cayugacollegian@gmail.com Vol. 61 Issue 9 December 9, 2014

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CCC in shock over over the loss of two valued colleagues

Director of Nursing Education, Linda L. Alfieri, MS, RN, CNE, says the NYS passing rate was 76% and the national passing rate was 78%.

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Cayuga possesses one of the best nursing programs in the country! Congratulations to our nursing faculty and students on this outstanding achievement! — Anne J. Herron, Ed.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

CCC’S 2014 NURSING GRADUATES EARNED 96%PASSINGRATE ON THE NATIONAL LICENSURE EXAMINATION

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CCC STUDENT IN NEED AFTER FIRE TRAGEDY

Shaquan Spencer, a Cayuga Community College student, lost her mother, grandmother, and cousin in a fire, and her 3-year old son is in critical condition. Please join me in supporting Shaquan during this incredibly difficult time.

There are many ways to help, including the following:https://fundly.com/bless-a-family-displaced-by-fire?ft_src=email_share_mobilehttp://www.caringbridge.org/visit/settlesspencerfamilyhttp://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/11/benefit_established_for_victims_of_fatal_syracuse_house_fire.html#incart_story_package

— Jeffrey Rosenthal, Vice-President, Student Affairs

The CCC community was sad to learn of the sudden passing of CCC’s Peggy Carroway on Monday, November 24th. Peggy was a dedicated worker, helping

students with disabilities learn for more than 15 years at CCC.

“Peggy Carroway had an enormous impact on so many of our students.,” said Meg Osborne, Interim Director, Student Engagement.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Peggy Carroway Fund, in care of the Cayuga Community College Foundation, 197 Franklin St., Auburn, NY 13021.

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AUBURN CAMPUS: PEGGY CARROWAY

FULTON CAMPUS: HUGH M. MACKENZIE

Long-time CCC adjunct instructor on CCC’s Fulton campus, Hugh M. MacKenzie, passed away Monday, November 24th at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.

100 headstones were placed in a temporary cemetery on the Auburn campus’ lawn in mid-November to raise public awareness about the terrible toll heroin addiction is having on young people. The awareness campaign, “100 Die a Day” was started by the family of former CCC student, Jessica Nicole-Gentile, who died after taking an overdose of heroin in May 2013. “The 100 Die a Day” project has now become a collaborative effort between a number of drug action agencies in Cayuga County and CCC. Their mission is to: “Educate people of the realities of heroin use, to prevent people from starting and to impact people already using heroin to encourage them to stop.”

One of the headstones had a photo of Jessica’s actual headstone.

By Caleb Slater, editor-in-chief

Cemetery built on Auburn campus to raise heroin overdose death awareness

The “100 Die a Day” Project

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OPINIONS

Stressed about finals? Don’t be! 90% of what we worry about isn’t worth worrying about. We worry that absolutely everything that can go wrong, will, but more often than not things turn out better than we expect them to. Think your paper’s terrible? Your teacher will probably love it! Can’t hand something in on time? You can work something out. Don’t think you’ve been studying enough? Three hours is probably fine, relax.

Besides, worrying never helps you. Take it from someone who worries all the time. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be concerned about anything, mind, but there’s a difference between being concerned and being scared. If you know

Here’s how I see it!

Kelsey McLean

GLAD FOR TODAY, REMEMBERING YESTERDAY, PREPARING FOR TOMORROW I’m not the kind of person to analyze

my dreams. To me, analyzing dreams is like trying to solve a puzzle with only the corner pieces; yeah you have an idea as to what it’s about, but there’s so much in the middle that you are missing. Last Saturday was completely different, I remember waking up, it was 10:56 A.M. exactly, I woke up and just laid there in my bed over this sudden epiphany that struck over my while I was asleep.

I dreamed that I was walking past the weight room and an advisor was talking

about something weird that I did. I continued to walk, but stopped dead in my tracks when I heard the laugh of the man he was talking to. He was, in my dream of course, talking to my former high school Earth Science teacher. And in my dream my former teacher said, “You haven’t seen anything yet.” Just as a little backstory, I used to pull many pranks on this teacher in high school; some may say I looked forward to it.

So when I first woke up my gut instinct was to proclaim in “fear” that he’s haunting me in my dreams, after all the pranks I pulled on him in high school, but then I got to thinking about it. This was by no means a nightmare, this was a dream and there is some higher message to be said about it. At first I just stated the obvious, “Well this must be an indication that I am getting homesick.” After all I hadn’t really put too much thought in the state of my school recently and that’s the clear logical reasoning right?

Then I thought about it more, I couldn’t get those words out my head, “You haven’t seen anything yet.” I wasn’t so much questioning what he implied, but

why of all people did he pop up in my dream and why did he choose those specific words? It was bothering me all morning.

After finishing my shower, it hit me. He really saw and taught me when I was at my lowest, by that I mean I was this immature 10th grader who spent more time planning my next prank on this guy then the actual homework due the next day. He didn’t know where I would go, what I would be, I didn’t and still don’t even know. His random appearance in my dream stating “You haven’t seen anything yet” was merely an observation, this advisor hasn’t seen anything yet, but what will he see?

We can all relate to this, we can’t exactly KNOW where we will be, speaking long term, but what we can do is recall what we’ve been doing and improve on it. If you don’t think you were engaging enough this semester, you can get involved with a fresh start next semester, if your mind wasn’t motivated enough this semester, you can always strive for better next semester.

—Caleb Slater

Slater and Albino promotedCaleb Slater will become co-editor-in-chief;Dustin Albino is named sports editor

The Cayuga Collegian is proud to announce two staff promotions for the Spring 2014 semester. Associate editor Caleb Slater of Dundee will share the responsibilities of editor-in-chief with the current top editor, Kelsey Mclean. Slater is a Telcom major.

“Caleb has really stepped up and made his presence known in the office and on the computer. We couldn’t do it each week without him,” said Mclean. “I’m really happy for him. It’s a honor to work with him.”

Telcom major, Dustin Albino, has been named sports editor for the Spring 2014 semester. Albino, who just sucessfully completed all the requirements for the course, Telcom 204: Journalism Practicum; a course which helps to train writers for The Collegian, is pursuing a career in the sports writing field.

“It was a no-brainer to snap Dustin up for our staff,” said Mclean. “We’re going to be saying one day ‘we knew him when...’ He has a bright career in front of him.”

Collegian Sports Editor Dustin Albino Collegian co-editor-in chief Caleb Slater

something’s wrong, you make a plan and try to fix it. You know that you can move on -- you can get past this. When you worry, you’ve already admitted that it’s all over, and you’ve already lost. You’ve turned the molehill into a mountain, one you know you can’t climb. Now all that there’s left to do is sit there and wait to die.

You don’t really want to feel like that, do you?

Stress isn’t just mental, either -- it’s physical, too. Too much stress can give you headaches, insomnia, colds, and even an upset stomach. You’ll stress yourself out so much that you won’t be in any state to study for that test, let alone take it!

So if you’re ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed, just remind yourself that everything will turn out just fine, and you’ll be okay. Take a deep breath and give yourself a break. Do something you like -- sports, art, dancing, whatever takes your mind off things. Whatever you do, don’t get so wrapped up in this ‘finals’ business. No matter what happens, you can move on. Even finals, promise!

—Kelsey McLean

FULTON CAMPUS!The Collegian wants to know what is going on up there!Be a Fulton Correspondent or just email us your news at Cayugacollegian@gmail.com

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CCC’s Meg Osborne is the interim director of the college’s Center for Student Engagement and Academic Advisement.

You may wonder how do you prepare for a job in this kind of career. Osborne says she became interested in this profession through the influence of her mother, who was a high school guidance counselor.

O s b o r n e says she studied a total of six years to get her degrees. She report the part that she enjoys the most about her job is that every day is different.

O s b o r n e says her favorite part of being a c o u n s e l o r is that she

The presidential search committee is on the hunt for CCC’s new school president, with their rigorous advertising and scouting campaign and already underway.

Applications begin in January, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg of the work put in to find the next president. For now, it’s all about getting the word out there, in hopes of attracting the best and brightest in administration. Their goal is to have a list of nominations by mid March, and a new candidate by commencement -- May 17th. The search is done in absolute secrecy, with all of the potential candidates kept under lock and key to prevent outside bias of any kind. So if you want an idea of who your next president might be, you’re out of luck.

While it might feel like DeCinque is here to stay, having been here for nearly a whole year since Larson’s resignation, the truth is that he might be on his way out... and it’s better if he does. An interim president is only supposed to stay for so long -- the sooner they’re gone, the better. Not because an interim president can only do a bad job, mind, but because they’re only meant to be a

Search is on for new CCC presidentBy Kelsey McLean, editor-in-chief

temporary solution to a permanent problem.

If that kind of uncertainty makes you nervous, it should. From turning the budget around, to overhauling the Fulton campus, to even just the smallest token of bringing hope to the staff and students, DeCinque has done incredible work for the school. The school we have today is a far cry from the school we had just a year ago,

steeped in uncertainty, and going back to that may be frightening for some. Rest assured, however, that the Presidential Search Committee will only pick whoever is best for the school... and if all else fails, they’ve extended DeCinque’s stay for another year, just in case. And who knows? Maybe’ll he’ll be permanent after all. It’s unlikely, but stranger things have happened.

Dr. Gregory DeCinque is CCC’s interim president. Although, Dr. D is very popular, he isn’t here to stay. A search has begun for a more permanent leader.

Students mark GIS Day 2014 at CCCStudents engaging in GIS Day 2014 activities at Cayuga Community College’s Auburn campus.

On Wednesday November 19, 2014, Cayuga Community College’s GIS (Geographic Information System) Club celebrated “GIS Day.” This is an educational day which is set aside to bring an awareness to the wonder of our world as well as help promote the use of an innovative and progressive technology.

The club had a booth set up in the hallway with a series of maps highlighting some of the analytical and cartographic capabilities GIS has to offer. Also, for a chance to

win a brand new iPad mini 2 a GeoQuiz was given to every student who stopped by the table. Out of 75 participants Marissa D’Arpino took the grand prize home. Congratulation’s Melissa!

Thank-You to all those who participated in the day’s activities. We hope you enjoyed your time viewing the maps and taking the quiz. Plan on stopping by again next year on November 19th to see what’s new in the world of GIS!

By Ryan Lyndaker, contributing writer

Marissa D’Arpino winner of the 2014 GeoQuiz, receiving her prize from GIS Club President Ryan Lyndaker and GIS Club Treasurer Jake Meyer.

The Veterans Health Administration has gotten quite a poor reputation lately, due to the recent scandal in which 35 veterans died while waiting for care in the Phoenix, Arizona VHA facilities. While investigations revealed that similar problems with waiting times are present in many other VHA facilities, very few issues seemed present upon visiting the local VA clinic at Auburn Memorial Hospital.

Nurse practitioner Laura Delaney told me the waiting time for new patients in the Auburn clinic “has been about a week.” Mrs. Delaney has worked in the Auburn VA since its inception in May of 2000, and is highly optimistic about her job and coworkers.

“We all work really hard here, because we all really care.”

As a nurse practitioner, Mrs. Delaney has many duties throughout the day. She does primary care (meaning she operates like a standard doctor for her veteran patients), annual physicals, ill visits, and prepares

Syracuse VA hospital check-upBy Matt Drake, contributing writer

patients for surgeries and consults.

Patients have to see her before they’re able to see a specialty doctor at the Syracuse VA.

Many of the problems that arose in Phoenix occurred during this process; the wait time before they could see a specialist could be quite extreme. The Syracuse VA specialty doctors have always tried to see non-urgent patients within a month’s time (urgent patients within a day), but because of the recent scandal, they have recently contracted with local doctors to see patients if the VA has not been able to treat them in a timely manner. Patients are also always able to have access to the emergency room.

After graduating high school, Mrs. Delaney wanted to learn to become a physician’s assistant, but when her mother fell ill, she decided to stay in Auburn, and enroll in the recently opened nursing program at CCC. “When I was younger I wanted to be a teacher, an accountant or a nurse” she informed me.

Mrs. Delaney has acted as the couch of Auburn High’s team, is a certified women veteran’s health provider, and has been recognized in her efforts to get her patients to stop smoking.

Mrs. Delaney attributes the success of the Auburn clinic in it’s staff. “You can say that I work with the best nurse practitioners, secretaries, nurses and med-technicians. Everybody’s really good here, ya know? Everybody really cares.”

Nurse practitioner Laura Delaney says wait times average about a week for new patients at the Auburn VA clinic located at Auburn Memorial Hospital.

Meet CCC’s Meg OsborneBy Yaritza Hernandez , contributing writer

helps students with everything from career planning to assisting students with their academic schedules.

Osborne has been an active part of Cayuga Community College since 2001. She first started working here part-time in the Admissions Office. Osborne says she left her job at Syracuse University to take a job at CCC so she would be closer to home. Osborne says many things have changed since she joined Cayuga Community College in 2001. She says she has witnessed the campus’ technology develop, as well as the opening and development of CCC’s second campus in Fulton.

She says she even worked at the Auburn campus before the buildings formed the inner quad.

Osborne says that she likes that students have more access to their information these days which she feels make them become more independent.

When Osborne was asked “what would be your job if you didn’t work in this field?” Osborne responded “Maybe a dog groomer, I love dogs.”

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Remembering CCC’s Peggy Carroway and Hugh M. MacKenzieHugh M. MacKenzie, 68

FULTON, NY – Hugh M. MacKenzie, 68, died on Monday November 24, 2014, at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY.

Hugh learned integrity and a tremendous work ethic from his parents, Hugh and Mary MacKenzie, traits he possessed until his last breath. He also enjoyed golf and loved to play the game with his dad.

A graduate of State University of New York at Buffalo, Hugh received a BA in 1969 and an MBA in 1970. He went to work for the Long Island Railroad as a labor relations analyst. It was there he met his future wife, Monica Mulvey.

They married in 1971 and moved to Fulton, NY.

He worked for Nestle as personnel and labor relations manager until his retirement in 2000. Hugh negotiated labor contracts for Nestle around the country, but his heart was always in Fulton.

After retiring, Hugh enjoyed teaching at Cayuga Community College, Fulton Campus.

Hugh was a communicant at Holy Trinity Church. A proud Democrat to the end, he had served as chairman of the Fulton City Democratic Committee for several years. He was a past chairman of City of Fulton Fire and Police Commission and served on the board of directors for Fulton Youth Soccer and Fulton Youth Hockey. He enjoyed coaching soccer

when his children where youngsters. Hugh served as a member of IMC and Fulton Nestle Golf League.

His greatest accomplishments and love were his family.

Beside his wife of 43 years, he is survived by a son, Hugh “Dan” MacKenzie and wife, Tracy Cass MacKenzie of New York; a daughter, Megan MacKenzie of Syracuse, NY; a beloved sister, Nora MacKenzie of Phoenix, Ariz.

Hugh was especially proud of and loved his grandchildren, in birth order: Kameren Jackson, Jasmine Jackson, Maureen MacKenzie, Colleen MacKenzie, Emma J. Berkley and Aileen MacKenzie; as well as nieces and nephews.

He enjoyed the raucous Mulvey family: Mark, Terence, Jim, Dan, Claire and Mary and their spouses, especially his mother-in-law, Theresa Mulvey, who prayed ceaselessly for his recovery.

His parents and brothers, Gerald and Dennis, predeceased Hugh.

The family would like to acknowledge and give thanks to Drs. Eugene Lozner and Louis Green of Syracuse, the staff at Berkley Physical Therapy of Oswego, the angels who work at Strong Hospital units 7-1400-Cardiac Transplantation ICU and 7-3400 – Unit for Heart Failure & Transplantation, as well as the LVAD staff who cared for Hugh during the last year of his life.This entry was posted in Sugar and Sugar Scanlon Funeral Homes.

Mary Margaret “Peggy” Ashe Carroway, 54, of Auburn, passed away unexpectedly Monday afternoon, November, 24, 2014. Peggy was born in Syracuse, NY, the daughter of Carolyn Dadey Ashe and the late Gerald Ashe and has resided in Auburn for the past 30 years. Peggy attended Alfred State College and Cayuga Community College. She was employed at Cayuga Community College as a Disability Specialist for over 15 years and a communicant of Sacred Heart Church.

Surviving are her mother, Carolyn Dadey Ashe of Palm Harbor, FL; her beloved husband, Edward Carroway of Auburn, NY; two sons, Matthew Kent Carroway, Auburn, NY, Brendan Patrick Carroway, Auburn, NY; two sisters, Cynthia A.

Mary Margaret “Peggy” Ashe Carroway, 54

Ashe of Clearwater, FL, Sheila C. Bristol and her husband, Mike of LasVagas, NV; one brother, Thomas G. Ashe and his wife, Tammy of Tampa, FL; one grandson, Connor Isaac McGahn; three nephews, Ryland Ashe, Cody Schadgg and Logan Modlin; two nieces, Jolie Ashe, Kaylee Bristol; one brother-in-law, Kent R. Carroway, Frederick, CO; two sisters-in-law, Lynn M. Skiba, Phoenix, AZ, Michelle R. Modlin and her husband, Randy of Bushnell, NE.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Peggy Carroway Fund, in care of the Cayuga Community College Foundation, 197 Franklin Street, Auburn, NY 13021 in memory of Peggy.

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If you can help others this holiday season, you will find this tree near the lobby on the Auburn Campus.

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Basketball Spartans look to improve

SPORTS

What a difference a year makes. Last year the Cayuga Spartans men’s basketball team was among one of the best in NJCCA Region III. This year the Spartans have got off to a rough start as they have slid to a record of 1-6. The lone win came in dominating fashion where everything went the way of the Spartans. They beat Schenectady County Community College 74-57. However, for the most part the six losses for the Spartans have been

GO SPARTANS!GO SPARTANS!GO SPARTANS!

By Dustin Albino, sports editor

blowouts. “We are really young, and just

need to play better as a team,” said coach Tony Borges. The youth has really been shown in the opening seven games as the team is averaging 60.7 points per game, which is fairly low for a college team. Michael Guity and DaVaughn Johnson have been bright spots as they are both respectively averaging over 10 points per games.

The team is shooting 22.2%

from downtown. Though they are only taking about six 3 pointers a game, the number of makes should drastically be more than 1 make per game.

The development of the freshman needs to improve over the course of conference play, or else the 2014-2015 campaign could be a disappointing one for the Spartans.

“We are better than our record indicates,” said Borges.

The upside to the basketball program thus far has been the Cayuga Lady Spartans. After only winning two games all of last year, the Lady Spartans already have three in the first seven games.

The sophomore leadership of Maxine Williams and Allison Chase, has been a real key in the early success. Both are averaging in double digits with points. The spark for the Lady Spartans thus far seems to be freshman Shaqueria Everson. Everson is averaging 11.7 points per game and an impressive 13.3 rebounds per game. In her first season as a Spartan, Everson is recording double-doubles consistently.

The Spartans are only shooting 45% from the free throw line through the first seven games. This is a key area that will need to improve in order to win close games down the stretch.

Both teams will look to improve over the course of the season and hopefully make playoffs. Now that the teams have had an extended break for Thanksgiving, they will both look to get back on track later this week as they have three games in four days, against Davis College, Clinton Community College and North Country Community College.

The University of Tennessee announced they are dropping the word, ‘Lady’,from the title of their women’s sports teams. The new rule excludes their women’s basketball team. The women’s teams will now be called the ‘Tennessee Volunteers’. The university’s announcement says the administration decided to make this change because a number of people at the university said they felt the name ‘Lady’ attached to the women’s sports teams is sexist.

“I don’t think it’s sexist, there’s nothing wrong with being called a Lady Spartan,” says Breanne Becker, a player for Cayuga Community College women’s basketball team.

“The Lady Spartans here at CCC name is sexist, but it’s not. It’s sexist because the ladies did not fight in the Spartan War. And no, it’s not really sexist because it’s easier for the teams to be called Lady Spartans,” said Student Engagement Coordinator Carrin Dresser.

Do you think the name Lady Spartans is sexist? Send us an email with your name and what you have to say on the subject to cayugacollegian@gmail.com.

Should colleges drop the name‘LADY’ from their women’steam names?By Shaquella Newby, staff writer

NASCAR: Kevin Harvick wins nail biterBy Dustin Albino, sports editor

Going into the 2014 NASCAR season, the main focus was the new point system. The win and get in mentality made for tremendous racing in the regular season. But, that was the regular season.

Once the Chase for the Sprint Cup began at Chicagoland Speedway in early September, the racing intensified. When Brad Keselowski made a daring move for the win by splitting the middle of Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson, the viewers could tell that this was going to be a Chase for the ages.

With the new playoff system intact, it was almost like there was three mini seasons divided into three races each. If you survived those three rounds, then that team would see themselves fighting for a championship at

Homestead.“This new

point system is the best thing that has happened in this sport in a decade,” said Harvick.

Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano were

the subliminal favorites to win the championship. Over the 2014 campaign those two cars have had raw speed like no other. Denny Hamlin, whose team has lacked that speed, and horsepower in the Toyota engine department had everything to gain. “I like our chances,” Hamlin said prior to Sunday’s race, at arguably one of his best tracks. Then there was Ryan Newman. Newman had a lone four top five finishes all year long, but he raced like his life was on the line. Many people thought that Newman did not even deserve to be in the fight for the championship because he hadn’t won a race all season long. They were wrong.

“You are going to have to win the race in order to win the championship,” said Logano prior to the race. Man, was he right.

On Sunday, the championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway silented the critics of the new point system. The four championship contenders- Harvick, Logano, Hamlin and Newman gave it everything they had. For most of the race all four championship eligible drivers were in the top five to six positions on the race track. Insane.

It was a late race caution with 19

laps to go that shook up everything. With the Chase drivers slated in position 2,3,4,5 on the track, it was going to be up to the pit crews to get their driver out front.

Hamlin who was running in second, stayed out. Harvick came in and got four tires, Newman two, and Logano had a disaster of a pit stop which resulted him in restarting in the twenty-ninth position. This ended his shot at the championship.

Over the course of the last 15 laps, Harvick ate Newman and Hamlin alive with his four fresh tires. Harvick wins the race, and is the 2014 Sprint Cup champion.

“The last thing Tony Stewart (Harvick’s owner) told me today before I got in my car was: ‘You’re gonna go through a lot of things today. You’re going to be ahead of the other guys, you’re going to be behind them, but don’t ever quit until the checkered flag falls, because it’s going to change multiple times,’” Harvick said. That was spot on advice from the three time champion.

In the end, Harvick is the ultimate winner, but so are the fans. These four drivers and teams put on one helluva show in determining who would be champion.

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COLLEGIAN WEEKLY SODoKulOOK FOR THE ANSWERS IN NEXT semester

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In the next month or two, you may see some television commercials on television promoting Cayuga Community College. There is no specific ‘call to action’ like “Register for Spring”, enabling us to use them again next summer to promote fall registration. Every student in these commercials is currently enrolled at Cayuga. The first commercial is directed at traditional-aged students, while the second commercial speaks to the non-traditional population.

Watch for CCC on TV!

By Shaquella Newby, staff writer

Bad hair day? What it could meanDoes your hair define you? Do you

like your hair straight? Do you like your hair long or short? Do you prefer your hair to be naturally curly? Do you color your hair? Do you think most people judge strangers by the style of their hair.

“I don’t have any hair on my head because I prefer to go bald, but if you ask me, the only bad part about it is that when colder months come around, it’s harder to keep my scalp warm. I guess you could call me boring because I don’t have any hair,” said CCC’s Director of Student Activities Norman Lee. Lee believes that being bald is easier to manage. Unlike Lee, others enjoy having hair on their head.

“I like my hair, I used to have purple

hair,” said Carrin Dresser, CCC’S Auburn campus Student Engagement Coordinator. Dresser is known for changing up her hairstyles.

Some CCC students say you can tell what a person goes through by how often they switch up their hair. Studies have also indicated you can tell a person’s health is by the status of their hair.

Most people feel a new hairstyle can also help with your mood. “When I get my hair done, I feel more confident. When my hair is not done, I feel uncomfortable with my appearance,” said CCC student Ste’ceonna Capers.

Tell us how your hair defines you, email The Cayuga Collegian at cayugacollegian@gmail.com.

It’s hard to come up with just one name for Harriet Tubman. Some called her the Moses of her people, others a spy for the Union Army, an extraordinarily s u c c e s s f u l military mind in the Civil War, and without a doubt one of the most influential people in American history. And all that may still not be able to encompass her life achievements says Royce Sampson, the tour director at the Harriet Tubman museum.

“She had a great faith in her God. And she believed that God would protect her, and He did, for her to do the things she did, it’s amazing,” said Sampson.

In all, Harriet rescued at least 1,100 from the chains of slavery, possibly many more.

And with two new national parks in Maryland and New York so close to becoming a reality, visitors like Maggie Schneid are excited to see it happen.

“Not only myself, but bringing my children down. Having them

visit and learn more about how they can grow up and give back to their community also,” said Schneid.

Sampson says he’s glad to see this park just on the horizon.

“This is just an awesome thing to happen because it’s gone a long time, we did a lot of things to do it, and to see it all come together. And I’m glad to see Auburn, New York and Maryland eastern shore is still together,” said Sampson.

And the Harriet Tubman visitor’s center is on that same horizon.

On Thursday, a bill calling for over 5,000 acres of Talbot,

Caroline, and Dorchester counties, along with parts of Auburn, New York to be converted to a national park, was approved by the US House of Representatives. The U.S. Senate will take up the measure next week. It then goes to President Obama’s desk for signature. If the legislation is adopted, the Tubman national historical parks will be the first to honor an African American woman. “It’s been a real long journey, but a very worthwhile journey and an important journey, not just for Harriet Tubman, but for the city of Auburn and the people of the Finger Lakes region of central New York,” Harriet Tubman Home

Auburn closer to having a Harriet Tubman National ParkCOMPILED FROM PUBLISHED REPORTS

executive director Karen Hill said Wednesday. “It’s huge.”

Laurel Ullyette, president of the Harriet Tubman Boosters Club, said the group was discouraged due to the possibility that the bill might not be passed before the end of the current Congress, which would force supporters to restart their efforts in the 114th Congress.

But now that the legislation is part of the NDAA bill, Ullyette said they are happy with the latest developments.

“We were so prepared that it was not going to make it this year,” Ullyette said. “We just didn’t think there was any possibility. Now that this has happened, it’s just opened everything back up and we’re just absolutely thrilled that this chance still remains for this Congress.”

Under the provisions included in the NDAA agreement, the Auburn park would consist of Tubman’s home, the Home for the Aged and the Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church.

Harriett Tubman

Harriett Tubman’s house in Auburn could soon be the site of the first National Park to honor an African-American woman.

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CCC Telcom student Frank “The Tank” Smith started to explore his family’s connection to the film history after a lecture by Professor Merritt in Telcom 101.

By Mary G. Merritt, contributing writer

It was during a lecture on the history of filmmaking in the course, Telcom 101 taught by assistant Telcom professor Mary G. Merritt on Cayuga’s Auburn campus, that a student suddenly had an epiphany about his past.

A portion of the lecture included innovations the film industry explored after the newness of television kept movie audiences at home.

“I was sitting in her classroom and when Professor Merritt explained all the ways filmmakers tried different gimmicks to attract audiences including an example of a wide screen presentation called “This is Cinerama,” a memory came back to me,” said Cayuga Community College student Frank Smith of Red Creek. “I had heard details about this type of movie making before, and then it hit me, I realized my grandfather had a hand in developing this, so I looked into it and I was right.”

Frank Smith’s grandfather, P. Stanley Smith, in the late 1950’s was the executive vice president

CCC student explores family connection to film industryof the Smith-Dietrich Corp. in Haddonfield, New Jersey. It was there Smith invented and patented a new type of camera system which advanced capturing images on film in an extremely wide format. He called his invention The Cinemiracle Camera.

“ E s s e n t i a l l y what he patented was a system of three film cameras bolted together which used special

lenses and mirrors to make the tiny seams between each image undetectable,” explained Frank Smith. When Smith went digging into his family’s archives, he found schematic drawings of the camera which were used in the patent process along with photos and news articles about his grandfather’s work.

According to an article in the February 1958 issue of American Cinematographer called “The Cinemiracle Camera and its Development,” P. Stanley Smith’s camera invention was similar to another wide-screen film presentation called Cinerama, but Cinemiracle’s results were far superior because Smith’s system essentially ‘erased’ where each image produced by the three cameras were joined. Even the projection of the Cinemiracle film was more desirable because the three projectors could be placed in the same projection booth, unlike Cinerama which required three separate projection booths.

The bulky Cinemiracle camera weighed in at 600 pounds and featured three Eastman Kodak 27 millimeter lenses which were electronically-controlled, a 146 degree viewfinder and seven tracks of stereophonic sound. To project the film, a special 120 degree curved screen, 100 by 40 feet in size, gave audiences the sensation that they were ‘in’ the movie.

National Theaters acquired the exclusive rights to P. Stanley Smith’s patents and began production on a film to showcase the new wide

format. Sadly, the only movie to be shot and produced under the Cinemiracle name was Windjammer (1958). The movie chronicled the tall ship, Christian Radich, and its crew sailing from Oslo, Norway, across the Atlantic Ocean to ports in the Caribbean and on the eastern shore of the United States, and then back home to Norway. The movie played in specially-equipped theaters including Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood for 36 weeks and New York City’s Roxy Theater for 24 weeks.

By 1960, the brand, Cinemiracle, no longer existed. Warners Brothers was first to begin negotiations to buy all rights to the Cinemiracle patents, but ultimately Cinemiracle’s main competition, Cinerama, Inc., made P. Stanley Smith and his partners an offer they couldn’t refuse.

“I’m just in awe of what my grandfather was able to accomplish,” said Frank Smith.

In 1920, right after graduating from high school, P. Stanley Smith secured a job with the Victor Talking Machine Company. A news article published in The Philadelphia Inquirer detailed how P. Stanley Smith began his career. “He assisted with the company’s first electronic recording sessions. Later when “talkies” came in, movies caught with silent films sent them to RCA-Victor to have sound dubbed in, and Smith worked on that. In 1930, Smith went to Hollywood as recording supervisor at Warner Brothers. He is credited with having saved Vitaphone-Warner about $1,000,000 during his first year at the studio by standardizing recording instruments. He also designed and built the first electroplane camera for 50 millimeter film.”

Frank Smith says he owes plenty to the legacy of his loving parents

and especially to his grandfather and how his successes have influenced how he lives his life. A veteran of the United States Navy, Frank Smith had a long career in the heating and air conditioning industry until a severe back injury put him on the bench. A life-long musician and singer, now Frank is studying full-time at Cayuga Community College to earn a Telcom degree in sound and music recording.

“I feel my forefathers are challenging me to do something noteworthy with my life,” Frank Smith explained. “I want to do something more than just make money. To me, making something creative is more important.”

Frank says to honor his grandfather and his accomplishments in the sound and film industries, his life goal now is to record a number one song.

Smith says he is working with Telcom Department Chairman Steve Keeler to properly preserve his grandfather’s drawings in a film or photography museum.

This news article published in The Philadelphia Inquirer chronicles the career of CCC Telcom student Frank Smith’s grandfather, P. Stanley Smith.

The only film shot under the Cinemiracle name premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood in April 1958 and was shown for 36 weeks.

Here are two examples of the movie posters produced to promote the first and only film produced underthe Cinemiracle name, Windjammer.

This is one of the schematic drawings produced by P. Stanley Smith during the patent application process for his invention called Cinemiracle. The Cinemiracle camera featured

three Mitchell cameras physically fused together. Each were equipped with 27 millimeter lenses which were electronically-controlled and used a system of mirrors to eliminate the seams between each strip of film. The system weighed 600 pounds and was difficult to maneuver.

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Final Film Screenings by Eileen Jerrett, Brunell Visiting Artist, is Dec 8 & 9

On Monday, Dec. 8 and Tuesday, Dec. 9, Brunell Visiting Artist Eileen Jerrett, will present the final two screenings in a series of documentary film screening events at the Auburn Public Theater. The screenings are open to Cayuga

Community College students and staff and to the public. Admission is free. Both screenings start at 6:30 p.m.

On Monday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m., at the Auburn Public Theater, we will be screening documentaries that were produced at Cayuga Community College over the past two years in the Telcom/Media Department’s documentary production classes.

Films will include “When Chocolate Filled The Air – the story of Nestle and Fulton,” produced by the spring 2013 class; “Thy Daughters Ever Sing - When Wells College Went Co-ed, ” produced by the spring 2014 class; and the short documentary projects being produced in the documentary class this semester. Ms. Jerrett has been working with this semester’s class as part of her residency.

There will be a Q&A after the screenings and the student filmmakers will be introduced. A reception at the APT will immediately follow. Refreshments will be provided.

On Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Auburn Public Theater, the final screening of Ms. Jerrett’s residency

The winners of the 4th Annual Fall Poetry Contest are:

First place: Kimberly GrecoSecond place: Steven NagyThird place: Casey PinderHonorable mention: Christopher Ossit

Many thanks to the students who submitted entries, writing tutors in Fulton and Auburn who served as contest judges and helped with

will be held. Ms. Jerrett will show the extraordinary documentary, “Blueberry Soup,” which she produced and directed.

“Blueberry Soup” is about the constitutional change in Iceland following the financial crisis of 2008. This is a not well-known story of grassroots constitutionalism, brought to life in this uniquely beautiful documentary. The film is a deeply touching account of an eclectic group of individuals reinventing democracy through the rewriting of the nation’s constitution.

There will be a Q&A after the screening.

A reception for Ms. Jarrett will be held at the APT prior to the screening from 5-6:30 pm. Refreshments will be provided.

Documentary Filmmaker Eileen Jerrett is the Cayuga Community College Brunell Visiting Artist for the 2014-15 academic year. The Brunell Visiting Artist/Scholar Program is supported by a Cayuga Community College Foundation endowed fund. The fund is a bequest from the estate of the late Professor Robert Brunell, who dedicated fifty years of service to the college as an English professor and administrator.

It was an exciting weekend for members of CCC’s Harlequin Productions. The students were able to participate in four workshops offered during the day on Friday. They also viewed the work of eight different companies who performed over the course of the weekend, each performance followed by a 15 minute public talk back session with the three Festival Adjudicators.

The group attended the Saturday evening awards banquet where they received the four awards garnered by this semester’s “Carmilla” as well as the five awards they received for their spring production of “The Draper’s Eye.”

“Carmilla” closed the weekend as the ninth show that was performed. We received some very positive feedback from the three adjudicators who, among other comments, complimented Donovan Stanfield’s British accent.

During the award session Harlequin Productions walked away with four Adjudicator Discretionary Awards: Outstanding Scenic Painting to Virginia Fennessy, Outstanding Lighting Design to Robin Fragoman (CCC alum), Outstanding Sound Design to Bob Frame and Outstanding Costume Design to Tiffany Howard. Virginia Fennessy also received Best Scenic Design for the set for Carmilla from the BMI Supply, Inc. Design Competition and Exhibition judge.

Special Kudos should be given to

Here is the cast (above) and crew of CCC’s Harlequin Productions’ fall presentation of the play “Carmilla.” The group was asked to perform at the Theatre Association of New York State’s festival last weekend.

freshmen Molly Sharples and Angela Bringley who served as part of the Festival’s tech crew for the whole weekend! They are in the picture with the rest of the Festival tech staff, (who are all alumni by the way!). Also in the picture is the representative from the American Association of Community Theatre, Eugene Irby, who was sent to the Festival to insure that everyone followed the national guidelines. He said he was very impressed by the efficiency, competence and friendliness of this crew.

By Bob Frame, contributing writer

Eileen Jerrett

The winners of the 4th Annual Fall Poetry Contest announced

advertising, faculty members who encouraged their students to enter, The Collegian for promoting the contest, CAS staff in Fulton and Auburn for their support, and especially the Auburn Tutor Club for funding this student-centered event.

Submitted by:Karen JettyEnglish Specialist/AuburnCenter for Academic SuccessCayuga Community College

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