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' March 11. 1987 ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER Volume 1 Issue 12 Klemens and . Klemens resign Gan1ble at Student \.c Activities expense The President of the Stu- Dawn Klemens stated in her dent Activities Board and the resignation that she would not Senate gratefully accepted her resignation on the basis that the student activities were fail-, ing to reach their acclaimed f ' .. ' l;l _,,. --~~'"~wt.... Treasurer of the Student Sen- ate have resigned from thejr positions as of February 20, 1987 . goals. , A special meeting of the Student Senate was held on the same day to accept the resignations of Dawn Klemens, President of the Stu- _D_a_w_n_K_le..;.m_e_n_s__._ __ _._ __ _ In the resignafion ~f Steve Klemens, his r_eason for resign- ing was an increased lack of available time for extra cur- ricular activities. Although his resignation came as a surprise to the Student Senate, they accepted it unanimously. dent Activities Board , and be able to uphold her duties Steve Klemens, Student Sen- due to an increased class load ate Treasurer. and other committments. The During the same meeting, new officers were elected to fill the positions. Don · Elliot was voted in as the Head Senate asks for volunteers A meeting of the Student Senate was held on Tuesday, March I 0, in which they expressed the need for volun- ...-iiiiii~ i;.,.,.....,.f,j~~t.er,.,..)1;1~- l'l',~cutt11n commitee which holds a meet- ing every Wednesday at l 1 am. -The clubs unification plan has gotten off to a shaky start because of confusion over blue prints t hat w_ere made up by . Rick Kline. a stude11t of. the Drafting Dept It appears the Senate did not submit · a t'or~ 1rial reqtiest for . blue prints for the plap although a former member . of the Senate, Rick Seftoi1 apparently made a cash . offer of :$ 7 5-1 00 acting on the ' behalf of the . Senate. The Senate decided to pay ' the bill but established understa~dings so this type of thing wiJl not Job Placement presents workshop The Job Placement Office, located in Van Lare Hall, h:as formed job search and placement strategies workshops. W·orkshops were held Ofl Monday, Mar.ch 9 at 4-6pm, Thursday, March 12, 1 0am-12 pmi and Tuesday, March 17, 1-3pm. The first workshop had approximately 20 people in attendance. Each workshop features guest speakers from area businesses along with Frank McCourt and Doris Feys. continued pg 2 reoccur. Chairman of the Student Also discussed was the pro- Acti.viti~s Board , and Trina gram that is beginning to take Spence is serving as Co-Chair- form in . which ACC has man of .Stuaent Activities Prize to be aucttoned off during Casino Night. Fepresentatives visiting area Board. Did you ever have the .. ,gl:! t\, in cassette stereo. valued at high schools to talk to them Members at the meeting to·.gamqle, but refrained from $89.00, Bruce · Springsteen about ACC. This is done in an discussed other issues con- do_ing so at the risk of losing albums valued at $22.00, tape -effort to promote ACC and cerning student _ activities. well-earned money? Well , now cassette case valued at $11:99, they are· asking for volunteers · The next Student Senate is the chance to gamble at the a brass bowl valued at $_'.48.00, to help out. meeting wi1l be held on the expense of someone else. and blank tapes valued at Next years Senate.petitions regular meeting . date, March The Alpena Community .$40.00. Gift Certificates rang- are now available and must be 3, 1987. Colleg~ Student Activities ing from $15 .00 to $30,00 returned hy March 18. An ----------------, Board is sponsoring a Casino . will also be auctioned off. i · . election from those petitions . ·~undreds. Compete Night at the 'Holiday Inn, The : auction will enable. all . turned in will be held shortly in o. lym.. p' iad _ March 13. The ga:mbling will gamblers, who are not in d1;1bt . after . · begin at 8 pm iri the Holidome · with . the house, and Jiaye. The , Student Activities Science ·buffs · from six. and run until ]'2:00 am. ·chips, to bid on the. items . Board stated Casino Night is ·junior highs and 12 se11ior high •· Students wi1l ~e: given garn- being aucti61,1e4 bff. The liigl\- ·. conurn.ed pg 2 schools 'ass~mbled throughout . b 'dd. ' ·11 · l '·.d bling chips to bet with at the est 1 · er w1_ receive· t le. sa1 the ACC campus to display g<;1me tables. Once. players-ar_e items. Head Lunatic ·leaves Rick Sefton, head of the Lunatics, left · the Student Senate ·on March 3, · 1987, in the . midst of controversy about much of his latest actions which were not approved by the Senate. Sefton , who is a self-pro- claimed Lunatic, has conduct- ed many spirit-raising activities with the help of the · gFoup known only as the "Lunatics". Their goal has been to get t~e students inv'blved with the col- ·their .. projects . . in, the N.E.. out of chips, they are allowed . Casino Night is open fo/an Michigan Regional Sc_ience ·· 'to , g<? back to the house and · 'Alpena Coriunu~ity . College .· · Olympaid c:ompetition . receive 111ore chips at. the risk Students. Student ID . will , be - The event which · included of going in -debt. needed · to pa,rticipate in the 27 different.competition with At the ·end of the evening gambling. There will also be a · some 300 students was started a.ctivrties . there . will be an buffet tabl_e sponsored by 5 years ago. The . National auction ·featuring a portable Holiday Inn. Science Olympiad was. started · I..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: in order to stimulat~ · interest in science among students. Although student particj pa- tion was high, the arrival of cur·ious spectators was mini- mal. The teams which got first )ege activities. , and second place will go on to The latest escapade that the state finals at Macomb Sefton was involved in was the Community College on April ordering of sweatshirts for the 11th. Winners from there wilJ Wintetfest softba ll team, go on to compete _ in · the which neither was. approved · National Competition at Ohio by the Senate nor was accom- State University in May. continued J>g 2 Students from Richardson Junior High attempt' to solve a computer problem ·· duri~g the Science Olympiad, held throughout the college campus, February 21. 1987.