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JANUARY 23, 2013 • THEONLINECLARION.COM • VOLUME 43, ISSUE 9 • MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE » SEE SIGNAL PAGE 4 College President Betsy Barhorst announces her plans to retire during summer months Having worked nearly nine years as president, Barhorst reflects on her career as an educator and leader in various colleges for over 30 years. »3 Local Madison film crew discuss their new web series »9 Men’s basketball takes one, loses two for year’s start »13 RE DY, SET, WEB! NEWS ARTS SPORTS raising the bar Student Activities Board to begin installing cell phone antennas on first floor of Truax GEORGE TREVIRANUS / CLARION FIRST FLOOR ANTENNA PLAN AT TRUAX Student Life Includes room 130, 131 and TruStyle hair salon. WolfPack Den, Student Senate and surrounding rooms near the Financial Aid office. Student Lounge and surrounding 142A & B, 131 A-D. Cafeteria & MarketPlace, including 129F and 129A-D Here’s where you’ll be able to find cell signal on campus. Extra signals. SHIA FISHER Copy Editor T ired of dropped calls within the school walls? The Student Senate subscribed to a solution. On Jan. 18, the Student Activities Board (SAB) approved a proposal for an $11,260 installation service to be performed by Advanced Communication Specialists (ACS), a company that provides subcontract work for residential and commercial clients in struc- tured wiring, networking, secu- rity, telephone, central vacuum, entertainment and automation. Student Senate sent a general survey early last semester in order to query student’s senti- ments toward cellular recep- tion within the Truax building. Adrian Holtzman, Vice President of Communication of the Student Senate, took special interest in the project. “The number one requested thing was parking, but parking is a multimillion dollar project that we can’t do because of construc- tion,” Holtzman said. Beyond the parking dilemmas that Truax faces, low cellular reception within the Truax build- ing is a common complaint for many of Students, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors, Holtzman said. “It’s really an emergency issues, because you see what’s goes on in the news these days, God forbid there is ever that type of emergency at Truax; we’d want people to be able to make the call.” The project started in fall 2012 with the direct attention and sup- port of Igor Steinberg former Chief Information’s Officer at Madison College. Steinberg spoke with various sales representa- tives for Madison College such as Dan Clammer from CISCO. CISCO distributes equipment such as Wi-Fi access points and telephones. Unfortunately repeat- ers (interior antennas) were not within their scope or inventory. Steinberg has since left the position of CIO. “His contract was not renewed. All administrative contracts are renewed every year. We are in the process of recruit- ing; we’ll be announcing the position within the next couple weeks,” said Charles McDowell, Vice President of Human Resources. The longer-term plan to addressing the low reception within Truax under investigation by Steinberg has been halted. In his absence the Student Senate was left with no choice but to seek a temporary effective solu- tion. Working closely with Fred Brechlin (Associate Director of Facilities), Keith Cornille (VP of Student Development), Susan Schneider (Associate CIO), and, Mike Stark (Director of Facilities), the Student Senate’s Cellular Hot Spot project is expected to be up and running this spring. “This is a short term solution basically to get people cell phone service to start working now,” Holtzman said. In the first week of school, Spring 2013, the Student Senate has drafted a proposal that was passed to circumvent the cellular reception problem. Contacting ACS in regards to installing inte- rior and exterior antenna was the first step in quoting the project. “They [ACS] are the closest authorized installers for Wilson Electronics in the State. I talked with one other company out of Fox Valley. He said his system would be in the same ballpark [price range]. He wouldn’t do it because we are out of his service area,” Holtzman said. Wilson Electronics is a com- pany that specializes in commer- cial technological products such as cell phone signal boosters. The ‘Wide Band Directional Exterior It will work with AT&T, it will work for Verizon, it will work for US Cellular and it will work for Sprint. — ADRIAN HOLTZMAN GEORGE TREVIRANUS & GAVIN FOLGERT / CLARION
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JANUARY 23, 2013 • THEONLINECLARION.COM • VOLUME 43, ISSUE 9 • MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
» SEE SIGNAL PAGE 4
College President Betsy Barhorst announces her plans to retire during summer months
Having worked nearly nine years as president, Barhorst reflects on her career as an educator and leader in various colleges for over 30 years. »3
Local Madison film crew discuss their new web series »9
Men’s basketball takes one, loses two for year’s start »13
RE DY, SET,
WEB!
NEWS ARTS SPORTS
raisingthe bar
Student Activities Board to begin installing cell phone antennas on first floor of Truax
GEORGE TREVIRANUS / CLARION
FIRST FLOOR ANTENNA PLAN AT TRUAX
Student LifeIncludes room 130, 131 and TruStyle hair salon.
WolfPack Den, Student Senate and surrounding rooms near the Financial Aid office.
Student Lounge and surrounding 142A & B, 131 A-D.
Cafeteria & MarketPlace, including 129F and 129A-D
Here’s where you’ll be able to find cell signal on campus.
Extra signals.
SHIA FISHERCopy Editor
Tired of dropped calls within the school walls? The Student Senate subscribed to a solution. On Jan.
18, the Student Activities Board (SAB) approved a proposal for an $11,260 installation service
to be performed by Advanced Communication Specialists (ACS), a company that provides subcontract work for residential and commercial clients in struc-tured wiring, networking, secu-rity, telephone, central vacuum, entertainment and automation.
Student Senate sent a general survey early last semester in order to query student’s senti-ments toward cellular recep-tion within the Truax building. Adrian Holtzman, Vice President of Communication of the Student Senate, took special interest in the project.
“The number one requested thing was parking, but parking is a multimillion dollar project that we can’t do because of construc-tion,” Holtzman said.
Beyond the parking dilemmas that Truax faces, low cellular reception within the Truax build-
ing is a common complaint for many of Students, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors, Holtzman said.
“It’s really an emergency issues, because you see what’s goes on in the news these days, God forbid there is ever that type of emergency at Truax; we’d want people to be able to make the call.”
The project started in fall 2012 with the direct attention and sup-port of Igor Steinberg former Chief Information’s Officer at Madison College. Steinberg spoke with various sales representa-tives for Madison College such as Dan Clammer from CISCO. CISCO distributes equipment such as Wi-Fi access points and telephones. Unfortunately repeat-ers (interior antennas) were not within their scope or inventory.
Steinberg has since left the position of CIO. “His contract was
not renewed. All administrative contracts are renewed every year. We are in the process of recruit-ing; we’ll be announcing the position within the next couple weeks,” said Charles McDowell, Vice President of Human Resources.
The longer-term plan to addressing the low reception within Truax under investigation by Steinberg has been halted. In his absence the Student Senate was left with no choice but to seek a temporary effective solu-tion. Working closely with Fred Brechlin (Associate Director of Facilities), Keith Cornille (VP of Student Development), Susan Schneider (Associate CIO), and, Mike Stark (Director of Facilities), the Student Senate’s Cellular Hot Spot project is expected to be up and running this spring.
“This is a short term solution basically to get people cell phone service to start working now,” Holtzman said.
In the first week of school, Spring 2013, the Student Senate has drafted a proposal that was passed to circumvent the cellular reception problem. Contacting ACS in regards to installing inte-rior and exterior antenna was the first step in quoting the project.
“They [ACS] are the closest authorized installers for Wilson Electronics in the State. I talked with one other company out of Fox Valley. He said his system would be in the same ballpark [price range]. He wouldn’t do it because we are out of his service area,” Holtzman said.
Wilson Electronics is a com-pany that specializes in commer-cial technological products such as cell phone signal boosters. The ‘Wide Band Directional Exterior
It will work with AT&T, it will work for Verizon, it will work for US Cellular and it will work for Sprint.
— ADRIAN HOLTZMAN
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NEWS ROOM
George TreviranusEDITOR IN CHIEF
Jacob EnnisMANAGING EDITOR
VacantNEWS EDITOR
VacantOPINION EDITOR
Callie VaseyARTS EDITOR
Troy BruzewskiSPORTS EDITOR
Sarah WeatherbeeMULTIMEDIA EDITOR
Evan HalpopPHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Daniel SchottBUSINESS DIRECTOR
Robin GeeGRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Ken XiongOUTREACH COORDINATOR
Gavin FolgertILLUSTRATOR
Shia Aaron Lloyd FisherRyan SpoehrCOPY EDITORS
Doug KirchbergADVISOR
Tom RichardsonMichael KleinCONTRIBUTORS
CONTACT US
NEWSPHONE: (608) 246-6809ADVERTISINGPHONE:(608) 243-4809FAX: (608) 246-6488
THE STUDENT VOICE OF MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
2012-2013
SUBMISSIONSTo submit an item for publication, drop it off at The Clarion office, room 130 Truax and room D237 Downtown, or e-mail it to [email protected]. The Clarion reserves the right to refuse to publish any editorial submission or advertisement, which may be edited for length, taste and grammar. All opinions expressed in editorials and advertisements do not necessarily represent those of the Madison College administration, faculty, the student body or The Clarion staff.
CORRECTIONSThe Clarion strives for accuracy in all of its articles. If you have questions or concerns, please call us at (608) 246-6809 or e-mail:[email protected].
MEMBERSHIPSAssociated Collegiate PressWisconsin Newspaper Association
REMEMBERINGAdam Lee Suby, 1987-2009
FOLLOWUS!Follow us on one or all of our social media platforms for exclusives & daily updates! Visit our website for more at theonlineclarion.com.
2 | NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 THE CLARION
TheClarionMC TheClarionMC TheClarionMC
CAMPUSUPDATESBy Clarion Staff
PUBLICSAFETYBy Joseph Steffen, Crime Prevention Team Leader
OFFTHESHELFBy Virginia Bryan, from Madison College libraries.
With the Gateway and the new Truax library taking shape, 2013 promises to be a banner year for Madison College Libraries. The new library, scheduled to open in early summer, is a bright, airy, welcoming space, bathed in natural light, with west-facing views. But as eagerly anticipated as the move to the new library space is, there are plenty of other things to look forward to in the libraries in the coming year. Here are just a few of the new and improved services and resources you’ll find as you embark upon a new semester.
“Did you know?”New to our library home page this
semester is the “Did You Know?” button. Click on it to view a video short highlight-ing a specific library resource or service. The current “Did You Know?” spot covers how to book a group study room at Truax, Fort Atkinson, Reedsburg or Watertown. “Did You Know?” topics will be rotated, with new ones being added on a monthly basis. So keep clicking that button. You might discover a library service you didn’t know we offered!
Downloadable AudiobooksWe just purchased 111 audiobook titles,
the start of a brand new downloadable
audiobook collection, which we plan to build on over the coming months and years. Titles include history, biographies, mysteries, science fiction titles and even a romance or two. They can be downloaded one user at a time and will be searchable and downloadable from our catalog 24/7.
E-Readers and iPad’s to goStarting in February students will be
able to check out NOOK colors, Kindle Fires, Kindle DXs and iPads on 3-day reserve from the Truax library. Look for some of these devices to be available for checkout at our other campus libraries starting in the late summer or fall.
E-BooksOur e-book collection continues to grow
with the addition of 200 new business, health, science and history titles just this month. Titles are downloadable to most electronic devices.
Additional study room addedA fourth study room is now available for
use at the Truax Library. This and all of our other study rooms at Truax, Fort Atkinson, Reedsburg and Watertown can now be booked ONLINE. Look for the booking link on the library home page at the bottom
of the orange Library Services box on the right hand side of the page.
Two library corrections at TruaxOver the winter break, in preparation
for the move to the new library this sum-mer, we divided the Truax collection into two: a main collection and a new “storage” collection. The storage collection is cur-rently located in the back shelving area by the Learning Center. After the move to the new library, this collection will be housed in a separate location, but for now items from both collections may be checked out in the normal way. When searching the online catalog for an item, you’ll be able to tell if it is part of the storage collection by the nota-tion “STORAGE – ASK AT DESK.”
Of course, some things remain reas-suringly the same. Along with all the new resources and services, and the prepara-tions for the move to a beautiful new library space, we continue to provide what we have always provided – “free access for students and staff to the recorded knowl-edge of human civilization in a variety of formats to support the teaching and learning processes of the college.” (Library Mission Statement).
Welcome back students! It’s going to be quite a semester!
What’s happening? Public Safety officers respond to many
calls for service. However we would like to keep the college community informed. Here are some of the notable incidents this month.
On Jan. 15, Public Safety officers made contact with an individual who had been warned previously that he was not sup-posed to be on campus. The subject fled from officers but an identity was obtained. A follow-up investigation is ongoing.
On Jan. 9, a Public Safety officer, after a thorough theft investigation, recovered over $700 in stolen college property and returned it to the property’s trustee.
On Jan. 18, Public Safety officers assisted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, along with local law enforce-ment, with the apprehension of a burglary suspect.
Campus Safety tip of the month
Students and employees: with a new semester starting, be sure to come to Public Safety Services, room 117 at the Truax campus, to obtain this semester’s parking permit.
If you have any information regarding the above incidents or other campus safety concerns, please contact our department at 243-4357, we have Public Safety officers available 24/7.
— Madison College Public Safety“Respect, Excellence, and Integrity”
LoseIt! ChallengeTrade extra pounds for prizes in the
LoseIt Challenge. This six-week wellness program is the perfect way to get that New Year’s resolution back on track. Check out the Health and Wellness page on the Madison College home page to sign up. Join by the Jan. 29 and be ready to start the next day.
Trade Show to be heldSupport our Automated
Manufacturing Systems Technology (AMST) program students at the 2013 AUTOMATE trade show in Chicago. The exhibit runs Jan. 21-24 and showcases the latest in robotics. Madison College stu-dents will be stationed at booth number
129 of the McCormick Center.
Looking for book loans?Time is running out to apply for spring
book loans. The application is available online until Jan. 25, so don’t miss out. Contact Marty Crabbs at (608) 246-6350 with any questions.
Business Trends panel discussionBusiness Trends class invites all stu-
dents and staff to join them for a panel discussion. This will focus on state and local resources, as well as modern trends impacting business. Government officials and business reps will be present as guest panelists. It all begins 6 p.m. on Jan. 23 at room 142A/B of the Truax campus.
JACOB ENNIS / CLARION
Students pile in to get their bus passes on Monday, Jan. 14.
Turning to anew chapter
NEWS ROOM
George TreviranusEDITOR IN CHIEF
Jacob EnnisMANAGING EDITOR
VacantNEWS EDITOR
VacantOPINION EDITOR
Callie VaseyARTS EDITOR
Troy BruzewskiSPORTS EDITOR
Sarah WeatherbeeMULTIMEDIA EDITOR
Evan HalpopPHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Daniel SchottBUSINESS DIRECTOR
Robin GeeGRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Ken XiongOUTREACH COORDINATOR
Gavin FolgertILLUSTRATOR
Shia Aaron Lloyd FisherRyan SpoehrCOPY EDITORS
Doug KirchbergADVISOR
Tom RichardsonMichael KleinCONTRIBUTORS
CONTACT US
NEWSPHONE: (608) 246-6809ADVERTISINGPHONE:(608) 243-4809FAX: (608) 246-6488
THE STUDENT VOICE OF MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
2012-2013
SUBMISSIONSTo submit an item for publication, drop it off at The Clarion office, room 130 Truax and room D237 Downtown, or e-mail it to [email protected]. The Clarion reserves the right to refuse to publish any editorial submission or advertisement, which may be edited for length, taste and grammar. All opinions expressed in editorials and advertisements do not necessarily represent those of the Madison College administration, faculty, the student body or The Clarion staff.
CORRECTIONSThe Clarion strives for accuracy in all of its articles. If you have questions or concerns, please call us at (608) 246-6809 or e-mail:[email protected].
MEMBERSHIPSAssociated Collegiate PressWisconsin Newspaper Association
REMEMBERINGAdam Lee Suby, 1987-2009
FOLLOWUS!Follow us on one or all of our social media platforms for exclusives & daily updates! Visit our website for more at theonlineclarion.com.
2 | NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 THE CLARION
TheClarionMC TheClarionMC TheClarionMC
CAMPUSUPDATESBy Clarion Staff
PUBLICSAFETYBy Joseph Steffen, Crime Prevention Team Leader
OFFTHESHELFBy Virginia Bryan, from Madison College libraries.
With the Gateway and the new Truax library taking shape, 2013 promises to be a banner year for Madison College Libraries. The new library, scheduled to open in early summer, is a bright, airy, welcoming space, bathed in natural light, with west-facing views. But as eagerly anticipated as the move to the new library space is, there are plenty of other things to look forward to in the libraries in the coming year. Here are just a few of the new and improved services and resources you’ll find as you embark upon a new semester.
“Did you know?”New to our library home page this
semester is the “Did You Know?” button. Click on it to view a video short highlight-ing a specific library resource or service. The current “Did You Know?” spot covers how to book a group study room at Truax, Fort Atkinson, Reedsburg or Watertown. “Did You Know?” topics will be rotated, with new ones being added on a monthly basis. So keep clicking that button. You might discover a library service you didn’t know we offered!
Downloadable AudiobooksWe just purchased 111 audiobook titles,
the start of a brand new downloadable
audiobook collection, which we plan to build on over the coming months and years. Titles include history, biographies, mysteries, science fiction titles and even a romance or two. They can be downloaded one user at a time and will be searchable and downloadable from our catalog 24/7.
E-Readers and iPad’s to goStarting in February students will be
able to check out NOOK colors, Kindle Fires, Kindle DXs and iPads on 3-day reserve from the Truax library. Look for some of these devices to be available for checkout at our other campus libraries starting in the late summer or fall.
E-BooksOur e-book collection continues to grow
with the addition of 200 new business, health, science and history titles just this month. Titles are downloadable to most electronic devices.
Additional study room addedA fourth study room is now available for
use at the Truax Library. This and all of our other study rooms at Truax, Fort Atkinson, Reedsburg and Watertown can now be booked ONLINE. Look for the booking link on the library home page at the bottom
of the orange Library Services box on the right hand side of the page.
Two library corrections at TruaxOver the winter break, in preparation
for the move to the new library this sum-mer, we divided the Truax collection into two: a main collection and a new “storage” collection. The storage collection is cur-rently located in the back shelving area by the Learning Center. After the move to the new library, this collection will be housed in a separate location, but for now items from both collections may be checked out in the normal way. When searching the online catalog for an item, you’ll be able to tell if it is part of the storage collection by the nota-tion “STORAGE – ASK AT DESK.”
Of course, some things remain reas-suringly the same. Along with all the new resources and services, and the prepara-tions for the move to a beautiful new library space, we continue to provide what we have always provided – “free access for students and staff to the recorded knowl-edge of human civilization in a variety of formats to support the teaching and learning processes of the college.” (Library Mission Statement).
Welcome back students! It’s going to be quite a semester!
What’s happening? Public Safety officers respond to many
calls for service. However we would like to keep the college community informed. Here are some of the notable incidents this month.
On Jan. 15, Public Safety officers made contact with an individual who had been warned previously that he was not sup-posed to be on campus. The subject fled from officers but an identity was obtained. A follow-up investigation is ongoing.
On Jan. 9, a Public Safety officer, after a thorough theft investigation, recovered over $700 in stolen college property and returned it to the property’s trustee.
On Jan. 18, Public Safety officers assisted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, along with local law enforce-ment, with the apprehension of a burglary suspect.
Campus Safety tip of the month
Students and employees: with a new semester starting, be sure to come to Public Safety Services, room 117 at the Truax campus, to obtain this semester’s parking permit.
If you have any information regarding the above incidents or other campus safety concerns, please contact our department at 243-4357, we have Public Safety officers available 24/7.
— Madison College Public Safety“Respect, Excellence, and Integrity”
LoseIt! ChallengeTrade extra pounds for prizes in the
LoseIt Challenge. This six-week wellness program is the perfect way to get that New Year’s resolution back on track. Check out the Health and Wellness page on the Madison College home page to sign up. Join by the Jan. 29 and be ready to start the next day.
Trade Show to be heldSupport our Automated
Manufacturing Systems Technology (AMST) program students at the 2013 AUTOMATE trade show in Chicago. The exhibit runs Jan. 21-24 and showcases the latest in robotics. Madison College stu-dents will be stationed at booth number
129 of the McCormick Center.
Looking for book loans?Time is running out to apply for spring
book loans. The application is available online until Jan. 25, so don’t miss out. Contact Marty Crabbs at (608) 246-6350 with any questions.
Business Trends panel discussionBusiness Trends class invites all stu-
dents and staff to join them for a panel discussion. This will focus on state and local resources, as well as modern trends impacting business. Government officials and business reps will be present as guest panelists. It all begins 6 p.m. on Jan. 23 at room 142A/B of the Truax campus.
JACOB ENNIS / CLARION
Students pile in to get their bus passes on Monday, Jan. 14.
Turning to anew chapter
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 | NEWS | 3THE CLARION
During her time at Madison College, Barhorst spearheaded a groundbreaking $133.7 million referendum to revitalize and expand facilities across Madison College campuses.
She also presided during a time of transition in classroom technology and of state budget difficulties.
The Clarion had a chance to sit down with Barhorst and discuss her time at Madison College and what lies ahead.
What Barhorst has demonstrated from arriving in 2004 at the college is an abil-ity of knowing who to reach out to, how to reach out and how to propel the college forward.
She has served as president since 2004 and has 45 years of teaching experi-ence. She has also served as president of Waterloo Iowa’s Hawkeye Community College prior coming to Madison College.
“When I first came I felt like I was this little wave runner and the school was this big boat, this ginormous boat,” she said,” here I was trying to pull, push, move, make waves.”
She recalled a time five years ago
when a New York Times article on philan-thropy led her to University of Chicago Economics professor, John List.
She had seen the challenges of fund-raising while constantly competing for donations with UW-Madison. After read-ing about List, she said she knew she had to get in touch with him to help the col-lege raise money. She sent him an email asking for his help.
“He started to plant the idea that I could do something. He said, ‘I will help you.’”
He advised her to run the $133.7 mil-lion referendum that would become the largest in Wisconsin history,
When asked about the power har-nessed through her outreach, Barhorst said: “A lot of it is vision. You have to see where we could be so you’ve got to be connected nationally. You’ve got to read and read and read to know not just in the educational world but in everything else so you know where we need to push”
Technological advancement in the classroom has increased under Barhorst. She came to Madison College at a time
when mobile devices became integrated into the educational experience. She has strived to stay on top of technology trends, being mindful that education is changing fast.
She emphasizes that the most impor-tant thing is what happens in the class-room.
“I try to make a fertile atmosphere for innovation so if you have ideas for inno-vation, I can help encourage them if I can find resources”
Reflecting on her experience at Madison College, she says it is character-ized by the talent she’s seen here at the college and the wider Madison commu-nity:
“There’s a good attitude here, a good attitude of people working together for students.”
That’s something she’s been able to gauge during her daily check-ins with students, catching them on their way to class or at the coffee machine, asking them about their favorite teacher or how their day is going.
Barhorst plans to move to Peoria, Ill., a place where she’ll be closer to family and explore options to teach speech coaching and business communications courses. Also, she would like to get involved with the Chamber of Commerce and carry her skills to the community there.
In the coming months, the Madison College District Board of Trustees will start identifying potential candidates to fill Barhorst’s shoes in July; the task
has been assigned to three committee members: John Bales, Janice Bultema and Carolyn Stoner.
“We’re going to miss Bettsey. She was good for the college, inspirational. She showed great leadership in the commu-nity,” said Board Chairwoman Frances Hadley-Cooper.
She said an independent search firm would be employed to help decide on a candidate.
One of the biggest challenges for Barhorst’s successor will be managing the financial challenges due to the col-lege’s budget shortfall of approximately $11 million. Figuring out a way to balance the budget and make up for that gap may present the new president with tough choices. “We’ve struggled with the lack of state funding,” Hadley-Cooper said.
While so far, the college has been able to avoid staff layoffs through attrition, she said “we’re not able to hire the staff we need.”
Barhorst agrees that financial situa-tion will be a challenge for the next presi-dent, but there’s a bigger picture he or she must be aware of in order to succeed.
“Finances are difficult, they’re difficult everywhere but it’s really a bigger thing, it’s a bigger arena. It’s how much educa-tion is changing and much of the technol-ogy you need for the change costs money,” Barhorst said.
While keeping in mind the changes to education and budget difficulties, the new president must also be able to engage.
Madison College President Bettsey Barhorst announced her retirement at Staff Convocation on Jan. 11. The president of eight years has chosen to
retire now to move closer to family and transition back into teaching. She will stay through the summer and has hopes that a new president will be in place by July or August.
Turning to anew chapter
Madison College President, Betsy Barhorst, announces retirement, reflects on her career, and shares her plans and thoughts moving forward
BY SARAH WEATHERBEEMultimedia Editor
GEORGE TREVIRANUS / CLARION
Part of civilrights history
Antenna’ will distribute signal received from the roof of Truax down to five dif-ferent hot spot interior antennas. Those antennas operate on a dual band system that will work with cellular (800MHz), and PCS (1900MHz) signals for 2G and 3G devices only.
Signal boosters are set to be installed in the Student Lounge, Student Life
office, the cafeteria and the WolfPackDen. Assuming that all the areas equipped with interiors are at capacity, the max call volume is estimated to be just over 500 potential unique calls at a given time. The installation would cover every cell phone service provider except NEXTEL, accord-ing to Holtzman’s proposal claims.
“If you look at the Wilson Electronics, we’re buying their top of the line antenna that can hold 1,000 calls at a time. We tried to keep it limited to where students are already congregating and where we want students to be able to make calls. We
don’t really want students to make calls in front of classes,” Holtzman said.
Despite the Student Senate’s solution being temporary the cost of the project was still substantial enough to request funds from the SAB as opposed to paying for the service from their annual budget. The majority of the cost is a special coax-ial wire similar to a television cable that is both heat and fire resistant. The cost of the Low Loss Plenum coaxial cable is $5 per foot and this project requires almost 1,000 feet of it.
One concern with long-term solutions
is with regards to the close proximity of the Dane County Airport, FAA and FCC regulations. Holtzman said that this affect the short-term plan and has verified that with school officials. Also, Holtzman is aware that people may still have prob-lems, he said.
“We are going to promote that we’re doing this, and then we’re telling people if they have still continuing cell phone issues and we’ll document that,” he said. “If you feel like we’re overlooking areas, by all means, please bring that to my attention.”
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 | NEWS | 4THE CLARION
SIGNALSCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
James Hood, who worked at Madison College for more than 20 years, passes
RYAN SPOEHRCopy Editor
As Martin Luther King Day has just passed and Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president is starting his second term, we as a nation are remembering civil rights icons that shaped the country today. One of the nation’s great civil rights icons, James Hood, passed away in his Alabama home last week at the age of 70.
Hood, who is known for being one of the first African-Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama, was an employee of Madison College for 26 years until he retired in 2002. Hood was the head of Protective Services.
“I think his life and his background gave him an ability to empathize and sympathize with other people so he was always very respectful people’s feel-ings and their status,” said Terry Webb, Madison College provost. Webb, as the dean of Arts and Sciences, worked with Hood from 1999-2002. “There really wasn’t any difference to him between the president of the college and somebody who was here part time to help clean the floors. That’s what I remember about Jim.”
Webb said he remembers a humble person who would not have necessarily liked to be regarded as a “great man,” but he would want to be looked at as some-one who followed his beliefs.
“That’s just not what he thought. Gosh, in his head, he was just going to school. He just had bodyguards while he was doing it,” Webb said. “These things always grow, the light of history shines on it and you realize, ‘Wow. That really was something that made a difference.’ It was a first. So Jim becomes a part of his-tory when he wanted to get an education like everyone else.”
In 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace prevented Hood from enrolling at University of Alabama, an all-white university. Hood and Vivian Malone went to the university to register and pay fees on June 11, 1963 at Foster Auditorium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., while being accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and fed-eral marshals. Wallace would then bar their entry with the help of Alabama state troopers.
However, after President John F. Kennedy federalized the National Guard, National Guard Gen. Henry Graham forced Wallace to relinquish his post. Wallace obliged and granted Hood and Malone access. This incident was labeled
“Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” and was later depicted in the 1994 film “Forrest Gump.”
Webb said that he felt Hood’s experi-ences were a benefit to Madison College because he brought a different perspec-tive for students, teachers and faculty that they may not have had otherwise. Hood would even speak about his experi-ences to classes at the college.
“Jim was not only a person who administered programs, but he also came here as a representative of a movement that people who live around here wouldn’t normally converse with somebody who was in the middle of that spotlight,” Webb said. “I think he pro-vided the college a window into what life was like in the South when he was going through school and eventually going through college and how that affected
his outlook on how he handled his day-to-day affairs. “
Webb also said that Hood had a last-ing impact on the institution as well.
“There’s only so many legends of this movement. Of course, this college doesn’t have the opportunity to employ all of them, but we ‘re happy to have had the experience having Jim influence the culture while he was here.”
Hood only attended classes at University of Alabama for a few months, eventually transferring to Wayne State University where he received a bach-elor’s degree in police administration and political science. He would later receive a masters’ degree in criminal justice from Michigan State University. Later on in his life, Hood did return to the University of Alabama and received a doctorate in higher education in 1997.
Scott Walker talks budget, school liability plans, MATC
SARAH WEATHERBEE Multimedia Editor
Scott Walker has recently had a lot to say about education. Students and admin-istrators may want to listen a little closer.
He has a few goals going into the next budget, one of which is his accountability plan for educational goals and outcomes.
A future state budget is slated to tie dollars to school performance. Depending on their course of study, Madison College students could feel the effects.
The governor visited Virent, a clean fuel biotechnology company near Truax, on Dec. 12.
As part of his newly launched “Talk with Walker” tour, the governor dis-cussed his tentative plans for education with a small crowd of Virent employees, among the topics discussed in addition to education were job creation, workforce development, government reform and investment in infrastructure.
Last month, he began the “Talk with Walker” tour around the state in order to get a grassroots view of Wisconsinites’ concerns of his budget priorities before he meets with the state Legislature in February.
He has received criticism for the restricted access of these sessions as, thus far, they have only open to business employees, pre-registered attendees and credentialed press.
One of the aims of these idea-gener-ating sessions is to map out a plan for incentivizing primary, secondary and post-secondary schools to achieve better outcomes.
“Are there better ways that we connect the dots in terms of giving, putting new money in our technical colleges around the state? Whether it’s MATC or other technical colleges around the state?” He asked, “can we tie some of that into areas where we know there’s a great need and great opportunity?”
Walker also discussed exploring more flexible options for non-traditional adult learners, for whom time and money are often obstacles for meeting education goals.
“We’ve got to figure out a better way of taking people who are either looking for work because they’re unemployed or looking for work because they’re under-employed and connect them with the skills, connect the dots, to get them where we know there are job openings,” he said.
When asked to describe how his plan might affect Madison College students, he said that performance outcomes could mean reallocation of state funds to more in-demand areas.
“What it would be more of in our technical colleges in particular is saying we’re not going to cut funding, but as we add more funding, at least in some area as we add more funding, we’re going to try target it in the areas where there’s the greatest need,” he said.
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Reactions to the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre should call for better research, not place blame on video games and other media
There seems to be a growing concern that video games, specifically, “Mass Effect 3” and other first person shooters, have something to do
with the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn. In the broader picture, the NRA has even come out to say that video games and violent media are directly causing violent behavior.
“Innocent lives were lost because of this game,” someone exclaimed on a Facebook status. “Get off your butts and add disclaimers that these games are not real life.”
There’s a certain level of logic that gets over-looked when people are upset and vulnerable. We’re not dealing with some vague misunder-standing of what consti-tutes reality. No, not at all. We’re dealing with a gross misunderstanding of video games, and clear neglect on the front of men-tal health care. Should we do as NRA President Wayne LaPierre says and put armed guards in schools across the country? How does one stop gun violence by sup-plying more guns, and from people authorized to use them at will?
Maybe this is to be expected, though. It’s not uncommon to seek blame when tragedy strikes, and to
do so irrationally. Be it an international tragedy such as 9/11, or Sandy Hook Elementary. Reacting immedi-ately, the only justification one can see when trying to draw a link between video games and something as serious as a mass shooting is the frequency of vio-lence and the relationship the killers have to games. But then we also need to understand what type of person they were.
Has anyone ever stopped to think maybe the per-son who went on a rampage was already mentally ill?
Maybe they were trauma-tized as a child and now they have a hard time cop-ing with real life. Maybe said event caused them to have inadequacies. A skewed sense of judg-ment, even. According to a report by Associated Press, Ryan Lanza (broth-er of the suspected killer,
Adam Lanza) described his brother as “somewhat autistic.” This isn’t to say that autism or any disorders have anything to do with murders; however, it is a real disorder that could have affected judgment on behalf of the attacker. Any disorder or mental illness regardless of degree can affect someone’s day-to-day functioning, and as a result, their actions.
We can’t accept that video games are the cause,
because violent media have existed for centuries. Looking back through the past several centuries, what about horror novels, theatre and campfires? We have been scaring each other with tales of tragedies, as far back as the Romans and Greeks, for the sake of entertainment. It isn’t a valid excuse anymore.
We should not be focusing on media as a cause for these murders. Let’s look at ourselves first. America overworks itself and is very susceptible to health issues, including stress disorders and anxiety. Here at Madison College, there are counselors and staff avail-able to help those in immediate need, but colleges and communities across the nation need to invest in bet-ter long-term mental health infrastucture.
We don’t prioritize mental health care like we do physical health, moreover, we don’t see the connection between the two. Well, at least 50 percent of America is affected by an anxiety disorder, so there’s our cue that mental health matters. Making guns more readily available than health services can only mean bad things for the lazy and troubled. Not everyone is prone to react with “I need to see a professional!” afterall.
To make matters worse, studies are executed toward media including video games, and continue to be, in what appears to be an attempt at shifting blame. Then the NRA comes out in a press conference saying, “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is to have a good guy with a gun.” We can do better than this.
GEORGE TREVIRANUS / CLARION
We can’t accept that video games are the cause, because violent media have existed for centuries.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 | OPINION | 7THE CLARION
We’re back. Hopefully you’ve had a great winter break, filled with Christmas and toys
and cookies and family fights lasting days. Unfortunately, I never went home; instead, I went to a friend’s house and I witnessed the most intense family feud of my life. Good times.
We have a nice opening issue lined up for you all. Our lead story is on cell phone
reception, and the Student Activities Board has decided to implement receivers throughout the first floor. This will make it easier to text your significant other while procrastinating on homework. How neat. Should begin sometime this spring.
In other news, the president of the college, Betsy Barhorst, announced her retirement. She will be missed, and has done a great job improving the campuses,
especially with the referendum. The Clarion is also taking a perspective on video games and media in massacres/violence across the nation. What do you think? Do video games cause people to kill people? Or is it something else? We’d love to hear your voice on the subject.
Good luck this semester, and drop by room 130 at Truax if you’re interested in contributing to the publication. Cheers.
LETTERFROMTHEEDITORA quick word from the editor in chief, George Treviranus
Mainstream media forgets basic journalistic principals in Manti Te’o girlfriend story
One might think the return of the NHL after their lockout and the NFL Playoffs would dominate
sports headlines right now. However, that’s not exactly the case.
Those stories have taken a back seat in sports news to the scandal involving Manti Te’o, a football standout at Notre Dame. After having a friend-ship with a woman named Lennay Kekua, the two started dating, according to Te’o’s story.
After the alleged relation-ship began, Kekua was diag-nosed with leukemia following a tragic car accident last year. She died as a result in September.
There was one problem, however. She didn’t exist.
In the Oct. 1 issue of Sports Illustrated, a story was published about Te’o’s alleged relationship. Then, on Jan. 16, Deadspin released that they could not find any record of Kekua at Stanford or even in a simple Google search, except for the articles that had been published about the relationship.
Whether Te’o was a victim or played a part in an elaborate hoax, this story is riddled with question marks and alarm-ing red flags that journalists should have picked up on.
On Jan. 17, SI.com released the tran-script of Pete Thamel’s interview from this past September for the cover story of the Oct. 1 edition of SI. If you look at
just that, there are several red flags that Thamel admits. Thamel said he ran a background check through the website Lexis Nexis, but couldn’t find anything. He also said he contacted Mike Eubanks, Stanford assistant athletic director because Te’o couldn’t recall Kekua’s grad-uation year, which should be a red flag in itself. Eubanks looked up Kekua in the
Stanford alumni database, but couldn’t find her.
However, there’s more. Te’o couldn’t recall what Kekua’s major was either. When Thamel asked him what her major was, Te’o said, “Her major was in English and something. I’ll double check.”
This should have been a red flag because, according to the transcript of the interview, Te’o told Thamel that he dated Kekua for a year and had met her four years prior to her
death through his cousin. “We met just, ummm, just she knew
my cousin. And kind of saw me there so. Just kind of regular,” Te’o told Thamel.
This isn’t an indictment of Te’o. He is a young man who went through an embar-rassing ordeal either way. Te’o is soft-spo-ken, but reporters need to remain cynical because the truth is the most important facet of journalism. It’s their responsibil-ity to bring the truth, not regurgitate lies. Reporters at SI or CBS This Morning or ESPN should have done basic things like check the coroner’s office and followed through on a background check.
It is ironic that some of the most recog-nizable entities in journalism obviously forgot the most recognizable rule of jour-nalism: fact checking.
Mainstream letdown W e avoided the catastrophic
effects of the fiscal cliff in December. We did not hit
the ground with a thud. In yet another instance of D.C. deadlock, congress worked out a deal just in time. Their next bicker fest will be the back and forth over the debt ceiling, which will likely come to a head in late February.
Ceilings and cliffs have become so visible to us. They’ve domi-nated our headlines for the past couple years; so much so that it seems we can’t go a day without the fear of falling into an abyss or bumping our heads on the barrier above them. Yet the specifics of the financial issues at hand are obscured behind such labels as “fiscal cliff ” and “debt ceil-ing” and we feel afraid of the unknown.
The shared sense of knowing we are financially unhealthy gives us the feeling that the ground beneath us is unstable, and it should. We have a sense that we are on shaky ground, and we are. But cliffs and ceilings don’t paint the entire picture of our instability.
What has not dominated our head-lines is a crisis stemming from the eco-nomic fallout of 2008. That is the crisis of long-term unemployment.
Those who have been unemployed for six months or longer are considered long-term unemployed.
According to the national data from the Bureau of Labor statistics, as of December 2012, 4.8 million people were in this situation. The national unem-ployment rate is at 7.8 percent, a figure that has slowly improve throughout the recovery. The long-term unemployed comprises a jarring 39.1 percent of the total number of unemployed. And for them, there has been no recovery.
Reality is much worse than the statis-tics. Those are numbers of people who are in the labor force actively looking for work. What happens when people drop off the radar and give up looking? Where do they go and what do they do?
Of the stories that have been told, we know that the longer one goes without work, the more difficult it is to find it. Many of these people are going without
health insurance or putting off necessary medical care. The stress is taking a physical toll on their bodies and, as days turn into months, dignity and self-worth are stripped away. Those who are able to collect unemployment find them-selves choosing between basic needs and racking up credit card debt. It’s an unsustainable and paralyzing situation.
Perhaps the most cruel phe-nomenon is the discrimination experienced by the long-term
unemployed. A widely publicized study released in October 2012 by a student and professor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston shed light on the stigma of being without work for a long period of time. It isn’t merely a skills gap as the media has long been reporting. The study demonstrated that those who need work most are assumed to be damaged by HR officials. Time out of work is the scarlet letter of our day.
Cliffs and ceilings are important and very much connected to the situation and fate of the unemployed. In fact, the fiscal cliff deal threw a few crumbs at the unemployed by extending their benefits, but the story of long-term unemploy-ment must become visible. And while statistics are important, what changes policy and causes public outcry are faces, voices, and accounts of the effects on the lives of real people.
Where are their stories?
The invisible problem: long-term unemployment
RYAN SPOEHRCopy Editor
SARAH WEATHERBEEMultimedia Editor
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 | 9THE CLARION
artsEDITOR:
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WEB!“Chic” is an indie web series being shot in Madison that highlights the joys and pains
of indie film producing. With local actors, points of interest and busi-nesses “Chic” promises to add to the small but growing Madison area film industry. It also promises com-edy, drama and sex with a plot.
Producing an indie movie is not an easy task, and producing an indie adult movie makes that task harder. Director of the movie being made in “Chic,” Margo, (Sarah Hesch – who is also the writer of “Chic”) and actress, Gwen, (Alissa Kulinski) are sick of the money-hungry large production house that they work for. They decide to go it on their own and make an inde-pendent adult film that mimics the “porn chic” era of the ‘70s.
Gwen is your typical 20-some-thing actress outside of the job, with all the pressures of a starving artist in the independent film community. Margo is a very driven director who, along with Gwen, wants to make the movie about more than just sex.
The production company of the series is 4114 Production House of Madison, which was founded by Sarah Hesch in 2012 with long-time colleague, Chris Snapp. By being based in Madison and enlisting actors from the area, along with get-ting support from local businesses such as the Barrymore Theater, among others – who have allowed shooting to be done on their prop-erty – the 4114 Production House is working hard at achieving a goal of strengthening the Wisconsin film community. Their mission is to pro-duce local and distribute global for free, online.
Hesch said one of the reasons that Madison is a great place to shoot this series is because the building architecture helps ‘70s feeling of the series. Also, it’s good for the community that she and all of the rest of the actors of the series live in. She wrote the series in
Madison with local places in mind.“Chic” is a three-season web
series in which the pilot is slated to be aired in May. Season one will focus on the pre-production process of film making while seasons two and three will focus on the produc-tion and post-production, respec-tively. Each season will contain six 22-minute episodes that will be available for viewing on 4114 Production House’s website, film-local.com.
The series stars other local actors such as Tim Towne, who has worked with Hesch on previ-ous projects including the award-winning “A Fairly Normal Love Story” (2011) from the 48-Hour Film Project. Locals, Brandon Grinslade and Kevin O’Heron also star in the series, and have both worked on previous Madison film projects such as “The Worm and the Poodle” (2012).
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JACOB ENNISManaging Editor
4114 PRODUCTIONS
From left to right, actors Tim Towne, Sarah Hesch and Alissa Kulinski
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JAN. 25HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS PG-13A twist on an old fairytale, a broth-er and sister get revenge as witch hunters after 15 years.
MOVIE 43 RComprised of short comedy seg-ments, this movie has everyone from Gerard Butler to Emma Stone.
FEB. 1 BULLET TO THE HEAD R Witnessing their partners die, a cop and a hitman form a pact to get revenge.
WARM BODIES PG-13After the zombie apocalypse, con-scious life is scarce. However, after meeting a girl, one zombie begins the process of reversing his afflic-tion, eventually becoming fully human and falling in love.
PREVIEWS
Martin Freeman’s portrayal as Bilbo Baggins, along with the rest of the cast, make this movie feel like a real adventure.
NEW LINE CINEMA / METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER / WINGNUT FILMS
The worthyjourney
DJANGO UNCHAINEDA Band Apart Studios
Quentin Tarantino is a director who holds off on the action for interesting monologues, a director who isn’t afraid to get too violent, a director who makes several homages to classic films, and a director who is a self-taught filmmaker These characteristics can be seen in his latest film, a long-promised Western entitled “Django Unchained.”
In the film, a dentist-turned-bounty hunter by the name of Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), is out to kill a group of brothers for a reward. It is set in the antebellum era, a time where slavery was rampant in the Deep South. Dr. Schultz manages to buy a slave named Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx), whose help he needs in order to find these brothers, since Django knows what they look like and what they are capable of. Since Django is the first slave that Dr. Schultz has bought and freed, Dr. Schultz also helps Django’s wife to freedom, by buying her out of slavery through her plantation owner, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Throughout the film, Django and Dr. Schultz must be at each other’s side throughout the entire journey, so that they both may succeed with their goals.
Both the Tarantino and Western fans alike should enjoy this cinematic delight. Quentin manages to once again master the feeling of an older film while telling a story to a present day audience. The film’s washout effects, old film grain, its musical score, and even its opening and end credits, the film is reminiscent of a spaghetti western film from the 1960’s and 1970’s. The acting performances of Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson alone are award-worthy in this top notch piece of cinema gold. Tarantino also manages to once again homage and tribute classic films throughout this pic-ture.
“Django Unchained” is a very well-made film, but it also suffers from some problems that might disappoint some of its viewers. The first being that the film has a tendency to be very slow moving at times. Some of the film’s main points take a long time to come to light. There are also some occasional moments of overdramatized effects, and they either go on for too long, or they feel unnec-essary. Some of the film’s major story conflicts also get resolved too quickly or too easily. Django and Dr. Schultz should have been challenged more often. That would have made things more interest-ing.
Overall, “Django Unchained” is a fun cinematic experience, with interesting “old movie” effects and some great act-ing performances
— TOM RICHARDSON
filmTHE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEYPETER JACKSONNew Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films
Despite a long adventure, ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ isa worthwhile choice for fans and critics alike
DANIEL SCHOTTBusiness Director
J.R.R Tolkien’s legacy continues in this first installment of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” As with “The Lord of the Rings” series, the Hobbit series will appear in three separate films, based on the children’s novel “The Hobbit: or There and Back Again,” published in 1937.
Bilbo Baggins is just a normal hobbit living a relaxing life in Bag-End when Gandalf the Grey recruits him, quite unwillingly at first, to join 13 dwarves in a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Leading this party is Thorin Oakenshield, a legendary warrior and rightful King under the Mountain, who wishes to slay the dragon Smaug who inhabits Erebor.
Throughout their journey, the group encounters several different dangers and challenges. Bilbo, who was recruited as the group’s thief, often has his motives and abilities questioned by the dwarves, who consider him to be out of place on this adventure. Nonetheless, Gandalf urges them to continue on with the adven-ture with Bilbo in tow.
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is a good start to what will hopefully be an amazing trilogy of movies, but falls short of expectations. Because the novel that this movie is based on is only 310 pages and created for children, the director Peter Jackson has to be very creative in order to make this trilogy a success. Unfortunately, this is evident in “The Hobbit,” where dialogue and boring scenes are very apparent in this film.
Character development is very impor-tant in this movie, due to the length of it. In “The Hobbit,” these characters are all unique and interesting, which takes away from some of the boring aspects of this nearly three-hour film. Couple this with the fact that the landscape is beautifully shown, with some use of similar locations as the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and new environments both add to the visual mas-terpiece that is “The Hobbit.”
Along with the visual aspects of the
film, the emotional attachment developed and the plotline tie it together. While parts of the movie use humor and the odd characteristics of the dwarf party to lighten the mood, especially at the begin-ning, the film later incorporates amazing dramatic scenes to truly pull the viewer into the movie.
From sorrow and despair to scenes of pure joy, the film is a constantly changing emotional rollercoaster, compelling many viewers to the edge of their seats in antici-pation of the next scene. Once the film finally gets into full swing, it contains many dramatic and interesting events, well depicted and not overly predictable, adding to the excitement.
While it may seem like a daunting task to sit through a nearly 3-hour film, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is a worthwhile choice. Despite its less excit-ing periods, the film holds a emotional and visual appeal for viewers of all ages and is sure to pique your interest.
Dean Ogorman (left) and Aidan Turner (as Fili and Kili, respectively) are two of the 13 dwarves who take the journey with young Bilbo Baggins.
NEW LINE CINEMA
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 | ARTS | 11THE CLARION
JAN. 28HEAVY FIRE: SHATTERED SPEAR XBOX 360, PC, PS3Sequel to Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, with a new 4-player co-op mode.
JAN. 29HITMAN HD TRILOGY XBOX 360, PS3Experience more than 40 intense missions across all three classic Hitman games, each remastered in HD.
FEB. 5DEAD SPACE 3 XBOX 360, PC, PS3Dead Space 3 focuses on Isaac Clarke and John Carver, who go on a journey across space to discover the source of the “Necromorph” outbreak.
FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: KEN’S RAGE 2 XBOX 360, PS3, WII U Enemies come in considerably larger hordes, and movement and combat have been vastly acceler-ated in this sequel.
PREVIEWS
Chie Satonaka, right, is one of a few characters to receive a new voice actor.
ATLUS
PERSONA 4 THE GOLDENPlayStation Vita
There’s always one series that knows how to both cheer me up and bore me to death. Of course, I mean Persona. Developer Atlus has ported and upgrad-ed their widely popular RPG, Persona 4 (now “The Golden”) onto the Vita to draw attention and keep fans at bay until the next iteration.
The plot is the same. You play as protagonist Yu Narukami, a former city-dweller moving to the rural town of Inaba. Just when you think his life will be boring as hell in the country, every-thing changes when citizens begin turn-ing up dead after days and days of rain. As you make friends with Chie Satonaka, Yosuke Hanamura, Yukiko Amagi, and others, it’s decided that solving the case is of the utmost importance. How do they go about this? By jumping into a tv-land, of course, where they can face Shadows, projections of the true selves of citizens about to be murdered. Time goes on and your party begins to grow, and you save more and more students from their certain doom.
During the day, you can roam and build relationships with those in the town. In the tv, you battle your way to victory using “Personas,” creatures that are a part of you, in battle. All of the choices you make will determine where you end up in the end of the game.
Not much has changed in this port, but there are certainly some new fea-tures and exclusives since the PS2 ver-sion. These include new areas to travel, the ability to go out during the night, and traveling via moped around town, and new battle mechanics to explore. By far, the most valuable new feature is the added fusion options of the Personas.
Lots of new options make this the prime RPG on the Vita at the moment.
— GEORGE TREVIRANUS
Wii U is a pleasure to play, although some players may want to look at its numerous facets before making a decision
MICHAEL KLEINStaff Writer
Nintendo has been enjoying record profits since the Wii U released in November, but neither the hype nor total sales numbers come near the original Wii when it hit shelves six years ago. Retailers everywhere are stocked with the systems, but many question whether it’s time to upgrade.
Wii U’s hardware is a major upgrade from its less than powerful predeces-sor. IBM was recruited to develop a microprocessor that could narrow the vast performance gap that has existed between Nintendo and its competition. Equipped this tri-core chip, also known as Espresso, the Wii U finally has compa-rable processing power to the Xbox 360 and PS3.
The console’s reverse compatibility works only with original Wii games. Gamers looking to play classics from NES through GameCube will not be able to on their new hardware. Likewise, all GameCube controllers and accessories are incompatible with Wii U. Instead of carrying over the ancient corded controls again, Nintendo brought fans a fresh way to play.
There is no doubt that the sleek inter-
active GamePad is the selling point. The splendiferous 6.2 inch touch-screen comes equipped with quality speak-ers, a 1.3 MP camera, microphone and Bluetooth support. Additionally, the GamePad is compatible with the Wii BalanceBoard and can serve as a 3DS controller. Perhaps the most valuable function of the GamePad is serving as a game’s main screen. This feature will be appreciated by households that constant-ly fight over the television.
Much like a tablet, users can also use the GamePad to run apps in addition to playing games. For example, Netflix subscribers can view movies on the GamePad while leaving the TV free for other uses. Disappointingly, the bat-tery life that only lasts a couple hours. Furthermore, Nintendo has insisted that they have no plans on selling GamePads as an accessory. Because owners are essentially limited to one per system, screen protectors and a padded case are strongly recommended.
Anyone ready to snag their own system has one more thing to consider. Potential buyers have the choice between the white 8GB Basic Set and black 32GB Deluxe Set. Priced at $300, the Basic Set has roughly 3GB of space available for data storage and digital downloads. This
version comes with the essential cords, stylus and sensor bar. While both bun-dles include the system and GamePad, Deluxe Set offers close to 25GB of storage space and a copy of the game Nintendo Land. It’s advised that those interested in this title, buy the Deluxe Set for $350. When sold separately, Nintendo Land retails as a full price game for $60: more than the system’s price difference. Those who opt for the premium console will also find a stand for the system and con-troller cradle. The limited space of the Basic is the only issue with it, not that the Wii U works with external hard drives up to 2TB.
As is the case with most new systems following their launch, the Wii U has a lackluster collection of games and will likely rely on their trademark series to drive game sales. Online play isn’t nearly as painful with the new system and future titles like “Super Smash Bros. U,” “Pikmin 3” and “Zelda” have a lot of promise.
Nintendo’s outside-the-box approach has once again delivered a device that allows an escape from conventional gam-ing. All signs seem to be pointing up for Wii U, but only time can tell whether it will be the future of games or another recycled lunch box.
ZOMBIE UThis horror filled first person shooter takes place in London, where disease has turned the population into the undead. Players must try to survive mazy streets and waves of brain eating enemies.
NINTENDO LANDAn enjoyable variety of attrac-tions (minigames) can be found by visiting the virtual theme park called Nintendo Land. This game is included in the Deluxe Bundle and is most valuable as a multiplayer game.
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12 | ARTS | WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23, 2012 THE CLARION
JAN. 29HUMMINGBIRD LOCAL NATIVES Featuring more creative percussion, better guitars and bigger emotions in their news album.
HEARTTROB TEGAN AND SARA Their darkest album they’ve had yet, with deeper lyrics and power-ful vibes.
FEB. 5THE AFTERMATH: ACENSION COHEED AND CAMBRIAHere to show off a more romantic and slower side of the band.
TWO LANES OF FREEDOM TIM MCGRAWHaving a gaelic feeling to it, featur-ing Keith Urban and Taylor Swift in some tracks.
PREVIEWS
TRE!Green Day
In the last few months, fans have been enjoying the trilogy of Green Day’s three newest albums. In early December, the third and final album, “Tre!” made its debut. “Tre!” has some funky album artwork, and some equally funky and upbeat songs. Before this trilogy of albums, Green Day’s last album, “21st Century Breakdown,” was released in 2009, so it’s no secret that the band was long overdue for a new album. The track, “The Forgotten,” may seem like the first released single, but the track “X-Kid” will be released as the first official single of the album. The fourth track on the list, Drama Queen is catchy and has a rhythmic beat to it. It also has a sort of 1960’s feel to it. “Walk Away,” also has some elements that stand out on the album.
Some may think that three back-to-back new albums would exceed the expectation of a new release, but Green Day seems to have thought that an album trilogy was needed. Over 20 years, Green Day has had the “good” and the “bad,” but this new album seems to be in the middle. Although “Tre!” isn’t the worst album Green Day has produced, it isn’t exactly the best either. Green Day seems to have lost their punk rock vibe, and has gone more towards the rock genre. Green Day seems to have regressed from their “no care” type of music, to something rather different if you’ve followed Green Day over the years. On “Tre!” however, while listening to the tracks, it starts to feel like the songs lose their uniqueness and begin to merge together, forming one huge song that sounds the same for the entire album length.
Overall, Green Day has done a good job with their trilogy albums, but some songs on the third album, “Tre!” feels like they started to get lazy and just write songs for the sake of writing songs. But nonetheless, if you’re a Green Day fan, go have fun lis-tening to the trilogy.
— CALLIE VASEY
PURESTATIC
Shia Fisher, Madison College student, makes an overall memorable hip hop / electronica album
GEORGE TREVIRANUSEditor-in-Chief
Who would have thought that one of Madison College’s own would write and produce their own hip-hop album? Well, for student Shia Fisher, aka “Folie Stasis,” we’ll won-der no more.
The debut album of Fisher is called “The Wave Game.” It takes on serious and playful tones through-out, which will satisfy many listen-ers. The opening tracks, “First Page” and “Theory In Seven,” contrast greatly to introduce the album’s varied styles; both lyrically and compositionally. In fact, the latter turned out to be one of the best
pieces on the album with its catchy lyrics and piano.
Some tracks, such as “Change The Game” and “Sonic Sound,” have guest appearances for vocals and Beat Box, respectfully. They add a little something extra to break up the solo work by Fisher.
Something that could have been capitalized on in this album is the serious-style present in just a few of the songs. This isn’t to say the play-fulness is bad, but rather it isn’t as mem-orable or as
well finessed. Songs such as “Sonic Sound” prove to be very catchy while remaining separated from the seriousness, and that is purely on account of the fast rapping by Fisher. It really works great. On the whole, his voice is great at fast speeds, but not so much when it’s slower, like in “First Page.”
One thing that really stands out on the visual end of this album is the artwork. Designed by Madison College Graphic Design student Gavin Folgert, as well as Tom Weimer and Pat Fowler, it’s colorful
and fits the mood of the music. On the whole, the album has
synergy and resonates well. While some audio effects sound somewhat repetitive at times, the vocal variability more than makes up for that with the featured artists and Fisher’s range of style.
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Men’s basketball wins first home game, but falls in pair of conference games
CLARION STAFF REPORT
A challenging season for the Madison College men’s basketball team contin-ued into the New Year. The team only won one game before the holiday break began, and has only won once since that time.
The WolfPack, which has lost six of its last seven games, posted its second win of the season on Jan. 7, a 80-72 vic-tory over UW-Marathon County. Each of the team’s last three games have been double-digit losses.
Madison College has 12 games remain-ing on its regular-season schedule, including a game at Rock Valley College on Jan. 23. The next home game is at 3 p.m. on Jan. 26 against College of DuPage.
MADISON COLLEGE 80, UW-MARATHON 72
The Madison College men’s basketball team earned its first home victory of the
season on Jan. 7, with an 80-72 win over UW-Marathon County.
The WolfPack had arguably their best first-half offensive performance of the season, scoring 45 points before half-time. Adam Ruka and Charlie Grafft led a Madison charge, that erased an early three-point deficit, into a double-digit lead.
Ruka gave the WolfPack their first lead of the game (4-3), just over a minute into the first half. By the halfway point of the half, they were up by 15 points. Each scored multiple points in a three-minute stretch, when Madison College extended its lead from six, to 16.
Marathon was able to close the gap before halftime, after trailing by as many as 18 in the first half.
The WolfPack scored just two baskets in the first six minutes of the second half and their once 18-point lead, was down to four. Dominic Fumbanks helped Madison regain control, scoring five straight points and giving Madison an eight-point lead. Shortly after, he sank another 3-pointer and gave Madison another double-digit lead, at 10.
Jason Miller helped maintain that lead and finished with a team-high 17 points. Ruka finished with 16, Isaiah Nordeng
had 15 and Fumbanks had 14. They boost-ed Madison to a significant advantage in shooting percentage. The WolfPack con-verted on over 56 percent of their shots, while Marathon just topped 40 percent.
JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE 84, MADISON COLLEGE 36
A hot start by host Joliet put Madison College in a hole early on Jan. 9, shooting 53 percent from the field in the first half and limiting Madison College to just 18 points. Joliet’s tough defense and ball scontrol offense kept Madison College from mounting any second-half rally. Madison College committed 18 turnovers in the game, while Joliet had just five.
Miller and Ruka led the WolfPack in scoring, with both players netting 12 points.
MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE 69, MADISON COLLEGE 52
Jason Miller scored 22 points and Adam Ruka added 14, but the WolfPack was unable to overcome Milwaukee’s balanced attack and fell, 69-52, on Jan. 16 Milwaukee had four players score in double figures and led throughout much of the game.
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The WolfPack’s Jason Miller goes for a layup against Sauk College in a game leading into the new year.
Women’s basketball on strong ground
CLARION STAFF REPORT
After winning three of its last four games, the Madison College women’s bas-ketball team has to be feeling a lot better about how its season is going.
The WolfPack started the season by losing 10 of its first 14 games, something that had to be unsettling for a team that has become accustomed to winning.
But now that the WolfPack have improved their record to 7-11 overall and 2-1 in the conference, the team has to be excited about their chances in their remaining 12 games.
In its last four games, Madison College has defeated UW-Marathon County, 81-59, and Triton College, 75-49, before losing to Joliet Junior College, 65-46. Most recently, Madison College defeated in-state rival Milwaukee Area Technical College, 78-57.
MADISON COLLEGE 78, MILWAUKEE 57
Taylor Pfeuti led the way with 22 points against Milwaukee on Jan. 16. She also had nine rebounds, five assists and four steals. Courtney Spangler added 16 points and nine rebounds for the WolfPack, while Chelsey Schulenberg scored 13.
Madison College was in control throughout the game against Milwaukee, building a 40-28 halftime lead and adding to it in the second half. The WolfPack had a strong defensive game, forcing 34 turn-overs and winning despite only shooting 33.3 percent from the field.
JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE 65, MADISON COLLEGE 46
The WolfPack’s lone loss in the last four games came in a road game against Joliet Junior College on Jan.12. Madison College held a slim, 26-25, lead at halftime, but struggled both offensively and defen-sively in the second half. Joliet outscored the WolfPack 40-20 in the second half, hit-ting 62 percent of its shots compared to 27 percent for the WolfPack.
Callie Dahl led Madison College with 10 points, hitting all eight of her free-throw attempts. Spangler and Schulenberg both scored eight points in the loss.
MADISON COLLEGE 75, TRITON COLLEGE 49
Madison College raced out to a big first half lead against Triton College, 41-13, allowing its opponent to hit only 5 of 25 shots. Spangler and Alyssa Anding led the way for Madison College, both scoring 20 points. Dahl and Ellyn Hayden both added 12 points for the WolfPack.
Dropping the ball
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Madison College 21 25 – 46Wilbur Wright 27 25 – 52WolfPack leaders: Adam Ruka 17 points, 8 rebounds; Brandon Holz 10 points, 5 rebounds; Ryan Plaice 5 assists.
Milwaukee Area Tech 31 38 – 69Madison College 22 30 – 52WolfPack leaders: Jason Miller 22 points, 7
rebounds; Adam Ruka 14 points, 6 rebounds; Charlie Grafft 10 rebounds, 2 blocks.
Madison College 18 18 – 36Joliet Junior College 46 38 – 84WolfPack leaders: Jason Miller 12 points, 8 rebounds; Adam Ruka 12 points.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Madison College 33 45 – 78Wilbur Wright 24 15 – 39
WolfPack leaders: Courtney Spangler 26 points, 12 rebounds, 5 steals; Taylor Pfeuti 16
points, 4 assists; Calli Dahl 9 points, 4 assists.
Milwaukee Area Tech 29 28 – 57Madison College 40 38 – 78
WolfPack leaders: Taylor Pfeuti 22 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists; Courtney Spangler 16 points, 9 rebounds, Chelsey Schulenburg 13 points, 3 steals; Alyssa Anding 9 rebounds, 3 steals.
Madison College 26 20 – 46Joliet Junior College 25 40 – 65
WolfPack leaders: Calli Dahl 10 points, 3 steals; Courtney Spangler 8 points; Chelsey Schulenburg 8 points.
DIGITDENRecent WolfPack highlights
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MCSPORTSMaidson College schedules and results.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
ScheduleNOV. 3 at home vs. Minnesota West
Community & Technical College, Worthington, 112-85 LOSS
NOV. 4 at Riverland Community College, Worthington, MN, 65-54 LOSS
NOV. 9 at Anoka Ramsey Community College, Milwaukee, 77-75 LOSS
NOV. 10 at Gogebic Community College, Milwaukee, 93-66 LOSS
NOV. 14 at home vs. Sauk Valley Community College, 74-61 LOSS
NOV. 30 at home vs. Olive-Harvey College, 81-80 LOSS
DEC. 3 at Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, 96-81 WIN
DEC. 8 at Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, Iowa, 98-75 LOSS
DEC. 9 at North Iowa Area Community College, Iowa, 90-51 LOSS
DEC. 12 at home vs. Rochester Community & Technical College, 82-75 LOSS
DEC. 14 at home vs. Western Technical College, 77-72 LOSS
DEC. 28 at Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL, 103-64 LOSS
DEC. 29 at Oakland Community College, East Peoria, IL, 116-69 LOSS
JAN. 5 at Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL, 71-41 LOSS
JAN. 7 UW-Marathon County, home, 80-72 WIN
JAN. 9 at Triton College, River Grove, IL, 74-68 LOSS
JAN. 12 at Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL, 84-36 LOSS
JAN. 16 at home vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, 69-52 LOSS
JAN. 19 at Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, IL, 52-46 LOSS
JAN. 23 at Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL, 7:30 p.m.
JAN. 26 at home vs. College of Dupage, 3 p.m.
JAN. 28 at home vs. Fox Valley Technical College, 7 p.m.
JAN. 30 at home vs. Harper College, 7:30 p.m.
FEB. 2 at home vs. Triton Collge, 3 p.m.
For a complete schedule of men’s basketball, visit madisoncollegeathletics.com.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
ScheduleNOV. 3 at Minnesota West Community &
Technical College, Worthington, MN, 6 p.m. L 68-55
NOV. 4 at Riverland Community College, Worthington, MN, 12 p.m. L 63-48
NOV. 9 at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Milwaukee, 56-53 WIN
NOV. 10 at Gogebic Community College, Milwaukee, 75-67 LOSS
NOV. 14 at home vs. Sauk Valley Community College, 56-53 LOSS
NOV. 30 at home vs. Olive-Harvey College, 74-43 WIN
DEC. 1 vs. Blackhawk College-East, Kewanee, IL., 67-48 LOSS
DEC. 2 vs. Highland Community Colllege, Kewanee, IL., 62-58 WIN
DEC. 8 at Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, IA, 77-53 LOSS
DEC. 9 at North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, IA, 78-50 LOSS
DEC. 12 at home vs. Rochester Community & Technical College, 75-67 WIN
DEC. 14 at home vs. Western Technical College, 59-51 LOSS
JAN. 2 at Mineral Area College, Park Hills, MO, 96-53 LOSS
JAN. 5 at Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL, 101-42 LOSS
JAN. 7 at home vs. UW-Marathon County, 81-59 WIN
JAN. 9 at Triton College, River Grove, IL, 75-49 WIN
JAN. 12 at Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL, 65-46 LOSS
JAN. 16 at home vs. Milwaukee Area Technical College, 78-57 WIN
JAN. 19 at Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, IL, 78-39 WIN
JAN. 23 at Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 26 at home vs. College of Dupage, 1 p.m.
JAN. 30 at home vs. Harper College, 5:30 p.m.
FEB. 2 at home vs. Triton College, 1 p.m.
For a complete schedule of women’s basket-ball, visit madisoncollegeathletics.com.
MADISON COLLEGE 81, UW-MARATHON 59
Spangler led Madison College in its Jan. 7 victory over UW-Marathon with her eighth double-double of the sea-
son, scoring 24 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. Two other players reached double figures for the WolfPack. Dahl scored 17 points, while Anding added 15.
Madison College held a 4-point lead at
halftime, but outscored UW-Marathon, 44-26, in the second half to claim the victory. Defense keyed the win, with Madison College forcing 35 turnovers and getting 22 steals.
BASKETBALLCONTINUED FROM PAGE 13
47TH ANNUAL MADFEST JUGGLING FESTIVAL: REDSTEIN GYMNASIUM
PHOTOS BY SARAH WEATHERBEE AND GEORGE
TREVIRANUS / CLARION
Various students, hob-byists and enthusiasts from around the coun-try came to Redstein Gymnasium at Truax during the weekend of Jan. 18-20 to perform. There were many groups, such as Jest Jugglers, and several independent perform-ers. Some students from the college also participated. Shown above and to the right, they spent all day Saturday preparing for the event that night.
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