by CANDACE FORBES
One Longview student has been working toward his dream by studying aviation. He has completed 32 hours of flying, and next fall he’ll be at CMSU to enter its aviation degree program. Almoghrabi hopes to eventually get his commercial license but he’ll first have to acquire private pilot, instrument and instruction licenses.
Almoghrabi is a Muslim from Amman, Jordan. He’s been a U.S. citizen for three years and lives with family in Kansas City. He loves it here and doesn’t plan to go back.
Almoghrabi feels that the acts of September 11 are wrong and not condoned by his religion. He also feels that the terrorist acts were not committed because of holy war. He says, according to his faith, that a holy war is a war to protect a religion and that in war it is wrong to kill elderly people, women, kids and innocent bystanders. He expressed concern about another attack on America.
“If something happens to this country, it happens to me,” he said. “It’s a no-win situation.”
Things aren’t all bad. Almoghrabi feels good about the extra police officers patrolling his neighborhood and the message that President Bush is sending–out that all Muslims are not terrorists. In the aftermath of the attack, he is now worried about his semester next fall at CMSU. He hears lots of jokes from people who know him about becoming a pilot right now.
That won’t stop him, though. Alaa Almoghrabi plans to overcome any obstacles in his path to achieve his goal.
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by CANDACE FORBES
The end of innocence is a very special time for children. Losing innocence changes a child’s view of life forever. It is often a time when they learn about responsibility, true friendship and life’s complexity.
Nothing better illustrates this than the captivating movie Hearts in Atlantis. In the film Bobby Garfield (Anton Yelchin) is an eleven-year-old boy who lives with his widowed mother. He meets Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins), who moves in upstairs from him. Bobby gets a library card from his mother instead of a longed-for bicycle and Ted offers Bobby a dollar a week to read the newspaper to him so Bobby can save to get his bike. During this time the two grow and form special relationship. Bobby soon learns that Ted has a lot of wisdom about life and he even knows a little about Bobby’s deceased father.
Based on the book by Stephen King, Hearts has a magical feeling of being a child again. Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin have a certain on-screen chemistry that makes them mystical. Hopkins gives a spellbinding performance that shows how talented he truly is. It is always a good to see an actor who has a resume as extended as Hopkins’ and can make every role believable without regard for the previous characters he has played. Overall Hearts in Atlantis is a beautiful and soothing movie that is a definite must-see.
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Lindquist hopes to acquaint herself with Longview students via open-door policy
by CANDACE FORBES
There is a new woman on campus–Dr. Elizabeth Ann Lindquist, the new dean of instruction.
Lindquist comes to Longview from Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, MI, where she served as dean in the Arts and Science Division from 1997 until the summer of 2001. Lindquist also spent 22 years of her career at El Paso County Community College in El Paso, Texas as a history instructor, an assistant to the president and as coordinator for student leadership. She has doctorate and master’s degrees in history and a bachelor’s in history and French from the University of Kansas.
Lindquist said that her first impression of Longview was “outstanding, beautiful and a perfect environment.” She said she wants to “build on the tradition of excellence in the transfer, occupational and community service programs.”
The dean’s immediate plans are to get to know the faculty, staff and students and to attend student and sports events.
In addition to getting out and meeting everyone, Lindquist has a full plate as the new dean. She handles payroll, accreditation and curriculum development, just to begin.
Along with a committee of others, the dean of instruction decides what courses are offered and at what times. This is determined by factors such as student needs, balancing time needs for the districts and students, having programs that begin and end in a timely manner and to meeting student expectations.
Lindquist is open to suggestions for what classes students would to see offered and would like to hear from students. She defines “dean” as a “position advocate for faculty and student needs that translates plans and goals of the executives and to articulate the needs of the students and faculty to the president.”
Dr. Elizabeth Lindquist would like students to know that her door is open, she said.
“Don’t be shy.”
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December 7, 2001
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