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Anthony C. [email protected] Already a favorite of an overwhelming majority of the campus community, “Debate Watch” attendees declared President Barack Obama the victor of the second presidential debate, according to a City College News poll. Most students and faculty who attended the event went in already flying the Democratic Party banner. 73 percent said they supported Obama before the debate started. The debate was a decisive win for Obama, 89 percent of the respondents said. Three percent said Romney won, while the remaining eight percent didn’t know or called it a draw. “I definitely think Obama won, just because he was a lot more aggressive than the last one,” theatre student Jacob Okerlund said.

“He pointed out tons and tons of flaws in what Romney was saying. Like he even went to the fact-checker … and said, ‘Check the facts there, I did say this, I did say they were terrorists,’ that this was a terrorist act [referring to the embassy attack in Libya], completely debunking half of what Romney was saying,” Okerlund continued. Okerlund said he was disappointed in Obama’s previous debate performance. Women’s studies student Amanda Krzmarzick agreed. “I was disappointed in his first debate, but I don’t think it was about aggression,” said. “You need to be on key with your points; he wasn’t on the first one. This time he wasn’t—he had full-fledged responses on everything.” Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, carried just five percent of debate-watchers. Romney supporter Zachary Storch granted his candidate a “probably poor” performance. He faulted the

debate’s moderator, CNN’s Candy Crowley. “It was like debating two people,” Storch said. Like his Democratic counterparts in the audience, his support for Romney has not wavered as a result of the debate. 11 percent of poll participants said that they didn’t know who they would vote for or that they were undecided.

Another 11 percent had other candidates in mind—from the real Green Party candidate Jill Stein to sarcastic responses like Xenu and Big Bird, who received attention in the first debate.

Although Obama “won” the debate, it did little to move numbers at MCTC. Obama moved up five

percentage points, and the other candidates decreased slightly or remained the same. The poll’s sample consisted of 37 “Debate Watch” attendees, including students and faculty.

Approximately 50 people were present during the debate. The poll’s margin of error was 6.9 percent.

Verta [email protected] A proposal to eliminate Associates in Arts with Emphasis degrees will hit all MnSCU schools this November.

MnSCU’s policy committee has proffered the statewide removal of all AAs with Emphasis. Students have been informed there were problems communicating the actual availability of the new programs MCTC is offering this fall. Currently, MnSCU is addressing all problems concerning the AAs by suggesting termination of all current, pending, and future AAs with Emphasis. These programs have been implemented to assist two-year students into easily transferring to a four-year institution in the major of their choice. Once articulation agreements are formed between two-year and four-year colleges, MnSCU acknowledges the AAs. There are many students statewide who are currently registered in these programs. The reasoning behind this proposal is unclear. Officials in favor of discarding the programs claim they give false hope for the future of student’s education.

“They said it gives an erroneous impression or erroneous expectation to students and undermines student success,” said philosophy professor Matthew Palombo. “My response was, I would like to see the data that says AAs with emphases undermines student success.” Palombo attended an MCTC Student Senate meeting on Oct. 17, urging students to take a stance and oppose dropping the current AAs at MCTC and schools MnSCU-wide. Two-year institutions throughout Minnesota are facing possible upheaval of their programs. Students currently in these programs have yet no assurance they will be able to finish with the degree they committed to. There is no clarity on how classes will transfer from two-year to four-year institutions if this proposal succeeds. There are arrangements in place to send out a letter of opposition to this amendment. Currently, it appears the four-year faculty union is in agreement with the invalidation of these programs. Students who are interested in providing feedback on this proposal are encouraged to contact the System Director for Academic Programs, Ron Dreyer ([email protected]) and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Planning, Leslie Mercer ([email protected]).

The multipurpose room was filled Oct. 16 as MCTC students gathered to watch the presi-dential debate. Photograph by Katiana Reinert

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As the government group of the student body, MCTC’s Student Senate needs to know how to use the power and responsibility placed in their hands.

With the majority of this year’s Senate members being first-timers, the Minnesota Student Leadership Summit on Oct. 18-21 provided training and workshops to help shape these new student leaders.

Of the eight who attended with advisor Collin Beachy, Director of Legislative Affairs Kirsten Casperson said, “The purpose is to get information regarding Higher Edu-

cation.”The summit is held under the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA), which gears it’s sessions towards community and technical colleges, rather than 4-year universities. An important aspect according to Director of Technol-ogy Sam Osman is learning about certain rights not all students are aware they have.

Being educated about MnSCU policies and how the school system operates helps in knowing what students have the power to do.

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MCTC signs biotech pact with U of M

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Information regarding federal gov-ernment’s role in student legislation, in-terest rates on loans and passing bills to protect students were the focus of some of the workshops said Casperson.

Senator Rebecca Workman visited sessions addressing inclusiveness and diversity on a college campus.

Current issues involving college transfer, such as emphasis agreements in programs and degrees were also fetat-ured, said Workman.

Bike Collective representative Am-ber Dwyer came to network and see how other schools work with their clubs for recruitment, adapting relationships, and attaining involvement strategies to bring back to MCTC.

Osman obtained ideas for technol-ogy implementation at school, such as having student surveys, individual club pages, and potentially even senate elec-tions linked on D2L. For senate meeting efficiency voting clickers could be used.

Also presented at one of the sessions, a program SketchUp Pro allows easy cre-ation of 3D models and blueprints that could be helpful to MCTC club Design Collective or the school’s architectural program, according to Osman.

Attendees had the option to let loose at Karaoke, a talent show and DJ, and costume dance hosted at the end of the session days.

Senate representative Ryan Olson said overall his experience was “inspira-tional.”

Vice President Wolfgang Tattenbach. Photograph by Katiana Reinert

Anthony C. [email protected]

MCTC’s lauded biotechnology program got another boost last week, as the college signed off on an agree-ment with the University of Minne-sota to ensure admission to its four-year program.

Groups from both institutions celebrated the partnership with an announcement ceremony in the col-lege’s Science Center on Oct. 18, dur-ing the MEA break.

MCTC President Phil Davis said in a press release, “I am extremely impressed with the caliber of stu-dents enrolled in our programs, and

MCTC welcomes this as a way to en-courage academic success.”

The memorandum of understand-ing between MCTC and the U of M guarantees MCTC’s biotechnology program graduates admission to the U’s College of Biological Sciences, if their GPAs are 3.5 or higher. Addi-tionally, the full biotechnology pro-gram at MCTC will be fully transfer-able to the U.

The College of Biological Sciences is well-known for its reputation of a competitive admissions process.

Seven MCTC students will be among the first to take advantage of the new partnership.

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Higher One clarifies liability claimKatie [email protected]

In response to “Higher One: High benefit or higher risk” from the Oct. 11 issue, Higher One Communications Director Shoba Lemoine said students with a OneAccount are in fact protected by both the MasterCard Zero Liability policy against fraudulent purchases, as well as federal consumer protection regulations.

If a card is lost or stolen, students are urged to contact Customer Care where it can be cancelled and a new card can be requested. The fee for a new card is $20, but if the funds are found to be fraudulent, the student will not endure the fee and the funds will be credited back to the account.

According to Lemoine in an e-mail Oct.19, “Higher One has a process and will investigate any fraudulent activity or unauthorized transactions that are filed in a claim by the accountholder.”

When asked where this information is clarified in the liability statement or somewhere else by the company in public access, there was no response.

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Source: MCTC’s 2012 Compliance and Security Report (http://www.minneapolis.edu/Student-Services/~/media/Files/Student-Services/Public-Safety/2012_Compliance_and_Security_Report.pdf)

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Liquor and drug-related arrests and inci-dents in or around the MCTC campus have dropped considerably to a three-year low, according to the campus compliance and se-curity report released by Public Safety.

From 2009 to 2011, liquor law violation arrests have decreased by 72 percent—from 100 incidents to just 28. Similarly, drug-re-lated incidents fell by 74 percent.

The factors behind the marked decrease in incidents remained unclear.

Over the three years included in the re-port, six hate crimes were reported, with half of them occurring in 2011.

The news comes as robbery alerts have frequently taken residence in students’ email inboxes this semester.

The report revealed that robberies have been on the rise, with zero in 2009, four in 2010 and five in 2011.

The college has sent at least five robbery or theft alerts to students so far in 2012.

The college is required to release an an-nual report pursuant to the Jeanne Cleary Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crimes Statistics Act passed by Congress in 1998.

The Public Safety department released its report on Sept. 28.

To report crime or request an escort in or around campus, members of the commu-nity may call Public Safety at (612) 659-6910 or visit R.3100. In an emergency, dial (612) 659-6900 or 911.

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After a tumultuous session, Student Senate elected all of the interim ex-ecutive board members to permanent status at the Oct. 10 meeting. Each ran uncontested.

Students and representatives were baffled by the discord of the meeting and seeming disregard for Senate by-laws. The senate attempted to ratify several prospective senators, including all the interim members of executive board (who were not yet official sena-tors) as a batch, rather than voting on them individually.

After fierce protests from those in attendance, the ratification of senators was handled individually.

At the next Senate meeting on Oct. 17, Vice President Wolfgang Tattenbach apologized for a “lack of foresight” in attempting to ratify senators en masse and amend the Senate’s bylaws without the proper procedure prescribed by the Senate’s constitution and bylaws.

“It will be done as publicly as pos-sible so that there are no questions,”

Tattenbach said.As the session proceeded to voting

for permanent executive board mem-bers, three of them were ineligible due to GPA requirements of Senate, neces-sitating that they appeal for an exemp-tion and be allowed to run for the ex-ecutive board.

This caused members to question the motivations of an earlier proposal to strike the senate GPA requirements from the bylaws at previous meetings.

Tim Blighton, club representative for WANDA, stated that he “categori-cally opposes” the removal of the GPA requirements, although he did not op-pose the senators who appealed for an exemption on a case-by-case basis.

“I’m going to be fighting that. I just want you to know,” said Blighton.

President Morgan O’Sullivan, Di-rector of Legal Affairs Kirsten Casper-son, and Director of Health and Well-ness Sean O’Donnell each appealed for GPA exemption, explaining the rea-sons for their GPA’s. Each were granted exemption by a vote.

Finally, senators and club represen-tatives were invited to cast their votes by secret ballot. Each position had

three options: the interim, no confi-dence or a write-in space.

While all of the candidates were elected to their positions by sound margins, the announcement of the re-sults was met with some confusion. Some counts were read for the wrong race, and there were some discrepan-cies in vote totals.

City College News obtained copies of all of the ballots and tally sheets re-lated to the executive board elections. They will be available online on www.citycollegenews.com.

Paltry general fund balance upped dramatically

The Senate received approval for an additional $40,000 for the general fund after sending a request to President Da-vis, citing insufficient funds. The fund began the year with only $5,000.

The current balance now sits at about $42,000.

PRIDE reinstated as MCTC’s LG-BTQA student club

MCTC’s LGBTQA student orga-nization PRIDE (People for Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Equality) re-gained its status as an MCTC club on Oct. 17, after losing its bud-

get and charter last year due to non-attendance at Senate meetings.

Tattenbach asked, “What is the mis-sion of the club?” He pointed to a lack of vision in maintaining excitement and interest in a vital student club in a diverse campus community.

“I think that’s been the problem in PRIDE dissolving repeatedly,” he said.

Jerry Kramer, a geography instruc-tor and the group’s advisor, and the club’s secretary made the request to be reinstated before the Senate, which unanimously passed.

Kramer also brought up two events that the club is planning—for which they would like to make funding re-quests. However, because of the long weekend break, the Student Life Bud-get Committee was not scheduled to meet as it normally would.

The issue will be brought up at the next meeting.

MnSCU takes up proposal to elimi-nate emphasis AA degrees

MnSCU’s policy committee has re-ceived and is considering a proposal to eliminate associate degrees with an em-phasis in a particular field. Philosophy instructor Mat-

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Political frenzy and buzz-worthy debate topics ignite students on colleges campus’ throughout the nation as the November presidential election approaches.

More than 40 MCTC students watched the vice presidential debate showing on the projector in the Helland Center on Oct. 11.

Most were there to take advantage of extra credit offered by their class for attending, but the interest in this year’s election is genuine. Second year student Ahmed Abdulle said the vice presidential debate “was a lot more interesting than the first debate.”

For some, the VP candidates showed more passion in defending their stances on hot issues than in the first presidential debate.

Some students had a lot to say about Joe Biden’s snickers and smirks, that may have put some views off.

“In the beginning I have to admit Joe Biden was really expressive with his body language. Almost, in my opinion, a little rude when Paul Ryan was speaking,” said Abdulle.

Other viewers had the opposite to say, believing that Biden’s aggressiveness was

VP debate heats up campus political frenzyNafiso [email protected]

MCTC students gathered for the vice-presidential debate Tues., Oct. 11. Photograph by Nafiso Mahadrefreshing to see.

Many were impressed with Paul Ryan’s demeanor and responses.

Freshman student Immanuel Jones believed that “Paul Ryan seemed he was a little more prepared for certain parts of the argument.”

However, some opponents

believed Ryan left many questions unanswered due to the fact that some of his responses were not specific.

They do not blame Ryan, instead they point out that this simply reflects on the holes left in the Romney campaign itself.

Until the arrival of election day, MCTC can expect political

activity on campus. America will be glued to their televisions watching the two sides battle it out.

The outcome of the candidate’s efforts will soon be seen.

On Nov. 6, the nation will elect a president, a multitude of senators and representatives at both the state and the federal

level.Here in Minnesota, citizens

will face the question of whether to approve two constitutional amendments on the ballot—one on marriage, the other on changing election law to require photographic identification to vote.


Staff shortage to cut library schedulePosition delayed from spring to fall not yet filledAnthony C. [email protected]

The library at MCTC was poised last week to reduce its hours beginning Oct. 22, short of a negotiation break-through between library staff and col-lege administrators.

According to library staff member Jennifer Sippel, the schedule change stems from a staffing shortage. The li-brary was due to take on another staff member in the spring 2012 semester, but the hiring process was delayed un-til fall semester. The position has not yet been filled.

The library sent a message to college faculty and staff on Oct. 15, warning of the reduction in service.

Kathleen Daniels released a state-ment on behalf of MCTC’s library fac-ulty and staff.

“The library staff and faculty regret the reduction of library service hours. The reduction is due to an ongoing staffing shortage. We are working with the college administration to address the issue. If it can be rectified we will return to our normal hours of opera-tion. We understand that a reduction in hours is a hardship to many stu-dents; we hope for a speedy resolution as eagerly as our students do.”

Daniels offered few details of the progress of negotiations, noting several upcoming meetings with the college administration. She also noted the pos-

sibility that a breakthrough could cause the schedule to remain unchained.

“Because we are still right in the middle of trying to work this out, we would like to give the situation a little more space to resolve,” Daniels said.

“After we see the results of the next few meetings, I (and my colleagues) will be more open to discuss the situa-tion more widely,” she continued.

Sippel declined to characterize the sending of the service reduction mes-sage as a negotiating tactic. The col-lege administration was unavailable for comment.

Students will be notified of the schedule changes by signs posted at li-brary entrances.

Barring a last-minute resolution of the staffing shortage, here are the li-brary’s hours before and after:

Before Oct. 22Mon.-Thurs.: 7:45 a.m.-8:45 p.m.;

Fri.: 7:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Sat.: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Beginning Oct. 22Mon.: 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tues.-

Wed.: 7:45 a.m.-8:45 p.m.; Thurs.: 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri.: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Emboldened days represent changed hours of operation.

Obama reignites sup-port as comeback kid in second debateMost ‘Debate Watch’ attendees pleased with performanceJack [email protected]

Students watched the second presi-dential debate on campus as part of the “Debate Watch” program at MCTC.

The Oct. 16 debate was in town hall format, where audience members asked the candidates questions about a wide range of issues. Question topics ranged from gas prices to green cards to job outsourcing.

Unlike the first debate, the perfor-mance of the moderator was not criti-cized heavily. Some did think Candy Crowley, a CNN political correspon-dent, let the candidates talk too long, therefore not having enough questions asked.

Students watching in the Helland Center auditorium mostly favored in-cumbent Democrat Barack Obama, with approximately three quarters of the attendees saying they were plan-ning on voting for Obama after the de-

bate. Only about five percent said the same for Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

When the debate ended, students lingered in the auditorium to discuss the debate and their opinions of it.

Fuad Hussein said, “I thought in the first debate Obama wasn’t that seri-ous, wasn’t that aggressive, but in this one he did point out that Romney kept changing viewpoints. Obama came back strong from last time and won this debate.”

Ian Munson had a similar assess-ment, saying, “Obama had an improve-ment over last time. Points brought by Romney were refuted by Obama, like debt.”

The final debate of the presidential season was held Oct. 22, and was again shown in the Helland Center auditori-um. The debate followed the same pod format of the first debate, and questions covered foreign policy.

MCTC’s plaza glows during the night. Photograph by Katiana Reinert

Laughter ruled the second presidential debate. Photograph by Katiana Reinert

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Dressed in red robes or completely in black attire, members of the Hebrew Israelites religious group demonstrat-ed outside MCTC campus Oct.16.

This is not the first visit of the group whose headwear is adorned with the six-pointed star of David.

Claiming to be the real prophets of God and Jesus Christ, the group at-tempts to spread their message to col-

lege students and others.As students bustle to morning

classes, one of the group’s leaders spoke briefly through a microphone off Hen-nepin Avenue between the Techni-cal and Helland buildings. Police ar-rived later and stopped the amplified speech-making.

Even without a microphone, the presenter’s voices boomed throughout campus.

One of the main beliefs of the He-brew Israelites, according to the groups flier, is that “God, Jesus Christ, the true Biblical Jews and all the holy prophets were black” and originally from Israel.

Some students stayed and listened, while others waited for the bus. A woman with a small child chose to purposely miss her bus to hear more of what was being said.

“You may have missed your bus ma’am, but you may have very well gained salvation,” said one of the men.

The school addressed the groups presence and many student com-plaints in an e-mail Oct. 19 stating, “MCTC wants the community to know that it does not condone or support such views.”

The email also states although the school “does not condone or support discriminatory comments of behavior,” individuals or groups are entitled to express thoughts and opinions publicly when done in a peaceful manner, which is a right protected un-der the First Amend-ment of the U.S. Consti-

tution. The members are from a local

chapter of The Israelite Church located in North Minneapolis on Emerson Av-enue.

When asked to elaborate on the purpose of their visit to MCTC, a group leader declined to respond, and a phone number listed in the flyer was not in service.

According to the flier, the group’s goal is to “expose the true historical lineage of blacks, hispanics, and Indi-ans from North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean is-lands and the rest of the world.”

This message of their goal is sup-ported by a claim on the flyer, stating that “Blacks, Hispanics and Indians come from a royal lineage of honor, dignity and glory.”

Speakers also opposed same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and anything against the ten com-mandments from the bible.

The Minneapolis Police Depart-ment confirmed that as long as the group speaks on the sidewalk without amplification, they can speak. Using amplification requires a specific per-mit.

For any further questions or con-cerns, students can contact the direc-tor of Public Safety at (612) 659-6902.

Staff writer Verta Taylor contributed to this report.

Hebrew Israelites set up camp on Hennepin Ave.

with an emphasis in a particular field.Philosophy instructor Matthew

Palombo implored members of the Senate to write to the decision-makers in MnSCU on Oct. 17.

Emphasis AAs have helped two-year college students advance more quickly after they move on to a career or to complete a four-year degree, he said.

Four-year institution faculty unions within MnSCU support the proposal to eliminate emphasis AAs.

It would terminate MCTC’s African diaspora, creative writing and philoso-phy AAs, as well as communications, women’s studies and others that are in the pipeline.

“They said that it gives an erroneous impression or expectation to students and undermines student success,” Palombo said. “My response was, ‘I would like to see the data that says AAs with emphases undermine student suc-cess.”

“We’re sending a letter in opposi-tion to this,” he continued, also calling on the MCTC faculty union to join the opposition.

Dean Laura Fedock said that the chief academic officers of metro two-year colleges are jointly writing a letter of support for the emphasis AAs.

Opposition to Voter ID amendment up for vote

Community development student Alan Bay passed out a resolution for the Senate that would say the Senate opposes the Voter ID amendment on Minnesota’s ballot this year.

In submitting the proposal, Bay, who is also a social justice student at

Augsburg College, follows the example of a resolution against the marriage amendment that is also on the ballot.

The proposal will be considered at the next meeting, pending minor edits to language.

More items from Oct. 17 Senator Eric Olson proposed

amending the bylaws to make bylaw changes take effect the semester after passage in order to discourage self-serving amendments.

Updated voter registration numbers were not yet available, but will be for the next meeting.

Director of Legislative Affairs Kirst-en Casperson passed out a MSCSA fly-er about the Voter ID amendment.

The club solicitation permitting program has been extended through the end of fall semester.

Club representatives are asked to see Director of Communications Cory Clark or Director of Student Life Tara Martinez to apply for a permit. The number of permits per day are limited to five.

The Health and Wellness Fair will be present in the skyway on Sat., Oct. 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Senator Rebecca Workman gath-ered names of students who would be interested in serving on a committee dedicated to ameliorating disparities in women’s health.

The Student Senate’s upcoming and previous agenda and minutes are avail-able online at http://www.mctcsenate.org. The Senate also maintains a Face-book group.

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Hebrew Israelites preach in front of MCTC’s technical building. Photograph by Cassiopaea Tambolini

A mass of zombie painted faces on the heads of fake-bloodied bodies rampaged through Twin City streets for the eighth annual Zombie Pub Crawl Oct. 13. Since 2005 zombies shuttled back and forth between Minneapolis and St. Paul for music, bars, block parties and a flesh-eating good time. In a ripped and tattered tuxedo, zombie groom Justin Petersen said the best part is “checking out other people’s costumes and seeing what they come up with.” Zombie bride (and real life fiancé) Sara Anderson, in a slashed and disheveled white dress, agrees. Zombies returned from the dead as Jesus, political figures, doctors, cheerleaders, hippies, ghostbusters and clowns also roamed the West Bank, Cedar, 7 Corners and Washington zones, as well as the Midway Stadium whether rain or shine. Earlier events commenced at the stadium, taken over as “Zombie Island”. The afternoon featured a stage of live music through the evening,

where rap artist DMX headlined the later show. Carnival rides, fireworks and devoured bottles of “Brain Belt Cranium” (a.k.a Grain Belt Premium) beer pulsed beneath the overlooking of a 50-foot tall inflatable zombie. At approximately 8 p.m., this year’s crawl attempted to break the Guinness Book of World Records title of “Largest Gathering of Zombies” at the stadium. An estimated 8,000 zombies were expected, but the recorded amount has yet to be announced. The current record is held by the New Jersey Zombie Walk in Asbury Park, NJ, with 4,093 zombies in 2010. Shuttle hitcher Carrie Babich from Virginia, MN (3 hours north of the Twin Cities) did what many out of town zombies do; Visit for the night and crash in a hotel. “We just heard about the pub crawl from some friends and it sounded like a good time,” said Babich. For the past few crawls, the Holiday Inn on Washington Avenue had a special package for zombie guests. Free parking and breakfast for two were provided with room reservation, along with a clean-up kit consisting of face wipes, makeup remover and paper

towels. The shuttle from the Island dropped brain-feasting zombies off near the Triple Rock Social Club bar on Cedar Avenue, which joined many other bars in the area welcoming the swarming deceased to their music stages. Surrounding bars, the Red Sea (which held a foam party) and the Arcadia Cafe, hosted block parties featuring live outdoor music and staggered dancing as the sun went down, as well as the Cabooze and Senõr Todds (formally known as the Nomad World Pub). The 400 bar entertained with DJ’s and attempted the Largest Zombie Gathering of Go-Go Dancers. This time of year has become popular for apocalypse zombie-like invasions, which now manifest themselves all over the world. Zombie walks take place in Dublin, Ireland and Brisbane, Australia. World Zombie Day is held in London, England. Even within the nation along with New Jersey, ZombiCON infests Fort Myers, Florida, and the Red, White, and Dead walk slays in Fremont, Washington. This night of the crawling dead will very likely invade the Twin Cities next year.

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Chicanos Lati-nos Unidos call for justice for victims of abuseActivist Italia Méndez rails against injustice, political repressionRabecca [email protected]

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Zombie Pub Crawl had MCTC student roaming the streets last Saturday night. Photograph by Claudia Vinzce-Turcean

Italia Méndez, an abuse survivor, visited MCTC to speak out about the sexual, physical and mental tortures and abuse she and 47 others endured in Atenco Mexico, on May 4, 2006.

Chicanos Latinos Unidos (CLU) met Wednes-day to share their stories at an event named, “We Survived Torture.” Fighter for social justice and activist Italia Méndez of the Campaign Against Political Repression and Sexual Torture, also a member of the Other Campaign, spoke against the injustices she and dozens of other women suffered in Atenco Mexico in May 2006.

Through bringing awareness to the injustices and state repression in Mexico, she hopes to put an end to the suffering and hold the state and federal police accountable for their actions.

“For us, it’s important to denounce and to hold accountable the Mexican state for the systematic violation of human rights,” said Méndez.

On May 3, 2006, police officers blocked 60 flow-er vendors from setting up their stands in the pub-lic market in Texcoco, just outside of Mexico City. Some were jailed and beaten. The vendors called upon Other Campaign to defend the people’s land, to stand up for what was right, and to stand against the blatant disrespect and disregard for human life by officers.

The following morning, between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., thousands of state and federal police officers raided the city of Atenco. They beat and arrested anyone in sight, in search of the alleged leaders. Forty-seven women were arrested, and 26 were subject to sexual torture.

Those 26 women filed complaints with the Na-tional Human Rights Commission against the state police for their acts of sexual violence, including rape and other forms of sexual aggression. While they were transferred to Santiaguito state prison, the women did not receive proper medical atten-tion. Medical teams were neglectful and refused to obtain the proper documentation on the assaults against these women. As a result of the negligence none of the assaults were documented.

By the end of the day, two were murdered by the police and 207 were arrested without any for-mal charges. None of the officials responsible have been held accountable.

“We don’t want to be victims either. We are not ‘the raped women.’ I’m not Italia who was raped in Atenco,” said Méndez.

This special event was a part of the campaign’s “14 days in different Universities all over the na-tion.”

There in support of the cause, CLU believes that in order to make a difference, the community needs to support its people. “Community organiz-ing is key for any collective effort, anything that has to do with the well-being of communities ties back to social organizing ideals,” said CLU presi-dent Emilla Gonzalez Avalos.

At the end of the event, those who attended were given an opportunity to purchase bracelets and other items to help fund the cause in hopes that one day the victims will get the justice they deserve and the officers will be held accountable to the atrocities they’ve committed.

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“Keep on teaching. The zombies could go for them first, because learning would make their brains bigger.”--John Ford

“Would try to collect as much food as I possibly could, build a house underground; and travel only during the day while setting up traps so that we are not ambushed.”--Will Menday

“Run like hell and if I go down, everyone’s gonna die with me!”--Jason Thurman

“Probably hold out in the South, barricade myself in a school because the building would automatically lock itself with the push of one button.”--Jeoffrey Zieska

“I would start collecting non-perishable items, guns, and get away from the city away from disease.”--Travis Heidelberg

“I would support the fighters, but I would not fight back.”--Emily Natzel

What would you do during a zombie apocalypse?

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Finding the right way to express yourself is not always easy. For anyone who chooses to ex-press themselves through the written or spoken word and is looking for an outlet, a new club at MCTC may have the answer. This year, some students have taken it upon themselves to create a student club that is devoted to self-expression.

Headed by student Hasani Harris, the Spo-ken Word Club is a writing circle for practicing, amateur and potential poets or spoken word artists.

Students who attend meetings will have the opportunity to share any pieces that they have produced, or any works in progress. They will also have a chance to get comprehensive feed-back and constructive criticism from other writers and poets. Hasani hopes that the club will help any aspiring artist develop toward their maximum potential.

Another important way for a poet or artist to develop their skill is by being exposed to other veterans in the scene. When asked one thing the club is offering to students, Hasani responded emphatically, “Finding a community.” The club wishes to help MCTC students get connected with others who share the passion.

For Hasani and the other current club mem-bers, being a part of the local spoken word com-munity has been essential to their development as poets. The Twin Cities is full of this kind of talent as long as one knows where to look.

For example, one prominent Minneapolis poet who has inspired and collaborated with members of the Spoken Word Club is Michael Lee. Michael is a U of M graduate who has com-peted on the national level with the University’s College Slam team.

He is now touring the nation, working as a full time spoken word performer. The club is in-terested in sharing this network of friends and competitors in an effort to expand and develop the spoken word community.

Minneapolis has always had a strong local scene for the performing arts, and the poetry here is definitely thriving. Many local theatres and bars host spoken word nights on a regular basis. Hasani and other club members are famil-iar with live performances. Some of them, like Matt Carlynon, have even placed in statewide poetry competitions.

For years Matt has been a participant in CUPSI (College Unions Poetry Slam Invita-tional), as well as Brave New Voices. Both or-ganizations offer local, state, and national com-

petitions for spoken word performers. Matt admitted that one of his hopes for the group was “to put MCTC on the map.” Both Matt and Hasani believe that there are many students here who have the interest and the potential to develop their talent at spoken word.

Hasani himself has been working on poetry since he was a child. But high school was when he really began take it seriously. As a sopho-more he discovered a spoken word community in his school. His interest was piqued, so he got involved. Looking back to when he first started performing, he remembered, “It felt great, even though I did terrible.”

Now Hasani is actively involved in the po-etry scene here in the Twin Cities. He performs on a regular basis, and competes at least once a month. He will often compete at Kieran’s Irish Pub, which has a spoken word open mic night, or at The Artist Quarter, a jazz club in St. Paul.

Hasani is also familiar with spoken word clubs at several other colleges in the area, in-cluding Hamline, Augsburg, Macalester and the U of M.

The club has already hosted its First Annual Open Mic and Poetry Slam Competition right here at MCTC, an event that they have creative-ly dubbed “Slam Wars.” (A “slam” in poetry cir-cles is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading or performance of poetry.) The competition was held on Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. in H1002.

The MC for the event was Desdamona, a prominent, local rapper and spoken word poet. The slam opened with Desdamona performing one of her original pieces.

Following her was an open mic segment, where a number of students were able to per-form their own original pieces. After that, the competing began. A total of six poets partici-pated, each performance being rated by a panel of judges.

The poets who made it to the final round, along with the finalists from future slams, will be able to participate in the Slam Finals at the end of the semester. The next Slam Wars is scheduled for October 24, followed by another on November 21, and the Slam Finals will be on December 5.

The Spoken Word Club has kicked off on its plan to promote poetry and spoken word per-formance here at MCTC. Hopefully, this is only the beginning.

A Word in EdgewiseA new Spoken Word Club hits MCTCAndrew GjertsonContributing writer

On Nov. 6, Minnesota will vote on whether to constitutionally define marriage as a union of one man and one woman, thus permanently barring the marriage of same-sex partners throughout the state. We believe this amendment to be a profound affront to personal freedom, the core of American values, based on homophobia and intolerance. We urge you to join us in voting “no.” We’ve all heard the cries that marriage is under attack, and that this represents a defense of the family. But what, exactly, are we “defending” with this measure? We are pretty sure we know the arguments of the amendment’s proponents in spite of their deafening silence on the House and Senate floors as hours of debate passed by before voting. They made almost no defense of the bill, save for a token “the people should decide.” Yet many of the original bill’s sponsors—Rep. Steve Gottwalt, Sens. Warren Limmer, Dave Thompson, Sean Nienow, Dan Hall and Pam Wolf—make no mention of their signature accomplishment now that it’s campaign season. What are they afraid of? Shouldn’t the public know if they are to decide? Marriage of same-sex couples does not threaten an opposite-sex couple’s family or marriage. Their life doesn’t change if a same-sex couple gets legally married. In the modern age, marriage is an institution of love. This is a vote as to whether or not we should legally deny the validity of the love of people whose partners are the same sex as they are. This is a vote as to whether or not we should deny such couples the right to visit their own partners in the hospital, pass off their investments to their partners in the event of death, or raise their own children without having to buy them back from the state. And on what basis? Simply on the basis that some people are uncomfortable imagining them naked. Some people have a personal religious mindset that people with similar genitals loving each other is somehow morally wrong. They are entitled to their religious beliefs, of course. This is America. They don’t have to marry someone of the same sex. Their place of worship doesn’t have to perform such marriages, if they prefer not to. But they aren’t entitled to destroy the families of same-sex couples—or degrade and invalidate them—over those religious beliefs. Same-sex couples are families too, either unto themselves or with children of their own. Same-sex couples work and love and sometimes have children just like opposite-sex couples do. Some same-sex couples have spent decades together, even as they fight upstream against the tide of legal complications and social bigotry they face. The Minnesota Catholic Conference claims marriage has always been a man and a woman for the purposes of raising children, but nothing could be more historically false.

Polygamy, tiered marriages and the buying and selling of spouses as property are all models that existed within the framework

of “marriage” over the last couple of millenia. Marriage has redefined itself more times than one could count. There is no such thing as a “traditional” marriage. But they still insist same-sex marriage is against the moral fiber of America. Which America are they talking about? According to the latest Gallup poll in May 2012, a full 50 percent of Americans support the legalization and recognition of same-sex marriages. What they mean when they say it is against the moral fiber of America is that it is against their personal religious beliefs. These are the same people claiming America is a Christian nation and should be based entirely on their personal interpretation of Christian morality. But we are not a Christian nation. We’re a nation of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Pagans, agnostics, atheists, spiritualists and everything else under the sun. We are a nation of people, not of a singular religious belief. We’re a nation which specifically prohibits the rule of religion as the rule of the people. And even many Christians support the right of same-sex couples to marry. But even were that not the case, they rest their argument on the fact that same-sex couples can’t conceive through intercourse with each other. This is true. But if this is such a tantamount issue, why do we not hear them decrying marriages between infertile couples, or couples who are childfree by choice? Why do they not wish to ban marriage for opposite-sex couples who do not include biological children (or any children) in their marriage for one reason or another?

The many children already being raised by same-sex parents also have rights and needs, which the government wants to prevent their parents from providing to them. With all of these limitations of what opponents of same-sex marriage think counts as a real relationship, why not define marriage as a union between one Christian man and one Christian woman who are willing and able to bear biological children?Because that is not what marriage is today. Marriage is a way of pledging oneself in love to another for life. For this pledge, the couple are afforded certain benefits ensuring they are legally able to properly care for each other at all stages of life, and also their children should they choose to have any.

This amendment is a vote as to whether or not we should devalue and degrade the contributions, emotions, and the children of same-sex couples. But in America as understand it, diversity is celebrated and differences of belief tolerated. In America as we understand it, voting for this amendment would be treasonous against the values of personal and religious freedom upon which this country was founded. We are gay, straight, Christian, atheist, male and female, and we urge you to vote “no” on Nov. 6. Protect the American ideal of freedom and justice for all, and the greater sense of humanity that celebrates love and happiness for families of all types.

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Love conquers all: Inhumane discrimination embarasses us as human beings

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Musings by Beck Kilkenny

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The ads, they are everywhere! If you turn on the TV, drive down

the highway or walk through the streets you have seen political ads. All ads have a thing they like to do with statistics and numbers, and that’s making them fit their side of the argument. I’m pro-voter ID, and I’m going to throw the numbers out there for you. Except I’m going to throw the numbers out that both sides are using, and you can decide yourself if you agree that we have a problem with voter fraud. I didn’t grab these from some biased, pro-voter ID website; these are public numbers that I found in the Washington Examiner. The 2008 senate race between Al

Franken and Norm Coleman was very close. After the recount war between them, Franken won by 312 votes. Since then, we have had 177 felons convicted of voting in the senate race. Minnesota Majority identified a potential 1,099 cases of felons voting in the senate race. That’s not to say that they all will be convicted or even put on trial, and that’s not to say that they all voted for Franken. What it does say is that voter fraud is real, and voter fraud has at least the potential to decide an election. It also shows just how much our votes can really matter and how important our vote is. We have a problem with voter fraud in Minnesota. We’re actually number one in the country for it. 177 doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is. Not only that, but the 1099 felons identified voting versus the

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Do you believe in love at second sight?

K: Sometimes cupid’s arrow is a little slow, and love may not hit us the first moment we see

someone. You may not realize how attracted you are to a person until you’ve given them that second glance. Your first time meeting, or first interaction with them may have been brief or impersonal, but perhaps it was meant to be a fated moment that would then bring you to this second opportunity where the sparks really start to fly.

F: Do you believe in life after love? I just Cher-rolled you. In fact, I’m not sure I believe in love at first sight: it’s never happened to me or anybody I know. As for your question, I don’t think you understand what “love advice” means since you don’t really need advice. Your question would be best at

home in a “hypothetical love related inquiries” column.

I am a student and I think I am in love with my professor - What should I do?

K: We can’t control who we love, but ask yourself; is this really love, or some form of lust? Having feelings for a teacher is a risky emotion. Due to academic policies, this type of relationship is not allowed or strongly discouraged. So ask yourself again; do you still have these feelings once

the course is over and done? Is the situation of having something more than admiration from afar realistic (In essence, is he married with kids or is his age twice yours)? Consider things carefully.

F: For the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Are you serious right now? There was a Friends episode about this: it’s called “The One Where Ross Dates a Student.” That is all the comedy I find in this question, and I swear on my love for sarcasm that I tried really hard. I will assume you’re a

girl (based on nothing else but my tired gender preconceptions), and that you’re also old enough to attend college, which means you understand the difference between infatuation and love. If it is truly the latter one I’m worried because if you two actually had any romantic interaction you have to report him/her as it is not cool. So not cool. I’m not interested in going into a pseudo-psycho-babble about how thoroughly wrong this is, but trust me, it’s wrong. So wrong. On so many levels.

Your questions answered by our gurus Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)You realize that if you said what you’re thinking about out loud people would realize just how weird

you really are. Marry a ladybug or Guinea pig. Avoid the rabbit and the goat, especially with that heartburn.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20)We know you know we know. You know?

Aries (Mar. 21 - Apr. 19)You must return here with a shrubbery or else you will never pass through this exam alive!

Taurus (Apr. 20 - May 20)We’re not saying that what you’re doing is bad and we’re not saying it’s good. However, we are saying it is the

exact opposite.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21)When in doubt, do it Gangnam Style.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22)You have the right to your opinion, unless your opinion makes no sense.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22)The stars tell us that you need to dance with them. See what we did there? Dance with the stars. Get it?

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22)Shut up.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23)We think you should text him.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 21)Don’t respond to her texts. She is easily influenced.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy. But now that song is stuck in your head.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)She totally did. Totally.

*These horoscopes were made up; just like every other horoscope ever created.

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Voter fraud in MN? You betcha! Voter fraud in Minnesota is real, and it’s as statistically common as other crimes

177 convicted is nothing to scoff at. Of the potential 1,099 felons identified, 16 percent were convicted. Unreported, ignored or not convicted doesn’t mean that the crime didn’t happen. Rape statistics come to mind. According to Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the largest anti-sexual violence organization, says that 207,754 people are sexually assaulted every year, and that only 64 percent are even reported. Of those, only five percent are convicted. My napkin math says that’s about 10,380 felony convictions a year. Let’s compare that number to voter fraud convictions in Minnesota and see if 177 convictions still seems like it’s not a problem to anyone. 311,591,917 people in the United States; 5,344,861 in Minnesota. 0.00003 percent of the United States got a felony conviction for sexual assault last year; 0.00003 percent of the Minnesota population has been convicted of committing voter fraud in the 2008 senate election. Almost like magic, the numbers come out the same; without having to make any of them fit my argument. Now, sexual assault is obviously a more serious crime than voter fraud. Anyone who thinks that sexual assault is not beyond horrible is crazy in my book. What I am saying is that convictions for felons voting in Minnesota in the

2008 senate race are just as common as sexual assault convictions from a statistical perspective.

If you are going to claim that there is an insignificant amount of voter fraud in Minnesota, you are also going to have to claim that there is an insignificant amount of sexual assault in the United States of America every year. 177 felons convicted of voting may not seem like enough of a reason to make an amendment; but that’s a larger piece of our population than it may seem. I want my vote to count. It’s a shame we can’t make an amendment to eliminate sexual assault, but we can make an amendment to completely eliminate voter fraud. The Voter ID amendment could effectively eliminate all voter fraud in Minnesota by requiring a photo ID. It would make it impossible for felons or otherwise invalid voters to vote. This is a no brainer. If you could eliminate other crimes with your vote, you would. Voter fraud is a crime. It’s real, we have it in Minnesota and it’s just as common as sexual assault in the United States. The difference here is that you can eliminate this crime with your vote. Vote yes for stopping crime. Vote “yes” for Voter ID.

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Did you know?Facebook has just started

“Groups at MCTC,” as part of its initiative to create online com-munities for college’s across the country.

The feature already includes default groups such as a textbook market, housing, jobs and classi-fied listings.

Students have already started the groups “Class of 2013,” “Lib-eral Arts,” “MCTC Tech Com-mittee,” “Photography and Digi-tal Imaging” and “City College News.”

You can make your own, or join a group by logging on at:

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