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Tuesday July 29, 2014

Volume 27, Issue 7

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BIKE MS

MATH 121

HOT HEADLINES

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FINDING A TREATMENT AND A CURE WITH THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY Written by Koa Avery

Photo by Jenny Stagg

Front Range Community College, Westminster, set the stage June 28-29 as both the start and finish line for the Colorado-Wyoming chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s 29th annual Newmont Bike MS presented

by Point B. Over 3,000 cyclists departed from the campus; embarking on a two day ride that traverses Colorado’s front range mountains and the network of sleepy towns dotting the landscape. There was an array of course options to choose from for the journey ranging from a “134-mile express route to a 177-mile century route,” according to the event flier.

Beginning at FRCC Westminster on Saturday participants finished their day in Fort Collins at Colorado State University, spending the night there before returning to Westminster on Sunday.

This year’s Bike MS saw more than 230 teams and over 3,000 riders participating in the ride with a goal of raising $3.8 million and expanding the awareness of multiple sclerosis.

Carrie Nolan, coming up on eight years as the Colorado-Wyoming chapter president, emphasized the community and the people involved when asked what she was most proud of during her tenure. “We are an organization where people are engaged. People with MS, people affected, we’ve really created a strong MS community.” One of those

committed to the cause is the title sponsor of Bike MS, Newmont Mining, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Donating to the event for the first time five years ago at the behest of their employees, Newmont Mining became the title sponsor of the event just two years later. With such community strength behind the organization, “We have created collaborations and community partnerships and we have relevant programs and resources that have grown significantly in the past seven to eight years. That helps people be more proactive in their MS,” Nolan added enthusiastically.

While money is necessary to fund research, awareness is just as critical to the mission.

The teams on the course were comprised not only of individual and corporate sponsors, but also such organizations as the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and I Ride With MS, a team consisting of riders currently living with MS as the name would suggest. “ A lot of people have a myth or fear that the diagnosis of MS comes with a major disability.

It is sometimes surprising to see someone with MS ride 150 miles and pass them on

the road. It allows us a platform to connect people with the understanding of MS,” Nolan added.

Afflicting between 2 and 2.5 million people worldwide, multiple sclerosis, according to the National MS Society, is an immune-mediated disease that causes demyelination in the brain and spinal cord by attacking the insulating sheath surrounding a nerve (myelin) and the underlying nerve cells directly. In essence, the brain’s wiring gets broken down by the body’s own protection system and becomes faulty. Incredibly, the range of signs and symptoms span virtually every aspect of human behavior, depending on the area of the brain affected, the most common being autonomic, visual, motor, and sensory. Currently there is no cure.

The National MS Society seeks to change all that with a vision both grand in scope yet tightly focused: A world free of MS. And their mission?

“We mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.” Founded in 1946

by Sylvia Lawry as the Association for Advancement of Research in Multiple Sclerosis, today the Society is federated into 40 chapters covering all 50 states for domestic purposes, and has in total invested $820 million in

research resulting in 13 therapies for the treatment and management of MS that didn’t exist a short 20 years ago, according to their site. Additionally, in 1967, Lawry went on to found the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation that today has 43 societies around the globe.

Not only does the Newmont Bike MS support such an ambitious goal nationally, but it has also become well known locally for its superb management according to Nolan, “We have been told this is the best supported bike ride in Colorado. We are proud when people say, ‘I have done a lot of bike rides here in Colorado, and this is the best organized and best supported ride.’” With such respect also comes results. Other chapters across the country have MS rides, yet “ColoradoWyoming is the third highest producing bike ride. The networking of this event is remarkable. Last year we had 31,000 donors, who made 33,000 donations. That’s engagement.”

With such community support and energizing leadership it’s no wonder the Newmont Bike MS continues as a highly respected link between those affected by multiple sclerosis, and those in a position to further the movement towards improving its care and finding a cure.

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SOLUTIONS FOR MATH 121, SUMMER HELP IS AVAILABLE! Written by Koa Avery Summer school is not for the feint of heart. Taking what is normally a 15 week class and condensing it to 10 weeks is a test of one’s patience and persistence; for both students and instructors alike. Classes can vary widely on the level of detail that is generally required as courses such as history might lend itself more towards a traditional lecture model while math demands daily work with the conceptual underpinnings of the material. Ensuring all of the commitments and requirements are met can be a challenge for fall and spring semester classes let alone the quick pace of summer. Math 121, college algebra, is one of those classes that requires a great deal from its students. And as the largest enrollment of any individual math class it is incredibly important students receive all the help they need.

Described officially on the FRCC website as, “A brief review of intermediate algebra, equations and inequalities, functions and their graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions, linear and non-linear systems, selection of topics from among graphing of the conic sections, introduction to sequences and series permutations and combinations, the binomial theorem and theory of equations,” it’s no surprise that Math 121 can be challenging and even daunting just to sign up for. There is a large amount of information that must be mastered across a range of

topics. Not only is it required to grasp the concepts but also the mechanical aspects of applying those concepts to a sometimes dizzying array of homework, quiz, and test problems.

Staying on top of the coursework is critical.

Sometimes though, stuff just happens. Life gets in the way, or we need a break and put aside our books for longer than we should. If you’re looking over the Math 121 work ahead of you, or maybe a quiz or a test you’ve already taken, and you’re thinking a little help would go a long way to bolstering your capability with the material and ultimately your grade, you’ve come to the right place. There is help available.

Monica Geist, , Mathematics Faculty, oversees the Math 121 classes including the tutoring that is available, and the tutors themselves, fellow FRCC students Weston Engelstad and Dusty Rhodes. The program in place though isn’t traditional tutoring. The format is designed to first get the attending students working together, to learn how to collaborate with each other.

“Here’s the idea behind it. It’s not just walk in tutoring. You’re going to come in and you’re going to learn how to work together. The skill that we’re trying to get at is studying in a group so that later on in the rest of your classes you’ll learn how to study together because that’s really the skill that will get you through college.

That’s really what the tutors do,” Geist

replied when asked to describe the program. That’s not your traditional tutoring in the sense of replicating additional class time. Geist added, “The tutor is there in case [the students are] just really stuck. The idea is two heads are better than one.

That’s what we’re trying to do.”

Working with a grant from FRCC’s Student Learning Committee, a college wide task force that provides funding for innovative projects, Geist and the Math department departed from the traditional model and with the redesigned approach had early success in helping students. Geist elaborated, “This is our second semester of doing this. We did it in the spring. We got really good feedback and it was successful.

We got good feedback from the students, the instructors loved that they could send their students there, and the tutors thought it was really successful.”

If you’re looking to boost your understanding for Math 121 this semester, and also looking to strengthen your collaborative study skills for the future of your college career, this is where to start. Good luck!

Tuesdays: June 10-July 29, 2014 12 noon-2p, Room B1203 Tutor, Weston Engelstad Wednesdays: June 11-July 30, 2014 10a-12 noon, Room B1203 Tutor, Dusty Rhodes After deciding on the time that fits your schedule, sign up online for available time slots at: https://www.volunteersignup.org/ JY74P

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If you need to alter your time, or remove yourself entirely, please email the appropriate tutor.

Tuesdays: wengelstad@student. cccs.edu Wednesdays: dustin.rhodes@ymail. com

Written by Koa Avery Benghazi, Libya: U.S. forces, in coordination with the FBI, captured Libyan militia leader Ahmed abu Khattalah, a key suspect in the 2012 bombing of the American embassy that left U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens dead.

Ukraine: Igor Kornelyuk, a reporter with Russia’s state-run VGTRK, was killed near the eastern city of Luhansk while covering current affairs in the crisis gripped country.

Pakistan: Continuing to crack down on opposition forces, the Pakistani army has recently killed more than 200 militants in North Waziristan with airstrikes and ground assaults.

London: As tensions ease Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced plans to reopen the country’s embassy in Tehran, Iran, which closed in 2011 following an attack by protestors.

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Following a large rally by the Bodu Bala Sena, mobs of followers ravaged Muslim areas of Sri Lanka, killing at least three and wounding another 52.

Pilger, Nebraska: The small town of 350 witnessed a rarity as twin tornados simultaneously ripped through the town’s business district, demolished the fire station, ground 45 homes into rubble, killed two, and left another 16 injured.

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Important Dates

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