Lindenwood A half-scale model of remembers the legacy the Titanic in Branson, of Martin Luther King Missouri, provides on MLK Day. visitors with an authentic experience. Page 2 u u Page 5 TheL egacy Lindenwood’s Student Newspaper Volume 4, Number 9 www.lulegacy.com --- www.lindenlink.com *NEW Jan. 26, 2011 ‘LindenLink’ website launches Umbrella site includes content from Lindenwood Legacy, 89.1 The Wood and LUTV By Wes Murrell Cartoonist Communications students launch a new “umbrella” website today, LindenLink. com. Legacy adviser Tom Pet- tit, LUTV news director Jill The Little Lion Man Courtesy photos Falk and Web Design Profes- A “slave” struggles against his “captors” at a slave auction re-enactment held at the Old Courthouse steps in downtown St. Louis on Jan. 15. sor Jason Lively have helped The site features pages for students lay the necessary KCLC radio broadcasts, groundwork for getting the LUTV (which allows for Slave Auction Re-enactment student media site up and watching LUTV live) and running. The Legacy, and includes J-Term classes range from slavery to vampires to baseball “LindenLink is student- student cartoons and vid- produced,” Pettit said. “This eos. By Holly Hoechstenbach Studies program was one of the will help students learn “LindenLink helps us to Staff Reporter sponsors of the slave sale,” da Silva to tell stories with words, converge the media, which said, “my students were there inter- graphics, visual and audio is what is going on with ra- January Term 2011 offered many viewing participants and spectators displays.” dio, TV diverse, unusual classes, such as and reporting on their observations. “Missouri Slavery and Culture,” Lindenwood and news- History was made … the story is still “Vampires in Fact, Fiction and Film,” student and papers all unfolding, but my J-Term class got a and “Baseball: A Story of American intern Fer- over,” Pet- behind-the-scenes look at it.” Culture.” nando Sucre “LindenLink.com tit said. Her class took three full-day field Adjunct Professor Angela da Sil- will work will give our students “ T h e y trips to study “a sense of place,” she va’s slavery class focused on Mis- with Gradu- all have said. “We visited plantations here in industry experience souri history and featured a devas- ate Assistants websites, Missouri that still have slave quar- using multimedia to tating reminder of slave trade with Heather Ber- simple as ters and descendants of slave own- a re-enactment of a slave auction tram, Wes tell stories.” that.” ers. … We took a full day Black his- on the steps of the Old Courthouse Murrell and S i n c e tory tour of St. Louis and never left in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, Jessica Rogers p r i n t Jan. 15. the city limits.” —Jill Falk to maintain LUTV News Director space is “Since Lindenwood’s American Please see J-Term, Page 8 and develop a l w a y s the website. l i m i t e d Other stu- in The dent help will L e g a c y , (Top) An auctioneer motions toward a slave for come from journalism class- LindenLink.com will of- sale on the auction block during the re-enact- es as well as some of Profes- fer more space and avenues ment. (Left) A carriage holding sold slaves travels through the streets of St. Louis. Linden- sor Erica Blum’s students for through which news stories wood’s American Studies program sponsored extra-credit. can be told. the slave sale, and students from professor da “LindenLink.com will “A website allows more Silva’s J-Term class watched the event and give our students industry ways to tell stories,” Pettit interviewed participants. experience using multi- said. media to tell stories,” Falk Falk added, “We hope said. this website will serve our According to Falk, the Lindenwood community and media landscape is rapidly our St. Charles County com- changing. munity.” Lab fees cover extra class costs The website “is a learning Legacy Managing Edi- By Kenny Gerling academic schools to cover costs associ- Chair Ben Scholle said fees for a course lab for journalism and com- tor Natasha Sakovich said, Senior Writer ated with taking a specific course.” such as Video Production “go toward munications students,” Falk “LindenLink will be a great To establish a lab fee, professors sub- the continuing cost of hardware, soft- way to really bring together As a new semester begins, many stu- mit a proposal to their dean who then ware and equipment maintenance.” said. dents will notice some of their classes approves or rejects it. Mike Wall, Dean of the School of LindenLink.com con- all the communications pro- have lab fees, extra costs added on with Many students have questions as to Communications, said that lab fees al- verges the media of The grams at Lindenwood.” the purpose of covering special course where lab fees go for courses that do not low Communications to keep their com- Legacy, LUTV, 89.1 The For more information and specific materials. take place in a typical math or science puters and other equipment current with Wood and student work to see the new communica- Provost Jann Weitzel said, “Lab fees setting. the latest technological developments. from communications tions website, visit www. are generated through the individual Cinema and Television Department Please see Fees, Page 8 classes. LindenLink.com. Professor’s study provides optimism to prospective job seekers By Samantha Werbiski surveyed companies in the tors. The survey consisted of that the level of skills needed networking. However, Hen- Opinions Editor county had job openings. one double-sided page that in the job market varies ex- drix says many jobs are filled Hendrix said the purpose took approximately five min- tensively. before the company even Professor Evelyn Hendrix’s of the research was to settle a utes to complete. Just as varied are the re- has a chance to advertise the recent study regarding em- frequently debated dilemma. The research shows that sources available to individ- opening since employers will ployment in the St. Charles “Is it hard to find workers or sales and marketing held the uals seeking employment. usually go back to the stack County offers hope to LU is it hard to find work?” most job openings, followed These include not only the of resumes retained from graduates and the commu- The survey was distributed by financial positions such most widely used internet job previous applications. Evelyn Hendrix nity in general. Within the to 264 diverse companies, as accountants, and closing boards, but also local career “[For this reason,] appli- past year, the time period including large, medium and the top three was informa- centers, public news media, cants should be putting their not applying to enough plac- in which the study was con- small companies in both the tion technology employees. signage and the currently resume at 100 or 200 places. es,” Hendrix said. ducted, 81 percent of the business and nonprofit sec- Overall, the results showed increasingly popular tool of The most common error is Please see Study, Page 8 Page 2 News Jan. 26, 2011 LU hosts MLK Day Blues alumni for charity By Alex Jahncke very well in front of hockey Sports Editor fans that do not usually at- tend our ice hockey games. Although the men’s hockey My close friends who are team is still working toward Blues Alumni complimented a third straight national the quality of individuals and championship, it also has caliber of hockey skills our some goals that don’t relate team possesses.” to the season at all. Head The Blues Coach Rick A l u m n i Zombo and team con- his team have sisted of turned their n a m e s focus on the “The Lindenwood like Tony com munit y versus Blues Alumni Twist, Bob as well. game brought great Plager, Kel- Legacy photo by Lauren Kastendieck Students participate in one of the numerous events in the J. Scheidegger Center for the celebration of Martin Luther King Day Monday, Jan. 17. On Jan. awareness and mon- ly Chase 9, the Lions etary contributions to and even c o m p e t e d Z o m b o , in their an- DASA.” who played (Left) Adjunct professor Angela da Silva delivers the keynote speech nual charity for the at Lindenwood’s annual Martin Luther King Day ceremony in the Emerson Black Box Theater. (Right) Students in the choral group game against —Rick Zombo St. Louis Voices Only perform for the ceremony, along with other presenters the St. Louis Head Coach Blues from like the LU Dance Ensemble, which performed a dance interpretation Blues Alum- 1 9 9 1 - 9 5 . of King’s last speech. ni. A lt hou g h All pro- the scoring ceeds went to was only Other Legacy photos by Adrian Kweli the Disabled r o u g h l y Athlete Sports Association kept, the estimated score was (DASA). The game was a 10-2 in favor of the Blues. part of the St. Louis’ Sled This game is not the only Hockey Tournament, hosted event the Lions are taking by DASA. part in this season. “The Lindenwood versus “The LU men’s hockey Blues Alumni game brought team is extremely active in- great awareness and mone- troducing young children tary contribution to DASA,” to playing hockey,” Zombo Zombo said. “My LU play- said. ers represented themselves Please see Charity, Page 7 Jan. 26, 2011 Editorial Page 3 Racial tension hinders unity in schools, nation Did you hear about the California school mistrust between acquaintances, and it ham- district that forced a middle-school student pered efficient progress toward common to remove the American flag from the bike goals.