VOL. 96, NO. 6
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
RANDOLPH, N.J.
The Youngtown Edition COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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New building to be named for exiting president BY AMANDA ALLER News Editor
The halls of DeMare Hall may seem a little quieter as of late as the musicians and thespians have been moved out of cramped classrooms in County College of Morris’ main academic building to their new home in the soon-to-be dedicated Edward J. Yaw Music Technology Center. “I’m honored, and this is meaningful to me in a lot of different ways,” said Dr. Edward Yaw, CCM president. “It’s meaningful because we’ve wanted to add this to the campus for many years… and my father was also a musician in upstate New York, so this has special meaning to me.” Yaw said the new name will not take effect until the dedication ceremony on April 21, and until after the Board of Trustees approves it that week. The CCM Board of Trustees broke ground on the new $8.5 million building in Sept. 2014. “Since 2007, enrollment in our music technology programs has grown 36 percent,” said Yaw. “This new facility not only will address that growth but allow CCM to build upon the strengths of its music and performing arts programs. We are grateful to the residents of New Jersey and county officials for making this possible.” Since 2014, the “Building Our Future Bond Act” has provided $750 million for
New Jersey’s colleges. Of that, $200 million is going towards community colleges for much-needed construction and renovation projects. CCM received a total of $10 million to construct the Music Technology Building along with upgrading its engineering labs. The Music Technology Center has since become a multi-purpose building used to house the college’s popular and growing music technology and other performing arts programs. “The Music Technology Center is awesome and we’re getting modern technology shipped from other countries, which are specially made for our new building” said Ashley May, a student at CCM. All of the funding for the facility is coming from the “Building Our Future Bond Act” that was approved by New Jersey voters in 2012. Governor Chris Christie said that passage of the bond act would increase jobs as well as boost the state’s economy in terms of construction, teaching and maintaining the facilities. “The Music Technology Building will be one of 176 projects that are underway at 46 of our college’s and universities throughout the state, and it’s important not only for the future jobs it will create but also for the men and women who work in the building trades across the state,” said Christie.
PHOTO BY AMANDA ALLER
The new Music Technology Center, which is to be dedicated to outgoing CCM President Dr. Edward J. Yaw, will provide music students upgraded work space. The Music Technology Center has been constructed as a 22,500-square-foot, two-story addition to the college’s Student Community Center. Academic programs to be housed in the new facility include Digital Media Technology, Drama, Media Technology, Music and Music Recording. The facility includes an experimental theater lab that will serve as a large handson classroom with a recording studio and
seating for 100-125 people, two standard classrooms, an electronic music/aural comprehension classroom, a piano lab, a second recording studio, scene shop, dressing rooms and multiple student practice rooms. “You always dream about having nice facilities to work and teach in, but here the dream came true,” said Todd Collins, a music professor at CCM.
CCM students join in lifesaving tradition BY DEREK ALLEN Editor-in-Chief
While some students race out of the County College of Morris campus to eat or hang out with friends, others are racing to save lives. “Some people do it for the experience, for their resume,” said Jonathon Yeh, CCM student and Minute Men Volunteer. “Some people do it to help people and give back to the community. Some people do it for the adrenaline you get when you answer a call, or for saving people. I do it for all these reasons.”
The Morris Minute Men have about 70 active members, covering Morris Township and Morris Plains in the event of a medical emergency. All members are unpaid. “We’re all volunteer, and we’re supported by the people,” said Vince Marchese, Adjunct Professor of Meteorology at CCM and Minute Men member. “The town and the township both contribute significantly because it is in their best interests to have a first aid squad. We don’t charge anyone for help. We’re free and we work for free.” Established in 1941, the EMS
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA LAM, MORRIS MINUTE MEN EMS
Minute Men members are the front line in first-response situations.
program has been running for 75 years out of it’s headquarters in Morris Plains. The headquarters’ walls are crowded with plaques, pictures and awards, two of which are Morris Plains Community Service Awards which look like big golden keys to the city, and recognize the Minute Men as one of the best volunteer emergency medical organization in the U.S. Elizabeth Nally, a Lieutenant in the Minute Men and a nursing student at CCM, said it’s hard to balance school and volunteering, but volunteering has helped in her nursing classes. “I’ve seen some stuff, from being here,” Nally said. “I’m not grossed out if I have to dress a wound… It helps a lot, building people skills too. I feel like it helps me a lot to be more competent in school.” Yeh said he took four classes last semester, three of which had labs, which require extra time. It was too much to work, go to class and volunteer. “I quit my job,” Yeh said. “I think it’s worth it. If you’re here, you Continued in ‘Minute Men’ on page 4