The Lookout Volume 55 Issue 8

Nathan Wilson Editor in Chief

LCC became one of 12 founding institutions to the join the Gateways to Comple-tion (G2C) initiative during fall 2013 in a national effort to boost student success.

According to Martine Rife, faculty process liaison for the G2C project, this national pi-lot initiative is undertaken by the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergradu-ate Education.

“Through LCC’s participa-tion in the project’s first co-hort, our college, along with other founding members, will take dramatic steps to im-

prove our gateway courses,” Rife said.

“Our work on this project will focus on five key courses, courses that are foundational, high-enrollment and high risk.”

These gateway courses in-clude WRIT 121 Composition I, ACCG 210, Principles of Ac-counting I, HIST 212, U.S. His-tory: 1877 to Present, MATH 112, Intermediate Algebra and BIOL 121.

Through a robust evidence-based analysis, LCC will de-velop and implement action plans in five gateway courses in the following areas: aca-demic success and excellence in learning, improved course

completion, retention and graduation, upward social mobility and life satisfaction.

“Our goals are to closely study and analyze key cours-es that prevent barriers to student success, in order to design interventions and ac-tion plans, and implement those action plans with the ultimate goal of dramatically increasing student success,” Rife said.

First-year college composi-tion and first-semester col-lege math have been known to pose problems for particu-larly populations of students.

“No one has yet figured out exactly why these par-ticular courses are a barrier,”

Rife said. “National and local data further shows that such courses have a disproportion-ately high negative impact on students of color.

“Thus, in order to achieve our goal of serving a diverse community, and of maintain-ing a diverse student popula-tion, we at Lansing Commu-nity College are going to work with 11 other colleges at the cutting edge of this national student success initiative.”

Presently and through Monday, Dec. 16, the Stu-dent Learning Gain As-sessment Survey is be-ing administered in

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Dec. 9, 2013 - Jan. 26, 2014

Hockey Club breeds success

Cagers pile up wins

Ensemble brings the energy

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What are your plans for the holiday break?

Brooke Burns, 18, General Education Steven Atkin, 18, Engineering

“Sleeping and enjoying not having to do schoolwork.”

Amber Boid, 18, Music

“I’m going to my mom’s condo in Orlando, Florida.”

“Festive things: decorating cookies and the Christmas tree, and sledding if it snows.”

Brittany Swejkoski, 18, General Education

“Partying, working, tanning.”

CAMPUSPERSPECTIVESCAMPUSPERSPECTIVESCAMPUSPERSPECTIVES

Jaimie Bozack Associate Editor

It is almost the end of the 2013 fall semester, which means new scholarship opportunities will become available for students.

Keeping up with the amount of scholarships students can apply for can be overwhelm-ing. The application deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.

According to Peggy Hellwig, Foundation Scholarship and Operations coordinator, in or-der to be considered for a schol-arship, students must complete an online General Scholarship Application by the deadline.

“We’re encouraging students to apply now because the soon-er, the better,” Hellwig said.

According to Hellwig, there are a variety of different schol-

arships available for students of all types, and some are specific to degrees. To apply for a schol-arship, students can go to LCC’s online homepage and click the scholarship link where it directs visitors to different scholarships.

“For students, it’s easy to do, everything is right online,” said Hellwig. “You just go online from your phone, tablet or lap-top and have it down within a matter of minutes.”

According to Hellwig, for students to qualify for different scholarships, they must meet certain criteria, which is listed on the homepage. Most scholar-ships will require the student’s GPA, extracurricular activities and a reference letter.

“GPA is important but it isn’t

Scholarships still available

LCC joins national initiative to foster success

Silver Bells in the City delights

Photo by Suzanna Powers


Fireworks explode over the State Capitol during the 29th annual Silver Bells in the City in Downtown Lansing on Nov. 22. See story and photo essay on page 12.

Many faculty members were present for the G2C webinar, which focused on prep-aration for the spring semester Nov. 26.

See Scholarship, page 2

See G2C, page 2

five gateway courses mentioned above. This survey is linked off ev-ery course’s D2L site in the “News” area.

Students can provide direct feedback through this survey, and every semester for the next three years when this survey is administered in the five courses, stu-dents are directly shap-ing how these courses will be changed to bet-ter meet student needs.

Students can also be-come involved through the Academic Senate, which meets every oth-er Friday in the Univer-sity Center in rooms 203 and 204.

As the only college in Michigan participating in the G2C initiative, LCC will play a role in paving the way for other colleges to also examine its key courses, according to Rife.

“Through our work, we expect to see in-creasing numbers of LCC students obtain-ing degrees both at LCC and once they transfer to four-year and gradu-ate degree-granting col-leges,” Rife said.

For more information about the G2C initiative or to get involved, con-tact Rife at [email protected] or (517) 483-9906. Her office is located in the Arts & Sciences Build-ing, room 204.

necessarily the thing that will get you the scholarship,” Hellwig said. “Extracurriculars and the reference letter are looked at as well,

and everything is taken into considerations.”

LCC students such as Steven Atkin are already applying on-line and taking advan-tage of the different amounts of scholar-

ships offered. “It’s free money,”

Atkin said. “To not ap-ply for free money and scholarships would be a bad decision. Every bit counts.”

Hellwig says she can-

not stress enough the deadline for students to apply for scholarships.

“Make sure you meet the deadline,” Hellwig said. “Jan. 21 will come up sooner than you think.”

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NEWS2

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Continued from page 1Chancelor MillerFreelance Writer

Thanks to the generous do-nations of students, staff and community members, LCC was able to make a difference.

Throughout the Nov. 17 week of Homecoming, Student Life Volunteer Services held the One CAN Make A Difference Food Drive, which took dona-tions for the Greater Lansing

Food Bank. The volunteers’ goal was to

raise awareness about the need for food in the community.

Terry Wellman, an LCC fac-ulty member, was kind enough to make a donation and she shared her reasons for doing so.

“I do it because I’m able to,” Wellman said. “I feel fortunate and I’d rather help out those that are not as fortunate.”

At the end of Homecoming

Week, volunteers had collected an entire 55-gallon barrel full of cans and $1,400.

Student Life Volunteer Coor-dinator Jacob Hartges shared his view on the event.

“Overall, I’m proud of the effort we put forth and we are looking to improve in the years to come,” Hartges said.

“We didn’t do as well as we thought we would and are ready do better the next time around.”

Student Life food drive raises $1,400

Nathan WilsonEditor in Chief

Holiday cheer was on display thanks to some of LCC’s clubs in the Gannon Building lobby on the second floor Dec. 4.

LCC’s Photo Club held its annual Christmas photo shoot and a bake sale with goodies ranging from pumpkin bread to peanut butter cake, chocolate chip cookies and sour dough. Prices for baked goods varied between 75 cents and $1.

According to Photo Club Secretary Theresa Dunn, students could have their holiday portrait

taken for $3 for a print or two prints for $5.

“We’re raising money for a field trip next semester to go to the Detroit Institute of Arts,” said Photo Club President Luke Kreft.

Also standing by were representatives from LCC’s Kinesiology Club, who were spreading health awareness on campus and collecting donations for Toys for Tots (see story on page 4).

In addition to distributing information about health, Kinesiology Club Board Member Ronny Robinson proudly displayed the club’s new T-shirt

design. “We want to help people’s

awareness with their sugar intakes,” Robinson said.

LCC student Samantha Martinez said she enjoyed reading the display and learning miscellaneous nutritional facts.

“When I think of the holidays, I look forward to having hot chocolate, gingerbread, Christmas cookies and all that great stuff,” Martinez said.

“After looking at their club display, I think I’m going to curb the amount of sugar over the holidays and put in some more exercise.”


NEWS3

The year is almost over, which means my first semester of col-lege is almost over. I still can’t process the amount of fun I’ve had and all the amazing things that have happened to me throughout.

I started at LCC as this awk-ward first-year college student who didn’t know how to work her StarCard or even work the microwave in the Gannon Cafe. But after being here for a semes-ter, I’m now a more experienced college student who microwaves things regularly.

I’ve had many accomplish-ments just within this first se-

mester I’m really thankful for. I started out on LCC’s newspaper staff as a news editor and office manager. I was very honored to be a part of such an amazing staff. I still am.

But I’m even more honored to have been promoted to asso-ciate editor. It’s not even a year and so much has changed for me.

I’ve also been really fortunate to meet the amount of people and friends as I have. I came in knowing some people but not really sure how to approach meeting other people.

I met my first college friend by tripping over a chair in the cafeteria while pretending I was actually just doing some sort of dance move. I will thank that chair someday.

I’m also really thankful that

I’ve got involved with so many things as I have here at LCC and in the downtown com-munity. I’ve been doing more volunteering lately with things I’ve never done before, such as working with the Volunteers of America (VOA) to get donations. It makes me feel good while do-ing good.

I’ve also been doing more so-cial things like attending con-certs and going to coffee and dinner at local places down-town. I even got to meet one of my favorite bands and artists, and I’ve discovered that Down-town Subs is my favorite place

downtown. I eat there probably way too much to be normal.

I’m glad my first semester has been successful. I’ve learned so much and have had a great time. I hope to continue that with this new semester coming.

I’ll still be working for The Lookout and am truly excited to see what kind of stories we can do and what we can accomplish.

I’m excited to keep students informed and bring the infor-mation while meeting new people and going for a degree in something I really enjoy - which is exactly what I’m do-ing now. Journalism.

Jaimie BozackAssociate Editor

Writing is a passion for Nathan Wilson. You may recognize his name from reading almost every other story in The Lookout, or you may recognize his name from reading his other works.

Wilson is currently the editor in chief for The Lookout in addition to being a published author.

Wilson recently held a book launch for his second novel, Red Widow, at the LCC Library Dec. 2.

A theatrical reading of an intense and pivotal scene in the book was read by LCC acting student Chelsea Bonofigilo.

Wilson first started writing short stories at the age of 7 when his sister inspired him to write. Since then, he has written over 30 manuscripts, but he only took two of them through the publishing process.

According to Wilson, Red Widow is nothing like his first novel, The Undying God. Red Widow is a crime thriller set in the Czech Republic while The Undying God is a dark fantasy about radical ideology. According to Wilson, the inspiration

behind Red Widow is also different.

“Red Widow was initially inspired by a nightmare I had three years ago,” Wilson said. “From there, it morphed into a story about Vivian, a young woman trying to escape a tragic situation.”

According to Wilson, he also used the main character’s determined personality to get through his own life and feelings of giving up.

“Red Widow became an outlet for those feelings, and it helped me affirm my determination to succeed and not give in,” Wilson said.

According to Wilson, he has sold six paperback copies so far and the eBook version has been downloaded over 80 times in the first three days of its release. He said he is very appreciative of such support from local friends and family.

“I was very pleased and surprised,” Wilson said. “I’m very grateful for the local fan base that I have.”

The Red Widow book launch also featured the work of LCC fashion students Ana Espinoza and Caricia Ramirez, who displayed illustrations

inspired by the book cover art.

“I took on who I thought the character was through designing the fashion, which to me was a strong-willed, determined woman,” Espinoza said.

According to Wilson, this was a rewarding event for him because he got to see the lead character, Vivian, captured in a visual way.

The combination of the design students and Wilson’s novel coming together was put on because of Jennifer Hennings.

According to Wilson, she mobilized the event and proposed the idea of organizing a display on campus, a theatrical reading and a book signing portion.

For Wilson, he has always fantasized about being a full-time writer and he said he hopes to keep working at it.

“It may take years or tens of years to build up a worthy reputation as an author, but I think I’ve done well so far,” said Wilson.

Red Widow can be downloaded for free in any eBook format from smashwords.com or it can be purchased in paperback for $8.99 on amazon.com.

Pickin’ in The Park takes place every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sir Pizza Grand Cafe in Old Town. Pickin’ In The Park is a national move-ment that brings together players of all ages and all skill levels who want to learn

from other in an informal at-mosphere.

The music includes blue-grass, blues, classic rock, contemporary, country, folk, etc.

For more information, visit http://lcc.edu/radio/events.

IN BRIEFNews

Apply for child care before Jan. 31 deadline

Don’t miss the deadline to apply for Child Care awards for the spring semester through Women’s Resource Network/Returning Adult Program Jan. 31, 2014.

This award will help pay for the cost of child care with any licensed child care provider. Students who are interested in

receiving assistance with child care expenses must complete the application by deadline and meet the income guide-lines and other criteria.

For more information, call the Women’s Resource/Re-turning Adult Program at 517-483-1199 or visit http://www.lcc.edu/wrc/

Ghost the Musical comes alive at the Wharton Center

Relive the iconic and magi-cal moments from the Oscar-winning movie Ghost in a brand new Broadway musical. Ghost The Musical breathes new life into a timeless love story at the Wharton Center in Lansing from Monday, Dec. 10 Friday, Dec. 15.

Adapted from the hit film, Ghost The Musical follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a

shocking turn after Sam’s un-timely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in grave danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death.

For a list of show times and ticket info, visit whartoncenter.com

Join LCC Radio for Pickin’ In The Park every Tuesday

Looking back on last semester; looking forward to a new one

Red Widow well-received

Clubs usher in season

Luke Kreft, president of the LCC Photo Club, photographs stu-dent Cecilia Major for the Christmas Photo Shoot held in the Gannon Building Dec. 5.


— Just Jaimie —

Nathan WilsonEditor in Chief

Every year, Michigan newspaper staffs submit material to the Michigan Press Association (MPA) for its annual contest.

The Lookout staff recently earned six awards from the 2013 MPA contest. Each article was published in the 2012-13 academic year.

Third place for general excellence was awarded to The Lookout staff. The MPA judge who reviewed the entries said there was a good balance of editorial content and graphics throughout The Lookout.

The Lookout staff was also honored for its

online newspaper, receiving second place, an improvement over third place for the 2011-12 MPA contest.

The MPA judge said the online edition featured a nice design and has a firm foundation. The Lookout recently went live with its new website, which will be updated regularly at lcc.edu/lookout.

The Lookout Adviser Larry Hook said he was especially excited to learn about the general excellence and online newspaper awards.

“The fact that we won six awards this year compared to five last year is nice,” Hook said. “It shows that we’re going in the right direction.”

In addition to the staff awards, editors were honored on an individual basis. Former sports editor Dominick Mastrangelo won second place in the sports photo category.

Nikki Nicolaou, The Lookout paginator, received an honorable mention for front page design.

“I did rework the Perspectives, so I’m glad (the judges) noticed that,” Nicolaou said. “I’m proud that I received an award ... I think I’ve improved my designing quite a lot this year.”

A&E Editor Sarah Spohn received an honorable mention for her column “Rumours has everyone talking.”

“I’m proud of it,” Spohn said. “I’ll take what I can get. I had so many puns in there for Fleetwood Mac fans. As a classic rock fan, I really enjoyed writing the piece and am happy it sparked conversation and an honorable mention.”

An honorable mention was also awarded to Maranda Zimmerman in the original cartoon category.

“According to the judges last year, some of our photos were dark and I think we’ve made some good improvements in that area,” Hook said. “We’ve also improved our graphic design of the paper. In the year ahead, I think we’ll do even better.”


FEATURES4

Tyler DonelsonFreelance Writer

Lansing residents of all ages filled Dart Auditorium for 89.7 WLNZ’s annual Silver Bells in the City radio play Nov. 22.

This year’s perfor-mance was A Seussified Christmas Carol, an original stage play by Peter Bloedel that was radio adapted by LCC Radio General Manager Daedalian Lowry.

The play is the classic tale from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol except with a Dr. Seuss twist.

The performance cast featured such celebrities as Jason Colthorp, Kristi Love, Parker, Jack Robbins and Chris Kelly from local news and radio, along with staff and volunteers from LCC Radio.

Evan Pinsonnault of WLNS-TV 6 portrayed Ebenezer “The Scrooge.” Holiday music performed throughout the event was provided by the LCC Rock Ensemble.

Chris Rollins from the Rock Ensemble said he thought the play was a great experience.

“Everybody here, we’ve taken from the

class and put them in here and quickly rehearsed,” Rollins said. “We had a couple rehearsals and had all this stuff ready to go. These guys kicked into it really well, so it was fun.”

The show allowed audience members to take part in on the action, too.

Volunteers on the stage held up signs for the audience to applaud, “oooh” and “ahhh” at certain scenes.

Audience members also had the chance to experience an inside look at how radio sound effects work.

Adding to this holiday treat was a small skit called “Christmas

Bargains” by Karen Hopper, along with a comedic commercial skit.

Lowry explained what it was like adapting the play for radio.

“When it was a stage play, it was a lot of visual clues, so yeah, it was a challenge and fun at the same time, especially since you had to rhyme the whole thing,” Lowry said.

“I thought it went great. I’m really pleased … It’s really what Silver Bells in the City is all about anyway.

“This is our eighth year doing this and we are definitely going to be doing it again next year. I think it’s getting to be more fun every year.”


Many are fortunate to have a place to spend the holidays and to wake up on Christmas morning to find presents under the tree.

However, there are some who are not as for-tunate. Some wake up to find nothing and spend Christmas as just a regu-lar day.

Toys for Tots is a mis-sion by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve to change

that by collecting new, unwrapped toys for chil-dren who do not have them and who are less fortunate during the hol-idays.

LCC’s American Marketing Association (AMA) teamed up with Toys for Tots to hold a fundraiser from Dec. 1 to 13.

Giant boxes shaped as gifts are scattered throughout LCC. Stu-dents can drop off any donations there.

According to AMA

Vice President of Pro-fessional Development Zach Basler, last year the

AMA received approxi-mately 400 donations.

“Last year, the event

turned out really well,” Basler said. “We’re just hoping to keep that go-ing this year and give some less fortunate kids something to look for-ward to.”

According to Basler, the toys donated at LCC will be taken to the Sal-vation Army around Christmas time and do-nated to children.

Basler said the AMA doesn’t actually get any-thing out of this event except the satisfaction of doing something for a

good cause. “We just do it because

it’s a good thing for the community and LCC students to be involved in,” Basler said. “It’s just a part of our community service.”

According to Basler, there are three main goals for Toys for Tots this year.

“We want to reach 400 toys, donate to kids who don’t have what they need, and make the kids happy by doing so,” Basler said.

AMA assists Toys for Tots for holidays

Dart gets Seussified

A stage volunteer cues the audience to “Walla” during the Silver Bells in the City radio play Nov. 22.

LCC AMA President Dominique Vaughn (left) receives a toy donated by LCC student DJ House for Toys for Tots.



The Lookout staff earns six journalism awards

Sarah SpohnA&E Editor

Elm Street Recording Studio has been making quite the noise in REO Town for the last decade. Nestled on the south side of Lansing across from downtown, this little gem has been the go-to for many local and nationally known musicians to record their tracks.

Ryan Wert is the first face visitors will sees once the weathered, white front door opens. He is the face donning a pair of thick black headphones you will see. He is the face you will see shaking a nod of ap-proval after takes. He is quite likely the only face you will see in the studio.

A self-described “one man show,” Wert is the owner and sole employee of Elm Street Recording Studio. He grew up in Grand Rapids, and after graduating from Hope College, he began as an intern with engineer and producer Glen Brown.

After moving to East Lansing, Wert began his start-up, recording busi-ness full-time in his own home before searching for commercial properties.

“Just over two years ago,

I was kind of getting to the point where I was growing and my wife needed some space and it was crowded,” Wert said. The business moved from his home to a n old house right next door.

Talent hailing from the mitten includes recordings done for artists Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seek-

ers, Elliot Street Lunatic and Frontier Ruckus. Elm Street Recording Studio just finished putting the finishing touches on The Verve Pipe’s new kid’s al-bum.

While working nights and weekends is often frowned upon, it is pre-cisely how this engineer makes a living doing what

he loves. “I usually start around

10:30,” Wert said. “A lot of the times … my schedule is sort of (the) reverse of most people’s. So weekends and evenings are always the busy times.”

Wert has had artists call him up to record at 11:30 p.m. Just like typical schedules vary, so does the

variety of musicians the studio receives. A blue-grass quartet in the morn-ing and a metal band at night is followed by a few days of an MSU a capella group.

“It keeps it pretty di-verse, which I like … not the same thing every day at all,” Wert said. “And when it is … I usually get

antsy.” Being a locally-owned

and operated business in Lansing, Elm Street Re-cording Studio focuses on giving back to the community, especially its neighbors in REO Town. The studio recently teamed up with REACH, a local youth art center.

“I do a TV show with REACH,” Wert said. “We just started; we’re four ep-isodes in out of 24 total.” Cleverly coined A Band in Buildings, the bands per-form and record in aban-doned buildings.

New projects are al-ways on the brink, and perhaps the most antici-pated project is Days of Radio. The band mem-bers worked every week of the summer at Elm Street Recording Studio recording their record.

“Most of the time when I’m doing proj-ects, it’s just me and we kind of plow through it,” Wert said. “And this is kind of a bigger col-laborative thing so we did all the recording here, sent the tracks off, and we’re still waiting to get mixes back, but that’s going to be a re-ally, really good record when it’s done.”


FEATURES5

Jeremy KohnStaff Writer

Silent Dinners are events held by LCC’s Sign Language Interpreter program, which is a pro-gram designed to accommodate those who are hearing impaired in achieving goals such as educational and vocational means.

Silent Dinners are held every Monday from 9 to 11 p.m., and they have been held at various restaurants in Lansing, including Applebee’s and the Nuthouse Sports Grill.

Tracy Tatti, who is a liaison for LCC’s Sign Language Club and student coordinator for the

Silent Dinner, described how the idea for the Silent Dinner outings came to be.

“One night, a fellow student and I invited all of our classmates from a sign class out to Apple-bee’s for a dinner and game night,” Tatti said.

“Since that night, it has spread like wildfire. Our first Silent Dinner had around 20 people at-tending. Now two years later, that number has doubled.”

The Silent Dinner is a great way for those who are hearing impaired or interested in learning about sign language to spend time enjoying food and fellowship together.

“I never would have thought that hanging out with friends, using a language we all love, would have spread the way that it did,” Tatti said.

“It is a great way to practice old skills and ac-quire new ones in a comfortable safe environ-ment around friends.”

LCC’s Silent Dinner has a Facebook page for those who are interested. It features a profile picture that coincides with which restaurant the group will attend for the upcoming dinner.

Jeremy KohnStaff Writer

Swashbuckling sword fights and epic fist fights will be a part of Lansing Community College’s Stage Combat Open House in Dart Auditorium at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 14.

Stage Combat prepares LCC theater students to endure scenes with hand-to-hand com-bat as well as weapons used in LCC’s theater productions.

John Lennox, who teaches Stage Combat at LCC, will lead the open house.

“We choose a variety of weap-ons, and then we go about train-ing them in that weapon for about half the semester and the other half is them rehearsing their scenes,” Lennox said.

Lennox talked about how dur-ing this semester the students have been focusing on native Incan weapons such as Toma-hawks, knives and axes.

Stage Combat has been used in LCC productions during this semester. The Graduate contained a scene where a character was slapped, and LCC production As You Like It contained a scene with a bare knuckle boxing fight.

“The value of the open house is

that being a performing arts stu-dent, an essential ingredient is to be able perform in front of an au-dience, and it is more rewarding then performing in a class room,” said LCC Performing Arts Coor-dinator Melissa Kaplan.

The Stage Combat final per-formances will be part-theater and part-weapons duels, as stu-dents’ intense training will be transformed into a live perfor-mance.

The Stage Combat Open House is a free event. For more info con-tact at [email protected].

Lansing studio is making some noise

Silent Dinner speaks volumesLCC’s Sign Language Club holds Silent Dinners every Monday from 9 to 11 p.m. at various res-taurants, including Applebee’s and the Nuthouse Sports Grill.

Ryan Wert opens up the Elm Street Recording Studio to all kinds of artists and musicians to record their work.

Director John Lennox (top) rehears-es with LCC student Scott Schultz for the Stage Combat Open House.

Photo courtesy of Tracy Tatti


Courtesy photo

Stage Combat skills come to life at Dart


SPORTS6

Richard SchenckSports Editor

The LCC women’s basketball team dropped its road contest 64-61 against Delta College on Nov. 26.

LCC sophomore guard Robyn Robinson led the Lady Stars with 19 points. She was followed by sophomore LaTonya Shade with 16 points. Sophomore Jordan McLeggan had a game-high 20 rebounds in a losing cause for LCC.

LCC’s second loss of the sea-son did not slow its early-season momentum as they dominated Rochester College 65-43 in the Gannon Gym on Dec. 3.

Freshmen led the way in scor-ing and rebounding for LCC as Jailynn Jackson-Hamilton had 20 points along with 10 rebounds. Morgan Kelso led the Stars with 12 rebounds.

Sophomores Shade and McLeggan played the support-ing role for the Lady Stars, con-tributing 10 and 13 points, re-spectively.

LCC will have a 16-day break from the schedule after its Dec. 18 game against MCCAA East opponent Henry Ford CC, re-suming play on Jan. 4 at home against Muskegon CC.

Shade said her team is concen-trating on keeping their momen-tum into January.

“We just want to work hard

and execute the plays,” Shade said. “We need to make sure we stay top notch on defense.”

The Lady Stars head to South Holland, Ill., Dec. 13-14 for the South Suburban Classic. Shade said the finer details will be cru-cial to come out victorious.

“Number one, we need to go down there and make sure we are focused,” Shade said. “We played them last year and I be-lieve we won. Hopefully we go down there and do it again.”

Even though LCC is 5-2, it sits sixth in the MCCAA West and must continue the winning ways to keep pace.

Starting in January the Lady Stars will face the bulk of their conference schedule, with every game being played against West-ern Conference teams until the MCCAA District semifinals on March 4.

Shade explained with confer-ence play nearing, the coaching staff is emphasizing the need to play well to make a run in March.

“It is different than game we have previously played,” Shade said. “It is going to be tougher competition so we are going to have to step up our play and play like we know we can.”

The Lady Stars were scheduled to play their final home game of the year against Calvin College on Dec. 7 at 1:00 pm. Scores and schedules can be found at www.lcc.edu/athletics.

Lady cagers fall on road, win at home

Men’s basketball team has competitive edgeLCC’s Jordan McLeggan (left) drives against Rochester College’s Meagan Heiden during the Dec. 3 women’s basketball game in the Gannon Gymnasium.


Matt GellerFreelance Writer

During the LCC men’s basketball team’s four away games, Devlin Bell, Jeff Cain and Tracy Edmond are averaging 63 of the teams 106 points per game.

“These guys just like to play,” LCC Head Coach Mark Ingram said. “They are competitive and they just like to play.”

Ingram says it is

conditioning that is separating the Stars from the teams they are playing, along with even-scoring distribution. As of the early December, the Stars were ranked ninth nationally in Division II.

With the addition of versatile scorer Darryl Tipton, Coach Ingram uses his second unit as an extension of the starters themselves.

On Nov. 26 LCC

traveled to Delta College looking to notch their fifth consecutive win. LCC sophomore and team Captain Devlin Bell led the team with 26 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Jeff Cain chipped in 25 points in a 117-101 victory.

Sophomore Donyae Logan stuffed the stat sheet contributing nine points, five rebounds one steal and an assist.

LCC freshman Nate Lafayette had an enormous game with 17 points and 18 rebounds, including 13 points in a 102-100 win against Malcolm X at the Cincinnati State Tournament Nov. 29-30. A last-second shot from Tracy Edmond secured the win.

Cain led the team in scoring with 26 points and Bell dominated the glass racking up 17

rebounds in the Stars 119-62 win over MU Middleton Nov. 30.

Bell and Tracy led the way against Northwood JV scoring 24 and 27 points respectively, while Lafayette snatched 14 rebounds to lead the Stars to a 96-87 win.

“Coach makes us work hard at practice,” Cain said. “We don’t always like it, but I always feel fresh at the end of games.”

After a couple early season mix ups, LCC has won eight in a row with half of those games coming down to the last minute and sometimes the last possession.

The men go on a two game road trip looking to extend their winning streak against Mott CC Dec. 11 and Henry Ford CC on Dec. 18. Scores and schedules can be found at www.lcc.edu/athletics.


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Although hockey is not sponsored by Lansing Community College, the LCC Hockey Club has been going strong since 2003 and has no plans of closing shop any time soon.

Adviser Eva Menefee re-takes the reins of the LCC Hockey Club this year af-ter a brief stint away from the team.

Even though hockey is a club, the coaches and Menefee alike stress the importance of academ-

ics as if it was a school-sponsored sport. Players must tryout and adhere to guidelines in the class-room.

“There are academic requirements because we are a Division 3 school,” Menefee said. “You have to maintain at least nine credit hours and pass them each semester. You have to be eligible for the fall and the spring.”

As an academic adviser as well, Menefee is avail-able to assist players in any needs they may have academically. Menefee said she not only wants

the players to be successful at LCC, but also to be pre-pared for bigger schools in the future.

Officials from larger schools that LCC plays against can see the play-ers. That gives additional exposure that can garner offers from four-year insti-tutions.

“We’ve had hockey players from LCC actu-ally transfer to four-year schools,” Menefee said. “For example, we’ve had students at Central Michi-gan and Davenport, which is really weird because they transfer to Daven-

port and play against us instead of for us.”

LCC Captain Keith Mi-chalak acknowledged the Hockey Club has not only kept him disciplined aca-demically and athletically, but has strengthened his good character into some-thing even better.

“Being the captain has taught me that you’re re-sponsible for more than just yourself,” Michalak said. “Interaction with the coaches and older authori-ties has taught me a lot of responsibility that I look forward to taking with me after I’m done with hock-

ey.”The Hockey Club’s goal

is to not only give students a chance to play hockey at a collegiate level in the MCHA, but to also give them the tools necessary for life beyond the sport.

“You learn to get along and interact with different people and teaches you about teamwork,” Micha-lak said. “Going to other rinks and playing against other kids really shows you a lot about the atmo-sphere at LCC and that we can compete with other colleges.”

LCC hockey has grown

in popularity among the LCC student population as Menefee said she has seen more people coming out to games than in the past.

LCC hockey plays its home games at the Sum-mit in the Capital Center in Dimondale. The next home game is Friday Jan. 10 against Grand Valley State.

Schedules and game times can be found at www.lansingcchockey.com. Anyone wishing to try out for the team can contact Menefee at 483-9671 or [email protected].

Athlete Spotlight: Carlos ZamoraThe Lookout Sports Editor Rich-

ard Schenck recently spoke with LCC Wrestling Club member Carlos Zamora. A Lansing Eastern High School alumnus, Zamora quali-fied for state and national tourna-ments as a young boy. He will be a true freshman for the 2014 spring semester and will compete in the 125-pound weight class.

Q. What made you decide to

wrestle?A. When I was younger, my dad

got me into the sport. He felt that it would keep me out of trouble, and just thought it would be really good for me to get out there and do something good for myself. I’ve done sports all my life but I stuck with wrestling because I felt like it helped me become a better per-son, become a team player and

possibly mentor other kids.Q. How long have you been

wrestling?A. I’ve been wrestling since I was

5 years old on and off because I got injured, so I would say roughly 12 years.

Q. What attracted you to LCC for wrestling?

A. I came to LCC because I want-ed to get back into wrestling. I had

been off for over three years. I was already going to LCC and I didn’t know they had a wrestling team at first. When I found out about it, I jumped at the opportunity to con-tinue wrestling.

Q. What are your plans after leaving LCC?

A. I might go into welding at West Campus or electrical engi-neering classes at MSU.

LCC Hockey Club builds character

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Celebrate the season with the Lansing Symphony’s Holiday Pops concert at the Wharton Center Sunday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m.

Enjoy a festive afternoon of holiday favorites with Soprano Mara Bonde and the outstanding Arts Cho-rale of Lansing. Tickets range from $15 to $47. For more information, call 517-483-2000.

Sarah Spohn A&E Editor

Kazoos, spoons and a toy piano. No, these aren’t the goodie bag con-tents of a kid’s birthday party.

Add violins, percussion, guitars and a vibraphone to the mix and you have the LCC Experimental Music Ensemble. The ensemble performed in front of approximately 60 people in Dart Auditorium Dec. 3.

The free concert opened with “Soundpainting: Museik No. 10” by EME/H. Colding Jorgensen. The pro-jector screen showed a painting, cre-ating an art visual accompanied by the live sounds of the ensemble for a truly sensory experience.

Next was the student-composed piece “Toy Story.” Ensemble student Michael Steibel and co-director Cesar Potes wrote and arranged the piece for the live performance.

WLNZ Radio’s very own Brendan Hamilton narrated “Toy Story,” giv-ing background on the various toys and objects that were heard during the quirky piece.

The song featured toys, makeshift instruments and the ever-classic ka-zoo.

LCC Music Lead Faculty Molly Cryderman-Weber said she always enjoys seeing the student work on display for all to hear.

“I really liked Mike’s piece,” Cry-derman-Weber said. “It was educa-

tional but also very charming.”The ensemble also reprised Terry

Riley’s “In C,” which was performed live at MSU’s Broad Museum Nov. 24.

A total of 14 students performed in the Experimental Music Ensem-ble, and this concert featured pieces written by two of the students them-selves.

The concert came to an end with Ashilee Roberts’ “Fusion Tune,” composed alongside Cesar Potes.

Student pieces were a highlight of the night.

“Ashilee’s piece was so fun,” Cry-

derman-Weber said. “It’s always a blast to see the students having fun while they perform, not being so se-rious. I thought it was great. ... I’m always excited to hear what they play because it’s never the same with experimental, it’s always surprising somehow.”

The Experimental Music Ensemble has been on campus for six years, and is growing. This ensemble is open to anyone. Students can register for credit and community members are also welcome to sign up for the class.

For more information, visit lcc.edu/cma/music

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Zoo transforms into Wonderland of LightsLight up your holiday spirit this year with the

Wonderland of Lights at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo. The event is open Nov. 29 to Dec. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. only.

The zoo will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland with thousands of holiday lights and extraordinary displays. The 21st annual Wonderland of Lights includes strolling carolers, musical perfor-mances and more.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for kids ages 3 to 12 and free for kids under age 3. For more information, call 517-483-4222.

Festival of Trees brings cheer to Old Town

The Friends of Turner-Dodge House will return for the second annual Festival of Trees in Old Town Sat-urday, Dec. 14 to Sunday, Dec. 29.

A total of 27 spectacularly decorated trees were en-tered in last year’s event. Three celebrity judges will choose the top three trees. Admission times vary.

The event is $5 per person or $10 for a family of four. For more information, call 517-483-4220.

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Creativity and crescendos

LCC student Ashilee Roberts performs “Toy Story” on the violin for the Experimental Music Ensemble Dec. 3.



Since 1991, The Best American Sports Writing has published an-nual collections of the best sports stories by American writers, ed-ited by Glenn Stout and with the help of a guest editor.

Michael Wilbon and Peter Gammons, along with other well-known sports journalists, sift through hundreds of pieces every year, selecting the best ones. J.R. Moehringer was tapped for 2013, and in 386 pages he chose the pieces that spanned the globe.

This book not only highlights the thrill of victory and the agony

of defeat; this collection delves deep into the humanity factor that is sports.

Readers get firsthand accounts of how the lives of the employees of Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios were ruined when his mismanagement led to its bankruptcy, how the struggling town of Fennville gath-ered together and leaned on their high school’s team through vic-tory, and the loss of Wes Leonard.

If you are a fan of sports and em-brace the aspects of what sports provide, this book will run your emotions through the gambit.

Everyday people find comfort and direction with sports all the time. Moehringer has found those stories and shares them to serve as a reminder to anyone that sports aren’t just for entertainment; it

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Successes and failures are a dai-ly event. Sports puts it on a grand-er scale to provide a spectacle for all to see, but what happens after the final buzzer and away from bleachers is never revealed.

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After several years of ru-mored film adaptations, di-rector Gavin Hood finally brought Orson Scott Card’s acclaimed sci-fi novel Ender’s Game to the big screen.

Ender’s Game tells the story of a young boy named Ender Wiggin who has been moni-tored by military personnel and chosen to attend Battle School. Battle School is a program developed by the military to recruit brilliant-minded children to become the next force to prevent an-other invasion of the Formics. The Formics are an alien race who invaded Earth and were defeated by the great tactical General Mazer Rackham.

Battle School consists of

games where the children are divided into teams and then placed in an arena with zero gravity. Wiggin is closely monitored by the ruthless Commander Graff, played by Harrison Ford.

Graff believes Wiggin is the only hope if an impending battle with the Formics hap-pens. Wiggin excels at Battle School, and Graff recognizes Wiggin’s natural tactical abil-ity. Ender is moved into Team Salamander, led by the mer-ciless leader Bonzo Madrid, played by Moises Arias.

Next, Wiggin meets Petra Arkanian, played by Hailee Steinfeld. They develop a friendship and begin practic-ing in the arena together. Af-ter several successful battles, Wiggin is put in charge of the Dragon Army and overcomes adversity to defeat two armies at the same time.

It is hard not to have high expectations going into a movie where the book was amazing. So here is what the movie did well. I thought the visuals were a good depiction of how I envisioned the Battle School.

Now playing devil’s advo-cate, I feel the movie failed to capture the psychological torment that Graff put Ender through. The film doesn’t real-ly show how Graff ostracized him from the other children in order to breed him into the perfect war machine.

Wiggin’s siblings Valentine and Peter should have been more involved in the story. They play a vital role in un-derstanding the dual-com-plexity of Wiggin’s character. I found it disappointing that a timeless sci-fi novel has been reduced to Harry Potter in space.

Sarah SpohnA&E Editor

Holiday gatherings are abundant this time of year with family Christmas parties, company luncheons and celebrating the end of finals. If your family and friends are anything like mine (clever, witty and a little on the weird side), then I’ve got the perfect addition to any game night.

You’ve probably heard of the strange phenom-enon of awkward family photos. If not, check out www.awkwardfamilyphotos for a hoot and a three-hours-later holler from your boss yelling at you to get back to work.

The board game version includes 124 differ-ent photos, some classic fan favorites from the website and some never seen before. Players take turns rolling the die to land on 20 different thought-provoking questions.

Here’s where the silly part comes in. Various questions ask players to caption the photos, de-scribe the way the photo inspires them and name a magazine the photo could be on the cover of.

This icebreaker game is one for the books—that is, if the books had spandex pants, a mullet and a baby flipping the camera off. After play-ers have put their answers down, the roller picks his or her favorite answer and then tries to guess who said what.

Players get points if their answer is the favorite. I can only imagine the amount of laughs this

game could ignite given a little liquid courage for some of the usual party poopers. The pic-tures evoke thoughts, questions and downright concerns, leaving plenty of room for interpreta-tion.

And although the makers of this game have undoubtedly found some of the strangest fam-ily photos this side of the border, sometimes the most awkward part of the game is what your friends say.

If you have a game night coming up soon or any family gathering, I highly recommend you bring a game of Awkward Family Photos with you.

You’ll be the life of the party; just don’t forget your legwarmers, tacky white Reebok sneakers or matching family tie-dye shirts.

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Game has all kinds of awkward Ender’s Game, adapted from Orson Scott Card’s novel, hit the big screen Nov. 1.

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The legend continues. Ron Burgundy, Veronica Corning-stone, Brick Tamland, Champ Kind, Brian Fantana and the lov-able Spanish-speaking canine, Baxter, are all back on the big screen as Anchorman 2 hits the-aters Wedneday, Dec. 18.

If you own a TV, computer or engage in any type of social media whatsoever, you’ve prob-ably seen promotions for the movie. The mustaches, the hair, the scotch, they’re all back.

The face of Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) has been plas-

tered everywhere, and I don’t mean a publicly intoxicated ver-sion eating cat poop. The public-ity for this gig is seen at every corner and in every glass case of emotion this side of the border.

The media coverage for this movie has been kind of a big deal. We’ve seen Burgundy on Conan, talking about the ingredi-ents of his hair gel.

We’ve seen Burgundy become the new spokesperson for the Dodge Durango commercials.

Recently, he’s even been on an actual broadcast for KX News out of North Dakota.

The hype is here and rightfully so.

The first movie was great -- an icon, a cult classic, if you will. The only thing greater than Burgun-dy’s hair were the many one-lin-ers the film gave our generation.

The tremendous success felt by Anchorman is alarming — I mean it really escalated quickly.

Honestly, the idea of a sequel is

both terrific and terrifying. I don’t doubt the news team will be lack-ing in camaraderie or chemistry. I fear for the writers’ lack of di-rection. Sequels often don’t have much of a storyline. For a movie I have quoted for the entire du-ration of my senior year of high school and still to this day, there’s a lot riding on this sequel. Milk was a bad choice.

Let’s hope the decision to con-tinue the legend of Anchorman wasn’t.


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It has been nearly three and half years since I started working at The Lookout. I’ve made many friends along the way and had the opportunity to work with a lot of talented people.

I will take many memories away from my time at The Look-out: watching Main Campus transform under the renovations, enjoying LCC’s Black History Month events, reviewing plays and concerts, and being recog-nized as The Lookout employee of the year during 2012-13.

I can still remember how

eventful my first year was at The Lookout; taking photos of stu-dents evacuating Main Campus during a bomb scare, traveling to

D.C. for the Rally to Restore San-ity, seeing robots on campus, and much more.

I’ve also met many people on campus during my tenure, work-ing hand-in-hand with members of LCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the American Marketing Association and more.

I thank my fellow editors for putting up with my often hectic availability and my quirky de-meanor. I’ve tried my best this semester to balance two jobs and classes while maintaining a somewhat tenuous grip on my

sanity.I would also like to thank my

adviser Larry Hook for taking a chance and hiring me when I had zero journalism experience. Thank you for entrusting me with the responsibilities as editor in chief and webmaster.

I also appreciate you taking the time to teach me the art of jour-nalism and how to improve my writing skills.

I think I’ve held almost every position at The Lookout except for ad manager, sports editor and A&E editor at one point.

Now the time has come to move in a different direction—computer information technol-ogy.

I will still assist with The Look-out website and post stories on-line if I am needed.

I will continue to write, but it will be mainly to my blog or fic-tional novels.

If you are ever in need of my ramblings or a few iotas of wis-dom, I can be found at nrwilson.com. Thank you for reading my work over these past three and a half years.

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What is your favorite part of the holiday season?

As the fall semes-ter comes to an end, changes on LCC’s Main Campus will await new and returning students when they head back to the classroom for spring semester.

Renovations in the Gannon Building are underway, causing var-ious student services to relocate.

LCC’s Student Life Office is now located in

the Continental Build-ing on the corner of Shiawassee Street and Washington Avenue.

The Lookout staff has also been affected by the Gannon renova-tions, moving before the fall semester concluded. Our new office is locat-ed in the AOF Building room 307, next door to the fire station.

We feel a bit isolated at our new location and it

definitely takes longer to get to our office, but we appreciate how smooth and quick the transition was without interrupt-ing production.

Like many students, The Lookout staff feels in the dark about where services will be located, such as Parking & ID, Enrollment Services, Fi-nancial Aid and more.

During the Nov. 20 Student Advisory Com-

mittee to the President, LCC Provost Richard Prystowsky was asked about where many stu-dent services would be temporarily located un-til the Gannon Building is completed.

Prystowsky said com-munications will be sent out to students to ensure they are aware of the new locations for offices.

The Lookout will also keep the LCC commu-

nity informed of these changes on campus through our website and our printed edition, but we expect there to be a great deal of con-fusion surrounding the changes in the mean-while.

Fortunately, when the renovations process is over, student services will be located in one central hub of activ-ity that is designed to

be more accessible and convenient for students.

The Lookout staff is looking forward to see-ing the end results for the Gannon Building and settling into our new (and hopefully fi-nal) office.

Until classes resume for the spring semes-ter, we wish students, staff and faculty happy holidays and a peaceful winter break.

— Staff Editorial —

Making sense of Gannon renovations


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People stood bearing the cold weath-er in hats and scarves as they watched the 29th annual Silver Bells in the City Parade and Christmas tree lighting in Downtown Lansing Nov. 22.

Festivities took place throughout downtown in various places, includ-ing the City Market and the Lansing Center. The event brought in business while providing a fun time for families and people within the community.

“This was my first year ever going to Silver Bells in the City,” said LCC stu-dent Tony Garcia. “I wasn’t expecting such a large turnout.

“I really liked the dancing fish on the Preuss (Pets) float. I want that job.”

According to Downtown Lan-sing’s official Twitter page, Silver Bells brought in over 80,000 people this year. The giant Christmas tree will re-main lit in front of the Capitol building through the holiday season.

Folks of all ages had a fun time watching the festivities.

“I used to go every year,” said LCC student Lindsay July. “I really love see-ing the people in mini-planes and the horses during the parade. It’s an unfor-gettable experience and like nothing I’ve seen.”

Christmas lights decked out the LCC bus on the parade route during the Silver Bells in the City celebration Nov. 22.

Comprised of over 120 members, the Holt High School Marching Band marched through Silver Bells in the City with their instruments aglow.

Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) featured a bus decorated as a caterpillar that zig-zagged through the parade.

Strolling clowns were present throughout the course of the celebrations.

Radio Disney’s Macy Kate performs in front of a large crowd on the Capitol steps after the Silver Bells in the City Parade.

Photos by Suzanna Powers

Silver Bells lights up Downtown Lansing

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