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N ws Page 2 May 6, 2003 Beck Trades in Com uter for~ Boat ew Vice President at 1982, he was hired full time A,_ ~~CommlillltyColleoe at the college and has not had .LU_lAA..lU b a computer at his home since, nor does he plan to get one any time soon. Another job he did, on the ... Continuedfrompage 1 For the first five weeks, she will work side-by-side with Dr. Davis. When ACC and assist in moving forward." She added that she had much to learn about side, for about a year was reached for comment, Dr. that of technical advisor to the college before she would know how to lend her skills, knowledge, and background for ACC's future evolution. Fred Bear of Bear Archery. Lyle Beck works on one of the many computers at his desk. Lyle will never forget the day he began his first job in the computer field. It was on Dec.4, 1962, the same day his daughter was born. He missed his plane because he had to bring his wife to the hospital. His father then drove him to Alpena where his wife and daughter joined him on December 21. This was the first time he had seen his daughter. A fact, he says, his wife has never quite forgiven CONNIE IRLAND Staff Writer Lyle Beck is retiring after more than 23 years at ACC. "As Director of Management Services, Lyle has been instrumental in all of ACC's technological advances," said coworker Vicky Kropp. Some of the upgrades he has been involved in include the phone system, the computer network, the Internet, the satellite uplink, and was shifting all their and the interactive TV Until computer work to 1997 he was the only person Roscommon. The software to who did technical work at run their systems was ACC. He is described as unavailable until he was able honest, straight forward and, a good boss who is appreciative of the work done by those under him. Lyle first became involved with ACC in 1977 through Core Intermediate School District in Roscommon. ACC had a main framecomputer to locate it at Polk Community College in Florida. At that time Core was doing the computer work for around 40 school districts. Core got out of computers in 1979, and Ly le continued operatingACC's systems at home, evening after work. In him for. His plans for retirement are fishing and working around the house. He enjoys building things and fishing from his houseboat, a boat Ann Schultz said he built. Lyle Beck has had a major impact on ACC during his years here and will be missed by all ofus. North Korea Pleads Guilty North Korea Admits to Creating and Posessing Nuclear Weapons CONNIE IRLAND Staff Writer As the U.S. was preparing for war with Iraq, North Korea admit ed that it was actively w rking on the developm~ t of nuclear weapons. Current relationships with South Korea, and other neighboring countries have affected how the U.S. has been handling this situation. North Korea's neighboring countries are China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan. President Bush is trying to get those countries to realize that nuclear arms in North Korea are not in their best interest so that they will deal with the problem of nuclear arms in North Korea. The Washington Post said, in regards to North Korea's current and former leaders, "Brinkmanship is the family Business." This comment was in regard to North Korea's tendency to use unstable situations to bargain for what they want. At this time, North Korea is using their weapons program to try and bring the United States \o the bargaining table; however, president Bush is refusing to be blackmailed into bargaining. Currently China is providing the most foreign aide to North Korea. Presently China seems more concerned with possible U.S. intervention than the fact that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons, said Newsweek. The US still maintains a base in allied South Korea; therefore, the U.S. feels itis important to have the support of South Korea in any action against the North. Growing anti-American sentiment has been developing in South Korea's younger generation, said The Washington Post. Thus weakening the U.S. Graphic courtesy Jonas Boda North Korea and its bordering neighbors. position there. According to cnn.com North Korea, at talks between the U.S., China and North Korea, proposed they receive "something considerable" in exchange for the abandonment of their nuclear weapons. Colin Powell, Secretary of State for the U.S., said that the U.S. is still studying the proposal, but is not the kind of proposal the U.S. has been looking for. What Television Does to Children TAMARADELLAR Huron Shores It is not surprising that the results of a recent survey linking adult aggressiveness to a childhood exposure to violence on TV. Remember when the most violent scene on TV was someone getting shot, grunting, and falling down - the single final act in the hero saving the day sort of thing - the good guy winsintheend. Youonlysaw this sort of thing if you liked westerns and didn't mind if things got a little bit rough before good prevailed. The majority of the shows on TV were humorous family types like "I Love Lucy,"or "Leave it to Beaver," or "Lassie." Today we are bombarded daily with TV violence in graphic detail. We are no longer denied the gory details ofblood, guts, and horror. The violence is not a single climatic act but is the major theme 1hroughout the whole movie ( or cartoon). Anew study,just published in the March issue of Developmental Psychology, finds that boys and girls who watch a lot of violence on TV have a greater risk of being aggressive adults later even if they watched them. Programs they were not aggressive as such as "Starsky and Hutch", children. 'The Six Million Dollar Man", Psychologist L. Rowell Huesman and colleagues at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research made this discovery after doing a follow-up study of adults who were first surveyed when they were children between the ages of 6 and 10. They were interviewed again, along with their spouses or friends, and crime records checked. As children, they were rated on their exposure to televised violence after choosing 8 favorite shows and how often and even cartoons like "Roadrunner" was considered ve1y violent. The children were also asked how much they identified with the violent characters and if they thought the violence was realistic. In following these children later as adults, researchers found that high ratings on any of these three measures predicted higher ratings of overall adult aggression. Continued on page 5 ... TV Violence Davis seemed very eager to work with Dr. Carlson during this time. They will work together in starting the summer term, setting up fall staffing and activities, and finally in familiarizing Dr. Carlson with ACC's policies and procedures. Once these goals have been accomplished and she gets settled in, Dr. Carlson hopes to "continue the fine work already in place at Once she gets the feel for the college, Dr. Carlson will have time for the things she enjoys such as reading, gardening, and walking. The faculty, staff, and students at Alpena Community College look forward to seeing her this summer and hopefully for many years to come. WCCT Executive Director Hands in Resignation Press Release Courtesy Jay Walterreit he explores new options to utilize his talents." Chairman of the Partners Jim Hayford, Executive Di- Council Jim Park said, "Jim rectorof the World Center for Hayford has been instrumental Concrete Technology in several innovative WCCT (WCCT), has announced his programs such as mason resignation from the WCCT traininginFloridaandfinding and his plans to pursue other grants from the National career directions. Concrete Masonry Association Hayford has been Executive to fund scholarships at Alpena Director since May 1, 2000, Community College." and was instrumental in the In looking ahead at the openingofthenew,44,000sq. leadership structure for the ft. World Center. Hayford's WCCT, Newport added that resignation is effective June 30, the College and the Partner's 2003. Council, a group of key CollegePresidentDonaldL. leaders in the concrete Newport said, "Jim has industry, will closely examine worked long and hard to get all of its options for effectively our new facility open and to carrying on the work of the build relationships with the Center; and a plan will be concrete industry. He will announced prior to the start of certainly be missed. We extend the College's next fiscal period our very best wishes to Jim as on July 1, 2003. Seatchfcr New Presid.rt~ Replacing Dr. Newport Involved Process JO BETH JOHNSON Sports Editor Alpena Community College announced on April 1 7, that Dr. Donald L. Newport had handed in his resignation. He will be leaving January 1, 2004. This gives theACC Board of Trustees about 8 months to find a replacement. Dr. David Ponitz was hired as a consultant in the search and the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC) was also formed to help in the search. Trustees Roger Baur, Tom Townsend, and Paul Wegmeyer have volunteered to represent the Board. The PSAC is made up of members from the Board of Trustees, four ACC faculty, two administrators, two classified/fa c i 1 i ties employees, and six community members. The PSAC met on the 29 th to discuss skills and qualities they would like to find in the new president and decide exactly what they would be looking for. Dr. Ponitz will go over this information to create a candidate profile, which will be reviewed on May 15th _ The profile will then be sent to the Board of Trustees for approval. A website has been designed so the public will be able to keep up on the search. http:// www.alpena.edu/personnel/ president search/ president search.htm. m SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY Bachelors Degree programs Management and Organizational Development Family Life Education Teacher Education Complete your degree in Alpena Call (989) 358-7417