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sass ass cc • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••~••••• t ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• TheLumberj ack News Page2 WCCT Expands Enrollment, Reputation Beyond Alpena H.APRIL WATSON He states that it is hard to terviews have already begun all over pay to come here to have a video game-like con- the ones primarily running the Staff Writer find adjunct faculty because here on campus for the spring do special projects and tests cept. booth they have reserved at Enrollment is up at the of the "uniqueness of what graduates. to see if their new ideas will Some of WCCT's the Con/ Agg (Concrete/ Ag- a person has to know." In order to help insure work. coming events include: gregate) Show in Las Vegas. World Center of Concrete April - First Annual Technology (WCCT) this se- The job placement success after graduating from This year's Block February - Cemex Concrete Reunion. Past mester. instructor Bob Eller rate after graduating from the two-year concrete tech maker's Class is going will be here. Cemex, for- graduates fromACC's Con- the two-year concrete tech program a combined class slower than exptcted due to merly Mexican Cement, crete Tech Program will be in-says this is because they are bought a company called vited to a fun barbeque and see starting to get better known program is exceptional. project was done to give the the events of September 11th; Southdown. They are bring- what's new and different here outside the Michigan area. With an average of 20 to 25 students the hands-on oppor- however, this is expected to ing some of their tech ser- at WCCT. The purpose is to He adds, "A vast ma- graduates per year, there are tunity and experience to test change. Development of an vice people here for a four- encourage the past grads to be jority of students, [ who are in about 200 job openings for concrete on sight The result interactive CD on concrete day school. Two of the supportive of the program by them. That's 6 to 10 job of- is a new sign and a couple of . technology is in the making. people coming are past helping with recruiting, hiring, the program,] are there be- ACC graduates. Their ob- and financing. For more inf or- cause of another student." fers from across the coun- · new concrete picnic tables in This CD will be for employ- jective is to show them what mation you may contact Bob Eller thinks this is good but un- try for each graduate. Some front of the concrete tech ers; it would show how to use we have to offer here. • Eller at 358-7220. less they get more assistance, companies have standing building. our facilities here, and to help March - Con/ Agg as far as faculty, they really can- job openings for ACC Con- In addition to the two- recruit graduating high school Show in Vegas. Bob Eller crete Tech graduates. In- year program, companies from students. The plan is for it to and Kevin Sylvester will be not handle any more students. r---------------------------------------------------------------~ • Vegetarians Encounter Difficulties in Fight to Beat the Meat Addiction : :BEN PADUA t~e U. ~., more than 25 bil- chemicals than plant ~oods._, So~etirnes it~ s your only rate slaughter~ouse_s. S?me en~oy meat, so I just ~top~edl 1staff Writer hon arumals are slaughtered So after readmg this, choice, especially on road of these basic gmdehnes t:rymg. English m-1 I for food. Before they wind you're a vegetarian now, right? trips where our neighboring were more living space for structor Denise Bazzett, who1 I It is hard to escape the up between a bun with fries, animals as well as unan- grew up in a hunting/farmingl I fact that most Americans are they live in crowded, dis- ----------- nounced inspections of family, is now a vegetarian. Al lplant-rights activists, as op- ease-ridden conditions slaughterhouses. This was good way to test your meatl lposed to animal-rights activists. where they can't even tum actually a good public rela- <1;ddiction, as she brought upl I The world has conditioned us around. The only fresh air tions move for the fast food to me, is to kill your meatl Ito think that eating other living they get is during the ride to giants, even though they naturally: go hunting. If you can I :things is a necessary human the slaughterhouse, always won't admit that PETA in- kill it, you can eat it. 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But a lot of our meat McDonalds, Wendy's, and temative dairy products. a broke college student, I'ml I creatures. soning among other things. addiction has to do with con- Burger King to agree to fol- I've tried becoming just waiting for Big Mac Mon-I _ I The main problem lies Meat also contains up to 14 venience. By convenience, low certain animal welfare vegetarian many times. day. I t~a~o,!i' ~s!~IU~~ _ t,!!;1~ ~o~ ~~~~ ~d- I,~t!!_k!!;g,.!~l!!.f~t.!,o~;_ ~~~~ ~ t~~<!P,2: _ ~ !l,ik!, v~~.!_e~ ~-__________ J. Student Calls for Diversity in ACC Staff, Students Alike JOSHUA KUMRITS Staff Writer This year, ACC's students include many different cultures and ethnicities. We have Mexicans, African Americans, Latinos, and even some from Germany, Bosnia, and Slovakia. Does the college faculty have enough diversity to properly support and represent our student body, or 1s there room for improvement? ACC is home to. a faculty full of caring individuals. Our faculty works hard to make this college a unique place. They do a great job of providing students with all different types ofresources and learning opportunities-here on campus. But when it comes to representing our students and their cultures, how equipped is our faculty, and how effectively are they doing their jobs? While interviewing Miss Bazzett, an E~glish i professor here at ACC, we had a chance to talk about faculty representation. She shared an interesting theory: "Our student's cultural diversity and the different minority groups should be equally represented in the college's full time staff." For example, if6% of our student body were African American, than about 6% of our full time staff would be African American. In our situation, we would have African American teachers, Spanisb or Latino teachers, and maybe some European teachers. The idea is to have people on staff that can directly relate to different cultural backgrounds. It also allows students to feel more comfortable-knowing there are mentors who understand where they are coming from. Step back for a moment and ask yourself: what is the overall purpose of a college or educational institution? Bazzett commented on how education is supposed to broaden student's perspectives on the world and its many cultures but more importantly-to bring those cultural perspectives into the classroom. And we do this through staff and students. Jesse Christopherson is a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in Engineering. He was born and raised in Alpena, Mi. He shared how Alpena is a predominantly white community with relatively few minority groups living here. "All though there are a few, for the most part, kids grow up here and have little interaction with a variety of different cultures. In Alpena, people don't get exposed to different viewpoints, ideas, and approaches that come with having a culturally diverse fl faculty." Many kids who grow up in Northern Michigan, and attend ACC, will likely be transferring to a bigger school down state or even out of state. The fact is, in a school like U ofM, there are huge amounts of students from all ov.er the world. This means a students body full of different backgrounds, lifestyles, ways of doing things, languages, and ways of living life. Having a culturally diverse faculty here at A CC would help students become aware of all together. Lacking diversity in school has an effect on students transferring from larger cities, or from areas with more div€rs·e populations. Two African American students were able to share their thoughts and feelings on the issue at hand. Matt Harrington is from River Rouge; Mi. He's a freshman majoring in Electrical Apprenticing. Broderick Knight is from Detroit; Mi. He's a freshman maJonng m Auto Engineering. When asked what their initial reactions were after being here for a couple of weeks, Matt described it as being very different from back home. "In River Rouge, the majority of people were African American, and then all of a sudden, there's not as many." Broderick just thought of it as a whole new experience, something that would be completely different from back home. While chatting with these two, they shared how easy it is to see the surprise in people's eyes and facial expressions. Although there has been no · real discrimination they've faced at school, they still notice some peqple are still just a little hesitant at first, before saying ; hello or talking. It's almost like '. there's a natural pause at the : time of initial contact. This isn't ' ; necessarily a bad thing. It's ; primarily due to the limited '. exposure and interaction most , people have had with African 1 Americans, here in Alpena and i surrounding areas. It's still a : rather new site to see African I ' Americans at school. Bobby Allen is the only ; ' African American on staff. : He's the Men's Basketball : Assistant Head Coach and is ; involved in helping students on • and off the court. Matt I commented that having a more~ diverse staff would provide : ' teachers who would; understand them in a more , personal way. · Continued on Next Page (News 3) I,)