Two college administratorsfielded questions and concernsfrom students regarding theapproval of a tuition hike forthe coming year. Student Lead-ership Council hosted a townhall meeting Tuesday with agoal to inform students aboutchanges in tuition rates votedon by the Board of Trustees theweek prior.

Tom Glaser, Senior Vice Presi-dent for Administration andTreasurer addressed the prob-lems in budgeting to the groupof approximately 20 students,citing the instability of statepayments as one factor in in-creasing tuition.

“We have three primary

sources of income… [propertytax, tuition and state funding]We’re at the mercy of the statewith when they want to fulfillpayments,” he said.

For the Fiscal Year 2012, localproperty tax accounted for$77.8 million in revenue, Stu-dent Tuition and Fees gener-ated $77 million and $5 millionfrom state government.

Joe Collins, Executive VicePresident said, “The originalset up for community collegeswas that the state would pay athird, local communities pay athird, and students would paya third…That idea has goneaway, because the state has notbeen keeping up with theirpayments.”

The state determines howmuch the college receives in

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he petition to trans-fer fire safety author-ity of the college to anew district has beenapproved by both

parties, as they head into con-tract negotiations.

Lisle-Woodridge Fire Dis-trict’s (LWFD) Board ofTrustees discussed and ap-proved annexing the 273-acrecampus into their jurisdictionon Tuesday.

The motion to separate fromthe Glen Ellyn Volunteer FireCompany (GEVFC) stemsfrom the “recent agreementratified by the Village of GlenEllyn and the college regard-ing moving inspection author-ity to the county whichprovided an opportunity tochoose a new department,”Joe Moore, Associate VicePresident of External Rela-tions said.

“We serve thousands of resi-dents within our district, aswell as other colleges and un-

incorporated areas in DuPageCounty…We are preparedand willing to accept the Col-lege of DuPage,” ZacharyLawrence, President of theLWFD Trustees said.

While the specifics of theagreement will be determinedin the coming months, LWFDwill be responsible for regula-tory inspections of the college,which ensures that the fireprevention systems are up topar.

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funds with a formula based onenrollment credit hours. Thisyear, $14 million was expectedin total, but the college re-ceived five out of eight pay-

ments. There haven’t been anypayments in the past threemonths.

Glaser referred to the trend-ing rate of community colleges

in Illinois increasing their tu-ition and fee rates as a result ofbad fund allocation by the stategovernment.

According to the IllinoisCommunity College Board2012 Certified Tuition and FeeRate Report, the college joins30 others statewide who havepetitioned for or approved atuition/fee increase. The state average for total costof tuition and fees is $103.50and COD is among the highestat $136.

He also noted that propertytax extensions are limited,which leaves tuition the only“reasonable” option to in-crease. The 1991 Property TaxLimitation Act for DuPageCounty limits any increase inproperty tax to 5 percent or CPI

(Consumer Price Index),whichever is less.

CPI measures changes inprice level of consumer goodsand services purchased byhouseholds. It can be used tomeasure inflation as well aswages, salaries and pensions.According to the FY2012Budget Summary of the collegethere is a 1.5 percent CPI cap.

The college has a contingencyfund of $101 million, often re-ferred as ‘rainy day’ savingsthat can be used to help bal-ance the budget at the discre-tion of President RobertBreuder.

President of the Pride Al-liance and Alter Ego Produc-tions Santino Spears asked,“Why wasn’t the [contingency]fund used in this case to avoid

increasing tuition?” Glaser echoed the concerns

Breuder mentioned at the lastBoard meeting, that using thefund to balance the budgetwould quickly deplete it, giventhe uncertainty of state pay-ments in the future and thatbuilding the fund would be thebetter long term option.

Last year the college used$4.3 million of the fund to re-live the costs of OperatingFunds, the majority of which iscomprised of salaries and ben-efits (73.5 percent) but also in-clude Scholarships, StudentGrants, Waivers, Student Serv-ices, and Operations and Main-tenance.

As moderators of the TownHall meeting, SLC was con-cerned that the timeliness ofthe announcement to raise tu-ition affected their ability to ad-equately inform the studentbody.

According to Brendan Mc-Cormack, Coordinator of Oper-ation, SLC was notified onThursday, Feb. 16 that tuitionwould be up for vote at thenext Board meeting on Feb. 21,leaving them two weekdays togather opinions in order toproperly represent the interestof 30,000 individuals whomake up the student body.

“A lot of students did notfind out about this until afterthe vote was made,” said LydiaWhitten, Student Trustee.Whitten was on the opposingside of the 5-2 vote along withTrustee Kim Savage.

The limited timeframe couldbe one of the reasons studentturnout at the meeting waslower than what Outreach Co-ordinator Eileen Schroeder hadexpected. After the decisionwas made, Schroeder lead aninitiative to increase awarenessby distributing roughly 400fliers around campus and di-rectly to students throughoutthe week.

Glaser said that they fol-lowed board guidelines byadding the item to the agendawithin 48 hours and that theyrelayed the proposal as soon asthe budget projections were fi-nalized, which has beenaround the same time in yearsprior.

Although Whitten andTrustee Nancy Svoboda askedthe board if the vote could bepostponed until the next meet-ing, Breuder advised against itto comply with academic cal-endar deadlines.

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Photos by Chris JohnsonStudents discuss the recent raise in tuition with Executive Vice President Joe Collins and Senior Vice Presedent of Administration Tom Glacier at Tuesday’s Town Hall.

Joe Collins and Tom Glaser enlighten students about the de-cision to raise tuition by $4 per credit.

The Seaton ComputingCenter will undergo renova-tion starting this summer,updating both it’s interiorand exterior facilities.

The application for the $6.5million project to update the18,500 square-foot center wasapproved at the last Board ofTrustees meeting held onFeb. 21.

Built in 1990, the SCC willreceive a cosmetic makeoverin addition to more high techclassrooms and education re-lated equipment.

“The SSC no longer accom-modates today’s teaching orlearning styles, which requirespaces that support collabo-ration, flexibility and innova-tion," said JohnWandolowski, director of Fa-cilities. “Upgrades will inte-grate the building's exteriorwith its neighboring build-ings, while its interior will betransformed into an attrac-tive and inviting space forstudents.”

According to an article pub-

lished by the COD News Bu-reau, faculty members of theComputer and InterworkingTechnologies Program havebeen working in conjuncturewith IT staff to optimize theinside of the building withfeatures including a visualand stimulation lab, net-working and hardware labs,a server/interworking laband software/web develop-ment labs.

Joanne Wagner, professorof the CIT program is one ofthe voices for changes to theSSC. “We have designed anenvironment for our studentsusing a dynamic collection ofresources that can be sharedto address the changingneeds of our three programareas,” she said.

Visually, the SSC will inte-grate with surroundingbuildings and have a more“open” look according toWandolowski. The entrancewill be moved to the south-west corner of the building,improving circulation andlayout.

“I think it will help stu-dents find their way aroundcampus easier,” said Joel

Martinez, a Communicationsstudent who felt that the cur-rent exterior is unwelcomingand vague.

The renovation joins othersimilar projects such as reno-vation of the Physical Educa-tion Center and McAninchArts Center. Both are fundedby a $168 million referendumvoted for by District 502 citi-zens last November.

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“The Lisle-Woodridge FireDistrict isan ISO (In-suranceServicesOffice)Class 1,full-ser-vice, full-time firedistrict,and isranked asthe high-est-ratedISO fire dis-trict in theentire na-tion. Thisclassifica-tion lowersproperty owners’ fire insur-ance premiums, so therewould be a direct benefit forDistrict 502 taxpayers,” saidTom Glaser Senior Vice Presi-dent for Administration andTreasurer regarding the rea-soning for choosing LWFD.

ISO is a private, for profitcompany that provides dataregarding risk managementand legal/regulatory services,with a focus on community

fire-protection and buildingcode effectiveness evaluation.

Fire departments receive anISO rating on a scale of 1 to10, the lower the rating meansless paid in insurance costs.The ISO rating system com-pares municipal fire protec-tion efforts nationwide.

Criteria is based on threemain categories which in-clude how well departmentsrespond to fire alarms, how

the fire de-partment it-self ismanaged,how oftenit testspumps,keeps in-ventoryetc., alsorates thecommuni-ties water

supply, ifit’s suffi-cient for thedepartmentand the con-dition of firehydrants.

Comparatively, GEVFC re-ceived a 3 rating.

According to Jim Ma Direc-tor of Facilities, Operationsand Maintenance, the last in-spection of the college wasAug. 11, 2011 done by GlenEllyn.

According to Glaser, the col-lege would hope to have a fi-nalized contract for boardapproval no later than theApril Board meeting.

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Hit and RunLot 1C$501-$1500

Complainant stated that atabout 6:50 a.m. He was ad-vised by a college snow plowdriver that a person unknownhad struck an overhead park-ing lot light pole in lot 1C justoff the College rd. He ob-served tire tracks from a vehi-cle leading up to the point ofimpact in the freshly fallensnow. After impact unit 1 fledthe scene. Complainant andr/o toured the adjacent park-ing lots in an attempt to locatethe vehicle with negative re-sults. The light pole was notknocked over but the light ontop of the pole was on theground.

Injured PersonParking Lot College 3

Complainant stated that shearrived at 8:27 a.m. andparked in Lot College 3. Theground was wet and snowing,complainant’s left leg slippedout from under me andcrossed in front of my rightleg. She was able to regainbalance but thinks she pulledher hamstring. R/o observedher walked with a visible

limp. Complainant did notneed paramedics.

TheftSRC North Lounge$550Complainant stated that he

left his American Expressbook bag in the SRC NorthLounge. He walked awayfrom about an hour and whenhe returned his bag was gone.It contained an HP Netbookand his Algebra textbook.

Hit and Run$501-$1500Parking lot E

The driver of unit 2 stated atabout 8 a.m., he parked hiscar in parking lot E just southof Fawell Dr. The driver ofunit 2 also stated that he re-turned to his car at about 1:45p.m. and observed damage tohis passenger side door nearthe bottom. The driver of unit2 said that he is certain thathis vehicle was just strucktoday. R/o did not detect anykind of paint transfer to Unit2, or any other kind of evi-dence that would aid in iden-

tifying the driver of Unit 1.

IncidentOver $1500

Unit 1 advised that he didnot observe anyone behindhis vehicle while backing up.He back up and struck Unit 2.Unit 2 advised that he hadjust backed out of his parkingstall and put his vehicle in“drive”, to travel southbound.As he did so, he observedUnit 1 back up his vehicle to-wards his car. In an attempt toavoid a collision Unit 2 ad-vised that he honked his horn

but Unit 1 continued to backup until he struck unit 2.

Incident$500 or more Unit 2 driving south onPrairie, turned into Lot D.Unit 1 struck Unit 2 whileslowing to turn. Unit 1 wasdamaged on the passengerside front bumper. Unit 2was damaged on the rearbumper.

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Back in fall 2010, the collegeunveiled the campus-wide sys-tem of parking that let stu-dents park in spaces nearbuilding entrances…that is ifthey had the money to blow.Each semester, the college

sells only 450 of the $75 passes.There are $25 citations for vehi-cles that park in PremiumParking spaces without a pass.Funds from selling passes gotoward lot upkeep, but citationfees are funneled into the col-lege’s general fund, accordingto News Bureau CoordinatorRobyn Johnson.

Drivers without premiumpasses who park in the spotscan be slapped with a $25 fine.

However, the very notionwhere students can buy theirway to a better spot is flawedand the college should not bein the business of endorsing it.

College students across theU.S. facing crippling loans andmountains of debt. To dangle aprime spot over their heads ata ludicrous amount per term isunfair.

Premium spaces take up

close to 15 of the first spots inalmost every lot on campus.They are active from 6:30 a.m.to 5 p.m. weekdays. Studentswith enough cash can have ashorter rush to early class andan easier trek in nasty weather.But what’s the cost to the stu-dent population?

College doesn’t have a divi-sion in parking based on some-one’s economic prowess. Nordoes Harper Collegeor Moraine ValleyCommunity Collegefor that matter. Thisseparation of students by eco-nomic status is destructive tosociety.

Neighboring community col-leges all have general and freeparking for the commutingstudents. The college shouldnot be in the interest of pro-moting this elitist practicewhich pockets even moremoney from students.

At a community college, allstudents are commuters so afair system of parking is essen-tial..

At Lewis University, students

need to pay annually for park-ing, but that college has com-muters and campus dwellers.

Premium parking is a detri-ment to this college. It repre-sents a college that applies themindset of valuing makingmoney more than equalityamong the student body.

The troubling part about thissnobby parking policy is that457 of the 1558 citations issued

last fall were premiumparking related. 116tickets have been paid,301 are outstanding, 40

were voided. No cars havebeen towed.

Nearly 30 percent of all cita-tions issued were related topremium parking. This is des-picable.

The COD Police Departmentcould better spend their timefocusing on other areas of thecollege than just writing pre-mium parking tickets on adaily basis.

Last semester, there were tworeported incidences on campusinvolving armed robbery andtheft.

Instead of patroling for in-significant and petty parkingfines, the CODPD would betteruse their time serving and pro-tecting the guests, staff andstudents as the college.

It is abnormal for COD tolaunch a parking initiativefound at no other local col-leges.

Stop baiting students withthe idea of prime parkingwhile they are being extortedwith fees and fines.

Start thinking in the best in-terests of the student body, noton how to make an easy buckoff of a truly unsound system,but by making parking equalfor everyone.

Take dollars and cents out ofthe equation and focus onmaking this educational insti-tution geared toward learning,not offering perks to only thosewho can afford it.

COD is solely dealing withcommuting students andshouldn’t try to harvest moneyfrom them just to get a closerspot; it is simply discrimina-tory at the end of the day.

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In the near future, if COD'sadministration doesn't trydiscriminating against ourgroup, a couple of membersof H.O.M.E. (HeterosexualsOrganized for a Moral Envi-ronment) will again have aninformation table on campusat which we'll calmly and ra-tionally discuss homosexualissues and pass out flyers.

We'll be pointing out someof the misinformation homo-sexuals have spread. For ex-ample, even though nobodyhas found a gay gene yet,that is, even though nobodycan yet prove that ANYONEhas been born homosexual,homosexuals are out there

spreading the "born thatway" propaganda despitehaving nothing definitive toback them up.

Unreal. And too many ed-ucators are just going alongwith that nonsense. Like Isaid, unreal.

Also, for years homosexu-als were spreading the "ho-mosexuals are 10 percent ofthe population" propaganda,even though researchersknow it's only around two tothree percent. And too manyeducators went along withthe 10 percent nonsense.

Moreover, for years homo-sexuals have been offendingblacks by comparing thestruggle for so-called "gayrights" (sad wrongs) withAfrican-Americans' struggle

for basic civil rights. A lot of blacks are fed up

with being compared to peo-ple who voluntarily engagein sexually aberrant acts.Too many educators let ho-mosexuals get away with of-fending black people.Again, unreal.

I could go on and on, butwill save the rest for whenI'm at the table on campus.I'll be happy to present ourwell-thought-out position inmore depth and take ques-tions.

There are at least two sidesto every issue. We atH.O.M.E. hope the studentsat COD are willing to hearmore than one-sided pro-ho-mosexual propaganda.

For those willing to con-

sider our position before weget there, you can find it onour website---home60515.com.

We challenge readers toshow us where we arewrong. If you can, we'llalter the website material.We occasionally have doneso in the past, though wenow feel the material on ourwebsite has been "perfected"(relatively speaking) overthe years.

But we're still open to con-structive criticism, sincewe're only human.

Wayne LelaPresident of H.O.M.E. (Hetero-sexuals Organized for a MoralEnvironment)

H.O.M.E. tables on campus, looks to present viewDearEditor,

Letter to the EditorThe Courier accepts letters to the

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At the Water’s EdgeStudents gain real life hospitality experience at new on campus facilitiy

Along with the recent con-struction of the Culinary andHospitality Center came theWaterleaf restaurant and Innat Water's Edge to give stu-dents the ability to serveguests in a live setting.

Both the restaurant as wellas the Inn at Water's Edgewere named by COD stu-dents.

Waterleaf was named for atype of plant that grows inthe water and Water's Edgebased on the location as wellas the view from the Inn.

No "star" rating has beengiven to the Inn as of yet dueto how new the building is,but there are plans to beginworking on receiving a ratingas early as next Fall.

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The view from a room at the Water’s Edge Hotel intern Roxanne Cericola dusts in a room

Hotel intern Roxanne Cericola removes towels from a cart

10staff of sixfull timeemployeesand fourstudent in-terns tooperatethe Inn6 rooms as

well as alounge formeetings

7pillows in the sin-gle room with aking sized bed

1hour is the aver-age time it takesto clean oneroom

Photos by Chris Johnson

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FEATURES

ayaking in the Pa-cific Ocean, nine-mile mud hikes,moonlit Hawaiiannights on the

beach; this is not the typicalsetting for a speech class.

However, Speech ProfessorMarco Benassi would dis-agree, as he gets ready to takestudents of his Hawaii Speechclass to Kauai this summer.

The four-week summerclass is designed for an inten-sive program while at COD,accomplishing as manycourse objectives as possible.

The only difference betweenthis and any other summerspeech class is that the stu-dents are rewarded with aweeklong trip to Hawaii.

“We describe the class as‘inward bound’ because it isnot about how physicallychallenged you can be, butit’s how challenged you canbe within yourself,” Benassisaid.

According to Benassi, theclass challenges students tolook at who they are, howthey communicate, how theyfit in with a group and to ana-lyze their own goals.

The class’ curriculum whileon the island includes kayak-ing in the ocean, mud hikesthrough bamboo forests andclimbing mountaintops thatoverlook the Hawaiian land-scape.

“Everything is a metaphor,

the top of the mountain is ourgoal,” Benassi said. “It chal-lenges students to see howwell they support the group,how they take help and howthey negotiate situationswhere they’re under stress.”

The students camp out onthe beaches of Kauai, an as-pect that Benassi says can beone of the biggest challengesfor them.

“They’re on an island thatthey don’t know very well…we’re not staying in a hotel ordoing this in a real gloriousway, it’s pretty barebones,”Benassi said.

Benassi’s unconventionalapproach to teaching has pro-vided former students AimeeLanger and Colin Korst aninput into speech communi-cation that a regular class-room setting could not satisfy.

“I learned that the most im-portant part of communica-tion is to open yourself up toothers, to ideas and to theworld,” Korst said.

“I was absolutely terrifiedof public speaking when Isigned up for this class,”Langer added. “Now, publicspeaking seems so easy andnatural.”

This is the fifth time Benassiis taking a class to Hawaii,but this is the first year he istaking one to Kauai.

“All of Hawaii is beautiful,but Kauai is really special be-cause of how small and di-verse it is, it allows you to doso many different types ofthings,” Benassi said.

Benassi has been teachinghis field studies speech classfor 15 years. Past trips haveincluded the Rockies, theGrand Canyon and Europe.

One of the goals of the class,according to Benassi, is toshow students what theycould be missing out on at thecollege.

“Sometimes students are sofocused on getting their cred-its that they don’t recognizethe opportunities they havehere,” Benassi said.

The fee for the class is$1,790, but it is a lab fee sostudents can use financial aidto cover the expense.

The class runs from May 29to July 1 with the field study-taking place June 19-25.

By Austin SlottFeatures Editor

Speech on the beach: Communication class travels toHawaii for experience, learning

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Professor Benassi poses on a Kauai mountain.

Last year’s speech class smiles for the camera during an excursion into the Kauai wilderness.

Photos courtesy of Marco BenassiA student journeys through one of Kauai’s tunnel hikes.

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EntrepreneurshipClub makes impact

Future entrepreneurs ofCOD can rejoice as the Entre-preneurship opens its doorsto students.

The Entrepreneurship Clubwill provide you with theknowledge and experiencethat you’ll need when you’rein the business world.

According to PresidentUmair Shah, “The goal of theclub is to learn the many dif-ferent aspects of starting

one’s own business throughthe experiences of varioussuccessful entrepreneurs.”

The club supplies its mem-bers with the ability to comeup with innovative ideas thatare essential to being success-ful in the business world.

The club takes field trips tolocal businesses and majorcorporations along with lis-tening to businesspeople talkabout, according to Shah,“different matters on startingup one's own businessand/or sharing their own ex-periences in their life.”

Shah hopes this will encour-age students to become moreproactive in jumpstartingtheir business careers.

The Lisle Area Chamber ofCommerce, of which the clubis a part of through their ad-visor Sonny Smith, holds dis-cussions led bybusinesspeople, ranging from“small business owners tolarge corporations,” Shahsaid.

The members of the clubwill learn the fundamentalprinciples of starting theirown business.

The business events thatThe Lisle Area Chamber ofCommerce holds and thefield trips that the club takeswill give the members achance to network and be in-troduced to people in thebusiness world.

Shah states that, “the clubmembers will hear from vari-ous different types of busi-ness owners and learn theirsuccesses and weaknesses.”

The Entrepreneurship Clubmeets on Thursdays in BIC3529 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Contact President UmairShah at 630-815-4121 or advi-sor Sonny Smith at 630-942-2952 for any questionsregarding the club.

By Liz ImbrognoStaff Correspondent

ForYourInformationDiscovering Heroes, Creat-ing AlliesFriday, March 2, 2012 8:30 AM- 3:00 PMWorkshop presented by theCOD Human Services officeand The Community Net-work. Student Resource Cen-ter -- Room 2800For more information, contactkarenj@360youthservices.org,nancy.mullen@youth-outlook.orgor krieglsm@cod.edu.

Certified Nursing AssistantAdvising SessionFriday, March 2, 2012 11:00 AM- 1:00 PMAdvising session for the Certi-fied Nursing Assistant pro-gram. Health and ScienceCenter -- Room 1234.For more information, contact(630) 942-8330.

Advising Session -DMIS/DMIV (Ultrasound)Friday, March 2, 2012 4:00 PM -5:00 PMLearn more about the pro-gram, its curriculum and joboutlook.For more information, call TerrieCiez, (630) 942-2436.

Free Assistance withState/Federal Tax ReturnsSaturday, March 3, 2012 9:00AM - 11:30 AMFree assistance with filingState and Federal Tax returnsin K 129.For more information, call (630)942-3400.

Professional Clothing DriveMonday, March 5, 2012 9:00AMMcAninch Arts Center, Room250. - 8:00 PMFor more information, pleaseemail scalise@cod.edu.

Free Student Film ScreeningsMonday, March 5, 2012 7:00PM - 9:00 PMWorks by three exceptionalMotion Picture/Televisionstudents are featured. MAC,Room 175. For more information, call (630)942-2109.

International Cuisine Stu-dent DinnerTuesday, March 6, 2012 7:00AM - 9:00 AMInternational Cuisine StudentDinner. $40 per guest.

"Introduction to Zotero"Tuesday, March 6, 2012 12:00PM - 1:30 PMStudent Resource Center,Room 3017 (Library, secondfloor). Participants will learnhow to use this free, easy-to-use tool to collect, organize,cite and share researchsources.

What is Financial Assis-tance?Tuesday, March 6, 2012 5:00PM - 6:00 PMFree session on all types of fi-nancial aid.For more information, call Financial Aid (630) 942-2251

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

How would you describe your art?

Personal. Everything I designor do is based off of somethingI felt, saw or did. Even if I tryand fight it, how I feel whenI’m doing something comesout through my art.

Where do you find inspiration?

It depends on whether its per-sonal or for a class, but mostof the time, something as easyas just having a good day in-spires me to do good work.

What do you love about your art?

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tact the MAC ticket office at(630) 942-4000.TICKETS: $38 adult/36 sen-ior/28 youth

Mar. 128 p.m.McAninch Arts CenterMain StageCollege Music- Chamber Orchestra

Members of the COD ChamberOrchestra perform under the di-rection of Dan Pasquale D’An-drea. MAC Lobby. For moreinformation contact the MACticket office at (630) 942-4000.TICKETS: Free

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Main StageCollege Music- Student Music ConcertMembers of the College’s musical groups per-form mixed repertoire. Formore information contact theMAC ticket office at (630) 942-4000.TICKETS: $4

Just the process of creatingsomething from nothing.Transferring an idea, quote ortheory into something visualis just pretty amazing.

What do you hate about your art?

Nothing because its fun. Ifyou asked me a year ago, Iwould have complained aboutit being time consuming, butnow I’ve gotten better and justlike it more

How did you get your start?

I decided to go back to school,and I researched what degreeswould have high probabilitiesfor me to get hired, andgraphic design was up there. Itried it and I really liked it.

People you admire?

My typography professor,Susan Moulton.

Plans after COD?

I plan on transferring to somefour year university and getmy bachelor’s in graphic de-sign.

What are some of your other hob-bies?

I make music, workout a lotand I’m a father. I don’t knowif that qualifies as a hobby re-ally, but that takes up a lot oftime.

Make ARTSince his first interaction

with Alter Ego Productionson campus when he played atwo song set, Arthur Liceagaknew that it was a good ideato get involved and eventu-ally help run the battle of thebands.

“I saw a student life posterfor an open mic night and Ithought that would be cool so

I contacted them,” saidLiceaga. “I played two origi-nal songs on stage and com-ing to work here was asmooth transition.”

As a musician himself, oper-ating a band with his brothersince 2005 called Tomorrow’sAlliance, Liceaga understandsbooking as well as the chal-lenges facing bands trying toget shows, and brings thoseexperiences to better workwith the groups.

This year’s battle of thebands takes place on April 27and the deadline to submit anapplication along with ademo of the band is 5pm onMarch 16. At least one bandmember has to be a student ofthe college and applicationscan be found at Student Lifein SSC 1217.

The first place band will re-ceive 500 dollars as well as aninterview on Good TimesRadio-TV, hosted by Liceaga.

Second place will receive 250dollars as well as an interviewand third place gets 100 dol-lars.

GTR-TV features bands aswell as automotive related in-terviews to cover a widerange of listener connectivitythrough his program. Asidefrom the cash prize, the inter-view is a way for bands to getmore publicity.

In addition to the audiobeing recorded for an inter-

view, the video will berecorded as well for GTR-TVonwww.tomorrowsalliance.comand to share with the band’sfans.

“We have a handheld cam-era too, and we have inter-viewed a bunch of bands aswell as the COO of ToyotaNorth America and some au-thors. It’s really quite a largebase,” said Liceaga.

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Alter Ego Productions gear up for the college’s Battle of the Bands in Aprilwar

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ing up.

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VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) No matter howmuch you might feel that you're in the right, resist sayinganything that could reignite a still-unresolved situation.Let the matter drop, and move on.

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SPORTSLady Chapshome court, advance

Chaps surrender lead,lose to Harper Hawks

Photo by Chris Johnson

Photo by Chris Johnson

Sophomore guard Yeremiah Crutcher penetrates the paint.

Freshman guard Xavier Biles attacks the Harper defense.

After losing to a last secondshot earlier in the season, theChaps attempted to avengetheir 61-63 loss to Harper lastSaturday.

Despite posting a slim leadin the second half, the HarperHawks defeated the Chaps54-61 in the last game of theregular season. The Chaps came out flat

with no energy to begin the

game. Coach Klaas was disap-pointed with his teams manymissed opportunities, mainlyeasy lay ups, some of whichwere wide open.

“We had way too manymissed chances,” Klaas said.“Techniques and shotsthey’ve learned since they’veever touched a basketball, weweren’t able to convert onwide open lay ups. You’llnever win games when youmiss easy shots.”

Harper jumped out an early27-15 lead with 5:00 remain-ing in the first half to force aCOD timeout. Coach Klaas in-structed his team to “trust ineach other” and to keep upthe intensity. Following thetimeout, COD went on a rollto end the first half.

Sophomore guard YeremiahCrutcher and Freshman guardXavier Biles led the chargeinto halftime with several keybaskets to trim the deficit.After the timeout, COD wenton an 11-0 run to end the halfwith just a one point deficit at26-27.

With new energy, the Chapstook charge offensively as the

second half began. Crutcher led all scorers with

18 total points, providing anoffensive spark while Fresh-man center Jake Martincrashed the boards, grabbinga game high 10 rebounds.

The Chaps lead was ex-tended to 44-38 to force aHarper timeout with 9:47 re-maining. Following the time-out, Harper pressured CODand stepped up defensivelyforcing the Chaps into chal-lenging offensive sets.

Harper never let up andsnuck away with a 54-61 overthe Chaps, extending theChaps rough three gamehome losing streak and sixgame losing streak all to-gether to end the season.

“They believe in each other,we’ve just been struggling allyear to convert on offense,”Klaas said. “They’re a greatgroup of guys, we just havebeen unlucky as of late.”

The Chaps conclude the reg-ular season with a 10-20 over-all record and with thenumber seven seed enteringthe Region IV Playoffs.

By Josh TolentinoSports Editor

Freshman center Jake Martinis blocked at the rim.

Photo by Chris Johnson

in or go homewas the men-tality for thefourth ranked

seed Women’s Basketballteam last Wednesday as theybattled fifth ranked seed Mil-waukee Area Technical Col-lege in a Regional Playoffgame, their third game thisseason. From tipoff the LadyChaps showed much intensityon both sides of the ball de-feating the Stormers 79-57 in avery lopsided game.

The Lady Chaps came outwith the will to win, fixingtheir mistakes from previousgames and capitalizing onnew opportunities and chal-lenges.

Displaying an obvious ath-letic advantage, the LadyChaps outhustled the Storm-ers on many possessions.COD allowed MATC to grabzero offensive rebounds in thefirst half.

Freshman point guardRaven Hurley’s intense de-fense limited Stormer guardMarissa Riley to zero points inthe first half. Coming in, Riley

was the Stormer’s top scorerand threat to the Lady Chaps.Hurley prevented Riley frommaking any impact through-out the game.

“Credit to (Raven) Hurley,she did so much worktonight,” Head coach Christo-pher Cotton said. “It camedown to size, although Ravenwas shorter than her she gaveher lots of trouble off the drib-ble and putting up her shots,big kudos to her.”

Hurley’s leadership on de-fense carried onto her team-mates who gathered as oneand played great team de-fense throughout the game.

“The intensity was dis-played in all the ladiestonight,” Cotton said. “Eventhough we lacked a little tobegin the second half, wepicked up our game. The en-ergy was nice and I felt proudof the ladies to win on ourhome court in front of somegood fans.”

In the last home game of theyear, there was a higher thanusual fan turnout.

After several key break-aways and easy layups, thelarge crowd erupted in ap-proval of runs led by Sopho-

more guard Alex Capeles andfreshman guard Hashika Bar-ral. Freshman guard KatrinaReyna also provided a bigcontribution, scoring a gamehigh 19 total points.

Although the Stormersmade a little run into theChaps lead, the Lady Chapscontinued to pressure MATCwith their dominating de-fense. Cotton instructed histeam on several possessionsto trap their point guard, forc-ing many key turnovers andsteals.

Defense turned into offenseand the Lady Chaps continu-ously forced turnovers intoeasy fast break layups.

With 5:00 remaining and asafe twenty point lead, coachCotton began to substitute hisstarters for his bench garner-ing applauses throughoutKlaas court.

“I’m proud of my ladies andthe way we ended at hometonight,” Cotton said. “Wehave a tough opponent inRock Valley coming up butwe are going to give it our all,we’ll come out with the sameintensity we did tonight andhopefully we can give them atough challenge.”

After defeating MATC 79-57, the Lady Chaps now ad-vance to the Region IVSemi-Final tomorrow wherethey will face Rock ValleyCollege from Rockford, IL.The Region IV Tournamentwill be held in Madison, WI.The winner of tomorrow’sgame will go onto the Region

IV Championship game onSunday.

“Our record doesn’t displaythis teams heart,” Cotton said.“I believe if we practice andplay hard, we might be able toknock them (Rock Valley) off.We’re going to give it our allwith a good gameplan.”

By Josh TolentinoSports Editor

Stout defense moves COD onto Region IV Semi-Finals

Photo by Chris JohnsonSophomore guard Alex Capeles defends the perimeter.

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Seventh ranked Chaps squeak by secondranked Rock Valley, advance to semi-finals

Despite a Lady Chaps 51-42win over the NorthwesternWildcats JV Club last Satur-day, Head coach ChristopherCotton was disappointed withhis teams lackluster perform-ance.

Although the Lady Chapshad a five against four advan-tage on the court with nineminutes remaining in the sec-ond half because of a shortNorthwestern roster, CODstill struggled to convert onoffense and displayed severaldefensive lapses late in thegame.

Throughout the first half theLady Chaps boasted an obvi-ous athletic advantage overNorthwestern, grabbingmany rebounds and looseballs. Sophomore center DDButtgereit dominated the

boards securing several re-bounds.

COD entered halftime on a10-2 run, much of which wasled by Buttgereit and Fresh-man guard Raven Hurley.Hurley led all scorers with 19total points. The Lady Chapsended the first half with a 26-13 lead, appearing to runaway with the game.

“We kind of settled ourtempo down a bit,” Freshmanguard Hasheeka Barral said.“We let them get back into theswing of things, we have towork hard on defense nexttime.”

As the second half began,Northwestern found new lifethrough guard Julie Mahoneywho lead the Wildcats with 13points. Mahoney attacked theLady Chaps defense with sev-eral three point shots toslowly trim down the lead.

Northwestern came out ofthe halftime on a 17-4 run totie the game at 30-30 at the13:26 mark. Furiously, coachCotton took a timeout in dis-belief at how his team al-lowed such a comeback.

Things got interesting whenNorthwestern center ErikaUkoha fouled out with 9:20remaining forcing Northwest-ern to play with five womenand no remaining subs.

At the 8:00 mark, Wildcatguard Alex Krolak sprainedher ankle and was treated bythe medical staff. With eightminutes remaining, North-western was forced to playfour on five for the remainderof the game.

After continuing to keep thegame close, Northwestern fi-nally faded away as the clockticked down.

The Lady Chaps ended the

regular season with a 51-42win at home, but with severaldoubts for the future.

“We had many lapses onboth sides of the ball,” Cottonsaid. “Simply disappointing,simple math. Five against

four and we still struggled,we have a lot to work onmoving forward.”

The Lady Chaps finish offthe long regular season with a6-18 record with much to lookforward to for the future.

Guards Jasmine Macabulos and Alex Capeles battle for a rebound against Northwestern.Photo by Chris Johnson

By Josh TolentinoSports Editor

Lady Chaps overcome undermannedNorthwestern Wildcats in second half

-Athlete of the Week

Photo by Chris Johnson

Q: What is your favoritething about Basketball?

A: Defense, the agression ittakes to actually play goodand the hustle you have togive and show.

Q: Least favorite thingabout Basketball?

A: Running .

Q: Favorite Pre-game rit-ual?

A: Getting hyped up in thelocker room with all thegirls and shooting drillsduring warmups.

Q: Who inspires you?

A: My family, most impor-tantly my older brother

Q: Helpful advice foryounger athletes?

A: Just keep playing andnever give up.

Q:What do you do in yourfree time?

A: Chill with my familyand friends.

Q: Plans after COD?

A: Transfer to a four yearschool and major in some-thing that I enjoy doing.

Q: Favorite NBA Player?

A: Derrick Rose.

Photo by Chris Johnson

Name: Hashika BarralSport: BasketballPosition: GuardYear: FreshmanMajor: UndecidedAge: 18

Photo by Chris JohnsonThe Men’s Basketball team gets hyped up during pre game in-troductions at a home game earlier this season.

The Chaparrals played theirbest game of the year andupset Rock Valley 72-71 intheir Region IV Playoff gamelast Wednesday which washeld at Rock Valley College inRockford, IL.

Five Chaps posted up dou-ble figures in points, a featthat hasn’t been reached all

season long. “Best game of the year. All

things were clicking for us,”Head coach Don Klaas said.“Great team win, we madegood decisions and our de-fense was absolutely out-standing.”

Averaging a lowly thirtypercent from the field on theyear, the Chaps shot lightsout, boasting fifty seven per-cent (28-for-49) for the night.

The Chaps will now facethird seeded MATC in thesemi-finals tomorrow, MATChas defeated the Chaps twicethis season already.

“If we come out with thesame intensity and effort,we’ll give them a challenge.”Klaas said. “We just have todo the solid things, and thatwill give us oppurtunities,and an oppurtunity is all youcan ever ask for.”

By Josh TolentinoSports Editor

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