11 3 2020 CAYUGA COLLEGIAN VOL. 67 ISSUE 8

Cayuga Community College Auburn & Fulton, New York

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VOL. 67 ISSUE 8 NOVEMBER 3, 2020

CAYUGABRIEFS

POOL COVID TESTS NET ONE POSITIVE IN FULTON

REMINDER: MISSED COVID-19 TESTS CAN RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Cayuga Community College is reminding students who are required to participate in COVID-19 surveillance testing that their failure to do so will likely result in disciplinary action.

As outlined in previous communications with students, any student who works on campus, resides in Lattimore Hall, competes in athletics or is enrolled in a class that meets on-campus must participate in COVID-19 surveillance testing. Testing is available each week on the Auburn and Fulton Campuses.

Any student who misses at least two surveillance testing appointments is subject to mandatory discipline as outlined by SUNY. Potential disciplinary action includes restricting the student from campus and/or suspension of the student. The College will be contacting students who have missed at least two surveillance tests.

If you work on-campus, reside in Lattimore Hall, compete in athletics and/or are enrolled in a class that meets on-campus and you have missed your surveillance testing appointments, please email Cathy Dotterer, Dean for College Advancement, at cdottere@cayuga-cc.edu.

—Andrew Poole Director of College Information

ZOOM VERSION OF 2020 FALL SOMA TALENT SHOWCASE SEES MAJOR DIP IN PARTICIPATION The School of Media Arts biggest event of the semester turned into a little bitty one thanks to COVID-19 and fear of exposure to the virus.

SOMA’s Fall Talent Show case had few willing to share their talents, with only one musical act, two poem readings and 17 pieces of artwork in play for the top prizes.

Between 22 and 25 participants were on the ZOOM meeting platform which included the events three judges, Professor Greg Sevik, Professor Mary Bulkot and student Mat Lucas.

The winners of the art awards are spelled on on the front page. Dakota Drake won for best original song and tying for first place in poetry were Esther Keiderling and Marc Baan, who each read aloud their original work. The winners poems are printed in this issue and will be part of the next episode of CAYUGA BYTES.

FULTON CAMPUS CLOSED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND An important message from College President, Dr. Brian Durant:

THE ART CATEGORY WINNERS OF 2020 FALL SOMA TALENT SHOW ON ZOOM

BEST IN SHOW WINNER: Elizabeth Diego selfie art

WINNERS: MOST SURPRISING OR CREATIVE ABOVE: Sam Mathews Drained BELOW: Haley Brewer Gothic Me

WINNERS: BEST FIGURE GROUND RELATIONSHIP ABOVE LEFT: Ella Bard Self portrait LEFT: Elizabeth Deigo Breathe

WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS MORE INSIDE! WINNERS: BEST IN COLOR

On Sunday, November 1, SUNY Upstate identified the positive individual sample from last week’s COVID-19 surveillance testing at Cayuga Community College. The individual has been notified and has been placed in isolation by the County Health Department. As a part of isolation, they are restricted from both campuses.

The individual was last on the Fulton Campus on Thursday, October 29. The Health Department has started contact tracing, and the College is assisting to expedite this process. Members of the college community who were in direct contact with the student have been contacted.

Out of an abundance of caution, access to the Fulton Campus will be restricted to essential personnel on Monday, November 2, while we conduct a deep cleaning of our facilities.

Student support services and on-campus classes scheduled for the Fulton Campus will be conducted virtually. Auburn Campus classes and services will continue in their normal format.

Please continue following our health protocols, including the proper usage of face masks and social distancing. Remember to self-monitor for symptoms, and to avoid coming to campus if you have any symptoms. Thank you for your continued commitment to our health and safety measures.

—Dr. Brian Durant, CCC President

THERE IS AT LEAST ONE ANGEL ON THE CCC FULTON CAMPUS

By Michael Perry, associate editor There is a CCC student in Fulton who has been making masks for students and faculty. Her name is Connie, and she is known by many for her good deeds and positive spirit.

Michael Perry

LEFT: Ian Moore Me as Art: projects of 2020

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

BELOW: Bridget Donnelly We have a voice

WINNER: BEST 3D ILLUSION Sarah St. Clair self portrait

Due to the fact that her husband is an at-risk patient, they have been staying home a lot more recently. Connie and her husband have used their increased time spent at home as an opportunity to make thousands of masks.

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THE OFFICIAL STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

A MESSAGE FROM YOUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT Hello everyone, I am the newly elected president for SGO and I wanted to express I

Akira Huber

OPINIONS Marc Baan CO-EDITOR FEATURE WRITER

HOW I SEE IT...

A NEW HOLIDAY NORM One of my favorite holidays as a kid was Halloween. There was nothing better than running around our Nation’s Capitol getting multiple pillowcases full of candy and eating my fill, (my mother never was able to say no), and passing out on the living room floor.

Now, in this age of COVID-19, it sad to hear on the news how many communities have canceled Halloween. But I, and all of us, must remember that this time of separation will pass. It will not be this year and it might not be next year but, one day these “six feet apart” will be a memory and nothing more.

It is hard for many of us to know that this holiday season will have to be spent apart. That Thanksgiving will be over Zoom and Christmas will be by mail but, it is a temporary thing.

Take this pain of being apart and turn it into something good. Invite a friend to your Zoom-giving who might not have any way to see their family. Buy an extra gift card for your co-worker who, for the first time, will not be able to fly to see their family this Christmas.

This new holiday norm is only a temporary norm and together we can turn it into a weird but memorable holiday season for everyone.

SGO PRESIDENT

am excited about getting club activity going for the semester. Although there are challenges with adjusting to our new realities, I strongly believe we will have increased virtual involvement for the year. Please complete the attached club status form (attached) so we will be able to determine what best way we may assist the club for the semester. Information

only being used to determine club active level for the semester. This year were operating under one student government instead of two separate ones for each campus. If your club already started to meet for the semester please feel free to forward club minutes to the V.P. Gabriela via email below (we are already receiving them and thanks). We have scheduled a club senate meeting for November 20th at 11am, additional information will be forwarded at later date. That’s all for now, please feel free to contact me (info below) or a fellow board member if you have any questions and please return completed updated form to me via email by Wednesday, November 11th, thank you.

QUICKS NOTES TO SHARE – FSA first meeting was held Oct 16th Clubs will likely maintain their $800.00 budget allocation for the year, just waiting for budget to pass at next meeting, Oct 30th Please feel free to utilize budgets but con-

firm with Activities Director (Norm) for any amounts over $300.00 All check request must be submitted via email to Norm & Kara Tratt ktratt2@cayuga-cc.edu via email to be processed.

There may be additional funds available for clubs to apply for through allocation monies but will share more of that after FSA budget passes.

Cayuga Community College STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE PRESIDENT – Akira Huber ahuber@cayuga-cc.edu VICE PRESIDENT – Gabriela Pacheco gpacheco@cayuga-cc.edu TREASURER – Hannah Stearns – hstearn2@cayuga-cc.edu STUDENT TRUSTEE – Alaina Bates abates8@cayuga-cc.edu

BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT WITH INVISIBLE HEALTH ISSUES DURING COVID PANDEMIC Being a student let alone being a college student during COVID has turned everyone’s life upside down, educators included. Many of us did not sign up to be an online student, many of us enjoy being (in) online classes. However, I am 31-years-old, I am not old and I am not young, Not only am I up against COVID, but I also am immune-compromised from my anti-rejection medication which gives me similar symptoms of COVID without having COVID. To make matters worse, and this is hard for me to admit because of the stigma surrounding mental health, and the field I am attempting to go in medical, but I know I want to help and advocate for others because I want to make a difference in the world. I have Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which is also called CPTSD. Complex PTSD is similar but different from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder they have very similar symptoms but CPTSD. I didn’t know how to explain C-PTSD so I let Wikipedia do it better than I can ,”C-PTSD relates to the trauma model of mental disorders and is associated with chronic sexual, psychological, narcissistic abuse and physical abuse or neglect, chronic intimate partner violence, victims of prolonged workplace or school bullying, victims of kidnapping and hostage situations, indentured servants, victims of slavery and human trafficking, sweatshop workers, prisoners of war, concentration camp survivors, residential school survivors, and defectors of cults or cult-like organizations.”

Along with my C-PTSD I have Major Depressive Disorder known as MDD and General Anxiety Disorder known as GAD. Growing up, I was abused by my stepfather from 9-11-years-old, and I was locked in my room with four walls and a bed and two dressers. I was only allowed out to eat meals, bathroom, homework and chores.

Once the abuse came out, my birth mother chose her husband, my stepfather instead of her daughter, so I felt abandoned and I felt alone and unloved by my mother.

You may be asking yourself why is she telling us this?

It ties in how COVID has almost broken me more than once.

COVID is not only messing with the general population with no history of mental illness but those who do have invisible issues, whether they have a learning disability or an addiction or even mental illness. Overdoses and Suicide are on the rise, isolation and lack of touch and affection among other things are all part of Maslow’s Hierarchy which we are missing right now. I know in my

case, the structure we are being given for classes, some like them online, but then there are others that I know for a fact are struggling just like I am. I am treading water to stay afloat in life, let alone in classes.

I do not even have children and I know some students are struggling with their schoolwork and their children’s schoolwork plus trying to work to pay bills. I have not even talked about the effects of COVID and what is doing on our elderly and our children’s’ mental health, that is for another time.

I am struggling this semester and my GPA will not be high enough for the nursing program, so maybe it is a sign, I do not know, however all I can do is take it day by day and ride the wave whether it is my transplant medication giving me a run for my money or my C-PTSD and Comorbidities do.

The only positive COVID has had is has made people stand together, be a little kinder to one another, love each other a little more. Be thankful for the relationships, friendships, family and those in your corner and maybe even take that risk or make that move on someone you have your eye on.

While you are here on Earth, love and appreciate what you have before it is gone and be civil to one another because we are all human and we all bleed red.

If you need help, please reach out to someone you trust. This hasn’t been easy on anyone and I know you don’t know me, but I understand having overwhelming feelings, reach out to me even. I rather lose sleep than have, as health experts predicted, a resurgence of COVID-19 cases recently in the United States. With businesses attempting to re-open someone bury a loved one because they were feeling a certain way! Writing this took a lot of courage for me, but I have survived mostly everything life has thrown at me couple times have came close to crumbling but I am human not a super hero, Everyone has Kryptonite just like Superman did, because even he was human.

Be Kind to One Another.

Love& Light — Mama CCC

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CAYUGA

WELLNESS

SERVICES

Christina Bentley, MS Wellness & Intervention Counselor

Dr. Jerimy Blowers Wellness & Intervention Counselor

SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO FEEL WELL

—submitted by Christina Bentley, Wellness Counselor, Fulton Campus

How are you doing? How are you feeling?

Make sure you are taking time for you during your busy semester and taking time to breathe.

Here are some quick self-care tips to try.

As always, we are here if you need us.

The Cayuga Collegian welcomes letters from its readers. Submissions must be emailed to cayugacollegian@gmail.com.

Submissions must include your name, address and daytime phone number. All letters to the editor do not reflect the viewpoint of the Collegian office, its staff or advisor. All letters are simply the opinions of the writers themselves. All letters may be edited for content or length.

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Marc Baan Jenna Fields Michael Perry Emily Lane Joshua Hart Patrick Mahunik Mary G. Merritt

CO-EDITOR CO-EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER CONTRIBUTOR CONTRIBUTOR FACULTY ADVISOR

We are looking for more staff members!

AUBURN: jblowers1@cayuga-cc.edu FULTON: cbentle2@cayuga-cc.edu

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Email: cayugacollegian@gmail.com

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POETS TIE FOR FIRST PLACE

CAYUGABRIEFS

SGO TO MEET WITH CLUB SENATORS NOVEMBER 20TH Cayuga Community College’s Student Government Office will have their first Club Senate Meeting for the semester on the 20th of November at 11am. In an email from Norman Lee regarding the delay in scheduling meeting he commented, “Although there are challenges with adjusting to our new realities, I strongly believe we will have increased virtual involvement for the year.” All clubs need to have their senators chosen before the 20th of November. More information on how the Club Senate Meeting will be conducted will be coming out soon. For more information please fell free to contact – Norman Lee at leen@cayuga.-cc.edu SGO President, Akira Huber at ahuber@cayuga-cc.edu

COVID-19 CLOSES POPULAR CAYUGA DECEMBER CRAFT FAIR IN AUBURN Due to the COVID 19 worldwide pandemic, The Cayuga County Community College Foundation, in consultation with Cayuga Community College, has cancelled the 47th Annual Cayuga County Community College Craft Fair, scheduled for December 5th and 6th of this year.

The College Foundation has been operating the Craft Fair, on behalf of the College for the last three years and notified vendors of the cancellation at the end of August. Foundation Executive Director Guy Thomas Cosentino said, “We know this is an important event in our community and like the many crafters we notified recently, we are disappointed that we cannot hold this event that attracts thousands of people annually and also is a way for our students to do community service and promote their clubs and activities.”

Cayuga Community College President Brian Durant said, “The College must consider the best interest of all stakeholders that would be involved in this year’s show, including, first and foremost, our Community College students and staff and the public that would attend.”

This holiday-themed event has been a popular local tradition for many years, and typically hosts over 150 vendors.

A decision regarding next year’s Craft Fair will be made at the end of the Spring Semester.

CCC VETERANS CLUB TO HOST NOVEMBER EVENTS With Veterans Day just around the corner on Wednesday, November 11th Cayuga’s Veterans Club is busy making plans to host a number of events to honor those who served and their families during November.

Club advisor Emily Cameron says watch your Cayuga email for a full listing of Veterans Week events recognizing our Military-Affiliated and Veteran Students, Faculty, and Staff.

CAYUGA BYTES

NEEDS YOUR HELP — WE WANT A CUSTOM YOUTUBE URL The ‘new media’ show independently produced by CCC students named CAYUGA BYTES need more than 100 subscribers to their YouTube Channel to create a custom URL or universal resources locator - so we can be more easily found through search engines.

Please type https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCp_EfoJl3k3RUn6L-KZqrtw into your browser and subscribe today!

Esther Keiderling

Marc Baan

POET

CO-EDITOR FEATURE WRITER

FIRST PLACE POEM FIRST PLACE POEM WAY TO GO!

DAKOTA

DRAKE

FIRST PRIZE

ORIGINAL SONG

ART ENTRY: COLBY HERZOG

A Big Crown

All I Wanted…

FROM THE AUTHOR: PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome is a genetic condition in which non-cancerous growths, called hamartomas, develop in different areas of the body.

In addition to hamartomas, patients can have other physical findings, including larger-than-average head size, abnormal skin growths, and intellectual disabilities.

All I wanted was to go to my hotel. I should have known there was something wrong when I saw so many people crowded together on this surprisingly cool summer evening. After a day amongst the art and ruins of India’s past glorys I was ready to lay my head down. I was too distracted in my tired mind to hear the shouting.

I was too distracted by my sore eyes to see the anger in the people’s faces.

Three shots rang out on the other side of the street.

So clear that I felt the trigger was pulled next to my ear. I turned my head to see the location of the shots and I was overcome in a quagmire of tan flesh and silk. Amongst the spinning grains of dirt, souls of strangers ran out of fear. A pale skinned foreigner, I was unconsciously pulled away with the crowd.

The screams of women and yells of men were not heard over the adrenaline in my ears. The blood of those who fell blended with the tears of those mourning for them and mixed with dirt under our feet was now rained down on us all. I was in a daze that left me at death’s door. I was going to be trampled. Feet from countless people stomped on mine. Elbows from unknown strangers jabbed into my body. Fists from unknown victims hit my face. I was going to die.

No, I was going to fight. Swings of anger and kicks of fear spun out from me. In all direction I hit, and I kicked.

I cursed and spit. I ran and I pushed. I was not going to die. I fell to my knees at the door to my hotel. Tired and bruised, I was alive. But at what cost? I lifted my fists to my face, and I could smell was the blood that they were drenched in. The blood of strangers. Strangers, who like me, just wanted to survive.

DELETION REQUESTED BY AUTHOR Second grade and my mom lays my little baby brother on his side Because his head is getting flat in the back okay?

But what did you do with me?

Fourth grade the first rubber band hits my skull And my friends dissolve There’s this weird kid in our class With her head in the clouds We think she’s possessed She creeps us out Did they know that the pounding of pain Would derange my brain?

For God’s sake they were kids They see the scars Of what they did I forgive them now And again tomorrow Because that’s how I smile Forget the past Forget the baseball caps and biking helmets That didn’t fit They were not my style I’m a queen with a brain And He has a big crown

FROM THE AUTHOR:

ART ENTRY: MEGAN COE

I am an aspiring writer currently enrolled in the LAS: Humanities and Social Science Program here at Cayuga. I have found excellent and understanding professors who provide honest feedback as well as encouragement. As well as writing poetry, I have started a nonfiction blog which is modeled after EB White’s letters to the New Yorker. Here is a link: https:// comingfromstars.wordpress.com/

ANGEL ON CCC FULTON CAMPUS CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

These masks are not the only good deed Connie has performed in Fulton. Last spring when COVID struck and everyone moved to remote learning, there was an unfortunate student in Fulton. He was unable to continue his learning because he had no laptop. Connie and her husband heard about this young man, and scraped together the money and got him a laptop. Now, Connie and this student who she helped are in some of the same classes this fall.

“Our Fulton Campus is so lucky and privileged to have Connie Karpinko as one of our students. From the minute Connie walked through the door, her bright-infectious smile and laughter lit up the campus. ” — Lorelee Lardear, CCC staff member Connie says her husband recently retired from Syracuse University as a Public Safety Officer. She says for years, he was the designated person who walked S.U. Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim out to the court for home basketball games. Despite Boeheim’s success over the many years he has been coaching, many Syracuse basketball fans have been calling for Coach Boeheim to retire. Connie and her husband says Boeheim isn’t ready to retire, they both replied that he “has a few more years in him,” just further proof of their kindness and support for others.

Lorelee Lardear, a switchboard operator for CCC on the Fulton Campus couldn’t express enough gratitude for Connie’s good work.

“Our Fulton Campus is so lucky and privileged to have Connie Karpinko as one of our students. From the minute Connie walked through the door, her bright-infectious smile and laughter lit up the campus. Within that first day, she had students talking with one another and being engaged in their student life. Every day was brighter when Connie was on campus.”

Lardear says her demeanor didn’t change with the challenges of the pandemic. “Fast

forward to March 2020. We were all abruplly taken away from our ‘normal’ lives and thrust into this vast unknown. We couldn’l see each other, hug each olher, or console each other.”

Lardear says as the switchboard operator for both Fulton and Auburn campuses, even though she was working remotely, she was still very busy with phone calls. ”But my heart ached because I missed physically interacting with our students.

One day, Connie called the switchboard and I almost burst into tears. Her beautiful spirit shines through her voice just as it does in person. During our conversation, Connie asked if my family and I had masks to protect ourselves. At that time, I only had a couple disposable ones. She said that she had been making masks for people and wanted to make a couple for me. Here is this wonderful woman sewing as many masks as she could crank out in a day, and then giving them away just to help keep everyone healthy. With her own time, money, and resources, she set a

ART ENTRY: SAM MATHEWS

“I can’t say enough good things about this woman. In every class she is the ‘den mother’ and they just love her.”

— John Lamphere, CCC Professor

goal to keep as many people healthy as she possibly could.

Laardear says once the campus opened back up, Connie made masks to fit each person’s personality. “Our favorite football teams, flowers, butterflies, etc. Each time I asked if I could give her something toward the cost, and each time she said ‘I just want you to stay safe.’”

Lardear has a final message for Connie.

“Thank you Connie, for your kind heart and for giving so selflessly, thank you for keeping us safe.

I am truly blessed we are in each other’s life path.”

Criminal Justice Professor John Lamphere says he has had Connie in a number of his classes. “I can’t say enough good things about this woman,” said Lamphere. “In every class she is the ‘den mother’ and they just love her.”

SERVING THE STUDENTS OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 66 YEARS!

ART ENTRY: SARAH ST. CLAIR

ART ENTRY: ELIZABETH DEIGO

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SOMETHING FUNNY

What are you afraid of ?

What are you afraid of? Perhaps a bad grade on your mid-tem? The cop driving closely behind you?

Your parents when you get home late? All valid things to be afraid of, but all tangible things—all things you can see coming.

Marc Baan MEME BY COM 101 STUDENT NATE SCHREINER

CO-EDITOR FEATURE WRITER

Now think of the things you can’t see. Things that move in the comers of your eyes. Sounds that come from nowhere. The touch on your arm from the shadows ... HOW AFRAID ARE YOU NOW?

If you’re brave enough, read this weekly installment of OUR SHADOW WORLD. We will explore the myths and urban legends of our planet. From the creatures your grandparents told you they saw in the war, to the things found on an abandoned VHS tape on the side of the road.

Nothing will be held back as we discover what people are afraid of in countries from all four corners of this world.

Remember, all myths and legends start with some strand of the truth. Now let’s see if they stay are true or just turn out to be a good story!

OUR SHADOW WORLD A possible intrudor at Hampton Court Palace?

MEME BY COM 101 STUDENT ABBY SWEET

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MEME BY COM 101 STUDENT ETHAN ABELGORE

The United Kingdom is a draw to many tourists with its castles and palaces being the biggest crowd-pleasers. With over a thousand years of history set in mortar and stone, these citadels of kingly might have left people in awe.

But behind these walls there might be a danger from a time long since passed.

In October of 2003, the UK news was in a tizzy after a CCTV video from Hampton Court Palace which showed something unexpected. In a clip no longer than 40 seconds, the fire doors leading to a courtyard slam open and a person in a hooded gown comes out of the hallway and closes them. Okay, I know you are thinking that this is not newsworthy… but you would be wrong.

The CCTV video was recording this person closing the doors while there was not one working tour at the palace, in fact, the palace was closed at the time. When asked, the head of security for Hampton Court said that by this time, everyone had already gone home.

So, does Hampton

Court Palace have an intruder? Many do think so, but it might not be what you expect. Jokingly called Skeletor, (from the cartoon He-Man), because of the hooded robe -- this unknown person might be a long-time resident and not an intruder. This helpful person might be the ghost of the late Queen Anne Boleyn.

Anne Boleyn, (15011536), was the second wife of the infamous King Henry VIII. Hampton Court Palace was the King’s residence and a place she knew very well and a place she never wanted to leave. Anne Boleyn was executed for adultery in 1536 and Anne Boleyn many ghost researchers and Tudor historians are starting to believe that this ghostly video is of the late queen. Many point to what the person is wearing in the video.

A hooded robe that was of the Tudor period and a gown that was and still is not in the court’s inventory for their costumed players.

This is a strange world where new discoveries are made every day. If the late Queen is still roaming the halls of a palace that was once hers, there are not many that would be surprised. Perhaps this one of the last good memories she had before her head was chopped off her shoulders. And if this is the case, it seems that she is doing no harm. But if you do stumble on the Queen as you are taking a tour of the palace, bow your head.

She is still a Queen in this world and the next.

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THE OFFICIAL STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE