April 21, 2004

First DCCCD
Chancellor Bill J.
Priest brings new
book to campus,
page 4
April 21, 2004
Speaker
addresses
telemarketing
scams
Graduation time:
Telemarketing scams in this day
and age increasingly harm many
unsuspecting victims, according to
the Federal Trade Commission.
Two FTC employees made a presentation sponsored by SPAR to a
roomful of students and staff in
room C-135 on April 14.
Jim Elliot, a FTC attorney in
consumer fraud litigation, delivered
a power point presentation.
“Never give out personal information over the phone,” Elliot said.
This is the one thing he hopes his
audience learned from his presentation.
He added that personal information could include one’s social
security, credit card or bank account
numbers.
“If the offer is good today it’ll be
good tomorrow”, Elliot said. He
added that information given over
the Internet is governed by the same
rules as information given over the
phone.
“It was good and there were a lot
of people,” said Jessica Gasque, an
Eastfield student. “I learned how to
catch red flags.”
Some of those red flags include
being careful what information you
dump in the trash. Skilled identity
see SCAMS, page 9
photo by Ricardo Melo
Fresh from taking a group photograph with President Dr. Rodger A. Pool, graduating students, left to
right, Huy Nguyen, James Porter Jr., Hoany Doan, and Matthew Ritchie look forward to graduation on
May 6. The four are among 275 graduates who will receive diplomas in May.
Eastfield Faculty Breakdown
Information compiled by Elizabeth Foster
Although
Eastfield’s
accreditation has been reaffirmed,
the
Southern
Accreditation of Colleges
and Schools (SACS) commission is asking the school
to supply original transcripts for each faculty
member and to provide documentation for some questions they have regarding
individual faculty.
The
Eastfield administration is
responding to a notice from
SACS requiring additional
documentation relative to
faculty credentials.
Eastfield President Dr.
Roger A. Pool said this is
largely a documentation
issue and that the commission said Eastfield needs
more
documentation.
SACS has asked Eastfield to
order original transcripts for
all faculty.
“We
expected
our
accreditation to be reaffirmed, and it was,” said
Pool. “We also expected to
have to do a follow-up
report. That is not uncommon. In our case this time
the primary question had to
do with accreditation. The
report said we must have on
file official transcripts
rather than copies of those
transcripts.”
SACS also had questions
pertaining to individual professors’ credentials, but no
specific guidelines exist to
answer those questions.
Of the examples Dr. Pool
gave was a speech teacher
with graduate degree courses in interdisciplinary stud-
Job fair features 42 companies
2,500 hopefuls follow employment leads at Eastfield job fair
by PJ Kryfko
Staff writer
photo by Stephanie Moreno
Heather Carlile, MA, LDC, was one of the seminar speakers addressing
groups at the annual Eastfield job fair on April 8 in the Pit. Forty-two
companies were on hand for the fair.
Hanging out in the courtyard on
the steps of the “L” building after
class, student Gyana DeLuna
began to reminisce and think about
how fast time has passed since her
high school days.
“I can actually remember the day
I graduated from high school,” she
said. “Now I am about to graduate
from Eastfield, time has passed so
quickly.”
For the Spring 2004 term, there
will be approximately 275 students graduating from Eastfield
College, and many will be transferring to four-year universities.
DeLuna, who is 20 years old,
has been at Eastfield for two years
and like many other students she
came to Eastfield for her prerequisites. Now, after her fourth semester here, she will be transferring to
a four-year institution.
“I came to Eastfield to get my
basics done,” she said. “I was following my transfer guide for
University of North Texas. I was
able to get my associates degree as
well.”
Like DeLuna, it is graduation
time for many other students.
Some who came for an associates,
but many more will graduate and
transfer to universities where they
will receive their bachelors, masters and doctorates.
Whatever it may be, motivation is
the key. DeLuna says that there is
one major thing that motivated her
to stay in school.
“I have a picture of me and the
kids; when I was in high school I
was a teacher’s assistant,” said
DeLuna. “Looking at that picture
motivates me, and one day I’ll
become a kindergarten teacher.”
Although DeLuna has had the
usual challenges of college life,
she feels that so far it has been a
fun experience, and that, along
with studying and making the
grades, having fun should be a priority especially when students
transfer to their choice universities.
“My challenge has been how to
keep a sense of fun in my life, having to deal with the stress of studying,” said DeLuna.
She added that transferring to a
four-year school gives students a
sense of independence and a
chance to learn more about themselves. “I grew up in a very protective home. I’m ready to experience the real world,” she said.
Graduation marks a milestone
for students who have just earned
their associates and then enter the
real world, or if they choose to,
move on to a four-year school.
Through it all students move on to
new aspects of their life but leaving old surroundings can also be
difficult The decision to move on
is very important.
DeLuna made a decision to continue on in school. “I see the
importance of education,” said
DeLuna. “I plan to have a teaching
job in the city of Dallas, and I
would like to pursue a master’s
degree in the educational field.”
SACS requires faculty credential documentation
by Marti Harvey
Features editor
Source: www.xap.com
P a r tin g is s u c h
s w e e t s o r ro w
by Joy Johnson
Reporter
by George Cherucheril
News editor
In This
Issue:
Volume 34, Issue 12
***ACP National Pacemaker Finalist***
Approximately 2,500 people
invaded the Pit in hopes of finding
employment at the Eastfield Job
Fair, April 8. “It was a great turn
out,” said fair coordinator Patsy
Caropresi.
Caropresi, who is also the director of Career Services, is quick to
point out the differences between
Eastfield’s Job Fair, and what other
schools call a “Career Fair.”
“Some colleges call it a ‘career
fair’ because it sounds fancier. At a
‘career fair,’ employers will show
up without jobs open, just to talk
about their career fields. I want a
fair that will give me a job,” she
said.
With 42 companies in attendance,
including
7-Eleven,
Autozone, Bank One, and the Pepsi
Bottling Group, Caropresi feels that
this is proof that the economy is on
the rise.
“Last fall we only had about 33
companies. It is good to see the
employers are hiring again.”
Any students still seeking a place
to find a steady paycheck are welcome to stop by the Career Planning
and Placement Center, which will
be open all summer.
“We have literally hundreds of
job opportunities for students,”
Caropresi said.
ies. She has to go back to
her school and obtain a copy
of the syllabi, course
description or other documentations identifying this
as a speech class. However,
the same professor taught at
another college within the
DCCCD and SACS did not
question the professor’s credentials when evaluating
that campus’ accreditation.
Another example is an
individual with a masters
degree
in
Public
Administration who is
teaching government. That
person must contact the
school awarding the graduate degree to show how the
courses apply to teaching
government.
Even when the information in question is obtained,
Dr. Pool is not certain exactly what documentation will
satisfy SACS. “There is no
one at SACS I can call and
ask a question and get a
definitive answer [saying]
‘here is the criteria,’ said Dr.
Pool. “I called commission
see SACS, page 9
League for Innovation Literary
Contest Winners (Eastfield)
Short Story
1st Place: Anthony Wynn for “Lovers in a Dangerous
2nd Place: Marilyn Thomas for “Grandma’s House”
Time”
Poetry
1st: Alysia Brooks for “The Beautiful Boy”
2nd Place: Olubukoa Obayamju for “Lucky to be a
Student in a Free World”
3rd Place: Amber Bynum for “Through Fire Embers”
Honorable Mention: Camille Latreace Harris-Carter for
“A Woman’s Plea”
Honorable Mention: Tylana Marie Coop for “Free to Be
Me”
Personal Essay
1st: Robert Jack for “Sharing Experiences”
Et Cetera Graphic by Anthony Jones, Source: Dr. Virginia Brumbach
Health & Politics
Features
Entertainment
Pro/Con columns examine the Deanna
Laney verdict..................................page 3
Just who did make the Who’s Who Among
Students... Junior Colleges............. page 4
A Harvard study says downloading music may be
replaced by gaming and DVD rentals.........page 6
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PERSPECTIVES & OPINIONS
Eastfield’s bursting at the seam, in dire need of expansion
Our school is bursting at the
seams. Finding a parking space
can take days (not really, but really). Almost 11,000 students attended Eastfield this semester. That’s
more than in the entire DCCCD in
1971, when Eastfield first opened.
I remember when the DCCCD
began. As a young girl, it was obvious this was going to be the open
door for many underprivileged kids
like me to go to college. The talk
was about an affordable education,
but at the time, many also equated
affordable with inferior. Thanks to
the vision of the DCCCD, many
have received an education that
was anything but inferior.
More than 1.5 million students
have attended DCCCD campuses
since they were founded in 1966.
They have graduated with associates degrees and certificates in
fields from nursing, to auto
mechanics, to computer science.
Others have gone on to four-year
universities. All have benefited
from their contact with the
DCCCD.
During that time Dallas County
has grown from a population of
just over 1.5 million in 1970, to 3.5
million in 2000, and the area is still
growing.
With the reputation of having a
diverse and well-educated population, companies flocked to Dallas
in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Employers
were eager to capitalize on the educated workforce Dallas could provide. And Dallas grew.
Now the DCCCD needs to grow
and taxpayers should support the
May 15 bond election to help that
happen.
The DCCCD is asking voters to
vote yes to a $450 million bond
election to upgrade and build new
facilities. That amounts to about
$20 a year in increased property
E
D
taxes for a $100,000 home.
Aproximately $60 million of that
amount is designated for projects
related to Eastfield. They include
two new education centers, an
expanded and updated health,
human services and technology
facilities, expanded and updated
workforce development facilities,
expanded and updated fine arts
facilities and expanded parking.
Similar developments are scheduled for the other DCCCD campuses to help accommodate a growing
population.
This is a good investment for the
community. For example, in 2000
the DCCCD spent $182.2 million
locally. In return, wages for current and former students added
$620.6 million directly to the local
economy and another $629.3 million indirectly. The passage of this
bond program will help the
DCCCD continue this ripple effect.
I
T
So why not raise tuition? The
district has the lowest tuition rate
of any community college district
in the state of Texas at $30 per
credit hour. By keeping the tuition
low, the DCCCD has helped many
attend college who would not have
been able to otherwise. With over
62,000 students this year, about
30,000 will receive instruction in
the Technical/Occupational fields
alone. Policemen, teachers, nurses,
accountants, musicians and other
professionals have been trained by
the DCCCD. That doesn’t include
the 8,400 each year who transfer to
four-year institutions. The low
tuition removed many obstacles
that would have kept many of these
students from getting an education.
It’s not like the district always
has its hand out. This is the first
bond election since 1972 when the
campuses of Brookhaven, Cedar
Valley and North Lake were added.
O
R
I
“Now, the DCCCD needs to
grow and taxpayers should
support the May 15 bond
election to help that
happen..”
-Marti Harvey
Since then they have operated on
tuition income, local property taxes
and a steadily decreasing amount
of state funding. In fact, state
funding has fallen from 76 percent
of the DCCCD budget in 1983 to
about 35 percent in 2003. Even
with this steady decrease in state
funds, the district has maintained a
‘AAA’ Fitch bond rating. They
have been very good custodians of
the funds they have received.
But now the bottom line is the
DCCCD needs to grow. It needs to
A
keep producing the students who
transfer to four-year universities. It
needs to provide the firemen, chefs,
policemen, dancers, nurses,
mechanics and teachers Dallas
needs.
It needs to meet the ever-changing educational requirements of the
local economy. It needs to be there
for the future of Dallas.
By voting ‘YES’ on May 15, you
can make sure the DCCCD is there
for our future.
L
The buck should stop at the Oval office
bin Laden is to blame for the attacks, Bush administration for void of leadership
Okay, here’s the rub.
Immediately upon hearing about the attacks on the
morning of September 11, CIA Director George Tenet
said to U.S. Senator David Boren, with whom he was
having breakfast, “This has bin Laden all over it. . . . I
wonder if it has anything to do with this guy taking
pilot training?”
On the same day President Bush, attending a function at an elementary school, was pulled into a room
and informed by Condoleeza Rice about the airplane
hitting the first tower. His immediate reaction was
“That’s some bad pilot.” It wasn’t until four minutes
later when Andrew Card, the President’s chief of staff,
informed him the second plane had struck and then
told him “We are under attack,” that the president realized the gravity of the situation.
At the same time, Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld was in his usual intelligence briefing in the
Pentagon when he was informed of the attack. He
continued his briefing until the Pentagon was hit by
plane number three.
Why is it the CIA director instinctively knew what
was going on, but no one in the administration seemed
to? Why did the president have to be told, “We are
under attack”, to understand this was a terrorist attack?
Why did Rumsfeld have to be almost literally hit over
the head by an airplane to know this was an emergency?
The one missing piece of this puzzle is National
Security Advisor Rice.
The job of the National
Security Advisor is to
advise the president of
threats and be certain he
understands the gravity
of those threats. It is
then up to the president
to be certain his staff
responds accordingly. So
therein lies the breakdown.
There was a lot of evidence out there pointing
to the threat of al Qaeda
and one of the most
telling was from the
President’s Daily
Briefing of August 6,
2001. Rice characterized
the highly publicized FBI
memo titled bin Laden
Determined To Strike in
U.S., as an “analytical
report.” “It mentioned
hijacking, but hijacking in
the traditional sense,” she said. “It was not a warning.”
Come on. Of course it was a warning.
Campus Q & A
by Courtney Jordan
“I do not think that one man could
have prevented the attack on 9-11.”
T eresa Monsour
34, Nursing
“I would not have left the decision
to Bush.”
“What’s most important is how the
Administration deals with the aftermath and prevents future attacks on
our country.”
Rhiannon Vejar
19, Education
Anthony Callison
22, Spanish/Pre-Med
“There is nothing they could have
done to prevent 9-11.”
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What if anything, could the
Bush Administration have done
to prevent 9-11?
Aaron Cheek
18, Business
“To believe that all possible threats
can be prevented is ridiculous.”
Matthew Murr
21, Entrepreneurship
The memo issued on August 6,
2001, twice discusses the possibility of hijackings in the U.S.,
includes mention of a “Bin
Laden cell” in New York, and
talks of surveillance of federal
buildings in New York. Until
her testimony before the 9/11
Commission last week, Rice
insisted no one could have
imagined the attacks on the
World Trade Center.
It seems someone was imagining these attacks.
Rice also testified about a
directive made by the administration in July 2001, to 56 FBI
field offices, informing them of
increased intelligence reports
about terrorism activity within
the U.S. This was backed up by
testimony from John Pickard,
interim director of the FBI at
the time.
If Rice really knew all of this, we are left with only
two conclusions, both pointing to a void of leadership
and accountability. Either Rice told President Bush
about the threats and he did not deem them important
enough to act on, or Rice never thought the informa-
“The Administration’s agenda was
not in preventing this attack only
self-promoting the agenda of the
Republican rich white male.”
Theresa Estrello
51, Education
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tion was important enough to stress it to the president.
Either way, the lack of action points to a leadership
issue.
If Rice told the president about the threats and he just
failed to make them a priority, he should fess up. He
should tell us he screwed up then tell us what he is
doing to make sure it doesn ‘t happen again.
Americans are a forgiving people. They would understand the president is not perfect and even appreciate
his honesty. It would make him look human. He
would earn our respect and trust by admitting he made
a mistake.
If Rice didn’t tell the president, he should fire her for
not doing her job. She is after all, the National
Security Advisor, and, it seems she had at least enough
information to convince the President a huge problem
was brewing.
No matter what, the buck should stop at the oval
office.
Continued reprisals of “we didn’t know” are getting
tiring. Please, someone level with us. Tell us what really did or did not happen. Stop pointing fingers and
take responsibility for our government’s lack of action,
then do what it takes to change it. Bin Laden is the
one to blame for the attacks, but since then it seems
Bush is to blame for a void of leadership.
It’s beginning to rub us the wrong way.
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HEALTH & POLITICS
“Anyone who would
do such a thing to
their own flesh and
blood, particularly
their children, is
indeed, insane.
-George Cherucheril
–Amanda Dunn
A
Ve rd i c t w a s
Ve rd i c t w a s
unjustified
justified
L
ast Mother’s day weekend,
Deanna Laney, of Tyler,
Texas committed a horrendous crime. Laney killed two of
her sons, Joshua and Luke, ages 8
and 6 respectively, and severely
injured 14-month-old, Aaron by
beating their skulls in with rocks.
Earlier this month the jury
reached a verdict and Laney was
acquitted by reason of insanity.
Insanity, huh? It is clearly
obvious that the woman is off her
rocker. Anyone who would do
such a thing to their own flesh
and blood, particularly their children, is indeed, insane. But
D
NO
should she have received a harsher punishment? You bet! I think
she should have received nothing
less than the death penalty.
Insanity is not an excuse in a situation like this.
Think about it. A woman
smashes her sons'’ heads with
stones until there is nothing left of
them. Little Aaron, however,
somehow managed to escape
death. Laney said, “she couldn’t
do it anymore.” Lucky Aaron,
right? Well, not exactly. Poor little
Aaron, now two-years-old, is permanently disabled.
Webster’s dictionary defines
insane as afflicted with serious
mental disorder, impairing a person’s ability to function.
Apparently she was perfectly able
to function if she led her sons to
the rock garden one by one, and
commenced to beat them.
Texas State law’s definition of
insanity is not knowing right from
wrong at the particular time of an
incident. Laney’s excuse was that
“God told her to do it.” Any
Christian would be disgusted at
this remark. One of the Ten
Commandments states “Thou shalt
not kill.” Why would God go
against his own word?
Unfortunately, in her act, she
somehow convinced the jury that
she was insane, thus allowing her
to be committed to a maximum
security state hospital, where she
will one day be released, pending
medical evaluations. So, she kills
her kids, disables one of them,
gets sent to the nut house, undergoes “treatment”, gets released,
and then she and her husband,
who should have disowned her,
live happily ever after. Even if she
was found guilty, her punishment
probably would not have exceeded
life in prison.
How could anybody do such a
thing? I can’t help but wonder
why the kids, especially the eightyear-old, didn’t run from or try to overpower their
mother. Did they trust her that much? I can’t imagine: “Lay down and close your eyes honey,
Mommy’s gonna give you a surprise.” Sick, Crazy,
Bat!!!!!
This case is very similar to that of Andrea Yates,
who drowned her kids in their own bathtub. I am so
Start with
easy exercises
to slim down
“Walk a day in a
mentally ill person’s
shoes and you will
learn a great deal. ”
Was
Deanna Laney’s
not guilty by
reason of insanity
verdict
justified?
graphic by Loni Warden
sick of these women brutally killing their children
and getting away with it. These are the stories we
read about that make our stomachs turn and bring
tears to our eyes and we don’t even know these kids.
We need to rid the world of such people. It’s quite
obvious that they have a few screws loose but they
still deserve to die. Do unto them what they did to
their innocent children!
eanna Laney was found not
guilty by reason of insanity
for the brutal murder of
two of her little sons and the
maiming of her youngest. The verdict sparked public outrage because
most of us cannot understand how
a mother could so viciously bludgeon her kids with a rock. One day
Laney may be deemed cured and
then released from a mental home
into society.
As I look out the window of the
Et Cetera newsroom and watch
day care kids romp around the
playground I cannot understand
how anyone could harm a child.
Children represent the purest form
of innocence. They are completely
dependent upon their parents. My
five-year-old and two-year-old
daughters mean everything to me
and I cannot imagine living in a
world without them. I cannot even
think of hurting them myself.
When I see the pictures of Joshua,
8, Luke, 6 and Aaron, 2 bitter emotion overtakes my soul and from
the very deepest recesses of my
being I wish that somehow Joshua
and Luke’s lives could have been
spared and that Aaron would have
been free from life lasting injuries.
The horrific reality is that this is
not what happened. Last year on
the eve of Mother’s Day, Deanna
Laney widely considered a loving
mother, led her children to a rock
garden outside their home and savagely struck each of them with a
rock while her unsuspecting husband Keith slept. She continued
bashing Luke’s head so much that
his brains oozed out of his head
like liquid.
One begins to understand
Deanna Laney when they realize
mental illness never makes sense.
A mother who violently attacks her
children boggles the mind. She
would have to be insane to commit
such an act. Walk a day in a mentally ill person’s shoes and you will
learn a great deal. The voices she
heard were real to her.
No one in her deeply religious
rural community thought much of
her conversations with God but
that is not very surprising. Laney
and her friends and family are lifelong members of a Pentecostal
church. Her fellow church members believe that God communicates directly with humans, God
and the devil test one’s faith from
time to time and the Holy Spirit
can make people speak in tongues.
Mental illness can go undetected. From all accounts Laney
reportedly was a good mother and
had no history of sickness.
Psychiatrists testified that she had a
grandiose psychotic delusional disorder so severe that she did not
know what she did to her boys was
wrong.
Psychiatrists say that the sign of
a debilitating delusional (paranoid)
disorder is the presence of a persistent, non-bizarre delusion without symptoms of any other mental
disorder. Delusions are firmly held
beliefs that are untrue, not shared
by others in the culture, and not
easily modifiable.
All four psychiatrists, including
the prosecution’s psychiatrist, Park
Dietz agreed that Laney was insane
at the time of the murders. Dietz
said that Laney’s story was consistent and he rarely concludes that
someone meets the standard of
insanity. For this reason prosecutors love to use him. His opinion
might have been a crucial influence
on the jury’s decision of not guilty.
Laney honestly thought God had
directed her and Andrea Yates to
kill their children. After she was
Yes
arrested, Laney refused to take
anti-psychotic medication because
she believed her son Joshua would
be raised from the dead on his
birthday in July. When that did not
transpire, Laney began to understand what she thought was God’s
will actually was the doings of a
diseased mind. She then started
taking her medication.
The Dallas Morning News published excerpts from an interview
last December before prosecutors
decided not to seek the death
penalty and Laney’s quotes are
reprinted here. Her words paint a
vivid picture of her pain. Laney
said she thought being executed
would be the easy way out. “I just
don’t know that I could live with
this for the rest of my life, she said.
Asked what she might do if she
were ever released, she told Dietz,
“I wonder if I could live, you
know.”
Like someone waking up from
an evil nightmare, Laney said she
wished she had been on medication
earlier. “I never want anything like
that to happen again,” she said. “In
fact I’ll take more. I just - I don’t
ever want to stop taking medicine.
I would be afraid.” She also said
she would never plan to have
another baby, even though she
loved her three boys. “I would be
afraid to,” she said.
Laney said she wished churches
and schools taught people how to
recognize mental illness and get
help. “I never knew there was
something so terrible,” she said. “I
never knew.” She fears Aaron
could inherit her mental illness.
Aaron still suffers from head
injuries she inflicted and his doctors say he may never speak, talk
or walk normally. “I worry about
him and his little life, you know,”
she said. “He has to live with this
the rest of his life - knowing that
his mom did such a thing.”
The true sentence imposed on
Laney is the horrifying realization
of what she did to her kids. A lot of
parents would rather die than live
with this kind of trauma. As she
continues travelling on her life’s
journey she will always be tormented by the brutality.
lright students! This is the
final column in this series
and instead of spouting off
about a bunch of stats over
America’s laziness and rising waist
lines, I am going to suggest exercises that one may do within a
confined area that will actually
help.
Now remember, you should start
out any exercise program at an
easy level then gradually build
upwards. Exercising should be
done anywhere from
three days a
week to six
days. Always
allow one day
to let your
body rest and
regenerate
itself.
-Sean McNamara
You should
start off by doing some light
stretches. This should last about
10-15 minutes. Loosen up your
whole body so that you are nice
and limber and ready to exercise.
1. Sit ups- Sit ups, when done correctly, strengthen the back, the abs,
stomach, and those unsightly love
handles. One should lie on one’s
back with legs bent and feet
FIRMLY planted on the ground.
You can either criss-cross your
arms across your chest or interlock
your fingers and place your palms
behind your head. Lift yourself up
to where your head is touching or,
almost, your knees. Then slowly
drop back down and repeat.
2. Stomach Crunches- This exercise has almost the same effect as a
sit up does but works and tones the
abs much more. If you want a six
pack this is the exercise for you.
You start off just like a sit up, on
your back, arms in desired position
and knees bent. Then raise your
knees and head towards each other,
almost touching, and then drop
back down to the starting position
and repeat.
3. Push Ups- This exercise will
work your arms and shoulders. Lay
flat on the ground, on your stomach, place your open palms against
the ground. Then push your self
up, until your arms are fully
extended, then retract.
4. Jumping Jacks- Now this exercise may seem a bit on the grade
school-side but has been proven to
have excellent effects on the body.
It not only helps tone the body,
legs, arms, but also has excellent
respiratory effects. Stand straight
up with arms at your side. Then
extend your arms upwards to the
point where they touch or almost
touch. While doing this, you
should also extend your legs outwards as well.
5. Running- Running, jogging,
and walking have all been proven
to cause weight loss, increase
stamina and increase lung capacity.
Twenty minutes a day, three days a
week is the minimum time
required for this exercise.
All of these exercises can be
preformed with little or no added
tools or equipment or space. They
can be performed at various times
throughout the day or night.
Combine these exercises with
healthy eating habits and you will
be dropping pounds. Just remember that you have to stick to a normal routine and can not be starting
and stopping when you don’t feel
like it.
Parents should take responsibility for children’s hygiene
L
–Brandon
Stovall
ast week I
decided that
I needed to
buy a new game. So
I traveled to my
local video game
store and was
immediately
appalled. I quickly
discovered that the
store wasn’t to
blame; it was the
kids within the
store.
They were trotting around wearing dirty
“Jurassic Park” shirts and laughing with
breath from an un-brushed mouth.
Disgusted, I quickly paid for my game and
left. When your child has the power to water
the eyes of people and make the general
populace resent the senses of sight and
smell, it is time to wash your child.
Actually, it’s simple, don’t let your kid run
around like a smelly villager from the dark
ages. If they’re too young, or just too stupid
to do it themselves, do it for them. Your
children are your responsibility. With our
society as advanced as it is, this shouldn’t be
an issue, but sadly it is.
I also had the misfortune of observing the
corruption of clean windows at the store
when a mother walks up with her two obese
sons...both were eating chocolate ice cream,
towering from a waffle cone. Instead of
cleaning them or at least wiping down their
faces smothered in ice cream, she proceeded to walk in the store, inattentive, while her
two overfed kids made faces on the windows and smeared their chocolate covered
hands all over the place. I cringed at the
sight of this atrocity and at that moment I
realized that these kids didn’t bathe either.
The kids didn’t realize that they were to
blame because they were too busy chasing
each other around, laughing, while chocolate flew through the air, landing on unsuspecting victims. The store clerk politely
asked the mother to exit the store and clean
her kids. She then proceeded to call him
obscene names and left the store with her
two kids wobbling beside her.
Come on people, we’re better than this;
clean your kids for the sake of society!
Day after day, even adults I encounter
have cleanliness issues. I sometimes wish
that I could carry around a water hose and
spray down any filthy person I see.
You can make the choice to be shunned by
society from bad hygiene but don’t let your
kids suffer the same fate. Kids need to be
told how to do everything, so teach them
how to keep clean and take pride in their
appearance.
If you don’t do something about your
child’s hygiene, next he could possibly be
playing mature rated games and disobeying
your discipline orders, then the almighty
Dr.Phil himself won’t even be able to bail
you out of this one.
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FEATURES & PROFILES
Who made the ‘ W h o ’s W h o ’ among Eastfield students
by Brandon Stovall
Arts & Entertainment editor
Eastfield College has selected 14
students to appear in the 2004 edition of the publication, "Who’s Who
Among Students in American Junior
Colleges".
Campus nominating committees
and editors of the annual directory
selected these students because of
their academic achievement, leadership, community service, and
potential for continued success.
The students will receive the prestigious honor of appearing in this
book joining an elite group of other
students from more than 1,400
higher learning institutions in all 50
states, the District of Columbia and
several foreign nations.
The first directory was published
in 1966 and still exists today as a
highly regarded honors program in
which students strive to be
included. The distinguished
publication creates a record of
each year’s college generation
and makes a reference journal
for students who have outstanding achievement in the field of
excellence. All student members receive the lifetime benefit
of the "Who’s Who" program by
being entitled to use the special
Reference Service, used for the
assistance of students seeking
employment.
Every student who possesses
aspirations to be recognized in
photo by Stephanie Moreno
this publication cannot receive
recognition without meeting a Student’s making the Who’s Who list appear in the annual publcation of
certain criteria. The student “Who’s Who Among College Students in Junior College.”
needs to be currently enrolled,
extracurricular work, display citi- certain to receive entry into the pubhaving earned over 30 college cred- zenship and service to their distinc- lication.
it hours, hold a GPA of at least 3.5, tive college, while having the
Carolyn Vines, Eastfield Student
participated in or demonstrated potential for future achievement. Programs and Resource specialist,
leadership in academic and So not everyone that applies will be conducted the entry process and
oversaw the selecting committee. "This year, all fourteen
students who applied for this
were able to receive the honor
of being recognized in the
publication," said Vines. The
students do not receive scholarships solely for being in the
publication, but the potential
for being a recipient of one is
greatly increased.
The students who are
included in the "Who’s Who"
publication will receive an
award at the Student Awards
Ceremony which will take
place on April 25, at 3:00 p.m.
in the Performance Hall.
For more information visit
www.whoswhoamongstudents.com.
Eastfield students who appear in
the 2004 edition of "Who's Who
Among Students in American
Junior Colleges":
Jonathan Adams
Stephen Atkinson
Devon Brown
Carl Brumley
Florence Castillo
Ari Craig
Frances Hollingsworth-Yow
Holly Maughn
Ether McGrew
Elizabeth Ortiz
Pamela Rambo
Matthew Ritchie
Kim Shuford
Jordana Venable
list supplied by Carolyn Vines of SPAR
Community College Pioneer debuts book
by George Cherucheril
News editor
On a peaceful April day, April 14, former DCCCD Chancellor Bill Jason Priest
and Brookhaven College’s Executive
Dean of Instructional Support Kathleen
Krebs Whitson sat in the Village Room
and signed copies of their new book "Bill
Jason Priest, Community College
Pioneer."
Whitson said she originally wanted to
write about the history of the DCCCD
and then she thought of Priest who had
served as the DCCCD’s first chancellor
from 1965 to 1981. He served as
Chancellor-emeritus until 2001 when he
decided it was time to quit. He is credited
with building up the seven colleges
DCCCD has to this day. Whitson writes
in the book that Priest was considered an
effective but autocratic leader with a selfeffacing quality.
Whitson asked him if he would be
willing to let her write the book. "I was
very happy to cooperate," Priest said. "I
am extremely proud of the work she did."
So how was it for Priest and Whitson
to work together? "You would be surprised how many beers we had," Priest
said jokingly. This down-to-earth quality
and self-deprecating humor is an important part of Priest’s personality in addition to his trademark bow tie.
In the book Priest said the reason he
wore the bow tie was because when he
presented to large groups they might not
remember who he was or what he said but
would remember him as the man with the
bow tie.
The DCCCD board that worked with
Priest respected him. R.L. (Bob) Thornton
Jr. was quoted in the book from a 1971
Dallas Scene Magazine article. "When you
have an administration you have great
respect for, you don’t have any thorny
problems," Thornton said.
One incident chronicled in the book tells
volumes about Priest. When Eastfield and
joking remarked that all of the DCCCD
colleges except Eastfield had swimming
pools. Someone commented Eastfield had
a pond. "You got a swimming pool, what
else do you want?" Priest said jokingly.
Priest was born in 1917 in rural and
poor French Camp, California. Neither of
his parents attended high school. Priest
developed a love of reading and skipped
the fifth grade. He graduated high school
at the age of 16.
Priest experienced junior college. He
was a half credit short for admission to the
University of California at Berkley so he
attended Modesto Junior College to make
up the credit and then he went on to
Berkley.
Baseball played a significant role in
Priest’s life. He played as a pitcher
through high school and college and ended
up playing professionally for Philadelphia
for a short time starting in 1938. Priest
described his baseball career with humor
in the book as "starting at the top and
working my way down."
During World War II Priest served in
the Navy. Priest belonged to an advanced
intelligence party that entered Hiroshima
after the atomic bomb was dropped in
1945.
Priest married his sweet heart, the former Marietta Shaw in 1941. They had one
photo by George Cherucheril son, Andy. After 48 years of marriage
Marietta died of cancer in 1989. Priest
Dr. William (Bill) J. Priest, former DCCCD chancellor, talks with a group of children from the Eastfield Parent/Child Study Center.
married again two years later to Ann
They are from left to right, Beth, Austin, Nolan, Dr. Priest, Mitchell, Analyse and Tomas.
Sparks, a secretary for the President of
Richland College.
Mountain View colleges were being built leges opened on schedule.
the bartender on how to mix it. Priest jokes
In the book Priest was quoted as saying
in 1970 the Building Trades Union went on
The book tells an interesting story dur- that a simple drink order won him what he
in jest, "If someone my age wants to get
strike. Priest had once worked in a shipping ing his interview for the chancellor posi- calls the best job of his career.
yard and he knew how to communicate tion in 1965. The board members ordered
Whitson describes, in the book, a quote married, can’t take a long time making the
with the union members. Priest hit the fine wine and mixed drinks. Priest ordered she saw in the Dallas Morning News from decision." Priest was in his early seventies
union workers with a string of profanities last asking for a beer and impressing board a Tulane University professor on late at the time.
ending with "it was god damn stupid of you members who saw through this action that President Harry S. Truman. "He was thorAs the book signing came to an end
to prevent us from building colleges to edu- he was completely without pretensions and oughly upright, cantankerous, feisty indi- Priest genially posed for pictures with little
cate your kids," Priest said. The union at ease with who he was.
vidual and Americans have always had a day care children. Then the genial former
members agreed to complete the work on
They thought this because all the other soft spot for that type of figure." Whitson chancellor with his can at his side slowly
the colleges but only in secret because they candidates had ordered their drinks with goes on to write that this quote could walked off campus. He is the man who piowanted to continue their strike at other con- great detail, sometimes to the point of giv- describe Priest.
neered the DCCCD.
struction sites. Needless to say, both col- ing a recipe for a drink with instructions for
During the book signing one employee
Rambo makes All-USA Academic
Second T eam for Community and
Junior Colleges
photo by Stephanie Moreno
Eastfield student and Phi Theta Kappa member Pamela
Rambo was chosen for the USA Today All-USA
Academic Second Team for Community and Junior
Colleges. She was chosen from over 1,600 nominations
and is one of only a few Eastfield students ever singled
out for this prestigious award.
Cats create ceramics chaos
by Desiree Davault
Reporter
James Watral teaches ceramics and is the
chairman of the Ceramics department. He too
owns pets, but his are cats.
Watral has two three-year-old cats named
Sally and Biscuit, both girls and recently brought
Gabby into the fold. “Sally, I named after the person that gave me to her, was a tiny little Calico
that had been rescued because someone was
using her as a moving target for gun practice,”
Watral said.
A friend gave Watral, Biscuit. “Biscuit, the
other one, already had its name,” Watral said.
Sally is a young Calico, but according to
Watral, she does not act her age. “She’s sort of
my teenage rebel. I think she’s going into her teen
years now,” Watral said.
Both are very beautiful cats. Sally is a “slender, long-legged Calico,” and “Biscuit is a
plump, chocolate point Siamese,” Watral said.
Their sleeping arrangements are quite clear.
“Generally, my cats don’t sleep with me: I prefer
it that way,” Watral said.
Sally and Biscuit are fun pets. “Sometimes
they’ll play hide and seek with me: they mainly
keep me amused, especially when I think they
think I’m their toy,” Watral said.
They are also helpful pets. “Well, being deaf,
if somebody comes to the door, they’re immediately watch cats,” Watral said.
Watral is still trying to get his cats to perform
some ceramic techniques.
“I can’t get them to wedge clay or help me in
the studio,” Watral said. “They haven’t gone that
far yet, but I’ve been tempted some time. It’s a
long haul. I don’t think it’s going to work.”
Sally, especially, has gotten herself into mischief. “They become intrigued when I’m making
things, and I have to keep an eye out,” Watral
said. When Sally was a kitty, I put her in the studio, and boy did she wreck a lot of pieces.”
One time, Sally fell into a bucket of blue
glaze. “She fell in, and half of her, from the waist
down, was blue glaze. It looked like she had
tights on,” Watral said.
Sally has also been destructive. “Sally, as a
kitty, destroyed a number of major pieces of my
artwork,” Watral said.
She draws attention when she is under stress
and when she is hungry. “Knocking some things
over is when she’s really stressed out, or I haven’t
fed them,” Watral said.
What else do they do? “Biscuit is starting to
talk like a parakeet all the time, and it’s wonderful,” Watral said.
caricature by James Watral
Caricature of (l to r) Bisciut, Watral &
Sally. Gabby, the new cat, has since
come into the fold, but Sally is not too
happy about sharing with another cat.
April 21, 2004 • Page 5
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ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Spiderman has company in this summer’s blockbuster films
by Tony Wynn
Entertainment writer
Summertime, the film freak’s fun land. Every summer the country is treated to a smorgasbord of summer
blockbusters. Last year, filmgoers saw the best
(Finding Nemo, Pirate of the Caribbean) and the
worst (Bad Boys II, The Hulk) that Hollywood had to
offer. This year, a string of hyped up, and fairly good
looking flicks arrive just in time for the hot weather
and high ticket sales. With the success of The Passion
of the Christ already in the $350 million gross zone,
these summer flicks have some momentum to gain,
and sustain at that. In summarizing, here are ten major
blockbusters that will hit the big screens in what are
believed to be guaranteed seat-fillers.
1. Spiderman 2- (June 30) Yes!!! The web-slinger is
back in this sequel to the 2002 original. Spidey now
faces his greatest challenge to date; fighting his feelings for love-of-his-life Mary Jane Watson in the sake
of her protection. Oh, and Dr. Octopus is somewhere
in there too, but that’s not important. Starring Tobey
Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Alfred
Molina. Directed by Sam Raimi
2. Troy - (May 14) “The face that launched a thousand faces.” In this adaptation of Homer’s epic poem,
Achilles leads the Greeks against the Trojan forces to
retrieve the lost Helen of Troy. Starring Brad Pitt,
Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, and Sean
Bean. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson.
3. Van Helsing - (May 7) Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel
“Who said global
warning isn’t a real
problem? The polar
ice caps melt, and
one scientist believes
he may have the solution in this new disaster movie from the
director of
“Independence Day.”
–Tony Wynn
Van Helsing travels to
Eastern Europe to battle
with
Count
D r a c u l a ,
Frankenstein’s
Monster, and the
Wolfman in this action
thriller from the director of The Mummy
Series. Starring Hugh
Jackman,
Kate
Beckinsale,
and
Richard
Roxburgh.
Directed by Stephen
Sommers.
4. The Day After Tomorrow - (May 28) Who said
global warming isn’t a real problem? The polar ice
caps melt, and one scientist believes he may have the
solution in this new disaster movie from the director of
Independence Day. Starring Dennis Quaid and Jake
Gyllenhaal. Directed by Roland Emmerich.
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - (June
4) It’s Harry’s third year at Hogwarts, and he has
learned of the escape of Sirius Black from Azkaban
Prison, who may be coming after him. Starring Daniel
Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman,
and Michael Gambon. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
6. The Terminal - (June 18) The true story of Viktor
Navorsky. He has his passport stolen, and becomes
trapped between two countries. He lives in the terminal of the airport, befriends the air-staff, and falls in
love with a flight attendant.
Starring Tom Hanks and
Catherine Zeta-Jones. Directed
by Steven Spielberg.
7. I, Robot - (July 16) Set in
Earth’s future (2035 A.D.) the
director of “The Crow” brings us
the story of a techno-phobic cop
who believes a crime may have
been perpetrated by a robot.
Starring Will Smith, James
Cromwell,
and
Bridget
Moynahan. Directed by Alex
Proyas.
8. The Village - (July 30) The
director of “Signs” tells the story
of a village surrounded by woods
filled with a race of “mythical
races” that have held a truce with
the town for years. But now, the
truce is ending. Starring Joaquin
Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, and
Adrien Brody. Directed by M.
Night Shyamalan.
Spiderman 2 photo-© 2003 Columbia Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
The web-slinger returns in this sequel to the 2002 original. In
Spiderman 2, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) will face off with Dr. Otto
Octavius (Alfred Molina). The film will be in theatres June 30 and
stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Alfred Molina.
Directed by Sam Raimi.
9. Catwoman - (July 23) Patience Prince is that hybrid
of hero and criminal with the speed, instincts, and
reflexes of a cat in this adaptation of the Dark Horse
comic. Starring Halle Berry and Sharon Stone.
Directed by Pitof.
10. The Bourne Supremacy - (July 23) Jason Bourne
returns in this sequel to the 2002 hit. Bourne has been
framed for the murder of the Chinese vice-premier,
and must prove his innocence before he is hunted and
killed by the CIA. Starring Matt Damon, Franka
Potente, and Brian Cox. Directed by Paul Greengass
Substance over style theme
in Q.T.’s ‘Kill Bill Vol. 2’
by Tony Wynn
Entertainment writer
It has been six long months since
we were treated to Quentin
Tarantino’s (QT’s) blood-spattered
poetic masterpiece of “Kill Bill
Vol 1.” In the first film we met the
Bride (Uma Thurman), and her
gang of assassins the Deadly
Vipers Assassins Squad (DiVAS);
led by the notorious single-syllable man of one name, Bill. The
pregnant bride was attacked by
Bill and her friends of the DiVAS
on her wedding day resulting in
the death of nine people in a
chapel in El Paso, Texas. In Vol. 1,
the Bride awoke from the coma
they put her in, and sought her
revenge on Vernita Green aka
“Copperhead” (Vivica A. Fox) and
O-Ren Ishii aka “Cottonmouth”
(Lucy Liu).
While the first film had character
development, and more bloody
action than you can shake a samurai sword at, it had very little plot
and the novelty of the film could
wear away easily if not handled
correctly. Nonetheless, it was a
masterpiece in filmmaking, and
should be remembered that vol. 1
(now available on DVD) was really only the first half of one four
hour long epic. Vol. 2 sets aside
the slaughter and allows the story
to develop itself, but fear not,
action there is and plenty of it too.
Vol. 2 picks up immediately where
vol. 1 left off with the complete
telling of the massacre by Bill
(David Carradine) and the DiVAS
who began our story.
Uma
Thurman composes herself in a
manner that proves this film could
be a poetic
drama, or
screamingly
funny
comedy
based solely off the
look in her
e y e s .
Ta r a n t i n o
n e v e r
betrays his
audience’s
trust
or
intelligence
photo courtesy from Multimedia and are the property of their
with the richrespective owners
ness of his
characters or Star of Kill Bill Vol. 2, Uma Thurman, in a scene with
their
dia- David Carradine in Quentin Tarantino’s latest work.
logue. Hero The film stars Uma Turman, David Carradine, Daryl
or
villain, Hannah, Chia Hui Liu, and Michael Parks. Rated ‘R’
every charac- for violence and brief drug use.
ter is likable
in their own
film. The score composed by THE
way, but you know who to root for RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan puts an
in the end.
appropriate spin on the traditional
For the sake of not spoiling any music of Kill Bill’s 1970’s kung-fu
plot points, allow me to say that exploitation film counter parts.
one can and should see vol. 1 Each character receives a curtain
before seeing vol. 2, but it is not call and a fair send off during the
required. QT has succeeded in end credits. And stay for a humorhelping the film stand on its own ous outtake after all the credits
with enough explanation to tell the
have rolled.
story.
This film is rated R for Violence,
Seeing vol.1 first off would let
Language, and Brief Drug Use,
one view the whole film rather
and may not be appropriate for
than simply the second act. Look
small children. It is not as nearly
for dazzling performances by
bloody as the first half, but the
Daryl Hannah and Michael
fighting is still there, and it hits
Madsen as the two remaining
hard. Do yourself a favor this
members of the DiVAS. And the
weekend and treat yourself to the
sly-cool-wit of Kung-Fu veteran
poetic-action-comedy of the year.
David Carradine as Bill is worth
the ticket price alone.
KILL BILL Vol. 1-A
The soundtrack is a key reason
KILL BILL Vol. 2-A
to stay during the credits of this
KILL BILL as an epic-A+
Q u e n t i n
Tarantino
( m i d d l e )
directs “The
Bride” (Uma
Thurman), left,
and
Bill,
( D a v i d
Carradine)
right, in their
final
showdown
in
Q u e n t i n
Tarantino’s latest film, Kill
Bill, vol. 2.
Kill Bill vol. 2 photo –copyright Multimedia are property of their respective owners.
Photo © Copyright Lions Gate Films
The Punisher stars Thomas Jane as Frank Castle, a vigilante who seeks to punish criminals; this movie
is not any better than the 1989 version. The film is now in theaters.
Punisher remake evidence
of comic book movie failure,
Hollywood’s waste of money
by Brandon Stovall
Art & Entertainment editor
For those of you whom have not
seen “The Punisher” directed by
Jonathan Hensleigh, I envy you.
This catastrophe of a movie is a
film adaptation of Marvel’s comic,
“The Punisher” which was not any
better than the 1989 version starring Dolph Lundgren. Like many
recent comic book movies, this
one goes to show that people can
still effortlessly waste money in
Hollywood.
The movie starts out with Frank
Castle (Thomas Jane) as an undercover agent who goes around busting criminals that the audience
doesn’t care about. In his last sting
operation before going on vacation, the powerful criminal,
Howard Saint (John Travolta) realizes that his son was mistakenly
killed in the operation and blames
Castle. Wanting to exact revenge,
Saint’s wife, Livia (Laura Harring)
suggested that Castle’ s entire family be killed. How convenient. It
just so happens that right after the
sting that got Saint’s son killed,
Castle was going to a family
reunion. The criminals arrived at
the reunion and immediately began
those
action
pumping round “The Punisher leaves of
after round of its audience painfully movies that are worth
a watch, but this goes
bullets
into
apathetic with the
Castle’s family
emptiness of charac- to show that there are
exceptions to every
members. After
terization, that not
rule.
the
slaughter,
The movie would
Castle
vows one person seemed to
care
about
the
charhave been better if
revenge, or as he
acters that die.”
they replaced all the
likes to call,
scenes with a guy run“punishment.”
The
only
ning over llamas with
redeeming qualia golf cart. The anities about viewmals would have to be
–Brandon Stovall
ing this movie
hit by a golf cart,
was
that
I
because if the llamas
received a free comic book with were just standing there, it would
the ticket, and a lot of stuff blew up have been on the same level of
(which is always fun to watch). entertainment as the movie. “The
Other than the explosions, the Punisher” leaves its audience
action scenes were abysmal; they painfully apathetic with the emptiwere just too boring and were the ness of characterization, that not
same as in any cookie-cutter action one person seemed to care about
film. Throughout one of the action the characters that die. The writing
scenes, it got so dull that a handful was horrible, the action was horriof people in the audience realized ble, and thanks to the writing, the
how awful this movie was that acting lacked emotion. Save yourtheir heads instantly exploded.
self the money and the aneurysm
The acting in the movie would by not watching “The Punisher.”
have been better if the writing was.
An actor can only do so much “The Punisher” receives 1/2 a *,
with a poorly written script that has because stuff blew up and it gave
so many annoying cliché phrases me a cool idea for a movie where
that would put Rosie O’Donnell to llamas get run over by golf carts.”
shame. The plot was similar to one
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ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Downloading music may be replaced by CD sales, DVD rentals
by Marti Harvey
Features editor
According to the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry, 2003 CD sales declined by 7.6
percent from the previous year and they say piracy and
file-sharing are to blame. However, a study by economists at Harvard and the University of North Carolina
has cast doubt on that theory.
The IFPI said global music sales have dropped 20 percent since 2000. While recording industry executives
are looking for reasons, the Harvard Business School
study believes they should look at factors other than
illegal downloads.
The study states that during the second half of 2002, 3
million users shared 500 million files on
Fast/Track/KaZaA, but most who shared files appear to
be people who would not have bought the CD’s anyway.
File-sharers seem to agree.
“I used to swap files daily,” said Eastfield student Ron
Vinson. “But it was always stuff I just wanted to try out.
Usually if I liked it, I’d buy the CD.” Vinson said he no
longer shares music files, but he doesn’t buy them from
any of the Internet sites such as apple.com or buymusic.com either. “I still use the internet to sample tunes,
then if I like them I buy the CD,” said Vinson.
While CD sales accounted for $32 billion in revenue
in 2003, DVD rentals and gaming had combined revenue of $11.5 billion. Many believe these forms of
entertainment are quietly replacing music.
“I would rather play video games,” said liberal arts
major Demarcus Cheek.
“There’s nothing to do while you’re listening to
music. Games keep my hands occupied and keep my
reflexes sharp.”
Another reason for the switch is money. DVD and
game prices have fallen in recent years, but CD prices
remain about the same.
“In high school I only bought CD’s,” said Eastfield
student Raphael Vaughn. “Games and DVD’s cost a lot
more then. Now they cost less, so I can afford to buy
them.”
The Harvard study said file sharers download a small
selection of songs, usually the most popular ones. Of
the 680 popular albums the researchers tracked, more
than 50 percent of the songs were never downloaded,
75 percent were downloaded no more than two times
and 90 percent are downloaded fewer than 11 times.
And for the top 25 percent of albums with sales of more
than 600,000 copies, downloading actually had a positive effect. For these albums, 150 downloads increased
sales by one copy.
The songs most likely to be downloaded are on the
Top Current Billboard Chart, with alternative albums
second, hard rock third followed by catalogue compilations.
Eastfield music professor, Dr. Enric Madriguera,
believes illegal downloading has more of an effect on
new artists. “Times are harder for people getting established now as opposed to people who have been established for 20 or 30 years,” said Madriguera. “New
groups are looking to protect their copyrights and
downloading makes it difficult.”
Madriguera receives royalties from many songs his
father wrote in the 30’s and 40’s.
“We get royalties from these songs being played all
over the world,” he said. “But emerging artists don’t
have the luxury of royalties coming in. They’re just trying to get established.”
The study backs him up. While downloading helped
the big sellers, it had a negative effect on albums with
sales of less than 36,000. The study found evidence that
music industry marketing strongly influences what people listen to, so perhaps they should look at their marketing departments when sales fall.
They use the example that showing a music video on
MTV increases both downloads and legal sales of that
release.
While the music industry is crying foul, some say
they should consider dropping process and learn to
photo by Ricardo Melo
Programs are now available that will provide legal
music downloads which charges for every song
downloaded by the user.
market on the internet. After a while the blame game
will get old and consumer, investors, and aspiring
musicians will insist on music producers learning to use
new technology instead of blaming it for all of their
woes.
N o t e a r s s h e d for end of
NBC’s ‘Frasier’, ‘Friends’ series;
wish for long-gone comedies
ext month, NBC’s Friends and Frasier will come to to do with Ross (David Schwimmer)
an end. Just as was the case with the highly publi- and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and in
cized finale of Seinfeld years ago, it looks like I will some cases with Joey (Matt LeBlanc).
When there was no Ross/Rachel love
be the only one who won’t be shedding any tears.
Like Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends were never on my per- triangle, we got the Monica (Courtney
Cox-Arquette) and Chandler (Matthew
sonal list of “Must See TV.”
The only reason I tuned into Frasier for half its first season Perry) relationship. Probably one or two
when it premiered in fall 1993 was due to my interest in see- of those cliffhangers involved Phoebe
ing what direction the show’s creators were going to take (Lisa Kudrow) who was either in the
Kelsey Grammer’s self absorbed psychiatrist who audiences process of giving birth to three triplets
Joe
or found out someone else in the gang
got to know for several years on Cheers.
Stumpo
The best episode was the pilot in which Dr. Crane’s hopes was pregnant.
A true fan would probably know the
of living as a divorced bachelor in Seattle are dashed when he
must take in his retired father (John Mahoney) and dog and exact title of each episode which starts out with the words,
One...”
if
you
check
out
hire on an English maid named Daphne (Jane Leeves) who “The
www.nbc.com/Friends/episode_guide/index.html not to menclaimed to have psychic abilities.
I still laugh every time I recall how Dr. Crane responded in tion what season it aired. Thankfully, I cannot tell you the title
a deep negative voice when someone asked him what was the of what I thought was the funniest episode NBC recently
name of his dad’s four legged mutt who would do nothing but showed as part of its “Viewer’s Choice” poll.
Perhaps it was called “The One Where Ross Wants
sit and stare at him.
Everyone To Get Dressed So They Don’t Miss His Banquet”
“That is Eddie.”
There was only so many times, however, I could watch of dinner? No that’s too long. Maybe it’s “The One Where Joey
Niles (David Hyde-Pierce) getting sexually excited every and Chandler Fight Over Who Is Going To Sit In The Chair?”
time he sees Daphne. I haven’t watched the show on a regu- That’s still too long.
How about, “The One Where Joey and Chandler Spill
lar basis since. The same can’t be said unfortunately, for
Friends. Like the repeats of Seinfeld, thanks to the WB net- Liquid Fat On Phoebe’s Yellow Dress?” No? Could it be “The
work who’ve milked the series for all its worth airing reruns One Where Rachel Asks Ross to Eat the Fat?” Or is it called
five days a week at 6 and 10 p.m., I have seen, or maybe I “The One Where Monica Gets A Message From Her Exshould say heard, every episode five times over. I can’t say it Boyfriend Richard (Tom Selleck) And Doesn’t Know If the
Message Is Old or New?”
was by choice mind
How about “The One Where Joey Wears
you. Since I don’t own
All of Chandler’s Clothes With No
a satellite or rent cable,
Underwear On?” Is it “The One where
there is nothing else on
Pheobe Covers The Fat Stain With...” oh,
at those times for me
never mind.
to watch other than
I could go on and on with this.
M.A.S.H. and the
There is no doubt diehard fans will have
news. The only other
a hard time bidding farewell when Dr.
reason I had the show
Crane takes that final phone call on his
on was so I could have
radio show to say, “I’m listening.” Or
something on in the
when Monica, Chandler, Ross, Rachel,
background while I
photo courtesy of NBC.com Joey and Phoebe all go their separate
was doing something
“Friends” stars pose in recent photo. The series ten
ways following one last round of cappucelse.
year run ends May 6 when NBC airs the final episode.
cino at Central Perk. All this is right now
I always saw Friends
is just a mourning period.
as tolerable entertainThe real shock of losing two comedies won’t hit until this
ment. It was neither good nor bad. It was in between. The dialogue could have been written by anyone and the situations fall when viewers realize how much laughter will be vacant
were not as brilliantly clever the way some of the characters from the top ten or twenty most watched programs of the
got into on Seinfeld and Cheers. What made the show work week.
The end of Frasier and Friends could mean the end of the
was the chemistry between the series’ six stars.
Of the 200 plus episodes made, I have only sat and actual- hit sitcom. Make way for nights of families competing to see
ly watched over a dozen and most of them were from the first how many live worms they can get in their mouths on Fear
season. The boyfriend/girlfriend relationships were annoying- Factor, Law & Order and CSI spin-offs, and survivor reality
ly endless. I can probably count on one hand alone how many type shows where hosts like Donald Trump bring failing
cliffhangers over the past ten years on Friends had something interns into the boardroom every week to say “You’re fired.”
N
Where did all the laughter go?
Of the top ten most watched shows of the 1988-89 season, 8 of them were comedies vs. the top shows of
the 2003-04 season where Friends is the only comedy listed among the top ten programs.
2003-04 Season
1988-89 Season
1) The Cosby Show
2) Roseanne
3) A Different World
4) Cheers
5) 60 Minutes
6) The Golden Girls
7) Who’s the Boss
8) Murder, She Wrote
9) Empty Nest
10) Anything But Love
NBC
ABC
NBC
NBC
CBS
NBC
ABC
CBS
NBC
ABC
25.6
23.8
23.0
22.3
21.7
21.4
20.8
19.9
19.2
19.0
1) American Idol (Tuesday)
2) American Idol (Weds)
3) CSI
4) Friends
5) Survivor: All-Stars
6) ER
7) Survivor: Pearl Islands
8) The Apprentice
9) CSI: Miami
10) Monday Night Football
Fox
Fox
CBS
NBC
CBS
NBC
CBS
NBC
CBS
ABC
16.6
16.2
16.2
13.2
13.1
12.5
12.1
11.9
11.6
11.5
Sources: Nielsen Media Research, “The Complete Directory of Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows”, also from the Feb. 23, 2004
issue of Newsweek.
photo by Ricardo Melo
“Shadows” was one of the six pieces featured drawn by six young artists at the contemporary art exhibit that ran at Eastfield from March 16 to April 1. Artists used such
materials as plastic toy soldiers, a red tricycle, fabric, sand, and tarpaper to create
their works.
Contemporary artists exhibit
site-specific pieces in gallery
by Jeff Sanders & PJ Kryfko
Perspectives editor/staff writer
Six young artists with a fresh approach to
the form bring their visions to life at the contemporary art exhibit at Eastfield’s college
art gallery. The exhibit, held by curator
Kathy Windrow, ran March 16 through April
1 and is somewhat unusual from the usual
displays of art.
Referred to as “installation art” or “sitespecific art”, it is defined as art made for a
specific space, exploiting certain qualities of
that space. Each piece in the exhibit uses
non-traditional materials and forms to capture the mood of the artist in the physical
space of the gallery. All of the artists are university trained and several have had their
works on display in exhibits around the country. “Site-specific art is art that is neither
painting, nor sculpture, nor architecture, but
is designed to fit into a certain space,”
explained Windrow.
Materials are strange and as varied as; plastic toy soldiers, a red tricycle, fabric, sand
and tarpaper make up the pieces in the exhibit. Ranging from humorous, frustrated and
fearful to moody and nearly suicidal, each
artist sets a distinctive mood with their art.
One of the things that set this exhibit apart
from others is a summary of the artist’s
thoughts about their work that accompanies
each piece. Some of the summaries help to
explain the artist’s mood or the feelings
evoked by their work, others simply tell why
the artists used certain materials or what they
were trying to portray. “Materials are chosen
to fit with the subject matter or the environment. It is not unusual to have a combination
of found objects and objects manufactured by
the artist in the same piece.”
A great example of what can come from
an Eastfield education, three of the six artists
attended Eastfield and five have earned
degrees from local universities. One artist,
Kat McKinley will be returning to Eastfield
to teach 3D design, sculpture, and jewelry in
Fall 2004.
McKinley’s pieces, entitled “Fake as a
Cake” and “Do-Nots” are examples of her
work which is widely shown in contemporary shows throughout the state.
David Wilburn studied drawing, design
and installation art under Kathy Windrow at
Eastfield College. Next fall he too shall be
returning to Eastfield as both a teacher and
the new Gallery Director.
Iris Bustillos and Brennen Bechtol met
through the art program at Eastfield. Now
Iris Bustillos is Iris Bustillos Bechtol and
both of them have gone on to earn Fine Art
degrees at the University of North Texas, and
co-direct the 500X gallery, one of the most
important alternative galleries in the metroplex. “It is always a huge thrill to see what
our students do after they leave here, and
how successful they become,” said Windrow.
John Hobbie, who holds a B.F.A in studio
art from the University of North Texas, is
currently a graduate student in SMU’s
Theatre design program. Both of Hobbie’s
pieces included in the Eastfield exhibit were
created in Kathy Windrow’s graduate theatre
design class at SMU.
Marcus Ellis, a theatre set and lighting
design graduate student at SMU designed
and sewed his cloth installation, in Kathy
Windrow’s graduate theatre design class.
photo by Ricardo Melo
The Tricycle is referred to as
“Installation Art” and was part of the
exhibit in the art gallery.
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NEWS & EVENTS
Inter-club council field day
Attorney: Former police officer not guilty
by Steven J. King
In-depth/Investivative editor
photo by Courtney Jordan
Four Inter-Club Council members standing from left to right are
Ariel Polavc, Elizabeth Ortiz, SPAR program specialist and advisor Gerald Napoles, Stephanie Moreno, and Devon Brown. The
College Field Day is April 29, 2004, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The defense attorney for William
Paul Ladd, the former Eastfield
police officer who was relieved of
his duties at the school after being
arrested on charges of indecency
with a child said her client is not
guilty.
“My client Mr. Ladd is pleading
not guilty, because he is not guilty,”
Mamie Bush-Johnson said.
In a story printed February 25,
2004, it was reported that the young
lady who accused Ladd of the indecent contact had recanted her story.
While this is true, further investi-
gation of the inci- “Mr. Ladd’s day in father because of repeated
dent has revealed
court will be the disciplinary problems at
there was also
first time someone school and a serious incianother young lady
dent that occurred on the
accusing Ladd of the has heard his story.” school
bus,”
Bushsame offense, and
Johnson said.
she has not changed
Ladd was indicted of
–Mamie Bushor recanted her accuindecency with a child by
Johnson
sations.
a Dallas county grand jury
According
to
March 1, 2004. The
Bush-Johnson, the young lady who charge has been reduced from first
recanted her accusations against degree aggravated sexual assault on
Ladd was his daughter, and the a child, to a lesser charge of indeother accuser is a close friend of cency with a child, a second degree
Ladd’s daughter.
felony.
“It is believed that this was a plot
If convicted, Ladd faces anyby the daughter to avoid possibly where from 2 to 20 years in prison,
being sent to boot camp by her and up to a $10,000 fine.
Journalism winners
Et Cetera staff, journalism students come out on top
in Texas Intercollegiate Press Association competition
by Brandon Stovall
Art & Entertainment editor
From top, Courtney Jordan’s 1st place
winning photo essay is shown as well
as Thanh Mai-Le’s illustration which
received honorable mention in the magazine entries from 2003.
A group of nine students from the Et
Cetera traveled to Austin, Texas to compete in
the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association (TIPA) contests and the conference April 1-3. The event was held at the Red
Lion Hotel where students participated in live
contests to compete against other Texas colleges and universities while developing skills
for improvement. “Receiving this award is
such an honor,” student Stephanie Moreno
said. She won the award along with Amanda
Dunn and Anthony Jones for a photo layout.
Nine students from the Et Cetera went to
Austin along with Faculty Advisor, Sabine
Winter. “I feel the students had a great experience competing with other schools,” said
Winter. “We were excited to receive awards
and were able to locate areas that need
improvement.”
The Alternative which is another publicaphoto by Ricardo Melo
tion by Eastfield students was also submitted
for judging along with the Et Cetera. Some of the TIPA contest winners pose with their award certificates. Pictured from left
Courtney Jordan was shocked when she to right are On campus editor Seketha Wonzer, advertising manager Loni Warden,
photo editor Stephanie Moreno and senior photographer Courtney Jordan.
learned of winning an award for a photo essay
submitted for The Alternative last spring. “I Many contests were held throughout the day Cherucheril, an attendee on the trip. “A lecnever expected to win,” Jordan said.
at the hotel, but some photographers were ture I attended was hosted by three people
Others were happy to realize their hard driven on a bus to downtown Austin to take who really made what you wanted to learn
work did not go unnoticed. “It’s just nice to pictures to be judged in their contest. Along about seem fun and interesting.” Many stube mentioned,” Loni Warden said. She won with the photographers, sports journalists and dents took notes so they could later utilize the
honorable mention for an ad that she did.
sports photographers left the Red Lion and lessons taught by the professionals.
Among other winners was Seketha were driven to St. Edwards University to
On the morning of April 3, the hotel hosted
Wonzer, who won second place for radio news cover a tennis match. Contestants in the tele- a breakfast/awards ceremony. The staff from
broadcasting and she could not be happier vision news and radio news broadcasting the Et Cetera cheered and congratulated the
about her achievement. “It felt absolutely competitions were bused to studios at the winners who competed in the contest. Many
amazing,” said Wonzer. “I was ecstatic to Univesity of Texas, Austin.
students from the staff at the Et Cetera hope to
know that I won and I feel confident and
Lectures were held throughout the day on attend next year’s contest, which will be hostproud.”
April 2, and students had a chance to learn ed in Dallas at the Adams Mark Hotel.
The many meeting rooms throughout the something from professionals in a particular
hotel were converted into competition areas. field. “It was really something,” said George
“Mr. Ladd’s day in court will be
the first time someone has heard his
story,” Bush-Johnson said.
Ladd is scheduled to appear in
the Dallas County 363rd Criminal
District Court on April 20. “At this
hearing my client will inform the
court that he has an attorney, and is
pleading not guilty,” Bush-Johnson
said.
Ladd is currently under 24 hour
surveillance. He is required to wear
a monitoring device on his ankle at
all times. “This has ruined his life,”
Bush-Johnson said.
Competition winners
On-site contests
2nd Place
Radio Newscasting Seketha Wonzer
Honorable Mention
Public relations Press
Release Writing - Marti
Harvey
Et Cetera newspaper
2nd Place
Humor Column - Jeff
Sanders
Honorable Mention
Information Graphic Chris Rodriguez
Single Ad - Lecia
Garner
Sports News Story George Cherucheril
Alternative magazine
1st Place
Picture Essay Courtney Jordan
2nd Place
Cover Design - Jesse
Pahalan
3rd Place
Essay - Hunter Bryant
Feature Story - Laura
Powell
Story Package Stephanie Moreno,
Anthony Jones,
Amanda Dunn
Honorable Mention
Single Ad - Loni
Warden
Honrable Mention
Illustration - ThanhMai-Le
9-11 Update
Bi-partisan Commissioners search for the truth
about what President Bush knew before 9/11
by Abel Sanchez
Assistant editor
Years after 9/11 Americans are still in the
dark over what happened that day. First of
all what could the Bush Administration have
done to prevent the tragedies? How much
did they really know beforehand? And what
can they do to ensure this never happens
again? An ongoing bi-partisan congressional commission was created in late 2002 to
help shed light on these details.
The investigation has picked up steam
and validity after President Bush reluctantly
allowed National Security Advisor,
Condeleezza Rice to testify before the the
9/11 Commission earlier this month.
Originally Rice avoided testifying stating
that an advisor’s communications with a
president are protected, otherwise advisors
will fear giving the president their advice.
Rice was questioned about a CIA report
given to Mr. Bush as part of the President’s
Daily Brief (PDB) on Aug. 6, 2001 titled
”Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US.”
9/11Commissioners read the PDB but the
White House still refused to declassify its
contents. After the commission and families
demanded that the report be made public, the
White House released it on April 10.
Rice testified that the report fails to give
specific details about where, when or exactly how terrorists would attack.
9/11Commissioner Bob Kerrey, a former
democratic senator from Nebraska brought
up the 1998 retaliatory missile strike ordered
by President Clinton against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps in Taliban-controlled
Timeline of terror attacks Afghanistan.
“Dr. Rice,
against the U.S.
we
only
1983 - Attack on Marine barracks swatted a fly
in Lebanon
once, on the
of
1985 - Hijacking of Achille Lauro 20th
A u g u s t
1993 - Rise of al-Qaeda
1 9 9 8 , ”
Kerrey said.
1993 - Bombing of the WTC
“We didn’t
swat
any
1995 - Attacks on U.S.
installations in Saudi Arabia flies afterwards. How
1998 - Bombings in East Africa
the
hell
could
he
be
2000 - Attack on the USS Cole
tried?”
2001 - Destruction of the W TC
The findings
show
Information compiled by:
George Cherucheril that perhaps
there was
sufficient information to piece together the
plot against US livelihood. The reports back
up the notion that the Bush administration
had ample warning of al-Qaeda’s and bin
Laden’s threat. Rice admitted that after the
2000 election President Bush and her were
briefed by the Clinton administration of the
impeding danger. Rice claims that between
Jan. 20 and Sept. 10, the president received
more than 40 briefing items on al-Qaeda, 13
of which were in response to questions Bush
or his top advisors had posed.
According to Rice, a strategy the president’s senior national security officials
approved on Sept. 4 to eliminate al-Qaeda
had been in development since the spring
and summer of 2001. Not only that but the
Bush White House was aware of al-Qaeda's
track record. “The terrorist threat to our
nation did not emerge on September 11,
2001,” said Rice. “Long before that day, radical, freedom-hating terrorists declared war
on America and on the civilized world.”
The reports indicate that perhaps 9/11 was
unavoidable, but in either case it hints that
intelligence agencies were ill prepared to
deal with a catastrophe of this sort. “In hindsight, if anything might have helped stop
9/11, it would have been better information
about threats inside the United States--something made difficult by structural and legal
impediments that prevented the collection
and sharing of information and sharing of
information by our law enforcement and
intelligence agencies,” Rice said.
Mobile mammogram
drops by campus
photo by Stephanie Moreno
Renee White loads film into the mammogram machine. On April 8 in
the E-1 parking lot the Baylor-Sammons mobile unit was on campus
to conduct mammograms for the general public. Each mammogram
exam cost $96 if not covered by insurance. Many women took advantage of the opportunity to be tested.
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thieves are willing to rummage through your trash. It is profitable because
they can make up to $17 an hour according to FTC employee NAME
Blackman.
Identity thieves pry information from unsuspecting victims stealing
credit and debit card numbers while the card is being processed by using
a special information storage device in a practice known as “skimming.”
They steal wallets, purses, and mail including bank and credit card statements, pre-approved credit offers, new checks, or tax information.
Another cunning method they have is to complete a change of address
form to divert a victim’s mail to another location. They also will try to
trick victims by posing as a legitimate business person or government
official.
Elliot said on a case by case basis the amount of theft is small but taken
together it is large. He estimates that about $40 Billion dollars is lost
every year in the United States due to identify theft. He said this number
goes up every year.
One forum contributing to the increasing yearly frauds is the Internet.
“The Internet is ripe for fraud because there is no way it back to a person,” Elliot said. He added that the FTC has put out web sites claiming
that an average person can make over $100,000 a year. Whenever someone took the bait and gave out their personal information the FTC then
flashes a warning that had the site been real the person could have been
scammed.
Once an identity thief has someone’s personal information they can
inflict a lot of damage to the victim’s pocket book. Thieves embark on
spending sprees using the victim’s credit and debit card account numbers
to buy “big ticket” items like computers that they can easily sell. They
can open a new credit card account using the victim’s name, date of birth,
and social security number. When they fail to pay the bills the delinquency gets reported on the victim’s credit report. They will take out auto
loans in the victim’s name and establish phone or wireless service in the
victim’s name. Thieves will give out the victim’s name to the police during an arrest. If they are released and miss their court date an arrest warrant could be issued in the victim’s name.
Claire Blackman, FTC i investigator coordinated the session, the third
one given this year. The FTC’s partnership with the DCCCD started at El
Centro College and gradually moved over to Eastfield. Blackman said the
FTC wants to teach students how to access their credit report and deal
with telemarketers. “We want to offer what can to help students become
better consumers and by extension their parents do to,” Blackman said.
“Now a days we have to tell students not to trust people.”
Carolyn Vines, SPAR program coordinator said that an El Centro employee told her about the FTC presentations at El Centro and this led to the
presentations at Eastfield. Vines said she learned from the session that
telemarketing sales rules allow charitable organizations to call. “Business
with whom you’ve had a prior relationship can also call you,” Vines said.
Congratulations
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•Courtney Jordan
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Friend of the stars
Aquarius: Jan. 20 – Feb. 18
Keep hanging on. The battle is
almost won.
Exam color: Skyy Blue
Pisces: Feb. 19 – March 20
You need a serious vacation.
Exam Color: Grey
Aries: March 24 – April 19
Your opinion is the only one that
matters.
Exam Colors: Gold
Taurus: April 20 – May 20
You still have a little more to go
so stay focused.
Exam Color: Silver
Gemini: May 21 – June 21
Stop counting your chickens
before they hatch.
Exam Color: Black
Cancer: June 22 – July 22
Your wait is almost over.
Exam Color: Orange
Leo: July 23 – Aug 22
Big things come in small packages.
Exam Color: Red
Virgo: Aug. 23 – Sept. 22
You are a very special person to a
lot of people.
Exam Color: White
Libra: Sept. 23 –Oct. 22
Don’t be afraid to stand up for
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April 21, 2004 • Page 9
ON CAMPUS & ETC
Jewelry, art classes
showcase wares
at campus expo
for Visual Arts of Chattanooga
Tennessee, the University of
North Texas, Collin County
The Eastfield jewelry class Community College, and
and other art classes had an
Brookhaven.
expo featuring students’ art
What brought her to Eastfield
work, April 19 and 20. The
is
quite simple. “They don’t
expo took place at the gallery
have
a teacher for the class, and
next to the library which displayed visuals of ceramic works I was looking for a job,”
and drawings.
Crowell-Hilde said.
The jewelry class showed
Currently, the
groups of stuclass runs from
dents
and
“I felt like it would be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
teachers alike
fun. My sister joined the on Tuesdays and
exactly what
Thursdays
in
class, so I figured, I
the
classes
room F-216. The
would too. And I’ve
weres about
problem facing
what it took to never tried [making jew- the class now,
cast a mold of elry] before, so I decided however, is that
to take it.”
a pepper.
not enough stuCasting being
dents
either
the process of
know about it or
liquefying met–Robert Bodden
are taking the
als and putting
course. Yet, the
hem into a
few students in
mold to make a model of the the beginning jewelry design
mold’s form, which hardens class range from art majors to
back into metal. If you did not science majors.
make it, you missed out, but
Robert Bodden, a 25-year-old
there should certainly be more pre-med student said, “I felt like
opportunities like this one com- it would be fun,” while joking
ing around soon.
with another student about how
There is a selection of art that it takes away the stress from his
many people do not talk about other classes.
very often - jewelry making, a
“My sister joined the class, so
form that allows people to doll I figured, I would too. And I’ve
themselves up for work or dur- never tried [making jewelry]
ing a night on the town. before, so I decided to take it,”
Jewelry, whether we know it or said Amber Sullivan, a 20-yearnot, is an art that takes up a lot old interior design major. “I am
of time out of the lives or some not even a student, however, I
to make the lives of others more enjoyed sautering two pieces of
interesting.
metal together, after cutting and
Eastfield College offers a shining them up to make a
course in jewelry making, led flag.”
by Kaki. D. Crowell-Hilde.
For more information on the
She has taught at many colleges jewelry making classes, check
and universities such as the the catalogue or class schedule.
University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, the Association
by Naomi Hazlewood
Reporter
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Special Online
edition
of the
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this July.
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Eastfield responds to SACS transcript request
(continued from page 1)
chairman Dr. McKeithan and left him a message
that said, ‘We will give you what you need, just
tell us.’ He never called me back.”
Dr. Pool’s statement about a lack of approval
channels was confirmed with a call to John Hall
of SACS. According to Hall, there is no way to
send a prospective teacher’s information to
SACS and have them decide if they meet the criteria. This issue is only approached during the
required visit SACS makes to each school once
every 10 years. At that point the visiting committee can review personnel records and question
individual qualifications.
Due to the lack of an approval process,
Eastfield was encouraged to hire a SACSapproved consultant to help with questions about
Have a great
summer.
Our first issue in
the fall is
September 22.
the credentials issue. “The consultant will educate everyone as to the mindset of SACS,” said
Pool. “We want to leave nothing to chance and
so there will be no question. We don’t want to
leave anything to interpretation.”
Since the release of the initial report, some
students say they have heard rumors about
teachers being fired. “A friend of mine said his
philosophy teacher was being reassigned,” said
one Eastfield student. “He was hoping there was
a way to stand up for him before he’s booted.”
In responding to those rumors, Pool said, “No
full-time faculty has lost or is going to lose his or
her job because of this. Some have been reassigned on temporary reassignment to get their
hours straightened out. However, adjuncts, in
some cases, have not been re-employed.”
Adjunct faculty are part-time teachers who work
on a semester-by-semester basis.
“It is important to understand that we are part
of a process,” said Pool. “A process that allows
us to make the corrections we are now making.
But in the area of qualifications we want to be as
clean as the proverbial hound’s tooth.”
Eastfield has until September 22, 2004, to
respond with a follow-up report, but Pool hopes
to respond by the end of August. After that
SACS will send a team and review the follow-up
report before issuing a final report, hopefully by
October.
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Page 10 • April 21, 2004
SPORTS
“I think this tournament will open the
floodgates for Mickelson, and he will
win many more major championships
in the future...”
-Jeff Fox
Mickelson’s victory in
Masters will go down in
history as a classic
Spring ball Fever
Harvesters looking for
momentum at end of
roller c o a s t e r s e a s o n
by Jeff Fox
Sports editor
The Harvesters are coming to the
end of their regular season, and it has
been a roller coaster ride for them.
Just like a roller coaster, this season
has been full of ups and downs. The
Harvesters have had a winning streak
of six games and losing streaks of
three and four games throughout the
season.
Last Tuesday, the Harvesters were
on one of their highs as they defeated
Ranger College by a score of 8-2 in
the first game of a double header, and
6-1 in the second game. The
Harvesters jumped out to an early lead
as they scored seven runs in the first
two innings and knocked out
Rangers’ starting pitcher early.
In the first inning Harvester third
baseman, Taylor Henckel, hit a big
two run homerun to deep right field.
Then in the second inning after an
RBI single by short stop, Derek
Weldon, Matt Fry hit a shot into the
gap that scored two runs and left him
standing on third base with a triple.
The Harvesters also got a good performance out of pitchers Bret Peel and
Russell Baker as they combined to
only give up two runs in the game.
After the first game the Harvesters
handed Ranger another loss by a score
of 6-1.
The Harvesters close out the regular
season this weekend with games on
Friday at 2:00 and Saturday at noon
against North Lake here at Eastfield.
If the Harvesters could sweep North
Lake, it would give them some
momentum to ride through the district
tournament (May 7-9), and all the
way to the JUCO World Series held
May 22-28.
If they get hot, the Harvesters could
bring another national championship
to Eastfield as they did in 2001.
photos by Ricardo Melo
The Harvesters run the bases over Ranger College with a
final score of 8 to 2 in game one and 6 to 1 in game two of
a double header. This gives the Harvesters a good
momentum into the last games of the seasom.
elusive victory. Only two others
had more victories before they captured their first major title. Ben
Hogan had 30 and Sam Snead had
27. This was how Mickelson
picked up all of the critics.
It was not just that Mickelson
won the tournament that made it
great. It was how he won it.
Mickelson started the day looking
like he was going to “blow it” as
Ernie Els, who started the day four
shots behind Mickelson took a
three shot lead at one point in the
tournament. Mickelson stormed
back by birdying five of the last
seven holes and won the tournament by one shot.
Mickelson snatched the victory
right out of Els hands and shut all
of his critics up with his brilliant
back nine on the final day of the
Masters at Augusta National. I
think this tournament will open the
floodgates for Mickelson, and he
will win many more major championships in the future and possibly
another one this year. Golf’s
majors consist of the Masters, the
United States Open, the British
Open, and the PGA Championship.
The fact that Mickelson won and
didn’t “blow it” as so many critics
thought he would make the 2004
Masters an instant classic, and one
of the greatest moments in sports
history to me.
Bicyclist king relieves problems at
end of day slamming the pavement
“The contest
is wide open
according to
Cuban.”
–Zachary
Mishoe
Extremist aspires to professional competition
by Ricardo Melo
Staff writer
Mark Cuban’s
‘Benefactor’
show to air
I assume that everyone knows Mark Cuban
owns the Dallas Mavericks, but how many
people are aware of his new reality TV show?
“ The Benefactor”, due to air six episodes this
summer on ABC promises to be a national television spectacle not only with basketball fans,
but with reality TV fans as well. The winner of
the show will receive a one million dollar
prize, courtesy of Cuban.
“The Benefactor is a show without boundaries,” says ABC vice president of alternative
specials Andrea Wong. Tryouts for the show
were held in Dallas with about 5,000 people
auditioning for a shot at being on the show.
The Mavericks owner plans to narrow the field
of potential contestants to around 30 people.
The contest is wide open according to
Cuban. “ You don’t need special talents. I’m
not looking for the person who is the grossest,
funniest or smartest. The right person will get
on my good side at the right time, and whoever
that is will walk away with a check from me
for one million dollars.”
Cuban co-founded Broadcast.com while in
college and later sold the company in 1999 for
5.7 billion. In 2000, he bought the Mavericks,
turning the team around from the bottom of the
gutter to a perennial playoff contender.
Will Mavericks fans watch the show? “ I’ll
watch it [ the show] if the mavs aren’t on,”
said Justin Mishoe, a huge Mavericks fan.
Season ticket holder Erek Treadwell says, “ I
don’t really know what it’s about, but I’ll
watch it unless it gets boring.”
Throughout his tenure as the owner of the
Mavericks, Mark Cuban has not only been a
great owner, but a great entertainer as well,
constantly having a riff between himself and
league officials. I expect “ The Benefactor” to
be a big hit.
Last Sunday I watched a guy by
the name of Phil Mickelson go out
and win his first ever major golf
tournament, and as I watched I
thought to myself this is one of the
best sporting events I had seen in a
while. Then when Mickelson won,
I knew it was one of the best
moments in sports history.
I know people are laughing right
now saying, “What? A golf tournament is the best sporting event you
have seen in a while.” This was
not just another golf tournament
though. This was the biggest stage
in golf. This was the Masters at
Augusta National. You know, the
winner gets a green jacket. And, it
had a great storyline, which is what
all sports fans are looking for.
Mickelson, who has been in
search of his first major championship for 12 years, started the
final day of the tournament
(Sunday) tied for the lead. See
Mickelson had picked up many
critics throughout the years that
said his game was too reckless to
win a major championship and that
he would “blow it” when he got
the chance.
Mickelson had 22 regular PGA
tour victories but no major championships before this one. He had
finished second three times and
had a host of top five finishes in
majors but had never found that
photo by Ricardo Melo
Jeremiah Woodson, a BMX biker, learned to ride a bike when
he was five and started getting into BMX at the age of 12. He
practices at a local supermarket.
“Are you okay Meathead?” said
local BMX’er Jeremiah Woodson to
his friend after a slam to the pavement check. They went on a BMX
rampage. Jeremiah is 19 and already
rips.
" It's what I love to do." Biking is
his stress reliever. "I can't get
through a day without biking, any
problems I have at the end of the
day vanish when I'm on my bike"
said Woodson.
Jeremiah learned to ride a bike
when he was five and started getting
into BMX at the age of 12. He was
introduced to the sport by a fellow
neighbor.
“We would ride all day trying to
copy the moves we saw,” said
Woodson. “My style right now is
freestyle hip-hop on a bike."
“I broke my tail bone, both
my wrists, nose and I’ve had
around nine concussions...
Uhmm...I think I’m still
dazed from last month’s concussion. I don’t pay attentin
to doctors if I feel good I
ride.”
–Jeremiah Woodson
His lessons in BMX did not come
easy to say the least.
“I broke my tail bone, both my
wrists, nose and I've had around
nine concussions,” he said.
There is no consideration on
Jeremiah’s part as to what doctors
think.
“Uhmm… I think I'm still dazed
from last month’s concussion. I
don't pay attention to doctors if I
feel good I ride."
Jeremiah is an extremist that hops
from one park bench to another, and
in doing so he does 360's.
“I like to get big airs from backyard mud parks, downtown is
always a good obstacle.”
While Jeremiah rips, Meathead
catches the BMX action on a camera with a fish eye lens.
“Strong influence in my opinion is
that of Matt Hoffman, he always
goes big, Hoffman always charges
forward towards any obstacle,
breaking barriers along the way."
His future aspirations are to get
sponsored and go to school. With
‘Meatheads camera work exposure
is increasing,, but pros go hard.
"I'm determined to go all out." said
Woodson. At the end of the day
Jeremiah spun out radically-nomadically into the dark downtown
street.
Team members sign on to four-year colleges, coach receives honor
by Liz Foster
Editor
Taking his team to the
nationals, having two
players sign to four-year
colleges and winning the
NJCAA District 3 basketball coach of the year
award, Eastfield’s head
basketball coach, Chris
Johnson, has numerous
reasons to smile.
Returning home from
the nationals Harvester’s
forward, David Hilliard
and point guard, Addae
Houston helped end the
season with a bang.
Hilliard signed on with
Central Missouri State
and Houston signed with
Northwest
Missouri
State, both of which are
top schools in the
nation. Though both
players are excited about
their new colleges they
are going to miss
Eastfield. “It’s been a
great experience here,”
said Hilliard. “I didn’t
understand everything
about basketball, but
Coach Johnson helped
me and I have learned a
lot. I am definitely
going to miss being
here.” Hilliard’s teammate, Houston, discussed how much he
would miss the relationships he had developed
while at Eastfield.
“More than anything,
I’m going to miss the
players and coaches. All
of us hang out in and
outside of the court. We
are like a family.”
Looking at all that
Johnson has accomplished explains why he
received the coach of the
year award. Johnson
gives the credit to his
college basketball coach
from
Northwest
Missouri State. “My college coach shaped my
professional coaching
career,” said Johnson.
Also giving credit to the
players, Johnson said,
“I’ve got great kids. I
am really blessed to
work with them.”
Johnson said the
biggest coaching challenge is, “showing an
individual how good
they actually are and
how to get where they
want to be.”
According to
Johnson, accomplishing this challenge is
time consuming, but
rewarding. “To see
your kids achieve what
they have worked so
hard to get makes it all
worth it,” said Johnson.
photo by Courtney Jordan
Johnson said he plans
to stay at Eastfield as Coach Chris Johnson, center, is shown with Harvesters basketball
long as everyone will players David Hilliard and Addae Houstonat a signing of the players to
Central Missouri State and Northwest Missouri State respectively.
let him