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GSA's International Night boomsBy Erik [email protected]

Global Student Associa- tion's (GSA) annual

International Night convo-cation had a good turn-out Tuesday.

Drums of Korea kicked off the event with the help of Ryoung-Ki Kim, Sun-Ah Huh, Bo-Young Yoon, and Hye-Young Lee. They gave a good pounding using traditional drums to play Samulnori, a Korean genre of percussion.

Although technical dif-ficulties postponed the sec-ond presentation on Swe Swe Htay's home country of Burma, the well-prepared for event continued on strong.

Htay riffed on the humor of the situation, asking "Is anyone from IT out there? We need your help." After an unsuccessful attempt to re-

solve the problem, Htay dove into her vocal performance of "Mawlint Chet Khamchae," with James Trazile on piano.

Other great highlights of convocation included the Sal-sa, Merengue, and Brazilian Axe dancing demonstrated by Margarita Barraza of Colum-bia and Janeth Diaz of Peru.

By far, the best vocalist performances of the night were the Malawi students, who sang their national anthem in har-mony during Charles Laini's presentation on the small African nation, as well during a final display in the night titled "Sounds of Malawi."

Nevertheless, some of the other dances were very unique and interesting to the crowd. The Nepali Lok Dohori (A Nepali folk dance) per-formed by Pratikshya Bhan-dari and Rajesh Joshi (both from Nepal, was amazingly

well-choreographed.And the great Kenyan

dance performed by Grace Jairo and Regina Oduor was something even the MC said he hadn't seen before.

Lakeland presents new parking proposalPecking order established for parking privileges

Every year, on-campus parking creates prob-

lems for students, staff, fac-ulty, and visitors alike. Every driver wants a parking space close to whichever building he or she has to enter.

Lakeland is proposing several changes to the current parking arrangements which would be implemented next year and will hopefully help alleviate those problems.

The proposal was given and public concerns were addressed at an informational meeting on March 30.

One prevalent complaint at the meeting was that parking rules are not enforced enough on campus. Even though the security department has a limited staff as well as limited funds and that the department has gone without a head of security for much of the semester, there have still been over 600 parking tickets given out since January.

That fact led one person to say that the penalty, generally only $15, must not be enough to prevent drivers from parking where they should not. More extreme measures have begun to be implemented such as booting and towing cars that are illegally parked.

Under this proposal, parking would be divided into three categories: blue for faculty and staff, yellow for the apartments, and red for general students. Blue permits will allow parking in any parking lot, yellow

permits will allow parking in yellow and red parking lots, and red permits will allow parking only in red parking lots.

Ashley Oleck, a junior commuter student who usually parks in Lot G said, “I think it will be more convenient for the students who live on campus because the parking spaces will be closer to where they live, but as a commuter, I don’t think it’s going to affect me.

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By Brittney SandbergCopy [email protected]

Lakeland International students share their cultural heritage

In the end, it was a good display of other cultures on Lakeland's diverse campus, and a well organized one at that.

Above: Pratikshya Bhandari and Rajesh Joshi introduce themselves before their performance of the Nepali Lok Dohori dance during International Night, Tuesday.

Map provided at informational parking meeting

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If you’ve driven on Highway 42 this week, you know

what an obstacle course it’s become. The new $4.4 million Sheboygan construction proj-ect will be rerouting drivers until September or November, sources say.

While local traffic can get around the first few bar-riers, Lakeland and Howard Grove affiliates will have be detoured to highways 32 and 23 to get anywhere near high-way 43 and Sheboygan.

The project adds two more roundabouts to 42, adding to

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the three rotaries which were constructed for the new Me-nards and Wal-Mart last fall.

For much of the Lakeland community, this proves to be

an inconvenience. Numerous students were late for classes as a result this week.

“I think it’s super incon-venient because I don’t know

Highway 42 construction poses problemsLakeland community inconvenienced by roundabout circus

my way around that much. I’m not from here,” said junior Khendal Andrews.

“I think that it is ridicu-lous to have five roundabouts in a row on a highway where you go 55 most of the way. I can name two other roads that could use roundabouts instead,” said senior Carlos Millan.

Due to the detour, it is now faster for the Lakeland to go to the Wal-Mart in Plym-outh off of highway 57 rather than the Wal-Mart on 42.

For those coming from Sheboygan to Lakeland, your best route to take is High-way 23 to Highway 32 into Howards grove.

Lakeland appoints new head of securityAnnette Gamache settles into Lakeland's community

Annette Gamache took the helm as new head of

security for Lakeland College, beginning last week.

Residence Life staff mem-bers agree that Gamache makes a great addition to Lakeland.

“I liked her scope of ex-perience,” said Jim Bajczyk, director of Residence Life. “She came in knowing that, at a college level, you have to treat people as somebody you have to work with day-to-day, and not just somebody you’re going to confront and not see again.”

“She seems to be a very caring person,” Bajczyk con-tinued. “She’s someone who can bring new initiatives to campus while caring for the students. It’s a unique com-bination, and I think she has it.”

Dean of Students and VP of Student Affairs Sandy Gib-bons-Volbrecht is also look-ing forward to working with Gamache.

“I’m just really happy she’s here,” said Gibbons-Vollbrecht. “She has a great background and a lot of good experience. I’m looking for-ward to what she’s going to do to make some changes to the

department.”Gamache has a master’s

degree in Public Relations and a master’s certificate in Law Enforcement Leadership and Management, both of which made her a well-qualified ap-plicant for this position. She also has an undergraduate degree in social work.

The application process for the head of security posi-tion required a résumé and a letter of intent. After accept-ing an application, applicants completed phone interviews and face-to-face interviews. When Gamache visited after her first face-to-face interview, she met with Sam Scharinger, assistant director of security, and Nate Dehne, director of admissions. Overall, the pro-cess took several months.

“I was a little apprehen-sive in the beginning,” said Gamache. “The phone inter-view was actually really hard for me, but it turned out re-ally well… but regardless of the position, there’s always a little bit of anticipation.”

After several visits and discussions with Resi-dence Life staff and security, Gamache feels like Lake-land and its staff promotes a healthy working environ-ment.

“This is going to be a really good working team,” Gamache

said. “That’s what I just really embraced, and that helped me make my decision.”

Gamache previously worked at Marquette Uni-versity in Milwaukee, Wis. as a sergeant, working second shift. She worked there for a little over eight years.

“It was an excellent job,” Gamache said, “but if I want-ed to further progress in my dreams and my goals, I need-ed to look elsewhere.”

There are many differ-ences between Lakeland and Marquette, but Gamache also saw similarities.

“Marquette is a very urban school located in the middle of the city,” Gamache said. “But as far as the similarities… the students are the same. You’ve got your happy students, and you’ve got your students who sometimes struggle.”

Aside from working at Marquette, Gamache also has experience in corrections, having worked for the Wash-ington County Sherriff ’s De-partment as a corrections of-ficer for four years.

“It was actually pretty fas-cinating,” said Gamache. “I’m a really big people person, re-gardless of where you come from… So, it was really in-teresting to watch… how the inmates interacted with each other and how they interact-

ed with staff. It was really a great learning experience.”

She also has a plethora of experience in social work, helping previous drug abusers with paying bills and getting assistance with food stamps. However, working with pa-tients with diminished capac-ities was an exhausting prac-tice, and Gamache decided to move on.

Prior to earning her mas-ter’s degree, Gamache worked as a chef. But when she had her daughter, Gamache decid-ed to return to school.

“I think what Marquette taught me is that I really enjoy the campus setting,” Gamache said. “For me, work-ing in the college setting, I’ve seen a lot of things… but you get a little bit of that law en-forcement edge, and you have so many positive interactions with the students. I think that’s what I really like.”

Her short term goals in-clude moving closer to Lake-land, as she currently lives about an hour from campus.

“I am thrilled to be here,” said Gamache. “Right now, for me… I’m just learning how things are done. I love being here, and I want to see what’s going on… and I want to hear what all the concerns are… that’s my goal.”

By Jessica LillieManaging [email protected]

After some delay, more LC Wi-Fi on the way

Starting in fall 2009, Lakeland’s wireless inter-

net service will cover all resi-dence halls.

Freshman history ma-jor and resident of Krueger Hall Stephani Rubsam said in reference to Krueger’s cur-rent wireless incapability, “It would be nice to have because then you wouldn’t have to be tied to your desk by your Eth-ernet cord.”

The service, Lakeland WLAN, presently covers the south side residence halls on the south side of campus, which are South Hall, the apartments, Grosshuesch Hall, and Muehlmeier Hall. The rest of campus will have access to wireless Internet next year.

“Wireless is going to be a lot more convenient than hav-ing to deal with cords laying all over the place,” freshman biochemistry major and Krue-ger resident Ashley Doran

said. “In theory, you can walk

around campus with your lap-top and stay connected to the Internet,” Lakeland Director of Information Technology Op-erations Larry Marcus said.

Once the campus-wide wireless service is in place, IT will conduct a survey aimed at eliminating any dead spots on campus.

“After the survey, we’ll be able to tell where the dead spots are,” said Marcus. “For example, if you’re sitting by

the pond you will be able to get wireless access, but [maybe you] can’t get access in front of Old Main. With this infor-mation, we can rearrange the access points so people on the steps of Old Main can get ac-cess.”

Because of the wireless upgrade, students will be asked to leave their wireless routers at home this fall. “If somebody plugs in their rout-er incorrectly, Lakeland’s en-tire wireless system could be messed up,” said Marcus.

Wireless network to blanket all residence halls on campusBy Danny SpatchekStaff [email protected]

Above: This is the end of the road for Howards Grove residents until September or November due to construction on highway 42. Two more roundabouts are being constructed.

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Betas hold "Lakeland Oscars"Beta Sigma Omega Fraternity held their annual Alumni reception in Bossard Hall, March 28. However, they added a slight twist to it this year, naming it the “Lakeland Oscars.” Beta members nominated excellent Lakeland students, faculty, and staff awards for their contributions to the Lakeland community, and left the final vote to the rest of the Lakeland community.

“We really wanted our alumni to see who was outstanding at Lakeland from everyone’s perspective,” said Kevin Strowder, vice president of Beta Sigma Omega Fraternity. The event was held around the time of other awards ceremonies on television.

Many students, faculty, and staff were invited to the event in Bossard Hall, where dinner was served and the award ceremony commenced. Over 80 people attended, and award winners were not told of their victories in the invitations.

There were six categories of awards as well as the Alpha and Beta of the year, the Alphas being Beta’s sister sorority.

Person of the year which included Mr. LC and Miss LC: Brandon Young and Samantha Vanden Plas

Athlete of the year (men’s and women’s) – KC Blahnik– Kendall Andrews

Coach of the year – Aaron Aanonsen

Staff member of the year – Sam Scharinger

Faculty member of the year – David Lynch

Alpha of the year – Kristina Meekins

Beta of the year – David Fayne III

Award of Excellence (and honorary member of Beta Sigma Omega Fraternity) – President Stephen Gould

Plaques and trophies were awarded to the winners, and will be displayed in the Campus Center soon.

Efforts of Lakeland students touch children in Malawi

“There is nothing as strong as the heart of a

volunteer. It was amazing just how the Lakeland community was willing to put a smile on Malawian orphans’ faces,” said Regina Oduor, member of the Lakeland College Service Group (LCSG).

When the first snowfall hit Lakeland College, mem-bers of LCSG started plan-ning for their fundraiser of the year with the theme “Dress a Child for Christ-mas.” The project was start-

ed with the aim of providing new clothes to the children supported by Mwlembe Com-munity Center, an orphan-age in Mangochi village in Malawi.

Moses Madzedze and Tamara Mabviko, seniors at Lakeland who come from Mangochi village, got LCSG in contact with the orphan-age. When the group ap-proached Moses and Tamara with their plans, they were touched that the club was willing to put in time and ef-fort during the last weeks of the semester to help people from their village.

Mwlembe Community

Center was established in 2007. The organization cur-rently houses 62 children, 32 girls and 30 boys. They have lost at least one parent to HIV/AIDS. “The village has a big problem in terms of orphans. Many parents have died due to HIV/AIDS, leaving many kids behind. These kids lack support in terms of basic necessities like food, clothing, and shel-ter. Mwlembe Orphanage provides care and support to these kids,” said Moses.

The nine active mem-bers of LCSG adopted the word-of-mouth and personal approach technique for their

parking for programs in the Wehr Center and the Bradley Building, either 24 or 40 parking spots in Lot H will be designated as staff and faculty parking. Those spots will therefore be open in the evenings when the events will be occurring.

Extra spaces in Lot B will be given to Muehlmeier residents starting with females. The reasoning is that Krueger residents will now be able to park in Lot J so that they do not have to walk from Lot H at night, and Lakeland does not want the female residents in Muehlmeier to have to walk from Lot D.

If this new proposal is implemented, it will hopefully prevent the abuse that occurs with the current parking system.

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Lakeland College Service Group raises $478 for Malawi children

By Kristen Van GasseStaff [email protected]

Spring Fling gives Lakeland a taste of culture

Throughout the week of March 30 to April 3,

Lakeland hosted Spring Fling for 2009, courtesy of LC-CAB.

The theme for this year was “Travel the World with Musko,” which gave students the opportunity to become familiar with the cultures of many different countries. One country was featured each day. There was themed food in Bossard Hall and evening entertainment almost every night.

“The goal of the event was to allow the Lakeland Col-lege community to experience different things from differ-ent cultures from around the world,” said senior Bridget Wiersema, Homecoming and Spring Fling coordinator for LC-CAB.

On Monday the featured country was Italy. Along with an Italian style lunch, the movie “Gladiator” was shown in Bossard.

On Tuesday, Muskies had the opportunity to experience a little bit of Jamaica at dinner and in the Pub, where Jamai-

can music was showcased with a performance by the Indika Reggae Band.

Sophomore Rachel Brooks said, “I thought [the reggae band] was really good. It was cool because they got the audi-ence into their music.”

The country of the day on Wednesday was Mexico. Be-sides a themed lunch, Salsa dance lessons were given in

the Pub. They were sponsored by Janeth Diaz and the Span-ish Club.

Junior Katie Kilton said, “I thought the Salsa dance les-sons was a good time. I learned some new interesting moves. You could tell the group [that was] dancing was really enjoy-ing itself.”

On Thursday the featured country was India. The only

Reggae bands, Irish food, and salsa dancing grace Lakeland

event was an Indian dinner.To wrap up the week,

Lakeland went to Ireland. Along with an Irish dinner there was traditional Irish music performed in the Pub by áthas, pronounced “AH-hiss.”

Junior Megan Chart said, “It was interesting to see a dif-ferent culture and how they performed their music. It was a good atmosphere.”

Above: Indika Reggae Band brought out the dancing of Lakeland students Tuesday during the Spring Fling.

Lakeland's campus crime reportCampus security reports dated from March through April

fundraiser. They approached various faculty and staff members who were very gen-erous with their donations. Family, friends, and rela-tives all chipped in as well. The goal of the project was to raise $620 so every child would be able to get a new outfit for Christmas.

The service group raised a sum of $478, which was handed to Moses, who had agreed to wire the money to the Mwlembe Community Center supervisor, Alfred Chikokota. This amount, when converted to Mala-

By Pratikshya BhandariContributing [email protected]

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HONORS BANQUET AWARds

"Lakeland Mirror" brings home three SPJ awards

“The Lakeland College Mirror” won three

awards in Region 6 of the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) 2008 Mark of Excellence competition.

“The Mirror” was recognized for these awards at the Mark of Excellence Luncheon in Bloomington, Minn. on March 28.

Junior Jessica Lillie

and junior J.D. Botana III took second place in the “Editorial Cartooning” category for three different political cartoons; senior Alex Marit took third place in “Feature Photography” for his homecoming photo of the cheese ball toss; and the entire Lakeland Mirror staff placed third for the “Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper” for three of its recent issues.

“I hadn’t taken very many photos this year, so I was thrilled when I was notified of the win,” said Marit.

“When I was told that I’d won an award for something in ‘the Mirror,’ I was stoked,” said Junior Jessica Lillie, Managing Editor. “I’m glad they recognized the value of

our political cartoons.”Lakeland College has

won SPJ’s Mark of Excellence awards every year since 2003. SPJ’s Region 6 includes newspapers from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In the 12 regions of the contest, over 3,600 entries were submitted. “The Mirror” may establish an SPJ chapter on Lakeland’s campus in the future.

“I am very proud of the entire “Lakeland Mirror” staff,” said Erik Hyrkas, “The Mirror’s” editor-in-chief. “Without their constant quality contributions, these awards would be fewer and further between.”

The Mirror also won two Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation

(WNA) awards last fall. Sports Editor, Brad Wilk and former Editor-in-Chief Lori Sass were given honorable mentions in the weekly news publication division of the WNA contest in their respective categories.

Wilk received his award in the category of sports reporting for his article on the Lakeland’s Men’s Volleyball team winning the national championship last April. Sass won hers in the category of “Graphics,” for her graphic exhibiting the effects of alcohol on the body.

WNA holds the contest annually, and former staff reporters Brian Moser and Corey Kempf won awards in 2006.

Above: Staff members J.D. Botana and Alex Marit, Managing Editor Jessica Lillie, and Editor-in-Chief Erik Hyrkas hold the clips for which they won awards in SPJ’s Mark of Excellence contest.

Lakeland's newspaper takes third for "Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper"ALEX GIESE/[email protected]

MALAWI FROM PAGE 3wian Kwacha was sufficient to provide a top and a bot-tom for each child. Since the goal was not met, shoes could only be provided for those who had lost both par-ents.

Chikokota said that he was grateful for the timely support because the area was experiencing hunger due to droughts. It was hard

for the community and the orphanage to provide the kids with food and outfits for Christmas. On Christmas Day there was a big function where all the children were dressed in their new outfits, and refreshments were pro-vided for the kids as well. Government representa-tives were in attendance as well as members of the local press and community. While

addressing the crowd, the village chief thanked LCSG for the donation that en-abled the kids to celebrate Christmas in style.

At a time like this, the support from the service group came as a blessing. Chikokota reported that the orphanage has experienced a lot of problems. Right now they are using a building that is still under construc-

tion, and they do not have enough materials to finish it. Now, the community is asking people for any sup-port they can give to help them finish construction so they can provide a safe shel-ter for the children.

Tamara said, “The only word I can say is ‘Thank you.’ You exactly gave a Ma-lawian orphan what he or she wished God would pro-

vide on [Christmas Day]. Clothes, food, and above all love are what they needed. They wore [the clothes] with a smile of thankfulness and love, and they shall never forget this memorable mo-ment. They shall forever appreciate that at one time someone somewhere thought about them with such great love.”

Last night Lakeland host-ed the annual Lakeland

College Honors Convocation Banquet recognizing out-standing academic perfor-mance. Master of ceremonies Peter Sattler hosted the eve-ning. The Lakeland College Singers and Lakeland College Schilcutt Handbell Ensemble, under the direction of Janet Herrick, performed before and during the banquet. Adina Schwartz presented the distinguished Underkofler Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award to Dr. Charles Stockman, associate professor of resort management. Congratulations to the fol-lowing students, who were honored for their academic accomplishments last night, April 8, 2009, at the Lakeland College Honors Convocation Banquet.

2009 Edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and CollegesVesna Aboagye, Kathleen Blahnik, Joseph Botana, Elisabeth Daniels, Celine Elzinga, Ashley Falkenthal, Kristina Filipovic, Jessica Gagnon, Kasey Gussert, Joy Harvell, Martin Hobmeier, Matthew Holm, Jacob Horst, Swe Swe Htay, Hannah Lane, Jessica Lillie, Marc Meade, Sarah Neuman, Kimberly Nygard, Robert Pocket, Emily Rendall, Lori Sass, Markus Savaglio, Catherine Sims, Philip Sontag, Jesse VanCamp, Jenna Waite, Jaime Wichman, Brittany Wierzbach, Christopher Wray, Dale Yurs, and Rachel Zeman

2009 Outstanding Student AwardsStudent ServicesOutstanding International Student for Academic Achievement and Leadership – Se-Mi LeeBusiness AdministrationOutstanding Student in Accounting – Kimberly NygardOutstanding Student in International Business – Janeth Diaz NavarroOutstanding Student in Marketing – Joseph PassarelliOutstanding Student in Resort Management – Markus SavaglioOutstanding Upperclassman in Business Administration – Kyung-Jun AhnOutstanding Underclassman in Business Administration – Megan Kuhn

Creative ArtsOutstanding Student in Voice Performance and Pedagogy – Brittany WierzbachOutstanding Student in Piano Performance and Pedagogy – Andrea WagnerOutstanding Student in Music Education – April WasmerOutstanding Student in Student Publications – Carlos MillanOutstanding Theatre Student of the Year – Holly ZielinskiOutstanding Student in Writing – Kevin Fitchett

EducationOutstanding Student in Education – Tabitha WalsdorfHumanitiesOutstanding Student in English – Kevin FitchettOutstanding Student in Spanish – Yarixa Cruz

Natural ScienceOutstanding Students in Biology – Jenna Waite Outstanding Student in Biochemistry – Jessica GagnonOutstanding Senior in Chemistry – Amber KoenigOutstanding Student in Principles of Chemistry – Sean JohnsonOutstanding Student in Computer Science – Taro TezukaOutstanding Student in Fitness Studies and Sport Studies – Brent MillerOutstanding Student in Mathematics – Elisabeth Daniels

Social ScienceOutstanding Student in History – Martin HobmeierOutstanding Student in Nonprofit Organization Management – Rachel ZemanOutstanding Student in Political Science – Kelly MuckOutstanding Student in Psychology – Michaela HigginsOutstanding Student in Sociology – Joy Harvell

Senior Honors ProgramKevin FitchettJessica GagnonKasey GussertErik HyrkasDominique OldsMatthew RutlinShawn VoelzTabitha Walsdorf

Students receive awards for outstanding academic achievementDr. Charles Stockman wins Underkofler Outstanding Teacher Award

Dr. Charles Stockman, associate profes-sor of resort management, wins the Underkofler Award

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PHOTOOPINIONWhat do you think of the possible new parking layout?

Mike IvySports Studies

Senior

“That many people live in the apart-

ments?”

Erica BrownBusiness Management

Junior

“It’s more spread out, more organized.”

Justin MedardMarketing

Senior

“I don’t like this [pointing at the

proposed apartment parking].”

Isaac RobersonSociology/Criminal Jus-

tice /Religion minorSenior

“The change is very disappointing.”

Carlos MillanSpanish/History

Senior

“I like it as an up-perclassman, but I

think Muehlmeier is getting the shaft.”

Aaron SchmidtUndecided Freshman

“I don’t like the new plan.”

Kevin StrowderPsychology

Junior

“More upperclassmen have a car than Mue-hlmeier residents, so that’s appropriate.”

Afua PeprahBusiness Management

Senior

“I think that it’s too much trouble. Nobody is complaining, as far as I

know.”

Robby FriasUndecidedFreshman

“The change is det-rimental. Its effects remain to be seen.”

Ian JohansonComputer Science

Freshman

“Personally, I like the original plan more.”

With all of the volatility of the economy in the last

eighteen months or so, many people are pondering what their approach should be when it comes to investments. If you are like me, the thought may have crossed your mind once or twice, but then you say, “Well, I can’t afford to save, let alone invest any money right now, so who cares?” Any financial advi-sor would respond with, “You can’t afford not to save!”

James Kudek, associate pro-fessor of business administration, stresses the importance of saving. “The objective should be to live around fifteen to twenty-five per-cent below ones means,” Kudek says. “Start small, say $20 each week, and eventually build to the 15 to 25 percent mark.”

For the average college stu-dent $20 may seem like a lot, but by cutting out one night of eating out, or a night of drinking each week (I know that may be a stretch for some), you could be on your way to financial security. But first, Kudek advises, one needs to make a budget, which can be a daunting task in itself.

A budget is a plan that shows how much money one brings in over any period of time versus how much money one spends in that pe-riod of time.

First, figure out how much of your expenses are required (Cell phone, gas money, rent, etc.). Sec-ond, take your income, whether you are working, or if mom and dad oc-

casionally send cash, and subtract your expenses from it. Hopefully you have some money left over. That is called your disposable in-come, and you need to decide how you are going to use it.

The best thing to do would be to throw all of it into some kind of savings or investment account. But let’s be honest: we are college stu-dents. In many cases we are get-ting our first taste of freedom from the dictations of the rents, and we live in the middle of a cornfield. We need to have some fun, or we can potentially get bored.

So, how much should we be saving? The answer is different for everyone. If you can afford $20 a week like Kudek suggests, awesome; that will translate into $1,040 over the course of twelve months. If not, take half of your disposable income, and stash that.

Again, if you are like me, when you see extra money, you want to spend it. If that’s the case, it would be best to make savings part of your necessary expenses. Pay your-self first.

After working savings into your budget, it’s time to figure out what you are saving for. Setting a goal not only creates something tangible to work toward, but it will help determine what kind of ac-count you put your money into.

Associate Professor of Eco-nomics Adina Schwartz says de-termining whether you’re saving for the short or long term is key to good decision making.

If you are saving for the short term, options like a money market account (MMA) or a Certificate of Deposit (CD) are good choices.

A MMA is similar to a check-ing account. Account holders de-posit money in an account and use a check card to access the money. The rate of return on a money market account is typically higher than with a normal checking ac-count. The APY(average percent-age yielded)—essentially the rate of return—of MMAs found online at bankaholic.com ranged from .9 percent to 3.1 percent.

Despite the perks of MMAs, there are a few catches. They can be treated like checking accounts, but there are usually only a certain amount of transactions allotted per month before fees are assessed. Also, there are sometimes mini-mum balance requirements.

Redneckbank.com— “Where bankin’s funner” (Yes, it’s legit!)—was the bank with the highest APY (3.1 percent) and the lowest minimum deposit ($1). Other insti-tutions had minimums as high as $10,000.

Another short term savings option is purchasing a CD. It is an investment that is comparable to a savings account because it is prac-tically risk free since it is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, but CDs offer a higher rate of return.

When purchasing a CD, you decide on the length of the term: usually three months to five years. Once the CD matures—reaches the end of its term—the money can be withdrawn, or rolled over into another term. A CD often has a minimum purchase requirement, and there are penalties for early withdrawal.

Make sure you look for a bank

that has a grace period after the investment matures, so you can decide what to do with the money. If the owner doesn’t make a deci-sion as to what to do with the cash once the CD matures, it will often be automatically renewed, locking the owner into another term. Some banks will automatically renew a CD a much lower rate than the ini-tial percentage, so it’s important to do research when choosing a finan-cial institution.

If you are saving for the long term—like for retirement—IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) are great options. There are two main types of IRAs: Roth and tra-ditional. The differences between the two accounts are with how tax is paid on them. With a traditional IRA, taxes are paid when you with-draw the money at retirement, so the money invested is subtracted from your paychecks tax free. With a Roth IRA you pay taxes before de-positing in the account, so you pay income tax as usual, and you don’t have to worry about it when you retire.

If at age 18, you come into $4,000 and invest it in a Roth IRA with a return rate of six percent, when you reach the age of 60 your account balance—from that one de-posit—will be just shy of $50,000.

Now, if you annually contrib-ute another $4,000 dollars to your Roth IRA until you reach the age of 50—still assuming you have a six percent return—when you hit the age of 60, the balance will be almost $750,000. This would allow an annual withdrawal of $50,000 for the next 30 years, bringing you to the ripe-old-age of 90.

Now, change the age from 18 to 25 and run the same scenario ($4,000 to start and $4,000 each year until the age of 50). The end result drops considerably. At the age of 60, your balance would be $450,000, translating to about a $30,000 withdrawal per year for 30 years. You can create your own scenario if you Google “Roth IRA calculator.”

If you are more interested in investing and making money, as opposed to simply saving, look into opening a mutual fund (MF). There are thousands of different types, so some research would be advisable. Essentially, MFs are bunches of different types of invest-ments managed by one person.

Since MFs are spread over such a wide variety of investments (stocks, MMAs, bonds, or securi-ties), there is a lower likelihood of losing all of your money. The idea is that by diversifying (investing in a variety of things) one area’s poor return would not affect your invest-ment as severely as if you owned only the one type of stock.

Mutual funds are generally divided up into risk categories from very aggressive (more risky, with high return/loss potential) to conservative (generally safe, but with lower return/loss potential). There are thousands of different MFs to choose from, with just as many managers. Careful research is advised, and according to Kudek, a good place to start is with Morn-ingstar—an investment research company. You can review the lat-est copy of Morningstar’s report in the Esch library, or check out their Web site: morningstar.com.

By Ross DeRosierStaff [email protected]

Guidelines for saving them dolla’ bills

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Where in the world was Joe Botana?Botana teaches classes at Lakeland’s sister schoolBy Becky MeyerCopy [email protected]

Joe Botana, vice president of finance and CFO assis-

tant professor of business administration, returned to Lakeland College on Thurs., April 2, after a three week trip to China. Botana taught a business logistics class and an international trade class at Lakeland’s sis-ter school, the East China Institute of Technology, a school of 10,000 total stu-dents. Botana taught the classes in English to help the students better under-stand the language.

Botana was invited to teach in China, and after talking with President Ste-phen Gould, he accepted the offer. Gould said to Botana that he would like to see us “strengthen our relation-ship” with the school in Chi-na.

While in China, Botana said that he wanted to be careful that he didn’t say anything that could poten-tially be offensive or prob-lematic. During his stay, the G-20 summit occurred, a meeting of all the world leaders in the economy. Chi-na suggested that the U.S. dollar should be replaced by a global currency, and Bota-na said that he did not agree with this idea. He said that he explained to his students from an “economist busi-ness viewpoint…. ‘Here’s why maybe it doesn’t make much sense.’” Botana said that these things needed to

be said.“I was able to do that.

The students were very re-ceptive to it,” he said.

Over the past twenty years, China has changed drastically. Responding to a traditional student, Botana said, “When I was your age, China was still a commu-nist country.” Today China is open and receptive to the idea of free market econom-ics, when twenty years ago they “had no interest in free market capitalism.” Botana was teaching 130 Chinese students the same concepts that business students at Lakeland are learning.

Like in the United States, students in China worry about the economy, and their economy is even worse, because their busi-ness is “based on exports.” The students worry about the global economy and its impact in China. Botana said the students wonder, “‘Is the Chinese economy go-ing to recover?’”

Botana was able to do some sightseeing while in China, and he also ate au-thentic Chinese food. He said that the teaching assis-tant to Julia Yeng, a visiting scholar at Lakeland, took him sightseeing and shop-ping.

“The food is just deli-cious,” Botana said. Yeng’s teaching assistant was wor-ried that Botana wouldn’t be able to handle the spicy food, but he said, “I’m used to Mexican food; bring it on!” He said that none of the

food he had was too spicy for his tastes, and now Chinese food in America just isn’t the same when compared to au-thentic Chinese.

Botana went to see the Dragon Tiger Mountains, a natural preserve of where Taoism originated, and he said that they are somewhat similar to the Dells and the Garden of the Gods in Colo-rado Springs. They took riv-er boats, similar to gondolas, to a Buddhist temple, and they were able to see coffins of past rulers in the moun-tains, which was a burial tradition. The coffins were lifted up with ropes and placed in the mountains.

Apart from sightseeing, Botana also saw cultural differences between China and the United States just by simple observations.

“Most go around on bi-cycles,” he said. Not many people in China have their own cars, and none of Bot-ana’s students had cars. He said it was interesting to see people coming to school on a rainy day, riding their bikes while holding umbrellas.

When Botana was trav-eling back to the U.S., his flight from the Shanghai airport was going to be five hours late. Despite this set-back, Botana was optimis-tic.

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” he said.

Botana met some people on his flight who were from Argentina, and since Span-ish is Botana’s native lan-guage, they began conversing and decided to go sightsee-ing in Shanghai. They took a magna train, and Botana said the train was traveling at a speed of 431 km, or 270 mph. They walked five miles and went to Century Park, which is where the World’s Fair will be held next year. Botana said Shanghai is a very modern city and that it’s very beautiful.

Botana was asked to come back to China, and he will be traveling back dur-ing May term. He enjoys the people, who he described as “very open and receptive,” and “bright, hard-working people.”

“They want to be closer to us,” he said.

Next year for May term a trip to China will be of-fered, and Botana will try to make it as affordable as possible. The trip will be under $2,000 including air-fare, and students will be traveling to Shanghai and Beijing. The students will be conversation partners to the Chinese students and the fo-cus of study will be on estab-lishing a Chinese-American business relationship.

Above: Botana in China during his visit to Lakeland’s sister school.

Left: Students at Lakeland’s sister school in China smile for the camera.

Photos submitted by Joe Botana

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Lakeland bids farewell to Mark StoneComputer Science instructor’s time was well spentBy Alex Giese Opinions [email protected]

If you look around in the halls of the Chase science building

long enough, you will likely find a man walking around, doing his duties.

He is no ordinary man, how-ever. His name is Mark Stone.

With his short, stocky build, slight baldness and knack for wearing sports coats, his ap-pearance is a reflection of who he is: the head instructor of the computer science department at Lakeland College.

Although he has only been here for four years, he is leav-ing Lakeland in a continuation of his career in teaching in the field of computer science.

Originally from Whitewa-ter, Wis., Stone has held mul-tiple teaching and lecturer po-sitions across Wisconsin school districts and colleges, including Madison school district, Alver-no College, and UW Whitewa-ter. He was eventually hired by Lakeland in 2005 to fill the need for computer science instructors on campus.

“I chose Lakeland because its seems like they care. I really think they do,” Stone said about why he decided to start teach-ing in Lakeland.

On choosing his occupation in computer science teaching, Stone laughed and said, “It was pure luck that I ended up in the

computer science industry.”Stone juggles many factors

in his life. Not only is he an in-structor for Lakeland College; he is also raising a family and working on his Ph.d. disserta-tion for a degree in Computer Science.

He is no ordinary teacher, either. While many courses in-volve students listening and discussing with their instruc-

tor, Stone takes a more hands-on approach with his students. A typical class involves students tinkering with computer hard-ware and software alike with a degree of independence. Stone is always there to help out those in need, though.

By updating the computer science curriculum at Lakeland, he has brought many students in computer science invaluable

experiences.Stone is well-known for

his video games design cours-es. Introduced to the Lakeland curriculum in May of 2007, he was able to teach his class how to create video games with the freeware program Game Maker. The experience is worth more than what you might expect.

“The simple fact that you can say you made a video game looks really good on a resume and gives you a huge advantage over other competition in a job search,” Stone said.

The next May term offered an advanced course on game design using the DarkBASIC software. It proved to be much more difficult than the previ-ous course, since the program allows for three-dimensional design and a wider spectrum of possibilities. Nonetheless, he was able to rally his class into creating playable, well-designed games.

This semester he taught his video game design class for beginners, yielding similar suc-cessful results from the initial May term class.

One of the most memorable acts Stone has performed while at Lakeland did not involve video games. For his Computer Organization course, the class studied robotics and how com-puter hardware parts commu-nicate with each other. Groups of students assembled LEGO ro-

bots to do various tasks of their choosing, including navigating a maze, hitting balls with a base-ball bat appendage, and trans-porting objects.

He has left valuable impres-sions on the students that he has spent time with.

“He’s probably been the best influence on the Computer Science program since I’ve been here,” said senior Ramsay Craw-ford, who is taking his third game design class from Stone this May.

“He was a very nice and friendly person to me He loved to provide opportunities and in-formation to students,” said Dr. Chiachin Chang, assistant pro-fessor of mathematics.

When commenting on his time spent at Lakeland, Stone says, “I’ve met a lot of interesting people here. It’s been a very in-teresting time for me. I feel that it has been a privilege and honor to serve Lakeland College.”

Stone will remain at Lake-land until the end of May term this semester, teaching his ad-vanced video game design course with an emphasis on design and concepts, rather than program-ming.

Even though the time has come for Mark Stone to leave, it is certain that he has left his legacy here at Lakeland.

“It was a lot of fun working with you kids,” are Stone’s part-ing words to his students.

Lakeland’s first melting pot jam is a hitBy Yosuke ItoStaff [email protected]

On Friday April 3, Students mixed with

each other in a “melting pot” dinner gathering at the home of assistant profes-sor of psychology Dr. Alicia Helion. The Lakeland honors program hosted “Lakeland’s First Melting Pot Jam,” which aimed to establish mutual understanding between international and American students. In total, more than 60 students joined the party.

Even though Lakeland College is one of the most di-verse campuses in Wisconsin and there are opportunities for international students and domestic students to in-teract, students often create invisible barriers themselves and keep to their separate groups. The “Melting Pot Jam” smashed the barriers, bringing everyone together. Dr. Helion explained that the students sometimes just

need a trigger to get to know each other.

Helion said, “There are a lot of international students in my class, and I talked with all of my students in the beginning of this semes-ter.” She asked international students about their lives at Lakeland, and it gave her the idea to offer “Lakeland’s First Melting Pot Jam.”

International students benefit from opportunities to speak English with Ameri-can students. Junior Manami Morioka, a psychology major from LCJ (Lakeland College Japan), said, “I tried, but couldn’t understand what American students said in group discussion in the classes. It was really a frus-trating experience.”

American students, on the other hand, also wanted to know about other cultures and the ideas of interna-tional students. “Domestic students told me that they want to know more about Japanese students in class,” said Helion.

At the beginning of the party, there was an awkward atmosphere that surrounded the house. All of the interna-tional students got together with those of the same na-tionalities. As time went by, they gradually became fa-miliar with each other and many students mingled.

“This is a great chance to meet with other people,” said Aries Mcherewatta, a stu-dent from Malawi. Though their nationalities, cultures, and backgrounds are totally different, they proved that people actually can under-stand each other.

Several other professors also joined in the Melting Pot Jam. “This is good party. Nice to have so many inter-national students and Ameri-can students,” said Associate Professor of Resort Manage-ment Dr. Chuck Stockman.

“Next time, I hope the international students bring their own culture’s food,” said Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Elizabeth Stroot.

PHOTO FROM LAKELAND SPECTRUM

Monday, April 8 marked the first meeting

of the recently founded Mathematics Club, final-ly offering an organization for mathematics majors. Fourteen members attended the initial meeting.

The professors of the Mathematics curriculum, Drs. Majid Hosseni, Chia-Chin Chang, and Ronald Haas, decided that it was about time an organization was formed that represented the mathematics program.

Don’t think that members of this club will sit around and solve countless equa-tions every day. “Math club is whatever it is you want it be,” Hosseni explained as he guided the group through the first meeting.

Ambitions are many, but all will involve mathematics on some level. These include preparing club members for careers in mathematics, lis-tening to guest speakers, and

informing the common public about the usefulness of math-ematics. Also discussed was the inclusion of mathematics in movies and pop culture, such as the movie “21,” which involves taking advantage of the card game Blackjack us-ing mathematical methods..

Although the club was formed on Monday, they have already organized an integra-tion bee, which is all the rage and just as popular as spell-ing bees for those involved in mathematics. Prizes were offered for first and second prize winners, being a $100 gift card to Amazon.com and a $50 gift certificate to the campus bookstore, respec-tively.

Board members include President Grace Jairo, Vice President Dale Wieselman, Secretary Elizabeth Dan-iels, and Treasurer Whitney Diedrich.

“I thought it would be a good opportunity to get in-volved and experience math outside of class,” Jairo said about joining the club.

Mathematics club foundedBy Alex GieseOpinions [email protected]


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Camelot entertains audience

Lakeland College Choir tours

By Suguru TakebayashiStaff [email protected]

By Yosuke ItoStaff [email protected]

Lakeland College Theatre performs Camelot as its second musical in recent history

Choir visits churches in Illinois and Wisconsin to share their musical talents with others.

Camelot! Whether you know the story or not,

Camelot, performed at Lakeland College, was defi-nitely worth watching. It stuck in the audience’s minds indelibly.

Lakeland hosted the mu-sical “Camelot” in the Brad-ley Building four consecutive days from April 2 to 5. The story was originally produced in 1960. The music was com-posed by Frederick Loewe, and the book and lyrics were written by Alan Jay Lerner.

“Everyone is excited rath-er than nervous,” Charles Krebs, assistant professor of theater and speech and direc-

tor of “Camelot,” said the day before the show. “Many stu-dents have been in shows be-fore and are looking forward to performing not just to an empty theater but for an audi-ence.”

On April 2, the first date of the play, the auditorium filled up. Expectations were high. The actors and actresses had spent eight weeks preparing for this day.

The show commenced with proud fanfare and then a paired dance of young couples. From the start, it attracted the audience.

The story is about the con-flict between King Arthur and Knight Lancelot over Arthur’s wife, Guinevere. The contrast between the characteristics of

the two men

is the must-see of the play. King Arthur is so pessimistic and indecisive that he can’t even handle his wife well. In the early part, he doesn’t wear luxuries and looks like a slob. If you see him, you would say, “Is that really the king?” On the other hand, Lancelot is young, manly, alert, and good-looking. He falls in love - for-bidden love – with Guinevere. A knight of devotion to the monarch, Lancelot is torment-ed with the dilemma.

There is a lot to say about Lakeland’s “Camelot.” Every-thing was very professional. Needless to say, the singers were awesome. David Nesse, who played King Arthur, is a graduate student and a mem-ber of Sheboygan Symphony Chorus and Symphony Sing-ers. His powerful singing voice thrilled the audience.

What was also splendid about this play was the elabo-rate costumes made by Janet Herrick-Stuczynski, director of the college choirs. Every performer was in fabulous attire, and even the wizard’s

wand and the princess’s crown were quite detailed.

The music made the en-tire show unforgettable, too. The orchastra performed in the open pit just like they did for “Pippin” last year.

The massive tree placed in the middle of the stage looked overwhelming. I want-ed to know how they made it. Lights, dance, acting—seri-ously, everything about this musical deserves accolade. Sure enough, the audience gave a standing ovation at the end of the three-hour show.

Not only did Lakeland students appear in Camelot.; the cast included a couple of faculty and staff members, and even a professor’s son and a dog!

Rick Dodgson, assistant professor of history, played the wizard Merlin. He commented in the program, “What I like most about Lakeland is that we faculty have numerous op-portunities to get to know our students outside of the class-room.”

While practicing for the musical, every-

one learned the impor-tance of teamwork. “I hope it [Camelot ] will teach

them about collaboration,” said Krebs. “So much of life is about competition, but not everything in life is about be-ing number one. Working to-gether toward a common goal builds teamwork, and it’s good for students to learn how to encourage one another.”

Clarissa Dimel, a music and psychology major, played Arthur’s wife, Guinevere. She wrote in the brochure, “[E]ver since Charlie [Krebs] arrived at Lakeland the theatre has really taken off, and he brings such life and vibrancy to the acting world.”

Krebs is more than satis-fied with the show and praises his students.

“I am very proud of the performers,” Krebs said. “I’m inspired by how much they care, how hard they worked, how they took care of each other, and how they are will-ing to learn new things. I’m al-ways asking them to critique themselves and continue to improve by setting further learning goals. I always feel a show can improve.”

Since the founding of Lakeland, when it was

called “Mission House,” the music department has kept a tradition of representing and promoting the college during a tour by performing a choral service voluntarily. The main purpose of the tour is building the relations with the public.

The chorus consists of Lakeland students, and they sang songs including “Ameri-can Singing,” “I Am Not Yours,” and songs by Mozart, in churches in both Illinois and Wisconsin.

“We do it every year,” said Janet Herrick-Stuczynski, di-rector of the college choirs.

This year, the tour went from March 26 to the 29. It

was planned and set up by Dr. Rich Christensen. In total, 26 students and four adults par-ticipated in the tour. “Before we started our performance, He [Dr. Christensen] gave a speech about Lakeland,” said Nick Nelson, a sophomore writing major who joined the tour.

The choir performed in different churches Thursday,

Friday, and Saturday evening as well as Sunday morning. They were in Rock Island, Ill. on Thursday; Downers Grove, Ill. on Friday; Fond du Lac on Saturday; and Manitowoc on Sunday.

During the tour, the mem-bers of the chorus stayed in the homes of church members.

The historical beginning of Choir Tour dates back to

when the Mission House was just a men’s school. “The men traveled in the back of cov-ered pickup truck. It was very primitive,” said Herrick. In those days, the men were called troubadours. “We tour same as they did. Obviously we have better conditions. We take a bus,” laughed Herrick. The tour now includes female students too.

Below: Camelot’s colorful perfor-mance included a large cast of characters made up of Lakealnd’s faculty and student body, includ-ing graduate student David Neese. Magnificent sets and a high-energy cast made this one musical not to be missed. Photos by Carlos Millan

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RockstaR HoRoscopesMarch 21 - April 19 June 21 - July 22

In aerobics class, a small bird will fly into the building and decide to pick on you for no rea-son. Even though you are an animal lover, the only way to get this sucker to stop is to beat it up.

You will pick up an annoy-ing habit when shopping for vegetables in which you do that squeezing thing that experienced vegetable purchasers do to check the firmness of the produce.

Nothing should be done about that mys-terious knocking sound coming from above your bedroom, even though it affects your sleeping pattern. It’ll go away soon.

A favorite pair of vibrant colored socks that you thought you had lost will reappear in a strange place this week. Try pineapple on your pizza, it’s good.

If you find yourself outnumbered in a street fight, control your impulse to fight everyone at once. Don’t pick the one in pigtails, she’s vicious.

Listen to your neighbor complain for no more than seven minutes tops before claiming there is something you must urgently attend to. Just smile and wave good-bye.

While reading Harry Potter, you will be shocked to realize how much your life mimics Dumbledore’s. Static electric-ity will cause you to have one of the worst hair days EVER!

A large hat will remind you of past times and will lead you on an adventure of discovery that may not end until well into 2010. Flying bouncy balls may hit your soda can. Beware!

August 23 - September 22

September 23 - October 22

October 23 - November 21

November 22 - December 21

December 22 - January 19

January 20 - February 18

February 19 - March 20 Break bread into small

bite-sized pieces and throw them freely into the water around the birds, BUT NOT onto the ducks’ heads.

Games of chess and checkers may be post-poned this week by the interference of four legged animals, including squirrels. Seriously, they’ll come out of nowhere.

April 20- May 20

May 21 - June 20

By Nick Nelson Features Editor [email protected]

Upon hearing an Elton John song on a radio sta-tion you will decide to buy one of his albums. When opened, you find “Hannah Montana: The Movie” sound track instead.

Your eating habits must change. Grated cheese may be the only solution. Do not return calls from a person named Skippy until late into August. If you want a peaceful sum-mer, don’t call.

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Lazy man’s guide to job hunting Five easy ways to get your foot in the door and a paycheck with your name on it

By Erik HyrkasEditor-in-Chief

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Seniors have an unprec-edented job market waiting

for them on graduation day this year. With employment having declined by 2.6 million in the past four months (from March backward), it’s no doubt that competition for jobs is at DEF CON 5. Knowing where to look for employment and how to get your foot in the door (and in front of the other guy) are a valu-able skillS to have, especially if you have senioritus.

Thus, as a senior currently seeking employment, I thought I would throw out some rope with a list of ten job searching tips of my own. Note: All of these tools are free and take little to no ef-fort. In the end, it’s actually fun to look for a job. In fact, I do it to procrastinate on homework all the time.

1. Résumés: If you have never had your résumé cri-tiqued, it would be a good idea to do so. The people in the Ca-reer Development office would be happy to go over it with you. In fact, it’s part of their job. Take advantage of this service, which is free to Lakeland students. They will offer you suggestions to get it in tip-top shape for sub-mission. Contact Jessica Lam-brecht or Lisa Stephan to set up an appointment. Jess can go over your résumé while Lisa Stephan forwards you to some contacts in the Wisconsin area looking for employees in your field.

2. Cover letters: I con-sider making minor alterations to your master cover letter the most efficient and productive way to apply for jobs. You should have several cover letters writ-ten to fit each type of position you are applying for. If you’re applying for a broadcasting po-sition, explain a little bit about your job history in podcasting and media. You can leave out McDonald’s and your stint as a Wal-Mart greeter.

In other words, put down what fits. If you’re applying for an accountant position, explain how that internship at the bank taught you everything you need to know to do this job. You can fill in the blanks for the “Dear (insert HR representative),” “I found this job ad at…,” and “I’ve attached two podcasting clips

with my résumé” accordingly. Just make sure to proofread when you make these changes, or better yet, have a friend read it before you hit send.

3. The Internet: The In-

ternet is your best friend right now. You have an entire world of jobs at your finger tips thanks to Wi-Fi laptops. I wouldn’t bother wasting time walking around town to drop off your résumé unless there’s a Panera Bread with free Wi-fi nearby. Trekking around is fine for the average bartending and waitressing gig, but for the real deal salary posi-tions you’re shooting for, you’re better off surfing job sites and e-mailing your job materials.

Indeed.com is my favor-ite. This under-publicized site searches all job site listings, and it’s completely free. Search “producer” or “intern” in the keyword box in any part of the world you like. The best part about the site is that it saves your search history, so an hour later it might say “Accountant, Washington D.C. – 5 new jobs.”

It lists the newest job ads first. If you stick with it, you could apply to fifty jobs in one

day using the net, compared to maybe 20 on the street. Note: Don’t forget to search for jobs in Hawaii or even the Bahamas. You can make your tropical dreams come true.

4. Mock Interviews: Un-fortunately, dressing up and showing up fifteen minutes ear-ly for an interview is only step one to getting the job. Sure, you know you can walk the walk. But can you talk the talk? How do you answer questions like, “What are three of your weaker points?” “Why should I hire you?” “Have you ever had to resolve a conflict with a co-worker?” In-terviews can be cat-got-tongue disasters if you aren’t prepared. This is why Lambrecht does mock interviews with Lakeland students. She or another person will sit down with you to ask you standard interview questions.

Afterward, you get feed-

back on what you did well and what you can improve upon. I scheduled two mock interviews before a telephone interview

with a public relations firm last week.

As told by Lambrecht, in essence, an interview is a first date. It’s the first impression of you to the employer, and if you screw it up, there won’t be a second. So don’t bring up controversial topics, don’t stare at the table, don’t pick at your teeth, and God forbid, don’t an-swer your cell phone. Schedule the mock interview. It’s worth your while. My REAL interview went perfect after all of that preparation.

5. Do your research: You can apply to a thousand jobs without knowing what the businesses really do, but when it comes to the interview, you better know what they’re about. Ignorance might be blissful in some circumstances, but in pro-fessional ones, it makes you look truly lazy.

Even a five minute review of their Web site could tell you enough about the company to show the employer you are se-riously interested in the posi-tion. Knowing that a certain public relations firm got Anna Kournikova to do press for Adi-das’ Y-3 brand could be the one thing that puts you a notch above the other applicants for the position.

Please Note: I’ve gotten nu-merous interviews using these tactics. Happy hunting.

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Well, I’m graduating. That’s right—this is the

last time you’ll have to read me and my stupid jokes in the Fun House section of The Mirror. I hope you’re all as excited as I am.

To be com-pletely honest with myself, as well as you, faithful reader, I can’t believe this is finally hap-pening!

Honestly! I’m astounded that I ever made it this far. I feel like acting the way those crazies do on “The Price is Right” when the voice of the late Rod Roddy calls the contestant’s names. You re-member, back in the days of Barker.

But old, burnt-out game shows are neither here nor there, so on with my feelings toward graduation. Perhaps I can convey my emotions best

A graduate’s ginky goodbye

Straight from the John

By John SieglaffFun House [email protected]

through the inspirational words of the great Billy Madison:

“Well, what can I say—I graduated. It’s over. I did it. I know most of you are saying, ‘Hey, any idiot could do that.’…Well, it was tough for me, so BACK OFF!”

I suppose the reason I feel the need to defend myself so assertively is because—Damn! College IS TOUGH! Of course, Mr. Madison was speaking in regards to his high school graduation, as the story goes; but once again, neither game shows nor Billy Madison are either here or there.

As I look back on all the literal piles of work through which my college career has suffered me, I shudder, and cringe, and, yes…I cry a little. Softly.

But the work wasn’t all so bad. In fact, I’d say that the best lesson college has taught me is that nothing is free, and that the real, genuine sweat equity put into labor, establishes the value behind the labor’s production.

I guess that’s why I get a

lot of Cs. But now that the end

is so near, I’m beginning to discover with what tranquil release I have liberated myself and made peace with all that had once aggravated me so much about college life, which consisted of all the reading, all the writing, and all the…well…all the work!

As I reminisce of my college experience, I think my workload was always my biggest complaint. Besides that, college was a blast!

In fact, now that my time is just about done, I’m beginning to feel a bit institutionalized like the old librarian inmate, Brooks, from “The Shawshank Redemption.” Sometimes my confidence fails me and I think as Brooks did, that maybe I’m not ready to enter the “real world” just yet.

Actually—scratch that—I’m certain I’m not ready!

But don’t worry. Just because I don’t have any jobs lined up after college, no plans to fulfill, and—outside of skydiving and mastering the fine art of whaling—no

This is the end, for serious this timereal goals to conquer, it doesn’t mean I’ll share the same fate as Brooks.

It is my ambition to realize goals like these, which I intend to sprinkle about my life, allowing small adventures to take me wherever they may. And if those endeavors take me back to my parents’ house where I can mooch from my folks and stay for as long as I like, so be it.

I guess you could say it’s my plan to have no plan.

See, I don’t feel the need to map out my life from here ‘til judgment day; I want to live a much more organic life with a much more windblown style. And I’ll still wear my kilts with pride. If executed correctly, I’ll never worry or prepare for any potential prospects for the rest of my life.

As of right now, I’m doing pretty well at sticking to “the plan.” The only thing that I HAVE prepared myself for is graduation—and that’s only because the college made me order my tassel and mortarboard in advance.

In any case, don’t let

what I’ve said paint an incorrect picture. I wouldn’t actually feel perfectly fine just going back to live at home until one day when I’m old and married, yelling at my children wo are running rampant around my parents’ house and I finally say to myself,

“You know, Sieglaff…I think it’s time you hit the ol’ dusty trail.”

As little as I care about my prospects, I am confident that I’ll be at least mildly successful in whatever it is I end up doing, be it the skillful call of architecture or the desperate crawl to clean toilets at a truck stop.

In the meantime, until graduation day, I don’t plan on organizing or preparing for any career opportunities for my future. I’ve got to take things one step at a time, live each moment of life to its fullest capacity.

That way everything you do is sure to be a work of art. Hopefully, that showed in this column. If it did, don’t stop laughing.

If not, what do I care? I’m outta here.

Goodbye.

They’re right: there AIN’T no cure for the summertime bluesBy Alex GieseGoogle Editor

[email protected]

The majority of the population concurs –

summer is the best time of year. The long, warm days, the lengthy break from school and classes, beaches, camping, Disney World, carnivals... the list is endless! With all of this fun stuff, there’s definitely no time like the summer time... right?

WRONG.I hate summer. I am the

equivalent to Christmastime’s Grinch. Only I don’t live in a mountain, and my complexion is ghostly pasty as opposed to green. For every jolly summer activity, there’s a myriad of monstrosities that make the vernal solstice a miserable misfortune. You can tell I’m serious by my alliteration. Check it as I progress.

Your summer, just like every summer beforehand and after (though you may not realize it) is going to suck more than a black hole inside of a vacuum cleaner. Allow me to elaborate and expose you to the truth of summer:

Work will consume you. For most of us, summer vacation is as relaxing as a cactus backscratcher. A workday in July is far from any midsummer night’s dream, even if you take up a summer community play. If you are returning to college come September, you will need to acquire some funds for tuition. And you get that funding from... work. Are you feeling the agony of flipping burgers and filing papers day after day? Wasn’t summer vacation supposed to be a break from work?

Vacations are counter-productive. If you DO have the time to vacate, you know that extravagant planning is required to execute a

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A graduate’s ginky goodbyeWhy your summer is going to SUCKThey’re right: there AIN’T no cure for the summertime bluesBy Alex GieseGoogle Editor

[email protected]

Fond Farewell

The majority of the population concurs –

summer is the best time of year. The long, warm days, the lengthy break from school and classes, beaches, camping, Disney World, carnivals... the list is endless! With all of this fun stuff, there’s definitely no time like the summer time... right?

WRONG.I hate summer. I am the

equivalent to Christmastime’s Grinch. Only I don’t live in a mountain, and my complexion is ghostly pasty as opposed to green. For every jolly summer activity, there’s a myriad of monstrosities that make the vernal solstice a miserable misfortune. You can tell I’m serious by my alliteration. Check it as I progress.

Your summer, just like every summer beforehand and after (though you may not realize it) is going to suck more than a black hole inside of a vacuum cleaner. Allow me to elaborate and expose you to the truth of summer:

Work will consume you. For most of us, summer vacation is as relaxing as a cactus backscratcher. A workday in July is far from any midsummer night’s dream, even if you take up a summer community play. If you are returning to college come September, you will need to acquire some funds for tuition. And you get that funding from... work. Are you feeling the agony of flipping burgers and filing papers day after day? Wasn’t summer vacation supposed to be a break from work?

Vacations are counter-productive. If you DO have the time to vacate, you know that extravagant planning is required to execute a

successful excursion. And money. Money you probably don’t have. No matter where you’re going, whether it be up north, down south, a lakeside cabin or Disney Land— chaos will ensue. Did you know that National Lampoon’s Vacation was based on a true story? See that for reference.

In the end, your vacation, which was probably planned to relieve tension, will have accumulated more stress than a postal worker. By the time you get through the car troubles, screaming children, stolen/lost property, and jail time spent for malevolent machinations, you’re going to need another vacation from your vacation. And your stress will continue inflating like our nation’s debt. Speaking of debt...

Blockbusters bust your mind, but more so your wallet. Ahhh, the summer movie: a pinnacle of those three awful months. I adore the idea of spending one Hamilton to see explosions, gore, sex, drama, and talking animals (but for some reason never all of them at once). I love how my popcorn is as cheesy as the movie’s plot I’m watching. I also enjoy the ambience of beeping phones and pagers, and the subtle taps of texting.

But that stuff happens at every movie! What makes the summer movies stand out? It’s simple: Hollywood churns out the most typical (and vapid) movies. This summer, starting in May, one-third of the movies released will be sequels or based off an existing franchise. You may be excited for the fourth Terminator movie (released a generation after the original), but I find summer Hollywood movies dull and predictable. Here’s to more of the same!

Heat is dangerous. This means more than having your

skin peel like paint. While the sun is the source of all life and light, it’s also the drunken uncle of solar bodies: it keeps good company, but if you stick around too long, you or someone you know will end up hurt.

A c c o r d i n g to a report by the psychology division of the University of Iowa, hotter t e m p e r a t u r e s cause people to commit more crimes, especially those of a violent nature. It makes sense – considering that many of Earth’s most violent conflicts are in warm or hot climates, such as Colombia, Sudan, and the North Pole.

Whoever said that sunshine brings joy needs hot, steaming cup of reality.

And did I mention the sun-related illness known as melanoma?

Retention: that what you get isn’t necessarily what you take. Here is one of my biggest peeves about summer. Since you are no longer studying, you’re doing all sorts of nonproductive mind-numbing activities. All of that precious knowledge that you paid tens of thousands of dollars for erodes, leaving an empty canyon in your noggin. The following semester begins by relearning everything from before. Imagine the embarrassment of having to relearn what one and one make, or what is the capital of the United States (true stories, by the way; these actually happened to me).

See, long ago, people lived mainly on farms and rural areas. June, July, and Au-gust are the primary months for growing crops, so farm-ing families needed all the

help that they could get. For this reason, children were ex-cused from school to help with the farm work. That is where our “summer vacation” comes from. Today, many people live in urban communities, where there are no crops to grow. Thus, “summer vacation” is an obsolete concept that rav-ages our nation, and it should be abolished!!

If you excuse me, I have to don my disaster dressware

to defend myself for my distinguished declaration.

The most important reason why your summer is going to suck, though, is...

You have lost your childhood

fanaticism. Quick, hark back to your

childhood and relive your fondest summer moment.

Was it going to a carnival? Maybe you caught a fish while on a camping trip?

Or was it a summer romance? Regardless, it’s

these memories that probably make you enjoy summer the most.

The bad news is you will likely never be able to relive

those tender moments. I have a theory that everyone enjoys summer because they are trying to relive their childhood. Even if you go to a carnival or a campsite again, doing it the second time around is far more daunting and exasperating. Add children, and the task becomes Herculean. The troublesome part is the kids’ Tabula Rasa are being filled with summer fondness, continuing the cycle. And that is as sucky as you can get.

Maybe I’m being a curmudgeon, but you can see my distaste for the season.

Now you know your vacation, or lack thereof, is going to be a horrible experience, as will every summer after that. However, you should count your blessings – I’m not coming back to Lakeland in the fall. They’re calling me out on this weird thing called gredrutation, which I think is their way of saying “We don’t want you here anymore; make like a tree and get outta here!”

If you ask me, that’s a recipe for the worst summer ever.

Down1. Translation: God be with you

(English)2. French for “have a pleasant trip”

3. Hawaiian for both hello and goodbye

4. Slang colloquialism for “see you later”

5. Italian for “Until we meet again;” as well as “goodbye for the present”

7. A wish of well-being at parting

9. A well wish to one embarking upon a journey

11. “I commend you to God;” Spanish translation

13. To wish farewell in French

Across4. Hebrew for ‘peace’

6. An informal parting salutation; “til we meet again”

8. “Goodbye” in Italian

10. A Japanese acknowledgment of parting

11. German for “Until we meet again”

12. Goodbye and good luck (also a cereal title)

13. Until we see each other again (French)

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Chase and Eddie

Double 0-71 By J ‘Razzmatazz’ D Botana Staff Reporter [email protected]

By John ‘the sloth’ Sieglaff Fun House Editor [email protected]

Cori and Teak By Lillie Lemon Managing Editor [email protected]

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The Lakeland men’s tennis team won its first match

of the season recently, and the Muskies are working on improving now that they are in the conference part of their schedule.

Lakeland is 1-1 in the Northern Athletics Confer-ence with a 8-1 win over Wis-consin Lutheran and a 8-1 loss to Concordia University Chicago.

Head coach Doron Green

said while he has seen im-provement this season, he is looking for more from his players, and he planned on making some changes to the team’s lineup this week.

“I think we are playing better than we have been, but we are not playing up to our potential,” Green said. “We had several opportunities in Saturday’s match against Concordia and we were unable to capitalize on those opportu-nities and win the matches.

“So although we’re bet-ter, we’re keeping opponents

Since coming back from their sunny trip to Tucson,

Ariz., over spring break, the Lakeland College soft-ball team has been rolling, extending its winning streak to seven games with dou-bleheader sweeps of Marian College and Dominican University.

“We won the games we needed to win,” said head coach Chad Buchmann. “Marian was picked ahead of us in the pre-season poll.”

Leading the way at the dish of late is sophomore third baseman Sam Shep-eck.

Over the last four games, Shepeck has gone 7 for 10 with two walks, and five runs batted in. Shepeck also con-tributed in a big way against Marian as she hit a three-run home run to left-center field in one game of the double header, and a game-winning RBI single in the other.

Shepeck credits her success at the plate to the knowledge Buchmann gives her while he coaches her from the third-base box dur-ing her at-bats.

Junior K.C. Blahnik has also kept the scorekeeper busy as she hit two home runs this past weekend, with one being hit in the leadoff role. She is currently leading the team in hits with 16 and runs with 13.

The team is swinging the aluminum very well, hit-ting.306 as a team with 26 doubles and nine triples.

In the last five games, the Muskies have accomplished one of their team goals by scoring first, and Lakeland is also limiting its errors, ac-cording to Buchmann.

Mother Nature can’t slow MuskiesSoftball teamenjoys quick startdespite weatherBy Jake FriasStaff [email protected]

On the mound, the team is lead by junior pitcher Sara Roberts.

“She is 7-3 right now,” said Buchmann. “She hasn’t walked too many people which is always the key.”

Helping Roberts in the bullpen is junior Cassie Fel-ton. According to Buchmann, both Roberts and Felton did a great job in keeping bat-ters off balance in the wins against Dominican.

Sitting at 9-5 right now, the team has a little bit of a cushion under their overall record thanks to the good showing in Arizona accord-ing to Buchmann. With the weather in Sheboygan be-

ing uncooperative lately, the team will be forced to squeeze 26 games into one month.

“It’s difficult to get in a groove when we’re not play-ing every day,” said Buch-mann, “It’s a different season this year. It’s just not an easy flow.”

Weather permitting, the team will play its next game today at home against Con-cordia, Wis., starting at 3 p.m.

“The major thing is that we can’t play too high and we can’t play too down,” said Bu-chmann. “If we can get into a groove and get good weather and some fans, it will be awe-some.”

JEFF KERNEN PHOTOGRAPHY

Above: Sam Shepek has been leading the Muskies on offense. Below: Cassie Felton has provided depth for Lakeland’s pitching staff this year.

Tennis begins NAC play strongBy Brad WilkStaff [email protected]

out there longer, we have not been able to close out the close matches.”

No. 1 singles player Andre Glass is 5-3 through his first eight matches (2-0 in confer-ence), the same record he had at this time a year ago. Green said he expects Glass to be a big favorite in his remaining matches this season.

Green has high hopes for what Lakeland can do against conference teams, but he said individual players need to work on finishing their match-es strong.

“What we need to do now, on an individual by individual basis, is figure out how each one of these guys can finish off their opponent,” Green said.

“In most cases we have taken early leads and we’ve been unable to finish them off, to put them away. Each player has their own way of doing it, but we need to figure out how they can finish off their oppo-nent when they have the op-portunity.”

Lakeland’s next home match is scheduled for April 18 at 9 a.m. Andre Glass


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Lakeland finished second in 2007 before winning the title last spring.

Since many players in Lakeland’s lineup were part of that experience last year, Schreiber said his team can use a lot of the experience from last year when they play this weekend.

“Rarely do any opponents play bad volleyball (at nation-als),” Schreiber said. “We had a couple scares in the opening round of 16 last year, so they are well aware that everyone plays their best volleyball at nationals. Whether they can be ready for it, we’ll see at the end of this week, but they know they have to be.”

Schreiber said it will be tough to know just how the Muskies are playing this weekend because each match can be so different.

“Last year on Thursday we played awful at points and dominated at points,” Schreiber said. “Friday should have been a tough day for us and we played incredible.

“Based on how we played Friday, we should have woke up Saturday ready to go, and we opened up with our worst match of the tournament and barely squeaked by, but then started rolling after that.”

The Muskies enter the national tournament with a proven offense, and Schreiber

said other areas of their game are coming around at the right time.

“I still continue to have a ton of faith in our offense so it’s going to be serve, serve re-ceive and blocking,” Schreiber said. “Our blocking is finally starting to become a strength. Our biggest improvement every year is how well we’ve blocked at the end of the sea-son, and it appears that we’re doing that again.

“Our serving and serve receive has got to give us a chance to win. It didn’t on Saturday night.”

Lakeland players won several awards at the confer-ence tournament this past weekend.

Senior captain Joe Julkowski (Carol Stream, Ill.) was named the conference's Most Valuable Player and made the All-Tournament team. The 6-foot-4 outside hitter finished as the WVC leader in kills per set.

Freshmen Mitch Wiskirch-en (Schaumburg, Ill.) and An-drew Cheever (Milwaukee, Wis.), the conference's leader in digs per set, were named to the All-Freshman team. Wiskirchen was also named to the league's first team and was an All-Tournament selec-tion, while Cheever received honorable mention all-confer-ence recognition.

Grad student Avdo Omer-

begovic (Chicago, Ill.), who finished as the conference leader in blocks per set, re-ceived first team all-WVC ac-colades.

Chris Gornik, a Lakeland volleyball star from 2002-05, became the second Lakeland player inducted into the WVC Hall of Fame. He was one of several other players induct-ed into the Hall during con-ference tournament weekend.

Schreiber said Gornik be-came a “conference icon” when he successfully started using the slide attack, which had been used by the Lakeland women’s volleyball team, as a weapon in the men’s game. He led the conference in hit-ting percentage as a senior, and other teams started using the slide.

“When Chris came in he didn’t have the fastest arm that a middle needs to be of-fensively diverse,” Schreiber said. “I put him in practice running that slide attack to see how he would do at it. Even though it was a women’s play, I didn’t see why it wouldn’t work in a men’s game.

“He just mastered it. Chris was really ridiculed for running it at first, but when teams couldn’t stop it, they started running it. Now you’re even seeing it at the Division I varsity level, and for the first time this year two teams in the Olympics used it.”

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Above: Senior Joe Julkowski was named Wisconsin Volleyball Conference Most Valuable Player this season.

MVP of the IssueLee Chepil, Pitcher, Baseball team

On April 4, history was made on the baseball dia-

mond for Lakeland College as Lee “Lumberjack” Chepil took the mound for what would be a game that would never be forgotten. Even the fact that he had to borrow someone’s glove – he forgot his own – wasn’t going to ruin this day.

In a seven-inning, 18-0 win over Maranatha Baptist, Chepil retired all 21 batters he faced, while striking out eight and not allowing a sin-gle batter to reach base to put him in the record books as the only pitcher in Lakeland his-tory to ever throw a perfect game.

“We have had four no-hitters before, but this was the first perfect game and it was just awesome,” said head coach Chris Thousand. “He did exactly what he needed to do, and the defense did exact-ly what it needed to do.”

“I was kind of relieved it was over,” said Chepil. “Words just can’t describe it.”

Following the final out of the game, the team stormed the field, according to Thou-sand.

Thousand also added that Chepil wasn’t even aware that it was a perfect game until the end.

“I knew I was throwing a no-hitter, but I didn’t real-ize it was a perfect game until the fifth or sixth inning,” said Chepil.

By Jake FriasStaff [email protected]

This is not Lee’s first date with no-hit pitching, howev-er. Chepil threw a no-hitter during his high school years, but this was his first perfect game.

“He still hasn’t reached his full potential yet, which is amazing to say,” said Thou-sand.

According to Chepil, this season has been a little differ-ent from the start from a mo-tivational standpoint.

“The last two years, I haven’t really been success-ful and I haven’t really lived up to my expectations,” said Chepil.

“Now, the team says they expect nothing less from me [every time I pitch],” said Chepil, jokingly.

With this performance, Chepil earned the Northern Athletic Conference Player of the Week award for the week of March 30 through April 5. He was on fire the whole week as he posted a 1.08 era and struck out 12 batters during 8.1 innings in two appear-ances.

“He’s one of the hardest workers on the team,” said Thousand. “If he keeps work-ing hard, he’ll do just fine.”

Exercise is medicine

As a spokesperson for Lakeland’s Introduction to

Fitness Programming course, I would like to emphasis that “Exercise is Medicine”. No matter what type of activi-ties you love doing, whether it is gardening, cycling, golf-ing, or lifting weights, all of these are considered physical activities.

The main goal of our class is getting more people on campus and in the commu-nity educated and more ac-tive. There are many reasons people should stay active, and doing so benefits a person in everyday life.

Throughout April and May, our class will be sitting in the cafeteria during lunch hours providing information to students and faculty about things they can do to stay ac-tive.

We are not asking every-one to run five miles; we are just reminding people that

By Kristie HeeseContributing [email protected]

little activities throughout the day can help a person live a longer, healthier life.

Remember, “Exercise is Medicine”, and no weight loss pill can replace exercise. Exer-cise itself is the true medicine, because it not only helps pre-vent disease, but it also helps overcome disease as well.

Every person should want to exercise, no matter what type of activity it is. It’s ben-eficial and fun all at the same time.

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PerfectBy Danny SpatchekStaff [email protected]

Junior pitcher’s gem makes history


Lee Chepil forgot his own glove, but that didn’t stop

the junior pitcher from tossing the best game of his career.

Chepil threw what is be-lieved to be the first perfect game in Lakeland baseball history, retiring 21 consecutive Maranatha Baptist hitters en route to an 18-0 win shortened by the 10-run-rule on Satur-day afternoon in Watertown, Wis.

The game was the first in a doubleheader swept by the Muskies, now 4-2 in Northern Athletics Conference play.

Chepil’s teammates ig-nored him in the game’s final innings, a tradition when a pitcher has a no-hitter going. Chepil was unable to contact his parents after the game to inform them of the accom-plishment.

Chepil, who struck out eight Crusader batters in the game, was ecstatic following his second win of the season.

“I don’t know how to de-scribe it,” said Chepil. “I was nervous because the guys weren’t talking to me at the end, so I had to seek them out to talk to someone.

“It was crazy when it was over … there was so much ela-tion and it was just unbeliev-able. This ranks at the top of my career.”

Chepil said he first real-ized that he was throwing a perfect game in the sixth.

“I knew I was throwing a no-hitter, but I didn’t realize it was a perfect game,” Chepil said. “I tried not to think about it.”

Lakeland coach Chris Thousand, who has now been a part of three no-hitters as a player and a coach, ranked Chepil’s perfect game along-side his other experiences.

“Lee had great location on his fastball and it was over-powering at times,” Thousand said. “Everyone was on their cell phones calling everyone they knew because they knew they had been a part of some-thing great.

“I wanted to allow the players to celebrate because a situation like that is such a rarity,” Thousand added.

A total of 13 Muskie hits gave Chepil run support to spare. Sophomore shortstop Brad Young led Lakeland with four hits, two runs, and an RBI. Every Lakeland batter recorded at least one hit.

In the second game, Lake-land used a three-run eighth inning sparked by hits from sophomore second baseman Ryan Polizzi and freshman left fielder Mike Huber to over-come a 1-0 deficit en route to a 3-1 win.

Thousand commented on the pair’s performances.

“Ryan’s double to left-cen-ter scored our first run,” Thou-sand said. “He had a lot of con-fidence in his swing all day.

“Mike didn’t start, but en-tered the game and immedi-ately had a clutch hit. He’s a

guy who loves to hit in those situations.”

The Muskies stranded 14 runners during the game, but the combination of freshman starter Garret Morris and sophomore reliever Jeremy

Williams gave up just three Maranatha Baptist hits.

“Garret started his second game of the season and threw the ball well,” Thousand said. “Jeremy has been throwing great all year for us and he

Above: Junior Lee Chepil, shown here from last season, threw a perfect game this past weekend for the Muskies.

After finishing in sec-ond place in the major

tournaments in which they have played this season, the Lakeland men’s volleyball team is hoping to finish first this weekend at the biggest tournament of the year – the NIRSA National Volleyball Championships.

The Muskies head to Kansas City, Mo. as the de-fending national champions and ranked No. 4 in the na-tion this season. Lakeland has had a strong showing in tournaments all season with second-place finishes in the Hoosier-Illini Classic, the Midwest 10 Tournament, the MIVA Championships and the Wisconsin Volleyball Con-ference Tournament this past weekend.

Lakeland head coach Chad Schreiber said while the

came in down 1-0 and threw great again.

“Overall, the pitching was great on Saturday. The defense was great behind our pitchers and we gave up three hits in two games,” Thousand said.

Men head to nationals

Above: Volleyball head coach Chad Schreiber and the Muskies are playing for their second national title this weekend in Kansas City, Mo.

Muskies’ finish at these tour-naments has been the same, each situation has been very different.

“In the Hoosier-Illini we ran out of gas,” Schreiber said. “We spent a lot of ener-gy getting to that match and didn’t have enough energy in that match. Missouri had fresher legs than we did, and at the end of the match we got tired.

“The MIVA champion-ships, we just played a team better (Illinois) than us at that time. We were fortu-nate to play them as close as we did considering we were not at their level yet. That was our first match we got to their level and still came up short by two points in the two games.”

This past weekend, Lake-land lost to UW-Oshkosh, the WVC champion this season, after beating Oshkosh on Fri-day night in the completion of

regular season play. Oshkosh beat Lakeland on Saturday to win the tournament cham-pionship, and the two teams shared the regular season WVC title with identical 13-1 records.

“This weekend is the first disappointing one,” Schreiber said. “We needed to play bet-ter. We missed a bunch of serves and just faltered with some mental lapses.

“This was the first time we lost in the final to a team because we didn’t compete, so this was the most disappoint-ing one of all. We handled Oshkosh on Friday night in a match where we kept them from being competitive. We kept ourselves from being competitive on Saturday.”

History is somewhat on the side of Lakeland this weekend at nationals because the WVC has produced the last four national champions.

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By Brad WilkStaff [email protected]


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