the campus FALL/WINTER 2018/19 eye ANOKA-RAMSEY STUDENT NEWSPAPER G R S T R C. P. 14 C R S M R S. P. 3 C . P. 2 Photo by Zak McPherson Letter From the Cambridge Staff By Ashley Johnson Staff Writer Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids Campus Anoka-Ramsey Community Col- 11200 Mississippi Blvd NW lege has a long-standing tradition of Coon Rapids, MN 55433 supporting student media on campus. The Coon Rapids campus has main- Cambridge Campus tained a student newspaper for over 50 300 Spirit River Dr S, years, nearly as long as the college has Cambridge, MN 55008 existed. FALL/WINTER 2018-19 Cambridge campus began its student newspaper tradition two decades later. Coon Rapids Staff : Andrew Hayes, From 1985 until 1997, the Cambridge Alysha Hovorka, Jeff rey Leonard, David campus student newspaper was known as the Rum River Review. From 1998 Letellier, Zak McPherson, Michael Nguy- to 2013, it was called The Ink Spot. In en, Katie Runge, Ben Tenyes the spring of 2013, the Cambridge and Cambridge Staff : Fallow Fahnestock, Coon Rapids campuses merged their Cambridge Staff Fall 2018 (From left to right) Fallow Fahnestock, two papers to create the Campus Eye. Ashley Johnson, Abby Paulus, Ellie Resen- Ellie Resenbrink, Abby Paulus, Megan Roiger, Ashley Johnson brink, Megan Roiger This spring brings about more changes a more coherent whole for our readers, editions each semester. We are excited Advisors: Melody L. Hoff mann for our campus newspapers as the Cam- so we are returning to a separate about the benefi ts that this change will bridge campus will become The Ink Mackenzie Krzmarzick newspaper model, focusing on separate have for both of our newspapers and re- Spot once again. Our staff writers are websites and social media accounts. main dedicated to bringing the students passionate about the events on our two of our respective campuses the news OUR MISSION campuses and know that our diff erent The Campus Eye is published by students of the Coon Our two campuses will still collab- that matters most to them. campus locations have vastly diff erent orate to create the satire and print Rapids and Cambridge campuses of Anoka-Ramsey cultures. We want to make our content Community College. The purpose of The Campus Eye is to provide news from both campuses and views of their students and staff . The newspaper also provides an opportunity for student reporters, photographers and designers to gain experience covering news and producing a newspaper. appear healthy, and sever- Articles on these pages represent the opinions of the quarter panel near the head- al concerns were called in to writers and the Coon Rapids/Cambridge campuses or The Campus Eye staff highlights light, and cracked windshield. authorities. Animal control the student body. security reports from the semes- Bicycle sustained damage; was contacted, and responded ter. Full security reports can CONTRIBUTING TO THE THE CAMPUS EYE be found online through Safety CRPD obtained statements with no visual of the animal. If you are an Anoka-Ramsey student and are interested from both involved, and no No further action taken. in submitting a story to our media organization, please & Security at Anoka-Ramsey email [email protected] Community College citation was issued.Incident report and police report com- Cambridge CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS pleted. To bring a factual error to the attention of the staff or Coon Rapids to comment about the fairness or completeness of Public Safety while on rou- information you see in the The Campus Eye contact: A moving vehicle struck Public Safety was contacted tine patrol noticed an east side Melody L. Hoff mann (Coon Rapids) a bicyclist while crossing by an instructor who stated window was missing from the melody.hoff [email protected] Mackenzie Krzmarzick (Cambridge) the street near the approach they needed assistance for a vacated humanities building. [email protected]. near Lot 1, on college drive. sick student. Assessment on Cambridge PD contacted, Vehicle was heading south- scene determined 911 did not took photos and issued po- Follow The Campus Eye online bound, when and the bicyclist need to be contacted. Student lice report. A cursory check approached, went off of the stated they did not need med- of the property yielded nega- News website updated weekly: curb heading northeast and ical attention. Instructor noti- tive results. Facilities sealed TheCampusEye.com striking the vehicles front fi ed, report completed. the window. No further action quarter panel. 911 was con- taken. Facebook: TheCampusEyeARCC tacted, and CRPD responded. CRPD and Public Safety were No injuries reported by either contacted on a fox that had Twitter: The_Campus_Eye motorist or bicyclist. Dam- strayed very close to college age to vehicle consisted of a campus. The fox did not Instagram: TheCampusEye scratched passenger front A Senate in Recovery Aft er the removal and reinstatement of its president, the senate fi lls empty positions and works on clarifying its constitution. By Jeff rey Leonard, Staff Writer ing online, establishing manner unfi t for the Senate” to be appropriate methods of open to interpretation. campaigning, and deter- mining how complaints Muhammad has run for president are to be investigated. two times in as many years, win- Since that correspon- ning the popular vote in both in- dence, the senate has at- stances. Shepherd found the will tempted to take this ad- of the student body to be crucial vice under consideration as well. and integrate what they feel is necessary for busi- This semester, student senate ness to return to normal. meetings have continued on with business, discussing and detail- Muhammad was accused ing their plans and goals for the by a fellow student of semester. On Sept. 19, mandato- inappropriate campaign ry equity training for all senate behavior when he began members was conducted. telling students to vote for student senate by way of “I’m honored to be part of an an email that was sent out award-winning team and humble to all of the student body to serve as ARCC Student Sen- last spring. In his inves- ate President,” Muhammad said tigation. Shepherd found in a prepared statement sent to the email to contain vague The Campus Eye. “Through this wording. lens I approach each day with the interests of the students at the He said that the email forefront of my thoughts. It is Student senate members meet on Sept. 19 on the Coon Rapids campus. The Coon Rapids Student Senate meets every with the link to vote could the mission of the ARCC Student Wednesday at 2 p.m. Photo by Jeff rey Leonard be misconstrued as a sur- Senate to help raise the gradua- vey due to the subject line tion rate of our campus through The Coon Rapids’ campus stu- confl icts involving course load summer into his campaign be- “we want your opinion.” ‘real life’ outreach, connected- dent senate has gone through and off -campus work. Other stu- havior. His campaigning behav- Shepherd concluded it would not ness and working together.” many changes over the fall se- dents fi led these positions. Em- ior was the main concern that led be unreasonable for Muhammad mester. Senate members have manuel Rojas has been appointed to his removal. Hanson requested to fear that students would be un- rewritten many sections of its as vice president of the student the investigation which was con- aware that the email was indeed constitution and brought on new senate. He is also involved with ducted by Minnesota State Sys- the way by which to vote, and so senators as former senators leave. the LatinX Club and works with tem Director for Student Devel- Muhammad proceeded to inform Senate President Elijah Muham- several other clubs and organi- opment Paul Shepherd. them where to vote, not how to mad retained his position as pres- zations on campus to improve vote. ident after being removed from campus life. Faisel Alfahed is a In a correspondence document his position in April by senate new senator who is also a mem- between Anoka-Ramsey Com- Student senate members relied on members. ber of Business Professionals of munity College President Kent their bylaws to remove Muham- American. Rille Kiefert has been Hanson and student senate lead- mad in April. Shepherd found “Things are returning to normal, appointed the public relations co- ership regarding Muhammed’s the senate bylaws to be unsatis- I have hope for the future,” Mu- ordinator. removal and reinstatement, Han- factory, and “Greatly in need of hammad said. son suggested improvements to revision.” The general student Anoka-Ramsey President Kent operations in the senate, include senate conduct also played a role The student senate lost senators Hanson reinstated Muhammad establishing rules for interaction in Shepherd’s decision, Shepherd this semester due to scheduling after an investigation over the with students while they are vot- found the line “Senate members can be removed for behaving in a Page 3 From a Magazine Cover to Robbing Someone at Gunpoint Tony Hoff man visited the Coon Rapids campus to tell his story of addiction and his path to sobriety. By Michael Nguyen, Staff Writer look we don’t get to choose whether or not we are addicts. These are things we often fi nd out in the college years,” Hoff man said. Hoff man suggest asking people with addiction how they are feel- ing. He also suggested one way to help people with addiction is to help them realize their unique- Tony Hoff man speaks to the Coon Rapids campus commuinity on Oct. 4 in the Performance Gym. ness and turn that into something Photos by Isaiah Bishop they are passionate about.