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CAYUGABRIEFS Woman bowler makes history for CCC program

Beth Piston

Beth Piston (East Syracuse, NY) made history for the women’s bowling program by becoming the first All- American in women’s bowling.

Piston had a total pinfall of 2,181 averaging 181.8 for 12 games.

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March 17, 2015

Students plead with executives to keep Centro Bus routes rolling

By Caleb Slater, Co-Editor-in-chief Centro, the bus service which transports CCC students, held a public hearing Monday evening for people to directly voice their concerns with the Executive Director of Centro, Frank Kobliski, as well as the Deputy Executive Director of Centro, Rick Lee. “In spite of the fact that we have been able to hold our expenses to under 2 ½% increase

CCC student, Wizzzar Weche, speaks to Centro executives at Monday’s public hearing to discuss their companies’ proposal to cut bus routes.

each year, when your principle funding sources, represented again by the red areas on the PI chart, in which are either coming from, or controlled by Albany, sooner or later you’re going to hit a wall,” explained Frank Kobliski.

“Those red areas represent almost 2/3 of our annual operating income.”

After the opening statements by the Centro Executive Director, the public hearing shifted to… a time of, exactly as the title insinuates, a time of hearing. A time for the community to finally be able to express their concerns directly to the Centro executives.

Sally D. Vanopdorp says she works a very late shift and relies on the night bus to take her home around 10:00 at night. Without that bus, she would have to walk in bad weather conditions, because she can’t afford the high price of calling a cab.

William Hawkings, an older gentleman expressed his disappointment with Centro, because he, along with his fellow senior citizens, are incapable of driving; and by limiting service,

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Left to right: David Gould, Cayuga County Sheriff, Brian Teal, 2015 Scholarship Recipient, Dr. Greg DiCinque, CCC College President, and Teri Misiaszek, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Department.

Teal wins Sheriff’s Award Brian Teal is the 2015 New York State Sheriff’s Association recipient. Mr. Teal is a second semester freshman at CCC in the Criminal Justice Program: Police

Science with a career goal of becoming a Law Enforcement Agent. Mr. Teal is a U.S. Veteran and served 6 years in the US Army with two tours serving in Iraq.

it limits their ability to go shopping and make important medical appointments.

There was even a disabled Vietnam War veteran who spoke about how his fellow veterans utilize the public transportation service to attend their necessary appointments to treat their PTSD. He says if the bus service is cut it would cause those veterans to loose faith and even feel let down by the very country they put their lives on the line for.

There were many student representatives from Cayuga Community College who expressed how the cutting of bus service on Sunday will be a severe inconvenience for them.

CCC student, Wizzzar Weche, uses the Sunday bus to come back from visiting family. She says she simply can’t afford to pay for a taxi every time she goes home.

The Vice President of Student Affairs at the College, Jeff Rosenthal, spoke on behalf of both CCC and Lattimore Hall expressing how nearly one third of the students who attend the Auburn campus live in either some form of a residency building or Lattimore Hall. In addition, Rosenthal expressed how athletes at CCC utilize the transportation system to travel to practice, as well as sports-related events.

“Cayuga Community College respectfully requests that Centro reconsider its proposals to eliminate weeknight service after 9:00 P.M. and the Sunday inter-city service connecting Auburn to Syracuse,” said Rosenthal.

One of the best examples of the inconvenience that these proposed cuts would cause was outlined in detail in a letter to Centro which was read by Auburn Mayor Michael Quill.

Applause erupted in the Auburn Council Chamber when a petition signed by CCC students, staff and faculty asking Centro to keep the bus routes in place, was presented to the Centro executives.

There may be a light at the end of this tunnel. It was mentioned at the hearing that the New York State Legislature in Albany hopes to give Centro $25-million in aid to help them get out of their financial fiasco and reach their goals of keeping a transportation service that is, as stated in their mission statement, “providing services which are safe, convenient, reliable, and environmentally responsible with a goal of maximizing the taxpayers’ return on investment.”

The Assembly has already agreed with this proposal and demonstrated their support by passing a bill to provide aid to Centro.

State Senators Nozollio and DeFrancisco say they will continue to rally the Senate to be in full support of passing the assembly’s bill to fund the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority.

As long as Governor Andrew Cuomo gives his “okay” to the bill, the bus service which many Central New Yorkers depend on will continue along its usual routes.

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TO THE EDITOR:

OPINIONS Here’s how I see it!

Dear Editor, Are you an animal lover? Have you heard about the recent Beneful Dog food law suit?

What is your view? If not, here is a little insight.

The lawsuit, filed on February 5 in California Federal Court, was initiated by pet owner Frank Lucido. He alleges one of his dogs died and two others became severely ill after eating Beneful exclusively. The suit, which is seeking class-action status and $5 million in damages, also cites a slew of evidence from more than 3,000 pet owners posting similar consumer complaints online on various pages like Facebook and Twitter.

Kelsey McLean

Club tables thrown out of main lobby; must be in cafeteria The whole school has been on fire today, thanks to a recent comment by Norm Lee, Student Activities director, urging student clubs to ‘stick to the cafeteria’.

Students, teachers, even staff members who aren’t involved in student clubs at all have thrown down their opinion on this surprisingly controversial statement.

Is it really controversial, though? It’s just a statement, right? Well...

Officially, all clubs and school activities must use the cafeteria for any public events, not the main hallway.

This is a rule no one adheres to. Anyone who actually does host anything in the cafeteria almost always fail. The fact of the matter is, there’s no real traffic down in the cafeteria, and people would much rather eat their own lunch than be bothered by whatever fundraising you’re trying to get them to buy today. It also tends to get very, very crowded. This makes for an altogether miserable experience. If you’re trying to compete against food -- food always wins. That’s just a fact.

The main hallways, on the other hand, are full of traffic. No matter where you’re going, chances are likely, you’ll have to cross the main hallway. Everyone is bound to see you out there, and they’re not distracted by food, or music, or whatever they’re doing. They’re much more likely to give you a chance. Moreover, the main hallways is where everyone expects all the clubs to be. They won’t go looking for you in the cafeteria if they can’t find you in the main hallway -- no one goes there, so why would anyone be there?

The main hallway has been the area of choice for clubs for years. It’s been one for so long that not even the teachers remember that they’re supposed to be in the cafeteria, not the main hallway. Hosting events in the main hallway is just what everyone expects, and with good reason. There isn’t a better place to do it in the entire school. No offense to Lee, but this decision to only just now enforce the rules of where the clubs are supposed to be seems ill-timed, and ill informed.

In fact, just this week, this reporter saw the SGO officers holding the Centro Bus petition... in the main hallway. I wonder how he feels about that? Oh, that’s right, didn’t he set that up?

—Kelsey McLean

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On February 25, 2015 Beneful posted to their Facebook that a class action lawsuit had been recently filed against them. It alleges that Nestle Purina Pet Care Company’s Beneful dry kibble dog food contains toxins that may have killed thousands of dogs.

However, Beneful claims that this lawsuit is baseless, and they also posted stating they have “all intention to vigorously defend their high quality, nutritious food, which is backed by Purina’s strict quality controls and comprehensive food safety program”. In addition, they insured us Beneful lovers like myself that we can keep feeding our animals Beneful with total confidence.

I personally have fed my dog Purina Beneful all her life. We also feed her the wet Beneful food nightly. Never once has she has any of the signs or symptoms which are in the class action lawsuit. That is saying no diarrhea, no vomiting, not itching, nothing whatsoever. My stepfather also feeds his fouryear-old dog Beneful. It is the only food either of our four legged friends will eat.

You may wonder what the issue exactly with the dog food is. Well, it is an ingredient called Propylene Glycol. As an avid follower of this lawsuit, I have noticed many are saying that Beneful has poisoned the animals however, that is not true if you read on the Beneful webpage under FAQ. The website states: “We use propylene glycol to help keep the semi-moist kibbles soft and moist. Propylene glycol is quite different from ethylene glycol, the anti-freeze used in automobiles. Propylene glycol has a different molecular structure, giving it different properties and allowing it to be used safely in animal feed, except for cats, as well as in human foods, such as cake mixes.”

I believe there has been a great deal of misinformation as to what Propylene Glycol actually is. They have had two lawsuits in the previous years and with both nothing came out of them as they were also baseless.

Also, take a look into what the Beneful vet, Dr. Stephen Ettinger had to say on Facebook.

There could be other preliminary issues with your dog, the signs cannot just be blamed solely on the dog food. “To lay blame on one particular product without any scientific study as proof of such claims is inappropriate and misguided.” The FDA has not recalled any of the Purina Beneful products yet, so obviously they cannot be that bad. I know I will continue to feed my animals Beneful, will you?

Sincerely, Amber Sawyer CCC student

POLITICS

High Crime or Misdemeanor?

By by Kevin Shutter, staff writer

This past week Hillary Clinton was able to do what President Obama has failed to do throughout his presidency, unite Democrats and Republicans. Unfortunately for former Secretary Clinton however they are united in their opposition to her.

The New York Times broke the story last week concerning Hillary Clinton’s unprecedented exclusive use of private email during her tenure at the State Department.

She even went the extra step to have a server installed in her home in Chappaqua NY, for the email to run through. Taking these actions ensured her ability to control the American people’s ability to view her communications during her time in government as well as skirting federal rules and precedent in the process. With the server being in the Clintons’ possession it gave them the ability to delete over 30,000 of the emails in question. Mrs. Clinton’s reasoning for the purge was that she had deemed them to be personal in nature.

There seems to be a parallel between the recent actions of former Secretary Clinton, and former President Richard Nixon. Nixon found himself explaining why there were

a few hours missing from the White House tapes, which ultimately was a factor in his resignation from the presidency. Whether Mrs. Clintons emails were indeed personal in nature, or the missing hours on the Nixon White House tapes were personal may never be known. In these two instances however the word “personal” really means damaging.

Unfortunately for the American people and more importantly the sector of Americans that vote, they are the ones who are most severely damaged by this breach of transparency.

Not only were former Secretary Clinton’s actions a break from tradition they were also in direct contrast to the rules set in place by the Obama Administration in early 2009 concerning how his officials were to conduct themselves while working under him.

Perhaps that is the reason the President has attempted to play down the facts surrounding this breach of national protocol.

President Obama was asked in a recent news conference when he had first learned of Mrs. Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email address rather than the .Gov domain government officials are generally required to use. His response was that he first learned of it in the news much like the rest of the American public. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest put that narrative to rest rather quickly in answering questions from the White House press pool saying, “The

President, as I think many people expected, did over the course of his first several years in office trade emails with his Secretary of State.”

Unfortunately for Mrs. Clinton the email debacle is merely the tip of the iceberg that is the controversy encircling her and her assumed bid for the White House in 2016.

At the conclusion of her husband’s second term as President, Bill and Hillary created what would become their namesake and chance to stay relevant, The Clinton Foundation. Rumors have been swirling around the Foundation since its inception in 2001 about the improprieties and outright illegal activities going on behind closed doors. From the so called “pay to play” schemes, to the illegal procurement of funds beyond our shores.

It has recently been reported in The Washington Post that during Mrs. Clinton’s time at the State Department she was able to actively seek millions of dollars in foreign donations. Much like the rules regarding email, President Obama’s Administration had approached the Clintons in early 2009 before Hillary began her tenure in the State Department, and implemented a “ban” on accepting donations from foreign governments for the Clinton Foundation. As The Wall Street Journal has reported the Clinton Foundation had secretly lifted the “ban” and had received donations from Saudi Arabia, Oman, and The United Arab Emirates to name a few. The donation that unequivocally violated the “ban” was the $500,000 procured from the Algerian Government. However this transgression wasn’t reported to the State Department’s ethics office.

Between the secrecy and apparent illegality at the Clinton Foundation, to the secrecy and apparent illegality surrounding Secretary Clinton’s emails it is quite possible her hopes to be the first woman President of the free world may be dashed. This stain on the credibility and electability of Mrs. Clinton could prove to be larger than the one on the infamous blue dress worn by a one Ms. Monica Lewinsky.

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SUNY leaders beg legislators to ‘INVEST in SUNY’

By Kelsey McLean, Co- Editor-in-chief

Students travel to Florida to participate in service learning Submitted by Pat Gridley Although it was chilly in New York, four students from CCC were able to leave the cold and travel to central Florida to complete the “service learning” portion of INT 239 Interdisciplinary Study of Native American Culture and Education. This unique course integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich each student’s learning experience. In addition to learning about the history and culture of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the students worked with children (Pre-K through 12th grade) at the Ahfachkee School on the Big

Cypress Reservation in Florida.

This hybrid course is offered each fall (with on-line coursework) and culminates during Intersession (with one week of travelstudy). The 3 credit course will be offered again in the Fall of 2015 with travel-study during Intersession 2016.

For more information contact: Coordinator of Tutorial Services Teresa Hoercher at hoercht@cayuga-cc.edu 315255-1743, x2289 or Education Coordinator Patricia Gridley at gridley@cayuga-cc.edu 315-255-1743 x2478.

The SUNY Board of Trustees are putting their faith in the state legislature -- no matter how risky that may be. They’ve called upon the legislature to ‘Invest in SUNY’, a campaign that will hopefully convince lawmakers to establish the SUNY Investment Fund and extend NYSUNY 2020’s legislature.

The ‘Invest in SUNY’ campaign is an involved one, with an investment fund for programs to support student success, such as the ‘Finish in Four’ promise, the Educational Opportunity Program, and expanded advisement services. All this and more could be a great deal of help in increasing SUNY’s graduation and retention rates. The ‘Finish in Four’ program, especially, guarantees a student can finish any given program, however specialized, in four years... so long as they do the necessary work.

Most importantly, however, the extension of SUNY 2020 to its intended end date-- 2020, if you can believe it-- would give SUNY a much more stable tuition and funding. First established in 2011, SUNY 2020 is already being threatened with a premature ending,

long before its 2020 end date.

The legislation hasn’t been kind to SUNY this year, however -- despite Chancellor Zimpher’s best efforts to bring the ‘Invest in SUNY’ campaign, to Albany, much criticism has been leveled at SUNY, none the least from the Governor himself. Despite saying that education is a priority, Cuomo plans to tie funding to performance, a proposal that could have disastrous consequences, and cut SUNY’s opportunity programs by a whopping 1.3 million. The biggest cut is in the Educational Opportunity Program, which aids low-income students who may not be financially able to support themselves in college.

Now, more than ever, is the time to campaign and send a message to Albany on what prioritizing education really looks like. SUNY’s presidents have already sent an open letter to legislature, explaining their campaign, and why it’s important to enact it.

Whether or not they will listen, however, is another matter entirely.

Congratulations to the Criminal Justice Security team for completion of the security training - Cameron, Brian, Christin, Wes, Chumani & Chelsea!

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CCC’s Men’s Bowling Team finishes third overall in championship play SPORTS GO SPARTANS! GO SPARTANS! GO SPARTANS! GO SPARTANS! GO SPARTANS!

The Cayuga Community College bowling team competed in the NJCAA National Bowling Championship this past weekend at Airport Lanes in Buffalo, NY. The Spartans had a successful event this.

Beth Piston (East Syracuse, NY) made history for the women’s bowling program by becoming the first All- American in women’s bowling. Piston had a total pinfall of 2,181 averaging 181.8 for 12 games. Meghan Feocco (Auburn, NY) finished in 23rd behind Piston with a total pinfall of 2026 averaging 168.8 for 12 games.

On the men’s side the Spartans had 4 bowlers in the top 20 in a field of 103 bowlers. Joe Clavelli (Oswego, NY) fell short of All-American placing 10th with a total pinfall of 2,277 averaging 189.8. Behind Clavelli was Bernie Cecchini (Union Springs, NY), former high school teammates Zach DelBrocco (Oswego, NY), and Matt Clemons (Oswego, NY). The team finished 3rd overall in a field of 17 teams. The Spartans head to Stratford, NJ to compete in the ISC Sectionals and ITC Sectionals…both USBC events.

The Spartan Bowling Team features Meghan Feocco of Auburn, Maureen McCann of Fulton, Beth Piston of East Syracuse, Bernie Cecchini of Union Springs, Joe Clavelli of Oswego, Matt Clemons of Oswego, Zach DelBrocco of Oswego, Brandon Delf of Auburn, Sean Gavan of East Syracuse, Eric Hodson of Auburn, and Justin Ingram of Camillus.

SPARTANS PERFORM WELL IN REGIONALS The Cayuga Spartans took to the lanes on Sunday, February 22nd at Pin-O-Rama in Utica, NY where the Region III Tournament was held.

On the men’s side Matt Clemons (Oswego, NY) placed 4th out of 55 men shooting 1609 for 8 games while averaging 201. Justin Ingram (Camillus, NY) placed 7th just missing the cut to make the Region III team by a total of 4 pins.

On the women’s side Beth Piston (East Syracuse, NY) placed 3rd out of 40 women shooting 1469 for 8 games while averaging 183.

All-Region III team is made up of the top 6 bowlers for All-Events, congratulations to both Clemons and Piston for their recent achievement.

The Cayuga Spartans next event is NJCAA Nationals held at Airport Lanes in Buffalo, NY. This event is over the course of 2 days and the Spartans are looking to add a few more AllAmericans to their program.

College Recruiting

By Dustin Albino, Sports Editor

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In order to have a successful college program at any level, coaches need to recruit. While recruiting, some guarantees are made that are not actually fulfilled by that respective college or university.

However, recruiting is the number one way to build an established program.

Let’s look at Syracuse University.

With all that is going on regarding the basketball program and the selfopposed ban by the university which eventually led to the NCAA hammer down on Coach Jim Boeheim.

Syracuse will lose 12 recruits over the next four seasons, which if you do the math adds up to three losses in oncoming players.

These result of these allegations all came from prior years in the basketball program and now the team is paying for it. Is that fair to the current players? No. But in order for the NCAA to take away 106 wins, 12 recruits and suspend Boeheim for nine conference games next season, Syracuse did something wrong.

If we ever know the true reasoning behind it is to be determined. However, with a topfive national recruiting class entering the program for the 2015-16 season, it might be easy for these kids to change their mind if they weren’t already committed to put on an Orange uniform next season.

Now let’s look at college football recruiting.

Each season, the top teams in recruiting are the University of Alabama, Ohio State, Florida State, Auburn, and Georgia. Much of this is due to the historic history behind these programs.

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In order to have a top-five class each and every year there is something these schools are doing that others are not. But, what is it?

Well, when a coach or an assistant coach visits

or even calls the player, often the player is guaranteed something. Whether it is playing time, practice time, or just something that will intrigue the high-school senior to choose that program, the 18 or 19 year old kid has to make a decision.

Often when choosing that team, the player has high expectations coming into Spring training camp. Although, being told something to convince that family to choose such and such team, it all comes down to what is best for the team to be successful.

The coaches are trying to “sell” that they are the best fit and here is why. Many people are against this format.

Whether one likes or dislikes the recruiting process, it has been the same for years. And until it is challenged the system will remain the same. The teams who are best at it seem to be the ones who are in national championship contention each and every year.

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A new study says coffee is good for you!

By Shaquella Newby, staff writer Did you know that studies are stating drinking coffee is actually beneficial? Here are some helpful tips that’ll make you consider drinking coffee, although you may not be a coffee drinker. A new study published by NBCNews. com reveals drinking coffee is beneficial to your health in a number of ways.

NBC News says coffee helps your body absorb immune system boosting antioxidants in your diet more readily than first thought. The 2005 study also revealed that coffee itself contains more antioxidants than typical fruits and vegetables.

An article on CBSNews.com by Ryan Jaslow,says that that coffee can help lessen the symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s Disease is a brain disease that causes tremors, difficulty with walking, movement and coordination.

Another recent study done by Arthur L Klatsky showed that coffee consumption could help your liver function more efficiently especially if you drink alcohol regularly.

The 2006 study, which included 125,000 people, found that those in the study who drank at least one cup of coffee a day were 20 percent less likely to develop liver cirrhosis.

CCC students who often rely on the caffeine in coffee to help them stay awake in class rejoiced at the new findings.

“Here I am thinking that drinking coffee everyday was bad for my body, but now I want to drink more coffee!” said CCC criminal justice student Stecceonna Capers.

Capers says she drink a maximum of two cups a day.

Science says that coffee is good for you; feel free to drink lots of it!

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What is a Smash Tournament? A CCC student explains it all

By Jordan Snow, contributing writer When I first decided to go to RIT and participate in the Upstate Battle Series 12 Smash Tournament, I thought there might be five to ten people, but it turned out to be about thirty. The room had a more serious feel than I had been accustomed to, as opposed to the laid back style of playing SMASH. These were people who put hours of training special techniques in things that most would overlook as childish; these are the fruits of labor of these people. While there I noted that these people were some of the greatest players in the area and knew exactly what they were doing. These people can range from whoever you would imagine, the small and skinny, to literal body builders, just people getting together for the love of Smash. I find it funny how a game about fighting can bring so many people together. I personally met with a guy named Will, explaining how he started playing this competitively.

His exact words were, “write Smash Boards on your pad in big bold

letters.” I checked out the site, to find information regarding: video tutorials, tier list, match ups and a whole bunch of other things to make your entrance into serious competition of smash feasible.

I learned much during my time at this game. Everything from dash cancels to believing in your own ability. A guy with a name tag labeled as, “Goodleshoes” was breaking down and teaching me how to play as Jigglypuff, she’s essentially a crème puff with legs.

At first he said, “Use your b-air.”

I was completely bewildered on trying to figure out what he meant when he explained it’s your back air attack, also going in to explain the range of attacks and how to hit and run with the puff, thanks to him after a while I actually managed to win a game or two, I began to grow in confidence and understand what they all meant about believing in yourself. I may not have won this tournament, but I still feel like a winner with how the others treated me and helped me along my way.

As we got down to the wire I started noticing how hard these people were trying, one guy pressed the buttons so fast he had blisters on his fingers. They were even discussing the pure mechanics of this game, such as the amount of frames a move takes. To a layman it looks as if they were teleporting around the map and fighting, it was very amazing. However the most amazing thing had to be how energized these people were for these games. It would get so tense, as people would actually spectated matches, cheering for a certain character and watching, waiting for a certain move, or speak of some advanced mechanic as if it was second nature. They were dashing

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around using shield cancels, bomb juggling, dash cancels, and the list continues. This was gaming at its finest. There was four tournaments total, Melee singles and doubles and Project M singles and doubles.

I entered in all of the tournaments, but only stuck around to see one grand final, Project M singles. In

which the winner was a player with the “Smash Tag” MASK and he won using the character Charizard, it was an amazing match to see, as the two of them flew around the map, hitting each other in split second decisions. This is an event that I will definitely remember for years to come.

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