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Volume 2, Issue 4 CAMPUS UPDATE Alpena Community College, Alpena, Michigan October 24, 1979 Air Force Charged with false advertising The U.S. Air Force Academy is engaged ina massive deception aim- ed at recruiting high school stud-i ents, a former cadet charges in the October issue of Penthouse maga- zine. To the surprise of most cadets-- and to many civilians--Academy ca- dets do not routinely learn.to fly planes despite Air Force Academy catclogue claims that “the mission of the Air Force is to ..Since the total mission is based on lying, the aviation training you receive as a cadet is a significant part of your career preparation.” So disappointing i is the reality of ot Academy-- in contrast to pre- nrollment panes that 40% of the. Class of ae has dropped out, M. Porrazzo, who was mid- ey en his Senior year when he dropped ou: "It costs $100, 000 of the tax- payers’ money to put each cadet through the Academy,” he says. “Can we afford to allow the Ait Force to continue with its present false advertising campaign?” Porrazzo says that “Academy cadets don’t learn to fly any air- craft in the Air Force invento: In fact, the Academy will not even _Greenhouse demonstrates solar energy By Cathy Mason “The ultimate goal is to main- tain our standard of living,” ob served ACC teacher Richard Clute about the solar greenhouse cur- rently being built at ACC. Clute thinks that the practical harnessing of solar power is the answer to the current energy crisis. To go along with this, the greenhouse is a means to. an end because it is a practical demonstration of solar energy in Northeastern Michigan. According to Alpena County Energy Coordi- nator, Tom Kenney, “Our purpose is to demonstrate to people here that it (solar energy) can work.” The greenhouse is a reality be- cause of a grant from the Northeast Michigan Community Services A- gency and also because many ener- gy-conscious persons in the com- munity are devoting their time to build -it, including the. insulated foundation installed by persons in ACC’s Concrete Technology pro- gram. Greenhouse particulars include dimensions of 24 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 12 feet high, Sunlight will be collected by the 240 square- foot roof which is made of Kalwal, which is a reinforced fiberglass:mat- erial. Special features to protect the climate of the greenhouse are a dou- ble-door entry, an air lock will pre- vent the escape of warm air and the invasion of cold air; and insulated curtains, to use at night to retain the sunlight absorbed during the day. let a cadet pull the stop clocks on any flying machine--from a Curtis Jenny to a hang glider.’’ Advertised "aviation training’ consists solely of demonstration flights aboard Ces-| sna aircraft. A cadet who wishes to learn to fly must pay $1,000 to $3,000 of his own money to obtain a pilot’s license from a private school. Promises of free time off the A- cademy grounds-or to roam the 18,000-acre grounds of the Acad- emy near Colorado Springs, Colo. ~are routinely broken, In fact, ca- dets are routinely Overnight absences Hah the Acad- omy. are severely limited. Moreover, the post-graduation commitment to the Air Force has been increased twice in the past few years. Cadets who entered believing they would have to serve for five years (as pilots) after graduation are now committed to serving seven years. f at taxpayer expense. Convenes for problem-solving By Cathy Mason On Friday, October 19, the ACC Student Senate sponsored Consor- tium 8 with representatives from eight Michigan community colleges attending, at the Alpena Civic Cen- ter auditorium. A consortium is an association or society which meets for a specific purpose, which in the case of Con- |sortium 8 was problem-solving. The ‘idea behind the meeting is that since call community colleges have com- mon backgrounds, a consortium of these h izati Time toreset clocks Before you go to bed Saturday night, don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday the 28th at 2a.m This means that Northeast Mich- igan will go back to standard time, instead of the one-hour-ahead Day- light Saving Time we've had through- out the summer. English citizen William Willett .| who lived during the latter 1800's |is credited with a plan to use the available sunlit hours in his book Waste of Daylight. His plan was first adopted by Germany during WWI to conserve energy. During WWII the United States and many European countries also adopted Daylight Saving Time. beautiful music By Deb Beroset Opening this year’s Thunder Bay Arts Council season is an appear- ance by the Philharmonic of the Grand Rapids Symphony. The orchestra, performing Satur- day, October 27 at 8 pm. at the Alpena High School auditorium, is the twenty-four member touring unit of the larger Grand Rapids Symphony. They perform a wide variety of repertoire, which includes Baroque through Contemporary. On Oct. 26, the group will separ-" até into smaller ensembles (quartets or quintets) and will conduct lecture demonstrations in area schools “as part of the ee ee Arts Coun- cil’s residency pr The Grand Rapids : Symphony, @ growing organization, is under the direction of Theo Alcantara. Said to be cone of the most sought-after f the concert scene would provide insight and answers for all involved. The student government repre- sentatives broke into four small groups to tackle problems. Areas discussed. were activities, finances, government, and sports. These community colleges were involved: Alpena, Bay de Noc, Kirtland, North Central Michigan, Northwestern Michigan, Montcalm, and Lake Superior State. oO} today, Maistro Alcantara has drama- tically raised the artistic level of the orchestra by attracting higher qual- ity musicians and introducing more challenging works. The American Symphony Orches- . tra League featured the GRSO at their national convention in New Orleans as the symphony * “success story’’ of the year. Tickets for the event are available at Student Services, 107 VLH.