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Changing of the Guard:
New Pope Elected
-Josh Cradduck, Editor-in-chief Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 78, of and upheld church policy against Germany was elected the new pope attempts by liberals for reforms. Ratzinger had gone into the conTuesday April 19 in the first conclave with the most buzz among clave of the new millennium. He two-dozen leading candidates. He chose the name Pope Benedict had impressed XVI and called many people at the himself “a simple, funeral of John Paul humble worker.” II, who died April 2 Bells ringing from at age 84. the Vatican cont was one of the firmed that cardinals fastest elections in had reached a the past century: decision and that, Pope Pius XII was along with white elected in 1939 in smoke from the three ballots on one Sistine Chapel day, while Pope chimney, caused John Paul I was crowds in St. Peter’s elected in 1978 in Square to chant, four ballots in one “Viva il Papa!” or day. The new pope “Long live the was elected after either four or five pope!” White smoke is used to ballots over two days. The election announce a pope’s election to the that made John Paul II pope in world, black smoke indicates that October 1978 took eight ballots the vote is incomplete and that a over three days. decision has not been made. The Ratzinger succeeds a pope who square quickly filled up as thousands of people began streaming in gained extraordinary popularity over a 26-year pontificate, history’s as word of the decision spread. third-longest papacy. Millions Joseph Ratzinger, the first mourned him around the world in a German pope since the 11th tribute to his charisma. While John century, emerged onto the balcony Paul, a Pole, was elected to chalof St. Peter’s Basilica, where he lenge the communist system in place waved to a wild crowd of thouin eastern Europe in 1978, Benedict sands and gave his first blessing as faces new issues: the need for the church’s 265th pope. Other dialogue with Islam, the divisions cardinals came out on the balcony between the wealthy north and the to watch him. Students in Cayuga Community College’s main entrance poor south as well as problems within his own church. This includes stopped what they were doing and the priest sex-abuse scandals that watched the television, observing have cost the church millions in history unravel before their very settlements in the United States and eyes. Ratzinger, who was the wellelsewhere. He must also halt the respected dean of the College of stream of people leaving a church Cardinals, used his moment at the Mass to warn people about tenden- indifferent to teachings they no longer find relevant. cies that he considered dangers to Under John Paul, the church’s the faith: sects, ideologies like central authority grew, often to Marxism, liberalism, atheism and dismay of bishops. Ratzinger, now agnosticism. Ratzinger served as an assistant known as Pope Benedict XVI, will to John Paul II since 1981, as head have to decide whether to keep up the kind of foreign travel that was a of the Congregation for the Dochallmark of John Paul’s papacy, trine of the Faith. In that position, he has disciplined church dissidents with his 104 pilgrimages.
Vol. 53 Issue 9 May 2, 2005
CCC STUDENT-ATHLETE
ARRESTED -Josh Cradduck, Editor-in-chief Cayuga Community College British student athlete Martin Kenny, 22, was formally charged with felony third-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Kenny, who is a star soccer player at CCC, was arrested Sunday April 24th for the theft of another student’s bags. Martin Kenny is one of the nation’s leading goal scorers, and is an All-American player. Two duffel bags, assessed at a value of close to $5,000, were stolen from the common suite in Cayuga Community College’s student housing complex, Lattimore Hall. The bags, belonging to another CCC student, were to be picked up by Fed-Ex and shipped to New York City in preparation for the end of spring classes. When she realized her property had been stolen, the student reported the theft to a Lattimore Hall resident advisor. Apparently, the advisor found the bags in Kenny’s room. Staff members at Lattimore Hall check student’s rooms every
week. This incident was the latest in roughly 30 calls this year requiring response by the Auburn City Police at Lattimore Hall. According to Auburn Deputy Police Chief Thomas Murphy, the sudden string of calls is quite unusual. “For basically what is an apartment building, 32 calls in four months is excessive,” he said. Lattimore Hall supervising manager Sheila MacEwain will not comment on the startling amount of police calls coming from the hall, which houses around 70 students. Martin Kenny is the second British student at Cayuga Community College to be arrested this month. Student athlete Phillip Collinson, 20, is being held in Batavia, New York for threatening the life of former CCC soccer coach Charles Allen. He formally received a misdemeanor charge of second-degree menacing and stalking by Auburn City Court. Collinson was also given a deportation order.
Girls’ Lacrosse Day Camp at CCC This Summer Area girls age 6 to 17 can become new or better lacrosse players at the Lady Spartan Lacrosse Day Camp this summer at Cayuga Community College’s Auburn campus. Cayuga women’s Lacrosse coaches Tyler Renaud and Amy Spin will direct the five-day program at the college Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1. Girls can hone their lacrosse skills and strategies through daily drills, intense position work, and detailed attention to the team game. With the program divided into separate groups for ages 6 to 11 and 12 to 17, campers will be coached and placed on teams according to age and suitability for positions. Every athlete, regardless of skill level, will receive thorough instruction and
individual attention. The camp staff, including a number of noted lacrosse players from Central New York, is committed to developing campers as citizens, students, and athletes. The cost of $100 covers six hours of daily instruction, lunch each day, and a camp shirt. Camp hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a onehour noontime break. Campers must bring a lacrosse stick, mouth guard, face mask, and cleats or athletic shoes. Campers can register at the college on Sunday, May 1, from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the main entrance of Spartan Hall. Registration is also available by contacting Coach Renaud at 315-255-1743 or renaud@cayugacc.edu.
OPINIONS The Implosion of America - Patrick Nelson Carter, Contibuting Writer Here are a few statistics to show you what we’re really doing to the world. As of today, we are using over 150 million barrels of oil every day. One barrel of oil is equal to 42 U.S. gallons and there are 7.481 gallons in a cubic foot. So this means that there are 5.62 cubic feet per gallon of oil. When you add all of this up, this is 26.69 million cubic feet per day taken out of the earth. Using this 150 million barrels of oil daily releases over 10 billion metric tons of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere. This extraction of oil puts a hole in the earth of 166.81 acres, 12" deep every day. This makes almost a 1 trillion cubic foot hole in the earth every year, just from oil depletion. Taking all of this into account, and then adding over 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas depleted in 2004, and 3.7 billion megatons of coal worldwide, how long can the earth really take this? I realize these numbers are too large to really comprehend, but that is somewhat the point. Is this where tsunamis come from? Maybe the oil acts as a coolant for the earth like oil does for an engine. Where do you think the huge sinkholes in the surface of the earth that pop up all over the world come from? Why don’t we hear about this? Are we just a virus eating away at the earth, not giving anything back to it? There are alternatives to using oil, some of which are solar power, wind power, among others. We seem to spend all of our money trying to go to other planets when we don’t try to fix the one we live on. Here is an example on how our
system works for us. When the rail system in the U.S. was first started, the big automotive corporations purposely bought them up and burned them, making us dependent on them (excellent business move, but not so good for the nation). Here’s an idea; why not just take the money that we use on NASA for one year ( I don’t believe we would notice if it were eliminated for one year or even more) and put it into a mono-rail system like Europe has or some sort of mass transportation system? This might even improve our community and cultural life as well, which has been totally compromised by modern technology. For example, we could use the magnetic levitation train or any rail system that could be proven worthy. Wind power is pollutant free once the system is established and it is endless, so why don’t we place windmills at every school district that has sufficient wind? Did you know there is as much wind power in New York as California? This has been done in other areas, such as Spirit Lake, Iowa that put in a single large scale turbine (windmill) in their elementary field lawn. It will be paid off after 14 years and then they expect to earn 140 thousand dollars a year that they otherwise wouldn’t have. This is estimated to save 3400 barrels of oil a year. Website: http:// www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ http:// www.offshore-environment.com/ facts.html Signed: Your future’s Advocate
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Social Security Wha e? Whatt ’s the Futur Future? The Social Security Scam
- Patrick Nelson Carter, Contibuting Writer First we would have to examine the past to fully appreciate the present situation and understand the future for Social Security. In 1974, 61% of SS benefits paid out were to those over the age of 65, and the rest went to the disabled and their dependents. Now, only around 29% of Americans are collecting SS solely based on age for benefits. Social Security is not mainly a retirement plan anymore; it is more a plan to help the disabled and their dependents. Many people are under the impression that Social Security should be there to pay them when they’re older, because they paid in. But it was designed for the benefit of society as a whole, and not for the individual. All U.S. citizens should pay a percentage of their income to SS, without a limit over which you don’t have to pay any more. For instance, In 1965, over 30% of U.S. citizens had income over the cap. Here in 2005, it’s only 5% who make over today’s $87,000 cap and pay 0% to SS on any income over that. Yet we could still recover in one year, if the rich would only pay their fair share. Why should the poor have to pay more of a percentage of their small income than the rich do? The common person is paying 7.65%, as is your employer. This really means that you are paying 14.3% (more than your fair share) of your gross income for Social Security. According to the Social Security Administration, our debt will be $3.7 trillion in 75 years. In 2003, over 168,000 people claimed over one million dollars in taxable income. If you take the SS $87K cap (which shouldn’t exist anyway) - and moved it to one million dollars - in one year, Social Security would
be solvent (meaning stable) for around 250 years. If the millionaires only paid 7.65% (half of the rest of us), we would have almost $13 trillion extra in one year. Imagine what would happen if we all were equal in the eyes of the government. Just think of what could be done for the U.S. and its people with this money. How about a rail system or public transportation system like Europe? (oops, sorry, this would only benefit the ordinary person, not the rich, so that won’t be done). This is basic high school math. The people we elected should at least be able to accomplish that. I think they’ve accomplished beyond this by working out how to get most for them and their fellow rich without thinking for the people who are paying their exorbitant salaries. The U.S. median income was $32,460 in 2002 for a family and $13,190 for an individual and yet we see politicians getting hundreds of thousands of dollars. So what exactly is President Bush’s real scam? Using his plan, he will have the average American trying to put what they can into the stock market in hopes of retirement and who says that will be there when we retire? What it really does is invest money in the stock market to make the economy look as though it’s booming. This puts more money into large companies and towards the rich people trying to control your life and future. At the same time this is making the President appear as though he has improved the economy, using political smoke and mirrors to produce a magical deception to the average American. Signed, Your Future’s Advocate
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From Dorm Room to Bedroom: New Book Helps Grads Cope with Reality of Moving Back Home (COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE) — Once the bags are packed, the commencement speeches and photo ops are long over, and the tearful goodbyes with friends are all said and done, most grads expect to move out on their own. But for many students, that‘s simply not an option. In fact, more graduates than ever are opting to move back home rather than braving life on their own. The latest U.S. census figures show that 25 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 are living with their parents (over 18 million adults). And according to MonsterTrak‘s 2004 survey, 57% all college students will find themselves knocking on their family‘s door come graduation. After all, with astronomical tuition costs resulting in mind-boggling loans, credit card debt at an all-time high, housing costs in major metropolitan areas skyrocketing, and a flat job market among other factors, what‘s a newly minted college graduate to do? ”Bustling metros like New York, Chicago and San Francisco beckon to recent graduates with the promise of greater opportunities and excitement,” says Elina Furman, author of ”Boomerang Nation: How to Survive Living with your Parents the Second Time Around” (Fireside, May 10, 2005; $14.00) and a former boomeranger herself. ”But it‘s these very same areas that are virtually impossible for anyone making under $40K a year to afford. And as we all know, most starting salaries are far lower.” A 2002-2003 National Student Loan Survey by the Nellie Mae Foundation reported that undergraduate student loan debts have risen 66 percent since 1997 to an average of about $18,900 per student. And when one considers that the average credit card debt for graduating seniors is now estimated at around $3,000, moving home often makes sense, especially if it means paying down debt or saving up money.
Thankfully, many graduates moving home today will find that the stigma of living at home has greatly diminished. But even so, there are a myriad of challenges to deal with, including navigating tense family dynamics, managing finances, dealing with privacy issues, and dating. “In Boomerang Nation, I strive to eradicate the notion that there is something wrong with people who move back home,“ Furman points out. “Unfortunately, even though so many of their peers are in the same boat, many boomerangers feel isolated and experience a loss of confidence upon returning home.“ And she should know. After spending two years in her family home, she spent another five years living with her mother and sister as roommates, only to move out a few years ago. It was Furman‘s experience with the many trials and tribulations of living with a parent that inspired her to write this timely, information-packed guide. “I wanted to write a book that would eliminate the stigma associated with living at home. While the statistics point to millions of young people nesting with their parents, there simply was not enough information to bring awareness to this topic. I even started a website (www.boomerangnation.com) that offers advice for boomerangers and a muchneeded sense of community.“ As a successful author of more than twenty books and a popular speaker, Furman is planning to spread the word through a college tour and speaking engagements around the country. “While some boomerangers manage to avoid the pitfalls of moving back home again, many don’t really prepare themselves adequately for the practical, economic, and emotional realities of moving back in with Mom and Dad. My goal is to help grads realize than not only can they go home again, they can survive and thrive there.”
RIAA Targets New Piracy Epidemic On Special High-Speed Campus Network (COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)— In response to an emerging epidemic of music theft on a specialized, high-speed university computer network known as Internet2, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the major record companies, have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 405 students at 18 different colleges across the country. Internet2 is an advanced network created by participating colleges and universities for important academic research. Through the use of a filesharing application known as “i2hub,“ however, Internet2 is increasingly becoming the network of choice for students seeking to steal copyrighted songs and other works on a massive scale. Downloading from i2hub via Internet2 is extremely fast — in most cases, less than five minutes for a movie or less than 20 seconds for a song. Students find i2hub especially appealing because they mistakenly believe their illegal file-sharing activities can’t be detected in the closed environment of the Internet2 network. “This next generation of the Internet is an extraordinarily exciting tool for
researchers, technologists and many others with valuable legitimate uses,“ said Cary Sherman, President, RIAA. “Yet, we cannot let this high-speed network become a zone of lawlessness where the normal rules don’t apply. We have worked very constructively with the university community, improving educational efforts at colleges across the country, expanding partnerships between schools and legal online services and providing a clearinghouse for expertise on technological antipiracy solutions. We cannot let rampant illegal downloading on Internet2 jeopardize this collaborative work. By taking this initial action, we are putting students and administrators everywhere on notice that there are consequences for unlawful uses of this special network.“ In addition to the 18 campuses whose students are being sued, the RIAA has evidence of i2hub infringement at another 140 schools in 41 states. While these schools were not included in the initial round of lawsuits, letters are being sent to each university president alerting them to the illegal activity occurring on their campuses.
Job Market for College Grads Strongest Since 2000 Survey Reveals Brightening Job Market for 2005 Graduates; Sales and Administrative & Support Services among Hottest Sectors for Entry$30,000 for entry-level workers (comLevel Job Opportunities pared to 51 percent last year). (COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)— Good — College grads are ready: 75 percent of news is ahead for 2005 college gradu2005 graduates feel they are prepared to ates. This year‘s job market for entryenter the workforce. level workers demonstrates a markedly improved economy, with job opportuniInternships are increasingly important ties available in a variety of sectors. As for today‘s college graduate: the leading careers site for college — 59 percent of this year‘s graduates students and young alumni, prepared themselves for the job market MonsterTRAK today announced the by completing at least one internship. results of its annual graduation survey — Of the employers surveyed who have of college students, recent graduates an internship program, 25 percent say and the employers who will be hiring them. Among the findings, 80 percent of the program has grown since last year, and 57 percent say the program has companies surveyed with 5,000 or more remained the same. As a testament to employees plan to hire 2005 graduates this Spring/Summer and a remarkable 90 the importance of internships, 85 percent of 1,834 interns at percent of companies with 10,000 or PricewaterhouseCoopers during 2004 more employees plan to hire 2005 graduates. MonsterTRAK is the student were eventually offered full-time positions with the firm. division of Monster(R), the leading Though the job market has improved, global online careers property and students continue to move back home flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, to save money and also because of the Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST). high costs of living: 2005‘s college graduates are also — 60 percent of this year‘s graduates feeling more confident about the job plan to move home after graduation market, with 83 percent expecting at compared to 57 percent of last year‘s least one job offer upon graduation. graduates who said they planned to This is compared to last year‘s survey, which showed that 51 percent of college move home after graduation. (b) — While 48 percent of the 2004 graduseniors did not expect a single offer ates surveyed in this year‘s survey upon graduation. found their job within four months of ”Compared to recent years, we are graduation, 45 percent of 2004 graduates seeing strong growth in the number of jobs available for new grads, particularly are still living at home with their parents. in sales and support services such as Where are the Job Opportunities? finance and accounting,” said Michelle Hot Sectors Forker, Senior Vice President, Monster A comprehensive analysis of Campus. ”It‘s also heartening to see Monster job postings in the United such a high percentage of large compaStates finds that entry-level job oppornies hiring college graduates this year tunities are most abundant in: a sign that they are confident of their 1. Sales, which accounts for 25 percent business and revenue growth in 2005. of all current, nationwide entry-level Large companies tend to hire a greater jobs number of workers in general, so these 2. Administrative and Support Services employers may prove to be a goldmine with 10 percent. for 2005 grads.” 3. Customer Service and Call Center with As an example, 6 percent PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Big Four 4. Advertising & Marketing, Retail and accounting firm and a top employer of recent college graduates in the nation, is Healthcare each represented increasing its hiring of college graduates with 5 percent of nationwide entry-level this year. ”We are hiring 24 percent more jobs entry-level graduates than last year, and Hot Regions A comprehensive analysis of 55 percent more entry-level graduates than two years ago,” said Amy Van Kirk, Monster job postings in the United National Campus Recruiting Director for States finds that the top states for entrylevel job opportunities include: PricewaterhouseCoopers. ”Though the 1. California (15 percent of all entry-level job prospects for the class of 2005 are jobs nationwide) far better than recent years, it‘s still 2. Texas (9 percent) important for students to take advan3. Florida (7 percent) tage of the time they have left before 4. New York (6 percent) graduation to ensure they are at the 5. Illinois (5 percent) forefront of these great opportunities.” MonsterTRAK 2005 College Graduation Survey Highlights Today‘s market certainly shows an improved economy with significant job opportunities for entry-level workers. Survey findings reveal: — Companies are beginning to hire entry-level candidates with the improved job market, with 64 percent of all employers surveyed planning to hire entry-level workers this spring/summer. In addition, 56 percent of employers expect an average starting salary over
For the top cities nationwide for job opportunities: 1. Los Angeles (8 percent of all entrylevel jobs nationwide) 2. New York City (7 percent) 3. Chicago (5 percent) 4. Philadelphia (5 percent) 5. Boston (4 percent). For detailed survey findings about the graduating classes of 2004, 2005, or 2006, or to learn where your state falls in the data, please contact Kevin Mullins at 978-461-8751 or Kerry Parke at 617520-7019.
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Activities
Music with Reese
May 2-3, 2005 11 AM - Noon Auburn Living with Mental Illness A display of art work and discussion with artist Susan Weinreich on living with mental illness and her growth and recover process.
MAY 14-19, 2005 FINAL EXAMS MAY 22, 2005
1 PM Graduation
At Unity House, it’s all about the people they serve. However, once a year, it’s the people who give that great service who take center stage. Recently, Unity House honored the people who make it happen day to day with a staff appreciation celebration at The Springside Inn in Auburn. Front Row Left to Right: Nicole Poyer of Newfield, Penny DePew of Auburn, Tony Gucciardi of Auburn, Beth Scanlon of Auburn. Back Row Left to Right: Mary Ann Tissot of Moravia, Jennifer Damon of Solvay and Mary Ketchum of Genoa.
Brian Wilson - Smile I am a huge Brian Wilson fan, maybe it’s because he founded the legendary Beach Boys. This album just wasn’t that great. His new remake of ‘Good Vibrations’ is excellent. The sound quality of this album is outstanding but the songs aren’t that great except ‘Good Vibrations.’ ‘Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow’ is one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard from Brian Wilson in his entire career. ‘Heroes and Villains’ is redone on this album and it’s just as bad as the version he did with the Beach Boys. That is the only song that I really don’t like
- Jeremy Reese that the Beach Boys ever did. He wrote the song with Van Dyke Parks who in my opinion is a lousy writer. His lyrics have no meaning at all. ‘Surf’s Up’ appears on the album, which was written by Brian’s now deceased brother Carl Wilson. This song is decent, but it just isn’t that good. This album is horrible compared to his Imagination album, which was excellent through and through. I give this album one star. I give it one star because ‘Good Vibrations’ is the only good song. Otherwise, I would give the album no stars.
DEADLINES FOR SCHOLARSHIPS APPROACHING The Cayuga County Community College Foundation receives and administers all private gifts intended for the College, its programs, and its students. These gifts often provide the financial assistance Cayuga students need to realize their educational goals. Through sound investment policies and the generosity of Cayuga Community College friends, nearly 350 awards are presented to deserving students each year. We proudly report that more than $275,000 will be distributed in 2005/2006 to students based on academic ability and/or financial need.
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The following scholarships have approaching application deadlines. Students can obtain applications from the college website: http://www.cayugacc.edu/admissions/finaid/scholarships/formal_app.php or from the Financial Aid office in Auburn and Fulton and the Cayuga County Community College Foundation office in Auburn.
May 10 deadline: Honor Scholarships – Sophomore
June 1 deadline: Knight Foundation Scholarships
July 15 deadline: Fulton Savings Bank Scholarship
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