THE The H-Files/Page 1 HILBERT The Hilbert College Newspaper for Campus and Community, Volume 12, Issue 1, August 27, 2010 Name: Regina M. Ernst Major: English TRANSITION TO COLLEGE Birthday: June 15, 1986 Hobbies: Biking, traveling, knitting, writing, chatting HILBERT’S SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM Career Goals: To live & keep moving around TO EASE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE, . a lot STIMULATE ACADEMIC SUCCESS Newly created first time this summer at by a $2 million Title III initiative being the college. grant received by Hil- launched this summer Intended to provide bert to aid in bolstering “KENYA KREW” underprepared students student success. A new two-week inten- with the skills, tools, “Hilbert has a long CHRONICLES sive academic residen- and confidence needed history of enrolling stu- tial program designed to to succeed in college, dents who are tradi- assist incoming Hilbert Hilbert’s inaugural tionally first-generation HILBERT SERVICE LEARNING: College freshmen in Summer Bridge Pro- or underserved college GROUP REFLECTIONS ON KENYA making a successful gram, the first of its kind students. This new pro- transition from high at the college, is being gram, which will en- TRAVELS by Regina M. Ernst the resort town Malindi, school to college and to held on campus from hance other initiatives THOUSANDS the capital city Nairobi, help build a foundation Aug. 23-Sept. 3. The already in place at the On Thursday, May 20, and the iconic Masai for academic success noncredit program is college, is a proactive, OF MILES 2010, Dr. Amy Smith Mara game reserve. is being offered for the being partially funded Continued on page 4 TO ASSIST led a group of students, This trip was part of a professors, and family three-credit course for POOR members in a service students to fulfill over KENYAN learning trip to Kenya the summer. In addition under the banner of an or- to developing, leading, VILLAGERS ganization called Touch and implementing ser- Africa International. vice tasks in Kenya, stu- Three-week Service The group consisted dents who signed up for Learning Trip a First of father and daughter the course researched for Kenya Krew Bob and Kelly Cline, and presented on vari- Regina Ernst, Sara Grif- ous topics both prior to After traveling a total fin, Wyleia Guillaume, and after their trip, and of nearly 16,000 miles Lonna McCary, husband they led the group in and flying for 32 hours, and wife Drs. Ed and nightly reflections while a Hilbert College group Cindy Pristach, Susie in Kenya. has returned to West- Schofield, Christopher I was lucky enough to ern New York know- Spence, Kolleen Sul- be one of the thirteen ing their international livan, and Scott Wood- members of what we journey has fostered a cock. The adventure started calling the “Hil- real change and helped lasted a total of twenty bert Dream Team.” Many Kenya Krew Spots Giraffes While on Safari improve many lives in days and involved stays of you probably remem- poor African communi- in and visits to several ber the promotional ar- ties thousands of miles different areas of Ke- ticles from last year’s GREEN BUILDING GRANT away. nya, including the rustic newspapers dealing with AWARDED TO HILBERT The 13-member group, village Kaloleni, the Training to focus Hilbert, will represent binars, online courses, coastal city Mombassa, Continued on page 9 Continued on page 9 on environmentally the college in the green and other activities will responsible building training oppor- construction tunity. Workshops, We- Continued on page 12 Hilbert College has been awarded a $2,000 Green Building 101 In This Issue Technical Assistance Contest Tally & Editorial Page 2 Grant, one of 15 grants Calendar of Events Page 5 awarded by the non- Student Activities Page 6 profit Second Nature to provide building profes- Award-Winning Articles Pages 6-8 sionals working on cam- Service & Clubs Pages 8, 12 pus facilities projects at Photo Gallery Pages 10-11 institutions across the Offices Pages 12-14 U.S. with training in Divisions, Programs Pages 14-16 ”green building.” Vacation Station Page 16 Gary Dillsworth, su- perintendent of physi- Sports Pages 17-20 The Kenya Krew in Front of the School They Built in Kaloleni cal plant operations at Page 2/The H-Files CONTEST TALLY H-FILES’ (Complete Scores for Issue #1) WRITING EDITORIAL No. Student No. of Articles CONTEST troleum oil spill had been Some of our government SETTING consuming my thoughts day leaders have been a huge Contributor Issue #1 Before You Graduate, and night. I figured this was disappointment. From sex _________________________________ Write Once in Your Life A GOOD an easy choice. But there is scandals to shady business for The H-Files: And if so much more going on in dealings, the people in office You Write More, You May EXAMPLE 1. Bernadine De Mike 1 our country that I became should be held to a higher Be Eligible for a Prize 2. Regina M. Ernst 1 by Dino Marrocco increasingly sure that there standard. Their actions are was something of more gen- always being monitored and 3. Dino Marrocco 1 For the twelfth straight eral importance than the oil too many have acted poorly, 4. Jerrell Mason 1 year since its inception, The I have heard people say that spill to write about, however whether at local, state, or H-Files is offering prizes we need to make sure that we 5. Kerry Nunweiler 1 far reaching that particular federal government levels. for the most articles written give our children a planet in 6. Emili Ripley 1 problem turns out to be. I For example, New York State by a currently enrolled better shape than when it was believe I have found it. politicians were not able to 7. Suzanne Schofield 1 Hilbert student—full-time turned over to us. More and The example that too many work through the budget or part-time—appearing in more, the evidence suggests that we have placed a higher adults set for today’s youth process in Albany without TOTAL 7 the student newspaper for is terrible. The rules that we its having been a three-ring academic year 2010-2011! value on monetary gain than tell our children they must circus. Also, we have let Each issue of The H-Files morality. Some people no follow are the same rules large businesses with all presents an update tally (see longer worry about the con- and, in some cases, laws that their lobbyists have too much adjacent list), so that students sequences of our actions we break at our convenience. influence in government for JOURNALISM WRITING can check the standings until it is too late. Americans News articles and television far too long. The people every issue, with new names must force themselves to reports magnify the tragedies representing us must do just CONTEST being added every time an look in the mirror and deter- that stem from carelessness, that, instead of just taking additional student writes for mine whether or not they like A Single Article Could est features, interviews, edito- ignorance, and resistance to care of their own interests. the paper. what they see. Win $100, $75, or $50! rials, and reviews. Such piec- following the law and what is We have seen what banks If past performance is any The first thought that came es might be front-page items right. How do we expect our have done when they regu- indication, the equivalent to me was that I was certain For the tenth year The H- or editorial-page items, or educated children to become late themselves. of one article per issue for what I would editorialize Files will sponsor a journal- they might appear under SGA/ better people when they look Our athletes have fared no all eight issues published in on regarding the foregoing ism writing contest based Residence Hall, clubs, offices, around and observe the poor better. From Ben Roethlis- 2010-11 is almost assured to theme. As a self-proclaimed on quality. The articles departments, faces and places, examples we as adults have berger to Barry Bonds, they win a prize. In some contest conservationist, I acknowl- must be written by currently travel/vacations, reviews (of set? have failed to set an example years, as few as three or four edge that the British Pe- enrolled full- or part-time films, dvds, concerts, exhibi- for our young athletes to articles by a student for the students. tions, plays, restaurants, CDs, follow. The list goes on academic year have been An anonymous panel of books), or sports. Application and on. sufficient to earn an award. three faculty/staff judges, of criteria will be adjusted to Hollywood and big business Prize-winners will be H-FILES’ PHOTO identified in Issue #8, will reflect the type of material have sold us the notion that announced in the eighth be established to select being judged. CONTEST if you have money, you can issue, with prizes distributed three articles appearing Articles consisting primarily explain away all the wrongs during Quad Party XIV next For the ninth year in a row, During the last week of in the first seven of eight or exclusively of lists, scores, you have committed. The April, 2011. The H-Files is sponsoring February, 2011, a panel of 2010-11 issues, with the schedules, or compilations of arrests that have been made Watch for an article listing a photo contest. Currently judges will convene to re- winning articles to be re- material in a similar format on Wall Street have exposed prizes and the sponsorship enrolled full- or part-time view the entries.