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Black History Month health fair proves fruitfulJoe IsraelSports Editor

The annual observance of Black History Month in the U.S., U.K. and Cana-da is about remembrance of important people in the African diaspora.

For many students and faculty at Lansing Com-munity College, the same ethos is still maintained with an emphasis on community.

LCC campus was exu-berant as the month-long

festivities kicked off Jan. 31 with a plethora of en-tertainment, guest speak-ers and a special guest performance by Lan-sing’s own recording art-ist, Taylor Taylor.

The positive vibes and uplifting energy made its way through the Gan-non Building Feb. 6. A health fair on the second and third floor served students’ needs with an emphasis on not only the state of African-Ameri-cans’ health, but every-

body who inquired. The on-site services

at many of the available booths included back alignment assessment, blood pressure checks, site testing for sickle cell anemia traits, chair mas-sages, fitness testing, Ing-ham County Health Plan registration information and much more.

The fair also featured the aforementioned Ing-ham County Health Plan (IHP) registration booths, complete with a repre-

sentative from North-West Initiative to get peo-ple signed up.

“I like all of the dif-ferent booths and orga-nizations here that are community based,” said NorthWest Outreach worker Danielle Evans. “And maintaining your health is so important.”

For many on the cam-pus, it was a time to build and fuse the student body together regardless of race, nationality or creed. The greater goal was the

physical and spiritual advancement of all races, nations and creeds with Black History Month as the backdrop.

“The change that I’ve noticed has been remark-able,” said LCC Adviser Gil Hill. “People are mak-ing progress without go-ing backwards.”

Students were treated to a special lunchtime musical serenade, as area jazz musician Brandon Marcell filled the room with melody. The saxo-

phonist bonded the old school with the new, as Alicia Keys was mashed up with Marsalis.

“Starting with the President of the U.S. as well as higher education, we’re starting to see a lot more black men and women get diplomas and degrees,” Marcell said. “It’s a great time to showcase our history and show what blacks have done past and present.”

See photo from the health fair on page 2.

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Black history educates and entertains Nathan WilsonAssociate Editor

An impressive display of African-American tal-ent hit the stage in Dart Auditorium to kick off LCC’s 2013 Black History Month Jan. 31.

LCC Trustee Rob-ert Proctor welcomed those who braved the icy weather to enjoy the opening ceremony.

“This annual obser-vance is an opportunity for us, as African-Ameri-cans, to remind ourselves of our rich heritage,” Proctor said.

“It presents a setting in which we help expose the larger community to our rich history, and in doing so, eliminates some of the barriers that divide us as a nation.”

State Rep. Thomas Stallworth (D-Detroit) served as the keynote speaker in place of State Rep. Fred Durhal Jr. (D-

Detroit), who fell ill that day and was admitted to a hospital.

Stallworth underlined some of the disparities along racial lines that threaten to undo progress for the black community.

“Our children are twice as likely to drop out (of school) than those from white households,” Stall-worth said. “African-American families earn some $30,000 less per year than average white households … We have to look at these issues as education and poverty and we need to decide individually, ‘What will our mark be?’”

Stallworth suggested the African-American community will never achieve equal opportu-nity until they began to participate in politics in a much larger level and more consistently.Photo by Nathan Wilson

El Hajj Malik el Shabazz Academy students dance and play drums to the audience’s delight during LCC’s 2013 Black History month opening ceremony Jan. 31. See page 3 for a calendar of Black History Month activities. See BHM, page 2

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After a brief video presentation about the American Civil Rights struggle, LCC stu-dent Ciera Moore sang

“Open Up My Heart,” drawing inspiration from the same way Martin Luther King Jr. opened up his heart to God.

Next, El Hajj Malik el

Shabazz Academy gave a bombastic perfor-mance with drummers and dancing that kept the audience riveted and cheering.

“I stand here sug-

gesting to you that we have to continually emancipate ourselves from that which would slow us down and keep us from achieving our best,” Stallworth said.

“I challenge each and every one of us in this room to educate, to organize, to mobilize, to drive for the equal rights of all citizens in this country and to use

this month as a source of inspiration. But let it not end on the last day.”

For a list of events in-cluded in LCC’s BHM celebrations, see the cal-endar on page 3.

BHMContinued from page 1

Shauna Stocken Editor In Chief

The LCC Board of Trust-ees welcomed new board members and appointed people to new positions Jan. 28.

Trustee Robin M. Smith and Lawrence Hidalgo Jr. took their oaths of office. Board officers were ap-

pointed as follows: Chair Larry Meyer, Vice Chair Edward Woods III and Treasurer Jerry L. Hol-lister.

Smith was formerly the president of the board before being re-elected in November 2012. She will serve as secretary this year.

Smith and Hidalgo

oaths of office were com-memorated with the at-tendance of their fami-lies and friends. Both Hidalgo and Smith were sworn into office by Pas-tor Charles F. Filice.

Before Smith took the oath of office, Filice spoke proudly of her achieve-ments, family and char-acter.

“It is my pleasure and my opportunity, Ms. Smith, to be here and to honor your request to ad-minister the oath to you into office,” Filice said.

“Public service is a call that not many people answer and Ms. Smith has done that. She has served the college admi-rably.”

Photo courtesy of Courtney Baker

MSU nursing student Ellen Schaefer works the booth for blood pressure checks during the Black History Month Health Fair Feb. 6. Other services included stress relief, bone marrow donations and clinical yoga techniques. More photos from the health fair are on page 5.

New Board of Trustees member Lawrence Hidalgo Jr. (left) takes an oath to office during the Jan. 28 meeting.

New board members sworn in

Health Fair a hit

Photo by Suzanna Powers


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IN BRIEFNews

Feeling in the mood for chocolate torte, cheesecake, truffles or fountains of chocolate? Then MSU Museum’s 24th annual Chocolate Party Benefit is the place to be Sunday, Feb. 24.

Held in East Lansing’s Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, this popular event will feature the chocolate creations of local restau-rants, caterers, bakeshops, candy makers and area chefs.

Competitors have sculpted everything from carousels, space ships, pyramids and gardens out of chocolate.

The Chocolate Party proceeds go toward the preservation of the extensive cultural and nat-ural science collection of the MSU Museum.

Tickets are $30 for the general public, $25 for MSU Museum members in advance, and $35 at the door. A “Premier Chocolatier” ticket for $75 offers an advance preview of Chocolate Party creations and a year-long MSU Museum membership.

For tickets and more information, visit http://museum.msu.edu (see “events”) or call 517-355-2370.

LCC Therapeutic Massage Clinic now scheduling appointmentsLCC’s Therapeutic Massage Clinic has

one-hour full-body massage appoint-ments available on Mondays at 10:30 a.m., noon, 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.

The clinic is located on LCC’s main campus in the Health and Human Servic-es Building room 013.

A one-hour massage costs $25 for cur-rent LCC students, employees and alum-ni association members. The cost is $30

for the general public. At least 24 hours notice is required for

cancellations and clients will be charged for missed appointments or appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.

Schedule an appointment by calling 517-483-1451 or send an email to [email protected]. Returning clients may self-schedule at http://www.lcc.edu/health/massage/clinic

Pickin’ in the Park in Old Town allows artists to jam, socializePickin’ in the Park is a social affair and

jam session for artists, musicians and resi-dents in Old Town.

Pickin’ in the Park is held every other Tuesday from 6 p.m. to dusk in Burchard Park in Old Town.

When the temperatures drop, Pickin’ in the Park moves inside Grand Cafe/Sir Piz-za at the corner of Grand River and Turner on the first and third Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The next Pickin’ in the Park session is Tuesday, Feb. 12.

Chocolate lovers indulge in MSU Museum’s Chocolate Party Benefit


Same credit, less time, more value; this is the motto for accelerated courses offered through LCC.

There is still time to register for spring 2013’s eight- to 14-week courses, which fulfill the requirements of a typical 16-week course.

Students are able to com-plete the same courses in a shorter time period due to the structure of the course.

Each class is designed to teach students the necessary course material required in or-der to succeed in the desired area by expanding class time periods and meeting more fre-quently.

Although the courses are accelerated, the same quality of instructional time and the quality of the curriculum is held to the same standards as other non-accelerated courses.

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FEATURE

While The Lookout staff was listening to a presen-tation about social me-dia, protestors had gath-

ered outside the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.

The demonstration tar-geted Snyder’s right-to-

work legislation passed in December of 2012.

David McCullough, the president of the

West Michigan’s Stage Hand Union, said, “I’ve worked with Governor Snyder numerous times

as an audio technician … He’s a decent, up-standing man, but the pressure from his party has caused him to renig on a couple of things he promised not to touch.

“In a private conver-sation with him a week before this (right-to-work decision) happened, he assured me this wouldn’t happen, so I’m kind of disappointed.”

When asked about the right-to-work contro-versy after his keynote speech to the MPA, Sny-der responded, “Most of the time, you’re prob-ably not looking at a union job … in many opportunities.

“If you’re going into the private sector, you’re most likely not in that position, so I wouldn’t dwell on that.”

Snyder added he con-siders “right-to-work” an issue of “freedom to choose.”

When pressed again about the controversy,

Snyder said, “I think this is clearly people taking political positions more than anything because … over 90 percent of the jobs that you’re looking at aren’t going to be in a situation where right-to-work is even relevant.”

Staff member Joe Israel contributed to this report.

Staff attends journalism conferenceNathan Wilson Associate Editor

The Lookout staff traveled to Grand Rapids for the 2013 Michigan Press Association Annual Convention at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Jan. 25 and 26.

The MPA convention is held ev-ery year and features a wide range of seminars catering to both profes-sional and college newspapers.

Some of the presentations high-lighted newspaper design, appealing to different generations of readers, and building a stronger online pres-ence.

The Lookout staff took home five awards for articles published during

the 2011-12 year period. Among those awards, The Lookout staff was awarded third place in General Excellence and third place in Online Newspaper.

Following a presentation about eye-catching newspaper designs, nationally renowned journalism speaker Kevin Slimp gave The Look-out staff helpful tips about their newspaper layout.

“Slimp critiqued what our paper already did well and what we need-ed to improve on in order to increase readership,” said The Lookout Editor in Chief Shauna Stocken.

“His advice on photography and what readers want to see in their newspaper will be implemented for years to come.”

Gov. Snyder addresses mismatch of talent and jobs during MPA convention luncheonHalfway through the MPA

Convention Jan. 25, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder addressed the attendees during the legislative luncheon at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.

He said Michigan is on the

path to becoming a better state, but much work remains ahead.

“We should not be content with where we are, nor complacent,” Snyder said. “Too many times in my life I’ve lived through cases where we’ve come out of a reces-

sion, we’ve shown very positive results, and then we went back and kept doing the same dumb things that got us in the mess to begin with. Now is not the time to let that happen.”

Snyder went on to highlight

several issues he said he did not have time to address during his 2013 State of the State address. One of those topics included or-ganizing a statewide economic development summit to focus on Michigan talent.

“There’s a demand for talent out there … and at the same time we have too many unemployed people. I believe we have a bro-ken system in our country, not just in Michigan,” the governor added.

Right-to-work protestors target governor’s appearance in Grand Rapids

Photo by Suzanna PowersCourtesy photo

Nationally renowned journalist, speaker and publisher Kevin Slimp speaks to The Lookout staff members about improving the quality of their photography Jan. 25.

Joe Israel (from left), Nikki Nicolaou, Larry Hook, Sarah Spohn, Shauna Stocken, Suzanna Powers, Mark Gillengerten and Nathan Wilson from The Lookout gather for a photo at the MPA Convention in Grand Rapids.

Gov. Rick Snyder spoke to journalists at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel during the MPA Convention.

Right-to-work demonstrators gather outside the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel during Gov. Rick Snyder’s luncheon address to the Michigan Press Association Jan. 25.




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Photo by Larry HookBrandon Marceal, a local flute player, performed for more than an hour in the Gannon Building cafeteria during the Black History Month Health Fair Wednesday, Feb. 6. The annual health fair included many informational booths and health-related services.


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Richard SchenckGuest Writer

Scratching of steel on ice, the rattle of boards, the cracking of hockey sticks fighting for the puck, and the traditional defending of honor defined by a few swings; that is what hock-ey followers are passion-ate for.

But for the players of LCC’s hockey team, it has been business as usu-al since late November 2012.

According to Hockey Club Adviser Sean Huber-ty, the club started in 2002 and it began more as a rec-reational sport before the team belonged to a Mid-Michigan league playing team all across Mid-Mich-igan. Any student who wishes to participate is more than welcome.

“We don’t turn anyone away,” Huberty said. “Every-one is involved in some way.”

As being part of any sports team, students sign a contract with the school and the American Colle-giate Hockey Association.

With the contact, they agree they will adhere to the academic require-ments by passing nine credits a semester and representing the school with professional stan-dards that a student ath-lete should possess.

“We promote high stan-dards for our students,” Huberty said. “We don’t want them to have 2.0 GPAs and be OK with that.”

The college provides transportation and uni-forms for the team, but the equipment must be bought by the students.

It is an expensive sport to play,” Huberty said. “Even though it is pricey to participate in, many students have gone on to transfer and play at uni-

versities and even junior level hockey leagues.”

The Summit complex is the club’s home ice, and the team practices twice a week along with playing its home games.

Home crowds have grown for the Stars and they are looking at adding sponsorship and means of fan interaction, according to Huberty.

“We are planning on doing something called Chuck-The-Puck during intermissions where fans come on to the ice and toss a puck and try to land it on a target,” Huberty said. “Sort of like a bean bag toss.”

Come out and support the LCC Stars and enjoy the hard work and passion these student athletes have for the sport.

Follow the Stars hockey teams’ schedule at www.lcc.edu/design/alternative/stu-dent%20club/index.a.spx.

Richard SchenckGuest Writer

“We are playing for a championship, so we need to play like champions,” were the words emphasized by LCC Head Coach Mike Ingram before the Stars put their six-game winning streak on the line at the Gan-non Gym against Kellogg CC Jan. 30.

Ingram emphasized dur-ing pre-game that his team needed to get off to a fast start with stingy defense.

“We didn’t get off to a fast start last game and that really hurt us,” Ingram said.

Early in the first half, both squads came out of the gate fast paced. The KCC Bruins set the tone for most of the first half with an early dunk.

However, KCC picked up a few quick fouls, which al-lowed LCC to claw back within three. Missed shots and miscommunication played into the Stars trailing by 11 points going into half-time.

In the second half, the Stars looked like an entirely differ-ent animal, embodying their coach’s philosophy. Great anticipation and hitting the marks on defense led to turn-overs, and LCC clawed its way back to tie at 56.

After the free-throw con-version, the Stars had their first lead of the game.

Although he led the way in scoring with 26 points, LCC’s Tyrin Wade still acknowledged

the need for improvement. “The last couple games we

have gotten off to a slow start, so we have to push the issue

in practice and get better,” Wade said.

Returning from injury, leading rebounder Davario

Gaines looked like he never missed a game, hauling in 10 rebounds for the Stars.

Delvin Bell chipped in 15

points and Nicolas Rios con-tributed with 10 rebounds. Nathan Taylor led the way for the Bruins with 25 points.

Male Stars earn win over Kellogg CC

Hit the ice with Hockey Club

Photo by Suzanna PowersPhoto by Suzanna Powers

Photo by Richard Schenck

Guard Drake Harris of the Stars puts one up vs. Kellogg CC. Nicolas Rios grabs a rebound for LCC Jan. 30.

The LCC Hockey Club gets ready to take the ice during a recent game.

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Lady cagers win sixth game in rowJoe IsraelSports Editor

The Lady cagers won their last two games, including an impres-sive 20-point victory on the road Jan. 25 against Grand Rapids CC, 78-58.

The Lady Stars came away with another stellar performance, taking down the Kel-logg CC women’s bas-ketball team Jan. 30 with a 77-39 win.

LCC Coach Er-vin Brunson said he is happy about the team’s play going into the Jan. 30 game and also about the play of former Lansing Waver-ly standout Carli Reid.

“Carli had 29 points for us in that victory last Friday,” Brunson said. “Each game is dif-ferent, and we want to play to our strengths. We’ll just see how the defense of Kellogg handles our post play and size.”

The first half of the game was solid for LCC. The Stars’ post play for the past three games has been spec-tacular with the syner-gic frontcourt of fresh-man Dyann Wiley, Reid and Stephanie Manuel.

Between the three of them, they’re aver-aging 10.3 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per game, respectively.

Freshman guard La-Tonya Shade has also been shining with her play. Averaging 13.5 points per game, her assist-to-turnover ratio is 2:1.

LCC returned to the parkay at home vs. the Lady Jayhawks of Muskegon CC in the Gannon Gynmasium Feb. 4.

The ladies’ home winning streak stayed intact as the Lady Stars won 80-57 in an im-pressive victory.

The win put Coach Brunson in the elite coaching fraternity, marking his 300th ca-reer win at LCC.

“It wasn’t me,” Brunson said. “It was the players I’ve had through the years that I was able to accom-plish that goal. I’m just glad to say that I was a part of that achieve-ment.”

On the defensive side of the floor, it was the same verdict. The

Lady Stars had their foot on the throttle from the opening min-utes of the first half go-ing up by as many as 28 at one point.

Freshman Dyann Wiley led all scorers with 22 points, 14 of them in the first half. Carli Reid followed suit with 14 points and eight rebounds.

“We were all just feeling it today,” Reid said. “We’ve been on a streak, and this win will keep our spirits high.”

The Lady Stars are currently 19-4 overall, and 9-2 in conference play.

Freshman Robyn Robinson takes it to the hole against a defender. The LCC wom-en’s team is currently undefeated on their home floor.


Freshman La Tonya Shade (left) scores one of her 16 points against Kellogg Community College Jan. 30.


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It appears the ad-vertisers during this year’s Super Bowl elected to punt.

Dreadful. That was the first word that came into my head as I watched the com-mercials during Super Bowl XLVII.

Pepsi, Budweiser, Doritos, Taco Bell, Cars and Go Daddy shelled out buku bucks for ad-vertising, and they did so knowing the Ameri-can public would eat it up as fast as they could air it.

Because that’s what America needs more of: fat, drunk and ex-cessive idiots birthing more fat, drunk and excessive idiots.

In a nation with mis-placed priorities and a warped sense of hu-mor, it almost seems this year’s crop of SB commercials were de-signed to placate the masses in order to get people’s minds off of the crap that’s been go-ing on lately.

I don’t have a prob-lem with that because that’s what sports are supposed to do.

Not at the expense of common sense or intel-ligence, though.

Driving a Hyundai will not get you a kiss from the prom queen. Pepsi will not get you out of throwing that party while your folks were away.

The Clydesdales from Budweiser were cool … back in 1995.

The last straw for me was the Psy commer-cial peddling Wonder Pistachios.

The eerily, unmis-takably awful tune of “Gangnam Style”

played in the back-ground as Psy does the “Gangnam Style” ac-companying dance.

After that particular commercial, I turned and asked my father what the meaning of life was.

For three minutes or so, I had given up on the human race.

There were a few good commercials like the M&M commercial.

The Paul Harvey Dodge Ram com-mercial brought back childhood memories of listening to Paul Har-vey’s The Rest of the Story radio show on WJR 760 AM.

Overall, however, the commercials were turds in a chef salad.

So much so that one would ponder if Fran-cis Scott Key changed the last lines of our na-tional anthem to, “…And the home of the moronic and easily sold.”

Joe Israel is the sports editor for The Lookout.

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It was as if audience members at the Feb. 5 LCC concert hopped into a time machine and traveled back to the lively, distinct bebops of jazz.

LCC’s Dart Auditorium awak-ened the hits of late great jazz icon Duke Ellington with the help of a former bandmate Sherman Mitch-ell.

As a part of the campus-wide Black History Month events, the concert honored music of the past.

Although the LCC faculty jazz quartet is no stranger to the upbeat bouncy tunes of jazz music, the night’s agenda was especially full of talent, welcoming a special guest.

A gentleman dressed in a bur-gundy suit jacket, complete with a handkerchief in the left pocket, took the stage. Back in the day, Sherman Mitchell sat next to the Duke him-self, alongside other hand-picked members of the infamous orchestra.

In between songs like the 1943 “Don’t Get Around Much Any-more,” and the light airy “Day-dream,” Mitchell told trivia-worthy personal stories of music and what it was like back in the jazz days.

“I haven’t forgotten this music, but it seems like everyone else has,” Mitchell said as he worked to bring back the relevance of jazz in today’s

diverse music scene. Playing both the flute and trom-

bone, Mitchell made an excellent addition to the already successful faculty quartet, composed of Den-nis Therrian on piano, Mike Daniels on drums, Jon Gewirtz on the sax and Ed Fedewa on the bass.

The quartet was clearly honored to take the stage with Mitchell and his highly admired jazz resume. Therrian talked about the caliber of Mitchell.

“He’s played with so many peo-ple, (he’s) humble, but an incredible man,” Therrian said.

Concert-goers included families, music students and aspiring musi-cians.

LCC Experimental Music major Michael Steibel attended the con-cert with the rest of his class. Be-ing an Ellington fan, Steibel said he enjoyed the set list of the per-formance.

“It was really cool how they did music on just him because he’s got a lot—a lot of music,” Steibel said.

With over 1,000 compositions, his defining song “It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” Grammys and Academy Award wins, Ellington is to some the epit-ome of jazz.

Although he passed away in 1974, Ellington’s vibrant compositions and love for music lives on.

Dart Auditorium brings Jazz out of the dark

Photo by Sarah SpohnSherman Mitchell joined LCC’s faculty jazz quartet for a special performance.


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IN BRIEFArts & Entertainment

LCC performing Arts presents The Coarse Acting Show, written by Michael Green and directed by John Lennox.

This Monty Python-style parody pokes fun at bad community theater and is coming to the Black Box Theatre Fridays and Satur-

days, Feb. 15-16 and 22-23. Tickets are $5 for LCC

faculty, staff, alumni and current students. Adult tickets cost $10 and can be purchased in advance at (517) 372-0945 or at the door (GB 186). For more information, visit www.lcc.edu/cma/events.

Each Monday night from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., the Michigan Brewing Company (MBC) hosts an open mic blues concert.

This free event allows for local residents to sign up to play, sing or jam out with their bands.

On-street parking is available and free after 6

p.m. A large selection of local

brews is always on tap, and drink specials are offered.

MBC is located at 402 S. Washington Square. For additional informa-tion, call (517) 977-1349 or visit MBC’s Facebook page to learn about more events.

Is it just me or does the world have some strange fascination with hillbil-lies?

Turn on the television and you’ll see shows like MTV’s Buckwild, TLC’s Honey Boo Boo, CMT’s … well, whole channel really, but particularly Redneck Island, even the History Channel’s Swamp People.

Television networks are making big money thanks to the stupidity of the en-tire trailer park.

If you haven’t heard of Honey Boo Boo Child, than you might be liv-ing under a rock, because even the trailer parks are tuning in (with their an-tennas) to the unsuspect-ing, pudgy, blonde beau-ty pageant youngster.

Mama June, her hus-band Sugar Bear and plenty of burping siblings make up this Georgia family which lives on the “butter makes everything better” motto.

The best part about the

show is it requires subti-tles to convey this redneck language to us every-day commoners. While watching, you might honestly think they’re not even speaking English.

Even MTV, land of the pregnant teenagers and cocky Jersey twenty-somethings, has taken a cue from these successful shows and come up with its own, Buckwild, focus-ing on a group of young adults wreaking havoc in small West Virginia towns.

Despite their rural sur-roundings, their night-life is anything but dull, thanks to lots of fireworks, potato guns, mud racing, bull riding and plenty of

streaking. I’m not one to say these

shows aren’t at times downright hilarious, but really who’s benefiting from them? Critics of the MTV show claim that Buckwild displays inac-curate, degrading stereo-types of those residing in the now infamous Sisson-ville, W.Va.

These teens are doing just about anything from running over fire pits, jumping off bridges into power plant water, and creating an impromptu (but likely scripted) swim-ming pool out of a dump truck. These teens, un-like the knocked-up high schoolers, have no real struggles or redeeming moments to show they are actually human beings with morals and values.

Maybe it’s more of a Jackass show for pure en-tertainment, but I’m left trying to figure out why Americans are so en-thralled by these shows of stupidity.

Even I clearly have viewed them, and I’ll admit it—one too many times. I’d just like to know at what moment did we begin switching our channels from American Idol and talent shows to programs solely about the backwoods, swamp people and the serious stupidity of these reality shows.

Part of me says I can’t say anything because my family is from the south, and half of them have lived in a trailer at one point or another. My blood is basically these people. Yet, we don’t have our own TV show circling around the stupid she-nanigans we get ourselves into. There are no TLC camera crews present at our family holiday gath-erings.

And lastly, you won’t find footage online of us jumping off bridges half-naked in order to prove a point that we don’t give a crap.

Broadway musical comes to East LansingSister Act is coming to

the Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall Feb. 12 to 17.

Original music is writ-ten by eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken, and the musical is based off the 1992 original motion picture by Joseph How-ard.

The musical focuses on an aspiring diva, who after witnessing a crime, ends up in hiding in the

least suspecting place—a convent.

Show times on Tuesday and Thursday are at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday’s show times are 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Ticket prices range from $32 to 72.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.whartoncenter.com or call the box office at (517) 432-2000.

Lansing City Market hosts chili cook-offThe Lansing Board of

Water and Light’s Chili Cook-off takes place in June, but the Lansing City Market Chili Cook-off is the tasty precursor.

The market invites all to try different chilis and sal-sas prepared by in-house market merchants from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.

Attendees can vote for their favorite, and the winner gets to compete at

the annual chili cook-off at the Adado Riverfront Park in June.

Samples from Water-front Bar & Grille, Aggie Mae’s Bakery, Shoua’s Kitchen, Sgt’s Soups & Sandwiches and Incu-Bake will be available for visitors while supplies last.

For more information, visit www.lansingcitymar-ket.com or call (517) 483-7460.

Local talent at Michigan Brewing Company

LCC presents ‘The Coarse Acting Show’

Trailer park stupidity is pulling big ratings on several networks

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I’ve always been a fan of Mexican food since I vis-ited Mexico and Texas in middle school.

Most Lansing and area restaurants have not been able to satisfy my craving for this cuisine until I vis-ited Los Tres Amigos.

The restaurants are lo-cated throughout the Lan-sing area as well as in Ma-son, Jackson and Howell.

I have dined at the res-taurant numerous times and can say that Los Tres Amigos has my vote.

Better than El Azteco, Cancun and, of course, Taco Bell, Los Tres Ami-gos has it all: authentic Mexican favorites such as enchiladas, tacos and homemade tortilla chips with spicy salsa.

From what I have expe-

rienced, the wait staff has always had great custom-er service and has been attentive to the needs of guests.

For all those who are at least 21 years of age, the alcoholic beverages never disappoint either.

Whether you’re in the mood for a margarita, daiquiri or beer on draft, the beverages are always well-prepared.

During my last visit, I ordered the beef chimi-changas. It was loaded with soft and juicy beef and heavily glazed in the infamous cheese dip.

If authentic Mexican food and alcoholic bever-ages weren’t enough to persuade your taste buds, a new location near LCC might do the trick.

Stop by the newest Los Tres Amigos at 107 E. Al-legan St. in downtown Lansing for a speedy lunch or dinner.

Jeremy Kohn Guest Writer

FX has become a staple for great television programming in recent years.

Compelling shows such as Sons of Anarchy, Justified and Rescue Me, have helped propel FX into one of cable’s most popular channels. FX hopes to continue its award-win-ning formula of success with its newest spy drama The Americans.

The Americans stars Keri Rus-sell and Matthew Rhys as Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, two Rus-sian KGB sleeper cell agents who have been posing as American citizens for 15 years. The year is 1981, and President Ronald Rea-gan has declared the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire.”

Phillip and Elizabeth live day by day maintaining the illusion of being the perfect American family with their two children and their white picket fence.

Beneath all of their parents’ lies, the two hide behind the Iron Cur-tain of being KGB operatives. As the children eat breakfast, they are unaware their parents have an assailant bound and gagged in the

trunk of the family’s Oldsmobile Delta 88.

The parents’ acceptance of American culture is a theme shown throughout the show. The father struggles reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at his son’s school. The mother tells her daughter that flying to the moon is just as big an accomplishment as landing on it, an obvious jape directed at the Americans reach-ing the moon before Soviet Rus-sia.

The most intriguing angle of the show happens to be that the Jen-nings’ next store neighbor is a FBI

counter-intelligence agent.This will lead to many unex-

pected twists and turns through-out the series. This show has plen-ty of potential. An angle I would like to see expanded on in further episodes is the contrast between Phillip and Elizabeth.

Phillip has expressed leaving the KGB for the benefit of his fam-ily, where Elizabeth seems to be more devoted to her country.

I think this show will be similar in tone as Breaking Bad and Dexter, with great acting and episodes ending on suspenseful cliffhang-ers. I smell another winner for FX.

Sarah Spohn A&E Editor

The LED blue and pink light-ing surrounds the two bars. High-top aluminum tables cover the floor, and the DJ spins tunes from atop the extensively stocked bar.

It’s just another night at East Lansing’s newest venue, Bar 30, located behind the Eastwood Towne Center.

Creating a big city feel in a small college town, Bar 30 has put a fresh new spin on East Lan-sing’s worn bar scene.

Coining the phrase “Come for the food, stay for the party,” Bar 30 encourages bar-goers to fre-quent the establishment not only for drinks, but dinner as well.

Bar 30 has a menu of tasty appe-tizers, lunch, dinner and unique dessert options.

Wonton mozzarella sticks, east-ern pot stickers, sesame seared ahi tuna and crab cakes are featured appetizers offered daily.

Plenty of soups, salads, sand-wiches and gyros are perfect for lunch portions.

Filet mignons, chicken mar-sala, fajitas, tequila-lime salmon, chipotle chicken pasta are for the

hearty appetites. And if you’re anything like me

and still aren’t sold on the place until you see a dessert tray, you’re in luck.

Assorted flavors of gelato, peach and raspberry crisp cob-bler, cheesecake and, wait for it … fried Snickers Bars top off the decadent dessert menu.

Add the unique signature drink menu because clearly there’s no mistake it’s a bar, and you have the makings for a great night.

I sipped on a signature drink called the ’57 Chevy. This cock-tail is made with Crown Royal, Southern Comfort, Amaretto, cranberry, pineapple and lime

juice. After the first sip, I couldn’t

taste the alcohol, which could be a good or bad thing. Nevertheless, I happily slurped the entire tasty cocktail down to the ice.

Of course, Bar 30 also stocked the usuals: margaritas, mojitos and martinis are always shaken and stirred for bar-goers.

Happy hour weekday specials are from 3 to 7 p.m. Bar 30 bleeds green on Spartan game days with inexpensive shot specials.

I strongly recommend Bar 30. At 10 p.m. the dance floor comes alive with DJs, live music and/or special events.

Two thumbs up for Bar 30 ‘Los Tres’ has authentic food

FX brings the heat with its new Cold War spy drama

King Crossword

Photo courtesy ofwww.fxnetworks.com

Photo courtesy of Bar 30

The Americans features Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Russian spies in the heartland of the U.S.

Bar 30 is located behind Eastwood Towne Center at 2324 Showtime Drive.

Nathan WilsonAssociate Editor

LCC’s American Mar-keting Association will present the sixth annual Business Etiquette Din-ner in the Lincoln Room of the Kellogg Center in East Lansing Wednes-day, Feb. 20.

From 5 to 8:30 p.m., the event will feature networking, instruc-tion, presentations and, of course, dinner pre-pared by a five-star chef and professional staff.

According to Brent Bos, AMA vice presi-dent of professional development, the Busi-ness Etiquette Dinner is geared toward profes-sionals of all ages.

“I think that (the event) will help the younger students and younger individuals because they have less training in etiquette, professionalism and social media,” Bos said. “But the network-ing in general is going to benefit everyone.”

Auto-Owners In-surance officials have agreed to underwrite the event as a platinum level sponsor with a large donation, and its CEO is fired up for his keynote speech, accord-ing to Bos.

Other sponsors in-clude four-year univer-sities.

“Dining etiquette will be our first presenta-tion, then we’ll have the meal so you get your in-structions and you can practically apply it,”

Bos said. “The second speaker will be the key-note, and he’s going to speak on his experience as a CEO and how that relates to professional networking.”

The third speaker, LCC adjunct faculty Kate Tykocki, will speak about profes-sionalism in social me-

dia. “There are companies

out there now whose sole purpose is to pull documents from Face-book’s records to show to perspective employ-ers as a sort of back-ground check,” Bos said.

“So it’s good for stu-dents to know what is

considered professional in their social media.”

Bos said the Busi-ness Etiquette Dinner will also feature prizes ranging from shirts to gift certificates.

“The thing I remem-ber from last year was the speaker who talked about LinkedIn profiles and social media, and

how to present your-self in a business pro-fessional manner,” said Zach Basler, AMA vice president of fundrais-ing.

“That was really in-teresting to me and we’re going to be doing that again this year. I’m looking forward to that because I made some

changes but I forgot some things, so I’m go-ing to see how my new LinkedIn profile stands up against what they say you should have.”

Those interested in attending the event can reserve a ticket for $20 at The Hole in The Hall in Gannon Build-ing room 133.


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Polish up etiquette skills with AMA

Melody Teodoro-Kurtis (from left), Karen McComb and Allysha Najdowski break the ice during the Business Etiquette Dinner at West Campus Feb. 23, 2011. This year’s event will take place in the Lincoln Room of the Kellogg Center in East Lansing Wednesday, Feb. 20.

File photo by Nathan Wilson

Amber GlombStaff Writer

Romance is in the air. At least that is the case with LCC’s French Club, which involves itself in the language most readily under-stood as a romantic language.

According to Advi-sor Keith Phillips, al-though Spanish tends to be more prevalent in the United States, over 40 countries claim French as their official language.

“Over half a billion people speak French around the globe as a first, second language or a third language,” Phillips said. “So we are just trying to capi-

talize on that.” The French Club

meets every Tuesday in TLC room 212 at 2 p.m.

The purpose of the French Club, Phillips explained, is to pro-mote the French lan-guage by meeting and conversing in French.

“When you think about it, you’re not in class all that much during the week,” Phillips said. “So this offers another way for students to get a little more French.”

The French Club of-fers several opportu-nities throughout the semester to socialize in French.

“We are currently planning to show some

French films, to have several potluck lunch-es and to go to Detroit for a film and dinner,” said Elizabeth Evan-gelista, the club trea-surer.

“We are also form-ing conversation, coffee and reading groups.”

Victoria Laza, the president of the French Club, said the organiza-tion doesn’t require students to have any knowledge of the French language to join and participate in the club.

“My favorite thing about French Club is meeting students I oth-erwise would not have met who share the same interests as me,” Laza said. “The group is very

casual even though we work very hard.”

The French Club offi-cers encourage anyone who is interested in the club to experience the French language by at-tending events and join-ing the club.

“Somebody could come to any of the things that are hap-p e n i n g

... not know any French and just be a beginner ... all the way to interme-diate and advanced,” Phillips said. “It’s really open to anyone LCC student-wise.”

For additional infor-mation, contact Phil-lips at [email protected].

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by David T. Phipps

Sudoku

Every day it seems like there is another tragedy, whether it’s heard on the news, radio or, unfortu-nately, seen first hand.

At times it’s difficult for me to have faith in hu-manity and our country.

When did our society take such a turn for the worst, that schools and movie theaters have be-come battle grounds?

How did we get here, a place where bad things happen and it feels like

the norm?These tragedies include

devastating school shoot-ings in Colorado, Virginia

and Detroit, to name a few, and the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton only weeks ago.

Pendleton was shot and killed in her hometown of Chicago while at the park, and another person was injured.

According to Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, a day af-ter Pendleton was killed, her death was ruled a case of mistaken identity and she was in the wrong

place at the wrong time. Mistaken identify

seems like no more than a cover-up to me, due to the fact that Pendle-ton performed with her school band eight days earlier at President Barack Obama’s Inauguration.

Despite the fact that bad things happen, many people strive daily to do good.

I would like to recog-nize my hometown of Mason for the support

both the high school stu-dents and teachers, in-cluding Andrew Chapin, have offered for one stu-dent in need.

Mason High School se-nior Spencer Sowles has been battling cancer since his freshman year.

The Mason commu-nity is constantly help-ing show its support for Sowles and his family.

From fundraisers, do-nations, “yellow out” basketball games and

support through social media, there is a way any-one can help.

Unfortunately, in a world where bad things do happen, cancer seems to affect all families and all communities.

Help support Sowles by tweeting your prayers and positive thoughts to the hash tag #prayforspencer.

A daily positive attitude and a strong will to over-come the bad in life will unite society for the better.

President Barack Obama announced 23 ex-ecutive orders to bypass Congress on gun control measures this past Janu-ary.

Less than a week later, a shooting lit up a Hous-ton community college that left three people wounded.

I can only imagine when society will even-tually come to terms with the reality that de-

spite the best intentions behind gun control, the school shootings will never end. As pessimis-tic as that sounds, there will always be a bullied victim who can’t take it anymore, a violent psy-chopath or someone de-ranged waiting in line to shoot up a school.

According to an NBC Chicago article, Principal Jay Sergeant of Cary-Grove High School in

Chicago said his school will hold a shooting drill, during which an employ-

ee will walk through the halls, firing blanks.

Police officers will then swarm the school and simulate a shootout. Is it appropriate to use blanks during a mock shooting drill? Frankly, I can see the value of both sides of this debate.

This drill allows stu-dents to become familiar with the sound of gunfire and react quickly. But the sound of gunfire can be

a traumatic event for a student, especially if he or she has heart problems or anxiety disorders. Stu-dents who aren’t aware this is a drill will call their parents en masse and flood the police lines.

Nothing will eas-ily solve the plague of school shootings. This problem must be tackled on so many levels, from how our courts treat vio-lent offenders, access to

firearms, school security, how the media plasters the shooter’s face 24/7 on the news, bullying pre-vention to better services for the mentally ill – hell, even better parenting.

I don’t believe LCC needs to conduct shoot-ing drills or have officers shoot blanks to “adjust” us to the sound of gun-fire. Frankly, I’m just grateful to have armed police on campus.


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And the school shooting saga continues

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thelookoutLansing Community College’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1959

What is your biggest pet peeve?

If you attend classes or sim-ply walk through the Arts and Sciences (A & S) building on LCC’s main campus, you have seen the construction first hand.

While updates and renova-tions must be made, should they be done during school hours?

The Lookout staff agrees and we are positive that many stu-dents feel the same way: con-struction should be limited to

early mornings, evenings and weekends when students are not attending classes.

If you attend a class in the basement floor of the A & S building, you might have thought that it’s pretty warm down there; too warm even.

The increased tempera-ture in the basement is due to poor ventilation. Construction workers received complaints about dust from the renova-tions traveling through the

vents into hallways and class-rooms.

Now vents to the basement are closed and there is a lack of ventilation. Most classrooms are 80 degrees, putting stu-dents to sleep, but could you blame them?

Despite problems with proper ventilation is the maze the A & S building has become.

You can enter the building from the front entrees, but one has to take the elevator to a

higher floor, walk the length of the building and then take the elevator back down again to exit out of the back of the building.

And if that’s not complicat-ed enough, don’t forgot if you have entered through the front of the building you no longer have access to the stairs.

The construction has re-stricted the hallways and forced students, faculty mem-bers and staff to walk to the

back of the building in order to use the stairs.

Even after finding your class, the banging and the noise of power tools interrupt classes.

We are all for an updated campus, but not as current students suffer and construc-tion deadlines lengthen.

Will current generations of students ever enjoy what we have at times suffered through?

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Quality dining on a dime in LansingSuzanna PowersPhoto Editor

One of the biggest com-plaints heard from college students is how they can’t af-ford to eat out unless it’s fast food.

Fortunately for students, Tamaki Custom Sushi & Wraps in Frandor and Golden Harvest in Old Town are both economical restaurants rated highly on various online re-view sites and through word of mouth.

Both within three miles of LCC, these restaurants will hopefully serve as a welcome destination when stomachs are empty and wallets are nearly in the same state.

Tamaki Custom Sushi & Wraps, an eatery that incorpo-rates many Korean and Japa-nese elements, opened up in Frandor Shopping Center this past December.

Immediately upon open-ing, the restaurant manage-ment worked with the web-site Groupon and sold over 1,000 “groupons” in less than a month.

Tamaki works a lot like a Subway or Chipotle, in the sense that customers walk through an assembly line where they first pick whether they like a rice bowl or a sushi wrap.

Once the customer has de-cided how they’d like their food, they then pick their pro-tein.

Some of the proteins in-clude shrimp tempura, roast-ed chicken, bulgogi steak, pulled pork, roasted tofu, as well as various raw fish such as salmon and spicy tuna.

From there, vegetables, sauces, and toppings are cho-sen.

The vegetables offered range from the Korean kim chi (spicy fermented cab-bage), to the Japanese kam-pyo (sweet dried strips of gourd), to more the more fa-miliar bell peppers, asparagus and cucumbers.

Currently rated on yelp.com as the best restaurant in Lan-sing, the Golden Harvest Res-taurant in Old Town definite-ly has a solid backing.

This Old Town diner serves generally unheard of foods like Capn’ Crunch french toast, bacon waffles and made-from-scratch-foods like biscuits and gravy.

With very limited seating, customers end up sitting next to a few strangers and possi-bly having to wait a long time to even get in.

But according to LCC stu-dent James Turner, it’s worth the wait for “the best food in Lansing.”

The Golden Harvest restaurant, located at 1625 Turner St. in Old Town, offers many different breakfast foods and sand-wiches to satisfy any appetite.

Golden Harvest workers clean up and take inventory after a busy day of constant diners Feb. 5.


Photos by Suzanna Powers

LCC graduate and Tamaki Custom Sushi and Wraps employee Jay Jong prepares a California roll with spicy crab Feb. 5. Located at 310 N. Clippert St. in Lansing, Tamaki offers customers a variety of vegetables, proteins, toppings and sauces to put into a sushi wrap, soy wrap, Korean wrap or rice bowl.

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