May 2010 - Northwest Iowa Community College

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NORTHWEST
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Vol. 13 no. 3
Immigrants Refugees and the
New Iowa
By Cassandra Schmith
Student Editor
T
he Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and
Integration (ICILI) guides and prepares Iowa
communities and businesses as they accommodate immigrant and refugee newcomers living and
working in Iowa.
Mark Grey, director of ICILI, came to NCC on February 5 and 6, 2010 to help NCC students, faculty and the
neighboring Sheldon community understand Iowans
immigration reform.
Mark A. Grey is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa. He wrote a handbook for the Iowa State University Extension Service.
“If I had to characterize what’s happening in the
Midwest and in Iowa right now, I would define it as
the perfect demographic storm. Everything that could
be happening to the state to fundamentally shift our
demographic profile is,” Grey said.
Iowa’s population is consisting of more elderly people and lower fertility rates among white women. The
majority of the Latino population coming to Iowa are a
younger generation and are more fertile.
Iowa college graduates tend to move out of Iowa after
See MARK GREY on 6
Conference
held at NCC
By: Cassandra Schmith
Student Editor
The brave NCC students competing in the five degree windchill to win a WII.
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E
ach year, SGA puts on many
activities for students and faculty to participate in. This year’s
3rd annual “Snow Daze” included
a polar run, turkey bowling, and a
snow sculpture contest. To conclude
the week’s events, hypnotists Dr. Jim
Wand came to entertain students and
the community.
The week started off with the polar
run. Students were asked to meet in
the cafeteria in shorts and a tank top.
Once the rules were announced and
waivers were signed, the run in the
brisk cold began.
See SNOW
(Photos by Cassandra Schmith)
The students crazy enough to
indulge in the 5 degree weather run
started at the Building A entrance of
NCC. They then ran down the sidewalk to the snow pile at the basketball
court by Building C and had to jump
into the hard, cold snow and make
snow angels. From there the students
were to run around the dorms, head
DAZE on page 10
I
owa secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey was one
of five speakers at the 4th Northwest Iowa “Trends
in Alternative Energy” conference on Feb. 23 at
Northwest Iowa Community College. Northey shared
with NCC students, faculty and community members
about some of the misconceptions about the ethanol
industry.
“We will find a way to produce cellulose and we will
figure out a way to make it compatible with our oil
today,” Northey said.
Cellulosic ethanol is the advanced bio-fuel. Cellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic material on
earth. With over one billion tons of available biomass in
the U.S. , it could be converted to 80 – 100 billion gallons
of ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol can be made from wood
scrap, citrus rinds, agricultural waste, or almost any
plant material. This will create tremendous economic
opportunities and make them more energy independent. It would also reduce the cost and resources used
in transporting fuel all over the world. Cellulosic etha-
See BILL NORTHEY on 14
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Northwest Iowa Community College
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Super bowl xliv
By: Paul Jacobson
Student Writer
I
t’s an event that has
become a holiday. A
date on the calendar
that everyone both loves
and hates. It marks the day
of the National Football
League’s annual Super
Bowl, but also signals a
year’s end to the football
season. The Super Bowl has
become the nation’s biggest
television extravaganza.
Tens of millions of people
all huddled around their TV
set with enough snack food
to feed the Brazilian Army
for six months. Whether
it’s about the football, the
halftime entertainment, or
even the commercials, the
Super Bowl is an event that
is not to be forgotten.
On February 7th, Super
Bowl XLIV, or 44 for all of
you non-Romans, featured
in most people’s minds the
NFL’s two premiere teams;
the Indianapolis Colts out
of the AFC, and the New
Orleans Saints from the
NFC.
Both teams came into
the game featuring prolific
offenses that throw the ball,
and throw the ball well. The
Colts’ Peyton Manning and
the Saints’ Drew Brees both
stood at the top of their
conference in nearly every
passing statistic, so you
knew coming in that it was
going to be an all-out aerial
assault.
Being from Iowa, where
we are not home to an NFL
team, it is kind of hard for
fans to really grab on to one
team and root for them.
The Colts, on one hand,
are home to five former
Iowans; a pair of former
Hawkeyes, Dallas Clark and
the injured Bob Sanders are
two of the Colts’ top players. The Colts coaching staff
also possesses three former
Iowans, with head Coach
Jim Caldwell being one of
them.
On the other hand, it is
hard to root against the
Saints. In their forty-four
years of existence in the
league, this is their first ever
Super Bowl appearance. We
also have to add in the fact
that back in 2006, nearly
80% of the entire city was
under water in one of the
deadliest hurricanes in
U.S. history. A Super Bowl
title would certainly bring
this city some happiness
in what has been a dismal
four years since Hurricane
Katrina.
One Dallas Cowboys fan,
Jake Ingalls, decided to root
for Indianapolis. “Since the
Cowboys choked again, I
figure I’ll probably root for
the Colts. I’m from Algona
and I like Dallas Clark, who
is originally from Livermore. Plus, I really don’t like
the Saints.”
After the numerous
hours of pregame coverage,
the game that had been
talked up to be the game of
the century, (as every Super
Bowl is), was finally set to
kick off. In-between dozens
of Budweiser and Doritos
commercials, there was
actually some fairly decent
football to watch.
Both the Saints’ and
Colts’ offenses looked just
as good as advertised.
Indianapolis dominated
the first quarter on the field
and on the clock, eating
up nearly eleven minutes.
The second quarter was
the polar opposite. The
Saints held on to the ball for
roughly the same amount
of time that they allowed
the Colts to do in the first
quarter. Heading into halftime the Indianapolis Colts
held a close 10-6 lead.
Almost as importantly to
fans as the football being
played is the halftime
entertainment lined up to
perform while both teams
are in their locker rooms.
This year featured classic
rock band, The Who. Probably more appealing to the
older generation, The Who
actually did put on a rather
g o o d s h ow. E s p e c i a l l y
considering there were no
wardrobe malfunctions
this year. (I.e. Janet Jackson,
Super Bowl XVIII)
The second half was
a back-and-forth tilt for
a while, but eventually
turned into a Saints highlight reel. A couple of offensive touchdowns paired
with a defensive interception returned for a touchdown had the N’awlins folk
on their feet and in utter
disbelief. The Saints, who
had previously been known
as the ‘Aints, due to their
downright awful teams in
the past, now have something to bring home to the
Crescent City.
Although the Super Bowl
centers on football as its
main focal point, there are
so many other things that
make Super Bowl Sunday
exactly what it is. Freshman Derek Schlinz spent
this year’s Super Bowl at
his girlfriend’s house with
her family and of course an
array of snacks.
“I watched the Super
Bowl with my girlfriend and
her family at her house this
year. I wasn’t really a fan of
either team but I chose to
root for the Saints because I
hate Peyton Manning.
Even though I’m not a
fan of either team playing
it’s still fun to get together
to watch the game and
eat some good food,” said
Schlinz.
Whether you are in it for
the game, the food, or just
the camaraderie, the Super
Bowl is an event that brings
fans of all teams together
for one Sunday each and
every year.
Being connected leaves campus out of touch
Student Editor
o me a favor. For the next few
minutes that it takes you to
read this, please reach down
and turn off your phone.
Now, how many text messages do
you send a day? How many times do
you realize that you’ve been so caught
up in your phone that you don’t realize what your friend was just saying
to you?
Our campus has a problem: We are
connected. We are so connected that
we are out of touch.
Not too long ago, one of my friends
told me how much it bothered him
that I was always focused on texting
other people when we were spending
time together. He was right. I was having better conversations with people I
was texting than I was with my friend
just feet away from me.
My priorities have been completely
backward. How many people have
I been ignoring all this time? How
much have I been missing out on?
We are all guilty. Our cell phones are
always strapped to our bodies and we
have wireless Internet everywhere on
campus. We text each other in class,
while driving, at work, even from in
the same room.
The world knows everything about
our lives as soon as we are able to
update our profiles or send a mass text
message. No wonder my friends and I
can sit in a room for hours together
without speaking; our thoughts are
being condensed down to fit in 150
characters or less.
We stare at a blank computer
screen for hours unable to write a
eight page paper because that huge
amount of blank space seems too
daunting. However, while staring at
that blank screen I just sent a handful
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A check for $1500 was presented to the Sioux City Red
Cross to help with Haiti Relief. From left to right: Kristi
Landis, Jackson Roos, Bob Kirshbaum, Judy Niewenhuis,
and Travis McVay.
(Photo submitted)
NCC Helping Others
By: Paul Jacobson
Student Writer
T
hroughout the school year, you may have noticed
that there have been a few fundraisers going on all
throughout campus. Whether they were to raise
money, collect shoes, or even food items, NCC was hard at
work giving to the less fortunate.
This year’s fundraisers really gave the students and staff
here at NCC the chance to give something back to the
community and help out those who are in need.
Since the middle part of November, our Phi Theta Kappa
chapter has been collecting shoes, calling their fundraiser,
“Soles 4 Souls.” You might have noticed the numerous
bins around campus filled with shoes for the needy. These
shoes are collected and then given to Village Northwest
here in Sheldon.
Village Northwest collects these shoes and then ships
them down to Atlanta, Georgia where they are dispersed
out to the thousands of people who are not fortunate
See HELPING on 12
Student Cassandra Schmith gets
caught texting and browsing Facebook
during class, UH-OH!
(Photo by Ali Adame)
of text messages, mostly about how
I’m unable to write that paper.
How many people do you see on
‘Facebook Chat’ or texting during
class? How often is that person you?
Some classes are boring, even I will
admit that, but are we really not able
to be unavailable to our friends for
an hour?
I am usually very good at not texting during class, but even having my
phone vibrate in my pocket distracts
me from what is going on the classroom. I want to know who is texting
me immediately. After class, before
I have even left the room, my phone
is out and I have half of a reply typed
out. And by the way, the sender had
also been sitting in class.
Our phones have become an
escape for us having to connect with
the world immediately around us. We
pull out our phones so that we don’t
have to interact with the person we’re
about to meet on the sidewalk or to
disengage ourselves from an awkward
situation.
Those people we try to distance
ourselves from by hiding behind our
phones are just as real as the person
receiving that text message; and it
takes a lot less effort to smile and say
“hi” than it does to type that message,
even if you do use T9.
Now, am I about to completely give
up my cell phone and all of its wonderful features? Of course not!
There are times when text messages
are a very efficient form of communication but it really is a bit ridiculous to
have an entire conversation via text.
Especially if that is the only way you
ever communicate. There are times
that I forget my phone can actually be
used to call someone.
Think of how good you would feel
if an old friend called you up for 20
minutes instead of sending you a text
message.
We all need to show more respect
for one another, our parents taught
us better. When one of my friends is
talking to me, instead of continuing
to mindlessly browse ‘Facebook’, I
should shut my computer and leave
my phone alone for 15 minutes. I
would want my friend to pay the same
kind of attention to me.
Seek out more face to face time with
your friends. Call your old buddy from
high school on his or her birthday. Say
“hi” to that person you pass on the
sidewalk.
If we would spend more quality
time with one another than maybe
we wouldn’t need to spend all day on
our phones and we would feel more
in touch with our friends, no matter
where in the world they might be.
Oh, and you can turn your phone
back on now.
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A Talk with the Man:
Dr. Bill Giddings
Student Editor
here are many questions
floating around the campus, so I took a few of them
up with “The Man” of NCC, Dr. Bill
Giddings, President of NCC.
Many students and community
members are curious about the
details with the upcoming recreation center.
“It is a high priority and I’m in
hopes it will increase intramural
programs.” said Dr. Giddings.
There are hopes that the center
will increase enrollment, give the
opportunity for additional student
activities, and attract resident hall
students and off campus students.
The cost of admission is still
being discussed. Students interested in participating in the NCC
work study will be able to have a
chance at working in the recreation center, as there will always
be someone there working during the hours of operation. NCC
is working with Sanford Health
and the Sheldon City Recreation
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Department to hold wellness
classes, community activities, etc
at the center.
According to Dr. Giddings there
has been a large increase in the
percent of students attending NCC
this academic year. The fall’s head
count increased almost 28 percent and the spring’s head count
increased almost 24 percent. NCC
has enrolled 1,588 students for the
spring 2009-10 year.
Dr. Giddings feels there are
many reasons for the increase.
“Jobs just aren’t available, so
people are going back to school,”
Giddings said. “We may have
increased our tuition, but we’re
still the best bet around. The cost
for generals is lower than bigger
than bigger schools and we’re the
core for transferring.”
Many students and faculty went
to Des Moines for the IACCT Student Legislative Conference.
“Legislators get tired from hearing only me talk,” Giddings said.
“Having students go down there
really puts a brick in the road.”
A look at the Recreation Center thus far.
Community colleges depend
on tuition as much as state aid. “It
means something important to
hear from students and consumers,” He said. “It’s students and
consumers that benefit. It’s the
students that pay a higher tuition
when state aid isn’t there.” This
was a great trip for students. It
has a hidden agenda; get the word
out.
As being a part of the Student
Government Association, I think
we could have a more students
participating.
“NCC would actually benefit
from an extension of S.G.A,” Giddings said.
Dr. Giddings and I discussed
2009 Tax Help offered at ncc
Student Editor
he NCC accounting students helped students,
faculty, and community
residents by offering free 2009
tax-filing services. This is an alternative to the high-priced services
offered by many companies.
The free tax service benefits
community residents within a 29
mile radius of NCC and is open
to any qualified person and those
who schedule the necessary
appointment.
Taxes were done by appointment on Fridays from 10:00 am
until 2:00 pm, during scheduled
school days.
Students prepare the following:
n Form 1040EZ
n Form 1040A with Schedule 1Interest and Ordinary Dividends
n Schedule 2 - Child and
Dependent Care Expenses
n Schedule 3 – Credit for the
Elderly or the Disabled
n Form 1040 with Schedule A
– Itemized Deductions
n Schedule B – Interest and
Ordinary Dividends
n EIC – Earned Income Credit
n Schedule R – Credit for Elderly
or Disabled
n Form 1040-V - Payment
Voucher
n Form 1040-ES - Estimated Tax
for Individuals
n For m 2441 – Child and
Dependent Care Credit
n Form 8863 – Education Credits
All of the students who are
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how to get a word out about S.G.A.
“I struggle though with how to
get students more involved with
S.G.A,” he said. “Something to
consider would be seeing if the
instructors would give me and the
president of S.G.A. ten minutes of
their class time to promote S.G.A
to students.”
“I’m gradually seeing more and
more students getting involved,”
Giddings said. “NCC always has
room to grow.”
Dr. Giddings sits in on a few
S.G.A. meetings a year, and is in
hopes to attend more each year
as he feels this has a huge impact
on students to be able to tell him
directly any issues that may need
consideration.
Dr. Giddings had some advice
for post high school students and
traditional students.
“For the students just graduating, get some post high school
education such as transfer classes
or vocational,” Giddings said.
Statistics show that the numbers of jobs now-a-days that
require post high school education keep increasing.
“For every student here at NCC,
I advise them to get involved
whether it’s S.G.A, Collegian, flag
football, or softball,” Giddings
advises. “Being involved will make
your college experience more
enjoyable.”
All-Academic Banquet
Student Editor
CC students, Anita Schneider and Rachael Allen were selected
to represent Northwest Iowa Community College at the 2010
All-Iowa Academic Banquet that was held in Des Moines on
March 10th at the downtown Marriott.
The banquet recognized community college students from across
Iowa. Anita and Rachael were given a certificate, a medal, and were recognized on stage.
“It was a very nice evening in which we were all recognized for academic achievement, involvement in campus activities, and for our service,” said student Anita Schneider.
Barry Griswell, retired CEO of Principal Financial, was a guest speaker
at the banquet. He gave each of the honorees a personally autographed
book that he wrote called “The Adversity Paradox.” Everyone at the banquet was entertained with several vocal selections by students from Des
Moines Area Community College.
This was a Phi Theta Kappa organized Event.
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Name the mascot!
Accounting student Katie VerSteeg helps Hull resident, Sarah
VanVeldhuizen file for her 2009 taxes. (Photo By: Cassandra Schmith)
involved in completing the tax
forms are second year students,
have taken a semester-long course
on income taxes and successfully passed three IRS certification
tests.
The majority of these students
use this as practice and experience in their up-coming job field.
The experience will be a big bonus
as potential employers are looking
to hire.
The benefits of this program
are two-fold because they relieve
students and citizens of the community of a taxing job and provide
convenient classroom instruction
for our accounting students.
Su e B e r h e n s , a c c o u n t i n g
instructor, has overseen this service for the past seven years. Sue
reviews each tax filing that is prepared by the student the following
day and once it’s approved she
submits them online via e-mail.
Sue has reported that her students
complete over one hundred tax
forms during any tax season.
For more information or to
schedule an appointment for your
next year’s tax filing, call 712-3245061 ext. 331
After forty-six years in existence and a year of
suggestions made by Northwest Iowa Community
College students, staff, faculty, alumni and the
public, NCC is proud to announce the top three
finalists for the NCC mascot!
The top three
suggestions were:
1. The Thunder
2. The 66ers
3. The Mountain Lions
The voting will take place on NCC’s website for the next
three weeks. Anyone can log on to www.nwicc.edu and go to
the announcement box towards the bottom of the homepage
and follow the instructions about how to vote for your favorite
mascot.
NCC will announce the new mascot at the grand opening of
the Northwest Iowa Lifelong Learning and Recreation Center
scheduled to open in the spring of 2011.
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A Look Back at 2009
By: Paul Jacobson and
Cassandra Schmith
2009 has come and gone. It is
time to look back on the previous year and ask yourself, “What
were your favorite things?” So, in
the year 2009, we asked you what
your favorites were and here’s
what you said:
What was your favorite
memory of 2009?
Times with family.................. 29%
Skills USA Nationals in Kansas
City.......................................6%
Being with a boyfriend/girlfriend.... . ........................................ 12%
A vacation............................. 24%
Super Bowl XXLIII ...................6%
Graduating and getting a job........ . ...........................................6%
Miscellaneous....................... 17%
Out of 18 students surveyed on surveymonkey.com
movie of 2009?
This Is It....................................6%
Blind Side................................ 6%
Transformers 2.........................6%
Wanted....................................6%
The Hangover....................... 38%
Avatar................................... 13%
Twilight: New Moon............... 13%
Gran Torino..............................6%
Hotel for Dogs..........................6%
Where did you go in
2009?
Florida................................... 28%
California..................................9%
Michigan..................................9%
Cedar Rapids...........................9%
Sioux Falls................................9%
Black Hills................................9%
Apple River..............................9%
Sioux City.................................9%
Back to school.........................9%
Michigan Wolverines................7%
Dallas Cowboys.......................4%
Pittsburgh Steelers...................7%
Denver Broncos.......................7%
Green Bay Packers..................7%
television show of 2009?
Desperate Housewives............5%
Nitro Circus..............................5%
Ghost Hunters.........................5%
The Universe............................5%
Big Bang Theory................... 10%
Wrecked..................................5%
Psych.......................................5%
16 and Pregnant......................5%
The Real World........................5%
1000 Ways to Die....................5%
Nip/Tuck............................... 10%
Make It or Break It....................5%
Yes Dear..................................5%
Scrubs.....................................5%
NCIS........................................5%
Private Practice..................... 10%
Survivorman.............................5%
video game of 2009?
Wii Sports Resort.................. 10%
Rock Band............................ 20%
Guitar Hero........................... 20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2..... . ........................................ 10%
Mario Wii............................... 20%
Grand Theft Auto IV.............. 10%
Madden NFL 10.................... 10%
What/Who was your
favorite book/author in
2009?
Students and Faculty broaden NCC’s horizen of different cultures at the Cultural Diversity Fair with food,
music, and artifacts from Aruba, Mexico, Yup’ik and Japan.
(Photos by Cassandra Schmith)
Twilight Series....................... 36%
Mission Earth Series............. 16%
Louis L’amour....................... 16%
House of Night...................... 16%
Karen Kingsbury................... 16%
A Taste of Other Cultures
What/Who was your
favorite song/artist in
2009?
Student Editor
What did you do to ring
in the New Year?
Taylor Swift...............................8%
Lil’ Wayne............................. 20%
Hinder......................................8%
Tik Tok by Ke$ha.....................8%
Battlefield by Jordan Sparks....8%
Daughtry..................................8%
Jack Johnson..........................8%
Toby Keith................................8%
Muse........................................8%
Rev Theory...............................8%
Owl City...................................8%
sports team of 2009?
Minnesota Vikings................. 36%
Minnesota Twins................... 22%
Hung out with friends............ 69%
Hung out with family............. 12%
Nothing................................. 12%
Watched Times Square...........7%
What are you looking forward to in 2010?
Graduating............................ 28%
Summer vacation.................. 22%
Getting a job......................... 11%
Watching a Twins game in the new
stadium................................6%
Spring Break......................... 11%
Anything the year brings....... 22%
The Collegian is the
student newspaper
of Northwest Iowa
Community College in
Sheldon, Iowa.
T
he fifth annual Cultural Diversity Fair was
held on Wednesday, February 24, in the
NCC’s cafeteria. Students and faculty were
invited to design a booth that highlighted a culture
of their choice.
Some students had relations to the country or
group of people, while others had no connection
other than interests.
Each booth provided food samples that were
representative of the country, interesting and historical information and some even had clothing and
music.
“Food draws people in,” Laurie Edwards says, “it’s
a personal thing, and it is a key factor in educating
others about the culture.”
This year there were four booths, Mexico, Aruba,
Yup’ik, and Japan.
The Mexico booth was done by TRIO students,
Amanda VerDoorn and Kelly Cabanas. They chose
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to focus on Mexico as Kelly’s husband if from
Mexico and she knew a lot about their culture. They
had chips, salsa and guacamole. Mexico won best
appearance as a group project.
The Aruba booth was done by A.A. student Cassandra Schmith. She has always been interested
in visiting Aruba. She made Tres Leche and had
authentic cultural music. Aruba won best information as a solo project.
The Yup’ik booth was done by the TRIO staff. “I
lived and taught there for 12 years.” said staff member Laurie Edwards. “My husband is from Alaska so
I am very familiar with the area.” They made Akutaq
(Eskimo ice-cream) and also had salmon on crackers. Yup’ik won best information as a group project.
The Japan booth was done by A.A. student Della
South. She has always been interested in Japans culture and wanted to share her interests with others.
She made many foods such as salmon and onion
onigiri, tofu and onion onigiri, salmon with cream
cheese and shrimp, unagi eel sushi and vegetarian
futomaki. Japan won best food as a solo project.
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If You Can Dodge
a Wrench, You
Can Dodge a Ball
By: Paul Jacobson
Student Writer
O
n March 2nd, NCC held
a dodge ball tournament
in the Sheldon Middle
School gym in front of a packed
house. The tournament consisted
of twelve, six person teams, with
each team having their own
unique name.
Since this was a double-elimination tournament, there were
plenty of games to be played and
balls to be thrown. Each team was
competing for prizes, as well as
the opportunity to own the bragging rights as this year’s dodge ball
champions.
The teams vying for the dodge
ball crown consisted of: The Extinguishers, Ball Busters, Team Carlberg, Team Ramrod, Off, Heavy
Equipment #1, Heavy Equipment
#2, Heavy Equipment #3, Team
Mizzou, Shock & Awe, That’s What
She Said, and the FTU Ballers.
Before the participants could
begin dodging balls, Kristi Landis
was on hand to discuss the rules
with the athletes and make sure
that everyone was on the same
page.
After the rules were explained,
it was time to start round one. The
first round was filled with matches
that looked good on paper. Heavy
Equipment #2 and the Ball Busters started things out, finishing
in a Ball Busters loss. The FTU
Ballers were pitted against Off in
their opening game, ending in an
FTU victory and trip to the second
round.
Next was Team Ramrod against
the mighty Extinguishers team. A
back-and-forth game ended up
leading to an Extinguishers win.
Team Carlberg and Shock & Awe
finished up the first round. A game
filled with sweat and rolled ankles
eventually led to a second round
berth by Shock & Awe.
The second round included four
teams that received byes in the
first round, so it was finally their
time to be matched up against an
opposing team. Game one in the
second round paired the Ball Busters against a heavily favored Team
Mizzou.
Heavily favored may have been
an understatement as they quickly
dismantled the Ball Busters and
showed them the way to the loser’s
bracket.
The FTU Ballers and Heavy
Equipment #3 continued round
number two. FTU soon found out
that they were in for some real
competition. After a lengthy contest, it ended in a HQ3 victory and
a loss for the FTU Ballers.
That’s What She Said and the
Extinguishers lead off game three.
The Extinguishers were able to
muster out a win and send their
opponents to the loser’s bracket.
The final game in round two
had Shock & Awe facing Heavy
Equipment #1. Heavy Equipment
#1 showed that they did not need
a first round bye as they defeated a
disappointed Shock & Awe team in
a swift fashion.
Two rounds into the evening
and everyone was excited to see
how the rest of the games would be
played out. The loser’s bracket was
full of teams clinging to life with
their one loss, and fighting for the
chance to keep their championship hopes alive. The teams that
had still not lost were also fighting
their way through the top bracket
and ready for round three.
The semifinal round matched
the two unbeaten teams, Team
Mizzou and Heavy Equipment #1.
This game had a lot riding on it
as the winner would head to the
finals and face the loser bracket
champion, and the loser would
head to the loser’s bracket and
have to fight their way back to the
championship.
Team Mizzou came out and
looked good. Precision and speed
played a key role as they were just
too quick for the HQ1 team. Team
Mizzou was now looking ahead to
the finals where they would await
the champion out of the loser’s
bracket.
The final match of the evening
paired Team Mizzou and the Extinguishers. The Extinguishers had
already lost once so Team Mizzou
only needed one victory to seal the
championship. The Extinguishers
on the other hand had to defeat
the unbeaten Team Mizzou twice
if they wanted to call themselves
champions.
A tough battle out of both teams
lead to a surprising Team Mizzou
loss, which forced another championship game. This game would
be for all the marbles.
The final dodge ball game of
the evening had fans on the edge
of their seat. Team Mizzou had
looked untouchable throughout
the night until they were upset by
the Extinguishers. Now Team Mizzou was seeking revenge, as well as
a dodge ball title. A back and forth
tilt with some amazing throws and
catches eventually lead to Team
Mizzou being crowned champions
on the night.
“I knew we had some great
athletes and we would be tough to
beat. We were just determined to
win it all. It was all about pride to
us,” said Team Mizzou dodgeballer
Scott Patten.
The dodge ball tournament
was a huge success and a lot of
fun for all participants as well as
spectators. A big thanks goes out
to Kristi Landis for putting this
year’s tournament together and to
the referees Steve Collen and Beth
Frankenstein.
Daffodil Days Raises Funds for Cancer Research
Student Editor
T
his Valentine’s Day season, NCC
students and faculty had a chance to
support a cause; while at the same
time making a small impact on someone’s
life with a gift of flowers and/or a stuffed
bear.
From January 29 until February 18,
NCC hosted Daffodil Days; an effort of the
American Cancer Society to raise funds
for cancer research. NCC’s total sales were
$280, with 25 orders. Daffodil Days is a
nation-wide program that allows individuals to make a donation for cancer research.
According to the ACS Web site, Daffodil
Days has been going on for more than 35
years.
“I read about the sale in my email and
was super excited to buy some,” Student
Lisa Lamkin said, “I only wish I had more
money so I could have bought more of
them; there is always next year!”
Molly Sendrich, community relations representative of the ACS, said ACS
holds Daffodil Days in the winter months
because it is the time of year when people
are most dreary and need a pick-me-up.
“The daffodils have closed stems when
they are delivered, so when we put them in
water, the patient gets to watch them open,
and it’s a sign of hope,” said Sendrich.
Bear Hugs for Kids are also a part of this
year’s Daffodil Days. Birthdays R. Hope, the
5th anniversary bear, wears a yellow birth-
day hat and holds a “Celebrating Hope”
cupcake and was designed specifically for
Daffodil Days. Each bear will be sent anonymously to an area child cancer patient.
“I ordered these flowers because they are
my favorite and because they remind me
of home.” Lisa said. “I am from Washington
State and we have these growing wild on
our freeway off ramps and anywhere there
is open grassy space.”
“Bear Hugs for Kids are our new way to
relate to our constituents since the American Cancer Society is now the official sponsor of birthdays,” said Sendrich.
There were a variety of packages, with
prices ranging from $10 to $75. Packages
include the Daffodil bunch that consists of
10 daffodils for $10.
A bunch and a vase or mini daffodil
plants were $15. The Gift of Hope bouquet,
Bear and a bunch, or a bear sent to a child
were $25. For $75, students, faculty and the
community could purchase the Sunshine
Bouquet, which included six bundles of
daffodils.
“By sending bunches of daffodils to
friends, family members and people
touched by cancer, you are sharing a message of hope and raising funds and awareness to help defeat cancer,” according to
the ACS Web site.
According to the American Cancer Society, in the last 14 years, Daffodil Days has
raised more than $240 million to support
research to eliminate cancer as a lifethreatening disease.
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First Lady Visits NCC
By: Paul Jacobson
Student writer
O
n February 18, First
Lady Mari Culver,
wife of Governor
Chet Culver, paid a visit to
NCC to discuss the Earned
Income Tax Credit. This tax
credit is the federal government’s largest program
for low income earning
families.
“My main focus of visiting NCC is this is to get the
word out about the EITC
tax credit because after all
the tax refunds are sent out,
there is always so much
money that is left on the
table because people are
unaware that it exists,” said
Culver.
She also shared that just
last year, the city of Waterloo left about $25,000,000
out there because thousands of residents did not
file for this tax credit. This
statement made it clear
why she is trying to spread
the word and help people
in filing their tax return.
Culver emphasized that
this tax credit is not automatic, but that you need to
claim it in order to receive
the credit.
The Earned Income Tax
Credit was designed for
lower income families who
make less than $48,000
annually. Criteria depend
on both the size of your
family as well as the earned
income. The tax credit is
also available to grandparents or single parents raising children, and in some
cases even people without
children.
Our First Lady shared
that people who need help
filing their tax returns can
do it for free through VITA
( Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance.) In fact, NCC’s
accounting program has
been working as a VITA site
since 2004.
Culver made sure to
point out the accounting program here at NCC
and the outstanding job
they have done preparing
tax returns for the past 6
years. As of February 18, the
accounting program had
already prepared over 90
tax returns.
Although Mari’s main
focus on her stop at NCC
was the tax credit, she also
took some time to share
her interest in women’s
and children’s shelters. In
the past couple years she
has visited numerous shelters statewide and helped
to renovate and improve
some of their facilities.
She has marked April
24th as Shelter Awareness
Day. This is a day when
people get out and do
what they can to help their
neighborhood shelters.
“Shelters are run on such
a shoestring budget that
any type of physical labor
is such a big help,” says
Culver.
The First Lady’s trip to
NCC was much appreciated by everyone in attendance. She was also a big
NEW IOWA—
“Iowan’s ain’t stupid”
MARK GREY
Continued from page 1
graduation. “Majority Minority”
is when the population of non
white peoples out number the
population of white people. Iowa
has one deemed majority minority community: Conesville.
Top reasons immigrants come
to Iowa: availability of jobs, low
cost of living, affordable housing,
safe communities, fine education, and the opportunity for a
new start.
The majority of Latino immigrants have come from Mexico,
but Grey states they have also
come from Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Cuba, Spain, Panama,
Honduras, Dominican Republic,
Peru, El Salvador, Costa Rica,
Columbia and Peru. According to
Grey, the majority come from “the
big 3”: Guanajuato, Jalisco, and
Michoacan.
While many community
leaders respect newcomers
and recognize their roles in the
local economy, other community residents are uncomfortable
with them. Community feelings
are mixed about new workers
because they do not simply arrive
to take jobs; they also bring along
their languages and distinct cultures.
Dr. Grey said his research found
various reactions to newcomers,
from explicit welcomes to out-
right unapologetic racism.
“I wasn’t really surprised when
I saw the estimation of the growing Latino population in America
in the next few years.” Student
Sandra Anzua said. “What I want
to see is if the racism will become
more or less of a problem in Iowa,
because of the growing population.”
Sixty percent of the population
is unsure of what to think as it’s
still new and they are still learning. Twenty percent of the population is inconvincible about it
being a good thing. Grey calls
these people the “knuckleheads”.
“The parents are deer in headlights; most of them are uneducated. The kids are going to be
OK,” Grey said. “It’s been a very,
very difficult transition for the
adults.”
The biggest challenge seen
in integration is language. Few
immigrants and refugee adults
speak English.
Few established residents
speak Spanish. Learning English
takes years and to many immigrants, learning English is second to work and family. This is
challenging to some established
residents.
Dr. Grey’s presentation was
a part of a $1,600 grant from
Humanities Iowa, a state based
affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities for Discovering our Diversity project.
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First Lady Mari Culver talks with NCC about earned income tax credit. (Photo submitted)
help directing people to
further information if they
needed it.
“Not many people have
heard of this tax credit, so it
is important to spread the
word about it,” said Culver
She ended by putting
importance on filing for the
Earned Income Tax Credit if
eligible.
Diesel fuel will never be the same again
Student Editor
orthwest Iowa Community College’s Heavy
Equipment Operation and Truck and Diesel Technology Programs hosted BG-Beller
Distributing in presenting “What’s new with diesel
fuel and bio-fuels.”
Rob Taylor, sales manager and lead trainer at BG
talked about the problems and solutions with diesel
fuel.
“Diesel fuel will never be the same again,” said
Rob Taylor. “Fuel suppliers are ones who are most
uncomfortable with talking about fuel. What we are
now seeing with fuel is power loss and microbial
growth. People tend to add additives such as antigel, gas or kerosene to diesel in the winter.”
Taylor said that in October 2006, everything we
knew about diesel fuel changed. Diesel fuel became
ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. ULSD fuel has different
properties and characteristics than ever before. It
has less than 15 parts of sulfur per million.
“We call this stuff diesel fuel, but it’s not, it’s the
new aged gasoline,” Taylor said.
The sulfur had to be lowered because EPA mandated ultra low sulfur for cleaner burning. One of the
things Taylor mentioned that can be used to pull sulfur out of diesel fuel is a hydrotreater. The purpose
of this unit is to reduce the sulpher, nitrogen, and
aromatic hydrocarbons to acceptable levels to allow
subsequent processing of the gas oil in a conventional refinery catalytic cracker or hydrocracker.
ULSD has a high wax content that rapidly falls out
as the temperature drops. “Diesel has a 68 day shelf
life,” Taylor said. “It’s already 28 days old before consumers get hands on it.”
Temperature drop causes dissolved water to
‘fall out’ of the fuel resulting in harmful free water.
Taylor said the free water can cause severe winter
problems.
Taylor noted that the primary advantage of ULSD
is lower emissions as it won’t clog particulate traps
and won’t contaminate catalyst on emissions systems. In the distant past the sulfur content was 5000
N
parts per million (ppm), in recent past the sulfur
content was 500 ppm, and currently the sulfur content is 15 ppm.
“There aren’t any mechanics in a can,” Taylor
said.
Detergents and dispersants are so important
to keep injectors clean. Most of retail fuel has no
detergents because of the cost. BG has a detergent
that Taylor calls “the Billy Mays of diesel.” It has
two phases of surface strategies, clean up and keep
clean.
Taylor said that the advantages of biodiesel are
renewable fuel source, compatible with most diesel
engines, reduced hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide
and particulates, and increased lubricity.
“Half of the Navy’s fuel will be switched to biofuel,” Taylor said.
Disadvantages of biodiesel are poor cold weather
performance, and lower BTU content. For every ten
percent biodiesel they will lose one percent BTU
content.
Taylor also presented how his products work
opposed to other products. “We take a serious scientific approach to what we do,” Taylor said.
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NCC’s Career
Exposition/
Job Fair
By: Paul Jacobson
Student Writer
A
s the end of the semester
approaches, students are
starting to think more
and more about their plans after
college graduation.
To help students get a jump
start on the job hunt, NCC held a
job fair.
This year’s Career Exposition/
Job Fair was held on March 23 in
building A.
It featured nearly over 25 companies that were willing to come
and talk to any interested students or just people looking for a
new job.
Co m p u t e r S c i e n c e m a j o r
Ambar Robinson was scouting
out the companies and looking
for a possible job to follow her
graduation in May.
“My main goal is to gain an
entry level position in this area.
I’d like to stay in this area so that
I am able to keep money in this
community,” said Robinson
The Career Exposition/Job
Fair had numerous companies
on hand to talk to interested
individuals. Companies such as
Wells Blue Bunny, Rosenboom
Machine & Tool, Novartis, John
Deere, Ag Partners, and Den Hartog Industries, just to name a few.
Jobs have become much more
coveted in the tough economic
time that our country is currently
in. Peri Shultz, a representative
with Novartis, explains that not
all companies have halted their
new hiring.
“In the beginning, the tough
economy affected ever yone
because people were not spending as much. As the months went
along, things started to pick up
and they are starting to get quite a
bit better. We are at the fair today
looking for students to fill some
current positions that we have
available, so there are jobs out
there,” said Shultz
The fair also held a number of
different sessions to help people
with job finding skills and to
broaden their intelligence when
it comes to applying for jobs. Sessions such as Career Options, Job
Seeking Skills, Writing a Resume
that Generates Results, and Willing Interviewing Skills were featured. These sessions all touched
on the important factors when
pursuing a new job.
There were informational sessions that talked about different
careers and how you would go
Peri Shultz and co-worker from Novartis display their job opportunities at the career fair at NCC.
(Photo by Cassandra Schmith)
about pursuing a job in any of
the featured fields. A majority of
NCC’s programs held informational sessions, in their respected
buildings, just to give any person
that is interested an idea of what
their career field entails.
The Career Exposition/Job Fair
saw a number of people throughout the entire afternoon. In a time
when jobs are tougher to attain,
it’s nice to be able to come out
and talk with companies and get
a feel for where you will move
forward from here.
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The Write Stuff
Student Editor
D
eciding which college to attend is a heavy
task for most high school seniors. They are
inundated with literature from many universities and 2-year colleges, take various tours of
schools, and talk with admissions counselors and
current students to
try to find what each
college is about, and
if it is the right one
for them.
But one easy, and
often overlooked,
way to find out what
a school is like is to
pick up an issue of
its student newspaper.
After picking up
that paper, you’ll
see both sides of the
Schmith
school. The successes and achievements
of a sports team or an
organization are highlighted; but you’ll also read
about other aspects of the school that you might
not hear from an admissions counselor.
These are things you can’t get from a pamphlet,
such as the vital information for day-to-day living
on campus.
An important section of the college newspaper
is the commentary, which includes the editorial,
a slant on an issue that is the general consensus of
the newspaper’s editorial board, and other opinion pieces by students. Looking at these pages will
indicate to readers what campus issues are on the
minds of its members.
In this section of the publication’s most important purposes is served: it becomes the publicity of
the campus; a veritable mouthpiece for the minds,
opinions, lifestyles and thoughts of the students
at large.
Students who feel that their voices are unheard
on campus can come to this section and wax philosophic or generally assert their existence.
In a society where print media is on the decline,
campus newspapers are becoming more vitally
important.
Newspapers help inform the student body
about what is going on in their college community
and are also one of the main outlets where stu-
dents can voice their opinions.
If we lose this great asset, what then becomes of
the student body? If the campus newspaper goes
unread, unappreciated, under circulated, if the
newspaper loses its voice, then the campus loses
its own voice.
The campus newspaper is more than just something to read before class; it contains more than
Sudoku or crime reports.
The campus newspaper is you, the reader. You,
the reader, are your campus newspaper.
The two are inextricably linked, which is precisely why a campus newspaper is so important
for a vibrant and living campus community. Just
as professors encourage college students to stay
in touch with what is going on in the world on a
national and international level, they should also
be aware of what is going in their campus community.
The student newspaper is ideal for keeping
students educated about what is going on around
them.
There should always be open communication
between the student newspaper and the college
community, and a great way to keep this communication line open is to write letters to the editor.
If you disagree with something the newspapers
has to say or are simply concerned about a situation on campus; writing a letter to the editor is a
great way to voice those concerns, whether it is a
positive or negative missive.
It lets the editorial board and staff knows that
not only is the publication being read, but that
others are reacting and concerned about similar
issues and events.
Everybody likes knowing their concerns and
voices are being heard; letters to the editor let a
campus newspaper staff know that they are not
the only ones concerned with their slice of reality.
Additionally, college newspapers are also a great
avenue for students wishing to become journalist
to gain some experience, whether that be reporting on a highlighted college event, or reviewing a
movie.
For student body and college community, let the
Collegian be your finger on the pulse of Northwest
Iowa Community College and its students. Keep
the communication lines open: send us a letter to
the editor or any story ideas you may have at any
time.
Together, and by association, we can keep our
eyes open, our voices ringing, and have a studentled better year than last.
Hispanic family & career night held at
NCC to discus education options
By: Paul Jacobson
Student Writer
O
n March 1st, NCC hosted the Hispanic Family
& Career Night.
This was a night dedicated to
minorities who were interested
in furthering their education at
NCC.
The night was aimed at
informing prospective students
on how important a college
education is, how simple it is to
fill out an application for admission, and how great a college
education can serve you.
The evening started out with a
dinner in the cafeteria while host
Norma Azpeitia spoke about the
steps to become a student here
at NCC.
She said that while at NCC,
students are able to earn your
GED, a diploma, or even a
degree in a chosen field.
Some of the featured programs that were talked about
were carpentry, nursing, administrative secretarial, general
machining, and computerized
manufacturing technology.
After dinner, campus tours
were given and included stops
at featured classrooms. This
allowed prospective students
to visualize what their future at
NCC would be like.
Walking into the nursing labs,
carpentry house, or machine
shop really gives you the vision
of what you could be doing
come next fall.
The night ended with an
ICAN-financial aid presentation where NCC staff walked
the guests through the process
of filling out their financial aid
paperwork and showing them
just how easy it is to get started
on the path towards college.
This year’s Hispanic Family &
Career Night saw a good turnout
and hopefully all that did come
will be coming back again next
year when the fall semester
begins.
IACCT Student Legislative
Conference in Des Moines
Student Editor
S
ome of NCC’s students
traveled to Des Moines
to visit the capitol for the
annual IACCT Student Legislative Conference. The students
that participated in the state
legislative trip were Katelyn Westra, Zach May, Patricia Gonzalez,
Lori Adrian, Joanna Koetter,
Mark Richters, James Richters,
Michael Brown, Cody Peterson,
and Kenneth O’Callaghan. Those
accompanying the students were
Kristi Landis, Jan Snyder, Alethea
Stubbe, Beth Frankenstein, and
Bill Giddings.
The students were able to tour
the Capitol, listen to guest speakers, be part of a legislative panel
discussion, and even tour the
Governor’s mansion.
“I learned a lot about the
economy, unemployment rates
and statistics about people that
attend community college and
what it does for the economy of
our state,” student Lori Adrian
said.
The guest speakers at the conference were Kathie Obradovich,
Des Moines Register Political
Columnist, a speaker from Iowa
Work-Force Development (Assistant Director), Stephanne Degabriele, NIACC Director-Marketing, Community Relations and
Governmental Affairs and Tracy
Kruse, NICC Director of External
Relations.
The Legislative Panel speakers were Senator Becky Schmitz
- District 45, Senator Randy
Feenstra - District 2, Representative Annette Sweeney - District
44, and Representative Sharon
Steckman - District 13.
“There was a lot of information and good questions asked.
I feel that to each speaker it was
important the two year colleges
get the funding that was needed,”
Student Joanna Koetters said.
“One thing of great interest was
that four year colleges and K-12
schools received more financial
support and had a slight decrease
with enrollment, whereas, two
year colleges didn’t get a raise in
financial support and had a 43%
percent raise in enrollment.”
The purpose of the trip was
to get the massage across to the
government on how important
it is to a two year college is to the
students, communities, and to
the United States to get funding
they need to survive in the most
productive way possible.
Two year colleges get lost in
the shuffle of politics and the
funding that is needed to not get
produced.
“This was a way to bring to
light the importance of two year
colleges and the education they
bring,” student Joanna Koetters
said. “It is important to each of us
to contact our representatives to
let them know that we are important, our education is important,
and the future of our college is
important.”
The students were able to tour
The Terrace Hill Mansion, built
in 1869, which has been the
home of Iowa governors since
1972. Terrace Hill is a three story,
second empire style mansion. It
was built by Des Moines pioneer,
Benjamin Franklin Allen.
“The mansion was beautiful and very interesting. I loved
hearing about the history of the
mansion,” Said student Joanna
Koetters. “It was amazing to realize that every brick, every piece of
furniture, and every piece of that
home was brought to that spot by
a covered wagon.”
Over 250 students from all 15
community colleges participated
in the annual event.
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Photography
students
recognized
By: Melanie Alvia
Staff Writer
N
CC’s photography program competed in Des
Moines at the annual
state competition. Those who
went from first year class were
Kaitlyn VanderBroek, and Jeanna
Bennet and those who went from
second year class were Kay Hoting, Hannah Altena, Adam Wittrock, Jackie White, and Dustie
Bakker. They all did exceptionally
well.
Kaitlyn Vander Broek received
first place finished project and
had four honorable mentions.
Jeanna Bennet had two honorable mentions.
Kay Hoting had three honorable mentions, Adam Wittrock
had one Merit print for eighty
points, and two honorable mentions.
Dustie Bakker had one Merit
print for eighty points, and two
honorable mentions. Jackie
White had two honorable mentions and Hannah Altena had
one honorable mention.
“I loved doing this!” exclaims
Jeanna Bennet, “It was so exciting to be in this competition
with professional photographers
and I learned so much from this
experience. I think it’s something
every student in the photography
program should try at least once
because it was worth it”.
The teachers, Mike and
Michelle Davis, also competed
along with the students. They
both entered a couple of prints
each.
The judges scored the prints by
how good the picture was, if the
title fit the picture, the quality of
the print and if it was all in focus.
If their picture(s) didn’t meet
these qualifications they got a
lower score.
Fortunately, all the students
and the teachers got very good
scores on their prints.
NCC photography students
had more numbers than at the
competition than their competitors at Hawkeye Community
College who are ranked 4th best
in the state for their photography
program.
If you would like to see what
the photography students of
NCC entered in the competition,
the student’s prints are now on
display in the library along with
the ribbons and scores that they
received.
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Hunting Corner
Compiled by: Cassandra Schmith Student Editor
Photos Submitted
Many people are avid hunters, or are just starting out learning how to shoot a gun or shoot a bow. I took it upon myself,
with the help of Kristin Kollbaum, in asking NCC students and faculty to submit their photos of their “trophy”. Any students or faculty that would like to show off their “trophies” can email their pictures and a brief discription to Kristin
Kollbaum or Cassandra Schmith.
Student Chelsey Durby and her deer she shot in Polk
City,IA in -20 degree weather
Student Jake Ingalls and his four mallard ducks he
shot in a flooded corn field near Algona,IA
Tim. Floen, IIC Professor and his deer he shot while
bow hunting.
Student Scott Patten and his half rack buck he shot
in Webb,IA.
Student Kris Krull and his deer he shot in Custer State
Park,SD.
Student Logan Rohwer and his fish he got while bow
fishing.
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Many
students
compete
in events
SNOW DAZE
back up to Building C where they climbed
up a snow hill and jumped down to the
entrance of Building C to the finish line..
Despite the cold and wounded participants, it was a great and close race.
Many students participated, with all
of them being males. Hearing that a
wii was the prize brought the majority of them to the race, I’m sure!
Mark Saunders, Truck & Diesel student,
was granted first place and received a
brand new wii. Scott Patten, Industrial &
Commercial Wiring student, was granted
second place. Logan Willmert, Industrial &
Commercial Wiring student, was granted
third place. Scott and Logan won NCC
sweatshirts to warm them up after the
race.
“We’re bleeding! That snow is sharp!”
proclaimed Mark and Logan after the race.
Day two in the week’s events was turkey
bowling. Turkey bowling is not like traditional bowling. Instead of using bowling
balls and pins, students used frozen turkeys and 2 liters of soda. Each student that
participated bowled 5 frames.
After many turkeys bounced off snow
banks, having all 2 liter bottles staying in
tact, and many shivering spectators supporting their fellow students, the scores
came to a close call.
Sandra Rangel, Health Information
Technology student, won first place and
received an Ipod. Mike Brown, Industrial
Instrumentation & Control student, tied for
second place and received a MP3 player.
Scott Patten, Industrial & Commercial
Wiring student, tied for second place and
received a Casey’s gift card. Austin Gisolf,
Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology
student won third place and received an
iTunes gift card.
It was cold and it was windy, but many
students participated in “flinging some
fowl.”
Wednesday’s event was a snow sculpture
contest. NCC programs could compete by
building a snow sculpture that represents
their program. The sculpture was to be
made of at least 50% snow. This year there
were two programs competing for first
place, Computer Programming and Heavy
Equipment.
Computer science students did a great
job in their sculpture and placed second.
Heavy Equipment students placed first.
Many will say that the Heavy Equipment
students had an advantage because of the
variety of tools available to them.
“It took us approximately twelve hours.
The only Heavy Equipment tool we used
was the loader; the rest was done by hand,”
said HEQ student, Sam Huey.
The sculpture was of a mini excavator,
with the arm of the excavator dug out from
the snow bank in which the students were
able to walk around it. The HEQ students
that worked on the sculpture received a
pizza party from Pizza Ranch.
Congratulations to everyone in the Computer Science and Heavy Equipment Class
for their participation and great effort.
Try to imagine your friends and students
being back up dancers for Shania Twain,
thinking they are ducks eating seed off
the ground, or imagining one self as being
naked in front of the crowd. These are a few
of the things that capped off Snow Daze
week with hypnotist, Dr. Jim Wand. Dr. Jim
Wand is the most popular college hypnotists in America.
Dr. Jim Wand has been involved in the
field of hypnosis for over 20 years. Dr. Wand
has worked with such personalities as Jay
Leno, Chris Rock, Carrot Top, Larry the
Cable Guy, and Sylvester Stallone. Dr. Jim
Wand’s show was a “laugh your socks off”
show. He performed two separate shows at
NCC with one being only for NCC students
and faculty and one being for community
members as well.
Anyone who attended the show can
remember the many humorous situations
Dr. Jim Wand put the students and community members in. For those who were
unable to be a spectator, imagine this:
your friends thinking they know how to
speak Japanese, imagining they are kissing
a famous person, thinking they are on the
world’s tallest roller coaster and can’t throw
up and riding fake bulls.
Students might have also imagined
Dr. Jim Wand’s back half being exposed,
thinking they were firefighters and had to
put out a fellow students rear end, imagining themselves as booty shaking dance
contestants or thinking they’ve won their
dream car on a slot machine in Vegas and
being chased by the police and giving their
best excuses as to why they were speeding.
Dr. Jim Wand assisted the participants in
unlocking their creativity and expanding
their horizons.
“Most people don’t think they can
become hypnotized until they do,” Jim said
“The people that tell themselves they can’t,
won’t.”
According to Dr. Jim Wand, he uses hypnosis every day on himself because he only
gets 3 to 4 hours of sleep a night.
“As being a hypnotist, it is a lot easier to
become hypnotized,” Jim said. “If I’m on
the road and see a hypnotist, I am the first
to be there.”
Some people fear that they’ll get hypnotized and never come back to reality.
According to Dr. Jim Wand, it is impossible
to get locked into hypnosis. There are no
dangers in becoming hypnotized.
A participant’s subconscious mind will
not go beyond their ethics or morals. They
will not do anything they really do not want
to do.
MAY 2010
A r o u n d
Veronica Havens
Contributing Writer
t 22 years old, I knew that I wasn’t
accomplishing anything I’d set out
to do with my life from the time
I could speak. In my journey of part-time
college education at a local community
college in my central Illinois town and full
time employment at jobs
that weren’t
meeting
my potential, I felt
big changes
brewing.
I made the
decision to
take a major
move to rural
northwest
Iowa and live
with famHavens
ily for a single
semester
with unsure
intentions of my future. Uprooting myself
to Alton, IA was both a challenge and an
experience. In northwest Iowa, I discovered
NCC. NCC became the next step to making
my dreams into realities.
I spent the fall of 2009 in the school that
you now call your academic home. My only
wish is that you can appreciate and find
a love for that small college the way that I
had. Education is a privilege and an amazing experience. You’ve taken the first steps
and I will you to complete your journey.
For me, NCC was a major step and what an
amazing step. For some background, I’ve
always been on a quiet end of the social
ladder. My friends are friends that have
been around for many years with no intentions of departing.
In Sheldon, IA, I knew no one and was
surrounded by so many who grew up mere
miles from the campus. Finding a risk and
A
C am p u s
Transferring:
Planning ahead gets you ahead
instantly taking on the challenge, I became
editor of The Collegian. Although only
for one semester, this experience opened
me up to a whole new side of what I was
capable of doing. The semester was enjoyable and I connected with several staff
and faculty that will not soon be forgotten. Although my stint in your college was
short, I had been in small community college life for the previous two years.
My decision to transfer had been years
coming, however the question continually
lingered as to what allusive university held
my future. As many of you may decide,
I quickly discovered the array of quality higher education in the state of Iowa.
Before I could think twice, however, the
University of Iowa seemed to click. Having
only driven by the campus a handful of
times and having no clue what the Pentacrest was, I applied without thinking twice.
Perhaps confidence or even ignorance kept
me from applying anywhere else for the
Spring of 2010.
The agony of awaiting acceptance or
rejection for the biggest event to date of
my young life pained me while finishing
my semester at NCC. I continued to connect with instructors and staff, finding
myself drawn to a number of subjects and
major possibilities. There is a belief that
undergraduates changing their majors is
an everyday activity and I believe this holds
true simply because of our general education. The exposure to several topics opens
you to subjects that you may have never
heard of while in your high school years.
Also out of too much confidence or igno-
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rance, I was battling eighteen credit hours
at NCC and trying to run The Collegian,
while also dealing with stress of living in
a new area, awaiting acceptance to U of
Iowa and wondering if I’d ever find a place
to live in Iowa City. From the stress, I found
a place and a growing need for more. As
the semester closed, I still wasn’t positive
I had been accepted, but had pulled off a
newspaper I was proud of and a GPA that
pleased me ever more. Out of complete
ignorance, (again there’s that word!), I
moved myself and my boyfriend to Iowa
City prior to becoming accepted. Luckily,
the acceptance came a few days later and I
write to you as an official Hawkeye!
The decision to transfer can be simple or
it can be difficult. While at NCC, do yourself a favor and explore courses. If you’ve
never heard of the topic, talk to someone
who has previously taken it or even look up
the books required. Although you may be
completely unsure of your major right now
or what you want to do with your degree, a
surprise revelation could be waiting on the
pages of a unlikely textbook or that certain
lecture that peaks your interests. When
I began community college, I wanted to
major in English. Enjoying to write my
entire life and reading as though the words
would cure any illness that came my way,
I knew that English courses would speak
to me. Unfortunately, as many of you may
also experience, those important people in
my life told me my English ambitions were
not a good idea. “There’s not money in it”,
“What jobs will you do?”, “Teaching doesn’t
pay much, ya know.” These words discour-
Get more Information
**Any questions or comments can be
directed to veronica-havens@uiowa.
edu.
**Beth Frankenstein is NCC’s transfer
specialist. If you have any questions
about transferring to another school
visit her in Student Services or email
her at [email protected]
aged me and my major changed to varying
topics such as business, early childhood
education and the infamous “undeclared”.
Clueless and lost, as many of you may
be, I found that one course that will change
your path. At NCC, I took a Creative Writing: Nonfiction course online, truthfully
because the fiction course was full. The
professor, although from afar, led me and
taught me writing skills and emotions I did
not then know existed. I was reminded why
I loved writing and reading. I was reminded
how I wanted to teach to give students
that self discovery that I felt as I wrote. I
encourage you to just find that major, that
course, that makes you feel enlightened.
The reason choosing a major is so instilled
with fear lies in the fact that we know this
can determine our entire life’s journey and
career.
Find a career that speaks to you, that will
make you happy. Some of you may have
been leading a life in a career that didn’t
speak to you in that way and now you
return in order to find your true calling.
Congratulations, you are taking those steps
to finding a real you. And, remember, the
most common declared major in any college or university is typically “undeclared”,
so you do not have to have that figured out
to continue on an educational path.
Finals also mean summertime
Veronica Havens
Contributing Writer
ollege students wear a lot
of social hats throughout
their education from the
most obvious of student to the
more abstract like fill-in left field
for the intramural softball team.
Along the way, many of us tack
on titles that commemorate our
major, interests, hobbies and
part-time jobs. Exhaustion must
be inevitable. Come finals of
my first semester at University
of Iowa, exhaustion is not only
a permanent state of mind, but
even my brain is threatening an
emergency shut down.
This semester brought me to
a much larger university, a completely new physical location,
a new job, a change in major
choice and eye opening experiences along the way. As much as
I appreciate and love the atmosphere of this new change, my
entire being is ready for a break!
The optimism that surrounds the
first few weeks of classes has not
C
dissipated, however, instead that
excitement has simply shifted to
daydreams of camping and road
trips sprinkled between shifts at
Pier 1 Imports. The end of the
spring semester cannot come
quick enough for us students, but
during the summer, we should
keep in mind what lies ahead in
the fall.
Many of you reading this may
be transferring in the fall. If so,
Congrats! I hope you have been
led to the right information and
that my ramblings may have given you some tidbit of information
that may help you. The number
one aspect you should lock in,
remember, is housing! Off or on
campus, housing is essential to
figure out above everything else.
Without a place to sleep, how can
you attend your new college? I
have already tried to discuss to ins
and outs of details to transfer, but
since we are ending the semester,
maybe we should talk summer
plans.
Whether you are transferring
or not, taking summer classes or
not, a student can really utilize
the summer to keep their academic ambitions in sight. I know
how enticing a summer without
writing or reading or even thinking can sound, but think of the
possibilities. Most likely, you are
already pre-registered for your
fall courses, taking a literature
course? Go talk to the professor,
ask for suggestions on summer
reading for the class, maybe for
the first novel you will read in
class. This can apply to several
courses. For your major, look at
notes from this semester. Professors always throw in tidbits of
information and suggested readings or books outside of class that
you can approach this summer.
Not only will this summer reading enhance your information
base for your major or make you
more prepared for the following
semester, you can do this on your
own time!
No required 100 pages by Friday, the simple release to set your
own schedule will probably make
the reading more enjoyable. Just
think about how much easier it
will be to get into the swing of
next semester if the first novels or
topics discussed will be in your
head. The next semester will not
be as overwhelming and perhaps,
the routine can settle in easier.
Some of you may be thinking,
“Veronica, you are crazy. I do
NOT want to read this summer.”
However, I remind you, setting
your own schedule and making the learning less of a chore
and more of an extracurricular
activity will take the pressure off
of you for the summer and the
fall. Also, if you are not willing to
read information and discoveries
related to your major, are you sure
you are interested in pursuing this
major? For example, I recently
changed my major from English
to a double major in Anthropology and Pre-Journalism. This
summer, I will be catching up on
briefly discussed ethnographies
from class like Margaret Mead’s
famous, “Life in Samoa”, along
with staying up to date with CNN
and various newspapers to further my journalistic knowledge.
Reading these will interest me
and further my understanding of
ethnographic and anthropological themes.
In other words, engaging in
these side activities will further
my interests so that I can prove
to myself that anthropology and
journalism are genuine interests
that I want to pursue the rest of
my life. Upon deciding on your
course of study, staying up to
date and alert of developments
becomes a necessity as your
education progresses. Your career
most likely will not come with a
summer break.
Good luck with finals, with your
summer plans and perhaps your
summer classes. Keep your head
up and always remember why
you are there and your goals with
your education. And most of all,
have fun with the entire experience!
MAY 2010
A r o u n d
C am p u s
NCC students, staff and faculty lend a hand
HELPING
enough to afford a pair of shoes.
Annette Bernier, who helped lead
the “Soles 4 Souls” drive, said that
through the end of March, over 450
pairs of shoes had already been collected. That is a lot of shoes, and every
single pair will help someone significantly.
After we came back from our
Holiday break, the Phi Theta Kappa
chapter held a food drive. This food
drive went from the start of the spring
semester to March 19, so there were
nearly two and a half months where
students and staff were able to donate
any kind of non-perishable food item.
The Phi Theta Kappa chapter had
three different bins spread around
campus where students could stop
by and drop off whatever they had
to donate. By the end of the drive, all
three bins were completely full.
These non-perishable food items
will be donated to Mid-Sioux Opportunity, a group that provides services
and help to the needy, in Sioux Center.
It will then be delivered to shelters and
people in the Sioux area that are in
need of food.
On March 24, the Phi Theta Kappa
chapter started a book drive in which
students are able to donate any
unwanted books. These books will be
collected around campus and then
distributed to shelters and people in
the area that are in need. This book
drive will continue throughout the
end of the semester.
On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic
7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the
country of Haiti. This earthquake
rocked the country’s capital city of
Port-au-Prince, where a large portion
of the country’s people lived. Millions
of people were affected by this devastating earthquake.
After hearing about the news in
Haiti and seeing the tragic scenes on
the television, NCC decided to step in
and help out. One of the fundraisers
put on here at school to help out the
relief efforts in Haiti was called, “Fighting Famine for Haiti.”
This was yet another fundraiser
headed by our Phi Theta Kappa chapter. Throughout this drive, change was
collected all around campus. Buckets
were put in a few of the different buildings where students and staff were
able to donate some of their change.
This was a quick fundraiser due to
the breaking earthquake news, so it
only lasted a few weeks. This way the
money collected could be sent to the
Haiti relief efforts in a fast manner.
In all, around $100 was collected in
change in just a few short weeks. The
money collected went towards providing meals to the people of Haiti. A
meal costs about twenty five cents, so
that’s roughly 400 meals.
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The other fundraiser done to help
the country of Haiti was called, “Help
Haiti.” This was put on by NCC’s own
Student Government Association.
Money was collected all around campus and then sent to the relief effort in
Haiti. NCC ended up reaching the goal
of $750, which the SGA then matched
which made a total of $1500 that was
presented to the Sioux City Red Cross.
To help towards this fundraiser,
NCC’s housing held an ice cream
social where the profits were donated
to help the cause. Both fundraisers
held to help Haiti went very successful, especially considering it was on
such short notice.
On March 24, the Phi Theta Kappa
chapter started a book drive in which
students are able to donate any
unwanted books. These books will be
collected around campus and then
distributed to shelters and people in
the area that are in need.
When asked about the success’
of the fundraisers, Phi Theta Kappa
advisor Annette Bernier said, “As an
honor society for community college
students, one of Phi Theta Kappa’s
Hallmarks is Service; not just to our
organization, but to the community
around us. As you can see, our Beta
Lambda Pi chapter members have
more than proven their desire to fulfill
this Hallmark, and we are very proud
of the job they have done throughout
this academic year.”
NCC Electrical program
celebrate anniversary
By: Melanie Avila
Student Writer
his year NCC’s electrical program celebrated their
40th anniversary by giving tours to the public and
alumni, serving hot dogs, showing power points,
and had some hands on
activities in the electrical
lab. The tour consisted
of the class rooms, labs,
and the house that was
being wired by the first
year students and being
inspected by the second
year students. Every
year the house is auctioned off and is moved
to a new location.
“This program has
c o m e a l o n g w a y s”,
comments teacher Mike
Mc Laughlin. “We have
had a record number
of students this year. 32
signed up just this fall for classes.”
“I think this is a pretty good program,” says Travis
Ailts, 2nd year student. “It’s ranked number one in the
state and you get a variety of different experiences. It
really gets you ready for getting a job in the electrical
field. The summer internship gives up a real feel for
what we want to do in the future.”
NCC is very proud of how successful this program is
and how well it helps out its students. Electrical instructors are always looking for new ways to improve on the
program to better the students. They are hopeful that
there will be many more good years of this program to
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Biotechnology Ribbon Cutting
By: Della South
Contributing Writer
T
he Biotechnology department cut
the ribbon on their new lab on April
16th. It was a very nice lab with all
the bells and whistles the previous lab did
not have.
The department was started in 2005 with
a grant from the Department of Labor;
they did not get off the ground right away
as they did not have all that they needed.
Now here it is 5 years later and they have
a brand new lab to explore and be able to
work in.
Biotechnology Professor Mr. Brian Albreacht said that in the previous lab there
was not enough room to be able to teach
or learn the curriculum, or to go in and be
able to prep for the next class.
In the old lab, space was not the only
problem. Things as simple as enough outlets to plug in equipment, running water
or access to gas for experiments were a
problem in the old lab.
But out with the old and in with the new
lab! Every table has sinks and outlets and
working gas valves with chemical safe
counter tops. They also have much better
storage, before they were working out of a
very small closet, now the storage area is a
walk-in with lots of shelves.
The refrigerators that were in the lab
were so noisy that sometimes the instructors had to wear a microphone so the students could hear. That is also taken care of
in the new lab as the refrigerators are in a
separate room, also in that room the other
teacher can do their prep work for the next
class.
Safety is a number one priority when
What is available to
students at NCC?
By Della South
Contributing Writer
“What is available to
me?” This question is one
of the most important
questions a new or prospective student can ask
himself or herself. NCC
offers many great programs to help you adapt to
your new environment.
NCC has the Learning
Center for you to study
and get help with your
class work. The library has
a wide array of items for
students to use to their
a d va n t a g e l i k e o n l i n e
books. I know without the
help of the Libraries extra’s
I would not be able to cite
my resource very well.
I am a new student this
semester and find NCC
very helpful in making
the transition from stay at
home mother to full-time
student almost painlessly.
I did not want to give just
my perspective on being
a new student, so I had a
conversation with Breann
Getting and Sarah Dykstra. I asked them several
questions about what has
helped them through this
first half of the semester.
Breann, Sarah and I found
the orientation very helpful in finding where classes
are and what is available
to new or prospective students.
They also really like the
TRIO program. The TRIO
program is the students
services all wrapped into
a big package. TRIO has
tutoring, student advising,
counseling, career planning, financial aid advisement, and lots more.
NCC also has housing
for students who want to
live in Sheldon or just want
to get out of their parents
houses and be on their
own. They have Cherokee
Hall which is apartment
style living.
There is also the Lyon
Hall and the O’Brien Hall
is suite style living. I unfortunately, have not been
inside the student housing,
but I have seen pictures
and it looks nice and the
convenience for any student to live on campus is
beyond words.
NCC is also getting a new
Recreational Center on
campus even though it will
not be built for a while. I
hope I get a chance to see it
after it is done. Until then,
there are two recreational
areas on campus for leisure
time, one by the cafeteria
and the other one inside
Building C.
Computer time is
also made easy with the
computer labs that NCC
has. There are two other
computer labs on campus
besides the one in the
library. They are in building
H and building C.
Whether you are a new
student, a not so new student or someone who is
interested in becoming a
student, NCC has a lot to
offer anyone who wants to
make that gigantic leap to
be a college student.
it comes to chemicals, even though the
students and instructors made sure they
were being safe, accidents do happen. Had
there been an accidental chemical spill
the instructors and students only had one
station dedicated to get the chemicals off.
Now they have a full shower station and
eye wash stations incase those accidents
happen.
They also no longer have to store their
stronger chemicals somewhere else as
they have adequate storage for their acids
and such.
Biotechnology is the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial
processes, but Mr. Albreacht explained
that it is so much more then just that. They
have advanced courses like genetics and
biochemistry. The students can train just
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The possibilities are wide open with
this new lab. So what do Albreacht’s students think? Biotechnology student Ashley
Krumm said the one thing she really liked
was the space and that they no longer had
to stand to do their experiments at a counter with paper on it. She has not been able
to do any work in the new lab but is looking forward to her first class there.
So what should new students that are
interested in the program know? To do
this course they should have to have an
interest in Science, and knowing what part
of Science they are interested in is a plus.
Students also need basic math skills to so
some of the work. So if you are interested
in the Biotechnology Department do not
hesitate to ask questions!
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Iowa is the leading state in ethanol production in the United States
BILL NORTHEY
nol could replace much of
the oil we import.
Northey mentioned that
Iowa is the leading ethanol
producer in the country;
but a number of people
don’t understand what this
means. One of the biggest fallacies: “If we use
corn to produce ethanol,
somebody else is going to
starve because that corn
was going to feed people
somewhere else,” He said.
The type of corn used for
ethanol would go to feed
live stock, not humans, and
most of the poor would not
buy corn-fed beef.
He said another ethanol
industry misconception is
indirect land use. People
think that the more corn
that is in need for ethanol
will result in more forest
area to be cut down for
agricultural land. However,
instead of increasing the
amount of farmland, farmers are simply increasing
yields in the same amount
of land. Stopping ethanol
production would create a
3 billion bushel corn surplus.
“Getting rid of ethanol
doesn’t feed the hungry,”
Northey said.
Having ethanol does
increase the gross agricultural sales in the sate. Iowa
has gone from $12 billion
in gross agricultural sales in
2002 to $20 billion in 2007.
The increase has been from
more cattle feeding, dairy
and ethanol production.
“Ag business is how we’ll
grow ourselves out of this.”
He said.
Northey said the only way
to change misconceptions
is for experts to talk to the
people in such seminars as
this one.
“Iowa is a hotspot for ethanol and biodiesel,” Northey
said about the idea of
young people in Iowa going
into the biotech programs.
“Those programs have a
future; it’s a great opportunity.”
“We now recognize that
community colleges are
a step up with that kind
of training,” Northey said
in regards to the future of
community colleges such
as NCC in the biotech fields.
“Students can connect with
local businesses in which
makes these programs
extremely relevant. It’s such
a good fit to do training in
small areas.”
Kelly Manning, vice president of development for
Growth Energy, said that GE
is building a blender pump
info structure. Manning
said the indirect land use
has changed. “Farmlands
are displacing rainforest
because they need more
access,” Manning said.
“Right now they are producing 165 bushels per acre
but in ten years it may be
300 bushels per acre.”
“We need to get the facts
straight,” he said. “So many
people attack our industry
without the facts.” Manning
said those facts are ethanol
provides jobs and saves
consumers money. Ethanol
provides lower gas prices
and has saved the consumer $50 billion over the
last year. Ethanol provided
13 billion of the 140 billion
gallons of gas sold last year
in the United States.
Ten percent ethanol fuel,
E-10, is the lowest priced
gas at the pump and many
people cling to that. A
recent bill passed in Congress to allow E-15 onto
the market. Manning said
E-15 could add 130,000 jobs
due to new and expanding
ethanol plants. Ethanol
also decreases the U.S.
dependence on foreign oil
and creates less tailpipe
emissions. Manning thinks
ethanol is one of the most
viable alternative fuels right
now.
“It’s one that doesn’t change
the consumers’ life to make
it happen,” he said. “They’re
used to going to the pump
and they’re used to driving
their car.”
Ethanol is America’s growth
energy. It’s clean, green,
high tech and home grown.
Manning suggests everyone to join Growth Force.
Growth force is working
with national and state
legislators on both sides
of the aisle to create larger
markets and form legislation to ensure a growing,
stable ethanol industry. It
is Growth Energy’s goal to
spread 21st century biofuel technology throughout
the world.
The public can also join
Growth Energy. “We have
everyone in there from the
farmer producer, to the
mother of four children
who cares about clean
air, to the high school 4
– H group,” Manning said.
The free group has 13,000
members toward a goal of
50,000.
John Dunlop, senior project
engineer with the American
Wind Energy Association,
said Iowa is one of the
leaders in wind energy.
“We believe wind power is
ready,” Dunlop said.
In 2008, Iowa installed
a wind energy generating
capacity of 2,790 mega-
watts, putting it second
in the nation. According
to Dunlop, twenty-five
percent of our electricity is
coming from wind power.
“It’s a very variable and
very rapidly growing market,” Donlop said. “The
main message for people is
there’s tremendous growth
possibility in wind energy,
even though Iowa’s one of
the leading states.”
Jim Sturdevant, director
of POET’s project liberty,
presented an update on
c e l l u l o s i c e t h a n o l . He
said the cellulosic ethanol
plants will be happening
soon. It will build and operate one of the world’s first’s
commercial scale.
Sturdevant states that
Liberty creates jobs, such as
POET biomass plants will
give 15 – 20 new full times
jobs, and the new cellulosic
plant will give 50 – 75 full
times jobs.
The financing for the
Liberty will be through
the Iowa power fund with
$14.75 million, $5.25 million from Iowa Department
of Economic Development, and $80 million from
Depar tment of Energy
grant which will be used
to design, construct, build,
and operate. $20 million of
the DOE’s grant will be used
for feedstock incentives.
“We don’t necessarily
need to be the firsts, but we
want to get it right,” said
Sturdevant. “We want to be
Iowa secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey spoke to NCC about the misconceptions of
the ethanol industry. Student Cassandra Schmith had a chance to talk to Bill about his
thoughts on certain NCC programs and how they will benefit in the ever growing ethanol
fields.
(Photo by Cassandra Schmith)
the first to get it right, right
here in NW Iowa.”
The U.S. has one billion
tons of available biomass,
that’s sixty percent of U.S.
transportation fuel supply.
Sturdevant says they are
offering incentives to get
farmers involved.
Kristi Harshbarger, an
associate attorney with the
Brown Winick law firm in
Des Moines, talked about
the outlook for biodiesel in
2010.
Biodiesel is a clean
burning alternative fuel
produced from renewable
resources and pr imar-
ily used in diesel engines.
It can also be used as home
heating oil. The biodiesel
feedstock has little or no
land use impact.
Harshbarger said that
the biodiesel industr y
needs government support
to input cost to fluctuate
with changes in feedstock
prices.
Biodiesel pricing must
stay competitive with diesel
pricing, but biodiesel typically has higher price than
diesel.
“The future holds a lot of
diversity and innovation in
the industry,” she said.
Liability in biodiesel may
not be a big of a place as
many would like. They are
currently going through
some growing pains, but
there certainly is a place for
it.
The public can get
involved with alter native energy in many ways.
Contact your legislators
to support renewable fuel
bills, use ethanol in your
vehicles, or check into setting up a wind turbine on
your property.
Ethanol is more than a
fuel. It’s a solution. Learn
more at GrowthEnergy.org.
Enroll in BCU’s Human Resource Management Program
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Of course, with the season also comes the week
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Here at the Collegian,
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students: “What are your
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2010? If so, where?
Nowhere........................ 50%
Somewhere around here 5%
Texas............................. 15%
Michigan.......................... 5%
Ohio............................... 10%
Wyoming.......................... 5%
Nebraska....................... 10%
If you are not going
anywhere, why not?
Don’t have any plans yet.. 7%
Taking a vacation later in the
year.............................. 7%
No money...................... 36%
Work.............................. 22%
Classes/Homework....... 14%
See friends and family.... 14%
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Flying............................. 15%
Driving............................ 85%
Why are you going to
this destination?
Family lives there............ 62%
Nice weather.................... 8%
Cheap.............................. 8%
Friends live there............ 22%
Are other people from
this college going with
you?
Yes................................. 44%
No.................................. 56%
What are you doing
on Spring Break if you
are going somewhere?
Sight seeing................... 18%
Spend time with family and
friends........................ 28%
Hang out and relax........ 45%
Just have fun................... 9%
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Work and make money.. 42%
Spend time with family and
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Homework....................... 8%
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