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DMACC & Kirkwood square off PAGE 7 Des Moines Area Community College, Boone Campus Volume 4, Issue 2 September 29, 2004 ‘Some days, the only thing that gets me through is praying’ Robin Cazavilan Michael did his training for 16 months Banner Staff in Arizona previous to his departure. He now works in the 1st CAV for the military For those of us who are fortunate intelligence. He is preceded in service by enough to continue our education, excel both his father (Bruce Kelly, political sci- at our jobs and maintain our relationships, ence instructor at Boone DMACC, and his it is easy to take for granted the sacrifices uncle in Viet Nam. made for us by our soldiers in Iraq. “I support the war,” Donna said. “I For many here at DMACC, these wish that more soldiers were sent earlier last few years have brought us our first and that we had anticipated what it would encounter with the brutalities of war. It take to complete our duties there. I believe really begins to hit you when you notice that we are doing what we have to do. the vacancies in your classroom because There is a mess to clean up now, and we your classmates are answering a sudden can’t leave the people there vulnerable. call of duty. We have a responsibility to them.” On the Boone DMACC campus, eight “Some days, the only thing that gets me out of ten students asked say that they through,” Donna adds, “is praying for him have a friend or have a family member and knowing that people from my church who is fighting in Iraq. Many of the fac- are also in prayer for him.” ulty and staff here have also been deeply We would like to feature DMACC stu- affected by this war. dents who are fighting in the war as well Donna Kelly, DMACC library assis- as their friends and families. If you have tant, will never forget the sacrifices made stories or pictures you would like to share by our soldiers. She has a 24-year-old son, with us, please email Robin Cazavilan at Michael, who has been in Iraq since the [email protected]. middle of June 2004. He will be serving there for a total of 18 months. “When he first left, I really thought I was going to lose it. But then,” Donna Boone Campus says. “He called and it was comforting to photo by Robin Cazavilan hear his voice, almost as if he were just Donna Kelly, Boone Campus assistant holding a picture of her son Michael. across the street.” breaks record PTK registers 65 students for enrollment David Dudley DMACC-Boone Campus set new new fall Banner Staff semester records measured both in head count and in credit hours with 1,526 stu- Presidential candidates will address the dents enrolled this fall compared to 1,461 issues that are important to the voting students in the fall of 2003. public. Therefore, the demographic with This is a 4.5 percent increase. Credit the most voters will have their issues hours taken by students on the DMACC resolved first. Boone Campus totaled 15,158, which is “Only 33% of eligible voters age 18- 3.5 percent higher than the 14,644 credit 24 voted in the last presidential election hours taken by students last fall. while 70% of retired citizens voted in the Overall, fall semester credit head count last election,” said Nancy Woods a phys- enrollment is up 11.2 percent and credit ics instructor at DMACC. hour enrollment up 8.1 percent on the She is also the advisor of Phi Theta six DMACC Campuses. Both are new Kappa, the organization aiming to get DMACC records. more young voters to the polls. “As of DMACC has a record 15,256 students Sept. 21 we had 65 students registered,” are enrolled in credit courses at the six numbers estimated by Woods as her orga- DMACC campuses this semester, com- nization approaches their goal of 250 pared to 13,719 students in the fall of 2003. DMACC students registered to vote. photo by David Dudley Students are enrolled in a record Phi Theta Kappa students will continue Stacey Randeris helps a fellow student, Luke Ahrendsen, register to vote. to be in the Courter Center to provide 133,565 credit hours of classes this fall students with a place to register. One compared to 123,573 credit hours in the of Woods’ workstudy students, Stacey 21. Luke Ahrendsen, Panora, said that his better question than ‘why vote?’ would be fall of 2003. Randeris, Audubon is helping other stu- reason for voting this year was because he ‘why not vote?’” said Woods. DMACC’s enrollment figures are dents register. She said, “It’s important to hasn’t in the past. “I wanted to vote this Voter registration will continue in the the official figures reported to the Iowa get our wishes heard. One vote changed year,” Ahrendsen said. Courter Center and various other locations Department of Education on the14th day the drinking age.” PTK is hoping more students feel the until two weeks before Nov. 2, 2004. after classes begin to reflect accurate year- Another student who felt voting was same way. “The registration form is quick to-year comparisons. important stopped and registered on Sept. and easy. It doesn’t take any time at all. A INSIDE ISSUE Athletes Walk as One PBL elects officers Live shows at Bali Satay Why the high costs of textbooks? Campus News, Page 2 Campus News, Page 3 Feature, Page 4 Opinion, Page 6 Campus News, Page 2 Volume 4, Issue 2 September 29, 2004 Dozens of Boone athletes ‘Walk as One’ Brandon Kleinke places of worship, schools and govern- Banner Staff ment agencies all hiked through the park, benefiting local youth and community leadership programs. DMACC students and faculty appeared DMACC was not the only school to have the overall largest turnout Sunday involved in the event, but did appear to at Gray’s Lake Park in Des Moines. have the largest turnout. Hundreds of people gathered to raise “I know Grandview and Drake were support for the National Conference for there,” said Davenport. “DMACC had Community and Justice (NCCJ) by par- great participation. We were probably the ticipating in the Walk as One-athon. largest group there, which is good consid- According to the NCCJ, the Walk as ering the cause.” One is their largest and fastest-grow- All DMACC students, faculty, and ing national fund raiser and brings par- staff who attended the event received ticipants together in the fight against bias, a t-shirt and lunch. Most of the Boone bigotry and racism. Campus participants were from the men’s “We want to do this,” said Boone and women’s basketball teams and the Campus Educational Advisor Rita volley-ball team. Davenport. “We don’t want to have peo- According to the NCCJ, $50 pledges ple running around that don’t understand provided funds for the Understanding the about diversity and differences,” she said. photo by Megan Shadle Human Family reading and essay pro- Pledge-raising teams and individuals Jessica Peel Reads from a script of the November production by the Boone Campus gram. Another local program helped was from different parts of the community, drama department : “Perfect Wedding.” Peel will be playing the mother of the bride the From Dreams to Action. Pulitzer Prize winner compares U.S. , Brazilian race relations “Brazil and the United States: Different, Although alike in several ways, Degler the Civil War. But Surprisingly Alike,” emphasized that the fundamental dif- Degler concluded that in both coun- The professor emeritus of American ferences between Brazil and the United tries, race relations continue to be a fun- history at Stanford University told of States derive from their contrasting views damental aspect of social structure, but the differences and similarities in several of race relations. in Brazil, society’s view of race relations issues, race relations in particular, between Degler said there are only two catego- incorporates one major difference: the Brazil and the United States as part of ries of racial classes: black or white, put wide variety of recognized colors, instead DMACC’s Brazil Year Celebration. into practice in the United States. Even of viewing people as either “all black,” Dr. Degler joked, after a lengthy one “drop of African blood will make or “all white,” as is done in the United introduction listed his extensive academic a person a negro,” he said, referring to States. accomplishments: “I’m always glad to Unites States’ race relations. Degler said, “For both Brazil and the hear that because I’ll never hear my own In Brazilian society, there is a definite English colonies in America, the true obituary.” hierarchal class system in place, struc- beginning of race relations was the con- Dr. Degler pointed out similarities tured on the colors of its members, instead vergence of a new, mixed population.” between Brazil and the United States, of their bloodline. The amount of black The lecture was “very informative,” including their geography, early settle- heritage in one’s ancestry defines what and “relevant to issues in today’s society,” ment, culture, economy, social classes, class an individual belongs in; mulattos according to several students and mem- Dr. Carl Degler and sociological issues such as race and and their children are considered higher bers of faculty leaving the lecture. James Bregenzer sex. class than those with no white lineage at Degler, born in 1921, is best known for JNAD 121 Student Degler evaluated race relations in both all.