VOLUME 60 ISSUE 1 SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Lattimore Hall Fire Displaces Students
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Kitchen grease fire trips sprinklers; water damages several floors by Danielle Skowron, Editor-in-chief
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A grease fire in a kitchen in the Cayuga Community College student dorm called Lattimore Hall caused the building’s sprinkler system to activate sending water though apartments on several floors, displacing 47 students for the semester while parts of the building undergoes renovations.
Syria weapons deal averts US military move for now By JOHN HEILPRIN and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- A diplomatic breakthrough Saturday on securing and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile averted the threat of U.S. military action for the moment and could swing momentum toward ending a horrific civil war. Marathon negotiations between U.S. and Russian diplomats at a Geneva hotel produced a sweeping agreement that will require one of the most ambitious arms-control efforts in history. The deal involves making an inventory and seizing all components of Syria’s chemical weapons program and imposing penalties if President Bashar Assad’s government fails to comply will the terms. After days of intense day-and-night negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and their teams, the two powers announced they had a framework for ridding the world of Syria’s chemicals weapons. The U.S. says Assad used chemical weapons in an Aug. 21 attack on the outskirts of Damascus, the capital, killing more than 1,400 civilians. That prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to ready American airstrikes on his order - until he decided last weekend to ask for authorization from the U.S. Congress. Then came the Russian proposal, and Obama asked Congress, already largely opposed to military intervention, to delay a vote. Obama said the deal “represents an important, concrete step toward the goal of moving Syria’s
chemical weapons under international control so that they may ultimately be destroyed.” “This framework provides the opportunity for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons in a transparent, expeditious and verifiable manner, which could end the threat these weapons pose not only to the Syrian people but to the region and the world,” he said in a statement. Kerry and Lavrov said they agreed on the size of the chemical weapons inventory, and on a speedy timetable and measures for Assad to do away with the toxic agents. But Syria, a Moscow ally, kept silent on the development, while Obama made clear that “if diplomacy fails, the United States remains prepared to act.” The deal offers the potential for reviving international peace talks to end a civil war that has claimed more than 100,000 lives and sent 2 million refugees fleeing for safety, and now threatens the stability of the entire Mideast. Kerry and Lavrov, along with the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said the chances for a follow-up peace conference in Geneva to the one held in June 2012 would depend largely on the weapons deal. The U.S. and Russia are giving Syria just one week, until Sept. 21, to submit “a comprehensive listing, including names, types and quantities of its chemical weapons agents, types of munitions, and location and form of storage, production, and research and development facilities.”
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In the CAS, academic specialists, trained peer tutors, and study group leaders are available and eager to assist students as they work to master course material on campus. CAS services are free and they are ready and willing to help. One change to note is that OWL (Online Writing Lab) will be limited to our online classes only this semester due to changes in our Specialist responsibilities. Although they will continue to also offer OWL services for online classes, students who are taking classes on campus are encouraged to make an appointment with a Writing Specialist or visit the Writing Table for writing assistance. Technology may be an obstacle for many students. In order to support students as they learn to use Banner, CCC email, Angel, and My Math Lab, the CAS peer tutors are available to assist students. Students are encouraged to visit the Math and Writing Tables on both campuses to help navigate these technologies. If peer tutors are not available, students are encouraged to call upon the CAS staff for help. In Fulton, students can visit the Learning Commons Information Desk for assistance as well. The CAS website provides helpful resources 24/7 for students and faculty. http://www. cayuga-cc.edu/cas. CAS hours this semester will be: Monday-Thursday 8:00am-8:30pm* Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Sunday 9:30am-4:00pm (Fulton campus only) *In Fulton, access to the CAS will be from the CAS side door from 7:30-8:30pm on MondayThursday when the Library is closed. Signage will be set up to direct students to us.
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A grease fire on the fifth floor of the student dorm, Lattimore Hall, on Genesee Street in downtown Auburn last Monday has displaced 48 Cayuga Community College students for the semester. Auburn Fire Department officials say the fire broke out Monday afternoon in a kitchen. They say the fire damage was contained to that area and there were no injuries. Fire officials say the fire tripped the building’s sprinkler system and the water released seeped through several floors causing water damage to several rooms throughout the structure from the fifth floor to the basement. The building’s management, Owner Paul Cappuccilli of Camex Management Group LLC, has indicated that the rooms in the water’s path must be extensively refurbished and the areas of water damage removed before students can inhabit those suites again, which may take months. The building is home to 90 students. Students had to wait outside of Lattimore Hall for more than two hours last Monday night while officials accessed the damage. Some of the students said they never heard any alarms. One students said he was sleeping at the time of the fire and had to be physically awakened to evacuate. Several students were housed at the nearby Auburn Holiday Inn for the night. Fourth floor resident, CCC student Myranda Jackson says the whole incident was stressful and inconvenient. She said she heard the student who was cooking with grease fell asleep. “This is horrible,” Jackson said. “It is amazing one person can screw up and cause one big process.” Students who lived in the dorm’s damaged rooms say they have been told they have to move out for the semester. Some of the lucky ones, at least 23 students, are being put up in dorm rooms at Wells College 30 minutes away in Aurora. An official CCC news release says the college is working on arranging transportation to and from campus for them. The situation has upset many students including CCC sophomore Cassie Dauphin. “This is a lot of stress, we have things to do, like homework,” she said. There are reports that students were encouraged to find their own alternative housing for the semester. CCC’s new release says the college is developing a list of available housing for displaced students. They met with some of the students affected last Wednesday to address their concerns. Some of those students have told The Collegian that may give up, withdraw from their courses and go home. If you are a student displaced by the fire, please email The Collegian at cayugacollegian@gmail.com to tell us your story.