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Aerial view of the zone change of the Education Corridor. Courtesy of the Coeur d’Alene City Council Staff Report
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ZC-4-11 FEBRUARY 7, 2012 zone change approval PAGE 1 Education Corridor takes another progressive step
Tala Wood scape architect representing NIC, the zone News Editor change allows NIC to get the unlimited
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The NIC Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), in coordination with the NIC Cultural Diversity Committee, is now offering an LGBT Speaker’s Bureau. The panel will include three to four panelists and a moderator. After being briefly introduced, each panelist will take a few moments to share a portion of their story with the audience. After this will follow a question-and-answer period, in which the panel will answer questions asked by the audience and prepared questions from instructors or advisers. The panelists will all have received prior training, and each time are specially selected to represent the different demographics of the LGBT community, as well as to be tailored to the given audience and purpose of the panel. For example, if the panelists are meeting in the residence hall, they might share stories pertaining to campus life, or if meeting a parents group, they might relate stories about how their lifestyle or identity might have affected their family. According to Jon Downing, faculty coadviser for the GSA, the purpose of the program is to allow members of the LGBT community and their straight allies to have a platform to discuss issues, educate and share stories with students, faculty and community members, as well as to break down myths and stereotypes. “Having met even just one gay person or one transgender person in their life opens up the thought process for a lot of people, because most people’s own personal prohibitions or their own barriers to grasping the knowledge or wanting to grasp the knowledge, is that they haven’t met anybody who height value of C-17, but the PUD limits it T he Coeur d’Alene City Council approved a zoning change that will allow NIC to construct the new buildings for the Education Corridor. and creates the parameters “by which we might develop a parking garage down the road, 40, 50 years.” City Council members Steve Adams and Dan Gookin voted against the measure. The quasi-judicial public hearing ZC-4- Gookin, who lives in the Fort Grounds 11 was held during the neighborhood, expressed regular city council meeting on Feb. 7 in community room of the Coeur A Closer Look concerns about shoreline regulations. He also objected to the effect the planned d’Alene public librar y. parking garage might have T h e z o n e w a s changed to C-17, which The Education Corridor on the view of the lake from the houses in the neighborallows the land to have commercial, residential and civic uses, as well is a joint campus for NIC, the University of hood on Military Drive. Mueller said that of the approximately 15 homes as light manufacturing. Idaho and Lewis and that might be affected, NIC The approximately seven acres of land were previously zoned as only Clark State College. The 17-acre tract was the site owns six or seven of them. Adams said he opposed the request because he felt light manufacturing and of the old DeArmond he was denied his constituCommercial-17 Light. The Planned Unit Development (PUD) Mill before the NIC Foundation purchased it tional right to approve the funding of the Education Corridor project through puts regulations on the in 2008 for $10 million. voting. otherwise very loosely City Attorney Michael restricted C-17 zone. Gridley said there has been Dave Yadon, the no violation of the Idaho planning department diConstitution, and that the rector, likened C-17 to a “big block of clay.” project does not have to be voter-approved. “It [PUD] takes that block of clay and He called Adams’ statement “inaccurate and starts chipping away at it,” Yadon said. “It misleading.” confines their [NIC’s] development into a Now that the zoning change has been very specific plan.” approved, NIC has a year to finalize their According to John Mueller, the landplans for the Planned Unit Development.
Sarah Munds Assistant News Editor
NIC hosted its annual FAFSA completion day event Feb. 4. These events, funded by the state’s Department of Education, provide assistance for students looking to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The Department of Education funds the FAFSA completion event every year for those interested in applying for federal financial aid. This year, events were held at the NIC Flex Learning Center, Sandpoint High School and Coeur d’Alene High School. Two more FAFSA completion days are scheduled. Lakeland High School is hosting its own Feb. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. while Kellogg High School’s is planned Feb. 28 at 6 to 8 p.m. as well. “Sometimes a student might have questions, and this allows people to fill out the FAFSA with someone from financial aid,” said Marissa Struck, an NIC financial aid technician. Those who attended NIC’s own FAFSA completion day received free pizza and a new jump drive after completing their FAFSA. “Students from any school can come to the workshop,” Struck said. “It’s a good opportunity for students who may not have access to a computer.” The FAFSA must be completed by June 1 for the 2012-2013 school year. “[FAFSA Completion Day] gives new opportunity to make sure that students know that Idaho supports them going to school,” Struck said. NIC’s individual school code is 001623 for those who have yet to fill their FAFSA out. For those who are interested in the Idaho Opportunity Grant, the deadline is moved up to March 1. Students that are currently enrolled in any Idaho college or university and making satisfactory academic progress according to their school may apply.
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Theater opens new show
The NIC theater department is presenting “Third” by Wendy Wasserstein. The play is at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-18 and 23-25. The production is in the Schuler Performing Arts Center and admission is free. Seating is limited. The play is recommended for mature audiences for strong language use.
Author reads excerpts
Renee D’Aoust, an NIC English instructor and author of “Body of a Dancer,” will read excerpts from her book noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Writing Center in the Lee-Kildow Hall Annex. The book is a memoir of interlacing essays that explore the world of modern Corner Gallery. The gallery is open 10
dance in New York City. The reading is free and open to the public. There will also be time for a question and answer period.
Campus to be closed
NIC will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20, for President’s Day.
Flu vaccines available
For Employee Development Day, only classes that meet at 4 p.m. or later are in session on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Cardinal Connections
Cardinal Connections is looking for volunteers to share their creativity in talks of no longer than 12 minutes. It may explore any application of creativity, including art, music, science or industry. The speeches may be presented live or by video in the “Spark Lounge” in the SUB Activities Center March 12 tact Jamie Green at Ext. 5906 or jlgreen@nic.edu.
Annual ASNIC club fair
The ASNIC Club Fair meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. in the SUB plaza.
Faculty Artwork Exhibit
NIC faculty will have the chance to show their original works of art during the Faculty Artwork Exhibit Feb. 13 through March 23 in the Boswell Hall a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Day classes cancelled
the second floor of the SUB, is offering flu vaccines. Call Ext. 7818 to make an appointment.
NIC Gay-Straight Alliance to hold speaker’s bureau Trained panel prepares for question, answer sessions to further LGBT education, exposure at NIC
Student Health Services, located on is LGBT,” Downing said. Although Downing said he has met no The panel isn’t just for the LGBT comresistance from administrators, he noted munity however, Downing said. He would that the process of preparing the panel is like anyone that feels like they belong in a not entirely smooth, as they had to find a “non-normative” group or identity to come sensitive way to address hot topics such forward and volunteer. as sex, where frank discussion could of“I advertised this to the Gay-Straight Alfend some. Another issue, particularly with liance; they are the ones that are supplying NIC’s dual-enrollment programs, might be the majority of the panelists, but the panel is parents’ objection to minors being part of literally open to anybody,” Downing said. “I the audience, as well as a potential legal hope it’s not just seen as the GSA’s putting problem with the state. it on, because it’s not just limited to the GSA One way the panel will deal with heated members, it’s for anyone on campus.” issues, particularly religion, will be by havAn issue the panels will address is the ing a moderator to help diffuse any problem correct terminology to use when addresssituations that might arise during the quesing members of the tion and answer portion of the program. LGBT community. According to Downing, “My panelists know that “If the discussion turns to somethe panel might discuss whether terms such as “queer” are by being on this panel it definitely puts them in the thing like, ‘Well the Bible says this…,’ [the moderator still inappropriate. eye of the public, and that will say] ‘Okay, “Queer used to be a derogator y term; now it’s reclaimed, is something they’re aware of, something we’ve talked hold on, we’re not here to debate religion,’” Downing at least among the y o u n g p e o p l e , ” D o w n i n g s a i d . about and they understand the danger involved.” said. However, Downing says the Another explanasubject of religion tion might involve is not totally offthe gender-neutral JON DOWNING limits. Questions “hir” that is someFaculty Co-Adviser for the GSA asking panelists t i m e s e m p l o y e d . how they came to “There might be terms with their questions like ‘How do you want to be identity in terms of religion or philosophy asked about your identity?’ or ‘Is it OK if are considered acceptable. I use this and that word,’” Downing said. The moderator, who will be chosen by Clarifying terminology is just one way the panel members, will be someone exDowning said he hoped the panel will be perienced in dealing with panel programs, used. He said the goal is for it to be a referwho has been through the process several ence tool that can fill in the gaps of knowltimes. Another qualification for a moderator edge that professors and instructors don’t is being familiar with the LGBT community, have, and a way for LGBT youth to break and is comfortable with the accepted termidown barriers and share with their comnology. munity. Even with a moderator to control heated
exchanges, there remains risks for the participants in the panel. “As part of the panelists’ training, we go over safety. At my experience at WSU, we had a couple of panelists who were recognized after hours in one of the parking structures there and they had to be hospitalized because of physical injuries sustained from the beating,” Downing said. Another challenge panelists might face could be their own potential anxieties at having to be the center of attention, compounded by the pressures of being, what is essentially, an ambassador of their specific community. According to Downing, panelists sharing their story, then having audience members pick it apart with questions can cause them to feel scrutinized. Downing might be the best person to be able to understand all this himself, having served LGBT Speaker’s Bureaus at both the University of Idaho and Washington State University. “You don’t have to agree with us, but as human beings, we need to respect each other, and that respect means being able to talk to someone, to be able to tolerate someone,” Downing said. “By feeding people the information we plan to give them, a growth tolerance is what I’m hoping for. The verbal threats, the physical threats, I think those will definitely be impacted by this program.” Downing said panelists were trained at the end of last semester, and he’s already been contacted by several enthusiastic faculty members that want to host the panel in their class, although no exact dates have been set up yet. For more information, or if you are interested in inviting the panel to your classroom or training event, please contact the NIC Gay-Straight Alliance advisers Jon Downing at Ext. 7149 or jadowning@nic. edu or Linda Michal at Ext. 3374 or ljmichal@nic.edu.
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Tobacco problems still
Stubborn students continue to smoke on campus
ill that be smoking or non? Most smokers are considerate and polite with their habit. Most I know even wish they could get rid of it. But there are those around campus who feel that their rights are being trampled by the Tobacco-Free decision. Bollocks and poppycock. Cancer is one of the scariest words a family can hear. Sadness and pain usually follow the news. I’ve lost family too it, have some struggling through it now, and even have young friends who have been diagnosed. We are always hearing talk about looking for a cure. Yet something KNOWN to cause cancer is sold daily at every gas station, Quick Stop and grocery store nationwide. Why? To “calm the nerves” to “relax,” to “insert BS reason here.” Rationalizing only makes you feel better about a bad decision, it doesn’t stop the consequences. I understand smoking’s an addiction and that some people truly enjoy it, or feel like they need it; evidence that proves smokers enfine, but on your own time, on danger all who inhale secondhand your own turf, not on smoke. As someone alpublicly shared areas. lergic to the smoke, it I could rattle off a becomes less of an “irbunch of boring numritant” as it’s often downbers most of you would played and more of a seignore, already know, or rious thing. I get strong both. Those who defend coughing fits and exthe habit on campus treme headaches which might say “My (family directly affect my ability member) smoked for to learn when I have to (xx) years and lived to (xx) years old. That’s fine and dandy, that’s Jantzen Hunsaker Staff Contributor walk to class through the clouds of smoke you rebellious ones create on the exception, not the campus. rule. If exceptions were If anything then, rules, Dave Thomas would not smoking violates my rights to life, have been as popular as a highliberty and the pursuit of happischool dropout who formed the ness. Now I digress that I then take successful fast food chain Wendy’s. on the flipside of the argument, I I’m not saying you have to give simply want to prove how ridicuup the habit if you have it. But at lous the claim to “rights” is. You least respect the institutions that have a choice; I do not. Learn some prioritize my health over your self-control, get some exercise and habit. take it off campus. It is not a guideThe argument of your “rights” line to be considered. It is a rule is nil, as that covers engaging in to be followed. Deal with it or take a practice that harms no one but online classes and pollute your own yourself. There is overwhelming home.
Soccer fans just need to chill Killing each other over sports tragic, senseless, extreme
The Middle East is already it is in the United States. In fact, socchaotic. After an Egyptian cer probably ranks up there with soccer riot left 79 people religion to some fans, but I know dead, the region is just mayhem. that football is fairly popular in this The fans of Port Said’s Alcountry of ours. Masr y soccer club rushed onto I don’t think that I’ve woken up the field after their team defeated one Monday morning, picked up Cairo’s Al-Ahly club 3-1 on Feb. 1. a newspaper and read about a riot The rival fans attacked each that claimed more than 70 lives beother with chairs and cause some angry fans rocks and witnesses didn’t like the outcome of said many of the Ala football game. Masr y fans car ried Think about the NFL’s knives and sticks. Detroit Lions. That team Soccer fans around did not win a single game the world need to in 2008 and their fans did settle down when it not turn their anger into a comes to their favorviolent rampage. ite teams losing. After Not only did this all, it is just a game that, in the end, means little. The team might Garrett Cabeza Staff Contributor violence claim innocent lives, I would not be surprised if the event put an fall back a game in the end to each team’s seaconference standings, son. I know that if I lived in Cairo or but it is nothing to kill somebody. Port Said, I would not be interested To have enough anger and frusin attending any soccer games in tration left over from a soccer game the immediate future. Plus, the conto want to kill another human being dition of that particular Port Said is mind boggling. stadium has probably seen better I think it is time for Egyptian days and is not ready to host anothsoccer fans to get their priorities er soccer game anytime soon. straight. I understand that soccer is I do not think the 2014 World a much bigger game overseas than Cup looks bright for the Egyptian national soccer team either. The team has the opportunity to qualify for a berth in the World Cup, but after a disaster like this one, I wouldn’t be surprised if the committee disqualified the team immediately. Brazil, the location of the 2014 World Cup, doesn’t want hostile Egyptian fans making trouble in their beautiful country. The most tragic part about this riot is that the riot did not end in that Port Said stadium. Egyptian citizens protested the lack of security at the soccer game that turned into the riot. Egyptian police and protesters fought in Cairo, Suez and Alexandria in the following days after the initial fighting at the stadium, resulting in more deaths and injuries. What are these Egyptian protesters thinking? Security should have done a better job containing the situation like preventing the Al-Masry fans from charging the Al-Ahly fans’ stands. But destroying cities and dragging the violence out is not the answer. Protesters should mourn peacefully and put these tragic set of events behind them. After all, it’s just a game that started this mess.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Washington lawmakers motioned to approve the same-sex marriage bill last Wednesday.
For that, we commend them. It takes a lot of courage to take a stand for what’s right. It is not easy to change the way people think, but Washington is on its way.
This action speaks volumes about the times in which we live. No one can fight it; social change is all around us.
This is not simply about supporting gay and lesbian rights, or “silencing” those who think of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.
It’s about the rights of each and every person in America. It’s about ending discrimination.
All citizens of the United States have the rights to life, liberty and happiness, no matter their age, sex, creed, race or sexual orientation. Nobody should be deprived of his or her Constitutional privileges. Stand in the way of one person’s happiness and you are standing in the way of justice for all.
Our country has come leaps and bounds in the last 100 years. It wasn’t long ago that women and minorities couldn’t vote, schools were segregated by color and being gay was socially unacceptable.
These days, single women run corporations and families, gay pride is felt the world over and we have a black president.
Social change happens.
However, it doesn’t happen without a struggle. Opponents are already challenging the same-sex bill. They are gearing toward a battle that could ultimately leave the decision in the hands of voters. It is discouraging to think that this history-making bill would come so far just to get squashed, but if it is turned over to a decision at the polls, the people can let their feelings on the matter be known.
Either way, congratulations to our western neighbor for taking the brave first steps of what could be a long and difficult journey.
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What do you think will happen pertaining to the 2012 Apocalypse?
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It’s the end of the world. Do you feel fi ne?
he end of the world is coming. dried food and other self-containment Supposedly, at 11:11 p.m. Dec. items. The seeds of conspiracy are being 12, 2012, something big is going planted in our susceptible subconscious to happen. minds! Alien abductions? Religious I would like to throw out there that if rapture? Nuclear napalm? Zombie zenith? the Maya could predict the future, how Maybe it will just be another day. I’ll did they miss the extermination of their bank on that. whole race by the white man? That was The world is already full of paranoid kind of a biggie. weirdos and trigger-happy lunatics. We It’s not just the Mayan calendar that really don’t need to give them more reapoints to a cosmic shift of sorts. French sons to buy excessive amounts of ammo, prophet Michel de Nostredame, better barbed wire and duct tape. known as Nostradamus, predictThe whole 2012 pheed global destruction via killer nomenon begins with comet. He wrote, “In the sky will the ancient Mayan Long be seen a great fire dragging a Count calendar, which trail of sparks.” This comet may will supposedly reset to do a great amount of damage zero when this time oceven if it does not impact Earth. curs. What freaks people Even if it scrapes by us, it could out is the interpretation cause earthquakes which give of what the reset means. rise to volcanoes and major Hello? Does anyone reDevin Heilman tsunamis. Or it could knock an member what happened Managing Editor asteroid into Earth, causing when it became the year so much destruction that man2000? Computers glitched kind would collapse in on itself for a few minutes, Philip J. Fry fell into and enter an age of widespread war and a cryogenic freezing chamber and the chaos. world did not end. We survived. And And what if the world did end in we’re going to survive this one, too. PeoDecember? What would you do differple are just capitalizing on fear, as usual. ently? Would you spend more time with “For the ancient Maya, it was a huge your mom and dad? Would you finally celebration to make it to the end of a tell someone you care about that you whole cycle,” said Sandra Noble, execulove him/her? How about taking time off tive director of the Foundation for the work to do a few things you have always Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies wanted to do? Or would you just continue in Crystal River, Fla. Noble thinks the your daily routine as though you had fordoomsday scenario is “a complete fabriever to live? cation and a chance for a lot of people to It’s all hype. Mainstream media and cash in.” those who want to profit off the fears of True that. Just look at how certain others are generating this phenomenon stores are expanding amounts of freezeto line their pockets. People just want a
reason to party and a reason to rip you off. Last year, I attended two parties with “rapture” themes: the first one was to enjoy our last night on Earth and the second was to celebrate that we were still here. I have a feeling this year will be like a non-stop global Mardi Gras, and when the dust settles the morning of Dec. 22, we’ll all feel like fools. Ridiculousness. All this apocalyptic banter drums up images from one of my favorite genres. I’m a fan of horror/sci-fi movies and books that depict apocalyptic scenarios, like Stephen King’s “The Stand” or Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead.” But these are works of FICTION, make-believe…they’re not real. Thank goodness. Could you even imagine if society as we know it was destroyed? Would it be bleak and miserable without much hope for survival, like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road?” Or like the “Twilight Zone” episode “The Midnight Sun,” where the Earth progressed down a collision course with the sun while it’s inhabitants awaited their inevitable fate? How about ’80s cheeseball flick “Night of the Comet,” where almost everyone turns to dust while the few survivors proceed to drink Diet Pepsi and go on a shopping spree (man I wish)? It’s fairly certain that something is bound to happen on this fateful day. I have a feeling that mankind’s doings will be its own undoings. The day itself will be totally fine, but the cacophony of loonies will make it chaos for everyone. Just wait. For now, I think I’m going to stock up on batteries, canned goods and other items that may be used as currency in the not-too-distant future.
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Commemorative composition strikes positive chord with Emerson family
Our community is truly blessed to have the educational institutions we have here. The talent and capabilities of the instructors and staff are shown regularly by the quality of events and activities we have available to enjoy at affordable or often free cost to the students and public as well. Our family was able to see this first-hand at the annual North Idaho College Jazz Concert held Jan. 31 at the end of workshops for middle and high school music students from around the area. This program is coordinated by NIC Jazz Band Director, Terry Jones and includes top-notch band directors, music instructors, and professors from local schools and colleges. This year, part of the evening’s jazz concert was a new composition written as a memorial especially for and dedicated to our brother, Tom H. Emerson, who was a jazz and blues aficionado, especially New Orleans jazz and blues, where he lived for many years. Called “Tom Emerson Radio Blues” and composed by Dan Bukvich of the U of I music department, it was creatively presented and played as a musical theater piece that celebrated the type and culture of street music performances in New Orleans neighborhoods and local radio jazz classics that brother Tom recorded when he lived there. This composition was funded thanks to those who donated to the NIC jazz program in Tom’s memory and will be used in future jazz instruction, workshops and performances. We can’t thank Terry and Dan, the production staff, and the musicians enough. The whole concert was amazing! A special thanks to the NIC Alumni Association for hosting a social prior to the concert for family, friends, and special guests. Rayelle Anderson, NIC Foundation Director, Katie Lien of the NIC Alumni Office, and Erna Rhinehart, NIC Director of Communications and Marketing, and their staffs are just a few of the wonderful folks who helped me to make this event happen in such a quality way. This well-presented and very well-attended concert was a real hit and much appreciated by the family and friends of Tom H. Emerson. Thanks, Sandy & Jeanne Emerson J.A. (Sandy) and Jeanne Emerson 408 Sherman Ave. Ste. #209 Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
Similar essays trigger academic alarms Unintentional plagiarism does happen
Plagiarism is defined as, “the act of stealing and passing off the ideas or words of another to use as one’s own without giving proper credit,” according to Merriam Webster’s online dictionary. It also states that it is to commit literary theft, as in present as a new and original idea or product derived from an existing source. Our school’s written definition is basically the same. It states that plagiarism is borrowing others’ ideas, correctly borrowing the words and ideas of others without credit, and deliberately using someone else’s language or other original material without credit. It goes on to say that this includes using someone’s exact wording without quotes, paraphrasing or summarizing someone’s ideas or words, and submitting someone else’s work and claiming it as your own. What goes unsaid and unwritten is that it is also considered plagiarism in our school to resubmit an old essay from another class. I had an experience with this recently; I learned exactly the true definition and found out what sets off an alarm. Everything we need to know to keep our
Angel Tesch Staff Contributor papers in the right is not made accessible or known. For most it is common knowledge that turning in a paper we have turned into another class is cheating. Not something that will help us in the long run. Yet, we all know some people still do, even if it is a small percentage. What is not common knowledge is that if you use the same memory or experience for two separate papers you could set off a potential plagiarism alarm unintentionally. This is not something widely known. I get that schools have to be careful; I’ve even known some people through the years to try and cheat. Yet, how often does anyone even get away with it anymore? This semester, I wrote an essay using a strong memory which supported my point, but used that same memory in another essay I wrote last semester. It was a turning point in my life. I was unaware using the same memory would set off an alarm causing the English chair to worry that I had plagiarized, or cheated, using my own work. While I understand what set it off after hours of talking with my family, I also worry about how many students are unaware this could happen. Students stick with their strong points, in my experience, and some memories are easier to remember or use to make an example. They need the knowledge of what could hurt their college careers. Yet, not much of the information is within reach. Having had this happen personally I believe our school needs to be more detailed in the specifications of what their definition of plagiarism is. I firmly believe that our school staff want us to succeed. All the facts students need are not out in the public like they should be. We need to know what more of the dos or don’ts are so we don’t make mistakes.
Seventeen credits: Way too many
Heavy class load plus outside obligations can be a lot to bear
It is my opinion that 17 credits is too much for any student to handle at one time, let alone a student who is raising a family on the side and performing duties as copy editor of the Sentinel. What in the hell was I thinking when I signed up for 17 credits this semester?! Graduation was the first thought that came to mind, followed by the little voice that told me it was time to get my core classes out of the way. After all, everything I signed up for was all in a row on the schedule. I could methodically go from point A to point B (one class to the next, and so forth) then put the day behind me. But I had overlooked many things, one being the parking situation. I had forgotten it could take up to an hour driving in circles and stalking people on the way to their cars, all in an effort to find decent parking anywhere in the vicinity of my classes. Also, the mere ten-minute timeframe between classes is barely enough time to get across campus, and certainly not enough time to consume any food. Do you know how hard it is to concentrate on studies when your stomach is ing and repeat the routine all over growling continuously? again. It seems like a never endI had also forgotten that ing cycle. And the fact that we had more classes meant more books. two snow days didn’t help matters I would now have to lug around either. The instructors were dead half my body weight, a 50-lb. set on making up for lost time by bag of study materials to get me piling on additional homework through the day - not and cramming informaan easy task given tion down our throats for the parking situation upcoming tests. and the short lapse I have a huge stack of between classes. books sitting on my floor After school, I (recent purchases that I have family oblihaven’t had time to read), gations to tend to new DVDs still in the and homework in wrapper, a half-worked ever y single class. jigsaw puzzle collecting I have three children (two teenagers and a baby) as Joyce Hargrove Copy Editor dust (that I’ll probably never have time to finish) and a Banagrams page-awell as a significant day calendar on my desk other, a dog, two that hasn’t made it past cats and a bird to take care of. the middle of January. Then, there’s meals to cook, I am so overwhelmed these house to keep and bills to pay. days that I’m not even sure at this Daily homework involves point how many more credits I reading chapters at a time, taking need in order to graduate. I keep notes from Powerpoint lectures, telling myself that, one of these doing on-line training and assessdays, I’ll sit down and figure it all ments, writing essays and articles, out. editing copy, solving difficult math In the meantime, there is one problems and studying for weekly thing I know for sure - never again quizzes and tests. will I attempt to take 17 credits all Then, I get up the next mornat one time.
Concerts require social etiquette
Appropriate, respectful behavior needed in performance settings
As a music education applauding. It helps if you’re polite were in the front row. major, I’m expected to as you squeeze in front of people Here’s another tip: Don’t go to attend all kinds of conto get to a seat. I recommend sita concert unless you really want cer ts for convocation ting on the end if it’s available. to be there. If you’re just going credit. These concerts are all enYour friends will still be there after to talk and goof off, you might as joyable, until somethe concert. well do it somewhere else where one becomes a disI go to these conthe scene is appropriate. tracting element. cer ts with my fellow Speaking of appropriate Take last semester music major friends all scenes, a concert is not the place for example, I attended the time and we’re usuto text or let your kids play video a concert at the Kroc ally pretty well behaved. games. A whole group of kids sat Center to listen to The However, I’ve gone to in the corner playing their NinPanhandle Symphony. plenty of concerts, even tendos with headphones in durI arrived a little late bebefore coling the same concert I cause I got my concert lege, where “Don’t entered late. Not only times mixed up. This brings me to my first pet peeve: Don’t walk Katie Eppenstein Photographer some audience members are just go to a concert is the bright screen distracting, but their constant arguing about who into a concert late. I know, I know I’m just a big hypocrite so you should straightup rude. My senior year of unless you really played next was annoying. If they were actually sitting down watching stop reading and move on, right? high school, we perwant to be the concert, their parWrong. I understand that we can’t always get from place to formed for the faculty and, I kid you not, one there.” ents should have kept them there. Nobody place on time. That’s just life, and teacher fell asleep. Durwants to see kids run up we all deal with it. But people ing the JazzNIC conand down aisles or play should know the proper way to cert, a group of high school girls in the front of the auditorium durenter any concert hall, gymnagiggled and talked the entire coning a performance. The idea there sium or auditorium without being cert. It got to a point where one is pretty simple: If your kids can’t disruptive. The trick is to enter beof the girls laughed so hard she behave without constant supervitween songs when the audience is rolled out of her seat, and they sion, leave them with a babysitter.
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