May 5 2015 cayuga collegian vol 61 issue 20

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Vol. 61 Issue 20

May 5, 2015

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CCC Telcom Dept. honors students at banquet

purchases plaque to honor Biden Award winners

The Telcom Department held their annual student awards event last Wednesday at The Auburn Public Theater. Students Dan Tielbaard, Melissa Wilson, Dustin Albino and Adiana Mucedola (above photo) are holding their award certificates.

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Buy chocolate bars for Mom to help future business leaders

Cayuga Community College graduate Jim Collins ’11 of Auburn, a Neilia Hunter Biden Excellence in Journalism Scholarship Award winner, holds a brand new plaque recently created by the staff of The Cayuga Collegian in honor of all the recipients dating back to 1983.

PHOTO BY CALEB SLATER

Professor Amy Valente announced the last fundraiser for the semester of the Future Business Leaders of America - Phi Beta Lambda chapter.

They are selling chocolate bars in honor of Moms on Mother’s Day. There are a variety of selections available. To purchase chocolate bars for Mom, contact Amy Valente at (315)255-1792 x2419 or see any member of the Phi Beta Lambda chapter. Happy Mother’s Day!

PHOTO BY MARY MERRITT

By Duncan Merritt, staff writer

PEACE OUT! Students gathered on the quad of the Auburn campus for a Peace Rally over lunch. TURN TO PAGE 6 FOR MORE PHOTOS.

December 18, 1972 was a tragic day for Vice President Joseph Biden. It was the day he lost his young wife, Neilia, and 18-month-old daughter, Naomi, in a fatal car crash Neilia Hunter on their way home Biden from picking out the family’s Christmas tree. Biden’s sons, Beau and Hunter, both just toddlers, were critically injured. The crash happened when the family’s car was broad-sided by a tractortrailer near their home in Delaware.

To honor Neilia’s memory, a scholarship fund was started in the late 70’s to be awarded to Cayuga Community College graduating students who are continuing their education in pursuit of a career in Journalism.

Why at CCC? Biden met his wife, a native of Skaneateles, while they were both studying at the University of Delaware. Neilia’s parents were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter of Auburn. The couple previously owned the famous diner in downtown Auburn, Hunter’s Diner.

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Here’s how I see it!

Caleb Slater

OPINIONS Here’s how I see it!

Kelsey McLean Now that all the Presidential Candidates have been revealed, you’re probably wondering who it will be. More importantly, however, you really should be thinking who you want it to be. This is, after all, the person who’s going to be running our school next semester! Even as someone who won’t be here next semester, it’s still important to me -- it still affects all the friends I’m leaving behind, after all.

After giving it some thought and weighing out all the options, I’m still unsure of who I think is best for our new president-- they’re all qualified in their own way-- but I feel like Brian Durant would be a good fit. As exciting as a president from Micronesia is, and it certainly, Durant has more experience working in the local area. More importantly, he has more experience working in the SUNY system, which operates differently from other city systems. He’s also worked on all levels of education, from teaching, to counselling, to administration. From where I see it, Durant has had plenty of hands on experience with how community colleges ‘work’.

Given, he doesn’t have his Ed.D yet, but that’s a minor point. Being a dean or a president, or even on the board of trustees, isn’t enough to convince me that someone can know what’s best for everyone -especially in a community college, where everyone knows everyone, and community is important. I don’t know if Brian Durant knows what’s best for everyone, but I have a good feeling about him.

But that’s only my opinion. Who do you think should be President? That’s what’s important.

— Kelsey McLean

SOMA TALENT SHOW REVISTED In last week’s issue of The Collegian, I ran a story on the first ever SOMA talent show.

Since last week I have been informed that I, through an honest misunderstanding, published some inaccurate information.

In the article last issue, I wrote that Frank was given second place in the talent show because the judges felt his music wasn’t original, but that in fact isn’t true.

Professor MC Montgomery revealed that he had a conversation with the judges and told them, “I’m pretty sure Frank’s are originals.” In doing so, the information actually helped him rather than hindered him.

In addition I want to also apologize for getting the name of Frank “The the first place winner Tank” Smith wrong. The actual winner of the SOMA talent show was Alex Johnson, not Mark.

I want to express my sincerest apologies for not getting the most accurate information to my readers. I always aspire to do better with each issue and it really helps me when you, the readers let me know when there is a discrepancy in an article I have written.

I want to thank everyone for reading the articles that I, as well as the many contributing writers have provided all year in the Cayuga Collegian. This is our last issue of the year and I hope to continue to provide articles through The Cayuga Collegian next year.

To all of you that are graduating, good luck to you in your future endeavors and for those of you who are returning, I hope to see some of you as contributing writers for The Collegian next year.

— Caleb Slater

ADVISOR’S NOTE: I am happy to announce that Caleb will be returning next year as the editor-in-chief of The Collegian. We wish Kelsey well as she pursues her Bachelor’s Degree. It has been a privilege to work alongside these dynamic, talented students.

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Embattled Baltimore

A city in strife after the arrest of a man who then died in police custody

By Kelsey McLean, editor-in-chief These past couple of weeks have seen a whirling and disorientating turn of events for Baltimore, Maryland, as the entire city was wracked with the news that Freddie Gray died while in Baltimore Police custody. From his death on April 19th up to the announced charges of the six officers involved with his murder just a few days ago, there has been no rest for the City of Neighborhoods.

Freddie Gray’s death was not instant-- On April 12th, at about 8:45 A.M, Freddie Gray made eye contact with a group of police officers in his neighborhood and then fled, unprovoked. The police gave pursuit, apprehended him, and found a blade in his pocket. The report says that Gray was arrested ‘without force or incident’, but the prosecution denies that claim, saying that witnesses saw Ofc. Miller placed him under a painful looking leg lock and denied him medical treatment despite Gray telling the officer he had asthma.

When Gray received his neck injuries is unknown, but the prosecution estimates it was during the police ride, when he was put into the back of the police van, unbuckled, and wearing both hand and feet restraints. Gray reportedly plead for medical attention multiple times, but no medic was summoned. The police, despite not being medical experts, assessed him and concluded that he didn’t need any medical assistance.

It was only when they reached the station and saw that he was unresponsive was a medic called to the scene. Gray was sent to the University of Maryland Shock and Trauma Unit where, despite a surgeons’ best efforts, he died on the 19th. The coroner ruled his death a homicide.

What happened next is when the story truly takes a turn. Protests were already under way before Gray’s death, but after Baltimore officials announced their investigation into the case, the protests started to grow in size, prompting Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to send state police. The

protests were initially peaceful, said officials, with only minor scuffles and one isolated incident of looting... but during Gray’s funeral on the 27th, captured on live video feed, something went wrong.

It’s difficult to know exactly what happened -- everyone’s story on the incident is different. Officers say that the looting, vandalism, and arson was unprovoked, while others say the riots were in response to the mounting pressure and threats of the police force. Regardless, Baltimore erupted into violence and became, for one night, a truly post-apocalyptic landscape.

Hogan immediately declared a state of emergency, co-signed by President Obama, and the National Guard are called in. A curfew, beginning at 10 P.M and ending until 5 A.M was announced, and schools were shut down. Many of the protesters were either arrested that night or the following day after police matched identities to images of unrest caught on video. Although leaders called for peaceful protesters, they got more reactionary revolutionaries.

Meanwhile, similar protests spread across the entire country -- as far away as New York, Cincinnati, and even San Diego.

It seems like, however, that things are finally dying down in Baltimore now that state prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has declared that the six police officers involved will be charged, each officer’s charges differing, but ranging from second-degree murder to manslaughter, and that Freddie Gray’s death has been officially declared a homicide. The protests have begun to wind down -- for now, it seems, justice will be carried out.

Whether you think this is a racial issue,(however, three of the six officers are African-American), a class issue, or just a horrible fluke, everyone is hopeful justice will prevail for all sides. Whether or not that excuses the burning of Baltimore, well, that’s your decision to make.

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CCC graduate and former Collegian staff writer Jim Collins ‘11 proudly shows patrons at The Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles the new plaque which has his name engraved on it.

Biden Award winners...

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Biden Award Scholarship at graduation. Afterward, he returned to campus to search for an award plaque which he thought would bear his name as one of the recipients.

He didn’t find one.

He then asked Journalism instructor and faculty advisor to The Cayuga Collegian, Mary Merritt, if a Neilia Biden Award plaque existed.

She didn’t have an answer as to why no one had started a plaque to list recipients, but she promised him she would do what she could to get one started.

Merritt began to research past award winners by looking for CCC graduation articles online and sifting through past CCC Graduation Programs in the campus library’s archives. “I was able to find award winners dating back to 1983,” Merritt explained.

“Unfortunately, my attempts to find the names of earlier recipients led to dead ends.”

Merritt asked the staff of The Cayuga Collegian in 2012 and 2013 if they would like to use the monies they had raised by selling advertising to purchase the Biden Scholarship Award plaque.

“I promised Jim I would take care of it, and I did,” Merritt said. She says she took the plaque recently to The Sherwood Inn where Collins bartends to surprise him. “He was

beyond thrilled,” Merritt said. “I’m glad I was able to keep my promise.”

Collins proudly showed the plaque to all the patrons in the bar and his co-workers. “Mary Merritt is my hero,” said Collins. “It only took her four years, but she did it!” Now all Merritt needs is a place to hang it at the college and help hanging it.

BIDEN AWARD RECIPIENTS: 2014 Brittany Glassey 2013 Abigail Young 2012 Jamie Blumrick 2011 James P. Collins 2010 Natsha M. Lathrop 2008 Jessica A. Miles 2007 Christopher Peltz 2006 Joshua R. Cradduck 2004 Veronica Beverly 2002 Kimberly A. Adam 2001 Natalie Zajicova 2000 Mary R. Lovell 1999 Kiley A. Damick 1998 Catherine E. Maksymiw 1997 Rebecca L. Breeze 1995 Heather R. Otis 1994 Gerald E. Withers 1993 Christopher P. DeChick 1992 Sandra H. Kostrzewa 1991 Mary L. Woodman 1990 Thomas J. Fedor 1989 Susan D. Hearns 1988 Timan H. Nekritz 1987 Barbara Ann Homick 1985 Nagulinie Singanayagam 1984 Peter W. Lonsky 1983 Kristopher L. Russell

Former Collegian editor-in-chief now heads Syracuse Press Club

By Duncan Merritt, staff writer Former Cayuga Collegian editorin-chief and Biden Scholarship Award winner, Josh Cradduck ‘06, fulfilled one of his duties as the newly-elected president of The Syracuse Press Club last Saturday night at Drumlins Country Club when he handed out the club’s annual awards for excellence in journalism.

WSYR-TV’s anchorwoman, Carrie Lazarus, was honored this year by being inducted into The Syracuse Press Club’s Wall of Distinction. NBC newswoman, Dawn Frantangelo of nearby Savannah, NY, and NASCAR show producer, Mark Smith of Baldwinsville, were also honored as the first recipients of The Syracuse Press Club’s new Syracuse Produces award which recognizes people who either were from the Central New York area or worked in Central New York’s media market and went on to achieve greatness in Carrie Lazarus communications.

Cradduck, from Olean, New York, began on The Cayuga Collegian staff in his freshman year at CCC and quickly rose to become editor-in-chief. Although at first Cradduck insisted he was only interested in reporting sports, faculty advisor to The Collegian, Mary Merritt, says it didn’t take her long to get Cradduck bitten by the news bug.

“It was surprising how quickly he was convinced to convert to news and after that, there was no stopping him. He developed very

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Josh Cradduck ‘06 with Syracuse Press Club Syracuse Produces Award receipients, NBC’s Dawn Frantangelo and NASCAR’s Mark Smith.

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PHOTOS BY MARY MERRITT

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After the cap and gown...

CCC graduate and former Collegian editor-in-chief, Josh Cradduck ‘06, addresses the audience at the Annual Syracuse Press Club Awards Dinner last Saturday.

Cradduck who went on to get his degree in Journalism from Ithaca College, is now the assignment editor at YNN and president of The Syracuse Press Club. high standards for himself and the newspaper,” Merritt said. “He was the right person for the job at a time when I needed someone of his caliber the most.”

In August of 2004, Merritt was diagnosed with Stage III Colon Cancer. She started teaching the fall semester that year, but grew too weak from daily radiation and chemotherapy treatments to drive to campus to lecture. She eventually had to have someone take over her classes, but she continued to advise Cradduck about putting together the newspaper each week through a constant stream of emails and phone calls. “It wasn’t easy and he rose to the occasion and took full responsibility for the paper.

I was very proud of him. He had to become a leader and a news journalist fast!” Merritt said.

Cradduck went on to graduate with a Journalism Degree from Ithaca College and began working for Time Warner Cable’s Your News Now network soon after graduation. He is now the senior assignment editor for YNN. “Josh was one of those bright lights that come along once in a blue moon,” Merritt said. “I’m privileged to have been his teacher and now I’m proud to call him friend.”

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Sports Production class was a success

By Dustin Albino, Sports Editor The spring semester saw a class that was brought back to the Telecommunications program for the first time in a very long time.

Sports Production was a class that was offered to the students, and what a blast.

Heading into the semester no one knew what the Sports Production class would bring. By the end, it brought great opportunities and live practice from Laura all of the different Bailey roles within a live production.

“It was a good start to a new class,” said professor Laura Bailey.

“There are a lot of things that we should be proud of.”

The class was scheduled to cover five total games between the CCC basketball teams and the Auburn high school lacrosse team, because there was no CCC lacrosse team this year. In the end we only covered three games, but what a learning experience.

Professor Bailey originally scheduled six games to cover on the season. But she knew that with the harsh winter that was upon us this year that more than likely

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some of those games were likely to postponed.

The first game was on February 17, as the Spartan basketball team went up against the Onondaga Lazers.

There are a lot of things that go into covering just one game.

Each class member had the ability to produce at least one game that was played. Remember, this was a small class of just five students. In order to produce a game, one must do research behind the scenes and gather stats, as well as writing up a production sheet so that when the crew goes to setup everything will be in place at the exact time. This was a learning experience for everyone in the class.

Some of the students were able to be the talent of the show. For the second lacrosse game that the class covered, Nick Czerow did play-by-play and I was the color analyst. What an awesome experience that this was for the both of us.

“At other schools we may not have had this opportunity,” said Czerow.

“This was awesome that we were able to get the experience into a field that we may want to get in.”

Other students of the class were able to work the cameras and some even directed. The difference in camera-work between the first and last game is a comparison to night-

and-day. So much so that even the members of the class that wanted to try directing made it look like they knew what they were doing.

“I wish that we could have had a few more opportunities to cover games,” said Bailey. However, we couldn’t have got this done without the support of fellow Telcom students and engineers such as Shaun (Secaur) and Doug (Brill). I look forward to offer this class again and that class will have a lot to live up to.”

This start-up class was a major success for all that was thrown our way.

And it is highly recommended to take when available if you want to enter the Sports Production world as a career.

The announcers from a production produced by Professor Laura Bailey’s Sports Production class: Dustin Albino (right) with Nicholas R. Czerow.

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SOFTBALL

Women’s Softball gets big win over nationally 8th ranked Onondaga-CC SPORTS GO SPARTANS! GO SPARTANS! GO SPARTANS!

The Lady Spartans of Cayuga Community College split with #8 nationally ranked Onondaga CC on Tuesday April 28th at OCC. Sydney Patzke (Phoenix, NY) came out swinging and started the game with a leadoff double, while McKenzie Harris (Liverpool, NY) took the mound and pitched an outstanding game.

Onondaga was the first to score in the bottom of the 1st inning.

The Lady Spartans answered with their first run in the 4th inning on some aggressive base running by Meghan Delaney (Auburn, NY)… who scored on a hit by fellow Auburn native Taylor Hutchings.

Onondaga then took the lead back with another run in the bottom half of the 4th, but the Lady Spartans weren’t done.

In the 5th inning, Cassie Weeks (Weedsport, NY) singled to left scoring Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY) tying the game at 2-2. The Lady Spartans prevailed after scoring 2 runs in the 6th after Meghan Delaney scored on an error and McKenzie Harris ended

up standing at 3rd. Libby Marsden (Weedsport, NY) hit a sacrifice fly ball to left field scoring Harris

with the Spartan’s final run of the game. Harris allowed a run in the 6th but got the Lazers to go 1-2-3 in the final inning striking out the final batter and pitched brilliantly in getting the program’s best win since returning to the diamond in only their second season.

In game two, the Lady Lazers proved to be too much for the Spartans to handle as Harris began to run out of gas after pitching a total of 12 innings. The Lazers scored in the 2nd inning and then was scoreless until the 5th inning where they put up 5 runs. The Spartans answered back as Allison Chase (Weedsport, NY) scored the only run of the game for the Lady Spartans. The Lady Spartans dropped the 2nd game 14-1 after 6 innings.

BROOME APRIL 29

The Lady Spartans took one game from Broome Community College winning 5-2 and then losing 7-6. The first game proved successful for Allison Chase (Weedsport, NY) who hit her first career homerun, and then would hit another homerun in the second game. With the Spartans down 1-0 after the first inning and batting through the lineup once without any success, Chase came up to the plate with runners on first and second to smash one over the fence giving the Lady Spartans a 3-1 lead. Broome however fought back to make it a 3-2 ball game in the 6th inning. The bottom of the 6th proved to be a successful one for the Lady Spartans as they added 2 more security runs for their pitcher McKenzie Harris (Liverpool, NY).

The Lady Spartans started the second game hot scoring 2 runs right out of the gate and chip 2 runs in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd innings.

Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY) pitched a scoreless game until the 4th inning. The Lady Spartans had no way of securing the lead as they let in 5 runs between innings 4 and 5. The Lady Spartans ended up losing as Broome’s pitcher sat down the Lady Spartans side in the top of the 7th inning.

FULTON-MONTGOMERY MAY 1

The Lady Spartans split with Fulton-Montgomery on Friday May 1st winning the first game 13-2 and losing the second game 102. The Lady Spartans started off hot against the Raiders of Fulton-

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Montgomery with McKenzie Harris (Liverpool, NY) hitting her first career homerun in the top of the 1st. She would then head to the mound where she pitched a complete game. The Lady Spartans used excellent defensive and well-disciplined offense to control the entire game.

Taylor Hutchings (Auburn, NY) went 3-5 with 2 doubles and 4 rbis, while Sydney Patzke (Phoenix, NY) went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. The second game was completely different as the Lady Spartans could not find ways to score.

Taylor Hutchings was successful at the plate where she went 3-4 but was left on base all 3 times.

Kelly Hicks (Auburn, NY) started the game and did a fantastic job where she allowed just 4 runs in 4 innings. Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY) finished the game allowing 6 runs in 3 innings.

MOHAWK VALLEY MAY 2

The Lady Spartans dropped 2 games to Mohawk Valley both getting 8 run ruled by the 5th inning. With just 9 players the Lady Spartans couldn’t handle the excellent hitting and pitching from the Hawks as the Lady Spartans went scoreless in both games and were hitless until the 3rd inning of the 2nd game. Kelly Hicks (Auburn, NY) broke up the no hitter with a single to right field. After Hicks Cassie Weeks (Weedsport, NY) was able to put the bat on the ball as was Allison Chase (Weedsport, NY) who hit a double in the 4th inning.

CORNING MAY 3

The Lady Barons of Corning Community College came out swing as they jumped to a 3-1 lead in the first inning with a home run and some singles. Meghan Delaney (Auburn, NY) scored the only runs of the game thanks to Allison Chase (Weedsport, NY) and McKenzie Harris (Liverpool, NY), Taylor Hutching (Auburn, NY) was 2-3 with a double, and Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY) was 2-2.

The second game proved to be the same as the first for the Lady Barons as they jumped to a 3-0 lead and never looked back.

The only hit of the game was by Kaitlyn Brewer (Auburn, NY) who laid down a beautiful bunt that was overplayed by the first basemen. Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY) scored the only run after drawing a walk stealing a base and then getting home on a passed ball by the 1st baseman on a pickoff attempt. Zakour pitched the entire game of just 4 innings.

The Lady Spartans ended their season 5-23.

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CCC Biology students head to Montezuma Wildlife Refuge to plant trees and learn

By Shaquella Newby, staff writer Recently CCC Professor, Sheila Myers, took her Conservation Natural Resources class on a field trip to the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge located near Seneca Falls. The refuge provides a home for waterfowl, birds, and other wildlife. The

refuge was established in 1938.

The class field trip had a deeper purpose. Twenty-one students helped plant about 40 trees. “I take field trips with students in my BIO 208 and BIO223 classes because it is part of the

curriculum for students to have fieldbased experiences. For example, instead of just learning about environmental topics in a lecture, students can actually see what I am talking about. One topic we talk about in both classes is biodiversity and invasive species,” explained Myers.

“Last year, our students were also able to do something about an environmental issue. We examined the impact of

invasive species such as Buckthorn trees on our nature trail on campus. We planted 30 native trees in their place.”

Myers also says budget cuts are not an issue for these field trips as they are a required part of the curriculum. “In all of my student evaluations I hear over and over again that the favorite part of the class experience are the field trips,” Myers said.

New Facebook challenge may disgust you

By Duncan Merritt, staff writer

Members of The Collegian sponsored club, Divergent Nation. From L to R: Zeke Sliwka,Caleb C. Slater, Taz Taylor, Alyshia Backus, & Malcolm Huey Creating this club made me realize that no matter how small you are freshman or senior; You can truly start something beautiful. When I first had an idea about this club, starting this club wasn’t easy and going through all the paperwork that was required stressed me. I wanted to give up at first thinking a freshman can’t create something like this. I’m glad I ignored this thought went along with my dream. My philosophy about this world is that I truly do believe that we all have a purpose in this world. We’re all special in very specific ways. I created this club to capture the truly amazing talents that the students have at Cayuga Community College. And eventually I want the club to be something more than club; I want this to be a organization or a rebellion. I want to rebel against those that tell others that they’re nothing special in the world. The individuals in the above photo decided to leave their comfort zone and find out what makes them special. I can’t say how much I’m thankful for these guys giving the club a chance. We haven’t done much this year, but I can guarantee you that this club is the start of something big....very big. So that leaves you with one question...are you divergent?

—Malcolm Huey, founder of Divergent Nation

Frat brothers spit on war veterans Fraternity Zeta Beta Tau members disgrace veterans in Florida

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Many have expressed their disgust over this challenge, but acknowledge individual’s rights to free speech.

By the way, Eric Sheppard is a Valdosta State student who brought a gun to a local anti-American protest. One of these protests gained national attention when Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart was detained by police for grabbing one of the stomped on flags.

Erika Walker, became an instant viral video star when she was caught on video dancing and stomping on an American Flag. While she was dancing, she was yelling a lot of bad words at the Flag including “Screw the Flag, Screw America.”

Study finds e-cigs not much better

By Duncan Merritt, staff writer

By Caleb Slater, editor-in-chief Three members of the non-profit fraternity Zeta Beta Tau were expelled from the University of Florida after an inappropriate and disrespectful showing during an event being held at a Panama Beach Resort. The three members of Zeta Beta Tau showed up to the event intoxicated and began to spit on disabled veterans and their service dogs. In addition, the frat brothers then set about to disgrace the American Flag by stealing flags from the veterans and urinating on them.

There is a new challenge out on social media. This challenge is not like the ice bucket challenge that was helpful and spread awareness of ALS disease. This challenge is hard to watch and sends out a very disrespectful message toward America. This challenge is called the “Eric Sheppard Challenge.”

The Eric Sheppard challenge is when you take a video of yourself or anyone else while they are putting the American Flag on the ground and stomping all over it. When they are done stomping on the American Flag they will post it on all the social media with the hashtag, #EricSheppardChallenge.

The President of the University had to say in a public statement regarding the issue, “Our University has always honored, and we will always honor, the service of veterans. The reported conduct of this fraternity contradicts the values of service and respect that are at the center of this University.”

In addition to expelling the students involved in the incident, the University has also taken the initiative to shut down Zeta Beta Tau.

The new rage among smokers are e-cigarettes which contain the nicotine smokers crave, but not the unhealthy smoke, so you thought.

However, is this really a safer option? Recent studies show e-cigs in fact are as bad or sometimes even worse than normal cigarette smoking. Scientists say e-cigs’ vapor has 15 times the amount of cancercausing formaldehyde than normal cigarettes. The study also reveals that the higher the voltage of the

e-cig, the higher the amount of formaldehyde in the vapor.

What’s worse, scientists say the vapor put out by e-cigs is still harmful so you need to protect others around you from breathing in your secondhand vapor. Experts worry that the flavored vapor choices associated with e-cigarettes will entice more young people to take up the habit of ‘vaping’ which possibly could lead to smoking tobacco cigarettes down the road.

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2014-15 Telcom Dept Awards

Cayuga’s Telcom Dept gave out its annual student awards at the Telcom Banquet on April 29, 2015 held at the Auburn Public Theatre.

The event is co-sponsored by the Telcom Dept, Radio and Television Guild, and the Cayuga Record Club.

Mark Castiglione Commencement Award For contributions to the Telcom Dept.

Melissa E. Wilson, Port Byron Adriana S. Mucedola, Auburn Telcom Faculty Award for Service to the Telcom Dept (Commencement Award)

Established in 1994 by Telecommunications Professor Steven Keeler. This award is presented to graduates of the telecommunications degree programs who distinguish themselves by service to the department, excellence in production skills and/or exhibiting a willingness to serve as peer mentors. The recipients are selected by the telecommunications faculty and staff.

De’Asia Henderson, Port Byron Dustin Albino, Union Springs

Daniel S. Tielbaard, Baldwinsville Lauren N. Maltese, Weedsport

Radio Advisors Award For Outstanding Service to the College Radio Station – WDWN

This award was established by Telecommunications faculty serving as advisors to the Cayuga Community College radio station – WDWN. This award is presented to graduates of the telecommunications degree programs who distinguish themselves by service to the college radio station – WDWN. The recipients are selected by the telecommunications faculty and staff. Can be given as a commencement award or year-end award

Josiah A. Teal, Williamson

Nicholas R. Czerow, Oswego

Telcom Audio Production Award For Excellence in Audio Production (Commencement Award)

Established by Telcom faculty members Steve Keeler and Mike Cortese to honor the efforts of Telcom students in audio production

Kristopher B. Pisano, Auburn WDWN Service Award For dedication to the College Radio Station - WDWN

Ashlee Saret

Chris Taber

Krislyn Rogolfsky

2014-15 WDWN Radio Awards BEST PRODUCTION Dee Henderson “Telcom Cayuga Promo” Jordan Snow “Telcom Cayuga Promo” NIGHT SHOW OF THE YEAR “The Buckwild Radio Show” Mike Bucklin GOLDEN VOICE Joe Teal PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR Ed Vivenzio

TV Production Awards

Best Video – Video Production of the Year Winners: No Comment-Jeff Streeter, Connor TenEyck, Treyvon Davis, Daron Tillman Best Music Video Winners: Every Breath You Take - Adriana Mucedola, Dan Tielbaard, Melissa Wilson; Juice - Jeff Streeter, Connor TenEyck, Treyvon Davis, Daron Tillman Best Video Editor Winners: Every Breath You Take - Adriana Mucedola, Dan Tielbaard, Melissa Wilson; Juice - Jeff Streeter, Connor TenEyck, Treyvon Davis, Daron Tillman Best Videography Travis Shephard Best Directors –Jeff Streeter, Pete Souch Best Performance in A Music Video - Jeff Streeter Best Actors- Meg Owren and Haylie McCauley Best PSA Breaking the Cycle - Adriana Mucedola, Dan Tielbaard, Melissa Wilson Best Commercial Winners: Wendy’s - Pete Souch, Zach Birdslow, Kris Pisano Best Comedy Winners: Banana Cutter -Dustin Albino, Nick Czerow, Scott Blauvelt Best Promotional Video Winners: Telcom Promo – Pete Souch, Kris Pisano; SOMA Promo – Melissa Wilson Best Informational Video Winners: Spartan Pride - Rob Carter, Dan Dollinger Best Instructional Video Winners: Roll the Perfect Strike - Dustin Albino, Nick Czerow, Joe Clavelli Best Promotional Music Video Winners: I Got Drunk and Texd Your Mother, The Music of Frank the Tank – Rob Carter Best Pizza Topping - Chicken Wing

Student Frank “The Tank” Smith explaining something with his hands.

Communicator Awards

Student Rob Carter with Telcom Dept.’s Steve Keeler and Jeffrey Szczesniak.

SERVING THE STUDENTS OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS!

For Service to the Telcom Dept.

Dan Kennedy Jake Stuck Zach Steele Alexis “Bigs” Hill Daron Tillman Award for Excellence in Audio Production Dan Tielbaard Chris Taber Pete Souch Telcom students named to Who’s Who Melissa Wilson Adriana Mucedola Chris Taber-Allen De’Asia Henderson Amanda Bauso Ryan Wilkinson Telcom students inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Dustin Albino Erika Barcomb Rob Carter Adriana Mucedola Owen Parseghian Frank the Tank Smith Dan Tielbaard Melissa Wilson

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Auburn Campus holds Peace Rally ACTIVITIES Last Wednesday, April 29th, Cayuga Community College greeted the spring air with its first ever outdoor peace festival. The campus was treated to food sunshine and live music by performer Autumn Nicholas.

ALL PHOTOS ARE BY CALEB SLATER

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Performance artist David Garibaldi

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