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VOLUME Fal l , ISSUE 6 WWW.LAKELANDMIRROR .COM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2007
SINCE 1933
The Lakeland College
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Highlights
Index
opInIons page 4
A&e page 6
FeAtures page 12
Fun House page 14
sports page 17
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Sports
Paul Hartt defeats two nationally ranked wrestlers.
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Features
Before too much more snow falls, check out what you should get to winterize your car.
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Opinions
It's time to stop procras-tinating. Facebook ranked No. 3 in The Mirror's Top 10 Reasons to Procrastinate.
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New password policy goes into effect to protect serversBy Lori Sass & Emily WachelEditor-in-Chief & Staff [email protected] & [email protected]
Lakeland faculty, staff, and stu-dents were required to create
a new computer password with no less than eight characters, using at least three of four char-acter types beginning the evening of Thursday, Nov. 15.
“On November 15, we noticed some unusual activity in our net-work. The suspicious activity came from a network domain in Asia and had many other char-acteristics of a ‘brute force’ hack-ing attempt,” said Larry Marcus, information technology network administrator.
A ‘brute force’ attack is when someone tries repeatedly to access an account with a general log in and keeps changing the password.
“We could see where it was coming from but not who it was coming from,” said Information Technology Network Administra-tor Travis Richards. No further attempts have been made to find out who the hacker was.
“Because they didn’t get in, we didn’t want to pursue it,” said Richards. Had an investigation gotten under way, law enforce-ment would have needed to get involved.
According to Richards, faculty and staff are on a separate server than students. The hacker was attempting to get into the faculty and staff server.
More directly, the hacker was trying to access Lakeland’s Citrix program. This program allows off-campus access to Lakeland e-mail, Jenzabar, and other pro-grams. Jenzabar is the program that records all student informa-
Christmas at Lakeland takes a new form with The Boar's Head Festival. Lakeland community comes together.
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MacArthur White is the first Lakeland football player named to the Aztec Bowl.
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tion, including Social Security numbers.
The hackers never got into Lakeland’s network. Had they been successful it would have “given them the ability to do ma-licious things on our network,” Richards said.
IT wanted to only enforce the password change to the faculty and staff server. However, due to the way the servers are set up it was necessary to make the change for everyone.
According to Marcus, the IT department has been working on a proposed change to the Pass-word Policy since last semester. Therefore, this was a perfect time to put that into action as well as protect our computers.
“To ensure that we continue to be protected from attacks in the future, requiring that passwords be both difficult and not recycled will be the policy from now on,” said Marcus.
Richards said, “Implementing this policy brings us [Lakeland] up to industry standards.”
Marcus concluded, “We are certainly sorry for the confusion that the change was on short notice to the escalated policy caused, but the alternative would not have been in the college’s best interest.”
Richards said, “We are look-ing into a product to allow people to unlock their accounts. This in-cident has prompted us to look into solutions like that.” This product would make it possible for faculty, staff, and students to change passwords and unlock accounts if a password is forgot-ten. Currently, if someone forgets their password, IT must be con-tacted for assistance.
Lakeland hacking attempt fails
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‘Tis the season to be jolly for some; however, ‘tis the sea-
son to be greedy for others. As the holidays approach, you may find yourself caught up in the bustle of Christmas plans, parties, and shopping, along with preparing for the end of semester finals. Distractions such as these are what thieves look for when they target someone for their own per-sonal gain.
“It’s more or less keeping
yourself aware,” says Justin Wil-son, head of security at Lake-land. “Be aware of people milling around where they shouldn’t be, maybe watching people or taking notes.” If you see someone anyone suspicious, report them to secu-rity or your hall director.
Other suggestions Jason gave to remain safe are to make sure the windows and doors of your dorm room are locked when you leave them. Don’t leave your purses or book bags out. Know what books you have and where they are so they can’t be picked
Thwarting thieves in their tracksBy Rhea Pirch Staff [email protected]
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Lori Sasseditor-in-Chief
Erik HyrkasManaging editor
Becky MeyerSandy Sternitzky
Copy editor
Jennifer Duenkopinions editor
Matt Rutlinsports editor
John SieglaffFun House editor
Mariah Tessonline editor
Kelly ConardAdvertising Manager
Shaun ForsythNicole HollandDawn Hughes
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Brittney SandbergEmily WachelJohn Wagner
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Crystal PeltierMatt Rutlin
Lori SassJohn Sieglaff
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“Dear St. Norbert commu-nity, at about 4:30 p.m.
today, we were notified that a St. Norbert student who fell ill last weekend has tested positive for E. coli 0157:H7,” was the opening line of an e-mail that was sent to all stu-dents and staff at St. Norbert College after a suspected E. coli case was confirmed.
According to the Center for Disease Control Web site, E. coli is short for Escherichia coli, a bacterium which has several hundred strains.
The letters and numbers in the name of each strain of E. coli refer to specific mark-ers on the surface of each strain that separates it from other types of E. coli, similar to the way in which the dif-ferent blood types are distin-guished from each other.
While most strains are not dangerous, the one in ques-tion, 0157:H7, can be traced back to 1982, when contami-nated hamburgers caused a severe outbreak of bloody diarrhea.
An E. coli O157:H7 infec-tion can spread several ways, the most common of which is eating undercooked ground beef, which can appear com-pletely normal, but may still be contaminated.
E. coli scare at St. NorbertBy Brittney SandbergStaff [email protected]
Bean sprouts and fresh leafy vegetables have also been known to carry the bac-terium. The bacteria can also be passed from person to per-son if proper hand washing and general hygiene are ne-glected.
It is suspected that the student ate all his meals on campus during the timeframe in which he contracted the infection. However, no other cases of illness were reported.
Even so, St. Norbert’s Food Service department terminated its use of ground beef and spinach until local and state public health agen-cies were able to provide more information on the bacteria’s source.
Most people suffering from an E. coli infection have severe diarrhea, in which one often sees blood and ab-dominal cramps about three to four days after the bacte-ria’s introduction. However, symptoms might not appear for up to nine days after ex-posure, or an infected person may not ever exhibit any symptoms.
Most infected people re-cover within five to ten days without treatment. The use of antibiotics to treat this in-fection is not recommended. There is no proof that antibi-otics will improve the course of the disease, and it is be-lieved that treatment with
certain antibiotics could lead to kidney problems.
There are several things that you can do to better pro-tect yourself from an E. coli infection. For starters, be sure to drink only pasteurized milk.
Cook all ground beef thor-oughly (until it is 160 degrees Fahrenheit throughout), and avoid eating any ground beef patty that is still pink on the inside.
Keep your kitchen clean by separating raw meat from other foods and by washing everything that the raw meat comes into contact with, in-cluding utensils, counters, and your hands.
Peel off the outer layer of leafy vegetables, and be sure to wash all fruits and veg-etables under running water before consuming them. One should keep in mind that bac-teria stick to surfaces, so rins-ing may not remove all of the contamination. A good solu-tion is to only eat cooked veg-etables and peeled fruit.
Finally, thoroughly wash hands after using the rest-room to minimize the possibil-ity of spreading the infection.
To follow up on the in-fected student the e-mail from St. Norbert College stated, “We are pleased to share that the affected student has been treated… is doing well… [and] is not contagious.”
Be aware of the causes and symptoms of E. coli up and sold back to the book store.
Although purse snatching is not that big of a problem in this area, it is also a good idea to carry your purse strapped over you instead of hanging off of your shoulder while you are shopping. Also, lock your packages in the trunk of your car instead of the back seat, where they can be easily seen.
Another kind of theft you may fall victim to is identity theft. According to the FDIC, identity theft continues to be one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States (www.fdic.gov). A simple way to protect yourself against this threat is to make sure your wallet doesn’t contain too much confidential infor-mation such as bank account numbers, pin numbers, or so-cial security cards.
Also be wary of promo-tional scams, online or over the phone. Identity thieves can use these scams to try to get your personal information while making you think you are getting a great deal.
The FDIC Web site warns: “Never provide your personal information in response to an unsolicited request. If you did not initiate the commu-nication, you should not pro-vide any information. Never provide passwords over the phone or through an unsolicit-ed e-mail request. The key is to contact the company your-self before you give out any personal information.”
Check your bank state-ments and credit report on a regular basis. If you find any inconsistencies such as ac-counts you haven’t opened or debts you aren’t aware of, con-tact the fraud department of a credit bureau to have a fraud alert put on your record.
If you find yourself a vic-tim of theft, either of your belongings or your identifica-tion, report it to the police im-mediately and obtain a record of the police report. This gives the police a better chance of finding the thief and you the ability to protect your credit record.
Theft can be prevented and stopped if you keep your-self aware and cautious. Don’t let thieves take away the jolly of your holiday season.
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Phi Delta Omega Fall 2007 Pledge Class (l to r): Kimberly Wells, Kayann Botana, Liz Guerin, and Kristen VanGasse.
Mu Lambda Sigma Fall 2007 Pledge Class (l to r): Nic Horst-meier, Brian Valenti, and Joey O'Brien. Not pictured: Adam Sprangers and Eric Scheible.
Beta Sigma Omega Fall 2007 Pledge Class (front): Stanford Brookshire. (Back l to r): David Fayne III, Virgil Snipstad III, and Ean West.
Alpha Psi Alpha Fall 2007 Pledge Class (l to r): Kayla Rushing, Sherice Gray, Kristina Meekins, and Princess Jones.
Zeta Chi Fall 2007 Pledge Class: Ben Steiger.
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GPA Challenge midterm winners
Residents of the floors with the highest midterm GPA's in Brotz Hall, Krueger Hall, Muehlmeier Hall, and Grosshuesch Hall recently were rewarded with ice cream parties.
The winners were:Brotz Hall - 3rd floor Overall GPA: 2.941Krueger Hall - 1st & 2nd floor Overall GPA: 2.895 Winning floors: 3.0Muehlmeier Hall - 1st & 2nd Overall GPA: 2.367Grosshuesch Hall: 1st & 2nd Overall GPA: 2.460
Following winter break the floors with the highest GPA at the fall semester's end will be rewarded with a pizza party.
Hanging of the Greens
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Hanging of the Greens took place Thursday, Nov. 30. Volunteers decorated the Ley Chapel in preparation for Christmas. Fresh greens came directly from the nearby trees on campus. Cookies and hot beverages were provided for those who gave their time.
Lakeland ’s annual phone-a-thon fund-
raiser took place this year from Nov. 4 to the 15 mak-ing an approximated total of $53,000. Just over 20 Lakeland student callers went to work making calls to alumni for the last two weeks under the Director of Alumni Relations, Bridget Thomas.
Todd Smith, a freelancer for school fundraisers, kept a good work environment m a n a g i n g the employ-ees. “[Todd S m i t h ] was real friendly,” said Jay Ross, sophomore and caller for the fundraising.
“It was a good atmo-sphere,” said Ross.
The money being raised goes toward scholarships and financial aid.
On a daily basis, an aver-age of 100 to 140 calls were sent out from the automatic dialing machine.
Callers asked for a mini-mum of $50 from alumni and a minimum of $25 from alumni of Kellet schools. 25 percent of those calls were completed.
Callers were asked not to accept a “maybe” because of a tendency that some alum-ni seem to have of delay-ing their payment until it’s forgotten.
The callers pushed for a
Alumni pledge $53,000By John SieglaffFun House [email protected]
yes or no from the alumni. When alumni would feel
too pressured, the callers always negotiated a lighter donation, or were accepting of those who did not agree to any amount.
The larger donations typ-ically came from the older alumni. Amanda Vardell, a freshman employee, made one call resulting in a $3,000 donation.
“Many alumni were rather talkative,” said Ross. However, he much preferred that to the few who were upset with Lakeland College or were not pleased with the tim-ing of the call.
“One time I called a rev-erend while he was watching the Packer game...so I called him back the next day,” said Ross.
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United States news
1. Fires rampage California.
2. Bridge collapses in Minnesota.
3. Student kills over 30 in Virginia Tech shooting.
4. First presidential election with a woman and an African-American candidate run-ning in a main party.
5. Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize.
6. Michael Vick is charged with animal cruelty after his dog fighting ring is shut down.
7. Hollywood writers' strike
Lakeland College news
1. Many Lakeland College students have passed away in the past year.
2. Lakeland mourns for faculty and staff who have passed away.
3. Lakeland is the first college in Wisconsin to earn TEAC accreditation.
4. Ground breaking for South Hall, Lakeland’s tenth residence hall.
5. Lakeland’s residence halls operate at 106 percent capacity.
6. Women’s volleyball team and the foot-ball team earn conference championships. MacArthur White goes to the Aztec Bowl.
7. New Assistant Professor of Theatre & Speech Charlie Krebs brings revitaliza-tion to the Bradley Building and theatre department.
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Dear Cary and Sherry,Recently a friend
of mine went on a date with s o m e o n e she really liked. They were having a good time, had some drinks, went to her place, and then they started making out.She was okay with this at first, but then he start-ed to become more aggressive and pushed her to do things she wasn’t comfortable with.
By Sherry Carstens & Cary KnierColumnists
Drinking disastersI am really afraid that this will happen to me and I don’t know what to do to prevent it. Any suggestions?
--Afraid to dateDear Afraid to date,Although one can never
guarantee something like this won’t happen to you, you can do some things to reduce the risk.
Set limits for yourself. When you go out for the night, decide whether or not you are going to drink and how much you want to drink. When you reach your set limit, stop drinking.
Use the buddy system. Go with a group of friends who agree to account for each other.
Don’t count on your friends to take care of you. You
Fishing for an Answer
Rather than busting IT’s chops for forcing a pass-
word change to protect us from hackers toying with our e-mails on short notice, I’ve decided to take the high road and talk about s o m e t h i n g inconvenienc-ing more than just Lakeland Internet users: Three new rotaries/round-abouts on highway 42.
The new rotaries were under construction since July, leading us drivers to County Y for detours to reach Hardees, Wells Fargo, and essentially all business we may have past the I-43 bridge.
Now that the roundabouts are completed (since Nov.1), Sheboyganites and Lakeland students have seen the wrath of circular double déjà vu. While roundabouts are fun, and all Midwestern drivers claim to know better than the “idiots” who don’t know how to use them, I think that the fact there are three of these circu-lar monstrosities in consecu-tive alignment is a tad ridicu-lous. Especially so, when you take into account Wal-Mart is the one who funded the 2.5 million dollar project.
If you don’t already have qualms with Wal-Mart for their shady employment prac-tices in the past, feel free to use their traffic controlling agenda to fuel some. Wal-Mart feels these new traffic circles will ease us into the new Wal-Mart and Menards along highway 42.
Sheboygan County be-lieves roundabouts will cut down on 75% of the accidents had on highway 42, as well as ease traffic flow, according to
Pledging Musko
By Erik HyrkasManaging Editor
‘Round and ‘round...and ‘round, we go
state traffic officials.Education major Paul
Davis joked on the process of driving through one of the roundabouts. “Step one: Enter circle of death, step two: select an exit, step three: exit circle of death.”
Thus far, it is hard to de-termine the benefits of the roundabouts, as the Wal-Mart and Menards will not open until 2008. Menards will open in February, and Wal-mart by April. As for cutting down on accidents, the Sheboygan County Sheriff ’s Department says only one minor acci-dent has been reported since they’ve opened.
Still, many Lakeland students have complained of semi trucks not yielding, con-fused drivers yielding when they don’t have to, and people using the wrong lanes.
“After seeing a large black SUV almost get flattened by a semi swerving across all three lanes (of the roundabout), I question the intelligence of those who thought these things were a good idea,” said senior math and computer science major, Ramsay Crawford.
“Today, a lady was clear to go through the roundabout, and she stopped out of no-where making the guy be-hind nearly hit her. I’ve seen the same thing happen three times,” Davis said.
“It has turned into a race track for me,” said junior writ-ing major, Matt Rutlin.
In the end, we all know we can’t get rid of the new traf-fic circles, so we’ll just have to deal with it. Following the designated lane arrows and yield signs is not that difficult, but for many it will take a bit of adjustment. A lot of people have never seen a roundabout before, so patience is the key. By the time Wal-Mart and Menards are open, we’ll all be pros at Sheboygan’s triple cir-cular circuit.
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are ultimately responsible for yourself.
Have a backup plan. An-ticipate what could happen throughout the night and how you will handle these things. Keep enough money in your pocket for a phone call and a cab ride—just in case.
If someone is doing some-thing that you don’t want him/her to do, communicate your feelings to him/her. Do not hesitate to say “no” a number of times. Be straight-forward with your feelings. Yell for help and fight back if the person is becoming violent with you.
Remember, not everyone will take advantage of you and, hopefully, if you follow these suggestions, you can have a good time and be safe.
By John SieglaffFunhouse Editor
Picasso challenged What passes as art today
When we think of great artists through the
years, we may think of Renoir or Monet. Lots of people feel like a more “artistic” idea of an artist would be Picasso. But it has never made sense to me that Picasso has always been credited with much more value and depth in his artwork rather than an artist with the ability of Frank Lloyd Wright, for example.
It seems to me that some-one with the skills to create a nearly-photographic image out of our three-dimensional world which involves propor-tions, flattening, and an ad-vanced understanding of the contour line is better than an artist who splashes paint on a canvas and claims that it’s ex-pressionistic art.
In the defense of artists like Picasso and other modern-ists, aficionados discuss how the theme of red in a piece of art evokes a certain kind of emotion. But how can a viewer know that the emotion being evoked was what was intend-ed by the artist?
Had the artist splashed more blue paint on a canvas rather than red, would the entire piece evoke a different emotion?
With an artist who is con-centrating more on getting down a more realistic depic-tion of the world around us, the viewer has a comparison to judge whether the skill of the artist is “good” or “bad.”
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What I disagree with about Picasso being so credit-ed is that people seem to read “too much” into his art. There is no gray area when it comes to the art of those who are try-ing to draw what it is that they are seeing.
I am not denying Picasso’s abilities—obviously the man was talented as he does have some of his rather realistic art. However, I do think that in his later work, it got to be too ab-stract.
I am not even denying that Picasso does deserve to be credited with some sort of recognition. After all, he did revolutionize visual art. He showed the world a completely original view of itself through his incredibly subjective art.
However, expressionistic art is made to make a state-ment of some sort to my under-standing. The excuse of “this is how I see the world,” gets dull after a while, and matters get to the extent that there is no fresh statement in the art, it is simply paint splattered on a canvas.
Using fresh and innova-tive techniques in visual art is a great thing, but it does both-er me that the world would rather credit a man who threw paint at a canvas and was done with his “masterpiece” in a matter of seconds rather than an artist who sat at a drafting table for hours or maybe days meticulously going over every minute detail. Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”: images.google.com
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Muskie Mailbox
Marvelous mathematiciansI am writing to public-
ly thank all the stu-dents, staff, and faculty who were responsible for the success of the Oct. 30 High School Math Meet and the Nov. 15 Middle School Math Meet.
I wish to begin by thanking Cindy Thill, Di-ane Knoener, J. Schilcutt, and Mary Jo Vollbrecht for their help in schedul-ing the many rooms to
house the students. I wish to thank Trish Frink and Caroline Korhonen and their helpers for arranging and distributing refresh-ments for the students.
I wish to thank Jake Bernetzke, Catie Cam-pion, Paul Pickhardt, and Fabson Chambwe for their help with room set-up. I wish to thank Alecia Helion and her husband Steve, Fred Cradler, Greg
Smith, Wayne Homsted, Dale Bachler, April Arvin, Mike Muhs, Kristine Raeder, Darramia Perteet, and Andrea Mueller, who volunteered to proctor the exams.
I wish to thank Fos-ter Magombo, Chris-sie Chisamba, Rebecca Makanga, Kapera Mlo-woka, Tamarea Mabviko, and Nancy Mjumira, who served as runners. I wish
to thank the members of the women’s volleyball and soccer teams, who es-corted the student teams to the various class-rooms.
I wish to thank Bri-an Frink, Jeff Schwehm, and Ramsay Crawford for their leadership in the grading room. I wish to thank Amber Koenig and Erica Smith, who served as building supervisors.
Procrastination: The one thing everyone is good atTop 10 Reasons to Pro-
crastinate:1.) Over-involvement in
classes, organizations, work, etc.
2.) Class isn’t pertinent to major
3.) Facebook 4.) Instant Messaging 5.) Social interaction6.) Think there will be
time to do it later 7.) Sleep deprivation8.) Poor scheduling9.) Feeling guilty doing
homework when family is at home
10.) Don’t like the professorProcrastination becomes
a problem for us all, especial-ly when life becomes hectic and you find yourself strug-gling to get out alive. Around these times, college students have a lot of papers to write and material to study before the approaching finals week. Putting things off can really become an unproductive trap for students.
When too many things arise all at once, it is impera-tive that students stop pro-crastinating and get their work done, or the effects of having procrastinated too much can lead to a dark road when the student feels over-whelmed to the point of giv-ing up.
Thankfully, the semes-ter is almost over. This will be a welcome break for many students and faculty mem-bers after about four months
of hard work in and out of classes. Well, maybe not too much hard work, if our fellow students have been procrasti-nating as much as members of The Mirror staff have been.
It is important to note that procrastination knows no major, year in school, or any other personal factor. No mat-ter how goal-oriented you are, procrastination can get you.
You should see us trying to write this article collective-ly in a group. “Jump On It” is playing on the stereo, we’re trying to one-up each other with stories of how much we’ve been procrastinating this semester, and random comments are flowing from all of our mouths. Not one person on the staff is free from pro-crastination. All we needed to be doing was quietly writing; however, that will probably never happen in The Mirror office. If we want silence, we should go to the library.
Going to the library is the number one option for combating procrastination. It doesn’t get better than sitting in a quiet space with limited access to distractions such as televisions and computers. A room without ESPN, bad MTV reruns, Facebook, Myspace, AIM, and iTunes is just what your professor ordered. Let’s not forget that final exams are next week. We all need as much study time as possible.
Better yet, head to the Hayssen Academic Resource Center in Old Main for some help, where tutors are avail-
able. If you need further as-sistance, contact Paul White, Hayssen Academic Resource Center director.
Whose fault is it that pro-crastination seems to be an epidemic on Lakeland’s cam-pus? It surely can’t completely be the students’ faults. If we look at the top ten reasons (ranked by The Mirror staff) why we procrastinate, we can evaluate this.
No. 1: Over-involvement. Lakeland encourages involve-ment in extra-curricular ac-tivities. Just take a look at the posters recently hung up all over campus. These post-ers boast statements such as: “… over 54% of students par-ticipate in community or vol-unteer activities.” They go on and on.
No. 2: The class isn’t per-tinent to my major. Lakeland is a liberal arts school. While this feature of the college is an asset in some ways: stu-dents receive a well-rounded education, it can also pres-ent problems. Writing majors need to take math classes, and business majors need to take art classes. By the time a student really dives into his major, does he really want to spend time learning about something that he has no in-terest in whatsoever?
No. 3: Facebook. Schedule certain times for you to check Facebook to communicate with your friends. The Mirror has specific breaks. Fifteen minutes every two hours dur-ing production nights. When
we’re in Chase 215 until sev-en in the morning, something has to break the monotony!
No. 4: Instant messaging. Don’t even log in! Only do it when you really need to ask a question of someone. Avoid it if you have to get something done.
No. 5: Social interaction. No matter how much of an in-trovert a student is, suddenly hanging out with groups of strangers becomes more ap-pealing than writing a ten page paper that has been hanging over your head for months.
No. 6: There is always later. Wrong! Inevitably, time runs out. Get ahead early in the semester and maybe by the end of the semester you’ll be under control. The middle and end of the semester al-ways seem to be the most hectic. Combat this by start-ing early. A syllabus tells you everything that is expected of you for the entire semester. Take advantage of this.
No. 7: Sleep deprivation. Nobody wants to miss out on the fun had past quiet hours, but for those 8 and 9 a.m. classes, as well as homework in the evenings, you may want to reconsider. “I try to sched-ule myself for at least seven hours a night, otherwise I can’t function,” says Manag-ing Editor Erik Hyrkas. Also, doing homework in your bed is just one “I’m too tired,” ratio-nalization waiting to happen. Buck up; sit at a desk, and git ‘er done.
No. 8: Poor scheduling. Yes, by simply fixing this, per-haps procrastination could be put to an end. Scheduling specific work time for projects would be very effective. Even long term projects that are spread out for an entire se-mester could be fixed by hav-ing mini deadlines set every week or so. To enhance this and also combat No. 4, have someone hold you account-able for your process. Every-one will feel more involved with your academic success if you involve people in making it happen for you.
No. 9: Feeling guilty. Who wants to give up family time (or friend time) to do home-work? As Jen Duenk, opinions editor, said, “I procrastinate because I strongly believe in living life to its fullest…I would rather read the books that I choose or have a mean-ingful conversation with my close friends.”
No. 10: Don’t like the pro-fessor. There isn’t much that can be done about this. Lake-land is a rather small campus. An option students have is to take that class online or trans-fer those credits from another college.
One thing is for sure: ev-eryone seems to excel at pro-crastinating. Procrastination is a snowball effect, so if you can, try to get ahead and avoid it all together. On the other hand, perhaps we should all go outside and have a snow-ball fight! Exams aren’t until Monday!
STAFFEDITORIALProcrastination becoming more than
a periodic problem
Lastly, I especially wish to thank Fabson Chambwe for his secre-tarial help, and Jake Ber-netzke and Allison Ko-maromy for their work in selecting questions, typ-ing up the five events and solutions keys, and serv-ing as building supervi-sors.
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them all over campus, don’t put it on the Web,” Lindsay said.
The general message from the convocation was don’t be stupid. Use common sense be-fore you post pictures on the Internet.
“Assume that everything you put online will be there forever,” Lindsay said.
The Web is a very pub-lic place. Anyone can access anything at any time. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy on the Internet.
The Internet is like a bill-board on the side of the road. While your friends might enjoy the pictures you post, everyone else on the planet can see those pictures as well, including future employers.
According to the Lakeland College on-cam-pus housing agreement, “The college reserves the right to enter any room at any time for the purpose of respond-ing to other emergencies, including life and/or health threateing situations, inves-
Students filled the Bradley auditorium for an enjoy-
able convocation by former attorney, C.L. Lindsay on Nov. 13.
Lindsay started with pictures of Lakeland students engaging in underage drinking. All the pictures he used he got off of Facebook. These pictures could be used by the college or local po-lice as evidence to facilitate disciplinary or legal action against the students.
Some may think that not posting compromising pic-tures of oneself online for the whole world to see is a no-brainer. However, many students post pictures of themselves involved in illegal or just plain stupid activities.
Students were urged to think about the offline equiv-alent first. “If you wouldn’t print off copies of a picture of yourself drinking and post
Facebook speaker informs studentsConvocation raises awareness about internetBy Dawn HughesStaff Reporter
On Nov. 27, students from Malawi helped bring
awareness to fellow Lakeland students of their struggles coming to America in the convocation.
Sophomore Rae Zeman, the emcee for the convocation, introduced Jeff Elzinga, general stud-ies division chair, who started the Students of Malawi organization with David Gallianetti, director of communications and sports information, last January. The mission of the organization is to help gain awareness of the Malawi students of Africa.
Elzinga was a diplomat in the 1990’s, and he said, “Our connection with the country started in 1999.”
Elzinga and President Stephen Gould talked about the idea of bringing students from Malawi to Lakeland Col-lege, and they decided that they would bring five students to the campus every year.
The Malawi students study for three years in order to earn a bachelor’s degree and become “teachers of teachers,” Elzinga said. This means that the graduated students will travel back to Malawi to help
Students of Malawi present convoMalawai students share their challenges with Lakeland studentsBy Becky MeyerCopy Editor
tigating reasonable informa-tion that a crime is being or has been committed, and/or responding to a reasonable evidence that a college regu-lation is being or has been vio-lated.”
Jim Bajczyk, director
educate the current teachers in the Malawi schools.
Elzinga continued, “We graduated now 30 students.”
A slide show was then shown of the landscape of Malawi, which is a coun-try in southeastern Africa. According to Elzinga, the country is about the size of the state of Penn-sylvania, and Lake Malawi is about the size of Lake M i c h i -gan.
Elzinga then gave a background of the situation in Malawi. Learning “occurs outside under trees.” One of the most important things Malawians need are school buildings. “Facilities at best are second rate,” said Elzinga of the schools in Malawi.
School supplies were brought over for the students in Malawi, along with soc-cer balls, which is a “prized possession” in Malawi. “To get a soccer ball is kind of a treat,” Elzinga said.
Elzinga said that on one of the last trips they took to Malawi, they brought a lot of school supplies.
In two high schools, unused school supplies were collected at the end of the school year. “Both schools col-
lected fifty boxes of school supplies,” Elzinga
said. They then brought these
supplies to the Mala-wians.
A c o m m u -nity ser-vice proj-
ect was b o x -
ing books to bring to
Malawi. Also, six two-room schools
have been built in Malawi.An audio slide show was
then played, in which Malawi students talked about their lives. The point was made in the audio show that Ma-lawi does not have enough supplies, and that “Teach-ing is one of the lowest-pay-ing jobs in Malawi,” and also that in Malawi, teachers were looked at as “failures.”
Then Elisa Waltz, Matt Holm, and Rae Zeman inter-viewed five Malawi students about their challenges in com-
ing to America, favorite ex-periences at Lakeland thus far, and what they miss from home.
After the interview was over, audience members were able to ask the Malawi students any further questions.
The convocation was very informative of an extreme-ly important issue. Those
who attended were given a better understanding of what the situation is like in Malawi. They became aware of just how many obstacles and challenges the Malawi students have overcome in order to follow their dream of studying at Lakeland to help fellow Malawians by becoming “teachers of teachers.”
Above: C.L. Lindsay shows a photograph of action figures doing a keg stand while explaining what people post online can be seen by anyone and everyone.
of residence life said, “We won’t use Facebook to bust students.” Nevertheless, security and resident di-rectors may use Facebook photos to investigate or substantiate an ex-isting problem or
complaint.Lindsay said, “If it’s
illegal offline, it’s illegal on-line.” This includes down-loading music and mov-ies and buying papers online. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of Amer-ica) targets students who use the college Internet to download. They are filing lawsuits against hundreds of students. The lawsuit usually results in a $750 to $1,500 infrac-tion. However, some stu-dents have been sued for millions of dollars.
The convocation was entertaining and Lindsay had students participating. His presentation was fun-ny and moved quickly. The Powerpoint Lindsay used was humorous at times and com-plimented his presenation well.
Senior Jake Bernetzke said, “I thought it was one of the better [convocations] I have been to since I’ve been here.”
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In 1191, around Damascus, Jerusalem, and Acre, there
were a few issues. Christians and Muslims fought for control of Jerusalem, which ironically at the time the Muslims were willing to have as an open city for all to worship in. They fought for control of the Holy Lands. You get to intervene as an assassin in an assassin’s guild, attempting to bring peace to the Holy Lands at any cost.
However, you access these events in 1191 from the future, as an assassin some mad scientists took captive. Altair is an 1191 assassin, the ancestor of Des-mond, the modern assassin who became a bartender. The machine called Animus accesses genetic memories of Altair through Des-mond. Don’t think on that for too long, it’s cool. This aside, Animus in Latin means spirit, usually pertaining to breath or mind.
The concept may sound a little strange, but
honestly, Ubisoft did not fall through. The game is like “Prince of Persia”
meets “Splinter Cell.” The difference is that you have to
do your own investigative work. For each assassination, you go
to one of the three major cities: Damascus, Jerusalem, and Acre. All of the cities are
absolutely beautiful, and histori-ans helped recreate them. Jerusa-lem and Damascus are highly at-tractive, while Acre has half of its
buildings gutted from war, and corpses from plague and battle are strewn on the side of streets. This is because King Richard recently retook Acre.
The investigation of a target consists of wandering around a district of the city and pick pocketing, interrogating, and eavesdropping on particular tar-gets. They can give you informa-tion about guard locations, where the target will be, and easier ways to enter the location, and a number of other information on the target. After you ob-tain enough information, you can go plan your assassination, or you can gather a little more information to be as prepared as possible.
This allows you to be the loud and clumsy action-oriented assas-sin, or the assassin that sneaks up to the target amid scholars, stabs the target in the throat quickly, and makes a hasty get away, to get lost in a haystack. “It’s like finding an assassin in a haystack” must have been a common quote back then, because they seem to find it impossible to find you if
you do enter one. Granted, in or-der to hide in any social or physi-cal way, you have to lose your pursuers.
On top of the mini-quests of investigation, there are helping missions where you save citi-zens. During these you can get scholars to appear at a set loca-tion, otherwise their appearance is rather random and not always useful. You can also get vigilantes who will hold off guards who are pursuing you, a useful gimmick after you killed a man and need a clean get away.
Some people complained about the soldiers in front of them not reacting to them when they were wanted. However, the archer on the rooftop who doesn’t see the mob chasing you from the streets, has no clue that you just killed someone. When soldiers do end up climbing onto the roof, the archer stops asking you kindly to get off the rooftops, and aggressively shoots arrows at you.
In short, the AI is pretty good. It starts out easy to get away with killings, but by the
Meet important people. Stalk them. Kill them. Assassin’s Creed: Swearing to kill in 1191
By Paul DavisContributing Writer
third round of going to the cit-ies; life is pretty tough as an infa-mous assassin, slaughtering both Saracens and Crusaders. They respond more actively to your face, and they are more atten-tive to trails of bodies than previ-ously. It becomes nearly impos-sible to do anything than silently walk through any area you killed someone, unless you want a small army of soldiers on you.
The game really focuses on the preparation of assassinating someone. It shines in the periods where you are investigating the target, and setting up vigilantes and scholars to help you in your getaway. There can be a good deal of action, but playing just for action ignores a good portion of the game. It is still fun when you fight your way through ev-erything, but it is a little more difficult and really doesn’t seem to be the underlying purpose of the game. So to all of you out there with true homicidal ten-dencies, who wish to plot out the murder of someone meticulously and without mercy, “Assassin’s Creed” is for you.
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A movie to watch at HOMENOT
Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie” a buzzing good timeBy Rob PockatStaff Reporter
Bee Movie
DreamWorks PicturesDirected by Simon J. Smith
the job you pick for the rest of your life.” This is quite dis-tressing to him.
Benson decides that life in the hive is not for him and joins the Pollen Jocks to collect the much needed ingredients for honey. This results in an adventure through the Central Park area of New York City.
When away from the hive, Benson breaks the bee law of not speaking to humans when he meets Vanessa (voiced by Renee Zellwegger), a Central Park city girl who sees that he is more than just a bee.
Vanessa’s seemingly men-tally unbalanced boyfriend, Ken (voiced by Patrick War-burton), becomes jealously enraged at the relationship that develops between his girlfriend and the bumbling bee.
During their friendship, Benson discovers that honey being produced through slave labor is being sold in grocery stores. The fight of bees vs.
Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie” is a raucously good time
for the entire family. The comedy within the movie is appropriate for all audi-ence members, while many of the themes throughout the movie will pique the most intellectual of observers.
It is the story of Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Sein-feld) and his friend, Adam Flayman (voiced by Matthew Broderick), who have just graduated from college and are going to join the work-force of Honex Industries, the honey producing plant of the hive.
The trip to Honex Industries consists of a roller coaster ride which is symbolic of what most college students need to experience in order to obtain their career goals. Benson is given the caveat to, “be careful, you’ll stay in
man ensues after his disheart-ening discovery.
As the conflict builds, Benson discovers that he has made a mistake which only he can resolve. He ultimately comes to the realization that if one does a small job well, it makes a big difference.
Being a Pixar movie, the animation throughout the movie was quite good, especially the harrowing flight sequences through the city of New York.
The familiar “Seinfeld whine” and his unique style of humor make “Bee Movie” a thoroughly enjoyable film for the entire family.
Additional voice talents in the movie included Chris Rock, who perfectly portrays a mosquito who is headed for Alaska, and John Goodman, a lawyer who is intent on defeating Benson and the bees, no matter what the cost.
Cameos in the movie included Larry King, playing himself as the ever-confused
bee news inter-viewer, Sting, who was p r i m a r i l y being bashed for steal-ing bee t e r m i n o l o g y for his name, and Ray Liotta, whose self-named honey resulted in his subpoena for Benson’s court case.
This story, paralleling the ever-busying lives of hu-mans, was a great movie for the entire family. The humor was very kid-friendly, while the deeper messages and inside humor are not lost on the adult viewers.
Although the quality of this Pixar production was not quite as good as “Toy Story” or “Monster’s Inc.,” it was very good.
This was definitely a great movie to “bee” at. If you don’t catch it in the theater, it will “bee” on video soon.
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interest halfway through. Although the characters
were very developed, I did not feel compassion for them. I especially did not empa-thize with the promiscuous character Lohan played.
Georgia, played by Fonda, was a strong character who knew how to deal with people. She was smart, warm, and very strict. She was almost too perfect.
Huffman struggled to have a good relationship with both her mom and her daughter. She also had to deal with her husband and old
Despite the fact that Lindsay Lohan was on
the cover of the movie, I felt the need to rent Georgia Rule one night.
The cast also included some powerhouse acting from Jane Fonda and nothing less from Felicity Huffman. My fetish with Dermot Mulroney was also appeased as he took the male lead of the story, as Dr. Simon Ward.
As I watched the charac-ters develop, the plot became confusing. Even thought all of the characters portrayed realistic, in-depth people, the story line was hard to follow.
An emotionally screwed up teenage girl, played by Lohan, moves in with her grandmother for a summer. The problems within the women of the family seem nor-mal at first. However, twist upon twist in the plot make it impossible for the audience to follow.
The confusion may seem like an enticing tool, but I lost
flame. She was the center of all prob-lems, which Huff-man portrayed very well. But some deci-sions the character made were again, inconceivable.
M u l r o n e y played the town vet, who treated people humorously in this small town. He was the other rock
of this film. His ac-tions all seemed to make sense.
However, he was basically getting the short end of every situation that arose, which is not common for his type of character.
Some loose ends were never tied up, which again was an aspect that I did not like. The acting was good, but the awkward nature of the story threw me for a loop, and I would not want to watch this film again.
Above: Lindsay Lohan plays a promiscuous teenager who lives with her grandmother for a summer in Georgia Rule.
GeorGia rule
Universal PicturesDirected by Garry Marshall
Rascal Flatts is back and still feeling good
Rascal Flatts is back with their fourth album, “Still
Feels Good,” released just one year after the release of “Me and My Gang,” their third album .
The smash-hit trio re-leased “Still Feels Good” with much anticipation, with sales records topping over 500,000 units in its first week.
Their number one hit sin-gle “Take Me There” marks Rascal Flatts’ eighth number one single. With a familiar sound, they continue to talk about finding out things about their potential partner.
“I wanna know everything about you then/ And I want to go down every road you’ve been/ Where your hopes and dreams and wishes live/ Where you keep the rest of your life hid/ I want to know the girl behind that pretty stare/ Take me there.”
“Bob That Head” brings a similar, yet different sound to the listener’s ears. Talking about listening to good music, Rascal Flatts adds a taste of rock with their contemporary country music.
“Bob that head/ Every Friday night/ Got the win-dows rolled down/ The seat re-
clined/ Givin’ everybody that rock on sign/ Yeah, turn it up to ten/ Hey, y’all join in/ Bob that head/ Come on, bob that head/ Bob that head”
The trio changes it up with their genuine song “It’s Not Supposed to Go Like That.” This song is about how things are happening different than what they should be.
“It’s not supposed to go like that/ it’s not intended to end that way/ life is a journey constantly turning down/ an unknown path/ but it’s not supposed to go like that.”
They continue on with their creative and upbeat songs, but to many people, some may say they sound the same. I would have to agree with them. They sound good, but they sure need something new and invigorating.
By Sandy SternitzkyCopy Editor
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The Bradley Building filled with the Lakeland
College family this past week-end to celebrate Christmas at Lakeland.
While the Christmas cel-ebration is a well-known tra-dition at LC, the program was not. Instead of the traditional choir and band concert that usually took place for Christ-mas at Lakeland, The Boar’s Head Festival, a medieval pageant, was performed. This marked a first for many things in Bradley: the first time the orchestra pit was used and the first time an aisle was erected down the center of the audito-rium over spectator seats.
In his welcome, President Stephen Gould noted that, “Things at Lakeland are al-ways on the move.”
This has been appar-ent this year in new faculty members as well as breaking ground for a new residence hall. Change is not a bad thing. After all, what we’re left with is still a warm Lake-land community.
As always, the evening began with divine food thanks to Lakeland’s food service de-partment in Bossard Hall. A prime-rib carving station highlighted the meal with a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, delectable ar-tichoke dip, turkey, and sea-food. A large variety of des-serts topped off the meal.
Charlie Krebs, assis-tant professor of theatre and speech and director of The Boar’s Head Festival, said, “Janet Herrick has wanted to do it [The Boar’s Head Festi-val] for a long time. The min-ute that school started… even before… she started recruit-ing people right and left.”
Extra chairs and a televi-sion screen were set up in the gallery area in Bradley to ac-commodate all of the ticket-holders for the event. Due to inclement weather those addi-tional seats were not needed.
According to Krebs, 120 seats in the auditorium were lost when the aisle down the center of the auditorium was installed. “If it hadn’t snowed
we expected people who didn’t have tickets to show up,” he said. Some Saturday ticket holders came to Sunday’s per-formance.
The Boar’s Head Festival, which originated in 1340 in Oxford England, has grown to be a pageant with six parts. This pageant featured Lake-land’s choirs and band, as well as numerous other fac-ulty and staff members plus children. The entire night was filled with Lakeland family.
About 140 people were in-volved in the pageant. Accord-ing to Krebs in a recent fac-ulty meeting, the dean asked for a show of hands of who was involved in The Boar’s Head Festival. Over half of the people in the room raised their hands.
“The thing that over-whelmed me the most was the sense of coming together,” Krebs said.
With only two full re-hearsals with the cast, one on Friday and one on Saturday before the performance, the “big show” began.
Associate Professor of Mu-sic Janet Herrick welcomed and gave instructions to the audience to follow the lyrics bolded in the program with the heading: congregation. The Boar’s Head Festival was not only to bring more people together on stage, but also to have the audience be part of the celebration.
The service began with dimmed lights and four Beef-eaters marching down the gold-painted wooden aisle in the center of the auditorium. The concert band played “The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol” in the background.
Perhaps the one thing that took everyone’s breath away, or at least made them take a second look, was when the gigantic Boar’s Head Guild, made up of members of Mu Lambda Sigma, car-ried in the boar’s head on a big wooden cart. Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Nate Lowe walked in with great honor following the boar’s head, as he was the hunter who killed such a beast.
The pageant continued flawlessly with angels, wood
sprites, the three kings, and more. As any Christmas pag-eant needs to end, the family of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were represented by Head Softball Coach Chad Buchmann and his family on Saturday and by Director of Career Devel-opment Lisa Stephan and her family on Sunday.
Christmas at Lakeland ended the only way it knows how: the lighting of the tree in the Bradley Gallery. Though there were some technical difficulties on Saturday, the meaning of Christmas was there. Pageant participants and audience members gath-ered for one last carol: Silent Night.
Unfortunately, few con-gregation members partici-pated in the singing of carols during the production.
One thing that I found special about this pageant is that it brought a lot of the Lakeland community togeth-er. From construction to the final show, numerous campus organizations were part of the show. Maintenance assisted in creating the elevated aisle down the center of the audito-rium. Faculty members from the creative arts division were well represented, as well as faculty and staff from various
offices across campus. Frater-nities and sororities played active roles in the production.
“I had never done any-thing like that before,” said Dr. Charles Stockman, asso-ciate professor of resort man-agement and shepherd in the pageant. He said that this year sticks out in his mind for being very dramatic and reli-gious. “I thought it would be nice to participate.”
The musical expertise of the band, handbell ensemble, and choirs all provided rich sounds to welcome the Christ-mas season. I know how hard it is to have choirs and a band stick together. Both are watching different directors. I believe Dr. Walter Rich and Herrick both did a great job keeping the musical groups together. Added with some members of the audience par-ticipating in carols, the music part was excellent.
“It was neat to see the music department, the facul-ty, and the students all come together. There was some-thing cool about that. About it being something we can just celebrate ourselves,” Krebs said. “I think that’s good role modeling for students – to see their faculty members partici-pating.”
Christmas at Lakeland with aTWISTNew performance brings Lakeland familiy together in holiday spiritBy Lori SassEditor-in-Chief
[email protected] “I couldn’t have been hap-pier,” Krebs said. “I think it was a resounding success.”
In the years to come, there is hope that The Boar’s Head Festival will continue. Each year the scenery and costumes will become more elaborate. Small changes will be made to improve the performance, including inserting pieces of vinyl between the pieces of wood of the aisle to decrease the creaking.
It is important to note that the costumes were all made by Herrick. Herrick also served as the Choirmaster and arranged some songs in the production. The scenery was built by students in the stagecraft class and Bradley Building staff.
The Boar’s Head Festi-val truly brought the Christ-mas season to Lakeland Col-lege. Sitting in the audience, I could feel a difference from previous Christmas at Lake-land performances. This one stood out. This one showed Lakeland as more of a family than any other.
“We are so thankful to the campus community. It was re-ally their spirit that made it fly,” Krebs said.
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Above: Rev. Dr. Timothy Fulop, dean of the college, gave the pastoral greeting at the beginning of The Boar’s Head Festival.
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Above: A group of Children gather around the snowman ice sculptured decked out in Lakeland winter-wear. The ice sculpture was one of many things that made Christmas at Lakeland a unique experience. Bossard Hall filled with people to partake in this Lakeland tradition.
Above: The Beefeaters stand guard around President Stephen Gould while he gives his welcome address during the Saturday performance of The Boar’s Head Festival. To the left of Gould is Neil Schoen and to the right is Ben Bechle. In years to come, the Beefeaters costumes will become more elaborate.
Above:The Noblewomen, Susan Gould, registrar, Martha Schott, instructor of writing, and Elizabeth Shumway, instructor of Spanish, watch as the Yule Log is being car-ried onto stage.
Right: Angel Adores Jennifer Hoff-man stands in front of the audience as Pilgrims from Around the World Adore walk onto stage via the center aisle. The Little Angels Adore Al-lison and Alexandra Mitchler stand at her side.
Far Right: Dr. Mehraban Khoda-vandi, professor of education and psychology, takes the stage as one of three faculty members representing The Magi Adore.
Below: Members of the Fraunenchor take center stage as they sing “I Sing of a Maiden.”
Above: All of the Wood Sprites gather around The Woodsman’s Guild. Dr. Brian Frink, associate professor of chemistry and physics, and Patricia Frink, instructor of chemistry and physics, and their children, Cailan and Ethan, make up The Woodsman’s Guild.
Above: Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Nate Lowe proudly stands behind the boar that he killed.Below: The Guild of Dancing Waits, Ashley England, Michaela Higgins, Amanda Meyer, and Hannah Doucha, per-form during the “Wassail Carol.”
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Wedding bells ring for TaliaBy Kelly ConardAdvertising Manager
Newlywed Talia Koronkiewicz recaps on her wedding
Student Activity Coordinator Talia Proffitt, is glowing
with happiness now that she is a married woman. Talia’s new last name, Koronkiewicz (pronounced “kron-ka-vitz”) will take Lakeland students a while to get used to. She was married to Marcus Koronkiewicz on Nov. 10 in a ceremony at Carroll College, where they went to college together.
Talia said about her new married life, “It’s been the best three weeks so far. It’s fun tell-ing people, ‘This is my hus-band’ and ‘I am a wife.’”
She and her husband got engaged last Halloween. Mar-cus had carved “I love you” in a pumpkin, and inside of it there was an engagement ring. Af-ter a year engagement, they decided that it was time to tie the knot.
The reception was at the Radisson Hotel in Pewaukee, Wis. About 170 guests at-
tended the reception. “It was a big party. There were a lot of young people, so there was dancing and lots of fun. It was a good thing that we had the
reception at a hotel because then everyone could just go pass out and sleep afterwards,” Talia said.
The reception hall was
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festively decorated in fall col-ors such as burnt orange, deep purple, and pink. Talia said, “I love fall, but we didn’t want pumpkins and scarecrow deco-rations for our wedding.” The bouquets were perfected with Gerber daisies.
Her wedding party con-sisted of three bridesmaids and four groomsmen. Talia’s bridesmaids were all her sis-ters. “I didn’t have a maid of honor because it would be too hard to choose between my sisters,” Talia said. The brides-maids wore black dresses and the groomsmen wore black and silver tuxedos. The flowers ac-cented the black and silver theme that Talia and Marcus had chosen.
“This is a funny story. Just as I was about to say ‘I do,’ I heard my two-year-old nephew shout ‘No!’ because someone had taken his candy from him. We all laughed a little and the pastor commented on it too,” said Talia.
“Overall the wedding was perfect,” Talia stated. “Being an event planner, I wasn’t too
stressed out. A week before the wedding I got sick, so Sally Bork was giving me a bunch of Vitamin C tablets. It was gone by the time the wedding came though.”
Talia and Marcus spent their honeymoon in beautiful Playa del Carmen, Mexico. For five days they enjoyed their stay at an all inclusive resort. Talia said, “It was really cool being at an all inclusive resort. It was nice not having to carry money around and being able to get food or a drink whenever you wanted. It was the perfect honeymoon.” She said that the weather was 80 degrees every-day and absolutely beautiful.
Talia and Marcus live to-gether in Cedarburg, Wis. They both drive about 45 minutes to work every day. Marcus works in Delafield, Wis. Cedarburg is the “mid-point” between the two cities.
After almost a month of be-ing married Talia said, “I still feel that glow of ‘Yay! I just got married!’”
Congratulations and best wishes, Talia!
Above: Formerly Talia Proffitt, Talia and Marcus Koronkiewicz tied the knot at Car-roll College on Nov. 10. They went to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for their honeymoon.
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY KORONKIEWICZ FAMILY
For a small school like Lakeland College that has
a little over 967 traditional students, getting an average of 25 international students every year is something to be proud of. The latest statis-tics show that there are cur-rently 147 international stu-dents enrolled at Lakeland. These international students who represent 33 countries across the globe not only fill up the classes and dorms of Lakeland, but also bring their unique culture and traditions with them.
With such a huge num-ber of international students, Lakeland has become what we would like to call a “mini-world,” where it has become a necessity for domestic and international students to get to know each other on a daily basis. With this in mind, the conversation partners pro-gram was started.
Suzanne House, director of academic advising and an English language instructor, introduced the conversation
partners program last year. Li-Ting Huang, a senior, is in charge of recruiting and match-ing the partners. Con-versation partners are matched very carefully according their person-alities and interests.
“If a teacher asks you to do something, people feel like they are doing something for the class. If a student asks them to do the same thing, they will want to do it themselves,” said Suzanne, giving reason for putting a student in charge of such a big program.
The program al-lows international stu-dents to interact with native students and experience col-lege life from an American per-spective. On the other hand, American students also are exposed to various cultures without actually visiting that country. “American students get a chance to learn not only about different culture but about the American culture too,” said House.
It is human nature to take things that are offered to them every day for granted. This
program explores the depth of various lifestyles, and encour-ages everyone to be more ob-servant.
Allison Lichtenberg, a freshman said,” I really like this program because I really want to meet people from dif-ferent countries. I am really glad I did it.”
Getting used to interact-ing with American students helps international students come out of their shell and par-ticipate more actively in the
classroom activities. One international student who wished to remain anony-mous said, “This is the first time I really think that in school somebody thinks about international students and lets us practice our English. The other school I went to in Germany does not have such a program. Here, we have fun and we know each other a lot better.”
Assigning con-versation partners is very different in comparison to as-signing a host family
for an international student. Host family programs allow international students to meet family members of different generations, but conversation programs allow students from both groups to interact with someone their own age.
Conservation partners has been successful so far, and some of the conversation part-ners have become very close and are seen requesting the same partners next semes-ter. However, this program is
struggling to retain the num-ber of members involved. “At first we had about a hundred people sign up for the pro-gram, but most of them have dropped out and now there are only a few people involved,” said Li-Huang.
“We are not doing a very good job in advertising our program. We could do better in that area so that the idea of conversation program remains in front of people all the time,” said House. Faculty members have been very supportive, and some of them even offer extra credit to their students who sign up for it.
The bowling night held on the Nov. 14, was a big hit among both international and domestic students. Allison Li-chtenberg, conversation part-ner of Japanese student Akio Iso, said, “Bowling night was fun, and I was really surprised how good Akio was at bowling. She didn’t tell me that, but she was beating some of those basketball players’ scores.”
Events like these allow students to learn new things about each other in a fun-filled environment. “This is a really good chance for me to learn American culture,” said Iso.
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13Features Issue 6, December 6, 2007The Lakeland College
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Keep your car running this winter
By Mariah TessOnline Editor
Tips to get your vehicle ready for the cold snap
Most of us here at Lakeland are going home for the big holiday
break after finals. For those who have cars, and are planning on driving them home, you might want to read this.
It is important to take care of your car. Cars are not cheap, nor do they grow on trees. Maintaining them prop-erly can keep them running for a long time. This means regularly changing your oil (every 3,000 miles), keeping your tires properly inflated, changing the air filter, and a handful of other things.
Since winter is very near, there will be cold, snow, and ice. Since there are no garages at Lakeland, your car is going to be sitting outside in these con-ditions. Here are some tips for making sure your car will be ready for it, and your winter experience will hopefully be a bit smoother.
Check your tires. Make sure there still is a tread on them. You can check this by seeing if the tread-wear mark-ers appear on the tire (these are breaks in the regular tread pattern--a solid stripe of bald rubber going across the tire), or by sticking a penny in the tread with the top of Lincoln’s head facing the tire. If you can see the top of Lincoln’s head, you might want to con-sider getting new tires.
Balding tires mean less traction on the road, greatly reducing the han-dling and braking ability of your car, especially on ice and snow. Have your tires rotated around every 6,000 miles, as they wear differently depending on where they are on your car. This will help prolong their life as well. You re-ally don’t want to be changing a flat in any temperature below 50 degrees.
Make sure your tires have enough air as well. The cold makes the air inside contract, making your tires a little lower than they were in warmer weather. Make sure they have the rec-ommended amount of PSI (pounds per square inch), which can be found on the tire itself or inside one of the doors of your car.
Check your engine fluid levels. This is the simplest, cheapest preven-tative measure you can take to make sure your car runs correctly. Make sure you have enough oil and that it is clean (remember: change your oil every 3,000 miles). Also, check your coolant (diluted with 50 percent water; you can purchase it diluted or do it yourself) and transmission fluid. Both of these should appear clean and not burnt or dirty.
Transmission fluid is usually a dark red color; if it looks brown or darker, there is a problem (Note: the process for checking transmission fluid is different for automatic and manual transmissions).
Engine coolant needs to be diluted; in its pure form, it freezes easier. Cool-ant and transmission fluid should be changed about every two years.
Make sure you have enough wind-shield washer fluid and that your wip-er blades aren’t torn or cracked. Re-
place torn or broken wiper blades, so the wipers work properly. The metal of the wiper arm could scratch your wind-shield.
There are other fluids in your car that are less commonly checked. Power steering, brake, radiator, and battery fluids are commonly overlooked. Make sure these are at the proper levels as well.
The most important fluid that you want to make sure you have enough of is gasoline. You don’t want to run out of fuel out on the road, and having more gas in your tank makes it harder for moisture to build up, which could make the gas lines freeze.
Check your battery. The average car battery lasts around three and a half years. If yours is older than that, you might want a new one. Older car batteries have a harder time start-ing. In any weather cold weather only worsens this problem. Make sure your battery is in good condition so your car has a better chance of starting.
If your car doesn’t start right away, do NOT continually try to start it one try after another. Wait a few seconds before you turn the key again. Con-stantly trying to start your car one try after another can overheat your starter, and if that happens, your car won’t start at all. If your car doesn’t start after a few tries, you either have a bad battery, alternator, or starter. If so, pray it’s not the alternator, as these are costly and difficult to replace (trust me, and don‘t trust free used cars).
Once your car is started, give the engine some time to warm up. The var-ious fluids needed for the car to run are cold from sitting. Imagine being awak-
ened in the morning and told you need to sprint 100 meters right away. You’d want time to wake up first, right? The same goes for your car sitting outside in the winter. When you do take off, take it easy and don’t accelerate hard.
Check the hoses, wires, and belts in your engine. Make sure your radia-tor, heater, vacuum, and other hoses aren’t cracked or bulging anywhere. Check your belts to see that they aren’t fraying or cracked. Also check to see that all the wiring is in good condition, and that there aren’t any cracks in the wire coverings.
Check your spark plugs. Make sure they aren’t dirty or burnt-out looking, and replace them if necessary. Poorly or non-firing spark plugs reduce the performance of your engine and robs you of horsepower.
Check your brakes and lights. Hav-ing no or bad brakes in summer is bad enough, but to have them in poor con-dition in winter is even worse. Make sure your lights work properly as well as daylight is a bit more scarce and it gets darker out sooner.
If your car has any dings, scratches, scrapes, or what have you, you might want to get them fixed unless you want to drive a rust bucket around. Road salt causes rust, and the corrosion can spread quickly. Not only does rust look bad, but it eats away at your car, caus-ing costly repairs if left to its own.
Replace the various filters on your engine that need changing at the prop-er time. Change your oil filter when you change your oil. Change your air filter when it gets dirty or when rec-ommended, and change your fuel filter when necessary.
Now that your car’s fluid levels, brakes, lights, battery, tires, and every-thing are up to snuff, try not to drive in inclement weather. If winter storms are predicted, try to stay where you are. Driving in the snow can be like skiing in a dumpster. It is easy to lose control of your car, especially with large amounts of the white stuff on the ground. It is also harder to see, so even if you think you are alright on the road, somebody else might not be (again, trust me. I was in a car accident in winter because of somebody else’s carelessness).
Hopefully these tips will be helpful to you on your journeys. But don’t think these are just for winter--it’s important to keep your car ready any time of the year, especially before big trips.
Safe travels!
Items to Have in Your Car during the
Wintertime:Windshield scraper/brush--$3.99
Small shovel--$7.95
Kitty litter--$7.00(Sand works too)
Windshield de-icer--$1.37
Lock de-icer--$.89
Gas-line antifreeze--$.67
Winter Emergency Kit--$19.95
Jumper Cables (12 ft.)--$19.95
-Item prices found at Fleet Farm-
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Above: You can find all of your winter car needs at any Fleet Farm,Wal-Mart, Menards, and other local department stores. Other than the items shown in the shopping cart, often overlooked items to prepare your car for winter include: Blankets, hand warmers, granola bars and bottled water.
Issue 6, December 6, 2007
14 Fun HouseThe Lakeland College
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Issue 1, February 1, 2007
Caroling will never be the sameHere I go a-wassailingBy John SieglaffFun House Editor
Straight from the John
It’s getting to be that time of year again when the snow
falls and we all start listen-ing to cheer-ful Christmas music to help us pretend not to be in as grumpy of a demeanor as we probably are.
For half the popula-tion of Ameri-ca, this tactic works. Our way of thinking—or cognitive style, as the ex-perts refer to it—allows us to be whisked away by the warming music and not think so much about the fact that we’re sick of Christmas before December even started.
The other half is only an-noyed more by caroling and fall deeper into their holiday slump. I call them the Scroog-es of the world and try not to communicate with them very much.
See, I fall under the first half of the American popula-tion. I sing my little heart out as loud as I can at the first
note of “Jingle Bells.” I wish I had been born
with a voice. Obviously, I have vocal chords just like anyone else, but I mean a good sing-ing voice. I used to talk in a rather monotonous voice. Some people take singing les-sons—I just about had to have speech lessons.
It sounds like it should be easy enough. But then again, having a monotone voice would prevent one’s voice from fluctuating by definition, wouldn’t it?
I’ve always been rather self-conscious of my voice—especially when it comes to singing.
So I was doing some Christmas shopping the other day and ended up sitting in the car waiting for my company to return from one of the stores we stopped at. There I was, sitting all by my lonesome in the passenger seat when I thought to myself, hey—may-be if I sang, the time would go by quicker!
I looked around. The parking lot was more-or-less vacant and all the windows were up.
So I belted it out—a cap-pela. And I mean I got into it! “O, Holy Night” just erupted from the pit of my soul and
diaphragm. I’ve never heard such sweet vibrations escape my own lips.
I’m well aware that every-one can supposedly sing like Sinatra when showering or alone in a car, but seriously, I think I actually sounded good!
So since then, I’ve been taking advantage of every moment I find myself in pri-vate quarters where I know my voice won’t carry to any human ears. But I have yet to get the voice back that I had that night.
Nobody will believe me that my voice was actually pleasurable that night even though I tell them—“I swear,” I say. “I sounded like the an-gels above!” They say it only sounded good to me.
Perhaps I had only heard what I wanted to hear that night, wishing that I had
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15Fun House Issue 6, December 6, 2007The Lakeland College
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Time to put the “X” back in X-masThis material may be unsuitable for those full of holiday cheerBy Rob PockatStaff Reporter
The holidays are in full swing and so is my cermudgeo-
nous attitude that accompanies this time of year.
It’s not that I don’t like the holidays…well, actually I don’t like the holidays. What’s to like? It’s a time filled with ri-diculously cold weather, plastic decorations, annoying music, and little kids begging for toys they’ll only play with once! Bah, Humbug!
The holiday season for me officially began on Nov 17; D-Day!
My wife, two daughters and I traditionally attend the “Santa wake-up festival” at our local shopping mall. This was the sixth miserable year for this nonsensical tradition.
This event consists of jolly ‘ol Saint Nick “sleeping” in a re-cliner on stage while an over-weight, balding local radio per-sonality poorly and inaudibly reads “The Night Before Christ-mas.” The kids really couldn’t care less about the story. They want the master elf himself, Santa.
At the conclusion of the story, it’s time to wake up Santa. Apparently the only way that this can be done is to
have 3,456 screaming children armed with metal pans and wooden spoons make enough noise to frighten the cosmo-nauts on the space station.
After the jolly old elf
awakens, greets, and scares the bejeezus out of all the snot-nosed little children, he proceeds to take his throne in center court and, in the spirit of Christmas, charge parents
$27.95 for a lovely portrait package of their horrified chil-dren sitting on this stranger’s lap.
If this happened any other time of year, charges would be filed against the parents and the chil-dren placed in pro-tective custody.
After the visit with Santa, what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than to “deck the halls?”
Yep, tree trim-ming time. Nothing says happy holidays like gaudy, plastic foliage displayed in your living room.
In my house-hold, it’s a rule that our artificial tree must be stored in the darkest, dustiest most spider-infested area of my use…the dreaded attic.
Search and res-cue of this prized possession is not a feat for the weak of heart…I had my six-year-old get it.
When the tree is finally removed from
its sacred resting spot, it’s time for assembly.
Because my tree is old-school, there are approximately 13,568 pieces which need to be properly assembled in order to produce something resembling a tree.
Since the directions were lost sometime during the 1989 holiday season, proper assem-bly is impossible, and my tree resembles a poorly constructed shelter built by a first year boy scout lost in Yellowstone.
Once the tree is up, it is time for trimming. It’s important to my wife that our tree be seen from at least 16 blocks away, so 30,000 twinkle lights need to be strung on its branches.
Last year my wife spent $225 on 30,000 twinkle lights guaranteed not to go out if one bulb burned out. We were duped!
Out of the 16 strings of lights we had, only half of one set worked, so off to Menard’s to buy a brand new batch of twin-kle lights that will again prob-ably only make it one season.
This was only the begin-ning of the season and I had al-ready used a multitude of four letter words, none of which were Noel.
The next event was “Black Friday.” I don’t know how many letters are in this phrase, but I think it needs to be changed to four.
Because I needed to buy some worthless trinket at a 95% savings, I braved the blis-tering cold to stand in line out-
side of a store at 3:30 a.m. with 400 other mentally insane in-dividuals.
When the doors were opened I was violently trampled by a herd of women ravenously running to a display of DVD players being sold for $8.00.
When I finally regained consciousness, I made my way toward a display of Guitar Hero video games and grabbed the last one that I would proudly present to my daughter on Christmas morning.
Before I realized what was happening I was being beaten by a hoard of angry fathers trying to pry the box from my bloody hands. I was able to hang on to the game but, per the court order, I’m now re-quired to undergo a psychiat-ric evaluation and Kohl’s now has a restraining order against me. I apparently had a bit of a “blacked-out” Friday.
As the holidays progress I know I’ll have to attend parties I don’t want to go to, buy pres-ents that I can’t afford to buy, and spend countless hours as-sembling toys for my kids. Cou-ple this with visiting relatives I don’t like and eating foods I can’t identify, insanity may be inevitable.
As you venture through your holiday season and ap-proach the New Year, I bid you good luck.
If all’s well that end’s well, I’ll see you on the other side of 2007.
Have a safe and happy holi-day season.
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Above: Robby Claus appears as his baffled self, struggling with lights.
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Chase and Eddie
17Sports Issue 6, December 6, 2007The Lakeland College
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Despite two conference victories over Edgewood,
and Concordia Wisconsin, the Lakeland Men’s Basketball team endured their first con-ference loss to Marian on Tuesday night.
The final score was 80-86. The Muskies had a rough start, but as a charismatic and inspirational leader pumped them up, they battled back.
Marian’s dominating lead did not psych out the Muskies. They stepped up the speed and coverage at the end of the first half and right from the get-go in the second half.
The Marian Sabers had to call a time out, as the Muskies made it a three point game with :28 seconds to go. A chance at victory slowly slipped away as the Sabers made three of four free throws to secure the win.
“I thought our effort in the first half was very below what our expectations are.
In the second half we
“Putting two halves together”Brumett takes the Muskies 2-1 in conferenceBy Nicole HollandStaff Reporter
played a lot harder, but we still couldn’t get stops. They shot fifty-five percent from the field in the second half. You’re not gonna beat anybody when you do that,” said Head Coach Kyle Brumett.
“We had a couple guys that had pretty good individu-al efforts, but those same guys are not getting any defensive stops,” Brumett said.
Aaron Regal was the team’s leading scorer with 28 points. He was followed by Kris Saiberlich with 17 points. However, Marian shot 53 per-cent in the game, with nine of 17 from behind the arc.
“In the first half we couldn’t guard in the post, and in the second half we couldn’t guard at the three point line. It’s a bad combination.” Bru-mett said expressing ignomi-ny.
The team has a 2-4 overall record on the season. A chal-lenge the team has been fac-ing since the start of the sea-son is playing well throughout the entire game.
“The biggest challenge this team has coming off of
last season is learning how to put two halves together,” said Brumett of the season opening game.
He went on to say of the UW-LaCrosse match up, “This game was just the opposite of what happened to us last sea-son where we put together re-ally good first halves and poor second halves. I was proud of the older guys because they recognized it and were disap-pointed in themselves.”
Brumett has reiterated over and over how proud he is of his players, highlighting his seniors Saiberlich, Regal, Danny Ehnert, Shane Grube, and David Hoerres.
“You got some kids in that locker room who work really hard,” said Brumett after the Trinity International defeat. “And at times they are think-ing ‘gosh we can’t do anything right, because these guys keep throwing it in.’ But what I told them was you gotta get the stops, and you got to score it when you have good opportu-nities.”
The coaches and the players know what has to be
worked on. Now it is just a matter of executing the plan, which we know can be done. The Muskies took control of their home turf as they beat the Edgewood Eagles 70-57.
“Because we made some free throws, because we didn’t turn it over, because our effort was so great, we shot it pretty well in the first half. Now, we didn’t shoot it great in the sec-ond half, but neither did they. And I believe they didn’t be-cause we played so hard,” said Brumett. “It was an effort win, and that is what we need to do every night out. Just play harder than the other team.”
Last Saturday, our Lake-land boys brought a blizzard with them to Concordia Wis-consin to secure their second win.
Kris Saiberlich, Aaron Re-gal, Danny Ehnert, Anthony Cobb, and Pete Worth were anything but ice cold as they
took down Concordia 96-81. Saiberlich and Regal hit
22 and 21 points respectively to lead the Muskies.
Injuries also have affected some of the seniors this sea-son. Saiberlich had a head-on collision during the UW- Ste-vens Point game. He was in-jured at the beginning of the second half, and was out the rest of the game to get ten stitches.
Shane Grube, who stepped up as a key player in the first few games of the season is now injured also. He has a broken hand, and will be out for a matter of weeks, hoping to re-turn to the court in January.
The Muskies have a home game tonight against North-land Baptist Bible College at 7 p.m. They will finish out the week with a conference game at Maranatha College on Sat-urday at 4:15 p.m.
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Top Right: Chris Quinn sinks three against Concordia Wis-consin.Left: Aaron Regal takes the ball up the court with speed and agility.
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18 Issue 6, December 6, 2007 Sports The Lakeland College
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On November 13, The Lakeland Wrestling
team upset the 12th-ranked UW-Stevens Point 31-11 at Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac, WI.
The Muskies came away with seven individual wins to give Stevens Point their first loss of the season.
Senior Paul Hartt re-mains undefeated in the 197 division. He defeated the fourth-ranked wrestler in the nation, Craig Bollig, 4-2. Hartt has also beaten another ranked wrestler at the Lakeland Duels the Sat-urday before. Hartt defeated the ninth-ranked wrestler, Rob Kramer of Coe College, 11-0.
“Paul picked right off where he ended last year,”
said Lakeland head coach Pete Rogers. “He has beaten two ranked wrestlers in a week which is impressive.”
Sophomore Adam Sutter also remains unbeaten with a 10-2 win over the Pointers’ Chad Gregory in the heavy-weight division.
At the 157 division, ju-nior Jonas Flok pinned Fred Lane five minutes, 45 sec-onds into their match for an-other impressive win for the
Muskies. Sophomore Clint Har-
bord, at 149, defeated Kyle Mueller 8-6. Junior JD Syl-vanus, at 184 defeated Mike England 7-6. Senior David Copp, at 125, and freshman Tyge Benson, at 141, also came away with victories on forfeits.
The Muskies are now 3-2 overall for an outstanding start to the season.
“We won a lot of matches
because of our team’s hard work and conditioning,” said Rogers. “Everyone is working together as a team and wres-tling to their capability.”
After the Marantha Bap-tist match was cancelled, the Muskies’ next test will be at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invitational. The match is scheduled for 10:00am on Saturday, De-cember 1 at the Kern Center in Milwaukee.
Lakeland Upsets UW-Stevens PointBy John WagnerStaff Reporter
Paul Hartt defeats two nationally ranked
WrestlersHartt has had a great
start to the 2007-08 wres-tling season. So far, Hartt is
By John WagnerStaff Reporter
undefeated at the 197-pound weight class with a 5-0 re-cord.
The senior captain has a pair of victories over nation-ally-ranked opponents, in-cluding a 4-2 win over UW-Stevens Point’s Craig Bollig, who was ranked No. 4. That
win helped spark and excite the squad to upset the 12th-ranked Stevens Point Wres-tling team.
Hartt, a Port Charlotte, Fla., native, was No. 10 at 197 pounds, but with the win over Bollig, his ranking will likely move up the ladder
when the next set of rank-ings are announced.
Hartt has also defeated Rob Kramer of Coe College, 11-0, as the Muskies hosted their season-opening dual meet on Saturday, Nov. 10. Kramer was ranked No. 9 at the time.
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erything that I have expect-ed of him” said Head Coach Pete Rogers. “He is a great leader of this team and I ex-pect his success to continue as he continues to work hard and stay determined.”
BEAU MARKUT/[email protected] Far left: Juniors Kory Theil (141) holds David Copp (125) in submission dur-ing practice.
Left: Heavyweights Matt Benson a senior and Adam Sutter a freshmen get ready to duel.
Above: Freshmen Nick Doerflinger (197) battles as senior Paul Hartt (184) works him into submission during practice.
Left: Senior Paul Hartt takes a stance before dueling during Muskie wrestling practice.
19Sports Issue 6, December 6, 2007The Lakeland College
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MacArthur White, a senior from Zion, Ill.,
has been named to the American Football Coaches Association’s Division III all-star team that will represent the United States against the Mexican National Team in the 2007 Aztec Bowl tak-ing place on December 8 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
He is the first player in Lakeland history to be named to the team and one of only a handful in Illini-Bad-ger Football Conference his-tory. He is one of five players from a Wisconsin college or university program on this year’s 50-player roster.
“I think it shows that my hard work paid off and that when you do work hard, those are the kinds of things that can happen,” White said. “I first heard about the game from Coach Doherty,
MacArthur White well on his wayFirst Lakeland College athlete to be named to the Aztec BowlBy John WagnerStaff Reporter
but never did I think they would pick me, being from such a small school. It goes to show that our program is making progress.”
Doherty, who recently wrapped up his first season as Lakeland’s head coach, is very proud of his player.
“This is great recognition for him and our program, and I think it sets the bar or stan-dard of achievement for fu-ture players a little higher,” Doherty said. “The next per-son from our program named to play in the Aztec Bowl will say, ‘That’s a pretty special honor because MacArthur White was on that team.’”
“It’s a special privilege for him, our program, and the whole Lakeland com-munity. I wouldn’t say I had to coach him too much this season - he’s a very talented athlete that was already pol-ished. It was fun to be a part of his senior year and record-ing-breaking season.”
White, who transferred
to Lakeland from Northern Illinois University three seasons ago, completed his three-year playing career for the Muskies with 2,254 ca-reer receiving yards, which topped the Lakeland record of 2,239 yards set by 2002 Lakeland graduate Calvin Thomas. White also finished fifth all-time in career recep-tions with 146.
He leaves for Mexico on Dec. 2 for a week of practice and preparation for the Dec. 8 game. He returns to the U.S. on Dec. 9, and isn’t quite sure what to expect.
“Here I knew I was going to play, but in a game like this you don’t know if you’re going to play or how much you’re going to play,” White said. “I just want to play and do well.”
White led the Illini-Bad-ger Football Conference in receptions per game (4.8) and receiving yards per game (75.3) this season. He was third in the nation in kick-
off returns averaging 31.7 yards per return. He caught 48 passes for 753 yards and 11 touchdowns and returned 12 kickoffs for 380 yards and two touchdowns.
White joins 50 NCAA Di-vision III seniors from around the country who will make up this year’s team. Former Widener, Delaware Valley and LaSalle Head Coach Bill Manlove will coach this year’s team.
The Aztec Bowl is the tra-ditional season-ending game for Mexico’s college football season. The game has been played 36 times since 1947 with the last ten contests featuring the United States-Mexico match-up. The Unit-ed States is 9-1 in the series and defeated Mexico, 28-7, in the 2006 game in Aguascali-entes.
Chitwood Sports Media of Jefferson, Texas will provide a live webcast of the Aztec Bowl. Along with the game webcast on Dec. 8, announc-
ers Charlie Chitwood and Ned Fratangelo will provide 90-minute preview shows on Dec. 5, 6 and 7. The preview shows will originate from the Team USA hotel and will be-gin each night at 6:30 p.m. CST.
The preview shows and game webcast can all be ac-cessed via the AFCA’s Web site at www.afca.com and via the Aztec Bowl Web site at www.aztecbowl.com. Post-game results will also be available at www.afca.com.
The AFCA was founded in 1922 and currently has more than 10,000 members around the world ranging from the high school level to the professional ranks. Ac-cording to its constitution, the AFCA was formed, in part, to “maintain the high-est possible standards in football and in the coaching profession,” and to “provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertain-ing to football.”
Above: MacArthur White blazes past UW-Whitewater for a touchdown, September 1st. White scored the only Lakeland touchdown in this first game of the season. After his three years at Lakeland, White holds the record for receiving yards with 2,254.
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Paul Hartt defeats nationally ranked opponents
Issue 6, December 6, 2007
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MVP of the issueBy Nicole HollandStaff Reporter
The first game of the sea-son was not a victory,
but the silver lining shone brightly. Senior Captain Kris Saiberlich hit a milestone worth recognition. As he sunk his second shot from behind the arc that night, ‘Sabes’ passed a career milestone of 1,000 points.
Coming into the first game of the season, Saiberlich’s mindset was not at all on this personal achievement. “Obvi-ously it would have been bet-ter if we won the game,” he said.
“He just went over 1,000 points tonight, and he really responded in the second half,” said Head Coach Brumett. “That is what we expect out of Kris. He has to play like that for us to have success, and he holds himself accountable. He is one of the hardest working kids I have ever coached. He is a joy to coach. He is com-petitive and he’s going to have a great year.”
Brumett also said, “We
really talked in the locker room, at half time, about be-ing physical and being ag-gressive and playing hard. I thought he came out and had a lot of energy to start the sec-ond half. And he was trying to be a good leader, which he re-ally is. I’m really proud of his leadership.”
Dedication to the team is Saiberlich’s number one pri-ority. He said that retrospec-tively he will look back on personal accomplishments. But for now, his concentration is definitely focused on the season.
“I almost feel like pres-sure is relieved,” Saberlich said contented. “The end of last year, a lot of people were saying you’re coming up to 1,000, and I didn’t get to it. So I think it was good just to get it out of the picture and worry about the team not having any distractions.”
This is Saiberlich’s fourth year starting for the Muskies. He is a talented player who can shoot from anywhere on the court, which includes his reliability at the free throw line. He is a three time veter-
an of the first team all-confer-ence honor, and will continue to be a respected and vital player for the Muskies this season.
Kris remembers play-ing basketball his whole life. “My dad played and basical-ly instilled it into me,” said Kris. “As young as you can be when you put a basketball in a kids hands, that’s probably when my dad put a ball in my hands.”
Kris’ dad, Ed, has given him perpetual encourage-ment. “[My dad] inspired me because he taught me how to play the game, how to be com-petitive, and obviously was the person I talked to about every game I played. He never missed one of my games.”
Kris recently went home to Fon du Lac for Thanksgiv-ing break. He is the third of four children. He tried to play it off as if going home was not a big deal, but being the family-oriented guy Kris de-scribed himself as, I suspect otherwise. He mentioned his Lakeland family.
“My favorite thing about Lakeland is the people for
sure. I love all of my team-mates, I would be lost with-out my roommates,” he em-phasized. “My coaches are just awesome and would do anything for me, so that’s a huge plus. And outside of the team and coaches, the friends I have here at school are just as great and very nice.”
Kris is a business manage-ment major, who has career aspirations of coaching col-lege basketball. He classifies
himself as a sports fanatic. “I probably look at ESPN.com ten times a day to see what’s going on.” he mentioned.
I for one will take Kris’ word. He also mentioned that he loved to work out, and ride bikes. I for certain know this is true as he suggested we ride bikes for fifteen minutes in the fitness center, prior to our interview for this piece. It was an exhilarating and in-formative interview.
The Lakeland women’s basketball team start-
ed off the season winning both games in the Lakeland College Tip Off defeat-ing Augustana and Ripon College. Now three games into the regular season, the Muskies have yet been able to achieve a victory.
The regular season began with a hard fought battle at
Ladies basketball bittersweet startMuskies looking to regain momentumBy Shaun ForsythStaff Reporter
Carroll College but unfor-tunately for the Muskies it was the Pioneers who came out victorious 72-63. No.21 in the nation for D3, Carroll College was heavily favored in the match up, but Lake-land stuck with them until the end.
“I knew our girls could compete with Carroll Col-lege”, said Coach Teri John-son. “As soon as our defense gets a better grip of things as the season progresses, we should be well on our way.”
Sophomore guard KC Blahnik finished the game with 14 points and 8 re-bounds while both Megan Chart and Peggy Keiper had 13 points a piece.
Then last Thursday here at Lakeland, the Muskies opened their conference play with another tough loss to Edgewood College 59-43. Both teams shot poorly in the first half, but it was Lake-land who trailed at halftime due to a 26 percent from the floor. Although the team shot better in the second half, it was a little too late as the Eagles flew away with the win.
“We have had issues with starting our games off with the wrong tempo and that definitely was an issue tonight”, said Johnson. “We just can’t rely on ourselves to come back into the game with only 7 minutes to play. The intensity has to be there right from the beginning, along with our rebounding and defense.”
Leading the Muskies in scoring were sophomores Blahnik with 17 points and Megan Chart with 10 points.
This past Saturday the Lady-Muskies traveled to Mequon to face Concordia Wisconsin in another NAC battle. Once again, it was the Muskies who fell short to a Falcon team who shot 80 percent from the three point line in the first half which set the level of intensity for the game.
The Falcon’s hot shooter Krista Mayyou finished the game with 36 points while senior forward Brenda Paul-son led the Muskies with 14. Megan Chart also had 10 points with a team high 9 re-bounds.
“We are continuing to
work on things as a team”, said Coach Johnson. “We struggled a bit offensively, and defensively we had a lot of problems that have to be fixed in order for us to win ball games. “The Falcons are a good team, but I know we are better than how we played against them this time.”
Completing this three game road trip for Lakeland, the Muskies will next be
heading to both MSOE and Maranatha College.
A big congratulation is given to sophomore guard Terra Hiben who received the first NAC Student-Ath-lete of the Week Award for the basketball season. In the Tip Off Tournament here at Lakeland College, Hiben was named the tournament MVP and was also a member of the All-Tournament Team because of her efforts and good play.
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Above: Guard Brenda Paulson looks to pass during the Edgewood game Nov. 29.
Above: Megan Chart looks for an open lane during a drive against Edgwood.
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Above: Kris Saiberlich helps the Muskies defeat Concordia Wisconsin last Saturday.
Saiberlich finally reaches 1,000 points
