I began my Sinclair Community College journey in the fall of 2006. It all ends in mid-June. I love Sinclair because it represented a rebirth for me. I am 34 years old. I enrolled at Sinclair after spending more than a decade of my life jumping from one dead-end job to another. When I began this journey, I was at possibly the lowest point of my life. Sinclair gave me hope. I have learned so much in the past few years. Here are a few simple rules that I know will go with me after I leave here. [Read... [Read more...]

Dear staff, I am a very lucky guy. I have had the good fortune of working with the most talented college newspaper staff ever assembled. Just because I am biased, does not make it untrue. I have worked for the Clarion for the last 20 months and as it all comes to a close, I wanted to take moment – a very public moment – to thank you for all your hard work and effort since we started. Dennis Hitzeman was in every Journalism class I took at Sinclair Community College and started working... [Read more...]

One of my favorite Motown songs is the Rare Earth classic “I Just Want to Celebrate.” The crux of the song basically revolves around the singer wanting to celebrate just being alive. That song could not be written today because reasons to celebrate – beyond being alive – exist everyday. [Read more...]  Read More →

Sinclair Community College students wanting to give to their university now have an avenue to do so. Students Support Sinclair – or S cubed – is a new initiative under the Advancement division that looks to encourage students to donate money to the college. “We are trying to create a culture of student philanthropy on campus,” said Alumni Affairs manager Karen Usrey. Tough economic times might make it hard to convince people to give, but even small donations can have a big... [Read more...]

A brief history lesson… The world of medicine used to be very different. Today, we go to a doctor, get a prescription and go to a pharmacy. In days of yore, medicine was a much more vague term. Opium – the narcotic used to produce heroin – was once seen as a cure all and was used to treat everything from headaches to crying babies. In days of yore, medicine peddlers would wheel their carts into town selling all sorts of makeshift remedies. They often made exaggerated claims about... [Read more...]

Katelyn Raney recently brought home two silver medals from the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus on March 8. Raney takes classes at Sinclair and hopes to some day be a veterinarian. Sinclair Community College student Katelyn Raney used to be a dancer. She took ballet, tap and jazz dance, but time constraints became a problem. “It came to a point that I couldn’t do all three, so I decided not to dance anymore,” Raney said. [Read more...]  Read More →