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Meramec unites against violence Students and staff shares stories to raise awareness
ALEX KENDALL ART & LIFE EDITOR A bell chimes. A woman screams. “Dear stranger, I screamed and you did not listen. You hurt me and you like it. Your face haunts my dreams,” one shirt hung from a clothesline in the STLCCMeramec Quad reads. Shirts are adorned with the stories of violence and abuse. “I was only four years old,” another says. These shirts are part of the Clothesline Project, an organization established to promote the awareness and support of women who have been raped, beaten, killed and abused. “[The Clothesline Project] is here to raise awareness of violence against women and to give them a voice or allow them to express their emotion, let out some anger, just witness what’s happened to them,” said Tracy Lampkins Meramec academic advisor and Women’s History Committee member. Originally started in October of 1990 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the Clothesline Project, now in 41 states and 5 countries, was held at Meramec for the first time three years ago. “It is a national project and we just found out about it a few years ago and brought it here,” associate professor of communications Denise Speruzza associate professor of communications and chair of the Meramec Women’s History Committee said. “We get so much feedback from people-some who decorated shirts-who are just so thankful that they have the opportunity.” Sponsored by the Women’s History Committee, The Clothesline Project
PHOTO BY: JESSE HOFFORD The Clothesline Project hangs on display in the campus quad. The project aims to raise awareness on domestic violence through sharing student and staff stories of personal accounts.
allows students both women and men to create a t-shirt for those who have been victims of violence and abuse, themselves or someone they know. “It’s a visual display and the t-shirts are created by women or men who are victims of violence or abuse. The different colored shirts represent a different kind of abuse or violence,”
Lampkins said. “And so they can draw or write on a t-shirt depending on which kind of violence they’ve experienced and then we hang it on the line. It’s kind of a visual representation of what women are experiencing.” The Clothesline Project is part of Voices Against Violence, a weeklong event that intends to raise awareness
and inform students and faculty about various aspects of violence and abuse in the community. “Most important is awareness, just that students become more aware that violence is an issue,” Sperruzza said. “We’ve encouraged faculty members to bring their class and maybe incorporate it into classroom discussions.” Story continued on page 3
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by 26 metric tons – that is 14 cars off of the road or the energy consumption of seven households. On Wednesday, March 21, members of 4.1 33 7.5 8 44 7 ,15 the sustainability committee and volunteers 4 ,9 8 1.8 14 4.35 2.5 19 0 ,9 removed all of the waste from the Business 00 6 5 2 ,78 .6 .6 8 3 6 2 and Administration building and brought it to the Student Center Quad. The Waste Recycled Per Capita Minimization recyclables and trash were counted in front Materials of students. 0. 3.7 0. 40 6 08 3 Meramec Sustainability Coordinator 1.7 0.23 0.05 1.96 1.96 2 .2 Emily Neal said the focus is to get people 7 1.96 8 08 3.2 0. to reuse. “We’re trying to reduce all of our waste,” Food Service Organics Bottes & Cans Paper Neal said. “We want to see less recycling and waste. We want people to reuse. Saturday, March 31 from 8:30-2.p.m. Information from http://www.recyclemaniacs.org in Parking Lot A, Meramec and Midwest Recycling Centre are hosting a free electronics recycling drive. 6 3.0
RecycleMania has STLCC-Meramec’s sustainability committee calculating the amount of trash the school and STLCC as a whole generates each week. RecycleMania is a national challenge to increase awareness and decrease waste at colleges and universities. STLCC has been participating in the eight-week-long challenge to reduce the amount, in weight, of trash. Meramec is in the benchmark division, which means the campus is not competing with other colleges and universities, but challenging itself to be more sustainable. Each week the trash service haulers at each campus weigh paper, bottles, cans and compost. Compost is only collected in the food service areas. So far, the campus has collected 33,158 pounds of recyclable materials. In six weeks, Meramec has reduced its green house gases
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Fall registration comes early KURT OBERREITHER NEWS EDITOR Students who activate and check their STLCC email will have first dibs on classes for the fall semester. Up to a week early, students currently enrolled could register for fall courses. According to Fitzgerald, early registration opportunities were created in hopes to give students incentive to activate their email accounts and ease volumes when registration begins April 4. We have a problem on the first day of registration of our system screeching to a halt,” Fitzgerald said. “For the college it would be an expense to ‘fix’ the problem
when the system only handles those volumes three times a year.” Fitzgerald said students who take advantage of this opportunity will have a better chance of ensuring a seat in the class. She said STLCC followed in the footsteps of other universities and community colleges that offer priority registration. Priority registration dates given to students via email are based on the amount of credits a student has earned. Students can only register online through Banner Self Service.
Violence: Take Back the Night Continued from page 1
As part of Voices Against Violence week, Meramec will host Take Back the Night, an event that first took place after the 1975 murder of Susan Alexander Speeth. The event promotes that no woman should be afraid to walk at night and to remember those who have been killed. “We’re going to shuttle [the women] to downtown Kirkwood to have a rally and a speech there. And then walk back to campus
together as a group to show the fact that women, safely, cannot be out by themselves at night,” Sperruzza said. Both men and women can attend the event. The event will begin at 5:45 p.m., with the women meeting to shuttle to Kirkwood Station for a rally and speech and the men in Business and Administration 105 for an interactive lecture. The Clothesline Project will continue through Thursday, March 29.
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After the Holocaust in 1948, there have been more than 80 genocides, according to Cindy Epperson, Ph.D., Meramec sociology professor. Epperson has had the opportunity to travel to Cambodia and other various countries that have been the victims of genocide. She said students should be aware of the effects of genocide worldwide. “I’m always amazed at how monstrous human beings can be. For years I’ve thought that we need to talk about genocide on this campus,” Epperson said.. During the month of April, STLCCMeramec will host its first annual Genocide Awareness month. Eleven videos on genocide will be shown throughout the campus on televisions during the month of April, as well as guest speakers and awareness events. According to Epperson, coordinator of Meramec’s Genocide Awareness month, genocide, defined as an international crime against humanity, occurs because of people’s race, ethnicity, nationality or religion. “It’s really interesting if you talk to people who have committed a genocide, who were perpetrators say in Rwanda in 1994 or Cambodia from 1975 to 1979; when they talk about it they say it was just one of those things. I’ve heard that over and over again,” Epperson said. As part of Genocide Awareness Month at Meramec, students in Epperson’s Universal Human Rights course and Tim Linder’s Photo Imaging course will design posters on various facets of genocide. “What my students did in the human
rights course, is they looked at 13 different areas of genocide; what is genocide, what is the law, what are the causes of genocide, how can you deny a genocide and who denies genocide,” Epperson said. Margaret Keller’s art students will also create paintings depicting genocide displayed on the second floor of the Humanities East building. Library staff have also created a display and genocide guide available for viewing. “I would encourage students to learn five or six different facts about genocide, about a topic that is uncomfortable, but very important to all of us,” Epperson said. Epperson said she stresses the importance of genocide, and the fact that it can happen anywhere at anytime. “One of the points I try to make to the students is that anyone, including my own self, could be engaged in a genocide; we could be the victims or we could be the perpetrators. We all have that potential, I believe, for moral evil in us,” Epperson said.
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4OPINIONS March 29, 2012
Off The Eaten Path Sunny Street Cafe JESSE HOFFORD OPINIONS EDITOR Bordered by a Penn Station East Coast Subs and a Dierbergs grocery store stands the Sunny Street Cafe. A great little place in Arnold that serves amazing breakfast food, with their Eggs Blackstone being a musthave. Eggs Blackstone is a dish consisting of an English muffin topped with a grilled tomato slice, a poached egg and smothered in Hollandaise sauce with bacon crumbled on top. The Sunny Street Cafe’s menu has a rather wide selection. Everything from French toast and omelets to Reuben sandwiches and hamburgers. The prices
seem reasonable, in the $6 to $8 range but that judgment cannot be fully made until the actual food is in view. Upon looking around the room it is noticeable that it has a cheery atmosphere to it. Brightly-colored paint, nice cheerful paintings, a huge chalkboard near the entrance with various writings on it and the whole front wall was made up of big windows, letting sunlight fill the dining room. It seemed like it would be difficult to be in a sour mood while eating here. Everything tasted really fresh. The tomato added a nice flavor to the egg that
erupted with golden yolk as it was pierced. If Hollandaise is new for some, it is actually just a butter sauce with egg yolks and lemon juice in it, nothing too exotic. The bacon was really good too because rather than the little bacon bits that come in the plastic can, real crispy-fried bacon is crumbled up on top. The hash browns were cooked to an even golden brown and actually had two layers to it. The first layer was nice, thin and crispy texture and the layer underneath was rich with potato flavor. The Eggs Blackstone will set you back $7.29, which
may sound steep but it was worth it. Diners will be thoroughly stuffed and satisfied as they walk out the door. The service was friendly and fast. Prices match the portion sizes and quality of ingredients they use, and the place is super clean. Not to mention the wide variety in their menu boasts many breakfast classics. It has a very happy and bright atmosphere that is sure to put even the crabbiest diner in a good mood. They are located at 850 Arnold Commons Dr., Arnold, Mo., 63010, and their hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day.
America Kicks Ass Deep-Fried America KAVAHN MANSOURI EDITOR IN CHIEF The way of the American is a pride-filled one, doing what we want, when we want, how we want, because who is going to stop us? In the great history of American cuisine has come one great emergence, unlike any other to have ever appeared in mankind’s existence. Frying food, believed to have been found in ancient Egypt, is one of the most kick-ass things about America. We as a country have brought the culinary style to the mainstream of food. Fried chicken, fried steak, fried onions, fried potatoes, fried fish, even fried pizza and Twinkies. These days you can fry about anything that comes to mind. There was even a fried food fair down in Texas that included fried beer and
deep-fried margaritas. Let’s face it, America took a dead culinary style and gave it some pizzazz. Some of the tastiest, greasiest food comes from the great art of deep-frying. What a tradition to call our own. Go ahead, take something in your room and fry that sucker; I guarantee it will taste fantastic by the end of that fry session. It is the American way, so do not be a traitor and go fry everything you can get your hands on. So get the family together, throw on some Credence Clearwater Revival and heat up the fryer; it is going to be a long night of frying behind that American flag apron of yours, my friend.
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The Wife of Campus Life Avoiding The Burnout KIMBERLY MORICE SENIOR STAFF WRITER With spring break long gone, students only have seven weeks left of the spring semester. Seven more weeks of classes, homework and dealing with those knowit-all classmates; and in eight short weeks students can forget they are college students and spend their time by the pool working on their tans. While the end appears to be near, an important thing for students to remember is to not let themselves get burned out during the final weeks of school. Having the same routine every day for 16 weeks becomes tiring for students, especially if they are in
their final semester at STLCC-Meramec. Senioritis is kicking in for many students and motivation is hard to find; it is as if everyone’s supply of energy and motivation has run dry for this semester. Classrooms are emptier due to people dropping their classes after midterms, and it seems as if the atmosphere of school is one that everyone wants to be over. If a student finds themselves to be one of the many who have had to drop a class or two, then hopefully they can focus more on the classes they have kept and raise their grades. Professors are here to work with
students and if they have not joined any study groups or attended a supplemental instruction session, now is the time to do so. It will not be long before finals are hovering over everyone’s heads and something for students to keep in mind is how important studying is. It seems like a lot of work, and it truly is, but getting good grades will pay off better than not working hard and having it reflect poorly on their transcripts. Until students can relax completely and sleep in every day, there is still a lot they can get involved with on campus, which
might help boost their motivation. Due to the support students receive from friends when they are involved, they tend to be more motivated when it comes to studying and staying in school. Hopefully students will find themselves with grades they are satisfied with after finals are over, which will just prove how much hard work can pay off. The important thing is for students not to get too distracted with daydreams of beaches, road trips and other summer vacation activities.
OPINIONS March 29, 2012
Women still fighting for rights, even in 2012 VICTORIA BARMAK STAFF WRITER
Prostitute! Slut! This year’s celebration of March as Women’s History month started early and with a bang. In late February, Rush Limbaugh, a radio personality, went on a three-day rant about a Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke when he named her the aforementioned terms. Fluke earned those honorary titles, courtesy of Limbaugh, when she testified at a congressional hearing advocating for employers’ coverage of birth control in their health insurance plans. About a week later the celebration continued. In the first days of March, Georgia State representative Terry England had something to say about women’s reproductive rights. The hearing was about the law that would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, even if a woman were carrying a dying or dead fetus, until she goes into natural labor. England defended this law by saying that when working on a farm he had delivered pigs and calves, dead and alive. “It breaks our hearts to see those animals not make it,” England said. Comparing women to pigs and cows is not where the celebration ended. In mid-March, when Women’s History month was in full swing, Arizona House voted on a bill that would allow employers to reject coverage of hormonal contraceptives in their health insurance plans if offering those contraceptives conflicted with the employers’ religious beliefs. But if employees can offer proof that the use of hormonal contraceptives is for uses other than birth control then employers may consider covering it. Virginia, along with 11 other states, is currently considering
requiring women to undergo transvaginal ultrasound prior to abortion by means of a condomcovered 6- to 8-inch device. Forcing women into involuntary vaginal penetration sounds a lot like rape. A little over a year ago, Bei Bei Shuai, a restaurant owner, attempted suicide. There was a caveat: at the time of her suicide, Shuai was eight months pregnant, and three days after the caesarean delivery, her baby, Angel, died. A suicide attempt is not a crime. Moreover, anyone attempting suicide is placed under psychiatric watch. Nevertheless, for the past year, Shuai finds herself in jail. Her crime is an attempted feticide and murder. This charge is problematic on many levels. The most important one is that a pregnant woman is punished for her behavior during pregnancy. According to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, up to 25 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. That means a woman can be held liable for that miscarriage if one is to look hard enough. What all of the above have in common is they are an attack on women’s rights; not only reproductive rights but the fundamental rights to their bodies and their basic rights to choices in general. Women should not have to defend these rights in the 21st century. In 2012, these freedoms should no longer be up for debates and votes. So this March it is unclear exactly what the country is celebrating. It seems more like lip service to an idea than the true respect of women’s achievements and contributions to society. Nothing more.
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6 INDEPTH March 29, 2012
foods to boost metabolism foods to reduce allergies foods that are vitamin-packed
spinach Good source of vital minerals and nutrients, which help raise overall metabolic function.
eat within 60 minutes of waking up
green tea Extracts from this mood-enhancing tea has also been reported to contain anti-cancer properties.
lean meat Countless studies have shown that protein can help boost metabolism, lose fat and build lean muscle tissue so you burn more calories.
grapefruit
ginger
keep your shoes in one place, near the door
This allergy-reducing root is a natural antihistamine as well as a decongestant.
oranges The vitamin C can help stabalize the cell membrane of mast cells, reducing the histamine release that can cause allergy symptoms.
acai juice
The unique chemical properties in this vitamin C-packed citrus fruit reduces insulin levels.
Has between 10 and 30 times more antioxidants than any other fruit, and is said to be one of the most nutritionally dense berry.
nuts Nuts are rich in magnesium and vitamin E, which help increase lung function and may also protect against wheezing in patients with asthma.
get your daily calcium
get some sun (10 minutes per day)
water take a multivitamin daily
citrus Vitamin C is necessary for the immune system, healing wounds, cancer protection and helping reduce allergies and cold symptoms.
brussel sprouts Rich in vitamin B2, also called riboflavin, brussel sprouts help protect the body from cnacer and prevent anemia.
yogurt Providing about half the recommended daily allowance of calcium per 8-ounce serving, yogurt is a super metabolism booster.
A simple replacement of your regular potato intake with sweet potatoes can add more antioxidants and also have anti-flammatory properties.
The most essential nutrient.
tomatoes Containing quercetine, a group of pigments responsible for the coloring of many fruits and vegetables, is a natural antihistamine.
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apples berries The abundance of antioxidants in berries prevent oxidation of the cells, which can inhibit muscle growth.
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The skins of red grapes are filled with antioxidants and resveratrol, which reduces inflammation in the body.
oatmeal The body takes a long time to break down oatmeal, which is converted into energy over a matter of hours.
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nutrition Understanding what you are really putting in your body
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Being high in protein and fiber, beans help build and maintain muscle mass, helping to raise metabolic rate.
local honey Small traces of pollen and other local allergens are bottled with the local honey, which build your body’s defense against them.
hot peppers The capsaicin in peppers raises the body’s metabolism and heart rate for hours after ingesting.
coconut oil
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DEFICIENT? Millions of Americans are deficient in vitamins, without even knowing it. Are you? calcium symptoms: back or neck pain, bone pain or tenderness, loss of height, parasthesia (burning or prickling sensations), purpura (large bruised areas) foods to eat: yogurt, cheese, tofu, salmon
magnesium
This natural oil is high in medium-chain triglycerides, which are thought to help calm the gastrointestinal tract and ease allergies.
symptoms: low energy, fatigue, trouble sleeping, muscle tension, spasms, and cramps, kidney stones foods to eat: green vegetables, nuts, buckwheat
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symptoms: tiredness, weakness, brittle hair, frontal headache, rapid heartbeat, lack of energy foods to eat: red meat, egg yolks, artichokes, dried fruit
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vitamin C symptoms: mood changes, joint and muscle aches, dental conditions, dry hair and skin, infections foods to eat: strawberries, citrus fruits, bell peppers
Kirkwood Farmers’ Market Opens April 6 ~ Many vendors every week, including local farmers, bakeries, artisans, and specialty and prepared foods ~ Locally grown produce, organic produce, poultry, meat, cheeses, baked goods, prepared foods, soaps, cut flowers, and bedding plants, and MORE! ~ TUNES AT TEN: Live music on Saturday mornings, June through August, at 10am! Some returning favorites for 2012: Maple Jam Band, Salt of the Earth, and UJ and the Downhome Blues Band MARKET HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9am to 6pm. Saturdays, 8am to 5pm Sunday hours vary by vendor For more information, visit us at: www.downtownkirkwood.com. The market is located at the intersection of East Argonne and South Taylor Avenue in downtown Kirkwood.
May Fest at the Market is May 19!
~ Special exhibits and food (Barbecue and Philippine cuisine) ~ Live Music: Maple Jam Band will perform at Station Plaza ~ Wine and Beer Walk ~ Plant sale at the Train Station: Local gardening experts will be on hand to answer your gardening questions ~ Artists in Bloom: Artists will show and sell their work at Kirkwood Station Plaza, 1:00-5:00 p.m. ~ Entertainment: Lucille Rapp Dancers will perform at 1pm and the Magic House will be on the Plaza from 11am to 3pm to help kids of all ages make Fun Glasses! ~ Summer Concert Series kicks off May 17. Family Bike Ride on May 18
ART&LIFE March 29, 2012
Writing the book on ethics STLCC-Meramec Professor takes what she has learned through her years of teaching SAM WISE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER In her office stands a wall full of books, from floor to ceiling, ranging from accounting to philosophy, ethics and more. STLCCMeramec professor Donna Werner knows many of them inside and out. “In philosophy, I am never going to know everything I need to know,” Werner said. This quest for knowledge has been building since Werner was a teenager, preparing for college, looking for that next step. Werner is the humanities chair, a department that covers humanities, foreign language, philosophy and music. “As a teacher we encourage students to pick a goal and work towards it. This was never a goal I set for myself,” Werner said. Werner was born and raised in St. Louis with a father who only had an eighth-grade education. She attended Mercy High School and had chosen a career path for herself. “I was the first kid in my extended family to go to college; I was going to be an accountant,” Werner said. Werner graduated from University of Missouri-St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and was preparing for law school when she decided to start a family, postponing any idea of school. She instead took a job at McDonnell Douglas as an accountant, where she spent the next seven years. “I had great people give me great advice, so I didn’t stay in one job,” Werner said. Werner shifted responsibilities within
McDonnell Douglas, working in accounts receivable, cost accounting for Mac Air, internal audits and she eventually joined their Special Projects Group. While there she was a part of internal control reviews. “I was on a fast track to management,” Werner said. She received advice to go back to school in order to move up the proverbial ladder and she agreed. Werner, living in Edwardsville, Ill., at the time, attended Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville, where she took her Graduate Management Admissions Test to get into business school. However, she had no idea she was about to make a life-changing decision. “When I went back to look at grad school, I didn’t want to study business. I couldn’t stand the thought of another accounting class, once I knew that library of work I was working with. That was it, I knew it, there was nothing else to learn,” Werner said. “I went over to the philosophy department to inquire about [philosophy]. They accepted the GMAT and I started taking classes.” Werner said she was never worried about the transition from accounting to philosophy. “In one way [philosophy] is very very different [from accounting] but I think in one way it’s very similar. Accounting is about solving puzzles with numbers in philosophy you are trying to solve puzzles too, but the puzzles are more about ideas,” Werner said.
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PHOTO BY: SAM WISE Donna Werner stands in front of her book collection inside her office in the Humanities department at STLCC- Meramec. Werner holds a copy of “What’s ETHICS got to do with it?” A book she co-wrote during her time at Saint Louis University.
After SIUE, Werner took a teaching assistantship in philosophy at Saint Louis University. Werner said that she had quit her full-time job to study and after 10 years she finally
completed her Ph.D. currently teaches an ethics class, biomedical ethics, and introduction to philosophy courses.
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Story continued from page 9 “It’s a psychological thing to finish something that large. I tried to quit so many times, but I didn’t,” Werner said. While at SLU, Werner said she was the assistant director of a program called Ethics Across the Classroom–a program designed to align the ethics centers of each school program with each other. “Donna Werner was the heart of our Ethics Across the Classroom, even though I was the director. She made it a university-wide and eventually a national presence by her great organizational skills and personality,” John Kavanaugh, a fellow SLU professor, said. In 2002, Werner joined Meramec as a faculty member and a few years later became the interim dean of humanities. Werner said she took her career a step further as she later became the interim
dean of business, and one step further she took on the roll of interim dean of science as well. However, when her term was up, Werner returned to the classroom. “Some people encouraged me to look at administration, but honestly, once you’ve been in the classroom, you get addicted to being in the classroom,” Werner said. In 2008, Werner replaced Richard Halfuss as department chair, only one step down from her previous position as dean, but she did so to maintain classroom work. Werner currently teaches an ethics class, biomedical ethics and introduction to philosophy courses. “I do think there’s a lot of good things you can do at that level, but for me personally, I just really like being in the classroom,” Werner said. Werner has been intrigued by a medical
ethics issue dating back to her time at SLU. In 2001, the Ethics Across the Classroom program hosted a forum and invited an attorney as one of its speakers. Halfuss shared with Werner a story about medical ethics in regards to a former women’s health study in Tampa, Fla. “I was astonished by it. I couldn’t get it out of my head,” Werner said. When Werner joined Meramec, she did follow-up research to use this issue in her medical ethics class. “When I was trying to research it, there was almost nothing in the academic literature,” Werner said. In summer 2011, Werner was given a summer grant to write up the medical ethics case she learned of during her time at SLU for one her students. “I got the idea that this case was bigger.
It should be a book, or at least be in the ethics literature, and it’s not,” Werner said. Werner has been granted a sabbatical to become a visiting researcher at Georgetown University at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. She will be there from Sept. 10 to Nov. 16 fall 2012. “Part of the reason I want to be there is they have the largest medical ethics library in the country. It’s a great place to work,” Werner said. At the conclusion of her research at Georgetown, Werner will have to present her research and findings to the faculty of the university. Werner said she is hoping to publish her findings as a paper, and possibly even a book. “I’m petrified,” Werner said with a smile on her face.
Meramec’s longest running club Decks of cards. North, South, East, West. Score sheets litter the tables. All three of these make up Bridge Club. The Wednesday Night Bridge Club is the longest, continuous running club in STLCC-Meramec’s 50-year history. Claire Kearney, a bridge enthusiast and part-time employee at the college in the 1960s, started the club shortly after the college moved from temporary buildings to the permanent facilities on campus today,
according to Steve Brady, STLCC-Meramec Student Affairs. The current director, Al Jaeger, has run the Wednesday night tournament since 1985. The club meets every Wednesday in Meramec’s cafeteria at 7 p.m.
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Meramec band hits Heartbreakers STLCC-Meramec students rock the music scene with a new sound and original music KIMBERLY MORICE SENIOR STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY: ALEX KENDALL Derek Baker, guitarist, plays through a riff in his song “P.O.W.” while Tony Medina, bassist, keeps the baseline. Chaseblue is a local rock band that consists of three STLCC-Meramec students.
Heartbreakers, a bar on Laclede’s Landing in downtown St. Louis, has a graffiti-covered entrance, brick walls and a disco ball. People of all ages congregate in the back corner, furthest away from the makeshift stage at the front of the bar. Sound checks, feedback and guitar strums make their way to the group in the back. After 45 minutes of mind-numbing sound, three STLCC-Meramec students take the stage. “Check, one, two, check,” Derek Baker, lead singer and guitarist, mumbles into the microphone. With the sound check done, Chaseblue takes the stage. “Senior year, there was a battle of the bands at our high school so we made the band a month before that and it was terrible. We won, but it was still really bad,” Baker said. The guitar crackles through the speaker and reverberates throughout the bar. “These venues ask you to sell so many tickets, so our family really helps out with our ticket sales and come out to every single show. It makes us look a lot better, I think,” Baker said. Baker fumbles with his guitar amp before beginning the next song. “I get stressed out really bad,” Baker
said. “We just play a lot. With this last show we didn’t get to practice a lot because I had strep throat, but we just played for about three days straight and we just go through the set each time. We’re at a point now that if we were to play at a venue every night, we wouldn’t have to practice. Sometimes we forget–I forget words and guitar parts all the time.” Two years ago, no one had heard of Chaseblue, but they have slowly been working their way up in the local music scene. “Things just started picking up, we just started doing bigger shows. Making more friends with bigger bands helps out a lot,” Baker said. Another band shuffles through the door, late, setting equipment up against the wall. “What I like the best is when we play and then other bands come up and talk to us. People talking to us about how we’re different musically from what you would normally hear here is my favorite part about it,” Baker said. “I like being different, I’ve always liked to be different.” Chaseblue opened with their original song, “P.O.W.” “I wrote it in the state of mind if I was a prisoner of war or something, so I put
myself into a dark place for that one. It’s actually one of our more popular songs.” Baker said this song holds his favorite lyric from any of their songs. “’And I’ll gasp for air to keep myself from suffocating with thoughts of you wrapped around my head’.” Green lights reflect off the disco ball and bounce off of spectators. “Just overall hearing that song, you can tell that [Baker] spent a little bit of time writing it. So it’s one of my favorites, lyrically especially,” Tony Medina, bassist, said. The audience members sway along to the song playing through the speakers of Heartbreakers. “I get really heavily influenced by what I’m listening to at the time. I think that’s what makes our music sound so different from song to song; it’s still us playing so it comes together,” Baker said. “I write songs so sporadically and whatever I’m listening to will influence each song a little bit.” Miles Johnson rolls along the drums as Baker and Medina sing together in melody. “Other bands have compared us to Saves the Day, The Weaker Thans–which I still don’t get, but whatever,” Baker said. “Basically what they’ve said to us is that we sound like harder rock-sounding music for the most part with pop influences. It’s really hard to give every band a genre, there’s too many.” With musical tastes and sounds always
changing, Chaseblue said that it is always a new surprise with what they come up with. “It’s kind of hard to pin [our influences] down because musical taste changes so much and there are new things that inspire you,” Miles Johnson, drummer, said. Johnson taps his drumsticks while Baker belts out lyrics. “We are here,” Baker said. “I just want people to know about us, that’s the hardest thing. Nobody cares anymore about bands, they do and then they don’t.” For a local band, Chaseblue said they have a decent following. Thirty to 40 fans came out to listen to their music at Heartbreakers. Faster-paced songs prompt bigger reactions from the crowd, causing a halfnaked woman standing on the bar to strut to the music. The last note is played, Baker shouts out a thank you to the crowd and a bra is thrown on stage, to be picked up by Baker. “This isn’t my size,” Baker mumbled into the microphone after studying the piece of lingerie. “I think it’s just fun to perform for people, there’s not a whole lot else that I get out of it,” Johnson said. “I still don’t get the whole ‘chicks are into musicians’ thing, that doesn’t happen to me.”
12SPORTS March 29, 2012
Historical season ends at nationals First ever Lady Archers basketball team makes an appearance in National Tournament, wins 20 games SPENCER GLEASON SPORTS EDITOR When a team loses, the lasting moments that are replayed in the minds of players and coaches, alike, leave a question of ‘What if ?’ For the 2011-2012 Lady Archer basketball team, it is not a question of ‘What if ?’, but more of a look at how far they have come. In a season of firsts for the STLCC Archers, the first ever Lady Archer basketball team, a squad that included no returning players from last season, 12 freshman and two sophomores, came together overcoming a 6-6 start in their first 12 games and finished 20-8. They won the Region XVI Championship and appeared in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Tournament—one of only sixteen teams to do so. “I hope [our fans] are proud of their team,” Shelly Ethridge, Lady Archer head coach said after their 65-61 loss to the Mesa Thunderbirds, in first-round play of the NJCAA Tournament. “I thought our girls played really hard. I thought they kept fighting. They certainly didn’t give up.” Following their loss against Mesa, the Archers lost
to the Chesapeake Skipjacks, 60-54. In the double elimination tournament, the Archers went 0-2, but the experience helped the maturing process of the youthful squad. “I’m glad that they got to experience this national tournament this year,” Ethridge said after their loss to the Skipjacks. “I hope that they recognize what they need to do so that we can come here again next year.” While they finished the regular season on an 8-game winning streak and continued to win both the semifinal and final game in the Region Tournament, the Lady Archers won 10 in a row. With their showing in the national tournament, they set multiple records for the STLCC Archers, etching their names into the Archer history books and setting the bar high for teams that follow. “It’s really exciting, not just for my daughter, but for all the kids to get a chance to play in an event like this,” Rick Maclin, father of Archer center Lauren Maclin, said. “This is awesome. This is really awesome.”
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PHOTOS BY: SPENCER GLEASON Top: Lady Archers Shonnisha Davis, 32, and Lauren Maclin, 5, go up for the ball against the Chesapeake Skipjacks in their second game of the NJCAA Tournament. The Skipjacks won, 60-54. Middle: Lady Archer head coach Shelly Ethridge, along with assisstant coach Melanie Marcy and Shonnisha Davis, look on as the shot goes up toward the basket, during their first game in the NJCAA Tournament. Bottom: Markita Mosley, sophomore guard, puts her head between her knees while emotions hit her toward the end of the Lady Archers first-round game in the NJCAA Tournament against Mesa Community College. Mesa defeated the Archers, 65-61.