Oct. 29th – Nov. 4 Page 1 Sinclair Has a Pool? Pg. 2 Logan Turner Fund Pg. 3 Puppies on Campus Pg. 4 Luna Gifts Pg. 9 The Volume 43, Issue 10 Oct. 29th – Nov. 4th www.sinclairclarion.com THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SINCLAIR COLLEGE FREE Page 2 Tartan News Oct. 29th – Nov. 4 Oct. 29th – Nov. 4 Harvest Fest Promises Fall Fun for Students the event will be held in the Building 8 their skills with free face painting. a waiver. Workers from the Tutoring Gym. Sinclair’s social media account will “The goal of the event is to provide and Learning Center will be dressed as provide updates. a fun, engaging activity for students as characters from “The Wizard of Oz” while The event is a long-standing and enjoyed we head towards the final few weeks of guiding wanderers on their way. tradition at Sinclair, remaining one of the the semester,” Chaput said. “It is a great “Participating in events, such as Harvest most attended events of the year. opportunity for students to participate in Fest, is a great way to meet some of “Harvest Fest is a tradition at Sinclair a lot of different games and get to know the people who are here to support you and archival records indicate that the event one another outside of the classroom! I throughout your time at Sinclair and just has historical significance dating back to think we have something for everyone this have fun in between classes,” Chaput said. before the current location of the Dayton year and really hope to see a lot of people “We hope to see you there!” Campus was built,” Tristan Chaput, participating.” Coordinator of Student Engagement, said. There will be plenty of spooky activities All hands will be on deck this year, with and food to celebrate All Hallows Eve, several academic departments, as well as such as a pumpkin decorating contest student clubs and organizations joining in sponsored by Aramark, spider web cotton Photo by Staff Photographer Brian Walker on the fun. candy, carnival games, cookies, hot A yard decoreated for the spooky season. The departments attending include chocolate, apple cider and popcorn. Henry Wolski Student and Community Engagement, The Clarion will also be present, and Associate Editor Student Senate, Brite Signal Alliance, will be holding the annual Halloween Sinclair Library, Multifaith Campus Costume Contest. Those that show up For students who need a chance to relax Ministry, Psychology Club, Career to the event in costume can enter for a and de-stress after the chaos of midterms, Communities, Appalachian Outreach, chance to have their name, a few brief the Student and Community Engagement Counseling Services, Accessibility words and a photo featured in a future department presents Harvest Fest on Services, Sinclair Library, Sinclair edition of the paper and on Clarion social Thursday, Oct. 31 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 Bookstore and others that will provide media. p.m. in the Belltower Plaza outside of information about their respective groups The pièce de résistance is a 35x35 Building 7. and provide games and activities. For inflatable corn maze that attendants can Photo by Staff Photographer Brian Walker In the event of inclement weather, example, the Art Club will demonstrate brave their way through after signing A pair of carved pumpkins sit ready for candles to light them up. Dive In: Sinclair has a Swimming Pool? Samuel J. Claude specialty areas, which once included a Aside from organized swim meets, including engineering students. Sinclair Managing Editor bowling alley until 1999, cost up to seven Sinclair’s pool finds uses in more once hosted an engineering class of million dollars to build. unconventional ways. Sinclair offers Stebbins High School where the students In addition to a vast sea of courses and The pool is used to host any athletic swimming classes which are non-credit constructed boats from corrugated plastic degrees to shoot for, Sinclair offers many team within the Ohio, Michigan and courses and cost $25. and duct tape and raced them across luxuries to its students and staff. From a Indiana region approved by the National For students desiring to pursue a the surface. Aviation classes have also mini art museum in Building 13, to the Junior College Athletic Association. more adventurous career, Sinclair hosts hosted water survival lessons for students Tartan Marketplace, Sinclair Community Many swim teams have journeyed to scuba diving classes. This class requires pursuing a career in the sky. College bends over backwards to assure Sinclair to hone their aquatic craft such multiple certification and skills tests These courses and many others that students are comfortable and capable as the Kettering swim team and our beforehand, yet the price for this course is demonstrate the usefulness of a pool for to complete their courses. own Dayton Raiders. Sinclair has also cheaper than most other private lessons. students of all fields. But what about However, one that few, if any students hosted many high school teams such as Outside of swimming, many other those who simply desire a pleasant know about, is the actual Sinclair Waynesville High School. departments use the pool in various ways, afternoon dip? The pool is open to the swimming pool in the physical activity general public from 1-4 p.m. on Mondays center of Building 8. and Wednesdays and from 1-2 p.m. along This 25 yard, six-lane swimming with 3-5:30 p.m. on pool was installed when Building 8 was Tuesdays and Thursdays. built back in 1974. Just to put this into To top it all off, Sinclair will be hosting perspective, it took a million dollars a luau this coming April of 2020. So to construct each of the buildings one whether you’re a student or a simple through seven. They were in fact the campus goer, what better way to enjoy first buildings built down on the Dayton Photo by Samuel J. Claude some free time than by grabbing a towel campus. Building 8 however, due to its A glimpes of the pool. and taking the plunge? Local News: U.S. News: World News: - Wright State President Cheryl Schrader - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled - The bodies of 39 people--31 men and 8 announced Tuesday, Oct. 15 that she for six hours on Capitol Hill, answering women--were found in an Essex lorry will retire from the position at the end questions regarding fact-checking on the (British equivalent of a semi-truck) this past of the year after serving two and a half site’s ads. Representatives inquired about week. The bodies were initially believed to Quick Cambridge Analytica, a corporation in which be Chinese nationals though the BBC says at years at the university. Schrader was hired in 2017 with a five-year contract. former Trump appointed White House Chief least three of the victims were probably from Provost and Executive Vice President Sue Strategist Steve Bannon served on the board. Vietnam. Three people have been arrested News!! Edwards has begun to take over some of Source: MSNBC including the driver of the lorry. Schrader’s duties. Source: BBC News Source: Dayton Daily News - Vandalia’s coffee shop, Warehouse 4, was Oct. 29th – Nov. 4 Tartan News Page 3 Sinclair Establishes Logan Turner Scholarship son’s death by hugging hundreds of Logan, a football standout at Richard Foltz Daytonians. Springboro went to Sinclair like his Executive Editor “If you were fortunate to know Logan, mother and aunt and earned his degree. you probably knew him as an incredibly He had started working as a machinist at As part of a combined effort, Sinclair kind, determined young man who found Thaler Machine Co. in Springboro at the Community College announced fulfillment in impacting the lives of time of the shooting. last Wednesday, Oct. 23 that a new others,” said Danita. “We are honored that the Turner family scholarship would be established in The scholarship, which will be offered has chosen Sinclair to establish this memory of one of the victims of the to “deserving students who are enrolled special Scholarship Fund,” said Steven Source: MCT/Tribune Oregon District shooting. in an engineering discipline, full or part- Johnson, Sinclair president in a rewarding life- the kind that our son, Logan Turner was a 30-year-old time,” according to a press release. The news release. Logan, lived,” said Logan’s parents in a machinist who lived and grew up in scholarship was established in memory of “This scholarship will be life-changing statement. Springboro, Ohio after attending college former Sinclair student, Logan Turner, for students who have a desire to enter a For more information and for a link in Dayton and Toledo. His mom had who was among the victims of Dayton’s career in engineering and who may not to donate to the fund follow up with described him at the time of the shooting Oregon District mass shooting on Aug. 4. otherwise be able to afford the education. this article on our website at www. as the “world’s best son,” and “sweet and Turner, a Springboro High School “This is a wonderful way to honor sinclairclarion.com. To donate directly smart.” graduate, was a former Sinclair Logan’s memory and for his life to to the Logan Turner Fund go to: give. Logan’s parents, Danita Turner and Community College graduate who earned continue making a difference in the sinclair.edu/logan-turner-scholarship on ex-husband Michael Turner helped to an associate degree from Sinclair before community and in the industry he loved,” the Sinclair Community College website.