December 2014

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Opportunities in ArchitectureAs part of a new series on nontraditional class op-portunities here at KCC, the Bruin presents photo-graphs and an excerpt of an essay from a student last year’s Architectural History 222. Students interested in finding out more about this year’s HIST 222 class can contact Doug Mann at [email protected]. - Pg 6

Letter to the editorCheck out our new, expanded opinion section, and consider contributing via our upcoming “Letters to the Editor” section. - Pg 4-5

BOB PSALMONDSstaff writer

The renovation of the Davidson Center has begun. The administration has cited a serious need to address problems with the infrastructure of the building, in-cluding the wiring, plumbing, and various safety code issues. This project will include both floors and affect all five programs currently using the building, along with the Mac Department, which will be moving over from the main building area. The department chair and several instructors have been involved with both the planning and preparation, meeting often with the architects to discuss their needs and concerns.

The Photography program will be moved to the right side of the hallway that leads into the Music Center. Instead of the current upper floor room used by the advanced students, all the darkrooms, enlarg-ing/print rooms, and classrooms will be in this area. Though losing a little in square dimensions, it will make things easier for students and teachers. That new professional lighting to be installed will really

come in handy here during critics and dis-playing video or images from well-known photographers. The first classroom on the right has be taken out.

The Art program has lost some space on the left side of the hallway for Ed Williams and the photography equip-ment storage closet. It will make the Ceramics room a little smaller but the added lighting, better computer capa-bilities, and better facilities will make up for that.

Most of the walls, both inside and along the hallway, will be set up to dis-play student artwork. Pete Williams stated that changes are “All positive and we as a whole department are ex-cited for the changes because they will benefit the students in their chosen programs.”

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LANE COLLINSguest writer

Winter is steadily approaching us here at Kellogg Community Col-lege.

With the holidays, the smell of peppermint and the end of the fall semester in mind, a familiar trouble also emerges: Finding a safe parking spot in KCC’s parking lot during the winter.

“Parking in the winter definitely becomes more difficult,” said Simon Barroso, a student at KCC. “With all the snow covering the designated parking spots, the parking lot turns into a free-for-all. It makes the situation kind of dangerous.”

Without viewable lines for designated parking spots, it becomes a hazardous and scary environment for many.

During winter of 2013, many students reported car accidents.“I got in a car accident two winters ago because of the set-up

here,” added Olivia Damon, another KCC student. “It’s rarely plowed, and the back is always icy, making it hard to drive in and out of the lot.”

Some students also reported that their cars had been stuck in KCC’s parking lot due to other vehicles parking around their car or vehicles parking in a manner that blocks the pathways to and from KCC’s entrances and exits, leaving the students unable to leave the parking lot and having to notify the campus security office.

“People end up parking in areas that aren’t necessarily safe for traffic going in and out of the lot,” Barroso said. “I think it would be beneficial to find a way to keep it a little more organized.”

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Stay safe while parking this winterCHARLIE BOYDguest writer

Students and teachers alike have their own ways of dealing with the winter commute.

Student Hannah Young, who lives not too far away from the Battle Creek campus, had this to say: “I usually walk or bike to school in warmer months. But in the winter I have my parents drive me there.” Fellow student Robert Porter, who drives 40 minutes from home to the Battle Creek campus, had his own plan to deal with driving in the winter, “I wake up at least a half an hour early and warm up my car.” Robert says that most people tend to drive slower in the winter.

It’s not just the students who have to deal with the rough winter commute, as the instructors have to put up with it too. Peg Stapleton, a professor of sociology at KCC, said her plan is to simply start early on winter days and plow her way through the snow. Dawn Larsen, the chair of Social Science and Educa-tion at KCC, said, “I bought an all-wheel drive vehicle and I pack early, and I give myself lots of extra time, and I grin and bear it. On my way to work, I think of wonderful, positive things in my life, because I don’t like the winter.” Larsen’s opinion about the winter is shared with a lot of people at KCC.

Driving to get to KCC

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• Arrive to KCC earlier. If a studentleaves his or her home earlier in the-day to attend class, the student will have more time to drive safely to KCC andwillnotbe inahurry tofindaparkingspot.

• Pay attention to lamp posts.WithinKCC’sparkinglot,lamppostsareal-ways between two separate aisles to parka vehicle. If onekeeps that inmind, itwill beeasier tofigureoutwheretheparkingspacesare.

• Driveslowly.Studentswalkallaboutthe parking lot. If heavy snowfallpowders the parking lot, make sure to drive slower so that not only you canbesafe,buttokeepotherssafe.Also, driving slower gives more time tofindaparkingspot!

• Remember,onehalfofthebackspac-es in the main lot are parked diago-nally.No,thatwasn’tastudentwhohasforgottenhowtopark!Arowofspaces by the Miller Physical Educa-tion Building are lined diagonally for morefluidmovementofthelot.

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KCC students and staff teamed up with the Red Cross to host a campus-based blood drive on October 28th. The goal for the drive was to collect 53 pints of blood, which was sur-passed with a total of 56 pints of whole blood and red cells donated. According to data provided by the Red Cross, 168 people will benefit from blood donors.

Shelly Fleming, a nurse with the Red Cross for near-ly 25 years, noted how much hard work goes into plan-ning a successful blood drive. According to Fleming, preparations begin months in advance; including corre-sponding with the school and staff involved, making sure all the equipment needed will be ready and getting snacks for the donors together.

For future blood drives at KCC, Fleming has some tips for those considering donating on how to prepare for giving blood. She urges, “Drink plen-ty of water. Eat meals with lots of protein, and get a good

night’s sleep beforehand.” One pint of blood can save

up to three people, with the platelets, plasma and red blood cells being utilized. There is no artificial version of blood, which is why donating

is so crucial. Although the re-cipient of donations benefits greatly, for donors there is no feeling quite like knowing they helped save lives.

This particular drive had the highest number of dona-

tions since 2012. Good deeds were spread all around, as par-ticipants also had the opportu-nity to write a holiday card to the men and women defend-ing our country.

JESSIE SCHNEIDERassistant editor

This year, KCC’s Performing Arts Events have an even deeper meaning behind their performances than usu-al now that the Binda Theater is fully re-constructed. Out of the over 30 typ-ical events every year, there are 6 spe-cial showings that hold the purpose of re-dedicating the Arts Center. Though the Sampled Shakespeare Staged Readings are the first set of happen-ings there from November 14 to 23, the big kick off is Amahl and the Night Visitors. It is a collaboration between the KCC Opera/Musical Theater Work-shop, KCC Theater Program, and Ars Voce of Battle Creek. This event has a wide variety of people involved, in-cluding community members and KCC staff/faculty. For example, the 3 kings in this production are played by Jole Synder (Director of the Boy Choir and Girls Chorus), Dr. Mark Wells (Direc-tor of Ars Voce), and Gerald Blanchard (KCC Music Area Coordinator). Even the Art Department at KCC is getting involved by painting a huge backdrop of Mustafa. To celebrate, there is a des-sert reception after the show. Amahl and the Night Visitors is performing Friday & Saturday, December 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 7 at 3 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $5 to get in but more is always wel-come or just pay what you can.

Skipping all the way to March 2015 is the last official re-dedication to the Binda Theater. It is another grand op-era and KCC musical theater produc-tion. On March 20 through 29, “The Pirates of Penzance” will sweep the au-dience off their feet. It follows the story of Frederic, who, having reached his 21st year on the earth, is released from his 21-year apprenticeship with a band of pirates. But because of being born on February 29, he must serve for another 63 years due to his technical birthdate

only occurring each leap year. Pirates of Penzance is quite the comedy. The Friday and Saturday showings are at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday showing is at 3 p.m. Tickets are only $5 for staff, seniors, and students but $10 for the general public.

Amahl and the Night Visitors and The Pirates of Penzance are just the bookends in the row of re-dedication performances. In the middle are three other pieces, including a Guest Artist Recital. During this, KCC will be graced with the presence of three famous pia-nists who have performed around the world; Dr. Wendy Chung, Yu-Hsuan, and Grands Grandioso. But this isn’t just any piano performance. It is ex-tra special because during the Binda renovations, not only was the build-ing redone but KCC also received new equipment, particularly a new Baldwin grand piano. So the Guest Artist Recit-al will be the first piano recital on the new piano. Therefore dedicating both the piano and the Binda Theater itself. Admission is free for this performance on February 22 at 3 p.m.

The other smaller productions in-between are a Holiday Jazz Explo-sion, featuring the KCC Jazz Band on December 9, and a Faculty Artist Re-cital, featuring pianist Kathrine Cary on March 1. Now still included in the Binda re-dedication but yet after the fi-nale of “Pirates of Penzance” is a Mas-ter Class Guest Recital. This is a unique opportunity for KCC because pianist Miguel Sousais not only preforms on April 18, but he is also taking the time to work face-to-face with students and instruct them on how to better them-selves as pianists.

To find out more about Preforming Art events happening in the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015, visit www.kellogg.edu/performart or look at brochure stands for a pamphlet of the schedule.

JESSIE SCHNEIDERassistant editor

Behind the scenes there are always a lot of people working to keep the main show going. Rebecca Galli-more is one of those people doing just that.

Having attended KCC in ’82, Gallimore has been involved here for a long time. She received her As-sociates degree with a focus on Executive Secretarial work. After a few years of odds and ends jobs she set-tle down to working at The Regional Manufacturing Technology Center (RMTC) and stayed there for over 20 years before moving over to the KCC main cam-pus in March 2014.

Gallimore’s official title is Executive Assistant to the President, but she does more than keep track of Dr. Bona’s schedule. She is also involved with the Board of Trustees for the college and attends every board meeting. During the meeting she types up the official minutes so that they are on record .Gallimore also handles the planning of many events for em-ployees. For example her current project is the Em-ployee Christmas Breakfast coming up soon. Anoth-er responsibility she has is being part of the official

President’s Council at KCC. Gallimore is one of the 16 people available for Dr. Bona to bounce ideas off of and help double check his thoughts.

Rebecca Gallimore loves working here at KCC and says her favorite thing about the college is the variety. The variety of people, variety of opportunities, and variety of clubs are just a few examples.

One piece of advice Gallimore has for KCC stu-dents and people in general is to “Do your job to the fullest. You never know where you will end up with the opportunity you have now.” She mentioned this because she never thought she would get the chance to work up in the position she has now and is glad that her hard work and dedication showed in her job so that she could have this opportunity.

Besides her work accomplishments, Gallirmore has many personal hobbies. Growing up in Vermont-ville and now living in Nashville, she has always had a love for the country. With her 5 stepchildren all grown up, living far away, and married with children of their own, she still stays busy with other “kids” to take care of.

“My real kids all have 4 legs and a tail.” Gallimore states fondly.

The four legged creatures she is talking about are her horses. Gallimore has a total of 10 horses that she is always involved with. She shows them at fairs and other events. Of course also riding and taking care of them daily. They are her pride and joy of her hus-band’s and her home, Lost Echo Ranch.

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EXECTUTIVE ASSISSTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, REBECCA GALLIMORE

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JONATHAN HOGANeditor-in-chief

On Thursday, November 20, eighty-two Kellogg Community College stu-dents were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the honor’s society for two-year colleges in the United States. The chap-ter specific to KCC is named Alpha Nu Eta. The ceremony occurred in the newly opened Binda Theater.

KCC President Dennis Bona was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. In his speech Bona encouraged the students to be proud of their intelligence and their achievements. “You’ll walk out of KCC knowing more than the other stu-

dents who walk with you,” he said. After the speech the officers of PTK

gave explanations for the symbols of PTK and what they represented; the torch, symbolizing knowledge, the rose, symbolizing purity of life, and the emblem that represents PTK. After-wards, PTK President Mitchell Tortel-li led the new students in the Oath of Membership. The students then each walked on stage and signed the official roster for Alpha Nu Eta.

In an interview with Tortelli after the ceremony he encouraged more stu-dents to join PTK in the future. “PTK is an opportunity to open more doors,” he said.

PTK inducts new members

A new glass-walled gallery will be installed where the couches and elevator are currently located. This gallery will extend ten feet or better out into the courtyard area and is to highlight visiting artists or student artwork.

Students can relax on the other side of the stairs where the cur-rent gallery is located starting in August when it reopens.

The music program will stay in the same hall, but the changes within that region of the building will be drastic. The inner brick wall is being replaced with a wood-en one. Two sets of the practice rooms will be enlarged by remov-ing the wall between them, creat-ing two music instruction rooms. The keyboard theory room’s pow-er will be updated and the room reorganized.

On the far left are the choir and and practice rooms, separated by a storage room. The tiered floor-ing of both rooms will be replaced

with a flat one, increasing the square footage by 20% or better. That storage area in between them will also be expanded. Like all the other areas of this section of the upper building, better insulation is being installed. This is meant to stop the current and disruptive bleed over of noise.

The current studio room used by photography students will be gone. This area will be turned into a backstage area for Davidson Au-ditorium. It will allow the piano to be moved back and out of the way, as well. This room has a variety of courses that frequently use it and the keyboard is often a hindrance. In the redesigned plans, there will be more room for rehearsals, better lighting, and a staging area to make every program involved happy, especially theater and per-formance.

Downstairs will be just as dif-ferent. The photography break-room, darkroom, enlarging area,

classroom with studio, and chem-ical cave will be gone. This area will become normal classrooms and storage areas. The Mac digital classroom will still be on the bot-tom floor. The addition of the oth-er Mac computer lab is what ex-cites many of the instructors. This is important because graphic de-sign students can interact a little more with the “KCC Art Family.” This will help with the overlap-ping tasks and required courses. Penny Rose and other instructors in graphic design have often found ways to allow graphic design and art students to work together on a variety of projects.

Communication, foreign lan-guages, art history, and other courses using the classrooms will also benefit from the build-ing project. The better video, overhead systems, working light banks, and other improvements will be enjoyed by teachers and students alike.

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PHOTOS BY BOB PSALMONDS

SALLY MAYguest writer

Seven-year-old Gavin May walked into the Music Center in the David-son Building at Kellogg Community College. He was looking forward to the time he had been given to observe DrumSticks class held there. The class was small with three students in atten-dance. They listened to the instructor teach them basic snare drum tech-niques from 6:15 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. while Gavin looked on.

After Gavin left he said, “I kept up with my fingers,” and declared he was ready to join the class the following week. Although late in the semester, it would still give him time to familiarize himself with the instrument and the techniques involved that would give him a foundation to build on.

That foundation is the result of a

merger in 2000 that brought three arts agencies together, all former member agencies of the United Arts Council. This organization included the Bat-tle Creek Symphony Orchestra and its Community Music School, the Battle Creek Boychoir and Girls’ Chorus, and the Community Chorus. The collabo-rative effort allowed the sharing of hu-man resources, programming, equip-ment, and the facility at KCC. It is truly one of its kind in the state of Michigan. This partnership was developed over a period of three years and the facility opened in September 2003.

There have been four new programs developed since the merger. Activities of the various programs available in-clude private individual instrumental and vocal instruction, group lessons in music and dance, choral training, local concert series encompassing both or-chestral and choral performances, and

outreach programs in the Battle Creek and surrounding communities. Also there are many private and communi-ty performances locally, performance tours, and various special events and fundraisers throughout the year.

Nancy Brown, Community Mu-sic School director, said if a student wants to learn to play an instrument not taught by an instructor who is cur-rently available, she said they make the effort to look for someone who knows how to play that instrument. Such was the case when a student wanted to play an accordion but no one was available at the time to give lessons. Brown stat-ed, “We looked until we found some-one who would teach this student how to play the accordion.”

The Music Center serves all of Cal-houn and Barry counties, and portions of Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, and Kalamazoo counties. It spans the cultural and economic spectrum, pro-viding programs for every stage of life. Because of this, Gavin’s little 3-year-old brother has the opportunity to be

a part of Music First for children birth to 5 where children listen, learn, play and perform. Brown said, “Newborns are certainly welcome. They respond to music as well.”

Financial aid is available for fam-ilies who earn less than $50,000 per year and sibling discounts with other options are available to make these op-portunities affordable and accessible. Scholarships are also available through the Miller Foundation for students in kindergarten through grade 12 at bcre-ativearts.com. Fall and Winter/Spring fees are $10 per student, $20 per fam-ily. Tuition costs for the DrumSticks Class in winter 2015 is $190. Summer fees are $5 per student, $10 per family. Private lessons for the summer of 2015 for the DrumSticks class are $240. Pri-vate lessons for the fall of 2015 for the DrumSticks class are $280.

Go to http://yourmusiccenter.org to learn more, or http://www.yourmu-siccenter.org/mc/video.php to see a video on all of the programs available at the Music Center.

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ANORAH SEITAstaff writer

The relentless onslaught of technology in today’s society is both a blessing and a curse. It seems you can hardly sur-vive today without a GPS, high speed internet, high definition television, tablet and PC, and arguably the most addicting of all, the latest smartphone. For example, 91% of adults in the Unit-ed States now have cellphones, and this figure is likely to keep increasing given recent history. These handheld computers can help you out of almost any pickle you might get yourself into.

It can be incredibly comforting to know this tool is there to help you in case of an emergency or just to look up the time of a movie. And although smart-phones can be great, we must be wary. Technology isn’t perfect. You still have to use common sense and life experi-ence when using them.

For instance, a few years ago I was driving in Chicago with my dad, and instead of taking us to our destination, my smartphone-turned-GPS brought us to a psychiatric facility. (Not where I was planning to go, GPS, but thanks for your concern.) This is where com-mon sense kicks in; being able to read a paper map will always be a skill worth

knowing and it served my dad and me well that day. With so much informa-tion and entertainment at our finger-tips, it can be incredibly easy to become dependent on letting your smartphone do all the thinking.

Along those same lines, too many people know the frustration of having a friend or relative say they want to spend time with you, but then they text or play games the whole time you’re to-gether. Or being in a room filled with people that’s dead silent because ev-eryone is on their phone. Many believe that the quality of our face-to-face con-versations and our social skills have become weakened since the emergence

of smartphones and social media. My stance is this: practice moder-

ation when it comes to smartphones, and perhaps all technology. Use them as tools but don’t become completely reliant on them; critical thinking never goes out of style. Know what you would do if for some reason your phone or other technology doesn’t come through for you. And please, be in the moment. After all, it’s the only moment you have. If you’re with somebody, then be with that person. Establish a connec-tion with the person who is spending time with you right now.

The double-edged sword of technology

MARY EMINGTONsports writer

So long to the days of complaining about a computer gener-ated bowl title game. So long to the days of only one game with no playoff system to decide the outright National Col-lege Athletic Association (NCAA) National Champion for di-vision one football. A new system has arrived. It is now the era of the College Football Playoff System (CFP). No longer will computers generate who will be in the championship game. This time teams will have to play to get in. Unlike the old Bowl Championship Series (BCS), the previous playoff system, the CFP system will allow the top 4 teams play to get into the Championship game. The number one ranked team will play the number four ranked team and the number two ranked team will play the number three ranked team. The winners of those semifinal games will then play each other. It is only one step in the makings of a playoff system, but at least we finally have an actual playoff bracket like most oth-er sport playoff systems. I’d like to see a playoff system built off of more teams than just the top four teams. It gives little opportunity for Cinderella stories as does other NCAA sport playoff systems like that of basketball. I’ll allow that football is different than basketball–more games can be played in a shorter amount of time for basketball. Still, there are not enough games for the playoff teams to prove their worth for the championship game.

In another change, a committee will now chose the top four teams for the semifinal games as well as the top 25 ranking teams seven times throughout the season with the final rankings coming out on December 7 of this year. The committee will consist of coaches, athletic directors, former players, former media specialists and the like. Each commit-tee member has a three year term, but for this first year their terms differ to give the new playoff system a more round about approach and not replace every member all at once. Though these committee members are supposed to be un-biased, I believe their former and current affiliations will

play part in their decisions. I like the fact that we have gone away from a computer generated system, but humans have different incentives than computers. I don’t think these in-dividuals could put aside all feelings of which teams should be in the title games. Also, the small number of individuals on staff doesn’t collectively represent all con-ferences considered for these games. Their voice may not be heard in the same way.

The question proposed is how do these teams prove themselves to be in these bowl games? Strength of schedule seems to be a top source of debate. For those teams that are in the Big 10 or SEC this isn’t much of a problem. They contin-uously generate top tier teams to increase their strength of schedule just by playing conference teams. For those conferences such as the MAC (with Central Michigan University and Western Michigan University) the strength of schedule is a lot hard-er to come by. They have to play most of their season against con-ference teams. Not to play down the MAC, but they don’t generate that many top 25 ranked teams throughout the season. For them to get a spot in the championship game or even a semifinal game would be a miracle in itself let alone win the championship game. Overall, I think this sys-tem has started to go in the right direction but still needs improvement.

Not done yet: the college football playoff system

JONATHAN HOGANeditor-in-chief

Before Disney’s latest movie came out, most people had probably not heard of Marvel’s “Big Hero 6.” It’s one of Marvel’s more obscure comic series from the 90s, making it the perfect choice for Disney’s first film using a Marvel property. The film oozes with themes from both companies, creating a film experience that will the audience laughing, crying, and astounded.

The plot of “Big Hero 6” centers around Hiro Hamada, a young teenager with a talent for robot-ics, and Baymax, a robot, invented by his brother, that works as a medical assistant. The duo try to stop a kabuki mask-wearing villain who turns Hi-ro’s own inventions against him for an unknown purpose. Hiro gives his medical companion some upgrades to turn him into an Iron Man-style crime fighter. The movie has a simple plot, but an effec-tive one.

The relationship between Baymax and Hiro plays out excellently, creating some of the most hi-larious and heartwarming moments in any movie this year. Baymax in particular has the cares and concerns of a parent, but the naivety of a child, making for some great humor, including a few jokes only the adults in the theater will understand. The humor is only improved by the amazing voice act-ing of Scott Adsit who somehow manages to make Baymax sound both robotic and alive at the same time. Expect to see several people who do their fist-bumps a little differently for a while. Unfortunate-ly, the side characters aren’t as interesting. Several of Hiro’s friends join him in the fight against the kabuki masked villain, and while they’re interest-ing characters who have the potential for great character interactions, that potential is never real-ized the way it is in other team-hero movies such as “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “The Avengers.”

The action scenes go above and beyond what is normally expected of Disney, particularly a scene involving a car chase. There’s an actual sense of danger that Disney often lacks, with one particular scene halfway through that becomes surprisingly dark.

“Big Hero 6” is a movie that will take viewers on an emotional ride that will leave them wanting more when it ends (which is good, because the end-ing hints at a sequel). It’s one of the most charming movies Disney has put out in years, arguably even better than last year’s “Frozen.” This is a must see movie that the entire family can enjoy.

Big Hero 6 rescues the fun

JUSTIN MESSECARguest writer

Privacy is valued by many, but what most people do not realize is that the privacy desired is ulti-mately harmful to some. The risk of giving complete privacy is too high and can cost lives. We want to know that our world is safe, but in reality the world is not safe. If we don’t breach the privacy of those that are harmful we will nev-er know when we need to be pro-tected. Privacy in its own right is a protection, but it protects both the good and bad. To reach and stop the bad things in the world, we need to breach the certain inter-ests of a few to protect the many.

A case where someone has proven to be harmful to those who are homosexual or otherwise is that of Brendan Eich, co-found-er of the company Mozilla. He helped start the company, and he was found to have financial con-nections to a Proposition 8 pro

group (Brendan Eich Resigna-tion, 2014). Proposition 8 was a proposal in California stating that marriage was legal only between a man and a woman. Community members and Mozilla staff heard of this and campaigned via Twitter to have him resign from office as CEO. Brendan Eich then decided to resign from his position and he was quoted saying, “I have decided to resign as CEO effective today, and leave Mozilla. Our mission is bigger than any one of us, and under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader. I will be taking time before I decide what to do next.” I feel that he was correct to resign his position be-cause as a company Mozilla could not support either side of such a heavily debated issue.

A case that is rather easy to take a side on though is the Ray Rice videotape where he physically abused his ex-fiance, Janay Palm-er, in a public elevator. They were shown arguing as they entered the

elevator and the altercation be-came physical. When it became physical Ray Rice knocked Palm-er unconscious and attempted to hide her by dragging her limp body into a hallway. A bystander then caught Rice in the act. I feel there is no case this man can make where he has the right to say this was a private act. It occurred in a public elevator that the hotel has the right to place a camera for se-curity purposes such as this. Rice’s case has gone through several mo-tions of appeals, and now the issue of his return to the National Foot-ball League is under debate.

Brendan Eich and Ray Rice should not be allowed privacy in cases such as these because they have proven to be detrimental to society. People believe that every-one deserve complete privacy, but there are certain times to when it is necessary to violate people’s pri-vacy in order to save the innocent.

Should those who harm be allowed personal privacy?

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Up and coming changes to the Bruin JONATHAN HOGANeditor-in-chief

Here at the Bruin our staff is proud of the work we’ve done over the years. We’ve put out a new paper every month to ensure that KCC students and staff receive the latest news from campus. It’s time however, for our newspaper to move into the future. We are cur-rently investigating the concept of changing the Bru-in from print to digital format.

By switching to a digital newspaper, we’ll be less constrained by time. The way our schedule currently works makes it difficult to cover any events occurring at the beginning and of the month. We too often run the risk of printing news long after it is relevant. An online paper will allow us to provide readers with more news more often, assuring that important sto-ries aren’t missed because they occurred at an incon-venient time to print.

As more and more newspapers are making similar transitions from print media, it is increasingly neces-

sary for journalism students to gain experience with online media in order to stay relevant. Any student entering the field today can expect his or her work to be primarily read with a web browser. The Bruin simply cannot prepare students for the realities of the career in its current state.

All of this is not to say the print edition will be disappearing anytime soon. We will certainly still continue to have a physical copy of the Bruin through next semester, and likely for many years afterwards. If we ever do decide to permanently discontinue the print edition, it will be the decision of future editors. We have many readers who prefer a physical newspa-per over one read on their smart phones, with many of our own staff among them.

In the meantime, anyone who is interested can find our backlog of issues online at http://issuu.com/kccbruin. New issues are posted typically at the same time we release the print edition. We look forward to the changes coming to the Bruin that will make this newspaper better for everyone.

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STACY DUBOISguest writer

Students interested in finding out more about this year’s HIST 222 class can contact Doug Mann at [email protected].

I had an amazing oppor-tunity to take an Architectur-al History class, HIST 222, as a Global Awareness gen-eral elective. Immediately I was blown away and learned something new every day about inspirational buildings that otherwise I would have never known about, as well as about the architects behind them. As a result, I was able to take something home after class each day and start many conversations with, “Did you know…?”

The course was one won-derful excursion after another into modern historical archi-tecture each time the class met. Then, just after mid-term, we got into the topic of Detroit, starting from its birth as an outpost moving through time to the present day. There is so much history packed within Detroit that I never knew. The course also included a day-long field trip

to the city, so students could get a first-hand experience and truly understand what we discussed in his presentations. There are not enough words to express the impression that this experience had upon the class. Detroit is definitely a sight worth seeing and under-standing.

From K.C.C. we rode in a college bus to Detroit and toured the city, beginning with the Michigan Central Station on the west side, closed since 1988. To see the structure stand there stripped of its purpose, gutted, with the win-dows removed and anything valuable stolen, was indeed a sad sight to take in. At the same time, this is still an in-credible piece of art. There is so much beauty in the details of the overall building. It was like looking back in time; you could just picture how busy and grand it once was.

From there we made our way down Michigan Avenue, a main street into downtown, where we could see the De-troit skyline ahead in the hazy distance. Along this wide, empty, road we could now see what the neighbor-hoods and city really looked

like, once we really looked for it. Graffiti was everywhere; on abandoned buildings, non-abandoned buildings and even on tall buildings where we could tell people had to risk their lives just to make the piece of art. In some areas there were burned out homes and buildings; abandoned and overgrown, buildings being bulldozed and open lots where homes once stood with debris and litter abound. This is the true image that many people have of Detroit today.

A classmate, Carter Weath-erly, summarized his expe-rience on this trip by saying, “What I discovered from Pro-fessor Mann and this field trip is that Detroit is even worse than I thought I knew from his presentations, the news, or from my visits to see the Tigers play at Comerica Park. But as bad as it was, there was so much that I didn’t know was so good in De-troit.”

You

may have never guessed, but not all of Detroit is in complete ruin. There are still nice places in Detroit. On our tour we saw the Boston-Edison and Indian Village neighborhoods, where the homes are luxurious and magnificent. We rode through Belle Isle and saw many amazing buildings designed by world-famous architects. There is even a home in De-troit designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the most famous of American architects, which we drove past three times, just to appreciate it fully.

But we saw plenty of De-troit’s ugly side, including the abandoned Packard factory that is in such bad shape that it was used in the most recent “Transformers” movie when they needed a site that looked like it had been attacked by aliens! Elsewhere, individ-ual neighborhoods that we saw told most of the rest of Detroit’s story today. “I was shocked to see entire streets abandoned with only three or four houses still standing; then just down

the road there would be a normal inhabited neighbor-hood with nicely maintained homes,” said Scott Snow, an-other classmate, about the condition of block after block of Detroit’s blight, and, yes, shine.

The city of Detroit is lit-tered with scarred neighbor-hoods and industrial areas, but hope is not all gone. We also witnessed new building projects and the restoration of some of the most fantastic historic homes that you would ever hope to see in a city with as much history as Detroit. We even finished our trip en-joying incredible chilidogs at a vibrant Coney Island restau-rant in downtown Detroit, amid the dizzying skyscrapers that still stand proudly at the heart of this once proud city.

This course isn’t just about buildings. It’s about things you never knew about in-credible places, amazing ar-chitecture; their history and the history of the people who

created implausible designs and unique environ-

ments.

ADAM KINNEguest writer

It is easy to take for granted ex-actly how huge the world we live in is. Just as the sheer scope of our world can be lost to us, so is the amount of experience and adventure it can provide. Bat-tle Creek is 43.73 square miles in total area, which is incredibly small when there are 57,500,000 square miles of earth to explore. Why settle for so limited an area when so many other different sights, cultures, ideas and food are around to experience? How long till our little corner of Mich-igan becomes so stale that not even spicing our lives with a trip to the Great Lakes or big cities like Detroit satisfies the sense for adventure? The opportunity to shake things up is possible here at KCC with study abroad class options.

These study abroad classes are usually held in the summer when students get the opportuni-ty to travel to other countries like Greece, Germany, Cuba and many others. Professor Michelle Wright is in charge of organizing all these classes. Wright is a huge advocate of studying abroad and how the experience benefits students on many levels. According to Wright studying abroad not only broad-ens a student’s perspective on our world but also, “Gives students insight to different approaches to life,” and “the chance to grow per-sonally and intellectually.”

To demonstrate how exot-ic KCC travel classes can be, the upcoming class is a trip to Cuba where it is illegal for U.S. citizens to travel. Unfortunately, due to time constraints the Cuba trip is finalized and no longer taking ap-plicants. But Wright has another trip in the works right now for the summer of 2015. She hopes to get a trip to Ireland confirmed very soon.

As far as pricing for the trips, Wright tries to keep estimated costs for these overseas class-es around $3,000, saying, “It is worth every dime, but we try not to risk bankrupting anyone inter-ested.” Wright is also working on making these trips available to the general community making it possible for non-students to ex-perience the trip as well.

If leaving the country is not appealing, KCC also offers some classes that travel locally. Profes-sor Ray DeBruler teaches a class that travels up to the northern part of the state to do historical work and activities in the Mack-inaw City area. The class is His-tory 290 and also runs during the summer. There are two weeks of course work prior to the actual travel times of June 8 through the 12. The focus of the class is analyzing how history and heri-tage work together while giving students an opportunity to learn something about the place we call home, teaching them things that they may have never learned oth-erwise.

Though his class does not go very far away, Professor DeBruler has nothing but support for over-seas study. From his own time in the Netherlands as a student, DeBruler appreciated how bene-ficial it was, “It’s good to experi-ence different cultures and meet different people.” His favorite memory of his time abroad was the challenge of navigating a dif-ferent culture and recommends everyone do it at least once.

If anyone is interested in or has questions about either taking a trip abroad or the Mackinaw class Professor Wright and De-Bruler’s KCC email can be found in the staff directory on the KCC website or drop by their offices. Both are located on the first floor of the Severin Building.

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Monday, December 18:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”10:00a Math (TSMA 45) Open Lab10:10a Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab10:30a Graphic Design Open Lab11:30a Math (TSMA 101) Open Lab12:00p Accounting Open Lab2:00p Math (101) Open Lab3:25p Spanish Open Lab4:30p KCC Jazz Band Holiday Sampler Concert5:00p Softball Study Table6:00p Radiography Open Lab

Tuesday, December 28:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”11:30a Math 118 & 119 Open Lab12:00p Basic Computer & OIT Open Lab12:15p Accounting Open Lab1:30p Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab2:30p CET, CP & IT Open Lab3:25p Spanish Open Lab4:15p Men’s Basketball Study Table4:30p Women’s Basketball Study Table5:00p Baseball Study Table

Wednesday, December 3 8:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”10:00a Math (TSMA 45) Open Lab11:30a Math (TSMA 101) Open Lab12:15p Accounting Open Lab1:00p Student Recital Series Event2:00p Math (101) Open Lab2:30p The Gathering club meeting3:00p Volleyball Study Table3:25p Spanish Open Lab4:30p Accounting Open Lab6:00p Radiography Open Lab

Thursday, December 48:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”10:00a Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab10:30a Graphic Design Open Lab11:30a Math 118 & 119 Open Lab12:00p Basic Computer & OIT Open Lab1:00p Accouting Open Lab2:00p Chemistry 100 Open Lab2:30p CET, CP & IT Open Lab3:00p Nursing 141 Open Lab4:15p Women’s Basketball Study Table

Friday, December 58:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”7:30p Amahl and the Night Visitors

Saturday, December 67:30p Amahl and the Night Visitors

Sunday, December 73:00p Amahl and the Night Visitors

Monday, December 88:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”10:00a Math (TSMA 45) Open Lab10:10a Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab10:30a Graphic Design Open Lab11:30a Math (TSMA 101) Open Lab12:00p Accounting Open Lab2:00p Math (101) Open Lab3:25p Spanish Open Lab6:00p Radiography Open Lab

Tuesday, December 98:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”11:30a Math 118 & 119 Open Lab12:00p Basic Computer & OIT Open Lab12:15p Accounting Open Lab1:30p Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab2:30p CET, CP & IT Open Lab3:25p Spanish Open Lab7:30p KCC Jazz Band “Holiday Jazz Explosion”

Wednesday, December 108:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”10:00a Math (TSMA 45) Open Lab11:30a Math (TSMA 101) Open Lab12:15p Accounting Open Lab1:00p Student Recital Series Event2:00p Math (101) Open Lab3:25p Spanish Open Lab4:30p Accounting Open Lab6:00p Radiography Open Lab

Thursday, December 118:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited”10:00a Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab10:30a Graphic Design Open Lab11:30a Math 118 & 119 Open Lab12:00p Basic Computer & OIT Open Lab1:00p Accouting Open Lab2:00p Chemistry 100 Open Lab2:30p CET, CP & IT Open Lab3:00p Nursing 141 Open Lab

Friday, December 128:00a Gallery Exhibit: “Low Country Revisited” 7:30p Winter Mich Mash

Saturday, December 137:00p Cereal City Concert Band Fall Concert7:30p Sounds of the Season Messiah Sing Along

Sunday, December 142:30p KCC Choral Union: Handel’s “Messiah”3:00p Christmas Concert

Wednesday, December 172:30p The Gathering club meeting

DECEMBER

BRUIN BEAT JONATHAN HOGANeditor-in-chief

The Crude Arts Club is preparing the Winter 2015 issue of The Mosaic, the literary magazine published at Kellogg Community College with stories and poems written by students. The Mosa-ic provides students the chance to pub-lish their works for others to read.

The club meets every Tuesday at 1:00 P.M. in the Learning Resource Center. Matthew Samra, the Advisor for the Crude Arts Club, said in an email, “The CAC has a standing invita-tion to all writers within the KCC com-munity - people who enjoy poems, sto-ries, scripts, and creative essays. The

group is informal but serious about writing.”

Entries for the Mosaic typically con-sist of poems, short stories, artwork, and other creative forms of literature. Samra also said that he is interested in publishing graphic novel excerpts for this issue of the Mosaic.

The Crude Arts Club will be ac-cepting entries until the deadline on Monday, December 12. The Mosaic will be released in March of next year. Anyone interested in submitting a sto-ry for publication should email Samra at [email protected] and include their name and phone number.

Crude Arts Mosaic

MARY EMINGTONsports editor

It may not be March, but Kellogg is starting to feel the madness – the madness of basketball that is. Another season has come around for the men’s and women’s basketball team of Kel-logg Community College. November 6 marked the opening for the wom-en’s team while November 7 marked the opening for the men’s team. Both teams lost their season openers and have started out 0-3, but these young Bruins are ready to make an impact in the conference.

The Lady Bruins have seven fresh-men who have come to the squad this season: Erin Schafer, Ashtin Kamin-er, KeAyra Petty, Armani Anderson, Indya Stevens, Alexis Brautigam, and Brieyanna Reed. They also have two sophomores hoping to bring experi-ence to the team: Sierra Stevens and Kayla Freeman. The Lady Bruins are coached by Kyle Klingaman with assis-tance coach Brad Torrey and strength coach Tracy Foster.

The Lady Bruins show a faster pace offense. With a smaller line-up, they have to take the competition in speed

and passing. These ladies show heart and endurance in their game. So far this season Alexis Bratigam leads the way in points per game averaging 17.5 followed closely by their second lead scorer Sierra Stevens who averages 13 points per game. Collectively the Lady Bruins have averaged 38.7 points per game. On the defensive side Erin Schaefer has led the way with 4.5 steals per game. Brieyanna Reed and Alexis Bratigam both follow Schaefer with 1.5 steals per game apiece.

Key games in the conference will be against power house teams St. Clair County and Ancilla who are both off to 3-0 records.

This year the Bruins feature three sophomores: Luke Heide, Jalen Ow-ens, and Travis Skidmore. These soph-omores hope to lead this team to fu-ture success in the season. The Bruins also bring nine freshmen to the team: Joe Glover, Ka’Ron Campbell, Romell Bolden, Mafiaion Joyner, Demonte Hicks, Elijah Jackson, Curtis Trigg, Djuan Currie, and Angus Bennett. The Bruins are coached by Melvin McK-night with associate head coach Ben Reed, assistant coach Ron Jamierson, and manager Aaron Brown.

The men’s basketball team is also ready to take the court and prove their worth in the conference. The men’s team show a lot of promise this year coming in with a team ready to light up the score board. They display speed and agility and are ready to take on tough opponents. Joe Glover leads the way on offense scoring 15.3 points per game. Elijah Jackson is second in scor-ing at 12 points per game. The defense is also led by Joe Glover with 2.3 steals per game and Elijah Jackson with 2.3 steals per game.

The men’s basketball team does not have a home game till the 14th of January. They host conference team Muskegon Community College. All community members are encouraged to come support Kellogg Community College athletics free of charge. The women’s basketball team has already started home play. A few dates for fans to remember this season can be found below.

MARY EMINGTONsports editor

Being a college athlete is rough. They are both full-time students and full time athletes. Numerous hours are devoted to practice and homework. For a very select few there is still another level of athlet-ics available. Dual athletes in college are rare. They must be extremely devoted to both their studies and selected sports. They must contain a superior athletic ability to compete at this level. Here at Kellogg Community College we are honored to have one such athlete: Erin Schaefer.

Schaefer is dual sports in basketball and softball at KCC. She attended Springport high school where she was a three sport athlete for volleyball, basketball, and softball. Being the athlete she is, Schaefer even completed one year of track. She competed in basketball and softball for four years. Not a stranger to extra practice, she also spent time play-ing AAU basketball for the Jackson Jets and travel softball for numerous teams.

This fall she spent time practicing for both college basketball and softball squads. She played second base and outfield for the softball team’s fall season.

Schaefer always wanted to play college ball. Her parents have inspired her to play. Schaefer thanks them for taking her everywhere as growing player, even to this day. She additionally wanted to thank one of her high school coaches, Chris Johnston who urged her to continue her athletic and career at the college level. “He helped me and was a good mentor for me,” Schaefer stated.

Schaefer considered the surrounding col-leges in her area to continue her career. She had heard of Kellogg Community Col-lege from previous players at Springport and thought it would be a good place to

check out. She met with both the basketball coach and the softball coach and liked them both.

She said, “I chose Kellogg because it was close to home and a good area. It has small class sizes and I had the oppor-tunity to play sports.”

One has to wonder with two practices some days, classes, and homework, is

there time to relax? Not to mention, Schaefer also works – add-

ing to her already hectic schedule. She doesn’t let this dissuade her from de-

lighting in college life though. She enjoys getting to-gether with friends and family on the weekends and before and after practices.

“It’s tough. Sometimes I feel like I’m crazy for do-ing it. But when I look back on life I don’t want any regrets and I love both squads. I’m close with every girl,” Schaefer admitted.

When asked who her idol was she responded right away with her siblings Sydney and Ryan. Schaefer said, “My little sister is a great player and she makes me want to do better. She loves the game like my brother and I.” She also said that her other idol is Skylar Diggins, a basketball player at Notre Dame.

Her goals for the season this year are to be one of the top players and teams in the league. She wants to be an asset to the offense. Hoping to get the year off to a good start, Schaefer is looks forward to practice every day.

Of her team she stated, “We are developing every game. We’re young but we have a lot of potential.”

Schaefer plans to stay at Kellogg Community Col-lege for two years to complete classes for her future transfer process. She hopes to transfer into MSU’s education program or another institution where she can continue playing sports.

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items with prideFeb 26 – Sophomore Day (last home game)Jan 14 - home opener-bruin stickers to the kids

and bruin key chains to the adultsJan 21 - bruin suckers (while supplies last)Jan 26 - free popcorn day (while supplies last)Jan 31 - bruin items in a basket giveaway (while

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Dates to remember this Season

Erin Schaefer