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Spring Fling 2000: a preview of the upcoming festivities" SHAUNA DOMINGUEZ games and student organization booth's Aui)"/(lnl Features Editor spread throughout the Quad. Saturday's CAPBoard sponsored Spring Among the things to do are Powerball, Fling festivities include many old favorites Extreme Adrenaline - an obstacle course, the as well as some new events and games. Velcro Wall, and Trampoline Thing. Starting at 3:00 pm and ending around Also featured are two bands. Apartment 7:30 pm, there will be plenty to do with all 3, an acoustic/pop band, and Public Sen/ice, a Top 40/ska band, who will both be play- mg. The College Activities Office is sponsor- ing a Balloon Man who will be making bal- loon animals, hats, and such. Some of the student organization spon- sored things include a lollipop game, a Su- per Mario Kart tournament, face painting, a jail bail, a ball toss, duct tape a professor, and a target shoot. A sampling of the things that will be on sale are t-shirts, shot glasses, cups and food A group of dancers perform on the quad as part of a previous year's Spring F/~ng festivities such as hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, Krispy Kreme donuts. The annual Picnic Dinner will be from pm in the Pub. This event is cosponsored by A few of the organizations participating 4;45 to 6:30 pm. IGC and CAPBoard. are ASAP, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Psi From 10:00 pm to 2:00 am is the free Friday night at 10:00 pm in the Forum, Omega, and Catholic Campus Ministries. Pajama Jammy Jam sponsored by Black SIU~ comedian Spanky will be performing. New this year is Gamma Sigma Sigma dent Union. The Jam will be held in the Po- In addition, Friday, April 14 marks the sponsored Double Dare. The game starts at rum. end of the Defining. Moment Campaign 10;00 am and will last to approximately Leading up to Saturday's events are sev- which raised over $40·million. 12:30 pm. All proceeds from the games go eral activities being planned for the end of There will be an illumination of Ward A student scales a wall during to the American Cancer Society in the name this week. Arch at 9:00 pm, followed by a dessert re- Esa innovativei;; JteacheOsfGerma';t c~iiaiirea'7oo ception as the campaign is celebrated. TIM WALKER senior project was a full-length feature sci- Classified COlllribu/;ngWriler ence fiction film shot on campus called "Cold For Dr. Mohamed Esa, being a German Solstice" professor at Western Maryland College is "a Threat, also a communication major with Adoption big burden." an emphasis in film, says that Esa kept her Every day, he wakes up around 6 am and motivated in film studies. As a film appren- Devoted happily married couple drives 90 minutes to Westminster from Sil- tice, the only films she has made were for wishes very much to adopt newborn ver Spring. After work, he faces the same classes. We wiH giv!l.your baby a_warm lengthy drive. Since his wife, Andrea Shalal- Besides his teaching methods, Esa de- loving heme with strong family values Esa, ajoumalist with Reuters, usually works votes a large amount of his time to extracur- MedicaJ and financial security. paid and legalexpenses evenings, he takes care of his two children ricular activities. Every year, he hosts a Ger- Call Susan and Peter collect in the evening. He tries to get them to bed man-American Day at WMC and also takes 410-336-0250 around 9 p.m. But they won't drink their students on trips to the Holocaust Museum milk. They want a story. They won't go to in Washington, D.C. He also sets up confer- Help Wanted bed. When they do, he's too tired to do any- ences for German teachers every year. BEST SUMMER JOB YOU'LL thing else. He never gets to bed before Jam, Esa recalls taking students to a ballet at EVER HAVE! Top-notch Maine and five hours later he has to do the same the Kennedy Center his first semester at summer camp for boys seeks counselors routine all over again. WMC in 1993. In one day, he drove from basketball.jcnnis, to instruct either baseball, lacrosse. Nevertheless, Dr. Esa shows up at WMC his home outside of D.C. 90 minutes to hockey, golf, hiking, ropes course. every day in a good mood and full of enthu- Dr. Esa displays one of his many "graffities" WMC, then two hours to the Kennedy Cen- archcry,swimming,boming, water- siasm. When it comes to teaching, Esa has a ter in D.C., then another two hours back to skiing, 3r1S &crafL~, photognlphy, few philosophies. First, there's the psycho- with other foreign language teachers. He has WMC, and 90 minutes back home again. He vlceo.mus!c. camp Junc23--August 16 Highest salaries plus travel, logical part, then there's alternative assess- presented this idea at numerous conferences did this because the students had never been roornboard.Jaundry service, ment. for German teachers. To date, Esa's to a ballet. "J really wanted to do it," he says. intcrnshipcredit. Great facilities, The psychological part to Esa's teaching "graffities" have only recently made their "I'm willing to sacrifice the time." beautifullake-front setting- We seek involves making students complete different debut outside of his German classes. Span- Recently, Esa brought a few students to fun, dynamic, responsible role- types of presentations. He believes this to ish professor Dr. Thomas Deveny recently the German Embassy from around 5 p.m. modelswhocnjoyworkingwith or children. Call 410-337-9697 be essential, especially when dealing with used them in his Spanish Literature class. until close to midnight. They went to see a emaiISkylemar99@aol.com foreign languages. Esa knows that presenta- "It worked great," Deveny said. "It was premiere of a new film about the Holocaust. Escape to the Shenandoah tions do more than perfect a student's un- a great technique." Threat recalls that Esa "knew everyone Mountains ofWcst Virginia derstanding of German or any other lan- Besides the psychological aspects, the there!" Also, last semester, Esa sacrificed a TIMBER RIDGE CAMPS, guage. They also help build self-confidence. alternative assessment involves students be- Saturday to bring students to the Goehte Fest cocd,scckingenergctic.fun_Ioving "Believe in your abilities," he says. "You are ing able to expand their creativity by mak- in Philadelphia to pay homage to the 250th coming staff to work with children this 90 miles from Wash summer. able to do what you want." ing films or radio shows for grades. This is year since the German writer's birth. DC. Top salaries, travel allowance. The key ingredient in Esa's psychologi- especially helpful when students don'tdo so Aside from taking students on trips, Esa lf interested, cal aspect are "graffities," his own innova- well on papers and tests. Esa attributes this' also allows them to meet in a relaxed atmo- cull 1-800-258-2267 or tion. Esa has students create "graffhies" by alternative assessment to another teaching sphere on campus by throwing parties in the email TrCamps@aol.com having them present ideas by drawing illus- philosophy, "the Holistic Method," which German Suite. He says that it is a chance to Need money? trations and/or words on a large sheet of pa- lists different types of ways of grading stu- meet students from a different perspective. per pinned to a wall. He then has them dis- dents. "It's where students are just being them- Earn up to $500.00 plus a week for yourorganlzallonasslsllngvanous cuss their work with the class. "Students are not the same," Esa says. "A selves." promotions·onyourcampus.We've Esa uses this method as an alternative to teacher needs different methods to appeal to Senior Rob Middlemiss says of Bsa's helped thousands of groups raise the lecturing. He believes that, "students don't different students." participation with the suite parties, "lt's money they need. Call 800-592-2121, learn much from lecturing." Not only do the Esa also believes that such alternative something you don't see in most professors cXI.72S. students learn, but Esa does as well. He re- assessments, such as films or radio shows, but should." Travel ceives different perspectives and different could help students realize their interests. Esa works longer than he has to on cer- ways of analyzing subject matter. When Michael Gibbons first came to WMC, tain days. He also tends to get no more than Mexico/Caribbean or Central America $229r.t. Europc Sttic o.w. Other Students also see this method as innova- he was a business major. After making a film five hours of sleep on a weeknight. Never- world wide destinations cheap. ONLY tive. Senior Katrina Threat says' that, "Some for one of Esa's intermediate classes.he re- theless, he still considers the time and ser- TERRORISTS GET YOU THERE teachers just lecture. With this method, one alized that he had an interest in filmmaking. vice he puts in essential to his job. CHEAPER! Book tickets on line could just sit there and still feel part of it." Gibbons graduated in 1997 as acommu- "Teaching is crucial," he says. "It's the www.airtech.comor Bsa intends on sharing his innovation nication major with an emphasis in film. His most heroic thing." (2[2)219-7000