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CAYUGA MEN’S SOCCER TEAM EARNS #5 SEED HEADING INTO NJCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS
WHERE IN THE WORLD? GEOCLUB HOSTING A GEOQUIZ NOVEMBER 14 The GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Club, is inviting the campus community to celebrate GIS Day with them on Wednesday, November 14th. From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the front hallway near the main entrance on the Auburn campus, the GIS Club will be displaying a map/poster gallery highlighting the applications of GIS. The club is also hosting a ‘Geoquiz,’ an on-the-spot test students can take and win instant prizes! Top scorers will be awarded a special prize each.
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CAYUGA CC MEN FACE #4 CAMDEN CC ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 IN HERKIMER A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ART CLUB AND THE CREATIVE WRITING CLUB PRODUCES A PRINT, A POEM, AND STUDENT PRIDE
The Cayuga Men’s Soccer Team learned they will be the #5 seed in the upcoming NJCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championships that begin Thursday, November 8th. The Spartans will face #4 seed Camden County Community College at 1:30 p.m. at Wehrum Stadium on the Herkimer College campus.
THE AUBURN CAMPUS’ VETERAN’S CLUB IS HOSTING 3RD ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF NOV 14 The Auburn campus’ Veteran’s Club recently announced they are holding their 3rd Annual Auburn Campus Chili Cook-Off on Wednesday, November 14th at 11 a.m. in the main hallway on the Auburn campus. All faculty and staff are welcome to enter the contest. First and second place winners will each win a prize! All proceeds will be donated to a charity selected by the Auburn Veteran’s Club students. Please contact Emily Cameron, emily.cameron@cayuga-cc.edu or x2227, if you would like to make a chili for this fun event! Please note: Each contestant will need to bring their cooked chili on the day of the event and a list of ingredients must be provided.
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This is the print the Art Club and the Creative Writing Club created when they used ‘word and phrase prompts’ to stimulate their creativity. You can view the color version of the print on The Cayuga Collegian’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CayugaCollegian. The poem the club wrote together is titled “Marshmallow Roasting.” The exercise was inspired by Art Club faculty advisor Melissa Johnson and Creative Writing Club faculty advisor Mark Montgomery. THE POEM IS PRINTED IN ITS ENTIRETY ON PAGE FOUR.
CCC students Theodore Brill and Autumn Brewer in a scene from the one act play FORECLOSURE.
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CCC HARLEQUIN PRODUCTION OF ‘FORECLOSURE’ TO PERFORM AT NEW YORK STATE THEATER FESTIVAL Harlequin Productions is celebrating the successful run of their production of Roomssix one-act plays, directed by CCC’s Robert Frame. The opening night performance was viewed by an Adjudicator from the Theatre Association of NY State, (TANYS), who gave delivered very positive and educational feedback to the cast in a session following the show. Harlequin Productions recently received word that one of the plays from RoomsCONTINUED BACK PAGE
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I AM GOING TO BE A LE MOYNE DOLPHIN October 17th was a big day for the college. Cayuga Community College President Brian Durant, and Le Moyne College President Linda LeMura signed an agreement to help students transfer credits to Le Moyne college easier. Our college offers a
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OPINIONS HOW I SEE IT... Megan Swartwood EDITOR-IN-CHIEF I have only ever flown three times in my life. Flying has not always been my favorite. The stuffy airports, the not-so-delicious airport food and the crying children never really appealed to me. However, I do believe that we can all agree that the delays and cancellations are unbearable. Recently, I took a trip for the weekend with my friends. The first flight that we took was not too bad. It had only been delayed for an hour. We were just grateful that it wasn’t canceled. However, I have learned that the smallest snow fall can really mess everything up and eventually have you end up somewhere two hours away from where you came from. The flight back was everything but great. We had rescheduled our flight to leave much earlier that what we had originally planned due to the weather. Silly me, I thought that we would be home by 3:00 p.m., but not being a regular flier, I didn’t realize that something quite worse may happen. First, the flight was delayed until 3:45. “Not bad,” I thought to myself. Then it was delayed again… and then again. I thought that it couldn’t get any worse, but then it did. Our flight was canceled. I was in awe. I talked to a woman from Britain visiting America for a w e d d i n g with her family and she told me how they offered her the option of a rental car, but she exclaimed to me that, “my husband and I have never even driven on the other side of the road!” After speaking with many other angry travelers, I concluded dramatically that I was never going to fly again. We ended up taking a flight out of Elmira, NY and then had a relative pick us up and drive two more hours home. I know that my experience isn’t the worst thing that could have happened, however, it was very inconvenient and stressful. I have realized that this is the everyday occurrence at airports. Flights get canceled, people complain, but why does it happen so much? My advice is this, don’t fly to a place that you can drive to, it will save a lot of headaches.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR two plus two program, allowing students at CCC to earn an Associates degree here, then transfer and earn a Bachelor’s degree at Le Moyne after two years.
Did you know, you don’t technically have to be at CCC for two years for this program to still work? When I asked professor Eric Zizza about this program, I got the news that this program is mostly to help with transferring credits, not how long you stay at CCC; something in which I didn’t know! For me, a student who will be transferring to Le Moyne college after I finish my education here at CCC, this was amazing news! I feel very lucky and fortunate to have the opportunity to attend two schools that actually work together in so many ways. Professor Zizza has been so much help with this process as well. I highly recommend students see him for their transfer questions! To all the students out there wondering where you should go next; I 100% recommend checking out Le Moyne college. It’s a small, close knit campus, that will expand the opportunities you are receiving here at CCC! And lastly, we always have college reps out front when you walk in the Main Building front doors, so don’t forget to check them out!
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CLUBS COPE WITH BUDGET CUTS By Austin Reals, staff writer The budget for clubs has been cut to only $800 and has caused much concern for club advisors. A Student Government Organization, (SGO), Senate meeting held recently discussed the new Budget Allocation
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probation from doing things that violate the college’s policies. Also, each club will have to complete a report for the funds they use. If they don’t fill out the report, they won’t get the opportunity for additional funds in the future. “I think this will be more work for not only the clubs and their officers, but the advisors who already stretched to the limit with duties, who receive no compensation for their time as advisors, and are now expected to do even more,” said Teri Misiaszek, Associate
Professor, and Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Department and Advisor of the Criminal Justice Club. “I believe it will take more time to get funds allocated and/or reimbursed due to the way the process was laid out in the paperwork distributed to the advisors.” Misiaszek believes that this new system will limit the clubs in what they are able to do. “The students have been discussing this at club meetings and they are upset,” said Misiaszek.
STAFF WRITER system, which is how the clubs will be able to get additional funds. This new system is meant to make up for the funds that the clubs lost. “Fill out a form when you pass the $800 to request the additional money,” said Norman Lee, the Auburn SGO Advisor. “The money is still there you just have to request it.” During the meeting when they discussed the new Budget Allocation process, the faculty club advisors and even the SGO president didn’t seem to have much of a reaction to the new way to gain funds for their club. There didn’t seem to be much concern about the Allocation process during the meeting. One of the news is that clubs wouldn’t be able to request more money if they are on
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semester and may take the course up to four times for credit. Anyone interested in welcome to join. No audition is required and no experience is necessary.
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LADY BASKETBALL SPARTANS WIN OPENER AT HOME By Kaitlyn Diego, sports editor and associate editor The CCC’s Women’s Basketball team won their home opening game against Herkimer College 54 to 51. After a tough battle, sophomore guard, Hanna Keyser shot two free throws, giving the women the win. Sophomore guard, Erica Helzer of Port Byron, says it was exciting to win their first game of the season.
She says the team knew how to play their hardest, and hit big shots when they needed them. Helzer says the team will continue to improve their ball movement, and push the ball up to attack the rim. Erica Helzer (Port Byron, NY) led the way with 13 points and 3 assists. Loren Clifford (East Syracuse, NY) also had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Hanna
Keysor (Cato, NY) chipped in with 9 points and 11 rebounds. The women are away for their next two games. They return home Wednesday, November 7, taking on Fulton - Montgomery Community College. The game starts at 5 p.m. Don’t forget to come out and show your support for the Spartans!
EVERY TIME. Take that sentence and repeat it over and over in your head because some people who begin betting get into a frenzy and end up losing everything they own. Betting through websites has became very popular. Mybookie.ag is one of the safest betting websites and has so much more to offer compared to Draftkings or other betting websites. The website is very easy to manage and has multiple ways to bet, from sports to even an online casino. On the sports side of the website, there is a huge column on the left part of the screen that ranges from football to even things like politics. The golf section of the site, there is a place to bet on the FedEx Cup, which is the final tournament for pro golfers. The betting lines for the Tiger vs Michelson match-up is under the Golf Specials tab. Let’s get to a few of the pre-match props that we can bet on. Tiger Woods is one of the most famous names in sports. If you’re familiar with anything about him, you know the phrase Tiger Sunday means, red and black. The notorious red shirt with black pants has been the signature outfit that Tiger has worn every Sunday of a match over the years. The colors Tiger wears on the other three days of tournaments varies depending on what his sponsors send him to wear. This exclusive match-up, there is definitely some interesting and fun betting lines which can be played including trying to figure out what color shirt each of them will wear for the match. It may sound stupid because of the simple reason that what other color will Tiger wear? Well that isn’t really the stupid part, you are betting on a shirt… For Tiger, his red shirt is going for -150, which means, Tiger will most likely be wearing ole reliable---red and black. For Phil’s side of the bet, there is the chance to win some more money because the current
bets are white at +140 and black at +150. If you aren’t a big better or do not understand what the plus and minus are, it pretty much means what the bet odds are. So if you bet $25 on Tiger to wear red, at -150, this would mean that you most likely will win the bet and that means instead of being able to double your money, which is a +100, you are only winning $16 off of your $25 bet. Also you are NOT losing money, just getting a small winning. For Phil on the other hand, the best bet is white, but Phil fans do not completely agree with that and makes the bet even better if he does choose a black shirt. A +150 on black might be the smart choice, made creditable by Chris Sugar, who is a huge Phil fan, Sugar has already predicted what Phil will wear that day. “I believe Phil will wear a Black Callaway Polo because the last few Sundays, he has gone back to what he used to wear on Sundays and he usually wears dark colors.” said Sugar. Phil wore a light blue shirt on the Sunday of the PGA FedEx championship. The stats do not normally lie, but yet again, bets are all about gut feelings. Joe Kelly, a college golfer from SUNY Oswego, is sure about what his gut is telling him about Tiger’s shirt color choice. “Why would there be any other shirt on the website,” said Kelly. Some may consider Kelly’s answer bold but true because he is right, there really isn’t another color Tiger would wear. Gambling is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18. Both DraftKings and MyBookie will have you send pictures of your ID to help prevent underage gambling. If you or someone you know seems “addicted” to gambling, you should call or share with them this number: 1-800-5224700.
SPARTAN SPORTS FINALLY, AN EVENT WHICH WILL MAKE GOLF EXCITING MEN BASKETBALL SPARTANS LOSE OPENER AT HOME The men fell to the nationally-ranked #4 Generals 89-70. Sophomore guard Messiah Brown (Bronx, NY) scored a team-high 18 points and Joe McCoy (Staten Island, NY) added 16 points in his first game as a Spartan. Both teams next face Hudson Valley and Adirondack before returning home on November 7th.
By John Rice, contributing writer Golf may be one of the most boring sports to watch, which may have been true, until now. Coming this Thanksgiving is the match-up of the century. Tiger Woods, one of the greatest golfers in history, is taking on the lefty, Phil Mickelson. That’s it, a single match play event for 10 million dollars. Getting into the details of this match may bore some to death so that’s why the topic for discussion is about betting on this match. Sports betting has been around for plenty of years and just became legal here in New York. The simple fact, YOU WILL NOT WIN
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson set Nov. 23 date for $9M match-play event.
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A LOOK AT CAYUGA’S ART PROGRAM By Nychele Crouch , staff writer broad range of careers in the arts. Johnson has been the full-time Art professor here at Cayuga since 2010, and really enjoys her job. “I love that it’s open to students of all experience levels,” said Johnson. Numerous fields of “The Arts” allow students to tap into creative outlets they may have never known they had, and the art program could bring about that same result in you. Since art is a form of expression for many, students looking to study Art could find themselves not only enjoying the experience, but potentially finding a hidden talent they could turn into a career! “Students develop visual literacy and art appreciation skills, as we look at and critique their own work, the work of peers, as well as art historical works and a variety of contemporary art works,” said Johnson.
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ART CLUB AND THE CREATIVE WRITING CLUB PRODUCES A PRINT, A POEM, AND STUDENT PRIDE
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Cayuga Community College’s Art Department offers Art as a concentration to Liberal Arts students, as well as an art elective to all students at Cayuga. Student may also major in Studio Art and Design. According to the college’s website: “Cayuga can help you prepare for a broad range of careers in the arts. The program is designed for students who plan to transfer into Studio Art & Design programs at fouryear colleges and universities, as well as students who are interested in working in various Art and Design-related positions.” As a major component of Cayuga’s School of Media and the Arts, (SOMA), the Art Department, headed up by Associate Professor Melissa Johnson, gives students the opportunity to open up creative outlets within themselves. Students will become familiar with components of art that will prepare them for a
Art Associate Professor Melissa Johnson says often ordinary objects are used to inspire creativity in students in Cayuga Community College’s Art Program.
This is the poem the Art Club and the Creative Writing Club created when they used ‘roasted’ word prompt to stimulate their creativity.
Marshmallow Roasting She eyed the marshmallow closely. Then pushed it deep into the bright coals. With great fury and hatred, she watched it slowly burn and blister away in the heat. Why does life treat us like this? she thought, as she watched its softness swallowed up in the light. She had the power to rob beauty with a simple push. How she wished she could do the same to those girls on their high horses, their gleaming crowns. She would turn their diamonds into embers. She pushes away her thoughts of cool desert nights, replacing them with memories of the past, images that clouded her reality.
This is the print the Art Club and the Creative Writing Club created when they used the word prompt ‘roast’ to stimulate their creativity.
A red ember sailed through the air, black ash rose and floated toward her. The dream came to her in bright puffs of flame and smoke. There was a quick movement along the dark treeline, followed by a strange squealing sound. The carefully sharpened stick shook in her hands. She jostled it, just a little too hard, and perfection became an oozing clump on the ground. It slowly began to drip off the stick, Till its carcass melted into the earth. And it mocked her, growing bigger in her mind, until it burst, sticky, white goo covered her hands and face. The flame devoured what was left of it, turning it from snow white to jet black— Charred and oozing, until it burned and turned to ash.
CCC students from both clubs working together to create the print inspired by a word prompt.
The Art Studio at Cayuga Community College is filled with student projects which inspire other students to explore their creativity.
ART ENTRIES IN THE SOMA TALENT SHOWCASE
Disappointment consumed her, as her memory was replaced with nothing more than a burnt replica. Her mother looked at her with annoyance. All we are has faded to gray. Why would you do this, for I am so sweet, so pure? What was once puffy and sweet was now a gray, dead stone. The girl chuckled and squished the now charred pulp further into the flames… its dying words:
OLD RECORD, ACRYLIC PAINT - REUSE, REPURPOSE, RECREATE PROJECT IN ART 105 - PAINTING II by Gaylene Johnson
ARTWORK: by Jaime Feith-Mallory, Adreana Smith, Isaiah Allen, Annika Atherton, Maren Walsh, Adreana Smith, Hailey Sherman, Marilyn Fuller
We don’t know we’re burning until our skin begins to peel away… May god have mercy on our souls. As she watched, the puffy white surface begin to char. She raised it like a torch, and from her red lips blew a gust of air that smelled of chocolate. Still stuck from her last victim. She raised it like a tomb and took a long bite.
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ART PROJECTS: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Robin Moore, Maryanne Felter, Alex Rudick
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ART ENTRIES IN THE SOMA STUDENT TALENT SHOWCASE ARTWORK: by Adreana Smith, Shauna McHenry, Robin Moore, and Gaylene Johnson
By Adreana Smith, Trash Island
PAINTING: by Nikki Lupo
ARTWORK: by Jaime Feith-Mallory, Adreana Smith, Isaiah Allen
CCC Art Program Major Ari White drawing illustrations of Kaylee Boise, Jack Hall, Thomas Norris, Theodore Brill, and Autumn Brewer.
PAPER WEAVINGS: (left to right) Noah Raymond, Khalia Pitts, Alex Rudick
ILLUSTRATION: by Ari White
COLLAGRAPH PLATE /COLLAGE: by Robin Moore
FAIRY HOUSE: by Marilyn Fuller
RECYCLED RECORD: by Javar Seals
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Happy Haunted Birthday Party Celebrates the Start of Student Radio Station WDWN-FM By Chianna Boatman, staff writer director of The WDWN Haunted House Event. “It wasn’t too difficult setting up,” said Brewer. Students and staff were very excited about the event which as well-attended and became the talk of the Auburn campus last Wednesday. “We have very helpful students and a highly involved staff,” said Brewer. The event was followed by a costume contest, plenty of pizza, and sweet treats for all. “This was important to the station and students because it lets the students know that we are the station and it shows them who we truly are,” said Brewer. PHOTO BY KAITLYN DIEGO
“It was so much fun and was one of the best experiences I have had in college,” said Autumn Brewer, a Telcom sophomore. The student staff of the college’s radio station, WDWN-FM 89, celebrated its 47th birthday by hosted a Haunted House and Halloween Party. The radio station first went on the air on October 31, 1971. “It was just a scary treat for all of us in honor of the radio station here at CCC,” said CCC student Cheyenne Kempt. “The haunted house was a creepy tour of a place of tortured people who are a force to stay,” explained Brewer who served as the
WDWN HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST WINNERS Cathy Brill (Mad Hatter) Sophomore Kaylee Boise won the “BEST PERFORMANCE” award as a Zombie.
Autumn Brewer (witch) Marissa Sorber (Doll)
Richard Parsons (Joker)
Kreepy Kaylee Boise in action!
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Telcom sophomore Marissa Sorber won the “BEST COSTUME” award as a damaged doll.
PHOTO BY CHIANNA BOATMAN
BEST PERFORMANCE Kaylee Boise
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PHOTO BY KAITLYN DIEGO
JoAnn Dyson (Ravenclaw Student)
Fans of Harry Potter participated!
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PHOTO BY KAITLYN DIEGO
Some guests ran scared through the house!
Left to right: Sara Anderson as Harley Quinn, Richard Parsons as Joker, and an unknown person as Man BearWolf
An inside look at WDWN-FM 88’s Haunted House with the lights on!
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The line of students waiting to go through.
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Ghoul with Head Witch Autumn Brewer.
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PHOTO BY CHIANNA BOATMAN
Unbelievable! It’s Chianna Boatman!
Josh Hart enjoying the festivities!
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Art major and Sophomore Gaylene Johnson as super hero “Harley Quinn”
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STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE TO GAIN FOCUSED EXPERTISE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING
Telcom major and Sophomore Neil Boedecker with some heavy duty underwear.
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Mathematics Major and Sophomore Bailey Filer
Telcom Major and Freshman Madison Collins as “a wicked weiner.”
As disciplines in new media rapidly expand and evolve, Cayuga Community College’s School of Media and the Arts (SOMA) and Telcom Department continue to develop new, focused areas of study to provide students expertise in Public Relations, Social Media Communications, and Digital Advertising to prepare them to compete for careers in new media or expand transfer opportunities. The Social Media Communications concentration is available in Cayuga’s Media Communications Associate of Science (AS) and the Media Production Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree programs. A rigorous curriculum including media writing, Adobe’s Photoshop software and social media analytics is required in both concentrations, and will prepare students for positions at mainstream and new media companies. The Public Relations concentration, which is also part of the Media Communications AS degree program, builds students’ skills in written and oral communication, media, social media and building relationships. Course work includes media writing and studying past public relations cases. “The new concentrations allow students studying media to gain specific experience and expertise in areas which are in high demand by the top corporations,” said Cayuga Community College Humanities Division Chairperson, School of Media and the Arts (SOMA) Director, and Professor Steve Keeler. “In today’s competitive business environment, companies of all sizes cannot afford to ignore new media methods. They need employees which can craft their companies’ mission into a message that gets the attention of potential clients. We can prepare students for that task.” Taught by professors with vast experience in each area of study, the new concentrations’ courses are designed to employ hands-on, realworld experiences for students, helping them to build their resumes immediately. “They need to be able to write across different platforms at different lengths, utilize video and audio, and to be able to convert that so it can be featured online,” he said. “These are the people who are the developing the words and pictures people will see on business’ social media accounts.” Keeler noted that the concentrations would also likely provide students with opportunities for internships at local businesses. “We may be a smaller college, but we offer a huge selection of courses students need to be successful taught by professors who take the time to work with each student individually,” said Keeler. For more information about Cayuga Community College’s Telcom Department’s new media concentrations, contact Humanities Division Chairperson, School of Media and the Arts Director, and Professor Steve Keeler at (315) 255-1743 ext. 2282 or email: media@cayuga-cc.edu.
Auburn SGO President Carissa Rice as a ‘deer’
Liberal Arts Major and Freshman Kursty Mendenhall as “Demon Angel”
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CAYUGA EXPANDS DEGREE CONCENTRATION CURRICULUM TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR EVOLVING NEW MEDIA CAREERS
Telcom Major and Sophomore Marissa Sorber shows the mechanical side of her doll.
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FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA — PHI BETA LAMBDA (PBL) NEWS By Megan Swartwood, editor-in-chief Starting in November, PBL, CCC’s Business Club Chapter, will be raising money for the March of Dimes Foundation. The March of Dimes is an organization that advocates for babies and their mother’s rights and fights for policies that put them first. They are working to overcome the issues that may threaten the lives and overall well-being of moms and their babies. Starting on November 1st, PBL will be putting out a table located in the lobby to support and raise awareness for this great cause. Starting on Wednesday, November 7th, the club will be selling “Booties for Babies.” Each “bootie”
will cost $1 which will go toward the support of healthy and happy babies. Each “bootie” will be signed by the person who purchased it and it will be hung on the wall for all to see. PBL will also be selling tote bags, t-shirts and bracelets along with the “booties” which will be for sale every Wednesday in November (except the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The business club urges everyone to come out and support the March of Dimes and healthy babies! Each and every donation will be greatly appreciated.
CCC HARLEQUIN’S FORECLOSURE TO PERFORM THIS MONTH AT TANYS CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Foreclosure- has been invited to perform at the TANYS Theatre Festival to be held Nov 16-18 right here at Cayuga in the Irene A. Bisgrove Theatre. Foreclosure was chosen from a field of over 40 productions that were viewed during the course of the year and will be one of 9 plays being performed that weekend. The playwright, George Cameron Grant is excited and is planning to come to the Festival to see the students of Harlequin perform his play. The cast of Foreclosure includes: Autumn Brewer, Theodore Brill, Thomas Norris, Carmen Liberatore and Jack Hall. They will be assisted by the rest of the company of Rooms- Adam Birtwell, Tristan Nolan, Sam Hodges, Areil White, Kaylee Boise, Marissa Sorber, Madison Collins and Jeffery Franklin.
Harlequin Director and CCC Director of Theater Operations, Bob Frame CCC students Marissa Sorber and Sam Hodges in a scene from the one act play AN IDLE FANCY.
CCC students Autumn Brewer and Thomas Norris in a scene from the one act play SCRIPTED.
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FALL 2018 EVENTS FILBERT
Cayuga’s School of Media and the Arts (SOMA) is proud to present these exciting events. All events are open to all members of the college community.
STUDENT ART EXHIBIT
December 3 - 11 AM - 12 noon New works by Cayuga’s student artists
EILEEN JERRETT - VISITING FILMMAKER SCREENING: “A NEW SOCIETY”
December 3 - 6 PM – Auburn Public Theater This new documentary from Eileen Jerrett (Brunell Visiting Artist 2014 and 2016) follows a passionate group of over 300 academics, as they create a series of ways to deal with the fallout of Climate Change. This effort both enormous and inspiring, is extremely important in an unknown future.
COLLEGE CHORUS CONCERT
December 3 - 7 PM - Multi-Purpose Performance Center (M157) Come down and listen to our student chorus perform in perfect harmony.
COLLEGE ROCK ENSEMBLE CONCERT
December 4 - 7 PM - Multi-Purpose Performance Center (M157)Come down to the basement of the Link Building and listen to this student ensemble rock out!
SINGER-SONGWRITER STUDENT WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES
December 5 - 7 PM - Multi-Purpose Performance Center (M157) Students from Maria Deangelis’ (Brunell Visiting Artist) songwriting class will perform the songs they crafted throughout the semester.
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE