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Science building to open for classes Spring 2011
New building to include planetarium, cadaver lab Stephen Artman
The Communicator The new science building, which had an original construction budget of $23,900,000, is almost finished. “The building will be open for spring,” Jim Brady, Dean of Computing, Mathematics and Science, said. Brady said for students to note that science courses for spring are now in Building 28. “This building will be dedicated just to life science and physical sciences; there’s no math,” John Nuess, Capital Projects Coordinator at SFCC, said. “Building 18 will be just math.” There are many new additions that were previously unavailable in the old science building, including a cadaver lab, student study areas and a planetarium. “I think everybody is excited about
it,” Gary Buechner, a chemistry instructor at SFCC, said. “Particularly with the getting out of the 1970s building into something better, [with] updated technology.” The cadaver lab will allow students to interact with and learn from actual human remains. One of the technologies available in several classrooms including the cadaver lab is a built-in camera, where video can be recorded and played back later for student viewing. The planetarium is actually a dualpurpose room. The room was originally going to be another science classroom, however, the decision was made to obtain the money necessary to create a room that was both a classroom and planetarium. The SFCC Associated Student Government donated $200,000 towards the project, and the Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation provided the rest of the roughly half a million dolSCIENCE | Page 2
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John Nuess, Capital Projects Coordinator at SFCC, shows the storage unit for the cadavers in the new cadaver lab.
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Resignations force security changes
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Celebration of Writing highlights social issues
Students exhibit presentations offering solutions, highlighting issues of concern to students Halaina Clymer
The Communicator Posters covered with images of human trafficking, extinction of whales and topics of corrupted society stood tall, covering SUB Lounges A and B during the Celebration of Writing event. On Feb. 16, SFCC’s English 102 students presented their work during the event. The students expressed their personal concerns about the world by presenting poster boards that they
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made to exhibit their writings. “It took two weeks of prep and four straight hours of putting my poster board together,” SFCC student Jamison Edwards said. “I am here to show the dangers of over-consumption and its effects on dolphins, whales and sharks.” Every student had a different board that represented their personal concerns for the world. “Today, I am presenting a poster to inform people about the issues of Christianity after high school,” SFCC student Mike Anger said. “I’m talking about and asking the questions of why Christians leave the church and God after high school graduation.”
This event is important because it gives students the chance to open up and share their topics with the public, Anger said. This Celebration of Writing event is important for several reasons, according to English Instructor Kellie Fischer. “The English 102 students have a real audience of their peers, faculty, staff, and even some grandparents to share their information with,” Fischer said. “Their work is in progress, so it helps them to focus their continuing research as the audience asks questions, completes surveys, makes comments, and shares stories of their own that are related.”
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PG. 10 Technology in new buildings enhances instruction
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Two members of SFCC’s three-person security team have resigned, including Security Supervisor Dennis Hauenstein on Feb 13. “Our security supervisor [Hauenstein] has resigned and didn’t say why,” Gregory Roberts, Associate Dean of Student Life, said. “I’ve been here for three years and since I’ve been here there has always been three officers.” Officer Annette Mather has also resigned to join her husband in Kentucky. “There are supposed to be three positions, the security supervisors and two security officers,” Joshua WaitE, the only remaining officer, said. According to Roberts, security has been understaffed and the resignation of two members of staff has been a blow. “When you’re dealing with issues from student conduct to parking safety and when you need daytime coverage as well as nighttime, evening and weekend coverage, then you like to have more people on hand to keep your campus safe,” Roberts said. According to WaitE, over the past few years, security has gained more staff support though they are kept constantly busy. “I’ve been here awhile,” WaitE said. “It was back in 2005—we had one security officer who took care of
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