4-29-13 CAYUGA COLLEGIAN

VOLUME 59 ISSUE 18 APRIL 29, 2013

Legislators poke holes in dorm plans

Cayuga Community College student George W. Lapage of Scriba, N.Y., received a $250 scholarship from the New York State Sheriffs’ Association. Oswego County Sheriff Reuel A. Todd presented him with a check on April 24 at the College’s Fulton Campus.

A 2005 graduate of Mexico High School, Lapage will graduate in May with an associate’s degree in criminal justice, with a concentration in police work. He hopes to continue his education at a four-year institution, and will use the scholarship toward his educational expenses.

Todd said this scholarship helps retain some of the best talent in the state and encourages them to work at a law enforcement agency. Many of the previous recipients of the award currently serve in the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department or county Correctional Facility, he said.

“We been fortunate to recruit a great group of young people to stay local and work as deputies,” Todd said.

While Lapage is not yet certain of his future career path, he said he is thankful to have received the scholarship and hopes to further his education in the immediate future.

Each year, the New York State Sheriffs’ Association awards 32 scholarships for $250 throughout the state.

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Fulton Campus student George Lapage wins Scholarship from NYS Sheriff’s Association

By Abigail Young, editor

An artist’s rendering of what the proposed dorm facility would look like along Prospect Street in Auburn.

Former Collegian staff member to make Commencement address Cayuga Community College students Faith Fanning ’13 of Waterloo, N.Y., and Brian Knapp ’13 of Fleming, N.Y., both received the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence and each have each been invited to speak at the 59th Annual Cayuga Community College Commencement ceremony.

By Alec Rider, editor-in-chief Former Collegian staff member Faith Fanning was one of two CCC students selected to receive the Chancellor’s Award from the State University of New York

“I see myself being an English professor. I have a passion for learning, and I discovered through tutoring that I love to help people learn as well. Because of my internship with Dr. Felter, I got the opportunity to teach as a guest speaker in a freshman comp class, which kind of sealed the deal. I know it’s a far off goal, but I think I’ll get there one day,” Fanning said.

Fanning says that she will look back on her CCC experience with accomplishment.

“My time at CCC has been so rewarding. I have been able to achieve a personal goal I set— of graduating high school with an associate’s degree— with the backing of my parents and so many wonderful people here. I really found my direction; I didn’t know what exactly I wanted to do with my life, at least in a more narrow sense, and being at Cayuga gave me the freedom to try different things without having to worry that I was 2013 Chancellor’s Award Winner and former wasting 50 grand a year or something Collegian staff writer Faith Fanning with Collegian like that. I feel really prepared to move on,” Fanning said. “As for Editor-in-chief Alec Rider and CCC President Dr. winning the Chancellor’s Award, I Larson at last fall’s Fulton Campus dedication. am so honored and blessed. Going Fanning was formerly homeschooled in into it I honestly didn’t think I had a shot of Waterloo and began attending CCC two winning; the day I submitted my application I years ago at 15 years old. She graduated high was so nervous. Two years ago when I started school whilst attending CCC and is set to at CCC I never would have thought that I graduate in May at 17 years old. would win an award like that; I didn’t even She could have know I was capable. settled for a straight One thing that forward education, isn’t lost on Faith is but Fanning decided her… faith. Serving to become a tutor for as Secretary for the CAS, an intern for Dr. Brothers and Sisters Maryanne Felter, and in Christ (BASIC) club now she has received on campus, she met the Chancellor’s Award. people that share some “I just thought I was qualities with her. going to graduate with “I can say it provided a degree, knowing more me with some really than when I started. I have been blessed with great friends who share the same love of God so many more opportunities,” Fanning said.

I do. I can honestly say I probably wouldn’t Fanning will be attending Hobart and have known many of these people without William Smith colleges, pursuing a double BASIC, so I think that club is really great,” major in English & Writing and Rhetoric. In Fanning said. the future, she wants to use her education to With this esteemed honor under her belt, pay it forward.

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Although the college dorm plan is something that the college community is very excited about planning and building, there is more to it than just building plans.

After speaking to two county legislators, it seems the college’s dorm plan has a few holes in it.

“Until I have to cast a vote, I still have a lot of questions that have to be answered,” said Cayuga County legislator, Paul Pinckney.

The questions Pinckney would like to have answered are about the financing, the responsibility of the county, and what the responsibility of the tax payers will be.

“I think the general consensus of the legislature is it’s very close on whether there’s going to be support for it or not.

There’s just a million things unanswered.

Until we get those answers, the ones that are in doubt are never going to come forward to support it,” Pinckney said.

Another Cayuga County legislator, Stephen Barski who represents the district that the college is in, also voiced his concern.

“I’m not so convinced this is the correct way to do it as far as dormitories,” Barski said.

“They’re not coming forth with everything.

There’s some real questions my constituents have. I would like those questions answered before I give any vote.”

What are the concerns that Barski and his constituents have? Crime, house values, and property values are the top three that he listed.

Using Auburn’s prison as an example, Barski pointed out that it was put in the middle of the city. Although he didn’t know the values of the houses and property around the prison before it was built, he questioned what the values would have been today if the prison hadn’t been built. He also wonders how house values near the prison compare to the values of a house or piece of property ten blocks away.

“Put something some place commercially, there almost has to be a reduction in value,” said Barski.

Another concern that both legislators had was security.

Dr. Larson attended a recent legislative meeting where he answered questions about the dorm plan. He briefly answered a question about security saying that the college’s officers could handle it.

Barski was not 100% convinced about what Dr. Larson had to say. Pinckney said that security hadn’t been detailed to them yet.

“Anything can happen,” said Pinckney about the possibility of violence or problems at the dormitories.

Barski was concerned with how it would affect the city’s fire and police department, as far as whose responsibility it would be on making arrests. He said that officers from the college could not make arrests, so Auburn police officers would have to be called in to make arrests.

Each legislator also pointed out other options on where to put the dorms.

Barski indicated the Cornell Co-operative property may soon be available because they want to move to an area closer to the lake. It’s not far away, he said, and a pathway could be made to the college.

Pinckney wished that East High had become available. He believed that that SEE CCC DORM PLANS PAGE THREE

C AY U G A C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E ’ S S T U D E N T- R U N N E W S PA P E R

Clean up your act!

Where exactly is that red line, Mr. Obama?

Sarin is a weapon of mass destruction.

It is 1000 times deadlier than cyanide, it is man-made inside a laboratory; it does not exist in nature. You wouldn’t think something so harmful would. It was inadvertently born

by German scientists Alec Rider trying to create a more potent insecticide. They turned over this new biological chemical weapon of terror to the Nazis and they never once used it.

That speaks volumes to those evil, rogue regimes that would use this poison, not only in war, but on their own people, such as the Ba’ath regime of Saddam Hussein, the dictator that the United States overthrew in 2003 and was put to death by the new Iraqi government in December 2006.

In 1988 during the al-Anfal campaign in the ending stages of the Iran-Iraq War, Hussein began an attempt to commit genocide against the Kurdish population in Northern Iraq.

On March 16, 1988 Iraq commenced a five hour poison gas attack on the town of Halabja, Southern Kurdistan. Imagine an attack that, at first, smells like apples and ends with human beings dropping dead.

Others died laughing, burning and blistering, while vomiting. This caused many to believe that not only had Hussein used sarin but also tabun, VX, and hydrogen cyanide.

5,000 died that day, 10,000 were injured.

Many died afterward and the Kurds in that town have lived with increases in miscarriages and colon cancer as a direct result. The bombing may have a lasting impact on their genetics.

After this crime against humanity, the production and stockpiling of sarin was outlawed in 1993 by the Chemical Weapons Convention. Six states have not signed the treaty; they are Angola, North Korea, Egypt, Somalia, South Sudan and Syria.

Syria. The country with what is thought to be the largest stockpile of sarin the world over, the country that has been embroiled in a 2 year civil war that has seen 70,000 dead against a Syrian opposition, the country that now stands accused by France, the United Kingdom, Israel, and the United States of deploying sarin against its own people.

We learned of the attacks a couple months ago when it happened. But the intelligence community has been trying to confirm, through spies and doctors on the ground, whether sarin had in fact been used.

France, Israel, and the UK are certain. But President Obama’s once bright “red line” warning Bashar al-Assad that the movement and deployment of chemical weapons would bring the United States into this conflict has been turned into caveats and shades of grey.

President Obama has been rightly accused of leading from behind in the past, and he does so once again, with a letter from the White House to Congress saying intelligence analysts “with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin.”

Opponents of involvement in the civil war will bring up the fact that when we invaded Iraq in 2003 because we believed they had chemical weapons, they didn’t. Well it didn’t change the fact that Hussein once did have them and used them in a horrifying manner.

If we don’t either lean on our intelligence even more and demand they give us a conclusive answer quickly or we don’t get involved in one way or another, we’ll have another Halabja on our hands and the blood of those innocent Syrians will be on the Obama Administration’s hands.

They won’t be able to ask for our help any longer when the sarin enters their lungs or seeps into their skin and, within a minute or two, closes their throat and with it the ability to breathe. They’ll be dead.

Casualties to our indifference.

Casualties to our apathy.

I thought I might start off this piece with something witty like “Dear Car Drivers,” or “Dear People who travel the Highways and Roads,” or just something to grab your attention, but here is a better way of doing it.

ALTHOUGH YOU Abigail Young MAY THINK THE ROADSIDE IS YOUR GARBAGE CAN, IT’S NOT. Sorry, I don’t mean to be rude, but all caps usually grabs people’s attention.

Now that I have your attention, please read my plead. Although you may think simply tossing an item out of a moving mode of transportation may have no affect on the environment, or yourself, or other people, you would be wrong, very wrong in fact.

What effect, might you ask, can that piece of plastic have on the environment?

Well, in addition to making the scenery not so scenic, the chemicals in plastic can lead to harmful affects on the wildlife.

What that shinny soda can doesn’t add some pizzaz to the roadside? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I give you Exhibit A: the curious woodland creature. Whilst nosing around it’s simple environment, the adorable, fluffy animal decides to investigate a new object (the shinny soda can). Now either the woodland creature will a) attempt to eat it

or b) stick it’s head into it. But ladies and gentleman of the jury, this will lead to the cute, adorable, fluffy woodland creature’s death. Yet this could have been prevented.

Now if you want me to go all the end of the world doom on you, I will. You may be scoffing at this, you may even be laughing at this. But just think, if enough curious little woodland creatures nose around or ingest your trash, guess what? No more cute little woodland creatures.

Okay so I did the save the animal point of view, now I’ll give the human point of view.

Let’s say New York State decides to let the Depart of Transportation slide on cleaning up the road side or gets rid of the adopted highway programs. Do you think the trash will just get up and walk itself to the dump? I’ve personally never witnessed this, but who knows. So now we have roadsides that are not getting cleaned, and people who continue to throw their trash out the window.

I guess they might re-name the roadside to the ever present landfill. Do you really want to see a garbage pile every single day?

So, I ask you, are you going to clean up your act? There are some simple solutions. Put a plastic bag in your car to put trash in, hold onto your trash until you can find a place to get rid of it properly, or choose not to take anything with you that you’ll throw away. If this isn’t enough then I’ll ask nicely one more time: please don’t litter on the roadside.

— Alec Rider, editor-in-chief

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CCC dorm plans...

Students win awards...

building could have been made over into dormitories easily.

Barski also pointed out a problem with the current plan as a far as parking. He said that from the plans that he had heard, there was only going to be parking spaces for 30 to 40 cars. A lot of kids are driving today, he said, and that’s not going to be enough room.

What about community members? What have they been saying?

Both Barski and Pinckney attended meetings with constituents from the area near the proposed dorm site along Prospect Avenue.

The legislators say neighbors are concerned about a possible ‘College Town’ atmosphere along with crime and other problems.

But overall, the legislators report that it was the way the plan was presented to them that upset many of the neighbors.

From what Barski took away from the

Faith Fanning is ready to move on to bigger and better things.

“I am so incredibly humbled and

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meetings is that the project was shoved down people’s throat with no input from them and the college acted as if it was a done deal.

“I wish they had presented [the plan] in a different way,” said Pinckney.

“I have a lot of faith the whole thing can work, but the presentation from the college to the residential, I think there was a lacking there,” was another comment that Pinckney made.

However both of these legislators do want the college to be successful.

“I’ve always been for education,” said Barski.

Pinckney himself attended CCC and so did his children. He even coached at the college. He pointed out the main reason that the college lost a lot of prospective players was because they didn’t have dorms. He also feels that the college may die a slow death without dorms.

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honored—I just praise God because I never would have gotten this far without Him.”

Brian Knapp wins SUNY Chancellor’s Award

By Abigail Young, editor C o n g ra t u l a t i o n s to Brian Knapp, one of the winners of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award.

Knapp will be graduating this May with an Associate’s degree in Geographic Information Systems.

Prior to attending college, Knapp served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps. While in the service, Knapp sustained a traumatic brain injury.

When he first entered the college, Knapp simply wanted to complete his degree. But he realized that he wanted to give a voice to the concerns of veterans on the campus.

So he founded the Veterans Club.

Following this, he did a work-study job in the Registrar’s Office, helping assist other veterans to obtain their educational benefits and creating how-to-apply guides for the variety of benefits that they may be eligible to receive.

Knapp also worked with CCC and community members to create the CNY Veterans Higher Educational Regional Consortium. This is a collaborative groups of educational institutions, government agencies, and service providers for veterans seeking to facilitate advocacy, outreach, and resource and information sharing.

“We have made leaps and bounds for student veterans at Cayuga. Both the students and administration came together to assist veterans and listen to their unique needs,” said Knapp.

Knapp also served as vice president of the GIS Club and as a student member on the President’s Cabinet while at CCC. After graduation, Knapp will start working as a Veterans Outreach Coordinator with U.S. Congressman Dan Maffei.

“Long term, I would like to continue to help veterans. The key is to like what you do,” said Knapp.

Overhead view of how the proposed dorm project will be situated in Auburn.

Architect plans for two sample dorm rooms planned for CCC’s Auburn campus.

An artist’s rendering of what the proposed dorm building will look like. In addition to the 300 beds for students, the building will contain a classroom (with computers), a multi-purpose great room and terrace, food service, campus events, summer activities, a main office, mailroom, security and fitness center.

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE CAYUGA COLLEGIAN IN 2014

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CCC Preschoolers Create Art Gallery

By Abigail Young, editor wet, Pete the Cat still kept groovin’ on.

Other events that celebrated the Week of the Young Child was a Flower/Bake Sale done by the Early Childhood Club. They raised $200 which they donated to the Pre-School at CCC. The Week of the Young Child is a celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

The purpose of the week is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families. The week also recognizes early childhood programs and services that meet these needs.

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In celebration of the Week of the Young Child, the library on the Auburn Campus featured artwork done by preschoolers from the Pre-K program.

In an effort to ‘Build Resilience in Young Children’, the pre-schoolers did drawings in response to any time that they were worried, displayed perseverance, or overcame an obstacle.

The preschoolers had been read a book by James Dean entitled, “Pete the Cat: I love My White Shoes.” The story was about how Pete the Cat went walking in his new white shoes, and even though they changed colors and got

In an effort to ‘Build Resilience in Young Children’, the pre-schoolers did drawings in response to any time that they were worried, displayed perseverance, or overcame an obstacle.

“Did I cry?”

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CCC volunteers walk to build Early Childhood Education awareness about autism Club donates dollars

By Sarah Guidone, staff writer

Early Childhood Club President, Jo Schmeling and Club Secretary, Charlene Smith presenting a check in the amount of $200.00 to Erica Case, Child Care Center Director. The money was raised by the Club during the Week of the Young Child. The students sold daisies and baked goods to raise money to donate to the Center to purchase supplies for the Center.

Fulton Campus to Host Forum to Prep Job Seekers

By Abigail Young, editor On Tuesday May 7th, Fulton will host the Oswego County Workforce at a forum for job seekers. It will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at 11 River Glen Plaza.

This forum will allow local job seekers to learn what current job opportunities are available as well as what employers are looking for in possible applicants.

“Employers will also share general information on how to prepare for employment, what credentials and skills are needed for these positions, and common mistakes that applicants make that may screen them out of the employment process,”

said Christine Weaver, coordinator of client services for the Oswego County Workforce office.

Representatives from Huhtamaki, Novelis, The Fulton Companies, Healthway Home Products, Oswego Health, Little Lukes/ Rehab Resources, PaperWorks, and Ron Terra Insurances will be present at the event.

People are being encouraged to reserve a seat as a large audience is expected.

Advanced reservations can be made by calling the Oswego County Workforce at (315) 591-9000.

You’re invited to Pizza with the President!

By Alec Rider, editor-in-chief All Cayuga Community College student leaders are invited to attend an informal pizza lunch with President Dan Larson at 11 a.m. Friday, May 10 in the Faculty Dining Room (off the cafe) on the Auburn Campus.

He will provide a brief update on happenings in the College, and you’ll have a chance to ask questions and provide

feedback directly to the president himself.

Give voice to concerns, suggestions, and ideas that you and your club members have about CCC and its future.

Reservations are requested by Wednesday, May 8 to president@cayuga-cc.edu. If you are unable to attend, please ask a member of the club to attend on your behalf.

An Autism Awareness Walk was held on Saturday April 20 at Hoops Park in Auburn.

CCC Wellness Challenge organizer and administrator at CCC Jackie Caputa says autism as a whole is a very difficult disorder to understand. She says it is a developmental disability that can have many different symptoms and too many different degrees.

Caputa says the college’s The Wellness Challenge participants have raised a significant amount of money for the Autism Awareness Walk by selling cause bracelets and tattoos, as well as participating in different fitness challenges.

Caputa says she is pleased with their efforts. “I would consider our outcome a great success as we raised $670 dollars for the E. John Gavras Center for Autism.”

Caputa says more than 25 people participated in the Autism Walk, but their fund-rasing efforts have been going on for the past eight weeks here. She says they’ve held Zumba-thons for Autism; Cross Fit for Autism; and Kara Yoga for Autism. “We have had many people participate in all the activities for Autism. We did pretty well with the bracelets but not so well with the tattoos.

I don’t think we had enough people market the tattoo idea,” said Caputa.

The Wellness Challenge participants donated all proceeds raised to the E. John Gavras Center.

“We decided to give the money we raised to the E. John Gavras Center for Autism because the Center has programs such as the Cornerstone Program. This program is devoted to helping parents teach their autistic child everyday skills they will need to become independent. The funds raised also stay in Cayuga County which was important to us as this is our community in which we work and live in,” said Caputa.

The Wellness Challenge is a fairly recent committee that consists of different teams that are working hard to becoming healthier and giving back.

“About four years ago, a few of us in the Administrative Union got together to create a Wellness Challenge. The committee members are Adam Williams and Bruce Walters. Adam has done all the technical stuff setting up a great web page. We have people here and there help out, but the three of us are really the main Wellness Challenge organizers. We have college employees that pay to participate in the Fitness Challenge.

There are teams and throughout the eight

weeks we earn points by working out. We wear pedometers and get points for steps; we get points to have our blood pressure checked and cholesterol checked; we get points for donating blood; as well as points for losing weight and so on. We also held a can/food drive right before Easter where we could earn a point per can/food item or 25 points for a ham. At the end of the challenge, we give awards and prizes for Most Steps, Most Weight Loss, Most Points first, second, and third teams,” said Caputa.

Caputa says the Wellness Challenge also gives a special award in which they created called the Penny Austin Perseverance Award.

“This award is named after a college employee that has cancer and was in the fitness challenge, she fought very hard through chemo and went into remission but then the cancer returned and she had to go back through the chemo/radiation. She has gone back to chemo/radiation three times now but remains very positive and upbeat, hence the Perseverance Award,” said Caputa.

She says the way the award works is anyone in the Wellness Challenge can nominate anyone who is in the Wellness Challenge who is positive, meets their goals, and overcomes obstacles. The winner of this award gets to choose their choice of charity and Wellness Challenge participants wear the winner’s name on a bracelet when they participate in all the events.

“This year, Frank, one of our maintenance men in the challenge, won and chose autism,” said Caputa. She says last year the winner selected the Make-A-Wish Foundation,.

Caputa says the Wellness Challenge was opened up to students last year, but while many students originally signed up, there were only a few left over in the end.

“It was difficult to do both employees and students. We would like for maybe the SGO to approach us and take charge to get the students involved too,” said Caputa.

Raising awareness for autism is important and affects a lot of people.

“Raising awareness will help in supporting programs and resources to help children and their families with Autism. Every 20 minutes, a child is diagnosed with autism.

More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined. These figures are frightening and people need to know about autism and ways they can help or support,” said Caputa.

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF ‘13 GRADUATION IS MAY 19, 2013 CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE CAYUGA COLLEGIAN IN 2014

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CCC professor receives Byrne Dairy CEO speaks grant to support women to CCC Business Club entrepreneurs Kitchenware, health and beauty products, handbags, Internet marketing, and financial services are a few of the industries that women often enter as direct sales associates.

These small business Amy Valente owners often enter the workforce as (right) received novices, selling $1,875 to award products that they tuition assistance themselves use and running their to 15 students business around for the Direct busy schedules that might include Selling Women’s caring for a family.

Entrepreneurship Thanks to a grant program. from the Women’s Fund of Central New York, Cayuga Business Professor Amy Valente will be able to share licensed instructional materials from the Direct Selling Education Foundation with more women entrepreneurs. Valente received $1,875 to award tuition assistance to 15 students for the Direct Selling Women’s Entrepreneurship program.

The program is a 30-hour training program that promotes personal leadership

skills, entrepreneurial thinking, and selfsufficiency for women. Topics include strategic planning, financial planning, budgeting, project management, leadership, marketing, communications, and information technology.

“This program will help women entrepreneurs to be successful and grow their direct selling businesses,” Valente said. “Overall, the program promotes selfsufficiency for women and the ability for women to increase their quality of life through entrepreneurship. I am so grateful to the Women’s Fund for supporting this effort.”

Valente was one of nine nonprofit organizations from Onondaga, Madison and Cayuga Counties that received a total of $25,005 in grants from Women’s Fund of Central New York. The organizations received grants totaling $25,005 to fund programs that support the advancement and full participation of women and girls in Central New York.

Valente will teach the month-long program next fall, and 15 scholarships will be available to women interested in learning about going into business for themselves or advancing their direct sales careers. The program will be administered through the Cayuga’s Division of Community Education and Workforce Development.

For more information about this program, contact Prof. Valente at amy.valente@cayugacc.edu or at 315-255-1743, ext. 2419.

Carl Byrne, third generation CEO of he is always looking for new products and Byrne Dairy, presented a message entitled markets, he also reviews his existing product “First Who, Then What” at the April meeting line. “You can’t be afraid to kill off products of the Phi Beta Lambda Business Club at that aren’t selling anymore,” he said.

Cayuga Community College. Byrne spent When asked about preparing to become an hour meeting with president, Byrne said, “I students, answering their think that many people questions, and telling could become CEOs of them what he looks for their companies with a in successful enterprises. two-year degree. Just “When someone as important as your brings a new idea to education is your work me, my first question ethic.” Byrne added, “I is ‘Who?’” Byrne said. have travelled around “Who is this person? Do Byrne Dairy’s CEO Carl Byrne the world and I can tell I trust them? Can they with CCC Business Club students. you that the work ethic do what they say? Then, in Central New York is I ask, ‘What is the project that this person among the best in America, and one of the wants to accomplish?’ If you have the right best in the world. Although many of the small people on your team, you can succeed in farms have gone, the work ethic is still here.” any business,” he continued. “That’s why I Byrne also shared his guiding principles always ask ‘Who’ first, then ‘What.’” of leadership. “First, be kind and true,” he Byrne emphasized the need for quick said. “Second, treat everyone you meet with decision-making. “You need to know your respect and integrity.” He told students break-even point on everything you sell. I can to look for these qualities during job usually do a rough break-even calculation in interviews. “Is the interviewer treating you my head, in a few minutes,” he said. with respect? Do you sense that the company Once a decision is made, however, you has integrity?” should remain open to change. “My initial Byrne’s final advice to students was to get decision isn’t always 100% correct, but a mentor. “Find someone who’s already in the that’s OK. I make corrective actions as other business that you want to pursue. Learn all factors change,” he said. He noted that while you can from that person.”

Fulton Campus Veterans Club donates $1,000 to Faculty-Student Association Military Courtesy Room

Amendments Approved

By Danielle Skowron, staff writer Changes to the Faculty-Student Association bylaws were put to a vote last week, changes that Jeff Rosenthal, the Associate VP of Academic and Student Affairs, thought to be crucial. The original laws seemed to be unclear on what exactly made a member, a member, were revised and passed. The new revised laws simply state that all faculty and staff currently employed by the college and every student that pays

a student activities fee is a member in good standing. Rosenthal felt like it was about time to update the bylaws.

“Bylaws are meant to be reviewed because the organization changes and the needs of the organization changes,” Rosenthal said.

Rosenthal anticipates that there will be more changes next year that will require voters to go to the polls.

New Math Courses offered at Cayuga Community College

By Abigail Young, editor A new type of developmental Math course is being introduced at CCC. Called Math Redesign or Modular Sections, this Math course is designed to help students more than traditional Math courses.

In a traditional setting, students attend a lecture, take tests and quizzes, and do homework. If the student needs help on something they have to make an appointment with the professor during their office hours or attend tutoring sessions.

In the Redesign courses, students will ‘attend’ a lecture by watching a video on their computers and take notes on handouts that accompany each lesson as problems are worked out during the video. Students then bring the handouts to class and the professor answers any questions they have.

Two other parts of this new method is the student can set the pace on how fast they go and the students can take any assignment, either a quiz or test, a second time.

Although the Math Redesign is well-known around the country, CCC is among the first upstate New York institution to work with it.

“About two or three years ago, we recognized that we wanted to do something new to change the low retention numbers for

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students in developmental Math classes,” said Shannon Reohr, a Mathematics professor at the college, “We came across the Math Redesign in our research, and attended the NCAT (National Center for Academic Transformation) workshop in Florida to get some training there.” Reohr continues to visit different workshops to learn more about the Math Redesign courses as well as keeping up to date on changes and improvements on it.

Preliminary results are showing that students in the Math Redesign courses are achieving a grade of C or higher and the number of students failing or withdrawing from the course is decreasing as well.

Some students praise this new option.

“I have struggled through previous math courses and assumed I would always struggle. The Redesign has allowed me to work at a pace that is stress free, allowing me to absorb the information and retain it,” said one student. Another said, “I, like many students, have test anxiety. When I start a math test I freeze and all that I have learned is frozen in time. The second time [taking it], I am more at ease and it allows me to have a higher pass success rate.”

After months of pizza sales and fundraising, passion and appreciation for those defending members of the Cayuga Community College our freedom,” he said. “The room offers a Fulton Campus Veterans Club donated $1,000 closed off area and a semi-open area. All food, to the Gregory J. Harris Military Courtesy snacks, and drinks are made possible because Room at Syracuse’s Hancock Airport. The of donations like ours. For me, the Harris room offers any activeroom is very welcoming duty military personnel a and respectful to all who quiet, comfortable space use this room, and we’re to wait for their flights. pleased to be able to “We have made support it.” many donations to the This gift was one Fulton community to of several community show that we are more service projects and than students getting donations that the an education, and to Fulton Campus Veterans charities that help our Club has spearheaded troops make the difficult this year. Last fall, the transition from bullets club donated $1,000 Fulton Campus Veterans Club to books,” said Cayuga to Thank-A-Service student Jason Adams, Donates $1,000 to Syracuse Member, collected Toys president of the Veterans Airport’s Military Courtesy Room. for Tots, sponsored a Club and a former U.S. food drive for Catholic Marine. “Our decision to donate to this room Charities, sent care packages to soldiers is based on everything our club stands for.” serving overseas, and made donations to Adams was one of a dozen Cayuga students several other community organizations. who presented the check to Harris Room “I am honored, just as every one of our vet Representative Doug Jenks. The donation club members are, to show that no matter has personal meaning to Adams who used the how long we have been separated from room while he was an active service member. our respective branches of the military, we “It was a very warm and caring atmosphere possess deep values and support for our run by amazing people who have a great troops,” Adams said.

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Hello, Our UPK is seeking “dress up clothing” for the children. If your children or grandchildren have outgrown their “party clothes” please consider donating them to the UPK/Preschool~~We also are on the look out for one or two handbags from that stack of old purses you have in the closet...the children enjoy a dress up parade but we simply do not have enough to go around.... consider passing on a tie or two, hats, cowboy boots, handkerchiefs, costume jewelry...they love their beads!!

And we are on the look out for a comfy little couch or chair.

Many Thanks!

Darcy & Elizabeth

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SPARTAN SPORTS Spartan lacrosse finishes season 5 wins; 8 losses 1 Jaquan Royal 3 Connor Wheeler 4 Brad Rowe 5 Jack Taylor 6 Zach Donnangelo 7 James Marsh 10 Javier Zuniga 15 John O’Hara 17 Justin Staton 19 David Lilly 21 Kevin Franceschelli 22 Connor Davenport 23 Mike McLaughlin 24 JJ Sylvester 26 Brian Jennings 27 Brett Gray 28 Denzel Conze 30 Sam Gagliardi

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Syracuse, NY / Nottingham HS Marcellus, NY / Marcellus HS Watertown, NY / Immaculate Heart Central HS Auburn, NY / Auburn HS Orlando, FL / Timber Creek HS Fulton, NY / G. Ray Bodley HS San Marcos, CA / San Marcos HS Weedsport, NY / Weedsport HS Fairport, NY / Fairport HS Marcellus, NY / Marcellus, HS Auburn, NY / Auburn HS Auburn, NY / Auburn HS Auburn, NY / Auburn HS Auburn, NY / Auburn HS Liverpool, NY / Liverpool HS Cato, NY / Cato-Meridian HS Brooklyn, NY / Automotive HS Auburn, NY / Auburn HS

Bribing athletes with ink!

In February when the Louisville Cardinals fell to a Big East record of 7-4, Coach Rick Pitino knew he had to think of something to get his team going. Something thought unobtainable for them to achieve. So he told them, if they won the National Championship, he would get a tattoo.

So they did, when the Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines 82-76 at the Georgia Dome for the National Championship. (An interesting factoid, the attendance was down by a thousand compared to the Wolverines vs. the Syracuse Orange from the night before.)

He came through on his end of the bargain and now has a tattoo, a gothic letter L with “2013” to the left and “National Champions” as well as “35-5” underneath it. Just to show he wasn’t messing around, it’s about the size of a wallet.

But I’m wondering why on earth a 60 year old man would get a tattoo. I don’t care what illustrious achievement you just accomplished.

You just shouldn’t get a tattoo when you’re that old.

But hey, Rick Pitino is an exception to the rule, quite frankly because he’s a badass and can dress up like Colonel Sanders on special occasions and not be laughed out of the KFC Yum! Center.

Russell Chappell Fr. Jacob DeChick So. Gavin Dennis So. Daniel Ellingwood Fr. Simon Fricano Fr. Ryan Killian Fr. Phil Tabone So. Head Coach: Tyler Renaud

Union Springs, NY / Union Springs HS Weedsport, NY / Weedsport HS Weedsport, NY / Weedsport HS Oswego, NY / Oswego HS Union Springs, NY / Union Springs HS Southern Cayuga, NY / Southern Cayuga HS Weedsport, NY / Weedsport HS

Spartan golfers improve The Spartan Golfers continued to show improvement over the course of the weekend, competing in the Jefferson Community College tournament and seeing 5 of the scoring 6, carding scores in the 80’s. With sunny skies, 45 degrees outside and the course in great playing shape, the day presented the best opportunities to post a good score.

Simon Fricano (Union Springs, NY) led the way with an 83, followed by Ryan Killian (Southern Cayuga, NY) (87), Gavin Dennis (Weedsport, NY) (88), Jake DeChick (Weedsport, NY) (89) and Phil Tabone (Weedsport, NY) (89). Fricano, Dennis and DeChick all secured a spot in the NJCAA Region III Tournament with their scores, and Coach Renaud was happy to see Killian and Tabone recording their first of the required three rounds in the 80’s. Six man Russell Chappell (Union Springs, NY) continued his improved play from the weekend, taking another 5 strokes off his best round to date.

“It is nice to have our 1,2 and 3 golfers already locked in for regionals, and I think of our four remaining tournaments, Phil and

Ryan both have legitimate shots at posting the two remaining qualifying scores,” said Renaud.

“Jake (DeChick) and Gavin (Dennis) both had played Watertown GC before, so I was confident in putting them at 1 and 2, feeling they would be able to shoot well enough against the higher competition, providing their teammates to go out, under less pressure, and get a solid score against the course. It was the perfect scenario and a solid game plan put in place,” continued Coach Renaud.

The Spartans have now improved their team score over the course of each match.

The next regional tournament is also the MSAC individual and team tournament championship. The 2013 MSAC Tournament will be hosted by Broome Community College, Saturday, 4/27 at Endwell Greens.

The Spartans are the defending team conference champions and hope their recent strides will help them defend and retain the championship banner.

—Pete Liddell

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COLLEGIAN

Top 5 Reasons to Watch the NFL Draft

5. Find out who the #1 Pick of the Draft is 4. Watch and simultaneously live-tweet your predictions at the same time 3. See Todd McShay’s mock draft embarrass Mel Kiper Jr. once again 2. See Roger Goodell get viciously booed on national television by the NFL fans 1. Finally get to see Manti Te’o and his girlfriend… or not

Top 5 Reasons NOT to Watch the NFL Draft 5. S 4. I 3. R 2. H 1. Chris Berman

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE CAYUGA COLLEGIAN IN 2014

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Cayuga Works Career Center: The simple solution to finding employment

By Jake McDeid , contributing writer Have you ever felt like searching for a new job is a stressful, hasslefilled process that never works out and always leaves you wondering what to do next? What if there was a way that you could get a jump start finding new employment by interacting with employers and finding real job opportunities available to you, all in one place at one time. Well, as a matter of fact, there is, at the Cayuga Works Career Center, located at Cayuga Community College in Auburn.

According to Ann Kubarek, the agency director at Cayuga Works, the agency was first developed back in 2003 and is a career planning center that works collectively with multiple labor organization representatives for organizations like Cayuga County Employment and Training, New York State Department of Labor and others, along with several business employers/recruiters, career development offices, workshops, training programs, youth employment opportunities, and much more. Kubarek added that the center is a “great place for young individuals seeking employment as well as older adults, many of which who are currently enrolled at the college, that may have been laid off from there previous jobs, like McQuay for example, and are looking for future career opportunities.”

Kubarek also said that the center is

involved in financial planning and job resume advice, and they also plan special events year round for certain individuals on specific dates.

The center holds community service fairs and other such affairs on many different dates throughout the year that are created for the benefit of students and other community members alike.

Kubarek wanted to make it a point that the center and its resources could be easily contacted in several ways including by phone, by going to the official website, and that they also have their own facebook page for those that are interested. She added that anyone could use the center and its resources, no matter what age or current employment status, and that they would be willing to help anyone that wished for assistance of any kind involving careers, employment opportunities, etc.

So the next time you think about finding a new job, starting a career path of your own, or looking to furthering your current career options in an effective, stress free manner, don’t think it will never happen ; instead think about giving Cayuga Works Career Center a try, because you never know what great new opportunities life could have in store for you, and it all starts with a little help from Cayuga Works Career Center.

Cayuga CC to offer beginning mandolin Cayuga Community College’s Office of Community Education and Workforce Development will offer Beginning Mandolin on Tuesdays May 7 to May 21 from 6 to 7 p.m. on the Fulton Broadway Campus.

In three one-hour sessions, we will study the mandolin, learn chords, and strumming and picking techniques.

Taught by local musician,

Ron Van Nostrand, a mandolin player since 1972. The cost is $45, and pre-registration is required.

To register or for more information, call 315-294-8841 or go to www.cayuga-cc. edu/communityed.

Cayuga Community College’s Office of Community Education and Workforce Development is located in the James T. Walsh Regional Economic Center, 197 Franklin St., Rm. R209 Auburn, NY. Regular office hours are Monday – Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cayuga CC Fulton Campus to host free community art show on May 3 The Cayuga Community College Fulton Campus will host “An Evening of Art and Music” from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3 at the new campus, 11 River Glen Drive, Fulton.

The event will showcase artistic creations of students from Cayuga and high schools across Oswego County, community members, as well as College employees and alumni. The exhibitions include submissions in a range of media—including photography, paintings, and drawings.

“We hope to realize our vision of making the Fulton Campus a true community

resource by hosting a range of events, meetings, and activities that bring together community members at our beautiful new facility,” said Associate Vice President and Fulton Campus Dean Maggie Killoran. “This art show helps us open our doors to attract a wider community base to enjoy all that our campus has to offer.”

Cayuga students will provide music. Light refreshments will be served, and the event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Fulton Campus at 315-592-4143.

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The Bryan Place Memorial Manlius Mile & 5K Saturday, August 04, 2012 Distance: 5K Time: 9:00AM-10:00AM Location: Mill Run Park Manlius, NY TO BENEFIT CATHOLIC CHARITIES

Bryan Place attended CCC in ‘89-’90

Former Cayuga CC (’89’90) and University of Connecticut (’93) runner Bryan Place. He was a 1989 graduate of Jordan-Elbridge and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2010 after his unexpected passing earlier that year.

Bryan M. Place of Manlius, NY passed away unexpectedly in January 2010 of an aortic aneurysm. His family and friends have organized the Bryan M. Place Memorial Manlius Mile race in his honor, recognizing his substantial commitment to the local Manlius community as well as his athletic achievements as a distance runner both in high school (Jordan Elbridge HS) and college (CCC) & (UCONN). Bryan took great pride in his central New York heritage. He was active both with his time and with charitable giving, and served as a board member of catholic charities. Bryan was also a devoted and loving husband and father. His wife and four children wish to honor Bryan by perpetuating his commitment to helping the families of central New York, as well as to continue Bryan’s mission to make his small section of the world a better place.

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