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Carroll College Student Newspaper Helena, Montana Volume 105 Edition 4 October 31 st, 2013 Committee evaluating fall break length Marcie McCarvel Staff Writer There seems to be a lot of dissonance on campus about the nine-day fall break that turned into a ‘breaklette’ the past two years. The split comes between the upper classmen who had experienced the long time tradition of the week-off of school, and the underclassmen that find bliss in a four-day weekend in mid-October. The policy committee made the deci sion two years ago to bring the break to four days with consideration to calendar constraints. Northwest Accreditation, stu dent development research, and number of class contact hours. “The feedback from parents has been positive based on the change being cost prohibitive,” stated Nina Lococo, vice president of enrollment manage ment. According to student development research, the first six weeks of a students college career is the most critical time. “These are when tilings really start to come together, decisions are made, and students determine how well they are doing in school,” Director of Academic Advising, Annette Walstad informed. “Many faculty members feel that it's like starting the semester over when students get back from a long break.” The change in length of fall break came two years ago, with the intention of the policy committee revisiting the topic after two years. This year, two years after the change, a standing faculty committee has been formed with the purpose of evaluat ing the success of the change. One of the major issues for students was the lack of communication regarding the seemingly sudden change to fall break without any input from students. More Fall Break on page2 Photo courtesy of Carroll College \For out of state students who want to enjoy Montana's beauty, it would be nice to get a week to go on hikes.\ Erin Reynolds, junior, anthrozoology, Long Island, M l \I like the shorter fall break because we get more time off for Christmas Break.\ Jess ica Sim kins, freshman, engineering, Bozeman Student Voices Up 'til Dawn raises over $ 16,000 for S t Jude Nate Kavanagh Students who participated in Up 'til Dawn's all night event had a blast from 12-6 a.m. on October 19. Pictured above are students at the egg drop challenge In Slmperman around 4 a.m. Photo courtesy of Carroll College Up 'til Dawn \By taking great advantage of Montana's amazing natural landscape, I hope to develop, grow and strengthen the program.\ Patricia Heiser Page 4 Co-Editor From 12-6 a.m. on October 19-20, campus was abuzz with students who raised over $16,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The Carroll chapter of Up 'til Dawn, a col legiate fundraising organization, planned and hosted the event. It is the first year of the organization’s new fundraising and event format. “For the first time trying this, it was incredibly successful,” said Bridgette Oberweiser, assistant executive director of the Carroll chapter. Oberweiser is a sophomore nursing major from Drum mond, Mont. \One of our goals for this year is to embrace the 4 G's that Coach Cunningham brought to Carroll.\ Jake H ollifield Page 9 “We also had an awesome turnout and hopefully the event was enough fun to bring people back again next year,” stated Oberweiser. The Up 'til Dawn executive board had been busy recruiting students since Sep tember and had been working hard to plan events to keep people awake and excited for the 6 hour, late night/early morning event. The new format made it “more difficult to recruit upperclassmen,” said Paige Lewis, chair of recruitment. “It was easier to recruit freshmen because they didn’t have any misconceptions about the event and were open to hearing about it.” Lewis is a junior elementary education major from Los Altos, Calif. More Up 'til Dawn on page 5 \It's not the wind blowing..the spirits are not my Imagination.\ CandieCain Page 7
