Richard Schenck Sports Editor The air is starting to come alive with a crisp bite and the seasonal brews were flowing during the 2013 Oktoberfest in Old Town Oct. 4 and 5. Executive Director Louise Gradwohl and her team at the Old Town Commercial Association (OTCA) oversee the festival of German tradition, now in its eighth year. This is the second biggest fundraiser for the OTCA on a yearly basis, with the goal to revitalize Lansing’s “Old Town” through historic preservation, business recruitment and more. “This (festival) helps raise our budget to do events that are free throughout the year,” Gradwohl said. “It looks like an awesome turnout from what I’ve seen so far.” Luckily for the residents of Lansing and people from other areas, a pilgrimage to Munich wouldn’t be necessary. “It is really exciting to bring people from outside of the Lansing area,” Gradwohl said. “We had peo- ple travel from Canada, Detroit and the MSU popu- lation, which is so widespread.” Under two towering white tents, guests were transported across the pond. The air was filled with the smell of sizzling bratwurst and pork hocks. The only thing that cut the air was the clinking of steins and the tunes of Deutschland. This fall festival and other events hosted by the OTCA aren’t aimed solely at completing a budget. “The whole goal is for (people) to come back,” said Gradwohl. “We want them to come back to our neighborhood, to go eat at our restaurants and spend money in our boutiques.” Oct. 14-27, 2013 www.lcc.edu/lookout NEWS 2 In the Sept. 30 issue of The Lookout, in the story about LCC’s Early College Program on page 4, the headline implied that diplomas for the program are granted at LCC. In fact, the diplomas are awarded by the students’ home high school. Also, the photo accompanying the story showed a group of students from the High School Diploma Completion Initiative Program, not the Early College Program, as was our newspaper’s intent. Correction Get where the world is going It’s Easy to Transfer Your Credits to DU Whether you have college credits or valuable learning or work experiences from outside a classroom, you may be able to turn these into course credits. We simplify accepting your credits when you graduate from your community college, so that you can apply them towards your DU degree in business, technology or health. We offer transfer scholarships up to $6,000! Sign up for courses at your local DU campus held days, evenings or online. Classes start January 6. 200 S. Grand Ave., Lansing 800-686-1600 | davenport.edu/apply Photo by Suzanna Powers MSU student Anita Lukibanova buys a pint of Leinen- kugel Oktoberfest beer from Dan Henry Oct. 4. Bra-Za President Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 summer, bricks were removed on the exterior so insulation could be added. Plumbers and electricians have been there periodically to address issues related to any house.” Jones said the front of the property is torn up to replace the steam line as a part of a big- ger project on Capitol, which LCC is not involved in. According to Jones, the Her- rmann House will be used by all LCC presidents henceforth. “My wife, Risé, and I are de- lighted to live on campus and be part of a vibrant downtown neighborhood,” Knight said. “It has enriched my work and made it possible for me to aend many more events on campus, and to meet students and faculty who are here in the evenings and weekends.” awareness to cancer. “My mother and aunt are breast cancer survi- vors, so this event is such a great thing,” said Tammy Alvarado, who aended the event. Students walked down the room-made runway, model- ing the bras for everyone to see and bid on. The modeling of the bras brought a nice, light-heart - ed touch to the serious cause. Some of the models were even breast cancer sur - vivors. “I think having people model the bras, especially guys, made it more humor- ous and lightened the mood,” said male model and LCC stu- dent Chancelor Miller. “I’d do it again next year for sure.” The money is still being to- taled for this event, but Bra- Za wasn’t just about raising money, according to Davis. It was also an opportunity for people fighting breast cancer and people who have sur- vived breast cancer to come together. Davis said LCC-PTK’s members plan on holding this event next year as well. “It was very well put togeth- er,” Purvonic said. “Beautiful is the only word I can think of when describing how this event looked. I’m excited to see what they’ll put together next year.” A pint of Deutschland
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Richard SchenckSports Editor
The air is starting to come alive with a crisp bite and the seasonal brews were flowing during the 2013 Oktoberfest in Old Town Oct. 4 and 5.
Executive Director Louise Gradwohl and her team at the Old Town Commercial Association (OTCA) oversee the festival of German tradition, now in its eighth year.
This is the second biggest fundraiser for the OTCA on a yearly basis, with the goal to revitalize Lansing’s “Old Town” through historic preservation, business recruitment and more.
“This (festival) helps raise our budget to do events that are free throughout the year,” Gradwohl said. “It looks like an awesome turnout from what I’ve seen so far.”
Luckily for the residents of Lansing and people from other areas, a pilgrimage to Munich wouldn’t be necessary.
“It is really exciting to bring people from outside of the Lansing area,” Gradwohl said. “We had peo-ple travel from Canada, Detroit and the MSU popu-lation, which is so widespread.”
Under two towering white tents, guests were transported across the pond. The air was filled with the smell of sizzling bratwurst and pork hocks.
The only thing that cut the air was the clinking of steins and the tunes of Deutschland.
This fall festival and other events hosted by the OTCA aren’t aimed solely at completing a budget.
“The whole goal is for (people) to come back,” said Gradwohl. “We want them to come back to our neighborhood, to go eat at our restaurants and spend money in our boutiques.”
Oct. 14-27, 2013www.lcc.edu/lookout
NEWS2
In the Sept. 30 issue of The Lookout, in the story about LCC’s Early College Program on page 4, the headline implied that diplomas for the program are granted at LCC. In fact, the diplomas are awarded by the students’ home high school. Also, the photo accompanying the story showed a group of students from the High School Diploma Completion Initiative Program, not the Early College Program, as was our newspaper’s intent.
Correction
Get where the world is going
It’s Easy to Transfer Your Credits to DUWhether you have college credits or valuable learning or
work experiences from outside a classroom, you may be
able to turn these into course credits.
We simplify accepting your credits when you graduate
from your community college, so that you can apply them
towards your DU degree in business, technology or health. We offer transfer scholarships up to $6,000!
Sign up for courses at your local DU campus held days,
evenings or online. Classes start January 6.
200 S. Grand Ave., Lansing 800-686-1600 | davenport.edu/apply
Photo by Suzanna PowersMSU student Anita Lukibanova buys a pint of Leinen-kugel Oktoberfest beer from Dan Henry Oct. 4.
Bra-Za
President
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summer, bricks were removed on the exterior so insulation could be added. Plumbers and electricians have been there periodically to address issues related to any house.”
Jones said the front of the property is torn up to replace the steam line as a part of a big-ger project on Capitol, which LCC is not involved in.
According to Jones, the Her-rmann House will be used by all LCC presidents henceforth.
“My wife, Risé, and I are de-lighted to live on campus and be part of a vibrant downtown neighborhood,” Knight said.
“It has enriched my work and made it possible for me to attend many more events on campus, and to meet students and faculty who are here in the evenings and weekends.”
awareness to cancer. “My mother and aunt
are breast cancer survi-vors, so this event is such a great thing,” said Tammy Alvarado, who attended the event.
Students walked down the room-made runway, model-ing the bras for everyone to see and bid on.
The modeling of the bras brought a nice, light-heart-ed touch to the serious cause. Some of the models were even breast cancer sur-
vivors. “I think having people
model the bras, especially guys, made it more humor-ous and lightened the mood,” said male model and LCC stu-dent Chancelor Miller. “I’d do it again next year for sure.”
The money is still being to-
taled for this event, but Bra-Za wasn’t just about raising money, according to Davis. It was also an opportunity for people fighting breast cancer and people who have sur-vived breast cancer to come together.
Davis said LCC-PTK’s
members plan on holding this event next year as well.
“It was very well put togeth-er,” Purvonic said. “Beautiful is the only word I can think of when describing how this event looked. I’m excited to see what they’ll put together next year.”
A pint of Deutschland
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