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rThe <Pofemic/.Jlpri{30, 1997 Briefs. Voter turnout low According to Maria Schoenbaum, advisor to the Stu- dent Senate, in the last Student Senate election only 150 of the approximately 2,000 students at Alpena Commu_nity College voted. Responsibilities of Senate pays Being elected into Student Senate has its . advantages.According to Heather Wooll, Senate presi- dent, members of the student government have a certain number of credits paid on a tuition waiver basis: For the President, 30; Vice-president, 15; Secretary, ·15; Public Relations, 15; Treasurer, 15; and sophomore and freshman representatives, 6. Staff surveyed on parking In preparation for campus parking in 1997 /98, a survey was sent to all staff. The following is the result of that survey. Thirtrsix of 75 respondents (48 percent) voted to register faculty and staff only. Twenty-six voters (36 percent) wanted to return to the parking regulations of 1995. Eightvoters(ll percent) wanted open parking, first come first serve. Five voters (5 percent) had other suggestions. Delta Gamma Scholarship offered A scholarship of $300 is awarded annually by the members of Alpha Xi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary for women in education. Applicants must: 1. Be a graduate of any high school in Alpena, Mont- morency, or Presque Isle counties; . '2. Be a junior or a senior enrolled in a four-year college or university by the fall of 1997; 3. Be working toward a.teaching degree in any field of education. Applicants should submit the following: 1. A letter of application; 2. A resume of education, work experience, special interests and career goals; 3. Official transcripts from colleges attended. The deadline for application is Monday, May 12. All applications and questions should be directed to the schol- arship chairperson: Suzan Wiesen-Lang, 1148 Scott Road, Ossineke, Michigan, 49766: · Scholarship money awaits The Zonta Club of Alpena is offering a $1500 scholar- ship to an ACC graduate who will be attending a four-year university next fall. Applicants mt.1st have at least a 3.0 grade point. Community activites and financial need are also factors . Applications are available from Aggie Ferguson in VLH 107. Completed applications as well as high school and college transcripts, along with two (2) character references, should be sent to Marie Deno, Zonta Club of Alpena, 217 Fourth Avenue, Alpena, MI, 49707. The deadline is April 30, 1997. Help fund cancer research The second annual Relay for Life, a 24-hour walk sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will begin Friday, June 13 at 6 p.m. and end Saturday, June 14 at 6 p.m. The event will be held at Alpena High's Wildcat Stadium. How can you help? 1. Join the Victory Lap of cancer survivors at 6 p.m. on Friday. . ·2. Form a team of 12-15 people to share the walk. 3. Buy a luminaria in honor of a cancer patient. 4. Be a sponsor. 5. Come and support the walkers. For more information, call Sharon Powers at 354-5648. Proceeds go to fund cancer research. Feeling anxious? Alpena General Hospital's Behavioral Health Services joins hospitals throughout the nation in offering free screenings as part of National Anxiety Screening Day on May 7. · Screenings are by appointment only. Make an appointment by calling 356-7242 or 1-800-288-7242. At the free screening, participants can see a video about · anxiety disorders, taken an anxiety disorders screening test, have a confidential review of test results with a mental l].ealth therapist, and receive educational materials about anxiety disorders. Make your summer worthwhile · Lake Superior State University - Alpena Site is offer- ing seven classes starting in May. Administrative Policy, Collective Bargaining Independent Study, Financial Analy- sis and Policy, Communication Leadership, Independent Study for Criminal Justice, and Computer Application i~ Health Science will all be offered to obtain requirements to get a BS Degree. Contact Kelly Smith in the LSSU ?ffice. :News 3 Student says: "Where's the Dew?" BY NICK PmLLIPS STAFF WRITER OK, imagine this scenario if you would. You are a de- vout Mountain Dew drinker. You average about 24 ounces of Dew a day. For some rea- son, you have not had any in three days. You get dropped off at Alpena Community Col- lege campus. ~ You have no other way to get Dew but the machines here 9-t thecampus. y OU walk in tow ha tever build-, ing you are in and head for the pop machines. You find that they have been switched to all Coke prod- ucts, but you don't panic yet because you realize that there are other pop machines on campus. You go to another building and find Coke. No Pepsi products, no Dew. Another building, another Coke machine. You start to panic. You need your Dew, · and you pray that the last ma- chine you look at is a Pepsi machine. It's not, and you are forced to drink that pale imita- tion of Dew--Surge. Well, you don't have to imagine it because it's here. Why have all those beautiful machines that carry the all hal- lowed drink been taken away? According to Tom Bow- man, the Dean of Administra- tive Services here at ACC, it's because they have a good schol- arship policy. ACC gets one dollar from Coke for every · ACC student while Pepsi only gives 25 cents per head. Now while $1500 isn't ex- actly pocket change, I still say what about the people who drink the stuff? Do you think we should have a say in the decision as well? I think we do. I have spoken to 10 differ- ent people about their prefer- ences between Coke products and Pepsi products. Six people say they would rather drink Pepsi, Three people would rather drink coke, and one per- son said he normally drinks Coke products, but would like to see a selection for those of us who drink other types of pop. I agree with him. Some- times I enjoy a good cold Coke myself, but I would pick Dew any day of the week over Surge. I think that we should get both machines back. This wouldn't make anybody mad, unliketheCokedecision, which has fired me up three ways to Sunday. I don't see why it would hurt anyone to get both ma- chines bacR, so why not satisfy both sides of the carbonated- drinking population and get them both back? Fishing is one of the things Deborah Haske, The Polemic Editor, plans to do when she retires after this semester ends. · Elderhostel coming to ACC in July (VOLUNTEER NEWS RELEASE) Alpena Community College will be hosting Elderhostel '97, July 13-18. · Elderhostel is a week-long college experience for seniors age 55 and older. Topics under study will be: Canoes to Freighters: History and Mystery of Michigan's Thunder . Bay; Putting Thoughts Into Words; . and At Ease With the Computer. An exciting week is planned for the visitors, who will come from all over the country. Along with the three courses offered there will be field trips and evening activi- ties. Vie ing lighthouses from thewate aswellasland,a tour of Alpe , an evening at the movies, nd tours of local business s are things Elder- hostelers find interesting and vXill be o ered. Ten percent of the Elderhos elerscanbelocal with the feed pending on the num- ber of eals taken with the group. ommuters have the advantage of staying at home so the fee is reduced consider- able. For more information con- tact Jacqueline Grulke in the ACC ::enter Building or call 517-35:,-9021 Ext. 271/272. Reflections ~Qf PHOTOi1~}!: 7' ,I\\. ~ Portraits, \\'eddings, J'eam Photos., Frtehmcr ~ "8tmfo, (nmcr1icntly Lo~'~tl<:d in !ht> ;\lpl:'na C'i\ii.'. { 'cnt~r'· lfome Address 31! Wt.~1 Maple Street Alpena; MI 4971)7 (517) l54$-IZ9l IN65 NOW OFFERS ... COLOR COPYING With Their New Xerox Digital Full Color Copier! 29 W. CHISHOLM ST., ALPENA• FAX: 356-2131 (517) 356-083.4 ~ .............. PHOTO BY POLEMIC STAFF Nick Phillips is disgusted with the inability tq find Pespi's Mount~in Dew on campus. Service-Learning funding coming to an end BY DEB HASKE EDITOR The Service-Learning pro- gram at Alpena Community College is wrapping up itsthirdandfi- G nal year of a ri)' · , " grant program L funded by the - . . · American As- . sociation of Community C0lleges in Washington, DC. ACC was one of 11 colleges in the nation who participated in an initiative to build a national Service-Learning network. During the fall 1996 semes- ter 72 ACC students, 42 from Roger Witherbee's Introduc- tion to Education class, . were involved in real world experi- ences which related to their col- lege class content. While the ACC students learned the class material, they were able to'pro- vide tutoring and mentoring for other students in· area K-12 schools and extended care facilities. Assistant Service- Learning Coordinator, Kirstine Titus is assisting Julie Smigelski wrap up the final semester of the grant. Service-Learning is con- tinuing to look for funding sources to continue their suc- cessful program. ALPENA COMMUNJTV COLLEGE Secretaries honored with Special day PHOTO BY POLEMIC STAFF Dean of Student Affairs Max Lindsay serves coffee to Secretaries (from left): Vicky Kropp, Margie Hunt, Lyn Kowalewsky, Lori Dziesinski, and Sue Willyard. 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