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Vol. 61 Issue 18
April 21, 2015
CAYUGABRIEFS College announces four finalists for College President
Table-Gate ends with an unanimous vote
After conducting an extensive international search, four final candidates for the position of President of CCC will be brought to both campuses before May 1st. All employees and students will have scheduled opportunities to meet the candidates and ask questions. For more information on the finalists, see PAGE THREE.
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By Caleb Slater, editor-in-chief
SOMA Student Showcase of Talent The School of Media and the Arts presents: SOMA Student Showcase of Talent Wednesday, 22 April 3 PM in the college café (Auburn Campus) Free refreshments Please join us and see SOMA students perform: music, theatre, poetry, art, and more!
Meet your Student Government Officers (SGO) The Student Government Organization announced its elected officers for the both campus. Auburn Officers President – Andrea Jodeit Vice President – Kevin Gauthier Secretary – Duanna Johnson Treasurer – Vacant Student Trustee – Vacant Fulton Officers President – Kelly Newton Vice President – Victoria Dishaw Secretary – Christine King Treasurer- Don Cleveland
Performance artist David Garibaldi’s art, which he created in Auburn, on display at CCC By Shaquella Newby, staff writer Remember David Garibaldi, the performance painter that appeared on the famous TV show “America’s Got Talent” and also performed for CCC students in last semester? The two paintings that Garibaldi created that night in October were portraits of The Statue Of Liberty and scientist Albert Einstein. Garibaldi gave Cayuga Community College the two paintings. The artwork is framed and ready to be set up for display. Performance artist David Garibaldi
“The paintings are supposed to be displayed in The Cube on the walls, but I would rather have at least one the paintings be displayed in the main entrance on the wall, that way it can be more noticed,” said Carrin Dresser, CCC Student Engagement Coordinator. Do you agree? Or should both the paintings be in The Cube? What are your thoughts? Email The Collegian at cayugacollegian@gmail.com to let us know.
We’re close to the final chapter of the continuing saga of what has fondly been dubbed “Table-Gate” on the Auburn Campus. A meeting last Friday with student club leaders and Vice President of Student Affairs, Jeff Rosenthal, ended in a vote. Meeting participants we asked if they supported keeping club activity tables in the lobby hallway or move them downstairs in the cafeteria also known as The Student Center. Rosenthal had instructed Director of Student Activities Norman Lee earlier in the semester to inform all club leadership that the tables were banned from the main lobby because of congestion concerns. Club leaders and their faculty advisors had argued that it was that congestion of foot traffic in the main hall which meant success for their initiatives and that forcing them into The Student Center was too far out of the way to get student attention. Carrin Dresser, CCC Student Engagement Coordinator says the group voted unanimously 15-0 in favor of keeping the club activity tables in the main hallway. Students say Rosenthal was very professional and seemed very understanding of the feelings expressed during the meeting and accepted the results graciously. There was some confusion expressed after the meeting because it seemed to some that Rosenthal had flipflopped on the issue. The next step is for the results of the vote to be given to the college’s Board of Trustees at their next meeting. Stay tuned.
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ESPN’s Britt McHenry was caught on surveillance camera during a rant at a towing company.
Confederates wage war on the DMV By Caleb Slater, editor-in-chief
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“Loose some weight, baby girl” ‘I’m in the news, sweetheart.’ said ESPN reporter Britt McHenry to a poor, ordinary, non-celebrity customer service worker ‘Gina’, who had committed the horrible crime of working for a company that towed a car that had been apparently abandoned. The leaked video of McHenry berating ‘Gina’, while apparently heavily edited, can’t possibly be edited enough to fake the absolutely vile things the reporter said to the woman waiting on her, including comments about her age, weight, education, and class -- a rather low blow for a celebrity. Why is it do people in the news think they can behave that way? This is common place for most celebrities, but reporters? Really? Journalists have a lot more power than they might initially realize. They’re constantly in the public image, reporters especially, but they’re not just another face on the screen. They’re a person that
we want to trust, a person that we rely on to be reliable and evenhanded no matter what the situation. This brings with it a certain expectation of decorum -- people want to get their news from someone who stays cool under pressure and approaches things with tact, not a blowhard who goes off like a gasket. Whether or not you think these expectations are unfair doesn’t really matter -- that’s the expectations of the job when you go into it. Could you imagine someone like Anderson Cooper or Barbara Walters blowing up on someone for towing their car? Maybe it’s not fair to judge someone on their off time, and maybe it’s unfair that this new information age has made no part of a person’s life private, but in that case, you ought to be extra careful of what you say. Whether it’s right or wrong doesn’t matter, you’re being watched, and people will judge. Try to be mindful of that fact.
Imagine being on a highway surrounded by vehicles with license plates supporting jihad, Neo Nazi and Confederate ideals. Now find a map and point at Texas because attorney R. James George Jr. sees no issues with motorists having plates with what some may view as controversial message. R. James George Jr. is the attorney defending the Sons of Confederate Veterans who wish to have The Confederate Flag showcased on license plates in the state of Texas. In the state of Texas, the legislature can propose a specialized set of license plates to promote, or pay homage to a group/organization. It is also possible for an athletic team, or group to propose a license plate design to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TDMV). This is what the non-profit Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans (Texas SCV) intended on doing back in August of 2009 and they were originally approved. However, after word has spread over the possibility of having Confederate License plates, the board that is in charge of determining the approval of specialty plates rejected the plate design.
The Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans then sued on the grounds of having their First and Fourteenth amendments violated. The United States Court of Appeals in the Fifth Circuit then reversed the decision of the DMV stating it was a form of “viewpoint discrimination.” Fast forward to present day. The case of WALKER III v. TEXAS DIVISION, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, INC. has been brought all the way up to the Supreme Court, where it is still being decided. Those in favor of the plates feel the government has too much control over what Americans can put on their possessions and property. In response to allowing the state to reject plates they deem offensive, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said “The state will have a much greater control over its citizens’ speech than we’ve typically been comfortable with.” Scott Keeler, the attorney who is in favor of the petitioners argued back by saying, “I think someone driving in Texas with a swastika is, you know, likely to be — to trigger public violence,”
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CCC Supports Sexual Sprinkler activation soaks Assault Awareness Month students in Lattimore Hall By Caleb Slater, editor-in-chief
By Kelsey McLean, editor-in-chief
Although April 1st may be the start of pranks and laughter, there is one thing that is no laughing matter… rape. College is a great time to make lots of friends and participate in
Lattimore Hall can’t escape from its terrible streak of luck, it seems, especially with the sprinklers. Last week, two girls on the third floor were playing with a ball when, inevitably, it went out of control and broke the filament in the fire alarm. This set off the alarm in 301,
happen anywhere nowadays. There was just an incident at Hobart and William Smith in Geneva last year in which an 18 year old freshman was sexually assaulted. The thing to keep in mind is that, more often than not the sickos who commit these monstrosities know the person that they are a t t a c k i n g . Whether it just be someone that the victim knew personally, or just in passing, they aren’t strangers in ski masks, these are the creeps that hide in plain sight. CCC Volleyball Coach Ashley McDonough is a survivor of sexual assault and in her recent presentation on the issue entitled “He said his name was Tony” she told of her experience with a man who she thought was Picture left to right: Nyasha Terry, Ashley her friend, but McDonough and Ashley Jackowski actually was a sicko pharmacist many social gatherings, but it’s just that used his access to GHB, as important, more so than ever to hydrocodone and prescription grade be aware of your surroundings. It’s antihistamine to drug and rape her. no secret that the amount of sexual Coach McDonough expressed in assaults committed on college her presentation that it is crucial campuses around the nation are for a victim to immediately call the on the rise, it has even been found ambulance the following morning, that one in every five women will DON’T SHOWER, DON’T CALL be a victim of an attempted, or THE COPS, go straight to the successful sexual assault while in hospital because there is only a college. small window for the doctors to use We hear about it all the time the rape kit before the evidence is on the news, but what exactly gone. The one thing she wishes she is sexual violence and what can could have done differently is go be done about it? Well, sexual straight to the emergency room. assault is the unwanted sexual If you are a victim to a sexual contact that stops short of rape assault it is crucial that you go or attempted rape. Sometimes a immediately to the hospital because person can be a victim before it there is only but so much time that even escalates to that degree, for you can be examined before the example if someone makes sexual evidence is gone. It is also crucial remarks at another person that that you talk to someone, because makes them feel uncomfortable, sadly more than 90% of sexual then that can be an early sign of assault victims on college campuses something worse to come. If you do not report the assault. are a bystander to such an event, It is also important that you know it’s best to just stop the situation it is not your fault, rape is never the right there before it even has the victims fault. opportunity to escalate. As members of Cayuga Another tip is that if you are at Community College we must use a party, always be sure to get your Sexual Assault Awareness Month own drink and if, for some reason as an opportunity to learn. We you walk away from you drink, DO must be able to learn how to be NOT FINISH IT!!! Just get a new a better bystander and prevent one, the reason why is because future harm to our friends, someone could have laced the family and even strangers. drink with a drug, such as rohypnol, We must use this month as an GHP, ketamine… Hopefully this is opportunity to be sympathetic an issue that you won’t encounter, and compassionate to those who but unfortunately you just can’t be went through, or are struggling too sure anymore, so it’s best to just through such an issue, encourage be safe. them to seek help. And lastly, we You might think that it won’t must use this month as a chance happen to you, but sexual assault can to become aware.
a 6 bed suite, seeping it in water damage that spread to 201 and 101, which are also six bed suites. That’s at least eighteen people displaced from Lattimore Hall once again. The students were, fortunately, accommodated with temporary living spaces while the rooms were worked on over spring break. The rooms have been fixed, but the total cost of the damage is as of yet unknown, as well as the punishment for those involved. There’s been some talk of suspension on their respective sport teams, but as of right now, that’s only a rumor. Two years of water damage in a row, it seems. Lattimore Hall just can’t get a break, can it?
MEET THE CANDIDATES Four vie for the opportunity to be the next president of Cayuga Community College By Kelsey McLean, editor-in-chief With the final voting for our new CCC president fast approaching, the committee has finally begun to release the names and background of the final four candidates. As of right now, only three have been released to the public, but it’s only a matter of time before they release the final candidate. They come from all around the country, some as far away as Micronesia, and they’re all shaping up to be interesting contenders for the title. Dr. Joseph Daisy was the first candidate to be released to the public, and was thoroughly interviewed last week by the committee. He’s spent the past three years as Dr. Joseph Daisy the president of the College of Micronesia, a small college ran by the Federated States of Micronesia, a small territory of islands near Australia that is an associated state of the United States. One must wonder what interest he has in CCC, not being anywhere near as exciting as a tropical island, but with experience as a teacher, a school principal, and an administrator he certainly has a lot of experience on all levels of the field. Brian Durant will be arriving this week on Thursday, along with fellow candidate Thomas Buckel, and will Brian Durant stay until Friday
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for evaluation. Durant’s resume isn’t as exciting as, say, being from Micronesia, but he’s been a VP, Dean for Student Affairs, and an instructor in Adirondack Community College for nine years and he got his MS in Counseling in St.Rose, giving him much experience in the local community. He doesn’t have his EdD yet, which may affect the committee’s judgment, but he is expected to receive at the end of summer, so it also may not. Thomas Buckel, the other candidate arriving Thursday, is interesting in the fact that he isn’t really an ‘educator’ Thomas Buckel of sorts -- he has a Juris Doctor in Political Science and History and is a Managing Partner of the Legal Services of Central New York. He’s also on the Board of Regents for the LeMoyne and a Trustee of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, however, so he’s not entirely foreign to an educational environment. Still, some might find his lack of an educational background unsuitable for a president... while others might think he brings a fresh and interesting set of skills to the table for the job. As for the last candidate, well, who knows? Only time will tell what the committee has in store for us. It’s shaping up to be a very interesting race, however, and the school waits with bated breath for our new official president. ...No offense to our great interim president, of course. President DeCinque, you will be missed!
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Your help is needed at Habitat Get to know The United Way By Ed Vivenzio, contributing writer A home – a home is a physical dwelling where one is most comfortable. Something that one owns. It is a man’s castle – his bastion against the stresses of everyday life. Buying a home can be a relatively easy thing; all one needs to go is find a house on the market and go to a bank for a mortgage. Unfortunately for some people it’s not that easy. For these people there is help available at Cayuga County’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Sue Gatto, a member of the
chapter’s board of directors and CCC alumna, says Habitat for Humanity is a Christian-based organization that allows eligible people to attain homes by refurbishing old homes or building new ones, and allowing them to be bought with a 0% mortgage. These people then help give back to the community via “sweat hours” (hours spent volunteering). No monetary gain is made by this; the only gain made by the organization is the satisfaction volunteers receive by knowing they
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By Connor Teneyck contributing writer have touched the lives of those in need. “We build. We build because we believe that everyone, everywhere, should have a healthy, affordable place to call home. More than building homes, we build communities, we build hope and we build the opportunity for families to help themselves with an affordable, stable home, families have more to spend on food, medicine, child care, education and other essentials,” said Gatto. She also that for her personally, it’s about helping those in need. Gatto says Habitat is always in need of volunteers; if you enjoy helping others, making a difference, and doing what is right for your fellow man, Habitat for Humanity could use you. For more information on how to volunteer and help such a great cause, or how to apply for a home, please visit Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity can be reached in the following ways: Mailing address: PO Box 1903 Auburn, NY 13021 by phone (Answering machine, please listen and choose correct option): 315-255-1427, or by email: president@cayugahabitat.org
Everyone has heard of The United Way, but do you know what they do for your local community? United Way Community Impact member Bob Frateschi says The United Way provides gifts and canned goods to those in need in the Greater Auburn area. He says it’s a tradition that The United Way started during World War I and now has grown into
the largest fundraising non-profit organization in Central New York. “I love my community and I grew up in a struggling household where my parents didn’t make a lot of money and I wish that I had a charitable organization like the United Way when I was a kid to give me a chance to have stuff like toys, clothes, and food that my family couldn’t always afford like most families can,”said Frateschi “I just want to give kids growing
up in families who are struggling the chances I didn’t have.” Frateschi says there is always a need to fulfill. “You can always stop in at the United Way office building and donate clothes, food, toys, etc. at anytime that you want.” He says The United Way is constantly having bottle and can drives at their office and several other locations around Central New York. The United Way will be hosting an annual appreciation awards to honor companies and individuals for their campaign excellence and volunteerism in the community. This event will be held on April 30, 2015. It will start at 5:30pm and end at around 7:00pm. The event will take place at the Palace Theatre on James Street in Syracuse. For more information about the United Way you can visit their website at http://unitedway-cny. org/, you can call them at (315) 428-2211, or you can visit their office building on 518 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13203.
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Spartans Golf Team gets off to “shaky” start By Dustin Albino, Sports Editor
Alayna Slayton consistently bringing in low scores because there are some good teams that are tough to beat,” Killian said. He specifically noted that Monroe Community College is usually the toughest team on the schedule.
Tyler Weslowski
the low man with a score of an 86. Sophomore captain, Mike Killian shot an 86 on Friday and a 90 on Saturday.
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“We did alright,” Killian said about The Cayuga Community College Spartans golf team has gotten off the matches this past weekend. “We to a solid start in the past couple of are still a little shaky, just because seasons. However, the 2015 season it was our first tournaments of the year, and the conditions got off to what is called still aren’t the best just a “shaky” start. quite yet.” The Spartans opened Though the golf team up the season on Friday didn’t have the best of with a home Invitational outings on April 17, and at Highland Golf Club April 18, the team still in Auburn. On Saturday, has a lot of goals for the the team travel to season. Sunset Golf Club in “Everyone’s main goal Marcellus, NY. for the regular season The bright spot for in to make regionals, the team was on Friday which is individual when the lone girl on the success,” Killian said team, Alayna Slayton following his match on who shot an 83, then Saturday. “It kind of shot a 92 on Saturday. takes away from the Slayton won the honors Mike Killian team play, but everyone of Women’s Medalist on is really just trying to qualify for the both days for these performances. Saturday, Tyler Weslowski was regional tournament.” The key to success in golf is to have the lowest score possible in 18 holes. That’s easier said than done. Golf is such a mental game that if you lose focus for just one drive, or one chip that it could take the rest of the day to make that up. “It is just a matter of getting everyone
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Lady Cannoneers too Much for Lady Spartans Despite great pitching by McKenzie Harris (Liverpool, NY) the Lady Spartans were unable to find a win against Jefferson Community College. Harris took to the mound striking out 8 batters in 6 innings pitched during game one, Harris also went 2 for 3 at the plate. Sydney Patzke (Phoenix, NY) scored the lone run thanks to Meghan Delaney (Auburn, NY). Game two was a bit more exciting where the Spartans started right out of the gate scoring 2 runs in the first inning. Jefferson answered back by scoring 3 runs in
the first inning and another 3 runs in the second inning. Those would be the only runs Jefferson would be able to put up on the board. As the Spartans fought back with a triple from Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY), Taylor Hutchings going 2 for 2 with 2 rbis, and Allison Chase (Weedsport, NY) almost putting one over the wall, the Spartans ended up losing a heartbreaking 6-5 game. The Lady Spartans are back in action on Monday April 13th were they travel to Genesee Community College.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON OTHER COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Stevenson College apologizes for serving Mexican food at alien-themed party By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times Stevenson College in Santa Cruz, California, is apologizing for cultural insensitivity after a space alien-themed event paired with Mexican food was deemed racist. In a letter addressed to its student body, the college said it received complaints from students and others within the university who perceived a connection between Mexican food being served at the official school event and the term “illegal aliens,” Fox News reported. “We would never want to make a connection between individuals of Latino heritage or undocumented students and ‘aliens,’ and I am so sorry that our College Night appeared to do exactly that,” read the letter by Carolyn Golz,
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a student life administrator, Fox News reported. Ms. Golz said the “unintentional” mistake “demonstrated a cultural insensitivity on the part of the program planners.” “As a result of this incident, I will require cultural competence training for Programs staff, in addition to implementing mechanisms for future program planning that will ensure college programs are culturally sensitive and inclusive,” she said. Former parties held on College Night included “Midnight in Paris,” at which French food was served, and “Harry Potter,” which featured turkey, potatoes and stew, Fox News reported. “For [the sci-fi] event, students
landed on Mexican food because they weren’t sure what food would work with the intergalactic theme,” a college spokesman told Fox News. “It sounds like an honest mistake — choosing a food for college night without thinking about how it could be perceived by others. The students decided on Mexican food as they hadn’t had it yet this year. “
Stevenson College, a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has reportedly apologized to students after a college-sponsored movie night ruffled some feathers. The offense? Serving Mexican food on “intergalactic” night. Get it? Aliens from outer space, aliens from Mexico.
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CCC’s Professor Bob Frame directs; Production earns 6 TANYS awards By Caleb Slater, editor-in-chief
Michael Antico
Kristin Bridges and Jennifer Hallam Derbyshire
In a laugh out loud performance that kept audience members on the edge of their seats, the Auburn Players performed the murder mystery with a stroke of comedy splashed onto it, called “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” last weekend at the Irene Bisgrove Theater on the Auburn campus. The show had many talented actors and actresses performing in it and was directed by Cayuga Community College’s very own Bob Frame. “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” is a play with everything the title suggests, a two act murder mystery, similar to Clue that is jam packed with much comic relief to break the tension in a way that is both clever and doesn’t take the viewer away from the experience… also there is the occasional singing. “The Musical Comedy Murders” features a cast of: actors, a playwright, lyricist, composer and even a comedian who have all gathered together on the estate of Elsa
Von Grossenknueten, a financial backer who has given funding for many musicals. The cast soon realize that their audition was actually a cleverly designed sting operation to arrest the notorious “Stage Door Slasher.” I can’t tell you how many times I found myself thinking I knew exactly who the killer was and then only to change my mind two minutes later. This is where the genius of playwright Jon Bishop’s musical comedy murders really takes its form, you never really know who the killer is until the end of the play! That is the way a murder mystery should be. The Auburn Players earned six TANYS awards for their performance in “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” and it was well earned. For those that missed this performance, the Auburn Players will be performing “The Last Five Years” July 17-19. My only regret with “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” was that I didn’t see it more than once.
Chris Yeckel and Jennifer Hallam Derbyshire
Alicia Frame, Ed Beck and Michael Antico
Kristin Bridges
Katie Bruno
Clare Lopez
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