September 18Th – 24Th

Page 1 September 18th – 24th What is the Center Pg.2 Nan Whaley Pg. 6 Twenty One Pilots Pg. 9 Weird Foods Pg. 13 The Volume 42, Issue 4 www.sinclairclarion.com September 18th – 24th Brandon Johnson Henry Wolski Henry Wolski THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SINCLAIR COLLEGE FREE September 18th – 24th Page 2 Tartan News From there, students can go down to the library and redoing the tile and a staircase to the student expo level, flooring to match the new center. which houses a media screen full The construction for “The Center” What is the Center? of updates for upcoming campus will finish approximately by the end activities. of March 2019 and the following three Henry Wolski Prospective students had to walk Also included in that level are months will see the various offices Executive Editor up and down buildings 10 and 11 components of the “New Student move into their new space. to schedule classes with an advisor, Campus Visit Experience.” Among Currently the mentioned services Students walking through campus register for them in a different these are recruitment and outreach, are spread out through the campus, may have noticed the construction location, pay for them via the bursar’s university partners, orientation, with student support services, going on all throughout Sinclair office and go to a different floor for FAFSA workshops and the bursar academic testing, multifaith campus Community College. Building 10 is financial aid. service window. ministry and accessibility and shut down from the third floor down, Sinclair’s website estimates that the The second floor of the building will counseling services located on the 3rd and the courtyard in the center of enrollment process took 1500 steps to hold the office of the vice president floor of building 4. campus is all but torn apart. walk, and involved meeting with 10 for student development and the The bursar’s office, academic The construction has been going on staffs in multiple offices. They say that back office for the student records advising, registration and financial since the end of the spring semester the new layout will only bee 300 total department. aid/scholarship offices are located in and is leading to the unveiling of steps and students will only have to The new building 10’s third building 11. “The Center,” a new hub in the center meet 2-3 staff members in one or two floor includes financial aid and By this upcoming June, the next of campus containing streamlined locations. scholarships as well as academic evolution of Sinclair will open with design and access to student The entrance to building 10 is being advising. “The Center,” which promises to services such as academic advising, completely redone, with a more open It has a similar interface to the first make the student experience more registration and financial aid. and welcoming doorway that leads to floor sign-in area, with a focus on streamlined and welcoming to It’s set to open in June 2019 and the front office. supporting student needs. It will also prospective Tartans. represents changes not only to the This leads to Zone A, which include support for specific student Sinclair physical building but to how student welcomes students with a staff communities such as international, services are handled in general. member to answer questions and military and accessibility students. Before the renovation began, concerns. It also includes the guided Along with the renovated building enrolling in the college and self-service module for students that 10, construction is also being done on scheduling classes with advisors was can lead them to the proper channels the courtyard of the college. This will seen as an involved process. to register for classes. The first floor include an elevator that goes straight also includes a cafe and seating area. Tartan Spotlight: Tristan Chaput obtained her bachelor’s degree in she arranged activities for alumni outside of school. Educational Studies from Mount on campus. When she got the job Chaput says she really loves St. Joseph University. at Sinclair she was very excited and her job, and spoke about her Chaput was very involved on made the move back to Ohio with motivations and what drives her in campus during her years in college. her husband. her work: She was a part of the campus Chaput spoke about her “You are watching students activities board and says that is experience starting out with the grow… you see students that a big factor in why she began to Sinclair Student and Community might not otherwise be involved enjoy student engagement. She Engagement office: really find their purpose and was also a resident assistant and “I am on an incredible team. their sense of self through a club Kali Macklin dispatched for campus police, Everyone is genuinely interested or organization, and that was so Staff Writers amongst many other activities. in how your day has been, we are powerful for me in my personal It was this engagement that lead a family here in this office and that journey that I loved being able to Sinclair is welcoming a new her to find her passion, and when is an incredible environment to be provide that opportunity to other coordinator of Student and she realized she could be a part of in,” Chaput said. people. It is my way of giving back.” Community Engagement, Tristan campus activities as a job, her heart She has a strong desire to get She has a strong desire to be Chaput. was set. students involved in activities connected with students and Chaput was a graduate intern at Chaput then went on to acquire they enjoy and make them aware faculty at Sinclair and urges anyone Sinclair in 2016. her Master’s degree in student of all the opportunities Sinclair who may be interested in meeting She calls herself a New Englander, affairs administration and higher has to offer. She claims that when her to stop by her office or make as she was born in Massachusetts education, or SAAHE, from Ball students are engaged in college arrangements to meet somewhere and after living there for a couple State University. She was also there are so many doors that open else on campus. years, moved to New Hampshire extremely involved on campus for them, such as internships and She welcomes feedback and where she lived for 15 years. during her time there. job opportunities. wants to make sure the programs During her high school years her Before she came to Sinclair, Being engaged also allows that are going on are relevant and dad got a new job that brought her she had a job at a college in students to create stronger exciting. Chaput is very happy to family to Ohio and she graduated Massachusetts working with the relationships with the faculty and be at Sinclair and aspires a to be a in Mason, Ohio. From there, she alumni and friends network, where understand them for who they are big part of life on campus. September 18th – 24th Page 3 Tartan News Sinclair’s Empowered Theater Haley Edwards ordinary high school nobody. families at Sinclair. The show a time when women weren’t taken Reporter Here pines after the prettiest girl focuses on the familiar “Peanuts” seriously in science,and if they in school, Christine, but is forced to characters grappling with the true made a discovery the men took For many years, “finding the go through school day by day as the meaning of Christmas and trying credit. need and endeavoring to meet it” bullied dork. to find a way to celebrate the Henrietta Leavitt and other has been the motto for Sinclair In an effort to climb the social holiday together. The show begins women pioneer to make a change Community College, a motto that food chain Heere finds out about a on Thursday Dec. 13 and ends on while also trying to understand has been adopted by the Theater pill called Squip, that should help Sunday Dec. 16. their place both on an earthly Department. him to be more… chill. “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson scale and the bigger picture of the During the fall and spring “Be More Chill” starts Friday is the next play to come to the stage universe. semesters the theater will be putting Oct. 5 and ends Saturday Oct. 13 in at Sinclair. Directed by Kimberly Silent Sky is set to begin playing on a variety of different genres of Sinclair’s Blair Hall Theater. Borst, the show is centered on Friday Feb. 8 and ends Saturday plays. The next show the theater around actual pioneer women of Feb. 16. The first production to be department is putting on is “A astronomy. These women made “All Childish Things” is a story performed live on stage is a musical Charlie Brown Christmas.” Based amazing scientific breakthroughs in of a heist gone wrong. Focusing on called “Be More Chill,” based on the on the television special by Bill the 1900’s that contributed to our four Star Wars fans Dave, Carter, 2004 book written by Ned Vizzini. Melendez and Lee Mendelson, time period’s understanding of the Max and Kendra, who get involved The off-Broadway musical has Sinclair is bringing the show to universe. in a get rich quick scheme to raid quickly become an underground life on the stage directed by Gina The true story of 19th-century Kenner Toys’ secret warehouse and sensation and is now being brought Kleesattel. astronomer Henrietta Leavitt steal all the collectibles they can. to Sinclair’s Blair Hall Theater.

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