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CAYUGABriefs 10th Annual Antique Appraisal Fair
The Auburn/Cayuga Community College Alumni Association is sponsoring its 10th annual Antique Appraisal Fair. The event will be open to the public on Sunday, October 14, from noon to 4 p.m. at Cayuga Community College in the Nature Center building, located behind the Auburn Campus, 197 Franklin St. Items will be reviewed by Robert Chilson of Purple Money Antiques, Weedsport, N.Y.; Dana DeVaul, estate broker in Cazenovia, N.Y., and Robert Cargill who specializes in sports memorabilia, for a verbal appraisal. Those interested can bring in their antiques and collectibles for appraisal at $2 per item or three items for $5. Photos can be brought in for items too large to carry. All proceeds will benefit the Alumni Association’s programs and services. For details, contact Louise Wilson in the Alumni Affairs office at 315-255-1743, ext. 2224, or Mary at ext. 2454.
Vol. 61 Issue 2 September 25, 2012
Arab Spring or Arab Winter? By Alec Rider Co-Editor-in-chief and Andy Schemerhorn, Co-Editor-in-chief The death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, in a terrorist attack and eruptions of anti-American protest after a movie depicting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in a disrespectful manner have left many people around the world wondering what went wrong. Popular revolutions in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and many other Middle Eastern and North African
“The three contributing factors to the tensions are the colonial boundaries these countries were made to adhere to, the religious fundamentalism, and the politics of living in a modern world, to some extent,” said CCC Professor of Sociology Dr. Dan Schultz. Jews and Arabs have lived in the same place for centuries, mostly under Arab rule and oppression, until the State of Israel was inadvertently created
nations left many believing that a new day had dawned in the region and was paving the way for Democracy, understanding, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Speech. The United States was certainly hoping that the Arab Spring would bring an end to the 70 year long modern tensions in the region. Unfortunately the Middle East is now more complicated than ever and there are deep sociological issues below the political fervor being displayed right now.
in 1948 by a UN Resolution gone awry. “Putting groups of people that don’t fit culturally, in places where they don’t fit, that they’ll never understand… it’s engrained for so long, I just don’t think it works,” said Sociology professor Maureen Erickson After multiple wars between Jews and Arabs, just looking for a home, in 30 years the Middle East became an angry region that believed they had been betrayed by the Western world
CCC gets grant money As part of the federal $500 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant, Cayuga Community College was awarded $629,306 to develop a new advanced manufacturing project in the plastics industry for all of New York State and support several other workforce development initiatives. Cayuga’s award was part of a successful $14.6 million State University of New York grant application. The funds will enable Cayuga to develop a program that will meet the needs of the plastics industry and prepare students for entry or advancement at such companies as Currier Plastics, Tessy Plastics, and Bo-Mer Plastics in the Auburn area.
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that supported the Zionists. This culminated in the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1979 that, in turn, established a radical Shia Islam Theocracy and the storming and kidnapping of U.S. Embassy workers there. In today’s Middle East, the countries that make up the region have been under dictatorships, theocracies, quasi-theocracies, and local rulers that do not include the rights that Americans enjoy every day. This may have been one reason that the protests began in the first place. These countries have State media. Anything and everything their media portrays is the opinion of their government. Most Arabs believe this is how the press works everywhere; they don’t understand the concept of Freedom of the Press. When they saw a video defaming their Prophet, they may have believed the U.S. to be implicit in its making. “We understand your religion, but that doesn’t make you immune from a personal liberty we offer all our citizens,” Schultz said. “That’s one of the biggest problems in a democracy; drawing the line between personal liberties and national security.” What has been lost amidst the extremism is the moderates in the Middle East and especially Libya that initiated the revolutions. Just this Friday hundreds of protesters overwhelmed the compound of the militia suspected in the attack on the Consulate in Benghazi and evicted them without bloodshed.
An artist’s rendering of the baseball field planned for the complex.
Cayuga Community College’s Auburn campus is set to receive an athletic complex thanks to a $500,000 naming gift from Dr. Joseph F. Karpinski. The $6 million, 150,000 square foot complex includes a softball field, a baseball field, and a multiuse field that can be used to host College soccer and lacrosse games. Noticeably missing from the initial press release is the word “football”. CCC will be asking for $3 million in 50% matching funds from the State of New York, raising the remaining $2.5 million from FSA funding, revenue from the student activity fee, rental income from the fields, and a fundraising campaign. continued back page
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