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With a large transferpopulation, St. Joseph’sCollege welcomes studentscoming from other collegeswith open arms. The collegehas many programs in placeto help make the transitionfor students seamless. Withtwo campuses, located onLong Island and in Brook-lyn, students can choose tocommute or dorm. Topranked by U.S. News &World Report and Forbesas one of the nation’s bestcolleges to offer affordabletuition, expert faculty, pro-grams and small classes, St.Joseph’s College may just bethe next campus transferstudents call home.

As Vice President forEnrollment Management,Gigi Lamens explains, “Weare a transfer friendly cam-pus. We have special admis-

sions centers for transferstudents, with guides online,so students can get a fullidea of how credits transferand how long it will take tocomplete their degree.”

Lamens points out thatmany campuses cater tohigh school seniors who willbe incoming freshman, butSt. Joseph recognizes thetransfer student populationand even offers scholar-ships, “We recognize ac-complishments andpromise.”

With an outcome of80% graduating and a stu-dent average of a 3.4 GPA,St. Joseph’s mission is toprovide a strong academicand value-oriented educa-tion with an emphasis on aliberal arts tradition in orderto help students prepare forcareers and self-enhance-ment.

If you are just a first-year student, stayput and come back for a second year atcommunity college this summer and/orfall.

But if you are a community collegestudent nearing graduation, you have a lotto consider. Should you immediately gointo the workforce with the two-year de-gree, or go on to a four-year college to fur-ther cement your credentials?

Of course, answering this question iscomplicated. There are some jobs thatonly require a two-year degree that maypay better than some jobs that require afour-year degree or more. That’s why somany people who already have bachelor’sdegrees are now going back to two-yearschools: to learn practical skills.

Here are the five assessments youshould perform as you consider parlayingyour two-year degree into either a careeror a bachelor’s:

SStteepp 11:: AAsssseessss yyoouurr ttwwoo--yyeeaarr ddeeggrreeee..Is the two-year degree in a field that is inhigh demand? Can you test the job mar-ket during the spring and summer, beforeyour junior year this fall at a four-year col-

lege? If youcan’t find acareer-lead-ing job inthesemonths, thebest movemay be to getmore train-ing and startyour junioryear this Sep-tember.Weigh youroptions.

“Withcollege costscontinuing toskyrocket,the tradi-tional biasthat many ex-ecutives haveregarding four-year degrees is starting torecede,” said Joe Weinlick, Senior VicePresident of Marketing for Beyond.com, acareer networking company. “Companiesare more interested in whether they canbring in the right talent. If you have a skillthat is in-demand, such as technology, youmay be able to get a well-paying job rightaway. But in some fields, such as nursing,an advanced degree might be required towork in certain hospitals.”

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job with your associate’s degree in hand,and then take night, weekend or onlinecourses at a four-year college simultane-ously? If so, get the career now — and goto a four-year college at the same time, asa non-traditional student.

“If a bachelor’s degree is important toyour chosen career path, then don’t put itoff. But, you don’t necessarily need tochoose between working and a degree,”Weinlick added. “An increasing numberof colleges are offering online degrees inmany subjects. It’s hard work, but it canbe done.”

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In April, we attended the New Eng-land Transfer Association Annual Confer-ence in Cape Cod, an event aimed atuniting counselors and other administra-tors at two- and four-year colleges in the re-gion.

Most such schools have at least oneadministrator devoted to transfer; the com-munity colleges benefit in that it enhancestheir reputations if their students go on tofour-year degrees; and thus, more studentswill attend the community colleges withthat intention. As one speaker at this eventsaid, the most affordable path to a four-year degree is to do the first two years at apublic community college.

The four-year colleges benefit in thatthey can get a pipeline of transfer students,albeit as juniors. Though the students whodo transfer tend to have higher four-yeargraduation rates, so that benefits them,too. As well, the four-year colleges canmake up for students that left them infreshman and sophomore years.

The benefits for students are many.

Along with the much cheaper tuition at thetwo-year colleges, if the two- and four-yearschools are on the same page, the creditswill transfer properly to the latter and thestudent will be properly prepared to excelat the new school. The two types of col-leges work on this together, often; for ex-ample, with faculty at both reviewing eachother’s syllabi.

Some things we’re hearing at the con-ference that we did not know:

◙ Parents usually go with the 2-yearstudents when checking in at the 4-yearschools. We’d assumed these studentswere mostly self-financing.

◙ While students tend to pick a localcommunity college, when it comes to the4-year college, they are ready to go awayand dorm; from Long Island to UpstateNew York, for example. Or in this case,New England. We had assumed the vastmajority of transfer students didn’t leavetheir home regions.

◙ Some four-year schools have specialdorms right in the middle of the campus

for transfers to help them acclimate. Also,even if you had taken the 1-credit fresh-man experience course at your first col-lege, you may have to take a similar1-credit course as a junior aimed at thetransfer experience at your new college(though it’s mostly an ice breaker for yourforay onto the new campus, and studentsgive such courses good reviews for theirusefulness).

◙ The largest growth area for commu-nity colleges? Students who already haveBA or BS degrees. They go back to learnpractical work skills that they did not getpreviously.

◙ Students who had completed theirtwo-year degrees in two years or less aremore desirable to the four year collegesbecause they will have more federal finan-cial aid left.

Why were we, Campus News, there?To raise awareness of our paper in NewEngland. As our regular readers know, wedistribute at and write about two-year col-leges, but our advertisers are mostly four-

year colleges.Manning a table, most attendees try

to avoid you, even avoid eye contact, butthey eventually wear down. We haveCampus News chocolate bars, after all.The advertisers help us survive and keepprinting and paying the writers. Theybenefit because we hit a key audiencewith a trusted source.

In our sixth year, we have seen a lot ofchanges in the advertisers we attract. Na-tional advertisers no longer advertise instudent papers. Many of the college adver-tisers have reallocated money to digital,under the false belief that online advertis-ing hits more than a niche; but enroll-ments are generally down everywhere, andthe feeling is that such digital ads are enter-ing the world of spam/clickbait, so theseadvertisers are going back to traditional,more trusted sources — and we’re glad tohave survived this long to see the return ofthese advertisers. Thanks, New York, and,now, New England.

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Graduation season is upon us. Col-lege students across the country are gettingtheir caps and gowns and are preparing towalk across the stage to receive theirdiplomas. You can almost feel an electri-cal pulse in the air, a pulse of excitementand hope for the future with a dash ofanxiety. Many college graduates are think-ing about what they want to do after grad-uation, about what the future holds forthem on this journey called life. As some-one who is also in their shoes, I have afew suggestions:

11.. CCeelleebbrraattee!! You finished college!Some people may have an attitude like “Itwas only community college, it’s no bigdeal,” but it is a big deal. A lot of peopledon’t have the opportunity to go to col-lege, let alone to finish, and you did.Throw a small, or large, party with yourfamily and friends to celebrate all of thehard work you’ve accomplished.

22.. TTrraavveell.. If you have the means totravel, whether it’s going the next countyor state over or even getting to go aroundthe world, traveling can open your eyes tothe world around you. Experience asmuch as you can of that new place for aslong as you’re able. Step out of your com-fort zone and explore all that this worldhas to offer.

33.. WWoorrkk//SSttuuddyy.. You have a new de-gree and want to put it to use right away,but slow your roll just a little bit. Insteadof jumping into your chosen career fieldhead-first, try easing into it by getting aninternship first if you haven’t already. In-ternships can teach you things you would-n’t learn in college; because when itcomes to job training there’s a lot you justcan’t learn in a classroom, it has to be ex-perienced first-hand. Through intern-ships, you can learn whether or not yourchosen field is right for you. Through in-ternships, you can get some much-neededjob experience, which obviously looksgood on your resume, and can even openthe door to a career in your field.

44.. BBlloogg.. Writing a blog is a great wayto not only keep track of what you find in-

teresting but to also let potential employ-ers know what you’re talking about. Start-ing a blog in your chosen field can helpboost employment chances. Be warned,though, this blog will become your brandso be sure to proof-read and edit accord-ingly.

55.. BBrrooaaddeenn yyoouurr hhoorriizzoonnss.. If you’relike a number of students, you didn’t havethe opportunity to branch out and takecourses outside of your chosen field.Many employers want well-rounded indi-viduals on their teams, and you can be-come well-rounded simply by broadeningyour horizons and taking some non-creditcourses of your choosing. Luckily, in theage we live in, taking some non-creditcourses is only a few clicks away, thanks toMOOCs (massive open online courses)through websites like Coursera, or youcould go traditional and take some non-credit classes at your alma mater orthrough your local library or YMCAchapter. You’ll be able to do somethingyou enjoy while increasing your hiring po-tential.

66.. VVoolluunntteeeerr.. Giving back to the com-munity is a great feeling, and volunteeropportunities abound no matter whereyou live. You can join Habitat for Hu-manity and help build houses, volunteerat a local homeless shelter, or just read tochildren at a local library. Giving yourtime tosome-one elsewhoneeds itseems sosmallbut canmake a big difference.

77.. GGeett aa jjoobb.. Everyone has basic livingexpenses, and on top of those living ex-penses most college students have a hugepile of debt. Getting a job, even if it’s notin your chosen field, can help you paydown some of your debt and establishgood credit, which is important becauseyou need good credit to get a credit card,rent an apartment, buy a car, buy a house,take out loans, and a whole host of otherthings. Plus, getting a job could help you

learn how to donew things youdidn’t know howto do before,which could bevery beneficialfor you in thelong run.

88.. SSppeennddttiimmee wwiitthh yyoouurrffaammiillyy.. Collegeis a busy time —you’re going toyour classes,group study ses-sions, spendingtime withfriends, joiningclubs, doingwork study, anda ton of otherthings. Aftergraduation, lifefeels like it slowsdown a bit, sotake the time tohang out withyour family andthose close to you. They’ve missed you,and want to catch up.

99.. BBuuiilldd yyoouurr wwoorrkk wwaarrddrroobbee.. Onethings college students need to do afterthey graduate is to work on building theirwork wardrobe. If you happen to join aprofession where you wear a uniform orwhere you’re allowed to wear jeans and T-shirts to work, you should be all set. How-ever, for those college graduates who getjobs that require them to look nice, theymay have to do a bit of shopping. I sug-gest starting with the basics and buildingfrom there, which includes a blazer; cardi-gan or v-neck sweater in a solid color;black, grey, or khaki slacks and/or skirts; asimple black dress; and sensible blackshoes, either heels and/or flats for thewomen and oxfords and/or loafers for themen. After you get the basics, you can ob-serve those who work around you for fur-ther ideas of what to wear to work. Forthose with a tight budget, places likeH&M and Banana Republic have afford-able and work-appropriate clothing.

1100.. CCoonnttiinnuuee yyoouurr eedduuccaattiioonn.. Manycommunity college students choose tocontinue on their education paths, attend-ing four-year schools to receive their bach-elor’s degree, or even going on to receivetheir Ph.Ds. Having built a foundation bygoing to community college, you have theability to attend a four-year school andsucceed. Numerous studies have shownthat students at four-year schools whohave first attended community college hadbetter success rates than those who wentright from high school to the four-yearschool. So, take control of your educationand see how far you can take it, and howfar it can take you.

These are only a few suggestions forwhat to do after you graduate. You can dosome of them, all of them, or none ofthem. Whatever you decide to do afteryou graduate, be sure to live it up andenjoy life a little. You accomplished some-thing that many set out to do and somenever finish. Take pride in what you didand know that you have the skills neededto succeed.

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Remember when high schoolwould let out in early June and youwalked out of your classroom, breath-ing sighs of relief, knowing you didn’thave to think about school for at leastanother two and a half months? Well,that is, unless you failed a class; thenyou had to sign up to repeat that classin order to graduate on time.

Summer school works differentlyin college, though. Instead of being theplayground for delinquent and unim-pressive students, it is often the avenuethrough which young adults can betterthemselves. By no means is it manda-tory; in fact, the amount of courses of-fered at a university for summersessions is dependent upon the amountof students who show interest and signup.

Going to school in the summer nat-urally feels very strange. Rarely do stu-dents speak of school as an endeavorthey fully enjoy. It is common to hearcomplaints accompany anything involv-ing school, and there’s this odd socialstigma surrounding people who happilychoose extra academic involvement.And unlike work, where you receivemonetary compensation for your time,you sit in a hot, stuffy classroom, rush-ing through material at a faster rate thanthe regular school pace, all to earn anacceptable grade. On the surface, thereisn’t much appeal to enrolling in extracourses.

But education should not belooked at from such a narrow perspec-

tive. Unlike high school, there is morefreedom and space in college, so youno longer have to walk the halls withthe people who felt too cool for schooland would criticize anyone for being adork or nerd. And while summerschool is monetarily the opposite ofwork — generally, you have to pay percredit for summer courses, since theyare not included in your regular tuition— it provides you the possibility of grad-uating ahead of schedule, so you cansave more money in the long run.

I was lucky enough to dodge sum-mer school in high school, but I volun-tarily signed up for two classes thesummer in between my junior and sen-ior year. I enrolled in two courses tocomplete my History minor; I didn’thave to take the courses, but, by doingso, I was able to graduate a semesterearly. On paper, it sounded like an ob-vious decision, but I had my reserva-tions about attending class for six hoursa day, four days a week. On top of this,I was working a part-time job as a prepcook, putting in at least twenty hours aweek, including at least one double onthe weekends. Suffice to say, I had tocram my readings in at odd hours,rushing my essays at times in order tomeet the demands of the rigorousschedule of assignments. But, withouttrying to sound cliché, I can honestlysay that those two courses changed mylife: they allowed me to gain an advan-tage over my peers by enabling me tograduate one semester earlier than myclass, and my professor — he taughtboth classes — became a mentor to me

for the rest of my academic career.Don’t think you have to shift your

living arrangements to take classes,though. Modern technology affords thepossibility of taking online summercourses. Instead of sacrificing a part-time job and spending time with yourfriends, you can juggle your interestswhile meeting the requirements of yourcourses at your own pace. No, you can’twait until the end of the summer ses-sion to complete all your work, but youcan take a night off if you have someother commitment or just need somemore time.

You’re not going to feel as enthusi-astic about summer school as you doyour fall and spring semesters. Even themost dedicated student will questiontheir choice to enroll in summercourses; but, really, it’s the ideal time tofulfill your general education require-ments that you don’t want to take over

the course of a full semester. Professorsare generally aware of your reluctanceto spend extra time indoors when it’sninety-plus degrees outside, and there’sa decent chance you’ll be able to holdclass outdoors, especially if your cam-pus has a nice grassy area. Also, if youdo happen to fall behind on yourprogress report, you can use this timeto catch up with everyone else in yourmajor.

Every school has their own particu-lar requirements for summer school,but make sure to speak with your pro-fessors and advisors about pursuingthese possibilities. We live in such acompetitive society, where people areconstantly looking for a leg up over thenext person. Oddly enough, one of thebest avenues for getting ahead, andfrom an early age, comes in the guise ofa high school student’s dreaded night-mare.

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In high school, Alex Lemus’ healthteacher asked him why he never did hishomework. She didn’t like his answerand told him, “I think it’s because you’restupid.”

*Between the ages of 13 and 16, Jen-

nifer Hoffman survived three suicide at-tempts, including drinking bleach.

*In kindergarten, a school psychia-

trist labeled Jack Pontillo as “MR,” ormentally retarded.

*In third grade, Emily Takacs often

received zeros on assignments becauseof her dyslexia.

*All four of these SUNY Ulster stu-

dents have two things in common: Theyovercame a disability to succeed in col-lege and they credit the federally-fundedTRIO Student Support Services as amajor factor in that success.

RRoocckkyy SSttaarrttssRight from the beginning Alex had a

hard time paying attention and focusingin school.

At eight years-old his teacher rec-ommended he see the school psychia-trist who suggested he may haveAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorderand Oppositional Defiance Disorder,which involves problems with authority.

Middle school was torture. “I was picked on horribly,” he said.

“Seventh grade, eighth grade, reallypicked on bad. It was atrocious. I’d getpunched inthe head andcalled ‘a fag-got.’ I wassingled outbecause Iwas differentthan thoseother kids soI was an easy target to be bullied.”

His high school years were full of“impulsive mistakes” such as stealingbus passes, fights and acting out in class,which often led to referrals and hoursspent sitting in in-school suspension.

At 15 he was on countless anxietymedications.

“They put me on Zoloft, then theyput me on Celexa, then they put me onWellbutrin, then they put me on Strat-tera. None of them worked.”

Regardless of these disorders, his in-telligence level was fairly high becausehe excelled in his computer video pro-duction class with grades in the 90s.

*For Jennifer, major depression and

anxiety started at age 12. This led to cry-ing uncontrollably in school and cuttingherself. (She once sliced herself in theface with a razorblade.) At 13 she hadher first suicide attempt. By ninth gradeshe was admitted several times to FourWinds psychiatric hospital in Westch-ester where she spent most of the schoolyear.

In a similar fashion to Alex, herintelligence level was high. In sev-enth grade she was in an acceleratedmath class and in ninth grade shewas taking 10th grade classes.

*For Jack, signs of his nervous-

ness, anxiety and slight depressionstarted around age four. He was inspecial education as early as pre-K.This was followed by special edclasses in the morning and thenmainstream classes in the afternoonthrough second grade.

“Whenever I couldn’t under-stand something I would start to getupset. I used to cry a lot because Ididn’t understand things. I would getmad easily.”

In seventh grade Jack had a dev-astating and life-changing incident.He had done his math homework in-correctly and the teacher held hispaper up to the class and they alllaughed.

“That actually made me give upon math in middle school whichmessed me over in high school,” hesaid.

He found himself in the slower-track math class for the next fiveyears.

*In third grade Emily was diag-

nosed with a “moderate-to-severe”case of dyslexia. This means herbrain would move numbers, lettersand words around when she’d readthem. This resulted in little-to-no un-derstanding of what she read or whatshe was doing. Additionally, herhandwriting was illegible, even toherself.

After beingdiagnosed shewas given inten-sive reading ther-apy. It didn’twork.

“In fourthgrade they trieda slew of differ-

ent things,” she said. This includedspeech therapy, a separate location fortests, the tests read to her and extra timefor the tests. This carried out throughhigh school.

In middle school she was put in aresource room with other special educa-tion students.

While all of these services helped agreat deal, she was far from where shecould and wanted to be.

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dents realized the only way he was goingto beat his problem was by making atleast one major change. In some casesthe change was the direct opposite ofwhat the system was promoting all along.

In Alex’s case, the answer was medi-tation, not medication. Contemplationand reflection did the job that prescrip-tions couldn’t.

Another change that happenedfrom within was developing a relation-ship with his teachers on a personallevel.

“Up until then it was just, ‘Here Iam, this is the teacher who’s speaking at

me, giving me something.’ I didn’t lookat the teacher as an individual,” he said.“I started to form relationships with peo-ple and see that my teachers are fullpeople. I can have a discussion with myteacher. If there’s something that Imissed because I was distracted, I canask, and I’m not going to be told I wasstupid.”

Additionally, he found his passionin environmental studies, which is hismajor at SUNY Ulster.

“I just found my passion, and Igrabbed it, and did everything I could tomake it happen,” he said.

*Jennifer’s story parallels Alex’s.“From the time that I was 13 until

about 17 years-old I was on medicationsconstantly,” she said. “I can’t even listthem all for you.”

At one point she was so overmed-icated she was sleeping all the time, slur-ring her speech and had tremors in herhands.

At 17 she decided to wean herselfoff the medications and her mother tookher to a homeopathic/naturopathic doc-tor because she had enough of tradi-tional, medical doctors doing not muchmore than prescribing endless medica-tions.

This alternative doctor suggestedJennifer get specific thyroid tests that themedical doctors weren’t using. The re-sults indicated the crux her of her thy-roid problem.

“My antibodies were out of whack,“

she said. Her numbers were extremelyhigh when they needed to be muchlower.

Part of the remedy for this was achange in diet. Jennifer had already be-come a vegetarian at age nine and then avegan at age 12, on her own accord.

But it was going gluten free, soy freeand goitrogen free that did the trick.(Goitogenic foods may create an un-wanted growth on the thyroid gland.)Jennifer made this decision with theinput of the alternative doctor.

Over time her antibodies numbershave dropped considerably. Jennifer be-lieves the diet changes plus meditationand yoga have been major factors inkeeping her problem in check, or atleast close to it.

“Whenever I’m going to a guided-meditation or yoga class is when I feelthe healthiest,” she said. “Those werethe moments in the times when I was sodepressed that I felt connected.”

*“In fourth grade I had an

epiphany,” said Jack. He had recentlyreceived his report card and thought,“These grades are going to affect me inthe future.”

“So from then on out I tried to dobetter in school,” he said. By highschool he was taking the usual sciencesclasses (including physics) and did quitewell in them.


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I have to admit, I have been falling be-hind in my Netflix reviewing. It’s because Iwatched the first season of the excellent““BBeetttteerr CCaallll SSaauull”” on AMC and then de-cided to watch all five seasons of the related““BBrreeaakkiinngg BBaadd”” again on Netflix.

I didn’t think it right to review “Break-ing Bad,” as this column is about findinghidden gems on services like Netflix, andeveryone knows about “Breaking Bad.”Plus, I think I had reviewed it before. Butwatching it the second time was even bet-ter. There are so many minute details inthe show that make it worth a rewatch. Forexample, the dead-eyed Todd does assignseparate ringtones for each person heknows. When Walt calls him, the ringtoneis “She Blinded Me With Science” byThomas Dolby. Funny to think a sociopathlike that would assign ringtones. A nicetouch.

The other thing that was more notice-able the second time around is the time-line. Not to spoil anything, but there are alot of episodes after Walt and Gus “part

ways.” But I had remem-bered Gus’s departure as asort of ending to the series.The post-Gus episodespack a lot of wallop.

Anyway, getting backto “It’s New to You!,” Idid see some hidden gemssince our last issue.

Most notable is““AAttaarrii:: GGaammee OOvveerr,,”” awell-made documentaryby Zak Penn.

Atari really doesn’texist anymore. The namehas been sold, and thereare some retro T-shirtsand such available, but theimportance of the com-pany has been lost. Mean-while, companies that still exist rewritehistory to give themselves more impor-tance. A prominent example is Apple.

While, technically, Apple came outaround the same time as Atari, Atari was ablockbuster hit of the era while Apple wasa cult classic then.

You could buy Apple diskettes in theback of obscure, nerdy catalogs. Atari car-tridges were everywhere. Even grocerystores carried the games.

“Game Over” looks at Atari’s fall; thebuild up and failure of the game “E.T.,”often considered the worst video game ofall time, that killed the Atari system.

The documentary goes to a landfill inNew Mexico where cases of the “E.T.” car-tridge are said to have been buried by thecompany.

As interesting, Penn tells us the storyof the game’s creator, and how his careeras a programmer ended with the failure of

the game. Then Penn reconstructs history to

show that “E.T.” wasn’t the worst game ofall time, and couldn’t have killed Atari.

(That said, yes, there were many worsegames for the Atari. Unlike Apple, Ataridid not control third-party vendors, whoput out many deceptively advertised prod-ucts. “E.T.” may havebeen the final straw forAtari owners who hadbeen burned too manytimes by lousy games inshiny packaging.)

This era of homecomputing and videogaming interests me. Ithink a similar documentary could bemade about the famous “Video GameCrash of 1983.” Look that up.

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I was glad to see that the Sheik is offdrugs and back to living a healthy lifestyle.But the documentary is an interesting lookat a man who lived an exciting life and a

unique era in wrestling. Also, there are lotsof interviews with wrestlers from that era.

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Don’t let your awful Facebook“friends” clutter your feed, and, thus clut-ter your mind.

Did you know you can “unfollow”your annoying friends, and they’ll neverknow you did? They will still be yourfriends, and you can still check up onthese toxic posters from time to time bytyping their name in the Facebook searchfeature.

Anyway, these are the 15 toxicposters you should unfollow immediately,in reverse order:

15. The person with a single cause– this cause, whatever it is, consumesthem. It’s all they can post about. After awhile, you hate the cause. UNFOLLOWNOW!

14. The shameless self-promoter –look at the awards they won, look wherethey are selling their book, look at theirlatest college degree. UNFOLLOWTHIS EGOMANIAC TODAY!

13. The obscure comic book refer-ence guy – he collects Batgirl figurinesand live chats during the “Dr. Who”marathon. DON’T GET SUCKEDINTO THIS GUY’S BASEMENTVORTEX. UNFOLLOW!

12. The sexual innuendo midlifeperson – unless you want pictures of shirt-less firemen and bananas and donuts fill-ing your feed, UNFOLLOW THISHORRIBLE PERSON NOW!

11. The parent who lives lifethrough his/her kids – it pains us to seethe endless photos of some five year oldtaking lacrosse balls to the face. DON’TSUPPORT THIS NONSENSE!THESE KIDS WILL BE BURNEDOUT BY AGE 10. UNFOLLOW!

10. The pet photographer – doesthe dog even know it has 726 views?What is the point? UNFOLLOW FIDO!

9. The brand-aware tattoo guy– does this trend-follower even have asingle original idea? But he’s so full ofhimself he thinks he’s a rebel, wearingRaybans on his Harley. UNFOL-LOW THIS POSER!

8. The holy roller – dude,there are 500,000churches/temples/mosques/etc. in the

world. Chances are, you did not find thecorrect one. We don’t want to hear aboutyour literal interpretation of what somepastor told you. SAVE YOURSELF! UN-FOLLOW.

7. The workout cultist – read abouthow this guy or gal is doing chest and latson Wednesday and cardio on Friday andthe colon cleanse, too. THIS KNUCK-LEHEAD NEEDS TO READ ABOOK ONCE IN AWHILE! UNFOL-LOW NOW!

6. The political partisan – everysingle thing Obama/Cuomo/etc. does iseither god-like or satanic. WHAT ANUT! UNFOLLOW THIS SINGLE-MINDED FOOL!

5. The unoriginal re-posters – theyshare every meme and cartoon they thinkis funny. HOLY COPYRIGHT IN-FRINGEMENT! UNFOLLOW!

4. The bad lifestyle choice par-ent – it drives you crazy as they spendtheir tax refund on a huge TV, postpictures of their dirty faced kids wear-ing only a diaper and then their nightat the dive bar. DON’T LET THEIRREALITY BE YOURS! UNFOL-LOW THESE LOSERS!

3. The obscure sports nut –they post about their love of the

Miami Dolphins, even though they’venever been south of Pennsylvania, orsome soccer team, endlessly. UNFOL-LOW THIS DWEEB!

2. The game inviter – you get end-less requests to play Candy Crush or what-ever. YOU DON’T HAVE TIME FORTHAT! UNFOLLOW.

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1. The home-business salesperson– they only have friended you to inviteyou to their jewelry parties or Amwaygroups. RUN FOR THE HILLS ANDUNFOLLOW THIS LOW-RENTCAPITALIST.

Well, that’s the story. Now thatyou’ve unfollowed these 15 Facebooktypes, how clean is your feed?

I did the above and my feed nowpretty much is just VICE, the Onion andmy old college adviser. Thanks, Obama.

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that if she wanted “to get anywhere inlife” she needed to be a “self advocate”by speaking up and saying what she actu-ally needs as opposed to teachers tellingher what she needs.

She began getting these things, suchas access to a word processor so every-one could read what she wrote. It seemsno one had thought of this solution be-fore, or if someone did, it was never pre-sented because “the district has to payout for it.”

She also realized she needed to putin the hours of studying necessary to forgood grades.

“You set your mind to somethingand you tell yourself no matter how hardit is, you’re going to do it.”

After she spoke up and applied her-self those zeros on assignments turnedinto A’s and B’s.

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were a gigantic step forward, these stu-dents still need help from others. Thishelp comes in the form of TRIO Sup-port Services, which is provided to col-leges throughout the country throughthe US Depart-ment of Education.

In its missionstatement, TRIOsays it’s there “toprovide supporttoward completionof a post-sec-ondary educationto individuals whoare traditionallyunder-representedbecause of in-come, family edu-cation ordisability.”

One is also eligible to participate ifhe or she is a first-generation college stu-dent.

TRIO began 50 years ago as part ofPresident Johnson’s “Great Society.”This was a set of programs with the goalto eliminate poverty and racial injusticein the United States. Three of these pro-

grams addressed education and werepassed through the Higher EducationAct of 1965. They eventually becameknown as TRIO.

Jennifer is a 20 year-old, second-year, visual and fine arts major at SUNYUlster. While she’s well on the road torecovery, she’s not completely out of thewoods. On occasion she has an emo-tional breakdown and it can (and does)happen at school. In her two years atSUNY Ulster she’s had about 10.

“TRIO helps me get through it,”she said.

Jennifer has two counselors at SUNYUlster, Deb Heppner and StephanieKroon, although if they’re not available,she can speak to any counselor in the Stu-dent Support Services office.

“They’re the ones that give me thesupport when I’m crying,” she said. Shecredits them as “the only reason“ she’s“able to even go to college.“

SUNY Ulster is a two-year schooland should Jennifer want to attend afour-year college to complete her Bache-lors, such as School of Visual Arts inNew York City, she would find the lackof TRIO there a “huge” problem. Hugeenough where attending such a schoolmay not be an option.

“I’m not going to be as lucky in the

future, and I realize that,” she said.Jack calls the TRIO office a “safe

zone” where he can come in and do hiswork and his counselor, Stephanie,helps him get over any nervousness hemay be feeling on a given day.

While at SUNY Ulster, Emily metwith TRIO counselor Kristin Flynnevery two weeks to work out a plan.

“It was nice to have someone to talkto who knew about my problem andknew how to help me with it,” she said.“It’s easy to be honest with her becauseshe doesn’t judge.”

“They do it all here,” said Alex.“They have their own scholarship foun-dation for kids like us. Last semester Igot a $1400 scholarship, and I’m in therunning again.”

AAnnootthheerr SScchhoooollAshley (whose last name is withheld

by request) is 25 year-old, recent gradu-ate of Hofstra University on Long Is-land. She has cerebral palsy.

“It’s a neurologically-based disabilitythat affects my movement and balance,”she said. “I need to use a walker to am-bulate and sometimes a wheelchair forlonger distances. CP basically affects anyof my physical activities, especially onesthat require standing and everydaytasks.”

While there is no TRIO program atHofstra, there is a Student Services withDisabilities office that will make arrange-ments for students with special needs.

“If I had classes back to back, Iwould get the locations of the classesmoved either to the same building or asclose together as possible so I wouldn’t

have to walk far in a short period oftime to get from one class to an-other,” said Ashley.

“I also got extended time forsome exams that were particularlylong and/or required rigorous writ-ing because my hands andback/trunk muscles would get fa-tigued and I would have the optionof taking a break. I also had the useof a computer for essay exams.”

SSuucccceessss SSttoorriieessAlex has a GPA of 3.4. He’s

the vice president of the Environ-mental Club at SUNY Ulster. He’s partof the Environmental Advisory Councilat Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, theBuddhist monastery in Woodstockwhere he practices. He’s engaged andhas a 19 month-old daughter.

Jennifer hasn’t self-mutilated since2010. The desire to commit suicide “hasdwindled down to the strength of a weak

flame.“ On herlatest report card

she receivedthree A’s anda B.

Jack‘scurrent GPAis 3.31. He’sbeen acceptedto SUNY Col-lege of Envi-ronmentalScience andForestry andwill startclasses in thefall. (He’s anenvironmen-tal studiesmajor as welland is friendswith Alex.)

Aftermaking theDean’s List,Emily gradu-

ated from SUNY Ulster in the fall of2014 and is now a junior at SUNY NewPaltz as a special education major with aconcentration in geology. This will en-able her to become an Earth scienceteacher.

Her decision to become a special edteacher is a direct result of her own dis-ability.

“I think being special ed and beingraised in the special ed system you un-derstand there are a lot of flaws,” shesaid. “The systems aren’t created bypeople who have these needs; they’recreated by politicians and people withPh.D.’s in the field. They’re not createdby people with special ed needs. I thinkthat that needs to change.”

Ashley has a bachelor’s in psychol-ogy and a master’s in early childhoodspecial education. She has two NewYork State teaching certificates, one forgeneral education, birth through sixthgrade and one for teaching students withdisabilities, also birth through sixthgrade.

As does Emily, Ashley believes spe-cial ed students make better special edteachers.

“I believe my disability to be astrength, especially as a special educa-tor, because I have a very personal per-spective on what it’s like to be differentin school,” she said. “I think I can be apositive role model not only on stu-dents with special needs but also onparents who might be hesitant to helptheir children explore his or her fullpotentials.”

She’s currently a substitute teacherat four school districts on Long Island.

*Although TRIO has been around

for 50 years, it’s not as permanent as itmay seem. Every five years a collegeneeds to reapply for its grant. SUNY Ul-ster submitted its application this pastFebruary.

“The Department of Education isanticipating around 1600 applicationsand they can award about 1000 pro-grams,“ said Todd Zeff, director of thedisabilities program at SUNY Ulster.

If they say no, the department disap-pears.

Additionally, the federal govern-ment allows a maximum of 100 studentsper year to be serviced through aschool’s program.

“This college has over 200 studentswith disabilities,” said Todd. “So oncewe fill up our roster with students withdisabilities, we will then put them on ourwaiting list and see if the other TRIOprogram can take them.”

*Ten years ago it’s unlikely anyone

would have foreseen these five studentsachieving what they have thus far. Whiletheir future achievements may come alittle easier than previous ones, they stillpossess their special needs.

Ashley has been on 15 to 20 job in-terviews but has yet to get hired. She’safraid when prospective employers seeher enter with a walker, this ends herchances on the spot.

As Emily says about her dyslexia,“I’m 20 years-old and I still cry about it.”


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88.. OOlliivvee ddrraabb.. This shade of greenmade famous by the military will beseen all over the place from shirt-dresses to skater skirts to chino pantsthis season. This is a color that looksgood on everyone, and with so manyitems of clothing in this color, it’s easyto find your perfect garment so you canwear this all spring/summer long.

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Classes have ratios of 15:1 and students canchoose from a wide range of undergraduate majorsand minors, master’s degrees and certificate pro-grams. There are online courses, dual degree pro-grams and study abroad opportunities. SJU also givesan away experience to those who seek to stay close tohome but desire to dorm. Dorming is available at theBrooklyn campus.

“We have a diverse population including com-muter students and an incredible recent increase inadult education,” Lamens notes.

Lamens advises students to do their homeworkwhen transferring, “Check out a four-year school andmeet with admissions advisors. Get info! Get an eval-uation of transfer credits, learn how their majorswork. … Cement that right away!”

But the biggest piece, “Take a look at gradua-tion rates. The success rate is incredibly important.”

In addition, students should take campus tours,sit with advisement, check out offered majors and askany questions. Being proactive before attending a

school will save time, money and lostcredits in the process.

“I had transferred from SuffolkCounty Community College. My transi-tion to St. Joseph’s was somewhat seam-less,” said senior Stephanie Mraz, whowill graduate with two degrees this May— a Bachelor’s in both Accounting andMarketing. “They accepted all the cred-its, which was very important to me. Col-leges often pick and choose what theywant to accept, which prolongs your col-lege career.”

Mraz knew St. Joseph’s was a goodfit for her and is proud of the choice shemade, “ St. Joseph’s college provides ex-ceptional staff who are dedicated tohelping you succeed. They challengeyour intellect and offer guidance both inand out of the classroom,” she contin-ued. “Students should consider this college because

there are small classroom sizes, whichprovided a better learning experience.Staff knows you as a person, not as anumber in the classroom.”

Mraz also encourages students to getinvolved and make the most of their col-lege experience, “Students often getstuck in a routine of going to class andleaving. Although SJC[Long Island] is a com-muter school, it is what youmake it. Join clubs, Greeklife and sports teams. Youwill not only make friends,but will be happier. Formrelationships with staff whocan assist in your job hunt.Once you push aside yourfears of getting involvedand communicating, your

time here will not be wasted.”Lamens agrees, “We feel transfers are a special

population that adds richness and experience theycan share. It’s impressive, and we are proud of that!Transfer students are important to us at both cam-puses.”

For more information, check out St. Joseph’swebsite www.sjcny.edu or connect with them onFacebook, Twitter or YouTube.


Pro-abortion rights groups want tooverturn two American policies thatprevent countries that receive U.S. aidmoney for using it to support familyplanning clinics that also perform abor-tions.

The groups are lobbying to changethe policy known informally as theGlobal Gag Rule and formally as theMexico City Policy.

Population Connection, which spe-cializes in population stabilization andworks with federal policymakers to im-prove international family planning,sponsored a four-day event to lobby infavor of changing these policies. Morethan 200 activists from 30 states –mostly college students – visited mem-bers of Congress last month.

Christina Os-pina, field and out-reach assistant forPopulation Con-nection, said thegroup wants Con-gress to supportthe Global Democ-racy PromotionAct, which wouldcreate a permanent repeal of theGlobal Gag Rule.

The rule went into effect underPresident Ronald Reagan in 1984.President Bill Clinton rescinded it in1993. President George W. Bush put it

back into effect in 2001, and PresidentBarack Obama rescinded in again in2009.

When the rule was in effect, itbanned foreign aid assistance forgroups that perform abortions. It alsobanned foreign aid for groups that per-form abortions using money fromother sources.

Family planning providers that did-n’t agree to the rule also lost the dona-tions of contraceptives. The U.S. iscurrently the largest donor of contra-ceptives to the developing world, ac-cording to Population Connection.

“We’re not only lobbying for theDemocracy Promotion Act, but wewant the nation to raise its interna-tional funding for sexual health and ed-ucation to $1 billion,” Ospina said.

The law would send $65 million tothe United Nations Foundation.

According toPopulation Connec-tion, current UnitedStates funding for in-ternational familyplanning and repro-ductive health is 47percent bellow the1995 level, resultingin 80 million unin-

tended pregnancies annually.The group also wants revisions to

the Helms Amendment.Enacted in 1973, the Helms

Amendment states that no foreign as-sistance funds, mostly from the U.S.

Agency for International Development,may be used to pay for abortions as amethod of family planning or encour-age anyone to perform abortions.

The Helms Amendment differsfrom the Global Gag Act because itprohibits U.S. money to be used forabortions. The Global Gag Act alsowithdraws U.S. funding if the organiza-tion uses other funds to finance abor-tion practices.

Jim Sedlak, vice president ofAmerican Life League, said the organi-zation was “instrumental in adaptingthe Mexico City Policy and is totallyagainst any repealing of such laws.”

“We see the Global DemocracyPromotion Act as a violation of therights of Americans,” Sedlak said.“Abortion is not widely supported herein the states, and having taxpayers’money go toward something they don’tsupport isn’t right. Besides, we are im-posing our own views on abortion ontoother countries that perhaps don’t sup-port abortion themselves.”

The highest rates of abortions arein Latin American, with 32 abortionsper 1,000 pregnancies, and in Africa,with 29 abortions per 1,000 pregnan-cies. This drives many women to un-dergo illegal or self-performedabortions, which account for 13 per-cent of maternal deaths.

USAID attempts to prevent abor-tions, especially illegal ones, by helpingforeign organizations educate womenabout proper contraceptive use and to

empower them to make their own deci-sions about how many children theywant and when to have them.

Caitlin Horrigan, associate directorof global advocacy for Planned Parent-hood Federation of America, said theHelms Amendment is “restrictingwomen in some of the poorest coun-tries in the world.”

“For more than 40 years, it has re-stricted woman from accessing vital,lifesaving health care they need,” Hor-rigan said.

The current interpretation of theamendment is more restrictive than re-quired by law, Horrigan said.

“It prohibits funding for all abor-tion, even in cases of rape and incestwhen the life of the woman is in dangerand even in countries where abortion islegal in these circumstances,” Horrigansaid.

Horrigan said the amendmentmeans women will seek illegal abor-tions.

Saul Pandey, 25, a pharmacy stu-dent at the University of Charleston, isoriginally from Nepal, where somewoman have no understanding of con-traceptives.

“Women in Nepal sometimes haveup to 10 kids,” Pandey said. “What Ilobbied most for was the distributionof contraceptives in Nepal and otherdeveloping countries. If we educateboth women and men on how to haveprotected sex, then we won’t have sucha big abortion issue.”

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The number of sexual assaults re-ported on college campuses is rising.But officials and advocates agree that theincrease means more students are com-ing forward, not a growing number of as-saults.

Amid a national conversation aboutsexual assault prevention and response,the Department of Education Office ofCivil Rights is investigating 105 collegesand universities for civil rights violationsunder Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972. Reports of sexualassault have risen 140 percent at theseschools from 2008 to 2013.

Title IX prohibits discrimination onthe basis of sex, which can include ha-rassment and violence. The law appliesto any private or public educational insti-tution that receives federal funding. Thecomplaints against the 105 schools allegethat the colleges and universities violatedcomplainants’ Title IX rights by failingto respond adequately to reports of sex-ual assault.

High numbers of sexual assault re-ports may look discouraging, but moreassaults being reported being reported isa positive step for a notoriously under-reported crime, Alison Kiss, executivedirector of the Clery Center for Securityon Campus, said.

“I think one thing at the Clery Cen-ter we talk about is that higher numbersare not necessarily bad,” Kiss said. “Itmeans that students are coming forwardand reporting, and that’s really great.”

TheClery Actrequiresschools toreportcrimes thatoccur on oraroundcampus.Campuses must report the precedingthree years’ data each Oct. 1, brokendown by type of crime.

For many of the schools under in-vestigation, record-reporting years forsexual assault or “forcible sex offenses”coincide with the opening of their TitleIX investigations. Fifty-six schools re-ported an increase in sexual assaults thenext time they reported to the Depart-ment of Education, following the open-ing of their Title IX investigations.Increases showed up frequently in the2013 data – filed in October 2014 – forschools put under investigation fromOctober 2013 to September 2014.

At some schools, the reports haveincreased by one additional assault, butothers – including Swarthmore College– reported more dramatic increases.The number of reports increased slightlyafter Swarthmore was put under investi-gation in July 2013, but reports in-creased by 642 percent the followingyear.

Many schools, however, had in-creased reports at least a year beforethey became subject to a Title IX investi-gation. It isn’t clear if there is a link be-tween the investigations and reportingspikes, or if one is driving the other.

“It’s hard to say, but I suspect it’s alittle of both,” said Saunie Schuster, apartner at the National Center for

Higher Education Risk Management, alegal consulting firm that works with col-leges and universities. “As more peoplewithin a campus are engaging with re-porting, the scrutiny of the way in whicha school’s responding is increasing aswell.”

Reporting spikes are not limited toschools under investigation. Collegesand universities in general have reportedincreases in recent years. Average re-ports for schools under investigation,however, have risen faster — up 140 per-cent — while overall reports of sexual as-saults rose 75 percent.

A major contributor to the increaseis a large-and-growing national conversa-tion. From a Dear Colleague letter OCRdistributed in 2011, reminding schoolsof their Title IX responsibilities, togrowing student advocacy movements,the increased attention may be drivingreporting.

“Sometimes it’s just the publicity it-self that draws attention to the issue,”Corey Rayburn Yung, a professor at theUniversity of Kansas School of Law,said. “A decision to report for a sexualassault or rape victim is a difficult one,and sometimes the attention to it canmake them realize how important it isfor them to come forward and reportthat there’s a sexual assaulter on campusso that there aren’t more victims.”

Yung wrote a study in Psychology,Public Policy, and Law, a journal pub-lished by the American PsychologicalAssociation, that demonstrated wide-spread under reporting of sexual assaultat 31 large universities. Those schools

were subject to Cleryaudits from 2001 to2012. During the au-dits, schools’ reportsof sexual assault in-creased by an aver-age 44 percent, whilereporting rates foraggravated assault,

robbery and burglary remained consis-tent. When the audits were over, sexualassault reports decreased to pre-auditlevels, even at schools that were fined.

As long as the federal governmentdidn’t peer over schools’ shoulders, theyswept sexual assault under the rug, thereport said.

Aryle Buter, a consultant at EndRape on Campus and a complainant inClery and Title IX complaints againstthe University of California-Berkeley,said she was concerned that the spikefor OCR-investigated schools reflects asimilar practice of under reporting.

“I realized that the most OCR wasgoing to do was look over the univer-sity’s shoulder for a couple of years, per-haps get them to change a few things inthe short term,” Butler said. “But over-all, they were simply going to revert backto the practices that they had had foryears.”

Yung, however, drew distinctionsbetween the two investigations. Title IXinvestigations have drawn a great deal ofstudent, media and public attention,which drives reporting rates up to somedegree. Title IX investigations concernonly policy surrounding sexual assault.

Clery audits held a microscope to allcampus crime, but, according to thestudy, sexual assault numbers were theonly ones that changed.

The national conversation hasdrawn attention from campus adminis-trators as well as students, which maymean better practices, Kiss said.

“I think when an institution is underinvestigation, in my experience, even be-fore there’s a finding from either a TitleIX investigation or a Clery investigation,is that an institution does start to kind ofdo a self-study and self-assessment andchange what they’re doing,” Kiss said.

The student, government, campusand media attention have created an op-

portunity for conversation, which Schus-ter said began with the 2011 Dear Col-league letter.

“I call that spring term the term ofterror for higher education as they begantheir realization of their obligations foraccountability under Title IX,” Schustersaid. “It spawned and created the won-derful opportunity for empowerment ofindividuals who genuinely didn’t feelthat they had a voice prior to that – avoice that was respected and heard.”


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Full disclosure: I actually like DollarGeneral as a customer. They are not apure dollar store, though they have dollaritems in every category. For example, youcan buy the DG brand light bulbs for abuck, or get Sylvania brand for a fewdimes more.

But why I like Dollar General is thatthey have Walmart type prices withoutbeing some big, cumbersome store withtons of people and parking a mile away.Typically when I go to Dollar General, Imay be the only customer in the store,and I can get a lot done in a shortamount of time. They seem to have anacceptable product for practically all thecategories a bigger store would have; de-tergent, paper towels, milk, etc. A studydone by Kantar Retail in October showedthat Dollar General was cheaper than notonly Family Dollar but also Walmart,item per item. Yet I’d even pay a littlemore just for the convenience factor.

But perhaps Dollar General is be-coming too much like Walmart, trying tomove into places that don’t really wantthem.

Let’s face it, while Dollar Generalmay be a guilty pleasure, not everyonewants them on their block.

The reality is, while Dollar Generalis at the peak of their powers right now asa corporation, and stores are mostlybright and shiny, these type businessesare hot and then they are not. Then acommunity gets stuck with some storewith a faded yellow sign, flickering fluo-rescent light bulbs behind the logo,cracked storefront windows and every-thing starts to look dingy.

As many Dollar Generals are stand-alone stores, there may be no strip malllandlord to keep standards up to a certainlevel. They could turn into blights.

Once such place where locals arefighting a Dollar General is the quirkyhippie town of Joshua Tree, California,known for alternative thinking and a lotof natural beauty.

The latest place where a Dollar Gen-eral is proposed and there is opposition isSchuylerville, NY, also known as OldeSaratoga. It’s where the British surren-dered to the colonists after the Battle of

Saratoga, and is a picturesque localealong the Hudson River. I live nearby, onthe other side of the river, and can walkto the village over a pedestrian bridge thatleads to a wonderful park.

There is a Dollar General just a fewmiles east in the next town over, Green-wich, but that one is in a strip mall setback from a highway. The Schuylervilleplan is for a standalone store right in thevillage, between the school and a popularapple orchard that does hay rides andsuch during peak months.

There are some blighty businessesin Schuylerville, though. There is a self-wash car wash (which I use, too, sodon’t take it away!), a laundromat, thegrocery store could use an update, anabandoned gas station and a couple ofconvenience stores. A Subway is theonly fast food restaurant in the village,but it’s pretty understated in its designand placement, and no one seems of-fended by it.

There was a really dilapidated storecalled “Stans” in town, which I’d made astink about when I started a short-livedSchuylerville newspaper in 2012 (it lastedfive issues, as I couldn’t find enough localadvertisers), and that dump was turnedinto a beautiful exercise studio.

It’s hard to protest things like thiswithout sounding elitist; being against astore with prices people can afford(though the aforementioned grocery storedoes have a dollar section) or against apotential employer, albeit a low-payingone. Who am I to judge, as people havedifferent lifestyles and needs? Some saybuilding a Dollar General would add an-other property, currently vacant, to thetax base (though when has ramped up de-velopment helped lower taxes?).Schuylerville has a portion of a popula-tion without much income, not evenenough to afford having cars, so askingthem to go a few miles to Greenwich mayalso seem out-of-touch.

But the truth is there could be a storeand a big black and yellow parking lot ina place where there currently is mostlygrass. One more scenic vista will be lostforever.

Dollar General should learn from allthe hate that Walmart has gotten becauseof their aggressively moving into commu-

nities with opposition. There even areanti-Walmart documentaries and inflam-matory web sites. All of that has to hurtthe big corporation, though they won’tadmit it publicly.

Dollar General: Listen to communityneeds. In this case, perhaps find a preex-isting building – there are a few availablefor sale in Schuylerville. Have a subtle,

gently lit sign, like the wooden ones someMcDonald’s and 7-Elevens are forced tohave in certain communities.

Be a good neighbor, Dollar General.You can become the next Walmart, oryou can be better than that.


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ning out of financial aid allowance. Isyour GPA good enough to not only getyou into the four-year college, but alsoget you added scholarship money tomake up for the financial aid shortfall?If not, then you may be forced to proveyourself on the job market first.

Weinlick added: “After severalyears of a down economy, the job mar-ket is finally heating up. This meansthat recruiters are competing to find tal-ent. If you aren’t sure what to do, this isa great time to test the job market. Ifyou find that you can get a job thatlaunches you on your career, then youcan immediately start to gain valuableexperience. You can always choose toget your degree later.”

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“There is a lot to consider here. Forinstance, did the student have a specificarea of concentration or was he or she

simply focused on meeting prerequisitecourses?” asked Trey Wright, who headsup the higher education practice for KayeBassman International, a large nationalrecruiter. “Community Colleges areclosely tied to industries within the com-munities they serve. Students find a num-ber of degree plans tied directly to jobswithin those industries. If a student hasconcentrated their studies in one of thesedirections, then exploring the job marketis probably a great idea. If they have fol-lowed the prerequisite path, they will findthat their job options look very similar towhat they would have experience hadthey sought employment after graduatinghigh school. These students shouldstrongly consider transferring to a four-year institution and choose a degree plangeared toward a specific skill-set.”

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two more years of tuition, but willan eventual bachelor’s bring inmore money over time? It is hardto imagine 10 or 20 years fromnow, but will a bachelor’s offer youmore flexibility down the road, sayif you want to move into manage-ment some day?

“With the wage boost thatcomes from a bachelor’s degree vs.associate’s, and the obstacles thatcan develop returning to campus astime goes by, the answer is clearlyto continue into a four-year pro-gram,” said said Matt Pittinksy, for-mer Blackboard co-founder andcurrent founder of Parchment, acredential management system thatallows learners and institutions tomanage academic credentials on-line. “Doing so provides more timein the labor market at the higherwage rate among other benefits.The key question is choice of majorand selection of four-year programfrom a credit transfer perspective.”

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Who doesn’t enjoy sitting down toeat a great meal, particularly if that mealconsists of some of your favorite foods?Like drinking water, we also have to eatfood if we want to stay alive. So, wemay as well eat what we like – right?Oftentimes that is simply not the case,and due to any number of circum-stances we may find ourselves eatingthings we just detest, or just not eatingfood that is good for us. I remember asa kid I would pass off the liver my momserved to either the dog or cats waitingpatiently under the table for a handout.If that didn’t work, I would try and passit off to my sister (the dog and cats weremuch more agreeable), and all the whiletrying to be un-detected by thewatchful eye ofmom, which ofcourse wasnearly impossi-ble. “David, eatthe liver,” shewould say. “It isgood for yourblood.”

For many students who have lefthome for college and are now living oncampus and or have off campus hous-ing, eating good food can oftentimes bea challenge. From just recognizing thateating healthier foods has enormoushealth benefits, to finding places thatserve and or sell healthy food, to havingthe money to buy it, can be a dauntingtask for any number of college students.

For many young adults, their worldis moving at hyper speed. It is not un-common for me to hear from my stu-dents on how burnt out they are

becoming. Many work not just one jobbut two, and for those who are caringfor a child and attending school, well …they are lucky to get 4-5 hours of sleep aday. Thinking about what they are put-ting into their mouths oftentimes can befar down the pecking order of impor-tance.

Readers of Campus News (and par-ticularly those who have read mycolumns with any consistency), willknow I am a stickler on eating ashealthy as possible; organically grownfood is a priority on my list. Eventhough, I do have my moments ... Imust admit I am a potato chip junkie. Ialso have been known to down a fewSnickers bars in my time. Quite oftenmy world is also moving at hyper speed,I may have a barebones breakfast, or,

completely skiplunch, having per-haps just a piece offruit. However,that said, I am in aplace and point oftime in my lifewhere overall Ihave the knowl-edge, the occasion,

and the financial wherewithal to eathealthy on a very consistent basis. Formany students that is not so.

The good news is you can educateyourself on the importance of good eat-ing. There has never been a time wherethere is so much research and informa-tion about foods, which is a computerclick or a Google voice search away.From Clarke University here are sometips for healthy eating for the busy col-lege student:

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fast detracts from scholastic achieve-ment. Something as simple (and as af-fordable) as a whole wheat bagel, apiece of fruit and/or a glass of juice getsthe brain neurons firing.

Keep healthy snacks on hand, suchas popcorn, rice cakes, and raw veggies.

Limit sugar intake (ditch or at leastlimit the Snickers bars).

Visit the dining hall salad bar asoften as possible. Pickthose vegetables thatare dark green, such asspinach, kale, and ro-maine lettuce to get apower house of vita-mins and nutrients.

Drink lots of water– staying hydrated is soimportant, don’t worryif you can’t afford bot-tled water; most cam-puses have decent filtration systems, sothe water out of the fountain is just fineand free!

There are certainly a number of al-ternatives to eating healthy if you are liv-ing off campus. Farmers’ markets arespringing up all over the country, and itwould be difficult to not find at leastone in your community. Even if youhead for home after the spring semes-ter, most colleges begin fall classes inlate August. That farmers’ market thatyou discovered back in spring will bebrimming with any number of freshfruits and vegetables, most grown organ-ically, well into September, with rootvegetables well into October; and thegreat thing, to boot, is their prices aretypically 30-50% less than commercialsupermarkets!

For those who rely on their meal

package and eat on campus, insist thatmore organically grown food be avail-able. Find out who the dining hall man-ager is, then find out who does thepurchasing. If enough students voicetheir desires for healthier food, you willmost likely get it – remember the say-ing, the squeaky wheel gets the grease –so, speak up.

Finally, the same goes for your localsupermarket where youdo most of your foodpurchases. Asking theproduce manager to getmore organics (at a rea-sonable price) couldwork, but be persistent.If you don’t mind fruitand/or veggies that are afew days old, then go forit. Many markets put outthese items (which are

perfectly good) on sales shelves to movethem out before they spoil; you getgood, nutritious food at a huge dis-count. Eating should be an enjoyableexperience, whether alone or sharedwith someone special. Eating good foodmakes sense as well, often paying off inspades as your mind and body willthank you ... but, while you are on thejourney, don’t forget to pack a fewSnickers bars orstash away a fewbags of potatochips; hey, after allwe are human,right?

David L. Podosis an adjunct instruc-tor for the Center for Social Sciences, Busi-ness and Information Sciences at MVCC.

David L. PodosMohawk Valley CC


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