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Archers hit the cross bar Winning streak ends at 10

SPENCER GLEASON SPORTS EDITOR When the buzzer marked the final, after overtime in the STLCC Lady Archers home soccer game against the Cobras from Parkland College, on Oct. 9, the scoreboard read 2-1 in favor of the visiting Cobras. It was the Lady Archers third loss this season and first since Sept. 1.

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road games in Melborne, Florida over Labor Day weekend, the Lady Archers rattled off ten wins in a row and went undefeated on the home turf at theSTLCC- Meramec campus.

“I would say since we came back from our Florida trip, we have been on a roll,” Lady Archer head coach Juergen Huettner said after their 5-1 win over

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Metropolitan Community CollegeMaple Woods for the ninth consecutive win. “That is for sure.”

Over that stretch of ten games, the Lady Archers outscored their opponents 34-6 and shutout the opposition six times. Two freshman forwards, Donna Jollif and Jessica Smugala, helped lead their team on the scoring front.

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While Smugala led the team with nine goals, including hat tricks in backto-back games on Sept. 15 and Sept. 18, Jollif had five goals and six assists during the winning streak.

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October 11, 2012

Students found guilty

Code of Conduct undergoes revision KURT OBERREITHER SR. STAFF WRITER On Tuesday, Sept. 25, Elizabeth Kelley-Love, one of the former students involved in the fight that took place on the STLCC-Meramec campus last spring, was found guilty in the Kirkwood Municipal Court of assault, according to Meramec Police Officer Ed Ucinski.

Kelley-Love was sentenced to two years robation and 25 hours of community service, according to Ucinski, a witness for the prosecution. Another former student, Christopher Buckner, was charged with assault; Ucinski said Buckner’s lawyer and the prosecuting attorney, Sarah Mullen-Dominguez, reached a plea bargain before the trial.

The incident that occurred on April 9 resulted in the arrest of three individuals in which five were suspended. According to the Meramec Campus Police report, four females and one male were involved in an altercation. Kelley-Love and two of her friends were reportedly in an argument with Buckner’s sister, Rochelle Quarles, and after being separated by campus police, began fighting. A portion of the fight was recorded and the video went viral, garnering national attention.

In the video, Kelley-Love is seen holding a baby. Ucinski said the baby was Kelley-Love’s and family services were contacted. According to Ucinski, the video was asked to be shown in court but was dismissed.

Vice President of Student Affairs Linden Crawford said the fight that happened last spring was unusual to the campus. Crawford said there are two ways students can ensure a safe learning environment: call campus police to report a problem or file Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) report. The BIT report can be accessed through the Meramec homepage. Reports can be made anonymously.

Crawford said filing a BIT report is a method of preventing incidents on campus and offers students support.

“Having the BIT allows for intervention at a time that allows students to be helped, referred to campus resources, [such as] academic assistance, counseling or an outside agency,” Crawford said. “It allows faculty and staff an opportunity to interact with students in a more proactive manner and provide assistance that may not have been available before.”

Students can expect a change in the student code of conduct may include student behavior online, Crawford said. Also, Crawford said the BIT will soon be a district-wide organization.

“Having students informed of [safety procedures and precautions] gives us a sense of security,” Crawford said.

Students can also contact Campus Police at 314984-7667 to report any issues.

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NEWS October 11, 2012

‘We all want peace’

Middle East protests have global impact

GRETCHEN DANIELS COPY EDITOR September saw a wave of protests stretch across the Middle East. On Sept.

11, protesters in Libya attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, which lead to the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. That same night protesters in Cairo scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy tearing down the American flag.

In the following days, protests not only spread to Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Iran, but also to western countries like Australia and France.

Conflicting statements coming from the White House have lead to confusion as to the origins of the first, violent protests. It is unclear if the protests were planned and aligned with the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, or a spontaneous response to the anti-Islam

movie clip, “Innocence of Muslims.”

STLCC-Meramec’sInter national Relations professor Dr. John Messmer believes these protests are a result of the Arab Spring as some of these countries adjust to challenges in a new democratic government.

“When you have more freedom you will have more faction. Which means you will have more freedom to want to emphasize your anger.” Messmer said. “I think this was inevitable when you look at democracy as being a process. These governments are sort of going through the processes of understanding what they need to do in order to handle a population that feels it has this power to express themselves.”

One of the adjustments a new democracy has to make is to define what

democracy will be for their country.

“In their universe, religion and politics are much more aligned, much more related. And I think, at least from the American perspective, we have a prejudice in not respecting that different perspective,” Messmer said.

Much of the power of expression from these protests has been in support of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, who was portrayed as immoral and a child molester in the film clip.

Meramec student Syed Alam said there are common misconceptions in the U.S. regarding Islam.

“It all has to do with how some people see our religion. Some people see our religion as, which it is not, a terrorist religion,” Alam said. “In fact, we reach out to other cultures. Our religion says if

you kill a man, you kill all of mankind.”

Dr. Messmer hopes for positive outcomes for the future. “It was encouraging to see these governments, when they made their official announcements, let the world know that this was not something they tolerated,” Messmer said. “They didn’t hesitate to apologize, and though that may seem hollow, given what one could say was their local political pressure I think that was very significant.”

Alam suggests the path to peace is by offering to help communities in need, even if they are a different religion. “We are a peaceful culture and religion,” Alam said. “We all want peace.”

PHOTO BY: ALEX KENDALL Student Syed Alam studies for his Biology class. Alam’s viewpoints come from his Pakistanian and Indian parents. Alam also has family living in Saudi Arabia.

Blackboard gets patched up

No outages after recent work, TESS ‘knocks on wood’ ASHLEY HIGGINBOTHAM NEWS EDITOR

During the first four weeks of the 2011-2012 academic year, STLCCMeramec submitted 17 service tickets to Blackboard. One hundred and twentytwo service tickets were sent during the first four weeks of this academic year. Issue tickets are problems that the Meramec TESS (Technology & Educational Support Services) cannot solve without the help of Blackboard Inc., so Meramec sends a detailed report of what is wrong with Blackboard.

“Before the semester started,” said Vice Chancellor of TESS, Craig Klimczak, “we implemented an upgrade that injected unexpected challenges.”

Most of the service tickets were due to outages, pages partially loading and certain aspects of the website not being displayed.

“The outages lasted no longer than

10 minutes,” said Klimczak.

Klimczak said issues that are major or causing global instability are the issues sent to Blackboard.

“We had trouble finding out which problems were individual and which were global,” Klimczak said.

When troubles were first arising, Klimczak said that he realized it was “affecting enough people to do something,” and found that Blackboard was “not functioning at a level we needed.”

Faculty members such as Communications teacher Ellen McCloskey teach online classes and need Blackboard as a daily tool.

“I had to extend deadlines so students had a chance to turn assignments in,” McCloskey said.

McCloskey eventually went to the

Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 27, and spoke to the board. Board member Hattie Jackson agreed, and board member Libby Fitzgerald stated that the issue “has already been addressed.”

“The Blackboard system has technical issues this semester,” McCloskey said.

“So I needed to tell the board about it.”

She suggested moving maintenance times from 5-11 a.m. on Sundays to 12-5 a.m. on Saturdays.

“I feel like it will give students more time to work on Sunday mornings rather than late at night on Saturday,” McCloskey said.

“Blackboard is our most heavily used system,” Klimczak said. “We have anywhere from 500 to 1,000 users in five minutes.”

They recently placed hot fixes to fix the graphical errors some were

experiencing and placed patches over the more troubled spots.

Klimczak compares finding a problem within the system to a car problem.

“You know you hear a rattle,” Klimczak said. “But you just cannot put a finger on it. You just have to tweak a little here and tweak a little there.”

“I know our goal is to get the system running consistently,” McCloskey said.

A week ago, three patches were put onto Blackboard, and an outage has not yet happened.

“I personally have not had a problem, nor have my students.” McCloskey said.

“We’re very very positive,” Klimczak said while laughing, “but I still knock on wood.”

4 OPINIONS October 11, 2012

WONDERS OF THE WEIRD

Devin’s Top TEN Top Ten wake-up calls from college to career DEVIN KINLOCH STAFF WRITER

ENDYA GOLIDAY STAFF WRITER

Z o m b i e sur vival

Ever wondered if the military took the whole hoopla of the zombie apocalypse seriously; if they thought it was more than just a fluke? Well, military personnel in California have, resulting in a 44-acre training site in San Diego that will be converted into a mock battleground in preparation for a possible zombie apocalypse.

The San Diego-based HALO Corporation will offer extensive exercises on how to kill zombies (who are actually actors) as part of its five-day Counter-Terrorism Summit. It will include hands-on demonstrations, lectures and classes for more than 1,000 students of police officers, medical workers and government employees.

Now, I am sure some of us have asked ourselves what we would do if there ever was a zombie apocalypse. Personally, I hope that I would just magically turn into Rambo. I would defend myself with the 200+ guns conveniently left underneath my house by the previous owner. While my plan is in good humor, corporations and the military are beginning to hold zombie conventions in order to train individuals on how to protect themselves from becoming dinner to brain-dead, flesh-eating, nasty bastards. This takes things to a whole new level.

What if the zombie apocalypse never comes? The millions of dollars shelled out for training, weaponry and chaos will plague those unable to see their favorite video games and movies come to life. They will never see zombies running around, waiting to be blown away and hunted down until the hearts of their human foe are content. Utter heartbreak.

Imagine watching our military, neighbors, friends and relatives prepare for battle against zombies. Anxiety and frustration will build and build over idle use of all that training. They will never be able to put that specific trick on how to kill a zombie with a napkin to use.

For everyone’s sake I say, when it is all said and done, people will get all up in arms and excited about training to be zombie killers, therefore make sure an apocalypse is truly in the cards.

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10. It is your first day and all the suits and ties are making you think it was a bad day to wear your yellow LAX pinnie. Should have gone with blue.

talking about but someone covered our beer pong table with little pancakes.”

9. You are told that you were NOT supposed to drink until you pass out during happy hour…for the third day in a row.

4. You wish you had not “beefed up” your resume so much as now your desk is loaded with “for dummies” books.

5. George Costanza becomes your idol.

8. Your cup of “coffee” contains 90% Baileys. The other 10% is Jamieson.

3. You start following “that guy” around the office just so others do not approach you with stuff to do.

7. You are handed a stack of briefs and are told to file then dispose of them. This gig is SO easy you think to yourself.

2. You exchange flirtatious letters with the cute secretary for two weeks to then learn you had the mailboxes mixed up. Randy winks at you.

6. When asked why you took all the crepes off the catering table, you respond, “I do not know what you are

1. After learning what it means to “file,” from chapter four, you hope nobody actually needed those briefs.

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Corn ethanol boondoogle JOE MAKOTO STAFF WRITER While we wait for the official harvest yields to see the full effects of this year’s drought on Midwest food crops, the USDA estimates and anecdotal reports from area farms are not encouraging. Corn, wheat and soy prices have all rocketed in recent months, putting particular pressure on livestock producers.

The biggest single relief valve the United States has is to repeal the corn ethanol mandate, a Federal regulation designed to increasingly replace gasoline with domestically produced biofuels. This mandate now consumes 40 percent of the US corn crop; an unacceptable percentage of a now scarce crop.

The original mandate was put into

place five years ago when corn crops and water were abundant.

We are now risking starvation in order to fuel our cars. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) head, Jose Graziano da Silva said, “FAO has been raising its voice against using food to produce bio energy.” He is joining a growing chorus favoring repeal.

The National Pork Producers Council and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association have called on the Environmental Protection Agency to limit the corn ethanol mandate.

Several governors have made the same call, notably from states where corn is not a major commodity crop

product.

So, who is against repeal? The main group is the recently created group, Fuels America, which encompasses everyone from corn growers to ethanol producers. The name is strange since corn ethanol only supplied 9.5 percent of liquid fuels in 2010. What fuels America is oil, not corn ethanol.

The United States is now in a position to either allow prices to rise in order to satisfy a small but important domestic constituency, or feed the world through judiciously retracting the mandate. The Obama administration should act to feed people, not satiate an interest group.

Contact Congressman Todd Akin at 314-590-0029 or Russ Carnahan at 314-962-1523 with your concerns or suggestions.

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OPINIONS October 11, 2012

AMERICA KICKS ASS

KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF

NASA Some countries focus on their economies; others focus on defending their borders. America, however, has always been a nation of expansion and innovation. So when the Earth ran out of land and there was nowhere else to head but up, the ol’ USA took to the skies. Space exploration is just another reason America kicks ass, more ass than any other nation in the world.

Space. People call it the final frontier, a limitless world in the sky waiting to be explored. For America, it is another frontier to conquer and declare ours, and that is exactly what we are doing up there. Mars?

That is us. The moon? Forget about it. Call it upward expansion, call it what you will but it is time to fly up into space and make it ours.

This year it was landing a rover on Mars, in ten years it could be landing a McDonald’s on Neptune.

The future is here and it is time America took full advantage. It is time to take leaps in the space race. I say we fund NASA and figure out a way to colonize the moon. If we can get a man up there, the sky is the limit to the other crazy things we could land up there.

So here is our first goal, let us land a Wal-mart on the moon and get some people up on that space rock.

This November, let us elect a president that is not afraid to take America to the next level. Someone who is not afraid to fight a Martian to the death on a derelict spacecraft hurtling towards the sun. America needs a Bruce Willis in Armageddon-type president, someone who is not afraid to die on an asteroid to save the planet. And let us be honest, save America.

So whoever you plan on voting for this November, make sure it is a person who will strap on their American flag pants when they step onto the rocket ship of destiny that will fly their kick ass selves to the next galaxy and back. All while using fuels that burn red, white and blue.

ILLUSTRATION BY: CORY MONTERO

ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICES

TEGAN MAZUREK STAFF WRITER

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It is safe to say that oil companies have as much control over the American social and government systems as a puppeteer who controls his puppet. They have their sticky fingers in the everyday life of the average consumer. In our on-the-go worlds, it is easy to endorse the conveniences of fossil fuels instead of focusing on things that already weigh heavily on our minds.

There are long-term affects which cannot be ignored, no matter how hard we try to avoid them. In the last 20 years, the top ten oil spills have discharged more than 55,000,000 gallons into the oceans bordering the US. Oil spills make up approximately 5 percent of the oil going to the ocean. The rest comes from maintenance and industrial runoff, road maintenance and air pollution. The global community has created a sea of oil in the ocean communities and depend on for it economic and ecological value, a value which is quickly dwindling.

Oil spills result in more than the loss and trauma of precious and valuable marine and land ecosystems, it also means the loss of workers and equipment and damage to the health of nearby communities. This goes without mentioning the expense of “negotiations” with other countries about oil, the cost of chemicals to “clean” and cost of construction to the pipelines and oil rigs. The price of convenience and the American dream is the slaughter of livelihoods and poisoning of the natural world. Is it all really worth it? It is a question all consumers should ponder.

Americans have choices to make every day.

In the big picture, each choice reflects upon the nation he or she represents as well as themselves.

Every consumer can vote to be greener in their lives. Whether it is a choice between riding a bike or carpooling to work, purchasing local foods when possible, saving energy, protesting against the construction of oil rigs and destruction of the habitats that surround it, or checking off a box on a piece of paper; every vote makes a difference.

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Experience the annual Columbus Day Parade and Festival where residents on “The Hill” celebrate their rich Italian history. The parade starts at noon at Kingshighway and Southwest Avenue on Oct. 14.

Columbus Day Parade

Celebrate Oktoberfest in Soulard where there is plenty of beer, food, music and activities for the kids.

Events take place Oct. 12-14.

Oktoberfest

Skip the trip to the grocery store and head to one of three Eckert’s Orchards to pick your own apples.

Eckert’s is located in Millstadt, Belleville and Grafton.

Pick your own apples

Visit one of St. Louis’ local farmer’s markets to check out the changes in seasonal produce. Kirkwood, Soulard and Eckert’s are fully stocked with your fall produce needs.

Farmer’s market

fall checklist

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Pass up pumpkins with bruises since they will decay faster.

Avoid pumpkins with scratches, nicks, cuts and dents unless they will enhance your design.

The pumpkin should be flat on 6 the bottom so it will not roll.

A pumpkin with a smooth surface will give you the best canvas for your design.

1 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter 2 eggs 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped pecans

INGREDIENTS

pecan pie recipe

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recipe from allrecipes.com

Pour into an unbaked 9-inch pie shell. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until done.

In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy, and stir in melted butter. Stir in the brown sugar, white sugar and the flour; mix well. Last, add the milk, vanilla and nuts.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (175 degrees C).

DIRECTIONS

Original recipe makes 1 - 9-inch pie

according to the Farmer’s Almanac

Look for a ripe pumpkin with a sturdy stem. If the stem breaks off, patch it back using toothpicks.

If your perfect pumpkin is missing its stem, instead of carving out a lid on top, simply carve out the bottom. Place a candle on the carved out section, and then set the pumpkin over it.

Lighter colored pumpkins are normally softer, making them easier to carve.

how to pick the perfect pumpkin

Enjoy a good fright at one of St. Louis’ haunted houses. The Darkness in Soulard is ranked as one of the best in the country. There is also Scream Park at Creepyworld in Fenton, The Cobb Factory in Old Monroe and The Eureka Butcher in Pacific.

Haunted houses

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ART&LIFE October 11, 2012

Coming home A journey from St. Louis to Istanbul, and back KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF

On the second floor of Communications North, in one of the several offices of the many English professors of STLCC-Meramec, is Meramec Professor Angela Hamilton’s desk. Above her desk hangs a print of Le Moulin de la Galette by Auguste Renoir. To the side are four bookshelves crammed with literature.

Having recently returned from living in Istanbul for three years, Hamilton, who taught at Faith University through a professor exchange program, returned to the United States and resumed her position at Meramec.

In Istanbul, Hamilton lived in an attic apartment with two rooms. The roof was slanted and the room was ‘500 square feet.’ Hamilton said the view from the apartment made the space worth the squeeze.

“To be able to wake up to that every morning and watch the sunrise, watch the ferries all lit up on the Bosphorus taking commuters to their jobs before it even hit 6 a.m. in the morning, and knowing I had a full day to work on my projects and to write and to read what I wanted was extraordinary to me,” Hamilton said. “I know that it is such a rare gift to have that and to have that for an extended amount of time.”

Hamilton grew up in south city St. Louis. She described herself as a tomboy at an early age, often getting into ‘scraps’ and spending time with her older brothers, but still having an early love for school.

“I guess I was a tomboy, I had three older brothers. We hung out, rode bikes, had a lot of punch ups, that sort of thing,” Hamilton said. “We climbed around river Des Peres a lot. I loved school; I cried when I had to miss it.”

Hamilton is an alumnus of Meramec and later transferred to the University of St. Louis Missouri, where she was an English major and also earned her master’s degree. Her current office is the office where her Composition I teacher worked while Hamilton attended Meramec. “[Coming back to Meramec] certainly was a sentimental process. I sort of felt like I was coming back to some really fond memories and everything looked the same,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton said it was difficult to come back to the states after being away for so long.

“It’s been hard, frankly,” Hamilton

said. “When you leave the country, you leave everything. You leave your house, your car and your pets. There’s a certain amount of resentment or neglect that greets you when you get home. I feel sometimes like an outsider.”

While coming back to the country was difficult, getting back to teaching after a one year sabbatical was made easier by students offering reassurance through their involvement and enjoyment of the class, Hamilton said.

“I feel a little rusty in my teaching,” Hamilton said. “The one thing that makes me feel better is when students say they really enjoy my class. That makes me think ‘well I do have something going here.’”

In Istanbul, Hamilton spent a lot of time looking for different readings for her Honors World Literature students, she said.

“I was focusing on choosing texts for the World Literature class that would focus on Middle Eastern literature,” Hamilton said. “I was trying to look into authors for Israel, other Turkish authors, Syrian and Egyptian authors. I tried to come up with a sampling for my students that so far they are really enjoying.”

Hamilton also spent time working with Soliya, a project that uses web chat rooms to connect Middle Eastern students with Western students to communicate on post 9/11 issues. The project is partially funded by the Missouri Humanities Council. Meramec is the only community college in the United States to participate in the program “It’s a cause for reflection, reflection on your own life. It’s not your decision but when you leave your country you put your country on your back,” Hamilton said. “You carry that around with you.

You’re an American wherever you go and you have to take some responsibility for that.”

Traveling and living abroad served as a muse for Hamilton’s writing.

“It does make me think about my own identity, how I approach things, what sort of stories I want to write and what I want to communicate to people,” Hamilton said. “We all know that feeling of getting off of a bus in a neighborhood you’ve never been to before or getting off of a flight in a city you’ve never been to, you know that feeling of ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before.’ It sharpens your senses and can only benefit your writing.”

SUBMITTED PHOTOS TOP: Angela Hamilton sits by the Tigris River in Hasankeyf, Turkey. MIDDLE: A photo Hamilton shot of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. BOTTOM: Hamilton in Hasankeyf, Turkey.

10 ART&LIFE October 11, 2012

Icing Cafe

Full of confectionary fun KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF Getting the Icing Cafe running for the day is a process that starts at 7:30 a.m. sharp and ends at 10 a.m. when the store opens. The shop opens and another day of cookies, brownies, cakes, muffins, cupcakes and more begins.

STLCC-Meramec alumni Beth Kullmann and co-owner started the Icing Cafe in September of 2011 with Amy Nielson. Kullman said it was a combination of unemployment and the need for a life change that got the cafe off the ground.

“I was laid off from a job I didn’t like so we decided to do something different,” Kullmann said. “When we decided to do the shop it was about doing something different then the careers we had both been in previously.”

Kullmann said a major factor in opening the shop was the lack of customization for cakes and desserts around St. Louis.

“When we decided to do the shop we had talked to a lot of the people we knew.

One of the things we heard was that no one did any custom work anymore,”

Kullmann said. “Amy is self-taught, so she kind of had developed this [customizing] style along the way.”

The fact that they are in charge is one of the reasons Kullmann said she loves the shop so much.

“I think that I really love the fact that it’s our shop and we can do what we want to do, and there is nobody telling us what we have to do,” Kullmann said.

While Nielson handles the baking and design of the desserts, Kullmann works on the business side of things as well as decorating the cafe. She studied interior design at Meramec, where she said she crafted her talent.

I handle the business side and decorate the shop, while Amy bakes the cakes and does the wedding stuff,” Kullmann said. “ “[Meramec] helped me understand the look of the cafe. When we said we were going to do this I knew exactly what it was going to look like,” Kullman said. “I knew from my time doing space planning, color theory and all the stuff I did in the interior design program I knew I had to have a

certain aesthetic.”

Kullmann said she went to Meramec to work towards a degree in interior design.

“I went back to Meramec to get a different degree when my kids were little. I just got a degree in interior design because it was something I was interested in,” Kullmann said.

Kullmann said the business side of things is another reason she loves working at the cafe. She is the pushing force behind running the café fluidly.

“I love the business side of it; I do love going out and meeting people. I like to talk to people and do that sort of stuff. My thing is not the baking, that’s Amy’s stuff,” Kullmann said.

Kullmann said she and Nielson plan on expanding their business after a successful opening year.

“We want to continue to expand our corporate business, we’re currently reevaluating our business plan. We’re reassessing after our first year to see what how we did and what we need to work on,” Kullmann said.

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12 SPORTS October 11, 2012

Continued from front page SPENCER GLEASON SPORTS EDITOR “I love being out on the field,” Jollif said after the win over Maple Woods.

“I have been playing this sport since I was three or four years old, so I have played it a long time. Being out on the field and playing with people that I love to play with makes playing and winning even better.”

Along the way, the Lady Archers were able to get a lucky bounce when they defeated the Lady Lynx from Lindenwood University-Belleville. In the 2-1 victory in double overtime, Jollif was able to put a header in the back of the net.

“I always say good teams that work hard and do the right things, that luck happens to be bouncing their way a little bit. So you can force your luck,” Huettner said. “I have never seen a team who has been lazy and does not give 100 percent effort and then get very lucky. That does not happen.

So you have to work hard to get lucky. It is just the way it is.”

Although the loss against the Cobras ended both the consecutive win streak and being undefeated at home, the loss came in overtime — a technicality. The Lady Archers are still undefeated at home in regulation.

The season will still continue and with that comes another game to play — another winning streak to start.

“When you play teams, a lot of teams have 11 starters and then after that it becomes a little bit softer and the bench gets weak,” Huettner said.

“I think we are really fortunate this year that we have 11 good starters and then we a good set of players after that coming off the bench. We can sub five players at a time without losing a beat. That makes it interesting and makes us difficult to play against.”

PHOTOS BY: DAVID KLOECKENER Top Right: Lady Archers’ freshman forward, Erin Lucido, dribbles the ball past the defender. Lucido scored a goal in the Lady Archers 5-1 win over Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods after coming in off the bench. Left: Lady Archers’ sophomore midfielder, Brooke Valeroy, flips the ball in bounds. Bottom Right: The Lady Archers gather around each other for team unity during a pregame speech. The Lady Archers 2-1 loss to the Parkland College Cobras, on Oct. 9, ended a record-setting winning streak by the Lady Archers, at ten games.

Fencing strikes Students at STLCC are able to take fencing class for PE credit AARON McCALL STAFF WRITER

PHOTO BY: DAVID KLOECKENER Micha Mcdonald begins his salute process by saluting the officials before beginning his Sabre bout Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Fencing Club. As part of the respect for fellow fencers, Mcdonald will salute the judges and then their opponent before every bout.

Students from the Fencing class, such as Micha who is in Fencing 1, as well as curious students can meet at Fencing Club to gain an introduction to the sport, or hone the skills they have acquired. Fencing Club meets in the gym at the Meramec campus every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Fencing classes are also offered for PE credit every semester.

The age-old saying of ‘en-guard’ lets students know a duel is about to happen during fencing class.

Eyesight and reflexes are two keys to being an auspicious fencer. Aside from the tactics and skills needed to prosper in the sport, there is the respect people who participate in the sport have for each other.

“There is a certain mystique about fencing because a lot of people do not know anything about it,” STLCCMeramec fencing instructor Bill McDevitt said.

Fencing is one of many physical education classes offered at the Meramec campus. The course spans across eight weeks and there are 16 class periods.

There are three different weapons that can be used during a fencing duel: the eppe, the saber and the foil. According to McDevitt, one of the things that holds down fencing is the investment involved

with it.

“You need a mask to protect your face and eyes, a heavy canvas jacket to protect your torso and you need a glove and a weapon. We are very fortunate here at Meramec. For anyone who takes the physical education class we have all the fencing equipment available,” McDevitt said.

McDevitt, who fenced competitively for four years at the University of Illinois under the instruction of Max Garret, has been teaching fencing at Meramec for eight years. McDevitt credits his former Illini coach for his knowledge of the sport.

“All my knowledge of fencing I gained at the University of Illinois. I had a fantastic coach,” McDevitt said. “One thing I would say I want the world to know about fencing is that it is a gentlemanly sport.”

The “gentlemanly sport” that McDevitt refers to, stems from the intellectual

thought process that comes with every move made within a duel.

“Fencing is a sport of finesse,” McDevitt said. “There is a joke out there that fencers do it with finesse and there is a lot of truth to it. When you first start out, fencing is 75 percent physical and 25 percent mental. As you progress it becomes 75 percent mental and 25 percent physical.”

Fencing may be unique in its own right, but according to McDevitt, a lot of the skills that are used in the sport of fencing can apply to everyday life. Attributes like discipline, patience and the ability to think before you act are lessons learned in the world of fencing.

“The victor is the one who tried, versus the one that sits back and never did anything,” McDevitt said. “There is a lot of truth to that. Fencing is not one of those everyday sports, so the people who are taking my class, my hats off to them