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By Anne Miller
Graphics Manager
anne.miller4630@mb.rctc.edu
Come see the rich history of RCTC’s
past.
This exhibition will feature some never-
before-seen artifacts and photos from the
college’s past. Featured items include the
Coffman entry lights, old newspapers, and
other memorabilia.
This exhibition is made possible with the
support of the Rochester Community and
Technical College Art + Design Department,
Centennial Steering Committee, and RCTC
Student Life.
The exhibit is showing Nov. 16 -Dec. 11
in the RCTC Art Gallery, CC200 (across
from Hill Theatre). The reception will be
held 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 19, with a
speaker at 3 p.m., followed by refreshments.
RCTC gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Many contributed to the exhibit, such
as Ken Bee and John Kruesel for the
Coffman entry lights, Rebecca Hill and
Dick Rosener for memorabilia, History
Center of Olmsted County and Ryan Harren
and Daniel Nowakowski for photo scans
and memorabilia assistance, Rochester Art
Center and Phillip Ahnen for the display
cases, RCTC CAD Program Students
and faculty member Pam Benson for the
vinyl lettering, cornerstone reproduction
and banner pull-ups, RCTC Maintenance
Department for exhibition set-up assistance,
Kay Wiegert of the RCTC Mailroom
and RCTC Foundation assistant Roxy
Roadway for mailing labels and mailing,
RCTC Marketing Department for the
exhibition frames, RCTC Media Services
for the description labels, RCTC Art +
Design Department for consultation and
set-up/lighting, and RCTC Student Life for
reception beverages.
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Rochester Community & Technical College Volume 84 - Issue 3 - NOVEMBER 2015
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
Echo Photo by Rachel Halverson
The inflatable bubble that covers the Regional Sports Stadium on the University Center Rochester campus was erected on
the weekend of Nov. 7-8. The bubble, with a seating capacity of 1,080, allows lacrosse, soccer, youth flag football and senior
softball teams to play throughout the winter months. Open through April, the bubble also hosts baseball and softball teams
when spring’s unpredictable weather makes outdoor practice impossible. The 260-foot-by-400-foot bubble is open for rental
around the clock on weekdays, with hours curtailed to 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. More than 175,000 people
use the stadium complex in combined indoor and outdoor operation year-round, according to RCTC’s Sports Facilities Office.
Student
affairs VP
candidate
withdraws
By Zech Sindt
Editor-in-Chief
zechariah.sindt8464@mb.rctc.edu
On Nov. 2, the president’s office
announced the appointment of Dr. Anthony
Brown as the interim Vice President of
Student Affairs.
The announcement
said that Brown has
33 years of leadership
experience in higher
education, most
recently serving as
the Interim Vice
President of Student
Support Services at
Guilford Technical
Community College in
Jamestown, N.C., where he was responsible
for numerous areas including admissions,
advising, assessment, athletics, counseling,
disability services, financial aid, student
government, student life, student discipline
and veterans services. Previously he served
within the field of student affairs as Vice
Chancellor, Associate Vice Chancellor,
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Dean of Student
Services, Director of Multicultural Student
Affairs and Director of two federal TRIO
programs.
On Nov. 3, the Rochester Post-Bulletin
reported that Brown was at the center of
two controversies at Elizabeth City State
University in Elizabeth City, N.C.
Brown was an administrator at ECSU
from 1999 to 2013. From 2007 to 2013
Brown was vice chancellor of student affairs
in charge of campus police, security and
student housing. News reports from 2009
say that a campus security drill went awry
when a masked campus security officer
entered a classroom and threatened to kill
the instructor and students. The staff and
students had not been properly informed
prior to the drill and thought the incident
was real. The instructor, Jingbin Wang,
told the local news station, WRAL that the
incident felt so real he was “prepared to
die.” Wang and the traumatized students
were offered counseling by ESCU after the
incident.
Then in 2013 an ESCU student reported
to campus police that a man had attempted
to assault her three times in a dorm room.
When campus didn’t investigate the
incident, the woman went to city police.
Anthony Brown
Volleyball team wins
national tournament
Centennial Exhibition honors rich past
Echo Photo by Anne Miller
The entrance of the RCTC Centennial Exhibit features Dr. Charles Mayo, the Rochester
School Board whose motion created Rochester Junior College in 1915.
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VP, continued on page 2
Many artifacts haven’t
been on public display

Rochester Community & Technical College | The Echo
2 NEWS
By RCTC Foundation
The scholarship nomination and
application process for the 16th annual Beat
the Odds Scholarship Award Program is
open through Nov. 13.
The Beat the Odds Scholarship program
honors local high school seniors or first-
year RCTC students who have overcome
significant odds to become personally and
academically successful. The purpose of
the program is to raise awareness of the
struggles of many youth in our community
and recognize their ability to overcome
these challenges.
Selected students will be honored as
recipients of a $2,500 scholarship to attend
Rochester Community and Technical
College. The Jan. 14 award ceremony also
provides the opportunity to highlight the
support networks and mentors who reached
out to help these outstanding recipients. A
video featuring the students and their stories
will be presented at the event.
To be eligible, a student must be:
• a high school senior who is on track
to graduate in June 2016 and has plans to
attend Rochester Community and Technical
College for fall 2016.
• or a current RCTC first-year student
who plans to continue at RCTC for fall
2016.
Student applications and Nominator
forms are available on the RCTC
Foundation website at www.rctc.edu/
foundation/html/beat_the_odds.html or by
contacting the RCTC Foundation at 507-
281-7771.
Completed submissions must
accompany a Nominator form with a
letter of recommendation and a Student
application including essay and transcripts.
Applications must be submitted by the
extended deadline of November 13, 2015 to:
RCTC Foundation Beat the Odds Program,
851 – 30th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN
55904.
Community businesses and leaders
provide funding for the Beat the Odds
scholarships and awards event with
remaining funds raised benefiting the
College Foundation, organizer of the
recognition.
Deadline extended for Beat the
Odds Scholarship nominations
By Zech Sindt
Editor-in-Chief
Zechariah.sindt8464@gmail.com
The Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Workforce
Development Inc., Rochester Public Schools and the Minnesota Department of
Employment and Economic Development, are holding a STEM career exploration fair
on Nov. 17 in the UCR Sports Center.
According to the Rochester Chamber of Commerce website, more than 20
employers from many different industries will be looking to hire for many positions.
For more information, visit http://goo.gl/Kij7AE, or call Ryan Lais at 507-424-5678.
STEM summit scheduled
Nov. 17 at Sports Center
Elizabeth City police and the North
Carolina Bureau of Criminal Investigation
looked into the incident, and eventually
charges were filed against one of the campus
security officers. During the investigation,
it was discovered that there had been at
least 125 criminal incidents, including at
least a dozen sexual assault reports that
had not been properly investigated by the
ECSU campus police. Shortly afterward, the
campus police chief resigned, and was later
charged with a misdemeanor for failing to
investigate the criminal complaints.
None of this history was revealed
to RCTC students and faculty in the
announcement of Brown’s hiring.
On Nov. 4, Student Senate President
Michael Wenzel sent out a bulletin
summarizing complaints about Brown’s
history. “The students of RCTC demand
that you terminate Dr. Brown effective
immediately and begin a search process
to fill this position which includes all the
students, faculty and staff as outlined in
MnSCU policy,” Wenzel said.
Later on that same day, President
McClellon sent out an email to all students
and faculty announcing that after a
conversation with Brown, he withdrew his
acceptance of the offer.
“At this time the College plans to conduct
a national search for the VPSA position
in the spring,” said McClellon when she
was asked if students would be involved in
the next VPSA search. “This will include
the position being posted on the MnSCU
website, RCTC website and with at least
one national search publication used for
higher education positions.” McClellon said
there would be a campus committee, and the
search committee will include a student.
VP, continued from Page 1
By Betty Truitt
Staff Writer
elizabeth.truitt6915@mb.rctc.edu
Campus Lions Club will be collecting
winter clothing for women, men and
children.
The annual Share the Warm program
will start Nov. 16. Winter clothing will to be
given to RCTC and Winona students and to
anyone who needs winter items.
The Lions are collecting slightly used
coats, hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, winter
boots and also warm socks. Look for the
yellow barrels around main campus and the
Heintz Center to place your donation.
Signs will be posted with hours and
location for pick up.
Please contact David Lexvold (507)
923-0146 or Betty Truitt (507) 271-4220 for
additional information.
You can share the
warmth with others
Photos courtesy of Richard Jordan
RCTC Disc Golf Club member Tim Bowe competes at the Burlington Collegiate Scholarship Championship.
Disc Golf Club qualifies for nationals
RCTC Disc Golf Club member James
Sandifer was recognized for the lowest
number of throws at th e Burlington Col-
legiate Disc Golf Championship.
By Ben Haney
Sports Editor
benjamin.haney0206.mb.rctc.edu
The RCTC disc golf team will be heading to South Carolina in
April for the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship.
They won the right to go to nationals by taking second place in
the Burlington Collegiate Scholarship Championship, which was
held Nov. 6-8 in Burlington, Iowa. In addition to this tournament the
team also attended the Heartland Disc Golf Championship Oct. 2-4,
in Ottuma, Iowa, where the team finished third.
“We are very excited and are starting to prepare for the national
tournament,” said faculty adviser Richard Jordan.
The club is made up of nine members, including Clay
Ebertowski, Dominique Whitehorn, Eric Jenneke, James Sandifer,
Justin Kindle, Nate Zaske, Steven Gabrielson, Dan Seechan and Tim
Bowe.
Sandifer also received special recognition for his outstanding
individual play for lowest number of throws at the Burlington
tournament.
This is the first time RCTC will be competing for a national title.

A professor who is the director of the Lion Research Center at the
University of Minnesota is the latest guest speaker for the Environmental
Science Lecture Series.
Craig Packer will present “Lions in the Balance:
Man-Eaters, Manes and Men with Guns” at 12:10
p.m. Nov. 18 in the Hill Theatre.
Packer, a Distinguished McKnight University
Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution
and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, first
went to East Africa in 1972 as a field assistant to
Jane Goodall and returned to Gombe in 1974-75 to
conduct his Ph.D. research on olive baboons. After
a brief study of Japanese macaques in Hakusan
National Park, he returned to Tanzania in 1978 to head
the Serengeti and Ngorongoro lion projects.
In 1990, Packer received a J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship. Packer was
elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003. Over
the past 10 years, he has served as an official member of the Tanzanian
delegation to Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species and founded a nongovernmental organization to measure the
effectiveness of foreign aid projects in rural Africa.
D. Packer has published more than 150 scientific papers. His book
“Into Africa” won the John Burroughs Medal in 1995. His latest book,
“Lions in the Balance: Man-Eaters, Manes and Men with Guns” was
published in September 2015.
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Guest speaker to present
‘Lions in the Balance’
By Zechariah Sindt
Editor-in-Chief
zechariah.sindt8464@mb.rctc.edu
The Senate Capital Investment Committee
completed a three-day tour of Southeast Minnesota
that included a stop at RCTC.
The lawmakers play a key role in deciding how
to divvy millions of dollars in construction funding.
The senators learned about the proposed $20
million plan to demolish Plaza and Memorial halls,
construct a new 20,000-square-foot building and
renovate 11,000 square feet of existing space.
RCTC makes case for bonding money
Craig Packer
RCTC President Leslie McClellon, Sen. Carla Nelson of Rochester, Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer of Big Lake
and Sen. David Senjem of Rochester were part of the delegation that participated in the Senate
Capital Investment Committee’s tour of the RCTC campus on Oct. 28.
Theater Latté Da of
Minneapolis will be appearing in
Hill Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 1.
They will be performing
a special musical/theatrical
dramatization of the “All is Calm:
The Christmas Truce of 1914.”
The RCTC Drama Club is a co-
sponsor of this event.
The Christmas truce of 1914
relives a moment in history when
Allied and German soldiers from
World War I laid down their arms
to celebrate Christmas together,
sharing food and drink, playing
soccer, singing carols and burying
each other’s dead. In some places
along the Western Front the truce
lasted a single night and in others
it endured until New Year’s Day.
This dramatic re-telling weaves
together firsthand accounts by 30
World War I soldiers and music
including patriotic tunes, trench
songs and Christmas carols.
Theater Latté Da’s acclaimed
artistic director Peter Rothstein
created this moving ode to peace
with musical arrangements by
Erick Lichte and Timothy C.
Takach, produced in collaboration
with Hennepin Theatre Trust.
‘All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914’ scheduled for Dec. 1

4 OPINION
November
2015
Volume 84, Issue 3
CC-209
507-285-7246
RCTCecho@gmail.com
www.rctc.edu/echo
Editor-in-Chief
Zech Sindt
Managing Editor
Jennifer Rogers
Graphics Manager
Anne Miller
Sports Editor
Ben Haney
Photo Editor
Rachel Halverson
Photographer
Emmy Miller
Arts/Entertainment Editor
Ellen Corbett
Business Manager/
Advertising Sales
Luke Buehler
Staff Writers
Ben Glomski
Jonathan Knecht
Victor Rivera
Jake Stoner
Betty Truitt
Faculty Adviser
Dwight Boyum
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or upcoming events to:
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The Echo is a free publication
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are dedicated to freedom of
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affecting the student body, faculty,
administration and staff. Letters
to the editor are subject to editing
for content and length, and opinions
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necessarily reflect the views of
College’s administration, faculty,
staff or student body.
“A long habit of not thinking a thing
wrong gives it a superficial appearance
of being right.”
— Thomas Paine
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By Rachel Halverson
Photo Editor
rachel.halverson2679@mb.rctc.edu
F
or those of you who love
photography, I am here to put any
doubts regarding the photo labs to
rest. We are keeping our darkroom! And more
than that, we are going to get a bigger lighting
and printing studio.
When I took Photography I during the fall
semester of 2014, I was informed that I had
better take Darkroom Photography sooner
than later. There were plans on taking down
Memorial Hall, and they didn’t know if we
were going to be able to keep the darkroom.
This worried me greatly, because darkroom is
only offered every fall semester. At the point
that I heard about this, I couldn’t add the
class, because it was already too late in the
semester to jump into it. As I was planning on
getting my photography certificate, I didn’t
feel it would be complete without having a
darkroom class. But thankfully, a year later,
I am taking Darkroom Photography, as plans
are still being made for rebuilding and they
won’t tear down Memorial Hall until said
rebuilding and moving is done.
“I went to the last meeting about two
weeks ago, and [the plans are] still in the
design phase,” said RCTC photo instructor
Brian Steele, who is currently my Darkroom
teacher.
But we do know that the first floor of
Endicott Hall will essentially become “Photo
Row.” The darkroom, lighting studio and
printing studio will all be moved there.
“It’ll be closer to SH 203, which is nice,
because that is the digital lab we use for a
lot of our photography anyways,” says Suz
Szucs, an RCTC art instructor.
Why keep the darkroom though? “It’s still
really important for students to have a hands-
on experience,” Steele explained.
And it’s true. After taking three digital
photography courses, I was afraid that doing
something “old fashioned” would be hard and
boring. And I was partially right. It is hard, but
in a good way. Doing darkroom photography,
you don’t just take a picture. You make it.
So what if I spent four hours in the
darkroom to get two pictures for a critique
the next day? After so much trial and error,
working to get that perfect exposure and just
the right contrast, when you do finally get it,
you have a huge sense of accomplishment.
But not only that, I can also see what I’ve
done digitally, and can see where the things
I learned came from. It is a really cool way
to make connections between the old and the
new.
If you are at all interested in photography, I
will personally attest to the awesome program
that RCTC offers. There is a full 26-credit
plan, if you want to get a certificate. I have
taken more than half the classes to get mine,
and I can attest to the well-rounded teaching
from both Steele and Szucs, and the absolute
fun I have had in the various classes. You get
to know people really well in the program,
and you get to work a lot with others. I have
made friends for life in these classes.
Want to see what the classes are like?
Check these out! Next semester, there are
three sections of Photography I taught by
Szucs and Steele, and for those of you
who have already taken that, Szucs will be
teaching Photography II and Photo Lighting
Techniques. Darkroom Photography won’t
be offered again until next fall, but keep
in mind that Photography I and Darkroom
Photography meets Goal 1 for critical thinking
and Goal 6 for humanities and fine arts under
the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.
I hope to see you in the program!
Darkroom no longer on death row
A failing grade in communication
Rachel Halverson
Canceling Aires program
without first consulting those
affected is unconscionable
By Zech Sindt
Editor-in-Chief
Zechariah.sindt8464@mb.rctc.edu
In light of the AIRES spring program being canceled, I must bring
up the topic of communication once again. As an RCTC student and a
lifelong Rochester resident, I cannot let this slip by without venting.
In its 57 years of history, AIRES has
come to be one of Student Life’s most
well attended events outside of sports.
There are currently 21 members, most
of them volunteers, taking part in it. The
holiday season’s concerts will soon begin.
Just as in previous years, Rochester’s
loyal AIRES fans will soon be filling Hill
Theatre.
Apparently, without consulting
anybody involved in the program, or
consulting anybody from among the
hundreds of community members
that have attended AIRES events for
generations, two people unfamiliar with
AIRES made the decision to shut it down.
Even AIRES director, Charles Blattner, apparently did not know
that the AIRES program had been taken off the schedule for spring
semester until students who went to register for it informed him.
The craziest part about this is that the people responsible for taking
it off the schedule said they did so for financial reasons.
What reasons? To save Student Life money? After all, the program
is funded through Student Life and the RCTC Bookstore, and proceeds
from the program benefit Student Life. This affects each and every
one of us as RCTC students. It also affects the Rochester community
in general, and as a community college based in Rochester, cutting a
community program is counter-productive to our colleges place in the
community. At the very least, Student Life should have been consulted
before the decision was made.
This semester we seem to be having communication meltdowns
between administrators and faculty, administrators and staff, and in this
case, administrators and Student Life.
It blows my mind how somebody (or group of people) can make
executive decisions without consulting with the very people who are
going to be affected by their decisions. Isn’t that one of the very first
things you learn in elementary school? Isn’t communication a skill that
is supposed to be carried on throughout the rest of a person’s career?
For those who are struggling with their communication skills,
RCTC has a course regarding that very topic. Known in the RCTC
catalog as Interpersonal Communication (COMM 1130), this course
focuses on the theory and practice of communication skills that affect
critical thinking, intercultural consciousness, empowerment, and day-
to-day interaction with other people.
The general learning outcomes of the course say that by the end of
the course the students will be able to;
• Demonstrate the principles of Human Communication Theory,
• Demonstrate the principles of Interpersonal Communication
including receiving skills and response skills, nonverbal
communication, and the individual factors that influence
communication,
• Demonstrate appropriate supportive techniques in interpersonal
communication.
• Define and understand the components of interpersonal
relationships focusing in particular upon conflict, stages, and
passive, assertive and aggressive behaviors.
• Define and understand the major components of gender
communication and intercultural communication.
• Synthesize all factors effecting an interpersonal situation and
demonstrate component verbal and nonverbal behaviors in
accordance to that particular situation.
I’m thinking a few people should be required to ace that course
before continuing on in their positions.
Zech Sindt

OPINION 5
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Appointment with WSU-Rochester!
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507.285.7100
rochscs@winona.edu
80%
of RCTC students that attend WSU
graduate with a bachelor's degree
Stop by the UCR Welcome Center (in the Atrium)
and meet Carmen and Paula.They will help you
explore your options to complete a 4-year bachelor’s
degree with Winona State right here in Rochester,
on the RCTC campus.
By Anne Miller
Graphics Manager
M
any people spend time
up in the cafeteria
whether it is to get
food, work on homework, talk with
friends and classmates, or mess
around on their computers. Every
week I spend two full days up in
the cafeteria to get homework done
since I have no classes. Besides
working on homework, I tend to
people watch.
I have noticed that there are
certain people that like to get food
from Lancer, eat, and then just
leave the left over garbage on the
tables. I honestly don’t understand
why. There are a total of 17 garbage
cans in the cafeteria. It really is not
that hard to take your leftover food
and garbage and throw it away.
Most of the time I have seen the
garbage on tables that are literally
right next to a garbage can, like the
tables by the vending machines. It
takes less than 30 seconds to walk
to any of the garbage cans. There
are garbage cans by all of the exits,
so you can easily throw things
away on your way out.
I have also noticed at times that
the area on third floor, between the
cafeteria and the learning center,
where all the cloth seats are tends
to have garbage left everywhere.
Another place that I tend to see
garbage laying around a lot is in
the atrium by the library. Is it really
that hard to clean up after yourself?
I know I don’t appreciate having
to clean off garbage from tables
that I want to use and I highly
doubt others do either. I also doubt
the janitorial staff appreciates
having to pick up garbage off an
entire table the next morning when
they come in. Yes, they are janitors
but they shouldn’t have to be doing
that. They replace the garbage
bags from all the garbage cans
every day. You can at least be nice
enough to them and other students
by picking up your own garbage. I
know I would appreciate that.
This also goes for the parking
lots. I usually park in the front
lot by East Hall, but if that is full
I park in the dirt lot in back. I
haven’t noticed much for garbage
in the dirt lot, but I notice a crap ton
of garbage in front. This includes
anything from bottles, to bags from
fast-food places like Burger King
and McDonald’s, to even actual
food lying on the ground. That is
disgusting.
When I have parked in back as
I am walking by the metered spots
by the bus stop I have noticed that
there have been cigarette butts as
well. The campus is smoke free
both inside and in the parking lots,
so that shouldn’t be seen.
Either leave your trash in your
car until you get home or throw it
in the garbage cans by the school or
even the parking lot.
You deserve this trash talking
Echo Photo by Anne Miller
Leaving garbage on the tables in the cafeteria is a big problem that
needs to be addressed.
Happy Thanksgiving
A comic by Nick Price

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By Ellen Corbett
Arts and Entertainment Editor
ellen.corbett2829@rctc.edu

After 57 years at RCTC, the show choir,
Aires, might not be offered this coming
Spring semester.
Charles Blattner, instructor and direc-
tor of Aires for 31 years, was informed of
the cancellation day registration opened up.
Blattner was not informed of the cancel-
lation beforehand, and neither were the
students involved.
“I thought it was a mistake,” Blattner
remarked.
Cutting Aires was a budgetary decision
made by Greg Mosier, the Vice President of
Academic Affairs, and Veronica Delcourt,
the Dean of Academic Affairs. Mosier said
that Aires was not being offered as a class
next semester due to the low enrollment.
Fewer than five students were signed up
to receive credit for the yearlong class. In
reality, however, there are twenty one active
members this year, but only a small number
of students take it for school credit.
Though this was a decision that was
meant to save money, it might actually end
of costing RCTC more.
Activities such as Aires, sports, and
theatre are funded by Student Life through
the Book Store Enterprise fund. The profits
from the bookstore are earmarked solely for
student activities, and this fund pays for the
few students who want to take Aires or a
specific sport fitness class for credit. Credits
for regular academic courses come out of the
college’s general fund.
According to Michael Wenzel, RCTC’s
student president, Blattner currently does not
get paid through the general fund for teach-
ing Aires. He is paid for those three credits
from the Bookstore Store Enterprise fund,
which is solely student activity money. With
the change the administration is making,
Blattner must teach another class to make
up these three credits as a full time instruc-
tor. The only way this is saving money is the
fact that the administration is cutting Aires
to have Blattner teach other classes due to
the layoff of another instructor in the music
department. The college would then be pay-
ing for three credits for a class other than
Aires out of the general fund that they did
not have to pay initially.
Wenzel says that Aires is too valuable
to the community and students to get cut.
“When elementary school teachers bring
their classes to campus to see one of our
student-funded theatre performances, we’re
not going to have security turning the busses
around in the driveway” Wenzel remarks,
“Our programs benefit the entire community.
That’s what is it means to be a community
college.”
Mosier, in a interview with the Rochester
Post-Bulletin, reported that many non-stu-
dent community members also show up for
the class, which Mosier does not believe is a
good use of Student Life fees.
If this decision is not amended, this
could set a precedent for other student ac-
tivities. Credits such as Freshman Baseball
Team or other student life funded sport team
credits, which also have consistently low
enrollment but high student involvement,
could also be cut for the same reasons. How-
ever, currently, these credits are still being
offered.
The cancelation of Aires without student
or instructor notification or involvement also
poses a conflict with MnSCU policy.
Before Aires was canceled, there needed
to be student involvement, consultation, and
communication. There was no notification to
Student Senate or the students participating
in Aires beforehand.
See Aires, Page 7
Will ‘Aires’ be silenced in spring?
Echo file photo
Charles Blattner conducts an Aires group during the 2014-2015 school year.

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This conflicts with the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities Policy 2.3 and
2.3.1, which lays out the procedure of
involving students in decision making. In
2.3 Part 1, it states that this policy is “to
promote appropriate levels of student in-
volvement in system, college, and university
decision-making and to assure that student
perspectives are considered … affecting
student interests … hall have the opportunity
to review or be consulted on issues that have
significant impact on students.”
Mosier told the Post Bulletin that the
class was not being completely eliminated,
but just not offered this spring, but that still
poses problems. Even if Aires was added
back to schedule for the fall semester and
instead of spring, Blattner says it would be a
huge detriment to the group. Aires depends
on the continuity of students to maintain
the level of performance they have, just like
with sports teams.
Blattner notes that Aires is a “pretty vital
group” and the audience fills the Hill The-
atre every time they perform, especially at
their December holiday concerts that include
band and choir performances. Aires has a
preview concert coming up on 7 p.m. Nov.
18 and Nov. 19. The concerts are on Dec.
9-12 at the same time. Students get in free to
all Aires concerts with their student ID.
There have been ongoing meetings
and conversations between Student Life,
Blattner, Mosier and Delcourt, but as of
present, Aires has not been added back to
the spring semester schedule.
Echo Photos by Ellen Corbett
From left, Elythia Flores, Alex Shumaker, and Kristen Brown pose in the front en-
trance of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Art makes
history
By Ellen Corbett
Arts and Entertainment Editor
ellen.corbett2829@mb.rctc.edu
Each semester, RCTC’s art history classes
make a trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Art
for a special exhibition.
This year, the class was able to see the
exhibit “Delacroix’s Influence: The Rise of
Modern Art from Cezanne to van Gogh” that
focused on the French painter Eugène Dela-
croix and how he influenced other important
artists such as van Gogh, Renoir and Matisse.
Students also got a preview of items com-
ing to MIA for the “Martin Luther: Art and
the Reformation” that will exhibited in 2017.
Students meet their tour guide for the “Delacroix’s Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cezanne to van Gogh” exhibit.

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By Ben Haney
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Sophomore linebacker Cody Stanger is standout defensive
player for the RCTC Yellowjacket football team.
Stanger averages 10.2 tackles per game
and was honored as Minnesota College
Athletic Conference Defensive Player of
the Week earlier this season after a 54-17
win against North Dakota State College of
Science in which he had nine solo tackles
and three assisted tackles, including one for
a loss of yardage.
Where did you go to high school?
Stewartville
Why did you decide to play football?
I started playing in fifth grade, and I loved it.
Why did you come to RCTC?
I got some scholarships, but one of my buddies came here,
so I decided to come here and save some money.
What was your high school career like?
It was good, very memorable. We made it to the section
finals two years in a row.
What is your most memorable experience and why?
It was in high school my senior year we played Lourdes on
the RCTC field. We won the game in overtime. So, that was a
pretty big game.
Do you have any plans to play football at the next level?
Hopefully. Right now, I am just sending my film out to
schools and see what happens.
Cody Stanger
Stanger stands out
on RCTC’s defense
By Ben Haney
Sports Editor
benjamin.haney0206@mb.rctc.edu
RCTC may have a date with destiny if they play
top-ranked Northwest Mississippi Community College
for National Junior College Athletic Association
championship on Dec. 6 in Biloxi, Miss.
The Yellowjackets, ranked No. 2 in the nation with
an 11-0 record, earned the right to play for the national
title by defeating North Dakota State College of Science
45-41 in a come-from-behind victory on Nov. 8 for
it its sixth-consecutive Minnesota College Athletic
Conference state football championship in St. Cloud.
RCTC started out strong, taking a 15-0 lead after the
first quarter, but NDSCS scored 41 points in the second
and third quarters to take a 41-22 lead heading into the
fourth quarter.
Nick Rooney threw three touchdown passes to Patrick
Bolton in the fourth-quarter to spark RCTC’s comeback.
Overall, Rooney passed for 510 yards and five touch-
downs. Bolton caught 14 receptions for 233 yards.
Rooney has 55 touchdown passes this season, a sin-
gle-season community college record.
Along with winning the state championship, RCTC
head coach Bill Quistorff was also named MCAC coach
of the year.
Next stop?
Is a game in Biloxi, Miss
in RCTC’s future?
Echo Photo by Emmy Miller
Patrick Bolton catches the game-winning touchdown
pass in RCTC’s 45-41 victory over North Dakota State
College of Science in the Minnesota College Athletic
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By Ben Haney
Sports Editor
benjamin.haney02016@mb.rctc.edu
The RCTC volleyball team competed in the
Division III national championship this past weekend
with a chance to become national champions.
First up was Lorain County Community College.
RCTC would go on to win that match 3-1.
After winning their first match it was time for the
team to compete in the semifinals against top-ranked
Madison College, the two-time defending champions.
This was a five-set thriller with the fourth-seeded
Yellowjackets upsetting Madison 3-2.
RCTC had a tough test against the second-ranked
Brookhaven College. The Yellowjackets came out
strong winning the first two sets 25-22 and 27-25.
Brookhaven gained momentum by winning the third
set 25-13.
“I think we got comfortable and thought that game
was ours,” said Tori Peterson after the third-set loss.
That wouldn’t stop RCTC. They came out strong
and won the fourth set 25-13, capturing the first
national title in school history.
“This hasn’t set in yet any of this,” Coach Amber
Zitzow said.
“It’s pretty great, an experience I will never forget,”
Peterson said.
The team also took home two of the most prized
individual awards as Jessica Foster was named most
valuable player and Zitzow coach of the year. Jenasha
Jamison, Ashley Bichel, Carly McCabe and Tori
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Jessica Foster, who was named most valuable player dur-
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a match against Lorain County Community College.
Photo courtesy of National Junior College Athletic Association
The RCTC volleyball team celebrates after beating Brookhaven College for the National Junior College Athletic Asso-
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RCTC wins national title

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By Ben Glomski
Staff Writer
benjamin.glomski3382@mb.rctc.edu
Nothing is more exiting than playing for a college team,
whether it be Division I, II, or III.
If you have a passion for the sport it fills you with joy,
knowing you have a chance to perform at the college level,
but it’s not always guarantee. Just because you were draft-
ed, or a walk on, doesn’t mean you will play the sport, first
you have to make the team, and that’s what head baseball
coach Steve Hucke is looking at right now as the fall season
and the cut deadline runs down.
“This is the fifth year of the Blue Gold World Series,”
said Hucke. “It’s a fun way to finish off the fall season and
to see who our ball players are.”
Gold won the series this year by defeating Blue 3 games
to 2 in a best-of-five series.
“The season looks very competitive,” said team captain
Zach Bakko, a sophomore outfielder and catcher. “There are
lots of returning players who can help lead the young play-
ers. I would say we have a chance to have a good season,
but in the end we will win if we work as a team.”
RCTC enters this season after finishing 30-11 overall last
year, and as Bakko said, they have many returning players,
which is a big advantage for any team to win, especially
when the team consist of young talent.
RCTC has finished its fall baseball season now, with a
30-man roster, enters into their winter dome league to train
for an upcoming 30-game season with the same goal as ev-
ery other team — win.
Blue or Gold?
Best-of-five fall series is all
about building the team
Echo Photos by Rachel Halverson
Cam Rutledge signals Kiel Larson that he can score without sliding in the fifth annual Blue Gold World Series. At
right, Joe Gynild delivers a pitch during the Blue Gold World Series.
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Ingredients
• three medium russet potatoes
• salt, pepper, garlic powder (if desired)
• one pound lean ground beef
• half-cup chopped onion
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Pokémon is coming out with a new set of cards called XY—
BREAKthrough and is planned to arrive in stores this month and will
be playable on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online as well.
In this new set there is a new power that will build on existing
Pokémon strengths and creates new options for battling. BREAK cards
are placed on top of the existing Pokémon and will give the Pokémon
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