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CAYUGABriefs Would You Like To Have a Subway Restaurant on the Auburn Campus?
In an email to faculty, staff and students, Associate Vice-President, Academic and Student Affairs Cayuga Community College Jeffrey Rosenthal announced preliminary discussions had begun to consider ‘the feasibility of having a Subway Restaurant on the Auburn Campus to replace our current food service provider (American Food and Vending).’ Rosenthal is asking for feedback on the issue. Email him at Jeffr@cayuga-cc.edu.
NEW Fall Course at Auburn CCC: Intro to Project Management
A new course is being offered in the Fall 2012 that crosses many disciplines: Introduction to Project Management. This course was run very successfully last fall at the Fulton campus by Liz McCormick, and this fall, we are also offering it at the Auburn campus. For more information: contact Amy Valente at 255-1792 x2419.
Counselor for Veterans Available
A dedicated State Veteran Counselor from the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs will be on campus one day a week. “We’re very excited about this latest development, as we have seen our enrollment of veterans jump 400 percent in the past three years and they come to us with very unique needs and concerns,” said Anne Herron, CCC VP of Student and Academic Affairs. “This counselor comes at no cost to the College.” The State Veterans Counselor, Kevin Justian is a veteran as well as a graduate of CCC and Syracuse University. Herron says if Auburn program is successful, the Division of Veterans Affairs has offered to provide another on-site counselor once a week at our Fulton Campus as well. In the interim, the counselor in Auburn will be available to our Fulton Campus students via phone, email, or at the Auburn Campus.
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Vol. 60 Issue 13
April 17, 2012
CCC Chooses New Book Store Vendor
By Ryan Elsenbeck, Staff Writer
Students at Cayuga Community College will be buying their textbooks from a new company this fall. Barnes and Noble will be providing bookstore
services at both the Auburn Campus and in the new Fulton Campus building at River Glen. The present CCC bookstore vendor, Follett, and a company named Neebo (Nebraska Book Company), were also under consideration by CCC’s Faculty and Student Association’s (FSA) finance committee. Barnes and Noble was chosen unanimously to be CCC’s bookstore vendor for the next five years by the FSA board. “We looked at service and benefits, plus feedback from students and faculty as well as the commission proposal. Barnes and Noble had the most competitive proposal,” said Jeff Rosenthal, CCC Vice President of
Academic and Student Affairs. “We also liked the design they proposed for the new Fulton Campus at River Glen.” All three companies made presentation to the FSA board. Rosenthal said the decision was made by comparing the following criteria: • Commission structure, length of contract, and commitment of funds to transform a portion of the storefronts at River Glen into a bookstore-ready space • The proposed designs for the new Fulton Campus at River Glen, including the integration of food service • Policies related to textbook costs, textbook rental and related services • Opportunities for students to gain work experience • Feedback received by members of the community “In our research, Barnes and Nobel was less expensive than Follett. In certain cases like Business, Geology,
and Math, prices of books are being sold for less under Barnes and Noble. But the reality is, we do not know for sure until it happens. But it was not a quick judgment,” said Rosenthal, “There is no way of telling if the price of supplies will go up.” Rosenthal says current employees of the Follett Company on campus will be re-interviewed by Barnes and Noble regarding their jobs. “They will determine if they have interest in working for the company,” he said. Rosenthal said that the third company, Neebo, was not selected because they are under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and had a poor plan for implementing food service. “Information was shared with every member of the community. The process was fair and thorough, and the students were well represented in this process,” Rosenthal said. He said plans for the transition are tentative, but we should expect Barnes and Noble to be on campus by the second Summer Session or the fall semester.
CCC Production Wins Theater Awards
The Theater Association of New York State (TANYS) recognized Cayuga Community College Harlequin Production’s Spring 2012 Club Hell with four awards. Based on the March 22 performance at the College’s Bisgrove Community Theatre, a TANYS adjudicator reviewed the world premiere of Kerry A. Forrestal and John R. Fracchia’s Club Hell based a list of 10 criteria, including believability of acting and effective timing, character interpretation, and overall impact. The adjudicator awarded the following recognitions: • Meritorious Achievement in Lighting Design to Brad McLean • Excellence in Scenic Design to Robert John Andrusko • Meritorious Achievement in Costuming to Mathew Ryan Limerick • Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Work to the Director Bob Frame and Cast “Harlequin Productions proved that hell can be a fun place,” said adjudicator Joan Luther of Naples in the review. “The original works production performed at Cayuga Community College showed a side to heaven and hell that we mortals didn’t realize. The production came alive with its set, lights, and costumes.” Andrusko won the TANYS 2011 Best Overall Design for his work on Harlequin Production’s 2011 When I Come To My Senses, I’m Alive! McLean
A scene from the award-winning Harlequin production of Club Hell at CCC.
traveled from Boston to do the lighting design, and costume designer Mathew Ryan Limerick drew on his educational experience at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of New York City. “From the moment in January that I found the script for Club Hell buried on an Internet web site, it has been a fast-track adventure,” said Director Bob Frame. “The playwrights were a joy to work with, even having them Skype in on rehearsals to see how their words flowed. The student cast worked extremely hard to create fun, believable characters. I am in awe of the visual talent exhibited by the designers and what we were able to create in only three days!” The cast included LaRae Brooks (Fire) of Syracuse, Joshua Stedge (Brimstone) of Waterloo, John Murphy (The Devil) of Cato, Steven Hodge
(God) of Auburn, and Caryl Frame (Eve) and Colin Wentworth (Imp) of Skaneateles. Alex Springer, who attends Auburn Jr. High School, played Ashley. Club Hell also featured the ensemble talents of Rachel Bodner, Katy Lubaszewski, Zech Nelson, and Rhiannon Khoury, Auburn; Maria Coleman, Port Byron; Dylan Thompson, Waterloo; Thomas Costantino, Seneca Falls; and Lizzy Fennessy, JordanElbridge. Production crew included stage manager David Thieringer of Hannibal; assistant stage manager Michael Crowe of Waterloo; prop mistress Kat Jordan of Tully; sound Jed Daniels of JordanElbridge and Joe Prue of Auburn; assistant costume designers Nancy Hunt of Weedsport and Erika Green of Port Byron; and assistant director Robin Fragoman of Jordan-Elbridge.
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Obama v. Supreme Court President Obama in the Rose Garden recently made one of his most controversial statements to date, accusing the Supreme Court of judicial activism, and coming very, very close to repudiating 219 years of jurisprudence; statements that have been called many things including “absurd” by more than a few fact checking sites including USA Today and PolitiFact and has caused President Obama to begin walking back on the comments. President Obama said that he was confident that the Court wouldn’t “take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” Since when did a 219-212 vote in the House and a 60-39 vote in the Senate constitute a “strong majority”? For those of you who may have been sleeping and drooling on your desk in your history class in high school, Marbury v. Madison (1803) set the precedent known as Judicial Review that allows the Supreme Court, using its power of interpreting the Constitution, to strike down any law made by the Congress if it conflicts with the Constitution and has been used 158 other times since that landmark case. President Obama has a history of openly bullying the Supreme Court. During his 2010 State of the Union address he addressed the Citizens United v. FEC case that had just decided by the Supreme Court. “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to
spend without limit in our elections.” This caused Associate Justice Samuel Alito to lip “not true”. But the judiciary is hitting back, and hitting back hard. Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals justice Jerry Smith in New Orleans has asked Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department of Justice to issue a response in regard to the president’s statements that “needs to be at least three pages single spaced, no less.” Earlier this year President Obama decided to take the law making process into his own hands by issuing Executive order after Executive order, instead of letting Congress pass the laws. President Obama’s recent actions are disconcerting to say the least, especially since he’s a Constitutional law scholar. Over the past four months he has effectively taken Congress out of the equation of passing laws and has chided the Supreme Court in a very public effort to intimidate the Court and kill judicial review. This would effectively leave the Executive, and President Obama as the only branch of power, making the United States a totalitarian government. This is of course, to be taken light heartedly; I am not accusing the President of totalitarianism. But he is stepping closer and closer to a very slim edge. President Obama is undermining the branches of government as well as separation of power and checks and balances, the very foundations that our government was built on. I pray he goes no further. -Alec Rider, Staff Writer
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Editorial Board JAMIE BLUMRICK, Editor-in-chief D.J. DuVALL, Sports Editor MARY G. MERRITT, Advisor Staff ANGELA WORNICK - FULTON JIM COLLINS - AUBURN KATE MORLEY - AUBURN ALEC RIDER - AUBURN DAWN PERRAULT - AUBURN RYAN ELSENBECK - AUBURN CHRISTINA LUPIEN - AUBURN JOE PRUE -AUBURN ANDREW SCHEMERHORN - AUBURN MIKE WESTMILLER - AUBURN
ALEC RIDER
ANDY SCHEMERHORN
THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE With the presidential election in November, the Supreme Court’s decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aka ObamaCare may swing the election one way or the other based solely on how they decide it. In your humble opinion writer’s humble opinion, ObamaCare must be declared unconstitutional. How many of our elected representatives do you think actually read the entire 2700 page omnibus bill? Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi once said “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” If you were wondering, that’s twice as long as most printings of the Holy Bible. Justice Antonin Scalia even compared the thought of actually reading ObamaCare to the 8th amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. I don’t know about you, but if I were forced to read this ridiculous manifesto, I would expect a good Samaritan to convene a firing squad to put me out of my misery. Then there’s the Individual Mandate. The Individual Mandate forces all Americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty. I’m sorry, but if you put lipstick on socialism, guess what? It’s still socialism. The Obama Administration claims that it has the right to tax the American people under the Commerce Clause, to which liberal Justice Stephen Breyer responded in the second day of oral arguments on Tuesday “Why do you keep saying tax?” alluding to the fact that it’s obviously a penalty. Justice Samuel Alito, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Scalia wondered aloud such things as, can Congress compel people to buy burial insurance, cell phones, and broccoli respectively. And if so, where does it end? It’s common sense. The federal government can’t just create commerce out of thin air and then say the American people have to pay a penalty if they don’t abide. The American people have continually shown their frustration at the Obama Administration’s constant intrusions into their daily lives. Back in 2010 the Democrats not only lost their super majority, they also lost the House of Representatives to the Republicans, losing more seats in Congress than any party in any midterm in more than 70 years in what President Obama himself called a “shellacking”. As of today 72% of Americans believe that the Individual Mandate is unconstitutional, and 50% against 39% believe the whole law should be struck down. 26 states have sued to finally rid the American people of this power grab. The fact is this. After the Great Depression, the worst economic disaster in the history of our nation, our grandparents didn’t rely on the government to run their lives for them. They learned a trade or went to college, got a job, bought health care or got it from their benefits. The Framers of the Constitution, the same patriots who battled and succeeded in winning our freedom, didn’t do so to allow the Congress and the President to force us to buy health insurance or anything for that matter. The government does not rule the people; We the People rule the government. -Alec Rider, Staff Writer
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As the Supreme Court argues over the constitutionality of the Affordable Health Care Act (in which this obviously conservative court that stole a presidential election from the people will completely strike down), I’m reminded of a talk I had with my dad when this debate was actually important at the start of Barack Obama’s presidency. He pointed to the Republican party’s raw hatred of the law and said “It’s fine if you don’t like it, but you need to present another solution, because the system we have is broken!” With our old system, health insurance companies could not sell you insurance if they felt you would actually use it, boiling it down to a service that could only be utilized by people who may have fared better without it. That probably sounds ridiculous, and a lot of Americans agreed, which is why fewer and fewer people bought insurance. Since these companies had to make money, however, they raised the cost on those who still had it, and for some people, it became so much that they stopped paying for it as well. And the cycle repeated. I can’t see, then, why an individual mandate is unconstitutional. It’s not, as Justice Scalia claims, equal to forcing us to “buy broccoli.” If somebody doesn’t buy broccoli, then I don’t have to pay extra to make up for all the people that don’t. There will never be a point in my life where I could lose every penny to mine and my family’s name because I didn’t have broccoli. Lack of broccoli is not the #1 for bankruptcy in the United States. You can go your whole life without eating broccoli, while I can almost guarantee you’ll go to a doctor at some point in your life. Broccoli… I think you get the idea. The government can already tax us, draft us, jail us, and, to quote Stephen Colbert, “declare us enemies of the state and blow us up with unmanned aerial killing machines,” yet the conservative right complains about our freedom being limited by having the government order everyone to have the ability to afford medical care? Hey, if that’s your problem, then you might be surprised to know that we’ve had two programs that account for about 800 billion dollars. You guys want to cut the budget and keep the “freedom” for the old and poor to not afford treatment if they get sick? Get rid of Medicare and Medicaid. I’m sure their families will understand. And, as a quick compliment to Mitt Romney, the Governor of Massachusetts said not too long ago that “Romneycare,” “Obamacare’s” evil father, has been a huge success for the uninsured in Massachusetts. Where was the outrage when it was your guys’ idea? -Andy Schemerhorn Staff Writer
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Event Planning Class Hosts Volunteerism in Crisis: Benefit for Air One How You Can Help By Brad Devore, Contributing Writer
By Mike Westmiller, Staff Writer
The event planning class at Cayuga Community College will be holding a “Daddy Daughter Dance” to benefit Onondaga County’s Air One rescue helicopter this Friday, April 20th at the Sennett Fire Department Hall on Franklin Street in Auburn. This event is just one of the many charitable projects the class has worked on to benefit different causes in the Auburn community. “The class is very informative and very interesting,” said Chris Wild, a student in the event planning class. So what goes into planning an event like this? “It’s a lot of work, we are basically working with a zero dollar budget,” Wild explained. Wild said the members of the class first have to find a venue to hold the event, find a caterer for the food for the event, and a D.J. for entertainment. “With a zero dollar budget, we have to try to get as many donations
as we can and with a great cause like Air One, we found many people were more than willing to help!” said Wild. Air One is the Onondaga County Sheriff’s rescue helicopter. It is not only used in Onondaga County, but in all the surrounding counties in emergencies. Wild says the event planning class chose to plan a benefit for Air One because the rescue helicopter operation often suffers government budget cuts and needs public donations to replace those funds. If you are interested in helping Air One, make a donation or attend the “Daddy Daughter Dance” this Friday, April 20th at Sennett Fire Department’s Station 2 on Franklin Street Road. The event runs from 6-9 PM. Tickets must be purchased prior to the event. Tickets can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com by searching events in Auburn.
The Aurora Volunteer Fire Department By James Balloni, Contributing Writer The Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is an all-volunteer fire and rescue organization in Aurora, NY. Aurora is a small village located on the east shore of Cayuga Lake and the Aurora Volunteer Fire Department keeps the village and the surrounding area safe. According to the National Volunteer Fire Council 73% of firefighters in the United States are members of volunteer fire departments. The Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is made up of residents of the village of Aurora including students attending Wells College. Audrey Wojtkowski, a member of the Aurora Volunteer Fire Department and a student at Wells College says that being a member of the fire department makes her feel more a part of the community, and it is a great opportunity to meet new people. One of the most critical components of a volunteer fire department is training, Henry Jones, a member of the fire department says that “good training is essential to a good fire department.” Henry has been a
member of the Aurora Volunteer Fire Department for two years and is now a lieutenant. Henry enjoys learning new things and going to monthly fire drills and other department training sessions. He also enjoys attending classes offered by New York State and special fire training companies. The Aurora Volunteer Fire department also operates an ambulance service. Most of the calls that the department goes to are EMS (Emergency Medical Service) calls. 45% of EMS is the United States is fire based. Kaleigh Reid is a member of the fire department and is also an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician). The EMTs are the ones who take care of patients in the ambulance. “There is a lot involved with being an EMT, there is more training, and more classes you have to take to maintain your certification,” said Reid. There are many different aspects of a volunteer fire department and new members are always needed. If you are interested in joining one, contact your local volunteer fire department today.
“The concept of being a volunteer is in trouble,” explained Paul Forestierre II, CEO of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County. This organization alone has gone from roughly 1,400 volunteers in the late 80’s to approximately 350 in 2012. He says the up and coming generation of children and young adults simply has not been taught the true value of volunteering; the value not only for those being serviced but also for the volunteers themselves. Forestierre says Cornell Cooperative Extension is a fascinating organization that one can use to do their part. “We’d love to have you, come on in…we love when people come and volunteer,” he said. Cornell Cooperative Extension is an organization that was founded in 1865 by Congress in an attempt to educate people in regions that were disconnected from the East Coast and its institutions as the country expanded westward. The program started with the passing of the Land Grant University system under which Congress would grant pieces of land to universities in every state under the condition that they use the land given to educate the surrounding public. Cornell University was one of the first institutions to utilize the program. They began by using railroads to send educators to small farming towns to teach them more about their crops and environments. Their mission has not varied in over 100 years. “Our job is to provide impartial, research based information. That’s the key, it has to be based in research,” said Forestierre. Youth development, human ecology and agriculture are the top three focuses of Oswego County’s Cornell Cooperative Extension. Although Florida and Wisconsin are the leaders in the youth development sector of, Cornell of Oswego follows their lead with a variety of programs dedicated to the betterment of our education systems and society as a whole. The two biggest components of Cornell’s youth development program are School
Enrichment and 4H. School Enrichment is a program that publishes brochures to be given directly to cooperating school districts highlighting all the educational sessions available to their students. Cornell provides this service for seven of the nine school districts in Oswego County. The program also provides schools with professional speakers that travel to schools educating students on important topics that include (but are not limited to) nutrition, environmental and natural resource issues. Another large portion of the program is 4H. The 4H program utilizes a 160acre nature preserves called The Amboy Environmental Center. The facility houses educational buildings, a dorm that sleeps 60 students and a full kitchen to accommodate large field trips. “Our focus is on education,” Forestierre stated. Being a large concern to the organization, ESNY (Eat Smart New York) is a program that addresses the issue of providing low to moderate-income families with the resources and (more importantly) knowledge to maximize their grocery shopping and food preparation both financially and with health in mind. They have staff that actually goes into the homes and to the grocery store with the families in need to be sure they are providing the most thorough service possible. Cornell also provides research-based information for local farmers to assist them in their growing and harvesting of their products. “In an attempt to feed the planet, is what were trying to do,” Forestierre explains. If one would really like to get a taste of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County they hold a fundraiser every year in the City of Oswego called Harvest Dinner. This is an event where participants buy their plate of food that is made with 100% fresh, locally grown and farmed produce. The event has been through two annual cycles, both of which sold out the venue.
Fulton Campus Update
Birdseye view of the Learning Commons
Construction at the new CCC campus in Fulton continues to move forward at an impressive pace. According to Maggie Killoran, CCC Associate Vice President/Dean, drywall is going up and things are starting to take shape inside. Killoran says she will be working on a summer transition plan to ensure a timeline is created that works for the needs of IT as well as services/classes on the Fulton campus this summer.
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The Collegian Staff in NYC
“When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.” ~Bette Midler
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I, your humble Recently I had correspondent, just the chance to had the incredible attend a national opportunity to visit media conference New York City with in New York City. members of The It was a four Collegian staff. But day event full alas, one that would of sessions on encounter its share of anything from heartache. digital media, to The six hour train social media, to Riding in a New York City ride to and back keeping your faith from Penn Station while trying to be a cab on the way to the could’ve been a sure reporter, and even Conference Center. fire nomination, or the yearbook sessions. drunk and stumbling The most interesting sessions that I attended were one frat fools on St. with Gideon Lichfield, of The Economist, and one with Patrick’s Day making the second with Holly Johnson, a journalism professor vomiting seem like at Mercer County Community College. Times Square in NYC an Olympic sport, The Gideon Lichfield’s seminar, titled “In the world of Hunger Games did me in on the way back home (by the half-truths, the investigator is king: How to report way, all you guys should READ the book before seeing the facts when there aren’t any” probably stuck out the movie), but what really did it was leaving my duffle the most in my mind because he spent the first ten bag on the train. minutes of the session showing us photographs of Without my duffle bag, I dead journalists. From a war was left with my smaller pack correspondent who died in that contained my Samsung Iraq of a heart attack, to an Galaxy 10.1, which everybody editor of Forbes Russia, who decided to affectionately refer was shot walking from an to as a “man-purse”. office to a car, he showed I’m used to being what it can cost to go for all outnumbered, having lived the facts behind a story. He my whole life with my mother went on to say that in Haiti and two sisters. So being they tell you to “believe outnumbered 3-1 (and at none of what you hear times 5-1) didn’t really faze and only half of what you me, nowhere near Hunger see.” With many journalists 42nd Street and Broadway in Manhattan today taking information for Games type fazing. After, the train ride and walking around granted, simply assuming a bit, most of us fell asleep before the clock struck nine. that it came from a reliable source, how can you believe The workshops began the next day. I attended a what you’re reading? Don’t worry though, this is what workshop by Christians that asked if Christians could people in the news, known as “fact checkers” do for a function in a newsroom with their beliefs intact. Yes living. they can. The funny thing is that everyone seems to ask The second session that is sticking out in my mind that question, but it’s the same people pushing their was the session with Holly Johnson. While she was in buttons for the hell of it. college, she roomed with a girl who was going into a Then there was a workshop that every one of you fancy government job (with one will benefit from. An opinion workshop on how to of those agencies with initials for make opinion better. Here’s the thing, I hear from my a name) who had left her training friends about the detractors out there who have a manual lying around. Well, being problem with my opinion. Well, if you have a differing the curious journalism student opinion, I implore you to write a letter to the editor; but that she was she “borrowed” it. something tells me you’d already be on The Collegian if She didn’t read the entire manual, you knew how to write a decent letter. just the parts on interrogation I attended three or four sports related workshops techniques. Now that she’s applied The Naked that I’m sure our sports editor would have enjoyed. But Cowboy poses it to interviewing for the news, those instead, he attended his grandparents’ anniversary. It’s of us that attended the seminar for photos in are now privy to the questioning like their 70th; something like that in this age really Times Square. techniques blew my mind quite frankly. Finally, I attended a double workshop that asked used by one of if Christians can cover the Republican race for the the more famous branches of the presidency. I thought to myself “Why was this question government. even posed, I mean, because MSNBC was so fair to Now, don’t get me wrong, it Hillary Clinton in their messiahfication of Barack Obama wasn’t all work and no play. We did in 2008 that led to Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews get a lot of free time in the evenings being basically to wander the streets of New York. banned from I think we hit Times Square every coverage for the day we were there. New York City rest of the election. is always an experience, and if you As for the ever get the chance you should go. food… Famiglia Everything is always moving at the Pizza, Carnegie speed of light, but if you slow down Deli cheesecake, and take the time to look around, it’s and Snapple fruit an experience you’ll never get again! punch were my I would have to chalk the weekend up to a total success. best friends alive. The best of both worlds with something to learn (the Especially the fruit conference) and a lot of fun to be had. It didn’t really punch since I gave matter whether I was sitting through up soda for Lent. a presentation at the hotel, or Now it’s back to roaming the streets, the time simply writing opinions seemed to fly by. There was always to stir up all those more that I wanted to do and simply emotions, we not enough time to do it all! would very much After spending four days there, I like to hear from couldn’t help but want to get home you. No death and yet it was almost agonizing to leave. New York City threats please! is definitely my favorite place in the world. Editor-in-chief Jamie Blumrick -Alec Rider -Christina Lupien, Staff Writer walking to Times Square. Staff Writer
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Members of Phi Beta Lambda Future Business Leaders of America during the Auburn Campus’ Student Activities Fair. L to R : Alec Rider, Katie Luba, Jodi Rogers, Max Appleby, Ron Stuart. Dawn Perrault standing the back row. Prof. Amy Valente on the right. Byron Wall was absent from photo. PBL meets every other Wednesday in room T-312 from 11:00-12:00. Although they are a business club, they welcome all students, regardless of their major. This is a great opportunity to network, support your community, raise funds for the club, and develop leadership skills by becoming a committee leader, club member, or club officer. Several officer positions will be available at the end of this semester due to students graduating. If you think you might be interested or you just want to check the club out, please drop in. Club information is also available on the bulletin board by Professor Valente’s office, room T-307. They will be holding an election for new officers on Wednesday, April 25th.
A scene from the award-winning Harlequin production of Therapy.
CCC’s Harlequin Production Invited to Perform at Festival Harlequin Production’s, Therapy by George J. Bryjak, has been invited to perform at the Eastern States Theatre Association’s Original Works Festival the weekend of April 20-22. Originally performed during Harlequin’s fall production of “Serving up a Stack of One-acts”, Therapy was also invited to perform at the NY State Theatre Festival. The CCC student company has been asked
to take the prestigious position of being the opening show for the weekend. There will be 14 shows representing five states at this competitive festival. The show features the on-stage talents of Alicia Frame, Joshua Stedge and Rachel Bodner. Touring with them to Wilkes-Barre, PA will be the backstage crew of Caryl Frame, Robin Fragoman, David Theiringer and Director Bob Frame.
Students: Get Free Legal Advice on Fridays
Here is the link to purchase tickets online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/238366.
There is a new service that will be offered in T-219 from noon to 2 p.m. on Fridays beginning April 20th at CCC. The College will provide space to Legal Services of Central New York (LSCNY) to host a free legal clinic for students, their families, and community members who cannot afford legal services for civil matters. The clinic will provide advice and counsel, brief service, and referrals on a range of civil matters, including landlord-tenant, public benefits, disability, traumatic brain injury, utility, family, and employment issues, among others. The clinic hopes to begin by serving people on the Auburn Campus once a week for a few hours. Legal Services of Central New York will also train and host Cayuga student interns who can help the clinic with in-take services, creating a reference guide on Cayuga County services,
and a range of other issues. College Foundation President and Executive Director of Cayuga County Assigned Counsel Program Lloyd Hoskins has helped the College and the LSCNY put together a plan to begin offering these services to residents, and preliminary feedback from local judges has also been very positive. Criminal Justice instructor, Teri Misiaszek, was also instrumental in coordinating with LSCNY and Lloyd Hoskins to secure this free service. Organizers say they see this clinic as a way to better serve the needs of students, who often cite external issues with housing, family, and benefits as a reason for dropping out of college. They hope by having this resource right on campus, they will be better able to support them as well as enable community members access to free legal services in their home community.
Let’s Grow TogetherArbor Day 2012 Friday, April 27th @ 2:30p.m.-5p.m Recreation Park
(next to G. Ray Bodley High School on Lake Neathawanta)
Beautifying our world together
Families invited. Volunteers and donations welcome. Please contact Jessica Naioti, AmeriCorps @ 315-561-7861
Planting trees, flowers, shrubs, restoring picnic tables, painting rocks for garden, good food, games, local musicians-like Liz Enwright who sang for the Mayor of Oswego’s inauguration in 2012!, Local businesses, clubs and organizations donating and volunteering to come together for our kids and each other!
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Get to Know the ACC/CCC Options for Independence Alumni Association Helps Our Community By Jennifer Marshall, Contributing Writer
By Bobby Dobbs, Contributing Writer
The Auburn Community College/Cayuga Community College Alumni Association is making significant steps forward to help CCC reach its full potential as a college. The Alumni Association has been around for more than 50 years, making it one of the oldest associations in history of SUNY schools. Louise B. Wilson, Director of Alumni Affairs, explains the association’s mission statement is “To work with and help our alumnieverybody that graduates from this institution automatically becomes a part of the Alumni Association, and we also want to work with and give back to the community that we serve.” Wilson has been working for the Alumni Association for six years. Once she started working there, she immediately felt compelled to give the organization her full attention. Originally hired as a part-time Interim Director, Wilson said, “…I had other jobs and activities I was involved in and I thought there was no way I could work full time… and after I was in this position for two days I realized this is where I needed to be.” The Alumni Association is all about giving back. They offer scholarships to freshmen, children and grandchildren of alums, returning students, graduating students and nontraditional students. They also offer book grants and financial aid. These scholarships and aid are available due to the generous donations of alumni. The Alumni Association collects donations through an
Most people hear only about the bad news in their communities, but sometimes there is good news taking place, generated by our neighbors, that we often never read about. Felicia Thompson of Auburn definitely has a good news story to tell. She has spent the last four years working for an organization that she wholeheartedly believes in: Options for Independence. “I enjoy coming to work each day knowing that I am here to change someone’s life immensely and that we (Options for Independence) can make a difference in our community,” said Thompson. Thompson first started as the center as an intern and later hired to manage their annual conference for the disabled, their website, and their quarterly newsletter. Thompson also runs the “disability
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annual appeal sent to alums and during their annual phone-a-thon campaign. For nearly 20 years, the Association has hosting trips to New York City and Gettysburg which are run by knowledgeable professors. Also, the Association has participated in the annual craft fair held at the college, they host an antique appraisal show and has participated in a holiday cookie drop, where staff and faculty from CCC donated baked goods to different organizations, which in the past has included the Cayuga Home for Children, Booker T. Washington afterschool program, and this past December, the Cayuga County Nursing Home. As the name would suggest, the main focus is to be a center for all ACC/CCC alumni. The Association sends out a bi-annual newsletter, keeping the alumni in touch with the news of their peers, and an electronic magazine named Get Inspired which discusses what is going on at CCC. A goal for the future is to connect with the students attending CCC before they become alums. In that way there will already be a familiarity and recognition with the organization. Judging from the good works of this group, and the effort they give to all the students, the sooner a student gets to know the Alumni Association the better. Louise Wilson said it best, “It’s a great place to be. I work with wonderful people. It’s exciting, there’s different things to do every day… and this is where I want to be.”
awareness day,” which is held annually at the Auburn office. The local Options for Independence is located at 75 Genesee Street in Auburn. Thompson says this center is just one of 39 Independent Living Centers operating in New York State. She says the centers are private, notfor-profit resource centers which provide advocacy, information and referrals, as well as, a variety of direct services for individuals with disabilities. Thompson says the organization not only helps the homeless, they help the elderly and people with a variety of disabilities including mental, physical, to overcome challenges and achieve a normal and productive life. She says the agency also has an education advocacy program which deals with building self-awareness in children.
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Spartan’s Lacrosse Off RANDOM Sports to Rough Start
RANTS
Manning switches Horses…. Tebow Headed to the Big Apple Just when we thought the whole Peyton Manning Saga couldn’t take over the sports world anymore, he switched from one NFL horse (the Colts) to the other, and signed a five year $100 million deal with the Denver Broncos who just happen to be the team that fan favorite Tim Tebow played for. Tebow won the starting job last season, and led the Broncos to the playoffs with six fourth quarter comebacks. He had the highest selling jersey of any player in the NFL and quickly won the hearts of many with his “Christian ways”. However Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is the “godfather” of Bronco football shall we say, and Tebow’s “run first, pass second” habits didn’t go over well with the two time Super Bowl champ. So when future hall of famer, and arguably the best quarterback to ever play the game became available, Elway jumped at the opportunity. It was quite possibly the only move he could have made that wouldn’t upset Broncos fans because lets face it, Tebow will never
Sanchez and Tebow after the Broncos beat the Jets in 2011.
By D.J. DuVall, Sports Editor
The road couldn’t be much rockier for the 2012 CCC Spartans Men’s Lacrosse program this spring. The season kicked off March 10th when Cayuga dropped a heartbreaking 9-7 game against Jefferson Community College. The men looked to get things going after the disappointing season opener only to be outscored 28-4 over the next two games. They have put up more of a fight in the next three meetings scoring 5 goals twice, and six in another match. The last of their six straight losses was another close two point game that CCC came out on the short end of. They will look to
turn things around with upcoming home games against Dean College, and Monroe CC. Unfortunately home field advantage doesn’t give the Spartans much of an advantage with the lack of facilities here at the Auburn campus. Cayuga has to travel to local high schools including Skaneateles, Corcoran, and Marcellus who were kind enough to let the team use their fields. With only nine games remaining in the short 15 game season, the Spartans hope to rebound sooner than later, as they continue their search for that always elusive first win of the season.
CCC SPARTAN LACROSSE TEAM SPRING 2012
Manning being introduced by Broncos owner and John Elway. be a pimple on Manning’s behind. Some thought Tebow would stay in Denver to back up Manning, but Elway made sure that was out of the picture by sending Tebow to New York for a 4th and 6th round pick. Many are questioning the move by the Jets who just extended the contract of starting quarterback Mark Sanchez, after saying they “had their man”, and didn’t need Peyton Manning. All this move does is put pressure on Sanchez to perform, or Tebow will be waiting to take over, and “Tebowmania”, and the media circus that follows will be just what Broadway needs. Regardless of what football team you root for, its been pretty obvious what game is dominating today’s sports world, with baseball season getting started, and college basketball’s “March Madness” getting hot and heavy, the NFL still was king of every media outlet across the country.
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Matt Teich Anthony Irizarry Anthony Gabriel Jim Marsh Brian Strough JT Haag Mike Killeen Bill Scala Josh Brown John O’Hara Mike Galka Connor Terry Zach Cousineau Mike McLaughlin Mark Comstock Lucus Beauchamp Aaron Lamontagne Denzel Conze Scott Blauvelt
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So. Scottsdale, AZ/Desert Mountain Fr. Middletown, NY/Middletown So. Elbridge, NY/Jordan-Elbrige Fr. Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley Fr. Cortland, NY/Cortland Fr. Rochester, NY/Brighton Fr. Elbridge, NY/Jordan-Elbridge So. Auburn, NY/Auburn So. Auburn, NY/Auburn Fr. Auburn, NY/Weedsport So. Auburn, NY/Auburn Fr. Weedsport, NY/Weedsport Fr. Auburn, NY/Auburn Fr. Auburn, NY/Auburn So. Auburn, NY/Auburn Fr. Parish, NY/Paul V. Moore Fr. Syracuse, NY/Corcoran Fr. Brooklyn, NY/Automotive So. Auburn, NY/Auburn
Head Coach: JT Pitcher Assistant Coaches: Seamus Rhodes, Joe Taylor, Brian Rhodes, Nick Topichek
CCC SPARTAN LACROSSE TEAM SCHEDULE/SCORES MARCH Sat 10 at Jefferson Community College at General Brown HS Wed 14 Mercyhurst North East @ Corcoran HS Sat 17 Hudson Valley CC @ Corcoran HS Wed 21 at Finger Lakes CC * Sat 24 at Herkimer Community College Wed 28 at Broome * Sat 31 Dean College @ Skaneateles HS APRIL Wed 4 Monroe CC @ Corcoran HS Sat 7 at Tompkins-Cortland Community College Wed 11 at Genesee Sat 14 SUNY Delhi @ Corcoran HS Wed 18 Alfred State @ Marcellus Sat 21 at Onondaga Community College Wed 25 Niagara CCC @ Marcellus Sat 28 Mohawk Valley CC @ Corcoran HS
L, 9-7 L, 17-2 L, 17-2 L, 13-5 L, 10-6 L, 7-5 L, 9-4
Final Final Final Final Final Final Final
L, 17-2 Final W, 14-8 Final L, 26-3 Final 12:00 PM 7:30 PM 11:00 AM 8:00 PM 12:00 PM
GO SPARTANS! CCC FULTON STUDENTS
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NEW TECHNOLOGY
Google’s Glasses of the Future
from Published Reports Google’s leaders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have long had the dream of a hands-free, mobile Google, where search was a seamless process as you moved around the world. As the years progressed the vision did, too, expanding beyond search to persistent connections with the people in your lives. In other words, Google’s view of the world now has the social side fully baked into it.
Google is revealing that it is taking concrete steps toward that vision with ProjectGlass, an augmented reality system that will give users the full range of activities performed with a smart phone — without the smart phone. Instead, you wear some sort of geeky prosthetic. Google has also been experimenting with a version that piggybacks on regular spectacles.) On top of your field of vision, you get icons, alerts, directional arrows, and other visual cues that inform, warn, or beg response. The concept video for the Glass project concentrates on the cool things you may do with it one day — create instant contact with friends, monitor feeds about weather and
other info, get information about a subway station out of service, receive turn by turn directions on the way to a destination, snap a picture by command, even find your way to a certain tome in the labyrinthine Strand bookstore. Googlers have been testing prototypes and have already solved some (not all) of the challenges required to make this real and feasible. The video has more than enough information to open up a conversation about the potential effects of having the digital world unbound from the confines of a hand-held gadget and more or less integrated into everyday reality. How can people maintain privacy when anyone can shoot video undetected? Will any teenager ever complete a face-toface conversation when business e-mails, fresh family photos and Kardashian news spontaneously pop up in our fields of vision? Really when you think about it, the possibilities of such systems are dazzling and dumbfounding. Consider that another paper co-authored by Parviz explores the idea of contact lenses that meter health issues by analyzing tear fluids “in a noninvasive and continuous fashion.” The information is then sent wirelessly for medical analysis. It’s easy to imagine a Glass-like connection as way to persistently jack into a vast informationsphere. As of now, Glass is very much a concept as opposed to a product. Despite Google’s testing, it’s very far from public beta. Google is releasing the video now to spur conversation and elicit suggestions. In addition, the move out of stealth will allow Google[x] testers to try out various permutations of the system without worrying about leaks.
COS MO’S
CORNER with
Jim Collins
The Hunger Games...
A REVIEW
By Alec Rider, Staff Writer You can’t go 100 feet these days without walking by someone talking about The Hunger Games. The young adult, dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel from Suzanne Collins has taken the world and the box office by storm, scoring the third best weekend opening ever and the very best by a non-sequel. The book is also the best-selling Kindle e-book of all time. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl living in the impoverished District 12. Panem, formerly known as North America, is split into 12 districts after a failed revolution against the Capitol that ended with District 13 being wiped off of the map. Every year there is a Reaping where every 12-18-year-old child’s name is put into a drawing (some more than others depending on your age, or the amount of tesserae you sign up for), then one boy and one girl from each district are chosen to represent their district in a struggle to the death where one out of 24 comes out on top to live a life of splendor for the rest of their days. The Capitol forces the districts to look at the barbarianism as a festivity, flaunting their supreme power over the other districts while commemorating the Capitol’s victory by televising the Games every year. But as with everything else in our ever polarized and politicized society today, we actually have an argument on our hands. Does The Hunger Games represent the epic
struggle of the 99% against the evil 1% that only started six months ago? Or could it be a representation of our bloated centralized government? If only the politicos could dig a little deeper. This story is beyond politics. It’s a mirror being held up in our collective face. A government so large that it can do whatever it wants to its own people. If we could stop looking so inwardly for five seconds, we could realize that this book could mean just as much to Russians, Iranians, Syrians, Burmese, or the Chinese than it does us, where the media is totally and utterly controlled, and cameras are always watching. Where it really reflects us is the book’s way of making The Hunger Games into a pseudo-reality TV show where the people of Panem are forced to watch their children die in the worst ways possible. While the “people” in the Capitol with their dyed hair and skin and their faces almost purely made of plastic, laugh and party in the streets with enough food to eat for the rest of the country twice over. Why is The Hunger Games going to be greater than Harry Potter or Twilight? Simply put it’s reality. It might not be our reality, but it could be. When we give our government too much power, they don’t let it go. As long as the people keep this in mind instead of being desensitized by television, video games, or reality TV then The Hunger Games will never be a reality. May the odds be ever in our favor.
Samite Visits Telcom By Jim Collins, Staff Writer
I recently went to Applebee’s Restaurant located at 221 Grant Ave. in Auburn, NY. It happened to be a Saturday night and the Syracuse Men’s basketball team was playing Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament. Although the place was fairly busy, I was able to get a seat at the bar. The bartender, a middle aged lady named Sherry came over fairly quickly and asked if I’d like something to drink. I ordered a Coors Light draft and she asked if I wanted a small or large and since I was driving around, I went for the small. I then asked for and received a menu. So far, so good. After a few minutes Sherry came back and took my order which I had decided on the “Ultimate Trio’s” appetizer. I ordered the Classic Wings, Cheeseburger Sliders and the Chicken Wonton Taco’s. Also available on this dish were Spinach and Artichoke Dip, Steak Quesadilla Towers, Mozzarella Sticks, Boneless Wings or Queso Bianco ( white queso dip with tortilla chips), all for $12.29. Pretty fair price, I thought. There were many flat-screen TV’s to watch the game on, however the
crowd in the bar and restaurant must not have been into college basketball because it was more than a little dull in there. Applebee’s famous saying is “There’s No Place Like the Neighborhood”, if so then this was one BORING neighborhood! My appetizer came and everything was cooked right and I ordered a second beer. When it came time to pay the bill my total was $20.93. $3.50 for a small beer seems a little pricey to me. Anyway I packed it in and headed to the Knights of Columbus where a raucous crowd rooted SU on, sadly to no avail. I give Applebee’s 2 and a ½ Cosmo’s out of four mostly due to the overwhelming corporate and sterile feel to the place. The food and service however, were acceptable. Cheers! Comments or gripes? Email me at colljimbo@yahoo.com
The worldrenowned musician Samite from Uganda recently paid a visit to TelCom’s Audio for Media class taught by Mike Cortese at CCC’s Auburn c a m p u s . Samite was born and raised in Uganda and began playing the flute at an early age. In 1982, Samite had to flee Uganda to Kenya as a political refugee, and that experience has influenced his music ever since.
In 1987 Samite emigrated to the United States and now lives with his wife in Ithaca, NY. While talking to the TelCom class, Samite discussed the different opportunities available to students in the music business. Samite has released 8 CD’s world wide and has written countless scores for different films including “War Dance”. He has worked with dozens of famous musicians and said “writing music for film is the hardest because the producer wants everything yesterday”. However, Samite did state that the money was”very, very good”. He also talked in great length about the troubles in Africa and his passion of helping and healing others through his music. All of his work and his story can be found on-line at Samite.com .
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