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“Not yet,” COD PresidentRobert Breuder abruptly toldthe Courier stepping out ofthe court room Tuesday.
Breuder, accompanied byCOD attorney Ken Florey andAssociate Vice President ofExternal Relations Joe Mooreleft the courtroom to analyzeJudge Terence Sheen’s 20-page letter of opinion ruling.
The DuPage Circuit Courtjudge’s ruling sparked differ-ent interpretations from thetwo parties. The ruling wasmeant to establish the degreeto which the college has toabide by the Village of GlenEllyn’s ordinances.
According to Moore, thejudge denied motions on bothsides which the college said inits statement, “College of Du-Page Statement: Legal opin-ion concerning Village of GlenEllyn” released shortly afterthe ruling. “Judge TerenceSheen ruled that he agreedwith elements of both parties’arguments but denied mo-tions from both sides, stop-ping short of a decisionregarding Village authorityover the COD campus,” readthe release.
Florey said that the judgefound that the village hadsome jurisdiction but notcomplete jurisdiction in areasof landscaping, parking, sig-nage and additional areas,that “decision offers broad
strokes” but not exact detailson how to carry out thejudge’s decision, leaving bothparties to work out those de-tails through the Intergovern-mental Agreement process,”Florey said.
According to the Judge’s let-ter of opinion, the collegefiled a Complaint requesting aTemporary Restraining Orderto continue work, which wasdenied and a declaratoryjudgment. The college re-quested that the court woulddecide that the State Boardhas exclusive jurisdiction overthe facilities, programs orproperty of the college, in-stead of the village.
The Village filed a Counter-claim asking that the court de-
By Elise AndersonNews Editor
COD, village spar over jurisdictionCOLLEGE VS. GLEN ELLYN
see ‘Court’ page 2
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he Lady Chaps stiflingdefense secured astrong 88-51 homeopener win over
McHenry County College onTuesday.
From the opening tipoff, theteam displayed strong defensivetraits forcing McHenry into com-mitting 27 total turnovers. TheLady Chaps capitalized on theFighting Scots’ mistakes, provid-ing 25 points off of turnovers.The team also had 16 steals.
Despite the strong perform-ance, head coach ChristopherCotton believes that his team still
has much to work on. “Our team is still not there yet
defensively,” Cotton said. “Thegirls are still committing severalmistakes, they allowed a lot ofeasy buckets.”
Strong defense is played withthe entire body and Cottonwants his team to realize that.
“I’ve emphasized it since thebeginning,” Cotton said. “Theyhave to learn a perfect stance,use their feet, use lively arms,not hands. The ladies need toplay the player, not the ball. Theball doesn’t score by itself, if wecan stop the player, we’ll stopthe ball.”
Point Guard Raven Hurleycontributed on all sides of the
ball with eight points, seven re-bounds, seven assists, and sixsteals.
Although the Lady Chapsplayed a tough defense, theycommitted many fouls, puttingMcHenry in the bonus early inthe game.
The Lady Chaps allowed theFighting Scots to shoot 35 freethrows, a high amount for a col-lege game.
“They’re progressing on play-ing better defense without foul-ing,” Cotton said.
Small Forward AlexandriaCapeles led all players in scoringwith 22 points, shooting 75 per-
By Josh TolentinoSports Editor
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Photo byChrisJohnson
TAlexandriaCapeles(right) leadthe Chapsin scoringwith 22points.
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cide the village does have ju-risdiction over constructionprojects of the college, that thecourt awards the Defendantsand Counter-Plaintiffs theircosts of suit, prohibit the col-lege from occupying anybuildings without an occu-pancy permit, stop the collegefrom continuing constructionif they don’t have the re-quired building permits andto prohibit the College fromnot complying with munici-pal code in the areas of zon-ing (how the college usestheir property), subdivision(doesn’t apply to college) anddrainage.
Similarly, the Village of GlenEllyn released a statement ti-tled “Judge Rules Village hasJurisdiction in College of Du-Page Case,” but claimed a dif-ferent outcome than thecollege.
In the statement, village at-torney Stewart Diamondspoke about the ruling. “It isnow clear that as a home-rulecommunity, Glen Ellyn hasthe power to fairly apply itsordinances to the College ofDuPage.”
Both parties filed a motionfor a summary court judg-ment, which Florey said willhappen when both partiesagree on the facts of the case,and believe that going to trialis not necessary to decide the
issues of the case. He told theCourier that a case goes totrial when there are factual is-sues that need to be decidedby a judge and jury, but that isnot the circumstance for thecollege and Glen Ellyn whoboth agree on the facts sur-rounding the case.
In both statements releasedby the college and village,both sides say they value theirrelationship with the other,but each side has somethingdifferent to say about the res-olution of their issues.
The college claims the issueof the village’s jurisdictionwas not resolved through thejudge’s ruling.
“We continue to value ourrelationship with the Villageand will continue to workwith them to the benefit ofour community. We believethat eventually a higher courtmay need to resolve this ques-tion of authority which wehad hoped would be ad-dressed in circuit courttoday,” (College statement).
Diamond hopes that the col-lege and village can begin tomove forward after the circuitcourt ruling.
“We would hope to notspend another penny on legalfees,” Diamond said.
Diamond has estimated that$160,000 have been pumpedinto court dates and fees by
the village.Moore said that there was
no court fee for Tuesday.The village believes the rul-
ing resolved the issue of thevillage’s jurisdiction.
“The Village is optimisticthat with the jurisdiction issueresolved, that the positive re-lationship with the Collegewill be restored,” (villagestatement).
Upon the release of the Vil-lage’s statement, the collegeissued another statement ti-tled “Village MischaracterizesJudge’s Opinion.” In the sec-ond statement, the collegestates that the village’s newsrelease, that claims the judgeruled in their favor, contra-dicts the judge’s letter ofopinion where Judge Sheenstates he denied both mo-tions.The college’s second release
states that Sheen ruled inagreement with elements ofboth parties’ arguments andthat the village’s desire forcontrol over the college was“too broad” and “would neg-lect areas where the legisla-ture has expressly preemptedpower of home rule units.”
Home rule units have a pop-ulation of 25,000 or greaterand more independent powercompared to smaller commu-nities who are subject to morecontrol by the state, Florey
said.In the college’s second state-
ment, Breuder said, “Onceagain the Village misrepre-sents the facts.”...“Anyonewho reads the full opinionwill see that he did not find infavor of either side and hasleft open the degree to whichCOD must comply with Vil-lage building codes and ordi-nances.”Florey told the Courier that
the village’s statement was an“exaggeration” and that thestatement was “incorrect.”
There’s “no doubt about it”Diamond said about thejudge’s ruling, calling it “acomplete victory for the vil-lage.”
Diamond believes the vil-lage is ready to talk about anagreement if there’s a “realitycheck” on the college’s end.Florey said that the college
will discuss the ruling’s out-come with the Board ofTrustees who will determinewhether the college will gothe appeal route, work out anIntergovernmental Agreementwith Glen Ellyn, resort todeannexation or combinetheir options.
Both sides could appeal butthe case isn’t procedurallyready to do so yet.
The college is still workingon details and is currently notready for deannexation, Flo-
rey said.“What we (village) want is
for the college to face reality,”Diamond said. “We have nointention of appealing. We aresatisfied with the ruling.”
The COD, Glen Ellyn dis-pute has already gone to courtthree times, according to Dia-mond.
Diamond also said that thevillage is willing to consider anew IGA with the college,with hopes of it being similarto the 2007 draft.
The Illinois CommunityCollege Board or General As-sembly may also affect thecase, according to Florey. Ifthe ICCB or General Assem-bly (state legislation) can clar-ify the boundaries ofjurisdiction, the case couldpotentially go back to court.
The college released a pressrelease Thursday announcingthat it has proposed an IGA tothe village.
According to the release,the IGA proposed would be a“revised version of an IGAthat the College and the Vil-lage had agreed to on April19, 2011 and was approved bythe college on April 28th.”
“It is my hope both sideswill find this agreement to bea good one and we can moveforward with our missions ofserving the taxpayer,”Breuder said.
‘Court’ from page 1
Board chairman sets sightson 42nd House District seat
Board chairman David Car-lin will be announcing hisdecision in the next comingweeks to run for the 42ndHouse District seat as a Re-publican candidate.
Carlin has already beguncirculating petitions to file atthe end of the month.
All candidates are requiredto file their nominating peti-tions between Nov. 28 andDec. 5. Carlin’s seat on theboard expires in 2013.
Beginning his first electedoffice in 2007 running for thetrustee position at the col-lege, Carlin also ran as a Re-publican candidate for the48th District State House seatthat was evacuated by StateRep. Jim Meyer.
After an unsuccessful cam-paign, Carlin later becameinvolved with Tea Partyeighth District Rep. JoeWalsh, becoming Walsh’sDistrict Director, according toa July article in the DailyHerald.
Carlin believes that he canhelp the college more on thestate level. He is unsure if hewould run for re-election onthe board if he wins the elec-tion for 42nd House Districtseat.
The swearing in for theHouse District seat positionwould be in January 2013, ac-
cording to Carlin, whoseterm expires on the board inApril 2013.
Carlin assures that no mat-ter what the outcome is hewould still want to be in-volved with the college,whether that be through theCOD Foundation or else-where.
“I think I’d be at a betterposition as a state legislaturereally to help the college,”Carlin said.
In the Board Policy Man-ual, it states a list of Prohib-ited Political Activity.Number 12 of the list reads:“Campaigning for any elec-tive office or for or againstany referendum question.”
Carlin said that the onlything that is prohibited is ifhe used college resources orcampaigned on official time.
Carlin assures that due tothe fact the trustee position isnot compensated that thetrustees do not have anymandated time commitment.
However, it is still per-ceived as acting on collegetime if a trustee were to cam-paign while working in fullcapacity in a trustee position.
According to Carlin, a sce-nario where there would be aviolation was if he were topass out palm cards for hiscampaign during a Boardmeeting.
“There is no prohibitionagainst anyone doing that
(running for elective office).It is a first amendmentright,” Carlin said.
The other four Republicancandidates running for the42nd House District seat areJeanne Ives, Gary Saake,Chris Hage, and Laura Pol-lastrini.
Carlin views the election asan opportunity to furtherhelp the college on a largerscale, but still has interest infuture involvement with thecollege.
Carlin plans to file his col-lected nominating petitionsat the end of the month.
District 42 encompassesparts of Winfield, WestChicago, Naperville,
Wheaton, Carol Stream andLisle.By Nick Davison
Editor in Chief
Photo provided by Rich MalecBoard Chairman David Carlin
“I think I’d beat a better
position as astate
legislature tohelp the
college .”DAVID CARLIN, BOARDCHAIRMAN
42nd District seat Republican candidates:
• David Carlin• Jeanne Ives • Gary Saake• Chris Hage• Laura Pollastrini
Candidates file petitionsNov. 28 through Dec. 5.
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While academic offices mi-grating to the new StudentServices Center, a studentclub is bounced around roomstrying to obtain a meetingspot. President of Pride Alliance, a
student club whose mission isto support and educate aboutdiversity in sexual orientationand gender identity, SantinoSpears spoke out about thechallenges the club is facingwith securing a room for theirmeetings at the Student Lead-ership Council’s generalmeeting last Tuesday, sayingthe issue was a “large concernfor many clubs.”
“As a president of one of theclubs, I feel our (students’)
voice is not being heard.”Pride Alliance originally
scheduled use of SSC 2201 atthe beginning of the fall se-mester.
However, they were askedto reschedule their room sothe Admissions office coulduse that space, according toSpears.
Since then, Spears said thatthey have gone back and forthfrom being allowed to usethat room and being asked toleave.
Currently, the room is notavailable to clubs, accordingto Manager of Student LifeChuck Steele.
Steele said that Pride Al-liance did everything cor-rectly when submitting areservation for room 2201.
Student Life is working toidentify a space for Pride Al-
liance but have not yet founda solution, according to Steele.
Both Student Life and ad-ministration recognize the im-portance of finding space forstudent clubs, and StudentLife is working as efficientlyas they can to find space, hesaid.
According to Steele, thererecently have not been othercomplaints from other stu-dent clubs on campus regard-ing room issues.
There were definitely issueswith scheduling the rooms atthe start of the fall term whichinconvenienced some clubs,but those were addressed,Steele said.
The issue of finding spaceincludes other departments aswell. He referenced the recent
By Elise AndersonNews Editor
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office moves of Veterans’Services and Career Services.
Coordinator of VeteransServices Shelly Mencacci feelsthat their new location suitsVeterans Services’ needs verywell.
Veterans’ Services movedtheir office from the thirdfloor of the SSC to the secondfloor on Oct. 28. The new lo-cation makes it more conven-ient for students to be sent toour office now that it is lo-cated close to Campus Cen-tral, Mencacci said.
Manager of Career ServicesSteve Gustis believes thattheir move made sense be-cause Career Services, whichmoved to the third floor onOct. 28 is now closer to theCounseling Services Centerwhich he said is beneficial.Moving the office was part ofthe original plan, he said.
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Chief of Police Mark Fazzinireleased a Campus SafetyAlert at 1:08 p.m. Wednesdayafter an alleged robbery wasreported to have taken placeon Nov. 8 around 11:20 p.m..
The release states that CODPolice Department “is investi-gating the validity” of the al-leged crime.
The female witness, 25, al-legedly went to help a femaleHispanic who was having car
trouble when a male walkedup behind her who de-manded her wallet. The male“grabbed her hair and tried topush her toward the vehicle.The female Hispanic got intothe car and started it and themale pushed the victim asideand entered the car and leftthe scene,” according to thealert.
The alert describes the car as“a dark red four door, missinga hub cap” and descibes themale subject as “5’5’’ to 5’7’’tall “with a stocky build wear-ing a red flannel jacket andtan construction boots.”
The release asks that anyonewith information about the al-leged incident to call COD Po-lice at (630) 942-2000 and askfor Investigator Brian Kidd.
By Elise AndersonNews Editor
Campus Alert: Alleged robbery on campus
PoliceReportHit and Run
Driver of unit two stated thatshe parked her car in Fawelllot D3 around 7:45 a.m.
She returned to her car andnoticed the damage to her ve-hicle around 10:15 a.m.
There were no cars parkednext to unit two’s car when sheoriginally parked.
The reporting officer ob-served the left rear tail lensbroken, white horizontal scuffmarks on the left rear fenderapproximately 1.5 feet inlength from the left tail lensacross the fuel door.
$500 or less in damage wasdone.
Stolen cell phoneThe complainant stated that
at approximately 5:30 p.m. shewas in the SRC South Circlewaiting for a ride.
Her ride was late, and aftergetting cold, complainant wentinside to the E.E. Gibson Cafe-teria to wait.
She set her cellular phonedown on a table in the cafete-ria. She came back outside tothe South Circle to look for herride.
The complainant had real-ized that she left her phone inthe cafeteria. She went back tothe cafeteria at 5:35 p.m. tolook for her phone.
She was unable to find herphone and checked with thePolice Department’s lost andfound, but her phone wasnever turned in.
Complainant lost an Apple I-phone, 3GS that was black incolor.
The estimated value of thephone is $450.
Hit and RunDriver of unit two stated that
he parked his car in the handi-cap space in front of the BIC at7:55 a.m.
When he returned to his carat 9:45 a.m., he discovered theright front corner of thebumper was hit by a car.
There was minor damage tothe front bumper observed bythe reporting offcer.
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Point CounterPointogs are better thancats. Dogs are moreaffectionate whereascats are
more independent. According to The Telegraph
article “Dogs are better thancats- at least scientificallyspeaking,” dogs offer “uncon-ditional love” which any dogowner could tell you. Thismeans that after you repri-mand your dog for sneakingfood off the tablethat they still cometo you with theirtail wagging.
Dogs are also smarter thancats. The article states that,“Despite cats deemed overallto have a more powerfulbrains, dogs showed greaterability to understand com-mands, problem solve andwere generally more helpful.”
Dogs are also more fun thancats. Can you take your catfor a run? No.
But you can take a dog run-
ning in a park. Dogs playfetch, a fun game thatpromotes going outdoors oractivity inside the home.
Therefore, dogs are betterfor your health. Whereas catstypically strolling around thehouse promote an owner sit-ting in a chair, dogs gettheir owners outside forphysical activity.
Finally, dogs are cuter thancats. Dogs sit in the window
all day and spring upthe second they see
their owner!s car pull in thedriveway.
From there, it is non-stoptail wagging until you walkin the door and the dognearly knocks its ownerdown from its excitement.
In conclusion, dogs aremore affectionate, smarter,more fun, better for anowner!s health and just cuterthan cats. In this dog versuscat argument,dogs clearly win.
ats are most defi-nitely the superiorpet. Cats maintain a
clean lifestyle and environ-ment, are independent andoverall low-maintenance.
Cats are litter-box trained,meaning that the owner cango to work for the whole day,or just go out and relax with-out constantly worrying aboutrushing home to walk the cat,which is exactly what you getwith a dog.
Also, cats are veryclean animals that consistentlyclean themselves, where a dogowner would have to do thedull and monotonous task ofwashing their dog, somethingthat can be quite a challengeat times.
As opposed to dogs, whilecats are emotionally stronganimals. You can leave a catalone the entire day and itwon’t mind, but a dog alwaysdemands attention. Dogs arean emotionally shallow and
dependant animal to have thatrequire a lot of time and en-ergy.
Also, dogs need to bewalked everyday to do theirbusiness outside no matterhow terrible the weather isthat day. The benefit of havinga cat is that you never need towalk them and brave dayswith frigid snowstorms orscolding high temperatures.
Cats require little care andare able to fend forthemselves. They
also don’t need to be walked,have a strong level of inde-pendence and are very tidyanimals.
Due to their sleep schedule,cats are always out of every-one’s way while the averageadult cat sleeps for around 20hours per day.
Cats are very independentand don’t require too muchwork to care for. Dogs arenoisy, big and sometimes un-ruly.
Which is better, cats or dogs?
Cats
Researched by Nick Davison, Editor in Chief Researched by Elise Anderson, News EditorPointCounterPoint topics are selected, researched and written by the staff of the Courier and aim to reflect differing opinions on
the same subject. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the author.
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Dogs
It is time for COD and theVillage of Glen Ellyn to mendbridges.
Judge Terrence Sheen gave a20-page opinion letter on thedispute between COD andGlen Ellyn last Tuesday thatwas read very differently byboth sides.
The conclusion of Sheen’sruling states, “The motionsfor summary judgment filedby both of the parties are de-nied.” It goes on to say, “Itappears the legislature in-tended the College may be lo-cally initiated andadministered, and thereforethe College is not exemptfrom the jurisdiction and au-thority of the municipalitiesin which they are located.”
According to a COD pressrelease, the college might ap-peal to a higher court to re-solve the matter in the future.The village and college havehad issues over building andconstruction ordinances re-cently and a signage disputelast fall.
After failure to hammer outa new intergovernmentalagreement, the village deniedthe college a liquor license forthe new Culinary and Hospi-tality Center, and the collegeresponded by obtaining a li-cense on the state level.
This is where your tax-payer dollars are going.
Money and paid time arebeing carelessly thrown atlegal fees because two entitiescannot diplomatically resolvea dispute. This bickering be-tween the two is asinine andchildish and needs to stop inthe best interest of the com-munity and students.
The college should adhereto local ordinances and re-spect the jurisdiction of thevillage, while the villageshould work to form a symbi-otic relationship with the col-lege.
COD President RobertBreuder said in apress release,“Since its founding,each College of Du-Page administration has hadto deal with this dispute atthe expense of time, tax dol-lars, and much frustration, allof which distracts from ourmission of educating stu-dents.”
Yet the college fanned theflames as it accused the vil-lage of misinterpreting theruling on Tuesday in a newsrelease. It’s obvious the col-lege is and has been dis-tracted by this fight, but itisn’t doing anything to mendfractured relations with thevillage by doling out blameor criticizing a different pointof view.
More arguing leads to
more problems. If the collegeis too distracted with the vil-lage to focus on its mission,then the issue extends be-yond dollar figures and timewasted.
According to Glen Ellyn at-torney Stewart Diamond, thevillage would be willing toconsider a new IGA, hope-fully similar to the onedrafted in 2007. “We wouldhope to not spend anotherpenny on legal fees,” Dia-mond said.
The college released a state-ment Thursday proposing an
intergovernmentalagreement with the vil-lage. Breuder plans topresent the IGA to the
board in December. Breuder said, “My plan is to
present the revised IGA to theBoard at its December meet-ing assuming you (Pfeffer-man) signal to me that theVillage Board will likewiseapprove the revised IGA ofApril 19.”
Diamond has made is clearthat April’s IGA merelygranted the village “theoreti-cal power” and that theywould hope to agree on adraft in the future.
Hopes to reinvent an IGA iscrucial for both sides, butagreement is key when itcomes to drafting a new one,and the endless bickering
needs to come to an end inorder for either side to findsuccess.
This case has already beento court three times, includ-ing one for last year’s signagesquabble. Diamond assuresthat the village has no inten-tion of appealing the case.That is the right mindset.
The college has madethreats to de-annex from thevillage in the past and hasbeen discussing a highercourt ruling.
Breuder is right. Continu-ing the fight is sapping valu-able college resources. Thisisn’t in the students’ best in-terest, which is why the col-lege needs to settle down anddeal with Glen Ellyn insteadof trying to prove who doesor doesn’t have power overbuilding inspections.
Diamond wants COD to“face reality.” However, GlenEllyn needs to meet CODhalfway. Both institutionsneed to accept the judge’sruling, stop wasting publicmoney on lawyer fees andbegin building a new IGA.
College and village admin-istrators, no matter how bigyou think you are, there arepeople more important thanyou: COD students and thecitizens of Glen Ellyn. Startacting in the best interest ofyour constituents.
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I got off the train around 5p.m., pretty late for theprotest that was supposed tokick off at 4 p.m. at LaSalleand Jackson in Chicago.Of course I’ve been to plentyof radical demonstrations inthe past such as anti-war andpro-immigration, and I wassure it would last a goodamount of time. Besides, thereal action never starts untilthe marchers reach their desti-nation, so I figured I couldcatch them before it got inter-esting.
I was with my friend Ryanand we’d both been toChicago a few times the pre-vious weekend to check up onOccupy Chicago which wasessentially a hundred or sofilthy hipsters and people inGuy Fawkes masks campedout on LaSalle beating drumsand enjoying communal bagsof oranges and power barswhile under the watchful eyesof one to three cops at anygiven moment.When we showed up atLaSalle this time, it was, at
first, even more depressing.Only around 20 unemployedteenagers, some holdoversfrom the ‘60s and a womanselling copies of a Trotskyist(like communist, except noballs) newspaper called‘Workers Vanguard’.The only one who knewwhere the protest went wasthe Trotskyist woman, andafter buying two copies of‘Workers Vanguard’ she felt at
Do you enjoy smelling likesmoke as you enter school,even though you are not asmoker?
Students are saunteringthrough the parking lots andsmelling the fresh air aroundthem unaware of what is tocome.
Getting closer to the en-trance of the college, the stu-dents are not able to read thesign in front of them fromhaze that encircled around thedoorways, signs, and the stu-dents.
Smoking outside the schoolentrances is considered onschool premises, then why arepeople still drowning otherswith their smoke?
The smoking at COD isseeping into the school andthe students, what are thepossible health problems?What are the state laws andalternatives for the smokingcommunity of COD?
The lungs of the people whoare smoking on a regularbasis are already damaged,but so are the people who aresurrounded by it.
“There are over 4000 chemi-cal compounds in second-hand smoke,” Terry Martinsaid in an article The Effectsof Secondhand Smoke on OurHealth.
The damage is not alwaystaking in the smoke directlybut it is in the air that isbreathed in by non-smokers.
The many risks in second-hand smoking are astronomi-cal: lung cancer, SIDS ifpregnant, cervical cancer,heart disease. The averagesmoker does not understandthat their health is not theonly thing that is being sub-jected to this hazardous sub-stance.
Many states including Wis-consin, New Jersey, and Illi-nois have a law planted toban smoking from its school
campuses. At COD, that same law is
active, but it is not regulated.Many people do not seem toknow where the guidelinesare for what is school prop-erty and what is public.
According to the college theguidelines are that the collegeproperty spreads out into theparking lot.
Most of the smokers are al-ways located right outside thedoors, using the state guide-lines, ten feet from the door.
With the proper signage andsmoother written rules in thestudent handbook, this issuewould be a lot clearer.
According to The Americansfor Nonsmokers Rights 30percent of college studentssmoke and there needs to be amore hands-on approach tothe effectiveness of the guide-lines that the college has set.
The signs, regulations, andlaws do not seem to see whatunderlining problem is withthe smoking problem in col-leges around the country. Insome medical colleges inChina, they have created anti-smoking courses, where theyare taught about the dangersof nicotine.
According to thechina.org.cn website, morethan 6,500 students enrolledin the program that lasts 16 to32 class hours.
Educating the students onhealthier ways to deal with ei-ther stress or life in generalwould give them a chance torid themselves of that vice ofnicotine.
The dangers of smoke andnicotine are not just for thesmokers, also the endanger-ment for the people who areforced to endure the haz-ardous materials that arepushed into their faces.
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lfie’s Inn has beenserving local cus-tomers in GlenEllyn for over 45years. We thought
it would be a good idea tofind out what keeps bringingthem back for more.
Upon entering, you will getthe impression you are in anold-school medieval tavern.With the chained windowsand wooded walls mountedwith axes and swords, onecannot help but to feel like anoble knight.
The atmosphere strikes asintriguing and rustic, how-ever, flat screen televisions, a
clean environment and mod-ern-dressed servers create thefeel of a sports bar.
The menu consists of yourbasic pub food, ranging fromwings to burgers, all the wayto a full slab of barbecue ribs.
Having been recommendedthe ribs and a burger, weplaced our order.
With the affordable price of$3.50, we decided to startourselves out with a plate ofpotato skins.
Minutes later when our ap-petizer arrived, we could notbelieve how much we weregetting for such a price.
Two halved potatoes were
loaded with shreds of ched-dar and drowned in baconbits. Following the first bite,it was evident the potatoeswere fresh.
In the midst of finishing,our entrées were already ar-riving. The half poundcheeseburger was toppedwith smoked bacon andcaramelized onions. Yum.
It was served with a side offries and homemadecoleslaw.
Requesting the burger rare,it was definitely made-to-order.
Biting into the juicy mon-ster, the combination of fla-
vors exploded on the tastebuds, making it the perfectburger.
Despite the deceiving ap-pearance, the ribs exempli-fied true barbecue. They gavea whole new meaning to “falloff the bone” ribs, for themeat literally slid right offthe bone, leaving none be-hind.
They were arguably thebest ribs we had ever eaten.
Overall, Alfie’s was a greatexperience demonstratinghow it is possible to havegreat food without sacrificinggreat service and keepingyour wallet full.
Alfi e ’ s Inn : Alfie!s Inn is located at425 Roosevelt Road,Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
ABy LangdonBiloz & JoeyDeNatale
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November 11, 2011 • COURIER 7
FEATURES
Compliments to the chef
Dining at the WaterleafRestaurant at the College ofDuPage transports you to aworld that is a million milesaway from the hustle andbustle of the college campusto a place of serenity and re-finement.
Upon entering the restau-rant, you are greeted by awell-dressed gentleman whoscans the dining area insearch of the perfect table foryou and your party. Onceseated, the experience begins.
A waiter quickly appears totake your drink order. Next,another waiter approaches thetable offering a delicious as-sortment of warm breads:multi-grain, ciabatta orFrench. The butter is pre-sented in an artistic triangularform, and tastes of lemon in-fusement.
As you settle in, you cannothelp but admire the décor.The lighting is subtle as arethe sage, beige and blacktones of the walls, upholsteryand carpet. Smooth jazz play-ing softly in the backgroundadds to the ambiance.
The white tablecloths arepristine and the silverware isshiny and substantial. Defi-
nitely brush up on your man-ners before heading to theWaterleaf, as I unwittinglyused my butter knife in an at-tempt to cut my roll.
Outside the day is gray andyet the view of the water andthe trees that decorate thelandscape is refreshing.
My experience is further en-hanced by the other diners. Atone table, the patrons are con-versing in Italian while othertables appear to be occupiedby the ladies of Glen Ellyn,and in the back of the dining
room, a large meeting is beingheld.
The dining room lends itselfto meeting the needs of manythanks to the large slidingglass divider that separatesthe dining sections.
For lunch you have two din-ing options, a Prix Fixe menuor a la carte items from thelunch menu. In our party, oneperson opted for the Prix Fixemenu while the others or-dered from the menu. ThePrix Fixe menu is $19 and in-cludes a choice of soup or
salad, an entrée and a dessert. The two of us who chose
soup, French Onion andGreen Mussel, would mostlikely opt for a salad or appe-tizer, called “Prelude” thenext time.
The Artichoke and LobsterSalad was generous in its por-tion and in its serving of lob-ster. The Caesar Salad wasdelightful adorned with garlicparmesan toasted croutons.
For an entrée, the RoastedChicken Breast, Thyme Pota-toes, Tear Drop Tomato Con-
fit, Red Wine Reduction Saucewas outstanding. The chickenwas so tender that it melted inmy mouth.
The Waterleaf Club Sand-wich was delicious and thechef was happy to accommo-date special requests. Thewait staff was also sensitive tothe time constraints of patronsand provided expeditedmeals upon request.
If you are not in a hurry, donot skip dessert. We tried fourdifferent desserts, the Bour-bon Raisin Bread Pudding,the Grand Marnier CrèmeBrûlée, the Mixed Berries withLimoncello, and the Tiramisu.None of them disappointed.
Dining at the Waterleaf wasfar more than just lunch, itwas a taste vacation. The ex-ceptional dining experienceand delicious meals fromhead chef Jean-Louis Clercmake it a must-go. Clercbrings to Waterleaf his experi-ence of working for fine din-ing restaurants from aroundthe world.
If you are looking for an es-cape from sandwiches andfast food, and you have a lit-tle, okay a lot, of extra cash inyour pocket, the Waterleaf isthe perfect destination.
Photo by Chris Johnson
By Austin SlottFeatures Editor
Two Courier editors dine at the Waterleaf restaurant in the Culinary and Hospitality Center.
A dish of Herb Roasted Chicken Breast sits on a plate of Thyme Potatoes, Tear Drop Tomato Confit and Red Wine Reduction Sauce at the Waterleaf restaurant.
Waterleaf’s upscale ambiance and five star service make for a delightful dining experience
COURIER • November 11, 20118
Speakers tackle unrest in ‘Arab World’ “The Middle East is the
hottest place on Earth interms of events.”
Community builder and co-founder of the Celenium Cor-poration, a solution-providingcompany, Dr. Ahmad Sultansaid this to start off his lecture“Reflections on Political andSocial Change in Egypt.”
Sultan was one of threespeakers to present last Tues-day, as the COD Middle EastCommittee hosted “The ArabWorld: Is There a Road Map?”in the Health and ScienceCenter room 1234.
Three speakers gave presen-tations addressing the recentcivilian protests in the MiddleEast and North Africa andprovided their perspectiveson how the protests will affectthe countries’ political cli-mates. Dr. Christine Isom-Ver-haaren gave the event’s firstpresentation, “Revolutions ofSyria Against the al-Asadfamily: A Historical Perspec-tive.”
Isom-Verhaaren, a Professorof History at Benedictine Uni-versity, explained the historyof al-Asad family’s rule overSyria throughout history andhow the current protests inSyria are affecting their rule.
“These protests are causingArab leaders to believe that
their regime is being threat-ened,” Isom-Verhaaren said.
Unfortunately, according toIsom-Verhaaren, it is difficultto gain a lot of insight into thecondition of Syria because ofits strict laws prohibiting for-eign observers.
“Because the Syrian protestsare off limits to journalistsand US ambassadors, onecannot really judge the situa-tion in Syria,” Isom-Verhaarensaid. “The outcome of the rev-olution is very uncertain.”
There is a similar situationoccurring in Egypt, whichSultan addressed in hisspeech. According to Sultan,
the corrupt government andpolice force are currentlyplaguing Egypt.
“Instead of serving Egypt,the police are beating andscaring the people,” Sultansaid.
Graphic stories of how thou-sands of young men are gath-ered up by the police forcesand are tortured and beaten,specifically the case of KhaledSaid.
Said filmed police dealingdrugs and posted it on the In-ternet and in turn the officerskidnapped Said, beat him todeath and, according to Sul-tan, disfigured him to the
point where his face was un-recognizable.
However, there is sense of,what Sultan describes as, newair and new energy in Egyptand a lot of the credit is due tothe Shabab 6 April.
This group is youth move-ment in Egypt who are tryingto implement reform. One oftheir most successful cam-paigns was a demonstrationin which they organized amarch of more than two mil-lion people strong, leading tothe resignation of then Egypt-ian president Hosni Mubarak.
“It’s amazing that in just afew days, some young men
and women were able to mo-bilize a nation that has beenstagnant for 60 years,” Sultansaid.
“Could a Woman BecomePresident of Egypt,” thenight’s final lecture, was pre-sented by COD Professor ofPolitical Science Dr. Carol J.Riphenburg.
Riphenburg’s speech de-scribed the strong role womenare playing in the MiddleEast, putting to rest the West-ern stereotypes attributed toMiddle-Eastern women.
“The Hollywood stereotypethat Middle-Eastern womenare doe-eyed, exotically silentand closeted behind genderrules just is not true,” Riphen-burg said.
She showed how the role ofwomen has changed in theMiddle East through theyears, as many women couldnot even receive an educationtwo generations ago.
“Women are receiving theeducation they deserve nowand it is harder to tyrannize anation when the population iseducated,” Riphenburg said.
Arab World brought to lightvarious aspects of the MiddleEast that the audience was notaware of. A knowledge thatRiphenburg hopes will get theaudience members interestedin learning more and encour-age them to participate in fu-ture discussion.
By Austin SlottFeatures Editor
Dr. Ahmad Sultan talks with students at Tuesday’s “Arab World” about the tension in Egypt. Photo by Chris Johnson
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Young people today areearning far less than their par-ents or grandparents did.
A recently published studyby the Pew Research centerfound that younger Ameri-cans are doing ‘significantly’worse financially than anyprevious generation.
The net worth of house-holds headed by someoneyounger than 35 fell 68% from1984 to 2009 whereas the networth of households of over65 year olds grew 42% overthe same period.
In response to increasing fi-nancial concerns, COD stu-dent Crystal Velazquez hasstarted a new club, the Strate-gic Financial Society.
The club’s purpose is to pro-vide students with an educa-tional and social organizationthat promotes opportunitiesto develop education, re-search, leadership and net-working skills in the field ofAccounting, Finance, Businessand Economics.
“Our goal is to give studentsa better financial understand-ing,” Velazquez said.
The Strategic Financial Soci-ety is currently headed byPresident Crystal Velazquez,Vice President Amy Vidovic,Treasurer Joe McCallian andMarketing AdministratorWendy Velazquez.
The club is seeking new
members and is looking to fillorganizational vacancies in-cluding the Social Coordina-tor and CommunicationsAnalyst.
Activities for the club willinclude resume and portfoliobuilding, once-a-month movienights and mock interviewswhere club members practiceacting as the interviewer andthe interviewee.
“I know that Career Servicesoffers mock interviews butstudents may sometimes feela little intimidated,” Ve-lazquez said. “With our mockinterviews, it will be lessstressful for the students.”Velazquez plans on invitingsenior economists, representa-tives from accounting firmsand campus professors tospeak to the members of the
club. Although the club is aimedtoward students with ac-counting, finance, businessand economics majors, Ve-lazquez encourages anyone tojoin.
“Our club is open to every-one. Due to the nature of fi-nances as a whole, anyonewho is interested should joinregardless of their major,” Ve-lazquez said.
Velazquez understands thatfinances may not appeal toeveryone, but she assures thisclub will not only focus onnumbers.
“Someone may see financesas boring, but we are going tomake it fun,” Velazquez said. The Strategic Financial Soci-ety meets every Monday at2:30 p.m. in the Student Serv-ices Center room 1225.
“Our goal is to give students a better financialunderstanding”CRYSTAL VELAZQUEZ,STRATEGIC FINANCE
SOCIETY PRESIDENT
By Austin SlottFeatures Editor
Student group aimsto teach thrifty habits
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Soloist Corey Cerovsek andthe New Philharmonic Or-chestra dazzled guests withraw, powerful talent on Nov4.
The evening’s set list con-sisted of Wagner’s “SiegfriedIdyll” and “Die Meistersinger:Prelude,” Barber’s “ViolinConcerto, op. 14,” and Bern-stein’s “West Side Story.”
Kirk Muspratt, conductor ofthe New Philharmonic Or-chestra, was warmly wel-comed by audience membersas he approached the podiumwith a bright smile and batonin hand. NPO opened gracefully with
Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger:Prelude,” which was quitepopular with the audience asthe room lit up with applause.NPO was joined by Cerovsekfor their second piece“Siegfried Idyll.” The inti-macy of the music was tangi-ble in Cervsek’s facialexpressions as he workedwith great charisma and ele-gance. Audience memberscould be heard chattering inawe about Cervek’s extraordi-nary talent. MAC patrons ap-
plauded Cervsek’s prodigiousskill with a standing ovation.
As college students filteredin to perform Barber’s “ViolinConcerto, op. 14,” StephenCummins, Director of theMAC, took the time to speakwith audience members aboutthe future of the MAC. Cum-mins said that as of Fall 2012,the MAC will undergo reno-vations to better serve stu-dents and the community. Hereassured patrons that theregular performance schedulewill continue and NPO aswell as other performers willstill be able to entertain themasses.
During the third piece, col-lege students received thechance to perform with NPO.The students appeared confi-dent and excited about theopportunity and beautifullycomplimented the profes-sional ensemble. For the finalpiece, the orchestra per-formed the classic “West SideStory.”
The orchestra’s performancewas credited with a thunder-ous standing ovation. TheNew Philharmonic Orchestrawill perform the works of Gi-acomo Puccini on Jan 27,2012.
An evening of American classics
By Matt MertesA&E Editor
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New PhilharmonicOrchestra conductorKirk Muspratt(above). Prodigyand soloist CoreyCerovsek (bottom).
Photos courtesy of MAC website
New Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes soloist and students on stage to perform American classicsNew Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes soloist and students on stage to perform American classics
Courier staff talks top tunes in personal playlists
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How It Feels to be Free byNina Simone: One of Si-mone’s greatest songs, sheputs her heart out there inthis ode to freedom.
Rewrite by Paul Simon:From Simon’s most recentalbum, Simon confirms thathe in fact never left the musicscene.
Thrasher by Neil Young: Offof Young’s “Rust NeverSleeps,” “Thrasher” is by farone of Young’s most gentleand effective recordings. By Christina PaytonAdvertising CoordinatorHey, Soul Sister by Train:Upbeat and my five-year oldactually knows the words andsings it to me.
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Tyler Madden - 21Music - Oswego
How Would You Describe Your Art?
It’s proven to be difficult. I’m a folk/pop guitarist andtheres a lot of emphasis on jazz and classical music atthe college and I sometimes find myself fusing the dif-ferent sounds together.
Where Do You Find Your Inspiration?
Through other musicians and hearing an awesomesong and just thinking, “I want to be like that.”
What Do You Love About Your Art?
Everything. It takes away the dullness of the day today routine.
What Do You Hate About Your Art?
I’m still not as good as I’d like to be, but that only mo-tivates me to get better.
How Did You Get Your Start?
In 6th grade I was too afraid to skateboard and Iwanted to do something to try and get girls’ attentionso I picked up guitar and ended up falling in love withit.
Who Do You Admire?
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, John Mayer, Josh Ritter andthe band Brighten.
What Are Your Plans After COD?
Finishing my major at either Elmhurst or North Cen-tral College.
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I write poetry and play video games.
Written by A. R. Gurney, “The DiningRoom” is considered a modern classic,The Dining Room is series of vignettescenes set in a formal dining room, withtime, geographic location, and three gen-erations entering and exiting, and in oftenoverlapping scenes; the audience is privyto all of these conversations, but the char-acters are unaware of the other situations.Humorously poignant, Gurney introducesus to a variety of people and situations,dramatizing the decline of the WASP men-tality in American society. This play con-tains adult language and situations (MACWebsite).
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November 11, 2011 • COURIER 13
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Owen’s Wish: COD family’s Make-A-Wish comestrue with backyard playground
Five-year-old Owen Payton of West Chicago tries out the slideon his new playset he received from the Make-A-Wish founda-tion. Over 200,000 individuals have benefited from the founda-tion. That’s a wish granted every 40 minutes.
It was early Saturdaymorning when five-year-old Owen Payton ofWest Chicago receivedhis brand new backyardplay-set courtesy of theMake-A-Wish Founda-tion.
“I never had a play-ground in my yard.” saidOwen who lists his fa-vorite part of school asrecess. He oversaw theentire project as a teamof 4 workers assembledthe structure, from thetube slide, to the swingfor his three-year-old sis-ter Juliet.
“The make-a-wish giftallowed Owen and ourfamily to enjoy some-thing as simple as slidingdown a slide.” ChristinaPayton said. Having theplayground so close tohome ensures he can befree to play and be closein case of medical emer-gencies.
Owen, now 5 was diag-nosed with multiple con-genital heart defectswhen Mom ChristinaPayton was just 5months pregnant. Atonly 6 days old, Owenwas already undergoing
his first open-heart sur-gery to re-route theblood flow to and fromhis heart. He’s since thenendured a series of 3open-heart surgeries toinstall the “new plumb-ing” as doctors referredto it. Besides having thecomplication of havingthe two main valves ofhis heart both comingfrom the right ventricle,Owen also has a mildform of cerebral palsy.Getting down the regi-men of 7 different medi-cines each day and nightcan prove quite the chal-lenge and if stability isnot possible, Owen willneed a heart transplant
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The organization firstapproached the familyafter his doctor, pediatriccardiologist SulekhaKumar of Children’s Me-morial Hospital, submit-ted Owens’ name for awish. In early Spring2011 the family was vis-ited by Make-A-Wishrepresentatives whomuch to the delight ofthe Payton’s, broughtgifts for Owen and Juliet.Although Owen’s firstwish was for a pool thefamily eventually settledon the decision of a play-ground for their back-yard.
Christina Payton, whoworks here at the collegeas the advertising coor-dinator for a studentpublication, finds greatfulfillment in raisingawareness of congenitalheart defects. In her freetime, Payton leads“Mended Little Hearts”a non-profit, volunteerbased support group forfamilies with loved onessuffering from congeni-tal heart defects. Withover 60 chapters acrossthe country Payton hasbeen leading the Chicagochapter since 2010.
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he saying “Defense winsChampionships” has al-ways been one of thestrongest motives andstrengths to every College
of DuPage Men’s basketball team. That defensive trait was nowhere to
be found last Tuesday, as the Chapsfell to McHenry 81-68 in a gamewhere COD committed 31 turnovers.
“That was one of the most unaccept-able defensive performances I’vewatched.” Head coach Don Klaassaid. “That was probably one of themost poor showing of defense andteam performance I’ve seen from anyof my teams in my years and yearsand years of coaching.”
After coming out with good energy,the Chaps jumped out to an early lead15-8 which forced a McHenry time-out. Following the timeout, McHenrywent on a 14-3 run which includedmany easy wide-open shots.
Out of McHenry’s first 10 baskets,nine of them were layups. Klaas de-scribes his team’s defensive effort as“poor and inexcusable.”
The Chaps found themselves trail-ing 36-31 at halftime.
“Coach told us we had to play de-fense,” Point guard Xavier Biles said.“It just wasn’t good basketball, weweren’t spaced out right. We brought
it close at one point but we couldn’tget defensive stops. That’s what killedus towards the end.”
Biles finished with nine points withfour turnovers.
After McHenry jumped out to a 66-52 lead, Klaas called a timeout togather his team together.
After the timeout, COD rallied totrim the lead to 57-64 with 6:45 left inthe game.
That was the closest the Chapswould ever get to McHenry for therest of the night as the Fighting Scotssnuk away with the win.
The Chaps committed four straightturnovers from that point. McHenrywas able to capitalize on every Chapsmistake, putting the game out ofreach 70-57 with 4:42 remaining.
From then on McHenry continuedto dominate on both sides of the ball,finishing the Chaps off 81-68.
“It’s fine if other teams get shots upagainst us, I just want my guys tocontest them the best they can,” Klaassaid. “If we lose, I want teams to beatus because they played well, not be-cause we played poorly. Unfortu-nately, that’s what happened.”
Fighting Scot small forward De-shawn Wash led McHenry in scoringwith 19 points, shooting 8/9 from thefield.
November 11, 2011 • COURIER 15
SPORTSChaps fall to FightingScots in Home OpenerDefense ‘atrocious’ in weak showingBy Josh TolentinoSports Editor
Photo by Chris JohnsonCenter Greg Parker goes for a lay-up at the first home game of the season.
Photo by Chris JohnsonGoalkeeper Adrian Porcayo collides with an opposing player.
Men’s Soccer loses at DistrictPlayers and coach reflect on how‘family’ forged throughout season
The Men’s Soccer team’sseason came to an end lastSaturday in the District Finalafter falling to fourth rankedIowa Western 2-1 in doubleovertime.
“We had it in our hands, wejust ran out of time,” Co-teamcaptain Angel Escobedo said.“I’ll never forget these guys,it’s been one heck of season. Icouldn’t have asked for any-thing better.”
After pressuring the Chapsdefense the entire first half,the Reivers capitalized just
before halftime. Reiver midfielder Ignacio
Mateo booted a cross to for-ward Rafael Fagiani. Fagianisettled the ball down andblasted it past Chaps goal-keeper Adiran Porcayo in the36th minute.
Being outplayed the wholefirst half, head coach JimKelly instructed his team topick up the tempo and to“leave it all out on the field.”
The team found new life latein the second half. Chaps for-ward Greg Efiom sped pasttwo Reiver defenders and
By Josh TolentinoSports Editor
XC teams speed towards Nationals
The COD Cross Countryteams both have accom-plished much success this sea-son and will be traveling toHobbs, NM this week to com-pete at Nationals.
The Men’s team wascrowned Region IV Champi-ons on Oct. 29 at the RegionalChampionships hosted byMoraine Valley, after sweep-ing through the competition,coming In 1st place with 74
points.The Women’s team came in
2nd place with 102 points.With the wins, both teamsearned a spot at the NJCAADI National Championshipthat will begin this weekend.
Freshman Daniel Woldesi-lassie came in 1st and wascrowned Region IV Runner ofthe year. Woldesilassie edgedteammate Sophomore SergioMiranda who came in 2ndplace. Miranda won theaward last year and both himand Woldesilassie dominated
competition throughout theseason.
“It was a great feeling com-ing it 1 and 2 with my team-mate (Miranda),”Woldesilassie said. “We’vehad a great season and wecame out as a pack at Region-als. We came out on top and itfeels awesome.”
Both runners earned All Re-gion Honors for placing in thetop 10.
“It’s been pretty fun,” Mi-randa said. “We’re looking
Photo Courtesy of Matthew Willhite
By Josh TolentinoSports Editor
see ‘fall short’ page 16
see ‘cross country’ page 18
see ‘family’ page 17
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Rival JJC football program cut
Rival college, Joliet JuniorCollege cut their football pro-gram last Monday, completelyending all football related ac-tivities.
"Our belief has always beenthat our athletes are studentsfirst," interim President FrankZeller said on the school's ath-letics website. "To that end,we will continue to provideacademic support to our play-ers to ensure their educationalsuccess through the rest oftheir time here at JJC."
The JJC Board of Trusteesvoted 6-1 in favor of droppingthe program.
The loss of the football pro-gram comes after economic is-sues as described by thecollege.
JJC said that their totalbudget on the season was$250,000. JJC’s total expenseson the season totaled to over$476,000, bleeding over$200,000 over the allotted
budget. JJC Athletic Director Wayne
King said the program’s pos-sible elimination was dis-cussed for about a year.
COD Athletic Director PaulZakowski spoke to King onTuesday. Zakowski said thatKing described the main rea-son for the cut was “econom-ics.”
With the JJC program cut,the only two remaining com-munity college’s that providea football program are Harperand COD.
Forty-two freshman playersat JJC, who were expecting tocontinue to play football nextyear, will be highly affectedwith the cut. The players nowneed to make new decisionsfor the future.
One of those options couldbe attending College of Du-Page, the closest college toJoliet.
The Wolves finished theirseason with a 4-5 overallrecord. Their last game wasagainst COD, which ended in
a bench clearing brawl andseveral suspensions.
Players from JJC are nowforced to consider transferringto COD if they want to con-tinue playing junior collegefootball.
Zakowski tells every athletethat all programs here are safefor now and that there are inno plans at all for anything tobe dropped.
“There are currently no talksabout dropping any pro-grams,” Zakowski said.
However, Zakowski doesn’twant to disappoint anyonewith promises.
The last athletic program tobe cut from the college wasthe Swimming program,which was cut last year due tolack of participation andbudgetary reasons.
“You can never say neverabout anything,” Zakowskisaid. “Especially when you’redealing with economics.”
By Josh TolentinoSports Editor
Photo by Chis Johnson
“Credit to McHenry, theyhave good athletes and goodschemes,” Klaas said. “Goodathletes and bad defense willnever result in a win. It wasatrocious”
Chaps point guard DeAndreDennis was one the fewbright spots in the game forCOD. Dennis tallied 23points, shooting a perfect 8/8from the free throw line.
Despite the mental lapsesthroughout the game, Klaashas high expectations for theteam this season.
“I expect them to handle theball, play great defense, takegood shots, and play with en-ergy and heart,” Klaas de-scribed. “I expect them toreach their potential, to playto what they’re capable of.”
“We’ll work hard,” Biles
said. “We have to play betterdefense if we want to gethard. We just have to playhard every single game.”
After losing their homeopener, the team drops to 0-1on the season.
The Chaps look to correcttheir defensive game tomor-row at 7 p.m. as they clashwith Prairie State on KlaasCourt.
Photo by Chris Johnson
Joliet Junior College Wolves last game of the season at COD.
-cent from the three-pointline.
The Lady Chap’s bench alsoprovided the team with aspark. Coming off the bench,shooting guard JasmineMacabulor helped the teamwith 13 points, shooting 3/6(AP style?) from the three-point line.
Cotton describes his wholeteam strategy as “strong onboth sides of the ball.”
“We trapped them reallygood and forced them tomake mistakes,” Shootingguard Florencia Segovia said.“We knew they had ball han-dling weaknesses so we tookadvantage of that.”
Segovia had six points, fourrebounds, three assists, andthree steals.
The Lady Chaps return thisseason with seven sopho-mores, a strong overall teamon both sides of the ball.
“We’ve had dominant of-fense these past two games,”Cotton said. “If we continue
to perfect our defense, the of-fense will follow.”
Cotton has high expecta-tions for his team as theybegin the season.
“Right now were 2-0, werein a really good position,”Cotton said. “This is a strongprogram, I have the highestexpectations for these youngladies. Win Conference. Winthe Region. Compete at Na-tionals.”
Players believe that with thehigh expectations set, theycan achieve much success as ateam.
“I expect us to go far eventhough were a pretty smallteam,” Segovia said. “If weplay as a complete team, we’llbe able to win game bygame.”
With a dominant homeopening win, the Lady Chapslook to perfect their game asthey battle Prairie State Col-lege tomorrow 5 p.m. at KlassCourt.
Point Guard Raven Hurley dribbles the ball upcourt on Tuesday
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Women’s soccer loses at Nationals
The Women’s Soccer teamcompeted at the Division IIINational Tournament held atDryden, NY this past week-end and lost both of theirgames.
The Lady Chaps lost toRochester (MN) 0-2 and toJamestown (NY) 0-4.
Head Coach William Fajkusis in his second year of headcoach for the Women’s team.
“I’m proud of the ladies and
the character they showed,”Fajkus said. “We were out-matched but they gave a greateffort in both games.”
Assistant coach TamasLauer describes the trip toNew York as “fun and excit-ing.”
Despite losing both games,the Lady Chaps reached Na-tionals for the first time since2003. This is the third time theWomen’s team has advancedto nationals, their overallrecord at National competi-tion is 0-6
“The trip was a good experi-ence,” Midfielder CatherineElliott said. “We were neverexpected to make it that far sowe’re happy with ourselves.We limited Rochester to twogoals.”
The Lady Chaps exceededexpectations for the seasonand have made COD fansproud. They finish with a 12-8overall record on the season.
“They had an amazing sea-son,” Fajkus said. “They defi-nitely made the college andtheir families proud.”
By Josh TolentinoSports Editor
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(scrimmage)Tue., 8 McHENRY L 68-61Thu., 10 at Elgin 7:00 pmSat., 12 PRAIRIE STATE 7:00 pmTue., 15 KISHWAUKEE 7:00 pmSat., 19 at Oakton 7:00 pmTue., 22 at Waubonsee 7:00 pmWed., 30 BENEDICTINE JV 7:00 pmDECMEBERFri., 2 DuPAGE TOURNEY 6:00 pm
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Sat., 3 DuPAGE TOURNEYConsolation 1:00 pmChampionship 3:00 pm
Tue., 6 MORTON 7:00 pmFri., 9- William R Bear Classic tbaSat., 10 at Highland CollegeJANUARYThu., 5 LAKE COUNTY 7:00 pmFri., 6 TRUMAN 7:00 pmWed., 11 at Wright 7:00 pmSat., 14 TRITON 7:00 pmWed., 18 ROCK VALLEY 7:00 pmSat., 21 at Milwaukee Tech 7:00 pmWed., 25 MADISON 7:00 pmSat., 28 at Joliet 7:00 pmFEBRUARYWed., 1 at Harper 7:00 pmSat., 4 WRIGHT 7:00 pmWed., 8 at Triton 7:00 pmSat., 11 at Rock Valley 7:00 pmWed., 15 MILWAUKEE TECH 7:00 pmSat., 18 at Madison 7:00 pmWed., 22 JOLIET 7:00 pmSat., 25 HARPER 7:00 pmWed., 29 Region IV Tourney tba
at MadisonMARCHSat., 3 Region IV Tourney tba
at MadisonSun., 4 Region IV Tourney tba
at MadisonThu., 15- NJCAA DIVISION III tbaSat., 17 National Tournament
at Loch Sheldrake, NY
OCTOBERThu., 20 ALUMNI
(scrimmage)Thu., 27 ALUMNI
(scrimmage)NOVEMBERSat., 5 at Judson W 72-48Tue., 8 McHENRY W 88-51Thu., 10 at Malcolm X 5:00 pmSat., 12 PRAIRIE STATE 5:00 pmTue., 15 KISHWAUKEE 5:00 pmThu., 17 at Elgin 5:00 pmSat., 19 at Oakton 5:00 pmTue., 22 at Waubonsee 5:00 pmTue., 29 KENNEDY-KING 5:00 pmDECEMBERThu., 1 at Moraine Valley 5:00 pmTue., 6 MORTON 5:00 pmThu., 8 OLIVE HARVEY 5:00 pmFri., 16 HOLIDAY TOURNEY
DuPAGE vs DALEY 5:00 pmMalcom X vs Elgin 7:00 pm
Sat., 17 HOLIDAY TOURNEYConsolation 1:00 pmChampionship 3:00 pm
JANUARYWed., 11 at Wright 5:00 pmSat., 14 TRITON 5:00 pmWed., 18 ROCK VALLEY 5:00 pmSat., 21 at Milwaukee Tech 5:00 pmWed., 25 MADISON 5:00 pmSat., 28 at Joliet 5:00 pmFEBRUARYWed., 1 at Harper 5:00 pmSat., 4 WRIGHT 5:00 pmWed., 8 at Triton 5:00 pmSat., 11 at Rock Valley 5:00 pmWed., 15 MILWAUKEE TECH 5:00 pmSat., 18 at Madison 5:00 pmWed., 22 JOLIET 5:00 pmSat., 25 HARPER 5:00 pmTue., 28 Region IV Tourney tbaMARCHSat., 3 Region IV Semi-Final tba
at MadisonSun., 4 Region IV Final tba
at MadisonThu., 15- NJCAA DIVISION III tbaSat., 17 National Tournament
at Rochester, MN
MEN!S BASKETBALL WOMEN!S BASKETBALLWinter 2011 Sports Schedule
tapped the ball to Escobedo.Escobedo struck the ball tothe right side just passedReiver goalkeeper Tony Oliv-era, tying the game 1-1 in the79th minute.
After an intense 90 minutes,the game entered overtime.
Battling through a scorelessfirst overtime, the match wentinto double overtime.
In the second overtime,Reiver midfielder Mateosfound a wide open DayvinPalmer who blasted the balljust passed Porcayo’s finger-tips. The goal ended theChap’s season and hopes ofmoving onto Nationals.
“We grew as a team,” Efiomsaid. “More than a team, wewere a family. Being a familyis a very important trait tosuccess and winning and Ithink that’s something weproved to be true. We had thatspecial chemistry as a team,I’m going miss this family.”
With several sophomoresand transfers on the team, themen will separate their waysafter such a long successfulseason as a family. Playerswish each other the best asthey part ways onto differentopportunities.
“I’m going to miss this team
so much,” Defender JesusCruz said. “We worked hardall season long, we gave it ourall today, it just sucks that wefell short.”
“We made it out of the re-gion as champions,” Es-cobedo said. “We made it thisfar as a family, that’s all thatreally matters.”
Kelly was proud to watchsuch a great group of guysmake it this far, accomplish-ing their goal for this season.
“We were crowned RegionIV Champions, we got furtherthis year,” Kelly said. “Ithought we did the best wecould. I told my guy’s if theywere going to win or lose, todo everything with dignityand pride. I feel they went outthere today and did that.”
The team finishes with a 19-3 overall record with theirheads facing up. Knowingthey left it all out on the field,growing not only as a team,but as a family.
‘family’ from page 15
Photo by Chris JohnsonHead Coach Jim Kelly talks to his player’s at what would be the last game of the teams season.
“We made itthis far as afamily and
thats allthat really matters.”
ANGEL ESCOBEDO
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Q: What is your favorite thing about running?
A: Just running, I loverunning, running with myteam always keeps megoing and I just love thesport.
Q: What is your least favorite thing about crosscountry?
A: Whenever you are in-jured, that feeling whenyou cant compete
Q: Favorite Pre-gamemeal?
A: Lots and lots of pasta
Q: Who inspires you?
A: My teammates, mycoach, and God.
Q: What do you do in yourfree time?
A: Hang out with friends,go to work, and practice.
Q: Any advice for runners?
A: Always keep running
Q: What are your plansafter COD?
A: Transfer to RooseveltUniversity with a scholar-ship and run track there.
Q: Favorite pro athlete?
A: Haile Gebrselassie
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Name: Daniel Woldesi-lassieSport: Cross CountryYear: FreshmanAge: 19
Athlete of the Week
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Q: What is your favorite thing about running?
A: That there is no offsea-son, you can run as long asyou want all year long.
Q: What is your least favorite thing about run-ning?
A: Nothing, I love run-ning with my team andgetting better with myteammates
Q: Favorite Pre-gamemeal?
A: I always have as muchpasta as I can with the
team before the meet.
Q: Who inspires you?
A: Coach Wilhite
Q: What do you do in yourfree time?
A: Run, I never stop run-ning
Q: Any advice for runners?
A: Run in high school andcollege, its the best sport
Q: What are your plansafter COD?
A: I plan on staying hereat COD and get into theRadiology program
Q: How long have youbeen running?
A: Since seventh grade
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Name: Eliza DudleySport: Cross CountryYear: SophomoreAge: 20
forward to Nationals.”Sophomore Eliza Dudley
placed 1st in the meet despitehaving a foot injury. With thevictory, Dudley secured theRegion IV Runner of the Yearaward.
“Our team did really wellthis season.” Dudley said.“I’m proud of everyone, Ipushed my teammates thisseason and now we’re goingto Nationals.”
Freshman Claire Wilhiteplaced 7th and SophomoreSarah Eizenga followed in9th.
Head Coach Matt Wilhite isin his second year as Headcoach at COD. Coach Wilhitewas decorated as “Men’s Re-gion IV Cross Country Coachof the Year.”
“It’s a great accomplishmentto have both teams achieve somuch this year.” Wilhite said.“Day after day, mile aftermile, they’ve been bustingtheir butts, I’m proud of everysingle one of them.”
Year after year, COD hascontinued to produce qualityCross Country teams, thisyear was no different. Wilhitehas “high expectations” for allrunners as they journey toNational competition.
‘cross country’ from page 15
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