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Collegian Cayuga Community College Auburn & Fulton, New York

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CAYUGABriefs Get Frightened for a Good Cause

President Larson decides to leave Dr. Larson set to retire Nov. 4th by Danielle Skowron, Editor-in-chief At a special meeting of Cayuga Community College’s Board of Trustees last Wednesday, Dr. Daniel Larson, CCC’s president for the last six years, announced he plans to retire November 4th. The board voted 6 - 2 to accept his resignation. The Cayuga Collegian was the first to break the story on its Facebook page.

Students, are you looking for a good scare this Halloween? Then you’ll want to stop by THE FRIGHT NIGHT MANSION!!! For $5.00, you can scream your head off in the pavilion behind the Owasgo Volunteer Fire Department’s station on Owasco Road starting this Thursday, October 10th from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. FRIGHT NIGHT MANSION will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday evenings from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Halloween. If you want a less scarier time in daylight, there is a special children’s matinee on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the event will go to charities such as Matthew House.

NEWS UPDATE FROM PHI BETA LAMBDA It’s a new semester and we as students are excited to be back. Phi Beta Lambda is off to a great start. We already have received three Silver Level Sponsors!! We are very thankful to Byrne Dairy, I.R.C. Accounting & Tax Services, and Appleby Equipment & Livestock Transport for their donations. Last semester we were fortunate to have Carl Byrne, President of Byrne Dairy come in and speak to us about the family business. He answered many of our eager questions about his view on entrepreneurship, characteristics of ideal employees and the history of Byrne Dairy. Appleby Equipment and Livestock Transport was started up over the summer by one of CCC’s students and PBL’s President, Max Appleby. Max’s love for horses and being an entrepreneur is what fueled the idea to go into livestock transport. I.R.C Accounting & Tax Services is owned by Richard Chalupnicki, Certified Tax Professional, who is also an accounting instructor here on the Auburn Campus. His office is located on 276 Genesee Street in Auburn. Phi Beta Lambda truly appreciates the generosity of these businesses to support our club. Our meetings are every other Wednesday starting October 9 from 11:0012:00 pm in T312. Stop by to see what we are about and join us!

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Vol. 60 Issue 4 October 8, 2013

Dr. Daniel Larson in 2011 at a “Pizza with the President” event with Collegian Editor-inchief, Jamie Blumrick ‘12 and Collegian Sports Editor, DJ DuVall ‘12.

Ten lose jobs in CCC’s financial crisis

Students and staff are hoping this will be the last cuts to fix the budget problems by Danielle Skowron, Editor-in-chief The night before Cayuga Community College president Dr. Danial Larson announced his retirement at a special meeting of CCC’s Board of Trustees last Wednesday, he sent out an email to the campus community announcing seven more lay-offs at the college. “These are difficult decisions to make because the loss of each employee has a direct impact on the College. We are diminished by even one layoff, and people’s livelihoods are at stake. We do not anticipate additional layoffs at this time through the remainder of this fiscal year. Although we cannot predict the future, we have cautious optimism about our enrollment and budgetary goals for 201314 and beginning the 2014-15 fiscal year on a

solid financial basis,” Larson wrote. The latest cuts brings the total number of job losses to ten. Of the most recent to be laid off, it was reported that six are faculty members of the Administrative Professionals union and one is a clerical worker. All the workers were given 90 days notice that there jobs would end December 31st. Last May, three out of four unions at the college passed a vote of ‘no confidence’ in Larson. They also called for his immediate resignation. Larson plans to retire in November ending his six year reign at CCC. It was reported that the CCC board of trustees, hopes to interview candidates for an interim president by the end of October.

High emotion at CCC’s Trustee Meeting

by Danielle Skowron, Editor-in-chief

Emotions were high at CCC’s special Board of Trustees meeting, Wednesday October 2, 2013. Rumors had gone around campus the whole week about what the special meeting was all about. The first of those in attendance to speak was Professor Bob Frame. He addressed the layoffs that were announced. He made it clear that 14% of his group will be gone afterthe layoffs. “I hope there is a plan to distribute the work load,” Frame said. The next to take a stand was Telcom instructor Doug Brill. “As a parent of five children, one of the things we try to teach the children is responsibility, to take responsibility for their actions. If they are wrong, to stand up and say so.” He went on to

say he expects nothing less from his employer. “It’s everybody’s problem but yours...our fault and students faults....stand up and take responsibility for your actions,” Brill said. The last speaker of the night was a student, Casey Pinder. She wanted to make the board aware that the students know what is going on within the college. Casey Ponder cares about what her teachers are going through. She started a petition to help the staff and faculty and to abait the position of the president. She encourages students to find her and talk to her about what is going on. She says “this is the faculty’s only line of defense, students can come find me to sign the petition and learn more about what is going on.”

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“The future for Cayuga is challenging and yet is bright,” said Larson, moments after his retirement was announced. Larson ended the meeting promising that he was still going to help within the community and he thanked his senior staff. Larson’s leadership has been embroiled in controversy since last spring after financial troubles began to mount as the college administration realized they were facing a tremendous budget shortfall. Larson has been credited with overseeing the expansion of CCC’s campus extension in Fulton, plans to build a dorm on the Auburn campus and a theater in downtown Auburn. College administrators have said the college’s financial troubles were caused by a decline in enrollment and a promise of state aid which never came.

Are you a bully? CCC student quits school after being bullied by suite-mates at Lattimore by Danielle Skowron, Editor-in-chief Did you know that October is National Bullying Awareness Month? Bullying has has become a serious issue for some young adults with more and more teens taking their own lives because of a bully or being cyber-bullied. You would think as you come into your college years, that your peers would be a little more grown up than kids in high school and middle school. This sadly is not the case. Bullying is just as prevalent in college as it is in high school. There has been an incident involving bullying at CCC. A CCC student who wishes not to be identified says she/he was bullied so much by suite-mates, that she/he dropped out of CCC. The student said she/he never felt comfortable or safe living in her dorm at Lattimore Hall in downtown Auburn, because her/his roommates bullied him/her so badly. This student says he/ she wanted to be here to learn just as much as the next person. No student at CCC should be scared to come to school, or scared to go back to their dorm room because they are being bullied. Are you being bullied? Don’t be afraid to come forward to a trusted adult or friend. You need to come forward even though it may seem scary to seek help to diffuse the situation you are in. You should not feel afraid to come to your classes. Cayuga Community should be a safe zone for everyone. Let’s join together October 9 for Unity Day. Wear orange and support the cause! Don’t let anyone in the school feel uncomfortable or unwelcomed. Let us join together as a whole and kick this bullying thing to the curb. Let’s show everyone what Cayuga Community College can do to stand up against bullying.


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