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Carroll College Student Newspaper Helena, Montana Volume 100 Edition 3 December 6th, 2012 Evans inaugurated as 16th president PHOTO BY GARY MARSHALL Ryann's Rant: The Week o f Hell Vir Vi Dead Week: two words that to a college student traditionally mean an abundance of review sessions and studying—no tests, no homework, no papers, NO CLASS. Campus is es sentially dead. At Carroll, however, Dead Week has taken on the more negative con notation of final chapter tests, term papers, presentations, and homework - all while studying for finals worth upwards of about 40 percent of your grade. We don’t have Dead Week, we have the week from Hell. Personally, I don’t see the point of it. Taken straight from the University of California at Santa Barbara Catalog: “’Dead Week’ is the week prior to final examinations. The purpose of dead week is to allow students time to begin preparation for final examinations without academic obligations beyond the normal class meetings.” Many of us students are taking five or six classes. That is five or six finals in one week. It is enough to study for without the added stress of projects and assignments due the week before. “If we had a dead week, we could use it for studying,” said junior Shelby Sweeney, an English education major from Worland, Wyo. The University of California at Berkeley does not even hold classes the week before finals, let alone have anything due. It’s the college dream: a whole week off to study, and, if your classes are easy enough, to party one last time before break. And Carroll students are feeling cheated out of their “rightful” Dead Week. “At Carroll, Dead Week doesn’t even exist!” cried Ali Dowling, a sophomore Spanish major form Burl ington, Wash. Faculty at Carroll also note the dif ferences in policy. \Basically Carroll doesn’t really have a 'dead week,'\ said Mark Parker, associate dean of academies. \Just a “last week of classes.\ But let’s slow down for a moment... A week off before finals would mean an extra week of school tacked on somewhere. So long, Spring Break! And you don’t want that. Trust me, you REALLY don’t want that. Many universities, such as Uni versity of Kentucky, state in their catalog exactly what is and what is not allowed by professors during Dead Week. And most state the same poli cies: No tests, projects, presentations, or assignments that have not been on the syllabus since the first two weeks of school. At Carroll, the policy is no policy. The catalog states, “There are many things required of students during the last few weeks of classes. Faculty [> Ryann Lannan Student Opinion More The Week o f Hell page 3 Carroll and Helena welcome Evans Kirsten Rotz Staff Writer In the midst of students racing around St. Charles Hill, food from around the world, and the CUBE being turned into a pretty classy place, the inauguration week for Dr. Thomas Evans was kicked off over Founder’s Day weekend in the beginning of November. The Founder’s Day Flurry, held on Nov. 3, was a fun and silly way for students to come together in teams of four, participat ing in different “adventures”. “It was very successful for its first year,” said the creator, Megan Olszewski, senior community health major from Kalispell. “Of course, not everything goes as planned, but it seemed to go better than planned. We had some awesome volun teers and amazing participants who really embraced the idea, and they just had fun with it.” Participants found themselves doing ________ Reed Baker ________ Staff Writer Students nestled into the Cube on the night of Tuesday, November 13 to watch the highly anticipated Reno! 911 act that they were promised over a year ago by CSA. One of the largest CSA events ever, the chairs were all taken, yet students continued to file in to witness the comedy of actors Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough. Enduring the false alarms as the eleva tor doors opened and closed sans-come- dians, the event finally began at 9 p.m. in the Upper Cube. “This event kind of advertised itself,” said Joslyn Camey, assistant director of community living and CSA faculty advi sor. “They were pretty well-known people, and comedy acts tend to have a pretty big turnout.” This “pretty big turnout,” however, antics such as “sledding” around the side walk of the fountain in front of Borromeo Hall on old trays from the dining hall, sitting on water balloons, team-walking a five-legged race, and mnning up and down the main step of St. Charles. That evening, the student life welcome to Dr. Evans was held in the STAC where students found themselves treated to dishes from around the world. Dr. Evans and his family, faculty, staff, and students filled the dining hall for the duration of the event. The local bands Triple Cross and Whis key Root provided entertainment through out the evening, and many students found their way to the dance floor in front of the stage. The next evening was the inaugural mass followed by a reception in the CUBE. The homily, given by the Bishop George Leo Thomas of Helena took the congregation back to the humble begin nings of the Second Vatican Council. The reception after the inaugural mass was well attended and put together in filled the entire Cube to the extent that chairs became scarce. “The students involved in CSA told me that it was going to be huge, so we prepared what we could to handle a large showing,” said Camey. “But people just kept coming in, and at one point we had to check the fire capacity to make sure we could fit everyone legally.” The act consisted of short comedy sketches from both actors, as well as a short in-character sketch that brought students on stage. “Cedric and Carlos were excellent,” said junior computer science major Nick Jenkins from Bellevue, Wash. “They asked questions to the audience, and had the crowd going the whole time. We knew students would enjoy them for their pure star power, but the comedy itself was solid.” Upcoming CSA events include the Love Doctor on Thursday, January 31, and the swing band, Aces Up, on Friday, Febru ary 8. a very elegant manner. Completely transformed by black curtaining around the walls and gentle light, the campus center was unrecognizable. Students, faculty, staff and community members were dressed to the nines. Sodexo dining services helped to put on a reception with light appetizers and desserts. The main event of the inauguration of Dr. Evans took place on the afternoon of Nov. 5 in the RE. Center. Not only was there a great amount of pomp and circum stance, but it was a tasteful event featuring a presentation of the colors, an inaugural poem, and, as it was put in the program, a “litany of greetings”. Among the greetings, the mayor of Hel ena, Jim Smith, invited Dr. Evans and his family to the official opening and dedica tion of Centennial Park in the spring to “help kiss any babies” and welcome the city of Helena to its new park. Speaking for the staff and administra tion of Carroll, Nisan Burbridge, the chair of staff advisory, spoke to the effect of Dr. Evans’ meetings with all of the Alpha KEX0911! INSIDE Grateful Saints, p. 3 Stop your stinginess and pull out a few bucks. Senior Nights, p.8-9 Grads prepare to say goodbye. Best of Helena, p. 13 Check out these local bakeries. More Inaguragion pages Officers Jones and Garda pack students into cube
