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COURIER COLLEGE OF DUPAGE STUDENT NEWSPAPER \\ 22 APRIL 2015 \\ VOLUME 48, ISSUE 27

‘Vapers’ be warned

Tobacco-free policy includes electronic cigarettes

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SPORTS

NEWS

Chaparral track and field, in photos

COD hires new PR firm PAGE 3 > FEATURES

Neuroscientist gives advice on music, managing life PAGE 14 >

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THE

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Joash Mencias NEWS EDITOR Taira Alabi OPINION EDITOR Maggie Curran

INDEX NEWS

OPINION

3 COD hires new public relations firm

11 Editorial: Vending machine frustration

6 Is vaping allowed on campus?

SPORTS

FEATURES EDITOR Kelly Wynne SPORTS EDITOR James Kay COPY & DESIGN EDITOR Ashlee Berner

13 Photo essay: Track meet at Concordia

FEATURES

8 Music and life management

COFFEE BREAK

18 Comics and more

PHOTO EDITOR Lucas Koprowski

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NEWS

College of DuPage under federal investigation TAIRA ALABI NEWS EDITOR

After months of scrutiny over a lack of transparency and financial oversight, the College of DuPage will add one more bullet point to its list of problems: a federal investigation.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the college was served with legal documents on April 13.

In the subpoenas, the COD Foundation’s finances are called into question as well as the spending habits of college administrators. Also being questioned is the alleged over awarding of credits to police recruits at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy.

As the microscope hovering over COD zooms in closer and closer, COD administrators remain confident that there is nothing illegal about their conduct.

“The College of DuPage and the College of DuPage Foundation and are confident in the proper conduct of their affairs and will ful-

April board meeting canceled New board to meet soon

new board at its organizational meeting.”

This cancellation comes after the election of reform candidates Deanne Mazzochi, Frank Napolitano and Charles Bernstein, each of which who were endorsed by current board member Kathy Hamilton.

In response to the meeting cancellation, Napolitano said that his fellow slate members had confidence and excitement for the future of the board.

“We will conduct the

Samborn explained that regardless of the investigation, the college stands behind its students and programs.

“The College Of DuPage is focused on providing quality education educational programs and career opportunities to its students remains its

core function at all times,” Samborn said.

A hearing in front of a grand jury is scheduled for April 23 in Chicago.

Email: news@cod.edu

COD hires new PR firm TAIRA ALABI NEWS EDITOR

TAIRA ALABI NEWS EDITOR

The College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting for April has been canceled in light of the recent board election, according to a spokesman for the college.

The meeting was scheduled to take place Thursday, April 16.

Randall Samborn, a spokesman working on behalf of the college, explained over the phone that the current board called off the meeting to ensure “an orderly transfer of college business… be made to the

ly cooperate with the any government investigation,” Randall Samborn, a newly hired spokesperson for the college, told The Courier over the phone.

The federal investigation will be something that the three incoming board members will have to deal with once sworn in.

board meetings in an open and transparent way with the best interest of all stakeholders in mind, working to move the college forward and restore the public trust in this fine institution while working to improve academic results for all students,” Napolitano said in a statement.

The organizational meeting will take place between April 28 to May 5, according to Samborn.

Email: news@cod.edu

After the initial outcry over the hiring of Res Publica, another communications firm, in March, it appears the College of DuPage has hired a new firm.

Levick, a large public relations firm based in Washington, says it was hired by the College in early April.

Randall Samborn, a lawyer with Levick and the college’s new spokesman, explained that Levick was hired after

Res Publica was dropped.

“I was asked specifically on behalf of the college to media enhance media communication,” Samborn said.

A call to Res Publica revealed that the firm was no longer hired by the COD, but the firm declined to explain further.

requiring the college to release email accounts.

Kirk Allen of the Edgar County Watchdogs explained that he does not think the college will give his group the email addresses. Allen explains that

he and the watchdog group simply wants the email addresses to “keep students informed” and not for any malpractice.

“If you can get them through a FOIA request, then anybody could do it,”

The hiring of the Res Publica sparked public outcry at the March Board of Trustees meeting. It would have cost the college $250

per hour working with Res Publica. The hiring of Levick occurred with no warning from the college, and it is currently unknown how much COD is paying for Levick.

At the time of publication, the college has not elaborated on why Res Publica was dropped.

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Watchdog group barks back TAIRA ALABI NEWS EDITOR

A local watchdog group might be barking its way into College of DuPage student email accounts soon.

The Edgar County

Watchdogs, a self-described group of “concerned citizens” that hopes to “foster accountability, truth, and transparency in our local governing bodies,” filed a Freedom of Information Act request to

obtain all email addresses that the college manages in September.

What followed was a legal battle between the college and the watchdog group, ultimately ending with the Attorney General

Allen said, “ I have no interest in selling [the email addresses].”

College spokesman Randall Samborn said COD currently has no comment on the matter.

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NEWS

Little burn on the prairie LUCAS KOPROWSKI PHOTO EDITOR

On April 17, the Russell R. Kirt Prairie had a routine controlled burning to promote healthy growth throughout the 18 acres of plant life. This was done in affiliation with Integrated Lakes Management Inc.; a company that has over 20 years experience in environmental services.

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NEWS

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Tobacco-free campus sign at College of DuPageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus.

TAIRA ALABI NEWS EDITOR

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new trend flaring up at the College of DuPage. Vaping, the inhaling and exhaling of smoke from an electronic cigarette, has become a staple in the hallways of campus.

While e-cigarettes produce water vapor instead of a cigarette smoke, COD police say the relatively new habit still violates the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; no-smoking policies.

Electronic cigarettes have risen to popularity in recent years and allow users to get a similar feel to traditional cigarettes. Users have dubbed the practice as â&#x20AC;&#x153;vaping.â&#x20AC;?

COD police Lieutenant Joe Girten says personal vehicles are the only places students are allowed to vape or smoke.

Girten explained that like cigarette smoking students can be fined for vaping. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have two officers that walk around [campus] looking [for violators],â&#x20AC;?

Girten said.

As for vaping inside a classroom, Girten said that a student or professor

would have to report it before an officer would walk inside a classroom.

In March 2009, the College of DuPage adopted a tobacco-free campus policy.

The policy states that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;use of tobacco and tobacco-related products (including electronic cigarettes) is prohibited on all College of DuPage premises, in all indoor College facilities and in all College vehicles.â&#x20AC;?

Luke Caron, 19, a welding major, has seen students vaping in the hallways and in class, and finds it repulsive. Caron believes vaping is not an issue of police enforcement but one of public courtesy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can give someone a ticket, and they pay it, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all said and done,â&#x20AC;?

Caron said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change until they learn that respect.â&#x20AC;?

Youmana Elboghady,18, a psychology major, agrees students should respect the school and not vape inside.

However, she disagrees with the campus smoking policy.

Elboghady, a smoker, finds the fact that she must

take her smoking habit off campus â&#x20AC;&#x153;inconveniencing.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The school shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t [regulate] what students inhale into their own body,â&#x20AC;?

Elboghady said.

Ibn Moses, 21, psychology major, is also a smoker and does not completely agree with CODâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tobacco policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand that they are strict,â&#x20AC;? Moses said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they are literally [fining us] to make money,â&#x20AC;? Moses said.

Smokers in publicly-funded college all over Illinois have to deal with the same issues Moses and Elboghady face.

Last July, the state of Illinois implemented the Smoke-Free Campus Act. The act states â&#x20AC;&#x153;smoking is prohibited on each campus of a State-supported institution of higher education.â&#x20AC;?

However, unlike CODâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy, the act does not specifically target electronic cigarettes.

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FACTS ABOUT CODâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOBACCO POLICY All tobacco and â&#x20AC;&#x153;tobacco-related products,â&#x20AC;? such as electronic cigarettes, are banned on campus.

Smoking and vaping are allowed if the user remains inside their private vehicle.

Throwing a cigarette on the ground or spitting tobacco on campus grounds is banned.

The smoking ban went into effect August 2012.

NEWS

POLICE REPORTS Person falls in Arts Center At approximately 4:39 p.m. on April 12, police were dispatched to the McAninch Arts Center. Upon arrival, police met with an individual who had lost her balance, and fell in between a seat and rail in one of the arts center’s auditoriums.

The individual refused medical attention but said her shoulder was a little sore. Police also observed minor redness to the left side of the individual’s face.

Man injured in the Arts Center At approximately 5:44 p.m. on April 12 in the McAninch Arts Center, police were called to report to an injured person. Upon arrival, police found a man lying face down holding an ice pack to his face. The man’s son explained that his father was looking up for the bathroom and did not see the bench in front of him and fell over it, landing on his face. The injured individual was bleeding from a laceration to his nose and complained of rib pain.

The Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department was dispatched and transported the injured person o Central DuPage Hospital for medical treatment.

Sunglasses Lost in SRC At approximately 6:15 p.m. on April 16, a man met with police at the Police Dispatch Center to report a lost pair of Ray Ban sunglasses. The individual explained that he had come to the college to exercise in the Physical Education Center but initially walked around in the SRC. The individual believes his sunglasses fell out of his pocket near the bookstore. The individual also mentioned that a possible suspect might be a female who gave him a sly smile as he walking. Lost and found was checked with no results. At the time of print, there is nothing further to report.

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F E AT U R E S

Music and management A neuroscientist on how music can help students Neuroscientist, music enthusiast and renowned author Daniel Levitin visited the MAC on April 14 to talk with attendees about how music affects the brain. Levitin’s four books cover everything from basic psychology, music and how to organize one’s life. Courier Features Editor Kelly Wynne sat down with Levitin to discuss how music can help college students in life.

Kelly Wynne: How do you think music affects college students?

Daniel Levitin: Well I think it’s very personal and very individual. To begin with, some people don’t like music at all; we think maybe 10 percent of the population. They just don’t get it. They don’t understand what the rest of us are spending our money on. Some people like music in the background. Some like to immerse themselves in it. Some people use it to get through their workout to help motivate them. They use it as motivation to get out of bed and some people use it to calm down and relax. Or people still make mixtapes, although these days they aren’t on tapes they’re on USB keys or in the cloud, to tell somebody special how they feel about them. If you’re not a songwriter, what do you do? You find somebody else who wrote it and give it to somebody. So I think there’s a wide range of experience. It’s, personal and it changed from person to person and within a person, the way music affects you can change over the lifetime.

KW: Is there a certain type of music you think is more beneficial than others? For instance, music you would choose for relaxing versus studying for a test.

DL: On the studying for a test thing, the evidence is

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really clear that having music on while you are studying is bad. It actually interferes with learning.

The problem is that people who like music can like studying with it and find it pleasant to study with music, so they think that they’re studying better, but they’re not. I mean there’s hundreds of studies on this now.

It’s better to study without the music, and then take a 15-minute break and listen to music to refresh your head, and then get back to the studying. Having the music on in the background, although it’s more fun, is not more effective.

KW: What do you think stressed students can do to work more efficiently and stay calm, even if they have a million things going on?

DL: This is more the topic of my newest book “The Organized Mind,” about how to be efficient and not be stressed. I think the problem is that all of us feel like there’s more to do in the day than can possibly get done. I don’t know anybody who puts their head on the pillow at night and says, “Boy, I got everything done that I needed to get done.” I don’t know anybody who has said that in 10 years. There’s just this long list of things you don’t quite get to. And that’s what induces the stress. It’s the gap between what you feel you need to do and what you actually do, and it builds every day. So, I think that the trick there is to really

take stock of everything that you have to do by not keeping it in your head. Write it down.

If it’s in your head, it’s harder to deal with. Get it out there in the world and look at it, whether it’s on paper or on the computer.

Just look at all the things you have to do and then prioritize them for tomorrow. Say “these are the most important things I have to do tomorrow,” and do that before you go to bed at night. When you wake up in the morning look at the list again.

You might have changed your mind; maybe No. 3 has got to move over to No.6. No. 2 has to be No. 1. Then, do the things in order. Trust your judgment.

At the end of the day you won’t have gotten everything done, but you’ll have gotten the most important things done by definition. You’ll find that you’re a lot less stressed. Your advantage is that when you’re working on that one thing, you’re mind isn’t racing and trying to figure out “well is there something else I should be doing? And I have to do this and I have to do that,” because whatever you’re doing at the moment is the most important thing you could be doing. You prioritized it. The only thing I would add to that is that it’s good to set a time limit, because you’re never going to study your calculus until it’s done. Calculus is never done. Maybe you’ll study it for an hour, and then you’ll take a break, and move on to something else.

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KW: Is there anything you wish you knew as a college student?

X hours for entertainment this week.” Time is like money. It’s either in your budget or it’s not.

DL: Oh yeah. That’s a good question. I wish that I had managed my time better. For me, and I think for so many college students, there’s so many thing to do. We’re all very good rationalizers. When I was a college student we all lived on campus so a friend would come by and say, “Hey, lets go out for ice cream.” I would say, “Oh no, I’m studying,” but he had never asked me to do that before, it was a one semester thing. You know, I should be able to go out for ice cream one night, right? So it’s a half an hour to get there, and a half an hour line around the block cause it’s a popular place. We get the ice cream, we come back, and I’ve lost an hour and a half or 2 hours of what was going to be my study time. The cumulative effect of it all was that it was different groups of people that I was going out and doing stuff with, and each one seemed perfectly innocent on it’s own, but at the end of the month I realized I hadn’t spent as much time studying as anyone else or as much as I needed to. I was so good at justifying, and I saw each of them as individual activities rather than as all contributing to the category of goofing off. I understood that you need to have balance, I just didn’t understand how to portion it. What I should have said was, “I’m going to allow myself

KW: Is there anything else you would like college students reading this to know?

DL: This is something that old people say to college students, so it may not carry any weight because I’ll just sound like your grandpa talking or something, but when you’re 18 and 19 it seems like everything going on has dire consequences.

If you don’t get into the right class or the right college or you don’t meet the right person your whole life is going to spin out of control. What I came to realize, mostly through a series of failures in my life, was that there are an infinite number of ways to end up in a particular spot in your life. If you have a vision of where you want to be when you’re 30 or 40, there’s lots of different ways to get there, it’s not just the narrow, myopic view that you have of things. And the more important thing is that, with time, everybody I know has discovered that there are things they wanted to do even more than what they thought they wanted to do but they didn’t even know about them yet because they hadn’t had enough experience. So just take a chill pill when things don’t work out because they will eventually.

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F E AT U R E S

Awareness event singles out disability services KELLY WYNNE FEATURES EDITOR

As professor David Allen’s human services class listened to their blind classmate explain his disability, they knew they had pinpointed the perfect advocacy project.

After multiple topics and debates, the class came to an agreement on exploring College of DuPage’s very own Center for Access and Accommodations.

There are a total of 1,734 students registered with special needs on campus, but it is estimated there may be double the amount not registered. The class has taken this semester to focus on bringing

awareness to both students qualified to register those not.

Terry Hill, both a library reference assistant and COD student, explained that her disabled classmate had described having trouble finding his way to classes. He spoke of little assistance offered to him, and the difficulty he found in before and after school transportation. Through exploration, he discovered the Center for Access and Accommodations, and their need for volunteers.

Hill spoke of the drive to give students motivation to seek out the center’s resources. When Jackie

Reuland, manager of the center, visited the class, she spoke of the students who do not use the resources.

Reuland explained that a student must be an advocate for him or herself.

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OPINION

New vending machines serve frustration America may only be ranked second in the world in obesity, but our false pride in unhealthy dietary habits is surely the greatest in the world. We take our junk food very seriously, which is why so many College of DuPage students were outraged and shocked by the new “Go! Slow! Whoa!” healthy vending machine initiative.

After spring break, the main campus was infiltrated by health-conscious vending machines, cleverly labeled “Go! Slow! Whoa!” to encourage students to think wisely about their eating habits. “Go!” refers to choosing a healthy food. “Slow!” means to eat said food at a good pace.

“Whoa!” advises consumers not to choose the unhealthy food.

The machines still offer your standard vending machine items: chips, cookies, and gum, but also contain healthier options as well. The healthiest foods are placed on the top shelf marked with a green panel, then moderately healthy selections marked with a yellow panel, and at the very bottom, the least healthy options are marked with a red panel, causing one to feel shame when craving an item on the bottom shelf. In

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addition, all prices were raised to a standard $1.25 and 75 cents for a pack of gum. Students are literally paying more to be embarrassed about their choice of snack.

In the grand scheme of things, this isn’t even close to the worst thing to happen to the college this year. But for students, it’s a pretty big let down.

Rushing between classes doesn’t leave time to go to the cafeteria or wait in line at Starbucks or Einstein Brothers Bagels.

For some students, the vending machines are their only chance to get a much needed snack in between classes. While a slight increase in price doesn’t seem like much, the long run will prove

otherwise. Students seem already outspoken against the new vending machines, and the message is clear: people don’t want to pay the same price for a bag of chips that they would for a granola bar.

In addition to unnecessarily jacked-up prices, the entire initiative seems a bit redundant. Even the healthiest vending

machine option doesn’t compare to a salad or fresh fruit. Instead of pushing pseudo-nutritional snacks, the school should let the few students that actually want to eat healthy do so on their own with better products. The fact of the matter is that if students are looking to get food from a vending machine, they probably aren’t too

The fact of the matter is that if students are looking to get food from a vending machine, they probably aren’t too concerned

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Joash Mencias OPINION EDITOR Maggie Curran DESIGN EDITOR Ashlee Berner

about the health benefits of their snack.

concerned about the health benefits of their snack.

They want cheap junk food that will tide them over until their next meal. The new vending machines encourage exactly the opposite. There’s a blurred line between the school providing healthy food choices, and forcing those healthy food choices. As of right now, it’s unclear as to where COD stands.

There is nothing wrong with COD wanting to give its students nutritional snacks. It’s actually fairly considerate. It also isn’t surprising that the new vending machines with healthy options have higher prices than the previous ones. However, the new vending machines need a bit of tweaking to say the least. Forcing students that want a cookie to not only feel shamed for not buying a granola bar, but also pay a higher price because it’s in the same machine as a granola bar, just doesn’t make sense. Instead of trying to convince a school full of adults to either eat healthy or overpay for junk food, COD should focus its efforts on making snacking easier for students. The last thing we need is a campus of angry, hungry students with no money left in their pockets.

Views expressed in The Courier represent opinions of majority of editorial board. The Courier encourages all students, faculty, staff, administrators and community members to voice their opinions on all the topics concerning them both in and out of school.

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Letters can be sent via e-mail to editor@cod.edu. The subject heading to the message must read “Letter to the Editor.” The writer’s first and last names, major (if student) or occupation title, street address, city, state and complete phone number with area code must be included for identity verification by the Courier. Deadline for letters meant for publication is noon on Fridays. Letters are subject to editing for grammar, style, language, length and libel. All letters represent the views of the author, not the editorial board.

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OPINION

COLUMN

Why meninist is synonymous with sexist MAGGIE CURRAN OPINION EDITOR

There are a lot of ways to show the world you aren’t a good person. You could park in a handicap spot.

You could let the door close on the person right behind you. You could yell at fast food employees.

And more recently, you could identify as a meninist.

What started as a joke on social media has now turned into a society of some of the most ridiculous people known to man.

The concept of meninism began as a play on the word feminism, the belief that both genders should be given equal rights and treatment. Naturally, meninism advocates exactly the opposite: the belief that men are superior to women.

It began on the Internet.

A meninist twitter page was created, and soon users gathered to make jokes about the feminist agenda, most of whom were completely uninformed. Along the way, the account picked up a few actual believers. Although the page description reads “obviously sarcasm”, it is clear that those that run and follow the account are wholeheartedly against feminism. Today, the account, which now has over 800,000 followers, exists to build up the already inflated male ego with ideas of authority and the opinion that women only exist to “make a sandwich”.

In a word, it is disgusting. In this day and age, it

is outrageously backwards and the most outwardly sexist movement of the 21st century, a title that some meninists accept proudly. Others who identify as meninists are blissfully unaware of the connotation behind their cause, misunderstanding the purpose of feminism and therefore identifying with its opposite. These are perhaps the most dangerous advocates of them all: those that have no real concept of the beliefs they fight for or against.

These men, and sadly, some women, parade around in “#Meninist” t-shirts, telling the world upfront that they are either completely delusional or simply uneducated.

It is no secret that there are men who truly believe that they are better; that they were put on this earth to do whatever it is they want to do, all the while women exist to merely assist them in their efforts and maybe pop out a few kids before growing old and becoming completely useless. These men are really out there and they have been since the start of mankind. Now they have a platform to ban together and tear down the idea of equality for the sexes. It is where 800,000 misogynists join to complain about the “friendzone” and discuss how men are disadvantaged.

Either meninists truly don’t understand the reality of today, or they honestly

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view the world with such a narrow, selfish mindset that they consider anything less than total praise to be a disadvantage. The truth is that in the grand scheme of things, men are not disadvantaged. The truth is that women are.

Disadvantage is anything that reduces chances of success. Disadvantage is that American women are paid 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. Disadvantage is that women run less than 3% of the largest companies in the world. Disadvantage is that in the some parts of the world, female fetuses are aborted for the sole reason that they are female.

Disadvantage is that the overwhelming majority of women will never be as successful as men purely because of their gender, and some women are never even born because they lack a Y chromosome.

To say that men are disadvantaged is to ignore the discrimination women face their entire lives. It is to forget that since the beginning of time, men have placed themselves in positions of authority and have viewed women as objects for their use. To say that men are disadvantaged, all the while mocking the efforts of feminists who attempt to bridge the gap of inequality for both men and women, is to prove that you not only have no background on what you speak of, but you also have no respect for half of our

world’s population.

Bottom line: don’t claim to be a meninist. Don’t go about your life completely unaware of the constant battle women face for equality. Don’t make jokes insinuating male dominance over women. There are so many worthy causes in the world to fight for, but meninism is not one of them. Treat both genders with basic human decency.

It is not difficult to be a good person.

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SPORTS

Track and field: Concordia Cougar Invitational JAMES KAY // SPORTS EDITOR

On April 18, College of DuPage’s track and field team went to Concordia University to compete against 16 other teams. The men’s team took seventh place while the girl’s team took fifth place. This was subtle improvement compared to their last meet in where they finished eighth out of 15 other schools. The team was involved in over 20 events as they ramp up to their regional meet which will take place April 24.

Lana Mattice hurdling over pole during women’s pole vault. She won this event.

Ricky Owns crossing the finish line during the 400-meter relay.

Edward Kustrubala throwing in javelin event. He took fourth place out of 34 throwers.

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SPORTS

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COFFEE BREAK

1 Get involved

5 TIPS FOR MANAGING LIFE Get ahead in your life with these five super helpful tips.

ASHLEE BERNER DESIGN EDITOR

Being on the newspaper has gotten me involved with a lot of issue that go around on campus. But not everyone knows what is going on. Students are here for as little as a semester or two to three years and it is important to know what is going on at your school.

You spend a significant amount of time here, take the time to know what is going on around you. Professors will occasionally ask students about a campus issue and no one knows what is going on. This is your school, know what is going on.

2 Apply Yourself

Summer is a time for fun and a break from school, but it is also a time for opportunities such as internships. We all know that the job market is tough, so start applying yourself and look for internships.

Even if the internship isn’t exactly what you are interested in doing the rest of your life, they still look great on job applications. Internships make you look more appealing to an employer, and like I said, in this job market that is what we need. Don’t get lazy this summer and apply yourself.

3 Lock Up

When I arrive at school, more often than not there are students who are parking their cars at the same time that I am. A lot of the time as I see them leave their cars, they do not lock their car. This baffles me.

My advice: lock your car.

You may not have anything important in there, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t lock it. God knows what could happen in those situations or if you forget about something in your car. Take the two seconds to click that button that locks your car.

4 Charity

Summer is also the time to help give back. If you are not taking summer classes and want to stay involved with your community, get involved with charity organizations.

Organizations are always looking for help, and it also looks good on applications. But you can also get personal experiences out of it too. I know a lot of us get busy over the summer but it is important to give back to those who are less fortunate than yourself.

You will get more out of it than something you can put on an application. You can learn something new about yourself or another person, as well as make a difference.

5 New Hobbies

There are lots of activities that you probably look forward to doing every summer, but take up something different this year. Go outside of your comfort zone, and make a list of new hobbies that you want to start, and start them. Activities such as yoga, fishing, biking, surfing and running. But if you aren’t athletic, you could get creative and scrapbook all of those pictures that you develop but never do anything with or take up an art class. There are endless possibilities of hobbies that you could start this summer, pick one and do it.

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