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The Campus Update Vol.2, Iss.13, 9 April 1980, p. 1

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Volume 2, Issue 13 CAMPUS UPDATE Alpena Community College, Alpena, MI April 9, 1980 GLEA sponsors | anti-nuke conference The problem of nuclear waste disposal is a idifficult one. It seems that everyone agrees on only one. thing--they don’t want it dumped in their back yards. On April 19, the Great Lakes En- ergy Alliance will Sponsor an edu- cational presentation on nuclear waste disposal. The meeting site will be ACC’s NRC building, Room 150 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Various Michigan antinuclear experts will speak and hold work- shops at this GLEA conference.. These include Mary Sinclair, Ron Wilson, and Helen La Lorte The re- cent controversy concerning Gove- nor Milliken’s ambiguity about nu- clear waste disposal in Michigan has prompted this conference. The GLEA is an organization which encompasses most of the antinuclear, pro-alternate energygro- : : c =F College turns nursery © Blacksburg, Va. (Ch)- Old MacDonald will soon have a university; if Virginia Tech officials accept the winning entry in the student newspaper's ‘Name That University contest. The contest was a response to officials: expressed desire to shorten the title from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. But the grand prize: winner wasn’t much of an improvement in the shortness cate- gory. A newspaper panel chose Eastern institute of | forum planned for April 18 and 19 The presence of Canadian geese heralds the arrival of spring as they forage for food on the lawn of the ACC Besser Tech Building. le purpose of the Li is,according to Henry Valli, activit-- _ies director at ACC,’’...to take stu- dents who want to be leaders and provide them’ with understanding and skills to help them. to do a bet- ‘ter job as leaders, and to pattern their leadership skills after a style that would make them more ef- fective leaders,”’ Several students have been in- vited to the forum, including the members of the Consortium 8, ACC's Student Council, ACC’s Pres- idents Council, and the RA staff of the Huish Dormitory. In addition, the issi office at ACC is and Intellectual Outgrowth as the best of 110 entries. For those of you not fast on the acronym draw, that’s EIEIO for short, sponsoring one or two seniors from each area high school to attend. These students are encouraged to attend, because they have shown leadership potential. Valli ee “Students have to have the potent ial to be leaders in order to make Campus drunks | receive use of the leadership skills which breathalyzer tests Partying Students at the U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill can find out if they are too drunk to drive before they leave. the party thanks to the Campus Alcohol Education Service.The group makes the rounds of campus social functions giving breathalyzer tests when requested. will be. discussed (at the forum), because you can’t teach anybody anything if they don‘t have the raw material to begin with.” The forum begins at 6:30 p.m. *on Friday, April 18 with a chicken dinner at the Big Boy. restaurant. At 7:30, the training session will. commence under the direction of Donna:Sweeney from Michigan State Z ity. ship types and styles. Saturday morning, following an 8:30 breakfast of coffee and dough- huts, the forum will continue under no set pattern. This will allow for a free exchange of ideas without the pressure of:a rigid schedule. - As for the practical value of the Leadership forum, Valli comments, “We hope the students involved in the forum will ‘be here (at ACC) next year, and that they will be able to use the skills they learn to- ward being effective leaders in the school and community.” There is a fifty-person maxium. for the forum and a fee of $5.00. Anyone interested in attending should contact Mr.. Valli in VLH 05. Local lhigh schoolers strive for gold Physics can be fun. With this principle in mind, ACC teacher Gary Sparks will be hosting the second an- nual Physics Olympics on April: 17 between 9:00 and 3:00. Six area high schools will Part- icigate in the Olympics: Alpena Hillman, Hale, Oscoda, Rogers City, Tawas, Besser Tech and the Natural Resources Center are the sites for the Olympic Events. The local community is invited to view the ingenuity and teamwork these events promote. Here. is the schedule: Egg Drop in NRC 450, Bridge Testing in BTC 107B, Bottle Music BTC 107A, Mousetrap racer in BTC lobby, Coathook Cannon in BTC 107B, Master Magnet inBTC ~ 107B, Slow Bicycle Race in hte hall by BTC 107B, termi Questions in BTC 108A and Quiz Show BTC in 108A. for gold in 1980. Lectures on impact of Pewabic Pottery On Sunday afternoon, April 13th, at 3 O'Clock, Mr. Thomas W. Brunk, Curator/Archivist, MSU/Pe- . wabic Pottery, will present a public lecture at the Jesse Besser Museum Alpena, Michigan. Mr. Brunk’s topic will be ’’Pe- wabic pottery and the Arts and Crafts Movement.’’ His tatk will co- ver not only the development of the Pewabic Pottery by Mary Chase Per- ry Stratton and Horace James Caul- kins but he will also.discuss where Pewabic Pottery stands in American Art History. An important exhibition of Pe. wabic Pottery from the collection : : of Mrs. Stuart Wilson of Alpena will ~ Students aid refugees be available for viewing eHrOUaT 5 Student Program to Aid Asian War Refugees has been devised at UCLA. beginning in January, student vo- lunteers will be teaching English ,and basic culture survival skills to refugees who settle in the Los An- geles area. The aid is part of an ex- perimental education program which also provides practical experience to students. “April 30. Thomas Brunk, for the past se- ven Years, has been associated with Michigan State University/Pewabic Pottery as their curator and archi- vist. He has prepared exhibitions of Pewabic Pottery and has beer guest curator of the Pewabic Collection cont. pg. 2, col. 4

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