Page 1 October 23rd – 29th Sinclair Volleyball Pg.2 Baker’s Beat Pg. 5 Imagine Dragons Pg. 6 Old vs. New Pg. 9 The Volume 42, Issue 9 www.sinclairclarion.com October 23rd – 29th HARVEST FEST: WELCOMING THE FALL SEASON Pexels step back and enjoy the moment will beads, in honor of October being offer a fake news trivia quiz and Kali Macklin relax us all. breast cancer awareness month, as information about what we do. Be Staff Writer There will be a variety of treats to well. on the lookout as well for a life sized enjoy and activities to participate in. The Library will be creating a tree interactive model of our mascot On Wednesday Oct. 31, Sinclair There will be an International Trick of all the books we are thankful for. Clary. will be holding its annual Harvest or Treat where students will have the The Bookstore will be hosting Accessibility Services will be there Fest event. The fest will be taking opportunity to try different candies Haunted Hoops, where students can in honor of October being disability place in the Tartan Marketplace in from various cultures all around the play a round of basketball with the awareness month. There will be building 7 from 11:00 p.m to 1:00 world. There will be candies from possibility of winning a t-shirt. many other offices represented and p.m. and will be offering many Italy, Ukraine, China and many The Clarion will also be hosting present at the event to celebrate. activities for students to celebrate the more. a costume contest. Come down to There will be food, including fall season. Overall, there will be six different our table dressed in your costume cookies and apple cider, games, This event has been held at Sinclair countries represented along with and enter to win a gift card (amount music and the Art Club will be for almost 20 years. The theme of information on how harvest is and to where is TBD). The Clarion hosting a bake sale in the Library this year’s Harvest Fest is “Be present celebrated around the world. photographers will be at the event Loggia. and be thankful” as students will There will also be a pick your ready to snap the best costumes. “It will be a whole lot of fun, be finishing up their midterms, own pumpkin hosted by Student The first, second and third place we hope everyone stops by!” said it is important to be present and and Community Engagement winners will get a shout out in a Tristan Chaput, Coordinator of acknowledge all the hard work that where students can pick out a little future edition of the Clarion and Student Engagement. has been put in so far this semester. pumpkin and decorate it. have their picture put on the paper. We are welcoming fall, harvest and The Multifaith Campus Ministry However, if dressing up isn’t Thanksgiving; taking a moment to will be giving away pink blessing your thing, the Clarion will also THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SINCLAIR COLLEGE FREE October 23rd – 29th Page 2 Tartan Sports Sinclair Volleyball Sets Their Eyes on the Finish Line “He says to slow down a lot, slowing the game down is more than slowing your play down but, more so think about what you’re doing,” said Bierlien, on one huge element Gan implements in his team. Holbrook, Robinson and Bierlien all had two common denominators, lack of energy but strength in the mental game. The team bounced back from three losses in a row to a win against Clark State on Oct. 17, but in order to keep their mental game strong they know they have to keep their energy up. “We’re all just here to have fun,” said Bierlien, which is a theme for the team. “I’ve met some of my best friends on this team, we all have our own sisterhood,” said Holbrook. With the season coming to an end Sinclair Community College the team still have their eyes on the prize and continue to set goals for Lindsey Elam in high school. Holbrook, who is but all of her teammates to do and themselves. Reporter originally from Middletown, In. said be their best. The team has sophomore night and that Gan has put a lot of emphasis on Bierlien always knew that she their last home game on Oct. 19 with The Women’s Volleyball team at the mental aspect of the sport, which wanted to be a coach from a young two more season games to follow Sinclair is currently third in their has really helped her improve her age but Coach Gan has truly before regionals start on Nov. 1. conference with an 8-5 record in game. inspired her even more. conference play and an overall “Being a team is the most record of 18-13. With only a few important thing,” Holbrook said. games left before sophomore night, “A lot of our goals are wrapped the girls are focused on how to end around being a team, being their season strongly. positive and proactive.” Coach Kum Chee Gan is in his Shai Robinson, sophomore, said 20th season at Sinclair Women’s that in the beginning the team Volleyball team. Gan has received struggled a little bit with their Coach of the Year three times, in chemistry and the loss of a player 2000, 2005 and 2012. due to an ACL tear. This year a freshman, Nicole “We are working on closing the Sickling, won the OCCAC Division block, and reading the hitters,” II Volleyball Player of the Week said Robinson. The team is award four times this season, keeping their focus on improving with two of those wins occurring their trouble areas before regionals consecutively. and they know exactly what those are. One thing she and Holbrook both said is their most improved individual skill is their mental game, and that it has improved the whole team’s outlook 2012) Sohn (MFA Beomyoung on the game and how to Where will your perform together as a whole. vision take you? Shayna Bierlein, a Transfer to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and sophomore, said that the join a community of peers who incoming freshmen have reshape the visual landscape. brought a lot of talent to the team. Bierlien saic.edu/ug suffered from an ACL tear last season. APPLY NOW FOR SPRING 2019 MERIT SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE Although it was hard NOVEMBER 1 for her to sit on the Coach Gan’s coaching tactics are sidelines and watch her team, she different from what freshman Hallie wanted nothing more than to help SAIC ADMISSIONS | 312.629.6100 | saic.edu/ug | [email protected] Holbrook was used to when playing and inspire not only the freshmen, October 23rd – 29th Page 3 Sports The New NFL: Changing of The Guard quarterbacks being in the top 10 to tell. in at least one of the three main Between the five quarterbacks, passing stats, it is pretty clear that they have combined for 17 starts they are very ahead of where 2nd and 26 games (Mayfield 3 starts; 4 and 3rd-year quarterbacks games, Darnold 6 starts; 6 games, usually are. Allen 5 starts; 6 games, Rosen Of the five quarterbacks, 3 starts; 4 games and Jackson 0 three are leading their divisions starts; 6 games). (Mahomes, Goff and Trubisky) Mayfield, Allen and Rosen have with records of 5-1, 6-0 and had the challenge of a quarterback 3-2 respectively. The other two competition and having to (Wentz and Watson) have both compete with another quarterback split the season with three wins throughout the season while and three losses each. Darnold was given the job at the Pre-season predictions had the start of the season and Jackson Rams (2nd) and Eagles as top appears to be fixed as the backup. three Super Bowl contenders All five of the teams seem while the Texans and Chiefs are to feel pretty secure with their either favorites to win the division young quarterbacks as do the or to secure a wildcard spot. aforementioned teams. With Only the Bears were considered this being said, it will be weird unlikely to make the playoffs heading into the 2019 draft considering their tough division with teams such as the Browns, where the Vikings and Packers Texans, Bills, Bears and Jets are favorites to make the playoffs not looking for a quarterback as Wikipedia as well competing in a very tough they’ve all been quite active in the conference in the NFC. quarterback department whether it If the season ended today, three be drafting, starting or trading for Justin Pokorski derailed by an ACL tear which of the teams would make the quarterbacks seemingly Graphic Designer he sustained in practice after a playoffs (Chiefs - Mahomes, Rams every season. week 8 matchup with the Seattle - Goff and Bears - Trubisky) while Now that these 10 The NFL has seemingly Seahawks. Watson was on the other two are third and fourth aforementioned teams have turned over the keys to the next pace for 43 touchdowns and 18 in the hunt for their respective seemingly found their franchise generation of talent. This is interceptions, which would’ve conferences (Texans - Watson quarterback, they join the likes of especially true with the recent nearly doubled the record for [AFC] and Eagles - Wentz [NFC] the Raiders, 49ers and Cowboys success of young quarterbacks in passing touchdowns in a season respectively). who also have younger/in their the NFL this year.