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Homecoming

In anticipation of Lakeland’s upcoming sesquicentennial, the nearly 150-year-old col-

lege is getting a new entrance. Construction for the project is scheduled to begin in the spring (weather-permitting) and to be completed by May 2012. The new entrance will be located between South and North Drive—those accessing the college via the new entrance will approach directly toward Old Main.

Nate Dehne, vice president of student development, commented on the project’s purpose. “The new entrance is being built to make a better first impression and to de-fine the entry way. The entrance sets the tone of Lakeland.”

The estimated cost of the new entrance will be $3.2 million, ac-cording to Dehne. Financing for the entrance is under way as Lake-land’s development team is raising money by giving anyone interested the opportunity to donate. Donors will leave their mark on Lake-land’s campus, and be recognized for their generosity, by means of personally engraved bricks on Lakeland’s outdoor spaces.

Additional changes the cam-pus will be receiving include en-hancements to the meandering stream along Highway A. It will stretch from the baseball field to South Hall. According to Dehne, the ditch will be widened in an effort to prevent flooding due to excessive rainfall. Native vegeta-tion will be planted in the area and stones dropped in the creek bed in

order to improve the area’s visual appear-ance.

North and South Drive will be removed during the construction of the new entrance. The new single main en-trance will lead to Old Main and then split to the north and south.

There will be a service drive en-trance intended for trucks or other de-livery vehicles so they can directly ac-cess the college with-out utilizing the main entrance.

Three different types of bricks are available for purchase; donors can choose between the alumni plaza brick or two different-sized bluestone sesquicentennial plaza pavers. The alumni bricks will be placed on the east side of the Laun Center and the bluestone pavers will be located on the east side of Old Main.

The alumni brick measures

at 4.5 by 7 inches and is $150. The brick can contain three lines of text with each line comprised of up to ten characters.

Bluestone sesquicentennial pavers are offered in one of two sizes, 12 by 12 inches and 12 by 18 inches at $750 and $1,500, re-spectively. The 12 by 12 paver can contain up to three lines of up to 18 characters of text per line, and the 12 by 18 paver is able to accom-

pany up to four lines of text with a maximum of 24 characters per line.

Donors may choose between paying for the brick or paver in full or over a three-month period.

For more information on the project, visit Lakeland.edu/leavey-ourmark or contact Lori (Sass) Kaufman ‘09 at 920-565-1301 or [email protected].

By Mary Kate DeJarDinStaff [email protected]

Sesquicentennial upgrade slated for LCOld Main focal point for new entrance; 2012 completion expected

Students seeking childcare services at Lakeland will be able to utilize the new Am-

brose D. DeLand Childcare Center starting in Fall 2011.

Currently, LC has two sepa-rate child care services. One, lo-cated between Friedli and Hofer Halls, is for infants; the other is located on Prof. Drive on the north side of campus and is for two- to five-year-old children. Although these services are not free, stu-dents do receive reduced rates compared to other members of the community. This policy will also carry over into the new center be-ing built.

The new building for the Learning Tree Academy, a 21-year tradition at Lakeland, will be lo-cated south of the apartments,

By aManDa ConroyStaff [email protected]

New childcare center in the worksAmbrose D. DeLand Childcare Center groundbreaking Oct. 21

using the same driveway. Since September, dirt by the truckload has been hauled out, but the for-mal groundbreaking, complete with a ceremony to be attended by donors, faculty, and children, will be Oct. 21. According to Vice President of Student Development Nate Dehne, “The site was chosen to try to keep traffic out of the main campus. It is also more ac-cessible for people who are not on campus to get to.”

Dehne also said, “There will be work study jobs available as before, but like with the [current] center, there will be certain stan-dards students must meet before they can work there.” He contin-ued by saying that there would still be certified teachers for the two to five year olds and childcare providers for the infants. “I don’t see any problems arising from the new center since the level of

professionalism and service at the existing ones are so amazing. I think that will continue.”

Lew Apel, director of facilities management and planning, said the new day-care center should be fin-ished by the end of March 2011, with the groundwork done by July and opened for business by the new school year. The approximately $700,000 Ambrose D. De-Land Childcare Center, Home of the Learning Tree Academy, will have the ca-pacity for 42 children in the main floor and basement.

Both Dehne and Apel are very excited about the new center and what it will mean for Lakeland students. Deh-ne stated, “The new daycare center will continue in the same tradition

as has been upheld for the last 21 years by providing quality child-care service to parents in need of it.”

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An aerial view of Lakeland College's proposed entrance to be completed by 2012. Photo provided by Nate Dehne.

An artist's rendering of the Old Main Plaza. Photo provided by Nate Dehne. The view of the new entrance in front of Old Main. Photo provided by Nate Dehne.

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From Oct. 15-17, Sheboygan will host its first annual Children’s Book Festival as

part of “Sheboygan Shindig,” a cel-ebration supporting local arts and activities.

Events will take place all around Sheboygan in the Mead Public Library, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Bookworm Gardens, and UW-Sheboygan. Some highlights of the festival include popular children’s author Avi, Caldecott Honor winner Da-vid McLimans, Wisconsin author and illustrator Lois Ehlert, plus many more authors, illustrators, and events.

Jo Ann Dent, co-chair of the Sheboygan Children’s Book Fes-tival, said, “The festival is a great opportunity for children to be in-

By Ben endresOpinions [email protected]

LC incident reports

Last week Facebook an-nounced a change in its Groups feature. In an at-

tempt to offer more privacy to its users, the social networking site now allows any of a member’s Fa-cebook friends to automatically add him or her to a group where he or she can privately share content such as photos, opinions, events, and text documents with others.

So let’s say you don’t want your mom or your calculus pro-fessor to see those Homecoming photos from last weekend. Now you can create a group “LC Home-coming 2010” and add all your col-lege friends. Then they can see the photos, but no one else can.

Other people can, however, see the name of the group and its member list unless the group is set to “secret.” That might not seem like a big deal until you consider what happened to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerburg after Fa-cebook rolled out the new feature.

According to an article ti-tled “Facebook’s New Groups: 5 Things You Need To Know” writ-ten by Ian Paul for PCWorld.com, Zuckerburg was added to a new group called NAMBLA by one of his Facebook friends in an attempt to showcase the biggest flaw of the new Groups feature.

Previously, your Facebook friends could send you an invite to join a group and you could choose to accept or decline the invitation.

Facebook's new Group feature is a failBy Brittney sandBergManaging [email protected]

But Facebook groups are now set to be opt-out only instead of opt-in, so your friends can add you without your permission to any group they have joined as well.

That is exactly what hap-pened to Zuckerburg in the case of his temporary membership to NAMBLA, which stands for North American Man/Boy Love Associa-tion.

The PC World article lists several characteristics of the new Groups feature which would pre-sumably prevent too many pranks from being pulled on unsuspect-ing Facebook users. The first one is that users can only be added to a group by one of their friends. So as long as you know and trust all of your Facebook friends, you should be in the clear.

The second characteristic which might help prevent pranks is that a person must be a mem-ber of a group in order to add his or her friends to that group. So if one of your friends wants to have a little fun by adding you to one of the “I still wet the bed” groups on Facebook, he or she would first have to join the “I still wet the bed” group. Although, as soon as you are a member of said group, he or she could immediately leave the group.

Once you discover your un-wanted membership of “I still wet the bed” you can leave the group as well, and the friend who added you will not be allowed to add you to any other groups. That is the third characteristic of the new

Groups feature which should help keep pranks to a minimum. In the PC World article, Paul said, “That might be a bit extreme, but it shows that Facebook wants you to make prudent choices about the groups you pull your friends into.” After all, if a friend leaves “I still wet the bed” after you added him or her, then you won’t be able to add that friend to groups like “LC Homecoming 2010.”

Now, you might be think-ing that it would just be easier if you could automatically opt-out of joining any groups your friends try to add you to. In answer to the question “Can I prevent people from adding me to a new group?” the Facebook Help Center has posted the following statement. “The functionality of approving a group membership is not avail-able.” That is just a really fancy way of saying no.

The Help Center post contin-ues with an explanation of its rea-soning. “Similar to being tagged in a photo, you can only be added to a group by one of your friends.” That actually does make sense. Any of your Facebook friends could tag you in an unsavory pho-to without your permission, and you can remove the tag once you see the notification, just like with the new Groups feature. The same preventative measures that should help prevent prank group addi-tions also apply to the tagging of photos.

However, this is not the first time that Facebook has made the

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news because of privacy concerns. In fact, in late September, an inci-dent involving the Events section of Facebook was widely covered in the news.

A 14-year-old English girl posted an invite for her fifteenth birthday party on Facebook, and she received a few more responses than she bargained for accord-ing to a Technolog article on MSNBC.com. The article, “Teen posts birthday party invite on Facebook and 21,000 RSVP” by Athima Chansanchai, explains that Facebook events are auto-matically made public unless their creator removes the checkmark in the “Anyone can view and RSVP” box.

Now, people could go back and forth all day about whether or not privacy should be the default option on Facebook, especially where minors are concerned, but one thing that should be obvi-ous to everyone is that Facebook wasn’t created to help protect people’s privacy.

spired as readers and artists.” She also stated how the event could be beneficial to students at Lakeland in education, writing, or art pro-grams. “There are presentations from authors and illustrators all weekend…. You will see a lot of different styles demonstrated.” Parents can also learn the impor-tance of children’s literature with an Early Literacy Discussion Pan-el.

The panel will feature Madi-son pediatrician Dr. Dipesh Navsaria and Mead Library’s Youth Services Librarian Karin Menzer discussing the signifi-cance of reading to children from birth, as well as the importance, and fun, one can have sharing books with young children.

For a full list of events, times, authors, illustrators, and how you can volunteer or donate, visit she-boyganchildrensbookfestival.org.

Children's Book FestBy Ben endresOpinions [email protected]

Reported incidents at Lakeland ranging from Aug. 4 through Oct. 7, 2010. Data was provided by Director of Safety and Se-curity Annette Gamache.

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Concern for WelfareTheftGrease FireDrug PossessionDisorderly ConductConcern for WelfareFire AlarmConcern for WelfareBurglaryFire AlarmProperty DamageDisorderly ConductPossession of False IDPossession of ParaphernaliaVehicle AccidentTheft

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Schlink gives Lakeland a year-round fix New facilities administrative assistant ready to take on the new year

By Danielle RammeRContributing [email protected]

Maggie Schlink enters her office each morning, turns the coffee pot on,

and checks her computer to see if anyone has sent in any main-tenance or grounds requests. If there are requests filed, she then assigns a job to each member of the maintenance crew.

Maggie Schlink has been a part of the Lakeland College staff for ten years. In June, she was asked by her boss, Lew Apel, to move up to the position of fa-cilities administrative assistant. Schlink is in charge of mainte-nance, grounds, housekeeping, and making the swipe keys for the residence halls and differ-ent academic buildings on cam-pus. She does everything from checking computer programs to calling residence hall directors to conversing with students about maintenance or keycard issues.

Of her many responsibilities, Schlink’s favorite part of her job is when she gets to talk with the students.“This year Lakeland has a

great bunch of students. They are funny, nice mannered, and I feel I can easily interact with them,” said Schlink. Then she was inter-rupted by a maintenance call on the walkie talkie, from one of the employees she had sent out on an

assignment. After taking the call, she apologized for the interrup-tion and promptly began where she had left off. “In the class I am taking on campus the students are so nice. They don’t treat me like I am their mother. They accept me for who I am.”Above: Maggie holding keys that she makes for students when they get to school or lose them.

Photo provided by Maggie Schlink

Aside from helping students and staff, Schlink has several other daily responsibilities. In the summer the maintenance crew goes into each room (both apart-ment and dorm) to inspect each and every one. By the time that is finished, they have the summer camps coming in and staying in the rooms shortly thereafter is when students are back on cam-pus. Schlink is very busy year round.

Schlink is an asset to the maintenance department as well as the Lakeland faculty and staff. She is liked by all.

“Maggie knows so much about maintenance. She makes sure everyone has the right pay, and that work orders and timesheets are accurate. She is such a great person you could ask a lot of people, they would all say the same thing,” said Jackie

Calteux, a housekeeper in WAK. “Whenever anyone has a problem with anything, they come to Mag-gie.”

Schlink concluded by saying, “I work with really great people. We are all a team. I love my job so much.”

Nate Dehne helps to oversee student successVice president of admissions a familiar face to students By SaRahann eSkRiDgeContributing [email protected]

The Vice President for Stu-dent Development, Nate Dehne, is the ultimate go-to

person for any student at Lakeland College. Nestled in the Campus Center within his window-walled office, Dehne hosts conversations with many students, faculty, and staff members every day. “I love that my office is so accessible be-cause it allows me to be with my work,” says Dehne – his “work” being the students of Lakeland.

Before coming to Lakeland in 2003 and taking on the role of ad-missions director, Dehne graduat-ed from and continued to work at Carroll University in Waukesha for the Admissions Department. “I always enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm of college-aged kids,” he said.

At the end of his first year at Lakeland, he helped enroll an incoming class of record size. “I can’t remember a day that I wasn’t excited to get up and go to work,” Dehne recalled. In 2008, the posi-tion of vice president for student development was created, and Dehne has been in the role ever since.

So, what does the vice presi-dent of student development do? Dehne oversees admissions and all of the students enrolled in the day program. His main focus is stu-dent success and retention.

When asked about what as-

pect of his job he loves the most, without hesitation, he replied, “Most definitely the interactions I have with the students here…they are thrilling.” Dehne also expressed how rewarding it is to hear from the alumni he assisted during their careers both at Lake-land and Carroll.

Dehne explained that it is very important for him to get to know students on a personal level – and it shows. The very first student he enrolled was named Nicole; he can remember the occasion like it was yesterday.

The repetition of seeing stu-dents helps him remember them, Dehne claims, but sometimes he does not understand how he does it. “I can remember someone’s name, but if my wife calls and asks me to pick up milk on the way home, I will most likely forget,” he said with a laugh.

Dehne met his wife, Melissa, while attending Carroll Univer-sity. They were married the sum-mer after graduation and have been married for nearly 15 years. Together, they have had three children: Ben, 12, Emma, 9, and Sam, 6.

Dehne loves bringing his chil-dren to events on campus so they can experience the diversity. He expressed how he wished for op-portunities like those while grow-ing up. “It’s good to open their minds to what is really out in the real world,” said Dehne. Having grown up in Howards Grove and now residing there with his family, the first time he met someone from

a different ethnic background was while he was in college; the young man’s name was Ernie.

Dehne said that students’ lives do not end when his office is closed, and he feels that it is important for him to be present at Lakeland after hours. “If it’s a place you enjoy…it’s somewhere you need to be,” he said. Being able to bring his family to work-related events helps him to balance his position at the college with being a husband and father.

Even with such a busy sched-ule, Dehne manages to make peo-ple welcome at Lakeland as much as possible. Between announcing football games, attending convoca-tions, and always having his door open, it is not hard to get to know him – he most certainly wants to learn about you, the student.

Above: Nate and his wife, Melissa, enjoying a Brewer’s game.

Left: Nate with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich last year during a convocation.

Photos provided by Nate Dehne

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Stroot takes over social science division chair

After six years as the chair of the social science division, Professor of Sociology Alan

Mock passed on his title to Asso-ciate Professor Elizabeth Stroot at the start of this fall semester.

Lakeland College’s academic policies are governed by faculty at various levels. With seven divi-sions within Lakeland’s academic community, the division chair title comes with many different responsibilities and expectations.

The division chairs are in-volved in the planning and imple-mentation of the college’s policies, deciding courses and curriculum to be added, evaluating instruc-tors, supervising the division fac-ulty, facilitating faculty in career growth, as well as various aca-demic scheduling.

“My associate professor re-sponsibilities included teaching, advising, professional develop-

ment, and service to the institu-tion. With my new position, I’m excited to take on other duties as well as to become an active mem-ber in the academic council, which is a committee comprised of the other division chairs,” said Stroot.

Having been in the social sci-ence division chair position for five weeks, Stroot said she is adjusting well to her new position. The divi-sion chair position is a concurrent role which allows her to maintain her previous duties as an associate professor.

“I understand that I need to educate myself in certain aspects of the academic community so that I can perform the duties of my new position efficiently,” said Stroot.

One aspect of the position Stroot seemed really enthusiastic about was the concept of promot-ing career growth of the Lakeland faculty.

“I’m just getting my feet wet, and I appreciate how gently I’m

being let into this position,” said Stroot. “I really like how the po-sition has added a new level of interest in my career. I like that I can play a role in problem solv-ing and facilitating other faculty’s success.”

Stroot understands that the position requires a lot of experi-ence and dedication and hopes to be able to fulfill the position’s lofty expectations.

“I think the division chairs we have here are both highly respect-ed and competent figures. I know that Alan Mock was a terrific chair for the division of social sci-ence, and I feel that, although it is a challenge, I am most optimistic about looking at the models that are out there, like my predecessor, and emulating the high standards which they have set,” said Stroot.

Stroot is striving to be a good successor to Mock and serve the social science division at Lakeland College to the best of her ability.

Mock steps down from position after six yearsBy RoBBy FRiasStaff [email protected]

David Gallianetti spreads LC news far and wideGetting to know one of your Lakeland staff membersBy Nicole GeuRtsFeatures [email protected]

David Gallianetti, or “G Force” as many people know him, has been the

director of communications for eleven years at Lakeland College.

“My role as the director of communications is to serve as the lead public relations person for the college and help shape peo-ples’ perception of the college,” said Gallianetti.

“My office generates stories for the media about what’s hap-pening at Lakeland.”

Not only does Gallianetti serve as the college’s public rela-tions person, he is also the editor and primary writer for Lakeland College’s magazine. The magazine is published three times a year and is mailed to over 18,000 alumni and friends of the college.

“The magazine is intended to give alumni and friends a sense of pride in the college,” said Gallia-netti. “It tells stories about how the college is impacting the lives of students, and how Lakeland alumni are having an impact on their communities all over the world.”

David also works closely with the marketing department to help devise strategies for making the campus an attractive option for prospective students. In addition to that, he oversees Lakeland’s sports information department. There, he supervises two graduate assistants who compile the col-lege’s sports information work on a day-to-day basis.

When Gallianetti is not in his office, he may be caught teaching in the classroom. “Aside from my job

as the head of communications, I also teach a sports marketing class in the fall and an integrated mar-keting communications course in the spring,” David said.

Before he became the head of communications, he earned an associate’s degree from Illinois Valley Community College and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Gallianetti’s interest in com-munications started while he was in high school. Writing simple articles for his weekly hometown paper inspired him to pursue a communications career. Gallia-netti started college thinking he would go into radio or TV, and in junior college began writing for the student newspaper thinking that it would be his start in me-dia.

“My professor there thought I had some natural writing skills, and she encouraged me to pursue journalism as a career,” said Gal-lianetti.

“After graduating college I worked as a newspaper reporter for eleven years; I also worked for a small daily paper in Streaton, Illinois, for four years. When I started there I was an education reporter. Then I became a sports reporter,” he said.

Being an Illinois native, he came to Wisconsin to work for The Sheboygan Press as a sports writer in the fall of 1993. Gallia-netti worked for the Press for sev-en years with four spent in sports writing and three in education.

While covering the Sheboy-gan school board, Gallianetti was approached by a board member. “He wanted to know if I was in-

terested in applying for Lake-land’s director of communications job,” Gallianetti said. “I ended up applying, not giving it too much thought, and getting offered the job.”

“I really hesitated when I got the job offer from Lakeland be-cause I couldn’t see myself work-ing anywhere but a newspaper,” said Gallianetti. “It was a great change for me, and it has allowed me to work in a different facet of communication.” Whether it be writing newspaper stories, press releases, or magazine stories for Lakeland, it is all communication in some form, and Gallianetti said he has really enjoyed doing it all these years.

While away from the office, “G Force” enjoys the world out-side of Lakeland. He is a big sports fan, and being an Illinois native, he loves the Cubs and the Bears. “It makes me the odd ball up here, but I am staying true to my teams,” said Gallianetti. He is also a big fan of music and tries to see as many of his favorite bands live as he can. “Pearl Jam and Tom Petty are my two favorites,” he said. Gallianetti also has a dog named Payton. “He takes up his share of my time, but he is a great friend to have.”

“I really enjoy my job here, and I love being at Lakeland,” said Gal-lianetti. “After working in news-papers for eleven years and having to be detached from everything, so I could stay objective, it’s nice to feel like I’m part of something, and that I can be a true advocate on behalf of [the college],” Gallia-netti said.

Photos provided by David Gallianetti

Top: David Gallianetti at the athletic banquet last year.Below: Payton, David’s dog.

Photo provided by David Gallianetti

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By JD Botana IIIFunhouse [email protected]

PHOTOOPINIONWhat was your favorite part of Homecoming?

Becca KubetzFreshman, Psychology

“The football game, because I enjoyed cheering my lungs out while we kicked Rock-ford’s butts.”

Magumi ShindoJunior, Music

“The football game, because I was in pep band.”

Erica EbertschFreshman, Accounting

“The Ghosthunter.”

“My team getting third in the homecoming games.”

Mali UrponilFreshman, Psychology

Brandon BellmoreJunior,Criminal Justice

“Seeing the alumni.”

“The football game, the cheer-ing, the pep band, and the air-planes flying over.”

Fabian QamarFreshman, Music

Caprion HawkinsFreshman, Criminal Justice

“The sista’s step, and the cheer-leading team.”

Mike GuilloryFreshman, Undecided

“Seeing the football team dominate.”

The beast about any opinion is that there are multiple angles. Who is to say what

is correct? I sure cannot. I can only peel back so many layers before the aroma causes my eyes to leak. What I can say is that I am slight-ly concerned about Lakeland’s Mr. Muskie tradition. Even the guest comedian for the competi-tion made a few jokes about our notion of entertainment. I inter-preted these potentially harmless wisecracks as having a bit more to them. They seemed to be laced with sarcasm.

I am not going to lie; I laughed during the Mr. Muskie competi-tion, but the comedian’s jokes haunted me. When the candidates came out in dresses, I began to wonder what was actually funny about guys being dressed in drag? Why is it hilarious for a man to be in touch with his femininity? Is being a homosexual a joke?

One Lakeland Homecoming tradition might go too farIs Mr. Muskie’s drag competition a drag?

On Sept. 22, Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student, committed suicide after his room-mate taped him having sexual re-lations with a male partner. His roommate probably meant it as a joke and in an explanation to police he explains how the video made its way online. Clementi’s roommate posted, “Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes it’s happening again.” Wow. Wasn’t that a good one?

I am not saying Mr. Muskie will indefinitely end anyone’s life, and I am not saying that Mr. Muskie as awhole should be erad-icated; only one aspect should be altered. Mr. Muskie should not include a drag portion. The ques-tion I pose for you is simple: Is Lakeland College a safe space that encourages all of its students to enjoy a full and productive life, or does it enjoy a drag gag?

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Black Violin is stringing up for LakelandBy Malayia RopeRAd [email protected]

The Bradley building hosts a musical convocation Thursday, October 14

The movie, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” based on Ned Vizzini’s novel, came

out in theatres on Oct. 8. It is a comedy about a teenage boy’s suicidal quest for life.

Craig Gilner, played by ac-tor Keir Gilchrist, admits himself into an adult psychiatric hospital because of his suicidal thoughts.

However, the showers with-out locks, shoes stripped of shoe-laces (potential nooses), and schizophrenics make 16-year-old Gilner question if the mental ward was the right choice.

But patient Bobby, played

by Zach Galifianakis, eases Gil-ner into the psych ward. There is also a love interest, Noelle, played by Emma Roberts, and life with a bit of humor and too many clichés.

It’s kind of funny how true the title of the movie was, be-cause it was not too funny of a story. The genre was more of a teen romance than a comedy, and the tone was darker than the warm-hearted humor antici-pated from watching the movie trailers.

The movie’s unexpected tonality was enjoyable; it broke past the typical teenage boy angst caused by girls and school. Some of the triggers of patients’ anxiety and mental conditions

were the Afghanistan war, Iraqi Freedom, failing economy, Patriot Act, and the capitalistic American dream.

The impact these events have on was relatable. It was enough to put people on the edge of panic.

Other positive aspects were the movie’s soundtrack and illus-trations. Maxence Cyrin’s piano cover of the Pixies’ “Where is My Mind” blended with the mood of a scene so well it was almost un-recognizable. A hilarious cover of Queen and David Bowie’s “Un-der Pressure” is performed with a little too much white leather and purple glitter. The movie also had fullscreen scenes of live illustra-tions including beautiful water-colors of New York City.

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The film had a few downsides, such as how lightly it handled the stigma of mental illness. It also portrayed being in a psych ward as cool, mature, and a way to get loaded on prescription pills.

Other qualms with the movie were more trivial, for example, it was difficult to buy into patients being able to sneak in and out of the hospital. Also, the ward seems a highly unlikely place for romance. The end is a disappoint-ment because it does not give all of the characters closure.

However, I would still recom-mend the movie to any audience even though it is more of a couch-and-microwavable-popcorn kind of movie.

On Oct. 2, “The Social Net-work” hit theatres. The movie is based on how the

heartbroken Harvard University student Mark Zuckerburg created Facebook in his dorm room, and the copyright lawsuits he faced.

According to the official movie website, thesocialnetwork-movie.com, “Director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ex-plore the moment at which Face-book was invented – through the perspectives of the super-smart young men who claimed to be there at its inception.”

It should be noted that the au-dience may not notice or recognize most of the actors. The leading role of Zuckerburg is played by Jes-sie Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake plays the sinister role of Napster founder Sean Parker, and Brenda

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Song (from the Disney Channel) plays Christy Ling. Besides these three, the movie cast list is com-prised of mostly unknown actors.

Fincher and Sorkin may have done this to take out the Holly-wood presence when taking its audience through the non-ficti-tious tale of Facebook. So what is myth and fact about the movie?

Author of the “Facebook Effect: Inside the Story of the Company that is Connecting the World” David Kirkpatrick re-searched the Hollywood side of the film through multiple docu-ments and interviews with Zuck-erburg. He was able to unveil some truths in his article, “What’s True in the Facebook Movie.”

Now it’s your time to decide what was myth or fact in the mov-ie., “The Social Network”:

MYTH or FACT: Zuckerburg hacked into Harvard’s freshmen picture pages, also known as “face

books”, to create a hot or not fo-rum. MYTH: Harvard did not even have an online source for these pictures the movie references.

MYTH or FACT: Zucker-burg’s girlfriend, character Erica Albright, breaks up with him in a pub due to his insulting nature. MYTH: Zuckerburg has been and is still dating a woman, Priscilla Chan, before he even patented the website.

MYTH or FACT: Parker was arrested with an underage Face-book intern for cocaine charges and no longer is with the Face-book company. FACT.

MYTH or FACT: Eduardo Saverin was kicked out of Face-book and his stock shares were eliminated because of Parker. FACT: Saverin under estimated the websites worth giving it a six month lifespan. So he was kicked out of the company.

MYTH or FACT: Facebook

launched only because Saverin in-vested his personal money. FACT: Zuckerburg also invested money. Saverin, like the movie shows, did freeze his bank account when he realized his ownership was gone.

MYTH or FACT: Zucker-burg had an “I’m CEO…bitch” business card. FACT: Zuck-erburg did have an “I’m CEO…bitch” business card and he also did go dressed in PJs to a sale pitch.

MYTH or FACT: The Win-klevoss twins were an impor-tant part in the creation of Fa-cebook.

FACT: The Winklevoss twins, along with friend Divya Narendra, had an idea for a site called Harvard Connection, hired Zuckerberg, and later sued him, but had little to do with Fa-cebook’s story.

The film does portray Zuck-erburg to be an arrogant “assh-ole,” as his onscreen girlfriend

says, but before you go delete your Facebook account or change your status to “I heart Mark,” take into account that it is Hollywood.

Hip-hop, gospel, and jazz are different musical genres to many people;

however, according to blackvio-lin.net, “[Music group Black Vio-lin combines] a daunting array of musical styles and influences to produce a signature sound.”

Tonight, Black Violin is set to make their arrival at Lakeland College. The group is prepared to showcase their unique flair. Black Violin creates music with the audience in mind and wants the crowd to relate to their talent on the violin. The group aims to con-nect with its audience through compelling beats.

Black Violin stems from com-bining an array of different musical styles in order to produce a unique sound. The group is composed of two classically-trained violinists that are changing the music game one note at a time. Their musical influences range from Shostak-

ovich and Bach to Nas and Jay-Z.Wilner Baptiste (Wil) and

Kevin Sylvester (Kev), met while attending the Dillard High School of Performing Arts in Fort Lauder-dale, Florida, a musical school that helped to foster their already bud-ding skills. Upon completion of

high school at Dillard, they both went on to colleges in Florida where their career together began to take off. They developed a rela-tionship where they were able to “engage in adorably goofy banter, freestyle, and even do battles just as rappers do, only with strings instead of stinging remarks,” said Raven Snook, Time Out New York Kids journalist.

Black Violin has toured all over the world and has shared the stage with celebrities such as Ali-cia Keys, Jay-Z, Aretha Franklin, and Diddy. The group is known to use their music as an outlet to reach out to children, teens, and adults. Black Violin is carving their way to the top not only through music, but through their service to different communities as well.

According to blackviolin.net, the group has dedicated their time to giving urban youth musi-cal opportunities. They are trying to keep music alive by implement-ing orchestra music programs—giving children a unique way to express themselves. Black Violin wants to get children out of their comfort zones and take risks by helping them to see their poten-tial when participating in these types of programs. Both Will and Kev want youth to have the same chances they had, and with the programs, the birth of new stars is consistently possible.

If any Lakeland student is interested in learning more about Black Violin or getting FREE tick-ets for the show, head over to the Nash Center.

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A music review of False Problems, Serj Tankian, Jimmy Eat World, and Of Montreal By Ben endresOpinions [email protected]

Fake Problems – “Real Ghosts Caught on Tape” (Side One Dummy, 2010)

Florida’s Fake Problems has been creating their own unique brand of folk/punk/southern rock music for the last five years. “Real Ghosts Caught on Tape,” the band’s third full-length, presents a familiar yet unique side of Fake Problems.

One of the first noticeable things on this album is, unlike previous albums, there are no spe-cial appearances by various instru-ments (horns, saxophones, key-boards, et cetera). Instead we are presented with a more stripped-down rock sound, which can be heard in the opening track “ADT” which, for some reason, reminds me of a grittier version of Dash-board Confessional’s “Vindicat-ed.” After the first two tracks the album finds its groove with “Songs for Teenagers,” which is lyrically dark, but has a catchy guitar part. In fact, nearly every track has an outstanding guitar part that is reminiscent of an oldies rock ‘n’ roll hit; the guitar drives the rest of the song to its destination. “RSVP” and “Soulless” are great songs, the former having a great intro.

Lyrically, this album is straightforward but fun. Lines from “Complaint Dept.” give the album a lighthearted tone. The rest of the album continues down this path all the way to the final track, “Ghost to Coast,” which is a beautiful, calm tune.

I would not be surprised, af-ter a listen to “Real Ghosts Caught on Tape,” if someone found oneself to be humming, or even singing, some of the tunes throughout the day. This is an album worth check-ing out in the fading moments of warm weather.

Serj Tankian – “Imperfect Harmonies” (Reprise, 2010)

When you think about people who should make solo al-bums, System of a Down’s lead singer Serj Tankian is not the first, second, or possibly fiftieth on anyone’s list. However, this did not stop Mr. Tankian from re-leasing his first solo album, “Elect the Dead,” in 2007. An album that this reviewer will admit did not get a single second of his atten-tion. Then, 2010 rolls around and, in order to branch out to a wider audience, this reviewer decided to take a listen to Mr. Tankian’s sec-ond solo effort, “Imperfect Harmo-nies.”

The album starts off with “Disowned Inc.” and it quickly be-comes apparent that this track is a complete mess. The song contains an amalgam of clashing sounds in-cluding a faux orchestra, electron-ica, and hints of jazz. There is just too much going on. Sadly, the next four tracks follow closely in the footsteps of “Disowned Inc.” The entire first half of the album does

MYTH or FACT: Zucker-burg had an “I’m CEO…bitch” business card. FACT: Zuck-erburg did have an “I’m CEO…bitch” business card and he also did go dressed in PJs to a sale pitch.

MYTH or FACT: The Win-klevoss twins were an impor-tant part in the creation of Fa-cebook.

FACT: The Winklevoss twins, along with friend Divya Narendra, had an idea for a site called Harvard Connection, hired Zuckerberg, and later sued him, but had little to do with Fa-cebook’s story.

The film does portray Zuck-erburg to be an arrogant “assh-ole,” as his onscreen girlfriend

says, but before you go delete your Facebook account or change your status to “I heart Mark,” take into account that it is Hollywood.

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not know where it wants to go. A perfect example of this occurs in the song “Deserving?” which has a mellow orchestrated accompani-ment until the chorus hits; then it suddenly becomes an electronical-ly-influenced dance track.

By the time “Imperfect Har-monies” hits, the album seems like it was conscious of the mistakes it made in the past and becomes more fixated on its genre. The songs are not all over the place anymore, and Serj’s voice is not as turbulent and nasally. A song like “Yes, It’s Genocide” sounds like the odd type of track that would be expected on a Serj Tankian solo album.

Maybe Serj can learn some-thing from this album; either have songs that are classically influ-enced, electronically influenced, or jazz influenced—but not all three, because Mr. Tankian is not good at mixing all three. The first half of the album, Serj does to sym-phony music what Pat Boone did to metal with “In a Metal Mood.” OK, maybe it was not all that bad.

Jimmy Eat World – “Invented” (Interscope, 2010)

I remember, when I was a pre-teen, my younger sister often got to control what CDs we listened

to when our parents drove us any-where. Naturally, a majority of the music would come from her col-lection. One such CD was Jimmy Eat World’s “Bleed American” (which, at the time, was known as a self-titled album because of the events of 9/11). I remember their hit “The Middle,” as well as other tracks like “A Praise Chorus,” “The Sweetness,” and how cool the song “Bleed American” was. Other than a soundtrack appearance in the video game “Tony Hawk’s Un-derground 2,” I kind of just forgot about Jimmy Eat World; so I was curious to hear how Jimmy Eat World sounded nowadays with “Invented.”

The album begins with the slow “Heart is Hard to Find.” This track does not really draw a lis-tener any further into the album. “My Best Theory” sounds like it is trying to be a hit song, but does not quite wind up the way it was intended. “Evidence” is a tune that I could see myself listening to a couple times. “Movielike” starts off with clapping and stomping that is reminiscent of Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” then launches into a song that, had I not known I was listening to Jimmy Eat World, I would have sworn was a Train song. “Coffee and Ciga-

rettes” has dual male/female vo-cals and an extremely catchy cho-rus that reminds me of the “Bleed American” days; it is probably the best track on “Invented.” The final three tracks are fairly good, espe-cially the title track which starts off acoustically, then builds into a great full-band rock moment be-fore slowing back down.

At first I thought this album was going to be quite a dull ex-perience, but it did seem to get better as it went on. “Invented” is not exactly memorable by any standards, but it definitely has its moments.

Of Montreal – “False Priest” (Polyvinyl, 2010)

Of Montreal has quite a niche carved for them-selves. They are the most popular of the few bands doing the in-die electro-funk-rock genre, and more importantly, they do it well (which sounds like quite a task). Their 2007 album “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” is one of the most unique and interesting albums in my collection. 2008’s “Skeletal Lamping,” while hav-ing some of the coolest packaging of any album I have seen, was all over the place musically (granted, that is what they intended to do),

but it became sort of a distrac-tion. “False Priest,” however, has a more focused attitude towards the songs, and boy, do they benefit from it.

The album opens with “I Feel Ya’ Strutter,” which I hesitate to categorize because of the genre mix Of Montreal seems to pull off so well. “Our Riotous Defects” has Kevin Barnes talking/singing about an oddly told relationship in a second-person narrative. “Hy-dra Fancies” sort of sounds like a tune Paul McCartney would have sung back in the day. “Casualty of You,” has an eerie, chilling piano and violin part; yet is pleasing to listen to.

As with most Of Montreal al-bums, the lyrics that Kevin Barnes comes up with are obscure, per-sonal, complex, upbeat, humor-ous, and depressing (all of which could occur in the same song). For instance, “Girl Named Hello” con-tains the lines “If I treated some-one else the way I treat myself/I’d be in jail.”

Musically, the album sounds like a standard Of Montreal al-bum, all the while standing on its own merit and making a name for itself amongst Of Montreal’s other nine full-lengths.

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the area and found out how they pursue their investigation styles because once you’ve got a grasp on what is really involved in this, it can be a lot of fun.

When asked if he thought Lakeland College to be haunted, he replied, “I definitely think you guys have something here.”

This year’s homecoming, suitably titled “A Haunt-ing at Lakeland,” kicked

off Monday, Oct. 4 with real-life ghost hunter Ross Allison. Alli-son began his night of discovering Lakeland’s hidden haunts with a presentation at the Bradley.

“Are you guys looking to get scared tonight?” asked Allison as cheers erupted from a crowd of anxious Lakeland students in the Bradley.

“I’m really excited. I want to see a ghost,” said Lakeland junior Becky Meyer prior to the hunt. “I’m pretty skeptical, but I guess we’ll see. He sounds pretty legit.”

Allison, founder and presi-dent of Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle Tacoma (AGHOST), has over 20 years of experience in this emerging field. Allison’s AG-HOST team is comprised of over 100 members, has completed over 500 cases in the ten years that they have been around, and continue to develop new tools in the field. In addition to AGHOST, Allison also teaches at the University of Washington – Tacoma and is the author of several books related to ghost hunting.

Following Allison’s presen-

tation in the Bradley, students made the trek to Old Main, one of Lakeland’s supposed haunted hot spots. Each floor of Old Main was examined by students and the ghost hunter.

During their hunt, differ-ent tools and instruments were

used that are common in the field. Thermometers, cameras, voice re-corders, dowsing rods, which may detect energy fields, and an EMF detector, which reads electromag-netic fields, were used.

Allison began the sessions in each room of Old Main by ask-ing questions like, “What is your name? Is there anybody here that can help you?” in hopes that there would be a response, as many stu-



Ghost hunter and students encounter personal experiencesLakeland’s haunts researched and exploredBy Ashley [email protected]

dents were recording with audio recorders, phones, and cameras. He then turned it over to the stu-dents and allowed them to ask questions. Students were also snapping photos in an attempt to capture images.

Following Old Main, a smaller group of students made their way to the Nash Center where the at-tic and basement were examined. The group of students split into two, one going to the top and one to the bottom of Nash. Many stu-dents had personal experiences. Students claimed to have been touched and tugged on in Nash. Cold spots were felt by other stu-dents. A women crying was also heard by several students.

Allison also had an experience in the basement of Nash. “I was doing a head count, there was one lady standing in front of me, and I just glanced over and I saw like the back of a head of somebody quickly duck behind the boxes.” He thought that students were playing a prank on him. “But, there was nobody there. That was kind of interesting,” Allison added.

Lakeland College sophomore Kristen Porcello enjoyed partici-pating in the ghost hunt. “It was very fun but kind of creepy.”

“My advice to anybody who wants to pursue ghost hunting is

Above: Professional ghost hunter Ross Allison speaks to a group of students in the HARC.

Below: Kristen Porcello uses dowsing rods to try to detect paranormal activity.

The Nash Center is one of several places on campus that people believe is haunted.

Homecoming week at Lakeland, Oct. 3 through 9, offered students an

abundance of events to attend and activities to choose from. The theme for this year’s homecoming was “A Haunting at Lakeland.”

During Homecoming week, teams of students participated in games such as an egg toss, re-lay race, scavenger hunt, pump-kin guts, penny wars, pumpkin carving, and a pie eating contest. Teams were created by fraterni-ties, sororities, and other groups of students.

Carnival games, locat-ed between Muehlmeier and Grosshuesch Hall, included such games as ring toss, rock climb, and basketball.

One event was the date auc-tion, held by the Black Student

Union on Wednesday, Oct. 6 in Bossard Hall. The men and women that attended dressed to impress with suits and dresses.

Bids were placed on men and women in an effort to raise money for charity. The bidding started at $15. At one point, the ladies in the audience appeared a little shy, so some of the men in the audience pitched in and bid on the men in the name of charity.

Freshman Max Loberger said, “It was so funny. I had a very good time.”

Freshman Darrel Webster also enjoyed the date auction. “It was something different for me, being a transfer student, and also having an event in which everyone can come out and have a good time,” he said.

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get scared tonight?

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to basically learn as much as you can,” said Allison. “Education is going to be the biggest thing. Don’t imitate what you see on tv because you’re missing out on so much and you can easily get the wrong information.

“Try to absorb as much as you can through reading, even pursu-ing some other groups around

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Malach passes coveted Mr. Muskie title to Colletti

Packed Bradley witnesses Mr. Muskie crowning

Right: Mr. Muskie 2009 Erik Malach (right) crowns Mr. Muskie 2010 Louis Colletti.

Near Below: (Left to right) Louis Colletti, Adam Akers, and Dan Sheets-Poling dance to ‘N Sync’s “Bye, Bye, Bye” for the talent portion of the Mr. Muskie competition.

Far Below: (Left to right) Kirk Gagnon, Matthew Baness, Dane Maier, and Louis Colletti are wait-ing to answer a question during the Q&A portion of the competition. Maier and Colletti were both asked to describe their perfect date.

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Congratulations to the 2010 Homecoming King Jared Martin

and Queen Laken Love.

Auction and eventsActivities galore for LC students

Mr. Muskie, a male beau-ty pageant, kicked off Thursday, Oct. 7. Em-

cee and comedian Seaton Smith appeared in front of a crowd of Lakeland students at the Bradley, presented by the Lakeland College Dance Team and LC-CAB.

2009’s reigning Mr. Muskie, Erik Malach, took his place right of stage, adorned with a crown and grasping a trophy with past winners’ names engraved.

This year’s ten contestants were Tom Kuehl, Adam Akers, Dan Sheets-Poling, Louis Colletti, Dane Maier, Matt Baness, Kirk Gagnon, Colin Campbell, Jake Montie, and Jared Martin.

At the beginning of the com-petition, Lakeland College Dance Team Captain Ashley Doran an-nounced the criteria for which the contestants would be judged. The men were judged on their creativ-ity, energy and fun of their perfor-mance, appropriateness, and over-all effects.

Judges for Mr. Muskie in-cluded former dance team mem-bers Michaela McGinnes and Laura Schnelle. In addition, As-sociate Professor of Biochemistry Jeff Schwehm, Professor of Math-ematics and Computer Science Ronald Haas, and instructor of ac-counting Bob Martin also judged for the competition.

First up for the evening was the “best dressed” competition. The men came out wearing their best attire, escorted by the ladies of the dance team.

Smith kept the crowd laugh-ing between portions of the com-petition with his comedic com-mentary.

Next was a question and an-swer session. Smith fed different questions to the ten gentlemen. When asked, “How do beauty con-tests promote equality between sexes?” Akers responded, “Well, we both get to wear dresses. Oh, and swim suits, I forgot about that part.”

“If you were given a dollar, what would you do with it and why?” was another questioned fired at two of the gentlemen. Taco Bell was Kuehl’s response, while Martin suggested he would sing “I gotta dollar,” a la “The Lit-tle Rascals.”

The next portion of the com-petition was a dance number featuring the ladies of the dance team and the men in the running for Mr. Muskie. Junior SarahAnn Eskridge, co-captain of the dance team, said, “This year, the guys were really a lot of fun. They lis-tened really well, caught on really fast, and I think everybody pretty much enjoyed being at practices.” The dance team practiced with the Mr. Muskie competitors once per week for a three week period.

Swimwear was the next cat-egory for judging. Most of the men played it relatively safe, choosing to wear swim shorts and shirts. Maier came out, strutting confi-dently in a Speedo, causing quite a reaction from the crowd.

Next in the lineup was the talent portion of the program. First up was Kuehl with a magic trick. He created the illusion of drinking sewing needles and thread. He then pulled them from his stomach. An audible gasp came from behind, followed by a, “Wow, he’s really good.” Second up in the talent portion were Ak-ers, Colletti, and Sheets-Poling. They performed a choreographed dance number to ‘N Sync’s “Bye,

Bye, Bye.” The last segment of the Mr.

Muskie competition was “dude looks like a lady.” The contestants were once again escorted out on stage by the ladies of the dance team. Prom dresses seemed to be a common choice for the men.

After the judge’s totals were tallied, the finalists were an-nounced. Doran announced, “This year’s competition was really close.” Second runner up was Ak-ers and first runner up was Mar-tin. The winner of the 2010 Mr. Muskie by only three points was Colletti.

“This year’s competition was really interesting and I was happy with the winner,” commented Lakeland accounting student Chris Grotegut.

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The flu shot returns to LakelandStudents are encouraged to take advantage of the flu shot

Tomorrow, October 15, the members of the Lakeland community have the op-

portunity to get their flu shot. The shots will be given in Bossard Hall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event is hosted by the Human Relations Department on campus in partner-ship with St. Nicholas Hospital.

Lakeland has been giving out flu shots for the past few years.

Students have to pay a fee of $10 in cash in order to receive the vac-cine. Normally, flu shots cost $30. The cost is lower for students because Lakeland pays the differ-ence.

“I recommend the flu shot for students, especially with living on campus. People are constantly grabbing surfaces and touching chairs that are bound to be carry-ing germs,” said Sherry Carstens, director of the health center. “I can’t stress how important it is to wash your hands and try not to touch your face. That is the advice

that I try to give to everyone.”Along with the flu shot, stu-

dents will also receive the H1N1 vaccine at no additional cost. In previous years the H1N1 shot was offered, but at a different time in the year.

Flu shots are always given out during the fall and will last all season. If you are unable to get a flu shot on campus this year, you can go to any walk-in clinic that gives out flu shots until around February.

Carstens is in her fifth year at Lakeland as a full-time nurse.

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Her primary duties deal with the health of the students here on campus. She is assisted by Nurse Practitioner Rhonda Adler who is in her sixth year of working on campus two days a week.

For additional information or to ask health-related ques-tions, students may stop in Carsten’s office located on the lower floor of Brotz Hall in the Student Services office or e-mail her at [email protected].

Ghosts, goblins, and candy, oh my! It’s that time of year again when we are

all on the lookout for those trendy costumes that make people want to take a picture with you so they can post it on Facebook. You’d think making your Halloween cos-tume decision to be fairly simple, but you quickly realize that it’s not. There are thousands of dif-ferent costumes choose from, but I have done my research and went to costume shops and stores to see what the big ticket items are. Here it is for the second year…THE Top 10 Halloween costumes for 2010. This list is composed of four male costumes, four female costumes, and two couple or group costume ideas.

Let’s start with the boys…With the effect of be-

ing the highest grossing movie of all-time this year, being an Avatar has risen up to being a mega

popular costume for Halloween. Though the costume is pricey for the use of one night, I’ve been reading that people have been us-ing body paint to create their cos-tume. All you need is some brown and tons of blue body paint and some skimpy brown clothes to cover your parts.

Being the “Breakfast of Champions” sounds like a sweet costume to me. Hopefully you know what I mean, I’m talk-

ing about none other than the Wheaties box. For those of you who don’t know much about the cereal, it features high profile teams or players that show ex-treme strength, power, or athleti-cism. This costume might not be the easiest to make, but the more that I think about it, it would be

a good investment to buy it from a shop or store. If you want to be that guy who everyone says to you, “OMG, I have to have a pic-ture with you!” then this is the costume for you.

To most men, the Twilight series isn’t a priority on our list, but being Edward or Jacob for Halloween could

potentially be hilarious. Since Ed-ward is a vampire and sparkles, you could lightly spray or paint white on your body then go all out with body glitter. Ideas for Jacob would be to get a bottle of super dark bronzer and also find a fake six-pack abs or draw them on a shirt.

My last idea for the guys that really doesn’t cost too much money is to be your favorite football player or other

sports athlete. It’s a fairly simple costume. I’m sure most guys have a jersey of some athlete that they admire, so if money is tight, there’s nothing wrong with suiting up as Randy Moss or Paul Pierce.

For all the ladies out there…Lady Gaga has to

be one of THE top fash-

ionable costumes this year. The secret is, well it’s not that big of a secret, but you could do some-what of a “Gaga” costume, but then add your own personal touch to it. There are lots of sale-priced shoes out there that imitate what she would wear. You can then add an eye mask that doesn’t cover up your whole face and combine it with some WILD one piece out-fit. Don’t forget the blonde hair. Dye it or wig it up to make it re-

alistic.Ladies, get out your

bronzer and “poof” your hair because this Hal-loween is the best time

to be Nicole Polizzi, best known as Jersey Shore’s very own “Snoo-ki.” Some of you are adoring fans, such as myself, and some of you “say” you’ve never heard of this show. Yeah right. Being Snooki isn’t that hard. Wear a tight one piece black shirt-skirt thing and wear fuzzy slippers and a pair of major “bling” shades. You CAN’T

forget the bronzer and “poof.”

“Auugh! I’ve been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get some hot

water! Get some disinfec-

tant! Get some iodine!” Yes, Lucy from Peanuts has suddenly be-come a popular costume. Though she’s not the nicest character in the history of comics, for some rea-son we have fallen in love with her and her abuse of Charlie Brown. Lucy’s outfit can easily be man-aged. All you need is a short, royal blue dress and curl your (hopeful-

ly black) hair to around shoulder-length.

If times are tough and the money is tight, you can always ask mom

for her 80s clothes. Dressing up like you’re from the 1980s has re-cently become popular. Putting your hair in a side ponytail is how it’s done. Getting an old sweat-shirt and ripping the top enough so one side shows some shoulder is the trendy thing. Leg warmers and spandex are the popular leg-ging choice. The makeup can vary from person to person. This is one of my favorite ideas for a costume just because it’s simple, but very

extravagant.For the cute couples

out there…The couple that

stole America’s heart in 2007 was Juno and Bleeker. Bleek-

er’s character, played by Michael Cera, would wear any cross country outfit. The colors that fit best would be a maroon shirt and a yellow orange-ish colored pair of short shorts. To look like Juno, without getting pregnant, wear a skirt with jeans under-neath it. Find an orange striped shirt and wear it with a solid, dark colored hoodie. If you really want that preggers look, stuff your shirt with a pillow or two to make it that pure Juno look. Maybe not everyone will know who you are,

but in Facebook pictures, it’ll look cute.

Finally, my last idea is more for a group that is willing to put in the

time and effort. You will need four boys and four girls. My final idea is to be the cast of THE Jersey Shore. One word, bronzer. That is the key to the costume. “Poof” the hair and get ready because it’s “T-SHIRT TIIIIME” because “the cabs are here.”

There you have it. I hope to see on Facebook all the wild and crazy ideas that either you or I came up with; after all, Halloween is time for fun and games.

RockstaR costumes for 2010Costume ideas that’ll make you the life of the party

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Issue 3, October 14, 201011Fun House

March 21 - April 20 June 22 - July 23

I want to be a hundred dollaraire so frickin’ bad. Pay off all the things that I already have.

If you like it then you NEED put a ring on it.Don’t be mad once you see that some better guy want it. She likes me better than you. Wo oh ooh oh oh ooh

You don’t need that “bed-head” hair gel when you can just wake up and go straight to class with that classic “bedhead” look.

Your parents just don’t understand. Your fish isn’t dead, he’s just like you. During the day, you both have no energy.

Hire some woodchuck-ers chuck to your wood before the snow falls and there’s no one to chuck wood.

Don’t climb any trees this week unless there are lions chasing after you and your last resort is climbing a tree.

I’mma get your heart racing in my gum tight dentures, be your senior dream tonight.

Remember that spam email saying that you won an iPad and you deleted it? Yeah, that one was a genu-ine winner email.

August 23 - September 22

September 23 - October 22

October 23 - November 21

November 22 - December 21

December 22 - January 20

January 21 - February 19

February 20 - March 20Bring out some crayons and a coloring book and start get-ting your artistic skills back in gear.

Those beach hats that you never wore this summer can be used for your indoor house plants.

April 21- May 21

May 22 - June 21Postpone your under-water diving lessons on Lake Michigan because Poseidon is brewing something up.

Don’t go to dance class this week. You’ll get kicked out for smelling like raunchy onions.

July 23 - August 22

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One man’s trip to Howards Grove and back

By Ben endresOpinions [email protected]

Recently I have begun to notice the effects of driv-ing to and from Howards

Grove, Plymouth, and Sheboygan; mainly how quickly the gas in my car disappears. In order to elimi-nate this problem I came up with the idea of walking to the clos-est of said destinations instead of driving—Howards Grove. I would get exercise and save money at the same time (two things I’m in des-perate need of); it was a win/win situation.

As with any of my plans, there is usually some sort of snag since they aren’t really well thought-out plans. In this case there was a problem with time. There would be no point during the weekday that would allow me the allotted time to walk to Howards Grove and back. “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just walk on weekends, and then I’ve got all the time in the world.” Now that the gaping hole in my plan had been fixed I was ready to set out on my first jaunt. My destination: Piggly Wiggly in the Grove that is Howards to pick up some baked goods.

I headed out about an hour after I woke up that Saturday morning at 5 a.m. The sun was just beginning to wake itself up. I turned out of Reineking Court and was on my way. I inhaled that wonderful morning air deep into my lungs.

I had been walking for quite some time when I noticed that more and more cars were begin-ning to pass me. “It’s kind of early for all these cars to be out on a Sat-

urday,” I thought to myself. I was curious as to what time it was, so I fashioned a sundial out of a dis-carded mix CD and a used syringe on the side of the road. “SEVEN O’CLOCK!” I had been walk-ing for two hours already, which wouldn’t be so bad except I had just made it to the intersection of County M and County A. In order to calm myself down, I took an-other deep breath of morning air. Unfortunately, this one had a hint of manure in it.

As I traveled on, the sun be-came more prevalent. The heat was beginning to bog me down. I realized that the two sweat-shirts and tracksuit I was wear-ing couldn’t have been helping my situation. I took the sweaters off

and left them to be picked up on my journey back. I was halfway there. I noticed cars with Lake-land stickers on the back making multiple trips up and down Coun-ty A as if they were rubbing it in. I asked a kid who passed me on his Big Wheel what time it was. “It’s noon,” he replied.

After quenching a thirst I had with some sort of odd-tasting liq-uid left in a plastic bottle on the side of the road, I figured I had to finish what I started and get to Piggly Wiggly. It was at this point that I began thinking to myself, “Why didn’t I just walk to Frank-lin?” Then I wondered, “Does any-body actually live in Franklin?” But I had to stay focused; I was almost there.

All of a sudden there was a torrential downpour. I ran to the nearest shelter I could find, which happened to be that barn right on the edge of Howards Grove, the one with the chickens out front and that goat that stands in the window sometimes. Being sur-rounded by all of those chickens made me realize how hungry I was. I don’t know what they feed those chickens, but it sure is filling. Af-ter an hour or so, the rain finally let up. I said so long to the friends I made in the barn and continued on my way.

I was a beaten man by the time I reached Wisconsin Drive. My clothes were tattered and I smelled of bad decisions and chicken feed, but I knew I had

only a little ways left to travel.It wasn’t until I crawled

through the doors of Piggly Wig-gly that I felt a sense of accom-plishment. I swore I heard “Chari-ots of Fire” play as I dragged myself to the baked goods section. I made my way to the checkout counter. “One loaf of bread, will that be all?” the cashier asked. I nodded. “That’s $1.52” the cashier said. I paid for the bread, and then I think I passed out for a little bit because of dehydration. I woke up in the parking lot with a loaf of bread, so it couldn’t have been too bad. I noticed that the sun was beginning to set, so I had to hurry.

Needless to say, I didn’t have much luck on my trip back to LC. I got clipped by a pickup truck; granted it was dark out, and I was trying to balance on the divider line in the road. Since I was im-mobilized, I decided to highjack a nearby cow and ride ol’ Bes-sie back to Lakeland. I realized then that I may have stumbled on the solution to my problem—cow transportation (or Holstein Coasting). I could still make my trips to Howards Grove, and pos-sibly even Plymouth and Sheboy-gan, without using gas, wasting time, or killing myself. Plus I get free cream.

Don’t worry—the cow doesn’t get swindled in this deal. Ol’ Bessie gets to roam wherever she pleases on Lakeland’s campus and gets to eat all the grass and whatever else her various digesting parts desire. Although, I don’t think she likes having the parking pass stuck to her hindquarters.

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What the college student needs is a time machineOr a way to procrastinate without wasting any sand

I plan to schedule, but never do. I want to make stress seem like a kitten compared to the tiger

I face at 3 a.m. when I realized that I have spent the day in idle con-templation. But, that is how I pre-fer my evenings; any other method seems a bollixed cacophony. Shit, I do not want to be organized.

I love the late night crams with the ounces and ounces of liquid caffeine, the time ebbing closer, and walking a circled de-cent into the floor over still need-ing three more pages in a three

page paper. It is the best feeling to duel that tiger in the wee hours of the morning. The moon shinning a pale glow onto the tiger lurking in the den, he sits next to the com-puter with a dare in his purr and a katana in hand.

“Sit down and prrress the keys. Wrrrite that paperrr.”

Three in the morning is a peaceful time that needs to be ex-ploited for its late night creative ecstasy. Any other time during the day is much better spent dancing in the sunlight, catching crickets, exploring a forgotten wilderness, or feeling the world turn. Those are much more enjoyable than

writing a paper or studying for an exam.

My favorite means of procras-tination is to invent new methods to procrastination. I have several ideas. Sitting in limbo for as long as I have in this purgatory called Wisconsin, it is a wonder I have not gained any more than three.

The first comes from my childhood guilty pleasure: Dragon Ball Z. I have spent many hours planning the process of building the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in my closet. There are blue prints in my notebooks. Random scribbles of diameters, lengths, and build-ing supplies. Instead of spend-ing precious hours actually being productive, I will just slip into my closet and lock the door. 24 hours for each hour to watch paint dry and grass grow.

The next is a tad more com-plicated. But I may have wasted enough time trying to figuring it out that the answer revealed itself. Nothing needs to be built.

One can enter the realm without any effort on their part. It’s perfect for all procrastinators around the world. All that is required is slip-ping between dimensions. In that alternate dimension, time follows its own logic. You can stay there as long as you want and not miss a precious second in real life. If you bring a television and a video game system, you could play Halo indefinitely and never miss a class. The secret to getting to this plane is simple. Find a mirage (one of those glistening reflections in the road) and drive on in. But re-member, these dimensional rifts are everywhere. So, please, do not enter the roadways. Wheel tread tattoos are not in season.

The ultimate in procrastina-tion is, of course, the time ma-chine. The problem is it requires so much damn work. Thus far I have one that is thirty percent complete ish. However, once it is finished, which may or may not be in this life time, I will travel

back in time to deliver final prod-ucts to myself. It will be exquisite. All those hours I spent laboring, wrenching, sweating, and crying over the process will be obsolete. The time machine will then allow me to dip into the future to retrieve every finished piece of homework. I will bring them back and hand them in before the due date.

With the completion of the time machine, my homework qualms will be eradicated – but not just mine, yours as well. Free time machines for all! Take your pick of color and style. No more wasted hours fretting over papers, over studying, or due dates. All due dates will be met with time to spare. The teachers will dance in the corridors with glee that we have taken their time management sessions to heart.

Until then, keep fighting the tigers in your own den. The process will make sense at some point.

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Issue 3, October 14, 2010 SportsFlight for Life called because of football head injury Rockford player suffers brain contusion during Lakeland’s homecoming gameBy Danny SpatchekSports [email protected]

A Flight for Life helicopter carried a Rockford College football player to Theda

Clark Medical Center in Neenah after he had difficulty breathing following Lakeland’s Oct. 9 home game against Rockford, according to the Sheboygan Press.

Ryan Marlow, a freshman tight end at Rockford, sustained a hit on the last play of the game,

according to Rockford head coach Patrick Babcock. Babcock said Marlow was having trouble breathing following a postgame meeting on the field.

The Press reported that The-da Clark released Marlow to his home Monday. Babcock said Mar-low suffered a brain contusion.

“He’s feeling better, but he took a shot to the head and you just don’t come back from some-thing like that,” Babcock said. “He’ll be out for the rest of the year. He’s coming back around,

though.”Trainers from both teams at-

tended to Marlow while emergen-cy medical help was called. About 40 minutes after the game, at 4:20 p.m., a Flight for Life helicopter from Fond du Lac left with Mar-low.

Head Lakeland athletic train-er Dona Richardson, who attended to Marlow after the game, said he exhibited concussive symptoms. She added that there was hearsay from Lakeland football players that Marlow took a hit earlier in

the game.Richardson applauded the co-

operation of Lakeland and Rock-ford training staffs, first respond-ers, and doctors in the Flight for Life helicopter.

“I’ve seen other situations like this where different medical per-sonnel are involved that ended in confrontation,” she said.

Lakeland Director of Com-munications David Gallianetti and football coach Kevin Doherty said they helped clear the field as soon as Flight for Life was called.

Gallianetti said Rockford’s athletic director sent Lakeland Executive V.P. for Student De-velopment Nate Dehne an email praising the way Lakeland offi-cials handled the situation.

“In a crisis situation you al-ways wonder what people are go-ing to do,” Gallianetti said. “It’s nice to know when a situation like that actually happened every-one did their roles and everything turned out fine.”

Football team trounces Rockford on HomecomingMuskies rush to big win in front of huge Homecoming crowd

The Lakeland College foot-ball team delivered in dom-inating fashion for a big

homecoming crowd, earning their first Northern Athletics Confer-ence win, scoring 42 points in a shutout over Rockford College.

It is the largest margin of victory for the Muskies (2-3, 1-1) since Oct. 27, 2007, when Lake-land beat Concordia Chicago 56-7. The team finished with 441 total yards, including 220 yards rush-ing, the program’s largest rushing total since the Muskies gained 221 rushing yards on Nov. 3, 2007, in a win over Aurora.

Lakeland’s defense limited Rockford (0-5, 0-2) to just 50 to-tal yards and five first downs. At halftime, Lakeland led 29-0 and was outgaining Rockford 246 to minus-4 yards and the Regents had not yet earned a first down.

“Today we did exactly what I hoped we would do,” Lakeland head coach Kevin Doherty said. “We needed to establish early that this was our day, and give ourselves some confidence headed into an important stretch in the conference. We had a great turn-out of former players and other alumni for homecoming, and our players were inspired to send ev-

eryone home happy.”Junior running back Jeremy

Williams led the rushing attack

Senior wide receiver Roberto Flores looks for the ball against Carthage College earlier in the season. Lakeland shut out the visiting Rockford Regents 42-0 Oct. 9 during Homecoming. Lakeland will play Wisconsin Lutheran this Saturday.

with 78 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns, including the Muskies’ first two scores, while

freshman Tyler Muzzy had 13 car-ries for 64 yards and a TD.

“We made a commitment to-

day to run the ball and I’m really happy with the results,” Doherty said. “We needed to take some pressure off our passing game and establish some consistency in our running game, and we accom-plished that today.”

Defensively, sophomore line-backer Bruce Romagnoli had eight tackles, including two for negative yardage. Junior defensive back Tony Faller had seven tackles, a sack, and an interception, and se-nior defensive back Isiah Calhoun had two interceptions.

“I’m really pleased with where we are defensively,” Doherty said. “Our defense was in control from the start because we pressured [Rockford] and we didn’t let them get in any type of rhythm. That’s exactly what we needed today, and our guys delivered.”

Lakeland senior quarterback Jake Dworak finished 14-for-26 with 221 yards, two TD passes and one interception. Senior receiver Roberto Flores caught six passes for 128 yards and a TD, while ju-nior tight end Eric Zuelsdorf had three catches for 32 yards and a TD.

Lakeland, 1-1 in the NAC, will play Wisconsin Lutheran Satur-day in Milwaukee.

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Men’s golf team takes third in NAC Championships Muskie golfers tie Benedictine for second runner-up in fall tournament

Led by three top-20 finish-ers, the Lakeland College men’s golf team tied for

third place with Benedictine Uni-versity in the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) Champion-ships on Oct. 10-11 at Whistling Straights-Irish Course.

Lakeland posted a combined team score of 650, shooting a 319 on day one and 331 on day two. The Muskies finished 20 strokes behind NAC Champion Edge-wood College, which came from five strokes behind day-one leader Milwaukee School of Engineering

to win.Lakeland junior Gary Petit

finished third with a two-day to-tal of 154, shooting a 75 on day one and a 79 on day two. Petit finished six strokes behind NAC Cham-pion Dane Zachman of MSOE and just two strokes behind Aurora University’s Cameron Parker.

Head coach Tyler Bormann was pleased with Petit’s play and progress this season.

“Gary had a tremendous ju-nior year,” said Bormann. “This year he expected more out of him-self and prepared himself to fin-

ish in the top of the conference. It didn’t come as a surprise to him when he finished third.”

Petit finished seventh in the NAC Championships last year and posted a score of 158, improving by four strokes this season. Petit was named all-conference, an acco-lade determined based on players’ scores in tournaments throughout the season, for the third consecu-tive year.

Petit was joined in the top 20 by junior Brian Balistierri and ju-nior Ben Laubusch who both tied for 13th with a two-day combined

score of 164. Balistierri helped Lakeland to a strong day one showing after posting a 76. Lau-busch shot a 79 on day one and an 85 on day two to help secure the third-place slot and his first all-conference award.

“It’s the best finish Lakeland golf’s had since I’ve been here,” Bormann said. “I was very pleased with the performance because we were in fourth after day one and we moved up a spot to third after day two.”

Also placing for Lakeland were junior Bobby Komoroski

with a two-day total of 168, and junior Zach Mutsch with a two-day combined score of 180.

“We played well enough where we had a chance to compete for the title, but we didn’t capital-ize. We didn’t make the shots we needed to make on the second day, and that’s the difference between third and a championship,” Bor-mann said.

Each NAC team’s score from the conference tournament in fall

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Three one-goal wins catapult Muskies in NAC tournament picture

The Lakeland men’s soc-cer team beat Wisconsin Lutheran College 5-4 in

Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) action Oct. 9 in Milwau-kee.

Lakeland scored five first half goals and found themselves up 5-2 at half. Junior forward Ben Koep-sell scored in the 13th minute to tie the game, 1-1, after Wisconsin Lu-theran’s Trevor Schwartz scored in the 10th minute.

After Koepsell’s goal, the Muskies found the back of the net four more times courtesy of Koep-sell, junior forward Jeremy Hardy, freshman midfielder Josh Lapka, and junior midfielder Adam Ben-son.

“It was nice to be able to fi-nally move the ball and show what our offense can really do when we have time and space,” Koepsell said.

Wisconsin Lutheran battled back in the second half, scoring two goals in the first eight min-utes off of set pieces. The Lakeland defense shut the Warriors out for the rest of the half to preserve their second win of the season.

Head coach Tony Pierce com-mented on the result.

“[It was] not our best effort in the second half,” he said. “Luckily, we were able to settle down in the last 15 minutes and ice the game.”

Wisconsin Lutheran out-shot Lakeland 24-13. Lakeland goal-

keeper Alex Piekarski notched 10 saves.

Junior midfielder Troy Eichenberger slotted home the game’s only goal in the 80th min-

ute against Maranatha Baptist to secure the squad’s first win of the season on Oct. 7 at Muskie Field.

Koepsell played a through ball inside the 18-yard box to Eichen-

berger, who fired a low shot to the right of the Crusader goalkeeper James Widner.

“It felt great to get the win,” Eichenberger said. “I made a di-

agonal run, Ben slid me the ball through, and I tucked it in with my right foot past the keeper.”

The Crusaders battled to score in the last ten minutes of the game, but Lakeland’s defense pre-vailed and kept Maranatha score-less.

“It was a tremendous effort by the team,” said Pierce. “This was an important game for us to win to keep our NAC tournament hopes alive. It was a necessary win and I’m happy with what we were able to accomplish today.”

Lakeland recorded eleven shots on the day compared to Ma-ranatha’s seven. Piekarski stopped three shots for the Muskies.

Lakeland picked up their third win of the season in a dra-matic overtime victory over Edge-wood in Madison Tuesday.

Hardy tied the game in the 89th minute with a header off a corner kick, and Koepsell bent the game-winner to the far post from outside of the 18-yard box to send the Muskies on a happy return to Lakeland.

“We gave up an early goal, but we kept plugging away,” Pierce said. “The guys played very well and made a tremendous comeback in a key game for us. We did a good job staying composed.”

The men host fellow NAC tournament contender Marian Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m.

MVP of the Issue: men’s golfer Gary Petit

In his three years golfing at Lakeland, Gary Petit has so-lidified himself as one of the

Northern Athletic Conference’s (NAC) most consistent golfers by being named all-conference every year as one of the conference’s ten lowest-scoring players.

Petit, a junior accounting ma-jor and sports and resort manage-ment minor, recorded his fourth top 20 finish of the fall last week-end at the NAC Championships at Whistling Straits, finishing tied for third with a two-day score of 154.

Petit impressed men’s golf coach Tyler Bormann this season, who said that for Petit “the sky’s the limit” within the NAC confer-ence.

“He has played with more consistency this year,” said Bor-mann. “He’s really matured men-tally. He’s always been a skilled player, but now he approaches every tournament knowing he can win.

“That confidence, along with the ability to make the shots he needs to, is helping him put to-gether a solid season. I’m really impressed with how much better he’s been mentally and how he ap-

proaches each match.”Petit’s ability to “make the

shots he needs to” seems to have improved as the season pro-gressed.

In the first tournament of the season on Sept. 3-4 at Edgewood, Petit finished well outside of the top 20 with a 163 two-day total, nine shots above MSOE’s Dave Zachman and Peter Eich. Only a week later, Petit ripped a 152 in his first place finish at the Marian Invite, eight and 12 shots below Zachman and Eich, respectively.

Petit attributed some of his success in the past three seasons to a family friend and club profes-sional who tells him what to work on. Petit said at practice, he warms up for 45 minutes, going from the putting green to the driving range and back to the putting green, and then plays 18 holes.

Petit credited his teammates with improving his game, specifi-cally the players who have golfed on Lakeland’s team with him since his freshman year, juniors Ben Laubusch and Brian Balistierri.

“We’ve all improved tremen-dously since our freshman year. Most of the team this year is pretty young, but our class—Ben, Brian,

and I—have helped each others’ games. Brian helped me with my short game. We give each other pointers all the time,” Petit said.

Petit said the extensive amount of time required to excel as a golfer has been challenging – golfing 18 holes can take five hours.

“Managing time between school and golf and finding time to get your academics done can be hard. You can’t play golf at night, so you have to do your homework at night,” he said.

Each NAC team’s score from the conference tournament in fall will be added to the score of the spring conference tournament, with the lowest-scoring team in the combined events getting an automatic bid to the NCAA tour-nament.

Petit talked about his accom-plishments this season and said one of his goals is for the Muskies to qualify for the NCAA tourna-ment.

“It is not easy to make all-con-ference three consecutive years. The competition in our confer-ence only gets better, so as a golfer I need to get better also. So each year I am trying to practice more

and more and try and improve certain aspects of my golf game and physique. But I am happy and

pleased the way I played this year, and how consistent I was in every tournament I played in,” he said.

Top men’s golfer talks his consistent play, improvement

Men’s soccer wins three straight in conference

Front, left, right: Ben Koepsell, Adam Benson, and Jeremy Hardy against Ripon. The Muskies have won three staright games.

Gary Petit on the tee. Petit placed third at the NAC Championships this weekend.

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Women’s tennis finishes season at NAC tournament Shavlik leads Muskies with quarterfinal appearance in Flight A

Nicole Shavlik advanced to the quarterfinals of the Northern Athletics Con-

ference (NAC) tennis tournament, highlighting the final event of the season for the Lakeland College women’s tennis team.

The tournament was held Oct. 3 at the Nielsen Tennis Sta-dium in Madison, Wis.

Shavlik, a junior, and Lake-land’s No. 1 singles player, lost in the Flight A quarterfinals to even-tual NAC champion, MaryClare Loughery of Benedictine, 6-0, 6-2.

“She was able to place the ball in specific spots that I was just not able to get to in enough time, Shavlik said. “In my opinion, that was the best match I played all year and I am not upset with the outcome.”

In the first round, Shavlik made a comeback after starting down 5-2 to defeat Benedictine University’s Ewelina Stachulak, 7-5, 6-1. In the round of 16, Shavlik defeated Rockford College’s Al-yssa Filmore, 7-5, 6-1.

“It was about staying men-tally tough and focused during the match,” Shavlik said of her contest against Stachulak. “My second round win was about strategically placing the ball on the court and slowly drawing my opponent up to the net.”

Head coach Leigh Cherveny was pleased with Shavlik’s play in

the NAC Tournament.“She had an impressive win

against Ewelina,” said Cherveny.

“Nicole made several adjustments, namely keeping the ball deep and moving to the center of the base-

line when she hit to Ewelina’s backhand. Those actions affect-ed Ewelina’s consis-tency and took away her cross-court win-ners.”

Sophomore No. 2 singles player April Schmitz also com-peted in Flight A for Lakeland. Schmitz had a first round bye and was defeated by Edgewood College’s Hana Pincsak, 6-2, 6-2 in the round of 16.

“I was most im-pressed with April, who played a won-derful match against Hannah Pincsak, the No. 1 player from Edgewood, in the second round,” said Cherveny. “Both players were smash-ing balls baseline to baseline. I am proud of April for the im-provements she has made this season.”

Freshman Catie Campion played in Flight B for the

Muskies and was defeated by Kristen Boone of Edgewood, 8-2.

Freshman Jenna Oberthaler

was defeated by Concordia Uni-versity-Chicago’s Hana Mendoza, 8-1 in the first round of Flight B.

Freshmen Meribeth Mazzi and Stephanie Rebek each had a first round bye in Flight C singles. Rebek defeated Cui Zheng of Rockford College, 8-4 and Wis-consin Lutheran’s Tiffani Rohan defeated Mazzi, 8-0 in the second round. Rebek lost in the round of 16 to eventual champion Kristine Weber of Concordia-Wis., 8-0.

Shavlik and Schmitz com-peted in Flight A doubles for Lakeland and were defeated by Benedictine’s Tiffany Wakim and Loughery, 8-1.

Mazzi and Rebek were de-feated by Viatra Baker and Monica Budzak of Dominican University, 8-0 in Flight B doubles.

“This team was the best over-all group I’ve had the pleasure to coach in the last four years,” said Cherveny. “They had a willingness to work and were a fine group that represented Lakeland. They were most enjoyable to work with.”

Cherveny is excited for next season as the entire team plans on returning, but says the team needs to work hard in the offseason.

“Shavlik and Schmitz should be among the top players in the league,” Cherveny said. “Obertha-ler and Campion should be earn-ing victories as well.”

Women head to Tennessee for Rhoes College Invitational this weekend.

Dominican University de-feated the Lakeland wom-en’s volleyball team 3-0

(25-15, 25-18, 26-24) in front of a 200-plus Homecoming crowd Oct. 8 at the Woltzen Gymnasium.

In the loss, the Muskies were led by junior middle Allison Davis senior setter Kristine Raeder, and junior libero Amanda Laganowski. Davis led the team with nine kills, Raeder had a team-high 25 assists, and Laganowski had eleven digs.

“I think Dominican is the best team in the conference,” Chad Schreiber, Lakeland volleyball head coach said. “We have the tal-ent to compete with anyone but we don’t sustain our focus and ef-fort to win big matches.”

The loss to Dominican, the third-ranked team in the North-ern Athletics Conference (NAC), dropped the Muskies’ overall re-cord to 4-15 and 2-6 in the NAC.

It took a while Thursday night, but the women’s volleyball team delivered down the stretch to score a thrilling 3-2 win over NAC foe Concordia University-Chicago at the Moose and Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

Lakeland snapped a four-match losing streak with a 23-21 win in the fifth set. The other scores were 25-18, 22-25, 25-15, 20-25. Concordia fell to 9-11 over-all, 3-3 in the NAC.

“It was good to finally get a win but it was still frustrating be-

cause we blew a 9-1 lead in the fi-nal set of the match. It would have felt good to close them out stron-ger than we did,” Schreiber said.

It was Lakeland’s fourth con-secutive five-set match. Five of the Muskies’ seven NAC matches this fall have gone five sets.

Schreiber said he does not think his team changed anything in their win.

“We’re right there. We make a few plays and we miss a few plays. It’s been a frustrating year because we never get into any kind of rhythm,” he said.

Lakeland was led by Davis, senior outside Sam Shepeck and freshman right side Anna Faust. Davis had a team-best 15 kills, while Shepeck and Faust added 10 each.

Raeder had team highs of 42 assists and 15 digs, while Laganowski also had 15 digs. Freshmen middles Emily Cecka and Amanda Dillman led the Muskies with five blocks apiece.

Schreiber said his team, 2-7 in the NAC and 4-16 overall, can still make the conference tournament despite its recent struggles.

“I feel good about our talent but I’m not sure how to get us playing to that potential,” he said.

The team dropped a five-set NAC match 3-2 to Maranatha Baptist Bible College on Tuesday, Oct. 12 in Watertown, Wis. The Crusaders won by scores of 25-16,

25-16, 22-25, 21-25, 15-12.The Muskies return to action

on Saturday, Oct. 16, as they travel

to Memphis, Tenn. to take part in the Rhodes College Invitational. Lakeland plays Greensboro Col-

Women’s volleyball struggles in five-set matches

lege at 11 a.m. followed by Wil-liams Baptist at 3 p.m.

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Sophomore No. 2 singles player April Schmitz hits a backhand in a match this season.

Junior middle hitter Allison Davis prepares to serve in a game this season. The Muskies are 2-7 in NAC play this season.



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keeper Katie Sloan turned away 13 Muskie shots.

Freshman goalkeeper Ash-ley Sarbacker shut out the War-riors with a 15-save performance against a Warrior team that fired

27 shots and won six corners on the day.

The women conceded three goals in the first 16 minutes of play in their 6-1 loss to Edgewood Oct. 5 in Madison.

Team gets emotional win against Wisconsin Lutheran on last-second goal

Forward Lindsay Rogers scored a goal with nine sec-onds remaining in the sec-

ond overtime period to propel the Lakeland women’s soccer team past Northern Athletics Confer-ence (NAC) opponent Wisconsin Lutheran Oct. 9 in Milwaukee.

Junior midfielder Kristina Borts dribbled into a two-on-one situation and passed to Rogers who sent the ball into the net and Muskie players and supporters into pandemonium.

“Kristi [Borts] passed me the ball and it was the goalie and I one-on-one,” Rogers, a junior, said. “I just remember Kristi say-ing take your time and pick a cor-ner. Pretty much it felt like time stopped and I was going in slow motion. It was just a relief to put the game away and get the win. This puts us closer to making the tourney.”

Women’s soccer coach Tony Pierce commented on Rogers’ last-ditch goal, which marked Lakeland’s 26th shot of the game.

“Emotionally, it’s a tremen-dous boost to score in a game like that. We had chances all game but couldn’t put one away—but they kept competing,” Pierce said. “I think the girls sensed they could win the game and their efforts were rewarded with nine seconds left.”

Rogers, Borts, and junior midfielder Dana Schmidt led the offense with ten, six, and four shots in the match, respectively, but the Warriors senior goal-

Borts pulled one back for the Muskies with a converted penalty kick in the 44th minute.

Sophomore midfielder Molly Haertle completed a hat trick and sealed Edgewood’s victory with

Junior forward Lindsay Rogers (2) dribbles in a game this season as junior midfielder Ashley Meyer looks on. Rogers scored a last-second goal in the Muskies Oct. 9 game against Wisconsin Lutheran.

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goals in the 48th and 54th min-utes.

“When we gave up two goals early in the second half we made it hard for ourselves. We had eleven players so there wasn’t much we could do differ-ently.”

Pierce said his team, in eighth place in the NAC with a 3-4 record, stands a good chance to make the conference tourna-ment if it can get results in the last five games.

“I expect us to win three or four of the next five,” Pierce said. “I believe we can do it but the ladies need to believe we can do it because when we settle down, we play good soccer.

“The women have done a great job overcoming injuries and schedule challenges all year. Our goal was to be better than last year and we’re right on the cusp of that. We’re very much in the hunt in the NAC and that’s all we can ask for,” Pierce said.

The women hosted MSOE Oct. 13 and will travel to Mil-waukee to play Alverno Oct. 16 at noon.GOLF FROM PAGE 13

will be added to the score of a spring conference tournament, with the lowest-scoring team in the combined events getting an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, according to Bor-mann.

“My focus is that we have something to play for this spring and hopefully our guys will really embrace that and be ready,” Bormann said.

Junior midfielder Dana Schmidt dribbles away from pressure. Schmidt has played a key role in foiling opposing offenses’ at-tacks with her oftentimes ambitious, and, according to many NAC soccer pundits, card-warrenting challenges.


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