May 2015 - nwacc - Northwest Arkansas Community College
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May 2015 - nwacc - Northwest Arkansas Community College
May 2015 News Briefs Graduation Ceremony Volunteers Needed Graduation is a day our students all look forward to. We need volunteers to help make this an extra special day for our graduates. There are several times and duties still remaining. Please sign up and commit a couple of hours to helping our students celebrate their achievements. We have the following needs: • Set up at 6:15 a.m. and continue until finished. • Alumni table attendants for 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. ceremonies. •Photo card holder for the noon ceremony. • Ushers for 3 p.m. ceremony • Robing room attendant for 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. ceremonies • Tear down and clean up beginning immediately following 3 p.m. ceremony. Please contact Becky Hudson at rhudson1@nwacc.edu or 479-9866682 to volunteer. Recycle for Sight Millions of people all over the world lack access to basic eye care services. During the month of May, the NWACC Disability Resource Center will be participating in Recycle for Sight month through the Lion’s Club International. We will be collecting eyeglasses, reading glasses, frames, and sunglasses to help those in developing nations who do not have the resources to buy them. Please help by donating your unused glasses! A collection box will be in the Disability Resource Center (Student Center, 114) through June 1. DREAMers Scholarship Available Are you a DREAMer? You may be eligible for a scholarship at attend NWACC in Fall 2015! Eligible applicants must be willing to participate in volunteer opportunities with the DREAMers of NWACC Club. Full eligibility requirements and instructions on how to apply are detailed on the scholarship application located HERE. . Deadline to apply is 4 p.m. on June 4, 2015. For questions, please contact scholarships@ nwacc.edu. College Supports Nepalese Students Nepal recently was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. There is a significant loss of life and many displaced families. The college has 5 Nepalese students in our NWACC family who have been affected by this catastrophic event. The Global and International Programs office has identified a non-profit organization named Health Foundation Nepal (www. healthfoundationnepal.org), which was formed by a team of Nepalese medical doctors residing in United States. The organization is very trustworthy. Please consider them if you want to help Nepal. Here is their link: http://www.healthfoundationnepal. org/earthquake-relief-fund.html NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Student-Run Newspaper Since 2007 Vol. 10, No. 9 College Welcomes Film Festival Tanya Castella Staff Writer Geena Davis is teaming up with ARC Entertainment to launch the Bentonville Film Festival with the aim of championing women and diversity in all aspects of film. The festival is set for May 5 - 9 in the northwest area, with panels and screenings happening on the NorthWest Arkansas Community College campus. Dr. Megan Bolinder was a key player in ensuring some festival events took place at NWACC. She is also one of the screeners and one of the jurors for the festival. Though she couldn’t share anything about the films themselves, she shared a few details of the events happening on campus and how NWACC became a host for the festival. “I do know we have four Photo courtesy of Bentonville Film Festival slots on our campus where we are either going to host screenings of the films, or panel discussions where people come in and talk about issues related to gender in the media,” Bolinder said. “Or, we may even have one of our spots be sort of like a green room, where the people who are connected to the festival like actors, actresses, anyone who might be on the panel can sort of hang out in between the viewings.” These events will take place in White Auditorium at Burns Hall, or the Walmart Auditorium at the Shewmaker Center. It took an early breakfast and a lot of phone calls for NWACC to become a host. When asked about how our campus got chosen for the festival Dr. Bolinder said, “A student in my Gender Studies class, Peggy Hick, got wind that there was this thing that might happen someday in Bentonville and she said that it was about what we have been talking about in class, and that she hoped to someday be able to connect me with the people talking about these ideas.” It wasn’t until January that Dr. Bolinder heard back from Peggy who asked her to meet with Trevor Drinkwater, the director of the festival. During their meeting, Tinker Talks Freedom of Speech Vanessa Brown Staff Writer Free speech activist Mary Beth Tinker gave a lecture April 7, at NorthWest Arkansas Community College to a full and attentive room of NWACC and University of Arkansas students, teachers and members of the Northwest Arkansas public. Tinker is famous for her part in the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines, Iowa, court case in which the Supreme Court determined that students do not lose their constitutional right to freedom of speech when they enter their classrooms. Tinker spoke about being raised by parents who stood up for what they believed in and encouraged their children to do the same. Her father, a Methodist preacher, lost his position in two churches because of his advocacy for African Americans’ civil rights. Her mother couldn’t stand civil injustice either; she once picketed a drug store in Des Moines that refused to serve African Americans. So it was no surprise when a 13-year-old girl who witnessed activism her whole life decided to make a statement herself. After hearing death tolls and seeing images NEWS Photo by Hillary Hollis From left: Caleb Cannon, Mary Beth Tinker, Danny Cannon, and Alex Cannon. of the Vietnam War, Tinker, three of her siblings, and a few schoolmates planned to wear black armbands to school in support of a Christmastime truce. Their principal learned of their plan and banned the wearing of the armbands. A story about the ban ran in their local paper. Some children decided they weren’t going to wear their armbands on the planned day, but Tinker didn’t get the memo and wore hers. She was asked to remove it at school and she immediately complied. Over the course of a few days Tinker, her siblings, John, Hope, and Paul, and another child, Christ Eckhardt, were all suspended in relation to the armband protest. The American Civil Liberties Union caught wind of FEATURES For More Event schedules and ticket information can be found at www.bentonvillefilm festival.com Bolinder said Drinkwater told her that the BFF team had tried to have part of the festival hosted by NWACC, but due to some miscommunication they got the message that the campus was not interested. In that moment, Dr. Bolinder told Drinkwater that NWACC would be delighted to have the festival held on campus. “I was on my way back to school before eight o’clock in the morning calling everyone I could, like my department head, Jim Laughton.” Between seven and nine a.m., NWACC became a host for the festival, Bolinder said. See Festival, page 2 Waving the Red Flag the suspensions and wanted to help the students take it to court. Tinker’s side lost in both the district and appeals courts, but in 1969 it was picked up by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court determined children and teachers do not lose their civil liberties when they are in school, and this includes their right to free speech. The Court also determined that schools cannot encroach on that right unless the speech is substantially disruptive to school or impinges on the rights of others. Tinker said she didn’t even know how important her case was until she was older and getting her nursing school degree and saw her case in her textbook. Today Tinker uses her fame to advocate for freedom of speech. She says she firmly believes that children need to know about this case because “kids have great ideas” and are “the great hope for Democracy.” So, Tinker created The Tinker Tour, a program where she travels to schools and juvenile detention centers around the country to teach kids about the importance of their first amendment rights and speaking up for the things that are important to them. April is noted as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Throughout the month, the Red Flag Campaign at NorthWest Arkansas Community College has hosted many presentations on raising awareness and prevention of sexual violence and rape. The Red Flag Campaign launched last September. In conversation with Teresa Williamson, head of the Red Flag Campaign on NWACC’s campus, gave some updates on what the members of the campaign have been working on. Williamson said the campaign is strong, “We are moving around campus strategically. One day you might drive into an area and see flags and it’s just pulling your attention. We did another bathroom stall series. What we find is more and more reporting of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking, and we haven’t had the influx of sexual violence.” Williamson said, as a society, See Tinker, page 2 See Waving, page 2 Hayden Higgins Sr. Staff Writer NEWS Woodward Speaks at U of A April Golden Eagle Winner Mother’s Day Check out Vanessa Brown’s coverage of award winning journalist, Bob Woodward, and his lecture at the U of A. Aya Yassine covers the April Golden Eagle Award recipient, Veronica Garcia-Carvajal. Check out the Books, Bands, and Beyond, to see what Crystal Bridges has planned for Mother’s Day. PAGE 9 PAGE 5 PAGE 10 News 2 • The Eagle View College Offers New Math Class In Fall Foundations of Mathematical Reasoning Reects Real-Life Situations Kevin Cathcart Managing Editor Starting in the Fall, 2015, NWACC will be offering a totally new math course as part of the Guided Pathways program, Foundations of Mathematical Reasoning (MATH 0064). The curriculum will involve real-life careercentered mathematics, short projects, multi-disciplinary perspectives, and writing across the curriculum. The new class goal is to increase the number of students passing classes and going on to graduation and/or transfer. NWACC Math Professor, Barbara Rademacher, said, “I am certain that the Foundations of Math Reasoning will increase student graduation rates, because the course connects math topics to reality and to each other.” The first real life project that the students will encounter consists of studying the sad case of a child who died in a hospital, as a result of a medical error. For approximately four weeks, students will learn the math required to understand the mistake that caused the child’s death. They will also study the tragedy from many different perspectives: legal, sociological, psychological, physiological, medical, historical, etc. Once all of the information is gathered, in assigned groups students will present their background research to the problem, and the mathematics showing the reasoning behind the medical error. Students will include their project work in their portfolios, which will also include their opinions, conjectures, and math homework. Students’ semester grades will be determined by homework and test scores as well as by personal journals and portfolios. Students will be presented with two additional projects during the semester. The first is exploring methods for creating baseball magic numbers for a division in the American League or National League. The last project the students will discover through research, the publishing costs of electronic books vs. hardcover books. They will compare both e-book prices that are available on Kindle and Nook, while also comparing those prices to the true costs that are involved with print publication. The mathematical topics studied will permit students to have a sufficient knowledge base to take Math for AAS (MATH 1003), or Intermediate Algebra (MATH 0103) and then College Algebra (MATH 1204) for science and business majors, or Quantitative Literacy (MATH 1313) for non-science majors. Barbara Rademacher will teach the first Foundations class in the Fall. The multidisciplinary textbook, Math Lit by Almy and Foes, will be used as will the MyMathLab computer program for homework, quizzes, and tests. May 2015 SEMINAR Continued from page 1 She was even able to arrange for the festival’s team to take a tour around campus. “They came to see the space before they literally flew out of the airport and they loved it.” The NWACC student body and faculty are getting further involved by being a part of the college’s volunteer team. Justin Stewart, Communication and Arts Administrative Assistant and Lead Volunteer Coordinator for the NWACC team, said, “It’s great that this is going on and that we are having it here on campus, but it is also finals week,” which makes the student and faculty availability limited for volunteering at the festival. “Student and faculty volunteers are going to be hit or miss with the schedules they are asking for, because they told me that they are requiring that everyone does at least three shifts, but each shift is going to be six hours long,” Stewart said. “Volunteers needed to be very clear about what their schedule is going to be for that week, they can cut their shift to go take an exam and then come back.” Apparently, NWACC’s new BFF is here to stay. The plan is for the festival to become an annual event, and according to the festival’s website, “Create a national calendar of events to promote women and minority; filmmakers, talent and financiers. The festival will provide ongoing turnkey mass distribution opportunities for women and minority owned production companies, independent filmmakers and distributors. The festival celebrates the town of Bentonville and all it has to offer, including cultural and outdoor activities.” Bolinder said that next fall her Gender Studies class will “start some of the research for Geena Davis’s foundation, looking at the prevalence, or not, of minorities in film, and what that means for Arkansas and for the country. It is going to be one of the focuses for the class,” as a concerted effort to keep NWACC connected to the festival. it was clear Tinker had inspired many in the audience because several waited up to 40 minutes for just a minute to speak with her, shake her hand, thank her, or share a story. Tinker appeared happy to stay. She signed replica armbands and exchanged email addresses with many of the people she spoke to. Two children, Caleb and Alex Cannon, attended with their mother and father and waited to speak to Tinker after the lecture. Tinker asked Caleb, a third grader, and Alex, a second grader, what they would change if they could change anything. Caleb said “no world wars” and “no more slavery,” and Alex said “no more people like Hitler.” Alex added that, “They teach you not to fight, but they fight. I don’t get it. They do exactly the opposite.” Tinker made sure to pay special attention to the boys, supporting her claim that she thinks it’s important that her message reach children. The boys’ father, Danny Cannon, is an NWACC student. When asked why he thought it was important for his children to attend lectures by speakers like Tinker and learn about issues like freedom of speech he said, “Because tolerance means letting other people have a point of view even if you don’t agree with them. It doesn’t mean you have the right to shut them up. I want them to learn at an early age that it’s okay to stand up for what you believe in, but you have to do it the right way.” For more information on Tinker Tour USA visit TinkerTourUSA.org. TINKER Continued from page 1 Tinker said she doesn’t limit her tolerance of free speech only to free speech she agrees with. She told a story about meeting a boy who was told by his teacher that he wasn’t allowed to speak against gay rights. Despite being an openly gay person, Tinker told the boy that he had the right to speak his mind, even though it spoke directly against her lifestyle. She stressed advocation for freedom of expression of all ideas, not just the popular ones. After the lecture ended, WAVING Continued from page 1 it’s understood that it’s harder to report sexual violence than domestic violence. as Williamson said, “The victims are accused. They are re-victimized over and over again through the process. Even when you come into counseling, it’s disclosed.” Williamson said she wants students to be aware that NWACC has confidential counseling and that there is a way for students to have support and someone to talk to. A project that Williamson and the Red Flag Campaign have developed for the sumEditors Note: For more mer is establishing the reinformation, contact Barbara sources they have and letting Rademacher at brademac@ students know what they have nwacc.edu or Larry Lord at available for them. “There is llord@nwacc.edu. a difference in reporting to us and reporting to the outside criminal justice system,” Williamson said. “We have a conduct system that can assist someone if they are being violated on campus, or if their violators are in the same classroom with them. But more importantly, that the people reporting the abuse Hillary Hollis — Editor-In-Chief know they are supported and they have help.” (hhollis@nwacc.edu) The bystander role will Kevin Cathcart — Managing Editor be another focal point as the campaign moves forward, (kcathcart@nwacc.edu) along with issues of being the victim of such abuse, Business Manager Hayden Higgins how to prevent it, or help a Sandy Bobbitt John Matar friend who may be the vicVanessa Derrickson tim of such abuse. As an Copy Editors Jose Hernandez example, Williamson said, “When [you are] with your Heather Holland Aya Yassine friends and someone uses the Ryan Holland Tanya Castella word ‘slut.’ how do we define that? Why is that person being called that? How do we Photographers change our language? BeAlan Baker Newspaper Lab Supervisor cause that is where we begin Henry King Mattie Watson to create agents of change.” One of the events Red mwatson@nwacc.edu Flag hosted this month was Staff Writers Newspaper Adviser a Stalking Presentation by Debbie Baker Denise Nemec Kim Bertschy. Bertschy reLy Mai Crane dnemec@nwacc.edu ceived her B.S.E and M.S. at the University of Arkansas. Elyssa Henry She is a candidate for a M.S. MISSION The Eagle View in cyber security from Utica STATEMENT One College Drive College, Utica, NY. In adBurns Hall, Room 1459 dition to teaching, Bertschy The NorthWest Arkansas Bentonville, AR 72712 Community College 479-986-4016 participates with the campus Eagle View eagleview@nwacc.edu Red Flag Campaign and colstudent newspaper shall Print Advertising: laborates with community provide students with a public 479-986-4016 organizations to provide outforum for responsible news Visit us online: reporting and commentary www.nwacc.edu/web/stunewspaper/ reach in the areas of domestic and shall reflect commitment index.php violence, Internet safety and to integrity, truth www.facebook.com/ cyber security. Prior to teachand excellence. NWACCEagleView ing, Bertschy was a police investigator for the University Editorial content in the Eagle View is prepared by the students of Arkansas Police Departof NorthWest Arkansas Community College and does not ment. During her nine years necessarily reflect the views of NWACC. with UAPD, she received computer forensic training © NorthWest Arkansas Community College Eagle View, 2015 from the United States Secret Service and served on a joint task force with the FBI. In her presentation, Bertschy gave statistics about stalking in America. “75 million people in America are stalked, with the primary age range falling between 18-24 years old. Stalking is illegal in all fifty states.” She went through a variety of points on stalking, such as what stalking is and what the behaviors are of stalking, then segued into cyber stalking and the behaviors of those. Stalking, by its definition, is “willful, malicious and repeated pattern of behaviors that would cause someone to be under emotional stress and fear.” Some behaviors of stalkers that Bertschy listed were gathering information on their subject, repeated nonviolent communication, to waiting by the subject’s car or sitting at the subject’s work or home. Bertschy said, “Reports don’t normally come out until the behaviors have escalated to more threating ways. Only about 20 percent increase to physical violence, mostly from a previous relationship. The perception of stalking is of someone you don’t know, when really [it is or could be] someone you know or met.” Bertschy then talked about cyber harassment. She summed up the definition as repeated attempts to distress the victim that take place over time. She said, “The Photo by Hillary Hollis definition of all of these are similar; it depends on the patterns of behaviors.” Some behaviors of cyber stalking were sending inappropriate or unwanted correspondence, sending malware, using spyware, and hacking. Bertschy explained some ways people may protect themselves from being cyber stalkedare to “Google yourself often and you can have those accounts [about you] removed – it’s like monitoring your credit, it’s monitoring yourself. Learn the privacy settings of different social media sites, don’t accept requests from people you don’t know, use a strong password, use an antivirus program.” Bertschy stressed the importance of everyone’s safety. She said, “We want the students to report to us. They, victims, want it to stop, but once you say stop or ‘I’ll call the police,’ you have to follow through. Stop all communication with the predator. If you send them a message or don’t call the police, it gives the stalker hope.” As a final tip, Bertschy gave this advice: “Log all communications the predator has with you. Save all messages, voice mails, emails, record their behaviors. Every time harassment happens, report every time. Document every report given to the police to show the pattern of behaviors.” Williamson confirmed that this is a long fight for everyone involved, but the resources that are available on campus are readily available to anyone who needs them. Through the Red Flag Campaign, a strong support system is there to listen to the stories of students who are struggling with this. Williamson said in an email that this “embodies what we are trying to do, which is get the word out across campus that we are here and can connect students with resources. No one is alone in this fight.” “See Something, Say Something” The Red Flag Campaign Mission Statement: “The Red Flag Campaign is a Bystander Intervention program designed to connect the NWACC Community through education and empowerment. We want to create awareness and provide outreach for issues surrounding domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual assault. We want to have a community where everyone is encouraged to speak up and speak out against violence and harassment. Students are encouraged to self-report by going through to our Department of Public Safety, the Director of Student Support and/or the Dean of Students Office. Employees are encouraged to report to our Department of Public Safety and/or Human Resources. If you see a red flag in your friend or coworkers relationship, SAY SOMETHING!” For more information email the Dean of Students, Dale Montgomery, at dmontgom@nwacc.edu or redflag@nwacc.edu. Teresa Willaimson’s ‘Red Flag Campaign’ Telephone: (479) 619-4315 News May 2015 The Eagle View • 3 Challenges of Student Parents Varied, But Worth It Hillary Hollis & Tiffany Rea Sr. Staff Writer Earlier this semester, Eagle View put out a survey for students at NorthWest Arkansas Community College who are parents with children at home. The purpose of the survey was to try and gain an understanding of the challenges faced by parents attending college. From the 99 responses to the survey, 72 were full time students and 27 were part time students. The most common challenges were balancing school and other responsibilities, scheduling classes around their children’s schedules, finding childcare, and getting enough sleep. Responses show an impact on studies in regards to less time to spend on homework. However, also notable among the survey responses was the desire to set a good example for their children by being a good student and extra drive to do well to provide for their children. Out of the 99 answers on the survey, 41 suggested on campus childcare as the one implementation that would most help parents succeed in college. Jerry Vervack, dean of social and behavior sciences, said that in the past the college had constructed rooms intended to serve as a training room for the Early Childhood Education classes to “get a feeling for what it was like to have a daycare center. And at one time I talked about actually using it as a daycare center.” However, they were never used for that purpose, Vervack said. NWACC’s Early Childhood Education classes dealing with daycares were moved to West Campus in Fayetteville, an alternative vocational school. NWACC no longer has that location. Early Childhood education has been move to the Child Protection Training Center on the Bentonville main campus, which was built in 2013. Vervack said there are several factors pertaining to the possibility of a childcare center on campus, such as liability insurance, cost, logistics, and space. Ethan Beckcom, executive director of institutional policy, risk management, and compliance at NWACC, said that there have been conversations in past years to review the possibility and feasibility of a childcare center on campus for students “and perhaps our staff.” Beckcom said, in regards to the weight of risk and liability, “Certainly that’s a hurdle, and one that we realize, but that’s all it is, just a hurdle. It wouldn’t necessarily be the only driver of that decision to say yes or no.” There is the accommodation of a lactation room currently in place at the college. It is located in Burns Hall, across the hall from the administrative services offices located in room 1128. Wendi Cadel, in administrative services, said that mothers who have a need to use it can sign up in room 1128. There is a one person at a time policy, users are given the key to the room while they use it, and turn the key in after they are done. Barb Gordon, in administrative services, said the lactation room has been there since 2011 and was installed as part of the affordable care act. Cadel said, “Our focus is on employees, this just happens to serve students [as well].” Another suggestion gained from the survey was a club for students who are parents. Jared Bradshaw, case management officer in Career Pathways, said he and May Beth Haas, who now teaches graphic design at the college full time, attempted to start such a club in 2012, when Haas was in the learning services department. Bradshaw and Haas were going to be the advisors for the club and the idea was to form a support group of fellow students who are parents. However, Bradshaw said, “We met once, and nobody showed up. But there’s nothing saying it can’t be done now.” One question on the survey asked students how they over- Photos courtesy of Tiffany Rea Photography NWACC student Amanda Dwyer (center) with her sons Ethan Dwyer, age 8 (left) and Nathan Dwyer, age 2, in the field by the Health Professions building on the Bentonville campus. (At top) NWACC student Melissa Aroum with daughters Sinai Aroum, age three, and Abbey Aroum, age nine. (In center) NWACC student Richard DeCamp,center, with his daughters Brianna DeCamp, age 14, left, and Christina DeCamp, age 11. (At bottom) NWACC student Steely Mays with her daughter Roselyn Mays, age three. come the challenges of being a college student while being parent. The answered varied, but converged on a few themes: planning ahead to manage time, learning a selfsacrificing disciple, appreciating the important things and not getting caught up on the small stuff. Friday, Aug. Saturday, Aug.29 29 Starting Starting at at 99 a.m. a.m. Ends at 3 p.m. Burns Hall 1459 Burns Hall 1459 Breakfast and Lunch Lunch and Snacks Provided Provided Eagle View Staff Members Win at ACMA Special to the Eagle View Members of the NorthWest Arkansas Community College Eagle View newspaper staff received 10 awards April 17 during the Arkansas College Media Association Convention at John Brown University in Siloam Springs. Editor-In-Chief Hillary Hollis received a first-place award in newspaper feature page layout for an October 2014 entertainment section, a first place in newspaper indepth news for a story headlined, “Living Lab Home to Rare Species,” and a second place in newspaper personality profile for the story headlined, “Fight, Flight and Freedom: An American Story.” Former Editor-in-Chief Kristin (Webb) Sumpter received a first-place award in newspaper editorial page layout for a page design from May 2014. Syndi Yeakley won a first-place award in newspaper editorial cartoon for a cartoon titled, “How Can You Tell the Good from the Bad?” In photography categories, Mark Stewart won first place in newspaper spot news photo for an image from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and Elyssa Henry received a second place in spot news for a photo from the Fall Festival of “Zombie” Sarah Smith. Justin Hall received a second place in newspaper advertising for “March Mayhem Contest,” and Hayden Higgins won a third place in meetings/speech coverage writing for “Board Discusses Safety, Expansion Plans.” The editorial staff received a third-place award in editorial writing for “Our View: The Hunt is Over.” Denise Nemec, English and journalism professor, is Nursing Program Sees Changes Elyssa Henry Sr. Staff Writer Beginning in the 20152016 academic year, the NorthWest Arkansas Community College Nursing department will no longer offer the LPN to RN program via Track 1. The Bridge to RN program is still open for students who have current unencumbered licenses for LPN (Licensed practical nurse), Respiratory Therapy, Paramedics, Physical Therapy Assistants, and persons with Bachelor’s degrees in some health-related fields with hands on clinical experience. Applicants are accepted Feb. 1 though March 1 and students start the following August. The Bridge to RN program is offered evenings and weekends via Track 3. Classes will meet in the evening and the clinical are on the weekend. The classes are hybrid and taught both online and in class. the newspaper’s adviser, and Mattie Bailey is the newspaper lab supervisor. We heart transfers. ,ĂǀĞƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͍ƐŬƵƐ͊ tĞ͛ůůŚĞůƉLJŽƵƉŝĐŬ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐĂƚEtƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůůƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌǁĞůůƚŽ:h͘ Hannah Bradford Transfer Counselor John Brown University hannah@jbu.edu 479-524-7166 jbu.edu News 4 • The Eagle View May 2015 Fish-Powered Farming Featured in New Aquaponics Class Henry King Sr. Staff Writer Students in a new eightweek, one-credit-hour class will learn about self-sustaining aquaponics systems for growing fish and vegetables. Intro to Aquaponics is an eight-week course taught by Brian Benedict. He said the course will teach what aquaponics is, how to care for an aquaponics system and how to build a home system. Set up as a special topics course through the Environmental Science Department, the class is worth one-credit hour and is transferable. The course will also cover water quality management, recirculating water systems, sustainability, soilless gardening, aquaculture and many other topics about managing a system. Aquaponics is about combining both hydroponics and aquaculture. Benedict said, “If you raise fish for human consumption, that’s aquaculture, and if you raise produce in a soilless environment, Photo by Henry King Jennifer Burton, Ginger Roberts and Eleanor Kabala plant seedlings in the Aquaponics system. that’s hydroponics. So this live bio-filter is how these two types of agriculture are married together in a symbiotic relationship.” The bio-filter, Benedict said, is where the plants are grown and fish waste is converted. Worms and bacteria are introduced that eat the fish waste and ammonia, providing nutrients and nitrates for the plants to grow and cleaning the water for the fish. “Also you can add more plants in because they are all super saturated with the nitrates,” Benedict said. “So in a smaller amount of space, you can grow a tremendous amount of produce. This is also the only form of agriculture where you can grow a complete meal.” In addition to the produce, Benedict said the fish provide protein and fatty acids. Aquaponics, he said, uses water very efficiently. Benedict said only 10% of the water put into the system is lost to the plants and evaporation, which is useful in places where water is scarce like deserts or during droughts. As far as commercial use and the job outlook, Benedict said, “There are a lot of commercial aquaponics farms and more are being opened throughout the US and different parts of the world. It is the latest technology in farming, and it is kind of a booming industry in farming. “ “Aquaponics is an exciting topic. This is a fun form of gardening to learn about for easier and more prolific gardening. And for anyone who has ever desired having a fishpond, aquaponics makes that dream a reality through a small-scaled sized fishpond.” Community College Wins Stanley Grant Doug Roscher Staff Writer Photo by Henry King (From left) Marcus A. Farris, Steven Jones (in the back), and Blake k. Mills explain their design of a water filter product for Alex Stratigakis’s class. It is designed for individual houses to have their own water filtration system. The water filter collects gutter water, which flows through six individual filter layers. There are two holding chambers, one for clean water and one for overflow. Engineering Students Present Product Design Prototypes Hillary Hollis Editor Students in the Intro to Engineering classes taught by Alex Stratigakis and Khalil Sharif at NorthWest Arkansas Community College presented the products they have built throughout the semester to their classmates during the two weeks before finals. Stratigakis said the engineering students usually showcase the products they have designed in an engineering fair at the college at the end of the semester, but this semester the class had to forego having the fair because of class time lost to snow days. The course is structured so that students form teams that operate as a startup company, Stratigakis explained. The students choose their team members and come up with a design together. To help decide who may work well together, the students take a survey to determine their own operating styles. “Each team has to study the market and product features and compare competition and pricing strategies,” Stratigakis said. Students take the design from “inception, to preliminary design, and then to detailed design,” Stratigakis said. Next, an “evaluation matrix” is used to fine tune the design. Then, the students must build a prototype. Each team receives $100 dollars from the dean of the department to build their prototype, the money amount is always the same, Stratigakis said. Finally, they pitch their product to the class just as they would pitch it to a company. The presentations are recorded and uploaded on the EMPACTS lab webpage. Bo Darde, the multimedia specialist at NWACC’s library, recorded Stratigakis’s students’ presentations this semester. “I really like that it’s a semester long project and they learn how to work together,” Darde said. “Even if they fail, they make a presentation about why it failed and the whole learning process is good.” Sharif said that the students may demonstrate their prototypes at local high schools and talk to high school students about engineering. The prototypes built for the class are taken to the physics lab and stored at the college for about a year. Most of the students in Intro to Engineering this semester are going into engineering as their major. “They all work hard, they really do,” Stratigakis said. He said he would like to have an entrepreneur conference where students would bring their products to conference and be able to showcase them to representatives from industries. The engineering presentation videos will be uploaded to the EMPACTS lab webpage on the college’s website at www.nwacc.edu/web/empacts/index. NorthWest Arkansas Community College will be the recipient of a STANLEY Grant consisting of $50,000 worth of Stanley Security products and service. The recipients of the grants were determined by a voting contest among schools, grants were awarded to schools whose student and faculty voted the most. Steven Hinds, executive director of public relations and marketing for NWACC, said he expects to receive the award during the summer. He said a team at the college has been meeting to determine the best products and how they would be most beneficial to the students, faculty and staff. The grant is part of the Together for Safer Schools Grant Program. STANLEY security pledged $600,000 to And the Winners Are: Tier 1 (fewer than 8,000 students):Kilgore College Grand Prize $100,000 and Aquinas College Runner up, $25,000. Tier 2 (8,000 to 19,999 students): University of West Georgia $150,000, and Northwest Arkansas Community College runner up, $50,000. Tier 3 (20,000 or more students): University of North Texas Grand Prize $200,000 and The University of Texas at Arlington runner up $75,000. the program, the winners are given consultative security services, access to STANLEY Security’s Software Solutions group and seminars for school officials on security threat assessment and advanced Clery Act training offered by STANLEY Security partner and campus security experts. Winners of the grant can receive any STANLEY Security products or solution, including access control solutions, video surveillance systems, fire systems, intrusion systems, mechanical and electro-mechanical door hardware, mass notification systems and other security technologies. Northwest Arkansas Community College was awarded the Tier 2 Runner-up prize of $50,000. According to its website, S Convergent Security Solutions, Inc. is a part of Stanley Black & Decker, the second largest electronic security JOUR 1053, TR, DP-1:5 a.m. JOUR 1061, TR, Noon-1 p.m. JOUR 1023, TR, 1:30-2:45 p.m. JOUR 2163, F, 9-11:45 a.m. *Prerequisites: JOUR 1023 & JOUR 1053 JOUR 2061, W, 5:30-9:15 p.m. * company in the United States and a “leading global manufacturer and integrator of comprehensive security solutions.” TAKE A SMALL STEP TO GET HEALTHY www.smallstep.gov News May 2015 The Eagle View • 5 Student Earns April Golden Eagle Award Aya Yassine Sr. Staff Writer Veronica Garcia-Carvajal Veronica Garcia-Carvajal is the NorthWest Arkansas Community College April Golden Eagle Award recipient. Carvajal, who is 14 years old, said she “was surprised and super excited to have been given such an honor.” She said she was even more grateful when she found out her Honors English profes- sor, Dr. James Laughton, nominated her. “She’s been very active in the classroom and around the campus and I thought that was something that should be acknowledged,” Laughton said of Garcia-Carajal. “She’s been very active in the community; she’s a part of this musical group that goes around retirement homes, performing for elderly people. She is a genuinely deserving person.” Since enrolling at NWACC, Garcia-Carvajal said she has had an enjoyable experience. “I was surprised how comfortable I felt among college students twice my age,” she said. “The big difference at NWACC is that I am able to work with many other people with similar goals.” She expressed how grateful she was for the opportunity NWACC has given her to pursue her ambitions. Garcia-Carvajal is a homeschooled student who has yet to graduate from high school, but she has already accomplished quite a few things. She explained that she is an active member of the honor society Phi Theta Kappa, the English honor society Sigma Kappa Delta, and has been recently elected treasurer of Student Government Association at NWACC for 201516. In the process of being involved in different activities, she said she has had a “delightful time” learning different leadership skills as well as organizing fundraisers. Garcia-Carvajal said she has also made new friends ever since she has been welcomed to NWACC. Although she is young, Garcia-Carvajal hopes to achieve a doctorate degree in whatever field of study she chooses. She said she has her choices “narrowed down to medicine or international business.” When it comes to giving advice to other students, Garcia-Carvajal said, “It is important to keep working hard even if you don’t think you are seeing results. Everything pays off in the end.” New, Outgoing Senate Members Share Benets of SGA Jose Hernandez Sr. Staff Writer The students of NorthWest Arkansas Community College have elected their new Student Government Association senate for the 20152016 academic year. The elected members terms last for two semesters. Elected members are limited to two terms. The SGA senate is made up of 14 members: nine Senators, a Director of Communications, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President. For their service and participation, SGA members receive a tuition waiver. Senators receive $400 and officers receive $900. The Division of Learner Support Services applies the tuition waivers at the beginning of each semester. Leticia Zark De Campos has been elected as the President of SGA. She has a 3.5 GPA and prior experience in student government. She is also part of the International Student Club where she holds the position of Vice President. Leticia is from Brazil and moved to Arkansas to join the business program at the University of Arkansas. Campos said she hopes to bring a lot of energy to SGA and bring her group together to listen to the voice of the students. “I’m very competitive; I really want to be the best in everything I do, and I want my team to want to be the best, too,” said Campos. “I want people to see that SGA is going to grow a lot next year; I plan to make the strongest team this school has ever seen.” Yohannes Seifu is the new Vice President for the coming academic year. Seifu is from Ethiopia and is planning to earn his degree in accounting. His said his career goal is to follow his father’s footsteps and become an accountant for the African Union in the United Nations. Seifu is also the President of the International Student Club. Seifu said he wants to help students who are struggling in college, either financially or socially. “I would like to help open scholarship programs for students,” Seifu said. “Many people tell me there should be a scholarship program, and that we should start something like that. I want to put the voice there and talk to the higher authorities about it.” Seifu said he would also like to start a sports program for students,“I don’t see any sports programs around; if there were sports programs such as the big universities have, people would be more interested.” A returning member of SGA is Arianna Meza. She has served one semester as a Senator, this year she will serving as Director of Communications. She said she wants to earn a bachelor’s degree in childhood education at Missouri South- ern State University after graduating from NWACC. With her degree she plans on becoming an elementary school teacher. As Director of Communications, Meza will be in charge of advertising SGA’s events on social media. “If you look around, the students involved are the same for every event,” Meza said. “I think the school needs to work on getting more students involved, or letting them know about the different clubs and resources we have on campus.” Meza said SGA has helped past members become more professional but also helps students grow personally. She used herself as an example: “I have learned how to work with people from different backgrounds. It’s interesting to see the different backgrounds or different points of view because of the different cultures that each person grew up in. I used to be very shy, SGA has definitely helped me reach out to different people and get to know different people and get out of my comfort zone. Getting out of your comfort zone is where things happen, better things for you. SGA has also helped me on how to become more responsible. Everybody has a different role they need to play and different jobs they each need to do, and if they don’t do what they need to do it can mess other people up.” Priscilla Kirk will be the SGA’s Secretary for the year. She said she wants to earn her degree in nursing. She is working on it at NWACC and plans to join the Bridge to Nursing program at the University of Arkansas. Kirk received her Certified Nursing Assistant certification at age 17 and is currently working at a psychiatric hospital. She said she wants to continue her career in nursing and become a Registered Nurse. Kirk said she is focused on helping her fellow students, from students who are half time to students who are full time and working full time as well. “Right now I am a full time student and have a full time job and it’s hard,” Kirk said. “But it’s possible, and I know I’m not the only one. So I wanted to see if there was a way to help students like me. [SGA is] the connection from students to major staff and I wanted to be in the middle of that, trying to connect people.” When asked what the most important skill she has learned is Kirk said, “Leadership, I want to evolve as a leader. Right now where I work is a hospital setting, in a psychiatric hospital, and you need somebody that has the coping skills and the social skills to lead.” Departing members of the SGA also expressed that they had learned much during their terms. Frank Tchameni’s term ends this semester, and he plans to transfer to the Uni- versity of Arkansas to earn a master’s degree in accounting. Tchameni was a part of SGA for one term. Tchameni said, “Something challenging was to face and deal with the cultural diversity. As a foreigner, it is not easy all the time, but as a leader I have learned to deal with and serve students first. SGA helped me to improve my leadership skills and to put other people’s interests and well-being ahead of mine.” Wendy Echeverria is the departing president of SGA. She first started with SGA as a senator in 2013-14, and became president for the 2014-15 academic year. She has one more semester to complete at NorthWest Arkansas Community College and plans to transfer to a four year institution and earn a degree in broadcast journalism. During her presidential term, Echeverria and the SGA members were able to start a program called Syllabus Bank, which she said she thinks help students further succeed in their studies. With Syllabus Bank, students will be able to look at the syllabi of specific teachers’ courses before they sign up for them, to see what the instructor expects of them. “I am proud of Syllabus Bank, our Induction, Constitution Day, and I am very proud of the elections,” Echeverria said. “Becoming president has matured me a lot, and now I can take criticism and improve with it. I am not the same as I was before!” Photo by Jose Hernandez From left to right: Leticia Zark De Campos, Yohannes Seifu, Veronica Garcia Carvajal, Priscilla Kirk, and Ariana Meza being sworn in at the Student Government Association Induction on April 13. Photo by Jose Hernadez From left to right: Marcus Williams, Moses Agare, Wendy Echeverria, and Christy Reynolds. Echeverria said she feels “great” about the SGA members for this year. Echeverria said, “They were amazing. I have seen so much change in them. I’ve seen so many people open up. I felt really good about it. I felt like in a way I pushed them to do that, which I love to see! I am sad to leave, but I am very excited for the next team.” – r e v e r e m m u s t s e b e th is Make th t r a t s d a e h a Get at Pitt State! • More than 450 courses to choose from • More online courses than ever before • In-state tuition available ENROLL NOW: pittstate.edu/summer Must attend orientation to enroll for fall. NWACC Graduates 6 • The Eagle View May 2015 College Names December 2014, May 2015 Graduates Honors Graduates Students notes as Summa Cum Laude are anticipated to have earned a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 Those designated as Magna Cum Laude are expected to have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 to 3.9. Certificate Programs also offer special recognitions for achieving outstanding grades. 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Honors Program Director Sabrina Chesne, center, recognizes students Samantha Malmo, left, and Derek Richard, right, as Honors Program graduates at the Academic Awards Ceremony. Photo by Elyssa Henry Vice President of Learning Dr. Ricky Tompkins, left, and Tim Cornelius, J.D., Vice President for Corporate Learning, right, presented certificates to students Samantha Malmo, second from left, Matthew Campbell and Ellie Franke, second from right. Photo by Elyssa Henry From left, Leticia Cortez, Joshan Cortez, Jeffery Moore, Alejandro Corbian, Avery Goode and Veronica Garcia-Carvajal are the Golden Eagle Award recipents for this school year. GRADUATES Continued from page 7 Benjamin Matthew Phillips ** Bethany Nicole Pinkley Patrick Eugene Poynor Veronica U. 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Forensic Science William Ashton Rea III WD Tiffany Kathryn Rea WD Alcides Santiago Villatoro If you suddenly have or see any of these symptoms, call 9-1-1 immediately: Numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body • Confusion, trouble speaking or understanding • Difficulty seeing in one or both eyes • Trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination • Severe headache with no known cause Law Enforcement Devin Levi Asbill L e a r n m o r e a t S t ro k e A s s o c i a t i o n . o r g o r 1 - 8 8 8 - 4 - S T R O K E. ©2004 American Heart Association Made possible in part by a generous grant from The Bugher Foundation. News May 2015 The Eagle View • 9 Woodward Speaks at U of A Vanessa Brown Staff Writer American journalist and award-winning author Bob Woodward gave a lecture Thursday, April 9, at the University of Arkansas. Woodward’s appearance was part of the 60th Anniversary of Journalism Days, a week of events sponsored by the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism. Woodward is most famous for breaking the Watergate Scandal with his partner, Carl Bernstein, in their investigative reports for the Washington Post in 1972. His work on Watergate and the September 11 terrorist attacks have won Pulitzer Prizes. He has also written 17 nonfiction nationally-bestselling books. He is now the associate editor of the Washington Post. Woodward opened his lecture with an assessment of former President Richard Nixon’s presidency. He named Nixon an “outright criminal.” When determining what went wrong with the Nixon presidency, he said it came down to no one asking, “What would be good for the country?” He said Nixon’s term was all about Nixon and fulfilling his own political ambitions. Woodward went on to describe how Nixon was obsessed over finding out secret Democratic Party information. According to Woodward, in a 1971 recording from the Oval Office, Nixon said he wanted to go in “on a thievery basis. God damn it. Get in and get those files. Blow the safe and get it.” Woodward commented, “Who talks like that?” and the audience erupted in laughter. Woodward went on to say, “The presidency is the most powerful position in the world,” and that the job of the president is to “find the next stage of good for the whole country.” He named fixing the economy, winning the war, providing health care, and addressing climate change as possible “stages of good.” He reiterated that the president needs to define what is good for the country not by any interest group or party standards, but by what is necessary for the betterment of the entire United States population. Next, Woodward used this standard for the presidency to assess former President Bill Clinton’s time in office. Woodward interviewed Clinton himself in 1974 and described him as an intensely charismatic person who, “knows how to slow time down to create intimacy between himself and the reporter,” and that the effect of this is a sense that Clinton has given the reporter more information than he actually has. He made jokes claiming Clinton achieves this by never blinking and maintaining constant eye contact, each crack receiving answers of laughter from the audience. Overall, Woodward said he felt Clinton’s presidency had peace and prosperity, no war, and an economic plan that cut the national deficit and deserved “high marks, especially for peace.” Woodward moved on to assess President Barack Obama’s time in office. He began with, “What the hell is going on in Washington?” Then he described how, in 1978, a peace treaty was achieved between the Israeli Photo courtesy of jday.uark.org Prime Minister and the Egyptian President when President Jimmy Carter invited them to Camp David and stayed there with them for two weeks until they reached the agreement. Then he accused Obama of “hopscotching around” making appearances. He said there is no sense that Obama is trying to take hold of the country’s biggest problem and spend time with that problem at Camp David. Woodward said it is imperative that the president put time in with a problem to create a quality solution. Woodward said former President George W. Bush understood the power of the presidency. He quoted Bush as saying, “I can spend 90 seconds with an individual or a small group of people and the impact on them is way beyond what I thought was possible.” Woodward also said President Obama does not understand the power of the presidency. He said Obama has his arrogant side, but that he is also humble and holds back when he should be using his power as president to accomplish things. Woodward claimed Democrats feel Obama doesn’t like them, and that these feelings cause a disconnect in Washington. He said there isn’t enough human interaction between Obama and Washington and gave an example of Obama calling a senator only twice in five years. Woodward moved on to discussing Obama’s struggles with the new Republican Congress. He said Speaker of the House, John Boehner, threatened global economic meltdown in response to disagreement with President Obama over the debt ceiling issue. Woodward said the President should have disciplined this kind of blackmail behavior because he holds the power to do so. He said threats are no way to conduct negotiations. Woodward said that to negotiate, the parties must be willing to listen, to not attempt to blackmail one another, to spend as much time as it takes focusing on the problem, and they must be willing to incorporate the traditional “one for you, one for me” method of negotiation. Woodward said he believes if politicians do this, they will successfully reach an agreement. Woodward discussed Hillary Clinton next. He began by asking the audience to raise their hands if they would or wouldn’t vote for Clinton. Woodward said Clinton had to convince her husband, former president Bill Clinton, that it was “his time” to run for the presidency. Woodward said Clinton will have to convince voters that it is her time if she’s going to run in the 2016 election. Woodward ended by taking a few questions. In response to being asked, “What do you know now... that you wish you knew when you started out?” Woodward told the audience that as a reporter “you think you know what happened” and that sometimes “you have to make judgements and sometimes you’re wrong.” In example, Woodward said he assumed former President Gerald Ford, who took office after Nixon resigned, pardoned Nixon be- cause the system was corrupt. But, in an interview with Ford, Woodward discovered Ford pardoned Nixon to get the country’s focus off of the Watergate scandal and back on to more important issues. Another audience member asked if Woodward thought it would have been easier if he had never been famous. Woodward said he doesn’t take his fame seriously, but admitted it has its advantages and disadvantages. He said it doesn’t matter who you are if you’re not prepared when you go into an interview. He told the audience to “take the news as seriously as you take yourself,” and insists reporters must know their source and do their research prior to conducting an interview. The event ended with a question about Hillary Clinton’s strengths and weaknesses as the potential first woman president. Woodward described Clinton’s time as First Lady as “president’s school” and said that she has gained political experience as a senator and Secretary of State. He said most of her weaknesses are due to being burned by the media. Woodward said Clinton will have to find a way to communicate to the public that she wants to be president for the people, not for herself. After the event, Northwest Arkansas resident Melissa Juchau said she really enjoyed the lecture and she found Woodward’s insight into the political arena refreshing. “He takes an unbiased approach to politics. He assesses politicians based on their actions and effectiveness, not their persuasive way with words or the depth of their pockets.” SAAB Shows Appreciation Avery Goode presents Alaian Stroud with the Most Cheerful Staff Member award. Lou Lo presents Lynde Moua the Outstanding Club Member for the Hmong Culture Club. Grace Woodson presents Paul Stratton the Outstanding Club Member for the Young Democrats of NWACC. Elias Montoya presents Mary Machira with the Most Supportive Staff Member Award. Leticia Cortez and Abi Martinez present Kathryn Birkhead with the Outstanding Club Advisor award. The members of the Student Abassadors and Activities Board, from left to right and back row to front row, Alex Montoya, Elias Campuzano, Abi Martinez, Brayan Allan Garcia, Avery Goode, Joshan Cortez, advisor Becky Hudson, Leticia Cortez, Luis Ramirez, Kim Moua, and Melissa Hang. SAAB hosted an appreciation luncheon to recognize outstanding club, acutly and staff members. From left to right, Wendy Echeverria, Mindy Fowler, John Hicks, Cheri Kahle, and Steve Tosh sit at tables decorated for the Student Abassadors and Activities Board Appreciation Luncheon April 23 in Student Center room 108. The luncheon was organized by SAAB and the food was donated by Acambaro mexican grill. Sabrina Chesne presents Laura Ortega the Outstanding Club Member for Sigma Kappa Delta. Christopher Friend recives a Most Helpful Staff Member award, presented by Melissa Hang of SAAB. Leticia Cortez presents Laurie Scott with the Outstanding Club Member award for Gamma Beta Phi. Scott was nominated by club advisor Marvin Galloway. Photos by Hillary Hollis News 10• The Eagle View B ooks, ands & eyond Compiled by Kristin Webb Kevin Cathcart Editor-In-Chief Managing Editor May 2015 NWACC MUSIC RECITAL Vangie Bacon – Vangie Bacon, piano, performing “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” by George Gershwin. The Walmart AMP Welcomes Third Eye Blind Along with Dashboard Confessional The Walmart AMP welcomes Third Eye Blind on June 2. The bands members include, Stephan Jenkins (vocals, guitar), Brad Hargreaves (drums), Kryz Reid (guitar), Alex Kopp (keyboards) and Alex LeCavalier (bass guitar). Stephan Jenkins coined the name Third Eye Blind in 1993 in reference to the metaphysical concept of a mind’s eye. In 1996, Third Eye Blind signed their first major label recording contract with Elektra records that was later reported as the largest publishing deal ever for an unsigned artist. Their debut album Third Eye Blind was released in the spring of 1997 and included the hit single “Semi-Charmed Life,” which reached #1 on Billboard’s modern rock chart. Third Eye Blind has been on three world tours since then, opening for acts like the Rolling Stones and U2. Dashboard Confessional (often referred to as Dashboard) is an American band from Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba (guitar/piano) along with John Lefler (guitar/vocals), Scott Schoenbeck (bass) and Mike Marsh (percussion). The band’s style is considered emo with its blend of indie and acoustic rock. Music Recital – From left to right: Brandon Ferguson, Mary Bartell, Chandler Franklin, Reid Evans, Vangie Bacon, and Matt Mozzoni Celebrate Mother’s Day at Crystal Bridges On Friday, May 8, join us for a special cocktail reception and lecture with Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist, a New York Times Bestseller! Director of Culinary Case Dighero will kick off the evening with specially made herbal drinks from Stewart’s book. On Saturday, May 9, come out to Crystal Bridges’ trails to celebrate National Public Garden Day featuring fun-filled outdoor activities for the whole family, including a Chalk Festival, live music, and an illustrated talk by award-winning garden writer Amy Stewart on her popular book Wicked Plants, followed by a demonstration of shrub-drink-making! Matt Mozzoni, guitar, performing “There Will Never Be Another You.” Brandon Ferguson – Brandon Ferguson, baritone, performing “Mister Cellophane” by Fred Ebb during the student music recital. Timber! Presented by Cirque Alfonse It’s all about stunts and acrobatics in this toe-tapping musical by French Canadian circus company Cirque Alfonse. Taking inspiration from the woods surrounding their own real-life family farm, Cirque Alfonse’s talented tumblers and musicians create a crazily unique acrobatic experience set in the world of loggers and traditional Canadian farm life. There are balancing acts on tree stumps, banjo sounds and men with bushy beards performing synchronized axe juggling. Not only does Cirque Alfonse represent three generations from one family, it also features professional acrobats from the École Nationale de Cirque de Montréal, as well as a professional dancer, an ex-skiing champion and three talented and versatile musicians. “Scarily thrilling,” says The Guardian. “It’s a show that seems to imply that Monty Python was right in believing all lumberjacks are in a permanent state of delirious happiness.” Reid Evans – Reid Evans, baritone, performing “Pieta, Signore!” by Alessandro Stadella. Entertainment 11• The Eagle View May 2015 What Do the Eaglets Say? What was your childhood dream job? Meng Lee Dream Job: Be Jackie Chan Major: Business By Elyssa Henry Kaitlyn Webber Dream Job: Veterinarian Major: Paramedic Jessica Garcia Dream Job: Artist Major: Art Studio Relief from Finals Stress Photos by Hillary Hollis Photo by Hillary Hollis Student Government Association Senator Adam Reynold, left, directs students to the free goodies during the Finals Stress Relief Carnival. 12345678 W“i”reless Code NWACC-Public NWACC’s SECURE:L¿&RQQHFWLRQ Students, above, are happy to take free snacks and beverages to fuel up for the studying they have to do for final exams. The Finals Stress Relief Carnival was held April 28 and 29 in the hallway of Burns Hall and was sponsored by the Student Ambassador and Activities Board. Also part of the relieving of stress was free chair massages, shown below, provided by Sharon A. Cochran of Shar’n the Dream massage. Advertisement May 2015 DA$H IN to t CA$H CA The Eagle View • 12 MORE for your used books! Congratulatio ons 201 201 Gradua Gradu uates! 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