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Vol. 63 Issue 12 February 7, 2017
Dail ‘315’ beginning Saturday, Feb. 11
CAYUGABRIEFS CCC BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT HOME FEB. 8TH CCC’S Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams will face off against Jefferson Community College with the Lady Spartans in action beginning at 5:30 PM in Spartan Hall on the Auburn Campus. The Men’s game against the Cannoneers tips off at 7:30 PM. Come out and cheer on The Spartans!
Starting on Saturday, Feb. 11, everyone in the 315 area code will be required to dial the area code on local calls or the call will not go through. To meet the growing demand for new telephone numbers, the 680 area code will be added to the area now served by 315. This includes Syracuse, Utica and Watertown, N.Y.
Brownies and Freedom
PHOTOS FROM WEDNESDAY’S GAMES AGAINST CORNING BY KODY FOWLER ON PAGE THREE
PHOTOS BY KODY FOWLER
Plenty of activities to participate in on the Auburn campus! By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief
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‘Pot-less’ Brownies Bake Sale By Zak Haines, associate editor
A new club on the Auburn Campus, Young Americans for Liberty, YAL, combined a protest with a bake sale in the main foyer of Cayuga Community College last week. The group protested the government’s on-going ‘The War on Drugs’ while fundraising for a future club trip. It was called a ‘dank’ ‘pot’ Brownie Sale with proceeds going to help fund for a trip to Boston in March. Organizers say no actual pot brownies were sold but rather brownies were displayed in cooking pots with the ingredients used in them on labels taped onto the pots.
YAL Club President, John Exner, says the protest/fundraiser was an idea by the State Chair of YAL and was received well by all members. Exner says the club is raising money so members may attend a Libertarian Polictical Summit in Boston on March 25th. He says major politicians like Ron Paul will be there to discuss the political landscape of the United States. When asked if there will be anymore protest like these, Exner replied with “We have a few possible protests in the near future.”
Existing area codes will not change. Effective Saturday, Feb. 11, dialing a 7-digit number will no longer be allowed. Because more than one area code will serve the geographical area, area codes must be included on all calls— including calls within the same area code — or the call will not go through. Saturday, Feb. 11: Mandatory 10-digit dialing begins. All local calls must be dialed with 10 digits (area code plus seven-digit
number) as of this date. If you dial a local call with just seven digits, you will not get through. Saturday, March 11: This is the earliest date for phone numbers in area code 680 to go into service. The new area code will be assigned to new phone numbers. Nobody with an existing 315 number will have to switch area codes. You can still call 911 to reach emergency responders. The same goes for other N11 services such as 411, 211, 511 and 811. Start updating your contact list now. If your contact list includes Central New York contacts without the area code, you will have
You can still call 911 to reach emergency responders. The same goes for other N11 services such as 411, 211, 511 and 811.
PHOTOS BY KODY FOWLER
With the semester officially underway, more and more events are coming up. The first Senate Meeting of the semesteron the Auburn campus is scheduled on Friday, so all club representatives should be prepared to attend. On Monday, February 13th, students will able to stuff a bear in the cafeteria, free of charge. It’s a nice activity especially for couples on the day before Valentine’s Day, but rest assured, anyone and everyone is welcome. The Spring 2017 Club Activities Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 15th (Auburn campus) and on Monday, February 20th in Fulton. The hours at both campuses are from 10 AM to 1PM. For clubs, this will be a good opportunity to try and recruit students, and for students, it will be a great opportunity to become involved in extracurricular activities and meet new people with similar interests. Finally, in the theme of Valentine’s Day, the library is featuring Blind Dates with Books. For this, in the library there are books that are covered with hints about its plot, in order to have you not judge a book by its cover.
Saturday, Feb. 11: Mandatory 10-digit dialing begins. All local calls must be dialed with 10 digits (area code plus seven-digit number) as of this date. If you dial a local call with just seven digits, you will not get through.
to add 315 to the numbers. Once 10-digit dialing kicks in, your calls won’t go through without the area code. Reprogram any automatic dialing equipment you may have. This includes fax machines, home alarm systems and dial-up internet service. Questions about the 315/680 area code overlay can be answered by calling 800-9220204 or by visiting the New York Public Service Commission website at http://www.dps.ny.gov/. — gleaned from published reports
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Does Gender Inequality exist at Cayuga? You decide. Not too long ago in the Telecommunications Department at a club meeting, we had to fill out
Brooke Dunn
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HOW I SEE IT... As a freshman, I figured it would be important to join clubs that interested me, and in my second semester, it has been proven to be true for a number of reasons. The biggest and most obvious reason is that it helps you to meet new people and make new friends. Another mas-
Gabby Rizzo sive reason to me why it’s important is because it might even help you see what you’re interested in. When you get involved in something you truly care about, you meet people who love the same things you do. In the big picture, clubs bring about a sense of community. People are coming together to do something they care about. This doesn’t just go for clubs, this can go for sports and music. With spring sports coming up, you have the opportunity to try out for the different teams. For music, last week I wrote about the wonderful opportunity of joining our college’s chorus, but students are also able to join our rock ensemble. Go out there. Meet new people. You never know what friends you’ll make or what new thing may interest you. —Gabby Rizzo Cayuga Collegian editor-in-chief
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Managing stress in college The 2015 National College Health Assessment showed that in that year 15.8% of students reported that they had been diagnosed with anxiety and 13.1% of students had been diagnosed with depression. Getting back in the swing of things may also bring an increase in stress among students, and it is important for students to try and reduce stress in any way they possibly can. Here is a list of things you can do to help manage stress. The first, and probably most obvious, is getting enough sleep. Not only can lack of sleep increase stress, but it can also make you more susceptible to diabetes, obesity, and depression. Next is exercise. It is important to exercise because when you do, your body releases endorphins. Hobbies are also very important to continue. Be sure to make time to do what you enjoy, like playing an instrument, drawing, or playing a sport. Lastly, don’t spread yourself too thin. For some people, this is very easy to do. As much as I encourage fellow students to join clubs and sports, if there isn’t enough time in your schedule, then there isn’t enough time. When you hit your limit as far as how much time you have to offer, don’t be afraid to say no. Don’t feel obligated to continue with something you don’t have enough time for. When it comes down to it, your mental health and your grades should be at the top of your priorities. Many of these may seem like no-brainers, but it really is important for students to take care of themselves. Also, as students, we’re all in the same boat. We each struggle with certain classes, have stress from tests and papers that are due, and we can take opportunities to help each other out in order to help reduce the stress of others.
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One was asking about gender inequality in your major, the next about the campus in general. In fact, I don’t think there is gender inequality because one field has more males than females. More males tend to go into the Telecommunications field compared to females. It’s honestly just personal preference-not inequality. I can say that I’m one of very few girls in that field as a whole. The instructors are great and I couldn’t imagine that they would be prejudice against someone just because of their gender. I’m in no way saying that this doesn’t happen, because it clearly has, but it’s not as frequent as some think. I don’t think gender inequality and representation is a big issue because when it comes to gender diversity in a field it more so has to do with interest and personal preferences. People are honestly great nowadays compared to when gender inequality was a huge issue. — Brooke Dunn, Cayuga Collegian staff writer
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a survey for gender inequality and representation within our own major. I thought the whole survey was ludicrous. I never have once thought that there would be
gender inequality in Telecommunications, but because if you look at the majority of its participants they’re mainly male and vastly outweigh their female counterparts. Gender inequality is something that has been brought up a lot lately, and definitely coincides with the new “feminism” movement. When people look at the wage gap, most get enraged. I say to myself, “there’s a difference in the numbers, but are all the factors being accounted for?” A lot of people don’t even think, it’s proven that males end up making more because they’re working more and they’re more dedicated, so to speak, to their job. Now, what I mean by that is they have more time and women usually want to have kids and take care of them. Now this doesn’t apply to all women, but it’s definitely a contributing factor. Back to the survey. This survey consisted of two pages.
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Students riot at California college NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - A speech by right-wing firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled at a California college Wednesday evening after a peaceful protest escalated into a large blaze being set amid violent clashes between demonstrators and police, officials said. A group of protesters decked out in black began smashing windows and throwing smoke bombs and flares at the student union building on the University of California at Berkeley campus around 6:30 p.m. local time, according to police. Yiannopoulos, a controversial writer for the hard right-wing website Breitbart News, had been invited by the Berkeley College Republicans to speak at 8 p.m., but administrators cancelled the event as the protests grew violent. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the violence and unlawful behavior that was on display and deeply regret that those tactics will now overshadow the efforts to engage in legitimate and lawful protest against the performer’s presence and perspectives,” the university’s public affairs office said in a statement. Videos posted to social media showed throngs of protesters tearing down a gasoline-powered construction light, and setting the liquid on fire as it drizzled out. Ian Miller, a Berkeley staffer who attended the demonstration, said cops in gas masks and helmets began firing plastic disks at protesters as the fire licked against the student union building. “The fuel started pouring out and they set it on fire,” Miller told the Daily News over the phone. “It got really hot.” It was not immediately clear if there were any arrests or injuries, but a Berkeley Police Department spokesman told The News that at least three people were injured in the clashes. The protesters reveled in the news that
Yiannopoulos had been removed, and a dance party ensued as somebody broke out a boom box, Miller said. The British Breitbart writer, who’s infamous for getting banned from Twitter after launching an allegedly racist harassment campaign against African-American actress Leslie Jones, blasted the protesters in a video message after his evacuation. “It turns out that the progressive left, the social justice left, the feminist, Black Lives Matter left, the hard left has become so utterly antithetical to free speech in the last few years,” Yiannopoulos, a fervent President Trump supporter, said in the video. “They won’t allow students to listen to alternative views and they’re absolutely petrified of alternative visions of how the world ought to look.” Brandishing signs with slogans such as “Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech,” a majority of the people gathered to lament the Yiannopoulos event remained peaceful, according to Miller. “When the message is as extreme as Milo’s, and with the climate that we’re in with the Trump administration’s policies, I absolute understand protesters getting angry and lashing out,” Miller said. “I’m not thrilled that university property got damaged, but I’m definitely sympathetic to their tactics. Everything Yiannopoulos stands for is diametrically against what UC Berkeley stands for.”
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Night Shows at Win89FM offer a variety of music By Zak Haines, associate editor Win89FM is the CCC’s radio station that plays the genre ‘college alternative’ throughout the day. But starting at 6 pm during the week and then on the weekend, Win89FM becomes a different station. The station allows students and community volunteers to host their own night show at the station. Most of these night shows break away from the ‘college alternative’ format and play almost all genres of music ranging from Hip-Hop, Country, Classic Rock and much more. Here is the list of night shows you can catch throughout the week and on the weekend. On Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 PM is the Wild Bill Show. The Wild Bill Show. plays a range of Country, Heavy Metal, and Classic Rock artists such as Metallica, Alabama, and Luke Bryan. Wild Bill is a former station manager of Win89FM and now is a community volunteer.
Wednesday evenings feature two night shows. The first one is Week-in Review hosted by Eddy V from 6 to 8 PM. The Week-in Review show is about the Top 20 College Alternative Artists and their impact on college radio. Eddy V is a student at the college and is the station’s program director. The second show is The Retro Show with DJ Jan. The Retro Showplays classic hits from the 50’s, 60’s, and early 70’s. DJ Jan is a community volunteer for Win89FM. On Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 PM is the Zak Attack Variety Show. The show offers a wide range of genres including Classic Rock, Country, Adult Contemporary, and more. Zak ASSOCIATE EDITOR many Attack Variety Show currently the station manager at Win89FM and a student of the college. On the weekend there are some more shows available. Saturday morning from 7 AM to noon is Public Service Broadcasting. From noon to midnight is Soul 89. Soul 89 is WDWN-FM Urban Music format which airs every Saturday
from noon to midnight. The Urban Format includes genres of Hip Hop, R&B, Rap, Reggae and Soul/Motown music. Soul 89 plays an exclusive mix of local & regional artists and has been broadcasting since the early 1990’s. Sunday offers a slower pace for listeners of Win89FM. On Sunday morning, from 8 AM to noon is Carosello Italiano. Carosello Italiano is one of the longest running shows on Win89FM. Sunday also offers Sounds from the Global Village and
Jazz Progressions. Sounds from the Global Village plays top songs of world music including music from Ireland, the Middle East. and parts of Asia starting at 7 PM. Jazz Progressions plays a wide range of new Jazz music and the many sub-genres of modern day Jazz starting at 8 PM. With many night shows on Win89FM, there won’t be a lack of musical taste for the community and all of the students of Cayuga.
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