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News:

STLCC welcomes new Vice Chancellor of Human Resources

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Art & Life:

Students get ahead of the game at the ‘Long Night Against Procrastination’ event at Meramec Library

PHOTOs by Syed Ali TOP LEFT: Cindy Clausen of the Meramec Academic Support Center presents the Pomodoro Technique to students on Nov 20 during the Long Night Against Procrastination event.

TOP MIDDLE: Students discuss their final projects.

RIGHT: Students take a break from studying by painting their shoes.

BOTTOM: Clausen teaches students different ways to help study for finals.

And now the weather with Professor Joe Schneider

The main theme for the 2019-2020 winter will be volatility in the weather pattern

JOE SCHNEIDER GUEST CONTRIBUTOR I think the main theme for the 2019-2020 winter will be volatility in the weather pattern.

We have already seen quite a bit of this happening through the early and latter part of October and the early part of November. October began with very warm temperatures and then during the middle of the month we flipped to cool/cold temperatures and we had a trace of measurable snowfall on Halloween. November has been very cold and we have already had another measurable snowfall of 1.5 inches on 11/11/19.

This winter the warm periods will be shorter in duration and the cold periods will be longer

in duration. The Blob in connection with the negative phase of the AO could lead to an amplification of the jet stream which could bring us some large winter storms and much colder air. This would favor a more active pattern.

Depending on where each individual storm tracks, snow amounts could be below or above in our area. This type of pattern also causes mix precipitation events across our region with snow, sleet, freezing rain, and even thunderstorms.

There is probably going to be large swings in temperature which will open the door for more opportunities for snow/ice.

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STLCC welcomes new vice chancellor of Human Resources Former STLCC student comes ‘full circle’ in new role with college BRI HEANEY NEWS EDITOR

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obin Phillips’ road to becoming the STLCC Vice Chancellor of Human Resources started at STLCC. Phillips received her Associates Degree from the college and was, as many students at the college are now often times, a nontraditional student. It was the different path that her education took that inspired her journey into human resources, she said.

“When I graduated from high school, I didn’t have a lot of support unfortunately that would help me navigate the world at such a critical time when you need support,” said Phillips.

It would be her educational endeavors that brought about her desire to help people through.

“I did know that I wanted to do something that involved working with people and when there were opportunities to come in and implement change that would help the community as a whole, I had some inclination toward human resources right from the start,” she said.

After some time spent away at the University of Iowa, Phillips’ mother

became ill and she moved back to the place she was born and raised, Saint Louis, to take care of her. She knew she wanted to continue her education but the demands of her life outside of school had grown. Phillips enrolled in STLCC at the Forest Park Campus.

“I attribute a lot of my success and [the] opportunities I had not only to my upbringing but to Saint Louis Community College,” said Phillips.

Phillips said that the school was able to adapt to the different things that were happening in her life and it was that flexibility that helped make her degree from the college possible.

“There were times where I was able to go full time... there were times where I was able to go part time,” said Phillips.

“I always encourage people when things don’t go exactly how you would like them to go, just go, you can take it one class at a time.”

Advisors helped Phillips find scholarships that helped her pay for Washington University after she was accepted to the college, she said.

“I got my bachelor’s in industrial organizational psychology at Wash U,”

says Phillips.

After graduating from Washington University, Phillips went on to complete her Masters Degree at Troy University and is currently looking to pursue her Juris Doctor degree.

“I never want to stop learning,” said Phillips.

Phillips is one of the thousands of Saint Louis Community college alumni that graduated since it was founded in 1962.

“I am [an] alumni and I am proud,” said Philips.

Coming back to the college was somewhat of a full circle move for Phillips.

“When the opportunity came up to work for STLCC I thought, wow, that would be awesome to spend my time working day and nights, because we often work nights, working for an organization that I so believe in,” she said.

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A Thundering Boom Strikes St. Louis

Professor Joe Schneider weighs in on the possibility of a meteor shower EVE COHEN STAFF WRITER On Nov. 11, 2019, 25 miles west of O’Fallon, Missouri, at about 9 p.m., a thundering boom shattered the stillness of a frigid night. Several residents reported hearing the sound. According to reports, a rock, possibly space debris weighing approximately 220 pounds and traveling at an estimated 33,500 miles per hour traversed through the atmosphere, burning up as it reached the surface of the earth.

According to Dr. Joe Schneider, meteorologist and professor of physical sciences at Meramec, “that’s faster than the speed of sound, breaking the sound barrier. [That’s what] caused the sonic boom at that point. It broke into pieces

about 12 miles above the ground,” he said. “I don’t know if we can associate it with a meteor shower.”

What exactly is a meteor shower?

According to Dr. Schneider, “The earth moves through remnants of comets… when comets have come into the solar system, their tail is formed and when their tail is formed, it’s due to the sun, radiation pressure. It pushes the particles off of the nucleus of the comet and that forms the tail. Those particles never go back onto the comet. Those particles from the tail spread out and criss-cross the Earth’s path. That’s how we know we have meteor showers because we know there’s actually debris that’s in

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front of the Earth and the Earth’s going to go through it. Usually particles that come off that comet’s tail usually are very small particles, so usually because they’re so small, once they get into our upper atmosphere there [will] be a streak of light and then they’ll be gone.”

According to Schneider, “[There’s] not much of a chance [they’ll] reach the earth’s surface as a solid piece usually.

This was very different from that. It might be a piece of space debris. As it nears the surface, as it hits more air molecules closer to the surface, that debris vaporizes. If it’s big enough.. moving at such a great speed it might not have a chance to vaporize, it could fall all

the way to the earth’s surface,” he said.

Schneider said that until he learns more, there are several possibilities of where it could come from. “There’s a group of meteorite hunters, from Washington University, and other colleges, scientists going to the approximate place some things could have landed,” he said At the time, there was 2-3 inches of snow fall covering the ground. “That could help or could hinder [the search],” said Schneider.

The next major meteor shower will occur on Friday, Dec. 13, and peak at approximately 8:00 p.m.

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4 ART & LIFE Holiday Traditions Around the World December 5, 2019

Steven Schamber’s family celebrates the holidays by going to their Menitie church, cooking German food, and by spending time together. “When I was young we would go to church on Christmas Eve, and then we would go to my mother’s parents to celebrate with that side of the family,” said Schamber.

Now his family get together for a pot-luck style dinner.

“There’s lots of food on my mother’s side and each sibling would bring a dish to share,” said Schamber.

“They thought they were German, so they mostly were bringing what they thought were traditional German dishes.”

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Even though Halima Nagibullah and her family do not celebrate Christmas because as Muslims, most holiday celebrations are in the spring, they still celebrate the cultural aspects of the holiday season.

“My mom will put up a tree and put lights around the house and she will get us presents, and we will watch Christmas movies because she doesn’t want us to feel left out.”

To Nagibullah, it’s about time spent with friends and family, eating good food, and like most holidays that her family celebrate together, it’s about dancing.

“We dance to, just make our own little spin to it,” said Nagibullah.

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Braden Hagberg Braden Hagberg said he celebrates christmas in a secular way and devotes a lot of the holiday energy to witch craft. “My family does the whole Christmas tree thing, but I personally do my own meditation type of stuff, and some spells regarding the new year, and mental health,” he said. “I’ll go out and collect the artifacts in nature, for stuff I will use in a spell- ritual type thing for the holidays,” he said.

Hagberg said his favorite thing about the holidays is his time spent with love ones.

“It usually a time of chaotic peace, peace is so nice to have when most of the time you don’t,” said Hagberg.

Burke started his standing holiday tradition 38 years ago in Holland during his time in the Army. “My wife and I met in Holland; the Dutch celebrate St. Nicholas day and that’s where you do your gift exchange and leave out a shoe, and fill it with gifts and stuff.”

This does not replace his celebration of Christmas, but supplements it as they observe this day on Dec. 6.

They exchange presents on both Christmas and on St. Nicholas. His favorite holiday food is Rum cake. He cannot stand gelatin fruit salads.

“I can’t stand all those crappy Jello salads that people make,” said Burke.

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The Forecast

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NOVEMBER

The first shot of very cold air arrived across our region during the weekend before Halloween and brought us our first freeze. This cold air has stayed across our area and has not modified throughout the first half of November. The pattern will modify and warm during the latter portion of the month with highs back into the 40’s and 50’s. Thanksgiving is looking cooler before warmer air begins to return once again.

DECEMBER: This month is looking rather mild until late month. There will be cold shots as storm systems move through with rain and possible thunderstorms. The pattern will again change to bring the Arctic air back across our region for the holiday time period and into the first of the New Year. Our chances for winter precipitation will also be increased as the pattern switches. Snowfall will be about average to below average for this month with temperatures average to above average.

JANUARY: The winter pattern that started in late December will continue into this month and then it will change and lead to a moderation in temperatures. Snowfall totals should be average to below average for this month. The pattern will change again toward the end of the month leading to the return of cold air.

FEBRUARY:

Cold air will continue into early February and possibly a return of very cold air for the first part of this month. This will set the stage for a number of winter weather events. I do see a slight warm up during the midmonth only to have cold air return toward the end. Snow fall totals should be average to above average for this month and temperatures will be average to below average.

MARCH: The colder pattern and the chances for winter storms will continue into this month. Spring may come late for the Saint Louis area depending on how long the effects of the blob continues into this month and beyond. In fact, the cold may last well into April before the pattern relaxes and a warm up takes hold.

Overall, I expect a near normal temperatures and normal snowfall (15 -20 inches) for the Saint Louis area. You should expect this winter season to be similar to last winter with a little increase in snowfall totals. You should also expect a lot of volatility (warm to very cold) in the weather throughout this winter season. Seasonal forecasting is far from a perfect science. This is my best attempt at putting together a long term forecast for this winter. I see many tricky forecasts this winter and will do my best to keep everyone updated.

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December 5, 2019

Psychology Professor Finds Her Path Professor Sophia Pierroutsakos said the process was ‘messy’ JOOLS PULCHER ART & LIFE EDITOR

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Psychology Professor Sophia Pierroutsakos discusses teaching - and Meramec.

e r a m e c Professor Sophia Pierroutsakos has always been searching for her path, both in her personal and professional life.

After moving to Greece as a child, then Florida and ultimately St. Louis when she was in seventh grade, where she was shocked to find herself “landlocked.”

She said she wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to pursue as her career and the exploration began. “I think it’s important for students to hear about how messy my journey was,” said Pierroutsakos.

“Even just figuring out my major was messy.”

After high school, Pierroutsakos attended Washington University and obtained a bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in political science.

However, she thought she wanted to pursue law at PHOTO BY SYED ALI some point. “I spent three weeks talking about law how she found her way to and attended the Missouri

Scholars Academy, focused on law,” she said. “And then, at some point just realized that the more I got into it [law], it was wonderful but not for me.”

Pierroutsakos said she decided to take a year off.

Next, she found herself applying to graduate school for political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After a few classes in international relations and discovered it wasn’t for her, leading to a change in major to psychology, she said.

“I don’t think I meant to be a clinical psychologist,” she said. “I knew I would have a hard time not taking all of that home and wasn’t listening closely enough to realize there were a bunch of other kinds of ways to be a psychologist.”

Pierroutsakos eventually found developmental psychology.

“I enjoyed doing research and running my own laboratory in my first five years as an assistant professor

elsewhere,” she said.

While she said she enjoyed her work, she also missed teaching and her family, which resulted in a move back to St. Louis in 2004 and a job at St. Louis Community College at Meramec.

She said her experiences allow her to empathize with students who are unsure about their paths.

“I was sure and I was wrong,” said Pierroutsakos.

“It’s okay not to know what you want to be. It’s okay to change your mind.”

Pierroutsakos said that most people are going to change their minds in different ways about careers many times.

“I try to remind students that my path and their path is messy,” she said. “That’s why I’m a person whose professional life and personal life intertwine and I try to live what I teach. I try to help students learn for their own personal lives what science can teach them.”

New Generation Turned on by Beat Poets

Students rock the microphone at the Meramec Poetry Slam Eve Cohen Staff writer Meramec hosted a poetry slam on Nov. 26 at 11:30 a.m. in SC 200, sponsored by Professor Maxine Beach’s Creative Writing Class and the English Department.

Two students, Morgan Canton and Ian Eldridge, served as Masters of Ceremonies at the event. Participating students referred to the poetry of beat generation writers as the inspiration for the event.

“Allen Ginsberg [and his poem] Howl [inspired her],” said Student Amra Halilovic.

The Creative Writing class attended

Herb Arts, a downtown St. Louis gathering place.

Incidentally, its surrounding geographical location was one of the spots, outside of New Yorks Greenwich Village, central to the beat generation poets which also included St. Louis native William Burroughs whose eccentric prose can be found on YouTube.

Another source of inspiration was the prose of Langston Hughes, said Student Kristin Priest. Much of the class agreed that performance poetry was instrumental in bridging heir appreciation for poetry.

“[It] made poetry approachable, building a connection,” said Priest.

Additionally, Student Lucie Donovan said that performance poetry “transformed the medium from an intellectual… catered, sophisticated form [to one that appeals to the general masses].”

Student Morgan Canton said that she prefers structure when it comes to different forms of poetry. “Rules make you push yourself on those barometers,” Canton said she finds inspiration from Gwendolyn Brooks.

During the event, students focused on

issues that need more awareness, such as climate change. “Writing makes you dangerous [when you] raise awareness, [and] talk about issues,” said Professor Beach.

The line-up at the Poetry Slam included Student Jacob Wooton, who started his readings with “Black Boy Moonlight,” a powerful poem imbued with the social fear and consequence of racial injustice. He took the grand prize.

In all, 11 student-poets took the mic.

Amra Halilovic closed the show with “Procreation Agitation.”

PHOTO by Eve Cohen Meramec students perform poetry at the poetry slam Nov. 26 organized by Professor Maxine Beach’s Creative Writing Class. Pictured: From left to right, Jacob Wooten, Isabella Wheelock and Amra Halilovic

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OPINIONS 7

Jake’s Take: Disney+ Can Suck It

Why I’m not a big fan of the new streaming service and it has nothing to do with content JACOB POLITTE ONLINE EDITOR

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n Nov. 12, The Walt Disney Company officially launched its new streaming service, uninspiringly titled “Disney+.”

It’s been reported that around 10 million people signed up for the service on the day it launched.

I did not sign up for the service, and I have no plans to.

My reasons for that have nothing to do with the programming that the service offers, although some of the newer series that are currently rolling out on it look rather... uninspiring. I grew up on some of those older shows, but that was over a decade ago at this point. I don’t like to live in the past, and I definitely have no interest in reliving my childhood. If I want to see Cole Sprouse in 2019, I’d rather watch him be buried alive on “Riverdale.” If I wanted to watch any other kid that I grew up watching, I’d watch their recent work, not the stuff that they did over a decade ago.

The amount of reboots and revivals coming exclusively to the streaming service is notable (I’m looking at you, “Lizzie McGuire” and whatever

that “High School Musicial” atrocity is supposed to be), as Disney has struggled to make new content on their own, instead preferring to buy various successful franchises and companies outright, using their content for their own corporate gain.

The simple fact of the matter is that by lanuching this service, Disney is just attempting to own yet another market: streaming.

Many channels/companies are taking a cue from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon by launching their own streaming services, with each company attempting to exclusively own some of their own programming. This is extremely misguided, but that’s a piece for another time. My guess is that Disney saw this going on, and decided “We’re gonna crush everyone else.”

On a personal note, I also have no interest in helping Disney become even one dollar richer. Disney isn’t so much of a family-friendly company as it is a bloodthirsty, multi-media monster with a seemingly endless amount of currency that hides behind a family-

friendly facade. Many former stars who have worked for the corporation, such as Miley Cyrus, have been very open about how hellacious that working there could be. Disney owns practically every piece of entertainment that we as a society have grown up watching, and their empire will

only continue to expand. I want no part of that.

So while the rest of you enjoy what the service has to offer, I will be doing something else with my time. Disney already owns everything, they will not own my personal time, too.

The End of the Decade is A New Beginning Time Is Fake, Your Achievements Are Your Own REMY XA STAFF WRITER In a month after this article is published, another decade of life on planet Earth will have come and gone.

Later this year, when we go to bin this year’s cute puppy calendars in exchange for next year’s cute kitten calendars, humanity will acknowledge the journey of one full celestial rotation about the sun.

Sociologists and scientists have already begun the process of categorizing and dissecting this decade’s latest cultural trends for the history books.

Significant markers of time like these are cause for reflection and contemplation because they are few and far between.

For many students attending Meramec, this will be the first change of decade we experience with adult-sized frontal lobes. You know, that bit of the brain which allows for critical thinking, planning, and self-reflection? Given the lack of experience of changes like these in our lifetimes, it’s no surprise that the new decade is causing stress.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve encountered a lot of questions from speculative and concerned students alike.

“How will history remember the 2010’s?”

“Where will we be in 10 years?”

“What have I accomplished in this decade?”

The first two questions are easier to answer. The 2010s encapsulate the boom of the age of information.

The coming of smartphones has widespread social media has literally rewired human cognition. Instead of

than the previous year’s model.

The question of self-reflection, however, is often the one that causes the most anxiety, and understandably so.

Because humans are social creatures, it is easy to fall into a habit of comparing

memorizing our friends’ digits, phone numbers are stored in SIM cards. Many of the rigors of daily organizing are now being accomplished by artificially intelligent assistants.

In 2021, expect more of the same, except the cell phones will an inch longer

one’s own achievements with those of our peers and colleagues.

However, constant self-doubt and self-comparison is a barrier to selfimprovement.

The labor-focused, individualistic worldview held by individuals living

in western countries judge the merit of a person based on exceptionalism.

This inflexible thinking sets up a challenging paradigm: a person is either “successful” or “unsuccessful”, and being “unsuccessful” is shameful.

However, the value of a person cannot be measured in how many degrees they do or do not possess. A human’s worth can’t be judged on how many classes they’ve failed, or how many opportunities they’ve missed.

Human goodness can’t be measured in our past actions. Instead, it’s making the decision to do better than we did yesterday that speaks the most about our character.

Rather than judging ourselves based on our failures and what we did not do, humans can grow by examining our mistakes and choosing to do better tomorrow.

In truth, the turn of the decade means little. The coming of January 1st, 2020 is wholly insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe’s wandering celestial expanse.

It’s an arbitrary designation representing another lap across the cosmos.

However, what the new decade does represent is the turning of the page of another chapter in our personal fable.

It’s an opportunity to look at how much we’ve learned about ourselves and how much we’ve grown.

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December 5, 2019

Men’s basketball dribbles into new season ASHLEY BIUNDO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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TLCC Men’s Basketball began their season with a 4-1 record.

Head Coach Terry Collins said that they have high expectations for this upcoming season, especially with a team of mostly freshmen.

“We have a freshman-dominated roster and just to keep working and getting better, and then by March to be able to compete for a Region Championship and get on to the national tournament,” he said.

Although it is very early in the season the Archer’s have begun to discover their strengths, said Collins. “We’re a tough team and we get along well with each other,” Collins said. “Even though we have a lot of new players and we’ve come together well,” he said, “we just really got to work on ball handling, because we make too many turnovers.”

A new year means a new and different season. “Every season is different because the players are different and this season has a long way to go before it has a definition,” Collins said. “Last year’s team was ranked number one in our region and got beat by two in the region championship game; it was a disappointing finish. But nevertheless,

first in our region, so we obviously became a good team and this year’s team, all of its goals are still in front of us.”

One of the most rewarding things about coaching is seeing the players move on to different schools and move forward in life, according to Collins.

“Seeing players move on to four year universities and then on into life. Looking back at their playing days and seeing all the lessons they learned, so when they come back and talk to me about their life, that that’s the most rewarding by far,” he said.

Collins said that success comes with being able to work hard. “I would say that every day, we’re trying to teach people how to be successful. And success is peace of mind and knowing that you did the best to become the best you’re capable of becoming,” he said. “If you do that, you can’t worry about the scoreboard. You want the scoreboard to be in your favor, it’s obvious. But success is not based on the score, but it’s based on do we achieve our potential as individuals and as a team?”

Photos by Ashley Biundo LEFT TOP: Guard Jayln Mosby goes up for a shot agaimst Fort Scott CC on Nov 23.

LEFT BOTTOM: The team prepares to go back in after a time out.

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