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SPRING 2012, ISSUE 2 WWW.LAKELANDMIRROR.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
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"Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened."
-Walter Cronkite
In college decision, getting a better job was key for Lakeland freshmen, according to survey By Ben KoepsellStaff [email protected]
Lakeland freshmen were as studious in most areas as se-niors in high school as their
counterparts were nationwide last year, according to a survey conducted by The Mirror.
The Mirror used questions from a survey conducted last fall by UCLA’s Cooperative Institu-tional Research Program based on the responses of about 204,000 first-time, full-time college stu-dents at 270 colleges and uni-versities nationwide. The UCLA survey included a wide variety of questions, including ones about religious and political affiliation. The Mirror survey was sent to all Lakeland freshmen, asked only questions regarding students’ academic-related habits as high school seniors, and the results were kept confidential.
According to the national study's results, some of which were published in a Jan. 26 arti-cle in “USA Today,” compared to previous years, more high school seniors “are taking notes in class, doing homework, and taking classes that have more demand-ing coursework…to better prepare themselves for being a college stu-dent. In addition, fewer students are reporting that they drank al-cohol, partied, or showed up late
to class.” This is a trend that led the
researchers to believe that this entering class of freshmen has a better chance of succeeding aca-demically. “What we’re seeing, perhaps, is a little more serious-ness about what you’re called to do in college,” said Director of UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program, John Pryor.
It is not possible to draw conclusions from the results of The Mirror survey, since only 67 of nearly 200 freshmen students re-sponded.
The Mirror asked two major questions from the national sur-vey. The first was, “In deciding to go to college, how important to you was each of the following rea-
sons?” Freshmen nationwide said “Getting a better job” and “Learn-ing about things that interest me” were the most important in stu-dents’ decision to go to college. Lakeland freshmen said “Getting a better job” and “Getting specific training for a career” were the top two reasons to go to college, at 85 and 84 percent, respectively. Lakeland freshmen also voted “Be-ing a more cultured person” the least important reason, with only 34 percent saying it was very im-portant.
The second major question was, “During your last year in high school, how many hours did you spend during a typical week do-ing the following activities?” In the national survey, 40 percent of
freshmen said they studied or did homework six or more hours per week. Only 24 percent of Lakeland freshmen said they studied or did homework six or more hours per week. The Mirror results showed that 45 percent of Lakeland fresh-men spent some time partying during their senior year, much lower than the national percent-age of 65 percent. The Mirror re-sults also showed that 65 percent of Lakeland freshmen spent six or more hours per week playing sports or exercising and 45 per-cent spent six or more hours per week working for pay. Volunteer work came in as the activity done least—only two percent reported volunteering for six or more hours per week.
This survey ranks how important freshman feel getting a job is in their education.
Carl Toepel, a retired el-ementary school principal and avid political memo-
rabilia collector, has recently donated part of his Presidential Inaugural collection to Lakeland College.
The collection includes memorabilia such as signs, books, invitations, and buttons from dif-ferent presidential inaugurations dating back to the mid 1900’s.
“I have been donating dif-ferent places, and having grown up in Howards Grove and now moved back, I thought, ‘I have never done anything at my neigh-bor, Lakeland College.’ And so, I thought it would be fitting…. to donate [part of] my inaugural col-lection,” Toepel said, adding that he also donated the items so that future generations would be able to see and appreciate pieces of
American history. Toepel’s personal interest in
starting his collection came to fru-ition in 1956 when he was selected as a doorkeeper for the Republi-can National Convention in San Francisco, California.
“At that convention, people were wearing buttons,” Toepel ex-plained, “I like Ike, Ike and Nixon, and that’s where I got hooked.”
Toepel’s collecting has given him many opportunities to meet high-ranking officials, and expe-rience first-hand many historic events. He has attended the in-augurations of Presidents Nixon, G. W. Bush, and, most recently, Obama.
Through his collecting, To-epel has had the opportunity to meet every president from Eisen-hower to Obama, with the excep-tion of Lyndon Johnson (though he did meet his wife). “The good Lord has opened doors for me that
people cannot believe,” Toepel said. He’s even had breakfast with President Ford.
“In the future, when Lakeland family, friends, and students look at the donated collection, I think they will be very happy to see the original invitations to the differ-ent inaugurations, the inaugural books, and inaugural buttons,”
Toepel said.“I encourage young people,
if they are looking for a hobby, to collect political memorabilia. It is wonderful.”
The collection will be dis-played in the Lakeland College li-brary. For more information, con-tact a library staff member.
Donation of History
Memorabilia such as these campaigning buttons (left) and inaugural books are now in display in the library.
By Brandon rooKerStaff [email protected]
BRANDON ROOKER/[email protected]
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The Lakeland alumni com-mittee is putting together a number of events through-
out the year for the sesquicenten-nial celebration culminating with the All-College Reunion June 21-24.
The reunion will consist of various events and demonstra-tions for alumni to experience. One of the highlights of this re-union, according to Assistant Di-rector of Alumni Relations Emily Randall-Arajuo, is going to be the sesquicentennial square.
“The entire gym [Woltzen Gym] will be transformed into a museum,” Randall-Arajuo said. “The square will provide a place for the alumni to meet and con-verse with old friends and their favorite faculty members.”
As well as providing a muse-um full of Lakeland history, there will also be specific sections of the square devoted to the many dif-ferent groups that make Lakeland
College what it is, including ath-letics, alumni, the arts, Greek life, student media, and international endeavors. These areas will be ar-ranged by representatives of each department to promote them-selves and keep alumni up-to-date on the state of these groups.
The sesquicentennial square is just a small slice of all the events that are being coordinated for this All-College Reunion that in-cludes everything from numerous banquets and lun-cheons to art ex-hibits and musical acts.
The reunion weekend is only one of many events that have been put together for this celebration that is carrying on throughout the entire year. Randall-Arajuo said that there are several events that, “may be more interesting to stu-dents,” including some trips being planned, most notably a London Theatre trip being led by professor Linda Tolman, which will be open for alumni to attend. There is also a possible cruise through the Ca-ribbean being organized, but this
will most likely be open to alumni only.
Another event that Randall-Arajuo claimed would be especial-ly interesting to current Lakeland students was the “Great Thinkers” series that is organized in asso-ciation with the sesquicentennial celebration. This is a series of six lectures on a broad range of topics. These convocations will be open to students as well as alumni.
“It’s a way to bring in the intel-lectual side to the sesquicentennial,” she said. The six different speak-
ers for the event include Lonnel Coats, president and CEO of Eisai Inc., Alex Filippenko, a professor of Astronomy at the University of California-Berkeley, Will Allen, founder of Growing Power in Mil-waukee, Emilie Towns, Professor of African American Religion and Theology, Lillian Daniel, senior minister, First Congregational Church, and, lastly, Paul Adams III, founder of Providence St. Mel School in Chicago.
As of now, there are 40 people
registered for the weekend. Only certain events require prior regis-tration, primarily the events that require payment - the banquets on Friday, the homecoming lun-cheon, and the alumni banquet.
The official invitations for the event don’t go out until March, at which time there is expected to be a large influx of registrations. Due to the fact that the college has nev-er hosted such an event before, it is difficult to make a very narrow estimation as to the attendance for the event, but anywhere from 800-2,000 attendees are expected.
Lakeland has also produced a magazine sent out to the alum-ni that covers all the events for the sesquicentennial celebration in detail. This publication can also be found in PDF format on the Lakeland website under the alumni relations tab. For further information and a full schedule to help keep all the events of the weekend straight, there is a spe-cial Sesquicentennial All-College Reunion website that provides it all, as well the information on how to go about registering to become a part of this event.
Ses-qui-cen-tennialLakeland College celebrates 150 years
By Sean GilliGanStaff [email protected]
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The Theatricians put on a play about a murder with a twist in the Bradley from
Feb. 9-11. “Did Someone Say Murder?”
is a play about death and life. A couple goes on a date to a fancy restaurant, not knowing it is mur-der night, when one guest gets murdered and a detective comes to solve the crime. Nine are down, but are they dead, alive, or just pretending?
Five members of a group known as The Improvised Shakespeare Company put
together a show titled “A Scare-crow” for an excited crowd of Lakeland students, professors, and others in the Bradley Building on Feb. 2.
The award-winning group is from Chicago and knows so much about Shakespeare’s well-known Elizabethan style that they liter-ally improvise for their audiences.
Th e third a n -
nual Mosa-ic Concert took place in the Brad-ley Theater on Thurs-day, Feb. 16th.
O n e p e r f o r -mance included in the Mosaic was one by the concert band, which per-formed two songs under the direc-tion of conductor Russell Pettitt, assistant professor of music and director of bands. Schilcutt Hand-bell Ensemble rang out a medley of Queen hits.
Brad-l e y The-
atre was filled with r e l a x i n g music per-f o r m e d by an Irish band called So-las on Feb. 21. The c o n c e r t started at 7:30, and lasted for an hour and a half.
The band, which was com-posed of five musicians, performed various kinds of instruments such as a tenor banjo, a mandolin, a vio-lin, flute, and low whistles.
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The Non-Traditional LifeDon’t attempt this at homeBy Al FAirchildStaff [email protected]
I recall—when I was a tra-ditional student at a large land-grant university during
the Seventies—that there were always pranks going around the campus. Many had to do with
sports because, well, it was the University of Nebraska. Special days and events like Halloween and April Fool’s Day spawned their fair share of extra-extra-curricular activities, but I haven’t seen much of that sort of thing at Lakeland.
Maybe it’s because I’m now a non-trad—a non-traditional stu-dent—and I commute to and from the campus, never learning about the stuff that those traditional students do outside of class.
Maybe....I tend to think, though, that it
has more to do with the fact that nothing happens here anymore. I voiced my concern at the last pro-duction meeting of The Mirror.
“Why,” I asked, “do all the neat stories about the campus turn out to be things that hap-pened years ago?”
The response was swift and severe, and it betrayed a certain amount of mind-reading ability on
the part of rest of the staff.“Don’t even think about us-
ing your column to instigate those kinds of things! Be responsible!
Remember that, at 64-years-old, you’re the adult in the room!”
I’m humbled, and I don’t know what I could have been thinking. I realize now that it’s up to me to set a standard for my
younger, traditional classmates. After all, who knows what those immature minds might come up with when left to their own de-
vices?So I’ve resolved not to write
anything that might in any way encourage anything other than thoughts of eating, sleeping, and studying. Mostly studying.
“The cow that once appeared on the
third floor of Old Main.
The 1950s panty raid of Jubilee Hall.
”
I’ve made a pact with myself and with my more-professional peers NOT to degrade my column by mentioning unsubstantiated things like:
• The cow that once appeared on the third floor of Old Main.
• The 1950s panty raid at Ju-bilee Hall.
• The professor’s Volkswa-gen Beetle that was taken apart in the Sixties and reassembled on the first floor of Old Main.
• The sorority initiation where pledges were abandoned along a rural road with only drink tickets from a bar in Franklin to survive on during their hike back to campus.
• The goings-on at the “Friendship Bridge” in Grether Woods. (Ask some of the more senior faculty members who are also alumni.)
Thank goodness I’ve come to my senses.
‘Nuff said....
Paying for General Ed. boredom By JAke BelknApStaff [email protected]
StAFF editoriAl
February 2012 has been the month of Jeremy Lin.
Before it started, the life of the New York Knicks point guard had been the book of the ob-scure toiler.
As a high school senior, he led his team to a state title but received no scholarship offers. In college, he was a finalist for the award that goes to the best point guard in the country, but plum-meted down draft boards because scouts felt he lacked athleticism. In the NBA, he was cut twice and demoted to the NBA’s version of the minor league four times.
Perhaps most famously, he signed with the Knicks in Decem-ber, but was stuck as the third string point guard, behind medi-ocre-performing but proven veter-ans. He did this without a home of his own, sleeping on his brother’s couch.
After going 2-11 since Jan. 12, Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni de-cided to give Lin a run-out against the New Jersey Nets.
Lin had 25 points and 7 as-sists. The Knicks won. D’Antoni started him the next game. He had 28 points and 8 assists. The Knicks won again. He kept starting, of-tentimes outdueling high profile, highly-drafted point guards. The
Knicks kept winning. People in the media started talking. Some-one, somewhere, decided the story could only be described as, “Lin-sanity.” It caught on. In less than 20 days, Lin has led the Knicks to an 8-2 record, gained one of the largest fan bases in the history of sports, which includes nearly 500,000 Twittter followers, and guaranteed his NBA contract.
We wouldn’t love the Jeremy Lin story so much, though, if not for all the other days during which he worked to make himself a great player. No one noticed him during those days, but he needed them to reach the last 20. Even if the Knicks had played a little better
and we did not know who Jeremy Lin was, he would still be just as good as people know he is now.
We can all reach success, at least the kind of success Jeremy Lin achieved before he was a glob-al phenomenon.
It’s possible that whether we want to lead our teams in scoring, get a 4.0, or become leaders in our fields of study, we can do those things.
But it’s also possible that ex-ternal circumstances could pre-vent us from reaching exactly the ends we had in mind. Whether we reach our goals or not, persevering toward them can, in some senses, be where success really lies.
Strive for Jeremy Lin’s perseverance, not just his success
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Issue 2, February 23, 2012
Remembering Whitney
“Anybody can be an id-iot.” is the main idea from Green Day’s
“American Idiot,” directed by Bil-lie Joe Armstrong, the vocalist of Green Day, and Michael Mayer, winner of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for “Spring Awakening.”
The musical “American Idiot” is a punk rock opera which re-flects post-9/11 American society, and portrays young people’s rest-less souls and struggles with love, drugs and the Iraq War. The Ori-ental Theatre in Chicago was al-most full on the day of the musical. Since the musical was supported by a band, the whole show be-
came very powerful and energetic, and because of how loud the mu-sic was, it was almost scary. The quality of the musical was good, and the performances hyped up the stage and the audience.
The musical was performed like entries in a diary, and each one was accompanied by a Green Day song. The show begins with a song called “American Idiot,” which ironically portrays Ameri-can society as people controlled by the media.
The story begins with a jour-ney of the trio: Johnny (played by Van Hughes), Will (Jake Epstein) and Tunny (Scott J. Campbell), trying to escape from their static and unfair lives in suburbia. Their dreams, however, are broken. Will’s girlfriend’s pregnancy forc-es him to stay in the city, Tunny
is shipped off to Afghanistan, and Johnny becomes addicted to co-caine.
Each song, from Green Day’s Grammy Award winning concept album entitled “American Idiot,” released in 2004, and the new-est album entitled “21st Century Breakdown,” released in 2009, portrays mental changes within the trio. The arrival of a drug deal-er, St. Jimmy (Joshua Kobak) and a heroine named Whatsername (Gabrielle McClinton) seemed to have an important role in this story.
The story reaches its climax with a song called “Homecom-ing,” portraying the reunion of the trio. When they meet, the trio still have their respective problems, and they wonder if these problems will ever be solved or if this is the
“American Idiot” proves thought-provokingBy Reina KatohStaff [email protected]
end of the road for them.The story was well organized,
and each song reflects a trio mem-ber’s own story. However, it didn’t
destruct the original songs from Green Day. The performances of the cast were very aggressive and emotional. Especially, the wire ac-tion performed by Nicci Claspell and Scott J. Campbell in the song “Extraordinary Girl,” which beau-tifully expressed Tunny’s halluci-nations when he was taken to the hospital due to a serious leg injury. Also, “21 Guns” accurately and thrillingly portrayed individual emotional changes between “rage and love.”
The story is sometimes comi-cal and very sarcastic, especially for American people, since it ac-curately reflects young Americans’ problems and dissatisfaction with their lives. Still, it makes you think about your life and future.
Go to www.americanidiot-themusical.com for more informa-tion on the musical.
Levi the poet bleeds with raw passion
After writing poetry for up-wards of a decade, Levi the Poet reveals raw realness
through his latest extended play (EP), “Monologues.”
Levi is a spoken word poet, which means he gives dramat-ic readings that involve a large amount of emotion.
The dramatic effect of the words he speaks will send chills down your spine. Levi writes about everything from his father’s suicide to his religion. When read-ing his lyrics, it’s hard to believe this young man, who is only 22, has no writing education back-ground.
Throughout the EP, it is ap-parent that his faith as a Christian is the basis of almost every mono-logue on the EP. Although a bit strange at first, it will easily grab your attention. His words and constant change of pitch paint an abstract picture in one’s head. What attracted me the most was his ability to reach out to Chris-tian skeptics, such as myself. Al-though I am skeptical about the general beliefs of Christians, Levi takes an approach that opened up my mind just a bit more.
I had the chance to see Levi perform three of his monologues
off the new EP on Wednesday, Feb. 8th, at a ministry in Kenosha, WI. Everybody argues shows are always better live, and I agree. But none of the artists I’ve seen can silence a crowd and make people feel as if they are part of a story like Levi.
Levi’s appearance seems to tell a story of its own. Covered in tattoos, Levi screams out his emo-tions, occasionally falling to his knees as he does so. His constant movement across the stage grasps the attention of the viewers. Flail-ing around in a dramatic fashion, Levi makes you feel the emotions he is feeling.
This only adds to the drama-tization of his poems. Based upon my own writing experience, I was on a mission to find my favorite monologue off the EP, and break down the semantics of it. After flip-flopping from one monologue to the next, I felt confident that the first monologue off the EP, called “Trees,” had the most influ-ence on me.
“So when the sun sets in the sky, and the moon reflects the light that pulls the waves over my eyes, I close them tight, and I pre-tend that I’m going to live forever until I know that I am right. You can catch the wind, you’ve just got to try, and we’re all as infinite as the lines that pass by on the high-
way.”Above is a line from “Trees”
that I found very interesting. His diction portrays significant pain in his voice, which leads the lis-tener to feel these emotions as well. Although one might not con-sider this “easy listening,” due to his constant shouting and levels of pitch, it seems to soothe the soul, after listening.
Because of the unique ap-proach on expressing his writings, it might be in the best interests of the listener to throw away any pre-determined notions of what spoken word actually is. Levi seems to be on his way to chang-ing the whole aspect of creative writing, as well as the presenta-tion of poetry.
Levi plans to release more monologues in the future, but rather than just releasing an EP, he hopes to create a full album. This would follow Levi’s EP “Mono-logues” and his album “Were-wolves.”
Editor Laurel Ericksen had a few words to say about Levi the Poet.
“Out of control! Spoken word with an experimental approach and very powerfully written. Cha-otic, raw, controversial, and ener-getic - Levi the Poet is a fresh taste of creativity and you would be doing yourself more than just one
By JaKe BelKnapStaff [email protected]
With the recent death of Whitney Houston, thousands of fans and
critics alike are wondering how to process the series of events that led to the singer being found dead in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The question many are asking is, “How will Houston be remem-bered?”
It is no secret that Houston
had an addiction to drugs, that she was in an abusive marriage with fellow singer Bobby Brown, and that her personal life – at least all that was known of it – was in utter chaos at the time of her death. But is this what she will be remembered for? Should it be?
I believe that Whitney should and will be remembered for her accomplishments. The Guinness Book of World Records labels her, “The Most Awarded Female Act of All-Time.” Houston sold more than 170 million albums, singles, and videos worldwide. She had seven studio albums, which all reached diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold. She’s the only
artist to chart seven consecutive number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
If this isn’t enough, events such as her rendition of the na-tional anthem at Super Bowl XXV, at which time the United States was entrenched in the Persian Gulf War, gave Americans pride in their country and gave Whitney the reputation of being the “voice of her generation.”
Elvis Pressley is remembered for his music, not his drug issues. Michael Jackson is remembered for his music, not his questionable (to say the least) personal life. Will Whitney be any different? My answer is no.
If you’re looking for a role model, Whitney is not your an-swer. If you’re looking to remem-ber a person who left this world as somebody who the masses could admire for her outstanding per-sonal character and defeat of the vices that plagued her, Whitney is still not your answer.
But if you are looking to re-member a voice, or a performer, who was truly one of the best at what she did, Whitney, in all fac-ets, is your girl. Whitney will be remembered for being the voice of her generation, not for the body that served as its vessel. That voice will live on.
favor by checking him out.” Again, Levi’s music often
touches on sensitive subjects, like his father’s suicide and religion, so controversy will continue to surround Levi’s unique approach to expressing his stories, but the
writings of the young man will never die. As Ericksen said, do yourself a favor and check him out.
You can find his EP, album, merchandise, and further reviews on his website Levithepoet.net
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Levi the poet in the middle of his trademark high-energy performance.
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Issue 2, February 23, 2012
Imagine being a Boy Scout and building wooden cars, then being accepted as an Eagle
Scout. You became so involved that you were able to deliver the Report of the Nation of the Boy Scouts of America in Washington DC.
For Dan Carriveau, sopho-more resort management and ac-counting major at Lakeland, de-livering the Report of the Nation became a reality last week. The Report of the Nation is a report presented by Boy Scouts of Ameri-ca representatives to the President of the United States, Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicat-ing everything that the organiza-tion did in the past year. The Boy Scouts of America are required to present this report to congress because it is one of the few orga-nizations chartered by the United States Congress.
The Report of the Nation is given in a short oral presentation to the aforementioned people. It is also provided to representatives in other areas such as the Depart-ment of Education, the Depart-ment of Health & Human Servic-es, the CIA, and the Pentagon in
a leather binder containing a two page report.
During the six days that he was in Washington DC, Dan was able to go behind the scenes at a lot of different attractions such as the Goddard Space Flight Station and the International Spy Mu-seum.
In addition to giving the re-port and seeing attractions, Dan and his eight other companions also took time to do community service activities while they were there. The group volunteered at Friendship Place, an organization that provides food, shelter, and other services for homeless people. In conjunction with the people in charge of the shelter, they aided in the organization, cleaning, and painting of the building’s kitchen and office areas.
Dan was also able to meet a lot of important people, like Karen Hass, Nancy Erickson, Bill Ben-nett, Ron Johnson, Herb Kohl, Nancy Pelosi, General Dempsey, and Mitch McConnell.
Dan said his favorite person was Nancy Pelosi. He said she seemed genuinely interested in all of the Boy Scouts of America representatives present and asked them questions. Her aides were trying to keep her moving, he said, but she just kept talking.
Dan has been a part of the Boy Scouts for 14 years but be-came more active once he earned the Eagle Scout award in 2007 and realized more involvement beyond the unit level. Throughout the years he has been a Chapter Chief, Lodge Chief, Area Ventur-ing President, Regional Venturing President, and National Venturing President. As the National Ven-turing President, Dan became one of the people who could give the Report of the Nation.
Dan said Boy Scouts of Amer-ica builds character and life skills. He also said it has helped him be-come a more effective communica-tor and a strong leader, and taught him how to act in the business world.
This year as the National Ven-turing President, Dan represents nearly 3.7 million youth and adults in the Boy Scouts of America. His job is to look over and advise the four regional presidents through-out the country, create and review awards, promote the program, ad-minister Venturing at a national scale, and other various projects depending on what is going on in the Boy Scouts of America. Often, Dan is stuck traveling all around the United States; already this year, he has traveled approximate-ly 25,000 miles.
“I tend to see the inside of my windshield quite a bit,” he said. He said his duties have allowed him to take trips to Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, San Diego, Florida, and Texas.
Beyond working with each regional Venturing president, Dan attends conference calls and is on several National Commit-tees. Just to name a few, he is in Youth Development, Program Im-
pact, Council Operations, and Na-tional Executive Board.
In addition to all this, Dan somehow manages to get time to sleep and do his homework.
Dan said he is very good at staying organized and managing his time, and the demand of being the National Venturing President has not made it difficult for him to complete his school work.
Carriveau goes to Washington Lakeland sophomore Eagle Scout delivers Report to the NationBy Stephanie ReBekStaff [email protected]
Dan Carriveau poses in front of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C.
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Issue 2, February 23, 2012Fun House
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Muskogram:What’s the news?
Can you decode the message?
How to Make Your Favorite Pickles:
1. Buy your favorite jar of pickles and a cucumber.
2. Eat the pickles from the jar but do not dump out the pickle juice.
3. Wash off the cucumbers with water.
4. Slice the cucumber twice vertically so that you have four long pieces.
5. Next cut all four slices in half horizontally making it into eight slices.
6. Put the cucumber slices into the jar filled with pickle juice and cap it.
7. Place the jar in the fridge for a week.
8. Enjoy!
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Something to help you procrastinate — Find Lakeland’s buildings!
Need help? Want to see if you’re right?Find out online at www.lakelandmirror.com
Hint: Each letter equals a different letter.
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M I R R O R
March 21 - April 20 June 22 - July 23The twenty-eighth
will not be a good day to try to prove yourself to others. A state of mental exhaustion will wipe you out if you do.
Regret is a foolish emo-tion to be entertaining. Ev-erybody makes mistakes, and continuing to blame yourself for something you did when you were younger will not help anyone. Try instead to use the knowl-edge you gained to prevent someone else from making the same mistake.
Intelligence is not merely what you have learned in school, but also what you have learned in life. Ignore those who will tell you that you don’t know anything this month. After all, you know better.
Pure happiness is in your future. You just have to be brave enough to reach out for it.
Play your cards right this week, and you might find a dream of yours com-ing true before spring be-gins.
Whether you’re single or attached, sparks will be flying this month. There are some good things in store for you, as long as you’re willing to go along for the ride.
A period of conflict will soon be upon you, and you would be wisest to try and stay out of it as much as possible. If it turns out you do have to get in-volved, think before you say anything.
August 23 - September 22
September 23 - October 22
October 23 - November 21
November 22 - December 21
December 22 - January 20
January 21 - February 19
February 20 - March 20“Fool me once, shame on
you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Someone who has previously pulled the pro-verbial wool over your eyes will try to strike again. Be on your guard.
The end of the month will bring great joy to you. You just have to be willing to accept it in whichever form it chooses to take.
April 21- May 21
May 22 - June 21
Starting the be-ginning of March, you should think about spending some more alone time with that special someone. He or she has been feeling a little neglected lately, and hanging out more often will quickly mend this.
Try to walk a mile in another per-son’s shoes today, Aries. Your opinion on a subject may be intellectual and well-worded, but someone else could change your mind if you see it from their point of view.
July 23 - August 22
Horoscopes aplenty
You can try to outrun those old demons as much as you want, Pisces, but you aren’t going to get anywhere. Nothing has changed, and you are still susceptible to certain old habits that die hard, no matter how much you deny it.
By Skye SieglaffCopy [email protected]
My fellow students, I need to alert you of a new danger to you on
campus—an angry cat.Hear me out. You see, this is
not the normal feral cat you see around campus all the time. No, those avoid you at every turn and are most often seen running by with a dead rodent in its mouth or hiding behind a trash can.
This cat, a large brown tabby, is mostly seen at the door of the Laun Center screaming its little head off like it’s Lassie-cat, trying to get your attention.
However, if you try to go near it, the cat stops meowing and gives you a look like you’re the weird one who’s trying to get its attention.
I have seen it by the library screaming at everyone going by, and then falling asleep in the bushes like it had just come out of a bar, blackout drunk. Sometimes this cat’s bender turns violent. He has followed one of my friends to the point where she got scared. When I was trying to take pic-tures for this article, the cat stared at me and then backed up to at-tack. I had to run away to keep from being mauled. Probably.
So, what is the reason for the
cat’s strange behavior? Is he just an alcoholic? No, don’t be silly: where would he get alcohol? My explanation is much simpler: He is a robot cat sent from the govern-ment to spy on us.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I can see that it’s a really crummy spy-bot. That’s why it’s clearly malfunctioning.
You see, he was programmed to follow and watch. He does so with a noisy, obsessive, and vio-lent intensity. He is following us, trying to get closer. He is calling for our attention so that he can see us better. Something has gone mad in his electronic spy-cat brain.
So the problem for the agents that sent him is that he will be hard to recall. Since he has been around a few days, he must not be responding to his auto-return but-ton. So they would have to drive up in their white van just to grab a cat. People would notice that. They would probably also notice a deactivated cat robot lying around on campus. So the best plan for them is to just leave it be.
Of course, that could mean trouble for us.
If we’re lucky, it will just stay at the same level, meowing at us until its preset expiration date. If we’re not lucky, however, it could malfunction. This could just mean that it decides to live in one of the ponds, meowing at nothing in the
murky darkness. It could, how-ever, have more sinister break-downs. If it wanted, it could stalk
us down, watch us, trip us on the stairs, stab us, and plant the evi-dence on our friends.
For now, however, it is just watching us, and waiting. And meowing.
There’s an evil pussy on campus... Be afraid. Be VERY afraid!
It’s going to get you — right meow!Beware of the crazy cat on campusBy Julia WilliamSStaff [email protected]
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Issue 2, February 23, 2012 Sports
athlete at Valparaiso University were she is recorded as the third leading person to assist for a point in Valparaiso school history. She was also been a graduate assistant at both Valparaiso University and South Dakota University.
“I come from a program, both as a player and coach, that is steeped in tradition with a his-tory of winning records,” said Bu-kowski.
“I will need to evaluate the Lakeland volleyball program in order to determine areas of focus for improvement. To continuously perform at a high level takes hard work and dedication, and I am confident that is what I will get from this program.”
Bukowski’s goals for the la-dies volleyball team this upcoming season are to win conference and possibly the NAC tournament. A long term goal that Bukowski would like to see is the women’s volleyball team back to the top of the conference overall.
Bukowski expressed her great concern of making sure that her team is a family.
“This is what will make our team successful,” said Bukowski.
Both new head coaches are ready to get started with the up-coming season next fall.
New coaches Galla, Bukowski look to create top contendersBy Paul ElzingaStaff [email protected]
Two new coaches have been hired by the athletic department at Lakeland:
Adam Galla (men’s and women’s soccer head coach) and Kim Bu-kowski (women’s volleyball head coach).
A d A m GAllA was a player and top a s s i s t a n t coach at C e n t r a l Methodist University before ac-cepting the
position as head soccer coach at Lakeland. At Central Methodist, Galla helped establish the wom-en’s program as a competitor, tak-ing the Lady Eagles from a 3-12-3 overall mark in the 2010-11 season to a 14-3-2 record in the 2011-12 season. He led the Lady Eagles to a 4-2-1 record in the Heart of America Athletic Conference and a No. 3 seed in the HAAC Tour-nament. Galla stresses his talent for recruiting players. His major improvement for the soccer pro-gram at Lakeland is the roster size of next year’s team on both men’s and women’s groups. He wants
his team to be more prepared and organized in the upcoming year.
Galla brings seven years of coaching experience at various club soccer teams in Missouri. He served as head coach for the Columbia Pride U-18 Boys’ team and an assistant coach for the 1996 Girl’s Olympic Development Pro-gram (ODP) team. Gala holds his USSF (United States Soccer Fed-eration) “D” License, and in June 2010 he earned his NSCAA (Na-tional Soccer Coaches Association of America) Diploma.
“I am thrilled to have the op-portunity to work with everyone at Lakeland and take the programs to the next step,” said Galla. “I look forward to taking over both programs and establishing them as top contenders in Division III, as well as in the conference.”
Calm, organized, and con-nected is what Galla would con-sider his kind of coaching style. “Know your roles and expecta-tions on and off the field,” said Galla.
K i m B u k o w s -ki’s previ-ous ex-p e r i e n c e i n c l u d e s being a four year s t u d e n t
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