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Alice Villadsen at the Giles groundbreaking
No full textAlice Villadsen in a brown dress suit, wearing a yellow hardhat and holding a shovel at the Giles groundbreaking. There are three people in the background on the right side
Unidentified man at Giles groundbreaking
No full textAn unidentified man holding a yellow hard and a shovel at the Giles groundbreaking. Unidentified people in the background
Gracie Edwards at the Giles groundbreaking
No full textGracie Edwards with a shovel, digging at the Giles Groundbreaking. Several people are standing near her in the background
Tony Zeiss speaking at the Giles groundbreaking ceremony
No full textCollege President Dr. Tony Zeiss speaking to a crowd of attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Giles building. Standing next to him is an ASL interpreter. The image is taken from beinds the speakers, facing the audiance
Unidentifited woman in black at the Giles groundbreaking
No full textAn unidentified woman all in black with jack-o-lantern earings and pin, holding a shovel and wearing a hardhat at the Giles groundbreaking
Unidentified woman in black sweatshirt at Giles groundbreaking
No full textPhotograph of an unidentified woman in a black sweatshirt and yellow hard hat, holding a shovle full of dirt at the Giles groundbreaking
Tony Zeiss with shovle at Giles groundbreaking
No full textDr. Tony Zeiss with a shovel, digging into the dirt at the Giles Groundbreaking
Two unidentified men at the Giles groundbreaking
No full textTwo unidentified man with a shovel, digging at the Giles Groundbreaking. The man on the left is wearing a gray sports jacket and the man on the right is wearing a brown leather jacket
The Spark, Volume 46, No. 3
No full textKeith Bryant, part-time instructor in Visual and Performing Arts, receives an Emerging Artist Grant from the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. Yves Paquette, part-time instructor in Visual and Performing Arts, receives an Artist Project Grant from the N.C. Arts Council for the creation of a new, more experimental body of sculptural works. Harold Walker, manager of computing services and a member of the technology team at the College, provides updates regarding e-mail and internet access. Students are asked what they are thankful for. Coffee with the presidents includes Central Piedmont's president and the Student Government Association (SGA) president, and allows the students to meet college leaders and voice opinions. Central Piedmont's Crimebeat talks about the current incidents taken from the security log. Many children will have toys for Christmas this year because of an auction hosted by St. Gabriel's Church. Central Piedmont's Mentor Program's first year is deemed a success. German exchange students study at Central Piedmont. The exchange program offers students new opportunities. A fashion show was sponsored by a class, where the students modeled and produced the show.NEWS BRIEFS
Service Learning
cutbacks
Due to limited resources, ServiceLearning
drop-in referrals for students
are no longer available. A ServiceLearning
Center, which referred
students to volunteer service
_ opportunities in the community, was
located in the Student Life Center last
quarter. Instructors in somechwes will
continue to incorporate service projects
in their courses.
IEEE scholarship
• WIDOer
Daniel Scheid, a CPCC electrical
engineering technology major, has been
awarded the Ben Martin IEEE (Institute
of Electrical Electronic Engineers)
Scholarship 19'J5-96Award. Theannual
scholarship, awarded by the Charlotte
IEEE Section to a qualifying CPCC
student, "seeks to promote the
continuation of academic and
professional excellence in electrical and
electronics engineering technology," a
press release said.
Sundial honors
CPCC retiree
Worth Campbell, a former CPCC vice
president, has retired. To thank him for
his service to student activities, the
college is dedicating a sundial, replete
with fountain and benches, in his honor.
The sundial will be erected in front of
the SLC, near the stage. A formal
dedication is planned for early 1996.
Painting heisted
A landscape painting by J. D. Massie, a
CPCC marketing services graphic
designer, was stolen on or about Nov. 28
from the Terrell Building's fifth floor
foyer. The painting was on permanent
loan to the college. Anyone with
information concerning the theft, please
call 342-6661.
Eateries' new hours
The Snack Shack and Tiger's Den new
hours, which began Dec. 4, are 7 a.m. to
7:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday,
and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.
DECEMBER 1995
One Special Christmas
1995 - pgs. 4 - 5
Movie and Music Reviews
- pgs. 6 - 7
# Exchange Student
Program - pg. 8
. Volume 46 Number 3
CPCC eIDerging artists win grants
Keith Bryant
Photo by Wyatt Cromer
Keith Bryant, part-time instructor in
Visual and Performing Arts, has received
an Emerging Artist Grant from the Arts and
Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
according to the Oct. 16, 1995, issue of the
Communicalor, CPCC's weekly faculty/
staff newsletter. Bryant will use the award
to develop and exhibit a body of work
which will be exhibited in this area next
year.
Yves Paquette, part-time instructor in
Visual and Performing Arts, has received
an Artist Project Grant from the N.C. Arts
Council for the creation of a new, more
experimental body of sculptural works .
These new pieces will be exhibited before
June 1996. Paquette is also currently
exhibiting recent work in the 1995 Juried
Monarch National Ceramic Competition.
The exhibit was recently on view at the
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in
Florence, Ala.
~ORT~
\ CAROLINA
Yves Paquette
Photo by Wyatt Cromer
College considers student e-mail, Internet access
by Gary Weiss, Copy Editor
In preparation for eventual e-mail and
Internet access for CPCC students, a
technology team of college staff and
students has been looking at the different
issues involved in providing such access.
"We want to make sure we're doing
things right," said Harold Walker.manager
of computing services and a member of the
team.
The technology team is a standing team
at CPCC appointed by and reporting to the
CPCC Cabinet. It looks at issues of
technology and how it affects CPCC
college-wide, according to Tom Griffin,
the team's chairperson. Other members of
the team are Nancy Bryan, head of the
Technology Learning Center, and Gerry
Davis, an engineering and advanced
technology department program director.
As resource people for purposes of email
and Internet access issues, the team is
also using Made Helms, director of student
life; Carole Schultz, director of the library
services department; and Michael Spomer,
SGA president and a commercial art and
advertising design major.
The members of the Cabinet to which the
team reports consists of Tony 2.eiss, CPCC
president; Phyllis Barber, assistant to the
president; Kathy Drumm, vice president of
administtative services; Nicholas Gennett,
vice president of educationsuppmservices;
GeneralNeasman, vicepresidentofhuman
resources and development; and Alice
Villadsen, vice president for instruction.
The idea was referred by the Cabinet to,
the technology team, according to Melvin
Gay, dean of student development. ''The
Cabinet assigned to the technology team
the mission to research and investigate the
possibility of providing e-mail access to all
students and Internet to all students," said
Griffin.
"That is really an institutional goal," said
Gay about student access.
The technology team forwarded to the
Cabinetarecommendationfavoringstudent
e-mail and Internet access. The
recommendation ''believed the Cabinet
should endorse it and then forward it to the
appropriate body," Gennett said.
The Cabinet approved the
recommendation and sent it back to the
technology team for further detailed study.
The three main issues being addressed
are maintenance, resources and access.
"Each has subissues to be dealt with,"
Gennett said
Maintenance involves several factors,
according to Gay. "There are many types
of routine maintenance," he said. He
mentioned the updating of e-mail accounts .
Accounts would be provided to students
making proper application; accounts would
need to be deleted when a student leaves
the college. Accounts take up a lot of
memory, according to Gay.
Another question is how to phase in•
student access. Gennett phrased the
question as, Would it be for individual
students who want it, or for all students as
a blanket policy?
Eventually, up to 20,000 students may
have access to e-mail and the Internet
through CPCC, according to Walker. Once
the system is up and funded, students need
to be trained in its use, according to Helms.
''Training is a critical issue," he said.
Students will need to be trained how to sign
on and how to use the system properly,
according to Helms.
Walker's department is in charge of
assigning e-mail mailboxes and providing
training.
Griffin and Helμis both expressed concern
with how to deal with accounts whose
students are here one or two semesters,
drop out, then return. "When do you start
them and when do you stop them?" Griffin
asked rhetorically. Helms said, "Who's
going to monitor it to see how many students
are using the system?"
see Access, pg. 4-5
2 OPINION
Why I a01 ·thankful
by John Bradley, Editor
This is the time of year that we
traditionally "count our blessings," as it
were. Sometimes it is difficult to believe
that in our rush- rush lives there is anything
to be thankful for, save for very, very small
things.
I think that with a little thought and selfreflection,
everyone can find a good deal of
things to be very thankful for.
I realized that I do have a lot of things to
be thankful for. The great.est thing I am
thankful for is life itself. I have been given
a second chance at life not once but twice,
so, hopefully, I will get it right on the third
try.
Another thing that I am thankful for is
good and loyal friends. Good friends are
hard to find and I am blessed with very
loyal, if sometimes slightly misguided,
friends.
There are many more things that I am
thankful for, but I think everybody has
much more to be thankful for than they
realize if they would just take some time to
think about it and realize that things aren't
as bad as they seem at the moment
Roving Reporter: What do you have to be thankful for?
by Stephanie Briskey, Staff Writer
Nicol von Schummer., 18
Degree Program: college transfer
"I have my health, a family that loves me
and a chance at an education."
Gifford Ivan Cordova 0), 16
Degree Program: high school completion;
Electrical Engineering Technology
"Being alive. Learning a Chinese language
and meeting a wonderful girl from Hong
Kong."
We were wrong
In the October issue of The Spark,
we identified German exchange
students Mike Heckmann and Elke
Gerstner as cousins; they are not
cousins.
We also identified the photo of
Heckmann as on the right of the
page 3 photo; he was on the left of
the photo.
Anas Alyounes, 20
Degree Program: Mechanical Engineering
Technology
"Getting back to CPCC after two years of
getting out of it. That's the most imJX)rtant
thing."
Paul Fetherson, 21
Degree Program: Graphic Arts
"Being alive. Racial harmony at the
school."
Photos by Stephanie Briskey
Anita McManus, 18
Degree Program: high school completion
"Thankful that my family is behind me
while going to school."
Alicia Cuthertson, 19
Degree Program: mass communications
"Just being alive. Thankful I have a roof
over my head and strength to keep going."
Coffee Wlththe Prelldentl
by Franklin Diaz, Staff Writ.er
Coffee With the Presidents, CPCC' s Dr. Tony Zeiss and SGA's Michael SJX)mer, was
held Nov. 8 in theStudentLife Cent.er.1Jlis Wa an opJX)rtunity for students to meet with
college leaders ar.d voice'ideas8J!d concelll&,about what's going on with their school.
A new security system is in· place, replet.e with 24-hour video surveillance and
microphones in the stairwells. Zeiss wanted to make it known that security, is available
to escort people to their vehicles as needed. Interested parties can call 342-6632 or 6444
day or night
Last, the fact that the library at UNC Charlotte is open to CPCC students was
mentioned. Access is granted to individuals displaying a valid CPCC student ID card.
December 1995
The Spark
December 1995 Vol. 46 No. 3
Editors Melanie Scribner.
John Bradley
Photo Editor Karen E. Abbott
Advertising Editor Ted Garvin
Copy Editor
Paste-up Artist
Staff Writers
Staff
Photographers
Webmaster
Gary Weiss
Chris Peigler
Stephanie Briskey
Franklin Diaz
Janell L. Johnson
Angel Miller
Jason Yarbrough
Melissa Carey
Wyatt Cromer
Tracy Douglas
James Luckey
Kevin Rayan
Mike Downing
Spark Home Page HTTP://
www.cpcc.cc.nc.us/pubs/studpub/
studpub.htm
Student
Publications Adviser Liz Rogers
Student Life Director Mark ·Helms
The Spark is a news publication financed
by student activity fees and written
and published by student journalists for
the CPCC community. It is not an official
college publication. Any viewpoints expressed
should not be interpreted as
representing official CPCC positions.
CPCC is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action institution. Accommodations will be
made for individuals with hearing, sight
and physical disabilities.
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December 1995
The Spark
Crimebeat
by Stephanie Briskey, Staff Writer
All incidents are taken from the
CPCC security log.
Oct. 4: Two suspects were witnessed drinking tequila in the Student Life Center. These
students were banned from campus until they meet with the Dean of Students.
Oct. 9: A man who was not a CPCC student was observed damaging books in the LRC.
A witness claims that the unknown individual tore pages out of some library books. The
library staff called campus security. The individual was warned not to return to campus
unless he became a student, and that a repeated incident would result in his arrest.
Oct. 10: Computerp arts were stolen from two computersi n a Kratt compute_lra b. The
culprit(s) removed six screws from the casing, removed various parts and replaced the
screws. The culprit(s) did the same to a nearby computer. Out-of-order signs were then
posted on the two machines. The following parts were found to be missing: Computer 1:
1 540MB hard drive; 1 8MB RAM; 1 486-66 Intel CPU chip. Computer 2: 1 540 MB hard
drive; 1 8MB RAM. A computer specialist said that it would take approximately 15
minutes to replace the parts.
Oct. 23: Two students were identified as being under the influence of alcohol on campus.
They were reported after being loud and causing a disturbance. When they were questioned
about their condition, the students replied that they would not be considered intoxicated in
their country. The officer's teply was that they were not in their country.
Missing coffee cart
IS THIS YOU?
CPCC students
are seen ghouling
around in front of
the new coffee cart
during Halloween
1995. The cart was
open during the fall
quarter but has
since closed. ''The
cart closed due to
faulty equipment,"
said Kim
MacQueen, the
cart's owner.
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Accessfr om p. 1
Photos: top left to right, Jeff and Jennifer
Jeffords,ahusband-and-wifeteam,worked
together on a three-shelf bookcase; Walter
Brawer with the hobbyhorse he handcrafted
for the auction. Bottom left to right: Francis
Lopata working on the play kitchen he
crafted; and Steve Snow standing in front
of the solid cherry table he and wife, Pat,
were building. Snow is talking to
woodworking instructor Dan Rushing.
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Griffin also expressed concern as to how to deal with different types of students, such as those
in corporate and continuing education classes that meet for only two or three weeks out of the
quarter.
Also, the details of who is to repair and bring back on line the system when it goes down must
be worlced ouL Computing Services will have the responsibility for maintenance, according
to Gay. ,,, .
Computing Serviceiss looking into the cost of resources. This involves costs for hardware,
software and personnel and hooking up the SGA and other student organiz.ations to the Internet.
"Computing Services is looking at the equipment and the software to support this activity,"
Walker said. "We're looking at hardware and software."
The cost of actual e-mail and Internet access also need to be addressed. "There's going to be
expense," Walker said. "No sources for the dollars have been identified to date," Gennett said.
Currently, funds from sources such as the Capital Campaign and lab fees are earmarked for
specific programs and equipment
Studentactivityfeesareonemethodoffundingstudentaccess. "Itisappropriateuseofstudent
activity fee money -to establish student Internet and e-mail access," Helms said.
"The catch is we have decreasing revenues and increasing demands on the money we now
December 1995
The Spark
In the spiri1
One Special C'4
by Melanie Scribner, Editor
A lot of children will have toys this
Christmas because of the annual One
Special Christmas auction.
St Gabriel's Church on Providence
Road was once again the site of the
auction, which was held Nov. 30 at
7:30p.m.
Many volunteers from CPCC as
well as the Charlotte Realtors
Association were on hand to watch as
items they worked on and helped
gather were sold to the highest bidder.
Proceeds of more than 11,770, and in Rowan, Mecklenburg
and surrounding counties. They also
distribute toys to
ontheQuallaBo
including Che
There are hun
CPCC student:
have coming into Student Life," Helms continued. "We don't have the money to pick up the tab 1 Gri
right now." E
"I'd rather propose a modest increase in the current fees than cut existing programming," be
Helms said. deti
Currently, the state has imposed a maximum of 20 per year. A student taking more than nine credit to C
hours pay~ a 3 per are
quarter. .r., '~ ..
The average activity fee at other N.C. community colleges is between 27.
The technology team is looking at how other colleges and universities provide access and how
they pay for it.
''We have a couple of people looking at how other colleges do this," Griffin said. "We '11 list
out the things we think are appropriate and then look at the costs."
Griffin defined the issue with the question, "Who's going to pay for this?" He said, "We're
probably going to recommend an across-the-board technology fee." The collected fees would
go to cover such costs as e-mail and Internet access and certain labs.
• Every student would pay the technology fee regardless of whether he or she utilized e-mail and
Internet access, Griffin said. "Every one of those registrations pays a base-line fee, whether they
use the technology or noL" Whatever is recommended in the way of such fees, according to
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Jristmas 1995
organizations helped with the
auction. Gail Marshall of Auctions
by Marshall, Inc. volunteered her
time to auction many of the items.
The largest items auctioned were
two log cabins built by students in
Chapman's log cabin building class.
The smallest item was a Welsh love
spoon, hand carved by professional
woodworker and part-time furniture
building instructor Jack Coobs.
Items of great interest among
auction attendees included a handcarved
good luck pooka donated by
Paul Weir of Weir Handmade in
Ittman,
Unidentified man digging at Giles groundbreaking
No full textAn unidentified man wearing sunglasses is holding a shovel full of dirt at the Giles groundbreaking. Four other people can be seen in the background