Page 1 Oct. 31–Nov. 6, 2017 TedxDayton Pg. 3 Workaway Pg. 4 Stranger Things Pg. 6 Textbook Affordability Pg. 9 The Volume 41, Issue 10 Oct. 31–Nov. 6, 2017 www.sinclairclarion.com VETERAN’S APPRECIATION WEEK AT SINCLAIR Wikimedia Paul Helmers honor military veterans throughout Thursday, Nov. 9 at noon in the the most is the Tartan Terrace Reporter the week. Tartan Terrace restaurant. Tartan Luncheon,” Jones said. “This gives Veteran Services Manager Becky Terrace is located on the fourth us a chance to meet and get to know Next week, Veteran’s Day will be Jones and Veteran Services Specialist floor of building 13. The cost will some of the veterans here, and it also observed on Friday, Nov. 10. This Emily Demeter plan these events be $5 per person, with one guest per gives the Culinary Arts department a means the school will be closed, and every year, and will be attending veteran allowed. Credit cards are the chance to showcase what they do and there are multiple events scheduled at different events during the week. only form of payment accepted. what they have learned.” all the different Sinclair campuses to A luncheon will be held on “The event I look forward to There will also be a free oil change continued on page 2 Sinclair hosts opioid epidemic event Will Drewing keynote presentation from N.Y. Times with community experts, local Managing Editor journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning policy makers, first responders and writer Barry Meier. Meier began caregivers. The panels include Sinclair America’s opioid epidemic is the reporting about the opioid crisis in alumni Will McChesney, Prison topic of discussion for speakers 2001 and has written a book called Education Program Director Cheryl including Mayor Nan Whaley, Sheriff “Pain Killer: A ‘Wonder’ Drug’s Trail Taylor, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley Phil Plummer, and Barry Meier of the of Addiction and Death” which was and Montgomery County Sheriff Phil New York Times, at the November 2 published in 2003. Plummer. and 3 event at Sinclair’s building 12. The event includes a screening of Thursday’s activities end at 5 Sinclair Community College is the Tribeca Film Festival premiered p.m. and resume on Friday at 10 collaborating with Antioch University “1000 Junkies,” directed by Tommy a.m. Among the speakers and panel Business Insider and ThinkTV to facilitate the two-day Swerdlow, who is known for writing discussions the event will also include For more discussion about the epidemic that has the screenplays of the movies Narcan training and a Master Class information about Creating a Narrative so drastically affected the nation, state, “Cool Running” and “Snow Dogs.” called “Storytelling and Democracy: for Change: The Opioid Crisis, visit city and the lives of many people. Swerdlow himself is a recoverer of a Creating Positive Change,” led by Sinclair’s event page on Starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, two-decade long battle with addiction. award winning directors Peter Werner sinclair.edu. Nov. 2, the event begins with a The event includes panel discussions and Stuart Sender. THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SINCLAIR COLLEGE FREE Page 2 Tartan News Oct. 31–Nov. 6, 2017 and help with some hard said. “We provide a service that Correcting Open-door PC drive data recovery in gets students back to doing their Emergencies (or SCOPE) lab. The Repair Lair certain situations. homework at home as soon as However when Hook died “We can’t fix possible.” McMurty started volunteering for the Cerridwyn Kuykendall everything but you can always ask.” McMurty values how quick the lab and the name was changed to the Reporter McMurty said. lair can provide service to people Repair Lair, since no one could ever Eric Renegar is a professor at who need it. For example, they had remember what SCOPE stood for. Room 036 of building 8 is home to Sinclair who works with the student a student come in and her touchpad The nature of the Repair Lair the Repair Lair. The Repair Lair is a technicians in the lair. Most of the changed some repair service on campus that focuses student workers have taken his as well. A new mainly on computers. courses, and he says working in the change was With student technicians and the Repair Lair is a way for them to implementing help of some faculty and staff, the apply the theories from the classroom tracking Repair Lair fixes most personal to real life clients and computers. systems to devices such as laptops, desktops and There are several reasons Renegar log what was tablets. and McMurty think the Repair Lair brought in and The service is free and available to is important. It provides the student by who, and Sinclair students, faculty and staff. workers with real experience they recognizing They focus on software issues such can apply to future jobs, and it gives what problems as viruses and malware. Sinclair had a Tom McMurty is a faculty student reasonable administrator that helps manage and faculty Daniel Riley chance of being supervise the students working in the and staff wasn’t working. fixed. lair. access to They opened McMurty has been a student A common problem affecting good quality the computer faculty and staff member at Sinclair, students, faculty and staff is malware repair work. up right there and has seen the turnover of new and viruses, which the Repair Lair Renegar and fixed students every few years. As Renegar helps eliminate. said his the problem, put it, “Sinclair has a two year McMurty describes the difference favorite enabling her to memory.” between them as: “viruses infect the thing about be back up and The Repair Lair is open in the host without the intent of killing it, the Repair running in just afternoon every Monday through malware just doesn’t care.” Lair is how Daniel Riley a few minutes. Thursday. The Repair Lair can also help with many times McMurty said Every 16 weeks the Repair Lair activating new computers or giving they have been able to get students one of his favorite moments at the gets a new batch of student workers old ones a tune up. If an older model back in class. He thinks having a Repair Lair was when they opened and they have to start over with new is running slow they can clean up the personal device to do homework can up a computer to fix the hard drive ideas and methods, to find what will hard drive to improve performance, be very important for a student’s and found a full sized Cheeto lost in work for the new crew. However this McMurty described it as “Getting success in some cases. there. hasn’t stopped them from providing the junk outta the attic.” “I have heard that Sinclair students The Repair Lair was originally a quality computer repair service on The lair can also do data transfers can sometimes be one flat tire started by Ken Hook 7 years ago campus. from an old computer to a new one, away from dropping out,” Renegar under a different name, Students Veteran’s appreciation week continued continued from front the Veteran Services office, located to the Dayton VA. There will also in building 11 room 342.” be blanket knotting stations set up at giveaway next week. The Automotive Sinclair plans on keeping the various events throughout the week, department has agreed to give away giving spirit active with non-students and these fleece blankets will also be one free oil change to six Sinclair who may be in need also. donated. student-veterans. “We polled our student-veterans, “We wanted to find something to “These will be given out in the and the overwhelming responses engage and connect with students form of vouchers starting Nov. 6,” were that students wanted to donate here, and give them a chance to have said Jones. “They will be first-come, needed items to veterans,” said hands on involvement,” Demeter first-serve and can be picked up in Demeter. “So we spoke with the said. “We are knotting the edges Dayton VA and together and signing the knots to were told they give the recipients a more personal were in desperate connection to the students.” need of thermal The week will also include the 5th undergarments to Annual Remembrance Walk at the give to veterans in Downtown Dayton campus and the need. They have 2nd Annual Remembrance Walk at Pinterest not had any thermal the Mason campus. The week will then culminate with donations in the The Remembrance walks are a screening of “The Court-Martial past two years.” designed to give people a chance to of Jackie Robinson” in the stage These thermal take a moment to think about the area of building 8 at 1:00 p.m. Light donations are being sacrifices made by veterans for this refreshments will be served during accepted by the country and its citizens. Passerbys the film. Veteran Services would also be given a chance to see Remember to visit the website at office through others participating and perhaps take www.sinclair.edu/veteran-week to Nov. 1 and will be a moment to themselves to think see the entire schedule of events. donated next week about it as well. dodlive.mil Page 3 TartanCampus News Life Oct. 31–Nov. 6, 2017 and inside this of the University of Dayton, and notebook was the manager of marketing and TedxDayton a plan for the communications for the Brunner day. A lanyard Literacy Center. She spoke about the Kali Macklin and name tag power of literacy to improve lives Reporter were also given, and told her own story of getting and people were married in Dayton’s new main branch On Friday Oct.