September 2009 - North Shore Community College

SEPTEMBER 2009 

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• A Monthly Publication For The Students of North Shore Community College, Danvers, Lynn & Beverly, Massachusetts • 

The Switch To Gmail 

BY: NELSON BAKER 

Since 2001, North Shore 

Community College has used 

Pipeline email for students and 

GroupWise for full time faculty 

your emails in a stackable, 

“conversation view” format, 

and Gmail chat. 

NSCC will be saving a surprising 

$50,000 a year in 

Parking at NSCC 


In light of the construction 

that is currently in progress for 

the addition of a new building at 

the Danvers campus, it is important 

that students know what to 

expect. One topic of discussion 

has been the parking situation. 

Student access is a priority for 

the school. DCAM (Division of 

Capital Asset Management) is 

working alongside our staff and 

is doing what is necessary to 

have the parking lot work finished 

before the start of classes 

in the fall. 

The entire construction will 

be completed within two years. 

As mentioned in a recent issue, 

and staff members. Within these 

past 8 years, little has changed. 

Not much money has been put 

into the program for improvements, 

and the extremely high 

cost that the school has been 

paying would have only grown 

in time. Upon seeking out a new 

program that will not only 

greatly improve the limited 

email functions and capacity, 

NSCC has integrated a system 

that will also provide a way for 

students and faculty to work as 

one, for the first time 

Popular search engine Google 

has proven that it is a company 

that has staying power. They are 

making huge strides in creating 

successful advancements within 

their already multi-million dollar 

company. When they introduced 

Gmail to the world, their 

success grew even more. 

Now that NSCC is using 

Gmail, there will be a lot to 

learn about all of the new features 

that are available. Pipeline 

email is currently active and 

will be for at least 6 more 

months, so there is no need to 

panic. You can read about some 

of the new features right on the 

school website, which includes 

using labels instead of folders, 

archiving your emails, viewing 

switching to Gmail. You would 

think that we would be 

paying much more a year for 

enhancing services rather than 

saving money, but the low cost 

is probably one of the reasons 

for the success of Google Apps 

(Gmail) for higher education 

programs. This Google Apps 

(Gmail) project encompassed 

nearly 1400 hours of 

Information Systems staff time 

to implement over a 6 month 

period. Two positive outcomes 

for this are 1) Every user will 

have 7 gigabytes of storage 

space and 2) The college will 

reduce costs for its exploding 

growth of servers (over 80) by 

having Google maintain and 

host the NSCC email servers. 

Team projects will be enhanced 

with more options for the best 

possible outcome for all. Where 

applicable, users will have the 

ability to edit simultaneously 

within one program, where 

before, this was not possible. 

The brand new mobile device 

applications will no doubt be 

huge. With this electronic age of 

handheld devices selling at 

record levels every year, this 

application will be significant 

for all users. Since many of us 

are constantly on the go, access- 

A President’s Welcome 

Welcome to North Shore 

Community College. 

Fall semester always brings a 

renewed excitement around 

campus. We are on course to 

register over 7400 students this 

fall. A record for sure and a sign 

that Community Colleges are 

working hard at recovery of our 

economic slump. President 

Obama took notice and called 

Community Colleges an ‘undervalued 

resource’ and is planning 

a $12billion program called the 

American Graduation Initiative 

to ‘reform and strengthen community 

colleges from coast to 

coast so that they get the 

resources students and schools 

need -- and the results workers 

and businesses demand.’ 

I know many of you were greeted 

by faculty and staff volunteers 

that ‘walked the lines’ in 

our Student Service areas. 

Volunteers ensured that students 

were waiting in the proper lines, 

asking the right questions, while 

distributing energy bars, water, 

Continued on Page 5 Continued on Page 3 

INSIDE: 

NSCC Remembers 

Ted Kennedy 

Page 4 

PAC Presents 

Treasure Island 

Page 9 

Sawyer Describes a 

Real Life Ghost 

Story 

Page 13 

Summer Movies: 

Winners and Losers 

Page 8

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CAMPUS Police: 

If you see something 

suspicious, 

report it at once! 

6/6/2009 12:19PM 

Lynn Campus: 

Lynn Police called to inform 

CPD that a motor vehicle 

crashed on our property into the 

field gate on Washington St. 

Sgt. Thomas reported. No 

injuries were reported. The 

operator was speeding northbound 

on Washington and 

Broad St. and was attempting to 

make a right turn and lost control. 


Danvers Campus 

A student reported that a male 

has been looking at inappropriate 

web sites in the library. They 

appear to be nude pictures from 

Facebook. Officers searched the 

area and found no one matching 

the violator. 


Lynn Campus 

A female who wants to remain 

anonymous walked up to the 

control desk to report a male 

with a red shirt and white bandana 

is pan handling outside the 

east end exit doors near the wall. 

Sgt. Vacarro and Officer 

Ostrander were dispatched and 

found a suspect. Dispatch ran 

him through the WMS System 

and found no warrants at this 

time. He was sent on his way by 

the responding officers without 

incident. 

6/9/2009 11:08AM 

Lynn Campus 

Ruchard S. who had an outstanding 

warrant was located at 

the MBTA bus station in front of 

the Campus Police office and 

was placed under arrest. Cpl. 

Louf responded as a back-up 

unit. Mr. S. was transported to 

the interrogation room, 

processed and then taken to 

Lynn District Court by Officer 

Ostrander and Cpl. Louf where 

Mr. S. was left in the custody of 

the Lynn Court Officers. 



A female student reported to the 

operator of a suspicious male 

with a black hat walking around 

Lot # 1. Cpl. Pierre reported no 

one walking in that area. 

Cleared. 



Jennifer G. from the computer 

lab called and said that a male 

party had committed a computer 

policy violation. Ofc. Matton 

was dispatched to the scene. We 

ran the party for WMS and 

found no information. We 

believe he gave a fake name. 

The party left. Ofc. Matton then 

saw on the computer he was 

using his Myspace account that 

was left on the screen. He was 

later identified. 


Lynn Campus 

While returning from a training 

session, Chief Puska came upon 

a father and his daughter whom 

the Lynn Police put out a 

B.O.L.O. on because the father 

picked up the daughter without 

authorization. Chief Puska 

stood by until police arrived. 



While off duty and enroute 

home, Sgt. Silva reported by 

radio that there was an accident 

on route 95 in Danvers. near exit 

50. State Police was notified 

and responded. Sgt. Silva 

reports that there were no 

injuries. The motorist struck a 

deer. 


Lynn Campus 

Kathy R. reported of two male 

parties outside of classroom LE 

303 making two of her female 

students nervous. The male parties 

said they were in the area to 

get phone numbers of two 

female students they were talking 

to earlier. No warrants. 

Parties’ information was taken, 

and they were told not to come 

back to the school. 



Danvers Police called looking 

for a party involved with a 

domestic with his wife. He wore 

checkered pants and golf shoes. 

He was last seen at the golf 

course. Ofc. Bryson scanned the 

college area but the party was 

nowhere to be found. 


Lynn Campus 

Motor vehicle hit and run 

between Broad and Market St. 

No injuries reported. Lynn PD 

was notified and a cruiser was 

on the scene. 


Lynn Campus 

A female party called dispatch 

and stated that her motor vehicle 

was broken into at the MBTA 

garage. Officers were dispatched 

to the scene to take photos 

of the vehicle. Transit Police 

were notified and arrived on the 

scene. Transit Police took report 

of a list of stolen items that were 

taken from her car. They included 

a Verizon cell phone, an 

IPOD Shuffle, a GPS mount, a 

change purse a Garmin Nuvi, 

and a Garmin Nuvi adapter. 


Lynn Campus 

Officer Ostrander took a report 

of vandalism to a motor vehicle 

in the main parking lot of the 

McGee building. Pictures were 

taken. 


Lynn Campus 

A male student was upset and 

being disruptive. Ofc. Ostrander 

happened to walk in while doing 

a crime prevention check and 

quickly diffused the situation. 

The party was sent on his way. 


Lynn Campus 

Lynn Police asked for assistance 

after a foot chase of a suspect 

who had just robbed an individual 

at the MBTA garage. 

Officers were dispatched. They 

were able to locate some narcotics 

that were dropped by the 

suspect as well as the victim’s 

cell phone near the Broad St. 

parking lot. Lynn Police Officer 

Wright stated that the suspect 

was a “crip” gang member and 

was armed with an open knife. 

Suspect was taken into custody 

by the Lynn Police. Victim was 

transported to Union Hospital in 

Lynn. All units then cleared. 


Lynn Campus 

The computer lab attendant in 

room E-226 reported of a male 

viewing pornography on a computer 

called dispatch. Officers 

arrived on the scene and escorted 

the student out of the computer 

lab. No warrants were 

found. The student was then 

escorted out of the building and 

given a “No Trespass” order by 

Cpl. Pierre. 


Lynn Campus 

Kowachi F. walked up to the 

control desk and reported that a 

white male was whistling at him 

and calling him a pretty boy. Mr. 

F was concerned because this 

was happenning in the cafe, 

room E226 where there were 

numerous children in the immediate 

area. Officers were dispatched. 

Upon arrival, both officers 

located the suspect. Suspect 

was then given a verbal “No 

Trespass” order by Cpl. Pierre 

prior to leaving the McGee 

building. 


Lynn Campus 

Report of a suspicious woman 

in the cafe. Officers were dispatched. 

The nurse was called. 

The female was escorted out of 

the building and given a “No 

Trespass” order. 


Lynn Campus 

Mr. Brian B. ran up to the control 

desk to report an attempted 

robbery at the corner of Broad 

and Union St. The victim was 

asked if he wanted an ambulance. 

The victim was not 

robbed. He ran to the Lynn 

Campus Police dispatch area. 

LPD showed up and took over 

the investigation. 



Party involved with the filming 

of a movie on the Hathorne 

Campus fell off the back of a 

truck. He injured his ankle. 

Danvers PD, Fire and 

Ambulance were on the scene. 

8/20/2009 Lynn Campus 

Dospatch received a call from 

Pat W. stating the fire alarm was 

going off at the MBTA. 

Dispatch personally placed to 

the MBTA Maintainence 

Department. Dispatch was told 

ETNA (a company hired by the 

MBTA) is enroute and should 

be there within the hour. 


Lynn Campus 

Dispatch received a call that 

there was a white female who 

had a syncope episode in front 

of the campus. Officers 

responded and found no one fitting 

that description. Atlantic 

Ambulance also responded. Sgt. 

Vacarro learned that the female 

was taken by taxi to the 

methadone clinic located off of 

the Lynnway. Numerous calls 

were made to the cab to no 

avail. The female returned to the 

MBTA garage. Sgt. Vacarro 

requested an ambulance and 

Lynn Fire/Rescue was called. 


Lynn Campus 

Officer Bryson came upon a 

vehicle during her crime check 

that had just pulled into the 

main parking lot and up to the 

front of the rotary. It was occupied 

by more than one individual. 

Dispatch called Lynn Police 

simply as a precautionary measure 

to insure Officer safety only. 

Lynn Police arrived and 

checked out the vehicle with a 

New Hampshire registration. 

Both parties wewre run through 

the WMS Warrant Management 

System and nothing was found. 

Both parties were sent on their 

way after a complete RMV and 

WMS check. Dispatcher Knight 

called Lynn Police before notifying 

OIC Khoun. 



A suspicious person was stalking 

one of the movie personnel 

at Maude Hall. Cpl. Eam 

responded. Suspect was a white 

male approximately 6 ft tall, 170 

lbs, blond hair and about 40 

years old. He was wearing 

brown pants and had visibly 

fake teeth. Cpl. Eam cleared the 

area. 


Lynn Campus 

Calls reported a domestic disturbance 

in the Lynnway parking 

area. Lynn Police arrived and 

stated that they were familiar 

with both parties. The female 

was G.O.A. The male party was 

run through the WMS system 

and had nothing found. He was 

sent on his way. 

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Where to Park Continued... 

the new building will be more 

efficient for students in the 

Health and Sciences fields and 

will be environmentally friendly. 

It will also be the new headquarters 

for the Admissions and 

Enrollment departments. 

Enrollment for the fall is projected 

to be 7400, according to 

Laurie LaChapelle, NSCC 

Director of Planning and 

Research. As of 8-17-09, it was 

at 5700. The expansion of 

Parking Lot 6 is to accommodate 

additional parking needs. 

This lot currently has 153 

spaces. It is scheduled to be 

complete before Wednesday, 

September 9th. At that time, 

there will be approximately 400 

spaces available. 

For ‘opening day’ congestion, 

the Campus Police will be setting 

up temporary parking on 

some grass areas. These temporary 

parking areas will be open 

as needed by Campus Police 

when spaces in paved lots are 

not available. They have asked 

that students allow for additional 

time to arrive at their classrooms 

or workstations. There 

will also be alternate parking 

locations secured in addition to 

secondary sites during fair times 

at the Topsfield Fair if the parking 

lot is not complete by the 

opening day of classes. If this is 

necessary, a shuttle schedule 

will be posted on the Danvers 

Construction Updates page right 

on the college website. 

The parking lot is scheduled to 

be finished before the start of 

classes, but it is important for 

these things to be set in place in 

case there are unpredicted disruptions 

that occur. As with all 

construction, there may be 

potential for a change in the 

completion date due to delays 

such as severe storms or failure 

of machinery and other equipment. 

Staff and faculty at NSCC have 

stressed, as stated before, that 

students check the Danvers 

Construction Updates page for 

changes. New information is 

added approximately every two 

weeks and will be available for 

students throughout the entire 

two year construction process. 

When the building project is 

completed, there will be plenty 

of parking available for students 

and faculty. If any student has 

questions that cannot be 

answered on the Updates page, 

you can contact Cathy Anderson 

at 978-762-4000 x 5483. 

Burton Continued... 

and the best service possible! 

It’s a great way to get to know 

our students. 

Veterans’ Services, equipment 

for allied health labs and programs, 

and facility upgrades in 

the Lynn Campus are moving 

forward this year. The Danvers 

Campus construction project of 

the Commonwealth’s first Zero 

Net Energy Building began this 

summer with the expansion of 

our parking area. The new 

building which is scheduled to 

open Fall 2011 will house 

Health Professions Programs 

and Student Services. The 

excitement brings trepidation as 

we maneuver around campus 

construction in anticipation of 

the 58,000 square foot building 

that will include a green roof. 

Please check out the Danvers 

Campus Construction Update 

link on our webpage prior to 

September 9th for any change in 

the construction schedule that 

could impact access to the 

Danvers Campus. I recommend 

that you visit this site often for 

construction activity during the 

2-year project. Be sure to watch 

for additional information 

through Pipeline announcements 

as well. 

The Public Policy Institute is 

partnering with Senator Fred 

Berry’s Charitable Foundation 

in an effort to fill the food 

pantries of the North Shore. 

September kicks off a Season of 

Service with service projects 

throughout the country to 

demonstrate the power and the 

purpose of civic engagement 

through volunteer action. I 

encourage you to participate in 

our college-wide Food Drive 

from September 11 to October 

9th. 

I hope each of you take advantage 

of the many courses, programs, 

and clubs available to 

you. We’ve hired new faculty 

and staff to keep up with the 

demands of our student population. 

Whether you are right out 

of high school or whether 

you’ve been out of the classroom 

for years, you will be at 

home at North Shore 

Community College. Have a 

great semester and I look forward 

to the coming year. 

BY: VICE PRESIDENT 

DONNA RICHEMOND 

Welcome all students, returning 

and new. We are very happy to 

have you on our campus. The 

diversity you bring, combined 

with North Shore Community 

College’s excellent academic 

programs, makes it a dynamic 

and vibrant place of higher 

learning. As Vice President for 

Student and Enrollment 

Services, collaborating with all 

members of the college community, 

I am committed to creating 

a quality educational environment 

for you that is a place to 

call home; one where you can 

grow, feel safe, connected, stimulated, 

creative, productive and 

valued. The opportunities for 

success are real; here and now, 

and I want to help you discover 

and create them for yourselves. 

I’d like you to consider the following 

four critical points, as 

you work toward making that 

growth happen. 

Connect 

Connect both electronically and 

person to person. Make good 

use of your Campus Pipeline 

account. It is a valuable source 

of information and connectivity 

with all departments at NSCC. 

Please update any change of 

address or telephone number. 

Be sure to connect your personal 

email to Pipeline. That way 

you will not miss important bulletins 

and advantages of special 

opportunities and programs like 

the upcoming Ropes Courses, 

Veteran Services activities and 

Fall Fest. 

Stop by the Student Life Office 

to discover all the organizations 

and activities that are available 

to you. Whether becoming a 

member of a student organization, 

serving in Student 

Government or working on 

campus, you will find that these 

activities prepare you for future 

endeavors by contributing to 

your over all intellectual and 

personal growth. 

Importantly, these activities are 

great opportunities to create 

valuable leadership skills. 

Be Safe 

Your safety is of utmost importance 

to me. Safety starts with 

civility, that is being mindful of 

your rights and responsibilities 

as well as of all those around 

you. The College is doing all we 

can to ensure your safety and to 

create an environment marked 

by civility. First, I encourage 

you to go on Campus Pipeline, 

and enter your emergency contact 

information if you have not 

already done so. 

This information will allow us 

to contact you and/or the person 

of your choice in case of an 

emergency. Secondly, I need 

you to familiarize yourself with 

the Student Rights and 

Responsibilities and the Code of 

Conduct in the Student 

Handbook. This document can 

be accessed through Student 

Services on Campus Pipeline. 

In particular, please note the 

sections outlining policies legally 

prohibiting the act of hazing 

(G) and preventing the use of 

illegal drugs and the abuse of 

alcohol (H). Note that I will be 

sending an e-mail to all students 

highlighting key issues to keep 

in mind. 

Also, during the semester, we 

will be offering workshops on 

topics like conflict resolution, 

assertiveness training, coping 

with stress, as well as personal 

safety practices. In addition, 

you will receive updates 

throughout the semester about 

other initiatives from the Dean 

of Students. Finally, I would 

like to invite you to stop by the 

Campus Civility table during 

Fall Fest. This presentation is 

an effort to engage the entire 

College community in discussions 

about how we can continue 

to foster behaviors that 

enhance the respectful and positive 

environment in which we 

all seek to learn and work. 


Real Opportunities: 

Discover and Create Them at NSCC 

Use Free Services 

Incorporate into your routine 

the many resources and services 

that are available to you to help 

you succeed. Take advantage of 

the free tutoring services (etutoring 

is available); see your 

academic advisor for more than 

just selecting classes; and visit 

the Student Support and 

Advising Center for information 

about transferring, veterans’ 

services, career exploration, 

academic advising, and personal 

support when facing difficulties 

with adjusting to college and 

other issues that are impacting 

your success as a student. 

Remember that your professors 

want to help you too, so visit 

them during their office hours. 

If you have questions and concerns 

about paying for your education, 

make sure you seek 

assistance from Student 

Financial Services, on line or in 

person. Make yourself familiar 

with the library and how to use 

its many helpful services for 

research and reports. It certainly 

is a nice place to study, too. 

Schedule Your Life 

Balance your academic responsibilities 

with your family, personal 

and social responsibilities. 

Without a doubt, you will be 

working hard in your classes. 

One key is to follow your professor’s 

syllabus and don’t get 

behind on assignments. Be sure 

to take note of how you are 

spending your time studying 

(studying a few hours every day 

is best practice), working, and 

taking care of all the other 

responsibilities you have, 

including spending time with 

family and friends. Keeping 

track of everything with an 

hourly and weekly calendar is a 

good idea. That way you can 

schedule blocks of time to get 

everything done and stay afloat. 

Make sure to recharge your 

mind and body with fun, healthful 

and energizing activities. 

So, as this semester starts, my 

wish for you is to discover and 

rediscover your potential and to 

practice being the very best 

scholar you can be both inside 

and outside the classroom. 

Among other things, this 

engagement leads to enjoying 

achievement; gaining recognition; 

belonging to a larger good; 

and marketing leadership, organizational, 

communication and 

problem solving skills, desired 

by employers and four year 

institutions. Take advantage of 

the Real Opportunities to experience 

all this at North Shore 

Community College. 

In Midst of Credit Crunch: Survey Finds College Students Don’t Know their Credit ABC’s 

BY: ALLISON MILLER 

The Center for Economic and 

Entrepreneurial Literacy 

(CEEL), www.econ4u.org, 

released a new survey of 500 

U.S. college students that underscores 

the need for increased 

education on personal finance 

and economic issues. The 

national survey conducted 

shows that an overwhelming 

number of America’s college 

students are already credit 

dependent, but do not understand 

the basics of borrowing 

and interest rates. Also troubling, 

many students admit to 

making poor decisions with 

their own personal finances and 

express concerns about their 

financial future. 

As college students across the 

nation get ready to go back to 

school, the new CEEL survey 

shows many need a refresher 

course on their financial ABC’s: 

APR Basics – 44% of respondents 

did not know the APR of 

the credit card they use most. 

81% severely underestimated 

the amount of time it would take 

to pay off a credit card balance 

making only the minimum payments. 

Balancing a Checkbook – 54% 

reported having overdrawn their 

bank account. And 63% wrongly 

believed that bouncing a 

check costs less than a two week 

payday loan or the fees for a 

wire transfer. 

Credit Dependency – 64% of 

college students already have 

one or more credit cards. 42% 

of freshmen are already credit 

card dependent. 61% of total 

respondents reported credit card 

debt and 25% reported owing 

more than $1,000. 

But it’s not all bad news! The 

survey also found some encouraging 

news about America’s 

current college students: 

·60% reported keeping a monthly 

budget. 

92% understand the basics of 

supply and demand. 

Continued on Page 11


BY PRESIDENT WAYNE BURTON 

The letter of May 25, 2007 from 

Senator Ted Kennedy to then 

Secretary of Education, 

Margaret Spellings begins 

"I'm writing to express my concerns 

that funding for three 

well-established Upward Bound 

programs in Massachusetts was 

not renewed as part of the FY07 

grants recently announced by 

the Department." 

Due to miscommunication 

between the Department and the 

rating teams, our funding along 

with that of M.I.T. and Holyoke 

Community College had been 

cut to zero. The letter continues, 

noting the success of one of his 

signature programs asserting 

that, "It has been a pillar of its 

community for more than 40 

years, and the programs at 

North Shore and Holyoke have 

served their communities for 

decades as well." 

It was shortly after the error had 

NSCC Remembers Senator Ted Kennedy 

been pointed out to her that the 

Secretary ordered our application 

to be re-evaluated in the 

correct manner and full funding 

restored. 

This was not the only time 

Senator Kennedy intervened in 

a manner he and his staff were 

famous for when it comes to 

wronged constituents or backing 

his own initiatives. 

For the past two years, I have 

been working closely with 

Senator Kennedy, Congressman 

John Tierney and a Task force of 

community college presidents 

from around the country in support 

of pilot programs for people 

with intellectual disabilities. 

With the inclusion of authorization 

for the programs signed 

into law in the Higher Education 

Reauthorization Act last fall, 

our next step was funding. 

In his May 7, 2009 letter to 

Senators Harkin and Chocran, 

chair and ranking member of 

the subcommittee on Labor, 

HHS, Education respectively, 

Senator Kennedy requests that 

funding for the program be initiated: 

"The incidence of individuals 

with intellectual disabilities", 

Kennedy warned, "is approaching 

crisis levels. Thousands of 

students with such disabilities 

graduate from our high schools 

each year seeking to continue 

their education, yet few are prepared 

for the challenges posed 

by their disability. The vast 

majority attend community colleges 

... yet these schools like 

their four year counterparts, are 

not equipped with the staff or 

the programs needed to meet 

life skills and vocational needs." 

The House includes $5 million 

in their budget; the Senate $15 

million in theirs. Senator 

Harkin, who will serve on the 

conference committee, promised 

he would push for the senate 

number. 

Two weeks ago, at the invitation 

of Senator Harkin, I was part of 

a team testifying before his subcommittee 

on autism in 

Washington. Senator Harkin 

ordered the special hearing, no 

doubt, to highlight in part his 

good friend Senator Kennedy's 

program. In a conversation with 

Senator Harkin after the hearing, 

we talked about Senator 

Kennedy's deep and long standing 

commitment to helping people 

with disabilities. A video of 

our team leader, David Miller, 

making the presentation can be 

found at 

http://www.youtube.com/nsccm 

edia 

Also on that Utube site you can 

click on a brief video that Jim 

Harrington put together with 

photographs and a Pennon article 

of the three visits Senator 

Kennedy paid NSCC during his 

tenure in the senate. 

The first visit occurred in 1968 

and is recorded in the NSCC 

yearbook of that year. Peggy 

The American Graduation Initiative 

Justice, who attended the event, 

recalls 

"In 1968, while I was taking 

classes at the NSCC's first location, 

the old 3 Essex Street 

building in Beverly, Ted 

Kennedy came to speak to 

NSCC students, faculty and 

staff for the first time. 

Community colleges were new 

to Massachusetts at the time, 

housed, it seemed, where ever 

space big enough to hold a few 

hundred baby boomers just out 

of high school was available. 

Continued on Page 11 

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE 

THE WHITE HOUSE 

OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY 

Fifty years ago, President Harry 

Truman called for a national 

network of community colleges 

to dramatically expand opportunities 

for veterans returning 

from World War II. Today, faced 

with rapid technological change 

and global competition, community 

colleges are needed 

more than ever to raise 

American skills and education 

levels and keep American businesses 

competitive. President 

Barack Obama called for an 

additional 5 million community 

college degrees and certificates 

by 2020 and new steps to ensure 

that those credentials will help 

graduates get ahead in their 

careers. Together, these steps 

will cost $12 billion over the 

next decade. The administration 

will pay for them as part of a 

package that cuts waste out of 

the student loan program, 

increases Pell Grant scholarships, 

and reduces the deficit. 

Community colleges are the 

largest part of our higher education 

system, enrolling more than 

6 million students, and growing 

rapidly. They feature affordable 

tuition, open admission policies, 

flexible course schedules, and 

convenient locations, and they 

are particularly important for 

students who are older, working, 

need remedial classes, or can 

only take classes part-time. 

They are also capable of working 

with businesses, industry 

and government to create tailored 

training programs to meet 

economic needs such as nursing, 

health information technology, 

advanced manufacturing, 

and green jobs, and of providing 

customized training at the worksite. 

Business and industry play an 

important role in training the 

workforce of the future and 

meeting the on-going demands 

of the marketplace. Many community 

colleges are already 

working with businesses to 

develop programs and classes 

ranging from degrees to certified 

training courses for retraining 

and on-going training for 

enhancing skills. For example, 

Cisco’s Networking Academy is 

working with community colleges 

to train students throughout 

the country on technologybased 

jobs and it is expanding 

this platform to train for broadband 

infrastructure and health 

care information technology. 

The American Graduation 

Initiative will build on the 

strengths of community colleges 

and usher in new innovations 

and reforms for the 21st century 

economy. It will: 

Call for 5 Million Additional 

Community College Graduates: 

In February, President Obama 

called for America to once again 

lead the world in college 

degrees by 2020. Affordable, 

open-enrollment community 

colleges will play a critical role 

in meeting that goal. Today, he 

set a complementary goal: an 

additional 5 million community 

college graduates by 2020, 

including students who earn certificates 

and associate degrees 

or who continue on to graduate 

from four-year colleges and universities. 

Create the Community College 

Challenge Fund: Too often community 

colleges are underfunded 

and underappreciated, lacking 

the resources they need to 

improve instruction, build ties 

with businesses, and adopt other 

reforms. Under President 

Obama’s plan, new competitive 

grants would enable community 

colleges and states to innovate 

and expand proven reforms. 

These efforts will be evaluated 

carefully, and the approaches 

that demonstrate improved educational 

and employment outcomes 

will receive continued 

federal support and become 

models for widespread adoption. 

Colleges could: 

Build partnerships with 

businesses and the workforce 

investment system to create 

career pathways where workers 

can earn new credentials and 

promotions step-by-step, worksite 

education programs to build 

basic skills, and curriculum 

coordinated with internship and 

job placements. 

Expand course offerings 

and offer dual enrollment at 

high schools and universities, 

promote the transfer of credit 

among colleges, and align graduation 

and entrance requirements 

of high schools, community 

colleges, and four-year colleges 

and universities. 

Improve remedial and 

adult education programs, 

accelerating students’ progress 

and integrating developmental 

classes into academic and vocational 

classes. 

Offer their students more 

than just a course catalog, 

through comprehensive, personalized 

services to help them plan 

their careers and stay in school. 

In addition, the initiative will 

support a new research center 

with a mission to develop and 

implement new measures of 

community colleges’ success so 

prospective students and businesses 

could get a clear sense of 

how effective schools are in 

helping students -- including the 

most disadvantaged -- learn, 

graduate, and secure good jobs. 

Fund Innovative Strategies to 

Promote College Completion: 

Nearly half of students who 

enter community college intending 

to earn a degree or transfer 

to a four-year college fail to 

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will be useful for faculty as 

much as for students. 

Regarding other changes in 

the coming fall semester, there 

are meetings that are being held 

biweekly for work on a new 

school website. There is 

believed to be great potential for 

this project that will hopefully 

be completed sometime in 

October. Paper conservation is 

another matter that is being discussed. 

With the economy at 

such a low, there is no choice 

but to save costs where possible 

for the future of the school. 

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BY: STACIA CHAMBERLAIN 

This summer’s news from 

South America gives both 

encouraging and discouraging 

information about the future of 

the rainforest and its native peoples. 

In Peru, Amazonian 

Indians have been protesting the 

government’s decision to repeal 

a law protecting the country’s 

natural resources from heavy 

industrial logging. The 

Amazonian Indians are essentially 

fighting over the issue of 

land rights, claiming that the 

land was inherently given to 

them by their ancestors. Their 

protests have resulted in bloody 

violence and killings of both 

Indians and pro-government 

enforcers. The Peruvian government 

decries that logging and 

deforestation are necessary to 

increase the living standards of 

all Peruvians. This issue of land 

rights is something which is 

also being contested in another 

part of the continent - in Brazil, 

where the Amazon is the most 

pervasive. 

The Amazon rainforest is a 

mind-blowing eight times the 

size of Texas, and most of it lies 

within Brazil. Some 40% of the 

forest is national parks or Indian 

reserves, and around 25% is private 

property. Brazil’s government 

has been struggling with 

laws regarding land reform and 

have been scrambling to create a 

land registry to identify land 

with their proper owners while 

reclaiming larger ones for the 

state. One problem that has tied 

up legislation and frustrated 

lawmakers is the fact that many 

claims have been forged, or are 

difficult to prove. If a logging 

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that is being wasted and taking a 

few basic steps to redirect this 

from happening will soon be set 

in place. 

NSCC will be now able to work 

together in a system where there 

is an unlimited amount of room 

for even more improvement. 

company has been cutting trees 

in a certain area for 20 years, it 

would reason that that fact 

endows them with rights to the 

land. 

The effort of land reform in the 

Amazon is so important because 

it is hoped to slow deforestation. 

By assigning land rights to 

native peoples and not those 

which have a clear purpose of 

large scale industrial and manufacturing 

perrogatives, major 

land degradation can be curbed. 

Furthermore, 

the 

Intergovernmental Panel on 

Climate Change, also known as 

the IPCC, says that a full 20 percent 

of all greenhouse gas emissions 

comes directly from 

deforestation. 

Most deforestation is done to 

make way for cattle ranching 

and specific agricultural purposes, 

such as soy bean or palm 

kernel farming. The farmer 

enjoys a quick economic boom, 

but what is left is soil degradation 

and erosion, making the 

land less useful than before it 

was logged. For the states, it is a 

very wasteful use of land if it is 

to profit in the long term. 

Many people depend on deforestation 

for their livelihood. It is 

an ironic fact that the majority 

of workers in these fields are the 

same people who live off the 

land as well. One new goal of 

the government is to establish 

different regional economies 

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no longer be separated with 

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program. In the future, all that 

will be needed is someone to 

come up with a new idea that 

will make something better, and 

there is little that can prevent it 

from happening. We now have 

the capacity, and an almost 

unlimited amount of room for 

adding new applications and 

programs that will further 

improve what has already 

changed over the last couple of 

months. 

Providing this information, 

Mr. Gary Ham was pleased to 

explain to myself and to the 

school how we will now be able 

to “meet needs that could not 

formerly be met.” 

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that exclude the harmful practices 

of deforestation as means 

to yield profits. Some Eastern 

European countries have recently 

given donations to what the 

Brazilian government has set up 

as an Amazon Fund, and will be 

directed towards enabling 

Brazil in slowing deforestation. 

Finally, the United Nations has 

established an initiative known 

as REDD, which stands for 

“reduction of emissions from 

deforestation and degradation.” 

This fund is to be directly 

resourced as payment to the 

government for the expressed 

purpose of not cutting down 

more trees. There is controversy 

surrounding this program about 

how successfully the funds may 

be allocated to appropriate individuals, 

who is to sell carbon 

credits, and how the funds may 

be divided among the government 

and indigenous people. 

However, it is worth discussing 

as a means of reducing emissions 

because it is such a large 

majority of emissions, one 

which doesn’t require expensive 

new technologies. The U.N.’s 

plan for REDD is scheduled for 

discussion in December during 

the world climate treaty in 

Copenhagen. 


Since April, North Korean 

President Kim Jong-il has 

angered the world by illegally 

testing short range missiles and 

nuclear weapons. The United 

Nations, founded in 1945 to 

improve world peace, believes 

that N. Korea is not as tough as 

it claims to be. They may only 

be displaying these acts of defiance 

so that they are looked at 

as a strong nation as power may 

be soon transferred to another. 

Recently though, N. Korean 

leader Jong has surprised the 

United States by pardoning two 

American journalists who were 

sentenced to 12 years in a hardlabor 

camp. 

According to N. Korean border 

guards, Euna Lee and Laura 

Ling illegally entered the country 

and engaged in “hostile 

acts”. Both President Obama 

and Secretary of State Hillary 

Clinton pleaded for their release 

but with no success. Former 

President Bill Clinton was next 

up for talks with the foreign 

president and his people. Jong 

has great respect for Clinton and 

his accomplishments and so he 

personally asked for him to 

come to his country, which has 

shown nothing but hostility 

toward the U.S. in recent 

months. 

Bill Clinton had done what he 

came to do. The N. Koreans 

treated him as if he was our current 

president. They even held 

an event in his name during his 

stay. Overall, the trip yielded 

what was needed, which was 


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Frees American Journalists 

the release of the journalists that 

were obviously wrongfully convicted. 

It was a surprise to many, 

including the families of the two 

women. Many feared the worst. 

The U.S. and N. Korea had 

exchanged some harsh words 

due to increasing defiance and 

threats by N. Korea. Now that 

Jong has agreed to free the two 

Americans in this strange turn 

of events, things may just be 

looking up. 

As for Ling and Lee, they have 

been given a second chance at 

freedom after spending 5 

months detained thousands of 

miles from their homes. All this 

for attempting to film a documentary 

on female refugees for 

an Al Gore television event. 

They were just doing their jobs. 

Laura Ling spoke in a public 

event upon her return to the 

United States. Her heartfelt 

words and genuine gratefulness 

to Clinton and his associates 

were ever present. With Lee 

standing by her side, tears in her 

eyes, it was a day to remember 

for all. 

There is hope that these proceedings 

have brought about 

some sort of peace between N. 

Koreans and Americans that had 

been gradually diminishing. 

The fact that Bill Clinton traveled 

to N. Korea, when no one 

else would, must have made the 

difference in Jong’s attitude. If 

this is what was needed, then it 

was worth it, and his job was 

surely well done.


BY THE CDC 

What is novel H1N1 (swine 

flu)? 

Novel H1N1 (referred to as 

“swine flu” early on) is a new 

influenza virus causing illness 

in people. This new virus was 

first detected in people in the 

United States in April 2009. 

This virus is spreading from 

person-to-person worldwide, 

probably in much the same way 

that regular seasonal influenza 

viruses spread. On June 11, 

2009, the World Health 

Organization (WHO) signaled 

that a pandemic of novel H1N1 

flu was underway. 

Why is novel H1N1 virus 

sometimes called “swine flu”? 

This virus was originally 

referred to as “swine flu” 

because laboratory testing 

showed that many of the genes 

were very similar to influenza 

viruses that normally occur in 

pigs (swine) in North America. 

Further study has shown that 

this new virus is very different 

from what normally circulates 

in North American pigs. It has 

two genes from flu viruses that 

normally circulate in pigs in 

Europe and Asia and bird 

(avian) genes and human genes. 

Scientists call this a "quadruple 

reassortant" virus. 

Are there human infections 

with novel H1N1 virus in the 

U.S.? 

Yes. Human infections with the 

new H1N1 virus are ongoing in 

the United States. Most people 

who have become ill with this 

new virus have recovered without 

requiring medical treatment. 

CDC routinely works with 

states to collect, compile and 

analyze information about 

influenza, and has done the 

same for the new H1N1 virus 

since the beginning of the outbreak. 

This information is presented 

in a weekly report, called 

FluView. 

Is novel H1N1 virus 

contagious? 

CDC has determined that novel 

H1N1 virus is contagious and is 

spreading from human to 

human. 

How does novel H1N1 virus 

spread? 

Spread of novel H1N1 virus is 

thought to occur in the same 

way that seasonal flu spreads. 

Flu viruses are spread mainly 

from person to person through 

H1N1 

coughing or sneezing by people 

with influenza. Sometimes people 

may become infected by 

touching something – such as a 

surface or object – with flu 

viruses on it and then touching 

their mouth or nose. 

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What are the signs and symptoms 

of this virus in people? 

The symptoms of novel H1N1 

flu virus in people include fever, 

cough, sore throat, runny or 

stuffy nose, body aches, 

headache, chills and fatigue. A 

significant number of people 

who have been infected with 

this virus also have reported 

diarrhea and vomiting. Severe 

illnesses and death has occurred 

as a result of illness associated 

with this virus. 

How severe is illness associated 

with novel H1N1 flu virus? 

Illness with the new H1N1 virus 

has ranged from mild to severe. 

While most people who have 

been sick have recovered without 

needing medical treatment, 

hospitalizations and deaths from 

infection with this virus have 

occurred. 

In seasonal flu, certain people 

are at “high risk” of serious 

complications. This includes 

people 65 years and older, children 

younger than five years 

old, pregnant women, and people 

of any age with certain 

chronic medical conditions. 

About 70 percent of people who 

have been hospitalized with this 

novel H1N1 virus have had one 

or more medical conditions previously 

recognized as placing 

people at “high risk” of serious 

seasonal flu-related complications. 

This includes pregnancy, 

diabetes, heart disease, asthma 

and kidney disease. 

One thing that appears to be different 

from seasonal influenza 

is that adults older than 64 years 

do not yet appear to be at 

increased risk of novel H1N1- 

related complications thus far. 

CDC laboratory studies have 

shown that no children and very 

few adults younger than 60 

years old have existing antibody 

to novel H1N1 flu virus; however, 

about one-third of adults 

older than 60 may have antibodies 

against this virus. It is 

unknown how much, if any, protection 

may be afforded against 

novel H1N1 flu by any existing 

antibody. 

How does novel H1N1 flu 

compare to seasonal flu in 

terms of its severity and 

infection rates? 

With seasonal flu, we know that 

seasons vary in terms of timing, 

duration and severity. Seasonal 

influenza can cause mild to 

severe illness, and at times can 

lead to death. Each year, in the 

United States, on average 

36,000 people die from flurelated 

complications and more 

than 200,000 people are hospitalized 

from flu-related causes. 

Of those hospitalized, 20,000 

are children younger than 5 

years old. Over 90% of deaths 

and about 60 percent of hospitalization 

occur in people older 

than 65. 

Take these everyday steps to 

protect your health: 

* Cover your nose and mouth 

with a tissue when you cough or 

sneeze. Throw the tissue in the 

trash after you use it. 

* Wash your hands often with 

soap and water, especially after 

you cough or sneeze. Alcoholbased 

hand cleaners* are also 

effective. 

* Avoid touching your eyes, 

nose or mouth. Germs spread 

this way. 

* Try to avoid close contact 

with sick people. 

* If you are sick with flu-like 

illness, CDC recommends that 

you stay home for at least 24 

hours after your fever is gone 

except to get medical care or for 

other necessities. (Your fever 

should be gone without the use 

of a fever-reducing medicine.) 

Keep away from others as much 

as possible to keep from making 

others sick. 

Other important actions that 

you can take are: 

* Follow public health advice 

regarding school closures, 

avoiding crowds and other 

social distancing measures. 

* Be prepared in case you get 

sick and need to stay home for a 

week or so; a supply of overthe-counter 

medicines, alcoholbased 

hand rubs,* tissues and 

other related items might could 

be useful and help avoid the 

need to make trips out in public 

while you are sick and contagious 

Look for more information 

coming from 

NSCC Health Services 

Emergency Notification 

System: 

BY: GARY HAM 

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 

Last year North Shore 

Community College introduced 

an Emergency Notification 

System (ENS) for all students, 

faculty and staff. We strongly 

encourage everyone to enroll 

themselves to receive NSCC 

emergency communication 

information. The ENS is intended 

to provide notification of 

emergencies to the campus 

community in a timely manner. 

Through the ERS, all faculty, 

staff and students are automatically 

notified via email; you can 

also opt in to be notified by 

voice mail and text messaging. 

How to Opt-in For Voice and 

Text Message Emergency 

Notifications: 

1. Login to Campus Pipeline 

2. For those users who opted 

in last year, please re-visit the 

Emergency Notification System 

channel, review your information 

for accuracy, then make 

sure you Save it. This will 

ensure your information stays in 

the Emergency Notification 

database for the current year. 

Note For NSCC Employees: 

Please do not enter your work 

phone number for voice mail – 

ENS notification is intended for 

cell or home phones only. 

Using a Northshore number will 

flood our incoming lines and 

exacerbate communication 

issues. 

3. You can enter or edit / 

update your information at anytime 

by selecting the 

Emergency Contact Information 

button in the Emergency 

Notification System Channel 

which is located in the upper 

right corner of the “My 

Pipeline” tab. 

4. For new users, a pop-up 

message will display encouraging 

you to enter information 

into the system - selecting “Yes” 

will take you directly to the 

input form. The other options 

are self explanatory. Make sure 

to Save when you have entered 

your information. 

It is important for you to be 

aware of what the Emergency 

Notification System is primarily 

intended for – providing short 

messages of importance in a relatively 

fast time frame. The 

ENS is not intended to provide 

you with detailed information 

about what is happening or 

where to go; rather it is meant to 

raise your level of awareness 

and warn of campus closings.

The Graduation Inititive Cont... 

reach their goal within six years. 

The College Access and 

Completion Fund will finance 

the innovation, evaluation, and 

expansion of efforts to increase 

college graduation rates and 

close achievement gaps, including 

those at community colleges. 

Promising approaches 

include performance-based 

scholarships, learning communities 

of students, professors 

and counselors, colleges tailored 

to promote the success of 

working adults, and funding formulas 

based on student progress 

and success as well as initial 

enrollment. Resources would 

also be provided to improve 

states’ efforts to track student 

progress, completion, and success 

in the workplace. 

Modernize Community College 

Facilities: Often built decades 

ago, community colleges are 

struggling to keep up with rising 

enrollments. Many colleges face 

large needs due to deferred 

maintenance or lack the modern 

facilities and equipment needed 

to train students in technical and 

other growing fields. 

Insufficient classroom space can 

force students to delay needed 

courses and reduce completion 

rates. President Obama is proposing 

a new $2.5 billion fund 

to catalyze $10 billion in community 

college facility investments 

that will expand the colleges’ 

ability to meet employer 

and student needs. The 

resources could be used to pay 

the interest on bonds or other 

debt, seed capital campaigns, or 

create state revolving loan 

funds. 

Create a New Online Skills 

Laboratory: Online educational 

software has the potential to 

help students learn more in less 

time than they would with traditional 

classroom instruction 

alone. Interactive software can 

tailor instruction to individual 

students like human tutors do, 

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while simulations and multimedia 

software offer experiential 

learning. Online instruction can 

also be a powerful tool for 

extending learning opportunities 

to rural areas or working 

adults who need to fit their 

coursework around families and 

jobs. New open online courses 

will create new routes for students 

to gain knowledge, skills 

and credentials. They will be 

developed by teams of experts 

in content knowledge, pedagogy, 

and technology and made 

available for modification, 

adaptation and sharing. The 

Departments of Defense, 

Education, and Labor will work 

together to make the courses 

freely available through one or 

more community colleges and 

the Defense Department’s distributed 

learning network, 

explore ways to award academic 

credit based upon achievement 

rather than class hours, 

and rigorously evaluate the 

results. 

Please cut out and return this completed form to either Student Life Office (LW171 or DB132) by 3pm 

Friday September 25th 2009. A winner will be drawn from those completed forms that contain all the correct 

answers, or from those who have the most correct answers. Students only please. 

1. On what date was the Constitution signed and the Constitutional Convention called to a close? 

1. July 4, 1776 

2. September 17, 1787 

3. December 7, 1941 

4. March 4, 1789 

2. Only 12 of the 13 original states actually took part in writing the US Constitution. Which State did 

not attend the Constitution Convention? 

1. Massachusetts 2. Delaware 3. Rhode Island 4. None of the Above 

3. When did women get the right to vote? 

a. August 1920 b. May 1869 c. March 1972 d. January 1789 

4. Which of the following is a power that the Constitution does NOT grant to Congress? 

1. The power to conduct elections. 

2. The power to raise armed forces. 

3. The power to tax the exports of any State. 

4. The power to declare war. 

5. True or False the U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words and it is the oldest and shortest written 

Constitution of any major government in the world.? 

1. True 2. False 

6. For the President of the United States to ratify a treaty, she/he must obtain the advice and consent of: 

1. One-half of the House of Representatives. 

2. Two-thirds of the Senate. 

3. Three-fourths of Congress. 

4. Three-fourths of Senate. 

7. A State can be punished for denying the right of any of its citizens to vote by: 

1. Reducing the number of its Representatives. 

2. Reducing the number of its Senators. 

3. Imposing a fine. 

4. Withholding funding of all federal programs. 

8. True or False the word “democracy” does not appear once in the Constitution. 

1. True 2. False 

9. How many Senators serve in the Senate? 

1. 50 2. 75 3. 100 4. 150 

10. Who was the oldest person to sign the Constitution? 

1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Thomas Jefferson 3. John Adams 4. Jonathan Dayton 

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BY: ANTHONY HARRIS 

For decades, summer has been 

the busiest season for movies. 

Each year brings a slew of bigbudget, 

high-profile films, 

many of them sequels or based 

on well-known properties and 

each competing fiercely for 

moviegoers’ dollars. With so 

many titles duking it out, every 

summer sees both big hits and 

even bigger duds. For every 

behemoth like “The Dark 

Knight” or runaway smash like 

“There’s Something About 

Mary,” there’s an expensive flop 

like “Speed Racer” or 

“Godzilla.” So how did this 

year’s crop fare? Let’s take a 

look at a few notable hits and 

misses… 

The Winners 

Up: Since arriving on the 

scene in 1995 with “Toy Story,” 

Pixar has become arguably the 

most successful and reliable 

brand in the business, and for 

good reason. Rather than relying 

on tired clichés or enlisting 

A-list actors for voices, the 

Pixar crew focuses on telling a 

rich, imaginative story and combining 

it with beautiful CGI animation. 

“Up,” the company’s 

10th full-length feature, was 

embraced by critics and audiences 

alike and became yet 

another success with $286 million 

in receipts, and counting. 

Star Trek: After the dismal 

performance of 2002’s 

“Nemesis,” the long-running 

Star Trek franchise was in serious 

trouble. Much like “Batman 

Begins” did in 2005, “Star 

Trek” brought the series back to 

life by returning to its roots. The 

sci-fi event, directed by J. J. 

Summer ’09 at the Box Office: 

Winners and Losers 

Abrams of “Lost” fame, was the 

first breakout hit of the summer 

and has grossed over $254 million 

to date. 

The Hangover: R-rated 

summer comedies like “Step 

Brothers,” “Knocked Up,” 

“Superbad,” and “The 40-Year- 

Old Virgin” have struck box 

office gold in recent years. “The 

Hangover” was an even bigger 

success, capitalizing on advance 

buzz and displaying remarkable 

staying power throughout the 

summer. Despite lacking major 

stars, the film attracted audiences 

with a funny premise and 

intriguing ads. A sequel is 

already in the works. 

The Losers: 

Land of the Lost: Will 

Ferrell’s movie career has seen 

its fair share of hits (“Blades of 

Glory,” “Talladega Nights”) 

and misses (“Semi-Pro,” 

“Bewitched”). “Land of the 

Lost” quickly joined the latter 

category as the first big flop of 

the summer. The movie tried to 

lure in both Ferrell fans and 

older patrons familiar with the 

1970’s TV series, but neither 

group took much interest. 

Scathing reviews didn’t help, as 

critics were brutal on the Brad 

Silberling-directed flick. 

Imagine That: After 2008’s 

“Meet Dave” crashed and 

burned, Eddie Murphy was 

looking for a rebound this summer. 

He’ll have to try again next 

year as his latest picture 

“Imagine That” met a similar 

fate, mustering just $5.5 million 

over its opening weekend. 

Competition from the wellreceived 

“Up” and “Night at the 

Museum: Battle of the 

Smithsonian,” unappealing 

commercials, and Murphy’s 

recent box office woes all contributed 

to the poor performance. 

Year One: Michael Cera and 

Jack Black both have box office 

clout, but the duo was unable to 

generate much excitement for 

their prehistoric comedy “Year 

One.” The $60 million film 

opened in June with a mediocre 

$19.6 million and quickly faded 

to a disappointing total of $42 

million. That was far less than 

the actors’ previous hits like 

“Juno” and “Tropic Thunder.” 

Looking ahead, next summer’s 

movie roster boasts numerous 

heavyweights including “Iron 

Man 2,” “Shrek Forever After,” 

“Sex and the City 2,” “Toy 

Story 3,” “The A-Team,” and 

“Step Up 3-D.” Which movies 

will sink and which will swim? 

We’ll just have to wait 

and see. 

Review: Drag Me To Hell 


Director Sam Raimi released 

“Drag Me To Hell” in June of 

this year. It stars Allison 

Lohman (playing Christine) 

from “Flicka” and Justin Long 

from “Live free or Die Hard.” 

One thing I can say about Raimi 

is that in this one, he goes all 

out. This is one that goes 

beyond the limits of horror and 

repugnance, bringing you on 

a ride so twisted you 

might not want to eat 

anything until later. 

Christine works 

for a mortgage 

company where 

she is competing 

for a managers 

position with 

someone who is 

more aggressive 

and experienced 

than she is. Making 

a decision she thinks 

is strong, she denies a 

decrepit old woman another 

extension for payment on her 

home. In doing so, Christine 

provokes the woman into taking 

revenge, and is given an unholy 

curse, but not before the two 

fight it out brutally in and 

around her car in an empty, 

underground parking lot. You 

might think that this old lady is 

repulsive to look at to begin 

with, but when you watch her 

come at Christine with her 

hands tensed into claws and her 

face contorted, you will forget 

that she is as old as she is and 

will be repulsed all over again. 

She is the perfect villain for this 

film. 

Per order of the curse, 

Christine will experience frightening 

and tormenting phenomena 

over the next 2 days. On the 

third day, she will be taken, or 

dragged, straight to hell. She 

quickly begins to believe that 

the curse is real as it inflicts 

itself upon every aspect of her 

life until she attempts to plead 

that the old lady reverse it, but 

this attempt is thwarted by an 

unexpected discovery. 

With few places left to turn, 

Christine and her boyfriend 

(Long) seeks out the help of a 

psychic. He unwillingly tries to 

help them by arranging a meeting 

with a woman who has 

shaken off the allure of evil 

spirits from the cursed in the 

past. Nothing seems to go as 

planned as she is driven closer 

and closer to the reality of 

spending an eternity in 

hell. 

Christine plays a 

young, innocent girl 

who does not seem 

to be totally in control 

of her life. She 

is sweet and at 

times, one to be 

taken advantage of. 

Throughout the 

film, she undergoes 

changes that bring out 

her strength. It’s either 

do or die for her, and she 

knows it. It’s interesting to 

see this sweet, young thing 

delve deep into her soul and pull 

out things she never knew she 

had in her to fight against the 

forces of evil. 

A warning. When Christine 

grabs a shovel and heads for the 

cemetery, you might see things 

that leave you breathless. If you 

like that kind of thing, then stay 

put. It’s one of the best scenes in 

the movie. You will be relieved 

that you are only watching the 

film from a dry seat with living 

people all around you. On a different 

day, you could be there 

beside Christine stuck in a grave 

that is rapidly filling with 

sludge as the body of a monster 

floats toward you. You never 

know where life will take you.

Night at the Museum: 

Battle of the Smithsonian 

BY: ZACH CAREY 

Three years have passed 

since Twentieth Century-Fox 

struck gold with its release of 

Night at the Museum. Its all-star 

cast, impressive array of historical 

characters, and charming 

story helped to make it a fun and 

exciting movie. Fox has now 

decided to follow it up with a 

sequel, Night at the Museum: 

Battle of the Smithsonian. 

Although it reunites many cast 

members from the original, the 

results are only average at best. 

Ben Stiller returns as Larry 

Daley, who now owns a compa- 

Well, not quite. My primary 

complaint with this sequel is it’s 

a case of too many cooks spoiling 

the broth. It unleashes an 

assortment of characters, ranging 

from the Wright Brothers to 

Abraham Lincoln and in 

between. Most of them are only 

seen once or twice, and then 

completely disappear from the 

picture. The only new characters 

that are developed into central 

figures here are Amelia 

Earhart (taking over the romantic 

interest from Rebecca in the 

first movie) and Kahmunrah. 

Napoleon Bonaparte, Ivan the 

Terrible, and Al Capone have 

by name! 

The movie’s other fatal flaw 

is repetition. In the first Night at 

the Museum, it was amazing to 

see all the Museum of Natural 

History figures come to life. But 

here in the second installment, it 

all feels like a retread. Despite 

the numerous new characters, 

they’re not quite enough to 

compensate for the lack of a 

strong plot. Screenwriters 

Robert Ben Garant and Thomas 

Lennon, who also wrote the first 

movie, apparently ran out of 

ideas and decided to throw 

everything against the wall, 

BY: CHRISTOPHER LEE 

Like dinner and a movie? If 

you're like me and like sitting in 

a nice, comfy, leather seat while 

you enjoy dinner and a movie, 

then Chunky's is the place to be! 

Chunky's is a great place for a 

night out with your friends. You 

will come to see that Chunky's 

has a wide range of fans just as 


Chunky’s 

Cinema Pub Review 

raisers, showers, Christmas parties, 

etc. The staff seemed to 

have a very good attitude, and 

always made sure everything 

was going well. There aren't as 

many selections of movies like 

you would find in AMC theaters. 

They host a few movies a 

day and you have to catch them 

at certain times. Good thing is 

that they keep up with the new 

ny devoted to manufacturing his 

inventions. One day, Larry 

decides to visit the Museum of 

Natural History where he previously 

worked as the night guard. 

He learns that the museum has 

been closed for renovations, and 

that most of the exhibits are 

being sent to the Smithsonian 

Institution to be archived. 

However, the tablet of 

Ahkmenrah is also being 

shipped there, where it will 

bring not only the new arrivals 

to life, but also the entire collection 

of Smithsonian exhibits. 

Kahmunrah, the evil brother of 

Ahkmenrah, intends to use the 

tablet with three other infamous 

historical figures (Napoleon 

Bonaparte, Ivan the Terrible, 

and Al Capone) to conquer the 

world. Larry Daley must try to 

stop Kahmunrah’s plans, but he 

only has one night to do it and 

must also unite the other characters 

to help him. 

As mentioned earlier, a great 

number of the first Night at the 

Museum’s cast returns for this 

sequel. Besides Ben Stiller, 

there’s also Robin Williams 

(Teddy Roosevelt), Mizuo Peck 

(Sacagawea), Dr. McPhee 

(Ricky Gervais), and Owen 

Wilson (Jedediah), to name a 

few. The sequel includes more 

name stars such as Amy Adams 

(Amelia Earhart) and Hank 

Azaria (Kahmunrah). With all 

this star power, you’d assume 

that Night at the Museum: 

Battle of the Smithsonian would 

be a flawless follow-up, right? 

their moments, but they never 

progress anywhere beyond 

being Kahmunrah’s associates. 

It is also a grand disappointment 

that Dick Van Dyke, 

Mickey Rooney, and Bill 

Cobbs, who played the three 

night guards who try to steal 

Akmenrah’s tablet in the first 

movie, did not return for this 

outing. Perhaps they were tied 

up with other commitments, but 

their absences still leave a huge 

void. Also missing is the gorgeous 

Carla Gugino, who 

played a museum guide named 

Rebecca in the original Night at 

the Museum. Amy Adams does 

a fine job, but you must remember 

that her character is only a 

museum exhibit, whereas 

Rebecca was just as real as 

Larry Daley. The end of the first 

movie teased a relationship 

between Rebecca and Larry, but 

here she’s not even mentioned 

hoping that it would stick. 

Overall, Night at the 

Museum: Battle of the 

Smithsonian can be summed up 

as a major disappointment. It is 

also another sign of just how 

jaded movie studios have 

become. By not calling it Night 

at the Museum 2, Twentieth- 

Century Fox makes it sound like 

an entirely separate movie altogether. 

If you want to rent this 

movie when it comes to DVD, 

be my guest, but don’t say I didn’t 

warn you. 

any movie theater would. There 

is a variety of foods and beverages 

on their menus, like burgers, 

pizza, salads, ice cream, etc. 

Also a selection of a nice cold 

beer for the adults and parents 

who are celebrating their children's 

birthday. 

Oops, did I mention the 

events you can hold at Chunky's 

as well? Well, Chunky's allows 

you to hold birthday parties and 

field trips. Not to mention the 

functions that can be held, fund 

movies so you're not watching a 

movie from 2 years ago. 

The 3 feature movies now 

playing are Funny People, G- 

Force, and Harry Potter and the 

Half Blood Prince. Seeing all 

the features of Chunky's, my 

overall experience was great. 

The food wasn't amazing but it 

was pretty good, and for a $7.00 

movie ticket and a little extra 

for some food, it's well worth it. 

Did I mention the seats recline? 

PAC Presents 

TREASURE ISLAND 

BY: MATTHEW WOODS 

PERFORMING ARTS 

COUNCIL 

is pleased to announce… 

Our Fall 2009 Production: 


A Piratical “Panto” Friday, 

December 11, 7 p.m. performance. 

Saturday, December 12, 

3:00 p.m. matinee and 7:00 p.m. 

performance 

This winter “X” marks the spot, 

and the spot to be is the Lynn 

Campus Gymnasium, North 

Shore Community College, as 

the Performing Arts Council 

turns Robert Louis Stevenson’s 

classic tale of adventure on its 

head. Our re-telling of TREAS- 

URE ISLAND will embrace all 

of the essential elements of the 

much-loved novel -- buried 

treasure, mutiny & marooning! 

-- while steering its own course 

with the addition of Victorian 

Pantomime’s most traditional 

characters and routines. Join our 

hero, Jim Hawkins, on his highseas 

adventure where you 

become a part of the action 

through audience participation 

in the old “Panto” style. 

Forget what you think you 

know about pantomime: 

Marcel Marceau’s white face? 

Story filler for a ballet? 

An evening of charades? You 

will find none of the above in 

the traditional ‘Panto’. Instead 

you will discover a topsy-turvy 

world where the Principal Boy 

is played by a girl, the Grand 

Dame is really a man, the animals 

can dance, bad puns and 

witty word-play are the order of 

the day; and, at the center of the 

spectacle, the most important 

element of all, the battle of good 

versus evil is played out against 

the backdrop of classic adventure 

and fairy tales. 

With a whole host of characters 

ranging from a talking parrot to 

a an Old Mother Hen, from a 

wacky Island Princess to the 

wily Long John Silver, TREAS- 

URE ISLAND promises to be a 

theatrical confection for the 

whole family! 

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display of this image. 

And mark your calendars! 

A Special Opening Gala 

Sponsored by PAC and the 

Program Council will take place 

at the Lynn Campus 

G y m n a s i u m * T h u r s d a y , 

December 10, 2009 at 6 p.m. 

All NSCC Faculty and Staff 

will be invited to an Opening 

Gala Reception featuring a special 

performance of TREAS- 

URE ISLAND ~ THE PIRATI- 

CAL “PANTO.” Space will be 

limited, however, so be sure to 

RSVP for you tickets in 

advance. Look for details in the 

near future! 

*Please note that dates, times 

and locations are subject to 

change. Be sure to keep an eye 

on Pipeline for the most up-todate 

information!


I am in a cell 

By: Archford Bandera 

I am in a cell. 

A cell, which I built on my own, 

Put myself in it 

And cannot get out. 

I am in a cell, 

Which has no guards 

But full of soul torture 

And self-hatred. 

I am in a cell 

Where nobody can help me out. 

No bail required, 

And no hard labor attached 

But pity. 

How can I get out? 

Who can help me? 

The answer is God, 

He is the only one to rescue me 

I am in sins cell. 

Sonnet to Free-Style 

By: Charles M. Davis 

Shall I compare her to a fresh spring 

day? 

She is more beautiful and more 

vivacious 

The storms shall tear the blossoms 

away. 

Just as the chickadee she is loquacious. 

The sun doth shine a light radiant 

and divine. 

Though often he hides among the 

clouds of black. 

His light is refined like the greatest 

wine. 

He fearfully runs at the thunders 

crack. 

Sadly the spring shall fade to its end; 

But do not fret she shall come again. 

Although for now spring and summer 

shall blend. 

Sadly the spring has beauty the summer 

can’t attain. 

The Changes That We Face 


As the years pass by like forgotten dreams in the night 

I see that the most frightening thing is closer than ever 

We all travel in the same direction in this life 

Every one of us is going to die with or without a fight 

Looking at life as a challenge in itself 

I strive to accomplish task after task 

I try to make my life worth something at last 

But I feel like I am racing against an invincible clock 

One that may fade in time but will never stop 

The dust begins to collect on the earth and on us 

Things are changing in every way possible 

I cannot help but feel a growing sadness 

As the memories of being so young 

Grow further away with every day that passes 

I watch those around me transform before my eyes 

Why must we change so drastically? 

Why must it end so tragically? 

I pray that I hold onto my mental capacity 

While I work at keeping my muscle emphatically 

And that the ones I love can try to be like me 

I will not grow weak in any way 

Through the years I will grip onto the dream 

And never let go 

Even if the tears stream down my face one night 

I will get up the next day and fight for my life 

Because what is a life if you cannot live it? 

Continue to challenge yourself 

Do something that will amaze the world 

Show others that they can too 

Bring them with you into the future 

Holding their hands 

Do not ever let go of this dream 

Because any dream is reachable 

If you can just believe in it 

Work at it, foresee it, get there 

And then when the time comes 

And the future is here 

You will have succeeded 

You will continue to live 

Until the day you die 

Without tragedy 

ANDREW WHO RESIDES AT SAINT 

TERESA’S HOUSE 

A poem by ROZI THEOHARI 

--The Cold War…Wasn’t then? 

--Yes, it was. Berlin’s Wall did exist yet. 

Our “USS George”—Special Force ship 

Left Greece—navigating on the Ionian sea. 

--And …what did you see? 

--Your country …an Albanian city. 

It was a beautiful port. 

I made with my right hand a cross 

Then saluted: “Good morning Albania, 

Mother Teresa’s birthplace!” 

--Were you a solder there? 

--Yes, an electrician of “101 AIRBORN DIV.” 

Looking with my binoculars at your land 

I obtained permission from my commandant 

In minutes my boat neared the harbor. 

--Did you fear being caught? 

--You know, I believe in God! 

When your soldiers shouted: “Halt!” 

I stopped, waved my hand, smiled, prayed, 

I reached underwater and touched the sand. 

Oh…, something happened…something, 

Many sailors and civilians became rigid 

When they looked at my black skin 

More than “an American trespasser enemy”, 

They were surprised to face an African-American 

They never had seen one. 

That’s it. 

In a blink of an eye I was back into our torpedo 

With a fist of moist sand, 

A memory of Teresa’s land. 

--I see you here, seated in St.Teresa’s House’s garden, 

Between friends, aromatic roses and chirping birds… 

--After forty years from that day 

You know, I am physically weak 

My memory the same, 

But an inner being whispers to me: 

“Be blissful that you chose to live 

At Teresa’s apartments…downtown Lynn.” 

Mother Teresa’s noble heart 

Stays with us 

In our prayer… 

forever… 

I shook hands 

With a dark skinned electrician pensioner 

And I felt the pure current 

Of his white soul.

Students Need More Econ101 Cont... 

75% of those with student loans 

thought that they would be able 

to pay them off in 10 years or 

less. 

Additional highlights from the 

survey include: 

Only 35% of college students 

reported taking a personal 

finance class in high school. 

58% said the majority of their 

financial knowledge came from 

their parents. 

Only 34% knew the size of the 

federal debt. 

69% think Social Security will 

be gone by the time they retire. 

44% get the majority of their 

financial news online. 

Full results of the survey can be 

found 

at: 

http://econ4u.org/downloads/Ec 

on4U_Survey_US_College_Stu 

dents__Finances.pdf. 

Findings of this survey are from 

a telephone survey conducted 

by Opinion Research 

Corporation among 500 current 

college students living in private 

households in the continental 

United States. 

NSCC Remembers Kennedy Cont... 

Since the building did not have 

an auditorium, the entire student 

body, faculty and staff attending 

classes that day walked together 

the short distance from Essex 

Street to the Cabot Street Movie 

Theater, wondering why Ted 

Kennedy, brother of the 

President of the United States, 

was about to speak to us instead 

of Boston ivy league college 

students. He told us. In a 

respectful, passionate and very 

sincere manner, he told us WE 

were the future and it was up to 

us to change the world for the 

better. I vividly remember that 

he inspired us to try.” 

According to the Pennon, the 

second visit happened in 

November of 1986 when 

Senator Kennedy spoke about a 

number of issues according to 

the report. My guess is that he 

was promoting improvements in 

the country's financial aid system. 

The third meeting was in the fall 

of 2006 during Literacy Week 

when we hosted Senator 

Kennedy in Lynn with Don 

Edwards, executive director of 

Operation Bootstraps, who is 

standing behind the senator. I 

remember well his opening line 

which was "It's nice to be with 

a president that agrees with me." 

He and former President Bush 

did not see eye to eye on several 

issues. 

In a reply to last week's 

Wednesday Night Update and 

my story of my brief encounter 

with Senator Kennedy in the 

Russell Building, I received two 

stories from faculty members 

reflecting themes similar to 

mine: 

Prof. Bernadette Lucas reports: 

"When I was in high school, I 

wanted to make fish protein 

concentrate for a science fair 

project. I wrote to Ted asking 

him if he could get me plans 

from Monticello that I could 

modify for home production. 

My idea was that plentiful menhaden 

(no longer the case) could 

be made into a fish flour to 

enrich bread in an effort to end 

world hunger. He sent me the 

plans, I made fish protein concentrate 

and became the first 

female to win the school science 

fair. I then went on the the 

regional and the state fairs and 

did well at both.. From that 

experience, I decided to go into 

Food Science and Nutrition. 

So, Ted Kennedy has had a significant 

impact on my life. 

Prof. and attorney, Kathleen 

Hirbour relates this story: 

"In the late 70's, my brother was 

visiting me on a snowy day in 

DC, so I took vacation day from 

the Justice Dept. and we went 

the Corcoran Gallery. Because 

it was a weekday and DC didn't 

know how to deal with snow on 

the streets, we were almost 

alone and we were admiring the 

paintings in one of the galleries 

and turned to see the senator and 

his son Teddy, not long after the 

young guy's cancer surgery, and 

he stopped to talk with us. I was 

shocked that he recognized me 

(not by name) from my tenure in 

Congressman Gerry Studds' 

office several years before. 

Quite a guy." 

Quite a guy indeed. Senator 

Kennedy's work on health care, 

education and national service 

provides a lasting legacy that 

will continue to benefit millions 

of people in the future as it has 

in the past. But for all the wonderful 

words that will now flow 

about him, the "thank you's" 

from the students in NSCC's 

TRIO programs remain most 

memorable to me. 

The NSCC family extends their 

deepest sympathies to the 

Kennedy family. 

Public Notice 


Straight out of Nevada, high 

school sophomore Bryce Harper 

is already making a name for 

himself around the world, bat in 

hand. At only 16, Harper has 

athletic abilities that far exceed 

anyone around him. When it 

comes to baseball, there is little 

he cannot do. He has amazed 

everyone by hitting home runs 

at 570 feet, something many 

professionals still have never 

achieved. Surprisingly enough, 

he can also pitch. His top speed 

has been clocked at 96 mph. In 

the spotlight, Harper stands 

steady, strong, and confident at 

6’3”, weighing 205 lbs, and carries 

with him a fierce determination 

in succeeding in the sport 

that he loves. 

Twenty years ago, high school 

baseball player Jon Peters was 

on the cover of Sports 

Illustrated. He has since injured 

his arm, and all but faded away 

into obscurity. On June 8th, 

Bryce Harper became the only 

other high school prodigy to 

have ever appeared on the 

cover. He has been compared to 

Lebron James, who excelled in 

the game of basketball as a high 

school player, so much that the 

hype surrounding him was endless. 

Harper is next up. The 

scouts are watching him. 

Baseball fans around the world 

are wondering how it is all 

going to turn out. 

There is no doubt that Harper 

could very well become a star 

player in the majors. He has 

already hit the longest home run 

in the history of Tropicana 

Field, home of the Tampa Bay 

Rays. This is an unbelievable 

feat for a 16 year old. Harpers’ 

Bryce Harper 


bat speed is faster than that of 

Mark McGwire when he was in 

his prime. He also has tremendous 

running speed, easily 

stealing bases if a pitch is 

thrown wild. Not only can he 

pitch and bat extremely well, he 

is also a catcher. He can pick off 

runners from his knees. 

You never really know how a 

player with great potential will 

turn out. You can excite people 

by showing off their records and 

stats, and you can tease them 

with predictions for the future 

of the player. What it comes 

down to is time. We have to wait 

and see. Hopefully he will not 

sustain any serious injuries. 

This is always a worry for a 

coach. You just never know. 

Pressure does not seem to be a 

factor for Harper. It looks as 

though he is handling it all perfectly. 

Those around him say 

that he is the only one that does 

not realize that he is something 

special. He is just an all around 

good kid. He does volunteer 

work, attends religious education 

classes regularly, and holds 

a GPA of 3.5. His charisma and 

his good nature stand out. 

Despite these quiet, charming 

qualities that Harper carries, his 

confidence soars beyond all 

else. He is serious about baseball. 

That is for sure. Among his 

goals in life, he wants to be in 

the Hall of Fame, and to even 

become the greatest player to 

ever play the game of baseball. 

If he believes that this is possible, 

then his abilities will continue 

to grow. Since he is only 

16, there is a lot of time for that. 

Imagine what this kid will be 

able to do in 10 years. That is 

something that we all will want 

to see. 

North Shore Community 

College will undergo a comprehensive 

evaluation visit beginning 

October 18, 2009, by a 

team representing the 

Commission on Institutions of 

Higher Education of the New 

England Association of Schools 

and Colleges. North Shore 

Community College has been 

accredited by the Commission 

since 1969 and was last 

reviewed in October 1999. Its 

accreditation by the New 

England Association encompasses 

the entire institution. 

For the past year and a half, 

North Shore Community 

College has been engaged in a 

process of self-study, addressing 

the Commission’s Standards for 

Accreditation. The team will 

visit the institution to gather evidence 

that the self-study is thorough 

and accurate and will recommend 

to the Commission a 

continuing status for the institution; 

following a review 

process, the Commission, itself, 

will take the final action. 

The Commission on Institutions 

of Higher Education is one of 

eight accrediting commissions 

in the United States that provide 

institutional accreditation on a 

regional basis. Accreditation is 

voluntary and applies to the 

institution as a whole. The 

Commission, which is recognized 

by the U.S. Department of 

Education, accredits approximately 

200 institutions in the 

six-state New England region. 

The public is invited to submit 

comments regarding the institution 

to: 

Public Comment on North 

Shore Community College 

Commission on Institutions of 

Higher Education 

New England Association of 

Schools and Colleges 

209 Burlington Road 

Bedford, MA 01730-1433 

E-mail: cihe@neasc.org. 

Comments must address substantive 

matters related to the 

quality of the institution. 

Comments will not be treated as 

confidential. Written, signed 

comments must be received by 

October 21, 2009. 

The Commission cannot guarantee 

that comments received 

after that due date will be considered. 

Comments should 

include the name, address, and 

telephone number of the person 

providing the comments. The 

Commission cannot settle disputes 

between individuals and 

institutions, whether those 

involve faculty, students, 

administrators, or members of 

other groups. Individuals considering 

submitting complaints 

against an affiliated institution 

should request the separate 

Policy and Procedures for the 

Consideration of Complaints 

Made Against Affiliated 

Institutions from the 

Commission office.


ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Topsfield Fair Tickets 

Photo Tribute to 9/11 

Topsfield Fair discount 

tickets will be 

on sale in the Student 

Life Office on both 

campuses with your 

North Shore picture 

ID at the start of the 

semester on 

September 9th 2009 

General Admission 

Tickets are $7.00 

each. All Ride 

Tickets are $19 each 

(1 ticket = 11 rides). 

Mark your calendar and come on down while 

supplies last. 

Learn the “Ropes” With Us! 

Student Life encourages you to discover, develop and to maximize your leadership skills by signing up 

now for our free annual student leadership ropes course. Held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 9am to 

5pm at Project Adventure in Beverly, it is an outdoor one day shared adventure for individuals of all ages 

and abilities. 

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a series of structured activities on the ground and 

beyond with the guidance of professional facilitators. Made up of trees, wires, rope, and other equipment, 

the course is designed to promote and enhance group cooperation, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. 

It enables participants to expand their comfort zones and to recognize fears that may otherwise block their 

personal achievements. Each moment is rich with discoveries, whether a person is climbing, supporting 

"on belay," or finding an effective way to encourage a teammate. Participants work together in a safe supportive 

environment to negotiate the elements and to successfully meet the challenges presented. 

Always dynamic and at times challenging, it is without a doubt a fun way to build confidence, develop 

new friendships and to reach new heights! For more information, contact Lisa Milso, Director of Student 

Life at lmilso@northshore.edu or at X6242. 

Deadline to sign-up is Friday, September 18th but don’t delay, space is limited! Carpooling and special 

accommodations will be made available upon request. 

Sudent Life Red White & Blue Contest 

We the people of Student Life in order to celebrate Constitution week are requesting people to wear red, 

white, and blue on Thursday, September 17, 2009, and in the spirit of justice and liberty for all, stop by 

the Student Life Office and you will be entered into a free raffle to win prizes. 

Fall Fest 

September 18, 2009 Danvers Main Lobby 10-1 & September 21, 2009 Lynn Gym 10-1 

* Win Prizes * Learn about all the services available at NSCC 

* For more information, please contact Student Life in Lynn ext. 2164 or Danvers ext. 5536 

Pace Card Eligible 

Recreation News 

The Recreation and Wellness Department supports the belief that co-curricular activities are an integral 

part of college life. We therefore welcome you to stop by the Lynn Gym and Danvers lounge to meet our 

friendly, cheerful and courteous staff, and to pick-up a schedule of our hours and events for this semester. 

Our services, tournaments, and events are free to all who have a current valid North Shore Community 

College Photo ID. 

We strongly encourage you to build time in your schedule to participate in our recreational wellness programs 

which help to foster your physical, social and spiritual well being. For more information please 

contact Kerry MacDonald in Lynn LW167 at Extension 6620 or Victoria Pasciuto in Danvers DB125 at 

X5471. 

Student Life in collaboration with the Library is proud to present our 

annual Photo Tribute to 9/11 which will be displayed on both campuses 

in the Library. The photos will be on display from 9/7 to 9/12. 

We welcome people to stop by and see the exhibit or stop and pause 

by the trees that were planted, outside both campuses several years 

ago, to remember 9/11. In Lynn, the tree is located outside the East 

entrance by the gym and in Danvers it is can be found outside the 

Allied Heath Building by the picnic tables. 

HELP FILL FOOD 

PANTRY SHELVES! 

It isn’t headline news these days, but hunger is on the rise in 

Massachusetts. Half a million people in our state currently suffer 

from “food insecurity,” wondering daily where the next meal will 

come from. Almost 40% of them are children. 

Many are right on our doorsteps. In the cities of Peabody, Salem, 

Lynn and Gloucester, one out of every three children lives in a 

household that struggles to put food on the table. The 

Massachusetts food bank Project Bread further reports that this 

major public health problem is getting worse! 

So Senator Fred Berry’s Charitable Foundation and NSCC Public 

Policy Institute are joining forces to do something to assist local 

food pantries on the North Shore. The PPI is sponsoring a monthlong 

food drive on all our campuses and we need your help! The 

drive kicks off on September 11th, our nationwide Day of Service, 

and will end on October 9th. 

Please be part of this Season of Service. Help fill the grocery carts 

on campus with nourishing non-perishable items or deliver your 

donations to the following locations: 

• Danvers Berry 324 (Advancement office) 

• Lynn LW 108 (Public Policy Institute office) 

• Hathorne Maude Hall (Academic Affairs office) 

Together we can make a difference! If you are interested in volunteering 

to assist this initiative, contact Diana Kerry at ext. 2105 or 

Will Dowd, ext. 2122.


We need your written opinions to fill up this page. 

Send us your opinion about anything! Up to 500 words. Preferably in MS Word Document. Send to pennon@northshore.edu or drop off at any Student 

Life Office or The Pennon Office (DM 127). It will be edited for spelling and grammar. Opinions and editorials are not necessarily those of The Pennon. 

Business As Usual 

BY CONCERNED MA RESIDENT 

Why is it our Democratic 

Legislature took away the 

Governor's right to appoint a 

replacement senator when a 

Republican was in the corner 

office, but then seeks to reinstate 

the right because a 

Democrat has taken over? 

Whatever happened to balance 

of power? Seems very fishy to 

me. 

In fact, the Democrats took the 

right away from Romney 

because they were afraid Mr. 

Kerry was heading to the White 

House. Well as we all know, he 

lost, and now our elected leaders 

and representatives want to 

change the law again because it 

BY: DR. LEE VLIET 

would benefit one political 

party. 

Let's hurry up and have a special 

election as our current laws 

dictate. I'm sure our State's 

founders did not think of laws 

as something to be changed at 

will to benefit a political party 

and its partisan agenda. 

I encourage all students to 

become involved with their 

community in any way they 

can. Politics is often very local, 

and nothing is closer than getting 

involved in your own governing 

body. What am I talking 

about? Get involed at the local 

level in your school student 

government, in your town, in 

your community. 

How can we fix only the “flat 

tire” on the healthcare “vehicle” 

and NOT call the whole thing a 

“clunker”, sending it to the government-run 

junkyard to be 

destroyed? 

Calling cars “clunkers” and 

sending functioning ones to a 

junkyard is one thing. Calling 

our medical system a “clunker” 

and destroying the private system 

because a few parts need 

fixing is quite another. 

Destroying the most innovative 

and responsive healthcare system 

on the planet with government 

mandates, control and 

expansion of federally-run services 

in the name of “reform” is 

diabolical. People’s lives are at 

stake. 

Americans have the best medical 

services in the world. No 

one is denied medical care for 

lack of medical insurance. Since 

1986, Federal law has prohibited 

hospitals from turning away 

people without insurance. 

Taxpayers foot the bill to pay 

for those without insurance. It is 

dishonest to keep implying that 

lack of insurance means lack of 

care. 

There is no logical reason we 

cannot fix the payment and 

insurance issues and do it relatively 

quickly. We don’t need to 

wait until 2013 when the 

“healthcare reform” bills are 

scheduled to take effect. Why 

not now? 

The big Grocers –Safeway and 

Whole Foods – have done it 

already. The CEO’s of both 

companies have creatively used 

common sense solutions to “fix” 

what is broken in medical insurance 

issues. 

Whole Foods and Safeway 

executives have succeeded in 

their reforms in spite of the government’s 

interference that prevent 

these companies from 

doing more to improve their 

employees’ medical benefits. 

Government regulations prevent 

them from giving additional 

financial discounts to people for 

healthy behavior. That makes 

no sense. 

While politicians are talking 

and obfuscating, Whole Foods 

and Safeway CEOs have been 

doing what is necessary. They 

have already achieved the goals 

everyone else wants: 

q Affordable coverage for their 

employees 

q Lower costs or keeping costs 

flat when others (Medicare 

included) have costs rising 15- 

40% a year 

q Patient control and choices 

about how money is spent 

A Political Tribute 

BY: VICKI NICKERSON 

I woke up at 3:30 this morning 

on the 25th of August to a newscast 

that Senator Edward M. 

“Ted” Kennedy had passed 

away. He had succumbed to 

brain cancer that he had battled 

for the past year. Senator 

Kennedy was from a very 

prominent Massachusetts family. 

He was the brother of the late 

John F. Kennedy, former president 

of the United States. 

Senator “Ted” Kennedy began 

his term in the United States 

Senate in 1962 to replace his 

brother John after he was elected 

to the Presidency of the 

United States. 

Kennedy had a passion for the 

Grocers Get It, 

Why Doesn’t Government Get 

q Employees satisfied with 

their medical insurance 

q Employees actively engaging 

in healthy behavior 

q Employees rewarded financially 

for achieving health 

goals. 

To fix what is “broken” we do 

not need the federal government 

to take over and destroy medical 

privacy, create new bureaucracies, 

increase costs, impose new 

mandates, reduce current rapid 

access to diagnostic services, or 

decimate medical innovations 

for treatment. All of these 

inevitably occur under government 

run healthcare everywhere 

in the world. 

When the government gets in 

the middle, it always costs 

more. 

Healthcare examples abound. 

Government-run Medicare has a 

40-year track record of costing 

about 34% more than privately 

purchased medical services. 

Government regulations in New 

York, New Jersey and 

Massachusetts make individual 

medical insurance premiums the 

most expensive in the entire 

country. The Wall Street 

Journal reported New Jersey’s 

2007 average premium for singles 

was $5,326 compared to 

the national average of $2,613. 

inner city and always strived to 

help children who were not 

always as fortunate as those 

from the surrounding suburbs. 

He was passionate as well about 

assuring that all men, women 

and children, regardless of race 

or nationality, were afforded an 

opportunity to be educated all 

the way through the college 

level. Senator Kennedy has 

been an avid supporter of health 

care for all and believed that no 

citizen should be left without 

affordable health insurance. 

Senator Kennedy was an icon 

and was referred to as the 

“lion”. He will be missed and 

may he rest in peace. His legacy 

will no doubt live on forever. 

Healthcare Solutions That Work? 

New York families in 2007 had 

average premiums of $12,254 

versus the national average of 

$5,799. 

Nine states have higher insurance 

premiums because of the 

same government rules and regulations 

that are now being proposed 

for all 50 states in the 

Democratic versions of healthcare 

“reform.” Republicans’ 

lower cost alternatives are not 

allowed to see the light of day. 

Government regulations cost 

people more money, time and 

time again. Grocers get it. Why 

can’t the government bureaucrats 

“get it?” 

Let the free markets work. Let 

people decide how they will 

spend their money. We always 

search for better value when it’s 

our own money. Put consumers 

back in charge of spending their 

own health care dollars. They 

will make wiser decisions than 

bureaucrats will. We need 

Common Sense Healthcare Big 

Government will kill it. 

WANT YOUR OPINIONS HEARD? 

WRITE TO THE PENNON AND BE INCLUDED IN NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE! 

Sawyer 

Says 

Dear Sawyer Says, 

I was wondering about something 

and thought you might be 

able to help me. Here is my 

question. Do you believe in 

ghosts? If so, do you or someone 

you know have an experience 

to tell? 

Signed, 

Questionable Paranormal 

Dear Questionable Paranormal, 

I absolutely do believe in 

ghosts. I am a firm believer in 

the unexplained and unexplained 

phenomena. I have seen 

spirits and even caught “orbs” 

on camera. Here is a story for 

you: A friend of mine owns a 

house that dates back to the 

Salem Witch Trials. Her father 

in law also hung himself there. 

There have been many strange 

voices and unexplained things 

that have happened. I went in to 

investigate. There is limited 

electricity so it mostly stays 

dark. While I was sitting on a 

bed, I suddenly heard, “I’m 

gonna do it. I’m gonna do it.” A 

few minutes after that, I heard 

the sound of a woman weeping. 

She was saying over and over, 

“My baby. Where is my baby?” 

I then felt this pressure on my 

shoulder as if she was crying 

yet I didn’t feel any tears. I was 

the only one in that room. The 

strangest part was the sadness I 

felt when this happened. I wasn’t 

scared at all. It was definitely 

one of many experiences that 

I will never forget. My experience 

with ghosts and phenomena 

actually dates back to when I 

was a young kid. I have thought 

about writing stories about my 

experiences and maybe someday 

I will. If you would like to 

hear more stories, I would love 

to share. Thank you for writing.


Club Directory 

African Society . . . . . . . .Love Maya . . . . . . . . . .LE219 .x.6693 

Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Bosco . . . . . . . . . .DB366 .x.5592 

B GLAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tiffany Magnolia . . . . .LW229 .x.6622 

Biological Science Club . .Scott Stimpson . . . . . . .LW288 .x.6288 

Christ On Campus . . . . . .John Tobey . . . . . . . . . .DB367 .x.5585 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lora Connelly . . . . . . .LW321 .x.6292 

Civic Engagement . . . . . .Laurie Messina . . . . . .LW366 .x.5512 

Criminal Justice . . . . . . . .Constantine Souris . . . .DB366 .x.5419 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Koshivas . . . . . .DB367C .x.5418 

Economics & Finance . . .Moonsu Han . . . . . . . .DB367 .x.5456 

Engineering . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Beth Steigerwald .LW321 .x.6650 

Food Science & Safety . .Ernie Vieira . . . . . . . . .DH216 .x.4322 

Gerontology . . . . . . . . . . .TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Haitian Club . . . . . . . . . . .Minnette Lall . . . . . . . .LW325 .x.6657 

French and Spanish Club .Irene Fernandez . . . .DB367A .x.5442 

Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patricia Manninen . . . .LE306 .x.6665 

Multi-Cultural Society . . .Espy Herrera . . . . . . . .LW113 .x.6274 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sue Downey . . . . . . . . .DB236 .x.5529 

Muslim Assoc . . . . . . . . . .Yusef Hayes . . . . . . .DB367B .x.5414 

Nursing Class 2009 . . . . .Lorinda Latza . . . . . . .DH206 .x.4427 

Phi Theta Kappa . . . . . . . .Fred Altieri . . . . . . . .DB267H .x.5556 

Philosophy Club . . . . . . . .Fred Altieri . . . . . . . .DB267H .x.5556 

Poets & Writers . . . . . . . .Joe Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . .LE232 .x.6238 

Psyched for Psych . . . . . .Wendy Gordon . . . . . .LW165 .x.6677 

Respitory Care . . . . . . . . .Len LeBlanc . . . . . . . .DH203 ..x4170 

SOTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patricia Banks . . . . . . .DH 203 .x.4174 

Student Art Club . . . . . . .James Chisholm . . . .DB366A .x.5548 

Surf Club . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sean Hanlon . . . . . . .DB367E .x.5467 

Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dawn Wendell . . . . . . .DH106 . .x4368 

Women In Transition . . . .Margaret Figgins-Hill. DB366b .x.5515 

Youth Group United . . . . .Alexander Guzman . . .LW157 .x.6601 

Organizations 

Pennon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Pasciuto . . . . .DB125 .x.5471 

Performing Arts Council . Matthew Woods . . . . . .LW172 .x.6228 

Program Council . . . . . . . Victoria Pasciuto . . . . .DB125 .x.5471 

Student Government . . . . Lisa Milso . . . . . . . . . .LW171 .x.6242 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Milso . . . . . . . . . .DB126 .x.5490 

Women’s Center. . . . . . . . Victoria Pasciuto.............DB125 x.5471 

Join Program 

Council! 

THIS GROUP PLANS AND COORDINATES A VARIETY OF 

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS FOR 

THE ENTIRE COLLEGE COMMUNITY. PAST ACTIVITIES HAVE 

INCLUDED AIR BRUSH T-SHIRTS, PSYCHIC READINGS, AND 

MASSAGE THERAPY. 

Psyched for 

Psych 

Visit the Psyched for Psych 

table at Fall Fest! Please 

email 

psyed.for.psych@google.co 

m to be added to the club 

email list. For further 

information, contact Wendy 

Gordon, faculty advisor, at 

wgordon@northshore.edu or 

x6677. 

Women’s Center 

The Women’s Center is really 

trying to get off the ground this 

year. We are looking for dedicated 

members who want to 

make a difference. We are 

focused on Women’s Health 

issue such as breast cancer and 

other diseases - issues that only 

affect women. However, we are 

open to all suggestions from the 

Student Body here at NSCC. 

Meetings will be held monthly 

and the dates and times are 

TBA. Make a difference! 

Vicki Nickerson 

The Student Government 

Association (SGA) welcomes 

new and returning students. If 

you are interested in joining 

SGA as a Senator, papers are 

now available in Student Life 

Danvers DB132 and Lynn 

LW171 for the following 

Student Government Association 

positions: 

* Student Tresurer * 

* Senator * 

Each of these positions would 

provide you with the opportunity 

to enhance your leadership skills 

as well as your resume. Students 

in these positions get to represent 

the voice of students, have 

Come on…get happy!! 

SGA Leaders Wanted 

Program Council strives to 

bring interesting, fun, educational 

entertainment to the campus. 

We branch out and try new 

things. Our ideas all sprout from 

our meetings. We listen to what 

the students of NSCC want and 

then work together to make it 

happen. 

At the upcoming Fall Fest 

which will be held on our 

Danvers Campus on September 

18, 2009 and on our Lynn 

Campus on September 21, 

2009, both between the hours of 

the opportunity to attend conferences 

and are able to make some 

valuable connections within our 

administration, faculty and staff 

as well as with local and State 

Representatives. Detailed 

descriptions of each of these 

positions may be obtained from 

Student Life. 

For more information on running 

for one of these positions, please 

contact Victoria Pasciuto vpasciut@northshore.edu 

or call extension 

5471 or Lisa Milso 

L m i l s o @ n o r t h s h o r e . e d u . 

Deadline to return papers is 

September 28. 

Program Council Fall Fest Opening 

Day Social 

PAC News 

10:00am and 1:00pm, the 

Program Council will be holding 

our “Opening Day Ice 

Cream Social”. We will have 

three flavors of ice cream with 

your choice of 18…yes…18 

toppings! How often do you get 

ice cream before lunch? Oh and 

be sure to show your “Opening 

Day” pride with a red sox t- 

shirt!! 

Vicki Nickerson 

Vice President 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT VICTORIA PASCIUTO AT 

(978) 762-4000 X5471 OR 

VPASCIUT@NORTHSHORE.EDU. 

Attention Club Advisors and Members! 

Information about your club 

can be featured here. 

This is YOUR page and if you want other people 

to know about your club or what your club 

is doing, then contact us! 

E-mail: pennon@northshore.edu 

The PERFORMING ARTS 

COUNCIL announces 

AUDITIONS for our Fall 2009 

production: 


A Piratical “Panto” 

GROUP ONE: Monday, 

September 21 at 3 p.m., LYNN 

CAMPUS GYM* 

GROUP TWO: Tuesday, 

September 22 at 3 p.m., LYNN 

CAMPUS GYM* 

GROUP THREE: Wednesday, 

September 23 at 3:30 p.m., 

DANVERS HP-109* 

GROUP FOUR: Thursday, 

September 24 at 3:30 p.m., 

DANVERS HP-109* 

* Danvers Campus, Health 

Professions Building. 

Please be aware that auditions 

will begin promptly at the starting 

time listed and that space is 

limited, so please show up on 

time, wearing comfortable 

clothing! 

Keep in mind that to participate 

in our Fall Production you must 

be available for tech week 

which will begin Monday, 

November 30, 2009 at 3:00p.m., 

performances of TREASURE 

ISLAND are set to take place 

Thursday, December 10 through 

Saturday, December 12 at 7 

p.m. with an additional matinee 

performance at 3 p.m. on 

Saturday, December 12. 

For more information contact…MatthewWoods, 

performing Arts Coordinator 

contact 781-593-6722, ext 

6228.


September 2009 

SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 

9/11 Display located in 

the library all week 

20 21 

PAC Auditions Time 

and Location - TBA 

1 2 

3 

4 

5 

Classes Begin 

Evening ID’s 5-7 

Evening ID's 

5pm - 7pm 

Topsfield Fair Tickets 

on Sale in Student Life 

6 7 

8 

DB132 & LW171 9 

10 11 12 

Evening ID's 

5pm - 7pm 

Bingo 11:30am Lynn 

Cafe 

Game Day 9am - 1pm 

Danvers Campus - 

DB129 

SGA Meeting 1:30pm Constitution contest & 

DB208 & LE307 Video Red, White and Blue 

Conference rooms contest begin 

13 14 

See Student Life 

15 16 17 

18 

19 

PAC Auditions Time 

and Location - TBA 

Fall Fest 10am - 1pm 

Lynn Gym 

Fall Fest 10am - 1pm 

Lynn Gym 

Evening ID's PAC Auditions TBA 

Weekend ID's in 

5pm - 7pm Game Day 10am - 1pm 

PAC Auditions - Time Constitution Contest Student Life Both 

PAC Auditions - Time Danvers Campus 

and Location - TBA Ends all entires must be Campuses call for 

and Location - TBA DB129 

submitted 

more info 

PC Meeting 2:00pm 

SGA Elections. Check 

978-762-4000 

DB208 & LE307 Video Women's Center 

pipeline for more info SGA Elections ext5536 or ext2164 

Conference rooms Meeting Time TBA 

- SGA Elections 

PAC meeting 

22 23 

24 

25 

26 

Evening ID's 

5pm - 7pm 

PAC Auditions - TBA 

PC Meeting 2:00pm 

DB208 & LE307 Video 

Conference rooms 

PAC Auditions - Time 

TBA 

Game Day 10am - 

1pm Danvers Campus 

- DB129 

Women's Center 

Meeting Time TBA 

SGA Elections. Check 

pipeline for more info 

Danvers Fall Fest 10am 

- 1pm Danvers Berry 

Building Main Lobby 

Constitution Contest 

Ends all entires must 

be submitted 

- SGA Elections 

Weekend ID's in 

Student Life Both 

Campuses call for 

more info 

PC = PROGRAM COUCIL 

WC = WOMEN’S CENTER 

PTK= PHI THETA KAPPA 

SGA = STUDENT GOVERNMENT 

PAC = PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL 

*DB208 & LE307 

**DB132 & LW171 

Important Numbers 

EVENTS SUBJECT 

TO CHANGE 

CONNECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS: Lynn: (781) 593-6722 Danvers: (978) 762-4000 Beverly Cummings Center (978) 236-1200 

Math & Writing Lab 

Lynn x6254 

Dan x5417 

Hawthorne x1544 

SEPTEMBER 

9/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Labor Day, Holiday 

9/9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Classes begin, day and evening 

9/9-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Add/drop period 

9/9-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Withdrawal through Week 1: 

100% tuition/fee charge refund 

until 5PM Sept 15th 

9/15(after 5 PM) Withdrawal 

through Week 2: 100% tuition 

refund until 5PM Sept 22nd - 

No refund on fees 

9/22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

After 5 PM no refund 

Computer Lab 

Lynn x6296 

Danvers x5569 

9/29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Deadline to change from audit 

to credit or credit to audit 

OCTOBER 

10/12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Columbus, Day, Holiday 

Library 

Lynn (781) 477-2133 

Dan. (978) 762-4000 

x.5526 

NOVEMBER 

11/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Veterans’ Day, Holiday 

11/20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Final 

Exam Schedule (revised) distributed 

to students and posted 

on Pipeline 

11/25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Deadline for IP Contracts for 

Spring and summer 2009 

11/25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Thanksgiving recess, 

evening/weekend classes 

11/26-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Thanksgiving recess, day classes 

Book Store 

Lynn (781) 477-2127 

Dan. (978) 762-4046 

NSCC Fall 2009 Academic Schedule 

DECEMBER 

12/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Last 

day to drop a course or withdraw 

from the College with a 

W” grade 

12/10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Deadline to petition for Fall 

graduates 

12/18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Day classes end 

12/21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Evening classes end 

12/21-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Final Exam period, day classes 

1/4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Grades due by noon 

Weather Hotline 

(978) 762-4200 

Please confirm the 

dates with your 

professor or advisor.


Page 16 Spetember 2009– NSCC Pennon 

Class of 2005 Alumni Corner 

Alumni Profile- Bola Fayoda 

As a new immigrant to this country from Nigeria, Bola Fayoda 

arrived in Maryland with aspirations of becoming a doctor but little 

information to get started. A family friend advised him to go 

to Massachusetts if he was interested in medicine and suggested 

North Shore Community College as a starting point. He attended 

while working full-time, often more, and always taking a full-time 

course load. Bola graduated with honors in 2005 from NSCC’s 

Liberal Arts program. He then attended Salem State College 

majoring in Biology with 

minors in both Chemistry and 

Philosophy, graduating Magna 

Cum Laude in 2007. This year, 

Bola started medical school, 

working to fulfill his lifelong 

dream of becoming a physician. 

He attends the American 

University of Antigua College 

of Medicine where he was 

awarded a competitive 

scholarship based on his 

achievements. 

When asked where he found his 

motivation and inspiration, Bola 

talked enthusiastically about the 

TRIO program and NSCC’s student 

support centers. He said 

that is where he found the information 

and support that sustained 

him as he juggled a heavy 

workload between his long 

hours working and studying. 

Bola said “When I arrived in the 

US, I had no friends…I want to 

personally say thank you to the 

entire staff of TRIO for their 

sincerity as well as unending 

support throughout my educational 

career at NSCC. In fact, 

TRIO is responsible for where I 

am today and if not for them, I 

may not have had a chance to 

become a medical student this 

soon. 

The student support center was 

another area that Bola describes 

as a support that enabled him to 

succeed. Bola says there was 

not one day that he didn’t find 

himself in the Student Support 

Center to see Transfer 

Counselor Peter Monaco for 

support, information and 

advice. Bola said Peter “saw 

me through my struggling dayshe 

saved me in every way a 

young man trying to latch on to 

his dream could be saved.” 

Bola said the information that 

he got from those visits to student 

support paid off for him not 

only at NSCC, but also when he 

transferred to Salem State. He 

strongly advises current students 

to utilize the services provided. 

“As students, we tend to 

take things for granted and don’t 

realize how things are there to 

make our lives easier if only we 

will utilize them.” 

Medical student Bola Fayoda, 

NSCC Class of 2005 

Faces In The Hall 

This issue we asked students: What are your Thoughts on the Death of Senator Kennedy ? 

BY: VICKI NICKERSON 

PHOTOS BY: KURT EDDY 

DEBRA ELSHRAFI 

“Devastated! Feels 

like we just lost a 

great senator. He 

was fabulous”. 

ANH LEE 

“Someone has big 

shoes to fill.” 

ROBERT MOORE 

Kennedy was a really 

good guy who fought 

an incredible fight for 

Health Care. I was 

very sad to hear of his 

death. He was a blessing 

to Massachusetts. 

I once had the opportunity 

to attend a 

union event with him 

and I had just come 

from work, so I was 

still in jeans and a 

work shirt. He still 

shook my hand, and 

as I apologized for my 

attire, he said that no 

apology was needed 

for being a working 

man. No one can 

replace him. He is for 

sure, one in a 

million.” 

LISA SANBORN 

I see that a shift in 

power is on the 

horizon, especially 

after the passing of 

his 

sister as well. 

LUCAS OVALLE 

He was a pretty 

controversial guy. 

One thing that stands 

out was his passion 

for Health Care. 

KATHERINE SMITH 

“Sad.” 

JENNIFER LYNCH 

“I was really 

saddened by the 

death of Senator 

Kennedy. 

My family has 

always been very 

fond of the 

Kennedy family, 

dating back many 

years. I was so 

very sad this 

morning to hear 

the news.” 

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September 2009 - North Shore Community College

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