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By Charles Gaulke

Mandarin Gardin

Wesolych Swiat So, it’s Christmas, the time of joy and cheer… time to celebrate and eat and be merry. Well, that is unless you are invited to Cassie’s house for dinner. After many emails and phone calls and other whatnots of trying to get a bunch of folks together from class for a Christmas dinner, we decide to do it at Cassie’s, and since she is eager to show off her crazy mad culinary and carving skills, there is a classic Christmas dinner in the works. (There was also talk of her sporting a pink bunny suit.)

This is where the plan falls off the track quickly. While on our way to her house, we get the ‘Dear John’ text; the dog apparently had its way with the turkey and it is gone. As we gather in the parking lot waiting for Cass to show, yet another text arrives that she has fled town due to her embarrassment and we are now on our own. Starving and cold, we flip a coin – heads, we stick our tongues on the frozen flagpole, or tails, we get Chinese food. Thank God, it came up tails.

As luck would have it, the Mandarin Garden is open (I have a flashback to a movie that is in constant loop at Christmas time on TV). We plow in and assemble around a table. The sparse Christmas decorations are hanging about and the institutional learning facility green paint inside is a welcome from the cold. Is this the vision I had dancing in my head?

My son, the “Ox,” according to his Chinese zodiac, tears into the fried wonton noodles on the table with reckless abandon, proclaiming all the while these are the best things ever!

Well, since we are here, let’s make the best of it. We all order and out comes the wonton soup, nice and hot, with two little cute dumplings, nice broth and some leaves or something, as my son puts it.

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“I try to coerce the kitchen staff into a rousing sing along of Deck the Halls.

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Next up, crabmeat rangoons. You know the ones - they look like a deep fried flower filled with cream cheese and fake crabmeat. But hey, they are inexpensive and tasty.

On to the entrees: There is Hunan beef, General Cho’s, shrimp with lobster sauce, and sweet and sour chicken at the table; at least there was some form of poultry there that hadn’t been molested by a large dog. Sadly though, no Peking Duck. I was greatly looking forward to beheading the duck at the table to satisfy my angst.

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As the canned Christmas music squawks through the speakers, I try to coerce the kitchen staff into a rousing sing along of Deck the Halls. Well, they are having no part of this and shoot me dirty looks on the way back to the kitchen. Then, something strange happens; our waitress, who happens to be from Poland, broke out into song with some people at another table. As I sit and ponder the odds of a Polish waitress singing Christmas songs in a Chinese restaurant, I think I need to buy a lottery ticket, as this surely is a sign of good luck.

I suggest we go caroling to spread the joy and cheer of Christmas. As Wolf is warming up his voice, it starts cracking like a pubescent boy and we quickly scrap that idea.

Rating: The food was good, the company was great, and our waitress was fantastic. I didn’t take a poll but we would give it a 4.0 overall.

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From The Editor R.E.S.P.E.C.T

Lucky for me I had a little more time because of Winter Break to write this. At first I thought I would use Aretha Franklin’s lyrics to get my point across but that doesn’t really apply to our situation here at FVTC. Then I stumbled across Citizenship’s Five Themes in a curriculum article at educationworld.com.

Here is what they had to say about each of the themes:  Honesty is the basic theme of good citizenship. A person must be honest with others, and with himself or herself, in order to be a good citizen.  Compassion is the emotion of caring for people and for other living things. Compassion gives a person an emotional bond with his or her world.  Respect is similar to compassion but different in some ways. An important aspect of respect is self-respect, whereas compassion is directed toward others. Respect is also directed toward inanimate things or ideas as well as toward people. For example, people should have respect for laws. Finally, respect includes the idea of esteem or admiration, whereas compassion is a feeling people can have for others they don’t necessarily admire.  Out of honesty, compassion, and respect comes Responsibility, which includes both private, personal responsibility and public responsibility. Individuals and groups have responsibilities. Responsibility is about action, and it includes much of what people think of as good citizenship.

You may wish to point out that one of the main responsibilities of students is to learn. They must educate themselves so that they can live up to their full potential.  Finally, the theme of Courage is important to good citizenship. Human beings are capable of moving beyond mere goodness toward greatness. Courage enables people to do the right thing even when it’s unpopular, difficult, or dangerous. Many people---including Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, and Mohandas Gandhi---have had the courage to change the rules to achieve justice Why did I feel this rundown of basic Civil Themes is appropriate? Here are some examples:

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*Last issue, the Fox Times received a submission in the form of a letter to the editor. The student had nothing good to say about their time here and their education they received.

In the process of getting this letter ‘ready for print’ I myself burned up about 15 hours of my personal time; between meetings with FVTC staff, emails back and forth with the student, and editing the content so the student didn’t sound like a raving crybaby… the list goes on and on. All of that just at the very last moment the student could email me and say, “Oh, never mind, don’t print it.” I won’t tell you what I said under my breath when I heard that!

”We as students need to respect our instructors too!” *This past semester I sat in a class where there is almost no way not to get an ‘A’. It was open book, open note, open EVERYTHING – and on top of that almost no homework. All you had to do was 1) show up for class, 2) participate in class discussion, and 3) read over the material in the book. Any class work was handled in class, there was literally no homework.

The instructor tried to make the material interesting for us, since the technology is changing and the class will be too. The instructor gave us a number of tools and insights in addition to what the curriculum covered to help us adapt to said changes.

What was the instructor’s repayment? Students who didn’t show up (or stopped showing up after a few weeks), talked while the instructor was talking, or played car driving games, or sat on Facebook and didn’t pay attention to him! All I could think was ‘how rude…!’, and I had a few adjectives in my head when the “car racer” was lost during an in class demo. It wasted all of our time while the instructor had to play catch up with ‘Mario Andretti’. *In another class, I sat next to what I referred to in my head as ‘tweedle dee and tweedle dum’, a couple of young ‘just out of high school’ students who wrote notes back and forth on a notebook and didn’t pay attention during class. That was when they showed up, which was usually late. If they passed with more than a C I would be upset – I put a lot of time into that class and worked hard for my A. On one side of the coin, I hear a lot of students (mostly dis-

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placed workers – see Honesty) complain that their instructors don’t respect them or help them the way the student believes the instructor should. Believe me, I feel that an instructor should never call down a student in front of the whole class, should not imply lack of or belittle the student’s intelligence in any way, and should have the patience of a saint when dealing with the class. I admit there are some instructors that push the envelope in those departments, and need to take a step back and remember what they are at FVTC for.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care, TCB Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me) A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)

Now, for the other side of the coin (brace yourself, this might hurt): one of the main responsibilities of students is to learn.

They must educate themselves so that they can live up to their full potential. Where did you hear that before? See Responsibility above. That might include learning to type, teaching yourself effective study habits, or spending time familiarizing yourself with the blackboard environment so you know where to look for files. I know we all paid $110 per credit, but part of that responsibility to learn what is taught in classes still lies with us as students. I know you think General Education classes are unnecessary, but then don’t take them and get a certificate instead of an Associate’s Degree. Problem solved.

Ok, so what is on the other side of the coin? We as students need to respect our instructors too! Students should not be on Farmville (or other games) during a lecture, talking to other students while the instructor is trying to talk, or taking hand written notes for a programming demo (only to bring the class to a screeching halt because your head was down writing about something from 5 minutes back and now you are completely lost) while everyone else is typing along. It isn’t anyone’s responsibility but your own to pay attention, especially when most instructors record their lectures and you can always take notes on the recording later!

Look at it from the faculty’s view: I mean, how hard is it to deal with a class of 20 students, all differing in experience and comfort levels, and still get through the set curriculum in the allotted amount of time? After writing this, maybe her lyrics are applicable after all:

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Whoa, babe (just a little bit) A little respect (just a little bit) I get tired (just a little bit) Keep on tryin’ (just a little bit) You’re runnin’ out of foolin’ (just a little bit) And I ain’t lyin’ (just a little bit) (re, re, re, re) ‘spect When you come home (re, re, re, re) Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit) And find out I’m gone (just a little bit) I got to have (just a little bit) A little respect (just a little bit)

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By Dustin Drover Over the years many jobs have become obsolete due to the growth of technology, and that’s a good thing! Well, if you’re the one implementing it, it is. The less people you need to pay, the more money you make, right? The thing is you seldom find that it’s the worker pushing for their own obsolescence.

Right now the teaching profession is in danger of this obsolescence.

With online schooling becoming more and more popular it’s easy to say, “Why pay a professor to teach 20 students when you can pay them to teach a class of 400 online?”

Communication technologies are great tools when you need them.

Online schooling is making education a possibility for people who could not receive it in the past. However, it is a lower grade substitution. People sharing real time and space will always be a more enriching environment for learning. This is why we choose to come here in the first place, right?

Unfortunately, either out of desperation or laziness, instructors everywhere seem to be pushing for this style of teaching. Classrooms are meeting together in person just to watch online, third party videos as a substitution for the live instruction and demonstration that was intended. The instructors call this “working at your own pace,” because you don’t have to bother anyone with your stupid questions. This individualized, closed-off mental environment defeats the purpose of meeting in the first place.

Textbooks and visual aids can be great supplementary resources and add to the full educational experience, just don’t let them be the only way we learn! By closing off the students and themselves, the instructor goes from being a conduit of communication and ideas to…being that creepy guy in the corner. And what is he doing over there all class period anyway?

Teachers out there have to draw a line in the sand and make the distinction between online and real life connection, because if they don’t, the future of their profession and the quality of our education is at stake.

Editor’s note: For those of you (like me) that needed to look up obsolescence, I have done it for you: Obsolescence is the state of a being which occurs when an object, service or practice is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order.

Obsolescence frequently occurs because a replacement has become available that is superior in one or more aspects. Obsolete refers to something that is already disused or discarded, or antiquated. Typically, obsolescence is preceded by a gradual decline in popularity.

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Faculty/Staff Spotlight Franny Ciske Switchboard Operator/Welcome Center Fox Times: Where did you go to school?

Franny: I am a current student in the Administrative Professional Fastrack Program here at FVTC Fox Times: When did you begin working at FVTC? Franny: I started in February of 2005 as a Custodian Fox Times: What does your job mean to you?

Franny: My job is very important. Not only do I answer all incoming calls to the college, but I also am dispatcher for all emergencies such as medical, fire, tornado, etc.

Fox Times: What are your hobbies?

Franny: I enjoy putting on my GB Packers gear, and watching the games. I also enjoy NASCAR Cup racing. My favorite driver is Matt Kenseth #17. I also enjoy social networking, music, and spending time with my kids and granddaughter.

Fox Times: What are you words of wisdom for the students?

Franny: “You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be� ~David Viscott

FVTC Student Awarded National Scholarship William R Reaugh Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced!

The Foundation for Information Technology Education (FITE) is pleased to announce the winners of the William R. Reaugh Memorial Scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Bill Reaugh had a passion for AITP/DPMA through his many years of service not only to his chapter but the region and the association as well. He served as a past DPMA Association President and was instrumental in creating the original DPMA Model Curriculum many years ago.

This distinguished scholarship is awarded by the Foundation for Information Technology Education to support individuals seeking a degree in an information technology-related program. The William R. Reaugh Memorial Scholarship is awarded on the basis of demonstrated exceptional academic ability and financial need. Recipients must be full-time students pursuing a degree in Information Technology and member of an AITP Student Chapter.

The recipients of the 2010-2011 William R. Reaugh Memorial Scholarship are:

Michelle Benz: Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI Donna Tedford: ITT Technical Institute, San Antonio, TX

Congratulations to Michelle and Donna for their achievements!

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Veterans for Veterans Club Update The new veterans club at FVTC is called Veterans for Veterans, (V4V, for short). The club had its organizational meeting in April, with several veterans and non-veterans attending the meeting.

After an enthusiastic start, attendance at meetings dwindled over the summer. That is something that was expected, with expectations of continued interest as school began again.

With the new Fall term beginning, the group set about to organize itself. Elections were held, and a Plan of Action was drafted. The group’s adviser is Bruce Rathe, a counselor in Educational Support Services.

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Rathe had been wondering for a while why there was no visible show of any type of veterans social group or club. With the help of several staff, he was able to get a meeting scheduled to see if there was enough interest in getting a veterans group going. Although the road has been a rocky road some of the way, he stayed the course and continued to show his faith and support in the vets. The group wants to thank Bruce for all his efforts to get the club going and to keep it going.

The Plan of Action that was drafted and submitted to Student Government Association. It includes a goal of developing leadership skills in the club officers, community involvement, communication and cooperation with veterans groups at other area colleges, and attempting to create a distinct and visible role in the life of the college. The group has indicated that, as a community service project, they would like to have a Spring Campus Cleanup Day. They intend to pick up garbage and other debris that accumulates and hides under snow piles all winter long. The tentative date for that project is set for April 26, 2011.

There have been contacts made with the veterans groups of some of the area colleges. Over time, the group hopes to be able to reach out and work with veterans groups of Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland, WI, Moraine Park TC, Fond du Lac, NWTC, Green Bay, UW Fox Valley, Appleton, and UWGB, Green Bay. They will also look into the private colleges in the area to see if they have any veteran groups active on their campuses.

Vicky Barke offered the Student Life Conference Room, as a place where veterans could meet and call their own. Room E-127D is open most Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 12:30 to 1:30, at least for the Fall Term for veterans. Those hours may change for the Spring Term. The purpose of this “private” room and “private”

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time, is so veterans can go to the room and have quiet conversation with other veterans – their own peers.

Most of you may have noticed that there was a lot of activity at school surrounding “Veterans Week”. Vicky Barke wondered why we should celebrate Veterans Day on November 11 only. She thought, “Why not a Veterans Week?” Shannon Gerke Corrigan, of Student Life, along with Vicky Barke, Rayon Brown and the rest of the gang down in Student Life worked hard to put on a Veterans Luncheon. The veterans were very appreciative of this, since veterans are not always shown the appreciation people may really have for them. That day the veterans who attended the luncheon ate free, while any non-veteran attending paid $5.00 for a meal. It was a good deal for everyone who attended. Veterans and nonveterans sat together at tables, interacting and trying to give the non-veterans an idea of what life in the military may have been like.

There were also speakers who were scheduled in to speak on veteran related topics that week. V4V wanted to make sure that their appreciation was expressed to Vicky and her group who worked so hard to show their appreciation for FVTC’s veteran population.

The veterans group has decided not to have traditional dues, but, rather, to ask a one-time $15 “ownership” surcharge of its members.

The thought behind that was that if veterans know that they have a share of “ownership” of the club, they may be more likely to join the club and more likely to participate in club activities and/ or leadership positions.

With the $15 surcharge comes a laminated card, something to show “proof of ownership”, and a V4V T-shirt. The T-shirts are scheduled to arrive soon. At that time the group hopes to show their presence on campus by wearing the shirts.

“these veterans have selflessly given of themselves so we may all enjoy the precious freedoms we have today.”

The group is currently working on plans for some sort of mid-winter activity or two. Activities being considered have been a family sledding day, and a family bowling party. They are also looking into the possibility of a Lambeau Field tour, and more.

The vets are looking into fundraising opportunities, since, as a new group, the treasury is extremely low. We encourage all students to support the fundraising activities of this group once they begin. Remember, these veterans have selflessly given of themselves so we may all enjoy the precious freedoms we have today.

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Brigadier General William (Billy) M. Mitchell

By Rich Ross

William (Billy) Mitchell was born in Nice, France, on December 29, 1879 to a wealthy U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and his wife. He grew up in Milwaukee and attended Racine College and Columbian University (now named The George Washington University) in Washington, D.C. Before he graduated, he enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin Infantry in 1899 to fight in the Spanish American War as a private.

Largely due to his father’s influence among politicians and military brass in Washington, Mitchell was commissioned an officer in short order. However, the war had ended before he got into the fighting.

Mitchell stayed in the army, serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, serving in Cuba and the Philippines during the Philippine Insurrection. He distinguished himself when he was sent to Alaska in 1901, by successfully laying a telegraph line through some of the most remote parts of the Alaskan wilderness.

While in Alaska he became interested in Otto Lilienthal’s glider experiments. In 1906, having learned much from the studies of gliders and aircraft, Mitchell wrote an article predicting that wars of the future would be fought in the air and under the sea. Critics and colleagues alike found this prediction foolish and unfounded. But Mitchell knew better.

Mitchell finished up his college studies by attending the Army Staff College. Soon after finishing college, Mitchell became the first Army Signal Corps officer on the Army General Staff.

Mitchell became very familiar with army aviation at this point, since the Aviation branch of the army was a part of the Signal Corps. He became deputy commander of the aviation section in 1916. At age 38 he took private flying lessons.

With war imminent, Mitchell was sent to France to study the production of military aircraft. By the time he arrived in France, the U.S. had declared war on Germany, in April, 1917.

In his duties, Mitchell met with many Allied air commanders. Sir Hugh Trenchard of the Royal Air Force (Great Britain) had the greatest impact on him. Just like Mitchell himself, Trenchard was an advocate of air power as an offensive weapon.

With World War I in full swing, Mitchell was promoted to Brigadier General and put in charge of all American aerial combat units in France. This was the perfect opportunity for Mitchell to try out some of Sir Trenchard’s ideas. Gen. Mitchell put those ideas into

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practice during the battle of St. Mihiel, in September, 1918.

Mitchell’s 1,481 American and Allied airplanes, won complete air superiority, while devastating German ground forces.

Despite winning the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal and several foreign decorations, he had alienated his superiors, largely due to his unwillingness to work within the chain of command. Some even accused him of using “brash” methods. Purely and simply put, the army brass was not used to younger up and coming officers who were not afraid of telling them the way it is.

General Mitchell’s “brash” methods ended up costing him.

He had expected, after his superior performance in WW I, a command of his own. He was, however, assigned as deputy chief of the Army Air Service, serving under Major General Charles Menoher. Not planning on changing his ways, Gen. Billy Mitchell advocated the creation of an air force, independent of the army – a military branch of its own.

He further promoted the Army Air Service being involved in border patrol, forest fire patrols, aerial mapping missions and other activities that could demonstrate the value of aviation to his superiors. Still, few acknowledged his efforts. When the changes that he sought for the air service were slow in coming or not coming at all, Gen. Mitchell became vocal. He publicly attacked his superiors in the Army and in the Navy. He even voiced his discontent with the White House.

Eventually Mitchell’s vocalizations brought about the “airplane versus battleship” tests. Mitchell commanded a force of Martin MB-2 bombers who proved that naval vessels are vulnerable to air attack by sinking the German battleship Ostfriesland. After the 2 years of tests were completed, Mitchell was assigned to

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make an inspection tour of the Pacific and the Far East. Based upon what he observed, he made a prediction far ahead of its time. In 1924 he predicted that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor on a Sunday morning. Mitchell also predicted that the Philippines would be attacked around the same time that Pearl Harbor. In fact, he went so far as to predict that Pearl Harbor would be attacked at 7:30 a.m. and Clark Field in the Philippines would be attacked at 10:40 am (This is horrifyingly spooky, that a man could predict, with such accuracy, events that would take place 17 years later. Pearl Harbor was attacked at 7:55 a.m. Clark Field was attacked hours later.).

accept the punishment handed down to him, he resigned his commission and retired from military service. As a private citizen he continued his efforts to create an independent air force.

Upon his return to the U.S. Gen. Billy Mitchell was demoted to colonel, not given a command and assigned to serve at a remote post in Texas. Mitchell, though, refused to stay quiet. In 1926 the U.S. Navy ship USS Shenandoah crashed in a violent storm. Colonel Mitchell unleashed a barrage of accusations, accusing Army and Navy leadership of incompetence and “almost treasonable administration of the national defense”.

During the late depression years (from 1938 to July, 1940), a new two-story terminal building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In 1941, the name of the Milwaukee County Airport was changed to “General Mitchell Field” after Milwaukee’s military advocate, Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell. Even if the military leadership of the days of Billy Mitchell’s service could not or would not see his brilliance as a military tactician, Milwaukee County could see it and was proud of their hometown boy.

That brought court martial proceedings against Mitchell.

He was convicted of insubordination, and was suspended from military service without pay for five years. Rather than

On Feb. 19, 1936, William (Billy) Mitchell died as a result of heart problems and influenza.

In 1946, a special Congressional Medal of Honor, in recognition for his “outstanding pioneer service and foresight” was posthumously awarded to Mitchell. This seems a small consolation for a man who thought so far beyond his time.

General Billy Mitchell Field handles nearly one million passengers each month.

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The Van Wilder Effect!

By Dan Fisher

For those of you that have no idea who Van Wilder is let me take the time to tell you. There is a movie that came out a few years ago called Van Wilder. The movie is about a college student that spends his seven years in college throwing parties and helping those that really need the help. It is only when he meets a girl, and she showed him what Van was afraid of: facing the real world after college. It wasn’t until Van almost got suspended that he realized that he was still afraid of the real world - but he also knew that he wanted to graduate. When Van was in front of the disciplinary committee he was facing expulsion, but instead came up with the idea of the committee forcing him to graduate, and by majority rules he was given the opportunity to take his finals and graduate. Even though it was his idea, Van passed all of his finals and graduated with the one girl who made him finally realize this was what he really wanted.

You may be asking why am I talking about this movie. The simple reason that I am quoting this movie is because I have found out in life that we have all met our own “Van Wilder”. You all have that friend, relative, or teacher in your lives that has inspired you to achieve your goals and help you through the bad times in life. I am sure that when it comes to having that someone in your life it has been a blessing and a curse. What I mean is that “Van Wilder” person is there through the good and the bad, but may have also been the person that has been responsible for it too.

“inspired you to achieve your goals”

For me, I have a friend that is my “Van Wilder”, and his name is Derek. Derek has always been the one person that has been there for me as a friend. We have had ups and downs in our friendship. Derek is the type of person that will take what you say and keep it between the two of you. He is also the type of person that will make your life miserable with his bad jokes and stupid antics. I guess it doesn’t matter what happens between us; he still makes life very interesting and a whole lot of fun. He has been the one person that truly been behind me when it came to my decision to go back to school.

There is one thing that I want you to do. I want you to look at yourself and think of the one person that has made the biggest impact in your life. That person was put into your life for a reason. So don’t let life get you down because that person in your life will make sure you will get back up to your feet again. Who is your “Van Wilder”? As Van would say, “You have to look for that dare to be great situation”. So how will you dare to be great, and how did that person help you get there?

One last thing to think about - that person that has inspired you, who has helped you out throughout life... Now it is you turn to help inspire the uninspired and help them out in life. “WRITE THAT DOWN”.

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Early Childhood Education Club Update The Early Childhood Education Club is well under way this semester. This last month we volunteered at the Harbor House. We went on a Saturday morning and were there for a couple hours. There was a winter theme, which included play-dough with cookie cutouts, bead making, and other fun activities.

All the children and mothers really enjoyed the play-dough and other activities. It is always a fun event when we go and volunteer there. The children were sad to see us leave, and asked when we would be coming back.

Our next project is supporting a local breast cancer patient; we are bringing her a decorated Christmas tree - all in pink decorations.

The Early Childhood Education Club is preparing more activities after we return from winter break. We hope everyone had a great holiday and has great spring semester!

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Behind the Times This month: Jim Whaley

Fox Times: How did you get started working with the Fox Times?

Jim: I found out that the Fox Times was entirely student-run and would accept contributions from any student (many schools require you to be a Journalism / Communications major). It looked like a great chance to get some practice writing articles as well as a little local exposure.

Fox Times: Why do you want to work with the paper?

Jim: There are a lot of outlets out there if you are only interested in a monologue… you can have your own blog, make a bunch of videos on YouTube, and so on – but so much of that type of thing is just one person having their own rant of the day. On the other hand, making each edition of the paper is a collaborative effort, and I think each person really benefits from the input from the rest of the group. You also get a lot of opportunities to go outside your comfort zone and write about things that you might not attempt to do on your own initiative.

Fox Times: What are your responsibilities at the Fox Times?

Jim: As “Feature Editor”, I get to work with a wide variety of topics – essentially anything that isn’t specifically news. I also get involved with a lot of promotional things like contests, logos, flyers for the bulletin boards, and so on. Typically we’ll have our handful of lead stories pretty well covered but need to round things out to get a “whole” issue together. I love it when people take the time to comment on things that they particularly like or dislike in an issue, because we can keep tweaking our content to be more interesting and relevant.

Fox Times: How does working on the Fox Times help you as a student/person?

Jim: As a student? Any extra polish on English composition and grammar is a big plus when doing academic papers.

And later on, getting into business environments, it is great having teamwork experience (and a little practice dealing with deadlines). As a person? Probably the biggest benefit is being able to think more creatively and learn from others on the team. I would definitely recommend the experience to anyone considering it!�

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Perfection

By Jacob Lint

Humans constantly desire perfection, but the closer we come to perfection, the more unsatisfied we become. We are not meant to gain perfection, only to strive towards becoming something greater than we are. If perfection existed in this world, people would detest it. Why? Because if it is perfect, then there is no room for improvement, no way to make it greater - therefore perfection is undesirable, yet many people still desire it.

To be perfect, something has to be without fault or defect. The irony is that something without fault or defect has those qualities for the very reason that it is without them. If something has no flaws then ironically its flaw is the fact that it has none. Without a flaw, there is no way to improve it - and therefore there is no way to be creative, inventive, or spontaneous. In short, there is no way to remove all negative things without removing a great deal of the positive things, and that in itself is adding a new negative thing.

FVTC Health Services Room A164 – Appleton Campus

Hours:

Monday – Thursday 8:00 – 4:00 PM (closed 12:30 – 1:15) Friday 8:00 – 2:00 PM Nurse’s hours: Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning

Web page: http://www.fvtc.edu/healthservices

FVTC Health Services provides:  Assistance to students who need medical care from a doctor or other community agency  First aid care  Treatment for minor illness and injury  Flu shot clinic in the fall (fee is charged)  Immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), tetanus, hepatitis A and B are available to students  Tuberculin skin test (Mantoux) for student who need it for school  Over the counter medication for cold, allergy, headache or other pain, upset stomach, diarrhea, cough, and menstrual cramps  A place to rest if you become ill  A private room for mom to pump breast milk or nurse A nurse is on the Appleton campus for patient care several hours a week. Appointments are encouraged. We do not have prescription medication but the nurse can refer you for doctors’ care if needed.

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Natural Resources Club is Hosting a Ice Fisheree!!!

When: Saturday, January 22nd Hours: 8 am to 3 pm Location: Ponds behind Stone Yard and Players Choice on County JJ Admission: $5.00 Admission includes: Entry into fishery and entry for possible door prizes

Fish categories: 1. Northern Pike 2. Walleye 3. Pan fish (includes Blue gill, Perch, and Crappie)

Rules:

Open to the public Tickets available on site Prizes to be determined Top three fish in each category will be awarded prizes based on length Ties will be settled by drawing names Must sign liability waiver when purchasing admission ticket

Directions: Hwy 41 to N Ballard Road, North on Ballard to Edgewood Drive (County JJ), Go east on Edgewood 1-2 miles to location on south side.

Alternate date: January 29th

Hope to see you there!

Coming in February Celebrate Black History Month Watch for Details Coming to You Soon Chance to Win Prizes and Learn Something New!

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Did you know?

New Year’s Eve Fun Facts

By Chelsea Gerow Starting around the year 2000 B.C., the Babylonians observed the beginning of spring as the start of a new year

Did you know?

❆ Julius Caesar created the New Year who did so when he created the Julian calendar

❆ Sydney, Australia leads the world in one of the first major New Year celebrations each year

❆ The most popular resolutions in the US include:

to quit tobacco smoking, stop excessive drinking of alcohol, lose weight, get physically fit, and save money

❆ The first New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square, NY was in 1907

❆ Stats of the first New York ball that is dropped in

Times Square: 700 pounds; 5 feet in diameter. The ball was made from wood and iron

❆ The modern ball that is dropped is made from

Waterford Crystal and weighs over 1,000 pounds.

There are over 9,000 LED lights, but it uses hardly any energy. The ball begins to drop at 11:59 and completes the journey exactly at midnight to ring in the New Year.

❆ The ball was not lowered in 1942 and 1943 due to wartime restrictions

❆ On New Year’s Eve, about 75% of American parties are with 20 people or less

Fox Times is looking for

photographers willing to take random pictures, attend sport events, and attend school events - email foxtimes@fvtc.edu if interested!

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Cheers

Jeers

Cheers to the custodial staff in the “A” building. The floors are always mopped/ swept and clean

Cheers to the ladies in the cafeteria. They always make sure there are cups for

our coffee and soft drinks. They also make sure the coolers and the rack of chips, etc. are always stocked up

Cheers to the men’s basketball team for giving a report at the SGA meeting and also for playing so hard at the game against their rivals – UW Fox Valley

Jeers to the people who continue to park in the lots by “driving through” so they have an easier time driving out - where are the student “traffic cops” to write out some tickets?

Jeers to the people who chew gum then spit it on the sidewalk or in the parking

lot, leaving it there for others to step on

Jeers to the slobs who feel a need to dispose of their paper hand towels in the

urinals in the men’s restrooms - All they are doing is showing their disregard for fellow students as well as the custodial staff

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

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E g x n i e C s a n rci s s i u alty Tra a se

By Carmen Johnson

In November, the Citizens Emer-

gency Response Team (CERT) participated in a mass casualty exercise for the Appleton and Grand Chute fire departments. Gold Cross Ambulance and the Police were also involved with the exercise. The scenario involved a valley transit bus and a dump truck colliding in traffic. The mock accident took place in a construction zone the bus route traveled through. The dump truck driver was in a hurry to get back in the area but he misjudged the opening between vehicles and crashed into the bus. The would-be driver of the bus died at the scene, along with another passenger. The other passengers survived the accident, but many were ‘injured’.

There were about 26 people from different agencies participating in the exercise. CERT used 2 manikins in place of the two people who didn’t survive the accident.

The exercise was meant as a training tool for the emergency response people. It gives the agencies involved an idea of what would need to be done if there was a real accident like this one in the Fox Valley Area. It also helps the individuals involved learn what to expect in a crisis situation.

Agencies did a realistic job on rescuing people and working out what was needed to make the situation less stressful for the victims involved in something like this too.

I would hope that nothing like this would happen in real life, but if it does I am glad that the ambulances, fire, police departments have had a chance to learn what to do in this kind of situation so they are prepared just in case.

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REGISTER TO WIN the 2010-2011 Basketball Drawing STUDENT ID REQUIRED 1st Prize– Ipod Touch 2nd Prize- $50 gas card 3rd Prize– Foxes Apparel The drawing will be held at the last home game on February 12th