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Jennifer Smith is in a race against time due to stage IV metastatic breast cancer. The struggle against cancer is a painful and terrifying one.

For this reason, Smith decided to write a book. In the book, “What You Might Not Know: My Life as a Stage IV Cancer Patient,” she unveils the harsh reality of day-to-day life with a terminal illness.

“This book had to be written,” Smith said. “There are so many that read the first book and said, ‘you’re so inspirational’ and I thought that I’m not. I only exposed the highlights.”

Before she became an inspirational author, Smith was deeply rooted in the Parkland community.

Hired in July 2001, Smith worked several positions. She served three years as Student Development Advocate. The next three-year stint was as Director of Parkland’s Title III Grant. She finished her career at the school as Student Service Advisor. Her duties included admissions advising, financial aid advising and assessment.

None of those occupations could prepare her for the biggest challenge of her life.

“I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 30, that was back in 2007,” Smith explained.

“I had surgery and six months of chemo,” she continued. “Seven weeks of deadly radiation and was supposed to be all clear and done with it. My first check-up three months after treatment they found not only that it had returned to the breast, it also spread to my bones. Once it spreads outside the breast to any other organ it’s considered Stage IV.”

The single mom made the tough decision to

leave Parkland College in the wake of this news. Individuals diagnosed with Stage IV cancer have a life expectancy of three years according to Smith.

Understanding her value to her son and having to partake in grueling treatment to suppress the illness, the former advisor found a new passion, writing.

“The first book was really written as an elaborate thank you note,” Smith said of her first project “Learning to Live Legendary.”

It was a memoir of sorts. It included tales of accomplished bucket-list feats with contributions from close family and others. A trip to Hawaii was among the highlights.

But it didn’t tell the complete story.

“Most breast cancer books are like ‘Oh, I got breast cancer. I did this, this and this. Then it’s over. And I have this new normal. And I’m cancer free. My life is great.’” Smith said.

“There are a lot of people, that’s not the case for. There are a lot of people who deal with Stage IV cancer and I thought it really needed to be shared what that is like. You don’t see any of the downward climbs, plunging into despair. You definitely don’t see any of the dark pieces,” Smith continued.

For that reason, Smith felt a second book was necessary. The books symbolize the Yin Yang of her experience.

Not only will the book touch those who relate either through personal trial and tribulation or through a close relative, but will also have a place reserved in the heart of those who helped design it.

Gretchen Wieshuber is the professor for Parkland’s Typography II class. She talks about how this project came together.

“The focus of Typography II is on publication design and page layout, with attention to the traditions of professional

typography,” Wieshuber explained.

“In past years, this class has designed the Story Shop book. Story Shop was a middle school creative writing competition, and the winning essays were published. This year, Story Shop lacked the support to continue, and I was looking for a new book project when Jen Smith contacted me,” Wieshuber continued.

Wieshuber’s class thoroughly enjoyed Smith’s presence.

“My first impression of Jennifer was that she was seemed to be a really cool person,” Typography student Justin Klett explained. “I suppose, in the back of my mind, I thought someone

who had been battling cancer for as long as she has would be a lot more sour and worn down, but she was glowing with excitement. It was kind of awesome to see.”

Wieshuber’s students’ assignment was split into two parts. First was designing a book cover that would convey the contents of the book in a visual way, and the second part was to design an interior layout for the chapters.

“Our class was divided into four teams,” Susan Coulter, another Typography

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WednesdayMay 8, 2013

Volume 5, Number 18

Your source for Parkland College news, sports, features and opinions.

“Iron Man 3” excites on new IMAX screen

The Amazon River is the longest river in the world.

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Former Parkland staff member writes second book

Ted SetterlundStaff Writer

Many customers who recently paid for purchase with a credit or debit card at the Schnucks supermarkets on Vine Street in Urbana, Mattis Ave. in Champaign or on Dunlap St. in Savoy, are discovering that their card number may have been stolen.

Parkland Student Life Secretary Sarah Minyard was just one of many people who had their card hacked through Schnucks’ network.

“I heard about it from somebody else, and I immediately called my husband who called one of our charge card companies. They said that they already began the process of cancelling our card and issuing us another. So my charge card company was on top of it,” Minyard explained.

“Schnucks never even contacted us, so it would’ve been nice if they’d let us know. It would make me think twice about shopping there again,” Minyard continued.

The St. Louis-based supermarket chain explained

to the Associated Press that their investigator, the Virginia-based cyber-security firm Mandiant, identified malware that allowed an attacker to access the card numbers. They stated, “The company’s information technology unit and Mandiant completed security enhancements by March 30, prompting Schnucks to call the problem found and contained.”

According to a press release on Schnucks’ website the

grocery chain was unaware that they were the victims of a cyber attack. They were “informed by credit card companies on Friday, March 15 that banks had detected fraud on 12 different credit cards that had been used at Schnucks.”

Schnucks CEO Scott Schnuck apologized on a similar press release, “On behalf of myself, the Schnuck family, and all of our 15,000 teammates, I apologize to everyone affected

by this incident. Over the years, technology has helped us deliver superior customer service, but it also introduces risks that we have actively worked to manage through compliance audits, encryption technology and various other security measures.” 

Schnuck continued, “We have been told by the computer forensics expert that the security enhancements we have implemented in the last 48 hours are designed to block this

attack from continuing.  Our customers can continue using credit and debit cards at our stores. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers, and we thank each of them for their patience while we worked hard to investigate their concerns.”

The person who is responsible for the theft of the card numbers remains at large. It is unknown whether or not this person will be found. As for Schnucks, they are being faced with several lawsuits due to insufficient security.

While some banks are doing the best that they can to resolve these issues, others have decided to reissue cards across the board. One such bank is the University of Illinois Employees Credit Union, who reissued cards to replace all those that may have been at risk as a result of the security breach at Schnucks, according to the News-Gazette.

As a result of this security breach, there are many people who are concerned about their credit and debit cards and

Grocery chain customers face credit card theft

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Photo by Craig Towsley/Prospectus NewsSchnucks in Savoy Illinois was one of three local grocery stores affected by recent credit card theft.

Photos courtesy of Jennifer SmithFormer Parkland staff member Jennifer Smith, pictured above, is currently battling stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Her book, “What You Might Not Know: My Life as a Stage IV Cancer Patient,” pictured below, reveals the struggles of life with a terminal diagnosis.

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Ernie SpringerStaff Writer

Students at Parkland sometimes scratch their heads, wondering why they have to learn about something seemingly alien to their major.

Most often, requirements serve a purpose that is obvious to educators, if not to the students themselves. However, there is at least one requirement at Parkland that has caused some to question its validity.

The Nursing Health Assessment program requires students to research a complementary or alternative medicine and report their findings to the class.

Depending on the year, topics range from more mainstream treatments like medical marijuana, meditation or acupuncture, to less conventional alternative therapies such as crystal healing, pet assisted therapy or leech therapy, according to Nursing Professor Theresa Bosch.

“These are important therapies for students to be aware of,” Bosch said. “Across the nation now there are integrated health care centers that offer both alternative therapy and Western medicine.”

Third semester Nursing student Dean Kidd completed his alternative medicine assignment last year. He was pleased with his findings.

“There are a lot of holistic practices that people have done for a long time for good reasons,” Kidd said. “Like any branch of medicine, you have to approach it with an open mind and go where the evidence leads you.”

“I did my project on yoga,” Kidd continued. “Millions of people throughout the world do yoga and benefit from it.”

Kidd believes there is value found in complementary and

alternative therapies.“One of the most important

roles of a nurse is to help patients find a way to manage their pain without using drugs,” Kidd said. “If cupping or yoga or aromatherapy helps you manage your chronic pain without doping yourself up, then it is a good thing. God bless. You should probably still keep taking your blood pressure medicine though.”

The popularity of complementary medicine has grown in the last decades. As of 2012, nearly 40 percent of Americans use some form of holistic therapy, according

to the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Despite this, many doubt the legitimacy of unconventional medicine.

The Cochrane Review is a collection of research on medical and health related topics. In a recent study, the Cochrane Review found no evidence that massage or aromatherapy had any effect on improving the physical and psychological wellbeing of patients with cancer.

Cancer survivor Loretta Marron took the argument against alternative medicine

further in a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

She stated that universities that offer courses in complementary and alternative medicine give respectability to unscientific beliefs. She claimed that, in many cases, they give students the impression that these are suitable replacements for conventional medicine instead of complementary.

Parkland Natural Sciences Professor Scott Siechen has similar views on alternative medicine. “Modern medicine has been very successful in preventing,

ameliorating or curing a wide range of diseases and ailments,” Siechen said. “It has been so successful because it relies only on treatments for which there is objective evidence that they are effective.”

“Alternative medicines are ‘alternative’ because they have not met this standard. Any alternative medicine which met this standard would simply be medicine,” Siechen continued. “The alternative medicine industry is making billions of dollars a year by invoking the placebo effect.”

Theresa Bosch claimed

that, while it is true that some unconventional therapies are not supported through scientific method, there are still benefits to teaching them to nursing students because they better prepare students to work with patients.

“It is important for students to know what is out there and what is being used so they can better care for their patients,” Bosch said. “There are going to be patients who believe in and practice some form of alternative medicine. Learning the facts about them will help students assist future patients and not mock them.”

Alternative medicine: hoax or healing?

Photo courtesy of Osthoff Resort/MCTAspira Spa’s Sacred Waters massage is one example of the types of alternative medicine treatments that have been recently called into question.

JoJo RhinehartStaff Writer

Summer Camp returns to Illinois for another four days of loud music and camping in the wilderness May 24-26, 2013. The 13th annual festival will be held at the Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois.

This camp is not like the traditional summer camp, where there is a counselor watching your every move. Summer Camp offers over 100 local bands and big names for its attendees to enjoy.

Some Parkland students are getting excited about the festival. Business major Kathleen Donohue commented that she would be volunteering this year, something she has not done in years past.

“I had to pay a $200 refundable fee to buy a volunteer ticket. Then I will put in like 15 hours or something to volunteer. After the festival they pay me back. It is cool because now I can afford the festival with just a little bit of work,” Donohue explained.

Donohue and several of her friends have attended the festival three years in a row, and are prepared to finally take a break once school is over.

“I just have to take my finals and I will be done. Then all I have to do is wait for the concert. I am really excited for the line-up this year, I think it will be a really good time,” Sociology major Gina Thompson said.

Science major Tom Atkins stated that although he would not be returning to the Summer Camp Festival, he did recommend that others go and check it out for themselves.

“My favorite aspect of Summer Camp was the musical diversity. You can experience such a myriad of genres from electronic to hip

hop to rock to folk to jam bands and of course the blue grass. It was never a bore, especially when you wake up to music and fall asleep to it, if you sleep of course. Also, the camping aspect was awesome,” Atkins said.

While many students are getting excited for the festival, many more have other plans on how to spend their break from the brick-lined halls of Parkland.

“I am definitely just going to

sleep for like 12 days. I didn’t want to spend any money this summer, so I won’t be going to any concerts like that. I just want to sleep,” general studies major Chris Matthews stated of his plans for the summer break.

Several other students came up with the same idea of a weeklong nap to settle into the stretch of life without school, but Nursing major Lia Barnes had different plans.

“I am taking summer classes

so I can finish my major on time. I would love to just sleep the summer away, but at least they are online so it won’t actually take up much of my energy,” Barnes said.

Computer Science major Patricia Long said that she was planning to go to Six Flags at least six times over break, while Mass Communications major Heath Neighman reflected on his plans to drive down to Florida for some much needed sun.

With classes quickly winding to an end, the summer plans are just beginning to come into focus for most students at Parkland. Whether it is to take a trip somewhere or just hold a part-time job, students are encouraged to take a break and come back in the fall ready for another year of school.

Students that have graduated and moved on are welcome to come back to Parkland anytime for events around campus or personal

classes Parkland offers.For more information on

summer classes offered at Parkland go to http://interactivepdf.uniflip.com/2/20074/297913/pub/index.html.

And to learn how to become at volunteer at Summer Camp or to learn more about the festival, visit summercampfestival.com.

Fun things to do over the summer

Photo by Shane Rogers/Prospectus NewsFestival attendees enjoy themselves at Summer Camp Music Festival in May 2012.

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Naomi LeanageStudent Health 101

Have you ever been in this situation? You’re sitting behind a desk and about to take the most crucial exam of your academic life (or at least that’s what it feels like). As soon as you see the first question, your mind goes blank.

You probably know the answers to the questions; you just reviewed them last night. You know your brain is functioning, as you can instantly recall the menu items at your favorite restaurant. But you’re struggling to remember what you studied, and it’s frustrating.

This scenario might make you wonder: Why can I remember some things but not others? Well, here’s the answer. There are two types of memory, long-term and short-term, and they are stored very differently in the brain.

Short-Term MemoryNo matter how briefly a

memory lasts, it must be stored in your brain. You are temporarily recording the succession of events in your life. Dr. Jim Cherry, a psychology professor at Boston University in Massachusetts, explains that short-term memory is actually important any time you are thinking. “It’s the same thing as what’s called working memory, which is activated when you [do things like] plan, work on a task, or simply pull up old memories and think about them,” he says.

According to the National Institutes of Health, short-term memory has a storage capacity of about seven items and each lasts only a few dozen seconds.

Imagine that you’re starting a new internship or job, and you’re introduced to everyone you’ll work with. You probably shake everyone’s hands, and then promptly forget who’s who. In a recent Student Health 101 survey, more than 20 percent of respondents said that while they can remember facts and figures, they have trouble with people and places.

Why might that be? Though you may

register the face of someone you pass on the street, or an address you overhear someone giving out, this information quickly disappears. That is, unless you make a conscious effort to retain it, in which case you can keep the piece of information in your short-term memory for a longer period of time. For example, you can repeat a telephone number over and over again, or use a “memory trick,” like setting the number to a tune.

Long-Term MemoryWhile short-term

memories last only for about a minute, your brain’s capacity to store long-term memories is unlimited. Once you commit something to long-term memory, it can last anywhere from days to months to years—or even for your lifetime.

Long-term memory stores all the significant events in your life, and also allows you to retain things like the meaning of words and the physical skills you’ve learned. The reasons for this originate on the cellular level. Dr. Howard Eichenbaum, also a psychology professor at Boston University, explains, “Long-term memory requires brain cells [to make] new proteins. Conversely, in short-term memory, no new proteins are made. [This is a] key difference.”

There are several factors that influence the ease with which you retrieve long-term memories. For example:

How long an event has been stored in your memory

The last time you recalled the information

Whether the memory is unique

If the information resembles a current event in your life

Converting Short-Term Memories to Long-Term

Here are some tips for implanting new information in your brain for the long haul—handy when preparing for tests:

Revisit and recite information periodically over a lengthy period of time. Repetitions over a

brief period will maintain the information only in your short-term memory.

Decrease distractions and clear your mind before attempting to memorize anything.

Divide and memorize information in small, distinct parts. This is easier than trying to absorb everything at once.

Improving Your Memory

There are many things you can do to improve your mental performance. It’s important to remember that the brain is an organ that in some ways is like a muscle. A strong memory depends on the health and vitality of your whole body, and exercising your brain regularly.

Here are a few tips to help strengthen your brain:

Try Something NewIt’s important to

challenge your brain by learning novel tasks and doing things you’ve never done before. For example, enroll in a music class, try your hand at sculpting, or even learn a new dance. Start a new hobby or learn a foreign language. (As a bonus, these will look great on your résumé.)

Exercise Your BrainReading, writing, and

playing cards all offer your mind a chance to flex. These activities can help you retain more information, can affect stress levels, and may reduce memory deterioration.

Manage Your StressSpeaking of which,

when you’re under a lot of pressure, your brain may not function optimally. According to the UWellness program at the University of Washington in Seattle, long periods of stress can “put you at increased risk [for] numerous health problems, including memory impairment.”

Allow yourself the time necessary to condense information and experiences, and you’ll remember more.

Students can access the Parkland College Student Health 101 magazine online at http://readsh101.com/parkland.html.

Copyright 2013 Student Health 101

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The Obama administration overstepped its legal authority - and injected politics into what should have been a scientific decision - when it ordered the FDA to limit the availability of a common morning-after contraceptive without prescription to girls and women 17 and older. The FDA had already evaluated the drug and determined that it was safe for females of all ages and should be available to all. That’s why U.S. District Court Judge Edward R. Korman last month overruled the administration’s decision and ordered that the drug be made available without prescription to females regardless of age.

The judge was absolutely right. And the Justice Department’s decision, announced Wednesday, to appeal that ruling is a mistake. Not only does it compound the administration’s first legal misstep, but it is a disappointing and disturbing attempt to limit contraceptive rights without any scientific justification for doing so.

As the judge noted in his opinion, scientists had found the drug - Plan B One-Step - safe and effective for adolescent females. He dismissed Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ stated objection that the FDA studies failed to consider whether the youngest girls might not be able to understand the labels, and her suggestion that girls as young as 11 (only a small percentage of whom are able to become pregnant) might lack the cognitive sophistication to use the drug properly.

The judge found that Sebelius had overruled the FDA in an area Congress has specifically entrusted to the FDA. He bluntly scoffed at the secretary’s reasoning: “This case is not about the potential misuse of Plan B by 11-year-olds. These emergency contraceptives would be among the safest drugs sold over-the-counter,” he wrote.

This legal battle comes at a time when reproductive rights are being assailed with alarming frequency around the country. But who would have expected access to contraception to be curtailed by an administration that has generally been so supportive?

The real issue underlying what should be a simple case about whether this drug is safe (and who should decide whether it is) is a more complicated and emotional one that has to do with parents and children and when young people should or shouldn’t begin having sex. But no matter where you come out on that question, the reality is that banning the morning-after pill will not deter girls from having sex. All it will do is force some of them into unwanted pregnancies.

Having access to a federally sanctioned, safe and sensible drug that could prevent an unwanted pregnancy should be their choice as well.

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Gina BarrecaThe Hartford Courant

Unless they’re asking for spare change, people are willing to engage in conversations with folks they haven’t met before for one reason: Perfect strangers are far more likely to be charmed by our adorable eccentricities than are our loved ones. Their willingness to listen without sighing or twitching is what makes strangers perfect.

After the first decade or so of intimacy, loved ones come to loathe one another’s eccentricities. Maybe “loathe” is too strong a word; “ache to escape from” would be more accurate.

Polite new acquaintances are tickled pink by our favorite routines because we tend not to judge each other during these exchanges. You left your husband because he hated plaid? Good. Creep had no respect for your Scottish heritage. Stopped talking to

your sister because she lost 34 pounds on the diet that made you gain eight? Of course.

The unwritten rule in such conversations is as follows: I’ll embrace your weirdnesses with warmth and you’ll enjoy mine.

So imagine my surprise when I discovered a subject that made people feel absolutely free to throw their criticism straight at me like a cherry pie right to the kisser: When I confess that I don’t like nature, people are clearly appalled. Even the sweetest and least critical of them look at me uneasily and instruct their toddlers to “find something to play with in another room.”

Turning judgmental and pious, they’d begin to speak about nature as if they were on its board of directors. This includes people living in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, too, meaning it’s not like they wake to gossamer dew at dawn themselves, unless Gossamer Dew is a new

flavor at Starbuck’s.Look, I’m not a fan of

nature’s and, at 56, I don’t think nature is much of a fan of mine; otherwise this business with my eyelids wouldn’t be happening. But even when I was younger, I never trafficked in the outdoorsy, the unadulterated or the non-artificial.

For example, I’m short and so I like heels. Heels and a walk through a dense woodland area do not mix. I’ll take cute shoes over the chance to see a toadstool up close. Because I do like to go outside and look at the sunset, however, we’ve made this possible by making the deck larger. There is no need to step off a level structure. If it makes our yard look a little like Coney Island, fine. I’m learning to make cotton candy.

I did a radio program about my antipathy for nature. Had I suggested we might use public hangings as way to discipline students who turned

in their work late, I would have received fewer outraged calls.

All I did was I explain that, to me, trees were not inspiring. To me, a tree is like a telephone pole with a little extra flair, but minus a job. And no telephone poles has ever shed in the autumn and expected me to rake up its mess.

Big deal, right? So I’m not Ms. Tree Aficionado.

Except the first caller was a man apoplectic at the thought that somebody could not love foliage. I was not on the phone with Thoreau, either; this guy had a voice like gravel and an accent like Tony Soprano. “What’s wrong with you that you don’t like a tree?” he yelled. “Lady, without trees, whadda we gonna do? Build our houses outta meat?”

And that’s when I stopped taking calls.

Even nature lovers will admit that nature needs help: better to have aspirin than a fever, better to have antibiotics than pneumonia, and better to

have antiperspirant than no friends.

Civilization may have its discontents but it also has heat, air-conditioning, running water, champagne and cheese snacks, none of which, I am told, occur in the wild on what might safely be called a predictable basis.

Nature gives us scurvy, rickets, buckteeth and chilblains. That’s on a good day.

But you’ll argue that civilization gives us pollution, anxiety, cavities and “Duck Dynasty.” Although it might be going too far to call that a product of civilization.

So I’ll stay on the deck while you walk in the woods. Naturally, we’ll both be careful when talking to strangers.

---(c)2013 The Hartford

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student, explained. “There were so many unique and beautiful designs. It was really impressive. I was so honored when Jen chose my design as her cover. I did not expect it and am truly blessed to be a part of this important project for her.”

Smith expressed her mutual gratitude and made a confession at the same time.

“It was incredible to be a part of this learning experience with them,” the author said. “You could ask them, I probably drove them crazy.”

Smith’s electric personality is an attribute exemplified in her interactions with Wieshuber’s class and is sure to trickle down to the love of her life, her son.

“When I was diagnosed Stage IV, my son was almost two,” Smith acknowledged.

“He’s currently six. When I was diagnosed Stage IV, I decided I wanted to take him to Disney World while I was still able to get around.”

“That trip happened to be over Mother’s Day weekend in 2009. While I was there I thought every year I’m able to this is going to be our tradition. We’re going to go to different amusement park every year that I’m

able to take him,” Smith continued.

So far the two have traveled to Disney World in Florida, Six Flags in St. Louis, Six Flags in Texas and Disney Land in California. This year’s trip is to King’s Island.

Smith is currently having oral chemotherapy, which involves a mixture of six drugs. There will

be an analysis at the end of the month to see if the medications are doing their job. If all goes well, she can hopefully continue her Mother’s Day tradition.

Smith’s second book ‘What You Might Not Know: My Life as a Stage IV Cancer Patient’ is set to release May 24–26. The following are a list of days, times and Champaign

locations for the release of the book.

Friday, May 24, 7–9 p.m., Cream & Flutter, 114 N. Walnut St.

Saturday, May 25, 9–11 a.m., Stephen’s Family YMCA, 2501

Fields S. Drive. Saturday, May 25, 4–6

p.m., Meathead’s Burger and Fries, 1305 S. Neil St. (20% of Meathead’s profit donated to Imerman Angels).

Sunday, May 26, 9–11 a.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave.

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have questions. Because of this, the supermarket chain has posted an FAQ section on their website to help any concerned costumers.

Lori Willis, a Schnucks spokeswoman, provided further information on the scandal in a later press release, saying that, “We have been listening intently to our customers since this incident first began.  Our Consumer Affairs department has talked to more than 1,500 of our customers – providing as much accurate information as was available in addition to identifying steps that they could take to protect themselves from fraudulent charges.” 

“We have also been working with state and federal law enforcement authorities, including the Missouri and Illinois Attorneys General, the Secret Service, and the FBI,” Willis continued.

Schnucks has been serving the Champaign-Urbana area since their first store opened on Mattis Ave. in 1990. The newest store, in Savoy, opened in October 2010.

For more information about the investigation, visit Schnucks homepage at http://www.schnucks.com/card_customer_message.asp. For answers to the most frequently asked questions, visit http://www.schnucks.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.asp?id=218.

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Golf at Parkland is starting to pick up where they left off during the fall by playing strong and finishing high in tournaments.

It all started at the conference tournament in Pekin, where the Cobras finished second only behind ICC, who won their second straight conference tournament.

Parkland finished with a two day total of 945 through 54 holes and lost to ICC who shot an outstanding 54-hole total of 920.

Parkland was represented by freshman Lyle Burns who made First Team All-Conference and by freshman Austin Egbers and sophomore David Keenan who made Second Team All-Conference.

The Cobras then began a tune-up for Regionals by finishing third at the Taylor University Invite, finishing behind Bethel and Huntington.

Keenan shot a two day total of 144, Burns came in with a two day total of 155, freshman, Jonathan Dawson finished with a two day total of 157, Egbers added a two day total of 161 and sophomore, Brady Welsh contributed with a two day total of 162.

Head coach Zach McNabney is ready for this weekend’s Regional with yet another

chance to earn a trip to Nationals and compete.

“I expect them to play with excitement but I also expect them to play with some urgency. They have all the tools to win this Regional but they have to want it. I can’t do anything more for them at this time so I hope that they play their best and if at the end of the round their best isn’t good enough that’s ok,” McNabney said.

This spring season has been a struggle as Parkland has

finished at the bottom of the field in most tournaments. They have, however, never given up and have the determination to push each other and get better.

“I think we have struggled to find our identity this spring,” McNabney said. “We came out hot last fall and played with a lot of enthusiasm. This spring we have been playing guarded and have shown a few flashes but we have typically started our rounds slow. If we start that way this weekend we will be in trouble.”

As for the players, they think that there time is now and are ready for their opportunity to make a mark in this program.

For them this involves relaxing and letting the game take care of itself, not overthinking shots and never letting one bad shot hurt their entire round.

“I play my best when I have fun so if I can go out and enjoy playing and not worry about the little things I can put up a good number,” Burns explained.

The Cobras will be playing at a course that most of them know very well, D.A. Weibring in Normal, Illinois. It is a very tough course on certain days,

but it can be forgiving as well.

What these players need to know are the greens. If their putting is on, they will have a good day, if not it could be a long one.

“I would say the greens out

there are some of the truest greens you could ask for and really allow for you to get hot with the putter. I also think it will be set up difficult and a few of our guys having played there quite a bit gives us a little advantage,” sophomore Daniel Patkunas added.

The Cobras look to gain even more confidence from the last month and ride it into a tournament this weekend that features a lot of talented teams. Parkland hopefully can come out on top and earn a bid in the 2013 National Tournament, which is something they have all aspired to.

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Jeff RobertsThe Record (Hackensack, N.J.)

The stain will never wash off.

No matter how much time passes, no matter how many apologies Mike Rice eventually delivers, the legacy of the former Rutgers basketball coach will always be the balls and homophobic slurs he hurled at his players.

“This is the worst punishment that anybody could ever have,” said Rob Gilbert, a professor of sport psychology at Montclair State. “This is the first sentence in his obituary.”

The practice footage that captured Rice’s behavior has become indelible, seared into the public consciousness. And every college coach in the nation saw it.

The question is, have they learned from it?

Rice’s public humiliation and disgrace offers a warning to the coaching community from Division I down to Little League: Coaching buffoonery no longer will be tolerated.

Even a month later, Rice’s actions remain too toxic for many in college basketball to publicly address - even to discuss how the coaching profession may have changed since the video of his pushing and shoving players sent shockwaves through the sport.

The Record reached out to five Division I basketball head coaches who work in the metropolitan area or who once coached here.

Not one would agree to an

interview.“You’re not going to get

any coaches to discuss it in detail other than the fact that in our meeting, all of the coaches agreed that it was more of an aberration,” said Rick Leddy, spokesman for the National Association of Basketball Coaches. “We don’t condone it, and it’s not reflective of the way men’s basketball coaches coach their teams. ...

“I can’t point you in the direction of a coach who would be willing to talk about it.”

But even as the college basketball community distances itself from Rice - writing off his behavior as “an isolated incident” - an abuse scandal boils at Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The university’s coach, Brian Wardle, has been accused of vulgar and demeaning language by two former players. One even alleges that Wardle forced him to run while he was ill until he could no longer control his bowels - and then ridiculed him for it.

The industry’s silence raises two possibilities going forward: Rice becomes a cautionary tale, a living, breathing warning that will last far longer than his three seasons with the Scarlet Knights; or the coaching fraternity will attempt to discount his behavior, ignoring the conduct of one of their own

until another scandal erupts.For the time being,

coaches and the programs

they represent would prefer everyone think that Rice is a once-in-a-lifetime aberration.

He is not.Indiana fired Bobby

Knight in 2000 after a video surfaced of him choking one of his players during a 1997 practice and following an accusation that he grabbed a student by the arm.

And Wisconsin-Green Bay opened an investigation of Wardle just days after Rice was fired, following allegations of homophobic and sexually derogatory slurs.

In a statement, Wardle said he could not specifically comment on the allegations, but called them “inaccurate.”

Change at least has come to Fairleigh Dickinson, where athletic director David Langford recently conducted a search for a new men’s basketball coach. He says he “absolutely” altered his approach in interviewing candidates after the Rice scandal erupted.

“We now spend a lot of time talking about how we communicate with players,” Langford said before he hired Greg Herenda. “What are the values? What are the goals? And how do you communicate this?

“How do you motivate them to do the things they may not want to do

just off of a first glance?”Those questions aren’t

always easy to answer in the

heat of the moment. Not in the high-pressure, unforgiving world of big-time college athletics.

No one is excusing the behavior Rice exhibited in the now-infamous practice tapes.

But the lines can become blurred. Perspective can be lost.

And that can allow an unhealthy culture to flourish within an insular, closed-gym-door world where players accept behavior from coaches that they wouldn’t allow from anyone else.

“The thing that surprised me the most were the kids were feeding (Rice) the balls he threw at them,” Gilbert said. “They just had a culture. When you have that kind of culture, you accept stuff that shouldn’t be accepted.”

And like Knight, Rice could charm colleagues and even his players.

“I’ve met people who played for Knight and they love him. Love him,” said John McCarthy, a co-founder of the Yogi Berra Museum’s Coaching Institute. “Knight was a boor and he was a bully. But there was another side of him.”

Maybe Rice’s public humiliation - in a world where nearly every person has a portable phone that shoots video - may force coaches to keep their hands off players.

But maybe they won’t. Rice’s disgrace came a decade after Knight’s own very public downfall.

A lesson that was ignored.---

(c)2013 The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)

Coaching life after Rice: Were any lessons learned?

Photo by Chris Szagola/Cal Sport Media via Zuma Press/MCTRutgers Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Rice was fired according to an announcement made by the university Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

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Mace MackiewiczStaff Writer

“Iron Man 3” is the latest movie in the franchise. The film was shown at Savoy 16 at the opening of their brand new IMAX Theater. The theater sold out on its opening night and nearly all the seats in the theater were filled. Savoy 16 manager Eath Thomas explained.

“It did excellent, it was a sold out house, very appreciative and to a sold out crowd. We had just about 500 people, which is impressive to say the least,” Thomas said. “We have high hopes for the future shows at the IMAX Theater.”

The movie starts off a bit after the end of “The Avengers” with Tony Stark building several new Iron Man suits including the MK 42. Stark has been having sleeping problems and it has been affecting his personal life.

While Stark’s personal problems are leading to a string of anxiety attacks, a new villain known as the Mandarin starts to threaten the US. Explosions start happening around North America with no traces of how they’re happening and it adds to Stark’s growing self-crisis.

The introduction of the Mandarin in the film is done very well and sets the tone equally. The Mandarin appears on TV screens in the style of a terrorist video and it is done so well that it’s almost frightening. Every time the Mandarin is on screen he commands attention from the audience.

There is also another villain in this film that wasn’t in the previews. The villain brings in a new substance known as “Extremis” that either grants a user superhuman strength and heat or fire based abilities or if their body rejects it, it causes them

to explode violently in a ball of flame.What this film does well is that it has

Stark in more of a vulnerable position throughout the film. There are a lot of points where he doesn’t have a suit and needs to improvise to fight back and it shows off his character’s strengths and flaws.

Robert Downey Jr. is once again perfectly cast as Tony Stark in this film. The amount of wit, comedy and charm he conveys in the role is downright impressive. People may complain that there’s not enough time with him in the suit in this movie but he has mastered the character of Tony Stark so well that it genuinely is more enjoyable this way.

Graphic Design Major Shelby Richardson enjoyed the movie.

“This movie was one of the most fun Marvel films I have seen in years.” Richardson said “It had a lot of drama and the action was intense throughout. I recommend this movie to all fans of the Marvel movie series.”

The last part of the film with the climax and the biggest action set piece of the trilogy was truly a sight to behold-especially in IMAX. The film did a great job at keeping the audience on the edge of their seat and genuinely interested in how things were going to play out running towards the finale of the film. The only aspect that’s a little frustrating about the ending is they made it seem like Iron Man was done and it’s sad to see such a fun character arc come to a close.

The credits in this film are worth sitting through. They pay homage to the entire trilogy while being cut in the style of the credits to some old cop movie. It felt classy and like a great way to wrap up the film. Stick around after the credits because as usual

there is another scene waiting for the audience after the end.

Seeing the movie in IMAX definitely enhances the experience. Not only is the screen larger and in a higher resolution but the sound immerses the audience in the experience even more. When explosions are happening, the surround sound pretty much makes the room vibrate from a certain direction.

Even though the screen is rather large as long as the individual sits far enough back it is easy to catch all the action. The 3D however was nothing to write home about. “The Avengers” was a bit more impressive in 3D and both films were post-converted. Things were slightly more textured but the 3D didn’t really add anything to the movie.

Another small problem with the film is a child actor they added. While some of the moments with Tony and the kid were done really well and were funny, it almost felt like they just added the kid to appeal more to children then to really add anything to the film.

Overall, the film definitely deserves 8 out of 10. It was a great bookend to a trilogy and definitely worth the time to see it. It’s definitely a great way to kick start the summer movie season.

The film seems to be doing rather well worldwide. According to Hollywood Reporter, a movie news site, the movie has already made over 300 million dollars worldwide and is on track to make over 600 million dollars by the Sunday after the release.

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