Like us on Facebook Harper Harbinger Follow us on Twitter @harperharbinger Find us on Instagram harbinger5 [email protected] MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 47TH YEAR » ISSUE ONE Goodbye Summer, Hello School! Tips and Tricks for a Successful Fall Semester By Amanda Elfar » Staff Writer lic library in order to stay focused. It’s a new semester which means Turn off your phone or keep it out it’s a new start. No matter what of reach. Any social media should happened in your previous class- be ignored in order to get your es, your current classes can make work done. or break your GPA. However, you need a strategy in order to succeed. Office hours Today, I will share with you a few If there is one thing professors tips and tricks in order achieve the love, it is to be asked questions. best results possible and have an There is no shame in asking for help enjoyable semester. when you need it. Put your profes- sor’s office hours on your calendar Get to class and utilize them. Allow the profes- While this might seem like com- sor to get to know you and offer mon sense to some, it could be more help based on your needs. a deal breaker for others. School should be your number one pri- Success ority which means that going to Services class should come ahead of an ex- Located at Room F332, there are tra work shift, hanging out with free one hour sessions with learn- friends or sleeping in. Of course, ing specialists for several topics in- By Kiri Ann Fischer this time to appreciate those who relaxed without having to rush, you’ll have emergencies, but plan cluding learning styles, motivation, » Staff Writer are important to you. and you will also get some time to start your morning off on the Fall semester is in full swing, #2 Stimulate your mind and right foot. Besides, you may need and I would like to give you a re- body! Go to concerts, create mu- some of that time to find a park- cap of the best things summer had sic, do yoga, write something, go ing space. to offer, as well as how to prepare for a walk- do something that re- for fall. minds you that “you” time is good. #6 Plan and organize. Keep a First of all, summer was overall planner of some sort, so you can great. For me, it had its ups and #3 Do some soul searching! Is map out your days. It will help you downs, but everything fell into a certain relationship negative? Is keep track of assignments, work place. I graduated from Harper in your job making you dread wak- shifts, and free time. This will help May (what’s up, class of 2014?!), ing up? Do you want to change you utilize your time better, over- I turned 21 this past August, and something in your life? Now is the all. I generally got to enjoy myself. time to figure that out, and now is Although I made some mistakes also the time to start to change it. #7 Establish some personal and had some bad experiences, I time and goals. Life becomes busy, learned a lot and had some new #4 Try new things and do not and you begin to stress out much adventures. Here is my list of be afraid to make mistakes. Open more. Make sure you are incorpo- things I feel are crucial to recharg- yourself to new opportunities in rating time to do the things you ing before fall. life. You only get one, so make it like to do, as well as the things you special. have to do. #1 Spend as much time with Here is how to get in the zone your family and friends as you for fall: #8 Confront things. Ask accordingly. Always let your profes- memory, note taking skills, reading possibly can. You never know questions about something you sor know if you will not be attend- strategies and preparing for finals. what fall is going to have on its #5 Wake up with some time to are having trouble understanding, ing class. More often than not, pro- agenda for everyone. Make use of spare. You will be generally more and no procrastinating! fessors would be willing to provide Writing you with the notes you missed or Center help you with extended date times. If you have a draft but you don’t know how to make it better or even ISIS Strikes Again with New Video Study where to start then the Writing This should be another no Center is the place to go. It is locat- By Alexandra Flores » News Editor REMEMBERING OUR FELLOW JOURNALIST brainer, but how much studying is ed in building F room F303 enough? A rule of thumb is to study Aug. 20, the world woke up A few weeks after the initial on how to deal with ISIS, but that two hours outside class for every Walk-in consultations are to a gruesome video, displaying threats, the ISIS terror group re- they have "a range of options." A hour in class. That might vary de- Monday through Friday. American journalist James Foley leased another video titled "A Sec- video like the one showing Sotloff's pending on the nature of the class on his knees, dressed in orange and ond Message to America," showing killing "really energizes" supporters and the work load. Reading out of Tutoring beheaded. Foley, 40, disappeared the beheading of American jour- of ISIS, and beheading is employed a book is never enough. Become Center sometime in 2012 while covering nalist, Steven Sotloff, 31. He speaks for "maximum propaganda" to "ter- an active reader by taking notes, Harper offers free tutoring to Syria's civil war. to the camera before he is killed rify" ISIS' enemies, Cruickshank highlighting, asking questions and students, and it's available for over According to CNN.com, "He was saying he is "paying the price" for said. The video then threatens the summarizing every paragraph or 200 courses. Do not wait until you reportedly forced into a vehicle by U.S. intervention. The masked ISIS life of a British journalist who is even page. are behind in class. Get help as gunmen; he was not heard from man sends out a powerful message also in captivity, David Haines. soon as you need it and keep your again." to President Obama, telling him, What is ISIS? The Islamic State Avoid grades up. There is also walk in Before a second video was re- "Just as your missiles continue to of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) used Distractions tutoring available for accounting, leased, ISIS threatened another strike our people, our knife will to have a different name: Al Qaeda In order to efficiently use your chemistry, computer, economics, American journalist if President continue to strike the necks of your in Iraq. time and get work done you need to management, mathematics, physics Barack Obama did not end mili- people." Obama has released state- avoid any distractions. Find a quiet and statistics. It is located in the F tary operations in Iraq. ments saying there is no strategy >> See ISIS Update page 3 spot on campus or go to your pub- building room F315. WEATHER CONTACT US ADVERTISE Website Have a good story? To provide us with news Perfect for Harper clubs and organizations Visit our Website: Today Tomorrow tips and for all other inquiries, call us at (847) or for local businesses. To place an advertise- High » 73° High » 75° 925-6460 to speak with our staff, or email us ment, call or email us. Low » 59° Low » 60° at [email protected] »HARBINGER SEPTEMBER 8 DAYS IN HISTORY WITH DR. LACUS By Sirikorn Sungphan » Managing Editor 14th September 1812 Napoleon and his troops entered Moscow. However, Napoleon found it was impos- Hello and welcome back! It has been quite a summer, and I hope that all of you had a sible to stay through the winter in the ruined, deserted city as the Russian burned the fantastic time. For those of you reading this column for the first time, allow me to prop- city prior the French entry. He then began a retreat from Moscow, which became one of erly introduce myself, I’m Dr. Lacus. This is the section where I am going to take you the greatest disasters of military history. Fewer than 20,000 of the original 500,000 men back in time to take a look at major events that happened in the course of our history. managed to make the journey home. 1st September 1939 15th September 1916 Precisely at 5:30 am, Nazi Germany armies invaded Poland and marked the begin- Tank was to be used the first time by the British army at Flers-Courcelette during ning the World War II. the Battle of Somme in order break down the trench warfare on the Western Front in World War I. 2nd September 1666 After suffering from the Great Plague of London in the previous year, Londoners 17th September 1787 faced another catastrophic disaster as one bakery on Pudding Lane caught on fire. Due The US constitution was approved by delegates from twelve states at the Constitu- to the ineffective fire fighting system and congestive city structure, the fire rapidly spread tional Convention in Philadelphia. throughout the city over the next three days. The event was called “The Great Fire of London” where approximately 13500 buildings were burned into the ground those 19th September 1893 were included 87 parish churches, 44 Company Halls, the Royal Exchange, the Custom New Zealand became the first country ever to grant women the right to vote.