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Many community mem-­ bers, staff and students have seen posters and ar-­ ticles of his collaboration with Packer on convert-­ ing waste into raw ener-­ gy but The Courier takes a closer look at Chemis-­ try Professor Dr. Richard Jarman, his career and how he got here. Dr. Richard Jarman started his higher educa-­

tion at Oxford University in 1974 in England to study chemistry. Jarman received his PhD in Chemistry in 1981 and left Oxford to complete a post-­doctor-­ al diploma in excellent research on the coast in New Jersey. Jarman spent two years in New Jersey working with catalysts to make different types of chemi-­ cals.

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Once Jarman left New Jersey, in 1984 he came to Naperville to work for Amoco Technology Com-­ pany and made special crystals for lasers in a variety of colors. When Jarman left Amo-­ co, he continued crystal making through his own small business, Spectro-­ gen, Inc. through 2002 while being an adjunct on the side at COD in 2003. “Most things happen by accident... I could still be there but I wanted to do other things, I didn’t like the teaching idea but then later on I kind of happened into it and dis-­ covering, in that process, ‘hey I think I’m okay at this’,â€? Jarman said. Jarman went on to being full-­time faculty in chemistry at the college in 2003 and has contin-­ ued his contributions. Jarman has not only been very involved in his love of chemistry, but has recently won an award deemed to him by the American Chemical Soci-­ ety’s Committee (ACSC) for incorporating educa-­ tion into sustainability. According to Jarman, a few years ago Envi-­ ronment Illinois held a town hall meeting on the subject of educating and climate change. “We had about 200 com-­ munity members [in the room] not just students but half a dozen folks from different groups, even religious organiza-­ WLRQV QRW MXVW VFLHQWLĂ€F Âľ Jarman said. “So people recognize that this is an important issue across the board.â€? ACSC recognized Jar-­ man for his work with Packer Engineering, Inc. on a project to convert “corn stoverâ€? (left over corn stalks) into syngas that can be converted into energy like ethanol. Jarman worked on this project over the summer with two students; one of which was Robert Gib-­ son. “During the summer we characterized as-­ pects of the process and concentrated on writing procedures, documenta-­ tion, generating manuals thinking about topics on training and a checklist for an operator,â€? Jarman said. ACSC will be hosting the awards ceremony in New Orleans in April 2013 for Jarman and two other recipients where he will make a speech on the importance of sustainability and educa-­ tion.

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The Courier is published every Friday when classes are in session during the Fall and Spring Semes-­ WHU H[FHSW IRU WKH Ă€UVW and last Friday of each Semester and the week of and the week after Spring Break as a public forum with content chosen by student editors. One copy free, additional copies available on request. Views expressed in editorials represent opin-­ ions of the majority of the Editorial Board, made up of all the Courier editors. The Courier does not knowingly accept adver-­ tisement that discriminate on the basis of sex, creed, religion, color, handi-­ capped status, veteran or sexual orientation, nor does it knowingly print ads that violate any local, state or federal laws. The Courier encourages all students, faculty, staff, administrators and com-­ munity members to voice their opinions on all the topics concerning them both in and out of school. Writers can express their views in a letter to Letters to the Editor. All correspondence and letters for publication must be typed and signed with the author’s day-­ time phone number. The editor-­in-­chief may withhold the author’s name on request. Deliver all correspondence to BIC 3401 between regular RIĂ€FH KRXUV RU PDLO WR WKH Courier, College of DuP-­ age, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL. 60137. Letters also may be sent by e-­mail. The subject heading to the message must read “Letter to the (GLWRU Âľ 7KH ZULWHU¡V Ă€UVW and last names, street address, city, state and complete phone number with area code must be included for identity ver-­ LĂ€FDWLRQ E\ WKH &RXULHU Deadline for letters meant for publication is noon Tuesday. E-­mails can be sent to editor@cod.edu Letters are subject to editing for grammar, style, language, length and libel. All letters represent the views of their author.

Clean up, clean up... College asks that everybody do their share In an attempt to help clean up the campus, the college has insti-­ tuted a new effort that works with community involvement to report areas that need cleaning. With a limited mainte-­ nance staff covering the entire campus, messes happen with the amount of people on campus, EXW ZHW Ă RRUV FUXPEV and broken door han-­ dles need to be dealt with, and this will only speed up the process. The free popcorn that gets distributed on Wednesdays or one of the new shakes from the cafe-­ teria often ends up on the Ă RRU RU VFDWWHUHG DURXQG DQG LQ ORZ WUDIĂ€F DUHDV spills could go unnoticed. Students, staff and community members

alike are urged to notify Facilities at 942-­4440 if something needs to EH FOHDQHG XS RU Ă€[HG with the phrase “Be a Hero, call 4440â€? adorn-­ ing a poster along with a superhero ver-­ sion of the Chaparral mascot, Superchap. This has been an op-­ tion before, with signs in restrooms urging pa-­ trons to make problems known so they can get dealt with, such as low supplies or if something needs to be cleaned. With the increased awareness, hopefully the cleaning process and maintenance can be UXQ PRUH HIĂ€FLHQWO\ Student Leadership Council, along with the college, are working together on this project

to bring it to the atten-­ tion of the student body through water bottles, posters and other in-­ formation sharing. Aesthetics are obvious-­ ly important on campus, and the interior is no exception. Making the campus cleaner by utiliz-­ ing current resources is a great idea and should carry over into other areas of student life. Instead of having to hire a larger staff, bring-­ ing students into the process not only saves money, but gives more of a sense of pride. Incorporating more of a sense of ownership among the campus by those who use the cam-­ pus is a great idea and could aid in resolving issues. If students or

community members care more about their envi-­ ronment, less garbage will turn into litter and create a better area for learning and leisure. 5DWKHU WKDQ VFRIĂ€QJ at cigarette butts, or complaining about over-­ Ă RZLQJ JDUEDJH FDQV simply calling Facilities will alert them of an issue they might not have been aware of, and can get remedied before the problem grows. The key to making this a successful cam-­ paign lies in the hands of students and college patrons to show the initiative, motivation and concern towards the cleanliness and well being of the campus.

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I want to say that I have been through some trying times at COD. I have dealt with some unfair teachers, and a system at COD that I have never experienced at another school. I have experienced discouragement from a lot of things at COD, but when it came to my counsel-­ or, Joyce Fletcher, she has been so supportive and KHOSIXO WR PH 6KH UHVWRUHG P\ FRQĂ€GHQFH LQ NQRZ-­ LQJ WKDW , FDQ Ă€QLVK WKLV GHJUHH VXFFHVVIXOO\ She has helped me get all thats needed at anytime for DQ\WKLQJ , NQRZ VKH LV SRSXODU DQG KDYH D ORW RI VWX-­ GHQWV WKDW VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ VHOHFW KHU OLNH P\VHOI EXW ZKDWHY-­ er it is she can do to be of great help, she can and will be there. To me thats one of the best things that COD has offered me, a really sincere and genuine counselor. From WKLV SRLQW RQ , FKRRVH QRW WR ZRUN ZLWK DQ\RQH HOVH DQG ,¡P VR WKDQNIXO IRU KHU NLQG DQG JHQXLQH ZRUGV DV ZHOO as her strong efforts to assist me in anyway possible. Joyce Fletcher has been so excellent as a counselor and , ORRN IRUZDUG WR ZRUNLQJ ZLWK KHU PRUH DQG KRSHIXO-­ O\ ZH FDQ KDYH PRUH FRXQVHORUV OLNH KHU 7KDQN \RX

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Chemistry Bond-­ ing Club has been around since Dec. 2009 and was formed by a group of enthusiastic students who were curi-­ ous about science and the combination of chemicals to create fun and enter-­ taining experiments. The students cre-­ ated the name of the club when they were studying chemistry bonding in class. Be-­ fore they had a real club, they would get together and chat about the things they wanted to try. They later realized, by hanging out and collaborating, this was also bonding and came up with the Chemistry Bonding Club. This is the second year in a row where the group has decided to present the pumpkin explosion, due to the heavy interest from students and facul-­ ty. Chemistry Professor Bill Peacy, advisor along with Lubna Haque, Jeff Trautmann, and Gary

Roby enjoys doing this experiment often and if it continues to be a hit, the club will do it again next year and in the following years. The primary focus of this presentation is to show the fun side and the effects of chemis-­ try, acording to advisor Haque, who helped the club begin back in 2009. No one needs science backgrounds to go to the events Chemistry Bond-­ ing Club holds. The group welcomes anyone and is always open to new ideas. Peacy, a 20 year veter-­ an to the demonstration, kicked off the event im-­ mediately with a startling hydrogen balloon bomb. The audience had no idea he was going to do this within a few minutes after he started talking but it was a way to grab everyone’s attention. The second part of the presentation was something Pea-­ cy and the club call Elephant’s Toothpaste. He used soap, hy-­ drogen peroxide (in a concentration

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astonishing eruption. The pumpkin used was hallowed out (if not there would be gooey pumpkin guts everywhere) and the explosion popped out the carved face. “Talk about a quick way to carve a pump-­ kin,â€? joked Peacy. The presentation was ended with the “mystery

water glowâ€? where Pea-­ cy held a black light to a bottle of tonic water to show everyone what an interesting color that water became. He also held the black light to a regu-­ lar bottle of water for people to see that there was no col-­ orful reaction.

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Teaching Geometry, Arithmetic, and Alge-­ bra at the freshman level, new faculty mem-­ ber Chris Bailey con-­ nects with students. He just recently moved to Bartlett from Hamp-­ shire, Illinois to be clos-­ er to his new job. The move was also a good choice because his girl-­ friend teaches at Harper Community College. Bailey grew up in Southern Wisconsin with two older brothers and played little league baseball as he grew up. His father loved trav-­ eling, and every summer

their family would go somewhere new. The only two states Bai-­ ley has not visited are Hawaii and Alaska. During high school, he worked a car wash and ended up earning his GED at Blackhawk Tech-­ nical College in Beloit, Wisconsin. Before going for his Bachelor’s at UW Green Bay, Bailey attend-­ ed UW Rock County to further establish himself academically because of his decision to end his high school career early. He then went on for his Master’s at Northern Illi-­ nois University and will EH Ă€QLVKLQJ XS KLV 3K D in the spring of 2013 from NIU. All of Bai-­

ley’s degrees are applied mathematics degrees. Bailey immediately knew he wanted to teach math when he started college. He mentioned how it was never some-­ thing that just came to him naturally and how he doesn’t remember being great at it as a child. “It took me awhile to become good at it but I learned a lot.â€? During his college years, he has worked at a Frito Lay factory in Beloit and taught math at Kishwaukee Commu-­ nity College, but before going for his Master’s, Bailey taught seventh grade math and coached baseball, basketball, and

football on a Navaho Indian Reservation in Arizona where he worked and lived for a year. “It was very iso-­ lated, so going from there back to the col-­ lege life was a change,â€? commented Bailey. “I really enjoyed the time I spent there.â€? He also mentioned how a gas station and a grocery market were the only things near him. But there was a canyon down the road, where the 90s thriller “California ZLWK D .Âľ Ă€OPHG D SDUW RI their movie, that Bailey enjoyed visiting often. Currently, Bailey is focusing on teaching at the college and raising his

eight month-­old daugh-­ ter. He will also be get-­ ting married eventually. “I would like to further explore every-­ thing the college has to offer,â€? he added.

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Latin American Stud-­ ies Committee is happy to announce they’ve had another successful trip to Pilsen, Illinois for their annual Day of the Dead Trip. On October 27, approx-­ imately eighty people attended the event. The outing started off with a IXQ Ă€OOHG EXV ULGH ZLWK plenty of interactive games and activities. One included a packet with Day of the Dead vocab in Spanish and English where winners could win a person-­ alized sugar skull. “These games helped to get everyone in the spirit for the rest of the day,â€? commented Eliz-­ abeth Mares, commit-­ tee chair and associate professor in Spanish. The day began with a walking tour of cultural murals where students of Casa Di Amigos and Alpha Mu Gama were prepared to give informa-­

tive presentations about VSHFLĂ€F PXUDOV WKH\ researched. One mural included the Virgin of Guadalupe where stu-­ dents successfully ex-­ plained the importance DQG VLJQLĂ€FDQFH RI KHU to the group. Another was a mural of a fami-­ ly that represented the immigration issues of the Mexican community.

Above: “La Catrina.� Photo next page: Students greatly admired the Virgin of Guadalupe mural.

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two months every year around this time. Students and faculty then had free time to ex-­ plore the Mexican-­Amer-­ ican town of Pilsen. Casa di Amigos and Alpha Mu Gamma suggested a number of bakeries, shops, and restaurants for everyone to visit. LASC believes the two things that stood out most about this trip were the excessive amounts of student involvement and how much effort they put into making this out-­ ing educational and fun at the same time, and the great collaboration between LASC, Casa di Amigos, and Alpha Mu Gamma. They are all looking forward to col-­ laborating even more in

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Dancers perform fusion COD students to show off ballet, jazz, contemporary styles at upcoming dance recital COURTNEY CLARK

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The college’s dance program will be holding a dance showcase on Friday, November 16 at Lemont High School’s Arts Center at 8p.m. Katherine Skleba, the co-­artistic director of the dance program, de-­ scribed it as “a college dance showcase featuring student choreography as well as dance fac-­ ulty choreography.â€? Skleba said the show-­ case will include “a EDOOHW SLHFH D Ă DPHQFR dance piece, contem-­ porary and jazz.â€? There will be anoth-­ er dance show in the spring semester, which Skleba says is a “more formal dance concert. We are more selective with what student cho-­ reography works. It’s more concert dance.â€? She says the show on Friday “really is a fu-­ sion of all dance styles and there is emphasis on student choreogra-­ phy instead of faculty.â€? The student choreogra-­

phers learn about the pro-­ cess of choreography and collaborate with costume and lighting designers. Auditions will be held in the spring for a sec-­ ond show. Skleba said choreographer “present a snippet of what they’d like to put on stageâ€? and a panel chooses some cho-­ reographers. “Later we have dancer auditions, they don’t have to be a dance student, they could be majoring in something else but enjoy dance.â€? Skleba said they received about 30 dancer auditions. This showcase will feature 7 dance pieces. Sarah Fugate, choreog-­ rapher and dancer, said, “We have had about 8 weeks to prepare. We have been rehearsing our pieces once a week for an hour and a half time slot.â€? Fugate described the piece she’s choreo-­ graphing as “a combi-­ nation of jazz and con-­ temporary hip-­hop.â€? Skleba says, “the dance program has been growing since about 6 years ago,

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Student dancers and choreographers prepare to take the stage November 16 at the Fall Dance Fusion.

Page Turners to discuss H]jck g^ :]af_ Y OYddÛgo]j COURTNEY CLARK

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Page Turners will discuss the popular novel on November 14 at 4:30 p.m. in SSC 3245.

The Page Turners are a book club that read books and have dis-­ cussions about them to further their knowledge and understanding. The group used to read one to three books a semes-­ ter but now usually only read one so people can Ă€QG WKH WLPH WR Ă€QLVK LW They only have two meetings every semes-­ WHU $W WKH Ă€UVW PHHWLQJ they plan what book to read and decide the date that they will discuss it. Then there is a dis-­ cussion meeting where anyone who has read the book is welcome to join. The club began in 2004.

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Election Aftermath Students share their opinions on what lies ahead for the country “In the long run, I think some of [Obama’s] plans will really help boost the economy� Austin Debart, 18

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SPORTS Through the hoops, years Lady Chaps coach talks tradition, expectations for the season AUSTIN SLOTT

SPORTS EDITOR

Basketball season is under way and the Chap-­ arral women’s basketball team started their sea-­ son off on the right note, beating McHenry County College 66-­47 Tuesday. “It’s always a positive thing that we can win the Ă€UVW JDPH WKH DOWHUQDWLYH is losing and you don’t want that to happen,â€? Head Coach Cris Cotton said. Many teams would be content with a nineteen point victory to start off the year, but the Lady Chaps are not one of these teams. They are always striv-­ ing to develop their game and become a stronger team with each match-­up. “We don’t want to be VDWLVĂ€HG ZLWK WKDW ZLQ Âľ Cotton explained. “In a greedy sense, we want more and that means we’re going to have to play better and better.â€? In order to play better and better, that means putting in work at prac-­ tice improving upon the

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that mental toughness is the key to their success. “It seems that when the physical conditioning goes down, the basketball IQ goes down,â€?Cotton VDLG ´6R ZH QHHG Ă€QG D way when we’re tired to mentally be stronger and mentally have better con-­ ditioning.â€?

Adding to the list of challenges this season already has in store for the Lady Chaps is one burning question: where will they play their home games? With the Physical Education Arena set to close for construction in December, the Chaps are

continuing their search for somewhere to play and practice once their home court is no longer avail-­ able. “There’s some opportu-­ nity, we’re waiting to hear back from other people, but right around the cor-­

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Football program provides opportunities for student-­athletes

AUSTIN SLOTT

SPORTS EDITOR

It has been a tough year for community college football in Illinois. After the boards for Harper College and Joliet Junior College voted to eliminate their football programs, there were a lot of questions surrounding the state of football at COD. The college decided last year to keep the program

for another season and the board of trustees will PDNH D Ă€QDO GHFLVLRQ RQ the future of football at the college this month. At the Sept. 11 “Pizza with the Presidentâ€? event, Vice President Joe Collins addressed the football team and its future at the college. &ROOLQV FLWHG Ă€VFDO issues and its impact on students as the main criteria involved in the evaluation of the football program. But if these are the only factors affecting the evaluation, the college is completely ignoring the how the program is helping the 138 student athletes on the team. The Chaparral football team has a record of 7-­2 and is ranked 17 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJ-­

CAA) Poll. With just one game left on their schedule this season and prospects for playing in a bowl game this year, the season is turning out to be quite a successful one for the Chaps. This success helps to put the Chaparral football team and its players in the national spotlight. It will garner more at-­ tention as being a top-­tier NJCAA football program, making it viable option for players across the na-­ tion as they choose where to play college ball. Also, players current-­ ly on the team will be noticed by more college scouts, increasing their chances of playing football for or simply transferring to four year colleges and universities. If the college decides to

cut the football program, it will be denying stu-­ dent-­athletes this experi-­ ence. Seeing as COD is the only community college in the state of Illinois with a football team, there is even more riding on this decision. Players like cornerback Marquette Privott have DOUHDG\ H[SHULHQFHG Ă€UVW hand the effects of an NJCAA football program getting cut. Privott had to trans-­ fer to COD after Harper College, the school he attended last year, cut its football team. After this year, Privott will likely move on to play Division I ball at univer-­ sity, but there are several other players just like him throughout the area. Over 70 percent of the players on the Chaps’ ros-­

ter are from Illinois. Had there been no team at the college, these play-­ ers would have limited options and many of them never would have had the opportunity to play in college. College of DuPage is not the traditional venue for college football. There is no marching band that plays the school Ă€JKW VRQJ DIWHU HYHU\ touchdown, nor is there is no die-­hard student section that attends every game with their bodies painted in team colors. But what the college does have is a group of student-­athletes who have come here from around the country in hopes that the school can lead them to the next step in their lives.

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HOOPS from Page 14 ner is when we need these other gyms,â€? Cotton said. “Hopefully, we can resolve this very quickly.â€? It is these kinds of off the court distractions that can cause teams to get sidetracked and make excuses for poor play. However, Cotton is not one for excuses and the Lady Chaps are deter-­ mined to not let this get in the way of winning games this season. “Human nature will allow it to affect you, but I look at it as a little adver-­ sity that builds charac-­ ter,â€? Cotton explained. The team’s main focus remains the same: beat the opponents, regardless of where they play the games. “We can’t get caught up in [not having a home court]. We need to think about how to play the game of basketball no matter if we’re playing here at COD or if we’re playing in Alaska,â€? Cotton said. It is this kind of mental-­ ity that has helped coach-­ HV Ă€QG VXFFHVV DW WKH college over the years. “We have a very strong tradition here at college of DuPage. We’ve won two national championships, we’ve been to Nationals since 2000, we’ve been to the national champion-­ ship some eight times,â€? Cotton said. More importantly, Cotton believes that this tradition is still present in his team today. As the coach looks toward this season as a whole and the goals he hopes to accomplish, he believes that the Chaps have the potential to win their region and return to Nationals. However, in order to achieve this, Cotton says there is a lot of hard work ahead of them. “But with a lot of new faces, a lot of new talent, WKLV WHDP GHĂ€QLWHO\ KDV the pieces to be very suc-­ cessful,â€? Cotton said.

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