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SNEAK PEEK Page 4 A CC Says Farewell Page 5 Turkey Day Traditions Page 8 Halloween Bash Photo Story Page 9 Basketball Previews Page 11 Bowhunting Season Page 15 ACC Artist of the Month LPENA OMM.UNI.TY Student Produced Newspaper November 2001 OLLEGE Student Made WCCT Sign Welcomed Sight to ACC Landscape JOSHUA M. BREGE Photo Editor CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY WORLD CENTER. That's what the new sign welcoming incomers to the World Center for Con- crete Technology reads. The construction of the sign is "two and a half years in the making," says Concrete Tech instructor Bob Eller. The sign began as a concept for a project that each student going through the program must complete. "We were still back in the old building and he · wanted to create a sign for the WCCT," explained Eller. The student designed _ the sign himself Then he built a form, which included many hours of cutting Styrofoam Photo By Joshua M. Brege into the shape of each letter. The student graduated and left the design and forms tm- completed. Eller said, "it was kind of shoved aside because we were in the process of moving into the new building." Because the project had al- ready been started, Bob Eller and Kevin Sylvester, instruc- tors at WCCT, decided to use the concept as an instruc- tional tool. They would cover lightweight concrete mixdesign. The Spring Gradu- ates of 2001 cast the sign and this year's group com- pleted it. They painted it and displayed it at the Southwest entrance of the WCCT. Eller said it was located there be- cause there was no welcom- ing sign from that entrance and other students projects were located there as attrac- tions. Although the sign is up and surrounded in land- scaping stones, it is not yet complete. Next spring, Eller and Sylvester plan to com- plete the landscaping and in- stall lights to dress it up a little more. 11111 lrllllll 11111 Ill lllllllll II 111111 l111r1I JOSHUA KUMRITS to start. He began with beer tivity that night. face, and making him throw The student was in the hos- Staff Writer and eventually moved on to In the meantime, up. They were successful at pital a total of two nights. liquor. After having a few around 10:30pm, the student, first, but after a few minutes The followingMon- On Friday, Septem- beers, the student began sip- who had now consumed the student slipped out of con- day, the student was back at ber 28th, an ACC student was ping on Permafrost ( 100 large amounts of alcohol, was . . the apartments and attending sc10usness agam. hospitalized after passing out proof Yukon Jack). As the passed out in a living room. This is when the Po- classes. due to excessive alcohol in- night rolled on, the drinking He drank a total of lice, who were roaming the When asked what take at the College Park continued and his mtoxication l beers, slammed a quar- prope1ty, found him. They this experience had taught or Apartments adjacent to began to get more serious. ter of the fifth of Permafrost immediately called the EMS shown him, he replied, "It's ACC. At the same time, he was sipping, and eventu- and he was taken to the always okay to have fun, but The student, who Alpena Police officers had ally finished the bottle. hospital's emergency room. there's definitely a limit when preferred to remain anony- stationed themselves behind Some of his friends After stabilizing his con- it comes to drinking and hav- mous, never drank much al- the apartments and decided tried to bring him back to con- sciousness, they proceeded to ing a good time." cohol before this time in his to make a quiet entrance to sciousness by talking to him, give him attentive care as they life. Friday night, he decided check up on the student ac- using ice and water on his nursed him back to sobriety. Cast Your Vote for CC Board of Trustees Four Candidates Seek Two Seats Tuesday, November 6th TRIS COFFIN . The two elected Senior Editor Board ofTrustee Members will each serve six years. The six Tuesday, Novem- yeartermallowsBoardMem- ber6th, voterswillelecttwo bers to shed their. political candidates to the ACC clothing and focus on contrib Board of Trustees. Make uting to the growth your voice heard, ACC, by casting your vote. Eighteen year in- cumbent Florence Stibitz is challenged this election by retired ACC faculty mem- ber Richard Ma~eson, lo- cal businessman Thomas Townsend, and banker Dennis Werner. and stability of ACC. During a recent fo- rum sponsored by The League of Women Voters, each candidate answered questions and shared their views on issues facing Above: ACC Board ofrrustees candidates answer questions at a recent League of Women Voters forum. Left to Right: Candidates Townsend, Matteson, Stibitz, and Werner focus on the issues Photos by Joshua M. Brege ACC. Stibitz would like to community leaders. One of them, Richard Matteson, said continue her 18 year tenure and said that she feels she has that the board needed new members in order to be revi- made a positive contribution to the college. However, she is challenged by three long-time residents and talized with new ideas. Thomas Townsend said that he has the energy and drive and wants to be on the board because he be- lieves that the college is key in bringing new business and people to Alpena. Dennis Werner re- ceived his masters degree through an agreement be- tween ACC and LSSU. He said that this experience will help him see issues brought to the board from a different perspective.