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STUDENTS: Visit Washington D.C. with CCC May 5-7 The Student Trip to Washington D.C. (May 5-7) is only $195 for 3 days & 2 nights. Lodging and transportation are included. Sign up in the CUBE (Auburn Campus) or see Michael Fochtman (Fulton Campus). Deposit of $90 due at sign-up.
SEEING RED! If you can imagine the above photo in color, you would see the members
of the Cayuga Community College community who wore red to raise awareness about women and heart disease on the American Heart Association’s national Wear Red campaign day.
Happy Valentine’s Day Remember to show thanks to the chotsky emporium which helped fuel our American Valentine’s Day traditions By Juliette Zygarowicz, staff writer
CCC welcomes new Director of Institutional Research and Planning Vice-President, Student Affairs Jeffrey Rosenthal announced recently that the college has named Virginia Rudnick as Cayuga’s next Director of Institutional Research and Planning. Rudnick is from Corning Community College, where she served in a similar capacity.
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Happy Valentine’s Day/ Singles Awareness Day! Whether you find yourself celebrating with your main squeeze, a group of pals or “treating yo self” to a tub of ice cream and a $4,000 shopping spree, remember that it’s just another day, but there’s a surplus of pink hearts hanging in every store and couples seem more lovey-dovey than usual. Luckily, we do not celebrate Valentine’s Day as the Romans did in ancient times. During a three day festival called “Lupercalia,” the tradition was that single women eagerly wrote their names and put it into a matchmaking lottery. Single young men drew a name and woo-la! They would be a couple for the duration of the festival whether they liked it or not! How’s that for a blind date? We all remember how in elementary school our classmates would bring in valentines, and teachers would have cute little parties to celebrate. Then high school came and only 5% of the population actually participated in
it, because you’re in high school and everything is awkward. Believe it or not Shakespeare and Chaucer were the men who took the Roman holiday and romanticized it (or romcom-ed it) in Europe by creating paper cards with sonnets and love notes to give to loved ones. This idea eventually infiltrated into America in the late 1800s, and by 1913, the chotsky emporium known as Hallmark Cards opened in Kansas City, Missouri, producing Valentine’s Day cards like breeding rabbits. Nowadays Valentine’s Day is the second most commercialized holiday in America, after Christmas. People break the bank to purchase jewelry, flowers, paper goods, stuffed animals, teddy bears holding hearts, candy, and chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate (omg so much chocolate) and the list goes on. So Happy Valentines Day from me, and remember, it will all be over tomorrow and then you’ll see rabbits everywhere because Easter is a whopping two months away.
Last week, a survey was sent out to faculty and students at the college. The email, sent out by the college’s new Diversity Task Force, included a survey seeking to calculate the campus climate and the experience of everyone at the college. It was explained to be a necessary tool to help the college to better handle discrimination in the future. The survery contains three sections: • Section 1: Background Questions enables community members to note their general status at the College. • Section 2: Personal Attitudes seeks initial insight about community members’ personal attitudes and beliefs about diversity and inclusiveness. • Section 3: General Campus Climate explores perceptions about Cayuga’s efforts to support diversity and inclusiveness. Some of the questions, however, were seen as unethical by many students and faculty alike. Here’s an example: 8. What term best describes your sexual orientation? Heterosexual or Straight Homosexual (Gay or Lesbian) Bisexual Queer Pansexual Questioning or Unsure Asexual I prefer not to respond The survey is not mandatory to take and is anonymous, but some of the concerns raised were about where the information gathered is going and how it will be used. The Diversity Task Force was created by President Durant in order to review SUNY’s diversity plans and regulations. The Collegian has reached out to Vice President of Student Affairs, Jeff Rosenthal, about not only the survey, but also his plans for the Diversity Task Force and his ideas for the college. Hopefully, there will be a follow up article on the survey next week.
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If Milo was coming to Cayuga, you can bet there be protesters, too Politics, it seems to rule our lives now since Donald Trump became President of the United
either. Milo is a writer for Breitbart, a alt-conservative American news outlet known for some controversial pieces including Anthony Weiner’s first sex scandal and a recent story about a Muslim mob in Germany planning a New Year’s Eve attack; the story was proven false later. Milo is from Britain and is openly gay (supposedly), however, he speaks against gay rights in the United States and said that gay men, “Need to get back into the closet,” and would like to bring pain and suffering to the gay community. Milo is also one of the few people permanently banned from Twitter. Milo has had a track record of targeting groups or individuals and bullying these people including the victims of the Orlando shooting, Buzzfeed, and many more. The final straw was when he went after Ghostbusters actress, Leslie Jones, when the movie premiered. Some racial slurs were being thrown at Jones, but Milo’s Tweets of calling her “barely literate” and “black dude” led to a massive surge of racist tweets about Jones. Soon after, Twitter officials banned Milo Yiannopoulos permanently from Twitter. Twitter never gave an official statement as to why Milo was banned but many experts believed
that Twitter saw Milo as the catalyst of the racistTweets toward Leslie Jones. With all of this recent history, it’s no surprised there were protest at UC Berkeley. However, school officials believe some of the more violent protesters weren’t students, but rather a group of people using the “black bloc” tactics on their campus. One school official said, “We have never seen this on the Berkeley campus. This was an unprecedented invasion.” Both sides of the political spectrum have taken sides on this and even President Trump Tweeted “If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view — NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” With all of this to consider, how would Cayuga students react to a controversial speaker like Milo Yiannopoulos? Cayuga contains a community of indivduals with a diversity of views on politics. Some students are liberal, while others are more conservative, but if a figure who is a well-known racist, bigot, and xenophobic, you can bet there would be protests. — Zak Haines, Cayuga Collegian associate editor
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HOW I SEE IT... It seems like everywhere you go, there’s an argument about politics. I go on Facebook, and I scroll and all I see are political articles and political memes, with some engagement posts, general memes, and puppies thrown in between.
States. Trump has only been in office for a short time, but has had one of the largest impacts so far on American society. A prime example is UC Berkeley and the protests which eriptedagainst alt-right wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, who was invited and scheduled to speak at Berkeley.Milo made it safely away from the protests and has even opened up the idea of rescheduling his visit. Berkeley students may have overreacted to Milo but Milo’s track record isn’t exactly the cleanest
By now, I’m sure many of you have heard about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the many fights and protests against its construction throughout most of 2016. Former President Obama halted the
Gabby Rizzo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Growing up in a time where the Internet is readily available, everyone is posting their opinions, which is perfectly fine. It’s how people are handling it though, and it’s not extremely rational all the time. I have a friend at a different college and she lives in a dorm with three other girls. When discussing politics, their stances came out and one of the girls told her she doesn’t affiliate with people who have that stance, and hasn’t spoken to her since. Is that rational, to not speak to a person you live with just because they don’t believe in the same things as you? There’s a difference between standing strong in your beliefs, and shoving your beliefs down others’ throats. We live in a wonderful country where we can live and have our own beliefs without being persecuted. We have been given Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion for the purpose that we can believe whatever we choose to believe, and say what we want to say. You can go ahead and not speak to people you don’t agree with, that is of your own volition. My point is life is short, and having screaming matches with each other is not the answer. Freedom is a wonderful thing, allowing people to have logical discussions about why you believe in something. The media is overloaded with bashing one side or the other, and believe you me, no news channel is unbiased one way or the other. Regardless, freedom is supposed to help us better function as a community, to freely discuss issues rationally. It’s supposed to help us work together to better our country, not tear each other down, or force our beliefs on others. As French Enlightenment writer Voltaire once said, “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” —Gabby Rizzo Cayuga Collegian editor-in-chief
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Brooke Dunn pipeline in mid-November citing the potential environmental impact it would have on the nearby river which supplies water to over six million people. Recently, under our new Trump administration, the President has ordered that they continue to build the last part of the pipeline because it will make millions of dollars however, he shows no concern for the environment. The indigenous people of Sioux, North Dakota also have an issue with it because they said it will disrupt “culturally sensitive” land of Native Americans even though the pipe is technically not on reservation land. Not too far from there an oil pipeline broke and polluted the water and thousands suffered, including animals and plants that also survive off of that waterway. Hundreds of thousands of people showed up to protest the pipeline including celebrities like Shailene Woodley. Millions showed their support through social media. People also started protests in their cities to show support that the people of America were not okay with this-and it worked. Their hard work paid off late last year and it was halted. The company who is building it however, has opposed the whole thing suggesting that it will
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created a large, steady revenue of money to help the surrounding area and has said that there will be no harmful environmental effects and won’t hit any culturally sensitive areas. Some that support it say to look up the facts and that many of these protesters are just anti-oil. There have been some issues with the protests themselves. Numerous people have been arrested for illegally protesting and there have been smaller riots that occurred and some have been injured in the process. So my question is, do you think that last portion should be continued? — Brooke Dunn, Cayuga Collegian staff writer
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CCC Club Profile: RAT GUILD By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief
With so many clubs on campus, it might be easy to miss one or two, or if you do know about it, you might not really know what the club is all about. Each week, The Collegian will profile a campus club and ask the members about what the club does and why you should join.
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The RAT (radio and television) Guild is a lively club, predominantly made up of Telcom students, but open to everyone. There are many reasons club members say students should join including “we get free pizza,” and “it’s a great place to socialize with people who have similar interests” as the top responses.
The RAT Guild officers say they’re busy planning trips the club may be taking in the fall, including a day trip to New York City and possibly a trip to Darien Lake. “We are a club that takes people with any media interest and allows them to meet other people with similar interests and we have a good time,” said RAT Guild secretary Ed Vivenzio. He explained that the students in the club support each other in various classes, and each student is very helpful toward one another. Rat Guild vice president Gavin Ellis says they welcome new members. “Media is a growing culture,” Ellis said. The club’s faculty advisor says he knows why the RAT Guild easily attracts members. “Because we’re awesome,” Doug Brill joked. “We’re all inclusive and welcoming.” As far as what the club does, the organizers say they plan many events and they help Telcom students prepare to transfer to another college after receiving their two year degree at CCC by offering trips to colleges with a strong media programs. They also say they have events to socialize such as movie nights, and what they call “telemingle.” They also take trips to colleges to get the college’s radio station’s name out there. The RAT Guild meets on Wednesdays at 11:30 A.M. in the Telcom Department. They will also have a table at the Activity Fair on Wednesday the 15th, so stop by and say hello!
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