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September 30, 2015 Volume 9, Number 6

Lifestyle | Art Exhibit

News | Books to prisoners

Entertainment | Music Ensemble

Sports | Volleyball

Ornithology exhibit reflects art, biology

Local groups work to educate prisoners and reduce prisoner population.

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Parkland College Music Ensemble to perform free show Oct. 4.

Cobra volleyball remains undefeated.

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HOMELESS

Financial insecurity a real threat to community, student body

Photo by Scott Wells | The Prospectus The Times Center, located at 70 E. Washington St.in Champaign. Due to the current state budget impasse, the center will no longer provide lunch service effective Sept. 29.

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Homelessness is an issue in almost any city and Champaign is no exception. The difficulties of homelessness even affect a small portion of the student body here at Parkland.

Parkland counselor Dennis Cockrum said the threat of financial instability is a real issue for college students.

Cockrum said some Parkland students are “couch surfers”, students who “don’t

have enough money from their financial aid, can’t work enough hours to get the deposit to get an apartment, and they may be staying with friends, sleeping on their couches.”

“Couch surfing” may not always lead to homelessness, but when it does the chances of a student dropping out of college are significantly higher. Without anywhere else to go, many of these students turn to local shelters.

The Transitional Initiatives and Men’s Empowerment

Services (TIMES) Center in Champaign, provides services for local homeless men.

Sue Wittman is the Director of Adult Recovery Services at the TIMES Center. She said the center has housed some Parkland students throughout the years. Not only have they had students who are enrolled at Parkland come to them for help, they’ve also had homeless men from the community who have made their way to Parkland through their program.

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“Parkland is a valuable asset for many of our guys and their self-esteem rises when they realize they can enter college and they can succeed,” Wittman said. “We do have a recent graduate

that went on to Eastern two years ago and graduated with honors from Eastern with a Bachelor’s Degree.”

Rob Dalhaus III is a supervisor at the TIMES Center. He described what the center does to help out the community.

“Guys come in, we develop a service plan with them to figure out what their short term and long term goals are moving forward, and try to move them from SEE TIMES PAGE 5

Dean advises students to use caution with social media presence Zach Trueblood Staff Writer

One would be hard pressed to walk through the Student Union at Parkland College and not notice a multitude of students browsing through various social media sites.

Whether they’re scrolling through their newsfeed or tweeting a friend, many students are always “plugged in.”

Dean of Students Marietta Turner wants students to realize the weight that pressing the submit button can carry. She reiterated once you hit submit, that information is out there forever and available for

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While social media can be used in positive ways, Turner feels students need to also practice discernment and judicious reasoning when reading and posting.

“I remind people that this is a different world. You really have to think twice before you hit that submit button. I want students to understand that once you put it into writing it becomes real so be careful what you decide to post,” Turner said.

She could remember a few instances with students posting on Facebook that quickly elevated to the possibility of slander. As the dean of students, nearly all of

Photo courtesy of Stocksnap.com While social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are good at keeping people connected, they can also be dangerous if used incorrectly. that information gets back to her one way or another.

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Writer in the Marketing department here at Parkland.

She expressed some similar

views to those of Turner when it comes to social media presence as a student.

“While the social media are a great way to get one’s personal brand out to the public, they are also a dangerous tool if not used carefully.

Students should realize that posting information about themselves through social media is a big part of personal brand delivery,” Counter said. “In fact, employers will often look to see how a prospective employee ‘carries’ himself or herself on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Vine, YouTube, and other SEE SOCIAL PAGE 5

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Peter Floess Staff Writer

A few local organizations are using education to reduce the prisoner population in Illinois and some of them have a presence on the Parkland College campus.

Programs like Books to Prisoners, Reading Reduces Recidivism, and the Education Justice Project are all working to increase awareness and also to make a difference in the lives of prisoners.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, inmates who had taken part in education programs had a 43 percent less chance of recidivism than inmates that had not.

Recidivism is when “a person relapses into criminal behavior” after being “treated” for that behavior.

Stephanie Pierson of Reading Reduces Recidivism, a statewide project aimed at building library resources for Illinois prisoners, says, “Reading and education allows prisoners to better prepare for the outside world once they are released. In my experience working at the county jail library, library day was the highlight of the week for inmates.”

The Education Justice Project (EPJ) is a part of the Department of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Tracy Dace, who teaches developmental English and reading at Parkland, advises EPJ.

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“EPJ offers UIUC courses at Danville Correctional Center and many other educational programs such as English as a Second Language classes, reading groups, speakers, and math workshops.”

Dace says “a significant outcome” of the successful classes is that several EJP students have enrolled in college after being released from prison.

Dace thinks the best way that Parkland student can help increase education among prisoners is to become more informed and aware of the benefits of educating people who are incarcerated.

He wants Parkland students who are interested in criminal justice to contact him at tdace@parkland.edu.

Doris Andrechak of Books To Prisoners said not all prisons have functioning libraries in Illinois, or they are poorly funded so inmates do not have access to reading material. Organizations such as BTP and 3Rs were created to fill the gap at prisons.

BTP mails donated books to individual prisoners that the prisoners have requested in letters.3Rs serves prison library throughout Illinois by providing books to them.

BTP accepts book donations and a donation box is located by the Parkland Library, located in the X wing. Andrechak said popular books requested

among prisoners include fiction as well as books on history, writing, art, different trades and how-to books.

Volunteers are needed at BTP to answer letters or package book boxes for prisoners. Information can be found at the BTP website: www.books2prisoners.org/.

Lolita Dumas, the volunteer coordinator of BTP, said there hasn’t been a group from Parkland in a while.

3Rs also takes donations from the public though they usually have wish lists from librarians of the types of books requested.

For more information about becoming involved in 3Rs, visit www.3rsproject. org or email Pierson at 3rsProjectCU@gmail.com.

Other programs like Project READ and Parkland Adult Education help adults better their education. These programs also reach into jails and prisons to help inmates better themselves.

Parkland Adult Education offers high school

equivalency (HSE) tests involving reading, math, and writing to both male and female prisoners at the satellite jail in Urbana. Unfortunately, HSE classes at the satellite jail are not offered at the moment due to lack of funding from the Illinois Community College Board.

“Classes help learners develop the skills they need to pass high school equivalency exams, and to succeed in training and coursework at the postsecondary level,” said Dean Tawanna Nickens of Adult Education. “All male students at the correctional facility attend the same HSE class regardless of their level. Tutoring sessions for women are scheduled on an individual basis.” Nickens said the HSE classes at satellite jail “remain among our high performing options due to rigorous course standards, and the intensity

and duration of classes offered to students.”

Project Read, a program created by state government, trains volunteers “to work with low literacy adults in Parkland’s district.” The program coordinator at the Champaign County Correctional Center tries to find a prisoner that needs a personal tutor.

Usually in the past Project Read has worked with either women or English secondlanguage students at the satellite jail.

Parkland students interested in helping adults build literacy skills can volunteer in the HSE class, or work individually with an inmate.

If you are interested in volunteering, contact Nickens at (217) 351-2390 or tnickens@parkland.edu.

Parkland Child Development Center adds butterfly garden Jacob Kenter Staff Writer

Children at Parkland’s Child Development Center got a chance to play in the dirt, all in the name of education.

The Parkland College Child Development Center built a butterfly garden after applying for and receiving the funding for the Schoolyard Habitat Grant.

This grant was awarded to Parkland by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and was provided by the Jadel Youth foundation, the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation, and the Illinois Fish and Wildlife Services.

Debra Valentine, a preschool teacher at the CDC, said the most important requirement was the children were involved with the project.

“The biggest stipulation was that the kids had to be involved from day one,” Valentine said.

Students ranging from ages 2-5 year old helped by

Photo by Ruben Aguilar | The Prospectus The Child Development Center at Parkland College added a butterfly garden to their landscape after receiving funding from the Schoolyard Habitat Grant. Kids from ages 2-5 helped out by digging up plants that aren’t native to Illinois. removing plants that were not native to Illinois. They also dug 147 holes.

Valentine said the children continue to monitor the garden making sure that is

stays trash free as well as doing the necessary watering of the plants.

She said that it is easy to tell that the children are proud of their hard work.

The garden is currently being used as a tool to help with the curriculum and is a good step in helping the children learn about Illinois native plants and the life cycle of butterflies “I took out a group of kids out with a ruler, a long string and a stack of Legos and practiced alternative forms of measuring.” Valentine said. Another class drew the plants and then gave a dictation about their drawing.

Parkland College was one of 32 Illinois schools that received a grant from the fall 2014 application.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources gave at a total of $26,549, according to their website. Parkland received $403.

The grant almost covered the entire cost of the project, but the Child Development Center had raised some money to help pay for the rest of the expenses.

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Ornithology exhibit reflects art, biology Matthew Moss Staff Writer

The Ornithology Art Exhibit will bring a captivation with birds to Parkland through both art and science.

The exhibit, put on by the Giertz Gallery in cooperation with the Anita Purves Nature Center, looks to explore the aesthetics of birds through an artistic and physiological lens and promote additional outlets for learning and creativity in the Parkland community.

The exhibit will feature pieces from two artists, Barbara Kendrick and Monique Luchetti, who have brought their fascination with birds to life through their artwork.

Lisa Costello, director of the Giertz Gallery, says that art students can gain new perspectives on art and design by visiting the exhibit. She said it can be a valuable resource for aspiring artists.

“Both of these artists are really masterful at how they make their work,” Costello said. “It’s always really inspiring for our art students specifically to see.”

Costello says that it is not only art students that can benefit from the exhibit. She says that all students can learn and enrich themselves by visiting not only the Ornithology exhibit, but all of the Giertz Gallery’s exhibits.

“We really use these shows as a teaching tool,” Costello said. She also said the shows are intended to “create dialogue with our students.”

In addition to the art portion of the exhibit, part of the program will discuss the biology and physiology of birds and their adaptability.

Costello says even the art pieces themselves are influenced by the resilience of avian species.

Savannah Donovan,

Photo courtesy of Parkland College Pictured above is a piece titled “Gyrfalcon” by Monique Luchetti, which is displayed at Parkland’s Giertz Gallery for the Ornithology”Art Exhibit set to run Monday, Sept. 28 through Saturday, Nov. 7. environmental public program coordinator at the Anita Purves Nature Center, says that birds have a particular knack for adapting to different habitats.

“Birds are extremely well adapted to the habitat in which they live,” Donovan said. “Their beaks, their feet, their color are all going to give indications of what they do in nature.”

The Ornithology exhibit will also address the impact humans have on the habitats of birds. Birds have been forced to adapt or face the threat of extinction.

Donovan says that birds and other native creatures have continued to adapt and even thrive in the wake of human expansion and development.

She says people often do not realize the diversity of wildlife that exists in the local area.

“There’s a lot more than people might think,” Donovan said. “Even in your backyard, you can see some really amazing animals.”

The Anita Purves Nature Center will bring a live screech owl to the exhibit on Oct. 20. In addition to the owl, preserved specimens of birds will also be showcased.

The nature center hopes that, by contributing to the Ornithology exhibit, they can spread the word about the educational resources available there. Donovan says the college student demographic does not use the Anita Purves Nature Center very often.

“College-aged kids don’t always know that we’re here and that we’re a resource,” Donovan said. “We do want to be a resource for the community.”

The exhibit coincides with Sustainability Month on campus, which runs through October.

Parkland’s Sustainability Committee is helping to put on the exhibit, particularly with the Anita Purves Nature Center’s contribution on Oct. 20.

The Ornithology exhibit begins on Sept. 28 and runs through Nov. 7, with the reception on Oct. 1 from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Anyone seeking more information can go to the Parkland College website and click on “News and Events.”

HUMAN

OF PARKLAND

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Saesha Rushing, who spent her childhood in Japan, loves architecture and wants to make products safer for the environment.

Seasha Rushing

“I’ve lived in America for eight years now, but I actually grew up in Japan. I speak fluent Japanese, and my extended family still lives there.

My dad is American and my mom is Japanese. My father moved to Japan for the military, working as a network engineer when he met my mom. They lived there for a while, but then my dad missed America and they decided to move back.

I have three siblings. And today I found out my stepmom is pregnant, so another one is coming!

At Parkland I’m studying for geneds, but I want to study architecture in the future. My parents were a little confused when I told them this, and told me to be an engineer instead, but I think it’s way cooler to be designing buildings.

I want to go into environmental architecture, and do sustainability… projects like building solar panels and developing paint that is mercury and lead-free which is much better for the environment.

The idea of buildings drawing people together, plus growing up in Japan, where there’s a completely different building style than here is just fascinating.”

Volunteer opportunities highlighted at annual event Brittany Webb Staff Writer

Parkland students looking for volunteer opportunities found numerous possibilities at the annual volunteer fair held Sept. 23.

The volunteer fair was an opportunity for students to network with local volunteer organizations and an opportunity for local organizations to meet possible volunteers.

“We have been doing the volunteer fair for a few years now,” said Jordan Hall, volunteer coordinator at Parkland. “There was one last spring, we are having one now, and we are planning one for next spring – essentially one per semester.”

There were a number of organizations at the volunteer fair this year including: Special Olympics, Wesley Food Pantry, Girl Scouts, Champaign Parks, Blood Services, CU@Home, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

All are regional or local notfor-profits or community organizations that serve populations to help meet their needs.

Parkland’s chapter of Alpha Phi Omega also had a table at the event. They were looking for new volunteer opportunities and also new members.

Alpha Phi Omega is a national coeducational service organization founded on the principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service. It provides its members the opportunity to develop leadership skills as they volunteer on their campus, in their community, to the nation, and to the organization, according to their national website.

“We gain more service partners through the volunteer fair,” said Brittany

Photo by Zonghui Li | The Prospectus A Parkland student visits Covenant Medical Center’s booth during the Parkland College Volunteer Fair in the U-Wing on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.

Photo by Zonghui Li | The Prospectus A Parkland student visits the Community Blood Service of Illinois booth during the Parkland College Volunteer Fair in the U-Wing on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.

Rhed, vice president of membership, pledge trainer and fellowship chair. “They see we are an on campus organization.”

Hall has been volunteering since he was 12 years old, and thinks volunteering is

important for the community.

He says he knows it is mutually beneficial for the volunteers.

“As a volunteer you gain leadership experience, hands-on experience which is useful for jobs.” Hall said.

Hall also says long-term volunteer opportunities are kind of like internships in that you get leadership experience and hands on experience. It’s not only rewarding but also helps build job skills for after graduation.

“I feel you get a lot of good experience and network connections,” said Ron Coffel, APO’s vice president of service. “And of course the feel good of being able to help out.”

Coffel also said they have a lot of events with some of the partners that were in attendance.

“Wesley Food Pantry, we have events with all the time,” said Coffel. “We’ve been working with the Girl Scouts for a long time.”

Wesley Food Pantry is a food pantry located on the University of Illinois campus.

It also operates on Parkland’s campus the first and third Saturdays and second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Most students are low income and can apply for assistance from the food pantry.

APO often assists with stocking the shelves and distributing food.

The volunteer fair wasn’t aimed at a specific group of students.

“It’s for everybody, and I hope there is a volunteer organization here that would be interesting for everybody,” Hall said.

Faculty and staff were also welcome to attend.

“Volunteering is a great way to get involved in the community,” said Coffel.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering with a community organization, contact Student Life, located in U-111, or by phone at 217-351-2492.

Organizations can also be contacted individually to see if volunteers are needed.

If you are interested in joining Alpha Phi Omega, contact them at parklandapo@ gmail.com, or stop by their office, located in Student Life, U-111.

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Pope: Bishops who covered up for abuse guilty of wrongdoing

Don’t get drunk: Advice college kids may not get from docs Lindsey Tanner AP Medical Writer

Photo by Tony Gentile | Pool Photo via AP Pope Francis talks to journalists during a press conference he held while en route to Italy, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Pope Francis returned to the Vatican Monday at the end of a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States.

Nicole Winfield Associated Press

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis has defended his words of consolation to U.S. bishops over the priest sex abuse scandal but says — for the first time — that those who covered up for abusers are guilty of wrongdoing.

In a wide-ranging press conference en route to Rome from his first-ever visit to the United States, Francis also declared conscientious objection a “human right,” explained his admiration for American nuns and discussed his own star power, which was fully on display during his six-day, three-city tour.

He also invented a new Italian word to describe the exuberant reception he received in New York City: “stralimitata” — roughly, “beyond all limits.”

On his last day in the U.S., Francis on Sunday met with five survivors of sexual abuse and issued a warning to bishops that they would be held accountable if they failed to protect their flocks.

“Those who covered this up are guilty,”

he said. “There are even some bishops who covered this up. It’s something horrible.”

While the Vatican has cracked down on priests who rape and molest children in recent years, it has long been accused of turning a blind eye to the bishops who moved abusers around rather than report them to police. Francis has agreed to create a tribunal in the Vatican to prosecute these bishops for abuse of office and has accepted the resignations of three U.S. bishops who mishandled abuse cases.

Francis defended his words of consolation to U.S. bishops in Washington earlier in the week, saying he wanted to acknowledge that they had suffered too.

Advocates for victims had denounced his praise as tone-deaf.

“The words of comfort weren’t to say ‘Don’t worry, it’s nothing.’ No, no, no. It was that ‘It was so awful, and I imagine that you have wept so much,’” he said.

On Sunday, Francis directed his attention to the victims of abuse themselves, meeting with five survivors,

including people who had been molested not only by priests but also abused by family members or educators. He apologized to them that often their accusations weren’t taken seriously, and promised to hold bishops accountable.

Francis said he understands how a victim or a relative of a victim could refuse to forgive the priest who abused.

“I pray for them, and I don’t judge them,” Francis said.

He recalled that in his previous meeting with survivors of sex abuse, in July 2014, one told him that her mother had lost her faith and died an atheist after learning that a priest had violated her child.

“I understand this woman. I understand, and God who is better than me understands,” Francis said. “And I am sure that God received this woman.

Because what was groped and destroyed was her flesh, the flesh of her daughter. I understand. I cannot judge someone who cannot forgive.”

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Q&A: Things to know about the deadly Seattle duck boat crash SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials are investigating a deadly crash last week between an amphibious tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying international college students in Seattle. Here are questions and answers about the collision and the National Transportation Safety Board investigation. ___ WHAT HAPPENED? A so-called duck boat carrying about three dozen tourists and a charter bus with about 45 North Seattle College students and staff aboard were traveling in different directions across a bridge Thursday when witnesses say they saw the duck boat’s left tire lock up as it swerved into the bus. ___ HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED? Four people were killed Thursday and a fifth —a 20-year-old woman — died Sunday at a hospital. Her name has not been released, but she was an international student attending North Seattle College.

Authorities identified the others killed as: Runje Song, 17, of China; Privando Putradanto, 18, of Indonesia; Mami Sato, 36, of Japan; and Claudia Derschmidt, 49, of Austria. All were international students heading to orientation activities.

More than 50 people were

Photo by Ted S. Warren | AP Photo Seattle Police investigators examine the front tire from a Ride the Ducks tour bus as it lies on the ground following a crash involving the tour bus and several other vehicles, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 in Seattle. transported to area hospitals following the accident. At least 13 remained hospitalized Sunday. ___ WHAT HAS THE INVESTIGATION FOUND? Authorities say it will be months before they can determine an exact cause of the accident. The duck boat’s left front axle was sheared off, though it wasn’t clear if the axle had broken before or after the collision, officials said.

The duck boat did not have an axle repair that was recommended for at least some of the amphibious vehicles in 2013, NTSB member Earl Weener said Sunday. Ride the Ducks International, which refurbished the boat in 2005, warned its customers two years ago about potential axle

failure and recommended a specific repair or increased monitoring, he said.

It’s unclear if the company that owns the vehicle — Ride the Ducks of Seattle — was aware of the warning, Weener said.

Ride the Ducks of Seattle owner Brian Tracey didn’t say in a statement Sunday night whether the company knew of the warning.

“We are working to understand what happened and have completely opened our operations to NTSB investigators,” he said. ___ WHAT EXACTLY ARE DUCK BOATS? The U.S. Army deployed thousands of amphibious landing craft during World War II that were known then by their military designation, DUKW. Once the war was

over, they were used by civilian law enforcement agencies and also converted to sightseeing vehicles in U.S. cities. The DUKW designation was replaced with the duck boat moniker that is used by various tour companies.

The vehicle involved in the Seattle crash was an Army surplus craft built in 1945. ___ HAVE THERE BEEN PREVIOUS DUCK BOAT ACCIDENTS? An amphibious vehicle sank on Lake Hamilton in Arkansas in 1999, killing 13 people in an accident the National Transportation Safety Board blamed on inadequate maintenance.

Investigators determined that the vessel, built by the Army in 1944, was not designed for passenger service and, as a result, lacked the proper buoyancy to remain afloat.

In 2010, a barge hit a sightseeing duck boat on the Delaware River near Philadelphia, sinking it in water about 55 feet deep and killing two Hungarian tourists. More than 25 people were injured.

The NTSB found that the tugboat operator was distracted by his cellphone and laptop computer.

Investigators also found fault with the maintenance of the duck boat and decisions by the captain to anchor in an active navigation channel.

CHICAGO (AP) — Government researchers say “deplorably” few college students are warned by doctors about the danger from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to reduce drinking or substance use.

Their survey suggests that most doctors ask college students and other young adults about alcohol or drug use at regularly scheduled visits.

But doctors don’t go much beyond that initial question.

The study by National Institutes of Health researchers was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

THE SURVEY About 2,100 college students and other young adults across the country were asked in 2012 and 2013 if they’d seen a doctor in the previous year and had been asked and counseled about their drinking, smoking and drug use. Participants had taken part in an earlier government health survey while in high school. In the new survey, most attended college but about one-third were not students.

DOCTORS & COUNSELING Most of those surveyed had a recent doctor visit where they were asked about smoking, drinking and substance abuse.

Fewer than half the college students said they’d been counseled about risks of those habits. Only onethird of college students who told researchers they’d been drunk at least six times in the previous month said doctors had advised them to cut down or stop. That advice was slightly less common for college students who were frequent smokers or drug users.

Non-students were slightly more likely to get that kind of counseling.

Lead researcher Ralph Hingson of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism said it’s possible participants didn’t tell doctors the truth about their drinking habits. Even so, physicians’ lack of advice may send a message that heavy drinking is OK, Hingson said.

DRINKING STATS Overall, 40 percent of participants told researchers they’d consumed five or more drinks on at least one occasion and 20 percent had been drunk at least six times in the past month.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol is linked with nearly 2,000 deaths each year among college students, and many more assaults and date rapes.

WHY NO COUNSELING? Dr. Tanveer Mir, chair of the American College of Physicians’ Board of Regents, said doctors may assume college students already know about the rconsequences.

Also, physician training often doesn’t emphasize that those problems are treatable, and physicians may feel that there isn’t enough time in an office visit to address the issue, Mir said. The researchers said efforts are needed to remove those barriers because studies have shown that screening and brief counseling can reduce alcohol misuse.

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TIMES homelessness to independent living and self-sufficiency,” Dalhaus said.

Dalhaus said the center doesn’t just provide homeless men with shelter; they work to put together a comprehensive plan that provides a myriad of services. The center can house up to 70 men and has strict guidelines that these men must follow in order to be a part of the program.

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POPE In another issue pressing on the American church, Francis was asked about the case of Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk jailed for several days after she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples despite the Supreme Court’s ruling making same-sex marriage legal nationwide. Davis said such marriages violate her Apostolic Christian faith.

Francis said he didn’t know the case in detail, but he upheld conscientious objection as a human right.

“It is a right. And if a person does not allow others to be a conscientious objector, he denies a right,” Francis said.

Francis said he was surprised by the warmth of the welcome he received in the U.S. despite criticism from conservatives over his environmental and economic messages.

“In Washington, it was a warm welcome, but a bit more formal,” Francis said.

“In New York, a bit ‘beyond all limits.’”

“In Philadelphia, very expressive. Different ways, but the same welcome.”

He said he was also impressed by the piety of

form of income and then they pay a partial rent fee to be in level two. They have to at some point show some readiness to really change.

Because, otherwise we’re just enabling, so were really big on engagement.”

Dalhaus described why the social services provided at the center are valuable to the local community.

“Every guy that leaves here that is moving forward with their lives, that has employment, or that is a ‘ functioning member of society’ helps break down the negative stigma that is out there of homelessness,” Dalhaus explained. “I think that, in general, is good for the community.”

In addition to helping homeless men, the center also serves as a community soup

kitchen, which is available to all men, women and children who are homeless. Because of recent cuts in state funding they have had to reduce the number of meals they are able to provide.

In an effort to lessen the impact these funding cuts have on the services provided, the center has put together a benefit concert.

On Oct. 9, Fat City Bar & Grill will be hosting the “Music 4 A Mission” fundraising concert to help raise money for the center.

Tickets are $5 in advance and may be purchased from Community Elements at their Champaign clinics located at 801 N. Walnut St. or 1801 Fox Dr. Admission will be $7 at the door at Fat City the night of the concert. All proceeds will benefit TIMES Center.

Americans and gave thanks there were no incidents during the trip.

“No provocations, no challenges,” he said. “They were all well-behaved, normal. No insults, nothing bad.”

Conservative American commentators had been deeply critical of Francis’ priorities prior to the trip, blasting his eco-focus as flawed and even criticizing his decision to streamline the church’s annulment process by saying it amounted to a “Catholic divorce.”

Francis denied the change would facilitate divorce, saying it merely simplified the church’s process for determining if a marriage was valid.

Francis once again pronounced his admiration for American nuns, saying they had worked “marvels” in education and health care in the United States and were simply “great.”

“The people of the United States love their sisters,” Francis said. “I don’t know how much they love their priests, but they love their nuns. And they are great. They are great, great women.”

His praise was noteworthy, given the Vatican under his predecessor had launched a crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S.

sisters, accusing them of straying from orthodoxy and not emphasizing doctrine enough. Under Francis, the takeover ended two years early without any major changes. A separate Vatican investigation into the quality of life of America’s sisters similarly ended up thanking them for their selfless service.

Francis on two occasions during the trip gave the sisters public recognition and thanks. He also visited with one group of nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, who have challenged the Obama administration’s health care insurance mandate.

After speeches in Congress and at the United Nations, and deeply moving gestures visiting with the homeless, immigrants, prison inmates and schoolchildren, it was suggested to Francis that he had become something of a “star” in America.

Francis dismissed the idea, saying power is a passing thing, and that true power is to serve others.

“I must still go forward on this path of service because I feel like I haven’t done all I can,” he said.

And besides, he said, stars eventually fade away.

“Being a servant to the servant of God is beautiful.

And it doesn’t fade away.”

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SOCIAL sites. They make note of what they find, sometimes using this information to make hiring judgments.”

Counter explained how the marketing team regulates the college’s many social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Wordpressblog accounts. They also use Merit, which allows students to keep track of their academic accomplishments and share those with their social media network.

Parkland’s own social media presence is also important to the wellbeing of the college. Counter mentioned that it helps provide important information that students can use. It also helps give the college a good idea of how others feel about certain services and employees.

Not every student is as eager to comb through social media. Olivia Brady is a computer science major and even though she’s proficient with technology, she doesn’t use social media.

“Growing up I used to hear about so much garbage going around on social media. I chose to stay out of it and I really see it as more of a nuisance than something that helps,” Brady said.

Brady is able to use the time she doesn’t spend on social media to focus on schoolwork, play videogames or Dungeons and Dragons. She reaffirmed the view that social media is not for everyone.

Despite its shortcomings, Turner said social media can be a great tool to bring awareness to certain issues.

The college plans to use social media as a platform to bring civility awareness to Parkland.

October is Civility Month and the college plans to collaborate with the Choose Kindness Organization.

CKO is a student-led community wide initiative.

Their main goal is to promote positivity, inclusivity, and

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anti-bullying awareness.

The organization plans to get a number of athletes involved to spearhead the initiative.

Possible plans include the making of online videos, “Kindness Talk Concerts”, to share information and ideas, and to create a strong social media presence through facets like Facebook and Instagram.

“The organization wrote to us and wondered if we’d like to include it under our social media umbrella. I thought it was perfect because we need more student and social media involvement,” Turner said. “It’s really a chance for us to get more social media presence. Once these positive videos, posts, and things start going viral it becomes a snowball effect and many people can get informed.”

Turner said this year for Civility Month, they are focusing on Parkland’s core values. These values can be accessed in the course catalog and also online and include Honesty and Integrity, Responsibility, and Multiculturalism.

She feels that by collaborating with CKO they can better promote inclusivity.

She thinks that even though we are a diverse community at Parkland, we’re all very similar. She aims to create common bonds.

“There’s a human factor there and you come to find out that being human is what it’s about,” Turner stated.

The goal of these programs is to get students involved and use their social media avenues for building healthy relationships and promoting positive messages. They can serve as groundwork for students that are building a portfolio and hope to enter the workforce.

For more information about Civility Month events stop by the dean of students office in room U242. For more information about social media presence, go to www.socialmediaexaminer. com.

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SPORTS

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Cobra volleyball remains undefeated Adam Vilmin After a thrilling, come-frombehind win against seventh ranked Lincoln Land, the Cobra volleyball team dominated the annual Parkland Classic tournament at home. Winning all six of their games during the tournament preserves the Cobra’s unbeaten streak, only giving up six sets total the entire season.

In the season’s first home tournament the Cobras continued to demonstrate their unrelenting ability on the court.

“The girls performed well this weekend with a couple of important region wins and a couple of wins against ranked opponents,” head coach Cliff Hastings said. “There’s always an advantage to playing at home, but when it’s six matches in three days, that’s a lot to ask for and anything can happen.”

The tournament was also an opportunity for the team to get to show off their dedication and practice throughout the season for the hometown crowd.

Sophomore Miaya Peacock said “playing in front of people who don’t get to see us that often” makes it special. “Our families don’t travel as far as we do most of the time, so its nice to have them see us,” Peacock said.

“Since our tournaments are often Friday through Saturday, it can be difficult for some families to make it and see the fruits of the girls’ labor on the court,” Hastings said. “It’s nice to have a home tournament for the girls’ families to be a part of the success, and it’s also nice from a recruiting

perspective to give an opportunity for future recruits see our team in action in our facility and get excited to be a future Cobra.”

Success early on in the season is far from enough for the Cobras. A national championship is the goal, after coming just short last year, and the team’s focus and drive is unrelenting. “[Coach Hastings] is doing a really good job of amping up every practice, and we’re always introducing new things to work on. He’s just always thinking ahead, so I think that we have even more to learn, and he’s pushing us to not just settle on what we have,” sophomore Ayla Dew said.

“We have a couple of tough weekends coming up with Johnson County’s tournament and Des Moines Area’s tournament where we’ll play the top teams in the country again,” Hastings said. “Win or lose, we want to make sure we are learning about ourselves and putting ourselves in difficult situations so at Nationals, we are physically, emotionally and mentally prepared. However, we are also working hard to be successful off the court finding balance between volleyball, classes, building relationships and creating memories.”

Peacock said the comeback win against Lincoln Land was “comforting.”

“It brings back memories to the national championship last year, with the same predicament, except we lost.” Peacock said. “Now it’s the same, but at the beginning of the season and we win.”

Peacock said it “gives me a lot of confidence that we can do it at any time.”

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Staff Writer

Photo by Scott Wells | The Prospectus Freshman rightside hitter Gabby Pearl scores during the match against Rend Lake on Sept. 19, 2015. Pearl is a kinesiology major at Parkland.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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Parkland College Music Ensemble to perform

Photo by Scott Wells | The Prospectus Members of the Parkland Wind Ensemble practice in the C-Wing on Sept. 24, 2015. The ensemble is under the direction of Larry Stoner.

Bill Kirby

Staff Writer The Chamber Singers and Wind Ensemble will be performing on Oct. 4 in Parkland’s Harold & Jean Miner Theatre. The groups will be performing a combination of music with nautical themes and popular music from the 1940s through the 1990s.

Miranda Rowland, director of the Chamber Singers and Larry Stoner, director of the Wind Ensemble, shared their ideas for a theme for Sunday’s concert and agreed on Coming Out of the Dark.

The Chamber Singers will focus on taking the audience down memory lane, with

pieces from Merle Travis to Gloria Estefan.

“The audience will hear favorites from Elton John, Billy Joel, Dion and the Belmonts, Wilson Philips and The Foundations,” said Rowland. “At the end of this concert people should expect to be singing ‘Let the Sun Shine’ with the ensemble as we exit the stage. Don’t be surprised if you feel your feet tapping, or a tear trickle down your face. If we do our job right, you’ll feel every emotion possible… except anger… I hope you don’t cross that one.”

It’s Stoner’s first semester directing the Wind Ensemble, although he has directed the Parkland Concert Band for

Coming out of the Dark

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five years and also taught in Monticello schools for 31 years.

The Wind Ensemble’s portion of the concert will feature a coronet solo by Dr. Arron Romm.

Romm will be featured on the tune, “The Banks for the Mighty Pacific.”

“It’s an old fashioned piece written in the late 1800s to early 1900s. It’s kind of schmaltzy and will be a real delight to play and a delight to

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listen to as well,” Stoner said.

Other pieces performed by the Wind Ensemble will include “Sea Songs” by Thomas Knox from Danville, IL as well as, “Across the Sea”, “Shenandoah”, and “Victory at Sea.” Over the past weekend Professor Rowland took a group of students in the Chamber Singers on a weekend retreat to work on music and build relationships with each other.

The ensemble was able to fine tune their repertoire for their fall and winter concerts.

“It’s incredibly beneficial for us as a group and helps us grow together as musicians and as friends,” said Bethany Sims, a member of the

Chamber Singers.

“My experience at Parkland will be something I take with me wherever I go. I have made the best of friends here, people who I will be friends with for the rest of my life. I can honestly say that without them, school would be much more difficult,” Sarah Vavrin said, who is also a member of the Chamber Singers.

“During my time here I have grown as a student and as a musician. I no longer hesitate to ask questions in class and I grasp music much quicker.

I am much more confident in my abilities as a musician.

Coming Out of the Dark will begin at 3 p.m. The show is free.

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Photo by Scott Wells | The Prospectus Freshman Demetria Varygiannes dribbles past her defender in the final seconds of the match against Kaskaskia on Sept. 22, 2015. The Cobras won the match 7-0.

Date

Time

Opponent

Location

August 26

5:00 pm

Olivet Nazarene JV

Bourbonnais, IL

August 29–30

1:00 pm

Owens CC

Toledo, OH

September 2

4:00 pm

Lincoln

Lincoln, IL

September 6

1:00 pm

Waubonsee

Parkland College

September 9

4:00 pm

ICC

Parkland College

September 11

4:00 pm

Iowa Central

Parkland College

September 15

4:00 pm

Heartland

Parkland College

September 26

1:00 pm

Lewis & Clark

Godfrey, IL

September 29

4:00 pm

Lincoln

Parkland College

October 1

4:00 pm

SWIC

Parkland College

October 7

5:00 pm

ICC

East Peoria, IL

October 9

4:00 pm

Iowa Western

Parkland College

October 13

4:00 pm

Heartland

Normal, IL

October 17

3:00 pm

Maple Woods

Kansas City, MO

October 18

12:00 pm

Blue River CC

Independence, MO

October 25

12:00 pm

Quarterfinals

TBA

October 29

2:00 pm

Semifinals

TBA

November 1

12:00 pm

Finals

TBA

November 7

12:00 pm

District Finals

TBA

November 16–21

TBA

National Tournament

Melbourne, FL

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