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Candidates vying for the position of Berkeley County Supervisor met in the same forum for the first time during the Berkeley County Republican Women's meeting in Goose Creek on Oct. 7.
All three claimed to be running as conservative Republicans — Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis, Moncks Corner Mayor Bill Peagler and Jerry Beckley each addressed the meeting, stating their qualifications for the job.
"I knew deer hunting season started a couple weeks ago, but I didn't know it was political hunting season already," Davis said, joking with the full house audience that packed the meeting room at the Berkeley Electric Co-op offices.
Davis is wrapping up his second term as supervisor, which was a contention point for Beckley.
"I think eight years is long enough to be county supervisor," said Beckley, who brings 15 years of state and local government experience to the table. "If elected you will not see me seek a third term. The Berkeley County Supervisor should not be a permanent position. If you have run for more than two terms, are you running for the people or are you running for yourself?"
Davis politely disagreed, saying it takes time to build and cultivate inter-county relationships, and for various projects such as the county road improvements and Jedburg Road development to be completed.
"I didn't anticipate running for a third term," he said. "I decided to seek a third term primarily for what we have going on in Jedburg and the penny program (LOST). It isn't as fun as it looks like but there are projects out there that I started and I want to finish them."
Peagler, who began his political career in 1996 after being elected to Moncks Corner town council, is in the middle of his third term as mayor of Moncks Corner. He said it is time for the infighting among factions of county council to end.
"The infighting … is dragging us down and I pledge to stop it," he said. "I work well with people and have been bringing parties together, and helped thousands of people during my legal career. I plan to make new development stand on its own, and not be subsidized by taxpayers."
Peagler also pledged to work closely with the school board and promised the days of county ambulances breaking down while on a call will come to and end.
"I promise to give you my best effort," he said. "As taxpayers you are my customers. I will strive to earn your trust and work toward customer satisfaction."
Moncks Corner's population has increased by 25 percent since Peagler became mayor in 2004. "Moncks Corner has successfully weathered the economic downturn without furloughs and increasing taxes," Peagler said.
Beckley said this upcoming primary election would be about vision, trust and leadership.
"People have stopped trusting their elected officials and as your supervisor I will go door to door, from one end of Berkeley County to the other, to help rebuild the trust between residents and government," he said. "The days of leading from behind are over."
While admitting he is the new face in the crowd, Beckley criticized Davis for Daniel Island's plans to secede from Berkeley County and join Charleston County.
"The people of Daniel Island feel like they are not part of the Berkeley County family," he said. "Nine percent of the population responsible for 15 percent of the county's revenue ... losing Daniel Island would cause an increase in taxes across the county. We have to set priorities. I think our priorities are a little skewed."
The candidates were also asked to list their greatest strengths in what they would bring to the table if elected supervisor.
"My strength lies in my ability to get along with people," Peagler said. "In my profession, I negotiate with people all the time. As mayor I talk with people all the time. You don't see Moncks Corner in the headlines because we get along and work together. We've done a lot without making headlines.
"That's the only way you're going to learn and the only way you'll get problems solved is to work with others."
Beckley said his strength lay in his conservatism.
"I'm a fiscal conservative," he said. "I believe we have to live within our means. I'm good at pinching pennies. I believe in conservative values. We have to have some priorities and we need to take those priorities seriously. I can negotiate pretty well and I'm willing to meet with anybody half way, but I will not compromise my conservative values."
Davis said his greatest strength was in his experience, 32 years as a small business owner, and 15 years in local government.
"Finances have become the most important thing in county business in recent years," he said. "Because of the recession it has become important. In 2007 when I took office, we had a six percent fund balance. The reason you need a fund balance is for tax anticipation. It is also a sign of financial stability and financial health.
"Today we have about a 20 percent fund balance so we are in a much better financial state."
Davis said during tough economic times Berkeley County made tough decisions to secure its financial footing.
"In 2007 we had a lease purchase debt of more than $4 million," he said. "This was money going down the tubes. We've been very austere in managing our debt. We took furloughs, lost staff and have reduced our debt ratio. This year we wrote our last check on our lease purchase debt and owe no more.
"I'm not here to tell you I've done that. I have a county council that has worked hard together to help accomplish this."
More candidates could still join the field in the supervisor's race. The Republican primary is slated for June 2014, and the filing deadline for candidacy in next fall's election not until the end of March.
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It's almost time for the 12th annual NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. If you're not familiar with it, NaNoWriMo, which started out small in 1999 and has since grown to nearly 200,000 participants last year, is the time when writers, from newbys to professionals, set out to write a full, 50,000 novel in 30 days.
NaNoWriMo, starts, naturally, on November 1st, Tuesday, and ends November 30th. The goal is to complete a novel, but of course no one expects it to be a polished piece of work. A rough draft is what most people aim for. In this case, it's quantity, not quality, that counts.
What are the benefits of joining NaNoWriMo? Well, you become part of something bigger; you can sign up at the official website, www.nanowrimo.org, create a username and password, and share your progress and experience with others. It's a good way to smash through writer's block, because you're focused on speed rather than perfection, and there's no better cure for writer's block than writing! It helps reinforce writing as a daily habit. And there's just something about writing with abandon that gets the creative juices flowing; you might very well end up with something unexpectedly wonderful.
I've joined NaNoWriMo a couple of times in the past, but never met the 50,000-word goal. I'm going to join again this year. I may be crazy, but I want to give it another try.
So take a look at the website; again that's www.nanowrimo.org. Let us know if you're going to join the event this year. I will post my progress, good or bad.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein
"It is perfectly okay to write garbage - as long as you edit brilliantly." C. J. Cherryh
A Bit of Promotion:
Sunday, November 20th, is the date for Arts on Grand's annual Holiday Book Fair. Many area authors will be there, including Roger Stoner, of Peterson, with his new book, Horse Woman's Child. This is an excellent opportunity to support the arts, and to pick up a few Christmas gifts at the same time!
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I've heard about Nanowrimo for years, but never had teh guts to join. I have joined now, that I know you're going to do it, and a couple of others I know also. 3rd day in and I'm already falling behind. It's hard to write every day!!
-- Posted by DHarris on Thu, Nov 3, 2011, at 1:54 PM
Well, i lasted all of 4 days. Since I'm laid off at this time (a whole 'nother story) I thought this was the perfect time to really immerse myself in a writing project. what I've found is that writing takes a mental toll that's more exhausting than anything i was doing physically. I'm still writing, but can't keep up the pace I tried for at the beginning. i don't know whether to drop out or keep doing what I can, but now i feel paralyzed by indecision;.
-- Posted by fictionfan on Wed, Nov 9, 2011, at 6:09 AM
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For the third time this season and for the seventh time in her career, Stetson University women's basketball senior guard Victoria McGowan (Inkster, Mich.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday.
McGowan recorded her fourth career triple-double on Monday in Stetson's 68-54 win at Lipscomb. She scored 19 points including 15 in the first-half and tied career-highs with 12 rebounds and 10 assists while playing 37 minutes. McGowan joined Baylor's Brittney Griner as the only two active players in Division I with four career triple-doubles.
On Saturday against Northern Kentucky, McGowan scored 23 points while adding six rebounds and three steals. For the week she shot 47 percent from the floor and 44 percent from the arc, while averaging 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
A Sports Management major, McGowan is averaging 16.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game this season. She leads the conference in three-point field goals made (59) and among the league leaders in scoring (third), rebounding (ninth), assists (third), and steals (fifth). Her three-point field goal percentage of .450 currently ranks her among the top 10 three-point shooters in the NCAA.
McGowan is the only player in school history and just one of 10 in Atlantic Sun history to earn the league's Player of the Week award seven times.
Stetson (19-7, 12-3 A-Sun) has now had five A-Sun Players of the Week this season including the last three in a row. Shanasa Sanders was selected in each of the past two weeks and McGowan was tabbed twice earlier this season.
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A male inmate committed suicide at Wayne Brown Correctional Facility this morning in what Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal called a "tragic, tragic event."
The man, whose identity has not yet been released pending notification of next of kin, died at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Royal said.
"There was no indication he was considering suicide," Royal said.
The man had gone up to the second tier of a jail pod, which overlooked a "day area," climbed over the railing and plummeted head-first to the floor below, striking his head on a table.
He sustained major head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, Royal said.
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Meeting Street Academy has proven it can give low-income students a high-quality, private-school education at virtually no cost to parents.
Now, the group behind the Charleston school wants to prove its model can work in a public, high-poverty school. They're in talks with Charleston County school leaders to create a new North Charleston elementary school that would serve its at-risk neighborhood students.
The proposed public-private partnership school would appear to be the first of its kind in the state and a potential prototype. The school district would provide its standard funding for each student, and the Meeting Street Education Group would run the school and invest in areas it sees as critical, such as enrolling students as young as age 3 and extending the school day and year.
The concept has enthusiastic support from the state education superintendent, North Charleston's mayor, and the county school superintendent, but it's less clear whether a majority of the county school board will endorse the project, which would be necessary to make it a reality.
Meeting Street Education Group leaders want to reach more students, and they're convinced they can make the new school successful. They hope to open as soon as next fall.
"It's not that everyone doesn't want the best for these kids, and it's not that you (the district) aren't spending enough money," said Ben Navarro, the leader of the Meeting Street group. "It's a different world with this demographic. Maybe we can help make it that much clearer on how our model works to serve these kids."
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Navarro has been the quiet, publicity-shy founder and primary funder of Meeting Street Academy. He is founder and chief executive officer of Charleston-based Sherman Financial Group, a company that originates, purchases and services consumer debt. His company has paid the tab for everything from teachers' salaries to students' uniforms.
Meeting Street Academy opened in 2008 to 45 3- and 4-year-olds, and it has grown to 121 students from age 3 to fourth grade, with plans to add fifth grade next year. Meeting Street Academy also has opened a second school in Spartanburg.
Although the school spends about $12,000 on each student annually, low-income families pay a fraction of that — only $400 per year.
Its students' test scores are strong. By the end of last school year, 100 percent of students in grades K-3 were reading at or above grade level. Its third-graders outscored the national average in every subject tested.
The school got those results by using a specific set of strategies: starting early, with students enrolling as young as age 3; creating strong partnerships with families, who are required to take an active role in their children's education and be at the school 10 hours annually; addressing each child's needs holistically, which means healthy meals, medical screenings, exercise, and an extended school day; and hiring excellent teachers.
That's the same kind of approach that the private school's backers want to use with the new public school. Navarro said he wants the district to be able to use it as proof of what's possible when specific additional investments are made.
"This is a potentially powerful way to leverage what we've done to date," he said.
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Charleston County School Superintendent Nancy McGinley said she's been having conversations with Navarro about what his group could do to help more children succeed, and that's where this idea originated.
The 2012 state law that would enable the public-private partnership school to exist seemed to apply only to new schools versus existing ones, so they're considering repurposing the former Brentwood Middle as a neighborhood elementary school. The new Brentwood elementary would have an attendance zone, and it would pull students from Burns, North Charleston, Mary Ford, and Hursey Elementary schools. The North Charleston constituent school board would have to change those schools' boundary lines.
A new elementary school would relieve some of the overcrowding at those high-poverty schools, and its building could be ready before next fall. It would start with about 200 students age 3 to second grade, and it would grow one grade each year until it reaches fifth grade.
The new school would have a theme of entrepreneurship, and it would work to expose students to the community's businesses.
Organizers said the school wouldn't cost the district any additional money than it would've otherwise spent. Meeting Street Education Group is looking at a roughly additional 20 percent per student investment to ensure students have the services they need.
The group would pledge to run the school for five years, but Navarro said that would be the start of a long-term commitment.
"We're doing this to be successful, and I'm not going anywhere any time soon," he said. "And neither is the Meeting Street Education Group."
The school board's committees have been presented with information on the proposal in recent weeks. County school board member John Barter pointed out one key difference between Meeting Street Academy and a neighborhood public school is the private school's ability to be selective of its students. Its families go through interviews and a home visit, and that's a significant difference between a "take all comers" public school, he said.
Navarro said the new elementary school would have to find ways to motivate parents and caregivers to do right by their children, and it will come down to day-to-day efforts to involve them, such as checking on families in the carpool line.
"The fundamentals of what makes for a great school and what works, I don't think they change radically in a neighborhood situation," Navarro said.
Board member Elizabeth Moffly said she liked the concept, but the district has other priorities and she's concerned those wouldn't be funded because of this.
Board member Cindy Bohn Coats said none of Meeting Street Academy's ideas are new, but this would give a traditional neighborhood school more funding and more flexibility.
The state's schools-of-choice law allows districts to request exemptions from state laws related to school operations, which is similar to the freedom public charter schools have. The new school would request more flexibility, and that would have to be approved by two-thirds of the school board and the state Board of Education.
State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais has encouraged districts to take advantage of the statute but none have. He applauded Charleston school leaders for considering this idea and being willing to take a risk.
"This is the exact kind of creativity and innovation that I have been advocating for from Day 1," he said. "I'm excited to see how it all turns out."
Going forward
The next step is for the Meeting Street Education Group and county school district leaders to work out a memorandum of understanding that would spell out the details of what each would contribute and do. It's important to be transparent and set clear expectations about that relationship, McGinley said. That proposal would go to the county school board for approval.
"This is about putting together things that have proven to be effective," she said.
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey said he can see this new school becoming a model for the county and state, but it's going to take everyone being involved.
"You know the saying, 'It takes a village to raise a child'?" he said. "This is the village coming together."
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Northern Illinois University is strongly committed to artistry and scholarship in all areas of music. Admission to any graduate program in music is determined by specific criteria, which must be met by all applicants.
Admission is a two-part process. Prospective students must apply for admission to the Graduate School and are subsequently admitted to a graduate program by the School of Music after performing an audition or meeting other entrance requirements.
The School of Music does not require the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Initial requests for information about advanced degrees in music and/or application materials may be made by contacting the School of Music Coordinator of Graduate Studies. Further information about graduate study and music graduate programs can be found in the School of Music Student Handbook and in the Graduate Catalog. Application forms and other important information can be found on the web page of the Graduate School.
The Master of Music degree is a 32-semester hour program consisting of 13 semester hours of core requirements plus 19 semester hours taken within one of three specializations: music education, music performance, or individualized study. Individualized studies include music history, music theory, composition, world music, jazz, recording techniques, and computer music and new media technology, or they may be distinctive cross-disciplinary programs. View curriculum checklists.
A baccalaureate degree in music or a diploma from an accredited conservatory or music school is required for admission to the M.M. program. In rare circumstances, applicants whose undergraduate degree is in a field other than music may be considered for admission with special stipulations regarding the completion of undergraduate deficiencies. Other admission requirements will vary, depending upon the specialization that is selected.
Music Education: Applicants are admitted to this specialization only after review of application documents and a brief interview/audition with a committee of the music education faculty. Applicants must have public school teacher certification and a minimum of three years of public school teaching experience to be considered for admission. New for music education: MUSC 699 portfolio option.
The School of Music offers a summer graduate program in music education for public school teachers.
Performance: Applicants are admitted to this specialization only upon the recommendation of a committee of the performance faculty after an audition and review of application documents. Candidates should be prepared to perform a full-length program of the undergraduate senior recital caliber or higher for their audition. Where distance precludes an in-person audition, a CD, DVD, or VHS cassette of a full recital program may be submitted.
Individualized: A student may design an individualized specialization with course work selected from existing courses, seminars, independent study, internships, or special projects, offered both on- and off-campus. While this specialization may share some features with published specializations, its thrust should be distinctive. Individualized study may consist in part of interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary courses that combine music study with such areas as anthropology, art, business, computer science, dance, theater, electronics, ethnic studies, mental health, or special education.
In cases where courses in other departments are to be used, the applicant must confirm with that department that the program is feasible.
Typical individualized specializations where the program concentrates entirely on music include composition, world music, jazz studies, and recording techniques.
Applicants are admitted to this specialization only upon the recommendation of a committee of the music faculty after an in-depth examination for competence in music and/or other applicable fields, and a review of application documents.
The Master of Music Individualized Specialization option permits qualified graduate students to major in Music Theory and/or Composition. An audition is not required, but a portfolio must be submitted as part of the application. In composition, we request scores and (CD, mp3, or YouTube) recordings of three recent works exhibiting variety in both instrumentation and style. In music theory, we request two recent analytic papers. Portfolios may be mailed directly to the School of Music to the attention of the Theory/Composition Area Coordinator. Send copies only, and if you wish your materials returned, please also include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for this purpose. Alternatively, pdf papers, scores and mp3 files may be e-mailed directly to: email@example.com.
The Performer's Certificate is a post-master's certificate program. The purpose of the P.C. is to enable advanced students to attain greater mastery of their chosen fields than they can achieve in formal study through the master's degree level. This 24 semester-hour program includes private instruction, research related to performance, and performance experience designed to develop fully-independent professional musicians.
Admission to the Performer's Certificate
Applicants for the P.C. program should consult with the School of Music Coordinator of Graduate Studies. To be eligible for admission, students must normally have completed work equivalent to that required for the M.M. degree at NIU. Applicants are required to perform an audition or submit a recording representative of their performance ability.
In some cases, applicants who demonstrate exceptional performing abilities, equivalent to a Master of Music level or greater, and who have completed a baccalaureate degree or diploma from an accredited institution or conservatory, may be recommended by the faculty for admission directly into the P.C. program. However, persons admitted to the P.C. program in this manner must reapply to the Graduate School if they seek entry into a graduate degree program such as the Master of Music.
Program Information
Northern Illinois University complies with the U.S. Department of Education's Gainful Employment requirements by disclosing information to applicants regarding the Performer's Certificate program.
The links below provide occupational information from a national database (O*Net OnLine) about the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) profession classifications of Postsecondary Music Teacher, Music Director (Conductor), and Musician.
25-1121.00 Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
27-2041.01 Music Directors
27-2042.00 Musicians and Singers
27-2042.01 Singers
27-2042.02 Musicians, Instrumental
Graduates of the School of Music's Performer's Certificate program have combined the program with the Master of Music at NIU, have pursued further graduate studies (Master of Music or Doctor of Musical Arts) at other institutions, and pursued employment among the following employment possibilities, often combining several into a portfolio career:
Recording Artist (solo or as a member of a group)
Orchestra or Choral Member
Chamber Ensemble Member
Solo Performing Artist
Accompanist/Collaborative Musician (for solo or ensemble work)
Military Music Ensemble (Band, Jazz Band, Choir, Orchestra)
Private Studio Teacher
Recording Session Musician (commercials, industrial films, etc.)
Floor Show performer (singer or musician for Las Vegas/Branson/cruise ship-type shows)
Theatre Pit Musician
Church Music Director or Performer
Freelance Performing Artist
General Business musician (weddings, corporate functions, bar/bat mitvahs, the like)
Jazz Group Member
Music manufacturer's product demonstrator/sales representative
College/university instrumental or vocal teacher
Movie/television soundtrack recording musician
Normal Time to Complete the Program
This program is a 24 semester-hour program that can be completed in one academic year if a student takes 12 credit hours each semester for two consecutive semesters. The actual time to completion for any student may be more or less than 1 year depending on the number of courses the student takes during each term and whether the student is participating in the Performer's Certificate program in conjunction with other graduate study.
Of the students who completed the program during the 2011–2012 year, 60% completed the program in one year, 80% completed in 2 years or less.
In-state tuition per semester credit hour for graduate students for 2014-2015 is $349.18. All students are subject to mandatory fees. An Illinois resident enrolling in this program for the Fall and Spring semesters of the 2014–2015 academic year, taking 12 hours each semester and completing the program in the year would pay on average:
$ 8380.32 Tuition
$ 2715.92 General Fees (this does not include health insurance or any optional fees)
$ 150.00 Average Course Fees
$ 11,246.24 Total
On average full-time graduate students spend $700 per year for books and supplies.
Non-Resident (out-of-state) tuition is $698.36 per semester hour. Total non-resident tuition for 24 semester hours is $16,760.64. Other costs are the same for students who are not Illinois residents. Information about all tuition and fee charges as well as a tuition estimator can be found on the Office of the Bursar webpage at: http://www.niu.edu/bursar/tuition/graduate.shtml. Tuition and fees are established for one academic year and are subject to annual review. Please see the Tuition Estimator for the most up to date information.
Student Load Debt
In general students who are fully admitted to this program and enroll full-time for both fall and spring semesters can borrow up to $20,500. This loan amount is not required to cover the cost of the program and students are advised to only borrow the amount needed.
NIU does not disclose information about median loan debt for this program because the Department of Education has determined, based on the number of students who participate in and complete the program, disclosing this information would not meet privacy guidance.
Assistantships are awarded in all areas on the basis of merit and School of Music needs. Assistants with full- or half-time appointments will have assigned responsibilities occupying from 10 to 20 hours weekly, including, where relevant, participation in School of Music ensembles. Please submit the graduate assistantship application to the School of Music Coordinator of Graduate Studies.
Assistantships include a monthly stipend for nine months plus a full tuition waiver. These awards do not cover incidental fees, which may be as much as $1,700 per term. See Graduate Tuition and Fees.
Northern Illinois University is an AA/EEO employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
The College of Visual and Performing Arts has a limited number of tuition waivers for talented graduate students. Recommendations for waivers are made by area faculty after the admission audition. Students who receive artistic talent waivers are expected to perform in School of Music ensembles, as needed, and to provide other services to the school. These awards waive a portion or all of the graduate tuition charges up to a maximum of 9 credit hours per semester but do not cover General Fees, which may be as much as $1,700 per semester. Students with talent tuition waivers can apply for an additional year of waiver support. The university also has a limited number of Recruitment tuition waivers and Underrepresented tuition waivers. Students may receive one type of award in their first year and apply for a different type of award in their second year.
Application deadlines for Fall 2015:
University Recruitment and Underrepresented Tuition Waiver: [late February]
College of Visual and Performing Arts Artistic Talent Tuition Waiver: March 1, 2015
Application is made here: http://www.niu.myreviewroom.com.
More information on waivers can be found here: http://www.niu.edu/grad/funding/waivers.shtml
All newly-admitted Master of Music students must be prepared to take the School of Music Diagnostic Examination at the start of their first term on campus. Depending upon the results of this examination, students may be required to take and pass specific courses to remove deficiencies. Such courses are above and beyond the 32 hours required for graduation. Click here for a study guide. The Diagnostic Examination is not required for Performer's Certificate students. Students undertaking an individualized specialization in Jazz Studies are not required to take the traditional theory and history exams, but must take a jazz diagnostic test, instead. Click here for the jazz study guide.
NIU alums who completed their degrees no more than three years prior to beginning graduate study, and who maintained a B average or better in Theory and Aural Skills will be exempt from taking the theory diagnostic exam or the theory review class. Likewise, students who maintained a B average or better in Music History classes will be exempt from taking the history diagnostic exam or the history review class.
All graduate students in the Master of Music program must successfully complete the School of Music Comprehensive Examination, usually taken during the final term. The Comprehensive Examination is not required for Performer's Certificate students.
Graduate students in conducting, performance, or individualized study programs may request to add Teacher Licensure to their degree program. (The MM in Music Education program is reserved for certified teachers with at least three years of teaching experience.) Admission to the Teacher Licensure program is based on an interview as well as audition, review of transcripts, and essay. Students must have an undergraduate degree in music to be considered for licensure.
Students who wish to earn licensure only will not be put into an MM program, because the majority of the licensure coursework is undergraduate classes. NIU now offers a Post-Baccalaureate program for applicants who have an undergraduate degree in music; students who wish to apply for this program should fill out the undergraduate application for NIU and then contact Dr. Mary Lynn Doherty, Coordinator of Music Education, and Ms. Lynn Retherford for more information.
Note: The Teacher Licensure program in music is a five semester program, with four semesters of required coursework and a semester long student teaching requirement. Classes are primarily offered during the daytime hours (9-4pm) and mainly occur during the fall and spring semesters.
Some courses in the School of Music include additional fees that range from $2 to $100 per course enrollment. Total additional music course fees in a semester typically total $75 to $200 per semester and support the following:
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Fighting Unicorn robotics team prepares for open source robot competition
Ellie the robot is ready to compete
Meet Ellie, a six week old robot weighing 100 lbs who can launch a two foot diameter exercise ball over 10 feet in the air! Ellie even has eyes: a webcam fitted to the front of her chassis that uses code written in Python running on a Raspberry Pi to process images. Ellie's main code is written in Java and allows her mecanum wheels to drive, her claw to catch exercise balls, and her kicker to launch balls into the air. In just a few weeks Ellie will be competing along with more than 50 other robots in her first competition.
Ellie was built by our team, The Fighting Unicorns, an all-girls high school team located in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Our team has been competing in the robotics competitions since our founding in 2008; specifically the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, an annual competition for high school students in which they are tasked to design and build a robot in six weeks geared towards a new challenge each year.
Ellie went from concept...
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To finished robot in 6 weeks!
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Throughout competition, FIRST encourages students and mentors to play by their main motto: Coopertition. It's a combination of the words cooperation and competition, and it conveys the strong community and encouraging environment of FIRST as well as the core values of the open source way. While the program is a competition, it hinges upon the idea that all teams collaborate. Teams work together and help each other to share ideas from pre-season, to build-season, to the competition, all in a spirit of gracious professionalism—and a love for robots!
At a programming level, the open source aspect of FIRST is huge. Programmers help each other debug and open source their code on GitHub. Mechanical and electrical members of teams share CAD designs and strategies on Chief Delphi, the online forums for FIRST.
The programmers of FIRST swarm the sub-forums of Chief Delphi with questions about their own code, helpful answers including example code, and sheer enthusiasm for the code and competition. Along with example code and programming jokes, FIRST programmers provide fixes and documentation to the often-buggy and sparsely-documented FIRST provided library of code, the WPI Robotics library (WPILibJ). These in-depth explanations and fixes help veteran teams fix long-lasting problems and help rookie teams using the WPILibJ library for the first time.
The programming captain for The Fighting Unicorns, Lauren Dierker, recently encountered a rookie programmer on Chief Delphi. She was able to use Chief Delphi to explain Java to the new programmer, plus the structure of command-based programming, and show him how to write code for motor controllers and buttons. This experience is far from unusual in both the programming aspect of creating the robot and in the FIRST community as a whole.
When the season ends, almost every team posts their code online to allow other teams access. Many FRC teams, including our team, use version control websites, such as GitHub, to share their code with their teammates in FRC and to host their code during build season. Version control sites like GitHub allow us to retrieve previous versions of code in case of coding errors, in the event that we want to use old code we deleted, or to provide base code for a new idea. With version control we can have different branches of code, allowing our programmers to work on the same code at the same time, giving our team more independence, productivity, and success. When it comes time to run code from multiple branches at the end of the season, we can easily merge all files into a singular master branch. With resources such as GitHub, and help provided by other teams, no team is left without the ability to understand the programming process or without the ability to properly finish the code by the end of build season.
Our team has utilized these resources time after time, including this year when our team decided to switch the way we set up and process our vision code. Instead of using the FIRST provided IP AXIS camera to capture images and using our cRIO for image processing, we decided to capture images with a web camera and process images using a Raspberry Pi. This was a completely new experience for us from Java, our normal programming language, to the networking aspect of Python. The documentation and advice provided by other FIRST teams was instrumental in our success.
Standing in the Wolstein Center in Cleveland Ohio, waiting for the robotics competition to start is electrifying: we know that every single robotics team wants to win just as badly as we do, and that every person will have worked long and hard for six weeks trying to build, wire, and program to the best of their ability. To see our competition and track our progress, go to our Fighting Unicorns team page.
In the spirit of gracious professionalism, we'd like to thank our sponsors: Red Hat, HB Parents and Grandparents, NASA, Balance Product Development, UH Ahuja Medical Center, the Egts Family, the Keyerleber Family, Gearing Solutions, HBPA and FirstFuelCells.com.
Co-authored by Lauren Dierker.
Julia Javorsky also contributed to this article.
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Thanks for sharing this story. It's great, and inspiring, to see how you use and learn about so many skills like robotics, programming, github, and even 'project management' with the process from design to build and delivery.
Thanks for the update, much appreciated!
Inspirational. I hope your local media outlets are being urged to cover your projects and progress as well. Stories like this should send ripples in all directions.
Cool stuff! I hope you will consider coming to talk about this project (or one of your other ones) at the Ohio LinuxFest this year, October 24-26. Visit ohiolinux.org and go to the CFP for details on submitting your proposal.
And feel free to pass this along to your friends and contacts - we're looking to put together a top-notch conference and want all the great proposals we can get. Thanks!
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Earlier this year, Steve Rosenberg decided it was time to downsize from his large, two-story home on Chapel Street in downtown Charleston.
Condo mortgages comes with extra stipulations. Some examples:
More than half of the condo units must be owner-occupied.
No owner may own more than 10% of the units.
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That prompted the 67-year-old College of Charleston music professor to recently buy a condominium in Shelmore Village, a mini-downtown between a Bi-Lo shopping center and I'On Village in Mount Pleasant.
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Charleston County
Year Sales Median price
2012 1,163 $152,750
2013 1,311 $170,827
Berkeley County
Year Sales Median price
2012 182 $112,000
2013 210 $135,250
Dorchester County
Year Sales Median price
2012 102 $92,000
2013 146 $99,950
Source: Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. Figures for Jan.-Sept.
"I was also just ready for a change," Rosenberg said. "Here it's just so easy. I pay the (homeowners association) fee each month and that pays for everything including insurance, so I don't have to worry about a roof or painting or stuff like that."
Retirees John and Anne Yancey traded in their home in Cincinnati for a unit in the Parkside condominium on Daniel Island. Eager to move closer to their daughter and her family on the island, the Yanceys rented in the condo community for several months before they recently found one to buy.
Being close to family was also the reason Leigh and Ann Moore recently purchased a unit in Parkside, making a second home for the semi-retired couple from Huntsville, Ala.
"We still have our house here (in Alabama) and we will keep it until we decide if we want to live on Daniel Island (year-round)," Ann Moore said.
The three buyers reflect the resurgence of a corner of the housing market that had been bogged down for years by the last recession and the lengthy real estate downturn that followed. There's even some new development plans in the pipeline.
Locally, at least, the rebound is being fueled by a combination of a strengthening economy, growing population base and greater availability of credit.
The uptick in Charleston mirrors U.S. trends. The National Realtors Association reported that condo sales nationwide are up 8.9 percent through September.
The Charleston Trident Association of Realtors does not categorize the condo market specifically, but the agency's data on "condo-townhomes" sales are showing strength this year.
The most active area in the region has been Charleston County, which had 1,311 such sales in the first nine months of the year at a median price of $170,827. That's an increase of 12.7 percent in sales volume and nearly 12 percent jump in prices from the same period of 2012, according to the association.
The condo market is also seeing buyers paying cash for units, bypassing mortgage requirements that are often more stringent than single-family financing.
Such cash-only deals have been popular on some high-end developments like The Tides in Mount Pleasant and Bee Street Lofts in downtown Charleston, industry officials say.
While there is no data that breaks down the demographics of buyers in the region, anecdotal evidence suggests that most of the purchasers are first-time owners and empty-nesters.
"Those considering condos appear to cover a wide range, from young professionals seeking a starter home, to pre-retirees looking for a second home, to retirees who are downsizing," said Julie Dombrowski, spokeswoman for the Daniel Island Co.
The Daniel Island Co. reported that condo sales accounted for half of the 169 single-family sales through October, up 15 percent compared with the first 10 month of 2012. The average sale price for those units was $298,000, a gain of nearly 15 percent, she said.
Other condo communities are reporting similar trends.
"This is mostly a segment for those who are buying their first property and even some who are buying a second home with the intent to make it their permanent home in a few years," said Will Jenkinson, broker-in-charge for Carolina One New Homes, which is marketing condos at several communities offering various price points. They include The Tides in Mount Pleasant, Arboretum in West Ashley and Palmetto Place near Daniel Island.
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As the condo market regains its strength, experts warn about dwindling supply, which is pushing prices higher nationally.
The situation is partly the result of the fact that some proposed projects were shelved during the housing downturn.
Other properties were converted into rental units as banks tightened their mortgage-lending standards.
"When you look at supply figures, they're pretty tight," said Walter Molony, a spokesman for the National Association of Realtors. "In the condo market, it's a 4.8-month supply, and it needs to be at a six-month supply to have a balance."
Rising prices are welcome news for investors like Dave Wertan, who's been in a holding pattern, waiting for the day he can start selling the dozens of units he owns.
"I've got over 100 condos myself and had to turn them into rentals," he said. "I actually had a few sales this year, but I had to discount the price really low."
Wertan, who is also a RE/MAX broker in Mount Pleasant, has closed six sales so far this year, all cash. Among his largest holdings are dozens of units in the Cedars in Windsor Hill development in Summerville. Wertan said he will keep renting the unsold units until he feels he can get a good sale price.
"I need to wait for them to come back in value," he said.
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Many hiccups in the condo market have been tied to the far-reaching effects of the recession that began in late 2007.
High-profile projects such as The Tides, Bee Street Lofts and Shelmore Village were completed just as the housing crisis was starting. In many cases, buyers who had committed to purchases learned they no longer qualified for mortgages. Others walked away as values of the units they planned to buy fell along with the broader real estate market.
This year, all three communities are reporting strong sales.
The Tides and Shelmore Village were acquired by new investors, which promptly cut the list price of unsold units to attract buyers.
Charleston-based firm Ecovest Development LLC cut the price of 31 unsold units at Shelmore by roughly half of what they were in 2007. That was enough to sell out of all the units, which ranged from $275,000 to $395,000, officials said.
In the case of The Tides, prices were slashed at an average 35 percent. The price-cutting was enough that 19 of 35 units sold changed hands in all-cash deals, Jenkinson said.
With sales rebounding, condo developers are looking to come off the sidelines.
One local example is a plan to erect condos at a former ice factory at 24-30 Woolfe St. in downtown Charleston. A company has submitted plans to the city seeking the OK for dozens of condos to be housed in an eight-story building over two levels of parking.
Near Daniel Island, Xcelsior Palmetto LLC has acquired 51 unsold units at Palmetto Place, a 73-unit project off Clements Ferry Road. The new owner is now looking into whether to add 100 more, said Jenkinson, who is involved in the deal.
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Synch protocol sheets now available
by Jeff Stevenson
The author is a professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Those who actively manage your farm's A.I. breeding program and read my column already know that reproduction is a key factor to farm profitability. You also realize that, in many cases, reproductive performance on farms is far from optimal, even at times on your own dairy.
In 2005, a group of dairy cattle reproduction experts set out to address the issue. The group included academicians, veterinarians, dairy producers, and allied industries such as semen, pharmaceutical, and nutrition companies that organized the first Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) meeting. As a founding member of this organization and past chair of the program committee, I know that DCRC has strived to address unmet needs of the dairy sector in the area of reproduction.
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The DCRC mission is to:
- Be a noncommercial, science-based organization whose main goal is to promote the development and adoption of reproductive technologies.
- Be open to all sectors in the dairy industry with an interest in dairy cattle reproduction. It will be an inclusive organization with the responsibility to reach out to several sectors of the dairy industry.
- Aim to become the primary source of information and technology regarding reproductive management and become a conduit of information relative to integrated management considerations.
- Adopt a common terminology, identify key parameters and minimum goals for evaluation of reproductive performance, and provide educational material for reference.
- Identify the critical areas for technology development and transfer.
- Hold national and/or regional meetings to disseminate information to the industry.
The DCRC welcomes all who wish to contribute to and become members of the organization and urges individuals to assume leadership responsibilities.
New technologies
New technologies have become available in recent years to improve reproductive success. These technologies include improvements to traditional approaches to reproductive management (heat detection and A.I.), as well as to approaches that synchronize ovulation and estrus so all cows can be inseminated at one time (timed-A.I. programs). Combinations of traditional and timed-A.I. programs also are used on many farms. Regardless of the approach, a focused effort on reproductive management has increased pregnancy rates, translating to greater reproductive efficiency on dairy farms.
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To meet one of the DCRC vision statements, a special committee was organized and met in 2010 under the direction of our current DCRC president, Matt Lucy. The committee's goal is to formulate standard guidelines that define various tried and tested A.I. breeding protocols. Synchronization protocols evolve rapidly as newer procedures are tested and improvements are made to them.
To help veterinarians and industry professionals deal with rapid change and make informed decisions related to synchronization protocols, the DCRC has created the 2011 Dairy Cattle Synchronization Protocol sheet now available on the DCRC website (http://www.dcrcouncil.org) under Educational Resources.
The two-page document outlines established synchronization protocols that may help dairy producers improve on-farm reproductive performance. This document is intended for educational purposes as consultants work with dairy producer clients to make reproductive management decisions. The DCRC does not endorse one protocol over another; nor does DCRC endorse synchronization protocols over any of the other approaches to dairy cattle reproduction. The document will be reviewed annually by representatives from the DCRC. New protocols will be included when they are validated in controlled studies.
The document, available in English and Spanish, pictorially outlines programs for A.I. breeding at first services and repeat services for cows found open at pregnancy diagnosis. It provides product information, color-coded calendars for setting up injection schemes, and definitions. It also discusses the importance of compliance — "the right cow getting the correct hormone on the scheduled day." One example from the document is illustrated.
No specific recommendations for various programs are given because synchronization efficiency and fertility may differ among the listed programs as they are applied in different dairy operations. Programs illustrated, however, have been field-tested with adequate controls and, when applied correctly, should be reliable.
Many factors contribute to good fertility. If cows are struggling with subclinical disease, rations are not balanced properly, dry cow and transition cow facilities and health are not up to par, no A.I. breeding program will deliver good pregnancy outcomes. Work together with your dairy management team to make necessary improvements in your operation that will result in better fertility.


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Millennials, Once a Democratic Stronghold, Are Going Wobbly
Here's a question that will be chewed over a lot as the two parties rumble toward 2016: Are young voters up for grabs?
The youth vote not long ago appeared to belong to the Democratic Party, but that grip has weakened since Barack Obama twice racked up huge margins among younger voters. Less clear is whether the GOP can pick up the slack.
Among those eyeing 2016 bids, both Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. Rand Paul have recently made pitches to young voters. Mrs. Clinton hit on education and the troubles in the job market; Sen. Paul appealed to queasiness over government surveillance. These early skirmishes will get a lot louder over the next two years.
It would be a stretch to say millennials are warming to the GOP. Just a quarter of those under 35 said they had positive feelings toward the Republican Party in the last Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, which came out two weeks ago.
At the same time, millennials aren't exactly in love with the Democratic Party. Soon after Mr. Obama took office in 2009, nearly half looked favorably on the Democrats. That number has since slipped to 36%.
Younger voters have also soured on Mr. Obama. In the most recent Journal poll, just over half disapproved both of his presidency and his handling of the economy, up sharply from the 38% who disapproved of his job performance two years ago.
Mrs. Clinton has seen her own numbers slide. Riding the updraft of Mr. Obama's big 2008 win, Mrs. Clinton had a nearly 60% approval from voters under 35 in early 2009. By this month, that had fallen to 42% in the Journal poll.
A recent Pew Research study dug deep into the vagaries of those born after 1980. It's no surprise that Pew found millennials markedly more liberal on social issues such as gay marriage.
But they are also far less fixed in their political allegiance. Pew found that half of millennials now see themselves as political independents, up from around 40% in 2009. Of all the age cohorts, Pew found, they have the weakest partisan affiliation and see the least amount of difference between the two main parties.
Both parties will see opportunities in these numbers and pursue young voters aggressively. But it's clear the GOP will have to be the most cautious. Pew found growing wariness among millennials toward the Democratic Party, but also a clear liberal streak, which is one reason the unorthodox Mr. Paul—with his skepticism of U.S. military entanglements, his criticism of domestic surveillance and his more libertarian social views—may have a wider lane than most other Republican candidates when it comes to appealing to the young.
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As a child, I went through the usual childhood illnesses but one rainy, windy day changed my young life forever.
I knew something was wrong with my back because when I sat in chairs, I was lopsided. I thought, as a child does, that it would go away. Nightly I slept with my right arm extended over my head, held in place by a bandana, because it flattened my back and I felt normal.
Since I had long hair, my secret was hidden for many years, until a huge gust of wind blew my waist-length hair upward, revealing my grossly misshaped right shoulder blade. I will never forget the look of fear on my Mom's face.
She immediately took me to our doctor, who diagnosed me with scoliosis, which is a curvature of the spine. We went to Children's Hospital and because of the degree of severity, surgery was the only option. Dr. Godfrey and Dr. Weiss, then team doctors for the Buffalo Bills, would be my surgeons.
My parents were with me through the entire long, very scary, painful process. For two weeks before surgery, I was in traction to stretch my spine. The doctors put a heavy plaster halo on my head, where weights were attached, and a girdle around my hips, with more weights at the foot of the bed.
Surgery followed, and a Harrington rod was attached to my spine. I felt bionic! I had to remain on my back for an entire month. Many bedpans were spilled, which only added to my misery. Finally, I was allowed to get up. I was as weak as a kitten and very dizzy, but my Dad patiently helped me slowly walk down the hall. It was a relief to escape from my hospital room – I felt such victory.
Soon after, I was led into a large room and a very handsome young guy fit me with a body cast. Unfortunately for me, for vanity sake, I sucked in my belly a bit too much and when the plaster dried, I couldn't breathe. Cutting a hole in it didn't help, so the cast had to be redone. This time, I let it all hang out while my Mom and I laughed.
My stay at Children's had some enjoyable moments, especially when one of my many roommates popped wheelies in her wheelchair just for my enjoyment. I also was treated to a new food – dandelions. And to this day, Irish Spring soap reminds me of my hospital stay. Perhaps because I was bed-ridden so long, I needed this strong scent? The weekends were my favorite time because my siblings and their families visited.
Much to my delight, I left the hospital on Father's Day. Wearing the cast through the summer was a nasty, hot, itchy, uncomfortable nightmare. After six months, it was finally removed. I was shocked at the appearance of my back. It still looked the same, and I was heartbroken.
In my young mind, I thought the surgery was going to give me the perfect back I dreamed of. In reality the rods reduced the curvature, provided stability to the spinal fusion and stopped any further curvature, which was far more important than my insecurity. To this day, I still have back envy, but I have finally accepted my uniqueness because it defines who I am.
When I think back on my experience, I realize that I never could have gotten through it without all the love and support of my family. They all went above and beyond to make my terrifying journey a much easier ride. As poet George Santayana said: "The family is one of nature's masterpieces."


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I recently procured an interview with MMA media extraordinaire, Ariel Helwani, in one of the rare occasions that this high-profile MMA interviewer becomes the interviewee. He opened up on a broad gamut of MMA-related topics, and furthermore provided insight into both his personal life and personality.
The in-depth interview will be released in 3 parts exclusively on the UG over the forthcoming week. Part 1 encompasses multiple topics, previously unaddressed by Ariel, including his access-all-areas pass into the UFC, his relationship with Dana White, his policy towards fostering relationships with the fighters, his relationship with fellow MMA media members, the recent Matt Mitrione controversy and part of his philosophy towards interviewing. Enjoy, and thanks for taking the time to read.
Jonathan Shrager: Good evening Ariel from Manchester, England. Many thanks for taking the time to talk today. I've scoured the net to seek out any previous instances of you being interviewed, but I could only locate a handful. It appears you don't get interviewed too often?
Ariel Helwani: That's right. I actually don't like to do too many interviews because it's not about me. I want to be doing the interviews. I want to be asking the questions. I think people get the wrong impression if I'm out there constantly doing interviews. I've told my story a couple of times, but it's not about me, I didn't get into all this to be interviewed. I got into this to interview people, and therefore I don't necessarily feel comfortable giving too many interviews.
JS: Ah, that makes sense now. I was beginning to question my googling skills. Well, the few interviews thus far have predominantly addressed your entry into, and subsequent meteoric rise within, the MMA domain, so I'm mindful to avoid a futile exercise in regurgitation on your part. Consequently, I'm going to quiz you more on events in which you've been involved since becoming an integral figure within the MMA landscape. The sort of questions fans of the sport, and avid followers of your work, would probably enquire about over a beer in a bar.
AH: Oh yeah, ask me whatever you want, and I'll answer it however I want. You can go for anything.
JS: Ok, fantastic. You are invariably the first fresh-faced reporter backstage to greet the battered and bruised fighters minutes removed from their battles in the cage. What is the most gruesome injury or lesion you've witnessed up-close-and personal backstage at a UFC event?
AH: The most gruesome injury. That's a tough one. If the fighters sustain an injury, they won't come to the media directly. There are a few channels they must pass through upon returning through the backstage curtain. They must first undergo a medical, something you've most likely seen during a Dana White vlog. Then, they'll either come to us on the 'Fuel TV' set, or they'll head to the photography set. So, sometimes I won't see the fighters for a considerable amount of time following their fights, by which time they've invariably been tended to by the medical staff, or have been advised to visit the hospital. Hence, by the time I gain access to a fighter, they're generally in pretty good shape. Granted, there might be a few cuts and blood visible, but nothing that I would classify as "gruesome." Jon Jones was all bandaged up by the time he returned backstage on Saturday (following UFC 159.)
I may digress a little here, but what I enjoy most about being backstage is that you get to witness a whole other side of the proceedings that the viewer at home, or in the arena, doesn't have the chance to see. It's a birds-eye view of the action. I vividly recall Fedor pacing up and down like a caged animal prior to his bout with Brett Rogers. Anderson Silva warming up before the Stephan Bonnar fight. GSP and Nick Diaz moments prior to their encounter. They are truly fascinating sights, and it's a privilege to be able to experience it. You also see a lot of emotions. I remember going to interview King Mo following his victory over Mousassi, and he couldn't stand. He was lying down in his locker room, he had just won the title and he was overcome with emotion. I love that part of it, and I feel so lucky to be in a position to witness it all. So, to bring it back to the original question, when I think of being backstage, I don't think about the injuries, I think about those moments.
JS: You are living the dream my friend. Moving on, how would you characterize your relationship with Dana? It's a widely-debated topic amongst MMA fans given the unprecedented level of access you seem to have to the UFC's head honcho. In a past CP interview, you've stated "Dana and I, we aren't best buds, we don't go and get coffee." However, this was a while back, has this changed at all?
AH: Well actually we go and get coffee every morning. Haha, no, I'm just kidding. I'd say the relationship has really remained the same throughout, and that's pretty amazing. I feel like Dana treats me the same as when I first met him, and I give him a lot of credit for that, because when I first met him, nobody, including the fighters, the PR team or the fans knew who I was. Dana meets a lot of people, and he really treated me with a lot of respect as an interviewer and journalist. Today, we may have our moments here and there, but I don't expect it to always be hunky-dory and rosy, we're both coming at things from different angles, and we have different opinions. He may have an opinion of what I'm supposed to be doing, and I may ask questions that tick him off etc etc, but for the most part I cannot complain. He's been really generous with his time to me especially, probably more so than anyone as of late, because of the all interview requests he receives. As far as our relationship is concerned, when you talk about the most powerful man, most powerful non-fighter, most powerful promoter in the sport, I really cannot complain about the relationship that I have with him.
JS: So you would consider the relationship more professional than personal?
AH: It's a professional relationship. The only times I talk to Dana are the times that you see. We will text about certain things, if I'm trying to get a story or confirmation, or I'm digging around for something, but we don't talk about personal life. There's this misconception I think that sometimes I fly too close to the sun, but it's very unfounded in my opinion. Based on what? Based on the fact that he gives me interviews? Based on the fact that I break stories here and there? I like to think it's because I do a great job and he respects that. You know, I'm trying to work to get that stuff. But I have a lot of respect for him, I hope he has respect for me, and that's pretty much it. We don't get coffee together, or hang out, or do anything on a social level.
And by the way, just to point out, that's the same for me and everyone in this sport. I feel like my relationship with Dana is no different to my relationship with Fighter X or Promoter Y. I made a conscious effort to do that. You don't really see me going out, or hanging out with fighters. I don't think I should be doing that. Unless it's for work. But on a social level, you can check my phone. You can check my voicemails. I think it's important to foster a good, respectful relationship with the people you cover, but to not cross the line. So my approach to how I handle things with Dana is no different to how I handle things with everyone in this sport.
JS: That seems a sound policy, Ariel. From my short period covering the sport, I remember fostering a good relationship with certain UK fighters, in particular Tom "Kong" Watson and Rob "C4" Sinclair, through conducting numerous extended interviews on the phone. Perhaps though, I'd cross the line by becoming emotionally-invested in fighters I'd cover.
AH: Well, fostering good relationships is a huge part of it. People tell you things in confidence, and then trust you not to go behind their back with information exchanged during off-the-record conversations. So, I have to forge positive relationships with people, no doubt about it, but you can't cross the line. I absolutely am able to gain access to certain fighters and opportunities owing to the relationships I've cultivated with MMA luminaries. But in what other line of work can you receive good opportunities without having good relationships? You can't betray people, and then still expect to be offered opportunities. All fighters have a choice whether to give you their time. Whenever I'm filming an episode of the MMAHour, or talking to people at events, essentially I'm asking for their time. So, in order to receive it, they must trust me.
JS: Yes, that's a valid point. Ok, in light of that answer, I'm pretty sure I know the response to the following question, but I'll ask anyway. Has there ever been any fighter who you have fostered a particularly close relationship with away from the sport? Someone who you'd go for a meal with for example, or go for a beer with?
AH: Well, first off, I don't drink, just because I don't really enjoy it. I may have a drink once a year. I make a conscious effort to be on my best behavior when I'm covering the events, because that's important, and sometimes you can lose sight of it because it's very exciting to be in attendance at the events, you meet a lot of interesting people, but you have to remember why you're there and keep your eye on the prize. Now, do I have better relationships with some fighters, some promoters, some managers than others? Absolutely. That's just a way of life. I mean people will know from my show, that there are guests who feature more regularly, there are people with whom I have a better rapport. But nobody that I hang around with. If you ever see me at the fights, I'm usually either alone or with other reporters. That's just my approach. I don't try to cross the line.
JS: That's fair enough. I guess it was a picture you recently tweeted of Mike Ricci devouring a McDonald's post UFC-158 that prompted my questions regarding your relationships with fighters. I misconstrued the photo, thinking that perhaps you had snapped the image personally.
AH: No, that wasn't me. Mike Ricci took the picture and sent it to me in reference to a conversation we'd had the week prior on the MMAHour about his love for McDonald's. My response at the time was that I couldn't understand how a high-level athlete could eat that food. He subsequently offered to take me for a McDonald's, and that's why he'll have sent me the photo. I was actually sleeping when he sent that photo.
JS: Haha, I'd love to see a video of you interviewing Mike Ricci, and being force-fed McDonald's. Coincidentally, a friend of mine knows the longtime girlfriend of GSP, and apparently his favourite post-fight meal is also McDonald's, if you weren't already aware. Maybe there's something in this; maybe Mike's eating McDonald's as an aspiring Canadian champion, like Georges.
AH: Haha, yeah. Obviously, they have better cardio, workout habits, metabolism and drive than us common folk, but I still don't understand; if your body is your temple, why would you put that stuff in there? I mean, I'm just a normal guy trying to live. I don't use my body to make a living per se, and I'm afraid of eating that stuff. Hey, I guess that's what makes athletes so special.
JS: Whilst your reporting role presupposes a certain level of impartiality, as a proud Canadian, do you have a soft spot for your native Canadian fighters?
AH: Honestly, and I'm not just giving BS answers…No. I've been living in the US since 2001, so 12 years, almost half my life as I'm 30. I consider New York to be my home as much as Montreal. My son is American, and I'm currently working on getting him his dual citizenship. I love Canada, first and foremost, I'm Canadian, and very proudly so. If Canada ever competes versus the United States at a sport, I'm probably rooting for Canada. But I love MMA because it's about the characters, it's about the people. There could be a guy from England fighting a guy from Japan, and I truly don't care where a fighter is from. Growing up as a fan of the sport, I just liked who I liked. There are some Canadians I don't care for, and some Americans I don't care for. Vice versa, there are some Canadians I really like, and Americans I really like. So it doesn't affect if I'm pulling for someone.
JS: You previously alluded to socializing at UFC events with your media peers. Which ones in particular would you tend to spend time with?
AH: In MMA media, you tend to stick around with the people that you work with, simply because there's a common bond there, you might not get to see them that often, but you're regularly in contact over email. So there's that team atmosphere, that camaraderie. Within MMA media, I'd say I'm closest with Mike Chiapetta, because I feel like we've been through this together, arriving a month apart at FanHouse over at AOL back in 2009, which subsequently turned into MMA Fighting.
There are a couple of other guys on the team that I really like, but I just don't get to see them that often. Shaun Al-Shatti, it was great to see him in Seattle, the one show we've attended together. I've seen both Dave Doyle and Dave Meltzer recently. I don't get to see Luke Thomas very often. In fact, I don't think we've ever attended a show together. I also hang out with Casey, who is my cameraman/editor, and his fiancée Esther Lin from All Elbows. I've been working with them since 2009, I consider Casey my right-hand man. If it wasn't for him, I don't think I'd be as successful as I am. He does half the work, and we've travelled the globe together, from Australia, to Abu Dhabi, to England, to Japan and everywhere in between. In the US, we went to the Olympics together. We've done a lot together, and I appreciate his friendship.
JS: That makes sense. Moving onto another topic, namely the recent Matt Mitrione controversy. Firstly, is the "Mitrione Minute" now firmly a thing of the past?
AH: Well, you know, it kind of was already. We did it quite a while ago, and I reached out to him following his fight in Sweden. The "Mitrione Minute" came about many moons ago, when Matt first appeared on the show prior to his UFC-119 fight vs Joey Beltran. During the interview, Matt started to ask me questions, which was cool. He has a great personality, and we had a good rapport. That was back in the day the show lasted around 60-90 minutes, and I thought it'd be fun to have a reappearing character, who's witty and has a unique brand of humour, to regularly give us their topical take on the MMA world. And of course, because my show is called The MMAHour, but actually lasts a lot longer, it'd be funny to call it the "Mitrione Minute" since his segment would always exceed a minute.
It got a positive reception, because it was a way of seeing an MMA fighter in a different light, and there was period of time he was appearing almost on a weekly basis. Then, he began to appear progressively less; he had a lot of things going on, he was injured, he wasn't winning fights, so it began to make less sense. After his fight against Phil de Fries, we asked him to come on the show, and he informed me that he had "A Minute" prepared, which sounded fun. Obviously, you know what ensued. Afterwards, I realized that the show has grown up to the point where we aren't going to do something like that every week. However, if Matt wanted to do a minute, I think it'd be fun to do it on one of the show's anniversaries, the 5th year or 200th episode, for example. So, I'd bring him back, no problem. But obviously, I'd hope we wouldn't cross the line and upset people, because that's not what the show's about. You may agree with him, or disagree with him, or whatever, but I don't want to upset people. Sometimes, if he doesn't toe the line, it can put me in an awkward spot, because the whole point of the minute was for him to voice his monologue. I effectively became a member of the audience, like the listeners back at home. I didn't want to interject. But, am I banning him from the show? No. Is the "Mitrione Minute" done? Well, it kind of returns to where it used to be, when we only used to do one sporadically. But, sure, it could return.
Now, Sean McCorkle tried to do it also with the "McCorkle Minute," but I thought his last appearance was really bad, and he keeps harassing me to bring him back. But, it just wasn't funny, and that was the case with the last "Mitrione Minute," and I've said this to Matt. Even the stuff before the Fallon Fox excerpt wasn't funny, and it used to be funny. If you want to come on the show, you've got to step up your game.
JS: You seem like the sort of bloke who likes to iron out any potential issues and air your feelings, hence expressing your opinions re the Mitrione suspension on the subsequent MMAHour. However, do you take any responsibility for allowing the interview to continue when it was approaching controversial waters?
AH: No, not at all, because people say controversial things. So, if someone comes on my show, and accuses somebody else of doing this or that, it's not my job to stop them. I can ask them questions based on their comments, but they wanna say what they want to say. I'm giving them the microphone, it's their time. They've been invited on the show.
Let's take it to the most personal level. If someone goes out and starts spewing anti-Semitic remarks, I'll still ask them questions, we'll still go back-and-forth, and then we'll say goodbye. If it escalates to a point where it's completely out of control, with somebody yelling and swearing, then of course I'd intervene. But it never got to that with Matt. I asked him a couple of follow-up questions, he said what he had to say, and then that was it. So I wanted to explain to the listeners/viewers my feelings on the matter, as I was very torn afterwards, wondering to myself whether I should have said something, or whether I was right to not interject. My Bob Arum interview, in which I intervened at times, received a lot of positive feedback, but in hindsight I actually thought it was unprofessional because it's not my place interrupt and voice my opinion, or debate with somebody when I'm interviewing them. I don't think people understand that.
Back in the day, Dana commented on Fedor during one of our interviews, and people questioned why I didn't stick up for him. Well, that's not my place. It's not what I do. People have gotten mad at me for what other people have said during interviews. Why are you getting mad at me? I just ask the questions, and the interviewee can answer it however he wants. And that's how I view the Mitrione incident. I also wanted to say sorry to anyone who was offended by it, because it did happen on my show. But, as far as how it was handled at our end, I don't think we did anything wrong. I saw some people at the (pre-UFC 159) Q&A claim that I got him in trouble, but I don't know how that's possible, as I didn't even ask him about the Fallon Fox matter. Some people are going to say whatever they're going to say.
JS: Your point here reminds me of the infamous Chael Sonnen interview, following which hardcore Pride fans criticized your lack of contention to inferences from Chael that certain Pride fights were fixed. I can empathise, having interviewed some really strong personalities, such as Paul Daley, that a fighter's directness and candor can often take you aback as an interviewer.
AH: Yes, it's true. But also, who am I to disagree with him? If that's what he believes, that's what he believes. And I'm asking him for the interview, so I've no responsibility to stick up for anyone, except myself. If someone's going to come at me and accuse me of something, then I think I should stick up for myself. Or my family, of course. But other than that, everyone can say whatever they want in my opinion.
JS: That's fair enough. Have you had any subsequent contact with Matt since his suspension? Are you guys cool?
AH: I have. I've talked to him a couple times, and he's moved on. He has a fight booked already against Brendan Schaub. And we're cool. We were never not cool. He's totally fine with me, and there are no problems. The fact that he got the fight so quickly probably made it easier for Matt to move on past the episode.
This is the first in a 3-part interview with Señor Helwani. Look out for Part 2 on the UG this Friday, in which Ariel discusses some of his most fascinating interviews, including Bob Sapp, the Mayhem Miller "Lucky Patrick" incident, and Nick Diaz, the evolution of Chael Sonnen's persona, he responds to those who claim he's an "instigator", how his WWE background translates into the MMA milieu, and instances in which he's played the role of unofficial matchmaker.


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BUNKER HILL - When Brianna Caison moved from Warren County, Va., after playing two years of softball for the Wildcats in 2011, it did not take her long to get acquainted with the Musselman Applemen softball players, who were coming off of a state tournament appearance in 2010.
One player in particular she came into contact with was Nikki Dusing.
"It was not hard for me to build chemistry with the players because the girls were nice, and I had played with Nikki over the summer," Caison said of her arrival. "What was hard was going from a small school to a bigger school."
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"Brianna and I have only known each other for two years, starting with playing together for the West Virginia Shockers travel team," said Dusing, a four-year starter for the Applemen. "I had no idea what she was going to bring to the table for us, but she has changed my outlook on the game.
"I have progressed ever since I was a freshman, but Brianna's attitude of wanting to have fun and win was a spark for us."
The bond between Dusing and Caison grew over the last couple of years as both have chosen to play softball at the next level with the Glenville State Pioneers.
Dusing had the interest of Marshall, Alderson-Broaddus, West Virginia Wesleyan, and Shenandoah, while Caison had Concord as a school interested in recruiting her. Both Dusing and Caison also had caught Shepherd's eye, but both players chose Glenville because it felt right.
"After visiting Glenville, there was no way I could turn it down," Caison said. "It just reminded me of being back at home."
"It's small, and people around were friendly and willing to talk, and I did not know who they were," Dusing said. "It felt very much like home, and it was where I felt I belonged."
Both Dusing and Caison said Pioneers coach Mandy Sansbury was like their current coach, Shannon DeMasi.
"Coach DeMasi is like a second mom to us, and coach Sansbury is the same way," Caison said. "When we had lunch with the team, she asked the players things about more than just school and softball.
"That made things easier and more comfortable, and playing with Nikki will make it even more like home for me."
Playing catcher at a very young age, Dusing will continue to command the game from behind the plate for the Pioneers, while Caison will have more flexibility as to where she might play at the next level.
"I asked coach Sansbury where I might see playing time, and she said behind the plate," Dusing said.
"I have always played there, and the speed of the game will be a challenge back there, but I feel I can succeed playing there."
"I can't really say where I am going to play," said Caison, who has played first and shortstop for the Applemen. "Wherever I am going to play on the field, I know that I am going to do my best at it."
Not only will Dusing and Caison be sharing a field together, but they will also have the possibility of being in the same classroom.
Both will be biology majors with different goals in mind, but each plan to be in the medical field.
Caison will minor in psychology to go with her biology major, with plans to be a neurosurgeon.
"I have always wanted to be in the medical field ever since I was eight," Caison said. "I enjoyed cutting things open in anatomy class, and taking AP Psychology helped get me interested in that area.
"I also feel that psychology goes hand in hand with neurosurgery."
Dusing wants to go be a technician involving magnetic resonance imaging.
"I mostly want to deal with athletes who have had injuries," Dusing said. "I also feel that this is a cool area to go into because you can see the tears in someone's leg or foot, and learn the best way to help them heal."
Dusing has chosen to take on a second major in athletic coaching, and has gained some experience in doing so with a Little League softball team, where she finished her season 3-2 with the South Berkeley 9-10 All-Stars.
"I want to coach high school softball," Dusing said. "With my experience as a catcher, I have learned to see everything on the field, so being able to coach the other positions is not going to be as difficult."


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