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Vol. 63 Issue 7 November 2, 2016
CCC Men’s Soccer falls in Region III Semi-Final
CAYUGABRIEFS Students display their masterpieces
Members of CCC’s English as a Second Language course, (ESL), participate in a fashion show of their country’s traditional dress. STORY AND PHOTOS PAGE FOUR
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CCC alum and host of television’s ‘America’s Most Wanted’ show, visited campus last week and met with members of the ACC/CCC Alumni Board. STORY AND PHOTOS PAGE TWO.
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Studio Art + Design, SOMA presents Abstracted.Observed. Fragmented: our spaces on campus+beyond -an exhibition of student work from Art 105 Painting II taught by Melissa Johnson. Library Gallery @ 197 now – November 9
The men’s soccer team’s outstanding 2016 season came to an end last week in a NJCAA Regional Semi-final loss to Erie. The Spartans played an outstanding first half and led 1-0 after a Spencer Urquiza (Pflugerville, TX) goal put Cayuga ahead as they controlled much of the pace and action of the opening half. The second half was a different story… as the Kats from Erie turned the table and evened the score quickly. From there it was all Erie….as they netted three more goals and thwarted several Spartan scoring opportunities to win 4-1. It ends a great season for Cayuga who overcame some significant early season injuries with a very young team to finish the season in the NSCAA national rankings at #13…with a 10-3-1 overall record.
Don’t miss Harlequin Productions’ “Benches” this weekend Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College is proud to present their fall production of “Benches- a series of short plays that will delight your soul.” Director Bob Frame has pulled to together 8 short plays, all centered on or around a bench. Each of these plays are new works, some of them are world premieres. For over 20 years Frame has been producing new and challenging works to give the students at CCC an opportunity they may never again have in their careers: creating a character that has never been seen before! “Benches” runs Nov 3-5 in the CCC Bisgrove Theatre. All shows begin at 8pm. Tickets are $2 for Students and $7 general admission and will be available at the door. The first two shows of the evening were written by George Bryjak. “Nano Romance” is a humorous look at modern young romance while in “Male Call” a young man shows up
to meet Miss Evans who proceeds to interview him to see if he is worthy of joining her for a somewhat happy life. Next, we join two women watching a soccer match in “Soccer Mamas” by Carrie Printz which. The first act closes with a new play by Ken Tesoriere, “The Full Catastrophe”. In which we see if an ex-junky can convince her ex-husband that she deserves to be with her daughter. Act two begins with an angry man trying to hail a taxi but instead meets a strange mugger in Trace Crawford’s “The Sum of Your Experience”. The comedy returns with two more Bryjak pieces, “It’s for the Birds” and “Grin and Bear it”. The former features a woman in the park feeding the birds who is accosted by a pair of police while in the latter we join a pair of hikers as they encounter a bear. Snuck in between these two pieces is woman on the bench waiting to celebrate “A Birthday Party” by Mark Harvey Levine.
For this evening, Director Frame is pleased to work with a cast composed primarily of CCC Freshman. Joining Harlequin veterans Liz Stanistreet, Becky White and John Exner are newcomers Hannah Adams, Marissa Abrams, Beijing Saleem, Anthony Fethers, Tyler Foulkrod and Tristan Nolan. Backstage personnel are also new to Harlequin. We welcome Jordan Robinson and Kimberly Murray to Stage Management duties and Brian Michael Thomas is learning the craft of Sound Design. Frame, Virginia Fennessy and Terri Gadsby will oversee the students in the execution of the technical aspects of the show. “Benches” not only will delight your soul, but also provides a wonderful evening of the type of entertainment that Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College has a reputation for presenting. Call 315-2948640 for more information.
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Are political candidate signs getting too big?
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It’s that year where elections seem to be in everyone’s face rather it be local or national. Almost every TV station, radio station, and online site are all talking politics now more than ever and with the way certain politicians have been acting it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise as to why there is so much coverage this election year in particular. However, what seems to be new is all of the political signs. Normally I would see one to two political signs in a yard and it wouldn’t really grab my attention. What seems to be different from past election years is the increase in giant political signs. You may be wondering ‘what do I mean by giant political signs?’ Well, I mean that some people have bought or created a mini-billboard for their favorite candidate. I have seen many different candidates for these giant signs such as John Katko, Donald Trump, John DeFrancisco, and one sign for Hillary Clinton. Normally I
don’t really care who you’re voting for, it doesn’t really bug me to see support, I actually like seeing people being active but there is always a point where some people need to stop. These giant signs are becoming a burden more than anything else. They have even been a danger for drivers. ` About a month ago in Baldwinsville, I drove by a car accident as I was heading to Great Northern Mall. Thecar accident was holding up traffic. I later found out what happened. A local store had a giant sign out near the road, blocking the view of oncoming traffic. A driver was trying to leave the parking lot to head home. Another driver stopped to let the person in the parking lot out. When the person was leaving the lot, a truck was moving along. The driver in the lot did not see the truck and did not have enough time to stop, causing the accident. The police didn’t put the blame on the driver saying that the sign was blocking any view of
oncoming traffic. The sign was removed by local business and hasn’t been up since. The reason I mention this story is because these giant signs can be more dangerous than anything else. The fact that so many of them are near driveways, intersections, and areas of high traffic is concerning because of all of the potential accidents they can cause. It’s fortunate that there isn’t a lot of accidents already and that voting day is close by, but it brings up a big question. Will these signs be used again or will town and city officials put into effect more rules to regulate where these signs or ban them all together. It’s gonna take one terrible accident to outlaw these giant signs. People should be allowed to have signs and express their opinion, but like everything else in this world, there is always a limit. —Zakary Haines, editor-in-chief
CCC’s Telcom/Media department welcomes John E. Walsh ’65 receives 2016 two visiting scholars By Mary G. Merritt, contributing writer ACC/CCC Alumni Association Award The artists will instruct students in their areas of expertise: documentary filmmaking and photography
By Mary Kriever, ACC/CCC Alumni Association Director and contributing writer
Cayuga Community College’s Telcom/Media Department has the unique opportunity to host two visiting media artists for a full semester of innovative student instruction in documentary filmmaking and photography. The Brunell visiting scholars are documentary filmmaker and 2003 CCC alum, Eileen Jerrett, and world photographer, Jasna Bogdanovska, originally of Macedonia, who now lives and teaches in Rochester, NY. “CCC students will have special access to professionals working in their fields,” said Cayuga Community College Humanities Division Chairperson and School of Media and the Arts Director and Professor Steve Keeler. “Students will be working side-by-side with our visiting scholars as they create their media projects which include documentary films, multi-media presentations, and photo essays in the college’s stateof-the-art television studio and media labs.” Keeler says the students will benefit from Jerrett and Bogdanovska’s critical review of their work as they polish their story telling and media skills. “This valuable feedback from professional media artists will help inspire students creatively and give them insight into the behind the scenes of a professional media work environment,” said Keeler. Eileen Jerrett, who began her film production career while studying at Cayuga Community College, will hold master classes and deliver lectures about her experiences producing her seventh and most extensive piece, a feature-length documentary which folDocumentary lows the rewriting of Icefilmmaker land’s constitution after Eileen Jarrett ‘03 the country’s 2008 eco-
John E. Walsh ’65, most visible for his work on television’s America’s Most Wanted, attended a reception at Cayuga Community College in Auburn in his honor recently to receive his 2016 ACC/CCC Alumni Association Award. Walsh was recognized for his achievements which include his work as an advocate and activist in Washington, D. C. and across the nation to address the issues related to missing children. His advocacy work was key to the passage of the Missing Children’s Act that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. His television program helped to capture about 1,200 suspects, including individuals on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Lists, during its 25-year run. In 2014, he became the host of a documentary-style investigation series, The Hunt with John Walsh, where he details stories of ongoing cases involving fugitives with the intent of expanding searches outside the United States. Members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, College faculty and staff all attended the reception.
nomic collapse entitled “Blueberry Soup.” Jerrett chose the name of an Icelandic comfort food as the title of her film to symbolize to the people she asked to participate a feeling of safeness about the film. Throughout the course of the fiveyear production, Jerrett visited Iceland three times, accompanied only by a cinematographer. Photographer, art director, and educator Jasna Bogdanovska also has an artistic tie to Iceland. She says in 2014, she began to examine her identity and how location connects to memory, nostalgia and the sense of belonging. “As part of my creative process, I conducted geographical research and I found out that the exact midpoint between my hometown in Macedonia and my home in the U.S. is the town of Grindavík in Iceland,” explains Bogdanovska. “After finding this, I made a pilgrimage to Iceland - the place that geographically symbolizes my internal duality.” While in Iceland, Bogdanovska produced a series of photographs and stories examining her internal duality she named Between Near and Far. “They combine mythological stories about destiny, loss, destruction, and creation together with personal stories,” she said. Bogdanovska is an assistant professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Monroe Community College. She is the recipient of 2015 Silver ADDY (American Advertising award) and was awarded the 2015-2016 SUNY Chancellor’s Grant for Innovative Study Abroad Programs. She will be lecturing and conducting master classes with students. Cayuga Community College students uniquely benefit from an everlasting gift from Professor Robert H. Brunell, who taught at CCC for 50 years. The Brunell Visiting Scholar fund is used to invite a distinguished author or artist every other year to be in residence at the College for an entire semester, actively teaching and interacting with students and faculty, while providing presentations open to the general public.
Collegian photographer, CCC freshman Kody Fowler, with CCC alum and America’s Most Wanted host John E. Walsh
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2016 year of the Movie Busts? CCC’s Steve Keeler thinks otherwise 2016 has seen its movies hits such as Finding Dory, Captain America: Civil War, and Sully, just to name a few. All have been box office hits this summer. However, 2016 has also seen its fair share of box office busts including: Gods of Egypt, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and the 2016 remake of BenHur. The box office bombs outweigh the successful movies this year and it makes people wonder, is 2016 the worst year for movies from Hollywood? To find out if this was true, The Collegian asked Professor and the head of the college’s School of Media and the Arts (SOMA), Steve Keeler. First Keeler defined what makes a movie a flop.
“Hollywood tends to look at two things. Domestic gross which is how much a movie made in theatrical release in the United States and then worldwide gross which is how much it’s made around the world. It’s difficult for a hollywood movie to not make back its production cost because of worldwide release. Most of, if not all of the movies,
make back their production cost. A movie is considered a failure if it does not make back its production cost in the U.S.,” Keeler said. In simpler terms, most Hollywood movies on average, break even on worldwide release, even losing money in the United States, but is still considered a failure. For example, the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur is considered a flop at the box office because of its $26 million dollar in the U.S., as its budget was $95 million dollars not including marketing and advertising. There were quite a few winners this year. Keeler claimed that Captain America: Civil War, is tied with the tenth biggest budget of all time. “The production budget was huge. Tied with the tenth biggest budget of all time at $250 million, but it made $408 million in the US and over a billion dollars worldwide making a $750 million dollar profit,” Keeler said. One of the many themes in 2016 was superheroes. Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, and Deadpool, have all been box office hits. “DC comics and Marvel Comics have a built-in audience. People are familiar with the characters are and they’re waiting to see how the characters are going to be in a movie. If the movie is any good at all, it will make money,” said Keeler. According to the website, the-numbers. com, Professor Keeler pointed out in the top ten grossing movies for 2016, four out of ten of the movies are based off comic books. Another big theme for 2016 was movie sequels. Among titles such as: Finding Dory, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Independence Day: Resurgence, sequels did not do as well as their predecessor. “Sometimes it’s hard to know with the sequels. Sometimes sequels work really well and sometimes they don’t. If you get
a good team working on the sequel and you have a story people really like and you keep up the production values of the original. You can find a lot of success with a sequel,” said Keeler. So is 2016 the year of the movie busts? “There were too many other blockbuster movies this year, eating up audience like Finding Dory, Batman vs Superman, Suicide Squad, and Captain America: Civil War. A movie like Ben-Hur, which is not a comic book character, it’s not a sequel to anything it’s a remake of a movie from 1959 that takes place in Ancient Rome. It just couldn’t find an audience. It’s not that it was a bad movie, the reviews were decent. Audiences who went and saw it liked it. There was a lot action in it, it was just the wrong summer for this movie,” said Keeler. Too many fish in one pond? “That happens. There is only so many people who will go to movies and if your movie opens on the wrong weekend against a strong competitor or more than one strong competitor, your movie can get squeezed out and if you don’t hit a good number on the opening weekend the movie dies fast,” said Keeler. So what advice is Keeler giving his students who want to go into film production? “Good writing always wins out. Original screenplays or you are adapting something like a comic book or a book into a screenplay;
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good writing always wins out,” he said. Keeler also mentions it’s a good time for people going into special effects and sound production. “I think 2016 had some surprise hits and surprise flops. There were some big budget movies that got a lot of media promotion and did very poorly at the box office and a couple low budget movies that provided some pleasant surprises. 2016 seems to be a good year for the movie industry and even slightly ahead of last year in terms of money they are taking in,” said Keeler.
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Cayuga’s Got Talent! Fall 2016 PHOTO BY KODY FOWLER
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Instructor Rebecca Mindek (far right) and her English as a Second Language students.
Twelve countries- one room Imagine getting the incredible opportunity to go live in another country. However, once you’re there, you’re on your own with a couple vocabulary words of the country’sn language…and that’s about it. Even if you happen to know much of the land’s language, you have the culture, food, socializing, and all other aspects of living in a foreign country to get used to. No big deal, right? Even thinking about living in another country sounds difficult, and those who have make the transition say it is a very hard thing to do. After leaving overseas for 11 years, Rebecca Mindek, took that difficult task
handle. Along with learning English and grammar, students are taught what living in America is like. “My teaching is supplemented with real life tasks. We’ll go to the post office, or go to Wal-mart and walk up and down the aisles,” said Mindek. Mindek says the really interesting part of the class is that students will not just learn about their new home from the outside, but experience from the inside as well, discovering confidence and comfort that otherwise may have never been achieved. Mindek also organizes a day to go apple picking every fall, a visit to the Harriet Tubman home in Auburn, and a Christmas party for all new and old students of the class. Johanna Leonardi, a former student of Mindek’s from Peru, says the Christmas party has a fun atmosphere was it is a wonderful way to interact with the other students. “Everybody comes, even if they’re not in the class anymore!” said Leonardi. Mindek says that in a class like this it is easy to forget where you The ESL Class on a day trip to Owen’s Orchards on a nice fall day. come from when you’re being shown all the to heart when she came home. With a mas- American ways, and being homesick is a comter’s degree in TESOL (Teaching English to mon factor among students. Mindek says the Speakers of Other Languages), and a per- class has that covered, too! sonal experience in culture shock, Mindek Mindek also puts together a fashion show took her skills to the community and estab- each year for the students to show off their lished Cayuga Community College’s ESL country’s traditional fashion, and invites peo(English as a Second Language) classes. ple from the community to watch. The class appeals to those who have come Keila Meliscki, a current student from to America, and know little to no English. Brazil, says Mindek encourages students to “I think a better teacher is someone who stand up and speak about their home country understands their students,” said Mindek. for a couple minutes. “It’s one thing to talk Mindek says the class is so much more to one person face-to-face in English, but in than your average textbook language class. front of everyone I freeze up. But Becky just Once living in another country (Macedonia) says to take a deep breath and says that I can as a missionary for a big chunk of her adult do it,” said Meliscki. life, Mindek says she knows better than anyAll of the students agreed that Mindek is one that you need to know more than the lan- extremely comforting and a great teacher, guage to thrive in a new country. and that she has bettered the community by Also included in the class curriculum is just putting time and effort into those who exploring culture and confidence in living may not get the chance anywhere else to be here. ESL has three different levels of stu- believed in. dents; beginner, intermediate, and advanced. If you passed any of her students on the There is no set start and end point, students street, you’d be totally unaware of the diffimay choice to begin the class when they culties they experienced upon arriving to please and stop coming when they wish. It is America. Thanks to Mindek, these students a year round course held every Tuesday and have a place to meet and make friends with Wednesday 9 AM - 12 PM, and students pay people in a situation similar to theirs. With monthly ($65/month) so they never have to Mindek’s help, they all are able to find conficommit to more than they’d think they could dence in their new home.
ESL students show off their culture at the annual class fashion show.
Cayuga’s Got Talent! 2nd place winners were Mike Gagliardi and Jim Minde.
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By Emily Quinn, contributing writer
Students were treated to a talent show hosted by the Music Club this past week called Cayuga’s Got Talent! The music only talent show was held on October 24th down in the Music wing of the school. Students Brendan Gill and Bradley Kruger played ukuleles. Another performance was done by Jimmy Minde and Mike Gagliardi. Minde was on the microphone and played guitar while Gagliardi was on the drums as they covered the famous 90’s band Nirvana. Other participants were Emily Burgman and Avery Clark. The winners were: 1st place winners were Brendan Gill and Brad Kruger. 2nd place winners were Mike Gagliardi and Jim Minde. 3rd place winner was Avery Clark. It’s safe to say Cayuga has talent.
Cayuga’s Got Talent! 1st place winners Brendan Gill and Brad Kruger.
The beginning of a holiday tradition By Kayla Williamson, contributing writer This Christmas season, Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College has teamed up with Auburn Players and The Auburn Public Theatre to produce and bring to life the classic Christmas tale, Scrooge: The musical is under the direction of Bill Daugherty, a former actor and faculty member of the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP 21) in New York, New York and current instructor at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. Director of Theatre Operations at Cayuga Community College, Bob Frame, has been casted as the Ghost of Christmas Present and is very delighted to be working with such large and “impressive” cast. One of the challenges he thinks they will face other than learning the music and choreography, will be trying to work around everyone’s day jobs and schedules, but he is confident that it will pull through very well. “We don’t Director of Theatre Opera- really have a holiday trations at Cayuga Communi- dition theatty College, Bob Frame, has rically and been casted as the Ghost we felt it was time to start of Christmas Present it,” Frame said. “Our dream is that we do it this year, and we do it again next year, and the year after that and this’ll continue to be a gift to the community”. Scrooge: The Musical is a based off of the 1970 film “Scrooge” and Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. It is a 1992 stage musical with a book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. This production tells the story of an old miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his experience of redemption throughout the night of Christmas Eve after visits from his deceased partner Jacob Marley and the three ghosts of Christmas past, present, and
The production will take place at the Auburn Public Theatre, December 9,10, & 11, 2016. future. After seeing what can become of him in the future if he continues his mean and greedy ways, he promises to always honor Christmas with all of his heart. Once given the chance to redeem himself, he rushes about sharing the spirit of Christmas with everyone around including his current partner, Bob Cratchit and his family along with his own son, Fred’s’ Christmas party and becomes filled with joy and happiness and then all is well. The cast consists of Auburn Players veterans such as Bob Miller, who has received the part of Scrooge, and also actors and actresses that are new to the community as well, of all ages. Frame says that at this point they are still looking for students to get involved, mostly with the backstage crew. He says it’s a tight space, but they are definitely looking for more students to get involved. If you are interested in working crew for the production, whether you are a student or not, you can contact Stage Manager, Melissa Panek and get involved. The production will take place at the Auburn Public Theatre, December 9,10, & 11, 2016. Ticket information will be available on the Auburn Player website by mid November.
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