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CAYUGABriefs High honor bestowed on Cayuga CC’s Telcom Director and Professor
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Happy Birthday to Cayuga CC! By Abigail Young, assistant editor Happy Birthday to Cayuga Community College! This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the college’s o p e n i n g . On April 9, 1953, SUNY approved the establishment of a community college in On This is the original Auburn. September 8, building that was 1953, Auburn home to ACC on Community James Street in College opened Auburn when on the corner the college first of James and opened in 1953. Orchard Streets
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Steve Keeler has been awarded one of eight distinguished professorships from the State University of New York. Keeler is the director of Telcom degree programs and the chair of Cayuga Community College’s Humanities and Communications Division. The Distinguished Service Professorship candidates must have demonstrated service not only on campus and the State University, but also at the community, regional, and State levels above and beyond the call of his/her duty. Keeler’s long time service to CCC and its students as well as his involvement with the Auburn Public Theater and his service as Vice-president of the board of the newly formed Auburn Regional Media Access (ARMA) fit the bill. In 1999 the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) awarded Keeler with their National Educator of the Year Award, in 2000 he received a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, in 2005 he received CCC’s Faculty Award for Excellence, and in 2006 was named College Technology Educator of the Year by the Technology Association of Central New York.
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CCC announces the winners of the 2013 SUNY Engine Business Idea Competition Waterloo resident Lauren Burdsall has always loved dogs, and she has always imagined herself in a career that would involve them. Today, she is one step closer to achieving that dream. Burdsall, a business student at Monroe Community College, took home the first-place Cayuga Community College President Daniel prize in the 2013 SUNY P. Larson and Professor Amy Valente (center) Engine Business Idea recognize SUNY Engine Business Idea Competition Competition, hosted winners (left to right) Gillian Sears (Cayuga CC), by Cayuga Community Lauren Burdsall (Monroe CC), Nicole Green (Cayuga College. Included in CC), and Antehene Demissie (Monroe CC) on her top place finish are a $1250 cash prize Cayuga’s Auburn Campus February 27. and mentoring on her the Syracuse Tech Garden and a business concept with John Liddy, National Association for Community the entrepreneur in residence at continued back page
in Auburn with 69 students enrolled. As a way of celebrating, The Collegian looked back into our archives to find out what was going on in the past. Looking at the month of April and all years ending with a three, we found some cool things that happened. Way back in April of 1973, the Harlequin group was getting ready to perform its first musical, H.M.S. Pinafore. This production was student directed and produced. The issue also included a four page spread of spring clothing choices. The students featured in the pictures were actual college students. Of course the main focus was to show appropriate clothing choices, all of which included long sleeves and no skin showing. Another interesting story in that issue was about a new booming business. Term papers made to order was becoming a new enterprise and there was concern from some about what this meant. In April of 1983, the Norman F. Bourke Memorial Library was to be replaced with the Norman F. Bourke Video Palace. That’s right, books were going to be replaced with video games and television sets were going to be added as well. The vice president of the school had confirmed this rumor. Also being added was a new course called “Cafeteria Survival 101”. Some of the lessons featured in the class were: how to steal a chair unnoticed, how to make a person leave a table by acting weird, being able to swallow food after someone got sick right in front of you from the same food, and being able to concentrate on homework while a radio is blaring and someone is talking to you. The Collegian had added some new staff members as well. The editor was Monty Python, the news editor was Barbara Walters, and graphics were done by Leonardo daVinci. Photographers included
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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Sequestration Frustration
First it was the Fiscal Cliff on New Year’s Day and now it’s Sequestration. Wa s h i n g t o n D.C. refuses to do their job and do it right for the sake of Alec Rider the American people time and time again. Each party led by the most radical parts within, digs in their heels and refuses to budge on the simplest of compromises. Sequestration was put into place as a warning to Washington D.C. to cut the crap and work their problems out like adults during the August 2011 debt ceiling scuffle. It would take a hatchet instead of a scalpel to the military budget and Social Security & Medicare, possibly hurting the ability for the United States to protect itself and its citizens. President Obama during the last presidential debate put it all on the table. “First of all, the sequester was not something I proposed, it’s something Congress has proposed. It will not happen.” Every word of that quote is untrue. Democrats and Republicans have been in perpetual gridlock since the Republicans took back the House of Representatives in 2010. The Democrats blame the Republicans, but can you blame the GOP? If you had to sit in the House and the Senate for 4 years between 2006-2010 and watch the Democrats pass law after law not caring about anything you had to say, would you like it? It’s not too much of a stretch of the imagination to why it was that Obamacare was passed in March 2010 without a single Republican vote and the Democrats were booted from the
House in masse by November of the same year. The American people do not like when a single party runs roughshod over the other one. Now that we have a split government, everyone wants their way and won’t budge. Except for the fact that the Republicans have actually budged while the Democrats have remained solid in their concrete shoes. Republicans agreed to tax hikes that the Democrats proposed on wealthy Americans and small business owners alike. They took a chance that the Democrats of 2013 weren’t the same as the Democrats of 1986 that screwed Ronald Reagan out of spending cuts when he agreed to raise taxes. It was believed that he once quipped that he wanted “I’m still waiting on those tax cuts” on his headstone. But they weren’t different and the Democrats still refused to cut. They got their tax rises including a payroll tax that came out of your pay. Now we have another debt ceiling showdown scheduled for March 27th (that’s right, showdowns in Washington D.C. are scheduled now) where the Democrats will want the Republicans to cave once more and give the federal government more spending power and let our national debt eclipse 17,000,000,000,000 dollars (that’s 17 trillion dollars). I don’t know about you, but I think it’s about time for something drastic; I’m sick and tired of business as usual. I supported raising the debt limit in 2011 because the Tea Party was acting like trolling idiots. Now I say let the United States breach it’s full faith and credit and roll the dice on the aftermath. -Alec Rider, Editor-in-chief
Newest Member of Facebook Although there has been an apparent decrease in the number of Facebook users, I would like to introduce you to a new member. That’s right, I joined Facebook Abigail Young this past February. When editor-inchief Alec Rider heard about this, his jaw dropped. He was shocked that I had never been on Facebook and immediately wanted me to write about my first week. So here is is, my first week on Facebook. I joined the network on a Friday while watching tv. I sent a few friend requests to people I knew and had been urging me to join for years. Within an hour, all of my close family and friends were requesting me and posting their shock and joy that I was now a member. I stayed on the site for a few hours finding out how to do stuff, which I found out was pretty easy. Just type when you want to say something and click ‘message’ to talk to somebody one-on-one. The next couple of days was spent answering friend requests and looking at what others had posted. This was the interesting part. What some people put on their wall or like or share really does surprise me sometimes. People who you think you know post things that are loud and proud about topics that
are a little bit touchy. For example, a friend has frequently liked and shared the Tea Party’s ideas on gun control. Okay, now I know what your opinion is on that. Other friends post things that can be hurtful to others. A different friend posted a rant about another girl and basically called her ugly and that the world would be better without her. Why would you post that? But let me turn this around by saying that there were some things that were positive. I now can see photos of my two year old nephew, who seems to get so much older every day. I have contacted an old friend from high school who moved away after junior year. I can see updates from basically any business, television show, movie, person, place, or thing. So after my first week I had about 64 friends. I know, not a lot but it’s been growing. So to those of you who have not yet joined Facebook, I invite you to take a chance. You do not have to be friends with everyone and you can control what other people see. You can follow a corporation that you want to work for some day and learn about job openings. You can even make an account and not post anything. Of course a word to the wise, be careful what you say and post, because once it’s there, it does not go away. -Abigail Young, assistant editor
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THE TOP 10 THINGS TO BUY WITH YOUR FINANCIAL AID REFUND: 10. Something nice for the Financial Aid office 9. A new ball cap for your favorite baseball team (Opening Day is right around the corner!)
8. Worthwhile investments (top of the line TV, computer, camera, etc.) 7. March Madness… of video games (Bioshock: Infinite, God of War: Ascension, and Gears of War: Judgment all hit the shelves this month) 6. A personality (by that I mean new clothes)
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5. An iPad mini (it’s better to have something small and pretentious than large and pretentious) 4. A new phone (because it’s forgivable to Saturday night drunk text on a phone with autocorrect)
Editorial Board ALEC RIDER - Editor-in-chief ABIGAIL YOUNG, Assistant Editor MARY G. MERRITT, Advisor Staff KATIE DUNN, Staff Writer JAMES GRANGER, Staff Writer SARAH GUIDONE, Staff Writer DANIELLE SKOWRON, Staff Writer
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A pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses (for when your parents drag you to church the next day, which you sorely need)
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A box filled with props (perform a Harlem Shake accordingly)
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A birthday present for Cayuga Community College’s 60th birthday.
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THE FIRST LADY OF RACING NASCAR has wrongly been considered the routine joke of sports, always has been. Its fan base is mostly comprised of Southerners and is regarded as “boring and pointless” because stock cars go around a track one left turn after another for 3 hours or more. All of that might change with the first successful female driver in the 65 year history of NASCAR DRIVER DANICA PATRICK the sport. Danica Patrick won the and the Indianapolis 500. pole for the Daytona 500, the greatest She joins legends including A.J. Foyt, spectacle in all of auto racing two weeks Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, ago at Daytona Beach, Florida. The buzz Bobby Allison, Tim Richmond, and John was immediate. Miss Patrick wasn’t Andretti to accomplish the feat. just a novelty, something to show off. “Of all the statistical stuff, I felt that She was a contender and a potential was the biggest one of the weekend… game changer for a sport that has been while I’m honored to be the first woman derided as “the Southern sport” and as to do something, to fall into a historical racist and sexist. stat that is a small group of other She was with the pack at top speeds drivers, not about male or female, that’s of 200 M.P.H., for almost the entire race something I aspire to as a driver,” Patrick and led 5 laps. She was in 3rd place on said. the very last lap until being pushed back But as Patrick learned at qualifying to 8th in a last turn scramble, a very for the race at Phoenix International respectable finish still. Raceway on Friday, NASCAR is made up After the dust cleared at Daytona, of all different flavors of tracks, not just Patrick was the first woman to lead a superspeedways. lap in a NASCAR race and was the first She qualified 40th for the race, was in woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500 an accident on lap 179 and finished 39th.
Spartan Men’s Basketball MSAC Championship Repeat Comes Up Short
The Spartan men’s basketball team season ending run to a repeat Mid-State Athletic Conference Championship came up just short recently. The Spartans survived their quarterfinal matchup at home against Broome by racing out to a 10-point halftime lead and holding on to win 67-65. Jared Donalson (Syracuse, NY) led the way with 17 points and Shaquille Holley (Middletown, NY) chipped in with 14 points. Three days later, the team avenged two earlier losses to Finger Lakes winning a tough fought semifinal battle in overtime 49-47. The Spartans held the Lakers to a single point in five minutes of overtime
to seal the win. Shaquille Holley (Middletown, NY) scored 11 points to lead the offense. The next day, the Spartans ran out of gas in the championship game against the top-seed and host Tompkins-Cortland. The hosts jumped out to a big half-time lead… and the Spartans could not recover in a 87-66 loss in the final. Justin Staton (Freeport, NY) scored a teamhigh 12 points. Guards Delquan Holmes (Syracuse, NY) and Maurice Mobley (Queens, NY) added 11 points each. Congratulations to sophomore Jared Donalson who was named to the 2013 All-MSAC team. -Pete Liddell, CCC Athletic Director
MEET THE STAFF My name is Danielle Skowron and I am 18 years old. I am a telecommunications major. I work part time at Sears in the tools department. I graduated a year early from High School and marched in the marching band the whole 4 years I was there. In my spare time you can find me in the tools section at Sears or at home snuggled with my kitty. :3
Try Out Lay’s Potato Chips New Flavor Local Heroin Arrests By Alec Rider, editor-in-chief
By Abigail Young, assistant editor
Need something new for your taste buds? Try out three new flavors of Lay’s Potato Chips: Cheesy Garlic Bread, Chicken and Waffles, and Sriracha. Lay’s Potato chips hosted a contest to create a new flavor. Between the months of July 2012 and October 2012, people could submit their ideas for a new flavor for the potato chip. Nearly four million flavor suggestions were made during this period. On February 11th, 2013, the company announced its final contestants. All three of the creators were featured on ABC’s Good Morning America. Karen Weber-Mendham of Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin came up with the idea for Cheesy Garlic Bread because it was something her family always liked to snack on. “I have three kids and they’re always hungry, I figured if they love [cheesy garlic bread] that much, then everyone else will too.” Christina Abu-Judom from Phoenix, Arizona came up with Chicken and Waffles because it was something she and her family always love to eat. “The inspiration is truly my nephew who one time I actually
stole a bite of his waffle and he hasn’t let me live it down every since.” Tyler Raineri of Lake Zurich, Illinios created Sriracha based on his grandmother’s love of the spicy Thai hot sauce. “She used to make homemade chips and we used to dip them in Sriracha sauce.” The winner of this contest will receive $1 million dollars or 1 percent of their flavor’s 2013 net sales, depending upon which is higher. On Lay’s Facebook page, you can receive a coupon for any of the contestants. Voting will also take place on Facebook and the contest closes on May 4th. So give your taste buds something new and vote for your favorite new flavor!
In a story first reported by Mexico High School graduate and Post-Standard writer Ken Sturtz, 11 men and women have been charged in a yearlong heroin investigation. Seven of the accused live within Auburn city limits. The ages of the accused range from 20-40 and their crimes include one or multiple counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. “Our drug of choice is becoming heroin here,” said Sgt. Tim Spingler, of the Auburn City Police Department. “We’re just trying to get it off the streets.” The investigation was conducted
Emily M. Barney, 37, 7445 County House Road, Auburn
Anita J. BrownAshley, 35, of 7445 County House Road, Auburn
Shaunna M. Oliver, 22, of 7445 County House Road, Auburn
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by the Finger Lakes Drug Task Force, which Sgt. Spingler led, which is comprised of members of Auburn City police and the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation was done in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Spingler said that the relatively cheap price and similar high of heroin to that of methamphetamines contributed to Auburn and Cayuga County becoming an outlier compared to surrounding counties that have seen a boost in meth. The sting was performed all at once around 8 am Thursday with help from the U.S. Marshal’s Service, New York State Police, Syracuse City police, and Oswego City police.
Christopher M. Liddle, 25, 62 Cottage St., Auburn
Paul S. Lowe, 40, of 77 Orchard St., Auburn
Tonei L. Wilson, 23, of 50 Perrine St., Upper Apartment, Auburn
William M. Ryan Jr., 29, of 6890 Fosterville Road, Auburn
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Business Idea Winners
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Spring Clothing layout above and Term Paper item in The Auburn Collegian, April 12, 1973
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College Entrepreneurship Fellow. Burdsall was among dozens of students from six SUNY community colleges who submitted their ideas into the competition. Ideas ranged from wind energy device attached to cars and an indoor, Wi-Fi study center, to nutritional supplements and teaching military veterans to become farmers. A prestigious panel of seven judges reviewed the applicants and awarded prizes to the top four ideas. The winners are: First Place, $1,250, Lauren Burdsall from Monroe Community College for “Cloud K9 Doggy Daycare,” where clients can drop off their dogs while at work or on vacation. Dogs are socialized with other dogs, groomed and trained. Client services include a live web feed, pick-up/drop-off from home or airport, overnight care, in-home pet care, off-site veterinarian care and a bakery where owners can bake or buy their canines organic, healthy treats.
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Helen Keller and Steven Spielburg. Reporters were Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Clark Kent, Mick Jagger, and Mark Twain.
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The Cayuga Collegian, April 29, 1993 The Cayuga Coollegian, April 1, 1983 If you haven’t gotten it yet, this issue of The Collegian was on April 1st, Happy April Fools Day.
Another article was about an increase in tuition. The increase was between 100 dollars and 110 dollars. The reason for the increase was because of a cut in state and county aid and inflation. Sound familiar?
Third Place, $500, Gillian Sears from Cayuga Community College’s Auburn Campus for Critter Condos, an individualized service of designing and constructing small animal homes and enclosures based on customer’s personal taste and size requirements. Fourth Place, $250, Nicole Green from Cayuga Community College’s Fulton Campus for Nickki’s Mobile Salon, a mobile salon catered to people who want to feel good about themselves but are unable to leave their homes to get to a salon.
“Project this competition out five years, and we’ll have students from all 30 SUNY community colleges across the state presenting their ideas to room full of judges, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists, possibly in New York City,” said Dr. Daniel P. Larson, president of Cayuga Community College. “Entrepreneurship can reinvent New York State. A
The Cayuga Collegian, April 29, 1993 April of 1993’s cover story was about the college’s graduation speaker, alumni Coleman “Kelly” Connell. Connell was an actor, famous for his role as a medical examiner in CBS’s Picket Fences. He had graduated in 1978 with a degree in the liberal arts and sciences. Connell also met his future wife while attending the college. There was a report about an Elton John concert held in Buffalo. A student had gone to the event and remembered how the singer’s pants had not been zipped. However, when Elton turned around to fix the problem he began to giggle because the stage was surrounded by fans, so he couldn’t fix the problem privately.
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Second Place, $750, Antehene Demissie from Monroe Community College for FrontLine-Discount.com, a web site where active duty service members, reservists, and veterans can receive discounts on services and merchandise from locally owned business.
The Cayuga Collegian, April 4, 2003 Finally in April of 2003, five CCC students were being deployed to Iraq. Elizabeth Brown, John Crandall, Mat Irland, Justin Sidall, and Clifford Walters were heading to off to basic training to prepare for combat. A donation drive was being set up to collect items that could be sent to the soldiers. Other stories in the issue were about a ban on smoking indoors and a proposal made by two New York State Senators to have condoms available in all hotels to prevent the spread of AIDS. A lot has happened in 60 years, Happy Birthday CCC!
tremendous amount of innovation and creativity came out of Upstate New York 150 years ago. We’re trying to inculcate some of that back into the region. And these students are a part of that.” Winners will have access to mentoring by Liddy as well as the other judges: Robert W. Pine, CPA, RWP Investments and Consulting; Larry Clark, Company Controller of MCK Building Associates Inc.; Bob Steigerwald, SCORE counselor; Dale Weed, President of Pure Functional Foods and former owner of New Hope Mills; Allison DiMatteo, President, Crème della Crème Copywriting & Communication; and Kimberly Manrow, EA, President, Custom Accounting Services Inc. “This was a great opportunity for me to apply what I’m learning while I’m still in school,” said Demissie, who plans on launching his business in early March. “I have 100 businesses already signed on to the web site and willing to offer veterans a discount. After I graduate in May, I hope to focus on building up my business.” Green came up with her idea for a mobile salon in an attempt to try to raise funds for a school trip to New York City. Using social media and her network of friends, she offered to give people manicures and pedicures in the comfort of their homes for a small donation. Little did she know, she would get a great response from home-bound individuals, elderly, and individuals with special needs. “Based on that experience, I realized that people would pay for me to come to their homes and pamper them,” Green said. “When I heard about this competition, I decided I had to submit my idea.” She said she will use the winnings to purchase supplies for the mobile salon. Sears said her prize money will help cover her tuition and education expenses. Although she is a liberal arts/math and science major, she said she would seek out business classes to obtain the knowledge she’d need to pursue her business idea. “We were excited to have participation from many colleges across our SUNY network,” said Business Professor Amy Valente, who organized the competition. “We’re also grateful to the Coleman Foundation for their support and to Professor Thomas Paczkowski, our Fred L. Emerson Foundation Endowed Chair in Enterprise and Innovation, who helped secure the Coleman grant. We expect that the competition will get bigger and better in future years.”
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES Wednesday, March 13 - Auburn Campus Traciana Graves: International, multi-lingual singer & composer Bullied for 15 years, and also losing her stepbrother to a horrific hazing incident in college, Traciana has been deeply affected by intolerance and incivility on campus and beyond. With the support of mentors and role models, she reclaimed her personal identity and her voice, which led to a career touring the world and performing as a songwriter. 11 am/Student Lounge Auburn Campus
Friday, March 15 - Auburn Public Theater An Evening of Comedy Marcus Harvey is the world’s first “SurUrban” comedian and is a rising star in the world of comedy. Lucas Bohn is energetic with an edge. The perfect blend of schoolboy charm and bad-boy charisma, his comedy is both smart and audacious. The little guy who generates big laughs, Lucas has shared the stage with Dave Chapelle, Jimmy Fallon, and Pablo Francisco. 7 pm/Auburn Public Theater $5 students/$10 General Admission
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