The Chronicle
October 23, 2012
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Students Fight Hunger by Making Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches See Page A9 for More Photos from the Event
Volume LXXXI Issue 10
Is Saint Rose in Violation at CCIM? By LAUREN SEARS Staff Writer
There has been speculation lately about the Center for Communications and Interactive Media (CCIM) from students, faculty and staff. However it’s not the kind of speculation one would expect . In fact it’s quite negative. The building has been open since the Spring of 2010. As most students know, in order to enter the academic part of the CCIM, you must enter through connecting doors from the lobby. To enter the CCIM from the outside, there
is a handicap button for people who need it. How are disabled students able to have access from the lobby to the academic part of the CCIM if there is not a button inside the lobby to allow handicap access? According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) an individual with a disability is defined as: A person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of Continued on Page A7
Students and Professors Celebrate 4th Annual National Day on Writing By JOURNALISM I
REGINA IANNIZZOTTO
Students made over 2,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the Capital City Rescue Mission . By REGINA IANNIZZOTTO Opinion Editor A peanut butter and jelly sandwich may seem like a quick snack to some, but to others it is an entire meal. For the third year in a row, PB and Jams has surpassed
their goal by donating over 2,000 PB and Jelly sandwiches to the Capitol City Rescue Mission. The event took up the entire main lounge of tables with music playing in the background and conversation happening all over. The event was one that could not be
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missed upon walking by. In 2010, the goal was 100 and 500 were made. In 2011, the goal was 500 and 1,015 were made. This year, the goal was 1,500 and 2, 146 were made. Exceeding this Continued on Page A8
Arts & Opinion
Handwriting – putting pen, pencil or Sharpie to paper – was a focus of the 4th annual National Day on Writing celebration Thursday at The College of Saint Rose. The morning and afternoon hours were bustling around the main lounge at the Events and Athletics Center where fifth graders from the Pine Hills Elementary School visited in the morning and Journalism students gauged
the community’s take on handwriting into the afternoon. The attention to handwriting, in a world of digitized everything, was designed to underscore the work of the day’s keynote speaker Anne Trubek. Her next book, “The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting,” is scheduled for release in 2014. Trubek told The Chronicle that her curiosity about handwriting first began when her secondContinued on Page A10
Sports
Ann Wilkening retires after 22 years at Saint Rose. See pages A4
Kickin’ It With KJ: New, Old, and Everything in Between. See pages B13
Men’s soccer falls short in last home game of the season. . See page D19
Sociology professor commutes from Chicago. See pages A5
Staff writer Katherine Bakaitis gives her take on the second presidental debate. See page C16
Women’s volleyball finishes off weekend strong. See page D20