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| IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO ATTEND... by the editorial board |
| A large fluctuation in the number
of cars in the parking lot from day to day does not say much for the regular
attendance of some students. At 7:40 am on the first day of school,
the parking lot in front of McAllister Hall was crammed with cars, but
now, many spaces remain forlornly unoccupied even as the cars trickle in
at 7:45 or later.
Taking a 7:40 class may seem harsh for many students, and it is understandable to sympathize with them, but a 10:00 class is entirely different. If students have an abnormal amount of trouble dragging yourself out of bed by this time, they should probably either see a doctor or stop partying until 3:00 am. It is almost embarrassing to attend a class when almost half of the seats are empty when previously they were filled. Students who regularly skip class without any excuse waste their own money and their instructors’ time. Considering that it costs $ for each semester hour, missing a single class costs $. When students intentionally skip class, they are not only throwing away money, they are throwing away their entire education. In fact, many instructors even point out in class that they have made the observation that there is a direct correlation between regular class attendance and higher grades. Quite frankly, it should not take much observation to come to this conclusion; common sense should suffice to inform students of this blatant fact. College students should be here to get an education, but we have observed that a number of students seem to be majoring in beer drinking and partying. We are quite sorry to inform you that this will not look very good on a resume when you graduate; unfortunately, employers do not like employees who only show up half of the time. Many students do not know what they want to do with their lives when they first attend college, so they should spend their time exploring different career options or different majors. Sadly, a good majority of these misguided students spend most of their time exploring all the different facets of partying. It is not too late to reverse bad habits, however; the drop date for classes is October 22, so there is time enough to begin cracking the books rather than the beer bottles before failing grades force students to drop classes. Students who experience the revelation that attending classes improves grades may even find to their surprise that they enjoy some of their classes. |
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| MORE THAN JUST WORDS... column by Jana McBride |
 “Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” -- Charles Dickens On October 2, 1999, the world became
a better place. A cure for a disease wasn’t discovered, an invention
wasn’t made to improve the quality of our lives and world peace wasn’t
achieved, but something came in a much smaller bundle. It was on
this day a little baby by the name of Sean Matthew Spoerre was born.
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| LAUGHING AT MYSELF... column by Jennifer Litterer |
 Maybe you’re wondering how that’s possible? Perhaps you think the word twin is synonymous with identical. If that is true for you then you’re only seeing half of the picture. This may be shocking to you, but there are two types of twins in the world; identical and fraternal-the difference being obviously looks. But biologically what occurs is with identical twins the fertilized egg splits into two. However, with fraternal twins the mother releases two separate eggs. From personal experiences and talking with other twins, almost every set of twins goes through the same type of growing pains. In elementary school and junior high, we were always thought of as the same person. If one of us loves peanut butter sandwiches, than so must the other. But let me set the record straight. I hate peanut butter sandwiches even though Amy (my twin) eats them by the loaves. Of course, the most repeated problem that always follows twins throughout their lives is people not being able to tell who is who. Amy and I still get mixed up even though we are “night and day” in difference as my mother says. One of our cousins, who is only a year younger than us, still can’t tell us apart. What makes things really difficult for people is that my brother and Amy look more alike than Amy and me. One time, one of my mom’s older acquaints was visiting us, and each of us introduced ourselves stating our names and age. After I finished, the acquaintance turned to my brother and Amy, and asked if they were the twins. My brother is almost two years older than us. Amy recalls that I said, not too happily, that she and I are the twins. Don’t get me wrong there are some really great things about being a twin. When we were little, we always had someone to play with like Barbies or house. Also Amy and I are lucky that we get along because I know twins that despise their other half because of the way people treat them. I find that sad because Amy is not only my twin, but my best friend. She knows me better than I do at times. There have even been times when we have felt each other’s pain. For instance, I felt the pain resulting when she got her tetanus shot and I didn’t even know she was getting the shot. Luckily, my parents have always treated Amy and me as different people, and as my mom always explains, “They are are sisters with the same birthday.” |
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| North Iowa Area
Community College
500 College Drive Mason City, Iowa 50401 (515) 422-4304 Editorial Board: Amy Hackbart, Editor; Jennifer Litterer, Assistant Editor; Seth Ramaeker, Advertising Manager; Charles Emerick, Sports Editor; Jana McBride, News Editor; Laura Ostrander, Opinion Editor; Jana McBride, Feature Editor; Laura Ostrander, Entertainment Editor; Darren Ohl, Photo Editor. Staff: Carah Barnes,
Nicole Blaser, Chris Bowe, Daisy Bram, Nicole Chenoweth, Sadie Cutler,
Jamie Dietrich, Tom Fagerholm, Michael Foster, Chris Fraker, Joshua Frayne,
Jill Gray, Nicole Gretillat, Brooke Harriman, Travis Hirsch, Evar Johnson,
Emily Kammrad, Nichole Glaser, April Lien, Jessie Lockwood, Kristin Lura,
Corey Marquardt, Natalie Meyer, Melissa Miller, Jake Peterson, Jennifer
Schlicher, Jessica Scholorholtz, Nathan Sills, LaShonda Small, Tess Tjaden,
Molly Trenary, Jeremy True, Justin Ullman, Justin VanLaere, Crystal Weiss.
Policies: The Logos is published every other week throughout the year to inform, educate and entertain the students and staff of the North Iowa Area Community College. We encourage readers to write letters to the editor on matters of concern. Letters should be delivered to the editor of the Logos in room 210 in the Acitivity Center on the NIACC campus. Any one student may write one letter per issue. Letters must be signed. The staff reserves the right to edit letters for length or libelous content. The staff will not print letters that are an invasion of privacy. Letters should be limited to 250 words. All opinions expressed on the opinion page are those of the writer and not the newspaper staff, administration or board. Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the editorial board. Affiliations: Associate Collegiate Press, Student Press Law Center. |
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