Northwestern College inside this issue parking changes PAGE 2 opinion: troop reduction PAGE 3 coffee shop a ‘dream’ BEACON PAGE 5 Volume 83 Number 2 September 17, 2010 Halperin, Dunn ignite It’s game time at the Hub BY JULIA LANTZ different options for the meal NW music CONTRIBUTING WRITER exchange. This year the Hub offers O f f e r i n g f r e s h e r multiple kinds of wraps, subs, scene food, more of a retail pizzas, and burgers. Grilled chicken BY LINDEN FIGGIE a t m o s p h e r e , a n d sandwiches and chicken tenders are STAFF WRITER additional meal exchange also on the meal exchange menu. Amidst embracing new students options were priorities for Requests such as bringing back and welcoming back former the Hub this year. Taco Salad Thursdays, offering attendees, Northwestern is gearing According to Don gluten-free pizzas, or offering up for a season of fresh faces and Keith, general manager another side entree for meal new ideas. The Back to School Tour of Sodexo on campus, exchanges are encouraged. features musicians Tim Halperin “Student surveys are taken “I’d like more feedback about the and David Dunn in Christ Chapel yearly to help the Caf and Hub and Caf. We go to SGA once on Monday, September 20 at 8 p.m. Hub make changes based a semester to get feedback, but we The concert is free of charge and on what is on demand.” welcome feedback from anybody,” open to the public. Students expressed said Keith. An Omaha native, Tim Halperin repeatedly a desire for Suggestions about the food or began his musical ambitions at fresher choices and a more environment at the Hub may be a young age, playing for church retail-oriented system. directed toward Keith’s assistant, and school bands. He eventually Greater variety in meal PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW Katie Dykstra. Dykstra may be established his current performance exchange was another Time provides the Hub with fresher above the cash registers. Game contacted via e-mail at kdykstra@ style at Texas Christian University request articulated by students. foods since food is grilled on the Time’s physical characteristics nwciowa.edu. where he transitioned from the “That’s when we brought in this spot, rather than being reheated. and surrounding atmosphere The Hub will be having a grand band scene to the singer/songwriter ‘Game Time’ to help come up with Keith said, “Last year, the Hub had creates a more attractive place for opening for the Game Time near the realm. a menu to give students more faster service, but this year fresher Northwestern students. end of this month. With a strong jazz influence options,” said Keith. food is served, so it takes longer to Last year there were three stemming from inspiration Game Time food services came get your food.” from Ben Folds and Elton John, into the Hub to train workers for two Game Time has helped enhance Halperin’s music evokes emotion weeks at the beginning of the year. the Hub’s look, with its eye- and distinctly unique piano and “They come in every two weeks catching signs and high-tech rhythmic infusion. to check on us,” said Keith. Game menus displayed on the TVs Success and thriving demand affirming his abilities, Halperin harnessed his talents into his debut Study habits album ‘You Are the Moon EP’ in 2008. Halperin’s musical reputation not so ‘A-proof’ continues to fluorish as his music has been featured on many Midwest BY KATE WALLIN matters when studying: what you radio stations, XM Radio and he CONTRIBUTING WRITER remember. himself on NBC’s ‘Kansas City Take one step into Ramaker According to the new research, Live.’ Library and you know: study studying in different locations, PHOTO BY ANDREA OCHSNER Erin Anderson studies in Ramaker Library. While students’ minds have become engrained Ann Marie Millican, a student season is in full swing. Stacks of alternating between subjects in with supposed full-proof study habits, recent data show otherwise. at NW, praises Halperin’s ‘strong books, IPods attached to nearly a single session, and spacing in voice,’ comparing it to the rock band, every ear, and endless hours of between sessions all aided in there that makes me want to “Study everyday. Talk with your Switchfoot. procrastination… wait, uh, I mean improving the overall success of the fall asleep. I go to a neighbor’s professors out of class. Work with a “I’m pretty pumped to see him studying. Right? student’s effort. room, there can be people there, it peer tutor.” And with 60-75% of NW live,” Millican said, as she plans on So what makes all those hours A 1978 experiment studied doesn’t matter. A change of scenery students working with a peer tutor, going to the concert with several of spent with book in hand worth it? students’ testing ability of 40 helps.” it’s clear that partnership works. her wing mates. What really makes for a productive vocabulary words. Those that What about procrastination? Do Joining Halperin will be David study session? According to a recent studied in two starkly different you do as well as you think you do “It’s a common myth Dunn, also a Texas musician. article in the “The New York Times” rooms produced drastically better right before a deadline? that when you work says that students should forget results than those students who “It’s a common myth that under pressure, you what they know about good study studied twice in the same room. when you work under pressure, do better.” habits. What do Northwestern students you do better. But the truth is -Tom Truesdell We’ve all heard the standard think? Junior Christine Roy agrees, you don’t focus as well as you advice: Find a quiet, consistent study “I like studying in different think you do,” said Tom Truesdell, “The goal of our department is space. Study one subject at a time. environments. Sometimes the director of Academic Support to help students take ownership Decide whether you need to study library is too intimidating, too Services. The studies verified that of their learning, to create a in groups or by yourself. many people. I like the Old Factory age-old adage that cramming, community of students helping and And while this common Coffee Shop, it is a calm and quiet although seemingly helpful for teaching each other.” In the end, knowledge holds true for some of place to study.” that test tomorrow, didn’t benefit forgetting what you know may be us, in recent studies, scientists have Senior Wes Garcia adds, “I can’t the students in the long run. just the ticket to remembering what discovered some tricks that may study in my room. Even with the “Studying takes time. There you need. PHOTO COURTESY OF TIMHALERPIN.COM improve the one thing that really door closed. There’s a familiarity are no shortcuts,” Truesdall adds. 2 NEWS September 17, 2010 Study hoped to discover effects of BPA Parking lot change in the works BY TYLER LEHMANN BY JEB RACH unfavorable for playing quieter CONTRIBUTING WRITER CONTRIBUTING WRITER games such as pool and ping pong. After 10 years of conflicting West Hall parking lot changes, The hope is to convert one of the research, the government is now a recent resignation and proposed classrooms in the RSC into a game launching a study to determine changes for the RSC were among and lounge area next semester. whether BPA can play a role in the topics discussed at the recent Furthermore, Get Out the Vote cancer, diabetes, obesity and other SGA meeting. efforts were discussed. Students disorders. The primary topic discussed can expect to see a partnership Hundreds of studies and was the decision to reserve the between the College Democrats and millions of dollars have produced West parking lot the new College nothing but controversy in the for upperclassmen Republican group debate over BPA, a chemical often only. After the on this effort. found in reusable food and drink last meeting, SGA S G A w i l l b e containers. representatives fundraising for the “I think we don’t even realize counted vehicles in organization. how much we take in,” said junior the West parking Due to personal Simon Campbell. lot to see how many reasons, the A presidential panel on cancer f r e s h m e n a n d Academic Affairs and the environment said there PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW u p p er cla ssme n Committee (AAC) Despite years of research, studies have yet to come to a conclusion on the effects of BPA, a was a “growing link” between chemical often found in drink containers. NW water bottles, however, do not contain BPA. park there. It representative has BPA and several diseases. About was determined PHOTO COURTESY OF DIG.CSAIL.MIT.EDU resigned. Per SGA After Tuesday’s meeting, SGA plans half a dozen states have banned “I think it’s one pretty easy thing goods at reasonable prices and for that it would to propose the parking lot in front of rules, SGA will BPA in children’s products, and to eliminate out of all the things keeping canned foods safe. be worthwhile West be upperclassmen only. bring in those that the restriction may be made we’re exposed to,” Campbell said. Linda S. Birnbaum, director of the to propose the expressed interest nationwide with an amendment to Professor of Kinesiology, Paul National Institute of Environmental parking lot be for upperclassmen in the position to the next meeting, the food safety bill scheduled for a Bartlett said, “Sometimes it comes Health Sciences, said, “This is a only to help replace the listen to and ask questions of the vote in the Senate next week.