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By Dusty Glass and Jess Willard With 12 departments varying in size and responsibility, different needs must be met for certain positions. This semester, Campus Services (C.S.) created a new policy to address issues “It’s entirely up to each department to with shift attendance. Campus Services assistant manager decide what their policies are going to be.” Ursa-Minor Matlock described the department’s current absence policy as being up to the supervisor’s discretion Robert Weis unless the student provides a note from a school-excused event or a doctor’s note due to illness. A student must also one personal day. Matlock explained to be successful with noticeably less inform the supervisor 48 hours prior that the reason for changing this system absences occurring in the department. to his or her absence and, if possible, was to “cut down on the amount of According to general manager PHOTO BY DUSTY GLASS fill out a sub-slip for another person to no call, no shows” where workers Hollie Davidson and Matlock, the Campus services general workers will handle the missing shift. no longer be allowed to take “sick days” would not show up for a shift without policy-making process lies entirely without acquiring a doctor’s note; Tara The previous system allowed each giving a warning to the supervisor. She between the supervisor and student Towery is pictured front right and Jake student to receive three sick days and added that the new approach seems Teichmann is pictured back left See New C.S. Policy, page 2

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PHOTO BY ASHLEY HOBAN Beavers Can’t Wait to Watch the Debates By Gary Lowder Jaenke Alumni Center is officially open Students gathered in the Demuzio education major Austin Ives responded, who had greater enthusiasm. Despite Campus Center (DCC) on Sept. 26 “It really depends; as far as explaining differences in political ideologies, to watch the first debate between policies, I think Hillary did really well. many Blackburn students chose to be presidential candidates Hillary Rodham However if you were looking for the involved, and watching the debates in a Clinton and Donald J. Trump. Students more exciting speaker Trump definitely group helped them be more interesting began filing into DCC a couple minutes won that part.” Many students made and exciting, but also helped students before the debate began, getting it clear that they didn’t approve of decide who they might cast their food from the Snack Bar or eating Trump interrupting Clinton or dodging ballot for. According to Gallup Inc., a refreshments provided by catering. questions; others praised Trump’s high company known for their public opinion Students watched the debate with energy and his points of the U.S. not polls, over 63 percent of voters (both great interest, some clapping when needing to act as world police. The Republican and Democrat) watch the Mia Edwards and Josh Muepu fly in their one or another candidate made a good debate was separated into six 15-minute debates. And according to the Campus performance of Fly Before You Fall point, or stating their disapproval of a sections and lasted 90 minutes. Vote Project, a company that states its certain policy. When asked his opinion After the debate was over, students mission as “working with universities, Want more photos? Visit us online at theburnian.com on who won the debate, sophomore discussed who performed better, and See The Debate, page 3 2 • The ’Burnian NewsNews Oct. 2016 Oct. 2016 News The ’Burnian • 3 Barney’s Barstool Student Senate fixates on APS “What works in one department Open a Success might absolutely not work in another questions and concerns regarding the furniture. Pugh said she’d By Patrick Benedict By Jess Willard make a to-do list for future presidents. department.” Pugh gave the representatives This year’s Blackburn drink, those that did were safely moved Blackburn College’s Student homework at their Sept. 18 meeting. It Homecoming included a new addition around town in a party bus provided by Robert Weis Senate met on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 7 encompassed asking students what they to the wide range of activities offered the Alumni Board. After completing the p.m. in the Student Life Conference would want to see Student Senate do. to the returning alumni. On Saturday, competition, teams were taken to The Room. The meeting was mostly focused Several projects were mentioned, such Oct. 1, from 2-6 p.m., the Alumni Anchor Inn for the awards ceremony on inquiries and issues with the new Friday Night Trivia Family Picnic Campus as getting lamps and brighter lights for Board held Barney’s Barstool Open, a and after party. Automatic Payroll Systems, Inc. (APS) Scavanger Hunt campus in addition to expanding the play on the classic bar walk but with Warren believes that the competition clock-in software. General managers The next campus-wide event that is being hosted by Student Senate is “Family Jones parking lot. the addition of mini-golf holes at gave alumni and students “a reason to Nate Kinnison and Hollie Davidson Weekend,” which will take place on Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22 Students also wanted to see more each bar. Students and alumni formed socialize” and that it “breeds a good visited the senate to elaborate. Plant workers have to sign in through also taking up a lot of time,” Kinnison events hosted on campus. One idea teams of four and took to the bars of environment.” According to one of the C.S. Policy Senate member Benjamin Fletcher kiosks and can only access the clock- added. “But that’s what the first year was a volleyball tournament, which Carlinville to try their hand at this participants in the barstool open, Jacob Continued from page 1 wanted to know if it was possible to in system within the building. There is for. It’s gonna be rough. It will get Fletcher noted had been done in the past mini-golf competition. With a total of Conder (class of ’15), the event was a round time with the APS software. are three kiosks available. Kinnison better with time.” and was a success. Pugh put together 45 participants, the bars were packed great success. However, Conder also manager of the specific department, supervisor can do. It’s entirely up to Davidson explained that there is no discussed the idea of putting two The rest of the meeting involved a a committee for this event, and the with alumni eager to drink and putt had his criticisms. He believes that if unless input is requested from crew each department to decide what their rounding system right now, but it could computers in the building, so there discussion of old business. tentative date is set close to Halloween. away the afternoon. The barstool open they do it next year that “they should heads and assistants. Furthermore, the policies are going to be.” be added next year. Kinnison suggested would be more places for students Student Senate president Kaitlyn Event updates were given in regards was formed to help raise funds for the push it back later to like 4 or 5 p.m.” policy of each work place can change if In regards to C.S.’s policy that students behind hours can pick up to sign in and out. Davidson said it Pugh brought up a concern about to “Mock Elections” and “Family Alumni Board. Each participant paid Conder seemed confident that the event a new supervisor is hired or adjustments specifically, Weis was under the an extra shift. He added that if students would also be possible to give assistant storage in regards to the Student Senate Weekend.” The mock elections sub- $25 to play in the competition. would have more participants with a need to be made. impression that the new guideline work in a department where extra managers and crew heads mobile gift to campus. Previously, they had committee* will meet on Thursday, According to Alumni Board Vice later start time. Blackburn lacks a general was addressed in the department’s shifts are not readily available, then access. decided to purchase stone furniture Sept. 29, at 10 p.m. to discuss further President and organizer of the event attendance policy that covers all work orientation this semester. Therefore, they should speak to their department “Do you think we jumped into this for the Claire Jaenke Alumni Center’s details for event setup. Autumn Warren (class of ’04), the departments, but the punishment all workers would have been aware of manager. too early? Do you think we should’ve patio. Pugh asked the rest of the Senate member Casey Dolen event was created to “not only help policy for not adhering to the rules the change. Student Senate faculty advisor Dr. done a test run for a semester?” asked members if they wanted to store the is in charge of organizing “Family the board raise money so we can is systematic through campus. According to Weis, managers of Mark Armstrong said, “One thing I Student Senate member Laurel Petri. furniture in Stoddard Hall’s basement Weekend.” She discussed a potential continue to do things like hosting the Punishment progresses in severity the 12 work departments implement heard that kind of alarmed me was that Kinnison explained that Vice President or leave it on the patio year-round. event line up as well as potential senior banquet, but it also fills a need depending on the amount of write-ups new guidelines and refine their current over in P. Plant [Physical Plant] people of Administration and Finance Steve Armstrong thought it would conflicting events, designated who engaging a younger group of alumni a student receives. policies, so their specific workplaces are having to wait in line [to clock in Morris wanted to start this system right be more important for the group would contact Sodexo for catering who may not otherwise be inclined to Associate Dean of Work Rob can thrive. He added, “What works and out], and they’ll be in line for how away for administration efficiency to formalize who’s responsible for services and asked Armstrong to be involved.” The Alumni Board works Weis explained the policy change in one department might absolutely long? 15 minutes? Half an hour?” Vice purposes. “The paper system, when furniture storage and upkeep as well as contact faculty members. to organize various activities and system further. “Supervisors in direct not work in another department.” President and Dean of Student Affairs it came down to it, it took up a lot of find a way for future senate members *[Note]: The author of this article is a member maintain relationships with the alumni consultation with the manager have the Weis additionally clarified that if it Heidi Heinz explained that Physical time. This is our first year, and that’s to keep track of the decisions made of the mock elections subcommittee. of the college. The event was helpful right to say, ‘This is how I like certain was a work policy that applied to the for making money for more events like processes and procedures to operate entire campus, then the entire work the barstool open in the future. in the work program,’” he said. “As committee would have had to approve Teams were transported to the long as it doesn’t impact and affect the it. No Tolerance for Zero The Debate eight holes at various bars around town overarching processes and procedures Campus Services manager Phillip Continued from page 1 PHOTO BY PATRICK BENEDICT including Lucky Dog’s Alehouse, The we have outlined in the ‘B-Book,’ Johnson chose not to comment on the Tolerance community colleges, faculty, students Alumni Jacob Conder (Class of ‘15) Wood Duck and The Cozy Corner. it meets the expectations of what a department’s policy. By Gary Lowder and election officials to reduce barriers While participants were not required to observing the final green in Barney’s Barstool Open at The Anchor Inn An Illinois law passed in 2015 took to student voting,” adults ages 18- effect two weeks ago. This law requires 29 make up 21 percent of the voting Illinois schools to limit long-term community. Out of this number only 17 suspensions and expulsions and also “Zero tolerance has not been shown percent of adults ages 18-24 voted in eliminates zero-tolerance policies that 2014’s presidential election. That same Figuring out FAFSA adjustments might be used to punish students for to improve school climate or school year 42 percent of people from this age By Dusty Glass and Jess Willard Go to https://fafsa.ed.gov/ and particular offenses. Senior elementary safety.” range were not registered to vote. The Free Application for Student returners will use the data retrieval login with your FSA user ID and education major Kevin Loveless On Oct. 28 Blackburn College is Aid (FAFSA) is a form that can be tool. They will be asked to prove that password. believes the new Illinois law has the going to allow for students to register to filed by both prospective and returning they filled out the FAFSA last year, and potential to help. “This law helps the American Psychological Association vote and vote for their favorite candidate students. It is completed annually their previously recorded information students who could currently be in a in DCC. Ives, who helped put together and determines a student’s eligibility will be automatically entered into bad place in life,” he said. “Instead of and help the innocent the way they of Pediatrics stated that, “the American the debate watching party, believes it is for federal financial aid. Two major the form. Kelsey recommended that Under the Financial Information school administrations and teachers are supposed to. Blackburn’s Director Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does important for students to be involved changes were made to the FAFSA this students know their Federal Student tab, click the Link to IRS button. kicking the students out of school and of Teacher Education and Licensure not support zero tolerance policies and in choosing the next president. Ives year: the filing date and federal income Aid user ID and password. She also forgetting about them, they will start Officer Terri Reid said, “Any sort of recommends that student suspension said, “I know not everyone likes these tax data input. said that students should double supporting these students and helping law or restriction that is very cut and or expulsion should be considered on a candidates, but I would encourage The Obama Administration check the information they are using them through this [hard] time in their dry can prove problematic when you case-by-case basis.” The APA and AAP those who are displeased with the executed the recent changes made to the to authenticate themselves with the Login at IRS website you’ve been young lives. It keeps the students in are working with people in general, criticize these programs because they system to get involved now, take part in FAFSA in an effort to allow the process information from their tax return. transferred to either by using school and keeps them doing their but especially developing adults leave no gray area or way for students to this election… and maybe next election to be more efficient and effective. Kelsey did note that there were your previous login information or work and learning.” in secondary school.” Sophomore defend themselves from school policy. we won’t have candidates who are so The earliest date students can file downsides to this process. “You’re by filling out the First Time Users The American Psychological education major Austin Ives seems As Reid explained, “Zero tolerance can disliked by younger people.” FAFSA has changed from Jan. 1 to Oct. filing the information that you entered section Association (APA) defines a zero to agree with her. “As educators we be very excessive; a student may come 1. Additionally, students can fill out the in 2015, and now, it’s 2017, and your tolerance policy as a “philosophy or should be able to look at every situation to school and not even know that they form using the previous year’s income parents may have gotten a divorce or policy that mandates the application separately, something we can’t do with have something in their car that could and tax information. These changes someone has lost their job. There’s a Using your 2015 tax return as a of predetermined consequences, most these policies in place,” he said. be noted as a weapon. If this “weapon” provide students with more time to file lot of changes that can happen over guide, verify that all sections are often severe and punitive in nature, that Implementing zero tolerance in is discovered they could get in huge that period of time,” she said. “The and add another layer of ease to the filled out correctly. are intended to be applied regardless of schools was heavily supported by trouble for it. That just doesn’t seem filing process. In years prior, students way that you remedy that is you bring the seriousness of behavior, mitigating Congress after the Columbine High right…” This type of extremism is had to estimate their tax information your information to the Financial Aid circumstances, or situational context.” School massacre. Congress argued illustrated in many cases. Students have and update it after taxes were filed. The Director, and then, I might be able to Most zero tolerance policies involve that most adult laws are cut and dry been punished for being in possession process stretched over a lengthy period make a professional judgement.” Click the corresponding box and bullying or racial slurs. Zero tolerance and that these policies are simply of nail clippers, rubber bands, plastic of time, and student estimates resulted Students that have questions button to transfer the information policies have been under fire since preparing students for the future. They knives and even a backpack with non- in errors. regarding the FAFSA changes can from the IRS website to your they were first implemented across also argue that it reduces the risk for gang affiliated graffiti on it. One of the Director of Financial Aid Jane contact the Office of Financial Aid FAFSA. the country in 1994 after federal favoritism. However, in 2008 the APA more famous acts of zero tolerance Kelsey explained that this year’s by calling (217) 854-5511, or they legislation required states to expel conducted a study of schools using zero was Park Elementary School’s “Pop FAFSA would use the figures from can email Kelsey at jane.kelsey@ any student who brought a weapon to tolerance policies, and concluded that Tart suspension” in 2013 during which the tax return that was filed this past blackburn.edu or Assistant to the school. The law eventually evolved “Zero tolerance has not been shown a 7-year-old boy in Baltimore was April, even though it reflects the Director of Financial Aid Karissa Seago Review the transferred to cover drug abuse and violence to improve school climate or school suspended for eating his breakfast numbers from 2015. Essentially, at [email protected]. information on your FAFSA to in general. Many educators find the safety.” A more recent study in 2013 pastry into the shape of a gun. ensure accuracy. policy too generic punish the guilty conducted by the American Academy 4 • The ’Burnian Campus Life Oct. 2016 Oct. 2016 Campus Life The ’Burnian • 5 Campus Q&A: Blackburn Professors Tina Hall: Great Expectations, By Michael Troutt By Patrick Benedict Even Better Results Bad Math Skills “Do you have any hobbies or interests that aren’t related to your area Intercourse Resource It’s no secret that the major that was right for her. of education? By Veronica Milligan life of a college student is “Now that I’m here and I see Not Adding Up extremely different from the how helpful the teachers are By Michael Troutt Statistics about sex can be found years spent in high school. and how much they offer that online with a simple Google search, However, the expectations I basically can do any major Math is found everywhere in all students retain a limited working but finding reliable information from a about college life can be that I want,” remarked Hall. life, from color-by-numbers to the memory, which plays a crucial role trusted source can be challenging. For drastically different from Hall was delighted to measurement of time itself. Math in calculation, math anxiety tends to Blackburn students there are on and what actually occurs. discover the benefits of a explains the beauty of nature through dominate working memory space with Fibonacci numbers, constructs thoughts of failure. When students off campus resources and reaching out College is not the party that PHOTO BY PATRICK BENEDICT small campus size. It was for help is an important first step if you movies like “Animal House” very important that she did computer programs through code should be engaged in their calculations Freshman Psychology have concerns about your sex life. and “Van Wilder” make it not feel like just a number and expresses the value of goods and they are obsessed with feelings of Major Tina Hall Dr. Edward Boamah: Dr. Edward Zalisko: The Centers for Disease Control out to be, but it’s also not a and that she could easily services through currency. Indeed, insufficiency. Furthermore, it is “I enjoy running...a lot of “Project Runway...prior to that, I (CDC) reports that about 10 million daunting monster that some describe it approach her professors for help. a world without math would be believed that math anxiety is the result Ghanaian movies...I like watching thought fashion was quite silly... people between the ages of 15 and 24 as (at least not completely). Furthermore, Hall has found it easier confusing, disorganized and illogical. of embarrassment. When children are them during the weekend...” it’s clearly a creative field, an are diagnosed each year with a sexually Some students find that the reality to make friends at college than she The importance of math cannot be asked to solve a problem in class, and artistic field.” transmitted disease (STD). Over 2 of college is far better than what they initially thought. She finds that because overstated and is the exact reason why they don’t get the correct answer, they it is held in such high regard. often feel ashamed of their performance million college aged women (18-24) PHOTO BY VERONICA MILLIGAN had pictured in their heads. Take her classes are smaller, she can make While the importance of math due to the absolute nature of math: right become pregnant each year. Among all Free condoms is just one of the available freshman psychology major Tina conversation with many of the other new human immunodeficiency virus sex resources on campus Hall, for instance. Hall expected to be students about various assignments is reflected in the education system or wrong, there is no middle-ground. from kindergarten through college, The nature of math in the classroom (HIV) infections, four out of five occur under my door. I would then work on extremely stressed in her first semester that form into deeper conversations the U.S. is ranked 27th in the world in increases student perceptions of math in males. making a pamphlet or handout to be at college but has found it thus far and friendships. Hall does find this mathematics, according to the Program being a talent as opposed to an acquired At Blackburn, one of the most slid underneath everyone’s door in “disturbingly easy.” While Hall is unusual considering she describes for International Student Assessment skill. Children who do well at math obvious resources are the baskets order to not single anyone out.” sure that as time goes on her academic herself as “not a very outgoing person.” (PISA). The National Center for are often viewed as gifted while the of condoms in the residence hall If a person feels uncomfortable in work will become more difficult, she However, it seems that she has found a Education Statistics (NCES) reported remainder of students buy into the old bathrooms. These can be taken confiding to someone on campus or describes her semester at this point niche at Blackburn that allows her to be that 36 percent of students entering mantra: “I’m bad at math.” Blackburn Professor Craig Newsom: anonymously and are freely provided doesn’t want to request information to be easier than what many of her more expressive and find more friends Dr. Elizabeth Zobel: high school are considered proficient professor of mathematics Dr. Chris “Sewing, making quilts...I love “I like grilling kale.” in the hopes of encouraging safe on campus, there are other local teachers and counselors back at high than she initially thought possible. in math, while the National Science Morin agreed and stated that students doing it, playing with the color...” sex. Counseling services offers both options. The graduate student intern school predicted. Many college freshmen do Foundation (NSF) reported that only “convince themselves they can’t do male and female condoms along with in the counseling department, Nicole Hall has even found that her not have the same outlook on their 26 percent of high school seniors are math…and that affects the way they informational fliers and pamphlets. Quarrels, mentioned that Springfield experience in the college’s work upcoming years of college as Hall proficient in math. So, why do so many perform.” Assistant manager of peer has a few places for students in need, program has been simpler to balance does. According to usnews.com students perform poorly in math? When students continue to believe counseling Dallas Newman discussed including Planned Parenthood, the than she initially anticipated. “With college ranking, Blackburn’s average The National Mathematics that they have limited abilities, they’re several ways that counseling services Pregnancy Crisis Center and the the work program and everything, I freshman retention rate (how many Advisory Panel of the U.S. Department actually fostering a self-fulfilling is working to help students navigate Phoenix Center (Springfield’s LGBTQ thought that would be really hard to freshmen make it to sophomore status) of Education reported that math anxiety prophecy; if they believe they are bad at a safe sex life. Students can ask for community center). In Carlinville, balance in with my schedule. That was is 68 percent, which is only a few severely affects student performance math, they will be. Inevitably, students condoms or information anonymously. the Macoupin County Maple Street one of my main concerns and they points above the national average for despite levels of proficiency. While live up to their low expectations. The department is teaming up with Medical Clinic offers many services. [work managers] are really easy about all colleges. There are a large number Dr. Chris Morin: Dr. Jan Zimmerman: other groups like residence life to According to their website the clinic working around anything you need,” of freshmen that statistically will not “Hiking in the mountains...I’ve “I like the blues...Jeff Beck...I’ve promote subjects like STD awareness offers services regardless of insurance commented Hall. make it to their sophomore year (at recently started rock wall seen him twice in concert…” through fun games and events. coverage. Services they offer include Because some of her past teachers least at Blackburn). These freshmen climbing...I run a couple half Other resources include the routine well woman check-ups, Illinois and counselors discouraged entrance leave for many reasons, including marathons a year…” residence life and counseling staff who Breast and Cervical Cancer Programs, into certain majors due to their low having a college experience that is not are all available to discuss concerns nutritional counseling, STI screening, earning potential or success rate, Hall what they expected. you might have. Students might be prevention, education and treatment expected that her college experience curious about how confidential their and behavioral counseling services. would not allow her to find exactly the concerns or requests are. All residence The website is www.mcphd.net/ life student staff and counseling general_information_medical.php. services are mandated reporters. This means that anything that might need to BThey Dusty Glass Icelandic Adventure be addressed on a larger scale - sexual assault for example - must be reported Biology professor Dr. Edward the snow, melt in the summer, leads to supervisors. Stoddard Hall Residence Zalisko and his wife Amy recently to Iceland being covered in a stunning Director Magin Judd said, “My way of journeyed to Iceland to observe the amount of waterfalls and rivers. Zalisko Dr. Laura Wiedlocher: Professor Barbara Clark: handling anything people want more geological effects of the Mid-Atlantic described one of these remote fjords “I love theatre.” “I like “I’m an avid Chicago Cubs fan...I information on in an anonymous way Ridge. Zalisko presented his story of as his favorite experience in Iceland, Hollywood Insider...I will totally grew up in the city, just blocks is to leave a notepad outside my door. the trip detailing their observations to specifically the western fjord known as pick up a magazine when I’m away from the ballpark...I always If anyone would like more information students and faculty on Sept. 26. Borgarfjörður because “It was in every in line at the grocery store and have been, and always will be an about something, they can easily write This expedition is the latest of way an inspirational place. It was so skim through it.” avid Cubs fan...” me to tell me what it is and slide it a series of summer trips Zalisko has peaceful.” taken; however, these trips are not The next trip Zalisko plans to simply vacations for Zalisko.“It’s not take is to the island of Newfoundland about a bucket list or a check list, but in Canada in order to further study Cyberchondria: Reading is Believing it’s about really trying to see the world geology. He plans to visit Mistaken By Michael Troutt While using WebMD or a plethora the anxiety in which they have for to understand the world around us,” Point National Park due to its unique Hypochondria is an anxiety of other websites and apps to explain those symptoms.” While some people he said. Each journey he and his wife fossils and its “wild” environment. disorder linked to an obsession with a nagging cough or recurring headache may often stress about their health, take is another pursuit to continue their having a serious but undiagnosed may initially seem harmless, the cyberchondriacs are obsessed with education and help teach their students. medical condition. Combine information provided to the individual it. In fact, they often struggle to hold In this case, Iceland was chosen due hypochondria with an excessive use of may be frightening and cause a great down a job and frequently avoid social to it being the only island on the Mid- PHOTO BY DUSTY GLASS the internet to fuel the obsession, and deal of unnecessary worry about one’s commitments to continue researching Atlantic Ridge as well as its glacial Dr. Zalisko highlights some of the volcanic activities that influences so much of Iceland’s geology and culture you get “cyberchondria.” health. Internet health sites have a and obsessing over their alleged influences. Zalisko’s presentation Over the last 20 years, technology tendency to lead individuals to worst- illnesses. Karl stated, “Even thinking consisted of slideshows with him a hub of volcanic activity due to its In addition to the geologic activity has become an increasingly important case scenarios based on their symptoms, of the possibility becomes a fixation.” explaining what each picture meant position on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the below Iceland, the surface has been part of everyday life. From computers Be careful what you search for causing them an enormous amount of Cyberchondriacs are also known and narrations of his trip. boundary between the North American host to massive glaciers that have to smartphones and tablets, society has stress as they attempt to cope with the to either reject their doctor’s diagnosis The trip to Iceland lasted June 14- and Eurasian tectonic plates. This ridge further altered the landscape. These become dependent on these new tools on public surveys, well over 100 idea of having a terminal or incurable and continue to believe that their 30, during the height of the summer is slowly spreading apart, resulting in glaciers carve swathes through the to communicate and share information million Americans use the internet illness. For cyberchondriacs, this could condition is still undiagnosed, or need there. As such, the time spent in Iceland the plates creating new land masses via land, creating valleys and fjords until on a global scale via the internet. The every year to research health-related be the beginning of a lifelong struggle constant reassurance from their doctor was under constant sunlight. Zalisko’s magma hardening. As such, Iceland they reach the sea. Where the glaciers advent of the internet, along with its information. While some individuals fraught with obsession and worry. as they continue to find new diseases journey skirted the entire perimeter is covered in fumaroles, geysers, hot and volcanic activity meet, swift widespread accessibility, has led to use the internet to become more Blackburn professor of psychology and experience new symptoms that of Iceland in order to experience the springs and volcanoes. The level of changes are made in the landscape a vast accumulation of information informed about their existing medical Dr. Kevin Karl reported that the could lead to a diagnosis, according to different areas of the island and see geothermal energy is to the point in as either massive floods erupt from that is readily available to anyone. conditions, researchers believe that a difference between someone who the National Institutes of Health. how the glaciers and volcanic activity PHOTO BY DUSTY GLASS which Iceland simply pipes hot water melted glaciers or the ground shifts Dr. Zalisko presents several specimens According to Harris Poll, a renowned majority of Americans use the internet is concerned about symptoms and changed the landscape. to many of its cities to use without the due to steam expanding inside it. The of volcanic material he and his wife source of marketing information based to research symptoms or self-diagnose. someone who is a cyberchondriac “is According to Zalisko, Iceland is need to heat it. runoff from these glaciers, along with collected from Iceland 6 • The ’Burnian Features Oct. 2016 Oct. 2016 Features The ’Burnian • 7 Shades of Antiquity: Bacteria Superbugs: The Reason You Need to Wash Your Hands More By Veronica Milligan YOUR DAM OPINION: The Blackburn Chronicles Every year common infections is accelerating the process,” said the Some bacteria are capable of sharing Assistant Dean of Student Life and How do you feel about the new snack bar items? By Dusty Glass become more challenging to treat. More WHO. DNA molecules called plasmids. If the Director of Student Life Abbey Hardin The Minton Observatory, otherwise people are sick for longer periods of time Professor of biology Dr. David Reid plasmid contains the gene for a certain said, “The first thing I do is make sure known as the “Pill Box” due to its shape, and there is little medical professionals said that there is currently nothing we type of antibiotic resistance this could you’re receiving appropriate medical was funded by Professor Robert Minton can do about it. Antibiotics are becoming can do about this bacterial evolution. potentially spread treatment… who taught mathematics from 1860 less and less effective as treatment According to Reid the best way to prevent to other bacteria. then I talk with “I think the new items are to 1887 in order to begin Blackburn’s options for these infections. Antibiotic- getting sick from infectious bacteria For example, the Torry [Grady, fantastic!” astronomy program. Construction on resistant bacteria are a serious public is to practice good hygiene, especially resistant gene in the Campus James Zeigler the observatory was finished in 1885 health concern according to both the washing your hands often. The CDC a VRSA plasmid Services Senior when Everette W. Loomis of Carrollton Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and provides the following guidelines for could then be Supervisor] Accounting and installed the telescope. Loomis was the World Health Organization (WHO). washing your hands properly: transferred to to talk about Mathematics major immensely important to the process as Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a bacterium what additional he designed and built the entire telescope bacteria that cannot be killed by specific • Wet your hands with clean, running that causes cleaning and clockwork mechanisms in order to antibiotics. Currently there are several water (warm or cold), turn off the pneumonia which procedures suit the needs of the college. well known strains of bacteria that are tap and apply soap. can then replicate we need to During this time, any student resistant to some types of antibiotics • Lather your hands by rubbing them and infect people. put in place... interested in the sciences had to study the and a few that are resistant to all together with the soap. Be sure Then we have and advise the stars. However when Blackburn became antibiotic treatments. A common staph to lather the backs of your hands, people with student on how infection can take a turn for the worse between your fingers and under pneumonia who to talk about a two-year college in 1918 instead of “I feel its great, the changes if it becomes Methicillin-resistant your nails. cannot be treated it with their a four-year college, astronomy was snack bar is making. They’ve Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The • Scrub your hands for at least 20 with several roommate.” dropped from the course catalog. With PHOTO BY VERONICA MILLIGAN done a lot since I’ve first started no further use for the observatory, the PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACKBURN ARCHIVES name is self explanatory; MRSA cannot seconds. Need a timer? Hum the antibiotics because Hardin stressed coming to Blackburn and I’m building was used for storage for years. be treated with methicillin because “Happy Birthday” song from they no longer have that the very first The observatory once on Blackburn’s that antibiotic cannot kill this strain of beginning to end twice. any effect. step in this process is a student informing really proud of them.” At first it was simply for equipment for campus the astronomy class before the school bacteria. It is also resistant to penicillin, • Rinse your hands well under clean, Blackburn does have policies in her or a member of residence life about Bryan Bethel decided on the permanent dismissal of Blackburn farm was lost to a fire, thus oxacillin and amoxicillin. “Antibiotic running water. place to handle a situation where an the situation. Graduate of Blackburn/ the class. After the decision to close the removing the need for the storage bin. resistance occurs naturally, but misuse • Dry your hands using a clean towel individual or several individuals acquire community member class for good, the “Pill Box” became a Plans for a plaque to be installed where of antibiotics in humans and animals or air dry them. an infection like MRSA or VRSA. Graphic Design Major silo for cow feed with all the mechanisms the building once stood were introduced left inside except for the lenses which by student director Leslie Shaffer in were placed into a safe. 1960. The only remains of the building start a conversation for the reason to and I always loved to stop and give instead taught me that no matter their The most important and expensive today are a handful of photos taken by learn or experience something new. I am him some snacks and a Pepsi. Clarence appearance, everyone deserves to be part of the telescope, the lens, sat in students and faculty which show the happy for the results. Many fear change was always grateful and we always had talked to and with that open mind comes a safe gathering dust until in 1942 observatory as a popular place to hang By Parker Ramaker because of the unknown, but if you do not a little conversation with him to lift potential rewards. Randomly, Clarence when local physics professor Larry out and pose for photos. Judging people by their appearance venture into the unknown, then you must his spirits. Many look down upon the was not on the corner anymore. We have “They a’ight! Viva la nachos.” Christopher began to clean the lenses is so easy to do and we all do it as we be content with where you are in life. homeless, but do not know their story. no idea where he went, but he made for Deja Bell for use. Quickly realizing the task was observe people for first impressions. Everyone deserves growth and fortune Clarence taught me at a young age a great learning experience for me. I Junior beyond himself, Christopher contracted I have been fortunate to meet so many in their lives. Getting to know someone that even though things are not going was fortunate to be raised to be open- Communications major the job out to Fred Holtz who was people from many walks of life. I or communicating with someone you do as planned, there can be something to minded and have a giving heart. It is my the chief engineer of the Sangamon have come across homeless people, not know can potentially give you that look forward to. He greeted us with a choice to carry on the goodness. The Electric Company and an amateur thugs, millionaires, drug dealers and growth and fortune. smile because he knew that we were significance of this lesson is that you astronomer. Holtz also crafted several professional athletes. The perception additional lenses to have various levels we have of certain types of people I attended a Catholic institution coming to him with positive intentions, can benefit from stepping out of your of magnification. This telescope was a builds a negative wall that can prevent until eighth grade. Everyday on my conversation and food. comfort zone and learn something new portable model, with moorings available you from experiencing something way home, there was this homeless man If my dad had taught me that from people who look like they can be to mount the telescope on outside of really profound. I have made it a point named Clarence who would be on the homeless people are all dirty and harmful or weird to your standards. The 116 S. PLUM, CARLINVILLE, IL 62626 Dawes Gymnasium for several years. to approach people I do not know or corner just hoping to catch a break, catch worthless, then I would not have outside may not look attractive at first “I didn’t know there were new After being reduced to a farm feed FIND US ON FACEBOOK would not associate myself with and a meal, catch a hope. My dad, sister learned such a valuable lesson. My dad glance, but life is not about looks. options, but I think its great PHONE: 217-854-7746 storage bin, Blackburn decided to raze FAX: 217-854-STAR that they’re expanding with new the Minton Observatory in 1942. The [email protected] options in their food.” Danielle Jackson Beneath the Ink: Autumn Cardinal Junior By Gary Lowder Business Administration With their long neck, and memories of her birth mother. “I don’t the U.S. National Library of Medicine that the recent popularity of college Major alien-like eyes on their 180-degree remember much, but what I do remember is 73 percent of adults with tattoos say they tattoos is rising because most students pivoting head, the intelligent-looking that she really didn’t like bugs…” she said. got them in college. This increase in want to feel independent and tattoos praying mantises are interesting “I can remember going into the backyard body art has led to employers loosening help them achieve this feeling. Others bugs. According to the National and capturing praying mantises.” Cardinal up on no-tattoo policies and even dress use body art to cover scars 15% OFF FOR BLACKBURN STUDENTS Geographic Society praying mantises would then proceed to place the insects in codes. Cardinal explained how from accidents or spots are formidable predators and their her mother’s bedroom and on the bed itself. the insect also represented they find unsightly. “I’ve heard good things about long bodies and stick-like appendages Cardinal said, “ I remember being nine female empowerment. Getting a tattoo those actually, but I haven’t allow them to camouflage themselves years old and feeling super smooth about “I’m not sure how also helped gotten them yet.” so they can stalk prey, using the hinged scaring my mom, and I always thought it familiar you are Cardinal’s Riley Judd front legs they are named for to snare was so funny.” with praying self esteem. Sophomore smaller insects. “When I turned 16 I wanted a tattoo mantis’ mating “I chose Computer science Major Freshman art major Autumn that symbolized that sort of small rebellion habits, but after to get the Cardinal has a tattoo of a flowery in my childhood,” she remembered with the females have tattoo on orchid mantis tattooed on the front a smile. According to a 2013 study by sex they typically my thigh of her right thigh. Cardinal said the Pew Research Center, almost 40 percent eat off the males’ because it tattoo symbolizes “a million” things. of college age people have a tattoo heads…I think it’s was such a Cardinal doesn’t have the fondest somewhere on their body, and according to a great symbol for prominent my ‘take no nonsense’ place where attitude.” everyone could “I like the idea, but I haven’t “Ultimately I chose see it, but also ordered them yet.” the orchid mantis because I because I had a lot of Andrew Fox love the way they look and I believe it self-esteem issues with my Junior represents me and my experiences, and thighs and the rest of my body, and I Business Management I had never seen another person with know a lot of other girls do too. The Major a praying mantis tattooed on them,” mantis helped me deal with those issues Cardinal explained. “I just wanted in my own way, and helped me learn to something that was undeniably me.” The love my body.” Pew Research Center’s study also stated PHOTOS BY DUSTY GLASS 8 • The ’Burnian A&E Oct. 2016 Oct. 2016 Opinion The ’Burnian • 9

my high school years when I started listening to the band. Despite “Forgive Good vibes from “Bad Vibrations” and Forget” having a slower sound, it The inside joke everyone’s in on By Jess Willard became my favorite song on the newest By John Hummer album. Each word wrenched my heart A Day to Remember had me at and left me in tears. A meme in modern times is a hello. Although their first album “And Senior accounting and financial repeated joke, image, video or anything Their Name Was Treason” (2005) was mathematics major James Zeitler has that gets copied, pasted and shared all lacking in technical quality, their lyrical been listening to the band for about 10 around the internet. Just think about content left me itching to hear more. As years. He said when he started listening all the humorous pictures plastered I listened to each of their albums over to them, the music left him amped up all over Facebook: the rage comics, the past five years, I could hear the for any activity he was doing. “Bad the troll faces and more recently, the members of the band becoming better PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHLOE CHAPLIN Vibrations” kept those feelings going Pepes and Harambees. Most memes musicians. A Day to Remember bassist Joshua Vocalist Jeremy McKinnon has grown in for him. “Listening to ‘Naivety’ brought start off small, and are spread among Woodard rips out fast-paced bass lines his vocal ability during his time with the back memories of being a young punk a niche group of people, and most do Originally from Ocala, Florida, throughout “Bad Vibrations” band cruising down the street on his BMX not travel beyond that point. However, By Rebecca O’C A Day to Remember formed in 2003. The band members have cited both typify post-hardcore. The album was are going back to something heavier, bike with a couple of friends,” Zeitler some gain enough traction and become people from their hometown and bands incredibly eclectic and flip-flopped which is great. It kind of goes back said, “‘Bad Vibrations’ feels like a mainstream. At that point, memes gain like blink-182 as their influences. between different sounds, leaving me to how they were when they started,” collaboration of all the music A Day to a life of their own, far out of reach of They have performed with musicians confused. she said. The title track of the album Remember has produced in the last 10 the original creators and communities ranging in sound such as The Devil When I heard about the release was reminiscent of “Speak of the years all on one CD.” that birthed them. Memes spread like Wears Prada, August Burns Red and of “Bad Vibrations” on Sept. 2, I was Devil” from their album “For Those I agree with Zeitler. There are an infection, mutating like a virus each Motionless In White. Across 13 years, initially hesitant. I didn’t want them Who Have Heart” (2007). It went from elements of each album on “Bad time they are shared out of context. A Day to Remember has released six to stray further from the sound I had guttural beginnings to a melodic chorus Vibrations,” but it still manages to Years go by, and people continue albums to date. grown to love prior to the release of and included the powerful breakdowns produce its own unique sound by to share these punchlines without However, “Common Courtesy” “Common Courtesy.” Eventually, I that act as an identifying marker for the plunging further into the post-hardcore knowing the original jokes. (2012) disappointed me; the album decided to buckle down and just play band. genre. If I had to rate this album, it During the early days of the as a whole was missing something. It through the entire CD. It definitely It was the lyrics “Bad Vibrations” would receive five out of five stars for internet, there were no mainstream moved away from their typical genre exceeded my expectations. presented that brought me back to the band’s ability to evolve as a music social media sites. Memes were spread of music, post-hardcore. This genre is Junior criminal justice major Amber their early days and had me excited for group, while paying homage to its through relatively archaic means such defined by putting a creative spin on Campbell, who has been listening to the band’s future. “We Got This” and previous tone. as email and message boards. Before hardcore punk. The band’s fast-paced, the band for 11 years, described the “Naivety” featured an inspirational and search engines like Google and big heavy riffs paired with guttural vocals album perfectly. “They sound like they nostalgic message that reminded me of social media sites like Facebook, it was much harder for memes to spread. Memes are now a staple of internet Talk to me: Mad Max culture, and they are something I enjoy very much. However, it makes me sad By Patrick Benedict when I see a 10-year-old joke from Conventional video game wisdom 4chan start making its rounds through suggests that nothing good can come of mainstream social media. People a movie franchise turned video game. spread memes without knowing what MEME BY JOHN HUMMER In the case of the 2015 WB Games title, was so funny to begin with. On top of an inside joke. What makes a meme dead. 4chan that are famous for being their “Mad Max,” conventional wisdom is that, some memes are so old that it’s funny is that only a select few people I’m not saying that actively birthplace. Understand why memes are quite wrong. “Mad Max” the video sad to see people using them at all. understand why it’s funny. Naturally, excluding people from enjoying funny instead of blindly jumping on the game came out in September of last Have you ever seen your parents post people want to be part of the in-crowd memes is the right thing to do. What I bandwagon. Be there when the joke is year, a mere four months after “Mad a meme that was used to death years of an inside joke, but once everyone am saying is that if you enjoy memes, told or be the one who tells the joke. PHOTO BY CALEB LONG Max: Fury Road,” the reboot of the 80s before? That is the feeling I get from understands the meme or the meme do a little digging. Do a little research There you can witness the birth of a cult classic “Mad Max” series of films. By Caleb Long Album cover from the band’s 2015 album “Quarters!” most mainstream memes in general. gets dumbed down to the point that into your favorite memes, and join meme and fully appreciate it. Instead of an interactive retelling of the A top tier meme is essentially everyone understands it, it is officially communities online like Reddit and new film, the “Mad Max” video game King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard they release, from their album covers is a fully open world experience set in is a strange group - there’s no getting SCREENSHOT COURTESY OF PATRICK BENEDICT to their music videos, is like something the “Fury Road” universe. While the around it - but it is the strangeness that out of a whirling, colorful drug trip. game makes reference to the events of Take on the role of Mad Max and is so appealing to the fans. What makes Their discography has a wide variety cause Mayhem in the post-apocalyptic the film, the only character that makes wasteland them so strange is the way they combine of catchy gems like “Hot Wax” from an appearance in both is Max himself. two musical styles that are rarely seen 2014’s “Oddments” as well as long, Bring back my paper timecard When playing the game, it becomes the game in a car gathering scrap to today: punk and psychedelia. Most sonic journeys such as “Head On/ By Patrick Benedict quickly apparent that the developers ultimately upgrade the Magnum Opus would not think these two styles would Pill” from 2013’s “Float Along. Fill The campus has made a quantum is a tendency for that connection to used the opportunity to expand on the before reaching the Plains of Silence. In go together. In fact, punk served as the Your Lungs.” However, the individual leap forward by replacing the old paper malfunction, sometimes for hours at a story universe instead of relying on the order to do this the player is encouraged antithesis of lengthy, virtuosic psych songs don’t compare to the full-length time card system with fully electronic time. Despite this, work must continue plot already made in the film. to find scavenging locations, assist bands like Pink Floyd. However, King albums. “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” is payroll software. But is it actually and student workers need some way The basic premise is that the several settlement leaders, take over Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard make an acid-fueled jam with something any better for the students? To me the to account for those hours. Certain main protagonist, Max Rockatansky, Scrotus’ bases and take on enemy both of these musical styles work for everyone, while concept album system is overly complex and where members of each department including a survivor of a horrible worldwide drivers among a myriad of other flawlessly together. “Quarters!” takes listeners through it helps in some work departments, it managers and supervisors can add apocalypse, must fight to survive in tasks. Some of these tasks require the The seven piece group from four powerful psych-rock epics, each hinders in others. on hours for students manually but what’s left of the Australian outback player to fight using weapons on the Melbourne, Australia, consists of clocking in at 10:10. This stuff is Prior to this change, many of the this adds several tedious steps to the long enough to travel to the Plains car but also demand the player to take vocalist and guitarist Stu Mackenzie, exciting and energizing. The band departments used various forms of process. Students who are unable to of Silence (a place that Max believes on enemies in hand-to-hand combat vocalist and harmonica player spends most of their time touring. timekeeping to record the hours of clock in must then pay close attention will grant him peace). Max’s journey (especially during base infiltration.) Ambrose Kenny Smith, guitarists Cook However, the closest that the band the student workers. Some were hand to how many hours they have worked is impeded by Scabrous Scrotus and The game offers so many activities Craig and Joey Walker, bass player usually gets to Blackburn College is filled-out forms while others resembled and report that to their manager or his War Boys who take Max’s car and that the player may spend around 40 Lucas Skinner and drummers Michael Chicago. old fashioned punch cards. Tech supervisor who then adds the hours PHOTO BY PATRICK BENEDICT leave him stranded. The player must hours to complete everything. The Cavanagh and Eric Moore. The band If I were to criticise the band services was one department already manually. This creates extra strain Blackburn’s new payroll interface take control of Max to help him find gameplay is excellent with a fairly formed in 2010 and released their first for anything, it would be that they using an electronic record keeping on student workers, managers and a new car and a means of surviving simple hand-to-hand combat system that full-length album “12 Bar Bruise” revisit the same musical themes very system. At the beginning of this supervisors. work takes students off campus. Take workers’ freedom by requiring every the wasteland. The player runs into feels both satisfying yet challenging. in 2012 on Flightless Records. Since often. Their latest record, “Nonagon semester Blackburn switched to APS, The new payroll system works The ‘Burnian for example. It is rare little moment of work to be accounted Chumbucket, a hunchbacked mechanic The operation of the Magnum Opus then, they have been pumping out two Infinity,” is essentially the same four an online payroll system company, that best for departments that begin and that this type of work is done entirely for. Simple activities such as sending of otherworldly skill that believes Max is rather straight-forward and flows albums a year: “Float Along. Fill Your songs repeated over and over. The only keeps track of hours worked and (in the end their shifts in one place. This is on campus. Some of the articles require work-related emails require you to to be a Saint of the Angel Combustion nicely with the weaponry the car has to Lungs” (2013), “Oddments” (2014), variation in the songs are the lyrics and case of paid hours) creates checks for because remembering to clock in and interviews that take place off campus. clock in because there is no other way (an automobile-based deity). offer. The game even employs a slow “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” (2014), speed at which they are played. Another students. out when your job requires you to One could clock in, leave campus for to account for such activities. The new Chumbucket offers Max his services motion assistance system for the firing “Quarters!” (2015), “Paper Maché example of this is on 2014’s “I’m In However there are several issues work outside of an office for small the interview, return and clock out system is just not as effective for the and the Magnum Opus vehicle to make of weapons to keep aiming accurate and Dream Balloon” (2015) and their latest Your Mind Fuzz,” where the first half that result from the new payroll system. spurts of time is difficult. Accounting (which is what I would recommend in combination of working while learning. their way to the Plains of Silence. easier to handle. Overall, “Mad Max” release, “Nonagon Infinity” (2016). of the record is the same song played For instance, it now obviously requires for those hours that are not as standard any situation where work takes you off Balancing these two activities is now The gameplay is divided up has a lot to offer in terms of gameplay, Much like 1960s garage rock band for 20 minutes. While I personally love an internet connection and access to as the rest of the campus was easier campus) but it is one more thing to have more difficult since the implementation essentially into two sections: driving story and well-rendered graphics. It The 13th Floor Elevators, this band is both of these records, some might find a computer. While all buildings on with paper time cards. The situation to remember when conducting work. of the new payroll system. and on-foot exploration. The player is available for PC, Playstation 4 and a high intensity freak out. These guys this repetition boring. campus are equipped with Wi-Fi, there becomes especially muddled when The new payroll system locks down travels across the large open map of Xbox One. know how to keep it weird. Anything 10 • The ’Burnian OP-ED Oct. 2016 Oct. 2016 Athletics The ’Burnian • 11 Division Dream Cheerleading: Shhh! By Parker Ramaker Why are Library Services So Hush-Hush? More Than a Sport Division III athletics are unique Division I schools. Athletes that By Shelby Rainford By Jordyn Smith because they are the only division that cannot play at Division I schools After working at a public libraries also share digital items such cannot offer scholarships. An athlete search for a school where they can Idolized You’ve heard the argument 1,000 library for nearly four years, I can as DVD’s and CD’s. that decides to continue his or her career finish their athletic careers. Division times: Is cheerleading a sport? say that libraries are a tremendously Another underappreciated at a Division III institution chooses to III opens new doors for athletes who Cheerleading, by definition, is underappreciated source of information. service that libraries offer is digital play for a better balance of sport and did not get accepted into their dream Inspirations “a sport involving the performance Who wants to spend time in a building services, which are key in narrowing academics. There are no special perks; school. Sophomore Lauryn Jackson By Jordan Wood of organized cheering, chanting and dedicated to outdated, dusty books the national and global digital divide - there are no grand stadiums filled with of Tonopah, Arizona, plays women’s anyways? What many people do not the void between those who have access thousands of fans; there is only the love basketball for Blackburn College. She dancing in support of a sports team The Merriam-Webster dictionary with a certain level of talent, but that realize is that there is much more to to the internet and digital services, and of the sport. transferred from a college in Arizona at games,” according to the Oxford defines the term “inspiration” as talent can only take them so far. Talent Dictionary. But cheerleading is much libraries than books. According to the those who do not. In July 2015, the Blackburn College is a Division to play a higher level of basketball. PHOTO BY KRIS CARPENTER “something that makes someone alone cannot be relied on when there’s American Library Association, there Pew Research Center released a study III school that offers several sports for “I came from a small city in Arizona, more. want to do something or that gives less than a minute on the clock in are an estimated 119,487 libraries in which illustrated the digital divide in both men and women, including men’s and even though it is Division III, it Not only does a cheerleader and hope they catch you before you someone an idea about what to do or double-overtime. So if talent alone the U.S. and these spaces are dedicated the U.S. by showing that 15 percent of baseball, basketball, soccer, golf and is still collegiate basketball. I am still encourage players to play well and hit the gym floor. Stunting is a whole create; a force or influence that inspires isn’t always enough, how do athletes not only to books but to ideas, Americans still do not have access to the cross country, and women’s basketball, able to compete at the next level,” said get fans excited about the game, but new level of athleticism and skill, and someone.” An inspiration is like a get the job done? Inspiration. innovation, exploration, collaboration internet. According to the 2013 Digital softball, soccer, cross country, tennis Jackson. An opportunity was presented a cheerleader also puts on a show. it can’t be done safely and successfully fingerprint. It is different for everyone. Freshman soccer players Pietro and the cultivation of new knowledge. Inclusion Survey by the Institute of and volleyball. Freshman Skylar to Jackson when Katie Fonseca took From kickoff or tipoff to half time without educated, strong athletes who Ask any athlete who inspires him Lentini and Steven Cowles spoke of Blackburn Cataloging and Reference Museum and Library Services, nearly Burgar from Springfield, Illinois, over as head women’s basketball to the game’s end, cheerleaders have good attitudes and who are willing or her, and chances are that they will how their team’s potential motivates Librarian Lynn Armstrong believes 98 percent of libraries offer free wi-fi plays women’s soccer for Blackburn. coach. She had played for Fonseca at are responsible for entertaining the to sacrifice their bodies for the sake of name another athlete. Maybe the reason them. Lentini said, “We have a lot of libraries are “social levelers,” allowing services and 100 percent of libraries “[Playing Division III] means I get a Tonopah Valley High School. crowd through physical performance. the flyer. for this is that they wish they were that young talent this year and I feel like that people with different circumstances offer access to licensed databases. chance to play a competitive sport that The athletes that attend Blackburn Cheerleaders stunt and tumble, and risk Aside from stunting, there are specific person, maybe for the money, and especially having our seniors, Nate unlimited access to information in a Libraries are narrowing the digital I love at a high level without a lot of College have a unique schooling their safety in order to do so. other major facets of cheerleading that maybe for the talent or maybe even and Chris, and we try and represent for myriad of forms including print, digital, divide by adding new technology that stress that Division I or II athletes have experience because of the school’s Cheerleading is one of, if not, the require above average athletic ability. for the fame. Whatever the reason is, them for their last year and try to give technological and service based. patrons can learn and use for little or to go through,” said Burgar. There is work program. The combination of most dangerous sports we have today. You’ll often see cheerleaders perform people admire athletes. They look up to them our all, they’ve been giving the Many people still do not use no cost. Technology like 3D printers, less pressure to compete in front of academics, athletics and work is a It “accounted for 65 percent of all direct jumps and tumbling passes on the them and study their every move. They school their all for four years, so we’re library services to their full potential. GoPro cameras and Kindles are larger crowds, but a bigger emphasis time-consuming schedule that students catastrophic injuries to girl athletes at sidelines at a football game or down the adore them. They are inspired. But if trying to do our part now.” As a library worker, I am discouraged becoming more widely available. By on academics. must learn to manage. Being a Division the high school level and 70.8 percent court during timeouts at a basketball athletes inspire the average person, Inspiration is not just something when I talk to students and discover providing patrons with access to these Americans have plenty of III school, student-athletes have a at the college level” between 1982 game. These skills require year-round who inspires athletes? that a player turns to in times of that they still have the mentality that the new forms of technology, libraries are admiration for Division I sports. The chance to succeed in that environment and 2009, according to the American practice for most teams. Some teams Blackburn freshman basketball need, but coaches as well. Women’s items they can borrow from a library able to improve their local communities majority of the money, television as opposed to a Division I school. Academy of Pediatrics. require tumbling experience, which player Alexia Duncan’s inspiration is basketball coach Katie Fonseca draws are limited to the library’s physical through technological education. contracts and exposure go to these However, according to ncaa.org, means athletes would have had to start former first overall pick in the NBA inspiration from her desire to be the collection. I find this misconception very This is just a small overview cheerleading is not recognized by training when they were in elementary draft, Kyrie Irving, and his journey best and “being able to have something frustrating considering the vast sharing of the myriad of services that libraries the NCAA as a championship sport. school or younger. Dance experience is from high school to college to the top that I can attach my name to saying that capabilities of libraries. The Blackburn offer. People need to realize that there This is particularly frustrating for me often a requirement as well. of the league. “To see how he handles we were able to come from this portion Lumpkin Learning Commons is part of is much more to a library than four during my college experience, where I have been a cheerleader for the ball well and to see how he can or we were here and now we’ve grown the Illinois Heartland Library System walls, a roof and some books. Libraries “[Playing Division III] means I get a cheerleading is considered a “club,” 12 years. I started cheering for my shoot… it gives me inspiration and to this level no matter how long it takes (IHLS) which covers about 28,000 are truly a place where knowledge is chance to play a competitive sport that thus implying that anyone can join. hometown Junior Football League lets me know I can become the best if is pretty cool and I think that’s what miles and serves a population just over abundant and everyone is equal. The Though it makes me happy to see when I was in 5th grade, and I’ve loved I love at a high level without a lot of I put my mind to it, if I put effort and motivates me the most, is to be the best 2 million. There are over 500 libraries library stereotype of a building filled college students of all walks interested it ever since. I particularly enjoyed dedication to anything I can do. and to see growth.” in the IHLS consortium and over 300 with books and oppressive silence stress that Division I or II athletes have in the sport I have loved for more than competitive cheerleading in high Most all athletes begin their careers half my life, it is also alarming because school, although it definitely tested participate in Sharing Heartland’s needs to change. Word of mouth is to go through,” it is very difficult for individuals with my persistence and strength. My small Available the best way no cheerleading/tumbling experience or town team of 9 girls even placed at Resources to shatter this Skylar Burgar athletic background in general to fulfill state. Equally stereotype and the mental and physical responsibilities Despite many nosebleeds, bruises (SHARE) which it starts with required. and other more serious injuries, I gives patrons you. Check out Although I am experienced in back- have persevered. Cheerleading has access to nearly your library, spotting, basing and front-spotting, the taught me to never give up and remain 10 million items take advantage various positions of stunting, I have positive, no matter what the odds are. It that can be of the services spent most of my years as a flyer. I am has taught me that people aren’t always ordered from there and be sure in no way afraid of heights or flying going to appreciate you, no matter how their library or to share your through the air, but let me be the first much work you put into your routine. online. These experience with to tell you how scary of a practice it is Above all, it has taught me the value services are not a friend. to allow three rookie cheerleaders hoist of teamwork, competitiveness and unique to print you above their heads for the first time sportsmanship. Because it’s a sport. items, many INFORMATION FROM THE IHLS WEBSITE INFOGRAPHIC BY SHELBY RAINFORD

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BC- 3 Eureka - 1 Women’s Soccer

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Men’s 1st Women’s 1st Paul Kline ’14 Maggie Best ’16