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Get ready for GRADUATION!!!
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STAFF EARNS
By Brittany Glassey, associate editor
Join an awardwinning team! FIVE REASONS TO WRITE FOR THE CAYUGA COLLEGIAN NEXT FALL! By Danielle Skowron, editor-on-chief The Cayuga Collegian is a very rewarding experience. Here are five reasons to volunteer to write for the paper next fall. 1. Breaking out of your comfort zone- Being on the staff allows you to interview many people that you never thought you would. It’s all about stepping out of your comfort zone and having a killer story. 2. Having a home- The Collegian has an office that you can hang out in, equipped with a refrigerator, a microwave, computers and free coffee! 3. Expressing yourself- You get to write about things that you love! You’re the one in charger of getting the word out. 4. Being Informed- You become more informed about what’s going on campusl. You’ll be able to cover all the hot news 5. Having fun- Most importantly, the staff says they all have fun while reporting and writing for The Collegian.
May 6, 2014
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Just a reminder to all graduating students commencement will be on Sunday, May 18,2014 at 1pm in the Spartan Gymnasium on the Auburn Campus. Tickets will not be required and seating will be available on a first come first serve basis. There will also be a large screen set up in the auditorium got guests to watch . Rehearsal for candidates will be held at 11 am on Friday May 16th in the Spartan Gymnasium. Caps and gowns will be available for pickup at the college book store beginning May 12th thru May 15th and after rehearsals on May 16th on the Auburn Campus. For Fulton caps and gowns can also be picked up in the book store on the same dates. This year flowers will also be available for purchase at the ceremony. • ½ Dozen roses $20 • 1 Dozen roses $25 • Open Faced Presentation Graduation Bouquet $30
Vol. 60 Issue 19
FIRST PLACE IN NATIONAL CONTEST Congratulations to the 2013-2014 staff of Cayuga Community College’s only student-run newspaper, The Cayuga Collegian, for earning first place in a national contest held by the American Scholastic Press Association. For the past 10 years or more, Collegian staffs under the direction of faculty adviser, Mary G. Merritt, have placed first or second in this national review of college newspapers. Pictured left: Associate editor Brittany Glassey, Editor-in-chief Danielle Skowron, Associate editor Kelsey Mclean, and staff writer James Granger. “I am so proud,” said Merritt.
Former Secretary of State Rice says ‘no’ to Rutgers Students protested the college’s decision to invite Rice to speak at Commencement By Keith Sargeant, mycentralnewjersey.com Following nearly two months of is at issue here. As a Professor for protests by faculty and students, thirty years at Stanford University former U.S. Secretary of State and as its former Provost and Chief Condoleezza Rice on Saturday academic officer, I understand declined her invitation to deliver and embrace the purpose of the the commencement address at commencement ceremony and I am Rutgers University. simply unwilling Rice, who drew to detract from it rebuke from the in any way. campus community “Good luck to for her role in the graduates and advising former c o n g ra t u l a t i o n s President George W. to the families, Bush into the Iraq friends and loved War, announced ones who will her decision on her Former U.S. Secretary of gather to honor Facebook page. them.” State Condoleezza Rice “Commencement In addition to should be a time of joyous speaking to the Rutgers community celebration for the graduates at the May 18 commencement for and their families,’’ she wrote. a fee of $35,000, Rice was set to “Rutgers’ invitation to me to speak receive an honorary Doctor of Laws has become a distraction for the degree. In a statement released university community at this very Saturday, Rutgers President Robert special time. I am honored to have Barchi said university officials served my country. I have defended would announce “further details America’s belief in free speech and about the commencement ... in the the exchange of ideas. These values coming days.’’ are essential to the health of our Rice’s decision came during democracy. But that is not what a week when students twice
conducted nonviolent protests on campus, staging a sit-in at university President Robert Barchi’s Old Queens administrative office and disrupting Barchi’s address to the University Senate.
In contrast.... It is interesting to
note that Rutgers University paid “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi $32,000 to speak at the college in 2011 when she told the students, ” Study hard, but party harder.”
“Snooky”
It was at the latter protest Friday when Barchi addressed the protestors in his most candid public comments to date, offering Rice a vote of confidence by saying he would be “extraordinarily surprised if the Board of Governors would rescind the invitation’’ for Rice to speak at commencement. Barchi wasn’t available for CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
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