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Vol. 63 Issue 14 February 28, 2017
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Pizza & Politics The CCC Library is hosting Pizza & Politics Discussion Forum: Immigration, Part I on Wednesday, March 1st. CCC Associate Professors Sheila Myers and Teri Misiaszek who will provide insights on Immigration from their respective fields of study. In addition to thought-provoking conversation, this event also includes FREE PIZZA! The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 1st from 11 AM- 12 PM on the Auburn Campus in Room L210 and on the Fulton Campus in Room F176.
Telcom’s Jeff Szczesniak named President of the 2017 College Radio Day Task Force. STORY ON PAGE 2
NEW BOOK TITLES AT CCC’S AUBURN LIBRARY FICTION Baldacci, David No Man’s Land Chabon, Michael Moonglow Child, Lee Night School: a Jack Reacher novel Coelho, Paulo The Spy Cornwell, Patricia Chaos: a Scarpetta novel Cussler, Clive Odessa Sea Evanovich, Janet Turbo Twenty-Three: a Stephanie Plum novel French, Tana The Trespasser Hoffman, Alice Faithful Jin, Ha The Boat Rocker Kellerman, Jonathan Heartbreak Hotel: an Alex Delaware novel Lamb, Wally I’ll Take You There Moyes, Jojo Paris for One and Other Stories Patterson, James Never, Never; and Cross the Line Picoult, Jodi Small Great Things Sandford, John Escape Clause Wood, Stuart Below the Belt
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Discussion Forum: Immigration, Part I
CCC’S Art Club members JoJo Gromoske and Dominique Ward - MORE PHOTOS PAGE 4
By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief
Art Club member, Bensond Azy says The Art Club is an interesting and active club, and they have several activities and trips planned. “We go on trips to Art museums in Syracuse and Ithaca,” said Azy. “Sometimes we go to the preschool and do Arts and C rafts with them, or one time we went to The Home and did Arts and Crafts with the elderly.” Azy says sometimes theclub membership even shares a pizza. The Art Club is open to all students and meets on Wednesdays at 11 AMin the Art room.
Students learn televised sports production
Campus reacts to Diversity Survey
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By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief
TELCOM STUDENTS Dylan Pappa and Brooke Dunn serve as camera operators for the Spartan Basketball Games production.
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NON FICTION Ginsburg, Ruth My Own Words Hamblin, James If Our Bodies Could Talk Myers, Marc Anatomy of a Song Noah, Trevor Born a Crime Tebow, Tim Shaken Winfrey, Oprah Food, Health and Happiness
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Cayuga Community College graduate, Amanda M. Reed ‘06, has been appointed to the position of interim Manager of Fulton Operations. Reed reports to the Provost’s Office until the new Associate Vice FOCUS ON President and Dean of the Fulton Campus is hired this semester. The search for the AVP and Dean is currently underway with interviews scheduled in March. As Manager of the Fulton Campus, Reed is responsible for the effective operation of the campus, including the assignment of space/ rooms, the coordination of services, switchboard operations, and the handling of student, staff, or faculty issues. Reed is a CCC alumna, earning her associate’s degree at Cayuga’s Fulton Campus. She then went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in human resources from SUNY Oswego followed by a master’s degree in adult education from Buffalo Amanda Reed State. In 2006, Reed joined CCC on the Fulton Campus as an instructional assistant in the Library, and in 2008 she was promoted to Sunday and Evening Administrator.
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CCC students get busy with activities You couldn’t help but smile as you passed through the main lobby due to the amount of positive energy generated by students participating in last week’s Activities Fair on the Auburn campus. Most of the campus’ clubs were well-represented with visual displays and plenty of club officers and members available to talk to potential student recruits passing by. Among the many clubs, The Art Clubhad an interesting display which included a painted canvas on which members were actively adding the finishing paint touches.
CCC Fulton welcomes new manager
Faculty and students are still talking about a survey was sent outby the newly formed college Diversity Task Force to assess the campus d iversity climate. There was some backlashexpressed by both students and faculty over the nature of the questions asked, most questioned the ethics of the types of questions in the survey. “I feel that since the survey wasn’t mandatory, it isn’t a big deal,” said a studentwho asked not to be identified. “I understand why some people are upset, though, because people choose their school, their major, why are those questions the college’s business?” “If it’s anonymous it doesn’t really matter,” said another studentwho asked not to be identified. “They must have a purpose for asking, so why not. Some of those questions might help students.” “It seems like it was just required by the state,” said a faculty member. Many faculty members sent out reply emails with questions like “where is the data going and who will see it?” and “how will this data be used?” Some faculty said what thought could be meant as a nice sentiment,meaning--trying to eliminate discrimination and using the information to better prepare for that kind of situation, could easily be harmful.Some faculty members expressed concerns that with so few faculty members in certain departments, participants could be easily identified.Most students felt it’s harder for it to be harmfulto them, because there’s such a large number of students,it’s easier for a student to remain anonymous. The Cayuga Collegian contacted Vice President for Student Affairs Jeffrey Rosenthal for a statement and didn’t receive an answer.
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NASA has reported that they have found several new earth like planets.The NASA telescope has revealed the largest batch of earth size planets in the habitable zone,
Brooke Dunn
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HOW I SEE IT... How are cell phones affecting our generation? This could be answered in a number ofways. This is not solely a Millennial or Generation Z or what have you, cell phones have also had a massive impact on Baby Boomers and Generations X and Y.
Gabby Rizzo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF When you look around a public area, more often than not, people are on their cell phones, whether they be texting, calling, checking their social media, or taking pictures. This all isn’t bad, when it’s used in moderation. Some people are constantly on their phones, worried about how many likes they’ll get on a picture, why their boyfriend isn’t texting them back after they just texted him 15 seconds ago, who to send a snap to, et cetera.. Sometimes we have a difficult time living in the present. I went to a concert two weeks ago and everyone had their phones out taking videos. I understand taking two or three videos of your favorite songs, but why would you want to watch an entire concert through your phone screen? I went to Emerson Park one day in the summer with my friends and every once in awhile when there was a lull in conversation, everyone would turn to their phones for entertainment. I don’t want to bash people using their phones, because believe you me, when I’m bored or passing time, or whatever, you better believe I’m on my phone. Also phones are wonderfully useful. It’s such a relief to use when I need directions, you could use it when you’re taking a break from doing homework or studying, or the fact that I can just have all of my music in one spot. It’s not that, it’s that we’re not in the present enough. If you’re with your friends and family, put it away. Time is fleeting, and we need to cherish the time we have with the ones we love. Also just put your phone away during class. Your grades and professors will appreciate it. Some of your classmates might, as well. But again, people are more connected than ever now. Use the opportunity to make friends, share goofy things on Facebook, like that person’s picture. Just don’t do it excessively. —Gabby Rizzo, Cayuga Collegian editor-in-chief
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around a single star yet. There are seven earth size planets and three of them are in the habitable-zone around the star. This discovery sets a new record for the greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside of our own solar system. All of these seven planets could have water, so that means a possibility of life on them. It’s possible under the right atmospheric conditions that it could be true, but the chances are the highest within the three planets in the habitable zone. The planets are fairly close but it’s still 40 light years away from us with our current technology-that’s 235 trillion miles away. Because they are located outside of our solar system, these planets are scientifically known as exoplanets. This exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1. The planets also happen to be very close to each other. NASA, has said that it would be possible for you to see geological features from a neighboring planet from another. The planets may also be tidally locked to their star. That means the same side of the planet is always facing the star-so each side is either constantly day or night-not both like earth. They think that these planets might have weather patterns that aren’t similar to earth’s. They have yet to determine the size of the planet the farthest away. However, is getting to them is highly unlikely and more just a fantasy at this point. NASA is planning to keep on studying them with the Spitzer, Hubble and Kepler telescopes to find out as much as they can about this new, exciting exoplanet system. — Brooke Dunn, Cayuga Collegian staff writer
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CCC Telcom’s Jeff Szczesniak earns national recognition Jeff Szczesniak, advisor of Cayuga Community College’s WDWN-FM (Win 89 FM) has been named President of the 2017 College Radio Day Task Force. The 7th annual College Radio Day! Will take place on Friday, October 6, where hundreds of Jeff Szczesniak college radio stations will come together to celebrate the unique medium of college radio. The aim of College Radio Day is to harness the combined listenership of hundreds of thousands of college radio listeners throughout the world and to celebrate the important contribution of college radio by uniting for this one day and to raise a greater awareness
by encouraging people who would not normally listen to college radio to do so on this day. It is hoped that those people who do tune in on College Radio Day like what they hear and become regular listeners. In 2012, Jeff was named “Advisor of the Year” from College Radio Day’s Spirit of College Radio Awards and in 2015 he was selected to represent the medium of college radio at the White House to celebrate College Radio Day. College radio is the only free live medium brave enough to play unsigned, local, and independent artists on a regular basis. Indeed, many famous and successful bands today, owe their initial break to being played on college radio. Put simply, college radio is an important part of the media landscape because of its unique and fearless programming. http://www.collegeradio.org/college-radio-day/crd-task-force/
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New Planets Found
Jeff Szczesniak (standing) working with students at CCC’s student radio station WDWN.
STUDENT SENATE MEETS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEMESTER By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief The Student Senate convened last Friday after their scheduled meeting was delayed by a snow day. Plenty of ground was covered during the session including information about upcoming events and operational advice for club representatives. The first order of business was to intro duce SGO’s newly-elected treasurer , Andrew Bounds. Boundstold those assembled that his office hours have been posted on the SGO office door. Topping the discussion, news that there are many college e vents coming up and student volunteers are needed. Students are encourage to help at a bone marrow registration e vent o n April 24thfrom 10 AM -2 AM on the Auburn campus. Volunteers are also needed at the upcoming open houses on both the Fulton and Auburn campuses. The open house at the Auburn campus will be on March 11th, and on March 17th in Fulton. If you are interested in volunteering, go to either the Admissions Office or t he S GOoffice. Toward the end of the semester, there will be a Block Partyon the quadin Auburn. This will be an event for all the clubs to come together and put on a fun event celebrating the end of the semester. The party will be held on April 26th. The Penny Wars, w hich began during the Activities F air, e nded at last Wednesday’s blood drive. All proceeds a re going t o help fund a new playground at the childcare center. The SGO is also hosting a food drive which began on February 22 nd,SGO president Steven Brewer said there will not be a competition among the clubs like last semester. All are encouraged to pitch in and bring canned food to the SGO office. The food drive will run until March 10th.
Lastly, April w ill now be called Harmony Monthin Auburnto celebrate the diversity of staff, faculty, and students on campus. There was a discussion about whether clubs w ould pitch in money for the pinwheels that will be placed on the lawn within thefront traffic circle to represent our diversity. If all goes as planned, the pinwheels will be put up on March 31, and there will be events that will coincide with Harmony Month. Members of the Creative Writing club report they will soon be publishing a journal with poetry and short stories they had written. The due date is to be determined. The next Student Senate meeting will be held on March 10.
PENNY WARS
STANDINGS 1. Criminal Justice Club: 200 points 2. Phi Beta Lambda: 181 points 3. Early Childhood: 100 points 4. Veterans Club: 9 points 5. Art Club: -40 points 6. History Club: -98 points 7. Tutor Club: -170 points 8. Young Americans for Liberty: -200 points For those unaware of how Penny Wars works pennies are +1 point each while any silver or bills are negative points for their equivalence in pennies. Nickels are -5, dimes -10, quarters -10, dollar -100, etc. If your club is in the negative tell them to bring in as much change as they can and to put the pennies in your jar and everything else in your competitors jars!! We have raised $12.72 for the new playground for the childcare center. -Steve Brewer, SGO President
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Kopec helps lead Spartan Bowlers in Region III Tournament SPARTAN SPORTS
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Freshman bowler Andrew Kopec (Auburn, NY) helped the Spartans to a 4th place team finish at the NJCAA Region III Bowling Championships held at the Pin-O-Rama Bowling Center in Utica, NY on Sunday, February 19th. Kopec was the “All Events” champion at the tournament and earned All-Region for the 2017 season. Kopec paired with fellow freshman Nick Joss (Cicero-North Syracuse, NY) to win the doubles portion of the championship with an almost 100 pin advantage over the next best team. Cayuga’s other doubles team of Wyatt Hasty (Sherrill, NY) and Brandon Cecchini (Union Springs, NY) finished 16th. In singles competition…Kopec finished 4th…while Spartans Nick Joss (7th), Brandon Cecchini (11th) and Wyatt Hasty (16th) all finished in the top 20 bowlers on the men’s side. Matt Malchoff (North Rose-Wolcott, NY) rounded out the scoring for Cayuga. The Spartans now prepare for the NJCAA National Tournament held in Buffalo, NY the first weekend in March.
Sophomores Jon Bell (24) and Tim Rouse (3) with their families and Coach Tony Borges
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Sophomores Najhea Thompson (2) and Sydney Patzke (1) with their families along with Head Coach Jim Alberici and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Jack Cunliffe.
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PBL: Vince Falcone, Nelson Scott Hand, and Brian Bushnell
Telcom students Mark Feocco and Ian Stevens setting up the cameras.
SPORTS PRODUCTION: Is it for you? Saturday from 10 a.m to 5 p.m, I had the pleasure of working on a production team to film the women’s and men’s basketball games. Let me tell you, it was fun as
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STAFF WRITER ever! Now, I don’t really have an experience at all using cameras like the ones they had. I was put on camera one which is probably the easiest camera job and easiest to use. I’m thankful they put me on that one knowing it was my first time. They showed me how to work the camera and it was really simple actually. It’s a great team and vibe that everyone would love. We did have a headset malfunction and it was not pleasant, but it was manageable and it just happened to be my headset and mine only. But after the first game it was sorted out and working great thanks to our awesome tech guy, Shawn! The fellow students who work it are pretty cool also. There was a lot of technical stuff, but on the bright side there was
Tim Moore and Jeff Szczesniak get ready to announce the men’s basketball game against OCC. Mark’s pizza! The advisors are very friendly and helpful, I would suggest going to them with any questions you have about it! You can sign up down in the telecom department, on most notably, Steve Keeler’s door. There are a few jobs you can help out with. There are floor camera people, camera people on the top of the bleachers, you could work the soundboard, and that’s just to name a few. So if any of it interests you, I say sign up and have a blast because it was a great experience that i’ll be enthusiastic about when I do it again! — Brooke Dunn, Cayuga Collegian staff writer
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLUB: Emily Fedrizzi, Dan Clark, Brittany Bardonaso, Glenn Ukolowicz, Julia DiMatteo and Lindsay Carson
COLLEGE RADIO STATION WDWN: Jeff Szczesniak, Zak Haines, Zac Steele and Ed Vivenzio EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CLUB: Katlyn Dibble
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD: Mariah Johnson and Mindy Fremouw
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