Myspace changes social interaction

Myspace changes social interaction
Jason Munday
Banner Staff Writer
The website MySpace.com
has become the standard for social
networking. MySpace offers users free
customizable profiles in which they can
upload photos, write web logs (a.k.a.
blogs), and the ability to post bulletins and
comments for other users to see.
In addition to general users,
MySpace has become a place for
musicians, filmmakers, and comedians to
add music, video, and audio files to their
profiles. Many independent artists utilize
MySpace because of its wide base of users
and free service. As a result, MySpace has
led many artists to success through the
massive audience and easy advertising
that the service provides.
MySpace is currently the sixth
most popular website in the world,
the fourth most popular website of all
English-speaking countries, and the third
most popular website in the United States,
according to www.alexa.com. Although
MySpace competes with other popular
websites such as Google, Amazon,
Wikipedia, and You Tube, it was briefly
the most popular website in all of the
above locations during July 2006.
The service was founded in
July 2003 by Tom Anderson, who is now
commonly known by all MySpace users
Myspace creator Tom Anderson’s myspace profile.
as ‘Tom,’ because he is the first user
added to new users’ friends lists. News
Corporation, a parent company of Fox,
purchased the website in July 2005 for a
reported $580 million. MySpace currently
hosts over 100 million accounts and is
reporting roughly 230,000 new accounts
daily.
Another player in the change
of social interaction online is Facebook.
com, created in 2004, which provides
college and high school students from
around the country with their own online
community, very similar to MySpace.
Facebook was first created as a site to
rate pictures of classmates, similar to
Hotornot.com, but was eventually caught
by school administrators and was ordered
to be taken down. Recently Facebook
underwent major changes in its layout,
angering many users and spawning groups
of thousands of members protesting the
photo: www.myspace.com/tom
changes. The event made national news
and was addressed by the creator, Mark
Zuckerberg, in an apology to Facebook
users. On Sept. 11, Facebook announced
that it would now be open to all internet
users.
The Banner News is now
available for download on MySpace at
www.myspace.com/bannernews. The
Banner welcomes letters to the editor in
the form of comments on the site.
First Amendment Day draws DMACC students
Kal Schuller
Banner Staff Writer
Of the 27 amendments that make
up the Constitution, the First Amendment
serves as the foundation of American
freedom.
DMACC held the First
Amendment festival on Constitution Day,
Sept. 20. Different activities were held
and guest speakers talked throughout
DMACC’s six campuses.
Bob Eschliman, a former
DMACC student and former Banner
editor-in-chief, discussed “Life as a
New Conservative in Liberal Madison.”
Eschliman stressed that there needs to
be more balance and expressed opinions
rather than everyone joining together
on opinions. “Everyone has the right
to disagree,” Eschliman said. “If there
is anything you need to get from the
Constitution it should be, you must use
your rights in order to maintain them.”
In “Fusion Poetry: Finding
Freedom in the First Amendment” Jim
Coppoc, an acclaimed poet, read his
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own work and others via DMACC web
cast. Coppoc read Allen Ginsberg’s
famous poem “Howl,” in celebration of
Constitution Day. Coppoc, a performance
poet, read some of his own work
including “Unemployment” and “I Think
My Wife Hates Sinatra.” He has seen
walk-outs and has been kicked out of
his performances because his poetry was
considered too vulgar. He educated the
students in poetry by discussing its history
and demonstrating the type of people who
write poetry.
Ben Stone, the Executive
Director of the American Civil Liberties
Union of Iowa, gave a speech on “The
‘Battle’ within the ‘War’: Stopping the
Abuse of Power.” Stone started by saying,
“How are we doing 229 years after our
constitution was created? I am afraid we
are in the midst of a constitutional crisis.”
Stone believes that we need to restore our
checks and balances. He showed a short
film demonstrating America not upholding
its rights. It asked the question: are we
destroying our own rights? Stone believed
if we want America to demonstrate its
rights then “we the people” need to make
the start.
The Boone Campus provided
an open mic activity that allowed
students and faculty to speak their mind.
It showcased some very interesting
speeches.
A free burger feed was put on
by the National Guard. Voter registration
information, banned book readings and
free giveaways were also provided.
Photo: Eden Hinrichs
Bob Eschliman, former Banner editor-in-chief, talks about the First Amendment.
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Who is this young lady? You’ll finally know.
The Bears are back in action and looking good.
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DMACC Banner News Boone Campus
Banner celebrates
Fiftieth Anniversary
Julianne Hamil
Banner Staff Writer
Half a century has lapsed and
the Banner News keeps on publishing.
Sept. 27, 2006 marks the 50 anniversary
to the day that DMACC Boone Campus
published the first student newspaper.
The newspaper staff began as
a volunteer project among students who
loved journalism. The first paper was
published Sept. 27, 1956 and was called
the BJC News, for Boone Junior College
The paper began as a hand
written paper with a lot of artistic detail.
Years later “Microsoft Word” was used to
write stories, but many details were still
done by hand. Forty years later students
still used a mimeograph machine to make
copies. “We used to have to cut and paste
our articles, and then run them through
a wax machine,” said Bob Eschliman,
former editor-in-chief of the Bear Facts,
today managing editor of the Reinbeck
Courier and the Gladbrook Northern.
“The process was very time consuming.”
Getting pictures was an even
harder task with new students each
semester trying to learn how to develop
film in a dark room. Without the use
of e-mail, after layout was completed,
someone had to drive the finished plates
to The Boone News Republican to have
copies made. In the past nothing was ever
done easily. With small steps each year,
the paper progressed into something much
more polished.
The adviser position changed
several times until Jan LaVille, now head
of the journalism department, took over.
The name of the paper has changed a few
times. BJC News changed in 1971 to the
Bear Facts when the Boone Junior College
became part of DMACC. Later in 2001
the staff petitioned to change the name
again. It is now called the Banner.
When DMACC was formed, the
Boone Campus was the only DMACC
campus to have a newspaper. The paper
was written here in Boone and distributed
to the other campuses. Today because
of the advancement in technology, three
campuses publish their own papers.
After 50 years, technology
has now streamlined the paper. Digital
cameras with the help of Photoshop has
made taking pictures cheaper and easier
than ever. Layout has about a million
options because of In Design. “The color
and quality of today’s paper is much nicer
than we ever had,” said James Joy, former
editor of Bear Facts, now with a master’s
at Drake. “Today’s staff is spoiled.”
Want to be paid to go to class?
The editor-in-chief position has paid $500
per semester since Vivian Brandmier was
the provost of Boone Campus. LaVille
has asked to have that increased for the
upcoming semesters. Work study is also
an option for students. The Banner pays
staff $7.50 an hour for qualified students
that are not taking the class for credit.
The Banner staff can never be too
big. If anyone would like to learn more
about how the newspaper works, join us
at 11:15 a.m. in room 115 on Wednesday
to celebrate the progression of one of
the oldest community college student
newspapers. The staff will be celebrating
with cake and a sneak peak at the digitally
enhanced copies of almost every issue
DMACC Boone Campus has published.
Fall 2006 Banner Staff
Saige Heyer
Jesse Blackwell
Mary Elizabeth Drahos
Moses Eckstein
Kristine Fenton
Julianne Hamil
Eden Hinrichs
Pamela Holt
Liz Jay
Tim Larson
Richie Monk
Jason Munday
Andrew Penner
Kal Schuller
Erick Ude
Editor-in-chief
Staff Writer
Columnist
Copy Editor
Photographer
Business Manager
Photographer
Contributing Writer
Contributing Writer
Managing Editor
Staff Writer
Layout Editor
Sports Writer
Staff Writer
Photography Editor
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Hunziker Center
hosted September
board meeting
Saige Heyer
Editor-in-Chief
The DMACC Board of Directors
held their monthly board meeting at the
Hunziker Center in Ames on Monday
Sept. 11 at 4 p.m.
Board members present were
Harold Belken, Jim Crawford, Kevin
Halterman, Cheryl Langston, Naomi Neu,
Joe Pugel, Wayne Rouse, Madelyn Tursi.
Board member Ben Norman was absent.
DMACC President Robert Denson and
Board Secretary Carolyn Farlow were also
in attendance, as well as many faculty and
staff.
Many presentations were given
by Randy Gabriel, Director of Program
Development, Briane Greene, Assistant
Provost in Boone, Ann Campbell, Tim
Bascom, DMACC HEA representative
and author of “Chameleon Days.”
Gabriel introduced the staff of
the Hunziker Center and gave an overview
of the process in which the development,
construction, and programming took
place. He explained the eight academic
concepts that are taught in the 34,000
square-foot facility, which are auto
collision, automotive technology, building
trades, criminal forensics, culinary arts,
health, information technology and
manufacturing technology.
Greene thanked the Boone staff
for assisting at the Hunziker Center in
the evenings. He also explained that
enrollment in DMACC classes is up over
20 percent from last year when classes
were held at the high school in Ames.
The majority of which are Iowa State
University students.
Bascom read excerpts from
“Chameleon Days” in order to give an
idea of what it was like for him as a child
in Ethiopia.
Campbell expressed that it is
exciting to have a DMACC center in
Ames. “Things we used to do in our
own little bubble cannot happen that
way anymore, they all have to be done in
collaboration,” said Campbell.
President Denson presented
Naomi Neu with a retirement gift because
it was her last board meeting. The gift
was a rotating cube with a clock face on
two sides and the DMACC logo on the
other sides. Neu’s name and her term on
the board was engraved on the base.
In other business:
• The retraining or training
agreements with Chicago Bridge
and Iron, CAS Enterprises, and
Medipharm and Sysco Food
Services was approved.
• The final five percent of the
payment for the Newton campus’
chemistry and nursing lab
renovation was approved.
• The final five percent of the
payment for the Urban campus’
bookstore addition was approved.
• The final five percent of the
payment for the Ankeny campus’
Building 4 chemistry lab
renovation was approved.
• The proposal to the Fire Science
Training Bureau for a fire science
training facility funded by the
Iowa General Assembly was
approved.
• President Denson gave an update
of the CIETC activities in the
past month.
• Joe Robbins, controller, gave the
presentation of financial report.
The Boone Banner is a student newspaper published bi-weekly at Des Moines Area Community
College, 1125 Hancock Dr., Boone, Iowa 50036. Letters to the editor should be no longer than
250 words and may be submitted to [email protected].
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her retirement gift. Neu represented the Carroll area on the DMACC board.
DMACC Banner News
Correction
It has come to our attention that
some of the information in the “Career
Academy by day, College campus by
night” story was incorrect.
In the story it said, “The classes
the high school students take are not
for college credit, but they do prepare
them enough in the certain area they are
studying to be able to go out into the work
force without having to take classes at
DMACC.”
According to Rita Davenport,
counselor and academic adviser, the high
school students are taking DMACC credit
courses. Randy Gabriel, DMACC’s
Director of Program Development, said
that the high school students are dual
enrolled, which means not only are they
receiving the college credit for the classes,
but they are also receiving credit from the
high school.
Davenport also pointed out
that the facility is a center, not a college
campus. “DMACC has six campuses,”
said Davenport. Any other location where
DMACC classes are taught is referred to
as a ‘Center’.”
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DMACC–The DMACC Boone campus
will again this fall be offering free
workshops and lunch and learn programs
for people 55 years and older called
“DMACC Boone Campus Community
Connections.”
The first Community
Connections even this semester is a tour
of the new DMACC Career Academy
Hunziker Center in Ames on Wednesday
Sept. 27. Please meet at the DMACC
Boone Campus at 9 a.m. for free
transportation to the Career Academy or
meet at the Hunziker Center, located at
1420 S. Bell Ave. at the intersection of I35 and Highway 30 in Ames, at 9:30 a.m.
During the day, the DMACC
Career Academy offers career and
technical programs primarily to high
school students through a partnership with
Boone and Story County school districts.
In the afternoon and evening, the
DMACC Career Academy offers credit
classes administered through DMACC
Boone Campus.
The next Community
Connections even is watching “1,001
Black Inventions” performed by Pin
Points Theatre of Washington, D.C.
at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday Oct. 4 in the
DMACC Boone Campus Auditorium.
The play features the lives of
brilliant men and women, then takes
you into the Twilight Zone of a typical
American family attempting to survive
in a world without inventions created by
Africans and African-Americans.
Lunch will not be served for the
Career Academy tour or “1,001 Black
Inventions” play.
On Oct. 27, Community
Connections will invite guests to tour
the traveling German-American Civilian
Internments Bus Museum, which will
be located in the front parking lot of the
DMACC Boone Campus from 8:30 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
The bus museum uses ten
narrative panels, an NBC “Dateline”
documentary and a 1945 U.S.
Government color film to describe the
U.S. Government internment of 15
thousand German-American civilians
during World War II. A free lunch will be
served at 11 a.m. during a presentation by
Michael Luick-Thrams, executive director
of Trace.
The Community Connections
event for November is a Microsoft Word
Class to be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday Nov. 17 in Room 218 on the Boone
Campus. In this free class, participants
will learn how to create, save, print and
modify a document using Microsoft Word
2003.
All of the programs are free,
however, registration is required. To
register, call Nancy Moeller at 515-4335027 by noon on the day before the event.
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Students to perform
‘Once Upon a Broomstick’
this October
Julianne Hamil
Banner Staff Writer
Photo: Contributed
Boone Campus student, Mary Elizabeth Drahos, who plays Vinegar (Tom Malvolia’s cat) in the play “Once Upon a Broomstick” is frightened by a spider.
Open the magic door to a love
lost, then bewitched for revenge.
The two-sided love triangle takes
jealousy to a whole new level. A little too
much of this and that from the cat causes
nothing but trouble.
The cast for this year’s
production, “Once Upon a Broomstick”
includes DMACC students Megan
McMahon, Mary Elizabeth Drahos, Thad
Imerman, Kelsi Junk and Pamela Holt.
The show can’t go on without
stage hands. Tech people are needed to
run lights and sound.
Kay Mueller, drama director,
would also like a couple of cameos,
a short tap dance, tumbling, juggling
or anyone wanting to act as a jester to
contact her in Room 132. The show is scheduled to open
Friday Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m. There will be
a matinee on Saturday, and three shows on
Tuesday Oct. 31 at 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and
12:45 p.m.
CAST
Megan McMahon as Malvolia, the mean witch
Mary Elizabeth Drahos as Vinegar, Tom Malvolia’s cat
Thad Imerman as Tobias, the apprentice
Kelsi Jurik as Belinda, Malvolia’s maid
Pamela Holt as the Professor
Kristi Miller will play the Caterpillar and the mouse
Cynthia Sari as the Butterfly and the monster
Photo: Contributed
Pamela Holt, Boone Campus student who plays the Professor; is supervised by the
crow as she paints some set pieces.
Band looking for musicians
Erick Ude
Banner Staff Writer
Do you play an instrument? Then join the DMACC Boone Campus
Bears’ Band this fall. The Bears’ Band is
looking to recruit new members to play
at the home basketball games and other
sporting events. The Bears’ Band at DMACC
Boone Campus started a few years ago
as a result of a conversation among some
faculty on how a band could give a boost
to our sports teams. The first official
season that the band played at sporting
events was in January 2002. The Bears’ Band is comprised
of students, faculty, staff, and local
residents who are interested in pepping
up the Bears’ fans. They play at all home
basketball games, but they also will be
playing at the volleyball match against
Kirkwood on Oct. 18. If you are interested in joining
Bears’ Band, contact Maggie Stone in
Room 124 or at [email protected].
Dusko Stojnic
Dusko Stojnic brings
talent to DMACC
Jesse Blackwell
Banner Staff Writer
Photo: Contributed
Maggie Stone, far right, directs the Bears pep band during a past basketball game.
She is looking for new musicians to play in the band. Practice started Tuesday
Sept. 26.
Photo: Eden Hinirchs
Basketball is a sport that brings
many young players from around the
world to colleges throughout the United
States. Dusko Stojnic is one of these
players.
Stojnic hails from Gradiska, a
town on the southwest border of Bosnia. He came to Thatcher, Ariz. where
he attended college before attending
DMACC. He said “The reason for me
coming to the U.S. was to get a good
education and to get a great knowledge
for the game of basketball.”
Stojnic is fluent in both English
and Serbian, known in his homeland as
Yugo. His hobbies include listening to
music from various genres and surfing
the internet. “My favorite types of music
are mostly Latino, electro house and, of
course, rap, but basically anything with a
good beat.”
When asked what he liked the
most about the U.S., he said “I like the
opportunity that is here for everyone.”
The nearly seven-foot-tall
basketball player is one of DMACC’s
taller students and should bring a great
presence to the basketball team. People
may not have seen the likes of him since
Vladi Divac.
When you see him walking
around campus, don’t be afraid to shout
out “Cao!” which means “Hello” in
Serbian.
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New face of DMACC Founder of ‘Des Moines
for Darfur’ to speak at
Boone Campus
Mary Elizabeth Drahos
Columnist
Her face graces the cover
of every DMACC student handbook,
advertising billboard, and homepage. Her name is Kassidy Briles, a
former DMACC student from the Ankeny
Campus. She was chosen to be the
“DMACC girl.”
Briles has a long list of
accomplishments accredited to her name.
She started her own business, Dream
Wings, when she was 13 years old. With
her business, she raised butterflies in her
room for people’s weddings, birthdays, or
other special events.
Another big moment for Briles
was in 2005, when she and her then
fiancée, Jimmy Vanderkamp, won the
Iowa State Fair Wedding Give-Away
after holding hands with each other and
keeping their other hand on a limo for 77
hours and 43 minutes.
Briles, who is now married,
resides with her husband in Ankeny.
Tim Larson
Managing Editor
Photo: www.dmacc.edu.com
Kassidy Briles is the “DMACC girl.”
On Oct. 9, Peggy Harris, founder
of Des Moines For Darfur, will speak
at the DMACC Boone Campus as part
of the “One Book, One Campus, One
Community” project. The Darfur region of the Sudan
has been in a perpetual state of unrest
since early in 2003. In February of 2003
the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLA)
and Justice and Equality Movement
(JEM) organized an uprising against the
Sudanese government. The government
responded by unleashing their Janjaweed
militias. Since the conflict began nearly
2.5 million people have been displaced,
and over 400,000 people have died.
On Aug. 31, the United Nations
Security Council approved Resolution
1706 which approved the deployment of
an additional 20,000 troops to the Darfur.
As a response to the UN
resolution the Sudanese government
launched a new offensive in the area.
According to the United Nations,
all four major groups involved in the
conflict (Fur, Massalit, Zaghawa and
Janjaweed) are Arab Muslims.
Photo: Laura Melo, WFP
Old man getting food aid from WFP
(World Food Program).
DMACC sponsors
D.C. theatre troop
Photo: Eden Hinrichs
Tom Lee, provost, assists the National Guard in grilling free burgers and hot dogs
in celebration of First Ammendment Day.
Speak up, speak out
The Banner needs your help! We are looking for people to contribute stories,
photos, poems, cartoons or any other printable material. In order to better serve the
DMACC community we are asking everyone to get involved. Students, faculty and
anyone who reads this paper is welcome to contribute. Speak up, speak out, write for
the Banner.
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DMACC--Des Moines Area Community
College (DMACC) is sponsoring
a humorous play performed by a
Washington, D.C. theatre group to
audiences at the DMACC Boone and
Ankeny Campuses as well as at Des
Moines North High School.
Pin Points Theatre will perform
“1,001 Black Inventions” at 11:15 a.m.,
Wed., Oct. 4 in the DMACC Boone
Campus Auditorium; at 9:30 a.m.,
Thur., Oct. 5 in the Des Moines North
High School Auditorium; and at noon,
Thur., Oct. 5 in the DMACC Ankeny
Campus Bldg. #5 Student Lounge. All
performances are free and open to the
public.
The play “1,001 Black Inventions”
features the lives of brilliant men and
women, then takes you into the Twilight
Zone as a typical American family
attempts to survive in a world without
inventions created by Africans and
African Americans. The play depicts
Black ingenuity as an integral part of our
everyday lives.
“This is an educational,
entertaining, high-caliber, nationally
recognized presentation that highlights
diversity,” said DMACC Boone Campus
Counselor Rita Davenport. “DMACC
is committed to diversity. This play
demonstrates that DMACC is a place
where differences are not a barrier to
educational attainment.”
Established in 1980, Pin Points
Theatre emphasizes plays that are
enlightening, entertaining, professional
and non-offensive for the diverse
mixture of people in the audience. These
productions have brought Pin Points many
honors including the D.C. Commission
on the Arts’ “Mayor’s Excellence in the
Arts Awards,” endorsements from the
Smithsonian Institution, and more than
3,000 performances in Asia, Canada, and
throughout the United States.
Moses Powell Eckstein
Banner Staff Writer
and participating, helping with or being
involved in SAC activities, and checking
in on room 188D at least once every
couple of days.
Tuesday Oct. 3 is the first SAC
meeting, which will be at 12:45 p.m. in
room 162. At the meeting members will
also elect the president, vice president,
and the secretary.
Benefits of being on SAC include
making new friends, learning leadership
skills, managing a descent-sized budget,
and possibly earning a free credit.
Krafcisin said that if someone
is interested in being a member, he will
find a way to get them in. “We’re looking
forward to a great year,” he said.
SAC wants you
The Student Activity Council at
the DMACC Boone Campus is searching
for motivated individuals to represent
students for fall semester.
The requirements for being on
the council are a minimum 2.3 cumulative
grade point average, a minimum of six
credits, and being free of disciplinary
action. If one is interested in being a
member, pick up a form in SAC adviser
Steve Krafcisin’s office, room 188D,
which is next to the gym. The duties of the SAC
members include attending meetings
DMACC Banner Opinion
Free pool a blast
Moses Powell Eckstein
Banner Staff Writer
DMACC offers free pool to
Boone Campus students at the blue table
in the Courter Center on Mondays and
Thursdays.
Students like freshman Kurtis
Lyones have the chance to get in a game
during the lunch period. He said that
he would even pay a quarter for the
opportunity to play pool.
“It’s a good idea to get kids
more involved,” said freshman Kristen
Bollenbaugh. Bollenbaugh said she plays
regularly. “It gives you something to do
when you don’t have something to do,”
she said.
Steve Krafcisin, adviser of the
Student Activity Council, said, “We’re not
paying anyone to make it free. The family
of Mrs. Courter donated the blue table,
which belonged to DMACC as long as the
Courter Center.
Krafcisin said he looked forward
to opening both tables for free pool on
Mondays and Thursdays. He said it
would encourage students to play pool and
generate more money to invest in other
activities.
Krafcisin also said that league
games are a possibility in the future “if
there’s an interest.”
The SAC sponsors this activity
along with several others to give students
an enhanced college experience.
Boone Campus
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Bears win
triangular tournament
Andrew Penner
Contributing Writer
On Monday Sept. 18 the
volleyball team took to the road to host
a triangular match at DMACC’s Ankeny
Campus against the JV squads from
Central College Dutch and the Grand
View Vikings.
The Bears were successful in
defeating the Vikings 30-13 and 30-18.
They were also successful at defeating the
Dutch 30-20 and 30-16.
The Bears took advantage of the
many errors by the Vikings. The Bears
scored early with an ace from Rachel
Wenzel and two blocks from Kelley Stitz.
The two games ended on a high note with
a kill made by Stitz in the second game.
The Bears had a rough start with
the Dutch allowing them to get first with
two kills. Ashley Bayer led the charge as
she drilled the ball through a failed block.
The Bears took the lead but the Dutch
kept it close. The Bears left the Dutch in
the dust after two kills coming from Liz
Schreck, Bayer and an ace by Jodi Jurik.
In the end the Bears were
too much for the Dutch and Vikings.
DMACC is now 3-0 in the conference and
11-5 overall.
Photo: Moses Eckstein
Freshman Kurtis Lyones plays pool.
DMACC Bears’
volleyball schedule
9/27/2006
9/30/2006
Clinton*
NDSCS
10/3/2006
10/5/2006
10/9/2006
10/11/2006
10/13/2006
10/14/2006
10/18/2006
10/19/2006
10/24/2006
10/26/2006
10/31/2006
11/4/2006
Southwestern*
Iowa Central*
NIACC*
Marshalltown*
DMACC Tourney
DMACC Tourney
Kirkwood*
Clinton*
Southeastern*
Iowa Lakes *
Playoff 4th & 5th
Place
Region XI
Semifinals
Region XI Finals
11/16/06
– 11/18/06
National
Championships
11/3/2006
Clinton
Wahpeton,
ND
DMACC
DMACC
DMACC
7:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Marshalltown 7:00 p.m.
DMACC
1:00 p.m.
DMACC
8:00 a.m.
DMACC
6:30 p.m.
DMACC
6:30 p.m.
Burlington 6:30 p.m.
DMACC
6:30 p.m.
Highest
7:00 p.m.
Seat
Cedar
5:00&6:30
Rapids
p.m.
Cedar
1:00 p.m.
Rapids
Scottsdale, TBA
AZ
*Conference Games
Photo: Eden Hinrichs
The Bears’ volleyball team celebrates after a victory at the home opener.
Bears knock Black Hawks
out of the sky
Andrew Penner
Contributing Writer
Lasting Impressions
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The DMACC Bears’ volleyball
team held its home opener on Sept.
13 hosting the Black Hawks from
Southeastern Community College in
Burlington. DMACC made a clean sweep
over the Black Hawks by the score of 309, 30-20 and 30-15.
DMACC took the lead early and
ran with it. The Bears were forcing the
Black Hawks to commit multiple errors.
The Bears made their presence known
with two aces from Jodi Jurik and Becca
Swalla in the first game.
Game two followed in the same
fashion with a number of errors by the
Black Hawks. The Bears continued to
dominate the Black Hawks with kills from
Danni Richardson, Kelley Stitz and Liz
Schreck, to name a few.
In the third game the Bears had
a little trouble getting started. They were
caught off guard by a couple of rotation
errors, although that wouldn’t be enough
for the Black Hawks, as they got beat
anyway.
The Bears are now 8-5 and 2-0
in the conference. They are now ranked in
the top 25 nationally sitting at the number
12 spot.
DMACC Banner Feature
Waitress, I have a fly
in my soup
Mary Elizabeth Drahos
Columnist
Is having a stick up your rear
genetic, or is it learned? Whatever the
answer is, it still sucks.
I just don’t understand why
certain people feel they need to be as
rude as possible when they associate
with others. I understand that everyone,
at some time, has had a bad day and tend
to lash out. But I’m not talking about
those kinds of people. I am talking about
chronic rudeness.
People labeled under this
category tend to think that they are
better than almost everybody, especially
underlings with crappy service jobs.
I, as one of those underlings,
have felt the wrath of those people and
always wondered why. After years and
years of studying these kinds of people I
realize that no matter what I try to do, they
won’t change.
I have tried physical comedy,
being overly nice, and have even sunk so
low as to treat them just as terribly as they
treated me.
I ended up coming to the
conclusion that there is nothing I can do to
change these negative entities. I can only
try to schmooze them up enough to get
what I want from them (for example, at
least a few bucks for a tip).
However, for every negative
person I associate with, I associate with
five or six positive ones. And usually if
the rude people don’t leave me a tip, the
positive ones give me double the normal
amount, making me come out ahead at the
end of the night.
If all else fails, and I know they
are a lost cause, I will do or say certain
things that are inside jokes for my friends
and peers, so we can laugh about it later.
Recently some of the things I have said
include we are out of certain food items
when it was almost time to close (even
though we weren’t), sarcastic comments
such as telling customers that the “rest
rooms” are located under the big sign that
says rest rooms, or even charging them
extra for things that I normally don’t
charge for.
So go ahead and be rude to me,
because I will end up having the last
laugh.
Don’t read this column
This is a good time to offer a bit of advice to DMACC students.
This pertains especially to the students who are not from Iowa and also
the ones enrolled at ISU.
If one is not from Iowa, apply for residency. DMACC considers
one qualified for residency in Iowa after 90 days if one has been residing
(paying rent or owning a home), working and paying taxes in Iowa
during that time. Detailed information about applying for residency can
be obtained from the registration offices.
For those attending ISU and DMACC, transfer as many credits
as possible to ISU. Some attend ISU for a year and regret not taking
the general education classes at a community college. Tuition and the
annual percentage rate are rising, and financial aid just doesn’t seem to
cut it. Therefore, paying the least amount of money as possible for one’s
education is a plus.
Most classes at DMACC will transfer to ISU, and some will
transfer to other four-year institutions. Some students are told by
advisers at ISU that only general education credits transfer, not those
toward’s one’s major. This is incorrect. For instance, two semesters of
Newspaper Production at DMACC will transfer to ISU as the layout and
design class.
Additional information about transferring credits can be obtained
from the registration offices at DMACC and any four year school.
However, some students who are decided on a professional major
or one that does not require many general education classes can ignore
this editorial. Also if one recently inherited a fortune and is dead set on a
private college or university, skip the community college hurdle.
Saige Heyer and Moses Eckstein
Tailgating Checklist
Make sure you go through
this checklist so you won’t leave any
important items behind on your next
tailgating trip.
private citizen? If I want to put a mall
on your house, I can, and the government
will help. Marx was wrong. Religion is
not the opiate of the masses. Ignorance is.
As the country continues
to invest itself in “infotainment” our
problems become progressively worse.
We will never feel the pain of our
collapse because we have indulged our
taste for “opium.” We have rendered
ourselves unconscious by our own
ignorance. Instead of reading William
Faulkner or Allen Ginsberg to stretch
our understanding, we read “Cosmo”
to dull our minds. Instead of watching
“Happiness” or “Manic” we watch
“Dancing with the Stars.”
There will always be men and
women willing and able to speak the
truth. There will always be authors who
compose manuscripts to stretch thinking
and understanding. If we do not uphold
our end, if we do not listen, if we do not
read, if the truth falls on deaf ears, then
we, the American public, have imprisoned
the first dissident, burned the first book
and sewn the seeds of our own demise.
“If a nation expects to be ignorant
and free…it expects what never
was and never will be.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Editorial
Erick Ude
Banner Staff Writer
Tim Larson
Managing Editor
As DMACC celebrates the
First Amendment through various
festivities this week (for fans of irony, the
celebration is legally mandated as of 2004
for any educational institution receiving
federal funds), I feel compelled to make a
few observations.
The freedom of speech is
fundamental to a free society. If the
people are not allowed to speak their
minds or to offer in print their objections
or make public commentary on the state
of society, the barest foundations of liberty
are debased. Speaking is only valuable if
someone listens; writing is only valuable
if someone reads. If I speak and no one
listens, I am silent. If I write and no one
reads, I’ve printed a blank page.
The sad reality is that there is
no need to ban controversial books, or
to censor any author critical of the status
quo. We, the American populace, have
voluntarily censored our own exposure
to information. Books have not been
pulled from shelves, authors haven’t been
imprisoned, but if the words are not read
the message is not received. To ignore the
words of writers serves as a de facto ban.
There is no need to ban a book that no one
will read.
Our unwillingness to intelligently
engage in ideas will be our downfall.
We allow events to unfold, and we don’t
notice. How much have we simply
ignored? Did you know that the Red
Cross report on prisoner treatment at
Guantanamo was suppressed? Did you
know that the Supreme Court’s decision
on Kelo allows the government to seize
private property, only to sell it to another
Boone Campus
1. Appropriate attire. Dress in your team’s
colors.
2. Assorted beverages. Better to have too
many than too few. You don’t want to be
stuck mid-game feeling parched.
3. Grill and various supplies needed such
as charcoal, lighter fluid and tongs.
4. Food, including brats, hot dogs,
burgers, buns, chips, dip, potato salad,
cookies, etc. Don’t forget to bring hand
sanitizer to use after handling raw meat.
5. Plates, silverware, cups and paper
towels can come in handy.
6. Koozie. You don’t want your beverage
to get warm.
7. Fun games like cards, bean bag toss
game, washers and ladder golf.
8. Chairs, so you can be comfy while
waiting for kickoff.
9. A folding table to put the food on that
can later double as a beer pong/flippy cup
table.
10. Sweatshirt/poncho. The weather
doesn’t always stay clear for the games.
The tornado at last year’s ISU game was a
prime example.
Students play games and hang out at the ISU vs. UNLV game.
Photo: Contributed
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Boone Campus
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Horoscopes
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Movie Guy Reviews ‘Beerfest’
Moses Powell Eckstein
Banner Staff Writer
From the crazy guys who brought
you “Super Troopers,” comes this year’s
wackiest movie. Jay Chandrasekhar
(“Super Troopers” and “The Dukes of
Hazzard”) directs a beer-loving cast.
When their grandpa dies,
brothers Jan (Paul Soter) and Todd
Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske) are on
a mission to dispense his ashes at
Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. After
partying wildly at Oktoberfest and getting
in a heap of trouble, a strange bearded
man leads them to a secret club where
the top drinkers in Europe clash in a
competition called Beerfest.
At the competition, Jan and Todd
learn that their great-grandfather stole a
secret beer recipe from the Germans
and ran away to America with a whore,
their Great Gam Gam (Cloris Leachman).
After being insulted by the Germans,
Jan and Todd vow to return for the next
Beerfest with an American team.
They assemble a squad of
super drinkers from their days of
college, including man-whore Barry
(Jay Chandrasekhar), competitive eater
Landfill (Kevin Heffernan), and scientist
Steve “Fink” Finklestein (Steve Lemme).
They must train hard to eliminate
the hulking German competitors led
by Wolfgang von Wolfhaus (Jürgen
Prochnow).
Punctuated by short periods of
hilarity and some of the funniest scenes
(Gam Gam stroking a sausage) in any
recent comedy, Beerfest stands out
among other out-of-control movies. On
the other hand, it is a cult movie like
“Super Troopers,” and those who find the
consumption of gallons of beer repulsive
might want to pass on this one.
“Beerfest” is rated R for
pervasive crude and sexual content,
language, nudity and substance abuse
(plenty of it). It runs for 110 minutes, and
it will leave one with a warm and fuzzy
feeling in the gut.
7.5 out of 10 laughs
Mary Elizabeth’s Tips
How not to get a second date
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Arrive late with no excuse
Say you will call, then wait
longer than three days to call
Halfway through dinner, tell your
date you didn’t bring any money
Talk about all of your failed
relationships and how none of it
was your fault
Check out other potential mates
in the room
Constantly take calls on your cell
phone
Answers:
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Stand up to every person who
smiles at your date
Tell your date you can’t wait
until you move in together and
have kids
Dress like it is laundry day
Don’t practice proper hygiene
Don’t hesitate to slap your date
on the butt in public, especially
when there are kids or parents
around
House of Heroes
Tim Larson
Managing Editor
House of Heroes came out
swinging with their freshman release “Say
No More.” The trio from Columbus, Ohio
starts out the album with the exceptionally
catchy “Buckets For Bullet Wounds.”
The song is a bit of a dichotomy, with
happy music and dark lyrics. It has a
schizophrenic air about it.
As the album progresses it
becomes progressively catchier. “Say No
More” never becomes so nauseatingly
catchy as some other recent Myspace
bands (I’m looking at you Hawthorne
Heights). The third track, “Friday Night,”
is the kind of song you find yourself
humming for days on end.
Overall the album is quite
acceptable for a freshman release. House
of Heroes will be one to watch over the
next few years. For that matter so will
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their label. Mono Vs Stereo is the new
home of Relient K (“Be My Escape”)
and one of my favorite bands, Chasing
Victory.
House of Heroes is better live
than they are from the studio. The album
is worth a listen. Don’t pass on a chance
to see them live.
To play Sudoku, enter the digits
1-9 in each cell of the 9x9 grid until
every region (3x3 grid), row, and
column contains only one appearance of each digit.
Difficulty: Moderate
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SUDOKU
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) – While your imagination is running at an all-
time high, don’t let your reality sink to an all-time low.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – A few hours alone with your school books will sooth your soul. The stress caused by your regular procrastination could cease for the week.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Keep your pants on, the only true side effects of sex are STD’s and babies!
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) – It’s time to get out the mirror and see if who you really are is the same as others perceive you.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) – It’s time to celebrate good times and liven up your social scene.
Aries (March 21-April 19) – Stop “thinking” about what people are saying and listen to what they say!
Taurus (April 20-May 20) – Get your rest, eat right (no fast food or meals from the gas station) and do your homework. You need to be prepared for your upcoming hurtles.
Gemini (May 21- June 21) – You’re secretly afraid of not having the right stuff. Put aside your doubts and accept the next friendly invitation. You have all the right stuff!
Cancer (June 22-July 22) – What if’s throw you into an endless spiral of speculation. Remember, what isn’t can never be, but what is can be wonderful.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t set boundaries on your new ideas; let your brain explore all the avenues of possibility.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – This week the answers you seek are not what
you want to hear. Good thing, this change in direction is just what you needed!
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