March 9, 2011

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March Calendar

Weather

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Nurse Practitioner Bldg. 24, Rm. 103 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Nurse practitioner, Ed Piasecki, will be available in the Campus Health Office to see currently enrolled DMACC students for FREE regarding their health con-cerns/needs.

SAP Counselor Bldg. 24, Rm. 103 10:00-2:00Student Assistance Counselor available to DMACC students for 3 FREE counseling sessions or life coaching. No insurance necessary for an appointment.

Pharmacy Tech Info Session Bldg. 24, Rm. 302Those students interested in the Pharmacy Technician program should contact the program chair, Dr. Tony Guerra, at aaguerra@dmacc.edu for Fall 2011 enroll-ment information and to RSVP to one of the information sessions below. If you cannot make one of these dates please contact the program chair for other arrange-ments. The 30-minute information sessions will all be at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesdays in Building 24 Room 302 on the following dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/9, 3/23, 4/27. Additional sessions may be announced through the DMACC Daily. This session is a prerequi-site for enrollment.

Grocery Bingo Bldg. 5-Student Lounge 11:30-12:30

Spring BreakCarquest World of

Wheels5:00 P.M.Wells Fargo Arena730 Third StreetDes Moines, IAChampionship Auto Shows (CASI), the undisputed leader in indoor custom car shows, pro-duces the largest show series in the business: better known under the monikers of Autorama or World of Wheels.

O'Kelly's Steak & Pub108 N. Main StreetBaxter, IA 50028(641) 227-3013Nationally recognized stand-up comics bring hilarious laughs.Admission: $107:30am -9:30pm

Free movieEast Side Library2559 Hubbell Ave.Des Moines, IA 50317(515) 283-4152

Deuce (KISS Tribute Band) and No One Here Gets Out Alive (Doors Tribute Band)House of Bricks525 E. Grand Ave.Des Moines, IA 50309(515) 727-4370Two tribute bands in one night.Admission: $8Ages: All ages,Adults (21-older)9:30pm

Lunch Unplugged with Butch ThompsonTemple for Performing Arts1011 Locust St.Des Moines, IA 50309(515) 288-4700In his 40 year career, pianist Butch Thompson has earned a worldwide reputation as a traditional jazz and ragtime master.Tickets may be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to the show. Admission: $8Contact: (515) 246-230012:00pm -1:00pm

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The top administrator at

DMACC West Campus has this warning: “Beware of the purple people eaters!”

Anthony Paustian, the Provost at DMACC West Campus identified “purple people eaters” as the creativity-stifling, dream-killing, naysayers that discouraged his creativity at a very young age—namely, one of his beloved elementary teachers.

It went like this: Little Tony was a first-grader

enjoying “coloring time,” when his teacher (whom he had a serious crush on, mind you) informed him that “there’s no such thing as a purple person,” and to please use a real skin color instead of the purple crayon he’d chosen.

This was at an age, Paustian said, “before political correctness or anything like that.” This exchange, in effect, trampled his self-esteem in the process.

That experience stuck with Paustian, and became the basis for his presentation, which was titled, “Beware the Purple People Eaters!”—those negative individuals who

are all too quick to use phrases like “You can’t,” or “It won’t,” to shoot down ideas and ultimately, creativity.

Paustian’s presentation was part of the second annual “Innovation Week” at DMACC West Campus, where some 130 local entrepreneurs and CEOs provided guest lectures, p r e s e n t a t i o n s and interactive workshops among other activities to showcase effective, innovative business techniques used to attain success.

American citizens’ IQs ( i n t e l l i g e n c e quotient) have gone up in recent decades, but our CQs (creativity quotient) have d e c r e a s e d marginally, said Paustian.

Paustian said that creativity is the number one business

leadership competency of the future. That’s what some 1500 CEOs from 60 countries and 33 industries worldwide identified as the premier attribute of leaders in a recent survey.

Paustian explained that the United States steadily led the world in creativity and innovation for over two centuries but has been overtaken by Japan in recent years and will likely be overshadowed by China in years to come, placing the U.S. in third among other nations regarding creativity and innovation.

What’s causing such a decline in creativity and innovation in the U.S.? “I

don’t know,” said Paustian. But, he went on, it could be attributed to youngsters spending too much time in front of video games, rather than using their imagination. Or it could

be attributed to the overwhelming amount of activities kids are involved in today—between school, soccer practice, piano lessons, dinner and home work—kids spend less and less

time using their creative imaginations.

Paustian explained that we’re all born creative—it’s conforming to standard laws and rules that initially stifles that innate creativity we all share.

DMACC student Mark Swisher, 21, said the presentation was “better than I thought it would be. He made some interesting points.”

Paustian defined creativity as “the ability to connect two things that aren’t normally connected.” He provided an anecdote explaining how the founder of FedEX used his knowledge of the banking system and applied it to the shipping industry—“connecting two existing ideas,” he said, to create a new one the very essence of creativity.

Innovation is a process, Paustian said, that begins with inspiration, moves into creativity (connection) and then ends with application. Ideas must be put into action, Paustian said, hence the theme of “Innovation Week”—“Ideas in Action”.

Paustian urged the audience to practice creativity and innovation by simply “practicing making connections, forcing two objects together,” he said. Business leaders use this connection-making technique all the time to enhance creativity, Paustian explained. “Make it a habit,” he said, “you’ll enhance your own creativity.”

By Casey Morgan

staff Writer

By tj MattheWs

staff Writer

Campus Chronicle/Casey Morgan

Purple people pave path to passion

DMACC helps students invent their future

DMACC West’s second annual

Innovation Week fea-tured more than 130 entrepreneurs, cooperate CEOs, and executives that spoke to DMACC students, faculty, and staff, along with mem-bers of the public.

DMACC West cancelled classes on Wednesday and Thursday to allow students to attend multiple presen-tations throughout the day. Each student was to attend one session for each class they were enrolled in at the West campus and many teachers had assignments for students to do in con-nection with the presenta-tions they attended.

Each session ran on a first come first serve basis. Each presenter gave about

a 50-minute presentation covering a variety of topics. Some presen-tations were about how to start a busi-ness, while others were on how to deal with so-cial network-ing. All of the presenters gave attendees a little assis-

tance in their future job search.

iWeek also allowed stu-dents to en-hance their professional relationships and connec-tions. At the end of each presentation, s t u d e n t s were able to talk to the p r e s e n t e r s

and pick up their business cards and contact informa-tion.

iWeek concluded on Thursday with a CEO round-robin event, fol-lowed by a CEO panel presentation that included presenters from Mutual of Omaha Bank, Interpower Corp., Business Record, dsm Magazine and many others.

Some students were not happy about iWeek and having classes cancelled.

Caitlyn McAninch said, “I pay to go to class and they cancel class and have iWeek, which doesn’t inter-est me and I could be learn-ing in class.”

Other students really en-joyed iWeek. Blake Ander-son said, “I enjoyed iWeek and thought that it was a great way to meet people and get contact informa-tion for some of the CEOs and Presidents. I hope DMACC does it again next year.”Taken from dmacc.com

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By Zack kramer

Staff Writer

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Photo contributed from cremecupcakes.com

A local small business owner encouraged

students to pursue what makes them happy, rather than what might make them the most money at a presentation on DMACC’s West Campus on Tuesday, March 1.

  “I want to help you lean t o w a r d s something that you p r o b a b l y a l r e a d y know you want to do,” said Christina Moffatt, the owner of Crème Cupcakes in Downtown Des Moines. “But when you have that idea, you really need to make it your own.”

Moffatt used her own cupcakes as an example. “All our cakes are filled or layered. That was my way

of making my product different from the kind you could usually find at Hy-Vee or Wal-Mart.”

  Moffatt, a DMACC alumnus, gave her presentation as part of iWeek, a weeklong celebration of innovation that lasted from Feb. 28 to

March 4.  Moffat

used the metaphors of dry ingredients and liquid ingredients throughout

her presentation. Dry ingredients included products and packaging and liquid ingredients included the market for the product. But, Moffatt said, a person’s passion is what is needed in order for these ingredients to blend together. “Your passion is your secret ingredient. No

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Listen Local: The AtudesBy C.J. EilErs

ContriButing WritEr

In this week’s edition, we will take a look

at the rock band The Atudes.

The Atudes is Branden Oliver (guitar, vocals), Derrick Ogden (bass), Sam McCarthy (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Greg Raleigh (vocals), and Jake Woods (drums). The group chose their name from a German music exercise called an atude (similar

to etudes). They believe the best way to describe themselves would be a “British Invasion” sound because they like prog rock and bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The band was formed three years ago with three music majors from Drake. Oliver is the only member left from that original line-up. They added Woods after a gig at the state fair after the original drummer moved. They added McCarthy before Woods joined the band. The band recently lost bassist/vocalist Dustin Harmsen when he left to

focus on other projects. The band added Ogden and Raleigh to fill his spot.

The Atudes have played at several venues in the area including the Val Air Ballroom, Vaudeville Mews, People’s Court, House of Bricks, the Iowa State Fair, Ames Progressive and The Space. The biggest show the group played was at 80/35 last year. The band has also released an album, “Rumor Has It,” which is available on iTunes and Amazon, as well as at ZZZ’s Records in Des Moines.

The band is preparing for a show at Dam to Dam

in June, possibly playing at the finish line. They are also working out a possible gig at the Val Air Ballroom on May 15. They are thinking about making a new album in the new future. It’s possible it will be an EP.

To find out more about The Atudes check out their website at www.t h e a t u d e s . c o m . Also, check them out on Facebook and Twitter.

(Recipe for success continued from page 5)

Photo contributed from cremecupcakes.com

matter how tired you get along the way, your passion is going to be what carries you through it,” she said.

  After working for 10 years in the marketing department of the Des Moines based architecture firm RDG Planning and Design, Moffatt decided she needed a change in direction. “At night I would go home and think, ‘I’m really sick of people being unhappy around Des Moines.’ A lot of people were losing their jobs, or were worried about that happening when the economy tanked. And it really kind of beats you down when you go in that environment and deal with constant negativity for eight hours a day,” she explained. “So that’s when I decided that I wanted to do something that made people happy.”

  Moffatt attributed her decision to start her cupcake shop to the travelling she

and her husband did. “It seemed like everywhere we went there was some kind of cupcake shop nearby, and everybody seemed pretty happy to be in those shops,” she said. “My husband told me, ‘I think you should do something with food. You worked in restaurants and loved it. No one is making you stay in the corporate world .’”

  Despite her sudden departure, Moffatt said she maintains a good relationship with her former company. “I’ve already done two events for [RDG], so I still have a good relationship with them. Don’t ever burn bridges, especially in a city the size of Des Moines.”

  Moffatt told students that she still has positive feelings towards her former company. “I worked for a great company. I had been promoted every year since I started working there. But I felt like the hours that I

put in were going towards someone else’s success, and no matter what I did that company was never going to be mine,” she said. “After a while, I started to think that the amount of time I spent networking could be used to promote my own products.”

Moffatt, who attended DMACC for two years before transferring to Iowa State to earn a degree in marketing and management, encouraged students who have big dreams to think positively. “It may seem like a lot of work, but don’t ever get daunted,” she said. “People always tell me that I seem so much happier now. That happiness comes from my passion. Right now, I work harder than I ever have in my entire life, but the rewards that I reap are so much better than what I had before.”

The attendance for the presentation exceeded

M o f f a t t ’ s e x p e c t a t i o n s . “I brought 24 cupcakes to give out, but 30 people showed up,” she said. “So unfortunately a few people got left out.”

“When the p r e s e n t a t i o n ended, it was like a stampede to the front of the classroom, with everybody trying to get their cupcake first,” said DMACC student Tim Gentry. “I had a red velvet cupcake and it was delicious.” Gentry also said that he enjoyed the presentation. “I thought it was great. She really did a good job of relating her experiences with us,” he said.

Moffatt said that she was surprised at how quickly her business achieved success. “I left my corporate job on Jan. 6 and I made

1,040 cupcakes for an event on Feb. 5. So in a way, our biggest problem so far is that we’ve been growing too quickly.” 

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Last month, Verizon Wireless

introduced the Apple iPhone to its customers, ending AT&T’s four-year reign as the phone’s only service provider.

Verizon iPhones went on sale to the general public Febr. 10 and could be purchased online or at Verizon and Apple stores.

Dustin Studer, a Verizon representative at Lydens Cellular in Ankeny said, “We didn’t get any [iPhones] in stock because of high demand. All of the

inventory went to Best Buy or the corporate stores.”

The Verizon and AT&T iPhones look and feel the same, but are incompatible because they operate on different platforms.

Another Verizon representative at Lydens said the Verizon iPhone runs on the CDMA network as opposed to the GSM network that AT&T uses, making it necessary to buy a new phone if switching service providers.

Ver izonwire less .com prices the 16 GB iPhone at $199.99 and the 32 GB at $299.99 with a two-year contract.

Although Verizon has already introduced 4G LTE phone service that promises

much faster download speeds, the Verizon iPhone will continue to run on its 3G predecessor.

One limitation Verizon customers face is the inability to chat on their iPhone and surf the web simultaneously like AT&T customers. They will, however, be able to make facetime video calls to AT&T iPhone users.

Ross Bierl of Premiere Technologies in Ankeny said, “Right now every phone is coming out on a new platform or operating system. More people are moving data and using cell phones like computers.”

Corey Cook is a graphic designer at DMACC Ankeny Campus who

recently purchased the Samsung Galaxy S on the 3G Verizon network.

Cook said, “I like my Android smarphone because it acts as my personal, portable media device. It’s thin, fast, scratch resistant, has two cameras and touch screen. I can access the Internet and can download information to my computer on the go.”

AT&T television commercials are now promoting a $49 special on the iPhone in an effort to maintain its customer base and attract new ones.

Sam Bender of Ankeny High said, “I have the iPhone through AT&T

Spring break is a time where you

need to party smart and be responsible. Spring break at DMACC this year is March 14-20.

“Students need to make sure they’re smart about where they go and who they hang out with,” said Erin Wheat, the Student Activities Counsel advisor. “They need to make sure they travel in groups and don’t deviate from that group, making sure someone’s always with them.”

Drinking is a popular thing during spring break, so pace yourself if you

choose to drink and avoid hard alcohol and other drinks that are powerful and have fast effects. Remember that drunks are easy targets. Also be aware of alcohol poisoning, said safespringbreak.com.

“Keep an eye on your food and drinks to make sure there are no drugs or medicine slipped into it,” said Sandy Foster, a DMACC registered nurse.

If you do decide to drink, know the liquor laws of wherever you’ll be vacationing. According to a University of Wisconsin study, 75 percent of college males and 43 percent of college females reported being intoxicated on a daily basis during spring break, according to safespringbreak.com.

Make sure that you know the legal drinking age wherever you’re going. “The last thing you’d want to do is end up in jail during spring break,” said Maranda Mack, a DMACC student. “Also don’t take drinks from strangers.”

“It’d be good for students to be mindful of the situations they put themselves into. There are plenty of things students could do over spring break and still be safe,” said Wheat.

It’s good to know where you’re going by planning your route ahead of time, according to coolestspringbreak.com. Also tell family and friends where you’re going.

A lot of students will probably be going to

tropical, sunny places so it’d be good for them to wear sunscreen, said Foster.

“Make sure you keep cash on you,” said Daniella Knox, a DMACC student. According to coolestspringbreak.com, you should also know your currency and plan accordingly. Also, only carry one or two major credit cards.

Students should practice safe sex, said Foster. On Wednesday, March 9, in Building 5, there will be an Avoid the Stork table where they’ll be handing out free condoms and other valuable information for anyone interested. If you have any questions or need to see a nurse practitioner, feel free to call Foster at ext. 6352.

Spring Break at DMACC from

March 14-18 is one of the times students look forward to most. Budgets during this time are an inconvenience, though.

The top ten destinations for Spring Break this year are Cancun; Panama

City, Miami and South Beach, FL; Europe; Puerto Vallarta; Acapulco; Bahamas and Jamaica; South Padre Island, TX; Puerto Rico; and North American ski resorts, according to studenttravel.about.com.

“I’m not going to any tropical place for Spring Break this year,” said Crystal Cressler, a second-year DMACC student. “I’m going to Canada with my Dad.”

Budgets are always a big thing when it comes to vacations, especially Spring Break.

“My Dad’s paying for the whole trip, I don’t have to pay a

penny,” said Cressler. “This Spring Break

my roommates and I are going to White Castle in Wisconsin. We’ve been saving up for the road trip for a couple months now, and we’re all going to chip in for gas and such,” said Beth DeWaay, a second-year DMACC student.

Spring Break vacations don’t always have to be expensive. There are ways to keep it cheap. Instead of flying somewhere or driving cross-country, you could spend your vacation locally, like going camping, said ehow.com.

Another thing you can always do to save even more money during Spring Break is not go anywhere at all, and just work the whole Spring Break instead. That way, instead of spending money, you’re making money, said Maranda Mack, a DMACC student.

and I really like it but sometimes I can’t even get reception in my basement.”

By Kayla WilWerding

Staff Writer

By Kayla WilWerding

Staff Writer

By MiKe Mcgregor

contriButing Writer

Can you hear it now? Verizon gets the iPhone

Safe take on spring break

Campus Chronicle/Kayla Wilwerding

Hot spots

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I would have a Ferris Buller’s

day off in Chicago.

I’ve been to Clearwa-ter Beach,

South Padre, and Steam-

boat for spring breaks before. Per-

haps this time I’d like

to hit up some big

clubs in like Minneapolis and see some

DJ’s.

The ultimate White Castle trip.

Question of the week:What is your ideal spring break?

Mike McGregorAd Manager

C.J. EilersContributing Writer

Kayla WilwerdingStaff Writer

Brian OsbornEditor in Chief

Zack KramerStaff Writer

Daniella KnoxOffice Cat

Mariah MackLayout Editor

Going to Eu-rope. I would love to visit Englamd, Austria,

France, It-aly, Russia, Spain, Bel-gium, Ger-many and The Medi-terranean.

I would eat lots of food

and find Waldo!

My ideal spring break would be to go to Florida for the whole

week and just relax and soak up some sun at Cocoa Beach. It’d

also be pretty awesome to go back to

Disney World while I’d be

down there. I love Florida.

My ideal Spring Break

would in-volve me staging a

coup d’etat in a foreign

country, and becom-ing leader of the country.

But only for a week though...I

have stuff to do back here.

My ideal spring break

would be going down

to South Padre Island

with my best friends for a week of sun, fun, and bad de-cisions... oh wait… I am already do-ing that…

Casey MorganStaff Writer

Anything with Char-lie Sheen...

Oh, you said

“What’s your ideal

Spring Break?”

Yeah, any-thing with

Charlie Sheen.