PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
FIRST LADY HAS MILD SYMPTOMS; PRESIDENT FEELING BETTER AT HOSPITAL AFTER RECEIVING DRUG THERAPY TREATMENTS
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Vol. 67 Issue 4
FIRST CCC SALIVA TEST RESULTS:
CAYUGABRIEFS ON CAMPUS TESTING CONTINUES; WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
NEGATIVE
If you have been identified as a member of CCC’s on-campus population you will receive an email from the college with instructions and a testing date and time. College administrators want to remind the on-campus population it is still important to note that in addition to surveillance testing, all employees and students must continue wearing face masks, social distancing, and following all health and safety protocols. • At least two days before your test date, you must create a COVID-19 Surveillance Account and register online at http://register.suny-covid. com. This is a SUNY-required step that identifies who each saliva sample is collected from. • During this process, you will be asked for your “Institution ID.” Enter your C number in this location. • In the “Address Information” section, you will be asked for your “permanent address” and your “local address.” Enter your home address at both locations. • As part of this registration, you will be asked for your health insurance information. The College will be billed for pooled testing. Your health insurance information will only be used if your saliva sample subsequently requires individual testing. If your insurance does not fully cover individual testing, the College will cover the expense. • At the end of your registration, you will reach a screen asking if you have a test kit. This is as far as you can go before your scheduled test appointment. A photo of the screen is below. Your progress in the registration will save automatically.
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BEFORE YOU GO TO YOUR TEST:
CAPTURING THE BEAUTY OF AUTUMN Telcom student and CAYUGA BYTES host, Jenna Fields, took a moment on the Auburn Campus last week to admire how Autumn has turned the trees in the grassy knoll in front of the college entrance into a spectacular display of reds and oranges. If you have captured a moment in time, The Cayuga Collegian staff would love you to share it with them. Just email your jpeg, name, hometown, major and year in school to the newspaper at cayugacollegian@gmail.com.
CCC HOSTS FIRST VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES FAIR ON ZOOM By Jenna Fields, Co-editor
Taking classes in the Fall 2020 semester with many of those courses taught on-line may not be ideal for many. However, keeping your distance while getting involved and participating in CCC clubs and activities may not be as difficult as you might think. There is still a whole list of clubs students may join during this time. Last week, Director of Student
Jenna Fields
CAYUGACOLLEGIAN@GMAIL.COM It is more important than ever for the campus community to reach out and keep in touch. For some, contact with others in any way is vital. Please share your news with us. WE WANT TO TELL YOUR STORY! We need to document how we’re handling this crisis for future generations. More importantly, we need to provide the clue which keeps us together when staying safe keeps us far apart.
WE WANT YOU! GET INVOLVED! WE TAPE MOST WEDNESDAYS IN T109 @ 3:30 PM, AUBURN
After two days of COVID-19 surveillance testing at Cayuga Community College’s Fulton and Auburn campuses, the Dean for College Advancement, Cathy Dotterer, and Public and Media Relations Associate, Andrew Poole announced in an email to the campus community that SUNY Upstate returned results from the COVID-19 surveillance testing conducted at the Fulton Campus on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1 at the Auburn Campus resulted in all pooled samples from Cayuga employees and students tested negative. “Thank you for your continued commitment to our health and safety measures, and please remember to monitor your email,” reminded Dotterer. “This week we will be testing Tuesday (Fulton) and Wednesday (Auburn),” said Poole. “For those of you who completed testing this week, please monitor your email for your next scheduled testing date.” Before attending your designated test time, you must bring your college photo identification (I.D.) and your smartphone to the testing site. Testing will not be conducted if you do not have both of these items.
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CCC Anime Club is looking for more members for their virtual meetings this semester. For more information about how to participate contact the faculty advisor, Gregory Sevik.
members of The Art Club might be able to accomplish this semester. This club allows students to participate in Art and Design projects and experiences. Johnson says usually this club meets weekly and Activities Norman Lee hosted the college’s would create Art together, but this year she first ‘virtual’ Activities Fair to help publisays The Art Club will meet virtually and cize many of the college club still operating Johnson says it may be fun for them to virduring the pandemic. Lee said a recording tually visit art museums like the Lourve in of the Zoom session will be made available Paris. For more information about The Art to students on the college’s website. Club, contact Melissa Johnson at melissa. Art Professor Melissa Johnson began johnson@cayuga-cc.edu. the virtual session with her hopes about If you like Japanese Art, then The Anime Club might be perfect for you! Organizers of the club say they usually meet weekly and watch anime and discuss it later on. They say they still plan to meet weekly by just shifting their meetings to on-line. The student organizers emphasize EVERYONE is welcome to participate. Students will be able to vote and then all will decide what the club members would like to watch together. The Anime Club has a Facebook page which is CCC Anime Club. They say they are also working on Discord chat for the future. You can contact the club’s Art Professor Melissa Johnson in front of her work “The faculty advisor, Greg Sevick. Day I saw 1,000 Robins.” Johnson encourages students to participate virtually in The Art Club this semester. CONTINUED PAGE 3
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• You must not eat or drink anything, including chewing gum, mints or lozenges, for 30 minutes prior to testing. • You must abstain from smoking, vaping or using smokeless tobacco products for 30 minutes prior to testing. • Do not brush your teeth or use mouthwash less than three (3) hours prior to testing.
HERE IS HOW POOLED TESTING WORKS: “The State University of New York has been approved by the New York State Department of Health to undertake pooled surveillance testing for Covid-19 - an innovative method where numerous samples can be run as part of one test. SUNY’s pooled testing approach was developed and validated by SUNY Upstate Medical University’s laboratory and Quadrant Biosciences, and will use saliva samples, pooled in batches as small as 10 and as large as 25 samples. The pooled testing allows for about 10-25 people to be screened in one test. The testing can be done using saliva rather than by swabs that are inserted in a patients’ nose. Individuals administer the tests themselves, swabbing their mouths for 10 or 15 seconds each, and provide the saliva samples to medical personnel. Their samples are combined into one, which is tested for coronavirus. A negative test means that all 10-25 people in the group are presumed at the time to be coronavirus-free. A positive test for the pool would mean every person in that group would need to be individually tested by a PCR test.” —EXCERPT FROM A POST ON UPSTATE.EDU
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HOW I SEE IT...
Marc Baan
Michael Perry
CO-EDITOR FEATURE WRITER
STAFF WRITER
HOW I SEE IT...
At this point we all just want to return to normal life. I’ve experienced enough social distancing and mask wearing for a lifetime. However, in the famous words of rapper/singer Drake, it is far from over. New cases are popping up everywhere, from the NFL to the White House. While there is a light at the end of the tunnel, we have to continue to fight this uphill battle against the pandemic. Everyone including myself is complaining about having to wear the masks. No one can hear me when I’m speaking on the phone at work with my mask on and I can constantly smell my morning coffee breath. I am not here to try and lie to you and say masks are great, they stink! Now, take a step back. How can we end this horrible time of mandatory mask wearing? Fear not, for I have a brilliant idea. If we all stay home and follow CDC guidelines, we will see a reduction in cases. Obviously, this is easier said than done. Older relatives can be stubborn and don’t want to stay home. Certain folks don’t think wearing a mask makes any difference, and they view wearing a mask as some form of oppression by the government. This is false. While wearing a mask can be unpleasant, it is certainly not the same as being oppressed. These people need a serious reality check if they think wearing a mask is a violation of their personal freedoms. We are all guaranteed the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In order to help others with their freedom of life, wear your mask. It is not that hard. Just by wearing your mask you could potentially save someone from contracting the virus. Be a decent human being and have some empathy, you wouldn’t want any of your at-risk family or friends getting infected, do the same for others you may not know personally. —Michael Perry, staff writer
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OPINIONS
I, like many other Americans sat down to watch the first Presidential debate on Tuesday. Looking forward to a heated, but intellectual discussion in regard to policy, the economy, and many other important issues. But what I saw was further from
AUBURN PEACEFULLY PROTESTS POLICE BRUTALITY CAYUGA COLLEGIAN photographer Emily Lane captured this image on May 31, 2020 when people protesting police brutality marched peacefully through downtown Auburn.
past Presidential debates. I say it was more of a school yard bicker-fest between two bullies. The debate showed how far our political system has fallen. In the handful of Presidential debates, I have watched in my life, I have never seen candidates blatantly talk over the moderator or continuously go over their allotted time as they did in this debate. Personal insults mashed in with the term “Shut-Up” are better kept at a bar brawl and not on the road to the Presidency. America, we have lost our dignity. We have lost our self-respect. Once we were seen as that hard working, dignified, respectful nation that was there for any other nation that needed us. We were prosperous and plentiful. But now we are no better than arguing school children. We should not stand for anything other than the best out of our leaders. It is us who put them into this roll, and it is us who can remove them as well. This November the election should not be about “Making America Great Again” or “Rebuilding America Stronger,” but keeping what makes America great the first and foremost. No matter who you vote for, go out and vote. And demand from our President and elected candidates nothing than the best from them. We all deserve that. —Marc Baan, Co-editor
CAYUGA CLUBS! FULTON AND AUBURN CLUBS Please share your meeting times, events, and fund-raisers with The Cayuga Collegian We want to publish your news!
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The Cayuga Collegian welcomes letters from its readers. Submissions must be emailed to cayugacollegian@gmail.com. Submissions must include your name, address and daytime phone number. All letters to the editor do not reflect the viewpoint of the Collegian office, its staff or advisor. All letters are simply the opinions of the writers themselves. All letters may be edited for content or length.
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CAYUGABRIEFS LONG-TIME CCC PROFESSOR ROBERT GALLO PASSES
In a 25 year career at Cayuga Community College, Robert Gallo served as a professor, director of continuing education, and dean of administrative and educational services. He also was an evaluator for CCC Professor the Middle States Robert “Bob” Gallo Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Early in his tenure, Bob led a program to bring artists and intellectuals to campus including Simon & Garfunkel, philosopher Marshall McLuhan, author Immanuel Velikovsky and poet John Ciardi. A celebration of Bob’s life will be held at a later date. Donations in Bob’s memory may be made to the Food Bank of Central New York at 7066 Interstate Island Road, Syracuse, NY 13209 or to Sisters of Mercy at 625 Abbott Road, Buffalo, NY 14220
SUNY LAUNCHES A PLAN TO EXPAND STUDENT ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES In response to a nationwide uptick in mental health and wellness needs among college students due to the impact of COVID-19, State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today announced a comprehensive plan to expand access to mental health services to every student at SUNY’s 64 campuses. As part of this new plan, SUNY is partnering with Thriving Campus to provide every student from SUNY’s colleges and universities with access to a network of more than 6,000 licensed mental health service providers. The mobile-friendly app, already utilized at two SUNY campuses, breaks down a number of crucial, often overlooked barriers that students frequently encounter in the process of reaching out for help. By streamlining and simplifying what can be a stressful and overwhelming process, and building synergy with local mental health providers, more students will be seamlessly connected with the specific help they need, when they need it.
DO YOU HAVE THE SUNY COVID-19 CASE TRACKER? SUNY recently launched a system-wide COVID-19 case tracker dashboard. The centralized dashboard will provide real time, up-to-date information on COVID-19 cases, testing, and quarantine and isolation space availability across SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities to more efficiently monitor, respond to, and contain the virus. The current day is populated at 4pm and the data is updated hourly. The data can be viewed on a system-wide or campus by campus level. You can access the dashboard on-line at www.suny.edu/covid19.
IMPORTANT CAS UPDATES The Center for Academic Success continues to support students during this quite different semester. Here is what is new: • We are happy to announce that English Professor Mary Bulkot is now providing CAS writing tutoring support for our students. Information on CAS web pages will direct writing tutoring requests to Mary (bulkot@cayuga-cc.edu) and if anyone has any questions they could contact Mary or me. We are excited to have Mary in this important support role! • Reminder: Due to social distancing requirements and limited seating, testing in the CAS is by appointment only and reserved for placement testing and accommodative and makeup testing for campus classes. CAS campus hours are MondayThursday 8am-4:30pm (virtual services on Fridays) with accommodative testing for evening classes by advance appointment. Please contact OAR staff to schedule accommodate testing, and Vicki, Misty or me for makeup or placement testing scheduling questions or concerns. Feel free to contact me with questions you might have about any CAS services. —Terry L. Kupp, Ed.D. Director, Center for Academic Success
VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES FAIR CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
If writing and gathering news is more your style, The Cayuga Collegian is just the place where you want to be. The Cayuga Collegian is a student-run newspaper which has published on campus for more than 60 years. The student editors are encouraging all students to contribute to the paper. Students are welcome to write about anything they would like to from sports to their feelings about how school is going and college practices and policies. To join the staff or to send your photographs, articles, opinion pieces or art work, just email The Cayuga Collegian at cayugacollegian@gmail.com. Long-time news professional and faculty advisor Mary G. Merritt will immediately guide you.
THE FIRST PLACE AWARD-WINNING 20192020 COLLEGIAN STAFF Left to right: Jenna Fields, associate editor; Emma Tavener; editorin-chief; Ben Winne, staff writer; missing: Emma Lane, photographer and Marc Baan staff and feature writer. The Collegian is seeking new staff members. Find out how you can get involved email cayugacollegian@gmail.com. Branching off of news and information, but in a much different style — such as video/new media, a taping of the new media show produced by the staff of The Cayuga Collegian and students enrolled in Assistant Professor Mary G. Merritt’s Broadcast Journalism class (Telcom 212) — CAYUGA BYTES is the place to be! CAYUGA BYTES is an extension of The Cayuga Collegian, but allows students to be creative and produce any form and type of media and information they would like to share. Tapings take place most Wednesdays on the Auburn Campus in Room T109 at 3:30 P.M. (email your intention to participate beforehand at cayugabytes@gmail.com). Students are also encouraged to participate and contribute by sending videos of what they would like to share to cayugabytes@gmail.com. “CAYUGA BYTES was created to allow students to explore their creativity without boundaries, (to a point),” explained Merritt. “The next great thing in media is out there, hopefully one of our students will discover it and share it with CAYUGA BYTES!” The show’s slogan is: ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT CAYUGA! Business is important and there is the club Ensctus that is for any student interested in business. This club offers many opportunities and learning experiences. You can contact the faculty advisor Amy Valente for more information. Engineering Tech Club is also another great club for any student that is interested or participates in an engineering field. This year the club will participate in virtual tours of companies. The faculty advisor for the club, Professor John Campbell, mentions that exploring “manufacturing” is one of the club’s main purposes.
Mental Health is very important and knowing there is a CCC club that can help with those issues, as well as come together to do community outreach and so much more, then the club SAGA is worth your attention. SAGA advisor Jerimy Blowers is the mental health specialist at the college. He says everyone is welcome to become involved. Do you want to have a say on what activities are available for all students? Then the Student Activity Board (SAB) is perfect for you. Administered by Norman Lee, this organization puts on events, lectures, and works to get students involved to go to conferences and leadership events. Contact Leen@cayuga-cc.edu for more information about SAB. Continuing on with having a say in the college, The Student Government Organization (SGO) is the voice of the students to the college’s administration. Elected representatives are available to contact if you have any needs or concerns your elected representatives should address on your behalf. This year’s SGO President is student Akira Huber, who served as SGO vice president last year. She says The Student Government Organization allows students to have their voices heard, as well “making a difference.” PTK or also known as Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is a national honor society for students with a GPA of a 3.5 or higher. To become a member you must reach the GPA requirement and if you do — the membership of PTK will reach out. It is a $65 fee that is paid once and will last a lifetime. They plan to have virtual meetings as well. If any students plan to transfer, it is recommended to take advantage of the transfer scholarships offered. PTK is on both campuses. If you are a veteran, a family member of a veteran or just an interested person, then the CCC Veterans Club is a perfect fit. This club is open to any veteran student and staff. This club is on both campus and for more information you can contact Emily Cameron at emily.cameron@cayuga-cc.edu. Lastly, Radio and Television Guild or also known as the RAT Guild is a club for Telcom students, but everyone is welcome to join. This club meets on Wednesdays and already has many virtual events planned for the semester such as virtual game nights and watch parties. This club is also connected the college’s radio station, WDWN.
Any student is welcome to learn and become a radio D.J. and join the staff of the radio station. For more information feel free to contact Steve Keeler or Jeff Szczesniak.
CALLING ALL TALENT! SIGN UP TO PERFORM IN THE SOMA TALENT SHOWCASE OCT. 28 The School of Media and the Arts (SOMA) Fall 2020 Talent Showcase will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, October 28 at 3:00. Here is the link: https://zoom. us/j/93452115401. DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UPS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020. Performances may include original music, cover music, video production, stand-up comedy, dramatic monologue, and reading of original written work. All performances should be three (3) minutes or less in duration. In order to preserve social distancing, only solo performances will be permitted—no groups. The SOMA Talent Showcase will additionally include a slideshow of selected student visual art. Artists may submit work of any kind (photography, painting, sculpture, etc.), as long as it fits with this year’s theme: “Self-Portrait: I Am Art.” Prizes will be awarded in all categories! All performances and artworks should be appropriate for an academic event.
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To sign up for a musical performance, please contact Professor Mike Cortese at cortese@cayuga-cc.edu with a description of what you will perform. Please note – musical performers should be well-prepared for their live performances on Zoom.
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For video production, please contact Professor Steve Keeler at keeler@cayuga-cc.edu with a description of, and YouTube link to, your short film.
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For readings, stand-up comedy, or dramatic monologue, please contact Professor Mark Montgomery at montgomery@cayuga-cc.edu with a description of your performance.
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To submit visual art, please send your work as an emailed image attachment to Professor Melissa Johnson at melissa.johnson@cayuga-cc.edu. Please note – only high quality and clear photos will be accepted. If you have questions about documenting your work, please contact Professor Johnson.
2 0 2 0 GRADUATE SIGHTINGS WHERE ARE THEY NOW? We want your help to find out how CCC 2020 graduates are doing and what they are doing! Please email photos and information to cayugacollegian@gmail.com
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Telcom student Josh Hart plays the drums.
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What are you afraid of ?
What are you afraid of? Perhaps a bad grade on your mid-tem? The cop driving closely behind you? Your parents when you get home late? All valid things to be afraid of, but all tangible things—all things you can see coming.
Marc Baan CO-EDITOR FEATURE WRITER
CONGRATULATIONS to Studio Arts and Design Major, as well as the Walter K. Long Scholarship Recipient, Elizabeth Diego! This drawing was part of the RoCo 6 x 6 Annual Exhibit, an exhibition of 6”x 6” works of art at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. This year the exhibit took place on-line due to the pandemic. Elizabeth’s compelling drawing listed as # 3023 sold. Art work is listed anonymously and all proceeds go to support RoCo art programming. Artists names are revealed to the buyers at the time of purchase. Each year the RoCo 6” x 6” show includes artwork done by local and international artists.
Now think of the things you can’t see. Things that move in the comers of your eyes. Sounds that come from nowhere. The touch on your arm from the shadows ... HOW AFRAID ARE YOU NOW?
If you’re brave enough, read this weekly installment of OUR SHADOW WORLD. We will explore the myths and urban legends of our planet. From the creatures your grandparents told you they saw in the war, to the things found on an abandoned VHS tape on the side of the road. Nothing will be held back as we discover what people are afraid of in countries from all four corners of this world. Remember, all myths and legends start with some strand of the truth. Now let’s see if they stay are true or just turn out to be a good story!
OUR SHADOW WORLD Many of you have heard of the monstrous creature rumored to stalk the Great Lakes Region, called the Wendigo. It is said to be an inhuman creature cursed for all time by the taboo acts it had performed when it was human. But there is another creature lurking in the same area that you might have never heard about. The Ojibwe tribe of the Algonquian people call it the Baykok. Modern reports of the Baykok have dated back to 1886 when a logistical dictionary for Algonquian to French was written. The name Baykok was added because it comes up in the Anishinaabe aadizookaan, the traditional stories from the Ojibwe Nation. Father Jean-André Cuoq, who was writing the translation, was told the story of a creature that would hunt warriors who were alone at night and kill them to eat their livers. The Baykok, (which translates in their language to skeleton), is said to look like a man at first glance, but when you look at him a bit closer you find he is anything else but. Accounts in literature like The Story of Hiawatha describe the Baykok to appear emaciated or extremely lean with no muscles, just skin hanging off his bones. Those who have stumbled upon the Baykok have described it as having glowing red eyes and the ability to move fast on the ground and in the trees. They
also have said that they felt like they were being stalked in the forest but had no clue by who or what until they heard an unfamiliar cry. The Baykok reportedly yells its own name before it attacks. The true origins of the Baykok have been lost to time, but many Algonquian elders believe that the Baykok was once a warrior that got lost in the woods and died, never having a proper burial. This theory is strengthened by the reports given by survivors of Baykok attacks; it is described to be holding a bow and wearing a quiver on its back. The myth of the Baykok states that it only attacks other warriors. This might lend some credence to the number of hunters saying they saw and were attacked by the Baykok. If you were a centuries old creature and you get fired upon by a modern rifle, I bet you too would think the one holding it was a warrior. This is a strange world where new discoveries are made every day. We might never know if the Baykok is stalking the woods surrounding the Great Lakes or not, or if the legion of this red-eyed emaciated creature was just an ancient way to explain the sight of an unburied body found in the woods. My only advise to you is this; if you ever come across the Baykok at night while you are hunting, put you rifle down, give it a wide berth, and run back to safety as fast as you can.
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