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GLWF celebrates 15 years
One might say it takes a writer to know a writ-er, to truly comprehend
a career that revolves around making a masterpiece out of a blank page. Fortunately, Lakeland College’s annual Great Lakes Writers Festival (GLWF) is the perfect place for writers on cam-pus to connect, perfect their craft in workshops, and listen to sea-soned writers present their work.
The 15th GLWF was held on Nov. 1-2 and was hosted by Fes-sler Professor of Creative Writing & Poet in Residence Karl Elder. It featured guest writers Matthew Henriksen, Dawn Hogue, Jean Kuehnel, and Jodie Liedke, all of whom are alumni.
The task of choosing the most suitable guest speakers is always a grueling one for Elder.
“I had to know that they were writing and producing good work,” Elder said. “Also, I had to know they were all team players. I’ve never invited four previously, of course we’ve never had alumni previously, but my point is that we’ve never had four featured writers in the past; we’ve only had two at a time. I didn’t know what the energy would be like, so we needed team players.”
In the end, only six alum-ni made the cut, two of whom
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couldn’t attend due to traveling abroad. Elder desired alumni writ-ers in celebration of Lakeland Col-lege’s sesquicentennial and notes that it would have been impossible to bring in the four alumni with-out the extra funding provided by the sesquicentennial committee.
The event began with a wel-come from Elder in the Bradley Fine Arts building and was fol-lowed by readings from each of the four guest writers. Each writer was introduced by a student from Elder’s Advanced Poetry Writing class, including art major Jacob Belknap, criminal justice major Joshua Leisemann, and writing majors Sean Gilligan and Veronica Lau.
The first writer to speak was
Jean Kuehnel, who studied jazz piano at the Wisconsin Conserva-tory of Music in Milwaukee before graduating from Lakeland College in 1987 and ultimately going on to graduate school. She currently re-sides in North Carolina where she works in computer programming.
Kuehnel described her work as narrated by a sort of “distant” voice. The piece focused on a young girl experiencing her pet goat giving birth in an instance of innocence meets reality.
“I haven’t been writing for a while and so there’s been a lot of soul searching lately, a lot of ‘is this something I should do?’” Kuehnel said. “But, also this feel-ing that’s been going on for about a year that I need to start writing
again, and this was kind of a weird coincidence that [Elder’s invite] came.”
The next writer to speak was Jodie Liedke. She graduated from Lakeland in 2006 and cur-rently teaches composition, cre-ative writing, literature, and film at Globe University in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Liedke presented two poems entitled Sleeping with my Mother and From. The former is a tender narra-tive by a girl who crawls into bed with her adoring mother and in-herits the woman’s varicose veins. The latter is a whimsical telling of all the places Liedke has been, and it even pays homage to Lakeland and its surrounding cornfields, as well as pokes fun at the college’s Writing and English faculty.
“I was ecstatic to come back, I had such a great experience at Lakeland,” Liedke said. “For two years I helped plan and run the Great Lakes Writers Festival, so I use to introduce the writers and now I was the writer being intro-duced—that was very moving.”
Third to speak was Dawn Hogue, who graduated from Lake-land in 1990 and currently works as a writing instructor for Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth. She is also the adviser for The Lakeland Mirror and serves as an adjunct instructor for Lakeland’s General Studies De-partment.
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Hurricane Sandy devastates East Coast cities
A green mid-size SUV sits upon another mid-size SUV which has come to
rest with its crushed bumper propped up on a small car. There is water up to the doors of each vehicle.
A set of stairs that should lead down into one of the world’s busi-est subways is somewhere down there too, beneath the water.
A roller coaster lies in a twist-ed, mangled, mass of steel, the salt water eating away at it, pulling it out into the ocean.
These are images that US citi-zens have become all too familiar with the past few weeks as hur-ricane Sandy, the most destruc-tive storm to ever ravage the east coast, made landfall on Oct. 29, causing serious flooding in New York, New Jersey, and many other
coastal states along the eastern seaboard.
The hurricane, which origi-nated in the Caribbean over a week before it found its way to the east coast, made landfall with
sustained winds up to 90 miles an hour, according to The Weather Channel. It caused widespread flooding throughout the region as the water levels rose as much as 10 feet.
The effects and power of the
storm were so profound that they could even be witnessed in She-boygan, as waves on Lake Michi-gan reached heights of as much as 15 feet.
The level of financial damage
that this storm has caused is not yet known, or rather, possibly not even fathomable. New Jersey Gov-ernor, Chris Christie, estimates it will be well into the billions of dollars, some reports stating $50 billion. Thousands of homes were
flattened, drowned, or burned as the storm did its work.
Flooding in the New York subways proved to be much worse than was anticipated, yet, less than three days after the storm, parts of the subway were already back up and running. Nearly all were functional by the end of the first week.
It was only one day after the hurricane hit that the stock ex-change resumed its business, and much of New York was still very much alive and already working on returning to normalcy.
No matter how large the fi-nancial damage, it cannot com-pare to the loss of life that this storm brought with it. According to the New York Times, over 100 deaths were reported to be caused by the storm. The United States saw 43 deaths in New York, 23
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Matthew Henriksen, Jodie Liedke, Karl Elder, Dawn Hogue, and Jean Kuehnel
Lakeland alums are featured writers at Great Lakes Writers Festival
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Evening tutors to help struggling students
If you are a struggling stu-dent, but you don’t have time to get a tutor earlier in the
day, then you may want to take advantage of Lakeland College’s evening tutoring services.
Evening tutoring is a pro-gram where students who excel at a certain subject can be hired to help students whom are strug-gling with that subject. The topics available pertain to those of any subject a student may need help on.
The majority of the evening tutors meet in the John Esch Li-brary, which is located between Old Main and the Campus Center.
Evening tutors meet week-
days and any student is welcome to use the resource; the great thing about it is that it doesn’t cost stu-dents a penny.
All the tutors are students whom have taken the courses they are tutoring and thus know what the professors are looking for in a student’s work.
Anne Penke, director of li-brary services, had this to say about the tutoring in the library.
“I think it’s a wonderful ser-vice,” she said. “I’m glad that they can use the library, especially in the evenings. They can just pop in and get help, and if need be, the library is also at the tip of their fin-gers.”
According to Penke, the li-brary has seen an increasing num-ber of students come in for tutor-
ing and so the amount of tutors has also increased over the years to accommodate.
Jennifer Siebert, the assistant director of the Hayssen Academic Resource Center, supervises over the tutors. Like Penke, she also be-lieves that the tutoring is a won-derful way to help students.
“It’s an incredible way to help students who need it. They may be better at explaining the course in a way that the professor cannot,” says Siebert.
When asked how they handle the subjects that students do not show up for, Siebert said, “The school stops paying for that tutor, and we cut the subject from the budget.”
The goal is to avoid cutting tutors by getting the word out
around campus, informing stu-dents about the evening tutor pro-gram.
“We try to hang the schedules around campus and also have the teachers hand them out in class,” says Siebert in regard to advertis-ing for evening tutors. “Also, we have the students tell the class they are in that they are tutoring, so it’ll be easier for the students to approach them for help.”
There are two types of tutors. Writing tutors still meet Mon-days through Thursdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Fridays 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Writing tutors are separate from the new evening subject tutors.
Look in the Esch Library or the Academic Resource Center (ARC) for all tutor schedules.
Lakeland hosts Sheboygan State Assembly debate: Endsley and Helmke discuss issuesBy Leah ULatowskiCopy [email protected]
While all attention was on the presidential seat, another elec-
tion that intrigued the Lakeland community was that of the 26th State Assembly District between Incumbent Republican Mike End-sley and Democrat Mike Helmke.
The college sponsored a de-bate between the candidates at the Kohler Arts Center that was moderated by Assistant Professor of History Richard Dodgson. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the debate took place twice as one of the candidates fell ill mid-debate on Oct. 25 and required a resched-ule on Oct. 29.
Dodgson explained that the college had previously sponsored debates and that he has experi-ence as a moderator (the person who reads the questions and acts as ‘referee’ to the candidates).
On his website, Endsley de-scribes himself as a “fiscal, social conservative” and “Pro-life and family”. Endsley ran on a platform that promised the implementation of LEAN Wisconsin, which would focus on improving government programs as well as eliminating non value-added services. He also desires to institute reforms that champion small businesses.
Helmke’s website describes him as wanting “to put our com-munity and its families before par-tisan ideology”. Helmke desires to create family-supporting jobs and promised to ensure the next gen-eration access to quality public education.
The first debate found the two men seated at either side of moderator Dodgson and featured questions submitted by the candi-dates themselves.
Endsley believes that Act 10 (Gov. Scott Walker’s curtailing of collective bargaining for public employees in order to cut costs) was necessary and effective in putting Wisconsin’s fiscal house in order. In regard to tax dollars, Endsley said, “The question is how can government use those tax dollars [it has] now without ask-ing for more from citizens?”
Helmke proposed that the state increase taxes for those earn-ing more than $300,000 a year. He also believes that state officials need to revisit tax credits offered to businesses, “In the last two years they haven’t worked well in the state,” Helmke said.
A half an hour into the debate, Endsley’s replies grew shorter as he sat hanging his head.
Addressing a noticeably pale Endsley, Dodgson read a question asking the man to explain his sup-
port of Gov. Scott Walker’s “con-tentious” Act 10.
After chuckling at the parti-san diction of the question, End-sley began his answer before sud-denly pausing to touch his head as if dizzy. He went on to share with the audience that he had been sick all day. Endsley ultimately “passed” on the question and left his chair as Helmke read his pre-pared answer in regard to his op-position of the Act.
Following the response, Helmke and Dodgson also left the stage to check on Endsley’s status. Dodgson later announced that Endsley was experiencing flu symptoms and was too ill to con-tinue.
The debate was rescheduled for three days later and a much healthier Endsley was more than ready to pick up where it had left off, proving he in no way desired to dodge the Act 10 question.
Endsley stated that critics of the Act have failed to offer alter-native solutions for balancing the budget and that the Act ultimate-ly spared Wisconsinites of various layoffs, tax increases, and service cuts, “I think it saved a whole lot more people from entering the un-employment line themselves,” said Endsley
On the other hand, Helmke argued that Republicans went
about the matter entirely wrong and “demonized” Wisconsin’s teachers.
Helmke used his closing statement to accuse Endsley of “blindly” following the Republi-can Party and contributing to the “ugliness” of the political divide in Wisconsin. Endsley dubbed the accusations baseless.
“I told the constituents what I’d do and fight for, and I’ve kept my word,” Endsley said.
Thus concluded the final de-bate and the candidates battled it out at the polls on Nov. 6. The Sheboygan Press reported that Endsley won reelection by a mere 525 votes with 51 percent of the vote to Helmke’s 49 percent.
While Sheboygan has a repu-tation of leaning to the right, the surprisingly close election be-tween the candidates revealed the country’s stark, down the middle divide in even small communities like those of Sheboygan County.
Although President Barack Obama was reelected, Republi-cans are taking pride in their local victories, like that of Endsley’s re-election and their majority repre-sentation in the overall Wisconsin Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate, as well as their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives on the national level.
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Advanced Nonfiction addedBy katie amUndsenStaff [email protected]
An Advanced Nonfiction class (WRT 440) is to be added to the list
of Lakeland’s writing cours-es. The class will be taught by Assistant Professor of Writing Nate Lowe, who says it will be offered every even-year spring semester beginning in 2014.
It will rotate with the Ad-
vanced Fiction class, which is offered every odd-year spring se-mester.
Creative Nonfiction, a 300-level course (WRT 340) that is currently being offered, will be turned into a 200-level course (WRT 240). The lower-level course, Lowe says, will focus on “the basic techniques of writing good, literary nonfiction.”
The new upper-level course will have advanced students devel-
oping their own voice and style of writing while also examining the various styles and genres within creative nonfiction. Students will be required to do a small study on a contemporary nonfiction writer and present this study to their classmates.
With the addition of the Ad-vanced Nonfiction course, Lake-land will have the only Writing Major in the state that will require a class in literary nonfiction writ-
ing, and is one of the only ones to offer an advanced course in the genre.
“There was motivation from the students to offer more ad-vanced study in the genre,” says Lowe, who specializes in nonfic-tion writing. Since he arrived at Lakeland in 2007, there has been growing interest in the genre and an increasing number of students who would like to focus on non-fiction.
Brand new writing class to be offered spring 2014
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Athletic scholarships: a good idea?The topic of scholar-
ships in college athletics has been a controversial
one for some time. As of now, the NCAA has decided that athletes are allowed scholar-ships. I feel this is a good idea.
Some people would tell you that they are in favor of scholar-ships simply for competition’s sake. Scholarships are a way to get talented individuals to play for your school. They are a way to make your sports teams dominant over their competition.
However, I believe schools should be able to offer scholar-ships because it may allow certain
individuals to get a higher educa-tion who may not have the oppor-tunity otherwise. You hear all the time about individuals who are able to recieve scholarships to play sports at colleges and universities. Some of these athletes would have no chance at paying the actual tu-ition had they not recieved their full or partial ride. I believe this is a wonderful opportunity that al-lows these athletes to reap what they sow.
What is even better is that ac-ademic guidelines make athletes responsible for their grades. If you are on academic probation, you do not play. This makes athletes,
even those who may have profes-sional hopes, put effort towards getting an education.
The majority of college ath-letes, even Division I, will have to earn a living off the fields and courts they seem to reside on dur-ing their college years. The guide-lines of scholarships provide an incentive for students to take their academics seriously, especially if they otherwise wouldn’t.
Though on-field success is not the key to why I feel scholarships are a positive force, it certainly can be a success of scholarships. In this way, colleges have a better chance of deciding their own fate. Like a
professional general manager of a professional sports team, colleges have to decide which players will bring them success on the field or court. Think of recruiting deci-sions as the NCAA’s version of the draft.
In life we cannot choose the situation, financially or otherwise, that we are born into. We can, however, change the situation that we grow into. Scholarships are a way to do this. If you work hard and use your athletic ability to get yourself an education, you can create for yourself an entirely new path in life, full of endless op-portunity.
Barack Obama reelected to second termBy Katie amundsenStaff [email protected]
On Tuesday, Nov. 6, President Barack Obama was re-elected President
of the United States. Obama won 303 of the elec-
toral votes and earned 50 percent of the popular vote, while Repub-lican candidate Governor Mitt Romney won 206 electoral votes and earned 48 percent of the pop-ular vote.
270 of the possible 538 electoral votes were needed to win the presidency. Obama sealed his victory in many swing states such as Ohio, Colorado, and Virginia, while also winning Wisconsin.
This was an election of many firsts. Obama’s victory marks the first time since 1824 that three consecutive presidents have been
reelected for a second term. Obama was also the first
president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936 to be reelected with such a high unemployment rate (currently 7.9 percent).
“We may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future,” the President said during his victory speech in the early morning hours of Nov. 7.
Whether or not voters supported the reelection of President Obama, it is undeniable that he faces many challenges, including the urgent ecomonic difficulties that affect the United States.
Congress remains divided, posing another challenge for President Obama. Democrats kept their majority in the Senate, while the House of Representatives
maintained its majority of Republicans.
In Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin edged out Tommy Thompson for a seat in the U.S. Senate, replacing retiring Democrat Herb Kohl and becoming the first openly gay U.S. senator.
Baldwin stated in her victory speech that she did not win to make history but to make a difference.
Her victory was essential in gaining the majority for Democrats in the Senate.
In the House of Representatives, former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan retained his Republican seat in Wisconsin’s first distric.
Republican Congressman Sean P. Duffy also won for Wisconsin’s seventh district.
Hogue said that she has been actively blogging and essaying as a way to explore the concept of teaching and aid fellow educators. Hogue chose a slightly different route than her alumni companions by presenting one such blog post.
The piece she shared centered on her granddaughter Ella’s dilem-ma of having a teacher too quick to make decisions for the children in her classroom. Hogue commu-nicated the necessity of allowing students some leverage in their educational environments.
“Karl knew that all four of us were going to present our own perspectives. I wanted to reach out to future teachers in the con-vocation audience and make the point that teachers can be reflec-tive writers, too,” Hogue said. “The blog post I read was about how important it is for teachers to create engaging learning expe-riences, especially by providing many choices for students.”
The final writer to speak was Matthew Henriksen, who graduated in 2001 and recently released his first book of poems, Ordinary Sun. He lives in the Ozark
Mountains where he works as co-editor of an online poetry journal and teaches creative writing at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith.
Henriksen read several short poems, including Strange Flow-ers and several poems inspired by his hometown of Appleton, Wis. One might say that Henriksen’s works were characterized by im-passioned diction and vivid, un-conventional imagery that ranged from a peculiar girl on a bicycle to the spiritual realm.
“I was so blown away by the other readers, by the diversity of interests and by their presence as human beings, that I felt sort of inadequate reading,” Henriksen said, “or maybe I felt more like my work was just a small part of a sum total. Reading with others is often competitive or adheres to a hierarchy. In this case I felt humil-ity and camaraderie.”
“The first thing I did on campus was head up to the third floor of WAK to see Karl Elder, Jeff Elzinga, and Linda Tolman. I have lived all over the country but have rarely felt at home. Lake-land though, especially with those
three people, I feel a sense of be-longing,” Henriksen said.
As Lakeland College’s writing program flourishes, it is no wonder the campus boasts a grand array of both faculty and students with a knack for the written word, most of whom were in attendance.
Some helped orchestrate workshops while others partici-pated in them or took advantage of open mic and contest opportu-nities. Lakeland even invited High School students from surrounding communities to take part in spe-cial youth oriented events.
Writing major Nate Bakke and Writing and Art major Alyssa Nedbal, both of whom worked the event, lavished praises on the alumni run workshops. Hogue and Kuehnel headed prose work-shops while Henriksen and Lied-ke covered poetry ones.
“It’s different than the work-shops in Fiction Writing because it’s a singular event; it is more fo-cused,” Bakke said.
They said that students were overjoyed to speak with the alum-ni during workshops as the writ-ers had once been in their same exact shoes.
The alumni writers also had a second chance to present their work at special readings in the college’s pub. The atmosphere was very informal. Those from the Lakeland community took ad-vantage of an open mic opportu-nity and the alumni writers shared their work throughout the night.
“Compared to the convoca-tion, it was almost like being in a room with that person,” Bakke said.
The alumni, many students from the writing program, and all the writing professors showed up to the pub event and joined in on the fun and discussion.
“Writing can be such an iso-lating process, so [it was great] getting to know people who write and learning why they write, why they put themselves through this,” Nedbal said. “They understand, they don’t think you’re crazy.”
Elder was quite pleased with the event and the effect it had on those who attended. “I think the thing that people are most en-thused about with respect to the experience of the festival is having their enthusiasm rekindled,” he said.
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in New Jersey, and three in Con-necticut. Sandy is estimated to also have taken as many as 60 lives in the Caribbean.
The American Red Cross has reported that it has received up-wards of $85 million in donations so far to help in the relief efforts in the wake of hurricane Sandy as en-tire cities of people try to put their lives back together and return to normal activities, starting with a presidential election that the city was far from prepared to deal with at the time.
Despite this, New Yorkers and other citizens in such storm ravaged areas were still given plenty of options and places to get out and cast their votes, although there have been many stories of excessively long lines and general confusion and disorganization.
Much of New York and New Jersey are still without power, and those whose power was re-stored quickly found themselves in the dark again after a brutal northeaster (winter storm) hit the coast, bringing even more rain and
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miserable conditions to citizens who were already struggling to get back on their feet.
The storm completely buried citizens’ cars in ice and left roads in disarray, not only stunting the relief effort but also threatening to unravel any progress that had been made. The New York Times reports that the storm brought down power lines faster than crews could attend to them, leav-ing thousands more citizens with-out power.
There is no telling just how far the ripples of this most de-structive hurricane to ever hit the east coast might reach as hun-dreds of lives have been lost and many states are facing the burden of extreme monetary costs.
As these cities look to re-build they must question exactly what is worth rebuilding, as well as what the most efficient way to rebuild will be so as to ensure that if a disaster like this ever strikes again, the east coast will not be so helpless against the uncontrol-lable powers of nature.
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Joe the Rooskie visits Krueger
The sun was shining bright-ly one morning, and the campus was still quiet. I
decided to take a walk before the campus got busy. As I was walk-ing, I came across a building that had the door propped open. After realizing that no one was paying attention to me, I hopped up and entered. The hallway was dark, so I looked around and tried to fig-ure out where I was. Something loud was nearby, and I decided to investigate. I found the room and wandered inside. There was something shaking next to me. Confused, I approached it.
What is this thing? I wondered. It was a large cube. It had a
door with a window that opened when I touched it. The inside was even more bizarre, so I decided to hop in and investigate what it did. As soon as I entered it, the momentum made it spin once. I went with it and landed on my back. Before it could spin again, I hopped out.
“That is definitely not a toy,” I said aloud. “That is a mean torture thing.”
I shook out my feathers and continued exploring. As I headed
down the hall, I saw an open door. I didn’t hear anyone, so I decided to enter and investigate. Luckily, the room was empty. The first thing that caught my eye was myself. I headed to the thing that looked like me. As I was ap-
proaching it, I hit a wall. I pecked at it, and it copied me.
It looks like me and acts like me, but it isn’t real, I thought. What is it?
I heard footsteps and quick-ly hid by jumping into a pile of clothes. Someone entered the room, grabbed something, and left. The door was still open and I quickly left before I could be locked in.
Next I encoun-tered something that looked like a moun-tain. I looked up; it appeared to be never ending.
I wonder what’s up there? I thought.
I decided that flying would be
easier, but I couldn’t fly for long distances. The first and second mountains were easy. I was too tired to go higher, so I started walking around the area I made it to. It was starting to get busy. People were walking around. I
heard snippets of conversation erupting from the rooms.
“Where are my shoes?”“O-M-G, can you believe I got
yelled at last night?”“When is your class?”“Want to go get breakfast?”A girl walked past me with
her hair dripping. The water drop-lets fell on me and I jumped. She had something wrapped around her that looked soft. I wanted to get a closer look at the towel, but I realized that was all she was wearing, so I quickly looked away and moved on.
Wow, this place got busy quick, I thought. I kept walking and came across an open space. I walked up to something that looked squishy. I jumped up and it sank under my weight. I pecked at it and realized it wasn’t edible. Suddenly, I heard a loud noise that sounded like a dog. I quickly turned around and nearly was knocked over.
The squishy furniture has just become my safe place, I thought as I dove under it.
The dog was quickly pulled away and I decided I’d had enough.
It was time to leave. I headed back to where I came in but real-ized that the door was now shut. I didn’t hear anybody coming, so I pondered what to do. As I thought, footsteps sounded on the stairs. I quickly headed up to where I thought they would leave and waited. When they left, I fol-lowed them out. As I was leaving, I overheard a group talking about the building.
“This building is Krueger,” the girl said. “It’s an all girls dorm and has four floors.”
No wonder that room smelled like flowers, I thought.
“Does it have a laundry facil-ity?” the other girl asked.
“Yes, it’s in the basement.”That’s what I found, I thought.
But that doesn’t explain why it spun me. The group walked on with-
out acknowledging me. “Whatever that place was, I
don’t want to go back,” I said to myself.
I headed home, content to spend the day watching students walking around. That was enough adventure for one day.
Students recover in aftermath of goose attacksSome suspect a goose conspiracy against studentsBy Michelle FroMMManaging [email protected]
Lakeland College experienced some serious problems with the goose population last
Friday, which seemed to begin when one goose reportedly chased after Miranda Miller, sophomore music performance major with an emphasis in axillary cavity pedagogy, on her way to Verhulst that morning around 9 a.m.
“I don’t know what got into that goose!” said Miller of the experience. “I was leaving the Campus Center to head over to my trombone lesson in Verhulst, and, out of nowhere, this goose just flew down and started running after me on the sidewalk!”
The goose allegedly had its mouth wide open and was hissing in what onlookers described as a “menacing manner.” Miller was able to outrun the goose and shut the door quickly behind her upon entering Verhulst.
“I’ve never seen anything like
it,” said Miller. “I’m just glad it didn’t get me.”
Unfortunately, other students were not so lucky. Two other students, by the names of Stephanie Tutor, junior flipbook major, and Leah Ulatowski, freshman gastrointestinal studies major, encountered a gaggle of geese later that same day. The women were strolling across campus, chatting, and sipping their drinks from the Daily Grind when they came across approximately ten to twelve geese.
According to Ulatowski and Tutor, the geese were looking extremely irked about something, a claim which Tutor substantiated by saying, “Their feathers were all ruffled up, and they were making some weird sounds that I’ve never heard geese make before.”
Ulatowski agreed, saying, “They were sort of walking around in circles in this one spot, and they wouldn’t get off the sidewalk. We came closer because we had to get through, and we figured
they would be scared away as we approached. But they weren’t.”
As Tutor and Ulatowski’s encounter with the geese happened around 10:30 a.m. when many students were in class, there were no other witnesses to the incident. The two claim that rather than departing from the sidewalk as they approached, the geese turned to attack them.
“They did this to me,” said Ulatowski, rolling up her right sleeve to reveal a fresh scratch.
Tutor also sustained injuries in the form of several bruises on her legs, which she says are from some of the geese grabbing at her with their beaks.
Even more surprising is what the two women claim to have seen as they were retreating from the truly angry birds.
“They walked around with a strut that sort of looked like a march until they were in the shape of the letter G,” said Tutor. “Then they stayed there squawking as they watched us leave.”
“It was really odd,” said Ulatowski of the apparent G-shaped formation. “I guess it stood for ‘geese,’ but who knows?”
When Miller was questioned about the G shape that Ulatowski and Tutor had seen, she responded, “Greatness. I am fairly certain that the G stands for ‘greatness.’”
Miller went on to explain that she didn’t think the geese would go to the trouble of making a complex formation just to remind people of the common name of their scientific classification.
“I think they’re up to something,” said Miller. “And ‘greatness’ is probably their mantra. Or I suppose it could be ‘grandness’ or ‘glory’ or something like that. But, it’s not just ‘geese.’”
Tutor seemed to be thinking along the same lines when she questioned, “Why would they want to remind us that they’re geese?”
Another act of the geese’s possible greatness or glory was observed by Fabian Qamar, junior
miscreant theory major, when he came upon a gaggle of geese that were attacking his car.
“Luckily I got there before they did too much damage,” said Qamar. “But they had torn off some of the weather stripping from around the windows. And the strangest part was that there was a huge letter G scratched onto the hood of the car.”
The presence of the letter G being displayed in this attack almost certainly connects it to the incident with Tutor and Ulatowski, authorities say.
Upon being told of Miller’s theories regarding the use of the letter G, Qamar said, “I don’t know. It’s really odd. Maybe we’ll never find out what they meant by it. I mean, they can’t talk. They’re just geese, after all.”
Lakeland’s security team has called in the help of Sheboygan police and detectives to investigate these cases. Several other unconfirmed incidents have been reported since Friday.
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Wolves on campusBy heAther hArtMAnnStaff [email protected]
Ever wonder what kinds of animals surround us here on campus? Whether they be
from nearby farms or the woods, it isn’t unusual for Lakeland students to see wildlife on a daily basis. In any case, there are certain animals you wouldn’t expect, or perhaps wouldn’t even want, to see near Lakeland College. Here’s a clue as to one type that may be
somewhere nearby: they howl at the moon when it’s full.
That’s right, Lakelanders. Wolves were heard from campus on Saturday, Oct. 28 around midnight. They were heard from Chase and the howls seemed to emerge from the woods. As many of you may know, Monday, Oct. 29 was a full moon, and oc-casionally wolves will howl at a full moon for three consecutive nights: the night before, the night
of, and the night after. “I was out for a walk just kill-
ing time,” said Samantha Tonn, graphic design major. “It must have been about midnight when I heard the first howl so I stopped to listen, and it wasn’t much longer before I heard another—it was bizarre.”
Another witness, who prefers to remain anonymous but will say that she is a business major, was in Chase studying when she thought
she heard the same thing. “I thought it was one of the
coolest things I’ve ever heard,” she said. “Being a wolf lover, I con-sidered it an honor to hear real wolves communicating, but it did make me a little nervous that they were this close to campus.”
“My roommate is obsessed with wolves, so when I told her that I heard them on campus she flipped with excitement, asking me when and where,” said Tonn.
“When I told her, she got ready and went out to try and hear them herself. When I told her I was worried about how close they were, she assured me that, because of echoes, they may not have been as near as they sounded.”
Kelsey Raasch, exercise sci-ence major, said, “When I heard my neighbors talking about hear-ing wolves on campus by Chase, it made me wish I had heard them, too; that would have been so cool.”
Joe the Rooskie
5Issue 4, November 15, 2012FUN HOUSEThe Lakeland College
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It was time to leave. I headed back to where I came in but real-ized that the door was now shut. I didn’t hear anybody coming, so I pondered what to do. As I thought, footsteps sounded on the stairs. I quickly headed up to where I thought they would leave and waited. When they left, I fol-lowed them out. As I was leaving, I overheard a group talking about the building.
“This building is Krueger,” the girl said. “It’s an all girls dorm and has four floors.”
No wonder that room smelled like flowers, I thought.
“Does it have a laundry facil-ity?” the other girl asked.
“Yes, it’s in the basement.”That’s what I found, I thought.
But that doesn’t explain why it spun me. The group walked on with-
out acknowledging me. “Whatever that place was, I
don’t want to go back,” I said to myself.
I headed home, content to spend the day watching students walking around. That was enough adventure for one day.
Thanksgiving Recipes
By Leah ULatowskiCopy [email protected]
By katie amUndsenStaff [email protected]
Pumpkin Cookie Recipe Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting A coffee-lover’s alternative to pumpkin pie
As the temperatures of autumn continue to drop, there’s almost nothing better than sitting down to enjoy a hot drink from a coffee shop. One of the most popular drinks of the season is the pumpkin spice latte, so why not enjoy this delicious drink in cupcake form? These cupcakes have just the right amount of espresso flavor to make them perfect for breakfast! The recipe was taken and slightly modified from a recipe blog called Tide and Thyme (tideandtyme.com).
Ingredients:• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour• 3 tbsp. espresso powder• 2 tsp. baking soda• 2 tsp. baking powder• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon• 1/8 tsp. grated nutmeg• 1 tsp. salt• 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree• 1 cup sugar• 1 cup brown sugar• 1/2cup vegetable oil• 1/2cup buttermilk• 4 large eggs• 1/2cup coffee or espresso, for brushing
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Line cupcake pans with paper liners. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, espresso powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir together and set aside. Add the pumpkin, granulated sugar, brown sugar, buttermilk, and oil to a bowl. Use an electric mixer to combine. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. With the mixture on low speed, add the flour mixture in two additions, mixing just until incorporated.
Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Transfer the pans to a wire rack and let cool for ten minutes, and then remove the cupcakes from the pans. While the cupcakes are still warm, brush them two or three times with the coffee or espresso, allowing the first coat to soak in before repeating. Let cool completely.
For the frosting, place the heavy cream in a bowl, and whip with a mixer on medium-low speed at first, gradually increasing to high speed. Blend in the confectioners’ sugar gradually. Whip until stiff peaks form, being careful not to over-beat. Use a pastry bag fitted with a decorative tip (I used a zip lock gallon bag with the lower corner tip cut off) to frost the cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate. Makes about 24 cupcakes.
A wonderful pumpkin addition to any Thanksgiving meal
Halloween has come and gone, and now many find themselves with a surplus of pumpkin. If you would like a pumpkin dessert more atypical than a pie, then pumpkin cookies are the perfect choice. Not only are they just the right amount of sweet and soft, but they are also a wonderful Thanksgiving treat that will appeal to both adults and children alike.
This recipe was inspired by “The Best Pumpkin Cookies” on www.food.com with a few modifications.
Ingredients (should yield about 48 cookies):• 1 cup of butter or 1 cup of olive oil• 1/2 cup of cane sugar• 1/2 firmly packed brown sugar• 1 cup of canned pumpkin or 1 cup of homemade pumpkin puree• 1 egg• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract• 2 cups of flour• 1 teaspoon of baking soda• 1 teaspoon of baking powder• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Farenheit and prepare a few ungreased baking sheets. In a large mixing bowl, cream (use your mixer at medium speed) the butter and the sugars together until light and fluffy. Blend in the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract.
In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Mix the above flour mixture into the fluffy butter-sugar mixture. Place tablespoonfuls of the mix three inches apart onto the ungreased
baking sheets. Bake the cookies for ten to twelve minutes until golden around the edges.
Remove warm cookies and transfer to racks. Allow to cool for half an hour and then enjoy!
“When I told her, she got ready and went out to try and hear them herself. When I told her I was worried about how close they were, she assured me that, because of echoes, they may not have been as near as they sounded.”
Kelsey Raasch, exercise sci-ence major, said, “When I heard my neighbors talking about hear-ing wolves on campus by Chase, it made me wish I had heard them, too; that would have been so cool.”
For the frosting: • 2 1/4 cups heavy cream, chilled• 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
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Men’s Volleyball:
By Brandon RookerSports [email protected]
Lakeland College’s Men’s Volleyball club team has had great success since their
creation in 1996. With the recent announcement that they will become an official NCAA Division III varsity team, the Muskies will have new teams to conquer and rivalries to be made.
“We’ve got a very good men’s volleyball club,” said Lakeland’s Vice President of Athletics and Wellness Kellen Winslow. “We’ve got a great start. We’re not starting from scratch. It’s one of our more competitive teams. Moving into Division III was the right thing to do.”
The move puts Lakeland College’s Varsity team total at 18. In the 2013-2014 school year the Men’s Volleyball team will
join the Continental Volleyball Conference.
Lakeland truly has dominated in the last decade amongst college club teams.
They won the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation title in 2008 defeating Illinois, and also made it back to the championship in 2010 before falling to Ohio State.
From 2001-2010, Lakeland finished in the top 10 rankings nine times. This domination amongst club opponents may be the key to why Lakeland has made the move.
“With the growth of the sport at the Division III level coupled with Lakeland’s strong tradition as a club program, this is a natural move for our men’s volleyball program and for the Lakeland athletics program,” Winslow explained.
Winslow also believes that Men’s Volleyball could be a key in making Lakeland College a Division III sports powerhouse, a goal he shares with President Grandillo.
“It also fits in perfectly with Dr. Grandillo’s plans to strengthen Lakeland as an institution as well as a force in Division III athletics.” Winslow said. “In order to raise Lakeland’s brand and profile, sports is a great way to do that.”
Winslow also believes that the jump to Division III will be beneficial to the men’s volleyball athletes themselves.
“It will give the young men on the team an even greater collegian sports experience,” Winslow said. “Now they will get a chance to play more competition throughout the year. It’s a good experience for them.”
The future looks bright
Loss caps off frustrating football season
Dual tournamentWrestling against Stevens Point
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By Josh SchartnerStaff [email protected]
Lakeland continued their wrestling season at Pulaski high school when they
faced off against Stevens Point in a dual meet on Thursday, Nov. 8. The Muskies dropped eight of the ten matches to drop the dual 40-7.
Lakeland was led by sophomores Jacob Maechtle and Eduardo Orihuela, who picked up the only wins for the Muskies. Orihuela won at 133lbs by decision 5-3 over Ryan Osse.
Maechtle dominated his match at 149 lbs and won by major decision 16-7 over Shane Sweeney. The Muskies failed to pull out another victory for the remainder of the dual.
Lakeland then traveled to Stevens Point for the Pointer Open on Saturday, Nov. 10. Once again, Jacob Maechtle led the
Lakeland looked to finish their season off strong on Saturday, Oct. 10 when the
Muskies took on Benedictine at Taylor Field, but the Muskies once again came up short as they dropped the game 27-3.
The Muskies’ only score came from William Yelverton, who con-verted on a 20 yard field goal in the first quarter. Though Yelverton was the lone scorer of the contest, backup quarterback Dylan Kelly led the Muskies offense all after-noon. Kelly made his season debut substituting for the injured Dylan Van Straten. Kelly rushed 20 times for a career high 134 yards and completed 7 of 17 passes for 37
yards. Lakeland had 224 yards of
total offense. Another Muskie standout was Kendrick Burks, who rushed for a total of 41 yards.
Defensive standout was
Bruce Romagnoli who played his last game as a Muskie. Romagnoli
had 10 tackles in the game, closing an impressive season and college career on a high note. Jake LaF-leur also added six tackles for the
Lakeland defense.Despite Lakeland’s high
points, Bene-dictine domi-nated the Muskies on the ground. Benedictine gained 254 of its 345 total yards in the second half. Benedictine star player Joe Borsellino started the m o m e n t u m for Benedic-
tine when he rushed for an eight yard touchdown in the third quar-ter. Boresllino rushed for 129 total yards.
Borsellino led Benedictine’s offense on the ground with the help of John Alessi, who also had a good day on the ground as he rushed for 104 yards. Alessi kept Boresllino’s momentum going in the fourth quarter when he ran right up the middle for 38 yards and found himself in the end zone, making the game 21-3.
Benedictine’s final score came from quarterback Cyle Schultz, who had a sneak play on the one yard line and maneu-vered the ball across the goal line. The loss ended the Lake-land season at a 2-8 overall record and a NAC record of 2-5. The Muskies look to rebound next year with many returning young stars in the lineup.
Muskies by going 4-2 on the day. He started off with a victory by 6-4 decision before dropping his
first match of the tournament. He then recovered, winning four of his next five matches.
Junior Grant Franson was the next highest finish for Lakeland as he went 2-2 at 125 lbs, including a victory over teammate Alec Noa
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Muskies end their football season while being cheered on by the Lakeland College Dance Team
for the Lakeland College Men’s Volleyball program. Perhaps in the coming years Lakeland will be hoisting their own National Championship banners in the sport of Men’s Volleyball.
With club wins over the likes of Illinois, Wisconsin, Notre
Dame, Boston College, and Long Beach State (all Division I schools in the sports that are not club) Lakeland has already proven they can have success versus larger schools. Perhaps they can continue this success at the Division III level.
who went on to finish 1-2.UW-Parkside and UW tied
for the most individual champions
with four each.The Muskies travel to
Mequon on Saturday, Nov. 17 to compete in the Concordia University of Wisconsin open at 9 a.m. for their next meet.
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7Issue 4, November 15, 2012The Lakeland College
M I R R O R FeaturesInside Sports: Taylor Daus
This past season was one of significant accomplishment for the
Lakeland College Women’s Volleyball Team. With a 7-6 record in conference and a 17-10 overall record, Lakeland was able to make the playoffs. Though there were many key contributors to the resurgence of the lady Muskies, the play and leadership of Taylor Daus, the team’s lone senior, cannot be underestimated.
“Taylor brought so much energy and positivity to our team this year,” said head coach Kim Bukowski. “She was a great leader for us and I am confident that we would not have accomplished what we did without her.”
Teammates agree with Bukowski on Daus’ dedication to the team.
“Taylor is a very supportive teammate, one that is always willing to put the extra effort in to help a teammate out,” said Tess Myklebust, junior marketing and business management major. “She continues to stay positive and encourage everyone. She is very much about the team on and off the court. Taylor has always been a very dedicated teammate and
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player to this program.”“She gets very involved
and is always looking to help out wherever she can,” said Katie Freitag, junior business management major.
Daus began playing volleyball in middle school. She had a decision to make between being an athlete and being an athletic supporter.
“I think it was fifth grade,” Daus said. “We played in school. It was that or cheerleading, and my Mom kind of told me you should definitely do volleyball, you’ll enjoy it more. I’m obviously happy she pushed me towards that.”
As she continued to play volleyball, Daus says her parents also continued to be her greatest influences.
“In high school I played club and they’d pay for everything. It’s pretty expensive to play. So they definitely influenced me the most and they were also the ones who pushed me to play college. So, I probably wouldn’t be here unless they had pushed me,” Daus said.
Daus led the Muskies with her play. Her work ethic and intensity created a bar that all teammates had to match.
“I feel that one of Taylor’s greatest strengths as a player
is that she never gave up,” said Freitag. “She was always working hard to accomplish what she
wanted to get done, and if things got hard, she would just keep on trying.”
Coach, teammates, and Daus herself declare that Daus was a vocal leader.
“I’m really vocal on the court which helps a lot with volleyball,” Daus said. “Communication is really key when you are playing. If you don’t have communication, everything breaks down.”
Because of their loss in the
playoffs, Daus has already played her final game for the Muskies. Her enthusiasm and productivity
will be missed along with her leadership.
“Taylor’s leadership on and off the court is what we will miss most about her,” said Bukowski. “She was always at the head of anything that needed to get done and took charge in so many ways.”
“We will miss her energy, encouragement, and her celebrations after big plays,” said Freitag. “We will also miss all the fun she added to the bus rides to and from the games.”
Daus, who attended Bay Port High School in
Green Bay, is an Education and Chemistry major. She has dreams of becoming a college professor one day.
“I’m thinking about grad school,” Daus said. “It’s still in the works, but I think it would be cool to be a professor.”
Though excited to see what her future holds, Daus is sad to be leaving a college and a program that she truly loves.
“[What I’ll miss the most
about volleyball] is the team atmosphere, being with a family basically,” Daus said.
“First of all, you kind of get used to being with them every day. Now that we’re done, I don’t know what to do with myself. [What I’ll miss about the college is that] everyone is super friendly and I don’t feel lost. Like if I have a question, I know I can ask my professor or ask my coach or something. They will help me out. I definitely will miss that part of it,” said Daus.
Though Daus will no longer be an active member of the volleyball team next year, she is adamant that she will continue to support her team.
“I really hope they do well,” Daus said. “I told them keep working hard, work hard in Spring and keep getting better. We improved so much this year but there is still so much more we can do and just I really, really hope they do phenomenal next year. I want them to bring home the conference trophy…In the Fall I’ll be student teaching and I’ll be able to come to the games, which will be nice. I’ll definitely be there to support them. I’m sure I’ll be texting them all the time. I’m excited for them moving forward.”
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Lakeland adds Frauenchor leadership By Brittany BeckmannStaff [email protected]
Last year, Frauenchor, Lake-land College’s all women’s choir, underwent changes
in command. Lakeland College has hired
Lanie Knutson as the choral con-ductor for Frauenchor and rehired Olga Rua as the accompanist.
Knutson completed her undergraduate with a degree in Choral and Instrumental Education at Dordt College, of which ironically is a small college in the midst of cornfields in Iowa. She then went on to complete her Master’s at the University of Minnesota with a degree in Choral Conducting.
“If I could be a full-time stu-dent, I would,” Knutson says.
Her love for education is ap-parent through her career as a choral conductor for multiple schools. Knutson has conduct-ed the middle school choirs at Milwaukee Montessori, along with various church choirs.
In addition to conducting Frauenchor and providing ap-plied voice lessons at Lakeland, Knutson currently conducts sixth to eighth grade choirs at Mother of Good Council and Waukesha Catholic Middle School. She is also the choral conductor for the forth to seventh grade Milwaukee community choir.
Despite the fact that a lot of Knutson’s conducting experience
comes from middle schools and churches, she says, “Since under-grad I’ve wanted to teach at a col-lege. I like that the music here can be more challenging.”
Lakeland College’s Frauenchor is Knutson’s first time professionally conducting a choir completely comprised of women.
“I like that I can tailor my teaching to the development of the female voice,” Knutson says.
Ironically, this will be Knutson’s first year singing in an all women’s choir with Milwaukee Choral Artists.
“I’m a choral singer,” Knutson says. “I like being with people and singing in choirs.”
Knutson was officially hired to conduct Frauenchor and teach applied voice lessons a mere two weeks before the beginning of the 2012 fall semester and hadn’t even met with the accompanist, Dr. Olga Rua, until the first day of class.
In addition to conducting a plethora of choirs, performing in
one, and teaching private voice lessons, Knutson likes to spend what little free time she has cook-ing, baking, reading, attending concerts, and being outside.
As far as her Frauenchor students are concerned, Rachel Hakala, sophomore vocal perfor-mance major, says, “I absolutely love her as a Frauenchor conduc-tor; she knows what she’s doing.”
Tia Pribbernow, sophomore choral and general music educa-tion major, says, “She provides a positive reinforcement.”
Knutson currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband, Tim, and two sons, Peter and Michael.
In addition to hiring Knutson this year, Lakeland College hired Dr. Olga Rua to act as an adjunct professor in the music department at the beginning fall 2011. Through this decision, Rua also gained the privilege to accompany the Frauenchor.
Dr. Rua obtained her un-dergraduate degree in Piano
Performance at the University of Antioquia in Columbia. In her final year there, Rua took private English lessons and then pro-ceeded to attend the University of Toledo for her Master’s Degree in Piano Performance.
After obtaining her Master’s, Rua went on to attend the University of Iowa for her Doctoral in Musical Arts (DMA) in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. While working on her DMA, Rua took the opportunity to study abroad and accompany a plethora of choirs and performers in Italy. Rua worked as a teacher’s assistant for piano classes while completing her Master’s and DMA degrees.
Being employed at Lakeland College as an adjunct professor is Rua’s first job out of college.
“I love accompanying [the] all women’s choir; the color that women’s voices create is wonder-ful,” Rua says.
Rua hadn’t met Lanie Knutson, Frauenchor’s current conductor, until the first day of re-hearsal, but says, “Each conductor is different, but I’m really flexible with it.”
In addition to accompanying the Frauenchor, Rua also teaches class piano, applied piano, and, starting this year, she is teaching Music History and Appreciation.
Rua currently resides in Howards Grove with her hus-band, Jonathan.
Impactful senior led the Muskie charge to the NAC playoffsBorsellino led Benedictine’s offense on the ground with the help of John Alessi, who also had a good day on the ground as he rushed for 104 yards. Alessi kept Boresllino’s momentum going in the fourth quarter when he ran right up the middle for 38 yards and found himself in the end zone, making the game 21-3.
Benedictine’s final score came from quarterback Cyle Schultz, who had a sneak play on the one yard line and maneu-vered the ball across the goal line. The loss ended the Lake-land season at a 2-8 overall record and a NAC record of 2-5. The Muskies look to rebound next year with many returning young stars in the lineup.
Lanie Knutson
Olga Rua
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dents from 2012 demonstrates the language barriers and the dif-ferences in clothing that have
evolved over the past 150 years. Laughter ensues from the audi-ence as people from both the past
Family Weekend brings families together Students’ families come to participate in events related to the play Soli Deo GloriaBy Benjamin WilksStaff [email protected]
On Nov. 9, 10, and 11, Lake-land hosted a family-oriented weekend for
its students. Family Weekend is an event where the parents of the students at Lakeland College can come and enjoy three days of events on campus.
During their time here, the parents experienced a Saturday as any Lakeland student might, enjoying the final football game against Benedictine University.
Freshman biochemistry major Brianna Allcox’s family went to the football game.
Some even had the opportu-nity to support their children who were on the football team. Even though Lakeland lost, the Muskie spirit was still alive in both the students and their parents.
When asked what she en-joyed most about the weekend, Amy Allcox, Brianna’s mother, said, “We enjoyed watching the Muskies’ football game and the awesome dance team halftime
show.”Parents had the choice to
either go down to the pub after the game and create a photo flip book or get their family portrait done by a caricature artist.
On Sunday, families cele-brated a chapel service at the Ley Chapel with beautiful music and a nice walk around campus before departing for home.
Another family that attended the event was Meribeth Mazzi’s family, a junior resort manage-ment major. This was her family’s
third year coming to the weekend. Her family included her mother, father, niece, nephew, and two friends of the family. They stayed in Krueger for the weekend and attended all of the events hosted, including the football game.
“We didn’t stay very long, be-cause we don’t know the rules for the game,” said Mazzi of the foot-ball game.
Lakeland also offered a spe-cial breakfast for students and their families, as well as a rousing game of Bingo.
When asked what they en-joyed the most, Mazzi said, “We enjoyed the breakfast and the time we spent creating our flipbooks in the Campus Center.”
They also attended the play, Soli Deo Gloria. “It started off slow, but picked up as the play went along. I got teary-eyed at the end, but I wouldn’t allow myself to cry,” said Mazzi. “Overall, the play was good.”
Family weekend was a great success. Families came and en-joyed themselves.
Honors Recital showcases Lakeland’s musiciansMuskie muscians make Lakeland College proud
First performance of Soli Deo GloriaA Lakeland original play about the founding of the college is a success
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By Brittany BeckmannStaff [email protected]
Lakeland College’s original play, Soli Deo Gloria, writ-ten by director Charlie
Krebs, assistant director Emma Drake, and the cast, captured the essence of Lakeland’s past, the im-pact of war tragedies, and the pos-sibilities that lie ahead.
Soli Deo Gloria begins with four separate monologues from college founders depicting how Mission House (Lakeland College) came to be. While the in-formation contained in the mono-logues was necessary, it gave the play a slow start.
The focus eventually switch-es to present day Lakeland College and follows nine seniors. The con-versation throughout the scenes depicting student interaction were well done as it made the au-dience believe the students had known each other for years.
The first act takes time to clarify the distinction between the different time settings, but, despite this careful writing, it still isn’t clear why Dr. and Mrs. Bossard, played by Alan Fett and Michelle Fromm, go from inter-acting with other people in 1862 to sitting in a portrait frame.
The confrontation between the people from 1862 and the stu-
and present accuse the other of dressing in costume.
The college’s founders then realize they need to con-vence the stu-dents not to get rid of the “obso-lete” library.
The laugh-ter comes to an abrupt end when the stu-dents detail the wars the United States has been in-volved in since 1862. The con-clusion of the scene created a sense that noth-ing but war and conflict has oc-
curred since the mid-1800s as all positive historic achievements and occurrences were excluded.
While the Core IV students list off the different wars, Clara Winter, played by Miranda Miller, and Lydia Muehlmeier, played by Elizabeth Plotka, step forward hand in hand as they recite the Lord’s Prayer, showcasing their fear of what the United States will eventually face.
In the final scene of act one,
the men from 1862 and the male students from 2012 decide to get together for a “guys night,” elicit-ing laughter from the audience. The scene depicts them chugging beer while the students explain the fundamentals of football and the Green Bay Packers. Stage manager Nevin Gordon-Keolanui, a freshman, says it’s his favorite scene because of the “drunk, old men.”
The “girls’ night out” scene was equally effective as a means of comic relief.
Despite the fact that this situ-ation could never actually happen, the actors took hold of the scene and portrayed it in a way that was believable. Each character had such human qualities and depth that the audience could easily sympathize or, in some cases, em-pathize, with their situations.
During the brief scenes in which the students discover let-ters from people in the war, Krebs did a wondrous job of symboliz-ing death; the added visual of the recipient of the letter effectively elongated the suspension of disbe-lief. These people actually existed and the ones they loved really died.The audience was clearly moved.
The script incorporated a joke about Lakeland College’s current President, Dr. Grandillo.
Grandillo treated the students with a surprise by participating in Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night’s performances.
As the play progresses, we learn that Adam, a Core IV student played by Patrick Johnson, lost his dad in the war in Afghanistan. Coincidently, the Bossards lost their son, Peter, in the civil war.
The founders have success-fully convinced all the students to keep the library, except for Adam, who wants to forget the past.
Emotions run high as Dr. Bossard confronts Adam about his dad. The entire audience was en-grossed by the acting in this scene as Adam reads the last letter his dad wrote to him before he died.
Meribeth Mazzi, a student, says, “I loved the scene between Bossard and Adam.”
Soli Deo Gloria effectively in-tegrated Lakeland College’s past with today’s world. The balance between drama and laughter was perfect.
“It was so well played, it took my breath away,” says Marilyn Hamilton, a woman whose hus-band is a preacher at a local UCC church.
This play will certainly be re-membered for years to come, and it provided entertainment for stu-dents and community members.
Above: Actors playing modern students are unaware that the paintings behind them are alive. Left: Thomas Gerlemann and David Neese portray two of Lakeland’s founders.
The Lakeland College Music Department held its Honors Recital on Nov. 13
to feature a variety of musicians and singers.
Kyle Stowers, music educa-tion major, opened on the trum-pet. Stowers played movements two and three from Concertino for Trumpet by Knudåge Riisager.
Ben Johnston, music per-formance major, picked up on Stowers’s smooth tone when he played Sicilienne by Pierre Lantier on the saxophone.
Next James Trazile, music education major, performed a memorized piece at the piano called Nocturne in C-sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin.
Kayann Botana, vocal per-formance major, followed with a heartfelt rendition of Le Charme by Ernest Chausson, a French song about the female narrator falling in love.
Following Botana was Alexandra Wilson, music educa-tion major, who performed Image for Flute Solo by Eugène Bozza.
The next piece was the au-dience’s favorite. Fabian Qamar and Cody Linder, both vocal per-
formance and pedagogy majors, performed a humorous duet. Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus Lebe! by Wolfgang Mozart required the two to drink to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
Katie Christensen, piano per-formance and pedagogy major, followed with a piano solo, Sonata in A Major by Domenico Scarlatti. It was obvious Christensen had put a lot of effort into memorizing the song, but when asked about this later, she said, “My favorite part was performing in my first Lakeland recital.”
Next was Matthew Troyer, trumpet performance major, play-
ing Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Kent Kennan, with Dr. Arthur Johnson, associate professor of music, on piano.
Malcolm Deon Blakley Jr., music performance major, also played an energetic song: Rumba by Maurice Whitney.
Stephanie Wasmer, music education major, then sang a song called Ridente la Calma by Mozart.
Yuka Komano, piano perfor-mance major, took the stage with a performance of Sakura-Sakura by Kozaburo Y. Hirai on the piano.
Jenna Lee Howell, music edu-cation major, played the first two movements of Sonata for Bassoon and
Piano by Paul Hindemith, with Dr. Olga Rua on the piano.
Caroline Ray, flute perfor-mance major, then played the first movement of Concerto for Flute and Orchestra by Jacques Ibert.
Linder reentered to finish the performance with An Die Musik by Franz Schubert.
Afterward, Miranda Miller, Spanish major, was proud of her fellow Lakelanders. “I’m honored to have so many musicians as friends,” said Miller. Lakeland is honored, as well, to have these tal-ented musicians here.
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