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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 48 YEARS OF SERVING THE KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY ISSUE 11, VOLUME 56 48 YEARSOF SERVING THE KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY I C OMMUNIQUÉ KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE WWW.KIRKWOODSTUDENTMEDIA.COM Yegge earns 400th win Pg. 8 Outstanding Students Section B Exam Cram offers study services and snacks OMITOGUN, HILLARY WEB EDITOR Every semester, the Kirk- wood Community College Li- brary and Tutoring Services de- partment help students prepare for nals with Exam Cram. This semester’s event is on Tuesday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. According to Tutoring Ser- vices Coordinator Mike Scallon, since many students have papers due during nals week.They will be able to get assistance with cita- tions and references from librar- ians. Additional tutors will be available in Tutoring Services to help with math, science and com- puter skills, such as Microsoft Of- ce Word and PowerPoint, said Scallon. “It is a great opportunity to utilize the educational resources on campus. There will also be ex- tra staff to handle the overow,” Scallon added. Scallon also emphasized that Tutoring Services, located at 2071 Cedar Hall, has one of the strongest Wi-Fi connections on campus. “There are also six private rooms, a computer lab and even study areas around the tutoring services,” he said. According to Librarian Sue Miller, there will be many activ- ities available for students in the library on the main campus. “The library is going to have a lot of activities for relaxation and fun. Activities include col- oring, therapy dogs that students can pet, massage chairs, brain teasers and games and puzzles all day,” she said. There will also be a free raf- e at the Library and in Tutoring Services. Giveaways from the rafes include gift cards from The Café, merchandise from Student Life and the Kirkwood Bookstore and other door prizes, such as power packs and pizza cutters. Refreshments such as cook- ies, popcorn, coffee, tea and lem- onade will be provided at the Li- brary as well, said Miller. Scallon mentioned that Exam Cram was organized for students to get ready for Finals Week with a fun approach that relieves stress. “It’s where students can get fun free stuff all day,” he added. Miller claried that the activ- ities will only be on the rst oor of the library. “The second oor of the library will remain quiet so if anyone is allergic to dogs or needs quiet study time they can do it there without getting dis- tracted,” she noted. Although the Exam Cram ends at 9 p.m., Miller said the library will remain open until 11 p.m. that day. Miller also pointed out that after Exam Cram, during Finals Week, the library will stay open on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. – midnight so students have even more time to study. “The Exam Cram event keeps getting more popular every semester. It was widely attended last fall. Students really like the therapy dogs we provide and the free food,” Miller concluded. College event promotes women in IT Tutoring Services makes the grade ENZO NAGAO WEB EDITOR In a world embroiled in so- cial awareness and rapidly-shift- ing traditions, the role of women in the modern workplace has be- come a highly controversial topic. More and more movements dedicated to winning equality and proper treatment for women and other minorities in the workplace have gained traction in the mod- ern world and Kirkwood Com- munity College is no exception. In the eld of technology - a typically male dominated in- dustry - Kirkwood students and professors have been working to bring more women in and to en- courage diversity and opportuni- ty. “We’ve been making a con- centrated effort here in the last two and a half years and we’ve taken the computer support spe- cialist program from 17 percent to 22 percent,” said Elizabeth McCarthy, associate professor in the Business and Information Technology Department. “IT still has this reputation as a sort of male-dominated work environment, and it is in some cases, but girls can compete- we just do it a little differently,” she said. McCarthy also emphasized that many jobs, especially local ones, are looking to diversify their staff, reaching out speci- cally for women. In her classes, she teaches girls how to compete in a male-dominated industry and she feels that the strong amount of female teachers in Kirkwood’s IT programs helps to encourage interest. Kirkwood’s Business and IT department has been working to encourage girls to be interested in technology programs through the use of marketing videos, banners, posters, classroom seminars,and constant community outreach to both Kirkwood regional centers and local schools. Sharon Blanchard, depart- ment coordinator for the IT de- partment at Kirkwood, said she has high hopes for the future. “We’d like to see one out of every ve students be female in our IT programs,” Blanchard said. “What we really see from our students and events in our de- partment is making sure that ev- eryone - females and minorities - are aware of the opportunities and are having the condence to pursue it.” Blanchard went on to empha- size that the amount of women in IT programs had seen a large amount of growth in recent years. One of the largest programs Kirkwood’s IT program push- es is the High-Tech Girls Day, a campus visit/hands-on seminar day aimed specically at seventh through 12th graders. “We’re asked a lot of times why we split High-Tech day into a guys and girls day and we do that primarily for comfort level,” said Samantha Hench, associate professor in the IT program. “We want to let the girls communicate with us and have open and frank discussion about the industry and we feel that they can be more open when they’re talking with their female peers.” The event, consisting of many different local schools, featured a wide range of classes, as well as guest speaker Kelsey Guetschow, director of Business Intelligence for MedTouch, a company aimed at helping hospi- tal and healthcare facilities with their IT programs. Among the many attend- ees, eighth graders Cuyler Reid, Paige Emig and Aireal Hemst- ed from Mount Vernon Middle School voiced their enthusiasm for coding and their appreciation for High Tech Girl’s Day offering them an opportunity they rarely get elsewhere. CHRIS HANIAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Kirkwood Community Col- lege’s tutoring is set apart from other colleges because it is free to students. Tutoring Services staffs more than 120 tutors while aiding about 1,100 students a semester. Mike Scallon, Support Ser- vices coordinator, stated that although the tutoring center pri- marily hires student tutors, they will hire outside help for harder subjects and certain areas that students have trouble obtaining a high grade. Scallon said tutoring is lim- ited to credit classes, two classes a semester and two hours a week per class. Unlike other universi- ties the tutors that Tutoring Ser- vices hires are mostly students who have excelled at those sub- jects and maintain a 3.0 or above GPA, while they must have a B+ or higher in that subject that they tutor. According to the Kirkwood tutoring website, students who are interested in becoming a tutor can attend a paid 10-hour work- shop and after 25 hours of experi- ence they can become a certied tutor. “There has been a high correlation with progress and tutoring,” said Scallon. “You don’t have to be a struggling student. You can be a B student wanting to be an A student.” The tutoring center has walk in tutoring but does not offer tu- toring for English Languag Ac- quisition. The center is technologically up to date, according to Scallon, and has six quiet study rooms and a full computer lab, which is equipped with a MAC. The area around Tutoring Services also has three Wi-Fi nodes, which allows for fast connection to multiple students working on assignments and their subjects. Tutoring Services is located at 2071 Cedar Hall. Any student can come in and use the facilities and get walk in tutoring or sign up for private tutoring at the front desk. The study rooms are open for use on a drop in basis, while the center is open from Mon- day-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To learn more about tutoring at the college and see what tutoring is available at certain times go to “We’d like to see one out of every ve stu- dents be female in our IT programs.” -Sharon Blanchard Associate Professor Business and IT PHOTO BY KEITH NOREM Exam Cram Date: Tuesday, April 26 Time: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Location: Library and Tutoring Services Activities: Therapy dogs, free help with research papers, tutoring, color- ing, massage chairs, games, puzzles, brain teasers, free food, free rafe Marcie Christensen, left, is one of 120 students who work for Kirkwood’s Tutoring Services. “The library is going to have a lot of activities for relaxation and fun.” -Sue Miller Librarian

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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 48 YEARS OF SERVING THE KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY ISSUE 11, VOLUME 5648 YEARS OF SERVING THE KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY I

COMMUNIQUÉKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

WWW.KIRKWOODSTUDENTMEDIA.COM

Yegge earns 400th winPg. 8

Outstanding StudentsSection B

Exam Cram offers study services and snacksOMITOGUN, HILLARY

WEB EDITOREvery semester, the Kirk-

wood Community College Li-brary and Tutoring Services de-partment help students prepare for fi nals with Exam Cram. This semester’s event is on Tuesday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

According to Tutoring Ser-vices Coordinator Mike Scallon, since many students have papers due during fi nals week.They will be able to get assistance with cita-tions and references from librar-ians.

Additional tutors will be available in Tutoring Services to help with math, science and com-puter skills, such as Microsoft Of-fi ce Word and PowerPoint, said Scallon.

“It is a great opportunity to utilize the educational resources

on campus. There will also be ex-tra staff to handle the overfl ow,” Scallon added.

Scallon also emphasized that Tutoring Services, located at 2071 Cedar Hall, has one of the strongest Wi-Fi connections on campus.

“There are also six private rooms, a computer lab and even study areas around the tutoring services,” he said.

According to Librarian Sue Miller, there will be many activ-ities available for students in the

library on the main campus. “The library is going to have

a lot of activities for relaxation and fun. Activities include col-oring, therapy dogs that students can pet, massage chairs, brain teasers and games and puzzles all day,” she said.

There will also be a free raf-fl e at the Library and in Tutoring Services. Giveaways from the raffl es include gift cards from The Café, merchandise from Student Life and the Kirkwood Bookstore and other door prizes, such as power packs and pizza cutters.

Refreshments such as cook-ies, popcorn, coffee, tea and lem-onade will be provided at the Li-brary as well, said Miller.

Scallon mentioned that Exam Cram was organized for students to get ready for Finals Week with a fun approach that relieves stress.

“It’s where students can get

fun free stuff all day,” he added. Miller clarifi ed that the activ-

ities will only be on the fi rst fl oor of the library. “The second fl oor of the library will remain quiet so if anyone is allergic to dogs or needs quiet study time they can do it there without getting dis-tracted,” she noted.

Although the Exam Cram ends at 9 p.m., Miller said the library will remain open until 11 p.m. that day.

Miller also pointed out that after Exam Cram, during Finals Week, the library will stay open on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. – midnight so students have even more time to study.

“The Exam Cram event keeps getting more popular every semester. It was widely attended last fall. Students really like the therapy dogs we provide and the free food,” Miller concluded.

College event promotes women in IT

Tutoring Services makes the grade

ENZO NAGAOWEB EDITOR

In a world embroiled in so-cial awareness and rapidly-shift-ing traditions, the role of women in the modern workplace has be-come a highly controversial topic.

More and more movements dedicated to winning equality and proper treatment for women and other minorities in the workplace have gained traction in the mod-ern world and Kirkwood Com-munity College is no exception.

In the fi eld of technology - a typically male dominated in-dustry - Kirkwood students and professors have been working to bring more women in and to en-courage diversity and opportuni-ty.

“We’ve been making a con-centrated effort here in the last two and a half years and we’ve taken the computer support spe-

cialist program from 17 percent to 22 percent,” said Elizabeth McCarthy, associate professor in the Business and Information Technology Department.

“IT still has this reputation as a sort of male-dominated work environment, and it is in some cases, but girls can compete- we just do it a little differently,” she said.

McCarthy also emphasized that many jobs, especially local ones, are looking to diversify their staff, reaching out specifi -cally for women. In her classes, she teaches girls how to compete in a male-dominated industry and she feels that the strong amount of female teachers in Kirkwood’s IT programs helps to encourage interest.

Kirkwood’s Business and IT department has been working to encourage girls to be interested in

technology programs through the use of marketing videos, banners, posters, classroom seminars,and constant community outreach to both Kirkwood regional centers and local schools.

Sharon Blanchard, depart-ment coordinator for the IT de-partment at Kirkwood, said she has high hopes for the future.

“We’d like to see one out of every fi ve students be female in our IT programs,” Blanchard said. “What we really see from our students and events in our de-partment is making sure that ev-eryone - females and minorities - are aware of the opportunities and are having the confi dence to pursue it.”

Blanchard went on to empha-size that the amount of women in IT programs had seen a large amount of growth in recent years.

One of the largest programs Kirkwood’s IT program push-es is the High-Tech Girls Day, a campus visit/hands-on seminar day aimed specifi cally at seventh through 12th graders.

“We’re asked a lot of times why we split High-Tech day into a guys and girls day and we do that primarily for comfort level,” said Samantha Hench, associate

professor in the IT program. “We want to let the girls communicate with us and have open and frank discussion about the industry and we feel that they can be more open when they’re talking with their female peers.”

The event, consisting of many different local schools, featured a wide range of classes, as well as guest speaker Kelsey Guetschow, director of Business Intelligence for MedTouch, a company aimed at helping hospi-tal and healthcare facilities with their IT programs.

Among the many attend-ees, eighth graders Cuyler Reid, Paige Emig and Aireal Hemst-ed from Mount Vernon Middle School voiced their enthusiasm for coding and their appreciation for High Tech Girl’s Day offering them an opportunity they rarely get elsewhere.

CHRIS HANIANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kirkwood Community Col-lege’s tutoring is set apart from other colleges because it is free to students. Tutoring Services staffs more than 120 tutors while aiding about 1,100 students a semester.

Mike Scallon, Support Ser-vices coordinator, stated that although the tutoring center pri-marily hires student tutors, they will hire outside help for harder subjects and certain areas that students have trouble obtaining a high grade.

Scallon said tutoring is lim-ited to credit classes, two classes a semester and two hours a week per class. Unlike other universi-ties the tutors that Tutoring Ser-vices hires are mostly students who have excelled at those sub-jects and maintain a 3.0 or above GPA, while they must have a B+ or higher in that subject that they tutor.

According to the Kirkwood tutoring website, students who are interested in becoming a tutor can attend a paid 10-hour work-shop and after 25 hours of experi-ence they can become a certifi ed tutor.

“There has been a high correlation with progress and tutoring,” said Scallon. “You don’t have to be a struggling student. You can be a B student wanting to be an A student.”

The tutoring center has walk in tutoring but does not offer tu-toring for English Languag Ac-

quisition. The center is technologically

up to date, according to Scallon, and has six quiet study rooms and a full computer lab, which is equipped with a MAC. The area

around Tutoring Services also has three Wi-Fi nodes, which allows for fast connection to multiple students working on assignments and their subjects.

Tutoring Services is located

at 2071 Cedar Hall. Any student can come in and use the facilities and get walk in tutoring or sign up for private tutoring at the front desk. The study rooms are open for use on a drop in basis, while

the center is open from Mon-day-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To learn more about tutoring at the college and see what tutoring is available at certain times go to

“We’d like to see one out of every fi ve stu-dents be female in our IT programs.”

-Sharon BlanchardAssociate Professor

Business and IT

PHOTO BY KEITH NOREM

Exam CramDate: Tuesday, April 26

Time: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Location: Library and Tutoring Services

Activities: Therapy dogs, free help with research papers, tutoring, color-ing, massage chairs, games, puzzles, brain teasers, free food, free raffl e

Marcie Christensen, left, is one of 120 students who work for Kirkwood’s Tutoring Services.

“The library is going to have a lot of activities for relaxation and fun.”

-Sue MillerLibrarian

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News BriefsDance MarathonThe Cedar Rapids Dance Marathon will be Saturday, April 16, at Coe Col-lege. Proceeds go to U of I Children’s Hospital.

Outstanding Stu-dentsThe Outstanding Student ceremony will be Monday, April 25, at 3:30 p.m., at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center.

FASFA Frenzy Students can get FASFA help from fi nancial profession-als each Tuesday until April 26, from 10:30 a.m. - noon, in 3057 Cedar Hall.

Tree Campus Rec-ognitionFor the fi fth year in a row, Kirkwood Community College has been given a 2015 Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foun-dation.

Counseling ServicesCounseling is available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. in 108 Iowa Hall. Counsel-ing is free and confi -dential.

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Campus clothing drive to benefi t AfricansDANIEL FIELDS

NEWS EDITORThe Power of Women and

Children, one of Kirkwood Community College’s clubs and non-profi t organizations, is spon-soring a clothing drive from now until April 26.

This drive will be followed by a second next fall, at the end of which all donations will be

shipped. According to Prince Nabuy-

oli, the club’s president, the aim is to “Impact Lives in Africa,” by donating clothing to under-privileged women and children (along with men) in South Africa, although he eventually wants to expand into Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia.

It also offers students a great way to get involved he added;

anyone can donate by dropping their new or used clothing – of any sort – in Cedar Hall 3059, stating that all donations are tax deductible.

Nabuyoli stated that the Power of Women and Children meets every other Tuesday during activity hour (11:15 – 12:20) in Cedar Hall 3059, adding that he would like all those who are in-terested to attend.

The club is also active in helping immigrants, mostly from Africa, adjust to life in America by helping them, among other things, with learning how to drive and speaking English he said.

He went on to state that the organization was started more than 10 years ago in South Africa.

Nabuyoli added that he would like to see more Kirkwood students get involved.

PAIGE GERJETSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kirkwood Community Col-lege offers a wide range of class-es from glass blowing to forensic science, but at the Kirkwood Cen-ter for Lifelong Learning there is program dedicated to offering free English learning courses to anyone who needs them.

The only requirements are being an adult and taking a na-tionally standardized test to see where a student needs to be placed in the program.

In its previous session the program saw 100 active students and is seeing a steady increase in enrollment.

The classes help students bring their English learning skills to par with a high school level,

allowing students get a diplo-ma from Kirkwood and go on to higher education or to enter the workforce.

Barbara Shreve, an ESL in-structor and program coordinator, stated it is important this program is offered for free. “Many stu-dents are refugees and just strug-gling to get by, some come to ESL just to attain a livable wage and at times it’s diffi cult to just have bus fare,” she said.

The students involved in the class are highly motivated, pas-sionate and eager to learn, Shreve said. She added that the classes are amazing to teach with such an active classroom.

The classes are part of Kirk-wood’s High School Completion Programs and contain a large population of refugees and those

seeking asylum in the U.S. “ESL is a very misleading term. It means English as a Second Lan-guage but many students already come to us with four or fi ve lan-guages from their own countries,” said Shreve.

Some students must com-pletely learn new skills such as reading and writing, and even holding a pen or pencil can be a new experience for them, accord-ing to Shreve.

The course offers a fully im-mersive learning experience, with the wide variety of native lan-guages all questions the students have must be asked in English and if something doesn’t sense the entire class comes together to fi gure it out, said Shreve.

Shreve said she and the Kirk-wood Lifelong Learning Center

are making an effort to better the lives of those who were forced to run away from their old ones and those looking to gain back what they once had.

Shreve has been working in the ESL fi eld for more than 10 years. Shreve said, “I used to live in Fort Wayne, IN, and we had a very large refugee community from Burma and there was a call for volunteers and training for tu-toring and I got so involved in it.”

In 2003 Shreve moved to Iowa and quit her position as ad-ministrative assistant and began classes at the University of Iowa studying linguistics, earning a bachelor degree in education in 2006.

“[Teaching] had so much more meaning to me,” she said.

LIBBY SLATONDENISE KASSIS

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSThe Café at Kirkwood Com-

munity College has been open since 2012 and one of the big-gest changes it has made over the years is the effort to reduce its en-vironmental footprint.

Kyle Davis, manager of The Café, said he has made it his mis-sion to recycle and compost as much as possible. “Eighty per-cent of our food and materials are

composted,” he said.In 2015, Davis said The Café

added a Green Station, which is located next to the Café. The Green Station, a collection of three bins that include compost, recycle and trash, along with a display of the different items that can go into each allows students and staff to separate their food items.

Davis stressed that those who use the Green Station should pay attention to what they are putting in the bins. “Any item that is put

into the wrong bin contaminates the whole thing,” he added.

Students and staff have many options to help, whether its get-ting the right container, putting food into the right bin, spreading the word about the Green Station and the Café’s efforts to reduce its footprint.

“We invest more money into compostable items. It would be cheaper to buy Styrofoam but that’s not what its about. Its about trying to do the right thing,” said Davis.

The Café’s organic material is broken down by GreenRU, a company out of Blairsburg, where the waste is churned and is turned into dirt that is then sold back to farmers, according to Davis.

Davis said this is not just a campus issue but an environmen-tal issue that affects the planet.

“I believe it is a world issue and we have to do a better job of reusing waste because we are run-ning out of areas to put all of it,” he said.

College provides free English courses

Green Station reduces café’s footprint

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Students should use free tutoring

Batman vs. Superman: Th e winner takes all “The best way to study, in my opinion, is by re-reading information and writing it multiple times to memorize it.”

Holly MillerLiberal Arts

DANIEL FIELDSNEWS EDITOR

CANTABERRY YONATHAN

STAFF WRITER

“Don’t procrastinate studying. Do it as soon as possible, even when the assignment is not due for two weeks to make time for your studying.”

Jack AndersonEducation

“Take the time to focus on the material. Try not to memorize and look for the key words to make it short and relatable so that you remember it instead.”

John Paul MadlosMedical Assistant

“I usually play video games while I study and I usually just cram it all in one day.”

Michael BennettUndecided

“I usually study better with music playing in the back-ground. I also think its bet-ter to study ahead of time so that you aren’t rushed.”

Damontre Irvin Psychology

In light of the grittier, dark-er superhero movies – in contrast to the Batman and Superman of Adam West and Christopher Reeves – which have become the mainstay of comic book action hero fi lms, it makes sense that the latest release would feature two of the most preeminent superhe-roes in popular culture fi ghting one another.

However, a surprising result

of the fi lm is that for much of it, audiences accustomed to the clas-sic dichotomy of good vs. evil are forced to pick sides between two somewhat fl awed, but well intended protagonists.

While Superman would at fi rst appear to have the upper hand between the two – he can fl y, has super human strength and is im-mortal (which is by no means an insignifi cant advantage) – he does have one weakness, Kryptonite.

Kryptonite neutralizes these powers, the result a level play-ing fi eld between him and Bruce Wayne, or any other mortal for that matter.

And on such a playing fi eld the technological genius and training of Batman gives Bruce Wayne, played by Ben Affl eck, the upper edge.

However, and much more intangibly, mortality can also be seen as an advantage. “Batman v Superman” is in many ways an examination of power - an explo-ration of whether or not power should have limits, a debate cen-tered on Clark Kent, Superman’s alter ego in the fi lm.

For the Christopher Reeves Superman, perhaps this is a non-issue. But in light of today’s more nuanced and fl awed pro-tagonists, there should be limita-tions. And, in this paradigm mor-tality provides the all-important check on absolute power, making Batman the safer, and as the mov-ie proves, equally effective super-

Some college students struggle to retain rightsMARY CLARE REIM

MCT CAMPUSIt’s bad enough that college

students today have to juggle aca-demic and social pressures while paying historically high tuition rates that often saddle them with years of debt. But now they’re struggling to retain their First Amendment rights.

We’ve seen this all across the country. Students at Yale Uni-versity last year made headlines when they protested, of all things, a panel emphasizing the impor-tance of free speech. As made

obvious by the glaring contradic-tion here that students were using their right to free speech to limit speech they did not like there is a particularly troubling mindset at work today. Campus protests are nothing new, but lately they have taken on a more belligerent nature that diminishes the voice of the individual.

Melissa Click, the former University of Missouri communi-cations professor who was caught on tape asking for “muscle” to physically remove a student doc-umenting a protest, represents

how peaceful demonstrations coupled with a powerful aversion to intellectual debate turn into mob rule. Students at California State University recently tried to physically block other students from attending a speech by con-servative commentator Ben Sha-piro, who eventually needed to be escorted off campus by police due to safety concerns.

This shouldn’t disturb only conservatives. Even President Barack Obama has expressed dismay at the trend, saying at a 2015 town hall meeting in Des

Moines, Iowa: “I don’t agree that when you become students at col-leges you have to be coddled and protected from different points of view.”

Unfortunately, college stu-dents are not the only ones who are increasingly made to think inside the box. When states ad-opted the Common Core nation-al standards, parents, teachers and administrators alike became concerned about the impact a uniform set of standards might have on different school curricula throughout the country.

Everyone will likely agree that Superman is one of the stron-gest super heroes to this day.

He can shoot laser beams from his eyes, he is super strong, he can fl y and is usually played by charmingly handsome actors.

In the movie “Batman v Su-perman”, some critics may ar-gue that Batman won the fi ght, because in the movie Batman stopped at the last second before killing Superman.

I disagree, because the only reason Superman was in a tight spot was because he didn’t want to kill Batman before trying to reason with him fi rst so they could combine forces to stop the villain.

Superman, being the kind and patient hero that he is, tried multiple times to convince Bat-man to help him save Superman’s mother. In response, Batman shot and immobilized him and weak-ened him with Kryptonite.

The traps set by Batman to slow him down wouldn’t even be triggered because Superman would already be in Batman’s face to fi nish him off, even while wearing his clunky Kryptonite ar-mor.

Another reason why Super-man would have won against Batman was that Superman is so insanely strong. In the fi lm, he

was able to withstand a nuclear missile, although he was knocked out for a few minutes, and then absorbed the sunlight like a solar panel, before miraculously com-ing back to join the fi ght like it was nothing.

Batman, on the other hand, is a very well-built man with no super powers whatsoever, who was resourceful and rich enough to gather the last few Kryptonite pieces on Earth to end the “threat” of Superman. In this new movie, Superman is the clear hero.

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Between the Kirkwood Community College tutoring and writing centers, students at KCC are able to receive free and individualized help in al-most any subject.

While the Writing Center is often great for help with Com-position and Literature papers, students are able to receive ad-vice on their writing regardless of the subject matter.

Tutoring Services offers daily walk-in tutoring for math and science and students can request individualized help for almost any subject through one-

on-one peer tutoring.Nonetheless, walk-in tutor-

ing often offers students plenty of customized, one-on-one help, in an up-to-date facility all in a timely manner. Furthermore, it offers students the opportunity to drop by at their own convenience, as it is available throughout most of the day.

All this means that Kirk-wood offers plenty of assistance to students, regardless of their needs. It’s a misconception that tutoring is only for struggling students, although it’s certain-ly great if you are one. Students

may in fact just be stuck on a particular problem, in which case walk-in tutoring makes for a great option. Or, they may need regular help in a certain subject, in which case they can utilize up to two free hours (or four if they have a disability) of one-on-one help in up to two subjects.

What makes Kirkwood tutor-ing so unique is that students are able to receive the personalized attention they may not be able to get in class. For many students this is benefi cial, as they are able to learn better this way.

There is sometimes a mis-

conception that students who struggle with grades and or fi nd themselves on academic proba-tion are the ones who typically seek out the services.

Many colleges charge students who need help with writing and tutoring in various subjects. However, KCC offers many free options to help stu-dents succeed.

Students should take ad-vantage of the walk-in tutoring services, individual meetings or group study tables to make the most of their educational expe-riences at Kirkwood.

Batman and Superman battle in the new movie “Bat-man v Superman”.

SAM HOEFLERSTAFF WRITER

According to USA Today, the most recent poll released April 9 shows that in Iowa Donald Trump is once again leading the Repub-lican Party with almost 29% with Ted Cruz just behind at almost 24%. John Kasich trails behind both of them at almost 3%.

On the Democratic side the most recent polls show that Hil-lary Clinton has maintained her lead in Iowa since the caucus with almost 48% and Bernie Sanders is close behind with almost 44%.

The polls in Iowa are very representative of what the nation-al polls are as Trump and Clinton are in the leads nationally as well as Cruz being just behind Trump nationally. Sanders is just behind Clinton as well on the Democrat-ic side. Kasich is again well be-low both Trump and Cruz, having less than half the numbers that Trump has and about two thirds of the numbers of Cruz.

In the national polls, it shows that Trump is leading with 42%, which gives him a substantial national lead over Cruz who has almost 32%.

Kasich who is still in the race at this point has about 19% sup-port in the national polls, which is a stark contrast to Iowa where his poll numbers make it look like people don’t even know he is running. According to the New York Times, he currently has won only one primary or caucus and that was his home state of Ohio.

Clinton is ahead of Sanders with 51% support with Sanders being behind her at 42%. CNN reported that with his victories on March 26 Sanders still has a backseat to her lead and while he

hopes to push more delegates off of their endorsement of Clinton, there are still a good number of delegates who have not declared. Those undeclared delegates could turn the tide in the Democratic race.

Despite what the nation-al polls report, students should continue to pay attention to what they hear in the news and conduct their own research about the can-didates. Even though the election is months away, there is still a lot to learn about the presidential candidates.

National polls show Trump and Clinton in lead

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Kick off the summer at Kirkwood

Floral show focuses on life events

Upcoming events for students Strongest Eagle CompetitionApril 14, 7 - 9 p.m.Kirkwood Rec Center

XBOX NBA2K16 TournamentApril 19, 5 - 9 p.m. Kirkwood Rec Center

BingoApril 19, 11:11 a.m.The Café in Iowa Hall

Disc Golf TournamentApril 20, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Off Campus Students should visit www.kirkwood.edu/intramurals to register

MBOLOLWA MUNDIAFEATURE EDITOR With summer quickly ap-

proaching, Kirkwood Communi-ty College offers a summer camp that benefi ts not only younger students but families as well.

Kirkwood Interactive Camps for Kids (K.I.C.K.) offers a va-riety of camps to get kids in the community.

According to Kristin Hanneman, camp director, said, “The age range are from 8-15 the camps are broken up into 8-10 or 11-15, all the camps are within a week and don’t exceed fi ve days Monday through Friday.”

Hanneman said, “The camps are STEM related, that is science, technology, engineering and math.”

She added, “There is also career exploration so kids can try it out to see if it is something they want to do when they grow up. Thankfully the camps that we have are career incentive that kids can start here at Kirkwood, so whether it is welding or a science related class or culinary arts we have everything so someday they can come to Kirkwood for those classes.”

K.I.C.K. offers a wide vari-ety of camps for kids with various interests, whether it is photogra-

phy, web designing, college prep or basic kitchen essentials, where kids are taken to the Newbo Mar-ket to gain hands-on experience.

According to the K.I.C.K. brochure it “...brings new camps every year such as Robotics Fac-tory. This camp will use CNC (Computer Numerical Control), machining, welding and robot-ics to replicate a real-life factory. Using these technologies, we will start with raw material and trans-form it into a working part. If you like to be creative and solve prob-lems, this is the camp for you!” The Robotics Factory camp is for kids ages 9-14.

The brochure also provided

information about 3D Computer Design. It stated, “...kids learn how to create three-dimensional shapes, structures and anything you can imagine using Autodesk Inventor, a three-dimension-al modeling software. You will start off slow by creating simple shapes, then using that knowl-edge, design structures that sat-isfy challenges like Barbie’s new dream house or theme park rides.”

Hanneman said, “The camps are set up more like a college class setting to get kids prepared for what it would be like to attend Kirkwood.”

Kirkwood students have the opportunity to be counselors at

the various camps getting the ex-perience to work with kids and promoting their school as well, said Hanneman.

Kirkwood students are en-couraged to apply and be a coun-selor. Hanneman stated, “If stu-dents are almost done with their degree they can apply to be a teacher the next summer.”

She added, “It’s a great place to drop off kids while parents are in class and we offer scholarships for kids.”

To fi nd out more about K.I.C.K. and scholarship infor-mation, visit www.kirkwood.edu/kick.

Left: Lora Dodd-Brosseau, fl oral careers professor, speaks with Maitland Sieren, fl oral careers, at the fl ower show on April 6 at Kirk-wood Community College. The theme for this year’s show was “Remember When” and students focused on creating pieces that com-memorated signifi cant events in their lives. Right: Student Maitland Sieren showcases her centerpiece at the fl oral show.

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Head Coach Joe Yegge has his eyes on everything that is Eagle softball. He recently earned his 400th victory as the head coach of Kirkwood softball and has done so in eight and a half years.

PHOTO BY KEITH NOREM

Yegge notches 400th win

Carson Whittingham battles the cold and the course as he drops this putt for birdie on the fi rst hole at Hunters Ridge Golf Course.

PHOTO BY KEITH NOREM

Eagle golf ‘chipping’ away at the season

Baseball hits stride as conference beginsJILLIAN MCKEE

JOSEPH WLONSINSKICONTRIBUTING WRITERS

The Kirkwood Community College baseball team has been soaring above their competition so far this season. The team’s re-cord is currently standing at 22-8, with a 6-0 conference rating.

Although it is still early in their season, Head Baseball Coach Todd Rima said he is hop-ing to be regional champions and has the ultimate goal of going to the World Series. Rima said, “I think our guys want to follow in

the basketball footsteps and have a chance to be national champi-ons.”

Rima also mentioned how fortunate he is to be working with an experienced team that has so many returning sophomores, as well as overall great chemistry. “We’re a veteran team, or at least as veteran as you can be at a two year school,” he added.

Emanuel Castellano, return-ing sophomore, also talked about the high hopes for this season. Castellano said, “As of right now we’re going good, so hopefully we keep the ball rolling and it all

goes our way.” According to Castellano,

some of the team’s hardest com-petition was North Iowa Area Community College on April 9 and Des Moines Area Communi-ty College, which will be coming this Saturday April 16th; both of which are going to be a challenge according to Rima and Castella-no.

The Eagles strongest suit this season is their pitching staff ac-cording to Rima. He said, “Our pitching depth is really good, it’s the best I think we’ve had since I’ve been here.”

He also added that he feels like they are able to put a differ-ent, winning line up out every game, thanks to the pitchers’ fl ex-ibility and depth.

Rima also said the players have put in a lot of practice time both off and on season. Although the season did not offi cially start until February, the team has been practicing since the fall semes-ter’s fi rst week of classes. “It’s very demanding, being a college athlete. We ask a lot of our guys as far as practices, study tables, just doing all those extra things,” said Rima.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERSThe Kirkwood Community

College Men ’s Golf Team has ranked in the top ten nationally for more than fi ve years and this season they are currently ranked ninth.

Darin Pint, head golf coach, explained that the team is able to stay in the top ten because they want to continually improve and golf is their passion. “Ranking can be misleading because we don’t get to play the teams ahead of us in the matches. We take it and we’re happy with it but it is not what really drives us,” he said.

Pint explained that the team practices regularly Monday through Friday and it includes both indoor and outdoor exercis-es. He said during the winter the team mostly does indoor practice which covers lifting, running and other physical exercise. In nicer weather the team usually prac-tices at its home course Hunter’s Ridge Golf Course in Marion or at the Airport National Public Golf Course and Range near cam-pus, he added.

“We start practice in August until we get done with the nation-

al tournament. We basically do something everyday unless we have a weekend off or Sunday off,” said Pint. “The guys, they want to get better and we feel for-tunate that we don’t have to pull teeth and drag them out to the golf course. They want to be out there.”

According to Pint, another factor that makes the Kirkwood team strong is the recruitment process. He said players they re-cruit not only have golf skills but also good manners and the abili-ty to work well with other team-mates.

One team member recruited to play for Kirkwood is Charlie Hartwig from Australia. He said, “The golf courses are a lot differ-ent. The thought of the players over here is a lot different com-pare to back in Australia. There are a few things that I have to change but all in all I think I’ve done the transition pretty well.”

In recruiting players Pint said he uses a website for recruiting services and global connections that allow him to fi nd internation-al players who meet Kirkwood’s criteria.

For recruiting local or na-tional players, Pint said he pre-fers to watch them play and meet them in person.

PHOTO BY KEITH NOREM

COLTON HERRICKTYLER HILL

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Last month Kirkwood Communi-ty College Head Softball Coach Joe Yegge captured his 400th win against Des Moines Area Com-

munity College. In the game against DMACC

on March 26, Yegge’s team im-proved to a 25-4 record on the season and he improved his ca-reer overall record of 400-91 af-ter nine years as Kirkwood’s head coach.

Yegge said, “It’s not about what I have done, it’s about what these girls have done. I just try to keep up with all the other Kirk-

wood athletic programs.”He added, “I took the job

because the program was so suc-cessful and I have to do my part. I didn’t want to be the guy who was unsuccessful.”

Sophomore infi elder Katelyn Holub said Yegge makes himself available to players both on and off the fi eld. “Outside of games he’s pretty easy to talk to, wheth-er we have practice or just need to go to his offi ce and talk. He’s always there to listen and give feedback,” she said.

Holub added, “He also wants the most out of his players, by preaching to go hard, respect ev-ery game and play it the way it

PHOTO BY KEITH NOREM

should be played.” Softball has 14 games re-

maining on the season before

entering the regional tournament. The team is currently 37 – 4 over-all and 15 – 1 in the conference.

Lexi Ferrari squares one up and launches a two run homerun to help propel Eagles to a 400th victory in 10-0 route of DMACC.

KEITH NOREMSPORTS EDITOR

Name: Gabi CarterSport: SoftballYear: FreshmanPosition: Infi elderNo. 4Height: 5’8”Hometown: Swisher Major: Undecided but leaning toward Biology

Q: What plans do you have following KCC?A: ”I am not really sure just yet but I will be looking into four year universities over the next year but I really want to continue to play softball.”Q: What challenges do you face as a student athlete?A: “Time management for sure. I have to work hard to be a student fi rst but not let that interfere with my work on the fi eld as well. It is hard one half of you is being pulled one direction, the other pulled the opposite way.”Q: Has your experience as a student athlete changed you in any way?A: “Yes, it has made me much more of a leader, not just one to sit back and wait for things to happen, I make things hap-pen. I have also had to learn a new position. I am naturally a third basemen but this year I am learning to play short stop.”Q: What is your favorite food?A: “Mac and cheese.”Q: What is your favorite movie or TV show?A: “10 things I hate about you”Q: Do you have a favorite song or group?A: “I really like all kinds of music and artists, it is too hard to pick a favorite.”Q: Do you have a game day superstition?A: “I always tuck my shoe strings down the inside of my shoe and along the side of my foot.” When asked why she did this, Gabi replied with a smirk that she can be a bit clumsy at times and she would hate to trip and fall during a game.Q: What is your fondest memory at KCC?A: This was a tough question for a freshman who has not had the game experience as many others but it did not take her long to reply.” When we beat down DMACC after losing the fi rst game of a double header with them.” Gabi revealed that it was a bitter feeling after the 6-0 loss and they were surely going to attack them in the second game, which they did whacking DMACC 10-0.

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Kirkwood Community College Presents

2016 outstanding students

Kirkwood Community College Presents

4 - 25 - 16

*SOME OUTSTANDING STUDENTS OPTED NOT TO HAVE THEIR NAMES PUBLISHED.

Adult Accelerated ProgramSandra Ahrendsen

Agriculture SciencesDaniel Etter, Benjamin Gedney, Sara Leininger,

Madonna Merchant, Bryan Meyer, Matthew Riniker, Karmen Schlesselman, Melissa Sharapova,

William Souer, Maria Weber

Allied HealthSuzanne Cowden, Bahaa Darkazanly, Anna Garringer, Sophie Holland,

Kate Kane, Ketsana Keomanivong, Monica Radcliffe, Erik Bandy

All-Iowa Academic TeamMatthew Bodkins, Mirela Kapo, Micah McClurg, Collin Rogers,

Pasoari Widiastuti, Melissa Zieglowsky

Arts and HumanitiesRiley Duggan, Casper Huggins, Tristen Kopp, Sarah Matus, Alexandr Nossik, Dillon Rairdin,

Katelynn Steele, Chase Knapp

Benton CountyHaily Dulin

BusinessSydney Abodeely, Trenton Cullinan, Yusra Elmahboub, Timothy Lansing, Melanie Manley, Bernard Parrish, Scott Risoff,

Laura Siroky, Timothy Tieskoetter, Kyle Vandeventer

Cedar CountyAaron Beckler

Distance LearningBryan Horrell, Christina McFadden, Christopher Miller, Tara Nelson, Tamara Wise

EnglishConnie Dexter, Jacob Mayer, Simon Mejia, Monica Miranda, Zachary Morrissey, Heather Ryan, Rachael Sackett,

Riley Thurm, Chensu Zhu, Nancy Zmek Lorenz

Health OccupationNatalie Demmel, Stephen Harvey

HospitalityPaige Bisinger, Codie Geisz, Hannah Kielly, Sean Towley

Industrial TechNathaniel Dean, Levi Good, Robert Haman, Brennan Henderson, Joshua Imborek, Jack Klapper, Esther Peralez,

Justin Richardson, Teri Rogers, Ryan Trewin

Iowa CityEric Cunningham, Tyler Grenko, Jason Plozel

Iowa CountyAmber Schlesselman

Jones CountyMadi Markmann

Linn County Regional Eun Sil Choi, Sam Weber

Math/ScienceMelissa Breitbach, Paul Goetzman, Samantha Hammann, Amy Hartwig, Shay Hoffman, Kyle Hugeback, Sabah Ibrahim,

Paige Knabe, Preston Miller, Badreddine Mohammad Mohsen, McKenzie Rawson, Cory Rude, William Smith

NursingTamara Keller, Beth Shetler

Social SciencesShelby Alarcon, Jessica Beatty, Jean Belay, Jill Holub, Eman Mohammed, Margaret Schnaufer, Ariel Tripses, Brooke Woolley

Washington Brittany Erickson

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KCC Stars PAGE 2B • COMMUNIQUÉ • THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016

EMAN MOHAMMAD

Sudanese student plans to return to help children

Name: Eman MohammadHome: SudanMajor: Early Childhood EducationCareer Goal: Help children improve writing skillsBest Memory at KCC: Working toward her goal of earning a degree

KEENAN PETERSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Originally from Sudan, Eman Mohammad, early child-hood education, moved to the United States from Sudan in 2004 to pursue her education.

She said when she moved to Cedar Rapids with her husband, her plan was to eventually return to Sudan to help children there with writing and technique.

Mohammad said, “It was my goal since I came from Sudan. The fi rst thing I was thinking about was going to school and getting my education. My hus-band and I started working and taking care of my kids. Kirkwood was a good start.”

Mohammad added how much she loves taking care of kids. When she started working at a daycare she said she learned her passion was for early childhood education.

She loves to watch children grow and develop, no matter where she is in the world, accord-ing to Mohammad.

Melanie Nollsch, early child-hood education coordinator, said, “Eman is one of the most extraor-dinary students I have had the pleasure of working with during my years as an instructor. She is inquisitive, compassionate and accepting of all.”

Nollsch added, “Not only is she an outstanding student, she is an outstanding person. I am so excited for all the children who will be fortunate to have Eman for a teacher.”

Mohammad said she enjoys everything about her program at Kirkwood Community College. Having her small family just makes it more fun and enjoyable to her, even when she is up until two in the morning, she said.

Whenever she has a hard time pushing forward, Moham-

mad said she thinks of her hus-band and her kids. “They’re my world. That’s why I study until 2 a.m. I want my kids to see I’m a good mother. They can see me go to school and they even check my grades,” she said.

Mohammad said she be-lieves that if she lets her chil-dren see she is doing well in her classes it will set a good model for them in school. During her time at Kirkwood, Mohammad has made an impact that led her to being named one of the 2016 Outstanding Students.

In the little free time that she does have, Mohammad said she enjoys taking care of her children, cleaning and cooking. Whenever she can sit down to watch tele-vision with her kids she said she enjoys that greatly. Mohammad added that she likes to point out the positives on T.V. and teach her children about the negatives as well.

Mohammad said overall in her education journey she is most grateful for her three children. “I love my kids. I love all of my family. They really do support me, especially my husband. He is working hard with me to work while I’m in school and help take care of our kids,” she said.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Eman Mohammed, early childhood education, said she is most grateful for her three children.

“It was my goal since I came from Sudan. The fi rst thing I was think-ing about was going to school and getting my education.”

-Eman Mohammad Early Childhood Ed

RYAN TREWIN

Student balances family and college to pursue dream

PAIGE GERJETSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

A father of three, working third shift, is beginning to make his dreams reality as he works toward his degree in automo-tive collision repair at Kirkwood Community College.

For Ryan Trewin, he has al-ways enjoyed taking things apart and fi nding how things work. Problem solving, he said, is a passion for him. He added that he could never work a job where it was the same thing every day.

Trewin comes from a long line of mechanics and has been working alongside his brother on cars every Saturday for years. He said he found that collision repair fi t him better then the knuckle banging and tight spaces of a me-chanic.

Trewin said “I like taking something that’s been wrinkled and crumpled, dented and fi xing it with my own hands.”

Trewin has been working third shift as a production manag-er at Adidas throughout his time at Kirkwood.

“Ryan was selected as our Outstanding Student for the ded-ication and commitment he has demonstrated to the program. He has been supporting his family by working a third shift full time job, as well as attending class and maintaining the highest grade point average in his entire class,” said Gordy Jacobsen, Industrial Technologies instructor.

He added, “It is very grati-fying to be able to teach such a

dedicated student.”Trewin said he heard about

the Automotive Collision pro-gram at Kirkwood and was blown away by the instructors. “Going to school I’ve learned so much more than you could learn through books and Youtube vid-eos. I’m always calling up my brother telling him all the things we used to do wrong,” he said.

After fi nishing his degree Trewin said he dreams of some-day working alongside his broth-er in their own garage.

Trewin said he hopes for day where there’s enough demand that he and his brother can work together with their father and have no second jobs.

Despite his love for educa-tion, Trewin said family is the most important thing. He post-poned going to school twice when his children were born, waiting until they were in school before going on to continue his education.

PHOTO BY PAIGE GERJETS

Ryan Trewin, automotive collision repair, has a goal of owning his own business.

“I like taking some-thing that’s been wrin-kled and crumpled, dented and fi xing it with my own hands.”

-Ryan TrewinAutomotive Collision

Name: Ryan TrewinHometown: LisbonMajor: Automotive Collision RepairCareer Goal: Own his own shop with his brother and fatherBest Memory at KCC: Getting to apply what he has learned in the classroom

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RACHAEL SACKETT

Student follows dream to teach high school

LIBBY SLATONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Following inspiration from her sister, Rachael Sackett, all science education emphasis at Kirkwood Community College, decided to focus on teaching for her future career.

Sackett’s younger sister had Cerebral Palsy and passed away in 2014. “My younger sister gave me inspiration because she never gave up, even though she couldn’t walk or talk,” she said.

After graduating from Center Point-Urbana High School, Sack-ett said she initially planned to attend a four-year university on a soccer scholarship. But, when she changed her career path, she said Kirkwood was a better fi t for her fi rst two years.

Sackett said she joined the Kirkwood Women’s Soccer Club and hopes to coach in the future.

In addition to her love for ed-ucation and soccer, Sackett said she also enjoys spending time outside, going fi shing and writ-ing.

Sackett said she has taken four English classes with Tom Ernster, who nominated her as an outstanding student.

According to Ernster, he nominated Sackett for many dif-ferent reasons. “She is goal ori-

ented and committed to fulfi ll-ing these goals,” he said. “She is open to diversity, she is partially responsible for creating a sense of classroom community and she has always had a great attendance record, despite everything she has on her plate.”

One of her favorite memories of being a student at Kirkwood has been participating in the dis-cussions in Ernster’s classes, said Sackett.

After graduating from Kirk-wood, Sackett said she plans to continue her education at the University of Northern Iowa to pursue her teaching degree.

PHOTO BY LIBBY SLATON

Rachael Sackett, all-science education, plans to teach high school science.

“My younger sister gave me inspiration because she never gave up, even though she couldn’t walk or talk.”

-Rachael SackettEducation

Name: Rachael SackettHometown: WalkerMajor: All-Science EducationCareer Goal: Teach high school scienceBest Memory at KCC: Participating in Tom Ernster’s class discussions

Love for baking leads to career path

MATT MACDONALDCONTRIBUTING WRITER

After developing an interest for baking, Hannah Kielly , bak-ery and pastry arts, has taken that passion and turned it into a career path.

Kielly, named a 2016 Out-standing Student at Kirkwood Community College, said baking has been one of her passions since she was in high school, one that she said was passed down from her mother and grandmother.

According to Kielly, she and her twin sister experiment-ed throughout high school with mostly family recipes. She also watched lots of Food Network and enjoyed watching Paula Dean.

Kielly is originally from Baxter and fi rst attended Luther College in Decorah. She said she completed a 4-year Liberal Arts degree with a minor in chemis-try. It was at Luther where she worked her fi rst bakery job at the campus bakery. She said her manager was impressed with her work and suggested that she pur-sue it as a career.

After completing her degree at Luther and looking at schools across the Midwest, she decided Kirkwood Community College was the best fi t for her.

“I chose kirkwood because

it was a one-year program and it was close to home,” said Kielly. “It seemed like there would be more opportunities. The facilities are amazing.”

She added that she enjoys the ability to work in the bakery at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center and loves everything about her

position from making small des-serts for The Café to helping with big banquet events.

In the meantime, Kielly also works at the Tipton bakery on Saturdays, with her shift typically beginning at 3 a.m. While she makes mostly small items like donuts and other pastries, she said she also makes three to four cakes a day, usually for birthdays.

Kielly said she hopes that in 5-10 years from now to be mak-ing wedding cakes as her full time job.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Hannah Kielly, bakery and pastry arts, prepares slices of cheesecake.

“[At Kirkwood] it seemed like there would be more opportu-nities. The facilities are amazing.”

-Hannah KiellyBakery and Pastry Arts

HANNAH KIELLY

Name: Hannah KiellyHometown: BaxterMajor: Bakery and Pastry ArtsCareer Goal: Work for a small com-pany making wedding cakesBest Memory at KCC: Working all the banquets at The Hotel

PHOTO CONTRIBUTEDBernard Parrish is one of the 2016 Outstanding Stu-dents at Kirkwood Community College.

Name: Bernard ParrishHometown: AtlantaMajor: Administra-tive AssistantBest Memory at KCC: Being able to come into class early and get help one on one from his instructors

BERNARD PARRISH

Student changes careers at KCCCHRIS HANIAN

CONTRIBUTING WRITERBernard Parrish, administra-

tive assistant, said he doesn’t let his past defi ne him and he strives to keep learning and changing to achieve success.

Years ago Parrish said he was in an explosives accident that damaged his spinal cord. Parrish stated that the doctors said he’d never walk again. However, after six months of rehab he was walk-ing.

Before moving to Iowa with his family from Georgia, Parrish said he worked mostly blue-collar jobs. He also said before coming to Kirkwood he had never used a computer.

Parrish said, “I didn’t want to sit at home doing nothing and collect money from the govern-ment.” Instead he said he wanted

to get out there and start working again and make a change in his life. His wife then pointed him in the direction of Kirkwood Com-munity College.

Parrish previously earned a degree in accounting and is cur-rently working fulltime in that fi eld. He fi nished school at Kirk-wood last semester and is gradu-ating this May.

He said, “I have a great fam-ily that supports me. My wife, son and daughter have helped throughout all of school. I also had great teachers who helped me along the way.”

He mentioned Kimberly Schultz and Kaye Forest as two of his favorite instructors.

Parrish said he has enjoyed his time at Kirkwood “Wouldn’t trade it. It’s been an amazing journey. There are many opportu-nities to be had,” he said.

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elsewhere upon fi nishing at Kirk-wood.

Esther said she has enjoyed her time here at Kirkwood. “The instructors are real fi re fi ghters and give real world experience,” she said.

Esther added that she consid-ers herself a hard worker to better herself and set an example for her younger sisters.

er said he enjoys working out, playing video games and hanging out with friends during his free time. He said two of his favorite games are “Call of Duty,” a mil-itary combat game, and “FIFA 2015,” a soccer game.

Miller said his friends de-scribe him as “chill” and a “go with the fl ow” type of person.

Miller was one of 145 stu-dents to be named a 2016 Out-standing Student at Kirkwood.

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Helping others motivates major

MALCOM KINGUECONTRIBUTING WRITER

Stemming from a desire to help others, Preston Miller, phar-macology, is focused on working toward his pharmacy degree.

After graduating from Kirk-wood Community College, Miller said he plans to transfer to either the University of Iowa or Drake University to continue school.

He said he chose this path because he enjoys aiding those in need of help.

“I’m trying to help people out as much as I can and just make them feel better by giving them medicine,” said Miller.

Although he likes attending college, Miller said he would like to improve his study habits.

“I just open up a textbook and try to memorize it like that. I know a lot of people use fl ash-cards and I need to utilize things like that more.”

Originally from Solon, Mill-

“I’m trying to help people out as much as I can and just make them feel better.”

-Preston Miller Pharmacology

Student looks to impact lives

DEVON CANTYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Driven by her faith and serv-ing God, Esther Peralez, emer-gency medical services, said she is “motivated to be the best.”

“I chose Kirkwood because it has a great program and I love the staff members,” said Peralez.

She is a full-time student at Kirkwood while also working at Krohl farms and volunteering at the Mt. Vernon Fire Department.

Having four sisters, Esther said she has learned to be very pa-tient in life and how to deal with pressure situations.

“No matter how prepared you are or how much you train, fi re fi ghting is unpredictable,” she said.

Esther added, “I wanted a job that was different. I want to help people and make a difference in someone’s life.”

Esther said she plans on getting her paramedic degree

“I wanted a job that was different. I want to help people and make a difference in some-one’s life.”

-Esther Peralez Emergency Medical

Services

ESTHER PERALEZ

Name: Esther PeralezHometown: Souix CityMajor: Emergency Medical Services

PRESTON MILLER

Name: Preston MillerHometown: SolonMajor: PharmacologyCareer Goal: Help others

FAIZ FAIZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Bahaa Darkazanly, an inter-national student from Syria, has been selected as an outstanding student in the fi eld of dental tech-nology.

Darkazanly said he is orig-inally from a confl ict-affected area of Syria. He completed high school there before moving to the United States two and half years ago when the situation in Syria began to deteriorate.

He said, “I have enjoyed ev-ery moment in Cedar Rapids at Kirkwood. I am a full-timer here and I work here with Facilities at Kirkwood. It’s like my home and it’s a good place to start for some-one, especially if they come from outside of the United States.”

After being selected as a 2016 Outstanding Student, Dark-azanly said,” I am feeling very proud. My family back at home invested in me and I am doing my best to make them proud.”

Darkazanly said he is look-ing forward to opening his own business in the dental fi eld and will try his best to be successful.

“I like everything about teeth and it’s my passion. When you have that passion and when

you like what you do, you can do whatever you want,” said Darka-zanly.

He stated Kirkwood is among 15 colleges in the nation that offer the dental technology program, which is one of the rea-sons he chose to enroll. And, he said, Cedar Rapids is a safer place to live.

Darkazanly shared concerns about his country. “I am thank-ful all the time to be here and to achieve something. It makes me and my family proud and I hope to see my family soon. And, I hope the situation in my country gets more stable. I hope all that stuff just goes away.”

When not studying, Darka-zanly said he spends most of his free time reading. He also played soccer for the KCC Soccer Club.

PHOTO BY ZIADAH ZIAD

Nancy Zmek-Lorenz has a dream of becoming a published author but still takes time to pursue her photography interests as well.

“I like everything about teeth and it’s my passion.”

-Bahaa Darkazanly Dental Tech

NANCY ZMEK-LORENZ

Name: Nancy Zmek-LorenzHometown: Central City, Neb.Major: Liberal ArtsCareer Goal: Become a published authorBest Memory at KCC: Meeting intelli-gent and driven students

BAHAA DARKAZANLY

Student follows writing dream

ZIADAH ZIADCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Nancy Zmek-Lorenz, Liber-al Arts, said instructors and dedi-cated staff have played important role in gaining the achievement of 2016 Outstanding Student.

Zmek-Lorenz said having the support of her husband signifi -cantly gives her more opportuni-ties to do activities. “I had been working for 20 years as a safety manager for tracking industries and my husband encouraged me to come back to school and now I am here at Kirkwood,” she said.

Following Kirkwood, Zmek-Lorenz said she plans to transfer to the University of Iowa to earn her bachelors in Literature with the goal of someday becom-ing a published author.

Zmek-Lorenz said she has been interested in writing since she was young. “I wrote a story for the fi rst time when I was 12. My teacher read it to the class. It was about rag out of old shirt,” she said.

This semester Zmek-Lorenz worked on the Cedar Valley Di-vide (CVD), Kirkwood’s literary magazine.

Lisa Angelella, CVD advis-er and English instructor, said, “Nancy adds a lot to our conver-sations on the literary magazine. She’s always ready with a pas-

sionate argument and her argu-ments are all informed--by lots of reading outside of class and by her own experience as a writer and artist.”

Zmek-Lorenz also stressed how living her dream is a mutu-al benefi t for her and others. “It would be a better world if people followed their dreams. Do not just do a job to make money but do what you love and everybody will be happier,” she said.

To manage classes, Zmek-Lorenz said she has a rou-tine to fi nish her work on time. “I don’t wait until the last minutes,” she said.

Originally from Central City, Neb., Zmek-Lorenz said she is also interested in photography. She took a photography class when she was 18 years old and has continued it as a hobby. She said her photographs are most-ly dominated by landscape and birds.

“It would be a better world if people fol-lowed their dreams.”

-Nancy Zmek-Lorenz Liberal Arts

Name: Bahaa DarkazanlyHome: SyriaMajor: Dental TechnologyCareer Goal: Open his own business in the dental fi eldBest Memory at KCC: “I have enjoyed every moment at Kirkwood.”

Syrian student pursues goal in dental tech fi eld

PHOTO BY FAIZ FAIZ

Bahaa Darkazanly, an international student from Syria, is one of the 2016 Outstanding Students at Kirkwood Community College. He said he hopes to one day open his own business in the dental fi eld.