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Carroll College bookstore receives facelift Remodeled store more student-friendly, functional, attractive Jessica A. Bauer Editorial Assistant
Visitors to the Follet bookstore will notice something a little different. Due to a renewed contract with the college, Follet remodeled the interior of the store. According to Debby Rodefer, assistant manager, most of the changes are visual rather than functional. New carpet was installed, the walls painted, and new fixtures and shelves were put in place. The new shelves are made of wood, not metal, which are more attractive as well as mobile. Students will not see any of the costs of the renovations; book prices are not going up. Follet is putting forth the bulk of the cost. Students will benefit from the remodeling because there will be more room for various displays. During the off-seasons and in the middle of the semester, there is little need to have textbooks on the shelves. With the old displays, there was wasted space when books were removed from the back section of the bookstore. Now, the shelves
can be taken down and moved to allow more space for gifts and clothing racks. The bookstore will also house more novels and the magazines will be more noticeable, similar to a typical bookstore, Rodefer said. However, the number of greeting cards will be reduced due to a lack of efficient space for the full display and CDs will no longer be available because they did not sell very well. Guy McCauley, Follet regional manager, said it should be at least five to seven years before the bookstore will need to be renovated again. It had been at least five years since the last renovation. During the renovation, all merchandise was moved to the Oak Room of the Campus Center. While this allowed students and faculty to purchase the same items found in the bookstore, it did cause minor difficulty for the workers, having to work in a smaller space and move amongst boxes to find books. In addition, the business did decrease slightly during this time, said junior Yvonne Ochilo, a bookstore student worker.
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In addition to textbooks and Carroll apparel, the newly renovated bookstore now contains more novels and magazines, less greeting cards and no CDs.
Rodefer believes that in addition to being effective and beneficial for current students and faculty, the “visual effect of
the store…will look better to prospective students as they tour the campus.” Aside from being more visu-
ally pleasing, the new atmosphere will allow the ability to “service students in a faster and more efficient manner,” said McCauley.
College forms diversity task force Elizabeth Martin Assistant News Editor
Community members speak out
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Waukesha community members gathered in front of the three houses on Wright Street, which is part of the McCall Street Historical District, on Monday to hold a candlelight vigil protesting the plans that Carroll College has to knock the three buildings down to create more students housing. Carroll is currently working to make modifications to try and please the community members, but as of November 20, the Landmark Commission has still rejected the new ideas for the housing plans.
During the past year, hundreds of students asked the Carroll College administration, “Where is my voice?” They felt their opinions were not being taken into consideration regarding important decisions. One of these issues was cultural diversity. When a group of students gave Carroll administrators a petition signed by hundreds of students demanding a more diverse campus, they listened. The first step toward a more diverse campus was made when Roger Smith was hired to be the assistant director of cultural diversity. This year, another step is being taken. A diversity task force is forming. Dolores Brown, the director of cultural diversity at Carroll, said the task force’s main objectives are “to identify critical diversity issues and to come up with some viable solutions.” “Students will graduate and
succeed in a diverse world, and we need to help prepare them for that,” said Kate Herrick, dean of students. She also noted the task force isn’t solely about increasing numbers that show Carroll is culturally diverse. It’s about providing opportunities for students to be exposed to diverse cultures.
“Students will graduate and succeed in a diverse world.” Kate Herrick
According to Herrick, the diversity task force’s first meeting will be shortly after Thanksgiving, and at that time, the members will begin naming issues. In January, after a month of thinking and reading about the issues, the committee will decide how to proceed. “We’re not the only instituSee Task Force Page 3
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Corrections Jesse Gant was incorrectly referred to as Jessi Gant in a Vol. 27, Issue 3 Counterpoint article entitled “Reduce, reuse or recycle this paper – again.”
Physical Therapy Program Accredited The physical therapy education program has recently been accredited through the next ten years. The accreditation is valid through December 31, 2013 subject to continued compliance with the evaluative criteria. The commission confirms the college provides students with an education that prepares them to be safe, competent, effective patient care workers and fosters excellence in physical therapy education. WCCX Goes Global Carroll’s very own radio station has appeared on the World Wide Web. Check our the radio station at wccx.cc.edu. Or, tune into 104.5.
11/13/03 A hit and run property damage accident that occurred on 11/11/03 in either Lot 3 or 9 was reported. 11/13/03 Responded with Residence Life and Waukesha EMS to a medical emergency at the College Avenue apartments. One person was transported to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. 11/15/03 Reported that a vehicle was
taken from the Campus Center parking lot. The vehicle was later found in front of the Bergstrom Residence Complex. 11/20/03 Several subjects were detained and questioned by Campus Safety and police after being observed throwing rocks in the area of the tennis courts. No damage was found in the area and subjects were released. 11/21/03 The rear window on a vehicle parked in Lot 12 was cracked between 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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$2.5 Million Donation George Richter, whose late wife was 1936 Carroll College graduate Gladys Richter, donated $2.5 million to the health sciences programs. Part of the donation will be used to create a permanent endowed scholarship to support nursing students and will assist in making various other improvements to the health sciences programs.
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Pillow Fight All Night Just imagine having an assignment for a communication class with no limits. All you had to do was organize a group event. What would you do? Go bungee jumping? Go skydiving? Or just simply have the world’s largest pillow fight? Knocking the stuffing out of each other was the answer for Oregon State University students on Friday, when 766 people showed up to try to break the Guinness Book World Record. The class divided the crowd into 10 groups to stage the fight, which had to last at least one minute for each participant. “It’s awesome to see part of OSU’s community come down and do this,” commented Lige Armstrong, a 21-year-old liberal studies major. Pillow fight signup sheets, with all 766 names will be sent to Guinness Book, in London. It will take six to eight weeks to verify the record, Armstrong said. The current record is 645 people and took place last June in Garnett, Kansas. (CNN.com)
No Pranks, No Ditch Days, No Seniors? Colorado lawmakers are now pondering the thought of eliminating seniors and establishing a year of preschool instead. They said it may better prepare students for college by giving them an early start. It may even save them money. Colorado is the first state to discuss eliminating senior year. “I’d really like to see if we might change the model,” said Republican State Senator Ron Teck. “We’ve been operating under the education model for the last 100 years.” However, many seniors do not agree with eliminating the senior year. “The senior year is the next step to going to college. It’s a year when you find out who you are,” Hoang Nguyen, a 17-year-old senior at suburban Arvada High School said. “Colleges might hold it against students who fail to complete a traditional high school curriculum.” (CNN.com) Freedom of Speech? Hampton University recently lost a $55,000 journalism grant after the school’s administration confiscated the most recent issue for not running an article on the front page where they wanted it. The American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) had intended to provide funds for a 2004 summer training program
for high school journalism teachers at the university’s new Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications. However, the society had doubts after the university’s actions. “We’re an organization that is devoted to the interests of newspapers and is devoted to the First Amendment and everything it stands for in our society,” said ASNE President Peter Bhatia, also executive editor of The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon. “And the actions that Dr. Joann Haysbert took fly in the face of that.” According to Hampton student journalists, the university confiscated the Oct. 22 issue of the Hampton Script because a letter from Haysbert, the acting university president, didn’t make the front page as requested. In the letter, Haysbert criticized media coverage and explained how the school took steps to correct the sanitary violations. Students decided to put Haysbert’s note on the third page, and give front-page treatment to their story about the cafeteria passing a recent city health inspection after more than 100 health violations in the past. The student staff later agreed to run a reprinted issue of The Hampton Script featuring Haysbert’s letter on the front page in exchange for a task force to examine the future of the newspaper. (CNN.com)
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Students receive more alco- Academic research benefits teaching hol citations on campus Amanda Bothe News Editor
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According a recent Campus Safety report, more students are being caught violating college liquor laws. Here, senior Melissa Boldt enjoys a beer while studying Saturday afternoon.
Peter Seroogy Assistant News Editor
In the past few years, campus drinking citations have been rising at an alarming rate. Since 2000, liquor law violations on campus have consistently increased. According to the Campus Safety report, the number of violations on campus in 2000 resulting in referrals or disciplinary action was 64. Last year, 146 students were caught and referred on campus. Interestingly enough, even though violations increased, oncampus arrests for the liquor law violations have decreased from a high of 11 in 2001 to only three in 2002. Residence hall arrests have also followed this trend. Five arrests were made in dorms in 2001, and only two were made in 2002. Students who have violated the Carroll College Student Handbook rules involving oncampus drinking know what the disciplinary process is. Many students, though, have never gotten a violation and don’t know what the consequences are. A student’s first on-campus alcohol policy violation offense involves a $50 fine and participation in an online alcohol education course. This class is designed by the college and includes a final
Wisconsin College Drinking Statistics Alcoholic drinks per party night On average, Wisconsin men consume 8.4 alcoholic drinks everytime they party, while women consume 4.6.
Alcoholic drinks per week College-age men consume an average of 11 alcoholic drinks per week, while women consume 4.5. The national averages for men and women are 9 and 4, respectively.
Percent blood alcohol content at night’s end At the end of a party night, men have, on average, a percent blood alcohol content of 0.109. Women average a percent blood alcohol limit of 0.096. Wisconsin’s legal driving limit is 0.08.
Binge drinking Sixty-one percent of college-age men reported binge drinking in the past two weeks. Thirty-eight percent of women reported doing the same. The national averages are 51% and 40%, respectively. Source: University of Wisconsin System
paper. If a student gets a second violation, they are required to pay a $100 fine and complete another school sanctioned alcohol education course. The third violation of the campus alcohol policy requires the student to get a chemical assessment from an outside agency, oblige to follow-through treatment and be on disciplinary probation for one year. Also, a $150 fine is imposed.
Finally, if a student is given four alcohol citations, the final course of action is suspension from school. Students at Carroll College have doubled the number of alcohol policy violations in only a year. The college has not yet changed this policy. However, violations continue to rise each year. All students have access to the Student Handbook available to them on the Carroll College Web site.
Imagine taking time out of a job you love, to do something you love even more…research in field of academia you are passionate about. Professors at Carroll have this opportunity under the rights of academic freedom. Academic freedom is a right promised in a contract held between tenured professors and the university in which they teach. According to the American Association of University Professors, this contract guarantees the right of the professors to conduct and publish their research and opinions without restraint from the university. The publications of the professor reflect his or her ideas and the ideals of the university in which he or she works. Two professors recently shared their research experiences with The New Perspective and emphasized how valuable hands-on experience is when teaching. Michael Schuder, chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, spent some time away from Carroll’s campus to conduct his own research at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Schuder received his graduate degree form UC-Boulder and had been looking for an opportunity to utilize its half million dollar chemistry lab again, and, in the summer of 2002, the chance arose. A current chemistry student at Schuder’s alma mater had re-worked some of his data from his time at the school. When he looked it over, he spotted several errors and was invited back the Boulder campus for a summer of research. While in Boulder, Schuder used high resolution infrared spectroscopy to study the energy levels and bond lengths
of organic radical molecules. In order to accomplish this, the team used an electrical discharge to create the unstable carbon-containing molecules needed for analysis. “Anytime you catch up in what the world is doing in modern science, you can improve classes,” said Schuder. “If you don’t do it, how can you teach it?” Deidre Keenan, associate professor of the Department of English, took advantage of a year long sabbatical in 2001 when she spent some time teaching college writing in
“If you don’t do it, how can you teach it?” Michael Schuder
India, living with the Anishinaabe Native Americans in Michigan, tracing her ancestry in Ireland and visiting Uganda for the International Women’s Conference. Her main project for the year was to research for a book she is writing that tells the interwoven stories of Irish immigrants and the Anishinaabe Native Americans in Michigan. She lived in a oneperson tent for two months as she experienced the Native American culture first hand. Then she spent some time in Ireland conducting archival research in Dublin and local research in her ancestral towns. The book is coming, she said. Though, she still has more work she wants to do with the Anishinaabe. “The value of sabbatical is that you get to really immerse yourself in new research that you can bring back to your teaching,” commented Keenan. She expressed that it’s a “shame with the erosion of tenure,” since non-tenured professors aren’t granted sabbatical leave.
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tion struggling with [cultural diversity],” said Herrick. She said the committee will likely research how other small schools in suburban areas are dealing with cultural diversity. Brown acknowledged that smaller diversity committees have existed on campus before. However, this is the first time a formal committee will be comprised of students, faculty and staff from a variety of disciplines and departments. Students on the committee were nominated by the Student Senate, and faculty and staff members either volunteered or
were invited to join the task force by Herrick because they had expressed interest. However, the committee is open to suggestions and concerns from the entire campus and plans to send out periodic updates. “We want it to be an open process,” said Herrick. “The time frame will come naturally,” Brown said. It is also important to note that some of the changes that the task force suggests will be rapid, but some will be long-term. “If we are realistic enough, I think [the diversity task force] will have some pull,” Brown said.
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p.m. that day. How nice is that? Yet another thing that is great about Staff Writer online registering is that the advisor just Just when you thought things couldn’t has to clear your name and you can sign get any easier, they do. Now registering up for the classes you want to take. Meetfor classes is just a click of a mouse away. ing with my advisor, I got to write down By getting a password and logging in on my courses and he cleared my name in the the internet, students can add classes, put program taking 30 seconds at the most. I themselves on waiting lists, and/or see what could go and register at the time given to they need in order to get a certain grade me and that was that. point average. Yes, there are some really Registering for classes online was good things about registering online. really easy to do and the directions that One of the best they gave us made it things about regiseven easier. You got tering online is the a letter in the mail fact that you don’t giving you what your “...the advisor just has have to wait in line password would be to clear your name and you and what ID you had anymore and get up at the butt-crack of to use. There were dawn to go over to can sign up for the classes you announcements for it Voorhees. Now, rollin our Carroll e-mails want to take.” ing out of bed and as well. If anyone had getting to a comquestions they could puter with Internet call the Office of the access is just as easy Registrar. as one, two, three. I had a class during my If there were any problems with classes online registration but that didn’t matter that you couldn’t get into, you could just too much. I just went after class and regis- go to Voorhees and they would help you tered with no problems even though it was in any way they could. It is really easy after my time. Another bonus to this that once you get the hang of it and maybe Carroll has done is that if you could not in the future they could have examples register online at the given time, you still to help move the registration along more had until registering closed, which was at 5 smoothly.
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word, that your username is your Carroll College ID number and your password consists of part of your driver’s license This year students were able to regis- number. Problem solved, right? Well, not really. Ever heard of identer for their classes for spring semester of 2004 via the Internet. Carroll College ran tity theft? If that password was as easy to a pilot for web registration last year with figure out for others as it was for me, then a few selected students registering for the let’s hope that most students had switched spring semester. They worked out some their password as that letter had strongly glitches and went ahead with the plan suggested. Otherwise, some mean individual could log into the this year. While web web registration site registration went and mess with your smoothly for most “...some mean individual classes — amongst individuals, there other things. With were a few who had could log into the web your password, that problems with it. First of all, stu- registration site and mess with peeping tom has access to all your dents received a letter your classes — personal information the second week of amongst other things.” (transcript, grades, school informing home address, social them of the procesecurity number, dure and providing etc.) their username and The problems that did occur with password. This username and password is different from your WebMail account so actually registering online were minimal if you happen to be the unfortunate soul and to be expected with any new program. who threw away this letter from Carroll, The biggest concerns of students was that you’d have to go to the registrar’s office a) their advisor hadn’t cleared them, b) the with a photo ID to get a new one. If that clock that the system goes by is slower than was too hard, you could have figured out See Registration Page 11 by looking at a friend’s username and pass-
Tabitha Menning Opinion Editor
Politically Speaking
Wacko Jacko: A criminal?
Staff Writer Agree? Disagree? Just wish your roommate would make less noise in the morning? Let me know your views at grabido@cc.edu. Dr. Greg Rabidoux is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics.
Perhaps I should call this column “politically spanking,” you know in honor of the gloved one, MJ, or is it Latoya? I really can’t tell those two apart anymore, except that one’s a stripper and one’s a possible child molester. No matter, the FBI apparently can, and did, for the G-Men got their, err, man, recently. After an exhaustive search of Jackson’s sprawling estate, aka, “Neverland” (apparently, “sometimesland”), which required nearly a full day of searching by over 70 agents (hey, isn’t there a war on terrorism going on, can we really afford to take them off the scent of Osama and Saddam?) an arrest warrant was duly made out for the former King of Pop. Mr./Mrs./Ms. Jackson was taken in handcuffs (perhaps the guards feared he would be as tough as he looked in the 1980’s video “Beat It”!) on November 20 and booked in the Santa Barbara, California County Jail. His “royalweirdliness” has not yet (as of 11/21/03) been
charged officially, but the suspicion is that he committed multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child (younger than age 14). Essentially, child molestation to you and I. If convicted, MJ could serve between 3-8 years in jail. What a feeding frenzy this most recent celebrity trial promises to be. A real, pardon the expression, “Thriller.” Let’s face it, Robert Blake’s murder for hire trial was growing old, Baretta has no real meaning to the X or Y generations and OJ Simpson, well, we all know that he has his hands full still looking for the “real” killer of his ex-wife and her friend. In between his usual 18 holes of golf, he plays daily at an exclusive Florida golf club. Whew, who knew murder investigations could be so arduous? But one celebrity on trial at a time. Whoops. This just in, Mega-record producer, Mr. Phil Spector, the man who invented the “Wall of Sound” in between hits of acid, has now been formally charged with fatally shooting Lana Clarkson, a B-movie actress, who was found naked and dead in his Hollywood mansion not too long ago. Spector is a legendary producer, or at least was in the 1960’s and early 70’s. Mostly, though, he has been known the last two decades for his drunken rages, allegedly pulling guns on band members at his home, playing “Russian Roulette” and running through the streets on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills wearing silk pajamas while yelling “Let it Be,” the rock anthem he produced with his former buddy, John Lennon. At least I think that was Phil, but it could have been Hugh Hefner or even MJ. I wish celebrity crimes wouldn’t blur together so much. By the way, Spector’s
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lawyer is Robert Shapiro, one of the former OJ Simpson “Dream Team.” Rather tellingly, Shapiro didn’t plead that his client was innocent or even “not guilty,” he simply said “he would prevail.” You must acquit if the silk pajamas don’t fit. But back to MJ. The lawyer for Wacko Jacko is none other than Mark Geragos. You may remember him as the attorney who tried to portray Winona Ryder as a fragile, little flower who was mercilessly hounded by the wolf-like press. Of course, Geragos would be the one coordinating the press conferences and photo opportunities with these wolfs (how better to raise his billable hours and fees?) who then curses them all as voracious, heartless hounds. Anyway, the poor little flower formerly known as Winona had to give back the designer clothes she ripped off and do some community service such as signing autographs for the Beverly Hills Homeless (I know, she must have been done with her probation within the hour). Okay, promise, I’ll wrap up now with the man-child who once sang a love song to a rat named Ben (look it up, triviaboy, if you suspect I am making that one up). No one, I repeat no one, will come away from this upcoming celebrity-du-jour trial without poo-poo on their hands, bejeweled glove or not. Michael Jackson has been exhibiting what experts say are classic signs of child molestation issues now for at least 20 years or however long it’s been since we first saw Michael, Bubbles the chimp and the little kid-actor from some See Jackson Page 6
Old Fart’s Corner
Yet another notch in this OF’s belt
Steve Van Dien Staff Writer
I spent Nov. 9 lying on my couch in agony. That was fitting, since it was my birthday. (I’d thrown out my back the night before while cleaning the cat’s dirt box.) Between adjusting the heating pad under my throbbing sacroiliac and popping Advil, I did about three hours of homework. Mostly Spanish, which has some swell sounding words and phrases for pain (¡El dolor! ¡Qué aflicción extrema!). No cake or candles, but I did get a few sympathy cards from distant relatives. There were some practical presents. For example, a briefcase on wheels, which would be kinder to my decaying physique than my backpack if I weren’t too vain to use it. There was also a nose-hair trimmer. That was all. For this Old Fart (OF), birthday celebrations with parties, sweet stuff and presents purely for enjoyment are as long gone as any hope for the Brewers. A younger classmate suggested that birthdays have little significance after 21. She has a
point. Once you can vote – and get drunk, legally, in any United State – what else matters? My classmate, though, is way far from 65. That’s probably why she didn’t think of that age’s significance. After achieving it, the government pays you a modest monthly stipend basically for not having died already. For me, 65 isn’t quite around the corner. But I can see it in the distance if I squint. Looking back, however, I also see some memorable past birthdays. On my ninth (a Saturday), I woke to a crash in our garage. Some stuff had fallen off of a shelf. We had no idea why, until the evening news explained the culprit was one of Wisconsin’s very rare (and very mild) earthquakes. The earth must have recognized the day it got stuck with me. Regardless, I rose, ran downstairs and ripped open my presents. They were action figures – armored knights with working mini-crossbows, so you could make them shoot at each other. My mother baked pumpkin pie, which I preferred (and still do) to cake. After hours of cool knightly combat, I went to bed with a bellyful of pizza, vanilla ice cream and that lovely pie – nature’s perfect food combination – thinking “Boy, it doesn’t get better than this.” It almost did the night before a much-later birthday. I’d just met a woman whose smile made the earth and my head spin. She called to wish me a happy B-Day. We talked for hours before setting up our first date for See Birthday Page 6
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Half the battle of college is surviving the schedule. Many students take a full class load with at least 16 credits, work part-time jobs and are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular activities like The New Perspective. It almost seems as if employers will not even give a resume a second glance if a prospective employee didn’t participate in clubs and organizations. And, with tuition sky-rocketing, many students are forced to work at least part-time jobs to keep grocery money in their pockets. As fantastic, knowledgeable and engaging as the faculty members are, it often seems they forget there is more to being a college student than simply
going to classes. While, as students, it would be ridiculous to complain about that dreaded homework and study time, it should not be forgotten that as the work force changes, employers are seeking more dynamic students. That means more work experience, more leadership experience and less time for busywork. It’s understandable that trends in pedagogy have changed throughout the education system and we appreciate how busywork is supposed to keep us on track with the lessons. But does that have to equal paying $20,000 to work our back-sides off? Next time you see students dozing off in class or looking unprepared, it’s probably because they are overworked, not because they are uninterested. Are ten-page business papers necessary? Or 30-page
lab reports? Are we really supposed to retain 60 pages about global politics? Are worksheets that are assigned just to keep us busy essential for learning the subject matter? Especially when it’s all due in the same week! Before this turns into a big rant about how tired we all are, it would only be appropriate to mention how much we value the faculty, their knowledge and their passion for teaching. We consider Carroll faculty to be exceptional, especially when it comes to making time for students’ questions and concerns. They are always willing and able to help a student in need, in and outside of the classroom. Thank you. But next time you want to assign a heavy load of homework, please remember that we are as obligated to as many responsibilities outside of the classroom as inside.
Why I donated to the justice for faculty fund Deirdre Keenan Special to The New Perspective
Last spring, four faculty members were denied tenure by the president and Board of Trustees despite unanimous recommendation from the Tenure and Promotion committee. The four denied—Joel Heim, Nelia Beth Scovill, Charlene McMahon, and Penny Hasselwander—were all highly respected faculty members who had received consistently stellar reviews from students, colleagues and administrators. The decision to deny tenure to these four sparked an 81-14 faculty vote of No Confidence in the president, followed by votes of No Confidence by the Student Senate and student body. There were also demonstrations: students occupied the second floor of Voorhees for over six hours to protest the tenure decision and other decisions made without student input. Students and faculty joined in a daylong teach-in to inform people about the issues surrounding the unprecedented denials. Students and faculty held marches, both last spring and again this fall in an effort to save these well-loved teachers. The Faculty Executive Committee formally appealed to the Board of Trustees to reinstate the four faculty members and was swiftly denied its request. Repeatedly, the community has been told that the tenure decisions will not be reconsidered. Even national organizations, such as The Chronicle of Higher Education and the AAUP (the professional organization that monitors institutions of higher education) have reported on and condemned the denials. No satisfactory public explanation has ever been provided by the administration, although both the governance document and professional protocol require explanation. Late this past summer, the “Justice for Faculty Fund” was established to raise money for
very expensive court battles the four faculty members face in challenging their denials of tenure (the college, of course, has legal council on retainer). Without legal intervention, Joel Heim, Nelia Beth Scovill, Charlene McMahon, and Penny Hasselwander will disappear this May from our campus without explanation. This is the reason I donated to the Justice for Faculty Fund: I believe that the four faculty members, as well as the students and faculty who support them, deserve a public hearing of their case. I donated to the Justice for Faculty Fund because I am deeply concerned about the culture of secrecy on our campus. A culture of secrecy allows authorities to hide their actions and sidestep accountability. The tendency to cover that which is embarrassing, improper, suspect, inefficient, and antidemocratic is rampant at all levels of our culture, from federal government (exemplified by the Patriot Act) to state and local agencies, to the corporate institutions and now, most unfortunately, to the academy. Many of our institutions of higher education, the ones most dedicated to the pursuit of truth, the preservation of traditional ideals, and encouragement of innovative ideas, have become muffled behind a determination to control, contain and suppress information. It is frightening to imagine administrative decisions driven by a belief that it is best when the people most directly affected by its decisions are better off if they do not know the reasons for those decisions. Justice Louis Brandeis may have said it best in 1927, in Whitney v California, 274 US 357: “Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the State was to make men free to develop their faculties and that, in its government, the deliberative forces should prevail over the arbitrary. They valued liberty both as an end and as a means.
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They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. They believed that freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth; that, without free speech and assembly, discussion would be futile ... that public discussion is a political duty, and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government. They recognized the risks to which all human institutions are subject. But they knew that order cannot be secured merely through fear of punishment for its infraction; that it is hazardous to discourage thought, hope and imagination; that fear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government; that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies, and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones. Believing in the power of reason as applied through public discussion, they eschewed silence coerced by law the argument of force in its worst form. Recognizing the occasional tyrannies of governing majorities, they amended the Constitution so that free speech and assembly should be guaranteed.” I urge everyone to accept the political duty of promoting public discussion, in this situation by supporting the effort to bring the tenure cases into the clear light of a public forum. I urge each of you - with a dollar, or five dollars, or the cost of a movie, or whatever you can afford - to donate to the Justice for Faculty Fund. Let us make it our political duty as citizen-protectors of liberty to let Joel Heim, Nelia Beth Scovill, Charlene McMahon and Penny Hasselwander have their day in court. To make contributions, contact Dr. Lamar Cope at lcope@cc.edu or the fund Web site at www.facultyforjustice.org.
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ITS Speaks Up November 11, 2003 As ITS Client Services Manager, responsible for all computer labs on campus except the library classroom, I found your recent editorial (Vol. 27, Issue 5) on computer lab hours very interesting. The title confused me a bit, and suggested that the article was going to be about physical access to the labs, such as for the handicapped. I was somewhat surprised to find it was about expanded lab hours instead! Aside from that, however, I’d like to correct one mistake and offer a somewhat different perspective on this issue. First, the expanded lab schedule during finals is to 2 a.m., not 1 a.m. as reported. Second, we have set lab hours according to student demand. We monitored a number of people in the TC labs all last year and there was very little demand for lab use after midnight. In addition, our end-of-year online survey indicated that 3.2% of students responding had a desire for expanded lab hours. Given our data, it seemed that very few students were interested in late lab hours. Although ITS doesn’t set hours for the library classroom, it could be argued that if the overall demand is low, the Tech Center has more than enough machines for whoever wants to work until midnight. On what have you based your assertions about the demand for these resources? What do you mean when you say “many students?” For example, you state that “many students” don’t have computers. Data suggests that more than 80% of Carroll students have computers. Of the remaining 20%, can we assume that all of them want late lab hours? Also, you say that you “checked,” and that Sunday is a bigger day for studies than Saturday. Checked with whom? In fact, we started closing the labs on Sunday mornings because nobody was using them. It is my impression that “many students” are either up late on Saturday nights or out of town for the weekend until Sunday afternoon or evening. I would agree that more students use the labs on Sunday than Saturday, but they don’t use them as early. To the best of my knowledge, no student has made any request to ITS for expanded lab hours this semester. Finally, it is not quite so easy as you suggest to find lab assistants that want to work until 2 a.m. We have problems covering the 10 p.m. to midnight time slot because “many students” have morning classes. I think the ultimate issue could be whether or not lab hours should be based solely on demand. It might be argued that “if only one person” wanted to use the labs late, they should be open late. But this is obviously silly, and the availability of resources must be a balance between demand and supply. We
think our current lab hours provide that balance. We are always open to a dialog about expanding the hours, but only if the data suggest there is a demand. Your editorial to the contrary, current data suggest there is not. Howard Bashinski Testify Editor Speaks Out November 18, 2003 My name is Jesse Gant. I graduated last May and you may be wondering why I’m writing to The New Perspective now. Well, my name keeps showing up in campus publications. In a recent article, The New Perspective said that Jessi Gant, (they spelled my name wrong) one of the editors of the now defunct Testify, didn’t want a new underground paper at Carroll. Not true. Then, the new underground paper, The Paper, thanks my friends and I for the inspiration and guidance. Hmm. I have some things to say about all this. Most importantly, I want to put this on record: underground papers are good for Carroll. The New Perspective, while vastly improved these last few years, cannot print everything. Underground papers can pick up where The New Perspective drops off. The boys and girls behind The Paper are doing something very important for the spirit of a college. They are apparently stirring up some controversy, too. Bravo for that. Let’s face it: Carroll is searching for its soul. What Carroll is about to become is still largely up for debate. You can say the same thing about the United States, if not the world. One needs to operate outside known structures to provide something meaningful and original. The question, however, is how well The Paper does this. (Tabitha) Menning, I think, wants another radical publication. This is why she calls The Paper “immature.” Testify was always the mouthpiece for an alternative Carroll. Its members took classes Falcone didn’t want it to, majored in disciplines that weren’t practical for the bottom line, formed organizations not formally recognized by the Carroll student activity bureaucracy, traveled to foreign countries when the school was cutting funds for such trips; organized forums and concerts outside of CAB, took dozens and dozens of Carroll students out to dinner, ran around topless from time to time, bottomless from time to time, liked school, liked reading, liked writing, liked the professors, stayed in Waukesha on the weekends, worked for progressive organizations and generally remained visible on campus at all times. This really annoyed some people, to say the least. But it failed. Testify was never really supported on campus. Most students did not read it or otherwise take it very seriously, and the general make-up of the student body remained generally apathetic and homogenous. We wrote bad articles, stupid articles, printed obnoxious things and sometimes blew our own horns too loud. The only spark of real change at Carroll occurred during the momentous spring of 2003, and it remains to be seen as to how far things will progress during this academic year. Testify was associated with elitism and pretentiousness and when its founding members graduated last See Letters Page 6
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Bible Stories 101
Let’s give thanks
William Humphreys Staff Writer
The Rev. William Humphreys is the chaplain for Carroll College.
The office of the President of the United States has most recently issued a proclamation declaring the fourth Thursday of this month to be a national holiday, the purpose of which is to encourage citizens to use the day to reflect on all the things for which we might be — and should be — thankful. This day of giving thanks will be called “Thanksgiving”. In many arrangements of family and community, citizens of all ages, of nationalities and ethnic backgrounds from around the world and of different and differing religious convictions and expressions will honor the intent of this national holiday. Some of us will go to a public worship service on Wednesday evening or sometime on Thursday. Some of us will worship at the shrine of NFL or college football. Some of us will worship a plate piled higher than usual with food. Some of us will try to fit it all in. Newlyweds will have to figure out whose family to visit and when. College students whose home is far away may be joining other family configurations to consider together the many and different things for which we are grateful. What’s on your list of things for which your are — or perhaps should be — grateful? Maybe “thing” is the wrong word for a list that includes favorite foods and favorite friends, good faculty, caring supporters, good music and life-time values that enhance life for us and for those around us. Are liberty and peace and justice and mutual upbuilding
on your list? All of this anticipating and wondering about Thanksgiving as a national holiday reminds us of the gospel story in Luke, chapter 17, that tells of an encounter between Jesus and ten lepers. Crying out for healing, the ten respond accordingly when Jesus tells them to go to the priests. On their way, they were made well. One of them, a Samaritan, came back to Jesus to express his gratitude for the healing. Remember now that the Samaritans were the foreigners to hate. The stereotype was that they were uncouth in every way: selfish, thoughtless, ill-mannered. Yet it was one grateful Samaritan who returned to say thanks. Jesus inquires: “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then Jesus said, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.” (17:17-19) In these days it often seems that the harshness of the world encourages us to be harsh with each other. We have to be coached by beer commercials to be able to say, “Hey, I love you, man.” Being grateful for good things is sometimes difficult; while expressing our gratitude can be even more challenging. We can join together in the spirit of the day, maybe even make it a season, to say thanks to each other. Thanks to the faculty for their commitments to and support for academic accomplishments. Thanks to administrators for keeping the place going. Thanks to the housekeeping staff, grounds crew, and food preparation and delivery staff for their work, often behind the scenes. Thanks to students whose curiosity and love of learning pave the way for academic success. Thanks to friends and neighbors for their encouragement and gifts of mutual forbearance and mutual upbuilding. Thanks to parents and other family members for their interest in our work, study and play. And for many: Thanks be to God for all of the above. Safe travel. Good rest. Good food. Good reading. Good times. Happy Thanksgiving!
M.J. may need help Jackson From Page 4
lousy sitcom of the early 80’s all wearing matching outfits. Aww, how cute. Except one of those three bozoz (you try and guess) was a man in his early 30’s at the time. Ouch, not so cute, mostly icky. And the parents of kids who knowingly brought their children to MJ’s “neverland” for sleepovers? What were they thinking? That MJ was a fragile, little flower, a waif-like celebrity who was simply misunderstood? No. Impossible. Winona already made claim to that title. Regardless of the legal outcome, I have no doubt that Michael Jackson, the person, not the myth-like, Peter-Pan character we have embraced over the
years, needs help. I also believe that parents who put their children in “harms way” with MJ also need help, or maybe a good spanking. Unfortunately in our country when celebrities commit crimes the deeds they did take a backseat to who they are and who they can afford to hire to get their pampered, primped behinds out of trouble. And that’s a real tragedy. Because child molestation, murder-for-hire, murder, and shoplifting aren’t anything for anyone, especially impressionable kids to emulate. But they will. That’s the sad allure of Hollywood. The dark side to the bright lights. I have to go now, Liza Minelli’s domestic violence preliminary hearing is coming up on Court TV. Critics say it is truly must-see television.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Pet Peeves
Art truly is everywhere, right?
Bear Milne Staff Writer
So many modern art forms indulge the senses and compel the mind to stray into hidden corridors of amusement, enlightenment and intrigue. These can include a prose piece or maybe a poem that has been written, a painting, a play performance (yeah “Hair”), or even a sculpture. All these crafts require skill, patience, love, and commitment. But beauty and craftsmanship isn’t what’s going on that disturbs me. In fact, that would be far from it, quite the opposite is almost embraced. No, no, I’m discussing the literary craze with toilet graffiti, and how this
middle school-bred form of passing time while on the can is just ridiculous. Now, I hope that this hasn’t spread into the ladies restroom areas as well. The few times I’ve entered their restroom (all Top Gun, Tom Cruise-like trying to keep my ill-fated game going), I’ve never inquired into the stalls, so I couldn’t verify in that particular theatre of reconnaissance. Bathrooms are nasty, in my opinion, especially public or at institutions such as middle and high school. You can catch crabs from a dirty potty (your girlfriend won’t believe you). What’s nice about Carroll is that the maintenance staff and custodians work diligently to keep the bathrooms clean, which is always appeasing to Bear (of course, there are students who don’t even know what the trash can looks like or what soap is, but that’s another article). But why, for the love of God, would anyone want to sit on this mode of excrement disposal and volley a poor attempt at wit by etching in pencil or pen (or the favorite black Sharpie) some demeaning or obnoxious
or just ri-freakin-diculous sayings, prose and poetry on the wall next to them? You’re taking a Poo! Now, how the hell does one just decide to up and write some joke or poem on the wall next to them and continue to go through the day proud of themselves? I mean, what the . . . how the . . . you’re taking a Poo! Dudes, bring a magazine or something! Why must students degrade themselves to truck-stop humor and graffiti? At Carroll, I get plenty to write, believe you and me, but there’s just not a way I see possible that toilet graffiti would even be appealing. When I’m on campus and using stalls like the ones in the Campus Center, I’m in and out, dude. I don’t have time to vitiate and scribble some profanity and my ex’s phone number with “For a good time” written under it – too much flattery in the end, and I need the ink in my pen to finish my newest paper assignment to turn in, or scribble some digits when I get dealt right. In the end, its just another middle school bug that’s only self-vaccinated. Alas, I just grin, and bear it.
Former ‘Testify’ editor says his piece Letters From Page 5
May, I think most of them felt like nothing tangible remained. It is up to present and future Carroll students as to whether Testify will be remembered. Needless to say, I do want a new campus paper at Carroll. I think they are good for not only the editors burdened with creating and publishing the thing, but also for the campus. The quote mentioned by Menning was simply a hope of mine that nobody would literally adopt our name and carry on in our style. Remember that The Paper is brand new. Its possibilities are endless, its path is unknown, and we can’t really say yet what it represents. Let’s give the thing some time to find itself, to develop its own story lines and layouts. Give the editors a chance to break free from the stylistic aspects of Testify and branch out on its own. The hard thing is finding an audience. The Paper is looking for laughs and sometimes I think it does fail to create them. The Paper certainly doesn’t have the angst Testify did, but maybe that’s
a good thing. Testify was run by a bunch of depressed maniacs, after all. Okay, maybe not. But maybe The Paper does not want to buck the system. Maybe it only wants to have fun. If the scope of The Paper bothers you, then why don’t you write the new anti-capitalist, liberal manifesto the world desperately needs? To desire a new Testify seems somehow strange to me. If Testify is missed that much, why doesn’t Carroll’s community work more aggressively to support the outlook it provided? This isn’t to say that I wouldn’t like to see The Paper change its tone. It does seem to have an arrogant self-assuredness that annoys some of the people I’ve talked to, and the responses to Menning’s article were not handled in the mature way Testify dealt with Erick Anderson’s slander in The New Perspective of last year. I have a feeling the editors want to say some things about their world and their places in it, it’s just that they either lack the writing ability or confidence to really take on the key issues of our nation’s war mongering, environmental destruction, materialism and blind nationalism.
The Paper seems content instead to be a quasi frat-like publication of irreverence, party lifestyle and occasional sound-bit liberalism. I am overall very annoyed with Carroll students who sit to the side and simply condemn everything new and fresh they see on campus. It’s always easy to be a critic. It’s much harder to create something for public consumption, and you have to hand it to The Paper for trying to do that. If a Carroll student is annoyed by The Paper, one still has the power to write for it or create their own publication. Or not: simply doing something outside the norm in the name of making the campus a better place is good enough. It is never easy to create change. People will call you all sorts of names, think all sorts of things about you, and assign you all kinds of labels. You will have people jealous of you, envious of you, and some will even hate you. And you have to remember that you will make mistakes. Remain humble. I hope I have contributed something to this debate. Jesse J. Gant Class of ‘03
OF can’t stop aging factor Birthday From Page 4
the weekend. So anticipation (and a couple pints of Guinness) had me pretty giddy near midnight, when I finally turned on the TV – and saw jubilant young Germans tearing down the Berlin Wall. (How’d the date go? Ah, another topic for another column.) But a November birthday in Wisconsin – where the latefall weather is often as cheerful as smallpox – can be less than uplifting. On Nov. 9 about fourteen years ago, I was in my local library. The bright cover of a new children’s book caught my eye. It was “Beauty and the Beast.” The almost-medieval illustrations (this was before Disney’s
version) were so powerful that I checked the book out. I drove home under one of those late afternoon, grayand-black, winter-is-coming midwestern skies (talk about nonuplifting) and read the book late that night. I’d forgotten how wrenching this simple story can be. And one illustration – the Beast weeping over losing Beauty – somehow stirred my memory. I recalled youthful dreams that had blown up in my face, loves I had lost and a dear friend who had suddenly died. Also the near-end of another year, during which I’d gotten nowhere. I walked into the bathroom, turned off the lights, sat down on the floor and cried. But OF-ness has since toughened my emotional hide, so now I simply confront aging with the
knowledge that I can’t stop it. Therefore, despite the physical pain, Nov. 9 didn’t bother me much. But there are times (usually in the middle of the night) when I remember the new notch in my life’s belt. Then I remember as well that each year brings another notch, shredding the belt a little more – until it inevitably falls apart. That Blockhead Van Dien Got It Wrong Department: I complained a couple weeks ago that you can’t get Coca-Cola (which for me is just this side of holy water) at Carroll. But my classmate Ruth Arnell and my NP colleague Brian Hartman just told me I was wrong. The soda machine in the Otteson Theatre’s basement offers canned Coke. Sorry readers, and thanks to Ruth and Brian. I’m off to Otteson!
FEATURES Wednesday, November 26, 2003
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Amnesty International helps preserve human rights Nicole Herrmann Staff Writer
How would it make a person feel if they discovered a friend or relative had been tortured, beaten, murdered, raped, or imprisoned because of their beliefs, ethnic origin, language or gender? Or what if a family member just “disappeared” one day, never to come back? The pain and sorrow would be unbearable, and what’s worse is the fact that these things happen to people around the world every day. Adults and children alike are taken from their homes, imprisoned, abused, tortured, raped and murdered, and often their governments do nothing, or are in fact the ones inflicting these horrific acts. Amnesty International is a worldwide, voluntary, activist organization that works impartially to prevent violations of people’s fundamental human rights, and now Carroll College has its own Campus Network with the organization. Amnesty International provides the power to help the men, women and children around the world whose rights are being violated. Members work to stop child abuse, to stop sexual exploitation, and help to create a better lifestyle for those who are imprisoned without reason. When its members hear about political arrests, torture or executions, the organiza-
tion takes action by sending a flood of calls, letters, faxes and telegrams to people in authority, from prison wardens to presidents. This flood of letters tells the government and other officials that people know what is going on and demand change. These letters can mean better treatment for the imprisoned and sometimes the release. Elena DeCosta, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature, hosted a symposium last spring that included, among other things, student speakers and two guest speakers from Amnesty International. The event had such an impact on students and members of the community that they wanted to know what they could do to help. In fact, DeCosta received so many interested responses that she decided to form an Amnesty International Campus Network at Carroll. The Carroll Chapter has its own constitution that was created on Nov. 11 of this year. Any and all people can be a part of this chapter at no cost, or can become an individual member of Amnesty International if they prefer. Currently, there are about 20 members with four elected officers: Junior Amanda Emme currently serves as president, freshman Robin Lawrence is vice president, junior Krysta Kaczmarzyk is treasurer and freshman Aileen Beno is secre-
Life in the ROTC
tary. Members of the Carroll Chapter will be working on raising awareness about Amnesty International by creating bookmarks and a bulletin board in the Campus Center, as well as organizing fundraisers. The group has several project ideas for the future including combining the Carroll Chapter with the Wauwatosa Chapter to share in the process of letter-writing to prisoners and getting air time on the WCCX radio station to raise awareness and to play songs that were written in regards to what is happening around the globe. They also hope to start a petition in the Campus Center for the release of prisoners whose birthdays will be coming up, with free cake served to all who sign. DeCosta said, “Students are the most enthusiastic, and are more socially aware. They are at a stage in their life where most adults may lose energy. Students are active and truly believe that one person can make a difference.” Around the world, many people are working to raise awareness of human rights issues. Pop groups like U2 and Sting have written songs about the reality of these tragedies. The Carroll College Chapter of Amnesty International gives students the chance to help locally with these issues. They invite everyone to join the fight for human rights.
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SPOTLIGHTT SPOTLIGH Jessica A. Bauer Editorial Assistant
If you know a student or student organization you would like to see spotlighted in the “Student Spotlight” column, e-mail eneckar@cc.edu with your nomination.
Imagine being forced to do push-ups simply because you smiled. Imagine having control over a jet plane, if only for a brief moment. Imagine having school paid for while you get paid to learn leadership abilities. Imagine life as junior Kate Brody in the Air Force program of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Originally from Pewaukee, Wis., Brody always wanted to be a pilot. When she was a senior in high school she applied to the Air Force program of the ROTC. She signed up after coming to Carroll, and then began her life as a cadet, an officer in training. She will earn recognition as a 2nd bar lieutenant when she graduates in May 2005. Though she knows it sounds like a repeat of a textbook response, Brody said she wanted to join ROTC because “I wanted
to do for my country what others have done…I wanted to put in my time.” The ROTC is a training program for all branches of the armed forces, including the Marines, the Air Force and the Navy. Students receive scholarships to earn their college degree while simultaneously receiving training in their specific branch and learning leadership skills. To be accepted into the program, a candidate has to be at least 18 years old, or have a parent’s permission if 17; pass a physical fitness test upon entrance and continue to pass once per semester; be a U.S. citizen and a full time student at a school that offers ROTC; pass a qualifying test similar to the ACT; and have a good moral character and good academic standing. Through the ROTC, Brody has already been in control of two types of planes. One was a glider, a plane without an engine. A tow plane pulls the glider up to a certain altitude and then releases it while the pilot floats and glides through the air. Her second expeSee Brody Page 8
Person on the Street
Jessica A. Bauer
What do you do to procrastinate?
Editorial Assistant
“Watch TV and read the paper. A whole lot of nothing.” Senior Dan Peplinski
“Watch TV and work.”
“I cry. Can I put that even if I don’t do that?”
Junior Allison Konrad
“Eat, play video games, call home to talk to my mom. I gotta do something – might as well put it to a good cause.” Freshman Bob Kruzel
Freshman Matt Olson
“Talking on the phone and probably just watching TV.” Freshman Katie Kolterjahn
“Watching T.V. or talking on the phone.”
“Play video games and chat on the Internet. Or burn my rhetoric book.”
Sophomore Mande Huglen
“I play video games until my eyes bleed.” Junior Phuzzy Neupert
“I procrastinate?” Senior Karista Partida
Junior Kimberly Anderson
“I sleep.” Freshman Ceatrin Fello
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Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Library archives hold history, traditions, tales Sarah Lasee Photo Editor
In a dark room on the second floor of the Carroll College Todd Wehr Memorial Library are dusty shelves filled with books and other objects from the past. There is a slightly musty smell of old leather and papers that gives the room an academic and nostalgic atmosphere. In this room, the college archives have been placed, and with them the answers to questions of the long history of a college that was created before the Civil War. Okay, in reality there is no dust on the shelves and there is definitely not a musty smell in the room, thanks to the renovation of the library archives over the last summer, but the atmosphere remains the same. The Carroll library moved around quite a bit before it finally found its current resting place between Ganfield Gymnasium and Shattuck Auditorium. It was first located in a professor’s classroom, and then moved to Voorhees Hall, then to McAllister Hall, and finally, in 1942, the current building was constructed. The archives and special collections, now headed up by reference librarian Linda Hartig, are located on the second floor of the building, where they have been since the completion of that floor in 1975. They hold photo collections, newspaper collections, papers from faculty and students, government documents, scrapbooks, assorted student publications and even long-playing records of music. The library also stores duplicate copies of many student publications, such as The New Perspective and Century Magazine. There is one copy of each of these in the second floor archives
Photo by Sarah Lasee
The library archives, located on the second floor of the library is filled with many old document, book and 3D objects that hold many secrets to the past of Carroll College.
and another at the other end of the library in the cages. If anything disastrous would happen, such as a fire, the hope is that only one collection of student publications would be destroyed, though all the other documents in the archives would be lost forever – it is impossible to make copies of the old log books, student papers, newspaper clippings and objects from the 1800s. In addition to retaining multiple copies of student publications, Hartig is looking into other precautionary measures. She currently has a proposal on the table for a $10,000 grant that would allow for the copies of the
student newspaper to be digitalized and put on the library’s server. Many of the early documents in the archive belonged to Walter Rankin, who served as president of the college from 1866-71, 1873-79 and 18811910. According to Jim Van Ess, a Carroll graduate who started working with the archives in 1969 and continues to do so now, despite his retirement last year, it was Rankin who really brought the college back after the Civil War. Van Ess also said, “The purpose of the archives is to document the history of the people.”
And that is what students, alumni and community members come looking for year after year. Hartig explained that a fair number of people come in and ask questions about their relatives who have gone to Carroll in the past. She went on to say that she feels it is too bad that the students today are ruining their own history by not having publications such as the yearbook. “It is kind of sad because the future generations will want to know what life is like now,” said Hartig. The archives face other problems, as well, including technological ones. For example,
there are many 8 mm home videos and 3½ quarter tapes that the library has saved, but unfortunately they have nothing to view them with. Despite problems, Hartig is encouraged by the number of classes that have projects that require students to look at the history of Carroll. She cites a communications project to look up the tuition cost of Carroll 50 years ago and compare it with today’s, and a history project that required students to look at the student newspaper during World War II and compare the thoughts of those students to how students are feeling now toward the issues in Iraq. She hopes that there will be more creative uses for the archives as time goes on. Besides looking into the history of Carroll for class information, students can also find interesting stories about traditions from the past. For example, Van Ess tells the story of when freshman had to wear an orange beanie when they began school. If a freshman man passed an upperclassman woman, he had to tip his beanie at her. Students can also find documents about a few of the rich and famous who have studied at the college if they look hard enough. One of these people was Alfred Lunt, who gained great fame on the stage during the 1950s with his wife, Lynn Fontanne. By consulting the archives, students can learn that Lunt studied theatre at Carroll under May Nickell Rankin, President Walter Rankin’s daughter, and was a member of the Men’s Glee Club and Mandolin Club. This is just one example of the many wonders found in the library archives. There are many more secrets of the past waiting to be discovered on the next rainy day.
Brody puts in her time on Wednesdays. Much of the training program is focused on leadership skills. In addition, cadets learn the specifics of the armed forces, such as marching and who and when to salute. They also learn common courtesy and public speaking, and physical training sessions are required
addition, she receives a $300 per month stipend. While she will not have to pay back the money rience was during her field trainafter graduation, she said, “I pay ing, when she was taken up in a it back with my service.” T37 as a reward for physically fit After graduating, Brody will cadets. While in the air, the pilot be required to spend four years in allowed her to take control of the active duty as a nurse in the Air jet and even roll the plane, flipForce. She would like to spend ping 360 degrees. “That her time overseas, but was a rush,” she said. placement is determined Though Brody upon class rank and other considered becoming “I wanted to do for my country what qualifications. She has a pilot, she has now no preference as to what others have done... decided that if she does, country she wants to be I wanted to put in my time.” she will receive a private based out of, saying, “I license and just fly for Junior Kate Brody would be up for anything. enjoyment, rather than And even if I were in the as her career. States, that would be fine Instead, she has too…I’ll make the best decided to pursue her skills as a twice per week. of every situation.” Typically Cadets must partake in field the placement is the same for all nurse. “I love the idea [of flying], but I feel I can do so much more training at least once during four years, but there is a chance with my nursing degree as a flight their training – Brody spent last of moving early. “You have to be nurse,” she said. As a flight nurse, summer in South Dakota for her flexible,” she said. Although she when a plane flies into a combat field training. Field training is doesn’t want to go into war, she zone and picks up wounded, similar to basic training, Brody said, “I will do whatever it takes.” Brody would be on hand to said, except that basic training In addition to training, treat the solider while on the air- focuses more on following others, ROTC takes time in Brody’s life plane. Currently she is attending where field training teaches you with community service projects, Columbia College of Nursing to leadership. In addition, there is such as raking leaves and making work towards that ambition. She much concentration on physical valentines for veterans. At school, is optimistic that the Air Force discipline; if anyone acts up, they she is also involved with her cliniwill become her career but if not, are forced to do push ups and cals and participates in intramural she will serve her four years and other physical punishments. “My volleyball. then work in the “civilian world.” flight was always getting in trouBrody is confident she made The local ROTC meets at ble,” Brody said with a laugh. the right decision when she signed While Brody is in school, up for ROTC, and believes “the Marquette University in Milwaukee. Roughly 100 students the ROTC pays for much of her program is amazing.” She believes are in the Air Force program tuition and cost of books. She’s that working hard will pay off in from 13 local schools. Students on a three-year scholarship; three the end saying, “You get out of it meet weekly, beginning at 6 a.m. of her college years are paid for. In what you put into it.” Brody From Page 7
‘Roses are red...’
Photo by Jill Ridenour
The Carroll College Literary Club held its first open mic night of the year in the library coffee shop on Thursday. Above: alumni Dirk Watkins dropped by to captivate the audience with his original poetry.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING Wednesday, November 26, 2003
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Turkey trivia Elisa Neckar Features Editor
A feast for Thanksgiving Jenny Lueck Special to The New Perspective
Thanksgiving is coming and the turkeys are getting fat. In the hustle of the holiday, some people may not have an idea where to begin with the traditional meal. Some Carroll collegians may still rely on their parents to prepare the turkey. Still others may be embarking on a new experience, cooking the turkey on their own. To meet this challenge, there are a variety of places to gain inspiration. For the first time cook, the Internet has many ideas for the Thanksgiving bird. There are traditional recipes for oven-roasted turkey. Most people grow up assuming the bird belongs in the oven. For example, sophomore Leanna Covert looked perplexed when asked her preference of the turkey. “I like oven-roasted turkey, although my mother makes the turkey, not I,” Covert said. Despite deep-rooted traditions, there are actually so many different techniques that heads may spin. To begin, the chef needs to decide whether to make a fresh bird or take the frozen one. Fresh turkeys tend to be much more expensive, especially around
the holiday. If choosing the frozen, there are several variations on enhancing of flavor. Some turkeys come injected with seasoning and marinade. Others come plain, leaving the creativity up to the cook. Therefore, usually only personal preference can make this decision. If there is a budget to consider, then the plain frozen turkey may be the way to go. Using a frozen bird will take some extra time since thawing can be a lengthy process. Most of the time, an entire day should be devoted to cooking the bird. This should be enough time, assuming that you’re not dealing with a 20-pound turkey. Make sure the bird is thawed completely before attempting to cook it. There are different methods to thawing. Refrigeration is one, which requires 24 hours for every four pounds. Cold water will be more time efficient – allow 30 minutes per pound. However, make sure to use cold water and to change it frequently. The final way to thaw is in the microwave. However, this may not be the best thawing technique assuming that the microwave is smaller than the turkey. Once the turkey is thawed, it’s time to choose a method for cooking. For this, you can explore
options such as roasting, grilling or deep-frying. Many people have not tried the deep-fried turkey, but it is a tasty option. Frying the bird will require five gallons of oil, a 40- to 60-quart pot with a basket and a burner with a propane gas tank. Always fry the turkey outdoors and have thermometers on hand to ensure that the turkey will not overcook. If deep-frying sounds too complicated for a first time Thanksgiving cook, you can try grilling. Have plenty of fuel on hand. The turkey can be as large as you need to feed your guests, assuming it fits in the grill with a one-inch clearance between the bird and the lid. The turkey is ready to eat when the meat thermometer reads 180 degrees Fahrenheit. For the busiest Thanksgiving entertainers, local grocers provide an easy technique: Pick ‘N Save provides an entire meal that serves 10 to 12 people for around $70. Jewel Osco and Sentry also provide fast, efficient ways to trick the relatives. Do not think of it as an easy way out, but rather as a creative twist on your own technique. Whatever method you choose, have a Happy Thanksgiving!
From that famous first Thanksgiving to today’s turkey burgers, turkeys are an ingrained part of the American experience. Here’s some history and trivia about these famous birds and about Thanksgiving in general from the National Turkey Federation’s Web site at www.eatturkey.com (no really, there is a National Turkey Federation!). • Early explorers to the “New World” acquired a taste for turkey and took it back with them to Europe. By the 1500s, turkeys were being raised domestically in Italy, France and England. So, when the Pilgrims arrived in America, they were already familiar with the birds and naturally would have included it in their “first Thanksgiving.” • President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, and in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving forward one week to the day when it is presently celebrated. • Benjamin Franklin proposed the turkey as the national bird and opposed the selection of the bald eagle. “I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country!” he said in a letter to his daughter. “The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and is a true original native of America.” • Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation (NTF) has presented the President of the United States with a live turkey and two dressed turkeys every year in honor of Thanksgiving. But don’t worry about the live turkey – after the ceremony, the live bird retires to a farm to live the rest of its life in peace. • The National Turkey Federation estimates that of the 271 million turkeys raised in 2002,
46 million of them were eaten at Thanksgiving, 22 million at Christmas and 19 million at Easter. • Ninety-five percent of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey on Thanksgiving. According to the NTF, the average weight of these turkeys is 15 pounds, meaning that 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed last Thanksgiving. • The five most popular ways to use up leftover turkey are: (1) sandwich, (2) soup or stew, (3) casserole, (4) stir-fry and (5) salad. • Though white meat is generally preferred in the U.S., people in most other countries around the world choose the dark meat. • When Neil Armstong and Edwin Aldrin ate their first meal on the moon, their foil food packages were filled with a roasted turkey dinner and all the trimmings. • The costume that Big Bird wears on Sesame Street is rumored to be made from turkey feathers. • Turkey consumption in America has more than doubled in the last 25 years. This could be for health reasons – turkey is high in protein and low in fat – or because of turkey’s versatility and convenience. • Only tom turkeys gobble; hen turkeys make a clicking noise. • June is National Turkey Lovers’ Month. • Nearly half of U.S. consumers eat turkey at least once every two weeks. • According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the following countries consumed the most turkey in 2002: (1) Israel, (2) United States, (3) France, (4) Italy, (5) Germany, (6) United Kingdom and (7) Canada.
Remember what’s important this Thanksgiving Eve Jacobs Staff Writer
Thanksgiving is a day to relax and be surrounded by friends and family. It’s a time when everyone focuses on giving thanks to the people around them and showing how much they care. Yeah, right! The stress of cooking that turkey and all the fixings, cleaning the house, and keeping warring family members from each others’ throat is enough to worry about. Who needs the additional chore of being thankful? Here’s a selection of suggestions for activities and timefillers that can take some stress out of the holidays and refocus your Thanksgiving on spending time with your family and giving thanks for the important people in your life. For many families, football - either watching or playing - is always one of the favorite things to do, especially for many guys,
while many women look forward to hitting the malls for the big day-after-Thanksgiving bargains. Going to see the latest flicks can always fill some time before the turkey is done in the oven. Grab everyone and go check out a matinee of one of the new family holiday movies. If everyone’s willing to pitch in, it can be fun for the whole family. Or, if you don’t want to spend the money to go see a movie, why not have a holiday movie marathon at the house? Start Christmas a little early – string some popcorn, turn on the carols and watch some home videos or some classic ones. Or, picking names for Christmas gifts is always a fun way to fill the day, and a good way to get everyone excited about Christmas. Playing games can also be fun for the family, depending on the types of games you play. If there are a lot of little cousins coming along, perhaps entertaining them with a game of pass the pumpkin would be fun – it’s
just like hot potato, only with a pumpkin. This is just a simple game to play with the kids, but if you have an older group, bust out the cards and play some blackjack or poker. If there are any new card games that people know, everyone could learn it. There are also the classic board games, such as Clue, Scrabble
and Monopoly. If it’s not too cold out, there is always a walk in the park with the whole family. Bring hot apple cider along and think of some great songs to sing and you will be toasty warm in no time. Or stay home and cook something with the whole family – take some of the pressure off the family chef
and spend quality time together, all at once! See this page for a 2layer pumpkin pie recipe, or, for the non-traditionalist, a recipe for fudge brownie sundaes. What you do isn’t important. What’s key during the holidays is being thankful for what you have no matter who you are, and enjoying time with your family.
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Table for Two
Italian food served up with a side dish of Karaoke Jessica Pairrett
waitress seated us at the far end of the restaurant and placed glasses of water and menus on the table. Once we tasted our appetizer of fried eggplant, we decidedly chose Roma’s as our favorite place to order that particular side dish. As a garnish, Parmesan cheese adorned the sticks. Next, the salads, large, piled high on the plate and decorated with rye croutons, were served. Using rye croutons was another exclusive technique to make the restaurant stand out, as other eateries tend to serve only toasted white or garlic and herb varieties of croutons. Our waitress brought the entrees out rather quickly, much
By the end of the meal, we were both stuffed to the brim. I still had a little of my meal that Jessica Pairrett and her boyfriend, Paul, tour Waukesha and south could have used finishing, but eastern Wisconsin in search of I left it in favor of the cannoli. the best food this side of Lake I had never tried one of these Michigan. things and wasn’t even sure what Whenever karaoke night it was, except for it being an happens in a bar, people about to Italian dessert, so I decided the enter should take caution. They moment was right. Our waitress never know whether the people was honest and said she had singing (or butchering) the song never tried one due to her dislike will damage their eardrums. for sweets, but that the customOn the contrary, such did not ers praised them. The cannoli, happen during my first dining in a brief overview, is like an experience at Roma’s Ristorante under-baked pastry with a cin& Lounge. Perhaps that was namon-sugary outside and then due to the separation of bar and is rolled up and is filled with a restaurant. cheese type of filling, accented I found it unique and quite with springs of green coconut a smart idea that the bar was on the ends (but variations on off to the left after entering the this dessert must be plentiful). Roma’s Italian restaurant. However, I The cannoli: A light, nice way Ristorante & Lounge couldn’t place the walled-up to end dinner. room as a bar right away, prob- Where: N8416 County Rd. ES, The atmosphere for the East Troy ably because I didn’t hear any night was great. Not too many noise or smell any smoke. It was Phone: (262) 642-5353 couples were dining. One large only through discussion during Hours: group of about eight paid and Open at 4:00 p.m. daily. dinner and upon leaving that I left when we arrived. The group Delivery after 4:30 p.m. discovered the room with the we were seated by, although glass door was indeed a sanctuloud, was not obnoxious. Also, ary for the smoker and drinker to our surprise. My boyfriend’s the restaurant has banquet rooms – or the tune-crooner. meal, crab alfredo, had little so the noise level is kept to a My boyfriend and I got chunks of shrimp scattered amid minimum, although no festiviserved right away at the restau- the pasta. My stuffed pasta shells ties took place that night so we rant, but we could tell from the came with a high recommenda- couldn’t really test the noise-conroad that we would get seats tion from our waitress. A unique trol. The music playing when my instantly; another perk about vis- aspect about this restaurant’s boyfriend and I arrived sounded iting Roma’s is the neon “Imme- pasta dishes is that they have like jazz but then it shifted into diate Seating” sign that can be the option for the customer to soft pop and instrumental, “like seen from down the highway, or choose their sauce: alfredo, meat elevator-ish, but more upbeat,” maybe even the interstate behind or marinara. We only left the my boyfriend remarked. the building. The hospitable meat sauce untested. Pendant lights hovered Staff Writer
Photo by Jessica Pairrett
Roma’s Ristorante & Lounge in East Troy serves a variety of different foods in a romantic atmosphere.
over the tables and track lights splashed areas along the scenes on the walls. Looking at the wall scenes, the atmosphere felt like being outside in an Italian marketplace, like dining outside during the day on some type of veranda. Many silhouettes and figures stood illuminated in light, each posed in a different action, comical or romantic in nature. Roma’s Ristorante & and
Lounge, complete with a working, lighted fireplace, seems like a great place to go on a date. With a variety of food choices at good prices, friendly service, the feeling of being somewhere romantic such as Italy, how can a dinner date go wrong? And not to forget about the separation of bar from restaurant. Definitely visit East Troy’s Roma’s and get a table (or a couple of bar stools) for two.
Music department looks to spring for milestones Laura Fadrowski Staff Writer
Music floats softly out of the doors in Shattuck Auditorium and gently wafts throughout the building. This music is being played by one of the many groups involved in the music department’s newly-established program, “The Wind and Percussion Institute at Carroll College.” Lawrence Dale Harper, chair of the Department of Music, is the director and founder of the new program. He describes it as “a comprehensive program that involves everyone from high school kids up to the professional level in playing percussion and
wind instruments.” Ensembles in the program include the Carroll College Wind Symphony, Wisconsin Wind Orchestra, Carroll College Jazz Ensemble, Youth Wind Orchestra of Wisconsin and Waukesha Area Symphonic Band. Beyond this new program, the department is offering an exceptional year of music for students at Carroll College. A wide range of concerts and performances will provide a great variety of music for all who attend. The annual Christmas Concert, entitled “Christmas at Carroll,” features the Wind Symphony, Concert Choir and Women’s Ensemble. The concert will be held Dec. 6 at 8:15 p.m.
and Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Shattuck Auditorium. With the first semester coming to a close, Harper is looking forward to the future and
Christmas at Carroll What:
Annual holiday concert
When:
Dec. 6 at 8:15 p.m. Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Where:
Shattuck Auditorium
Phone:
(262) 524-7633 for tickets
has planned a variety of musical events for students and faculty to attend in the spring semester. On Feb. 6, the applied faculty of the
music department will be holding a concert in the Recital Hall entitled “Humor in Music.” A new piece by Hugo Hartig, “Dog Poetry,” will be unveiled, making its worldwide premier right here at Carroll College. On March 26, according to Harper, there will be “a huge extravaganza involving the Wisconsin Wind Symphony, Carroll College Wind Symphony, the Carroll College Choir and the Milwaukee Choral Artists, with guest composer Bernard Van Beurden, who is a major European composer right now.” Van Beurden will be working with the groups to perform the world premier of his piece “Song of the Sky Loom.” The piece is based on Native American poetry, dance and song. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. in the Shattuck Auditorium. All of the Carroll College student ensembles wrap up the
year with several performances throughout the final months of spring semester. The Vocal Collective will hold a concert on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Humphrey Memorial Chapel. The Jazz Ensemble will have a concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 16 in the Shattuck Auditorium. On April 18, the Women’s Ensemble will be performing in the Humphrey Memorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m. The Concert Choir will be performing on April 25 at 4 p.m. in the Shattuck Auditorium and, finally, the Wind Symphony will perform with the Youth Wind Orchestra of Wisconsin in a combined concert to be held on May 1 at 4 p.m. in the Shattuck Auditorium. If you would like to attend any or all of these concerts, contact the Carroll College Box Office for details or call the Department of Music with further questions.
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Reality TV? Jennifer Wright Special to The New Perspective
Reality shows have been around for several years now, but experience tells us that they are anything but real-life reality. One of the first reality-based shows to air on one of the four major non-cable networks was Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? in 2000 on FOX. The show was a success according the Nielsen ratings, but the “marriage” of Rick Rockwell and Darva Conger did not have such good luck – their marriage was annulled a few weeks after the final episode aired. Since then, the other major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) have fallen prey to reality programming in an effort to compete for higher ratings. This year, each network is airing “sequels” of their highest rated reality shows with a couple new shows thrown into the mix. ABC is airing the fourth installment of The Bachelor, while CBS is airing the seventh installment of Survivor. The Next Joe Millionaire: An International Affair, the followup show to Joe Millionaire, is airing on FOX, and NBC’s programming line-up includes the fourth season of Fear Factor. Newcomer Average Joe can be seen on NBC while Queer Eye for the Straight Guy airs on Bravo, a subdivision of NBC. This past summer offered two new reality shows, Paradise Hotel on FOX and Who Wants to Marry My Dad? on NBC. These summer reality shows catered to the same audience as many of the other shows, but didn’t bring in the high ratings mainly because summer isn’t the best time to
debut new shows. A summer television viewing audience is much smaller than the usual fall and winter audiences. Many of the sequel reality shows’ ratings have dropped from seasons past. According to the Nielsen Media Research and Station Index for metro Milwaukee households, fall 2002’s The Bachelor with (cutie) Aaron produced higher ratings than this year’s bachelor with (not-so-cute) Bob. This year’s Survivor: Pearl Islands, Panama ratings are not as stellar as compared to last year’s Survivor: Thailand. The original Joe Millionaire raked in more viewers than this year’s look-a-like. The only show not to drop in ratings is Fear Factor, which actually increased its viewership, giving it a broader, more diverse audience for October 2003. As for the newcomers in reality show biz, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is Bravo’s highest rated show ever. Even its parent company, NBC, is making the most of the Queer Eye fame by airing select shows on NBC. Some networks prefer to stay away from the reality show hype. PAX promises viewers it will never air reality shows. PAX, which launched in 1998, bills itself as a family-oriented network with advertisers not interested in having their names associated with reality shows in case they ever sink, therefore, keeping their products or services from sinking along side reality shows. If the Nielsen numbers for metro Milwaukee are any indicator, reality shows will be a shortlived part of television history, so get your fix before they’re gone.
Photo by Nate Ellingson
And the winner is...
Carroll men dress up in drag for the second annual DECA Diva pageant on Friday. The men had to model, dance and answer questions for the audience members.
Students can still register in person Registration From Page 4
every other clock on campus, and c) there is no “submit” button. Aside from these few problems, which will be taken care in semesters to come, web registration did make signing up for the classes that I wanted much easier. I didn’t have to stand in line at Voorhees at 7:30 in the morning and no one had to talk to me at
that time. It was a win-win situation. I would highly recommend that students do meet with their advisors to ensure that they’re signing up for the right classes (and they like to talk to you too, don’t forget). No one wants any surprises come senior year. Also, please be sure to change your password. There are sick individuals out there who get pleasure in knowing that they’ve signed some student up for underwater ceram-
ics or one-handed basket weaving (not actually offered at Carroll College). Lastly, the peeps in the Office of the Registrar may feel pretty lonely this time of year what with so few students registering in person. Stop in and say hello or take them a cookiethey’d be mighty happy! You could always reject the idea of having to succumb to the Internet to register and just go in and do it in person-resister that is.
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Friends
Thanksgiving ruined Jodi Lynn Banning Arts & Entertainment Editor
It’s the episode everyone waits for. That’s right, the Thanksgiving episode. This year, Monica and Chandler decide they don’t want to host Thanksgiving again. However, Phoebe’s quick mind convinces Monica that she needs to compete with herself to out-do last year, and she accomplishes the feat. As for the rest of the friends, they ruined Monica’s perfect Thanksgiving dinner. Phoebe convinced Rachel to enter Emma into a baby beauty contest. The pageant ran long, and Rachel wanted to leave, but Phoebe talked her out of it. Emma ended up winning the competition, but the three were an hour late for dinner. Joey and Ross invited Chandler to go with them to a hockey game, but Chandler knew it was going to run late and said no. The other two went anyway, saying they’d leave the game early to be at dinner on time. But, the game was just too exciting and they were almost an hour late as well.
By the time the rest of the crew made it to Monica and Chandler’s apartment, Monica was so mad that a vein was popping out of her forehead. Meanwhile, everyone else was out in the hall trying to come up with a good excuse for being late. They finally decided to go in, but the door was locked. Rachel remembered that she still had a key, but the chain was on. Joey, being the intelligent one in the group, stuck his head through the crack in the door, and his head got stuck. Monica tried using turkey grease to get his head out, but it didn’t work. Finally, the friends decided to push the door until Joey could squeeze his head out, but the chain didn’t hold. Joey went flying through the door and right into Thanksgiving dinner. Monica entered the room after answering the phone, and surprisingly, didn’t care that the dinner was ruined. It seems that Monica and Chandler are going to be parents after all. A young woman had finally picked them to be the parents of her child. It looks like the friends have plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
Hollywood comes to Carroll
Photo by Sarah Lasee
Senior Adam Salerno hosts Carroll’s version of Hollywood Squares on Nov 13. This show was part of the annual family weekend sponsored by the College Activities Board each year. Professor Pete Settle, Registrar Brian Boyd, the Rev. Bill Humphreys and Director of Residential Programs Ryan Ringhand are joined by parents to answer questions.
Brought to you by the Department of Mathematics and the Math Club Last puzzle’s (Oct. 30) winner: The was no correct submission. The appointment was not at 8 a.m. The Puzzler is still open and the first correct solution gets the tickets.
Little Jimmy is having fun adding numbers. He starts with 1 and then adds 2 and then 3 and so on. After a while, when he has added each of the positive integers up to n, he notices something interesting. His sum is now a three digit number where all of the digits are equal. What is the last value he added? In other words, what is n? One randomly selected correct solution will get two movie passes and popcorn. Solutions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to be in the prize drawing. Submissions can be e-mailed to dfeil@cc.edu with ‘Puzzler Answer’ in the subject line or can be submitted in hard copy to Professor Dave Feil’s office, 105 Maxon Hall.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
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Life of Brian
Make the mullets disappear
Brian Hartman Staff Writer
That’s it! I won’t tolerate it any longer, Carroll College. This sort of thing has gone on for far too long, and it’s time to put a stop to it. Oh, I know it was all good fun at first, we had our laughs, but it’s gotten too far out of control. It’s time for the end to come. Yes, that’s right, the end of the mullet. I know that word probably sparked some sort of emotion in you, whether it be amusement, horror, confusion, or (God forbid) pride. But let’s take a look at what we’re dealing with here. For those of you lucky enough to not know, a mullet is a particular sort of hairstyle (I happen to think the word better describes a small Atlantic fish). It’s a hairstyle conceived of in the bowels of Hell itself, but let’s not get into that yet. A mullet consists of having the hair cut very short in the front and sides and long as possible in the back, leading to the popular description, “Business in the front, party in the back!” It is also sometimes known as “the wresting haircut” or “the weasel” (OK, I made the last one up). You’ve probably seen one without knowing what it is called. There’s even a TV show coming soon (or is it already here?) called “The Mullets.” This haircut is not limited to a gender, age, race, religion or even an individual. There’s the classic male mullet (sideburns
and peach-fuzz goatee optional), there’s the female mullet (often simply called the “femullet”) and there’s child mullet. There are even entire families who have the exact same style of mullet. If you have ever witnessed an actual family of mullets and you can somehow still read this, I salute you. That sight would leave most of us blind with terror. Now perhaps you think I am overreacting, that it’s just a haircut, although a particularly moronic one. Perhaps you are a fool! The sad fact is, friends, that nothing in the known universe will make you stupider than having a mullet. Oh, I don’t mean it only makes you look stupid, although obviously it does. No, it truly makes you a stupid person. Every person I have ever seen or listened to that has a mullet has had roughly the IQ of a box turtle. They become babbling morons, and what’s worse, they appear to think they are perfectly normal. There’s almost an unearthly sort of “mullet pride,” that makes them want to flaunt their gross ignorance. They talk loudly, and arrogantly, about anything, often using no logic or reasoning. I don’t know what makes the mullet so lethal to the human intellect; I only know that this kind of profane lifestyle must be stopped, now, and at all costs. Therefore I am starting an organization against this most heinous of hairstyles: The International Citizens Against Mullets (ICAM). ICAM’s prime goal is the worldwide termination of the mullet. On every continent, every country, every city, we must eradicate it from human existence. Now I don’t want to kill anyone with a mullet, please remember. Mullet wearers are the very people ICAM is trying to save, to free from the chains of mulletude. We’ll need razors, scissors, and any sort of hairstyling products we can find to combat the forces of the mullet. We’ll need to fight on a political level, lobbying governments for official
bans of the mullet. We’ll need to study, for ourselves, everything we can know about the mullet (I suggest www.mulletsgalore.com). And don’t think it will go easy, folks – the mullet will fight to stay alive. But we must rise, and be strong. We must join against the mullet! Now I know some of you may be thinking, “But Brian, I want a cheese sandwich!” Wait, sorry, that’s what I was thinking right now. What you’re thinking is “But what can I do? Why should I bother fighting the mullet? It doesn’t affect me!” Well, perhaps my own testimony will change your mind. I, myself, have witnessed a great many mullets, but this was the worst. In my hometown of Appleton, Wis., I was at a gas station when I saw a father and son with mullets (possibly genetically caused mullets, maybe not). The father’s was about shoulder blade level, which is your average mullet. But the son, who appeared to be 11 or 12 years old, had a horrendous mullet down to his waist. In the front it was curled up a little, almost giving him a crest. And as I watched them walking, long mullets hanging off the backs of their heads, blowing in the breeze, I knew this had to stop. Think about it: Is that the kind of thing you want your loved ones, your friends, or your family to have to see? Is that the kind of world you want your children to grow up in? Or even worse – is that the kind of thing you want your children to become? You see the terrible danger, members of Carroll College? Join me now. Join the International Citizens Against Mullets, and become one of the glorious members of a force dedicated to freedom, justice and haircuts that don’t look like a small mammal was flattened and attached to your head! Fight the forces of evil, of ignorance, of hatred! Fight the mullet! But first, let’s all go get those cheese sandwiches. Mmm…cheese.
Horoscopes Mr. Mysterio Staff Astrologer
with it.
Sagittarius November 22 - December 21 When work becomes boring this week, try new activities, such as “staple your coworkers” or “photocopy your middle finger and paste it all over.” You won’t be sorry!
Gemini May 21 - June 21 At the end of every day, look back and try and see what good things you did. Odds are, you probably didn’t do much, but don’t worry about it anymore. Now shut up and watch TV.
Capricorn December 22 - January 19 The stars have finally decided that, yes, you do look fat in that pair of pants. Happy now? Will you stop nagging about it?! The stars are going out for a drink, don’t wait up. Aquarius January 20 - February 18 Due to budget cutbacks, we’re now eliminating this sign of the Zodiac. Best of luck elsewhere. Pisces February 19 - March 20 In the war against crime, there’s McGruff. In the war against drugs, there’s D.A.R.E. In the war against the machines, there’s Neo. And now, in the war against children who can’t seem to shut up, there is you. Aries March 21 - April 19 After being forced to catch the turkey, kill it, pluck it and cook it, you decide Thanksgiving isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Try starting a new holiday tradition. Jell-O sculptures anyone? Taurus April 20 - May 20 There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that best describes what to do in your current situation. Unfortunately, the stars don’t know ancient Chinese. Deal
Cancer June 22 - July 22 Look deep into the eyes of the person sitting next to you and tell them you love them more than anything else in the world. Depending on who is next to you, this could be wonderful or terrifying. Do it anyway! Leo July 23 - August 22 The police should be here in about ten minutes, so if you’re going to use some of that crack, it might as well be now. Heck, maybe the cops will want some, too. Virgo August 23 - September 22 This week will lead to the single worst event in human history, and it will be solely because you couldn’t find your keys last Tuesday. Next week should be pretty good, though. Libra September 23 - October 22 It’s time to come forward and admit what you did. Of course, all you did was steal a packet of sugar from Denny’s, but it’s about principles, man! Scorpio October 23 - November 21 Troffe eht htrow t’nsaw ti ezilaer ll’uoy, sdrawkcab si siht gnizilaer yllanif retfa.
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crats • Proceeds benefit Tyson strikers
Nov. 29 Pioneer Basketball Game • vs. North Park University • 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 Multi-Cultural Film Festival • “The Story of Adele H” • Campus Center Ratzow Room • 7 p.m.
Dec. 1-5 Toiletries Drive • Campus Center • Sponsored by College Demo-
Dec. 2 Holiday Memories • Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
• Shattuck Auditorium • 7:30 p.m. • Call (262) 547-1858 for tickets Dec. 4 Stamping Christmas Workshop • LCDI • 8:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 5 Open Mic Night • P.I.T. • 8 p.m.
Dec. 6 Lady Pioneer Basketball Game • vs. St. Norbert College • 2 p.m. Pioneer Basketball Game • vs. St. Norbert College • 4 p.m. Dec. 6-7 Madrigal Dinner • Main Dining Room • 5 p.m. Saturday • 4 p.m. Sunday • Tickets are $28 and includes the Christmas Concert
• Call (262) 524-7182 Christmas Concert • Shattuck Auditorium • 8:15 p.m. Saturday • 7:30 p.m. Sunday • $5 for Adults, $3 for Seniors/ Children under12 • Call (262) 524-7633 Dec. 7-19 Senior Art Major’s Exhibit • Rowe Art Galery • 3-5 p.m. Sunday is the Opening Reception
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Athlete Spotlight: Senior Brewers can’t get it basketballer Gustafson right on and off field Chalk Talk
Ryan Watterson
ries indeed, which include Carroll’s overtime victory over Lake Forest two years ago and Jill Gustafson loves basketwhen the Lady Pio’s tied the ball. The senior forward from school’s scoring record with 104 Chaska, Minn. is currently points against Grinnell College playing in her fourth season as a the same season. Carroll Lady Pioneer. She is one One of her teammates, of five seniors on the roster that senior co-captain Heather Jones hope to lead Carroll to another praised Gustafson’s dedication. conference title. “She’s a model student ath“I feel very dedicated to lete for this college,” Jones said. this team,” Gustafson said. “I “When we’re winning and “Her dedication on and off the don’t think it’s unrealistic to say we have a packed gym to play in court is visible to everybody. She we can win the conference tour- front of, we love it. Our team is recognizes that everyone on the nament this year.” team is important.” The 5-11 GusGustafson gives tafson has played her teammates credit “I don’t think it’s unrealistic basketball as far back for making her experito say we can win the conference as the fourth grade, ence at Carroll better. also participating in She would much tournament this year.” track and field and rather receive credit as Senior Jill Gustafson a member of the Piocross country in high school. neer basketball team Her favorite than individually. No aspect of basketball is the com- big on athletes supporting ath- doubt, she is a hard worker and petition. Gustafson strongly letes,” Gustafson added. one of Carroll College’s finest. emphasized the importance of Going into her senior year, “She’s super-competetive teammates. Gustafson realizes she is nearing and supportive of her team“I definitely love compet- the end of her basketball-play- mates,” Jones said. “At practice, ing. The feeling I get after a ing career. The physical therapy she is always preparing for the good play makes it worth it,” major will begin her master’s next game. Basketball is such a Gustafson said. “Also when degree this summer. team sport. As one of our capthe team can get more players “I want to make the most tains, she is definitely a teaminvolved, the better.” out of this year. It will be sad to leader.” Ask any athlete and they’ll go.” Gustafson said. “I played a As of Nov. 24 Gustafson tell you playing in front of a long time and have some great is second on the team in scorcrowd gets the adrenaline flow- memories.” ing, averaging 10.5 points-pering. Jill agrees. She has some great memo- game. Sports Editor
Ryan Watterson Sports Editor
When I moved to Wisconsin three years ago, I had no idea that going to see the most pathetic franchise in all of pro-sports would be an easy twenty minute drive for me. Milwaukee is on a crash course for disaster. If you think the team is bad, take a closer look at the people running the show. The good ol’ Brew Crew has managed 11 straight losing seasons (Good work boys). The Mil-
waukee Journal Sentinel reported this month the Brewers plan on cutting its payroll from just over $40 million to $30 million. That figure would rank the team dead last in the entire Major Leagues. Don’t forget, it is more than likely All-Stars Richie Sexson and Geoff Jenkins will be traded away for more affordable players. Just what the team needs, get rid of the only two players that put any fans in the seats, besides the Sausages. Speaking of fans, like Bob Uecker said in Major League, “If you haven’t noticed and judging by the attendance, you haven’t…” Milwaukee’s attendance has dropped by over one million in the last two seasons. I wonder why… Perhaps it is because the Brewers used the “If you build it, they will come” mentality. See Brewers Page 15
A majority (59%) of student athletes at Carroll College consume alcohol 2 times per month or less 93% of Carroll College student athletes never injure themselves or others as a result of alcohol consumption 3/4 (78%) of Carroll College student athletes believe one should never use tobacco 94% of student athletes say that at least one of their best friends is a fellow student athlete 3/4 (76%) of student athletes at Carroll meet with faculty at least one hour or more outside of class on a weekly basis 72% of student athletes at Carroll College work for pay on a weekly basis -53% work 8 or more hours per week -30% work 10-20 hours per week 63% of Carroll student athletes have a grade point average of 2.7 or higher
Play the MVP Factoids quiz and win free pizza! Go to any campus PC, go to “start” menu, then go to “programs,” then “MVP Factoids,” and play to win! Source data drawn from a Fall 2002 anonymous survey of all Carroll College intercollegiate athletes with 191 respondents (64%).
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Ultimate Frisbee fun for everyone Pete Seroogy Staff Writer
Women’s hoops opens season
Photo by Ryan Watterson
Senior forward Jill Gustafson looks for an open teammate to pass to during Carroll’s 47-34 loss to Carthage College on Saturday at Van Male Gymnasium.
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$100 million dollars in debt and this cut will slowly allow them to pay back the league. However, a major league baseball roster has 25 slots. So the team average salary will be just over a million bucks per player. You think the marketable names will be lining up to play here? Even if Milwaukee lands a big name that rakes in five or six million a year, there’s still no way a competitive team
some revenue. Otherwise, you never know, the Brewers could leave town one They sought legislation for taxday. Despite being in the league payers to cover most of the costs for over thirty years, Milwaukee of Miller Park. In doing so, the isn’t invincible. Small-market Brewers were sure a new stadium teams will continue to come would give them additional and go. Do the Houston Oilers, funds. Three years later, most Cleveland Browns, St. Louis fans feel let down – and they Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, should. Everything they buy has Los Angeles Raiders, Vancouver a sales tax that goes to paying for Grizzlies, Charlotte Hornets, the stadium. Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Fans should also Nordiques, Minnesota be angered at the recent North Stars and Hart“The good ol’ Brew Crew has forced resignation/ ford Whalers ring any managed 11 straight losing seasons bells? Well they should, firing of Brewers president Ulice Payne Jr., because all of those teams (good work boys).” who apparently had too no longer exist in those cities (with the exception much control for the of Cleveland, who is now Selig’s to handle. Payne an expansion team). Jr. brought a new mentality to can be put together. The Brewers won’t be able Milwaukee when he was hired I don’t know how to fix the before last season. He strived for Brewers situation. They need to climb out of this crater overa better ball club, which really is some funding, that’s for sure. night, and that’s unfortunate what we got. The Brewers played Whatever happened to the con- because at the rate this whole .500 baseball for the second half certs and events that Miller Park debacle is going, 2004 will be of last season, an impressive was supposed to host? The Boss, one ugly season. The fans have a improvement from the Brewers Bruce Springsteen played there right to feel betrayed. So to the of 2001. this summer. But why was that Selig’s and the rest of the board, Back to the financial issues. the only one? I think the Board I hope you know what you’re The decision to cut the payroll of Directors led by Wendy Selig- doing. Otherwise what are you doesn’t entirely make sense to Prieb should open that hunk-a- going to do with Miller Park me. Yes, the Brewers are over green steel up and start taking in when the Brewers aren’t there?
ultimate frisbee so popular and so much fun to play and he said “It’s a very friendly and enjoyable atmosphere, everybody touches the frisbee, and everyone has respect for everyone else. It’s just plain enjoyable. Personally, I like the opportunity for [making] big plays. I love running as fast as I can to catch a long pass, or putting all of your energy into one huge
Yes, one might think it would be too cold for outdoor games now, but there is a group of hardcore enthusiasts playing ultimate frisbee in a park near you. If you don’t know what ultimate frisbee is, or have never played it, you should really learn. It doesn’t take much searching to find an area to play on. All that is needed is “[Ultimate Frisbee] is just a long open field with something to refer to as the goals on plain enjoyable.” each end. This is a sport that Sophomore is a mix of soccer and football with a frisbee. Ultimate frisbee Nick Beaudin is a sport that requires a lot of running, throwing, jumping, cheering, catching and just throw. Since we only play for about all the heart you can put fun, I like trying to get better at into it. Show up to a game and the big plays in case we ever play someone will teach you how to a real match (intramurals).” play. With an endorsement like Sophomore Nick Beaudin this, it’s no wonder everyone is one of many people who seems to enjoy themselves. played “Ultimate” (as it is often “Anyone can play, and we’re called) on main lawn this fall. very accommodating, we’ll give He is one of the people who anyone a hand who needs it.” organized games that were Even if you’ve never played the played on Friday afternoons game before, give it a thought. and Sunday afternoons. In Next spring, whenever the these games, Nick said at least snow melts away, you’re sure to ten people participated in see a group of people playing the games and sometimes the ultimate wherever they can find numbers were as high as 18 or the room. Since there isn’t any 20. He told me “Haakon Haak- snow yet, and the chill in the air enson is the guy who normally isn’t too debilitating, some aftertalks to me about playing, but noons you’ll still find people everyone takes a part in getting chucking the frisbee through people to play.” the air getting exercise, fresh air I asked Nick what makes and having a really great time.
Igielski earns AllAmerican honors Nathan Brunner Assistant Sports Editor
After finishing 32nd at last season’s Division III NCAA National Cross Country Championships, senior Kristin Igielski set a goal for this season of repeating her All-American performance and to finish in the top 15 at this season’s national championship meet Nov. 22 in Hanover, Ind. She more than achieved these goals as she ran one of the best races of her collegiate cross-country career and finished in fifth place. For the second year in a row her finish earned
her All-American honors. She finished the 6,000-meter course in 21:44.5. Igielski, who has qualified for three national championships, qualified for this year’s meet by placing fifth in the NCAA Midwest Regional Meet held on Nov. 15 in Colfax, Wis. Head coach Shawn Thielitz was confident from the moment the gun went off at the start of the national championship that Igielski would achieve her goal of a top 15 result. “I reminded her of our goal right before the race started,” said Thielitz. “I was confident it was going to be a great day once I saw her start, and by the two-kilometer mark I knew she was going to have her greatest day ever.” After the first kilometer she was in the top 30 and was up to the top 12 by the two-kilometer mark.She managed to catch the fourth place runner with one kilometer left in the race but could not keep the pace needed to overtake the position. However, Coach Thielitz was still very pleased with Igielski’s result. “I am so proud of Kristin for accomplishing her season goal,” Thielitz said. “She was a great ambassador for Carroll College and the Midwest Conference at the National Championship.”
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Swimming teams look to surprise conference Nathan Brunner Assistant Sports Editor
Men’s Swimming At first glance the casual observer may dismiss the Carroll College men’s swimming team as having no chance to compete in the Midwest Conference this season. The Pioneers have only six swimmers on this year’s squad and placed sixth out of seven schools in last season’s MWC tournament. However, the sixth place finish was remarkable considering the Pios swam with only four members on last year’s team. The two extra team members should help the team considerably come February at the tournament. Also, with a change in the scoring rules for this year’s tournament (now the top 16 finishers in each event score points as opposed to only the top 12 last season) it is probable Carroll will be able to achieve its goal of finishing higher than last season’s effort. Head Coach Joanne Brandtjen realizes this will take a lot of effort from her entire squad. “All of them have to step up,” Brandtjen said referring to the members of the team. “All six of them have to.” She is looking toward junior Tony Dellamorte and sophomore Clark Duffy to step up and be the leaders of the team. “He was a big team leader last year as a freshman,” Brandtjen said of Duffy. “He set a great example for his teammates.” She
also is expecting Duffy to be able to break the school records he set last season and possibly even one or two more. In terms of whom the biggest competitor to the Pioneers will be Brandtjen points to Beloit College. Her main expectations for the team are for each swimmer to obtain his personal goals and set personal best times. She is also stressing the conference meet to the main focus of the entire team. She was able to sum up her overall expectations for this year’s men’s squad in one simple but effective statement. “I think they are going to do a real good job this year.” Women’s Swimming The Lady Pioneers enter this season with high hopes of improving on last years seventh place finish in the Midwest Conference Tournament. Eight of ten swimmers from last year’s squad have returned to the team this year. Just as with the men’s team Brandtjen wants her team to keep their focus on their personal goals and keep their efforts focused on performing well at the conference tournament. Junior captains Abby Griffith and Rachel Rosenberg are expected to lead the team but Brandtjen says there are a lot of leaders on the team. She pointed out senior Molly Olmstead as being another swimmer she expects to lead the team, saying “she has stepped up to a leadership role.” Sophomore
Photo by Jill Ridenour
Senior Molly Olmstead pulls ahead of a swimmer during a meet against St. Norbert College and Ripon College Saturday.
Kristi Behr is also expected to be a strong contributor to the team as she is expected to break several school records this season. The Lady Pios will face their strongest challenge from St. Norbert College. They will also be looking to compete with Ripon College, Beloit, and Knox College. As for Grinell College, Lake Forest College and Lawrence University, there is little
optimism among the conference of anyone but these three schools taking the top spot at the conference tournament. “(They) just overpower anyone else,” Brandtjen said. “Nobody can really touch those top three.” However, she is still excited about the prospects for both the men’s and women’s teams to potentially place fourth in the conference. This attitude is
aided by what she has seen from both teams thus far this season. “The level of commitment among the core swimmers has gone up,” said Brandtjen. “They really work hard, extremely hard. They are committed to achieving their goals. They’re a real close group. Being so small, everybody is behind each other helping each other out and pushing each other. It’s really neat to see.”
Young Blaze team works hard to entertain fans Ryan Watterson Sports Editor
You can’t miss these girls. Even if you have been a Carroll College student for only three months, you still have heard of the Carroll Blaze. Every Pioneer home football and basketball game is graced with the presence of Carroll’s dance team, a group of 10 young women who inspire the crowd with their upbeat dance moves. The Blaze, currently in their fourth year of existence, is made up of all underclassmen. Eight team members graduated last year including former captain and now assistant coach Kristin Kueny. Kueny was a Universal Dance Association (UDA) instructor for three years and helps choreograph some of the routines. The eight new members of the Blaze endured a rigorous five-day tryout in which they had to learn a dance and perform in front of a panel of judges including team coach Dr. Julie Rapps. Rapps, a biology teacher at Carroll also has more than 15 years of dance teaching experience and performed professionally in shows in Branson, Missouri. Co-captains this year are junior Katherine Daily and sophomore Lauren Vitkus, the only two returning dancers from last season. The remainder of the team is made up of seven freshmen and one junior.
Photo by Ryan Watterson
Sophomore Lauren Vitkus, Freshman Tori Hoover and Junior Katherine Daily perform during a time-out at the Jean Kilgour Memorial Tournament at Van Male on Friday.
Putting together a dance routine takes a serious time commitment. The Blaze practice three days a week for two and a half hours, but they don’t mind the hard work. “We’re here because we want to be,” Daily said, “Most of us have been performing all our lives.” The entire team helps in
making a dance better, but normally one team member will be the teacher if it is their own choreography. In fact, many of this year’s team attended a national summer camp at UW-Milwaukee. It is the largest dance camp of its kind in the country. “All the Big 10 schools come to this camp,” Dr. Rapps
said, “so it’s great to be the little school in the mix with all those big names.” Already, the team chemistry has impressed Dr. Rapps. “In previous seasons, we’ve had to work harder on working as a team. With this group, the first day after the team was picked, I could tell they were already getting along great.”
If there were ever any rumors about the Blaze and the Carroll cheerleaders not getting along, they are entirely untrue. The two teams have already collaborated this year for a homecoming performance and will be teaming up to lead the Junior Pioneers Cheer and Dance Camp on December 6, for elementary school students. “We want to make a tradition of working with the cheerleaders,” Vitkus said. The Blaze has had to tough it out through some nasty weather in the fall during Pioneer football games. One might wonder if it is easier dancing on a cold, wet field or a clean, dry court. “We don’t really like the cold,” Daily said. “And we don’t get to dance as much during the football games.” As for the rest of the season, fans can be sure to see the intensity of the Blaze’s performance go up. “When we started in September, we were already a notch above where we finished last year,” Daily said. First year Blaze member Mary Catherine Balogh has been dancing since she was three years of age. “For me it’s a getaway from school work. Dancing is something I really enjoy doing.” Balogh said. The Blaze can be seen at all men’s and women’s home basketball games.