Volume 62, No. 1 j . c o m 4 A lton - East Edw ardsville ■M 3 1 f▼1 i S u r v i v i n riW* i x 'I k * * \ B i t ; The Back to School Survival Guide Wm . A S s Hi www.alestlelive.com Friday, August 21, 2009 AltonAlestle - East St. Louis - Edwardsville Back to School Survival Guide Kenneth Long Editor in Chief Allan Lewis Managing Editor Aren Dow Opinion Editor Table of Contents Rachel Carlson A&E Editor T.J. Cowell Welcome back to SIU E............. 4-5 Sports Editor Ashley Hinkle Photo Editor Student Success Center.................6 Karina Swank Chief Copy Editor Tutoring on campus.......................6 Caitlin Doszkewycz Rosie Githinji Ashlee Brockenbrough Reporters Dining Services...............................7 Kelly Taylor Keondra Walker Copy Editors The do’s and don’ts of parking.... 8 Derrick Hawkins Hunter Creel Sean Roberts Photographer Take a ride........................................ 8 Ashlee Glover Advertising Manager Lovejoy Library............................10 Nicole Nelson Advertising Representatives April Ostresh SIUE Police...................................11 Leah Scherwinski Graphics/Production Tammy Merret-Murry Alcohol on campus.......................11 Adviser Mike Genovese Graphics Supervisor How to use your e -ID ................14 Jill Cook Graduate Assistant Debbie Roberts Student Employment.................. 14 Office Manager Brittany Thomas Amanda Griffin Going Greek................................. 15 Office Secretaries Student Organizations.................15 Letters to the Editor Policy: The editors, staff and publishers of the Alestle believe in the free exchange of ideas, concerns and opinions and will publish as m any letters as Social Networking........................18 possible. 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The Alestle is a m em ber of the Illinois College Press Association, the Associated Collegiate Press and U- Arts & Entertainment schedule .25 WIRE. The name Alestle is an acronym derived from the names of the three campus locations of Southern List of Cougar Discounts...........25 Illinois University Edwardsville: Alton, East St. Louis and Edwardsville. The Alestle is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays Religion and spiritual help.........27 during fall and spring semesters and on Wednesdays during summer semesters. For more information, call 6 5 0 -3 5 2 8 . Sports updates and intro............ 34 Have a comment? Student Fitness Center................38 Let us know! 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In short, never limit yourself to The Alestle is here for you. just going to classes in your major and leaving SIUE four To those o f you reading the Alestle for the first time, years later with a degree in hand and no life experiences. thanks for picking us up. If you have read before, keep on Just be sure to have the time o f your life responsibly; beer “...never limit reading, this year has some sweeping changes for both commercials don’t mention the consequences of throwing SIU E and the Alestle. back a few Bud Lights when you have finals the next day. yourself to just The Alestle will be moving Along with our expanding website, the Alestle now has more and more towards where the Twitter. Our breaking news will now reach Twitter and get going to classes media industry is headed: online. passed on much more quickly, alerting subscribers to any Our website, www.alestlelive.com, breaking developments, emergencies or any other pertinent has become the best way to get the information. A separate Twitter for sports updates will allow in your major most up-to-date campus news out subscribers to get play-by-play information and scores about to students, faculty, staff and games we cover. If you have never used Twitter, give it a try. and leaving alumni. Because o f this, we will be We want to keep you informed as much as possible, and this focusing on expanding the website is just another medium by which we can serve you. SIUE four years with more videos, blogging, The Alestle itself is made up o f our own student body, breaking news, our Alestle Dining with its staff consisting o f students from many diverse Guide and other online-exclusive content. In turn, the backgrounds and majors. We hire students from outside the later with a Alestle will only come out in print edition on Tuesdays. The mass communications program; all majors are welcome. Alestle will still produce the same excellence in journalism Currently, we are looking for guest columnists, cartoonists degree in hand on Thursday, except it will only be available online. This way and reporters. While previous experience with publications we help save a little money for students, as well as trees that is recommended, it is not necessary. We look for excellence and no life will not be cut down for newsprint. in creativity, a willingness to question the world, personal New additions to the campus include the Student responsibility and a desire to learn in our staff and will settle 33 Success Center and the additions to the Student Fitness for nothing less. experiences Center. They have cost us quite a pretty penny, so get full The Alestle is your student newspaper. If you believe we use o f both facilities. As our sports program settles more should cover an issue, investigate a problem or you have into its Division I status, the program as a whole is growing general questions, please get in touch with us. Our office is as well. The games are just one reason to stick around in the Morris University Center, Room 2022. E-mails can -Kenneth Long, campus after class; you may even get a free T-shirt, and be sent to me at [email protected]. there’s nothing better in my book. When you are somewhere between shelling out money Editor in Chief The Back to School Survival Guide is one o f the best for tuition, discussing the Iraq War or avoiding pandemics, ways to discover your new campus. Inside, we have tried to pick up a copy o f the Alestle or go to www.alestlelive.com nail down the most important aspects o f life at SIU E for and get informed about your campus. Remember, you paid you. O f course, one o f the best parts about being a Cougar for it.