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TheLumberjack News Page3 Growing Pains Obvious to Readers While Lumberjack Strives to Expand, Improve LEEANN WIDTE Contributing Writer Whoever said change isn't easy was right. i However, changes can be good and the 2001-2002 -staff of the Lumberjack is hoping the changes they ,have made are moving the · paper in the right direction. Some of these improve- . ments are superficial and some are fundamental but _they have come with a price. Growing pains. "Yes, there are , ,some growing pains obvi- ous to our readers," stated Lumberjack Advisor Shawn Sexton," but some of this is , to be expected when a pro- •gram is in the beginning .stages ofrebuilding." Sex- 'ton went on to say that the newspaper has a lot of hopes that there is something interest in the program additional tuition waiver professional and that they fine-tuning ahead, but the in the paper for everyone. has increased. This is a hours have been added to show a lot of ambition. funclamental changes that Other fundamental tribute to the student-led the program. "This year Chris Oposnow, Art Editor, needed to take place have changes that may not be ob- changes," stated Sexton. ACC doubled the number added that "We have raised already occurred. of tuition waivers allotted. the bar and now is our So what funda- ................................... Inaddition,theACCFoun- . chancetoreachitandraise mental changes have dation generously awarded it again." taken place? The most a substantial scholarship In order to "reach it obvious change would be fund for incoming journal- (the bar) and raise it again" the expansion of the pa- ism students," said Sexton. theLumbe,jackstaff invites per from eight to sixteen The new editors you to tell us what you pages. The new, sixteen had a lot of responsibility think by sending letters to page format makes the in the changes that were the editor. According to ACCLumbe,jackthesec- made; their feelings about Jennifer Webb, Managing ond largest community the changes were similar. Editor, "One thing that has college newspaper in the According to Tris Coffin, been disappointing is that Top: E. Benac, R. Spaulding, S. Sexton, C. Oposnow. Bottom: S Nehring, T. Coffin, J . Webb, J. Brege • state. Semor Editor, "We have the criticism of the paper "Considering ourpopula- vious to the reader are "I don't think people re- taken the necessary steps to has been misdirected. If tion compared to other changes to the staff. One year alize that the students re- becoming the paper that we readers want to voice their community colleges, we ago there were two editors; to- ally do run this paper . . . (the staff) have envisioned opinions in a manner that are proud to serve our stu- day there are seven editors. ," Sexton added. it to be." can inspire positive dents with sixteen pages," Changes in staff also included As a reward for Both Joshua M. Brege, changes, then they should said Sexton. More pages an increase in staff writers the long hours and hard Photo Editor, and Eric write a letter to the editor .. means the ability to pub- from eight one year ago .to work that it takes to pro- Benac, Features Editor, . instead of pulling indi- lish a bigger variety of in- twenty-two today. "Despite duce the paper, two re- agreed that the changes so vi dual students aside." formation. The staff all the criticism, the overall cruiting scholarships and far make the paper more The following is the Alpena Community College Inclement Weather Procedure: The President will make the decision n College closure prior to 5 :45 a.m. * l7 . r riday November 2nd bombing continued in North of Kabul * UsA trying to help anti- Taliban groups to work together The announcement, to be relayed through the fan-out and broadcast on local stations, will be one of the following: a. ACC will be closed, no staff or students to report. b. ACC opening will be delayed until 10:00 a.m. c. ACC classes are cancelled, offices will be open at 10:00 a.m. In the event that daytime weath_er conditions lead to a shutdown decision after the College is already open, (Weather conditions will be evacuated at 11 :00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.) One of the following announcements will be relayed to staff by the office of Public Information via voice mail and also broadcast to local stations: All ACC classes starting at or after_ will be cancelled. Offices remain open. All ACC ~lasses starting at or after_ will be cancelled and the College is closed as of __ . Dawn McIntyre will make the decision to close Huron Shores and wjll contact the Deans and the Director of Public Information . • In the President's absence the decision to close will be made by the Vice President for Administration and Finance. Diversity ... Continued from page 2 For more information on College closings, you can listen to the following stations: WATZAM 1450 WATZFM99.3 WCMLFM91.7, TV6 WCMBFM95.7 WHAKFM99.9 WHSBFM 107.7 WCLSFM 100.7 WKJZFM94.9 WQLB FM 103.3 WVXZFM96.7 WGFMFM 105.1 WGRYFM 100.3 WGRYAM1230 WQONFMlOl.l WBKB-TVll daytogether. "Thiswaykids from Uganda coming to per- from different cultures get to form. The spotlight series is also know each other." getting involved. They are Broderick added, "I'd make bringing a variety of music to it all equal so nobody would Alpena including a renowned look at skin color- every- Latinsinger. * About 20 US advisors are by the front-line outside Mazar-e-Sharif * Easiest Taliban targets have already been taken out * More terrorist to attack Western bridges could be next, such as Golden Gate bridge and other Califor- nia bridges * After September J]1h, 1,000 people have been detained and three arrests of Arab men right here in Michigan * Unemployment skyrockets to 5.4 percent in October * Anthrax that killed a NY hospital worker matched other infested letters * N ational guard and the reserves called up to prqtect across America "It wouldn't be such a new thing to have an African American in class." Allen said. body could just hang with There is so much every- everybody." one can do. One option for the Lumberjack campus a more culturally diverse place. Winston Churchill once said, "With effort comes understanding, and with understanding comes respect-and the end result is harmony." Lets all get involved. POLITICAL CORNER Broderick shared how overall, most people look at African Americans as being different. But like everyone else, they too, want to have a sense of be- longing. Everyone wants to fit in. One thing Broderick noticed was when people see you, they automatically assume that you're here to play ball, but the fact is, there are two African Americans here who aren't. When asked if they could change one thing, what would it be, Matt had the idea of having class dis- cussions about people's feel- ings and thoughts of the dif- ferent cultures in ACC. He also suggested a college program where a student from one ethnicity could match up with a student of another, and spend a whole Miss B azz ett faculty is to put more emphasis summed it all up when she onrecruitingstaffthatrepresents said, "We are in the woods, our student body. Also, getting but what are we doing to to know the students is huge. bring culture and diversity As the faculty gets too know the here?" Our effort is the most students, they begin to learn important thing. She added more about them and that leads that it's never going to be to respect. As ACC faculty perfect, but our efforts and does their jobs, the students also attempts to make it better are need to reach out. what really matter. There are all different We as a college and types of ~upport programs that a community need to sup- can be put together to recog- port what programs we al- nize diversity. There could be readyhaveandthenexpand student-led_ activity groups and take action in bringing geared on integrating the col- diversity here to Alpena. leges' different ethnicities. What For example, this year the can we as students do to make college is working with the our college more aware of vari- GlobalAwareness Consor- ous cultures? How can we at- tium. It's a program that tract other diverse students and helps increase cultural teachers to come here? awareness. Theywillbeput- Effort is the key. We ting on shows, films, and din- all need to work together, staff ners all centered on India. . and student's alike- to make the They also have a dancer ACC faculty, student body, and !) I r-------7 1Correction:1 I I 1 October 1 I I : 2001 : 1 The : Lumber} a.ck l staff would I like to apolo- l gize to Josh : and those in- I valved with : this story for : for not pub- 1. lishing it in its: entirety last I I issue. 1 We are Sorry.: L _______ .J MARCGAUZE Contributing Writer My name is Marc Gauze and I want to write an article each month ori politics for the Lumberjack. Which relate to you, the college stu- dents. Each month I will gather information from local, state, and federal governments that will touch you as a college student, or how it can effect the job that you are working to get a degree for. Over the summer I made contacts in different branches of the government to get the information that I need to in- form you of. I thought there would have been quite a bit of information. Until Sep- tember 1l 1h, when the gov- ernment focus switched. One piece of information that I have been looking at is the amount of money the state is going to be spending on education. This is going to get smaller and needs to be watched. Just remember, if the amount of money spent on education gets smaller, that means that there will be little jobs for teachers. Next month I hope to have more information on that subject and more to keep you informed. If you have ques- tions or something that you would like me to look into about what the government is doing, just leave a note in the Lumberjack office, the Politi- cal Corner, or me Marc Gauze Until next month I leave you with this. Keep your eyes and ears open to what is hap- pening around you, for it could affect you more ways then one.