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Community college is often viewed as a stepping-stone for prospective students, whether their intention is to attend a full-time university or pursue a career after graduation. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, over 7.7 million students were enrolled at the 1,132 community colleges across the nation in fall 2012. Community college allows for an affordable education and flexibility of class schedules, and often students work full-time in addition to classes. Several celebrities chose to walk the community college path before galloping into Hollywood and achieving worldwide fame.

Here are our top 6, in reverse order:

tence. He went on to become a pivotal member of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” From there, it was just a matter of time before his live standup album was nominated for a Grammy. Murphy started appearing on the big screen with his role in “48 hours,” “Beverly Hills Cop I” and “II,” and a number of other films throughout the years.

5 . Q u e e n L a t i fa h Queen Latifah, born Dana Elaine Owens, was the first feHalle Berry male rapper to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was dubbed “Latifah” by a family friend; the nickname means “delicate and sensitive” in Arabic. The musically inclined child began singing with her church, then in school, and eventually formed the all-female group Ladies Fresh with two of her friends. Her singing drew the attenGeorge Lucas tion of the music industry, and it wasn’t long before she was signed to a label and released her first sinbroadcasting. Once she had established gle. Her career took off after that, but not herself in the music industry, Queen Latbefore she enrolled at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for continued on page 2

Our top six big names who saw their local campus as a stepping stone.

6 . E d d i e Mur p h y Brooklyn-born Eddie Murphy has been making people laugh since he was just a kid, developing comedy routines as early as his high school days. While he knew even then that his mission in life was to bring smiles to people’s faces through his comedy, he brought a smile to his mother’s face when he enrolled at Nassau Community College at her insis-

How to do well on your final exams

Ma ri e F r an k s on Campus News

December is here and that means final exams are right around the corner. If you’re like most college students, you’re starting to feel stressed out. Fear not, I have some tips for you for passing your final exams.

Planning is key: Take a few minutes out of your day to make a list of everything you need to do — from personal maintenance (eye brow waxing, haircut, teeth whitening, doctor’s appointment, etc.) to household chores to everything school-related (papers due, studying, test dates, etc.)

In these last few days, time can slip away from you, so it’s important to plan ahead and keep track of everything.

Get plenty of sleep: Finals week is the time when a lot of college students think they can forgo sleep for studying, but that’s not the case. If your body’s not well-rested, then neither is your brain, and you can’t expect to operate at 100% come test day. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and avoid all-night cram sessions.

Set r easonable ex pec tations: You can’t study non-stop until finals week is over; you have to be able to take breaks and recuperate, too. Be realistic when it comes to setting your expectations — study for an hour or two, not five or more; and then do something else, like eat, take a nap, and even spend some time with friends. You’ll still get the study time, and you’ll keep your sanity intact. c o n t i n u ed o n p ag e 1 6

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ifah began producing other artists before moving on to star in movies such as “Jungle Fever” and “Juice,” as well as on television, starring in the sitcom “Living Single.” She’s also managed to release both an autobiography and a children’s book about promoting selfrespect.

4. G e o rg e L u c a s Known best for his film series “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones,” George Lucas has become a name synonymous with success. As a child, the California native had intended on pursuing his dream of racecar driving; the dream was sidelined after horrific car accident that occurred just days shy of his high school graduation, and woke him up to filmmaking instead. He attended Modesto Junior College to study anthropology before moving on to the University of Southern California’s filmmaking school. The release of his film “American Graffiti” in 1973 earned five Academy Award nominations, including one for Lucas as Best Director. His films after that became blockbuster hits, despite time-consuming projects which often overlapped. In the early 1990s, Lucas began the

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George Lucas Educational Foundation, which promotes education reform, and still serves as chairman of the foundation today.

3. H a l l e B e rr y As a child, Halle Berry knew she wanted to be in the entertainment industry. She competed in several beauty pageants in the 1980s, winning titles of Miss Teen Ohio and Miss Teen America before placing second in the 1985 Miss USA pageant. After this, she enrolled at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio to study journalism. Berry then moved to New York, where she got into modeling before launching into an acting career. She became the first African-American to win the Best Actress Oscar for her role in “Monster’s Ball,” and went on to star in several big-screen blockbusters. At nearly $14 million per movie, Berry has become one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry.

2 . A r n o l d S c h w a r z e n eg g er Long before Arnold Schwarzenegger’s rise to fame in the bodybuilding world, movie industry, or politics, the Austria-born actor enrolled in Santa

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Monica College in California to take classes in the early 1970s. Although it was bodybuilding that facilitated Schwarzenegger’s move from Austria to the United States, he understood the value of an education. After earning his associate’s degree from Santa Monica College, he eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in Queen Latifah business and international economics from The University of Wisconsin – Superior. He launched into Hollywood fame soon after that, staring in “The Terminator” and several other box office hits before becoming Governor of California in 2003.

industry. Hanks went on to star in several blockbuster movies, including “Big,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Forrest Gump,” and “Philadelphia,” the latter two movies winning him Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role in back-toback years.

1 . T o m H a nk s It was at Chabot College in Hayward, California that Tom Hanks initially studied theater. He began his acting career playing George in a school production of “Our Town.” After spending two years at Chabot, Hanks went on to attend California State University in Sacramento, California. He put his studies on pause when an internship for the Midwest theater festival was presented to him, which then launched Arnold Schwarzenegger his career in the film

Nassau CC football goes undefeated into December

Laura LaVacca Campus News

Playing a sport at a community college may be surprising to some.

Smaller crowds. Less school spirit. Not as much notoriety. But for many, a love for the game and a vision of playing for a larger school is the motivation to use community college sports as a stepping stone to something larger.

A notable local community college, Nassau Community College located in Garden City, NY, has athletics teams that are nationally recognized.

The college houses over twenty intercollegiate athletic teams and competes in the Region XV Conference as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). One such team is the Nassau Community College Football team — the Lions.

This year, the football team is made up of ninety-nine players who hail from all over the United States.

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Poll. They will play Scottsdale in the Valley of the Sun Bowl Dec. 6.

“I came to Nassau to play because of the high football recognition they have,” Jalen Burgess, cornerback from Columbus, GA, explains.

“I play football for NCC because of the exposure they get from 4-year schools,” states Chicago native, offensive tackle Chris Hawkins.

Keyon Pippen, defensive end from North Carolina piggybacks, “I play football at NCC because it’s the best junior college in the country and coming here is my best chance of getting a scholarship to a bigger Division-I university.”

Like most players, such athletes look at their time at a junior college as a stepping stone for transferring to a larger college or university. Nassau is known for offering student-athletes the opportunity to develop both academically and athletically. The coaches strive to help students perform better in the classroom, get their grades up and move on to D- I schools. Recent recruits include Brian Baldinger,

Duke; Bob DeSantis, Cornell and Mike Minter, Georgia Tech.In addition, head coach Joe Osovet was named the 2014 Northeast Football Conference Coach of the year.

“I’ve had a chance to prove myself and it’s only going to get better next year,” Pippen adds.

Playing at a community college does have other perks such as meeting new people, “I’m happy playing for a community college because you meet different people from everywhere all over the US,” Gabriel Moultrie explains but quickly amends “but I am hopeful that I will move on to a D1 school so I can get solid playing time…and eat for free!”

Moultrie has seemed to hit a cord and verbal-

ized the common gripe his team shares about community college football, as they all cry, “We need a meal plan!”

Try and catch the Lions before their season commences. They are undefeated and put on a great show. Grab a seat, a hot pretzel and sit in the stands. And if you’re feeling generous, buy an extra for the team…they’re hungry.

Culture shock or not: How to handle the change in grading when you’re at a new college

Julianne Mosher Campus News

The end of the semester is near, and you’re itching to get your latest report card. Some of you may be freshmen, some may be transfers and some may be super-seniors who have seen 10 different report cards in your college lifetime. Despite what you may be dealing with, the day the report card is released is one that can be anxiously terrifying.

There is often a stigma that many transfer college students have in which they feel that their time at community college was easy compared to when they moved to a four-year university.

“My grades in community college gave me confidence that I could actually do well in college,” Patricia Soberano, a junior at Stony Brook University, said. “Here, I’m struggling to keep the motivation to keep on going, but now I’m in too deep to give up.”

Soberano, like some students, excelled at their time in community college. The journalism major, dance minor said that she left Queensborough Community College with a 3.5 GPA but received a 2.3 GPA at the end of her first semester at Stony Brook University.

“I had to adapt to Stony Brook – not only academically but living situation wise,” she said. “I dorm. When you’re home you only have to worry about school and home life. When you dorm, you have to worry about that on top of a new social playground, the responsibility of taxing yourself mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically.”

Her transfer from living at home and attending a small college was a change. “The transition was one that I wasn’t ready for and there’s no way anyone could really be ready for,” she said. “High school was a joke and community college was a warm-up for all of this.

“One slip and you can be kicked out of your major,” she added.

Holly Lavelli and Chiara DeRiso felt the same way when they transferred from one State University of New York to another.

DeRiso is currently a junior at Stony Brook University but originally attended SUNY Cortland for psychology when she graduated from high school. She says that certain life events made her want to change her major and essentially transfer to Stony Brook University to study health science.

“At Cortland, I had an easy 3.36 GPA with minimum effort and at Stony Brook, I’m at like, a 2.8,” she says.

“I was pretty disappointed. I worked twice as hard here than I ever did at Cortland,” she added. “I should’ve stayed with psych, it would’ve been easier.”

Lavelli, also a health science major at Stony Brook University, had a similar situation. She began her education at SUNY New Paltz as a graphic design

major but decided to switch and transfer to Stony Brook realizing that she did not love graphic design for a career like she did for a hobby.

Despite several different struggles during her first semester at SBU including severe anxiety and the change in culture from New Paltz compared to SBU, Lavelli was able to bring her grades up to the Dean’s List.

However, the following semester was not as lucky for the health science major as her GPA dropped.

“I thought I had gotten used to Stony Brook’s way of teaching, and the workload, but with an added factor of a bad breakup and a lot of other drama, I wound up going under a 3.0. The lowest grades I’ve ever had in my life,” she said.

“I had always dealt with stress in my life, and I was always a good student, but when I came to Stony Brook, it was such a different environment than what I was used to at New Paltz,” she said. “I felt like I was suffocating in work, and when I wasn’t working I was suffocating in guilt of not doing work.”

Lavelli feels that the curriculum at this university is intense, making it hard to be involved with clubs, organizations and work study even though she forces herself through it.

“Being at Stony Brook, I’ve never studied so hard in my life. I’m now in three clubs, I tutor students at the Academic Success and Tutoring Center on campus, and I’m the Art Director of a campus magazine,” she says. “It sounds like so much, but honestly, I still feel like I’m not doing enough... and I feel like that’s always how it’s going to be while I’m here.”

Despite the arguments that community colleges and certain other colleges are “easier” or do not have high expectations as some universities do, Joy Roberts, a senior studying social work at Adelphi University, says that her transition from community college to a university was easy.

Roberts started off at Nassau Community College after she graduated high school in 2010. She says that her time at NCC was time well spent and she thinks that she learned a lot while she was there.

“I don’t believe my education is necessarily better than it was while I was at NCC,” she says. “In fact, I felt

as if I was more advanced when I transferred to Adelphi compared to the students who were at Adelphi their entire college careers.

“NCC taught us things that we’re just learning now in our grad classes,” she added.

However, Roberts does not feel that her education at the community college was no better nor worse than university. She says her professors were just as qualified at NCC and thinks that education solely depends on the professors at the institution.

Her first semester as a transfer into Adelphi was a nice transition and she says that she was very happy with her grades. “I achieved a B or better in all my classes,” she says. “Honestly, since Adelphi is a university, I felt very proud that I was able to accomplish such good grades my first semester.”

Overall the report card is always going to be a scary thought for any college student. Transfer student or not, approaching the change in scenery is

the main focus in order to succeed.

Katie Briscoe-Baum, the director of advising and testing at Suffolk County Community College, gave some advice about how she thinks students should handle the change in grading.

“My advice to any transfer student would be simple: Assess what study strategies worked or didn’t work during your two-year experience, and make study time the centerpiece of your game plan.”

She continues, “This means finding the right balance between class time, study time, work and social time.

“The degree of difficulty in your courses will vary, as will the instructor’s teaching style, work load, and expectations. It’s always a matter of being flexible and making appropriate adjustments in your new environment so as to maximize your learning and performance.”

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How to transfer from a community college

Jonathan Lopes Campus News

Although a degree from a community college is, on average, less financially appealing in the long run than a university degree, it can translate into a lot less college debt. Plus community college professors are solely dedicated to teaching, and class sizes are small, about the size of a standard high school class. In comparison, a four-year college course may be taught to 100-300+ students by a teaching assistant, while the professor is concentrating on research. Outside of those teaching in the technical and vocational fields, most instructors at community colleges have master’s degrees and many hold doctoral degrees. Furthermore, community college professors can help students achieve their goals, work more closely with them, and offer them support. Whereas, at a fouryear college, a professor’s primary objective may be to take part in academic research, with most of their remaining attention focused on mentoring graduate students.

Transferring credits can sometimes be a problem, as each four-year college has its own requirements for enrollment.

However, many four-year colleges have made arrangements, known as articulation agreements, allowing associate degrees to qualify for transfer. Various states have passed rules whereby certain associate’s degrees in a field will automatically transfer to state universities as the core curriculum for specified bachelor’s degrees.

Finances, lackluster high school grades/scores and family obligations are a few of the many reasons students decide to start their undergraduate degree at a community college. Students who plan to finish their degree at a four-year university need to be diligent, focused and engaged to increase their chances of transferring successfully. Complete your associate’s degree, it enables a greater chance to graduate with a BA or BS in a sufficient time

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frame with lesser debt.

Examine all of the options available to you as a transfer student. Examine both public and private four-year institutions to decide what will be the best fit for you when searching for financial aid packages and variety/relevancy in programs. The four-year institution that you may have considered may not be the best choice after your community college education.

Visit your top choices, collect transfer materials, and find out if there are any transfer agreements between where you are and where you want to go. The more information that you have, the easier it will be to make a decision in terms of finances, quality of majors, student opportunities and overall personal comfort.

Make sure you are picking courses that are transferable to colleges and universities. There are web sites, online tools, and advisers at both community colleges and universities to help you choose wisely. For instance, njtransfer.org allows a student to assess which courses from your community college not only transfer, but how they transfer over. Choose a major and seek advice about the best/relevant courses to take to meet requirements. By choosing your major in an informed fashion, you can take the prerequisites that you need for that program at the university. Wellplanned course taking will help you finish your transfer program in a more comfortable and efficient manner.

I was mature enough to realize I knew nothing about transferring once I arrived at my second year of community college at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, NJ. I spoke to my academic adviser and the transfer/career office will specific pieces of advice and materials to consider. I also decided to become proactive and visit a few schools within New Jersey with a friend or two, since we were in similar positions. It also

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Transferring doesn’t have to be daunting

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Maybe you’re in the middle of your first year at your local community college, or maybe you’re starting your second. Either way, the time has finally come to start looking into the next phase of your education: the four-year college or university.

Just like the song says, you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.

The reality is, as great as community colleges are, you’ll need to move on to get your bachelor’s degree.

Once you’ve made that decision, however, then the trick is sorting out the nuts and bolts: transferring credits, making sure financial aid transfers and just overall making sure you’re prepared for such a different academic environment.

However, there are just a few simple steps students can take to make sure they stay on top of all of that and more.

One way to stay on top of things from your very start at a community college is to begin with the end in mind. Form a transfer plan based upon the university or college you want to end up with, according to Ohio Wesleyan University Director of Admission Alisha Couch.

“If you know you eventually want to transfer to a four-year institution, meet with that college or university right away to map out a plan,” she said. “That way you will know which classes to take while at the community college and feel comfortable knowing in advance that your classes will transfer to the four-year school.”

In addition, Couch reiterated the importance of having an overall academic plan.

“Don’t wait until you are nearing completion of your associate’s degree to choose a four-year college or university as you may end up taking classes that won’t transfer or having to repeat classes,” she said.

Korinne Pocock also had a daunting task ahead of her upon leaving the Community College of Rhode Island. She transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design for a specialized art program.

However, she said the credit transfer process was quite easy for her from CCRI to RISD, though she still had to be persistent and constantly check in with the admissions office.

“Get what credits they will accept in writing. Get everything in writing because you don’t want to take the same classes twice and be in school for an extra year to get your degree,” she said. “Personally, I had 30 of 36 credits accepted.”

That’s the same sentiment Charles Spencer, the Director of Transfer Admissions at Cabrini College, expressed.

“New transfer students should always request a transfer credit evaluation before they commit to a four-year college or university,” he said. “If the transfer counselor cannot guarantee or estimate a graduation timeframe then the student should request to speak or email the department chair for the academic major they wish to pursue.”

Another important aspect is making sure that you don’t feel rushed when transferring, so it’s best to form relationships with prospective colleges and universities as soon as you know you want to eventually transfer, according to Cazenovia College’s Associate Director of Transfer Admissions Kristen Bowers.

“Maintaining key contacts at both colleges, such as transfer counselors, academic advisers and admissions staff throughout the process has numerous advantages,” she said. “These include earlier academic, financial and relocation planning; earlier contact with professors, students and staff and sufficient time to visit campuses and become familiar with their attributes.”

“Feeling rushed to explore and choose a college option creates unnecessary stress, and starting the conversations

Also in spite of the large emphasis on the academic and technical sides of transferring, it’s important to remember the social benefits too.

Adriana Avila used to attend Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), and after a year there, transferred to the University of New Mexico. She said moving to a 4-year college was “one of the best moves” of her academic career.

“When I was at CNM it was hard to make friends because of the age gap.

10 Takeaway Transfer Tips Courtesy of Lasell College’s Dean of Undergraduate Admission James Tweed.

1. Make sure you have identified the best fit college/university to complete your degree and achieve your educational goals.

2. Be sure to request and review closely your Transfer Credit Evaluation, which provides a course-by-course credit equivalency -- giving you the information you need to determine what and how many of the courses you have completed at the 2-year college will be applied toward your degree at the 4-year institution(s) you are considering.

3. Confirm that the 4-year college/university you are considering transferring to will accept the majority of your previous coursework in transfer.

4. Work with the Financial Aid Office closely at the 4year institution regarding your eligibility for institutional transfer specific scholarships, as well as your eligibility for need-based financial aid.

5. Work with the Department of Residential Life or the Office that supports and assists commuter students to be sure early can alleviate a great deal of that,” Bowers said.

In addition, Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Science’s Assistant Dean for Student Recruitment Kathleen Joyce said aside from reaching out to staff, it’s also helpful to talk to other students who have already transferred.

“It’s good to talk to former students/graduates of the two-year program who have moved onto four-year programs in your area of interest,” she said.

“Many are usually very happy to share lessons learned along the way and provide advice in terms of staying on track with the transfer process.”

And once you’ve transferred, it’s key to take advantage of the increased offerings available at four-year institutions, according to Michigan Technical University Director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion Kellie Raffaelli.

She said these include connecting early on with on-campus resource centers and using them often, as well as getting involved with student and campus organizations, and being pro-active when seeking tutoring help.

Along those lines, students should be prepared for a temporary jump in stress upon transferring to the new academic environment. Pocock said one of her largest challenges was getting used to the faster pace of a university.

“Community college is more of a calm environment; things could get done with ease and deadlines are longer than they needed to be,” she said. “RISD has much shorter deadlines, and I assume that’s the same at most four-year colleges and universities. It forces you to hone your time management skills.”

Also, people were very focused on their education, and not so much on friendships and connections. There wasn’t a balance,” she said. “I finally found that community feeling and that balance when I transferred to a university.”

While every transfer case is different – because every student and their education credentials and goals are different – these tips will serve as good starting points to helping your transfer experience go a little easier and more smoothly.

your transition into college housing or commuting to campus is seamless and appropriate for transfer students with advanced standing.

6. Meet early and often with your academic adviser(s) to determine course selection and sequence to ensure degree completion in a timely fashion.

7. As a student with previous college experience, identify opportunities to complete additional credits at no additional charge at your new 4-year college/university that can speed time to degree completion.

8. Attend Transfer Orientation programs/workshops that are offered at your selected 4-year college. Most focus on meeting transfer students where they are in their understanding of how to navigate a college campus and the academic experience.

9. Identify student clubs, organizations, or athletic opportunities that you wish to be participate in and reach out to the club leaders or coaches identifying your interest.

10. Communicate early and often with admission officers, financial aid officers, academic advisors, faculty, orientation teams, etc., to make the transition from a 2-year college to a 4-year college as smooth as possible.

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Now on Netflix: ‘Snowpiercer’ on an icy rail

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This holiday season, are you already getting sick of seeing “The Polar Express” – that Sega Genesis looking cartoony thing – on every other channel?

Well, here’s a new take – try “Snowpiercer” – another arctic train drama – now on Netflix. But it’s quite the opposite – and very, very dark.

And, because it was made in Korea (though it’s mostly with American actors speaking American English), you likely haven’t seen this before. Thus, it’s “New to You!” OK, “Snowpiercer” is a stupid name – maybe something was lost in translation. The movie is artfully directed and adapted by Bong Joon-ho and made almost all of its money overseas. It’s a cross between near-future sci-fi and fantasy and stars Chris Evans (the title character in “Captain America” and related super-hero movies).

The premise is, at some time in the near future, global warming will have gotten to the point where world governments try something to stop it. The plan backfires and the planet goes into a severe ice age;

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and, it’s assumed, practically everyone dies.

Except those on a train. The train was invented to run naturally on a perpetual rail that goes around the world.

I’m not sure why the train has to go at breakneck speed; perhaps to pierce the snow and to keep the tracks from icing over too much. Maybe in the French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige” by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette, from which the movie is adapted, the science is explained better.

In any case, the train is an ecosystem with its own problems. The back of the train has the steerage, who need to be constantly controlled with violence and mind games. Eventually, they rebel and head, car by car, to the front of the train and the miraculous engine at the top.

Each car is a different experience – one has an aquarium, one a disco, one a school, one an arboretum. All more beautiful than the steerage section, for sure, which was quite miserable.

There are plenty of bloody fight scenes to go along with the fantasy.

It’s not holiday fare. But, despite that it comes from a country not really known for film-making, it’s a very American offering.

The ending makes one wonder if it’s worthy of a sequel. The film only had cost $40M to make (special effects must be cheaper in Korea, because this looks spectacular) and more than doubled that in box-office take.

Although it may be hard to get someone of the caliber of Captain America, at this point in his career, to sign on for what is more of a cult classic, I am a bit curious to know what happened to the surviving characters.

(And this is no spoiler alert – I’m not saying or not saying the Evans character survives.)

But I guess a lot of movies deserve a sequel and don’t get one. This film

kind of ends like “Planet of the Apes” or a bunch of other epic sci-fi movies, where a new dawn is revealed after a climax of sorts.

But “Snowpiercer” is bigger than that. It’s also a commentary on social order and how we all can be pawns in some larger game. The legendary John Hurt plays the man behind the curtain.

You can stream this on Netflix now.

“It’s New to You!” is (usually) a column that finds five-star movies on streaming services that you probably missed when they originally hit.

Some ‘helping hands’ projects for the holidays

Kristina Bostley Campus News

The holiday season is a time for giving thanks and remembering to count our blessings. It’s a time to bring joy and cheer to our families, friends, and neighbors, to make sure they know they are loved and cared for. But for those less fortunate, the holidays can be a stressful time as families struggle to keep a roof over their heads, serve holiday meals, stay warm, and give gifts to children. It’s an important reminder amidst the chaos of holiday shopping, decorating, and get-togethers to reach out to those in our community who need a little bit more help this time of year. There are several organizations and volunteer opportunities that are seeking help to make the season a bit brighter for everyone.

NY Methodist Hospital The hospital is no place to spend a holiday, but unfortunately, some hospital patients have no other choice. Volunteers at NY Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, can give the gift of song to patients in the pediatric, oncology, and physical rehabilitation units. It’s a great way to warm up your vocal cords and live the dream of door-to-door Christmas caroling, while also brightening the day for long-term hospital patients. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older and can apply online by visiting their website, www.nym.org.

Services for the UnderServed Services for the UnderServed (SUS) is seeking your service in helping to bring

the holiday spirit to people with their Holiday Stocking Project. SUS provides services to veterans, people in need of housing, and people with developmental disabilities and behavioral health issues.

Because many of the people they help don’t have families to celebrate with, the nonprofit accepts donations of stockings stuffed with small gifts such as gift cards, toiletries, toys, hats, scarves, and books that they then distribute. Participants are asked to email mpark@sus.org to confirm their donation, and drop off the stockings

by December 5 to their New York office.

For more information, visit their website at sus.org/holiday-stocking-project.

New York Mission Society Imagine a child waking up on Christmas morning to a sole gift underneath the tree. Now imagine that you wrapped that present and brought the smile to that child’s face on Christmas morning. You have the chance to do exactly that by attending New York Mission Society’s annual toy drive on December 12-13, 2014. The society distributes toys to 1,500 children in New York City and is looking for people to help wrap the donated gifts.

Visit facebook.com/ nycmissionsociety for more information.

Union Square in Manhattan on December 14, 2014, while simultaneously raising awareness for pancreatic cancer. The network was formed in 1999 to help educate people about pancreatic cancer, whether they have been diagnosed with the disease or know a family member or friend who has it.

There is a signup form on VolunteerMatch.org at www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1854390.jsp.

Grandparent Resource Center The Grandparent Resource Center in New York is looking for volunteers to help with their annual toy drive. The center is part of the NYC Department for the Aging and supports grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. They are asking for volunteers to communicate with the community to request toy donations. Volunteers will reach out to existing contacts and try to discover new donors for the drive, and they will coordinate the toy drop-off to the Grandparent Resource Center in New York City.

To volunteer, fill out the form at this web address: bit.ly/1tlJ2fp.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s New York Affiliate will be multitasking this holiday season. Volunteers with the nonprofit organization will be wrapping gifts at the Barnes and Noble in

The Brook (Common Ground) Common Ground commissioned the building of The Brook in the Bronx to provide housing for adults who are low-income or homeless, several of whom are affected by terminal or mental disease.

The six-story building opened in 2010 and encourages its residents to become a community to provide support to one another. New York Cares has teamed up with The Brook to provide a special holiday meal to residents and is asking for volunteers to help serve the meal. To lend a hand on December 18, visit www.newyorkcares.org/projects/holidaydinner-common-ground-brook and sign

the retailing and design universe, including Ralph Lauren and Macy’s. Upcoming visits to both Hirshleifer’s, the nationally renowned retailer of high-end European and American designs, and the highly touted Killer Heels, an exhibit exploring the history of highheeled shoes at the Brooklyn Museum, will be “living laboratory” experiences for the LIU Post students.

The Fashion Merchandising initiative, designed to meet the demands of a job market that places a premium on multiple talents, has attracted Post students like Monica Peralta, who plans to pursue a public relations career in fashion. As one of three students who lead the Student-Run Business Committee, overseeing LIU Post’s six student-run ventures, she concentrates on The Student Body, a trendy, fully functional fashion boutique located in Hillwood Commons, the busy student center. At The Student Body, Peralta puts classroom-learned skills into practice by purchasing, merchandising, promoting, and selling inventory. Peralta has also leveraged her campus-acquired fashion business abilities in an internship at a luxury boutique.

Cherie Serota, who co-founded an

international apparel company following several years in the buying, fashion, and marketing offices of Saks Fifth Avenue and Henri Bendel, teaches the Introduction to Fashion Merchandising course at LIU Post. Her insider’s knowledge of the industry’s design, marketing and management mechanisms, gained from developing a business that became a multi-million dollar, go-to brand for both everyday women and celebrities, make her classroom lectures troves of real-world knowledge.

To be effective, said Serota, fashion merchandisers should possess a combination of fashion sense and business know-how. Her curriculum introduces students to key concepts, including: an understanding of consumer wants and needs and consumer behavior; knowledge of current fashion trends; excellent communications and promotion skills; Analytical math skills; technological knowledge of colors, patterns, and fabrics; the process of buying and selling in the fashion industry and its global supply chains; and visual display methods and options.

“It’s a dream come true to share my experiences in the classroom and teach fashion business at LIU Post, helping

up.

Operation Santa Claus Each year, thousands of children across the nation sit down, evaluate their behavior the previous year, and write a plea to the big man in town: Santa Claus.

Post offices are flooded with letters to Santa during the holiday season, and it is impossible for one man to answer all the mail from all the children across the country (even if he does have an army of elves to help him). Operation Santa Claus matches letters to writers so that no letter goes unanswered during the holiday season. Select post offices are participating in the initiative this year, including the Newark Post Office in New Jersey and the James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan, New York. After contacting one of these post offices, brush up on your penmanship to answer a child’s wish to Santa Claus this Christmas. Visit operationlettertosanta.com for more information.

A passion for fashion ignites LIU’s new program

Danielle Mastromarino Bucci LIU

A Fashion Merchandising curriculum launched this semester at LIU Post offers all the components for providing its students a two-pronged advantage — experts at the helm and proximity to New York City, the global industry hub, affording entree to “fashion laboratories” where they can acquire experience in real-world environments.

“The fashion industry, which employs more than 4.2 million and accounts for about $250 billion in 2013 in the United States, is a vibrant job market,” said Abby Dress, LIU Post Professor.

In the realm of fashion education, LIU Post’s offering is unique. Its curriculum allows students to combine a myriad of academic majors, such as marketing, public relations, management, economics, and journalism, with a Fashion Merchandising minor, giving them dual knowledge and skills that will enhance status with future employers.

Proximity to fashion centers has afforded LIU’s fashion students opportunities for jobs and internships in the industry and to interact with masters of

young people build their skills and discover and pursue their own passions,” said Serota.

“LIU Post students in the fashion merchandising course benefit from its unique and exceptional aspects,” said Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, president of LIU. “Students are offered global perspectives and experiences, enriching their coursework, encouraging them to imagine themselves fully immersed and at the top levels of a dynamic, perpetual industry.”

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Our annual holiday college gift guide

Ah, it’s the holiday season. That means it’s time for our holiday review guide. Below are some thoughts on some items we received in our mailbag and thoughts on the season in general.

This article is always tough; we try to figure out what the typical community college student may need vs. what one could afford and turn away items that don’t meet either criterion.

Let’s start with tablet/computer hybrids. Microsoft won’t take no for an answer and has purchased a huge media blitz for its Surface Pro, despite that the company has largely failed on the phone and tablet fronts.

But the Surface Pro is expensive, and if this fails, you’ll be stuck with some outdated technology.

How about instead just buying a really good snapon keyboard for your iPad? That essentially makes it into a computer of the same size and style as a Surface Pro. You can get a red Logitech Keys-To-Go keyboard for under $70. They come in black and teal, too (We’re not quite sure what color teal is, please don’t tell our former kindergarten teachers!). This keyboard has a durable skin that cleans easily, uses Apple shortcut keys for, say, printing, cutting, pasting, etc., and the keys are much more responsive than the $20 keyboards you can get off eBay. This would give new life to your old iPad or be a nice add-on for a new iPad. Another item we found in the “affordable” category is the My Spy Birdhouse. About $15 anywhere and kind of cool. It’s in the right price range for a Secret Santa and good for all ages. Just the recipient will have to wait until springtime to mount it. Or they can re-gift it for Valentine’s Day! It attaches to a window so you can see what is going on in a birdhouse. We’re curious if this works better with country birds vs. city birds.

Speaking of holiday office parties, we were quite impressed by the quality knitting from UglyChristmasSweater.com. If you want to shock your co-workers with a sweater that seems well-intentioned and a bit off-kilter, try this site. A lot of offices, schools and 5K races have ugly sweater themes this time of year. They come in all sizes. One riffs on classic holiday movie “Home Alone,” another lights up, and couple of sweaters spin Hanukkah and Christmas into one for those who celebrate both traditions. One exposes Santa’s butt crack. These look like grandma knitted them by hand, too, adding to the effect. Prices are $40-65.

Stocking stuffers: The folks at Chapstick sent us their Vanilla Candy Cane mixstix, which allows the user to mix “Vanilla Milkshake and Candy Cane for an irresistible holiday lip treat.” Not to be outdone, the folks at Carmax sent us Carmex Moisture Plus to “take some stress out of the busy shopping season.” Both products are under $3.

Also doing a big media buy this year is Beats, the headphone company. Geez, we remember when headphones were kind of nerdy. You’d sit in the grade school library and listen to “Hooked on Phonics” with them. Ear buds were the cooler thing.

But now it seems people prefer headphones, even at the gym. The latest ones are wireless, which is a big plus, using Bluetooth. So, essentially, you won’t need a designated MP3 player anymore – just store the songs on your phone and link that to the headphones.

But Beats can be kind of pricy – a big media blitz has to be paid for someone; in this case, the consumer. There are other companies doing the same thing. We tried Premier Accessory Group’s new Replay Audio’s Bluetooth Wireless Heaphones + Mic, which come in neon (blue, pink, yellow, orange and green), black and white.

Because they also have a mic, you can use them as a phone, too. They tested as durable with great sound and easy to hook up. There is an optional cable, if you don’t want to go the Bluetooth route. They are only $40.

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with a roommate, is the Dreampad Pillow. It is aimed at people with anxiety, restless sleeping or even autism, ADHD and PTSD. It delivers music through a gentle vibration only the user can hear – your roomie won’t be bothered – and has been studied to help users fall asleep more comfortably.

The maker reports that “Eighty percent of the participants in a recent study showed a significant relaxation response within 15 minutes of using the Dreampad.” It seems that this product has been pretty well vetted by the company and it’s made with high-quality materials.

The company writes: “It is a sleep device that combines [our] psychoacoustic expertise with Intrasound Technology based on the natural conductivity of the human body. Our bones are natural conductors; in fact, every time you speak the vibration caused by your voice is carried by bone to your inner ear. The new bone-conduction technology delivers sound through vibrations against your skull and the person sleeping next to you does not hear it and you do not need to wear headphones.”

This is about $160 and comes with a few new-agey songs for free download, but you’ll eventually want to hook up a device to it via its headphone jack to play Dreampad your own music.

This isn’t all that commonly available. You can go to the Integrated Listening Systems site at integratedlistening.com/products/dreampad/. They have a 30-day trial offer there and a video demonstrating the product.

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Fracking regulations may be too lax

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The federal law regulating how oil and gas companies that use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to inject fracking fluids into the ground is too lax, an environmental group says in a new report.

The Environmental Integrity Project said in the report released Oct. 22 that, by being silent on chemicals that are more toxic than diesel, the Safe Water Drinking Act provides a loophole that lets companies legally inject chemicals into the ground.

The report details the use of chemicals with higher benzene concentrations than was allowed before the law was amended. It decried the lack of regulation for non-diesel based fracking fluids that had “higher benzene concentrations.”

The Environmental Protection Agency says that benzene consumed in drinking water may over time cause anemia and that it is a carcinogen.

Data in the report were gathered through a voluntary industry-run website, Frac Focus, where companies post information about the content of fracking fluids.

“Some companies are using other drilling fluids, non-diesel fluids, that contain benzene and ethyl benzene in much higher concentrations that you would see in diesel,”

Eric Schaffer, Environmental Integrity Project executive director, said in a conference call to mark the release of the report.

Blackbrush O&G, LLC, self-reported that it injected 47,970 gallons of benzene into a well in Dimmit County, Texas.

The fracking fluid – 1.2 million gallons – was made up of butane, naphthalene, ethyl benzene and other liquids, some of which were labeled trade secrets, and contained 4.1 percent benzene.

This is four times the benzene concentration in diesel-based fracking fluids.

Blackbrush Oil and Gas dismissed the report’s conclusions and denied using fracking fluid containing benzene.

“We are fracking with a mixture of crude oil, butane and water with no ben-

Over time, benzene in drinking water can cause anemia or even cancer.

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Graphic by Author. zene in it. The report is not correct,” Dorothy McCoppin, Blackbrush, vice president and general counsel, said.

Asked about the specific reference to benzene in document the company posted to FracFocus, McCoppin referred the question to another company representative, who did not respond to several requests for information over a week.

The environmental group’s report does not provide data or evidence of drinking water contamination. It highlights efforts by companies to self-report, noting the weaknesses in the effort and recommends the use of BTEX-free fracking products.

Asked for comment, the EPA replied in an email statement.

“Our authority is limited by many statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, the petroleum and natural gas exemption under Superfund and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,” the statement said.

The exemption is in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which amended the SWDA definition to allow regulation of diesel but not of other fluids or natural gas.

A minority staff report released Oct. 23 by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works dismisses what it terms as “nonsensical” environmental activists’ claims against hydraulic fracturing and describes fracking chemicals as posing “virtually no risks.”

“President Obama, in coordination with far-left environmental activists is waging an all-out assault to shut down domestic production of American oil and natural gas and, in particular, targeting the use of hydraulic fracturing,” the report says.

The committee report claims that states embracing fracking are stronger economically than those opposed to it and that 16 states require or allow companies to disclose chemicals used in fracturing.

It describes concerns

about toxic fracking fluids as “scare tactics” and lists the fluids’ contents as being 90 percent water, 9.5 percent sand and 0.5 percent chemical additives. Some of these additives, it says, are sourced from the food industry.

The minority report agrees with environmental groups and the EPA that states should be more active in regulating fracking.

The report criticizes President Barack Obama’s administration’s handling of hydraulic fracturing.

Sen. David Vitter, of Louisiana, the top Republican on the committee praised fracking.

“The Obama Administration has been on a witch hunt to shut down hydraulic fracturing. There’s been such positive progress with natural gas – clearly one of the brightest spots in our otherwise slumping economy – it makes little sense for the Obama Administration to remain opposed to developing our nation’s natural gas and fossil fuels,” Vitter said in a statement.

The 51st state: Movements to break up regions

South Miami Mayor Phillip Stoddard and Vice Mayor Walter Harris are the most recent of a long list of people who want to squeeze another star on to the American flag. They want to split Florida in two – along a line north of Orlando.

Several other activists and groups across the country have attempted the same feat, and their motives are similar to Stoddard and Phillip’s. They don’t feel like their local government is working for them.

Stoddard introduced a resolution, drafted by Harris, Oct. 7 “advocating the legal separation of Florida in to two separate states.” The new state would be called South Florida.

Their reasoning is one major issue: Climate change.

However, northern Florida and southern Florida have never been close philosophically. Southern Florida is heavily Democratic and urban. Northern Florida is a Republican stronghold and not as populated. Southern Florida is located barely above sea level. Much of northern Florida sits on higher ground.

This is where a lot of the trouble begins.

More than half of the population - 67 percent - lives in the 24 counties that could become South Florida, and the oceans are rising more than anybody expected, Harris said in a phone interview.

Having a Republican majority in the state means little political acknowledgement of climate change, which is a problem for Stoddard and Harris when it is estimated sea levels will rise 3 to 6 feet by the end of the century.

Much of Southern Florida has an average elevation of just less than 50 feet above sea level. Many areas are less than 5 feet above sea level.

The premise of the resolution is that without serious collaboration, policy changes and problem solving, much of southern Florida could disappear, displacing millions of people.

But the South Miami mayor and vice

mayor say that getting the conservative majority to listen isn’t working.

“We’ve been trying since the 50s, unsuccessfully. There’s no reason to assume anything is going to change,” said Harris. “Tallahassee is the essence of North Florida. South Florida is just their rich cousin.”

South Florida generates 69 percent of the state’s sales and documentary taxes, which are levied on the sale of real estate.

Their complaint and solution aren’t uncommon. It’s the link between all secession movements in American history.

In 2013, 11 counties in northern Colorado voted on an initiative that would give the go-ahead to start planning secession from Colorado. Five voted in favor.

The plan stemmed from the 2013 legislative session when ColGraphic by Author. orado Gov. John Hickenlooper, D, signed into law renewable energy mandates that increased electricity War. Other states have split, but it was costs for rural, mostly conservative, Colwhile they were still colonies or territooradans. ries.

The Jefferson movement, to form a “The genesis of the problem is that new state including parts of northern Cali- you have a very diverse state,” said Jeffrey fornia and southern Oregon, has been Hare, treasurer of the 51st State Initiative ongoing since 1941. It would have been in Colorado. “People moving in think the 49th state then. The movement was a they can remake the state, and that’s reresult of cities such as San Francisco not granting enough resources to rural areas.

Some people in Western Maryland want to split from Maryland because five counties in the northwest of the state feel underrepresented in the Democratic state legislature. ally not fair to the people who built the Overall, there have been movements state.” in at least 30 states to split, although not By diverse, he means partisan, and all of them have made it to a ballot. But if the minority is left without a way to they had, the likelihood is slim as the split change policy and has little chance to would have to be approved by Congress pass legislation.

– which hasn’t happened in 150 years.

“I think there are a variety of reasons West Virginia separated from Virfor these movements, but we see an inginia after disagreeing with the state’s vote crease because they don’t like the way the to secede from the U.S. during the Civil political system is working,” said Kit

Enjoy these stores while they last.

They may be in some sort of bankruptcy by next holiday season.

Radio Shack — This is one of those stores everyone scratches their heads over. We rarely see anyone in there. The clerks work on some sort of commission, so can be annoying. Batteries, cables and any other accessories are wildly overpriced. And why buy tablets, computers and cell phones there when they are available cheaper elsewhere? I guess they still have some retro toys and remote control cars that are kind of cool.

Best Buy — I think this place largely exists so that people who get a big tax refund check or similar can upgrade their 50-inch TV to a 52-inch TV. The store is a monument to suburban greed and keeping up with the Joneses. The problem is, the Joneses are figuring out the online thing for big

buys.

Barnes and N oble — Their model has been to close down individual stores, one by one, as opposed to closing the whole chain. I don’t think it’s ereaders that are doing them in as much as the types of books big sellers try to pass off — ghostwritten celebrities’ books get several shelves while the literature sections are in the back and rarely tended to. Serious readers have abandoned the place. They lost their core audience.

A N a t i o n al S i t - D o w n F o o d C h a i n — Think Olive Garden or similar; places that serve processed food and try to pass it off as authentic. At least one of these national chains will be gone by this time next year, as people become more aware of the difference between these restaurants and real ones.

Cartridge S tor es — There are a

Kara Mason Scripps Howard Foundation Wire

‘Tallahassee is the essence of North Florida.

South Florida is just their rich cousin.’

Wellman, political philosophy professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

He studies secession.

“They figure if we break up and form our own unit we’ll get done what we want to get done.”

For Stoddard, Harris and Hare it’s the amount of representation they have.

They all say it isn’t realistic.

“I would say it is necessary, and the reason is that it comes down to the fact that you can’t have 535 people in Washington representing 315 million-plus people,” Hare said. “Either we’re going to have a more decentralization of power or continue to devolve as a nation into a former world power. There’s just no other way around it.”

But creating another state isn’t likely to be a solution. Both the House and the Senate would have to approve a 51st state, and that could create a slippery slope for the future, Wellman said. A 51st state could turn into several new states.

“Today they might want to be their own state,” he said. “Once you go down that road, how do you stop it?”

Five businesses that may not be around next year bunch of these chains, such as Funcoland, Babbage’s, etc. Just the market for used games isn’t what it was; there are so many competing systems, these little stores can only have so much room for stock, and new games are cheaper elsewhere, such as online. Plus, people are sick of getting ripped off when they turn in their games for trade.

They’ve gotten savvy enough to just sell their old ti-

tles online.

Sure, these five examples may still exist in some reduced state in 2015, but don’t buy gift cards for these places, as they may become hard to redeem. –DJ

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International students find it harder to stay

Sean McMinn Scripps Howard Foundation Wire

Walking away from a Metro stop at the George Washington University campus, Varun Gondegaonkar didn’t look different from other students there.

But unlike his peers, the information systems and technology management graduate student was wondering if the United States would boot him out of the country.

As an international student from India, Gondegaonkar, 23, is in the U.S. with a temporary student visa. He has some leeway after graduation when it comes to how long he can stay and work in the country – but if that postgraduation grace period ends and he doesn’t have a work visa, he’ll be on the next flight home.

“There’s not many options, I would say,” he said.

Students like Gondegaonkar have some reason to be optimistic after the president announced in November he would use an executive order to overhaul parts of the U.S. immigration system. Though the announcement focused on bringing undocumented immigrants “out of the shadows,” it also included some changes that would help those majoring in fields related to science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) stay in the country longer.

But that’s still not enough to guarantee Gondegaonkar can fulfill his goal to work here permanently as a business or data analyst.

policy at NAFSA: Association of International Educators, partly attributes to the unfriendly U.S. immigration system.

According to NAFSA, the U.S. went from having 28 percent of the world’s globally mobile students in 2001 to 19 percent in 2011.

Immediately after graduating, many students enroll in a program called optional practical training. OPT allows international students to stay for 12 months after graduating if they’re working full time in a job related to their degree. STEM majors can apply for a 17month OPT extension.

The president’s executive action on immigration will extend that time STEM majors can stay. He will also attempt to broaden eligibility criteria for the STEM extension to include those who have an undergraduate degree in STEM fields but a more advanced degree in something else, said Heather Stewart, director of immigration policy at NAFSA. Nearly 106,000 students or graduates of U.S. universities were enrolled in OPT during the 2013-2014 academic year, according to the IIE report.

After their time is up in the OPT program, individuals can apply for what is known as an H-1B visa. It makes the most sense for someone graduating from college because its requirements line up with where most recent graduates are: they must hold a job that requires a college degree and is related to their field of study.

But one difference between the H1B and OPT illustrates why students might be looking elsewhere when deciding where to study. Though H-1B

Three hundred thousand more international students are registered in the US compared to 2002-03.

About 886,000 international students were enrolled in U.S. colleges during the 2013-2014 academic year, according to a report released in November by the Institute of International Education. That’s about 70,000 more than last year and 300,000 more than in 2002-2003.

Still, the U.S. is losing ground to other countries in terms of students coming here to study – something that Rachel Banks, the director of public

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Cong Zhang. —Photo and art by Author. visa holders can travel outside the U.S., the law is unclear about whether those in the OPT period can travel internationally and return to the United States.

That ambiguity is discouraging to students like Cong Zhang, 24, an electrical engineering graduate student at George Washington University. Originally from China, she hopes to be on the H-1B as soon as she graduates in May so she can visit home while working in the U.S. If that doesn’t work, she’ll consider finding work in another country with less-stringent immigration rules.

If I didn’t get the H-1B, I also can go back to China“If I didn’t get the H-1B, I also can go back to China,” Zhang said.

“There are opportunities around the world.”

Zhang might not get her visa because the number of visas is capped.

The U.S. grants 65,000 H-1Bs visas a year to applicants with less education than a master’s degree. An additional 20,000 visas can go to those who have a U.S. master’s degree. Graduates working in higher education, the government or at non-profits are exempt from both caps.

Today, more people want H-1B visas than the government is willing to issue. Of the 176,000 people who applied for them in 2013, the United States granted visas to 153,000. Because of this, the system has become somewhat of a lottery – with the unlucky applicants being told to leave after their OPT period expires.

Of course, a push for new immigration laws could change these rules.

A bill passed by

the Senate but stalled in the House of Representatives would increase the H1B cap from 65,000 to between 115,000 and 118,000. The cap each year would be determined by a formula tied to employer demand and the unemployment rate.

Still, as more international students come to the U.S., demand may continue to outpace availability of H-1B visas.

Because of the backlog to obtain a green card to live in the U.S., critics say the H-1B has become a crutch for U.S.educated non-citizens who want to work in the country and stay here per-

Demand may continue to outpace availability of H-1B visas. manently.

Allan Goodman, the president and CEO of IIE, said he thinks the United States will eventually end up with a need-based system like the one used in Australia. The country would assess the demand for workers in certain industries – pharmaceuticals, for example – then set a quota for the number of those workers who could immigrate.

“I’m not sure the system for H-1B actually works,” Goodman said. “I think if you ask most employers, they would prefer immigration reform and doing away with the H-1B and the caps and the annual registration cycle.”

But as President Barack Obama publically mulled the possibility of issuing the executive actions earlier this week, Goodman predicted those actions would likely leave changes to the H-1B visa program behind.

“I think it will be talked about less if the president steps through executive powers,” Goodman said Monday.

“That will be so controversial and so big, the H-1B stuff will be way, way down on the list of priorities.”

Willie Nelson, Common team with First Lady

Rocky Asutsa Scripps Howard Foundation Wire

Hip hop artist Common and country crooner Willie Nelson improbably shared a stage on a recent Thursday in November, and perhaps even more improbably, they did so at the White House at an event hosted by first lady Michelle Obama.

They shared stories about the power of music with an invited audience of high school students from Maryland and Virginia whose families include a member of the military.

The performers, joined by others, were scheduled to perform for a different invited audience in a tent on the South Lawn as part of the series, “In Performance at the White House,” that will feature tributes to the military and veterans in advance of Veterans Day. The concert is airing on PBS TV stations.

Nelson and Common, who is from Chicago, joined a workshop hosted by Obama that focused on the history of music and the military and was part of the Joining Forces initiative that works with military families and children.

“Everyone in this country should

Braddock Secondary School and Quantico High School in Virginia.

Obama commended the students for their resilience, excellence in class, taking up leadership and volunteering in their communities.

“I know the power of music. I see it every day. To see the energy exchange when people hear music they react.

They applaud. Music is the magic that brings us all together,” Nelson, an award-winning musician with 200-plus albums, said.

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Common, a multi-Grammy awardpursue something they are passionate wining musician, shared his inspiration the time with the songs ”Yankee Doodle,” Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler’s “The about. for music and how he developed his Ballad of the Green Berets” and Edwin “You have to be very purposeful craft. about it. You have to make sure that if “I talk about things that I see going Starr’s “War.” All were featured in the Grammy there’s something that you want to do on … I can also be a voice for people Museum’s exhibit about the music of … something that speaks to you, that who don’t have war and a 2013 exhibit called “Songs of you can use to speak to other people. that voice,” he Conscious Sounds of Freedom.”

As much as you can, create opportunisaid.

Sgt. Christiana Ball, the 2013 winties to do it as much as you can,” Ball There are 2 ner of the Army’s Operation Rising said. million military Star competition, urged the students to children in the U.S., 80 percent of whom attend public high schools. The first lady encouraged children who did not grow up in a military family to reach out to them.

“So for the young people out there, if you see a new kid at your school, I want you to reach out to them. Ask them whether they’re from Less than two hours away in a military family. Find out whether there’s a way you can help ease their Connecticut there is a studenttransition,” Obama said. oriented university devoted Robert Santelli, director of the Grammy Museum, moderated the to academic excellence and a workshop that focused on the history strong sense of community. of music and the military.

“One of the greatest things about Our majors include nationally our country and our culture is the ranked programs in arts and amount of music that we have created … music is something that we all idensciences, business, engineering, tify with,” Santelli said. health sciences, nursing and The students were taken through communications. And we’re

The power of music helped unite diverse musicians, the White House and children of military parents.

know your story. Not everybody knows what it’s like to be a military kid in this country,” Obama said.

She pointed out that every school district in the U.S. includes militaryconnected children and that they have to move six to nine times before they graduate from high school.

“Now, for you guys, that sounds natural, right? That’s just the way life goes. But a lot of folks may not know that each of those moves means not just adjusting to a new house, but also to a new school, to a whole new neighborhood, a new set of friends,” Obama said.

The high school students were drawn from military families from Aberdeen High School in Maryland and T.C. Williams High School, Lake

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How to ace your finals (cont. from cover)

Take c ar e of y ou rself: When finals week rolls around, and even before that, you need to treat your body kindly. Remember to eat healthily, get plenty of sleep, bathe, and exercise. To make sure you perform at your mental best you need to feel at your physical best.

Make outlines: When it comes to actually studying for your exams, making outlines can be a great way to do that. When you read over your textbook(s) and class notes, write a brief summary for each topic and include vocabulary words and definitions — without much effort, you created a tool to study from.

Ask for help: Sometimes professors can seem intimidating, but it’s important to ask for help if/when you need it. Your professors want you to succeed as much as you do, so be sure

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S tay calm: At first glance, that exam can look pretty frightening.

Don’t panic. Take a deep breath. Tests are designed to make you think, so first answer any questions you feel confident that you know and return to the ones you’re not sure about afterwards.

Sometimes leaving something alone and coming back to it later can be beneficial and you’ll “get” it better on second glance.

Listen to m usic: It may seem like a distraction, but listening to music can help you remember facts about things while you study. Go on YouTube and search “study music,” and you will be surprised by all of the playlists made with music meant to calm you without distracting you from studying.

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Practical self-defense tips from a pro

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Most people don’t give good hard thinking to their capabilities in a physical assault situation. You need not be built like an MMA fighter to know effective self-defense.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of safety.

Attackers look for unsuspecting targets. Walk and park only in welllit areas. Never park right beside a van. In the parking lot, always keep your biggest key poking out between two fingers; it makes a great weapon.

If a thug demands your wallet or purse, hand it over. Your life isn’t worth that designer handbag. But what if it’s a situation where you must fight for your life?

The second he touches you or you can’t get away, holler in your most primal, pissed-off voice, “Get the F— Out of Here!” Sound like thug, not a lady or gentleman. Push at the offender. The vocal noise alerts nearby people, and it, and the shoving, tell the offender you’re not easy game.

You have only a few seconds to scare off the attacker. You must inflict pain on the attacker, or be hurt by him or her. So go for the eyes, ears, nose, neck, knee, leg and of course, groin.

Strike a vulnerable body part from where you are, rather than moving in closer; kick a knee rather then stepping in to pull the ears.

Upper body strikes are done with the hand: its outer edge, a palm, a knuckle hit or a tightly clenched fist.

Don’t think for a single second that scratching the attacker’s cheeks will scare him off, use those fingers to poke an eye.

Eyes: Poke, gouge, stab or dig long nails into. Ever get accidentally hit in the eye? It’s disabling for several moments. Imagine what fullout, angry poking or gouging would do.

N ose: Drive a palm upward into their nose. Put all your body weight into it. Do the same with your elbow if the attacker is behind you; go for the nasal bones.

N ec k: Aim for the sides, where major blood vessels are. A knifehand (outside ridge) at the side of the neck will stun him long enough to let you escape. An elbow strike, with body weight behind it, to the neck can knock him out cold.

K nee: Even the biggest guy can be brought tumbling down with a strong kick to the knee. Drive your foot into the side of the knee, which is more vulnerable as far as losing balance.

Gr oin: Hit it with your hand open or closed. Use your knee or elbow. Kick it with your feet or even your head. Just hit it hard and often.

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Equal pay for equal work

David L. Podos Mohawk Valley CC

To all my female readers of Campus News -- listen up! Are you aware that on average, females are paid 75-80 cents on the dollar for the same job requiring the same skill sets and education that your male counterparts perform, who by the way get paid 100 cents on a dollar for doing the same thing?

Doesn’t seem fair does it? Unless of course you feel that as female human beings you are worth 7580% of male human beings, but I would argue and bet on the fact that you actually feel you are worth the same, and should be treated equally, and of course you would be absolutely right.

Sadly, though, I must report to you that here in America in 2014 decades after Congress had passed the Equal Pay Act way the heck back in 1963, the act that was supposed to have eliminated any disparity/discrimination in work place wages based upon gender, we are still seeing a discrepancy between gender pay, and in some professions like Corporate Executive Officers or other high end management positions to name just a few, that discrepancy is growing larger all the time.

We see politicians playing the game of diverting the problem of gender pay to the states, allowing them the power to make their own choice on the laws that will govern such things. While I am not a politician, nor am I Political Science Professor, having said that, something as important as treating our fellow Americans equally , in all states, as in

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percentage of men’s by industry from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

On average a women earns just 78.5% compared to men in Public Administration, 70.5% in the Financial Services Industry, and 77.0% for Education and Health Services, to name just a few. Interestingly, male physicians make 25.3% more than female physicians; this means male doctors make over $56,000 more per year (on average) than female doctors! Hey, could you use an extra $56,000?

Lisa M. Maatz, Vice President of Government Relations at the American Association of University of Women, says in her Op-Ed, “The Awful Truth Behind The Gender Pay Gap,” the following: On April 8th, 2014, we once again recognized the Equal Pay day, the symbolic date when women’s wages catch up to men’s from the previous year. I know my calendar says 2014, but I’m having trouble believing it. The “Mad Men” era isn’t just on TV. It’s real life for women and their families who are struggling to make ends meet.”

Maatz further goes on to say that the gender pays gap is hopelessly static right now. For decades, median earnings for women working full time year around have been just 77% of men’s earnings.

Of course the gender wage gap is certainly not an American phenomenon. Many countries rank just as high in percentage disparity as does the United States; for instance we see Canada clocking in at 20% (pretty much where we come in), to an incredible

“All Men are Created Equal” ( please insert women next to men) is of great importance to me. And when we still see the disparity of gender pay for (the same job, same duties) I am very concerned and most Americans should be too, and above all, every female worker and future female worker in this country should be concerned as well.

Here’s something to think about, from the web site Knowledge Center Catalyst.org; look at the following statistics, keeping in mind that these statistics are an average and are not to be construed as absolute for all women wages compared to men.

Earnings by degree and gender, all earnings are based upon median weekly earnings.

High School graduate - no college.

Women $554; Men $720.

Associate’s Degree - Women $682; Men $880.

Bachelor’s Degree - Women $930; Men $1,199.

Master’s Degree - Women $1,125; Men $1,515.

Doctoral - Women $1,371; Men $1,734 As you can clearly see the higher you go up the educational lad- Broom Hilda by Russell Myers der the larger the pay discrepancies become.

Here is a sampling of women’s earnings as a

high gender disparity found in Korea at 39% and Japan at 28%. One of the lowest countries showing an almost parity for wages between both genders is Hungary, at 4%, and New Zealand and Norway at 8% and 9%.

So what to do? First off, be informed. Stay alert to current topics regarding wages in this country. There is plenty of information out there, so no excuse on that one. Secondly, know who your congressman or woman is.

They are the people that represent you, and you should know what their stand is on equal pay for equal work. Thirdly, if you think you are a victim of wage discrimination, find out who your company’s Human Resources Director is.

They have an obligation to investigate any and all workplace discrimination.

Finally, if you do feel that there is wage discrimination going on where you work, whether is it affecting you or another person, you can contact the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), which handles amongst many other labor issues, wage disparity and oversees the Equal Pay Act. Just do a quick Google search for the nearest office to your particular location.

David L. Podos is an adjunct instructor for the Center for Social Sciences, Business and Information Sciences at MVCC.

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