2 28 2022 CAYUGA COLLEGIAN VOL 68 ISSUE 13

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VOL. 68 ISSUE 13 FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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NEW CAYUGA-CC MUSIC PROGRAM TO DEBUT FALL 22

WHAT DOES YOUR STUDENT ID DO FOR YOU?

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By Caitlyn Major, Editor-in-chief

By Kyle Weisman, staff writer

DREAMS OF POST SEASON PLAY DASHED FOR BOTH SPARTAN TEAMS IN ROUND ONE 12TH-SEEDED SPARTAN MEN LOSE TO CORNING IN OT 10TH-SEEDED SPARTAN WOMEN LOSE TO BROOME

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Your Student ID card does much more than simply identify you as a CCC student. You can ride the bus for free anywhere in Auburn or Fulton. You can also use it to get student discounts locally or online where a student ID is required.

Greyhound offers 10% off travel and 15% off shipping with their Student Advantage Discount Card. A m t r a k offers 15% off the lower Value or Flexible Fare to students between the ages of 15 and 25. Amazon has a free Prime Student membership for six months that then upgrades to a Prime Membership.

It also provides three months of Audible Premium for free. Students can save 15% at Aeropostale, 20% at American Apparel, and 15% at Kate Spade via a UNIDAYS membership. ASOS offers 10% off to students all year round and 15% during back to school periods.

Banana Republic offers 15%. Champion/ Haynes offers 10% to enrolled students.

This is just a sample of the offerings you can find online by searching “Student Discounts”.

Fare is free on Centro busses for fulltime matriculated students within Auburn, Fulton and Oswego. You can ride free with a valid student ID that has a transportation sticker on all Auburn busses.

You can travel to any location and not just to school. That incudes Auburn 1-4. This excludes the 236, 38 or 138 busses that run to Syracuse. In Fulton, and Oswego, along the Oswego-Mexico-Fulton route, and along the 246 Oswego route, within the confines of Oswego County, student can ride free with a valid student ID that has a transportation sticker. The Transportation sticker is a round yellow icon printed on our IDs. If yours does not have one then you can go to the Public Safety office and ask them to reprint your ID with the transportation icon.

If you are a student whether you are affiliated with the Auburn or Fulton campus, take classes in-person, online, or both you are entitled to a Student ID card.

They are available at the Public Safety office on both campuses for free. Per Kathleen Chaykosky, you do not have to be vaccinated or get tested in order to access campus for the sole purpose of obtaining an ID.

CCC will be implementing a new A.S. Music Program in the fall of 2022. Currently the school offers a music concentration, but no specific music degree. This program will allow students to complete the first 2 years of a music degree in order to easily transfer to SUNY Oswego or SUNY Potsdam to complete it. The degree may also transfer to other SUNY programs, as well as SU or Le Moyne - however that’s something that Mr. Michael Cortese says they’re still looking into.

Forward freshman, Doray DiLallo #21, pictured above in a game against OCC, scored 26 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, in Cayuga’s 50-44 win against Jefferson on February 2.

DILALLO AND SANDERS MAKE MSAC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Mr. Steve Keeler stated, “It’s going to be a great program that students will really enjoy.”

Mr. Cortese said that the program consists of applied music lessons on specialized instruments, as well as vocals.

He also stated that there would be a number of ensembles to participate in such as; chorus, rock ensemble, jazz ensemble, etc… and that it’s “a very hands-on program.”

“It’s going to be a great program that students will really enjoy.”

—Steve Keeler Mr. Keeler discussed how there is currently a good group to run this program, but as it expands they may hire faculty as needed. He also talked about how the program has been being developed for years. He said that Mr. Cortese started talking about the program when he took over as the main music instructor 12 years ago. He went on to say that Mr. Cortese has been designing all of the courses for the program, and that if any students or faculty have any questions about the program they should contact him. His email is cortese@cayuga-cc.edu.

Doray DiLallo and Shaheem Sanders were recognized in the Mid-State Athletic Conference’s postseason honors after each led their respective team in scoring and Sanders led all National Junior College Athletic Association Division III players in rebounds per game.

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The independent student media production called Cayuga Bytes is a fun way for students to share information by creating watchable content shared on the Cayuga Bytes YouTube Channel.

RECORDING FRIDAY MARCH 4 AT 3:00 PM Students, faculty, administrators and staff are all invited! You could read aloud your original poetry; show us your artwork; sing an original song; or discuss current events. We know there is plenty of hidden talent out there just waiting for the chance to shine. Your appearance on

CAYUGA BYTES just may be that game changer that helps people see you in a different light or start a new career or hobby. When else can the whole campus get together to just be themselves, with no pressure? Join us, won’t you? You’ll be glad you did!

CAYUGA STUDENT WINS SHERIFF’S SCHOLARSHIP

Zachary Burdick is the Oswego County recipient of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association Criminal Justice Scholarship for 2022. The scholarship is awarded annually based on academic excellence and a desire to pursue a career in criminal justice or a related field. Burdick is a veteran and is planning on a career in law enforcement. He was formally awarded the scholarship by Oswego County Sheriff Don Hilton.

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MASKS AND MANDATES ...ANOTHER VIEW After reading the article in the last edition that expressed the opinion of some students on the mask, vaccine, and testing mandates, I felt that I needed to write a few things. Combating COVID is a serious matter, and if it requires that we suffer certain discomforts or inconveniences then we need to suck it up and deal with it.

OPINIONS

Kyle Weisman

HOW I SEE IT...

STAFF WRITER

CAN AN OUTFIT CHANGE YOUR MOOD? I don’t know about you, but the way that I dress affects the way that I feel. If I’m feeling off, I can switch it up by taking extra time picking out my outfit. Things such as material, color, or even just style can have a drastic impact.

Caitlyn Major EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If I’m dressed in sweatpants and a sweatshirt I’m relaxed. Your chances of getting me to do anything productive have gone down dramatically. Sweatpants are reserved for Sunday mornings and sick days only.

I can change this up by simply putting on leggings instead. I still feel comfortable, but I feel slightly more motivated to be a contributing member of society. If I really need to get stuff done, I’ll throw on a pair of jeans and I’m unstoppable.

My favorite trick is to get dressed up when I need to be successful. If I know that I have a ton of homework that I need to get done that day, I’ll take my time getting ready and put together an outfit that makes me feel good about myself. Then, I’ll go out to a library or a coffee shop and sit there until I get everything done. It sounds crazy, but I swear it works.

Color also plays a huge role. I tend to gravitate towards dark colors, like gray and black.

However, if I’m feeling sad or stressed I’ll try incorporating a little bit of color into my outfit. It really improves my mood to do something as simple as throwing on a blue hoodie instead of black.

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A student identified as Sanford claimed that it is hard to hear people who are wearing masks, and it is impossible to read lips. It is not uncommon, even for fully hearing individuals, to augment their hearing by passively reading lips. I grant that wearing a mask presents obstacles to communication, but none that cannot be mitigated by working on enunciating our words, and projecting our voice more. Sanford also claimed that it has become difficult to build personal connections.

There are many aspects to building a connection with a person. If the only thing it takes is one wearing a mask to foil one’s efforts then I think one needs to rethink how they form such attachments, and consider how they can change their approach. We all have an innate ability to adapt and we need to draw upon that ability.

Sanford also said, “I think Cayuga mandating the vaccine and the booster is wrong; I think it is sad that we have to choose between a vaccine and our education,” So mandating COVID vaccines is wrong but mandating MMR and other vaccines is OK? Throughout all of our lives we have been required to have certain vaccines in order to participate in education. This is nothing new. She also expressed that “It doesn’t make sense that students should test monthly.” Perhaps, if everyone was vaccinated and no one received an exemption for the vaccine we might be able to operate without testing.

However, we do not know how long the immunity will last. This is why we have boosters, and this is why we take the precaution and test once a month. It should also be noted that, contrary to a statement made, full-vaccination was never redefined. The administration now requires students to be fully-vaccinated and boosted. Sanford later declared that “Not everyone should have to follow the same rules because some people are scared.” Firstly, if we have a rule then everyone needs to follow the rule. Secondly, we do not have mask, vaccine, and testing mandates because people are scared. This notion has long been an anti-vax and mask argument. It is used to belittle those who want to be vaccinated or masked. We use masks and vaccines not because of fear but because of the science behind them both. It is clearly shown in studies that wearing a mask, and receiving a vaccine are the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID. In general, we make the mandates out to be more of an issue than they are. Why should anybody avoid on-campus classes because of a “worry” about monthly testing? I think completing homework and preparing for tests is far more daunting than making sure you go to a scheduled COVID test. If one cannot manage getting tested with ease then I do not know how one manages to get to class on time. We all need to get over ourselves and gain a broader perspective. If we do, we will all realize that vaccines, masks, and testing are a small price to pay to stop COVID in it tracks.

BE YOURSELF! EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN Salutations to all!!

Kindness. Does it inspire you or is it contagious? Is it something that you acquire from your family as you’re growing up? Is it something that resonates inside you and shines out over others in the things you do and the way you carry yourself as an individual on a day-to-day basis? Is kindness contagious? If kindness is contagious, it should spread as soon as you come into contact with it.

However way you came to regularly perform acts of Kindness, kindness is not always reciprocated back to you. Whether kindness is returned or not, I have faith in humanity and believe there are kind people out there. Every person who has shown me kindness has been a blessing for me.

Performing simple acts of kindness can be very satisfying throughout your day. It could be

Areli Castro STAFF WRITER as small as how you treat yourself, how you treat your home, and how you start your day.

I believe the most satisfying acts of kindness are what you do to show others kindness.

A simple act of kindness could be just listening to someone even if you don’t have any advice or words of comfort, just listening is enough.

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SPARTAN MEN MISS UPSET BID IN OT LOSS

quarter and holding a 33-20 lead at halftime.

The Spartans started to push the ball in the paint to forward Doray DiLallo in the third and fourth quarters, but they were unable to cut the Hornets’ lead to less than 10.

DiLallo finished with a double-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and two steals. Point guard Tori Mandel added 10 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals, and Lexie Cottrill finished with eight points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

Alberici credited his team for playing hard, and said that determination described their approach to the entire season.

“To start the season like we did, then to rally and win six games down the stretch, was really a tribute to how hard they worked,” he said. “I couldn’t be prouder of this team and their effort.”

Cayuga Community College Men’s Basketball almost registered a first-round upset in the Region III postseason before falling in overtime to Corning Community College over the weekend.

Leading almost the entire game, the 12th-seeded Spartans fell to the 5th-seeded Red Barons on the road in the Region III quarterfinals, 81-74. The loss ends Cayuga’s season with a 3-20 record and a 3-11 record in Mid-State Athletic Conference competition.

Cayuga Coach Tony Borges praised his team’s performance, saying the team was particularly “locked-in” on the defensive end throughout the game.

“We played really well. It was an intense game with a playoff atmosphere, and we pushed them. We had a great week of practice and our team focused on the scouting report, and I think it showed in how we played,” said Borges. “We had some late turnovers that hurt and a couple of shots almost fell that would have given us the game.”

Facing the Red Barons for the third time this season, with each team winning at home in the regular season, the Spartans came out strong. Tied halfway through the first frame, the Spartans used a 12-4 run to take an eightpoint lead and carried a 39-35 advantage at halftime.

Cayuga remained in front until the Red Barons knotted the score at 64 with six minutes remaining. Corning tied it again at 68 with 1:30 remaining and led 69-68 with 30 seconds left before Cayuga’s Kareem Sanders sank two free throws to put the Spartans back in front 70-69.

Corning tied the game at 70 on a free throw with 11 seconds left, and the Spartans saw two shots rim-out in the final seconds of regulation. The Red Barons took an early lead in overtime and held it for the remainder of the extra period.

Khari Odom led the Spartans with 20 points and added five assists and Sanders had 15 points, including three-of-four shooting from three-point range. Shaheem Sanders lodged another double-double, this time with 14 points and 20 rebounds.

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SPORTS DILALLO AND SANDERS

Forwards from Cayuga Community College Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams were named all-conference players following stellar 2021-22 campaigns.

Doray DiLallo and Shaheem Sanders were recognized in the Mid-State Athletic Conference’s postseason honors after each led their respective team in scoring and Sanders led all National Junior College Athletic Association Division III players in rebounds per game.

A graduate of Auburn Enlarged City School District, DiLallo started all 23 games she played in her first season with the Spartans and was a key contributor on both ends of the court. DiLallo finished the season with 10 double-doubles, including nine in the team’s final 12 games.

DiLallo’s season-high point total of 27 came in a road loss to SUNY Adirondack, but arguably her top performance came in a road win over Jefferson Community College, the #3 team in Region 3. DiLallo finished the game with 26 points and 12 rebounds, including scoring 12 straight points to open the fourth quarter and give the Spartans a 13-point lead.

She finished the season averaging 15 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals per game.

Sanders made an immediate impact in his first game with the Spartans, scoring 19 and grabbing 21 rebounds in a January loss at Region III’s top team, Genesee Community College.

Double-doubles were a regular occurrence for the Schenectady High School graduate, who registered 13 of them in only 15 games played. Along with the Genesee contest, he had three other games in which he grabbed 20-plus rebounds.

In two games Sanders scored 20-plus points and grabbed 20-plus rebounds: a 20-point, 27-rebound game at Finger Lakes Community College, and a 20-point, 26-rebound game at Jefferson. He also grabbed 20 rebounds in the team’s overtime playoff loss at Corning Community College.

Along with his NJCAA Division III-leading 16.2 rebounds per game, Sanders led the Spartans with 15.5 points per game and was 10th in Region III with a 54.7 field goal percentage.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is from Cayuga’s Athletics

website. The Collegian is actively recruiting sports writers and photographers to cover sports for the paper.

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Cayuga Community College students gathered to cheer on the Spartan Basketball teams at their last regular season home contest on Monday, February 14th.

SPARTANS’ SEASON ENDS IN LOSS TO HORNETS Cayuga Community College Women’s Basketball’s season came to an end Saturday in a road playoff loss at SUNY Broome.

The 10th-seeded Spartans couldn’t spring an upset of the 7th-seeded Hornets, losing 65-46 in the opening round of the Region III playoffs. The game marked the Spartans’ third loss to the Hornets this season.

Cayuga Coach Jim Alberici praised his team’s effort in the game and throughout the season, while also complimenting the Hornets on their performance.

“We’re disappointed by the outcome, but I’m proud that this team didn’t give up on each other. That level of effort hasn’t wavered all season, even when we started the season with a difficult stretch,” he said. “SUNY Broome played well and shot the ball very well.”

After the teams traded baskets to start the game, the Hornets took control, building an early lead and leading by 10 after the first

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WORKING POET INSPIRES CAYUGA STUDENTS

By Emma Deloff, staff writer

Some Cayuga English students recently learned they can work through their emotions by writing them down as lines in a poem.

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Published author and poet, Jade Rawlings of Georgia, recently spoke about her writing success in Cayuga Professor Benjamin Martin’s Freshman English II class on the Fulton campus. Rawlings told the class that poetry means two different things to her: a coping mechanism and a platform to express her emotions. “I didn’t know what I was feeling until I wrote it down on paper.”

Rawlings says she had no other choice than to write poetry; it was one of the most effective methods of releasing her emotions.

She says she writes poems for those who’ve endured traumas and people she can relate

to because of their pasts. “I want to show people who struggle that they’re not alone, that someone understands the pain and suffering they’ve gone through.”

Rawlings says that her poetry is created specifically for “the lost, the broken, and the struggling,” and if she’s managed to touch even one person with her writing, then she’s satisfied that she has done her job.

The author says her introduction to poetry came from a young age when her therapist suggested journaling different aspects of her life, and it could be about anything from events during the day to emotions she felt. Branching out from this technique, Rawlings says her writing slowly morphed into poetry and she found a love for it.

She told the students that not all poetry is beautiful, nor is all poetry designed to

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entertain. “Not all poetry is going to make you comfortable. It connects us together and tears us apart because poetry is supposed to make you feel something; it’s supposed to make you question your truths.”

She says she makes it a point to provoke deep thinking, which not all people are accustomed to nor comfortable with, but that is the point; her poetry is not intended to be easygoing and relaxed.

Rawlings explained her poetry follows four themes, or what she refers to as the four truths of poetry: “we live, we love, we suffer, and we die.” Reading aloud examples from each of her books, she asked the class to consider which theme each poem represents. This encouraged students to think about these poems and the hidden meanings behind them, hopefully helping them to interpret other forms of poetry for when they write their assigned essays.

Rawlings has published seven books; her works include self-help, personal reflection, and poetry. She is also in the process of writing two novels; she says one is a thriller crime mystery and the other is a Christmas romance. Her three poetry books are titled A Portrait of Insincerity, Wings That Tremble, and All The Things I Buried Alive. She says she doesn’t plan to stop publishing books, fully intending to write until the day she dies.

In a discussion following Rawlings’s presentation, students agreed that her poetry was beautiful and influential. Her first book, A Portrait of Insincerity, was written entirely lowercase and hadn’t followed punctuation rules for a reason.

“I liked how the one book was written out of spite for that one teacher,” offered one student. Rawlings told the students that one of her teachers said to her at a young age that she would never make it as an author because she “couldn’t spell, never capitalized, and didn’t use punctuation.”

She confessed to the class that because this teacher had made these insults, she wrote A Portrait of Insincerity without following English syntax and even sent the teacher a copy to prove her point.

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NURSING STUDENTS during lab on the Auburn Campus. Left to right: student Abby Nielson student Kelsey Rosenbarker, and student Lauren Patti.

NURSING STUDENTS Sidney Gilfus (left) and Mikhalya Brown during a study break.

SUNY GRANT SUPPORTS CAYUGA’S HEALTH CARE AND MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE PROGRAMS Cayuga Community College has received a new grant supporting the implementation of three workforce-related credentials offering dynamic training opportunities in manufacturing and health care.

Through the credential programs, members of the workforce can capitalize on short-term training pathways to enhance skills needed to succeed in today’s manufacturing and health care industries. The new credentials are under the SUNY Reimagine Workforce Preparation Training Program, which funds tuition, fees and the cost of instructional materials for a specific number of students enrolled in the programs.

SUNY Reimagine Workforce Preparation Training Program is administered by SUNY and the New York State Department of Labor, and is fully funded by the United States Department of Education as part of an award totaling $18,067,845.02, with 0 percent financed from state or non-governmental sources.

Dr. Keiko Kimura, Cayuga’s Vice President of Workforce Development and Partnerships, thanked SUNY and the State Department of Labor for their support and said she was looking forward to seeing members of the local workforce excel in the programs.

“This is a proud moment for Cayuga and an exciting opportunity for our workforce.

These programs will feature robust instruction and hands-on learning designed to support students eager to join the workforce and those who have already started their careers,” said Dr. Kimura. “I would like to thank SUNY and the State Department of Labor for awarding us this opportunity. Their support for our workforce and their confidence in Cayuga’s innovative training is inspiring.”

Cayuga received the grant as it completes one workforce capital project and is in the midst of a second. Construction of the College’s Advanced Manufacturing Institute at the Fulton Campus is near completion, and Cayuga has started construction on a Workforce Development Center in Auburn.

Both projects drew significant support from public and private partners in their respective communities.

With the support of the SUNY Reimagine Workforce Preparation Training Program, Cayuga will launch credential programs focusing on medical coding and entry-level training for manufacturing and health care. Regional employers were significant supporters of the programs, which are designed to prepare students for immediate, in-demand entry level positions. The programs offer short-term training in 15 weeks or fewer.

Implementation of the workforce programs started this spring with Cayuga’s

Electro-Mechanical System Fundamentals micro-credential. Available only at Cayuga’s Fulton Campus, the program offers entrylevel training in fields including hydraulics and pneumatics. Individual courses can be completed in two or three weeks, and will prepare students for entry-level positions while doubling as steps to more advanced career training.

The medical coding program is specifically designed for individuals already working in the medical industry, and will pair health care experience with learning advanced technical skills. The health care credential will combine current and new courses in anatomy and physiology, psychology, medical terminology and introduction to health care. Students can also enroll in the health care credential as part of a degree program.

Start dates for the medical coding and health care programs will be announced at a later date.

To have the grant fund their tuition and other expenses, students must complete the credential program in which they are enrolled and earn a WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate.

Questions about the credential programs can be directed to Emily Cameron, Cayuga’s Assistant Director of Community Education and Workforce Development, at 315-294-8527 or by email at emily.cameron@cayuga-cc.edu.

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