CCC Men’s Soccer Team earns National Ranking
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FULTON CAMPUS NEWS: Fulton SGO vice president Amanda Deavers and Be The Match Representative Michael Garbin helps students on the Fulton Campus sign up for the Be The Match bone marrow registry to help those in need of a transplant.
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Purple pinwheels dot the Auburn Campus lawn CCC’s Criminal Justice Club marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month with purple pinwheels on the front lawn to represent the numbers of domestic violence victims. STORY PAGE FOUR.
FULTON CAMPUS: New Art Club The Fulton Student Government Organization voted to recognize the formation of an Art Club. Mr. William DeMott has agreed to be the club’s advisor. The club’s organizers invite anyone interested in relaxing with Art to join.
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Men’s Soccer recognized in National Poll
CAYUGABRIEFS CCC alum, Kelly Albrecht will start as the first Bursar of Cayuga Community College. Albrecht graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Le Moyne College. She most recently was the Regional Finance Director for the Rochester Catholic Diocese. Before that, she spent 12 years as the Controller at the Cayuga County Nursing Home.
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Are you a match? Donors needed By Amanda Deavers, Fulton correspondent Last week, 25 Fulton Campus students were signed up to join the Be The Match registry to become possible bone marrow donors. It was the second Bone Marrow Registry Day held at the campus. The Be The Match registry is used to help people battling a life-threatening blood illness, such as leukemia or lymphoma, who need a life-saving bone marrow transplant. For many, a bone marrow donation, from someone just like you, is their only hope for a cure. The registry works by taking a person’s basic information, such as contact and emergency contact information, and then four simple swipes inside your cheek. The swabs are mailed to a lab to determine a person’s human leukocyte antigens, or HLA. HLA is how doctors determine if the person is a match for a patient that is currently waiting for a transplant. If someone joins the registry and gets notified that they are a match to someone that needs a bone marrow transplant, then they can decide at that time if they are willing to donate. How does someone donate? Over the years many technological advancements have made this process easier. A majority of the time, bone marrow donation is done just like drawing blood! The only time it would ever have to be a surgical procedure is when the donation is going to a child.
For this process the person donating would be put under anesthesia so they wouldn’t feel a thing, and the bone marrow would be taken from their hip. Even with this process the donor would be out of the hospital that same day. The marrow is taken from the hip because this is where the most concentrated amount of bone marrow is found and children respond better to a high concentration transplant. So what happens after someone donates? Doctors say the person may experience joint discomfort for one to two days however, their bone marrow will be completely regrown in just a week! After a year, if both the patient and the donor want to meet, a visit may be scheduled. This can be a very gratifying experience and can lead to a lifelong friendship. Are you upset that you missed the event? Fear not! We are excited to say that Auburn will be hosting their very first Bone Marrow Registry Day in early October. It is also possible to join online anytime at bethematch.org. The students on the Fulton Campus would like to say a special thanks to Mr. Michael Garbin, the Be The Match representative, for all his hard work and dedication to this cause. They say they look forward to continuing this event in the years to come and being the cure for those who need it.
The Cayuga CC men’s soccer program cracked the NSCAA National rankings this week at #17. The previously unranked Spartans are 7-1-1 on the season with their lone loss coming against nationally ranked Broome on the road. Cayuga later fought hard in a 2-2 tie against the NJCAA’s #4 nationally-ranked Genesee….leading most of the game despite playing a man down for over 90% of the contest….before the Cougars netted the equalizer with 2:30 left in the contest.
MEN’S SOCCER BEATS CORNING CC 4-1 The Spartan men’s soccer earned another win this time on the road against Corning Community College last Saturday. MEN’S SOCCER GETS BIG WIN OVER ERIE The Spartan men’s soccer program picked up a big Region III win over a quality Erie CC last week at Emerson Field. Erie was just recently ranked #10 nationally in the NJCAA polls and also ranked ahead of #17 Cayuga in the latest NSCAA poll at #13. The Spartans fought back from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits to tie the game with goals by freshman Benlly Galvan (Brownsville, TX). Galvan also notched the go-ahead goal, his third goal, midway through the second half to give Cayuga its first lead. Mikel Abando (Vizcaya, Spain) added the final goal to give the Spartans the 4-2 victory. Konrad Pawlikowski (Humble,TX) made some outstanding saves late in the second half to keep the game tied while collecting five saves on the match. Joe Wilkins (Rochester, England) started in goal and had two saves for the Spartans. MEN’S SOCCER IN ACTION AT HOME 10-12 The team faces Tompkins Cortland Community College, Wednesday, October 12th at 2 PM at home. After this game, there are only two home games left before playoffs. CCC VOLLEYBALL TOOK ON JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE LAST WEDNESDAY; PHOTOS OF THE ACTION BY KODY FOWLER ON PAGE THREE
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Longing for the simple, friendly, and polite old days
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I’ve often wondered how much better the world would be to go back in time to when we only had three maybe four TV channels on your set at home. Just think about it, you had to go outside and occupy yourself doing something else (Maybe even productive). Instead, we are all glued to 200 plus cable channels filled with glorious filth, pornography, murder, betrayal, police shows, religious evangelists, crooked politicians, divorce court, lawsuits, drug addiction, alcoholics, and what else may wet your sad, sick appetite. When I was a kid growing up, Lassie
was a popular show, The Big Valley, Leave it to Beaver, The Lucy Show, and many others which gave love and hope for hard working fellow Americans. Swearing was absolutely forbidden and nudity was unthinkable. Job opportunities were abundant and when you made a deal with someone a hand shake meant something. Everyone new their neighbor and always would lend a helping hand. People went to the church of their choice and supported our American troops with pride and honor. My grandmother and my mom taught me how to cook and can food. We grew
our own food on a dairy farm. You had to get up in the morning and do your chores before and after school. You behaved in school and showed respect to your teachers. If you decided to misbehave in school my father had a leather strap waiting for you when you got home. We prayed at the dinner table and said the Pledge of Allegiance every day at school . Believe it or not, this is a real story about the past, I lived it, and to this very day and till the day I die, I will be proud of the once then, and the memories of what used to be. —Timothy Pacholyk, CCC freshman
October is Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Month By Makenzie Loomis, staff writer
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Sensory Processing Disorder is a common disorder found among children, but is rare in adults. It is a widely unknown disease to the public. Many phycologists say it is related to Asperger’s autism. The main difference is that SPD patients do not struggle in social environments. However, they struggle from hyper and hypo sensitivity to the different senses, depression, anxiety, OCD and many others. Some other branching off symptoms include dyslexia , car sickness, heart arrhythmia and asthma. One thing that few patients fight with, that is apart of the anxiety, is overthinking things. Things such as insecurities, the past and different events. This though, is normally exclusive to adults. In normal cases, children that are diagnosed go through some therapy and normally grow out of it. In some cases it stays for the rest of ones life. Having it be something common among children, it should be more known to the public. If people and parents are more aware of SPD, many kids can be diagnosed at
SGO Officer Changes at Fulton Senate Meeting By Amanda Deavers, Fulton correspondent The Fulton Campus held their second Senate meeting of the semester. In this meeting the upcoming Penny Wars was discussed, as well as club’s growth. Among these things, a vote was also held for leadership changes in the Student Government Organization, SGO. Recently, the SGO vice president had to step down and the position has been open ever since. Applications were available to students who wanted to apply for this position, these applications were due Friday September 30th, applications were turned in, and our current SGO treasurer was recommended for the position as well. The vote was held, and it was unanimously decided that the current SGO treasurer, Amanda Deavers, would become the new vice president. This then left the treasurer position available. At this meeting, it was then voted for the treasurer position. The applicants were reviewed, and it was unanimously decided that Ruby Lagoda would take this position. We look forward to the future of this student government and the positive changes that are taking place.
FULTON CAMPUS CORRESPONDENT
By Taylor Griffin, contributing writer
These days it’s not that hard to find people with the will to want to do good things for others. What is less common are people who actually do. These people don’t set out to make a name for themselves in one way or another, they perform acts of kindness. There is one group of people in Auburn who have been making a name for themselves in a charitable way. Pay It Forward is a group which started on Facebook about four years ago. The main purpose of the group is to help people in the community. The site grew from a two person-led Facebook group into an almost 1,500 member group. “We started Pay It Forward after seeing so many posts on Facebook of people asking others for necessities,” said Group administrator Amber VanTassell.
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My curse of sensory processing disorder is an undisciplined delinquent out to cause agony and inner pain. The unwanted battle constantly in my mind, makes me feel peculiar. Why can’t I just be normal? Things that should not bother me, that normal people do not think twice about; eat me alive. I hate unwillingly sitting and having my mind wander into the unknown of my loves past. Logically, the past of your significant other does not matter. However, this parasite of a disease thinks so. The sorrowness of solitude in my own body is enough to send any sane person to a full pill bottle or loaded gun; but here I still stand. Strong. Yet, on the inside I am falling apart from the chemical warfare attack caused by my demons. —Makenzie Loomis
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younger ages and treated faster. That is why for the remaining of October, and as much as possible, educate yourself and others about this disorder. It is a nasty one, and can truly drive people into severe depression and anxiety. Let us spread the word, and help the upcoming generations be the best they can be, and get the help they need.
She says the group brings people together to gather donations for those in need. “The most common things needed are baby items,” said VanTassell. She says they have also helped many homeless people around the city find shelters and people have volunteered to give out food and gift baskets for holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. “I don’t believe anyone should live without basic necessities,”said VanTassell about why she was motivated to help others. She says the group runs off of donated items. Some page administrators often go out and buy things themselves. VanTassell says Pay It Forward has motivated and inspired the community around Auburn to help.
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heroin epidemic
By Jack Corey, contributing writer
The heroin epidemic sweeping America takes an average of 130 lives everyday. When two local parents lost a child to heroin, they decided to take action to increase heroine awareness and provide aid to those who need it in Auburn. Michelle Gentile and Kevin Jones’ daughter, Jessica, graduated from Cortland State with a bachelor’s degree in Communications at the top of her class. She had a supportive family, many friends, and her whole life ahead of her, but that was all taken away. “Heroin doesn’t discriminate, It has affected so many people not only our community at large. It doesn’t matter if you have two dollars or two million it can affect anyone,”said Jones. In the summer of 2013, Jones and his brother, Bob, began putting up tombstones in Hoopes Park and the lawn in front of CCC with the names of those who have been taken by heroin to try to make a change and bring awareness. “If we saved only one life with the gravestone project, it was all worth it,” said Jones. Throughout 2013 and 2014, they held many events throughout the community educating the public on the dangers of heroin addiction. After three more deaths and many overdoses, a meeting was called for anyone affected by the epidemic at a local bar called CC’s Tavern. With over 100 people attending, the response was absolutely overwhelming. Since that night’s meeting there have been weekly meetings held for anyone affected by the epidemic. The meetings have grown since last year and two support groups have formed: one for family members of addicts and another for abusers themselves. Throughout the last year, the Heroin Epidemic Action League (HEAL) has also hosted many events throughout the community such as concerts, fundraisers and heroin awareness walks. Well known faces such as The Baldwin family and Governor Catco have attended these events as well as many others. “We knew from the beginning that we needed to do something but we had no idea how much support we would be given and how much of the community was affected,” said Jones. Today you can find the HEAL committee on Monday nights at The Center located at 1 Hoffman Street, meeting every first and third Monday of every month as well meetings for families and opiate addicts on Thursday nights. The one year anniversary celebration will be held on October 14th from 6-9 at the Springside Inn. If you or someone you know has been taken away by heroine, please do not be afraid to get help. With extraordinary resources within the community it’s never too late.
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CCC’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAYS OCT 12 AT HOME
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Volleyball players reflect on season without Spartan player Taylor King-Carr By Kalin Douglas, contributing writer the scorekeeper’s table with angel wings along each side of it with her jersey. The teamheld a moment of silence in remembrance of Taylor as they continued their season with a 1-1 record when they played Davis College. The girls struggled with Taylor’s death in the beginning of the season as expected due to such a heartbreaking loss, but as the season goes on, they have and will continue to learn to cope with her absence in a very positive way. Some team members say they started to use it as motivation. The Lady Spartans placed Taylor’s obituary on a special seat on their bench during each game.
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“The death of one we loved, not only as a person, but as a teammate, may have brought our volleyball team a whole lot closer this season and surely will continue to do so,” said a member of the Spartan team. Cayuga’s volleyball team’s angel, Taylor King-Carr, who was on the team last season as a freshman, passed away this summer very unexpectedly. She used to travel with the team everywhere they would go and keep the team’s spirits up. She was a very bubbly individual who could always put a smile on your face even if your day wasn’t that particularly great. Cayuga Community College’s volleyball team hung her picture up on the wall behind
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Don’t miss a musical re-telling of ‘Scrooge’ By Kimberly Murray, contributing writer
Criminal Justice Club plants pinwheels to promote domestic violence awareness By Zak Haines, editor-in-chief table in the main lobby of the Auburn campus lobby to raise money for the cause by selling different items. All students are encouraged to wear purple on October 20th to help show support for the victims of domestic violence. “October 20th is National Wear Purple Day as a sign of support to the victims,” said a CJ Club member. PHOTO BY KODY FOWLER
Members of the Criminal Justice Club planted 1,400 purple pinwheels on the lawn in front of Cayuga Community College’s Auburn campus to build awareness during October: Domestic Violence Awareness month. Members of the club say they have a number of special events planned for the rest of the month. “It’s domestic violence awareness month, so every year CJ Club partners with Cayuga/ Seneca Action Agency and puts 1,400 purple pinwheels up to show support fo the victims of domestic violence. T The pinwheels with the red ribbons tied to its stem represents homicides that resulted from domestic violence. Throughout the month CJ Club hosts a
Auburn Players in conjunction with Auburn Public Theater is producing a musical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about a bitter old miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. There will be open auditions on Wednesday, October 12th and Friday, October 14th for adults at Cayuga Community College at 6:30 PM, and on October 15th at the First Presbyterian Church in Auburn from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM for younger students 15-yearsold and younger. To audition, just prepare a monologue and 32 bars of a musical theater song or your favorite Christmas Carol! This community event is being produced by theater regulars like Joe Shepard, the lighting designer of many local theater shows and he is also involved largely in public theater. “This will be a family event for all ages. They are doing this event for a present or gift to the community. As a community Auburn does not have a large amount of Christmas events for people to attend,” said Shepard. “With hopes to bring in people to downtown to support the many local businesses, this will also bring people together for the holi-
day season especially with a musical version of the Christmas Carol.” Audience members will also have the opportunity to enjoy caroler and a string quartet before the performance. All the performers will be collecting money to donate to a local food bank. Performance dates will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings December 8th, 9th, and 10th, and on Sunday the 11th. Times to be announced.
CCC alum shares her film ‘Blueberry Soup’ By Zak Haines, editor-in-chief Cayuga Telcom graduate, Eileen Jerrett made a small homecoming appearance last Monday, October 3rd by presenting her documentary film “Blueberry Soup” to students and faculty at the Auburn Public Theater. Jerrett has screened her film in more than a dozen countries with many people feeling Eileen Jerrett inspired to help make their countries better, similar to how Iceland changed theirs as documented in the film. The film, “Blueberry Soup,” is a political documentary film based on Iceland and its people’s quest to rewrite the Icelandic Constitution. In October of 2008, some of Iceland’s biggest banks collapsed and brought the country’s economy down with it. The people of Iceland were fed up with the way the government was handling the situation and decided the best way to go about it was to rewrite the constitution. Iceland’s original Constitution was a spin-off of Denmark’s Constitution, as explained in the film. Some people felt a new, modern Constitution would be the first steps in getting their government and economy back into shape. The government allowed the people to help crowd source the Constitution through the social media platform, Facebook. Iceland has a population of roughly 300,000 people, and many Icelanders use Facebook. The govern-
ment felt it was the easiest way to communicate with its citizens for comments, questions, and feedback on the progress of the new Constitution. Many students felt inspired and had a different view on how democracy could work. Through crowd sourcing, it seemed that almost anyone and everyone could have a say in the new Constitution when drafts were being posted online. In a Q and A after the film, the title “Blueberry Soup” was explained. In Iceland, blueberry soup is an Icelandic comfort food. Jerrett felt that it is a title that represents Iceland and makes the topic “less frightening compared to some documentaries seen on Netflix.” Jerrett also announced that a sequel was in the works. She is going back to Iceland to film “Blueberry Soup 2” to follow up on the new Constitution and see where it has gone since Jerrett left Iceland.
Marcellus is hosting a Film Festival By Dylan Pappa, contributing writer Lights, Camera, Action! Film has been one of the most influential form of media since the early 1900’s, bringing in massive amounts of crowds to theaters all over the country. But many of the films we see on the big screen today are big budget films, films that are owned and produced by massive companies. As we all know those big films are not the only ones that are made, many people make independent films with low budgets. Some of you may browse YouTube and find some titles that include “Award Winning.” Maybe you’re wondering what “award” they’ve won and where they won it. Film festivals can be found all across the country. There are large scale ones such as the Sundance Film Festival, or more local ones such as the Marcellus Movie Madness Family Film Festival. This local film festival is making it’s debut this year and it’s starting out fairly small. The festival currently has 60 submissions which currently totals to about 10 hours of film from 19 countries around the world. Submission fees have reached over $300, which will go toward prizes for the best films in each category. Submissions from people under 18 are also now free.
Films are split up by length and topic. Special categories are also incorporated in the festival. Film Race is where a participant is given 24 hours to make a short film on a surprise, given theme, with a prescribed scene or prop. Mute Film is a short film with no camera moves and no dialogue. Female Filmmakers is a short film with an entirely female cast and crew. Last but not least, there is Vidcom which is where participants have to do an entertaining narration of a 5-minute film that is provided to you. Films must be submitted online and be available for screening as a digital file. Submissions must include comments if your film was shot in Marcellus, Onondaga County or Central New York (include locations) or made by CNY filmmakers. No film with inappropriate content will be accepted. Films must be PG-13 or under in order to be screened. There is little left for late submissions, if you have any questions or concerns please email Lewis McCaffrey at info@m3f3.org. The Marcellus Movie Madness Family Film Festival will take place on Friday, November 11th to Sunday, November 13th 2016.
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