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ro1111n g 3A ta 4 Art 98 The Alpena Commu~ity College ne1Arspaper. 666 Johnson Street. Alpena. Ml 49707 ACC receives NEU grant May 1, 1996 Volume S lss e 6 BY CELESTE KASKY STAFF WRITER Alpena Community Col- lege was selected as one of 40 community colleges in the na- tion, and the only college in Michigan, to receive a grant to explore the teachings of di- verse cultures in two existing courses. This program is called "Exploring America's Communities: In Search of Common Ground." Sponsors are The American Association of Community Colleges, Phi Theta Kappa, The Community College Humanities Associa- tion, and The National Endowment of Humanities. This program started April 1, 1996, and it will be in effect until January 31, 1997. The team heading this project is made up of Sonya 1 Titus, chairperson of the En- ~lish Department, Don MacMaster, assistant dean ' P l . ~ d o emic wins awar s BYLYNLY STAFF WRITER On April 20, 1996 rhe Michigan Community College Press Association held its an- nual "Press Day" awards com- petition at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan. Staff from The Polemic, Alpena Community College's student newspaper, won 13 awards, including Honorable Mention for Best Overall Newspaper. Individual Polemic win- ners were Kent Anderson, Kristi Hanson, Christina Howell, L YNL Y, Joel Potrykus, Todd Price, Kile Rondeau, Michael Sanders, Jason Skiba, and Katie Zbytowski. "The views of the profes- sional journalists who did the judging were enlightening be- cause they judged our work from their professional view- point, only giving a passing acknowledgment to the fact tor of The Polemic. Six workshops covering a variety of topics were held inclua~·-1g Internet, ' Dy I orrl Cheek, Flint Journal; "Catchy Images,' by Jane Hale, pho- tograph, r, Flint Journal; "First Amendment Issues" and "The Freedom bf Information Acts of Michigan," by Jane Briggs- Bunting, Oakland University; and"Featur~ WritingandHow to Get Hired," Ken Tabasco, Features Editbr, Saginaw News. Regarding the Freedom of Information Act, Jane Briggs- Bunting reminded the stu- dents, "There is no off the record statements at public meetings." Ken Tabasco said, "The thing that is most sacred is meeting all deadliAes, being versatile and using gfod writ- ing techniques." \ Highlights of thE\ speech by Jim Mcfarlin, media critic, The Detroit News and Pr · ss Day that we were a student news- "Awards" paper," said Deb Haske, Edi- contintued on page 2 LUCKY13 ~ t.a a ~ otaC& and a WfJR- ~, Corti!u,,13 ~ ~ t.a tJ!u,, cpafemic at tJ!u,, ~ ~ ~ ~ cpreM ~ ~ 3aLmt wmA ~} ~- 9)onafd ~-~ \ \ and instructor of Journalism, and Matt Dunckel, adjunct in- structor of Social Sciences. All three attended a 3- day conference in Washington D.C. to become more edu- cated on different cultures, and how to include the mate- rial into their curriculum. One part of the project will encourage cultural study by allowing students in Jour- nalism 253 to use the computers at the Polemic, which will be connected to the internet, to communicate with PHOTOS BY SONYA TITUS Primitive skills expert, Jim Miller (above) presents at ACC's first Multi-Cultural, Multi-Personal" gathering held in NRC 253 on Thursday, April 25. Miller, who lives in Mikadc;:,, h · •xpe .. t zi br 11.-ta.nn ~ng leathe-r, and served as a consultant on the movie "Dances With Wolves." Jan Miller (right), a retired endocrinologists, shared her remarkable life story, which included spend- ing most of her pre-teen years living on Indian reservations in California student journalists from other community colleges around the country. Some community col- leges that may participate in the internet link-up will be the Community College of the Bronx, Washtenaw Com.mu- nity College in Ann Arbor, and Miami Dade Community College in Florida, which is one of the largest community colleges in the nation. The Polemic staff will be able to communicate with other college newspaper jour- nalists abou t their surroundings, what's happen- ing where they live, and they will be able to use those sto- ries in the newspaper here at ACC. Also, the Polemic will be allowed, hopefully, to pub- lish some of its articles in other community college newspapers. This will allow students at ACC to have a bet- ter idea of other issues in other parts of the country. Children's Literature in- structor Sonya Titus plans to incorporate more readings from a wider range of cultures in her course. Because many of the Children's Literature students are education majors, Titus feels that it is important to prepare these students for classrooms with more ethnic diversity than those found in Alpena. Hopefully, this grant will encourage students to be more ope,n to new possibilities else- where. Learning firsthand about different cultures will rnctke more of an impact than anything that can be read in a history book or watched on television. Tuition increase set for fall By CELESTE KASKY STAFF WRITER Starting in the fall semes- ter, Alpena Community College plans to increase tu- ition by 4.4 %. This increase will mean that in-district and in-state students will pay ap- proximately $3 more per contact hour, and out-of-state students will pay approxi- mately $4 more. The increase is needed to keep up with the economy and the decrease in contact hours at ACC. Students are $100 $90 $80 ... $70 .., ~ ~ $60 ~ $50 $40 TA!s Vear / J,lexr Vear This Vear / J,lexr Vear This Vear / Next Vear ln-Dlstrlct ln-State Out-of.State not attending the college on a full-time basis as they have in Students to display works of art BY c. ALLAN STAFF WRITER Come one, come all! The Art Department of ACC invites you to attend the annual spring Student Exhibit showing at East Campus on Fridqy, May 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. You will be entertained by Aggie Ferguson's dance students, and Nan Hall's be- ginning and advanced theatre students will perform "Vi- gnettes." The beginning and ad- vanced painting students will display their considerable tal- · ents showing not only their painting expertise but their ability to frame and exhibit their work. Students from Joy Skiba's Art for the classroom teacher will also exhibit their work. Curt LaCross and Joe Donna's Sculpture and Design students will have their work displayed in the East Campus gym, along with Laurie Wade's beginning, secondary, and advanced Ceramics stu- dents. When the eyes have fin- ished feasting on all of the talents abundantly displayed, then the Art Department in- vites you to partake of the culinary art of the students. Hors d'oeuvres and liquid re- freshments will be served all evening. Steve Lewis 95-96 instructor of the year the past; therefore, the in- crease is necessary for repairs, new classes, remodeling, and new and improved technolo- gies, such as the internet installation. The increase shouldn't af- fect the college's growth, as ACC is following the rapid in- crease in computer technology. These new ser- vices are a necessity for students planning on transfer- ring to larger colleges, and it gives them a step-up on the new changes in engineering and technology. Steve Lewis, ACC instruc- tor of math, engineering and computer science, speaks at the Awards Ban- quet at the Holiday Inn on April 24. He is an ACC graduate.