http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/writing_center/pick/backissue/volume38/assets/wells.pdf
Monday, March 28, 2011
Herbert's Struggle
This is an essay of mine that was published in Southeastern's "The Pick" (Fall 2009).
http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/writing_center/pick/backissue/volume38/assets/wells.pdf
http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/writing_center/pick/backissue/volume38/assets/wells.pdf
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Track team revs up for new season
*Published on The Lion's Roar http://www.lionsroarnews.com/campus-blog/track-team-revs-up-for-new-season-1.1825882?MMode=true
Southeastern can’t host official track meets because the track at Strawberry Stadium isn’t regulation size, but on Saturday, Dec. 4, an inter-squad meet was held.
Events scheduled for the men and women were the 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, 300-meter dash, 800-meter dash, 4-by-400 meter relay, long jump, high jump and triple jump. Some of the pole vaulters competed on Dec. 3 in Tickfaw, La.
Head Coach Sean Brady gave the performances an overall grade of B plus. After the meet he said his mood level was high because of what he saw in the athletes.
He wasn’t the only one in high spirits. Sophomore Abram Taylor was a redshirt freshman last season and is ready to get moving this year. He said, “I thought the meet went well and it was very good for the team to get the competitive juices flowing.”
Tamra Grayson, a junior transfer from New Mexico Junior College, won the women’s 300-meter dash and was the second leg on the winning women’s 4-by-400 meter relay.
Grayson said, “I felt pretty good and just tried to stay focused before and during the race – that was my goal. As a team I think it gave us a good chance to see where we are and know what we need to work on so when we go to a meet we’ll be ready to roll.”
Even the spectators had a great time, and the 4-by-400 meter relay seemed to be a hit.
“I really enjoyed it,” Toshia Jackson said. “I liked watching the girls 4-by-4 running against some of the men, and I liked the high jump.”
Former runner Tya Carodine said, “I had a lot of fun. I was happy it wasn’t cold this time. We had an inter-squad meet two years ago and it was freezing outside, so the nice weather was a pleasant surprise! The 4-by-4 was probably my favorite race because a few coaches and former athletes made a team of their own. It was nice catching up with friends – a very enjoyable day out at the track!”
Some athletes weren’t as pleased with the way the meet turned out for them. Freshman Alicia Noel said she felt she could have done better but thought the meet was successful in finding out where everyone is at this point in their training.
Domonique Morley, a sophomore from Nassau, Bahamas, thought she had a moderate performance. She said, “I’m not practicing with the team. I don’t have anyone to push me since I’m working out by myself. I’m not pleased, but I feel that I did okay.”
Morley’s amateurism wasn’t completed with the NCAA, so she’s ineligible this semester.
A new track is currently under construction and scheduled to be complete in the spring of 2011. It will be NCAA certified eight-lane track so that the Lions and Lady Lions may host meets and even go in rotation to host the conference meet.
Southeastern’s first official track meet is on Jan. 15 at Louisiana State University.
Southeastern can’t host official track meets because the track at Strawberry Stadium isn’t regulation size, but on Saturday, Dec. 4, an inter-squad meet was held.
Events scheduled for the men and women were the 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, 300-meter dash, 800-meter dash, 4-by-400 meter relay, long jump, high jump and triple jump. Some of the pole vaulters competed on Dec. 3 in Tickfaw, La.
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| Sophomore Brandon Daniels leaps into the pit. |
He wasn’t the only one in high spirits. Sophomore Abram Taylor was a redshirt freshman last season and is ready to get moving this year. He said, “I thought the meet went well and it was very good for the team to get the competitive juices flowing.”
Tamra Grayson, a junior transfer from New Mexico Junior College, won the women’s 300-meter dash and was the second leg on the winning women’s 4-by-400 meter relay.
Grayson said, “I felt pretty good and just tried to stay focused before and during the race – that was my goal. As a team I think it gave us a good chance to see where we are and know what we need to work on so when we go to a meet we’ll be ready to roll.”
Even the spectators had a great time, and the 4-by-400 meter relay seemed to be a hit.
“I really enjoyed it,” Toshia Jackson said. “I liked watching the girls 4-by-4 running against some of the men, and I liked the high jump.”
Former runner Tya Carodine said, “I had a lot of fun. I was happy it wasn’t cold this time. We had an inter-squad meet two years ago and it was freezing outside, so the nice weather was a pleasant surprise! The 4-by-4 was probably my favorite race because a few coaches and former athletes made a team of their own. It was nice catching up with friends – a very enjoyable day out at the track!”
Some athletes weren’t as pleased with the way the meet turned out for them. Freshman Alicia Noel said she felt she could have done better but thought the meet was successful in finding out where everyone is at this point in their training.
Domonique Morley, a sophomore from Nassau, Bahamas, thought she had a moderate performance. She said, “I’m not practicing with the team. I don’t have anyone to push me since I’m working out by myself. I’m not pleased, but I feel that I did okay.”
Morley’s amateurism wasn’t completed with the NCAA, so she’s ineligible this semester.
A new track is currently under construction and scheduled to be complete in the spring of 2011. It will be NCAA certified eight-lane track so that the Lions and Lady Lions may host meets and even go in rotation to host the conference meet.
Southeastern’s first official track meet is on Jan. 15 at Louisiana State University.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Southeastern gem: Equipment Checkout
HAMMOND, La. - A valuable resource may be lying idle, and every student has already paid for it.
Equipment checkout, a system headed by Clarissa Schiro-Sampey that allows students to rent equipment for educational purposes, is supported by the $65 technology fee included in tuition.
Some students have never heard of the service.
Brooke Barone, a communication major, said, “I had not heard about equipment checkout until I had a class this past semester in photojournalism. I wish I would have known prior to my last semester because I would have taken advantage of this offer at Southeastern. I think it is useful and great for students who cannot afford to buy a nice camera.”
A faculty sponsor is needed to take advantage of equipment checkout. This just means that a professor will reply to the email from Student Productivity Services confirming that the equipment is being used for his or her class.
Login to fill out the short application using the same password used for Blackboard, Webmail, etc. Equipment can be kept for seven days. After receiving the second email from SPS (the first one confirms receipt of the application), bring a university ID card to Tinsley Hall Room 102 to pick up the requested equipment and be responsible.
Equipment available for rental include laptops, digital cameras, digital video camera recorders, video cameras, projectors and tripods.
The type of laptops are Dell Latitude E5400, Dell Latitude D510, Dell Inspiron 4150 and Dell Inspiron 5150; the digital cameras include Canon PowerShot Pro 1 and Canon EOS 10D; the digital video camera recorder is a Sony HDD DCR-SR42; the video camera is a Sony VHS DCR-PC120; and the two projectors are InFocus LP120 and InFocus LP425Z.
Public relations major Christopher McKinley knew about the service. He said, “I was aware that equipment checkout was available. I’ve never used it for any of my classes, but I know that it is an incredible resource that needs to be advertised more since we’ve paid for it.”
Tya Carodine, a kinesiology major, shares McKinley’s view on advertising Equipment Checkout. She said, “Although I did know about the laptop and camera rentals, I forgot about it because it’s not advertised around campus and a lot of people don’t know about it so it’s not the topic of many conversations. I’ll probably remember now and will most likely take advantage of it in the near future.”
Schiro-Sampey and her office gets the word out about equipment checkout in a variety of ways. There is a button on Southeastern’s homepage, an important notices link on the Webmail login screen, information in the freshman packet and articles in the Lion’s Roar. Department heads are supposed to inform teachers who then tell students, and word of mouth helps spread the word. Also, Student Government Association represents SPS because of the technology fee.
Schiro-Sampey keeps SPS running smoothly. She attended Southeastern and graduated in 1987 and 1997. She started working at the university in 1998 and created equipment checkout in the fall of 2001 with the help of two German students. It started as a paper and pencil system, but WEquip was developed in 2004 to make the system technology-based.
Faculty members are not allowed to use the equipment in SPS because students pay the technology fee, but the Center for Faculty Excellence has a similarly run system.
Equipment checkout, a system headed by Clarissa Schiro-Sampey that allows students to rent equipment for educational purposes, is supported by the $65 technology fee included in tuition.
Some students have never heard of the service.
Brooke Barone, a communication major, said, “I had not heard about equipment checkout until I had a class this past semester in photojournalism. I wish I would have known prior to my last semester because I would have taken advantage of this offer at Southeastern. I think it is useful and great for students who cannot afford to buy a nice camera.”
A faculty sponsor is needed to take advantage of equipment checkout. This just means that a professor will reply to the email from Student Productivity Services confirming that the equipment is being used for his or her class.
Equipment available for rental include laptops, digital cameras, digital video camera recorders, video cameras, projectors and tripods.
The type of laptops are Dell Latitude E5400, Dell Latitude D510, Dell Inspiron 4150 and Dell Inspiron 5150; the digital cameras include Canon PowerShot Pro 1 and Canon EOS 10D; the digital video camera recorder is a Sony HDD DCR-SR42; the video camera is a Sony VHS DCR-PC120; and the two projectors are InFocus LP120 and InFocus LP425Z.
Public relations major Christopher McKinley knew about the service. He said, “I was aware that equipment checkout was available. I’ve never used it for any of my classes, but I know that it is an incredible resource that needs to be advertised more since we’ve paid for it.”
Tya Carodine, a kinesiology major, shares McKinley’s view on advertising Equipment Checkout. She said, “Although I did know about the laptop and camera rentals, I forgot about it because it’s not advertised around campus and a lot of people don’t know about it so it’s not the topic of many conversations. I’ll probably remember now and will most likely take advantage of it in the near future.”
Schiro-Sampey and her office gets the word out about equipment checkout in a variety of ways. There is a button on Southeastern’s homepage, an important notices link on the Webmail login screen, information in the freshman packet and articles in the Lion’s Roar. Department heads are supposed to inform teachers who then tell students, and word of mouth helps spread the word. Also, Student Government Association represents SPS because of the technology fee.
Schiro-Sampey keeps SPS running smoothly. She attended Southeastern and graduated in 1987 and 1997. She started working at the university in 1998 and created equipment checkout in the fall of 2001 with the help of two German students. It started as a paper and pencil system, but WEquip was developed in 2004 to make the system technology-based.
Faculty members are not allowed to use the equipment in SPS because students pay the technology fee, but the Center for Faculty Excellence has a similarly run system.
Budget cuts force departments to merge
HAMMOND, La. - Although few things have the ability to sober one up like a hit to the wallet, the reality of the university’s financial condition has become even more tangible for some students and faculty.
President John Crain decided to combine the Department of Foreign Languages with the Department of Communication to offset expenses caused by budget cuts to higher education. The new department is headed by Dr. Lucia Harrison, former department head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
The potential created by the decision was immediately recognized by some people.
"I believe it will ultimately make the communication department stronger, giving us a more global/international perspective,” said Dr. Suzette Bryan, former interim department head of the Department of Communication. “We should be a good fit.”
While members of both departments are excited for the opportunity to work together, the excitement of some members of the foreign language department - which experienced much loss - was overshadowed in the beginning.
Harrison said, “My initial reaction was disappointment and distress because of the loss of our French and French Education majors, its consequences for our students and the termination of three outstanding internationally-recognized colleagues.”
Senior communication major Heather Gonzales learned about the change over the summer when she tried to go to the communication department's main office, and it wasn't there.
Gonzales said, "It threw me off - the place they sent me was foreign language's office. I was caught off-guard and didn't understand what happened or why. I'm not upset, but I'm concerned about foreign languages. I'd freak out if it were us."
Many people hear about the percentage of funds and the large amount of money cut. Increases in tuition, housing and other fees at the university have signified Southeastern’s state, but now majors are being done away with.
"It was inevitable, and I cannot think of a nicer group of people with whom to merge,” said Dr. Cheryll Javaherian, an associate Spanish professor. “But the news was overshadowed with the shock, anger and grief I experienced over the loss of our French major-field programs and of three tenured colleagues.”
"I do not think I will ever comprehend this decision," Javaherian said. "It is like a bad, recurrent dream, and I empathize deeply with my friends and colleagues and their students who have suffered much. This being said, I think we have a great group of faculty - creative, industrious, resilient and dedicated to helping each other succeed in this venture with Dr. Harrison at the helm."
Some students and faculty thought it was unusual to combine the two departments, but it appears that unifying communication and foreign languages departments is an action undertaken by many universities.
Harrison realizes the success this unity can lead to, and she is armed with the favor, support and vigor of her faculty and dean. Still, she knows that there is a lot of work to be done.
"The challenge for me is to create a new culture for the department that reflects its unique strengths,” Harrison said.
Harrison’s goals - with the help of the faculty - are to give rise to a new mission for the department and be intentional about its priorities. She said some ideas are to have programs that consist of the study of a language in conjunction with media and translation, translation and interpreting, management studies or international development studies. Team teaching is also a prospect.
Current French majors have until May 2011 to complete their French courses and until 2012 to finish the other subjects in their curriculum.
President John Crain decided to combine the Department of Foreign Languages with the Department of Communication to offset expenses caused by budget cuts to higher education. The new department is headed by Dr. Lucia Harrison, former department head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
"I believe it will ultimately make the communication department stronger, giving us a more global/international perspective,” said Dr. Suzette Bryan, former interim department head of the Department of Communication. “We should be a good fit.”
While members of both departments are excited for the opportunity to work together, the excitement of some members of the foreign language department - which experienced much loss - was overshadowed in the beginning.
Harrison said, “My initial reaction was disappointment and distress because of the loss of our French and French Education majors, its consequences for our students and the termination of three outstanding internationally-recognized colleagues.”
Senior communication major Heather Gonzales learned about the change over the summer when she tried to go to the communication department's main office, and it wasn't there.
Gonzales said, "It threw me off - the place they sent me was foreign language's office. I was caught off-guard and didn't understand what happened or why. I'm not upset, but I'm concerned about foreign languages. I'd freak out if it were us."
Many people hear about the percentage of funds and the large amount of money cut. Increases in tuition, housing and other fees at the university have signified Southeastern’s state, but now majors are being done away with.
"It was inevitable, and I cannot think of a nicer group of people with whom to merge,” said Dr. Cheryll Javaherian, an associate Spanish professor. “But the news was overshadowed with the shock, anger and grief I experienced over the loss of our French major-field programs and of three tenured colleagues.”
"I do not think I will ever comprehend this decision," Javaherian said. "It is like a bad, recurrent dream, and I empathize deeply with my friends and colleagues and their students who have suffered much. This being said, I think we have a great group of faculty - creative, industrious, resilient and dedicated to helping each other succeed in this venture with Dr. Harrison at the helm."
Some students and faculty thought it was unusual to combine the two departments, but it appears that unifying communication and foreign languages departments is an action undertaken by many universities.
Harrison realizes the success this unity can lead to, and she is armed with the favor, support and vigor of her faculty and dean. Still, she knows that there is a lot of work to be done.
"The challenge for me is to create a new culture for the department that reflects its unique strengths,” Harrison said.
Harrison’s goals - with the help of the faculty - are to give rise to a new mission for the department and be intentional about its priorities. She said some ideas are to have programs that consist of the study of a language in conjunction with media and translation, translation and interpreting, management studies or international development studies. Team teaching is also a prospect.
Current French majors have until May 2011 to complete their French courses and until 2012 to finish the other subjects in their curriculum.
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