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Fe tures September 30, 2003 Page 3 Student Parkin ' CONNIE IRLAND Features Editor What part of no parking is so hard to understand? It's that very question that Terry Szczesniak must ask himself every morning. He wanders through the massive maze of cars in the parking lot with ticket book in hand. Today looks to be like every other day, busy. During the past month, several people have shown up at the parking office, understandably upset. Vehicles were parked three deep, and their car was stuck in the middle. The black lines in Lot B do not indicate parking spaces, folks. Your friendly parking attendant, Terry Szczesniak is concerned not only with cars parked three deep, but also the number of tickets he has to write. He feels he is fairly lenient, yet students will be ticketed for parking in any of the following locations: the historical site by Van Lare Hall, the crosswalks by NRC, and visitor parking areas. Students in visitor parking can be identified by their license plate even if they have not registered their vehicle with the Parking Office. Szczesniak has found by the numbers on the parking tags that first year students get the majority of the tickets, "then they learn," he said. He also advised that the school is unlikely to add more parking at Van Lare Hall as long as the big lot across the street is never full. Lots of Trouble Photo By Chris Gillmore Illegally parked cars just waiting for a ticket. War on Iraq Affects The Euro ean Union And The Survey Says Photo By Chris Gillmore Tim Kuehnlein shares his veiws on European Union. For those of us not as politically aware, he gave an explanation of the history behind the development of the European Union reform. European Union membership started back in 1952 with the Treaty of Paris, and continued in five phases, the most recent being the 1999 Treaty of Amsterdam. JULIE KLEIN Staff Writer Prospects for a new Eurnpe-an Order were discussed at Alpena Community College in Granum Theatre, on the second anniversary of the By the end of next year 9/11 attacks. ten new countries will Timothy M. Kuehnlein, have joined. Jr., instructor of Political The Euro Pe an Science and History at government is already so ACC, gave a presentation complex that it is almos about a paper he has incomprehensible. written discussing the In trying to establish a political reforms and more perfect government restructuring of Europe. the new constitution that is ~---------------------, in progress is already New Tattoo Parlor Will Leave Its Mark some 200 pages long, which will make things more confusing. Their struggle has been complicated by the present situation in Iraq with the United States and the split opinions of European countries about our actions and involvement there. After the brief history, Kuehnlein went into the reading of his paper. The basic idea can be found Ill the thesis "Eur opean Union enlargement and U.S. foreign policy regarding Iraq have adversely a ected the prospects for a eeper consolidation of tral power within the opean Union." F. llowing the reading he clpsed the presentation with a lively question and answer period. CONNIE IRLAND Features Editor The Lumberjack survey "Places to go and Things to do in Alpena" was well received. The results were somewhat surprising. The young adults felt this community lacks activities appropriate for them, and the adults with children also voiced the same concern. All those who responded placed themselves in the following categories: Young Adult, Adult, and Adult with Children. The young adults and the adults with children had the same basic concern: a lack of activities for the youth and young adults. Respondents filled in the activities they were involved in and the activities they felt Alpena needed. There was also a comments section. The most widely attended local activities were: local festivals, mini golf, movie theater, bowling, and basketball. The activities most widely desired were: clubs, a more di verse mall, a concert hall, and a place young people could hang out. One anonymous respondent commented, "Most of Alpena' s Activities can only be done Summer/ Fall/ Spring. During winter we are screwed." Others felt the college needed to offer more activities su~has gym night and dances. In response to this problem The Lumberjack will be posting an events calender in future issues. Please notify us of coming events a month Ill advance. E-mail us at: acclumberjack@yahoo.com. DE MARAMED Staff Writer He briefly considered quitting tattoo work after his daughter died in April of 2001. "She used to love the sound of the machines," he said. In the end, however, he decided to continue his career in tattooing, because of his late daughter's love for it. The Wellness Center, ACC's Health Club Tattoo artist Adam Jameson is back in town after a two- year absence, Creative Tattoos on Chisholm Street is now opened for business. "I like small towns. I like the area," he said. "All the work's in the cities, but I make a living and that's all I care about." Jameson's time will be split between two shops, one in Alpena and the other in Oscoda. Wednesday through Saturday he will be here, and then from Sunday to Tuesday he will be in Oscoda. TABBI WILLIAMS Staff Writer Many students here at ACC can find numerous reasons to not appreciate the free services of the Wellness Center. The excuse topping the list is intimidation. For a student who is not athletic or fit by society's standards, walking into a workout room filled with muscular and built people Photo By Chris Gillmore In most cases, working out just isn't a part of their everyday routine. For many ACC students, gym class was required for a semester in high school in order to graduate. There, students were forced to exercise because a grade depended on the effort in the class. Born in Gladwin, 38-year- old Jameson has been tattooing for 15 years. He started out drawing patterns, but quickly became an established artist, and has been working all over the state since. Presently, Jameson is the only permanent artist at Creative Tattoos. Visiting artist Chris Boloire will be available from time to time. Piercings will also be available. can be a little intimidating. Joseph Prevost works out at the Wellness Center. Some students may feel A teacher was there to push the students. In college, it's up to the discretion of the student to decide whether or not they utilize the Wellness Center. uneasy and scared that hard to work. 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