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MEET THE NEW STUDENT ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR The college has appointed Elizabeth F. Goldschein (Liz) as the new Student Engagement Coordinator who will be working with clubs, and activities at both campuses. She previously held positions at Syracuse University and Onondaga Community College. She will maintain offices at the Auburn (M132B) and Fulton campus (F107) .
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— Excerpt from a campus-wide email issued by Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Board of Trustees Pam Heleen from CCC President Dr. Brian Durant on Wednesday, October 3rd. “I am pleased to announce that our Board of Trustees approved an agreement this afternoon with the City of Auburn related to the use and renovation of Falcon Park, allowing Falcon Park to be the home for Cayuga’s intercollegiate sports teams. The Auburn City Council is presenting the agreement at its meeting Thursday night and is expected to vote on the agreement next week.” Published reports indicate that the City of Auburn will borrow a $3 million bond to finance renovations to update the sports facility. The college’s rental fees to use the park will help the City of Auburn pay off the debt.
NEW CCC BASEBALL TEAM GETTING READY TO TAKE FIELD FOR SPRING INAUGURAL SEASON By Kaitlyn Diego, associate editor and sports editor Although there is still some time before our spring season kicks off, why not get excited about our sports now?! CCC’s baseball team
is new, improved, and working hard to have an amazing season. Head Coach TJ Gamba says improvement will come with teaching the players good habits, teaching them the cognitive side of the game, and ultimately executing all aspects of the game itself. “Even though this sport seems like something to easy to learn and play, it is not. It takes not only the physical abilities, but the dedication, motivation, and mindset that you as a player can succeed in this game.” said Gamba. Our baseball team is lucky enough to be able to play on a well known park in he community, Falcon Park. Coach Gamba says the boys are excited to have this privilege to not only play on the field, but to practice here as well. Rain has put a kink in their pre-season games, but CCC pitcher, Dave Wilson of Ancaster, Ontario, during the coach says that will not stop the team from working a recent exhibition game at Falcon Park in Auburn.
hard, and getting better everyday! The spring will be here before we know it! Coach says more students athletes will be joining them in January. He says that this is not only a very competitive game, but a great educational experience for all the student athletes, too. Head Baseball Coach Gamba played Coach TJ Gamba collegiately for Ithaca College and was drafted by the Indians’ organization in 1986. He played professionally for three years. He later coached the Ithaca Bombers as an assistant for three seasons. Gamba was inducted into the Bomber Hall of Fame in 2009. The season kicks off on March 17th with a double header away against CCBC Catonsville Cardinals. The team’s first home game as of now will be April 2nd, at Falcon Park, starting at 4 p.m. facing Columbia-Greene Community College! Don’t forget to go out, have some fun, and show your support!
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The Criminal Justice Club students are having a “Get Your Purple On!” day to spread awareness about domestic violence. The students will be walking around campus and If you do to have purple on, they will give you your very own purple party beads to “get your purple on!” Everyone wearing purple is invited to be in a group picture so wear your purple that day!
If approved by the Auburn City Council this week, Cayuga Community College’s intercollegiate sports teams will have a new ‘home’ field during games. The facility is expected to have renovations done in time for CCC’s inaugural baseball season in 2019. CCC’s other teams, including softball, men’s and women’s soccer, along with a possible reboot of the college’s men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, will play their home games here.
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By Kaitlyn Diego, associate editor Friday afternoon, an email was sent out to students and staff concerning outages that were faced. MyCayuga and Backboard were down for around 35 to 40 minutes Friday morning. This outage was due to a hardware failure. This caused a SUNY wide outage for everyone. However, it is said that this was a one time outage, and is not expected to happen again! For more questions, concerns, or details, feel free to contact Director of Distance Learning, Brandon Davis- Shannon.
October 9, 2018
BORED OF SUBS I attend Cayuga Community College. To begin with we only have one option to eat— Subway. I think we should maybe at least have a coffee shop or a cafe of some sort aswell. But more importantly, the fact that we don’t even have utensils like forks, spoons and knives in the cafeteria for us to use is ridiculous to me. Such a small thing that we don’t have access to is not fair. So I would be entirely grateful if we could at least just get some forks here. I understand we aren’t a big school but still. Thank you for your understanding — Julia Thomas, CCC student
OPINIONS HOW I SEE IT...
Auburn Mayor Quill appeared on CCC’s student-produced television news show last week to update citizens on the city’s progress.
Megan Swartwood EDITOR-IN-CHIEF There are many things in this world that we all may not be aware of. Information that is withheld from the public and facts that we may just have never heard of before. The other night, I was doing some research for a class that I have to write a paper on. We are learning about the research process and this week we had to research what topics that we may want to do. Upon doing this research, I
times in the news recently. That is when I came across the several garbage patches that are present in our ocean. I had heard about this, but didn’t really realize the size nor the magnitude of this problem. Seeing the pictures of the billions of pieces of trash and the marine life living among this urged me to write about this growing issue. I cannot stress enough that we need to be self-conscious about how much trash we are using in one day. Recycling, using reusable containers and water bottles can make a bigger difference than you may think. We only have one Earth. We can’t just pick up and move to a new one anytime soon. So please, remember to recycle and think twice before littering or not recycling, for your trash may end up polluting the ocean. — Megan Swartwood, editor-in-chief
Have an opinion you would like to share? learned about something that I had not seen with my own eyes before. I decided to base my research on the topic of the water pollution, since it has been discussed multiple
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MAYOR TAKES VIEWERS INSIDE GOVERNMENT By Austin Reals, staff writer Mayor of Auburn; Michael D. Quill appeared last week to update citizens on the city’s progress on an episode of Inside Government, a television news show that is produced, recorded, and streamed live with a CCC student crew in the college’s television studio on the Auburn campus.
Austin Reals STAFF WRITER Quill says the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)is responsible for starting projects to change and improve the city of Auburn. “What do you, personally as mayor, see as the high priority projects within that list?” asked Inside Government’s host, Guy Cosentino, concerning the DRI. “Just continuing everything we’ve been working on, you know Downtown, Equal Rights Heritage center, I see Nolan’s building is just about gutted now, if not gutted, whether that’s on the shortlist, I
MEET THE AUBURN SGO STAFF Hey there, my name is Carissa Rice (yes, like the food) and I am your Student Government President. I am 18 going on 19 and I’m an Audio/Music production major here at CCC. I’m a huge nerd when it comes to things that I like (Marvel, Harry Potter, The Office, Disney,
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can’t answer that,” said Mayor Quill. Mayor Quill says the new visitor center under construction downtown is called the Equal Rights Heritage Center, which is the building across from City Hall on South Street. Quill says the construction of the center should be complete by the third or last week of October, and at this stage, the project hasn’t cost taxpayers money so far. He says the manager of the building will be Stephanie Devito. Another topic discussed was the installation of new turf for Falcon Park. The college’s Board of Trustees has voted to approve the deal with the city, the plan now needs the approval of the Auburn City Council. When asked when he will be voting on it, Quill says, “It will be the following week or it maybe two weeks, I’m not sure yet what the agenda is.” Consentino and Mayor Quill also talked about the progress of the construction on Genesee Street and the Blue-Green Algae problem that is affecting Auburn’s water. Quill reported that Genesee Street is 20% done, he says he wanted the road done by Labor Day, but if the construction does go into 2019, it will only be minor adjustments to complete the street. Quill says the Blue-Green Algae problem, however, is going to take a long time to find the cause of it and the solution to control it.
Carissa Rice AUBURN SGO PRESIDENT Music/Musicals, Memes, Xbox, Potatoes, ect.). I could talk about them all day so feel free to stop by my office and chat if you feel the same way. If you have ever walked by our office it may look like we are always having fun dancing and singing, but aside from all the craziness, we are all very serious about what we do. We are extremely dedicated to the SGO and to making sure you, as students, have an outlet to use your voice and a safe place to ask any questions you might have. The SGO office is located in the Café, so please stop by and feel free to say hello and maybe even sing some Karaoke with us. Hey guys! My name is Mallorie DeVisser, and I’m your Student Government Vice President. I’m currently 18-years-old, and this is my third semester here. My major is Liberal Arts with
a writing concentration, which you probably wouldn’t of guessed by the quality of this Bio. I reside in the potato field known as Savannah, NY and attended Clyde Savannah High School. If you want to know a little bit about my personality I’m a dog lover, and a theater
Mallorie DeVisser AUBURN SGO VICE PRESIDENT enthusiast. People often describe me as funny, and brutally honest. I am not afraid to voice my opinion. I’m a complete nerd: I love movies(old and new), Disney, Harry Potter, and Marvel. I also love food (but who doesn’t). I currently aspire to transfer to SUNY Oswego to continue my education in the writing field. I hope to someday be a fiction book editor. I’m proud to be your Vice President Intrum, and have an influence on the student body. I’ve always thought of myself as a leader, and now hopefully other will see me as one now in this position. So far, this position has been very rewarding. It’s definitely a learning experience in every aspect, but has so many enjoyable upsides. The Student Government office is currently located in the cafe, the door is always open! We are also at a table on the main floor, you can ask us anything!
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By Nychele Crouch , staff writer Auburn Public Theater last week was the venue to CCC’s annual Cayuga Records Party once again, and the party went over without a hitch! Good music, good people, and good food! What’s better than that? Telcom students and faculty members gathered together for a night of mingling and live music from some talented up-and-coming artists, ncluding the band “Way Off Base.” Telcom as well as non-Telcom students alike partook in the evening’s festivities. “I think [the events are] really fun. You get a clash of different minds and different personalities. It’s great,” said Erica Perwitz, a Telcom alum.
Guests of the party were greeted with friendly faces such as Telcom students Autumn Brewer and JoAnn Dyson at the door, offering Cayuga Records shirts and tickets for the evening’s raffle. Off campus events such as CCC’s Cayuga Records Party are praised by students as they are viewed as a way for everyone to interact with one another in a less formal setting. “ I love these types of events because you get to see all of the Telcom students from the past, as well as current students come together all in one location. I love it,” said JoAnn Dyson, a CCC Telcom student.
MEMBERS OF CCC’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLUB DECORATE THE LAWN OF THE AUBURN CAMPUS WITH PURPLE PINWHEELS TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH There are a lot of monthly holidays on October, it seems. Breast CancerAwareness month, LGBT History month, National Pizza Month... but one that is often forgotten, andpainfully so, is Domestic Violence month. The Criminal Justice would like nothing more than to change that, and they’re making that change today, educating people one purple pinwheel at a time. Or, well, more like one hundred pinwheels or so at a time. The pinwheels, which stand on proud display on the campus front lawn, were custom commissioned by the boat load to spread awareness about the monthly observance.
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And it is a very, very serious observance. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nearly 20 people per minute are victims of physical violence of some sort or other, and more than 20,000 calls are placed to domestic violence hotlines across the nation. One in three women and one in four men have reported experiencing some form of violence from a partner in their life time. That’s 1/3rd and 1/4ths, respectively. With odds like that, they could be someone you know. A friend, family member, maybe even yourself. If you want to show your support, the CJ club is organizing a ‘Purple Day’ photo shoot at 11 AM, October 17th and that’s only the start of what they have planned. Let’s show that we care, that we haven’t forgotten, and paint the school purple on October 15th. It’s the least we can do. And if you yourself have ever, or find yourself still in, a physically or emotionally abusive relationship, know that there are always people there to help. You are not alone. — Kelsey McLean, former Collegian editorin-chief
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CCC STUDENTS ENJOY OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS WEAR PURPLE OCTOBER 17TH
WIN-89 FM CELEBRATES NATIONAL RADIO DAY
DRUM CLINIC WITH DAVID NORTHRUP
Telcom freshman, Josh Hart, gives a hearty thumbs up for National Radio Day! It wouldn’t be a Telcom event without a sheet of pizza! Telcom instructor Doug Brill attacks while Chianna Boatman, Autumn Brewer and Mathew Lucas wait.
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The School of Media and the Arts (SOMA) is pleased to present a drum clinic with Nashville’s David Northrup on Monday, October 15th at 3 .m. in room M157on the Auburn Campus. According to his biography on his Facebook page: “David Northrup’s skill and talent as a busy touring musician is matched only by his long list of recording credits and work that he has done with a multitude of artists over varying genres. His long, versatile list of recording and performance credits Drummer David include Rock Legend Northrup John Waite, The James Brown Horns, John Mellencamp, Guitarist Les Dudek, and Jam Band Sensation The Disco Biscuits. Country Artists include: Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Doug Stone, Tanya Tucker, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Lila McCann, Jo De Messina, Jo-El Sonnier, Pam Tillis, Anthony Smith, Ty Herndon, Louise Mandrell, Gene Watson, Lee Greenwood, Deborah Allen, Connie Smith and currently with The Legendary Oak Ridge Boys. He was voted number Two Country Drummer and number Two Clinician of the year in the prestigious Modern Drummer Readers Poll (2009 and 2010).”
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