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WELCOME TO SPRING SEMESTER 2015 SPARTANS PLACE FIRST TWICE!

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CAYUGABRIEFS Students raise money for Peggy Carroway Scholarship The CCC community was sad to learn of the sudden passing of CCC’s Peggy Carroway in November. According to Teresa Hoercher, CCC’s Coordinator Peggy Carroway of Tutorial Services, The Tutor Club raised $1,480.00 for the CCC Foundation Peggy Carroway Scholarship selling Hofmann hots and soda at the Holiday Craft Fair in December. Peggy was a dedicated worker, helping students with disabilities learn for more than 15 years at CCC.

FIVE REASONS TO WRITE FOR THE CAYUGA COLLEGIAN! 1. It’s fun and informative! 2. You will meet new people! 3. We have K-cup coffee in the office! 4. We have cool t-shirts! 5. It looks good on your resume!

COLLEGIAN OFFICE HOURS Kelsey McLean, co-editor-in-chief Monday: 10:00 am - noon Tuesday: 10:00 am - noon Wednesday: 10:00 am - noon Thursday: 10:00 am - noon Friday: 10:00 am-noon

Caleb Slater, co-editor-in-chief Tuesday: noon - 2:00 pm Thursday: noon - 2:00 pm Friday: noon - 2:00 pm

Vol. 61 Issue 10

February 3, 2015

Cayuga Bowling Team Sweeps Tournament The Cayuga Spartans finished the last weekend in January with 1st Place wins both Saturday and Sunday. Leading the Cayuga Spartans on January 24th in doubles was Zach DelBrocco (Oswego, NY) and Bernie Cecchini (Union Springs, NY) while Matt Clemons (Oswego, NY) led in singles. Beth Piston (East Syracuse,

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NY) and Meghan Feocco (Auburn, NY) won doubles on Saturday. Sunday, January 25th at the Red Baron Invitational, the Spartans swept the entire tournament on the

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men’s side. Eric Hodson (Auburn, NY), Joe Clavelli (Oswego, NY), Zach DelBrocco, and Matt Clemons all placed during the event. Their next challenge is on February 7th.

ASSESSMENT DAY IS FEB. 11

NEW STUDENT CENTER OPENS ON CCC FULTON CAMPUS

There are no daytime classes on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, however, evening classes will meet.

SUNY HAS BIG PLANS: ‘FINISH IN FOUR’ By Kelsey McLean, Co- Editor-in-chief

S U N Y chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher has big plans for the state. Big, big p l a n s . What kind of plans, you ask? The kind of plans that SUNY chancellor involve a Nancy L. Zimpher whopping sixty-percent increase of students getting their bachelor’s degree in just five year’s time. That’s 93,000 to 150,000, far from a puny goal. Zimpher’s end goal is to emulate the ‘Finish in Four’ campaign, a combined front by the University

of Buffalo, Fredonia, Oswego, and Potsdam. The ‘Finish in Four’s banner is that all students who enter the system will be able to get their desired bachelor’s degree in four years or less so long as they prioritize school first and keep up a good GPA. While it’s too soon to say whether or not it’ll affect graduation rates, as the first affecting class will be the class of 2016, so far the system has been an overall success with increased grades across the board. Predictions have placed the graduation rate increasing as high high as 60% -- exactly where Zimpher needs it to be. But the money required to keep these promises hasn’t been cheap, and the price tag will only get steeper if it’s applied to the rest of SUNY. UB hired at least 150 additional instructors and added

300 courses, and then some, to meet the requirements, adding up to a whopping 7.5 million dollars... and that’s just UB. Governor Andrew M. Coumo, who had promised more funding in public education, has laid out a cool 987 million dollars for the SUNY program, which is quite the jump from the measly 7 million last year -- but that’s still short of the 1.1 billion the SUNY board of trustees had asked for. Still, it’s a start, and an important one if SUNY is serious about increasing its graduation rate. Zimpher has said on record that she can’t lay out any concrete plans for program just yet, saying that ‘We cannot make make futuristic changes on yesterday’s dollar.’ But she promises to ‘...Be ready, because this is what New York needs.’

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