04-25-11 Cayuga Collegian 4-25-2011

www.cayugacollegian.com Vol. 59 Issue 15 April 23, 2011

Cayuga Community College Auburn & Fulton, New York

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THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS

By Kat Taylor, Editor-in-chief

Laughter is the Best Cure!

by D.J. DuVall, Associate Editor

CAYUGABriefsThank Your Teacher

National Teacher Day falls on May 3rd, 2011 this year. “On National Teacher Day, thousands of communities take time to honor their local educators and acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in making sure every student receives a quality education,” as it says on nea.org (national education association.)

So take a moment to think of the teachers who inspired you throughout your life. Of those professors that may be doing that for you right now. Do you have a mentor that’s led you along your path, or helped you to achieve your success?

Teaching is a very time-consuming, demanding and exacting profession. On May 3rd, maybe take a moment to say to your teachers, “Thank you.”

Reminder: Work Study in Fall

Bonnie Rooker, Assistant Director of CCC’s Financial Aid Office reminds all student employees that to be considered for work-study in the 2011-2012 academic year, they must have turned in their FAFSA to the Financial Aid Office by April 15th. If you have not done so and are enrolling in classes or applying for work study, please contact Financial Aid immediately. In addition to your FAFSA if any additional requirements are requested, they must be satisfied by April 30th.

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Michael ‘DooWITTle’ Widger, of recent fame with his directorial debut of “The End of Syracuse, NY” will be showing one of his comedic shorts at the Cayuga Collegian’s Comedy for Cancer fund-raiser this Thursday beginning at 7 PM in the Black Box theater (behind the Irene Bisgrove Theater) on Cayuga Community College’s Auburn Campus.

In addition, Widger will perform some of his comedic songs adding to the evening of hilarious fun!

The event will be hosted by comic Mathew ‘Single T’ Kratts, a former editor of the Collegian. This year the p e r f o r m a n c e f e a t u r e s w e l l - k n o w n comedians: Tim Joyce and Chris Gullo.

Tim Joyce has been ‘lost and wandering on the road’, working comedy clubs and colleges from L.A. to New York City. He says he’s played in 36 states, as well as Canada, performing his comedy in major media markets as well as communities too small to warrant a dot from the makers of fine maps. On television, Joyce has been featured nationally on ABC (America’s Funniest People) and Comedy

Central (Stand-Up Stand-Up and Short Attention Span Theatre.) He has also appeared on the regional Fox TV Stand-up Revues, Night Shift, and Live at the Funny Farm.

Chris Gullo, on the other hand, happens to be a Radio Personality for 91.3 WBNY in Buffalo and hosts the Morning Madness show which airs every Tuesday morning from 9am-Noon and available online at www.wbny. org. Gullo is a stand-up comedian from Buffalo. In his short, but promising comedy career, he has opened up for nationally-known comics such as Jay Phillips, Jeff Dye, and Sheng Wang. He has toured with Joyce on multiple occasions, hitting comedy stops up and down the East coast.

Cayuga Collegian COMEDY FOR CANCER was inspired by the cancer struggle long-time Cayuga Collegian faculty advisor, Mary G. Merritt, faced and beat. All monies raised from $5/person admission at the door will go to colon cancer research.Mathew ‘Single T’ Kratts

Thursday, April 28th 7:00 PMBlack Box Theater, AuburnDonation $5.00 Top Notch Comedians!!!Former Collegian Editor-in-chief, Mat Kratts, hosts!


Local Director joins COMEDY FOR CANCER event

Tim Joyce Chris Gullo

CCC Girls Bowling Team Puts Together a Successful Season

Led by Stefanie Spinney and Caroline Clabaugh, the Cayuga Community College Women’s Bowling team just finished up a highly successful 2011 season.

According to Bowling Coach Steve Spinney, Stephanie Spinney got the season rolling at the Mohawk Valley CC invitational, placing third in all events of the power tournament. Spinney went on to place 4th overall

in the singles event, out of 46 women. Next was the Spartan Invitational where Spinney finished first in the singles, second in the doubles with partner Caroline, and won the overall tournament by over 130 pins.

As the season went on, Spinney and Clabaugh continued their success with six third place finishes, and four first place finishes in the doubles matches. Caroline even added a fifth

place finish in the regional rounds held in Utica. Coach Spinney was very proud of the duo’s success and said that “All in all the 2 ladies had a good season, bringing home 15 medals or plaques. We will miss Stefanie (come) graduation but we hope Caroline Clabaugh will come back for a 2nd season as the girls should field a full team since there have already been three commitments for next season.”

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Editorial BoardKAT TAYLOR, Editor-in-chiefJAMIE BLUMRICK, Associate EditorD.J. DuVALL, Sports EditorMARY G. MERRITT, Advisor

Staff ANGELA WORNICK - FULTON JIM COLLINS - AUBURN ALYSSA ANGYAL- AUBURN

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If I ran CCC, I would...

Subject: If I Ran CCC I Would...“...make the financial aid policies easier to understand. This was my first time applying to a community college and I was so confused!” -T. Johnson What would you do if you ran CCC? Send in your answers to: [email protected] with the subject “If I ran CCC”.

Volunteering: Helping Helps YouAt some point in everyone’s life,

they’ll need some kind of help, and there are always people less fortunate than others. In today’s economy, the number of those in need is large indeed. And with everyone having less cash to spend, why not try ‘killing two birds with one stone’, and volunteering?

A lot of Americans have fallen into the habit of trying to buy their happiness. This of course does not actually work, as psychologists will tell you, as things do not make people happy. Initially the thrill of thing might bring some comfort or excitement, but it fades. The satisfaction of performing of a good deed, or helping others, provides lasting happiness, a feeling you that nothing else brings.

In this week’s issue I had the chance to interview two different agencies that were available at the Auburn campus this month to discuss volunteer opportunities in the community, but they are only an example of what’s available, of ways you can give back, and realize you’re helping others and yourself.

A great place to start is www.volunteermatch.org, where you can input what you want to do, and where, and it will match you up with possibilities to help! Another great resource is volunteerguide.org. The two agencies I spoke to where volunteers are immediately needed are the YMCA and Unity House, look for the articles in this issue and be a part of your community!

—Kat Taylor, Editor-in-chief

Small Town Hero

Most people have been through the tragedy of losing a loved one. Friends and family usually come together to make each other feel comfort. Friends try to help the family usually any way they can. Normally multiple cards and flowers are sent. If their loved one were sick with cancer an even bigger gesture would be to join the National Bone Marrow Registry.

Be The Match is a non-profit organization that has helped thousands of people go from the hospital bed to their own bed. It is an organization that will allow a person who needs a bone marrow transplant or even an umbilical cord transplant to receive what they need. If the person needs a bone marrow or umbilical cord transplant, their name is placed on the list to receive. Be The Match helps find a match from a willing donor who is on the registry. Once they find the exact match they want, you will be contacted and it will proceed from there.

There are already thousands on the registry and many who sign up daily. Many people set up events in their hometowns so you’re able to join the registry. If you do decide to set up an event there are many

You Could Help Save a Liferecruiters you can contact through Be The Match. Nicole Kersting is the Development Coordinator of Events at the Be The Match offices. Nicole Kersting can help you with any question you may have if you are interested in helping the foundation. Nicole has been with Be The Match for quite some time and has gained so much from this organization. Just being a part of this organization makes you feel good inside.

For hosting an event all you have to do is fill out the Host Drive form to get started and you’re on your way to helping millions of people with a life changing experience. If there is not an event near by you then you can go online at www.bethematch.org and have a kit sent to you. It’s as simple as swiping the inside of your mouth with aQ-Tip.

If you visit the Be The Match website, there is a video of Shaquille O’Neal has spoken out to tell the world to do something “big.” Cancer has become such a big part of this world, which should show every one that it is time to take action and join a foundation like Be The Match. Show us how BIG you really can be, and Be The Match!

—Christine DeSocio, CCC Student

In June of 2005, Steve Lefave created a girls’ Summer softball team at Moravia High School. Originally, the school only had two Summer leagues for sports; baseball and Babe Ruth baseball. Only kids ages 12 to 15 could be on the baseball team, and you had to be 16 to be on Babe Ruth.

Lefave went ahead and got softball on the map because the girls didn’t have a leaque of their own. Girls would try out for the baseball teams, but if they made the team, they were criticized by the boys.

Lefave made it clear that he just wanted the best for everyone because he had grown up in Moravia and saw that many people were still sexist and he felt it wasn’t right.

Lefave also said that getting the equipment together and becoming a softball coach was difficult. Lefave says he played baseball all his life and did not know the softball rules. When he first bought the equipment, he got the wrong sized bats and balls that were called “softies,” which were softer than regular softballs and could not be used in games.

“It was all out of pocket. I knew that the boys were getting new equipment every year with money

from the school, and I wanted the girls to have nice gear as well, even though they could not get the same luxuries,” said Lefave. He also paid for umpires to ump each girls’game.

Lefave says his first year of coaching a newly-created softball team was more a miss than a hit, though. Only nine girls joined the team, which is exactly how many you need to play, (no players left to sub in), and the girls could only play a few schools because the league was put together at the very last minute. However, the next year, Lefave got an experienced coach who had been playing on a college softball team at Hartwick.

That year, 15 girls joined the team and the league had grown. They played a full season and even got second place in a small tournament at the end of the Summer. Even now, in 2011, the Summer Softball League is still alive in Moravia, all thanks to Steve Lefave.

When asked about his success, he said that he just wanted to make something of the community and create more to do in the small town of Moravia.

—Megan Hamilton, CCC Student

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On Tuesday, February 1, 2011, Governor Cuomo released his Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget, in which he recognized the pressing need for New York State to change the way it conducts its fiscal business. For the first time in many years, the Governor submitted a budget that actually cut total spending, rather than merely lowering the rate of growth.

The State’s public universities (SUNY and CUNY), like other state agencies, received a 10% cut to their operating budgets. If this were the first reduction in state support for its public universities, it would not be unwarranted, especially given the looming $10 billion deficit facing the state. But, it is not. This reduction is the fourth in as many years, leaving SUNY with a billion dollars less (well over 30% of state support) with which to run its core operations.

This budget proposal continues recent cuts in state support for community colleges, the gateway to higher education for so many of New York working citizens, and further eliminates all state support for SUNY’s teaching hospitals. The loss of $130 million in public support to the hospitals, which is in addition to the 10% to the SUNY operating budget, will significantly reduce their ability to serve patients in their respective regions, who are often the poorest in the area. Additionally, these cuts will quickly result in the loss of thousands of jobs.

Despite the current dire state of public finances, reductions of this magnitude are not wise policy. Unlike all other state agencies, public universities constitute investments in our collective future, and as such are as important as continuing investments in infrastructure. The public university system educates people from all walks of life, enriching their lives and, because better educated citizens earn more, and hence pay more taxes, they enrich the state’s coffers. In this way, the public earns compound interest on its investment in higher education, a claim that can be made by no other public investment.

Yet, there is a remedy for these cuts, a remedy first endorsed by the University Faculty Senate almost a decade ago, and now embraced by the SUNY Student Assembly as well as CUNY (CUNY Compact): it’s called a rational fiscal policy for public higher education In New York. Such a policy must have three components: 1. The state’s commitment to maintaining its support for public higher education at predictable levels, levels sufficient to cover the core mandatory costs; 2. An aggressive campaign by the universities to generate new streams of income (such as government grants and contracts, foundation and

Support For a Rational Tuition Plan alumni gifts); and 3. Mandatory, and moderate, annual tuition increases.

When combined with the Governor’s recognition that the universities need regulatory relief in order to operate more efficiently, this policy can create the resources necessary for our campuses across the state to continue to serve well the three quarters of a million students who are currently enrolled in CUNY and SUNY and the millions more who will be seeking a post-secondary education on our campuses in the decade ahead.

Without some restoration of public funds in this budget year, especially for the hospitals, and a five-year plan of modest tuition increases, students on some campuses will soon find fewer options available to them, both in terms of programs (a number of campuses have already announced the discontinuance of programs) and the number of sections offered. Between Fall 2009 and Fall 2010, SUNY lost approximately 2700 course sections, which translates into many thousands of seats that were unavailable to students. And more will be lost again by Fall 2011.

With fewer resources – over a billion dollars in state support lost without tuition increases – the public universities have often been forced to replace retiring full-time staff, both professional and teaching, with part-time employees. In some cases, they have increased class sizes and in others have recommended the elimination of academic programs. Balanced budgets have been replaced by structural deficits on almost every SUNY campus, and without budget relief this year, these deficits that can only be addressed by further reductions in staff and programs. This will translate into fewer opportunities for students, including in some cases the opportunity to graduate on time.

SUNY and CUNY must do their part to address both the short-term fiscal problems and the long-term possibilities by working ever more efficiently to examine closely how each dollar is spent, at the same time safeguarding those expenses essential to the continued delivery of educational opportunity to students. And, they must also aggressively pursue every possible means for increasing funding from external sources, whether through public-private partnerships consistent with their educational missions and respectful of traditional personnel patterns or through grants and gifts.

But, the state must also do its part, through regulatory relief, a firm commitment to maintenance of effort and a responsible long-term tuition policy.

Here is a chance for us all to get informed or learn more about the process of “hydraulic fracturing”. This is the very controversial and reportedly dangerous method of extracting natural gas, and it is poised and ready to begin soon in our Finger Lakes area.

The film will expose the

Monday, May 2 at 11:00 am: The film “All Fracked Up”many health and environmental issues involved in the “fracking” process, including contamination of our lakes and rivers, drinking water and air.

There will be a discussion and comments after the movie, facilitated by informed citizens and staff.

A new organization on campus, that has not been active for 8 years, has now been given permission to start again. Under the direction/advisement of Professors Amy Valente and Chris Fama…We are excited to announce beginning stages of developments and welcome returning Fall 2011students to participate into the growth/developments of a new club on campus.

WHAT IS FBLA? Thousands of students across the nation are joining Future Business Leaders of America! FBLA is the premier organization for students preparing for careers in business and the largest student business organization in the world with a quarter of a million members. FBLA prepares students for “real-world” professional experiences. Members gain the competitive edge for college and career success.

Members and chapters have the opportunity to compete and win awards on the local, state, and national levels. FBLA and FBLA-PBL partners also offers thousands of dollars in scholarships each year.

On Monday, April 18, 2011 we held the election of officers. Each student prepared a 2 minute speech, presented to the members, and a Q & A session followed each speech.

The organization agreed, Mr. Paul

FBLA-Cayuga CC ChapterMcBride, with his expert knowledge of club organizations, was honored to hold the position of an “interim” President, until August 2011, to assist with the plans, since he will not be returning for the Fall 2011.

The additional results of Officers elected for the 2011-2012 semester are as follows:

PRESIDENT: Byron WallVICE-PRES.: Terry DanielsTREASURER: Patrick WalshSECRETARY/SGO REP.: Amanda CurtisHISTORIAN: Aaron QuinnREPORTER: Kathy Lawler

We will plan to have an informational session for future students on April 27th, from 10:30 – 1:00 pm…. Stop by our location, near the main lobby of our college for a snack and information to join.

We welcome students, and our next meeting will be Monday, April 25th at 11:00 in Room M-245, and plan to meet several times before the end of this semester and several occasions during the summer months, to continue with our planning’s.

…A rewarding venture for anyone to become involved.

For your reference and understanding: http://fbla-pbl.org on the web.

By Kathy Lawler, Contributing Writer

Auburn YMCA- WEIU is actively seeking Y-Pals. What’s Y-Pals?

Y-Pals is a mentoring program that matches volunteers with children aged 6-14. The mentor and child spend a minimum of twice per month together throughout their year-long commitment. YMCA makes it easy; Once a month a Y-Pals event is held for mentors and their children, and they may also bring their Y-Pal to the YMCA during the time they’re together free of charge.

The qualifications to be a Y-Pal mentor are: You must be at least 19, have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance. You must pass a background and reference check,

Wanted: Y-Palsattend a training session.

During the training session you’ll learn exactly what it is to be a Y-Pal, but the most important thing you’ll do is make a difference in your Y-Pal’s life. You provide them with your time, and show them a good role model, consistency and friendship.

There’s plenty you can do together; it’s supposed to be fun! Go bowling, see a movie, go swimming, shoot some hoops, go for a picnic or hike – the possibilities are endless.

For questions about the program or to apply, contact Johanna Lynch at 253-5304 ext. 118 or via email at [email protected].


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The Tutor Club has a project they’ve been working on the last few years. They collect donated prom dresses, which they then sell at low cost to low-income High School students. The profits are then donated to local charities, like last year’s sale. They’ve collected over 200 dresses since they began gathering them this past November.

Christina Kosier, President of the Tutor Club said they collected far more dresses than last year, as the project gains more momentum every year as word spreads. People continued to drop dresses off until the last minute, but the tutor club took everything that came to them.

Spartan Men’s Bowling Team

SPARTAN SPORTS

03-12-2011 Hudson Valley CC vs. CCC Loss 2 - 9 03-16-2011 CCC at Genesee CC Loss 0 -17 03-22-2011 CCC at Onondaga CC Loss 0 - 28 03-26-2011 Mohawk Valley CC vs. CCC WIN 9 - 3 03-29-2011 CCC at Tompkins-Cortland CC WIN 9 - 804-02-2011 CCC at Niagara CCC Loss 5 - 14 04-05-2011 CCC at Alfred State College WIN 8 - 5 04-07-2011 Monroe CC vs. CCC Loss 3 - 1404-10-2011 SUNY Delhi vs. CCC Loss 15 - 8 04-13-2011 Finger Lakes CC vs. CCC Loss 7 -12 04-16-2011 Dean College vs. CCC WIN 6 - 5 04-20-2011 Jefferson CC vs. CCC 4:00 p.m. 04-23-2011 CCC at Mercyhurst North East 1:00 p.m.

Meet Lacrosse Spartan Anthony Gabriel

Anthony Gabriel is a Mid-fielder for the Cayuga Community College Men’s Lacrosse program. Gabriel is in his freshman year here at CCC in the Criminal Justice Program. He decided to attend CCC after graduating from Jordan Elbridge Junior-Senior High school in 2010.

Anthony played lacrosse in High School, and has carried his passion for the sport over to college. He has helped lead the Spartans to a respectable 4-7 start to the 2011

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season, and says the season is going well but definitely could be better. Anthony added that “the team gets along well”, but unfortunately the Spartans have “struggled with injuries and a lack of interested players.”

The team will have completed their regular season games on April 23rd. The CCC Men’s Lacrosse team looks to end the 2011 campaign on a high note. CCC Spartan Mid-fielder Anthony Gabriel tries to steal the ball.

Spartan Men’s Lacrosse Team

with Jim Collins

COS MO’S C O R N E R

This week’s review is on an old favorite of mine, Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub on Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, NY.

This place has been around since 1933 and is owned by Peter Coleman and is located at 100 S. Lowell Ave. It’s also at the site where the traffic light is green on top-the only one in the U.S.-which is quite fitting for an Irish neighborhood.

I tended bar there once upon a time, and being part Irish as I am, I had a blast! This place cleans their draft beer system weekly, so it’s the cleanest around. The Guinness is the freshest in Central New York. The menu has something for everyone, such as a shrimp cocktail, potato leek soup, wings, sandwiches, burgers, and full

dinners. The prices are low and it has the feel of a neighborhood tavern even though it has gone quite commercial the past few years. The fish and chips for under $10 can’t be beat. Add a pint of Guinness and life is good!

There’s always some local talent on Friday nights and there’s even a gift shop on-site. So next time you’re out in the ‘Cuse and looking for someplace new to try, go to Coleman’s and have a couple of pints, some good food and meet some new friends! Cheers! Four and ½ Cosmo’s out of five.

Prom Dress Project a SuccessBy Kat Taylor, Editor-in-chief

Last year, the Tutor Club raised two thousand dollars for charity, and outfitted 200 High School students in beautiful like-new prom gowns. The charity was Lunches With Love, which benefits local, low-income families. This year however, people seemed more eager to give than receive, with only 50 students receiving the dresses.

“We were very happy with the results of this year’s Prom Dress Project. We were able to raise $1,000 for Lunches With Love, and we outfitted 50 high school students for their prom.” The project has since been turned over to the Fulton campus, where they held their sale on April 10th.

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When several CCC students were asked what they thought Cinco de Mayo was, the most popular answer was ‘Mexican Independence Day’. Many Americans have adopted this Mexican holiday as one of their own without knowing the history or meaning of it, but vivacincodemayo.org gives the full details.

It’s a classic “David vs. Goliath”, when 4000 Mexican soldiers stood their ground against 8000 French and traitor Mexican soldiers on May 5th, 1862. Ironically, this came to be as a result of Emperor Napoleon III, who had designs on ruling the new Mexican empire. We were in the

Cinco de Mayomiddle of our civil war, and his army had not been defeated in 50 years. He was fearless.

Porfirio Diaz led the Mexican troops to victory that fated day, and later became President and Dictator of Mexico. The Mexicans great victory greatly diminished Napoleon III’s French troops, which stopped him from provided the south with forces for another year. Many theorize that the Civil War was effectively ended due to this lack of reinforcements to the South.

So perhaps America does have a reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo after all.


T h i s Wednesday at Auburn M e m o r i a l City Hall is the annual g a t h e r i n g supporting a community free of

violence. It’s a free event inviting all concerned citizens to come together and speak out against sexual and domestic violence.

Take Back the NightThe CCC Jazz Combo will

perform at 5:45pm and the Take Back the Night march begins at 6pm. The Rally will follow at 6:30pm. Also featured will be a self defense demonstration by Sensei Peter Petrosino and the CCC Judo club, Author Cathy Brochu, and the Wells College Singers will perform “Whirligigs”, “Appointed” and “Henry’s VIII”.

For more information about the event call S.A.V.A.R. at 253-9795 ext. 311.


This week’s top tip: show your college ID! Seems so obvious, but many don’t think to do it. Restaurants and movie theaters and more will save you 5-20% off your purchase when you show your college ID. A few examples: Subway, Taco Bell, MoviePlex 10 and Fingerlakes Cinemas.

The second tip is: comparison shop. I know we’re all busy. And many people don’t like to online shop. But say you’re looking for a microwave, and you see what you want at Wal-Mart. Instead of just grabbing it because it’s easy, you could easily save yourself at least ten dollars by waiting until you get home and spending ten minutes looking online.

Sites like amazon.com offer just about everything under the sun almost always cheaper than stores, and with free shipping over $25, it’s easy to save. Also, if you really want to save and it’s something that doesn’t have to be brand new, (LIKE TEXTBOOKS) check out the following:-freecycle.org: people just post items that want to get rid of. They’re FREE items, you just have to have a way to get them.

-craigslist.org: I become more and more fond of this site – it has everything down to job offerings. You can grab textbooks for $3 a piece, and no shipping costs. You search by area, so you’re only looking at local listings.

Last week I mentioned a cheap place for clothes, Trader K’s; they

SAVING YOU MONEYnow have a weekly drawing for a $25 gift certificate, which I opened a letter from them last week to discover I’d been the winner when I dropped my name in the box my last visit, so it’s just another reason to go there! This week I want to mention Salvation Army – Wednesdays in particular.

On Wednesdays you can save 50% most clothing in the store. There are other discounts on other days of the week off of things such as furniture, but Wednesday has the most buying power. Shopping at the Salvation Army (161 Grant Ave., Auburn) is much like a gargantuan yard sale, so you’ll need a lot of time to rifle through things. It’s like a treasure hunt – you can find great items in amongst the junk and for next to nothing in price after 50% off.

ALDI – This is a grocery store by the Fingerlakes mall at 1651 Clark Street Road, Auburn. This is just another place where you can buy staple food items, for often half the price of Wal-Mart goods. Some of my favorite foods are from here; an Aldi specific brand: Fit & Active makes some excellent items at great prices. They also feature different weekly items like gardening tools, Easter basket stuffers, whatever is seasonal. It’s definitely worth checking out for the college student on a budget!

And as always, grab a newspaper! Some people still use the classifieds, but this is also a great way to find free events and things to do in your area.


The Cayuga Collegian is beginning recruitment for the fall semester. If you’re a writer, or even just take an interest in the things around you, we can help with the writing part!

See injustices go uncorrected and wish you could speak out? Witness a unique or interesting event and feel others should know about it? All it takes to be a reporter is a keen eye, pen to paper to jot down the facts,

Feel the Passion in You?and knowing how to read and write! Everything else will get better with practice, and we love helping to bring out those skills for those with the passion to pursue them!

If you or someone you know is interested, send an email to [email protected] before May 13th, or you will be contacted in August when we return for Fall Semester.


2011 Visiting Writer April Lindner reads from her works, shares insights into the life of a published author. The sources for poet and novelist April Lindner live in her everyday experiences with friends and family, strange events, and other moments seeded in her life. On April 11, 50 people gathered in the CCC library to hear Lindner, the 2011 Visiting Writer, read selections from among her 100 publish poems and a chapter from Jane, her modern retelling of the classic novel Jane Eyre.

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Is it time to start planning your next move? CCC students who are graduating in May should start thinking about what they plan to do next fall.

To help make that transition a little easier for students who plan to pursue four-years degrees, counselors from LeMoyne College and SUNY Oswego visited the CCC campus in Auburn last week. Both college representatives were more than happy to help any students who had any questions.

“The earlier you know you want to transfer, you should work with an adviser.” said Cathleen Anderson, the Director of Transfer Admission at LeMoyne College.

Anderson says that transfer advisers would be glad to help the students figure out what courses to take at LeMoyne. She says the college offers a variety of 40 degrees programs. All students must complete a 14-course, humanities-based core curriculum. LeMoyne College also offers 17 NCAA Division II teams for both men and women. They also have more than 70 clubs and organizations for students to join.

Anderson says you need to study your transcript because all your credits from CCC may not be accepted a LeMoyne College pamphlet on transferring spells it out: “Courses taken in technical ares, remedial classes, internships, field experiences, physical

Thinking about a Four Year Degree? You may find what you’re looking for at LeMoyne or SUNY Oswego

education and health courses, courses in which grades of ‘D’ were earned, and courses that were taken pass/fail will not transfer to Le Moyne.” The pamphlet also warned that a maximum of 60 credits would be accepted from a two-year college.

Graduate placement for Le Moyne is 95% within the first year of graduating. “Graduates are exceptionally successful in gaining admission to graduate and professional schools,” Anderson said.

“We try to be as transfer friendly as possible.” SUNY Oswego’s Kori Ayers said.

Ayers said there are four schools at SUNY Oswego: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The School of Business, The School of Communication, Media and the Arts, and The School of Education. Ayers says all the colleges together offer more than 50 majors and more than 40 minors.

Ayers said SUNY Oswego has 24 Division III sports teams, and more than 150 clubs and organizations for the students. Ayers says one thing that makes SUNY Oswego unique is that they have the largest library in northern New York.

For students worried about the cost of living expenses, SUNY Oswego spell out in their transfer brochure that the cost of room and board will not increase during the time the students attend SUNY Oswego.

By Alyssa Angyal, Staff Writer

Every month Downtown Books & Coffee of 66 Genesee St. holds a contest. Open to all, they ask for writers of any age to submit story no longer than fifteen pages, about any subject matter.

Winners receive a gift card for Downtown Books (or Downtown Books t-shirt), and their story will also be published in a compilation book entitled, “Downtown Stories”. Winners are chosen on the 20th of every month, and their names entered on the website, downtownbooksandcoffee.com. There you can also find complete rules and a listing of all past winners.

Downtown Books & Coffee will celebrate its first full year of business this August, and what a long way they will have come. Their coffee and pastry selection continues to grow, as does its volume of tomes.

First selling only new books, they now also sell used books. Downtown Books & Coffee employs former Waldenbooks employees, such as John Colvin, now Store Manager of Downtown Books. “Everyone wants

Downtown Books & Coffee Wants Youand needs us here,” he says about the store, and their stores answer to a need from the people. “We love that everyone is still so excited we’re here.”

Downtown Books & Coffee is the only bookstore in Auburn, and the surrounding area. Their comfortable coffee area and delicious brews, well stocked and organized sections, and many other offerings only compliment their kind and knowledgeable staff. Dedicated too, always adding on to what the store has to offer.

The store tries to have an author come in at least once a month, and Colvin says they’ve had much success with their previous guests. Their “Strange Tales of Horror” event last month had them crowded and Colvin was thrilled with the event’s success. He’s equally excited about Tim Green, who will be coming to Downtown Books & Coffee on May 21st, is an acclaimed and popular author of both adult and children’s literature.

Visit downtownbooksandcoffee.com for more information.


Baked Goods Warm HeartsMembers of the ECH Club pose with their scrumptious wares.Left: a sample of the wares the Editor purchased so everything could be taste-tested... and every-thing was delicious!

The Early Childhood club was in the Auburn Campus lobby selling daisy bouquets and baked goods of about a dozen different varieties for a club fundraiser.

The bouquets were five dollars, and every baked good was fifty cents. Some of the treats available were muffins, to dark chocolate brownies, several kinds of cookies, chocolate topped pretzels, and

adorable cupcakes to look like ladybugs and bumblebees. There were bags of chex muddy buddies, and different kinds of rice krispie treats, including white and dark chocolate drizzled.

Everything was delicious and more than fairly priced at a meager fifty cents. A crowd of hungry students perused and purchased until almost nothing was left.

Baked Goods Warm HeartsBy Kat Taylor, Editor-in-chief

THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS OF CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS

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