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February 12, 2014 Volume 6, Number 4 Your source for Parkland College news, sports, features and opinions.
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Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, say it’s because of the Russian law. Others, like Obama, are more indirect. The White House announced that it’s sending a lowlevel official delegation to Sochi that includes three prominent gay athletes — tennis great Billie Jean King, Olympic gold medal skater Brian Boitano and U.S. women’s hockey player Caitlin Cahow. “I think the delegation speaks for itself,” Obama said during his year-end news conference. “And the fact that we’ve got folks like Billie Jean King or Brian Boitano, who themselves have been worldclass athletes that everybody acknowledges for their excellence but also for their character, who also happen to members of the LGBT community.” On the security front, international analysts don’t sugar coat the daunting task ahead of Russian forces for keeping the games safe. More than 300 miles separates the Olympic venues from Chechnya, the scene of two civil wars, home of anti-Putin Muslim rebels and homeland of the family of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Sochi abuts Abkhazia, a rebel enclave and breakaway Georgia territory. It’s also about 62 miles from Karachay-Cherkessia and nearly 125 miles from KabardinoBalkaria, also trouble spots. “I don’t think ever has a Winter or Summer Olympic Games been held in a place so close in proximity to a region — the Northern Caucasus — which is so rife with conflict, instability and acts of violence, many of them terrorist acts,” Kuchins said. Doku Umarov, a Chechen rebel leader, released a video last July calling for an attack during the Olympics. A declassified Canadian intelligence report obtained in December by that country’s National Post said that Umarov’s view “that Israeli, U.S. and U.K. interests are legitimate targets raises concerns any Westerners could be targeted.” “The Jihadists, they would like to spoil Putin’s party in Sochi,” Kuchins said. “Obviously, on the other side, the Kremlin and Russian authorities are aware of that.” Like London, Beijing and post9/11 Salt Lake City, Sochi will be heavy on security. Aerial drones, reconnaissance robots and highspeed boats will be deployed to patrol areas, according to security report by Stratfor, a Houstonbased private security and intelligence analysis firm. In addition, Russia’s Federal Security Service will have nearly 100,000 members patrolling venues in Sochi, along with 30,000 members of Russia’s armed forces. A computer system also will monitor Internet and other communications by Sochi residents, visiting athletes and spectators, according to the Stratfor report.
Winter Olympics: An event like no other
The view from Sochi’s stadium
Fisht Olympic Stadium complements the distinctive site of the Winter Games. The bowl opens to the north, providing a view of the mountains where Alpine events will be held, while the upper deck opens to the south, site of the Olympic Park, and offers a view of the Black Sea. Model of stadium
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Unique roof design Translucent polycarbonate roof is designed to mimic snowy peaks; glass surface reflects sunlight from the sea; Olympic ceremony organizers requested a roof added to the open structure, to be later dismantled following the Winter Games Named for a local mountain Fisht Mountain is in the Caucasus Range, just east of Sochi; the name means “White Head” in the local Adyghe language Multipurpose design Populous, a global sports architectural firm headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., designed the venue so it could later host FIFA World Cup soccer matches, become the home for a local soccer team
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Now is the best time to change up your habits and start preparing for finals so you are less stressed and get more done resulting in better grades. Early on, things seem pretty manageable, and classes are low stress with lots of free time. At this point you might even enjoy your classes. After about 2-3 weeks, due dates start to appear along with quizzes, papers, labs, and eventually exams. This may not be too bad, but after about How is your 2014 WINTER GAMES — INTRO (PAGE 1safe OF 4) 7-8 weeks things really start to pick up. credit card? Perhaps your first exam score was a little lower than you wanted, or you InOpinions North America, Movie,”afeaturing the popular - Page“The 4 Lego missed homework assignment, a construction toy, opened at quiz, No. 1 or in its first weekend, withwere sick. a lab because you $69.1 million. Midterms approach and suddenly you About the have no toys free time and everything is due at once. 1934 by Ole Kirk Christensen; • Founded Finally, about week ten or your named from the Danish phrase leg11, godt, which means “play instructors go well” even faster, trying to squeeze in that last chapter before the • Headquarters Billund, Denmark end of the semester. People will often • Employees 10,400 (2012) have multiple assignments and tasks • Around 560same billion LEGO elements all in the week, and some even manufactured since 1949 the same day! • Related games, six until This products pace justVideo seems to build Legoland amusement there are only 3-4parks, weeks left before 90 retail stores, board games Olympic Park
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Human rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations aren’t sure how Russian officials will react if there are individual or group protests to the law in Sochi or other parts of the nation. In December, the IOC announced that Sochi will have designated public zones where protestors can demonstrate, similar to areas established at the Beijing and Vancouver Games. That hasn’t lessened the worries of human and gay rights advocates. “It’s not clear what happens if people at the games decide to be out or hold hands in public,” said Rachel Denber, deputy director
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Russian Olympic and government officials contend that the high price tag stems from building a Winter Olympics from scratch: Converting summertime Sochi into a winter wonderland with multi-million dollar venues and accompanying accommodations and infrastructure. But critics complain that Putin allies and business oligarchs have benefited from Olympics construction. Last May, Putin critics Leonid Martynuk and Boris Nemtsov authored a report that claimed that $30 billion of the Olympics budget disappeared in “kickbacks and embezzlement.” “An absence of fair competition, clan politics and the strictest censorship about anything related to the Olympic Games have led to a sharp increase in costs and a low quality of work,” their report said. Russian government and Olympic officials have denied corruption complaints. Still, Putin fired Akhmed Bilalov, vice president of Russia’s Olympic Committee, last February and chastised him for cost overruns on a $245 million ski jump complex. The Russian prosecutor general’s office followed up last April with a criminal investigation alleging that Bilalov misused funds as head of government-owned OAO Northern Caucasus Resorts. Weather is always a concern at the Winter Games. Too much snow, like the near white-out conditions at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, is bad. Too little snow, which challenged the Vancouver Games, can be a disaster. Russian officials insist they’ve got the snow thing covered if the mountains aren’t. They’ve warehoused 710,000 cubic meters of the white stuff since last winter, and they have 500 snow guns at the ready to make artificial snow. But it might be easier for Russia to cover a bald mountain than a potential avalanche of political and security problems the games may face. IOC and Russian government officials assure the anti-propaganda law, which prohibits individuals from promoting “homosexual behavior” and spreading “propaganda of nontraditional relations” among minors, won’t be a problem during the games.
for Europe and Central Asia for Human Rights Watch. “We don’t know how the Russian government will respond.” In an apparent effort to soothe human rights concerns, Putin granted amnesty last month to two members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot. The two women had served most of their two-year prison for hooliganism related to an anti-Putin “punk prayer” they performed in Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox cathedral in 2012. Still, a number of world leaders have said they’re not attending the opening or closing ceremonies in Sochi. Some, like European
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finals. Some students feel there isn’t enough time to study because they’re too busy attending school, and if that wasn’t enough, many have jobs in addition to their classes! Sound familiar? Luckily there are several things you can do to reduce the stress and help maintain focus. First, use your class syllabus. This is your first defense against a mounting schedule. Use them to map out and possibly color code exams, papers, midterms, and other major course events from all your classes. Knowing about a crowded week in advance allows you to prepare and adjust for it. Shift a study session, move a work shift, or even read ahead on subjects you can’t get to during that busy week. You may be surprised how crowded things will get, but can plan accordingly well in advance eliminating stress from what would be the unexpected week of hell! Second, use your syllabus not only to map out work assignments, but for reading as well. Many students don’t read a chapter until after the instructor covers it in class. This strategy means you’re
always playing catch up, trying to understand the topics from last class while listening to that day’s lecture. You should always enter class having already done that day’s reading beforehand. That way, class becomes more of a discussion about something you have at least heard of instead of a lecture on a topic which you know nothing about. Also, reading assignments prior to class can often explain details that aren’t covered in lecture because there just isn’t time. Class lecture may also answer questions from your reading and provide the opportunity to ask about those still unanswered. By the time class is over, you will have seen the material twice, hopefully understood it, cleared up any questions, and are ready for the new material. “Larger reading assignments can seem overwhelming and may not be possible by next class, so at least skim the chapter taking note of main headings, section titles, bold captions, or graphs,” Jennifer Satterlee, Professor of Humanities at Parkland, said, “you should always be sure to read the summary or conclusion beforehand.” Either way, Satterlee added, “It is important to ask your instructor about
the reading material, and see if they expect you to read it prior to class or not.” Remember, a little extra work now to make learning easier and more effective throughout the semester will ease the strain of reviewing at the end of the term. Third, review your lecture notes as well as any reading notes, if you made any, before the next class period. Do this quickly, 10-15 minutes maximum. This will be the third time you have seen the material and without any extra effort, you’re already reviewing for the final. Also, for math, chemistry, physics, or other equation type subjects, you should rework all problems from returned assignments. This will only take a few minutes, certainly less than your first attempt, and is an excellent way to solidify your comprehension and practice working quickly. You should especially rework problems you got wrong. Instructors are notorious for using commonly missed questions on finals, hoping you eventually learned the material. Reworking returned assignments locks in your See STRESS on P. 5
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Last year, he directed the play “Too Much Light Makes the Baby go Blind” and in 2012 the children’s show “Pinkalicious.” “Wait Until Dark” was first premiered on Broadway in 1966. In 1967, the story was adapted into a movie starring Audrey Hepburn. Since then, “Wait Until Dark” has been performed in major playhouses all over the world. “Wait Until Dark” is the third show of Parkland Theatre’s 20132014 season. The season opened with “How I Became a Pirate” in October, “Pride and Prejudice” in November and closes with the musical “Monty Python’s Spamalot” in April and May. Business major Nicole Anderson admitted that she wasn’t usually a fan of live theatre, but her experience at Parkland Theatre’s show “How I Became a Pirate” was a lot of fun. “I went because one of my friends wanted to. I wasn’t really looking forward to it. Surprisingly I actually really enjoyed the play, I might even go to another,” Anderson said. This play will run Feb. 13- 22
at 7:30 p.m. and on Feb. 23 at 3:00 p.m. and is recommended for audiences of 13 years and up. According to the Parkland Theatre’s website, tickets cost $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Groups of 15 or more will receive a discounted price at $10 per ticket. Like most shows at the Parkland Theatre, opening night is “pay what you can night,” where the price of tickets is left to the attendee’s discretion. Tickets for Thursday, Feb. 20 are half-price. On Friday, Feb. 21, the Parkland College Hospitality Department is hosting a preshow dinner prepared by Parkland hospitality students at their on-campus restaurant. Tickets are $30 each including show admission and must be bought in advance. To reserve tickets for the dinner, call 217373-3874. Purchase your show tickets for “Wait Until Dark” online at theatre.parkland.edu or over the phone at 217-373-3874.
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February 13, 14, 15 20, 21, 22 at 7:30pm February 23 at 3pm 2014 Ticket Prices are $14 for Adults, $12 for Students and Seniors (55+), $10 for Groups of 15 or more. Opening Night, Wednesday, February 13 is “Pay what you can night!” where YOU set the ticket price and on Thursday, February 20 all tickets are half-price!
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