IT’S SPIRIT WEEK ON THE AUBURN CAMPUS
Collegian Cayuga Community College Auburn & Fulton, New York
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Vol. 66 Issue 12 February 11, 2020
GET IN THE CCC SPIRIT! A WEEK OF THEME DAYS AND A PARTY PLANNED
CAYUGABRIEFS WOMEN’S LACROSSE RETURNS TO CAYUGA
By Travis Welch, Associate Editor
CCC APPOINTS NEW BURSAR LISA HOSKEY The Cayuga Community College community welcomes Lisa Hoskey as the new Bursar. She has a wealth of Student Accounts/Financial Aid experience. Hoskey was most recently the Director of Student Financial Services at Ithaca College. For almost nine years, she was instrumental in restructuring Ithaca’s system into a Student Financial Services Office. Before joining Ithaca, Hoskey was the Director of Financial Aid at SUNYIT. She has a bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College and a master’s degree from Utica College in Leadership and Instruction for Inclusive Classrooms. To say hello to Lisa Hoskey, just stop in Student Financial Services on the Auburn campus.
CCC CLUBS RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS DURING SPRING ACTIVITIES FAIR ON BOTH CAMPUSES LAST WEEK MORE PHOTOS INSIDE CCC Telcom students were on hand during the spring semester’s Activities Fair held last week on both the Auburn and Fulton campuses. From left to right: Telcom sophomores Jenna Fields, Mat Lucas and Alex Henderson; Doug Brill; Josh Hart and Jeff Szczesniak. MORE PHOTOS INSIDE. Hear and see what club leaders had to say during the Activities Fair on the latest episode of the new student-run program on YouTube: CAYUGA BYTES.
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Cayuga Collegian leaders Jenna Fields (Associate Editor) and Emma Tavener (Editor-in-chief ) oversee and tape the first episode of the semester of the new media program called Cayuga Bytes! As an arm of the student-run newspaper, The Cayuga Collegian, Cayuga Bytes invites all students to their weekly tapings most Thursdays beginning at 2 P.M. in The Cayuga Collegian office in T109. The staff is looking for ‘everything and anything Cayuga,’ so come on down with your fresh ideas to share. For more information email the Collegian staff at cayugacollegian@gmail.com!
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GOOD NEWS!!! The women’s lacrosse team will be playing this Spring 2020 at Falcon Park. A huge thanks to all College staff who assisted in the recruitment effort especially our newly-hired head coach Tracy Swietoniowski and her assistant coach Ciara Tallman who worked very hard to make this a reality. The Lady Spartans open their season at Falcon Park on Tuesday, March 24th against Finger Lakes CC. —Pete Liddell, Director of CAYUGA Athletics
This week is a special week for students on the Auburn campus. The Auburn Campus Student Government Organization, (SGO), proclaimed the week of February 10th- 14th as “Spirit Week.” SGO President Marcus Oliver says that each day of the week has a different theme and a different event planned for each day. Monday as you may have noticed was ‘Pajama Day.’ Tuesday is wear your best tie die clothes to school day. Wednesday is ‘Cayuga Gear Day,’ which means wear red or if you have official Cayuga Spartan gear, wear that. Thursday is ‘Meme’ day. Your student president explained that ‘Meme Day,” means you should dress up as your favorite school/ SFW meme, such as the beloved ‘Pepe the frog.’ The frog is an Internet famous picture that is used to capture emotion by showing a picture of a frog with a relatable expression on its face. Oliver says there isn’t a theme planned for Friday, February 14th because there are less students on campus on Fridays. You won’t want to miss the SGO’s big Valentine’s Day event called “Stop Light Party.” The event is planned for Thursday, February 13th beginning at 4 P.M. in the Student Cafe on the Auburn campus. The party runs until 7 P.M. and there will be a variety of food and entertainment. Oliver expects the gathering will be more fun than a regular party since participants are encouraged to wear a certain color, typically found on stop lights, to describe your relationship status. He says if you wear a green shirt, you are expressing that you are single. If you wear a yellow shirt, you’re signaling to people that the relationship you have right now is complicated. Oliver Get your green, yellow, says only wear and red clothes ready for a red shirt if this Thursday’s STOP LIGHT PARTY from 4 to you want every7 P.M. in the Cafe on the one to know Auburn campus. The you are in a color you wear, indicates relationship. your relationship status Not part of to others just in time for Spirit Week Valentine’s Day on the 14th. but equally as fun, you may be interested in the ski trip to Bristol Mountain Ski Resort rescheduled for Saturday, February 29th. To sign up and learn more details about the trip, Oliver says you should stop by the SGO office located near the vending machines that are across from the Subway restaurant in the Auburn campus’ cafeteria. Oliver says SGO members are always looking for ways to involve the students in events to create a better atmosphere for everyone at CCC. Oliver invites anyone with ideas for future events to communicate with the SGO staff.
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OPINIONS
HOW I SEE IT... BYOB: BRING YOUR OWN BAGS!
Emma Tavener EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On January 28, 2020, Wegmans in Auburn, just one store which is part of the largest grocery store chains in the Northeast, got rid of their plastic bags to pack purchased grocery items at the register. On March 1st, all of the other stores in New York State will be getting rid of plastic bags as well according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. In the State of New York alone, over 23 billion single-use plastic bags are used yearly. As an employee of Wegmans, I can tell you, people are not happy with the decision to outlaw the plastic bags. Realistically, you can’t go for a two mile walk in your own neighborhood without spotting a plastic bag in the snow or grass, stuck in a tree, or floating in a nearby body of water. People are struggling to get in the habit of remembering to bring reusable bags to stores or to grab them out of their cars. Some are concerned that because people are forgetting their bags, they will be buying more and more plastic reusable bags which takes much longer to break down in a landfill than single-use plastic bags. Honestly, reusable bags have more convenient uses than just as grocery shopping. People are also having problems with being charged five cents for each paper bag needed to pack their groceries and they like to blame the stores for charging them. It’s not the store individually that charges for paper bags, it’s the county the store is in. It’s important to decrease the plastic waste especially in our environment, and outlawing plastic bags is just the start. Reusable bags aren’t even required to stop using plastic, you can load up your groceries into a laundry basket or nothing at all! Reusable bags are just the most common option. So bring your own bags to the store and take part in saving our environment instead of producing more waste!
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Are you a writer? Is your dream to be a published author? Recently, CCC English Professor Richard Bower held a rare seminar for both Auburn and Fulton students simultaneously via technology about how students would go about sending their work to literary magazines and possibly get published. Bower only gives this publishing advice presentation once every two years. Bower says there are four major points to follow to fully prepare an original piece of work and send it to the perfect literary magazine which fits your style and subject. He says the first step to sending out your work is to make sure the piece is completely ready for an audience. To do this, Bower suggests the writer should proof the draft as if it were a professional essay. Once the proofreading and edits are done by the writer, Bower says it’s time for a second opinion. Once what Bower referred to as a writer’s “internal compass” tells the writer the piece is ready, he suggests to edit it once more. Bower suggests it is only then, when the work is completely ready, the author should take the next step is to research the writing
market and then determine which magazine is right to approach to publish the piece. Professor Bower gave several suggestions about useful websites to help discover which literary magazines might be appropriate to start contacting including publications such as The Grinder (thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com), and Poets and Writers (pw.org/ literary_magazines). He says the most critical part of choosing the right magazine is doing the proper research. He suggests writers read through previous publications of the magazine to see if their piece has a chance to be published or even to determine if the magazine is the type the writer would like to work with. Bower concluded his talk with a few tips he has used to successfully publish. He suggests using an email address dedicated completely to submission communications. Bower also suggests it would be ideal to submit 15-20 pieces at a time. He says that is what makes it difficult to track communications from publishers if they are received along your other emails. Bower also says it is critical to keep a spreadsheet of the dates, pieces, journals,
and criticism for every item submitted. “We are very fortunate in our day in age to have the technology for submitting publications. Though paper submissions are still around, most submissions to be published in literary magazines are electronic,” explained Bower.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A REVIEW
Overall, I thought the presentation was very informal. Realistically, students that who attend seminars like this won’t go home and try it for themselves. I believe a presentation like this would be more effective if the students tried submitting publications themselves as part of the seminar. Also, if this particularly presentation wasn’t a seminar given once every two years for only an hour, it would be more helpful to students. I would love to attend for an hour every week, for three or four weeks, seminars where students we edit, research, make write cover letters and bios, and then try submitting their writing with under the supervision of someone with experience. I believe this method would be more effective for students instead of just trying to explain it to them.
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Have you seen this student drawing? The piece of student artwork when missing during finals week last semester. Art Professor Melissa Johnson is asking the campus community to search for the missing masterpiece.She reports the artwork was on display in the large art display cases on the Auburn campus. Johnson says the image was created by a student for a final project about Walt Whitman - it featured a graphite rendering of a twig with leaves. The 30”x40” drawing was on illustration board and was in the case during finals week.
Johnson says she perhaps it was someone with good intentions who removed it. “I hope that someone might have moved it to a safe location because it tipped over in the case due to the weight of the board,” she said. Johnson is asking anyone with information leading to the location of the missing artwork to email her at melissa.johnson@cayuga-cc. edu so that it can be returned as soon as possible to the student artist. The missing art comes on the heels of displayed artwork being vandalized late last semester.
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The Cayuga Community College Women’s Basketball Team continued this season’s road struggles on Saturday, falling to conference foe SUNY Broome. The Spartans couldn’t overcome early foul trouble and 14 three-pointers from Broome (8-14, 4-5), losing 84-57. The teams split the season series after Cayuga defeated Broome by six points earlier this season at Spartan Hall. The loss drops Cayuga to 7-13 on the season and a 3-6 record in the Mid-State Athletic Conference. The Spartans quickly found themselves down 10-0, but fought back to trail by just three points at the end of the first quarter. However, Cayuga struggled offensively in the second quarter and trailed 45-22 at the break. The Spartans weren’t able to chop into the Hornets’ lead in the second half. “That early foul trouble hurt us, and Broome shot the ball great today. But it was the same thing we’ve run into before this season, where we just struggle offensively in one quarter. We can’t get outscored 27-7 in a quarter,” said Coach Jim Alberici. “We’ll be back to work Monday, and hopefully we’ll get a win in our last home game of the season.” Fatimaah Findley led the Spartans’ offense with 22 points, including six three-pointers. Tanyea Jansson finished with 12 points, seven Fatimaah Findley led the rebounds and three assists, and Tori Mandel Spartans with 22 points had nine points, eight rebounds and three in their loss to Broome. assists. Cayuga returns to Spartan Hall on Wednesday, February 12, to play Finger Lakes Community College (7-14, 3-6) in the Spartans’ final home game of the season. Finger Lakes defeated Cayuga 74-66 earlier this season. Tip-off is 5 p.m.
SPARTANS OF THE WEEK Stanley Beato is averaging almost 13 points and six rebounds a game for the Spartans this season.
Name: Stanley Beato
MEKEEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
GRETCHEN EARL PALMYRA-MACEDON HIGH SCHOOL
CHEER ON THE SPARTANS FEB 12
AUBURN SPRING ACTIVITIES FAIR
ANIME MEETS FRIDAYS AT 12:30 - 1:30 PM
SAGA MEETS MONDAYS AT 11 AM IN L200
PHOTO BY CATHY BRILL
High School: Mott Haven High School Major: Business Administration Career Goal: Professional Basketball Overseas What was the determining factor in you deciding to attend Cayuga? I decided to continue playing the sport that I loved, and continue my academics. Coach Borges recruited me, and talking with him and visiting the campus, I thought it was a good fit and the right environment for me. What are the best and most challenging parts of being a student-athlete at Cayuga? There are no distractions here. I highly recommend it for anyone who is trying to pursue basketball and continue their education. The professors are great, and Coach Borges pushes you to reach your potential. He will bring the best out of you, and so will the professors. And the tutoring services are great. All the tools are here to succeed. You’re a second-year player on the team. How have you seen the team improve over the course of the season? We went through some adversity earlier this year. We lost some close games and lost a few players. But I knew early on we had a good group who were going to work hard to reach their potential. Everyone kept their composure, and has kept their eye on the same goal of a Conference Championship and reaching regionals. What part of your game has improved the most during your time at Cayuga? Coach Borges helped me focus more on the importance of being a team player, and to keep working hard. That’s really helped me grow more confident, learn more and be a better student of the game.
DEONTE HOLDER
PHOTO BY CATHY BRILL
SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT
SERVING THE STUDENTS OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 66 YEARS!
NEXT GIS MEETING IS FEBRUARY 11TH
PHOTO BY CATHY BRILL
SPARTAN SPORTS
Rebounding and defensive struggles hurt the Cayuga Community College Men’s Basketball Team in their road loss to SUNY Broome on Saturday. Less than one month after Cayuga used a monster second half to defeat Broome in Auburn, the Spartans lost 95-90 to the Hornets. The loss drops Cayuga to 7-13 overall and 3-6 in the Mid-State Athletic Conference. Guards Deonte Holder, Stanley Beato and Jacob Ramirez led the Spartans’ offense. Holder had 26 points, six assists and four rebounds, while Beato had 22 points and eight rebounds. Ramirez had 14 points, eight assists and two steals. The Spartans have their final home game of the regular season on Wednesday, February 12, when they host Finger Lakes Community College (14-10, 5-5). Cayuga defeated the Lakers earlier this season 84-77. Tip-off is 7 p.m. in Spartan Hall.
Emily Cameron and Bill Wright say everyone is welcome at all Veterans’ Club events. Their next meeting is February 17th at 11 AM in M246 and lunch will be served!
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Valentine’s
Day FEBRUARY STUDENT ACTIVITIES
CONGRATULATIONS
ALLIE MCLEOD
FOR EARNING THE FEMALE LEAD ROLE IN THIS SPRING’S CCC HARLEQUIN PRODUCTION COMING IN MARCH
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