Collegian Cayuga Community College Auburn & Fulton, New York
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Vol. 64 Issue 2 September 26, 2017
LIFE AT
CAYUGABRIEFS
LATTIMORE ‘ANNOYING’ By Richard Ducayne, associate editor
Bat- What? BATSU! is America’s Live Japanese Game Show where four warriors compete in comedic challenges to avoid electric shocks, paintballs, a giant egg-smashing chicken, and many more hilarious and jaw-dropping punishments. You can catch the fun on Wednesday, September 27th at 11 a.m. in The Event Center on the Fulton Campus. The show was held on Monday, September 25th on the Auburn Campus. The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
New Auburn Bookstore hours started Monday, 9/25 Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. The store will extend hours for finals & rental returns 12/11-12/14, Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Engineering Technical Club to meet first Wednesdays The Engineering Technical Club will meet from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Business and Industry Center (BIC). They meet the first Wednesdays of every month on the following dates: October 4th, November 1st , and December 6th.
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FULTON: BATSU Japanese Game Show!!
CCC athletes, Robert Ward, Santi Ortega, and Eduardo Olavide, help to paint a home.
CCC STUDENTS HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE By Gabby Rizzo, editor-in-chief
As per a yearly tradition, a few of CCC’s student athletes came together to give back to their community. Last Friday afternoon, three cross country team members and two soccer players went to 6 Adams Street in Auburn to help Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit charity that was established in 1978 by Millard Fuller. It began when Fuller and his wife had moved to Georgia. When a local elderly man needed his home redone, they helped rebuild it. Since then, two-million homes have been built and rehabilitated around the world. There are 80 countries with affiliates. Cayuga County’s Habitat for Humanity has helped rehabilitate 192 homes, with about 18 homes rehabilitated each year. Habitat for Humanity is made possible by both volunteers and corporate partners.
Some of the corporate partners involved are the Dow Chemical Company, Larson, Valspar, and Whirlpool. Each house helped by Habitat for Humanity receives appliances from Whirlpool. Kip, the man giving the athletes the run through of Habitat for Humanity in general, as well as the day’s plan, explained how it works. “We call it a hand-up, not a hand-out.” He says the families moving into the house pay a small mortgage each month, eventually paying off the cost of rehabilitating it. He also explained that those living in the house must work 250 hours on the house, to be involved in the process. He also noted that Habitat for Humanity is a Christian organization, and that he personally likes to start each day of work with a prayer. After a short CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE
Many Cayuga Community College students are expressing their concerns over a privately owned student housing complex in downtown Auburn known as Lattimore Hall. Located in downtown Auburn, the complex, which fits in a total of 97 beds on five floors, has been at the center of student annoyances lately. Many of these students, who pay, according to Lattimore Hall’s website, $3,500 a semester, say they are having trouble sleeping, studying, and can smell a stench of marijuana throughout the building. Several students, who all preferred not to be identified, say that most of the problems there can’t be dealt with properly because there is no police officer on the premises, just security guards. “I mean, there is nothing they can really do,” one student lamented. “We have ignorant students who like to blast their audio, it doesn’t even have to be music...sometimes they yell out the window, things like that,” another Lattimore resident said. “The scent of marijuana there is pretty strong,” said a third student resident. The students also say services promised do not add up to the amount of money it costs to live there. “The Internet (service) is pretty bad, there isn’t any stove, which is annoying...some rooms are big, some rooms are small, when I first looked at Lattimore they told me all the rooms are the same (size), they’re not.” The Lattimore Hall website lists a professional Director along with a live in Resident Director and live in Resident Assistants on a secure premises with on-site maintenance. They also describe the dorm’s atmosphere as “an extension of the academic environment.” CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
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CCC Cross Country runner, Tim Rouse, helps by painting boards.
CCC ATHLETES HELP HOMELESS