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VOL. 101, NO. 5 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 RANDOLPH, N.J. HE OUNGTOWN DITION T Y COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS’E AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER Bookstore seeking cheaper alternatives to big name publishers

BY BRETT Lubnow also said that he is FRIEDENSOHN looking into an open source alter- Editor-in-Chief native to MyMathLab altogether. “There’s a product called As textbook prices from the MyOpenMath that is like My- likes of Pearson, McGraw Hill, MathLab except it’s free,” he said. and Norton can tend to reach three “It does the gradings, you can up- figures in price, County College load test banks. You can upload of Morris Campus Store manager problems, that sort of thing. So in- Jeff Lubnow is looking to mini- stead of it costing a student $100 mize their grip on students’ wallets to take a course, MyOpenMath is by working with academic depart- free. So we’ve been doing these ments to switch to non-copyright- presentations in hopes of getting ed materials to reduce costs. some more adoptions in this re- Through Open Educational gard because it’s a big thing on Dr. Resources, a database of free Iacono’s agenda one way or the scholarly work, the bookstore and other.” the departments work together to Liberal arts major Alexis vet the books and scholarly ar- Cooper said that these alternatives PHOTO BY ALEXA WYSZKOWSKI could help students. ticles used from the sources and Students Alexis Cooper, Marie Rodriguez, and Gisselle Ruiz in the CCM Campus Store. coordinate with administration to “Cheaper books definitely decide if the alternative textbook help when being a college student department, but they decided to about how professional, and I fol- school gets a lower price on My- is satisfactory for classes. because you may not have anyone stay with the Pearson book for this low the stuff because we don’t MathLab for students, and what This semester is the first -se to help you pay for them,” she semester. want to unleash stuff just because we do in return is students have mester where the biology depart- said. “We’ve just been trying to it’s free but it hasn’t even been vet- an opt-out, but it is billed directly ment has used the OpenStax pub- Biology major Marie Rodri- marshall them because it’s hard for ted.” from the college to the student,” he lisher’s ‘Concepts of Biology’ for guez said that free books make the faculty,” Lubnow said. “This Additionally, Lubnow said said. “So instead of it being about BIO-133 which previously used sense to help students’ finances. is kind of new and foreign to them that his store was working to $120 for MyMathLab, it lowers ‘Discover Biology’, a Norton “I think that cheap books because when they all went to strike a deal with Pearson to re- the price anywhere from 15 per- textbook that cost $150. Also, the from a different name brand or on- school, it was you went and bought duce the price of MyMathLab, an cent to 25 percent. And students bookstore is giving away a PDF line pdf books makes everything a book. A lot of this stuff is newer, online recourse which most math can opt out, but otherwise, as soon copy for free online. easier for the students financially,” and when we can give them sort of classes use. as you log in to Blackboard, your The bookstore presented a she said. finished versions of them, I think “If we sign a deal with Pear- access to MyMathLab is already book for general biology to the Alexa Wyszkowski contrib- they’ve been pleasantly surprised son for exclusive access, then the there.” uted to this story. Professors working to remedy damaged civil discourse BY ADAM GENTILE Halo also felt that students and tribalism in the age of fake way of life, the philosophy that Features Editor are afraid to talk about their be- news. produced the murderers.” liefs and choose to remain quiet Pallant took time in the lec- Pallant noted how unprec- Three County College of out of fear. ture to show how Twitter bots edented this era is in terms of Morris professors are taking Another concern from were used in the 2016 presiden- people’s disdain and attack on measures to enlighten students Halo is that students are unaware tial election and gave advice on the free and independent press, on the issues of civil discourse, or have been given little infor- how to identify them. He noted by calling them the enemy of the and democratic self-governance mation about many civic mat- how they tend to use inflamma- people. In his presentation, Pal- DR. MARK DAVID to combat fake news and hyper- UFFELMAN PALLANT ters, for example, subjects like tory rhetoric in threads in an ef- lant showed an image of a man partisanship. gerrymandering and congressio- fort to create divisiveness. wearing a shirt that had “Rope. The interdisciplinary proj- three classes at CCM with each nal hearings. For Pallant, the most im- Tree. Journalist. some assembly ect is called Facilitating Civil professor giving their own spe- “What I try to do in political portant issue that they tackled in required” on it. Discourse in an age of Fake cialized lecture between their science is teach them American the lecture was the idea of filter “The concern is that the at- News and debates about the classes. government so they are aware of bubbles. tack on free speech is real,” Pal- Truth, and is made up of Dr. The first lecture was - per what's going on around them be- “People are in these social lant said. “If you are saying that Candace Halo of the history and formed by Halo Monday, Sept. cause it does affect them,” Halo media bubbles that they can’t someone is an enemy of you political science department, 17 and focused on the First said. get out of, and they keep click- and the country and then you’re Professor David Pallant of the Amendment as it pertains to free In response to the lack of ing these articles that feeds them wearing that there is correlation communication department, speech and civil discourse on communication the classes will the same information over and between that … Would you then and Dr. Mark Uffelman of the college campuses. also act as a medium for students over again,” Pallant said. morally justify actual violence?” English and philosophy depart- “We talked the fundamental to hold conversations with one Pallant said that the par- Pallant also said that by ment. The program follows the rights and got them to understand another. tisanship in the news stations having face to face conversa- outline made by the Association that the right belongs to the indi- “We are giving students have done a major disservice to tions people can overcome polit- of American Colleges and Uni- vidual and it was to protect them the opportunity to talk and we the people. ical differences and still respect versities (AACU) that relates to from government,” Halo said. want to help them understand “They kind of tribalized each other. civic learning and engagement. Halo also said that the class what civil discourse means,” people by regurgitating their Uffelman’s lecture is sched- The three major components of was not just about the structure Halo said. “It means that you version of facts and the country uled for Wednesday, Nov.14 and the AACU outline are knowl- of the First Amendment but the can totally disagree with a per- is way more divided,” Pallant is titled “Truth in Democracy.” edge, skills, and values. current issues that are present on son but you can still walk away said. “Rhetoric is ramped up on This lecture will bring up clas- Halo, Pallant, and Uffelman college campuses across Ameri- from the conversation not hating each side and violence will oc- sical ideas of truth and whether started this project because they ca. She brought up how there is each other … Civil discourse cur, sadly as we saw with the or not we live in an era of post- noticed a lack of civil discourse a disconnect in communications is a robust, honest, frank, and synagogue shooting.” truth. A post-truth can be defined in our society, brought on by civ- between students and how they constructive dialogue and delib- Pallant mentioned that the as an era where truth doesn’t re- ic ignorance, hyper-partisanship, just seem to be angry all the time eration that seeks to advance the rhetoric of one person is not to ally matter, and that truth can be and an attack. However, they with no real progress on the is- public interest. Critical aspect blame but the culture made from defined by who is speaking. plan on combating this with the sues. of dialogue is patience integrity, harmful rhetoric should be ex- Uffelman said that we live use of open discussion, breaking “What we are trying to do humility and mutual respect.” amined. This concept echoes a in an age of truth relativism and the filter bubbles, and teaching is in the academic environment Pallant, of the communica- quote from Dr. Martin Luther truth emotivism. students about how to identify have students able to discuss tion department, hosted a lecture King, Jr.: “We must be concerned “A lot of these individuals the truth. things in a very open manner,” Monday, Oct. 29 focused on me- not merely about who murdered The program is made up of Halo said. dia ethics, hyper-partisanship, them, but about the system, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 REMEMBER: UPDATE THE FOLIO

PAGE 2 THE YOUNGTOWN EDITION OPINION NOVEMBER 7, 2018 A Memoriam, of Sorts heart. I recall him once brandishing aloft JASON ‘JC’ FLOCKTON PHOTO BY ALEXA WYSZKOWSKI Former Staff Writer the Youngtown Edition before the class and Students Logan Riordan, left, and Evan Guzman show off their Switch consoles. reading out a column I had written about Twenty-five years ago today, in 1993, what brought me to the United States. In I would have been sat in the office of the it I’d written, tongue only partly in-cheek, Youngtown Edition at the County College “good fresh orange juice and chilli dogs,” Nintendo Switch: A great of Morris penning articles for the student neither of which were available at that newspaper. At the time it was a pokey little time in the UK. Drawing on his extensive room in the basement of the Student Com- knowledge as an ex-cop and inviting my Black Friday gift for munity Center, scarcely more than a storage classmates to join in, I was given an ex- cupboard, into which all the editorial staff haustive list of all the best places I could get struggled to fit. I have no idea what it is like chilli dogs in upstate New Jersey. mobile, console gamers now. Back then, we didn’t even have the I missed the chance to remember Nick internet. Myself, I was a young man, from Irons when he passed last year. Neverthe- BY FRANCIS VALANZOLA ested in the Megaman/Rockman saga, try England, freshly embarking on a new life less, I feel compelled to tell someone about Entertainment Editor “Megaman 11.” If he or she is into Super in New Jersey. the impact a man of his fun and giving spirit Smash Bros., wait until you do your Christ- Enrolled at CCM to study journalism made. And the memories of him, and CCM, Looking for a good gift for someone mas shopping in December, and get the per- and English, among other things, the plan that stay with me to this very day. I can think you know who is really into video games, son “Super Smash Bro. Ultimate” was to eventually make a living through the of no place more appropriate to express this but wants to do both console and mobile The Switch is usually $299.99 retail for written word. That was the plan at least; but sentiment than in the Youngtown Edition, gaming? Well, the Nintendo Switch is the a gray one, or a red and blue one. However, life, as it often does, had other ideas, and I if you can spare the column inches. My gift for that person in mind. The Switch’s special edition ones vary in price. The Fort- was recalled to England on a family emer- time there was brief, to you current students dual Joycon setup lets you play with two nite edition goes for the usual price. How- gency having completed only one semes- yours may be longer, but the memories you people right out of the box. The console has ever, the “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” ter. Still, that one all-too-brief semester re- will take from the place will be longer still; a variety of games to choose from and costs edition goes for $359.99. The “Pokémon: mains engraved on my memory, along with even though you may not realise quite how around $300 new. Let’s Go Pikachu!” and “Pokémon: Let’s the friends I made and the professors I had. long yet. And the professors will influence Once your gift recipient gets it out of Go Eevee!” editions go for $399.99 each. I had occasion, to recall those memo- you, yes, even the ones you moan about for the box, they might notice something. It has Yet those include games and accessories. ries once again when, in the course of being continuously on your back. a screen and two controllers plus a dock. So, what does this add up to? Well, conversation at my current place of em- Professor Irons, wherever you are now The dock is actually your TV’s link to the due to variety in games, there will be a ployment, I was asked what I was doing I raise a glass to you! And Professor An- Switch. The Switch comes with a screen new budget allocation, if the person has a twenty-five years ago today. Regaling my drew Downie, Professor Mel Weissman, of it’s own, with a kickstand built in, hid- budget. And if you have time to spend with colleagues with tales of those times I turned Professor Allan Hoffman, Bessie Abdalas ing an SD card slot. The controllers, known them, due to the two Joycons right out of to Google. of the International Students club and all as Joycons, are meant to be used in one of the package, you can play some multiplayer Fond memories turned to sadness my former friends and alumni of CCM, I three ways: Docked into the screen, put into games. But the type of edition of the con- when I learned of the passing of my former raise a glass to you too! Those were great the strap docks, or used by themselves. sole you get will determine how much you Professor of Criminology, Nicholas Irons, days, I enjoyed them and I thank you all The Switch launched with two titles: spend. But is it worth it? For a combina- in the June of last year. Professor Irons, from the bottom of my heart. May you all “Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” and tion of a home, and mobile console, your or Nick as he preferred to be known, was cherish your days there, and your profes- “Super Mario Odyssey”. There are now pop culturist here thinks so. But give it your a great professor and a man with a large sors, similarly. thousands of games. If your gamer is inter- own opinion. REMEMBER: UPDATE THE FOLIO

PAGE 3 YOUNGTOWN EDITION Satire NOVEMBER 7, 2018 CCM Contacts Exorcists about Audio Advertising Vending Machines BY JOHN DUMM tracted to be put there,” said Ac- ence inducing spontaneous grand able turn-based combat’, but the proves impervious to assault by Satire Editor tive Minds shadow minister and mal seizures in that member of the student A/V club has also volun- mortal and low-grade holy weap- minor student electronic gaming inspection crew. Quick improvisa- told one of their own lab techs to onry include the installation of an To date, County College of organization titleholder Sinclair tion on the part of the sales team deploy a secretive device they are autoplaying audiovisual vending Morris’ student body has been Grandin, who privately admits for the vendor led to a short-lived tentatively naming the ‘Spengler machine in the home of a ran- advocating for the muting, ad- that the vendors caused “the sin- CCM fad of ‘indoor sledding,’ the Finale,’” said Mateo Picante, a domly selected member of the blocking, or violent destruction of gle biggest groundswell for cam- approval of the vendor contract, student community center inhab- Board of Directors, assuming the three video-enabled autoplay- pus mental health activism since the spontaneous disappearance of itant. “The ultimate goal is to set the four-pack of Oreos is priced ing audiovisual vending machines that one guy started charging aforementioned member of the up the circumstances of the ma- at less than $1.25 per unit, this on campus for approximately two people to pet his seeing-eye dog.” Health and Safety Inspection Team chine’s destruction such that mul- does not qualify as a war crime, years (four main-season semes- Recounting the problems and the placement of the foreign tiple verifiable sources can claim the construction of the long- ters), following their much pro- caused by the infernal jingle ma- language office bloc down the hill the incident to be an ‘Act of God,’ rumored trans-spatial warpgate tested introduction in late 2016 chines, she reports: near the Cohen/Sheffield junction as indeed no merciful deity would to the Ledgewood Mall in the which included plans to place one “Were you aware that the (to facilitate indoor sledding).” consider overpriced four-packs of Ping-Pong room, and threats to in the reference section of the up- Lower Sheffield installation was As the first stage of direct ac- Oreos to be an acceptable trade off withhold satire from future edi- stairs Learning Resource Center. almost scrapped before purchase? tion towards the removal of the for playing bit-crunched thunder tions of the Youngtown until an “The machines were en- The administrative staffer sent to vendors, Grandin has contacted sound effects at volumes compara- itemized list of student demands tertaining from anywhere be- examine the test setup was mildly various technical and religious ble to operating a jackhammer, ev- is met. (Incidentally, the Board of tween 18 hours and negative four photosensitive, and was nearly sent groups in an attempt to destroy the ery three minutes and 45 seconds, Directors has unjustly insisted we months, with the DeMare instal- catatonic when the machine looped machines without assuming legal in the middle of a school building, indefinitely withhold satire based lation being a ridiculous-looking it’s promotional music video of a liability. forever.” on a variety of absurd and unveri- novelty whose hilariously loud Sour Patch Kid being judged un- “In an unexpected moment of Additional methods to accel- fiable offenses, such as ‘not being buzzer would occasionally dis- worthy and executed via captive solidarity, not only have the stu- erate their removal in the event funny’.) rupt every class in a 50-yard ra- bolt pistol, with the .45 microsec- dent Christian, Jewish, and Mus- that either the ‘Act of God’ ex- To provide input on the item- dius, to the SCC Cafeteria site ond compiled subliminal flashbulb lim unions each agreed to send a cuse does not constitute sufficient ized list of demands, contact the which had gotten old long be- message encoding that gummy representative to engage the Shef- cause for CCM to escape the Youngtown Edition at young- fore the machine was even con- snakes’ sum total of life experi- field vending machine in ‘honor- vendor contract or the machine townedition.com.

that are most aligned with general well-being and individual rights, Searching CCM CIVIL but what is entailed by that is CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 questing for the truth,” Uffelman said. “We need to seek for what will say that truth is used as a la- truth is and then we have to know bel for positions that we like, if how to recognize it when we see something appeals to us it’s true it.” if it runs contrary to us it’s false,” A priority for Uffelman in Uffelman said. terms of the project is to empha- Uffelman believes that de- size the importance of seeking the fending the idea of truth is im- truth in the age of information. perative to defending our democ- “The flux of information is racy. so rapid but simultaneously fil- “To an extent that we are tered and bubbled in the way that responsible citizens we have an we receive this information that obligation to not only seek to par- we have an obligation to unsettle ticipate in the democratic process ourselves and make ourselves un- and support those representatives comfortable,” Uffelman said.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: PAGE 4 “” “Their success is YOUNGTOWN going to make it easier EDITION to recruit the next Youngtown Sports group of players.” NOVEMBER 7, 2018 - Kevin Rosenberg, head coach Men’s soccer kicked out of playoffs in quarterfinal BY BRETT FRIEDENSOHN Editor-in-Chief

The men’s soccer team at County College of Morris fol- lowed up its .500 regular season by losing in the second round of the National Junior College Ath- letic Association Region XIX DIII playoff 8-1 to Camden County College who is ranked fourth in the nation among NJCAA DIII men’s soccer teams. The Titans narrowly clinched a playoff seed by winning their last regular season match 3-2 at Lacka- wanna College Tuesday, Oct. 14 to finish with a record of 4-5 -in re gion competition and 7-7 overall. Afterwards, CCM won their first round playoff match 2-1 in PHOTO BY BRETT FRIEDENSOHN double-overtime at Union County Players lose track of the ball and aim to quickly realign themselves. College Saturday, Oct. 20. The Titans improved from game schedule. We had so many stretch in the middle of the sea- to have seen what we would have what they accomplished this year. last year’s regular season record of cancellations and postponements son. However the resiliency of this been able to do if it had been a nor- Their success is going to make it 3-4-4 in the region and 7-4-5 over- of games that it really made things team really showed in the last third mal season,” he said. “That being easier to recruit the next group of all and lost in the first round of the very difficult. On top of that out- of the season as we were able to said what these guys were able to players.” playoffs. field was in such bad shape- be overcome all the adversity and still accomplish given all the adver- Titans forward Mike Lauria “It was one of the craziest cause of the weather that we were qualify for the region tournament.” sity was truly remarkable. They led his team this season in both seasons I have ever been associ- forced to either train indoors or on Rosenberg also said that he showed the character and determi- the goals and points columns with ated with as a player or a coach,” the few dry and solid areas out- hopes the team can continue to nation that made the entire CCM seven and 14 respectively. Chris said head coach Kevin Rosenberg side. We went almost a full month improve next year and eventually community proud. They represent- Pratt and Sebastian Cordana tied in an email to the Youngtown. without having what I would call a bring a national title to CCM. ed themselves and their school tre- for second place in both columns, “The weather really played havoc proper training session. As a result “We had a really good team mendously. They are a great bunch each recording four goals and nine with our training schedule and our we really went through a difficult this year and I would have loved of guys and we are very proud of assists.