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A look back at campus news Page 3 Legs invade. ACC's campus Page5 .Free music Page9 Apathy cloud.s student body Page 11 Elf eels ol revisions lo Ctn~er's plans will soon be known BY SHAWN DEMPSEY POLEMIC EDITOR . As contractors submit bids for the second time on the Cen- ter project, Alpena .Community College President Dr. Don New- port. is optimistic that construction of the $8.2 million college addition will soon be un- derway. Bids are due Oct. 5, when they will be reviewed by archi- tects and the state building authority. Assuming the bids come in within budget, N e~ort estimates a contract could be awarded by Oct. 20 with con- struction to begin immediately. erated $850:000 and the remaining $3.6 million match was to come from the state. The spring bids came in between· $7 .6 to $8.6 million, which is about $1.5-$2 million more than the college had hoped for. "We went back to the drawing boards, reworked the plan's specifications, fine tuned . them, did not change the scope or intent of the project but d1d some cosmetic gymnasium, wellness center/fit- ness area, theatre, student area, library and cafeteria along with classrooms and offices. There will be no second floor, however, as was in the original plans. Newport explains, "That was a very expensive ele- . ment for us to do and it also k:aused us to fall into another building code category as far as fire suppression, size of founda- tion, how much excavating we would have to do, and that kind space, the lack of skylights will save qn maintenance costs, and the exterior change will make the Center look more like the "probably won't be replicated, square foot for square foot but we think we can find a home for everything that's there." existing facilities, The vaulted EAC is not the only build- ceiling effect will be maintained. ing in ·need of improvement. In other areas of the college, New- Removal of a direct con- port says ACC has a wonderful nection to NRC will save staff who do great work, but remodeling costs. By leaving an sometimes they do that work al- approximate eight foot gap be- .most in spite of the facilities. In tween the two buildings, NRC particular, he points out the too will not have to be brought into small library and the "disadvan- compliance with codes which taged" food service and the lack kinds of things that we think have led to some efficien- cies," states Newport. One cost saving factor, according to Construction Consultant/ 0BUILDING ON 1 ~~TRADITION have changed of fine arts/theatre facilities. over the last 20 · In addition, Newport ex- years. plains that the second floor Remodel- library is poorly located because ing will still in order for it to be open, all of take place in NRC must be open. The Nurs:. NRC, · BTC, ing Program, he continues, will and the Besser. really benefit from its move into Annex, and the I the existing library due to the Health Science program's natural partnership Alpena C mmunity College Foundation Center. with the sciences. One of Student clubs will find After bids came in high last March, plans for the Student/ Community /Business/Learning Resource Center were. revamped to cut an estimated $15::2 mil- lion from the constrirttion costs while the state legislature in- creased the project's budget by $1 million. Coordinator Henry Lyngos, was of stuff." the reasons for this proj~ is homes and there will be a desig- the condition of East Campus: nated student activity area, "a Basically, according to Newport, place for students to gather - to East Campus is closing sooner be students - rather than eating or later. "It would be very ex- in their cars," says Newport. pensive to do the kinds of things The added classroom space at East Campus to bring it up to will also benefit area businesses speed, to meet code, that that who will know when they want space is going to require." to use the college's resources, a The state increased it's grant by $500,000. The required local funding match came in the form of in-kind contributions -- goods and services contributions -- already existing in the ACC Foundation's "Building on Tra- utilizing third party estimators. "Simple solution," accord- The plans were submitted to two ing to Newport, "let's take neutral, nonbidding contractors, what's on the second story and as well as the architects, who put it on the ground." confirmed the estimated project Lyngos adds that the elimi- savings. . nation of stairwells, two Lyngos is optimistic but he elevators, second story bath- notes that construction costs have rooms, and especially the risen while the project has been required fire suppression system delayed·. "There's no such thing saved a tremendous amount of as a sure thing," says Lyngos, money with very little loss of "but we think we have ·reduced functional space. At some time in the fu- space will be available for them. ture, facilities will need to be Newport believes the Cen- available for the EAC operation ter will increase the college's to move into "Otherwise," pre- overall presence and ability to diets Newport, "we're a place be a college. "I think it just takes looking for home and that's not us to a place we have needed to a very good feeling." be for a long time as far as pro- . dition" fund-raising campaign. Originally, the two year Building on Tradition campaign raised $1.5 million for the project with Besser Founda ion contributing a $1.25 million matching grant. The college gen- the potential costs so that the bids will come in." The Center will stretch from the Natural Resqurce Cen- ter to the Besser Technical Center and will still contai a More cosmetic types of changes would be the lack of skylights and some external, ar- ·ohitectural brick work. Neither assist in the functioning of the Some EAC programs have _viding coll~giate facilities for our taken advantage of available community, our students, and space which, Newport says, our staff." 1 Former ACC student ·gNes a makewer to t~e Booster huilding ·By TODD PRICE STAFF WR11BR Baseball, basketball, and football -- these are just a few of the sports featured on the Alpena Boosters building located on Alpena Community College's East Cam- pus. "Excellent" was a word that Al Krajniak, a member of the Boosters, used to describe the new mural. Jayson Niles, a former art student at ACC, painted the mural on the Booster , building. The sketch for the mural was drafted . by Lisa Boyle and Niles was hired by the Boosters to depict it with color. Niles constructed a ladder on the side of the building and made numerous trips up and down the ladder, and also to the Ace ' Hardware store, where the supplies for the project were purchased. Originally from Alpena County, Niles attended ACC befor~ transferring to Michigan State University's School of Art to major in Ceramics. "I'm glad that I went to ACC beforehand," Niles stated, "because all of the classes I took transferred solidly into the program I'm in now." Niles said that ACC art instructors Laurie Wade and Joe Donna were really helpful to him. "I knew that he would major in art, II Wade stated. "Jayson was one of the best he's creative, imaginative, and has an artist's way of thinking." So the next time you're around East Campus, look and se_e what the art departm4}nt has done recently. Former student Jayson Niles painted this mural, depicting all the sports the Boosters Club has sponsored over the years. It is located on East Campus. Photo by Jennifer Weinkauf Students sought to run in elections BY SHAWN DEMPSEY POLEMIC EDITOR Nominees should expect to have their pic- tures taken to be posted by the ballot boxes so students will be familiar with the person running. "College is what you make it," says Student Senate Activities Chairperson Katie Zbytowski. If any students want to make college a little more fun, a little more rewarding -- and a little cheaper -- Student Senate is the group tojoin. To pick up a petition, see SS Adviser Jeff Blumenthal in The Learning Center in VLH 127. All SS members· receive scholarships in the form of tuition waivers. The position and amount awarded are: president, 30 credits; vice presi- Elections will be held Oct. 18-20 to fill three sopho- more representative positions and three freshman represen- tative positions. Student Senate has three vacant sophomore rep positions and three vacant freshman rep positions. · Each position pays six contact hours. Elections will be held Oct. 18-20. dent, · 15 credits; secretary, 15 cred- its; treasurer, 15 · credits; activities chairperson, 15 credits; representa- tives, 6 credits. Any campus club can appoint a voting representa- tive to SS; club reps, however, do not receive tuition Fancher gets an IDEA BY DON FllARSKI STAFF WR11BR ACC Reading Instructor Dorothy Fancher will speak in Dubuque, Iowa this October on the various styles of note taking. The conference is an annual event sponsored by I.D.E.A., the Iowa Developmental Education Association. An attendee was impressed by a similar pre- sentation Fancher gave in the spring of this year and asked her to write a proposal for a confer- ence in Iowa. Fancher submitted a proposal including her travel and lodging fees and was accepted. Fancher says, "The reason for the gathering is to bring in expertise in the field of adult devel- opmental education. It is primarily for secondary and post-secondary educators dealing with the is- sues ofunderprepared students. They are bringing me in because I approach the skill of note taking in an unusual situation, a different way of note taking in regard to student responsibility and their learning preference. "I'm going to have the participants assess their own learning s~yle through an inventory and then talk about how, in their classrooms, they c~ show students note taking techniques that suit each particular learning preference. " There are three types of learning preferences: aural, in which students learn best from hearing; visual; where students learn best from seeing; and kinesthetic, when students would benefit most from · a hands-on experience in the classroom. Lynda Riedasch, developmental studies. tech- nician, says she believes what motivates Fancher to attend the conference II is · that she wants in- structors to teach in a style in which students ~an learn as much as possible." She explains that most .. instructors teach in an· aural manner and that Fancher would encourage instructors to incorpo- , rate other techniques into their instruction.' To be placed on. the ballot, peti- tions containing a short biography, fifty student signa- tures, · and an advisor's signature must be returned by Students may sometimes find when they're having difficulty understanding an instructor, it's really a learning preference conflict. A student may be more of a vfsual learner while the instruc- waivers. tor is teaching in a predominately aural style. All Student' Fancher invites interested students to stop Oct . . 14. Students wishing to run must be full- tim~d have a grade point average of 2.0. Senate members are expected to attend weekly . ' by her office if they wish to obtain a learning· Please see Student Senate on Page 2 prefer;.nce inventory. ·