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CAYUGABRIEFS
NO MORE CAYUGA SUBWAY STOPS
COVID ON CAMPUS
By Corinne Stevens, staff writer
This week we completed 524 COVID-19 tests and were informed by SUNY Upstate that two individuals in our Fulton Campus testing population tested positive. One individual was last on-campus on Monday, April 12. Contact tracing in this case is complete. The second individual was last on-campus on Thursday, April 15. Contact tracing in this case is ongoing. Both individuals have been placed in isolation and are restricted from campus. To see your individual results, visit the Upstate testing website. Remember to schedule your weekly COVID-19 test for our Auburn or Fulton campus. Please continue following our health and safety protocols. If you are experiencing any symptoms associated with COVID-19, please avoid accessing campus. Thank you for your continued commitment to the health and safety of our campus community. —Cathy J. Dotterer, Ed.D. Dean of Students
Cayuga’s Subway restaurant will not be re-opening! The college-owned franchise will no longer be a part be operating on Cayuga Community College’s Auburn campus as its sole source of fast food, says Cayuga Community Colleges Public and Media Relations Associate Andrew Poole.
Corinne Stevens STAFF WRITER “In 2020, the Factually Student Association at Cayuga Community College decided to move on from the contract with Subway in order to open a new and different franchise on our Auburn campus,” said Poole. “This was a responsible financial decision that was made after a lengthy period of internal discussions. The Faulty Student Association at Cayuga is currently reviewing proposals and options to have a new on campus franchise for our campus community to enjoy.”
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE NOW!
Cayuga Community College students pursuing an Associate of Arts degree in the field of Humanities are eligible to apply for the Cayuga County Home Bureau Scholarship. The Foundation is also accepting applications the Holy Family High School Alumni Scholarship and the St. Alphonsus Scholarship. Students must be enrolled full time. These scholarships will be awarded for the 2021-2022 Academic Year. The applicant’s FAFSA must be on file before submitting the application. To learn more about eligibility for these and other scholarships, and to download applications, visit the College website https://www.cayuga-cc.edu/ giving/scholarships
FORMER COLLEGE TYPIST SCHMID PASSES The College is mourning the lost of long-time Cayuga employee Justine Schmid. Schmid retired from her position as a Senior Typist in 2001 after 23 years of service to the College.
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FALCON PARK - APRIL 16, 2021: MEN’S SOCCER SPARTANS TAKE ON ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THEIR SHORTENED SEASON HOME OPENER. Sophomore Isaac Bourne from Southampton, England executes a corner kick. PHOTO BY COLLEGIAN SPORTS REPORTER CALEB RODEN.
SPARTANS ENJOY SECOND SHUT-OUT By Caleb Roden, Collegian sports reporter and writer “We fight, we fight, we fight.“ That was the game beginning cheer by the Cayuga
Caleb Roden STAFF WRITER Men’s Soccer team before they took the field for their first home game this season. And fight they did, as the Cayuga Spartans took
down Erie Community College six goals to none in their second shut-out of their short season. With an uproar of offense holding Erie CC to just three shots as Cayuga produced 25. Despite the inclement weather, there were some fans at Falcon Park to cheer on the boys. Cayuga’s overwhelming offense held Erie to the defensive part of the pitch for the better part of the first half. The offense was led by Will Leary putting up three goals, two on penalty shots. Abdias Pauc Peres scored two goals and Theo Vickeridge scored a goal. Cayuga’s keeper, James Hogan, stopped all three shots against him.
The college-owned Subway restaurant franchise in the cafe area on Cayuga Community College’s Auburn campus is permanently closing. The college is considering other franchise restaurants to go in its place. The vending machines will be operational in the fall. No word on what restaurant or when it will open yet. To date, Poole says The Faulty Student Association has not decided on a specific company, restaurant, or franchise to take over the location, however he says they do have candidates in mind to replace the Subway location but are not disclosing that information at this time. Poole says The Faculty and Student Association expressed that they are not aware of the possible safety precautions necessary in order to be fully operational. Poole says it is doubtful a new franchise will be operational before the end of the semester.
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JOIN US ON TUESDAYS AT 1O AM! The independent student media production called Cayuga Bytes is a fun way for student to share information creating watchable content shared on the Cayuga Bytes YouTube Channel. All students majoring in any area of study are invited to join the production. Email cayugabytes@gmail.com to get involved.
ESSENTIALS OF ART STUDENTS SHARE THEIR WORK Above left by sophomore Matthew Brown; Above right by by sophomore Danielle Weeks
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Cayuga Bytes is inviting all faculty and staff to send us a recent photo (jpeg) along with a photo from their past. The ‘Byters’ will try to guess each faculty and staff member from their past photo! The results of whether the photo was accurately identified will be revealed in the following issue of The Cayuga Collegian. It is the perfect way to help the students on campus identify key people on campus! Send your photos to cayugacollegian@gmail.com.
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CUOMO DEFIES FEDERAL LAW AND MAKES RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA LEGAL: GOOD OR BAD IDEA? STUDENTS REACT By Mary Jo Solazzo, staff writer
OPINIONS
HOW I SEE IT... Michael Perry
Recreational use of Marijuana has now come to New York State. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation making it legal for people over the age of 21 to possess and use up to three ounces. The rest of the law pertaining to growing and selling pot in New York State will take some time for state officials to implement.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The NY Knicks are on a six-game winning streak and they are currently 6th in the NBA Eastern Conference Standings. How I see it, the Knicks have been the laughingstock of the league for several years. However, they need to be taken seriously after completely turning the team around. A lot of the turnaround can be contributed to Tom Thibodeau becoming the head coach. His defensive minded game plan has made the Knicks a nightmare for opposing offenses. Also, Julius Randle has emerged as one of the top players in the league. His play making, defense, scoring, and rebounding have all improved. Randle is easily the front runner for the Most Improved Player Award. Despite the great play of the younger players on the team like RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, the unsung hero is the veterans of the Knicks. Players like Alec Burks, Derrick Rose, and Reggie Bullock have all stepped up late in games to help the Knicks tight games. As they prepare to make a playoff run, I think it’s safe to say that the Knicks deserve respect. They finally have a good team and Knicks fans haven’t been this excited in decades. Watch out NBA, the New York Knicks are here to stay.
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“I think that legalizing marijuana is a great way to depopulate prisons and stop penalizing vulnerable communities for nonviolent behavior. Additionally, legalizing marijuana will allow for regulatory oversight of marijuana distribution, which should naturally reduce illegal activity surrounding the marijuana trade and allow for the generation of immense tax revenue to be used for reinvestment into communities that have been disproportionately impacted,” said Cayuga student Ize Goodfriend, a writing and math tutor on the Auburn campus. “From what I have heard, it should have monetary benefits for New York State. That aspect of it is positive in that we’ll be bringing in more revenue for the state and hopefully that money will go toward education or something,” said Cayuga student Kaeleigh Sciria who works as a writing tutor in Cayuga’s Center for Academic Success. “I also think since it will be legalized it should be regulated better. I don’t know much about marijuana and truthfully, I don’t plan on partaking, but I believe it will be safer.”
Sciria also says she thinks since marijuana won’t be changing hands privately but legally with New York State involved, it would be better for the people who use the drug. “There are always two sides to these types of things, some will be for and some against, my hope is that its impact will be positive, “ she said. Cayuga Psychology major Kyle Weissner welcomes the change. “As for legalizing marijuana, I am all for it. I do think there needs to be an age limit.”
EXPERT SAYS OPIOID USE INCREASING LOCALLY By Corinne Stevens, staff writer Did you know there is a nasal spray that when applied correctly, could possibly reverse the effects of an opioid over dose and even bring someone back to life?
Corinne Stevens STAFF WRITER “There has been another health fight that we may have lost sight of; there has been an increase in opioids and heroine usage locally and nationally,” said HEALing ( Helping to End Addiction LongTerm ) Cayuga Project Director Monica Salvage. “Heroine is very much a problem, a problem that still hasn’t gone away.” Salvage brought the community up-todate on the opioid crisis in Cayuga County during a televised interview on Cayuga Community College’s student production of the public affairs program, “Beyond the Front Page” hosted by Cayuga Foundation Executive Director Guy Cosentino. Salvage says that it is not only the highly addictive drugs of heroine and opioids that are rising with staggering rates, but also forms of synthetic stimulants such as Molly and bath salts. Salvage says the local HEALing Cayuga Project is contributing to the fight against the recent uptick of opioid and heroine use. The HEALing Cayuga Project is a part of the National Institute of Health’s HEAL (Helping to End Addiction
Long-Term) Initiative. The Heal Initiative helps stop drug use in counties nation wide. By funding the HEAL Initiative, organizations like the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Mental Health Services Administration will contribute an effort into stoping opioid and heroine use in community’s like Cayuga across the country. Salvage, who has been working on the program for the past seven months, says the Cayuga Community has reportedly been participating in the National HEALing Community Project to achieve the goal of reducing opioid deaths by 40% in the next four years. Cayuga County is is joining 67 other communities which participate in The HEALing community Research Study in order to reduce drug use. Salvage says the research given was shared with The HEALing Communities study by their leading researchers at Columbia University. Moreover, Salvage says there is a local steering committee that is important to the study’s decision-making progress. The committee has a group of around 20 or more people from Cayuga County discussing different ways to reach out to the people who are suffering from addiction, or what Mrs.Salvage calls it, “a disease.” This group consists of law enforcement educators, treatment providers and
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concerned citizens. The most recent activity from the group is going out to residences and public spaces typically on holidays to provide an education on the nasal spray Arcane. Arcane as described by Salvage, is a nasal spray that when applied correctly could possibly reverse the effects of an opioid over dose and even bring someone back to life. The committee even provides a tutorial video on how to use Arcane which has become positively popular. The informative website requires an email login that is confidential. Personal information on the website will not be disclosed to law enforcement. Salvage describes these extra efforts as, ”whatever we do to keep someone alive that is success to us, keep them alive, keep them connected, and get the help that they need.” The more administration’s and institution’s involved in the fight against the opioid and heroine crisis the more research is carried out. For more information on the opioid and heroine crisis in Cayuga County visit cayugacounty.us/healingcayuga for more information.
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Michael Perry EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Joshua Hart STAFF WRITER Patrick Mahunik STAFF WRITER Caleb Roden STAFF WRITER Corinne Stevens STAFF WRITER MaryJo Solazzo STAFF WRITER Samantha Brodeur STAFF WRITER Mary G. Merritt FACULTY ADVISOR We are looking for more staff members!
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Alaina Bates STUDENT TRUSTEE SENATE MEETING CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2021 I. Greeting/Attendance: 11:07 II. New Business -A. Timeline: S.G.O. application deadline may be extended due to lack of applicants. Virtual Open House is April 27th. Wellness week begins April 5th, every day has a different theme; flyer has been emailed to everyone.
B. Club Brochure update: New club brochure will be ready by the end of semester; extras will be printed for prospective students. C. Club Budget update: All clubs budgets cut 20% to 600 dollars. Clubs will be able to file application to request additional money. D. End of the year activities/ideas if any want to be done: E. Club Reports 1. R.A.T. guild working on setting up guest speaker for students. 2. Art Club: Setting up meeting for this month. 3. Nursing Club: Working on charity events. III. Adjournment: 11:30 NOTE: SGO PRESIDENT, Akira Huber, recently announced in an email that the last Sentate meeting of the semester was cancelled.
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SPARTAN BASEBALL APRIL 18: Gem by Doyle-Miller Gives Spartans Split with Panthers
Austin Doyle-Miller threw a complete game in Cayuga’s 4-1 win against Tompkins Cortland on Sunday, allowing just three hits and striking out eight.
Brendan Williams shut down the Herkimer Generals on Tuesday, April 13, pitching a complete game, striking out six and allowing one run in Cayuga’s 4-1 win.
SPARTAN BASEBALL APRIL 13:
Spartans Split with #6 Herkimer Generals
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Gabrielle Hass threw two complete games against Finger Lakes Community College on Wednesday, April 14. The Spartans won both games 5-4.
Cayuga Community College Spartans Softball took both halves of a doubleheader against Finger Lakes Community College on Wednesday behind two strong pitching performances by Gabrielle Hass. With Taylor Hunter and Abigail Marinelli leading Cayuga at the plate and Hass throwing two complete games, the Spartans defeated the Lakers 5-4 in both contests. Cayuga is now 3-10 on the season. “I told the team today before the games that we played poorly yesterday against Jefferson, and that we had an opportunity to turn that around today. We took a step in that direction today,” said Cayuga Coach Chris Amoia. “Hopefully we can take this into our games against SUNY Broome and through the rest of the season.” In the first game, the Spartans trailed 2-1 in the third when Marinelli lined an 0-2 pitch down the right field line for a triple, scoring Kate Stoddard and Gabriella Bard. Hunter followed with a sacrifice fly, giving Cayuga a 4-2 lead. Marinelli later scored from second on a Hass groundout
in the fifth, giving the Spartans’ the decisive run in the 5-4 win. Hass threw a complete game, striking out six and allowing nine hits. Marinelli went one-for-two, scoring twice and driving-in two to lead Cayuga’s offense. Cayuga started the second game with Hunter blasting a two-run homer to left field, and scored two more in the fifth on a Marinelli triple and Hunter sacrifice fly to tie the game at four. The Lakers put runners on second and third in the sixth with one out, but Hass struck out the next batter and coaxed the next hitter to ground out to end the threat. The Spartans loaded the bases in the top of the seventh, with Hunter’s sacrifice fly scoring Stoddard to give Cayuga the 5-4 win. Hunter finished with four RBI in the second game, and Olivia Maassen, Marinelli and Stoddard each collected two hits. Hass threw another complete game, allowing three hits and striking out five. The Spartans’ next game is a home doubleheader against SUNY Broome on Saturday, April 24. First pitch is scheduled for noon.
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A complete game from Brendan Williams and an opportunistic attack gave the Cayuga Community College Spartans a road victory April 13 against nationally-ranked Herkimer College. Williams allowed three hits in a 4-1 win against the sixth-ranked Generals, who came back to win the second half of the doubleheader 12-3. Cayuga is now 8-12 overall and 7-5 in the division following the split doubleheader. “That was a good win for us today. Brendan was dominant. He took control of that game right from the start, had all three pitches working in the zone. When he’s like that, he can beat a lot of teams,” said Cayuga Coach TJ Gamba. “We’re still making strides on the season. We’re showing that we can play with anyone when we get consistent pitching and our defense is right.” Cayuga claimed an early lead in the first game with Sam Jenkins scoring Tyler Ziemak on a single, but the Spartans managed only one baserunner over the next four innings. Williams, though, was in control on the mound, setting the Generals down in order three of the first five innings and allowing a single run in the third. The Spartans took the lead in the sixth when an Aiden Driscoll-Sadusky sacrifice fly brought home Leroy Glaum. The Generals threatened in the bottom half, loading the bases with two outs, but Williams pitched the Spartans out of the jam. Cayuga added two insurance runs in the seventh, and Williams set the Generals down in order to close the game. Williams scattered three hits, walked four and struck out six over seven innings for the win. Jenkins was two-for-three with an RBI, and Glaum was one-for-two with two walks and a run scored. The second contest started well for the Spartans when Jenkins smashed a three-run homer in the first, but the Generals plated four in the bottom half of the inning and led the rest of the game. The Spartans’ bats struggled after the first inning, picking up four hits over the final six frames. Hazel Martinez finished two-for-three with a double and run, and Driscoll-Sadusky and Jenkins both went one-for-three.
Wurster scored Driscoll-Sadusky in the fourth, and Sam Jenkins closed the scoring with a two-out single scoring Martinez in the fifth. Doyle-Miller threw a complete game, allowing three hits, walking four and striking out eight. Driscoll-Sadusky was two-for-three with two RBI and a run, Martinez was two-for-three with a double and two runs, and Jenkins was one-for-two with a walk and RBI. The Panthers jumped out to an early lead in the second game, scoring three runs in each of the first two innings and holding the Spartans to four hits through the first six innings. Cayuga loaded the bases in the seventh inning and pushed three runs across before the Panthers picked up the third out for the 8-3 win. Jenkins was three-for-four with a double and Tyler Cordway was twofor-three with a double and run scored in the second game. Greg Osterhout allowed three runs in four innings of relief, striking out eight. Cayuga’s next games are Wednesday, April 21, against Genesee Community College at Falcon Park. First pitch is scheduled for 2 P.M.
SPARTAN SOFTBALL APRIL 14: Spartans Softball Sweeps Lakers
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A complete game from Austin Doyle-Miller gave Cayuga Community College Spartans Baseball a split with Tompkins-Cortland Community College on Sunday at Falcon Park. Doyle-Miller’s strong outing guided the Spartans to a 4-1 win in the opening half of the doubleheader, but the Panthers’ bats took over the second game in an 8-3 Tompkins win. The split leaves Cayuga 9-13 on the season and 8-6 in divisional play. “We scuffled all day today. DoyleMiller really battled — he didn’t have his best stuff, but he still threw a good game and put us in position to win,” said Cayuga Coach TJ Gamba. “We just had a lack of focus for that second game. We can’t afford that. We need to play fundamental, clean baseball. We did that in the first game, and we didn’t in the second.” Doyle-Miller held the Panthers in check in the first game, pitching out of a bases loaded jam in the first and allowing a single unearned run in the fifth inning. Cayuga plated two in the first with Aiden Driscoll-Sadusky’s single scoring Tyler Ziemak and Hazel Martinez. A two-out single from Alex
Makayla Titus scored twice and knocked in a run in Cayuga’s doubleheader against Jefferson on Tuesday, April 13.
SPARTAN SOFTBALL APRIL 13:
Spartans Softball Loses 2 on the Road Cayuga Community College Spartans Softball couldn’t get the bats going April 13, dropping two games in divisional play to Jefferson Community College. Playing on the road against the Cannoneers, the Spartans lost the first game 15-1 and the second contest 15-5. In the first game, the Spartans threatened in the first and fourth innings with two runners on-base, but couldn’t push a run across until the fifth inning. Jefferson started strong at the plate, scoring two in the first and staying on the attack in the next three innings. For the Spartans, Gabriella Bard went two-for-two with a walk, and Abigail Marinelli, Olivia Maassen and Kyra Cottrill collected hits. Cayuga’s bats came alive in the second inning of the second game, when they pushed four runs across to knot the score. The Spartans couldn’t keep the offensive momentum going, though, and the Cannoneers reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the second and led the rest of the game. In the second game, Bard walked and scored twice, and Cottrill, Taylor Hunter, Gabrielle Hass, and Makayla Titus collected hits for the Spartans. Marinelli, Hunter, Hass, Titus and Skyler White drove-in runs for Cayuga.
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ESSENTIALS OF ART STUDENTS SHARE THEIR WORK THE ZENTANGLE PROJECT: The assignment involved combining patterns found in nature with patterns found in fabrics, shoes, utilitarian objects to create texture and draw the viewer’s eye. Each student designed their own color scheme(s).
by sophomore Danilee Weeks
by freshman Brittany Kaye
by freshman Katlyn Moon
by sophomore Samantha Lesch
SOMETHING FUNNY
‘Finger Painting’ by sophomore by Kassidee Seeley
by sophomore Kassidee Seeley
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Plaster cast “Temple” made from an original plastilina mold by sophomore Mathhew Brown in Three-Dimensional Design class.
Filbert... Plaster cast “Eye” made by freshman Philip McDonald in threedimensional design class. The cast is made from an original mold carved out of plastilina.
“Making the mold was pretty easy when I had an idea on what I wanted to do. I decided on dong an eye mainly inspired by the Egyptian style they used on their master art pieces. The complexity yet simple design of an eye can put you into a different place when making your own art piece based off of it. I used four different textures and at least four levels. I used a pens rounded end to making the scales type texture last minute before I poured the plaster and I love it.” —Freshman Philip McDonald
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