The hydration station outside the library entrance. Photo by Cainon Leeds By Elizabeth Wallerich Staff Writer The water fountain on the first floor in the main DMACC building was updated over the summer to include a bottle filler. The water is chilled and filtered. “I wanted DMACC to be greener,” said Boone campus Provost Tom Lee. He got the idea after seeing the water bottle fillers at Des Moines University. “I also thought people would be responsive to the idea,” Lee said. Josh Bond, a DMACC student from Australia, said that because of the fountain he gets his water from the tap instead of buying one. “It’s cool,” he said. The fountain, called a hydration station, is a mix between a water fountain and bottle filler. There is also a hydration station in the new apartment building 1309 and another one outside the gym. Lee asked Dean Hatch, head Building and Grounds Supervisor, if it was possible and feasible to install the stations. From there, Hatch was able to find a supplier in Ames. Then, Mark Schaudt, a physical plant tech was able to replace the old drinking fountain with the hydration station. It costs about $1,000 per station. Isa Adney, author of "Community College Success," speaks with DMACC students on Monday, Sept. 17. Photo by Cainon Leeds By Kolby Vetter Contributing Writer The author of a community college success book told about 230 students and staff that their time spent on campus now can be the key to success later. “Decisions you make now will affect the rest of your life,” said Isa Adney, who’s “Community College Success” book was published this spring. “What you do now can end up being very powerful in upcoming years.” Adney encouraged her listeners to make the most of their time on campus: join a club, be a leader and cut out fast-food, which is what she calls drive-thru education. Adney visited the Boone DMACC campus on Monday, Sept. 17, as part of a speaking tour that included all six DMACC campuses. The White House calls Adney a “Community College Superstar,” according to a press release, and she shared her personal stories that led her to where she is today. Adney said she had grown up with tough family circumstances. Neither of her parents went to college, her two brothers had illnesses that left the family with a mountain of medical debt. The money wasn’t exactly coming in fast. Still, when it came time for college, “my parents said I could pick any college I wanted,” said Adney, “probably because they had so much debt, they figured what’s a little more.” Adney, who is from Florida, wanted to attend school in state, and she picked a small, private college on the beach. The tuition for one year: $25,000. Days before she was set to start the semester she changed her mind. “I knew I couldn’t do that to my parents.” Adney drove to her local community college, sat outside the advisor’s office and felt lost. “For the first time, I lost hope.” That’s when Adney had to come up with answers, and a question she challenged many of the students in the audience with was “Why are you here?” “It has to be for you,” Adney said. “If you follow what you really enjoy, you will make money. Figure out what you love to do.” Likenesses of Cainon Leeds, Kevin Langel, Lori Harvey and Carl De Vries, members of the Banner News staff. Illustration by Stacey Walker By Cainon Leeds Editor-in-Chief Welcome to DMACC! For all of those who just starting at DMACC this year, allow me to be among the first to roll out the welcome mat. Seriously, we could use one of those for the Banner room. And for all of those who are returning and preparing to graduate, I offer you my best wishes on your way to success. Did you like the comic? Be honest. It was sketched by a regular DMACC student just like you and me. She didn’t have to pull any strings, fill out any paperwork, schedule any appointments, interview anybody or write any stories to get her drawing in the Banner News. All she had to do was walk into room 115, ask me to evaluate it to see if it would help the paper and then the staff took over from there. Now not all submissions are guaranteed to be put in the paper, but a lot of them do make it in at some point, and we don’t only accept drawings. I believe that the Banner is the students’ newspaper, and as such, I think that students should be able to contribute to the paper in the way that they feel most comfortable. Whether it be reporting news stories, taking pictures of sports events, writing opinion pieces, movie, book, music and video game reviews, advertising, submitting essays, short stories, poetry or even recipes, I would like for students to feel free to submit anything and contribute in any way that interests them. I hope to hear from you soon. By Joshua Stevens
Columnist I was one of four students from Boone campus to attend Leadership Iowa University in August. Lucas Hall, Matthew Kolker and Maria Melendez joined me in sharing the unique experience of LIU. The programs objective is to educate, inspire and develop young leaders as the foundation for Iowa’s future economic growth and to encourage their on-going involvement in local communities and the state to create a better future for all Iowans. LIU combines three critical elements. First is a week-long curriculum that includes leadership assessment and training, hands-on education about Iowa issues and the opportunity to meet and learn from Iowa’s political and corporate leaders. Second are follow-up sessions to further enhance your leadership and business skills, while building an awareness of Iowa issues and opportunities. Lastly is mentorship with a business professional in students’ area of career interest. Leadership Iowa University is a program of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation (ABIF); it is designed for college students. It is modeled after the very successful and unique Leadership Iowa program, which is in its 30th year. This year’s events included tours of the Pella Corporation, Veel Hoeden, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Iowa Soybean Association, Accumold, Iowa State Capitol Building and StartUpCity Des Moines. There were several networking events including a dinner with past LIU graduates, Tassel Ridge Winery reception, a government roundtable, lunch roundtable with business leaders at Dos Rios and a reception at Flynn Wright. Dr. Alec Zama of Grand View University spoke about living under Communism in the old USSR and what freedom means to him. We heard from Adam Carroll an author about “Winning the Money Game”. Mike Wagner the CEO of the White Rabbit Group spoke to us about tools we could use to get noticed and how to rise to the top. Mary MacVean
Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES - The old aphorism that “you snooze, you lose” doesn’t apply to students who stay up late to cram for a test or finish a class project. New research shows that sacrificing sleep for school work is a bad trade. Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles’ Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior enlisted students from three Los Angeles high schools to help them figure out whether academic performance suffered the day after a late night of studying. It turned out their hunch was correct: Lost sleep resulted in less comprehension during class and worse performance on tests, according to their report, published online Tuesday in the journal Child Development. “Sacrificing sleep for studying seems to be counterproductive,” said Andrew J. Fuligni, a developmental psychologist at UCLA and the study’s senior author. By Lori Harvey
Health Writer Earlier this year the “pink slime” debacle hit the news. Finely textured beef that was made from tendons and other undesirable parts of a cow to be put into ground beef. It’s been in there for years but just came into the spot light this year. This debacle has been blamed for many meat processing plants closing and jobs lost. At the same time, another scandal came out that was quickly buried. Chicken nuggets are a popular item that is served at McDonald’s and in school lunches. I used to buy them as a quick dinner once in awhile but after hearing about this, I threw the rest of them away. According to the Omnivore’s Dilemma and Organic Authority, there are 38 ingredients in chicken nuggets. Let’s take a look at some of the ingredients - “I think it [the course] was better suited for billy goats than for cross country runners, but I thought that our team held up very well.” -- Jim Dose DMACC cross country coach DMACC -- The Des Moines Area Community College cross country team finished third at the Bill Buxton Invitational August 31 at Indianola.
Simpson College, the host team, won the five-team race with 26 points. College of St. Mary placed second with 37 points and DMACC was third with 76 points. “The course was extremely tough,” DMACC cross country coach Jim Dose said. “I think it was better suited for billy goats than for cross country runners, but I thought that our team held up very well. They competed better than the week before and seemed to run stronger which is what we are shooting for as the season progresses.” Freshman Alissa Van Klootwyk of Knoxville led DMACC with a sixth-place finish in 18 minutes, 12 seconds. “It was good to see Alissa Van Klootwyk finish in the top ten against competition that included nothing but four-year schools,” Dose said. “Overall, it was an improvement for the Bears and we hope to continue to get stronger as the weeks go by.” Sophomore Brooke Schweikert of finished 16th in 19:31, sophomore Kirstin Angus of West Des Moines was 17th in 19:37 and freshman Taylor Gwiasda of Ames was 18th in 20:50. Freshman Anna Fleckenstein of Cedar Rapids rounded out the DMACC effort with a 19th place finish in 21:30. Freshman Mary Prusa of Des Moines also competed for the Bears. Her time was 22:49. Buena Vista University’s Holly Nuetzman won the 4K race with a time of 17:01. DMACC -- Sophomore Andy Fraser of Huxley fired a two-under-par 70 and freshman Matt Gute of Carroll added an even-par 72 to lead the DMACC men’s golf team to the team championship at the DMACC Invitational Sept. 5 at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone.
Fraser finished third in the individual competition and Gute tied for sixth. The Bears completed tournament play with 296 strokes and a three-stroke advantage over runner-up Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC). Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) finished third with 301 strokes. DMACC took fourth place with 303 strokes. Other DMACC scores included a 75 from freshman Nick Costa of Anamosa, a 79 by sophomore Nate Schill of Gowrie and an 82 by sophomore Matt Lageman of Algona. Costa tied for 10th, Schill tied for 21st and Lageman tied for 33rd. Sophomore Nate Pietz of Huxley led DMACC B with a one-under-par 71 and tied for fourth place. Freshman Brad Christensen of Carroll shot a 75 and tied for 10th; freshman Tanner Ludwig of Carroll finished in a tie for 17th with a 78 and freshman Zach Hammerberg of Adel carded a 79 and tied for 21st place. DMACC -- The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) volleyball team traveled to Cedar Rapids Sept. 7 to compete in the Kirkwood Tournament and saw its five-match winning streak come to an end. The Bears, ranked third in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II poll, fell to Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) and to Kishwaukee College (KC). IHCC, ranked 18th in NJCAA Division I, swept DMACC by scores of 25-18, 25-22, 25-19. The KC match went five sets with KC coming out on top by scores of 24-26, 25-12, 14-25, 27-25, 15-8. Sophomore Hallie Mueth of Sheffield had seven kills and 12 digs in DMACC’s loss to IHCC. Freshman Breonnhia Bailey of Pleasant Hill contributed six kills and freshman Allyson Karr of Clarinda had five kills. Sophomore Jordan Leehy of Neola and freshman Sara Jesse of LaPorte City finished with 13 and 10 assists respectively and sophomore Roxanne Grundmeier of Schaller had two ace serves and eight digs. Mueth and Karr also had two ace serves apiece for DMACC. Mueth had 18 kills and eight digs in the loss to KC. Freshman Sheila Menezes of Guarulhos, Brazil finished with 16 kills and nine digs. Leehy contributed 29 assists and six digs and Jesse had 12 assists and seven digs. Grundmeier topped the Bears in digs with 17. DMACC hit .369 with 52 kills and 11 errors in 111 attacks. |
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