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October 10, 2002
| ICC News Notes |
| ICC Halloween Dance October 29 |
| What's Right With ICC? |
| The Power of Protest Remains Important |
| ICC Chess Club to Have a Demonstration |
| Buccaneer Classifieds |
| "Over the River" Big Success! |
| College Teams More Than Entertainment? |
| Psychology Instructor Debra Havener |
| Midnight Madness is a Success |
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ICC News Notes
CHAIRMAN -- Traci Posch, part-time administrative assistant to the ICC College Fund, has been elected chairman of the Leadership Independence board of directors. She will coordinate the 2002-2003 Independence Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Leadership Independence program. DOING WELL -- According to a report from Emporia State University, ICC students who were at ESU last Spring recorded a cumulative grade point average of 3.15, compared to all community college transfers' and other undergraduates' cumulative average of 3.00. LAYOFF -- The Kellogg Company, Kansas City, laid off 131 people, including 15 managers, at its Sunshine Biscuit plant last week. Company officials would not say why the layoffs were made, but union officials said the company reduced plant production. By Keri Surridge Buccaneer Staff Writer Well it's that time of the year again, where kids get to dress up in costumes and go door to door asking for candy. Know what holiday that could be? Well, it's Halloween, of course, and guess what that means? For the town of Independence it means a week and a-half of fun and exciting extravaganzas. These fun-filled events are put on during the celebration of Neewollah. Never heard of Neewollah? It's not in the dictionary you say? Technically Neewollah is not a word. The locals just use it as the celebration name for all it is, is Halloween spelled backwards. As we all know trick-or-treating is left up to the kids now days, but what about the teenagers and adults who still want to join in on the festivities. Sure, there are haunted houses, parties, and of course the old gags and pranks, but that seems a little old fashioned. Independence offers an alternative. Not just one night of frights or treats, but a whole new experience you can share with the entire family. Events that the whole family will remember having spent together. Many people from out of town who hear of Neewollah, don't really know what it is. It is a time when the whole town, and anyone else who wants to join, come together and have fun doing any number of things. Many people from the local areas even participate in some of the events that will be held. ICC will be well represented at Neewollah. A few members of our faculty and some students are participating in the presentation of Brigadoon, the play being held for Neewollah. Ruth Hanke, ICC vocal-choral instructor, stars as Fiona MacLaren, the leading role in the hit play Brigadoon. This is not her first role, however. Mrs. Hanke has stared in a number of operatic performances. Not only has she had roles in other plays, but she has directed many oratorios, cantatas and church musicals herself. Another person with a role in the play Brigadoon, is one of the Administration Counselors, Cindy Neises. In another interview, Cindy Neises expressed her excitement about being part of the play, stating, "Since I was learning more about theatre going on at ICC and since it starting to get interesting, I tried out for a part in Brigadoon, and now I am in that." She seemed really excited. Instructors are not the only ones participating in Neewollah. Kids and young adults all participate as well. As a matter of fact, a fellow peer of ours is in the play Brigadoon as well. Cody Lee Uttinger has appeared as a dancer in many Neewollah shows. The part she plays in Brigadoon of the bride, Jean MacLaren, is her first real feature role. There is a week and a half's worth of fun and excitement. Here is a whole schedule of events just to help you out: Event Location Time Oct. 16 Medallion Hunt Begins Citywide Oct. 18 Brigadoon - (Tickets $12., $10., $8) Memorial Hall 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 Fun Bike Ride (18 mi., 35 mi., 70 mi. rides) Riverside Park 4-H Building Registration: 7:30-8:45 am Ride starts at 9 a.m. Fun Run - sponsored by Mercy Hospital (9 a.m. Fun Walk) (5K Run begins at 10) Oval at Riverside Park. Registration begins 8 am. Historic Tour - 20 min. horse drawn carriage rides $5 South Park Blvd 1-4. Taste of Independence TBA 4-5:30 p.m.. Brigadoon, Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. Big Band Ball, Independence Museum, 6:30-9:30. Rockin' Ball, The Wood's. 10 p.m. -1 am Oct. 20 Brigadoon - Memorial Hall 2 p.m. Boot Scootin' Sunday TBA 5:30-8:30 pm. Country Event: Chili Cook-off; Country Poet; Pig Races; Street Dance, TBA, Late Afternoon/Early Evening. Oct. 21 Queen's Talent Review - $6, $5. Memorial Hall. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 Coronation of Queen Neelah LX - $9, $7. Memorial Hall. 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Food stands Open Downtown at Noon. Ottaway Carnival Opens - Family Night, Downtown, 5 p.m. Lawn Decorating Contest (Larry and Linda Spencer) 6 p.m. Great Pumpkin Contest at 6 p.m. Street Events Bandstand Entertainment Bandstand Evening. Oct. 24 Ottaway Carnival - Family Night, Downtown, 5 p.m. Doo-Dah Parade, Downtown, 6 p.m. Street Events Bandstand Entertainment Home Talent Oct. 25 Kiddie Parade, Downtown, 4 p.m. Eric Vaughn's Magic Show, Memorial Hall, TBA Street Events - Bandstand Entertainment Oct. 26 Pre-Parade Acts, Bandstand 10 a.m. Grand Parade, Downtown, 11 a.m. Marching Band Competition, Shulthis Stadium, 1 p.m. Street Events Bandstand Entertainment. Twist and Shout, Memorial Hall, TBA. Oct. 27 Kidz Blitz, Memorial Hall, 7 pm. Jazzin' it Up Guitar& Vocal Concert - Hamlin & Bell, ICC Inge Theater, 3 p.m. If you need more information, you can visit the web site built by ICC's Stoney Gaddy, computer instructor. Just go to the ICC home page, at www.indycc.edu, and look under the calendar of events for the added information. Upon questioning the Dean of Student Services, Dixie Schierlman, about who all participates in Neewollah, she supplied the following information: "ICC participates in Neewollah on several levels: 1. We have staff members that have long traditions of participating in the varied Neewollah events, such as the play, offering commentary for Cablevision on the parade, and being generalissimo of the Neewollah celebration. 2. ICC provides a $100 scholarship to each of the queen candidates. 3. ICC has a number of entries in the grand parade- Cheer Squad, ICC Student Float, Homecoming Queen and King car, PTK Float, ICC Bluenote Float, and international students walk with the float. 4. We have also had student athletes drive cars pulling the floats." She also said, "Neewollah is a great example of community participation by faculty, staff, and students. Students really have a unique experience of showing their pride in their college by their interaction with the community while attending events and participating in the events throughout the week." A Halloween Dance will be hosted by Phi Theta Kappa and the Multi-cultural Student Organization (MSO) from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Oct. 29 in ICC Field House. Students are invited to the dance, but asked to bring a canned good or dry good for a donation, and to also bring pop tabs. The canned and dry goods will be donated to the Salvation Army. Collected pop tabs will go to the Ronald McDonald House. Start searching for costumes, as there are going to be prizes for the best costume. Refreshments will be served. By Jennifer Crisp Buccaneer Staff Writer What's right with colleges today? In classes, in the hall, even out on the streets people can often hear what another person feels is wrong with their school. Well, instead of taking about what is wrong with our schools, let us ask ourselves what's right with it. When asked, what do you feel is right with ICC, Freshman Luke Kern says, "You can take classes you are interested in." Many students seem to enjoy the smaller class sizes here at ICC, mainly because students have the ability to have a more one on one teacher, student relationship, where if a student has a question about an assignment they have the ability to go and talk with the instructor and the instructor actually knows them by name not by a number. ICC student Jared Alford says, "I like the smaller classes and there's more one on one student teacher interaction." Some students who go to college enjoy having the ability to take both a major and a minor. Enesh Tuylieva, an international student from Turkmenistan, says, "I like that you can get both a major and a minor and have them be two different courses. Also I like the scholarships". There are a variety of scholarships here at ICC. Some of them range from journalism scholarships to an academic scholarship; the college also provides some scholarship for sports. There is even a scholarship offered to high school students for six credit hours. There are also some students who like the time slots that courses are being offered. ICC sophomore Amber Powers states, "I like it because you were able to choose whether to get up early or get up late." The Power of Protest Remains Important By Jed Murr Northwest Missourian (Northwest Missouri State U.) (U-WIRE) MARYVILLE, Mo. - Protest as a form of political action and social expression is often seen as a thing of the past that it was something relevant in the 1960s, when civil rights marchers were attacked on television with fire hoses and police dogs, or in the 1980s in places like China, where student demonstrators were crushed by tanks. But protest in the 21st century, in a time when political participation is dismal and public opinion is expressed banally in endless sample polls, is just as important as it has always been and it seems to be reemerging. Although it hadn't ever really left, protest was put on the public map in the United States again in 1999, when nearly 100,000 people marched for global economic justice and workers' rights at the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle. The protesters were met with police brutality, including the use of deadly chemicals on peaceful demonstrators, and laughable one-sided coverage by the media. Since Sept. 11th, despite admonishments by the media and the White House against dissenting opinions, protests on a range of issues are increasing on college campuses. Immediately after the attacks, students at Wesleyan University organized a National Day of Action to call for "peaceful justice" in America's response. They were joined by thousands of students from Harvard, Duke and elsewhere, and later marched to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's home. Last December, at Hampshire College, students and faculty together passed a resolution condemning the "War on Terrorism" as `unjust' because it "kills innocents overseas and threatens our safety and civil liberties at home." It was approved by 85 percent of the college. At the University of California-Berkeley, the focal point for much of the student activism of the 60s, students created Students for Justice in Palestine to denounce Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank. After demanding that the school divest $6.4 billion from businesses with ties to Israel, the group was suspended. They've since been reinstated after a rally at the same plaza that helped birth the Free Speech Movement. Just this weekend, thousands protested the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, D.C., calling for global AIDS research and for fair, democratic world economic policies. There were also anti-war demonstrations, with participants marching to Vice President Dick Cheney's house to protest his pro-war influence in the White House. Meanwhile, in London, a far more impressive protest was taking place. After the release of Tony Blair's long-awaited (but unconvincing) dossier on Iraq, opinion polls showed the majority of Britons still don't support a U.S.-British invasion. That sentiment was overwhelmingly displayed Saturday as an estimated 350,000 marchers from all walks of life filled the streets. Organizers, primarily the "Stop the War Coalition," expected around 200,000 participants to protest the coming war and demand `justice for Palestine,' but many more joined. The major news networks estimated there were between 250,000 and one half million marchers, stretching from the Embankment to Hyde Park. The event was incredibly diverse, including mothers with children, members of Parliament, Hassidic Jews, Muslim organizations, refugee groups and the London mayor. Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter addressed the crowd, stating he was there to "uphold the principle of the rule of law" by arguing against the illegal "regime removal" planned for Iraq. Ritter also confessed that he was unsure how much the protest would influence U.S. policy makers. He may be right about our policy makers, but, despite the currently narrow range of public debate, the American people are demanding meaningful discussion on national issues. As Carroll Doherty of the Pew Research Center said, it is clear that "the public does want a vigorous debate and they want a lot of questions asked" about the coming war. The American people want more than the "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" lack of logic of the Bush Administration before going to war. And, as our politicians politicize the debate for the approaching elections, people may begin to enter the debate through protests on a large scale. Groups like "Not in Our Name" are planning major anti-war protests for Oct. 6 and 7 in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and many other U.S. cities. Although it's unlikely the events will make any changes in the decisions of our leaders, they will help to make the debate a truly public one. ICC International Students Offer Insights, Opinions By Ene Tuylieva, Buccaneer Editor ICC's 27 international students bring with them to the college a variety of cultures, religions and goals. Some have seen exotic islands and barren wilderness. Some have seen gigantic mountains dotted in cliffs and caves. Some have seen the dreamy flow of the river Seine as it passes through the Left Bank district in Paris. Some have seen the deserts when they are full of life and at times when they are nothing but hot sand. Some have seen the rain forest of the jungle. Some have seen poverty, some have seen riches. Now, here, they face new differences, new experiences. How are they adjusting to ICC in the eighth week of the fall semester? We asked them to share their opinions, thoughts and favorite quotes. Here's who they are, and what they have to say: (pictures will be up soon)
Jack Odegren from Sweden: "I came to the United States because the college tennis is awesome here. This is great opportunity to come here and play with good players from around the world."
Nathatai (Lilly) Rojanamitr from Thailand: "A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head and the heating system of the heart."
Kenichi Onodera from Japan: "I like ICC very much! Both teachers and students are very kind. I can really concentrate on studying. I hope many international students will enter ICC and enjoy the American life."
Chorong Park from South Korea: "Coming to the U.S. was great. I got so many friends from all around the world. I'm very appreciative of them."
Risa Kanai from Japan: "I like studying at ICC, and I want to be a tour conductor."
Michiko Komaki from Japan says "I like to travel."
Velmuruga from Malaysia says "ICC is really great. It's much better that I expected it would be."
Ene Tuylieva from Turkmenistan: "Now I really can understand how it feels to come to a foreign country. This is a great challenge. ICC has opened huge doors of possibilities and experiences for me. I'm ready to take on new adventures."
Viet Linh Nguyen from Vietnam: "ICC is a good place to study, because it is peaceful and quite. Everybody is always ready to help you."
Jong Yong Lee from Japan: "No one can predict what height I can soar to until I spread my wings."
Jonas Kazemekaitis from Lithuania: "ICC is very small, but a good place for studies in the U.S. Because it is so small it allows all students to be friendly and to know each other."
Roman Goeke from Germany: "Being in the U.S. is a great opportunity for me. Since I arrived here people have always been very nice to me, which I really like. But, still, I miss my culture and German food.
Anisa Secerovic from Bosnia: "I miss the lifestyle back in my country, my family and my friends. But I have a very nice host family that replaces my real one, and I found some great friends, too."
Yasuhiro Homma from Japan: "People here at ICC are very nice and kind. I enjoy learning English here. I made a right decision
Mojgan Eghani from Iran: "I like it here in the U.S., as I have a chance to go to college, which I can not in my country."
Dariya Plashchevska from Ukraine: "Self-confidence is the most important thing in achieving success. Nobody will believe in you if you do not believe in yourself."
Marie Hansen from Denmark: "Coming to the U.S. was my dream, and I'm glad I took this chance."
Nosratulla Eghani from Iran: "Coming to the U.S. is a good way to learn English."
Stella Quiel from Panama: "As an international student I have enjoyed being here. Coming to the United States from Panama was a big change."
Priscilla Augusto from Brazil: "I miss Brazilian food."
Percival Roy Bacani from Philippines: "ICC is a school that has lots of beautiful people."
Myriam Matter from Switzerland: "It's my second time here in the USA and I really enjoy being here people are really nice, I appreciate that."
By Velmuruga, Buccaneer Staff Writer You Can Say it in 21 Languages This year we have 27 international students from 20 countries. We can use this opportunity to learn other languages. Let see how to say three important phrases in other languages. English: Good Morning! How are you? Thank you! Japanese: Ohayo gazai masu! Genki desuka? Harigato! Spanish: Buenos dias! Como esta? Gracias! Danish: God morgen! Huordan har du det? Tak! French: Bonjour! Comment vas-tu? Merci! Germany: Guten morgen! Wei geht's? Danke! Italian: Buon giorno! Come sta? Grazie! Polish: Dziιn dobry! Jak sie pan ma? Dziekuje! Portuguese: Bom dia! Como estas? Obrigado/a! Russian: Dobroe utro! Kak vy pogivaete? Spasibo! Slovakian: Dobre rano! Ako sa mas? Dakujem! Korea: An-Nyung! An-Nyung? Kamsa hap ni da! Tamil: Vanakam! Nalama? Nandri! Malaysian: Selamat pagi! Apa khabar? Terima kasih! Thai: Arune sawad! Sa buy dee mai? Kho khune! Ukrainian: Dobryi ranok! Yak spravy? Dyakuyu! Turkmen: Salam! Nahili yagdaylar? Tanry yalkasyn! Luthawanian: Labas! Kaip laikais? Aciu! Azeri: Sabahiniz yeyir! Necesen? Choh sag ol! Phillippine: Magandang umaga! Kumusta ka? Salamat! Swedish: God morgon! Hur mar du? Tack! Chess Demo Planned, New Club is Forming A chess demonstration, sponsored by ICC's Multi-Cultural Organization (MSO) will be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Fireside Room of the Student Union. The group is also hoping to sponsor a campus chess club. CLASSIFIED -- The Buccaneer Classified Ad section is open to students and members of the ICC staff. Students and staff may place a 25-word classified in The Buccaneer for $2. Room 101. HELP WANTED - The Buccaneer is looking for students who are interested in working on the staff during the 2002-2003 school year. We are looking for column and editorial writers, reporters, sports writers, editors, layout designers, photographers, artists, advertising salespeople and a business manager. Contact Ron McIntosh, Buccaneer adviser, in Room 101 of the Academic Building, or call ext. 4250. TYPES OF CLASSIFIED -- The Buccaneer will run your personal notes, offers of materials for sale, help wanted, services offered, buy and sell notes, and ads of general interest to the ICC campus. To place an ad simply contact The Buccaneer in Room 101 of the Academic Building. 25-word ads are just $2. ICC's "Over the River" is a Big Success Review by Amy Fairbank, Buccaneer Assistant Editor. Photos by Luke Kern, Buccaneer Photo Editor With four of the six characters in Over the River and through the Woods being somewhere between the ages of 65 and 75, there would be doubt that a group of young adults would be able to pull off the play. Even the youngest characters in the play are nearing 30. But for those who saw Justin Justice, Cory Venable, Marisa Fritzemeier, Mike Pokorny, Jessica Thompson, and Tara Olsen during the three-day run of the play on the stage of ICC's William Inge Theatre, there is no doubt that yes, in fact, young adults can pull this play off. All four of the cast members who played the old-timers, and those who played the two younger (in their 30s) roles, were very believable. When I watched them, it was hard to believe that one is a high school senior, and the others are college freshmen and sophomores. On opening night the theater was less than half full. Those who didn't make it to the play missed out on something truly wonderful. Over the River and Through the Woods really makes you think. It reminds you of how important family is and how lucky the younger generations of a family are to get to spend time with their grandparents or in some cases their great-grandparents. Another lesson you can learn from this play is that you can't be selfish. You shouldn't hold someone you love back from doing something just because you don't want them to go. Over the River and through the Woods begins on a Thursday evening with Justin Justice, playing the 29-year-old grandson, Nick, standing outside the home of his grandparents, Frank and Aida Gianelli, played by Venable and Fritzemeier. He talks about how he's gone to his grandparents' home every Sunday since he was a child. And, in showing an inner anger, he sets up the show to demonstrate how grandparents can be so controlling, and younger generations benefit from that "control." The play, written by Joe Di Pietro, recognized at the 1997 William Inge Festival at ICC as a promising new voice in American theater, was first read at ICC during the Inge Festival. It opened at the John Houseman Theater in New York City Oct. 5, 1998, and continues to run today, each time setting a record as the longest running comedy in off-Broadway history. The play was directed by Gary Mitchell, ICC theater instructor. Justin Justice played Nick Cristano. He brought the character of Nick to life. Cory Venable, playing Frank Gianelli, was amazing. He was realistic (most Italian) as Nick's aging grandfather. Marisa Fritzemeier was remarkable as Adia Gianelli. When Mike Pokorny walked on stage it took me a moment to realize that the high school senior wasn't an aging Nunzio Cristano. Jessica Thompson was great as the aging grandmother. Tara Olson did a good job as Caitlin O'Hare. She's an actress with a future. PS: If you missed this show, you missed a really fine production in every category. Mr. DiPietro would have been proud. College Sports Teams, More than Entertainment By Jon Dillinger, Buccaneer Staff Writer Sport teams are more than just entertainment to a college. They provide colleges revenue, spirit, and pride. ICC Men's Head Basketball Coach Mick Wilson has this to say about sports teams and their importance to colleges. "I think that sports provide a social aspect for many students at the campus. It gives students a chance to be able to interact with each other and the athletes in their environment. I also think that sports are a great teaching tool in the educational process. It teaches how to work with one another as a team. With out sports it's hard for a college to have a sense of pride." Assistant Baseball Coach Robert J. McArthur thinks this about sports and colleges: "It gives the students something to do with their free time. In a smaller place like Independence, there isn't much for the students to do and sports give them an outlet other than studying. Overall, sports just help keep the moral up across campus. " Tennis player Jennifer Hackett offers a students perspective on this topic, "I really think that it teaches you to work with others. It provides camaraderie and a healthy way of life. Sports also bring in students who perhaps wouldn't have ever thought to go to ICC." In a paper by Nate Hunter of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., (http://www3.cord.edu/pe/41000/00000018.htm) he brought up several good points in a paper on the importance of sports in college. "When you think of Notre Dame you think of a football team, when you think of Duke you think basketball, when you think of the University of North Dakota you think hockey. "These sports generate a lot of interest in their colleges and in turn, a lot of donations and contributions. These teams bring a lot of attention to the colleges themselves and without the involvement of sports, they would probably not receive as much attention. If you have ever watched a Big Ten Basketball or Football game on television, you would see the excitement of the students that attend these games. Painted faces and bare chests are common among the student crowd. The games bring all of these kids together in a safe and respectable environment to cheer for their school team."
Psychology Instructor Debra Havener Debra Havener, a psychology instructor at Independence Community College, was born in San Francisco, Calif. Her childhood was spent there as well as in New Orleans, and Kansas City. She graduated from Shawnee Mission South in Kansas City as a part of a class of 900. She received her bachelor and first masters from Kansas State University. Mrs. Havener teaches psychology as ICC and part time at Wesleyan College in Bartlesville. She likes teaching because she enjoys being around students and she gets to read a lot. One of her goals is to be a good teacher. Having been raised in much larger cities than Independence, Mrs. Havener said it took her about 10 years of living in Independence before she was really happy here. She has three children from her first marriage and two stepchildren from her current marriage. She is a grandmother of three. When asked what makes her different from others, Mrs. Havener said that she's really happy. She said she doesn't feel it should make her different, but it seems that way. Success to Mrs. Havener is growth and happiness. When she retires she hopes to go into Christian counseling, possibly through her church. "Midnight Madness" is a Success "Midnight Madness was a huge success," says women's assistant basketball coach, Diana Couch, about the event held Sept. 30. The contest winners were: Trudell Greene in the slam dunk. Ryan Koontz won the guys three-point and Erin Joslin won for the girls. The three-on-three winners for the guys were the Hustlers, TJ, Chris, and DA. The Shooter, Cady Stuever, Erin Joslin, and Tiffany Jones, were the girls winners.
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