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All If tho ,,w, tllat lfftlcts tho BIHdDDtll at A/p11na Community Co//11111 Faculty/Students tangle in basketball fundraiser ~y Dominick Miller · Managing/Sports Editor It had excitement. It had comedy~ It had dran:ia. No, it wasn't a new movie or a play. It was the faculty/student charity basketball game held at Park Arena on Wedil.esday,April 20. The Great Books on Leadership class put on the event, as afunqraiser for their trip to the Gambia, in Africa, in early May. All proceeds made at the event will benefit the trip. "We're out here to have fun," said Tom Ray, the instructor of the Leadership class as well as a participanf in the game. "It was a fun, good time with no bloodletting." Plus, as an added bonus, the gan1e got serious and exciting toward the end. Bobby Allen_, the women's basketball coach playing for .the faculty team, was able to nail a three-point shot with 12 seconds remaining to give the faculty a one point lead, 55- 54. After some controversy on the ensuing trip down the court for the student team, they wete awarded the ball back, but a desperation trip down the floor ended with no shot. The faculty escaped with the one point victory. The students had built a lead as large as six· midway through the second half. "It really was (an exciting finish)/' said Student Senate President Jessica Slominski, a participant in the game, who then added, with a smile, "We should have wpn ... Bobby (Allen) pulled it out at the end." "It's a little bit of a letdown," an obviously dejected Rachel Brege, another student participant, said afterward. "It's all about bragging rights. It's a sad, sad day for ACC students." Sadly, the crowd was sparse, and . even the participants acknowledged that the advertising for the game wasn't as much as it could have been. Even so, once the game started, it was all about having a good time. "ltwasalotpffun for a good cause," said faculty participant Matt Dunckel. Dunckel, along with faculty participant John Bellows, also mentioned that future student/ faculty events should be planned, with other sports, or possibly a barbeque day. Ray mentioned that the class has made about 60% of the funds needed for the trip to the tiny village ofNjawara. Ray has taken tJ.ips like this before, but a lot of the students haven't. lil.JJ Brittany Posthmus is going on The people who took part in the game (photo ·by i)ominick Mille11. the trip, and has mixed feelings. "Iamreally,reallyexcited,but exc ited .because it's the Marts. I'm kind of getting scared," she experience ofa lifetime. How "But it should be a lot of fun," admitted. "I'm scared often do you get to go to Rayadded. something bad could happen." ·ca?" While inAfi.ica, the students Slominski echoed those "It will be a big shock for will possibly help with comments. "I'm scared. I've them," Ray lamented. "There construction ofnew buildings, never experienced anything are no showers, and none of butmostlytheywill betutoring likethat(whattheywill see and the conveniences. There are children. The group leaves on encounter in Njawara). I'm no McDonald's and no Wal- May9,andwillretumonMay 24. The next fundraising event will take place on April 27, at Thunder Bowl Lanes. The event is open to anybody who wishes to participate. Also, if any person wishes to make donatiohs to the trip, they sh9uJd contact Tom Ray. Leaving behind a I acy Psychology class plans Chicago trip By De Maramed anaging/News Editor April 22 was Chuck Wiesen's last day atAlpena Community College. At the - time of his retirement, Wiesen held the position of Dean of the Center For Professional, Community, and Volunteer Services. But through over 30 years of service to Alpena and its community college, he has eld a number of positions. Wiesen first found his way to Alpena in 1970 when the :Personnel Director of Alpena Public Schools was conducting interviews at WMU.Attheiime, Wiesen was a senior at WMU. He got the teaching job, even though he wasn't quite sure 1here Alpena was. He admits he wasn't ve1y good at it, so when an opening_ for an adult education director became available, Wiesen }umped at the chance and applied for tbe position.. He stayed with thepublicschoolsuntil 1975, until there. was another opening, this time atACC. '°'I was first hired in here as Director Of Continuing . Education," explafoed ~C!!'Jhu!l!!lc'll!"kll!!Wi!'!!'ie""'s•en .. s""u•s•in•. h"""is""'o•ifJ!!!'ic•e""'a•ndll!'l"!ldoes t e last of liis paperwork. Frfday, April 22 marked the last Wiesen. "We looked at all day of his 34 year career at ACC (photo by De Maramed). kinds of ways for the college activities." part of what was called the consulting and support, to reach out into the In 1982, Wiesen moved Center For Economic And through the Small Business . community, and also bringing from the Alpena campus to Human Resource & Technology Development people on to the campus. Huron Shores, then called the Development. "The direction Center, We also provide a We averaged about 3,000 . Oscoda campus. In 1988 he from then to now is to highly sophisticated ·egistrations a year for moved back to Alpena to be pro vi de small business Please see Wiesen, page 2 By Amy LeMieux Staff Writer By now most of Alpena Community College has heard about the Leadership class taking a service trip to Africa, but there is another group within the halls of ACC that needs equal support and acknowledgement. They are five psychology students and one instructor, the group advisor Dr. McLarney- Vesotski, best known as Dr. V ."Jt.'s really about making connections," says Dr. V The Directional Research Psychology Practicum class is aiming to travel to Chicago this May to attend the Midwestern American Psychological Association Conventi(!n, There they will mingle among fellow psychology majors and ask questions of other professors. Students from across the . Midwestern region will be · presenting research projects at a poster board presentation. Although our ACC psychology students have been busily researching an experiment of their choice, they will not present at this year's convention. Instead, the small group will travel to the windy city only to observe and get a feel for next year's destination. "The students who return to the project in 2005 for the fall semester will gain knowledge at this year's psychology conference, which will help them prepare a poster of their own. It takes a full year .to conduct research and analyze an idea, and next year the group will be ready to demonstrate what they have theorized;" explains Dr. V Please see lhp, page 2 INSIDE THE LUMBERJACK: A Tribute: ACC student Trista Standen tragically died in a car accident in February. Read : excerpts from one of the last stories she wrote for English class. Page 3. A&E: Chuck Norris is haunted by a ninja ... ninja ... ninja in The Octagon. Check page 7. Sports: College is hard for most people. It was especially tough for Bridget Hill.ard. Read her story, page 5. The Last Word: It's the end of the year, so the L-Jack Editors say farewell. Pa e 8.