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Wake up Cameron Dobbs

Chad MottDerek Robertson

Haley KemperDeborah Dennert

Lydia Oetker

STAGE MANAGER DANIEL WILLIAMS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MEAGAN WALLACE

WRITTEN BY STEPHAN PEIRICK

DIRECTED BY KEITH OLIVER

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NEWS2February 7, 2013

This semester emails from STLCC Discount have been finding their way into student email accounts enticing students with ads stating 90 percent to 95 percent off of textbooks, 65 percent off bartending courses and several other offers.

“Those emails are spam, and not from anybody working for St. Louis Community College,” said Craig Klimczak, Vice Chancellor for Technology and Educational Support Services.

This kind of spam is nothing new to Klimczak and Khouloud Hawasli, Manager for Electronic Communication and System Integration Technology and Educational Support Services because STLCC has been victim of many phishing attacks.

“93 percent of outside emails coming to student accounts are spam,”

Hawasli said. “We try our best to block them all.”

The IT at STLCC filters spam emails after faculty and/or Campus Life have reported them. According to Klimczak, certain websites which appeal to college students tend to request a college directory, filled with student’s email addresses, which is where the spammer gets the emails. Most of the spam emails come from outside the U.S., said Klimczak.

“I though they were from the school,” said Brittany schuff, student.

Schuff thought that the emails were from the school, but never opened them.

“They never caught my interest,” Schuff said.

The IT at Meramec are currently investigating the emails.

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SPIEFY, Students Preparing Interesting Events For You, is the newly established events council at STLCC – Meramec replacing the functions of the former Student Activities Council. Meramec student Anna Pratt has been chosen to be the first chairperson of SPIEFY.

“This semester we have already had the Club Days and will be having a Psychic Fair and a lot of other things,” Pratt said.

Pratt was quick to explain the origins of SPIEFY and that any student can join.

“SPIEFY meets every Thursday at 2 p.m. upstairs in the Student Center in the Club Room. Anyone can join SPIEFY. It is an off shoot of the Student Governance Council and you do not need to be a member of another group to join. Anyone who has an interest in events is welcome to join SPIEFY,” Pratt said.

This semester SPIEFY is interested in bringing back ‘Formal Friday’ or ‘Tacky

Tuesday,’ there is also interest in hosting Hula Hoop contests and a Dive-In Movie, where students are welcome to watch a movie while in the pool.

“This semester we already have around five events planned.” Pratt added.

The planned events include Evening Student Appreciation where pizza is offered for all the evening students. Club Days, Psychic Fair, and for the warmer months a Strawberry Social and an Ice Cream Social.

“SPIEFY is a fun and interesting organization, definitely friendly and outgoing and the best part is creating these events for the school and planning and making flyers and just having a good time with friends and my fellow colleagues. It is just a fun environment to be in,” said student member of SPIEFY, Zy Faulkingham.

Check SPIEFY out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SpiefyMeramec

Students form new activity group ‘SPIEFY’

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NEWSFebruary 7, 2013

On Jan. 28 Gov. Jay Nixon met with Missouri’s chancellors and college presidents to discuss the reversal of an $8.5 million higher education cut. STLCC-Meramec President George Wasson attended the meeting.

“The state has been collecting more taxes and sending out lessened refunds than anticipated, so they’ve got quite a bit of flexibility now in this year’s budget since it was based on those lower figures,” Wasson said. “We had been hoping that the governor would release that 1 percent withhold and we’re very happy to hear him proceed with those dollars.”

Wasson estimates STLCC will receive $400,000 from the reallocations of the higher education cuts.

“That’s not huge in the overall $165 million budget, but with funds being as tight as they’ve been, every dollar we receive from the state is well received,” Wasson said.

Wasson said a decrease in student

enrollment has had an effect on the budget in the past academic years.

“One of the issues we’ve faced here is the decline of enrollment, which has not just been here at the community college but also in many colleges across the country,” Wasson said. “We’ve got about $6 million

less coming in tuition revenues than we had anticipated. Whenever we have changes such as this on the revenue side that helps offset budgetary issues that we’ve been trying to take care of this year.”

During the meeting, Wasson said the governor outlined his plans for the budget

he would be submitting to the legislature this spring.

“He told us our core budget would be held the same, so that was very good news,” Wasson said. “We’d been experiencing cuts. For higher education, two and four yearcolleges and universities

he is proposing that $34 million be added to the budget and distributed based on performance funding.”

Wasson said the good news is that the core is going to stay the same and there will be some additional money available to colleges if the legislature passes his

budget. Wasson said ‘performance-funding’

is an evaluation process for community colleges which consists of five areas based on performance. Four areas are shared by each of the 12 community colleges and the fifth is an efficiency figure that is unique to each of the colleges.

Wasson said performance-funding areas consist of three-year graduation and transfer rate, math developmental college success, English developmental college success, license certification exam and budgeted revenue per credit hour completed.

Wasson said the additional funds will go into the STLCC general revenues.

“That will help us come closer to balancing our budget this year since we have our budgeted revenue and budgeted expenses which are budgeted the same. When revenue comes in more we have to hold down expenses or have some change in revenue that will offset that change.”

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Governor Nixon reverses $8.5 million cut to higher education

“That’s not huge in the overall $165 million budget, but with funds being as tight as they’ve been, every dollar we receive from the state is well received.”

George Wasson, STLCC-Meramec President

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Net Energy Blues

JOE MAKOTO OPINIONS EDITOR

A large number of stories have been written recently telling us about the miracles of hydrofracking and tar sands mining, and about how they would bring the United States back to energy security and possibly energy independence. Besides the evidence of tremendous amounts of environmental impact with both hydrofracking and tar sands mining, there is another problem. That is the issue of net energy, the energy left for the rest of society after accounting for the energy used to get the energy.

Drilling down a mile or more into the earth, often in remote areas, takes a tremendous amount of energy. Mining tar sands, mixing it with water, heating

both with natural gas until oil emerges, takes energy. The energy returned from oil recovered has to be greater than the energy used for it to make sense to society. Scientists have termed this Energy Returned Over Energy Invested, EROEI (pronounced E-Roy) for short. High EROEI hydrocarbon resources leave a lot of energy left for the rest of society; low EROEI resources cost everyone more.

What hydrofracking and the mining of tar sands really signal is that the era of the high EROEI hydrocarbon is over. We are now tapping resources left in the ground at an earlier date because, at that time, there was so much high EROEI oil

to be had. That high EROEI oil has now been depleted. The new fields are far in the deep ocean, requiring billion dollar ocean rigs to get to, or possibly in the Arctic, where weather and remoteness often take their toll.

In this context, hydrofracking and tar sands mining make sense. Once, they were too expensive to bother with, but after having depleted easy to get supplies, oil companies have made the calculation that these supplies are the best of what is left. As a society we should not take this as a good sign, but to adapt quickly to a more energy constrained future.

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Valentine’s Day storyThe transformation from high school

to college was no joke. I actually have to study … and read. I actually have to attend classes. I learned the hard way last semester. But, I put about 20 percent of the blame on myself and the rest on my high school.

I will admit, I may have missed a few classes and did not put forward 100 percent. The lessons I have learned are important enough that I will never do

them again though. I learned to never take a class earlier than 10 a.m. because it is physically impossible for me to get up. The other thing I learned is to not only attend classes, but also actually pay attention. I do take notes, but I feel like they are not effective notes; that I blame my high school.

I cannot remember learning how to effectively take notes in middle and high school. I just thought it was to scribble down random things that the teacher spit out. I think that is unfair because I talk to my friends from other high schools and they all remember learning how. When I was not doing well in my classes, only one of the teachers asked me if I needed any help.

Overall, I have had to take the initiative to get help with my note taking, and I have learned a lot. I just wished I knew the secrets of note taking so I would not be wasting my time this semester retaking a class. I am also attending all of my classes, which helps a lot. Even tough this is community college and I go home at the end of the day, it is still a big step to climb.

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MY FIRST SEMESTER

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Coming from a large Italian family, food has always been a center point in my life. During the holidays, tables would be piled with macaroni and

meatballs, creamy mashed potatoes,

beef, turkey, honey baked ham; plenty for a

second or third helping for everyone. On an individual

level, outside of my family, I have gone

from eating a little bit of everything, to anorexia, to v e g e t a r i a n i s m , and now to a monitored, balanced diet.

As someone who cooks most of

my food, eating out is a rare opportunity.

Therefore, I travel to only a few select

restaurants around my neighborhood and eat the same thing each time. To break out from this delicacy-deprived rut, I visited The Crow’s Nest to try some new options.

Not known to many outside the

area, The Crow’s Nest lay nestled

in a small strip on Manchester Road across from Maplewood Square.

Tucked into this little hole in the wall is a

bar that every punk rocker and hipster would enjoy: walls adorned with posters from The Who and pinups from the 1980s, pinball and

Pacman machines greet you as you

enter the door, and even the menus take

one back to a simpler time when needles touched vinyl –

the first time around.As someone who is under the

age of twenty-one, The Crow’s Nest was an extremely welcoming atmosphere. Whereas most bars are dark, dank and dirty, this place offered an inviting atmosphere to people of any age. This relaxed mood allows one to take a seat at a table either close to the bar or in the vicinity of the black and white movie projecting on the wall. There were plenty of menu options for those looking to satisfy a carnivorous appetite.

My order for the night consisted of a Black Angus cheeseburger, cooked to medium wellness and topped with provel cheese, peppercorn aioli, tobacco onions, lettuce and tomato all on a wheat bun with a side of waffle fries. The food arrived in a timely manner and the plate was dressed with great detail.

With so many burger places and bars around St. Louis, it is hard to find one that really distinguishes itself from the rest. The Crow’s Nest came close to reaching that higher echelon, but just fell short of the mark. The waffle fries were delicious and the burger was juicy and satisfied my appetite, but the lack of complex flavors depleted the experience and left a bland aftertaste.

However, the overall experience of The Crow’s Nest left me feeling quite satisfied. The atmosphere, the employees and the location will bring a diverse crowd in for a bite to eat or a drink with friends after work. Although the burger was not one of the best that I have had, the service and the atmosphere of The Crow’s Nest exceeded my expectation and will have me coming back to try either the fish and chips or a spaghetti dish called “spag and a ball.”

OPINIONSFebruary 7, 2013

GRETCHEN DANIELS COPY EDITOR

HE EATS / SHE EATSA vegan and a carnivore walk into a bar...

ALEX KENDALL MANAGING EDITOR

Despite the constant debate and drama that surround St. Louis sports teams — Pujols’ departure, the Ram’s stadium and the Blue’s season — there is a different arena that should be generating discussion: the St. Louis food scene.

When I moved here in 2007 I began navigating my way through gastronomic delights and failures as a vegetarian diner. My diet restrictions were not limiting, but rather allowed me to try foods I had never considered or desired previously. Now I take on a new challenge, and one that will certainly restrict my dining experiences: veganism.

With the introduction of vegetarian restaurants like Gokul and Frida’s deli, I absolutely have options, but what about when dining with my carnivorous friends?

Luckily, tucked away on Maplewood’s main strip among retail shops and various restaurants is The Crow’s Nest. This unassuming restaurant and bar would be easy to pass by without noticing, but it is worth the attention of the culinary-minded.

Early on a Saturday night, Alex and I met to evaluate the dining experience for two drastically different diets.

What one encounters at first sight may give a contrary idea of what this place is truely like. The space seems to have a hard edge; The Cure and David Bowie posters plaster the walls, while The White Stripes and The Runaways emit from the speakers and a motorcycle rests above the bar. Dark wood booths and the narrow arrangement of the building lend to a shadowy appearance — especially when coming inside directly from a sunny sidewalk.

However, the carefree atmosphere invites diners and drinkers to relax and forget about the trials that wait outside these four confining walls; this casual mood extends to the patio when weather permits. If one stops in solo for a meal or

drink, entertaining classic movies, such as “Sunset Boulevard,” project on the wall.

On this night, our server was the perfect combination of absent and attentive. There was no pressure to turn the table over, which is a wonderful benefit of dining at a bar. Unable to enjoy the taste of beer, I ordered a Strongbow hard cider, but they offer a range of beers from local microbreweries and the standard staples.

Finally, to the good stuff: the food. For all vegans, or even meat-eaters, who require a sinfully delicious treat, order The Crow’s Nest’s veggie burger. It is a combination of chickpeas, rice, vegetables and spices all fried into a mouthwatering patty topped with traditional fixings. Vegan sauces are available to replace their spicy remoulade that usually comes on the burger. St. Louis is home to numerous house-made veggies burgers, but this is one of the best.

As the burger begins to disappear, it does begin to fall apart somewhat, but my fork was close by to assure I ate every tasty scrap. To balance my plate, I ordered a salad, sans cheese, for my side.

Even if it is a trek to travel to Maplewood in order to visit The Crow’s Nest, it is worth every mile. This vegan diner is sold.

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Gretchen and Alex have different culinary perspectives, but both found something to

like at The Crow’s Nest.

INDEPTH6Feburary 7, 2013

Household remedies to eliminate even the thoughest problem spots, naturally. So here you are, College Star. You moved into your new apartment and are living the high life in your lipstick-stained t-shirt and wine-stained carpets. Too bad mom is not around to clean up your grass stains anymore. Oh, wait, there is a remedy for that. The following stain busters are safe, natural

ways to clean a mess, and guess what? They are all surprisingly afforable; you may have them lying around already.

1. Salt stain as soon as possible.2. Blot with a terry cloth.3. Cover entirely with club soda.4. Blot dry.5. Mix warm water with detergent and cover the stain.5. Blot dry and wash normally.

1. Mix one quart of water, 1/2 tsp. liquid dish detergent and one tbsp of white distilled vinegar.2. Cover stain with mixture.3. Blot dry and wash normally.

For lipstick stains try rubbing alcohol or baby wipes. Do not smudge; always blot.

1. Sponge the stain with alcohol and let air dry.2. Rinse with cool water.3. Work in liquid detergent.4. Rinse with cool water.5. Air dry and wash normally.

MAKE-UPGRASS WINE

KELLY GLUECK INDEPTH EDITOR

INDEPTHFebruary 7, 2013

Baking SodaBaking soda is non-toxic. Sure, eaten in large amounts it might make someone feel unpleasant, but it is not poisonous. It is multi-purpose. The suggestions in this list are only a few of the many ways that baking soda can be used as a household cleanser. Best of all, it is CHEAP! The cost of baking soda – especially when purchased in several pound large boxes – is far less than that of any other, specialized cleaning agent.

1. Relieves your roomates pit stains from your lucky white tee.

2. Use with water to clean porcelain surfaces like sinks, tubs and toliets. Good for the morning after.

3. Sprinkle over the grill after your annual BBQ blow-out and spray clean with water.

3. Pour down the drain and follow with a cup of distilled vinegar to unclog a stubborn drain.

4. Freshen up nearly anything by spinkling in smelly surfaces, like your roommate’s shoes for example.

5. Fun fact: if you put it on your windshield, it will repel rain.

LemonLemons are so much more than a colorful garnish. These little yellow citrus fruits have hundreds of practical applications around the house, from polishing wood to brightening laundry. The citric acid in lemons gives them powerful natural cleaning abilities, and they are useful for natural health and beauty, too. These five uses for lemons will cut back on your house cleaning expenses, eliminate unnecessary chemical cleaners and give your home a fresh, invigorating scent.

1. Lemon is one of the few household items to relieve residues such as nicotine and rust.

2. Clean almost any metal surface with lemon; stainless steel, chrome, copper and even brass. Try cleaning your earrings with it. Amazing.

3. Kill that gross Spaghettios smell by microwaving a cup 3/4 full of water with a couple tablespoons of lemon juice in the microwave. Heat to boiling. Do not open the door for another 10 minutes. Then just wipe away food particles with a clean cloth and dry.

4. Clean hard water stains on glass shower doors with half a lemon.

5. Remember Sun-In? It is essentially lemon juice. For natural highlights, give your hairdo a nice squeeze of lemon and soak up the sun.

Hydrogen Peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide is found in all living material.White blood cells naturally produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to fight bacteria and infections. It is found in the mother’s first milk, called colostrum, and is transferred to the baby to boost their immune system. Not only is it safe to wash fruits and veggies with it, but hydrogen peroxide is found in fruits and vegetables. Bottom line: this stuff defines healthy clean.

1. Hydrogen peroxide is the go to when that one guy busts his lip and uses your sheet to nurse his wound.

2. Even though pocket shirts are not what they used to be, there is that inevitable time when you forget your pen is in you back pocket. This stuff will take the blue out of your acid wash. You can also use hydrogen peroxide to set in dyes on the first wash.

3. Use this for quick tea and coffee slip-ups.

4. For the times when you roommate leaves his leftover chili in the crockpot, mix a little hydrogen peroxide and voila, clean pan.

5. Forget the expensive whiting kits from your dentist. Swish a little hydrogen peroxide in your mouth after brushing your teeth. It is even cheaper than Crest White Strips.

Household remedies to eliminate even the thoughest problem spots, naturally.

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So here you are, College Star. You moved into your new apartment and are living the high life in your lipstick-stained t-shirt and wine-stained carpets. Too bad mom is not around to clean up your grass stains anymore. Oh, wait, there is a remedy for that. The following stain busters are safe, natural

ways to clean a mess, and guess what? They are all surprisingly afforable; you may have them lying around already.

ART&LIFE8February 7, 2013

ALUMNI SHOWCASE IIfeaturing Neil Scheiter

Jason KoebelTimothy SkorniaJeremy Lampe

PHOTOS BY: TEGAN MAZUREK

Ceramic, sculpture, graphic design and architectual illustration created by STLCC-Meramec alumni.

“Industrial objects that have been abandoned and left

behind and then pulling life back into them.”

Jeremy Lampe

LAYOUT BY: LILLY HUXHOLD

ART&LIFEFebruary 7, 2013

Jason Koebel

Timothy Skornia Jeremy Lampe

Timothy Skornia

ART&LIFEFebruary 7, 2013

PHOTO BY: ALEX KENDALL

Wake Up Cameron DobbsCameron Dobbs (Chad Mott) had only one

wish for his 30th birthday: a quiet dinner with his brother, Owen (Derek Robertson), and sister-in-law, Abby (Haley Kemper). Mix in their overbearing mother (Deborah Dennert), a blind date with Abby’s coworker, Natalie Skoff (Lydia Oetker), and a dinner that Cameron cannot eat, Wake Up Cameron Dobbs will leave the audience in a fit of laughter while making a personal connection to each character.

Left: The cast (Left to Right Derek Robertson, Haley Kemper, Lydia Oetker, Chad Mott and Deborah Dennert) (Mid Left: Robertson and Kemper). (Mid Right: Robertson learns of Mott’s bad news) (Bot Left: Kemper, Dennert, and Robertson sit talking about Mott’s character “Cameron”) (Bot Right: Kemper and Robertson)

SHOW TIMES

PHOTO BY: ALEX KENDALL

PHOTO BY: TEGAN MAZUREK

PHOTO BY: JAKE SIMORKAPHOTO BY: TEGAN MAZUREK

Feb. 13 - 16 at 7:30 p.m.and

Feb. 17 at 2:00 p.m.

SPORTS12February 7, 2013

In the STLCC Archers first half of the season, prior to Winter Break, the basketball team went 12-1, with half of those wins coming against junior varsity (J.V.) teams. However, since the break and resuming basketball play in the New Year, the Archers have gone 5-6.

With regional opponents such as Three Rivers Community College and Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley coming away with home wins against STLCC, the Archers looked to take care of business on their home court. Finishing January with two victories against J.V. teams, the Archers started February off with a Groundhog Day win against regional opponent Wentworth Military Academy, 67-56.

“Our issue with this particular team is, ‘Can we take the next step,’” Archer Head Coach Randy Albrecht said. “We need more poise, more mental toughness. We don’t need more jumping, more quickness, more size and more depth. You can always be more skilled than we are, but our skills are good enough if we were mentally tough enough.”

With the victory against Wentworth, the Archers have turned a five-game losing skid in January into a three-game winning streak.

“I thought it was a fairly even game,” Albrecht said of the Wentworth bout. “I thought our bench was stronger than their bench and it probably was the difference in that game.”

The bench players against Wentworth combined for 28 points. All season long, Albrecht has kept the bench and starting lineup a revolving door, hoping he picks the right pieces of the puzzle for that day’s game.

“I think it depends on your team. At this level, you want to keep the competition for the positions going, and then you have to let guys have a chance to play,” Albrecht said. “Some of it is dictated by being late to practice, so maybe they don’t start. Or somebody’s in a shooting slump, so you take the pressure off of them and bring them in off of the bench. It’s about finding the right guy.”

“Finding the right guy” is something Albrecht has been able to do throughout his career, which expands across three decades. The mind inside of the 15th winningest men’s basketball coach in National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) history is full of organized statistics.

Before each game, Albrecht and his coaching staff set goals for their team. The numbers prove that if the team meet certain goals, theoretically, they come away with a win.

“It’s the things we want to do,” Albrecht said. “We want to shoot 50 percent on twos, over 33 percent on threes, 70 percent on our free throws. We want to keep below 12 turnovers. Then offensive rebounds, we want to get a third of our missed shots as a goal.”

Over the course of the season, the Archers’ field goal percentage sits just shy of 50 percent. However, in their win against Wentworth the Archers shot 35.9 percent from beyond the arc and just missed their 70 percent free throw shooting goal, hitting 68.8 percent from the line.

The Archers have out-rebounded their opponents, 1038-447 overall. Just on the offensive side, STLCC nearly ties their opponents’ rebounds total number, with 408.

While keeping an eye on the stats, Albrecht’s Archers have cracked the Top 20 in the NJCAA twice this season. The week of Jan. 8, the Archers ranked 11. Two weeks later, on Jan. 23, the Archers ranked 18.

With six games left in regular season, the Archers head toward the home stretch with four of their six games played on their own hardwood floor and two against J.V. teams. With eight of their ten January games on the road, Albrecht is looking forward to the upcoming home games.

“January we were on the road all [of] the time,” Albrecht said. “I’m tired of being on the road.

Reaching new heights

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY: HANS STEINERT

PHOTO BY: DAVID KLOECKENER

SPENCER GLEASON SPORTS EDITOR

STLCC Archer freshman forward Brandon Hannah leaps above Wentworth Military Academy defenders on Feb. 2. The Archers defeated the regional opponent, 67-56, for their first regional win this season.

STLCC Archer’s look to finish year strong