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Anyone that grew up in the Illinois Quad Cities or in the surroundingcommunities in the last 27 years can tell you what V station they werewatching when Big Bird, Bill Nye, and Mr. Rogers, appeared on theirscreens. Now as then, area children have the same answer, and because othe partnership between WQP and WIU that answer may go unchangedor another 27 years.

As o May 1, 2010 WQP transitioned rom its home on the Black HawkCampus to a location in Kings Plaza, beore nally settling into the of ces

made available at the Western Illinois 60th street campus. All o this movingwas the results o the transer o the stations broadcasting license rom BHCto WIU. However, during an interview with the Rivers Edge, Director oMarketing and Local Content, Lora Adams points out that even though thebroadcasting license or WQP has been held by WIU since 2010, WQPhas been involved with Western long beore the license was held by West-ern.

Ms. Adams explained that even while at their previous location WIU VicePresident Joe Rives was on the WQP board o directors. During the timewhen the talks o cuts or unding the station were dominating the discus-sion at the old location, because o their previous experience with WIU-QCadministration, the present enterprise became a reality.

When we were looking to change our ormat rom either a communitybased public television station or to be af liated with a university we started

to talk to a number o organizations. In the end Dr. Rives proposed that

Western hold the license or WQP.From that point the integration o WQP as a department within West-

ern has been able to get underway.Te success o this process or WQP is tangible. Te station has been

able to return to a 24 hours-a-day broadcasting ormat. Tis is possible inlarge part to the use o Stratus Broadcasting Solutions, in Davenport, whichairs original WQP programing on digital channel 24.1., and MHz WorldView on channel 24.2., a showcase or international programs and news

streams.By having their master control systems at a separate sight, programmingdecisions, event coordination and administration are all ree to develop onthe 60th street campus. From this location WQP is able to continue to de-termine how to best engage all o their constituents. Mrs. Adams explainedhow this works noting that, What that means or us as a station is thatWQP is entirely responsible or raising its own money. What we get romWestern are in-kind services, HR, Of ces, that sort o thing. We tell peoplethat we are af liated with Western and they immediately think Riverrontand they kind o orget 60th street, which is a pity. Te most important thingis that we are able to continue to do what we need to with what we have.

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Pop Quiz: How many campuses make upWIU-QC? I your answer is two, youreover by exactly one. Even though seven milesseparate the building on 60th Street and thenew building on the Moline riverront, the

two locations make up one Quad City cam-pus. he distance between the buildingspresents our learning community with bothchallenge and opportunity.

One o the primary challenges presentedis, o course, the necessity o dividing thestudent body. According to Dr. Kristi Min-drup (Assistant Vice-President, Quad CitiesCampus and Planning), decisions regardingwhich building would house each programsclasses were very data driven with plentyo opportunity or input rom aculty, sta,and especially students.

A primary goal was to minimize studenttravel between 60th Street and Riverront.For [students] with busy lives, Dr. Mindrupexplained, that kind o driving could makecollege impossible . As a result, almost allundergraduate programs are taught at theRiverront building that way, undergradu-ates can take classes or any minors they arepursuing in the same building where theytake classes in their major program o study.he exceptions to this rule are the EarlyChildhood and Elementary Education pro-grams. he highly prescribed and structureddegree plans required by these two majors

leave almost no room or acquiring a mi-nor, so they are good its or the 60th Streetbuilding. 60th Street also houses WIU-QCsGraduate Studies Center.

While this distribution o classes eectivelylimits the need or students to drive between

the two buildings, it, unortunately, does notdo the same or aculty. Faculty memberswho teach in disciplines that have both un-dergraduate and graduate programs at WIU-QC end up loating between 60th Street andRiverront, and some o them deal with therustration o maintaining two oices andtwo sets o oice hours. Administrative per-sonnel also travel back and orth a great deal,and both aculty and administrative groupsoten rotate the location o their meetingsbetween the two buildings.

Luckily, our divided campus has yielded op-

portunities as well as challenges . Dr. Min-drup eels that the disbursement o acultyand administration across two locations hascaused campus communications to becomereally intentional, and thereore more e-icient and thorough. It has also emphasizedWIU-QCs status as an urban campus,qualities o which (according to the Coali-tion o Urban and Metropolitan Universi-ties) include serving a diverse student bodythat relects the demographics o its region,responding to community and regionalneeds, residing in a major metropolitan area,providing its students with practical, real-lie

experiences, and actively building partner-ships with the community in order to achieveits goals.

his whole community is our campus,claims Dr. Mindrup.

Underscoring Dr. Mindrups sentiment isWIU-QCs relationship with MetroLINK, theQuad Cities award-winning public transpor-tation company. With our WIU photo IDs,students have access to unlimited Metro-LINK transit in the Quad Cities. hat makesit easy to get rom one WIU building toanother, but it also makes it easy to explorethe multitudinous entertainment, shopping,museums, cultural events, coee-shops,restaurants and outdoor recreation optionsavailable in the Quads.

So, the depth o our campus division be-comes a matter o perception. It is true that

our student body, aculty, and administra-tion are housed between two very dierentand somewhat distant buildings. But takinga broader view reveals that the memberso our educational community are stronglyconnected to one another through theirinvolvement in our campus lie, which is,ultimately, the lie o the greater Quad Cities.When we look at the WIU-QC campus inthis way, its easy to see that the opportuni-ties that arise due to our multiple locationsare ar more compelling than the challengesthey present.

Featuring a focus on the 60th street campus

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4 November 16, 2012

By Aaron GrafEditor-in-Chie

Western Illinois University - Quad CitiesThe Public Choice for the Quad Cities

Rivers Edge

By Cait BodenbenderAssistant Editor

Four Cities, Two Buildings, One Campus

The Location Changes, but WQPTs Mission of Community Engagement Remains the Same


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Many have been to the store thispast October and noticed a ew trees,lights, and decorations popping upin small aisles in back o stores. Butnow that Halloween is over and onlyTanksgiving stands in its way, Christ-mas is starting to budge in line all overagain, claiming November as its own.Now, when someone ventures out tothe store they are much more likelyto hear entrancing old Christmasmusic, see holiday lights being strungon buildings, and remember, with orwithout reservations, all the snow. Tisphenomenon is known as ChristmasCreep, and there is no stopping itnow.

It wasnt always like this,though, as Tanksgiving had oncebeen a substantive holiday unto itsown without need o Christmas rilingup the masses to get that holiday cheergoing. Aer all, it is holiday cheer un-til Christmas comes. What good is itor Christmas to start so early anyway?Te answer will not surprise you: Tepresents.

While present giving is notexclusive to one holiday, as birthdays,Easter, Chanukah, and other holidayswith unique amily traditions attachedencourage the activity as well, Christ-mas manages to exhort people to do somore than the rest. People do not setup decorated trees around birthdaysto exhibit stacks o presents. Not allamilies give children gis on Easter.

Fewer people in the United Stateslikely celebrate Chanukah than Christ-mas. And while Valentines, Mothers,and Fathers days al l suggest givingloved ones something in appreciation,everybody gets presents on Christmas.

Now, some may say thatgetting presents on Christmas is notwhat the holiday is all about, and I

genuinely agree with such people,or I see presents as bonuses to greatholiday times. But telling such a thingto some, like big business owners andmarketing gurus, would be like tellinga bear there is more to lie than eatinghoney. Bears love to eat honey at beesexpenses and people love to makemoney o o others.

Businesses seemed to haveound out a while ago that, by settingup Christmas aisles and putting on

jingle bells, shoppers take hints andwill start buying precious presents orloved ones much earlier. By contract-ing Santa to sit on a throne in a mallto ask children what toys they want orChristmas, the youngest and most tar-geted shoppers in America will harpabout such wishes to Mommy andDaddy the rest o the shopping adven-ture. With the smell o hot chocolates,

various baked goods, and Christmas-exclusive scents like candy cane mintsand evergreen trees, spending moneyhas never been more enjoyable.

For those who rerain romlosing themselves in the early shop-ping madness, though, who lookorward to watching cheesy Christmasmovies with loved ones or the sheerpleasure o being in company withriends and amily, hang on to thattrue holiday spirit. You are all in oranother hey dosage o Christmas cra-ziness coming right aer you recoverrom that Tanksgiving evening nap.

Matt Alden BrownEditorial Contributor

2 November 16th , 2012 RIVERS EDGE WIU-QC

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

THE WESTERN WALL

In the last year, i youve watched a V show, received a Greeting Card, or heard

director Joss Whedon explain why he wanted Romney to win the election, youknow one thing is certain. Te Zombie Apocalypse is clearly upon us!

Alright, yes, there are many who doubt that this is the case. But what one can-not doubt is the act that as a nation we are airly obsessed with the reanimateddead. And while the reasons or this obsession are varied, you might be surprisedto learn that despite the popularity o the shuing deceased in this country,the Federal Government, and the Executive Branch in particular, seems to havemissed the memo. Simply put, the powers that guide our nation are no longerwilling to abide by the long standing rules o habeas corpus. In plain English, un-like myriads o others governments all over the globe, ours is no longer willing toshow us the corpse.

With the passage o the National Deense Authorization Act o 2012, the presi-dent - then Obama administration act 1, now Obama administration act 2- hasthe authority to indenitely detain any American who is thought to have given

considerable support to Al-Qeada, or associated orces, without due process.Despite legal challenges to this increase in the powers o the oce o the presi-

dent [only two other administrations have wielded a similar power and bothrestored the writ later] the ruling by the Second Circuit Court o Appeals onOctober 2nd, stated that a ban on indenite detention will not go into eectuntil the Obama administrations appeal has been decided and as a result habeascorpus is suspended.

Now personally, I agree that detainment is in order, and probably the least oyour worries, i you are linked to Al-Qeada. But the decision to chuck over 200years o U.S. legal precedent, particularly at a time when, rom a PR standpoint,the chance to capitalize on the act that the U.S. Government ully recognizes theimportance o corpses in assuring that rights and privileges aorded to its citi-zens, is a no BRAAAAAIIINNer.

Te loss revenue over the sales o red, white, and blue zombie embossed -shirtsales alone is staggering. And when you consider what else weve lost on top o

this merchandizing gold mine it is possible to become really and truly angry.

o say that habeas corpus, which literally translates to you have the body, is a

vital unction o a democratically elected government, is not overstating the acts.

Aer all it was this writ, sometimes reerred to as Te Great Writ, whichonce demanded that anyone who is detained in our country or any reason to bebrought beore a judge, or jury, and given a trial. At which time the evidence ordetainment must be convincingly presented or you were ree to go. As a result othe October 2nd ruling however, this is no longer the case.

oday, the possibility o indenitely detaining, with no due process, Americancitizens or giving support to whomever the administration deems associatedorces, is both entirely legal and entirely unconscionable. Te legal gap whichexists as a result o the nebulous tags o associated orces, and considerable sup-port, is so large that the entire reanimated population o Riverside cemetery couldstumble through it, and as a result Im beginning to agree that our nations apoca-lypse is ast approaching, but that it wont be one o a Zombie variety.

I note all this despite the act that nearly all my choices or candidates lost in the

recent election. However, I still view the process under which we elect our lead-ers as the most powerul tool we as citizens can wield. My hope now is that thosewho re-elected the president and his administration will seek to remind him o hisroots as a constitutional lawyer, and o the sanctity o the right granted in ArticleI, Section 9, clause 2 o the Constitution, which states, Te Privilege o the Writo Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases o Rebellion orInvasion the public Saety may require it. As no rebellion appears to be on thehorizon, and the Zombie invasion [or now] only exists in our collective imagina-tions, I can only hope that we will see this right rapidly restored to us.

Until next time, Let the Father o Waters go unvexed to the sea.

Aaron Gra

Editor-in-Chie

Zombie Apocalypse? No Its Far Worse Than That

Christmas CreepTe 60th street campus has

become an extension site to theRiverront campus. When I startedout as an undergrad at the 60th Streetcampus, beore the Riverront wascompleted, there used to be nowhereto park at 60th street during the dayand sometimes even at night. TeShuttle bus that runs came about every15 minutes to drop o students goingto class. Te computer lab downstairswas usually ull and some students hadto either wait in line to use a computeror get permission to go upstairs. Teaculty buildings were all upstairs onthe second foor.

Now as a grad student, I haveplenty o places to park at both timeso the day. Te only students I see inthe halls are either ellow grad stu-dents or the Elementary Educationstudents. Most o the advisors havebeen moved to the Riverront campus.Te writing center has been movedrom the basement o 60th street tothe Riverront campus as well. Teonly event that has been held at the60th street campus so ar was the SOEblock party.

In a conversation with El-ementary Ed students at the 60thStreet campus, they have voiced theiropinions about things they eel shouldbe brought to light. Tey spend theirwhole day on this campus. Te stu-dents interviewed said they are thererom 8:30am to at least 5:30 pm with

sometimes only a 15 minute breakbetween classes.Tey noted that no ood is

being made available by vendors as itis or those students on the Riverrontcampus. Tere are vending machines,but the students would like to havesome kind o catered ood option or at

least a rerigerator brought in so thatthey can bring ood rom home to eatduring the day.

Another problem that the El-ementary students brought up in ourdiscussion is that they have no writingcenter at the 60th street campus andusually do not have the time to go tothe Riverront campus to attend theone located there. Something that islikely o importance to both sites is thelack o shuttle service between the twocampuses.

Additionally, they eel likethey are being isolated because allevents and special activities are held atthe Riverront campus. Te studentsreceive the e-mails or both Macomband Riverront, but are never oeredopportunities at the 60th street cam-pus.

Te administrative sta is hardto get ahold o or the Elementary Edstudents because they have all beentranserred to the Riverront campuswith the exception o their advisor.Also they cannot get into to talk to -nancial aid because it has been movedto Riverront with the expectation oa one day a week visit being made tocome to 60th street.

I understand that to satisy thebeneactors o the university we mustshow o what they have paid or asmuch as possible. Do we need to showit o to the extent that our originalbuilding be pushed aside like an old

toy that is replaced by a new and shinyone? Both campuses are part o West-ern Illinois University.

Shanna HerrEditorial Contributor

60th Street is Overlooked


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November 16th , 20123RIVERS EDGE WIU-QCFAMILIAR FACES

Student Profile: Chelsea Clearman

Faculty Prole: Dr. Fredrick C. Isele

Photo By Caressa Clearman

By Caressa Clearman

Sta Writer

his weeks student proile sent me over to 60th Street looking ora student who attends classes at that campus exclusively. I happenedto ind my cousin, Chelsea Cl earman. Chelsea is a grad student work-ing toward her Masters in English. (So please pardon the unintentional

nepotism, she is a quite interesting young woman nonetheless, and sheit the bill).

his is C helseas irst semester at Western Illinois University, and sheis taking 3 classes. She says, I dont really have a avorite [class], butthere are aspects o each that I like. I appreciate the amount o literatureand inormation that [Dr.] Malachuk provides, and I also appreciate[Dr.] Hamners class because he lets us talk a lot. He do esnt let us getcarried away or anything; he just kind o guides our thought process.Dr. Knox provides extra material too but [less]. I eel l ike I have more

time to sit through the text. I go to class having read everything, so Imreally able to extrapolate everything that I need.

When Chelsea i snt studying or reading, shes teaching Re ading atUnited ownship High School in East Moline. I am the Reading each-

er at U.., and I have about 30 kids in each class, mostly reshmen andsome sophomores So I teach reading during the day, and it can be alittle overwhelming because its a lot o kids. But its a pretty cool pro-gram; Ive seen kids, just in the 14 week s weve been in school, really geta lot out o it. It is a lie ski ll, being able to read, really, like being ableto tie your shoe, states Chelsea.

Chelsea attended Bradley University in Peoria where she received adouble major in English and Education with a minor in Creative Writ-ing. However, beore Bradley she graduated rom U..H.S. in 2 006. Shesays that, teaching in your own high school can be strange but I thinkits given me a leg up because there was really no transitioning to theschool I know how the school works, I know where things are, I knowthe general atmosphere, and I was also very amiliar with the uniquedemographic students that they have.

When Chelsea isnt studying or teaching, she likes to shop, listen to

music, hang out with her boyriend, and o course, read. Im kind o anerd, I like to read. I I wasnt reading or school, Id probably catch upon my magazine subscriptions, or books that I have piled here or thererom my ongoing b ook list, she says.

She hopes to have her Masters completed by 2014. She statesthat, My concentration will probably be literature or interdisciplin-ary studies Id like to continue building up my teaching experienceMy ultimate goal would be to have my PhD and b e a proessor but thatwould be o in the distance because I know you have to be very mo-bile to ind the right job, but Ill deinitely continue with academia andlearning somehow.

Chelsea seems to be in a great environment to develop her goal, andwe wish her the best o luck i n the uture. hanks Chelsea!

At 65 years old Associate Proessor o Curriculum Instruction Dr. Fred Isele hasseen and done things, the stories about which could hold and audiences rapt atten-tion or hours.By his own admission he was once nearly killed by a rhino, came under shell rewhile working or the peace corps in Kashmir. Has spent a year in the Jesuit semi-nary, and ultimately has devoted 42 years o his lie to his work as a proessionaleducator, nearly een o which have been spent here at WIU Quad Cities.

With me being 65 the problem is a clock time advantage and as a result I havehad more time to experience thing he explained in our recent interview.Personal experiences aside it is just as likely that Dr. Iseles warm personality andsix-oot eight-inch stature would be enough to bring him to most peoples atten-tion.But even with those characteristics out o the way most students on campus, eventhose who have never met Dr. Isele personally, still know exactly who you are talk-ing about so long as you mention his distinctive curly hair. In the interest o ulldisclosure, when the time came to decide which aculty member would be selectedor this prole, while many other worthies were mentioned, it was Dr. Iseles hairwhich literally placed him above all the rest. Fortunately, the SGA aculty adviser,and uncle to 36 nieces and nephews could not have a better sense o humor aboutit.In point o act hes heard it talked about or a long time and by all kinds o people.He related a story about a group o nuns who while on a retreat a St. Marys o the

Woods College in Indiana, approached him, with the request that he explain hishair to them.And they said, can we ask you about your hair? And they burst out laughing,they were thinking o me as a person with politically liberal leanings because I wasa person who curled his hair every night. I tried to explain that I washed it withsoap and water just like anyone else, and being in the years o Elvis Presley this wasa problem because the hair was supposed to be straight. Finally one o the nunslooked at me and said, Fred your lying, no one can curl hair like that. So I tookout a pluck and I said take it home and watch what happens when you pour wateron it.O course when the questions about his hair become inrequent Dr. Isele still man-ages to keep himsel quite busy, and he nds that the WIU-QC campus is very wellsuited to help him stay that way.

Tere is a very high work ethic here in the Quad Cities, and you dont even notice

it until you leave the place. We also have a very nice group o people . And thismakes or a very nice place to live out ones proessional career. Now nearly into his15th year with the Department o Curriculum Instruction on this campus, Dr. Iseleeels like the area and WIU in particular is poised or growth without a limit. It [WIU-QC]is still a growing and developing program whose ulllment is o inthe uture. Tere are new PhD programs being developed perhaps even a nursingprogram. O course I can still remember the days when classes on the 60th street

campus were small and still developing and there where hardly any classes going,But when Alvin Goldarb came along you saw a groundswell o number coming in.

He notes that, Because o that groundswell coming here to the river ront campuswas in accordance, because essentially new buildings need to be built and it was

just matter o time beore people started recognizing the need or a greater publicuniversity education presence in this area.

Elaborating on the potential or growth Dr. Isele doesnt sound very surprised atwhat has developed or WIU in the Quad Cities. Ten again is might be dicultto surprise a man with his lie experiences, who also has come to expect a curiousquestion or two rom just about everyone he meets.

By Aaron Graf

Editor-in-Chie


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4 November 16th , 2012 RIVERS EDGE WIU-QCPAGES

Grant Morrisons Supergods: A ReviewBy Bobby DillonAssistant Editor

The Case of the Maybe Murdered Millionaires:Part Four

Daisy and I stood upon t he dilapidated ront stoop o the Hope

Shelter looking at each other in bewilderment. I sighed, thoroughly

discouraged. I knew it was no use to knock again. Wed only meetmore resistance; so I turned to sur vey the rest o the property instead.

As I took in the place, I saw no other sign o lie or anything

o particular interest. Daisy looked around as well. I could see rom

the expression on her ace that she was just as disheartened as I was. I

wondered i she was regretting her decision to come along. She would

probably rather be making sure the urniture in the oice wasnt at

all o kilter. I made a quick mental note to get a new coee maker or

her. With her attention to detail, my old one with its stains and lack

o new-angled gadgetry would only ser ve as an embarrassment.

I know! exclaimed Daisy, unexpectedly changing her r us-

trated stance to an excited little-girl bounce; Lets go around back,

look in some windows, and maybe, just maybe, well ind a back door

ajar.

Daisy whispered the last part o her scheme as i she was

va li dati ng our li tt le , tw o- pe rs on co -c onspir ac y. She lo oked so darn

appealing with the exhilaration o the c ase brimming her wide eyes

and a determined pucker set on her lips that there was no way I could

deny her plan. I was smitten with her enthusiasm and smiled at her

despite our somewhat dejected circumstances.

Alright sweetheart, lets get to it! I gave my go ahead and

resisted the urge to smack her on the backside when she turned to

comply.

On our way around t he building, we stopped at every window. hey

were all dark. We could see nothing within the interior blackness,

even i we squinted our eyes. I grew more disappointed with every un-

revealing look, but when we reached the other side o the shelter, our

luck turned. I couldnt believe it. he back door was indeed cracked

open.

Daisy looked at me with a smirk that said, I told you so! Iher red lips werent so damn sexy I might have been oended at their

twist. As it was, her look just distracted me, which I ound out real

quick was just what she was hoping or. While I was staring at those

plump objects o desire, I suddenly elt a searing pain in my side. My

mouth ell open in shock. I looked down and saw Daisys perectly

manicured hand grasping a dagger t hat was plunged deep into my rib

cage. Blood was beginning to low over the handle, turning the intri-

cately carved gold to crimson.

I looked up without a word, the question Why? screaming

within the pained expression all over my ace, but she was no longer

looking at me. She was watching the burly man, who had previously

slammed the ront door in our aces. He was emerging rom the ba ck

way that I now knew had been purposely let open to lure me into

their trap.

Hurry up! Daisy harshly spat at him, Help me get

him back to the oice. Everythings ready. I made space or the equip-

ment. heres plenty o room to set up. Benny can ollow us. I assume

the truck is loaded as I requested.he man grunted positively in

reply.

Good. She shoved me into his arms, Lets go then.Daisy

caught my eye as I was transerred. She chuckled slightly. I guess

youve igured out by now that i you live, youre just gonna have to

make your own damn coee.

By Aimee TaceySta Writer

his week, true believers, I will not be talking about a comic book.

No, this is a real-lie actual book with only a handul o pictures in the en-

tire thing! he caveat, however, is that it iswait or itABOU COMIC

BOOKS!

Supergods is the irst ull-length noniction book e ver published by

amed and acclaimed comic book author Grant Morrison. Part autobiogra-

phy, part comic bo ok history, part cultural analysis, this book is an excel-

lent read. Starting with the so-called Golden Age o comics, through the

Silver Age and beyond, Morrison is amazingly capable o weaving in just

the right amount o humor, personal history, and opinion to make this book

a true masterpiece o noniction.

As I mentioned, Grant Morrison is one o the most acclaimed comic au-

thors o the past thirty years, having worked on myriad inluential and im-

portant pieces o graphic art, rom the continuity-uniting chaos o the Final

Crisis story line to a relatively long run on Animal Man in the early 1980s

that broke new ground in graphic narrative techniques, Morrison has been

around the block a ew times. In terms o name value and sheer amount o

production, Morrison is surpassed, in comic circles, only by Alan Moore.

With that said, allow me to admit something: I am not the biggest

an o Grant Morrisons comic bo ok work. I ind his stories to be unneces-

sarily conusing, while he tries too hard at times to deconstruct everything,rather than just telling a good story. Im all or deconstruction in graphic

narratives it has led to one o the best and most inluential comic books o

all time in Watchmen but Morrison uses it, I eel, as a substitute or good

storytelling. Now, my experience with Morrisons work is limited, I must

admit I have yet to read the series or which he se ems to be universally

praised, he Invisibles, so take what I say with a grain o salt.

Despite my distaste or Grant Morrison, the comic bo ok author,

I have nothing but love or Grant Morrison the man, who comes through

shiningly in all his comic book andom and nerdery in Supergods. It is

apparent rom the outset that Morrison loves comic books, and has loved

comic books or his entire lie. It is b ecause o this love that Supergods rings

with passion and adoration or the subject matter, which, in turn, makes the

reader enjoy the subject that much more.

I loved learning about comics rom Grant Morrison, and I have nodoubt that you will too. Hes incredibly knowledgeable about the subject,

hes extremely unny in a sel-deprecating (but not annoyingly so) way and

a total nerd, which helped me to relate to him an essential key to writing

good noniction. hough the book is long, clocking in a 464 pages, I ound

that it lew by almost as ast as an actual comic would.

Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a

Sun God rom Smallville Can each Us About Being Human is available

through any book retailers worth their salt.


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On Wednesday, November 7th, WIU-QC students had a chanceto be the audience o the Discover English panel discussion be-tween ten English proessors rom Macomb, including Proessors

Merrill Cole, Roberta Di Carmine, Brad D ilger, Chris Morrow, imand Magdelyn Helwig, Jose Fernandez, Neil Baird, and Mark andAmy Mossman, as well as WIU alum Andy Scott.

he QC English departments Proessors Everett Hamner andDan Malachuk led the discussion. In it, the proessors explainedsome less-than-commonly known inormation about the Englishprogram. Because many o the students in attendance had alreadydecided to pursue the degree and knew most generally given acts,the insights made available by the panel made this event dierentrom other inormational English Department events in the past.

Students appeared to enjoy the great opportunity to hear aboutwhat past English majors and minors have done with themselvesater receiving their degrees and how they succeeded in s ecur-ing good careers. he panel even indulged students or a momentwhen each proessor present revealed inormation regarding their

own past jobs and careers which lead them to where they standtoday. Dr. Cole once worked on Wall Street and Dr. Mark Moss-man stated he was almost an employee o Nextel, while othersacknowledged being a traveling agent, exhibitions coordinator,social worker, oreign tutor, while several explained that they onlyever worked as students beore teaching. Being allowed to hear alittle o each proessors past really seemed to be valuable to thosestudents who did not, and may stil l not know where to start whentrying to obtain reputable careers l ike those held by the memberso the panel.

he proessors also highly encouraged students in the au-dience to get involved in extracurricular activities in addition toearning a degree. Dr. Dilger gave praise to those contributing to theschool newspaper, as well as student organizations that provide stu-dents with early opportunities or establishing themselves as valu-

able assets to more proessional groups. Dr. Amy Mossman inormedstudents that employees oten go straight to extracurricular sectionson resumes when hiring because those activities make people stickout in a pool o qualiied candidates. It is also wise to use reallygood ethos, Dr. imothy Helwig suggested wh ile WIU alum An dyScott pushed the idea o illustrating an ability to gain money romwriting when applying or grad school and internships.

Another strong bit o inormation advocated by Andy S cottand Dr. Morrow was to see instructors as uture contacts and evenpotential employers . Instructors are there or students to lean on

and use as a network when pursuing uture opportunities.

Wrapping up the semi-ormal discussion, the panelists addressed

the audience by responding to a question which asked them whatthey might have done dierently in terms o their education, hadthey known what they do now. I would have listened less to thedoom and g loom, Dr. Morrow said. he rest o the proessorsagreed, saying they used to worr y about what careers to go ater inthe uture and how much education they should pursue. A unani-

mous thought seems to be: Stay in s chool and take advantage oexperience opportunities and things will gradually work out well .he panelists are the proo.

For inormation about undergraduate and graduate oppor-tunities in English, please contact Dr. Amy Mossman via e-mail [email protected].

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Discover English Event Provides Vital Information and Levity for Students

By Matt Alden BrownSta Writer

Last Friday, November 9th, the Interdisciplinary English and

Arts Society (IDEAS), threw one crazy party in the GoldarbAtrium. By using the universitys P.A. speakers, and rented mixing

equipment rom West Music in Moline the group set the sta ge or

what is sure to be an ongoing WIU-QC tradition. Members o the

group Bobby Dillon (vice-president) and yours truly Jason Kuna

split the duties o emcee and sound operator respectively or the

open-mic. Ideas president Leanne Wise, secretary Danielle Gra,

and treasurer Cait Bodenbender secured some beautiul art work

which was displayed around the atrium during the event. Cait also

made sure the tables were arranged to invoke a coee house style,

complete with elegantly coee stained centerpieces that produced

an aromatic espresso bean electric candle ambiance. Danielle and

Leanne, along wit h the help o L eannes husband Rob, and L assoPresident Antoinette Brown, as well as Chris Sanders-Ring ensured

that the Coee House Bash party goers were stued with tons o

tasty treats and copious amounts o coee. Mrs. Sanders-Ring, a

newcomer to IDEA S also contributed her sons impressive built-

to-scale lying V Gibson guitar or the purpose o sound checks

beore the event.

Caressa Clearman and Matt Brown, both o whom where con-

testants in the irst ever IDEAS short contest, read their wonder-

ul original short stories. Additionally many who attended recited

both original and amous poetry. his included an epitomical per-

ormance o theatrical prose by Dr. Everett Hamner o which no

one understood a word o (which is what Dr. Hamner intended).Dr. Malachuk,, though short his guitar which many o us were se-

cretly hoping he would bring, mingled like one o the students, and

helped to inspire a lot o the ill music coming through the P.A.

between perormers. his humble writer will deinitely be prac-

ticing on the old six strings in order to butcher a tune or two or

the next Coee House bash which is sure to happen in the coming

semesters. IDEAS looks to recruit more poets, story tellers, come-

dians, and musicians or our next open-mic, and will likely secure

an electric piano, ampliied guitars and more or the next Bash. I

you werent there this time b e sure not to miss out on the un w hen

we do it again.

EVENING EXTRACURRICULARS

Photo By Aaron GraWIU-QC English Proessors Hamner and Malachuk Moderate the Discover EnglishPanel Discussion on November the 7th.

By Jason KunaSta Writer

IDEAS Coffee House Bash a Total Slam!


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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

Holiday F

avorites of the Rivers Edge Staff

In keeping with the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday the staff of the Rivers Edge would like to take this opportuinity to share a few of the family recipeswhich they invite you to enjoy as much as they will over the coming break.

A Spanish Mojo ( Mo-Ho), rom the kitchen o Aaron Gra Mom Leopoldina Gra

Tis marinade recipe has been handed down or generations in my mothers amily.Simply put, the rich aroma o a turkey or roast baking aer marinating in mojo over-night has provided the backdrop or some o the best amily memories I have.Mix1. 1 head o Garlic, crushed2. cup o Graperuit juice3. 1BS o Oregano4. 2 tsp Cumin5. tsp pepper6. 2 tsp salt7. lb o onion sliced (2 large onions)8. cup cooking wine9. cup o vinegarClean either the roast or turkey and proceed to perorate the meat with a carving knie.Baste the urkey or Roast in the Mojo allowing the meat to marinade overnight. Al-

low or at least 12 hours o basting.Cover the meat with an additional Onion slices.Cook all roast at 325 degrees or our hoursFor a urkey between 10 and 18 lbs cook at 325 degree or approximately 3-31/2 hours.

A Sweet Potato Recipe rom Caressa ClearmanTis is a super simple recipe or sweet potato casserole. Quick, easy and yummy!Ingredients:2 (15 ounce) cans sweet potatoes1/4 cup orange juice3/4 cup all-purpose four1/2 cup white sugar1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 pinch salt1/2 cup margarine

1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallowsDirections:1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).2.Place sweet potatoes in a 10x6 inch shallow baking dish and pour orange juice over.3. In a small bowl, combine four, sugar, cinnamon and salt; mix together and cut in margarine.Sprinkle over sweet potatoes.4. Bake or 30 minutes. Remove rom oven, sprinkle with marshmallows and broil untilbrown.

100% Homemade Green Bean Casserole as asked or by Matt Brown

My girlriend makes this rom scratch every Tanksgiving aer much pressure romme and is easily one o my avorite dishes o all time. My Tanksgiving isnt completewithout it.

For top

ping: Enough French ried onions to cover the top

For beans and sauce:2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided1 pound resh green beans, rinsed, trimmed and halved2 tablespoons unsalted butter12 ounces cremini mushrooms, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces1/2 teaspoon reshly ground black pepper3 cloves garlic, minced1/4 teaspoon reshly ground nutmeg2 tablespoons all-purpose four1 cup vegetable broth1 cup hal-and-hal

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Prepare the beans by bringing a gallon o water and 2 tablespoons o salt to a boil in an8-quart saucepan. Add the beans and blanch or 5 minutes.Drain in a colander and immediately plunge the beans into a large bowl o ice water.Drain and set aside.Melt the butter in a medium-sized pan set over medium-high heat.

Add the mushrooms, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally ap-proximately 4 to 5 minutes.Add the garlic and nutmeg and continue to cook or another 1 to 2 minutes.Sprinkle the four over the mixture and stir. Cook or 1 minute.Add the broth and simmer or 1 minute.Decrease the heat to medium-low and add the hal-and-hal.Cook until the mixture thickens,Remove rom the heat and stir in all o the greenbeans.op with the French ried onions. Place into the oven and bake until bubbly, approxi-mately 15 minutes. Remove and ser ve immediately.

Tis is a very yummy recipe or real, made-rom-scratch, pumpkin pie.Te use o a real pumpkin is the key dierence, no canned pumpkin in thisrecipe. Te pie comes out lighter than when using canned pumpkin. Tespices are slightly heavy, use less i youre spice shy.First things rst, start out with a pumpkin. A baking pumpkin is preerred;it gives the pie a better texture and a bit more sweetness. I have used a small

jack-o-lantern pumpkin in a pinch. I just add a bit more sugar and spend alittle more time smashing it up. Whichever pumpkin you use, cut it in hal,scoop out the seeds and guts. Ten slice it up and cut the fesh o the pump-kin rom the skin. Put the pumpkin fesh into a water lled pot and boil untilits so. Drain the pumpkin well. Use a potato masher to smash the pumpkinuntil a smooth texture is created. Set aside one and a hal cups o the mashedpumpkin. Seal up any leover and reeze or later use.

Te crust comes next. Ingredient list is as ollows:

1 cups four cup shortening4 to 5 tablespoons o ice water

Cut shortening into four with a pastry blender. You can use a large ork iyou dont have one. Ive also used a potato masher and it worked ne. Onceyou have a crumbly consistency, add the ice water until the mixture becomespliable. Roll it out on a foured surace. I roll on wax paper to make it easierto transport. Line your pie pan with rolled dough and trim o the excess.Pinch the edges o the dough with your ngers to make a wave patternaround the top o the pan. Set pan aside.Gather up excess dough, place it on a cookie sheet, and sprinkle it generouslywith sugar and cinnamon. Bake in a 350 degree oven until golden brown oran extra special treat. Shhh, secret timeI like this even better than the pieitsel!

Now or the scrumptious lling, these are the ingredients you will need:1 cups o pumpkin that was previously set aside cup sugar teaspoon ginger1 teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg teaspoon cloves3 slightly beaten eggs1 cups whole milk2/3 cup evaporated milk

Combine all ingredients. Mix them well. Pour mixture into pie crust. Bakein a 400 degree oven until a butter knie inserted halway between the centerand the edge comes out clean, usually about 50 minutes. Jiggle the pie pan;

i the center jiggles like liquid, cook it longer; i it jiggles like rm jello, itsdone. Another trick is, i your crust starts to brown too rapidly, cover it (andonly it, not the pumpkin part) with aluminum oil. In the end, you shouldhave a melt-in-your-mouth pumpkin pie that everyone will love; a pie thatyou can say was honestly made completely rom scratch!

Perect Pumpkin Pie rom Aimee acey

1 cup a

ll-purpose lour2/3 cup packed brown sugar1/4 cup chopped pecans (this is a minimum amount I usually addmore)1/4 cup margarine1/2 tsp ground cinnamon4 large uncooked sweet potatoes (should be about 2.5 lbs o sweet

potatoes)1/2 cup sugar1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract1 egg white5 oz at-ree evaporated milkcooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine irst ive ingredients in a smallbowl, stirring to orm a streusel. Set aside. Place potatoes in a Dutchoven; add water to cover. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and sim-mer 30 minutes or until very tender. Drain well; mash in a large bowl.Stir in 1 cup streusel, granulated sugar, vanilla, egg white, and milk.Spoon into a 2 quart casserole coated with cooking spray; top withremaining streusel. Bake at 350 degrees or 45 minutes. Yield: 8 serv-ings (3/4 cup serving size)

Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping from Cait Bodenbender


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Student Photo Poll Asks:Does Your Vote Matter?

Yes it does. I feel like even if thecandidate Ive chosen loses Ivestill tried to make a difference

-Allaysha Mohr, BLAS

No, in fact I was tempted not tovote.

-Kathy Adams, BLAS

Nationally no. But it does impactlocal elections in a big way.

- Sam Riley, BLAS

By Aaron GrafEditor-in-Chie

Yes, the vote is your voice. Itmight not help on the nationallevel. But for local governmentthe vote is very important.

-Matt Bohler, Business Management

How To Contact the Rivers Edge:Stop by the Rivers Edge office at the 60th street campus and leave a message.

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WQPpage 1

Even as plans or greater student andaculty involvement with the station aremade, having a reputable public television

broadcasting organization as one o its de-partments hasnt gone underutilized by theWIU-QC community.

With events like the annual SOE blockparty, which was able to develop a theme thatrelied on PBS childrens programming re-sources, and original programing like WIUPresents, an hour long show which eaturedgroups that preormed on the Macomb cam-pus, making opportunities or greater studentinteraction with the station is importantto the entire department. As well as beingon hand to record milestone moments likeground-breaking and acilities opening on

the Riverront campus.Mrs. Adams emphasized this saying,

Weve always elt that having as many realworld events or students as possible is key toour success as a partner with WIU.

Additionally a $500 scholarship is availableto all area students studying broadcasting,and in recent years two WIU students havebeen recipients.

As the area, and WIU itsel, becomes moreamiliar with the WQP/WIU partnershipmore can be accomplished, speaking aboutthis Mrs. Adams her experiences noting that,Weve had our people sitting next to people

rom Macomb and they are still surprised weexist, but that is simply a learning curve oreveryone. What is really interesting is therelationship that has ormed with the olkswe share the loor with here [60th street cam-pus], and one o the things that they alwaysmention is there is a lot o energy becausethere is always something going on. As theytalk to people we are sure that peoples aware-ness o our presence here will grow.


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Please note that the following announcement regarding the formation of a student

group whose mi ssion i s to provide support to the GLBT community at WIU has t he

full approval and support of the of t he s taff of the Rivers Edge.

here is a new student group in the works at the WIU-Q C campus.

he group seeks to bring together G LB students and the allies o

the GLB community together to provide support, discuss impor-

tant issues, and host events. While the group does not yet oicial ly

have a name, it is a student version o an already existing sta group.

he sta group, BRDGS (Building Respect or Diverse Genders and

Sexualities), was ormed in November 2011. According to Jacquelyn

Holan, Academic Advisor or the Bachelor o G eneral Studies, the

group is a small group o aculty and sta members who were inter-

ested in issues o G LB support, visibility and diversity on campus.

he group has developed since its i nception, and now has ormed

the mission o ostering an inclusive and sae environment or indi-

viduals w ith m ultiple a nd intersect ing sexual and gender ident it ies.

he sta BRDGS group has been busy, having sponsored a booth

at the 2012 PrideFest and held Sae Space raining on campus. he

WIU-QC campus also showed its support or GLB issues by host-

ing he Big Picture on uesday, October 30th. he Big Picture is a

photograph o students and sta who support diverse genders and

sexualities. BRDGS also cosp onsored Zach Wallss My wo Moms

lecture at Augustana this all.

he student group will host its irst me eting on uesday, December

4th rom 1:00pm-2:00pm in Room 212. he meeting will ocus on

the uture o the group and will be an open discussion o ideas or

objectives, a mission, and a group name. Anyone who is interested in

learning more is welcome to attend and enjoy the company o others

with similar interests, as well as some ree o od. he group is open

to members o the GLB community and straight allies, as well as

anyone who is just interested in learning more. Hayleigh Covella

is the Head o Organizational Development or the group and can

be reached via email at [email protected]. Jacquelyn Holan, the

sta adviser or the group, passes along this message: Ive volun-

teered to advise the student organization, so interested students can

contact me as well as Hayleigh. Im in oice 242 at the 60th Street

Building, or you can email me at [email protected] I you arent

interested in the organization and just need someone to talk to, Im

here, as is anyone with the Sae Space logo by their doors.

Student Group Forming to Support GLBT Community in the Quad CitiesBy Hayleigh CovellaSta Writer

IN CONCLUSION

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these people, and why are they smiling?

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