The College will conduct a fire drill for 13 of its buildings on Thursday, Oct. 1. The residence halls and academic houses will not be included in this exercise, but will have separate drills in the coming weeks. The drills on Thursday will be staggered over a two-hour period as follows:

• 2:00 p.m.— Old Main, Kroehler Science Center
• 2:15 p.m.— Meiley-Swallow Hall
• 2:30 p.m.— Pfeiffer Hall, Carnegie Hall
• 2:45 p.m.— White Activities Center, Larrance Academic Center
• 3:00 p.m.— Kiekhofer Hall, Oesterle Library
• 3:15 p.m.— Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center
• 3:30 p.m.— Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, Merner Field House
• 3:45 p.m.— Goldspohn Hall

When each building alarm has sounded, people will need to immediately evacuate the building using the stairs and go to the designated evacuation area. This location is posted in each classroom and building. Evacuation will take approximately two minutes. Faculty are asked to keep students together and staff supervisors to keep staff together so the building drill leader can colletct the names of everyone in the evacuation area. Once the fire department has checked the building, an all-clear announcement will be made and everyone can return to your building.

Cardinal fans can catch the latest sports news and highlights at www.youtube.com/northcentralsports, a North Central YouTube page dedicated to two video sports programs, “The Cardinal Report” and “The Red Zone.” You can view recent and past shows by selecting “see all” on the right-hand side under Uploads.

“The Cardinal Report” is a weekly show, hosted by NCTV’s Will Armistead, that features one sports team each week and interviews its coaches and athletes. “The Red Zone” covers Cardinals games and is hosted by Jeff Mahoney. Produced by NCTV17 in partnership with North Central College, “The Red Zone” features interviews, highlights, player profiles, recaps of previous week’s games and previews of upcoming games. If you’re a Cardinals fan, you’ll want to bookmark www.youtube.com/northcentralsports.

You can also view all the video programs on the athletics website: http://northcentralcardinals.com.

Res/Rec Center

The October issue of Naperville Magazine features the North Central College football team on its cover, part of the feature, “Fall, Football & Fun.” Inside, the magazine features a spread on the Res/Rec Center, “Total Gym, Totally Home.”

Click on the links to view online versions of the stories.

North Central students are joining thousands of students statewide to speak out about the recent State of Illinois cuts in funding for the student aid need-based Monetary Award Program (MAP). The program was cut by nearly $200 million this year. Approximately 140,000 eligible students statewide will not receive any financial aid from the program in January unless legislators restore the $200 million they cut.

This week, members of the Academic Life Committee of North Central’s Student Governing Association (SGA) are helping students write their state legislators. They’ve set up computer stations in the lobby of the White Activities Center (WAC) and Kaufman Dining Hall to assist students in identifying and emailing their state legislators a form letter right from the computer station. SGA members will be on hand each day in WAC from noon to 2 p.m. and in Kaufman Monday and Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Jennie Baron ’11, SGA’s academic life officer, is organizing the letter-writing campaign. “We want students to know they have a voice and can make a difference if they speak up. This MAP cut is a huge thing, especially for anyone who relies on funding for their education,” she says.

Gov. Quinn will host a town hall meeting where students with MAP awards will have an opportunity to testify on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the University of Illinois Chicago. Justin Lynch ’11 and Laurie Hamen, vice president for enrollment management, athletics and student affairs, will join several hundred students and college faculty and administrators at the meeting. Lynch is a MAP grant recipient whose funding is in jeopardy; he’s also an academic life senator with SGA.

For more information contact Baron at jvbaron@noctrl.edu, or Joe Wilmarth Tyna, student affairs specialist and SGA advisor, at jpwilmarthtyna@noctrl.edu.

Unleashing an offensive barrage not seen from its program in a half-century, the North Central College football team completed a two-game blitzkrieg of a home stand on Sept. 26, overwhelming the Olivet College (Mich.) Comets, 69-18, at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium. More

Ramona Wis, Mimi Rolland Professor in the Fine Arts and professor and chair of music, was a featured presenter at the GALA Choruses Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 4, presenting all-day, in-depth institutes on leadership to artistic directors and conductors from around the country. On Sept. 2, she also presented an in-service workshop on leadership to District 125 K-12 music educators in Lincolnshire, IL.

John Madormo, assistant professor of broadcast communication and general manager of WONC-FM 89.1, took second place in the Comedy Division at the Chicago Screenwriters Network 2009 Midwest Screenwriting Contest for his screenplay, a comedy titled The Boys’ Club.  It also reached the Semi-Finals of the 2009 Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition. The Boys’ Club is about five retired widowers who meet each day for coffee, doughnuts and an endless discussion of minutia. When one of them passes away, leaving the others a quarter of a million dollars, they devise a plan to protect their riches from greedy relatives and nursing home administrators. They decide to spend it, and fast. The answer?  Vegas road trip!

Gloria Gaynor

The College’s 2009-2010 fine and performing arts season is underway. Featuring “Chicago-style entertainment at suburban prices,” some of the upcoming shows include Herb Alpert and Lani Hall on Sept. 27, Gloria Gaynor on Oct. 3, Elizabeth Futral Oct. 4, Chicago Tap Theatre Oct. 9, and many more. Be sure to visit the fine arts website regularly for the latest news on classical, jazz and contemporary music performances, as well as dance and theatre productions. To ensure your seat, reserve your ticket in advance.

Special pricing to selected performances will be offered again this year to faculty, staff and students; look for future emails with details. For tickets and more information contact the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469).

On Sunday, Sept. 27, North Central College will host a forensics tournament that’s part of the Mid-America Forensics League. Several universities and colleges will compete, including North Central. Awards will be given to the top six people in each of 11 different competitive events; some of the 11 events have more than 40 students competing. Ten students from North Central will participate.

In an effort to save some trees and dollars, the athletics department and sports information have teamed up to convert their print media guides to online publications. The 2009 Football Media Guide is the first to go online and can be viewed at www.sidearmdmg.com/ncentral/football. The other fall sports guides will be live soon.