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• .. .UNiTy . --~,--.... --1,.~·-"·--~~"'"'= Wl-tAT1s IN.sidE . Survey openS eyes to STD's at ACC C~iNESE . CuhuRE PAGE 4 NEW STAff 11 NuNSENSE11 Hoop STANdiNGS PAGE 6 T~uNdrnBAy T RAils PAGE 7 BY BETH KLINE EDITOR Editors Note: This is the first in a series of articles concern- ing the dangers of STDs. Look to Jutun; editions of The Polemic for articles of the lorig term effects, where to get help and how to deal with STDs. Attending Alpena Com- munity College gives students· the opportunity to open many doors - some of which may be detrimental to their health. Sexually transmitted dis- eases can be found on every college campus worldwide and ACC is no exception. There are approximately · 20 different kinds of diseases that can be transmitted through anal, oral or vaginal intercourse. They are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, protozoa or fungi. Viralinfectionscannevet be cured. Ifleftuntreated,STDs. ..,.,-~~ ., ~ . ' .~ -~-... _,_,.._ ,,; c,. -.· , . ;' j~ -"·•.: .. · • • ".~~~ ... ~~ can attack the immune system leading to death or cause pel- vic inflamatory disease which may lead to sterility. .According to a recent survey of ACC students by Po- lemic staffers, 50 percent of ACC students have or have known someone with an STD. Yet only a small amount, 19 percent, have themselves been tested for the presence of an STD. "We have a lot of travel- ing people. They have a boy- friend or girlfriend or a one night stand and come back with an infe_ction. Normally, people in a rural area such as this, don't go to the doctor ll:n- This window to the soul runs deep in a photo by Nina Hickson. See back page for more~ · ACC denied Trade Center grailt BY HEIDI SKUSE STAFF WRITER The Michigan Jobs Com- mission recently announced eight winners in its competi- tion to fund technical educa- tion training centers across Michigan. Alpena Commu- , nity · College's $2.835 million proposal to create a Northern • Michigan Construction Build-:- ing Trades S:enter on the ACC campus was not on the list. The construction center would have been used to pro- vide educational training for apprentices and journeymen in carpentry, electrical, plumb- ing, pipefitting, heating, ven- tilating, air conditioning, ma- sonry, and heavy equipment operation. Sources · indicate that three additional centers may be funded, though there has been no official confirmation from the Jobs Commission. On October 26, 1998, in the Center room 106, the Michl- . gan Jobs Commission listened . to a presentation by ACC staff and area contractors outlining the need to build the Northern Michigan Building Construc- tion Trades Center. Jobs Commission staff chose the winners from more than 30 applications. Walking in a winter wonderland. . . Inches of snow were dumped on the campus of Alpena Community College during the month of January. Don Witt, Director of Facilities Management, had his work cut out for him when ACC's four arkin lots needed to be cleared. The schools that were picked were Bay de Noc Com- munity College, Grand Rap- ids . Community College, Henry Ford Community Col- lege, Kalamazoo Valley Com- munity College, Kellogg Com- munity College, Northwestern Michigan College, Lake Michi- gan College, and Oakland Community College. Grant awards ranged _between · $700,000 to $5 million. Grant for ACC BY HEIDI SKUSE STAFF WRITER · AlpenaCommunityCol,- lege last week was awarded a $108,000 grant from the Michi- gan Jobs Commission Eco- nomic Development and Job Training fund to offer training to DeVere Construction em- ployees. · · "The goal of the grant is t9 adapt training to the spe- cific needs of De Vere Construc- tion," said Don MacMaster, Assistant Dean and Director of. Workforce Development. "So when an employee of De Vere sits down in class the material they get they're going · to be able to apply almost im- mediately back on the job site." Delivering training of this sort involves more com- plications than it would seem see Grant on page 2 til there is a crisis. That's partly why these things get spread. People don't do anything ~bout it. If you don't know you've got something, you still spread it," said Barb Mink, RN, at Dis- trict Health Department No. 4. The most common STDs in the Alpena area are chlamy- . dia and genital warts. Chlamydia, as well as gonorrhea; syphilis and bacte- rial vaginosis, are caused by bacterium and are treated with antibiotics. Genital warts, like hepa- titis B, herpes and AIDS, are caused by a virus and are in- curable. "I see quite a lot of herpes and genital warts. Once you've got them, you've got them, see STD on page 2 Millage Election Approaches BY ERIN BRUSKI EDITOR · A millage election for Alpena Community College will take place on Tuesday, March 23, as set by the Board of Trustees at a recent meeting. . • The two issues on the ballot include a renewal of the 1.18 millage that the college currently has, -and a request for an additional .8 mills that would go toward improvements in technology, safety, and security, The college has three main sources of revenue. State appropriations make up ~bout 50 percent, tuition about 30 percent ; and the property tax levy in the college district accounts for about 17 percent of revenue. In November, the college conducted a telephone survey. Of the 200 people surveyed, 85 percent indicated that they would vote for a renewal of AC C's existing millage. 7 4 percent said that they would vote for up to one more additional mill. Over the next five years, college officials estimate there to • be $3 million worth of need for the college, much of it in the area of keeping current in technology. Survey shows success BY ERIN BRUSKI EDITOR A recent telephone sur- vey found that public opinion of Alpena Community Col- lege is strong and favorable. The survey was con- ducted from November·4-12. Over that eight-day period, a random sampling of regis- tered voters that voted in the 1996 Public School Bond Elec- tion were called, and two hundred of those people an- . swered questions that focused on the college. Carlene Przykucki, Di-: rector of Public Information headed the survey and had · volunteers from ACC faculty, and organizations such as Phi Theta Kappa, Student Senate, . and the Association of Life- long Learners. The main purpose of the survey was to pinpoint any concerns the public have about the college so they can be addressed. "From u..y perspective, someone who is involved with the media, getting sto- ries out , advertising and public relations, it's a good idea to know where the in- formation gaps are and what the good areas of network are," said Przykucki. · On a scale from one to five, where one was "not at all important," and five was "very important," respon- dents indicated with a mean score of 4.78 that it was im- portant to them to have a community college like ACC in the area. The public thought that it was important for ACC to provide job training and re- training, scoring it 4.71 on a five point scale, and to be involved in programs that promote eco- nomic growth and development, giving it a 4.41 score. The im- portance of providing athletic programs that have competi- tive contests with other colleges was given a mean response of 3.41 on a five point scale. cmrnn,ITY COLLE(iE Participants were also asked to rank items associated with ACC. The items that ranked the highest, in the public's opinion, included quality of buildings and facili- ties, which received a mean response of 4.45. Quality of education ·at ACC also· re- ceived high marks, with a mean reponse of 4.36. The consulting firm Davison, Dietsch, and McCarthy worked with ACC on the survey and compiled the results.