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EDITOR IN CHIEF Joash Mencias NEWS EDITOR Joshua Clayton OPINION EDITOR Parker Rechsteiner FEATURES EDITOR Kelly Wynne SPORTS EDITOR Ben Grote COPY & DESIGN EDITOR Ashlee Berner PHOTO EDITOR Lucas Koprowski
INDEX NEWS
OPINION
4 Financial office “sets record straight”
10 Administration needs to double down on transparency
FEATURES
6 Veterans exhibit on display at Wings 8 Ghoulish singer sets mood
SPORTS
11 Athlete of the week COFFEE BREAK
14 Puzzles and more
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ON THE COVER Above: Cover graphic by Joash Mencias. Below: A number of student artworks displayed at the Wings Gallery. Photo by Lucas Koprowski.
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NEWS
College financial officials ‘set the record straight’ JOSHUA CLAYTON NEWS EDITOR
The College of DuPage finance office gave a presentation at the Oct. 16 board of trustees regular meeting in an effort to defend the college’s financial integrity against claims made at previous meetings that its internal controls and spending were out of control. Twelve financial personnel stood behind Lynn Sapyta, assistant vice president of financial affairs, as she addressed the nature of imprest payments - a subject that has been the center of much debate in previous months. Under current board policy, all payments valued in excess of $15,000 require approval by the trustees. Payments with a value less than that amount are classified as imprest payments and therefore do not require explicit board approval, although the board
does approve the contracts against which many of the payments are made. In any given month the college can register upwards of 2,400 payments, according to Thomas Glaser, senior vice president and treasurer. “You can have a range of debate on whether a board should or wants to see every payment that goes through the college. This and past boards have said they want to focus on higher level, more strategic matters,” Glaser said in an interview. Adam Andrzejewski, the founder of political activist group For the Good of Illinois, addressed these imprest payments at prior board meetings, stating a number of the payments were made in quantities greater than $15,000 and that college administrators were categorizing payments under the imprest account
to hide questionable funding from the board. A document handed out by Andrzejewski at the Sept. 22 regular meeting entitled “Top 10 Oddities of Imprest Accounting Register” was the subject of much of Sapyta’s presentation. The document provides a sample of the college’s line item expense reports received from a Freedom of Information Act request by Open the Books. According to the document, the sample provided is just 10 of over 1,300 double vendor entries of hidden payments within the imprest account. Sapyta confirmed the document sent by the college in response to Open the Book’s FOIA request was consistent with the copy posted on group’s website. After cross-referencing the imprest payments listed on the Top 10
Oddities with the copy of the FOIA on the website, Sapyta labeled the entire document inaccurate. “I don’t know why Open the Books would hand out a document like this. I find it totally irresponsible. It is dishonest and unethical to slam the personal integrity of the men and women who stand behind me,” said Sapyta. Andrzejewski was absent during the presentation but was present during the open comments section of the meeting where he responded to the “40-minute personal attack.” “We filed a FOIA with the school and in contravention of the FOIA law the school provided a locked PDF with those payments. Our programmers unlocked [the PDF] after five hours of writing code” Andrzejewski said. “During that process, ‘1s’
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went in on 1300 accounts. According to Andrzejewski, the accidental insertion of the ‘1s’ caused the inaccurate analysis of the information and the decoded copy was immediately removed from the group’s website. “I don’t understand - no one understands - what he meant by ‘locked,’” Glaser said. “We sent a PDF file to him so the data could not be changed, just as we would in any other FOIA request. He caught his
own error and fixed it on his website, yet he came to the [regular board meeting] weeks later with his oddities handout. He knew it was wrong when he handed it out. This political activist group is trying to create an issue here where there is none.” For links to the “Top 10 Oddities” list, Lynne Sapyta’s presentation and more, visit codcourier.org
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POLICE REPORTS THEFT: Oct. 15 A theft of lost property occurred on Oct. 15 between 1:30 and 1:50 p.m. in the womens washroom, Berg Instructional Center room 3427. The complainant stated she put down her Coach purse around the sink area and exited the washroom without it. She returned to the bathroom to retrieve her purse but it was missing. The theft is pending investigation.
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THEFT: Oct. 10 A theft occurred on Oct. 10 at 2:00 p.m. in the second floor library, Student Resource Center room 2020. The complainant stated her backpack unattended for approximately one to two minutes in order to check out a library book. The backpack was missing upon her return. The value of the contents in the bag exceed $500. A detective reviewed footage of the scene and observed a male, without a backpack, enter the library and proceed in the direction of the check
out counter, exiting the frame. The same male reentered the frame moments later, wearing a backpack, and proceeded to exit the library. The detective positively identified the complainant’s backpack on the suspect. The detective observed the suspect enter a metallic colored Chevrolet Trailblazer of an unknown year via campus security footage. The theft is pending investigation.
ACCIDENT: Oct. 14 A car accident occurred on Oct. 14 at 6:07 p.m. at the Intersection of Prairie Rd. and College Rd. A 2002 black Acura 3.2 TLS was struck from behind by a 2000 green Jeep Wrangler. The owner of the Jeep stated he was traveling north bound on Prairie Rd. when the owner of the Acura suddenly applied her turn signal to make a right hand turn which resulted in the collision.
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F E AT U R E S
KELLY WYNNE FEATURES EDITOR
The Wings Student Art Gallery serves as a temporary home for student artwork year-round. The small exhibit space in the Student Services Center has seen many collections come and go, but its current exhibit will mark the first of its kind. “Artwork by Student Veterans” features work by six student veterans: JoAnn Hartley, Ted E. Mueller, Thomas Gimm, Linda Kirby, and Kenneth and Henryk Jacobs. The artists have been inspired by their travels overseas as well as while adventuring just a few states away. One of the artists featured is photography major JoAnn Hartley. After dedicating 25 years of her life to raising a family, she decided to go back to school to embrace her creative side. While visiting her daughter in New York City, Hartley embraced the impersonal culture of the subway and photographed it as if she were an outsider
looking in. Hartley considers herself to be a worldly person, but felt uneasy on the streets of the city. She has three photographs on display and explains many would not jump to assume she created them. “Every artist has two sides. There are marketable views and there are real world views,” Hartley said. “This is the edgiest thing I have done. Most of [my work] is of children and families. Painter of 20 years Ted E. Mueller has taken advanced painting multiple times under the instruction of Jennifer Hereth. He is also a member of IArtists, a group of Hereth’s students who donate work to victims of Hurricane Katrina. He has taken the class so many times because of the artistic freedom Hereth gives her students. After serving in the military for eight years, Mueller picked up the
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Thomas Grimm and JoAnn Hartley standing in front of Thomas’s painting, Pears.
hobby to recreate beautiful scenes he saw first hand as well as those he has seen in travel brochures. He also paints religious scenes and satirical images of others’ pieces. Mueller has four paintings on display in the exhibit. Both Hartley and Muel-
ler are thankful for the opportunities they have been given to express their creativity and advance their schooling. Both artists attribute their success to the encouragement they have received from their instructors at College of DuPage, who they say let
students discover their own artistic influence. The idea for a veterans’ exhibit was given to college art curator Barbara Weisen just moments too late for the exhibit to take place last year. Weisen now anticipates to continue this exhibit in the future.
“I would guess that it will become annual thing during the fall so that veterans can have a full exhibit rather than just on Veteran’s Day,” Weisen said. Email: features@cod.edu Twitter: @kellywynne23
VETERANS ART “Artwork By Student Veterans” will be on display from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on weekdays between Oct. 15 and Nov. 21 in the Wings Art Gallery, SSC 2210. To see the work of Ted E. Muller visit www. art-in-tropical-australia.com/ted-muellers-story. html.
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Tim Mueller standing in front of two of his four pieces in the Veteran’s Art Gallery.
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REVIEW
The season for Martinez KELLY WYNNE FEATURES EDITOR
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I have always wondered why there isn’t a large selection of Halloween music, or at least why the existing isn’t as hyped as Christmas. When the trailer for “American Horror Story: Freak Show” came out, the song choice intrigued me, as it sounded perfectly creepy but seemed to be unedited for the show’s use. I decided to do some research and discovered that the song was “Carousel” by Melanie Martinez, a former contestant on “The Voice.” Martinez had made it to the top six before being eliminated. The 19 year old had a distinguished sound on the show, which has carried over perfectly to her independent music career.
Martinez released a foursong EP titled “Dollhouse” on July 24. By becoming connected to “American Horror Story,” her recognition has grown, earning her a spot in the top 130 songs on iTunes. Although the standings are not great, Carousel is climbing the charts, and the music video is being shared all over the Internet. All of Martinez’s songs have an eerie sound, starting with “Dollhouse.” The lyrics tells a story about a family from the inside, while portraying their lives in a dark, whimsical way. The phrasing of “Dollhouse” may be the best use of wording on the EP. Lyrics include “Mom, please wake up, dad’s with continued on page 9
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Fincher’s suspenseful Gone Girl thrills LUCAS KOPROWSKI PHOTO EDITOR
Psychological thriller “Gone Girl” has proved to be an entertaining film sure to keep viewers thinking one step ahead. The mystery film opened on Oct. 3 and brought in an opening box office total of at least $37 million. Directed by David Fincher, it at least ranks equal to his other masterpieces such as “Fight Club,” “The Social Network” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, movies which have enriched American culture for years. This film follows Nick
Dunne, played by Ben Affleck, an unsuccessful writer and creative writing professor who is also co-owner of a bar. He visits his bar on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary to talk to his sister. They talk about life and how he needs to rebuild his relationship with his wife. After he leaves, he goes home to find his house broken into and his wife, Amy Dunne, played by Rosamund Pike, missing. Dunne calls the police and as they investigate,
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continued from page 8 a slut and your son is smoking cannabis/ No one ever listens this wallpaper glistens/ don’t let them see what goes down in the kitchen.” The music video shows Martinez dressed as a doll living in a dysfunctional dollhouse. “Carousel,” the “American Horror Story” theme, includes a base sound of typical carnival music. This is what gives it a creepy vibe. In the music video, Martinez is at a carnival complete with carnies that look to be straight out of fright fest. The whole thing is borderline scary, but settles to be more artsy than horror-filled. Lyrics in
“Carousel” are not nearly as intriguing as “Dollhouse.” They seem basic and not very well-thought out, but the instrumentals of the song are so impressive it doesn’t need lyrical perfection to make it enjoyable. Lyrics from the first verse include “Come, come one come all/ You must be this tall to ride this ride at the carnival.” The other two songs, “Dead to Me” and “Bittersweet Tragedy,” speak of death and a break up. Neither is a stand out compared to the first two songs, but if one was better than the other, it would be “Dead to Me” because it
To listen to the full Dollhouse EP, visit www.codcourier.org. For more information on Martinez, visit www.melaniemartinezmusic.com.
keeps with the eerie sound of the album more so than “Bittersweet Tragedy.” Martinez brings a real life Tim Burton-feel to her music, complete with two-colored hair and giant eyes similar to one of his characters. She brings a unique sound to the music industry, which is why I enjoyed the EP. The songwriting isn’t the best but if you are looking for something with a creepy sound to get ready for Halloween or “American Horror Story,” Martinez has a sound that will draw you in. As for other seasons, her music may not be first choice. Email: features@cod.edu Twitter: @kellywynne23
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continued from page 8 clues lead Dunne to the suspect. When police question him due to evidence of possible involvement. Dunne cannot remember basic information about his wife such as her friends and blood type. This movie has such an eloquent way of unfolding the story, with actual rhyme and reason behind every move from both the protagonist and the antagonist. After the police question Nick, the detectives investigating the house find an envelope with the words “Clue One.” They ask him about this and he explains how his wife sets up a scavenger hunt every anniversary for him to find his present. In every single envelope there is a riddle with innuendos, which only the couple can decipher.
Although Nick doesn’t tell them, the first clue has a distinct hint that leads him to his father’s house. Once Nick enters that house, he notices the second clue on the counter leaning against an empty bottle of alcohol. As the movie unfolds, Nick fervently searches for clue after clue with twists and turns along the way. These clues are a small part of the movie, but essential to the story. Just when Fincher pushes viewers to a suspenseful breaking point, Nick finds the clue that makes this nail-biting drama worth the wait. Despite twists and turns that the story takes to keep viewers involved, the movie has major plot holes that should not be overlooked. Some instances in the story would be completely
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unbelievable in real life. Even with a few shortcomings, “Gone Girl” has a very engaging storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The cinematography through-
out the movie was well thought out and gave this movie an edge over Fincher’s other works. This suspenseful drama will keep viewers intrigued and invested in the characters.
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OPINION
Board Wars: The Administration Strikes Back In row over college’s finances, the administration needs to be even more transparent Cue Scrolling Text. A short time ago, in a board room very, very close...it is a period of civil war. Rebel Tea Partiers, striking with accusations of hidden expenses and sketchy accounting, have embarrassed the administration, and by extension the college. Open The Books Illinois, an outgrowth of conservative PAC For the Good of Illinois, has had their eyes focused on the College of DuPage since earlier this year. They recently released a 500-page document, detailing a number of “hidden expenses” not approved by the board. Included are such damning accounts as: Office Depot, Sodexo and Computer Discount Warehouse. Oh, and us. Yes, friends, The Courier is on the list. But what does this list actually mean? At the board meeting last week, the financial affairs department broke it down for us. The payments are normal expenses. Most of them are entirely uncontroversial. The reason they are classified as such is for efficiency’s sake; it wouldn’t make sense for the board to approve of every $100 transaction made. This is
standard practice for govBreuder. The sketch-dar is explained. It is used as an an institution such as the ernments the size of the going off. What’s going on off-campus meeting site. college is, believe it or not, college. Nothing sketchy here? The college pays for it, difficult. There is a massive here. The “instructional supand Breuder takes people amount of money moving Some of the payments plies” thing seems laughthere for meetings, actually into, and out of this place, are more than $15,000? able, but Lynn Saptya, doing college business. and as such it seems like a That’s because multiple COD’s financial controller, This is apparently standard special amount of oversight payments to the same wrote the concerns off, practice for community is required. It also appears vendor, each less than the stating that the college colleges. Most in the area that this oversight already $15,000 cap, have been didn’t have a food and have a country club mem- exists. We can talk about combined whether into a sinor not the gle check school for conshould be venience’s spending sake. This money seems a bit like this, less intubut that is itive, but a different it makes conversasense if you tion than think about questionseveral ing if it is different allowed subgroups to. in the buThe arreaucracy guments JOASH MENCIAS/COURIER presentpurchasing things ed by from the The entrance to the board of trustees meeting room. critics of same vendor. Think of it beverage account set up. bership of some kind. It the school are especially like a parent buying lunch The alcohol is presumably seems like an unnecessary effective because they are for their two kids. Each used in the culinary man- expense, given the quality simple. It is far easier to kid orders separately, but agement program, as well of the public golf courses understand and digest the parent pays for it all at as the Waterleaf restaurant in the area that seem like “they’re stealing our mononce. on campus. It does seem they could serve a similar ey” than it is to really unThen we get to the weird like a lot, but keep in mind purpose, but that is an derstand what’s going on. stuff. Over $243,000 much of it is resold- it entirely different converTheir arguments also gain spent on wine and alcohol, isn’t sitting in a cabinet in sation. steam emotionally. We designated as instructionBreuder’s office. The problem with all of just saw a picture of our al supplies. $23,000 to a The shooting club this is that it’s so compresident standing on an shooting club for President membership can also be plicated. Accounting at endangered species that he
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shot plastered all over the internet, and now we hear the college is paying for his shooting club? Something doesn’t seem right about that at a gut level. The core issue is one of perception. Whether or not the administration has done anything wrong, it certainly feels like they have. Students around campus are taking note in increasing numbers. The stories have run on several national-level news sites. At the Oct. 16 board of trustees meeting, the administration showed some teeth in systematically dismantling these accusations. Their job is not done, however. If they want to regain the perception of legitimacy, they must redouble their efforts to be both transparent and to explain the rationale behind their decisions when it comes to spending money. The Tea Party is winning the war of public opinion, it would seem, even if they’re wrong.
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SPORTS WOMEN’S SOCCER
Chaps dominate final conference match BEN GROTE SPORTS EDITOR
On Oct. 15, College of DuPage played against Madison Community College on COD’s football field, resulting in a 3-0 win for the Chaparrals. This was a very important win for the Chaparrals because they will either share the conference title with Rock Valley or come in second depending on Rock Valley’s performance in their next two conference games. The game was a battle from start to finish, with many plays nearly resulting in fouls due to aggressive behavior. The ball was constantly being stolen from both teams, and both teams struggled to possess the ball for long periods of time. Despite both teams playing extremely hard, the Chaparrals had a huge advantage to their team, and her name is Angela
Toritto. During the first half of the game, there wasn’t a true controller of the game, until Toritto made the first goal for COD. After this, Toritto was able to score two more consecutive goals, which brought up COD to a comfortable position. These three goals didn’t deter the Madison Wolfpack from trying their hardest. This was evident as they took the ball and neared the Chaparrals’ goal many times during the rest of the first half. Unfortunately for the Wolfpack, the four shots on goal they made on COD were rendered useless, resulting in the 3-0 lead for the Chaps. During the second half, the game was even more intense as Madison attempted to bring their score up. The Wolfpack took four more shots on
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goal in the second half, all of which didn’t find their way into the Chaparrals’ net. The Chaparrals took the same amount of goal attempts, which also
proved to be ineffective against Madison’s maneuverable goalie. Coach William Fajkus remarked on the Chaparrals’ performance.
“COD is a better team, and I think that the scoreboard shows that. I wasn’t surprised at all at the end result, and I think we deserve it. The girls
played very well overall, and I’m pretty happy with this game.” COD’s women’s soccer ended their conference with a 9-1 record. Email: sports@cod.edu
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Name: Chuck Tigue Sport: Football Position: Defensive LinemanNo.: 9 What inspires you? Just the love for the game. It’s something I’ve always enjoyed, and I’m very happy to continue to play it.
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Goals for the season? I just want to be the best that I can be and improve from where I was one year ago.
What is your mindset during a game? I try to be completely relaxed, leave out thinking during the game and just let everything I’ve learned this year flow. During a game I have as much experience as I’ll ever have in that time, so I just want to use everything I know.
Plans after COD? Transfer to another school to continue playing football. A possible option is University of Northern Iowa.
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SPORTS
Laps with the Chaps Students, staff and community members ran the fourth annual Laps with the Chaps 5K Run and Walk on Oct. 18. In the midst of gloomy weather, participants dashed in and
around College of DuPage’s main campus. Along with the race, several local food trucks provided street fare and nourishment. The event aimed to benefit the COD Foundation’s
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Brett Lustgarten, 24, catches his breath after winning the fourth annual Laps with the Chaps run and walk.
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5 TIPS FOR MANAGING LIFE Get ahead in your life with these five super helpful tips. ASHLEE BERNER DESIGN EDITOR
1 Ugg Season
Before we know it, the snow will be here which means Uggs will for sure be coming out of the back of the closet. Since it has been a year since you have probably worn them, it is wise to spray them and proctect them from another season of snow. They say you should do it every season, but let’s be honest, a lot of us forget to to that. So I’m here to remind you: spray you boots! They are expensive and if you don’t take care of them, it is like tossing a hundred dollars out the window.
2 Forgetful?
You know all those things you need during the day at school but you always gorget to bring them to school or grab them on your way out? I do it all the time and hate it. So one day I sat down and made a list of items that I need more often and not and I put those items in my purse and my backpack, that way I am never without them. For instance, medicine for headaches, Chapstick, bobby pins, a mini brush etc. Now, whenever I am at school and need one of those, I don’t have to get mad at myself because I already have it.
3 Night Before 4 Don’t Slack
I don’t know about you, but I like to get as much extra sleep I can in the morning. I like to hit the snooze button a few times before I actually have to get out of bed without worrying about being late because I forgot about the extra stuff I have to do in the morning. So what do I do? I do those things the night before. I make my lunch, get my backpack ready, and lay out my clothes. That way I can get some extra sleep and that stuff is already done so I don’t have to worry about it when I wake up.
Midterms will be a thing of the past next week. But just because midterms are over does not mean you get to start slacking now. We still have eight more weeks left of school and you still need to stay focused. College classes don’t have busy work points that will help boost your grade up at the end of the semester like in high school. Every grade matters and makes a huge impact. So do yourself a favor and stay focused so that you don’t have to panic at the end of them semester what you have to do to bring your grade up.
5 Costumes
Halloween is in the next couple weeks and that means Halloween parites and that means finding a costume. All the Halloween stores are opening for the season but costumes are ridiculously expensice. They want you to pay $40$50 for a costume made of cheap and uncomfortable fabric that doesn’t even fit right. It’s a total scam. Consider the alternative of shopping at Goodwill. If you go looking, you can find clothes to make your own costume for about $10 that will still look great. Don’t waste your money. Go to Goodwill. Email: graphics@cod.edu Twitter: @doubleEE14
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