Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Phoenix Student Newspapers 4-3-2013 Phoenix, 2013-04-03 Student Life Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/phoenix Recommended Citation Governors State University Student Life, Phoenix (2013, April 3). http://opus.govst.edu/phoenix/145 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Phoenix by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Futurist entbraces change in the shift social, and ideological change released in January. He also writes experienced in human history will a blog that can be found at be recreated in the next "1 0 to 100 www.evolutionshift.com. years." Houle expressed that the time "The definitions we use for of women is now and that society economics, our understanding of will see women continue to reach culture, and our concept of gender new heights and that gender will will all be changed onto a new radically be redefined by this courtesy of shiftedtransformation.com level never before witnessed by generation. history," he said. Houle likened the upcoming Ha ha! Special By Andrew Kriz In the Shift Age, people will culture change to an earthquake. Contributing Writer place a higher importance on the "You may think you are built on April Fools environment and undoing the solid ground with what you know, David Houle, one of the mistakes made in the 20th century, but when in every six, 12, or 18 edition! leading futurists of the 21st will understand the concept of months everything you previously century, spoke to attendees in the place as where in cyberspace a believed is shaken up and Insert inside Hall of Honors on March 6 about person is, and will fuse changed, you know you're in the what he feels is the biggest change technology and biology to make Shift Age," he said. of living taking place right now. bionics advances. The first clue humanity has Humanity has left the Information "Even though technologies entered this new time period was Age, he said, and has entered a such as 3D printing, cloud marked by the five year recession tumultuous transitioning period networks, and brainwave as the Information Age's that will bring about the largest computer interface systems are in economic model became outdated. amount of change in human their infancy now, they will be "The Baby Boomers caused history. perfected in the Shift Age," said the recession. It was the older Houle has called this the "Shift Houle, whose latest book Age" where all the technological, "Entering the Shift Age" was Continued on Phoenix pg 5 F wing renovations right on schedule By Samantha Kaspar will also be added. Learn about Staff Writer Upon completion of phase one, the university will dive right into phase two. These renovations will proper business Governors State University is excited to be include labs and offices for math, computer sciences, ettquette• approaching the completion of the renovations that nursing, and communication disorders, and are have been taking place in the campus's F wing. estimated to be completed in the spring of 2014. Story pg 3 Plans for renovation began in 1995, when GSU Incoming freshmen will also have their labs in the hired an engineering firm to determine how the newly remodeled F wing. A renovated lecture hall, university's science buildings met with Illinois' that will hold about 90 students, will be added. The established codes. After the evaluations, GSU was new lecture hall will be GSU's largest classroom. put on a waiting list to receive funds from the state The hall should be available for classes in the fall of of Illinois for renovations. In 2008, GSU made it to 2013. the top of the list, and the project became a reality. "Everything is really running on schedule", said With a $2.3 million grant from the National D 'Arcy "The construction company has been Science Foundation Academic Research working very seriously to complete the renovations Infrastructure, as well as $22 million funded by the on time". Illinois Capital Development board, the 80,000 As it nears it's completion, the F wing is square foot renovation will modernize GSU's science beginning to look like a university building, with and health science facilities. new flooring, painting, countertops, and plumbing. The Chicago Heights Construction Company The grand opening for phase one will take place this broke ground in October 2011, and began the first of coming August. two phases in the renovation process, with phase one Along with the F wing renovations, GSU also has nearing it's June 2013 target date for completion. a short term plan to improve the sound quality and Orbert Davis According to Karen D' Arcy, Professor of audio visuals in the Hall of Governors, as well as a comes to GSU Analytical Chemistry and Principle Investigator for master plan that calls for a new student center closer the NSF-ARI grant, the facilities completed after to the campus's main entrance. Story pg 4 phase one will include 15 small research labs where According to D 'Arcy,\"There are significant plans students and professors will work together. A in place to help us grow and have better facilities for chemical storeroom, shout six chemistry and physics teaching and learning". •------------.. labs, and approximately six or seven biology labs \. ================~NOC================ 2 413113 · s Hall goes to Washington Court hearings on same-sex to report fairly and unbiasedly. marriage. Although we would In the aftermath of these events, have liked to have stayed and however, I have no qualms ·oined the rally, unfortunately about disclosing my personal we had to start the long drive opnion on the matter. back to Chcago that day. People are entitled to their However, Kay and I still opinions. Free speech is, after wanted to show our support for all, guaranteed by the First marriage equality. The night Amendment. If groups such as before, we stopped at CVS to H.O.M.E. choose to believe that pick up some poster board and homosexuality is wrong, then markers. The following that is their opinion and they morning, as the Supreme Court have every right to express that began hearings on California's belief. Proposition 8, Kay and I drove However, it is wrong of ip! In honor of April Fools down First Street, past the H.O.M.E. (or any group) to the Turnip pays homage to Supreme Court and the U.S. distort statistics, use quotes out news sources such as The Capitol building. With the of context, and present their on, The Heckler, Weekly passenger window rolled down, opinions as facts. Everyone that World News, and many more. I held our sign out of the I have spoken to regarding ·oy! window so all of the people H.O.M.E.'s presence on campus Also, due to lack of interest rallying could see our sign, has indicated to me that this is Phoenix Comic Strip Contest which read "Marriage Equality how H.O.M.E. presented their been cancelled. As Homer for ALL" with the "ALL" being materials. on would say, "D'OH!" done in the colors of the While we are all entitled to Switching gears, I would American flag. free speech, one of the most to share something that I The cheers that we got from basic principles we must abide y had the chance to be a people gave me goose bumps! by as college students is that any part of. Last week, I was Some of the supporters rallying argument needs solid research to Washington, D.C., as the U.S. took pictures. An ABC camera support it. Without it, that preme Court began hearings man filmed us. I yelled into his argument loses it's crediblity. If same-sex marriage. camera, "Marriage equality for any GSU student were to write a I had gone to DC on everyone!" Bystanders cheered. research paper in the manner in · with my girlfriend, It was so gratifying to know which HOME presented it's and her two "kids" (a that we were a part of something information, that student would Schipperke named Bebe historic, albeit only a very small receive a failing grade. her equally hyper sister, a and brief part. We then departed I hope that in the future, our tese named Zoey). We had for a brief stop in Baltimore, school's administrators will ,.... ..,~u .. ..,u on going to DC during then home from there. think twice about what types of Spring Break, but due to The topic of homosexuality groups they allow on campus scheduling conflict at my job and gay rights has been a hot and give due consideration to do work full time, along with topic lately. In fact, this very the validity of the message a ...........•. 1>; classes and working issue has hit especially close to group is presenting. Allowing the Phoenix) the only time I the GSU community. Last groups like H.O.M.E. (which get off of work was the month, the Phoenix reported on has been classified as a hate classes started back up. tensions between the H.O.M.E. group according to the Southern We had an amazing time in Group (Heterosexuals Organized Poverty Law Center) on our nation's capital. However, for a Moral Environment) and campus legitimizes the messages most memorable moment of GSU's Gay Straight Alliance.