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Volume 1, Issue 6 CAMPUS UPDATE Alpena Community College, Alpena, MI February 14, 1979 SEARCH FOR DEAN CONTINUES By Cathy Mason The deadline for applying for: the position of Dean of Students and Administrative Services Assis- tant at ACC is February 15. The Post has been vacant since the resig- nation of Dean Souden in October of 1978. The process of employing a new. dean is time-consuming. The vacan- cy has been advertised in Michigan and the Midwest through College Placement Offices. Applicants will be screened by a committee made up of students, counselors and fa- culty. Interviews will be held with a chosen few. Finally, there must be approval by the Board of Educa- tion and President Donnelly for the appointment to take place. The college administration hopes that the new. Dean will be. installed by July. Qualifications for the Dean in- clude a Masters Degree, and exper- ience in dealing with students and finances on a community college level. New Speaker Series Under Way Alpena Community College Speaker Series for 1979 will present "Mark Twain” at 8:00 p.m. Wed- nesday, February 14 at the eae East Campus gymnasium. vited. ickets will a bl the door at $2.00, adults; $1.00 students (non-ACC); and $5.00 per family. Impersonator, Parker Drew will be featured in the title role. Drew, "Parker Drew, “Mark Twain”, in Alpena for a “One-Man Show”. 25, has performed the show on college campuses in the East, through- out the midwest and on television. He admits to a fascination with Twain since he was 13 years old and continues to mold his one-man show into a “highly polished pro- fessional representation of Mark Twain,” according to one reporter. His material ‘is taken directly from Twain‘s books and speeches and he admits that his act closely follows Hal Holbrook’s version which played to Broadway audiences and has been on-television, also. Drew isa graduate of St. Norbert Fon F=Yor=3 ray pon Bo Nat Tel 1On- theatre. He has wo dio, television and in various ge productions. The ACC Speaker Series con- tinues this semester with Dr. Joseph Fletcher speaking on “Cloning” on March 7, and with Detective David Toma on April 16, with the pro- gram, “Toma—The. Compassionate Cop Aine Series is sponsored by the ACC student activities fund. The Dean’s responsibilities. in- volve administration of student ser- vices and financial operations at ACC: counseling, financial aid and student activities. Currently this position is filled by ividing duties between three peo- ple - President Donnelly, Owen Wit- Kopf and Max Lindsay. President Seiraiey ‘said, “| want the best qualified person for the job,“ and he “wouldn‘t mind hiring a woman TCC Models Student Gov't MADISON, WIS. (On Campus eport)—For the past several years ne Tacoma. (Wash.) Community College student government has Music Installed in Lounges By Elizabeth Littler Student Senate was granted the permission at their January 30 meeting to go ahead with’ the juke boxes in the lounges but only on a 30-day trial period. According to Henry Valli, senate advisor, they arranged with North- eastern Michigan Music to get more for the money; the student senate will take less. of a cut of their snare of the money for this extra to ~ the students. Due to their efforts, a juke box feeder will get six plays for 25 cents. Three years ago, and possibly a couple of times prior to that, the idea of playing music in the stu- ieee body apathy aad a ace = continuity due to constantly chang- ing student personnel. , But now, after a full year of re- searching student governments across the nation, a TCC task force has come up with a model that offers some unique solutions to those pro- blems. GOV'T continued on p. 2 COMPUTER AIDS INSTRUCTION By Mary Kelley Once occupying almost a quarter of NRC 355—Charles Neumann's office—an $18,000. modern: mini- computer accumulated several friends, making the small room a popular “hang-out” for both: stu- dents and instructors. The system has now been moved to the Learning Skills Center. he welcomed, ‘fascinating cre- ation was acquired by the math and physicalscience department in com- bination with the Learning Skills Center computer/audio visual equip- ment as one portion of a Title VI grant. A few of its features consist of: =a central processor that has 32 K addresses of memor —uses one language—BASIC—and is capable of a second—APL —disc drive that has the current _ capability of storing 1.2 million characters and can be expanded to 2.4 million characters. =line printer that can process 80 characters per second. Neumann explained, “The major problem is getting time to develop all the applications that students and instructors: will be using for courses and/or research.”’ An example of the machine's potential is its ability to aid in- struction in such diverse areas as forex math-science, and social science. So far they have but one prob- lent: the computer isn’t exactly the kind one stuffs in his pants pocket. Consequently, Neumann says, “We hope to be able to fund a magnetic tape rive to improve the mobility of it. 4G 1971-74, a NCR Century sys- tem was leased to ACC for both administrative and instructional use. When the lease was up, the college in used a coneee at one of the 'ocal dustri The possibility that the music levels might disturb the teach-_ ing going on in the vicinity of the. lounges, was the basic reason for the idea being dropped. President Donnelly then asked how they would go about doing this, bearing in mind the age old problem of noise level. He suggested the senate try the juke boxes be- cause they aren't permanent fixtures and could be installed on a tem- porary basis. HOMECOMING SET FOR THIS SATURDAY By Bev Orban - The ACC Homecoming king and queen will be announced during halftime of the Monroe/Lumber- Jack basketball game which gets under way Saturday, February 17 at 8:00 p.m.; Coach Schray will have the honor of crowning the queen. Voting by ACC students for the Homecoming king and queen took place today in the VLH lobby. The. cheerleaders, who organized the formal dress Homecoming dance, will count the votes to determine the new 1979 fomecori Aig .and queen: