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-• .,_F .. • October 28, 1987 Editorial ~ After reading the September 30th edition of Lumberjack, I would like to have the Student Senate respond on the opinions voiced by the student body. Personally I think that seven of the ten requests are valid issues that should be addressed. I also would like to know if the members of the Student Senate are sincere in their commitment to the students and to the college .... or did they merely nm for the office to have their faces recognized. If this is the reason they have elected to serve their constituents, they should reconsider. If they still think the entire philosphy of student government is a big joke, then let them resign now. I feel that perhaps in order to get nominated one should have taken a course in Political Science and/or have thorough knowledge and understanding of our system of government in this country. I'm sure that a majority of the elected body are concerned with representing their peers but all it takes is ~ bad apple to ruin the concept of representative government for the entire school. When a classmate asks a senate representative,,. "What are you going to do abq,ut those goose droppings?", no way in "hell" should he answer ... "Well, I'm not going to clean up the shit!" Yes, that response actually came from an elected offjcal, No one asked Editors Editor Ann Marie Meldrum Assistant Editor Lisa Smith Staff Mary l;Jartz Tom Krist Joe Bastow Kevin Konczak Brian Barber - David Lipski Stephanie Davison Kara DuLac Paula Edmonds Karen Nowicki Don Elliott III Susan Nunneley Dwayne Haken Brenda Roy rni Herrick Sheila Lewandowski Photography Dwayne Haken Kara DuLac Tom Krist Kelly Belew Advisor Mr. James Miesen Advertising Stephanie Davison Brenda Roy the Lumberjack 666 Johnson Street _ Alpena, Ml 49707 Th~ Lumberjack is a communications medium of Alpena Community College. It is published bi-monthly, September through May--except during vacations and examination periods--by the students of Alpena Community - College. All articles published are the sole responsibility of the author( s), and the opinions expressed in such articles do not neccesarly express the views of the editor, the advisor, or the administration of Alpena community College. The Lumberjack is printed by the i AlpehQ News. Page 2 D~'l+;,on Editor's Response .I. '-'1:-4 ~.11.aU Dear Eileen, him to do it. It was a sincere question poised to- a senate representative. Sarca~m is not needed in the office he holds. If he isn't ready to approach reality, let him resign! The majority of the student body attend college to learn. The office of Student Senate should be held by elected officals willing to extend their learnedness to that office .... never to be abused or misused. The Student Senate is a repi:esentative body of the people ... they should consider their role as legislators for the people .... not f9r the personal gratification of having had enough friends foolish enough to have had voted for them! The Student Senate can advance the educational and social attitudes of student and administration, making for an overall better school system. What you do can be a disaster or it can be most advantageous! The choice is yours. I would like to see it work for the good of all. With ALL members dedicated, this can happen. However, one loose cog in the wheel of government can slow effective communication and progress. I am sure everyone wants to see progress and it can be done wi_th TRUE dedication. Respectfully submitted, Eileen M. Oposnow Sophomore, Marketing Major I would like to thank you for your response to the opinion pole taken in the September 30th issue. Your letter was very well organized and hopefully it will bring other students to respond to our articles. As President of the Student Senate, I appreciate your concern Humor Mischievious Devils for the college government. D.C. Elliott III The situation you presented f They are mischievious little devils. They are shifty, crafty little f has been a continual problem a · guys slinking .around your yard in long black trenchcoats with the a where a Student Senate member , collars turned up. They are grasshoppers, and they are food for my , will make a "flippant statement" t tarantulas. This is my mission, if I should decide to accept it. No f without realizing just how that a r~co~ds will be kept and I will not b~ penalized_if I should decide not to a statement was received. , nsk 1t. I take a deep breath as I weigh my options. The pros and cons , I was not there to hear the f flee from one lobe to the other. Grasshoppers are playing tennis in my f content of the Representative's brain and the audience is mesmerized. Ah, but I really only have one statement, but I intend to speak to t choice. Ozzy and Harriet have to eat too, you know. They are only f all Student Senate members about a spiders. My mind is made up and I begin my assault. a this issue of continuaf , Nowhere in literature has anyone addressed this problem. My , representation of their college t biology class never covered this. When you are a kid, it all seems so t government. t easy. You go out the back door and the screen bangs against the frame a I am pleased to hear your' as you race to the field. They are everywhere. They fly by your face and , constructive criticism. My first ·f 'stick u~erringly ~o a milkwe~d plant. You creep up to them and poun~e, f concern as President, is the . then suck them m a mason Jar. It was all so easy when you were a kid, students here at ACC and it helps t but you did not mave any use for them then, you just caught them for t me to better represent you if I hear t the thrill of it all. Only when you are an adult would you have any use f yc:mr complaints. for them. This is the way life works. If you feel you are still not f Catching grasshoppers is not like riding a bike. You do forget how f being represented properly in the a to catch them. You have to learn all over again. At first I took a t Student Senate, please come and , different approach. I tried bribing the neighbor kid. "Five cents apiece, " talk to the Executive Board of the f I said. "You are crazy," he replied and sped off on his three-wheeled f Student Senate. The Executive ATV. This is the kid who is going to be borrowing money from his - Board meets on Tuesdays at l father to buy candy bars, I thought, or gas. Kids today are not the way I ·f 10:15am in BTC conference room. f remember them at all. I would have jumped at the chance, but not too t many people kept tarantulas as "pets" when.I was a kid. t Ok, I am going to have to do it myself. If you want it done right, t Respectfully, -Ann Marie Meldrum Edi_tor/President ' do it yourself-my dad always said, right before he called the plumber to f fix what he had just "fixed". But there are no stores where you can buy _____________ .,__ _____________ f 'hoppers, and there apparently are not enough greedy kids in my f Millage De.ceat t ne~ghborhood. I must do it myself. I gather up the tools of my trade, a t With the millage defeat of April 87, there was a lot of shuffling of secretaries at ACC. The cut caused several changes due to the bumping process. One secretary retired early which left an opportunity for a person with less seniority to stay. There were two part-time positions cut in July from John McCormack's office. The secretaries belong to the Secretaries Bargaining Unit, Local USWA 211 Union. There were 16 employees in the bargaining unit, 15 full-time and two parr-time. The secretaries have had a membership with the union for 20 years. "Over the years our jobs have changed," said Diana Standen. "We now have computers to contend with. About one-third of - our secretaries have an Associates Degree. Some of the secretaries have taken courses here at ACC to adjust to the changes. "Some people don't realize that we're here year round. We offer summer courses and have a lot of wor-k to prepare for the next semester. The students are our customers," said Standen. The 1 j good pair of tennis shoes and an empty quart cool whip container. I t carefully poke holes in the frisbee-like top with a fork and corral my f courage. I am ready. enrollment is up 12 percent at f t ACC and 16 percent at W AFB this l walk out to my preselected field. Actually, I walk around for ten year. f minutes waiting for_ the little buggers to do their dance. They and I will t Standen has .been Dean Davis's ., meet head on. While these thoughts race through my head I do not f secretary since May 1987, shortly watch where I am going and trip over a concealed tree limb. I fall to the after the cuts were made. Before f ground in a tangled tango. Immediately a swarm of 'hoppers changes f working for Davis, Standen was addresses. They move to a different local, and I look around stupidly, f working in word processing. t knowing I missed my big chance. I drag my disheartened self to my Dr. Donnelly said if the budget t feet, give my bruised ego a quick perusal and brush off some of the t did not balance the bumping debris of defeat. Lesson#l-watch where you are going. process would be used. There were f I press on. There! There! I stand frozen with indecision. Which one? t two positions to cut, the reasons f Which way? About this time, the two little critters are about a quarter f being each position was equivalent mile away and I am still standing around. They laugh and thumb their , to $20,000 a year in salary and f insectivorous snouts at me. I am not daunted this time though. I take a ·t fringe benefits. step and another flies out of the grass and lands about two feet away. I t One secretary that was bumped f crouch convincingly, drawing ever nearer to it, my pinching fingers of · had to travel tow AFB every day. f death hovering still and grim. I make my move! And it jumps another f That caused a lot of stress because two feet. I feel cursed, but I spy his landing pad and advance once again. she also had to learn a new job. f My hand creeps closer and I make my lunge. I look closer and there it f Since then that problem resolved- f is! Poor hapless creature, I think, reveling in my triumph. So joyous t and tha~ secretary is now in word t am I that I forget about the object of my joy and it drops to the ground. processmg. This is ridiculous, I think, but I reach down and pick it up anyway. f Several good new things have t No mere grasshopper escapes me. I place it into the container, but one t happened because of the cuts. The of its little legs is caught ~n the rim. I pry up the edge and it flies out, secretaries fiave all learped what f bounces off my head, and is gone. I cannot believe it. My ecstacy is t other jobs are like. They have also t abruptly shattered. Alarm bells go off in my head. Sanity is a question. f worked very hard on the millage I am tempted to blow it off and go buy some mealworms, but I do not campaigns which will take place ·f quit. I forge. on and tw_o hours later there are twelve meaty little f in the spring. grasshoppers m my contamer. Fast food the slow way. Ozzy and Harriet Diana was asked to comment f ~e pleased and are like_ sharks in their feeding frenzy. I go into the f on her new job and responded "It is t k1tch~n _and tak~ out a LeMenu dinner capriciously obtained at the IGA. f challenging." I nut 1t m the nncrowave and tum iton. This is the life, nhink. ,, ~~~..-.-.~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. ! i 1 l I l