camping and canoeing, and either Field Biol- ogy, Ecology, or both. The latter two classes are worth four cred- its apiece, while physical education will be counted as one. Middle Island is located ap- proximately one mile offshore just south of Alpena, in Lake Huron. Although once contain- ing a Coast Guard station and a light house, it is now abandoned and has been for many years. Though there are some small swamps on the island, there is considerably more dry land than swamp. Cedar, Spruce and other trees are found there, while many wild flowers not found on the mainland can be seen. field trips; even rains are warm. Since nature is in its active pe- riod, it provides the student with much more to study. Another plus for any inter- ested student is the fact that the island has never been extensively studied by any particular group. This means that any type of re- search and drawn conclusions will be made by this summer's class. The first day of classroom instruction will begin June 25 and the fifth week, on the is- land, will be July 23-27. More planning and infor- mation will be collected once enough students show interest. three large art classrooms, a workshop, storage rooms, a Created & compiled hy Scott Reed and Sha• Dempsey, Polemic editors meetmg room, and a memorial planetarium. This was donated to the museum by the citizens of this area as a gift to Mr. Besser's honor. In the upper level will be three exhibit halls, a receiving room, a director's room, a ter- race and administrative offices. · The floors will be covered ip. terrazo and travertine marble. An important feature of the museum will be the Foucault pendulum, to be suspended from the top of the building to the floor of the lower level. The de- vice is used to geographically display the effect of the earth's rotation. It will be hung by a long cable which has, at its base, . a tip. When the . pendulum is swinging the tip will etch its movements on a specially pre- pared surface. When the pendulum is set in motion it will swing . back and forth but is forced to alter its movement by the revolving of the earth around · its axis. Over a period of hours the arc will swing by the same number of degrees from its start- ing path as our latitude is from the equator. Very few such ex- hibits are now in existence. The entire mai.n building is to be equipped with air condi- tioning and sprinkler systems. The planetarium will be covered by a dome, thirty feet in diameter, to be installed at the center of the building. n will be capable of displaying not only the stars and planets as we see them, but close-µps of distant planets, stars and galaxies, as well as the view of the earth as seen from points in the universe. This addition to the com- munity will be located on the• campus of Alpena Community College, · west of the Besser Technical School. Bes1des taking part in field studies, the students can also ex- pect to cook, wash dishes, and ~ spend their nights in tents. The fact that the class takes place during the summer has many advantages. Weather should not play a major factor as it does with spring and fall It seems that now should be the time to plan for the sum- mer; if you're interested in the biological field or just the out- doors in particular, this should be a good course for you - so sign up now! Nowadays, an ACC student can take such courses as sign language and aviation, but had you been a student in 1978, you may have wanted to enroll in the belly dancing class. i1·························· .. ·~~-~~-·················· ' __J ' ' ~ I , .. ----- -, : 11 11 11 II : : •1 t I • • , , :1 t. ,, : I ti 1' , 1 ,~_.., __ __ .JI ' ' \ ,' ,_ FlELD HOUSE J CLASSROOMS ;- " z "' LIBRARY . ~ f-- ,. ~r✓ ~!;r,J existin& parkins lot to be re-located ,( MUSEUM h,-----, AUDITORIUM (, --------J '----J{j c---- JOHNSON STREET SITE PLAN PROPOSED BUILDING EXISTING BUILDING VAN LARE HALL BESSER LAKE ffs•••••••••••rl This map details a proposal made in 1972, of how ACC's campus would appear by 1977. Photo courtesy Carlene Przykucki 250 protest war in lndo-China Taken from the May 13, 1970, issue or The Polemic. BY JAMES BARTZ POI.EMIG EDIIOR (1970) Wednesday night, May 6, an estimated 250 to 300 Alpena area students gathered on the lawn at Wilson Hall Dormitory on the ACC campus to protest U.S. involvement in lndo-China. Two Alpena area bands enter- tained the students who were huddled in blankets and winter jackets in the cold night air. The first four speakers, ACC Student Government Vice President, Jim Pongones, ex- pressed the discust ·and anguish felt by many over the Indo-China War, saying, "I really don't know what to do but, goddamn, something's got to be done. This shit can't keep going on." The second speaker, Larry Boyer, an instructor at ACC, suggested that perhaps the best thing an individual can do at the present time is to write those officials elected to represent him. Mr. Boyer said that shooting doesn't seem to do any. good, because government troops have better guns and can shoot bet- ter. "Armed rebellion would be suicide, and no one can change anything if he' s dead." Attacking Nixon's invasion of Cambodia, Boyer said, "What Nixon has done in the last week, by not submitting his action ag inst Cambodia to the Senate, is to say that you people don't stitutional power of the United ~ount. He said I don't care what States Senate· to declare War. you people think, I'm taking you We, as citizens of the United - your bodies - the 130 pounds States, demand ~at all United of flesh that can squeeze a trig- States armed forces be immedi- ger." ately withdrawn from, not only Mr. Boyer explained that Cambodia, but from all nations those who misuse power depend in South East Asia." upon a silent majority of indi- The letter when circulated, vidual citizens afraid to say no. was signed by almost everyone "There comes a time when you present. have to make a choice. Do you The fourth speaker, Mr. say yes or do you say no? All of Titus, an instructor at ACC, us must make that choice. Those questioned the morality of dictators, Nixon included, feel today's world at war. "People that we don't have the capacity have lost sight of the fact that it to say no. No one forces anyone is never right to take another to go into the miiitary service. human being's life. The most horrifying thing about our men- As long as people say no, people tality today is that we somehow like Richard Nixon have to sit find it noble to die in order that and twiddle their thumbs." other people may die. But some- The third speaker, Norman how we find it meaningless to Malstrom, editor of the Polemic, : die that other people might live.'" announced that the advisory Only a few of the students council of the college, which : residing in Wilson Hall did not consists of administrators, fac- participate in the protest. One ulty and student representatives, · of these students explained his had that morning sent a telegram .absence by saying, 'Tm a to Richard Nixon condemning jmiddle-of-the-roader. I don't get the Kent State Massacre. :involved." Another explained, "I Norman then read a petition to think that every generation has Mr. Nixon condemning U.S. in- to answer its call. I can't see volvement in Indo-Chi.Jia which read: why I should protest the war "We the undersigned con- over there, because there are demn the military intervention men dying over there, and if it's of the United States into the af- all right for them, it's all right fairs of the sovreign nation of for me. I'm not saying that war Cambodia. We feel this action ls something we all have to put is a blatant violation of the Con- up with. "