ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE
DIRECTOR BOB FRAME
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well as Seleena Lozepone, with a poem entitled “1925 305,” right after. Swasey took the stage once again to perform another original song with Kai Dare. There was a short break for Katie Stout to announce the winners of the poetry contest. Honorable mentions went to Fulton student James Rabiere with “Gazing out the Window,” and Bailey Filer with “Infinity.” Third place in the poetry contest went to Daniel Netti with “False Compass.” Netti won $20. Second place went to Seleena Lozepone with “My Little Secret.” Lozepone won $30. First place went to Raymond with “Family Tree.” Raymond won $50. Raymond also participated in the Showcase after receiving the poetry contest award, reciting a poem entitled “You Are Not Alone.” Carrie Roth went next, reciting an original poem entitled “Perfect Illusion.” Dante Geddes took the stage next to perform an original rap, ollowed by Jimmy McKeen with an original poem entitled “Downward Thrust.” Carissa Rice performed an original song on the ukulele entitled “On Your Mind.”
Cayuga Community College’s Nursing Program remains one of the best programs training registered nurses in New York State, according to an online nursing advocacy organization. In comprehensive rankings released Monday by RegisteredNursing.org, Cayuga’s Nursing Program received a score of 98.77 percent, placing it third on the list of programs across New York State. This is the second straight year RegisteredNursing.org has rated Cayuga’s program among the best in the state. “Nursing is a rigorous and challenging program of study. To be successful in this program a student needs to be disciplined and motivated. Faculty expectations are high, as is our pride, and we prepare our students to meet the Cayuga tradition of excellence,” said Program Director Linda Alfieri. RegisteredNursing.org is a nursing advocacy organization that provides resources for people looking to enter the field of nursing. They ranked programs across the country based on available student pass rates on the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX), which evaluates students’ entry-level knowledge to make safe judgements in caring for their patients. For programs across New York State, RegisteredNursing.org evaluated NCLEX scores from 2013-2014, and ended up analyzing 99 programs and ranking 30. Programs were left out of the rankings based on whether they only had one year of NCLEX pass rates, if they were closed or will be closing when the data was collected and if they didn’t have NCLEX pass rates available from the previous one or two years. Cayuga’s score of 98.77 percent landed them just behind Jefferson Community College and Pace University for the top spot in New York State. “The stellar ranking by RegisteredNursing. org is another in a long line of deserved accolades for our Nursing Program,” said Cayuga Community College President Brian Durant. “Over the years, we’ve seen the Nursing Program become one of the best in New York State, and I know that’s due to the hard work of Linda, our staff and faculty, and the determination of our students.”
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DROP THE ROMAINE! Public health officials are now telling consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce from southwest Arizona because of an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable that has spread to at least 16 states and sickened at least 60 people, including eight inmates at an Alaska prison. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that new information about the illnesses in Alaska led them to expand a warning beyond chopped romaine to include any type of romaine lettuce, including whole heads and hearts of romaine. Although the exact source hasn’t been identified, federal health officials have said information indicates that the contaminated lettuce was grown in the Yuma, Ariz., area. But consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought romaine at home, including in salads and salad mixes, should throw it away immediately if they don’t know its specific source, officials said — even if some had already been eaten with no ill effects. Of the people who have been sickened, at least 31 have been hospitalized, including five who developed a type of potentially lifethreatening kidney failure known as hemolytic uremic syndrome. No deaths have been reported.
April 24, 2018
Evie O’Conner and Jarrett Swasey perform at the recent SOMA event.
STUDENTS ENTERTAIN IN THE BIANNUAL SOMA STUDENT TALENT SHOWCASE By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief At the biannual SOMA Showcase, many talented students showed off their skills, and the cafeteria was filled with supporters. About 20 students performed in five categories. Art students had artwork displayed, the winners of the poem contest were announced and then they recited their poems. In the poetry category, Jeanette Brown was first to go, with an original entitled “Now.” Jarrett Swasey would follow with an original song called “Dream Catcher.” Swasey gave a shout out to the members of Cayuga Records, as they are producing his album. Maron Walsh took the stage for a dramatic monologue. Walsh performed Ophelia’s mad scene from Hamlet. Following, Caleb Daegal recited an original poem. Bailey Filer performed a cover of “Torches” by Jonathan Thulin on the piano. Next, a first for the showcase, was a video presentation created by Marissa Sorber. Diane Ribi gave an energetic cover of the song “Spaceman” by the Killers. Connor VanEpps followed with an original song. Parrish Davis recited an original poem, as
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DEAR CAMPUS COMMUNITY The test of the College’s Alertus emergency communications system is completed. On behalf of the Office of Public Safety, thank you for allowing the brief interruption. I would like to thank our IT Department for their support and hard work in getting this system operational.
OPINIONS HOW I SEE IT... Gabby Rizzo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Coffee, for 64% of Americans, is an essential part of the day. For me, I need at least one cup of coffee or I’ll get a raging headache. As annoying as it is to nurture a slight caffeine addiction, there are health benefits that make it worth it. Studies have shown that a higher intake of coffee helps lower type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s, and liver disease. Another added benefit is that coffee is loaded with antioxidants. A person can technically drink up to 8 cups in a day. One of the drawbacks to coffee was something previously mentioned. Coffee
Thank you very much for your continued support and efforts in keeping Cayuga safe! Douglas A. Kinney Director of Public Safety/Chief of Campus Police Cayuga Community College
CCC NURSING PROGRAM... CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE The success of Cayuga nursing students on the NCLEX goes beyond the 2013-2014 scores evaluated by RegisteredNursing.org. From 2011 to 2016, the program’s average pass rate on the NCLEX was 99.2 percent, and the Class of 2017 pass rate was 98 percent. The mark by the Class of 2017 was the fourth-best pass rate in New York State for Associate Degree Nursing Programs and was far better than the state and national averages of 85 percent and 87 percent, respectively. Alfieri attributed the program’s success to hardworking students and faculty, and
has withdrawal symptoms, like a drug. While it is good for you, you have to deal with things like headaches, irritability, and fatigue when you’re not able to fit in your cup of coffee for the day. For many years, doctors actually warned against drinking coffee because of things like caffeine addiction and ulcers. As years went by, more tests were done and it simply showed that back in the day when they did tests, coffee wasn’t the culprit, but generally poor health habits. —Gabby Rizzo, Cayuga Collegian editor-in-chief
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receiving valuable feedback from members of the community. “We receive a lot of feedback from employers and graduates, and we have an agency advisory board that helps, as well. Every year we get feedback from them identifying what we can do to make our graduates even stronger. That feedback from stakeholders helps guide us and keeps us current, because it’s very much a field that features state-of-theart technology,” she said.
VETERANS CLUB ANNOUNCES BAKE OFF WINNERS The results are in, and the winners of the Bake Off are: 1ST PLACE: Emily Cameron (Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Trifle) 2ND PLACE TIE: Jeanne Shaw (Frosted Dark Chocolate Brownies) and Sue Sears (Oreo Chocolate Cheesecake Cake) CONGRATULATIONS! The Auburn Student Veteran’s Club Bake Off raised approximately $110 for The Fallen Stars Memorial Mural. Thank you for everyone who baked in and participated in the event! Emily C. Cameron Assistant Director Community Education and Workforce Development
WDWN CELEBRATES VINYLTHON By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief The college’s radio station, WDWN, participated in Vinylthon for the third year in a row on April 21st. Vinylthon runs in tandem with Record Store Day, which, as the name suggests, celebrates vinyl records. 93 colleges across the U.S. participated, lasting an entire 24 hours. “WDWN is super excited to celebrate the
third annual Vinylthon,” said Radio Advisor Jeff Szczesniak. “All three years we have participated and I think it just keeps getting better.” Students volunteered to DJ and play records from their collections.”We have played records that haven’t been spun in decades on the air, it sure is awesome,” Szczesniak continued. Some of the records played included the Doors, ABBA, and Metallica.
THE CAYUGA COLLEGIAN IS LOOKING FOR STUDENT WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS
THE ANNUAL ART WALK April 30 – 11 AM
The award-winning newspaper, The Cayuga Collegian, is looking to recruit more student help for this semester and the next school year. Presently in its 64th year of publishing, the student-run newspaper was recently located to the 1st floor of the Tech Building (T109). Despite its proximity to the traditionally Telcom area of the college, the newspaper wishes to recruit student writers and photographers from all majors on both campuses. There are also some leadership positions available, which come with a paycheck, depending on your enthusiasm and qualifications. If you’re interested in working immediately and/or interested in applying for a future paid position, please send a letter of intent to Cayuga Collegian faculty advisor, Mary Merritt, at merrittm@cayuga-cc.edu.
Start in the Library, walk to the Art Studios and see the end-of-year exhibition by Cayuga’s Art students. Refreshments provided.
MESCOLARE IN CONCERT May 1 - 7 PM MPPC Featuring Cayuga Music faculty members Mike Cortese & Rick Balestra
TELCOM BANQUET May 2 5:30 – 7:00 PM - Auburn Public Theater The Telcom students will receive their annual awards and we’ll screen the best of their video productions. Always a great event. Refreshments provided.
COLLEGE CHORUS CONCERT May 7 - 7:00 PM MPPC (M157) COLLEGE JAZZ COMBO AND ROCK ENSEMBLE CONCERT May 8 - 7:00 PM MPPC (M157)
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CAYUGA GOLF SEASON IN FULL SWING Despite the inclement weather conditions with temperatures struggling to get out of the 30’s, the Cayuga Spartan Golf Team kicked
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off the 2018 Spring Season with a weekend tournaments hosted by Cayuga, Onondaga & Tompkins-Cortland recently. Predictably, scores tended to be on the higher side as golfers struggled to shake off the rust from a long winter and lack of on-course practice time prior to the season. Cayuga hosted 52 golfers for the Friday event at Highland Park. The Spartans were led by Ryan Chalupnicki (Auburn, NY) who shot an 86 which was good enough for 14th place. Brady Slimmer (Oswego, NY) was next with a 91 (20thplace) followed by Coty Abraham (Port Byron, NY) with a 94 (25th place). Dave Butler (Port Byron, NY) rounded out the scoring for Cayuga.
On Saturday, with wind chills in the 20’s, Cayuga traveled to Timber Banks for the OCC Lazers Classic. The Spartans finished 10th overall and 4th among MSAC teams. Again, Chalupnicki led the way for the Spartans with an 89. Abraham shot a 92 and Bayley Raponi (Fulton, NY) grinded out a 97 despite nagging back issues. The Spartans concluded their weekend with their lowest team score of the early season as they fired a 352 at the TC Panthers Open in Cortland NY. All Spartans golfers shot their lowest rounds of the weekend as Ryan Chalupnicki shot 82, Bayley Raponi an 86, Coty Abraham shot a 90, followed by David Butler’s 94.
CCC’S HARLEQUIN PRODUCTIONS EARNS THREE TANYS AWARDS FOR ‘ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE’
Cayuga Community College’s Harlequin Productions received three awards from the Theatre Association of New York State, including a Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Work Award, for the company’s production of “Alice in Black and White.” Pictured is the entire cast and crew with the play’s author, Robin Rice, seated at left in the front row.
The Theatre Association of New York State applauded Cayuga Community College’s Harlequin Productions and its recent performances of “Alice in Black and White,” recognizing the cast and director with three awards for its showcase about a famous photographer. Harlequin Productions’ performances of “Alice in Black and White” explored the life story of photojournalist Alice Austen, whose work and personal life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries defied society’s expectations of women. The play, authored by Robin Rice, traces Austen’s life from her childhood in the 1860s to 1951, one year before her death. TANYS, an organization that works with nonprofessional theatre groups and promotes theatre through education, honored the acting ensemble in Harlequin Productions’ “Alice in Black and White” with one award and singled out sophomore Hannah Abrams for her portrayal of Austen. Director Robert Frame also received an award for overall production design and technical execution. Awards are determined by adjudicators who watch performances and provide feedback to the productions’ cast and crew. Frame, who also serves as a TANYS adjudicator, said Harlequin Productions usually receive merit awards each year. For “Alice in Black and White,” the entire cast received a Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Work Award, which Frame said acknowledged the efforts of the entire production. “The award for ensemble means something to the adjudicators, that the company worked together as a whole. Getting an ensemble award recognized that we were all working together toward a common goal, which is very important,” said Frame. Frame also praised Abrams for her work as Austen, pointing out that the role demanded versatility.
“It’s well-deserved for the work Hannah did, because in the course of the show she goes from being 10 years old to 85 years old, without makeup, so it’s all physical,” said Frame. “She worked really hard and did a very strong job with that.” Abrams, who received an Excellence in Acting Award, said she was Robert Frame honored to receive the award, but added that Frame deserved much of the credit for making the production a success. “I can’t thank TANYS enough for acknowledging and praising my hard work and the effort I put into this character,” she said. “But if anyone needs to be praised, it’s (Robert Frame). This was such an amazing story to tell and it wouldn’t have been told the amazing way it was without his vision and guidance.” Frame received an Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award for overall production design and technical execution. He pointed out that the success of the design and technical execution is largely dependent on the cast and crew, so the award was as much about their efforts as his own. “What I received the award for — the look of the show — is totally reliant on the designers I worked with. I’m not working in a vacuum. I’m working with everyone else. They made me look good,” said Frame. Frame said that it was great for the cast and crew to be recognized for their efforts. Students and Frame will formally receive the awards at the TANYS banquet in November.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY ON ROUTE 34 By Zachary Barreto, contributing student writer
Thugocracy: The Russian Mafia and the Trump Presidency a lecture by Colgate University Professor Nancy Ries
Thursday, April 26th @ 6:30 P.M. Cayuga Community College Student Lounge This talk will explain how the Soviet Union gave rise to a global kleptocracy that helped bring both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to power.
Dr. Nancy Ries is Professor of Anthropology and Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. Her specialty is contemporary Russia. She has three decades of research in Russia.
If you commute back and forth to CCC on Route 34, one town along the way is undergoing some improvements. Workers in the Town of Venice are already working to fix problem areas this spring. “We are currently in the process of repaving and or re-stoning most of our roads,” said Venice Highway Superintendent Steve Fedrizzi. “We have guys going out and laying tar down and steam rolling and we got guys taking the trucks and filling in potholes with stone.” Unfortunately, Fedrizzi says the weather is stopping the progress fort the time being. “With it being cold and snow on and off, we probably won’t be able to get out and finish some of what we started. When signs of spring officially coming around, then we will continue our efforts on the roads.” The roads aren’t the only thing that the Town of Venice is trying to fix. “Some of the
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irrigation systems from the farms go under the roads and the pipes are fairly old. We have to fix those if we want to avoid another flood filled spring like last year. This will involve some roads being closed again so that we can tear them up and get the old pipes and tubes out and put the new in. Once we fix that it should be smooth sailing from there,” Steve said. Fedrizzi says farmers sometimes worry about their irrigation systems being worked on because of the time it may take to fix the problems. “The farmers always ask us how long it will take and we just give them an estimate deadline. They worry if it storms and we get floods and the irrigation system isn’t done in time, then they could have ruined crops. We always try to work with them on that matter and try to set up a plan to ensure everything is safe and everyone is happy.” Fedrizzi says that hopefully by Summer 2019, all the irrigation systems and the roads will have been completely redone. “With the amount of work that needs to be done and with the town budget, I think the Summer of 2019 is a realistic deadline for the roads and irrigation systems. We have everyone here on board and doing everything they can to get it done.”
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Hannah Sawchuck followed with a cover from a musical. Yadier Rene performed a song in Spanish, his first language, on the guitar. Swasey took the stage one more time to perform a duet with Evie O’Conner. Last to go was Nate Warner with a cover of Shawn Mendes’ “Nothing Holding Me Back.” For the Original Song category, third place went to Carissa Rice, second place went to Jarrett Swasey, and first went to Connor VanEpps. For cover song, second place went to Bailey Filer, and first went to Yadier Rene. For Rap, second place went to Kai Dare, and first went to Dante Geddes. For Dramatic performance, second place went to Maron Walsh, and first went to Marissa Sorber. For Original Writing, third place went to Carrie Roth, second place went to Seleena Lozepone, and first place went to Parrish Davis. There were also awards for the art portraits. Nikki Lupo won best Visual Arts portraiture, Adrianna Smith won best Expressive Portraiture, Avery Clark won best Dynamic Use of Color, Beijing Saleem won best Live Portraiture, and Isaiah won the People’s Choice for “My Frankenstein.”
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