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Cooper retirement............................. page 2Education Square development ........page 3Psychology club ...page 4Cheddar’s review ............................. page 6

When Scott Volk was in junior high school, he wanted to be an engineer or an auto mechanic.

But by the time he was graduating from Norfolk High School in 1993, Volk nar-rowed his focus to mechanical engineering. That is until he visited Southeast Community College’s Milford Campus and

NCCA honors Scott Volk as SCC’s Distinguished Alumni Award winner

Photo contributedScott Volk, left, is congratulated by Lyle Neal, SCC’s vice president for technology and Milford Campus director.

the Manufacturing Engineer-ing Technology program.

Volk, a 1995 graduate of the program, was honored Monday night in North Platte as the Nebraska Community College Association’s Dis-

tinguished Alumni Award recipient from SCC. Four other alumni from Nebraska community colleges also were honored.

Volk’s visit to SCC’s Milford Campus changed everything.

“He could see that manu-facturing engineering was a great blend of mechanical principles and computers,” said Stu Osterthun, SCC’s ad-ministrative director of public information and marketing in his introduction. “He was able to use his hands. He was able

to use his mind.”Volk is the vice president of

MetalQuest Unlimited Inc., in Hebron, a position he’s held since May 2002.

Responsibilities include those as a key customer ac-count manager; supplier and logistics management and de-velopment; financial manage-ment; systems and software development and integration; SQL server and data manager; process, procedure and certifi-

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By Linh Mai

“I love receiving emails from contributors who have been informed they were to be published,” said Kimberly Fangman, the editor of the student magazine “Illumi-nations,” which is released within the Southeast Commu-nity College. “Their excite-ment and pride is so vivid,” she added.

“Illuminations” is the liter-ary and arts publication of SCC, featuring many genres: short stories, poems, essays, artworks, photographs, or anything creative.

Starting with the idea of Shane Zephier, an SCC stu-dent, to create a place for stu-dents’ creations, the magazine used to be almost all student-driven from composing and choosing the submissions to design and editing.

Along with positive re-sponses of the SCC commu-nity and the development of “Illuminations,” the editorial team has expanded to include faculty and staff, as well as alumni of the publication.

The first volumes also came out from the SCC printshop, but the book is also no longer printed in-house.

According to Fangman, 85-90 percent of all published works are submitted by SCC students, most of whom are from the Academic Trans-fer program because of the

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Photo by Rita Damiron TallajAbove, Toniesha Rainey of Natchitoches, La., charges the basket during the Lady Storm’s only loss of the season, a game where the opposing team scored 30 points in free throws related to new rule enforcement. For the story, see page 4.

Photo by Joshua WhitneyThe cover of the 2013 edition of Illuminations.

Illuminations – The playground for creativity at SCC

number of essays turned out in literature and composition classes. Besides that, many photographs, artworks, and graphic designs are contribut-ed by the Visual Publications students. Thus, students are still the driving force behind the publication.

“The magazine is richer

because of the diversity of our contributors,” said Fangman. “Not only have we published submissions from students of varying cultures, nationalities and experiences, but we’ve published works from nearly every program in the college.

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By Carlena Hull

As the end of this quarter draws near, many Southeast Community College students are looking forward to gradu-ation.

For many, the gratification of completing college comes with anxiety about finding a job. SCC’s Career Placement Center offers services for stu-dents needing job opportuni-ties while attending SCC and after graduation.

Lynn Willey is one pro-

Nearing graduation? The placement office can help

fessional in the placement office and is available to assist current and former students with job searches, resume preparation, interview prepa-ration and more. Alumni are provided with lifetime access to SCC’s career web site, link-ing students and alumni with employers.

Looking for the right posi-tion can be challenging, and knowing what employers are looking for in a candidate is key; the staff in the placement

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By Nicholas Howe After a national search, the Southeast Community

College Board of Governors has announced that there are four presidential finalists.

The finalists are Dr. Hank Dunn; Mr. Ivan Gorne, J.D.; Dr. Dennis Headrick; and Dr. Paul Illich.

Each presidential finalist will participate in an open public forum at each of campus during the week of De-cember 2, 2013.

SCC presidential search finalists announced

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Staff writers —Merika Andrade, Jessica Bernadt, Sam Brauning, Derek Clausen, Stan Edelbaum, Rita Damiron Tallaj, Dalton Harvey, Jennifer Hopper, Max Hutchinson, Linh Mai, Hart Mauch Milayna McKinney, Jessica Parker, Teonta Pegues, Sash Seamans, Ashley Rinke, Allison Thomas, Laura Wardyn, and Robert Zimmerman.Beatrice Bureau Chief — Nicholas A. HoweSports reporter — Matt Hagemeier Adviser — Joshua Whitney

SCC Board of Governors: Robert J. Feit, Chair, Pickrell; Kathy Boellstorff, Vice Chair, Johnson; Lynn Schluckebier, Secretary, Seward; Dale Kruse, Treasurer, Beatrice; Helen E. Griffin, Lincoln; Ed C. Heiden, Sterling; Ruth M. Johnson, Lincoln; Terrence L. Kubicek, Lincoln; Steven Ottmann, Dorchester; Edward C. Price, Lincoln; Nancy A. Seim, Lincoln; Bill Beltz, Faculty Representative, Milford.Equal Opportunity/NonDiscrimination Policy - It is the policy of Southeast Community College to provide equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all admission, attendance, and employment matters to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, vet-eran status, sexual orientation, disability, or other factors prohibited by law or College policy. Inquiries concerning the application of Southeast Community College’s policies on equal opportunity and nondiscrimination should be di-rected to the Vice President for Access/Equity/Diversity, SCC Area Office, 301 S. 68th Street Place, Lincoln, NE 68510, 402-323-3412, FAX 402-323-3420, or jsoto@southeast.edu.Declaración de política sobre equidad/antidiscriminación - La política publica de Southeast Community College es de proveer equidad, y prohíbe discriminación, en todos asuntos referentes a la admisión, participación, y empleo contra toda persona por motivo de raza, color, religión, sexo, edad, estado civil, origen nacional, etnia, condición de veterano, orientación sexual, incapacidad, u otros factores prohibidos por ley o política del Colegio. Preguntas relacionadas a la política sobre equidad/antidiscriminación de Southeast Community College deben dirigirse a: Vice President for Access/Equity/Diversity, SCC Area Office, 301 S 68 Street Place, Lincoln, NE 68510, 402-323-3412, FAX 402-323-3420, o jsoto@southeast.edu.

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MILFORD - Southeast Community College (SCC) maintenance Superintendent Gary Cooper retired in Sep-tember.

Cooper was the mainte-nance Superintendent at the SCC Milford campus for the past 26 years, and prior to working for SCC, Cooper worked for the Milford main-tenance division for 23 years.

When asked what he plans to do after retirement, Cooper mentioned that he would continue farming his more than 300 acre farm, where he grows soybeans, milo and wheat.

He then expressed his pas-sion for racing and said that he “plans to continue raising awareness about the effects of

Cooper plans to continue mission after retirement

drugs and alcohol.” Cooper is involved with the

racing scene around Milford, has his own racing team (Cooper Racing) and partners with organizations such as Racing Against Drugs (RAD) and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) to help edu-cate people about the dangers of drug abuse, drunk driving and underage drinking.

Cooper spends a lot of time at the Junction Motor Speed-way and encourages people to come out as often as they can.

In addition to racing at Junction Motor Speedway, Cooper spends quite a bit of time displaying his race car at local businesses and events.

He says he enjoys having the car on display because “it allows kids to be able to see a real race car up close;

plus, I can give brochures and information out to parents about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.”

Beth Deinert, assistant campus director, said that “Gary’s replacement will have big shoes to fill.”

Deinert also said that she will “miss him being a voice against drugs and alcohol,” and she plans on making sure that Milford campus always supports organizations like MADD and RAD.

Cooper said that he will miss his friends, co-workers and the students at SCC, but he said he will not miss those winter snowstorms, where he had to come in early (and stay late) to clear parking lots, sidewalks, driveways and walkways.

By Rita Damiron Tallaj

BEATRICE - SCC Phi Beta Lambda raised $300 oper-ating a concession stand at the Jefferson County Fair-grounds in Fairbury.

The auction took place this past Saturday, Oct. 26. Four members of Southeast Community College Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) volunteered at the auction concession stand.

“This is our third year operating the concessions in this auction,” PBL Advisor Karen Emerson. “This is a great and fun way to make money.”

Members of PBL volunteered there from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Students and instructors donated the food sold.The money raised will be use to help the members

cover fees of future conferences.

PBL raised money through auction concession stand

Photo contributedWorking the concession stand were Alycia Laflin, Olga Sunyaikina, Rita Damiron and Jean Gray.

Career placement, cont’d.Continued from page 1

office are experienced and look for positions well suited to each candidate.

Resume preparation is another service offered by the SCC Placement Center; Ms. Willey and other profes-sionals can help students with resumés by highlighting individual experience and showing educational im-provements.

Being ready for an inter-view is another part of finding a new job; Willey and her co-workers provide services for interview preparation. They offer sample interview questions, give guidelines on appropriate interview attire

and have interview prepara-tion checklists.

Each student receives a contact form to fill out and return to the placement office a month or so before gradu-ation. Students are encour-aged to submit their contact information and other demo-graphics to contribute to the annual placement report put together by SCC.

SCC has a placement rate above ninety percent for graduates into trades most years.

According to Willey, “In the trades’ area, many em-ployers have openings con-sistently all over Nebraska; many are 50K and over jobs.”

On the Web at placement.

southeast.edu, students and alumni can create a profile for potential employers to find.

Students can search for potential positions on the site and apply online via company links embedded in the job descriptions.

Willey says, “There are many, many jobs on the Web-site right now”

On the Web or in the office, placement professionals are available to help with career planning and job placement, but ultimately, finding the right position is up to the in-dividual and having the right tools for a new job are all part of the objective of getting an education at SCC.

I love the different voices that come from that.”

She added that “Illumina-tions” provides a place for creativity that doesn’t really exist elsewhere.

The book is available to everybody at all SCC cam-puses and satellite locations, providing students with the chance to publish their work, increase their confidence in their artistic abilities, and have a published piece to add to their resume or portfolio.

However, the budget of the publication, according to Fangman, is an issue.

Even though the contribu-tors would like to publish two volumes a year, to avoid resorting to selling ads, which many literary magazine advi-sors have been forced to do, they chose to release it once

Illuminations, cont’d.Continued from page 1 a year.

“It’s frustrating to tell a student who submits a work in June, for example, that she won’t know whether or not it will be published until the August of the next year,” Fangman said.

“Illuminations” was changed into a larger format and a full color interior in 2011.

The editorial team also started to receive submis-sions of multi-media entries (such as original music and film) from 2012 and opened a Facebook account, which is at www.facebook.com/illumi-nationsscc, to connect those interested in the publication.

Fangman, an English instructor at SCC, has been the editor of “Illuminations” since 2008, when she had al-ready served as co-editor with

the previous faculty advisor for a year.

She expressed her passion for the magazine, as she sees students, faculty and staff contribute work they love.

Besides financial diffi-culty, according to Fangman, heavy work is a problem. She solicits submissions and guides the creation of posters, ads and other promotional materials, guides the editorial team in their selection pro-cess, finalizes the selections and proofreads and edits all accepted submissions.

The limited personnel is another reason the magazine is unable to come out more than once a year.

“Producing the magazine is simply a great deal of work, but it’s work we love,” Fang-man concluded.

By Rita Damiron Tallaj

BEATRICE - The Ag Club is selling raffle tickets for a deluxe trip to Kansas City.

The trip includes two nights at a Kansas City hotel near Legends Mall, a carriage ride for two around the Plaza and a gift certificate to stores in Legends Mall.

Ag Club raffle will continue through November

Ag students and instruc-tors will sell tickets for $5 each throughout the month of November, and the draw-ing will be held on Monday, Dec. 2.

Funds from the raffle will be used to help fund student activities and offset some of the students’ costs for the Ag Club second year trip.

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Registration is under way for the 2014 Spring Semester for Career Academies and Dual Credit. Classes will run from January 8, 2014, through May 9, 2014.

The Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Partnership (SENCAP) is a Southeast Community College Program that provides real world experiences to more than 32 high schools in southeast Nebraska.

Classes are developed to allow students the opportunity to learn through interaction with business professionals, professors and other high school students. Students will also be able to receive real-life experiences through job-shadowing opportunities, field trips and other professional development experiences.

Participating students who successfully complete the classes can earn up to 12 college semester hours. South-east Community College has made a commitment to cover half of the tuition cost and participating high schools have the option of paying the other half or having the students pay this expense.

SENCAP offers a vast array of career academies for the students to choose, including Agriculture, Business and Marketing, Education, Early Childhood, Health Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering Systems, Infor-mation Technology and Welding. Most of these college courses are transferable to other higher education institu-tions in Nebraska.

Students can take advantage of the opportunities provided by SENCAP by talking with their high school counselor, building principal or Regional Academy Coor-dinator.

Career Academy registration has begun

Distinguished alumni, cont’d.Continued from page 1

By M. Hart Mauch

BEATRICE - New Beatrice campus associate registrar Robert Overcamp says, “I am looking forward to getting to know the students and staff.”

The associate registrar makes sure that people meet the qualifications for gradu-ation, updates courses in the computer system, schedules courses, processes adds and drops from courses and is in charge of graduation.

While Overcamp is origi-nally from Frankfurt, Ger-many, he grew up in Texas, only later to move again to Las Vegas to work in banking. He also worked in education for eight years and served as an executive administrative assistant to the rector for another eight.

Overcamp said he had heard a lot of good things about SCC and a few acquain-tances of his had attended, so when he heard of the opening, he “just decided to apply.”

He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in psychology with a minor in anthropology, as well as a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Missouri at

Overcamp settles in as new Beatrice registrar

Photo by Nicholas HoweRobert Overcamp, above, started this quarter as the new Beatrice registrar, a position that was vacated when previ-ous registrar Cheryl Parks became the assistant director for Career Academies and K-12 Connections.

Columbia. “I really like life and enjoy

learning,” said Overcamp enthusiastically.

His hobbies include rock sculpting and balancing (definitely a talent worth Googling), road bowling and attending renaissance fairs. He is also a stage magician and a board member of the Lincoln Magic Club.

His other talents include fluently speaking German and Croatian as well as English.

By Kimberly Chance

ESQ - The SCC campus in downtown Lincoln continues to expand and develop.

Formerly known as Energy Square, the name of SCC’s downtown location has changed to Education Square.

The location is also in the process of expanding from one level to two.

With the new expansion comes a broader spectrum of classes for students to attend.

“I’m excited to have more opportunities at the down-town location instead of having to drive back and forth between two campuses each day,” one student stated.

The location in the heart of downtown Lincoln was originally purchased in the mid ‘90s.

Education Square was originally occupied by not

New name, new opportunities for SCC in downtown Lincoln

only SCC, but the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool and the Nebraska Energy Office as well.

The two other tenants of the building moved to anoth-er location, leaving room for SCC to expand.

The location focuses mostly on the Academic Transfer program as well as the Criminal Justice and Graphic Design/Media Arts programs.

SCC’s Lincoln campus enrolls nearly 9,000 students. 1500 of which attend Lin-coln’s Education Square each quarter.

The building has currently started a small number of classes for students in the new second level and the expansion is said to be com-pletely finished by the end of next summer.

cation programs development and management; strategic planning; and training pro-gram management.

Volk also volunteers his time in a number of ways, including serving for the past seven years as an advisor for SCC’s Precision Machining and Automation Technology program and for the past six years as an advisor for SCC’s Manufacturing Engineer-ing Technology program. He also is an advisor for Central Community College’s Ad-vanced Manufacturing Design program and is a member of the Nebraska Manufacturing Advisory Council.

In December 2008, Volk received the Outstanding Alumni Award from SCC’s Milford Campus.

While a student at SCC, Volk was a member of the Student Senate, served as a Student Ambassador, was a tutor for the Manufactur-ing Engineering Technology program, and was an officer in the student chapter of the

Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

“SCC provided me with an outstanding education and volunteer opportunities that have helped shape me both personally and profession-ally,” Volk said. “I truly feel that I would not have been able to take advantage of the opportunities that have led to where I am now if I had not gone to SCC. There is no better place for a student to receive their education for a career in manufacturing.”

Volk also praised his fellow employees at MetalQuest.

“My success as a profes-sional is entirely due to the people around me,” he said. “I have been fortunate enough to be part of an out-standing team at MetalQuest Unlimited. At MetalQuest, I started as a Manufacturing Engineer in May 2002 and moved to the Vice President position in 2003. During my time at MetalQuest, we have become a recognized leader in the application of advanced manufacturing technologies.”

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By Joshua Whitney

Despite having a team of first-year players, the Lady Storm has lost only one of its first six games.

That 79 – 71 loss to Hast-ing JV was in part because of stricter enforcement of a no hand-check rule that allowed Hastings JV to score 30 free throw points in the game.

This rule does not al-low opposing players to be touched at all. Previously, opposing players could touch intermittently to establish boundaries between players, but not more.

The six-year-old rule is being enforced more strictly at all levels of college basket-ball head coach Vicki Wooton said. Accordingly, she pre-dicted that “free throws are going to be huge” this season.

The team’s youth will also be a factor. The only return-ing player from last season, Jamaica Wilson, sustained an injury and returned home.

Accordingly, Wooton said, “It’ll take us a while to figure out which players work best

Young Lady Storm starts off season 5-1together.”

Another factor the team’s youth introduces is known as “the freshmen wall,” when freshmen often experience fa-tigue after the midpoint in the season because, as Wooton noted, “They don’t play this many games in high school.”

“Some players hit it sooner than other, and I hope they make a liar out of me and don’t hit at all,” Wooton hoped. “It’ll be interesting to see.”

The team also has a small-er roster than normal, which will mean that “several play-ers will need to play the entire 40 minutes,” she noted.

Wooton said the teams biggest strengths could be defense and “a really good inside-outside game, and we are aggressive, which helps.”

She also noted that the team has a lot of size, which will be an asset.

Thus far, she said there are some bright points to build on.

One of those bright points is that “a different person has stepped up for each game,”

Photo by Rita Damiron TallajAbove, Breanna Grant of LaGrange, La., goes up for a lay up in last Saturdays game against Hastings JV.

Photo by Rita Damiron TallajAbove, Chelseah Savage of Hamilton Lake, New Zealand, encounters resistance on her way to the basket.

which builds team unity “and makes us harder to defend,” Wooton said.

Another early highlight of this season was Dionne Martin’s record-breaking performance against Midland University JV. In that game, she broke the all-time block record with nine individually-blocked shots in one game. It was a record that had been set by Laura Schroeder in the 2007 – 2008 season.

Wooton observed that the team has been improving with each game and that she is “excited” about this team.

“The have a lot of poten-tial,” Wooton said.

Conference play will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at home against McCook.

By Derek Clausen

The Storm are coming off of a record-setting year for wins and have their eyes set on beating that record again this spring after seven long weeks of fall ball.

The Storm had a total of

Storm baseball looking to the spring10 scrimmages, and each was about 14-18 innings long.

Since the score isn’t really kept during fall ball, the team doesn’t have a final fall record for fall play.

Coach Deion Parks had some good things to say about the fall.

“We really finished strong throughout the last couple weeks,” he said. “Kids picked up where they left off last year and got back into the swing of things. It only took us a few weeks, but guys really have started to come together and are buying in to what we have going on here.”

Outfielder Danny Regan also had some good things to say about the team.

“I feel like we accom-plished a lot and got better in a lot of categories,” Regan said. “My goal for the spring is to win every series we play in and win regionals and see where our hard work takes us.”

Parks had good things to say about the upcoming spring.

“I know that we are going to put a team out there that is going to want to compete

every play, and that is what is going to win us games,” he predicted.

When asked about any key games during the spring, Parks said, “Every game is key; from the first to the last, we have to build off of every single one.”

Second baseman Trevor Usher says his team has high expectations for the spring.

“Our goals this spring are to win regionals and compete at the World Series,” he said. “As a team, we should also become better men for what the future may hold. Finally, we need to battle through ad-versity so that one day maybe all of us can continue onto the next level.”

Early morning workouts for the team started on Monday, Nov. 4, and its next action is against Fort Hays on Feb. 9.

Storm Men are 6-0

Photos by Rita Damiron TallajAbove, Josh Roberts of Miramar, Fla., looks to charge the basket during the Storm’s 76-53 win over Concor-dia JV on Saturday. Below, Jordan Brooks of Grand Island tries to get off a shot over defenders in the same game.

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Small Business Q&ABy Zach Zimmerman

Should I operate my small business from my home?Hi Zack,

I am trying to decide if I should conduct my small business from my home or have a separate office at a different location? What is your opin-ion? – Eagle, Neb.

My suggestion would be, if your resources allow it, to get a location outside of the home. I understand that many small businesses originated and started in the “basement” or the “garage”, but then I ask myself well why didn’t the stay there? The answer is the distractions. When I hear someone say “I work from home”, I always think to myself “well do you?” How much work actually gets done from home is always a significant question. I have observed many small businesses owners to who begin in their home and end up moving to an outside location. I know the obvious benefits working from home; the price, the com-mute, the ability to do laundry between phone calls, the childcare, and the flexibility, but by what business owners tell me, some of these “benefits” become more of distrac-tions over time and don’t allow them to achieve their business goals. Depending on your personal situation, resources, and situation working from home can be a huge advantage, but next thing you know you may be on the phone with a client and the dog starts barking at a squirrel in the yard, taking creditability and professionalism away from your business. Also another advantage of starting outside the home is the ability to leave it, too many times I hear small business owners having trouble leaving work at work or bringing the work home. Well can you image if your work is at home! Sometimes turning off the light and locking the door creates a conclusion to the day or week or month, giving the small business owner time to gather their thoughts or process information. A lot of communi-ties have business incubators, to allow start-up businesses space to work, grow, and receive guidance for below mar-ket lease rates. One is located at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE near Eagle. If you are serious about giving yourself the best chance to allow your business to grow and achieve the goals you would like for it to achieve, then I would suggest putting it in an environment that al-lows it to achieve your idea of success.

Zack Zimmerman is the Associate Director of the Ne-braska Business Development Center in Lincoln. NBDC is a state agency intended to help start, sustain, and grow small businesses in Nebraska.

If you have a question for Zack about creating, growing, or establishing a small business email him at zzimmer-man@southeast.edu

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By Rita Damiron Tallaj

Forty-two second year Ag students attended a trip in the Kansas City area in October.Students attended the trip to gain more knowledge about what goes on in the agricul-

ture industry.Rosenbaum Farms in Graham, Mo.; ADM Grain CO.; Local Pig; Loma Vista Nurseries;

Triumph Food in St. Joe, Mo.; Judd Ranch, Holy-Field Vineyard and Kauffman Stadium were some of the places toured on the trip.

The students then attended a dinner theatre production of “The Fox on the Fairway.”

2013 Ag Club Second Year Trip

Photo contributedAbove are the 42 second-year Ag students who attended the trip to the Kansas City area.

These forums are open to faculty, administrators, staff, students and the general public.

There will be a brief introduction of each candidate fol-lowed by a question and answer session.

The Southeast Community College finalists are (in alphabetical order):

Dr. Hank Dunn currently serves as the President of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, North Carolina. He previously served as the Chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indi-ana Region in Indianapolis, Ind. He earned an Associate of Arts in General Studies from Indian River Community College in Florida, a Bachelor of Arts in History and Edu-cation from the University of Florida, a Master of Educa-tion in Guidance and Counseling from Florida Atlantic University and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from the University of Florida.

Mr. Ivan Gorne, J.D. currently serves as the Vice Presi-dent for Student Services, Facilities and Operations at Bates Technical College in Tacoma, Wash. He previously served as the Vice President for Student Services at High-line Community College in Des Moines, Wash. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Social Science Education and a Master of Arts in Counseling and Student Personnel Administration from Pacific Lutheran University in Wash-ington and a Juris Doctorate for the University of Puget Sound School of Law in Washington.

Dr. Dennis Headrick currently serves as the Vice Presi-dent for Instruction at Southeast Community College. He previously served as the Vice President for Instruction and Beatrice Campus Director at SCC. He earned an Associ-ate of Arts in Business Administration from SCC and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Education, a Master of Public Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in Education administration from the University of Nebraska.

Dr. Paul Illich currently serves as the Vice President for Research, Planning and Information Technology at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. He previ-ously served as the Senior Director of Institutional Effec-tiveness and Planning at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. He earned an Associate of Arts from Blinn College in Texas, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas State University and a Master of Science and Doc-tor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology from Texas A&M University.

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By Colby Bowman

The Psychology Club is the newest addition to a growing list of student activities avail-able at Southeast Community College.

Nicole Trevena, a psychol-ogy professor at SCC, is the driving force behind the new club.

In addition to her respon-sibilities at Southeast, she is active throughout the com-munity working at Cedars, at multiple clinics and with kids.

When asked about the inspiration for the club, Trev-ena stated, “Students kept coming to me asking how to use their degree and how to apply it.”

That is what this club is

Psychology Club is the new club on campusall about; however, it’s not a closed club and all students, regardless of their degree goals are welcome to join.

The first official meeting occurred on July 23. Topics of discussion included guest speakers and volunteering at the City Mission, Friendship Home and Mourning Hope.

Club president Ben Jones shared his plans to have an official club t-shirt. No hints were given as to what the end result will be; however, Jones, who is also the artist, said he was excited about his radical ideas.

Vice president Fredrick Lucius is equally enthusiastic to get the Psychology Club up and going.

He stated that the begin-

ning success of this club and the increased membership has been due to word of mouth.

Although Trevena is the club sponsor, the club is almost completely run and organized by students.

Anyone interested is welcome to attend a meeting and see what it’s all about. Meetings occur every other Tuesday at noon in room V-14. It’s free to check out; however, cost of membership is $5 per quarter.

By Rita Damiron Tallaj

Multi-Ethnic Student Or-ganization (MESO) helps cel-ebrate the contributions that every different race offers.

MESO is a student orga-nization that has been active in the Beatrice campus since 2001. It was created to help students of all races feel welcome at Southeast Com-munity College.

Margarita Feyerherm is the advisor of this organization and encourages all students to join.

“MESO is not only for in-ternational students, but also for those who enjoy learning about different cultures and making long lasting friend-ships,” commented Feyer-herm.

MESO is not just an or-

MESO fosters cultures, activities and long-lasting friendships

ganization, but also a group in which all members make new friends. The organization does fun activities like going bowling or to the movies.

Margarita Feyerherm said, “This organization is all about the students, about what they like and making SCC feel like a second home.”

International Student Day is celebrated by MESO every year. There’s usually food testing from different countries and presentations as well.

This year, MESO will be celebrating International Stu-dent Day on Thursday, Nov. 21. The food exhibition will be at 11:30 a.m., and the presen-tations will be at 2:30 p.m.

MESO’s activities vary depending on what the mem-bers of the group like to do.

They have done bake sales, a pie eating contest and raffles to raise money for the organization and help to pay for field trips expenses.

The organization has also taken students to visit Kansas City and many places of interest in Lincoln like the zoo.

The organization has monthly meetings in which they discuss activities, field trips and projects they will be working on. These activities and projects are not always just for the members of the group, but for all SCC stu-dents.

If anyone interest in join-ing MESO, he or she should contact Margarita Feyerherm via email at mfeyerhe@southeast.edu or call 402-228-3468 ext. 351

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By Merika Andrade

“Have you got color in you cheeks? / do you ever get the fear that you can’t shift the tide/ that stick around like summat in your teeth?” Alex turner lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys sings with a sultry and seductive voice over their new Americanized album, “AM.”

“AM” is the fifth studio album recently released by the English-born band. The album is a new direction of sound for the Arctic Monkeys and features guest appear-ances from Josh Homme, Pete Thomas and Bill Ryder-Jones.

The new album is a mixture of contemporary rock sounds with ’90s R&B. It has a similar sound to the Black Keys.

In a recent SPIN interview by David Bevan, Bevan asked lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Turner about the band’s new musical direction and how it’s being com-pared to TLC and Aaliyah.

Turner explained, “But there’s something about those melodies. They’re two-way pager melodies. And they’re guitar riffs that have a ‘Tombstone’ feeling about them. The colors from both those rainbows mix together well.”

Turner also goes on to explaining how the second track on the album “R U Mine” is a prime example of how they created the song and pushed to surround it with songs that sounded like it but weren’t.

“AM” is a great, fresh sound for the Arctic Monkeys without straying too far from their roots. The album’s top tracks are “R U Mine”, “Do I Wanna Know?”, “Knee Socks” and “Mad Sounds.”

By Laura Wardyn

Truth and transparency clouded in anonymity are the objects of the game for the aspiring thriller “The Fifth Estate.”

Bill Condon directs and Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Stanley Tucci and Laura Linney star in the feature film about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Set in 2010 as Assange prepares to reveal thousands of classi-fied documents to the world, the story unfolds in flash-backs to 2007.

The Julian Assange (Bene-dict Cumberbatch) of “The Fifth Estate” uses charismatic authority to give WikiLeaks perceived legitimacy while the actual Assange is cooling his heels in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Assange meets his soon-to-be right-hand man Daniel

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Image retrieved from thefirenote.comThe cover of the latest album by The Arctic Mon-keys, “AM.”

“AM” is a fresh direction

By Rebecca Young

If I had to pick a favorite type of food, it would definite-ly have to be American. I love a nice juicy steak, a baked potato and a strawberry milk-shake or a yummy hamburger with French fries and a slice of apple pie ala mode.

My family and I don’t eat out often, but when we do we usually choose a restaurant like Golden Corral or China Buffet, someplace that is a buffet style where there is something for every taste.

But this time, I wanted to try out this new restau-rant that I had been hearing about, Cheddar’s. Several people that I know claimed that it was a nice restaurant with good service and reason-able prices.

The original Cheddar’s restaurant opened in Arling-ton, Texas, in 1978. Since then, nearly 80 Cheddar’s restaurants have popped up all over the United States with new restaurants due to open in Wisconsin, Kentucky and New Mexico.

The franchise restaurant in Lincoln is located at 5424 O Street. They are open Mon-day thru Thursday, 11 to 11; Friday and Saturday, 11 to midnight; and Sunday, 10:30 to 11.

In order to avoid a wait, we decided to arrive early. We were the first patrons that day, and were seated imme-diately.

The décor was nice. A huge fish aquarium with lots of different fish was located between the bar and the main

Cheddar’s scores 5 out of 5 stars

Photo courtesy of Stonebrook RoofingThe Cheddar’s on O Street in Lincoln scored well accord-ing to reviewer Rebecca Young in her detailed review.

Berg (played by Daniel Brühl, who was wonderful as Niki Lauda in “Rush”), and Daniel is immediately affected by the passion Assange shows for uncovering worldwide cor-ruption.

Both men are hackers by nature, and much of the mov-ie shows the men in various locations around the world, sitting at a table, laptops back to back, vigorously typing and receiving clandestine infor-mation.

Assange has set up an en-crypted network of disciples to create a haven for whistle blowers. Assange’s obsession soon becomes Daniel’s as Daniel spends every waking minute and a good amount of his own money helping As-sange stay one step ahead of the authorities trying to shut down his Website.

Stanley Tucci and Laura Linney are high-level State

Department workers trying to do damage control. Once they learn that Assange will release classified government documents about the wars in Iran and Afghanistan, they hurry to protect imbedded informants.

With Assange, not every-thing is as it seems. Assange has three large newspapers ready to print the information he leaks, but Daniel begins to question the smoke and mirrors surrounding Assange. Assange gives insight to his psychotic upbringing and his hacker life, and soon, Daniel must make a choice.

Overall, “The Fifth Estate” was fast-paced, entertain-ing and surprising. While it’s hard to make the Internet thrilling, Condon does a good job telling the other player’s stories as their lives unravel with every pull of the string from puppet master Assange.

“The Fifth Estate” makes the Internet thrilling

Movie still courtesy of Dreamworks SKG“The Fifth Estate” tells the tale of Wikileaks, let by Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian As-sange, left.

dining area, and there were many lovely leaf blade ceiling fans overhead. The atmo-sphere was comfortable, the service was friendly and there was ample space between tables. (I hate it when a res-taurant feels cramped.)

Our waitress greeted us within seconds, took our drink orders and asked if she could get us an appetizer started.

She recommended the triple treat sampler that was Nachos, and the choice of 2: loaded potato skins, moz-zarella sticks and chicken tenders. We chose chicken tenders and loaded potato skins.

She brought out our drinks just a few minutes later, told us that the appetizer would be out shortly and that she would be right back to take our order.

I was impressed with the variety of menu items. There was definitely options that would appeal to just about everyone.

There were many appetiz-ers to choose from, soups, salads, steaks, chicken, fish, burgers, sandwiches, des-serts, and Cheddar’s favorites, like sheppard’s pie, baked spagonia, chicken fried steak and New Orleans pasta.

My little kids were happy with the choices on the children’s menu and wanted to order the Chicken Ten-ders and the Grilled Cheese sandwich.

The waitress came back and took our food order,

and my husband ordered the combination steak and ribs. I ordered the sheppard’s pie, and my kids ordered the chicken strips, grilled cheese and chicken and waffles.

She then said that she would be right back with our appetizer. She came right back with it and placed it on the table.

Everything tasted very good, but there was hardly enough to go around for five people.

We finished our appetizer and were waiting for our food when we saw a different wait-ress come out of the kitchen with these pastry-like things that looked fabulous.

My son looked at me and asked, “What were those things?”

“I don’t know,” I said. “Let’s find out.”

When our waitress came around, we asked her what those pastry things were, and she said “Oh, those are our Honey Buttered Croissants, would you like some? They are 3 for $2.49.”

“Yes,” we said. “We’ll take two orders.”

Within minutes, she came out with five plates and two orders of these honey but-tered croissants; they were incredible. This was definite-ly the highlight of the whole meal.

It wasn’t much later when our waitress brought out our meals.

Everything looked wonder-ful, especially my sheppard’s

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By Rita Damiron Tallaj

BEATRICE - Seventeen Phi Beta Lambda members of Southeast Community College, Beatrice Campus attended the 2013-2014 Fall Leadership Conference at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

UNL’s PBL Chapter hosts the Fall Leadership Con-ference every year for PBL chapters for all schools in the state.

The conference had many business representatives such as Crete Carrier Corporation, Midland APICS, Nebraska Bank of Commerce, Sandhills Publishing, Target and VM Innovations.

The Alumni Relation Di-rector of UNL, Jenny Green, opened the general session with a speech.

Following Ms. Green’s speech, the first workshop sessions were presented by

By Stanley Edelbaum

BEATRICE - Southeast Community College’s All-Campus Choir will be doing two performances on Tues-day, December 10th at the Truman Hall gymnasium, lo-cated at the Beatrice campus.

Performance times are 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The choir’s production of “Holiday Celebration of the Arts,” under the direction of music instructor Dr. Kenneth Hoppmann, is in collabora-tion with the Theatre Produc-tion class under the guidance of speech and theatre instruc-tor Deborah Freeman.

With New York City as the back-drop, the concert will be made up of mostly Christmas songs.

Another segment of the program will be “After the Storm,” in which music schol-arship students will be pre-senting solo performances.

Choir members are stu-dents from the various SCC campuses who are not neces-sarily music majors, but have a love for singing.

Hoppmann stated that, “Many of the choir members participated in choirs or vocal groups while in high school. This gives them the oppor-

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GTA 5 earns its rating

By Sam Brauning

“Grand Theft Auto 5” is the most recently released of Rockstar’s infamous Grand Theft Auto games. The games al-low players to control multiple different characters as they live their lives of crime. The games are incredibly in depth, but none more so than the most recent game.

“Grand Theft Auto 5” has an extremely extensive map – the city of Los Santos and the surrounding desert countryside. It is possible to explore the desert moun-tains using an ATV, and there are many campsites and farms outside the city of Los Santos.

The city is extremely diverse; it has multiple rich neighborhoods and suburbs along with its multiple bad neighbor-hoods. Not only is the city diverse, but it feels alive and bustling with activity. If you go walking through the streets you will encounter other pedestrians, moving cars and people working in businesses.

There are three different characters in the game: Franklin, Trevor and Michael.

Michael is rich and successful, Trevor

is crazy and deranged and Franklin is an automobile repo man.

It is possible to keep yourself occu-pied for hours with “Grand Theft Auto 5,” exploring the dense landscape of the city and beyond or playing any of the side missions built into the game to make money and meet people.

The only potential downfall of the game is the extremely prevalent immo-rality. One of the characters cooks meth and is regularly seen running from the police, and that’s just outside of the built in gameplay.

Aside from that, just while you’re walk-ing around, you get solicited by prosti-tutes. You can also steal cars and assault any passersby that you can see.

The gratuitous violence is part of what makes the game unique, however. Because of this, it is up to you to decide whether or not the game is for you.

Over all, “Grand Theft Auto 5” is a multi-faceted game with many pros and cons. It is definitely a game that earns its “Mature” rating, and it is something you should evaluate before you play.

Game still retrieved from musictimes.comGTA 5, above, enables players to live a criminal life.

Beatrice PBL Members Attended the Fall Leadership Conference at UNL

Photo contributedMembers of the Beatrice PBL chapter, above, attended the Fall Leadership Conference at UNL.

Target and Sandhills Publish-ing. These workshops were called “Leadership Develop-ment” and “Getting the Job You Want.”

Lunch was offer as a networking opportunity with representatives from each company. Students had the opportunity to learn about the businesses and available internships.

Following the lunch, two workshops suggesting ideas for PBL members and advi-sors on how to fund raise money or recruit members took place.

The conference concluded with a speech by Michael Fleming, who was represent-ing the March of Dimes.

Students were really en-thusiastic about the confer-ence.

“It was an unforgettable learning experience,” said SCC student and PBL mem-ber Olga Sunyaikina.

SCC Choir to stage holiday concert

tunity to continue with their enjoyment of singing.”

Music scholarships are awarded to students through an audition process and cover various college expenses up $500 per quarter per student for three quarters.

The All-Campus Choir can award up to 25 scholarships per quarter.

“We welcome anyone who has an interest in sing-ing and music to the choir,” Hoppmann said. “Not only do we get to sing, but we also learn the vocal techniques.”

Choir members have the option of meeting every Tuesday or for three Satur-days during the quarter. Then both groups get together for rehearsals towards the end of the quarter.

For many years, the choir has performed free concerts throughout the Lincoln area and, in recent years, has travelled to New York City to give performances at Carn-egie Hall.

For additional information regarding the All-Campus Choir and how to become a member, Hoppmann can be reached at 402-228-8256 or via email at khoppmann@southeast.edu.

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Southeast Community Col-lege’s Beatrice Campus Stu-dent Licensed Practical Nurse Association recently was presented the Student Orga-nization Impact Award by the Licensed Practical Nursing Association of Nebraska.

The award was presented at the Oct. 17 luncheon of the LPNAN Convention. Domi-nique Jones, Level 2 class president, and Tasha Traylor, Level I class treasurer, ac-cepted the award.

The award goes to the stu-dent organization which has demonstrated commitment to its field of study, participation in community service proj-ects, attendance at the state convention, fund raising, and overall interaction between students in the program. This impact award recognizes the student nursing organiza-tion that has succeeded in strengthening the relation-ship between its program and community.

Karen Stevens, an instruc-tor in SCC’s Practical Nursing program in Beatrice and one of the organization’s advi-sors, nominated the student organization for the award. Fellow Instructor Pat Lorenz also serves as an advisor to the student organization.

At the time of the nomi-nation the organization had 66 student members. Forty-three attended the 2012 state convention. Students were involved in numerous community service projects throughout 2012, including taking blood pressures and administering immunizations at various health promotion booths, providing blood pres-sure screenings and oxygen saturation evaluations at SCC’s Open House booth, and donating non-perishable food items to the Blue Rivers Food

SCC Beatrice Campus Practical Nursing program student organization awarded

Pantry.The organization also

participated in three fund raising events since the 2012 convention.

Stevens said the students specialize in multiple project areas.

“With our food pantry and Head Start here on campus it has been easy for our students to see how they can help on a real local level,” Stevens said. “There is much need even in our own back yards. This year students assisted with the growing need for additional help for community mem-bers that normally would not use the food pantry but now need to use it to supplement their households because of a decrease in employment. The need for bottled water has also been an issue, not only with this food pantry but with several around the state.”

The organization, in collaboration with faculty, developed a big sis/little sis (brother) connection, which begins the networking and friendships that help new students feel a part of the organization. This program also teaches students about mentoring and positive role modeling, Stevens said.

“As faculty, we see the or-ganization as a means to cre-ate professionalism and the importance of collaboration and teamwork in nursing,” Stevens said. “The faculty

Photo by Joshua WhitneySCC Beatrice Campus Practical Nursing program students posing with the awards are, from left, Amanda Wolken, Lincoln; Tess Schumacher, Gordon; Dominique Jones, Kan-sas City, Mo.; Enid Lassley, Beatrice; and Allen Maatsch, Beatrice.

tries to instill the importance of networking with other nurses, and the organization helps them feel comfortable in discussion with their fellow classmates about health care topics. We, as faculty, feel it so important for students to see what goes on after becoming a professional that we actually take a clinical for students to attend the LPNAN Convention.”

The organization dem-onstrates this, Stevens said,

by having the most students from any practical nursing program in Nebraska sacrific-ing a clinical day to attend one day of the convention each year.

Stevens shared why she and Lorenz believe the Bea-trice LPNAN student organi-zation stands out.

“The organization reflects the intention that it is so im-portant to instill the ideals of professionalism in a student right from the beginning of

their education,” Stevens said. “Ideals of caring, dig-nity, advocacy, accountability, holism, and ethics play an intricate role in day to day activities of nurses.”

Persons interested in more information about the Practi-cal Nursing program at SCC are asked to contact Crystal Higgins, Beatrice Campus program chair, at 402-228-8264 or Mary Trumble, Lin-coln Campus program chair, at 402-437-2765.

pie. It tasted very good and reminded me of the shep-pard’s pie that my grand-mother used to make.

My kids ate every bit of food on their plate (which says a lot), and my youngest was really impressed with the chicken and waffles.

My husband really liked the ribs. He said, “They were so tender that they just fell off the bone.”

The total for this unforget-table experience was $65.10, which included our drinks, appetizer, yummy honey buttered croissants and our meals.

That averages out to be about $13.00 per person, which is not at all unreason-able. I think that it was well worth it for the experience that we had.

I rate Cheddar’s a 5 out of 5.

It is a nice quality restau-rant that offers good food, friendly wait staff, a comfort-able environment and reason-ably priced meals.

I will definitely take my family there again, but the next time, I plan to order the steak and tenders.

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