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C'AIMAalRI PIIINWIM JlaaaD e Mid .... Jlaaa»M ,,_,.Pt ... Alp_fJI ss Protecting ACC s Renata Bur ..._ d fr ment u,ange om sitting out and waiting, could be.nent from practice on campus." Police Blotter Staff Writer to taking quick action and solving thlngs," Kmg said another aspect that makes the Alpena Community College hosted a Thad Taylor, Alpena Public Safety Director, college unique is having T ohnson Street run The following incidents at Alpena Com- munity College ha:ve occurred between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. To learn more on what to do concerning campus crime, consult the Alpena Community College 2007-08 Certalog and Student Handbook, pages 22 and 23. mock shooter incident Aug. 13-14. said. "It's a total mindset for us. Usually through the middle of campus. I with police work, if we see somebody with tis a concept known as quick action kni£ d h "'WithACC, you've got two sides of d , a gun or e, we or er t em to stop. Well epioyment or QUAD training. It consists · ,L, d , y the road,# he said. "The officers need to be f th m uus, you on t. ou see somebody with a o estate police, the city police and the gun, you ha:ve to eliminate them." familiar with the layout." county sheriff's office using one of the local buildings to practice a situation involving a However, this process of practicing for Toyntm said he thinks the college is live shooter. 'This year it was the Natural RI:,- __ su_ch_an_ev_e.n.t.is•be-in.lgiot•ak-en-in .. sm~al;;l.s.tep._s;.. -•b•ett_e_r.;.prepered than a few months ago. Campus False Alarm: 5 Hit and Run: 1 Larceny. 3 Lockout: 13 sources Center building at ACC. However, the openness of the college is a factor that "It was quite realistic. Firing weapons ... with blanks of comse," Dr. Olin T oynton, ACC President, said." ... (there was a) lot of shout- ing and yelling. Guns were going off and yelling and moaning came from wounded role players." uusually with police work, ifwe see some- body with a gun or knife, we order them to stop. Well in this, you don't. You see some- body with a gun, you have to eliminate could challenge this. It is a soft target according to Toynton. He explained, soft targets are welcom- ing and inviting, with an appealing front. Whereas hard targets, he added, have some kind of impos- ing figure stationed in Parking Lot Accident: 4 Assist to Citizen: 1 Suspicious Situation: 1 Suspicious Per son: 1 Liquor Violation: 1 Apartments Toynton said the exercise went really well and he was impressed with the professionalism the three teams showed while working them." Thad Taylor, public safety director together. Terry King, Alpena County Undersher- iff said, "This is something that our of:fi ce looks forward to every year and we have to because it seems om society's becoming more and more violent every year. The vio- lence becomes closer and closer to Alpena and we, the law enforcement, we train and more importantly not only do we have to train, but we have to train together. And that's a key factor right there." At this time in the exercise only ACC's Emergency Management Team, a group of administrators, was permitted. the front, visibly present. It unnerves the possible shooter and he goes in search of a softer image. T oynton said he has hopes of eventually bringi'lk students and faculty into these type c4safety practices. Lockout:4 Malicious Destruction of Property: 2 Liquor Violations: 1 "They got to follow us and observe. They could see what we were doing, why; and whert is accomplished," Taylor said. The whole idea for these kinds of exercises is to raise public awareness and strengthen preventative measures. Lay enforcement previously trained in the higJ, school and middle schools. The de- cision -it, train here in the NRC came about becau; of its unique characteristics. Suspicious Persons: 2 Violation of Controlled Substance: 1 Burglary:3 Intoxicated Person: 2 Harassment: 1 Assist to Citizen: 3 After the Columbine shooting, the way law protected citizens had to be altered. "It's a college campus, it's open, you have a lot of buildings with a lot of access," said Taylor. Joynton added, "I believe the coll~ T •• said the NRC had multi-floors, ->ffialle{":rodm!S', stajrways, narrower hall- ways atid an entirel11,µfferent layout than they h;tl. been used to pi,eviously. Lost/Found Property: 1 Criminal Sexual Conduct: 1 "The thought process in law enforce- Don'tb Garret Schuelke Staff Writer Somewhere in Grand Rapids ,rt a psychiatric facility is Cameron Conk- lin. Conklin, who was charged with aggraverted stalking of three Al pen a Community College instructors, was ordered by Alpena County Circuit Court Chief Judge John Kowalski to arttend the facility due to issues related to mental illness. The Story The stalking started when Conklin, then an ACC student, started sending Christmas gifts to his instructors around Dec. 5, 2007. Dr. Olin Toynton, President ofACC, also received a package of letters from ConkJin later that same month on Dec. 30. The letters, as Toynton described them, contained references to the Bible, popular songs, and number games. "He did not seem to be reaching out for help," said Joynton, who did not find the letter overtly threateni11g. "I would describe the letters as more wanting to st,rte thlngs to people." Nevertheless, Toynton took the letters to the department of public safety. Upon ooncluding that the letters presented a potentially dangerous situation, T oynton spoke to Max Lindsay; Dean of Student Af- fairs at ACC. Lindsay then contacted Conklin by phone, telling him to cease the harassment. He also sent a letter to Conklin containing the same message. Further investigations into Conklin's history revealed that in the past Conklin was :onvicted for d.'\i,elty toward~ was onCE:, am!!IJWd for drunketi and disard<';};f behavi'&. Due to not ~~·ttrs harassment of ACC instructors after a restraining arder was in place, ""onklin was ex- pelled and, as of this article, banned from stepping foot on the campus, with exceptions to :ro,eet with r ton or Lindsay. · "I cannot imagine a situation in which I would be comfortable readmitting him to study at ACC," said J oynton. · The instructors mentioned in this story declined to ha:ve their s reJeased. Security Measures On Aug. 13 and 14 trairuiljJ exercises for local law enfeircep,ent Source: Clery Act part2 took place atACC, simulating a school shooting. The exercise was meant to help law enforcement and college staff prepare in case of school shootings, such as the ones th,rt took place at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on April 16, 2007 and N orthem Illinois University on Feb. 14, 2008. ACC also has an Emergency Management Team, which consists of T oynton and other ACC staff members. As mentioned back in the April 2008 edition of The Crosscut, there are still plans of replacing the phone system at ACC, which is more than 20 years old. 'This will also include installing a phone in every classroom, along with a phone service that can be used over.the Internet called VOIT; or voice-over Internet protocol. On the topic of other secuxity measures atACC - such as install- ing metal detectors - T oynton replied, "One of the things about campuses historically is that they are welcoming places ... we are open, welcoming environments and that's the way the community expects to be served by ACC. Coming on the ACC campus shouldn't be like going through security checks at an airport." Toynton said ACC's campus is very safe. "It would be wrong to spend money on security that makes the college look like a prison as opposed to educational needs and programs." Your te is ~' /1 :'\I/ I /,\ '4 I ~ .. \'}_\I tf,_I, By Gay Lyn Fry Staff Writer On Nov. 4, Americans will once again have the opportunity to have their sayinAmerica's politics by voting. "Voting is the one formal vehicle and the one power Americans have to make decisions at the federal level," said Timothy Kue- hnlein, Alpena Community College political science instructor. "Citizens ha:ve one oppartunity to get the best possible people into these positions for a term." 0,11,i.t:~VoW'l-ovtlft ~-~~ ... ..,. Some of the younger generation in Alpena recognize the importance of thls opportunity. ::~ ,,_..,....._ ~- S.'I\ l~ ,---- 1'» .. t'!I~ 1m l'M ~l.ll,'ll t'l!lt"' lW~ ;i~ ---*.OUll!o~ --.UJl>'ll"IO~- U.S,HllD:JSI --U.S.:S0-01«-r "I am going to vote. It's really important for younger people to vote because it appears the world is in a downward trend and the younger generation is going to be left with the conse- . quences," said Ashley. Marquardt, 25. Many Americans have not always had the rightto vote. po er \~'}1. l ' "Bad politicia are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote." - William E. Simon "In 1776 onlywhi~emen~o owned property could vote. White men who did not own pro were given the right to vote in 1840. It was not until 1870 that thE! 15'> Amendment gave African Anlm- cans the rightto vote and had to wait until 1920 befo~ got a say in the US gove . It was the 19"' Amendment tha!!iinally granted women the vote. uth of America were always a to risk their life in battle but allowed to vote until 1971 26"' Amendment granted and over a vote;' said Kue "It is relatively recent that been given the right and tunity to vote." He said it is importa11l take advantage of this right vote in order to ensure the best Pf/88ible people hold these positiOll ~ power. "The statistics show th iinly- 50-60 percxent of registered s show up to vote at major el ons and every election we he America's youth will come out in droves to vote, but every election they fail us," Kuehnlein said. "If they do not participate now, wh,rt is the future of om country?" Poli ti cal sketches by Robert Gandy This is wiat aifew of the Alpena youth had t-osay: • Kati<? Budnick, 19,: said, "@:'11 vote) becauS<? I £~it'$ the right thlng to do. Yo1J don't ta.yand can't complain if}"!)\) don't vote." • Casey g to hi:! my first ti;Ine to vote and I am ju st going -t eling." t to vot<? ar you are going to get Russ Skuse, 23, said, "Vot(! for Ob~a. It's time far a change." Chris Goodwin, 27, said, "I want someone who has been in the military and not someone who rieg1€!cted to serve." r ackie Spencer, 20, said, "Ifs ~port.mt hes.use each vote makes a difference whether you think $l> ar not."