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The Distractions! Lorax? Pg. 6 McKendree Review Pg. 4 Apr. 9, 2010Lebanon, IL 62254701 College Rd. Vol. 88, Iss. 8 McKendree Student Wins Poetry in Motion Honor Voigt science labs: The idea behind catharsis.’ He is majoring in English with a Dangerously out-of-dat Associate Editor minor in creative writing and jokingly saidthe St. Louis Poetry By Sarah Adams in Motion contest he has wanted to write and “be very poor” Ask any enjoy the beautiful Hett Center, and the By Shawn Printy is a simple one: bring poetry into people’s since the 4th grade. science student at education and business departments Staff Writer daily lives by displaying local poets’ work When asked what he likes to read, Ruiz McKendree what frequently utilize Piper’s new classrooms. in Metro buses and MetroLink cars. The said, “Whatever I can find that has a cool they think of However, those in science, a discipline annual contest is sponsored by Metro cover.” Some favorite books he named the laboratory equipment at Voigt and so influenced by new developments, is Arts in Transit and the Poetry Society of included ‘A Home at the End of the World’ the answer will probably be universally relegated to a building that is older than America. Contestants submit their poems by Michael Cunningham, ‘No One Belongs negative. my parents (with equipment to match). for consideration and the winning entries Here More Than You’ by Miranda July and Now, Other majors and disciplines are not will be turned into posters the ‘Ghost World’ comic McKendree’s as reliant on equipment as part of the with custom graphics series. focus is not learning process. The sciences are the only and then placed in Metro Other than writing, transportation. This year Ruiz said he enjoys science; courses that McKendree offers that have the new poetry displays taking walks, picking up however, lab work as a major and integral part of will include the work litter, making ‘found art’ our science the curriculum. Not only is it important for of one of McKendree’s collages out of the things department learning, but also for providing real-world students. Aaron Ruiz, he finds and starting is woefully experience. an English major at awkward conversations under- Many students who graduate with McKendree, is one of with neighbors. funded biology and chemistry degrees will go on 15 winners for the 2010 Metro Arts in Transit and under to work in jobs that require them to do Poetry in Motion contest. is an organization that equipped. lab work. Without adequate experience in Ruiz heard about the promotes art and design Last semester properly equipped and set up labs, we are contest in Dr. Jenny in the Metro East area in my at a disadvantage. Mueller’s Advanced Poetry class. He public transportation systems as well as genetics In one particularly unpleasant example, admitted that he was a little nervous about community awareness of those systems. the class at first, saying, “You never really AIT has been active since 1986 and 2010 course, the organic chemistry lab students looked know where you stand with it [poetry].” marks the fourth year of the Poetry in nearly every on in horror as an aging centrifuge (a The poem he submitted, ‘The child in my Motion contest. The visual displays for the other lab fast-spinning piece of equipment used to head has grown tall enough,’ was one of 2010 poems will not be available until late failed to separate solutions) destroyed several hours his best poems from that class. As a winner May, but the poems and art from the 2009 produce worth of their work when it malfunctioned. A rusting water de-ionizer. for Poetry in Motion, Ruiz will receive $50 contest can be viewed at http://www. the correct Sophomore Maggie Musso said simply, and have his poem made into an artistic artsintransit.org/PIM09.html. The reading outcome, usually due to old, “The labs here are a biology major’s poster for public display. Winners of the ceremony for this year’s contest will be malfunctioning or improper equipment. hell.” contest are also invited to read their poems held at the Regional Arts Commission on In my chemistry course this semester, we This is at a public ceremony on May 20. May 20. have had to double up lab groups because no fault Ruiz said he enjoys writing poems and Congratulations to Aaron Ruiz on his we lacked a decent number of working of the short stories for fun or a kind of ‘creative winning poem. burets, which are essential measurement staff that ‘The child in my head has grown tall enough’ devices in chemistry. manages It would probably be safe to assume that Voigt, The child in my head has grown tall enough. She has woven a basket of dry a good amount of the equipment used is though. dandelions. The hours beneath her feet are falling like a broken rope. She waits by the older than most of the freshman students They curtains, pulled open. Tapping her fingers for the wind. here. In the inorganic chemistry lab, the receive very limited funding, as any of I put my umbrella down. She stands and reaches for me. We listen to the noises of the first aid kit and info center on the wall the teachers will tell you, and human city outside. dates back to before WWII, as do all of its knowledge is not receiving the treatment We wait in the sunlight. She holds my hand like a string to a tea bag, we are losing our contents. Not only is this not productive to and attention that it deserves. It is my hope salt. learning, it’s also dangerous. that I can see changes in this department The wind is like a train behind schedule. But we are not certain, there are no clocks. She The music and theatre departments while I am still here at McKendree. drums with one hand, tethers me with the other. We wait. We are sisters like that. Holding. SO Meetings: Are they necessary?

By Ben Simon A famous advantage of small Assistant Editor schools is the togetherness between instructors and students, and between students and other students. However, no private college can stop students from dividing into selective groups based on interests and goals. Of course it’s healthy to engage in extracurricular activities with students with similar tastes and majors, so is it worth the effort to try to unite individual clubs? Registered Student Organization presidents meetings are geared toward bringing university groups together to share information about one another, and about upcoming events. They also work to teach new organization presidents about the process of leading a student group.

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Senior president of the Black Student Organization I had a chance to sit in on an RSO presidents Brittnee’ Jones commented on the value of the meetings by meeting and observe the process. The assembly was a saying: “Those meetings are really helpful, in my opinion. great opportunity for student leaders from drastically When I was first starting out as president last semester, different groups to commiserate, breaking down the I had no clue whatsoever what to do as president and barriers that divide members of the student body. It’s no I didn’t know how I was going to lead this group, that secret that these divisions often create tension between all changed when I started attending the President’s sects of students due to conflicting ideas about what meetings, I get great tips from Craig [Robertson] and he extracurricular events are necessary for education, what helped me out a lot. And now I’m a great leader!” groups deserve what budget, and yes—unfortunately— Naturally it would be impossible to gather every group popularity is somehow still a tension-causing member of every group in one place, so the leaders of factor. each club commune to represent their members. But with Having observed members of Greek societies talking such a vast variety of clubs congregating, is it possible to and joking openly with members of educational interest engage in discussions that are relevant to every club? clubs I would say it is fair to Continued Pg 10 Campus 6-7 OPINION 9-11 SPORTS 12